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BBC News", "Coronavirus: 'How long can we keep going like this? 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About a week' - BBC News", "Breonna Taylor: Two Louisville officers fired over roles in shooting - BBC News", "Stella Tennant: Family confirms model's death was suicide - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: 'Well over half' of care home residents vaccinated - BBC News", "Two more life-saving Covid drugs discovered - BBC News", "Capitol riot: What does a deadly day mean for Trump's legacy? - BBC News", "Coronavirus: Belfast Trust cancels urgent cancer surgeries - BBC News", "Capitol riots: How a Trump rally turned deadly - BBC News", "Capitol riots: A visual guide to the storming of Congress - BBC News", "Muted response as Clap for Heroes returns - BBC News", "Capitol riot: Five startling images from the siege - BBC News", "Capitol riots: Moment protesters storm US legislature - BBC News", "Capitol riots: Boris Johnson condemns Donald Trump for sparking events - BBC News", "Ryanair scraps most UK and Irish lockdown flights - BBC News", "Covid: UK travel curbs to keep out South Africa variant - BBC News", "Capitol riots: Pro-Trump protesters storm the US legislature - in pictures - BBC News", "'Mr Christmas' lights switched off for last time in Croxley Green - BBC News", "Inside one GP surgery's Covid vaccine roll-out - BBC News", "Covid-19: Baby's mother issues mottled skin warning - BBC News", "Trump’s Twitter downfall - BBC News", "ICU hospital staff: 'Scared, sad, petrified, worried' - BBC News", "Elon Musk becomes world's richest person as wealth tops $185bn - BBC News", "Capitol siege: Trump's words 'directly led' to violence, Patel says - BBC News", "Reading stabbing: Murder-accused teenagers appear in court - BBC News", "US Election 2020 - BBC News", "McDonald's pauses walk-in takeaways in lockdown - BBC News", "US Capitol riots: World leaders react to 'horrifying' scenes in Washington - BBC News", "'Show us it's safe' to be open, say nursery staff - BBC News", "Alex Rodda murder: Matthew Mason guilty of killing schoolboy - BBC News", "Covid-19: Boris Johnson makes daily jab pledge as Army helps rollout - BBC News", "Organ donor mum wishes she could help her children in need of kidneys - BBC News", "Meat factories warn Covid absences could hit supplies - BBC News", "Covid tests for Channel hauliers to continue 'until further notice' - BBC News", "Aston Villa plan to play youngsters against Liverpool in FA Cup after Covid outbreak - BBC Sport", "Covid-19: Vaccine rollout widens as hospital pressure rises - BBC News", "Sainsbury's Christmas sales rise despite smaller turkeys - BBC News", "Analysis: Can lockdown stop the new coronavirus variant? - BBC News", "Covid: China places 11m under lockdown after outbreak in northern city - BBC News", "The Wanted's Tom Parker says brain tumour has 'shrunk significantly' - BBC News", "Lockdown: 'I've borrowed £4m just to remain closed' - BBC News", "Capitol siege: An eyewitness account from inside the House chamber - BBC News", "Asos frontrunner to buy Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge brands - BBC News", "Boohoo 'set to buy Debenhams brand and website' - BBC News", "Covid-19: Top adviser warns France at 'emergency' virus moment - BBC News", "Covid-19: Essex student helps 600 refugees out of 'period poverty' - BBC News", "Covid: Israel vaccinates 16 to 18-year-olds ahead of exams - BBC News", "Covid: School return in Wales 'unlikely' for all in February - BBC News", "Care home worker thought cancer misdiagnosis was a 'cruel joke' - BBC News", "Skewen flood victims could be out of homes for days - BBC News", "SpaceX: World record number of satellites launched - BBC News", "England in Sri Lanka: Tourists complete six-wicket win and take series 2-0 - BBC Sport", "Boeing 737 Max cleared to fly again 'too early' - BBC News", "Coronavirus: Pressure on NHS front line 'relentless' - Hancock - BBC News", "Covid: Teachers 'not at higher risk' of death than average - BBC News", "Fraud epidemic 'is now national security threat' - BBC News", "Snow: Severe weather warnings in place across UK - BBC News", "Covid-19: MPs call for school reopening plan, and will France have a third lockdown? - BBC News", "Putin condemns Navalny protests as Western concern grows - BBC News", "Covid: 'Not a moment to ease measures,' says Matt Hancock - BBC News", "Robert Rowland: Former Brexit MEP dies in Bahamas diving accident - BBC News", "Pandemic prompts Super Bowl ad rethink in US - BBC News", "Covid: Schools will be told of reopening plans 'as soon as we can' - BBC News", "South Africa coronavirus variant: 77 cases found in UK - BBC News", "US police vehicle ploughs into crowd watching 'burnouts' - BBC News", "Barclaycard customers face higher minimum payments - BBC News", "Skewen flood: Is Wales' coalmining past behind home evacuations? - BBC News", "'Droves' of Pampas grass pickers at South Shields beach - BBC News", "Covid-19: Mansfield newlyweds, 90 and 86, in vaccination plea - BBC News", "'Knackered and confused.' 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east London.", "Boris Johnson says the gap between referendums on Europe - 41 years - is \"a good sort of gap\" for independence referendums.", "The Gerry and the Pacemakers singer's number one hit became a football terrace anthem.", "Driving conditions on many roads will become \"hazardous\" next week, the Met Office warns.", "A study finds the new coronavirus variant is responsible for pushing the R rate above the crucial 1.0 mark.", "The government said soldiers had been sent to protect the area, close to Niger's border with Mali.", "After the PM hints at tighter measures in England, our science editor looks at what they could entail.", "Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he may stay in management much longer than he anticipated.", "Up to 300 people gather in London's Hyde Park to protest at Covid-19 restrictions.", "Manchester City say they are disappointed after defender Benjamin Mendy breaches Covid-19 rules by hosting a New Year's Eve party.", "Mexican-American Ryan Garcia gets up from the canvas to stop Britain's Luke Campbell with a body shot in Dallas, Texas.", "About 30,000 birds are to be culled at the farm near Clough in north Antrim.", "The latest government figures show a further 2,137 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Scotland on Friday.", "It comes as a further 57,725 people test positive for the virus, a new daily high.", "Boris Johnson says more areas may need tougher rules, as Labour urges England-wide curbs within 24 hours.", "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer describes her as a \"dear friend and colleague\", and wishes her well.", "Boris Johnson says regional restrictions in England are \"probably about to get tougher\".", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "The decision to keep car parks open is under \"constant review\", says one national park.", "Leicester City edge a keenly contested Premier League encounter with Southampton to maintain their push for a top-four place.", "Calls are made for \"front-line\" nursery staff to be supported with funding and vaccines.", "CBBC star's mother, Lucy Lyndhurst, says his death has had a \"catastrophic effect\" on their family.", "A critical engine test for Nasa's new \"megarocket\" - the Space Launch System (SLS) - ends early.", "Health groups say NHS staff fear prosecution over decisions if hospitals are overwhelmed.", "Spector, who was jailed for killing actress Lana Clarkson, transformed pop music with his \"wall of sound\".", "He told police he drove to Devizes for a McDonald's even though the town does not have a branch.", "Louis Godwin, 95, said he was \"so pleased\" to get his Covid-19 vaccination at Salisbury Cathedral.", "Prime Minister Jean Castex said the measures would be in place for at least 15 days.", "Leaders Manchester United are thwarted by the second-half heroics of keeper Alisson in a goalless draw with title rivals Liverpool at Anfield.", "The \"fiercely competitive\" but \"kind, thoughtful and caring\" news executive has died aged 73.", "Doctors say the \"patchy supply\" of vaccine to GPs is slowing down efforts to deliver it to patients.", "Northern Health Trust chief says system is under \"huge pressure\" with patients waiting for beds.", "Sir Richard Branson's rocket company succeeds in putting its first satellites in space.", "Statistics agency Nisra says 145 deaths were registered last week, bringing its pandemic total to 1,976.", "Mother Sara Powell-Davies welcomes its return, but nurseries say they fear for the future.", "Women are sent sexually explicit messages and requests for \"worn\" garments.", "As the UK records its highest death toll, Fergal Keane has been to see the strain the NHS is under for the second time.", "Fighting erupted after a man was stabbed in a row between two men from different ethnic groups.", "Former climbing champion Lai Chi-Wai raised HK$5.2 million for spinal cord patients.", "The government is aiming to provide grants by April to mitigate the impact of Covid travel rules.", "Patient numbers have risen by 15,000 since Christmas, but infections are stabilising, says Sir Simon Stevens.", "Pupils in England can read works by popular authors online while schools stay closed in lockdown.", "The Gerry and the Pacemakers singer died from a blood infection at the age of 78.", "More than half of the Church of England's 14,000 parishes will not open for Sunday services later.", "England need 36 runs on the final day to win the first Test against Sri Lanka despite losing three wickets in a chaotic final session in Galle.", "A decision on whether to extend £20 Universal Credit rise is unlikely before March's Budget, minister says.", "The leaders of the US, France, Germany and other leading economies will meet in Cornwall in June.", "The government is planning new laws to stop England's monuments being removed \"on a whim\" by protesters.", "Hundreds of thousands of DNA and arrest records were deleted after a human error, the Home Office says.", "A group of London firms has written to ministers calling for financial support for the rail firm.", "With traffic down and more people working from home, what is the future for these lay-by businesses?", "Prince William says he \"really worries\" about the effect of the pandemic on front-line workers.", "Drivers from Scotland and Portsmouth caught breaking lockdown rules in north Wales.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Sunday.", "But Sir Simon Stevens says the health service has never been in a more precarious situation.", "Mount Semeru has erupted, pouring volcanic matter miles into the air and placing locals on alert.", "Pressure grows on PM after non-binding motion on universal credit top-up is passed by 278 votes.", "The latest death and case figures should be a \"bitter warning for us all\", Public Health England says.", "The Most Reverend Philip Tartaglia tested positive for the virus shortly after Christmas but the cause of his death is not clear.", "The man told police he had travelled 14 miles from his home to search for the fictional characters.", "Hashem Abedi and Ahmed Hassan are accused of assaulting an officer in HMP Belmarsh in May.", "Scotland's health secretary says 400,000 jabs could be administered every week by the end of February.", "Lidl, Just Eat and Asos say demand for fizz, takeaways and clothes all rose during December.", "As the UK records its highest death toll, Fergal Keane has been to see the strain the NHS is under for the second time.", "Black people are more than four times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act in England.", "Amnesty International says the issue of forced adoptions also needs close scrutiny.", "Details and reaction to a briefing by Wales' chief medical officer and NHS Wales chief executive.", "Carol and David Richards had been fined £60 for driving 20 minutes to see her mother.", "Tony Parsons from Tillicoultry vanished more than three years ago during a charity cycle ride.", "The prime minister wants round-the-clock vaccination but adds supply is currently the limiting factor.", "Nicola Sturgeon announces the areas where restrictions will be tightened in Scotland from Saturday.", "The famous Lauberhorn ski event is cancelled after a spike in Covid-19 cases linked to one tourist.", "Staff at one of London's busiest hospitals say it's not going to take much for services to soon break.", "The health secretary urges people to follow rules, saying \"individual decisions\" make a difference.", "Rival supermarkets defend their pay, with Asda saying looking at hourly rates does not tell the whole story.", "Some restrictions have been tightened amid concerns the \"stay at home\" message has not had the same impact.", "Investors have agreed a deal to save the chain, along with Ponden Home and Bonmarché.", "Amid reports of mass furlough fraud the BBC hears from one worker who quit work but still gets furlough pay.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says because of the \"precarious\" situation in relation to the pandemic more restrictions will be brought in.", "A report from a group of Tory MPs adds to internal pressure on the government to harden its stance.", "Together with his twin brother, Sir David built a business empire spanning hotels, retail and newspapers.", "Scotland's first minister says the current restrictions are \"very unlikely\" to be lifted at the end of the month.", "The company denies selling technology that can identify the ethnic group and plans to reword the patent.", "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer challenged Boris Johnson over the provision of \"disgraceful\" food parcels.", "The Earl of Strathmore attacked a woman in her room during an event he was hosting at Glamis Castle.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "Latest results show Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine is less effective in Brazil than previously suggested.", "The health minister says it is a \"strong start\" but there is more to do.", "One operator told the BBC his staff were working up to 16 hours a day to help traders.", "Earlier this month videos showing supposed empty hospitals were shared on social media.", "A leaked memo warns several Birmingham hospitals risk being \"overwhelmed\" by coronavirus patients.", "The increase is to further discourage shoppers from buying single-use plastic bags.", "Tweeters query why it has not been given to a prominent Kenyan like actress Lupita Nyong'o.", "A Met Office yellow weather warning for ice is in place after heavy snow caused road closures and travel disruption.", "A negative test had been due to be required from Friday, but ministers said people needed time to prepare.", "Sir David will showcase an augmented reality app as part of a drive to prove the uses of 5G.", "Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said this would help teachers to decide \"deserved grades\".", "But Boris Johnson does not rule out tougher restrictions in England, saying they are kept under review.", "Fans of the University of Alabama football team gathered in the streets of Tuscaloosa, ignoring social distancing.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning.", "These are the lawmakers with a big influence on the impeachment process against the former president.", "The last of 14 works identified as looted from Jewish collectors is returned to the owner's heirs.", "Isabella Curry said she now feels safe and will be able to go out and meet friends soon.", "An RAF aircraft breaking the sound barrier causes a loud bang in skies across the East of England.", "Pawel Relowicz committed \"sexually motivated\" burglaries before Libby Squire's death, jurors hear.", "Doctors believed 11-month-old Sofia-Grace Hill was rejecting food because she had tonsillitis.", "It comes as Boris Johnson is quizzed by MPs on the government's coronavirus response.", "Three vaccines have been approved in the UK - what are the differences between them?", "Parents of disabled children are calling for teachers in special schools to receive the Covid-19 vaccine.", "Ivan Cavaleiro's late header earns Premier League strugglers Fulham a hard-fought draw against Tottenham in their hastily rearranged London derby.", "Doctors leaders' want staff to be given the type of high-quality masks usually only worn in intensive care.", "The home secretary says she will back police to enforce virus rules, as another 1,243 die in the UK.", "The Google-owned service said the president had broken its rules over the incitement of violence.", "The prime minister warns there is a \"very substantial\" risk of intensive care being \"overtopped\".", "Mohamud Mohammed Hassan was arrested at home on Friday but released without charge on Saturday.", "The Democrats say they sheltered in a safe room alongside others who refused to wear masks.", "It follows similar moves by Morrisons and Sainsbury's, but those with medical reasons will be exempt.", "Ten members of his own party voted against the president over his role in the deadly riots at the US Capitol.", "Police in Atlanta want to question YFN Lucci, 29, over a fatal shooting in the city last month.", "More than 700 intensive care staff at nine hospitals were asked about their experiences for a study.", "Her novel Heart for a Compass is a fictional historical saga inspired by her great-great-aunt.", "There's speculation over who was involved in the protests and whether they belong to organised groups.", "Production was to begin later this month but filming and transmission will now be later than hoped.", "The PM leads UK politicians from all parties condemning the riot at the US Capitol building.", "The firm says tighter Covid restrictions and falling passenger numbers have prompted the decision.", "Allowing pupils without laptops into schools could limit the impact of the closures, say head.", "The president will be banned \"permanently\" if he breaks the platform's rules again.", "An Alaska state agency emerged as the main bidder at the sale, which was opposed by environmentalists.", "Two boys and a girl, all aged 13 or 14, are charged with murder after the death of Olly Stephens, 13.", "Joe Biden says it is \"totally unacceptable\" police showed more leniency in the Capitol riot than at anti-racism protests.", "Nguyen Huy Hung was one of 39 people who died in a container en route from Belgium to Essex.", "Boris Johnson has \"no doubt\" there is enough supply to vaccinate the first four priority groups by 15 February.", "Gavin Williamson will \"trust in teachers rather than algorithms\" in awarding this year's results.", "The broadcaster will be a part-time replacement for the new Woman's Hour host.", "The sites, including football stadiums and racecourses, will begin operations next week.", "Events in Washington spark dismay and criticism of America's politics and leader.", "Staff at one of London's busiest hospitals say it's not going to take much for services to soon break.", "The police officer who the FBI said fired the fatal shot is dismissed for breaching policy.", "Her family said the British model, who died in December aged 50, had been \"unwell for some time\".", "More than 113,000 Scots have now been given their first dose of a vaccine against Covid-19.", "The drugs, which save an extra life for every 12 intensive care patients treated, can be used immediately, say experts.", "The president is accused of inciting a riot with his divisive rhetoric - he's unlikely to stay silent.", "Health officials say it was the only option due to the demand for beds as a result of Covid-19.", "A ceremony meant to showcase a peaceful power transfer turns into a dark day. Here are the key moments.", "Breakdown of what happened when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol amid a key Senate vote.", "The weekly applause is back - but its founder distances herself from the initiative.", "News photographers captured extraordinary scenes as Trump supporters stormed the building.", "The US Capitol has gone into lockdown amid violent clashes between police and Trump supporters, who broke security lines and are inside the building.", "The UK prime minister also says the US president is \"completely wrong\" over his election fraud claims.", "The airline warns few, if any, flights will operate to or from Ireland or the UK from the end of January.", "Travellers from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana and Mauritius will be barred from entry.", "US lawmakers and staff are seen wearing protective gas masks as police draw guns on protesters.", "Dave Edwards lit up his home for 42 years but died before the recent festive season.", "At Fullwell Cross Medical Centre in north London, they are now vaccinating almost 1,000 people a week.", "George is recovering after spending three nights in hospital with coronavirus.", "How Trump's favourite social media site banned him - permanently.", "On Wednesday the UK recorded more than 1,000 daily Covid deaths and hospitals are struggling to cope.", "The Tesla and SpaceX owner replaces Jeff Bezos as the richest man on the planet.", "The home secretary says the US president fuelled the violence, as the PM condemns the \"disgraceful scenes\".", "Two boys and a girl are accused of murdering 13-year-old Olly Stephens in Reading.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Drive-through and delivery services will still be available while it reviews its safety procedures.", "Leaders from around the world call for peace and a peaceful transfer of power in Washington.", "Worried childcare staff call on ministers to prove it's safe for them to open in England.", "Matthew Mason beat 15-year-old Alex Rodda to death to stop their sexual relationship being revealed.", "Boris Johnson says the armed forces will use \"battle preparation techniques\" to help vaccinate millions.", "Sarah Bingham's son and daughter have the same rare illness and she is a donor match for both.", "Industry body calls for the early vaccination of workers to keep supply chains running smoothly.", "Lorry drivers will need a negative result to cross into France until further notice, the government says.", "Aston Villa are preparing to field a team of youngsters in Friday's FA Cup third-round tie at home to Liverpool.", "GPs in England receive doses of the Oxford Covid jab as medics warn of \"stretched\" wards.", "Families had smaller gatherings, but sales still rose 9.3% in the Christmas trading period, it says.", "There are concerns the new variant may spread too easily to be controlled by lockdown.", "Residents of Shijiazhuang are banned from leaving and will be tested en masse after an outbreak there.", "The Wanted member shares some good news with his fans, three months on from his cancer diagnosis.", "The new lockdown has pushed pubs and restaurants into yet more debt, some of which may never be repaid.", "Jamie Stiehm was in the House of Representatives press gallery when protesters smashed at the door.", "The online retailer wants to buy the brands, not their shops, suggesting any deal would cost jobs.", "The fast fashion retailer is not purchasing the stores or taking on its staff, the BBC understands.", "The head of France's scientific council suggests a third lockdown is needed amid spread of variants.", "Ella Lambert says the period pain she experiences inspired her to help others.", "Israel has vaccinated more than a quarter of its population and now high school students are eligible.", "Ministers have said schools would stay closed until half term unless Covid cases fall significantly.", "Janice Johnston had 18 months of needless chemotherapy, causing her numerous physical problems.", "Underground investigations are due to begin on Saturday after flooding linked to old mine shaft.", "Entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX company delivers 143 satellites to orbit on a single rocket flight.", "England complete a thrilling victory on day four of the second Test against Sri Lanka to take the series 2-0.", "A former Boeing manager says more investigations are needed on the plane, grounded after two crashes.", "Nearly 38,000 people are in hospital in the UK with coronavirus, the health secretary says.", "The highest-risk job roles were in restaurants, care work and manufacturing.", "From credit card fraud to benefit fraud, the problem costs the UK up to £190bn a year, a report says.", "Motorists are urged to take care with sub-zero temperatures forecast into Monday.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning.", "The crackdown on Alexei Navalny and his supporters fuels calls in the EU for tougher sanctions.", "The health secretary says it is \"difficult\" to put a timeline on when England's lockdown will be lifted.", "Tributes are paid to Robert Rowland following the accident near his home in the Bahamas.", "Budweiser will not advertise during the Super Bowl for the first time in 37 years.", "Boris Johnson says he understands parents' frustrations but the infection rate is \"still very high\".", "Ministers are due to meet on Monday to consider whether to tighten the UK's border restrictions further.", "Footage shows a police car apparently driving through a group at a street race in Washington state.", "The changes affecting some customers take effect as finances are squeezed by Covid and Christmas.", "A geologist says tens of thousands of old mine shafts must be monitored to help stop more flooding.", "An interior decor trend is blamed for the removal of the grass, which forms part of a wind defence.", "Geoff and Jenny Holland married in August after having to twice postpone their wedding.", "The lack of certainty about schools returning is fraying the exhausted nerves of parents.", "A Royal College of Nursing survey found almost 80% were more stressed because of the Covid pandemic.", "As temperatures continue to remain high, parts of Australia are facing their worst fire risk in a year.", "Three psychiatric reports found Olga Freeman was suffering from a severe depressive illness.", "Ambrose O'Neill disappeared after the first day of his trial in 2008.", "Only 18 out of 251 registered traveller sites have any available spaces, research from a charity suggests.", "Some will be able to return on Tuesday but others are urged to stay away due to safety fears.", "The building's owner vows it will continue as a department store despite the departure of current tenant, the House of Fraser.", "The eyes of people with PTSD behave differently when they see exciting images, researchers say.", "One says he is surprised Boris Johnson shared the early data when it is \"not particularly strong\".", "Laboratory tests suggest antibodies can recognise and fight the UK and South Africa variants.", "The media regulator decided not to pursue complaints about decency over the channel's satire.", "Online retailer Boohoo will buy the brand for £55m, but not its shops, putting 12,000 jobs at risk.", "Police describe it as the worst unrest in the Netherlands for decades, with more than 180 arrests.", "The UK's nations and regions are being treated as if they were \"invisible\", the former PM warns.", "What is behind the review of specialist care for mothers and babies in the south Wales valleys?", "Vaccination appointments for over-70s in Scotland will arrive on Monday as planned - but in white envelopes.", "A new report focuses on the experiences of pregnant women at Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board.", "The move sparks concerns that customers could see prices rise if merchants pass on the higher cost.", "Chelsea sack manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge, with former Paris St-Germain and Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel expected to replace him.", "Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 67, announces he is receiving medical treatment for the coronavirus.", "The Senate has confirmed Janet Yellen as first female treasury secretary in US history.", "The third national lockdown and travel ban meant the travel firm \"had to act\", a spokeswoman says.", "Sir Keir Starmer says he will be working from home until next Monday.", "A pilot programme for 24/7 vaccinations is among options being considered by the Scottish government.", "Why one family finds St Dwynwen's Day - the Welsh patron saint of lovers - more relevant to their heritage.", "Mothers speaking to the Cwm Taf maternity review \"overwhelmingly\" had distressing experiences.", "The mother of Keon Lincoln, 15, who was shot and stabbed, pleads for information about his death.", "Images circulated on social media show mourners at the funeral of an IRA man in Londonderry.", "First Minister Mark Drakeford earlier visited the site of the flooding which led to 80 people being evacuated.", "About 118,000 placements for young people are yet to be filled due to coronavirus lockdowns.", "Community spirit praised as helpers clear 7cm of snow so vulnerable patients could get Covid jab.", "Bruno Fernandes comes off the bench to fire Manchester United past fierce rivals Liverpool in a pulsating FA Cup fourth-round tie.", "Nurseries, pre-schools and childminders call for rapid testing and priority access to vaccines.", "The two men were guests at Cameron House Hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond when the blaze broke out.", "The force said its role is designed to inform prosecutors and does not indicate a crime has taken place.", "The 78-year-old Scottish comedian received his first dose of the vaccine near his home in Florida.", "A report criticises the union after it told its members not to volunteer due to safety concerns.", "A shortage of shipping containers, rising costs, and congestion at ports are holding back imports from China.", "Ministers have said schools would stay closed until half term unless Covid cases fall significantly.", "The majority of applications for the discretionary part of the test and trace grant are unsuccessful.", "Despite Glastonbury's cancellation, smaller festivals could still go ahead, experts say.", "Boris Johnson says it's more important than ever to be vigilant in following rules and staying home.", "The probe into the handling of harassment claims against Alex Salmond wants to see messages between SNP and government officials.", "Eric Vice, 64, was driving to Swansea University when he hit a bridge.", "The premiere of No Time To Die, Daniel Craig's final 007 outing, is pushed back again due to Covid.", "Doctors say people should buy a pulse oximeter to monitor their oxygen levels at home.", "The imam, Sheikh Nuru Mohammed, hopes the centre will dispel false information about the vaccination.", "Boris Johnson has not ruled out further action to secure the borders amid concerns over Covid variants.", "A bunker built during the Cold War is being auctioned with a guide price of £25,000.", "Worship has been suspended as burials average 15-a-day, yet still there is denial about the disease.", "UK retailers may abandon goods EU customers want to return because it is cheaper than bringing them home.", "A geologist says tens of thousands of old mine shafts must be monitored to help stop more flooding.", "The UK's chief medical adviser warns that \"a very small change and it could start taking off again\".", "Health Minister Robin Swann warns restrictions are likely to continue after latest extension.", "Scottish postie Nathan Evans has quit his job and signed to a record label after storming TikTok with sea shanties.", "The TV presenter says Mr Trump went on with the conversation, believing it to be Morgan.", "A 14-year-old boy is suspected of murder over \"inconceivable violence\" before Keon Lincoln's death.", "The Mavisbank care home in Bishopbriggs was recently rated \"weak\" by the care inspectorate for its Covid response.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning.", "A national charity renews its plea for donations to help museums hit by the coronavirus pandemic.", "Paula Badosa reveals she has the virus and apologises for making complaints about quarantine rules.", "'This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge' - the new president knows how daunting his task is.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 15 and 22 January.", "The chief rabbi has described the event as a \"shameful desecration of all that we hold dear\".", "A £500 payment is already available for those on low incomes who cannot work from home, No 10 says.", "Thirty-nine Vietnamese migrants suffocated in a sealed container en route to Essex in October 2019.", "A teachers' union says a review delivers a \"scathing\" verdict on how exams were handled in 2020.", "Fines of £800 will be handed to anyone attending a house party of more than 15 people from next week.", "Thousands of files hacked from Scotland's environment watchdog appear on the \"dark web\" after it rejected a ransom demand.", "Boris Johnson says England's measures will be reviewed once the priority groups have had the vaccine.", "Paddy McElhone, 24, was shot in the back by a soldier near his home outside Pomeroy in August 1974.", "Investigators have been targeting offenders who operate online since the first coronavirus lockdown.", "CCTV footage has been released showing fire breaking out in a hotel after a porter put a bag of ash and embers in a cupboard.", "Vitinha's superb goal sees Wolves into the fifth round of the FA Cup at the expense of non-league Chorley.", "Two people died in the blaze at the Cameron House hotel in West Dunbartonshire three years ago.", "A consortium including the fashion chain will no longer bid to buy Topshop and Topman out of administration.", "Evidence suggests the variant that emerged in the UK may be more deadly as well as faster-spreading.", "Clothing was the hardest-hit sector last year, seeing a 25% drop in sales overall.", "Liverpool's 68-game unbeaten home run in the Premier League comes to an end as Ashley Barnes fires home a late winner from the penalty spot to secure a famous victory for Burnley.", "The Japanese car maker has told the BBC its Sunderland plant is secure for the long term.", "Police hold aides to Putin critic Alexei Navalny as opposition activists start a string of rallies.", "Parts of Skewen remain underwater with people unable to return to their flooded homes.", "Andy Murray will miss the Australian Open after failing to find a \"workable quarantine\" solution following his positive test for coronavirus.", "Simon Midgley's mother says she still does not have answers about how her son died in the fire at Cameron House.", "Campaigners say a government fund to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding is woefully inadequate.", "The minority \"blatantly flouting\" restrictions will face enforcement action, a senior officer says.", "The couple paid themselves the sum despite heavy losses at Mrs Beckham's fashion brand.", "Muller Milk & Ingredients in Somerset confirms 47 dairy workers have tested positive for Covid-19.", "NHS staff rally to arrange a wedding for a couple as the groom's condition deteriorates in hospital.", "Many of those who took part in the Capitol riot are believed to have subscribed to extremist views.", "The curbs may even continue until Easter in an attempt to drive down Covid-19 case numbers.", "Stars of the Essex-based reality show pay tribute to a \"true gentleman\" and \"one of the good guys\".", "Under coronavirus restrictions a maximum of 30 people are meant to attend a funeral.", "Abimbola Ajoke Bamgbose had been fed up with people asking if she was pregnant, an inquest hears.", "AstraZeneca is the latest company, after Pfizer, to warn of delivery issues, frustrating officials.", "Investigations are ongoing into what caused the road surface to give way, United Utilities say.", "As Covid patients waited at Royal Glamorgan Hospital the nurse had a fear of \"wanting to leave\".", "Under house arrest in Canada on bank fraud charges, Ms Meng has reportedly received death threats.", "As the UK records its highest death toll, Fergal Keane has been to see the strain the NHS is under for the second time.", "Richard Sharp says the BBC represents good value, but how it is funded \"may be worth reassessing\".", "The S21 Ultra's support for an S Pen will fuel speculation that the Note range's days are numbered.", "But the expert says the new Covid variant means any relaxation of rules will be a \"gradual process\".", "Amnesty International says the issue of forced adoptions also needs close scrutiny.", "Carol and David Richards had been fined £60 for driving 20 minutes to see her mother.", "Reports from Manaus say medical staff are begging for help in a critical situation due to Covid-19.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Thursday evening.", "But researchers warn there is still a risk of catching and passing the virus on to others again.", "Nicola Sturgeon announces the areas where restrictions will be tightened in Scotland from Saturday.", "One in three trusts in England was running above safe levels of bed occupancy by the end of 2020.", "Tui, the UK's largest tour operator, says 50% of bookings on their website are currently by over-50s.", "The famous Lauberhorn ski event is cancelled after a spike in Covid-19 cases linked to one tourist.", "Some urgent procedures including cancer surgery are postponed in one health board area due to Covid.", "Six chemists have been chosen initially, with 200 more offering vaccinations in the next fortnight.", "Hundreds of students say it is not right they will have to wait months for rebates during Covid-19.", "Some housed in the military camp say the conditions are so bad it causes them psychological trauma.", "Police and rail bosses condemn a social media post featuring a car parked on a level crossing.", "Armie Hammer dismisses supposedly leaked messages and says he can now not be apart from his children.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "Jack Dorsey acknowledges that banning the president undermines the ideals of an open internet.", "Homes worry about being sued if people contract the virus while they are staying there.", "The health minister says it is a \"strong start\" but there is more to do.", "Arrivals from most of South America - and from Portugal - will be stopped from Friday.", "Dozens cancel Covid jabs and poor road conditions have a \"severe impact\" on Yorkshire's ambulances.", "Founder Charlie Mullins says it is a \"no-brainer\" that workers should get immunised.", "Scientists are racing to find out more about variants of the coronavirus that are spreading fast.", "The co-founder for Cyberpunk 2077's developer is explaining what went wrong with the launch.", "Samantha Hicks attributed her baby's kicking to sickness having been in hospital with Covid-19.", "The footballer joins celebrities and campaigners to call for action in a letter to the prime minister.", "The prime minister has suggested there could be restrictions on travel from Brazil to the UK.", "Services in England are being cut from 87% of normal levels to 72%, the Rail Delivery Group says.", "A Met Office yellow weather warning for ice is in place after heavy snow caused road closures and travel disruption.", "A negative test had been due to be required from Friday, but ministers said people needed time to prepare.", "Post-primary schools get extra time to decide how they will admit pupils after transfer tests are cancelled.", "A Scottish shellfish firm owner says he is on the brink of bankruptcy as EU customers desert his business.", "The 19-year-old mounted pavements and jumped red lights through London and three counties.", "Nintendo's first theme park, modelled on levels of its Mario games, was due to open on 4 February.", "More than 45% of this priority group has now been vaccinated, compared with about 30% in London.", "Travellers from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana and Mauritius will be barred from entry.", "New Brexit trade rules mean Britain's biggest supermarket faces problems importing some fruit, meat and ready meals.", "James Howells threw away a hard drive containing bitcoin - now worth £210m - by mistake in 2013.", "The last of 14 works identified as looted from Jewish collectors is returned to the owner's heirs.", "It tops up doses already promised as officials worry that Africa is at the back of the vaccine queue.", "England's cancer, critical care, A&E and routine treatments all hit as hospitals accommodate virus patients.", "Boris Johnson pledged to end rough sleeping by 2024, but a watchdog says plans need reviewing post-Covid.", "The government defends its plan to switch to a grant scheme to feed children at half term.", "Our voter panel is divided over the charge of incitement with Trump supporters warning it will deepen divisions.", "A respiratory doctor at the Mater Hospital warns that oxygen supplies are under \"extreme pressure\".", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Ministers could bring in possible measures after a new Covid variant was found in South America.", "Ivan Cavaleiro's late header earns Premier League strugglers Fulham a hard-fought draw against Tottenham in their hastily rearranged London derby.", "The couple, who both have coronavirus, were given \"precious\" time together, their daughter says.", "Doctors leaders' want staff to be given the type of high-quality masks usually only worn in intensive care.", "The scientists investigating the origins of the coronavirus have landed in the city of Wuhan.", "The prime minister warns there is a \"very substantial\" risk of intensive care being \"overtopped\".", "The home secretary says her focus is on enforcement but doesn't rule out tougher restrictions next week.", "Dom Bess takes 5-30 as a dreadful Sri Lanka batting display leaves England in control after day one of the first Test at Galle.", "A blind social media star could wait years for a new guide dog due to delays linked to the pandemic.", "The government wants bosses to do more to help victims as reports of domestic abuse soar in lockdown.", "Andy Murray is still hopeful of playing in the Australian Open despite not travelling to Melbourne after testing positive for coronavirus.", "On Thursday, 16 more deaths related to Covid-19 were recorded along with 973 new positive cases.", "Ten members of his own party voted against the president over his role in the deadly riots at the US Capitol.", "Illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher and partner Roy Horn were an institution in Las Vegas and beyond.", "Mr Leonard says it is in the best interests of the party if he stands down as leader immediately.", "The retailer insists it has no plans to move online, despite warning shop closures could cost it £1bn.", "A total of 1,596 patients are in Scottish hospitals with Covid as pressures on the NHS continue to build.", "The woman, who was Tasered by officers, is taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.", "Sarah Link lived in a caravan on her own drive so she could carry on working and protect her mother.", "Vincent Kane does not know when his operation will happen, having been delayed due to the pandemic.", "The property investment firm is accused of trying to \"jump the queue\".", "It said there may be \"an increase of missing items and substitutions over the next few weeks\".", "Officers \"will not hesitate\" to take action against those breaking the rules, home secretary says.", "The vaccines were administered on Saturday by a household doctor at Windsor Castle, a royal source says.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock says social media giants are \"taking editorial decisions\".", "The Labour leader urges ministers to give councils more money instead to protect family budgets.", "Three people were arrested during an anti-lockdown protest, including the woman seen in the video.", "Eleanor Wadsworth flew hundreds of aircraft, including Spitfires and Hurricanes, to the front line in WW2.", "People who cannot work from home should be prioritised for rapid tests in England, the government says.", "Bernard Thomas was rescued from the rubble of Pantglas primary school on 21 October, 1966.", "But for now, people must stay at home during lockdown and alleviate 'serious' pressure on the NHS.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the NHS is under \"very serious pressure\" and warns people to stay home.", "Electricity is gradually being restored after a huge outage triggered by a power station fault.", "The riots of 6 January took many by surprise, but to those tracking conspiracy and extreme right groups online, the warning signs were all there.", "Extra measures are taken to distribute Covid vaccines amid fears the snow could turn to ice.", "Crawley Town produce one of the FA Cup third round's most emphatic upsets as they stun Premier League side Leeds United.", "US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says contact between officials should no longer be \"shackled\".", "There are concerns the new variant may spread too easily to be controlled by lockdown.", "At least six police vans are deployed to Clapham Common where about 30 protesters gathered.", "The farm has been left with over 4,000 surplus eggs after schools suddenly closed to most pupils.", "The government says a draft agreement saying flat owners need its approval first is \"standard\".", "Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove says \"work is ongoing\" to improve trade from GB to NI.", "Scott McTominay celebrates captaining Manchester United for the first time with an early winner to see off Watford in the FA Cup third round.", "A 107-year-old woman from County Meath is attempting to attend a virtual Mass in every county.", "Increasing numbers of seriously-ill patients add to the pressure facing Scotland's health service.", "Four deaths are reported as Storm Filomena dumps snow and triggers floods across the country.", "A \"significant step-up\" in rolling out vaccines is promised by the health minister.", "If Parler fails to find a new web hosting service by Sunday, the entire network will go offline.", "The Labour leader calls for tougher coronavirus restrictions and says help for low earners must continue.", "Almost 50,000 people in Wales have been given a first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.", "He hopes to beat his own lockdown bulge with his \"Get Buzzin' With Bez\" YouTube classes.", "Two landslides hit the same village in Indonesia within hours, leaving emergency teams trapped.", "Another 1,035 people have died, taking the total since the start of the pandemic to 80,868.", "Patients, many shielding, have been offered appointments miles away from their homes.", "The Labour leader rejects a second independence referendum but calls for other changes to devolution.", "More than 100 cars are turned away from a beauty spot in north Wales, police say.", "Boris Johnson will make a televised address at 20:00 GMT to outline further steps as virus cases rise.", "Lockdown measures will see schools closed until half term, and GCSEs and A-levels unable to go ahead as normal.", "The British coin collection will also mark the 75th anniversary of the death of novelist HG Wells.", "Four boys and a girl are held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after the Reading attack.", "An NHS chief executive says it 'beggars belief' people took pictures of empty corridors.", "Four people were accused of being a \"supporting cast\" for burglars who targeted west London homes.", "Boris Johnson says the gap between referendums on Europe - 41 years - is \"a good sort of gap\" for independence referendums.", "The PM says the number of vaccine doses will amount to \"tens of millions\" by the end of March.", "Mainland Scotland faces tougher restrictions from midnight, and schools will remain closed until February.", "The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine programme is being rolled out less than a week after it became the second approved in the UK.", "Dr Radha Modgil shares tips on staying mentally and emotionally well during the coronavirus lockdown.", "Dan Eliasson, head of the civil contingencies agency, flew to the Canary Islands to see his daughter.", "Tributes have been paid to trainer Zoe Davison, who died from cancer on the same day two of her horses claimed wins at Plumpton.", "The first minister warns Scotland could be entering the most dangerous period since the outbreak began.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "The group of more than 200 engineers say Google must live up to its 'Don't be evil' pledge.", "Nóra Quoirin's family say they are disappointed at the ruling and still think she was abducted.", "Boris Johnson warns of \"tough\" weeks ahead, as coronavirus infection rates continue to surge.", "The first minister says restrictions \"similar to March\" will come into force in mainland Scotland from midnight and schools will not re-open in January.", "The border crossings between the UK and the European Union face their first day of significant traffic under new rules.", "Professional sport in England will be allowed to continue behind closed doors, despite a new national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.", "The Labour leader calls for an immediate lockdown in England to get the virus \"back under control\".", "The Department of Health's aim is for all people older than 80 to receive a jab by the end of January.", "Lockdown losses mean renewing the 10-year contract to lease Yang Guang and Tian Tian may be unaffordable.", "Police help dozens of motorists who became stranded after heavy snow fell in the Peak District.", "Parliament will be recalled for Nicola Sturgeon to make an \"urgent statement\" as case numbers rise by 2,464.", "Schools in Wales given a flexible approach to ensure a \"safe return\", despite concerns by unions.", "Economy Minister Diane Dodds writes to Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove over the issue.", "UK nationals resident in Spain say they were wrongly turned back when their flight landed in Barcelona.", "Four boys and a girl are held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after the Reading attack.", "Rutherglen MP Margaret Ferrier is charged by police with \"alleged culpable and reckless conduct\".", "After the PM hints at tighter measures in England, our science editor looks at what they could entail.", "Her Majesty said the now 75-year-old show had \"played a significant part in the evolving of women\".", "Schools will close for most pupils from Tuesday as people are told to stay at home in new lockdown.", "The latest government figures show a further 2,137 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Scotland on Friday.", "The government said suspected jihadists ambushed the two villages near Niger's border with Mali.", "Boris Johnson says more areas may need tougher rules, as Labour urges England-wide curbs within 24 hours.", "The news comes following confusion after her death was prematurely announced on Monday.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "The Championship club said \"several first-team staff and players\" had tested positive.", "England all-rounder Moeen Ali tests positive for Covid-19 upon arrival at Hambantota airport in Sri Lanka.", "The Love Island star is alleged to have \"breached quarantine\" regulations on holiday in Barbados.", "Stay-at-home orders are issued in England and Scotland, as UK classrooms face further disruption.", "The executive also plans to give its stay at home message legal force, with new travel restrictions.", "The Gerry and the Pacemakers singer's number one hit became a football terrace anthem.", "The bid approach is the latest attempt by a casino operator to tap into the online gambling boom.", "The locally-produced Covaxin jab was approved on Sunday before completion of third stage trials.", "Supermarkets say card payment problems that led to long queues are resolved, but cause still unknown", "Total deaths involving Covid pass 6,000, including 467 in the week ending 15 January.", "A Cardiff head teacher says keeping schools closed affects disadvantaged pupils most severely.", "The money comes from the liquidation of a firm co-founded by the disgraced film producer.", "Before Wuhan was locked down in January 2020 officials said the outbreak was under control - but the virus had spread inside and outside the city.", "Boris Johnson says he takes \"full responsibility\" for the UK government's response to the pandemic.", "Trinidadian-born British writer Monique Roffey says she is \"pinching herself\" over her win.", "Another 7,700 registered with coronavirus on the death certificate brings the total to nearly 104,000.", "The 71-year-old Lib Dem peer says she is wearing her \"I've had the jab\" badge with pride.", "The tunnel is a danger to public safety, an HS2 spokeswoman told the BBC.", "The UK is the second market - after the US - to get Facebook's latest news feature.", "The NHS says any invitation which asks for vaccine payment or bank account details is a scam.", "The shadow justice secretary calls for seven-member juries to deal with cases delayed by the pandemic.", "Scientists propose 10 golden rules for restoring forests to maximise benefits for the planet.", "Parents reveal the perils of juggling teaching with work and family life.", "The new measures are likely to apply to British residents arriving in England from high-risk countries.", "Boris Johnson says he takes \"full responsibility for everything that the government has done\".", "Major incidents were declared in north and south Wales as Storm Christoph causes flooding.", "The health secretary says it is \"difficult\" to put a timeline on when England's lockdown will be lifted.", "Ex-cabinet minister wants \"Britain's favourite animal\" to get same protections as bats and badgers.", "Budweiser will not advertise during the Super Bowl for the first time in 37 years.", "Boris Johnson says he understands parents' frustrations but the infection rate is \"still very high\".", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning.", "Several pupils at the school admitted visiting other households, breaking Covid-19 lockdown rules.", "Demand for the video game and cloud computing services helped push Microsoft sales to a new quarterly record.", "A geologist says tens of thousands of old mine shafts must be monitored to help stop more flooding.", "Lawyers for SMG deny claims it was penny-pinching before the 2017 Manchester Arena attack.", "An interior decor trend is blamed for the removal of the grass, which forms part of a wind defence.", "There will be \"a lot more deaths\" before the effect of vaccines is felt, England's chief medical officer says.", "Crew are asking to be designated 'key workers' so they can go home without risking public health.", "Campaigners claim changes to the way decisions were made led to a \"shocking\" fall in cases going to court.", "Comedians Meera Syal, Romesh Ranganathan and Adil Ray make a video urging people to get the vaccine.", "The Met says it was a \"poor decision\" to hire a barber to give cuts to 31 officers in the workplace.", "Some will be able to return on Tuesday but others are urged to stay away due to safety fears.", "Nadhim Zahawi says supply is tight, but he expects the UK to meet its February target of 15 million doses.", "The Belfast grammar school says it will use \"other academic criteria\" in the absence of transfer tests.", "As the UK records its 100,000th death from Covid within 28 days of a positive test, Catherine Burns speaks to some of the people behind the figures.", "It comes as the foreign secretary says the UK will return to spending 0.7% of GDP on aid \"as soon as possible\",", "Police describe it as the worst unrest in the Netherlands for decades, with more than 180 arrests.", "The government gives its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrels.", "As the number of people who died reaches six figures, the factors that led to this terrible total.", "The BBC brought a judicial review over reporting restrictions in a now abandoned legal case against Scotland's child abuse inquiry.", "An extra £50m is being directed towards grassroots sport after a \"significant hit\" to activity levels amid the coronavirus pandemic.", "The pharmaceutical giant said the late signing of contracts limited time to sort out supply glitches.", "Part of the grade II-listed bridge over the River Clwyd was swept away during Storm Christoph.", "Chelsea sack manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge, with former Paris St-Germain and Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel expected to replace him.", "The Senate has confirmed Janet Yellen as first female treasury secretary in US history.", "The company acknowledges its \"Birdwatch\" idea could be \"messy\", but says it is worth trying.", "Parents and teachers are frustrated and worried about the impact of school closures on children.", "Before Wuhan was locked down in January 2020 officials said the outbreak was under control - but the virus had spread inside and outside the city.", "A plan to put the anti-slavery activist on the banknote was delayed under ex-President Donald Trump.", "The third national lockdown and travel ban meant the travel firm \"had to act\", a spokeswoman says.", "The Stormont-commissioned research examined institutions run by churches and other religious groups.", "English-speaking parents whose children go to Welsh-language schools say they struggle to help them.", "Three nights of rioting will not halt night curfews aimed at stopping coronavirus, say Dutch ministers.", "Claudia Marsh had recently qualified as a teacher and also volunteered for two charities.", "We must remember that every one of the lives lost during the pandemic leaves a legacy of sorrow.", "Images circulated on social media show mourners at the funeral of an IRA man in Londonderry.", "The mother of Keon Lincoln, 15, who was shot and stabbed, pleads for information about his death.", "The Welsh Government misses its target of giving 70% of over-80s the vaccine by last weekend.", "Leaders in the House have brought their article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate.", "The border closure is likely to remain even with widespread vaccinations, a top official says.", "Alex Davies-Jones said \"like so many others\" she put off having a test for months.", "The convicted murderer and music producer was described as \"talented but flawed\" in an online story.", "The Welsh Ambulance Service boss warns that difficult weeks lie ahead in Covid-19 fight.", "An eyewitness speaks publicly for the first time about the 2015 death of a man being restrained by police.", "Lisbet Stone was turned away from her flight to London due to having an outdated Covid test.", "The number of people needing intensive care is expected to continue rising for at least two weeks.", "Passengers must also quarantine for up to 10 days following the closure of all UK travel corridors.", "Spector, who was jailed for killing actress Lana Clarkson, transformed pop music with his \"wall of sound\".", "At the age of 14, he sent encrypted messages inciting an Australian teenager to murder police officers.", "The owner of a toy retailer says high transport costs may mean larger toys become more expensive.", "Jonny Bairstow and Dan Lawrence help England seal victory over Sri Lanka on the final morning of the first Test in Galle.", "Ex-Marine John Deacy, 81, died with Covid-19 just two weeks after his last shift at the supermarket.", "A group of pensioners seek compensation for what they say was the excessive pricing of landlines.", "Leaders Manchester United are thwarted by the second-half heroics of keeper Alisson in a goalless draw with title rivals Liverpool at Anfield.", "Northern Health Trust chief says system is under \"huge pressure\" with patients waiting for beds.", "Doctors say the \"patchy supply\" of vaccine to GPs is slowing down efforts to deliver it to patients.", "The \"fiercely competitive\" but \"kind, thoughtful and caring\" news executive has died aged 73.", "Nóra Quoirin's parents do not accept the findings of an inquest into her death in Malaysia.", "Sir Richard Branson's rocket company succeeds in putting its first satellites in space.", "Jonathan Brooks is charged with the attempted murder of Graeme Perks, who was attacked in his home.", "Police have described the killers of 15-year-old Keelan Wilson as a \"pack of animals\".", "Brazil has the world's second-highest Covid death toll but has seen delay and discord over vaccines.", "A red deer had to be put down after being savaged by a red setter in London's Richmond Park.", "David Urpeth says smart motorways without a hard shoulder carry \"an ongoing risk of future deaths.\"", "Former climbing champion Lai Chi-Wai raised HK$5.2 million for spinal cord patients.", "Phil Neville leaves his role as manager of England's women and takes over at Major League Soccer side Inter Miami.", "Students call for more support as they continue their studies through another lockdown.", "The Jewish employee had warned co-workers about the danger of Nazis during the Capitol Riots.", "A group of London firms has written to ministers calling for financial support for the rail firm.", "Small armed groups gathered in several US cities but most state capitols were quiet amid high security.", "Annual growth of 2.3% puts China on course to be the only major economy to have expanded in 2020.", "Boris Johnson promises £23m in compensation for exporters which have lost orders due to delays.", "Someone is being admitted to hospital with coronavirus every 30 seconds, the health secretary says.", "The Perth-born actor was best known for screen roles including \"Chancer\" in City Lights and \"Pete Galloway\" in River City.", "Students at Aberystwyth are told not to return unless \"absolutely necessary\".", "Ambulance service staff in London explain the unique pressures of working during a pandemic.", "A shortage of computer chips is leading to car factories shutting down for days at a time.", "Drivers from Scotland and Portsmouth caught breaking lockdown rules in north Wales.", "Pressure grows on PM after non-binding motion on universal credit top-up is passed by 278 votes.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "There are very few spare beds for the most seriously ill patients in parts of the country, the NHS says.", "Police found evidence of sub-standard care at the Caerphilly home, an inquest hears.", "Democrats plan to start impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump on Monday, for inciting the invasion of the US Capitol, sources say.", "There's speculation over who was involved in the protests and whether they belong to organised groups.", "As Covid patients waited at Royal Glamorgan Hospital the nurse had a fear of \"wanting to leave\".", "The Welsh Government is in discussions with supermarkets about bringing \"more visible\" regulations.", "While GCSEs and A-levels are cancelled, IGCSEs, often used in independent schools, will continue.", "Terence Glover \"ploughed\" into a group of children in his car as they were leaving school.", "The firm says tighter Covid restrictions and falling passenger numbers have prompted the decision.", "The man charged the 92-year-old £160 and came back a week later asking for a further £100.", "Seventeen million doses have been ordered by the UK and are expected to arrive in spring.", "Sweet Melody becomes the band's fifth number one, and their first since Jesy Nelson left.", "But some performances may be pre-recorded if artists can't travel to Rotterdam.", "The deaths of a further 93 people have been recorded - with the number of patients in hospital at record levels.", "When Trump supporters stormed the Capitol they took out their cameras to record the chaos inside.", "He is remembered for the 7 Up documentary series which followed the lives of 14 children since 1964.", "Secret recordings revealed \"enough profanity, casual sexism and racism to last a lifetime\".", "Criticism of new Brexit trade rules is growing as firms warn of more bureaucracy, higher costs and delays.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "Students say they will refuse to pay for accommodation they cannot use during lockdown.", "It is the third vaccine to be approved for UK use, after the Pfizer and Oxford jabs.", "Ross Kemp and Christopher Biggins do readings at the funeral of the EastEnders and Carry On actress.", "The Competition and Markets Authority will explore whether Google is abusing its market dominance.", "Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove says \"work is ongoing\" to improve trade from GB to NI.", "Her family said the British model, who died in December aged 50, had been \"unwell for some time\".", "We asked people around the US how they responded to the chaotic scenes from the US Capitol.", "The drugs, which save an extra life for every 12 intensive care patients treated, can be used immediately, say experts.", "Shark attacks are rare in the country and it is thought to be the first such death since 2013.", "Breakdown of what happened when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol amid a key Senate vote.", "The weekly applause is back - but its founder distances herself from the initiative.", "The lender says it expects \"downward pressure on house prices\" in 2021 following annual rise of 6% last year.", "Business Secretary Alok Sharma becomes full-time president of November's COP26 conference in Glasgow.", "Data leaked to BBC News shows a rise in the number of hours before patients are offloaded.", "Marks & Spencer's clothes sales overall fall nearly a quarter, but pyjamas are back in fashion.", "The UK prime minister also says the US president is \"completely wrong\" over his election fraud claims.", "The men were detained when special forces stormed the Nave Andromeda off the Isle of Wight.", "Travellers from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana and Mauritius will be barred from entry.", "Top Democrats call for the president to be removed as he commits to an \"orderly\" transition of power.", "A London fashion student made the \"social distancing bandeau\" out of a Chiltern Railways seat cover.", "The mayor says in some parts of London 1 in 20 people has Covid-19, as he declares a \"major incident\".", "It comes as all of Wales has snow and ice warnings for the next few days.", "The Korean car company originally said it was in talks with the tech titan before backtracking.", "Two women were fined £200 after driving five miles to walk around Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire.", "Worried childcare staff call on ministers to prove it's safe for them to open in England.", "Boris Johnson says the armed forces will use \"battle preparation techniques\" to help vaccinate millions.", "Vincent Kane does not know when his operation will happen, having been delayed due to the pandemic.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 1 and 8 January.", "Satellite data shows that 2020 and 2016 are essentially tied as the hottest years since records began.", "Lorry drivers will need a negative result to cross into France until further notice, the government says.", "A record 68,053 cases are also reported as a third vaccine is approved for use in the UK.", "Details and reaction as First Minister Mark Drakeford confirms an extended closure of schools.", "The Duke of Cambridge says he wants his three children to appreciate sacrifices made during Covid.", "He claims her evidence to an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against him was \"untrue\".", "The Wanted member shares some good news with his fans, three months on from his cancer diagnosis.", "Meanwhile almost half of people took advantage of Christmas bubble rules, a national survey suggests.", "Kelvin Hopkins has previously denied claims by a party activist of inappropriate physical contact.", "A series of streamed music events, shows and releases will mark five years since the singer's death.", "With attendance as high as 50% in some areas, heads call for pupil limits in England's lockdown schools.", "Ramsey was loved by fans for her role as Officer Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy film series.", "Lockdown measures will see schools closed until half term, and GCSEs and A-levels unable to go ahead as normal.", "Four boys and a girl are held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after the Reading attack.", "That includes some of the most vulnerable patients who should soon have \"significant\" protection against the virus.", "Four people were accused of being a \"supporting cast\" for burglars who targeted west London homes.", "Mainland Scotland faces tougher restrictions from midnight, and schools will remain closed until February.", "The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine programme is being rolled out less than a week after it became the second approved in the UK.", "President Trump initially accused China of the hack against US government agencies in December.", "The first cyclone of Australia’s season has been downgraded but continues to cause danger.", "Reversing earlier assurances, officials say tracing data can be used for criminal investigations.", "Boris Johnson tells a briefing that nearly a quarter of people over 80 have received a Covid-19 jab.", "Dr Radha Modgil shares tips on staying mentally and emotionally well during the coronavirus lockdown.", "Enrique Tarrio was detained as he entered the city ahead of a pro-Trump protest this week.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "BBC Two and CBBC will show content for primary and secondary pupils to watch without the internet.", "Sea Shepherd says the collision happened after it came under attack in the Gulf of California.", "Business groups welcomed the new help as a good start but said more aid and a clear plan would be needed.", "Boris Johnson made the decision on restrictions \"in the face of new information\", the chancellor says.", "The first minister says restrictions \"similar to March\" will come into force in mainland Scotland from midnight and schools will not re-open in January.", "Professional sport in England will be allowed to continue behind closed doors, despite a new national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.", "The children's commissioner for England and Labour's leader call on firms to help low-income families.", "The Department of Health's aim is for all people older than 80 to receive a jab by the end of January.", "A growing divide over education, jobs, and ethnicity threaten the fabric of society, says Nobel laureate's study.", "Economy Minister Diane Dodds writes to Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove over the issue.", "UK nationals resident in Spain say they were wrongly turned back when their flight landed in Barcelona.", "You may be happy to let your phone recognise your face - but what about the police?", "Virgin Holidays joins Tui and Thomas Cook in cancelling holidays after latest coronavirus restrictions.", "In a TV address, Labour's leader says millions of doses need to be given each week by the end of January.", "Rutherglen MP Margaret Ferrier is charged by police with \"alleged culpable and reckless conduct\".", "The cancellations, although rare, reflect the pressure some hospitals are under from Covid.", "Roughly one in 50 people in England has got the virus, Prof Chris Whitty says.", "Demand surges as shoppers rush to secure online delivery slots following news of another lockdown.", "In the tightening of restrictions across the UK there is much that's an echo of March - but a lot that's different too.", "It's been a \"Herculean achievement\" for Marieme and Ndeye, who survived against the odds.", "The news comes following confusion after her death was prematurely announced on Monday.", "Former Manchester City and England midfielder Colin Bell dies aged 74 after a short illness, the Premier League club announces.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "YouTube says the broadcaster posted banned Covid content, but it has decided to reinstate its channel.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon thinks Celtic have questions to answer on the grounds for their winter trip to Dubai and says the club's social distancing \"should be looked into\".", "The stationery chain which has 127 stores and around 1,500 employees says shop closures hit it hard.", "Doctors leaders' want staff to be given the type of high-quality masks usually only worn in intensive care.", "Former Buckingham Palace caterer Adamo Canto attempted to sell some items on eBay, a court hears.", "Vocational exams such as BTECs are not being cancelled by the lockdown like GCSEs and A-levels.", "A hearing will decide whether Khairi Saadallah was motivated by a religious or ideological cause.", "The Love Island star is alleged to have \"breached quarantine\" regulations on holiday in Barbados.", "Stay-at-home orders are issued in England and Scotland, as UK classrooms face further disruption.", "The executive also plans to give its stay at home message legal force, with new travel restrictions.", "The famous building on London's Oxford Street has been put on the market by administrators.", "Strict new Covid-19 restrictions come into force in Scotland, prohibiting people from leaving their homes.", "A fresh move to make non-fatal strangulation a specific criminal offence is under way.", "The personal trainer says he wants to \"give children structure\" during lockdown.", "Regulators say the plane is safe to resume service after two fatal crashes led to its grounding.", "Insurers reject claims that by covering ransomware bills they are funding organised crime.", "But loss of taste and smell may be less likely to affect those with the new strain, a study suggests.", "Travellers share their experiences of isolating in hotels, as the UK announces a similar scheme.", "Boris Johnson says he takes \"full responsibility\" for the UK government's response to the pandemic.", "Nicola Sturgeon says she is \"not ecstatic\" about reports the PM will visit Scotland on Thursday.", "The tunnel is a danger to public safety, an HS2 spokeswoman told the BBC.", "The 71-year-old Lib Dem peer says she is wearing her \"I've had the jab\" badge with pride.", "Philippa Day was found collapsed beside a letter rejecting her request for an at-home assessment.", "The 83-year-old Hollywood royalty is also known as an active climate change campaigner.", "The shadow justice secretary calls for seven-member juries to deal with cases delayed by the pandemic.", "Karen Hobbs' sister says she is in shock, and urges people to follow lockdown rules.", "Boris Johnson says most people in Scotland are focused on defeating Covid rather than another referendum.", "Images of Jonathan Mok's swollen eye were posted on Facebook and shared thousands of times.", "Robin Swann says all health workers are valued and have worked tirelessly during the pandemic.", "A collection of your tributes to some of the thousands of people in the UK who have died with coronavirus.", "The financial regulator will consult \"shortly\" on a rise from the current limit of £45.", "Ministers are due to meet on Monday to consider whether to tighten the UK's border restrictions further.", "Footage shows a banned driver in a stolen car drive into a police officer on his motorbike.", "The PM sets the date he hopes England's lockdown will begin to ease, but warns of a \"perilous situation\".", "Boris Johnson also says he shares the \"frustration\" of parents who want to get children back to school.", "Already 100,000 people in the UK have died with Covid. This is the story of one of them.", "Demand for the video game and cloud computing services helped push Microsoft sales to a new quarterly record.", "Families loaded up on the latest technology and sales increased in China.", "The maps depict the famous sea battle in which the English fleet was victorious in 1588.", "There will be \"a lot more deaths\" before the effect of vaccines is felt, England's chief medical officer says.", "The lack of certainty about schools returning is fraying the exhausted nerves of parents.", "The Army sends a bomb disposal unit to a site where the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is produced.", "Already 100,000 people in the UK have died with Covid. This is the story of one of them.", "The Met says it was a \"poor decision\" to hire a barber to give cuts to 31 officers in the workplace.", "The Oscar-nominated actor and his choreographer wife describe as \"difficult\" their decision to split.", "It is the first time the world-famous event will take place in the autumn.", "Nadhim Zahawi says supply is tight, but he expects the UK to meet its February target of 15 million doses.", "A \"legacy of poor decisions\" in 2020 and before the pandemic led to 100,000 deaths, scientists say.", "Scientists say sharks and rays are disappearing from the world's oceans at an \"alarming\" rate.", "As the UK records its 100,000th death from Covid within 28 days of a positive test, Catherine Burns speaks to some of the people behind the figures.", "Bailiffs move in to remove people who dug a 100ft tunnel to block the high-speed rail line.", "Nicola Sturgeon says she is concerned the UK's travel restrictions will not go far enough.", "The government gives its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrels.", "Leon Briggs was \"like a child crying out for a toy\" as he was held down by officers, a jury hears.", "As the number of people who died reaches six figures, the factors that led to this terrible total.", "Nurse Eva Gicain says when she held Elleana for the first time she \"didn't want to let go\".", "The pharmaceutical giant said the late signing of contracts limited time to sort out supply glitches.", "Has the PM effectively admitted we're heading for a full year of limits on our lives?", "Lockdown led to a surge in reports of fraudsters imitating genuine investment firms, regulator says.", "Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in an Indian jail without conviction for more than three years.", "Labour calls for key workers to be added to the first phase of the vaccination programme.", "Residents hit upon the idea after the annual street parade was cancelled because of the pandemic.", "Boris Johnson faced questions from MPs why the UK's coronavirus death toll is the highest in Europe.", "Claudia Marsh had recently qualified as a teacher and also volunteered for two charities.", "The social media platform removed posts after wrongly identifying the place name as offensive.", "We must remember that every one of the lives lost during the pandemic leaves a legacy of sorrow.", "Details from a briefing by the chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser for health.", "David Solomon is being punished for the bank's involvement in the fraudulent Malaysian investment fund.", "Josh Quigley, from Livingston, suffered multiple fractures after coming off his bike at 40mph while training in Dubai.", "The “phased” lifting of restrictions will depend on data on hospitalisations, deaths and vaccinations.", "The government faces legal action over its decision to allow the use of a pesticide that harms bees.", "UK residents can apply for the new card to access emergency medical care when their EHIC card runs out.", "Khairi Saadallah murdered three friends in a Reading park in a \"ruthless and brutal” terror attack.", "Cardiff City defender Sol Bamba is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer, the Championship club has announced", "County Mayo man howls with laughter while trying to record a birthday message for his son.", "Derbyshire Police apologises to two women fined £200 for driving five miles for a countryside walk.", "New Covid curbs are necessary but they will hit the economy, Chancellor Rishi Sunak warns.", "Thousands of National Guard troops are being deployed to bolster security in Washington DC.", "Dutch TV films officials confiscating ham sandwiches from UK drivers under new food import rules.", "Unison chooses Christina McAnea to replace Dave Prentis, who has been in the job for 20 years.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock says 2.3 million people in the UK have now had a Covid-19 vaccine dose.", "James Brokenshire will take leave from his Home Office job during further surgery for lung cancer.", "Medical director warns Wrexham Maelor is under huge pressure as numbers of seriously ill patients rise.", "It said there may be \"an increase of missing items and substitutions over the next few weeks\".", "The new Welsh Government vaccine plan says all eligible adults will be offered a jab by the autumn.", "M&S is buying the brand out of administration, but not Jaeger's scores of shops and concessions.", "University of Surrey tests for BBC News found no evidence of any effect.", "The decision follows a rise in cases across the emirates in the past week, officials say.", "A document advises doctors that the minimum level of oxygen required in the blood is being reduced.", "Scotland's first minister says she has doubts about whether Celtic's trip to Dubai was \"really essential\".", "\"Numbers are increasing not decreasing\" - inside an emergency body storage facility in Surrey.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning.", "Three people were arrested during an anti-lockdown protest, including the woman seen in the video.", "A number of Scottish schools, pupils and parents report Microsoft Teams running slowly or not at all.", "People who cannot work from home should be prioritised for rapid tests in England, the government says.", "Luke Evans portrays the policeman who brought John Cooper to justice for two double murders.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the NHS is under \"very serious pressure\" and warns people to stay home.", "Extra measures are taken to distribute Covid vaccines amid fears the snow could turn to ice.", "Crawley Town produce one of the FA Cup third round's most emphatic upsets as they stun Premier League side Leeds United.", "As countries look to quickly vaccinate people, BBC reporters explain what's happening across Europe.", "There are concerns the new variant may spread too easily to be controlled by lockdown.", "Manchester United will host Premier League champions Liverpool in the fourth round of the FA Cup.", "Seven mass vaccination centres have opened across England to help deliver the Coronavirus vaccine.", "A study finds that the financial burden on poorer families has increased during the pandemic.", "The much-loved TV series is back with a new name but only three of the original four leads will star.", "The government says a draft agreement saying flat owners need its approval first is \"standard\".", "An industry group wants more state help for people like Jon Wilding, whose business is hit by the pandemic.", "Kitchen robots, new TVs, smart masks and a toilet that analyses your poo are among the new products.", "Doctors at the hospital say they're treating more younger patients than in the first wave.", "Boris Johnson was spotted at the Olympic Park on Sunday, despite government advice to \"stay local\".", "Nicola Sturgeon acknowledges technical problems on the first day the vast majority of pupils in Scotland begin the new term at home.", "About 560,000 people will have been vaccinated by the beginning of next month, the health secretary says.", "He wants businesses to do more to protect the planet as he marks 50 years of environmental campaigning.", "It comes after a Celtic player tested positive less than 48 hours after the squad returned from a training trip there.", "People refusing to wear face coverings who are not medically exempt will not be allowed to shop inside.", "Increasing numbers of seriously-ill patients add to the pressure facing Scotland's health service.", "Celtic's only regret about their Dubai trip was Chris Jullien contracting Covid-19, said coach Gavin Strachan, after the draw with Hibernian.", "Details and reaction to Health Minister Vaughan Gething's vaccination rollout plan.", "Justice Secretary Robert Buckland says too many abusers' sentences are not tough enough.", "Lisa Montgomery's lawyers argued she was a mentally ill victim of abuse who deserved mercy, but her victim's community said otherwise.", "A \"significant step-up\" in rolling out vaccines is promised by the health minister.", "The Labour leader calls for tougher coronavirus restrictions and says help for low earners must continue.", "The social network has hit back asking a federal judge to order it to be reinstated.", "Two landslides hit the same village in Indonesia within hours, leaving emergency teams trapped.", "The content will not count in a mobile data allowance to help keep costs of online learning down.", "Patients, many shielding, have been offered appointments miles away from their homes.", "The health secretary says UK vaccine rollout is on track but urges everyone to play their part by following Covid rules.", "The warning from England's chief medical officer comes as seven mass vaccination centres open.", "Joe Biden's presidential Twitter account launches with no followers transferred from President Trump.", "Some areas could see freezing temperatures and 5-10cm of snow on Saturday, the Met Office says.", "The Daily Telegraph must publish a correction over Covid claims, press regulator Ipso rules.", "Police and rail bosses condemn a social media post featuring a car parked on a level crossing.", "A negative test had been due to be required from Friday, but ministers said people needed time to prepare.", "Post-primary schools get extra time to decide how they will admit pupils after transfer tests are cancelled.", "Plastic surgeons express shock at the stabbing of \"highly respected\" Graeme Perks in his home.", "Red tape plus a \"poor\" Brexit deal mean fishermen fear for the future, says an industry body.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 8 and 15 January.", "In one health board, 30% of four and five-year-olds are overweight or obese.", "The couple, who both have coronavirus, were given \"precious\" time together, their daughter says.", "Even experienced exporters are struggling with the system, says the British Meat Processor Association.", "Details and reaction as First Minister Mark Drakeford promises more protection to shop workers.", "It comes after reports that protections including the 48-hour work week could be dropped.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the action is needed to protect against the risk of new Covid strains.", "He helped kick-start punk and new wave, and was an influence on the Sex Pistols and Guns N' Roses.", "Move follows concern over a new Covid variant which an expert says has already been found in the UK.", "Statistics agency Nisra says 145 deaths were registered last week, bringing its pandemic total to 1,976.", "The show of military strength comes days before the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president.", "Craig Ross was quoted as saying food bank users were \"far from starving\" and more at risk of diabetes.", "The Home Office says it is working to \"assess the impact\" of the issue, which has been resolved.", "Homes worry about being sued if people contract the virus while they are staying there.", "Richard Sharp says the BBC represents good value, but how it is funded \"may be worth reassessing\".", "Scientists warn UK deaths will continue to rise as the global death toll passes two million.", "Coronavirus restrictions in England affected services, with pubs and hairdressers badly hit.", "Antonio says he felt he was discriminated against because of his skin colour when he was sectioned.", "Reports from Manaus say medical staff are begging for help in a critical situation due to Covid-19.", "The NHS fears some communities are being targeted with misinformation, a leading doctor says.", "Replacement exam grades are likely to arrive earlier and be decided by teachers and a test.", "Donations of plasma from people who have recovered from the virus have been suspended.", "A variant that is thought to be more infectious has not been found in the UK, scientist says.", "A letter from police chiefs also says 213,000 records were lost - more than first thought.", "Pharmacist Llyr Hughes said 50 patients would be given the Covid vaccine at his pharmacy on Friday.", "The R number in the UK is officially estimated at 1.2-1.3 as a further 1,280 deaths are reported.", "Hospitals with large critical care capacity are taking patients from other areas to ease pressures.", "The Saved by the Bell actor became ill last week and was taken to hospital.", "Network Rail said a 24m section of side wall fell away from a bridge between Carmont and Stonehaven.", "On Thursday, 16 more deaths related to Covid-19 were recorded along with 973 new positive cases.", "The earthquake struck the island of Sulawesi on Friday, injuring hundreds and destroying a hospital.", "US police held back a mob for hours in a \"barbaric\" battle at the Capitol. Here are their stories.", "A respiratory doctor at the Mater Hospital warns that oxygen supplies are under \"extreme pressure\".", "Wayne Rooney is named as Derby County's new manager, with the ex-England captain also announcing his retirement from playing.", "David Chambers is accused of charging the woman £160 for a bogus jab.", "The footballer joins celebrities and campaigners to call for action in a letter to the prime minister.", "Mr Leonard says it is in the best interests of the party if he stands down as leader immediately.", "The government says the funding will connect \"left-behind\" communities.", "Tens of thousands of people join some of the largest rallies against President Vladimir Putin in years.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday morning.", "It is claimed they were seen drinking on Welsh Parliament premises when a ban on its sale in pubs was in force.", "Campaigners say a government fund to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding is woefully inadequate.", "One says he is surprised Boris Johnson shared the early data when it is \"not particularly strong\".", "It brings the total number of deaths to 97,329.", "Keon Lincoln was attacked by a group of youths in the Handsworth area of Birmingham.", "Police uncover a string of late-night \"incredibly selfish\" parties in Kensington and Chelsea.", "Pressures on intensive care units are seeing one in 10 patients transferred to a different site.", "Photographs of National Guard members sheltering underground spark anger among lawmakers.", "Some elderly people have been told to travel miles to get the jab or face having to wait to get it.", "A shortage of shipping containers, rising costs, and congestion at ports are holding back imports from China.", "Presented as a safe pair of hands, he struggled to make himself heard during tumultuous times.", "Some will enable women to have overnight visits with their children, the Ministry of Justice says.", "Underground investigations are due to begin on Saturday after flooding linked to old mine shaft.", "Booking a jab by following a link in an email meant \"depriving someone else\" of a vaccine, he said.", "Vitinha's superb goal sees Wolves into the fifth round of the FA Cup at the expense of non-league Chorley.", "As the UK rejects £500 Covid pay outs, how are others countries getting people to stick to the rules?", "A study finds the new coronavirus variant is responsible for pushing the R rate above the crucial 1.0 mark.", "Injections are to be delivered at Black Country Living Museum where the series has in part been filmed.", "The vaccination centres temporarily closed in south Wales as a weather warning was extended.", "The popular US broadcaster conducted about 50,000 interviews, from Nelson Mandela to Lady Gaga.", "Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Sri Lanka's health minister, tested positive for Covid on Friday.", "Anybody struggling to get to an appointment will be able to rearrange, a health board says.", "Boris Johnson said he looked forward to \"deepening the longstanding alliance\" between the UK and US.", "NHS staff rally to arrange a wedding for a couple as the groom's condition deteriorates in hospital.", "Evidence suggests the variant that emerged in the UK may be more deadly as well as faster-spreading.", "In the city where the virus first emerged there is now an insistence that it came from elsewhere.", "The chief rabbi has described the event as a \"shameful desecration of all that we hold dear\".", "Delaying second Pfizer doses to give more people their first is \"difficult to justify\", says BMA.", "Inadequate PPE and a new variant may be putting the lives of nurses at risk, says nursing union.", "Manchester City score three times in the last 10 minutes to defeat League Two side Cheltenham and avoid one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup history.", "Thirty-nine Vietnamese migrants suffocated in a sealed container en route to Essex in October 2019.", "Police hold aides to Putin critic Alexei Navalny as opposition activists start a string of rallies.", "Under coronavirus restrictions a maximum of 30 people are meant to attend a funeral.", "Boris Johnson has not ruled out further action to secure the borders amid concerns over Covid variants.", "Worship has been suspended as burials average 15-a-day, yet still there is denial about the disease.", "AstraZeneca is the latest company, after Pfizer, to warn of delivery issues, frustrating officials.", "The UK's chief medical adviser warns that \"a very small change and it could start taking off again\".", "An intensive care doctor says medics are seeing \"unprecedented\" numbers of people dying.", "They were hit while licking freshly laid salt on a road which is a black spot for animal accidents.", "And another 964 people died within 28 days of a positive test, only slightly down on Wednesday's figure.", "Objects are thrown and officers threatened as they break up the New Year's Eve party in Essex.", "As the UK prepares to sever EU ties, Stanley Johnson says he has always regarded himself as French.", "Campaigners say cutting of the 5% VAT rate on tampons and sanitary towels ends a 'sexist' tax.", "Japan's prime minister says the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will go ahead this summer despite concern over rising coronavirus cases.", "Doctors urge public to \"take it seriously\" and follow coronavirus restrictions amid rising cases.", "The British dance band make some of their biggest hits available for the first time.", "The new year celebrations featured a tribute to the NHS and a message from David Attenborough.", "Bishop, who recently tested positive for Covid-19, said boarding the Tardis was \"a dream come true\".", "Joe Anderson says Labour should pick another candidate while he seeks to clear his name.", "Former Manchester United and Scotland manager Tommy Docherty dies at the age of 92 following a long illness.", "The first minister warns Scotland could be entering the most dangerous period since the outbreak began.", "Manchester United move level on points with Premier League leaders Liverpool as a Bruno Fernandes penalty seals victory over Aston Villa.", "NHS England says the facility is available to help the capital's hospitals as Covid-19 cases rise.", "The designer of the scene says it is not the first time it has been targeted.", "Several hundred people gathered at Edinburgh Castle despite warnings to stay away.", "Education Secretary Gavin Williamson drops plan to keep primaries open in 10 boroughs in the city.", "Footage is released of the first police-involved death in the US city since George Floyd's in May.", "Staff absences and the new Covid variant are creating a \"challenging situation\", NHS Providers warn.", "A study finds the new coronavirus variant is responsible for pushing the R rate above the crucial 1.0 mark.", "Primary schools in only 10 of London's boroughs are due to reopen next week.", "One of hip-hop's most influential MCs, masked rapper MF Doom died in October, his family confirm.", "It comes as most people heeded warnings to stay home - but police issued fines to those who didn't.", "With a Brexit deal done, we look at the challenges to come at British borders.", "The UK’s new single market is not as big as the country, it now needs to encompass the whole world.", "Some lorries heading for Ireland have already been turned away from Welsh ports over wrong paperwork.", "Health Minister Vaughan Gething urges \"patience\" as the vaccine programme steps up in Wales.", "Nine people are still missing, two days after a hillside collapsed due to flowing clay mud.", "The finance minister had visited the Caribbean while his province is under strict Covid lockdown.", "The UK will now leave a 12-week gap between both parts of the Covid vaccination, rather than 21 days.", "The trade border means most commercial goods entering NI from GB now require a customs declaration.", "Boris Johnson celebrates the \"freedom in our hands\" as the long Brexit process comes to a conclusion.", "Firework displays and some religious rituals go ahead, although Covid mutes celebrations.", "The station will reflect on the world's longest-running serial drama across its output on Friday.", "The deal - yet to become a treaty - enables Spanish workers to continue entering Gibraltar freely.", "Omar Elabdellaoui, who plays for Turkish club Galatasaray, suffers burns and is taken to hospital.", "A new campaign is launched to urge people not to become complacent about the Covid restrictions.", "A total of 1,596 patients are in Scottish hospitals with Covid as pressures on the NHS continue to build.", "Kim Jong-un calls the US his \"biggest enemy\" and says plans for a nuclear submarine are nearly complete.", "Two women were fined £200 after driving five miles to walk around Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire.", "A self-employed father-of-three calls on UK government to be \"more flexible\" with its Covid support.", "Breakdown of what happened when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol amid a key Senate vote.", "Vincent Kane does not know when his operation will happen, having been delayed due to the pandemic.", "The property investment firm is accused of trying to \"jump the queue\".", "As Covid patients waited at Royal Glamorgan Hospital the nurse had a fear of \"wanting to leave\".", "Advertising campaign warning people not to get complacent comes as 1,325 deaths are recorded in the UK.", "Criticism of new Brexit trade rules is growing as firms warn of more bureaucracy, higher costs and delays.", "The vaccines were administered on Saturday by a household doctor at Windsor Castle, a royal source says.", "The Welsh Government is in discussions with supermarkets about bringing \"more visible\" regulations.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "A record 68,053 cases are also reported as a third vaccine is approved for use in the UK.", "Bernard Thomas was rescued from the rubble of Pantglas primary school on 21 October, 1966.", "The gym owners were given a £1,000 fine after three people were found inside on Friday.", "The friends said they were relieved people would not have to fear being fined for taking a walk.", "Terence Glover \"ploughed\" into a group of children in his car as they were leaving school.", "A timeline of international air crashes from 1998 to the present.", "West Ham manager David Moyes says footballers must not be \"picked on\" for breaching coronavirus guidelines.", "Councillor Kevin Hughes missed his mother's funeral after testing positive for coronavirus.", "US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says contact between officials should no longer be \"shackled\".", "There are concerns the new variant may spread too easily to be controlled by lockdown.", "Apple will also remove the social network from its App Store if it does not change its policies.", "As countries look to quickly vaccinate people, BBC reporters explain what's happening across Europe.", "At least six police vans are deployed to Clapham Common where about 30 protesters gathered.", "Ross Kemp and Christopher Biggins do readings at the funeral of the EastEnders and Carry On actress.", "The farm has been left with over 4,000 surplus eggs after schools suddenly closed to most pupils.", "The Duke of Cambridge says he wants his three children to appreciate sacrifices made during Covid.", "He claims her evidence to an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against him was \"untrue\".", "Thousands more people have taken up fishing during the pandemic, figures show.", "Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove says \"work is ongoing\" to improve trade from GB to NI.", "Meanwhile almost half of people took advantage of Christmas bubble rules, a national survey suggests.", "How Trump's favourite social media site banned him - permanently.", "A London fashion student made the \"social distancing bandeau\" out of a Chiltern Railways seat cover.", "Kelvin Hopkins has previously denied claims by a party activist of inappropriate physical contact.", "He is remembered for the 7 Up documentary series which followed the lives of 14 children since 1964.", "Eva Williams was unable to travel to the United States for treatment due to coronavirus.", "Four deaths are reported as Storm Filomena dumps snow and triggers floods across the country.", "He hopes to beat his own lockdown bulge with his \"Get Buzzin' With Bez\" YouTube classes.", "The new more infectious variant requires tougher measures to control the spread of Covid, say scientists.", "Another 1,035 people have died, taking the total since the start of the pandemic to 80,868.", "The mayor says in some parts of London 1 in 20 people has Covid-19, as he declares a \"major incident\".", "More than 100 cars are turned away from a beauty spot in north Wales, police say.", "The total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test during the pandemic is now above 90,000.", "The convicted murderer and music producer was described as \"talented but flawed\" in an online story.", "Police in Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire say they are expecting flooding in their regions.", "An eyewitness speaks publicly for the first time about the 2015 death of a man being restrained by police.", "Tory rebels hope to get another chance to outlaw trade deals with countries involved in mass killings.", "Lisbet Stone was turned away from her flight to London due to having an outdated Covid test.", "US tariffs on Scotch whisky and cashmere remain in place as UK fails to reach deal with Washington.", "Marion Dawson from Renfrewshire is the third oldest person in Scotland to be given the vaccine.", "Europe is gradually easing lockdown measures ahead of the tourist season.", "People accused of crimes in England and Wales - and alleged victims - wait years for a resolution.", "One person is killed and at least 10 are injured after vehicles collide on the Tohoku Expressway.", "Top medical adviser suggests schools in England may reopen region by region after lockdown.", "The Duchess of Sussex is suing the Mail on Sunday over the publication of her letter to her father.", "But researchers warn there is still a risk of catching and passing the virus on to others again.", "Out of 23,000 professors in UK universities only 155 are black, official figures reveal.", "Court cases face serious delays in the UK and lawyers say more investment in technology would help.", "The government is being scrutinised over trade deals with countries with poor human rights records.", "People who say Boris Johnson does not want Joe Biden as president are \"mistaken\", says Lord Sedwill.", "Police found evidence of sub-standard care at the Caerphilly home, an inquest hears.", "Matt Hancock says he will stay at home and urged others to do the same if \"pinged\" by the app.", "A collection of your tributes to some of the thousands of people in the UK who have died with coronavirus.", "The UK's push to secure a deal over fossil fuels is being undercut by a decision to allow a new coal mine, MPs warn.", "The number of people needing intensive care is expected to continue rising for at least two weeks.", "Ex-Marine John Deacy, 81, died with Covid-19 just two weeks after his last shift at the supermarket.", "Mainland Scotland and some islands to remain under toughest coronavirus rules until at least mid-February.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening.", "Labour accuses Kwasi Kwarteng of \"unpicking\" workers' rights, as minister confirms he will review rules.", "The unnamed man lived in Verbier, where the incident happened, police said.", "Boris Johnson promises £23m in compensation for exporters which have lost orders due to delays.", "Many parents struggle to meet their children's needs during the pandemic, say researchers.", "Alex Davies-Jones said \"like so many others\" she put off having a test for months.", "Paul Reid was the first person to reach Saffie-Rose Roussos, eight, after the bomb was detonated.", "Nicola Sturgeon says although there is \"cautious grounds for optimism\" on case numbers, the strictest rules will remain in place.", "Live updates from Trump's last hours in office before Democrat Joe Biden is sworn in as president on Wednesday.", "The artwork has been returned to an Italian museum - whose staff were unaware it was missing.", "A survey by consumer group Which? raises concerns over coronavirus leading to more cashless stores.", "Creator of the BBC crime drama says he \"always wanted to end Peaky with a movie\".", "University of Edinburgh scientists are a step closer to being able to reverse the damage caused by MND.", "Tory MPs want Parliament to debate ending trade deals with countries deemed responsible for genocide.", "Orthodox Christians, Putin among them, take an icy dip to commemorate a special day.", "The BBC speaks to Nirmal Purja, from the team of the first climbers to reach the K2 summit in winter.", "The UK has not always \"lived up to its values\" under Boris Johnson, his predecessor Theresa May says.", "Ambulance service staff in London explain the unique pressures of working during a pandemic.", "Pressure grows on PM after non-binding motion on universal credit top-up is passed by 278 votes.", "Are court backlogs creating miscarriages of justice? Helen Grady investigates.", "The Protection of Workers Bill will make it a new specific offence to assault, abuse or threaten Scottish retail staff.", "India pull off an astonishing run-chase to inflict Australia's first defeat at the Gabba since 1988 and take one of the all-time great series.", "The first minister says her statement to MSPs will concern the duration of Scotland's restrictions.", "Some 10% of the UK population is showing signs of recent infection, a doubling since October, says ONS.", "David Urpeth says smart motorways without a hard shoulder carry \"an ongoing risk of future deaths.\"", "A further 1,610 people die with Covid in the UK as Scotland extends its lockdown to mid-February.", "Campaigners are bringing a judicial review for indirect sexual discrimination on Thursday.", "All practices will have their own rollout plan but they have to meet official targets, says GP committee.", "Staff say there was a Covid outbreak after the \"party\" in a shut patisserie at Marylebone station.", "Hackers are selling Depop app account details on the dark web for as little as 77p each online.", "The bank has named the branches that will close between April and September, but aims to avoid redundancies.", "Large parts of northern and central England are expected to face sustained heavy rain from Tuesday.", "The PM leads UK politicians from all parties condemning the riot at the US Capitol building.", "One hospital boss said a two-week \"lag\" meant things could get worse before they get better.", "He wrote 30 novels about relationships and adventures involving young African American characters.", "That includes some of the most vulnerable patients who should soon have \"significant\" protection against the virus.", "He will lead negotiations with the government over the future of the licence fee.", "New 2020 car registrations sink to a 30-year low and see biggest one-year drop since the Second World War", "The bakery chain says it does not expect profits to return to pre-Covid levels until 2022 at the earliest.", "President Trump initially accused China of the hack against US government agencies in December.", "Joe Biden says it is \"totally unacceptable\" police showed more leniency in the Capitol riot than at anti-racism protests.", "All eyes are on the Senate runoff in Georgia, a key race that could help define Biden's presidency.", "Latest figures show more than 90,000 people in Scotland had received a first vaccination by late December.", "But there are fears bottlenecks in the system may hamper how fast NHS can deliver vaccines.", "The 19-year-old suffered life-changing injuries during the \"vicious\" assault in north London.", "Founder Annemarie Plas says the initiative will return on Thursday under the new name of Clap for Heroes.", "The US star says she had \"no idea\" what questions were included in a game bearing her image.", "Gavin Williamson will \"trust in teachers rather than algorithms\" in awarding this year's results.", "The hip-hop star and producer says he is \"doing great\" and \"getting excellent care\".", "A hearing is deciding whether Khairi Saadallah was motivated by a religious or ideological cause.", "The sites, including football stadiums and racecourses, will begin operations next week.", "Staff at one of London's busiest hospitals say it's not going to take much for services to soon break.", "BBC Two and CBBC will show content for primary and secondary pupils to watch without the internet.", "The police officer who the FBI said fired the fatal shot is dismissed for breaching policy.", "The government closed schools to help reduce the virus spread but says nurseries should stay open.", "Investment company Hipgnosis buys a half share of 1,180 songs by the Canadian folk rocker.", "The latest executive order by the US president will only take effect after he has left office.", "Cases have fallen below England's but the new variant is spreading fast, the health minister says.", "As Trump supporters entered the US Capitol building, politicians halted debate inside.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning.", "The US Capitol has gone into lockdown amid violent clashes between police and Trump supporters, who broke security lines and are inside the building.", "The investigators were turned back, with Beijing saying \"there might be some misunderstanding\".", "President Trump and others have made unsubstantiated claims of fraud in two Senate election run-offs.", "US lawmakers and staff are seen wearing protective gas masks as police draw guns on protesters.", "In a TV address, Labour's leader says millions of doses need to be given each week by the end of January.", "One scam tells recipients they are \"eligible to apply for your vaccine\" with a link to a bogus NHS website.", "At Fullwell Cross Medical Centre in north London, they are now vaccinating almost 1,000 people a week.", "Gordon Ramsay remembers late chef Albert Roux as \"the man who installed gastronomy in Britain\".", "The streaming giant is criticised for \"unfortunate\" timing during the new lockdowns.", "Roughly one in 50 people in England has got the virus, Prof Chris Whitty says.", "Details and reaction to a briefing by Wales' chief medical officer and the head of NHS Wales.", "Stores seek to reassure shoppers that there is no need to bulk-buy in new lockdown.", "It's been a \"Herculean achievement\" for Marieme and Ndeye, who survived against the odds.", "A top Chinese scientist addresses claims the coronavirus leaked from her lab in the city of Wuhan.", "The overnight temperature plunged below -12C in the north west Highlands.", "Former Manchester City and England midfielder Colin Bell dies aged 74 after a short illness, the Premier League club announces.", "The Trump administration pushes ahead with first oil lease sales in an Arctic wildlife refuge.", "A driver, who caused a Fife crash that led to his passenger losing her baby, admits causing death by dangerous driving.", "The news comes following confusion after her death was prematurely announced on Monday.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Judge rules he has an incentive to abscond if allowed to leave jail before major appeal hearing.", "Drive-through and delivery services will still be available while it reviews its safety procedures.", "Head teachers warn replacement grades for GCSEs and A-levels must not repeat last year's \"disaster\".", "Leaders from around the world call for peace and a peaceful transfer of power in Washington.", "YouTube says the broadcaster posted banned Covid content, but it has decided to reinstate its channel.", "Poet Helen Mort is calling for a change in the law after images of her were edited with porn.", "Vocational exams such as BTECs are not being cancelled by the lockdown like GCSEs and A-levels.", "The government says it is considering the move to prevent the virus spreading \"across the UK border\".", "Stay-at-home orders are issued in England and Scotland, as UK classrooms face further disruption.", "There are concerns the new variant may spread too easily to be controlled by lockdown.", "The House of Commons approves the government's decision to impose tough restrictions across the country.", "FTSE 100 chiefs will by Wednesday have earned more this year than the average worker's annual wage.", "The BMA in Scotland says it is concerned about the potential impact of delaying the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.", "There will be a \"gradual unwrapping\" of England's lockdown, Boris Johnson tells MPs ahead of a vote later.", "Police say organisers padlocked the door from the inside to stop officers getting in.", "Tributes are paid to Robert Rowland following the accident near his home in the Bahamas.", "The first minister denies claims she knew about harassment allegations earlier than she told parliament.", "The online retailer wants to buy the brands, not their shops, suggesting any deal would cost jobs.", "It's been 10 years since New Zealand's Pike River mine disaster, and families of victims still feel raw.", "Philip Gannaway served in Wales in World War One and his grave lies thousands of miles from home.", "Tens of thousands of people join some of the largest rallies against President Vladimir Putin in years.", "Despite the furlough scheme, employers decided to cut a record number of jobs during 2020.", "The fast fashion retailer is not purchasing the stores or taking on its staff, the BBC understands.", "Ministers are due to meet on Monday to consider whether to tighten the UK's border restrictions further.", "Firms say they have been advised by officials to set up EU hubs, but the government says it is not policy.", "One says he is surprised Boris Johnson shared the early data when it is \"not particularly strong\".", "Pressures on intensive care units are seeing one in 10 patients transferred to a different site.", "Footage shows a police car apparently driving through a group at a street race in Washington state.", "Israel has vaccinated more than a quarter of its population and now high school students are eligible.", "The claim comes after a coroner ruled two deaths on the M1 motorway were avoidable.", "As high risk groups continue to be immunised there are growing concerns that people with learning disabilities have been missed out.", "Ministers are urged to intervene amid rising Covid infection numbers at the Swansea office.", "Booking a jab by following a link in an email meant \"depriving someone else\" of a vaccine, he said.", "Some of those leading the nation's vaccination effort have told of their experiences.", "A study finds the new coronavirus variant is responsible for pushing the R rate above the crucial 1.0 mark.", "The vaccination centres temporarily closed in south Wales as a weather warning was extended.", "A Sunday Times poll shows 51% of people in favour of holding a border poll in NI within five years.", "The popular US broadcaster conducted about 50,000 interviews, from Nelson Mandela to Lady Gaga.", "Entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX company delivers 143 satellites to orbit on a single rocket flight.", "Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Sri Lanka's health minister, tested positive for Covid on Friday.", "Boris Johnson said he looked forward to \"deepening the longstanding alliance\" between the UK and US.", "Keon Lincoln was attacked by a group of youths in the Handsworth area of Birmingham.", "He replaces Paul Davies who quit after drinking alcohol with other politicians in the Senedd.", "Conor McGregor is left stunned on his return to the UFC as Dustin Poirier wins their rematch at UFC 257 by technical knockout.", "The UK health secretary also says the UK has identified 77 cases of the Covid South Africa variant.", "Bruno Fernandes comes off the bench to fire Manchester United past fierce rivals Liverpool in a pulsating FA Cup fourth-round tie.", "Tens of thousands braved a police crackdown to show support for jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.", "Vaccination appointments for over-70s in Scotland will arrive on Monday as planned - but in white envelopes.", "Manchester City score three times in the last 10 minutes to defeat League Two side Cheltenham and avoid one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup history.", "Some guests were found hiding in cupboards when police raided student flats in Birmingham.", "Motorists are urged to take care with sub-zero temperatures forecast into Monday.", "England's deputy chief medical officer urges those who have had the jab to stick to lockdown rules.", "TV footage from China shows the first miner being brought to the surface, as emergency workers applaud.", "The extraordinary life of an American who invited hundreds of thousands to his Paris home for dinner.", "UK residents can apply for the new card to access emergency medical care when their EHIC card runs out.", "County Mayo man howls with laughter while trying to record a birthday message for his son.", "New Covid curbs are necessary but they will hit the economy, Chancellor Rishi Sunak warns.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock says 2.3 million people in the UK have now had a Covid-19 vaccine dose.", "The Countryfile star will present the Friday and Saturday editions of the BBC Radio 4 programme.", "A 20-year-old man who spent a week in intensive care says many young people are in denial about Covid.", "Home Secretary Priti Patel says the \"horrifying\" death toll underlines the need to follow restrictions.", "Seven mass vaccination centres have opened across England to help deliver the Coronavirus vaccine.", "Kitchen robots, new TVs, smart masks and a toilet that analyses your poo are among the new products.", "Customers will only be able to collect from Waitrose stores following a \"change in tone\" from the government.", "The father of a Reading terror attack victim asks why the killer was not considered a danger.", "Deliveries may be delayed in 28 areas due to \"resourcing issues\", the postal group says.", "Khairi Saadallah murdered three friends in a Reading park in a \"ruthless and brutal” terror attack.", "Anna Wintour hit back at claims that the informal picture downplayed Ms Harris's achievements.", "Investors have agreed a deal to save the chain, along with Ponden Home and Bonmarché.", "Officials say 170 individuals involved in deadly Capitol riots have been identified, and many more will be.", "Scotland's first minister says the current restrictions are \"very unlikely\" to be lifted at the end of the month.", "The celebrated 94-year-old broadcaster is the latest celebrity to have a first dose of the vaccine.", "The decision follows a rise in cases across the emirates in the past week, officials say.", "The Earl of Strathmore attacked a woman in her room during an event he was hosting at Glamis Castle.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "A supermarket worker says door staff are facing abuse when they challenge those not wearing masks.", "The facility at the ExCeL Centre also has the capital's first mass vaccination centre on site.", "Overall, patients are now more likely to survive, but death rates are high in intensive care.", "Earlier this month videos showing supposed empty hospitals were shared on social media.", "A leaked memo warns several Birmingham hospitals risk being \"overwhelmed\" by coronavirus patients.", "Boris Johnson was spotted at the Olympic Park on Sunday, despite government advice to \"stay local\".", "A slump in demand for fashion and homeware during lockdown left many retailers struggling.", "Last year saw 697,000 deaths registered in the UK - 14% above what would be expected.", "Eugene Goodman was hailed for luring a mob away from the Senate - now new heroics have emerged.", "Tweeters query why it has not been given to a prominent Kenyan like actress Lupita Nyong'o.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning.", "People are still holding house parties, raves and gambling gatherings, the UK's most senior police officer says.", "Dutch TV films officials confiscating ham sandwiches from UK drivers under new food import rules.", "The increasing number of staff off work could prevent the NHS Louisa Jordan opening to Covid patients.", "The Northern Lights were visible overnight from Shetland, Moray and the Highlands.", "The manager of a care home says they were promised the jab on New Year's Eve - but none have arrived.", "Downing Street defends the PM, while the Met Police chief says he did not act \"against the law\".", "Fans of the University of Alabama football team gathered in the streets of Tuscaloosa, ignoring social distancing.", "We share the stories of some of the 12,000 people who have died with coronavirus in Scotland.", "There has been speculation over moves to make lockdown stricter, as infection rates remain high.", "Isabella Curry said she now feels safe and will be able to go out and meet friends soon.", "An RAF aircraft breaking the sound barrier causes a loud bang in skies across the East of England.", "Three vaccines have been approved in the UK - what are the differences between them?", "Derbyshire Police apologises to two women fined £200 for driving five miles for a countryside walk.", "Cwm Taf Morgannwg saw the highest number of weekly deaths and the highest number since April.", "More than a third of people using screens more in lockdown reported eyesight changes, a study suggests.", "The home secretary says she will back police to enforce virus rules, as another 1,243 die in the UK.", "New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick turns down Donald Trump's offer, citing the Capitol riots.", "Mohamud Mohammed Hassan was arrested at home on Friday but released without charge on Saturday.", "As countries look to quickly vaccinate people, BBC reporters explain what's happening across Europe.", "Donald Trump made the decision days before Joe Biden, who wants friendlier US-Cuban ties, takes office.", "The laptops and tablets will be delivered to schools in England to support disadvantaged pupils.", "It follows similar moves by Morrisons and Sainsbury's, but those with medical reasons will be exempt.", "Doctors at the hospital say they're treating more younger patients than in the first wave.", "People refusing to wear face coverings who are not medically exempt will not be allowed to shop inside.", "The social network has hit back asking a federal judge to order it to be reinstated.", "Ministers are reluctant to make the rules even tougher at the moment - but would never rule it out.", "A Typhoon aircraft \"safely escorts\" a civilian aircraft to Stansted Airport, an RAF spokesman says.", "Leicester City edge a keenly contested Premier League encounter with Southampton to maintain their push for a top-four place.", "Health and frontline workers are first in line for jabs at vaccination centres across the country.", "The number of incidents reported to the child safeguarding panel in England rose by a quarter.", "Some areas could see freezing temperatures and 5-10cm of snow on Saturday, the Met Office says.", "CBBC star's mother, Lucy Lyndhurst, says his death has had a \"catastrophic effect\" on their family.", "Sea port managers fear the shift may be part of a long-term trend to ship from the Irish Republic.", "A critical engine test for Nasa's new \"megarocket\" - the Space Launch System (SLS) - ends early.", "Heavy rain is causing flooding and travel disruption, with a warning for ice also forecast.", "Douglas Jones had been enjoying his dream job before the pandemic forced him to return home to southern Scotland.", "Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Joanna Lumley speak out about employees allegedly owed a total of £200,000.", "The Daily Telegraph must publish a correction over Covid claims, press regulator Ipso rules.", "Plastic surgeons express shock at the stabbing of \"highly respected\" Graeme Perks in his home.", "The UK prime minister wants girls' education in developing countries to be a key international focus.", "Everyone has heard about doctors and nurses catching Covid-19 but cleaners and porters have been worse hit.", "Health groups say NHS staff fear prosecution over decisions if hospitals are overwhelmed.", "Red tape plus a \"poor\" Brexit deal mean fishermen fear for the future, says an industry body.", "Louis Godwin, 95, said he was \"so pleased\" to get his Covid-19 vaccination at Salisbury Cathedral.", "People in parts of eastern England woke to a thick covering of snow on Saturday morning.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the action is needed to protect against the risk of new Covid strains.", "Prime Minister Jean Castex said the measures would be in place for at least 15 days.", "Statistics agency Nisra says 145 deaths were registered last week, bringing its pandemic total to 1,976.", "Holiday firms are expecting a \"bumper year\" once lockdown restrictions are lifted.", "As the UK records its highest death toll, Fergal Keane has been to see the strain the NHS is under for the second time.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday.", "The latest UK government data also shows a further 1,295 deaths with 28 days of a positive test.", "Lahiru Thirimanne's unbeaten 76 frustrates England as a spirited Sri Lanka rally on the third day of the first Test in Galle.", "The Gerry and the Pacemakers singer died from a blood infection at the age of 78.", "Hundreds of thousands of DNA and arrest records were deleted after a human error, the Home Office says.", "Centrist Armin Laschet is now in a good position to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's chancellor.", "Health officials warn the highly contagious UK Covid variant could become the dominant strain in the US by March.", "Replacement exam grades are likely to arrive earlier and be decided by teachers and a test.", "Donations of plasma from people who have recovered from the virus have been suspended.", "Prince William says he \"really worries\" about the effect of the pandemic on front-line workers.", "A letter from police chiefs also says 213,000 records were lost - more than first thought.", "Network Rail said a 24m section of side wall fell away from a bridge between Carmont and Stonehaven.", "US police held back a mob for hours in a \"barbaric\" battle at the Capitol. Here are their stories.", "David Chambers is accused of charging the woman £160 for a bogus jab.", "A Belfast mother says there is \"compelling evidence\" that her daughter was abducted in Malaysia.", "Mount Semeru has erupted, pouring volcanic matter miles into the air and placing locals on alert.", "The latest death and case figures should be a \"bitter warning for us all\", Public Health England says.", "The total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test during the pandemic is now above 90,000.", "At least three people have died in a suspected gas blast that destroyed four floors of a building.", "Police in Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire say they are expecting flooding in their regions.", "Some 1,820 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours - surpassing yesterday's previous high.", "The package will also see police target dealers and health services help people with addictions.", "Congratulating Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the PM said it was a \"big moment\" for the UK and US.", "Marion Dawson from Renfrewshire is the third oldest person in Scotland to be given the vaccine.", "Boris Johnson faced questions on the UK's border policy, and the deletion of police records.", "The Duchess of Sussex is suing the Mail on Sunday over the publication of her letter to her father.", "There has been a fourfold increase in mortgage products for those offering a 10% deposit.", "The president responds to reports he is considering presidential pardons over alleged Russia collusion.", "Doris Hobday's family say they are \"totally heartbroken\" to lose her in this way.", "The big social networks are clamping down on threats of violence amid a tense wait for results.", "Some of the UK's biggest music stars sign an open letter demanding action over post-Brexit touring.", "The President-elect has a laundry list of priorities for his first 100 days in the White House.", "A collection of your tributes to some of the thousands of people in the UK who have died with coronavirus.", "The riots of 6 January took many by surprise, but to those tracking conspiracy and extreme right groups online, the warning signs were all there.", "Mainland Scotland and some islands to remain under toughest coronavirus rules until at least mid-February.", "Taking down pictures and clearing out desks is part of a huge operation readying for a new president.", "Labour accuses Kwasi Kwarteng of \"unpicking\" workers' rights, as minister confirms he will review rules.", "'This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge' - the new president knows how daunting his task is.", "Holidaymakers in 2021 must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the travel firm says.", "Boris Johnson calls it an \"outrageous\" error which officers are working \"round the clock\" to rectify.", "The new president is sworn into office by Chief Justice John G Roberts.", "The 22-year-old from LA is the youngest poet to perform at a presidential inauguration.", "Kamala Harris makes history as she is sworn in as US vice-president.", "Delays to smear tests in lockdown prompt cervical cancer charities to call for home-testing kits.", "It comes as industry workers warn their livelihoods are at risk due to Brexit border problems.", "Nine Met Police officers who broke lockdown rules have been asked to \"reflect on their choices\".", "Paul Pogba scores a superb winner as Manchester United reclaim top spot in the Premier League by coming from behind for a club-record equalling away win at Fulham.", "'This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge'. Read the 46th president's address in full.", "Online audiences for singalongs in the Llangollen church have \"exploded\", Father Lee Taylor says.", "Out-of-date tax systems mean people are falling through the cracks for help, MPs say.", "Orthodox Christians, Putin among them, take an icy dip to commemorate a special day.", "The ex-government adviser said the Tories would be seen as the \"nasty party\" by ending the top-up.", "They are all laughing at the camera, but what are the stories of the women next to Kamala Harris?", "More than 2,000 properties in Manchester are affected as police warn some occupants will have Covid.", "Services and waiting times must improve at the NHS's child gender-identity service, inspectors say.", "A further 1,820 people die in the UK within 28 days of a positive test - another all-time high.", "The UK has not always \"lived up to its values\" under Boris Johnson, his predecessor Theresa May says.", "The role of a president's inaugural cabinet goes beyond just policy - let's take a closer look.", "The body of Joy Morgan was found two months after a man was convicted of her murder.", "From \"the best talent in politics\" to \"Sloppy Steve\" and fraud charges - what went wrong for Steve Bannon?", "The Protection of Workers Bill will make it a new specific offence to assault, abuse or threaten Scottish retail staff.", "Donald Trump won a surprise victory in 2016 partly because he promised to shake things up. And boy, did he.", "The health minister asks the Ministry of Defence to help out, primarily at a number of hospitals.", "A National Audit Office report calls on the corporation to produce \"a long-term financial plan\".", "The last four years have been a whirlwind - we asked the experts to break down Trump's key moments.", "More work is needed to understand its benefits in schools in England given the new variant, health officials say.", "The BBC's James Cook returns to Monklands Hospital eight months on to find the staff struggling against the odds.", "President Biden inked 15 executive orders, moving to rejoin the Paris climate accord.", "His most famous Discworld novels were written in the house in Somerset, the estate agent says.", "Police say the van \"careered\" off the road and the man was rescued from the overturned vehicle.", "President Biden has said that democracy and 'freedom' are at stake in the upcoming 2024 election.", "All practices will have their own rollout plan but they have to meet official targets, says GP committee.", "The Duchess of Sussex is suing the Mail on Sunday over the publication of a letter to her father.", "Members of our voter panel all wish Joe Biden well, but they're divided over his chances of success.", "As Donald Trump prepares to leave office, here are some of the key moments of his presidency.", "A tearful President-elect Joe Biden says goodbye to his home state on the eve of his inauguration.", "Joe Biden makes his inaugural address as the 46th president of the United States.", "Parts of England prepare for widespread floods as Boris Johnson announces emergency Cobra meeting.", "Images from Joe Biden's swearing-in and first day as the 46th US President.", "The cupped clap of a butterfly's wings may be the key to their flying abilities and their survival.", "Relegation-threatened Fulham lose some of the momentum built up by their win at Everton but show battling qualities to claim a point at Burnley.", "The medical journal's editor says UK guidelines don't recommend giving different coronavirus jabs.", "They were hit while licking freshly laid salt on a road which is a black spot for animal accidents.", "Objects are thrown and officers threatened as they break up the New Year's Eve party in Essex.", "Former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is named Paris St-Germain boss following Thomas Tuchel's sacking.", "People driving to visit beauty spots in Wales are breaking Covid rules, a Snowdonia park warden says.", "The first doses of the latest coronavirus vaccination to be approved are due to be given on Monday.", "Japan's prime minister says the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will go ahead this summer despite concern over rising coronavirus cases.", "Doctors urge public to \"take it seriously\" and follow coronavirus restrictions amid rising cases.", "Bishop, who recently tested positive for Covid-19, said boarding the Tardis was \"a dream come true\".", "Arsenal continue their Premier League resurgence with a ruthless victory over strugglers West Brom at The Hawthorns.", "Manchester United move level on points with Premier League leaders Liverpool as a Bruno Fernandes penalty seals victory over Aston Villa.", "NHS England says the facility is available to help the capital's hospitals as Covid-19 cases rise.", "New detectorist Owen Thomas says \"the link with a life that's gone\" appeals to him.", "Just one ticket matched all seven numbers in the New Year's Day draw.", "A court has ruled that Lisa Montgomery can be executed on 12 January, despite appeals from lawyers.", "A last-ditch attempt to overturn the result is overturned, days before the White House changes hands.", "Education Secretary Gavin Williamson drops plan to keep primaries open in 10 boroughs in the city.", "Footage is released of the first police-involved death in the US city since George Floyd's in May.", "The New Year's Eve event, held in a warehouse in a village in Brittany, was shut down on Saturday.", "Volunteers at All Saints Church in East Horndon have praised those who donated £8,700 for repairs.", "A study finds the new coronavirus variant is responsible for pushing the R rate above the crucial 1.0 mark.", "Amanda Quinn, diagnosed with rapid early onset dementia, says lockdown has been a \"scary\" time.", "Up to 300 people gather in London's Hyde Park to protest at Covid-19 restrictions.", "Nine people are still missing, two days after a hillside collapsed due to flowing clay mud.", "It comes as a further 57,725 people test positive for the virus, a new daily high.", "Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he is \"disappointed\" after three of his players breached coronavirus rules by attending a party over Christmas.", "The frontman, who found success with songs such as Summer in Dublin, \"passed away suddenly\" aged 65.", "The cryptocurrency's gain so far this year was almost $5,000 - after the value surged 300% in 2020.", "The government said soldiers had been sent to protect 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Video footage showed the aftermath of the deadly explosion\n\nAt least three people have died following an explosion that caused a building to partially collapse in centre of the Spanish capital, Madrid.\n\nA fourth person was missing and several others were hurt, officials said.\n\nCity officials said the blast, which destroyed four floors of the building, had been caused by a gas leak.\n\nMayor José Luis Martínez Almeida told reporters after the blast that a fire was raging inside the building, which belongs to the Catholic Church.\n\nThe blast happened shortly before 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) as gas workers were repairing a boiler at the back of the building in the central Puerta de Toledo area of Madrid.\n\nAn 85-year-old woman passer-by and two men were killed while a third man who had been working on the boiler was missing, Spanish media reported. One of the injured was in a serious condition and taken to hospital, according to officials.\n\nSpanish reports said the upper floors affected were being used to house local priests.\n\nRescue workers evacuated more than 50 people from a care home next-door to the building in Caille de Toledo, but a school on the other side was closed at the time of the blast.\n\nFour floors of the building were destroyed in the explosion, which could be heard in many areas of Madrid. Images shared on social media showed billowing smoke and debris strewn along the street.\n\nEmergency services said nine fire crews and 11 ambulances were at the scene and some of those caught up in the blast were treated on the street.\n\nFour floors of the building were destroyed in the explosion\n\nPolice officers cleared the area, closing it to all traffic and pedestrians, and appealed to local residents not to come near.\n\n\"The noise was very loud, very loud, really,\" Lorenzo Fomento, who was working from home at a nearby apartment, told AFP news agency. \"I never heard anything so loud before,\" he added.\n\nThe director of the nursing home, Antonio Berlanga, said all the elderly residents were fine and places were being found for them to spend the night.", "The EU has maintained its diplomatic mission in the UK after Brexit\n\nA diplomatic row has broken out between the UK and EU over the status of the bloc's ambassador in London.\n\nThe UK is refusing to give Joao Vale de Almeida the full diplomatic status that is granted to other ambassadors.\n\nThe Foreign Office is insisting he and his officials should not have the privileges and immunities afforded to diplomats under the Vienna Convention.\n\nIt is understood not to want to set a precedent by treating an international body in the same way as a nation state.\n\nAs it stands, the ambassador would not have the chance to present his credentials to the Queen like other diplomatic heads of mission.\n\nThe British decision is in marked contrast to 142 other countries around the world where the EU has delegations and where its ambassadors are all granted the same status as diplomats representing sovereign nations.\n\nJosep Borrell, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, has written to the Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, to express his \"serious concerns\".\n\nThe issue is expected to be discussed by EU foreign ministers next Monday when they meet for the first time since the post-Brexit transition period ended on 31 December.\n\nThe Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office wants to treat the EU delegation only as representatives of an international organisation.\n\nThis means EU diplomats would not have the full protection of the Vienna Convention, giving them immunity from detention, criminal jurisdiction and taxation.\n\nThe rights given to staff of international organisations are more ad hoc and less fixed.\n\nThe EU argues it is not a typical international organisation because it has its own currency, judicial system and the power to make law.\n\nIn his letter to Mr Raab last November, seen by the BBC, Mr Borrell says: \"Your service have sent us a draft proposal for an establishment agreement about which we have serious concerns.\n\nAmbassadors of nation states have certain privileges - including being able to present their credentials to the Queen\n\n\"The arrangements offered do not reflect the specific character of the EU, nor do they respond to the future relationship between the EU and the UK as an important third country.\n\n\"It would not grant the customary privileges and immunities for the delegation and its staff. The proposals do not constitute a reasonable basis for reaching an agreement.\"\n\nEU officials privately accuse the Foreign Office of hypocrisy because when the EU's foreign service - known as the External Action Service - was set up in 2010 as a result of the Lisbon Treaty, the UK signed up to proposals that EU diplomats be granted the \"privileges and immunities equivalent to those referred to in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961\".\n\nOne EU source said: \"It seems petty. This is not about privileges, it's about principle. What does it say about the UK, about how much the British signature is worth?\"\n\nSome in the EU also fear hostile states might copy the UK and downgrade the protections granted to EU diplomats in their own countries. This could open them up to being harassed and make them easier for them to be expelled.\n\nA European Commission spokesman said: \"The UK, as a signatory to the Lisbon Treaty, is well aware of the EU's status in external relations, and was cognisant and supportive of this status while it was a member of the EU.\n\n\"The EU has 143 delegations, equivalent to diplomatic missions, around the world. Without exception, all host states have accepted to grant these delegations and their staff a status equivalent to that of diplomatic missions of states under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and the UK is well aware of this fact.\"\n\nHe added: \"Nothing has changed since the UK's exit from the European Union to justify any change in stance on the UK's part.\n\n\"The EU's status in external relations and its subsequent diplomatic status is amply recognised by countries and international organisations around the world, and we expect the United Kingdom to treat the EU Delegation accordingly and without delay.\"\n\nA Foreign Office spokesperson said: \"Engagement continues with the EU on the long-term arrangements for the EU delegation to the UK. While discussions are still ongoing, it would not be appropriate for us to speculate on the detail of an eventual agreement.\"", "\"You need to take care of each other,\" President Macron told students in Paris\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron has promised all university students two meals a day for one euro (88p; $1.21) to help them cope during lockdown.\n\n\"We must be able to provide better support,\" he said at a meeting with students in Paris on Thursday.\n\nIt follows protests in which students called for more help to tackle loneliness and financial problems.\n\nFrance is currently under a 18:00-06:00 curfew, and coronavirus cases have risen steadily in recent weeks.\n\nMr Macron, who addressed students at Paris-Saclay university, also said the government would provide subsidies to pay for counselling and other mental health services.\n\nThe subsidies would take the form of a voucher which students can redeem if they feel the need to talk to a mental health professional, the president said.\n\nHe added that the discounted meals would be available from university canteens and other nearby outlets that are providing takeaways.\n\n\"We remain in a period of uncertainty,\" Mr Macron said. \"We will have a second semester that will have the virus and a lot of constraints.\"\n\n\"You need to take care of each other,\" he added.\n\nThe president spoke a day after students took to the streets to demand more attention from the government. They sought to raise awareness of the rising mental health problems many say they are suffering as a result of the pandemic.\n\nA combination of isolation, inactivity and concerns about the job market has left many students close to breakdown, according to university psychologists.\n\nRyan Kennedy says the French government is failing to take student issues seriously\n\n\"I've lived alone in a studio apartment since September - it's the first time I've ever lived alone,\" Ryan Kennedy, a 19-year-old law student in Montpellier, told the BBC.\n\nHe added: \"Not a day goes by without a friend calling me because they're struggling with their mental health.\"\n\nHeïdi Soupault, a political science student from Strasbourg, sent a letter to Mr Macron last week. \"I no longer have dreams,\" she said. \"If we have no hope or prospects for the future at 19, what do we have left?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Our mental health goes downhill in situations like this.\"\n\nMany of the protesting students are calling for a return to face-to-face teaching. Some first-year students will be able to return to the classroom from 25 January.\n\nBut, on Thursday, Mr Macron said all students should be allowed on campus once a week providing certain measures are in place.\n\n\"Given what your generation has already gone through, we cannot but take into account your right to some on-site presence, to exchange with your teachers, and to meet with other students,\" he said.\n\nFrance has had a curfew in place since December, but this was tightened on 16 January to the current hours of 18:00-06:00.\n\nBars, restaurants, theatres, cinemas and ski resorts remain shut. Schools, however, are open with extra testing in place.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"It's a big moment for us - we have things we want to do together.\"\n\nThe inauguration of President Joe Biden is a \"step forward\" for the United States, which has \"been through a bumpy period\", Boris Johnson has said.\n\nCongratulating Mr Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, the UK PM said it was a \"big moment\" for the UK and the US and their \"joint common agenda\".\n\nMr Johnson said he looked forward to working with the US on tackling climate change and the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMaking his inaugural address, Mr Biden said \"democracy has prevailed\".\n\nHe promised to be a president \"for all Americans\" and said his \"whole soul is in putting America back together again\".\n\nOutgoing President Donald Trump, who has not formally conceded to Mr Biden, did not attend the ceremony.\n\nPresident Biden began work straight away on reversing a number of his predecessor's policies, including rejoining the Paris climate change agreement - gaining the praise of Mr Johnson.\n\nThe PM tweeted it was \"hugely positive news\", adding: \"I look forward to working with our US partners to do all we can to safeguard our planet.\"\n\nEarlier this week the former head of the civil service Lord Sedwill suggested Mr Johnson would be glad Mr Trump had not been re-elected for a second term as US president.\n\nWriting in the Daily Mail, Lord Sedwill said those who believed Boris Johnson would have preferred Mr Trump to win again were \"mistaken\".\n\nThe former cabinet secretary - who stepped down in September - said a second term for Mr Trump \"would not have been to the benefit of British or European security, to transatlantic trade, let alone the environmental agenda to which the prime minister is so committed\".\n\nBoris Johnson with Donald Trump at the G7 summit in 2019\n\nMr Johnson's public stance toward the former president has varied over the years.\n\nIn 2015, when he was Mayor of London, Mr Johnson accused Mr Trump of \"stupefying ignorance\" over his comments about violence in the city.\n\nBut as foreign secretary, following Mr Trump's election as president, he said there was a \"lot to be positive about\", and in 2019, praised his \"many good qualities\".\n\nFor his part, Mr Trump has appeared largely supportive of Mr Johnson, backing his flagship Brexit policy and at one point saying of the British PM: \"They call him Britain Trump.\"\n\nAnd echoing his predecessor, in 2019 Mr Biden described the UK prime minister as a \"physical and emotional clone\" of Mr Trump.\n\nAfter winning the presidential election Mr Biden phoned Mr Johnson ahead of other European leaders and expressed his desire to strengthen the historic \"special relationship\" between the two countries.\n\nSpeaking on Wednesday, Mr Johnson said it was the job of all UK prime ministers to have a \"good, close working relationship\" with US presidents but, right now, there were many things the two countries \"wanted to do together\".\n\n\"When you look at the issues which unite me and Joe Biden, the UK and the US right now, there is a fantastic joint common agenda,\" he said. \"For us and America, it is a big moment.\"\n\nHe said he hoped the UK could help the US commit to a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 in the run up to the climate change conference COP 26, to be held in Glasgow this year.\n\nUK prime ministers like to consider American presidents as their best diplomatic friend.\n\nThat relationship, particularly when it comes to security and defence, is unusually close.\n\nWhen, as with Donald Trump, that friend has been unpredictable and unconventional, that has made for some very awkward political moments.\n\nSo for the government, this a really important and positive turning of the page.\n\nThe terribly over-used phrase the 'special relationship', which provokes neurotic behaviour on this side of the Atlantic, has meant the most when there has been a genuine personal chemistry between the two leaders - whether Thatcher and Reagan, or Bush and Blair.\n\nThere is nothing automatic about Mr Biden and Mr Johnson developing that kind of political friendship.\n\nBut in the words of one former senior minister, for the UK Biden means \"we will lose exclusivity but gain predictability: easier to work with, less cringeworthy and more dependable, but we may not be the only girlfriend on speed dial\".\n\nSpeaking to the Guardian, shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy described Mr Biden as \"a woke guy\".\n\nAsked if he agreed, Mr Johnson said: \"I can't comment on that. What I know is that he's a firm believer in the transatlantic alliance and that's a great thing.\"\n\nHe added that there was \"nothing wrong with being woke - I put myself in the category of people who believe that it's important to stick up for your history, your traditions and your values, the things you believe in.\"\n\nOpposition leader Sir Keir Starmer also sent his congratulations to the new president and vice-president.\n\n\"The US begins a new chapter in its history, one of hope, decency, compassion and strength,\" the Labour leader said, adding \"together, our two nations can build a better, more optimistic future for our world.\"\n\nAnd First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: \"Warm congratulations and best wishes to President Biden and Vice President Harris.\n\n\"Scotland and the USA share long-standing bonds of friendship and co-operation. We look forward to building on these in the years ahead.\"\n\nWriting in the Daily Mail, former UK Prime Minister Theresa May said Mr Biden's election presented the UK with a \"golden opportunity\" for Western democracies to reverse the trend towards \"absolutism\" - and a \"few strongmen facing off against each other\" - in global affairs.\n\nThe Queen sent a private message to Mr Biden before his inauguration, Buckingham Palace has said.", "Food supply problems into Northern Ireland from Great Britain are \"clearly a Brexit issue\", Ireland's foreign affairs minister has said.\n\nSimon Coveney said the shortages were \"part of the reality\" of the UK leaving the EU.\n\n\"Let's not pretend Brexit doesn't force that kind of change,\" he said, speaking on ITV's Peston programme\n\nOn Tuesday, the NI secretary said images of empty supermarket shelves had \"nothing to do with the protocol\".\n\nRather, Brandon Lewis argued the disruption caused by coronavirus before Christmas was responsible for the shortages of some food products.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Protocol between the UK and the EU requires health certifications on animal-based food products entering NI from the rest of the UK.\n\nMr Coveney said it meant \"very real change\" for some businesses, as there now had to be a \"certain number of checks\" on goods from Britain into Northern Ireland.\n\nHe said that some companies were not ready for this.\n\nMr Coveney said the Republic of Ireland would work with the UK and EU to \"make sure\" supermarket shelves were not empty in the future.\n\nHe said the Brexit divorce deal agreed with the EU by then-prime minister Theresa May would have caused less separation from Northern Ireland from the UK.\n\nAsked about Mr Coveney's comments, International Trade Secretary Liz Truss said the disruption had been \"down to both\" Covid and Brexit - but defended the situation.\n\nSpeaking on the Peston programme she said \"there was always going to be a period of adjustment for businesses\" and \"we are now seeing a more rapid flow of goods into Northern Ireland those supermarket shelves are being stocked\".\n\nMs Truss said the government would continue to support businesses, and that \"predictions of Armageddon haven't happened\".", "The education secretary has said he would \"certainly hope\" schools in England could reopen before Easter.\n\nGavin Williamson said he was \"not able to exactly say\" when pupils would go back but schools would be given two weeks' notice before reopening.\n\nPrimary and secondary schools remain closed, apart from to vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers.\n\nDowning Street said the prime minister wanted schools to open as quickly as possible but would follow the evidence.\n\n\"If we can open them up before Easter then we obviously will do but that is determined by the latest scientific evidence and data,\" the prime minister's official spokesman said.\n\nThe Downing Street spokesman was also less specific about the promise of two weeks' notice, saying: \"We want to give schools as much notice as possible.\"\n\nSchools have been closed to most pupils so far this term, with primary schools closing after one day back, in response to rising Covid levels.\n\nPupils have been told they will be learning at home until at least half-term in mid-February.\n\nBut Mr Williamson was pressed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme whether he could guarantee that schools would reopen at all this term, before the Easter holidays.\n\n\"I want to see them, as soon as the scientific and health advice is there, open at the earliest possible stage - and I certainly hope that would be certainly before Easter,\" said the education secretary, who's responsible for schools in England.\n\nHe said schools and parents would have \"absolutely proper notice\" of when children were going to return, which he said would be a \"clear two weeks\" for teachers and families to get ready.\n\nA lesson from the first lockdown was that it's much harder to reopen schools than to close them.\n\nParents and teachers have to be persuaded again it's safe to go back, families need advance notice to plan their work and childcare, schools need to organise their staffing.\n\nAnd there are other parents who will be pushing for schools to go back as soon as possible, in addition to the vulnerable and key workers' children already attending.\n\nFor Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, already under pressure, it means a high-stakes balancing act - and it clearly remains uncertain whether this will happen for all schools before the Easter holidays.\n\nWhat seems likely, from Mr Williamson and England's deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries, is that this could be a patchwork return beginning after half-term, rather than a single starting date, depending on local levels of the virus.\n\nThe biggest teachers' union, the National Education Union, said schools and parents needed certainty and not a \"stop-start approach\".\n\nLast week Mr Williamson indicated to the Commons education committee that schools in some parts of the country might stay closed at the end of the lockdown, with a return to the \"contingency\" arrangements, under which schools in areas of high infection would be shut.\n\nOn Tuesday, England's deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries also said schools might reopen region by region in a phased return after half-term.\n\nLabour has accused the education secretary of causing \"chaos and confusion\" and called on him to resign.\n\nParty leader Sir Keir Starmer said providing two weeks' advance notice of opening was \"good news coming from an education secretary who normally gives them about 24 hours' notice\".\n\nSir Keir said the government needed to \"give children the ability to learn at home now\" and \"get on with the blindingly obvious\" task of getting testing in place in schools.\n\nAsked about his own future, Mr Williamson said: \"Our focus is making sure that we get the very best of remote education out to all children across the country, making sure that we return schools at the earliest possible moment.\"\n\nIn terms of his own achievements, the education secretary said: \"I'll let other people do the grading.\"\n\nSchools have also been closed by other governments in the UK. In Scotland and Northern Ireland they will remain closed until at least the middle of February, while in Wales the next review of restrictions will be on 29 January.\n\nThe government has also paused plans to roll out rapid daily coronavirus testing in all but a small number of secondary schools and colleges, with health officials saying the new variant meant the risk of missing infections had risen.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer on Gavin Williamson: \"You would struggle... to find many people who would give him more than an F.\"\n\nBut Mr Williamson emphasised that mass testing in schools would continue, clarifying that it was the daily tests for those who had been in contact with a positive case which had been stopped.\n\nThe education secretary was also challenged on the fairness of setting tests as part of the replacement for cancelled GCSEs and A-levels, considering pupils will have missed different amounts of time in school.\n\nMr Williamson said the tests were only \"one element\" for deciding replacement results, which would be based on teachers' grades.\n\n\"That's why we're asking teachers to make a judgement in the round. We're asking teachers to look at the work they've been doing over the whole period of time they've been studying the course,\" he said.", "Low-deposit mortgages have made a return as the market emerges from a Covid-related slowdown.\n\nMortgage products for homeowners with a deposit of 10% of their property's value have risen more than fourfold compared with last summer's low.\n\nThe increase, based on figures from financial information service Moneyfacts, could offer some relief to first-time buyers.\n\nBut the cost of mortgages will remain an issue for many.\n\nIn early September last year, there were only 44 mortgage products available for those able to offer a 10% deposit. At the same time, first-time buyers putting money aside for a deposit were faced with pressures of poor savings rates and rising house prices.\n\nThat choice has now risen to 197 products, according to the Moneyfacts figures, with some big lenders returning in recent weeks.\n\nMortgage products for those able to offer a 15% deposit have also risen sharply, although the choice was already much greater.\n\n\"First-time buyers who may have been concerned that with record low savings rates and increasing house prices, their homeownership dreams may have had to be shelved, may have been pleased to note that we are now seeing some providers return products for those with 10% deposits,\" said Eleanor Williams, from Moneyfacts.\n\nLenders had been grappling with the practical effects that the coronavirus pandemic brought to their business.\n\nWhile some new businesses targeted first-time buyers on social media, many traditional lenders withdrew products from the market.\n\nStaff shortages, and employees working from home, meant they were unable to process applications as fast as they had before the pandemic.\n\nThere were also concerns among lenders that, despite strong activity in the housing market, riskier - and younger - first-time buyers could find it difficult to make mortgage repayments during an economic slowdown caused by the pandemic.\n\nResearch has shown that younger workers are more at risk of redundancy.\n\nAaron Strutt, from mortgage broker Trinity Financial, said lenders were now working more efficiently despite staff still being at home.\n\nHe said that some of the biggest mortgage lenders had returned to the market. Some of the mortgage rates they were offering were not as attractive as they had been, but competition would help push down costs.\n\n\"If you are planning to purchase a property and have a 10% deposit the mortgage rates are not as cheap as they used to be, but they are getting better,\" he said.\n\nMany thousands of existing mortgage-holders who had struggled to make their repayments during the pandemic had taken payment \"holidays\", which are deferrals on payments.\n\nThe latest figures from UK Finance, which represents lenders, show that 130,000 mortgage payment holidays were in place at the end of December 2020, down from a peak of 1.8 million in June last year.", "US President Joe Biden is now speaking from the White House about how his administration will tackle the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe says he has been meeting with his Covid response team, and it will “take months” to turn around the situation in the country.\n\nToday he is going to unveil a “national strategy” on Covid-19, he says, which is “comprehensive” and is based on “science and not politics”.\n\nThe plan, which consists of 198 pages, will start with an “aggressive, safe and effective” vaccination campaign.\n\nBut it will take months to protect everyone, he says, so in the meantime, \"mask up\", he tells the American people.\n\nWearing a mask, he says, is \"a patriotic act\".\n\nTo follow our coverage of his first day, head here.", "The emergency department at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital is the biggest and busiest in Scotland.\n\nAmbulances keep arriving, bringing more patients. In a curtained cubicle, one man is explaining to the doctor that he's been in pain for days, but he put off coming in \"because of everything that's going on\".\n\nDr Alan Whitelaw, who runs the department, says that while there might be fewer patients coming through his door, there are no longer any \"easy wins\".\n\n\"Those that are coming are the sick people,\" he says. \"We are undoubtedly seeing the effects of people not seeking healthcare for six to 10 months.\n\n\"We are seeing disease that we wouldn't always see and we are seeing it further down the road.\n\n\"We are making more diagnoses that potentially would be made in primary care or outpatient clinics. On top of that we've got lots of Covid patients coming through the door.\n\n\"So it is those two things together that currently put the NHS under that significant pressure.\"\n\nAll over Scotland, hospitals are under severe pressure, with some treating significantly more coronavirus patients than they did during the first wave of the pandemic.\n\nPublic visitors are not allowed at the QEUH, but BBC Scotland was given special permission to film to highlight the impact of Covid and the importance of following lockdown rules.\n\nOn the day of the BBC's visit, there are 244 Covid patients. Critical care is running at capacity, and across the whole hospital it's a constant challenge to find space for new patients.\n\nDr Whitelaw says the level of unpredictability is extreme. His team has run out of spare beds.\n\n\"We are ten months into strange and difficult times. It's winter, no-one's had a holiday, no-one's had much downtime.\n\n\"Hospitals are fuller in winter, beds are tighter and patients are sick\".\n\nUpstairs, one ward that previously treated patients with infectious diseases like flu or norovirus, is now a Covid ward. All 28 beds are full.\n\nSome patients here are recently diagnosed, others are coming to the end of their isolation, while some have been stepped down from critical care, but need rehabilitation.\n\nSenior charge nurse Karen Paton says it feels like patients are now sicker for longer.\n\n\"We've had this going on for more or less a year now and staff are beginning to feel the emotional distress of it,\" she says.\n\n\"Having to deal with patients succumbing to coronavirus, and just having the emotions of all the patients not being able to have contact from their families.\n\n\"I think it's beginning to take its toll on everybody.\"\n\nCovid patient Gerry Gilroy says QEUH staff have been \"superb\"\n\nIn one room on the ward is Gerry Gilroy, who tested positive for Covid in late December. By 8 January, the day of his 66th birthday, he could barely get out of bed and couldn't eat.\n\n\"It just hit me and I knew there was something not right,\" he says.\n\n\"I know how serious it is. I never thought it would hit me. It's been a bit of an experience but thankfully I'm on the mend.\n\n\"The staff here are superb. When I get out of here, if I can do something for the NHS I'm going to. Doctors, cleaners, nurses, all top drawer.\"\n\nThe impact of Covid is being felt across the hospital. The acute receiving area used to be the first stop for people who needed urgent surgery.\n\nNow it's where medics like Dr Colin Perry assess Covid patients sent in by their GP or NHS 24. It's another area that's full.\n\n\"In the first wave our ICU was busy and it remains very busy, but during that period we had free beds,\" says Dr Perry.\n\n\"This time we have much more pressure on the downstream ward areas, so it is harder to manage the wider needs of the hospital and make room for patients to move through the system.\n\n\"The numbers are far higher than they were a year ago.\"\n\nRepurposing so many wards to treat coronavirus patients has meant some routine work had to be postponed, but staff are working to prioritise all different kinds of treatment.\n\nHelen Dorrance is a senior surgeon who specialises in bowel cancer at the QEUH. On the day the BBC visits she is operating on patients from another hospital to help relieve pressures there.\n\nDemand for critical care makes it difficult to operate some services, but cancer treatment is still running.\n\n\"We work together as a team across the region to make sure people who are the highest priority get dealt with,\" she says. \"But everyone gets their fair share and access to the care they need.\n\n\"It's not a choice, we do have to provide the best care we can for Covid patients and my critical care colleagues are stepping up to the mark.\n\n\"But the rest of us are making sure the rest of the service runs the way it should, so if you have your heart attack or stroke the right people are there to give you the best care.\"\n\nComing to hospital for any reason during the pandemic is a different experience, and services are stretched.\n\nBut the emergency department's Dr Whitelaw adds that no matter what happens, they will cope.\n\n\"We don't come to work to worry or be fearful, we come to work to do our best and to help,\" he says.\n\n\"I think there's an uncertainty about what the next two to three weeks look like.\n\n\"It might be very, very challenging but I have absolute faith that the staff here will continue to do everything that is required.\n\n\"I think the public should be reassured that no matter what is thrown at us we will definitely get through it.\"", "A council worker in Didsbury, Manchester, checks a bridge for damage, after heavy rainfall. On Thursday morning, there were more than 200 flood warnings in place across the country", "There is still no long-term decision on whether to cut fees as a review recommended\n\nUniversity tuition fees in England will be frozen at a maximum of £9,250 for the next academic year.\n\nThe Department for Education (DfE) said a longer-term decision on cuts to fees would be delayed until the next Comprehensive Spending Review.\n\nBut education sector groups said the government \"is wasting an opportunity\" to help university students.\n\nMinisters also set out plans to improve post-16 vocational education including student loans for adult learners.\n\nThe DfE also launched a consultation on changing the timetable for applying to university - to a so-called \"post-qualification admissions\" system.\n\nThis would mean admissions being based on the grades achieve by students, rather than not relying on predictions.\n\nThe government outlined its plans for higher education reforms for over-18s in response to a landmark review, commissioned by the government from finance expert Philip Augar. Its recommendations were published in May 2019.\n\nPlanned reforms include making £2.5bn available for technical qualifications for adult learners through the National Skills Fund, a lifelong student loan entitlement for up to four years of higher education and the prioritising of funding for STEM subjects.\n\nBut the Augar review's recommendations to reduce tuition fees to £7,500, alongside implementing reforms to minimum entry standards and foundation years at universities, were not addressed in this latest response.\n\nThe DfE said given the pandemic \"now is not the right time to conclude the review in full\".\n\nAny further reforms are expected to be announced at the next Spending Review.\n\nMr Augar also suggested the return of maintenance grants for poorer university students as part of his review, but there was not mention of this in the interim response.\n\nUniversity and College Union general secretary Jo Grady said: \"Sadly this interim response confirms that there will not be a radical change to the current system.\n\nThe Augar review recommended tuition fees should be cut to £7,500 and maintenance grants reintroduced\n\n\"The Westminster government is wasting an opportunity to make a real difference for students and institutions.\"\n\nProf Julia Buckingham, president of Universities UK , welcomed the prospect of lifelong loans, saying \"it is encouraging to see government's commitment to making lifelong learning opportunities more accessible to all\".\n\nHowever, Prof Buckingham said \"government should provide maintenance grants for those who need them the most, including those considering studying shorter courses on a modular basis\".\n\nAs part of its Skills for Jobs White Paper, published alongside higher education reforms, the DfE said it wanted to \"put an end to the illusion that a degree is the only route to success and a good job and that further and technical education is the second-class option\".\n\nA white paper is a policy document produced by the government to set out their proposals for future legislation.\n\nIn December, the government announced that tens of thousands of adults without an A-level or equivalent would be able to benefit from nearly 400 fully-funded courses from April.\n\nIt was the first major development in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Lifetime Skills Guarantee (LSG) scheme, which was launched in September.\n\nThe government wants to boost the status of vocational education\n\nMr Johnson said it would mean \"everyone will be given the chance to get the skills they need, right from the very start of their career\".\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said: \"These reforms are at the heart of our plans to build back better, ensuring all technical education and training is based on what employers want and need, whilst providing individuals with the training they need to get a well-paid and secure job.\"\n\nBritish Chamber of Commerce director general Adam Marshall welcomed the plans to put the skills needs of businesses at the heart of further education.\n\n\"As local business leaders look to rebuild their firms and communities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, it is essential to ensure that the right skills and training provision is in place to support growth,\" he added.\n\nBut organisations representing school and college leaders are also sceptical that there is enough funding for the further education sector to deliver on the proposals.\n\nIn November, an the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said FE colleges and sixth forms faced significant financial uncertainty.\n\nChief executive of the Association of Colleges David Hughes said: \"Colleges have been calling for this, after years of being overlooked and underutilised, but government has to not only recognise the vital college role, it also needs to increase funding.\"", "Video caption: David Olusoga learns the stories of the first inhabitants of the house in the 1840s-50s.\n\nDavid Olusoga learns the stories of the first inhabitants of the house in the 1840s-50s.", "One of the mysteries of Covid-19 is why oxygen levels in the blood can drop to dangerously low levels without the patient noticing.\n\nIt is known as \"silent hypoxia\".\n\nAs a result, patients have been arriving in hospital in far worse health than they realised and, in some cases, too late to treat effectively.\n\nBut a potentially life-saving solution, in the form of a pulse oximeter, allows patients to monitor their oxygen levels at home, and costs about £20.\n\nThey are being rolled out for high-risk Covid patients in the UK, and the doctor leading the scheme thinks everyone should consider buying one.\n\nA normal oxygen level in the blood is between 95% and 100%.\n\n\"With Covid, we were admitting patients with oxygen levels in the 70s or low-or-middle 80s,\" said Dr Matt Inada-Kim, a consultant in acute medicine at Hampshire Hospitals.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Inside Health: \"It was a really curious and scary presentation and really made us rethink what we were doing.\"\n\nDr Inada-Kim became the national clinical lead of the Covid Oximetry@home project.\n\nA pulse oximeter slips over your middle finger and shines a light into the body. It measures how much of the light is absorbed in order to calculate oxygen levels in the blood.\n\nIn England, they are being given to people with Covid who are over 65, younger but have a health problem, or anyone doctors are concerned about. Similar schemes are being rolled out across the UK.\n\nPeople measure and record their oxygen levels three times a day.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Health Education England - HEE This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nIf oxygen levels drop to 93% or 94%, then people speak to their GP or call 111. If they go below 92%, people should go to A&E or call 999 for an ambulance.\n\nStudies, which have not been reviewed by other scientists, have shown even small drops below 95% are linked to an increased risk of dying.\n\nDr Inada-Kim said: \"The point of this whole strategy is to try to get in early to prevent people getting that sick, by admitting patients at a more salvageable point in their illness.\"\n\nChris Harris, who is 70, was one of the first patients to benefit from the scheme.\n\nHe was being treated for a urinary infection in November last year, but then when he developed unexpected flu-like symptoms his GP sent him for a Covid test. It was positive.\n\n\"I don't mind admitting I was in tears, it was a very stressful, frightening time,\" he told Inside Health.\n\nHis oxygen levels dropped a couple of percentage points below the normal zone, so after a call with his GP, he went to hospital.\n\nAt this point he was still feeling fine, but things changed the day after he was admitted.\n\n\"My breathing started to get a little bit laboured, I had a high temperature as the days went on, [my oxygen levels] were progressively getting lower, they were in their 80s,\" he told me.\n\nChris was treated, did not need intensive care and has made a full recovery.\n\nHe said: \"I may have gone [to hospital] as the very last resort and that's the frightening thing. It was the oxygen meter that forced me to go, I would have just sat it out thinking I would recover.\n\n\"I am extremely lucky and very, very grateful.\"\n\nHis GP, Dr Caroline O'Keefe, says she has seen a massive increase in the number of people being monitored.\n\nShe said: \"On Christmas Day we were monitoring 44 patients, today I have 160 patients who I am monitoring daily. So we are certainly busy.\"\n\n\"We've had to quadruple the size of our team in the last two weeks.\"\n\nOverall, NHS England has supplied around 300,000 pulse oximeters for the home-monitoring scheme.\n\nDr Inada-Kim says there isn't definitive proof that the gadget saves lives and it could take until April to know for sure. However, the early signs are all positive.\n\n\"What we think we can see are the early seeds of a reduction in the length of stay after a hospital admission, an improvement in survival and a reduction in the pressures on the emergency services,\" he said.\n\nHe is so convinced of their role in tackling silent hypoxia that he said everyone should consider buying one.\n\n\"Personally I would, and I know a number of colleagues who have bought pulse oximeters to distribute to their loved ones,\" he said.\n\nHe advised checking they had a CE Kitemark and to avoid apps on smartphones, which he said were not as reliable.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA mosque has become the first in the UK to open as a Covid vaccination centre.\n\nThe Al-Abbas Islamic Centre in Balsall Heath, Birmingham is expected to vaccinate up to 500 people a day.\n\nThe imam, Sheikh Nuru Mohammed, said he hoped it would help dispel false information that the vaccine was forbidden in Islamic law.\n\nNHS England said it fears disinformation could be causing some in the UK's South Asian communities to reject the Covid vaccine.\n\n\"It will send a strong message to our Muslim brothers and sisters. We are doing this to say a big 'no' to fake news and a big 'yes' to the vaccine,\" Sheikh Nuru said.\n\n\"Muslim scholars advise us to get the vaccine because the sanctity of life is important in Islam.\"\n\nImam Sheikh Nuru Mohammed said he hopes the opening of the vaccination centre will help dispel false information\n\nDr Rizwan Alidina, a trustee of the mosque and member of the Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group said: \"The significance of the venue is obviously quite evident with particularly the Muslim community being one of the communities with a bit of a lower uptake than we would otherwise have expected.\"\n\nHe said there had been a good response to the opening of the centre at the mosque and hoped it would soon be carrying out between 300 and 500 vaccinations a day.\n\nNHS England regional medical director for London Dr Vin Diwakar told a Downing Street press conference some communities had \"legitimate and understandable concerns about the vaccines\".\n\nHe said despite it being a \"safe and effective vaccine\", for some Asian and black communities there were \"longstanding concerns\" that \"go back generations\".\n\nDr Diwakar said some people were \"told by their grandparents that experiments were done in the early part of the last century, that unethical experiments were done way back in the 60s\".\n\nSpeaking at the Downing Street briefing, Home Secretary Priti Patel also sought to counter disinformation targeted at people from minority ethnic backgrounds.\n\n\"This vaccine is safe for us all,\" she said.\n\n\"It will protect you and your family... So I urge everyone from across our wonderfully diverse country to get the vaccine when their turn comes to keep us all safe.\"\n\nOne of the first to get the jab at he Birmingham mosque, retired GP Dr Masud Ahmad, said his message to others in the local community was \"that it's quite safe to have it and they should have it\".\n\nOther places of worship, including Salisbury Cathedral and Lichfield Cathedral, opened as vaccine centres last week.\n\nThe Al-Abbas Islamic Centre is administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Thousands of London taxi drivers plan to sue Uber for damages alleging the ride-hailing firm operated unlawfully.\n\nThe planned group legal action could, if successful, hit Uber with a bill for millions of pounds.\n\nThe action, part of a planned anti-Uber campaign by black-cab drivers this year, claims it didn't follow private hire rules between 2012 and 2018.\n\nUber said it \"operates lawfully in London and these allegations are completely unfounded\".\n\nThe group action, which will be launched by law firm Mishcon de Reya, will allege that for six years Uber operated unlawfully in London.\n\nTaxi rules in London mean that people have to contact a centralised office for minicabs, whereas they can hail a black cab on the street.\n\nThe lawsuit will claim that between 2012 and 2018, Uber let people hail its drivers directly, contravening those rules.\n\nLitigation specialist RGL Management, which is also working with the cabbies to bring the case, said more than 4,000 had signed up so far.\n\nThere are about 5,200 further registrations being processed, with hundreds of enquiries per day, it said. The firm is funding a marketing campaign, and is looking to sign up as many as 30,000 eligible drivers.\n\nA full-time driver over those six years could claim about £25,000 in lost earnings, it added. The group action is aiming to bring a case to the High Court no later than the first quarter of 2022.\n\nThis is not the first time that London's black cabs have done battle with Uber, but today's announcement shows neither side have conceded defeat.\n\nThe proposed claim itself is huge - loss of earnings for up to 30,000 drivers for nearly 6 years - and comes at a time when London black cabs and private hire vehicle drivers are struggling for work after nearly a year of lockdowns and restrictions.\n\nUber might now have its licence back, but the black cabs aren't willing to give them an easy ride.\n\nAn Uber spokeswoman said: \"Uber operates lawfully in London and these allegations are completely unfounded.\n\n\"We are proud to serve this great global city and the 45,000 drivers in London who rely on the app for earnings opportunities, and are committed to helping people move safely.\"\n\nUber has had a torrid history in the UK capital including previous lawsuits.\n\nIn February 2019 cab drivers lost a legal challenge which argued that Uber's London operating licence was granted by a biased judge.\n\nUber then went on to lose its licence to operate in London in November 2019 after safety concerns.\n\nBut in September last year it was spared a London ban after a judge upheld an appeal against Transport for London's decision over safety.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage captures the extent of the damage the bridge over the River Clwyd\n\nFinancial help has been promised to those affected by serious flooding, the Welsh Government has announced.\n\nPeople have been forced to leave their homes and a major incident declared after Storm Christoph struck.\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated during flooding thought to be related to mine works in Skewen, Neath, while 30 were evacuated in Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it would work with councils to deliver £500-£1,000 payments to affected households.\n\nEnvironment minister, Lesley Griffiths, said people across Wales were facing the \"twin problems\" of floods and the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nShe said: \"We will support people in these circumstances just as we did in the aftermath of storms Ciara and Dennis last year, by working with local authorities to make support payments of between £500 and £1,000 available for each household flooded.\"\n\nSevere flood warnings remain in place across Wales as river levels remain high.\n\nIn the Lower Dee Valley a severe flood warning remains in force, from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadow, and a major incident was declared in Bangor-on-Dee.\n\nWrexham council leader Mark Pritchard said teams worked to ensure the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, made on Wrexham Industrial Estate, was not lost in the floods.\n\nFirefighters in Skewen waded through water up to their thighs amidst reports of evacuated homes\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated in Skewen, including residents of a care home, after at least eight streets were left under water.\n\nEmergency services said there were no injuries and all those evacuated had been found accommodation, but people are asked to avoid the area.\n\nIn Denbighshire, a bridge linking Trefnant to Tremeirchion over the River Clwyd collapsed in the storm. The council said it would be investigating the cause of the flooding, which forced road closures and evacuations.\n\nNatural Resources Wales (NRW) said the River Dee, which runs through Bangor-on-Dee, was at its highest recorded level since the water gauge became operational in 1996 - 16.45m (54ft).\n\nIt urged people across Wales to remain vigilant, with river levels not set to have peaked until late Thursday evening, adding they would remain high until Friday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Met Office said over the past two days Wales had the highest rainfall of the four UK nations.\n\nBetween 19 and 21 January, Aberllefenni in Gwynedd saw 188mm (7.5in) of rain, more than average rainfall for Wales for the whole of January, which is 156.89mm (63in).\n\nThat was followed by 180mm (7in) in Crai reservoir, Powys, 169.8mm (6.6in) in Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and 166mm (6.5in) in both Maerdy, RCT, and Capel Curig, Conwy.\n\nLlechryd bridge in Ceredigion has been completely submerged by the River Teifi\n\nUp to 30 people were forced out of their homes in Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham\n\nNatural Resources Wales said the River Dee was at its highest level since the water gauge became operational\n\nThe flooding threatened the supply of the coronavirus Oxford vaccine, which is produced at Wrexham Industrial Estate.\n\nWrexham council leader Mr Pritchard said it had to work to \"make sure we didn't lose the vaccinations in the floods\".\n\n\"I've been up all night... it's a very difficult time for us,\" he added.\n\nNorth East Wales Search and Rescue helped people whose homes were flooded in New Broughton, Wrexham\n\nWockhardt UK, which manufactures the vaccine, said at about 16:00 GMT on Wednesday, excess water surrounded part of its buildings.\n\n\"The site is now secure and free from any further flood damage and operating as normal,\" it said.\n\nThe clean-up has begun in Ruthin\n\nA multi-agency statement described the situation in Bangor-on-Dee as a \"major incident\".\n\nIt said: \"As a severe weather warning indicates that there is a risk to life...\n\n\"The evacuation effort continues, with all routes in and out of the village currently closed to the public due to the flooding.\"\n\nEarlier, some residents in Ruthin were told to leave their homes - people have been told Covid rules allow them leave their homes in an emergency.\n\nMeanwhile, a man's body was recovered from the River Taff near Blackweir in Cardiff.\n\nDozens of ducks and chickens, and 12 huskies were rescued by the RSPCA from a flooded farm in Bangor, while they also took hay to two donkeys stranded by flood water in Mold.\n\nSome 12 huskies had to be rescued after their kennels flooded\n\nDave Brown said the flooding in his home in Broughton, Flintshire, was horrific and his mother-in-law was rescued by firefighters.\n\n\"You don't realise the damage water does and everything that floats - the sheer volume of water. I am 6ft tall and it almost took me out,\" he said.\n\nDave Brown's mother-in-law was rescued from their home in Broughton, Flintshire\n\nWrexham council said some of the people forced to leave their homes were with relatives, while it found others accommodation after having to initially seek refuge in a church hall.\n\nNine properties in Berse Road in New Broughton were also evacuated.\n\nThe situation in Ruthin, Denbighshire, overnight was \"horrendous\", town councillor Stephen Beach said.\n\n\"The whole of Ruthin was on edge,\" he said.\n\n\"Some people were accommodated at the leisure centre, and others were offered places to stay by local residents. The community was superb.\n\n\"It was the sheer volume of water that came down - there was no stopping it.\"\n\nA yellow weather warning for ice for Wales has been issued by the Met Office until 10:00 GMT on Friday, with concerns it could lead to travel disruption, slips and falls.\n\nNumerous flood warnings and alerts remain in place across Wales, including two severe flood warnings.\n\nThe agency said flood defences were being used and river levels at Holt, Wrexham, would remain high for some time.\"There is therefore a significant risk of localised flooding problems and due to that the severe flood warning will remain in place until the levels drop,\" Keith Iven of NRW said\n\nIn Monmouthshire roads were closed following flooding, and the council said while water levels at the River Usk were dropping, a \"second peak\" on the River Wye had been expected on Thursday night.\n\nThe council had warned people living in Riverside Park, Monmouth, may be impacted and council workers were prepared to offer support.\n\nRiver Tywi has burst its banks in Carmarthen, affecting nearby businesses\n\nMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it had attended 98 flooding-related incidents\n\nIt said it deployed swift water rescue teams to rescue 13 people from vehicles in floodwater. It also winched vehicles from water and pumped water from properties.\n\nIn Cardiff, emergency services attended a crash involving a number of vehicles at about 07:40 on the A4232 between Culverhouse Cross and the M4.\n\nNo-one was seriously injured, but both carriageways were closed for just over an hour. The road has since reopened.\n\nIn Carmarthen, people were treated for the effects of fumes after using a generator to pump water from their homes.\n\nIn Knighton and Crickhowell in Powys, crews spent Wednesday night pumping out a number of properties.\n\nIn Borth, Ceredigion, floodwater hit the water treatment plant, an electrical substation and eight properties.\n\nOgwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team had to rescue a man from the roof of his car.\n\nIt said he had tried to drive through the river ford along the road from Llandygai to Bangor, in Gwynedd, but had become stuck in deep water and had climbed onto the roof. He was not injured.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Derek Brockway - weatherman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council said it was aware of a minor landslip on the mountainside above Pentre.\n\nIt said an initial inspection determined there was no immediate threat to the area and a further detailed inspection would be carried out on Friday. It asked people to avoid the area.\n\nBangor-on-Dee has been badly hit by Storm Cristoph\n\nDozens of roads have been closed across Wales, and while Covid rules are in place stopping people from travelling apart from for essential reasons, people are being warned not to travel in affected areas due to widespread flooding.\n\nChris Lloyd from North Wales Mountain Rescue Association warned people to not visit flood-hit areas to view the damage.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wales: \"People who are going out to look at the floods are not only putting themselves at risk, but putting additional people on the roads which professional emergency services don't want - we don't want any more incidents.\"\n\nDenbighshire council said Ysgol Bodfari in Denbigh and Ysgol Caer Drewyn, Corwen, which had been open for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers, have been closed.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The A9 south of Inverness was among the worst affected routes\n\nHeavy snowfall during Storm Christoph has caused travel disruption in parts of Scotland.\n\nVehicles were stuck on the A9 south of Inverness and many roads in the Borders were affected by snow.\n\nThe Queensferry Crossing was closed for a time earlier due to the risk of falling ice before later reopening.\n\nAn amber alert for south-east Scotland was lifted at 08:00 but yellow alerts are in place in other parts of the country until Friday.\n\nTraffic was queued on the A9 after lorries and cars became stuck in snow between Tomatin and Carrbridge.\n\nTractors were used to tow lorries on to cleared stretches of the road.\n\nHeavy snow has also closed the main route to Applecross at the Bealach na Ba.\n\nThe Queensferry Crossing has been reopened after being closed earlier due to the risk of falling ice\n\nThe A939 Cock Bridge to Tomintoul road in Moray was closed after Police Scotland shut the snowgates due to the wintry conditions.\n\nSnow had also affected traffic on parts of the M8.\n\nOn the Highlands' Far North Line, a landslip between Fearn and Tain stations has affected services.\n\nNetwork Rail Scotland said a section of the railway was open with a 5mph speed restriction in place.\n\nChris Tracey, Bear Scotland's south east unit bridges manager, said the Queensferry Crossing was temporarily closed for the safety of bridge users.\n\nHe said: \"We had already mobilised additional ice patrols in response to the weather forecast and the bridge was closed at 04:00 when staff observed ice falling from the structure.\"\n\nThe bridge was reopened after the risk had passed.\n\nEdinburgh is one of the areas where heavy snow has fallen\n\nPolice Scotland has urged people to avoid travelling in the affected areas.\n\nChief Superintendent Louise Blakelock said: \"Government restrictions on only travelling if your journey is essential remain in place and with an amber warning for snow, please consider if your journey really is essential and whether you can delay it until the weather improves.\n\n\"If you deem your journey is essential, plan ahead and make sure you and your vehicle are suitably prepared by having sufficient fuel and supplies such as warm clothing, food, water and charge in your mobile phone in the event you require assistance.\"\n\nAvalanche debris on Turnhouse in the Pentland Hills photographed from Penicuik\n\nPeople heading for the Pentland Hills, south-west of Edinburgh, have been urged to be aware of potential avalanche risk after avalanche debris was spotted on Turnhouse Hill.\n\nTweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team said the \"full depth\" avalanche had enough snow to knock a person off their feet, or even bury them.\n\nTeam leader Dave Wright said avalanches in the Pentland Hills were unusual and walkers, skiers and snowboarders might not appreciate the potential risk.\n\nHe said there had been heavy snowfalls in the hills this week and the avalanche occurred at some point on Thursday afternoon.\n\nMeanwhile, the potential avalanche hazard in all six mountain areas covered by the Scottish Avalanche Information Service - Glen Coe, Lochaber, Creag Meagaidh, Torridon and Northern and Southern Cairgorms - has been classed as \"considerable\".\n\nThe amber weather warning for snow covered a slice of Scotland from south of Edinburgh to close to the Scotland-England border and was valid until Thursday morning.\n\nHowever, further alerts remain in place.\n\nA Bear NW Trunk Roads' tractor clears snow ahead of a lorry on the A9 at the Slochd\n\nIn north-east Scotland and Orkney, a yellow warning for heavy rain and potential flooding is in place until 04:00 on Friday.\n\nYellow warnings for snow and ice are also in place in parts of northern and western Scotland until 12:00 on Friday.\n\nTransport Scotland said it was \"closely monitoring\" the road network and a multi-agency response team would be operational during the weather warnings.\n\nA snow-covered car in Carlops, in the Scottish Borders\n\nDrivers woke up to snow-covered cars in Haddington, East Lothian\n• None In pictures: Scotland in the snow", "Last March, the government set out new thinking on dealing with Northern Ireland's past\n\nThousands of relatives of Troubles victims have signed an open letter calling for the British and Irish governments to fully investigate decades of violence.\n\nIt calls for the long-delayed set up of an independent team of detectives to pursue new prosecutions and other measures to recover information.\n\nThese are measures included in the 2014 Stormont House Agreement.\n\nThe letter is addressed to Taoiseach Micheál Martin and UK PM Boris Johnson.\n\nIt asks for their assurances that their \"human rights as victims will no longer be disregarded or denied\".\n\n\"The peace process has repeatedly failed to deliver on our rights to truth, justice and accountability,\" they said.\n\nThe letter, signed by 3,500 relatives, is being published in the Irish News, Andersonstown News, and US publication the Irish Echo.\n\nThe letter is being printed in several newspapers\n\nMore than 3,600 people were killed during the 30 years of Northern Ireland's Troubles and thousands more injured.\n\nThe UK government has pledged to \"intensify\" engagement with victims' groups in addressing the legacy of the past.\n\nThe Stormont House proposals included a new independent investigation unit to re-examine all unsolved killings and a separate truth recovery mechanism to enable families to gain answers in cases where prosecutions are unlikely.\n\nLast March, the government set out new thinking on dealing with the past, which radically departed from what had been proposed in the Stormont House Agreement.\n\nHe proposed that after a paper review exercise, most unsolved cases would be closed and a new law would be enacted to prevent the investigations from being reopened.\n\nMark Thompson, chief executive of Belfast-based lobby group Relatives for Justice, said about half of those who signed the open letter are 35 years and under.\n\nHe said the letter \"represents the current and future generations\" and that it \"underlines the ongoing trauma and intergenerational impact that the killing of a relative has also had on surviving families\".", "Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled for a second year running due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe news was announced on Thursday on the Worthy Farm event's Twitter page.\n\n\"With great regret, we must announce that this year's Glastonbury Festival will not take place,\" said festival organisers Michael and Emily Eavis.\n\n\"And that this will be another enforced fallow year for us. Tickets for this year will roll over to next year. Michael & Emily.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Glastonbury Festival This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt comes in the same week that the future of UK music was up for debate at a DCMS inquiry into streaming, and in Parliament regarding post-Brexit music touring visas.\n\nThe full statement on the festival website read: \"In spite of our efforts to move heaven and earth, it has become clear that we simply will not be able to make the Festival happen this year. We are so sorry to let you all down.\"\n\nIt confirmed that as with last year, anyone with a ticket will now be offered the opportunity to roll their £50 deposit over to next year, when the festival will hopefully resume. It had been due to take place in June 2021.\n\n\"We are very appreciative of the faith and trust placed in us by those of you with deposits, and we are very confident we can deliver something really special for us all in 2022!\"\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden shared his \"disappointment\" at the lack of a Glastonbury 2021, on Twitter.\n\n\"This regrettable but understandable decision is recognition that public health comes first\" he posted, \"and that right now, getting 200k fans together in just a few months looks very difficult to make safe\".\n\nHe added: \"We continue to help the arts on recovery, including looking at problems around getting insurance. I'm Glastonbury will be back bigger and better next year.\"\n\nJulian Knight MP, chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, said news of this year's cancellation was \"devastating\".\n\nSir Paul McCartney headlined Glastonbury in 2004, and was supposed to do so again in 2020\n\n\"We have repeatedly called for ministers to act to protect our world-renowned festivals like this one with a government-backed insurance scheme. Our plea fell on deaf ears and now the chickens have come home to roost,\" he said.\n\n\"The jewel in the crown will be absent but surely the government cannot ignore the message any longer - it must act now to save this vibrant and vital festivals sector.\"\n\nOn 5 January the government responded to a report by UK Music called Let the Music Play: Save Our Summer 2021, which outlined a range of measures that could help the industry get back up and running.\n\nThe government said: \"We know these are challenging times for the live events sector and are working flat out to support it.\n\n\"Our £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund has already seen more than £1bn offered to arts, heritage and performance organisations to support them through the impact of the pandemic, protecting tens of thousands of creative jobs across the UK, including festivals such as Deer Shed Festival, End of the Road and Nozstock.\"\n\nLast year's 50th anniversary Glastonbury was meant to be headlined by Sir Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar, but it was cancelled during the initial national lockdown in March 2020.\n\nMichael and Emily Eavis previously said that Glastonbury \"lost millions\" after cancelling in 2020\n\nLast month, organiser Emily Eavis told the BBC she hoped this year's festival could go ahead, despite the \"huge uncertainty\" surrounding live music in the pandemic.\n\n\"We're doing everything we can on our end to plan and prepare,\" she told the BBC, \"but I think we're still quite a long way from being able to say we're confident 2021 will go ahead.\"\n\nEavis said Glastonbury lost \"millions\" in 2020. Her father, Michael, has previously warned the festival \"would seriously go bankrupt\" if they had to cancel again next year.\n\nBut that scenario is unlikely \"as long as we can make a firm call either way in advance\", Eavis clarified to the BBC.\n\nNo line-up details had been confirmed for 2021. But just before Christmas, Sir Paul McCartney told the BBC the event was not in his calendar, as it would be a \"superspreader\".\n\nAt the start of January, MPs were told that some of the UK's biggest music festivals could be called off by the end of this month.\n\nThe festival normally welcomes 200,000 people to Pilton in Somerset every year\n\nEvents are \"rapidly approaching the determination point\", after which they'll have to pull the plug, said the Association of Independent Festivals.\n\nOrganisers will be in \"absolutely dire straits\" financially if the season is cancelled, added Anna Wade, of Winchester's Boomtown Fair.\n\nThey were speaking to MPs examining the plight of music festivals in the UK.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "At 12:01, in the midst of his inaugural address, Joe Biden officially became the 46th president of the United States.\n\nHe was already well into outlining exactly how daunting a task he - and the nation - have ahead in what he called its \"winter of peril\".\n\nAmerica is facing a devastating pandemic which has resulted in massive job losses and business closures, a threatened environment, urgent cries for racial justice and resurgence in \"political extremism, white supremacy and domestic terrorism\".\n\nHis speech was not a laundry list of proposals and solutions. Those were reserved for his first 17 executive actions as president - on immigration, climate change, transgender rights and public health, among others.\n\nThe Biden administration has also frozen all of Trump's last-minute regulations pending further review.\n\nInstead, Biden used his speech to offer hope - and to argue, at times forcefully, that the nation must be united in facing the challenges ahead; that it has to move past its current \"uncivil war\".\n\n\"Without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury,\" he said. \"No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos.\"\n\n\"This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge,\" he continued. \"And unity is the path forward\".\n\nAt times, Biden's speech seemed a direct rebuttal to his predecessor's administration, although he did not mention Donald Trump by name.\n\nWhere Trump frequently spoke of American greatness and glorified its founders, Biden noted that the nation's history has been a \"constant struggle\" between its ideals and sometimes harsh realities.\n\nWhere Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway spoke of \"alternative facts\" almost four years ago, Biden said: \"There is truth and there are lies - lies told for power and for profit.\"\n\nBiden wrapped up his inaugural address by warning that America must not \"turn inward\" - both as individuals retreating into \"competing factions\" and as a nation on the world stage.\n\n\"We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again,\" he said.\n\nRhetorically, Biden turned the page from Trump's days of \"America first\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe first 100 days of any administration are always important to a new president. What are his priorities? What will he try to accomplish when his political capital is at its highest?\n\nJoe Biden and his presidential team have had nearly three months to plan out his first actions upon taking the oath of office, but executive action is the (relatively) easy part.\n\nHis speech reflected the reality that he enters office with his top priorities already determined for him.\n\nHis government will be responsible for distributing the coronavirus vaccine in an efficient and equitable way. After that, he will have to focus on the societal and economic disruptions caused by the pandemic.\n\nThe virus has exacerbated income inequality and pushed many households to the brink of economic ruin. It's devastated the travel and hospitality industries and placed incredible strain on the finances of state and local governments.\n\nHis pledge to seek unity will be tested early, as he pushes a sharply divided Congress to pass another, massive round of pandemic stimulus aid. If he wants to enact it quickly, he will need Republican support in the Senate, and already there are signs that some on the right may be lining up in opposition to more spending.\n\nThen there's Trump's Senate impeachment trial, which will present yet another challenge to national unity. It will keep Trump's name in the news for weeks, as his defenders rally to his side and his detractors call for consequences for his actions.\n\nAfter that, Biden's potential political paths diverge. He has said he wants to improve healthcare in the US, address growing college debt, make new investments in infrastructure and tackle climate change.\n\nHe's pledged to push immigration reform legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants - a political lightning rod that helped fuel Trump's first presidential run.\n\nWhat he prioritises, and how successful his first efforts are, could determine the overall success of his administration. To make lasting change - policies that can't be undone by future presidents - he will have to work with Congress.\n\nThe inauguration ceremony is over. But, as Biden noted in his speech, the American people face one of the most challenging times in their nation's history.\n\n\"We will be judged by how we resolve these cascading crises of our era,\" he said.\n\nBiden campaigned against Trump for the opportunity to face those crises. Now he has his chance.", "Anyone going on a Saga holiday or cruise in 2021 must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the tour operator has said.\n\nSaga, which specialises in holidays for the over-50s, said it wanted to protect customers' health and safety.\n\nThe firm said it would delay restarting its travel packages until May to give customers enough time to get jabs.\n\nPeople over 50 in the UK have been rushing to book holidays as vaccinations boost confidence.\n\n\"The health and safety of our customers has always been our number one priority at Saga, so we have taken the decision to require everyone travelling with us to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19,\" Saga said in a statement.\n\n\"Our customers want the reassurance of the vaccine and to know others travelling with them will be vaccinated too.\"\n\nThe firm's holidays were due to restart in March and its cruises in April after a long hiatus, but they will now both be delayed.\n\nSaga said that meant all trips before May would no longer go ahead as planned, acknowledging it would be \"a huge disappointment\" to customers.\n\n\"We will be contacting all guests affected to discuss their options,\" it said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Singapore's 'cruises to nowhere' set back by Covid scare\n\nThe firm said its vaccination policy added to stronger safety processes already planned for when its holidays resume.\n\nThese include requiring cruise passengers to have a Covid-19 test before their trip, as well as a full medical screening.\n\nCapacity on its ships will also be kept to a maximum of 800 people.\n\nThere were some severe covid outbreaks on cruise ships early on the pandemic, before coronavirus restrictions were imposed.\n\nBritish-registered ship the Diamond Princess, owned by the company Carnival, was quarantined for nearly a month in February in the Port of Yokohama in Japan.\n\nMore than 700 of its 3,711 passengers and crew were infected, and 14 died.\n\nThe UK has embarked on a mass vaccination programme as Covid-19 cases surge.\n\nPeople in England are being vaccinated at a rate of 140 jabs per minute, NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens said this week.\n\nExperts believe in future that airlines, concert venues and restaurants could routinely ask customers to prove that they have been vaccinated.\n\nAnd last week, London plumbing firm Pimlico Plumbers said that all of its staff would be contractually obliged to get the jab.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Hill We Climb: Watch 22-year-old Amanda Gorman's poem reading at Joe Biden's inauguration\n\nAmanda Gorman has become the youngest poet ever to perform at a presidential inauguration, calling for \"unity and togetherness\" in her self-penned poem.\n\nThe 22-year-old delivered her work The Hill We Climb to both the dignitaries present in Washington DC and a watching global audience.\n\n\"When day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade?\" her five-minute poem began.\n\nShe went on to reference the storming of the Capitol earlier this month.\n\n\"We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy,\" she declared.\n\n\"And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated.\"\n\nThe poet was applauded by Vice President Kamala Harris\n\nIn her poem, Gorman described herself as \"a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother [who] can dream of becoming president, only to find her self reciting for one\".\n\nAmerica's first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate did her job, which was to find the right words at the right time.\n\nIt was a beautifully paced, well-judged poem for a special occasion, but it will live long beyond the time and space of the moment.\n\nAmanda Gorman delivered her piece with grace, the words it contained will resonate with people the world over: today, tomorrow, and far into the future.\n\nThe writer and performer, who became the country's first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017, followed in the footsteps of such famous names as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou.\n\n\"I really wanted to use my words to be a point of unity and collaboration and togetherness,\" Gorman told the BBC World Service's Newshour programme before the ceremony.\n\n\"I think it's about a new chapter in the United States, about the future, and doing that through the elegance and beauty of words.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS broadcaster and actress Oprah Winfrey tweeted that she had \"never been prouder to see another young woman rise\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Oprah Winfrey This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlso on Twitter, Joanne Liu, the former head of aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières, described the poem as \"the most inspiring 5:43 minutes for the longest time\".\n\nFormer First Lady Michelle Obama praised Gorman's \"strong and poignant words\" adding: \"Keep shining, Amanda!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Michelle Obama This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nUS politician and rights activist Stacey Abrams said the poem was \"an inspiration to us all\".\n\nFormer presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted that Gorman had promised to run for president in 2036 and added: \"I for one can't wait.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIllinois poet laureate Angela Jackson said the recitation was \"so rich and just so filled with truth\".\n\n\"I was stunned that she was so young and so wise,\" Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times.\n\nGorman said she \"screamed and danced her head off\" when she found out she had been chosen to read at President Biden's swearing-in ceremony.\n\nShe said she felt \"excitement, joy, honour and humility\" when she was asked to take part, \"and also at the same time terror\".\n\nAnd she added that she hoped her poem, completed on the day supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, would \"speak to the moment\" and \"do this time justice\".\n\nGorman, pictured with actor Morgan Freeman in 2018, became LA's youth poet laureate at 16\n\nBorn in Los Angeles in 1998, Gorman had a speech impediment as a child - an affliction she shares with America's new president.\n\n\"It's made me the performer that I am and the storyteller that I strive to be,\" she said in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times.\n\n\"When you have to teach yourself how to say sounds [and] be highly concerned about pronunciation, it gives you a certain awareness of sonics, of the auditory experience.\"\n\nGorman became LA's youth poet laureate at 16. Three years later, while studying sociology at Harvard, she became National Youth Poet Laureate.\n\nShe published her first book, The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough, in 2015 and will publish a picture book, Change Sings, later this year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kamala Harris was sworn into office by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.\n\nKamala Harris has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president.\n\nShe was sworn in just before Joe Biden took the oath of office to become the 46th US president.\n\nMs Harris, who is of Indian-Jamaican heritage, initially ran for the Democratic nomination.\n\nBut Mr Biden won the race and chose Ms Harris as his running mate, describing her as \"a fearless fighter for the little guy\".\n\nPrior to taking the oath at the US Capitol, Ms Harris paid tribute to the women who she says came before her.\n\n\"I stand on their shoulders,\" she said in a video.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kamala Harris This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEugene Goodman, the Capitol police officer who was hailed as a hero for steering a pro-Trump mob away from Senate chambers during the 6 January riot, escorted Ms Harris at the inauguration.\n\nMs Harris, 56, was born in Oakland, California, to two immigrant parents: an Indian-born mother and Jamaican-born father.\n\nKamala, left, as child with her mother and younger sister Maya\n\nShe went on to attend Howard University, one of the nation's preeminent historically black colleges and universities. She has described her time there as among the most formative experiences of her life.\n\nMs Harris says she's always been comfortable with her identity and simply describes herself as \"an American\".\n\nAfter four years at Howard, Ms Harris went on to earn her law degree at the University of California, Hastings, and began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.\n\nShe became the district attorney - the top prosecutor - for San Francisco in 2003, before being elected the first female and the first African American to serve as California's attorney general, the top lawyer and law enforcement official in America's most populous state.\n\nIn her nearly two terms in office as attorney general, Ms Harris gained a reputation as one of the Democratic party's rising stars, using this momentum to propel her to election as California's junior US senator in 2017. She was only the second black woman ever elected to the US senate.\n\nShe launched her candidacy for president to a crowd of more than 20,000 in Oakland at the beginning of 2019.\n\nBut Ms Harris failed to articulate a clear rationale for her campaign, and gave muddled answers to questions in key policy areas like healthcare.\n\nShe was also unable to capitalise on the clear high point of her candidacy: debate performances that showed off her prosecutorial skills, often placing Mr Biden in the line of attack, most notably criticising his praise for the \"civil\" working relationship he had with former senators who favoured racial segregation.\n\nShe dropped out of the presidential race in December 2019.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut Mr Biden chose her as his number two in August, calling her \"one of the country's finest public servants\".\n\nAfter Mr Biden was announced as the next president in November, Ms Harris tweeted a video of her congratulating her running mate.\n\n\"We did it, we did it Joe. You're going to be the next president of the United States!\" she beamed.", "Scientists tracking the spread of coronavirus in England say infection levels in the community may have risen at the start of the latest lockdown.\n\nInfections in 6-15 January were up by 50% on early December, with one in 63 people infected, Imperial College London's initial findings suggest.\n\nSwab tests from 143,000 people indicate 1.58% had the virus during in early January - up from 0.91% in December.\n\nMinisters say the report does not yet reflect the impact of the lockdown.\n\nThe latest round of results from Imperial College's React-1 infection survey - one of the country's largest studies into Covid-19 infections - are interim with the full set of results to be published in a week's time.\n\nBut Imperial College London's Prof Paul Elliott warned if the high prevalence continues \"more lives will be lost\".\n\nThe report also says there are \"worrying suggestions of a recent uptick in infections\" and Prof Elliott said the third lockdown - introduced on 6 January - was not having the same impact as the first, in April.\n\nLondon had the highest level in the January period - 2.8%, up from 1.21% in early December.\n\nProf Elliott old BBC Radio 4's Today programme the current R rate - which represents how many people an infected person will pass the virus on to - was \"around 1\".\n\n\"We're seeing this levelling off, it's not going up, but we're not seeing the decline that we really need to see given the pressure on the NHS from the current very high levels of the virus in the population,\" he said.\n\n\"To prevent our already stretched health system from becoming overwhelmed, infections must be brought down,\" Prof Elliot added.\n\nBefore the Covid rules were tightened, the restrictions faced by people in England varied depending on where they lived.\n\nThe researchers say the government's latest daily case figures, which show a slowdown, may reflect a drop in cases just after Christmas, which is only now being registered.\n\nAnd they suggest infection levels may have gone up in early January as a result of people's activity increasing after the Christmas holiday period.\n\nThey admit there is some uncertainty in their data amid a \"fast-changing situation\" but say it is more up to date than the daily government figures because it does not rely on those being tested developing symptoms and then waiting to have their infections confirmed by a laboratory.\n\nThe UK recorded another all-time high of daily coronavirus deaths on Wednesday. A further 1,820 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, according to government figures - taking the total number of deaths by that measure to 93,290.\n\nThe findings of the study are seemingly at odds with recent figures from NHS Test and Trace, which has been reporting recent decreases in daily infections and has prompted some experts to suggest that we might be beginning our journey out of the woods.\n\nThe researchers behind the study say the test and trace figures may be reflecting an initial drop in infections just after Christmas, which is only now being registered on the official figures.\n\nThe study's more up to date findings indicate that infection levels did not continue to fall in the first two weeks of January and may even have gone up. So why has this happened?\n\nData on people's movements has shown that there's been increased activity which the scientists involved say has kept transmission of the virus at a high level. The Department of Health says that the study does not yet reflect the impact of the lockdown in England.\n\nBut if this trend continues, say the scientists, the numbers admitted to hospital with severe Covid illness, will not fall in the short term, as some had hoped.\n\nThis is one set of figures over a short number of days so there might be a more optimistic picture when the study reports its full set of results in a week's time. But there is no getting away from the fact that ministers will be disappointed not to have seen a fall at this stage.\n\nUnless things change, even tougher measures will have to be considered.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said there will be \"tough weeks to come\" but he hoped there would be a \"real difference\" by spring as the vaccine programme accelerates.\n\nIt comes as another 60 NHS Covid-19 vaccination centres in England, including a mosque in Birmingham and a cinema in Aylesbury, will welcome their first patients later.\n\nMinisters have sought to reassure people in the top four priority groups for the Covid vaccination that they will get their jab by the government's mid-February target, following complaints from some GPs about unpredictable supplies.\n\nSome 4.6m people in the UK have now received the first dose of a Covid vaccine.\n\nFacebook mobility data, which tracks people's movements, suggested a fall in activity at the end of December but a rise at the start of the new year.\n\nAnd Prof Elliott said everyone should \"reduce their mobility as much as we can\".\n\nA new, more transmissible variant and the fact larger households and deprived communities were more likely to be affected, may also be factors.\n\nThe Imperial survey is one source of data used to estimate the UK's reproduction (R) number, along with other surveys, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for example, and figures on confirmed cases and hospital admissions.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the React findings showed \"we must not let down our guard over the weeks to come\".\n\n\"It is absolutely paramount that everyone plays their part to bring down infections,\" he said.\n\n\"This means staying at home and only going out where absolutely necessary, reducing contact with others and maintaining social distancing.\"", "Police checkpoints have seen officers questioning people about whether their travel is essential\n\nNorthern Ireland has been in lockdown since 26 December, in a bid to control the spread of Covid-19.\n\nRestrictions had been eased in the run-up to Christmas, which led to a sharp spike in cases in January, causing severe pressure on the health service.\n\nMedically-trained military personnel will be deployed to help, but a union has questioned the move and said NI should have entered a stricter lockdown sooner.\n\nWith Stormont ministers extending the current lockdown, could other measures could be on the table?\n\nIt's worth bearing in mind that NI is already in tight lockdown restrictions and has been for almost a month.\n\nBut the current measures are now set to remain in place until at least 5 March.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said health officials had not requested any other measures be toughened up at this time, given the duration and extent of the current rules.\n\nThe initial lockdown began last March, with non-essential retail not permitted to open again until 12 June.\n\nBy law people are required to stay at home during the lockdown unless they have a reasonable excuse, such as going out for exercise, medical or food needs.\n\nPeople are also required to wear face masks in shops and on public transport, with only a limited number of exemptions.\n\nThose who breach the rules can face fines, with businesses that break the law also able to be fined if they do not follow the rules.\n\nHowever, DUP minister Edwin Poots has expressed concern that not enough has been done by the PSNI to enforce the laws.\n\nIt is a difficult balance for the executive to strike.\n\nThey previously announced that \"Covid marshals\" would be deployed in the retail sector to ensure social distancing in queues and adherence to the rules.\n\nMinisters want to ensure as many people as possible follow the restrictions voluntarily while ensuring the PSNI has enough powers to manage the situation.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann has not ruled out revisiting whether the level of fines people can face should be increased, and said he would raise the matter with his executive colleagues.\n\nThe 2020 lockdown saw many businesses right across Northern Ireland forced to close, with retail and hospitality among them.\n\nThere was confusion over whether construction and manufacturing should stop, with the executive later clarifying that essential work on building sites could continue.\n\nIn the latest lockdown, the sector has been permitted to remain fully open.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, all non-essential construction has been ordered to stop during a fresh lockdown there.\n\nLike in the previous lockdown, people have again been told to work from home unless they cannot.\n\nBut it is worth pointing out many companies have had time to prepare since last March, making their workplaces Covid-secure to allow more staff to attend in person.\n\nThe executive has a defined list of essential businesses here.\n\nFace coverings in shops are mandatory in Northern Ireland's shops\n\nThere has also been confusion about what elements of the retail sector can operate.\n\nAll but essential retail shops were told to close on 26 December, and click-and-collect is only allowed for those essential retailers.\n\nBut concerns were later raised that some larger chains were \"gaming\" the regulations by selling non-essential items, with smaller independent shops who had to close arguing they were being treated unfairly.\n\nThe executive met with retailers last week to discuss this, but it seems unlikely it will act to define essential items in regulations.\n\nA similar situation in Wales last year led to criticism after supermarkets were told by law not to sell certain items.\n\nThe majority of pupils are in an extended period of remote learning until after half-term in February, but some children of key workers and vulnerable children are still permitted to attend the classroom.\n\nLast week it emerged that at least eight times as many pupils in Northern Ireland attended schools in the first week of term in 2021 compared to the first lockdown in 2020.\n\nThough part of this is due to special schools remaining open for all pupils, unlike in March to June last year.\n\nThe executive could potentially revisit the list of services it defines as meeting the \"key worker\" definition for childcare, if it wanted to reduce this further.\n\nIt is also possible schools could remain closed to most pupils for a longer period, in line with extending the lockdown to 5 March.\n\nThe executive says workers, builders, tradespeople and other professionals can continue to go into people's houses to carry out work such as repairs, installations and deliveries.\n\nBut it does not define further what this type of work should include.\n\nIt is possible ministers could tighten the circumstances in which work can be carried out in someone's home, but the guidance already specifies a limited number of exemptions for allowing others inside your home during the lockdown.\n\nHouse moves are also allowed under the regulations, although they were paused in the first lockdown.\n\nMusic lessons and private tutoring are permitted in someone's home, with mitigations.\n\nDuring the first week of lockdown from 26 December, people were told not to leave their homes between 20:00 and 06:00 every day - effectively amounting to a curfew.\n\nMinisters could decide to impose the measure again, if they felt that was necessary - but initially it was imposed to stop house parties over New Year's Eve.\n\nAll but essential travel is not permitted outside of Northern Ireland, and anyone entering Northern Ireland must self-isolate for 10 days on arrival or face a fine.\n\nHowever, there is no formal travel ban on passengers from Great Britain or the Republic of Ireland entering Northern Ireland.\n\nThe executive had voted by a majority before Christmas not to impose such a ban, despite calls from Sinn Féin for it to happen.\n\nOther parties argued that the public health advice did not propose a ban in law, and that travel from the Republic of Ireland to NI should be restricted as well due to its rise in cases.\n\nThe current guidance states that anyone coming into NI from within the Common Travel Area who is staying for more than 24 hours should self-isolate for 10 days, but there are exemptions for those who \"cross the border\" regularly for work or other essential reasons.\n\nThe executive also does not have a formal limit in law for travelling to exercise, unlike in the Republic of Ireland where it is 5km (3 miles).\n\nJustice Minister Naomi Long said there is an \"advisory limit\" of 10 miles for exercise in Northern Ireland.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTwo houses have partially collapsed after a sinkhole measuring 10ft (3m) opened up on a Manchester street.\n\nFour homes were evacuated on Wednesday evening after the hole appeared on Walmer Street in Abbey Hey, Gorton.\n\nFire crews returned hours later after the front of two of the empty properties crashed to the ground.\n\nUnited Utilities said it was dealing with a collapsed sewer but was investigating all possible causes including the recent heavy rain.\n\nThe fire service was first called to Walmer Street just after 21:00 GMT on Wednesday to reports an unoccupied car had fallen down a hole in the road.\n\nA cordon was put in place and residents evacuated as a precaution, the fire service said.\n\nAfter leaving the scene four hours later, the fire service was alerted to the partial collapse of two houses at 11:00 on Thursday.\n\nNo-one was injured in either incident.\n\nEmergency services remain at the scene on Walmer Street\n\nNearby residents Maureen and Louise Kennedy spoke of their shock after the houses collapsed.\n\n\"You're just waiting for your world to crumble. It's not just the bricks and water, said Ms Kennedy.\n\n\"I've lived in there since I was three. It's the memories.\"\n\nResident Nathaniel OKeleafor said he was \"terrified\" when the sinkhole appeared in the street on Wednesday evening.\n\n\"This morning we are out. We are just trying to find somewhere to live,\" he added.\n\nUnited Utilities said it was dealing with a collapsed sewer on Walmer Street\n\nThe collapse comes as rising levels on the River Mersey in Manchester came \"within centimetres\" of breaching flood defences following heavy rain caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nStation Manager Andrew O'Brien, from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, praised firefighters who worked \"at the height of the stormy weather\".\n\n\"The safety of the public was our primary concern overnight and again today, and I'm pleased to say no-one has suffered any injuries,\" he said.\n\nUnited Utilities said: \"When it is safe for engineers to go back into the immediate area we will set up emergency drainage and water supply connections to restore services to the area and begin to assess how best to carry out repairs.\n\n\"It is not known what caused the sinkhole but this will be investigated.\"\n\nBBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio Lancashire will be on air throughout Storm Christoph, bringing you all of the latest information and news updates\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Home Secretary Priti Patel says police have her \"absolute backing\" to enforce coronavirus restrictions\n\nFines of £800 for anyone attending a house party of more than 15 people will be introduced in England from next week, under new Covid measures.\n\nThese will double for each repeat offence to a maximum of £6,400.\n\nAt a No 10 news conference, Home Secretary Priti Patel said there remained a \"small minority that refuse to do the right thing\".\n\n\"To them my message is clear. If you don't follow rules then the police will enforce them,\" she said.\n\nCurrently in England the fine for those attending illegal indoor gatherings stands at £200 - or £100 if paid early.\n\nFines of up to £10,000 for holding large illegal gatherings of more than 30 people will still only apply to the organisers.\n\nPolice will continue to follow the strategy of engaging with the public, explaining the rules and encouraging compliance, but the Home Office has warned that in severe breaches of lockdown rules, offenders should expect to receive a fine.\n\nMs Patel said the government would \"not stand by while a small number of individuals put others at risk\".\n\nShe was joined at the briefing by NHS England regional medical director for London Dr Vin Diwakar, who compared breaking the rules to turning on a light in the middle of a blackout during the Blitz.\n\n\"It doesn't just put you at risk in your house, it puts your whole street and the whole of your community at risk,\" he said.\n\nWelcoming the fines announcement, Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council, said large gatherings were \"dangerous, irresponsible, and totally unacceptable\".\n\nHe added: \"I hope that the likelihood of an increased fine acts as a disincentive for those people who are thinking of attending or organising such events.\"\n\nOfficial figures will be released next week showing how many fines have been given out since the start of this latest national lockdown, Mr Hewitt said.\n\nHowever, he stressed that \"forces are telling us there has been a significant increase\" in recent weeks.\n\n\"That's reflecting the fact that we've had more officers out on dedicated patrols taking targeted action against those small few who are letting everybody down,\" he said.\n\nAccording to Mr Hewitt, three police officers were injured in Brick Lane, east London, last week, after more than 40 people were found cramped indoors at a house party.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 150 people were found at a party in Hertfordshire, complete with music equipment including mixing decks and amplifiers, and another officer was injured.\n\nHe said forces in England had issued 250 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) to people organising large gatherings between late August, when regulations were introduced, and 17 January.\n\nIn some other recent examples of lockdown breaches:\n\nThe latest fines announcement comes after figures showed that assaults on emergency workers made up more than a quarter of Covid-related crimes prosecuted in the first six months of the pandemic.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there were 1,688 such offences between 1 April and 30 September in England and Wales.\n\nThey were among almost 6,500 crimes related to coronavirus in that period.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome 1,137 charges were brought for breaking coronavirus laws, according to the figures published by the CPS - which cover completed prosecutions.\n\nOn Thursday, it was reported that another 1,290 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK, bringing the total to 94,580.\n\nAnd a further 37,892 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus were announced, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 3,543,646.\n• None What powers do police have?", "\"I had no idea at all I was going to be charged any more for deliveries after Brexit. The extra costs were definitely a bit of a shock.\"\n\nEllie Huddleston, a 26-year-old Londoner, thought she would treat herself to some new work clothes in the January sales.\n\nHaving spotted a bargain, she placed an order for a coat and a number of blouses from two of her favourite clothes brands based in Europe.\n\nBut both deliveries were delayed, held up in customs checks for at least a week, she says.\n\nShe was surprised when she then received a text from courier company DPD, containing a link asking her to pay £58 in customs duties, VAT and additional charges for her £180 order.\n\nOn top of that, the UPS courier for the second parcel showed up at her door several days later, asking for an extra payment of £82 for her £200 coat.\n\nThese charges, imposed by new government rules, have to be collected by the courier firms on the authorities' behalf.\n\n\"I didn't even know when the parcels would be coming - so I sent both back without paying the extra fees and won't be ordering anything from Europe again any time soon,\" Ellie says.\n\nWhen the UK was part of the European Union's customs union, goods could move freely between the country and other member states without import taxes being charged.\n\nBut Ellie was one of the shoppers caught unaware of the fact that those rules have changed since the UK's official exit.\n\nEU retailers sending packages to the UK now need to fill out customs declaration forms. Shoppers may also have to pay customs or VAT charges, depending on the value of the product and where it came from.\n\nHowever, customs charges are the responsibility of the customer, not the retailer, who often has no idea of how much the eventual extra cost might be.\n\nThey cannot be paid in advance and are levied only when the item reaches the UK.\n\nAnother unhappy customer, Graeme from Manchester, paid £300 to buy two pairs of suede winter boots from a German firm online.\n\n\"You couldn't get them anywhere in the UK, so I had no choice but to order them from Europe,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThe next thing he knew, courier UPS had sent him a text message saying he had to pay £147 extra before the boots could be delivered. He paid up, but is still waiting for the goods to arrive.\n\n\"It was virtually impossible to find out what the charges would be beforehand,\" he says, \"so I had to take a shot in the dark.\n\n\"I didn't imagine that it would be half as much again.\"\n\nCourier companies are adding charges to some deliveries from the EU\n\nUnder the new rules, anyone in the UK receiving a gift from the EU worth more than £39 may now face a bill for import VAT - with many items charged at 20%.\n\nFor goods costing more than £135, customs duties may also apply, which can range from 0% to 25% of the product you're buying if they have not been paid by the sender already.\n\nThe extra charges are usually collected by the courier on behalf of the government, with customers asked to pay before they can pick up their package.\n\nSome specialist European retailers, such as bicycle part firm Dutch Bike Bits and Belgium-based Beer On Web, recently said that they would stop all deliveries to the UK because of the VAT changes, which came into force on 1 January.\n\nSome firms have started charging additional \"handling fees\" to shoppers to cover costs associated with extra customs checks and paperwork that must be filled out.\n\nRoyal Mail, for example, is charging an £8 fee it says \"reflects the cost of clearing items through customs and presenting them to Border Force\".\n\nMeanwhile, delivery firm DHL says it is charging UK customers 2.5% of the amount paid to clear customs, with a minimum charge of £11.\n\nMail and freight company TNT is also adding £4.31 on all shipments from the UK to the EU and vice versa. It has said this reflects the increased investment it has had to make in adjusting its systems to cope with Brexit.\n\nA spokeswoman for Logistics UK told the BBC that the handling fees were \"a commercial decision by individual businesses\".\n\nBut Michelle Dale, senior manager at accountants UHY Hacker Young, said that new charges could present a major problem for firms in the coming weeks.\n\n\"I think what we'll find is that a lot of trade with the EU from a business-to-customer perspective will come to a stop until some of these rules are eased,\" she said.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"The new VAT model ensures goods from EU and non-EU countries are treated in the same way and that UK businesses are not disadvantaged by competition from VAT-free imports.\n\n\"The new system also addresses the problem of overseas sellers failing to pay the right amount of VAT when they sell goods in the UK. We anticipate this will bring in £300m in tax every year, to fund essential UK public services.\"\n\nThere is speculation the rules may change, but until they do, Ellie says she won't be buying from European firms.\n\n\"With all that uncertainty around things and whether or not these charges might change, I'd rather just avoid the hassle,\" she says.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHomes have been evacuated as Storm Christoph batters Wales with a three-day rainstorm.\n\nNorth Wales Police were called to help some residents in Ruthin who were being told to leave their homes.\n\nThey tweeted that \"people who do not live locally are driving to the area to 'see the floods'\".\n\nA rain warning issued by the Met Office is in place until midday on Thursday, with an ice warning for parts of north and mid Wales.\n\nSouth Wales fire crews pumped out water from homes in Pontypridd and Porth, in Rhondda, and roads were blocked in Powys and Flintshire.\n\nVehicles were pulled from floods by firefighters in Tenby, Llandovery, Llandeilo and Whitland, Mid and West Wales fire service said.\n\nUp to 20cm (8in) of rain is expected to fall, with the heaviest rain forecast for the north west of Wales.\n\nThere were flood warnings in 58 areas as forecasters warned heavy rain and melting snow could affect roads. There were also 57 flood alerts - meaning flooding is possible.\n\nA yellow warning for ice was issued for the north and parts of mid Wales, starting at 01:00 on Thursday and lasting until 10:00, as rain clears.\n\nA minor landslip was reported on the mountainside above Pentre in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Natural Resources Wales, who have responsibility for the land, said there is no immediate threat after an initial inspection, but the council urged residents to keep away from the area.\n\nThe River Taf at Llanglydwen in Carmarthenshire\n\nFlood warnings are in Carmarthenshire - the River Towy and isolated properties between Llandeilo and Abergwili, the River Gwendraeth Fawr at Pontyates and Ponthenry, the River Hydfron at Llanddowror and the River Taf at Trevaughan in Whitland.\n\nThe other flood warnings cover the River Ely at Peterston-Super-Ely in Vale of Glamorgan, the River Vyrnwy in the Meifod area in Powys, the River Rhyd Hir at Riverside Terrace in Gwynedd, two for the River Wye at Glasbury and Builth Wells, the Lower Dee Valley from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows, the River Dyfi at Pont ar Dyfi, the River Usk from Brecon to Glangrwyne, two at the River Severn at Abermule to Fron and Aberbechan and the River Lower Clydach at Clydach Bridge, Swansea.\n\nIn River Aeron at Aberaeron, in Ceredigion, the River Loughor at Ammanford and Llandybie and the River Wye at Builth Wells, Powys, are also covered by the warning.\n\nA person had to be saved from a car stuck in floodwater in Corwen, Denbighshire, North East Wales Search and Rescue tweeted.\n\nRest centres have been opened in St Asaph and Ruthin after some localised flooding following heavy rainfall throughout the day. Denbighshire council invited affected residents to use the facilities at the towns' main leisure centres.\n\nAnd Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to help a motorist whose vehicle had become stuck in 3ft of water in Machynlleth.\n\nThe waters lapped the doors of Ruthin's Ocean Pearl restaurant\n\nIn Broughton, Flintshire, Ray and Jacqui Littler said they and their daughter waited all afternoon for help at their flooded bungalow after emergency services told them they were \"flat out\".\n\nThey eventually decided to leave their home on Main Road, which was under 10 inches of water, to stay with friends.\n\nNeighbours blamed a blocked culvert on the fields opposite the road. Police closed the road at about 16:00 GMT and Flintshire council attended, after three houses were affected, with the gardens of two pensioners' bungalows also under water.\n\nOverflowing banks of the River Usk at Brecon\n\nSouth Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it had been called to two incidents overnight with reports of water entering properties in Pontycymmer in Bridgend and Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent.\n\nOn Wednesday morning, it dealt with flooding at properties in Tyfica Road, Pontypridd, and Trebanog Road in Porth, Rhondda, where a crew was helping residents divert and pump out water.\n\nFirefighters also had to rescue 46 sheep from land surrounded by water at Merthyr Road, Llanfoist, Monmouthshire.\n\nCrews from Abergavenny and Ebbw Vale were called to help the stricken animals near the River Usk.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWater in the grounds of Gwydir Castle in Llanrwst\n\nJudy Corbett, owner of 16th Century Gwydir Castle in Llanrwst, Conwy, which flooded last year, told BBC Radio Wales things were \"looking pretty dire here this morning\".\n\nShe said: \"We've been obviously monitoring the levels overnight so we've had another sleepless night worrying about the weather but the levels are rising and the water is very violent this morning and of course, we've got another a whole day ahead of us.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Sabrina Lee This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSeveral roads have been hit by flooding, including the B5106 between Llanrwst and Trefriw\n\nThe Met Office warned spray and flooding could lead to \"difficult driving conditions and some road closures\" and the downpours could cause delays.\n\nTraffic Wales said restrictions were in place on the M48 Severn Bridge where traffic is coming off eastbound at junction two or westbound at junction one before being directed back on to cross the bridge, which remains open.\n\nIn Flintshire, the A548 Coast Road has been closed at Tan Lan and Mostyn, the A5118 at Padeswood, the A541 between Llong to Pontblyddyn, Bagillt High Street and the B5101 between Treuddyn and Llanfynydd.\n\nThe A485 in Garreg is also closed from the Brondaw Arms to Pont Aberglaslyn.\n\nThe Dyfi Bridge near Machynlleth is closed\n\nIn Powys, the A487 over the Dyfi Bridge, near Machynlleth, is closed while the A458 at Llanfair Caereinion is blocked in both directions from Bridge Street to Guilsfield turn-off because of flooding.\n\nThe A483 in Builth Wells at the station is also closed along with the bridge over the River Wye.\n\nCapel Bangor in Ceredigion has temporary traffic lights on the A44 at Lovesgrove Roundabout due to flooding, which is affecting traffic between Aberystwyth and Llangurig.\n\nIn Bridgend, New Inn Road has been closed in both directions at The Dipping Bridge, affecting traffic between Ewenny village and the A48.\n\nSouth Wales Police warned people not to attempt driving through floodwater after the A4118 at Llanddewi on Gower became blocked.\n\nIn Gwynedd, the council tweeted that Ffordd Siliwen, Bangor, had been closed following a landslip.\n\nA section of the A470 Dolgellau Bypass has also been closed along with the A4085 at Garreg.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNational Rail said some lines between North Llanrwst, Conwy, and Blaenau Ffestiniog in Gwynedd were blocked due to heavy rain while services were also disrupted between Shrewsbury and Machynlleth in Powys.\n\nAlterative road transport will run in place of cancelled services, it said.\n\nThe Met Office said 56mm (2.2in) of rain had fallen at Capel Curig in Snowdonia by 18:00 GMT on Tuesday.\n\nA yellow warning for rain is in place for virtually the whole of Wales until Thursday\n\nForecasters also said fast flowing and deep floodwater \"could cause a danger to life\".\n\nThe Met Office warned flooding could lead to some communities being cut off and possible power cuts.\n\nStrong winds will also follow the torrential rain, with forecasters predicting this may cause \"travelling difficulties across areas higher and more exposed routes\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nPaul Pogba scored a superb winner as Manchester United reclaimed top spot in the Premier League by coming from behind for a club-record equalling away win at Fulham.\n\nIn what is becoming a familiar pattern for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side outside Manchester this season, they fell behind early in the game, with Ademola Lookman beating the offside trap before firing in an angled drive.\n\nBut for the seventh time away from Old Trafford in 2020-21, United found a winning response - taking their run to 17 games unbeaten away in the Premier League - courtesy of a gift from their opponents and a bit of magic from their French midfielder.\n\nGoalkeeper Alphonse Areola has been a good addition for the Cottagers but in dropping Bruno Fernandes' cross at the feet of Edinson Cavani, he gifted his former Paris St-Germain team-mate the simplest of equalisers.\n\nAnd on the hour mark, Pogba stepped up to decide the contest, firing a superb angled drive across the diving Areola and into the far corner from 20 yards.\n\nThe France international has come in for criticism at times this season but received nothing but praise from his manager after his winner.\n\n\"I am very happy with his performances,\" said Solskjaer.\n\n\"I know what he can do. He does everything. Now he is putting all the elements together in his performances and it is great to see.\n\n\"It was about getting him fit. He is enjoying his football, he is happy and physically in a good shape.\"\n\nThe win takes United to 40 points, two more than both Leicester and Manchester City, who had briefly taken top spot from the Foxes with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Wednesday.\n\nSolskjaer, though, was reluctant to get drawn into discussing his side's title credentials with so much of the campaign to go.\n\n\"It is always going to be talked about that when you are halfway through and top of the league, but we are not thinking about this, we just have to go one game at a time,\" he added. \"It is such an unpredictable season.\"\n\nFulham remain in the bottom three, four points behind 17th-placed Burnley.\n• None Man Utd or Man City to end day top? Cassia bassist Lou Cotterill takes on Lawro\n\nSolskjaer felt his side missed a big opportunity to fully assert their title credentials in failing to make the most of their chances in Sunday's 0-0 draw at champions Liverpool.\n\nUnited were clearly in no mood to repeat such a mistake at a wet and windy Craven Cottage on Wednesday against a less daunting and defining opposition, but one that is far more robust now than they were in the season's first month.\n\nThe visitors fell behind, but this is par for the course for this side, who once again did not panic, wrestled control of the game away from their opponents and took the win.\n\nIt is a handy trick for a title-challenging side to have in their locker, although one they would rather not have to repeatedly pull.\n\nIn truth, they should have won more handsomely.\n\nThey had the far greater share of possession and territory and were well ahead of their opponents on shots taken until a frantic finale in which the Cottagers threw in all they had in pursuit of a point.\n\nFred felt he should have had a penalty in the first half courtesy of being caught in the box by a loose challenge from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, but both on-field and VAR officials disagreed.\n\nHarry Maguire twice headed wide from corners, the first from a far less forgivable, unmarked position than the second.\n\nEqually, though, it is a game that could have seen them drop points, especially in light of Fulham's late barrage, which saw David de Gea save superbly with his legs to deny Loftus-Cheek, and the ball pinballing around the United box on more than one occasion.\n\nThe Cottagers demonstrated that they are no pushover, but they are making of habit of being on the rough end of fine margins.\n\nFive straight draws followed by two defeats by a single goal suggests their battle against the drop will go right down to the wire.\n\n\"I'm really pleased but I'm disappointed at the same time, which shows how far we've come,\" said Cottagers boss Scott Parker.\n\n\"I saw a team today that looked threatening and tried their hardest to get back into the game, but we go again. The next challenge is to maintain where we are and don't let defeat sink us.\n\n\"No doubt we can win and operate in this division and we just need to push on and keep improving.\"\n\nUnited lead the way in early concessions\n• None No side has conceded more goals in the opening five minutes of Premier League games this season than Manchester United (4). Manchester United have won seven Premier League games having gone behind this season - only Newcastle in 2001-02 (10) and Man Utd themselves in 2012-13 (9) have done so more in a single campaign.\n• None Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 17 Premier League away games (W13 D4), equalling their longest ever unbeaten run on the road in top-flight history (17 between December 1998 and September 1999).\n• None This was the 41st different game in which Fulham had led in all competitions under Scott Parker, but the first time they had lost such a game (W34 D6).\n• None Edinson Cavani became the first Man Utd player whose first four Premier League goals for the club were all scored away from home.\n• None Since his return to the club in 2016, no Man Utd player has scored more league goals from outside the box than Paul Pogba (6).\n• None Ademola Lookman has been involved in more Premier League goals than any other Fulham player this season (6 - 3 goals, 3 assists).\n• None Bruno Fernandes has gone three Premier League games without a goal or assist for the first time since his Manchester United debut in February 2020.\n\nFulham's next game is in the FA Cup, against Burnley on Sunday (14:30 GMT). Their next league fixture, an away game on Wednesday, 27 January, is a big one. Opponents Brighton are two places and five points above them in the table.\n\nManchester United host Liverpool in the FA Cup on Sunday at 17:00, live on the BBC. They are also in league action the following Wednesday hosting the league's bottom club Sheffield United in a 20:15 kick-off.\n• None Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kenny Tete with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Ademola Lookman (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Lemina.\n• None Offside, Fulham. Aboubakar Kamara tries a through ball, but Kenny Tete is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Aboubakar Kamara.\n• None Attempt blocked. Joe Bryan (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a fast break.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fred (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Maguire with a headed pass. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThis is America's day. This is democracy's day. A day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve. Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested anew and America has risen to the challenge. Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause, a cause of democracy. The people - the will of the people - has been heard, and the will of the people has been heeded.\n\nWe've learned again that democracy is precious, democracy is fragile and, at this hour my friends, democracy has prevailed. So now on this hallowed ground where just a few days ago violence sought to shake the Capitol's very foundations, we come together as one nation under God - indivisible - to carry out the peaceful transfer of power as we have for more than two centuries.\n\nAs we look ahead in our uniquely American way, restless, bold, optimistic, and set our sights on a nation we know we can be and must be, I thank my predecessors of both parties for their presence here. I thank them from the bottom of my heart. And I know the resilience of our Constitution and the strength, the strength of our nation, as does President Carter, who I spoke with last night who cannot be with us today, but who we salute for his lifetime of service.\n\nI've just taken a sacred oath each of those patriots have taken. The oath first sworn by George Washington. But the American story depends not on any one of us, not on some of us, but on all of us. On we the people who seek a more perfect union. This is a great nation, we are good people. And over the centuries through storm and strife in peace and in war we've come so far. But we still have far to go.\n\nWe'll press forward with speed and urgency for we have much to do in this winter of peril and significant possibility. Much to do, much to heal, much to restore, much to build and much to gain. Few people in our nation's history have been more challenged or found a time more challenging or difficult than the time we're in now. A once in a century virus that silently stalks the country has taken as many lives in one year as in all of World War Two.\n\nMillions of jobs have been lost. Hundreds of thousands of businesses closed. A cry for racial justice, some 400 years in the making, moves us. The dream of justice for all will be deferred no longer. A cry for survival comes from the planet itself, a cry that can't be any more desperate or any more clear now. The rise of political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism, that we must confront and we will defeat.\n\nTo overcome these challenges, to restore the soul and secure the future of America, requires so much more than words. It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy - unity. Unity. In another January on New Year's Day in 1863 Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. When he put pen to paper the president said, and I quote, 'if my name ever goes down in history, it'll be for this act, and my whole soul is in it'.\n\nMy whole soul is in it today, on this January day. My whole soul is in this. Bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation. And I ask every American to join me in this cause. Uniting to fight the foes we face - anger, resentment and hatred. Extremism, lawlessness, violence, disease, joblessness, and hopelessness.\n\nWith unity we can do great things, important things. We can right wrongs, we can put people to work in good jobs, we can teach our children in safe schools. We can overcome the deadly virus, we can rebuild work, we can rebuild the middle class and make work secure, we can secure racial justice and we can make America once again the leading force for good in the world.\n\nI know speaking of unity can sound to some like a foolish fantasy these days. I know the forces that divide us are deep and they are real. But I also know they are not new. Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal, that we are all created equal, and the harsh ugly reality that racism, nativism and fear have torn us apart. The battle is perennial and victory is never secure.\n\nThrough civil war, the Great Depression, World War, 9/11, through struggle, sacrifice, and setback, our better angels have always prevailed. In each of our moments enough of us have come together to carry all of us forward and we can do that now. History, faith and reason show the way. The way of unity.\n\nWe can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbours. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature. For without unity there is no peace, only bitterness and fury, no progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge. And unity is the path forward. And we must meet this moment as the United States of America.\n\nIf we do that, I guarantee we will not failed. We have never, ever, ever, ever failed in America when we've acted together. And so today at this time in this place, let's start afresh, all of us. Let's begin to listen to one another again, hear one another, see one another. Show respect to one another. Politics doesn't have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path. Every disagreement doesn't have to be a cause for total war and we must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured.\n\nMy fellow Americans, we have to be different than this. We have to be better than this and I believe America is so much better than this. Just look around. Here we stand in the shadow of the Capitol dome. As mentioned earlier, completed in the shadow of the Civil War. When the union itself was literally hanging in the balance. We endure, we prevail. Here we stand, looking out on the great Mall, where Dr King spoke of his dream.\n\nHere we stand, where 108 years ago at another inaugural, thousands of protesters tried to block brave women marching for the right to vote. And today we mark the swearing in of the first woman elected to national office, Vice President Kamala Harris. Don't tell me things can't change. Here we stand where heroes who gave the last full measure of devotion rest in eternal peace.\n\nAnd here we stand just days after a riotous mob thought they could use violence to silence the will of the people, to stop the work of our democracy, to drive us from this sacred ground. It did not happen, it will never happen, not today, not tomorrow, not ever. Not ever. To all those who supported our campaign, I'm humbled by the faith you placed in us. To all those who did not support us, let me say this. Hear us out as we move forward. Take a measure of me and my heart.\n\nIf you still disagree, so be it. That's democracy. That's America. The right to dissent peacefully. And the guardrail of our democracy is perhaps our nation's greatest strength. If you hear me clearly, disagreement must not lead to disunion. And I pledge this to you. I will be a President for all Americans, all Americans. And I promise you I will fight for those who did not support me as for those who did.\n\nMany centuries ago, St Augustine - the saint of my church - wrote that a people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love. Defined by the common objects of their love. What are the common objects we as Americans love, that define us as Americans? I think we know. Opportunity, security, liberty, dignity, respect, honour, and yes, the truth.\n\nRecent weeks and months have taught us a painful lesson. There is truth and there are lies. Lies told for power and for profit. And each of us has a duty and a responsibility as citizens as Americans and especially as leaders. Leaders who are pledged to honour our Constitution to protect our nation. To defend the truth and defeat the lies.\n\nLook, I understand that many of my fellow Americans view the future with fear and trepidation. I understand they worry about their jobs. I understand like their dad they lay in bed at night staring at the ceiling thinking: 'Can I keep my healthcare? Can I pay my mortgage?' Thinking about their families, about what comes next. I promise you, I get it. But the answer's not to turn inward. To retreat into competing factions. Distrusting those who don't look like you, or worship the way you do, who don't get their news from the same source as you do.\n\nWe must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal. We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts, if we show a little tolerance and humility, and if we're willing to stand in the other person's shoes, as my mom would say. Just for a moment, stand in their shoes.\n\nBecause here's the thing about life. There's no accounting for what fate will deal you. Some days you need a hand. There are other days when we're called to lend a hand. That's how it has to be, that's what we do for one another. And if we are that way our country will be stronger, more prosperous, more ready for the future. And we can still disagree.\n\nMy fellow Americans, in the work ahead of us we're going to need each other. We need all our strength to persevere through this dark winter. We're entering what may be the darkest and deadliest period of the virus. We must set aside politics and finally face this pandemic as one nation, one nation. And I promise this, as the Bible says, 'Weeping may endure for a night, joy cometh in the morning'. We will get through this together. Together.\n\nLook folks, all my colleagues I serve with in the House and the Senate up here, we all understand the world is watching. Watching all of us today. So here's my message to those beyond our borders. America has been tested and we've come out stronger for it. We will repair our alliances, and engage with the world once again. Not to meet yesterday's challenges but today's and tomorrow's challenges. And we'll lead not merely by the example of our power but the power of our example.\n\nFellow Americans, moms, dads, sons, daughters, friends, neighbours and co-workers. We will honour them by becoming the people and the nation we can and should be. So I ask you let's say a silent prayer for those who lost their lives, those left behind and for our country. Amen.\n\nFolks, it's a time of testing. We face an attack on our democracy, and on truth, a raging virus, a stinging inequity, systemic racism, a climate in crisis, America's role in the world. Any one of these would be enough to challenge us in profound ways. But the fact is we face them all at once, presenting this nation with one of the greatest responsibilities we've had. Now we're going to be tested. Are we going to step up?\n\nIt's time for boldness for there is so much to do. And this is certain, I promise you. We will be judged, you and I, by how we resolve these cascading crises of our era. We will rise to the occasion. Will we master this rare and difficult hour? Will we meet our obligations and pass along a new and better world to our children? I believe we must and I'm sure you do as well. I believe we will, and when we do, we'll write the next great chapter in the history of the United States of America. The American story.\n\nA story that might sound like a song that means a lot to me, it's called American Anthem. And there's one verse that stands out at least for me and it goes like this:\n\n'The work and prayers of centuries have brought us to this day, which shall be our legacy, what will our children say?\n\nLet me know in my heart when my days are through, America, America, I gave my best to you.'\n\nLet us add our own work and prayers to the unfolding story of our great nation. If we do this, then when our days are through, our children and our children's children will say of us: 'They gave their best, they did their duty, they healed a broken land.'\n\nMy fellow Americans I close the day where I began, with a sacred oath. Before God and all of you, I give you my word. I will always level with you. I will defend the Constitution, I'll defend our democracy.\n\nI'll defend America and I will give all - all of you - keep everything I do in your service. Thinking not of power but of possibilities. Not of personal interest but of public good.\n\nAnd together we will write an American story of hope, not fear. Of unity not division, of light not darkness. A story of decency and dignity, love and healing, greatness and goodness. May this be the story that guides us. The story that inspires us. And the story that tells ages yet to come that we answered the call of history, we met the moment. Democracy and hope, truth and justice, did not die on our watch but thrive.\n\nThat America secured liberty at home and stood once again as a beacon to the world. That is what we owe our forbearers, one another, and generations to follow.\n\nSo with purpose and resolve, we turn to those tasks of our time. Sustained by faith, driven by conviction and devoted to one another and the country we love with all our hearts. May God bless America and God protect our troops.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM: It's too early to give a lockdown end date\n\nIt is \"too early\" to say whether England's Covid restrictions will be able to end in the spring, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.\n\nOnce the four priority groups have been vaccinated, by mid-February, \"we'll look then at how we're doing,\" he said.\n\nNearly two million people in the UK have had their first dose of vaccine in the past week, government figures show.\n\nScientist Marc Baguelin, who advises the government, has said restaurants and bars should not reopen before May.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson has said he \"certainly hopes\" schools in England can fully reopen before Easter, while Downing Street refused to be drawn on whether this would happen by then.\n\nA further 1,290 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test and there have been another 37,892 cases, according to the latest government figures.\n\nAnd almost five million people in the UK have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.\n\nSpeaking after a study suggested infections might have increased at the start of the latest lockdown in England, Mr Johnson said it was \"absolutely crucial\" that people observed the restrictions.\n\nReferring to figures from the Imperial College London survey, he said they showed the new variant of the virus was \"not more deadly but it is much more contagious and the numbers are very great\".\n\nFigures published by Public Health England show cases - meaning people who come forward to get tested while they are infected - have fallen across England since early January.\n\nWith the two sets of figures pointing in different directions, it will be some time before it is known for sure how long it will take for lockdown to relieve the pressure on hospitals.\n\nDr Baguelin, from Imperial College, who sits on a sub-group of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) said the premature opening of the hospitality sector would lead to a \"bump\" in Covid-19 cases.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme even a partial reopening would generate \"an increase in the R number\". An R number above one means the epidemic is growing.\n\n\"Something of this scale, if it was to happen earlier than May, would generate a bump in transmission, which is already really bad,\" he said.\n\n\"So you have a lot of pressure on hospitals, you will have another wave of some extent. At best you will keep on having very, very unsustainable level of pressure on the NHS.\"\n\nNHS England figures show one in 10 major hospital trusts had no spare adult critical care beds last week.\n\nThis is a debate that is going to start to dominate public discourse.\n\nWith the vaccination programme under way, there is huge clamour to know what will happen once the most vulnerable are vaccinated, by mid-February.\n\nThe problem is there are still so many unknowns.\n\nFirstly, it is hard to predict by how much lockdown will have reduced infection levels, considering there is a new faster-spreading variant to deal with.\n\nThe level of uptake will also be crucial. Surveys suggest as many as one in five may not have the vaccine - although the older, more vulnerable groups tend to be the most willing to be vaccinated.\n\nAnd the fact that no vaccine is 100% effective means come February there could still be significant numbers of very vulnerable people who are not protected.\n\nAnother factor is whether the vaccine stops transmissions - so-called sterilising vaccination.\n\nTrials have shown the vaccines are good at stopping symptoms developing. But that does not mean someone who has received a jab will not pass on the virus.\n\nIf it does not, that, of course, has implications on how many control measures have to be kept in place. It will take us at least until spring to know the answer to this.\n\nAt this stage, it seems hard to see much beyond the possible reopening of schools come March.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was an \"impossible question\" to ask how long the lockdown would need to last.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons.\n\nThis includes for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, coronavirus lockdown restrictions will be extended until 5 March, BBC News understands.\n\nIn Scotland, lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home.\n\nAnd in Wales health minister Vaughan Gething has said no \"significant easing\" of Wales' Covid restrictions should be expected when the current guidelines are reviewed this month.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSir Keir added that the coronavirus vaccines were \"really good news\" but \"should not mask the fact that we have still got a very serious problem\".\n\nThe government is aiming to offer a vaccine to all over-70s, the extremely clinical vulnerable and health and care workers by mid-February.\n\nSixty-five new vaccination centres are opening in England, including a mosque in Birmingham and a cinema in Aylesbury.", "Paddy McElhone was shot in the back by a soldier in 1974\n\nThe shooting dead of a man by the Army in County Tyrone in August 1974 was unjustified, a coroner has ruled.\n\nPaddy McElhone, 24, a farmer, was shot in the back near his home in Limehill, Pomeroy.\n\nAn inquest heard the shot was fired by a soldier from the First Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales.\n\nJudge Siobhan Keegan said Mr McElhone was an \"innocent man shot in cold blood without warning when he was no threat to anyone\".\n\nThe soldier, now deceased, had been cleared of murder but the circumstances were re-examined in a new inquest ordered by the Attorney General.\n\nPaddy McElhone's family said he was killed without justification, explanation or apology\n\nAfterwards, a statement issued by the McElhone family said it had been a \"very long road\" to reach Thursday's ruling and that the truth \"has been heard\".\n\nIt reads: \"Our family always knew that Paddy was an innocent young man, taken from his home and shot by a British soldier for no reason.\"\n\nEvidence presented to the inquest found Mr McElhone was not on any list associated with the IRA and was an innocent man from a humble background.\n\nThe family said Mr McElhone's parents \"went to their graves broken-hearted knowing that their innocent son had been killed, without justification, explanation or apology\".\n\n\"We feel that, today, Judge Keenan at this inquest has, at long last, exonerated Paddy in full,\" the statement continued.\n\n\"As a family we can grieve Paddy, and respect his memory as an innocent young man.\"\n\nThe inquest into Mr McElhone's death was the first in a series of coroners' investigations into deaths associated with Northern Ireland's Troubles.\n\nIt was held in Omagh courthouse in County Tyrone.", "Nearly nine million people had to borrow more money last year because of the impact of coronavirus, government figures show.\n\nSince June last year, the proportion of workers borrowing £1,000 or more had increased from 35% to 45%, said the Office for National Statistics.\n\nSelf-employed people were more likely than employees to borrow money.\n\nThere was also a large increase in the proportion of disabled people borrowing similar sums, the ONS added.\n\nThis was adding to a \"widening financial gap\" between households.\n\nOverall, young people and low earners have been worst hit by the pandemic, according to the ONS survey.\n\nThose aged under 30 and those with household incomes of less than £10,000 were about 35% and 60% respectively more likely to be furloughed than the population as a whole.\n\nMeanwhile, higher-paid workers were more likely to be on full pay if they were unable to work.\n\nThere has been much focus on a glut of savings ready to be unleashed into the economy when pandemic restrictions are lifted.\n\nThis ONS report shines a light on the reality of this for many ordinary Britons, having to borrow more, amid a hit to incomes during the recession.\n\nDisproportionately this has hit the low paid and the young, and this would have been far worse without the government's support package.\n\nMore homeowners and the over-30s by December expected to be able to save for the year ahead. Fewer renters and under 30s expected to be able to save.\n\nThough the analysis does not include the latest national lockdown, the economic impact of schools closure is also clear.\n\nEmployed parents were twice as likely to experience income loss, though that gap closed when schools reopened. The fear is that this trend will have returned over the past month.\n\nGueorguie Vassilev from the ONS said: \"Many people took a financial hit in the first months of the pandemic, either being furloughed or working fewer hours.\n\n\"What we are seeing now, though, is a widening financial gap between households, where some people are relying on savings or borrowing to make ends meet. Those hardest hit are people on low pay, young people and parents of dependent children.\"\n\nParents living with children were almost twice as likely to report a reduction in income as the rest of the population, the ONS added.\n\nThis gap gradually narrowed throughout the year as schools reopened. Parents were less likely to have a reduced income during the November lockdown than in the first lockdown, as schools stayed open.\n\nHave you needed to borrow a substantial amount of money because of the impact of the pandemic? Tell us your story by emailing: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Biden invited Taiwan's envoy to his inauguration - what does it mean?\n\nBiden’s inauguration was marked by many historic “firsts”, and one of them could be a sign of potential future clashes between Beijing and Washington. Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s top envoy to the US, was formally invited to the inauguration - the first time this has happened in more than four decades. A video shared on her social media shows her standing in front of the US Capitol ahead of the inauguration ceremony. “Democracy is our common language and freedom is our common objective,” Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the US said. China views the self-ruled island as part of its territory that it will eventually retake, by force if necessary. And the status of Taiwan has long been a thorny issue in US-China relations, as the US is by far Taiwan’s most important friend. Hsiao’s presence at the inauguration signals the US may continue to demonstrate strong support for Taiwan, despite the fact that many Taiwanese people are concerned that Biden will take a less confrontational stance towards Beijing compared with Trump. By contrast, it’s unclear whether China’s ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai, attended Biden’s inauguration. Earlier today, China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Cui had been invited, but did not confirm whether he was present in the ceremony. Hua reiterated China’s position of opposing official interactions between Taiwan and the US. It’s a long-running unspoken rule that Beijing and Taipei’s top diplomats in Washington do not attend the same event, because sharing a stage could be seen as Beijing acknowledging Taiwan as an independent sovereign country.", "Education Minister Peter Weir says that from an educational point of view, he wants \"to keep the extent to which they [children] are out of school to a minimum\".\n\nBut Mr Weir said that decisions about schools during the Covid-19 pandemic must \"be weighed up against the wider public health advice\".\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Evening Extra programme after it was announced that current restrictions will be extended, Mr Weir said that \"nobody wants to see restrictions last longer than they have to\".\n\nHe said the decision to extend lockdown was taken \"very reluctantly but there is a broad consensus in the executive that these are necessary measures that have to be taken to ensure we remain on top of the virus\".\n\nMr Weir added that schools have operated on a slightly different timetable to the rest of the restrictions, and that next week's discussions will consider keeping them closed until 5 March, in line with decisions taken by ministers today.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. While some young people have found it hard at times, others have learnt new skills\n\nYoung people have been asked to share their experiences of how they have coped during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nChildren's Commissioner for Wales Sally Holland said her national survey was important because sometimes views of younger people can be \"surprising\".\n\nShe said the information provided would also help inform the Welsh Government ahead of some tough decisions it will need to make in the future.\n\nA similar survey was carried out in the first lockdown last year.\n\nA recent Prince's Trust Youth Index survey asked young people across the UK about their thoughts and feelings towards the pandemic.\n\nMore than 2,000 responded including 200 from Wales.\n\nIt found 63% of 16 to 25-year-olds said the pandemic had left them \"always\" or \"often\" feeling anxious - 64% said they were feeling like they were \"missing out on being young\".\n\nBBC Wales spoke to a number of children and young people about their thoughts on a variety of issues including home schooling, loneliness and finding out what they are doing to stay positive.\n\nAngel, 16, from Cardiff, is studying for her GCSEs.\n\n\"I've just been confused a lot of the time. All the information out there and it's really hard to process and get to a point where you're in a mindset where you know what's happening.\n\n\"There's such a high level of uncertainty you're constantly worried or actually doubting what's going to happen next.\n\n\"When you have goals for the future it's something to help you get through this but when you're in the circumstances we're in now, it's really hard to find the motivation and a purpose for what you're doing now.\"\n\nTo try and stay positive Angel has been trying to get out for walks during her school breaks or watch Netflix.\n\nShe said she has also tried to learn some sign-language during lockdown and attempted yoga.\n\nEmrys and Clara have been learning home skills\n\nEmrys, 11, from Bridgend, said he misses not having the structure of a school day and seeing his friends.\n\nHe added: \"I'm a social person. I have friends, I chat with them, I play with them, and it's hard not being with my friends but I mean the family will have to do.\"\n\nHe and his six-year-old sister, Clara, have enjoyed going for walks with their parents and have been learning some new skills including washing dishes, cooking dinner and baking cakes.\n\nMeanwhile, 11-year-old Sophie has found it difficult to not get bored during long periods of time in the house.\n\n\"I'd say I cope OK with it at some points, but then not okay with it at other points,\" she added.\n\nSophie said it can be hard sometimes to find things to do\n\nAlicia is studying for her A-levels and has friends who have dropped out of their studies this year because of the stress and anxiety caused by the uncertainty about exams and their futures.\n\nThe 17-year-old also said it was \"heart-breaking\" not being able to see many of her close friends for almost a year.\n\nShe added: \"My thoughts are, it's less of a luxury now, I need to be able to go out to see them and to work.\"\n\nBefore the pandemic, Sarah, 16, from Swansea enjoyed going to her local youth club and took part in a local drama group but it how now moved online, giving a different experience.\n\n\"It's quite sad because I used to enjoy being able to do those things whenever it was on, but I think I'm getting used to do everything online,\" she said.\n\nAs a person who does not cope very well with not knowing what will happen next, the pandemic has caused anxiety at times for Sarah.\n\n\"I am finding it quite scary but hopefully things will change and I'll be able to go back soon,\" she said.\n\n\"I think if you're really struggling with something, talking really helps so it would be nice to see people in person.\"\n\nChildren's commissioner Sally Holland conducted a survey of pupils in Wales during the first lockdown\n\nChildren's helpline MEIC Cymru said it had seen a 10% increase in the number of calls from young people, parents, and carers during the pandemic compared with previous years.\n\nStephanie Hoffman, Head of Social Action at Promo Cymru, the charity which runs the helpline, said: \"We're seeing what I'd say are many more substantive contacts, so a lot more contact dealing with really serious issues to do with social well-being, mental health and relationships, as opposed to what we might have seen more of in the past.\n\n\"Now we're dealing with situations which can be quite complicated.\"\n\nOf the survey, Ms Holland said: \"We've heard a lot from adults showing concern for children at the moment, such as parents, carers and professionals working with children about the potential impact of the lockdown on children.\n\n\"Those voices are important to hear, but it's also important we hear directly from children and young people because sometimes they can be surprising.\"\n\nWe know that Covid-19 vaccinations have been on people's minds in Wales - with many wanting to know when they or their loved-ones will receive theirs.\n\nIf you have a question about this issue, a story you'd like to share or a query about anything else related to coronavirus, you can sent it to us using the form below.\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read the terms and conditions.\n\nIf you are reading this page on the BBC News app, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question on this topic.", "Fashion chain Next has said it will no longer bid to buy Sir Philip Green's Arcadia retail brands Topshop and Topman out of administration.\n\nIt comes after a consortium including the fashion chain was named as frontrunner to buy the brands.\n\nIn a short statement, Next said the consortium had been \"unable to meet the price expectations of the vendor\".\n\nSome 13,000 jobs were put at risk when Arcadia, which also owns Burton and Dorothy Perkins, went bust in November.\n\nIt leaves a clutch of others in the race to buy the 440-store group, including Mike Ashley's Frasers Group, which owns House of Fraser and Sports Direct.\n\nAccording to reports, Authentic Brands, the US owner of the Barneys department store, and JD Sports have tabled a joint offer, while online retailers Asos and Boohoo are also said to be interested.\n\nAdministrators Deloitte have been looking for buyers for some or all of Arcadia, after a slump in sales caused by the pandemic triggered its collapse.\n\nNext, which has 550 UK shops and has weathered the pandemic well, was seen as a good fit to take over the group's assets.\n\nIt had been bidding in partnership with the US hedge fund Davidson Kempner, which was going to put up most of the money.\n\nNext said it wished \"the administrator and future owners [of Arcadia] well in their endeavours to preserve an important part of the UK retail sector\".\n\nExperts expect Arcadia to be broken up, with bidders taking on different parts of the business and brands potentially hived off from their stores.\n\nIn December, Australian collective City Chic said it would buy Arcadia's Evans brand, commerce and wholesale business for £23m but not its store network.\n\nLast year was the worst for the High Street in more than 25 years as the coronavirus accelerated the move towards online shopping, according to the Centre for Retail Research (CRR).\n\nNearly 180,000 retail jobs were lost, up by almost a quarter on the previous year, as shops faced strict curbs and prolonged closures.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool's 68-game unbeaten home run in the Premier League came to an end as Ashley Barnes fired in a late winner from the penalty spot to secure a famous victory for Burnley.\n\nBarnes was tripped in the box by goalkeeper Alisson with seven minutes remaining and converted the spot-kick as Burnley won at Anfield for the first time since 1974.\n\nLiverpool's last league loss on their own ground came nearly four years ago, against Crystal Palace in April 2017, and they are now six points behind leaders Manchester United at the midway point in the campaign.\n\nDivock Origi was given his first start of the season and should have scored when he ran free on goal after pouncing on Ben Mee's error but struck the crossbar.\n\nThe hosts pushed to find the net in the second half but ran out of ideas, Nick Pope making a stunning save to deny Mohamed Salah and fellow substitute Roberto Firmino flicking an effort wide.\n\nBurnley's shock win lifts them up to 16th in the table, seven points clear of the relegation zone.\n• None Klopp takes blame but what has happened to Liverpool?\n\nJurgen Klopp said before the game he was \"not worried\" by his side's poor run, but the latest setback means this has now turned into a real problem for the Liverpool manager.\n\nAfter 19 games, Liverpool are out of form and out of confidence, failing to find the net in their last 440 minutes of top-flight action and awaiting their first league victory of 2021.\n\nThey looked to be hitting their stride on 19 December when they took apart Crystal Palace 7-0, but have not won in the league since and scored just a solitary league goal in that time, against relegation strugglers West Brom.\n\nTheir drop-off from the same stage last season is extraordinary - after 19 games last term the Reds were 13 points clear at the top with 55 points, but they have 21 fewer points now.\n\nAside from Pope's save to thwart Salah and stops from Origi and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool did not look a side who were threatening to find the net.\n\nThey had 72% possession but much of it was slow and ponderous, and although they had spaces out wide and put 30 crosses into the box, the resolute Burnley defenders headed and hacked clear every ball that came in.\n\nLiverpool won 18 of 19 league games at Anfield as they cantered to the title last term.\n\nBurnley were the spoilers on that occasion - earning a 1-1 draw in July 2020 - and they bettered that showing here with another solid and well-organised display.\n\nCaptain Mee had 14 clearances and made two tackles, while centre-back partner James Tarkowski contributed five interceptions and won the ball back four times.\n\nBurnley are a well-drilled outfit and know their limitations, happy to sit back and soak up the pressure before looking to take their chances on the counter-attack.\n\nThey had sniffs on the break but were unable to get the final ball right and while Barnes forced an excellent save out of Alisson, the assistant referee's flag would have ruled it out.\n\nThey remain the lowest scorers in the league with just 10 goals - level with bottom side Sheffield United - but their defensive solidity means they will always pose a threat, even to the biggest teams.\n\n'We dealt with the basics' - manager reaction\n\nBurnley boss Sean Dyche to Match of the Day: \"Performance, we had to work very hard, as you do in these places, be diligent and do your jobs - shape was good, energy was good.\n\n\"We had a golden chance, kept searching, but you have to deal with the basics and we did that very well.\n\n\"We were close last year, you get a feel of a performance and I said 'you are used to playing against these players, working without the ball, there's always a chance and you have to take it'. Barnsey sticks it in there, gets a toe, it's a penalty and he sticks it away very well.\"\n• None This was Burnley's second Premier League win away against the reigning champions (also v Chelsea in August 2017). Indeed, since the 2017-18 season, Burnley are the only side with two away league wins over the reigning English champions.\n• None Liverpool have gone four league games without scoring for the first time since May 2000. The Reds have had a total of 87 shots since Sadio Mane's 12th-minute strike against West Brom, 25 days ago.\n• None This is the first time a Jurgen Klopp side has gone four league games without scoring since his Mainz side did so in the Bundesliga from November to December 2006.\n• None Liverpool have gone five Premier League games without a win (D3 L2) for only the second time under Klopp (also from Jan-Feb 2017).\n• None Liverpool have conceded two penalty goals at Anfield in this season's Premier League (also Sander Berge for Sheff Utd); they had only conceded two penalty goals at the ground under Klopp before 2020-21.\n• None Liverpool had 27 shots without scoring against Burnley, the most they have had in a single league match without finding the net since April 2013 v Reading (28), and most at Anfield since April 2012 v West Brom (30).\n• None Ashley Barnes' penalty for Burnley was his first away goal in the Premier League in 11 appearances on the road, since netting against Watford back in November 2019.\n• None Since the start of last season, no goalkeeper has made more saves against a single opponent in the Premier League than Burnley's Nick Pope against Liverpool (19). Pope has made 14 saves in his last two games at Anfield, including six tonight.\n\nLiverpool have another big game on Sunday against rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup. That game is live on the BBC (17:00 GMT). Burnley travel to Fulham in the same competition on the same day (14:30).\n• None Offside, Burnley. Dwight McNeil tries a through ball, but Chris Wood is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Dwight McNeil (Burnley) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Ashley Barnes.\n• None Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.\n• None Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sadio Mané with a cross.\n• None Joel Matip (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.\n• None Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 0, Burnley 1. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty conceded by Alisson (Liverpool) after a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Robertson. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "There is a photograph of Kamala Harris, taken in 1986, while she was a student at Howard University.\n\nShe and two other friends, all shoulder pads and plaid, are smiling and laughing, a crowd behind them. It's a picture brimming with energy and hope.\n\nIt's been used a lot in telling the extraordinary story of her rise to become the first black and Asian American woman to be vice-president and the first person who attended one of America's HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) to get to such a position.\n\nBut this is the story of the other women in the photograph, her two best friends - Valarie Pippen and Karen Gibbs - as well as of others who might have been milling about in the background there.\n\nThis was the 1980s, when the children of America's civil rights generation came of age. Being at Howard University, an HBCU at a time when solidarity with the global anti-apartheid movement was reaching fever pitch and at the height of Reaganism, was a formative experience for many of them.\n\nNow they are about to witness one of their own become vice-president. What have their journeys been like and what does this moment feel like?\n\nHistorically Black Colleges, like Howard University, were founded in order to educate African Americans who were otherwise prohibited from attending college, after slavery.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAlthough that has now changed, a core part of the Howard message remains its focus on cultivating black leaders - it is not just about academic achievement, but social activism too.\n\nKamala Harris has made clear the influence Howard University had on her career and life goals. Last week, on the anniversary of her sorority's founding date, she posted on Instagram, paying homage to her Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and referring to her days at Howard, attending anti-apartheid marches and being part of the debate team: \"Howard taught me that while you will often find that you're the only one in the room who looks like you, or who has had the experiences you've had, you must remember: you are never alone.\"\n\nLike Ms Harris, I also went to Howard University and became a member of that same sorority decades later.\n\nI became intrigued by the stories of the other women and graduates who ventured out into the same world during the same time as Kamala.\n\nIn that photograph, Valarie Pippen is on the right and smiling with confidence at the camera.\n\nHer parents attended historically black colleges after moving north with the great migration, which was the movement over decades of millions of African Americans to the North from the South, where economic uncertainty and segregation prevailed. They settled in the Chicago region and forged successful careers.\n\nShe was led to Howard, specifically, after her older brother attended and brought home a yearbook that intrigued her.\n\nHoward had a festive celebratory atmosphere that the friends made the most of while they were there\n\n\"The culture was festive and lively yet focused on academic and cultural advancement of oppressed people,\" says Ms Pippen. \"We knew that our generation would make a difference with our success.\"\n\nMs Pippen says that at Howard University \"we all had more of a striving to do well, a striving to live with integrity and to make your mark on the world\".\n\nComing from a high-achieving and proud black family with high expectations of their children, she was brought up knowing that her college experience was going to be important.\n\nShe is now a healthcare consultant, and after graduating from Howard she attended medical school at Yale.\n\nShe recalls the commitment to academic excellence, the need to prove your worth out there in the world and how that also translated into many nights studying with her good friend Kamala.\n\n\"There was one year at Howard, we both stayed for summer school. We worked during the day, did night classes and we studied together afterwards. We did that for the whole summer and we had fun.\n\n\"She was born for the job. Her dedication - like mine - was to academics, being an all around good person and to integrity.\"\n\nIn the 1990s, 52% of black pharmacy recipients, 30% of dentistry degree recipients, and 27% of theology degree recipients were all educated at HBCUs.\n\nToday, the two oldest HBCU medical schools - Meharry Medical College and Howard University - are responsible for more than 80% of black doctors and dentists practising in the US.\n\nHBCUs have educated three-quarters of all black people holding a doctorate; three-quarters of all black officers in the armed forces; and four-fifths of all black federal judges, according to the US Department of Education.\n\nThe culture they fostered was hugely important for many ambitious and successful middle- and upper-class class black families going out into a world to become leaders in their field, within one generation of getting the right to vote.\n\nKaren Gibbs, pictured on the left in that photo, remains best friends with the vice-president elect and Valarie Pippen.\n\nShe is now an attorney and speaks of her time at Howard in the same way Kamala Harris has in the past.\n\nThere was \"a lot of black pride and a lot of black love\" in the Howard community, says Ms Gibbs.\n\n\"We had black professors who loved us. That was the beauty of going to Howard. They nurtured us, they groomed us. They were realistic to tell us what we would confront when we left Howard - but they equipped us to realise and achieve our dreams.\"\n\nThat environment was especially important as an escape from the realities of society.\n\n\"I was raised in a rural area in Delaware, and the people there were really racist. I had been called bad names by a lot of people, despite having a black family and smaller community filled with educators and proud of their roots,\" says Ms Gibbs.\n\nThat is one of the reasons that she wanted to attend Howard University, to become a civil rights lawyer. She made the move so that she could be surrounded by \"love\" and \"support\".\n\n\"It was never a matter if I would go to an HBCU,\" it was just a matter of which she would go to.\n\nMs Gibbs and Ms Pippen's experience at Howard University strikes a chord with others who were also there in the 1980s.\n\nThey speak of the open fostering of social awareness and political activism in movements happening off campus.\n\nBeing in the nation's capital, Howard in particular had a front-row seat to some memorable episodes in politics.\n\nThe debate team in 1981 at Howard University. Kamala Harris was one of the few women to join the club.\n\nDexter Cole, a Howard alumnus and now top executive at TV One, told the BBC that \"our parents actively participated in the civil rights movements and were at the forefront, and we came to Howard with a sense of commitment to not only improve the lives of ourselves, but others as well\".\n\nAcross the nation, HBCUs were training a generation who would have a large impact on the world, and the progression of the broader African-American community.\n\n\"We understood that we were agents of change.\"\n\nMr Cole explained that \"social unrest was very prevalent, but as a student body we knew that we had a seat at the table because of those we saw who went before us\".\n\n\"I remember marching on Capitol Hill on the National Mall. There was a group of students going to protest to make Martin Luther King Jr's birthday a national holiday, and now I look there is a memorial just where I marched.\n\n\"We knew what our rights were and we were determined to invoke our right. That's why there were so many of us active in the anti-apartheid movement - we saw it play out in the US,\" says Ms Gibbs.\n\n\"It was a time when a lot of people from the era transcended into important places in different parts of society,\" says Lita Rosario-Richardson.\n\nMs Rosario-Richardson is currently an entertainment lawyer. On campus, she recruited Ms Harris on to the debate team.\n\n\"The election of Kamala Harris has really made crystal clear that Howard prepares you for anything,\" she adds.\n\nAlthough it is no surprise to those who knew Kamala Harris that she is now the vice-president of the United States, it feels like a vindication for their own personal journeys and the philosophy they took forward with them into the wider world.\n\n\"It was instilled that with your education comes a responsibility to improve the world - specifically our own people. And, we see that that has benefited everyone in America.\n\n\"Kamala is a child of desegregation, like myself. Her nomination seemed historically fit, and she's the right person for it,\" Ms Rosario-Richardson adds.\n\nDexter Cole is now a top executive at TV One\n\n\"Alumni like Thurgood Marshall - the first black Supreme Court Justice - who attended Howard laid the framework.\"\n\nEven during their time as students, these alumni felt that they were connected to greatness and expected to make big strides in the world.\n\nIt was not a feeling confined to Kamala Harris. The stories of these women show many have become movers and shakers in their own fields.\n\n\"All this has come full circle,\" says Andrea Holmes, a graduate who is now a marketing executive.\n\n\"The vice-presidency is where she belongs. She is the role model of the world and to all women and little girls.\"\n\nThe original photograph of Kamala, Valarie and Karen was taken in 1986 at Howard University's famous Homecoming.\n\nAt most schools in the US, homecoming is an annual tradition marked by an American football game and partying. At Howard University, homecoming is marked by a football game as well as a week of events where all generations come back to meet and celebrate. Notable graduates as well as celebrities and artists come to perform, join discussions, and be part of the week.\n\nAs a graduate, I know Homecoming remains a highly anticipated annual event, an experience like no other. That picture captures the energy, friendship and ambition of a group of women, at Howard in an electric era, who felt capable of anything.\n\nValarie Pippen remembers the moment: \"The weekend was truly exhilarating, and you can see from the looks and smiles on our faces we were having the time of our lives.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 2,000 homes in parts of Manchester are being evacuated due to flooding caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nThe Environment Agency (EA) has issued two severe flood warnings, which means danger to life, for the Didsbury and Northenden areas.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey of Greater Manchester Police has warned some of those affected would \"be Covid-positive or isolating at home\".\n\nHe said the government was working to ensure it was \"totally prepared\" for floods \"in every part of the UK\".\n\nA major incident was earlier declared for the Greater Manchester area where up to 3,000 properties were feared to be at risk.\n\nMr Johnson urged people not to stay in their homes if they were told to evacuate.\n\n\"If you are told to leave your home then you should do so.\n\n\"People may think this is a minor issue at the moment, still relevantly minor by standards of previous floods, but never underestimate the suffering, the misery, that floods can cause people.\"\n\nUnder government restrictions due to the current national lockdown people are allowed to leave their homes to escape harm.\n\nIn an alert to those affected, ACC Bailey said: \"A basin at Didsbury to take water from the Mersey is full. It will over-top in the next few hours. As a result we will be issuing a flood warning to homes.\n\n\"This will be through texted flood alerts to some people, and police officers, PCSOs, firefighters, and volunteers will be knocking on doors.\"\n\nHe said police will be supported by North West Ambulance, the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance.\n\n\"I think it's important to stress that if you are contacted and advised to evacuate then we would strongly urge you to do so,\" he added.\n\nWater levels in the area were expected to peak at about 23:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nA major incident has also been declared in Derbyshire, where authorities believe a small number of evacuations are \"likely\" on Thursday morning, when the River Derwent is expected to peak.\n\nCounty council leader Barry Lewis said it could rival levels seen in November 2019, depending on the weather overnight.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The PM says the government is making sure it is “totally prepared in every part of the UK” for flooding after Storm Christoph.\n\nSpeaking after a Cobra emergency meeting on Wednesday, Mr Johnson said work was under way to ensure transport and energy networks, and local council services, were prepared.\n\nHe added that work was also taking place to ensure the necessary numbers of sandbags were available.\n\n\"We want to make sure that we are totally prepared in every part of the UK for flooding, because it is coming on top of the stress people are already under fighting Covid,\" he said.\n\n\"We looked at particularly Manchester, we've got a situation potentially developing there,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"We are looking at a pattern of rainfall possibly not as bad at the end of this week, maybe worse next week.\"\n\nPeople in Greater Manchester have also been advised not to travel.\n\nStephen Rhodes, from Transport from Greater Manchester, said there was disruption across the network.\n\n\"Let's work together and not put our emergency services and the NHS - who are already working extremely hard due to the Covid-19 pandemic - under any more pressure,\" he said.\n\nIn Merseyside, the M57 has been closed in both directions between junction 6 and 7 due to flooding.\n\nThe Environment Agency has issued more than 100 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and immediate action required, while there are also more than 200 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible.\n\nRiver levels have risen rapidly in parts of northern England\n\nThe North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands have been preparing for widespread flooding following the Met Office's amber weather warning for heavy rain until midday Thursday.\n\nThe Met Office said some isolated areas could see up to 200mm (7.8in).\n\nSandbags have been distributed as Storm Christoph batters parts of England\n\n\"Once again the government's response to inevitable flood events has been slow and uncoordinated,\" the Barnsley East MP said.\n\n\"We must ensure councils are supported to protect people, businesses, and local communities, and that all of the necessary precautions are also in place to protect those fighting the floods in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sheila Evans was among those to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at the Al Abbas Mosque in Birmingham\n\nNearly two million people in the UK have received their first dose of a Covid vaccine in the past week, government figures show.\n\nBy the end of Tuesday 4.61 million people had received their initial jab, up from 2.64 million the week before.\n\nBut Boris Johnson warned there were \"unquestionably going to be a tough few weeks\" while the vaccine was rolled out and urged people to observe lockdown.\n\nSpeaking during a visit to flood-hit Didsbury in Manchester, the prime minister said it was still \"too early\" to say when some lockdown restrictions could be lifted in England.\n\nHe said figures from an Imperial College London survey showed the new variant of the virus to be \"not more deadly but it is much more contagious and the numbers are very great\".\n\nThe study suggests there was a rise in infections in the community at the start of the latest lockdown in England.\n\nMeanwhile, NHS England figures show one in 10 major hospital trusts had no spare adult critical care beds last week.\n\nThe UK recorded another all-time high of daily coronavirus deaths on Wednesday. A further 1,820 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, according to government figures - taking the total number of deaths by that measure to 93,290.\n\nSixty-five new vaccination centres have opened in England, including a mosque in Birmingham and a cinema in Aylesbury.\n\nTwo million jabs a week are needed for the government to achieve its target of offering a vaccine to all over 70s, the extremely clinical vulnerable and health and care workers by mid-February.\n\nGiving a statement in the Commons, Health Secretary Mr Hancock said the country had an \"immense infrastructure in place that, day by day, is protecting the vulnerable and giving hope to us all\".\n\nDescribing this as a \"huge feat\", he said the government was making \"good progress\" towards its target.\n\nAsked about difficulties in getting vaccines to rural areas and whether the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine could be prioritised for these as it is easier to store, Mr Hancock said the challenge was that supply was \"lumpy\", with manufacturers working \"as fast as possible\".\n\nShadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said new variants of the virus showed vaccination needed to go \"further and faster\".\n\nHe asked if there was a contingency plan in place in case vaccines needed to be redesigned to contain mutations.\n\nMr Hancock said the early indications were that the new variant was dealt with by the vaccine \"just as much as the old variant\".\n\nHe also said 63% of residents in elderly care homes had now received a vaccine.\n\nFormer Conservative health secretary Jeremy Hunt, who is now chairman of the Common's Health Select Committee, asked about establishing \"quarantine hotels\" to combat new strains, as well as whether there should be further restrictions on household mixing outside bubbles and mandating FFP2 masks in shops and on public transport.\n\nMr Hancock said the clinical advice was that the current guidelines on personal protective equipment (PPE) were \"right and appropriate\" and said \"very significant measures\" had been brought in for international travel.\n\nIn Northern Ireland more than 160,000 people have received a first vaccine dose, while in Wales, where more than 175,000 people have received a jab, people waiting for theirs have been urged to show \"patience\" and \"perspective\".\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon insisted her country's vaccine programme was not lagging behind, during First Minister's Questions on Wednesday.\n\nIn England the rollout of the vaccine started with people aged 80 and over. In some regions where the majority of these have been vaccinated, the programmes are now moving on to the over 70s.\n\nHome Secretary Priri Patel, who will lead a Downing Street press conference later, said ministers were working to ensure police and other front-line workers are moved up the priority list, while Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told BBC Breakfast he hoped teachers and support staff could be moved up the list.\n\nMeanwhile, pumps and sandbags were brought in to protect supplies of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the risk of flood water at a warehouse in Wrexham, north-east Wales.\n\nYoung people in Wales have been asked to share their experiences of the pandemic in a survey by the nation's Children's Commissioner.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned there will be \"tough weeks to come\" as the UK reported another all-time high of daily coronavirus deaths.\n\nA further 1,820 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, according to government figures.\n\nIt means the total number of deaths by that measure is now 93,290.\n\nMr Johnson said there was now a \"race against time\" to vaccinate the vulnerable but he hoped there would be a \"real difference\" by spring.\n\nIn an interview with broadcasters, he said the high number of deaths was \"appalling\" and a reflection of the peak infection rates seen a couple of weeks ago.\n\nHe said: \"I must warn people there will be tough weeks to come, but as the vaccine goes in and that programme accelerates, there will be, I think, a real difference by spring.\"\n\nJust under half of the newly reported deaths occurred on Tuesday, while a further quarter took place on Monday or Sunday with the remainder last week or even earlier.\n\nThe previous highest number of daily deaths was the 1,610 reported on Tuesday.\n\nSome 4,609,740 people have now received the first dose of a vaccine - a rise of 343,163 from yesterday.\n\nThere were also a further 38,905 cases, with 3,887 more patients admitted into hospital.\n\nIt is the second consecutive day deaths have hit a new high.\n\nThat, sadly, was to be expected as it is a reflection of the surge in cases seen during December.\n\nIt takes a week or two from the point of infection for someone to become seriously ill - and they can then spend some time in hospital. The high number is also a result of delays reporting deaths - a quarter happened last week or even before.\n\nBut make no mistake the death toll is going up. If you look at the average over the course of a week, the numbers being reported at the moment are twice what they were just two weeks ago.\n\nHowever, we also know they should soon start coming down. Daily infections are falling, with signs lockdown is taking effect. For four days in a row new diagnoses have been below 40,000 - after averaging 60,000 at the start of year.\n\nIt could be another week or so before we start to see the impact of that in the death figures. The hope then would be that within a few weeks we could start seeing a more rapid fall as the impact of the vaccination programme begins to bite.\n\nBut before that happens the daily totals reported could, sadly, go even higher.\n\nNew coronavirus cases are down by 21.5% over the last seven days. But the number of patients being admitted into hospital in the same period has not yet fallen (up by 0.5%).\n\nThe prime minister said it looked as though infection rates across the country overall might now be peaking or flattening, but he cautioned that \"they're not flattening very fast\".\n\nAsked if daily deaths would continue to rise, he said it was \"difficult to predict\".\n\nHe added: \"We must hope that by getting the numbers of daily infections down in the way that perhaps has been happening since the lockdown that will feed through into a reduction in deaths as well.\n\n\"But I must stress that we have tough weeks to come now as we roll out the vaccine.\n\n\"The light will only really begin to dawn as we get those vaccination numbers up.\"\n\nEarlier, the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told Sky News: \"This is very, very bad at the moment, with enormous pressure, and in some cases it looks like a war zone in terms of the things that people are having to deal with.\"\n\nHe said there was \"light at the end of the tunnel\" in the form of the vaccination programme.\n\nBut he said vaccines were \"not going to do the heavy lifting for us at the moment, anywhere near it\".\n\nMilitary personnel are going to be deployed to a number of hospitals to help staff cope with high numbers of cases, including in Northern Ireland and Exeter.\n\nAnd this week 10 hospital trusts across England consistently reported having no spare adult critical care beds.\n\nIn other developments, Home Secretary Priti Patel said ministers were working to ensure police and other frontline workers were moved up the priority list for the Covid vaccine.\n\nMr Johnson said the government must rely on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, but wanted front-line workers to be immunised \"as soon as possible\".\n\nHe also said the vaccination programme remained \"on track\" despite \"constraints on supply\".", "Politicians in pearls, the colour purple and warm woollen mittens - these are just a few of Washington's favourite things from the 2021 Inauguration.\n\nWith America's leaders in the spotlight on the inauguration - and world - stage, sometimes what they wear can say more than their speeches.\n\nDC-based fashion consultant Lauren Rothman says Americans have always taken an interest in what political leaders don for inaugural celebrations. And in 2021, with an ongoing pandemic and economic crisis as well as the swearing-in of the first female vice-president, things feel \"even more loaded\".\n\nIt's all about optics for the politically fashion-minded, says Ms Rothman, who helps style politicians for events including inaugurations past.\n\nSo let's see how outspoken this year's inauguration crowd really was, from the Bidens to Bernie Sanders - with a little help from some real fashion experts.\n\nVice-President Kamala Harris' purple ensemble has already made an impact.\n\n\"Symbolically, it's a bipartisan colour because it marries [Republican] red and [Democratic] blue,\" says Ms Rothman, noting a number of elected officials or spouses had opted for purple today.\n\nBut that's not the only reason purple has a special place for US women in politics. The suffragettes often wore the colour in the 1900s while campaigning for women's right to vote.\n\nProfessor Elka Stevens, coordinator of the fashion design programme at Howard University, also notes it's a colour of significance in the black community - one tied to the Christian experience as well. Ms Harris' pearl necklace also made reference to a tradition in her Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the oldest all-black sorority in the US.\n\nAdd it all up and Ms Harris' choice of pearls and a purple sharp-cut Christopher John Rogers coat was \"an excellent first building block on what the legacy is of how to look like a woman in power\", Ms Rothman says.\n\nBoth Mrs Biden and Ms Harris also took care to choose emerging US brands for their inaugural looks. Ms Harris' outfit, from head-to-toe, showed off African-American designers.\n\nAnd we can't forget Doug Emhoff either, America's \"first second gentleman\".\n\n\"He chose to do everything that he should, which is to not distract and perfectly fit in,\" says Rothman.\n\nWe can't discuss political fashion without bringing up Michelle Obama.\n\nHer purple Sergio Hudson sweater and palazzo pants plus coat look, along with perfectly curled hair, did not disappoint fans of the former first lady.\n\n\"It's a different dress code and different expectation for women who are first ladies versus people who aren't, like women who are elected,\" says Ms Rothman.\n\nFrom baring her arms to wearing both high-end and High Street fashion, Mrs Obama was \"legacy-making\" in a way that hearkened back to Nancy Reagan and Jackie Kennedy, Ms Rothman says.\n\nShe also put many \"independent and ethnic American designers\" on the map during her eight years in the White House.\n\nNewly former First Lady Melania Trump, too, had a clear style, often spotted in sleek looks from well-known brands (think Chanel, Hermès).\n\nOne of her favourite designers was French-American Hervé Pierre, but Prof Stevens also notes she faced a challenge dressing all-American as many US labels said they would not dress her.\n\nFor her final look of the day, Melania swapped out the all-black suit she left the White House in for a Gucci dress with a bold orange print.\n\n\"The curtain is down and she's onto the next phase of her life,\" says Ms Rothman of the sharp contrast. \"I think that's what she's using her clothing to signal: that DC is over.\n\nHe may not win the best-dressed award any time soon, but veteran Senator Bernie Sanders certainly won Twitter with his extra large mittens.\n\nMr Sanders' pair of eye-catching woolly mittens were given to him two years ago by a Vermont schoolteacher who made them from repurposed sweaters and recycled plastic bottles. Those, coupled with a snap of him alone in a crossed-arm pose, made for prime meme fodder.\n\n\"What we love about it is that it's so authentically Bernie,\" says Ms Rothman.\n\nWhen asked for his thoughts on all the stir his inauguration look caused, Mr Sanders simply said: \"In Vermont we dress warm...and we're not so concerned about good fashion. We want to keep warm. And that's what I did today.\"\n\nInauguration 2021 featured performances from Jennifer Lopez (in a crisp white ensemble) and Lady Gaga.\n\nBut it was Gaga's custom black-and-red Schiaparelli gown that stole the show or, more specifically, the large golden dove-shaped brooch she wore atop it.\n\nAside from the Hunger Games comparisons, the almost operatic outfit served another fun purpose in Ms Rothman's eyes.\n\n\"She brought the inaugural ball to the stage in a year where you're not going to get all of the dress up, the ball gowns that we have come to look at and adore and criticise.\"\n\nYouth poet laureate Amanda Gorman was another star on today's stage.\n\nThe self-described \"skinny black girl, descended from slaves and raised by a single mother\", touched on many heavy themes in her verses, but her outfit was a breath of fresh air.\n\nYellow is a colour of hope, energy, light. And her bright red Prada headband was a bold complement. To Prof Stevens, it was almost crown-like.\n\n\"It also honed attention on her hair, because no one else had that particular hairstyle. And we know that hair can be political as well.\"\n\nOur last noteworthy youthful garb of the day was Ella Emhoff, stepdaughter to the vice-president.\n\nHer dainty white collar atop a bejewelled plaid Miu Miu coat was particularly striking - or in the words of Teen Vogue, \"just *chef's kiss*\" - and to Prof Stevens, reminiscent of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.\n\n\"I really thought about our democracy, justice, the collars [Ginsburg] wore and the messages she would send. I think this was [also] an ode to femininity.\"\n\nAnd as for her brother Cole's look? Prof Stevens' takeaway was: \"You need some gloves, young man.\"\n\nAnd last but not least, let's consider the new president and first lady.\n\nProf Stevens says the political dress mirrored a desire to project comfort and to reassure the nation that US democracy is safe and its way of life is \"going back to something familiar\" despite Covid-19.\n\nThere may not have been anything ground-breaking in Mr Biden's Ralph Lauren suit; perhaps the more interesting aspect is the way he wore it.\n\n\"As a Washington insider he's been wearing suits for decades,\" says Ms Rothman. \"He showed that he knows what works.\"\n\nAlso notable with both Biden's ensembles today: the colour blue. Prof Stevens notes that blue is recognised as a colour of trustworthiness; of stability; of confidence, especially for men.\n\nAs for Jill Biden's custom-made, Swarovski-crystal-accented aquamarine coat from the up-and-coming New York Makarian label?\n\nBoth Prof Stevens and Ms Rothman say it signalled responsibility and modesty.\n\n\"We already know [the Bidens] are very united, but it signalled that they're here and ready to do the work,\" Ms Rothman says.", "More than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed\n\nMembers of the military are to be brought in to help medical staff in Northern Ireland in the fight against Covid-19.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann has asked the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to help out, primarily at a number of hospitals across NI.\n\nMore than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed.\n\nThose brought in will assist nursing staff and help on the wards in a move designed to ease the pressure on staff.\n\nIn the past, the use of the military in Northern Ireland has provoked controversy.\n\nWhile military help has already been used during the pandemic to transport equipment and patients, this is the first time military staff will be used in hospitals.\n\nIt is thought the first military staff will be made available as early as next week.\n\nMr Swann said it would have been an abdication of responsibility if he did not avail of help from the military.\n\nHe said while coronavirus cases were lower than two weeks ago, the challenge posed remained \"intense\" and intensive care pressures were expected to increase further in the next eight to 10 days.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe confirmed that a request for military assistance for NI's health service had been accepted by the MoD.\n\nThe health minister thanked the MoD for the Military Aid to the Civil Authorities agreement, which is being provided in other UK regions.\n\n\"The armed forces have provided invaluable support in this pandemic, including aeromedical evacuation, real-estate and ongoing logistical planning,\" he said.\n\n\"Our hospitals are under immense pressure and an additional staffing complement will be very welcome on the front line.\n\n\"This is a health decision and I am confident it will be supported on that basis.\"\n\nNI Secretary Brandon Lewis tweeted: \"Battling #COVID19 is a national effort. I'm pleased that 110 medically-trained personnel from our Armed Forces will support health and social care teams across Northern Ireland in their vital work on the frontline against coronavirus.\"\n\nThe move has been welcomed by the Democratic Unionist Party.\n\nWhen it was announced last April that the health minster had made requests for military help, Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill said Mr Swann had taken that decision unilaterally.\n\nHowever, she later said her party would not rule out any measure necessary to save lives.\n\nReacting to the latest request for help, Sinn Féin said its priority throughout the pandemic had been to save lives, keep people safe and protect the health service.\n\n\"The Minister of Health has made a request for staffing support from the British Ministry of Defence,\" the party said.\n\n\"We do not rule out any measures to do so, and any effort to make the threat posed by Covid-19 into a green and orange issue is divisive and a distraction.\"\n\nAs of Wednesday, there were 832 people in hospital in Northern Ireland with coronavirus, of whom 67 were in intensive care, with 57 ventilated.\n\nA further 22 people with coronavirus died, bringing the Department of Health's total to 1,671 while there were 905 new cases.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, 61 new Covid-19-related deaths were recorded on Wednesday, bringing the country's death toll to 2,768.\n\nA further 2,488 new cases of the virus were also confirmed by the Irish Department for Health.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's press briefing on Wednesday, Mr Swann confirmed the executive would review the current lockdown regulations on Thursday.\n\nNorthern Ireland began a six-week lockdown on 26 December, in a bid to bring the virus under control.\n\nMinisters promised to review the regulations after four weeks.\n\nMr Swann said he would not pre-empt the outcome of Thursday's meeting but confirmed he would bring recommendations from his officials to the meeting.\n\n\"This is not the time to open floodgates or take premature decisions that would lead to another spike in cases,\" he added.\n\n\"We must stay the course.\"\n\nThe minister also provided the latest update on the number of vaccinations - 160,396 doses have now been administered in NI, with 21,690 of those second doses.\n\nHe said he understood the frustration of some people that they were still waiting to hear when their elderly or vulnerable relatives would receive their vaccine, but he urged patience.\n\n\"We cannot go faster than supplies allow,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Relatives of some older people in Wales called the vaccinations \"poorly organised\"\n\nA housebound 84-year-old woman said she was told she may have to wait up to two months to have her coronavirus vaccine if she could not get to her GP surgery.\n\nStuart Wilson said his mother Julia was immobile and she required two people with a hoist to get her up.\n\nHe said her surgery in Sketty, Swansea, called on Tuesday offering a jab but they were told it would take time to arrange a house visit.\n\nWelsh Government said a mobile service could take a jab to the housebound.\n\nDr Chris Johns, from Sketty Medical Centre, said: \"I can give assurances that no housebound patient is being asked to wait this long for their vaccination.\n\n\"This is a massive undertaking by GPs and we would ask older patients, if they are mobile, to attend one of our vaccination clinics instead.\"\n\nHe said teams have already made close to 200 house calls to vaccinate those unable to come to the surgery and over the next few weeks GPs would continue to go to patients' homes \"where necessary\".\n\nMore than 175,000 vaccines have been administered across Wales so far.\n\nUnder Welsh Government plans, the goal is for everyone over the age of 70 to be offered a vaccination by mid-February.\n\nMr Wilson said the call left his mother \"concerned and distressed\" so with her permission he spoke to the GP surgery himself.\n\nShe has been with the surgery, which is the Sketty branch of Sketty and Killay Surgeries, for about five years, and they are familiar with her condition as she receives home visits for flu jabs.\n\n\"What I can't understand is how they can invite somebody for a vaccination and then turn around and say because you're housebound, they can't give it yet,\" he added.\n\n\"I'm not asking for preferential treatment; we're not asking to be bumped up the list. I was disgusted by the total lack of information.\"\n\nMr Wilson said he knew of three other cases where patients have been given the same information.\n\nHe said disabled people should receive equal treatment. He has also taken the issue up with the disability rights association, Disability Wales, who have been asked to comment.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"Those who cannot attend their appointment or cannot travel to the vaccination venue can let your health board know through the NHS booking system. They will then be offered another appointment on another day or at a more convenient location.\n\n\"There are also plans in place for people who are housebound and for care homes, which will mean the vaccine can be safely taken to them using a mobile service if they are unable to attend a GP surgery or mass vaccination centre.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Welsh Government has been criticised over the speed of rolling out vaccines to the over 80s age group.\n\nSteve Hockridge's 92-year-old mother Sheila suffers from Alzheimer's disease and lives alone in Cardiff.\n\nHe contacted her surgery but was told they had \"no information\" about when she would receive a vaccine.\n\n\"My confidence in the Welsh Government has been knocked,\" he said.\n\n\"After all the clarity during this pandemic, with this area they seem to be very, very secretive, giving different messages [which are] quite often conflicting.\"\n\nIn Wrexham, Helen Field said her mother, Eileen, 94, was also still waiting to hear about her vaccine.\n\n\"Our relations over the border in the Wirral area who are in a similar age group of over 80s and 90s have all received their second vaccine,\" she said.\n\n\"The difference is quite alarming and I just want to know what's going on in Wales and why they are so slow in putting the vaccines out?\n\n\"Nobody can seem to give us any information and it seems to be so poorly organised.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"Every day in Wales we are speeding up the vaccination programme.\n\n\"Thousands more people are receiving their first dose of the Covid vaccine and more clinics are opening with 45 vaccination centres operating or due to be operating shortly, and more than 250 GP surgeries being involved by the end of this month. As of 20 January, more than 175,816 people in Wales have been vaccinated.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The company said its milk processing was highly automated with no risk to the products caused by the virus outbreak\n\nOne worker at a dairy has died after contracting coronavirus and 95 others are self-isolating.\n\nMuller Milk & Ingredients said 47 staff members who work at the company's dairy near Bridgwater, Somerset, have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nIt said it was now testing all 300 workers at its site in North Petherton.\n\nA spokesman for the firm said the safety of its products had not been affected by the outbreak at its factory.\n\nIt was working with Public Health England and the council to help with mass testing, he added.\n\nThe employee was taken to hospital but died. The firm said its thoughts were with the worker's family and friends.\n\nProduction has since been reduced at the site.\n\nThe spokesman added: \"It is important to stress that fresh milk processing is highly automated ensuring no risk to products, with our Bridgwater facility one of the most modern dairies in the UK.\n\n\"As we have done throughout the pandemic, we are placing the safety of our employees first and following best practice as set down by the Health and Safety Executive.\n\n\"Standard measures in place include the use of facemasks, distancing, enhanced deep cleaning and hygiene, underpinned by a programme of e-learning, information and audits to ensure compliance and awareness of the measures.\"\n\nSomerset County Council said it was working closely with Public Health England and the factory and that further testing was being done throughout Thursday.\n\n\"The [council's] rapid outbreak testing team is carrying out further workforce testing today, for workers who were not present on Monday shifts.\n\n\"The testing on Monday identified a number of staff who were positive but asymptomatic, who are now isolating,\" a spokesman said.", "Gabriel is an ardent 'Latino for Trump' who is active in New York Republican circles. He wishes the Biden/Harris administration well but doesn't believe Democrats really want unity and thinks they'll reverse a lot of good Trump policies.\n\nHow did Joe Biden's inaugural speech on unity sit with you?\n\nI caught bits and pieces of the inauguration, but I did not watch the speech. I'll give it a watch when I'm not as busy. Hopefully, his message is not like what we saw on 6 January, when he tried to lambast people as white supremacists for showing up at the Capitol, because that will just alienate people.\n\nThis country has come a long way in terms of race relations and, if we really want unity, let's regain the sense of what an American is. An American isn't white, black or Jewish; it is a person within the United States that takes part in our republic.\n\nWhat do you think of the executive actions he is taking today?\n\nI knew Biden would come out swinging while he stills holds the majority in the legislative branch. It's certainly a statement in the same vein as President Trump's first few days of office, but I think it's horrible. As someone of Hispanic descent, the idea of potentially granting 11 million immigrants citizenship is a slap in the face to everyone who came through the legal process.\n\nJoining the Paris climate agreement again is widely regarded as a farce, even by some ecologists, because nations that are members in the agreement didn't actually hit their targets. The removal of the Keystone Pipeline is not only going to cost people jobs but it could potentially increase our carbon footprint. When it comes to the WHO, they failed us during the Covid pandemic. It's all just smoke and mirrors to undo what President Trump did and stick it in the face of Republicans.", "The former Western Daily Press journalist lived in the property from 1970 until 1994\n\nAn \"inspiring\" house previously owned by fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett has been put on the market.\n\nThe creator of the Discworld series lived in the 18th Century property, called Gaze Cottage, in the village of Rowberrow, Somerset, from 1970 until 1994.\n\nSir Terry died aged 66 in 2015, eight years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.\n\nHe wrote more than 70 books during his career and completed his final book in 2014.\n\nAt the turn of the century, Sir Terry was Britain's second most-read author, beaten only by JK Rowling.\n\nIn August 2007, it was reported he had suffered a stroke, but the following December he announced that he had been diagnosed with a very rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.\n\nThe fitted kitchen is in the older half of the house\n\nRuth Treasure-Smith, from Robin King Estate Agent, said: \"He wrote most of his most famous novels in that house in the 80s.\n\n\"The house must have been inspiring. The current owner purchased the property from Terry Pratchett and has lived at the house since.\"\n\nShe said he had received letters to the house addressed to the \"Hogfather\", a quirky and satirical character from the Death collection in the Discworld series.\n\nThe sitting room has an inglenook fireplace complete with bread oven\n\nThe house is being sold at a guide price of £800,000\n\nThe first floor houses the master bedroom which overlooks the garden\n\nThe property has four bedrooms\n\nThe cottage sits on a plot comprising almost a third of an acre\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk", "More than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed\n\nNI's largest healthcare union has said it has not objected to military personnel being brought in to help medical staff deal with Covid-19.\n\nHowever, Unison said it had questions over the move and there had \"disappointingly\" been no consultation.\n\nAn initial statement from the union on the subject was criticised by some politicians.\n\nUlster Unionist leader Steve Aiken described it as \"appallingly inappropriate\".\n\nA new statement issued on social media, from the union's regional secretary Patricia McKeown, said the first statement had been \"misunderstood\".\n\nSpeaking to Good Morning Ulster, she acknowledged the initial statement had caused \"stress and hurt\" to Unison members and apologised for that.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann has asked the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to help out, primarily at a number of hospitals across NI.\n\nMore than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed.\n\nIn the union's initial statement, issued on Wednesday, it said it would ask Mr Swann for \"detailed reasons\" for the move.\n\nIt said this would include \"seeking information as to what other avenues of support have been sought, such as securing additional staffing from private sector healthcare providers\".\n\nHowever, following criticism, Ms McKeown said in a new statement on Thursday morning that the union was \"happy to clarify\" its position.\n\n\"To be absolutely clear, Unison has not objected to assistance from military personnel.\"\n\nShe added: \"In our experience the deployment of military personnel into public services is a decision taken as a last resort.\n\n\"We were immediately concerned that a request for aid of this nature indicates a crisis that is moving out of control.\n\n\"This is why it is important that we know in advance what options are being explored.\"\n\nThe union said it was important to get detailed information on how, when and where external personnel would be deployed and what the management and accountability structures will be in place for them.\n\nSteve Aiken described the first Unison statement as appallingly inappropriate\n\nSpeaking on Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster on Thursday, Ms McKeown said: \"We put a statement out last night, it said what we were going to do, but it didn't say why we were going to do it.\n\n\"That caused stress and hurt to our members and I am very, very sorry for that. That's why we corrected it.\"\n\nShe added that if military personnel were being brought in \"it means that all options have been exhausted, there's a big decision facing us now and that decision is a stronger lockdown\".\n\nThe earlier statement from the union, issued on Wednesday night, had been criticised by some politicians.\n\nUlster Unionist leader Steve Aiken said: \"Judging by the number of healthcare workers who have contacted me tonight they are absolutely incredulous at the Unison statement this evening.\n\n\"Getting help is what is needed - time for Unison to withdraw its appallingly inappropriate remarks.\"\n\nDUP assembly member Jonathan Buckley said: \"This statement from Unison is extremely disappointing and is out of step with both Unison's own members and the wider public.\n\n\"I have already been contacted by health service staff making clear that this does not represent their views.\"\n\nHis party colleague Paul Frew tweeted: \"Utterly appalling. A lot of anger tonight for a union that is supposed to support its membership.\"\n\nSpeaking on Good Morning Ulster, West Belfast People Before Profit assembly member Gerry Carroll said: \"We all recognise that we're in a really desperate situation, a really difficult situation.\n\n\"But people want to see the health service expanded permanently and not just a short-term fix which people have questioned on a number of grounds.\"\n\nHowever, Ulster Unionist Doug Beattie said nurses and doctors were exhausted.\n\n\"What we're really talking about here is a surge of some personnel in order to support out frontline nurses who are dead on their feet,\" he said.\n\n\"The here and now is about saving lives.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, Sinn Féin responded to Mr Swann's decision by saying it would not \"rule out\" any measures that help save lives and that \"any effort to make the threat posed by Covid-19 into an orange and green issue is divisive and a distraction\".\n\nThe chief executive of the Belfast Health Trust, Dr Cathy Jack, told Stormont's health committee that the move would ensure staff can continue to deliver care to as many patients as possible.\n\nShe said the military personnel are \"band 4 medically-trained technicians\" who will \"be working under normal management structures\".\n\n\"This is another group of highly-trained individuals that will support staff and I welcome this.\"\n\nDr Jack said discussions were \"ongoing\" about how private health care providers could help in this phase of the pandemic.\n\nShe said a small number of private lists were being used for surgeries with low-risk cancers and more would be freed up in March \"to allow us to try and catch up on the backlog\".\n\nThe Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) request means armed forces staff will assist nurses and help on the wards in a move designed to ease the pressure on staff.\n\nIt is thought the first military staff will be made available as early as next week.\n\nMr Swann said the Army has previously carried out pandemic roles in Northern Ireland with \"aeromedical evacuation, real-estate and ongoing logistical planning\".\n\nThe health minister added it would have been an abdication of responsibility if he did not avail of help from the military.\n\nHe said while coronavirus cases were lower than two weeks ago, the challenge posed remained \"intense\" and intensive care pressures were expected to increase further in the next eight to 10 days.\n\nAs of Wednesday, there were 832 people in hospital in Northern Ireland with coronavirus, of whom 67 were in intensive care, with 57 ventilated.\n\nA further 22 people with coronavirus died, bringing the Department of Health's total to 1,671 while there were 905 new cases.", "An algorithm is trained to pick out an elephant against a complex backdrop such as a forest\n\nAt first, the satellite images appear to be of grey blobs in a forest of green splotches - but, on closer inspection, those blobs are revealed as elephants wandering through the trees.\n\nAnd scientists are using these images to count African elephants from space.\n\nThe pictures come from an Earth-observation satellite orbiting 600km (372 miles) above the planet's surface.\n\nThe breakthrough could allow up to 5,000 sq km of elephant habitat to be surveyed on a single cloud-free day.\n\nAnd all the laborious elephant counting is done via machine learning - a computer algorithm trained to identify elephants in a variety of backdrops.\n\n\"We just present examples to the algorithm and tell it, 'This is an elephant, this is not an elephant,'\"Dr Olga Isupova, from the University of Bath, said.\n\n\"By doing this, we can train the machine to recognise small details that we wouldn't be able to pick up with the naked eye.\"\n\nAfrican elephants are listed as vulnerable to extinction\n\nThe scientists looked first at South Africa's Addo Elephant National Park.\n\n\"It has a high density of elephants,\" University of Oxford conservation scientist Dr Isla Duporge said.\n\n\"And it has areas of thickets and of open savannah.\n\n\"So it's a great place to test our approach.\n\n\"While this is a proof of concept, it's ready to go.\n\n\"And conservation organisations are already interested in using this to replace surveys using aircraft.\"\n\nConservationists will have to pay for access to commercial satellites and the images they capture.\n\nBut this approach could vastly improve the monitoring of threatened elephant populations in habitats that span international borders, where it can be difficult to obtain permission for aircraft surveys.\n\nThe scientists say it could also be used in anti-poaching work.\n\n\"And of course, [because you can capture these images from space,] you don't need anyone on the ground, which is particularly helpful during these times of coronavirus,\" Dr Duporge said.\n\n\"In zoology, technology can move quite slowly.\n\n\"So being able to use the cutting-edge techniques for animal conservation is just really nice.\"", "Four royal aides say they do not wish to \"take sides\" over a letter from the Duchess of Sussex to her father, the High Court has been told.\n\nIn a letter lawyers for the four said they believed their clients could \"shed some light\" on the letter's drafting but the four were \"strictly neutral\".\n\nMeghan is suing the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online publisher over articles that reproduced parts of the letter.\n\nShe claims her privacy and copyright were breached by the newspaper group.\n\nHer lawyers are asking for summary judgement - a dismissal of Associated Newspapers' (ANL) defence instead of a trial.\n\nThe five articles, published in February 2019, were a \"triple-barrelled invasion\" of the duchess's privacy, correspondence and family, the lawyers claim.\n\nShe is seeking damages from the newspaper group for alleged misuse of private information, copyright infringement and breach of the Data Protection Act over the articles.\n\nANL claims Meghan wrote her letter \"with a view to it being disclosed publicly at some future point\" in order to \"defend her against charges of being an uncaring or unloving daughter\", which she denies.\n\nOn the second day of the hearing on Wednesday, ANL's barrister Antony White QC told the court that a letter from the so-called \"palace four\" showed that \"further oral evidence and documentary evidence is likely to be available at trial which would shed light on certain key factual issues in this case\".\n\nHe said it was \"likely\" there was also further evidence about whether Meghan \"directly or indirectly provided private information\" to the authors of an unauthorised biography of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Finding Freedom.\n\nThe four aides are: Jason Knauf, former communications secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Christian Jones, their former deputy communications secretary, Samantha Cohen, formerly the Sussexes' private secretary, and Sara Latham, their ex-director of communications.\n\n\"None of our clients welcomes his or her potential involvement in this litigation, which has arisen purely as a result of the performance of his or her duties in their respective jobs at the material time,\" their lawyers said in a letter sent on their behalf.\n\n\"Nor does any of our clients wish to take sides in the dispute between your respective clients. Our clients are all strictly neutral.\n\n\"They have no interest in assisting either party to the proceedings. Their only interest is in ensuring a level playing field, insofar as any evidence they may be able to give is concerned.\"\n\nTheir letter said that their lawyers' \"preliminary view is that one or more of our clients would be in a position to shed some light\" on \"the creation of the letter and the electronic draft\".\n\nIt also said they may be able to shed light on \"whether or not the claimant anticipated that the letter might come into in the public domain\" and whether or not the duchess \"directly or indirectly provided private information, generally and in relation to the letter specifically, to the authors of Finding Freedom\".\n\nBut Justin Rushbrooke QC, representing the duchess, said the letter from the four \"contains no information at all that supports the defendant's case on alleged co-authorship (of Meghan's letter), and no indication that evidence will be forthcoming that will support the defendant's case should the matter proceed to trial\".\n\nMeghan, 39, sent a handwritten letter to her father in August 2018, following her marriage to Prince Harry in May that year, which Mr Markle did not attend. The couple are now living in the US with their son Archie.\n\nThe full trial of the duchess's claim had been due to be heard at the High Court this month, but last year the case was adjourned until autumn 2021.\n\nAt the conclusion of the hearing on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Justice Warby reserved his judgement, which he said he would deliver \"as soon as possible\".", "Michelle O'Neill and Arlene Foster were advised restrictions may have to remain in place until after Easter\n\nCoronavirus lockdown restrictions in Northern Ireland will be extended until 5 March, the first and deputy first ministers have said.\n\nThe executive backed the health minister's proposal on Thursday and will review the move on 18 February.\n\nBut ministers were also told that restrictions may have to remain in place until after the Easter holidays.\n\nA lockdown closing non-essential retailers and encouraging employees to work from home began after Christmas.\n\nFamily gatherings are prohibited and people have been ordered to stay at home for all but essential reasons.\n\nSchools are closed to most pupils until after February's half-term but a paper looking at reopening will be put to ministers at next week's executive meeting.\n\nThe lockdown came in response to a spike in the number of cases of coronavirus, which followed a relaxation of some rules in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said extending the restrictions was an \"appropriate and necessary response\" to tackle the \"imminent threat\" posed by Covid-19.\n\nShe said she understood it would be difficult for many people to accept, given the uncertainty facing families and businesses, but added: \"To not press forward would risk all of the hard-won gains.\"\n\nThe first and deputy first ministers were right to state just how tough this decision will be for many people.\n\nBut there's an acceptance among the public that restrictions would have to be extended, given how bad things are in our hospitals.\n\nTheir decision also suggests politicians have perhaps learned from the last wave of the pandemic, when restrictions were turned on and off sporadically, and the impact that had both on cases and the messaging.\n\nThey're not alone in sustaining tough lockdown measures, with other UK nations and the Republic of Ireland also keeping their restrictions in place for several more weeks.\n\nBeyond that, it is thought health officials also want to ensure the vaccination programme is also \"well advanced\" before any restrictions are relaxed.\n\nThe hope is that, by spring, the picture will have improved significantly.\n\nUntil then the price we are paying for relaxations before Christmas looks likely to keep rising.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she recognised the executive was asking a lot of everybody but insisted the measures were important.\n\n\"We don't know what will come after [5 March],\" she said.\n\nMs O'Neill said there was a commitment not to keep restrictions in place longer than necessary but decisions would have to be taken in line with the health advice and concerns about a new variant of the virus which is more transmissible.\n\nThe executive's decision comes as another 21 deaths were recorded by the Department of Health on Thursday.\n\nThe reproductive rate of the virus - known as the R-number - had risen to about 1.8 due to Christmas relaxations.\n\nBut the latest estimate from the Department of Health says it is sitting between 0.65 and 0.85 for cases within the community but is still above one for hospital admissions and intensive care.\n\nWhile some may wonder why are restrictions are being extended when the executive's policy has always been based on this rate of infection, the difference is that this time around there are three times as many people in Northern Ireland's hospitals than there were in last April's peak.\n\nDaily case numbers are still significantly higher too.\n\nWhile ministers have agreed to keep the current restrictions in place until March, Health Minister Robin Swann said it was possible they could be needed until Easter, which this year falls in the first week of April.\n\nMinisters say they understand the extension of the lockdown will be difficult for people\n\nIt is understood this plan is being discussed across the four UK nations but ministers will have to consider that in the review next month.\n\nMinisters were also warned that restrictions would be eased on a step-by-step basis in line with reducing pressures on the health service and ensuring the vaccination programme is \"well advanced\" before any relaxations are agreed.\n\nMrs Foster pleaded with people struggling with their mental health during the lockdown to \"please seek help\".\n\nMore than 100 medically-trained military personnel are to be deployed to help health staff deal with the pressure the latest phase of the pandemic is placing on hospitals.\n\nThe chief medical officer Dr Michael McBride said the \"sustained pressure on our health service\" would probably last for three to four weeks.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, 51 Covid-19 related deaths and 2,608 new cases of the virus were recorded on Thursday.\n\nSimon Hamilton, the chief executive of the Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce, said the extension of the lockdown would be of \"little surprise to most businesses\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Stormont executive has agreed how to allocate almost £300m to help businesses, education, tourism and transport during the next phase of the lockdown.\n\nA total of £100m is going towards the Local Restrictions Support Scheme, the grant for business premises forced to closed due to the restrictions.\n\nThere will also be £16m for tourism and hospitality, two sectors which have largely been unable to operate.\n\nIn addition, two more support schemes for the sector have been opened.\n\nOne aimed at large tourism and hospitality businesses is offering a pot of £26m, with the Department for Economy having identified 250 businesses that will be eligible.\n\nThe other is a £4m scheme to support those who provide bed-and-breakfast accommodation.\n\nMore money is being made available to help businesses affected by the lockdown\n\nJanice Gault from the trade body the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation said the schemes were a \"real lifeline for the sector\".\n\n\"Trading over the last year has been limited with reserves now severely depleted and businesses operating in survival mode,\" she added.\n\nAlso among those to receive the extra cash will be limited company directors, who had not received support since March.\n\nLast week, a scheme was announced to give directors £1,000 grants which one director described as a \"kick in the teeth\" given that he had little to no income for the past 10 months.\n\nBut that scheme is to be boosted with another £20m so the payments on offer will more than treble to £3,500.\n\nLocal newspapers will also benefit from 12 months of rates relief.", "Assaults on emergency workers made up more than a quarter of Covid-related crimes prosecuted in the first six months of the pandemic, figures show.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there were 1,688 such offences between 1 April and 30 September in England and Wales.\n\nMany of these involved police officers being \"coughed and spat on\" by suspected rule-breakers, the CPS said.\n\nThey were among almost 6,500 crimes related to coronavirus in that period.\n\nAssaults on emergency workers, which were the most common prosecution, were \"particularly appalling\" and incidents were still taking place, said director of public prosecutions Max Hill.\n\nHe added: \"I will continue to do everything in my power to protect those who so selflessly keep us safe during this crisis.\"\n\nAccording to the figures published by the CPS - which cover completed prosecutions - there were 1,137 charges brought for breaking coronavirus laws.\n\nThese included a man who claimed 15 people having a party at his house in Manchester were part of his support bubble and another man in Wales caught travelling between counties to solicit the services of a sex worker.\n\nOverall, 2,106 defendants were prosecuted for 6,469 coronavirus-related offences, with a conviction rate of 90%, according to the CPS.\n\nOther crimes flagged as being coronavirus-related by the CPS, included 480 charges for public order offences, 466 for criminal damage and 464 for common assault.\n\nThese included offences such as coughing and spitting while threatening to infect another person with the virus, thefts of essential items and fraudsters taking advantage of the crisis.\n\nMr Hill added: \"The CPS has had to adapt to a raft of new laws and regulations intended to keep the public safe during the pandemic.\n\n\"Our guiding principle throughout has always been to support the police in ensuring the right person in charged with the right offence.\"", "Marmite is one of Unilever's many brands\n\nUnilever has said that by 2030 it will refuse to do business with any firm that does not pay at least a living wage or income to its staff.\n\nThe consumer goods giant defined a living wage as one that covered a family's basic needs \"and helped them break the cycle of poverty\".\n\nIt said it wanted to raise wages for people outside its own workforce in order to promote economic inclusion.\n\nUnilever is one of the first big companies to make such a commitment.\n\nOxfam called the move a \"step in the right direction\".\n\nUnilever, whose products include Marmite, Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Dove soap, said it was committed to helping to build \"a more equitable and inclusive society\".\n\n\"Our ambition is to improve living standards for low-paid workers worldwide,\" it said.\n\n\"We will therefore ensure that everyone who directly provides goods and services to Unilever earns at least a living wage or income, by 2030.\"\n\nThe wage should be enough to cover food, water, housing, education, healthcare, transport and clothing, and also include a provision for unexpected events, Unilever said.\n\nThe firm said it was working with partners to establish exact rates of pay in the 190 countries where it operates.\n\nHowever, Unilever's chief human resources officer Leena Nair said it would pay twice as much as the minimum wage in some countries.\n\nUnilever said it already paid its own employees at least a living wage, but it wanted to secure the same for more people beyond its workforce, specifically focusing on the most vulnerable workers in manufacturing and agriculture.\n\nWhile there is no doubting Unilever's desire to improve the lot of those who make its products, there is also a commercial reason for its living wage initiative.\n\nIt wants all of its suppliers to pay their staff a decent wage by 2030, a plan that has the potential, given Unilever's enormous size and global reach, to change the lives of millions of people.\n\nBut the company also believes the move will give it an advantage in the fierce battle to attract buyers.\n\nAlan Jope, Unilever's Scottish-born chief executive, says customers want to buy products with good credentials, and that this desire has only increased during the pandemic.\n\nMr Jope's comments suggest that the next consumer battlegrounds might not be price, convenience or range of product, but environmental and social considerations.\n\nUnilever wants to get ahead of that trend, and plans to do well by doing good.\n\n\"We will work with our suppliers, other businesses, governments and NGOs - through purchasing practices, collaboration and advocacy - to create systemic change and global adoption of living wage practices,\" it added.\n\nIt has more than 60,000 direct suppliers worldwide, from smallholder farmers to major companies.\n\nAll of them will be covered by its commitment, it said, with millions of people set to benefit.\n\nUnilever already audits its suppliers over climate change commitments, and will use these existing arrangements to make sure workers are being paid a living wage.\n\nSuppliers not willing to sign up may lose their contracts with the firm, Ms Nair said.\n\nAlso by 2030, Unilever said, it would equip 10 million young people with essential job skills.\n\nAdditionally, it committed to spending €2bn (£1.8bn) with suppliers owned and managed by people from under-represented groups by 2025 in an effort to improve diversity.\n\n\"The two biggest threats that the world currently faces are climate change and social inequality,\" said Unilever chief executive Alan Jope.\n\n\"The past year has undoubtedly widened the social divide, and decisive and collective action is needed to build a society that helps to improve livelihoods, embraces diversity, nurtures talent, and offers opportunities for everyone.\"\n\nUnilever chief executive Alan Jope says the firm wants to be a \"positive force in the world\"\n\nHe told the BBC's Today programme that Unilever wanted to be a \"positive force in the world in tackling this persistent and worsening issue of social inequality.\"\n\n\"Without healthy societies, we don't have a healthy business,\" he said.\n\nThe move is the latest in a series of ethical initiatives by Unilever, including promoting vegan food products and experimenting with a four-day working week.\n\nGabriela Bucher, executive director at Oxfam International, welcomed Unilever's announcement, calling it \"an important step in the right direction\".\n\nShe said: \"Unilever's plan shows the kind of responsible action needed from the private sector that can have a great impact on tackling inequality and help to build a world in which everyone has the power to thrive, not just survive.\"\n\nLaura Gardiner, director of the Living Wage Foundation, said commitments such as Unilever's show how some employers \"are leading the way in spreading the living wage through both their business networks, and across their global operations\".\n\nFood services giants Sodexo and Compass Group, which are on the Living Wage Foundation's list of recognised service providers, have made similar supply chain commitments in the UK.", "Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, at a low key inauguration ceremony outside the US Capitol in Washington DC.\n\nIn his maiden speech as president, Mr Biden said: \"We've learned again that democracy is precious, democracy is fragile, and at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.\"\n\nRead more: Joe Biden replaces Trump as US president", "Mr Olowo said his wife was \"as near perfection as it's possible to be\"\n\nA woman who died after having liposuction in Turkey had been fed up with people asking if she was pregnant, an inquest heard.\n\nAbimbola Ajoke Bamgbose, 38, of Dartford, Kent, died in August after having the treatment in Izmir.\n\nHusband Moyosore Olowo said he believed she was on holiday with friends until she called to say she was in pain.\n\nHe went to Turkey after she stopped calling and found she had been rushed to hospital for more surgery.\n\nMrs Bamgbose, who also had a Brazilian butt lift, died there two weeks later, the inquest in Maidstone heard.\n\nMr Olowo, a rail safety officer, said his wife paid £5,000 for the package with Mono Cosmetic Surgery as UK treatment was too expensive.\n\nDescribing why she wanted it, he said: \"When a woman is unhappy and getting feelings about her looks, the clothes she buys do not fit and people ask if she is pregnant because of her tummy, sometimes there is nothing we can do. We are powerless.\n\n\"I wasn't concerned. I told her 'you have three children'. I told her my tummy is bigger than hers.\"\n\nHe said his wife, a social worker who graduated with a first class degree, was \"as near perfection as it's possible to be\".\n\nMr Olowo said the medical director in Turkey \"confessed it had been a mistake\".\n\nAssistant coroner Alan Blundson recorded a narrative conclusion, and said: \"This is a tragic case, the more so because the surgery was elective cosmetic surgery.\n\n\"Whilst Mrs Bamgbose was determined to have it performed, her husband had not seen it in any way as necessary.\"\n\nA post-mortem examination found Mrs Bamgbose had a perforated bowel and her death was caused by peritonitis with multiple organ failure as a complication of liposuction surgery.\n\nMr Olowo has said he is suing Mono and the surgeon, Dr Hakan Aydogan, for £1m in the Turkish courts, claiming medical negligence.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Biden took his oath on a Bible that has been in his family since 1893 and was also used each time he was sworn in as Delaware senator. The book itself is five inches (12.5cm) thick with a Celtic cross on the cover", "Wales' former Chief Medical Officer Dame Deirdre Hine thinks the vaccine targets are achievable\n\nPeople waiting for the Covid vaccine need to show \"patience\" and \"perspective\", Wales' former chief medical officer has said.\n\nDame Deirdre Hine said Wales had made a \"very good start\" on delivering jabs.\n\nAged 83, she needs the vaccine herself and accepted there was \"understandable anxiety\" for those still waiting, but said: \"I think we should all quieten down and wait.\"\n\nThere has been criticism of the speed of the roll-out in Wales.\n\nStuart Wilson said he was \"appalled\" his 84-year-old housebound mother had been told she may have to wait up to two months to have her coronavirus vaccine if she cannot get to her GP surgery.\n\nDame Deirdre is regarded as one of Wales' leading medical experts, having not only held the chief medical officer post, but being the woman who established the Welsh breast cancer screening programme.\n\nA past president of the British Medical Association and Royal Society of Medicine, she also oversaw the official inquiry into the 2009 swine flu pandemic in the UK.\n\nIt's not surprising that people are worried and concerned... but I would say to them, let's keep it in proportion, let's look at the perspective\n\nShe told BBC Wales the response from governments had moved forward since then.\n\n\"I can detect some lessons that have been learned from the previous pandemic, the one I reported on. Because, although we had a vaccine then, the arrangements for delivering it were very much less clear and much more protracted than it has been this time.\n\n\"The arrangements for the GPs to deliver, and now pharmacists to deliver, all of that is a tremendous improvement on what I saw at the last pandemic.\"\n\nIn September, Dame Deirdre accused successive governments across the UK of taking \"their eye off the ball\" and failing to prepare for a global pandemic.\n\nShe also correctly warned of the \"real danger\" of a damaging second wave of Covid and has remained critical of failures to get adequate testing and tracing capability up and running in the early stages of the pandemic.\n\nShe added: \"I would say the testing and tracing is another matter, and I think there has been justifiable criticism of that.\"\n\nDame Deirdre, who lives in Cardiff, said she was still \"waiting impatiently\" for her vaccine appointment, but called on people to see the bigger picture.\n\n\"Let's get it in perspective. This is a massive logistical exercise, together with a narrow pipeline of supply of the vaccine, and so I'm not a bit surprised that it's taking as long as it is to get round to everybody. But I have every confidence that they will.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government, along with other UK nations, has committed to vaccinating all four of the highest priority groups by the middle of February, including the over-80s.\n\nLatest figures on vaccination in Wales show that, as of 20 January, there had been 175,816 people to get a first dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nThis accounts for 5.6% of the population in Wales, while 7.1% have received a vaccination in England, 7.3% in Northern Ireland, and 5.7% in Scotland.\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething has denied Covid-19 vaccines were being held back, following comments from First Minister Mark Drakeford that the supply had to last until February to prevent \"vaccinators standing around with nothing to do\".\n\nMr Drakeford later said on social media that \"nobody is holding back vaccines\" and Mr Gething added: \"We're rolling out the vaccination programme as quickly as possible.\"\n\nDame Deirdre said she believed the targets were achievable, but people's anxieties were \"understandable\".\n\nShe added: \"Some recent research by Imperial College shows that people in my age group, people over 70, are the people most worried about this pandemic and about their own safety.\n\n\"So it's not surprising that people are worried and concerned, dismayed, when they don't get the letter and then that turns to anger. But I would say to them, let's keep it in proportion, let's look at the perspective.\n\n\"If you'd asked me last May and June whether we would even have a vaccine, I would have been highly sceptical.\n\n\"Then once you've got the vaccine, there is the whole logistical exercise of the publicity, letting people know what's likely to happen, getting the personnel assembled to do that, getting the premises.\n\n\"And it's not easy, it's not easy to do all that very, very quickly.\"", "Chloé Lopes Gomes says she has faced racial harassment while being a ballet dancer.\n\nThe French performer is the first black female dancer at Berlin's principal ballet company Staatsballett.\n\nMs Gomes claims she was told she did not fit in because of her skin colour, and was asked to wear white make up so she would 'blend in' with the other dancers.\n\nThe company has responded by saying her allegation \"deeply moves us\" and an internal investigation is underway into racism and discrimination at Staatsballett.", "The pandemic has seen most children in England slipping back with their learning - and some have gone significantly back with their social skills, says Ofsted.\n\nA report from the education watchdog warns some young children have forgotten how to use a knife and fork or have regressed back to nappies.\n\nOlder children have lost their \"stamina\" for reading, say inspectors.\n\nThe Department for Education says it shows the need to keep schools open.\n\nOfsted has examined the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children, based on visits to 900 schools and early years providers this autumn - and found that it has been a very divided experience.\n\nThe chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, says there are three \"broad groups\" to describe what has happened:\n\nBut Ms Spielman says this did not divide along the lines of advantage and deprivation, but instead factors such as whether parents were able to spend time with children and families having what she described as \"good support structures\".\n\nAmong older children, Ofsted warns of a loss of concentration among those returning to school and that \"online squabbles\" that started on social media during the lockdown are now \"being played out in the classroom\".\n\nThere are also reports of a loss of physical fitness, while other pupils are showing \"signs of mental distress\", with concerns over eating disorders and self-harm.\n\nThere are concerns about pupils who have so far not returned to school - and in a third of schools there has been an \"increase in children being removed from school to be educated at home\".\n\nBut inspectors say schools are still \"firefighting\" practical problems about keeping going during the pandemic, with the challenge of operating bubbles and responding to Covid outbreaks.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said the report \"starkly shows the educational and emotional impact of school closures, and why we need to do everything possible to keep schools open\".\n\nBut he warned that it was becoming financially unsustainable to keep schools running, with the cost of safety measures and the need to pay for supply staff when teachers had to self-isolate.\n\nA Department for Education spokeswoman said: \"The government has been clear that getting all pupils and students back into full-time education is a national priority.\"\n\nShe said the £1bn catch-up fund, including support for tutoring, would help to make up for lost learning.", "The editor of the British Medical Journal has asked the New York Times to correct an article that says UK guidelines allow two Covid-19 vaccines to be mixed.\n\nThe US publication reported that UK health officials would allow patients to be given a second dose that is a different vaccine to their first.\n\nFiona Godlee pointed out in her letter to the NYT that it was not a recommendation.\n\nShe said the NYT's headline claiming UK guidelines say such substitutions \"may happen\" was \"seriously misleading\".\n\nThe UK has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab - but both require two doses which are now to be administered 12 weeks apart\n\nMs Godlee said the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) does not make any recommendation to mix and match - in other words, having a shot of one vaccine and then a different one 12 weeks later.\n\nDr Mary Ramsay, Public Health England's head of immunisations, said: \"We do not recommend mixing the Covid-19 vaccines - if your first dose is the Pfizer vaccine you should not be given the AstraZeneca vaccine for your second dose and vice versa.\"\n\nDr Ramsay added that on the \"extremely rare occasions\" where the same vaccine is unavailable or it is unknown which jab the patient received, it is \"better to give a second dose of another vaccine than not at all\".\n\nMs Godlee urged the New York Times to print a \"highly visible correction\" as soon as possible.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Princess Royal Hospital at Haywards Heath was among the hospitals receiving a delivery\n\nMeanwhile, health staff have criticised the paperwork needed to gain NHS approval to give the coronavirus vaccine, with some medics being asked for proof they are trained in areas such as preventing radicalisation.\n\nThe first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are due to be given on Monday after the jab was approved for use in the UK last week.\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first vaccine approved in the UK, and 944,539 people have had their first jab.", "Tian Tian arrived in Scotland, along with Yang Guang, from China in 2011\n\nEdinburgh Zoo's giant pandas may have to return to China next year because of financial pressures.\n\nYang Guang and Tian Tian cost about £1m a year to lease from China.\n\nThe zoo, which had hoped to breed the pair, is nearing the end of its 10-year contract with the Chinese government and may be unable to renew the deal.\n\nCovid lockdown closures led to a £2m loss for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which runs Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park.\n\nDavid Field, chief executive of the society, said the charity would have to \"seriously consider every potential saving\", including its giant panda contract.\n\nMr Field said closures had had a \"huge financial impact\" on the charity because most of its income was from visitors.\n\n\"Although our parks are open again, we lost around £2m last year and it seems certain that restrictions, social distancing and limits on our visitor numbers will continue for some time, which will also reduce our income,\" Mr Field said.\n\n\"Yang Guang and Tian Tian have made a tremendous impression on our visitors over the last nine years, helping millions of people connect to nature and inspiring them to take an interest in wildlife conservation.\n\n\"I would love for them to be able to stay for a few more years with us and that is certainly my current aim.\"\n\nYang Guang was given a new enclosure in 2019\n\nThe zoo has already taken a government loan, furloughed staff, made redundancies and launched a fundraising appeal, but was not eligible for the UK government's zoo fund, which was aimed at smaller zoos.\n\n\"The support we have received from our members and animal lovers has helped to keep our doors open and we are incredibly grateful,\" Mr Field added.\n\n\"At this stage, it is too soon to say what the outcome will be. We will be discussing next steps with our colleagues in China over the coming months.\"\n\nThe zoo is part of a number of conservation projects, including one to reintroduce Scottish wildcats.\n\nWork to reintroduce Scottish wildcats in to the Highlands may also suffer from the Zoo's funding problems\n\nHowever, Mr Field said projects like that may also have to be scrapped because of Brexit and being unable to apply for grants from the European Union.\n\n\"We received a £3.2m grant from the EU Life programme to support our Saving Wildcats partnership project, which aims to restore wildcats in Scotland by breeding and releasing them into the wild.\n\n\"Wildcats are on the brink of extinction in Britain and this is the last hope for the species' survival.\"\n\nHe added: \"As we are no longer part of the European Union, our charity is no longer eligible to apply for funding from programmes like EU Life, which have proven critical for our wildlife conservation work and wider efforts to protect animals from extinction.\"\n\nEdinburgh Zoo's conservation genetics laboratory, which supports conservation projects around the world, has lost access to both funding and other researchers as a result.\n\nIt also faces challenges around moving animals, many of which are part of European endangered species breeding programmes.\n\nThe programme is currently about £900,000 short, meaning it may have to be cancelled.\n\nMr Field said: \"We still need to reduce costs to secure our future. It may be that some of our incredibly important conservation projects, including the vital lifeline for Scotland's wildcats, may have to be deferred, postponed or even stopped.\"", "Police rescued 22 people from the snow in Cheshire including a two-year-old child\n\nDozens of people, including a two-year-old child, had to be rescued when they became stranded on rural roads.\n\nPolice and volunteers came to the aid of people whose vehicles were stuck in the Derbyshire Peak District on Saturday.\n\nThere were similar scenes in Cheshire where 22 people, had to be rescued from stranded cars.\n\nThe wintry weather is set to continue with a Met Office warning for ice in the East Midlands and North East.\n\nAt around 20:00 GMT on Saturday, Derbyshire Police reported \"sudden snow\" had left dozens of vehicles and their occupants stranded in the Goyt Valley.\n\nSome visitors to the area were caught off-guard by how quickly the weather changed.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adam White This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDerbyshire Police posted on Twitter: \"We are shuttling people back to Buxton as quickly as we can.\n\n\"Sit tight and we will get to you.\"\n\nThe A57 Snake Pass - a road notorious for becoming dangerous in the snow - had been closed earlier in the day because of the weather.\n\nIn Cheshire, police spent three hours helping families stuck in their vehicles in the White Peak area.\n\nIn total 22 people, including eight children - the youngest of whom was two - were recovered from nine vehicles.\n\nCheshire Police Rural Crime Team said: \"The snow had well and truly caught them all out on the back roads.\n\n\"We were three miles (4.8km) from the nearest village, and the light was fading on us quickly.\n\n\"It was decided to get everyone out of their cars and so began a mile walk in the snow.\"\n\nThey were led to a nearby farm where they could be taken to safety in police vehicles.\n\nMost of those rescued from snow in Cheshire had travelled to the area despite coronavirus restrictions\n\nThe force was critical of the families for travelling into the area, that is under tier four coronavirus restrictions.\n\nIt said: \"All except one car was from out of Cheshire. We had people from Sale, Stockport and Salford with the closest being Congleton.\n\n\"Sadly these people have put all of us at risk today.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Liverpool City Council issued their call after local cases nearly trebled in the past fortnight\n\nLiverpool's leaders have called on the government to impose a new nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of the new variant of Covid-19.\n\nActing mayor Wendy Simon and the city council's cabinet said urgent action is needed because the rise in coronavirus cases had reached \"alarming levels\".\n\nThey said it was \"self-evident\" the tier system has not curbed the variant.\n\nIt had been concentrated in London and south-east England but is believed to be spreading north.\n\nCases in Liverpool have almost trebled in the past two weeks to 350 per 100,000.\n\nThis is despite the city successfully leading the national pilot for community testing, which resulted in it becoming the first city to be taken out of tier 3 and moved into tier 2.\n\nHowever, the recent rise in cases meant Liverpool returned to tier three on Thursday.\n\nWendy Simon is the acting mayor for Liverpool\n\nSpeaking to the BBC News Channel, Ms Simon said: \"I think the difficulty with this new strain of the virus is the speed at which it is infecting.\n\n\"What we have seen in these last weeks is that the tier system hasn't worked with this particular strain of the virus.\n\n\"The way the numbers are going, we're likely to go into tier four very, very quickly.\"\n\nMs Simon said officials wanted to \"pre-empt that catastrophe\" and \"recover the economy quicker\", adding: \"We feel these three things - the mass vaccination, the mass testing and certainly a lockdown for a period - is what we need to get the city up and running again.\n\n\"There's a responsibility on us all to act promptly and bring it under control as soon as we can.\"\n\nIn an earlier statement, Ms Simon joined officials at the Labour-run city council to urge the government to \"listen to those at the frontline, both in our hospitals and frontline services\".\n\n\"We as a nation can cope with a lockdown,\" the statement said. \"We have before and we can again.\"\n\nThe city's leaders also called for \"an additional package of welfare and economic support\" to address the \"pain for our retail and hospitality sectors\".\n\nA further 57,725 confirmed cases were announced by the government on Saturday.\n\nThe sharp rise in numbers is partly down to a lag in reporting over the holiday period but, according to Public Health England, is \"largely a reflection of a real increase\".\n\nAlthough the new variant is now spreading more rapidly than the original version, it is not believed to be more deadly.\n\nLiverpool launched the national pilot for community testing in November\n\nOn Sunday, the prime minister said regional restrictions in England were \"probably about to get tougher\".\n\nHe said possible changes included keeping schools closed, although this is not \"something we want to do\".\n\nBoris Johnson said the government was \"entirely reconciled to doing what it takes to get the virus down,\" and warned of a \"tough period ahead\".\n\nHe said increasing vaccination would provide a way out of restrictions and that he hoped \"tens of millions\" would be vaccinated in the next three months.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has started to arrive in hospitals, with the first doses due to be given on Monday.\n\nThe Princess Royal Hospital at Haywards Heath in West Sussex was one of the hospitals taking a delivery on Saturday.\n\nThe UK has ordered 100 million doses of the new vaccine - enough to vaccinate 50 million people.", "The Scottish cabinet will meet later to consider further measures to help tackle coronavirus, as 2,464 new cases are reported.\n\nThe Scottish Parliament will then be recalled for First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to make an \"urgent statement\".\n\nMs Sturgeon said the \"rapid increase in Covid cases driven by the new variant\" was of \"very serious concern\".\n\n\"We are in a race between this faster spreading strain of Covid and the vaccination programme,\" she tweeted.\n\nShe warned on Friday that the next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid.\n\nThe latest government figures for coronavirus cases showed that 15.2% of Saturday's 17,328 tests were positive.\n\nIt is higher than the 2,137 cases reported on Friday, but still lower than Thursday's 2,539 positive results.\n\nFigures for hospital admissions and deaths over the holiday weekend will not be published until Tuesday.\n\nThe cabinet is likely to consider a further delay to the return of Scottish schools and restrictions that are closer to the stay-at-home lockdown in March.\n\n\"All decisions just now are tough, with tough impacts,\" Ms Sturgeon wrote on twitter. \"Vaccines give us way out, but this new strain makes the period between now and then the most dangerous since start of pandemic.\"\n\nThe Scottish government's emergency resilience committee heard on Saturday that \"quick and decisive action is needed\" as the new variant of the virus is becoming the dominant one in Scotland.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said: \"The even steeper rises and severe pressure on the NHS that is being experienced in some other parts of the UK is a sign of what may lie ahead in Scotland if we do not take all possible steps now to slow the spread of the virus, while the vaccination programme progresses.\n\n\"The strong message remains - people should stay at home as much as possible and avoid non-essential interaction with others.\"\n\nThis is just the fifth time the Scottish Parliament has been recalled and the second time within the last week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Linda Bauld says Scots should be prepared a longer period living with level four restrictions\n\nPublic health expert Prof Linda Bauld, from the University of Edinburgh, has said Scotland should be prepared for Covid restrictions to be extended as infection rates continue to rise.\n\nShe said there were no signs yet that the infection rate was levelling off, having risen suddenly from a daily rate of fewer than 1,000 to more than 2,000 per day in recent days.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"It definitely is a fragile situation and you can see that we have more cases than we would expect at the current time.\n\n\"We may be starting to see some of the impacts of the Christmas mixing, but also we know around four in 10 cases, from recent data, are of the new variant.\n\n\"I would imagine that the new variant is playing a role in these higher rates of infection and if these numbers continue to sit at where they are we are going to have more people in hospital in a week or two's time, and that is very worrying.\"\n\nThe new year offers new hope in the struggle against coronavirus with two vaccines now authorised for UK use - but it looks as if the situation will get worse before it gets better.\n\nMinisters are worried by the rapid spread of the new strain of coronavirus during a holiday period when the highest level of restrictions are already in place.\n\nThey think more needs to be done to suppress the virus, to give the vaccination programme a chance to accelerate and give increasing numbers of people protection.\n\nWhen the Scottish cabinet meets they are likely to consider tightening the current restrictions to something closer to the stay at home lockdown of March 2020.\n\nThat will almost certainly mean a further delay to the return of schools into February.\n\nMinisters will take decisions on Monday morning with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon expected to make a statement at Holyrood in the afternoon.\n\nDaily confirmed cases in Scotland reached record highs on the last three days of 2020, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nMs Sturgeon warned last week there might be changes to the plans for reopening schools. Children start online learning from 11 January and are set to return to class by 18 January.\n\nThe education recovery group will meet on Monday.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said the situation was \"deteriorating and fast-moving\" but any decision to extend school closures should be clearly explained to parents and teachers.\n\nHe said: \"We have been here before so if schools remain closed, the Scottish government must show that it has learned from past mistakes in order to minimise disruption to education.\"\n\nScottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said the Scottish government should prioritise teachers and school staff as vaccines were rolled out.\n\nHe added: \"We must be honest and accept that most pupils, teachers and support staff cannot go back to schools until the situation is brought under control.\"\n\nScottish Labour leader Richard Leonard called for ministers to publish the evidence behind all of its decisions to ensure public consent and compliance.\n\n\"What is clear is that we need to see an acceleration of the vaccine rollout and a step-change in testing,\" he said.\n\n\"It is also clear that financial support from government has simply not been nearly sufficient to make up for the damage that lockdown measures have done to jobs, livelihoods and businesses. The SNP government must distribute additional funds to the frontline now.\"\n\nScottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: \"With tighter restrictions on movement and in schools comes a greater responsibility on the government to show its workings.\n\n\"If we are to restrict people's movement then we need to see what the benefit will be. We need an exit plan to give people hope, as well as to show them what is required to ease the restrictions on our freedoms.\"", "A farmer's field in Scotland has been transformed into a \"pop-up\" ice hockey rink.\n\nLocals in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, have been taking advantage of the clear skies and icy conditions.\n\nOne said the frozen rink had been playing host to skaters and hockey players of all ages and abilities, from six to 60.", "Some schools are due to reopen this week in Wales\n\nSchools are being given a flexible approach to ensure a \"safe return\", according to Wales' first minister.\n\nMark Drakeford said experts would be \"looking at all the evidence again early next week\".\n\nUnions have called for a national decision on reopening schools rather than leaving it to local councils.\n\nAccording to local authorities many secondary schools aim to return from 11 January, with some fully open on 6 January.\n\nA joint statement from nine unions called on the Welsh Government to give a \"centralised, coherent response\" regarding all educational settings \"rather than leaving decisions at local levels\".\n\nThe statement from ASCL Cymru, GMB, NAHT Cymru, NASUWT Cymru, NEU Cymru, Ucac, Unison, Unite and Voice continued: \"We are extremely worried that schools will be opening for face-to-face learning from next Monday, whilst Welsh Government continues to gather information about the nature and impact of the new variant of Covid-19...\n\n\"We strongly believe that we need to err on the side of caution and ensure, in advance, that we have the medical 'evidence and information' to ensure that any decisions are the correct ones.\"\n\nThe National Education Union Cymru has called for in-person learning to be delayed until at least 18 January.\n\nThe NASUWT has also threatened \"appropriate action in order to protect members whose safety is put at risk\", while head teachers' union NAHT Cymru said it had taken legal action.\n\nBut Mr Drakeford said: \"We reached an agreement with our local education colleagues that in Wales we will have a phased and flexible return to school.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday parents should send their children to primary school as long as they are open in their area.\n\nMark Drakeford: \"No evidence that young people get the illness more severely as a result of the variant\"\n\nJackie Parker, head of Crickhowell High School in Powys, which reopens for some form years from Wednesday, said \"it would have been more sensible to have had a national decision for the time being until the 18th\".\n\nShe said it would have allowed time to see if cases of Covid had increased over the holiday period.\n\n\"People may have been together during the Christmas holiday,\" she said.\n\nFigures published by Public Health Wales on Sunday showed 56 new deaths from Covid and 4,011 new cases of the virus.\n\nWales has been in lockdown since 20 December with restrictions on people meeting others on all but Christmas Day when it was limited to another household and a person living alone.\n\nMr Drakeford said: \"There is no evidence that young people get the illness more severely as a result of the variant.\n\n\"Our technical advisory group will be looking at all the evidence again early next week.\n\n\"And, of course, we will continue to make decisions in the light of the best knowledge, research and information that's available to us at the time,\" he told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement.\n\nHe also said mass testing in schools would begin as planned this month, in a decision which has been criticised by NAHT Cymru.\n\n\"It will allow more children and more teachers to stay safely in the classroom without having to be sent home because another child or another staff member has tested positive,\" he said.\n\nThe joint unions' statement also said the Welsh Government's testing proposals were unworkable for most schools.\n\n\"Due to the chaotic and rushed nature of this announcement, the lack of proper guidance, and an absence of appropriate support, the Welsh Government's proposals will be inoperable for most schools and colleges,\" it said.\n\nThe statement continued: \"Any suggestion that schools can safely recruit, train and organise a team of suitable volunteers to staff and run testing stations on their premises by an as yet unspecified date in the new term is simply not realistic.\"\n\nSian Gwenllian, Plaid Cymru's education spokeswoman, said \"parents and teachers need to know what the plan is for the next few weeks\".\n\n\"We don't really know very much about this new variant in the way that it transmits within the school community,\" she said.\n\n\"And if it is becoming inevitable that schools will have to close, well, an early decision is better for everybody.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative education spokeswoman Suzy Davies said: \"We've had conflicting reports in the press and on social media about the effect of the new variant on younger children and their role in transmitting the disease - complete confusion reigns...\n\n\"The Welsh Government hasn't succeeded in reassuring teachers and in some cases parents as well.\"", "A top Swedish official involved in the coronavirus response has defended a Christmas holiday in the Canary Islands in the face of heavy criticism.\n\nDan Eliasson is head of the civil contingencies agency, which earlier in December had texted all Swedes urging them to avoid travel.\n\nHe was photographed in Las Palmas airport on the island of Gran Canaria.\n\nMr Eliasson insisted the trip was necessary \"for family reasons\".\n\nHe told Swedish media that he had \"given up a lot of trips during this pandemic\" but thought this one was necessary because he had a daughter living in the Canaries.\n\n\"I celebrated Christmas with her and my family,\" he told Expressen newspaper. He also said he had been worked remotely while in the Canaries.\n\nSweden has had 437,000 confirmed cases and 8,700 deaths - many more than its Scandinavian neighbours. The country has never imposed a full lockdown.\n\nHowever, alarmed by rising numbers of cases last month, the Swedish government reversed some of its guidance and sent a text message to all Swedes asking them to read updated guidelines.\n\nThe guidelines included asking Swedes to avoid unnecessary trips and not to make new contacts during a journey or at the destination.\n\nMr Eliasson was then photographed several times in Gran Canaria, including at the airport.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Expressen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThere have been calls for Mr Eliasson, an experienced official who has worked at several important departments, to be fired.\n\nPrime Minister Stefan Löfven and other ministers have not yet commented, according to Swedish media.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From the pandemic to measles, Smitha Mundasad looks at global health challenges in 2021", "Liam Reilly fronted Bagatelle for more than 40 years\n\nIrish Eurovision singer and frontman of the rock band Bagatelle, Liam Reilly, has died aged 65.\n\nA family statement confirmed that Mr Reilly \"passed away suddenly but peacefully at his home\" on 1 January.\n\nMr Reilly fronted Bagatelle for more than 40 years and they had success with songs including Summer in Dublin and Second Violin.\n\nHe also came joint second at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990 with the song Somewhere in Europe.\n\nThe song finished on 132 points, joint with France's entry sung by Joëlle Ursull, in the contest in Zagreb.\n\nMr Reilly, from Dundalk, County Louth, also composed Ireland's Eurovision entry for the contest in Rome in 1991, when Kim Jackson performed his song Could It Be That I'm In Love, which was placed 10th.\n\n\"We know that his many friends and countless fans around the world will share in our grief as we mourn his loss, but celebrate the extraordinary talent of the man whose songs meant so much to so many.\" the family statement added.\n\nJoe Gallagher, the band's promoter from Strabane, County Tyrone, told BBC Radio Ulster \"the talent that Liam brought to the music industry in Ireland is second to none\".\n\n\"Some of the songs that he has written are up there with some of the better songs written in Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"He is one of the best singer-songwriters Ireland has ever seen or produced.\"\n\nMr Reilly also wrote songs for others, including The Wolfe Tones. The Irish group paid tribute to him on social media, describing him as \"a master songwriter\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by The Wolfe Tones 🇮🇪 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by The Wolfe Tones 🇮🇪\n\nStephen Travers, a member of the Miami Showband, said Mr Reilly was a \"national treasure\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing\n\nTributes have been paid to trainer Zoe Davison, who died from cancer on the same day two of her horses claimed wins at Plumpton.\n\nDavison, who had breast cancer for four-and-a-half years, died at her Shovelstrode Racing Stables in Sussex.\n\nBrown Bullet and Mr Jack, both trained at the family's stable, had raced to victory at the Sussex track on Sunday.\n\nSimon Clare, part-owner of Brown Bullet, said: \"Zoe was just the most wonderful human being imaginable.\"\n\nHer husband Andrew Irvine - who she married in 2018 - was by her side, along with family.\n\nHe said: \"She was the most wonderful, incredible person. I am blessed to have spent the last 24 years of my life with her.\"\n\nDaughter Gemelle Johnson, who was assistant to her mother, said: \"I just feel a bit numb inside because of everything.\n\n\"I'm a bit overwhelmed we've had a double for mum. Hopefully we have made her proud. It's surreal. Our team is a family business and we put everything into it. She will be thoroughly missed as she is the glue that holds us together.\n\n\"We've had a few winners around here and it is one of our local tracks. It means everything to us as we want to do her proud.\"\n\nDavison sent out the first of over 100 winners when Sails Legend, with AP McCoy in the saddle, won at Towcester in November 1997.\n\nShe enjoyed her best season with 15 winners in the 2017-18 campaign.\n\nJockey Page Fuller has a long association with the stable and should have ridden Mr Jack but had been stood down from an earlier fall.\n\nShe said: \"You couldn't have written it any better today. She was just a kind and genuine person who was a real horsewoman. She loved her horses and did her best by them.\n\n\"She has been struggling for a long time, but fortunately her strength has rubbed off on everybody else and they showed that by sending out the winners today.\n\n\"It has been a great team effort and it is great she has gone out like that. I don't know anybody who would have a bad word to say about her - she was just one of those really nice people.\"\n\nEd Arkell, ex-Fontwell clerk of the course and now at nearby West Sussex track Goodwood, said: \"Zoe was a huge part of the southern racing circuit. I'm so sorry for her family and she will be very much missed. She was a friendly, happy person who everybody loved.\n\n\"As a trainer, she ran a wonderful family operation. There are less of those these days. She supported her local tracks and became a big part of them.\"\n\nClare added: \"Zoe was the most talented horsewoman imaginable. What she didn't know about horses wasn't worth knowing.\n\n\"She is so incredibly well loved and will be desperately missed by everyone who knew her.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nArsenal continued their Premier League resurgence with a ruthless victory over strugglers West Brom at The Hawthorns.\n\nDefender Kieran Tierney's excellent solo run and curling finish put the Gunners in front in the first half, before the impressive Bukayo Saka rounded off a stunning passing move to make it 2-0.\n\nAlexandre Lacazette added the third and fourth goals after the break - smashing in a rebound from Emile Smith Rowe's shot before he was set up by Tierney.\n\nIt was Arsenal's third league victory in a row after they had failed to win their previous seven.\n\nWest Brom, playing their fourth match under new manager Sam Allardyce, remain second from bottom and six points from safety.\n• None Confidence? Youth? How have Arsenal turned relegation talk into European hopes?\n\nArsenal boss Mikel Arteta said he wanted his players to \"show confidence\" at The Hawthorns, and they certainly did that in a dominant and eye-catching display.\n\nHector Bellerin forced Sam Johnstone into a save within two minutes after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang broke down the left, and Saka tormented full-back Dara O'Shea on the opposite wing constantly during the opening half.\n\nIt was Saka's ball that fizzed past the back post, inches away from the toe of Aubameyang, after the 19-year-old had got the better of O'Shea and hit it straight at Johnstone.\n\nWest Brom were being suffocated and Tierney's burst of pace to get around Darnell Furlong, before bending it into the far corner, was the perfect way to open the scoring.\n\nSaka made it 2-0 by rounding off a slick, one-touch passing move that former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger would have been proud of.\n\nWest Brom could offer no response after the break either and Arsenal were 3-0 up on the hour when Lacazette eventually blasted in the rebound from a catalogue of errors by defender Semi Ajayi.\n\nThat was game over but Lacazette was allowed to add a fourth when he was left unmarked to divert Tierney's cross into the roof of the net four minutes later.\n\nArteta, knowing the job was done, was able to bring off Saka and Emile Smith Rowe following impressive performances from both youngsters, while Arsenal continued to create chances to round off a very enjoyable evening in the snow.\n\nAllardyce's first match in charge of West Brom - a 3-0 drubbing by Aston Villa after captain Jake Livermore had been sent off - was a sign of just how tough this job was going to be.\n\nThen that 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Anfield provided hope. The Baggies were resilient, organised and tireless.\n\nBut heavy back-to-back defeats by Leeds United and now Arsenal at home have brought things back down to earth.\n\nWest Brom were overawed in defence, out-run in midfield and frustrated by a lack of opportunities in attack throughout this confidence-crushing defeat.\n\nTheir rare sniffs at goal came from a Granit Xhaka error in the first half - Matheus Pereira chipping it through to Matt Phillips who struck it straight at Bernd Leno - before Callum Robinson's finish was ruled out for offside in the second half.\n\nSubstitute Rekeem Harper's long-range strike deep in stoppage time was also comfortably turned behind by Leno.\n\nIt was West Brom's third home loss in three under Allardyce and they have conceded 12 goals with no reply in those games.\n\n'Everything looks much better' - what they said\n\nWest Brom manager Sam Allardyce: \"Another game gone by where we learn more about the players we have. We have learnt an awful lot about what we can and cannot do.\n\n\"We need to work out a way of not trying to be as sloppy as we have been at conceding goals. It appears when we try to open up we leave opportunities for the opposition and we cannot cope.\"\n\nArsenal manager Mikel Arteta: \"We had a big week, three games in seven days, and we managed to win them and everything looks much better. It was difficult conditions but the team looked sharp from the start. It's a big win.\n\n\"After the results we had before we had to lift things straight away. Now we have got some discipline back. We look more creative in the final third and we look solid at the back.\"\n\nThe best of the stats\n• None West Brom are the first side to lose consecutive home Premier League games by at least four goals since Wigan in August 2010.\n• None Arsenal have scored in all 25 of their Premier League meetings with West Brom, the best 100% scoring record by one side against an opponent in the competition's history.\n• None There were 20 passes in the build-up to Arsenal's first goal scored by Kieran Tierney - since Mikel Arteta's first game in charge on Boxing Day 2019, the Gunners have scored more goals following a sequence of 20+ passes than any other Premier League side (3).\n• None Tierney became the first Scottish player to score an away Premier League goal for Arsenal and the first to do so in the top flight since Charlie Nicholas against Ipswich Town in March 1986.\n• None Alexandre Lacazette has scored five away Premier League goals in 2020-21, his best such tally in a single season in the competition.\n\nWest Brom travel to Blackpool for an FA Cup third-round tie on Saturday, 9 January (15:00 GMT kick-off), before returning to Premier League action on Saturday, 16 January against Wolves (12:30 GMT).\n\nArsenal host Newcastle in their FA Cup match on the same day (17:30 GMT), before facing Crystal Palace at home in the league on Thursday, 14 January (20:00 GMT).\n• None Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Charlie Austin tries a through ball, but Kyle Bartley is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Rekeem Harper (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matheus Pereira.\n• None Attempt saved. Willian (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Ceballos.\n• None Attempt missed. Joseph Willock (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Willian with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Conor Gallagher (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Robinson.\n• None Attempt blocked. Charlie Austin (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dara O'Shea.\n• None Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.\n• None Attempt missed. Charlie Austin (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Matt Phillips. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "Cases have reached record highs in the past week\n\nThe next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid, the first minister has warned.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said the new variant of the virus was \"accelerating spread\" across Scotland.\n\n\"If you first foot someone today, or hug/kiss/handshake them HNY, you are putting yourself, others and the NHS at risk,\" she tweeted.\n\nA further 2,539 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Friday.\n\nThe number is slightly down on Thursday's figure, but Ms Sturgeon said cases numbers were still \"worryingly high\".\n\nDaily confirmed cases have reached record highs on each of the previous three days, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nThe percentage of positive cases also reached 14.4% on Wednesday - the highest it has been since the second wave of the pandemic began in the summer.\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted: \"Today's case numbers are worryingly high again. The new variant is accelerating spread.\n\n\"PLEASE do not visit other people's homes just now, even today - if you first foot someone today, or hug/kiss/handshake them HNY, you are putting yourself, others & the NHS at risk.\"\n\nShe said the \"vaccine cavalry\" was on the way, offering \"real hope for 2021\", but she added: \"With this new variant, the next few weeks may be the most dangerous we've faced since Mar/April.\n\n\"We must act together to suppress it, to save lives and protect the NHS. Folded hands stick with it.\"\n\nThe number of daily confirmed cases has reached record highs this week\n\nA new study by London's Imperial College has found that the new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nThe Scottish government's most recent estimate of the R number in Scotland has put it between 0.9 and 1.1.\n\nEmma Thomson, a professor of infectious disease at the University of Glasgow, said it was important to get people vaccinated quickly.\n\nThe professor, who has been working on the sequencing of the new Covid mutation, told the BBC that lockdown was not controlling the infection \"on its own\".\n\n\"At least we come in armed into the new year with two vaccines which are highly effective at preventing severe disease. We have that,\" she said.\n\n\"We need to roll it out now to add to the public health measures.\"\n\nParties, traditional \"first-footing\" and social events were banned this Hogmanay, with all of mainland Scotland and Skye being under the highest level of Covid restrictions.\n\nAll official events were cancelled, but police had to disperse a crowds of people who gathered at Edinburgh Castle and Calton Hill to see in the new year.\n\nIt has also emerged that 32 people were charged with reckless conduct after police found them gathered at a rented property in Aberfoyle on 27 December.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said: \"As the first minister has pointed out, the sharp rise in cases is evidence that the new strain seems to be speeding up transmission.\n\n\"This is why we are asking people to please stay at home as much as possible and avoid non-essential interaction with others.\n\n\"There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we ask everyone to be patient as we work our way through the vaccination programme, and continue to follow FACTS to keep us all safe.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIndia has formally approved the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines as it prepares for one of the world's biggest inoculation drives.\n\nThe drugs regulatory authority gave the green light to the jabs developed by AstraZeneca with Oxford University and by local firm Bharat Biotech.\n\nIndia plans to inoculate some 300 million people on a priority list this year.\n\nIt has recorded the second-highest number of infections in the world, with more than 10.3 million confirmed cases to date. Nearly 150,000 people have died.\n\nOn Saturday India held nationwide drills to prepare more than 90,000 health care workers to administer vaccines across the country, which has a population of 1.3 billion people.\n\nThe Drugs Controller General of India said both manufacturers had submitted data showing their vaccines were safe to use.\n\nHowever, opposition politicians and some doctors have criticised a lack of transparency in the approval process.\n\nDr Swapneil Parikh, an infectious diseases researcher based in Mumbai, told the BBC doctors were in a difficult position.\n\n\"I understand there is a need to go through the process quickly, remove regulatory hurdles,\" he said. \"However... [governments and regulators] have a duty to be transparent about the data they have reviewed and the process involved in making the decision to authorise a vaccine, because if they don't do this, it can affect the public's faith in the process.\"\n\nThe Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is being manufactured locally by the Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer. It says it is producing more than 50 million doses a month.\n\nAdar Poonawalla, the company's CEO, told the BBC in November that he aimed to ramp up production to 100 million doses a month after receiving regulatory approval.\n\nThe jab, which is known as Covishield in India, is administered in two doses given between four and 12 weeks apart. It can be safely stored at temperatures of 2C to 8C, about the same as a domestic fridge, and can be delivered in existing health care settings such as doctors' surgeries.\n\nThis makes it easier to distribute than some of the other vaccines. The jab developed by Pfizer/BioNTech - which is currently being administered in several countries - must be stored at -70C and can only be moved a limited number of times - a particular challenge in India, where summer temperatures can reach 50C.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adar Poonawalla This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe local vaccine, however, was approved despite the absence of data on how efficient it can be. It has yet to go through large-scale trials.\n\nThe Drugs Controller General, V.G. Somani, said Bharat Biotech's Covaxin was \"safe and provides a robust immune response\".\n\nMr Somani said it had been approved \"in public interest as an abundant precaution, in clinical trial mode, to have more options for vaccinations, especially in case of infection by mutant strains\".\n\nIndia, which makes about 60% of vaccines globally, plans to immunise about 300 million people by July 2021. It will prioritise health care workers, the emergency services, and those who are clinically vulnerable because of age or pre-existing conditions.\n\nIndia's existing vaccination programme already reaches about 55 million people a year, administering 390 million free jabs against a dozen diseases. It stocks and tracks the vaccines through a well-oiled electronic system.\n\nIndia immunisation programme is one of the largest in the world\n\nPfizer, whose vaccine has already been approved for use in jurisdictions including the UK, the US and the EU, is also seeking emergency authorisation in India.\n\nIn all, some 30 vaccine candidates are being developed in India.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Olly Stephens was pronounced dead in Bugs Bottom fields in Emmer Green, Reading\n\nFour boys and a girl have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Reading.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, on Sunday.\n\nThe five teenagers, all aged 13 or 14, remain in custody, according to Thames Valley Police.\n\nDet Supt Kevin Brown said: \"Our thoughts remain with Olly's family at this incredibly difficult time.\"\n\nHe added: \"This is a tragic and shocking incident which has resulted in the death of a young boy.\"\n\nThe victim's family are being supported by specially trained officers.\n\nFloral tributes to Olly have been left outside Highdown School\n\nHighdown School and Sixth Form Centre said it was \"reeling from the tragic news\".\n\nIn a statement, head teacher Rachel Cave said: \"This student was part of our community and many students and staff knew him well.\n\n\"For a life to be ended at such a young age is a total tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.\"\n\nThe school, in Emmer Green, said it was arranging counselling support for students and setting up an electronic book of condolence.\n\nThames Valley Police said a \"considerable police presence\" would be in place in the area for several days\n\nOfficers were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack.\n\nOfficers are appealing for anyone who was in the area between 15:00 and 16:30 who might have taken photos or camera footage to contact them if they notice anything suspicious.\n\nDet Supt Brown said he believed there would have been witnesses to the \"dreadful incident\" as the area is popular with dog walkers.\n\nA man said his wife was walking their dog through the park on Sunday afternoon when she saw a boy on the ground with several people around him trying to give him first aid.\n\nAnother dog walker said she saw a group of young people standing in the woods in Bugs Bottom fields at about 15:30 and described it as \"slightly unusual\".\n\nReading East MP Matt Rodda has offered his \"deepest condolences\" to the boy's family.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matt Rodda This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSt Barnabas Church in Emmer Green has invited residents to pray and light a candle in memory of the boy.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A UK ticket-holder has started the new year by winning the EuroMillions jackpot of nearly £40m.\n\nOne ticket matched all five regular numbers and two lucky stars in the draw on Friday night to win the £39,774,466.40 prize.\n\nCamelot's Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at the National Lottery, said: \"What an amazing start to 2021 for UK EuroMillions players.\"\n\nA ticket-holder has now come forward to claim their prize.\n\nCamelot, which operates the lottery, said checks were being made on the claim.\n\nMr Carter said: \"It is fantastic news that the jackpot winning lucky ticket-holder has now claimed this enormous prize. We will now focus on supporting the ticket-holder through the process.\"\n\nThe winning numbers were 16, 28, 32, 44 and 48 with the lucky stars 01 and 09.\n\nTen other ticket-holders each won £1m in the UK Millionaire Maker New Year's Day event.\n\nIn 2019, a UK ticket-holder won the full £170m EuroMillions jackpot, making them Britain's richest ever lottery winner.\n\nAnd last year, a £57m EuroMillions prize claim was validated just before the deadline. The ticket had been bought in South Ayrshire.\n\nThe winning ticket holder's newfound cash means they are now wealthier than former One Direction singer Zayn Malik, who is worth £36m, according to the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List.\n\nAnd if they have a bit more money in the bank, they could buy one of the UK's most expensive homes, which went on the market last year.\n\nNobody won the EuroMillons Hotpicks jackpot on Friday, which uses the same numbers as the main draw, but one winner scooped the Thunderball top prize of £500,000.\n\nThe Thunderball numbers were 13, 17, 30, 34, 35 and the Thunderball was 01.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Wales went into a new lockdown on 20 December\n\nWales is likely to remain in lockdown for the rest of January as the first minister said he does not \"see much headroom for change\".\n\nMinisters are to review restrictions ahead of an announcement on Friday.\n\nBut Mark Drakeford said it was \"very hard to see where the room for manoeuvre is at the moment\" with the NHS \"under huge pressure\".\n\nWithout further changes, restrictions could be kept until the next three-week review at the end of January.\n\nMr Drakeford also said the Welsh Government was unlikely to tighten restrictions despite the emergence of a new more contagious variant of the virus.\n\nHe said there could be some tweaks \"at the margins\" but no wholesale changes because \"it's difficult to see what more could be done\".\n\nThe government introduced a new four-level system of Covid-19 restrictions on 20 December with people told to stay home and avoid all but essential travel.\n\nA study has found the new variant of Covid-19 to be \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version.\n\nThe Imperial College study suggests transmission of the new variant tripled during England's November lockdown while the previous version was reduced by a third.\n\nBut Mr Drakeford does not believe the Welsh Government needs to change the system of restrictions it introduced before details of the new variant emerged.\n\n\"We'll keep our plans under review but level four restrictions in Wales are very strict indeed and it's difficult to see what more could be done to them,\" he said.\n\n\"If they need to be tweaked at the margins to take account of the new variation that's what the cabinet here will consider.\"\n\nHe has dismissed calls by teaching unions to suspend the phased return of face-to-face teaching.\n\nThe government's cabinet will meet on Wednesday to review the current restrictions ahead of an announcement by the first minister on Friday.\n\nBut when asked whether he expected any changes, Mr Drakeford said: \"It's very hard to see where the room for manoeuvre is at the moment.\n\n\"Our health service remains under huge pressure and the coming weeks will be very difficult indeed with winter pressures on the one hand and growing numbers of people suffering with coronavirus in our hospitals on the other.\n\n\"We'll review it, as we said we would, but when I look at the figures I don't see much headroom for change.\"\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives have not criticised the decision to remain in lockdown, but have called for greater scrutiny.\n\nSuzy Davies, Member of the Senedd for South Wales West, said questions would remain \"about how legitimate the decisions of the Welsh Government are\" until MSs had the opportunity to question them in the Welsh Parliament.\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price said the announcement was unsurprising given the pressures on the NHS, but called on the Welsh Government to ensure a \"rapid rollout\" of the Covid vaccine.\n\nMr Price also called for financial support for people forced to self-isolate and businesses \"during the hardest winter of our time\".\n\nAfter Friday's decision, the next three-week review announcement is not expected until 29 January.\n\nA further 56 people have died after contracting coronavirus in Wales, along with 4,011 new cases, according to data published by Public Health Wales on Sunday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A dozen people were fined in London for playing dominoes\n\nTwelve people have been fined after they were caught playing dominoes in a restaurant in east London.\n\nPolice officers found the group hiding in a dark room when they entered the building in Whitechapel on Tuesday.\n\nThe owner initially claimed those inside were workers, before admitting they were playing the game.\n\nTower Hamlets Council has been asked to consider issuing a fine to the owner of the restaurant for breaching tier four Covid-19 restrictions, the Met said.\n\nA video released by the Met shows the restaurant owner saying: \"They're playing dominoes.\"\n\nCh Insp Pete Shaw said: \"The rules under tier four are in place to keep all of us safe, and they do not exempt people from gathering to play games together in basements.\n\n\"The fact that these people hid from officers clearly shows they knew they were breaching the rules and have now been fined for their actions.\"\n• None Met breaks up more than 50 New Year's Eve parties\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson has reiterated his position that a Scottish independence referendum should be a \"once-in-a-generation\" vote.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, the prime minister said the gap between referendums on Europe - the first in 1975 and the second in 2016 - was \"a good sort of gap\".\n\nHowever, Mr Marr suggested that now \"things had changed\" for Scotland.\n\nNicola Sturgeon wants to see an independent Scotland join the EU.\n\nAndrew Marr asked the prime minister what a voter in Scotland should do if they decided that a second independence referendum was now something they wanted, and what were the \"democratic tools\" to now do that?\n\nMr Johnson replied by saying: \"Referendums in my experience, direct experience, in this country are not particularly jolly events.\n\n\"They don't have a notably unifying force in the national mood, they should be only once-in-a-generation.\"\n\nAsked what the difference was between a referendum on EU membership being granted and one on Scottish independence being requested, he said: \"The difference is we had a referendum in 1975 and we then had another one in 2016.\n\n\"That seems to be about the right sort of gap.\"\n\nThe 2014 independence referendum resulted in a 55.3% vote against Scotland going alone.\n\nOn Hogmanay, Nicola Sturgeon said Europe should \"keep a light on\" as Scotland will be \"back soon\".\n\nThe first minister tweeted just after the Brexit transition period formally ended at 11:00 on 31 December 2020.\n\nScotland's trading and travel relationships with EU countries will now be governed by the agreement announced by the UK government on Christmas Eve.\n\nMs Sturgeon reiterated the SNP's call for an independent Scotland to join the EU.\n\nTweeting a picture of the words Europe and Scotland joined by a love heart, she wrote: \"Scotland will be back soon, Europe. Keep the light on.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicola Sturgeon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSNP depute leader Keith Brown said: \"It may be a new year but it's the same old incoherent bluster from Boris Johnson. The prime minister pretends otherwise but he knows he can't keep on denying democracy.\n\n\"Even his American pal Donald Trump has learned that if you try to stand in the way of the democratic choice of a nation you get swept away.\n\n\"The people who will decide our future are the people of Scotland, not Boris Johnson and the Westminster Tories.\"\n\nFormer Labour prime minister Tony Blair said it was \"extremely difficult\" to challenge the SNP on independence when the party was \"virtually uncontested\" in Scotland.\n\nHe said: \"We had a referendum that rejected Scottish independence, but Brexit put it back on the agenda again. And it's going to require very careful management. The truth of the matter is it's still not in Scotland's interest to separate from England.\n\n\"There are huge economic and political reasons for the United Kingdom to stay the United Kingdom but we're going to have to examine whether there's different constitutional settlements.\n\n\"I also think it's incredibly important, the single most important thing politically to my mind, is that we get a really capable opposition in Scotland - which should be the Labour Party - that's capable of contesting the Scottish nationalist position in Scotland in a way that prevents them from doing what they do at the moment, which is govern Scotland but pretend they're in opposition.\"\n\nScottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater said: \"Only the people of Scotland have the right to determine Scotland's future.\n\n\"Seventeen consecutive opinion polls have demonstrated majorities in favour of independence, with the most recent indicating a record 58% support.\n\n\"Whether it's the botched handling of the coronavirus crisis, the Brexit catastrophe or just the heartlessness of Tory governments we haven't voted for, it's clear that the UK isn't working for Scotland.\"", "Gerry Marsden was awarded an MBE in 2003 for services to Liverpudlian Charities.\n\nGerry and the Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden, whose version of You'll Never Walk Alone became a football terrace anthem for his hometown club of Liverpool, has died at the age of 78.\n\nHis family said he died on Sunday after a short illness not linked to Covid-19.\n\nMarsden's band was one of the biggest success stories of the Merseybeat era, and in 1963 became the first to have their first three songs top the chart.\n\nThe band's other best known hit, Ferry Cross The Mersey, came in 1964.\n\nIt was written by Marsden himself as a tribute to his city, and reached number eight.\n\nMarsden was made an MBE in 2003 for services to charity after supporting victims of the Hillsborough disaster.\n\nAt the time, he said he was \"over the moon\" to have received the honour, following his support for numerous charities across Merseyside and beyond.\n\nGerry Marsden in 2009 on the Mersey ferry, which he made famous with his song Ferry Cross The Mersey, as he received the Freedom of the City in Liverpool\n\nMarsden's daughter, Yvette Marbeck, said he went into hospital on Boxing Day after tests showed he had a serious blood infection that had travelled to his heart.\n\nMs Marbeck told the PA news agency: \"It was a very short illness and too quick to comprehend really.\"\n\nHe died in hospital, Ms Marbeck said, adding: \"He was our dad, our hero, warm, funny and what you see is what you got.\"\n\nLiverpool FC posted on social media that Marsden's words would \"live on forever with us\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGerry and the Pacemakers worked the same Liverpool club circuit as The Beatles in the 1960s and were signed by the Fab Four's manager Brian Epstein.\n\nEpstein gave Marsden's group the song How Do You Do It, which had been turned down by The Beatles and Adam Faith, for their debut single.\n\nSir Paul McCartney described Gerry and the Pacemakers as The Beatles's \"biggest rivals\" on the Merseyside scene.\n\n\"I'll always remember you with a smile,\" Sir Paul said in his tribute to Marsden.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Paul McCartney This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd the other surviving Beatle, Sir Ringo Starr, sent \"peace and love\" to Marsden's family in a tribute on Twitter.\n\nWhile Marsden was a songwriter as well as a singer, his most enduring hit was actually a cover of a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical number from 1945, which he had to convince his bandmates to record as their third single.\n\nIn many interviews over the years, he explained how fate played a part in his band ever recording the song. He was watching a Laurel and Hardy movie at Liverpool's Odeon cinema in the early 1960s and, only because it was raining, he decided to stay for the second part of a double feature.\n\nThat turned out to be the film Carousel - which featured that song on its soundtrack - and Marsden was so moved by the lyrics that he became determined that it should become part of his band's repertoire.\n\nIn a 2013 interview, Marsden told the Liverpool FC website how You'll Never Walk Alone was adopted by the club's fans as soon as it topped the chart in 1963: \"I remember being at Anfield and before every kick off they used to play the top 10 from number 10 to number one, and so You'll Never Walk Alone was played before the match. I was at the game and the fans started singing it.\n\n\"When it went out of the top 10 they took the song off the playlist and then for the next match the Kop were shouting 'Where's our song?' So they had to put it back on.\n\n\"Now, every time I go to the game I still get goose pimples when the song comes on and I sing my head off.\"\n\nSir Kenny Dalglish, who managed Liverpool at the time of the Hillsborough tragedy, tweeted that he was \"saddened\" by the news of Marsden's death, and that You'll Never Walk Alone was an \"integral part of Liverpool Football Club, and never more so than now\".\n\nLiverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram posted a tribute on Twitter, saying he was \"devastated\" by the news.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Steve Rotheram This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGerry was an entertainer. He loved being an entertainer; he loved people seeing him in the street and asking him for his autograph and the like.\n\nHe had a very distinctive voice, and that is terribly important. You knew instantly it was him on those records. He was best on those ballads.\n\nI think he really did them very well indeed. You'll Never Walk Alone was a big show song that had been around for years and years, and lots of people had done it.\n\nJust before Gerry brought his version out, Johnny Mathis brought his out. If that version had been played on the Kop, I don't think the Kop would have taken to it because you couldn't sing along with Johnny Mathis - he had too big a range and too perfect a voice.\n\nBut Gerry sounded like everyman and it was absolutely perfect for the Kop. I think it's the greatest football anthem of the lot.\n\nAs well as being a Liverpool anthem, You'll Never Walk Alone has also been adopted by fans at both Celtic in Scotland and Borussia Dortmund in Germany.\n\nMarsden's career began at legendary live music venue, The Cavern Club, where The Pacemakers played nearly 200 times.\n\nThe club said on Twitter that Marsden was \"not only a legend, but also a very good friend of The Cavern\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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End of twitter post 4 by The Cavern Club\n\nGerry and The Pacemakers achieved nine hit singles and two hit albums between 1963 and 1965, before splitting up.\n\nMarsden pursued a solo career before the band reformed in 1974 for a world tour.\n\nIn 1985, Marsden was back in the pop spotlight when he was invited to be one of the vocalists of a charity version of You'll Never Walk Alone, which was released to raise funds for victims of a fire at a Bradford City match.\n\nIn doing so, Marsden set another chart record by becoming the first person to sing on two different chart-topping versions of the same song.\n\nSo when, after the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989, the other Pacemakers classic of Ferry Cross The Mersey was chosen to raise funds for its victims and a group of famous Liverpudlian singers was gathered, Marsden was again included and was back at number one once more for a cause he held dear for the rest of his life.\n\nMarsden was awarded the Freedom of Liverpool in April 2009, an occasion he marked by boarding a ferry across the Mersey and getting out his guitar to sing his famous hit which described the scene.", "A woman takes her dog for an early walk in Allendale in Northumberland\n\nMany parts of England have seen snow flurries accompany the arrival of New Year.\n\nAreas which welcomed in 2021 with several centimetres of snow included Northumberland, parts of Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.\n\nThe Met Office has warned worse is to come with more wintry showers forecast.\n\nDriving conditions on many roads will become \"hazardous\" as the cold weather continues next week, it said.\n\nSeveral football matches were cancelled this weekend due to frozen pitches.\n\nGround staff at West Bromwich Albion were faced with heavy snowfall prior to their Premier League match with Arsenal at The Hawthorns on Saturday evening.\n\nGround staff clear snow from the pitch prior to the Premier League match at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich on Saturday\n\nFurther snow is predicted mainly inland and particularly over higher ground where above 200-300m a further few centimetres of snow is possible.\n\nThe chill in the air is due to high pressure to the north of the UK, which is dragging air from the east \"which at this time of year is cold\", the Met Office said.\n\nThe cold easterly winds are set to develop next week, bringing wintry showers - particularly around eastern parts - while hazardous freezing fog, frost and ice risks will all continue, forecasters said.\n\nSledging in the snow around Silverdale Country Park in Newcastle-under-Lyme\n\nTwo women looking out over the snow covered Huntcliff sea cliffs in Saltburn on the North Yorkshire coast\n\nMeteorologist Alex Burkill said: \"Obviously it's very cold and it's going to stay cold through this week.\n\n\"Whilst there will be some wintry hazards around, it's not really until the end of the week until we see any significant snow.\"\n\nColston Bassett in Nottinghamshire got a light dusting of snow on Saturday\n\nA buried garden Buddha after heavy overnight snow in Buxton in Derbyshire\n\nRAC Breakdown spokesman Simon Williams said: \"The message for those who have to drive is to adjust their speed according to the conditions and leave extra stopping distance so 2021 doesn't begin with an unwelcome bump and an insurance claim.\n\n\"Snow and ice are by far the toughest driving conditions, so if they can be avoided that's probably the best policy.\"\n\nA plough clears snow from the roads in Allendale, Northumberland\n\nA man takes his dogs for an early morning walk through the snow in Allenheads, Northumberland\n\nWaterfowl were still active at a snowy Chapel en le Frith in the Derbyshire Peak District\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Researchers have been tracking changes to the \"spike\" of the virus\n\nThe new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version, a study has found.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy of London's Imperial College said the differences between the viruses types was \"quite extreme\".\n\n\"There is a huge difference in how easily the variant virus spreads,\" he told BBC News. \"This is the most serious change in the virus since the epidemic began,\" he added.\n\nThe Imperial College study suggests transmission of the new variant tripled during England's November lockdown while the previous version was reduced by a third.\n\nCases of Covid-19 have begun to increase rapidly during the second spike, and the number of cases recorded in a single day reached a new high on Thursday.\n\nEarly results indicated that the virus was spreading more quickly among under-20s, particularly among secondary school age children.\n\nBut the very latest data indicates that it was spreading quickly across all age groups, according to Prof Gandy who was a member of the research team.\n\n\"One possible explanation is that the early data was collected during the time of the November lockdown where schools were open and the activities of the adult population were more restricted. We are seeing now that the new virus has increased infectiousness across all age groups.\"\n\nProf Jim Naismith, of Oxford University, said he believed that the new findings indicated that even tougher restrictions would soon be needed.\n\n\"The data from Imperial represent the best analysis to date and imply that the measures we have employed to date, would - with the new virus - fail to reduce the R number to below 1.\n\n\"In simpler terms, unless we do something different the new virus strain is going to continue to spread, more infections, more hospitalisations and more deaths.\"\n\nThe R number is the average number of people an infected person infects. If it is above 1 the epidemic is growing.\n\nThe most chilling finding from this piece of research is that the November lockdown in England, hard though it was for many people, would not have stopped the variant form of the virus spreading. The same severe restrictions that saw cases of the previous version of the virus fall by a third, would see a tripling of the new variant. This is why there has been such a sudden tightening of restrictions across the country.\n\nIt is unclear whether the current restrictions will be enough to control the spread of the virus. Given the fact that it has taken two lockdowns to stop the earlier version of the virus overwhelming the NHS, many scientists fear that further tightening will be necessary.\n\nInfection levels will begin to drop as enough people are vaccinated. But until then it is now more important than ever for people to follow social distancing guidelines, wear masks where required and to regularly wash their hands.\n\nThe new year brings with it hope of a more normal life in the next few months but also a new form of the virus that all of us will have to combat in the coming days and weeks.\n\nProfessor Lawrence Young, of Warwick University, said early indications suggested that vaccines would be effective against the new form of the virus.\n\n\"Variants virus have been around since the beginning of the pandemic and are a product of the natural process by which viruses develop and adapt to their hosts as they replicate.\n\n\"Most of these mutations have no effect on the behaviour of the virus but very occasionally they can improve the ability of the virus to infect and/or become more resistant to the body's immune response.\"\n\nFurther research is needed to understand why the variant is spreading so quickly. But early indications are that vaccines should be effective against it.\n\nThe new virus has been designated \"Variant of Concern 202012/01\" or VOC by Public Health England.\n\nIt was detected in November and thought to have originated in the south-east England in September.\n\nThere is no evidence to suggest that it is more deadly, but it will increase the number of cases which in turn will add further pressure on the NHS.\n\nThe variant can now be found across the UK, except Northern Ireland, but it is heavily concentrated in London, as well as south-east and eastern England.", "The aftermath of an attack in August in Niger, which has suffered a number claimed by jihadist groups\n\nSuspected Islamist militants have attacked two villages in Niger, with reports of dozens of civilians killed.\n\nAround 49 died and 17 were injured in the village of Tchombangou, while another 30 died in Zaroumdareye - both near Niger's western border with Mali, Reuters reports.\n\nThere have been several recent violent incidents in Africa's Sahel region, carried out by militant groups.\n\nFrance said on Saturday that two of its soldiers were killed in Mali.\n\nHours earlier, a group with links to al-Qaeda said it was behind the killing of three French troops in a separate attack in Mali on Monday.\n\nFrance has been leading a coalition of West African and European allies against Islamist militants in the Sahel.\n\nBut the region continues to be affected by ethnic violence, banditry, and human and drug trafficking.\n\nIn light of Saturday's attacks, Interior Minister Alkache Alhada said soldiers had been sent to the area, according to French outlet RFI. But Mr Alhada did not say how many casualties there had been across the two villages.\n\nA local official, quoted by AFP news agency, said many people were killed, and a local journalist spoke of up to 50 deaths.\n\nNiger's Tillabéri region, where the villages are situated, lies within the so-called tri-border area between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, which has been plagued by jihadi attacks in recent years.\n\nTravel by motorbike has been banned in the region for a year, as part of efforts to stop incursions by Islamic militants, who often launch attacks from the vehicles.\n\nAreas of Niger are also facing repeated attacks by jihadists from Nigeria, where the government is fighting an insurgency by Boko Haram.\n\nLast month, members of the group killed at least 27 people in Niger's south-eastern Diffa region.\n\nThe latest attacks in Tillabéri come amid national elections in Niger, as President Mahamadou Issoufou steps down after two five-year terms.\n\nElection officials announced provisional results on Saturday, showing a lead for Mohamed Bazoum - a former minister and a member of Niger's ruling party.\n\nA second round of votes is expected to be held on 21 February, once ballots have been validated by the country's constitutional court.", "The prime minister has said that tougher measures could be needed to help cope with a surge in coronavirus cases.\n\nHe has not yet said whether we will need school closures, or even overnight curfews like those imposed in France.\n\nBut clues about such measures to tackle the new more infectious variant come from the government's Sage advisory committee.\n\nThe headline is that whether we see a return to only being allowed one form of daily outdoor exercise, or stricter controls on travel around the country, we'll be hearing a lot more about something already very familiar: hand hygiene, social distancing, wearing masks and ensuring there is fresh air.\n\nThese may sound familiar but the advisers believe that because the new variant spreads so easily, the measures need to be applied with \"a step change in rigour\" - in other words, a lot more forcefully.\n\nThey suggest considering a return to the two-metre rule because it's more effective than the one-metre plus guidance adopted last year.\n\nMasks need to be made of three layers, not just one, and worn in more locations than now - including workplaces, schools and crowded outdoor spaces.\n\nThe key message is that it is vital to reduce social contact - being close to people, especially indoors for long periods of time, carries the highest risk of infection.\n\nSo expect tier four-type bans on visiting other households to become normal.\n\nThe advisers also say many people still do not recognise the key symptoms of Covid-19 - so ministers need to spell them out and help people understand why they should self-isolate.\n\nBut they also say it is essential to praise the efforts made so far, to recognise sacrifices and emphasise how they've kept infection numbers lower than they would otherwise have been.\n\nWhatever new measures are picked, the advice to ministers is to offer \"clear and convincing explanations\" to motivate people.\n\nThat could be a hint that the government's current \"hands, face, space\" slogan may need to make way for something stronger.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nManchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he may stay in management much longer than he anticipated.\n\nGuardiola, 49, has previously talked of limiting his time in football to pursue other interests.\n\n\"Before, I thought I was going to retire soon. Now I'm thinking I'm going to retire older. So, I don't know,\" Guardiola said.\n\nThe Spaniard signed a new two-year deal at City in November and has won six major trophies at the club.\n\nPrior to his arrival in Manchester, Guardiola, who turns 50 this month, spent four years as manager of Barcelona and three in charge of Bayern Munich.\n\n\"Experience helps you, especially the way I live my profession,\" he added.\n\nGuardiola's five-year stay at City represents the longest commitment he has made to a club in his management career.\n\nHe has won two Premier League titles, the FA Cup and three League Cups since joining them in 2016.\n\nDespite going into Sunday's match at Chelsea on the back of a six-game unbeaten run and with two games in hand on most clubs around them in the table, he is cautious about talk of winning a third league title.\n\n\"If you think about what [can] happen in January, February - the two games [in hand], we can lose these two games and anything can happen,\" he said.\n\n\"So, in the Premier League, every game is so tough and it is better to be calm. The real Premier League, the people I spoke to before I landed here, said everyone can lose to everyone. I didn't see this until now.\n\n\"Now is the first time when I see in the Premier League, one team is able to lose or win seven, and after draw, and after lose. The results are unpredictable.\"\n\nAmong the challengers this season are arch rivals Manchester United, who City face in the Carabao Cup semi-finals.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side have been rejuvenated in recent weeks, shrugging off the disappointment of a Champions League exit with some excellent domestic form.\n\n\"Ole is happier than me,\" said Guardiola, whose preparations have been affected by five players testing positive for Covid-19.\n\n\"But I am not much concerned about United. I am so busy with what we have to do and what we can do with the players.\n\n\"They are there because they deserve it. Since I arrived I expected them to be there all the time. Sometimes in the last seasons it has not been possible, especially in the Premier League.\"\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "Police made 17 arrests at the demonstration in Hyde Park\n\nPolice have made arrests at an anti-lockdown demonstration in central London.\n\nCrowds of between 200 to 300 people began to gather in Hyde Park, which is in a tier four coronavirus area, at about 13:30 GMT on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nSeventeen people were arrested on suspicion of breaching public health regulations.\n\nMost demonstrators had left the park by 16:45, police said.\n\nThe Met tweeted: \"Officers continue to engage with groups of people who have gathered in the Hyde Park area.\n\n\"A number of people have been arrested under health protection regulations and taken into custody.\n\n\"We urge those in the area to leave immediately.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Metropolitan Police Events This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMore than two people are generally not allowed to meet in public under tier four rules.\n\nThe police force added: \"Officers will take enforcement action where we see clear breaches of the tier four rules.\n\n\"It's up to all of us to make the right choices and slow the spread of the virus.\"\n\nA group called The People's Lockdown, Stand For Your Human Rights, had said it was going to hold a event at Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon.\n\nIn an online post, it called on people to \"stand with your loved ones\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nManchester City say they are disappointed after defender Benjamin Mendy breached Covid-19 rules by hosting a New Year's Eve party.\n\nA spokesperson for the France international said the 26-year-old held a dinner party with guests from outside his household.\n\nThe mixing of households indoors is banned under the UK government's tier four restrictions.\n\nCity said they would conduct an internal investigation.\n\nMendy was named on the bench for City's Premier League game away to Chelsea on Sunday (16:30 GMT).\n\n\"While it is understood that elements of this incident have been misinterpreted in the reports [carried by newspapers earlier], and that the player has publicly apologised for his error, the club is disappointed to learn of the transgression and will be conducting an internal investigation,\" the club said in a statement.\n\nA spokesperson for Mendy said: \"Benjamin and his partner allowed a chef and two friends of his partner to attend his property for a dinner party on New Year's Eve.\n\n\"Ben accepts that this is a breach of Covid-19 protocols and is sorry for his actions in this matter. Ben has had a Covid test and is liaising with Manchester City about this.\"\n\nExplaining why Mendy was in his matchday squad on Sunday, manager Pep Guardiola told Sky Sports: \"First of all the club made a statement; second Benjamin already had Covid in the past - he's been tested every day like all of us and he's negative. He knows what he has done and he will learn in the future.\"\n\nMeanwhile, goalkeeper Ederson, forward Ferran Torres, and midfielder Tommy Doyle are among six City players out of the Chelsea game because of coronavirus.\n\nThe trio have tested positive for the virus, adding to the cases of Kyle Walker, Gabriel Jesus and Eric Garcia.\n\nEarlier on Sunday, defender Garcia became the sixth City player to test positive for coronavirus.\n\nGarcia, along with a member of staff who also returned a positive test, will now self-isolate.\n\nCity previously postponed their match against Everton on 28 December because of positive tests.\n\nThere have been a number of apparent coronavirus breaches by players at Premier League clubs in recent days.\n\nTottenham criticised three of their players after they attended a party over Christmas, while Fulham are looking into reports that striker Aleksandar Mitrovic allegedly broke coronavirus rules.\n\nCrystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson also apologised after midfielder Luka Milivojevic was pictured with Mitrovic at a gathering in London.\n\nFulham's match against Burnley on Sunday was postponed after an increase in positive cases at the club.\n\nCity also had to cancel their match against Everton on 28 December because of positive tests.", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nLuke Campbell's hopes of another world title shot suffered a severe blow as Ryan Garcia rose from the canvas to land a superb stoppage in Dallas.\n\nIn a gripping lightweight fight, Briton Campbell landed a left hook in round two to floor Mexican-American Garcia.\n\nSome asked how the much-hyped Garcia might respond to adversity and while he fought on emotion, he found answers.\n\nCampbell survived a tough attack in the fifth, but a well-placed body shot ended the contest two rounds later.\n\n\"You taught me a lot,\" Garcia, 22, told 33-year-old Campbell as the opponents embraced in the beaten man's corner at the American Airlines Center.\n\nThe jubilant reaction from Garcia's team - including gym-mate Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez - hinted at relief, but unquestionably emphasised the statement they knew their man had made.\n\nIn beating a fighter of Campbell's pedigree - and by rising from the canvas to do so - this win served up plenty of answers about Garcia, whose social media following led him to be identified as the world's 12th most marketable athlete in October.\n\n\"I think I showed a lot of people who I really am. I showed today I am special,\" he told DAZN.\n\n\"They wanted to show me as a social media fighter. Anybody who puts you down, remember you're not who people tell you who you are - you are who you choose to be. I chose to be a champion tonight.\n\n\"He caught me, I was like, 'I got dropped, this is crazy'. I've never been dropped in my life. I had to adjust. I knew I could beat him, I just had to get back up.\"\n\nGarcia is the first man to beat Campbell by stoppage. Shortly after the fight Campbell told Garcia in his dressing room that he punched harder than anyone he had ever faced. The London 2012 Olympic gold medallist then told his Twitter followers that Garcia has a \"massive future ahead\".\n\nThis stoppage win will add to the kind of hype that has led some American broadcasters to suggest Garcia's star status could bring new fans to the sport in the years to come.\n\nThe 1-3 bookmakers' favourite was carried to the ring on a throne while Campbell waited in the ring in Texas.\n\nBut within two rounds a heavy left hook put Garcia on his back and it is to his credit he got up, took the fight to his rival and won rounds in the aftermath.\n\nGarcia had only twice gone past round four, and his last two bouts had lasted less than 180 seconds in total. He carried a fizz in his punches throughout and a left hook-right hand combination in the fifth rocked Campbell and sent him into the ropes as the bell sounded.\n\nIn a contest that ebbed and flowed, Campbell found some poise after a relentless attack from Garcia when the action resumed at the start of the sixth.\n\nBut a round later, Campbell braced for an attack to his head only for Garcia to beautifully drive a left hand to the body that left him on all fours.\n\nGarcia's team raced into the ring, lifted their man and placed a crown on his head.\n\nHis 21st win in as many fights could earn him a world title shot next, or his preferred bout with American Gervonta Davis.\n\nFor now, it has justified the hype and underlined his threat. After the fourth loss of his career, Campbell will need to regroup if he is to attempt to win a world title for the third time.\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "A large poultry flock is to be culled in County Antrim, after an outbreak of bird flu.\n\nThirty thousand birds are to be destroyed as a precautionary measure at the farm near Clough.\n\nIt is the first time the disease has been detected in a commercial flock in Northern Ireland since 1998\n\nThe outbreak affected a business rearing young hens for egg production and it is understood there are other poultry farms in the area.\n\nIt will mean certain movement restrictions in 3km and 10km protection zones around the affected farm, with potential trade implications for other poultry businesses there.\n\nBird flu is a notifiable disease carried by migratory wild birds. It can spread quickly and rapidly causes death in affected flocks.\n\nRestrictions were put in place earlier in the winter in an attempt to prevent transmission to commercial flocks which make up a key part of Northern Ireland's important agri-food industry.\n\nSince 23 December there has been a requirement for all poultry flocks, no matter how small, to be housed.\n\nPublic health advice is that bird flu- or avian influenza - poses a low risk to human health and the Food Standards Agency advises that it does not present a food risk.\n\nPoultry is a £750m a year industry in Northern Ireland which employs 5,000 people. There are around 24 million birds on 650 farms, most of them in counties Tyrone and Antrim.\n\nThe disease has been detected in a number of wild birds in Northern Ireland this winter and in commercial flocks in both Great Britain and in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nIn the short term it will mean no movements on or off poultry farms in the area, with a licensing system being introduced in the coming days.\n\nPoultry products from outside the restricted zone can continue to be traded with EU member states and products from within the zones can be sold on home markets.\n\nOther countries will apply their own rules depending on their assessment of the situation.\n\nNorthern Ireland's chief vet Robert Huey repeated his message for poultry owners to apply rigorous biosecurity measures.\n\n\"Given the level of suspicion and the density of the poultry population around the holding, it is vital that as a matter of precaution, we act now and act fast,\" he said.\n\n\"I have therefore taken the decision to cull the birds as well as introduce temporary control zones around the holding in an effort to protect our poultry industry and stop the spread of the virus.\n\n\"An epidemiological investigation is under way to determine the likely source of infection and determine the risk of disease spread.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Linda Bauld says Scots should be prepared a longer period living with level four restrictions\n\nScotland should be prepared for Covid restrictions to be extended as infection rates continue to rise, a public health expert has said.\n\nThe latest government figures show a further 2,137 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Scotland on Friday.\n\nProf Linda Bauld described it as a \"fragile situation\", despite the rate dropping below Thursday's 2,539 cases.\n\nThe latest figures for hospital admissions and deaths will not be published until Tuesday.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned on Friday that the next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid as the new variant of the virus was \"accelerating spread\" across Scotland.\n\nDaily confirmed cases reached record highs on the last three days of 2020, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nThe percentage of positive cases also reached 14.4% on Wednesday - the highest it has been since the second wave of the pandemic began in the summer.\n\nIt had dropped to 10.8% on Friday. A percentage of lower than 5% is needed to show the virus is under control, according to the WHO.\n\nProf Bauld, a public health expert at the University of Edinburgh, said there were no signs yet that the infection rate was levelling off, having risen suddenly from a daily rate of fewer than 1,000 to more than 2,000 per day in recent days.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"It definitely is a fragile situation and you can see that we have more cases than we would expect at the current time.\n\n\"We may be starting to see some of the impacts of the Christmas mixing, but also we know around four in 10 cases, from recent data, are of the new variant.\n\n\"I would imagine that the new variant is playing a role in these higher rates of infection and if these numbers continue to sit at where they are we are going to have more people in hospital in a week or two's time, and that is very worrying.\"\n\nAll of mainland Scotland is under level four restrictions in an attempt to slow down the rate of virus spread\n\nThis would bring \"real challenges\" for hospitals, especially in the central belt, Prof Bauld said, adding that it was \"absolutely imperative that we do not see these number rise more than they are now\".\n\nShe said it would take some time to see the impact of level four restrictions introduced in mainland Scotland on Boxing Day.\n\n\"Mentally we just need to be prepared for the fact that we may be living with the level four restrictions for longer than the Scottish government currently plans,\" Prof Bauld said.\n\nShe said the new, more transmissible coronavirus variant would make it harder to get the R number below one in Scotland and schools may not be able to fully reopen on 18 January.\n\nThe government's education recovery group was preparing with schools for blended learning to go on longer if necessary, she added.\n\nAll of mainland Scotland is under level four restrictions in an attempt to slow down the rate of virus spread.\n\nA new study by London's Imperial College has found that the new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version.\n\nIt concludes that the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe Scottish government's most recent estimate of the R number in Scotland has put it between 0.9 and 1.1. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nThe government has described the vaccination programme as a \"light at the end of the tunnel\" and has urged people to stay at home as much as possible in the meantime.", "Hospitals across the UK are being told to prepare to face the same Covid pressures as the NHS in London and south-east England.\n\nSenior doctor Prof Andrew Goddard said the virus's highly infectious new variant was spreading nationwide.\n\nCase numbers were \"mild\" compared with where he expected them to be next week, he said, with doctors \"really worried\".\n\nIt comes as a further 57,725 people have tested positive for Covid - a new daily high.\n\nThis is the fifth day in a row new daily cases have been over 50,000 and brings the total number of cases to 2,599,789.\n\nAnother 445 deaths, of people who had tested positive within the previous 28 days, were reported on Saturday - bringing the total number of deaths to 74,570, according to government figures.\n\nThe UK-wide total for people in hospital with Covid has already passed the spring peak.\n\nHalf of the major hospital trusts in England are said to be dealing with more Covid-19 patients than at the worst point of the first wave in April, with the NHS facing its \"busiest winter ever\".\n\nProf Goddard, of the Royal College of Physicians, told BBC Breakfast: \"There's no doubt that Christmas is going to have a big impact, the new variant is also going to have a big impact, we know that is more infectious, more transmissible, so I think the large numbers that we're seeing in the South East, in London, in south Wales, is now going to be reflected over the next month, two months even, over the rest of the country.\"\n\nHe said: \"It seems very likely that we are going to see more and more cases, wherever people work in the UK, and we need to be prepared for that.\"\n\nPressure has been so great on hospitals in London and south-east England that some patients have been moved out of the area.\n\nLondon's weekly rate of coronavirus cases is 858 per 100,000 people, double the UK figure.\n\nDominic Harrison, director of public health for Blackburn and Darwen, said a decision on a new lockdown had to be decided \"in the next week\" - instead of waiting for the North to get to the same rates as the capital \"and 'call it late' which has been our pattern of response too often\".\n\nThe most recent UK-wide statistics, from 28 December, showed there were 23,823 people in hospital with Covid. That was already significantly higher than the spring peak, which saw 21,683 in hospital on 12 April.\n\nOnly English hospitals have released figures for the final three days of December - and these show that a further 2,302 Covid patients were occupying hospital beds on 31 December.\n\nLondon's Nightingale emergency hospital is ready to admit patients, the NHS has said, while other sites currently not in use are being readied.\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nProf Goddard said it was vital the public did not \"let their guard down\" and continued to follow government guidelines, including wearing a face mask, maintaining social distancing and washing hands.\n\n\"Until the vaccination hits and does its job - that's what our best defence is going to be,\" he said.\n\nDr Ami Jones, an intensive care consultant in Wales, told BBC Breakfast that \"hospitals are absolutely bursting\", adding that a quarter of her staff were currently off sick or self-isolating, making managing patients even more challenging.\n\n\"When we see the daily figures - we know that will sting us in about 10-12 days' time in the hospital,\" she said. \"We are not even at day 10 post-Christmas yet and it's already exceedingly busy.\n\n\"We are going to get to the point where we physically don't have the staff to look after people safely anymore.\"\n\nDr Jones also urged the public to \"please just obey the rules\", adding: \"Stop mixing with other households because it is spreading like wildfire - and we haven't got much more space in the hospitals left.\"\n\nDo you work in a hospital? Have you recently been treated in a hospital, or due to be treated? Email your experiences: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRegional restrictions in England are \"probably about to get tougher\" to curb rising Covid infections, the prime minister has warned.\n\nBoris Johnson told the BBC stronger measures may be required in parts of the country in the coming weeks.\n\nHe said this included the possibility of keeping schools closed, although this is not \"something we want to do\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for new England-wide restrictions within 24 hours.\n\nSir Keir said coronavirus was \"clearly out of control\" and it was \"inevitable more schools are going to have to close\".\n\nIt comes as the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the sixth day in a row, with 54,990 announced on Sunday.\n\nAn additional 454 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result have also been reported, meaning the total by this measure is now above 75,000.\n\nSpeaking on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Johnson said he stuck by his previous prediction that the situation would be better by the spring, and he hoped \"tens of millions\" would be vaccinated in the next three months.\n\nBut he added: \"It may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that will be tougher in many parts of the country. I'm fully, fully reconciled to that.\"\n\n\"And I bet the people of this country are reconciled to that because, until the vaccine really comes on stream in a massive way, we're fighting this virus with the same set of tools.\"\n\nThe PM added that ministers had taken \"every reasonable step that we reasonably could\" to prepare for winter, but \"could not have reasonably predicted\" the new, more transmissible variant of the virus that has emerged over the autumn.\n\nSpeaking after Mr Johnson's interview, Sir Keir said introducing new nationwide restrictions in England \"has to be the first step to controlling the virus\".\n\n\"There's no good the prime minister hinting that further restrictions are coming into place in a week or two or three,\" he told reporters on Sunday. \"That delay has been the source of so many problems.\"\n\n\"Let's not have the prime minister saying 'I'm going to do it, but not yet',\" he added.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson defended plans for primary schools to reopen in most of England on Monday, amid opposition from teaching unions and some local councils.\n\nIt came after Amanda Spielman, the head of Ofsted, England's schools watchdog, said closures should be kept to an \"absolute minimum\".\n\nThe rapidly rising infection rates mean it should come as no surprise that tougher measures are being considered.\n\nInfection levels are nearly four times higher now than they were at the start of December - and that in turn has put more pressure on hospitals.\n\nThere are signs the restrictions have started slowing the rises in London, the East of England and the South East.\n\nBut that on its own is not enough. Ministers want to get cases down.\n\nSo what extra can be done? After all most of England is effectively in lockdown already with tier four in place. Those places not in tier four could, of course, follow.\n\nBut some public health experts are warning more needs to be done.\n\nThere is a determination to get primary school children back - they have among the lowest rates of infection if you look at symptomatic cases.\n\nBut infection rates are higher among secondary school age children. The government has bought itself time by delaying their return.\n\nA further 20 million people in England were added to tier four - \"stay at home\" - the toughest set of rules, on 31 December in a bid to stem a surge in Covid cases.\n\nIt means 78% of the population of England is now in tier four, under which non-essential shops are closed and people can only leave their homes for a certain number of reasons.\n\nThe Scottish government will meet on Monday to consider \"further action\" to limit the spread of the disease, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.\n\nAll of mainland Scotland is currently under its own level four restrictions - with only some islands under less stringent tier three measures.\n\nWales entered a nationwide lockdown on 20 December, with First Minister Mark Drakeford saying on Sunday it was \"difficult to see\" how the rules could be strengthened further.\n\nHe said Welsh ministers would consider whether restrictions could be \"tweaked at the margins\" at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the second week of a six-week lockdown that began on Boxing Day. Stricter measures, including a \"stay-at-home curfew\", ended on Saturday.\n\nIn another development, an academic has said there is a \"big question mark\" over whether a vaccine developed at Oxford University will be as effective against a new variant of the virus that has emerged in South Africa.\n\nProf Sir John Bell, Regius professor of medicine at the university, said the team there were currently investigating this question \"right now\".\n\nHe added it was \"unlikely\" the variant would \"turn off the effect of vaccines entirely,\" and in any case it would be possible to tweak the vaccine in around 4-6 weeks.\n\n\"Everybody should stay calm - it's going to be fine,\" he told Times Radio.\n\n\"But we're now in a game of cat and mouse - because these are not the only two variants we're going to see.\"", "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer described Jo Stevens as a \"dear friend and colleague\"\n\nCardiff Central MP Jo Stevens is being treated in hospital for Covid-19.\n\nA statement was released on her Twitter account on Saturday night in which her team thanked people for their good wishes.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer described Ms Stevens as a \"dear friend and colleague\", and wished her well.\n\nOn New Year's Eve, her Twitter account said she had been \"laid low with Covid for a while\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Keir Starmer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Stevens, who is Labour's shadow culture secretary, was elected as an MP in May 2015.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford tweeted: \"All of our thoughts and best wishes are with Jo for a speedy recovery.\n\n\"Thank you to Jo's constituency team for continuing to support Cardiff Central constituents at this difficult time.\"", "The rapidly rising infection rates mean it should come as no surprise that tougher measures are being considered.\n\nInfection levels are nearly four times higher now than they were at the start of December – and that in turn has put more pressure on hospitals.\n\nThere are signs the restrictions have started slowing the rises in London, the East of England and the South East. But that on its own is not enough. Ministers want to get cases down.\n\nSo what extra can be done? After all, most of England is effectively in lockdown already with tier four in place. Those places not in tier four could, of course, follow.\n\nBut many public health experts are warning more needs to be done.That’s why we have seen so much debate about schools in recent days.There is a determination to get primary school children back – they have among the lowest rates of infection if you look at symptomatic cases.\n\nBut infection rates are higher among secondary school-age children. The government has bought itself time by delaying their return.\n\nIt looks like there is going to be a very difficult trade-off that needs to be made between the damage to education and wellbeing of children and the risk of further spread of the virus.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Police said a car which had been parked on a bend in the road in Snowdonia was an \"accident waiting to happen\"\n\nStaff looking after a car park in a Welsh national park have been \"getting abuse\" as crowds continue to gather at popular beauty spots.\n\nA spokeswoman for Snowdonia National Park said the decision to keep car parks open was under \"constant review\".\n\nShe explained closing them could lead to unauthorised parking and would exclude locals with mobility issues.\n\nWales is at alert level four, meaning non-essential travel is banned and exercise must start and finish at home.\n\nOn Saturday, North Wales Police said officers had \"turned away\" people who wanted to walk up Snowdon in breach of stay-at-home rules, including some some from Milton Keynes and London.\n\nA red Honda was towed away at Pen y Pass, near Llanberis, after police said it had been parked unsafely on a bend, in snowy conditions.\n\nAt the start of the first lockdown in March, campsites, caravan parks and tourist hotspots were closed by the Welsh Government after \"unprecedented\" crowds gathered at beauty spots.\n\nThe Welsh Government decided to close beauty spots during the first lockdown after scenes like this at Pen y Gwryd in Snowdonia\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority said it had chosen not to close its car parks again because the areas remained open to people living nearby.\n\n\"Closing car parks can lead to unauthorised parking on roads, so we are keeping them open at the moment,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\n\"The mountains are open for people to be able to exercise from their front doors. Keeping car parks open allows people with mobility issues to exercise as well.\n\n\"We are working closely with police and Gwynedd council and we are reviewing it constantly.\"\n\nNorth Wales Police say beauty spots have been \"disappointingly busy\" since Christmas\n\nShe said its busiest car park, at Pen y Pass near Snowdon, had been overseen by wardens over the Christmas and New Year period, but in a more educational role than in previous years.\n\n\"Places like Pen y Pass are usually manned anyway but their role has changed slightly. They are getting some abuse, which is a shame,\" she continued.\n\n\"We are adopting a similar approach to police: engaging with people, asking what their plans are then educating them.\n\n\"The majority of the time people are going 'I misunderstood that', or people are saying 'I'm doing what I want anyway'.\"\n\nA breach of Covid rules can incur a £60 fine, which rises to £120 for a second breach.\n\nWales is in an alert level four lockdown\n\nPenny Brockman, of Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team, called on people to help protect themselves and others, including rescue volunteers, by following government guidelines.\n\n\"It is important for people's well-being to walk, but there are probably lots of wonderful places in their own local areas,\" she added.\n\nSouth Wales Police tweeted a picture of Hamilton the police horse \"staying at home\" in his stable, urging people to be \"more like him\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLeicester City climbed to second in the Premier League as they won a keenly contested encounter with fellow top-four hopefuls Southampton at King Power Stadium.\n\nJames Maddison fired in from a tight angle after 37 minutes, the Foxes midfielder instructing his team-mates to stand back as he performed a socially distanced celebration, before Harvey Barnes added a second deep into second-half stoppage-time.\n\nVictory takes Leicester within one point of leaders Manchester United, who travel to third-placed Liverpool on Sunday, while Southampton are eighth, three points outside the top four.\n• None How Leicester followed guidance on celebrations - and others didn't\n• None Reaction to Leicester v Southampton, plus the rest of Saturday's Premier League action\n\nThe Saints dominated in the opening stages and created the first opening when Che Adams stretched the home defence on the counter-attack, while Leicester's Barnes' powerful drive forced Alex McCarthy into action with the game's first shot after 19 minutes.\n\nThe visitors, without talisman Danny Ings after the striker tested positive for Covid-19 last week, went close to a response through Ryan Bertrand and Will Smallbone either side of half-time but neither could find a way past Kasper Schmeichel.\n\nIn an entertaining conclusion, Stuart Armstrong rattled the Leicester crossbar with an excellent strike from the edge of the penalty area, while Jan Bednarek produced a superb goalline clearance to deny Barnes and the returning McCarthy saved from Jamie Vardy as both sides pushed for a late goal.\n\nIt took Leicester until the 95th minute to seal the three points, Barnes calmly slotting past McCarthy on the break.\n\nLeicester manager Brendan Rodgers challenged his side to \"disrupt the Premier League hierarchy\" after a 2-1 win over Newcastle in their last league outing maintained their top-four hopes.\n\nVictory in this stern test ensured they continue to do just that.\n\nEnjoying their longest unbeaten run of the season, their streak now at six matches in all competitions since defeat by Everton a month ago, Rodgers' side delivered an assured performance to remain firmly in contention at the top.\n\nDespite their lofty position as the halfway stage approaches, Leicester have struggled at home this campaign - their four defeats at King Power Stadium in 2020-21 is as many as they suffered in the entirety of last season.\n\nThough largely frustrated in the early exchanges as the visitors retained possession, Leicester's superior quality in attack eventually ensured that record was improved with Maddison turning sharply to meet Youri Tielemans' through-ball before drilling home.\n\nThe in-form Barnes once again impressed and eventually got the goal his performance deserved to equal his best season tally of 10 after just 24 games.\n\nUnlike last season's post-Christmas collapse, the Foxes are yet to show signs of falling away. Maddison - involved in six of Leicester's last 12 league goals - and Barnes are easing the pressure on Vardy to deliver every week and there appears the strength in depth to better maintain this challenge.\n\nThe only concern for Rodgers at the end of a pleasing night was the sight of Vardy appearing to limp off as he was replaced by Kelechi Iheanacho in the final minutes.\n\nWhen Southampton claimed victory in the corresponding fixture last January, the 2-1 win marked a remarkable short-term recovery from a club-record defeat by the Foxes less than three months earlier.\n\nOne year on, this match served as another reminder of how quickly the Saints are progressing under Ralph Hasenhuttl.\n\nThey were, however, unable to set a club top-flight record of seven consecutive away games without defeat in the absence of frontman Ings. That was despite their relative freshness, having not played for 12 days after their FA Cup tie against Shrewsbury Town was postponed last weekend because of a Covid-19 outbreak at the League One club.\n\nFollowing their impressive 1-0 victory over Liverpool on 4 January, a triumph which left Hasenhuttl with tears in his eyes, Southampton once again applied themselves with commendable determination but ultimately failed to produce in the final third.\n\nAdams ran out of space at the byeline after breaking clear from the halfway line in the game's first opening, and neither Bertrand nor Smallbone were able to place past Schmeichel as the equaliser their hard work perhaps deserved evaded them.\n\nAt the back, Bednarek produced the heroics to keep his side in the game and full-back Kyle Walker-Peters provided a regular outlet on the right, but Southampton, who named four teenagers on their bench because of an injury crisis, have now scored only once in five league games.\n\nThat is an obvious concern for Hasenhuttl as he looks to ensure his side do not fade after their promising start.\n\n'We took social distancing to the letter' - what the managers said\n\nLeicester boss Brendan Rodgers told BBC Sport: \"It's a very good win against a good team. We were too passive at the start, we took social distancing to the letter and didn't get close to them. After that we had some sustained attacks and ended up getting a brilliant goal.\n\n\"At half-time we had to reiterate the importance of fighting, you have to fight for every result and Southampton keep going. We were outstanding second half and should have scored more goals. We did the dirty work much better and Harvey Barnes showed again that he is a finisher now.\"\n\nOn Maddison's celebration: \"I said to them there is lots of negativity around it but see it as a positive and be creative. Supporters still want to see players celebrate, the happiness, so be creative with it.\"\n\nSouthampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl said: \"It's never nice to lose a game but we had chances. We hit the bar, we fought with everything we have. We are definitely a team that is never giving up. The quality of the opponent was better than ours today.\n\n\"The first goal, you don't shoot at goal like that every day, it was fantastic from Maddison. We had good chances but we couldn't finish and that was the difference.\n\n\"It doesn't look good at the moment, we have a lot of injuries and not many alternatives. The good news is we have 29 points and they don't take them away from us. We did our best with the options we have. We have nine injured but we are fighting for everything.\"\n• None Leicester earned their first home league victory against Southampton since April 2016, ending a run of four without a win against the Saints at King Power Stadium.\n• None Southampton's first 12 Premier League games in 2020-21 witnessed 41 goals (24 scored) at an average of 3.4 per game. Their past six games have seen just six goals (two scored).\n• None Jamie Vardy had seven shots for Leicester, his highest tally without scoring in a single Premier League match in his career.\n• None Vardy has faced Southampton seven times at home in the Premier League, more than any other side at King Power Stadium without scoring in the competition.\n• None James Maddison scored in consecutive Premier League games for Leicester for the first time since October 2019, matching his goal tally at home from each of the previous two campaigns (three).\n\nBoth sides return to action on Tuesday. Leicester host Chelsea in the Premier League at 20:15 GMT, while Southampton welcome Shrewsbury to St Mary's in their postponed FA Cup third-round tie (20:00).\n• None Goal! Leicester City 2, Southampton 0. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youri Tielemans following a fast break.\n• None Attempt missed. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.\n• None Offside, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton tries a through ball, but Ayoze Pérez is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.\n• None Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Justin.\n• None Attempt missed. Daniel N'Lundulu (Southampton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters with a cross.\n• None Offside, Leicester City. Timothy Castagne tries a through ball, but Ayoze Pérez is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez with a cross.\n• None Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Hear how David Bowie always managed to stay ahead of his time\n• None Joe Wicks and guests are here to bring positivity to your day", "Nurseries have stayed open during the latest lockdown, unlike schools\n\nNurseries are \"teetering on the edge\" and will \"find it hard to survive with next-to-no funding\" as children are kept home in lockdown, an owner said.\n\nLittle Stars near Pontypool has seen numbers drop by 35% - and Emma Matthews says nurseries are \"running on empty\".\n\nUnlike schools, they have remained open and an industry association wants support so they are around to \"provide places for children in the future\".\n\nA Welsh Government spokeswoman said funding was available through councils.\n\nDescribing childcare workers as \"front-line\", the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Cymru also called for anxious staff to be made a priority for the Covid vaccine as they work with little protective equipment.\n\n\"We feel we have poured our heart into serving families and want acknowledgement for the early years and the vital part we play in the community,\" Ms Matthews said.\n\nLittle Stars furloughed some staff during the lockdown last March, with nurseries open for children of keyworkers only.\n\nLittle Stars nursery near Pontypool has seen numbers drop by more than a third\n\nThey reopened fully last summer and this has remained under Welsh Government guidance.\n\nHowever, many parents have decided not to send children - some because they are adhering to stay-at-home rules, are self-isolating, have lost their jobs and are struggling to pay bills, or are on furlough.\n\n\"The reasons are varied and valid why parents decide to pull children out,\" Ms Matthews added.\n\n\"The situation isn't great and some say 'we will wait and see next week'. It's very difficult to formulate a plan then or to furlough. We are teetering on the edge.\"\n\nLittle Stars is down the road from the new Grange hospital that opened in Cwmbran last November\n\nBefore coronavirus, the nursery looked after 65 children each day - but last week, 47 attended, made up of babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers.\n\nThere were also 11 babies due to start in January - but only one is attending because of reasons such as new mothers extending their maternity leave.\n\nMs Matthews believes facilities should be open for children of keyworkers only - allowing nurseries to access support for those not attending.\n\nA baby, a toddler and a staff member from Little Stars had coronavirus - and employees are worried for themselves and their families.\n\nIn Wales eligible children can access 30 hours of early-years education and childcare per week for 48 weeks of the year\n\nThey are unable to wear personal protective equipment because of their close contact with children, and describing workers as \"front-line\" who \"keep the economy going\", Ms Matthews said they should be in the priority group for the vaccine and weekly testing.\n\n\"Social distancing is the challenge,\" she added.\n\n\"Face, space and hands... we can only do hands. The others are impossible.\"\n\nThe facility received a grant of £10,000 at the start of the pandemic and a rate relief grant of £1,000, but Ms Matthews wants more support.\n\n\"It's about valuing the service,\" she said. \"It wasn't a very stable industry pre-Covid. But it's made it very fragile now.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government has been urged to give more help, allowing nurseries to survive and \"provide places for children in the future\" by NDNA Cymru.\n\nIt also said early years staff \"must be a priority for the vaccine to enable them to continue providing support for our youngest children and their families\".\n\nWhile nurseries were closed to all but keyworkers initially, they have been open since summer 2020\n\n\"We all know it's impossible to social distance from toddlers and babies who need close care from nappy changing to the contact and affection that supports their development and learning,\" added chief executive Purnima Tanuku.\n\nA Welsh Government spokeswoman said while the rates of coronavirus in Wales remain high, cases in children under five continue to be relatively low.\n\n\"Childcare providers have worked very hard to ensure settings are safe, with low numbers of children on site,\" she added.\n\nThe spokeswoman said funding is provided to councils, enabling them to help childcare settings experiencing financial difficulties and the Childcare Offer for Wales continues to be in place for all eligible children.\n\n\"We are following the advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation about the people who should be vaccinated first - all those in the priority groups will be immunised as safely and as quickly as possible,\" she added.\n\nMost school children in Wales will learn from home until at least February half-term, unless there is a big drop in Covid cases\n\nChildren's commissioner Sally Holland said she\"empathises with the concerns of staff\" and thanked them for their work \"during an extremely difficult period\".\n\n\"Nurseries play a really important part in young children's wellbeing and development,\" she said.\n\n\"Any services that can remain open for children is to be welcomed due to the importance for their health and wellbeing.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "CBBC star Archie Lyndhurst, the son of Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst, died in his sleep from a brain haemorrhage, his mother has said.\n\nLucy Lyndhurst said a second post-mortem exam had revealed his death was caused by a condition called Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma/Leukaemia.\n\nShe described Archie as \"the most magical human being we have ever met\".\n\nThe 19-year-old's death on 22 September had had a \"catastrophic effect\" on their family, she wrote on Instagram.\n\nArchie with his father Nicholas and mother Lucy Smith in 2017\n\nLucy said she and husband Nicholas were assured by the doctor who explained the post-mortem results to them that there \"wasn't anything anyone could have done as Archie showed no signs of illness\". She said it was \"not leukaemia as we know it\" and that acute in medical terms meant \"rapid\".\n\nThe couple were \"utterly floored\" to think something like this could happen, she wrote, adding: \"It's very rare and around only 800 people a year die from it.\"\n\nShe said that just days earlier he had been celebrating his birthday with \"the love of his life Nethra\".\n\n\"Life is fragile, precious and sometimes incredibly cruel,\" Lucy wrote.\n\nShe also criticised some media outlets for attempting to garner information about how her son had died from the coroner, before they knew the results of the post mortem themselves.\n\n\"To have a coroner call you a few days after your child has died to say the press have been calling for the results of Archie's post mortem, I think stoops to an all time low for us,\" she noted.\n\n\"What gives the press the right to badger a coroner's office solely to find the cause of death before the parents? The complete lack of empathy is astounding. We released no information at the time as we had no idea what he had died from.\"\n\nNicholas appeared alongside his son in an episode of So Awkward in 2019\n\nArchie began his acting career at the Sylvia Young Theatre School at the age of 10 and was best known for playing Ollie Coulton in the CBBC comedy show So Awkward.\n\nHe appeared in the sitcom, which followed the lives of a group of friends in secondary school, from its first series in 2015.\n\nNicholas appeared alongside his son in a 2019 episode of the programme.\n\nArchie's other roles included recurring appearances as a younger incarnation of comedian Jack Whitehall in various TV programmes.\n\nThese included BBC Three sitcom Bad Education, in which he was seen as a younger version of Whitehall's Alfie Wickers character.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The four main engines were fired in unison for the first time, but had to be shut down early\n\nA critical engine test for Nasa's new \"megarocket\" has ended early, but the agency denied it amounted to a failure.\n\nShortly before 22:30 GMT (17:30 EST) on Saturday, the four engines ignited, burning for more than a minute before the event was aborted.\n\nThe core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) was being evaluated at Stennis Space Center, in Mississippi.\n\nThe engines were supposed to fire for eight minutes to simulate the rocket's climb to orbit.\n\nThe SLS is part of Nasa's Artemis programme, which aims to put Americans back on the lunar surface in the 2020s.\n\nWhen it makes its maiden flight - possibly later this year - the SLS will become the most powerful rocket ever to have flown to space.\n\nTeams at Stennis are still poring over the data to find out what happened. John Honeycutt, SLS program manager at Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, said there were \"a lot of dynamics going on\" when the engine shut down.\n\nThe engines' power levels were being throttled down and up again; they were also being prepared to pivot - or gimbal. This movement allows the rocket to be steered during flight.\n\nThe RS-25 engines are the same type that powered the space shuttle orbiter\n\n\"We did see a little bit of a flash come from around the interface between the thermal protection blanket on engine four at the time when we had initiated the gimbal,\" Honeycutt told reporters at a post-test briefing at Stennis.\n\nThe as-yet unknown problem triggered what Nasa calls a failure identification (Fid), followed by a major component failure (MCF). As a result of the fault, an onboard computer known as the engine controller sent a message to another computer called the core stage controller, which took a decision to shut down the vehicle.\n\n\"Any parameter that went awry on the engine could have sent that failure ID,\" said John Honeycutt.\n\nIt was the first time all four RS-25 engines had been ignited together, in a test known as a \"hotfire\".\n\nThe core stage of the rocket was anchored to a massive steel structure called the B-2 test stand on the grounds of the Stennis facility.\n\nTo prepare the core stage, engineers filled its tanks with more than 700,000 gallons (2.6 million litres) of super-cold liquid hydrogen and oxygen propellant.\n\nThis was the eighth and final test in the Green Run, a programme of evaluation carried out by engineers from Nasa and Boeing - the rocket's prime contractor.\n\nAlthough the test was intended to run for eight minutes, engineers would have received all the data required to certify the rocket for flight after 250 seconds.\n\nThey wanted to iron out any problems before the core stage is used for the first SLS launch, in which it will send Nasa's next-generation Orion spacecraft on a loop around the Moon.\n\nNasa's outgoing administrator Jim Bridenstine declined to call Saturday's event a failure: \"This is why we test,\" he said, adding: \"Before we put American astronauts on American rockets, that's when we need it to be perfect.\"\n\nOfficials have not yet decided whether to re-run the hotfire, or proceed with shipping the core stage to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida to prepare it for the rocket's uncrewed maiden flight, a mission called Artemis-1.\n\n\"It depends what the anomaly was and how challenging it's going to be to fix it,\" said Bridenstine.\n\nNasa administrator Jim Bridenstine said perfection wasn't a realistic expectation for the first engine test\n\nAsked whether a launch this year was still feasible, he added: \"I think it's too early to tell. As we figure out what went wrong, we're going to know what the future holds.\"\n\nHowever, if one or more of the engines needs to be replaced, there are spares waiting to be used at Stennis Space Center.\n\nThe Artemis-1 mission will evaluate how both the SLS and Orion capsule perform prior to Nasa staging a repeat of this lunar loop with astronauts in 2023.\n\nThis will be followed by the first landing on the Moon by humans since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.\n\nThe SLS consists of the 65m (212 ft) -long core stage with two smaller solid rocket boosters (SRBs) attached to the sides. Engineers at KSC have begun stacking the individual SRB segments for Artemis-1.\n\n\"This powerful rocket is going to put us in a position to be ready to support the agency and the country in deep space missions to the Moon and beyond,\" John Honeycutt said during a media briefing on Tuesday.\n\nArtwork: The initial version of the SLS - known as Block 1 - during the climb to orbit\n\nOfficials have been planning to ship the core stage to Florida in February.\n\nIts engines are of the same type that powered the spaceplane-like shuttle orbiter - America's crewed space vehicle for 30 years from 1981-2011.\n\nNasa is re-using flown hardware: the RS-25 engines used in this test helped launch 21 shuttle missions. Two were used on the last shuttle flight - STS-135 in 2011.\n\nThe four RS-25s can generate 1.6 million lbs (7 Meganewtons) of thrust - the force that propels a rocket through the air.\n\nWhen the solid rocket boosters are added to the core stage, the combined system will produce 8.8 million pounds (39.1 Meganewtons) of thrust. This will make it 15% more powerful than the giant Saturn V rocket that sent astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s and 70s.\n\nPrior to Saturday's test, John Shannon, vice president and SLS program manager at Boeing praised teams at Stennis for keeping the Green Run on track despite the pandemic and this year's particularly active hurricane season.", "Doctors and nurses need protection from prosecution over Covid-19 treatment decisions made under the pressures of the pandemic, medical bodies have said.\n\nGroups including the British Medical Association have written to ministers saying medical workers fear they could be at risk of unlawful killing charges.\n\nIt comes as the UK's chief medical officers said the NHS could be overwhelmed in weeks.\n\nThe government said staff should not have to fear legal action.\n\nThe letter from the health organisations points out that the prime minister warned in November that the NHS being overwhelmed would be a \"medical and moral disaster\", where \"doctors and nurses could be forced to choose which patients to treat, who would live and who would die\".\n\nIt said: \"With the chief medical officers now determining that there is a material risk of the NHS being overwhelmed within weeks, our members are worried that not only do they face being put in this position but also that they could subsequently be vulnerable to a criminal investigation by the police.\"\n\nCo-ordinated by the Medical Protection Society (MPS), the letter was signed by the British Medical Association, the Doctors' Association UK, the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and Medical Defence Shield.\n\nIt calls for emergency legislation to protect doctors and nurses from \"inappropriate\" legal action when dealing with circumstances outside their control.\n\nExisting guidance for doctors and nurses on when to administer or withdraw treatment does not give legal protection, the letter says.\n\nIt also says the guidance does not consider the circumstances of the pandemic where demand for healthcare may outstrip supply.\n\n\"The first concern of a doctor is their patients and providing the highest standard of care at all times,\" the medical bodies said.\n\n\"We do not believe it is right that healthcare professionals should suffer from the moral injury and long-term psychological damage that could result from having to make decisions on how limited resources are allocated, while at the same time being left vulnerable to the risk of prosecution for unlawful killing.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nThe medical organisations said no healthcare professional should be \"above the law\" and that the emergency legislation should only apply to decisions made \"in good faith\" and \"in circumstances beyond their control and in compliance with relevant guidance\".\n\nThey said the change in the law should be temporary and should apply retrospectively from the start of the pandemic.\n\nMedical staff in the NHS are protected financially from clinical negligence claims by indemnity schemes where the state pays the costs of claims.\n\nBut if someone dies as a result of a lack of treatment, doctors and nurses fear prosecutors could bring charges such as gross negligence manslaughter, which can carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.\n\nEarlier this month, a survey by the MPS of 2,420 of its members found that 61% were concerned about facing an investigation following a decision made in a high-pressure situation.\n\nAbout 36% were concerned about being investigated for a decision to withdraw or withhold life-prolonging treatment due to pressure on resources during the pandemic.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said: \"Dedicated frontline NHS staff should be able to focus on treating patients and saving lives during the pandemic without fear of legal action.\"\n\nNHS staff have been told that existing indemnity arrangements will continue and will cover \"the vast majority of liabilities\", the spokesman said.", "Phil Spector pictured in court during his murder trial\n\nUS music producer Phil Spector has died at the age of 81, while serving a prison sentence for murder.\n\nSpector, who transformed pop with his \"wall of sound\" recordings, worked with the Beatles, the Righteous Brothers and Ike and Tina Turner.\n\nIn 2009, he was convicted of the 2003 murder of Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson.\n\nHis death was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.\n\n\"California Health Care Facility inmate Phillip Spector was pronounced deceased of natural causes at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at an outside hospital. His official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner in the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office,\" it said.\n\nSpector produced 20 top 40 hits between 1961 and 1965. His production methods influenced major artists including the Beach Boys and Bruce Springsteen.\n\nHis life was ultimately blighted by drug and alcohol addiction, and he all but retired from the music scene during the 1980s and 1990s.\n\nIn February 2003, actress Lana Clarkson was found dead at his house in Alhambra, California with a bullet wound to her head. Clarkson, who was known for her work in the sword-and-sorcery genre and starred in films including Barbarian Queen, had met Spector hours earlier at a nightclub.\n\nSpector claimed the shooting happened when Clarkson \"kissed the gun\" - but his trial heard from four women who claimed Spector had threatened them with guns in the past when they had spurned his advances.\n\nFollowing an initial mistrial, Spector was convicted of second degree murder and given a sentence of 19 years to life.\n\nLana Clarkson was an actress and model who starred in the film 1985 Barbarian Queen\n\nHarvey Phillip Spector was born in New York in 1939, to Russian-Jewish parents. His father killed himself when Spector was a boy, and his mother moved her family to Los Angeles.\n\nHe began his career in his teens as a performer, forming a band - the Teddy Bears - with three high school friends. They had a hit single in 1958 with a song that took its title from the wording on his father's gravestone: \"To know him is to love him.\"\n\nThe record went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, but the group split the following year.\n\nSpector founded his own record label, Philles, in 1961. He produced high-profile 1960s girl groups such as Crystals and the Ronettes, including on 1963 hits Be My Baby and Baby I Love You.\n\nHe also worked on The Righteous Brothers' hits You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' and Unchained Melody.\n\nSpector produced hits for The Ronettes, later marrying their lead singer Ronnie Bennett\n\nHis signature production technique, the \"Wall of Sound,\" involved layering several instruments, including strings, woodwind and brass, to give a lush, orchestral sound.\n\nIn the early 1970s, Spector collaborated with The Beatles on their final album Let It Be, as well as producing John Lennon's solo album Imagine.\n\nAs the decade progressed, the much-feted producer became reclusive and disturbing accounts of his behaviour became widespread. Spector is said to have held a gun to singer Leonard Cohen's head during sessions for his album Death of a Ladies' Man.\n\nRonettes lead singer Veronica \"Ronnie\" Bennett, who became Spector's second wife and divorced him in 1974, wrote in her 1990 autobiography that he subjected her to years of horrific abuse. She said he had threatened to kill her and display her body in a glass-topped coffin he kept in her basement.\n\n\"I can only say that when I left in the early '70s, I knew that if I didn't leave at that time, I was going to die there,\" Ronnie wrote of the time.\n\nWriting on Instagram after her ex-husband's death, Ronnie Spector said he had been \"a brilliant producer but a lousy husband\".\n\n\"When I was working with Phil Spector, watching him create in the recording studio, I knew I was working with the very best,\" she wrote. \"He was in complete control, directing everyone. So much to love about those days.\n\n\"Meeting him and falling in love was like a fairytale,\" she continued. \"The magical music we were able to make together was inspired by our love. I loved him madly, and gave my heart and soul to him.\n\n\"Unfortunately Phil was not able to live and function outside of the recording studio. Darkness set in, many lives were damaged.\"\n\nSinger Darlene Love, who sang on several songs Spector produced, said he \"changed the sound of rock 'n' roll\" but likened their relationship to \"a bad marriage\".\n\n\"The problem I have with Phil is that he wanted to control Darlene Love's talent,\" she told Variety. \"If he couldn't do that, he was going to do everything in his power to keep my talent from shining.\"\n\nWeeks before Lana Clarkson was shot dead, Spector gave a rare interview to British broadsheet The Telegraph.\n\n\"I would say I'm probably relatively insane, to an extent,\" he told the paper, adding that he had \"devils inside that fight me\".\n\nResponding to news of the producer's death, Blondie guitarist Chris Stein tweeted: \"When we went to Phil Spector's house in the 70s he came to the door holding a bottle of diet Manischewitz wine in one hand and a presumably loaded 45 automatic in the other. Long story.", "The man from Luton was fined £200 for travelling to Devizes and also had his car seized for having no insurance\n\nA man told police he had driven from Luton to Devizes to visit a McDonald's, even though the town does not have a branch of the burger chain.\n\nWiltshire Police called his actions a \"flagrant breach\" of lockdown regulations and fined the man £200.\n\nThe 34-year-old was stopped on Estcourt Street in Devizes, a distance of more than 100 miles (160km) from Luton.\n\nHis car was also seized for having no insurance, police added.\n\n\"The distance travelled across numerous counties to Devizes, which doesn't have a McDonald's restaurant, is a flagrant breach of the regulations currently in place.\n\n\"The majority of people across Wiltshire continue to act responsibly and we thank you for that, however, it is important to protect the NHS that we all stick to the rules,\" said police.\n\nThe man was stopped on Thursday evening.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Louis Godwin said receiving the vaccine was \"no trouble at all\" and encouraged others to have it as soon as they could\n\nSalisbury Cathedral has been transformed into a vaccination centre with an RAF veteran being one of the first to receive the Covid-19 jab.\n\nFormer Flight Sergeant Louis Godwin, 95, gave a thumbs-up after being vaccinated in the cathedral, which dates back more than 800 years.\n\n\"I was so pleased to get it, especially in a setting like this,\" he said.\n\nOrganisers were aiming to vaccinate 1,000 people aged over 80 with the Pfizer/BioNTech jab on Saturday.\n\nPeople queuing to receive their vaccines at Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday\n\nMr Godwin, a great-grandfather of 12, joined the RAF aged 18 in 1943 and served as an air gunner during World War Two.\n\n\"I've had many jabs in my time, especially in the RAF. After the war, I was sent to Egypt and I had a couple of jabs which knocked me over for a week,\" he said.\n\n\"This one, the doctor said to me 'well that's done' and I thought he hadn't started. So it's no trouble at all and no pain.\"\n\nA health worker prepares the vaccine to be administered at the cathedral\n\nStella Bennett, 88, said she felt \"safer\" after receiving the jab.\n\n\"It was easy. I live on my own so it has been hard but I've managed. At least I'm at home and not in hospital with it,\" she said.\n\nDerek Burnett was also among those inoculated against the virus on Saturday.\n\n\"I feel unbelievably relieved as lockdown has been a big strain. It takes a big weight off my mind,\" said the 81-year-old.\n\nOrganisers hoped to vaccinate 1,000 people aged over 80 during the day\n\nThe Very Rev Nicholas Papadopulos, Dean of Salisbury described the vaccines as \"a real sign of hope for us at the end of this very, very difficult year\".\n\n\"I doubt that anyone is having a jab in surroundings that are more beautiful than this so I hope it will ease people as they come into the building,\" he said.\n\nThe Very Rev Nicholas Papadopulos, Dean of Salisbury, described hosting the event as \"absolutely wonderful\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The French government has imposed a nationwide curfew from 6pm - 6am to fight the surge in cases of coronavirus.\n\nWhile some departments were already under these restrictions, the majority of France was under an 8pm - 6am curfew.\n\nFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex said the measures would be in place for at least 15 days.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United \"missed an opportunity\" to beat Liverpool, said boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after his side stayed top of the Premier League with a goalless draw against the champions.\n\nIt was a game that failed to justify the pre-match anticipation and Solskjaer will know his side had the better chances to claim a statement victory at Anfield.\n\nLiverpool, without a recognised centre-back and with midfielders Jordan Henderson and Fabinho in defence, dominated possession in the first half but it was United who came closest when Bruno Fernandes' 20-yard free-kick curled inches wide.\n\nFernandes was then thwarted after the break by the outstretched leg of Liverpool keeper Alisson before Thiago Alcantara's long-range effort finally brought the previously unemployed David de Gea into action.\n\nAlisson was Liverpool's hero late on when he blocked Paul Pogba's drive from point-blank range.\n\n\"It was an opportunity missed with the chances we had but then again we were playing a very good side.\" Solskjaer told BBC Sport. \"I'm disappointed but, still, a point is OK if you win the next one.\n\n\"We have improved and progressed. It's not just the result we're disappointed with, it's some of the performance. I know these boys can play better.\"\n\nUnited are now two points ahead of Manchester City, who moved up to second by beating Crystal Palace 4-0, and Leicester City in third. Liverpool, who have scored just one goal in their past four league games, have dropped to fourth, a point behind the Foxes.\n\n\"The performance was good enough to win it but to win a game you have to score goals and we didn't do that, so that's why we had that result,\" said Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.\n\n\"We try not to not score. We obviously have to ignore the fact and hope it will be good again.\"\n• None 'From dejection to frustration in 12 months, Anfield draw underlines Man Utd progress'\n• None Lawro's predictions v You Me At Six drummer Dan Flint\n\nKlopp cut a frustrated figure pretty much from the first whistle, his voice booming around Anfield with a tone of displeasure, showing unhappiness with his own players and officials.\n\nThe German's team, so used to steamrollering all before them in recent times, are going through a very dry spell and barely created an opening worthy of the name here against a resolute Manchester United defence.\n\nToo often, Liverpool's approach play ended with a careless pass or an aimless cross and the longer this game went on the more United looked the most likely winners.\n\nIt was perhaps inevitable Liverpool would be unable to maintain their relentless style, but there will be concerns they have now gone four league games without a win since Crystal Palace were demolished 7-0 at Selhurst Park.\n\nBefore this draw, West Bromwich Albion left Anfield with a point, while Liverpool also had a goalless draw at Newcastle United and lost at Southampton.\n\nSadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are feeding off scraps, while Roberto Firmino's impact was so minimal that he was withdrawn near the end, even with the hosts chasing a goal.\n\nA team as good as Liverpool will not remain off the boil for too long, but there is no doubt they are struggling for form and spark. The fact this is their longest barren sequence in the league since February and March 2005 tells the tale.\n\nManchester United may have a taken a point before this game and there will be justified satisfaction that they subdued Liverpool so completely, created the game's best chances and remain top of the table.\n\nAnd yet there must also be disappointment that they could not cash in completely on an off-colour Liverpool, with reality dawning on them very late that they could take all three points.\n\nFernandes, despite being poor in general, almost unlocked Liverpool twice, while Solskjaer and his backroom team threw their hands up in frustration as other good positions were wasted late on.\n\nIn the final reckoning, however, there will be few complaints at this outcome, which leaves them three points ahead of Liverpool with the visit to Anfield negotiated without mishap.\n\nUnited were well organised and grew into the game after a poor opening half-hour and had real defensive heroes in captain Harry Maguire and left-back Luke Shaw, with the latter particularly outstanding.\n\nIt is a display that will give them increased confidence and belief as they lead the pack - although they might just look back and think a point could so easily have been three.\n\n'It was an opportunity missed' - reaction\n\nManchester United manager Solskjaer said: \"They are a good side and they have some injury problems but we didn't pounce on that.\n\n\"I felt we grew into the game and got stronger and stronger and were closer to winning.\n\n\"We were a bit disappointed in the performance, not just the result. We didn't do well enough to cause them problems in the first half but we defended well and they didn't create too many chances.\"But I think everyone was a bit disappointed with the way we started the game but that is a good feeling to have - that we were disappointed in the performance.\"\n\nLiverpool boss Klopp told BBC Sport: \"The performance was good and the first half was exceptionally good.\n\n\"With all the things that were said before the game - United are flying and we were struggling - and then to play this kind of game, I was happy with that.\n\n\"We tried in the second half again, but you cannot deny United over 90 minutes, not with the counter-attacking threat they have. So they had two really good chances, I have to say, but we had our chances in the second half as well.\n\n\"The way we understood the game, the way we felt the game, the way we read the moments were really good. But it is not exactly how it should be so we have space for improvement, absolutely. We will keep working on that.\"\n• None Liverpool and Manchester United have drawn 0-0 at Anfield in the league three times in the past five seasons, as many times as in the previous 48 top-flight campaigns.\n• None United are unbeaten in their past 16 away matches in the Premier League (W12 D4) - only once have they gone longer without a defeat on the road in the competition (17 games ending in September 1999).\n• None Liverpool are now unbeaten in their past 68 league games at Anfield, earning 178 out of a possible 204 points over this run.\n• None United are the first side to stop Liverpool scoring at Anfield in a Premier League match since Manchester City in October 2018 - this was Liverpool's 43rd home league game since then.\n• None Under Klopp, Liverpool are unbeaten in all seven of their Premier League games at Anfield when facing the side starting the day top of the table (W3 D4).\n• None Marcus Rashford was caught offside five times in this match, the most of any Premier League player this season and the most by a United player since Robin van Persie (six) against Spurs in January 2013.\n\nUnited are at Fulham in the league on Wednesday (20:15 GMT) and Liverpool host Burnley on Thursday (20:00). Next Sunday, Manchester United and Liverpool will meet again - at Old Trafford this time - in the FA Cup fourth round, a match you can watch live on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.\n• None Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Paul Pogba tries a through ball, but Marcus Rashford is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Shaw with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Missed all the goals, highlights and talking points from Saturday's Premier League action? Match of the Day is streaming now", "Chris Cramer, a major figure in BBC News and later CNN International, has died at the age of 73 after a period of ill health. Former BBC director of news Richard Sambrook looks back at his life.\n\nChris Cramer's legacy will be the major change in attitudes and support for journalist safety he championed through the BBC and across the wider industry, as well as many achievements in newsgathering and international news.\n\nHe began his career as a teenager on the Portsmouth Evening News, moving to BBC Radio Solent when it launched in 1970.\n\nAfter a year's secondment in Brunei he found his way to the BBC TV Newsroom in the 1970s and developed his reputation as a highly competitive and effective news editor and field producer.\n\nIn 1980 he and a BBC team were in the Iranian Embassy in London collecting visas when it was seized by gunmen opposed to Ayatollah Khomeini. A standoff and siege followed, with Chris among 26 hostages.\n\nHe managed to feign serious illness and was released by the gunmen allowing him to give vital information to the authorities before the SAS stormed the embassy and rescued the hostages.\n\nAt a time when no-one understood or spoke of PTSD, it had a marked effect on his life.\n\nArmed police on the adjoining balcony to the Iranian Embassy during the siege in 1980\n\nMany journalists and crew subsequently spoke of his care and attention when they had difficult experiences and he went on to drive major changes in understanding and support for journalists' safety.\n\nWith BBC Safety manager Peter Hunter, Chris introduced the first hostile environment training courses, risk assessments and equipment for those covering conflicts.\n\nFormer correspondent Martin Bell recalls: \"From Vietnam to Croatia I had covered 10 wars without protection. Then in June 1992 we were shot up crossing the airport runway in Sarajevo in a soft-skinned vehicle. Within two weeks Chris had procured our first armoured Land Rover, the redoubtable 'Miss Piggy', and the body armour to go with it.\"\n\nHe later introduced the first confidential counselling service for news teams, recognising PTSD, and helped found the International News Safety Institute, which spearheaded safety across the news industry.\n\nDuring the 1980s he was at the forefront of organising and overseeing major news coverage, including Michael Buerk's reporting from the Ethiopian famine, coverage of the IRA Brighton bomb attack on the British government, the Zeebrugge ferry disaster, Kate Adie's reporting from Tiananmen Square, the fall of eastern Europe, the first Gulf War and many more major events.\n\nHis fierce competitiveness delivered a series of major exclusives and awards for BBC News.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jeremy Bowen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the 1990s he oversaw major investment in BBC Newsgathering and the integration of radio and TV reporting - often against internal resistance. His managerial style could be uncompromising and tough, but he was also bitingly funny, shrewd and his hard exterior hid a warm-hearted and generous core.\n\nHe was crucial to establishing the integrated News division as it exists today.\n\nIn 1996 he left the BBC to move to Atlanta as managing director and executive vice-president of CNN International.\n\nThere he took his passion for news safety and his competitive news edge to develop the network into a greater global force.\n\nAs his former BBC and CNN colleague Tony Maddox has said: \"Among his many accomplishments Chris was a pioneer and innovator in field safety for journalists. He led the development of guidelines and practices now widely adopted across the industry.\"\n\nCramer moved to CNN after his time with the BBC\n\nHe was a larger-than-life figure who generated affection and respect in equal measure, often wielding a rapid and disarming wit.\n\nHe is also remembered for supporting women into senior and executive positions and helping them succeed.\n\nDirector of BBC News Fran Unsworth recalls: \"He was one of journalism's enormous characters and a legend in the television news industry. But the legend and the reported image always belied the man.\n\n\"He was immensely kind, thoughtful and caring underneath that image he sometimes projected.\"\n\nFormer deputy director general Mark Byford said: \"He was probably the greatest newsgathering executive ever in the broadcast news business and his organisational skills, competitiveness, eye for a story and steel were extraordinary.\n\n\"He was also, behind the facade, a gentle giant who cared for his people with amazing passion and love.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by John Simpson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Many editors, correspondents and presenters in BBC News owe their success to his mentorship - myself included.\"\n\nAfter 11 years he left CNN and took up roles first with Reuters TV and then the Wall Street Journal, where his experience and expertise were used to develop their digital video services.\n\nHe leaves his wife, Nina, son Richard and daughter Nicolette and his daughter Hannah by an earlier marriage to Helen, a former BBC producer.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BMA Scotland GP chief says doctors \"can't plan\" for vaccines\n\nDoctors leaders say the \"patchy supply\" of vaccine to GP surgeries across Scotland is hampering the speed of delivery to patients.\n\nMinisters have pledged a first dose of the vaccine to 1.4 million of the most vulnerable Scots by mid-February.\n\nBut the British Medical Association in Scotland said inconsistencies in supply made it difficult to plan patient appointments to receive the vaccine.\n\nThey also said some GP surgeries had yet to receive any vaccine at all.\n\nThe Scottish government said it was working with health boards to resolve the issues.\n\nCurrently, about 16,000 vaccinations a day are being carried out in Scotland. However, that is expected to rise significantly as efforts to deliver the vaccine are scaled up.\n\nOn Sunday, 1,341 new cases of Covid-19 were reported - the lowest daily figure since 28 December. However, the numbers being admitted to hospital have continued to rise, reaching 1,918.\n\nNo new deaths were registered.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman has pledged that the workforce and infrastructure will be in place to vaccinate 400,000 people each week by the end of February.\n\nThe government has already announced plans for large vaccination centres in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh.\n\nIt comes after more than 5,000 front-line health and care staff were vaccinated at the NHS Louisa Jordan in Glasgow on Saturday.\n\nGP practices across Scotland are currently providing vaccination services to those aged over 80.\n\nAbout 16,000 vaccinations are currently being carried out a day in Scotland\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Politics Scotland programme, Dr Andrew Buist, who chairs the British Medical Association's (BMA) GP committee in Scotland, said there was inconsistencies across the GP network.\n\nHe said the vaccine deployment plan was \"ambitious\" and so far \"good progress\" had been made in giving it to priority groups such as care homes residents and front-line health staff.\n\nHowever, he told the programme: \"The current problem lies with the next priority group, which is the 80-plus group, which GPs in Scotland are set to vaccinate because the supply of the vaccine so far has been quite patchy.\n\n\"Some practices have a good supply, some have had none so far.\"\n\nHe said his practice had received 100 doses of the vaccine for 600 patients over the age of 80, who all needed to be vaccinated by 5 February.\n\nHe added: \"I then have to do another 1,200 patients in the 70-plus group and the extremely clinically vulnerable by the middle of February, so we need to do 1,700 vaccines in the next four weeks.\n\n\"Now we can do that. We are used to providing large number of flu vaccinations and it is possible, we have our workforce in place, but we need the vaccine, otherwise we can't do it.\"\n\nWhen asked if his practice was running out of vaccine at the end of each day, Dr Buist said: \"Yes - we can't plan, that's the key thing. We can't send out appointments to patients until we're sure we have the vaccine in our fridge.\n\n\"We were given 100 doses on Monday. We used that all up by Friday. We don't want to send out appointments to patients until we know that we can definitively vaccinate them otherwise patients get very upset.\"\n\nVaccinators have reported being able to extract one additional dose from vaccine vials\n\nDr Buist said vaccinators were regularly managing to extract higher numbers of doses from vaccine vials despite claims that some doses were being wasted.\n\nHe said there was widespread experience of six doses being extracted from Pfizer vaccine vials, which were marketed as having five doses, while 11 doses were regularly being taken from AstraZeneca vials.\n\nBut Dr Buist criticised issues around the red tape some retired health professional had faced when volunteering to become vaccinators.\n\n\"I have reports that arrangement to get doctors and nurses back into the system have been quite bureaucratic and I think it's something we need to look at.\"\n\nThe Scottish government acknowledged that there had been delays in vaccine supplies reaching some GP surgeries.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"GPs have a significant role to play in delivering the vaccine - and we thank them for their hard work and patience as we roll out more vaccines to those in the communities.\n\n\"We know there have been some initial delays in supply reaching some practices and are working with health boards to resolve this. Vaccines are being manufactured as quickly as possible and we will continue to explore all options available to increase supply.\"\n\nThe government said health boards were providing order information for their GP practices to National Procurement who in turn advised the distribution partner.\n\nThe spokeswoman added: \"Once stock is released for ordering, the distribution partner inputs the GP orders on to their ordering system. Once the order has been placed, GP practices will receive an automated email providing an indication of the delivery day.\n\n\"We too want to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible and are continually working hard to see if distribution can be made faster in any respect.\"", "Hospitals are preparing for the expected peak of the latest Covid-19 surge this week, the Northern Trust's chief executive has said.\n\nJennifer Welsh said there was \"huge pressure across the (healthcare) system\" with more intensive care admissions expected.\n\nThirty patients were awaiting admission to Antrim Area Hospital on Sunday morning, she said.\n\nThere were 25 more deaths linked to Covid-19 reported in NI on Sunday.\n\nThe total number of deaths recorded by the Department of Health since the start of the pandemic is now 1,606.\n\nIt was also reported that there had been 822 more positive cases, with 67 people in intensive care and 50 people on ventilators.\n\nThere are 840 patients being treated for Covid- 19 across Northern Ireland, according to the latest available figures with hospitals working at 93% capacity.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Ireland has been continuing its vaccination programme having distributed 140,559 first doses and 20,174 second doses.\n\nThe total number of jabs administered in the UK, including both first and second doses, is 4,307,002 according to government data.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland on Sunday, there were 13 further deaths related to Covid-19, bringing the total number to 2,608 since the start of the pandemic.\n\nThere was also a further 2,944 positive cases, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 172,726.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said the situation in the country's hospitals was \"stark\" and that people of all ages were being admitted and taken into intensive care.\n\nAt the beginning of January, Health Minister Robin Swann said that modelling indicated the \"peak of the third surge\" would hit in the third week of January.\n\nFrontline health staff have spoken to BBC News NI about their \"exhaustion\" and stress, as the pressure on the system continues to increase amid the surging number of cases.\n\nNorthern Ireland is currently in the third week of a six-week lockdown, with ministers scheduled to review measures next week.\n\nHowever, health officials have warned that an extension of the restrictions could be required to reduce pressure on the health service.\n\nNorthern Trust chief executive Jennifer Welsh said hospitals were \"coping but at great cost\"\n\nMs Welsh told BBC NI's Sunday Politics programme that the \"ICU surge is yet to come\" and that the Northern Trust - where two major hospitals, Antrim Area and Causeway, are located - has had to redeploy staff to prepare for the coming days.\n\nShe said both hospitals had been \"under significant pressure and have been for some time\".\n\nShe said 30 patients in Antrim Area's Emergency Department are waiting on a bed after a decision was made to admit them - 24 of those patients have been waiting longer than 12 hours.\n\nMs Welsh added that almost half of all patients in Antrim Area Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\n\"At the peak of the first wave in Antrim and Causeway the highest number of Covid positive patients was 73.\n\n\"In November, the highest number was 102 and we peaked on Thursday at 202. We have now dropped below that slightly.\"\n\nThe chief executive said the hospitals were \"coping but at great cost\", with many urgent surgeries cancelled.\n\n\"Emergency surgery is being done but we are not being able to do any other in the Antrim Area site.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by bbctheview This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"We have been able to deliver some red flag cancer surgery at Causeway but we would like to do more.\"\n\nDespite these emergency measures already in place, the worst of the current surge is only expected to arrive this week.\n\nShe added: \"We are not going to get out of this quickly. It's going to be a challenge for us as a system.\n\n\"It's been building from October.\"\n\n\"We're not yet at the peak of intensive care admissions and we expect that this week.\n\n\"Antrim has doubled its intensive care beds from seven to 14 in anticipation of the coming surge - 11 are already being used.\n\n\"All hospitals have doubled their ICU footprint. There are more than 160 inpatients in Antrim Area Hospital.\"", "Within seconds of being dropped, LauncherOne had ignited its engine\n\nSir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has succeeded in putting its first satellites in space.\n\nTen payloads in total were lofted on the same rocket, which was launched from under the wing of one of the entrepreneur's old 747 jumbos.\n\nSir Richard is hoping to tap into what is a growing market for small, lower-cost satellites.\n\nBy using a jet plane as the launch platform, he can theoretically send up spacecraft from anywhere in the world.\n\nIn reality, of course, his Virgin Orbit system has to be licensed in the locality where it is used, which at the moment is solely California. But there are well-advanced plans to bring the 747 and its rockets to Cornwall in south-west England, for example.\n\nSunday's success was a big fillip for Sir Richard's team who had tried and failed to launch a rocket in May last year. That effort was thwarted by a breached propellant line feeding liquid oxygen to the booster's first-stage Newton-3 engine.\n\nNo such problems occurred this time.\n\nThe modified 747, named Cosmic Girl, left its base in California's Mojave desert at 10:50 PST (18:50 UTC) to fly out over the Pacific Ocean.\n\nA little under 60 minutes later, and cruising at 35,000ft (10,500m), the jet banked hard to the right, dropping as it did so the 21m-long rocket that had been clamped to its underside.\n\nWithin seconds this booster, called LauncherOne, had ignited its engine and was climbing to space.\n\nCorrect deployment of the various spacecraft onboard at an altitude of roughly 500km was confirmed a couple of hours later.\n\n\"A new gateway to space has just sprung open,\" said Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart. \"That LauncherOne was able to successfully reach orbit today is a testament to this team's talent, precision, drive, and ingenuity.\"\n\nSir Richard has been trying to find the right solution to get into the satellite launch business since 2009. His concrete proposal was first put before the public at the Farnborough International Air Show three years later.\n\nThere is an emerging market for small, lower-cost spacecraft, whose developers are seeking more flexible and affordable ways of getting their assets above the Earth.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nVirgin Orbit is one of a number of companies now racing to meet this demand. Other contenders include the Rocket Lab outfit, which sends up its vehicles from a ground launch pad in New Zealand. But there are tens of other small rocket start-ups at various stages of maturation, and some of these plan to operate from the UK as well.\n\n\"Virgin Orbit has achieved something many thought impossible. It was so inspiring to see our specially adapted Virgin Atlantic 747, Cosmic Girl, send the LauncherOne rocket soaring into orbit,\" Sir Richard said.\n\n\"This magnificent flight is the culmination of many years of hard work and will also unleash a whole new generation of innovators on the path to orbit. I can't wait to see the incredible missions Dan and the team will launch to change the world for good.\"\n\nSir Richard presented the LauncherOne concept at Farnborough in 2012\n\nWill Whitehorn is the president of UKSpace, the trade body representing the space industry in Britain. He's also a former president of Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard's other space company which hopes soon to start flying fare-paying passengers above the atmosphere in a rocket plane.\n\nHe said Virgin Orbit's success on Sunday was hugely significant.\n\n\"This is a momentous day for the small satellite world, as we will be able to launch satellites responsively; and for the UK this event promises sovereign launch capability very soon,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"I plan to push hard for a launch from Cornwall to coincide with the G7 meeting this year if at all possible!\"\n\nSunday's payloads were mostly shoebox-sized and developed by universities\n\nThe air-launched system has the flexibility to operate anywhere - in theory", "Northern Ireland's statistics agency has recorded its highest weekly Covid-19 related registered deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nNisra said 145 deaths were registered in the first week of 2021, although administrative delays over Christmas may have affected the number.\n\nThat brings the agency's death toll to 1,976 by 8 January.\n\nThe figures come as the chief medical officers from NI and the Republic issued a joint stay-at-home plea.\n\nDr Michael McBride and Dr Tony Holohan said they were \"gravely concerned\" about the \"unsustainably high level of Covid-19 infection\" across the island of Ireland.\n\nConcern was raised in the Republic of Ireland this week as figures showed it has the world's highest number of confirmed new Covid-19 cases per million people.\n\nOn Friday evening, the Irish Department of Health reported 50 further deaths with Covid-19 and 3,498 new cases of the virus. More than half (54%) of those newly diagnosed are under the age of 45.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the third week of a six-week lockdown, with ministers scheduled to review measures next week.\n\nHowever, health officials have warned that an extension of the restrictions could be required to reduce pressure on the health service.\n\nOf the 2,019 deaths recorded by Nisra by 8 January, 1,247 (62%) occurred in hospital, 622 (31%) in care homes, 12 (0.6%) in hospices and 138 (7%) at residential addresses or other locations.\n\nPeople aged 75 and over account for just over three-quarters of all Covid-19 related registered deaths (77.6%) between 19 March 2020 and 8 January 2021.\n\nJust over a fifth (22.2%) of all Covid-19 related registered deaths have been of people with an address in the Belfast council area.\n\nMeanwhile, the Department of Health reported 26 further Covid-related deaths on Friday.\n\nFive of these deaths did not occur in the past 24 hours.\n\nThe Department of Health bases its figures on a positive test result being recorded, whereas Nisra figures are based on mentions of the virus on death certificates, so people may or may not have been confirmed to have contracted the virus prior to death.\n\nA further 1,052 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 and 63 patients are being treated in intensive care units, 47 of whom are on ventilators.\n\nThe chief medical officers warned the high infection rate was having a \"significant impact\" on the health of the population and the \"safe functioning\" of the healthcare systems.\n\nThey said the public should avoid all unnecessary journeys, including cross-border travel.\n\nPointing out that many of the patients admitted to hospital in January have been younger than 65, they warned coronavirus could affect anyone, \"regardless of age or underlying condition\".\n\n\"It highlights the need for us all to protect one another by staying at home,\" said the medical officers.\n\nNorthern Ireland's spike in infections has been put down to an easing of restrictions over Christmas.\n\nAsked if he regretted being part of the decision to ease restrictions, Health Minister Robin Swann said the executive had tried to be balanced in its approach.\n\n\"I regret the pressures we see now in our hospitals, but let's remember it's caused by this virus, we have it in our power to bring it back under control and get us back to where we were in the summer,\" he told BBC News NI on Friday.\n\nMr Swann pleaded with people to follow the current restrictions.\n\n\"We're in the middle of a very tough six-week scenario, and how we come out of this will be a more graduated approach to make sure we get the benefits of what we've already done, and also the benefits of the vaccine.\"", "Sara Powell-Davies said she was lucky her nursery was able to open following lockdown\n\nA mother with two young children has said it was \"incredibly stressful\" trying to manage without free childcare during lockdown.\n\nThe Welsh Government's scheme was suspended in April, with funds redirected to pay for childcare for key workers' children.\n\nNow the offer, available to working parents of three and four-year-olds, has been reinstated.\n\nBut there are concerns many nurseries have been operating at a loss.\n\nWorking parents of three and four-year-old children are able to claim up 30 hours of early-years education and childcare a week for 48 weeks a year under the Childcare Offer for Wales.\n\nThose whose children become eligible in the autumn term, can apply from September.\n\nSara Powell-Davies, from Caerphilly, said it had been really hard to manage without the help during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe mother to three-year-old Tirion and one-year-old Cadel said the free childcare saved the family about £200 a month.\n\n\"It does make a massive difference to our finances every month,\" she said.\n\nMrs Powell-Davies said, while she was lucky Cadel's nursery was open, after-school clubs would not run in September due to the coronavirus pandemic, which would make juggling childcare around work a challenge.\n\n\"It's incredibly stressful trying to manage this anyway,\" she said.\n\n\"We do rely on support like private nursery provision, after-school care [and] wraparound because we don't have any family that is able to support us.\n\n\"So, this is our lifeline.\"\n\nChildcare Offer for Wales gives those eligible 30 hours of early-years education and childcare per week for 48 weeks of the year\n\nChildcare providers are paid £4.50 per hour for every child who takes up a place through the childcare offer.\n\nBut the National Day Nurseries Association said many of its members were operating at a loss as fewer children had been attending and costs had gone up to comply with Covid-19 safety regulations.\n\nIts chief executive Purnima Tanuku called on the Welsh Government to set up a \"transformation fund to be able to support the sector until occupancy levels pick up and to really review the hourly rate to reflect the additional cost they've had to incur\".\n\nLyn Bourne, of Britannia Day Nursery, said nurseries were a \"forgotten industry\"\n\nBefore the coronavirus pandemic, around 70 children attended Britannia Day Nursery in Caerphilly - now there are about 40.\n\nOwner Lyn Bourne said the nursery was losing money every week, but was determined to keep going.\"It is hard financially and emotionally, but we decided we wanted to keep going so we've just done our best to do that,\" she said.Ms Bourne said she hoped the childcare offer would help some parents to bring children back, but said nurseries needed extra financial help from the government too.\"Nurseries are closing every week,\" she said.\"We seem to be a forgotten industry, but we're so important.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government confirmed that coronavirus guidance restricting children to groups of eight in childcare would be lifted.\n\nDeputy Minister for Social Care Julie Morgan said: \"Bringing the offer back will not only help parents, but it is crucial for providers too in supporting their businesses to recover after what has been a period of great uncertainty and anxiety for many.\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said the hourly rate was under review and it was considering extending the offer to parents in education or training or \"on the cusp\" of returning to work.\n\nHe added: \"The childcare offer being restarted funded childcare for an average of 13,000 children per month before the pandemic, a significant investment in the Welsh childcare sector.\n\n\"We have also relaxed some of the regulatory requirements on childcare settings in the national minimum standards to make it easier for them to operate under the current restrictions.\"", "Women selling clothes online are being sent explicit messages, with requests for sex and \"worn\" garments.\n\nBoth businesses and private individuals have experienced the problem when advertising on mainstream platforms.\n\nWomen have been sent '\"creepy\" messages on Facebook, Instagram, eBay, and Depop, the BBC has learned.\n\nSome were asked for additional items including worn tights, explicit photos and used underwear.\n\nWhen inappropriate profiles were blocked or reported, some would reappear with a different account, sources told the BBC.\n\n\"During lockdown, the messages have gotten really creepy,\" said Sara Faye, who has sold her clothes on Depop for years.\n\n\"They always want to know how many times it has been worn and if it is dirty.\"\n\nMs Faye used to post images of herself in the clothes on the platforms but has now stopped because of the messages.\n\nWomen often model the clothing they're selling in the photos\n\n\"Don't message me on an innocent second-hand website, just because you can see a hot girl in the photos,\" she added. \"It feels like a violation, you should be able to sell your clothes online without getting harassed.\"\n\nSellers were sometimes offered additional money for used clothing or explicit images.\n\nJennifer Savin - a Cosmopolitan features writer, who recently investigated the topic - was offered ��5 for more than 50 intimate images after posting items on eBay.\n\n\"I think there are a lot of users out there, just trying their luck,\" she told the BBC. \"Who knows if they'd even pay up if they were to be sent the explicit content in the first place?\"\n\nOne online seller, who relies on the profits made on these platforms for a living, said \"it was a balance between feeling safe and needing the money.\"\n\nEstablished clothing brands have also reported receiving inappropriate messages and requests on Facebook and Instagram.\n\nLovely's Vintage Emporium sells vintage clothes and receives many such comments every week.\n\nLovely's Vintage Emporium says it receives many inappropriate messages every week\n\n\"I get a lot of messages about the model, especially if there are shirts with close-up images,\" said owner Lynnette Peck.\n\n\"I had a fetishist asking what [shoes] smelt like, who wore them and if I could take a photo of myself wearing them.\"\n\nShe has now stopped selling certain items on the website, after receiving explicit photographs through Facebook Messenger.\n\nNaomi Edmondson, who runs lingerie brand Edge o'Beyond, said the business was \"constantly bombarded with creepy comments from men\", often asking for sex.\n\n\"We get so many creepy messages and comments it's too time-consuming to report them all,\" she said. \"A few times I have felt concerned for safety.\n\n\"We create lingerie to empower women, we do not welcome the minority of men who think it's acceptable to send explicit pictures.\"\n\nSome of the women the BBC spoke to said they hadn't reported the messages because they were \"embarrassed\", \"ashamed\" or \"didn't want to risk losing their accounts\".\n\nFacebook, Instagram, Depop and eBay all said they take these kinds of messages seriously and would take action against those who violated policy.\n\nThey all urged users to report and block any accounts which break the rules.\n\nFacebook - which also owns Instagram - said it has built a \"global safety and security team as well as powerful technology\" to remove accounts as quickly as possible.\n\nDepop said it aims to respond to 95% reports of inappropriate behaviour within three hours, during business hours.\n\n\"The issue of women receiving creepy messages when selling clothes online is not a new phenomenon,\" said Jo O'Reilly, digital privacy expert at ProPrivacy.\n\n\"This is particularly concerning because to sell on most popular online selling platforms, including eBay and Depop, it is mandatory for users to provide a postal address - likely to be their home address.\"\n\nBut that is technically against the terms and conditions of most selling platforms.\n\n\"The very nature of selling second-hand clothes means that sellers will often post photos of themselves wearing the items,\" she says.\n\n\"That can, unfortunately, attract unwanted attention from buyers who might wish to buy worn clothes rather than just second-hand items.\"\n\nAlthough sites restrict the selling of certain used items, such as underwear, private messaging provides a \"loophole\", she added.", "Boris Johnson has said there is still a very substantial risk of intensive care units in hospitals being overwhelmed by the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nIt comes on a day when the UK has recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day in Europe.\n\nFergal Keane last visited the Imperial Healthcare Trust’s St Mary’s and Charing Cross hospital in London last April.\n\nHe's been back to see how they're coping.", "UN peacekeepers ended their mission in Darfur last month\n\nThe number of people killed in clashes between different ethnic groups in Sudan's West Darfur state has risen to 83, a medical body has said.\n\nThe fighting in the state capital, El Geneina, began on Saturday after a row in which a man was stabbed to death.\n\nA state-wide curfew has been imposed and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has sent a delegation to investigate.\n\nA conflict in Darfur that began in 2003 forced millions to flee and, despite a peace process, tensions remain.\n\nSaturday's violence comes less than three weeks after peacekeepers from the United Nations and African Union handed over security to the Khartoum authorities after 13 years there, reports the BBC's Youssef Taha.\n\nSimilar clashes in El Geneina last year, which saw Arab pastoralists fight with non-Arab groups, caused hundreds of casualties.\n\nThe most recent fighting was centred around a camp for people who had been displaced by the Darfur conflict. A deadly row between two men escalated into a fight involving armed militias, the AFP news agency reports.\n\nThe Central Committee of Sudan Doctors said the death toll had risen from 48 to 83, and the number of wounded from around 100 to 160.\n\nMembers of the armed forces were among the victims, it said.\n\nCasualties were likely to rise further as fighting was continuing, the medical body added.\n\nThe government said on Sunday that troop reinforcements would be sent to the area\n\nThe announcement was made after army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan met top security officials to discuss the violence.\n\nA peace deal involving most, but not all, groups in Darfur was signed last year.\n\nThe Darfur conflict began under the presidency of Omar al-Bashir, who was overthrown in 2019 and is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes and genocide in the region.\n\nJustice for the people of Darfur was a key rallying cry for civilian groups who backed the ouster of the president after nearly three decades in power.\n\nThe Sudanese Professionals' Association, which was at the forefront of the anti-Bashir movement, called for the current transitional government to deal with the \"unruly armed groups which have been freely moving and terrorising civilians since the collapse of the former regime\", Sudan's news agency reports.\n\nYou may also be interested in:\n\nLast year Mohanad Hashim visited Kalma camp where some of the millions of people who fled flighting ended up:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The ongoing struggle for peace in Darfur", "A man has scaled a Hong Kong skyscraper in his wheelchair to raise money for spinal cord patients.\n\nLai Chi-Wai, who became paralysed after a road accident ten years ago, climbed 250 metres (820ft) of the Nina Towers building.\n\nBefore his accident, Lai Chi-Wai was a rock-climbing champion in Asia and eighth best in the world.\n\nHe said that \"knowing there was a possibility...that I could be a climber again, I found some direction in life\".", "A financial support scheme for airports in England will open this month, the government says, as the aviation sector faces new Covid travel curbs.\n\nAviation minister Robert Courts said the move was a response to the closure of all UK air corridors from Monday.\n\nThe aim was to provide grants by the end of this financial year, he said.\n\nIndustry groups had warned there was only so long airports could \"run on fumes\", following the announcement of the new quarantine rules.\n\nUnder the new rules beginning at 04:00 GMT on Monday, all travel corridors - which have been in place to allow arrivals from some countries to forgo quarantine - will close.\n\nAll arrivals to the UK after that time will need to isolate for up to 10 days, although the quarantine period can be cut short with a negative test after five days.\n\nPeople will also have to show proof of a negative test taken in the previous 72 hours before travelling.\n\nOn Sunday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab also told the BBC'S Andrew Marr Show that Public Health England would also be stepping up checks on travellers who must self-isolate, while enforcement checks at borders would also be \"ramped up\".\n\nHe added that asking all arrivals to self-isolate in hotels was a \"potential measure\" the government was keeping under review.\n\nIn a tweet, Mr Courts said the Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme \"will help airports reduce\" additional costs faced due to the pandemic and that further details would follow soon.\n\nThe scheme had first been announced in November, but without a set start date. It will involve grants of up to £8m per applicant, to be used to cover fixed costs, such as business rates.\n\nIn a statement at the time, the Airport Operators Association said the scheme would be a relief. However, it said support equivalent to business rates would only go so far and with the pandemic crisis deepening, a broader package of support was needed for all four nations, to see the sector through the next few months.\n\nAOA chief executive Karen Dee said the measures would \"provide much-needed support to many embattled airports, helping them through the challenging months ahead\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson announced the changes to the UK's travel rules at a Downing Street briefing on Friday, saying they would \"protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains\" of Covid.\n\nThe new rules will be in place until at least 15 February, he said.\n\nA ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde also came into force on Friday, having been imposed over concerns about a new variant identified in Brazil.\n\nNew variants causing concern have previously been identified in the UK and South Africa, with many countries imposing restrictions on arrivals from both nations.\n\nScientists fear the variants seen in South Africa and Brazil may interfere with the effectiveness of vaccines and evade parts of the immune system.\n\nThe government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance told the press briefing on Friday that some of the new variants may be able to \"get round\" the Covid vaccines but it was \"really quite easy\" to adjust the vaccines to deal with mutations in the virus.\n\nThe travel industry said closing the travel corridors was understandable due to the health emergency, but warned it would deepen the crisis for the sector.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, said the system had been \"a lifeline for the industry\" last summer but \"things change and there's no doubting this is a serious health emergency\". He said he assumed the government would remove the latest restrictions as soon as it was safe.\n\n\"We've had no revenue now effectively for 12 months, give or take a few months in the summer last year. If we're going to have an aviation sector coming out of this we need to open up in the summer,\" he told the BBC.\n\nTravel operators had already been forced to cancel holidays before the latest restrictions were announced.\n\nEarlier this week, Jet2 suspended all flights and holidays until 25 March over \"ongoing uncertainty\" and budget travel provider EasyJet on Thursday began cancelling holidays up to and including 24 March.\n\nThe Department for Transport has said it is supporting the travel industry with an extension to the furlough scheme until the end of April, business rates relief and tax deferrals.\n\nWith all parts of the UK under strict virus rules amid high levels of infection, only essential travel is permitted.\n\nOn Saturday, another 1,295 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test were reported in the UK, and a further 41,346 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from overseas? Do you work in the travel industry? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Pilot Douglas Jones, 27, was enjoying his dream job, working for Aegean Airlines and living in Greece, when the pandemic began last spring - and borders began to close.\n\nFearing being stranded in Greece, he booked a flight home to Scotland and within a couple of weeks learned his job was gone.\n\nBack home, in the small Scottish town of Moffat, in Dumfries and Galloway, he found himself “desperate to do something”.\n\n\"When you have been used to living in Berlin and Athens and you move back to Moffat, living with your dad, it is a bit of slowdown,\" he says.\n\nIt was a relative of a friend who spotted south of Scotland firm Alpha Solway was hiring new workers to meet demand for personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\nIt certainly marked a change of pace – the nine-to-five office-based routine was difficult to adjust to for someone accustomed to navigating the skies of Europe – but Douglas says he was \"surprised\" by what parts of his old job he could bring to his new post.\n\n\"A lot in commercial aviation is about awareness - situational awareness - and a lot of that can be built into manufacturing as well,\" he says.\n\nWhile looking forward to returning to the skies one day, he adds: “I have learned a huge amount here.\n\n“There are good people here doing a good job and I am helping at least with that.\"", "Children in England will be able to access books online free during school closures via a virtual library.\n\nInternet classroom Oak National Academy created the library after schools moved to remote learning for the majority of pupils until February half-term.\n\nFormed with The National Literacy Trust, the library will provide a book a week from its author of the week.\n\nThe aim is to increase young readers' access to e-books and audiobooks, particularly the most disadvantaged.\n\nOak National Academy is funded by the Department for Education and has provided more than 28 million lessons since the start of the school term on 4 January.\n\nIn the last two weeks, 4.1 million pupils accessed its resources.\n\nThe latest lockdown has seen schools in England close except for children of key workers and vulnerable pupils.\n\nMatt Hood, principal of Oak National Academy, said: \"It's incredible to be able to add to our offer something vital for children's literacy and their mental wellbeing.\"\n\nJonathan Douglas, chief executive of the National Literacy Trust, said it was \"essential\" to enable as many children as possible to \"access a world of great literature\".\n\nHe added: \"Many children's literacy skills were profoundly affected by the first lockdown and school closures.\n\n\"We will do everything in our power to support children, families and teachers during this new lockdown period.\"\n\nDescribing the virtual library as a \"fantastic resource\", Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said learning and children's development must continue while schools remain closed.\n\nHe said: \"Reading is hugely beneficial not only for children's literacy skills, but also their mental health and wellbeing.\"\n\nThe first book to feature will be Dame Jacqueline Wilson's The Story Of Tracy Beaker, and will be available to access free for a week from 17 January.\n\nDame Jacqueline said with schools closed, the free online library is needed more than ever, adding: \"I think it's vitally important that every child should have an opportunity to access books.\"", "The funeral of Gerry and the Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden has been held at a church near his beloved River Mersey.\n\nMarsden died, aged 78, in hospital on 3 January following a blood infection.\n\nAs the frontman in the band Gerry and the Pacemakers, his hits included Ferry Cross The Mersey and a cover version of You'll Never Walk Alone.\n\nEx-Liverpool boss Sir Kenny Dalglish was among the mourners at the funeral which had to remain small because of Covid restrictions.\n\nSir Kenny managed the club at the time of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, which led to the deaths of 96 fans who were attending an FA Cup game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.\n\nGerry Marsden sings You'll Never Walk Alone before an Anfield match in 2010\n\nSir Kenny said: \"You'll Never Walk Alone has huge meaning to the lives of Liverpool supporters around the world and is synonymous with the club.\n\n\"He will be sadly missed by those who knew him and the millions he never got to meet.\"\n\nYou'll Never Walk Alone became a football terrace anthem for Marsden's hometown club soon after it topped the charts in 1963.\n\nThe song was played during the funeral by a guitarist while a version of Marsden singing Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying, a song he wrote for his wife Pauline, also featured.\n\nShe said: \"We, his family, are totally devastated and have been so moved and amazed at the extent of the respect, love and affection received from all over the world.\n\n\"When the time is right and we have come out of this terrible pandemic we hope a fitting memorial can be held for him in the city he loved so much.\"\n\nGerry and the Pacemakers was one of the biggest British bands in the 1960s\n\nReferring to the lyrics from Ferry Cross the Mersey, close friend Arthur Johnson said: \"He lived close to the banks of the Mersey for all his life and as the words of his song say: 'This land's the place I love and here I'll stay'.\"\n\nLiverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotheram said: \"I feel privileged he let me into his life, although that makes his passing even more painful.\"\n\nIn 1962, Beatles manager Brian Epstein signed up Gerry and the Pacemakers and, a year later, they became the first band to have their first three songs top the charts - How Do You Do It, I Like It and You'll Never Walk Alone.\n\nA flag on the Royal Iris Mersey ferry flew at half mast after the death of Gerry Marsden\n\nThey were one of the successes of the Merseybeat era, with former Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney saying at the time of Marsden's death that: \"Gerry was a mate from our early days in Liverpool\".\n\n\"He and his group were our biggest rivals on the local scene.\"", "More than half of the Church of England's 14,000 parishes will not open for Sunday services later, as places of worship are hit hard by Covid-19.\n\nMany of the Church's clergy are shielding, while some parishes have decided it is not safe enough to admit worshippers.\n\nMost mosques in London did not open for Friday prayers.\n\nThe Catholic Church in England and Wales says parishes that are able to follow guidelines will still open.\n\nDespite coronavirus restrictions, places of worship in England and Wales can open - but many are struggling to do so safely.\n\nPlaces of worship remain closed throughout Scotland, while Northern Ireland's main church denominations are to cease public worship until early February.\n\nThe Church of England has told the BBC more than half of its parishes - including some cathedrals - will not open for communal prayer on Sunday. Many have moved their worship online.\n\nThe Church said some of its clergy were shielding, and all parishes were making their own decision.\n\nLincoln Cathedral took the decision to suspend in-person worship and move services online earlier in the week.\n\nRev Canon Nick Brown, Precentor of Lincoln, said the decision was taken \"with a very heavy heart\" but explained: \"To bring people together in worship is at the very heart of our purpose, but having considered expert advice we believe that the best way to help limit the spread of Covid-19 is to suspend public services for the time being.\"\n\nThe Catholic Church in England and Wales says it will keep its churches under review to make sure \"the highest standards of safety are maintained\". It is also organising online masses in many parishes.\n\nBritain's most senior Catholic, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, had criticised previous orders for churches to close.\n\nWith more than half of the Church of England's parishes closed for communal worship, thousands of Christians are being deprived of spiritual sustenance, at a time when many feel sorely in need of it.\n\nOther religions are also grappling with the issue and have worked hard to make their places of worship Covid-compliant by, for example, introducing strict booking and ticketing systems.\n\nMany church parishes have adapted by moving services online, a trend mirrored in some Jewish and Muslim denominations. These have been largely successful, and in some cases attracted new audiences from thousands of miles away. However, it's difficult to replicate the sense of community when people can physically and regularly meet up.\n\nOne Rabbi I spoke to last summer admitted he was worried some of his synagogue regulars, kept away by Covid-19, might never return.\n\nThere's also a financial aspect. Places of worship rely heavily on the generosity of believers. Weekly donations have been hit by church closures, and many revenue-generating schemes, such as hiring out church halls, have been cancelled. Many of the country's ancient cathedrals make much of their income from tourist admission fees.\n\nDifferent parts of the UK have taken different approaches, with all places of worship currently closed in Scotland, for example. Some Christian leaders, largely accepting of initial closures during the first lockdown, have gradually spoken out in favour of being able to make the decision themselves.\n\nBut with most shops and sporting facilities closed in England, some campaigners, such as the National Secular Society, have railed against what they say is \"a worrying deference to religious entitlement\".\n\nMeanwhile, the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board has told the BBC although most mosques in England and Wales did open for Friday prayers, the majority in London did not - and it says it has asked its members in areas where the infection rate is rising to work closely with Public Health England and local authorities.\n\nUnder the latest lockdowns in the UK, there are changes to usual practices for worshippers of all religions.\n\nIn the areas of the UK where communal worship is allowed, a number of measures are in place, such as carrying out services in the shortest possible time, and ensuring worshippers do not mingle with anyone not in their own household or support bubble.\n\nFaith leaders have accepted the need for restrictions.\n\nThe Muslim Council of Britain urges \"strong caution for mosques wishing to continue remaining open to the public for worship... and for tremendous care to be exercised\".\n\nMeanwhile, the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Sarah Mullally, who has been in charge of the Church of England's plans for resuming services, has said \"some may feel that it is currently better not to attend in person... Clergy who have concerns, and others who are shielding, should take particular care and stay at home\".\n\nHow have you been affected by the issues relating to coronavirus? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None What are the rules for places of worship?", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland need further 36 runs to win\n\nEngland need 36 runs on the final day to win the first Test against Sri Lanka despite losing three wickets in a chaotic end to the fourth day in Galle.\n\nChasing only 74, the tourists slipped to 14-3 as Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley fell to left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya before captain Joe Root was run out after a mix-up with Jonny Bairstow.\n\nBairstow, who survived a run-out chance of his own, and debutant Dan Lawrence saw England to 38 without further loss before bad light ended play early.\n\nBairstow and Lawrence will resume on 11 and seven respectively at 04:15 GMT on Monday.\n\nEarlier, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 359, with Lahiru Thirimanne scoring 111 - his first century for almost eight years - and Angelo Matthews 73.\n\nJack Leach, playing his first Test since 2019, took 5-122 and Dom Bess 3-100 to finish with match figures of 8-130 and set up what should still be a comfortable England victory despite a wearing pitch.\n\nEngland won their most recent series in Sri Lanka 3-0, but their record in Asia - and playing spin - is poor and it reared its head again in a remarkable start to their fourth-innings chase.\n\nSibley, whom many feel is vulnerable against spin, was bowled for two not offering a shot, while Crawley, who was dropped on one, added only eight before a drive was superbly caught at gully by Kusal Mendis.\n\nEngland contributed to their own problems as captain Root, who scored a magnificent 228 in the first innings, was run out by a direct hit by wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella, colliding with bowler Dilruwan Perera after Bairstow called for a risky single.\n\nBairstow and Lawrence restored calm in a 24-run stand to steer England to stumps, and they remain firm favourites to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.\n\n\"If Sri Lanka had run Bairstow out just after Root it would have been very interesting,\" former England captain Michael Vaughan said on BBC Test Match Special.\n\nSri Lanka, whose first-innings effort of 135 in just 46.1 overs was described as \"one of the worse we've ever seen\", showed significantly more character and application in the second.\n\nOpener Thirimanne, 76 not out as the hosts resumed on 156-2, moved to his second Test century - 54 innings after his first, the third longest gap in Test history - with a cut for four off Bess.\n\nThe left-hander averaged 22 in 36 Tests before this match and his place was in serious doubt, only for captain Dimuth Karunaratne to be ruled out before the game with a thumb injury.\n\nAfter Thirimanne got a faint inside edge to the excellent Jos Buttler off Sam Curran, former captain Mathews played a dogged 219-ball innings containing only two fours to ensure Sri Lanka at least wiped out a 286-run first-innings deficit.\n\nWhen he edged Leach to Root at slip to be last man out, Sri Lanka were left wondering what might have been had they shown the same discipline first time round.\n\nBess, who took 5-30 in the first innings despite struggling with his length, improved throughout the second innings and took a wicket in the first over of his three spells on Sunday.\n\nHe had nightwatchman Embuldeniya caught by Sibley at short cover off the 12th ball of the day, before returning to have stand-in captain Dinesh Chandimal held at slip by Root, and Dickwella caught behind as he attempted to guide the ball to third man.\n\nLeach, who has missed England's past 11 Tests - in part due to illness - yorked Dasun Shanaka and had the dangerous Wanindu Hasaranga superbly taken by Root at slip, before Perera became Buttler's first stumping in Test cricket.\n\nThe wicket of Mathews rounded off Leach's five-wicket haul, the first time two England spinners had achieved the feat in the same match since Derek Underwood and John Emburey in Sri Lanka in 1982.\n\n'It will only mean something if we win' - reaction\n\nEngland spinner Jack Leach on BBC Test Match Special: \"I wouldn't say I bowled well. It has been hard graft out there and I have certainly found I am probably a little rusty.\n\n\"At times I felt I could have done a better job, but the pleasing thing is I felt I bowled better as the game went on.\n\n\"We will come back tomorrow, knock these off and then I can be happy about my five wickets. It will only mean something if we win.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"It has been an exciting day's play. Sri Lanka hung in there.\n\n\"Credit to Sri Lanka - we pelted them but on days three and four have shown they are a team that can compete in home conditions.\"\n\nFormer Sri Lanka all-rounder Russel Arnold: \"The start of England's innings was hectic. We saw panic from England, but Bairstow and Lawrence now look like they have it under control.\"\n• None Find all the resources you need to help with education at home\n• None The hilarious hit history podcast is back for a new series", "There are warnings more children could be plunged into poverty\n\nA decision on whether the £20 weekly rise in Universal Credit will be kept in place is unlikely before March's Budget, a top minister has indicated.\n\nCampaigners say the uplift, worth more than £1,000 a year, has been a lifeline for the vulnerable during the pandemic.\n\nLabour will use a Commons debate on Monday to add pressure on ministers to agree now to extend it beyond 31 March.\n\nBut Dominic Raab told the BBC it was a \"temporary measure\" and the Budget would spell out support \"in the round\".\n\nIn an interview with Andrew Marr, the foreign secretary confirmed that Conservative MPs would be told to abstain in Monday's debate, meaning Labour's \"opposition day\" motion will be approved.\n\nWhile the motion will not be binding on ministers and won't change policy, the BBC's Ben Wright said not opposing it represented an attempt by the government to \"neutralise\" the issue for the time being.\n\nIt showed, he added, how concerned ministers were about the prospect of a rebellion by Tory MPs - many of whom want an end to the uncertainty over the issue - if they had been asked to vote against it.\n\nThe standard Universal Credit allowance, which is claimed by more than 5.5 million households, was increased by £20 a week in April 2020 as part of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's early Covid economic response.\n\nWhile it was designed as a temporary response to help those unable to work or struggling due to the lockdown, opposition parties and charities say failing to extend will cause real hardship for hundreds of thousands of people.\n\nThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation has suggested about 16 million people will be directly affected, with millions of households facing an income loss equivalent to £1,040 a year.\n\nThe organisation has warned 500,000 more people will be driven into poverty, including 200,000 children, while a further 500,000 of those already in poverty will find themselves in even worse hardship.\n\nIts director Helen Barnard said a decision could not be delayed any longer.\n\n\"The chancellor has said the economy is going to get worse before it gets better and our evidence shows it is those with the least who are often suffering the most,\" she said.\n\n\"No one can seriously argue that cutting support for those on the lowest incomes in April will do anything other than weaken our already fragile economy.\"\n\nAsked whether the government should act now, Mr Raab said Monday's debate was a \"political\" move by the opposition and not about the government's overall financial support during the pandemic.\n\nHe promised to \"look at everything in the round\" to make sure support for the most vulnerable was available.\n\n\"Obviously in March there will be a Budget where again that holistic approach can be taken by the chancellor, but we've put that support in place to make sure that the most vulnerable communities can be protected at this very difficult time,\" he told Andrew Marr.\n\nThe government says it has injected an extra £7bn into the welfare system during the pandemic, including boosting Working Tax Credits by more than £1,000 a year for a 12-month period.\n\nLabour has urged the government to \"see sense\" on Universal Credit, saying that it would be both morally and economically wrong to \"take £1,000 a year from Britain's families\" at the peak of the unemployment crisis.", "The leaders of most of the world's biggest economies will get a brief taste of the English seaside this June as they gather for the G7 summit.\n\nCornwall's Carbis Bay, known for its sandy beach and clear waters, will be the venue for discussions on debt, climate change and post-Covid recovery.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson called it the \"perfect location for such a crucial summit\".\n\nThe UK, US, Germany, France, Canada, Italy and Japan make up the G7.\n\nLeaders from Australia, India, South Korea and the EU will also attend the event, from 11 to 13 June, as guests.\n\nVisit Cornwall estimates the county will make £50m, with the summit providing a boost to tourism and the area's international profile.\n\nBut the likes of US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron are unlikely to enjoy an ice cream and a barefoot stroll through Carbis Bay's surf.\n\nG7 summits require security cordons, with anti-globalisation protests having affected several previous get-togethers.\n\nMeasures in place for the meeting in Biarritz, France, in 2019, saw the seaside resort likened to a temporary \"fortress\".\n\nThe Cornish meeting will be the first face-to-face G7 since the pandemic started. Last year's event - scheduled to take place at Camp David, Maryland - took place online instead.\n\nThe previous two UK-hosted meetings were at Lough Erne, Co Fermanagh, in 2013, and Gleneagles, Perth and Kinross, in 2005.\n\nBoris Johnson invoked the leading role of Cornwall's mining communities in the industrial revolution\n\nThis year, delegates will be put up - with Covid restrictions in place - at the Tregenna Castle Resort, overlooking nearby St Ives, and other locations.\n\nThe National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth will host international media.\n\nThe UK is hosting the summit as president of the G7 for the year.\n\n\"As the most prominent grouping of democratic countries, the G7 has long been the catalyst for decisive international action to tackle the greatest challenges we face,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\nHe added that leaders should approach the economic challenges of Covid \"by uniting with a spirit of openness to create a better future\".\n\n\"Two-hundred years ago Cornwall's tin and copper mines were at the heart of the UK's industrial revolution and this summer Cornwall will again be the nucleus of great global change and advancement,\" the prime minister said.\n\nVisit Cornwall chief executive Malcolm Bell said the summit would \"not only showcase the beauty of Cornwall but give us the opportunity to communicate our heritage, culture and the connections\".\n\nLocal leaders said it would provide a \"fantastic opportunity\" to showcase the county on the world stage.\n\nThe government said it would announce more of its plans \"in due course\".\n\nThe G7 meeting comes five months ahead of UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in November.", "A statue of Edward Colston was thrown into Bristol Harbour last June, after being pulled down and rolled through the streets\n\nThe government is planning new laws to protect statues in England from being removed \"on a whim or at the behest of a baying mob\", Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has said.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, he said generations-old monuments should be \"considered thoughtfully\".\n\nThe legislation would require planning permission for any changes and a minister would be given the final veto.\n\nIt will be revealed in Parliament on Monday.\n\nThe plans follow the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston last year and a wider discussion on the removal of controversial monuments.\n\nFour people were later charged with criminal damage over the removal of the Colston statue, and six people accepted conditional cautions over their involvement.\n\nIn the paper, the communities secretary said Britain should not try to edit or censor its past.\n\nMr Jenrick said any decision to remove heritage assets in England would require planning permission and a consultation with local communities, adding that he wanted to see a \"considered approach\".\n\nHe wrote: \"Our view will be set out in law, that such monuments are almost always best explained and contextualised, not taken and hidden away.\"\n\nMr Jenrick added that he had noticed an attempt to set a narrative which seeks to erase part of the nation's history, saying this was \"at the hand of the flash mob, or by the decree of a 'cultural committee' of town hall militants and woke worthies\".\n\nHe said: \"We live in a country that believes in the rule of law, but when it comes to protecting our heritage, due process has been overridden. That can't be right.\n\n\"Local people should have the chance to be consulted whether a monument should stand or not.\n\n\"What has stood for generations should be considered thoughtfully, not removed on a whim or at the behest of a baying mob.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Metropolitan Police say they are seeking to identify those responsible for the damage\n\nThe death of George Floyd while in the custody of police in Minneapolis sparked anti-racism protests across the world.\n\nDuring largely peaceful demonstrations in the UK, the controversial Colston statue was dumped into Bristol Harbour and a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill was vandalised with the words \"was a racist\".\n\nSpeaking in June, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square is a permanent reminder of his achievement in saving this country - and the whole of Europe - from a fascist and racist tyranny.\n\n\"It is absurd and shameful that this national monument should ... be at risk of attack by violent protesters.\n\n\"Yes, he sometimes expressed opinions that were and are unacceptable to us today, but he was a hero, and he fully deserves his memorial.\"\n\nColston made his fortune in the slave trade and bequeathed his money to charities in Bristol, which led to many venues, streets and landmarks bearing his name.\n\nThe Society of Merchant Venturers, the Bristol charity which runs institutions named after Edward Colston, said it was right that the statue was removed, along with other memorials to \"a man who benefited from trading in human lives\".\n\nThey said it was part of acknowledging Bristol's \"dark past\" and building \"a city where racism and inequality no longer exist\".\n\nFollowing the toppling of the statue, Colston's Girls School changed its name to Montpelier High School and the city's Colston Hall music venue is now known as the Bristol Beacon.\n\nA statue of a Black Lives Matter protester was placed on the empty plinth without permission in July and was removed shortly afterwards.", "Work to restore hundreds of thousands of fingerprint, DNA and arrest records accidentally wiped from police databases is ongoing, the Home Office has said.\n\nAround 400,000 records were lost, according to The Times, which first reported the story.\n\nThe Home Office did not comment on how many records were likely to be restored, or how long it would take.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the issue was \"a result of human error\".\n\nData was wiped from the Police National Computer (PNC) - which stores and shares criminal records information across the UK - after being inadvertently flagged for deletion.\n\nThe PNC is used in police investigations and provides real-time checks on people, vehicles and crimes, as well as whether suspects are wanted for any unsolved offences.\n\nThe coding that caused the problem was introduced in November 2020, and the deletions started earlier this week.\n\nInitially, it was thought some 150,000 records were lost, but it since has emerged the number could be significantly higher.\n\nCommenting on the error, Ms Patel said: \"Engineers continue to work to restore data lost as a result of human error during a routine housekeeping process earlier this week.\n\n\"I continue to be in regular contact with the team, and working with our policing partners, we will provide an update as soon as we can.\"\n\nEarlier, Labour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called on Ms Patel to take responsibility for the error and be clear about the impact it had had.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, he described the situation as \"extraordinarily serious\", adding: \"Priti Patel will be responsible for criminals walking free.\n\n\"We're not going to be able to link suspects to crime scenes without the DNA and fingerprint evidence.\"\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council said the lost data had resulted in a couple of \"near misses\" for serious crimes when trying to identify an offender.\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse insisted the affected records \"apply to cases where individuals were arrested and then released with no further action\".\n\nHe added: \"We are working to recover the affected records as a priority. While we do so, the Police National Computer is functioning and the police are taking steps to mitigate any impact.\"", "A group of London business leaders has written to the government calling for financial support for the struggling rail firm Eurostar.\n\nIn a letter to the Treasury and Department for Transport, they urge \"swift action to safeguard its future\".\n\nBosses of firms such as Fortnum & Mason signed the letter asking for access to government loans and business rates relief \"at the very least\".\n\nThe government says it is \"working closely\" with Eurostar.\n\nThe cross-Channel rail company is threatened by a large drop in passenger numbers due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions.\n\nIt reported in November that passenger numbers had been down 95% since March 2020.\n\nWith two trains an hour normally scheduled in peak hours, it now runs just two services a day from London to Paris and Brussels.\n\nThe letter, coordinated by business campaigning group London First and seen by the BBC, describes the firm as one that has \"fallen through the cracks\". Unlike some airlines, it has not been eligible for government-backed loans.\n\n\"If this viable business is allowed to fall between the cracks of support - neither an airline, nor a domestic railway - our recovery could be damaged,\" it says.\n\nCo-signed by 28 leaders, including the vice-chancellor of Middlesex University, the chief executive of West End property company Shaftesbury, as well as the boss of the ExCeL conference centre, the letter points out that the company currently employs 1,200 people in the UK.\n\nThe firm is 55% owned by French state rail firm SNCF. The UK government sold its stake in the business to private companies for £757m in 2015.\n\nThe letter also credits Eurostar with reducing carbon emissions. Since it launched in 1994, it has transported more than 190 million passengers between Britain and mainland Europe.\n\nA spokesman for Eurostar said: \"Without additional funding from government there is a real risk to the survival of Eurostar, the green gateway to Europe.\n\nHe described the current situation as \"very serious\".\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Transport said: \"We recognise the significant financial challenges facing Eurostar as a result of Covid-19 and the unprecedented circumstances currently faced by the international travel industry.\"\n\nHe added the government had been in contact with Eurostar \"on a regular basis\" since the start of the coronavirus crisis and would continue to work closely with the firm.\n• None How are travel rules being relaxed?", "Few people get as unique a take on the movement, mood and feelings of the public than the business owners that sit in its lay-bys.\n\nSince the start of lockdown they have juggled highs and lows.\n\nFrom supporting lorry drivers unable to stop at closed service stations to seeing their customers told to stay at home - and in turn not spend money with them.\n\nSome are now questioning their future and role in a workforce predicted to change its patterns and work from home more in the future.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duke of Cambridge shared his own experiences of seeing \"death and so much bereavement\"\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been told the pandemic will leave many emergency workers \"broken\".\n\nMany police and NHS workers are too concerned with battling the pandemic to look after their mental health, they were told.\n\nInsp Phil Spencer from Cleveland Police said staff did not engage enough with counselling \"because we don't want to take anybody else's valuable time\".\n\nPrince William said he \"really worries\" about the effect on front-line workers.\n\n\"When you're surrounded by that level of intense trauma and sadness and bereavement, it really does, it stays with you at home, it stays with you for weeks on end,\" he said.\n\nInsp Spencer said emergency workers \"run towards danger, run towards a terrorist attack, we run towards the pandemic\".\n\n\"Perhaps further down the line when all this is gone we're going to have some broken police officers and emergency services staff, because we're too busy focusing on protecting the most vulnerable,\" he said.\n\nThe couple also spoke to counsellors from Hospice UK's Harrogate-based Just B support line for NHS staff, social care workers, carers and emergency services, which their foundation helps financially.\n\nThe prince said he feared \"you're all so busy caring for everyone else that you won't take enough time to care for yourselves\".\n\nHe and Catherine said the stigma surrounding seeking help for mental health issues must end.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n• None The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Two drivers from Scotland were stopped by police on Anglesey going to see friends.\n\nPeople who drove more than 200 miles to visit friends in Wales and a group having a party in a garden shed have been caught breaking Covid rules.\n\nPolice forces in Wales have broken up parties, football matches and fined people for visiting beauty spots this weekend while Wales is in lockdown.\n\nTwo motorists were reported by North Wales Police in Anglesey after driving from Scotland to visit friends.\n\nWhile in Swansea, eight people were fined after a party was held in a shed.\n\nThe drivers from Scotland were stopped by police at Valley, near Holyhead, and reported for driving without insurance and breaching Covid travel restrictions.\n\nOfficers from North Wales Police on Saturday also stopped a car from Portsmouth as the driver was travelling to \"collect a front bumper\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by South Wales Police Vale of Glamorgan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by South Wales Police Vale of Glamorgan\n\n\"Travelling nearly 300 miles for a piece of cosmetic plastic for your car is not essential at this time,\" said North Wales Police's Intercept team.\n\n\"The regulations have been broadcast far and wide. Please be mindful you will be reported if your journey is not essential.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEven though national parks have shut car parks in a bid to stop people visiting, North Wales Police said it received about 100 calls on Saturday about potential Covid breaches - and officers told people they need to take \"personal responsibility\" and \"stay home\".\n\nSouth Wales Police officers issued fixed penalty notices after finding people from \"all different households\" in a shed - which had been converted into a bar - in the Sketty area of Swansea all \"mixing together\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Mark Drakeford This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA further nine fixed penalty notices were given out in the Townhill area of the city after different households attended a baby reveal party on Sunday.\n\nFive people were warned about breaking laws in Neath Port Talbot after a group travelled to a field to play football, while four people were fined after a house party in Aberavon.\n\nUnder coronavirus rules people are only allowed to leave their homes for \"essential\" reasons, including to shop for food, get medical treatment and to exercise.\n\nWhile exercise is allowed, people are not allowed to drive to a spot for a walk, run or cycle, and the law means exercising with people you do not live with (or who are your bubble if you live alone) is banned.\n\nThose found to be in breach of Covid laws can be fined £60 for the first offence, with the penalties increasing up to £1,920. If prosecuted, however, a court can impose an unlimited fine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid lockdown: 'This is why we say to you do not come out'\n\nUntil recently police had been using an education first approach, but the Welsh Government has repeatedly said it wants to see stricter enforcement of the rules.\n\nIn Powys, road officers from Dyfed-Powys Police stopped cars and turned around people driving to exercise.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Traffic Wales North & Mid #KeepWalesSafe This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn Port Talbot, two people sat on a bench drinking alcohol were fined by South Wales Police for \"leaving home without a reasonable excuse\".\n\nGwent Police officers broke-up a house party in Glyn-Gaer, Caerphilly county, on Friday evening and issued fines.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Sunday. We'll have another update for you on Monday.\n\nTen new mass Covid vaccination centres are to open in England from Monday, as the government bids to meet its target of offering 15 million people in the UK a dose by 15 February. Blackburn Cathedral and St Helens Rugby Ground are among the venues chosen to join the seven hubs already in use. NHS England said the new centres would offer \"thousands\" of jabs a week. It comes as another 324,233 vaccine doses have been administered across the UK, taking the total above 3.5 million. Check when you will be eligible for a jab.\n\nA financial support scheme for airports in England will open this month, the government says, as the aviation sector faces new Covid travel curbs. Aviation minister Robert Courts said the move was a response to the closure of all UK air corridors from Monday. The aim is to provide grants before the end of this financial year, he said. Industry groups had warned there was only so long airports could \"run on fumes\", following the announcement of the new quarantine rules. Under the new rules beginning at 04:00 GMT on Monday, all travel corridors - which have been in place to allow arrivals from some countries to forgo quarantine - will close.\n\nMore than half of the Church of England's 14,000 parishes will not open for Sunday services today, as places of worship are hit hard by Covid-19. Many of the Church's clergy are shielding, while some parishes have decided it is not safe enough to admit worshippers. It has also been revealed that most mosques in London remained closed on Friday, meaning Muslims had to make alternative arrangements for Friday prayers. Despite current coronavirus restrictions, places of worship in England and Wales can open - but many are struggling to do so safely. Places of worship remain closed throughout Scotland, while Northern Ireland's main church denominations are to cease public worship until early February. Remind yourself of the rules where you live for places of worship.\n\nChildren in England will be able to access books online free during school closures via a virtual library. Internet classroom Oak National Academy created the library after schools moved to remote learning for the majority of pupils until February half-term. Formed with The National Literacy Trust, the library will provide a book a week from its author of the week. The aim is to increase young readers' access to e-books and audiobooks, particularly the most disadvantaged. The latest lockdown has seen schools in England close to all but children of key workers and vulnerable pupils.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge has expressed his pride at the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh for stepping up and having their Covid-19 vaccinations. In a video call with frontline workers, Prince William spoke about his grandparents after being told medics have witnessed \"vaccine hesitancy\" among some communities during the jab rollout. He praised NHS staff behind the rollout of the vaccine, and described the programme as \"tremendous\", saying it didn't \"just happen\". Staff joked they had been \"thinking and dreaming\" of vaccines all day and night with some describing working seven-day weeks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In a video call, the Duke of Cambridge said the vaccination programme was \"tremendous\"\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nAnd it's been almost a month since people in some parts of the UK were allowed to meet in Christmas \"bubbles\", so what impact did this have?\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The boss of NHS England reveals Covid-19 jabs are being done much faster than people are newly catching the virus\n\nPeople in England are being vaccinated four times faster than new cases of the virus are being detected, NHS England's chief executive has said.\n\nSir Simon Stevens told the BBC that 140 people a minute were now being given the jab, usually the first dose of two.\n\nBut he said the NHS had never been in a more precarious position, with 75% more Covid patients than at the April peak.\n\nIt comes as a further 298,087 people received their first dose of the vaccine on Saturday.\n\nThere were also 671 more deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test, and another 38,598 positive tests.\n\nSir Simon told the Andrew Marr Show some hospitals would open for vaccinations 24 hours a day, seven days a week on a trial basis in the next 10 days.\n\nHe said England was on course to deliver 1.5 million doses this week. Scotland has delivered a total of more than 224,000 first doses, Wales has given over 126,000 and Northern Ireland nearly 118,000 - although Scotland and Wales do not report figures at the weekend.\n\nHalf of all over-80s have now been vaccinated, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said. \"Each jab brings us one step closer to normal,\" he said.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC that the UK was making \"good progress\" in ensuring every adult was offered a vaccine by September and \"if it can be done more swiftly, that's a bonus\".\n\nMore people have now been vaccinated than have had positive tests since the pandemic began, with 10 more mass vaccination sites due to open in England on Monday.\n\nSir Simon said hospitals and staff were under \"extreme pressure\", however. Asked if the NHS has ever been in a more precarious situation, he said \"no\", adding that the pandemic was a \"unique event\" in its 72-year history.\n\nSomeone was being admitted to hospital with coronavirus every 30 seconds, Sir Simon said, and since Christmas patient numbers had risen by 15,000 - the equivalent of 30 full hospitals.\n\nIt means there are 75% more Covid-19 patients in hospital than there were in the April peak, the NHS chief executive said.\n\nAlthough there were promising signs infection rates were falling, he said they were still too high and rising in some areas and age groups, including the over-60s.\n\nHe said the number of critical care beds had been increased by 50% since the first wave of the pandemic but a \"very small number\" of patients were still having to be transferred between regions when hospitals were full.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The foreign secretary said there would be increased UK border checks next week\n\nAsked about the ratio of nurses to patients in London intensive care units, Sir Simon said there were sometimes three patients for every nurse rather than the one-to-one ratio normally expected. But patients were receiving the \"highest quality care possible\".\n\nAbout 53,000 NHS staff are currently off work due to the virus, he added.\n\nSir Simon said the health service would only be able to maintain the vaccination rate and \"hold the line if people continue to do the right thing and prevent the transmission of coronavirus\".\n\nVaccinating priority groups by the spring would not mean that \"with one bound we are free\" of coronavirus restrictions, he said. But he added: \"I don't think we will have to wait until the autumn.\"\n\nHe said he suspected that there would be enough supply of the vaccine - \"the crucial thing\" - to begin lifting restrictions before then.\n\nSir Simon also warned that although starting with the most vulnerable groups reduced the risk of deaths, a quarter of hospital patients with the virus were currently under 55 - and therefore not a priority unless they have a medical condition that puts them at additional risk.\n\nAsked about suggestions that some vaccination centres were having to throw away leftover doses, he said: \"The guidance from the chief medical officer is crystal clear: every last drop of vaccine should be used.\"\n\nMany centres were finding they were able to get six doses out of a five-dose vial, and Sir Simon said they should keep a reserve list of staff and high-risk patients who could be contacted to receive a vaccination at short notice.\n\nDr Rosie Shire from the Doctors' Association UK told the BBC that as well as sometimes getting six doses out of the five-dose Pfizer vials, they had also got 11 or 12 doses out of 10-dose AstraZeneca vials.\n\nBut she said the uncertain dose count made it harder to know how many last-minute appointments to book in order to use up the supply.\n\nMr Raab said that he was not aware of any delays to supplies from manufacturers Pfizer and AstraZeneca and said he was \"confident we have the flexibility\" to deliver enough doses.\n\n\"It is an enormous challenge. We are meeting it,\" he said. \"But we take nothing for granted.\"\n\nThe foreign secretary said the risk that new variants could prove resistant to vaccines or more deadly meant the UK had to take the \"precautionary approach\" of requiring all travellers to quarantine on arrival from Monday, closing the travel corridors which previously been exempt.\n\n\"We don't want to find in two or three weeks time that our vaccine roll out is imperilled because we haven't taken the precautionary measures on travel corridors,\" he said.\n\nChecks by Border Force on the passenger locator forms filled out on arrival would be increased, Mr Raab said, as would the follow-up calls by Public Health England intended to ensure people were isolating for up to 10 days.\n\nAsked whether the UK would introduce quarantine hotels to ensure people maintained their isolation, he said all potential measures were under review but there was a challenge in the \"workability\" of the proposal.\n\nHow have you been affected by the issues relating to coronavirus? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Smoke rises from Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on the Indonesian island of Java\n\nIndonesia's Mount Semeru has erupted, pouring ash an estimated 5.6km (3.4 miles) into the sky above Java, the country's most densely populated island.\n\nNo evacuation orders have so far been issued, and no casualties reported.\n\nThe National Disaster Mitigation Agency (NDMA) warned villagers living on the mountain's slopes to be alert for ongoing volcanic activity.\n\nFootage showed ash from the 3,676m (12,060ft) volcano looming over homes.\n\n\"The villages of Sumber Mujur and Curah Koboan [in Lumajang municipality] are located in the trajectory of the hot clouds,\" local official Thoriqul Haq said on Saturday.\n\nResidents of the Curah Kobokan river basin have been urged to watch for possible \"cold lava\" mudflow, which can be triggered by intense rainfall combining with volcanic material.\n\nMount Semeru erupted at about 17:24 local time (10:24 GMT), authorities said.\n\nA picture from the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management shows ash rolling over the landscape\n\nIndonesia sits on the Pacific \"Ring of Fire\" where tectonic plates collide, causing frequent volcanic activity as well as earthquakes.\n\nSemeru - also known as \"The Great Mountain\" - is the highest volcano in Java and one of the most active. It is also one of Indonesia's most popular tourist hiking destinations.\n\nThe volcano previously erupted in December, when about 550 people were evacuated.", "A non-binding Labour motion calling for the universal credit top-up to be kept in place beyond 31 March passed by 278 votes to none after a Commons debate.\n\nSix Tory MPs defied party orders to abstain and voted with Labour, adding to the pressure on the PM on the issue.\n\nThe prime minister said the government had provided £280bn worth of support during the pandemic but all measures would be kept under \"constant review\".\n\nThe motion, which will not automatically lead to a change in policy, was put forward by Labour as a way to put additional pressure on the government to continue the increase, worth £1,000 a year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Carl, a roofer, describes going from \"not having enough to barely having enough\" on universal credit.\n\nFormer Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb was among six Conservative MPs to rebel, along with Peter Aldous, Robert Halfon, Jason McCartney, Anne Marie Morris and Matthew Offord.\n\nAhead of the vote, Mr Crabb told the BBC that although there were \"difficult pressures on the chancellor\" extending the increase for 12 months was \"the right thing to do\".\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said there were dozens of Conservative MPs who were \"deeply uneasy\" about ending the £20 weekly increase to universal credit.\n\nShe added that it was also understood the cabinet minister with responsibility for benefits, Therese Coffey, was arguing that the uplift should not be dropped in April.\n\nCharities and anti-poverty campaigners are pleading with the government to keep the support in place, describing it as a lifeline for more than 5.5 million families who receive the standard universal credit allowance.\n\nFood poverty campaigner and chef Jack Monroe told the BBC that the £20 increase \"has been a lifeline\" for millions of people who have needed to top up their income or rely on universal credit payments in order to get by.\n\nSir Keir said the increase was a vital safety net for those who had lost their jobs, seen their working hours slashed or who were not eligible for the government's wage subsidy furlough scheme.\n\n\"If we don't give a helping hand to families through this pandemic, then we are going to slow our economic recovery as we come out it.\n\n\"We urge Boris Johnson to change course and give families certainty today that their incomes will be protected.\"\n\nSix billion pounds of the benefits bill - the difference between poverty or not for 1.2 million families, according to a think tank.\n\nThe £1,040 a year increase to universal credit is a very emotive issue.\n\nThere's even a battle over what to call it.\n\nTo the government, its introduction was a one-off boost to cope with a crisis. For Labour, taking it away is a cut.\n\nMinisters would prefer we looked at the overall level of support they've provided for workers and businesses during the pandemic. The opposition say the £20 a week boost is a powerful symbol of the state's willingness to help.\n\nEven the act of debating it today is disputed. Labour say they've got the right occasionally to set the agenda in Parliament. Boris Johnson said his MPs risk abuse from campaigners and protestors if they engage.\n\nThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation has suggested about 16 million people will be directly affected if the £20 is rolled back.\n\nIt says 500,000 more people will be driven into poverty, including 200,000 children, while a further 500,000 of those already in poverty will find themselves in even worse hardship.\n\nHowever, free market think tank the Institute for Economic Affairs has argued that \"across-the-board benefit increases are a wasteful use of taxpayers' money\" at a time when the government is borrowing \"a hair-raising amount of money\".\n\nUniversal credit is a single payment replacing old benefits such as housing benefit and child tax credits.\n\nYou can claim universal credit if you are on a low income or are out of work.\n\nThe standard allowance varies from around £340 to just under £600 a month, depending on your age or whether you are single.\n\nYou may be eligible to receive more money on top of the standard allowance if, for example, you have children or a health condition.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the Northern Research Group, Conservative MP John Stevenson said the £1,000 increase had been \"a real life-saver for people throughout this pandemic\".\n\n\"To end it now would be devastating for the 6 million individuals and families who are already struggling to stay afloat,\" he added.\n\nWhile the vote is not binding, and will not lead to a change in policy, it will increase pressure on the government to keep the increase or come up with an alternative.\n\nLabour said the Conservatives' decision to abstain created \"unnecessary uncertainty\" but minister Nadhim Zahawi described the vote as \"a political stunt\".\n\nThe government says it has strengthened the welfare system with an extra £7bn of funding during the pandemic while families struggling with food and household bills can get help through the £170m Winter Grant Scheme.\n\nMinisters also point to extra support for housing costs, through an increase in local housing allowance for those on housing benefits and hardship payments worth £670m next year for those unable to pay their council tax bills.", "A further 1,295 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test have been reported in the UK, the third-highest daily total since the pandemic began.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths by this measure to 88,590.\n\nThere have also been a further 41,346 lab-confirmed cases, and 4,262 more people have been admitted to hospital.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director for Public Health England, said the \"continuous rise in cases and deaths should be a bitter warning for us all\".\n\n\"We must not forget the basics,\" she added. \"The lives of our friends and family depend on it.\n\n\"Keep your distance from others, wash your hands and wear a mask.\"\n\nThe latest figures come ahead of Monday's change in travel rules for the UK, with all travel corridors closing, meaning arrivals from every country will have to quarantine.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson announced the changes at Downing Street on Friday, saying they would \"protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains\" of Covid.\n\nWhile daily figures can fluctuate due to delays in reporting, the seven-day average of Covid deaths in the UK has now risen slightly to 1,103.\n\nFor cases, however, there has been a drop in the seven-day average, with the figure now at 48,565.\n\nThere are currently 37,475 people in hospital with the virus, government figures show, while a further 324,233 people have received their first vaccine dose.\n\nThe government has promised all the over-70s, the extremely clinically vulnerable and front-line health and care workers - about 15 million people - will be offered a jab by mid February.\n\nCurrently, just over 3.5 million doses have been administered.\n\nThe government has also announced £120m in funds for the social care sector to be used by local authorities to increase staffing levels.\n\nStaff absence rates have risen in care homes and among home care staff, due to them testing positive or having to self-isolate.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the money would bolster staffing numbers in a \"controlled and safe way, whilst ensuring people continue to receive the highest quality of care\".\n\nA further £149m funding was announced in December to support rapid testing of care home staff.\n\nSpeaking alongside the PM on Friday, England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, said the number of patients being admitted to hospital with coronavirus was set to peak within the next 10 days, while the peak for deaths was also yet to come.\n\nHe added, however, that he hoped the peak in infections had already happened in the South East, East and London, where there was a surge in the new, more transmissible variant.\n\n\"The peak of deaths I fear is in the future, the peak of hospitalisations in some parts of the country may be around about now and beginning to come off the very, very top,\" he said.\n\n\"Because people are sticking so well to the guidelines we do think the peaks are coming over the next week to 10 days for most places in terms of new people into hospital.\"\n\nHowever, chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance stressed it was a \"suppressed peak\" that would \"boil over for sure\" if controls were eased.\n\nHe said: \"This is not the natural peak that's going to come down on its own, it's coming down because of the measures that are in place.\n\n\"Take the lid off now and it's going to boil over for sure and we're going to end up with a big problem.\"\n\nMeanwhile, on Saturday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer suggested he would back further coronavirus measures, as \"the tougher the restrictions now the quicker we get the virus back under control\".\n\nSir Keir said he was \"still worried\" by the number of infections, despite signs they are falling - and that the \"sense that we are through the worst\" of the third wave was wrong.\n\n\"Nobody likes restrictions but the tougher the restrictions now the quicker we get the virus back under control, the quicker we reduce the number of hospital admissions and the quicker we get that number of deaths, tragically, down,\" he added.", "The Archbishop of Glasgow, the Most Reverend Philip Tartaglia, has died suddenly at his home in the city.\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia had tested positive for Covid-19 shortly after Christmas and was self-isolating.\n\nThe Catholic Church said the cause of his death was not yet clear.\n\nHe was ordained a priest in 1975 and had served as leader of Scotland's largest Catholic community since 2012.\n\nA statement from the Archdiocese of Glasgow said: \"It is with the greatest sorrow that we announce the death of our Archbishop.\n\n\"The Pope's Ambassador to Great Britain, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, has been informed.\n\n\"It will be for Pope Francis to appoint a new Archbishop to succeed Archbishop Tartaglia, but until then the Archdiocese will be overseen by an administrator.\"\n\nScotland's Catholic bishops described Archbishop Tartaglia as a \"gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor\".\n\nThey said in a statement: \"His loss to his family, his clergy and the people of the Archdiocese of Glasgow will be immeasurable but for the entire Church in Scotland this is a day of immense loss and sadness.\n\n\"He was a gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor who combined compassion with a piercing intellect.\n\n\"His contribution to the work of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland over the past 16 years was significant and we will miss his wisdom, wit and robust Catholic spirit very much.\"\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia had been self-isolating at home after contracting coronavirus\n\nThe statement concluded: \"On behalf of the Bishops of Scotland, we commend his soul into the hands of God and pray that he may enjoy eternal rest.\"\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia was a lifelong Celtic fan and the club tweeted their tribute to him: \"We are saddened to hear of the death of Archbishop Philip Tartaglia who was a huge supporter of the club and regularly attended matches at Celtic Park.\n\n\"Everyone at Celtic offers their sincere condolences to Philip's family and Scotland's Catholic community at this sad time.\"\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the archbishop was \"a fine man who was much loved within the Catholic community and beyond\".\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted: \"I always valued my interactions with him and he will be greatly missed. My thoughts are with his loved ones and wider community. May he rest in peace.\"\n\nThe leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Douglas Ross, tweeted: \"Tragic news about the sudden passing of Archbishop Philip Tartaglia. My condolences to his friends and family.\n\n\"His death will be keenly felt within the Catholic Church and across the wider community.\"\n\nThe leader of Glasgow City Council described the archbishop as \"a true Glaswegian\" who \"knew its people and the challenges faced by ordinary citizens, regardless of their faith or beliefs\".\n\nCouncillor Susan Aitken added: \"He was also unafraid to use his position to challenge deprivation, austerity and the ill-effects of welfare reform when he believed it was his duty to call them out.\"\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia was born in Glasgow on 11 January 1951 - the eldest son of Guido and Annita Tartaglia.\n\nAfter attending St Thomas' Primary in Riddrie, he began his secondary education at St Mungo's Academy before moving to the national junior seminary at St Vincent's College, Langbank.\n\nHe later attended St Mary's College, at Blairs, Aberdeen, before completing his ecclesiastical studies at the Pontifical Scots College, and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.\n\nOn returning to Scotland, he was an assistant and then parish priest at Our Lady of Lourdes, Cardonald, St Patrick's, Dumbarton, and St Mary's, Duntocher.\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia was ordained by then Archbishop Thomas Winning in the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Dennistoun, on 30 June 1975.\n\nHe was a leading opponent of proposals to legalise same-sex marriage in Scotland and also criticised ministers over anti-bigotry legislation.\n\nThe Archdiocese of Glasgow is the largest of Scotland's eight dioceses with an estimated Catholic population of about 200,000. It comprises 95 parishes and is served by about 200 priests.\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia was the eighth person to hold the office since the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in Scotland in 1878.\n\nHe followed Archbishop Mario Conti and Archbishop Thomas Winning, who later became Cardinal Winning.", "The player told police he had travelled from his home in Bedworth to hunt the characters\n\nA man has been fined for breaking lockdown rules after travelling 14 miles to play Pokemon Go.\n\nHe admitted to Warwickshire Police he had driven from his home in Bedworth to look for the characters in Kenilworth.\n\nHe was fined £200 for \"contravening the requirement to not leave or be outside the place they live without a reasonable excuse\".\n\n\"Everyone has a part to play in ensuring they slow the spread of the virus,\" a police spokeswoman said.\n\n\"We would like to remind people they must not leave or be outside their home unless they have a reasonable excuse.\"\n\nPokemon Go is a Japanese augmented reality game for smartphones. First launched in 2016, it allows players to hunt for characters that \"appear\" in real-life places.\n\nIt has been downloaded around the world more than one billion times.", "Hashem Abedi (left) and Ahmed Hassan are due to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court\n\nThe Manchester Arena and Parsons Green bombers have been charged with assaulting a prison officer together, the BBC has learned.\n\nHashem Abedi, 23, and Ahmed Hassan, 21, are accused of assaulting an officer in HMP Belmarsh, south London, in May last year.\n\nAnother man who is awaiting sentencing for terror offences is also charged with assaulting the same person.\n\nThe three men are due to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court on 7 April.\n\nAbedi, who was jailed in August for murdering the 22 victims of the May 2017 Manchester Arena attack, is also charged with assaulting a second prison officer during the same incident on 11 May.\n\nHassan, from London, whose Parsons Green tube bomb injured 51 people in September 2017, was jailed for attempted murder the following year.\n\nMuhammed Saeed, 22, from Manchester, is the third person charged. Last year, he admitted possessing terrorist documents.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Up to 400,000 people could be given the Covid-19 vaccine every week by the end of February, Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has told MSPs.\n\nHealth teams are ramping up the rollout of jabs, with 1,100 vaccination centres now open and using two vaccines.\n\nMinisters aim to vaccinate care home residents, NHS staff and over-80s by the first week of February.\n\nThey then hope to have completed the over-70 group by mid-February and over-65 and vulnerable groups by March.\n\nThis would see 1.4m people given the jab, and Ms Freeman said the government's \"priority is to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible\".\n\nHowever, the BMA Scottish GP Committee has warned the vaccine supply is \"stuttering\" and blamed \"bureaucratic hold-ups\" for delaying distribution.\n\nIn a statement at Holyrood, the health secretary said Scotland faces \"a more perilous situation than at any point in this pandemic\", with the new variant of coronavirus \"increasing in its dominance\" of infections north of the border.\n\nHowever Ms Freeman said there was hope in the form of the vaccination programme, which she said was \"scaling up rapidly\".\n\nA first dose of vaccine has now been given to just over 80% of care home residents and 55% of staff, along with 52% of frontline NHS staff.\n\nAnd in the eight days since 4 January, just over 2% of those aged 80 or over in the community have been given a first dose.\n\nMs Freeman said that age was \"the greatest risk factor for serious illness and death from Covid, and represents well over 90% of preventable mortality\".\n\nThe government is prioritising giving a first dose to as many people as possible, which Ms Freeman said provides \"very high protection\", with a second dose of the same vaccine then administered within 12 weeks.\n\nMs Freeman said that by the end of February, an average of 400,000 people should be getting a jab per week.\n\nJeane Freeman said the vaccine programme was \"scaling up rapidly\"\n\nThe government is also working to set up large vaccination centres in the community, which could handle up to 20,000 vaccinations a week in a single location.\n\nSites include the Event Complex conference centre in Aberdeen, Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell, Queen Margaret University in Musselburgh and the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, and Ms Freeman said work was ongoing to secure more centres in the Glasgow area in particular.\n\nA total of 4.5m adults in Scotland are in line to be vaccinated.\n\nMs Freeman said she was aware that people would \"want to know when it will be their turn\", saying a national advertising campaign would be established to \"inform the public\".\n\nScottish Conservative health spokesman Donald Cameron said it was \"clear not enough people are being vaccinated each day and timetables are slipping\".\n\nHe also asked Ms Freeman whether there were delays to the creation of a national booking system, after speculation that it could hold up the start of mass vaccinations.\n\nThe health secretary said she did not believe it was the case that timetables were slipping, and said there were no delays to the national booking system - adding that it would be \"ready from the beginning of February to do its job\".\n\nMeanwhile Scottish Labour's Monica Lennon asked how quickly the country could move to a 24 hours a day rollout of vaccines.\n\nMs Freeman said this was \"entirely possible\" once the mass vaccination centres are open, saying she \"would anticipate that would be by the end of February or early March\".\n\nShe said: \"The will is there to do that, if that is what it takes, because the objective is to get as many people vaccinated as possible.\"\n\nThe BMA Scottish GP Committee has said practices \"don't know when their next supply is coming in\".\n\nIts chairman, Dr Andrew Buist, told BBC Scotland's Drivetime programme the Scottish government \"must do everything possible to ensure vaccine supply is as good as it can be\".\n\nHe said: \"I've spoken with the chief medical officer about this and emphasised we should remove any bureaucratic hold-up to the distribution of this vaccine.\n\n\"People are obviously very anxious to get it as soon as possible.\n\n\"We know what the priority groups are, we have the practices ready and running to give it to their patients. We just need to get the vaccine to them.\"\n• None All over-80s to be vaccinated by February", "More than six million glasses of pink prosecco were enjoyed by Lidl customers over the festive period as strict Covid rules prompted people to indulge.\n\nThe discount supermarket reported record total sales for the four weeks to 27 December with revenue up 18%.\n\nTakeaway firm Just Eat and online fashion retailer Asos have also reported stellar sales for the period.\n\nAll three benefited as restaurants and non-essential shops faced strict curbs or were forced to close.\n\nDemand was so strong, Lidl said it had shifted 7,000 glasses of mulled wine and almost 17,000 deluxe mince pies every hour in the run up to Christmas.\n\nIt also sold more than 2.7 million servings of panettone, the festive Italian cake.\n\nLidl continued to press ahead with its store expansion programme in the period, opening four new stores in December at a time when many businesses are closing down.\n\nBoss Christian Härtnagel said: \"Despite this Christmas being a difficult time for many across the country, we are pleased to have been able to help our customers enjoy themselves.\n\n\"As we look ahead to this year, we remain committed to our expansion and investment plans,\" he added.\n\nJust Eat said delivery orders in the UK surged 58% in the last three months of 2020 compared with the same period last year.\n\nThe takeaway firm, which operates around the world, said this had been its third consecutive quarter of growth, reflecting the huge demand for takeaway food as restaurants have faced curbs and closures.\n\nBoss Jitse Groen said the firm's progress in the UK was \"particularly exciting\" with demand up nearly five-fold in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019.\n\nIts UK sales force has also doubled compared with last year.\n\nIt was a similar story for Asos, whose sales for the four months to 31 December rose 36% to £554.1m, something it credited in part to restrictions on non-essential shops.\n\nThe fashion retailer, which also operates across Europe and the US, said its active customer base was now 24.5 million, up 1.1 million on the same period last year.\n\nRichard Lim, head of analysts Retail Economics, said: \"Lockdowns, fewer opportunities to mix socially and cancelled Christmas parties have decimated the demand for new outfits this year.\n\n\"But what consumers did spend was focused towards casual-wear and channelled online where the retailer was well position to leverage this opportunity.\"", "Boris Johnson has said there is still a very substantial risk of intensive care units in hospitals being overwhelmed by the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nIt comes on a day when the UK has recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day in Europe.\n\nFergal Keane last visited the Imperial Healthcare Trust’s St Mary’s and Charing Cross hospital in London last April.\n\nHe's been back to see how they're coping.", "Plans have been announced to overhaul the mental health system - with the aim of making it less discriminatory towards black people.\n\nMinisters say changes to how people are sectioned in England and Wales will see them treated \"as individuals, with rights, preferences, and expertise\".\n\nBlack people are over four times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act, relative to population.\n\nThe mental health charity Mind said the changes \"cannot come soon enough.\"\n\nPeople are detained under the mental health act - or sectioned - for their own safety, or the safety of others.\n\nHow long they are detained for varies - but once detained, they are immediately considered to be \"sectioned\".\n\nUse of the Mental Health Act has increased markedly - from 2005/6 to 2015/16, the number of people detained in hospital increased by 40%.\n\nNHS data for England shows there were at least 50,893 new detentions under the Mental Health Act in 2019/20 - but the overall total will be higher as not all providers submitted data.\n\nOf those detentions, 5,336 people were black or black British.\n\nThe data also shows that in 2019/20 there were 321 detentions per 100,000 population for people who were black or black British - while there were 73 detentions per 100,000 for white people.\n\nWith the act disproportionately used against black people, the reforms will see a Patient and Carers Race Equality Framework introduced across all NHS mental health trusts - which the government describes as a practical tool to improve the outcome for BAME communities.\n\nWhat ministers call \"culturally appropriate advocates\" will also be developed, so patients from all ethnic backgrounds can be supported.\n\n\"We need to bring mental health laws into the 21st Century,\" said Health Secretary Matt Hancock.\n\n\"I want to ensure our health service works for all, yet the Mental Health Act is now 40 years old.\n\n\"This is a significant moment in how we support those with serious mental health issues, which will give people more autonomy over their care and will tackle disparities for all who access services - in particular for people from minority ethnic backgrounds.\"\n\nThe reforms will also ensure that autism or a learning disability cannot be a reason for detaining someone under the act.\n\nIn future, a clinician will have to identify another psychiatric condition to order their detention.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is it like to be sectioned?\n\nThe current Mental Health Act dates from 1983 and the aim of these reforms, which are widely supported, is to give people greater say over their care and to rebalance the system between the state and the individual.\n\nAmong the recommendations are plans to introduce statutory advance choice documents which will allow people to express their preferred treatment before they reach a crisis and need hospitalisation.\n\n\"This is just the beginning of what is now a long overdue process,\" said Sophie Corlett, director of external relations at the mental health charity Mind.\n\n\"At the moment, thousands of people are still subjected to poor, sometimes appalling, treatment, and many will live with the consequences far into the future.\n\n\"Our understanding of mental health has moved on significantly in recent decades but our laws are rooted in the 19th Century.\"\n\nThe recommendations, set out in a government White Paper, build on the proposals from an independent review of the act, which was ordered by then prime minister Theresa May in October 2017 and which published its conclusions in December 2018.\n\nMinisters intend to publish a Mental Health Bill in 2022, following a consultation on their plans.", "Amnesty says about 7,500 women and girls gave birth in the Northern Ireland homes,\n\nThere have been calls for an inquiry into mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt comes as the Irish government is to apologise after an investigation found an \"appalling level of infant mortality\" in the Republic of Ireland's homes.\n\nAbout 9,000 children died in the 18 institutions under investigation.\n\nMothers and babies who were in similar homes in Northern Ireland want a full inquiry to be held in NI too.\n\nStormont commissioned research into whether or not there should an inquiry held into the homes which operated in Northern Ireland, is due to be published by the end of January.\n\nPatrick Corrigan from Amnesty International said the issue of forced adoptions also needs close scrutiny.\n\n\"We have had cases of mothers telling us that ultimately, many decades later, when they tried to track down their long-lost children they found adoption certificates where they said their signature had actually been forged,\" he said.\n\n\"So I think that there is criminality to investigate here and that it behoves the Northern Ireland Executive to set up the inquiry that has long been sought here and long been denied.\"\n\nIn 2017 research into infant mortality rates at former mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland had prompted initial calls for a public inquiry.\n\nBBC News NI previously spoke to Eunan Duffy who was 47 years old when he found out he was adopted from Marianvale mother and baby home in Newry, County Down.\n\nIt was one of a network of institutions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland which offered women the voluntary option, for those who were unmarried, to give birth in private and give their babies up for adoption\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Marian Vale was one of a network of mother and baby institutions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland\n\nAmnesty says there were more than a dozen mother-and-baby institutions in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt said about 7,500 women and girls gave birth in the Northern Ireland homes, operated by both Catholic and Protestant churches and religious organisations.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, research into mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries was commissioned three years ago and was initially expected to take 12 months.\n\nIt was completed in February last year, but was then sent to those facing criticism to give them an opportunity to reply.\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said: \"A paper will be brought to the executive shortly for its consideration. Subject to executive approval, it is intended to publish the research report before the end of January 2021.\"\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, the commission that investigated the homes found that the number of children who died was about 15% of all those who were born in the institutions.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Mícheál Martin said the report, which can be read in full here, described a \"dark, difficult and shameful chapter\" of Irish history.\n\nSolicitor Claire McKeegan, who represents the Birth Mothers for Justice group, welcomed the apology in the Republic of Ireland, but said mothers and children in NI had not received one.\n\n\"The crimes perpetrated on them have yet to be investigated,\" she said.\n\n\"Those perpetrators who forced them into arbitrary detention, hard labour and colluded in the forced adoption of their babies, remain unchallenged in this jurisdiction.\"\n\nMary O'Neill became pregnant when she was 18 and was sent to Marianvale in Newry in the late 1970s.\n\nThere she gave birth to a baby girl who was taken away from her almost immediately after the birth.\n\nShe wanted to keep the baby, but was not allowed and was told the baby would be put up for adoption.\n\nThe mother and baby scandal became an international news story when 'significant human remains' were found on the grounds of a former home in County Galway\n\nMs O'Neill told Good Morning Ulster she eventually tracked down her daughter after 40 years.\n\n\"It was a long search, everywhere you went you were up against a brick wall,\" she said.\n\n\"There was no help, the social workers didn't want to tell you anything.\"\n\nShe finally found out her daughter was living in America but was coming home for her 40th birthday.\n\nShe said when she met her it was like meeting a stranger.\n\n\"But thank God we have met and we have a good relationship. She's still keeping in touch,\" Ms O'Neill said.\n\n\"It means the world to me, because you always wondered where was she? Was she happy? Did she know about you?\n\n\"It was always in the back of your mind. It never went away, the tears and the heartache.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs O'Neill said she was happy the victims in the Republic of Ireland were getting an apology, but wishes the homes in Northern Ireland could have been included.\n\nMechelle Dillon's mother was 21 and pregnant when she was sent to Marianvale in Newry in 1969.\n\nShe was placed in foster care a few months after her birth.\n\nHer mother returned to her home village and then moved to England. But she came back for Mechelle when she was around eight or nine-months-old.\n\nShe said she believed she was not adopted because she was born with a cyst on her mouth.\n\n\"I would have maybe been classed as a reject, if you want to put it that way,\" she said.\n\n\"It's the same as if you go to look for a little puppy and if the puppy doesn't feel right and you think 'Oh God, I'll have a lot of vet bills here, I don't want that puppy' - I would have probably been classed the same because I would have had that defect.\"\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said \"the executive should move quickly to publish the research report and then call a full public inquiry\".", "The numbers of care home residents and staff testing positive for Covid-19 have hit their highest levels.\n\nThere were 1,507 positive tests in care homes in Wales in the most recent week, a 78% rise on the week before.\n\nAcross Wales, 37,026 residents and staff were tested by either the NHS or the Lighthouse laboratories the week beginning 4 January, according to Public Health Wales.\n\nBroken down, 6,466 care home residents were tested in the most recent week and 582 (9%) were positive in results from NHS laboratories.\n\nAlso, 248 care home workers tested positive, with about 96% of tests negative.\n\nBut there were another 677 positive test results from Lighthouse labs, which do not distinguish between residents and care home staff.\n\nAll of these categories saw the highest numbers yet recorded.\n\nResidents and staff are supposed to be tested weekly at care homes in Wales.\n\nCare Home Inspectorate Wales also now publish separate figures around testing , which showed 137 care homes in Wales (13%) had notified one or more positive cases in staff or residents in the most recent week available and 31.8% within the last month.\n\nSwansea had 17 care homes which had notified at least one case in the week ending 1 January; Cardiff had 15 homes with at least one case and Bridgend was next with 13 care homes.", "Decima Minhinnick, pictured at her 90th birthday party, lives in a care home and has vascular dementia\n\nA couple who were fined £60 for driving 20 minutes to see a relative in a care home have had their fine cancelled by police.\n\nCarol and David Richards from Bridgend travelled seven miles to Porthcawl to visit her mother Decima Minhinnick, 94.\n\nOn Tuesday, police defended the fine, claiming the couple had broken lockdown rules.\n\nOn Wednesday, South Wales Police said it had \"since been reviewed and the notice has been rescinded\".\n\n\"The individual concerned has been notified\".\n\nIn a statement, it added: \"Wales remains at alert level four and South Wales Police will continue to patrol our communities to ensure the legislation, which has been enacted to slow the spread of coronavirus, is complied with\".\n\nMrs Richards has said she was \"mortified\" they were stopped by police while returning on Sunday from what she said was a compassionate visit.\n\nShe said on Tuesday she did not believe they breached lockdown rules.\n\nMrs Richards said the couple had arranged the visit to Picton Court Care Home in advance with the permission of staff, and spoke to her mother, who has vascular dementia, through the window of her ground-floor room from the car park.\n\nDavid and Carol Richards complained about the £60 fine\n\nShe told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that when she was issued with the fine it was like \"a sort of dystopian novel\", adding that the officer involved was \"pedantic and inflexible\".\n\n\"I was angry - she just would not listen to any protestations, and so she said 'you're going to be issued with a £60 fixed penalty fine'.\n\n\"It's not about the 60 quid, it's about the principle.\"\n\nThe home is just over seven miles from where the couple live", "Tony Parsons was last seen on 29 September 2017\n\nPolice have discovered human remains during a search for a man who went missing more than three years ago during a charity cycle ride.\n\nTony Parsons, from Tillicoultry, was last seen on 29 September 2017 outside the Bridge of Orchy Hotel.\n\nDetectives said the discovery was made during a detailed search of a remote site close to a farm near the A82 at Bridge of Orchy.\n\nPolice said that Mr Parsons' family have been made aware of the discovery.\n\nEfforts to recover the remains will continue over the coming days before a post mortem is held to establish their identity.\n\nTwo men, both aged 29, were arrested and then released pending further inquiries in December in connection with the disappearance of Mr Parsons.\n\nPolice have been carrying out searches in the area in recent days\n\nDet Ch Insp Alan Somerville said: \"This is clearly a significant development and extensive work is ongoing to recover the remains and confirm their identity.\n\n\"We have informed Mr Parsons' family, who are being supported by specialist officers.\n\n\"The thoughts of everyone involved in the investigation are with them at this difficult time.\"\n\nMr Parsons cycled through Glencoe village and was last seen at the Bridge of Orchy Hotel\n\nThe former navy officer, who was 63 when he went missing, was last seen outside the hotel at about 23:30. He then continued south along the A82 in the direction of Tyndrum but there were no more sightings of him after that.\n\nExtensive searches were carried out in the area, involving local mountain rescue teams, volunteers, Police Scotland dogs and the force's air support unit.\n\nMr Parsons had caught the train to Fort William on the day he was last seen with the intention of cycling the 104-mile (167km) journey home to Tillicoultry.", "Covid vaccinations will be offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week as soon as supply allows, Boris Johnson says.\n\nThe prime minister said the plan was to extend opening hours of vaccination centres - at the moment, most sites run from 08:00 to 22:00.\n\nThe 24-7 service will be piloted in a small number of places first - with NHS staff likely to be offered the option of overnight vaccinations first.\n\nBut Mr Johnson said supply was the limiting factor at the moment.\n\nThe NHS had just over a million doses available last week and used up most of them.\n\nThis week, there are thought to be more but not yet enough to vaccinate two million people - the weekly target the government is aiming to reach in the coming weeks.\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said there would be 24-7 vaccination \"as soon as possible\".\n\nThe UK has access to two vaccines at the moment - the Pfizer-BioNTech jab and another produced in partnership by Oxford University and AstraZeneca.\n\nA third vaccine made by the US company Moderna has been approved but is not yet available to the UK.\n\nMr Johnson praised the work of the more than 200 hospitals and 1,000 GP-led NHS vaccination sites running at the moment.\n\n\"They are going exceptionally fast,\" he added.\n\nBy the end of Monday, 2.4 million people had received their first vaccine dose.\n\nThe government has promised all the over-70s, the extremely clinically vulnerable and front-line health and care workers - about 15 million people - will be offered a jab by mid February.\n\nThere is actually enough vaccine in the country to vaccinate all the highest at-risk groups.\n\nThe problem is that not all of it has been packaged into vials or passed through the final safety checks.\n\nThere should soon be two million doses available each week for the NHS to use.\n\nBut the key question once that is achieved is how quickly and by how much supply can increase from there.\n\nTo make full use of the network of vaccination centres - the ambition is to have 2,700 up and running - many millions of doses will be needed each week.\n\nThere is huge global demand for these vaccines.\n\nAnd while the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab is made in the UK, the Pfizer-BioNTech one is made abroad as is the Moderna vaccine.\n\nSupplies of the latter are not expected until the spring.\n\nThis is an issue the government is likely to be grappling with for some time.\n\nBut despite the concerns, it should also be recognised the UK has been quick out of the blocks.\n\nOnly two countries have vaccinated a larger proportion of the population than the UK.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was vital the government moved quickly.\n\nSpeaking about the planned 24-7 vaccination, he said: \"I obviously welcome that and urge the prime minister and the government to get on with this.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Nadhim Zahawi, the minister in charge of the vaccination programme, was also asked about supply, at an appearance before the Science and Technology Committee.\n\nHe said he had a \"clear line of sight\" for the expected numbers that would be available to the NHS for the next few months but refused to give any more detail.\n\n\"The more we show off about how many vaccine batches we're receiving, the more difficult life becomes for the manufacturers,\" he said.\n\nAstraZeneca vice president Sir Mene Pangalos said one of the issues the firm was facing was that infections among staff had begun to hinder production.\n\n\"I feel that it is critical that those who are working on vaccines are immunised because if you have an outbreak at one of the centres, which we've had actually or in one of the groups in Oxford that's working on new variants, or those working on the regulatory files everything stops.\"", "Changes to Scotland's lockdown restrictions have been announced. The tightening of the rules follows concerns the \"stay at home\" message is not having the same impact it did during last year's lockdown. The changes will come into effect on Saturday.\n\nThe availability and operation of click and collect services will be limited to retailers selling essential items such as clothes, footwear, baby equipment, homeware and books. Also, outlets that sell electrical goods; do key cutting; undertake shoe repairs, plus garden centres and plant nurseries can continue the collect service.\n\nFor qualifying businesses, staggered appointments will need to be offered to avoid any potential for queuing, and access inside premises for collection will not be permitted.\n\nCustomers in Scotland will no longer be allowed to go inside to collect takeaway food or coffee. Businesses will have to operate from a serving hatch or doorway.\n\nThe aim is to reduce the risk of customers coming into contact indoors with each other, or with staff.\n\nIt will be against the law in all level four areas of Scotland to drink alcohol outdoors in public.\n\nThis will mean that buying a takeaway pint and consuming on the street will not be permitted.\n\nIt is intended to underline the message that people should only be leaving home for essential purposes.\n\nThe Scottish government is strengthening the obligation on employers to allow their staff to work from home whenever possible.\n\nThe law already says that people should only be leaving home to go to work if it is work that cannot be done from home. This is a legal obligation that falls on individuals.\n\nHowever, statutory guidance is being introduced to make clear that employers should support employees to work from home wherever possible.\n\nThe Scottish government is strengthening provisions in relation to work inside people's houses.\n\nCurrent guidance says that in level four areas work is only permitted within a private dwelling if it is essential for the upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household. This guidance is now being put into law.\n\nThe final change is an amendment to the regulations requiring people to stay at home.\n\nThis is intended to close an apparent loophole rather than change the spirit of the law. It will also bring the wording of the stay at home regulations in Scotland into line with the other UK nations.\n\nCurrently the law states that people can only leave home for an essential purpose.\n\nThe amendment will make it clear that people \"must not leave or remain outside\" the home unless it is for an essential purpose.\n\nThe Scottish government's full lockdown guidance is available here.", "The Lauberhorn course is the longest downhill run in the world (file image)\n\nA British tourist has been blamed for a spike in coronavirus cases that led officials to cancel Switzerland's famous Lauberhorn ski race.\n\nThe resort of Wengen, where the race is held, had recorded only 10 cases of the virus by mid-December.\n\nBut the number soon began to rise and many cases have since been linked to the new highly infectious variant of Covid-19 first identified in the UK.\n\nAt least 27 cases are connected to one British tourist, contact tracers say.\n\nThe tourist stayed in a hotel in Wengen over the holiday period.\n\nThe Lauberhorn course is the longest downhill run in the world, and racers can reach speeds of 160km/h (100 mph).\n\nOfficials desperately tried to save the race, shutting schools and offering to close off the resort to everyone but the competitors.\n\nSwiss health officials initially agreed with the plan, but a further jump in cases at the start of this week prompted them to pull the emergency brake and cancel the event.\n\nThe Lauberhorn track is 4,480m (14,700ft) long - and the race will now have to wait until 2022\n\nWengen is devastated. The Lauberhorn is one of the top competitions on the World Cup ski circuit. It is dearly loved by the Swiss, who have watched with delight as some of their own homegrown talent, such as Beat Feuz and Carlo Janka, have triumphed there.\n\nMoreover, the long love affair between Switzerland and British winter tourists has frosted over to some extent.\n\nIt was only last month that the vanishing Brits of Verbier, who reportedly fled Switzerland rather than accept the government mandated quarantine, triggered a flurry of negative headlines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Italy's Foppolo ski resort was closed until 6 January and missed the all-important Christmas ski season\n\nNow the high point of Switzerland's skiing calendar has been abruptly cancelled, and some Swiss blame the British.\n\nOthers say Switzerland only has itself to blame.\n\nWhile neighbours France and Italy closed their resorts over the festive period, the Swiss government opted for a precarious balancing act. It kept its slopes open, but closed all bars and restaurants and limited ski lifts to two-thirds capacity.\n\nMost Swiss resorts are quiet, with just a few locals enjoying the runs. But still some tourists arrived and, as Wengen's experience shows, just one infected guest is enough to cause major damage.\n\nInstead of hosting a major ski race, Wengen officials are now racing to control the virus. Mass testing has already begun in the resort.\n\nSwitzerland's government has extended the closure of bars, restaurants, museums, and theatres until the end of February in a bid to control the new variant. It has also ordered non-essential shops to close and made working from home obligatory.\n\nAs for the Lauberhorn, Switzerland's oldest and fiercest skiing rival, Austria, will now host the postponed event. Nothing could have been calculated to upset the Swiss more.\n\nThe event was first moved to the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel, but an outbreak of coronavirus there has prompted another move, this time to Flachau, 100km to the east.\n\nThe cluster of cases in Jochberg near Kitzbühel broke out among a group of mainly British trainee ski instructors.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nI'm standing in what should be an operating theatre - but instead it's been converted into an intensive care unit for Covid-19 patients on ventilators.\n\nThis is the first time I have seen it full of patients like this. Normally this theatre would be busy with major cancer surgery, but that's been transferred to another building.\n\nA children's recovery area, still decorated with colourful stickers of cartoons, is once again filled with desperately sick adults. Every day, more wards are being transformed into ICU - ready for the next influx of patients.\n\nWe have been given access to University College Hospital, in central London. This is the same intensive care unit that I first visited in April, during the first peak.\n\nIt is one of the busiest hospitals in the capital and intensive care here is expanding across a hospital that is under pressure like never before, from a relentless rise in Covid admissions.\n\nI am struck by the toll the pandemic is taking on staff. It's immense - both physically and mentally. They are shell-shocked. \"My emotions are all over the place. Scared, sad, petrified, worried,\" one ICU nurse tells me.\n\nI asked one of the consultants who I've met several times in the last year, Dr Jim Down, how long they can keep going like this - and the answer was stark. \"At this rate, about a week. After that we really need to see it slow down or we're going to see the care we can deliver suffering.\"\n\nThey have got three times as many critically ill patients in the hospital as normal. The number of Covid admissions to London hospitals has doubled in just two weeks - they're more stretched now than at the peak last April. Senior staff are worried.\n\nDr Alice Carter compares it to an elastic band that is close to snapping. \"It gets to a point where you stretch so far it never returns back to its baseline. I think that's probably where we are now. It's not going to take much more for that elastic band to break, and that's the real fear for us at the moment.\"\n\nDr Alice Carter: 'It's not going to take much more for that elastic band to break'\n\nThat could have very serious consequences, she adds. \"If we get to that point, we can't offer anyone ICU, not just Covid patients, but anyone who has a traffic accident or a heart attack or a stroke - whatever it is, to take them in.\"\n\nFor 38-year-old Rachel Arfin, one of the three pregnant women in intensive care with Covid-19, treatment is more complicated. Her baby is due in five weeks and the staff have to monitor them both.\n\n\"They can't do anything that will harm the baby,\" she says. \"All the time [they are] checking, monitoring the baby.\" She is reassured by the \"beautiful sound\" of her baby's heartbeat.\n\n\"They are looking after two people in one. They're saving lives,\" says Rachel. But her children - she has seven - keep asking when she's coming home.\n\nRachel Arfin's baby is due in five weeks - both are doing well\n\nI've reported from here several times during the pandemic and am always struck by the professionalism and dedication of staff. It's always quiet and calm, but that belies what's actually happening. This is a system under strain like never before.\n\nThe warning signs are clear, the NHS is on the brink. Unless infection rates fall, soon it will have a serious impact. The pressure on staff is unrelenting. I saw two nurses in tears.\n\nCompared to when I visited in April, it's a lot busier. In some ways, it's more structured - they now know what they're dealing with. They've got new treatments, such as the drug dexamethasone, which they didn't have last time. And many of the staff have now had the first dose of the vaccine.\n\nBut other aspects don't get any easier, such as the emotional burden of breaking bad news over a telephone or video call. It is very different to being able to hold someone's hand.\n\nStaff say they don't know which patients to help first\n\nICU staff have incredibly high standards. They're used to doing everything meticulously and perfectly. And they're doing all they can. But sometimes they go home and feel guilty that they can't do more. The impact on nurses - the bedrock of care in intensive care - is visible.\n\nThe highly specialised staff are usually one-to-one with patients. Deputy sister Ashleigh Shillingford is looking after three or four ventilated patients at a time, with one other junior member of staff. It's emotional and often devastating work.\n\n\"We are so stretched we have to prioritise and prioritising care is not the NHS that I grew up in - we shouldn't have to choose which patient gets what care first.\" She says she's never had to make decisions like these before.\n\n\"You just don't know who to help first. The patients are losing their lives at a dramatic speed, we're not just getting old people,\" she says, \"these are young people that we're getting.\"\n\nGerald Williams, 58, is awaiting chemotherapy for lung cancer and had been shielding, but he still caught coronavirus. \"All of a sudden, out of the blue, Covid came knocking on my door and it's frightening - you don't know how you're getting your next breath,\" he says.\n\nGerald Williams had been shielding but he still caught coronavirus\n\nHe wants to get home to his daughters, the youngest of whom is 13. And he's annoyed at those who don't take it seriously. \"People are moaning and groaning. Even in A&E. They need to get a life. Don't be idiots, forget about meeting your mate, stay home. No-one is invulnerable.\"\n\nFor now the Trust is coping better than many others in London and is still taking Covid patients from other hospitals. But the next few weeks could be the biggest challenge the NHS has ever faced - and it will be its doctors and nurses who will bear the brunt for all of us.\n\nAs the BBC's medical editor, Fergus Walsh has been reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic and its immense impact on the UK.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock: 'Together we can make this the peak'\n\n\"We can make this the peak\" of the coronavirus pandemic \"if enough people follow the rules\", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast it was \"those individual decisions\" that determine the virus's spread and it \"comes down to the behaviour of everyone\".\n\nPeople \"shouldn't take the mickey out of the rules,\" he said.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons.\n\nThis includes for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nLatest figures show there are now more than 35,000 people in hospital with Covid - an increase on the spring peak.\n\nIt comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to be questioned by MPs on the vaccine rollout later.\n\nMeanwhile, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is also due to announce whether there will be any changes to lockdown restrictions later. Ministers have been discussing the possibility of tightening the current restrictions.\n\nWhen asked on BBC Breakfast if this was the peak of this wave of the pandemic, Mr Hancock replied: \"I want it to be, but that comes down to the behaviour of everyone.\n\n\"Together we can make this the peak if enough people follow the rules which are incredibly clear.\"\n\nMr Hancock said England's lockdown measures were \"always under review\", but he would be \"very reluctant\" to remove the rule of meeting one other person outside for exercise as \"it is a lifeline\" for some people, including those who live alone. Mr Hancock has already ruled out scrapping support bubbles.\n\n\"What I'd rather is that everybody follow that rule and doesn't stretch it or flex it,\" he said.\n\nOn the news that patients at a hospital in London are to be discharged early and sent to a hotel to help free up beds for critically ill coronavirus patients, Mr Hancock said moving patients to hotels \"isn't something we are actively putting in place\".\n\nKing's College Hospital said it would help to create space for the \"high numbers\" of new admissions and would \"temporarily accommodate mainly homeless patients who are ready to safely leave hospital and will benefit from further support from community partners\".\n\nThere are very early signs that infections may have peaked - although as always we should be careful about reading too much into a few days' worth of data.\n\nThe past two days have seen newly diagnosed cases hover around the 46,000-mark. Up to the weekend, the average was close to 60,000.\n\nThe drop has largely been driven by falls in new cases in London, the South East and East of England.\n\nThe national picture does mask some regional differences. Cases are rising in the North West, which is causing particular concern.\n\nIt is too early for the vaccination programme to be having any significant impact so a combination of the national lockdown on top of the tier four restrictions that were imposed in some areas before Christmas look like they may be beginning to have an impact.\n\nThere is also some evidence the new variant may not be quite as fast-spreading as first feared - a Public Health England study suggested rather than being 70% more transmissible it may actually be somewhere between 30% to 50%.\n\nAnd, if it does represent the start of a continuous fall, it is important to remember it will still take some time to translate into fewer hospital cases - people being admitted at the moment are those who would have caught the virus a week or two ago.\n\nBut after six weeks of pretty sustained rises, it is at least an encouraging sign.\n\nAsked about images of elite footballers celebrating goals with hugs, Mr Hancock said: \"I think elite sport is important because these are tough times, and being able to watch the football on the telly is really important because there's loads of things that you can't do.\"\n\nHe said the Premier League has \"special arrangements to ensure that players are safe\" as well as a testing regime.\n\nThe health secretary told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine will accelerate over the coming weeks, saying they were \"on track\" to deliver it to 14 million people by mid-February.\n\nVaccines deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi later told the Commons' science and technology committee that he was \"confident\" of achieving this target.\n\nMore than 2.4 million people have now had a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 412,167 people have had a second dose. Mr Hancock said 40% of the 3.4m people over 80 in England had been vaccinated so far.\n\n\"We have the capacity to get that vaccine out. The challenge is that we need to get the vaccine in,\" Mr Hancock said.\n\n\"What I know is that the supply will increase over the next few weeks and that means the very rapid rate that we are going at at the moment will continue to accelerate over the next couple of weeks.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson said it was \"pretty clear\" that because of the new strain the Covid-19 infection rate was not going to go down as quickly as it did during the first wave.\n\n\"It now looks like the peak for NHS demand may actually be in February,\" he said.", "Morrisons will become the first UK supermarket to pay at least £10 an hour from April.\n\nIt will increase its minimum pay for up to 96,000 workers from £9.20.\n\nRetail trade union Usdaw negotiated the £10 per hour basic rate which is 50p an hour above the voluntary Living Wage Foundation rate.\n\nHowever, other big supermarkets appear unlikely to follow any time soon, with Asda saying that just looking at hourly rates does not tell the full story.\n\nMorrisons said for the majority of its workers the pay increase will be approximately 9%.\n\nPart of the increase will result from changing the company's annual bonus scheme from a discretionary yearly payment into a guaranteed amount in workers' hourly rates.\n\nIt will boost the weekly pay of someone working 36.75 hours a week from £330.10 to £367.50.\n\nUnion members still need to approve the deal. The result will be announced on 12 February and, if accepted, the new rates will be paid from 5 April 2021.\n\n\"The new consolidated hourly rate is now the leading rate of the major supermarkets,\" said Joanne McGuinness, Usdaw national officer after the Morrisons announcement.\n\n\"It's been a tough time for food retail staff who have worked throughout the pandemic in difficult circumstances,\" said Ms McGuinness.\n\n\"They provide the essential service of keeping the nation fed and deserve our support, respect and appreciation. Most of all they deserve decent pay and this offer is a welcome boost.\"\n\nIn addition to the hourly pay increase, Morrisons will pay a higher London weighting.\n\nRates for inner London will be 85p and for outer London 60p per hour, up from 75p in inner London and 50p in outer London.\n\nDavid Potts, Morrisons chief executive said: \"It's a symbolic and important milestone that represents another step in rewarding the incredibly important work that our colleagues do up and down the country.\"\n\nMorrisons' move propels it to the top of the supermarket pay league, leapfrogging Aldi and Lidl. Will other big rivals follow suit?\n\nSupermarket staff have become frontline heroes in this pandemic and there's a new-found respect for the vital work they do in keeping us fed day-in day-out.\n\nMany consumers may welcome the idea of higher rewards for those staff.\n\nBut supermarkets have already taken on a lot of extra costs in ramping up their operations as well as recruiting thousands of extra staff.\n\nAnd there are no shortage of workers looking for jobs right now, which could keep a lid on pay.\n\nLidl has already announced plans to increase its hourly wage for staff from March, increasing the rate for 20,000 workers from £9.30 to £9.50.\n\nWithin London's M25 motorway boundary the rate has increased from £10.75 to £10.85 an hour.\n\n\"It is only right that we increase the income for our colleagues who are the backbone of our business.,\" said chief executive Christian Härtnagel.\n\n\"This is about recognising their hard work and dedication in keeping the nation fed during a year like no other.\n\nAsda, which pays £9.18 outside London and either £9.76 or £10.31 inside the capital, pointed out that it pays above National Living Wage rules and never employs on 'zero hours' contracts.\n\nAn Asda statement said: \"On top of a competitive wage structure, Asda colleagues also receive a host of benefits which contribute to their yearly earnings, these including colleague discount in our stores and online, special discounts for shops and a yearly performance-based bonus.\n\n\"So simply looking at the hourly rate doesn't tell the full story.\"\n\nSainsbury's basic hourly pay is £9.30, and a statement to the BBC made no mention of any immediate intention to raise the rate.\n\nA spokesperson said, \"Our colleagues do a brilliant job and we are so proud of how they continue to go above and beyond for our customers.\n\n\"We have made two thank you payments to frontline workers in recognition of this in the last year and regularly review colleague pay to make sure we offer leading rates.\"\n\nA Waitrose spokesperson said: \"Our hourly minimum starting pay across the UK for non-management Partners in Waitrose is currently £9.10 following a short induction period, with scope for higher pay according to performance.\n\n\"We review Partner pay annually each April and will do so again this year.\"\n\nM&S said their minimum pay for workers is £9.00 an hour, but pointed out that those that worked during the pandemic last April and May were handed a 15% pay reward on top of the rate.\n\nLatest available data suggests Aldi currently pays £9.40 an hour, Tesco £9.30 and Co-op £9.", "As Scotland's hospitals fill with Covid patients and the daily-registered death toll passes 5,000, there are concerns the \"stay at home\" message has not had the same impact it did during last year's lockdown.\n\nSome of the restrictions announced by Nicola Sturgeon in early January have now been tightened even further.\n\nHow do Scotland's current lockdown rules compare to those imposed last March?\n\nLast March outdoor exercise was allowed only if people were alone or with someone from the same household. It was initially limited to once a day, before this restriction was eased in May 2020.\n\nAll exercise had to be done close to home. No mixing with other households or other any outdoor relaxation was allowed.\n\nNow up to two people from separate households can meet for outdoor sport or exercise. Children under 12 years old do not count towards this number.\n\nThere is no limit on how many times you can go out to exercise each day, but you should still stay close to home and avoid crowded areas.\n\nProf Jason Leitch, Scotland's clinical director, says police enforcement is used as \"last resort\" against people who break the rules.\n\nThese rules are not expected to change in Scotland. However, the UK government has warned that exercise restrictions may be tightened after \"large groups\" have flouted their own two-person rule.\n\nLast March non-essential shops were ordered to shut along with cafes, bars, restaurants and cinemas. Supermarkets and pharmacies were among premises which could stay open.\n\nIn July a new law made it compulsory to wear a face covering in shops across Scotland.\n\nAll pubs, restaurants and cafes must remain closed in Scotland's level four areas - although they can still serve takeaway food. The definition of \"essential retail\" has also been narrowed, forcing homeware shops and garden centres to close once again.\n\nRules on click and collect will be tightened from 16 January. The service will be limited to retailers selling essential items and access inside premises for collection will not be allowed.\n\nTakeaway customers will also no longer be allowed inside premises for pick-up from 16 January. Businesses will have to operate from a serving hatch or doorway.\n\nSchools and nurseries were closed last March, with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon saying there were too many absent staff to continue.\n\nMany teachers prepared homeworking packs and some online learning. Parents and pupils had to get used to home schooling.\n\nChildren of essential workers and vulnerable pupils were looked after by staff in childcare hubs.\n\nSchools began the January 2021 term largely via online and remote learning.\n\nAs before, only children of key workers and vulnerable children are allowed in classrooms - but this time there is more focus on learning than simply child care.\n\nThe number of pupils attending school is much higher than last year.\n\nProf Leitch suggests this may be because Scotland has \"too much open\" in the rest of society with working adults in greater need of childcare. He said a \"sweet spot\" needs to be found to keep children and adults safe.\n\nThe Scottish government hopes pupils can return to the classroom in February, but this plan is to be kept under review.\n\nSee where coronavirus case rates have been rising in Scotland with this interactive map.\n\nPeople were told to stay at home except for essential shopping for food or medicine, going out for their daily exercise, or to care for the vulnerable.\n\nEmployers were asked to make provisions for staff to work from home. Wearing of face coverings on public transport was not initially required, but became mandatory in Scotland in June.\n\nIt is a legal requirement not to leave home for anything other than essential purposes. A \"reasonable excuse\" can include essential shopping, exercise or caring responsibilities.\n\nPeople should only go out to work if it absolutely cannot be done from home. It is illegal to travel between Scotland and other parts of the UK unless the journey is essential.\n\nThere are no expectations of enhanced travel restrictions, as the rules are already \"pretty tight\" says Prof Leitch.\n\n\"We have a stay at home law, it is illegal to fly overseas, it is illegal to travel, it is illegal to leave your home without a reason to do so,\" he added.\n\nThe latest contact tracing figures from Public Health Scotland show that since November, shops have accounted for 19% of the places visited by people the week before their positive test.\n\nWhile these figures don't tell us whether people contracted the virus in a specific location, they do suggest the most likely sources.\n\nThe number of cases traced to shopping-related locations increased by 83% between 27 December and 3 January.\n\nOther large increases were seen when:\n\nIn March \"essential\" was the key word for all employers. Businesses were told they could only stay open if what they do was \"essential\" to the effort of tackling Covid or the wellbeing of society.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said building sites should close unless they involved work on an \"essential building\" such as a hospital. Visits from tradespeople were allowed only for \"essential repairs\".\n\nOutdoor workplaces, construction, manufacturing, veterinary services and film and TV production can remain open. Employers have been told to plan for the minimum number of people needed on site to operate safely and effectively.\n\nHome visits by tradespeople are still allowed for essential maintenance. This guidance is being put into law from 16 January.\n\nProf Leitch says the Scottish government continues to examine rules around what constitutes essential and non-essential construction.", "A deal has been agreed for the sale of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Ponden Home and Bonmarché chains, which were on the brink of closure.\n\nThe businesses went into administration last year after a collapse in sales due to the pandemic.\n\nAlmost 2,000 staff will be kept on but as many as 260 stores could close.\n\nThe buyers are a consortium of international investors who will inject fresh funds into the business, led by the existing management team.\n\nEdinburgh Woollen Mill, which sells mid-price knitwear and other clothing to older shoppers, is part of a stable of retail brands owned by billionaire businessman, Philip Day.\n\nIt is understood that Mr Day will effectively lend the group the money to buy the businesses which will be paid back over a number of years.\n\nThe deal also covers two other brands in the group, value retailer Bonmarché, and Ponden Home, an interiors chain based in the south east of England.\n\nThe new owners plan to operate 246 stores across both the Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home brands, retaining 1,453 staff in those stores, the head office and distribution centres in Carlisle.\n\nHowever, 85 Edinburgh Woollen Mill stores and 34 Ponden Home stores have been closed permanently, with the loss of 485 jobs.\n\nWakefield-based Bonmarché will retain 72 of its stores and 531 staff including head office and distribution centre staff.\n\nThe majority of its stores, 148 outlets, remain under review with staff on furlough.\n\nAdministrators representing Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home said the deal represented the best chance to save stores and jobs, given the difficult outlook for UK retail.\n\n\"We regret that not all of Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home could be rescued,\" said Tony Wright, partner at FRP. \"This has resulted in a significant number of redundancies at a particularly challenging time of year and period of economic uncertainty.\"\n\nRetail has been particularly hard hit by measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. Even when shops have been open many shoppers stayed away, wary of the health risks.\n\nThe British Retail Consortium said consumers bought 5% less last year than the year before (not including food). Much of that custom switched from the High Street to online, making it harder for chains whose customers usually shop in person. Physical stores saw sales drop by a quarter, the BRC said.\n\nOther major brands including Topshop-owner Arcadia and Debenhams have also gone into administration, costing hundreds of jobs.\n\n\"Lockdowns have proved hugely damaging for mid-range fashion chains like Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Bonmarché whose traditional customer base has not adapted so quickly to online shopping as younger shoppers,\" said Susannah Streeter, analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"The backers of this rescue deal clearly believe there is pent-up demand amongst core customers which will be released once the doors are flung open once more,\" she added.\n\nOn Monday, Marks & Spencer announced it was buying Jaeger, another brand that had belonged to Philip Day's portfolio.\n\nPeacocks, another High Street fashion brand in the EWM group remains in administration.", "Sally told the BBC she is still waiting for her P45 despite handing in her notice in November\n\nHairdresser Sally had a surprise when she looked at her tax record with HM Revenue and Customs: \"It said I'd still been getting furlough pay from a job I left in November.\"\n\nShe told BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake up to Money: \"That was a revelation - none of it had landed in my bank account.\"\n\nHers is among more than 21,000 reports of suspected furlough fraud currently being handled by HMRC.\n\nThe money is either due to fraudulent claims, or is being paid out in error.\n\nThe Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, commonly called the furlough scheme was launched in March 2020, at the start of the coronavirus crisis, to minimise unemployment. Under the scheme, the government pays 80% of employees' wages up to £2,500 a month.\n\nThe number of tip offs to the taxman has spiralled since last April, from 3,000 to 21,378 reports of suspect payments by early January.\n\nSally's former employer told the BBC she did not know Sally had resigned\n\nAt the peak of its use in early May, the scheme was supporting 8.9 million jobs.\n\nIt was extended in January until the end of April 2021 and now also applies to those who are unable to work due to caring responsibilities, or because they are clinically extremely vulnerable.\n\nThe scheme has been widely supported for its role in supporting employers and jobs during the pandemic, but it has been found to be open to abuse.\n\nTax lawyer Anita Clifford said at the 'extreme end' of furlough fraud were 'dormant companies being resurrected' and 'fake employees'\n\nSally believes her former employer broke the rules after she resigned from the salon last year.\n\nShe told the BBC she sent her resignation letter and returned her uniform to her employer in the post in November, but \"heard nothing back\". A client later contacted her asking if she was OK, as they had heard she was off work, \"sick\".\n\nSally started to get her paperwork together to register as self-employed but when she opened her online HMRC account, she noticed she was registered as receiving payments equivalent to those she was getting while on furlough - although the money was not reaching her account.\n\nShe left it a couple of weeks in case her resignation was taking a few weeks to be processed.\n\nTo date, Sally has still has not received a P45, and says she is still registered as being paid through the furlough scheme.\n\nHMRC has called on anyone concerned about suspected abuse of the team to get in touch with the department\n\n\"In the middle of the pandemic, where people are losing homes because they can't get any help, I think it's quite sickening,\" she said.\n\n\"It's wrong, and it makes a mockery of all those people who are suffering.\"\n\nThe BBC contacted Sally's former employer, who has denied the claims, saying she did not know that Sally had resigned, and had struggled to get in touch with her.\n\nTax barrister, Anita Clifford, from the firm Bright Line Law, said Sally's experience was \"a classic example\".\n\n\"Whether it's a mistake, or whether some actors are doing it deliberately, continuing furlough payments for former employees is a classic way of defrauding the system.\"\n\nHMRC has previously stressed that some employers may accidentally be committing furlough fraud.\n\nMs Clifford told the BBC that she was seeing businesses coming forward, \"worried about the mistakes that they've made\".\n\nBut she added examples of furlough fraud could be more extreme, where some businesses \"are seeking to claim money for completely fake employees\".\n\n\"In time to come, we'll certainly see enforcement activity, and people very worried about being on the receiving end of a criminal prosecution for some of these things.\n\n\"Certainly where you have dormant companies being resurrected, in order to claim money from the furlough scheme, you have fake employees... businesses being quite unscrupulous, you're not using the funds to pay salaries, I think those are the businesses you'll eventually see being looked at very seriously for criminal prosecution,\" she said.\n\nHMRC told the BBC: \"The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is part of the collective national effort to protect jobs. This is taxpayers' money and fraudulent claims limit our ability to support people and deprive public services of essential funding.\"\n\nNames have been changed to protect identities\n• None What happens when furlough ends?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia, has died suddenly at his home in Glasgow.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Catholic Church said that Archbishop Tartaglia had tested positive for Covid-19 shortly after Christmas and was self-isolating at home.\n\nThe cause of death is not yet clear.\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia, who was 70, was ordained a priest in 1975 and served as Archbishop of Glasgow since 2012.\n\nThe spokeswoman said it would be for Pope Francis to appoint a new archbishop, but until then the Archdiocese will be overseen by an administrator.", "Senior Conservatives have called for a \"reset\" in UK policy towards China, including sanctions against officials responsible for human rights abuses.\n\nThe Conservative Human Rights Commission demanded a rethink in relations after hearing evidence of abuses from torture to slavery.\n\nIt urged the UK to work with allies to respond to China's behaviour.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab has said the UK plays a \"leading role\" in highlighting abuses.\n\nThe Commission made the recommendations in a new report endorsed by two former Conservative foreign secretaries, Lord Hague and Sir Malcolm Rifkind.\n\nIt adds to growing internal pressure on the government from Conservative circles to harden its line on China.\n\nThe Commission says it has heard first-hand evidence of human rights violations in China from dissidents, lawyers, and human rights campaigners.\n\nThis included violations of media freedom, clampdowns on Uighur Muslims, modern day slavery, and the establishment of an \"Orwellian surveillance state,\" it added.\n\nThe group said this showed the need for a \"comprehensive review\" of China policy across UK government departments.\n\nIt also called for the UK to diversify its supply chains to reduce \"strategic dependency\" on China and further efforts to highlight rights issues at the United Nations.\n\nMr Raab announced fines on Tuesday for UK firms doing business in China if they cannot show that their products aren't linked to forced labour in the country's Xinjiang region.\n\nIn December, the BBC revealed new evidence that China is forcing hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other minorities into hard, manual labour in the cotton fields of Xinjiang.\n\nMPs and peers are separately pushing for new laws to block trade deals with countries found guilty of genocide, something which for now the government is resisting.\n\nMr Raab told MPs the idea was \"well-meaning\" but it would be wrong to \"sub-contract\" the issue of when to break off trade talks to the courts.\n\nThe Conservative Human Rights Commission, established in 2005, aims to highlight human rights concerns and keep the issue high on the party's agenda.", "David (right) and Frederick Barclay receiving their knighthoods in 2000\n\nSir David Barclay, the co-owner of the Daily Telegraph newspaper, has died at the age of 86.\n\nSir David, together with his twin brother Sir Frederick, built up a business empire spanning hotels, retail and media.\n\nHis death was announced in the Telegraph, which reported that he died on Sunday after a short illness.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson, a former columnist for the paper, paid tribute to Sir David.\n\n\"Farewell with respect and admiration to Sir David Barclay who rescued a great newspaper, created many thousands of jobs across the UK and who believed passionately in the independence of this country and what it could achieve,\" he tweeted.\n\nThe Barclay brothers, who had an estimated wealth of £7bn according to the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List, were known for being media shy and rarely gave interviews.\n\nBorn in Hammersmith, west London, in 1934, Sir David was profoundly shaped by his childhood memories of war, and the death of his father when he was 12.\n\nHe and his twin Frederick - who was 10 minutes younger - started out as painters and decorators, before moving into property and eventually hotels.\n\nTheir success in property and hotels helped them take over Ellerman Lines, a shipping business with interests in brewing, in 1983.\n\nThis provided a launch pad from which they would become billionaires.\n\nAt various times, their hotel portfolio has included a number of trophy assets, including the Ritz Hotel in London, which they sold in March last year.\n\nIn 2012, the BBC’s Panorama reported that the Ritz had not paid any corporation tax since it had been taken over by the Barclays in 1995.\n\nAt the time, Sir David said they had “acted in a responsible way with regard to taxation and have never been involved in any tax avoidance scheme.”\n\nIn 2015, the twins sold off the hospitality group Maybourne, which included luxury hotels like Claridges.\n\nThe brothers first ventured into media ownership with their 1992 purchase of The European, a pan-European newspaper that shut down in 1998.\n\nThey also bought The Scotsman in 1995 and Sunday Business in 1997.\n\n“After these ventures in the publishing arena, the brothers had nurtured since the 1980s an ambition to own the Telegraph group,” The Telegraph said.\n\nThey acquired the Telegraph Group in 2004 for £665m from Canadian media magnate Conrad Black's Hollinger group.\n\nThe brothers also had a number of forays into retail, including Shop Direct, fashion retailer Very and delivery firm Yodel.\n\nThe pair were knighted in 2000 for services to charity. By this point their foundation was thought to have donated about £40m to charity and medical research.\n\nThe notoriously private twins' relationship was the subject of an extraordinary legal case last year, in which Sir David's three sons were accused by his brother of bugging conversations at the Ritz Hotel, which they previously owned.\n\nIn its obituary the Telegraph said Sir David had been a voracious reader, obsessed with newspapers, business, economics and politics, and had always said he had been educated at the \"university of life\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid in Scotland: Lockdown likely to extend to February\n\nScotland's first minister has said the country's current lockdown is \"very unlikely\" to be lifted at the end of the month.\n\nNicola Sturgeon was speaking as she confirmed that more than 5,000 people have now died after testing positive for the virus.\n\nA review of the current restrictions is due to be carried out at the end of January.\n\nMs Sturgeon said it was possible that there would be no easing at that point.\n\nA further 54 deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours - bringing the total by that measure to 5,023.\n\nBut the most recent figures from the National Records of Scotland - which record all deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate - put the total at 6,686.\n\nMs Sturgeon told her daily briefing that the figures were a reminder of the toll the virus had taken.\n\nAnd she said every death had caused heartbreak to friends, families and loved ones across the country.\n\nThe first minister also said Scotland's NHS would be under far greater pressure if the current restrictions had not been put in place on Boxing Day.\n\nAnd she urged people not to raise their expectations about what will be announced when the lockdown review is completed in a fortnight as wholesale lifting of the restrictions was \"very unlikely\".\n\nShe added: \"There may not even be any lifting of these restrictions as soon as the end of January - we will have to consider all of that carefully and set it out in due course.\"\n\nAll of mainland Scotland and some islands were placed into level four restrictions on 26 December, with schools remaining closed to most pupils until at least the end of the month.\n\nA further 1,875 positive cases of the virus were recorded on Monday, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 153,423.\n\nThe number of people in hospital with the virus stands at 1,717 - an increase of 53 since yesterday and higher than the peak of about 1,500 in the first wave in April.\n\nOf these, 133 patients are intensive care units, with Ms Sturgeon saying that the virus was putting \"very acute pressure\" on hospitals.\n\nThe first minister also said that 175,942 people in Scotland had received their first vaccine dose by Monday.\n\nOpposition parties have claimed that the rollout of the vaccine has been \"sluggish\" in Scotland compared to south of the border - a charge that the government denies.\n\nAnd they have called for greater transparency over how many people are being given the jab every day.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman said on Monday that the government was aiming to vaccinate about 560,000 people in Scotland by 31 January.\n\nNon-essential shops have been closed in Scotland since 26 December\n\nThe Scottish government has previously said it is concerned that too many people have not been following the \"stay at home\" rules that are in place across the whole of the mainland and some islands.\n\nMinisters have been discussing the possibility of imposing tougher rules on click and collect shopping and takeaway food, with an announcement expected to be made on Wednesday.\n\nRetail industry representatives have described click and collect services as a \"lifeline\" for struggling businesses amid the forced closure of all non-essential shops.\n\nAnd they said they had not been shown any evidence that click and collect was driving transmission of the virus.\n\nMs Sturgeon told her daily coronavirus briefing that the government may not stop click and collect services altogether.\n\nBut she added: \"If we are saying to people right now that you should not be out of your home for shopping unless it is essential, then do we need to have click and collect for non-essential services instead of having that for delivery?\"\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross told BBC Scotland that he did not want to see further restrictions put in place unless there was evidence that they would have the desired effect.\n\nHe also suggested that restricting click and collect would simply result in more people going back into supermarkets to do their shopping.\n\nThe Scottish government is also under pressure to lift the the current ban on public Sunday worship, with a group of 500 church leaders from across the UK - including 200 in Scotland - insisting that there is \"no evidence of any tangible contribution to community transmission through churches in Scotland\".\n\nIn a letter to the first minister, they claim that the ban may be unlawful and accuse the government of failing to understand that \"Christian worship is an essential public service, and especially vital to our nation in a time of crisis\".\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said: \"Test and Protect tells us where people were in their 48-hour infectious period.\n\n\"So we know that on one day last week the seven-day number for places of worship was 120, and data from yesterday shows the seven-day number for places of worship is 38, underlining the essential decision to require places of worship to close for public health reasons.\"\n\nMeanwhile, it has been confirmed that everyone arriving in Scotland from overseas will need to show proof of a negative test from Friday.\n\nThe test will need to be \"highly reliable\", the first minister said, and will need to have been from the previous three days - although young children may be exempt from the restriction.\n\nThose travelling from countries not on the quarantine exemption list will still need to self-isolate on arrival.\n\nThe new rules, which will also come into force in England, were first outlined last week.", "A Huawei patent has been brought to light for a system that identifies people who appear to be of Uighur origin among images of pedestrians.\n\nThe filing is one of several of its kind involving leading Chinese technology companies, discovered by a US research company and shared with BBC News.\n\nHuawei had previously said none of its technologies was designed to identify ethnic groups.\n\nIt now plans to alter the patent.\n\nThe company indicated this would involve asking the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) - the country's patent authority - for permission to delete the reference to Uighurs in the Chinese-language document.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUighur people belong to a mostly Muslim ethnic group that lives mainly in Xinjiang province, in north-western China.\n\nGovernment authorities are accused of using high-tech surveillance against them and detaining many in forced-labour camps, where children are sometimes separated from their parents.\n\nBeijing says the camps offer voluntary education and training.\n\nChina's technology companies deny selling software that can be used to pick out Uighur people from the rest of the population by their appearance\n\n\"One technical requirement of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security's video-surveillance networks is the detection of ethnicity - particularly of Uighurs,\" said Maya Wang, from Human Rights Watch.\n\n\"While in the rest of the world, such targeting and persecution of a people on the basis of their ethnicity would be completely unacceptable, the persecution and severe discrimination of Uighurs in many aspects of life in China remain unchallenged because Uighurs have no power in China.\"\n\nHuawei's patent was originally filed in July 2018, in conjunction with the Chinese Academy of Sciences .\n\nIt describes ways to use deep-learning artificial-intelligence techniques to identify various features of pedestrians photographed or filmed in the street.\n\nIt focuses on addressing the fact different body postures - for example whether someone is sitting or standing - can affect accuracy.\n\nBut the document also lists attributes by which a person might be targeted, which it says can include \"race (Han [China's biggest ethnic group], Uighur)\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC News visited the camps where China’s Muslims have their \"thoughts transformed\", in 2019\n\nA spokesman said this reference should not have been included.\n\n\"Huawei opposes discrimination of all types, including the use of technology to carry out ethnic discrimination,\" he said.\n\n\"Identifying individuals' race was never part of the research-and-development project.\n\n\"It should never have become part of the application.\n\n\"And we are taking proactive steps to amend it.\n\n\"We are continuously working to ensure new and evolving technology is developed and applied with the utmost care and integrity.\"\n\nThe patent was brought to light by the video-surveillance research group IPVM.\n\nIt had previously flagged a separate \"confidential\" document on Huawei's website, referencing work on a \"Uighur alert\" system.\n\nIn that case, Huawei said the page referenced a test rather than a real-world application and denied selling systems that identified people by their ethnicity.\n\nOn Wednesday, Tom Tugendhat, who chairs the UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Select Committee and leads the Conservative Party's China Research Group, told BBC News: \"Chinese tech giants supporting the brutal assault on the Uighur population show us why we as consumers and as a society must be careful with who we buy our products from or award business to.\n\n\"Developing ethnic-labelling technology for use by a repressive regime is clearly not behaviour that lives up to our standards.\"\n\nIPVM also discovered references to Uighur people in patents filed by the Chinese artificial-intelligence company Sensetime and image-recognition specialist Megvii.\n\nSensetime's filing, from July 2019, discusses ways facial-recognition software could be used for more efficient \"security protection\", such as searching for \"a middle-aged Uighur with sunglasses and a beard\" or a Uighur person wearing a mask.\n\nA Sensetime spokeswoman said the references were \"regrettable\".\n\n\"We understand the importance of our responsibilities, which is why we began to develop our AI Code of Ethics in mid-2019,\" she said, adding the patent had predated this code.\n\nMegvii's June 2019 patent, meanwhile, described a way of relabelling pictures of faces tagged incorrectly in a database.\n\nLike Huawei, Megvii now plans to withdraw the original version of its patent\n\nIt said the classifications could be based on ethnicity, for example, including \"Han, Uighur, non-Han, non-Uighur and unknown\".\n\nThe company told BBC News it would now withdraw the patent application.\n\n\"Megvii recognises that the language used in our 2019 patent application is open to misunderstanding,\" it said.\n\n\"Megvii has not developed and will not develop or sell racial- or ethnic-labelling solutions.\n\n\"Megvii acknowledges that, in the past, we have focused on our commercial development and lacked appropriate control of our marketing, sales, and operations materials.\n\n\"We are undertaking measures to correct the situation.\"\n\nIPVM also flagged image-recognition patents filed by two of China's biggest technology conglomerates, Alibaba and Baidu, that referenced classifying people by ethnicity but did not specifically mention the Uighur people by name.\n\nAlibaba responded: \"Racial or ethnic discrimination or profiling in any form violates our policies and values.\n\n\"We never intended our technology to be used for and will not permit it to be used for targeting specific ethnic groups.\"\n\nProtests have been held across the world to highlight China's treatment of Uighur people\n\nAnd Baidu said: \"When filing for a patent, the document notes are meant as an example of a technical explanation, in this case describing what the attribute-recognition model is rather than representing the expected implementation of the invention.\n\n\"We do not and will not permit our technology to be used to identify or target specific ethnic groups.\"\n\nBut Human Rights Watch said it still had concerns.\n\n\"Any company that sells video-surveillance software and systems to the Chinese police would have to ensure that they meet the police's requirements, which includes the capacity for ethnicity detection,\" Ms Wang said.\n\n\"The right thing for these companies to do is to immediately cease their sale and maintenance of surveillance equipment, software and systems, to the Chinese police.\"", "At Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson said that “the lockdown measures we had in place, combined with tier four measures, are starting to show some signs of effect.”\n\nLooking at cases of Covid-19 in England, the average for the week ending 1 January was almost 55,000 cases.\n\nThese people will have been infected before England’s lockdown came in on January 6, although much of the country was under very strict measures before then.\n\nSo, using publicly available data, it might be too early to make this assessment.\n\nAnd in the past month, we’ve seen that a couple of days of decline can quickly be followed by a sustained increase in cases.\n\nBut what is clear is that hospital admissions from coronavirus appear to be increasing (they usually peak up to a couple of weeks after high numbers of cases).\n\nThe latest seven day average (ending on January 7) saw 3,705 people admitted to hospital daily in England – that’s the highest throughout the entire pandemic.", "A Scottish earl has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman at his ancestral home in Angus.\n\nThe Earl of Strathmore, Simon Bowes-Lyon, forced his way into the sleeping woman's room during a weekend event he was hosting at Glamis Castle.\n\nHe repeatedly assaulted the 26-year-old victim and tried to pull off her nightdress during the 20-minute attack.\n\nBowes-Lyon, 34 - who is the Queen's first cousin twice removed - has been placed on the sex offenders register.\n\nHe was granted bail at Dundee Sheriff Court and sentence was deferred.\n\nSheriff Alistair Carmichael also ordered Glamis Castle be assessed for its suitability to house Bowes-Lyon while under a tagging order.\n\nThe court heard the woman fled the castle the morning after the attack on 13 February last year and flew home to report the matter to police.\n\nBoth Police Scotland and the Metropolitan Police were involved in the investigation.\n\nGlamis Castle was the childhood home of the Queen Mother\n\nOutside court, Bowes-Lyon said he was \"greatly ashamed\" of his actions.\n\nHe added: \"Clearly I had drunk to excess on the night of the incident. I should have known better. I recognise, in any event, that alcohol is no excuse for my behaviour.\n\n\"I did not think I was capable of behaving the way I did but have had to face up to it and take responsibility.\n\n\"My apologies go, above all, to the woman concerned, but I would also like to apologise to family, friends and colleagues for the distress I have caused them.\"\n\nGlamis Castle, near Forfar, has been the seat of the Bowes-Lyon family since 1372.\n\nIt was the childhood home of the Queen Mother, and the Queen's sister Princess Margaret was born there.\n\nBowes-Lyon was a great-great nephew of the Queen Mother.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "The Chinese vaccine is one of two that the Brazilian government has lined up\n\nA coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac has been found to be 50.4% effective in Brazilian clinical trials, according to the latest results released by researchers.\n\nIt shows the vaccine is significantly less effective than previous data suggested - barely over the 50% needed for regulatory approval.\n\nThe Chinese vaccine is one of two that the Brazilian government has lined up.\n\nBrazil has been one of the countries worst affected by Covid-19.\n\nSinovac, a Beijing-based biopharmaceutical company, is behind CoronaVac, an inactivated vaccine. It works by using killed viral particles to expose the body's immune system to the virus without risking a serious disease response.\n\nSeveral countries, including Indonesia, Turkey and Singapore, have placed orders for the vaccine.\n\nLast week researchers at the Butantan Institute, which has been conducting the trials in Brazil, announced that the vaccine had a 78% efficacy against \"mild-to-severe\" Covid-19 cases.\n\nBut on Tuesday they revealed that calculations for this figure did not include data from a group of \"very mild infections\" among those who received the vaccine that did not require clinical assistance.\n\nWith the inclusion of this data, the efficacy rate is now 50.4%, said researchers.\n\nBut Butantan stressed that the vaccine is 78% effective in preventing mild cases that needed treatment and 100% effective in staving off moderate to serious cases.\n\nThe Sinovac trials have yielded different results across different countries.\n\nLast month Turkish researchers said the Sinovac vaccine was 91.25% effective, while Indonesia, which rolled out its mass vaccination programme on Wednesday, said it was 65.3% effective. Both were interim results from late-stage trials.\n\nThe latest figures for China's coronavirus vaccine show just how difficult it is to compare vaccines.\n\nOn the face of it, the 50% effectiveness figure isn't as good as Oxford's 70% or Pfizer and Moderna's 95%. But trials are run very differently in different countries - the numbers of volunteers enrolled varies wildly, as do the criteria used to test how much protection the vaccines offer.\n\nA figure for efficacy is reached by looking at how many people developed Covid after being given the vaccine, compared with how many were affected when given a dummy injection. Normally, that is based on people developing obvious symptoms but in this Brazilian trial, people with no symptoms also appear to have been included.\n\nSo it's only when the full data from all trials of this vaccine are published that scientists can analyse its real efficacy, and compare like with like. Only limited data for this Sinovac vaccine is currently available - and experts say that is confusing the picture.\n\nIn the long term, many vaccines against Covid are needed to vaccinate the world and, inevitably, some will perform better than others - but giving as many people as possible some protection is the priority.\n\nThere has been concern and criticism that Chinese vaccine trials are not subject to the same scrutiny and levels of transparency as its Western counterparts.\n\nBoth the Sinovac vaccine and the vaccine developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca have requests for emergency use authorisation pending with regulators in Brazil.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe latest news comes as Brazil is dealing with a major spike in cases. The country currently has the third highest number of Covid-19 cases in the world at over 8.1 million, just behind the US and India.\n\nThe BBC World Service's Americas editor Candace Piette says the country is suffering one of the world's deadliest outbreaks but as yet, has not announced when its vaccination programme will begin.\n\nThe delay has been caused in large part by the government's haphazard and divided approach to vaccination, says our correspondent.", "More than 100,000 Covid-19 vaccinations had been issued in Northern Ireland by Tuesday evening, Robin Swann has said.\n\nThe health minister said, of that figure, 91,419 people had received their first vaccine dose.\n\nHe added that 95% of care home residents had received their first dose and about 20% of those aged over 80 have received their first dose.\n\nIt comes as leading GP said the goal to begin a mass vaccine rollout by summer is \"achievable\" but hinges on supply.\n\nThe Department of Health published its plan to deliver vaccines in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.\n\nDr Alan Stout said the timeline was \"very sensible\" but was \"almost 100%\" dependent on getting enough of the vaccine.\n\nAt Wednesday's health briefing, Mr Swann said the programme had made a \"strong start\" but there was more to do.\n\nHe also said he has decided to issue tighter visiting guidelines for hospitals.\n\n\"I have ensured visiting will be permitted to hospices and care homes, but visits to general medical wards will no longer be permitted from this Friday\", he said.\n\nThe minister added that the measure would be kept under constant review.\n\nMr Swann also confirmed a new rapid test for Covid-19, which can return results in 12 minutes, would be used in emergency departments.\n\nHe said a pilot programme has been carried out using the LumiraDX nasal swab, which will enable health staff to \"very quickly identify patients who do not have Covid-19\".\n\nHe also repeated that the current lockdown restrictions were working and had helped to reduce NI's rate of infection, but warned the executive would still have \"difficult decisions\" to take in relation to decisions about whether to extend some restrictions in the coming weeks.\n\nOn Wednesday, a further 19 Covid-related deaths were announced by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.\n\nA further 1,145 new cases of the virus were also reported.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Ireland's chief medical officer warned there was \"no doubt\" that levels of the new, more transmissible variant of coronavirus are rising in Northern Ireland.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's executive briefing, Dr Michael McBride said that the new variant was making the job to contain it \"twice as difficult\".\n\nThe new variant is said to be up to 70% more transmissible, but there is no evidence it is more dangerous.\n\nThe first confirmed case of the new strain was detected in Northern Ireland on 23 December, but officials had said levels in Northern Ireland remained lower than in other areas of the UK.\n\nDr McBride said there would now be situations where the variant could spread, where previously it may not have.\n\n\"We need to be extremely cautious in the weeks ahead,\" he warned, adding that the virus would not \"magically disappear\" on 6 February, when the current lockdown is due to end.\n\nStormont ministers have to review the regulations on or before 22 January, with that scheduled for next Thursday.\n\nDr McBride said Northern Ireland had some distance to go before restrictions are lifted\n\nDr Stout, the chair of NI's GP committee, said practices needed another 22,000 doses to finish vaccinating people aged over 80.\n\nSpeaking to BBC's Good Morning Ulster, he said he was \"very confident\" the next doses would come through shortly.\n\n\"I have been overwhelmed by the desire of practices, the determination just to get going and the one thing we need to give them is vaccine - we need to get the supply in as quickly as possible.\n\n\"This is such a good news story that everybody wants the vaccine and everybody wants to give it.\"\n\nThe plan is for the vaccine to be given to the general population in summer 2021.\n\nGP clinics should have received their first delivery of the vaccine by Tuesday.\n\nResponding to reports in The Daily Telegraph that GPs administering the vaccine in England had been asked to \"slow down\" to let other regions \"catch-up\", Dr Stout said Northern Ireland had taken a different approach to how it rolled out vaccines to GPs.\n\nHe said vaccines were shared among all practices in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"We just don't have the full amount of vaccine in practice to give. We could have given all of the vaccine that a certain number of practices needed to start with but there were issues with inequality and discrimination ... so that's why an amount has gone to every single practice, so at least they have some.\"", "Customs operators have pleaded with the government to prioritise vaccinations for staff they insist are key front-line workers in the effort to keep vital supplies flowing into the UK.\n\nOne operator told the BBC his staff were working flat out - often up to 16 hours a day - to help traders comply with the new post-Brexit customs requirements.\n\n\"A Covid outbreak would be disastrous. Customs clearance staff should be identified as key workers and fast-tracked for vaccination.\"\n\nAnother said he had written to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and his local MP for Ashford, Damian Green saying any coronavirus-related staff shortages could force them to close.\n\n\"We have 14 staff. Two have already had to self-isolate, if we lose any more we would have to consider closing\".\n\nRod McKenzie of the Road Haulage Association supports the argument to accelerate vaccinations of port and customs staff.\n\n\"Customs agents are absolutely swamped, they are understaffed by tens of thousands and although volumes have been light thanks to pre-Christmas and pre-Brexit stockpiling, we are approaching a critical point:\"\n\nSteve Cock of logistics firm KGH said that volume would begin to build this week and described Friday as \"a moment of truth\" as volumes would be close to normal, imposing the first serious test of the system's capacity.\n\nThe government told the BBC that vaccination priorities were based on clinical vulnerability determined by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.\n\nAlthough the government said it would be looking at key workers beyond the current priorities - like teachers - that would not come till after phase 1 of the current programme ends. That is not expected till late March at the earliest.\n\nAlthough the ports themselves have been running reasonably smoothly, that is because many traders aren't getting as far as the ports as their documentation is not complete.\n\nThe Dover-Calais crossing last week saw only 40% of its usual traffic for this time of year. Many foreign hauliers have been avoiding the UK for fear of getting stuck on the wrong side of the channel or raising their prices by as much as six times to compensate for the additional risks of congestion.\n\nCracks in the system have already started to show with large European delivery firm DPD cancelling road deliveries from the UK to the EU while Ocado, M&S, and Fortnum and Mason have cited problems delivering to customers in the EU and Northern Ireland.\n\nFish and seafood exports have been particularly hard hit.\n\nMany small traders who usually club together to share the cost of space on large lorries headed to their primary markets in the EU have hit serious roadblocks.\n\nProducts of animal origin now need Export Health Certificates signed off by veterinary professionals.\n\nThe burden of getting multiple certificates for single lorries has brought exports to the EU to a virtual standstill for some traders.\n\nThe focus in the UK is understandably primarily on food supplies into the UK and although there are some limited shortages being reported in fruit and vegetable supplies, shelves in the UK are showing very few gaps.\n\nThe problems are more acute in Northern Ireland, which for the purposes of trade is still part of the EU customs area. For that reason, what is happening to food exports from GB to Northern Ireland is perhaps a useful proxy for what is happening to UK food exports to the EU.\n\nThe last thing the UK-EU trade machinery can afford right now is for critical staff - caught in the crossfire of pandemic and Brexit - to be laid low.", "The men were arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance at hospitals in Birmingham and Worcestershire\n\nFour men have been arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance at hospitals in the West Midlands.\n\nThe men, aged between 31 and 37, were held in relation to incidents in Birmingham and Worcestershire between 31 December and 9 January.\n\nEarlier this month, police said they were investigating after people posted videos of supposedly empty hospital corridors on social media.\n\nThe videos claiming Covid-19 was a hoax sparked an outcry from medical workers.\n\nWest Mercia Police launched a joint investigation with West Midlands Police, after incidents were reported at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Alexandra in Redditch.\n\nHospitals in Worcester and Kidderminster also featured, before the footage was deleted.\n\nThe West Mercia force confirmed it had arrested two men from Bromsgrove aged 31 and 34 as well as a 37 year-old man from Kidderminster and a fourth man, aged 34, from Droitwich.\n\nThey were also detained relating to incidents in a park in Bromsgrove as well as the town centre.\n\nAll four men have since been bailed with conditions not to enter any hospital in England unless they have a medical reason to do so.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Birmingham has one of the largest intensive care capacities in the whole country\n\nTwo hundred doctors will be redeployed to one of England's largest intensive care units amid fears it could be \"overwhelmed\".\n\nA leaked memo warned hospitals in Birmingham were \"in a position of extremis\" as Covid-19 cases rise.\n\nElective surgeries at the city's main Queen Elizabeth Hospital will stop as staff move to critical care duties.\n\nA spokesperson said the approach ensured \"the greatest good for the greatest numbers of people\".\n\nThe trust's decision to redeploy doctors was revealed in a leaked email to the Health Service Journal, which has been verified by the BBC.\n\nSent by consultant Peter Hewins, it said hospitals in Birmingham risked being \"overwhelmed\" amid a \"period of absolute emergency\".\n\nThe University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) said there were 873 patients with Covid-19 across its sites, with 125 in intensive care.\n\nThis was significantly more than in April 2020, it said, as it announced plans to double its intensive care capacity to more than 250 beds.\n\nTime-critical surgery, including cancer operations, will continue, the trust said, but elective procedures at the Queen Elizabeth will be paused, and reduced elsewhere.\n\nThere will also be a \"further reduction of outpatient activity\", a spokesperson said, adding: \"Every member of staff will be supported by the Trust in delivering the best care wherever they are working.\"\n\nThere are currently 873 Covid-19 patients being treated at the trust\n\nNeighbouring University Coventry and Warwickshire Hospitals Trust confirmed it had started taking Covid patients from Birmingham.\n\nUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England.\n\nIt runs several hospitals, including Birmingham Heartlands, the Queen Elizabeth, Solihull Hospital and Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield. It also runs Birmingham Chest Clinic.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The minimum cost of carrier bags in Scotland is set to double to 10p from 1 April.\n\nThe Scottish government has said it is important to increase the charge periodically to encourage the use of reusable options instead.\n\nEnvironment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said the move was to deter the use of single-use plastic bags.\n\nThe 5p charge was introduced in 2014, with plastic bag usage dropping by 80% by the following year.\n\nMs Cunningham said: \"Thanks to the people of Scotland, the introduction of the charge has been successful in reducing the amount of single-use carrier bags in circulation.\n\n\"While the 5p bag charge was suitable when it was first introduced, it is important that pricing is updated to ensure that the charge continues to be a factor in making people think twice about using a single-use carrier bag.\"\n\nSome retailers have pledged to donate their carrier bag charges to good causes, with £2.5m raised in 2019.\n\nPrior to the charge being introduced in 2014, 800 million single use carrier bags were issued annually in Scotland.\n\nBy 2015 this fell by 80% with the Marine Conservation Society noting in 2016 that the number of plastic carrier bags being found on Scotland's beaches dropped by 40% two years in a row with a further drop of 42% recorded between 2018 and 2019.\n\nKeep Scotland Beautiful chief executive Barry Fisher said: \"Since 2014 the single use carrier bag charge has significantly helped reduce the number of bags being given out by retailers - saving thousands of tonnes of single use plastic realising a significant net carbon saving and reducing the chances of these items becoming littered.\n\n\"However, there is still an opportunity to challenge individual behaviours and improve consumer awareness which the doubling of the charge will help do.\n\nDue to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Scottish government is looking into creating an exemption on the bag charge for certain deliveries and collections, as was the case last year at the onset of the pubic health crisis.", "Naomi Campbell and Kenyan Tourism Minister Najib Balala sealed the deal over the weekend\n\nThe appointment of British supermodel Naomi Campbell as Kenya's tourism ambassador has caused a Twitter storm in the East African nation.\n\nMany queried why it had not been given to a prominent Kenyan like Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong'o.\n\nOthers leapt to her defence, saying the debate already justified her role.\n\nKenya's tourism sector has been badly hit by coronavirus, with visitor numbers down by 72% between January and October last year.\n\n\"The sector hence lost over 110bn Kenyan shillings [$1bn, £738m] of direct international tourists' revenue due to the Covid-19 pandemic,\" Kenya's Tourism Research Institute reported last month.\n\nThe country is famous for its wildlife safaris and beach resorts.\n\nKenyan Tourism Minister Najib Balala said the deal with Ms Campbell was done over the weekend after he met the model, who is currently on holiday in Kenya.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Ministry of Tourism & Wildlife-Kenya\n\nThe 50-year-old style icon and philanthropist has been posting images of her stay on Instagram, where she has 10 million followers.\n\n\"We welcome the exciting news that Naomi Campbell will advocate for tourism and travel internationally for the Magical Kenya brand,\" Mr Balala said, without giving further deals of the contract.\n\nBut the statement, posted on Twitter on Tuesday, prompted instant outrage from some, and the supermodel's name has since been trending in the country.\n\nOne tweeter cited other Kenyan celebrities better suited to the ambassadorial role, including models Ajuma Nasenyana and Debra Sanaipei, as well as Nyong'o.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Syombua A. 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This mentality is what causes nepotism and tribalism in Kenyan institutions, it should be about the most suitable candidate not 'one of our own' thing.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Campbell's defenders praised her for visiting Kenya several times and said it was not only the model's social media following that made her the perfect appointment.\n\nHer circle of friends were equally important as she would attract wealthy tourists willing to spend money.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Mlolwa🐬 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe tourism industry usually contributes about 8.8% to Kenya's annual Gross domestic product (GDP), according to Kenya's East African newspaper.\n• None The supermodel and the warlord", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Large parts of Scotland woke up to a blanket of snow on Thursday, including in Rutherglen where conditions became challenging for drivers\n\nMotorists continue to face difficult conditions after heavy snow across parts of Scotland caused road closures.\n\nA Met Office yellow warning for ice will be in place overnight and for all of Friday for mainland Scotland.\n\nThe A9 at Dunblane was closed due to snow but has now reopened, while driving conditions on the M90 and M8 were reported as difficult.\n\nThere have also been problems in the Scottish Borders where up to a foot of snow fell overnight.\n\nTraffic Scotland has reported difficult driving conditions on the M77 at Fenwick, M80 around Cumbernauld and the A9 at Greenloaning.\n\nA woman walks through the snow in Braco near Dunblane\n\nThe impact of the overnight freeze on a hedgerow near Strathaven, South Lanarkshire\n\nIn the Borders several lorries got stuck on the A7 between Selkirk and Hawick, while difficult driving conditions were also reported on the A68 at the Carter Bar and Soutra.\n\nThere were also delays on the A83 Old Military Road diversion and the A82 at Tyndrum.\n\nMeanwhile, police have urged drivers to properly clear their car windscreens before setting off in the wintry conditions.\n\nOfficers in Dumfries and Galloway shared a picture of a driver they stopped and charged for failing to do this.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPeople should only be leaving home to make essential journeys in parts of Scotland under level four Covid measures, under current Scottish government lockdown regulations.\n\nCh Supt Louise Blakelock, of Police Scotland, said: \"Government guidance on only travelling if your journey is essential remains in place and so with an amber warning for snow, please consider if your journey really is essential and whether you can delay it until the weather improves.\n\n\"If your journey really is essential, plan ahead and make sure you and your vehicle are suitably prepared by having sufficient fuel and supplies such as warm clothing, food, water and charge in your mobile phone in the event you require assistance.\"\n\nA motorist brushes snow off a car in Braco near Dunblane\n\nThe village of Bowden near Melrose woke up to snow\n\nA snowy scene at Fountainhall in the Scottish Borders\n\nPolice in Shetland have also warned of ice badly affecting roads on the islands.\n\nScotRail said its services could be affected, particularly on the Highland mainline.\n\nScottish Borders Council said the effects of the adverse weather could cause disruption into Friday morning.\n\nEmergency planning officer Jim Fraser said: \"With widespread snow and some freezing rain possible over the course of Wednesday and Thursday, there is the strong potential for disruption across our road network and communities.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSome of the deepest snowfalls in recent weeks have been in the Highlands, including the Cairngorms.\n\nEarlier this month, the UK had its coldest night of the winter so far after a temperature of -12.3C was recorded in the north west Highlands.\n\nThe temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch, near Garve, south of Ullapool in Wester Ross.\n\nThe record lowest temperature in the UK is -27.2C, which was recorded in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in 1895 and 1982 and at Altnaharra in the Highlands in 1995.", "Pre-departure Covid-19 testing will now be required for everyone travelling to England from 04:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nThe rules had been due to come into force on Friday, but the government said people needed time \"to prepare\".\n\nThose arriving by plane, train or boat, including UK nationals, will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country they are in.\n\nAnyone arriving from places not on the UK's travel corridor list must still self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe Scottish government is planning to impose the same rules and has had to defer them coming into effect as a result of changes in England.\n\n\"This meant Scotland was also obliged to delay implementation as we need sight of their final regulations in order to properly draft and approve the relevant Scottish regulations,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\nIt is expected the requirement will come into force in Scotland at 04:00 GMT on Monday as well. Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to announce plans for pre-arrival testing in the coming days.\n\nAnnouncing the deferral on Twitter, Transport Secretary Mr Shapps said: \"To give international arrivals time to prepare, passengers will be required to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test before departure to England from Monday 18 January at 4am.\"\n\nHe also reminded travellers to fill out the Passenger Locator Form - used in track and trace - and added that those without proof of a negative test faced a fine of £500.\n\nProblems with testing availability and capacity mean some countries will initially be exempt.\n\nFor instance, the requirement will not apply to travellers from St Lucia, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda until 04:00 GMT on 21 January.\n\nTravellers from Falkland Islands, Ascension Islands and St Helena are exempted permanently.\n\nHauliers are exempt to allow the free flow of freight, as are air, international rail and maritime crew.\n\nThe government has said all forms of PCR test will be accepted, as will other forms of test with \"97% specificity, 80% sensitivity\".\n\nThe move comes as a further 1,564 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nWednesday's figure brings the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said there had now been more deaths in the second wave than the first.\n\nMeanwhile on Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was \"concerned\" about a new coronavirus variant that is believed to have emerged in Brazil.\n\nHe acknowledged it was not yet clear how effective existing vaccines would be against the latest new variant.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK was taking steps to make sure it was not brought into the country.\n\nA government Covid committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss the possibility of stopping flights from Brazil.\n\nArrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from Brazil? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Sir David will appear in \"very high-resolution holographic video\"\n\nSir David Attenborough is to front an augmented reality app letting users see exotic plants and animals in their own surroundings, as part of a government drive to prove the uses of 5G.\n\nThe Green Planet AR app has been given £2.3m government funding as one of nine 5G test projects given a total of £28m.\n\nIt will be released alongside The Green Planet, Sir David's forthcoming BBC series that will show plants in detail.\n\nThe five-part documentary series is expected to be broadcast in 2022.\n\nAugmented reality superimposes virtual objects on to the world around us, meaning the app's users will be able to use their smartphones to see Sir David and \"meticulously detailed graphics of exotic plants and animals\" as if they were in front of them.\n\nThe app will help prove \"how new technology can reconnect us with the natural world whilst demonstrating the power of 5G to a huge new audience\", according to Minister for Digital Infrastructure Matt Warman.\n\nThe app will be available in \"set locations\" around the UK. Developer Factory 42 said it does not yet know how many locations, but they could include parks, visitor attractions like Kew Gardens and urban settings. Users will need a 5G-enabled device.\n\nThe other projects sharing the £28m funding include one to provide live, multi-angle HD video streams and replays on phones at sporting events; one to allow people to experience exhibits at The Eden Project in Cornwall from their own homes; and one to control the 113 cranes at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk.\n\nThey follow nine other 5G trial projects that were awarded a total of £35m in February 2020.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Pupils are currently learning remotely from home\n\nA-level, AS and GCSE students in England could be asked to sit mini external exams to help teachers with their assessments after formal exams were cancelled last week.\n\nIn a letter to the exams regulator, Ofqual, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said this would help teachers to decide \"deserved grades\".\n\nHe promised not to use an algorithm which led to controversy last summer.\n\nHead teachers said the \"devil was in the detail\" for these plans.\n\nThe letter was published on Wednesday morning, as Mr Williamson appeared before the education select committee to answer questions on the impact of Covid-19 on education.\n\nIn the letter to Ofqual he said: \"A breadth of evidence should inform teachers' judgments, and the provision of training and guidance will support teachers to reach their assessment of a student's deserved grade.\n\n\"In addition, I would like to explore the possibility of providing externally set tasks or papers, in order that teachers can draw on this resource to support their assessments of students.\"\n\nMr Williamson's pledge not to use an algorithm to determine grades comes after thousands of A-level students had their results downgraded from school estimates last summer - before Ofqual announced a U-turn allowing them to use teachers' predictions.\n\n\"We have agreed that we will not use an algorithm to set or automatically standardise anyone's grade,\" the letter says.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson: \"The top priority is for all those that work in schools\"\n\n\"Schools and colleges should undertake quality assurance of their teachers' assessments and provide reassurance to the exam boards. We should provide training and guidance to support that, and there should also be external checks in place to support fairness and consistency between different institutions and to avoid schools and colleges proposing anomalous grades.\"\n\nBut he added: \"Changes should only be made if those grades cannot be justified, rather than as a result of marginal differences of opinion.\n\n\"Any changes should be based on human decisions, not by an automatic process or algorithm.\"\n\nA consultation on plans for this year is being launched later this week.\n\nGeoff Barton, head of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the letter set out \"broad and sensible parameters\" for assessing GCSEs and A-levels after exams were cancelled.\n\n\"But, as ever, the devil will be in the detail of how this is turned into reality,\" Mr Barton said.\n\nHe welcomed confirmation that no algorithm would be applied this year \"following last summer's grading debacle.\"\n\nBut he questioned how any system of externally set assessment would work and how it could ensures fairness for students whose education had been heavily disrupted.\n\n\"It is vital that the final plans not only provide fairness and consistency but that they are also workable for schools, colleges and teaching staff who will have to put them into practice,\" he added.\n\nNational Education Union joint general secretary Dr Mary Bousted said: \"Had the government listened to the NEU and put in place a contingency plan sooner we would be in a better position now to make sure grades could be awarded reliably and without creating severe workload issues for education staff and students.\n\nShe said the union would continue to work with the Dfe and Ofqual, but they needed to see the full details of the plans as soon as possible to ensure grades are fair and the process is manageable for staff.\n\nTaking questions from MPs on the education select committee, Mr Williamson said he wanted to see schools re-opening at the earliest opportunity and that he would \"never apologise for being the biggest champion for keeping schools open\".\n\nHe said attendance rates of vulnerable and key worker pupils in schools since the start of term were higher than in the first lockdown.", "The prime minister has said lockdown measures are \"starting to show signs of some effect\", but he has refused to rule out extra restrictions in England.\n\nAt PMQs, Boris Johnson said measures were kept under \"constant review\" after Labour's Sir Keir Starmer said it was obvious more restrictions were needed.\n\nMr Johnson added that vaccine centres would move to 24-7 \"as soon as we can\".\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons.\n\nThis includes for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nLater, Mr Johnson told the Commons Liaison Committee there was a \"very substantial\" risk of intensive care capacity in hospitals being \"overtopped\", and appealed to people to follow lockdown rules.\n\nHe said the situation was \"very, very tough\" in the NHS and the strain on staff was \"colossal\".\n\nMeanwhile, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced new restrictions in Scotland from Saturday, including limiting click and collect services to essential items only and restricting takeaways.\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir said stronger restrictions were needed in England and accused Mr Johnson of being \"slow to act\".\n\nHe asked the prime minister why restrictions were weaker in this lockdown compared with March.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says the government acted \"within 24 hours\" of advice on the new Covid-19 variant\n\n\"We keep things under constant review,\" Mr Johnson replied. \"If there is any need to toughen up restrictions - which I don't rule out - we will of course come to this House.\n\n\"The lockdown measures we have in place combined with tier four measures that we were using are starting to show signs of some effect and we must take account of that too.\"\n\nHe added it was early days and urged people to abide by the rules.\n\nQuestioned by the liaison committee on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Johnson said it was \"far, far too early\" to say there could be any relaxation of the lockdown in the middle of February, and \"we've got to work very hard to achieve that\".\n\nHe acknowledged that it was a \"tragedy\" that so many children were missing face-to-face teaching at school and said reopening schools was \"the priority\".\n\nTier four - the highest level in England's tier system which bans households mixing indoors - was introduced on 21 December in parts of south-east England, including London.\n\nIt was then widened to include more of southern England on Boxing Day. England has been in a national lockdown since 5 January.\n\nMr Johnson also said the vaccination programme was going \"exceptionally fast\" but \"at the moment the limit is on supply\" of the vaccine.\n\n\"We will be going to 24/7 as soon as we can,\" he told MPs, saying Health Secretary Matt Hancock will set out further details \"in due course\".\n\nMore than 2.4 million people have had a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 412,167 people have had a second dose.\n\nScotland's Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said it was \"entirely possible\" to offer round-the-clock vaccinations in Scotland once mass sites were up and running by late February or early March.\n\nThere are very early signs that infections may have peaked - although as always we should be careful about reading too much into a few days' worth of data.\n\nThe past two days have seen newly diagnosed cases hover around the 46,000-mark. Up to the weekend, the average was close to 60,000.\n\nThe drop has largely been driven by falls in new cases in London, the South East and East of England.\n\nThe national picture does mask some regional differences. Cases are rising in the North West, which is causing particular concern.\n\nIt is too early for the vaccination programme to be having any significant impact so a combination of the national lockdown on top of the tier four restrictions that were imposed in some areas before Christmas look like they may be beginning to have an impact.\n\nThere is also some evidence the new variant may not be quite as fast-spreading as first feared - a Public Health England study suggested rather than being 70% more transmissible, it may actually be somewhere between 30% to 50%.\n\nAnd, if it does represent the start of a continuous fall, it is important to remember it will still take some time to translate into fewer hospital cases - people being admitted at the moment are those who would have caught the virus a week or two ago.\n\nBut after six weeks of pretty sustained rises, it is at least an encouraging sign.\n\nEarlier, Health Secretary Matt Hancock questioned whether there would be demand for a round-the-clock vaccination operation, saying: \"Most people want to get vaccinated in the daytime, and also most people who are doing the vaccinations want to give them in the daytime, but there may be circumstances in which that would help.\"\n\nHe said England's lockdown measures were \"always under review\", but he would be \"very reluctant\" to remove the rule of meeting one other person outside for exercise as \"it is a lifeline\" for some people, including those who live alone. Mr Hancock has already ruled out scrapping support bubbles.\n\n\"What I'd rather is that everybody follow that rule and doesn't stretch it or flex it,\" he said.", "Fans of the University of Alabama football team gathered in the streets of Tuscaloosa in Alabama, ignoring social distancing.\n\nThey were celebrating the university's third national championship in the past six years.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nThe first Covid patients have begun receiving a new treatment it's hoped will prevent sufferers becoming seriously ill. The patients are part of a large-scale trial testing the effect of inhaling a protein called interferon beta which the body produces when it gets a viral infection. Developed at Southampton University Hospital and produced by biotech company, Synairgen, early findings suggest the treatment cuts the odds of severe illness by almost 80%. Find out more here.\n\nKaye Flitney is one of those enrolled on the clinical trial\n\nMany hospital staff treating the sickest patients during the first wave of the pandemic have been left struggling to cope, a new study suggests. Researchers at King's College London questioned 709 workers at nine units in England and nearly half reported symptoms of severe anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder or problem drinking. Lead researcher Prof Neil Greenberg said it should be a \"wake-up call\" for managers about the need to provide more mental health support. Some staff are they're also facing abuse online and at protests from Covid sceptics and anti-lockdown activists.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChildren's minister Vicky Ford says caterers must urgently improve the quality of food parcels being provided for low-income families. Catering company Chartwells has apologised after photographs of some parcels were shared online and heavily criticised. The packages - more on them here - are being sent to children who would normally receive free school meals in England. The row could well come up when Education Secretary Gavin Williamson faces MPs' questioning later. Our education correspondent looks closely at Mr Williamson - a man whose political obituary has been written so many times he must sometimes feel like the walking dead.\n\nTwitter user Roadside Mum complained about the parcel she received\n\nNurse Kate Fraser said administering the vaccination to Ms Curry had been \"emotional\"\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nPlus, Britain's top police officer, Dame Cressida Dick, says it's \"preposterous\" to suggest some people are not aware of what the lockdown laws now tell them to do. So how much do you know? Try our quiz.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Democrats, including Jamie Raskin (centre), voted to impeach President Donald Trump, as did 10 Republicans\n\nThe US House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time over his alleged role in the 6 January deadly assault on the Capitol.\n\nHis impeachment for \"incitement to insurrection\" was approved by 232 representatives including 10 Republicans.\n\nDemocrats led the effort to charge Mr Trump with encouraging the riots.\n\nBut some Republicans had backed calls for impeachment.\n\nSo, who are these key players, and what do we know about them?\n\nWhen the impeachment charges go to the Senate for trial, the case for the prosecution will be made by a team of lawmakers, led by Mr Raskin, a Democratic representative from Maryland since 2017 and a former professor of constitutional law.\n\nThe impeachment of Mr Trump represents the continuation of an extremely challenging start to 2021 for Mr Raskin, 58.\n\nJamie Raskin (left) helped to draft the article of impeachment against President Trump\n\nThe congressman's 25-year-old son, Tommy Bloom Raskin, took his own life on New Year's Eve and was laid to rest in early January.\n\nA day after the funeral, Mr Raskin found himself hunkering down with colleagues, shielding from a violent mob that rampaged through the Capitol where lawmakers were meeting to certify November's presidential election result.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn the day of the assault, Mr Raskin helped to draw up an article of impeachment against President Trump.\n\nSpeaking to the Washington Post, Mr Raskin said his son, who was studying law at Harvard University, would have considered last week's violence \"the absolute worst form of crime against democracy\".\n\n\"It really is Tommy Raskin, and his love and his values and his passion, that have kept me going,\" Mr Raskin said.\n\nIn total, nine Democrats, including Mr Raskin, have been named as impeachment managers. One is Representative Madeleine Dean, from Pennsylvania, who is one of three women on the team.\n\nMs Dean started her career in law, opening her own three-woman practice in Pennsylvania before teaching English at a university.\n\nHaving been active in state politics for decades, she was elected to the House in 2018, using her seat to champion women's reproductive rights, gun law reform, and healthcare for all, among other issues.\n\nMadeleine Dean has called for a quick trial of President Trump in the Senate\n\nIn an interview with MSNBC, Ms Dean, 68, said she favoured a \"speedy trial\" in the Senate if Mr Trump was impeached.\n\n\"This isn't about a party. This isn't about politics. This is about protection of our constitution, of our rule of law,\" Ms Dean said.\n\nAs the Speaker of the House, Ms Pelosi has been in the spotlight since the riots in the Capitol.\n\nMs Pelosi leads the Democrats in the lower chamber of Congress, so the 80-year-old had a huge influence over the decision to introduce an article of impeachment against Mr Trump.\n\nMs Pelosi had the House proceed with impeachment after former Vice-President Mike Pence did not invoked constitutional powers to force out Mr Trump, who was then president.\n\nMr Pence said at the time he believed such a move was against the country's interests.\n\n\"This president is guilty of inciting insurrection. He has to pay a price for that,\" Ms Pelosi said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The storming of the US Capitol\n\nMr McConnell, a 78-year-old Republican senator for Kentucky, is one to watch in the Senate.\n\nThe upper chamber's former majority leader remains the man at the helm of the upper chamber's Republican caucus.\n\nDubbed the \"Grim Reaper\" by Democrats, Mr McConnell was a thorn in the side of former President Barack Obama, often manoeuvring to frustrate his legislative agenda and judicial appointments.\n\nHe was also the driving force behind Mr Trump's acquittal in his first impeachment trial in 2019.\n\nIn his last few weeks as Senate leader, Mr McConnell also delayed Mr Trump's trial until after the former president left office, saying there was no time for a \"fair or serious trial\" ahead of Mr Biden's inauguration.\n\nMr McConnell has not publicly commented on whether he supports convicting or acquitting Mr Trump, but he has sent some mixed messages.\n\nMitch McConnell had been loyal to President Trump until the Capitol riots\n\nThough he spent the last four years in the president's corner, the minority leader said the rioters were \"provoked by\" Mr Trump and that he plans to hear out both sides in the trial.\n\nBut later on in January, he also joined the majority of Republican senators to vote for a motion to toss out the impeachment case as unconstitutional now that Mr Trump is no longer in the White House.\n\nMr McConnell may no longer have the final say on all things impeachment, but as Democrats need Republican support to convict Mr Trump with the required two-thirds majority, he still has a key role to play in the upcoming proceedings.\n\nWith just over a week to go before the trial, Mr Trump parted ways with his legal team, including attorneys Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier.\n\nThey were quickly replaced by David Schoen, a trial lawyer, and Bruce Castor, a former district attorney, who will lead the defence efforts for the former president.\n\nIn a statement, both attorneys said they didn't believe the push to impeach Mr Trump is constitutional.\n\nDavid Schoen, left, and Bruce Castor will lead the defence efforts for the former president\n\nMr Castor added: \"The strength of our Constitution is about to be tested like never before in our history.\n\n\"It is strong and resilient. A document written for the ages, and it will triumph over partisanship yet again, and always.\"\n\nMr Schoen has previously represented Roger Stone, former adviser to Mr Trump. Stone received a presidential pardon in December.\n\nThe lawyer also made headlines in the past for meeting with Jeffrey Epstein in his final days to discuss possible representation, and for later saying he did not believe the death of the US financier and sex offender was suicide.\n\nMr Castor, a former Pennsylvania district attorney, is known for declining to prosecute Bill Cosby for sexual assault in 2005. The comedian was eventually convicted on three counts of sexual assault in a 2018 retrial of his case.\n\nMs Cheney, 54, is third-highest-ranking Republican leader in the House. As the daughter of former Republican Vice-President Dick Cheney, she has a high profile in the party.\n\nSo, her support for impeachment is particularly significant.\n\nLiz Cheney has accused President Trump of inciting the attack on Congress\n\nMr Trump had \"summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack\", Ms Cheney said of the Capitol riots.\n\n\"There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution,\" the Wyoming representative said.\n\nHowever, in a recent test of support for conviction on impeachment charges that Mr Trump incited his supporters to mount an insurrection at the US Capitol, 45 out of 50 Senate Republicans voted last week to consider stopping the trial before it even starts.\n\nMs Cheney survived a House Republican vote - 145-61 - to oust her from her leadership position after breaking ranks with other GOP lawmakers last month to impeach the former president.\n\nShe is also now facing a primary challenger for her Wyoming congressional seat after voting to impeach Mr Trump.\n\nBlocking Mr Trump from ever running for office again is one rationale that may motivate some Republicans to impeach the president.\n\nThat reasoning could be attractive to Republican senators like Mr Sasse, who is seen as a possible contender for the presidency in 2024.\n\nElected to the Senate in 2014, the 48-year-old has been an ardent critic of Mr Trump.\n\nBen Sasse refused to overturn the results of November's presidential election in Congress\n\nMr Sasse was firmly opposed to a Republican effort - cheered on by Mr Trump - to overturn the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's election victory in Congress.\n\nOn the question of impeachment, Mr Sasse said he would \"definitely consider whatever articles they might move\" in the House.\n\nA two-thirds majority would be needed to convict Mr Trump in the Senate, meaning at least 17 Republicans - including Mr Sasse - would have to vote for it.\n\nIn Mr Trump's first impeachment trial in 2020, it was Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts who presided over the proceedings.\n\nThis time, he declined to participate, handing the job over to the 80-year-old Vermont Democrat, who will take the gavel in this second impeachment trial.\n\nMr Leahy was first elected to the Senate in 1974, and is the longest serving lawmaker in the upper chamber.\n\nHe will be presiding in his role as the Senate's president pro tempore - a constitutional officer, responsible for presiding over the Senate in the absence of the vice-president.\n\nIn a statement, he said \"the president pro tempore takes an additional special oath to do impartial justice according to the Constitution and the laws\" when presiding over an impeachment trial.\n\n\"It is an oath that I take extraordinarily seriously.\"", "Many of the works in Gurlitt's collection were in poor condition when they were discovered in 2012 (file photo)\n\nWhen a trove of 1,500 artworks hoarded by the son of a Nazi-era art dealer was discovered in 2012, an investigation began to find out how many were looted from Jewish owners.\n\nEventually only 14 were conclusively identified as looted, and now Germany has declared the last of those works has been returned to the owner's heirs.\n\nDas Klavierspiel (Playing the Piano) by Carl Spitzweg was owned by music publisher Henri Hinrichsen.\n\nHe was murdered at Auschwitz in 1942.\n\nGerman Culture Minister Monika Grütters said the return of the work sent an \"important signal\", and that while it could not make up for the deep suffering, it could \"make a contribution to historical justice and fulfil our moral responsibility\".\n\nThe 19th-Century work by Spitzweg was confiscated by the Nazis in 1939, the same year that Hinrichsen had bought it.\n\nDas Klavierspiel by Carl Spitzweg was seized by the Nazis in 1939\n\nIt was bought in 1940 by Hildebrand Gurlitt, a Nazi-era dealer who had been given the task by Adolf Hitler of dealing in art seized from Jewish collectors and of buying up so-called \"degenerate art\" removed from museums for a planned Führermuseum in the Austrian city of Linz.\n\nThe money for the Spitzweg work was paid into a blocked account, so Hinrichsen would never have received it.\n\nIn 2015, the piece was identified as looted, and it was handed over to the auctioneers Christie's on Tuesday, according to the wishes of Hinrichsen's heirs.\n\nAlthough his collection of 1,500 works, plundered from museums as well as individuals, was initially confiscated after the war by the Allies, Hildebrand Gurlitt eventually managed to get it back.\n\nGurlitt died in the 1950s and when German authorities approached his widow in 1961 in search of part of his collection, she claimed the works had been destroyed at the end of World War Two by Allied bombing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Stephen Evans was granted exclusive access to look at some of the long-lost masterpieces in 2014\n\nIt was only when tax investigators searched the Munich flat of his son Cornelius Gurlitt in 2012 that they found more than 1,400 of the works. Another 60 pieces were discovered at his Austrian home in Salzburg the following year.\n\nThe son died in 2014 with questions still hanging over the ownership of the collection - as he was protected by a statute of limitations.\n\nA court ruled that the works could be bequeathed to the Museum of Fine Arts in the Swiss capital Bern, as Cornelius Gurlitt had requested.\n\nWhile some of the works were deemed to belong to the family, the German Lost Art Foundation then tried to find out, with the Swiss museum, who were the rightful owners of the rest.\n\nFourteen pieces have now conclusively identified as belonging to Jewish owners and returned.\n\nAmong the many masterpieces in the collection was this work by Edouard Manet", "Isabella Curry urged others to get the jab and said it was just a little \"prick in the arm\"\n\nA woman has celebrated her 100th birthday by getting a covid vaccination at home.\n\nIsabella Curry, known as Ella, from Cramlington, was among some of the most vulnerable people in Northumberland to receive the vaccine.\n\nMs Curry, who lives alone, urged others not to be afraid to get the jab and said it was just a little \"prick in the arm\" and she now felt safe.\n\nHer birthday was also marked by the arrival of a card from the Queen.\n\nShe said: \"This vaccine means I'll be able to go out, meet my friends soon and feel safe.\"\n\nIsabella Curry's nephew Neil Curry thanked the \"army\" of helpers who cared for his aunt\n\nMs Curry's nephew, Neil Curry from Bristol, said he was delighted she had had the vaccination but sad the whole family could not get together for the milestone birthday.\n\n\"We had a family reunion for Ella's 90th - we all got together in Newcastle. We would have all got together again to mark this occasion, but we couldn't,\" he said.\n\nHe also said he wanted to thank the \"army\" of people who looked after his aunt including Noreen and Jim Hutchinson, who did her shopping and cut her grass.\n\nHe also thanked June and Peter Marshall and all the other people who collected her prescriptions and mobile library books.\n\nKate Fraser, the community nurse who administered the vaccination, said: \"It's been an emotional time being able to give Isabella her vaccination.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.", "People's reaction to a sonic boom heard across the East of England has been caught on camera.\n\nIt happened after a Typhoon aircraft took off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire to escort a plane to Stansted Airport because it had lost communications at about 13:05 GMT.\n\nPeople in Cambridgeshire, Essex and parts of London posted videos on social media, with one person heard asking if it was thunder.\n\nHeather Eastlake, who was filming herself exercising near Cambridge, described her reaction as being like \"a deer in the highlights\".", "Libby Squire was not seen alive after travelling to Oak Road playing fields with Pawel Relowicz, a court heard\n\nA man accused of raping and murdering a student committed a string of \"sexually motivated\" burglaries in the months before her death, a court has heard.\n\nJurors heard \"trophies\" - underwear and sex toys - stolen from other women were found after his arrest.\n\nProsecutors claim he was \"prowling the streets\" of Hull's student area in search of a victim when he intercepted the \"extremely vulnerable\" Ms Squire.\n\nSheffield Crown Court previously heard the defendant drove Ms Squire - who had earlier been refused entry to a nightclub - to the Oak Road playing fields.\n\nOnce there, jurors were told, he subjected her to an \"act of sexual violence\" before he disposed of her body in the River Hull.\n\nHer remains were found in the Humber Estuary almost seven weeks later.\n\nProsecutor Richard Wright QC said Mr Relowicz would claim Ms Squire had \"instigated consensual sexual intercourse\", and he had left her \"safe and well\" on the fields.\n\nRichard Wright QC continued to outline the case against Pawel Relowicz on Wednesday\n\nHowever, Sam Alford, who lives nearby, reported hearing a woman's \"desperate screams\" coming from the direction of the river, the court heard.\n\nProsecutors allege the screams were Ms Squire's and a man seen \"emerging from the darkness\" and fleeing the area was the defendant.\n\n\"Libby was never seen again\", Mr Wright told jurors.\n\nThe screams, and scratches to the defendant's face were evidence Ms Squire had \"fought him off\", the court heard.\n\nMr Wright said the evidence established \"that she was raped by a man whose entire motivation for coming into contact with her that night was to take her away from safety to a remote area well known to him and there to subject her to his uncontrollable sexual urges\".\n\nThe prosecutor said a pathologist concluded he could not establish how Ms Squire died despite \"an obvious bruise\" to the inside of her right thigh.\n\nMr Wright told jurors a CCTV recording made after the last sighting of Ms Squire showed Mr Relowicz performing a sex act in the middle of a street.\n\nA condom found at the scene days later yielded a DNA profile matching the defendant, the court heard.\n\nIn the year leading up to Ms Squire's disappearance, Mr Relowicz exposed himself to women in public and watched them through windows as they changed or had sex, the court heard.\n\nHe also \"burgled their homes with the purpose of stealing their underwear and sexual toys or other objects,\" Mr Wright said.\n\nUniversity of Hull student Libby Squire was last seen in the early hours of 1 February 2019\n\nFollowing his arrest on 6 February, Mr Wright said, police recovered the pink holdall \"full of sex toys... and some photographs of young women and several pairs of women's knickers and thongs\".\n\nA statement made by Ms Squire's mother, Lisa Squire, was read out in court describing her daughter having battled mental health issues including an eating disorder, self-harming - cutting the top of her arms, legs and chest - and depression.\n\nShe said her eldest child had been afraid of water since she was young, to the point she would not go near a swimming pool when on holiday. She was also scared of the dark, jurors were told.\n\nStatements by Ms Squire's boyfriend Connor James-Pye were also read out, in which he described Libby as being \"a happy drunk\" and that she \"didn't understand moderation\".\n\nHowever, on the night she disappeared, the court heard Ms Squire \"didn't want to go out because she had a lecture the next morning, but she didn't want to let the girls down\".\n\nMr James-Pye last heard from his girlfriend at about 22:30 on 31 January, jurors heard.\n\nThe 21-year-old's body was recovered from the Humber Estuary on 20 March 2019\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The button battery was stuck in Sofia-Grace's throat for four months\n\nAn 11-month-old girl who was rejecting solid food had a button battery lodged in her throat for four months.\n\nDoctors thought Sofia-Grace Hill had tonsillitis or a viral infection until an X-ray revealed the battery the size of a 10p in her oesophagus.\n\nShe underwent a two-hour operation to remove it and is now on a liquid only diet.\n\nA surgeon said her survival may be due to the battery being old and without charge.\n\nDad Calham, from Swindon, first noticed something was wrong in January 2020 and had countless paramedic call-outs and visits to the GP and local hospital.\n\nShe had a two-hour operation to remove the battery\n\nHe was convinced there was something else going on as Sofia-Grace would only eat pureed food.\n\nAfter another hospital trip in May, she was given an X-ray which showed the battery lodged in her oesophagus was causing serious damage as it had corroded.\n\nMr Hill said: \"I was gutted when I saw it and angry at myself. I blamed myself, but now I realise there was nothing we could have done to know.\"\n\nThe button battery is the size of a 10p\n\nSofia-Grace had a feeding tube fitted to help her with food and to stop her throat from closing.\n\nEvery two weeks she has a general anaesthetic to stretch her oesophagus but faces the prospect of further surgery.\n\nMr Hill said: \"The damage has left a pocket in her oesophagus which needs to close but Sofia is improving week by week with regular dilations which is improving her oesophagus.\n\n\"But I know the chance of survival in the first weeks after this happens is very low so we are moving in the right direction.\"\n\nSofia-Grace is improving week by week, her dad said\n\nMr Hill is unsure how Sofia-Grace, now almost two-years-old, got hold of the button battery and warned parents about the dangers.\n\nHe said: \"Just get rid of them or lock them away and don't give your child car keys to play with. Always trust your instincts as a parent.\"\n\nJanet McNally, consultant paediatric surgeon at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, who is treating Sofia-Grace, said her survival may be because the battery was old and had lost its charge.\n\nShe said that without someone seeing a child swallow a battery or obvious symptoms it was not unusual for it to be missed.\n\n\"Clinicians and the government have been warning of the dangers of button batteries for a long time. But not all parents are aware of how dangerous they can be.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Brazil's variant: Two 'spike' changes flagged up\n\nAs MPs have been mentioning today - a coronavirus variant has been found circulating in the Amazonas state of Brazil, and was picked up in Japan in travellers from the region. It’s different from the UK and South African variants, but it contains common mutations - two changes to the virus’ \"spike\" in particular which have been flagged as potentially making the virus more infectious. This is not going to be the last mutation we hear about. At the moment changes are mainly being picked up in areas that do lots of genetic tracking of the virus - it’s almost certain there are other mutations already circulating unseen in other parts of the world. And the virus will continue to mutate - it’s just a question of how, how much and how fast. For now there’s no evidence the virus is becoming more dangerous - but if more people catch it then, left unchecked, more will potentially become ill or die. But the vaccines, which target several different areas of the virus’ spike, should still work - though that’s something that scientists the world over will be monitoring very closely.", "The three main Covid-19 vaccines are from Pfizer-BioNTech, the University of Oxford and Astra-Zeneca and Moderna.\n\nThe Pfizer, Oxford and Moderna vaccines each require two doses and you are not fully vaccinated until you have had both shots.\n\nBut there are many differences between them.\n\nThe BBC's Laura Foster looks at how much immunity they give, how they prevent infection and how they compare.", "Parents say teachers at special schools often provide medical care and should be treated like other front-line workers\n\nParents of children with special educational needs and disabilities are calling for teachers in special schools to be vaccinated against Covid-19.\n\nMany parents have been told their children cannot attend school because of safety concerns about the virus.\n\nNow they want staff in special schools to be prioritised for the vaccine and considered front-line workers.\n\nThe government said special schools should encourage pupils to attend.\n\nLaura cares for son Oscar alone and says their respite support collapsed during the pandemic\n\nStaff in special schools are often required to provide personal and medical care for pupils, such as clearing tracheotomies, on top of regular teaching responsibilities.\n\nThe schools also offer precious respite to many families of disabled children who require a lot of additional care.\n\nLaura Godfrey, 33, from Norwich, is mum to nine-year-old Oscar, who usually attends a school for children with complex needs. His return was delayed at the start of term, despite government advice for these schools to remain open.\n\n\"His school provision is essential to us as a family. Oscar's mental health suffered a lot in the first lockdown, as did mine. It was a very dark time.\"\n\nHe is currently attending school, but Laura worries it could be forced to close in the event of an outbreak.\n\nShe is calling for staff at special schools to be given PPE and access to the vaccine, to keep schools open and protect vulnerable pupils.\n\n\"They should be recognised and treated as front-line staff and afforded the same protections.\"\n\nLaura's calls have been echoed by Mark Powell, CEO of the Dorset-based Diverse Abilities charity which runs a special school in Poole.\n\nStaff at Langside School in Poole were provided with PPE at the start of the pandemic\n\nThe school bought its own PPE in order to remain open during the pandemic but said it was \"very difficult and extremely costly\".\n\nMr Powell described PPE as a \"wonderful barrier to prevent the spread of the virus\" but said it had also been \"a devastating barrier to the development and well-being of our pupils\".\n\n\"The fact we have nurses, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists on site to form part of our children's school provision means that our school can be classified as a health setting, which are at the top of the list for priority vaccinations.\"\n\nThe Department for Education said the impact of being out of education \"can be greatest on vulnerable children and those with education, health and care plans\".\n\nIt said special schools should \"continue to welcome and encourage pupils to go into school full-time\" where possible and \"ensure pupils with Send can successfully access remote education\" if they are unable to attend.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nIvan Cavaleiro scored a late header to earn Premier League strugglers Fulham a hard-fought draw against Tottenham in their hastily rearranged London derby.\n\nThe Portuguese forward's finish cancelled out Harry Kane's first-half diving header and came just minutes after Son Heung-min hit the post in search of Spurs' second.\n\nCavaleiro sealed a remarkable turnaround for a side whose manager Scott Parker said it was \"scandalous\" to be given just two days' notice to face Jose Mourinho's men after Spurs' game at Aston Villa was postponed because of a Covid-19 outbreak in the Villa camp.\n\nTottenham boss Mourinho had little sympathy for the visitors as the derby itself was a rearranged fixture, having been called off three hours before kick-off when originally scheduled on 30 December.\n\nFor all the complications surrounding the fixture, the intensity from two sides at opposite ends of the table was high at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Fulham's fifth successive league draw a valuable point in their efforts to escape the relegation zone.\n• None Relive Tottenham v Fulham as it happened and analysis\n\nFulham made a bright start and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa's fierce shot to test Hugo Lloris was a warning of what was to come from a side who remain 18th despite the draw.\n\nThe excellent Alphonse Areola twice denied Son in the first 45 minutes, first blocking a toe-poked effort before palming a header away.\n\nAreola could do nothing, however, to deny Kane the opener in the 25th minute, with the striker beating the Frenchman with a thumping diving header from an excellently-placed Sergio Reguilon cross.\n\nKane was off target with another header and Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Kenny Tete threatened to respond for the visitors, who had the woodwork to thank for denying Son in the second half after the South Korean scuffed a shot past Areola.\n\nSubstitute Ademola Lookman was instrumental following his introduction, creating the equaliser for Cavaleiro seven minutes after coming off the bench.\n\nThe powerful finish extended Fulham's unbeaten run to five league matches, which is their longest such sequence in the top flight in three Premier League campaigns since 2012-13.\n\nThis latest draw highlights just how resolute Parker's men have become after a slow start to the campaign, in which they collected just one point from their first six matches.\n\nSpurs punished for reliance on Kane and Son\n\nWhile the Cottagers may be in the relegation places and had lost a record 13 successive top-flight matches to London rivals, they presented a significantly sterner test of Mourinho's men than non-league side Marine - a team made up of NHS workers, teachers and a refuse collector - which Spurs cruised past in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.\n\nThe prolific pair of Kane and Son, a duo that has now scored 23 of Tottenham's 30 league goals this term, were among 10 to return to Spurs' starting line-up.\n\nSon was an unused substitute on their trip to Crosby but Kane, along with Lloris, Eric Dier, Serge Aurier and Harry Winks came back from being rested.\n\nWhile Kane was clinical with the nodded finish, he reacted in frustration as he flicked another header off target.\n\nThat miss, as well as the wastefulness of Reguilon - who sent an early effort over - and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's tame strike, ensured Fulham were still in it at half-time.\n\nMoussa Sissoko also dithered in the box when an early second-half chance presented itself, allowing Tosin Adarabioyo to superbly block.\n\nSon's effort off the post, and their reliance on him and Kane for goals, ultimately proved costly as Cavaleiro ended the hosts' run of three clean sheets in January.\n\nAnd while Reguilon did have the ball in the back of the net again for Tottenham in the final minute, it was immediately disallowed for offside as Spurs missed the chance to move up to third in the table.\n\n'Some players had one day's training' - what the managers said\n\nTottenham manager Jose Mourinho, speaking to BBC Sport: \"In the first half Alphonse Areola made some impossible saves, a couple of others in the second, too.\n\n\"We have to kill a game and we didn't - but you have to keep a clean sheet, not make mistakes, so it was a very avoidable goal. The markers are there, there wasn't even an advantage in terms of numbers.\n\n\"Fulham were intelligent enough to understand the way they play, they change, they become more defensive and they are getting results. I thought they were a bit lucky but they were good.\n\n\"We have bad results and we should - and we could have - avoided these results.\"\n\nFulham boss Scott Parker, speaking to BBC Sport: \"I'm very proud of this team for what we've been through. There's a lot of talk around - everyone assumes about what happened. I know what we've been through the last two weeks.\n\n\"We had players out there today who had one day's training. What pleased me most was a desire and a passion and a real quality at times tonight.\n\n\"There's a real determination and hard work from this group of players. They've never shied away from anything.\"\n\nOn Monday's announcement of the game with Tottenham: \"We were told, in the end, at 9:30. It was put to me on Saturday, if there was a possibility, but I just batted it off thinking 'no chance'.\n\n\"This game was supposed to be scheduled 16 days ago - for 10 days some of these boys were locked up in their houses. I was surprised but it wasn't in terms of preparing for this game, we've prepared in two days for a game before, it was more just getting told of the consequences that you face.\"\n\nBest of the stats\n• None Tottenham and Fulham played out their first draw in the Premier League since December 2009, with Spurs winning 10 of the last 11 encounters (L1).\n• None Tottenham are unbeaten in their last eight London derbies in the Premier League (W3 D5), they've never gone longer without defeat against sides from the capital in the competition.\n• None Fulham have drawn five consecutive Premier League games, their longest such run since January 2007 (six games).\n• None Fulham have gained five points in their last four Premier League away games (W1 D2 L1), more than they collected in their previous 13 on the road in the competition (W1 D1 L11).\n• None Only Brighton (12) and Sheffield United (11) have dropped more points from winning positions than Spurs (10) in the Premier League this season.\n• None Tottenham's Harry Kane has become just the third player to score 25 Premier League goals with his head (25), his right foot (94) and his left foot (34) - after Robbie Fowler and Andy Cole.\n• None Ademola Lookman has been directly involved in five goals (two goals, three assists) in the Premier League this season, more than any other Fulham player.\n\nTottenham travel to Bramall Lane on Sunday (14:05 GMT) to face the Premier League's bottom side Sheffield United, who on Tuesday earned their first top-flight win of the season.\n\nFulham face Chelsea in another derby, hosting their west London rivals on Saturday (17:30 GMT).\n• None Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Erik Lamela tries a through ball, but Son Heung-Min is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Antonee Robinson (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aboubakar Kamara. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Can the TV personality make it as a pro footballer?\n• None New drama brings the chilling crimes of Charles Sobhraj to life", "Doctors' leaders have called for urgent improvements in personal protective equipment for health workers.\n\nThe British Medical Association is appealing for a higher grade of face mask to guard against coronavirus infection.\n\nIt says there is 'growing evidence' that the virus is being spread through the air by aerosols.\n\nThese are tiny virus particles that can build up in stuffy rooms and they have been linked to outbreaks of Covid-19.\n\nThis follows an open letter from more than 1,500 health professionals for staff on general wards to be given the type of high-quality masks usually only worn in intensive care units.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) has issued guidance on what PPE staff in different settings require. It was last updated in October 2020.\n\nEarly in the pandemic, it was widely believed that to catch the disease you had to either be close to an infected person and hit by droplets from their coughs or sneezes or touch a surface they had contaminated.\n\nBut research during the course of last year highlighted how it is also possible for the virus to be carried in what are called aerosols, drifting and accumulating in the air.\n\nMost infections are thought to have occurred indoors in badly ventilated rooms, and many studies have shown that the 'airborne route' can be an important factor.\n\nAcross the UK, the guidance for hospital staff is to wear surgical masks in most areas.\n\nMore sophisticated masks - a type known as FFP3 that includes an air filter - are only required in intensive care or when certain procedures are carried out that are known to generate aerosols.\n\nIn their letter, the consultants, doctors and nurses say healthcare workers are three to four times more likely to become infected than the general population.\n\nBut they point out that staff in intensive care units, who have the best level of protection, have about half the risk of catching the virus than colleagues on general wards.\n\nThe letter states: \"It is now essential that healthcare workers have their PPE upgraded to protect against airborne transmission\".\n\nBarry McAree, a consultant surgeon in Northern Ireland, is one of many healthcare workers to be ill with Covid.\n\nHe is self-isolating at home right after his testing positive for the second time.\n\nA signatory to the letter, he says his hospital in Antrim followed the guidance about which type of masks should be worn in which areas, but he became infected nonetheless. It is not clear how and when he caught it.\n\n\"There's so much evidence that we are talking about an airborne infection that it has to be said that it is not appropriate just to wear FFP3 in environments when aerosol generating procedures take place.\"\n\nHe believes that with such high levels of the virus in the community and in hospitals, staff should be wearing the higher-grade masks whenever they're close to patients.\n\nSurgical masks can be bought online for about 10p each, while the FFP3 masks are far more expensive about £5.00.\n\nDr Barry Jones, a retired gastroenterologist and leading expert on aerosols, says that's nothing compared to the cost of a patient with Covid,\n\nHe points to data showing that roughly a fifth of people needing hospital treatment for Covid may have acquired the infection in hospital in the first place.\n\n\"We should do everything we can to reduce that possibility - it's the air we share that's killing us.\"\n\nA few hospitals have decided to break with official guidance.\n\nIt's understood that hospitals in Cambridge, Plymouth and Exeter have decided to equip staff with FFP3 masks if they face patients diagnosed with Covid or suspected of having it.\n\nOne consultant, who did not want to be named, said: \"When you realise patients are more infectious at an earlier stage of disease and are presenting at general wards with poorer ventilation than intensive care units and staff are wearing a poorer quality of PPE, you really want those in a position of leadership to listen and to act.\"\n\nRCN General Secretary Dame Donna Kinnair, said: \"Without delay, they must state whether existing PPE guidance is adequate for the new variant.\n\n\"While more research is carried out, we ask for the precautionary principle to be applied and staff to be given a higher level of PPE if working with suspected or confirmed cases.\"\n\nPublic Health England said this was a matter for NHS England to comment on.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"The safety of NHS and social care staff has always been our top priority and we continue to work tirelessly to deliver PPE that protects those on the frontline.\n\n\"UK guidance on the safest levels of PPE is written by experts and agreed by all four chief medical officers. Our guidance is kept under constant review based on the latest evidence and data.\n\n\"Emerging evidence and data, including on variant strains, will be continually monitored and reviewed, and the guidance updated accordingly if needed.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Home Secretary Priti Patel: \"Our selfless police officers... will enforce the regulations and I will back them to do so\"\n\nPeople have been urged to \"play your part\" and follow Covid rules by Home Secretary Priti Patel, who says she will back police to enforce laws.\n\nAt a No 10 briefing, Ms Patel said a minority were \"putting the health of the nation at risk\" by flouting rules.\n\nPolice are \"moving more quickly to issuing fines\", she added, with nearly 45,000 fixed penalty notices issued across the UK.\n\nAnother 1,243 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid.\n\nAnd there have been a further 45,533 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.\n\nMeanwhile, another 145,076 people have received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and 20,768 a second dose, bringing the totals respectively to 2,431,648 and 412,167.\n\nAt the briefing, Ms Patel said: \"My message today to anyone refusing to do the right thing is simple: if you do not play your part, our selfless police officers - who are out there risking their own lives every day to keep us safe - they will enforce the regulations.\n\n\"And I will back them to do so, to protect our NHS and to save lives.\"\n\nIt comes after the UK's most senior police officer said lockdown rule-breakers were more likely to be fined as Covid laws would be enforced \"more quickly\".\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said her officers had been forced to break up parties, despite hospitals in London struggling to cope with rising patient numbers.\n\nChairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council Martin Hewitt, who also spoke at the Downing Street briefing, said people should be asking themselves whether their reason for leaving home was \"truly essential\".\n\nHe stressed that police officers had been \"putting themselves at risk in order to keep people safe\", and said it had been \"disappointing\" to see some of the behaviour by rule-breakers.\n\nHe said examples of recent breaches included:\n\nMr Hewitt said he made \"no apology\" for police issuing fines, and warned people breaking rules - such as by organising parties or not wearing face coverings on public transport - to \"expect\" a fine.\n\nAsked if there needed to be more clarity on the guidance around exercise and staying local, Mr Hewitt said it would be wrong to put a \"particular distance\" on how far people could exercise from their home - as it would be too difficult for police to enforce.\n\nHe said it was right there was an exception to allow people to exercise, but insisted it was the public's responsibility to make sure they were doing so safely.\n\nThere is a big focus on adherence to lockdown rules. But what has almost gone unnoticed is the fact that cases may have actually started falling.\n\nThere has now been two consecutive days where newly diagnosed cases have hovered around the 46,000 mark. Up to the weekend, the average was close to 60,000.\n\nThe drop has largely been driven by falls in new cases in London, the south east and east of England.\n\nIn some regions, cases are still going up. The north west of England is causing particular concern.\n\nIt is too early for the vaccination programme to be having any significant impact, so a combination of the national lockdown on top of the tier four restrictions that were imposed in some areas before Christmas look like they may be beginning to have an impact.\n\nCare must be taken in reading too much into a couple of days' data.\n\nHospital cases are still rising - patients being admitted at the moment are the ones who were infected a week or so ago - but it does at least offer a glimmer of hope.\n\nLater in the news conference, NHS medical director for London Dr Vin Diwakar said the capital's Nightingale hospital has reopened and was admitting patients to help with the coronavirus spread.\n\nHe told reporters it was taking non-Covid patients to help free up beds in London's hospitals.\n\nDr Diwakar warned that if levels of hospitalisation in the capital continued to rise then more patients would need to be transferred out of London, adding that the NHS across the country was under pressure.\n\nIn Birmingham, 200 doctors are being redeployed to one of the country's largest intensive care units as it nears capacity.\n\nThe University Hospitals Birmingham Trust said there were 873 patients with Covid-19 in their hospitals, with 125 in intensive care.\n\nEarlier, crime and policing minister Kit Malthouse said people have a \"duty\" to make this lockdown \"the last one\".\n\n\"We are urging the small minority of people who aren't taking this seriously to do so now, and [we say] to them that, if they don't, they are much more likely to get fined by the police,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nDame Cressida told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the move towards greater enforcement was \"common sense\" rather than a show of \"dictatorial policing\".\n\nFines start at £200 in England and Northern Ireland, and £60 in Wales and Scotland. Large parties can be shut down by the police, with fines of up to £10,000.\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar lockdown measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - all of which are in charge of deciding and enforcing their own coronavirus restrictions.\n• None Could I be fined for exercising?", "YouTube has become the latest social network to suspend President Trump.\n\nThe Google-owned service has prevented his account from uploading new videos or live-streaming material for a minimum of seven days, and has said it may extend the period.\n\nThe firm said the channel had broken its rules over the incitement of violence.\n\nThe president had posted several videos on Tuesday night, some of which remain online.\n\nGoogle has not provided details of what Mr Trump said in the video it banned, however the BBC has discovered it was a clip from a press conference he had given on Tuesday.\n\nThe move came hours after civil rights groups had threatened to organise an ads boycott against YouTube.\n\nPresident Trump's YouTube channel remains live but he cannot post new videos\n\nJim Steyer - who previously helped coordinate similar action against Facebook last year - had called on Google to go further and take the president's channel offline.\n\n\"We hope they will make it permanent. It is disappointing that it took a Trump-incited attack to get here, but appears that the major platforms are finally beginning to step up,\" he tweeted after the suspension.YouTube suspends Donald Trump's channel\n\nGoogle said that Mr Trump could still face his page being closed if he falls foul of its three-strikes policy.\n\n\"After review, and in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, we removed new content uploaded to Donald J Trump's channel for violating our policies,\" it said in a statement.\n\n\"It now has its first strike and is temporarily prevented from uploading new content for a minimum of seven days.\n\n\"Given the ongoing concerns about violence, we will also be indefinitely disabling comments on President Trump's channel, as we've done to other channels where there are safety concerns found in the comments section.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Apple chief Tim Cook told CBS News that those involved with the riots on the US Capitol last week should be held accountable.\n\n\"Everyone that had a part in it needs to be held accountable. I think no one is above the law. We're a rule of law country.\"\n\nHe did not mention President Trump by name, but added: \"I don't think we should let it go. This is something we've got to be serious about.\"\n\nMr Trump had already been suspended by Facebook and Instagram following last week's rioting on Capitol Hill, until at least the transition of power to Joe Biden on 20 January.\n\nTwitter has gone further by imposing a permanent ban.\n\nAmazon's Twitch has also disabled his account on its platform. And Snapchat has locked his account.\n\nShopify, Pinterest, TikTok and Reddit have also taken steps to restrict content associated with the president and his calls for the results of the US election to be challenged.\n\nYouTube has often been behind its social media rivals when it comes to moderating user-posted content.\n\nOver the years it has come under fire from campaign groups and big advertisers for not acting swiftly.\n\nNow it has followed Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat in restricting Donald Trump's access to its platform.\n\nAnd as so often, there's a lack of transparency about exactly what prompted the President's suspension.\n\nIt's only saying that a video violated its policies on incitement to violence, but is indicating that the issue was the President's remarks to reporters on Tuesday where he refused to take responsibility for the attack on Congress.\n\nOf course, those comments were broadcast on TV channels, including the BBC, and are still widely available.\n\nIt's not long ago that the social media landscape was being described as the Wild West when it came to moderating content - now the platforms suddenly seem eager to appear more cautious than the mainstream media.\n\nIt's amazing what the threat of regulation can do.", "A further 1,564 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said there have now been more deaths in the second wave than the first.\n\nAnd the prime minister warned there was a \"very substantial\" risk of intensive care capacity being \"overtopped\".\n\nSpeaking to the Commons Liaison Committee, Boris Johnson said the situation was \"very, very tough\" in the NHS and the strain on staff was \"colossal\".\n\nHe appealed to the public to follow lockdown rules, which require people in England to stay at home and only go out for limited reasons, such as for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nA further 47,525 new cases have also been recorded.\n\nPerhaps the most distressing element about the latest Covid deaths is that the numbers are almost certainly going to rise from here.\n\nPeople who are dying now are likely to have been infected three or so weeks ago, around Christmas time.\n\nThat was at a point when infection rates were rising quite steeply, so in the coming days and weeks we should, sadly, expect to see more deaths than this being reported.\n\nToday's figures are affected by the weekend, which sees delays in reporting deaths that tend to translate into higher figures from Tuesday onwards.\n\nCurrently around 1,000 people a day on average are dying once you take this into account.\n\nBut the figures also provide some hope. For the third day in a row the number of newly diagnosed infections are well below 50,000.\n\nThere have been several days where they have exceeded 60,000.\n\nIf that trend continues, and the number of new cases keeps coming down, that will eventually translate into the number of deaths falling.\n\nBut it is going to take some weeks for that to happen.\n\nThese are, as many have been saying, the darkest days of the pandemic so far.\n\nEarlier, during Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said lockdown measures were \"starting to show signs of some effect\".\n\nLabour's Sir Keir Starmer called for tougher restrictions in England, asking why they were weaker in this lockdown compared with March.\n\nDuring the first lockdown, nurseries were closed to most children and it was not permitted to exercise with someone from another household.\n\n\"We keep things under constant review,\" Mr Johnson replied. \"If there is any need to toughen up restrictions - which I don't rule out - we will of course come to this House.\"\n\nHe stressed that it was early days, but said: \"The lockdown measures we have in place combined with tier four measures that we were using are starting to show signs of some effect.\"\n\nLater, asked by the Commons Liaison Committee whether schools could reopen after February half-term, Mr Johnson said: \"It is far, far too early for us to say [early signs of progress mean] we can go into any kind of relaxation in the middle of February, we've got to work very hard to achieve that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson took questions from MPs on the Commons Liaison Committee\n\nThe prime minister also said on Wednesday that Covid vaccinations will be offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week as soon as supply allows.\n\nThe number of people in the UK who have received the first dose of a vaccine has risen to 2,639,309 - up by 207,661 from the day before.\n\nCommenting on the latest daily figures, PHE's Dr Doyle said: \"With each passing day, more and more people are tragically losing their lives to this terrible virus.\"\n\nShe added: \"It is essential that we stay at home, minimise contact with other people and act as if you have the virus.\"\n\nThe vast majority of the deaths reported on Tuesday happened over the past week. However, at least 100 were in 2020, with one death dating back to May.\n\nThe previous highest daily death toll was on Friday, when 1,325 people were reported to have died.\n\nThese government figures count people who died within 28 days of testing positive, but there are other ways of measuring the total number of deaths.\n\nWhen all deaths where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate are counted, plus deaths known to have occurred more recently, the number of deaths involving Covid in the UK is more than 100,000.\n\nAnother method is to count excess deaths - all deaths over and above the usual number at the time of year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"We are taking steps to ensure that we do not see the import of this new variant\".\n\nMeanwhile, the prime minister has said he is \"concerned\" about a new coronavirus variant that is believed to have emerged in Brazil. He acknowledged it is not yet clear how effective existing vaccines will be against the latest new variant.\n\nThe UK is taking steps to make sure it is not brought into the country, Mr Johnson said.\n\nA government Covid committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss the possibility of stopping flights from Brazil.\n\nArrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nAnd from Monday, anyone arriving into the UK from any country will have to present a negative Covid test. The new rule had been due to come into force this week but the government said it was being put back to give travellers more time to prepare.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHundreds of people have joined a march organised following claims a man died hours after being released by police in Cardiff.\n\nThe family of Mohamud Mohammed Hassan, 24, claim he was assaulted in custody.\n\nMore than 300 people took part in a march from the city centre to Cardiff Bay police station.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it found no evidence of excessive force. The police watchdog said initial tests showed Mr Hassan was not killed by any injuries.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said toxicology tests were now being carried out and it was awaiting the full post-mortem results.\n\nEarlier, First Minister Mark Drakeford said the reports of Mr Hassan's death were \"deeply concerning\".\n\nMr Hassan was arrested at his Roath home on Friday on suspicion of breach of the peace but released without charge on Saturday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Hassan's aunt Zainab Hassan told BBC Wales she had seen Mr Hassan within an hour of his release.\n\n\"He was released on Saturday morning with lots of wounds on his body and lots of bruises,\" she said.\n\n\"He didn't have these wounds when he was arrested and when he came out of Cardiff Bay police station, he had them.\"\n\nIn a virtual session of the Welsh Parliament on Monday, Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said: \"Every effort should be made to seek the truth of what happened.\"\n\nHe said he wanted to know why Mr Hassan was arrested and what happened during his arrest.\n\nMr Hassan's aunt Zainab Hassan said she saw him after his release\n\n\"Why did this young man die?,\" he added.\n\nMr Price said any inquiry should not be prejudged, but asked if the first minister would \"help the family find those answers\".\n\nIn response, Mr Drakeford said reports of the story were \"deeply concerning\".\n\n\"Our thoughts must be with the family of a young man who was... a fit and healthy individual,\" the Cardiff West MS said.\n\nMark Drakeford said he was deeply concerned by the reports\n\nMr Drakeford, who said the death must be \"properly investigated\", said the first step in any inquiry would be to allow the IOPC to carry out their work, which he said he expected \"to be done rigorously and with full and visible independence\".\n\nHe added that if there were things the Welsh Government could do \"I will make sure that we attend properly to those\".\n\nProtesters on Tuesday afternoon chanted \"no justice, no peace\" and called for the police force to release CCTV of Mr Hassan's time in custody.\n\nProtesters on Tuesday afternoon marched from the city centre to Cardiff Bay\n\nIn a statement on Monday, South Wales Police said Mr Hassan was arrested at his home in Newport Road on Friday night and taken to Cardiff Bay police station.\n\nHe was released at 08:30 GMT on Saturday and officers returned to the property at about 22:30 following his death.\n\nIt added: \"As part of the South Wales Police investigation CCTV and body-worn video has already been, and will continue to be, examined.\n\n\"This will assist in establishing and understanding the events that took place.\n\n\"Early findings by the force indicate no misconduct issues and no excessive force.\"\n\nProtesters were heard chanting \"no justice, no peace\"\n\nCatrin Evans, the IOPC's director for Wales, said its investigation would focus on Mr Hassan's arrest, the journey in a police van to custody and his time at Cardiff Bay police station, including whether relevant assessments were made before he was released.\n\nShe said they would be \"urgently examining the extensive relevant CCTV footage and body-worn video\" and would be speaking to the officers involved as well as witnesses who saw his arrest on Friday evening and his movements the next day after leaving custody.\n\nShe added: \"I send my condolences to Mr Hassan's family and friends, and to everyone affected by his sad death.\n\n\"We are aware of concerns being expressed and questions being asked about use of force by police officers. We will look carefully at the level of force used during the interaction and I would urge people show patience while our inquiries, which will take some time, are made.\"\n\nMs Evans added: \"An interim report from a post-mortem examination is awaited.\n\n\"Preliminary indications are that there is no physical trauma injury to explain a cause of death, and toxicology tests are required.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bonnie Watson Coleman is one of three Democratic lawmakers to have tested positive since the invasion of the US Capitol\n\nThree US lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus after sheltering for hours with colleagues during last week's deadly assault on the Capitol.\n\nHouse Democrats Bonnie Watson Coleman, Pramila Jayapal and Brad Schneider have announced their diagnoses.\n\nLast Wednesday they hunkered down in secure rooms, seeking refuge from an invasion of Congress in which five people died.\n\nSome Republicans were not wearing masks during the ordeal, footage suggests.\n\nVideo shared by Punchbowl News shows several lawmakers apparently refusing facemasks offered to them.\n\nHowever, CBS pictures from inside the chamber show Ms Jayapal was herself not wearing a mask at one point.\n\nMedical experts fear more lawmakers may have contracted the disease, potentially amounting to a super-spreader event at a time when coronavirus infections and deaths continue to rise in the US.\n\nThe US has recorded the highest number of coronavirus infections (22.6 million) and deaths (367,000) in the world, with no sign of the epidemic abating, despite the limited roll-out of vaccines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When a mob stormed the US capitol\n\nOver the weekend, top congressional doctor Brian Monahan told lawmakers and congressional staff who sheltered together from the riots to get tested.\n\n\"The time in this room was several hours for some and briefer for others,\" Mr Monahan said. \"During this time, individuals may have been exposed to another occupant with coronavirus infection.\"\n\nMr Monahan did not say how many lawmakers were in the room, but called on them to observe social-distancing measures and wear masks.\n\nNew Jersey Democratic Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman was the first lawmaker to confirm she had tested positive on Monday. In a tweet, the 75-year-old cancer survivor said she was resting at home with \"mild, cold-like symptoms\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington state, and Illinois congressman Mr Schneider revealed they had tested positive on Tuesday.\n\nAll three Democrats accused Republican lawmakers of refusing to wear masks as they huddled together for safety last Wednesday.\n\n\"Any member who refuses to wear a mask should be fully held accountable for endangering our lives,\" Ms Jayapal wrote, calling for mask transgressors to be fined.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe wearing of masks has been an explosive political issue throughout the pandemic in the US, with some lawmakers openly refusing to don a face covering.\n\nA Republican congressman, Jake LaTurner of Kansas, tested positive for Covid-19 after participating in a House vote to reject Arizona's presidential election results on Wednesday.\n\nBut on Tuesday, Mr LaTurner's spokesperson told the Topeka Capital-Journal newspaper that he was not in the secure area of the Capitol building where multiple members have since tested positive.\n\nOn Friday Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), had warned that Wednesday's rioting would probably have significant health consequences.\n\n\"You have to anticipate that this is another surge event,\" he told the McClatchy news agency. \"You had largely unmasked individuals in a non-distanced fashion, who were all through the Capitol.\"\n\nCoronavirus has swept through the heart of the American political establishment during the pandemic. One notable outbreak happened in September last year, when an event was held at the White House to announce the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court justice.\n\nSoon after, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for the virus, along with numerous other senior government officials.", "Tesco, Asda and Waitrose have become the latest supermarkets to say they will deny entry to shoppers who do not wear face masks unless they are medically exempt.\n\nIt follows a similar move by Morrisons, while Sainsbury's says it will challenge those who flout the rules.\n\nRetailers have been criticised for not doing enough to stop people breaking Covid rules as infections spread.\n\nBut enforcement of face coverings is officially a police responsibility.\n\nHowever, supermarkets can deny entry to their premises which is private property, and can call the police if someone refuses to follow the rules or becomes abusive.\n\nSenior police figures have reportedly said there is little officers can do to enforce the rules in shops because they are so busy.\n\nBut policing minister Kit Malthouse said that they would offer \"backup if things go seriously wrong\".\n\n\"What we hope is that in the vast majority of cases the enforcement, or the reminders if you like, put in place by the store owners will be enough,\" he told BBC News.\n\nA Tesco spokeswoman said the supermarket chain had decided to strengthen its policies.\n\n\"To protect our customers and colleagues, we won't let anyone into our stores who is not wearing a face covering, unless they are exempt in line with government guidance,\" she said.\n\n\"We are also asking our customers to shop alone, unless they're a carer or with children. To support our colleagues, we will have additional security in stores to help manage this.\"\n\nAn Asda spokesman said if customers had forgotten their face coverings, it would continue to offer them one free of charge.\n\nBut he added: \"Should a customer refuse to wear a covering without a valid medical reason and be in any way challenging to our colleagues about doing so, our security colleagues will refuse their entry.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to wear your mask. Hint: it's not any of these three options\n\nAndrew Murphy, executive director of operations at Waitrose, said: \"We've listened carefully to the clear change in tone and emphasis of the views and information shared by the UK's governments in recent days.\n\n\"By insisting on the wearing of face coverings, over and above the social distancing measures we already have in place, we aim to make our shops even safer for customers.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, Sainsbury's told the BBC it did not have the power to deny entry to shoppers without masks. However, trials showed customers complied more when asked to wear masks by security guards at the door, it said.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC, Sainsbury's boss, Simon Roberts, said \"we are not going to ban customers\".\n\nBut he urged shoppers to wear a mask and shop alone.\n\n\"By doing that we will help keep everybody safe,\" he said.\n\nThe Co-op also said it would not ban shoppers without masks from entering, and instead urged customers to take responsibility for wearing a face covering when visiting its stores, as it was mandatory by law.\n\nBoss of Co-op Food Jo Whitfield said: \"We've increased our in-store messaging to remind customers and government guidance does state that the police can take measures if members of the public don't comply with this law.\"\n\nIceland said it would take a similar approach, adding the vast majority of its customers continued to shop in compliance with the law.\n\n\"In view of the rising tide of abuse and violence being directed at our store colleagues, we do not expect them to confront the small minority of customers who aggressively refuse to comply with the law,\" a spokesman added.\n\nIn England, the police can issue a £200 fine to someone breaking the face covering rules. In Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, a £60 fine can be imposed. Repeat offenders face bigger fines.", "President Trump has just become the first sitting president to be impeached twice by the US House of Representatives.\n\nWe asked members of our BBC voter panel to weigh in as well.\n\nHere's what they said:\n\nQuote Message: Everything he has done is unconstitutional and, as a president, the number one thing he should be doing is upholding the Constitution. If not for him continually fighting the election results and claiming the election was stolen, if not for him holding that rally near the Capitol, if not for him talking about 'uprising', last week would very likely not have happened. Unfortunately it was completely predictable. from Melissa Dangaran 51, from Minnesota Everything he has done is unconstitutional and, as a president, the number one thing he should be doing is upholding the Constitution. If not for him continually fighting the election results and claiming the election was stolen, if not for him holding that rally near the Capitol, if not for him talking about 'uprising', last week would very likely not have happened. Unfortunately it was completely predictable.\n\nQuote Message: Unprecedented. He should not have been impeached at all. There is no justification, no legal basis, no constitutional basis for it. It's a rush to judgment for ulterior motives and a dark stain on our country. I'm concerned about the double standard and I'm afraid our Constitution is on its deathbed. Why would anybody who's rational think that our president meant for people to go break into the Capitol? from Belinda Noah 45, from Florida Unprecedented. He should not have been impeached at all. There is no justification, no legal basis, no constitutional basis for it. It's a rush to judgment for ulterior motives and a dark stain on our country. I'm concerned about the double standard and I'm afraid our Constitution is on its deathbed. Why would anybody who's rational think that our president meant for people to go break into the Capitol?\n\nQuote Message: It's more of a symbolic impeachment at this point because he'll be out soon, but it's necessary nonetheless. Not only is he a threat to our national security, but he doesn't condone white supremacy and other threats. It's deeply saddening to me. from Williams Morales 19, from Georgia It's more of a symbolic impeachment at this point because he'll be out soon, but it's necessary nonetheless. Not only is he a threat to our national security, but he doesn't condone white supremacy and other threats. It's deeply saddening to me.\n\nQuote Message: I was in DC at the rally - not near the Capitol - but I saw the president speak with my own eyes and he did not call for anyone to storm the building or cause harm. It's just a way to ensure he will not run in the next four years. It is political and it will create a bigger divide between left and right. All violence should be condemned fairly and justly. It was a very sad outcome, but I do not believe it was the most horrible day in our country's history. from Gabriel Montalvo 21, from New York I was in DC at the rally - not near the Capitol - but I saw the president speak with my own eyes and he did not call for anyone to storm the building or cause harm. It's just a way to ensure he will not run in the next four years. It is political and it will create a bigger divide between left and right. All violence should be condemned fairly and justly. It was a very sad outcome, but I do not believe it was the most horrible day in our country's history.", "US rapper YFN Lucci is wanted by police in Atlanta, Georgia, for his alleged involvement in the murder of a local man last month.\n\nTwo suspects have been arrested over the killing of the 28-year-old victim.\n\nAuthorities have appealed for help in locating YFN Lucci, 29 - whose birth name is Rayshawn Bennett.\n\nHe is wanted on suspicion of murder, aggravated assault and participation in criminal street gang activity, police told US media.\n\nThey say another man was wounded in the incident.\n\nLast month YFN Lucci released new material under the title Wish Me Well 3.\n\nIn 2018 rapper Cardi B was forced to defend her then-fiancé Offset against allegations of homophobia after he used a lyric by YFN Lucci that included the word \"queer.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Many hospital staff treating the sickest patients during the first wave of the pandemic were left traumatised by the experience, a study suggests.\n\nResearchers at King's College London asked 709 workers at nine intensive care units in England about how they were coping as the first wave eased.\n\nNearly half reported symptoms of severe anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder or problem drinking.\n\nOne in seven had thoughts of self-harming or being \"better off dead\".\n\nNursing staff were more likely to report feelings of distress than doctors or other clinical staff in the anonymous web-based survey, which was carried out in June and July last year.\n\nVictoria Sullivan, an intensive care nurse at Queen's Hospital in Romford, said she often can't sleep because she's thinking about what is happening at the hospital.\n\nHer worst moment was breaking the news of a death on the phone, she said, adding that the screams from the patient's relatives \"will honestly stay with me forever\".\n\n\"Telling someone over the phone and all you can say is 'I'm really sorry', whilst they're crying their heart out, is quite traumatising,\" she said.\n\n\"Although you're saying how sorry you are, in the back of your mind, you're also thinking: 'I've got three other patients I've got to go and see, the infusions need drawing up, and meds need to be given and a nurse needs support'.\n\n\"The guilt is just too much.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn the study, which has been published online but has not yet been peer-reviewed:\n\nThe researchers say the findings are, in some ways, not surprising given the pressures ICU staff have faced.\n\nTheir workload has been relentless, caring for more patients than is ideal and under extremely challenging circumstances.\n\nLead researcher Prof Neil Greenberg said the findings should be a \"wake-up call\" for NHS managers.\n\nHe said: \"The severity of symptoms we identified are highly likely to impair some ICU staff's ability to provide high-quality care as well as negatively impacting on their quality of life.\"\n\nProf Greenberg said it was important to have \"occupationally focused\" mental health care to try to keep staff fighting fit or, where this was not possible, to ensure they got help to access the right sort of care.\n\nAnd he said that, while their work suggested things may have improved over the summer, there were signs the numbers experiencing mental health problems would rise in November and December.\n\nProf Partha Kar, diabetes consultant at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS trust, said it was \"really, really difficult seeing people battling through all sorts of odds\".\n\nHe added: \"We've got sickness rates high all around us and colleagues from all specialities, where they're not accustomed to seeing such ill patients, coming out and trying to help.\n\n\"Understandably the impact of that on everybody's mental health is not insignificant either... it's such a tough place to be in.\"\n\nPTSD is an anxiety disorder caused by very stressful, frightening or distressing events.\n\nSomeone with PTSD often relives the traumatic event through nightmares and flashbacks, and may experience feelings of isolation, irritability and guilt.\n\nThey may also have problems sleeping, such as insomnia, and find concentrating difficult.\n\nThese symptoms are often severe and persistent enough to have a significant impact on the person's day-to-day life.\n\nCauses of PTSD can include:\n\nAn NHS spokesperson said: \"This is an incredibly tough time for NHS staff working on the front line which is why we have invested £15m in support, including 38 local mental health and well-being hubs and a service for staff with complex mental health needs, such as trauma and addiction.\n\n\"The public can also help to support doctors and nurses by following the 'hands, space, face' guidance to reduce pressure on hospitals and save lives.\"\n\nIf you or someone you know has been affected by mental health issues, the organisations listed at this link might be able to help", "Sarah Ferguson has a long-held interest in history, especially that of the royals and the aristocracy\n\nSarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, has written her first novel for adults, to be released by the leading romantic fiction publisher Mills & Boon.\n\nHer Heart for a Compass is based on the life of the duchess's great-great-aunt, Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott.\n\nShe has previously written children's books, non-fiction about Queen Victoria, and her own memoirs.\n\nShe said: \"I am proud to bring my personal brand of historical fiction to the publishing world.\"\n\n\"It all started with researching my ancestry. Digging into the history of the Montagu-Douglas Scotts, I first came across Lady Margaret, who intrigued me because she shared one of my given names,\" she added.\n\n\"But although her parents, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, were close friends with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, I was unable to discover much about my namesake's early life, and so was born the idea which became Her Heart for a Compass.\"\n\nThe story will include some real people and events and also draw on the duchess's own experiences but she said \"my imagination took over\".\n\n\"I have long held a passion for historical research and telling the stories of strong women in history through film and television,\" she added.\n\nFor the big screen, she conceived the idea for the 2009 movie Young Victoria, starring Emily Blunt and written by Julian Fellowes.\n\nShe was a producer on the film and her daughter, Princess Beatrice, had a minor part. The duchess also worked on a documentary about Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Prince Albert's mother.\n\nShe recently revived her children's book series, Budgie the Helicopter.\n\nHeart for a Compass was written with the collaboration of established Mills & Boon novelist Marguerite Kaye, who has created more than 50 novels for the imprint, set in a variety of eras.\n\nThe duchess's novel is a saga that takes in events at Queen Victoria's court and the grand country houses of Scotland and Ireland, and crosses into the slums of London and on to the bustle of 1870s New York.\n\nMills & Boon described the story as a \"fascinating journey of a woman, born into the higher echelons of society, who desires to break the mould, follow her internal compass (her heart) and discover her raison d'être - and falling in love along the way\".\n\nMills & Boon is the UK's top publisher of romantic fiction and says it sells one of its novels every 10 seconds.\n\nThe stories are \"written by women, for women, it has a romance for every reader promising a happily-ever-after ending every time\", it adds.\n\nOther well-known names to venture into the Mills & Boon world include Made in Chelsea and I'm A Celebrity star Georgia Toffolo, whose debut romance novel, Meet Me in London, came out last year.\n\nBest-selling authors have also created stories for Mills & Boon under a pseudonym, including Destiny writer Sally Beauman (Vanessa James) and The Shell Seekers author Rosamunde Pilcher (Jane Fraser). PG Wodehouse also contributed a story in 1912.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Who were the protesters that broke into buildings on Capitol Hill after attending a rally in support of Donald Trump?\n\nSome were carrying symbols and flags strongly associated with particular ideas and factions, but in practice many of the members and their causes overlap.\n\nImages show individuals associated with a range of extreme and far-right groups and supporters of fringe online conspiracy theories, many of whom have long been active online and at pro-Trump rallies.\n\nOne of the most startling images, quickly shared across social media, shows a man dressed with a painted face, fur hat and horns, holding an American flag.\n\nHe's been identified as Jake Angeli, a well-known supporter of the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon. He calls himself the QAnon Shaman.\n\nHis social media presence shows him attending multiple QAnon events and posting YouTube videos about deep state conspiracies.\n\nHe was pictured in November making a speech in Phoenix, Arizona, about unproven claims the election was fraudulent.\n\nHis personal Facebook page is filled with images and memes relating to all sorts of extreme ideas and conspiracy theories.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAnother group spotted at the storming of the Capitol were members of the far-right group Proud Boys.\n\nThe organisation was founded in 2016 and is anti-immigrant and all male. In the first US presidential debate President Trump in response to a question about white supremacists and militias said: \"Proud Boys - stand back and stand by.\"\n\nThe individual on the right is Nick Ochs, who describes himself as a \"Proud Boy Elder\".\n\nOne of their members, Nick Ochs, tweeted a selfie inside the building saying \"Hello from the Capital lol\". He also filmed a live stream inside.\n\nWe haven't identified the individual standing on the left in the above image.\n\nMr Ochs' profile on the messaging app Telegram describes himself as a \"Proud Boy Elder from Hawaii.\"\n\nIndividuals with large followings online were also spotted at the protests.\n\nAmong them was the social media personality Tim Gionet, who goes under the pseudonym \"Baked Alaska\".\n\nTim Gionet, better known as \"Baked Alaska\", livestreamed himself from the Capitol on Wednesday\n\nHis livestream from inside the Capitol posted on a niche streaming service was watched by thousands of people and showed him talking to other protesters.\n\nA Trump supporter, Mr Gionet has made a name for himself as an internet troll.\n\nYouTube banned his channel in October after he posted videos of himself harassing shop workers and refusing to wear a face-mask during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nOther platforms that have previously shut down his accounts include Twitter and PayPal.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Treason, traitors and thugs' - the words lawmakers used to describe Capitol riot\n\nA photo that went viral of a man who'd entered the office of senior Democrat politician Nancy Pelosi has been named as Richard Barnett from Arkansas.\n\nRichard Barnett left a message for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying \"we will not back down\"\n\nOutside Capitol Hill buildings, he told the New York Times that he took an envelope from the speaker's office and says left a note calling her an expletive.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matthew Rosenberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nReacting to the New York Times interview, Republican congressman Steve Womack said on Twitter: \"I'm sickened to learn that the below actions were perpetrated by a constituent.\"\n\nLocal media reports say Mr Barnett is involved in a group that supports gun rights, and that he was interviewed at a 'Stop the Steal' rally following the presidential election - a movement that refused to accept Joe Biden's victory and supports the president's unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.\n\nIn the interview at the rally organised by 'Engaged Patriots' he said: \"If you don't like it, send somebody out to get me 'cause I ain't going down easy.\"\n\nThe group associated with Mr Barnett held a fundraiser in October with proceeds going towards body cameras for the local police department, according to the Westside Eagle Observer local paper.\n\nAs the events were unfolding, many social media users, especially those associated with QAnon and supporters of President Trump, were claiming that agitators from the loose-knit left-wing group antifa were involved.\n\nThe implication was that these activists were disguised as Trump supporters to create disruption.\n\nA number of prominent Republican politicians, such as US Representative Matt Gaetz, claimed it was antifa masquerading as Trump supporters.\n\nOne widely-shared post claimed one protester had a \"communist hammer\" tattoo, as evidence that he wasn't a Trump supporter.\n\nOn closer inspection, the symbol is from the video game series Dishonored.\n\nThere have also been suggestions that Mr Angeli, the man wearing fur and horns, was a Black Lives Matter supporter, with users sharing an image of him at a BLM event in Arizona.\n\nMr Angeli was indeed at that event, but he was there as a counter-protester. In images taken there, he's seen holding a QAnon sign.\n\nAt least one of the rioters was holding a Confederate flag, which represented US states that supported the continuation of slavery during the American civil war. For this reason, it is considered by many to be a symbol of racism and there have been calls to ban it across the US. Others see it as an important part of southern US history.\n\nA protester carries the Confederate flag after breaching US Capitol security\n\nIn July it was announced that the flag could no longer be flown on American military properties because of a new policy to reject \"divisive symbols\".\n\nPresident Trump has defended the use of the Confederate flag in the past, saying: \"I know people that like the Confederate flag and they're not thinking about slavery...I just think it's freedom of speech.\"\n\nThere were also protesters holding aloft flags featuring a coiled rattlesnake on a yellow background, often accompanied by the phrase \"don't tread on me\". This is known as the Gadsden flag, harking back to the American revolution and the war to expel British colonialists.\n\nIt was adopted by libertarians in the 1970s, according to an article in the New Yorker, and more recently became a favourite symbol of conservative Tea Party activists.\n\nThe flag has been adopted by the right over the past couple of decades, says Prof Margaret Weir, a political science expert at Brown University.\n\nIt is also used by anti-government, white supremacist groups who embrace violence, she says.", "The Christmas Day special saw Ashley Banjo (r) sit in for Simon Cowell\n\nThe filming of the next series of ITV show Britain's Got Talent has been postponed due to coronavirus concerns.\n\nProduction on the show was due to begin later this month but will now start at a later date yet to be confirmed.\n\nITV said it had decided to move \"the record and broadcast\" of the show's 15th series\" to safeguard \"the well-being of everyone involved\".\n\nThe filming of the programme's audition shows typically involves hundreds of people congregating en masse.\n\nIt is understood this has been considered to be unviable due to lockdown restrictions currently in place.\n\nWriting on Twitter, ITV thanked viewers for their \"continued love and support\" for the long-running programme.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BGT This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe filming of last year's Christmas special was also postponed after at least three crew members tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe Christmas Day programme saw former contestants return to perform again alongside the show's panel of celebrity judges.\n\nThe show saw Ashley Banjo sit in for Simon Cowell, who spent much of last year recovering from an electric bicycle accident.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has condemned the \"disgraceful scenes\" in the US, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed Congress and clashed with police.\n\nRioters breached the Capitol building where lawmakers met to confirm Joe Biden's presidential election victory.\n\nThe PM said it was \"vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power\".\n\nAnd Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"direct attack on democracy\".\n\n\"The United States stands for democracy around the world and it is now vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power,\" Mr Johnson tweeted.\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, meanwhile, called the events \"utterly horrifying\".\n\nFriend of President Trump and leader of Reform UK - formerly the Brexit Party - Nigel Farage tweeted: \"Storming Capitol Hill is wrong. The protesters must leave.\"\n\nThe US Congress has now reconvened after the violence - spurred on by Mr Trump's unproven claims of electoral fraud - to certify Mr Biden's victory in the US election in November\n\nHundreds of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol, and staged an occupation of the building in Washington DC.\n\nBoth chambers of Congress were forced into recess, as protesters clashed with police and tear gas was released.\n\nFour people died on Capitol grounds during the violence, including a woman shot by police and three others, who died as a result of \"medical emergencies\", local police said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nUK MPs from across the political spectrum have criticised the events in the US.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said there was \"no justification for these violent attempts to frustrate the lawful and proper transition of power\", while Home Secretary Priti Patel called the scenes \"unacceptable and undemocratic\".\n\nShe added: \"There is no justification for this violence and Donald Trump must condemn it.\"\n\nHer Conservative colleague, and former Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt directly addressed President Trump for telling the crowd to march on Congress, tweeting: \"He shames American democracy tonight and causes its friends anguish - but he is not America.\"\n\nLabour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner said: \"The violence that Donald Trump has unleashed is terrifying, and the Republicans who stood by him have blood on their hands.\"\n\nAnd shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said the events were \"the legacy of a politics of hate that pits people against each other and threatens the foundations of democracy\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has defended the prime minister's response to the rioting.\n\nAsked on ITV's Peston programme why Mr Johnson hadn't criticised Mr Trump, she said: \"The prime minister has been clear tonight that we need a peaceful and orderly transition.\"\n\nMs Coffey added that events in the US were a \"reminder that democracy is something precious - and will only continue to thrive as long as we protect institutions that make this country important and not demean each other when the majority of what we want to achieve is similar outcomes\".\n\nDonald Trump and Boris Johnson at a Nato summit in 2019\n\nMeanwhile, the SNP's leader in Westminster, Ian Blackford, said the end of Mr Trump's presidency \"cannot come quick enough\".\n\nHe tweeted: \"What a legacy the events of today are to his time in office. Shameful, shocking, an affront to democracy.\"\n\nLeader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, called the scenes \"absolutely horrendous\", while his party's foreign affairs spokeswoman, Layla Moran, said: \"The scenes coming out of Washington tonight are an attack on democracy.\"", "National Express has announced that it is suspending its entire national network of coach services from midnight on Sunday.\n\nThe firm said tighter Covid restrictions and falling passenger numbers had prompted the decision.\n\nIt added that it hoped to restart services in March.\n\nAll customers whose travel has been cancelled will be contacted and offered a free amendment or full refund, the company said.\n\nAll journeys before Monday 11 January will be completed to ensure any passengers making essential journeys are not stranded.\n\nChris Hardy, managing director of National Express UK Coach, said: \"We have been providing an important service for essential travel needs. However, with tighter restrictions and passenger numbers falling, it is no longer appropriate to do this.\n\nHe added that as the vaccination programme was rolled out and government guidance changed, the company would regularly review when services could restart.\n\n\"We plan to be back on the road as soon as the time is right and have put a provisional restart date of Monday 1 March in place,\" he said.\n\nNational Express first suspended coach services during the coronavirus crisis in April, then restarted in July.\n\nServices have been operating at half capacity, with strict cleaning and Covid protocols. As the tier structure came into operation, demand for services reduced.\n\nAs with the previous suspension, employees will be furloughed.\n\nFirms that transport passengers, including coach, rail and aviation businesses, have been under intense pressure during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nAvanti West Coast, the train operating company running services on the West Coast mainline, has confirmed it will cut its timetable from 18 January.\n\nAvanti says the new timetable will 'more closely reflect the current demand for our services whilst still allowing key workers, and those needing to make essential journeys, to travel with confidence'.\n\nDuring the first major lockdown in March, services on key intercity routes were reduced from three an hour to one. This included services from both Manchester and Birmingham to London.\n\nThe Department for Transport has been consulting with all train operators about service reductions during the latest lockdown.\n\nThe exact scale of reduction is still being worked on, but the DfT says service levels may fall to as low as 40% of the normal timetable by some operators.\n\nThe focus is to ensure essential workers can still make essential journeys.\n\n\"Following discussions with the Department for Transport we will be introducing a new timetable on Monday 18 January. This will more closely reflect the current demand for our services whilst still allowing key workers, and those needing to make essential journeys, to travel with confidence.\"\n\nOn Thursday, Ryanair also announced that it would make big cuts to its flight schedule from 21 January, with few, if any flights to or from the UK or Ireland until \"draconian travel restrictions are removed\".\n\nTrain services are expected to be reduced in lockdown, with some in the industry anticipating reductions of between 50% and 60% compared with normal service.\n\nIn the first national lockdown in England, services were reduced to almost half.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Work to get pupils connected in Wolverhampton is well under way\n\nThere are concerns some schools in lockdown could be inundated with pupils without laptops after a change to the vulnerable pupil list.\n\nPupils are learning remotely in England after schools were closed on Tuesday to all but children of key workers and those deemed vulnerable.\n\nBut those without laptops or space to study are now eligible to attend school, under government guidance.\n\nHeads' union, NAHT, said the move could reduce the effect of the shutdown.\n\nSchools were ordered to close to most pupils as a way of limiting the spread of the virus.\n\nNational Association of Head Teachers general secretary Paul Whiteman said demand for key worker and vulnerable places in schools had risen substantially since the last school shutdown.\n\nNearly a third of the 2,000 head teachers who joined an online union meeting on Wednesday afternoon reported having between 20 and 30% of pupils in school, the NAHT said.\n\nMr Whiteman said: \"It is critical that key worker child school places are only used when absolutely necessary to truly reduce numbers and spread of the virus.\n\n\"We have concern that the government has not supplied enough laptops for all the children without them and so has made lack of internet access a vulnerable criteria - only adding to numbers still in school.\n\n\"It is important that all vulnerable pupils have access to a school place, but the government must provide laptops and internet access for every pupil that needs one, so that they can access home learning to take some of the strain off the demand for school places.\n\n\"Nearly half of head teachers who we polled during a webcast on Wednesday evening said that had received fewer than 10% of the laptops they'd requested.\n\n\"It is essential that this is rectified immediately, so that we can keep school attendance figures at a level which will have the desired impact on getting transmission rates under control.\"\n\nJane Girt, head teacher of Carlton Bolling College in Bradford, said the rule change could leave her having to accommodate an extra 200 pupils on top of those already on the key worker and vulnerable children list.\n\nShe told BBC News that having so many pupils in school would \"defeat the object\" of closing amid the England-wide lockdown.\n\nMrs Girt said her secondary, which has more than 1,500 students, had received 261 laptops from the government since March but about 50% of pupils were sharing a device with another family member.\n\nThe prime minister told MPs on Wednesday that 560,000 devices had been given out to schools in 2020 and a further 50,000 so far this week.\n\nAnd Gavin Williamson reiterated that those without access to remote learning via digital devices could attend school.\n\nHe said: \"Schools are much better prepared to deliver online learning, with the delivery of hundreds of thousands of devices at breakneck speed, data support and high quality video lessons.\"\n\nBut Ofcom estimates there are up to 1.5m pupils without digital devices in their homes, on which they can learn.\n\nAmanda Bailey, director of the child poverty commission in north-east England, said pupils without internet access tended to be concentrated in disadvantaged areas and this meant some schools would be \"largely fully open\", she said.\n\n\"And we know that the most deprived communities are the ones most vulnerable to the health impact of the pandemic,\" she added.\n\n\"Our main concerns are that we're now nine months into this situation and we're still talking about families not having sufficient access to digital devices or data or the internet.\"\n\nLabour Councillor Beverley Momenabadi, Wolverhampton's champion for digital innovation, said the guidance massively expands the number of children who are entitled to go into school.\n\nShe said although plans to support those needing access while self-isolating in her city are at an advanced stage, with rental schemes being accessed and donations sought, the new lockdown changes the game completely.\n\nShe called for a national plan for the transition to remote learning.\n\nCouncillor Momenabadi said: \"Even after Gavin Williamson's statement in the Commons, children across the country are still waiting for that national plan.\n\n\"And even on the devices they've said will arrive; how will these be distributed, when will they arrive, will they arrive in time to ensure that no child misses out on their education?\"\n\nWill you have to send your child back to school because you are unable to supervise home learning? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS President Donald Trump has been allowed to Tweet again, after being locked out of his account for 12 hours.\n\nPosting a more conciliatory message, he refrained from reiterating false claims of voter fraud.\n\nTwitter said that it would ban Mr Trump \"permanently\" if he breached the platform's rules again.\n\nThe move from Twitter puts clear water between it and Facebook, which suspended him \"indefinitely\" on Thursday.\n\nTwitter has instead given the outgoing president a final warning.\n\nEarlier on Thursday, the popular gaming platform Twitch also placed an indefinite ban on Mr Trump's channel, which he has used for rally broadcasts.\n\nMr Trump tweeted several message on Wednesday, calling the people who stormed Capitol Hill \"patriots\". He also said \"We love you.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When a mob stormed the US capitol\n\nA spokesperson for Twitter said: \"After the Tweets were removed and the subsequent 12-hour period expired, access to @realDonaldTrump was restored.\n\n\"Any future violations of the Twitter Rules, including our Civic Integrity or Violent Threats policies, will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account.\"\n\nEarlier in the day, the president was suspended from Facebook and Instagram. That suspension will be reviewed after the transition of power to Joe Biden on 20 January.\n\nThe social network had originally imposed a 24-hour ban after the US Capitol attack.\n\nFacebook's chief, Mark Zuckerberg, wrote that the risks of allowing Mr Trump to post \"are simply too great\".\n\nMr Zuckerberg said Facebook had removed the president's posts \"because we judged that their effect - and likely their intent - would be to provoke further violence\".\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Mark This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nHe said it was clear Mr Trump intended to undermine the transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden.\n\n\"Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete,\" he wrote.\n\nMr Trump's favoured platform, Twitter, suspended the president for 12 hours on Wednesday.\n\nThe company said it required the removal of three tweets for \"severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy\".\n\nIt said the president's account would remain locked for good if the tweets were not removed.\n\nTwitter has now confirmed the offending tweets have been removed, and he is free to tweet again.\n\nSnapchat also stopped Mr Trump from creating new posts, but did not say if or when it would end the ban. YouTube also removed Wednesday's video.\n\nThe president's supporters stormed the seat of US government and clashed with police, leading to the death of one woman.\n\nThe violence brought to a halt congressional debate over Democrat Joe Biden's election win.\n\nIn the House and Senate chambers, Republicans were challenging the certification of November's election results.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We will never give up, we will never concede\", Trump tells supporters\n\nBefore the violence, President Trump had told supporters on the National Mall in Washington that the election had been stolen.\n\nHours later, as the violence mounted inside and outside the US Capitol, he appeared on video and repeated the false claim.", "The controversy over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been ongoing since 1977\n\nThe Trump administration has held the first sale for rights to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - but it drew no interest from major companies.\n\nAn Alaskan state agency emerged as the primary bidder at the auction, which has been heavily criticised by environmental groups.\n\nThe sale raised less than $15m (£11m) - far less than the government had hoped.\n\nThe tepid interest comes amid big changes in the energy industry.\n\nMajor companies, including oil giant Exxon, Shell and BP, have said they are focusing their spending on renewable energy, amid a huge slump in oil prices, in part triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAdam Kolton, executive director of the Alaska Wilderness League, said the sale was an \"epic failure\" for the Trump administration and the Alaska Republicans, who had backed the move as a way to create jobs and reduce American dependence on foreign oil.\n\n\"After years of promising a revenue and jobs bonanza they ended up throwing a party for themselves, with the state being one of the only bidders,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"We have long known that the American people don't want drilling in the Arctic Refuge, the [Alaska native] Gwich'in people don't want it, and now we know the oil industry doesn't want it either.\"\n\nThe refuge is home to more than 200 species of bird including the Northern shrike\n\nMr Kolton said his organisation would continue to fight in court to reverse the sale of the land, which is home to caribou, polar bears and millions of migratory birds.\n\nThe wildlife refuge is estimated to hold some 11 billion barrels of oil.\n\nOpening the wilderness for drilling and development has been a long-term priority for Alaska Republicans, but development was expected to be costly since the area has minimal roads and infrastructure.\n\nAfter decades of controversy, the sale was finally authorised by the US Congress in 2017 as part of a major package of tax cuts. The auction comes just weeks before Donald Trump is due to leave office on 20 January.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden had vowed to protect the refuge and environmental groups have also challenged the sale, which they say threatens land that provides a vital home to wildlife.\n\nA federal court rejected arguments by environmental groups seeking to block the auction on Tuesday.\n\nPolar bears are particularly at risk of dying in oil spills\n\nAt Wednesday's auction, the Bureau of Land Management said it had received bids for 12 of the 22 tracts of land offered, covering more than 600,000 acres.\n\nThe Alaska Industrial Development and Industrial Authority, a state agency, was the sole bidder on at least eight of the 12 tracts.\n\nSome bids submitted were \"incomplete\", the bureau said.\n\nThe state agency has said it plans to work with private companies on development of the refuge, which encompasses more than 19,000 million acres overall.\n\nOn social media platform Twitter, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy called the sale \"historic for Alaska and tremendous for America\".\n\n\"Opening [Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge] for responsible resource development could put more oil in our pipeline, put Alaskans to work, bring billions of dollars of investment to our state, support American energy independence, and provide critical revenues to our state and local communities,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Alaskans have waited two generations for this moment; I stand with them in support of this day.\"", "Olly Stephens was stabbed to death in Emmer Green in Reading on Sunday\n\nThree teenagers have been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm after a boy, 13, was stabbed to death in Reading.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, on Sunday.\n\nTwo boys, aged 13 and 14, and a girl, aged 13, will appear in Reading Magistrates' Court on Thursday.\n\nTwo other boys, also aged 13, have been released on bail, with strict conditions, until 1 February.\n\nThe girl has also been charged with perverting the course of justice.\n\nIn a statement, Oliver's family said: \"An Olly-sized hole has been left in our hearts.\"\n\nHis parents said their son was \"an enigma\", and having both autism and suspected pathological demand avoidance meant \"he became a challenge we never shied away from\".\n\nThe family described the ordeal as \"every parents' worst nightmare\".\n\nThey also sought to highlight those who helped at the scene, including \"a Good Samaritan that tried valiantly to save Oliver\", an off-duty doctor who offered help, and the emergency services.\n\nOfficers were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack in fields on the boundary of Emmer Green and Caversham Heights.\n\nParents laying flowers at nearby Highdown School called the killing \"utterly senseless\" and said their children who attended school with Olly were \"devastated\".\n\nDet Supt Kevin Brown urged anyone with information to contact police and not to share any images or footage on social media.\n\n\"This continues to be a very difficult time for the family of Olly. Our thoughts remain with them,\" he said.\n\n\"The Stephens family appreciate all of the kindness shown to them but they have asked that their privacy is respected at this very difficult time.\"\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.", "South Vietnam flags were seen during the unrest Image caption: South Vietnam flags were seen during the unrest\n\nOn Wednesday, as protesters gathered outside before swarming the Capitol building, the yellow flags of the old South Vietnam regime could be seen.\n\nIn fact, the yellow flags of the former South Vietnam are a common sight at pro-Trump rallies across the United States.\n\nVietnamese Americans, especially those of the older generation who fled Vietnam after Saigon fell in 1975, are known for their support for the Republican party and Donald Trump.\n\nA pre-election survey by the group Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote found that Vietnamese Americans are the only major East Asian ethnic community that favoured Trump over Biden . Trump’s anti-China and anti-communist rhetoric resonated greatly with the former refugees who risked their lives to escape communism.\n\nBut the support for President Trump has also become an increasingly divisive issue amongst the Vietnamese American community.\n\nHours after the Capitol riot, there are still calls on pro-Trump internet forums like the \"ABC Trump\" Facebook page for Vietnamese Americans to “take to the streets in support of President Trump” as “the battle continues”.\n\nBut there have also been condemnations.\n\n“This is embarrassing,” one young Vietnamese American wrote on Twitter, adding: “They’ve brought shame to the flag”.", "Nguyen Huy Hung was one of 39 people who died in a container en route from Belgium to Essex\n\nThe father of a 15-year-old boy who was one of 39 people to die in a lorry trailer said he learned of his son's death through social media.\n\nNguyen Huy Hung died in the sealed container en route from Belgium to Purfleet, Essex, in October 2019.\n\nHis father, Nguyen Huy Tung, said the family could not believe it until \"we saw his body by our own eyes\" at the hospital.\n\nEight men are being sentenced for their role in the people-smuggling operation.\n\nThe bodies of 39 Vietnamese nationals were discovered in a refrigerated trailer on 23 October last year\n\nThe 39 Vietnamese migrants, aged 15 to 44, were sealed inside the container for at least 12 hours.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard how it became a \"tomb\" as temperatures reached an \"unbearable\" 38.5C (101F).\n\nThe people trapped inside had used a metal pole to try to punch through the roof, but only managed to dent the interior.\n\nAt a sentencing hearing set to last three days in front of Mr Justice Sweeney, some of their final desperate phone messages were played in court.\n\nIn one message, a man spoke with ragged breaths as he apologised to his family.\n\n\"I can't breathe,\" he said. \"I want to come back to my family. Have a good life.\"\n\nIn the background, a voice could be heard pleading: \"Come on everyone. Open up, open up.\"\n\nProsecutor Jonathan Polnay read out statements from the victims' families, and the mother of another 15-year-old who died, Dinh Dinh Binh, said her family had \"not been able to get back to our normal life yet\".\n\n\"Our economic conditions and work are negatively affected,\" she said. \"We have had to sell some properties of the family to afford our life.\"\n\nThe 39 people who died in the back of a trailer as it crossed the North Sea between Zeebrugge and the UK\n\nTran Hai Loc and his wife Nguyen Thi Van, both 35, were found huddled together in the trailer, and left behind two children, aged six and four.\n\nThe children's grandfather, Tran Dinh Thanh, said: \"At the moment their children are very small - this incident will affect their future.\n\n\"Every day, when they come home from school they always look at the photos of their parents on the altar. The decease of both parents is a big loss to them.\"\n\nThe moment lorry driver Maurice Robinson opened the trailer door and discovered the bodies inside was captured on CCTV\n\nPhan Thi Thanh, 41, had sold the family home and left her son with his godmother before setting off on the journey.\n\nHer son, who is now being looked after by his father in the UK, said he felt \"very heartbroken with mum not around\".\n\nHaulier boss Ronan Hughes, 41, of Tyholland, County Monaghan, Ireland, was described as a ringleader of the operation. He closed his eyes as the phone messages were played to the court. Other defendants hung their heads.\n\nBoth Maurice Robinson (l) and Ronan Hughes (r) admitted 39 counts of manslaughter in connection with the case\n\nHughes had previously admitted manslaughter, as had 26-year-old lorry driver Maurice Robinson, from County Armagh, who discovered the bodies in the trailer.\n\nEamonn Harrison, 24, of Newry, County Down, who dropped off the trailer at Zeebrugge port, and people-smuggler Gheorghe Nica, 43, were convicted of the same charge by a jury.\n\nThey will be sentenced alongside Christopher Kennedy, 24, from County Armagh, Valentin Calota, 38, from Birmingham, Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga, 28, of Hobart Road, Tilbury, Essex, and Gazmir Nuzi, 43, of Tottenham, north London, who were convicted for their role in the smuggling.\n\nGheorghe Nica and Eamonn Harrison were both found guilty of manslaughter\n\nMr Polnay said: \"These defendants were party to a sophisticated, long-running and profitable conspiracy to smuggle [mainly] Vietnamese migrants to the UK, in the back of lorries, in a deliberate and intentional breach of border control.\"\n\nThe fee was between £10,000 and £13,000 for each migrant, for the \"VIP route\", the court heard.\n\nMr Polnay said seven smuggling trips were identified between May 2018 and 23 October 2019, but there was \"an irresistible inference that there were more events than those that were fortuitously detected\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "It is inevitable that part of the politics of a pandemic is the perceived relative performance of different countries.\n\nYou can pick your metric to make your comparison, and plenty have.\n\nThe death toll in the UK, and the economic slump, have come in for particular criticism.\n\nBut the government has, for some time, sought to emphasise how the UK is ahead of the game on vaccinations.\n\nThe UK was considerably quicker than the EU, for instance, in licencing the first vaccine, from Pfizer-BioNTech.\n\nAt today's news conference, the Prime Minister has pointed out that the UK has already given more people a first jab for Covid than all the other countries in Europe put together.\n\nSir Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of the National Health Service in England, added that the UK has jabbed four times as many people as Germany and 300 times more than France.\n\nBut he acknowledged the scale of the ongoing challenge - trying to vaccinate as many people in the next five weeks as normally happens in five months with the flu jab.\n\nOne final thought: ministers tend to suggest international comparisons are pointless or premature when the comparisons are less than flattering.\n\nThey're rather keener on them when the numbers look better.", "Teachers' estimated grades will be used to replace cancelled GCSEs and A-levels in England this summer, says Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.\n\nHe told MPs he would \"trust in teachers rather than algorithms\", a reference to the U-turn over last year's exams.\n\nFor primaries, he confirmed there would be no Year 6 Sats tests this year.\n\nMr Williamson promised parents it would be \"mandatory\" for schools to provide \"high-quality remote education\" of three to five hours per day.\n\nHe said this would be \"enforced\" by Ofsted, with inspections where there were \"serious concerns\" about what was provided for children now studying at home.\n\nLabour's Shadow Education Secretary, Kate Green, accused Mr Williamson of \"chaos and confusion\" - and said he had failed to listen to the \"expertise of professionals on the front line\".\n\nShe said he had given a \"cast-iron commitment\" that exams would go ahead - and Ms Green said: \"At that moment, we should have known they were doomed to be cancelled.\"\n\nMr Williamson, in a statement to the House of Commons, said there would be \"training and support\" for teachers in estimating grades, \"to ensure these are awarded fairly and consistently\".\n\nHe also told MPs there would be no Sats tests for those at the end of primary school.\n\n\"I can absolutely confirm that we won't be proceeding with Sats this year. We do recognise that this will be an additional burden on schools\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said rather than a \"vague statement\" of how A-levels and GCSEs would be graded, ministers should already have a system ready in place - and it was a \"dereliction of duty\" that it was not already prepared.\n\nAnd he warned against repeating the \"shambles\" of last summer's cancelled exams.\n\nThe education secretary confirmed to MPs that GCSEs and A-levels are not going ahead - after this week's decision that it was no longer feasible with so much time lost in the Covid pandemic and the latest lockdown.\n\nThe exams watchdog Ofqual will draw up proposals for an alternative way of deciding results, for qualifications that could be used for jobs, staying on in school or university places.\n\nSimon Lebus, the watchdog's interim head, said evidence for replacement grades could include tests, homework, mock exams and teachers' observations - and would take into account how much of the syllabus had been covered.\n\nA consultation is expected to begin next week, with plans to be decided by the end of February or possibly sooner.\n\nLast year's attempts to find an alternative approach to exam results, which initially used an algorithm, descended into chaos - and eventually switched to using teachers' grades.\n\nAnd without any exam papers or standardised mock exams, the use of teachers' assessments, with some process of moderation between schools, will be used for this summer's candidates.\n\nOn vocational qualifications, Labour's Ms Green said the education secretary was \"failing to show leadership on exams in January\".\n\nVocational exams, such as BTecs, are carrying on, if schools and colleges decide to continue with them - but college leaders had complained that there needed to be a national decision to avoid confusion.\n\nIf students cannot take BTec exams this month as planned, they will still be awarded a grade, if they have \"enough evidence to receive a certificate that they need for progression\", says the awarding body Pearson.\n\nAn Ofqual spokeswoman said they would consider options for replacement exam results, academic and vocational, \"to ensure the fairest possible outcome in the circumstances\".\n\nThe exams watchdog's decisions will face much scrutiny - with the previous head of Ofqual resigning after last summer's U-turns over grades.\n\nMr Williamson's statement in the Commons came as all GCSE, AS and A-level exams in Northern Ireland were cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis.\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir announced the decision in the Stormont assembly on Wednesday.\n\nScotland has already cancelled its Nationals, Highers and Advanced Highers.\n\nGCSEs and A-levels in Wales were scrapped in November.", "Adrian Chiles first joined 5 Live for its launch in 1994\n\nAdrian Chiles has been confirmed as the broadcaster who will replace Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 5 Live on Thursday mornings.\n\nNaga Munchetty now presents the same show from Monday to Wednesday.\n\nChiles has previously presented the same time slot on Fridays, along with the BBC's The One Show and Match of the Day 2, as well as ITV's Daybreak show.\n\n\"Adrian is a wonderful broadcaster who our audience trust and respect,\" said 5 Live controller Heidi Dawson.\n\n\"He has that unique ability to put listeners at ease and make them smile, whilst remaining relentless in his questioning of those in positions of power.\"\n\nChiles, who will present the show on Thursdays and Fridays, joined the station at its launch in 1994 and has featured regularly on shows like Wake Up To Money, and 5 Live Drive.\n\nFollowing his move to mid-morning, Chiles' Question Time Extra Time show will be replaced by a new programme, hosted by Colin Murray.\n\nBarnett, who has moved to BBC Radio 4 to host Woman's Hour, defended herself this week after a guest who was booked to appear on the BBC Radio 4 programme dropped out due to remarks the presenter made about her off-air.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Epsom Racecourse in Surrey will be one of seven mass vaccination hubs announced by the government\n\nSeven new mass Covid vaccination hubs across England have been announced by the government.\n\nCentres in London, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Surrey and Stevenage are due to begin operations next week.\n\nVarious venues will be converted into regional centres in a bid to meet the government's target of vaccinating 14 million people in the UK by February.\n\nIt is expected the hubs will be staffed by NHS staff and volunteers.\n\nThe seven sites announced by Downing Street are:\n\nAshton Gate Stadium, home to Bristol City FC, will be used to help the government meet its vaccination target\n\nSupermarket chain Morrisons has confirmed car parks at its stores in Yeovil, Wakefield and Winsford would be used to drive-through vaccinations from Monday. It has also offered an additional 47 sites to the government.\n\nPremier League club Tottenham Hotspur has also offered the use of its stadium to the NHS as a venue to provide the coronavirus vaccine.\n\nThe sites across England will begin operations next week", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US Capitol riots: How the world's media reacted\n\nShock and contempt for the violent storming of the US Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters is evident in many reports and commentary on the event from around the world.\n\nFrom Germany's Die Welt daily describing \"disturbing, sad, terrifying scenes\", to the Nigerian Tribune saying \"Trump supporters defile US democracy\", many criticise the outgoing president for what what they see as his role in degrading America's institutions and democracy.\n\nOne commentator in Argentina's leading daily Clarin called it \"the 'scorched earth' legacy of Donald Trump\".\n\n\"Narcissism prevailing over all dignity, he harasses institutions, tramples on democracy, divides his own camp,\" says an editorial in France's Le Figaro.\n\n\"In refusing to quit, Donald Trump exposes the fragility of the American system in a final destructive offensive,\" a columnist says in France's Le Monde. Another headline in the paper calls him \"the insurrectional president\".\n\nIn Turkey, the pro-government Turkiye paper notes: \"Trump's stubbornness stirred the US\".\n\n\"I expect Trump to be tried after this turmoil,\" said one pundit on Egypt's MBC Misr TV, adding that \"the US is no longer a superpower in the full sense of the word\".\n\nSeveral of America's adversaries seized the opportunity to portray the incident as an example of the country's structural weaknesses and what they see as its hypocrisy.\n\n\"@SpeakerPelosi once referred to the Hong Kong riots as 'a beautiful sight to behold' — it remains yet to be seen whether she will say the same about the recent developments in Capitol Hill,\" tweeted China's daily Global Times.\n\n\"Capital vandals show fragility of US democracy,\" claimed a headline in the paper.\n\nIn Iran, state TV and radio inaccurately reported that the mayor of Washington DC had imposed \"martial law\", instead of the 12-hour curfew on the capital, which is what actually happened.\n\nAnd in Russia, where the first day of the Orthodox Christmas is currently being celebrated, footage of Trump's supporters ransacking the Capitol dominates state TV.\n\nMorning bulletins have focused on the events in America\n\nRolling news channel Rossiya 24 has played scenes of the violence at length, with no comment other than the caption \"Attack on the Capitol\".\n\nSome channels have also shown sympathy for the pro-Trump supporters, suggesting that they had cause to feel \"cheated\" over November's presidential election, and talked up claims that the event represents a crisis for US and even Western democracy.\n\nRossiya 24 said they were \"dissatisfied with the most scandalous election in US history\", while Rossiya 1 said it was the US system of democracy that was \"to a large degree the cause of today's events\".\n\nEven for those not necessarily unfriendly to America, the incident shows serious rifts in society that Trump's departure won't address.\n\nIt is \"a spectacular demonstration of frustration that has been building in the USA for decades,\" says one commentator in Poland's conservative daily Rzeczpospolita.\n\n\"Behind the façade of plastered smiles… and phrases about 'the best country in the world' lies the drama of a gigantic income gap, society in which more and more people struggle to make ends meet, while the few do not even know how many billions they own.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nI'm standing in what should be an operating theatre - but instead it's been converted into an intensive care unit for Covid-19 patients on ventilators.\n\nThis is the first time I have seen it full of patients like this. Normally this theatre would be busy with major cancer surgery, but that's been transferred to another building.\n\nA children's recovery area, still decorated with colourful stickers of cartoons, is once again filled with desperately sick adults. Every day, more wards are being transformed into ICU - ready for the next influx of patients.\n\nWe have been given access to University College Hospital, in central London. This is the same intensive care unit that I first visited in April, during the first peak.\n\nIt is one of the busiest hospitals in the capital and intensive care here is expanding across a hospital that is under pressure like never before, from a relentless rise in Covid admissions.\n\nI am struck by the toll the pandemic is taking on staff. It's immense - both physically and mentally. They are shell-shocked. \"My emotions are all over the place. Scared, sad, petrified, worried,\" one ICU nurse tells me.\n\nI asked one of the consultants who I've met several times in the last year, Dr Jim Down, how long they can keep going like this - and the answer was stark. \"At this rate, about a week. After that we really need to see it slow down or we're going to see the care we can deliver suffering.\"\n\nThey have got three times as many critically ill patients in the hospital as normal. The number of Covid admissions to London hospitals has doubled in just two weeks - they're more stretched now than at the peak last April. Senior staff are worried.\n\nDr Alice Carter compares it to an elastic band that is close to snapping. \"It gets to a point where you stretch so far it never returns back to its baseline. I think that's probably where we are now. It's not going to take much more for that elastic band to break, and that's the real fear for us at the moment.\"\n\nDr Alice Carter: 'It's not going to take much more for that elastic band to break'\n\nThat could have very serious consequences, she adds. \"If we get to that point, we can't offer anyone ICU, not just Covid patients, but anyone who has a traffic accident or a heart attack or a stroke - whatever it is, to take them in.\"\n\nFor 38-year-old Rachel Arfin, one of the three pregnant women in intensive care with Covid-19, treatment is more complicated. Her baby is due in five weeks and the staff have to monitor them both.\n\n\"They can't do anything that will harm the baby,\" she says. \"All the time [they are] checking, monitoring the baby.\" She is reassured by the \"beautiful sound\" of her baby's heartbeat.\n\n\"They are looking after two people in one. They're saving lives,\" says Rachel. But her children - she has seven - keep asking when she's coming home.\n\nRachel Arfin's baby is due in five weeks - both are doing well\n\nI've reported from here several times during the pandemic and am always struck by the professionalism and dedication of staff. It's always quiet and calm, but that belies what's actually happening. This is a system under strain like never before.\n\nThe warning signs are clear, the NHS is on the brink. Unless infection rates fall, soon it will have a serious impact. The pressure on staff is unrelenting. I saw two nurses in tears.\n\nCompared to when I visited in April, it's a lot busier. In some ways, it's more structured - they now know what they're dealing with. They've got new treatments, such as the drug dexamethasone, which they didn't have last time. And many of the staff have now had the first dose of the vaccine.\n\nBut other aspects don't get any easier, such as the emotional burden of breaking bad news over a telephone or video call. It is very different to being able to hold someone's hand.\n\nStaff say they don't know which patients to help first\n\nICU staff have incredibly high standards. They're used to doing everything meticulously and perfectly. And they're doing all they can. But sometimes they go home and feel guilty that they can't do more. The impact on nurses - the bedrock of care in intensive care - is visible.\n\nThe highly specialised staff are usually one-to-one with patients. Deputy sister Ashleigh Shillingford is looking after three or four ventilated patients at a time, with one other junior member of staff. It's emotional and often devastating work.\n\n\"We are so stretched we have to prioritise and prioritising care is not the NHS that I grew up in - we shouldn't have to choose which patient gets what care first.\" She says she's never had to make decisions like these before.\n\n\"You just don't know who to help first. The patients are losing their lives at a dramatic speed, we're not just getting old people,\" she says, \"these are young people that we're getting.\"\n\nGerald Williams, 58, is awaiting chemotherapy for lung cancer and had been shielding, but he still caught coronavirus. \"All of a sudden, out of the blue, Covid came knocking on my door and it's frightening - you don't know how you're getting your next breath,\" he says.\n\nGerald Williams had been shielding but he still caught coronavirus\n\nHe wants to get home to his daughters, the youngest of whom is 13. And he's annoyed at those who don't take it seriously. \"People are moaning and groaning. Even in A&E. They need to get a life. Don't be idiots, forget about meeting your mate, stay home. No-one is invulnerable.\"\n\nFor now the Trust is coping better than many others in London and is still taking Covid patients from other hospitals. But the next few weeks could be the biggest challenge the NHS has ever faced - and it will be its doctors and nurses who will bear the brunt for all of us.\n\nAs the BBC's medical editor, Fergus Walsh has been reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic and its immense impact on the UK.", "Two US police officers linked to a notorious raid in which young black medic Breonna Taylor was fatally shot have been fired, authorities have said.\n\nDetectives Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes are the latest officers to be dismissed over the shooting in March last year.\n\nThe incident in Kentucky caused outrage, spurring protests against racism and police brutality.\n\nMs Taylor, 26, died when police raided her home in connection to a drug case.\n\nThe FBI said Mr Cosgrove fired the shot that killed Ms Taylor at her home in Louisville.\n\nLouisville police dismissed Mr Cosgrove for violating procedures for use of force and failing to use a body camera during the search, the Louisville Courier Journal reported on Wednesday.\n\nMr Jaynes, the newspaper said, was fired for violating the police force's policy for truthfulness and search warrant preparation.\n\nDuring the raid, Ms Taylor's boyfriend fired at the officers who he said he believed were attackers breaking into their home.\n\nPolice say they knocked on the door to announce their presence before breaking down the door with a battering ram.\n\nMs Taylor's boyfriend said police did not make their presence known, and he fired out of self-defence. Three officers returned fire with 32 shots, six of which hit Ms Taylor.\n\nMs Taylor's name became a global rallying cry as people demanded a thorough investigation into her death.\n\nBlack Lives Matter activists in the US have demanded that Louisville police take stronger action against the officers in the case and say that police too often escape unpunished after killing members of the public.\n\nBut despite the outcry against Ms Taylor's shooting, no criminal charges were sought relating to her death.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Questions still aren't answered\": Breonna Taylor's family are worried about a \"cover-up\"", "Tennant was remembered as \"a beautiful soul\" and \"a sensitive and talented woman\"\n\nBritish model Stella Tennant took her own life after being \"unwell for some time\", her family has confirmed.\n\nIn a statement, her family said it was \"a matter of our deepest sorrow and despair that she felt unable to go on.\"\n\nTennant, who made her name in the early 1990s modelling for designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Versace, died in December five days after her 50th birthday.\n\nHer family said they were \"humbled by the outpouring of messages of sympathy and support\" they have received.\n\nTennant was \"a beautiful soul, adored by a close family and good friends, a sensitive and talented woman whose creativity, intelligence and humour touched so many\", they said.\n\n\"In grieving Stella's loss, her family renews a heartfelt request that respect for their privacy should continue.\"\n\nBorn in London on 1970, Tennant was known for her androgynous sultry looks and aristocratic heritage.\n\nShe shot to fame after being photographed for British Vogue at the age of 22 in 1993, going on to work with such designers as Alexander McQueen and Jean Paul Gaultier.\n\nTennant retired from the catwalk in 1998 but later returned. She also worked on campaigns to promote saving energy and reducing the environmental impact of fast fashion.\n\nShe had four children with French-born photographer David Lasnet. The couple married in the Scottish borders in 1999 and announced their separation last year.\n\nTennant with David Lasnet on their wedding day in 1999\n\nStella McCartney, Victoria Beckham and fellow model Naomi Campbell were among those to pay tribute after her death was announced last month.\n\nCampbell said she had been \"a class act in every way\", while Beckham remembered her as \"an incredible talent\".\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues in this article, information and support is available from BBC Action Line.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Medical staff are \"well over half way through\" vaccinating Scotland's care home residents with their first dose against Covid-19.\n\nThe first minister said this was \"extremely important\", as care homes accounted for more than a third of Covid-related deaths in the past week.\n\nBy Sunday more than 113,000 people in Scotland had been given their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nSome 1,100 vaccination centres are set to be operational within a week.\n\nThe government has set a target of giving a first dose to everyone over the age of 80 in Scotland within the next four weeks.\n\nScotland has about 30,000 residents living in care homes for older people.\n\nA further 78 deaths of people who had tested positive for Covid-19 were announced on Thursday, the highest daily number during the second wave of the virus.\n\nMeanwhile, the National Records of Scotland said the virus had been mentioned on 183 death certificates in the week to Sunday - with 63 of these deaths occurring in care homes.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said this underlined the importance of rolling out the vaccine in care homes, saying it would hopefully start to significantly reduce the risk of residents dying due to coronavirus.\n\nAnd she said the government would start issuing a daily update on how many people had been given the jab from next week.\n\nThe first minister said: \"Vaccination ultimately is what will provide us with the route out of this pandemic, so we are absolutely determined to make sure as many people as possible are vaccinated just as quickly as it is possible to do so.\"\n\nAs of Sunday, a total of 113,459 people had been given their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Scotland.\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine began to be rolled out on Monday, and will be reflected in statistics from next week.\n\nA total of 36 people have had a second dose of the vaccine, with efforts now focused on giving a first jab to as many people as possible\n\nThis means that people will now not receive their second dose for up to 12 weeks rather than within 21 days - a move that has been criticised by some medics.\n\nBut Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith said the first dose gave \"substantial\" protection against the virus.\n\nThe vaccine is being rolled out to health and social care workers in the first instance, then care home residents and other over-80s.\n\nEventually everyone in Scotland over the age of 18 - a total of 4.4m people - will be given a jab, although the government has refused to set targets beyond the initial phase due to uncertainty over supplies.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has said Scotland is in a race between the vaccine and the virus\n\nThe UK government had already committed to publishing vaccination figures on a daily basis, and the Scottish Conservatives had been pushing for the Scottish government to follow suit.\n\nTory leader Douglas Ross said that \"publishing these numbers will increase transparency and give the public confidence that progress is being made in our fight against Covid-19\".\n\nThe MP told BBC Scotland that he had been getting inquiries from constituents about when they could expect to get a jab, saying people \"need to know roughly where they are on that list and when they can expect to receive that vaccine\".\n\nScottish Labour called on the government to backdate the statistics and to publish \"a detailed breakdown of how many people in each priority group has been vaccinated\".\n\nThe party's health spokeswoman, Monica Lennon, said: \"Quicker progress must be made on securing vaccinations sites and vaccinators, including the contribution that community pharmacy teams can make.\"\n\nAt her daily briefing, Ms Sturgeon said over-80s should not worry if they had not yet been contacted about a vaccine appointment.\n\nShe said these were being \"aligned with availability of supply\" in different local areas.\n\nThe first minister said there was \"no need to phone your GP\", and that people would be \"contacted with an appointment as soon as possible\".\n\nShe also said the government was considering \"as a matter of ongoing review\" whether tighter restrictions may still be needed.\n\nScotland has been in a new lockdown since Tuesday, and Ms Sturgeon said it was \"probably too early\" for this to be reflected in the number of new infections.\n\nHowever she warned that the number of interactions people are having needed to be \"radically\" cut in order to slow the spread of the virus.\n\nShe said shutting down construction, manufacturing and click-and-collect businesses was \"the kind of thing we need to look at if we have a concern that we are not sufficiently reducing the number of people who are out and about and interacting\".", "Two more life-saving drugs have been found that can cut deaths by a quarter in patients who are sickest with Covid.\n\nThe anti-inflammatory medications, given via a drip, save an extra life for every 12 treated, say researchers who have carried out a trial in NHS intensive care units.\n\nSupplies are already available across the UK so they can be used immediately to save hundreds of lives, say experts.\n\nThere are over 30,000 Covid patients in UK hospitals - 39% more than in April.\n\nThe UK government is working closely with the manufacturer, to ensure the drugs - tocilizumab and sarilumab - continue to be available to UK patients.\n\nAs well as saving more lives, the treatments speed up patients' recovery and reduce the length of time that critically-ill patients need to spend in intensive care by about a week.\n\nBoth appear to work equally well and add to the benefit already found with a cheap steroid drug called dexamethasone.\n\nAlthough the drugs are not cheap, costing around £500 per patient, on top of the £5 course of dexamethasone, the advantage of using them is clear - and less than the cost per day of an intensive care bed of around £2,000, say experts.\n\nLead researcher Prof Anthony Gordon, from Imperial College London, said: \"For every 12 patients you treat with these drugs you would expect to save a life. It's a big effect.\"\n\nIn the REMAP-CAP trial carried out in six different countries, including the UK, with around 800 intensive care patients:\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS national medical director, said: \"The fact there is now another drug that can help to reduce mortality for patients with Covid-19 is hugely welcome news and another positive development in the continued fight against the virus.\"\n\nHealth and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: \"The UK has proven time and time again it is at the very forefront of identifying and providing the most promising, innovative treatments for its patients.\n\n\"Today's results are yet another landmark development in finding a way out of this pandemic and, when added to the armoury of vaccines and treatments already being rolled out, will play a significant role in defeating this virus.\"\n\nThe drugs dampen down inflammation, which can go into overdrive in Covid patients and cause damage to the lungs and other organs.\n\nDoctors are being advised to give them to any Covid patient who, despite receiving dexamethasone, is deteriorating and needs intensive care.\n\nTocilizumab and sarilumab have already been added to the government's export restriction list, which bans companies from buying medicines meant for UK patients and selling them on for a higher price in another country.\n\nThe research findings have not yet been peer reviewed or published in a medical journal.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We will never give up, we will never concede\", Trump tells supporters\n\nThis is how the Trump presidency ends. Not with a whimper, but with a bang.\n\nFor weeks, Donald Trump had been pointing to 6 January as a day of reckoning. It was when he told his supporters to come to Washington DC, and challenge Congress - and Vice-President Mike Pence - to discard the results of November's election and keep the presidency in his hands.\n\nOn Wednesday morning, the president and his warm-up speakers set the whirlwind in motion.\n\nRudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, said the election disputes should be resolved through \"trial by combat\".\n\nDonald Trump Jr, the president's oldest son, had a message to members of his party who would not \"fight\" for their president.\n\n\"This isn't their Republican Party anymore,\" he said. \"This is Donald Trump's Republican Party.\"\n\nThen the president himself encouraged the growing crowd, which had chanted \"stop the steal\" and \"bullshit\" at the president's prompting, to march the two miles from the White House to the Capitol.\n\n\"We will never give up. We will never concede,\" the president said. \"Our country has had enough. We will not take it anymore.\"\n\nAs the president was concluding his remarks, a different kind of drama was playing out within the Capitol itself, as a joint session of Congress prepared to tabulate the state-by-state results of the election.\n\nFirst, Pence - disregarding the president's urging to throw out the results from contested states - released a statement that he did not have such powers and his role was \"largely ceremonial\".\n\nThen Republicans issued their first challenge, to Arizona votes, and the House and Senate began their separate deliberations on whether to accept Joe Biden's victory there.\n\nThe House proceedings were raucous, with both sides cheering as their speakers made their remarks.\n\n\"The oath that I took this past Sunday to defend and support the Constitution makes it necessary for me to object to this travesty,\" said newly elected Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who had recently made headlines for insisting that she would carry a handgun with her in Congress. \"I will not allow the people to be ignored.\"\n\nProtesters gathered outside the Capitol as the joint session started\n\nIn the Senate, the debate was taking on a different tone. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, dressed in the kind of dark suit and tie that befits a funeral, was coming to bury Donald Trump, not praise him.\n\n\"If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral,\" McConnell said. \"We'd never see the whole nation accept an election again. Every four years would be a scramble for power at any cost.\"\n\nThe Kentucky senator, who will become the Senate minority leader as a result of his party's two recent defeats in Georgia, said that the chamber was designed to \"stop short-term passions from boiling over and melting the foundations of our republic\".\n\nHis words were practically still hanging in the air when the passions outside the Capitol boiled over, and the Trump supporters, perhaps inspired by the earlier speeches, stormed the building. They swamped the insufficient security in place and brought the proceedings to a grinding halt, as lawmakers, staff and media rushed to find shelter from the rioters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How a Trump rally near the White House turned deadly at the Capitol\n\nThe drama unfolded in fits and starts. Television cameras broadcast images of protesters dancing and waving flags on the steps of the Capitol. Photos and snippets popped up on social media of rioters inside the building, attempting to break into the legislative chambers and posing in the offices of elected legislators; of security officers, guns drawn in the House of Representatives, behind barricaded doors.\n\nIn Wilmington, Delaware, President-elect Joe Biden scrapped a planned speech on the economy and condemned what he called an \"insurrection\" in Washington.\n\n\"At this hour our democracy is under unprecedented assault unlike anything we've seen in modern times,\" he said. \"An assault on the citadel of liberty, the Capitol itself.\"\n\nHe concluded his short remarks with a challenge to Trump: to go on national television to condemn the violence and \"demand an end to this siege\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joe Biden: The scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect a true America, do not represent who we are\n\nMinutes later, Trump would offer his message to the nation - but it was not the one Biden suggested.\n\nInstead, sandwiched between his now familiar complaints about the election being \"stolen\", he told his supporters \"to go home, we love you, you're very special\".\n\nIt was the kind of kid gloves way the president has routinely responded to transgressions from his supporters - whether it was their violent treatment of protesters at his rallies, the \"very fine people on both sides\" statement after the clashes at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville or his \"stand back and stand by\" message to the far-right Proud Boys group during the first debate with Biden.\n\nTrump's tweet, and two subsequent ones which also praised his supporters, were flagged and then removed by Twitter, which took the unprecedented step of locking the president's account for 12 hours. Facebook followed suit, banning Trump for a full day.\n\nFor the first time in his presidency, for the first time in his long, intimate relationship with social media, Donald Trump had been silenced.\n\nIf this is the \"at long last, have you left no sense of decency\" moment for Donald Trump, it arrives as they're cleaning up blood and broken glass in the US Capitol.\n\nAs the afternoon stretched into the evening, and police finally secured the US Capitol, a growing chorus of voices - from the left and right - condemned the violence. It was not surprising that Democrats, like soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, laid the riots at the feet of the president.\n\n\"January 6 will go down as one of the darkest days in American history,\" he said. \"A final warning to our nation of the consequences of the demagogic president, the people who enable him, the captive media that parrot his lies and the people who follow him as he attempts to push America to the brink of ruin.\"\n\nMore noteworthy, however, were the Republicans who followed suit.\n\n\"We just had a violent mob assault the Capitol in an attempt to prevent those from carrying out our Constitutional duty,\" tweeted Congresswoman Lynne Cheney, a frequent Republican critic of the president's. \"There is no question that the president formed the mob, the president incited the mob, the president addressed the mob.\"\n\nThe condemnations were not limited to Trump's reliable intraparty critics, however. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who frequently sides with the president, also spoke out.\n\n\"It's past time for the president to accept the results of the election, quit misleading the American people, and repudiate mob violence,\" he said.\n\nFirst Lady Melania Trump's Chief of Staff Stephanie Grisham and Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Matthews both resigned in protest, and there are reports that more administration officials will head for the exits in the next 24 hours.\n\nCBS has reported that Trump administration Cabinet officials are discussing the 25th amendment to the US constitution, which outlines how the vice-president and a majority of the Cabinet can temporarily remove a president from office.\n\nWhether Pence and the Cabinet act or not, Trump's presidency will be over in just two weeks. At that point, Republican Party leaders will have to grapple with a future where it has lost control of the Congress and the White House and has a former president whose reputation is badly tarnished but who still has strong sway over a sizeable segment of the party's base.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mitt Romney warns fellow Republicans not to be complicit in attack on democracy\n\nWednesday's events could presage a pitched battle for the direction of the party, as conservatives within the party attempt to wrest control away from Trump and his loyalists. McConnell, given his remarks earlier in the day, appears willing to chart such a course. Others, like Utah Senator Mitt Romney, a former Republican presidential nominee, may also take a leading role.\n\nThey will be challenged by others within the party who may be more interested in laying claim to Trump's populist mantle. It was notable that Josh Hawley of Missouri, the first senator to announce he would object the results of the election in the Senate, did not step away from his challenge even after the Senate reconvened following the violence in the Capitol.\n\nCrisis can bring political opportunity, and there are many politicians who will not hesitate to use it to gain advantage.\n\nMeanwhile, Trump - for now - is still in power. And while he may be chastened, he may be sitting in the White House residence watching television temporarily without his social media outlet, he will not be silent for long.\n\nAnd once he decamps for his new Florida home, he could begin making plans to settle scores and, perhaps, someday return to power and rebuild a legacy that, for the moment, lies in tatters.", "The Belfast Health Trust has said it has no other option but to cancel urgent cancer surgery.\n\nThese are known as red flag cancer cases where an operation is expected to impact on a person's recovery and even surviving the disease.\n\nThe Department of Health has confirmed to the BBC that it's estimated that one in 60 people in NI have Covid-19.\n\nIt is understood the trust expects \"many 100s\" of new Covid patients in the next three weeks.\n\nThe demand for bed space is described as \"highly significant\", while a source added that all is being done to \"find beds and staff\".\n\nThey continued: \"People in here are moving heaven and earth to find beds in anticipation of what is coming and that's why some cancer patients even those who have been told their case is urgent are having their surgery cancelled.\"\n\nEffectively the move means that choices are already being made within the health service about who should receive critical treatment.\n\nThe daughter of a 66-year-old woman who was told her surgery has been cancelled has described the move as \"deeply worrying\".\n\n\"Mummy was diagnosed with cancer of the lining of the bladder in November, it's since spread to the muscle wall of her bladder. She was told in December her surgery was urgent - but now it's been cancelled.\n\n\"She is so frightened, it is just horrendous and I'm sure mum is not alone.\"\n\nWhile a cancer patient might have been told their case is critical and that treatment is necessary within weeks, some Covid patients are also being told that in order to survive they require treatment immediately.\n\nWith the number of cases soaring this is worse than the first lockdown and according to health professionals there is worse to come.\n\nThe BBC understands that the health minister is expected to respond to the problem in the coming days.\n\nIt is hoped that he will announce a regional approach to tackling cancelled surgeries among the various health trusts.\n\nNorthern Ireland's other health trusts have also begun to cancel operations due to pressures created by coronavirus.\n\nThe Northern, Western, Southern and South-Eastern trusts have said they will be cancelling planned surgeries.\n\nHospitals have said they were facing a surge in coronavirus cases following Christmas.\n\nOn Thursday, 599 people were in hospital with Covid-19.\n\nThe Belfast Trust apologised for the \"distress\" caused by the cancellations.\n\n\"Belfast Trust has made the difficult decision to cancel all planned inpatient surgery this week due to rising numbers of Covid cases,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe trust said it was contacting those affected and \"will rearrange this surgery as soon as possible and we will do everything we can to ensure continuity of care throughout this challenging time\".\n\nThe Northern Trust said it had \"regrettably\" cancelled the majority of its planned or elective surgeries to \"both free up staff to support the significant COVID-19 surge experience in the Trust and to reduce the clinical risk to patients who are or may be exposed to the virus\".\n\nIt apologised and said it would contacting people.\n\nThe Western Trust said it is \"facing unprecedented pressures due to the escalating rate\" of Covid infections.\n\nDirector of Acute Hospitals, Geraldine McKay, said routine elective inpatient, outpatient and day case surgeries have now been postponed until further notice.\n\nShe said the decision was \"very regrettable, but necessary\".\n\n\"Red flag and some time critical procedures and clinics will continue, but will be reviewed daily,\" she said.\n\nShould the number of Covid patients further increase, she added, the trust will \"have no option but to move to perform emergency and trauma surgery only\".\n\nA spokesperson for the South Eastern Trust said it was still carrying out some planned surgery, but the majority would be cancelled by next week.\n\nThe Southern Trust said it had taken its decision in response to the \"very significant recent increase\" in the number of Covid-19 cases.\n\nIt said this had been compounded by an increase in trauma workload and recent icy weather.\n\nThe trust said it would continue to provide day surgery and endoscopy across its hospital sites.\n\nOf the 3,359 planned procedures scheduled across NI between 29 December 2020 and 4 January, 3,267 went ahead as planned, according to the Health and Social Care website.\n\nThere were 92 cancellations which amounted to about 3% of all surgeries.", "During a speech earlier in the day, President Trump had asked his supporters to march towards the Capitol in protest. They breached the building while Congress was certifying Joe Biden's win.\n\nProtesters made it all the way to the Senate floor and the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.\n\nHere are the key moments in a dark day for US democracy.", "The US is reeling after supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC on the day Congress was meeting to confirm Joe Biden's election victory.\n\nLawmakers were forced to take shelter, the building was put into lockdown and four people died in the chaos that followed a pro-Trump rally near the White House.\n\nHere's a breakdown of how events unfolded on Wednesday.\n\nJust before midday local time (17:00 GMT) thousands of people gather at the Ellipse, near the White House, to hear the president speak at a \"Save America\" rally.\n\nHe tells them: \"We're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue... and we're going to the Capitol and we're going to try and give… our Republicans, the weak ones... the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.\"\n\nAs the speech ends, crowds start to drift towards the Congress building, about a mile and a half away, where they are met by police barriers.\n\nThe Capitol is home to the two chambers of the US government that make up Congress - the House of Representatives and the Senate.\n\nChanting crowds start to gather on both sides of the building at around 13:10, grappling with police at the metal barricades.\n\nTear gas and pepper spray are used to try to keep the protesters at bay.\n\nPolice officers struggle to maintain control of the situation as protesters advance on the building on multiple fronts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nOn the east side, the crowd force their way through barricades on the Capitol Plaza and move on the main entrance, quickly gaining access to the Great Rotunda.\n\nOnce inside, they head for the House and Senate chambers.\n\nIgor Bobic, a journalist for the Huffington Post, captures a group of men forcing a police officer to retreat up a set of stairs as they continue their advance.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Igor Bobic This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSenators are forced to abandon the process of confirming President-elect Biden's victory and the building goes into lockdown.\n\nThe doors of the House chamber are locked and a makeshift barricade is erected in front of them. Security officials guard the entrance, guns drawn.\n\nWithin an hour, protesters have also broken police lines on the west side of the Capitol, scaling walls to reach the building itself before smashing windows and forcing doors open.\n\nOther videos and images show rioters storming through the building's ornately-decorated corridors and chambers chanting \"USA!\" and \"Stop the steal\".\n\nShortly before 15:00, gunshots are reportedly heard inside the building.\n\nPhotos and video footage later show a female protester being shot as she tries to break through the barricaded doors of the Speakers' Lobby.\n\nDespite efforts by police and others at the scene to save her, she is later reported to have died.\n\nOn the other side of the building, protesters break into the Senate chamber, one taking seat in the Speaker's chair.\n\nAnother protester is photographed nearby sitting in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, with his foot on the table.\n\nAfter growing condemnation of the riots, President Trump eventually calls for calm, telling the protesters to leave peacefully: \"Go home. We love you, you're very special.\"\n\nBy 17:40, the building is cleared and made secure ahead of the 18:00 curfew ordered by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.\n\nSeveral thousand National Guard troops, FBI agents and US Secret Service are deployed to help.\n\nMore than six hours after the storming of the building, senators return and resume the day's business of certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.\n\nAt 03:41 on Thursday, Congress confirms President-elect Joe Biden will succeed President Trump on 20 January.", "Young women clap for heroes outside Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London\n\nA revived initiative to applaud the heroes of the pandemic has returned - but much more quietly than last year.\n\nIt comes after the founder of Clap for Carers distanced herself from its return after facing online abuse.\n\nAnnemarie Plas wanted to bring back the weekly applause under a new name of Clap for Heroes to lift spirits in the new lockdown but it fell a little flat.\n\nSome health workers have said they would rather people stay at home and wear a mask than clap for them.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he participated at 20:00 GMT on Thursday, but clapping \"isn't enough\".\n\n\"They need to be paid properly and given the respect they deserve,\" he tweeted., of the health workers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The weekly clap returned but Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said clapping alone \"wasn't enough\"\n\nThe idea of clapping and banging pots from doorsteps originally began as a one-off to support NHS staff on 26 March - three days after the UK went into lockdown for the first time.\n\nAfter proving popular it was expanded to cover all key workers and continued every Thursday for 10 weeks last year, with millions of people across the UK taking part.\n\nMembers of the Royal Family and politicians including Prime Minister Boris Johnson also joined in with the show of support.\n\nHowever, the event faced criticism for becoming politicised, with some suggesting the NHS would benefit more from extra funding than applause.\n\nPeople in some streets stood on doorsteps and leaned out windows to clap for the pandemic's heroes, and landmarks in London were illuminated blue for the occasion - but reports suggested the applause was noticeably quieter than last year.\n\nAnnemarie Plas and her family were threatened online for her efforts\n\nOn Wednesday, Ms Plas, a 36-year-old mother-of-one, announced the return of the initiative, saying she hoped to \"lift the spirit of all of us\" including \"all who are pushing through this difficult time\".\n\nBut some NHS workers were less than enthusiastic. Ami Jones, an intensive care consultant from Wales, tweeted: \"No thanks. I'd rather you obey the rules, stay at home, wear masks and wash your hands.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rachel Clarke 💙 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke said: \"Please don't clap us. Just wear a mask, wash your hands and respect lockdown.\"\n\nIn a tweet posted hours before the weekly clap was due to return, Ms Plas, a Dutch national living in south London, said she had been targeted with personal abuse and threats against her and her family by \"a hateful few\" on social media.\n\n\"I have no political agenda, I am not employed by the government, I do not work in PR, I am just an average mum at home trying to cope with the lockdown situation,\" she said, in a statement.\n\nShe said the newly revived clap could and should still happen at 20:00 GMT.\n\n\"It's up to each person to decide how relevant or worthwhile they feel it is to participate,\" she said.\n\nThe fountains in Trafalgar Square were illuminated blue for the initiative on Thursday\n\nSome incorporated pots and pans during their weekly claps in warmer months", "As violent Trump supporters surged past barricades and into the US Capitol, news agency photographers - who were there to document the vote certifying Joe Biden's election win - captured extraordinary scenes.\n\nThe last time government buildings were breached in Washington was in 1814 and the invaders were British soldiers.\n\nBut in 2021 a Trump supporter, carrying the Confederate flag, is walking freely through the halls near the entrance to the Senate, encountering little resistance.\n\nThe Confederacy was the group of southern states that fought to keep slavery during the American Civil War. In this image, the oil paintings of political figures in the background emphasise this imagery of the past.\n\nThere have been renewed calls for the Confederate flag to be banned across the US following the anti-racism protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, a black man.\n\nHowever Mr Trump has defended use of the flag, calling it a matter of free speech.\n\nOne man in a Trump beanie here walks between the red guide ropes, as many visitors might do on a guided-tour to view the Crypt, the Statuary Hall and the Rotunda.\n\nBut this man is carrying a podium bearing the seal of the Speaker of the House, as he poses in front of a painting depicting the surrender of Gen Burgoyne in the war of independence.\n\nAnother man, identified as Jake Angeli, an ardent Trump supporter who has attended a number of the president's rallies, shouts as he makes his way to the Senate Chamber.\n\nHis incongruous garments set him apart from other protesters wearing black hoodies. These Trump activists stand by taking selfies, but he has clearly come here to be photographed by others.\n\nThe apparent lack of a security presence is in sharp contrast to other Washington protests where there is a highly visible presence of heavily armed security forces protecting US institutions.\n\nAnother Trump supporter, identified as Richard Barnett, sits with one boot disrespectfully on a desk that is at the very centre of power in Congress. It is in the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.\n\nIn the scene, unimaginable days earlier, Barnett in his baseball cap and checked shirt resembles a raconteur regaling friends with tales of his exploits.\n\nThe image went viral as did pictures of the notes he and others left on Ms Pelosi's desk.\n\nThis dramatic image shows how the formal proceedings came to a violent halt as Capitol police officers drew their guns on doors being attacked by protesters intent on entering the House Chamber.\n\nMany commentators asked if they were watching a coup unfold as doors were barricaded and firearms brandished.\n\nThe composition is reminiscent of a scene in a Hollywood Western, the lawmen bracing for the doors to be breached.\n\nUS President-elect Joe Biden made an impassioned TV address describing the scenes as \"an assault on democracy\" - this chilling picture encapsulates what he meant.", "A Joint Session of Congress to certify the election of Joe Biden has gone into an unexpected recess, and the Capitol building into lockdown, after Trump supporters breached security lines.\n\nEarlier, President Trump addressed supporters at a rally outside the White House and encouraged them to protest the election result.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"I condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way they did in the Capitol\"\n\nDonald Trump was \"completely wrong\" to cast doubt on the US election and encourage supporters to storm the Capitol, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe UK prime minister said he \"unreservedly condemns\" the US president's actions.\n\nFour people died after a pro-Trump mob stormed the building in a bid to overturn the election result.\n\nMr Trump had urged protesters to march on the Capitol after making false electoral fraud claims.\n\nHe later called on his supporters to \"go home\", while continuing to make false claims - Twitter and Facebook later froze his accounts.\n\nThe president has now said there will be an \"orderly transition\" to President-elect Joe Biden, whose November election victory has now been certified by US lawmakers.\n\nBut he added that he continued to \"totally disagree\" with the outcome of the vote, repeating his unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.\n\nOn Wednesday night, Mr Johnson condemned the \"disgraceful scenes\" and called for a \"peaceful and orderly transfer of power\".\n\nBut asked by the BBC's political correspondent Alex Forsyth if President Trump was directly responsible, he said: \"All my life America has stood for some very important things. An idea of freedom, an idea of democracy.\n\n\"As you say, in so far as he encouraged people to storm the Capitol, and in so far as the president has consistently cast doubt on the outcome of a free and fair election, I believe that was completely wrong.\n\n\"I believe what President Trump has been saying about that has been completely wrong and I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol.\"\n\nThe PM, speaking at a Downing Street briefing, then welcomed the confirmation of President-elect Biden, saying \"democracy has prevailed\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHundreds of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol on Wednesday - where lawmakers were meeting to confirm Mr Biden's election victory - and staged an occupation of the building in Washington DC.\n\nBoth chambers of Congress were forced into recess, as protesters clashed with police and tear gas was released.\n\nA woman died after being shot by police, and three others died as a result of \"medical emergencies\", local police said.\n\nUK politicians from different parties have all condemned Mr Trump's actions in encouraging the storming of the Capitol.\n\nEarlier, Home Secretary Priti Patel said the president's comments had \"directly led\" to the events and he \"didn't do anything to de-escalate that\".\n\nShe added: \"He basically has made a number of comments yesterday that helped to fuel that violence and he didn't actually do anything to de-escalate that whatsoever... what we've seen is completely unacceptable.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Priti Patel says Donald Trump was wrong for not condemning the violence\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Trump should \"take responsibility\" for what happened, calling it the \"culmination of years of the politics of hate and division\".\n\nSir Keir added he welcomed the outgoing president's agreement to an orderly handover, but told reporters \"he should have said it a long time ago.\"\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Trump had been \"inciting insurrection in his own country,\" and called it a \"dark period\" in US history.\n\n\"What we witnessed last night is not that surprising. In some senses, Donald Trump's presidency has been moving towards this moment almost from the moment it started,\" she told ITV's Good Morning Britain.\n\nScotland's Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said the home secretary should \"give serious consideration\" to denying Mr Trump entry to the UK after he leaves office.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Treason, traitors and thugs' - the words lawmakers used to describe Capitol riot\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said certification of Mr Biden's victory was \"good to see\" after the \"shocking events\" on Wednesday, adding the UK condemned the violence \"unequivocally\".\n\nFormer Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May, who shared time in office with Mr Trump, said there should be \"no place for the rule of the mob\".\n\nBut senior Welsh Conservative Andrew RT Davies has been criticised after comparing the rioting to politicians who supported a second referendum on Brexit.\n\nMr Davies, a member of the Welsh Parliament, later tweeted that \"violence must never be tolerated\".\n\nHis party colleague, the Conservative MP Simon Hoare, suggested Mr Trump could be sent to the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Simon Hoare MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has written to express his \"solidarity\" with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose empty office was broken into by protesters.\n\n\"Seeing your office trashed in that way and its occupation by one of the rioters was particularly outrageous. I am just so relieved you were not hurt,\" he wrote.\n\nTrump supporters left this note on the desk of Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.", "Ryanair is making big cuts to its flight schedule from 21 January in response to the latest Covid lockdowns.\n\nIt warned that few, if any, flights would operate to or from Ireland or the UK from the end of January until \"draconian\" restrictions were removed.\n\nCustomers hit by the cancellations will be advised by email of entitlements to free moves or refunds, it said.\n\nRyanair also cut its full year traffic forecast from currently \"below 35 million\" to 26-30 million passengers.\n\nThe airline said that new Covid restrictions could reduce traffic in February and March to as little as 500,000 passengers each month. It expects January traffic to fall below 1.25 million.\n\nIt said it did not expect these latest flight cuts and further traffic reductions to materially affect its net loss for the year to 31 March 2021, since many of the flights would have been loss-making.\n\nRyanair hit out at Irish and UK governments for the latest lockdowns.\n\n\"The WHO have previously confirmed that governments should do everything possible to avoid brutal lockdowns, because lockdowns 'do not get rid of the virus',\" Ryanair said in a statement.\n\n\"Ireland's Covid-19 travel restrictions are already the most stringent in Europe, and so these new flight restrictions are inexplicable and ineffective when Ireland continues to operate an open border between the Republic and the North of Ireland.\"\n\nIt called on the Irish Government to accelerate the rollout of vaccines.\n\n\"The fact that the Danish Government, with a similar five million population, has already vaccinated 10 times more citizens than Ireland shows that emergency action is needed to speed Covid vaccinations in Ireland.\"\n\nRival low-cost carrier Norwegian said its traffic figures had been hit heavily by the pandemic, with customer numbers down 94% compared to the same period the previous year.\n\nIn December, 129,664 customers flew with Norwegian, with the capacity and total passenger traffic both down by 98%.\n\n\"2020 has been a very challenging year and we now find ourselves fighting for survival,\" said Jacob Schram, chief executive of Norwegian.\n\n\"The vaccination is now being rolled out across the world and is good news for both the aviation industry and those who want to travel.\"", "Mauritius has been removed from the safe list\n\nTravellers from countries near South Africa are to be banned from entering England to stop the spread of the South African Covid variant.\n\nArrivals from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, as well as island nations Mauritius and Seychelles, will be affected.\n\nThe rule will take effect on 9 January but there will be an exemption for British and Irish nationals.\n\nThey will need to follow existing quarantine procedures.\n\nA ban by visitors to the UK from South Africa started on 24 December.\n\nThe latest restriction brought in by the Department for Transport also affects travellers arriving from Eswatini, Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho and Mozambique.\n\nIt will apply from 04:00 GMT on Saturday to people who have travelled from or through any of the specified countries in the last 10 days.\n\nIt is understood most flights from the affected countries arrive at airports in England, although it is expected the policy will be formally adopted by the other UK nations.\n\nThe measures will be in place for an initial period of two weeks.\n\nMeanwhile, Botswana, and the islands of Seychelles and Mauritius, are being removed from the UK list of safe travel corridors as there is a high frequency of travel between the islands and South Africa.\n\nThe new variant of coronavirus circulating in South Africa is already being seen in other countries, including the UK.\n\nThe variant, much like the new UK variant first seen in Kent, appears to be more contagious than previous ones.\n\nAnyone arriving into the UK from most destinations must quarantine for 10 days.\n\nBut there are a list of countries exempt from the rules, meaning returning travellers do not need to self-isolate, called the travel corridor list.\n\nUnder the latest announcement, the travel corridor with Israel will also end amid concerns about rising infection levels in that country.\n\nHowever, rules in place across the UK currently ban travel abroad unless for specific reasons.", "Protesters in support of US President Donald Trump swarmed the Capitol building, forcing officials to order lawmakers to shelter in place and halting debate in both the House and Senate. Congress was meeting to confirm President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college victory.", "Mr Christmas' light displays attracted thousands of visitors over the years\n\nThe family of a man known affectionately as Mr Christmas has turned off his festive lights for the last time.\n\nDave Edwards, 86, lit up his home in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, with extravagant light displays for 42 years to raise money for charity.\n\nHe died from cancer on the eve of his annual switch-on in November.\n\nHis daughter Sharon Markham called on local residents to \"continue to light up Croxley every year\".\n\nMr Edwards started putting up the light display with his wife - who died three years ago - as a competition with a house across the street, and continued to build on the set over the years.\n\nDave Edwards was dubbed Mr Christmas due to the illuminations at his home in Croxley Green\n\nPeople would travel miles to see the festive lights\n\nMrs Markham said each year they raised about £5,000 for charity, but this year a \"record amount\" of more than £10,000 had been donated.\n\nWhen his family said the 2020 display would be the last due to Mr Edwards's failing health, people across the village rallied together by installing their own displays in his honour.\n\nSharon Markham said her parents were \"such amazing people but their light will always be shining\"\n\nResidents of Croxley Green placed a banner opposite Mr Christmas' home to thank him for his displays and fundraising\n\nTurning off the lights at 21:23 GMT on Wednesday, in an event filmed for the Mr Christmas Facebook page, Mrs Markham thanked the community for its support over the years.\n\n\"Without you we could not have achieved the things we have done,\" she said.\n\n\"I thought turning the lights on was hard enough but switching them off - this moment has been worrying me for months and now it's finally here.\n\n\"For now, though, we say goodbye and we thank Mr and Mrs Christmas for all the joy they have brought us all.\n\n\"We ask you all to continue to light up Croxley every year.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Dr Anil Mehta, a GP at Fullwell Cross Medical Centre in North London, told the BBC that staff were working from 7 in the morning until 10pm at night during the three days of their weekly Covid-19 vaccine rollout, describing the process as a 'full team effort.\n\nDr Mehta was also keen to encourage people who might be nervous about the vaccine to take up the offer, emphasising that the evidence behind the vaccine 'was very strong'.\n\nThis message was echoed by Zahin Ahmed, whose grandfather Shafiquz Zaman has now received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine at the clinic. Mr Ahmed, who is from the Bangladeshi community, also said it was important that minority communities took up the offer of the vaccine when called upon to do so.", "George had mottled skin, swelling on his lips, a high temperature and could not keep fluids down\n\nThe mother of a baby who was treated in hospital for Covid-19 has urged parents to be alert to symptoms such as mottled skin and sickness.\n\nMyer Rudelhoff's four-month-old son George spent three nights in Basildon hospital, in Essex.\n\nHe had patchy skin, swelling on his lips, a high temperature and could not keep fluids down.\n\nShe said: \"I thought it was a sickness bug. I had no idea it was caused by coronavirus.\"\n\nDiarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal cramps in children can be a sign of coronavirus according to some researchers, but the officially recognised symptoms are a fever, cough and loss of smell or taste.\n\nMrs Rudlehoff, who lives in Basildon, noticed her son had a temperature on New Year's Eve but put it down to teething.\n\nGeorge began vomiting the following evening and on 2 January she called NHS 111, who told her to take him to hospital.\n\nShe said: \"I really did not want to go. I was so scared about him getting the virus there, I had no idea he had it.\n\n\"He got so poorly so quickly when we arrived and was really lethargic. They took a swab and, when they said he was positive, I burst into tears. It was such a shock.\"\n\nMyer Rudelhoff was scared to take her son to hospital but realised he was too poorly and needed treatment\n\nThe mother-of-two said she presumed it was not Covid-19 because he did not have a cough, though he did develop a mild one a few days later while in hospital.\n\nShe said the staff were \"amazing\" and she wanted to reassure parents \"not to be afraid to go to hospital\" if their children were ill.\n\nNurses told her they had treated several other children with the same mottled skin and sickness and asked her to share her story to raise awareness of these symptoms.\n\nMrs Rudelhoff's post on Facebook was shared nearly 7,000 times within three days.\n\nIn the post, she said she felt \"upset, angry and frustrated\" because she had taken the illness very seriously but George had still managed to catch it. He was the only member of the family who tested positive.\n\nGeorge was discharged from hospital and was making a good recovery at home, she said.\n\nGeorge is now making a good recovery at home and is being looked after by his big brother Stanley\n\nDr Kilali Ominu-Evbota, paediatric consultant at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, said: \"It's great to hear that George is now back home and on the road to recovery.\n\n\"George's family did the right thing and we encourage parents to seek medical advice with their GP or via the NHS 111 service in order to get the correct treatment for their child.\"\n\nBasildon has an infection rate of 1,265 cases per 100,000 people - compared to the average England rate of 606.9.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n• None 'Upset stomach' in children may be coronavirus\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The president says he hates Big Tech. Yet he has loved using Twitter.\n\nHe's used it as a way, for more than 10 years, to bypass the media and speak directly to voters.\n\nThe 280 characters fits neatly with his style of political engagement - broad brushstrokes rather than details.\n\nAnd Twitter has undoubtedly benefited from President Trump too, the place to go to hear the latest musings from the most powerful person on the planet.\n\nThat decade-long symbiosis has been ended with a shuddering halt.\n\nImmediately after the deadly riots, Twitter locked the President's Twitter feed and asked Mr Trump to delete three tweets for violations around its Civic Integrity policy., which he promptly did.\n\nAfter the suspension he tweeted as a new man, the nonsense claims of mass voter fraud replaced with a more conciliatory tone.\n\nPrivately though Twitter was pondering whether it had gone far enough. Facebook had already acted, banning Donald Trump \"indefinitely\".\n\nAfter more than 48 hours of consideration, Twitter acted. It made unquestionably the most important moderation decision in its history. It banned the president of the United States.\n\nSome have asked why he wasn't kicked off sooner.\n\nMr Trump or one of his associates appears to have deleted some of his most recent tweets\n\nWell, Twitter has very specific rules about world leaders.\n\n\"We recognise that sometimes it may be in the public interest to allow people to view tweets that would otherwise be taken down,\" Twitter's rules say.\n\n\"At present, we limit exceptions to one critical type of public-interest content - tweets from elected and government officials.\"\n\nChief executive Jack Dorsey had felt it was in the public interest to keep the account active, albeit with warning messages.\n\n\"No one is turning a blind eye,\" a senior source told the BBC before the ban.\n\nIn short, Mr Trump had been allowed to remain on Twitter - despite numerous breaches of its rules - because he is the president.\n\nWith less than two weeks to go of Trump's presidency, many social media companies have now decided enough is enough.\n\nCritics say the outgoing president's words on social media, for years, helped to incite Wednesday's storming of Capitol Hill.\n\nAll the big social media companies have made it clear that - as a private citizen - if you continually look to peddle conspiracy theories and promote extremism, you should expect to be kicked out. With just a few days of his presidency left, Mr Trump is already being held to a different standard - his privileges stripped.\n\nWhat's driving this? To be cynical, social media companies are acutely aware that President-elect Joe Biden believes Big Tech hasn't done enough to quell fake news and hate speech on their platforms.\n\nRioters broke into Congress after a speech by Mr Trump on Wednesday\n\nThey are now desperate to show that they can, in fact, police their own platforms without the need for stringent legal reforms.\n\nWhat better way to show you're serious than to act on Mr Trump's misinformation?\n\nWhat will Mr Trump do next? Well he's already said he's looking into the possibility of building his own platform in the future.\n\nBut for now he's consigned to the fringes of the internet. Can Trumpism survive without Big Tech? We're about to find out.\n\nJames Clayton is the BBC's North America technology reporter based in San Francisco. Follow him on Twitter @jamesclayton5.", "For the first since April the UK has recorded more than 1,000 daily Covid-related deaths – one of the highest figures of the pandemic.\n\nRight now, London is at the epicentre of this crisis. Hospitals now have more Covid patients being admitted every day than they did at the peak in April. Many doctors and nurses say they're reaching breaking point.\n\nThe BBC's medical editor Fergus Walsh has been allowed to film inside the intensive care unit at London's University College Hospital, which is one of the busiest in the capital.\n\nRead more: 'How long can we keep going like this? About a week'", "Elon Musk has become the world's richest person, as his net worth crossed $185bn (£136bn).\n\nThe Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur was pushed into the top slot after Tesla's share price increased on Thursday.\n\nHe takes the top spot from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who had held it since 2017.\n\nMr Musk's electric car company Tesla has surged in value this year, and hit a market value of $700bn (£516bn) for the first time on Wednesday.\n\nThat makes the car company worth more than Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, GM and Ford combined.\n\nMr Musk reacted to the news in signature style, replying to a Twitter user sharing the news with the remark \"how strange\".\n\nAn older tweet pinned to the top of his feed offered further insight into his thoughts on personal wealth.\n\n\"About half my money is intended to help problems on Earth, and half to help establish a self-sustaining city on Mars to ensure continuation of life (of all species) in case Earth gets hit by a meteor like the dinosaurs or WW3 happens and we destroy ourselves,\" it reads.\n\nThe tycoon's fortunes have been buoyed by politics in the US, where the Democrats will have control of the US Senate in the forthcoming session.\n\nDaniel Ives, an analyst with Wedbush Securities wrote: \"A Blue Senate is very bullish and a potential 'game changer' for Tesla and the overall electric vehicle sector, with a more green-driven agenda now certainly in the cards for the next few years.\"\n\nExpected electric vehicle tax credits would benefit Tesla, \"which continues to have an iron grip on the market today\", he added.\n\nMr Bezos is also using his personal wealth to fund space exploration\n\nMr Bezos has also seen his fortunes rise over the past year. The coronavirus pandemic has meant Amazon benefited from stronger demand for both its online store and cloud computing services.\n\nHowever, he gave a 4% stake in the business to his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott after they split, which helped Mr Musk overtake him.\n\nIn addition, the threat of regulation has meant Amazon's stock has not risen as high as it might otherwise have done.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who is Elon Musk? Meet the meme-loving magnate behind SpaceX and Tesla...published in 2021\n\nThe owner of a business which has only just made its first annual profit and is still a minnow compared to the likes of Toyota - or Amazon - is now the world's richest person.\n\nIt is the fact that Tesla's share price has increased more than seven-fold in the past year that has sent Elon Musk's fortune rocketing past that of Jeff Bezos.\n\nTo believe the electric car-maker's worth could rise so rapidly in just 12 months is the ultimate example of irrational exuberance.\n\nIt means that Musk will have to show within the next five years that Tesla can make more profits than just about the whole of the rest of the motor industry combined to justify the valuation.\n\nMind you, his many fans will point out that the somewhat eccentric tycoon has constantly confounded the sceptics who bet that he would go bust.\n\nAnd of course 20 years ago another tech visionary was staring disaster in the face when the dot com bubble burst and big profits seemed a distant dream - but Jeff Bezos went on to make those who bet on Amazon very rich indeed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Priti Patel says Donald Trump was wrong for not condemning the violence\n\nDonald Trump's comments \"directly led\" to his supporters storming Congress and clashing with police, Home Secretary Priti Patel has said.\n\nFour people have died after a pro-Trump mob stormed the building in a bid to overturn the election result.\n\nPresident Trump had urged protesters to march on the Capitol after making false claims of electoral fraud.\n\nMs Patel said the president's words had fuelled the violence and he \"didn't do anything to de-escalate that\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has condemned the \"disgraceful scenes\" and called for a \"peaceful and orderly transfer of power\".\n\nOn Wednesday evening, President Trump later called on his supporters to \"go home\", while continuing to make false claims of electoral fraud.\n\nHe has been suspended from his Facebook and Instagram accounts for at least two weeks, and possibly indefinitely. Twitter has also frozen his account.\n\nThe president has now said there will be an \"orderly transition\" to Democrat Joe Biden, whose November election victory has now been certified by US lawmakers.\n\nBut he added that he continued to \"totally disagree\" with the outcome of the vote, repeating his unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.\n\nHundreds of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol - where lawmakers were meeting to confirm Mr Biden's election victory - and staged an occupation of the building in Washington DC.\n\nBoth chambers of Congress were forced into recess, as protesters clashed with police and tear gas was released.\n\nMs Patel told BBC Breakfast the scenes were \"awful beyond words\".\n\nThe home secretary said: \"His comments directly led to the violence, and so far he has failed to condemn that violence and that is completely wrong.\"\n\nShe added: \"He basically has made a number of comments yesterday that helped to fuel that violence and he didn't actually do anything to de-escalate that whatsoever... what we've seen is completely unacceptable.\"\n\nA woman died after being shot by police, and three others died as a result of \"medical emergencies\", local police said.\n\nPoliticians across the UK's political parties lined up to condemn the scenes in Washington.\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Trump should \"take responsibility\" for what happened, calling it the \"culmination of years of the politics of hate and division\".\n\nSir Keir added he welcomed the outgoing president's agreement to an orderly handover, but told reporters \"he should have said it a long time ago.\"\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Trump had been \"inciting insurrection in his own country,\" and called it a \"dark period\" in US history.\n\n\"What we witnessed last night is not that surprising. In some senses, Donald Trump's presidency has been moving towards this moment almost from the moment it started,\" she told ITV's Good Morning Britain.\n\nScotland's Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said the home secretary should \"give serious consideration\" to denying Mr Trump entry to the UK after he leaves office.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said certification of Mr Biden's victory was \"good to see\" after the \"shocking events\" on Wednesday, adding the UK condemned the violence \"unequivocally\".\n\nFormer Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May, who shared time in office with Mr Trump, said there should be \"no place for the rule of the mob\".\n\nBut senior Welsh Conservative Andrew RT Davies has been criticised after comparing the rioting to politicians who supported a second referendum on Brexit.\n\nMr Davies, a member of the Welsh Parliament, later tweeted that \"violence must never be tolerated\".\n\nHis party colleague, the Conservative MP Simon Hoare, suggested Mr Trump could be sent to the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Simon Hoare MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFriend of President Trump and leader of Reform UK - formerly the Brexit Party - Nigel Farage tweeted: \"Storming Capitol Hill is wrong. The protesters must leave.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has defended the prime minister's response to the rioting.\n\nAsked on ITV's Peston programme why Mr Johnson hadn't criticised Mr Trump, she said: \"The prime minister has been clear tonight that we need a peaceful and orderly transition.\"\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has written to express his \"solidarity\" with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose empty office was broken into by protesters.\n\n\"Seeing your office trashed in that way and its occupation by one of the rioters was particularly outrageous. I am just so relieved you were not hurt,\" he wrote.\n\nTrump supporters left this note on the desk of Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.\n\nIt is a truism of British diplomacy that every occupant of 10 Downing Street has to get on with every occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, regardless of their politics or character.\n\nPersonal consideration is pushed aside. What matters is the national interest and staying close to one of Britain's closest allies.\n\nThus even now, even after Donald Trump's incitement of the Capitol mob, even though there are less than two weeks until the inauguration, even as close Republican allies jump ship, Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab were reluctant to criticise the president by name in their initial response overnight.\n\nYes, they condemned the violence. But of Mr Trump, not a word. This caution was matched by the Prime Ministers of fellow so-called Five Eyes intelligence allies, Australia and New Zealand, both of whom also both failed to mention Mr Trump in their condemnatory tweets.\n\nIn contrast, European leaders were quick to blame the president personally.\n\nIt was only this morning that a British minister, Home Secretary Priti Patel, felt able to follow suit in strong terms.\n\nSo was this natural and sensible diplomatic caution in the midst of a febrile crisis?\n\nOr was this, as some Labour figures are already claiming, a function of the closeness between the current UK government and the Trump administration?\n\nIt was only a few weeks ago that Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told The Sun that he would miss Donald Trump because he was a good friend to Britain.\n\nWhatever one's views, it is certainly the case that the British government is seen on the international stage by some has having ideological proximity to Mr Trump.\n\nChanging that reputation is seen by many diplomats as a priority in the months ahead, a task made more urgent by events overnight.", "Olly Stephens was stabbed to death in Emmer Green in Reading on Sunday\n\nThree teenagers accused of murdering a 13-year-old boy who was stabbed to death have appeared in Crown Court.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green in Reading, on Sunday.\n\nTwo boys, aged 13 and 14, and a 13-year-old girl have been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.\n\nThey have all been remanded in youth detention custody and a provisional trial date has been set for 21 June.\n\nThe three teenagers, who cannot be identified because of their ages, had appeared at Reading Youth Court earlier on Thursday before the Crown Court hearing.\n\nThe defendants only spoke at the youth court to confirm their names, ages and addresses.\n\nThe court heard the girl has also been charged with perverting the course of justice.\n\nThe Crown Court hearing was told a potential trial was estimated to last five or six weeks.\n\nPolice were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack in fields on the boundary of Emmer Green and Caversham Heights.\n\nOlly was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nIn a statement released on Wednesday, his family said: \"An Olly-sized hole has been left in our hearts.\"\n\nHis parents said their son was \"an enigma\", and having both autism and suspected pathological demand avoidance meant \"he became a challenge we never shied away from\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "McDonald's is pausing walk-in takeaway services in the UK as new lockdown restrictions come into force.\n\nDine-in meals and walk-in takeaways will not be available temporarily while it reviews safety procedures, it said.\n\nIts UK boss said it will be testing \"additional measures that may further enhance the safety of our takeaway service.\"\n\nRival food chains Burger King, Subway, KFC and Pret A Manger are still offering takeaways in-store.\n\nMcDonald's UK and Ireland chief executive Paul Pomroy said that safety measures across the firm's 1,300 restaurants will be reviewed by an independent health and safety body.\n\nHe added that customers would be kept updated via the restaurant's app and its website. Drive-through and delivery services across the fast food chain will remain open.\n\nUnder new lockdown restrictions which came into force in England and Scotland this week, hospitality firms are allowed to offer takeaways and deliveries.\n\nBut rules which previously allowed takeaways or click-and-collect services for alcoholic drinks have been scrapped.\n\nWales and Northern Ireland were already in lockdown, which meant that pubs, restaurants and cafes were restricted to takeaway-only too.\n\nAfter the first nationwide lockdown in March, many chains including McDonald's, Burger King and Pret closed their doors to hungry customers.\n\nThey gradually reopened with additional safety measures in place, such as plastic screens in front of the tills, hand sanitiser dispensers and restrictions on the number of customers allowed in at any one point. Some also pared back the number of dishes on offer.\n\nA Burger King spokesperson said that takeaway was still available in some branches and that it would continue to offer click-and-collect and delivery services \"in line with guidance issued\".\n\nSandwich chain Pret A Manger told the BBC that it is keeping some outlets open for both takeaways and delivery, but it would keep the number under review in the coming months.\n\n\"Last year we shifted our business to focus on delivery and expanded our delivery platform partnerships, to make Pret available to a wider customer base\", a spokesperson said.\n\n\"Since then, we have seen a significant increase in the use of delivery.\"\n\nSubway and KFC also confirmed that they remain open for in-store takeaways, deliveries and click-and-collect orders across the UK.\n\nFast food firm Leon, which has 65 outlets, said that 28 of their sites will remain open for takeaways and deliveries.\n\n\"We will continue to keep as many restaurants open as possible, as we did in the previous two lockdowns in line with government guidelines,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nDespite adapting their business models, many casual dining chains have been forced to make job cuts in the last year as lockdown restrictions hit sales. Pret, for example, announced 3,000 job cuts in August, while Greggs made 820 job cuts at the end of 2020.", "Supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday\n\nWorld leaders have condemned violent scenes in Washington after supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday.\n\nThe riot forced the suspension of a joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden's electoral victory.\n\nMany leaders called for peace and an orderly transition of power, describing what happened as \"horrifying\" and an \"attack on democracy\".\n\n\"The United States stands for democracy around the world and it is now vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nOther UK politicians joined him in criticising the violence, with opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer calling it a \"direct attack on democracy\".\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel told the BBC that Mr Trump's comments \"directly led\" to his supporters storming Congress and clashing with police.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Home Secretary Priti Patel says Donald Trump was wrong for not condemning the violence\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted that the scenes from the US Capitol were \"utterly horrifying\".\n\nIn Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said those who stormed the US legislature were \"attackers and rioters\" and that she felt \"angry and also sad\" after seeing pictures from the scene.\n\nShe told a meeting of German conservatives: \"I regret very much that President Trump has still not admitted defeat, but has kept raising doubts about the elections.\"\n\nChina meanwhile attempted to draw comparisons between the rioters who entered Congress to try and subvert the US election result and pro-democracy protesters who stormed Hong Kong's Legislative Council last year.\n\nForeign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying claimed events in Hong Kong were more \"severe\" than those in Washington but \"not one demonstrator died\".\n\nThe comparisons between the two incidents has caused outrage among Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists and their supporters.\n\nRussia blamed the \"archaic\" US electoral system and the politicisation of the media for Wednesday's unrest in Washington.\n\n\"The electoral system in the United States is archaic, it does not meet modern democratic standards, creating opportunities for numerous violations, and the American media have become an instrument of political struggle,\" foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.\n\nElsewhere in Europe, a chorus of leaders condemned the scenes in Washington as an attack on democracy.\n\nSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said: \"I have trust in the strength of US democracy. The new presidency of Joe Biden will overcome this tense stage, uniting the American people.\"\n\nIn a video on Twitter, French President Emmanuel Macron said: \"When, in one of the world's oldest democracies, supporters of an outgoing president take up arms to challenge the legitimate results of an election, a universal idea - that of 'one person, one vote' - is undermined.\n\n\"What happened today in Washington DC is not American, definitely. We believe in the strength of our democracies. We believe in the strength of American democracy\" he added.\n\nSwedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven described the incident as \"worrying\" and said it was \"an assault on democracy\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by SwedishPM This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTop EU leaders have also made their views known. European Council President Charles Michel said he trusted the US \"to ensure a peaceful transfer of power\" to Mr Biden, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she looked forward to working with the Democrat, who \"won the election\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Charles Michel This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLike many other global figures, the Secretary-General of the Nato military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, said that the outcome of the election \"must be respected\".\n\nFor his part, UN Secretary-General António Guterres was \"saddened\" by the events at the US Capitol, his spokesman said.\n\nThe events also shocked America's close ally and neighbour to its north. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadians were \"deeply disturbed and saddened by the attack on democracy\".\n\n\"Violence will never succeed in overruling the will of the people. Democracy in the US must be upheld - and it will be,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When a mob stormed the US capitol\n\nFrom New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, tweeted that \"democracy - the right of people to exercise a vote, have their voice heard and then have that decision upheld peacefully - should never be undone by a mob\".\n\nMeanwhile Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia - another close US ally - condemned the \"distressing scenes\" and said he looked forward to a peaceful transfer of power.\n\nIn India, the world's largest democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi - who has enjoyed a good relationship with President Trump - said he was \"distressed to see news about rioting and violence\" in Washington.\n\n\"Orderly and peaceful transfer of power must continue,\" he tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTurkey, an ally through Nato, said it invited \"all parties\" to show \"restraint and common sense\".\n\nThe Venezuelan government, which the US does not recognise as legitimate, said \"with this regrettable episode, the United States suffers the same thing that it has generated in other countries with its policies of aggression\".\n\nIn statements on Twitter, Argentina's President Alberto Fernández and Chile's President Sebastián Piñera also condemned the scenes in Washington. Mr Piñera said Chile \"trusts in the solidity of US democracy to guarantee the rule of law\".\n\nIn Japan, one of America's closest allies and partners, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said the government hoped for a \"peaceful transfer of power\" in the United States.\n\nFrom Fiji, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, who led a coup in 2006, also expressed outrage at the events that took place.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Frank Bainimarama This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd in Singapore, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean said he had watched as the \"shocking\" scenes took place, adding: \"Its a sad day.\"", "Nursery staff are not advised to wear face coverings\n\nChildcare organisations are demanding to see evidence that it is safe for them to remain open while schools and colleges have closed to most pupils.\n\nStaff have close contact with children and babies daily, when they change nappies and receive them by the hand from parents, for example.\n\nMinisters have insisted early years settings are safe as young children have very low rates of the virus.\n\nNurseries argue the evidence cited is based on data about old variant Covid.\n\nEngland's three main nursery organisations, the Early Years Alliance, the National Day Nurseries Association and childminders' group, Pacey, have joined together to mount a #ProtectEarlyYears campaign.\n\nThey want the government to provide clear scientific evidence on the risks to early years staff of staying open, particularly in light of the increased transmissibility of the new variant of Covid-19.\n\nSue Cardy, owner and manager of Ready Teddy Go Pre School, in Shoeburyness, Essex said: \"There isn't anyone who has asked: 'Is it 100% safe for us to remain fully open? No one can see the virus and staff may be asymptomatic, and so we all run an element of risk of catching or spreading it.\"\n\nShe added: \"Staff have families and are not all young... 50% of my staff are over 50 and some have underlying medical conditions.\"\n\nVicky, the manager of a church pre-school in Cheshire West and Chester said she could potentially have 30 children plus 10 staff in a church hall, with no PPE recommended, and limited social distancing.\n\n\"As an early years provider, I am increasingly worried about the safety of both staff and children, yet if we chose to partially close, we could be financially penalised.\"\n\nAnd Georgie Morrell from Brighton and Hove said: \"Since re-opening, I have had four households tell me. they are Covid positive.\n\n\"This is clearly very close to home and yet we have been given no choice or support but to remain open and carry on.\"\n\nNeil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, said: \"It is simply not acceptable that, at the height of a global pandemic, early years providers are being asked to work with no support, no protection and no clear evidence that is safe for them to do so.\n\n\"We know how vital access to early education and care is to many families, but it cannot be right to ask the early years workforce to put themselves at risk. That is why it is vital that the government takes the urgent steps needed to safeguard those working in the sector, particularly mass testing and priority access to vaccinations.\n\nNursery providers are calling for staff to be tested, priority for vaccination and for state funding lost due to lower numbers during the pandemic, to be replaced by government.\n\nPurnima Tanuku, chief Executive of National Day Nurseries Association, said nurseries were determined to support families during the current lockdown.\n\nBut, she added: \"Time and again, whether it's on PPE, cleaning costs, testing or staffing, early years providers have been overlooked by the Department for Education.\n\n\"Now, they are the only part of the education sector fully open to all children and must be given priority.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, vaccines minister Nadim Zahawi said there was very little risk to younger children.\n\n\"The nursery sector has taken tremendous care in making sure the premises are also Covid safe. It is the right thing to do.\"\n\nThe Department for Education is yet to comment on the #ProtectEarlyYears demands.", "Matthew Mason will be sentenced later this month\n\nA man who killed a schoolboy after paying him to stop their sexual relationship being revealed has been found guilty of murder.\n\nMatthew Mason admitted bludgeoning 15-year-old Alex Rodda with a wrench in Ashley, Cheshire, in 2019.\n\nThe 19-year-old paid Alex more than £2,000 after he contacted his then girlfriend about \"flirty\" messages, Chester Crown Court heard.\n\nMason, of Ash Lane in Ollerton, will be sentenced on 25 January.\n\nLawyers acting for Mason, who denied murder, had claimed the killing was the result of self-defence or a loss of control.\n\nBut the jury rejected this and found him guilty of murdering Alex by a majority of 10 to two.\n\nAs the verdict was returned, Mason appeared to be crying in the dock.\n\nMembers of Alex's family were also in tears. In a statement, they said they had \"never come across a more selfish, cold and calculating person\" as Mason.\n\n\"Mason has attempted to blame Alex and discredit his name throughout this trial and thankfully the jury were able to see through his web of deceit,\" they said.\n\nSpeaking outside the court, Alex's father Adam Rodda said the trial had been \"very difficult\" for the family and they were relieved Mason had been found guilty of murder.\n\n\"We wouldn't have accepted anything else, we would have been distraught if any other verdict had been given. We prayed and we are obviously delighted that justice has been done,\" he said.\n\nAlex Rodda was killed in woodland in Cheshire\n\nOn the evening of 12 December, Mason said he had picked Alex up from his home and drove him to a remote area of woodland where he told him he could not afford to give him any more money.\n\nThe agricultural engineering student, who was the son of a farmer, told the court he had taken the wrench with him to \"scare him\".\n\nHe claimed that, once in the woods, Alex had threatened to ruin his life \"financially or socially\" and pushed him to the floor, grabbing the wrench and hitting Mason with it.\n\nMason said he managed to get the wrench from Alex and recalled hitting him with it twice, although the court heard evidence of further blows.\n\nAlex, a pupil at Holmes Chapel High School, was struck at least 15 times to the head and his body was found by refuse collectors the next morning.\n\nEvidence showed Alex had been struck at least 15 times with the wrench\n\nThe jury heard Mason had paid Alex more than £2,000 to stop him reporting their \"intimate sexual relationship\".\n\nIn the month before the murder, Alex contacted Mason's girlfriend to tell her that her boyfriend had been messaging him \"in a flirty way\" and had sent an explicit photo and video.\n\nMason denied the claim but began making payments to the 15-year-old's bank account.\n\nBy the time of Alex's death, Mason had transferred more than £2,200 and was asking friends and family to borrow money, the court was told.\n\nGiving evidence, Mason, who lived with his family on a farm near Knutsford, admitted having sex with Alex but said he thought it was \"wrong\".\n\nHe told the court he did not believe his friends would accept him if he was gay or bisexual.\n\nIn the week before Alex's death, Mason made internet searches for phrases including \"what would happen if you kicked someone down the stairs\", \"everyday poison\" and \"the mysteries of Cheshire unsolved deaths of missing people\".\n\nBut he told the court he had been searching the terms because he was suicidal.\n\nAlex's body was found in woodland by refuse collectors\n\nAfter killing Alex, Mason had a drink with friends in the Red Lion pub in Pickmere and The Golden Pheasant pub in Plumley, Cheshire Police said.\n\nHe later returned to the woods and the prosecution believe he dragged Alex's body to the side of the road and attempted to put him inside his car.\n\nAfter failing to do this, he drove away. But a witness had taken a photo of his Renault Clio car parked on the track and reported this to police.\n\nMason was identified as the owner and arrested the next day.\n\nPolice said Mason had dried blood on his hands and there was a bin bag in his boot with a blood-stained fleece, the wrench and Alex's jacket in it.\n\nDet Insp Nigel Reid said: \"Mason had murder on his mind as he drove Alex to his death under the pretence of sexual activity.\n\n\"He chose a secluded place to kill him in cold blood, a place he believed he would go unseen and his crime undetected.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The coronavirus vaccine rollout is a national challenge requiring an unprecedented effort - involving the armed forces - Boris Johnson says.\n\nThe PM confirmed almost 1.5 million people in the UK have now received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine.\n\nMore than 1,000 GP-led sites in England will be able to offer a total of \"hundreds of thousands\" of jabs each day by 15 January, he said.\n\nThe Army will use \"battle preparation techniques\" to help achieve that goal.\n\nIt came as a further 1,162 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were reported on Thursday - the second consecutive day of more than 1,000 recorded fatalities - and 52,618 new cases.\n\nAnd as Simon Stevens, head of the NHS in England, warned 10,000 patients with Covid had been admitted to hospital since Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking at a Downing Street news conference, Mr Johnson said there would likely be \"lumpiness and bumpiness\" in the rollout of vaccines.\n\nHe said: \"Let's be clear, this is a national challenge on a scale like nothing we've seen before and it will require an unprecedented national effort.\n\n\"Of course, there will be difficulties, appointments will be changed but... the Army is working hand in glove with the NHS and local councils to set up our vaccine network and using battle preparation techniques to help us keep up the pace.\"\n\nAlongside GPs, there will be 223 hospital sites and seven \"giant vaccination centres\" - as well as an initial 200 community pharmacies - offering jabs, Mr Johnson said.\n\nEveryone will have a vaccination centre within 10 miles of their home, he added, with a \"full vaccination deployment plan\" to be published on Monday.\n\nHe also said there would be a national booking system for vaccinations - but did not give any more details.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brigadier Phil Prosser said his task was to ensure everyone in England had equal access to the vaccine\n\nBrigadier Phil Prosser, commander of military support to the vaccine delivery programme, told the news conference his team was \"embedded\" with the NHS.\n\nHe said his \"day job\" is to deliver combat supplies to UK forces in time of war, \"at speed in the most arduous and challenging conditions\".\n\nThe government has set a target to offer vaccination slots to 15 million in the top four priority groups - including all over-80s - by 15 February.\n\nAnd Mr Johnson said that, with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine available, he could pledge one of those groups - care home residents - would all receive their jab by the end of January.\n\nThe widespread rollout of the vaccine has begun in earnest with the first doses delivered during the day to family doctors for distribution.\n\nBut there were concerns from some GPs over supplies, as Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the levels of vaccine supply was the \"rate-limiting\" factor as jabs would be delivered as quickly as stock is available.\n\nIt comes as some hospitals in England are at risk of becoming Covid-only sites, with rising admissions for the virus forcing trusts to cut back on other services.\n\nThe latest NHS statistics also show that there were 30,370 patients with Covid in UK hospitals on Tuesday, a much higher figure than the first peak in the spring of 2020.\n\nHospital leaders have warned medics are becoming increasingly stretched with \"untrained staff\" used to fill gaps.\n\nAt 20:00 GMT, people in some streets stepped out onto doorsteps to clap for the heroes of the pandemic, following a weekly initiative which gained popularity during the UK's first lockdown.\n\nHowever, Thursday's clap for heroes was more muted than those seen last year, perhaps reflecting criticism the initiative had become politicised.\n\nLots of detail has been given about how the NHS - working hand-in-hand with the military - will be able to deliver the vaccines.\n\nThere will be more local vaccination centres, hospital hubs and even mass vaccination at sports stadiums.\n\nThousands of extra vaccinators have already been trained - and thousands more are waiting in the wings.\n\nBut the biggest hurdle the UK faces is vaccine supply.\n\nIf it is not available, it cannot be put in arms no matter how good the vaccination network is.\n\nIn the long-term, supply is not likely to be a problem - but in the coming weeks it could be tight.\n\nThere is enough vaccine in the country to offer all those at highest risk a jab by mid-February.\n\nBut it is not yet all ready for the NHS to use, either because the final safety checks have not been done or the vaccine has not been put into vials.\n\nThe former depends on lab work by the medicines regulator, while the latter is the job of a plant in Wrexham.\n\nEach stage takes some time. The target is achievable, but a lot has to go right.\n\nSir Simon Stevens said there were 50% more coronavirus patients in England's hospitals now compared to the peak last April, affecting every region across the country.\n\nHe said: \"That number is accelerating very, very rapidly... the pressures are real and they are growing.\"\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the Belfast Health Trust has said it has no other option but to cancel all of its urgent cancer surgery amid \"highly significant\" demand for bed space.\n\nThe cancelled operations will affect those patients for whom surgery could impact recovery and even survival, the trust said.\n\nBoris Johnson said all parts of government would be throwing everything at the vaccination effort \"round the clock\"\n\nIn one positive development for hospitals, two more life-saving drugs that can cut deaths by a quarter in patients who are sickest with Covid have been cleared for widespread use, with immediate effect.\n\nThe anti-inflammatory medications, given via a drip, save an extra life for every 12 treated, researchers said, following NHS trials.\n\nElsewhere, the UK has implemented restrictions on travellers to England from countries near South Africa to stop the spread of the South African Covid variant.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson and Sir Simon were asked about persistent social media claims that coronavirus does not exist - and that reports of packed hospital wards of people being treated are just a myth.\n\nSir Simon said that such misinformation was an \"insult\" to hard-working critical care staff.\n\n\"There is nothing more demoralising than having that kind of nonsense spouted when it is most obviously untrue,\" he said.", "Sarah Bingham said she is a match donor for her daughter Ariel and eldest son Noah (far right)\n\nA mother with two children who need kidney transplants said she wishes she could help both of them, but can only donate one organ.\n\nSarah Bingham's son Noah, 20, and daughter Ariel, 16, have the same rare genetic condition.\n\nMrs Bingham, 48, is a donor match for her children and said her maternal instinct is to donate to both of them.\n\nBut her organ was always due to go to her daughter and two family friends are matches for her son.\n\nHer husband Darryl, 49, is not a match, so cannot be a donor for their children.\n\nBoth Noah and Ariel have nephronophthisis, which causes inflammation and scarring to the kidneys.\n\nMrs Bingham, of Hexham, Northumberland, said although her son is \"very poorly\", he undergoes regular dialysis and is in a stable condition.\n\nHer daughter's kidney function \"has been deteriorating more in the last year\" and she will probably need a transplant first.\n\nMrs Bingham said: \"I was all set to give a kidney to my daughter and then my son went into renal failure and he also needs a kidney. Obviously, I've only got one that I can donate.\n\n\"The renal teams don't push you [to make a decision], because you're putting yourself on the line to donate a kidney.\n\n\"You have to make that call yourself, but obviously as a mum when you've got two children who both need kidney transplants and you've expected to give your kidney to one, and suddenly the other one needs one as well, you feel this dilemma.\"\n\nNoah Bingham is in a stable condition thanks to regular kidney dialysis\n\nProblems began in 2016 when Ariel started to feel constantly tired.\n\nHer fatigue was initially put down to exam stress, but tests at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary found she had the kidney condition.\n\nMrs Bingham was told she would be a suitable donor for Ariel when the time came.\n\nThen, in 2019, Noah became ill and was diagnosed with the same condition.\n\nHe is stable, but would need to put on weight to undergo a transplant.\n\nThe couple have another son Casper, 12, who is being tested to see if he also has the condition.\n\nDarryl Bingham is not a suitable match for his two eldest children\n\nProf John Sayer, a kidney specialist at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital who is treating Noah, said nephronophthisis affects about one in 100,000 people.\n\n\"There's clearly a dilemma because there's a shortage of donors for patients needing kidney transplants.\n\n\"But kidney failure itself is not rare. There are 4,500 people across the country waiting for a transplant.\"\n\nHe added patients often face a \"gruelling and terrifying\" wait of about three years for a donor organ.\n\nIn December, Mr Bingham completed the challenge of walking 12,000 steps every day for 12 days to raise money for Kidney Research UK, which has supported the family.\n\nMrs Bingham said that if Ariel's condition was to deteriorate first she would get her kidney\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some supermarkets faced issues over the festive period due to ports disruption\n\nThe UK meat industry has called for the early vaccination of workers to keep food supplies running smoothly during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt warned that absences during the pandemic, coupled with disruption at ports, could hit food supply chains.\n\nAn early vaccination call for supermarket staff was also made by the boss of Sainsbury's on Thursday.\n\nThe government said the food industry remains \"well-prepared\" to make sure people have the food they need.\n\nThe British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said coronavirus and disruption at ports due to new systems brought in after the Brexit transition period were \"a severe challenge to the industry and to the smooth running of the nation's food supply chain\".\n\nIt argued frontline workers in meat factories should get early vaccinations due to the risk of a rapid spread of the new strains of the virus among key workers.\n\nThe government has set out who will get vaccinated first, which starts with care home residents and the oldest and most vulnerable people.\n\nBut Nick Allen, chief executive of the BMPA, said it would be logical to also prioritise key workers in the food industry.\n\n\"As the new coronavirus variant takes hold across the whole of the UK, we are hearing widespread reports of rapidly rising absences in the food supply chain,\" he said.\n\nSome firms supplying supermarkets \"are seeing a tripling of staff having to take time off work through illness or enforced self-isolation\", he added.\n\nPressures on staff during the lockdown include illness, having to self-isolate, and childcare while some schools are closed under England's lockdown.\n\nDue to the specialised nature of meat production, if even a few key factory personnel such as the foreman or managers are absent, production can stop, Mr Allen said.\n\nEarly vaccinations should not be restricted to the meat industry, according to Mr Allen. All key workers in the food industry should get early vaccinations, he said.\n\nEven supermarkets themselves are having problems with absences, he suggested.\n\n\"The key food supply chains ought to be prioritised,\" he said. \"All food industry key workers should be prioritised [for vaccination]\".\n\nThe government is advised on vaccinations by a group of experts called the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).\n\nProfessor Wei Shen Lim, Covid-19 Chair for the JCVI, said the committee's advice on vaccine prioritisation \"was developed with the aim of preventing as many deaths as possible.\"\n\n\"As the single greatest risk of death from Covid-19 is older age, prioritisation is primarily based on age,\" he said.\n\n\"It is estimated that vaccinating everyone in the priority groups would prevent 99% of deaths, including those associated with occupational exposure to infection,\" the professor added.\n\nSainsbury's boss Simon Roberts also called for early vaccinations for key workers on Thursday.\n\n\"My view is that priority has to be given to those that need it first,\" he said. \"Those on the frontline should be part of that as and when capacity becomes available.\"\n\nAbsence rates for Sainsbury's staff are lower than at the peak of the crisis, but are rising, and have stepped up in the last few days, he said.\n\nThe Sainsbury's absence rate is currently 8%. The business has 172,000 employees.\n\nAsda said that it had seen an increase in employees self-isolating and shielding in line with the rising UK infection rate.\n\nHowever, it said that absence rates were still lower than at the peak of the pandemic.\n\n\"We are taking proactive steps to manage colleague absences by retaining temporary colleagues hired over the Christmas period and are bringing in additional temporary colleagues in those stores that need them the most,\" and Asda spokesman said.\n\nTesco has asked clinically vulnerable staff to stay at home.\n\nMorrisons, meanwhile, is also seeing more absences, but the rate is still more than half that of the peak of the pandemic. It is also a bigger business having taken on 26,000 extra staff during the crisis.\n\nAndrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the British Retail Consortium said: \"While absence rates are currently rising, retailers are closely monitoring the situation in stores and distribution centres and supply chains continue to run smoothly.\n\nA spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs said: \"As we have seen in recent months, the UK has a large, diverse and highly resilient food supply chain.\n\n\"We continue to closely monitor the situation and are working closely with the food industry on the workforce and absence related challenges presented by the pandemic.\"\n\nThey added that the food industry remains \"well-prepared\" to make sure people across the country have the food they need.\n\nUK ports have seen disruption due to the effects of coronavirus on trade and new systems brought in after the Brexit transition period.\n\nMr Roberts of Sainsbury's said that, so far, the flow of goods from Europe is in decent shape, but there had been some problems in sending food to Northern Ireland.There is still some backlog in general merchandising, he added.\n\nHowever, Scottish seafood exporters warned on Thursday that they had been hit by the \"perfect storm of Brexit disruption\".\n\n\"Weakened by Covid-19, and the closure of the French border before Christmas, the end of the Brexit transition period has unleashed layer upon layer of administrative problems, resulting in queues, border refusals and utter confusion,\" said Donna Fordyce, chief executive of Seafood Scotland.\n\nShe said IT problems in France meant consignments were diverted from Boulogne-sur-Mer to Dunkirk, \"which was unprepared as it wasn't supposed to be at the export frontline.\"\n\nThere have also been IT issues on the UK side with HMRC, she added.\n\n\"These businesses are not transporting toilet rolls or widgets,\" she said. \"They are exporting the highest quality, perishable seafood which has a finite window to get to markets in peak condition. If the window closes these consignments go to landfill.\"\n\nThe National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations also warned of delays to fish exports due to \"a brick wall of bureaucracy\".", "Lorry drivers crossing the Channel will continue to need a recent negative Covid test result \"until further notice\", the UK government has said.\n\nHauliers have been required to prove they have tested negative since the border with France reopened last month.\n\nThe decision to continue testing comes from the French government, the Department for Transport said.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps urged \"all hauliers to get tested before getting to the border\".\n\nThe decision comes as the introduction of new trading rules between the UK and European Union prompts disruption for some businesses and hauliers.\n\nMr Shapps said the government was \"offering support to businesses to set-up testing facilities at their own premises, assisting the smooth passage of trucks and good across the border, as well as setting up testing at information and advice sites around the country\".\n\nDrivers and crew of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), drivers of large goods vehicles (LGVs) and van drivers are advised to obtain a negative test before arriving in Kent or at other Channel crossing points.\n\nThere are now 34 testing sites for hauliers situated in key \"stopping spots\" across the UK, with further sites being set up, the DfT said.\n\nTests must be authorised and taken 72 hours before entry into France.\n\nIn addition to a negative Covid test result, some hauliers require a new 24-hour permit to enter Kent since the introduction of the new UK-EU rules.\n\nFrance reported 21,703 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, while the UK reported 52,618.\n\nLast month, the border crisis saw France refuse arrivals from the UK for 48 hours between 20 and 22 December due to a new virus variant initially discovered in Kent.\n\nPassenger ferries and lorry freight bound for France were suspended from Dover, Portsmouth and Newhaven.\n\nAn emergency procedure devised as part of post-Brexit preparations allowed lorries to be \"stacked\" - leaving thousands of foreign drivers stranded throughout southern England.", "Last updated on .From the section Aston Villa\n\nAston Villa are preparing to field a team of youngsters in Friday's FA Cup third-round tie at home to Liverpool after a \"significant\" Covid-19 outbreak at the club.\n\nA final decision on whether the game will take place at all will be made on Friday.\n\nVilla manager Dean Smith, his coaching staff and the rest of the club's first-team squad will not be involved after the outbreak forced the closure of the club's Bodymoor Heath training headquarters on Thursday.\n\nThe club is in discussions with the Football Association and want to fulfil the fixture (kick-off 19:45 GMT) but final confirmation on whether the tie is played is still on hold pending the results of further testing on the young players who are now being considered for selection.\n\nMark Delaney, Villa's under-23 coach, is scheduled to take charge in the absence of Smith and his backroom staff. He will be accompanied by a doctor, physiotherapist and kit staff.\n\nThe game was thrown into doubt when Villa confirmed the shutdown of the training ground after \"a large number of first-team players and staff\" returned positive Covid-19 results after being tested on Monday.\n\nThose affected went into isolation and a second round of tests was carried out immediately, which produced more positive results on Thursday.\n\nVilla are keen to play the game against Jurgen Klopp's Premier League champions, who they thrashed 7-2 earlier this season. Manager Smith had planned to rest several stars for the game but the Covid-19 outbreak has thrown the club's plans into chaos.\n\nThey will now be hoping the additional Covid-19 testing returns a clean bill of health with Villa liaising closely with the FA in the hope of getting the game played on Friday night.\n\nThe meeting between in-form Villa and Liverpool is one of the most attractive ties of the third round, even if both managers were set to field unfamiliar line-ups.\n\nIt also remains to be seen whether Villa's scheduled Premier League home game against Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park on Wednesday goes ahead.\n• None What sport has been hit by Covid-19 this weekend?\n\nElswhere, Southampton's FA Cup third-round game against Shrewsbury on Sunday was called off on Thursday after a significant number of Shrews players and staff tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nWayne Rooney and Derby's first-team squad will miss their FA Cup tie at Chorley on Saturday following a Covid-19 outbreak which closed their training ground on Monday.\n\nThe Rams' team for the game at Victory Park will be made up of under-23 and under-18 players.\n\nVilla will be doing all they can to ensure Friday's tie goes ahead but the Covid-19 outbreak could also have Premier League ramifications.\n\nVilla are scheduled to face fourth-placed Spurs at Villa Park on Wednesday and they currently stand only three points behind Jose Mourinho's team.\n\nThere must now be question marks over whether that game will take place.\n\nIf the game is off it will only add to the fixture congestion both clubs are likely to face in an already crowded calendar this season.\n\nVilla, even though they planned to leave out several established first-team players against Liverpool, still had high FA Cup ambitions and would have wanted to maintain the momentum that has given them such an impressive start to the season after only surviving in the top flight on the final day of last season.\n\nThey will hope the latest testing brings no further complications in the FA Cup context - then attention will turn to what has the potential to be a hugely significant game on Wednesday.\n• Stream eight live FA Cup third-round games this weekend on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app. Find out more here.", "GPs in England are receiving doses of the Oxford Covid jab as medics warn about overstretched hospitals.\n\nThe rollout of the Oxford vaccine is part of the NHS's biggest-ever effort and aims to offer jabs to 13 million by mid-February - including all over-80s.\n\nBirmingham's NHS said there are enough supplies with more to come as politicians warned doses may run out.\n\nSome hospitals in England are at risk of becoming Covid-only sites, with rising admissions for the virus forcing trusts to cut back on other services.\n\nAnd hospital leaders have warned medics are becoming increasingly stretched with \"untrained staff\" used to fill gaps.\n\nIt came as a further 1,162 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were reported on Thursday - the second consecutive day of more than 1,000 recorded fatalities - and 52,618 new cases.\n\nThe latest NHS statistics also show that there were 30,370 patients with Covid in UK hospitals on Tuesday.\n\nThe rollout of the Oxford vaccine to GPs will help increase vaccinations among the top four priority groups who are first in line to receive doses.\n\nThe Department of Health said 1.3 million people in the UK, including almost a quarter of those aged over 80 in England, have received at least one dose so far.\n\nWriting to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, the Birmingham political leaders criticised communication around the vaccination programme in the city.\n\n\"We acknowledge that the vaccination rollout is in its early days, but we have also learned today that Birmingham has not yet been supplied with any AstraZeneca stock, while current Pfizer stocks are scheduled to run out on Friday this week with currently no clarity on when further supplies will arrive.\"\n\nThey added \"it remains unclear who is responsible for overseeing the vaccination programme in Birmingham, and whom we should hold accountable for progress and delivery\".\n\nThe letter is signed by Labour leader of Birmingham City Council, Ian Ward; Liam Byrne MP, Labour's candidate for the West Midlands mayor, and by Conservative MP and ex-minister Andrew Mitchell.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Liam Byrne This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut NHS Birmingham and Solihull told the BBC: \"Thousands of people in Birmingham and Solihull have already been vaccinated and this continues at pace.\n\n\"We have sufficient supplies and more will be coming.\"\n\nWest Midlands mayor Andy Street said he has been assured supplies of the Oxford vaccine will be delivered to Birmingham on Friday.\n\nElsewhere, Gillian McLauchlan, deputy director of public health at Salford Council, described \"teething\" issues with the vaccine rollout there.\n\nShe told councillors at a local scrutiny committee: \"We have no control over vaccine supplies. We are told literally two days in advance 'your next lot of vaccines are coming'.\"\n\nEngland's vaccination programme is described as the biggest in NHS history, with an aim to offer jabs to most care home residents by the end of January and the most vulnerable by mid-February.\n\nOfficials leading the vaccination programme are adamant rollout is going to plan - and are cautioning against judging performance too early.\n\nOf course, there will be teething problems, but the fact remains the UK has vaccinated more per head of population than any other country apart from Israel and Bahrain.\n\nWhile rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine started on Monday, it was actually only being used at the hospital hubs up to Thursday.\n\nDeliveries are now being made to hundreds of local vaccination centres. There are 17 in the Birmingham region so they should start to receive doses imminently.\n\nThat should mean there is a vaccine available if they do run out of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.\n\nAlthough disruption to the rollout of the programme in the city may still happen as local centres are warning they cannot book patients in until they know they have stock available.\n\nBut the fact the city's leaders felt compelled to write to the health secretary to warn about this is an illustration of the pressure in the system at the moment.\n\nGiven the high level of infections and current lockdown, there is a desperation in all quarters to get the most at-risk vaccinated as quickly as possible.\n\nAnd until the nation sees that translate into significant numbers of people getting vaccinated - 2 million a week is the goal - people will remain on edge.\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was approved for emergency use on 2 December but requires specialist storage unsuitable for most GP practices, with doses largely delivered in hospitals.\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca jab was approved on 30 December and does not require specialist storage. It was first rolled out on Monday to hospitals and to GPs in England from Thursday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One medical centre in London is now vaccinating almost 1,000 people a week\n\nMr Hancock visited a GP surgery in London to promote the roll out earlier - but staff there said delivery of the Oxford vaccine had been delayed.\n\nThe health secretary said he was \"delighted\" care home residents would begin receiving their first Oxford jabs from GPs this week.\n\n\"This will ensure the most vulnerable are protected and will save tens of thousands of lives,\" he said.\n\nGP Ammara Hughes, a partner at Bloomsbury Surgery, told broadcasters its first delivery of the Oxford jab had been pushed back 24 hours to Thursday.\n\nShe said: \"It's just more frustrating than a concern because we've got the capacity to vaccinate. And if we had a regular supply - we do have the capacity to vaccinate three to four thousand patients a week.\"\n\nMr Hancock described supply of vaccine as a \"rate-limiting\" step.\n\nHe said: \"For the first three days with the Oxford vaccine we did it in hospitals to check that it was working well and it's working well so now we can make sure that it gets to all those GP surgeries that like this one can do all the vaccinations that are needed.\n\n\"The rate-limiting step is the supply of vaccine. We're working with the companies - both Pfizer and AstraZeneca - to increase the supply.\"\n\nMore than 700 local vaccination sites will administer jabs, with the government announcing a further seven mass vaccination sites across England.\n\nAnother 180 GP-led sites, 100 new hospital sites and a pilot scheme involving local pharmacies will open this week.\n\nMeanwhile, nearly 19,981 second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab - which was the first to be approved for emergency use in the UK last month - were administered between 29 December and 3 January, NHS England said.\n\nIt came as Rupert Pearse, professor of intensive care medicine and a consultant at the Royal London, said his own intensive care staff are having to care for far more sick patients.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme there would usually be a ratio of one fully-trained intensive care nurse for each patient in a unit but staff are becoming increasingly stretched.\n\n\"Right now we are diluting down to one [intensive care] nurse to three [patients] and filling those gaps with untrained staff and in some instances doctors helping nurses deliver their care... and we're even facing diluting that further to one in four,\" he said.\n\nAll of the UK is now under strict virus curbs, with Wales, Northern Ireland and most of Scotland also in lockdown, and vaccinations are progressing across the devolved nations.", "Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has reported a bumper Christmas, with sales up 9.3% for the festive trading period.\n\nMore customers bought their food online than ever before, it said.\n\nIn the 10 days leading up to Christmas, it delivered 1.1 million online orders, twice last year's number.\n\n\"Many customers had to change their Christmas plans at the last minute and we sold smaller turkeys and more lamb and beef than normal,\" said chief executive Simon Roberts.\n\nSainsbury's Christmas trading period covered the nine weeks from 1 November 2020 to 2 January 2021.\n\nFor the 15 weeks to 2 January, like-for-like sales, which strip out the impact of new store openings, were up 8.6%.\n\n\"We now expect, after forgoing business rates relief of £410m, to report underlying profit before tax of at least £330m in the financial year to March 2021,\" the supermarket said.\n\nThat is down from the previous year's figure of £586m.\n\nSainsbury's has delivered bumper festive sales. It's invested heavily in boosting online capacity to keep up with the soaring demand.\n\nSupermarkets have struggled to make money from doing online deliveries, but Sainsbury's says its operation has become more efficient and profitability has improved. As volumes have increased, there are more orders in every van delivering to a smaller radius of customers.\n\nClick-and-collect is a lot cheaper to do than home deliveries. And this accounted for about a quarter of online sales in the final week.\n\nArgos generated more than half its sales from online well before the pandemic. More than 300 Argos counters are now inside Sainsbury's supermarkets, making it easy for people to pick up goods and gifts. Its fast-track delivery service can deliver to customers' homes and collection points within hours and this has seen growth of 62%.\n\nThis is a business that's been well placed to benefit from the huge shift to digital this Christmas.\n\nChristmas and New Year celebrations were constrained by coronavirus restrictions, which limited the number of people and households allowed to meet up.\n\nSainsbury's said that while people had smaller gatherings, they still treated themselves, with sales of the supermarket's premium Taste the Difference range up 11%.\n\nPremium champagne sales were up 52%, it added, echoing similar findings by rival Morrisons.\n\n\"People did more home baking than usual, with mincemeat sales up 24%. Customers still wanted New Year's Eve at home to feel special and we sold a record number of steaks,\" Sainsbury's said.\n\nSales of groceries, general merchandise and clothing were stronger than expected throughout the quarter, particularly since the start of England's second national lockdown, it added.\n\nClothing benefited from better-than-anticipated full-price sales, driven by customers shopping earlier for Christmas and changes to the supermarket's Black Friday trading strategy.\n\nSeparate figures issued by discount retailer B&M indicated that it too had a good Christmas, with like-for-like revenues at its UK stores up 21.1% year-on-year in the 13 weeks to 26 December.\n\n\"With our combination of exceptional value and convenient out-of-town locations, we are confident that our business model will prove highly relevant to the needs of customers in 2021,\" said chief executive Simon Arora.", "Lockdowns have worked before, but can we expect the new one to do the same?\n\nIt feels like we are back in March or April last year, when the strict controls on all our lives led to a fairly quick decline in levels of coronavirus.\n\nBut one of the crucial differences this time is the new variant, which is thought to spread between 50 and 70% faster than previous forms of the virus.\n\nExperts warn there are now no guarantees that lockdown will be enough to bring the variant under control.\n\n\"It still would not have been easy, but it would have been a much easier situation if it had not been for the new variant,\" Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, told Inside Health.\n\n\"That really pushes the bounds of our ability to control the spread of the virus, even with measures that were previously relatively quite effective.\"\n\nThe coronavirus spreads when we come into contact with each other so moving classrooms online, telling people to stay at home and closing shops breaks many of those opportunities for human contact.\n\nIf we consider the R number - the average number of people each infected person passes the virus on to - it was about 3.0 in the run up to the first lockdown and anything above 1.0 means cases are climbing.\n\nR fell to 0.6 during the first lockdown.\n\nThen every 1,000 infected people passed the virus on to 600 others, who passed it on to 360 others and so on.\n\nBut if the new variant is 50% more transmissible then the R number, in the same lockdown conditions, would be about 0.9.\n\nThen 1,000 infected people would pass the virus onto 900 others, then 810 and so on.\n\nAs you can see this leads to far slower decline.\n\nAnd that assumes lockdown can get R down to 0.9 in areas where the new variant has become the most common form of the virus.\n\nIf, as some studies suggest, the variant is about 70% more transmissible then R may stay above 1.0 and cases may not fall at all.\n\n\"We'd at best flatten the curve, keep numbers at a roughly constant level, and that's frankly why there is so much emphasis on getting vaccine into people's arms as quickly as possible,\" said Prof Ferguson.\n\nIt is hard to lock down even harder as there are some parts of society - hospitals, supermarkets - that need to be kept open.\n\nWhat happens to the number of cases over the coming weeks will be closely monitored. If this lockdown is less effective then we will have to live with it for longer.\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs over the Christmas break, which was a bit like a lockdown due to school holidays and other restrictions.\n\n\"We are in a very difficult situation here, but my initial assessment of the last few days is that the rate is slowing which is good news,\" Prof John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nHe added: \"It looks likes those restrictions should be sufficient to stop the increase, whether they will be sufficient to bring cases down sufficiently we are yet to see.\"\n\nEventually the vaccine will give people immunity so we do not need the same controls on our lives.\n\nNow more than ever this is a race between the virus and the vaccine.", "Shijiazhuang authorities have started mass-testing residents following an outbreak in the city\n\nChina has placed 11 million people in the northern city of Shijiazhuang under lockdown after more than 100 new Covid cases were confirmed there.\n\nResidents are banned from leaving the city and schools have also been closed.\n\nMore than 5,000 testing sites have been set up so every resident can be tested.\n\nThe new figures are the highest China has seen in more than five months. The country has been able to contain such outbreaks by immediately taking tough action.\n\nThis has involved consistently using mass testing when new clusters of cases appear, even if they seem relatively small.\n\nHebei province, where Shijiazhuang is located, reported 120 new cases on Thursday and all but one of those infections was in the city. Elsewhere in the country, 22 new cases were confirmed.\n\nThe virus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019 before spiralling into a global pandemic.\n\nThursday's lockdown comes just weeks ahead of Chinese New Year, a time when people in China travel en masse to spend the holiday with their families.\n\nBut residents in the Gaocheng district of Shijiazhuang, considered to be the epicentre of the outbreak, are now not allowed to leave their local area. Other residents are banned from leaving the city.\n\nIn terms of transport, bus travel has been halted and many flights have been cancelled.\n\nResidents have been banned from leaving the city\n\nIn a sign of just how seriously the authorities see the situation, even the postal service in and out of Shijiazhuang has been suspended for three days. And the restrictions are being tightly enforced - police were photographed in protective hazmat suits guarding the entrance to an expressway.\n\nThree officials in Shijiazhuang's Gaocheng district have been punished for \"negligence\", according to the state-run China Daily newspaper.\n\n\"Villages should identify, report, isolate and treat cases as early as possible, so as to cut off the transmission,\" Wu Hao, a national health official, was quoted as saying.\n\nFive hospitals in Shijiazhuang have been cleared for Covid-19 patients, with three others standing by, the city's Vice-Mayor Meng Xianghong said.\n\nThursday's lockdown comes just weeks ahead of Chinese New Year - a time when families gather\n\nIt is not the first time China has locked down a city in response to a cluster of cases since the outbreak in Wuhan.\n\nIn October, all nine million residents of the Chinese city of Qingdao were tested in five days after a dozen cases were confirmed. The cases were linked to a hospital treating coronavirus patients arriving from abroad.\n\nThe same month, authorities in Kashgar, in Xinjiang, tested around 4.7m people after an outbreak there.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Many businesses in Beijing say that customers are still staying away", "The star thanked fans for their messages of support\n\nThe Wanted's Tom Parker has told fans he is \"responding well\" to treatment for his brain tumour.\n\nThe singer praised the NHS as he wrote on Instagram: \"Significant reduction: These are the words I received today and I can't stop saying them over and over again.\"\n\nSharing a picture with his wife Kelsey Hardwick and their two children, he added: \"Today is a good day.\"\n\nThe 32-year-old was found to have an inoperable brain tumour last year.\n\nThe diagnosis came after he suffered two seizures last summer. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, his wife was not allowed in the hospital during three days of tests and he received the news alone.\n\nAt the time he vowed to fight the cancer \"all the way\". Two weeks later he became a father for the second time after Hardwick gave birth to a baby boy.\n\nThe singer shared a photo of his young family alongside the latest update on his health\n\nSharing an update on his condition on Thursday, Parker said: \"I had an MRI scan on Tuesday and my results today were a significant reduction to the tumour and I am responding well to treatment.\n\n\"I can't thank our wonderful NHS enough,\" he continued. \"You're all having a tough time out there but we appreciate the work you are all doing on the front line.\"\n\nThe star also thanked his wife, calling her \"my rock\", and thanked fans for their support. \"Your love, light and positivity have inspired me,\" he wrote. \"Every message has not been unnoticed they have given me so much strength.\"\n\nParker achieved fame in the early 2010s as part of The Wanted, reaching number one with the singles All Time Low and Glad You Came.\n\nSince the band went on hiatus in 2014, he has played Danny Zuko in a touring production of Grease and reached the semi-finals of Celebrity Masterchef.\n\nHe married Hardwick, an actress, in 2018. As well as Bodhi, the couple have an 18-month-old daughter.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Just when the hospitality sector thought things couldn't get any worse, it has been hit by another lockdown.\n\nLast year's rolling closures forced Martin Wolstencroft to borrow £4m just to ensure the survival of Arc Inspirations, a bar chain with 17 venues across the north of England that he has spent the last two decades building into a successful business.\n\nAnd the latest lockdown has forced Mr Wolstencroft to ask his bank to lend him another £1m.\n\nHe is far from alone. UK Hospitality says the closure of pubs, restaurants and hotels is costing business owners such as Mr Wolstencroft a total of £500m a month, even allowing for any government support. And that has led to a huge rise in debt.\n\n\"The money that we are borrowing is really just to stand still,\" Mr Wolstencroft said.\n\n\"We'll be coming out of this in a far worse position with far greater debt and it totally reduces our ability to grow our business for the future.\n\n\"And all of this has been brought about through no fault of our own.\"\n\nHe reckons the debt he has taken on so far will take the business six years to pay back, which leaves him facing some difficult decisions.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a package of grants worth up to £3,000 a month per property to keep retail, hospitality and leisure businesses afloat until the spring.\n\nBut Mr Wolstencroft, who pays rents of more than £16,000 a month on some of his bars, described the grants as a \"mere drop in the ocean\".\n\nThe effect of taking on huge debts with no prospect of reopening soon is a major threat to millions working in the hospitality sector.\n\nMore than 1,600 restaurants closed last year, costing 30,000 jobs, says property adviser Altus.\n\nWhen bars, hotels and other hospitality businesses are included, almost 300,000 jobs were lost last year as a result of the pandemic, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.\n\nAnd that figure is expected to more than double in the first three months of this year alone.\n\nKate Nicholls, the boss of UK Hospitality, predicts the total will hit 660,000 by the end of March.\n\nUK Hospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls is calling for further support for the industry\n\n\"The longer that these restrictions are in place, the more rapidly businesses will simply run out of cash and be unable to to remain open,\" she said.\n\nA survey of the trade body's members revealed that 80% of businesses did not have enough cash to make it through to April. \"It's going to be unbelievably brutal in the first quarter,\" Ms Nicholls said.\n\nThe latest lockdown follows a bruising Christmas period for the hospitality sector, which typically depends on a busy December to tide it over during January, traditionally a quiet month for pubs and restaurants.\n\n\"It's obviously very worrying for our industry,\" says Tim Hughes, who runs the Plough pub at Sleapshyde in Hertfordshire.\n\n\"They have banned takeaway sales of alcohol from pubs, but off-licences and supermarkets can carry on selling it,\" he said.\n\nBetween them, Mr Hughes, his brother and his father run three pubs in the St Albans area. They have already borrowed £350,000 and Mr Hughes says the latest lockdown will force them to take on even more debt just to survive.\n\nMonthly fixed costs at each of the pubs run to £9,500 and only one of their venues qualifies for the full £3,000 grant, so Mr Hughes says the Treasury's support \"doesn't touch the sides\".\n\nIt's the fourth time Mr Hughes has been forced to close the doors to the Plough - and each time it has cost him about £5,000.\n\nThis time, he also had to give away £4,000 worth of jumbo pork, vegetarian and vegan Bavarian bratwursts, bought to give 2,000 customers a substantial meal in the pub's \"winter garden\" during the festive period.\n\nThat was before an unexpected decision to put St Albans into tier three forced him to close the pub. He cancelled those bookings and refunded customers their £16,000.\n\nThe Plough's \"winter garden\", which was booked up for the Christmas period, stands empty\n\nRalph Findlay, the boss of Marston's, which has 1,700 pubs across the country and employs 14,000 people, said some pubs that had been forced to close their doors because of the lockdown would never reopen.\n\nHalf of Marston's employees are under 25, he said. \"I really worry about the impact of this on their employment prospects in places where it's very difficult to find employment.\"\n\nHe has called for pubs to be given more time before they are required to pay business rates again, which will leave pubs facing an £800m bill as soon as the current rates holiday expires in March, according to the British Beer & Pub Association.\n\nThat would force landlords, including Mr Hughes, to foot a bill that works out at £25,000 a pub.\n\n\"We are kidding ourselves if we think that more debt upon more debt is going to be sustainable,\" said Stephen Welton, executive chairman of the Business Growth Fund.\n\n\"Past recessions have shown very clearly that it's coming out of a recession - when companies are short of working capital - that they fall over.\"\n\nFor Mr Hughes at the Plough, he is looking for all the support he can get to avoid being put into a \"bigger black hole\".\n\nA Treasury spokesman said: \"\"We've taken swift action throughout the pandemic to protect lives and livelihoods.\"\n\nHe said the grant scheme would continue to support businesses and jobs through to the spring.", "Jamie Stiehm is a US political columnist who was in the Capitol building in Washington DC when it was stormed by pro-Trump rioters. Here's what she saw from the press gallery in the House of Representatives.\n\nI had told my sister earlier: \"Something bad is going to happen today. I don't know what, but something bad will happen.\"\n\nOutside the Capitol, I encountered a group of very boisterous supporters of President Donald Trump, all waving flags and pledging their allegiance to him. There was a sense that trouble was brewing.\n\nI went inside to the House of Representatives and up into the press gallery, where we were assigned seats, looking down at the rather sombre gathering. Speaker Nancy Pelosi was holding the gavel, and keeping people to their five-minute statements.\n\nAs we went into the second hour, all of a sudden we heard breaking glass. The air began getting fogged. An announcement from the Capitol Police said, \"An individual has breached the building\". So everyone looked around and then it was business as usual. But after that, the announcements kept coming. And they were getting more and more urgent.\n\nThey announced that the intruders had breached the rotunda, which is under the famed marble dome. The sacred house of democracy was under fire.\n\nMany of us are hardened journalists - I've seen my share of violence covering homicides in Baltimore - but this was very unpredictable. The police didn't seem to know what was happening. They weren't coordinated. They locked the chamber doors but at the same time, they told us we would have to evacuate. So there was a sense of panic.\n\nI was afraid. I'll tell you that. And I've spoken to other journalists who said they were a little ashamed of themselves for feeling afraid.\n\nThere was a sense of \"nobody's in charge here, the Capitol Police have lost control of the building, anything can happen\".\n\nIf you think back to the September 11 attacks in 2001, there was one plane that went down and didn't hit its target. That target was the Capitol. There were echoes of that. I made a call to my family, just to let them know that I was here and it was a dangerous situation.\n\nThere was a shot. We could see there was a standoff in our chamber. Five men were holding guns at the door. It was a frightening sight. Men were looking through a broken glass window and looked like they could shoot at any second.\n\nThankfully there was no gunfire inside the chamber. But for a while there, it felt like it would be a real possibility. Because things were going downhill very fast.\n\nWe had to crawl under railings to get out of the way. I was not dressed to do that. A lot of women were dressed up, wearing heels, because they had come for a formal ritual.\n\nI sheltered in the House cafeteria alongside others. I'm still shaking now.\n\nI have seen a lot as a journalist, but this was something more. This was the collective public sphere being undermined, assaulted, degraded. And I think this was why the Speaker wanted to return and hold the gavel again and go on.\n\nAfterwards I had to decide whether I was going to go back to the chamber too. I decided l probably would, because the message that is sending is: \"You can incite a mob, but we're going to go on\". I think that is a very important political message.", "Asos says it is in \"exclusive\" talks to buy Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands out of administration.\n\nBut the online retailer said it only wanted the brands, not their shops, suggesting any deal would cost jobs.\n\nThe current owner of the brands, Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group, fell into administration last November putting 13,000 jobs at risk.\n\nAsos said it was \"a compelling opportunity\" to buy \"strong brands that resonate well with its customer base\".\n\n\"However, at this stage, there can be no certainty of a transaction and Asos will keep shareholders updated as appropriate,\" it added.\n\nLast week, a consortium including fashion chain Next dropped its bid to buy Topshop and Topman because it could not meet the price tag.\n\nOthers interested in some or all of Arcadia - which also owns Dorothy Perkins and Burton - include Mike Ashley's Frasers Group, a consortium including JD Sports, and the online retailer Boohoo.\n\nIn addition, the Issa brothers, who recently bought supermarket chain Asda, and Chinese fast fashion giant Shein are said to have made bids for Topshop.\n\nAsos has seen strong sales in the pandemic and is already one of the biggest wholesalers for Topshop, Topman, Burton and Miss Selfridge.\n\nAdministrators from Deloitte requested that final bids be submitted last Monday, with the auction expected to conclude at the end of January.\n\nSir Philip Green is under pressure to use his own money to plug an estimated £350m hole in Arcadia's pension fund, which has about 10,000 members.\n\nLast year the retail tycoon had an estimated fortune of £930m, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.\n\nArcadia employed about 13,000 people and had 444 shops at the time of its collapse.", "Boohoo is set to buy the Debenhams brand and website, the BBC understands.\n\nHowever, the fast fashion retailer will not be taking on any of the company's remaining 118 High Street stores or its workforce.\n\nThe announcement could come as early as Monday morning.\n\nThe 242-year-old chain is already in the process of closing down, after administrators failed to secure a rescue deal for the business, with the likely loss of 12,000 jobs.\n\nA closing down sale at 124 Debenhams stores began in December, as administrators continued to seek offers for all, or parts of the business.\n\nIn the last week or so, the company announced that six shops would not reopen after lockdown, including its flagship department store on London's Oxford Street.\n\nBoohoo has already bought a number of High Street brands out of administration. It snapped up Oasis, Coast and Karen Millen, but not the associated stores.\n\nDebenhams has struggled for years with falling profits and rising debts, as more shopping has moved online. It called in administrators twice in two years, most recently in April.\n\nMike Ashley has bought other struggling businesses including House of Fraser and Evans Cycles\n\nHowever, its position became untenable during the coronavirus pandemic as non-essential retailers were forced to close for prolonged periods.\n\nThe firm had already trimmed its store portfolio and cut about 6,500 jobs since May, as it struggled to stay afloat.\n\nBusinessman Mike Ashley, who founded Sports Direct and also owns House of Fraser, had already made an offer for Debenhams after it was initially put up for sale in April.\n\nHowever the takeover offer, thought to be in the region of £125m, was rejected as being too low, leaving JD Sports as the last remaining bidder.\n\nMr Ashley had previously built up a 29% stake in the chain, but saw his £150m holding wiped out in 2019, when the company fell into administration and then ended up in the hands of its lenders - a consortium led by hedge fund Silverpoint.\n\nIn early December, the Frasers Group confirmed that it was working on a possible last minute rescue of Debenhams.\n\nThe announcement came five days after staff were informed and liquidators moved in to Debenhams' stores to start clearing stock, after a potential rescue deal with JD Sports fell through.\n\nBut Frasers said there was \"no certainty\" it could save the chain.\n\nOne of the biggest issues, it said, was the collapse into administration last week of another High Street giant, Arcadia, which is the biggest concession holder in Debenhams department stores.", "More than 26,000 are now in hospital with the virus, according to government data\n\nFrance's top medical adviser said on Sunday that a third national lockdown would probably soon be needed to combat coronavirus in the country.\n\nA strict curfew was implemented last weekend, but cases continue to climb.\n\nProf Jean-Francois Delfraissy, head of the scientific council that advises leaders on Covid-19, said \"there is an emergency\" and this week was critical.\n\nHe called for swift government action, amid rising concerns about the spread of new variants of the coronavirus.\n\nProf Delfraissy said data showed a new more transmissible variant first detected in the UK now makes up between 7-9% of cases in some French regions and will be hard to stop.\n\nHe said the country was in a better situation than others in Europe, but described the new variants as the \"equivalent of a second pandemic\".\n\n\"If we do not tighten regulations, we will find ourselves in an extremely difficult situation from mid-March,\" the advisor warned during an interview with BFM television.\n\nThe French government is expected to meet on Wednesday to decide if further measures are needed.\n\nOfficials have so far resisted implementing a third national lockdown, preferring an overnight curfew system which allows schools to stay open.\n\nBut daily infection numbers are rising - with the seven-day moving average now above 20,000 despite the 18:00 curfew.\n\nFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex previously said restrictions could be imposed \"without delay\" if the situation deteriorated further.\n\nThe country's virus death toll topped 73,000 on Sunday, as the country tightened restrictions on arrivals into the country.\n\nUnder new rules anyone entering from inside the EU by air or ferry must now present a negative Covid-19 test result within 72 hours of travel. Those entering France from the EU by road, including cross-border workers, will not be required to take a test.\n\nPresident of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said last week that all non-essential travel \"must be strongly advised against\" but EU nations have so far agreed to keep borders open.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police in Paris ensure shops close at 6pm as France begins a new curfew to tackle Covid-19", "Ella Lambert had never sewn before but borrowed a friend's machine to learn how to make sanitary pads made from cloth\n\nA student whose \"terrible period pains\" inspired her to start a reusable sanitary pad project has helped 600 refugees get out of \"period poverty\".\n\nElla Lambert, 20, from Chelmsford, Essex, started The Pachamama Project during the first coronavirus lockdown.\n\nShe said she wanted to help women who were unable to buy period products.\n\nNearly 2,500 pads sewn by 150 volunteers have been sent to camps in Greece and Lebanon.\n\nWomen are given four pads each, which are washable and can be reused for about five years, she said.\n\nThe pads are distributed to women in refugee camps\n\nMs Lambert said: \"In March I had terrible period pain, I was being sick, it was awful, and it made me think, I know I'm not the only person going through this.\n\n\"The people I want to help, in these camps, they're experiencing period pain and having to use random tissue paper, cardboard, socks, scraps of material and even leaves - whatever they can get hold of.\"\n\nThe University of Bristol languages student set up her not-for-profit group in March and launched her sanitary product - Pacha Pads - in August, with the help of charities and groups in the two countries to distribute them.\n\nThousands of pads have been made by hundreds of volunteers since August\n\nIt started when she put appeals for material on community groups, she said.\n\nVolunteers from all over the UK came forward to make the products after she developed a pattern, created a guide and explained how to source material for free.\n\nThe products are then sent back to her to be posted abroad, after quality checks.\n\nSome of the sewers came from groups formed to make scrubs for NHS workers during the first lockdown, and who still wanted to be useful, she said.\n\nAlice Corrigan, from The Free Shop of Lebanon, said the project helped with the \"fight against period poverty in Lebanon\"\n\nAlice Corrigan, founder of The Free Shop Lebanon, which hands out the products for free in its shop, said: \"Sustainable menstrual products are very new to many Lebanese and in particular Syrian women.\"\n\nShe added it is not common for them to talk about menstrual activity, so it was important they could be helped to understand its importance and accept it as part of their routine.\n\nKaty Chadwick, technical adviser at the charity ActionAid UK, said: \"For too many women and girls and people who menstruate a lack of access to products impacts on their ability to move freely and to access education and other opportunities.\n\n\"It's encouraging to see new initiatives to support the most marginalised women and girls access sustainable products.\"\n\nAll the sanitary pads are washable so they can be reused for up to about five years\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It is hoped that vaccinating teenagers will allow them to sit exams\n\nIsrael has started vaccinating 16 to 18-year-olds against Covid-19, in an effort to enable them to sit exams.\n\nMore than a quarter of Israel's population of nine million have received at least one dose of the Pfizer vaccine since 19 December, its health ministry says.\n\nIt started with the elderly and others at high risk, but people aged 40 and over can also now get the jab.\n\nIsrael hopes to start reopening its economy in February.\n\nThe inclusion of 16 to 18-year-olds - with parental permission - is meant \"to enable their return (to school) and the orderly holding of exams\", an education ministry spokeswoman said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe matriculation exams that Israeli students sit at the end of high school play an important role in deciding where they will go to university. Their results can also affect their placement in the military, where many young Israelis do compulsory service.\n\nThe education ministry has said it is too early to say whether schools will reopen next month.\n\nIsrael started its rapid vaccination drive - the fastest in the world - on 19 December, reaching 10% of its population by the end of 2020.\n\nIsrael has recorded more than 596,000 cases and 4,392 deaths with Covid-19, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.\n\nOn Sunday, the government said it would ban passenger flights in and out of the country from Monday night for the rest of January, in an effort to halt the spread of new virus variants.\n\n\"Other than rare exceptions, we are closing the sky hermetically to prevent the entry of the virus variants and also to ensure that we progress quickly with our vaccination campaign,\" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.\n\nForeigners have largely been blocked from entering Israel during the pandemic.", "All schools moved to online learning before Christmas, following concerns from unions over the new coronavirus variant\n\n\"Wholesale\" return of pupils to school after February half term is \"unlikely\", Wales' first minister has said.\n\nMark Drakeford said there were \"intermediate positions between where we are today, with very few children in school, and everybody being back\".\n\nPreviously, ministers said schools would stay closed to most until February half term unless Covid cases fell significantly.\n\nThose preparing for qualifications and very young children may return first.\n\nMr Drakeford told a coronavirus briefing on Friday he had recently chaired a meeting of the teaching unions and local education authorities.\n\n\"We all agreed that we would work purposefully together to find ways of bringing more young people back into the classroom,\" he said.\n\n\"Does that mean that we will see a wholesale return of every child in every classroom, every day of the week across Wales? I do think that that is probably unlikely.\n\n\"But there are intermediate positions between where we are today, with very few children in school, and everybody being back.\"\n\nHe said there had been \"practical, creative, imaginative\" proposals put forward which could mean some children being back in the classroom for some of the week.\n\nMinisters previously said schools would stay closed until half term unless Covid cases fell significantly\n\nThese could include \"children preparing for qualifications [and] very young children for whom online learning really isn't a genuine possibility\".\n\n\"I certainly don't rule out making some of those things happen after the February half term, but I do think it's unlikely in the way you said that we would see every child back full-time in every classroom in the way that we would ideally wish to do,\" he added.\n\nAll schools and colleges moved to online learning before Christmas, following concerns from unions over the new coronavirus variant.\n\nThey have remained open for children of critical workers and vulnerable learners, as well as for learners who needed to complete essential exams or assessments.\n\nEarlier this month, when Education Minister Kirsty Williams said schools and colleges would stay closed to most pupils until the February half term, unions welcomed the news, saying the health and safety of pupils and staff \"had to be a priority\".\n\nBut, they added, teachers must now be given the vaccine as a priority, and pupils and staff must be protected before talks about reopening schools could begin.\n\nTeachers are still not on the priority list for immunisation, and have to wait to get the jab dependent on their age and if they have a medical condition.\n\nAt the time, Laura Doel, director of The National Association of Headteachers Cymru, said: \"Any plan that sees school staff return to face-to-face learning should be afforded as much protection as possible against the virus.\n\n\"Once these issues have been addressed, then we can discuss the orderly return to school we all want.\"\n\nOpposition parties have called for clear plans on how schools would return and for support to make sure pupils from poorer backgrounds did not fall behind due to a \"digital divide\".\n\nPlaid Cymru's education spokeswoman Sian Gwenllian said: \"The Welsh Government must plan now for the gradual and safe reopening of schools, putting in place safety measures, and should lay out plans for a vaccination programme for schools staff.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative education spokeswoman Suzy Davies called for the Welsh Government to publish evidence on its reasons for closing schools, bring forward vaccines for teachers, and said money must be made available for all pupils to access laptops for online learning.", "Janice Johnston says doctors who misdiagnosed her \"took so much away from me\"\n\nA care home worker who was wrongly diagnosed with cancer said she thought it was a \"cruel joke\" when she was told doctors had made a mistake and she did not have cancer at all.\n\nMum-of-four Janice Johnston said her \"world crumbled\" when she learned she had a rare form of blood cancer at Kent and Canterbury Hospital in 2017.\n\nShe had 18 months of oral chemotherapy treatment, during which she experienced weight loss, nausea and bone pain, and had to give up her job as an auxiliary nurse.\n\nWhen the treatment did not appear to be working, she says, medics upped the dosage.\n\nIn 2018, she sought alternative treatment at Guy's Hospital in London. It was there a specialist told her she did not have cancer at all but a different condition.\n\nMrs Johnston was awarded £75,950 in damages after East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust admitted liability. Staff at the hospital had failed to do the necessary ultrasound scan and bone marrow biopsy before diagnosing her.\n\nMrs Johnston, 53, said: \"The cancer diagnosis was an absolute shock. They said my life span would be shortened.\n\n\"I was at high risk of a fatal stroke or heart attack and I could drop down at any minute. It was heartbreaking and devastating.\n\n\"It didn't sink in until I saw the haematologist. I was in a room with people having serious chemotherapy who looked incredibly ill. I thought: 'I'm like them'.\"\n\nMrs Johnston says doctors told her she would need chemotherapy for life.\n\nThe side-effects led to her feeling \"wiped out\", her hair thinning, her teeth becoming loose and her gums receding.\n\nShe says occupational health told her that her immune system was jeopardised and she could pick up infections easily. That meant she was forced to resign from her job.\n\n\"Giving up work was horrible,\" Mrs Johnston says.\n\nShe was also worried she would not get to see some of her daughters get married or her grandchildren grow up.\n\nThe trust admitted failing to carry out vital tests before diagnosing Mrs Johnston\n\nAfter searching on the internet to find out more about the blood cancer she was told she had - Polycythaemia vera (PV) - she learned that Guy's Hospital offered a different type of chemotherapy and asked her consultant for an appointment there.\n\nMrs Johnston recalls: \"The specialist at Guy's looked over my blood counts and said: 'I don't think you have blood cancer'.\"\n\nThe doctor told Mrs Johnston she had a different condition called secondary PV which is not cancer.\n\n\"She asked if I'd had a bone marrow test and scan of the spleen to confirm the diagnosis - I hadn't had either. My husband thought it was fantastic but I was angry.\n\n\"I thought it was a cruel joke on me. It didn't sink in. My husband couldn't understand why I wasn't jumping for joy - but it had taken my life.\"\n\nOne of the hardest things to cope with for Mrs Johnston was thinking she had been a \"fraud\".\n\n\"I'd been doing some fundraising to try and have something positive to focus on. Cancer Research UK asked if I'd be guest of honour at a charity run in Margate. I stood on stage in front of 3,000 women saying I had cancer.\n\n\"I'm mortified that people will think I made it up. It has made me feel awful and like I have lied to everyone,\" she said.\n\nMrs Johnston now has severe anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).\n\n\"I still get flashbacks to it,\" she says. \"It was two years of my life. They took so much away from me.\"\n\nShe says she wants to \"raise awareness\" about her experience, and for \"anyone that does get diagnosed with it, to ask questions and learn as much as they can about it and if they feel any doubt, to get a second opinion\".\n\nA spokesperson for East Kent Hospitals said: \"A misdiagnosis of this kind is exceptionally rare and we wholeheartedly apologise to Ms Johnston.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teresa Dalling says a river of orange water rushed through the village on Thursday\n\nFlood victims will not be able to return to their homes until their safety can be assured, a council leader has said.\n\nThe Coal Authority has said initial checks suggested water built up in a mine shaft causing a \"blow out\" that flooded properties in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot.\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated as water rushed through the village on Thursday.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones said it was unlikely residents could return Monday.\n\nHe said underground investigations would begin on Saturday and the work could take two to three days.\n\n\"Safety is the paramount concern for us,\" he said.\n\n\"Because we can't guarantee the site safety - that's the reason why people will remain away from their properties until such time as we can give the all clear.\n\n\"We don't know what the water has done underground.\"\n\nThe fire service said on Saturday morning the pumping operation was \"making good progress\".\n\nMr Jones told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast people may be able to return next week but \"did not want to raise hopes\" it will be Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said the flooding was \"more than likely\" related to old mine workings with six mines known about in area. He said the industry dated back 300 years.\n\nSkewen resident John Thomas returned home from a funeral with wife Lynne on Thursday to find their house had turned into \"a lake\".\n\nHe said: \"The water was around the level of the bottom of the doors so we couldn't go in, so we just had to stand there and watch this orange-coloured water just piling up and up and up.\n\n\"Other people who were evacuated had the chance to move things upstairs, I didn't have a chance to do that because I couldn't get in to it.\"\n\nAt least 80 people had to leave their homes in the village after flooding\n\nLocal MP Stephen Kinnock said affected residents were staying in \"lots of different places\" across the region.\n\nAnd he praised the \"extraordinary\" generosity of the community and the support of the Salvation Army with donations of food, clothing and toiletries.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNatural Resources Wales (NRW) said officers were continuing to look at how to minimise the risk of pollution to nearby rivers, and investigating any impacts on the River Neath.\n\nThe Coal Authority, which manages the effects of past coal mining, is investigating the incident.\n\nChief executive Lisa Pinney said equipment, due on site on Saturday, would be used to drill into mine workings to \"fully investigate what has happened\".\n\n\"The blow out is likely to have been caused by a blockage underground which has caused water to back up and to break out using the easiest path,\" she said.\n\n\"The excessive rainfall of the past few days and the prolonged rainfall this winter, will have put additional pressure on the system.\n\n\"We know that people will want to get back to their homes and we will continue to progress these works as soon as possible, but public safety has to come first.\"\n\nThere are a number of historical mine workings in Skewen dating back beyond 1850.\n\nOn Saturday, Mr Jones said water was still pouring out of the affected site so workers were diverting it, while machines cleared gulleys and drains to give the water the chance to enter drainage systems.\n\nA residents' incident support centre has been set up at Abbey Primary School to offer help and information over the weekend, between 09:00-17:00 GMT.\n\nThe council has asked residents to be \"patient as the investigation continues\" and has set up a helpline. Tel. 01639 686868.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA new world record has been set for the number of satellites sent to space on a single rocket.\n\nThe 143 payloads, of all shapes and sizes, rode to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon rocket that launched out of Florida.\n\nThe number beats the previous record of 104 satellites carried aloft by an Indian vehicle in 2017.\n\nIt's further evidence of the major structural changes taking place in space activity that are allowing many more actors to get involved.\n\nThis shift is the result of a revolution in robust, miniaturised, low-cost components - many taken direct from consumer electronics such as smartphones - that mean pretty much anyone can now build a capable satellite in a very small package.\n\nAnd with SpaceX offering to transport those packages to orbit for just $1m, the commercial opportunities will continue to open up.\n\nGuatemala's Santa María volcano: Planet is imaging the entire Earth daily with its Dove satellites\n\nSpaceX itself had 10 satellites on the Falcon - the latest additions to its Starlink telecommunications mega-constellation, which is going to deliver broadband internet connections around the globe.\n\nSan Francisco's Planet company had the most satellites of all on the flight - 48.\n\nThese were another batch of its SuperDove models that image the Earth's surface daily at a resolution of 3-5m. The new spacecraft take the firm's operational fleet now in orbit to more than 200.\n\n\"Internet of things\": SpaceBees will connect to all manner of objects on the ground\n\nThe SuperDoves are the size of a shoebox. Many of the other payloads on the Falcon rocket were little bigger than a coffee mug, however; and some were smaller even than a paperback book.\n\nSwarm Technologies is rolling out what it calls the SpaceBees. They're just 10cm by 10cm by 2.5cm.\n\nThey'll act as telecommunications nodes to connect devices that are attached to all manner of objects on the ground, from migrating animals to shipping containers.\n\nThe satellites were mounted on a dispenser that ejected them in sequence\n\nSome of the larger items on the Falcon rocket were suitcase-sized. Among these were several radar satellites. Radar has been one of the major beneficiaries of the revolution in componentry.\n\nTraditionally, radar satellites were big, multi-tonne objects that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to fly, which essentially meant only the military or major space agencies could afford to operate them.\n\nBut the adoption of new materials and compact \"off the shelf\" parts have dramatically shrunk the size (to under 100kg) and price (a couple of million dollars) of these spacecraft.\n\niQPS artwork: The radar satellites unfurl large antennas once they are in space\n\nIceye from Finland, Capella from the US, and iQPS of Japan all took the ride to orbit on Sunday. These start-ups are establishing constellations in the sky that will return rapid, repeat imagery of the Earth.\n\nRadar has the advantage over standard optical cameras of being able to pierce cloud, and to sense the Earth's surface whether it is day or night. We're entering an age when any change on the planet, wherever it happens, will be picked up almost immediately.\n\nThe Falcon carried the 143 satellites into a 500km-high path that runs from pole to pole. This is one of the drawbacks of a big rideshare mission: you go where the rocket goes, and for some that might not be ideal.\n\nA number of satellite missions will want an orbit that's higher or lower in the sky, or on a different inclination to the equator.\n\nThis can be achieved by mounting the satellites on \"space tugs\" which, after coming off the top of the rocket, modify the final parameters for their \"passengers\" over the course of several weeks. Sunday's Falcon carried two such tugs.\n\nBut for some missions a bespoke ride is going to be the only satisfactory solution. It's why we're now witnessing a rush to produce small rockets that can run dedicated flights.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket blasts its way to space\n\nThese smaller rockets will not be able to compete on cost with the big vehicles, such as SpaceX's Falcon-9, but they should attract the custom of those with very specific or urgent needs.\n\nDan Hart, the CEO of Virgin Orbit, which has developed a small rocket that can be launched from under the wing of a Boeing 747, says the start-ups are becoming more discerning.\n\n\"These small satellites used to be points of fascination and interest, and it was a case of finding the cheapest way possible to get into space,\" he explained.\n\n\"That's rapidly changing. These are now businesses with critical missions that risk losing revenue if they have to wait on others or go into an unsuitable orbit. And that's why you're going to see people who will pay that little bit more to get to where they want to go when they absolutely need to go there,\" he told BBC News.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Will Marshall: \"Our satellites 'phoned home' and they are healthy\"\n\nWith the roll call of satellites going into orbit now accelerating rapidly, the issue of traffic management is becoming a hot topic.\n\nFull-on collisions are currently rare, but a surprisingly large number (10%) of satellites will even now experience sudden, unexpected momentum changes, most probably the result of being hit by some small fragment from a previous mission.\n\nThe space sector needs to find smarter ways to track objects in orbit and to command timely avoidance manoeuvres, otherwise certain altitudes could ultimately become unusable because of the presence of dangerously dense debris fields.\n\nJonathan McDowell from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is a noted historian of astronautics.\n\nHe commented: \"There are now over 3,000 working satellites in orbit. The number of satellites launched last year at over 1,200 is over twice as many as in any previous year. And the ones launched today - that used to be the number you'd launch in a whole year. So it's getting really crowded up there.\"\n\nWill Marshall, the CEO of Planet, said his company, and indeed all of the companies on Sunday's flight, were accutley aware of the issue.\n\n\"We are seeing crowded areas in certain orbits,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"Most of the crowded piece that is in danger of what they call Kessler Syndrome (runaway collisions) is quite high up. So one of the tricks that all of these satellites that were launched today use is to just stay really low where there's still a lot of atmospheric drag and eventually those satellites just come down.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nSecond Test, Galle (day four of five)\n\nEngland completed a thrilling victory on day four of the second Test against Sri Lanka to take the series 2-0.\n\nChasing a tricky 164, England were 89-4 on a turning pitch but opener Dom Sibley hit 56 not out to lead them to a six-wicket win.\n\nSibley, who had not reached double figures in the series, put on 75 with Jos Buttler, who made 46 not out.\n\nEarlier, England capitalised on reckless batting to dismiss Sri Lanka for 126 in their second innings.\n\nDom Bess and Jack Leach took four wickets each and the hosts would have been dismissed even more cheaply but for 40 from number 10 Lasith Embuldeniya, who finished with match figures of 10-210.\n\nResuming on 339-9 in their first innings, England conceded a first-innings deficit of 37 when Jack Leach was dismissed with only five runs added.\n\nSri Lanka were favourites at that point but England completed a turnaround on a dramatic day when 15 wickets fell.\n\nThe series win is England's fourth in a row and they are also unbeaten in 10 successive Tests under Joe Root's captaincy, going into a difficult series in India which starts on 5 February.\n\nEngland are fourth in the World Test Championship table, 0.5% behind third-placed Australia.\n• None Root urges England not to 'stand still'\n• None TMS podcast: What does England's series win mean for India tour?\n\nThis was also England's fifth consecutive away Test win, the first time they have achieved that feat since World War One. They are developing an impressive winning habit.\n\nSri Lanka's batting, perhaps spooked by the turning pitch, was inept and their effort in the field lacklustre, but England were clinical.\n\nBess and Leach bowled well - far better than their wicketless showing in the first innings - while James Anderson took a brilliant high catch and Zak Crawley two excellent grabs at short leg.\n\nSri Lanka were leading only by 115 when their eighth wicket fell, before Embuldeniya, who had a remarkable game in defeat, dragged them to a score.\n\nThe target looked competitive - the hosts were possibly even favourites - but the manner England in which overhauled it was mightily impressive.\n\nThere was a wobble when Jonny Bairstow was trapped lbw for a useful 28-ball 29, Root - the dominant player in the series - was bowled for 11 and Dan Lawrence edged behind with a further 85 needed.\n\nHowever, Sibley played the anchor role while Buttler provided impetus in his typically attacking style.\n\nSibley, so at sea in his previous three innings, calmly nudged singles into the leg side. Buttler played thumped drives to the extra-cover boundary, smacked a reverse sweep through point and launched a slog sweep through mid-wicket.\n\nIn the end, England won with ease, Sibley sealing a fine win by tapping for one.\n\nSri Lanka threatened better in this match, having been convincingly beaten by seven wickets in the first.\n\nThey batted well in the first innings and in Embuldeniya they have a fine spinner, playing only his ninth Test.\n\nBut their fourth-day performance was abysmal. Their batting was akin to their performance on day one of the series when they were bowled out for 135.\n\nThe dismissals of captain Dinesh Chandimal - skying a slog sweep to Anderson at mid-on having hit a four a ball earlier - and Niroshan Dickwella, who drove Bess to extra cover two minutes before lunch, were the worst of a series of needlessly aggressive shots.\n\nSri Lanka also disappointed in the field. They were a little unfortunate that Sibley survived three tight lbw reviews, all of which were umpire's call, but their tactics were baffling.\n\nChandimal set the field back and allowed an accumulator in Sibley to tick along as he wished.\n\nThis tour, while important for points in the World Test Championship, always felt like the warm-up act in a huge year for England's Test team.\n\nNext they face a far bigger challenge in India before a summer against New Zealand, top of the Test rankings, India again, and an Ashes series in Australia the winter.\n\nThe biggest plus of this series has been the emphatic run-scoring of Root. He did not score a century in 2019 but made 228 and 186, albeit against a poor Sri Lanka. The skipper amassed 426 runs at an average of 106.50 in the series.\n\nBess and Leach were by no means perfect - they bowl too many bad balls - but finished the series with 12 and 10 wickets respectively.\n\nThe match-winning fifty for Sibley is also a significant boost going into the four Tests in India. Having been dismissed by Embuldeniya in every innings on tour previously, he showed he can grind out a score.\n\nEngland's veteran bowlers, Anderson and Stuart Broad, proved once again they can perform in unhelpful conditions.\n\nThere are question marks, however, about opener Crawley, whose top score in four innings was 13.\n\nThe issues at the top of the order are complicated by the fact Bairstow, who has done well at number three, has been rested for the first two Tests in India.\n\nEngland opener Dom Sibley on Test Match Special: \"I didn't think I'd left any stone unturned with regards playing spin, but then you go back to your room in the evening and think 'maybe I'm not up to this' and have those doubts.\n\n\"It is about accepting those and just believing. It just feels like pure relief at the moment.\"\n\nSri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal: \"We were outplayed today. We have done all the hard work in the last three days but as a batting unit we made the same mistakes of the first Test. There are no excuses for the batsmen and we've got to learn how to bat like Joe Root.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"A really, really strong performance from England. If you look down from one to 11, most people have contributed.\n\n\"They will have to bowl better in India. But the confidence that this will do for the team, and for Joe Root at the start of a huge year, is huge.\"", "A former senior manager at Boeing's 737 plant in Seattle has raised new concerns over the safety of the company's 737 Max.\n\nThe aircraft, which was grounded after two accidents in which 346 people died, has already been cleared to resume flights in North America and Brazil, and is expected to gain approval in Europe this week.\n\nBut in a new report, Ed Pierson claims that further investigation of electrical issues and production quality problems at the 737 factory is badly needed.\n\nRegulators in the US and Europe insist their reviews have been thorough, and that the 737 Max aircraft is now safe.\n\nIn his report, Mr Pierson claims that regulators and investigators have largely ignored factors, which he believes, may have played a direct role in the accidents.\n\nHe explicitly links them to conditions at the company's factory in Renton, near Seattle at the time. Boeing says this is unfounded.\n\nInvestigators believe both accidents were triggered by the failure of a single sensor. It sent inaccurate data to a piece of flight control software, called MCAS.\n\nThis automated system then repeatedly forced the nose of the aircraft downwards, when the pilots were trying to gain height. Ultimately each aircraft was pushed into an unrecoverable dive.\n\nEfforts to make the 737 Max safe have focused on redesigning the MCAS software, and ensuring it can no longer be triggered by a single sensor failure.\n\nFor Ed Pierson, this does not go nearly far enough. A US Navy veteran, who had a senior role on the 737 production line from 2015-2018, he was a star witness during congressional hearings into the disasters involving the Max.\n\nHe told lawmakers he had become so concerned about conditions at the factory, he had told his bosses that he was hesitant about taking his own family on a Boeing plane.\n\nEd Pierson (centre), seated next to his attorney Eric Havian (right), at a House Transportation Committee hearing on oversight of the Boeing 737 Max certification, on 11 December 2019\n\nHe testified that during 2018, the factory was in a \"chaotic\" and \"dysfunctional\" state as, he claimed, staff there struggled under pressure from managers to build new planes as quickly as possible.\n\nNow, he is worried that these issues have been overlooked in the rush to get the 737 Max back in the air.\n\nHis report draws on material from the official investigations. It claims that both of the crashed aircraft suffered from - what he believes were - production defects, almost from the moment they entered service.\n\nThese included intermittent flight control system problems and electrical anomalies that occurred in the days and weeks before the accidents.\n\nHe claims these may have been symptoms of flaws in the aircrafts' highly complex wiring systems, which could have contributed to the erroneous deployment of MCAS.\n\nHe also points out that sensor failures contributed to both accidents and asks why such failures were happening on brand new machines.\n\nIn the case of the Lion Air plane, a faulty sensor was replaced with another part that was not properly calibrated.\n\nAll signs, Mr Pierson says, \"point back to where these airplanes were produced, the 737 factory\".\n\nHowever, he insists that the possibility of production defects playing a role in the accidents has not been addressed by regulators.\n\nHe claims this could lead to further tragedies, involving the Max or even a previous version of the 737.\n\nMr Pierson's concerns are supported by the celebrated aviation safety campaigner Captain Chesley Sullenberger.\n\nBest known as \"Sully\", one of the pilots who safely ditched a crippled and engineless Airbus plane in the Hudson river off Manhattan in 2009, he too believes that modifications to the Max do not go far enough.\n\nHe believes changes are needed to warning systems aboard the plane, which were carried over from a previous version of the 737 and are \"not up to modern standards\".\n\nCaptain Chesley \"Sully\" Sullenberger (centre) testifies during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the status of the grounded Boeing 737 Max in June 2019\n\n\"Ed Pierson's report is very disturbing, about manufacturing issues in the Boeing factories that go well beyond just the Max, and also affect… the previous version of the 737,\" says Capt Sullenberger.\n\n\"There are many critically important unanswered questions that must be answered.\n\n\"Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must finally become more transparent, and begin to provide information and data, so that independent experts can determine the worthiness of the work that's been done.\"\n\nThe BBC has also spoken to a former senior inspector with the UK's Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB), who now works as a safety specialist. He warns that Mr Pierson's findings should be viewed in a wider context.\n\nThe report, he says, does make some \"valid observations\" about the pressures on Boeing's production line and quality control, and concerns about specific components.\n\nHowever, he adds that \"taking the limited information in any accident report… and making fresh interpretations of it, is not the same as conducting a new investigation\".\n\nThe issues highlighted, he adds, \"may have been investigated and dismissed already, for good reason\".\n\nThe FAA, meanwhile, insists it only approved the return to service of the Max, following a \"comprehensive and methodical safety review process\".\n\nA worker stands by a Boeing 737 Max plane on the tarmac at the Boeing Renton factory in Washington\n\nIt adds: \"None of the many investigations of the two accidents produced evidence that a production flaw played a role\", and emphasises that \"every aircraft leaving the factory is inspected by a team of FAA inspectors before it is cleared for delivery\".\n\nBoeing itself will not comment on whether the electrical and flight control problems highlighted by Mr Pierson may have played a factor in the two accidents, on the grounds that this is a matter for the investigating authorities.\n\nIt has, however, described suggestions of any link between conditions at Renton and the two accidents as \"completely unfounded\", emphasising that none of the authorities investigating the crashes has found any such link.\n\nPatrick Ky, the head of Europe's aviation safety agency, EASA, has previously told the BBC he is \"certain\" the plane is safe to fly.\n\nBut relatives of those who died aboard ET302 are continuing to urge the agency not to allow the 737 Max to operate in Europe, \"until continuing concerns about the aircraft's safety have been fully and openly addressed\".", "People in Lebanon are living under one of the world's strictest lockdowns. Under the round-the-clock curfew, citizens who are not \"essential workers\" have been barred from leaving their homes since 14 January.\n\nLaila, 12, is in Beirut trying to study while her family works from home.\n\n\"We all have our own work to do and when we have meetings we hear each other. It can be a real distraction and stop you from finishing your work on time,\" she says.\n\n\"Sometimes I can't study well because I get stressed with all the work they're giving us. It is definitely not the same studying online as it is in the physical world.\"\n\nFor hairdresser Walid Kanaan this year has been \"extremely difficult psychologically and economically\".\n\n\"I own my shop but still I cannot afford it. I pay the workers' salary so I am really broke,\" says the 45-year-old.\n\n\"It is hitting hard. You can't go out at all or do anything. My wife works in a bank and she is also collapsing. She doesn't know if she will still have her job or not.\n\n\"We don't trust the government that if they bring a vaccine it will be safe to take it. We can only pray for God to protect us.\"\n\nRead more stories from people in lockdown in Lebanon here.", "Teachers were not at significantly higher risk of death from Covid-19 than the general population, Office for National Statistics figures suggest.\n\nRestaurant staff, people working in factories and care workers had among the highest death rates, followed by taxi drivers and security guards.\n\nNurses were more than twice as likely as their peers to die of coronavirus.\n\nSecondary school teachers may have been at slightly, but not measurably, higher risk than the average.\n\nThe ONS looked at death rates from coronavirus in England and Wales between 9 March and 28 December 2020.\n\nIt found 31 in every 100,000 working-age men and 17 in every 100,000 working-age women had died of Covid-19.\n\nThis equated to just under 8,000 deaths among 20-64-year-olds.\n\nBut care workers, security guards and people working in certain manufacturing roles died at more than three times the rate of their peers.\n\nTwo-thirds of deaths were among men.\n\nAs well as being more likely to be male, working-age people who died of Covid last year had other things in common: they were much more likely to work in jobs where they were either regularly exposed to known Covid cases or working in close proximity with other people more generally.\n\nMany of the highest-risk jobs were also relatively low paid and may be more likely to be casual or insecure, without sick pay, including hospitality, care work and taxi driving.\n\nAmong teachers, there were 18 deaths per 100,000 among men and 10 per 100,000 among women.\n\nBreaking that down by role, secondary school teachers appear to have a very slightly elevated risk at 39 deaths per 100,000 people in men and 21 per 100,000 in women.\n\nPer 100,000 men aged 20-64, 31 died in the population as a whole compared with:\n\nPer 100,000 women aged 20-64, 17 died in the population as a whole compared with:\n\nThese are illustrative examples, not an exhaustive league table.\n\nThe ONS calculated the rate by dividing the number of deaths by the number of workers in each job role.\n\nBecause the numbers for secondary teachers were comparatively small - 52 deaths in total - it's difficult to be certain about their exact risk, but any increase there might be compared with the general population was not considered statistically significant.\n\nHowever, while teachers were not at higher risk than the average, they did appear to be at higher risk than some other professional job roles, which have seen very few or no deaths.\n\nThe ONS excluded from its analysis any occupation that had seen fewer than 10 deaths, and the average death rate for the whole population masks this variation.\n\nThe study also covers periods where there were limited numbers of children attending school.\n\nBut the figures do tell us teachers didn't have an elevated risk of the magnitude faced by health and care staff and by lower-paid manual and service workers.\n\nOther groups of staff studied with higher death rates, including hospitality and some factory and construction workers, also had their usual work paused for similar chunks of that period.\n\nWhile these figures tell us the death rates in each occupation group, they do not tell us the jobs are themselves causing more infections.\n\nThe ONS looked at age and sex but did not adjust for ethnicity, health or socioeconomic status which might influence an individual's risk.\n\nONS analyst Ben Humberstone said: \"As the pandemic has progressed, we have learnt more about the disease and the communities it impacts most. There are a complex combination of factors that influence the risk of death; from your age and your ethnicity, where you live and who you live with, to pre-existing health conditions.\n\n\"Our findings do not prove that the rates of death involving COVID-19 are caused by differences in occupational exposure,\" he added.\n\nThis also just refers to deaths, not infections which may result in serious illness.\n\nSome earlier ONS data suggested certain types of teacher may have an increased risk of catching coronavirus, although again the body did not consider this to be statistically significant.\n\nDirector of policy for the Association of School and College Leaders teachers' union, Julie McCulloch, said: \"When trying to understand rates of coronavirus-related deaths, there are likely to be many complex factors and we need to be careful not to jump to conclusions about the relative risks of different workplaces.\n\n\"What we do know is that, when schools are fully open, education staff are asked to work in environments that are inherently busy and crowded. In order to give them reassurance, and to minimise the disruption to education, it is vital that they are prioritised for vaccination as soon as possible.\"\n\nWhether teachers should be prioritised for vaccines has been a matter of debate.\n\nAt the moment the programme is being rolled out based on what will save the most lives and prevent the most severe illness.\n\nAfter the oldest age groups, people with health conditions and frontline staff who are regularly exposed to the virus, the government will have to publish a new raft of priorities.\n\nVaccines minister Nadim Zahawi has indicated more people could be prioritised on the basis of their job role, including teachers, shop workers and police officers.", "Fraud has reached epidemic levels in the UK and should be seen as a national security issue, says think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).\n\nThe scale of credit card, identity and cyber-fraud makes it the most prevalent crime, costing up to £190bn a year.\n\nUK intelligence agencies should play a greater role in responding, the RUSI argues in a report.\n\nPolicing should be better resourced, working more closely with the private sector, it adds.\n\nThe report argues that the scale of fraud against the private sector has an impact on the reputation of the UK as a place to do business.\n\nMeanwhile, the amount lost by the government in fraudulent claims represents a \"heist\" on the public purse, undermining faith and trust, it says.\n\nIt is the crime UK citizens are most likely to fall victim to, but the failures in responding risk undermining public confidence in the rule of law.\n\nThe Crime Survey for England and Wales found 3.7 million reported incidents in 2019-20 of members of the public being targeted by credit card, identity and cyber-fraud.\n\nThe private sector takes the biggest financial losses. One estimate from 2017 put the cost of fraud to businesses at £140bn.\n\nFraud against the public sector, including benefit, tax credit and student loan fraud, is estimated to cost £31-48bn a year, the upper figure larger than the UK's annual defence budget.\n\nThe losses go beyond the financial, the authors say.\n\n\"Fraud has the potential to disrupt society in multiple ways, by psychologically impacting individuals, undermining the viability of businesses, putting pressure on public services, fuelling organised crime and funding terrorism,\" they add.\n\nThe report cites evidence that terrorist groups and lone actors turn to fraud in order to finance their activities.\n\nIn one case, eight supporters of the Islamic State group were convicted of defrauding UK pensioners out of more than £1m, which was alleged to be used in part to fund travel from the UK to Syria.\n\nThe men carried out a type of courier fraud in which they pretended to be police officers, telling victims that their bank accounts had been compromised and needed to be transferred.\n\nBut despite the growing scale of the problem, there is no national strategy for tackling the issue, while the police response is underfunded and lacking focus.\n\nThis makes fraud \"everyone's problem but no-one's priority\", according to the report, written by RUSI experts Helena Wood, Tom Keatinge, Keith Ditcham and Ardi Janjev.\n\nThe digitisation of everyday life - accelerated by Covid - has only increased the risks, with organised crime groups showing increased sophistication in their tactics.\n\n\"The UK has become a target destination for global fraudsters,\" the RUSI argues.\n\nBut the extent to which international criminals focus on the UK is hard to gauge, because intelligence agencies have not traditionally focused on the issue.\n\nOne senior fraud professional interviewed by the researchers said that despite 30 years of investigating fraud, they still had no idea what proportion of the threat emanated from overseas.\n\nClassifying fraud as a national security issue would help ensure the right level of resourcing and prioritisation, the authors argue.\n\nThey also recommend more focused intelligence direction from the National Security Council, including greater tasking for GCHQ as well as the National Crime Agency to understand the issue.\n\nThey call for better information-sharing and use of data analytics, as well as more money and attention from police forces to address what they call a \"responsibility vacuum\".", "People made the most of the snowy slopes of Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset\n\nSevere weather warnings are in place across much of the UK after large parts of the country saw heavy snowfall.\n\nThe blanket of snow drew people outside for sledging and winter walks, but motorists have been warned to take extra care on icy roads with sub-zero temperatures forecast overnight.\n\nSeveral coronavirus vaccination and testing centres were closed in England and Wales due to the conditions.\n\nPolice reminded the public to keep to lockdown rules while out in the snow.\n\nOfficers in Wandsworth, south-west London, encouraged people with gardens to play in the snow at home.\n\nAnd police in Rutland, Leicestershire, were among several forces questioning why people were leaving their homes to go sledging.\n\nContinuing coronavirus lockdowns across the four UK nations mean most of the population must stay at home, except for a limited number of reasons.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. For cats Bonny and Freddy, the snow is a chance to explore. Credit: Rachel Prew\n\nAs well as four vaccination centres in Wales, six Covid testing centres in the West Midlands had to close due to heavy snow on Sunday.\n\nHighways England warned that the snow had caused collisions on the M3, M27 and M25 in southern England, with the agency urging drivers to only travel if absolutely necessary.\n\nThose using the roads for essential journeys have been urged to allow plenty of extra time for their travel and pedestrians and cyclists are also advised to be cautious.\n\nThe Met Office put a yellow weather warning for snow in place on Sunday, stretching from coast to coast in southern England and ending just south of Manchester.\n\nIt is also in place for western and northern areas of Scotland, most of Northern Ireland and all of Wales apart from Anglesey.\n\nAn amber warning for snow in Nottingham and Stoke meant travel disruption and power cuts were likely on Sunday evening.\n\nYellow weather warnings for ice are in place until 11:00 GMT Monday for all of Wales and Northern Ireland, northern and eastern Scotland and much of southern England and the Midlands.\n\nMany people swapped their usual daily bout of exercise for sledging on Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath, north London, but police urged people to stay at home\n\nGritters leapt into action near Touchen-end in Berkshire\n\nIn Wales, appointments at the Bridgend, Rhondda, Abercynon and Merthyr Tydfil coronavirus vaccination centres were rescheduled for safety reasons, the Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board said.\n\nUp to 1in (3cm) of snow was forecast to fall in most areas of Wales, with 4-6in (10-15cm) expected in the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia.\n\nIn the West Midlands, coronavirus testing centres at Castle Vale Stadium, the Arcadian Centre and Maypole Youth Centre were closed, Birmingham City Council said.\n\nFacilities in Moat Street, Coventry and The Place in Oakengates in Shropshire also closed, along with one in Lichfield, Staffordshire, local MP Michael Fabricant said.\n\nAnd in Devon, a gritting lorry overturned on Dartmoor. Devon County Council urged people to avoid travel unless it was absolutely essential and not to travel to find snow.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Devon County Council This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMet Office forecaster Simon Partridge said a band of hail, sleet, snow and rain moved in through Wales and south-west England in the early hours before sweeping across the UK and stalling over the Midlands, which saw some of the heaviest snow.\n\nColeshill, near Birmingham, had seen had 3.5in (9cm) by Sunday lunchtime.\n\nThe snow clouds eased away on Sunday evening but overnight temperatures could be as low as -4C to -6C (25F to 21F) for a lot of the south of the UK, the forecaster added.\n\n\"Some localised spots, likely in the Midlands, could see it as low as -10C (14F),\" he said.\n\nSnowmen popped up in the grounds of Guildford Castle, Surrey\n\nAs shown on the M1 in Bedfordshire, the wintry showers have caused hazardous driving conditions\n\nChris Fawkes of BBC Weather said some stretches of the M4 and M5 had been completely covered in snow at some points on Sunday morning.\n\nHe said this was partly because traffic has been low due to lockdown restrictions - and vehicles are needed to help grit mix into snow to make it melt.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.\n\nMost pupils across the UK have not been in school since before the Christmas holidays - and now Tory MPs are calling for a \"route map\" for the reopening of schools in England. Pupils have been told they will be learning from home until at least the February half-term holidays. And Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says schools will be given at least two weeks' notice to reopen - which he \"hopes\" will happen before Easter. So, with no firm timetable, the chairman of the education select committee, Robert Halfon, has called for a plan to be laid out to MPs. He has asked for an urgent question in the Commons - if granted, Mr Williamson must respond. No part of the UK has yet announced a firm date for schools' reopening - you can read about the different nations' plans here.\n\nThe UK must reform how it is governed or risk becoming a \"failed state\", former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown has warned. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, he says Covid has exposed \"tensions\" between Whitehall and the nations and regions. Recent polls have suggested rising support for Scottish independence - and a potential border vote in Northern Ireland. \"The complaint is that Whitehall does not fully understand the country it is supposed to govern,\" says Mr Brown.\n\nFrance's top medical adviser says a third national lockdown will probably soon be needed to combat Covid-19. Prof Jean-Francois Delfraissy says \"there is an emergency\", adding that the \"UK variant\" now makes up between 7-9% of cases in some French regions. A strict curfew was implemented last weekend but cases continue to climb. You can see police enforcing the 6pm shutdown below.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police in Paris ensure shops close at 6pm as France begins a new curfew to tackle Covid-19\n\nRiot police in the Netherlands have clashed with protesters who are angry at new coronavirus restrictions. Officers used water cannon and tear gas to clear demonstrators in Eindhoven. They had gathered in defiance of a new 9pm curfew. Some protesters threw fireworks, looted supermarkets and smashed shop windows. There were smaller demonstrations in the capital, Amsterdam.\n\nAustralia has suspended a travel bubble with New Zealand - after NZ's first Covid case in months was confirmed to be the South African variant. The infected patient had served 14 days in quarantine and tested negative twice before developing symptoms later. Travellers coming from New Zealand to Australia in the next 72 hours will now have to go through hotel quarantine. Health Minister Greg Hunt said the suspension was done out of an \"abundance of caution\".\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page. This explainer looks at various questions - including whether the vaccine stops you spreading the disease.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny protest against his arrest across Russia\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin has condemned as \"illegal and dangerous\" the mass rallies in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.\n\nTens of thousands defied a heavy police presence to join the rallies across Russia on Saturday. More than 3,500 were detained, monitors say.\n\nEU foreign ministers discussed the protests on Monday, but did not agree on further sanctions on Russia.\n\nIn Moscow riot police were seen beating and dragging away demonstrators.\n\nThe foreign ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are demanding \"restrictive measures against Russian officials responsible for arrests\".\n\nPoland's President Andrzej Duda also urged the EU to step up sanctions on Russia following the arrest of Mr Navalny. A week ago he was sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating parole conditions - a case he condemns as fabricated.\n\nMr Navalny, President Putin's most high-profile critic, called for protests after he was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, on arrival from Berlin on 17 January.\n\nDemonstrations were held on Saturday in about 100 cities and towns from Russia's Far East and Siberia to Moscow and St Petersburg.\n\nFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian described the arrests as a \"slide towards authoritarianism\" and called for further sanctions against Russia.\n\n\"Change is in the air in Russia,\" declared Lithuania's new Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, as he arrived for his first meeting with EU counterparts.\n\nBut he soon discovered that change is not always in the air in Brussels.\n\nA couple of years ago, one seasoned Spanish politician lamented the meetings of the 27 EU foreign ministers as being \"more a valley of tears\" than a place for decision-making: \"We express our condolence and concern… but no capacity for action comes out of it.\"\n\nUnfortunately for that same politician - Josep Borrell - he's now the man who chairs these gatherings.\n\nThe EU has already imposed sanctions on six senior Russian officials - including the head of the FSB security service - over the nerve agent attack on Mr Navalny last August.\n\nBut MEPs are urging the EU to go further and hit Mr Putin's administration \"where it really hurts - the money\".\n\nIn December, the EU unveiled a tougher sanctions regime, including asset freezes and travel bans for foreign individuals accused of human rights violations. It puts the bloc alongside the US and UK, which adopted so-called Magnitsky Acts.\n\nThey take the name of the lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Moscow prison in 2009 after reporting massive fraud by Russian tax officials. The EU version does not bear his name, to avoid alienating Russia-leaning member states.\n\nAgreeing on EU sanctions is always tough, as it requires all 27 countries to agree and we're told no concrete proposal was discussed by foreign ministers today.\n\nObservers say the scale of the Russia-wide demonstrations was unprecedented for recent years, and the Moscow protest was the capital's largest in almost a decade.\n\nThey appeared to enjoy widespread passive support, with trolley bus passengers waving to the crowds and large numbers of car drivers beeping their horns.\n\nProtesters, like these in St Petersburg, braved freezing cold to rally for Mr Navalny\n\nThe protests were also notable for the high proportion of young Russians who turned out. Opposition rallies have attracted more young people since Mr Navalny began releasing online investigations into alleged government corruption.\n\nMany protesters said they were angered by the findings of that report, and chants of \"Putin is a thief!\" were heard during Saturday's demonstrations.\n\nSocial media also played a key role in driving young people - many of whom have only ever known a Putin-led Russia - to take to the streets. Posts promoting the demonstrations were viewed hundreds of millions of times on TikTok.\n\nThe flood of videos prompted Russia's official media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, to demand the app take down any information \"encouraging minors to act illegally\".\n\nMr Putin has said no underage children should take part in the protests: \"One must under no circumstances push forward underage people. After all, it is terrorists who act like that, when they drive in front of them women and children. The emphasis is slightly different, but essentially, this is the same thing.\"\n\nPolice should also act within the law, he said.\n\nNo-one should seek to advance \"their ambitious objectives and goals, particularly in politics\" through protests, he added, in an apparent reference to Mr Navalny.\n\nMr Navalny's video report into this Black Sea resort has been viewed 85 million times\n\nOn Sunday Mr Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticised a message from the US embassy in Moscow warning people to avoid the demonstrations, branding the warning an \"interference in our domestic affairs\".\n\nThe embassy said such warnings were a \"common and routine practice\".\n\nMeanwhile, the Russian embassy in the UK also accused Western nations of using their embassies to encourage the protests.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Russian Embassy, UK This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health Secretary Matt Hancock says lifting restrictions can only happen when \"facts on the ground\" show it is safe\n\nIt is \"difficult to put a timeline\" on when England's lockdown could be lifted, Matt Hancock has said.\n\nThe health secretary said there were \"early signs\" the measures were working but it was \"not a moment to ease up\".\n\nHe said there were 37,000 people in hospital with coronavirus in the UK and \"more people on ventilators than at any time in this whole pandemic\".\n\n\"The pressure on the NHS remains huge and we've got to get that case rate down,\" he said.\n\nThe number of coronavirus cases in the UK has been falling, but the number of people in hospital remains high, as does the UK's daily death numbers.\n\nA further 592 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test and another 22,195 cases have been recorded, according to Monday's government figures.\n\nThe are 4,076 people in hospital on ventilators.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons.\n\nThis includes for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nAt Monday's Downing Street press briefing, Mr Hancock said: \"I understand the yearning people have to get out of this.\n\n\"The thing is that we have to look at the facts on the ground and we have to monitor those facts.\n\n\"And of course, everybody wants to have a timeline for that, but I think most people understand why it is difficult to put a timeline on it because it's a matter of monitoring the data.\"\n\nHe set out the factors the government would take into account when reaching decisions over lifting the restrictions, including: the death rate, the number of people in hospital, whether there were new coronavirus variants and the success of the vaccine rollout.\n\nAlmost four in five of the UK's over-80s have had the vaccine, Mr Hancock said, with nearly 6.6m people in total having had their first dose.\n\nThe falling numbers of infections being reported and the rising rate of vaccination are incredibly promising - even if the drop in infections reported on Monday may have been partly an artefact of fewer people coming forward for a test because of the snow.\n\nBut that does not offer any guarantees of a rapid lifting of lockdown.\n\nWhat is concerning ministers are the high numbers in hospital.\n\nThe number of new admissions seems to have plateaued - but at a very high rate.\n\nClose to 4,000 patients a day are being admitted to hospital.\n\nTo put that in context, that is four times the total number of all types of respiratory admissions the NHS would normally see in winter.\n\nIt means the numbers in hospital are at nearly twice the level they were at the peak in the spring during the first wave.\n\nWith better treatments available, patients are spending longer in hospital.\n\nSo come mid-February the pressures in hospital are likely to be very high, leaving ministers little wriggle-room to relax restrictions.\n\nThe big unknown, however, is what impact and how quickly vaccination will have an effect on admissions.\n\nThere is encouraging early news from Israel that hospitalisation really starts to drop three weeks after the first dose.\n\nIf that is repeated here, the picture could quickly change.\n\nBut until that happens the government - in the words of Health Secretary Matt Hancock - is urging the country to hold its nerve.\n\nSpeaking at the Downing Street press conference, Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer for England, warned: \"We are not out of this by a very long way.\"\n\nShe said current coronavirus rates were still causing concern, patience was needed about the vaccination programme and the NHS still faced its usual winter pressures.\n\nSusan Hopkins, from Public Health England, said the UK need to see the death rate \"fall much lower\" before any decision to ease measures.\n\nShe said teams were currently studying the impact on the UK's vaccine programme of the variant first identified in South Africa.\n\nBut she added the \"consensus view\" from four UK laboratories suggested that \"the current vaccine works against the variant that was first discovered in the UK\".", "Former Brexit Party MEP Robert Rowland was described as a larger than life character\n\nA former Brexit Party MEP has died in a diving accident near his home in the Bahamas.\n\nRobert Rowland, 54, represented the south east of England at the European Parliament from July 2019 until January 2020.\n\nNigel Farage paid tribute to the \"larger than life character\" and \"enthusiastic\" Brexit supporter.\n\nHe announced the death of his former colleague in a statement on Sunday.\n\nThe Royal Bahamas Police Force said it had \"received reports of a drowning incident\" on Saturday and was \"conducting inquires\".\n\nMr Farage said: \"It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Robert Rowland, after a diving accident near his home in the Bahamas.\n\n\"Following a successful career in the City, Robert was an enthusiastic Brexit Party MEP and larger than life character.\"\n\nHe said he wished to extend his \"sincerest condolences\" to Mr Rowland's family, including his wife and four children.\n\nFormer Brexit Party MEP David Bull said he was \"beyond devastated,\" adding: \"Robert was a wonderful friend and colleague.\"\n• None Farage's Brexit Party officially changes its name\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Budweiser has said it will not advertise its beer during the Super Bowl this year, joining a growing number of big brands sitting out the annual American football championship.\n\nThe event remains one of the most-watched in the US each year, drawing more than 100 million viewers in 2020.\n\nThe advertisements are often as much a conversation-starter as the game itself, sometimes sparking controversy.\n\nFirms say the virus has made finding the right message especially difficult.\n\nOthers are grappling with financial hits caused by the pandemic, which has dampened spending on many items, while also casting more than 10 million Americans out of work, resurfacing racial and economic inequalities and sharpening political divisions.\n\nBudweiser's parent company, Anheuser-Busch, said it planned to reallocate the money it would have spent on a 30-second Budweiser spot during the game to support an Ad Council campaign promoting coronavirus vaccination.\n\nIt is the first time the flagship brand will not make a game-time appearance in 37 years.\n\n\"This commitment is an investment in a future where we can all get back together safely over a beer\", it said, adding that it would still promote some of its other brands, such as Bud Light, during the game.\n\nOn Monday, Budweiser released a full 90-second Super Bowl ad on YouTube entitled \"Bigger Picture\", which showed US citizens overcoming pandemic challenges together and aimed to raise awareness about Covid-19 vaccines.\n\nCoke, Pepsi and Hyundai are among the other major names also planning to forego airtime during the broadcast.\n\nCoca-Cola said it had made the \"difficult choice\" to \"ensure we are investing in the right resources during these unprecedented times\". The firm did not advertise during the 2019 game either.\n\nHyundai cited \"marketing priorities\" and the timing of upcoming vehicle launches.\n\nPepsi has also said it would not promote its flagship soda during the game. Instead, it is spending money on an advert airing to promote the Super Bowl halftime show it has sponsored for almost a decade.\n\nThe Super Bowl boasts some of the most expensive advertising slots all year\n\nGiven all the economic, political and health questions of 2020, companies may have felt it was prudent to pull back - especially several months ago, when they would have had to start planning for such a high-profile night, said Kimberly Whitler, professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business\n\n\"It's the biggest night of TV watching and so they have to plan it months in advance,\" she said. \"There was so much uncertainty that to go and invest in a Super Bowl ad might have actually felt or seemed frivolous at the time.\"\n\nThe decision goes \"beyond finances\", she added. \"It's also, 'How do we identify the right tone that will match the moment'.\"\n\nThis year's Super Bowl will see star quarterback Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers face off against reigning champions the Kansas City Chiefs on 7 February.\n\nLast year, firms spent an average of $5.25m (£3.8m) for a 30-second spot during the championship, driving Super Bowl ad spending to a record $450m, according to Kantar consultancy.\n\nThe firm has said its research suggests Super Bowl ads are \"typically 20 times more effective\" in changing a brand's perception than a normal advert.\n\nAnheuser-Busch, an official sponsor of the National Football League, is typically one of the night's top spenders, so the absence of its flagship brand may create its own buzz, said Satya Menon, a Chicago-based managing partner of of ROI practice at Kantar.\n\nChipotle's very first Super Bowl commercial is entitled, \"Can a burrito change the world?\"\n\n\"Budweiser in particular is a very established brand ... so for them, it's all about generating love and goodwill and maybe this is another way,\" she says.\n\n\"They do have a lot of pre-game advertising out there. When people have the expectation that they wil be there and then they don't see the brand, they'll start thinking why are they not.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the sports showdown still seems to be finding plenty of firms ready to fill spots left by the stalwarts. Names of newcomers include Chipotle and Fiverr, a freelance platform that has seen business soar during the pandemic.\n\n\"It doesn't get any bigger than the Super Bowl from a branding and marketing perspective,\" said Fiverr's chief marketing officer Gali Arnon. \"We believe this is a major opportunity for us to introduce the world to Fiverr in a unique and creative way.\"\n\nMany of this year's advertisers are firms coming from the e-commerce sector, which have benefited from the pandemic, Ms Menon said.\n\nAnd though audience numbers for NFL games have slipped this year, for those firms making their game-night debuts, Ms Menon says she still expects ads to have a big impact - even if the pandemic puts a damper on the traditional Super Bowl parties and other festivities, which can make championship feel like an unofficial national holiday.\n\n\"There isn't very much going on in life, so it will always have that great reach,\" she says. \"Some of that excitement may not be there, but watching will definitely be there.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says teachers and pupils will be told “as much as we can, as soon as we can” about reopening schools\n\nThe government will tell teachers and parents when schools in England can reopen \"as soon as we can\", the prime minister has said.\n\nMPs have called on the government to set out a \"route map\" for reopening amid concerns for children's education.\n\nBoris Johnson said he understood why people wanted a timetable but he did not want to lift restrictions while the infection rate was \"still very high\".\n\nHe would not guarantee schools would reopen before April's Easter break.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"We've now got the R [reproduction rate] down below 1 across the whole of the country, that's a great achievement, we don't want to see a huge surge of infection just when we've got the vaccination programme going so well and people working so hard.\n\n\"I understand why people want to get a timetable from me today, what I can tell you is we'll tell you, tell parents, tell teachers as much as we can as soon as we can.\"\n\nHe said the government would be \"looking at the potential of relaxing some measures\" before mid-February, with Downing Street clarifying that this meant looking at the data to decide \"what we may or may not be able to ease from 15 February onwards\".\n\nA further 592 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test and another 22,195 cases have been recorded, according to Monday's government figures.\n\nAt Monday's Downing Street press briefing, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said almost four in five of the UK's over-80s have had the vaccine, with nearly 6.6m people in total having had their first dose.\n\nBut he said the NHS continues to be under \"intense pressure\", with Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer for England, saying there are \"twice the number of people in hospital than we had in the first wave\" of the pandemic.\n\nRobert Halfon, chairman of the education select committee, told BBC Breakfast there was \"enormous uncertainty\" and called for the government to set out what the conditions needed to be for pupils to return to schools.\n\nThe Conservative MP for Harlow suggested the government could consider tighter restrictions in other parts of society and the economy, in order to enable schools to open.\n\nTory MPs were enraged by reports over the weekend that schools might not re-open fully until after the Easter holidays.\n\nMinisters say it's the progress of the pandemic that will determine their decision rather than a pre-agreed timetable.\n\nYet whenever the government speaks, parents hear dates. Whether it's that the situation will be reviewed at half-term. Or a pledge to give two weeks' notice when classes will come back.\n\nMPs are now pushing for more transparency from the government about how they'll assess the data, and for some ideas between school being mostly closed or totally open.\n\nThis issue is a perfect metaphor for the situation facing the entire country. Too much hope breeds disappointment, but living with uncertainty is just as hard. And you can come up with a plan but it might have to be junked if the virus has other ideas.\n\nChildren's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield joined the call for clarity and told the BBC: \"Children are more withdrawn, they are really suffering in terms of isolation, their confidence levels are falling, and for some there are serious issues.\"\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said the government wanted to \"see all children back at the very earliest moment\".\n\nSchools in England have been closed to most pupils since the national lockdown began on 5 January due to high levels of Covid transmission in the community.\n\nThere have been calls for teachers to be vaccinated sooner, although it is not clear if that would allow schools to reopen earlier.\n\nThe majority of pupils in England are learning from home with schools only open to the children of key workers, vulnerable children and those who cannot learn at home\n\nCovid death rates among educational professionals are not \"statistically significantly different\" to those in the general population, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, but secondary school teachers appeared to have an elevated risk compared particularly with people working in office-type jobs.\n\nAmong secondary school teachers Covid death rates were 39.2 deaths per 100,000 males, compared with 31.4 for all males aged 20 to 64, and 21.2 per 100,000 females, compared with 16.8, but the ONS said these were \"not statistically significantly different than those of the same age and sex in the wider population\".\n\nSchools will remain closed in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales until at least the February half-term - with the Welsh first minister saying it is \"unlikely\" all pupils will return after the break.\n\nGemma Cocker with her children Charlie and Lyla\n\nGemma Cocker from Brighton is one of the many parents struggling to balance childcare, home learning and work.\n\nShe says she's having to share her work laptop with her son, who has already missed learning time after the family moved home and did not have internet access. \"We didn't have any internet. The school said they had reached their limit so couldn't take him,\" she says.\n\nAnd because her children are young, she says: \"They're never just going to watch a classroom by themselves, you have to be with them the whole time.\"\n\nKitty Jones, 11, is in her last year of primary school and she says home learning is \"tricky\" because she is not used to using different remote platforms like Google Classroom and she wants to return \"as soon as possible\".\n\n\"I still think that I'm learning a bit, but I don't think I'm learning as much as I would be in person,\" she tells BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.\n\nHolly Agbukor, 18, is studying for her A-levels, says it is \"quite stressful\" learning at home, as it is a \"different environment, so it is not as easy to be fully present in the lessons\".\n\nBut, she says, while is it \"difficult\" working at home, \"I don't think it is worth the cost of reintroducing the virus into society and making things worse overall\".\n\nHow has home-schooling been going for your family? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The UK has identified 77 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, the health secretary has said.\n\nCases are linked to travellers arriving in the UK, rather than community transmission, Matt Hancock added.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr cases were under \"very close\" observation and enhanced contact tracing was under way.\n\nMinisters are due to meet on Monday to consider imposing tougher restrictions on people arriving from abroad.\n\nScientists have said there is a chance the South African variant may harm the effectiveness of current vaccines.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Hancock said that \"three quarters of all the 80-year-olds in the country and a similar number of care homes\" have received their first doses of the vaccine.\n\nBoth the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses, and figures so far reflect those given the first dose.\n\nMr Hancock said that it was \"far too early to say\" what proportion of the population needed to be vaccinated before lockdown restrictions could be eased.\n\nAll viruses, including the one that causes Covid-19, mutate, and variants have been first located in the UK, South Africa and Brazil.\n\nThe South Africa variant has been found in at least 20 other countries, including the UK.\n\nMr Hancock said that all the South Africa variant cases in the UK were linked to travel.\n\n\"That's why we have got such stringent border measures in place against movement from South Africa,\" he added.\n\nThe UK closed all travel corridors last week until at least 15 February, with almost all travellers arriving in the country now required to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has not ruled out bringing in tougher measures at UK borders, telling a Downing Street news conference on Friday: \"We don't want to put that (efforts to control Covid) at risk by having a new variant come back in.\"\n\nMinisters are set to discuss whether to tighten border restrictions further, including the possibility of hotel quarantines for travellers.\n\nMr Hancock said: \"We have got to be cautious at the borders.\"\n\nAsked for a date on when lockdown restrictions might end, Mr Hancock said it was \"one of the many things that we don't yet know the answer to\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock on easing restrictions: \"We don't know the answer\"\n\nGovernment data on 14 January showed there were 35 confirmed cases of the South Africa variant identified in the UK, and a further 12 \"probable\" cases.\n\nMr Hancock said nine cases of the Brazil variant had been found in the UK, adding \"we are monitoring each and every one very closely\".\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that Labour had been \"pushing the government to take tougher measures at the border since last spring\".\n\nShe said: \"We would fully expect the government to bring in tougher quarantine measures, we would expect them to roll out a proper testing strategy and we would expect them as well to start checking up on the people who are quarantining.\n\n\"Only three out of every hundred people who are asked to quarantine when they arrive into the UK actually face any checks at all - that's just simply not sufficient.\"\n\nOn Friday, Mr Johnson said there was \"some evidence\" the UK variant may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nThe UK government's chief scientific officer, Sir Patrick Vallance, said there was \"a lot of uncertainty around these numbers\" but that early evidence suggested the variant could be about 30% more deadly.\n\nThe PM said on Friday that there was evidence that both the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine and Oxford-AstraZeneca jab were effective against the variant first detected in the UK.\n\nSir Patrick has warned that the variants in South Africa and Brazil might \"have certain features which means they might be less susceptible to vaccines\".\n\nBut he said \"there is no evidence\" that the two variants have transmission advantages over those already in the UK and so having cases here doesn't mean \"they will take off\".\n\nMeanwhile, England's deputy chief medical officer warned that people who have received a Covid-19 vaccine could still pass the virus on to others and should continue following lockdown rules.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam stressed that scientists \"do not yet know the impact of the vaccine on transmission\".\n\nHe said vaccines offer \"hope\" but infection rates must come down quickly.\n\nIt's a key question but the fact is that no one can be sure.\n\nThat's because the trials of the vaccines explored the safety of the drugs and how well they prevent people from becoming ill - with good results for both.\n\nBut they did not investigate whether vaccination also stops infection and therefore whether people who've been immunised can still spread the virus to others.\n\nIf a vaccinated person did become infected, they probably wouldn't realise because they wouldn't have any symptoms. That's why health officials and ministers are so concerned.\n\nIt's possible that the antibodies boosted by the vaccine suppress the effects of the virus but don't eliminate it from the upper airway.\n\nMany scientists are cautiously hopeful that in this scenario, the amount of virus would be reduced but they're waiting for the results of studies under way now.\n\nAnd until there's an answer, it's difficult to calculate how and when it's safe to ease restrictions and allow people to mix again.\n\nA further 610 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Sunday - down from 671 deaths last Sunday - in addition to 30,004 new infections.\n\nThe number of positive cases has fallen for the fourth day in a row and is the lowest figure since before Christmas.\n\nThe death figures tend to be lower on a Sunday and Monday because of weekend lags in reporting of the data.\n\nMeanwhile, more than six million people have had their first dose of a Covid vaccine - with the figure now standing at 6,353,321.\n\nNadhim Zahawi, the minister responsible for the vaccine rollout, said on Twitter that 6,353,321 of the \"most vulnerable and frontline heroes\" had received a first dose of the vaccine, but there was still \"much more to do\".\n\nThere were 4,076 Covid patients in mechanical ventilation beds in UK hospitals as of Friday, according to government data.\n\nThat is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video filmed in Tacoma, Washington, shows a police car apparently ploughing through a crowd of people\n\nA police officer is under investigation in the US after his vehicle ploughed into a group of people, running over at least one, in Tacoma, Washington.\n\nNobody was killed in the incident, although one person was rushed to hospital with injuries.\n\nA video shows a large group of people surrounding the police car as it revs its engine in an apparent effort to drive off.\n\nThe group refuses to move, and police say people started hitting the car.\n\nThe police officer then speeds through the group, hitting numerous people. One person is dragged under the car.\n\nTacoma Police Department said multiple vehicles and approximately 100 people were blocking an intersection when officers arrived on the scene. The group was apparently watching street racers doing \"burnouts\".\n\n\"During the operation, a responding Tacoma police vehicle was surrounded by the crowd. People hit the body of the police vehicle and its windows as the officer was stopped in the street,\" police said in a statement.\n\n\"The officer, fearing for his safety, tried to back up, but was unable to do so because of the crowd,\" it said.\n\n\"While trying to extricate himself from an unsafe position, the officer drove forward striking one individual and may have impacted others,\" it said.\n\nThe person who was run over was rushed to hospital. Their condition is as yet unclear.\n\nThe Pierce County Force Investigation Team is investigating the incident, the statement said. The police officer has not been identified.\n\n\"I am concerned that our department is experiencing another use of deadly force incident,\" Interim Police Chief Mike Ake said in the statement.\n\n\"I send my thoughts to anyone who was injured in tonight's event, and am committed to our department's full co-operation in the independent investigation and to assess the actions of the department's response during the incident.\"\n\nThe incident comes at a time of rising anger over the use of excessive force by police in the US.\n\nPeople across the world took to the streets last year to demonstrate their anger at the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, and to demand an end to police brutality and what they see as systemic racism.", "Some Barclaycard customers will see their minimum repayments rise from Tuesday, at a time when finances are already stretched owing to Covid and Christmas.\n\nThe new requirements are tailored to each customer, although some may see a significant rise in demands.\n\nBut the changes will also see charges for exceeding a credit limit scrapped.\n\nJanuary is a pinch point for many in debt and borrowers are being urged to seek help if they are in trouble.\n\nBarclaycard signalled the changes to their pricing structures in November, although some borrowers may have missed the notice, which was titled \"changes to your terms and conditions\".\n\nThe new repayment rates will affect those with Platinum, Initial, Freedom, Forward, Cashback, Littlewoods, Rewards and Hilton Honors cards, but not Premier or Woolwich cards.\n\nFor cardholders who started using their cards in the last decade, the minimum repayment each month has been calculated as the highest of 2.25% of the full balance, 1% of the balance plus interest, or £5. This differed slightly for longer-standing customers.\n\nThe new charges mean minimum repayments will be the highest of between 2% and 5% of the full balance, between 1% and 3% of the balance plus interest, or £5.\n\nThis means some people could see the minimum repayment rise, although some other charges - such as the late payment fee - will be limited.\n\nThe exact percentage depends on the customer and would have been outlined in the November message.\n\nA Barclaycard spokesman said: \"We are increasing minimum payments for some customers to help them pay off debt quicker and reduce the overall interest they pay.\n\n\"This is part of our ambition to ensure that no Barclaycard customer gets into persistent debt - where they pay more in interest and charges than reducing their debt and take a long time to pay this debt off - and is being put in place to support our customers.\"\n\nSara Williams, who writes the Debt Camel blog, said that the higher minimum payment may well come as a \"nasty shock\".\n\n\"January is always the tightest month for money for most people. December pay is often early, so the money has to stretch further, and if you put any Christmas presents or expenses on your Barclaycard, this month's bill will be high anyway,\" she said.\n\n\"For people who were hardly managing before, the increase to the minimum payments may tip the bill over into being unaffordable.\"\n\nDebt charities had already warned that the coronavirus pandemic meant the UK was \"sleepwalking into a debt crisis\".\n\nThe government-backed Money and Pensions Service - which offers free guidance - said it was expecting a call about debt at least every four minutes throughout January.\n\nBarclaycard said the timing of the changes - which coincide with lockdown and many people on a reduced furlough income - was unintentional and had been signalled some time ago.\n\nAny borrowers who feel the new repayment levels are unaffordable are being asked to contact the company.\n\nMore broadly, anyone struggling to make debt repayments of any kind is being urged to face their difficulties and seek help.\n\n\"Financial worries negatively affect our 'cognition', which are the thinking processes that support and maintain our mental health. When in a poor state, financial worries cause stress and our cognition fails,\" said Keiron Sparrowhawk, a cognition expert from the Being Well Group, which runs the MyCognition app.\n\nThis could lead to depression and hasty, ill-thought-out decisions, he said.\n\n\"Together, depression and anxiety are distressing and disabling, causing us to spiral out of control and enter a pit of hell,\" he said.", "The water is warmer than the air and is creating a mist along Dynevor Road\n\nThe coalmining heritage of Wales has been implicated in flooding of homes - but what has happened in Skewen?\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated from the Neath Port Talbot village, with at least eight streets left under water.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones says the flood appears to be related to mine works - but the volume of water involved has hampered a full assessment so far.\n\nThe Coal Authority is investigating how \"historic underground mining features\" in the area exacerbated the problem.\n\nA geologist says there are tens of thousands of old mine shafts across the former south Wales coalfield and it is \"incredibly difficult\" to monitor them all.\n\nSkewen lies within an old coal mining hotspot, with several former colliery sites near the village that operated in the 19th and early 20th Century.\n\nThere were colliery sites near what is now Drummau Road, in the north of the village and another close to Old Road, near Neath Abbey.\n\nSkewen was part of a collection of collieries that stretched between Neath and Llanelli on the western side of south Wales' coalfield.\n\nGraham Levins, secretary of the Welsh Mines Preservation Trust, said old mines often contain groundwater which can flood in heavy rain.\n\nHe said: \"A lot of them go very, very deep down, much below the local water level and that's why they had all the big wheels to pump the water out.\n\n\"It fills up with water and will find a way out. Normally rainfall you get it doesn't cause a lot of problems but when you get really heavy rain, the water drains down through the ground and builds up.\"\n\nStreets were turned into rivers in Skewen\n\nGeologist Tom Backhouse said water was coming out of an area near the junction of Goshen Park and Drummau Road, where there is a record of a mine shaft dating from the turn of the 20th Century.\n\nIt then started \"rushing down\" Drummau Road, causing the flooding that forced evacuations.\n\n\"What we can expect to have happened is that the water level in the mines rose to a point where it's burst out of that entry point from the mine workings below.\n\n\"Also, there are images of very ochre like orange-coloured water and again, that may well be issuing from the mine workings on the highlands to the east of the property on the hill behind.\n\n\"That may be where the shallow workings have flooded.\"\n\nHe said old mine working across the former coalfield area hold water at a certain depth, but when an event such as Storm Christoph drops \"a huge amount in a small area\", the levels rise quickly.\n\n\"As it gets closer and closer to the surface, it basically looks for an escape, the pressure builds up,\" he continued.\n\n\"What it looks like has happened on the junction of Goshen Park and Drummau Road, where the mine shaft is recorded, is that pressure has built up at that point and then burst out through the shaft which is very likely to have been capped with wood or something like that.\n\n\"Where you've got those mine shafts, which ultimately are vertical tunnels down into the mine workings below, the water has literally forced itself up through that shaft, and the pressure is obviously so great it's caused this devastating flash flood.\"\n\nAs well as properties, vehicles were submerged in water\n\nThere are about 13 shafts recorded within about 820ft (250m) of the one in Goshen Park, so Mr Backhouse said it is possible more than one may have burst.\n\nThere are tens of thousands in south Wales and he said it was \"incredibly difficult\" to check them all, but there were \"tell tale signs\" as to why they may collapse such as age or what type of developments are around them.\n\nThe clean up has continued on Friday morning\n\n\"Not to try and fear-monger or anything but of course this sort of thing can happen again,\" he said.\n\n\"If another event like Storm Christoph happens, the water levels in the mine rises as quickly as it did, there's absolutely nothing to say that it wouldn't happen again in the future.\n\n\"And obviously as climate changes and we have many more events like Storm Christoph, they are going to increase in frequency, they are going to be much more severe.\n\n\"The Coal Authority will have to consider the risk in places like Skewen, and they'll have to understand how it will affect residents and proactively manage that and look at how to reduce the risks for residents.\"", "Pictures of the Pampas grass on social media are thought to have made the area in South Shields popular\n\nA boom in the popularity of Pampas grass with interior decorators has led to \"droves\" of people picking the plant which grows wild near a beach.\n\nThe grass, near Littlehaven Beach in South Shields, forms part of a wind defence to stop sand blowing onto roads and helps protect the coastline.\n\nSouth Tyneside Council warned anyone found removing it could be prosecuted.\n\nCouncillor Ernest Gibson said while the grass may look \"beautiful in vases\" people were \"damaging the environment\".\n\nThe grass, which was popular in the 1970s, can sell for up to £40 a bunch and has proved a popular addition to people's homes.\n\nIt is thought that photographs on social media sites such as Instagram may have influenced people turning up and taking it, Mr Gibson added.\n\n\"Pampas grass is quite expensive to buy if you went to a florist. It's cheaper to come to South Tyneside and take it away,\" he said.\n\n\"But what we are doing is urging people not to come here and take it away, it's there for a reason.\"\n\nPampas grass and Marram grass form part of a defence along the coast at South Shields\n\nThe Pampas grass helps to bond poor soils found at the coast, while Marram grass helps to prevent erosion in the dunes.\n\nSigns are to be erected warning people not to pick the grass because it is already in need of replenishment, the council said.\n\n\"Through Covid, we have a massive amount of people coming to the coastal town, it's Benidorm without the sunshine,\" he added.\n\n\"It's great to see people at the seaside enjoying it [the grass] and that's what it's part of. It's there for everybody to view.\"\n\nGarden designer George Wright said Pampas grass was \"very popular\" and he had seen demand increase two or three times at his nursery in West Boldon. He also expressed concern for the area.\n\n\"Once they take the flower heads themselves they take the seeds. Eventually this will become very much a patchy area and they will all start to decline.\n\n\"Pampas grass is becoming more and and more popular at the moment and I think a lot of it is people are starting to extend their houses into the garden so they want something nice in there, and also it's being used for interior decoration in houses.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Geoff and Jenny Holland married in August after two previous attempts to wed were delayed by the pandemic\n\nTwo newlywed pensioners are urging everyone to get vaccinated as they were among the first to receive a dose at a new centre.\n\nGeoff Holland, 90, and 86-year-old wife Jenny married in August after meeting at Town View independent living centre in Mansfield.\n\nThe pair tied the knot after being forced to postpone their nuptials twice due to the pandemic.\n\nThey both received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nThe couple made their vaccination plea as a centre at an old DIY store on Chesterfield Road South, in Mansfield, opened on Monday.\n\nIt has joined 31 other new sites opening across England this week, with anyone aged 75 and over who lives within a 45-minute drive encouraged to book their injections.\n\nMrs Holland praised staff at the vaccination site for the care she and her new husband received.\n\n\"We've been well looked after while we've been here,\" she said.\n\n\"People have worked long and hard to get this vaccine so I think people ought to have it.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Time-lapse footage shows how a DIY store was transformed into a vaccine centre in three weeks\n\nMr and Mrs Holland said they both tested positive for coronavirus a couple of months ago after Mr Holland reported feeling unwell.\n\nBoth managed to recover without developing major symptoms.\n\nDespite the delay to their wedding and the ongoing after-effects of the pandemic, Mrs Holland said married life was turning out to be \"brilliant\".\n\n\"Hopefully, one day soon, we'll be able to have a get together and celebrate with our family and friends who couldn't be there on the day,\" she said.\n\nKathryn Turner, Mr Holland's daughter, said the family was thrilled the pair received their jabs.\n\n\"It's fantastic that they are getting the vaccine so their love story can continue,\" she said.\n\n\"Hopefully this will help us all get back to some sort of normality.\"\n\nThe Hollands met in the summer of 2019 and were engaged the following New Year's Eve\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n• None COVID-19 Vaccination in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire - NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire CCG The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Parents are struggling with the sense of uncertainty, says psychologist\n\nHome schooling can be tough. It's difficult to concentrate, there's emotional exhaustion, boredom, a lack of motivation and it's really hard not going out to see friends. And that's just the parents.\n\nThis winter lockdown is taking its toll on families, now struggling even more on the black ice of uncertainty as no-one can say when schools in England are going to reopen for most pupils again.\n\n\"There's a sense of fatigue,\" says Jacqueline Smallwood, who is at home with three secondary-school children. She says her own \"concentration levels have fallen dramatically\".\n\n\"It's so repetitive that it just makes you feel tired,\" she says of the latest lockdown and the \"silent struggle\" facing both parents and their children to try to get motivated.\n\nHome school shows no sign of coming to an early end\n\nThere might have been some guilty enjoyment at the start of the year when the school term was initially delayed, not having to get up and out on cold January mornings.\n\nUntil it dawned on them that this was becoming something much longer than a few weeks.\n\nIt's morphed from early January to half term in mid-February and now maybe Easter in early April or even later. And Jacqueline says, as a matter of \"respect\", parents need to know what's happening about schools.\n\nThe confusion over a return date seems to have further frayed the nerves of parents.\n\nThe mother, who lives outside Canterbury in Kent, says she worries about the pressures building up on young people.\n\nFor teenagers like her sons, she says this \"should be a pivotal time in their lives,\" when they're beginning to get some independence and when social lives are hugely important - but instead they're stuck inside with their parents.\n\n\"We can't live like the Waltons forever,\" she says, referencing the US TV series of a folksy family relying on each other.\n\nJacqueline says families are finding this latest lockdown tougher than the spring or summer\n\nThe first lockdown created an unexpected sense of togetherness, an \"enforced bonding\" that she says turned out to be a \"massive positive\".\n\nBut Jacqueline, who works as a writer, sees no such upside to the latest lockdown. There is a collective frustration - and she says it has been made even worse by the confusion about when schools will go back.\n\nThe online home-schooling seems to be working, she says, with teachers trying to boost the enthusiasm levels, but it's no real substitute for being in school. And she wants much more clarity about when they will go back.\n\n\"I've tried not to be political about decisions being made, but you can't help but feel disappointed. They don't seem to understand how real people are living,\" she says.\n\nShe says when politicians say maybe schools will or won't be back by Easter, they don't realise how much that uncertainty affects families trying to plan for what comes next.\n\nEducational psychologist Dan O'Hare says the \"key word is 'uncertainty'\".\n\nLiving on a laptop can take its toll on parents having to work and home school their children\n\nNot knowing what is coming next adds to the pressure, he says, and children out of school are already facing big unknowns such as what's going to happen about exams or when will they see their friends and teachers.\n\n\"It's really stressful for children and their families,\" says Dr O'Hare, who is co-chair of the British Psychological Society's division for educational and child psychology. \"They need a sense of a plan.\"\n\nThis lockdown is also in the depths of winter - and he says employers need to think about making sure staff working from home are able to take a break in daylight hours, so that families can get outside.\n\nIt's no use asking parents to answer work emails all day and expect them to go out when it's dark.\n\nSchools have been providing more online lessons in this lockdown\n\nFor some families it has got very difficult.\n\n\"It's affected her emotionally a lot,\" says Dave in Bolton, who is worrying about his six-year-old daughter, who has been crying because she misses her friends.\n\n\"It's awful, you can't put a positive spin on it. She's at that age where she's enjoying her friends, becoming more socialised,\" he told BBC 5 Live.\n\n\"She's quite a confident little girl and I can't help worry that being stuck at home is going to impact her in the longer term.\"\n\nThe father says many of her classmates are still going into school - and that makes it even harder when she sees her friends on school Zoom calls.\n\nEmployers should make sure that parents' working hours allow them to get out in daylight, says psychologist\n\nJen Locke in Newcastle makes the point that women can often be \"the most adversely affected by the decision to keep schools closed\".\n\nShe says home schooling has \"fallen squarely on my shoulders\", helping her children in the day and then shifting her work with an IT company into the evening, so it's an early start through to a very late finish.\n\n\"It's a huge mental strain… I'm knackered from it all,\" she says, right down to trying to get children to bed who aren't tired because they're not going out.\n\nA lockdown weariness seems to be out there, despite the best efforts of schools.\n\nSimon Armstrong in Bristol, whose son is in secondary school, says: \"Virtual lessons, no matter how well delivered, are a woeful substitute for real lessons.\"\n\n\"I am at the end of my tether,\" he says.\n\nThe Department for Education said: \"We are committed to reopening schools as soon as the public health picture allows, and will inform schools, parents and pupils of plans ahead of February half term.\"\n\nBut Labour has accused the government of causing \"chaos and confusion\" for parents and schools.\n\nThe National Association of Head Teachers said: \"Now is the moment for calm heads to decide on a sustainable return to school, not another chaotic and last-minute set of decisions that could easily result in a yo-yo return to lockdown.\"", "Of 2,000 Welsh members of the Royal College of Nursing who took part in a survey, 75.9% reported increased stress over the past year\n\nA long-term plan is needed to help nurses cope with post-traumatic stress resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, union officials have said.\n\nLast year the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) ran a survey looking at its impact on front-line staff and how it had changed nurses' lives.\n\nOf 2,000 Welsh members who took part, 75.9% reported increased stress and 52% were worried about their mental health.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it recognised the pressures on NHS workers.\n\nCarol Doggett, senior matron at Swansea's Morriston Hospital, said nurses were often becoming patients' \"next of kin\" during the pandemic, due to the \"absence of family, particularly at end of life\".\n\n\"Which we would do anyway, naturally, but in the absence of family it's far more profound than supporting them in a holistic way if they were present with us,\" she said.\n\nSenior matron Carol Doggett says the extreme pressure experienced in intensive care had been felt throughout the hospital\n\nMs Doggett said the extreme pressure experienced in intensive care had been felt throughout the hospital.\n\n\"Patients are coming in through [the emergency department]. They are sicker. The number of sicker patients has definitely increased,\" she said.\n\n\"That results in them having an extended period in hospital. They can stay beyond Covid. They continue to suffer with those conditions that present themselves as a result of Covid.\"\n\nOn Sunday, Ms Doggett's colleague, Morriston intensive care consultant John Gorst, said as many as five patients are dying with Covid during a single 12-hour shift.\n\nNicky Hughes, associate director of nursing at RCN Wales, said: \"The Welsh Government needs to set a long-term plan in place to deal with post-traumatic stress and other mental health issues amongst nurses as a result of the pandemic.\n\n\"Nurses are exhausted, stressed and nearing burnout. Every day they tell us that they feel that they have nothing left to give and feel devalued.\"\n\nAlmost a year on from the start of the pandemic nurses have had to find \"ever more physical and emotional strength\" to cope with Covid-19, said Ms Hughes.\n\nMental health charity Mind Cymru agreed with the RCN that a \"coherent long-term strategy\" was needed to help front-line workers deal with the pandemic's effect on their mental health.\n\n\"We urge Welsh Government to factor this in to their plans and take the necessary steps to give people the support they need,\" said Simon Jones, Mind Cymru's head of policy.\n\n\"Nursing staff and other healthcare professionals have played, and continue to play, a vital role in combatting the pandemic, often putting their own health and wellbeing at risk.\n\n\"Even before the outbreak, we heard from many healthcare professionals struggling with the mental health impact of things like long working hours without breaks, unsociable shift patterns, and dealing with traumatic events.\"\n\nA mental health support hotline for front-line NHS staff in Wales - Health for Health Professionals (HHP) Wales - has been set up by Cardiff University and has received Welsh Government funding.\n\nThe hotline's director Prof Jonathan Bisson said he was \"encouraged\" by the Welsh Government's investment in HHP Wales along with Traumatic Stress Wales, which helps people who have experienced traumatic events.\n\n\"These two initiatives are taking a long term strategic approach to support health workers exposed to traumatic events,\" Prof Bisson said.\n\n\"HHP Wales offers access to mental health support for any member of NHS staff in Wales and has linked with Traumatic Stress Wales to provide evidence-based treatment to health workers who are experiencing post traumatic stress disorder as a result of traumatic experiences related to the pandemic and other causes.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru said the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on health and care workers \"mustn't be underestimated\".\n\n\"The Welsh Government must demonstrate that they're taking this seriously with a robust workforce strategy that takes into account the mental health needs of workers, including sufficient down time after the pandemic, and addresses the need to retain and recruit more staff,\" said Plaid's health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth.\n\nThe Welsh Government called the \"commitment and tireless hard work\" of nurses across Wales \"truly remarkable\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"We recognise the pressures the NHS workforce is experiencing and have worked closely with NHS employers and trade unions to create a comprehensive wellbeing package to help support them, which includes a dedicated and confidential Samaritans listening support helpline.\n\n\"We have also expanded our Health for Health Professionals Wales service which offers psychological and mental health support, as well as a number of free-to-access health and wellbeing support apps.\"\n\nRCN Wales said it was glad the Welsh Government was backing projects supporting health workers.\n\nIt said it encouraged the continued development of a \"long-term strategy to deal with the lasting impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our nursing workforce.\"", "A heatwave sweeping south-east Australia has sent temperatures soaring in the nation's biggest cities and escalated the threat of bushfires.\n\nA large blaze has been contained in Adelaide, South Australia after it burned through 2,500 hectares.\n\nNeighbouring Victoria state is facing its worst fire risk in a year.\n\nTemperatures in those states have started to cool but New South Wales and Queensland will see their heatwave continue into Tuesday.\n\nSydney recorded temperatures of above 40C by Monday afternoon.\n\nHealth officials have urged people to stay inside and to avoid physical activity, and for those near bushfires to avoid inhaling smoke.\n\nThe blaze in the Adelaide Hills has been contained but is expected to continue to burn for the next few days, local media reports.\n\nIt is believed to have destroyed several houses but has not caused injuries.\n\nThe blaze has burned through more than 2,500 hectares\n\nPeople in the area have been warned to take care.\n\n\"Smoke will reduce visibility on the roads and there is a risk of trees and branches falling,\" a statement from SA police said.\n\nImages taken on Monday show smoke over Adelaide obscuring parts of the city skyline and prompting some residents to wear face masks.\n\nAdelaide was blanketed by smoke on Monday\n\nAfter the hot spell began on Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology (Bom) issued heatwave warnings for South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland.\n\nOn Monday, Victoria's state capital Melbourne recorded temperatures of 41.5C at 12.40pm (01.40 GMT).\n\nPeople in Victoria have been urged to be careful when in water after the state recorded seven drownings over the past 10 days, ABC News reports.\n\nPeople in Sydney flocked to beaches at the weekend seeking relief from the heat\n\nThe heat is expected to linger until mid-week as the hot air mass tracks east across the country.\n\nAfter extreme bushfires and heatwaves a year ago, Australia's summer this year has so far been cooler and wetter. Meteorologists say the conditions are influenced by a La Nina phenomenon.\n\nAustralia has warmed on average by 1.4C since national records began in 1910, according to its science and weather agencies.\n\nThat's led to an increase in the number of extreme heat events, as well as increased fire danger days.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hell to high water: Australia’s summer of extremes in 2019-20\n\n\"In summer we now see a greater frequency of very hot days compared to earlier decades,\" said BoM and the national science agency, CSIRO, in their 2020 State of the Climate report.\n\nThe same report noted that 2019 - Australia's hottest year on record - had 33 days where the national maximum temperature exceeded 39C. That surpassed the total number of days over 39C in the previous six decades.\n\nHeatwaves are Australia's deadliest natural disaster and have killed thousands more people than bushfires or floods.", "Police found Dylan Freeman in his mother's bed surrounded by toys\n\nA woman has admitted suffocating her severely disabled son after suffering a breakdown.\n\nDylan Freeman's body was found in Acton, west London, on 16 August with a sponge in his mouth.\n\nHis mother Olga Freeman pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.\n\nThree psychiatric reports said Freeman was suffering from a severe depressive illness with psychotic symptoms at the time of the killing.\n\nFreeman attended Acton Police Station to report herself following the killing.\n\nOfficers later found Dylan in his mother's bed surrounded by toys.\n\nDylan had autism, Cohen syndrome - which is linked to abnormalities in many parts of the body - and significant difficulties with language and communication.\n\nIn the week leading up to the killing, Freeman had spoken about saving the world and being a Messiah, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.\n\nOlga Freeman had booked flights abroad the night before Dylan's body was found\n\nFreeman appeared by video-link to enter her plea and will be sentenced on 11 February.\n\nSpeaking after the hearing, the CPS's Kristen Katsouris described the death as \"tragic\".\n\nShe added: \"Olga Freeman had loved and cared for Dylan for many years, but the strain and pressures of her son's severe and complex special needs had built up and that, combined with her impaired mental health, led to heart-breaking consequences.\"\n\nA post-mortem examination at Great Ormond Street Hospital recorded Dylan's cause of death as upper airway obstruction.\n\nThe Met Police said Freeman had spoken to friends about struggling with the responsibility of caring for Dylan.\n\nOn the night before his body was found, Freeman booked two seats on a flight to Tel Aviv and told her friend not to go into Dylan's room.\n\nThe body of Dylan was found at a house in Cumberland Park, Acton\n\nAt the time of his death, his father, celebrity photographer Dean Freeman, was in Spain.\n\nHe described his son as \"a beautiful, bright, inquisitive and artistic child who loved to travel, visit art galleries and swim\".\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ambrose O'Neill was sentenced in his absence in 2008\n\nA violent robber who went on the run for nearly 13 years has finally been caught and jailed.\n\nAmbrose O'Neill - dubbed \"The Running Man\" due to his ability to evade capture - skipped his 2008 trial over an attack on an antiques dealer.\n\nHe was sentenced to eight years in prison in his absence but spent years at large, until police got a tip-off he was in hiding in Lincolnshire.\n\nThe 42-year-old was arrested on Friday and is now beginning his sentence.\n\nNottinghamshire Police said in 2007, O'Neill, of Ludgate Close in Arnold, knocked on his victim's front door in Seagrave, Leicestershire, posing as a pizza delivery man.\n\nWhen his victim opened the door, O'Neill pushed him over, punched him in the face and demanded he open a safe, threatening to kill him.\n\nBut he ultimately left empty-handed and was later arrested.\n\nO'Neill attended the first day of his trial at Leicester Crown Court but then went on the run.\n\nPolice said they launched Operation Gladiolus in December 2020 in a bid to track him down.\n\nPC James Gill, from Nottinghamshire Police's \"wanted squad\", said: \"We knew he had changed his appearance and lived in an area where people do not know him and he had an assumed identity,\" he said.\n\n\"He was laughing at the police, so we were determined to do everything to find him.\"\n\nA major breakthrough came from an anonymous tip-off suggesting O'Neill may be living with a woman in the Wyberton area, in Lincolnshire.\n\nPolice narrowed it down to a house in Causeway and arrested the \"surprised\" O'Neill in the early hours of Friday.\n\nPC James Gill worked in his free time to bring O'Neill to justice, Nottinghamshire Police said\n\nOfficers also arrested a 41-year-old woman on suspicion of assisting an offender. She remains in custody.\n\nO'Neill is due to appear at Leicester Crown Court on 29 January, where his sentence could be extended, the force added.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bethany and her two children have been on a waiting list for more than a year\n\nThere is a \"shocking\" lack of places for traveller families to live in England, according to a charity.\n\nOnly 18 out of 251 registered traveller sites have any spaces available, research from Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) suggests.\n\nIt says the government must \"do more\" to identify land for the community to live on.\n\nThe government says councils are \"best placed\" to assess the local need for permanent traveller sites.\n\nIn October, FFT wrote to all local authorities and private registered site providers in England to ask how many pitches they had available.\n\nIt received responses relating to 251 out of 266 traveller sites - which represented 3,482 permanent pitches and 304 transit pitches.\n\nA transit pitch is a short-term place where people can stay for a set period of usually up to three months.\n\nBethany says she's near the bottom of the waiting list for a pitch in her local area\n\nBethany Rose, 26, and her two children have been on a waiting list for a pitch in West Sussex for more than a year.\n\nShe is currently staying with her parents in their caravan on a registered traveller site. But this is against the rules of their tenancy contract and she will have to move out once the coronavirus pandemic is over.\n\nBethany has a health condition which means she can often be paralysed from the waist down and she needs to be close to her mum who is her carer.\n\n\"It's frustrating, annoying, aggravating, I feel let down,\" she says. \"I'm disabled. I'm homeless and I have two kids.\n\n\"For anyone normally it would just be like, 'Boof, there you go, there's a property, go and live there'. But I can't do that. I can't even get a house, I can't buy a plot of land, I can't do anything.\"\n\nBethany and her children are currently living with her parents on a traveller site in West Sussex\n\nIt's estimated about 1.1 million households are on local authority housing waiting lists, but Bethany believes it would be easier for her to get a home if she wasn't a traveller.\n\nShe says being a traveller is a huge part of her identity and she wants to live on a site so she can continue to be connected to her heritage.\n\n\"A whole community is there if you need something or something happens,\" she said. \"If you fall or you go to hospital, you can guarantee your neighbour will watch the kids until you come back. If you need a cup of sugar, you can just go round.\"\n\nThe research from FFT comes as MPs were due to debate a petition on Monday against government proposals to criminalise trespassing. However, this has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe new measures could see travellers facing a fine or prison if they set up unauthorised encampments - currently it's a civil offence.\n\nIn a consultation paper published in 2019, the Home Office said there had been \"long-standing concerns\" about the distress they caused to local communities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sarah Tanner posted a video saying she was \"disgusted\" by mess left by travellers in Dorset\n\nIn June 2020, residents in Dorset complained about mess left by travellers on a local park - which included a car being abandoned in the middle of a cricket pitch, rubbish dumped in green spaces and human waste deposited in the pond and lake.\n\nFFT says councils are failing to provide enough sites for travellers to live on.\n\nIn January 2019, plans to spend £5m on new traveller pitches in Milton Keynes were put on hold after a \"heated\" meeting with local residents.\n\nBethany believes councils are not doing more to provide extra sites because of discrimination towards travellers.\n\n\"They're building 50,000 new houses in West Sussex, not one of those places is having a site,\" she said. \"So you've got the Nimby (Not In My Back Yard) culture attached to that.\n\n\"For every 50 houses, they could put a site of five which is a whole little community that they can get used to and go, 'Yeah, OK, they're not as bad as people say.'\n\n\"That also means we're not pulling up the side of the roads. We're not being moved off. We're just trying to live like everyone else.\"\n\nMilton Keynes Council changed its plan to build a new traveller site after listening to residents\n\nWest Sussex County Council says when a vacancy comes up on a permanent site all those who have expressed an interest in that location are considered for the pitch.\n\nThe FFT wants the government to reintroduce pitch targets and a statutory duty on local authorities to meet the assessed need for Gypsy and traveller sites.\n\nIt also calls on the government to abandon its proposal to criminalise trespassing.\n\nSarah Sweeney, policy and communications manager at FFT, said: \"It is deeply unfair that while the government is dramatically failing to identify enough land for Gypsy and traveller families to live on, the home secretary is working to create laws to imprison, fine and remove the homes of families living on roadside camps for the 'crime' of having nowhere else to go.\"\n\nThe Local Government Association says it wants the government to publish \"better data\" on the scale of unauthorised encampments and the availability of authorised sites to help councils in England meet their planning obligations.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said: \"Unauthorised encampments cause distress and disruption for many people across the country so it's right we are giving the police the powers they need to address this issue.\n\n\"Councils are best placed to assess the local need for permanent traveller sites and decide where they should be, and can apply for funding through our Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme to help build them.\"", "At least 80 people had to leave their homes in the village after flooding\n\nPeople whose homes were flooded after a \"blow out\" at a mine shaft are said to be \"devastated\" as they face months before they can return home.\n\nSteve Morris said his son Gareth and his girlfriend's home in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, was inundated by \"orange\" flood water containing sewage.\n\nBut some will be allowed back to their properties on Tuesday.\n\nResidents of Goshen Park and Sunnyland Crescent who have yet to contact Neath Port Talbot council are urged to do so in the next 24 hours.\n\nThe council said access to these properties would continue to be affected beyond 26 January and the Coal Authority wished to have early discussions with them.\n\nMr Morris told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast that his son called him on Thursday to say his house was about to be flooded.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teresa Dalling says a river of orange water rushed through the village on Thursday\n\n\"I live about half a mile away... and by the time I got to his address I could see the water levels were rising rapidly up the road,\" he explained.\n\n\"Then it was so quick - the water came through his rear patio doors firstly, then the gardens and then the drains couldn't cope on the main road and came through the front door, then the side door.\n\n\"His ground floor was four feet under water, and it was this orange coloured water. There was sewage in the house, so his ground floor needs totally gutting.\"\n\nMr Morris said Gareth and his girlfriend are staying in a hotel as they wait to be allowed back to assess the damage.\n\nHe hopes their insurance firm will pay to rent a home for them, adding: \"I can honestly see them being out of their house for between six and 10 months.\n\n\"They are obviously devastated - they have only been in there for 12 months so everything was near enough brand new.\"\n\nCerys Thomas was at her mother's house with her son, in Goshen Park, when she saw water coming through the front door.\n\nThe stairs at the home of Cerys Thomas' parents were left caked in mud\n\nShe said: \"I said to my mother to get my son and herself out and up toward the street. I phoned the police then, because I could see it was going to be an emergency, and within minutes my parents' conservatory doors just blew through.\n\n\"The pressure of the water just blew through the house and the water, within minutes, was up to my waist.\n\n\"Trying to get out of the house was very scary because the pressure of the front door was getting pushed back.\"\n\nShe said the street was under water \"within seven minutes\".\n\n\"It was something you would see in a movie,\" she said.\n\nWithin minutes of water entering the house Ms Thomas was up to her waist in water\n\nMeanwhile, the Coal Authority said it has identified the cause of the \"blow out\".\n\nChief executive Lisa Pinney told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast: \"Firstly, I just want to say our thoughts are with everyone affected by this flooding and we are genuinely sorry people have been affected in this way.\n\n\"What we know so far is the blow out was caused by a blockage underground which caused water to break out, basically to find the easiest path, and there's no doubt the excessive rainfall in the days before was also a factor in that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Pinney said crews had been able to find the site of the collapsed mineshaft which had caused the flooding, and the authority had started to \"develop options\".\n\n\"We really understand people want to get back into their homes, they want to collect things, they want to know what the next steps are,\" she continued.\n\n\"We are working as fast as possible to make that happen and we hope to be able to provide some more information in the next day or so, but you will understand that we have to be sure for public safety.\"\n\nMs Pinney said there are almost 300 mine shafts or entries across the Skewen mine works, which covers an area of about 12 sq km (7.6 sq miles).\n\nShe added: \"We have checked all recorded shafts in the immediate area and we are doing continued checks over the coming days. We have found no problems. They are all safe.\"", "Jenners department store in Edinburgh has been at the site since 1838\n\nThe owner of the Jenners building in Edinburgh has promised that it will remain a department store - despite the departure of its current tenant, the House of Fraser.\n\nFrasers Group said it would cease trading at the site on 3 May, with the loss of 200 jobs.\n\nThe building is owned by Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen.\n\nA company spokesman said it would continue as a store and that \"advanced\" talks were taking place with operators.\n\nThe Jenners building has occupied a prime location on Princes Street for 183 years.\n\nIt was bought by Mr Povlsen - who is one of Scotland's biggest landowners - in 2017, reportedly for £53m.\n\nThe store is currently operated by the Frasers Group, which owns the commercial rights to the Jenners trading name.\n\nIt said it would be quitting the site in May after the two sides were unable to come to an agreement.\n\nA Frasers spokesman claimed that the landlord had not been able to \"work mutually on a fair agreement\".\n\nHe said this had led to \"the loss of 200 jobs and a vacant site for the foreseeable future, with no immediate plans.\n\n\"Our commitment to our Frasers strategy remains but landlords and retailers need to work together in a fair manner, especially when all stores are closed.\"\n\nAnders Holch Povlsen is one of Scotland's biggest landowners\n\nHowever, Anders Krogh Vogdrup - the director of AAA United, which owns the Jenners building - said it had given Frasers a substantial rent reduction and rent-free periods to cover the lockdowns.\n\n\"Frasers has made the decision that it does not wish to continue in occupation,\" he said.\n\n\"This will see the end of the 16-year association between House of Fraser and this building, but not of the 180 years of Jenners department store.\"\n\nMr Vogdrup told BBC Scotland that it had bought the Jenners building \"out of passion for its architecture and history\".\n\n\"We have been sad to read on social media that we are to close the department store, as that is not the case,\" he said.\n\n\"We fought to keep the current tenant and we are now in advanced talks with other partners.\"\n\nHe said their \"first priority\" was to keep it as a department store, while there were also plans to turn some unused parts of the building into a hotel.\n\n\"The Jenners department store and building is the jewel in the crown of Edinburgh,\" he added.\n\n\"We are not turning it into a hotel. It will remain a department store.\"\n\nHe also expects the Jenners name will remain on the side of the building.\n\nMr Povlsen, whose parents set up Scandinavian fashion company Bestseller, is believed to be worth £4.5bn. As well as owning Bestseller he is a major shareholder in online retailer Asos.\n\nHe has previously revealed plans to use parts of the Princes Street building for a hotel, with the rest reserved for retail.\n\nThe plans included the restoration of the building's Victorian facade and central atrium, which is a three-storey, top-lit grand saloon. A rooftop restaurant and bar would overlook nearby St Andrew Square.\n\nMr Vogdrup said the plans to refurbish the store were now on hold due to the current economic climate.\n\nJenners has dominated Edinburgh's main shopping thoroughfare since the mid-19th Century.\n\nIt was opened in 1838 by local drapers Charles Jenner and Charles Kennington, who found themselves out of work after being sacked for taking a day off to go to the races in Musselburgh.\n\nInitially called Kennington & Jenner, the boutique store proved popular for keeping the people of Edinburgh in fine silks and linen, which could normally only be found in London.\n\nBy 1890 the shop had changed name to Charles Jenner & Co and had expanded to adjoining buildings, making it one of the biggest stores in Scotland.\n\nBut just two years later fire destroyed the shop and ambitious plans - backed by the local council - were launched for a new look Jenners.\n\nCelebrated architect William Hamilton Beattie, who also designed the Balmoral and Carlton Hotel, was brought in for the redesign.\n\nCharles Jenner died in 1893 before the work was completed in 1895.\n\nIn 1911 the popular store was given a Royal Warrant.\n\nAfter struggling in the the 21st Century, the Jenners brand was sold to rivals House of Fraser for £46m in 2005.\n\nIn 2018, House of Fraser was bought by Mike Ashley's Sports Direct group.", "The pupils of someone with PTSD have an exaggerated response when viewing exciting or dangerous images, the study found\n\nA person's pupils can reveal if they have suffered a traumatic experience in the past, according to new research.\n\nThe joint Swansea and Cardiff universities study found the eyes of people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) behave differently.\n\nIt found their pupils have an exaggerated response when viewing exciting or dangerous images.\n\nThose behind the study said it could be useful in diagnosis, treatment and in bench-marking progress.\n\nNormally pupil size fluctuates with changing light levels, but it can also alter when a person is scared, excited, or even concentrating hard.\n\nShocking or surprising images can cause pupils to enlarge, however the researchers discovered this reaction was highly exaggerated in people who have experienced a traumatic event.\n\nThree groups of people were tested - some with diagnosed PTSD, others who had experienced a traumatic event but had no PTSD, and a control group of people with no previous issues.\n\nProf Nicola Gray, of Swansea University, co-authored the study with Prof Robert Snowden of Cardiff University.\n\nShe said: \"The pupil normally shows a fast constriction when the person sees a new image, but then the pupil gets bigger - especially if the picture is arousing, such as a scary image of, for example, fierce animals or weapons.\n\n\"However, the patients with PTSD behaved differently in both phases. First, their pupil did not constrict much when shown a new picture, and then it expanded more to the scary images than for people without PTSD.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could virtual reality help treat PTSD in veterans?\n\nOne man with PTSD who wished to remain anonymous described how, after his time in the Army, he was left unable to drive at night because his pupils could not contract sufficiently in response to street lights and on-coming headlights, leaving him dazzled and unable to see properly.\n\nThe research found the PTSD group showed enlarged pupils to images which were positive and exciting.\n\n\"When we displayed exciting scenes, such as a sporting triumph or an image of a person sky-diving, these images elicited the same enhanced pupil response in the PTSD group as the frightening pictures,\" Prof Snowden said.\n\n\"The subjects weren't frightened by these images, but the images were arousing. Once again, the people with PTSD showed a far greater response, indicating that they were even more aroused by these images than the other participants\".\n\nAccording to Prof Gray this finding could help to develop new therapies for PTSD.\n\n\"If exciting, but non-threatening, images elicit the same response, then it may be possible in the future to use them to gradually reduce the arousal levels of people experiencing PTSD.\"\n\nPTSD is an anxiety disorder caused by very stressful, frightening or distressing events.\n\nSomeone with PTSD often relives the traumatic event through nightmares and flashbacks, and may experience feelings of isolation, irritability and guilt.\n\nThey may also have problems sleeping, such as insomnia, and find concentrating difficult.\n\nThese symptoms are often severe and persistent enough to have a significant impact on the person's day-to-day life.\n\nCauses of PTSD can include:\n\nThe pupil is the opening in the middle of the iris\n\nProf Gray said the research may also be useful from a diagnostic perspective.\n\n\"PTSD comes in many forms, from people who have experienced a one-off sudden event like a car crash, to those who have gone through many traumatic events over a period of months or years via abuse.\n\n\"Sometimes people struggle to express these thoughts, or might even play them down in order to please the therapist.\n\n\"Having a more objective method to look for these signs of hypervigilance and hyperarousal may be useful in order to obtain a more accurate benchmark of how the person is progressing.\"", "Scientists say signs a new coronavirus variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a \"game changer\" in the UK's response to the pandemic.\n\nBoris Johnson has said there is \"some evidence\" the variant may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nBut the co-author of the study the PM was referring to said the variant's deadliness remained an \"open question\".\n\nAnother adviser said he was surprised Mr Johnson had shared the findings when the data was \"not particularly strong\".\n\nA third top medic said it was \"too early\" to be \"absolutely clear\".\n\nAt a Downing Street coronavirus news conference on Friday, the prime minister said: \"In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant - the variant that was first identified in London and the South East - may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.\"\n\nSpeaking alongside the PM, the government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said there was \"a lot of uncertainty around these numbers\" but that early evidence suggested the variant could be about 30% more deadly.\n\nFor example, Sir Patrick said if 1,000 men in their 60s were infected with the old variant, roughly 10 of them would be expected to die - but this rises to about 13 with the new variant.\n\nThe announcement followed a briefing by scientists on the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) which concluded there was a \"realistic possibility\" that the variant was associated with an increased risk of death.\n\nBut one of the briefing's co-authors, Prof Graham Medley, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"The question about whether it is more dangerous in terms of mortality I think is still open.\"\n\n\"In terms of making the situation worse it is not a game changer. It is a very bad thing that is slightly worse,\" added Prof Medley, who is a professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.\n\nAnother 1,348 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Saturday, in addition to 33,552 new infections, according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.\n\nThere is huge uncertainty in the evidence on how lethal the variant is.\n\nThe scientific experts that reviewed the data used a precise phrase saying it was a \"realistic possibility\" the new variant is more deadly.\n\nThat means there's a roughly 50-50 chance it will turn out to be true.\n\nWith time, and sadly more deaths, the picture will become clearer.\n\nWhile people debate the uncertainties though, we already know this variant has the ability to kill more people than the old ones.\n\nA virus that spreads faster (this one is 30-70% faster) will infect more people, more quickly, putting a greater strain on hospitals and leading to a sharper spike in deaths.\n\nIt is why viruses becoming more transmissible can be a bigger problem than ones becoming more deadly.\n\nNervtag's chairman Prof Peter Horby defended the government's \"transparency\" in making the announcement.\n\n\"Scientists are looking at the possibility that there is increased severity... and after a week of looking at the data we came to the conclusion that it was a realistic possibility,\" he said.\n\n\"We need to be transparent about that. If we were not telling people about this we would be accused of covering it up.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Patrick Vallance: \"There is evidence that there's an increased risk for those who have the new variant\"\n\nBut Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of Sage subgroup the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M), agreed it was too early to draw \"strong conclusions\" as the suggested increased mortality rates were based on \"a relatively small amount of data\".\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast he was \"actually quite surprised\" Mr Johnson had made the early findings public rather than monitoring the data \"for a week or two more\".\n\n\"I just worry that where we report things pre-emptively where the data are not really particularly strong,\" Dr Tildesley added.\n\nPublic Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle also said it was not \"absolutely clear\" the new variant was more deadly than the original.\n\n\"There is some evidence, but it is very early evidence. It is small numbers of cases and it is far too early to say,\" she told the Today programme.\n\nMeanwhile, senior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThe British Medical Association told Prof Chris Whitty an extension to the maximum gap between jab from three weeks to 12 weeks, to get the first dose to more people, was \"difficult to justify\".", "Moderna's Covid vaccine appears to work against new, more infectious variants of the pandemic virus found in the UK and South Africa, say scientists from the US pharmaceutical company.\n\nEarly laboratory tests suggest antibodies triggered by the vaccine can recognise and fight the new variants.\n\nMore studies are needed to confirm this is true for people who have been vaccinated.\n\nThe new variants have been spreading fast in a number of nations.\n\nThey have undergone changes or mutations that mean they can infect human cells more easily than the original version of coronavirus that started the pandemic.\n\nExperts think the UK strain, which emerged in September, may be up to 70% more transmissible.\n\nCurrent vaccines were designed around earlier variants, but scientists believe they should still work against the new ones, although perhaps not quite as well. There are already some early results that suggest the Pfizer vaccine protects against the new UK variant.\n\nFor the Moderna study, researchers looked at blood samples taken from eight people who had received the recommended two doses of the Moderna vaccine.\n\nThe findings are yet to be peer reviewed, but suggest immunity from the vaccine recognises the new variants.\n\nNeutralising antibodies, made by the body's immune system, stop the virus from entering cells.\n\nBlood samples exposed to the new variants appeared to have sufficient antibodies to achieve this neutralising effect, although it was not as strong for the South Africa variant as for the UK one.\n\nModerna says this could mean that protection against the South Africa variant might disappear more quickly.\n\nProf Lawrence Young, a virus expert at Warwick Medical School in the UK, said this would be concerning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC health and science journalist Laura Foster compares the three different Covid-19 vaccines\n\nModerna is currently testing whether giving a third booster shot might be beneficial.\n\nLike other scientists, the company is also investigating whether redesigning the booster to be a better match for the new variants will be beneficial.\n\nStephane Bancel, chief executive officer of Moderna, said the company believed it was \"imperative to be proactive as the virus evolves\".\n\nUK regulators have already approved Moderna's vaccine for rollout on the NHS, but the 17m pre-ordered doses are not expected to arrive until Spring.\n\nThe vaccine works in a similar way to the Pfizer one already being used in the UK.\n\nMore than 6.3 million people in the UK have already received a first dose of either the Pfizer or the AstraZeneca vaccine.", "Media regulator Ofcom has decided not to take any action over Channel 4's use of a \"deepfaked\" video of the Queen.\n\nThe \"alternative Christmas message\" attracted 354 complaints about decency after it aired on Christmas Day.\n\nIt showed an AI-generated version of the Queen, who made jokes about the Royal Family and the prime minister, and danced on top of a table.\n\nBut after assessing things, Ofcom decided not to pursue the complaints about disrespecting the monarch.\n\n\"In our view, Channel 4 made clear that the images were deliberately manipulated as a device to question societal trust in what we see online,\" a spokeswoman for the regulator said.\n\n\"We also consider that the satirical tone of the film was in keeping with audience expectations of this broadcaster,\" it added.\n\nThat decision is similar to Channel 4's own defence of the satire, in which it argued that the parody left viewers \"in no doubt that it was not real\".\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Channel 4 This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nIt also argued the message of the video as a whole was a warning about the importance of trust, and how easily convincing fake images and video can be created - even uploading a behind-the-scenes video about its creation.\n\nAfter airing on national television in the UK, the video has spread widely online, racking up nearly two million views on YouTube alone.\n\nIt has not, however, been universally popular - on top of the formal complaints to Ofcom, it has a poor ratio of likes-to-dislikes on YouTube - with more than 19,000 likes, but nearly 5,000 dislikes.\n\nDeepfakes work by training a computer to draw a person's face by showing it thousands of photographs of that person, ideally from many different angles and in different lighting conditions.\n\nThe computer can then draw that person's face on top of another actor's performance.\n\nThe more varied and numerous the images used in training the model, the better the result - which is why it is almost universally used to fake the appearance of celebrities, who already have hours of available film or television footage available.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut there are other limitations on the technology, too.\n\nThe similarity in facial structure, size, and appearance of the actor whose face is being replaced affects the realism of the finished deepfake. It is also far easier to produce a convincing result if the person remains still, as movement can often reveal the artificial nature of the animation.\n\nThe voice must also be replaced by an impersonator and the entire process is incredibly demanding, even for high-end computers, often taking many days of computation.\n\nHowever, the technique is advancing rapidly, and the results are becoming more convincing with each passing year, with major film firms such as Disney actively exploring the technique and developing their own variants.", "Fashion retailer Boohoo has bought the Debenhams brand and website for £55m.\n\nHowever, it will not take on any of the firm's remaining 118 High Street stores or its workforce.\n\nBoohoo said it was a \"transformational deal\" and a \"huge step\". But the deal means that up to 12,000 jobs at the department store chain are set to go.\n\nThe 242-year-old Debenhams chain is already in the process of closing down, after administrators failed to secure a rescue deal for the business.\n\nIn a separate development, Asos says it is in \"exclusive\" talks to buy the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands out of administration.\n\nBut the online retailer said it only wanted the brands, not their shops, suggesting any deal would cost jobs.\n\nThe current owner of the brands, Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group, fell into administration last November putting 13,000 jobs at risk.\n\nA closing-down sale at 124 Debenhams stores began in December, as the administrators continued to seek offers for all or parts of the business.\n\nThe company announced recently that six shops would not reopen after lockdown, including its flagship department store on London's Oxford Street.\n\nThe administrators of Debenhams UK, FRP Advisory, said they had undertaken a \"thorough and robust process\" to achieve \"the best outcome for Debenhams' stakeholders\".\n\n\"This transaction will allow a new Debenhams-branded business to emerge under strong new ownership, including an online operation and the opportunity to secure an international franchise network that will operate under licence using the Debenhams name,\" they added.\n\nBoohoo has already bought a number of High Street brands out of administration. It snapped up Oasis, Coast and Karen Millen, but not the associated stores.\n\nIts executive chairman, Mahmud Kamani, said: \"This is a transformational deal for the group, which allows us to capture the fantastic opportunity as ecommerce continues to grow. Our ambition is to create the UK's largest marketplace.\n\n\"Our acquisition of the Debenhams brand is strategically significant as it represents a huge step which accelerates our ambition to be a leader, not just in fashion ecommerce, but in new categories including beauty, sport and homeware.\"\n\nBoohoo said Debenhams was expected to relaunch on Boohoo's web platform later this year.\n\nIn the meantime, Debenhams will continue to operate its website for an agreed period.\n\nBoohoo's fast-fashion model has come under scrutiny\n\nBoohoo has recently come under fire over workers' pay and conditions and its ultra-low pricing.\n\nAs well as facing questions about the environmental impact of its fast-fashion business model, there have been accusations of widespread abuse of employment law at some of Boohoo's suppliers in Leicester.\n\nInvestigations last year suggested workers were being paid below the minimum wage.\n\nAfter an independent review of the claims found a series of failings, Mr Kamani said last month that the firm was working to fix the problems, adding: \"We will make a better Boohoo.\"\n\nWhile online retailers have been whittling away at their High Street rivals for years, few could have predicted how quickly bricks-and-mortar stalwarts have collapsed. The pandemic has fatally undermined their already parlous finances. Businesses that appeared to have a chance of survival just a year ago have been wiped out and their brands bought by online players.\n\nThe scale of the change is profound: when Debenhams listed on the stock exchange in 2011, investors valued it at £1.6bn. Boohoo, which was founded only in 2006, already has a stock market value of £4.4bn. Asos, a bit player two decades ago when Sir Philip Green's Arcadia group was riding high and toying with a bid for Marks & Spencer, is now valued by the stock market at £5bn.\n\nNeither Boohoo or Asos see any value in the Debenhams or Topshop High Street estates. Instead, they will concentrate on development of the brands and the associated customer data. This is bad news for the 19,000-odd people who work in the branches of Debenhams and Topshop, and will leave councils around the country wondering how they will fill town centres that were based on retail.\n\nBut just as canny entrepreneurs and private equity companies are gearing up to buy struggling pub chains, in the hope of a recovery once lockdown restrictions are eased, so will some investors be wondering what next for the High Street. The British love affair with shopping will not end overnight and a well-placed punt now could have big rewards.\n\nDebenhams has struggled for years with falling profits and rising debts, as more shopping has moved online. It called in administrators twice in two years, most recently in April.\n\nHowever, its position became untenable during the coronavirus pandemic as non-essential retailers were forced to close for prolonged periods.\n\nThe firm had already trimmed its store portfolio and cut about 6,500 jobs since May, as it struggled to stay afloat.\n\nBusinessman Mike Ashley, who founded Sports Direct and also owns House of Fraser, had already made an offer for Debenhams after it was initially put up for sale in April.\n\nHowever, the takeover offer, thought to be in the region of £125m, was rejected as being too low.\n\nMeanwhile, one of House of Fraser's flagship outlets, the Jenners department store in Edinburgh, is to leave its Princes Street home after 183 years. It will close on 3 May with the loss of 200 jobs.\n\nThe building's owner, Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, announced in November 2019 that he intended to convert the site, replacing Jenners with a hotel, cafes, a rooftop restaurant and luxury shops.\n\nHowever, a spokesperson for Frasers Group said it had been \"unable to reach an agreement\" with Mr Povlsen and that the closure of Jenners would leave \"a vacant site for the foreseeable future with no immediate plans\".\n\nDo you work for Debenhams? Has your job been affected? Please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dutch police have described it as the worst unrest in four decades\n\nMore than 180 people were arrested in 10 Dutch cities as protesters defying a curfew clashed with riot police for a third night running.\n\nShops in Rotterdam were looted and police used water cannon, as rioters resisted latest Covid restrictions.\n\nPrime Minister Mark Rutte condemned \"criminal violence\" and the justice minister said the curfew would remain.\n\nThe Dutch chief of police said the riots no longer had \"anything to do with the basic right to demonstrate\".\n\nThe Netherlands has had nearly one million confirmed Covid cases since the start of the outbreak, with more than 13,500 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US, which is tracking the pandemic.\n\nThe government recently introduced a night-time curfew which runs from 21:00 (20:00 GMT) to 04:30. Anyone caught violating it faces a €95 (£84) fine.\n\nThere were further violent scenes in many towns and cities. Riot police clashed with protesters in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, as well as Amersfoort, Den Bosch, Alphen and Helmond.\n\nSome of the worst disturbances were in the south of Rotterdam where police said 10 officers were hurt. Across the country 184 people were arrested. Amsterdam's mayor appealed to parents to keep young people indoors.\n\nSeveral cities have vowed to introduce emergency measures in an effort to prevent more disturbances\n\nThe windows of some shops were smashed in Rotterdam\n\nFires were lit on the streets of The Hague, where police on bicycles attempted to move small clusters of men who threw stones and fireworks. There was violence in the southern city of Den Bosch, where rioters set off fireworks, broke windows, looted a supermarket and overturned cars.\n\nA woman living near Den Bosch train station told Dutch radio that masked youths had left a trail of destruction in the city centre. \"I saw windows smashed and fireworks going off. Really crazy, just like a war zone,\" the woman said. Roads into the city were closed to stop people joining the rioters and Mayor Jack Mikkers imposed an emergency order banning gatherings on Tuesday.\n\nThe ignition of discontent has rocked the core of Dutch society.\n\nIn the absence of any legitimate way to socialise, is this simply an outlet for young men to feel part of something, their masks concealing their identities and enabling them to violently channel their frustrations?\n\nThere are more sinister influences at play. Messages on social media, overt and covert, have whipped up anger. Misinformation has even been spread by some politicians.\n\nSome of the worst violence was in Rotterdam\n\nSome feared a curfew would be a tipping point, as Dutch restrictions tighten while some neighbouring countries relax their rules. The vast majority of people in the Netherlands are peacefully observing the curfew.\n\nThe unrest was initially seen as a response to the first \"stay-at-home\" order imposed since Nazi occupation during World War Two. That notion has been dismissed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who said the rioters were simply criminals and would be treated as such.\n\nBut there are simmering anxieties in Dutch towns and cities, and with less than two months before a general election, voters are vulnerable and the streets volatile.\n\nThere has been widespread shock at the violence. In Rotterdam, where police used water cannon during clashes with rioters, Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb signed an emergency decree, giving police broader powers of arrest. He reacted furiously to shops being looted in the south of the city, condemning \"shameless thieves, I can't call it anything else\".\n\nThe prime minister said the police had the government's full support: \"The riots have nothing to do with protesting or fighting for freedom.\"\n\nRotterdam shop-owner Emrah Köker said he had no words for what he had seen. \"How can this happen in the Netherlands?\" he asked Dutch daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. Justice Minister Ferd Grapperhuis challenged anyone to explain what looting a shop had to do with coronavirus.\n\nThe mayor of Den Bosch said police had struggled to respond to the violence because they were needed in other nearby towns.\n\nFootball fans of the Willem II club took to the streets of Tilburg to \"protect their city\" against rioters, news site Brabants Dagblad reports.\n\nMayors in several cities have vowed to introduce emergency measures in an effort to prevent more disturbances.\n\nThe Dutch prime minister has condemned the violence\n\nThere has been widespread shock in the Netherlands over the violence", "The public's trust in the way the UK is run is breaking down, former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown has warned.\n\nHe said Covid-19 had exposed \"tensions\" between Whitehall and the nations and regions, who were often treated by the centre as if they were \"invisible\".\n\nMr Brown is urging Boris Johnson to set up a commission to review how the country is governed and powers shared.\n\nBut the PM said his focus was on the pandemic, stressing the benefits of the union could be \"seen everywhere\".\n\nMr Brown's intervention comes amid a looming clash between Mr Johnson and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who has demanded the UK agree to another Scottish independence referendum if the SNP wins a majority in May's Holyrood elections.\n\nThe Court of Session is hearing arguments about whether Holyrood can legislate to hold one even if the UK government continues to object.\n\nWriting in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Brown - who advocates a federal system with more power for nations and regions - says the pandemic has \"brought to the surface tensions and grievances that have been simmering for years\" between Downing Street and the various parts of the UK.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Conservatives election win was not 'a signal that the country is at ease' warns Brown\n\nHe points to \"bitter disputes\" over issues such as lockdown restrictions and furlough and said unless underlying tensions were resolved, the UK risked becoming a \"failed state\".\n\nIn an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today, he said at a time \"when all should be pulling together and intensifying co-operation across the UK\" there was division and claims by the leaders of Scotland and Wales and the English regions that they were not being properly consulted.\n\nLast year there were rows between the government and local authorities over coronavirus tiers, with the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, objecting to plans to put the region into the strictest level of restrictions.\n\nMr Brown told Today that while he was \"confident\" that Scotland would still be part of the UK in ten years time, the way the UK was governed had to change.\n\n\"I think the public are fed up. I think in many ways, they feel they are being treated as second class citizens, particularly in the outlying areas, that they are invisible and forgotten.\"\n\n\"Something has broken down in trust and has to be repaired.\"\n\nMr Brown is advising the Labour Party on its devolution strategy - but has also held talks with government ministers including Michael Gove in recent weeks.\n\nGovernment sources say they are focused on taking tangible steps to demonstrate the value of the UK.\n\nThe idea of a fundamental review of the UK's power structures has been suggested as one possible way to counter support for Scottish independence ahead of May's Holyrood election.\n\nBut a series of polls now suggest support for independence is higher than support for the union - and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will demand another referendum if, as seems likely, her party - the SNP - wins in May.\n\nHe is calling on Boris Johnson to immediately set up a commission on democracy to review how the UK is governed, something the Conservatives promised in their manifesto before the last general election.\n\nIn his Telegraph article, he suggests it would find that the UK needs a Forum of the Nations and Regions, citizens' assemblies, and a greater focus on the benefits of cooperation in areas such as the NHS and the armed forces.\n\nThe current Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer also supports devolving more powers from Westminster but opposes another Scottish independence referendum.\n\nThe SNP said last week that there would be a \"legal referendum\" after the pandemic if May's Holyrood election returned a pro-independence majority.\n\nAsked if he would stand in the way of this, Mr Johnson said what the British public wanted was for its political leaders to focus on beating coronavirus, adding that the advantages of the UK's four nations working together \"spoke for themselves\".\n\n\"I think people can see everywhere in the UK the visible benefits of our wonderful union,\" he said.\n\n\"A vaccine programme that is being rolled out by a National Health Service, a vaccine that was developed in labs in Oxford and is being administered by the British Army.\"\n\nBut the SNP said the Scottish people, not Westminster-based politicians, should decide the country's future.\n\n\"No amount of constitutional tinkering from Labour would protect Scotland from Brexit or the Tory power grab - only independence can do that,\" said Kirsten Oswald, the party's deputy Westminster leader.\n\n\"The Scottish people will see right through this attempt to deny their democratic right.\"\n\nA poll commissioned by the Sunday Times in Northern Ireland found 51% of people wanted a referendum on Irish unity in the next five years.\n\nDUP leader and Northern Irish First Minister Arlene Foster said such a vote would be \"absolutely reckless\".\n\nNumbers supporting Wales breaking away from the UK also appear to be rising. The pro-independence campaign group Yes Cymru has said membership swelled from 2,000 at the start of 2020 to more than 17,000.\n\nPlaid Cymru has also promised to hold an independence referendum if it wins the next Senedd election.\n\nResponding to Mr Brown's intervention, the party's Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts said: \"It's been clear for many years that the UK doesn't work for Wales - I'm glad that the Labour Party are starting to see that.\"", "Prince Charles Hospital now has an expanded special care baby unit and six en-suite delivery rooms\n\nIt followed concerns that emerged in late 2018 that women and babies may have come to harm because of staff shortages and failures to report serious incidents.\n\nThe review by experts from two royal colleges was in addition to the health board's own investigation. Maternity services in Cwm Taf are now in special measures and an independent panel was set up to drive improvements.\n\nHow many incidents are we talking about?\n• None 150cases from 2016-2018 reviewed so lessons can be learnt\n\nThe health board's own investigation looked at 43 cases, including 25 serious incidents. Of these initial cases, 20 were at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant and 23 at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil. The serious incidents include eight stillbirths and five deaths shortly after birth, all between January 2016 and last September.\n\nThey came to light after concerns were raised that staff had not been reporting serious incidents.\n\nThe health board said it faced \"extreme\" staff shortages and was urgently trying to make improvements.\n\nBut the review team cast doubt on the ability of the health board to make changes, without more support. It said it was \"dismayed\" that an internal report, written by a consultant midwife, highlighting many safety concerns last September was not acted upon, \"thereby continuing to expose women to unacceptable risks\".\n\nA consultant midwife also identified 67 stillbirths, going back to 2010, which had not been reported by the health board.\n\nThe independent panel decided to widen its scope to look at 350 cases of women who were transferred out of the health board area.\n\nIn October 2019, the panel said it was looking at a total of 150 cases between 2016 and 2018 - including the 43 cases initially investigated. There is still scope to look back at further years.\n\nWho has been investigating?\n\nThe health minister Vaughan Gething ordered an \"independent external review\" by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology and the Royal College of Midwives last October.\n\nIts findings, published in April 2019, were damning and found services \"under extreme pressure\" and \"dysfunctional\", while mothers had distressing experiences in how they were treated.\n\nCwm Taf's maternity services were placed in special measures and the independent panel overseeing changes has indicated as well as looking back in detail at past cases it wanted to ensure improvements were robust and to look at lessons that could be learned across Wales.\n\nHave any changes been made?\n\nThe royal colleges review team ordered urgent action after visiting hospitals in January 2019 - finding \"a number of immediate quality and safety concerns\".\n\nMeasures included more cover by doctors, strengthened processes for flagging up problems and more support for junior doctors. Cwm Taf now says these have all been completed.\n\nThe latest progress report from the independent panel in January 2020 found the most urgent improvements had been made.\n\nStaffing levels and training had improved, there was a better system for flagging up complaints and surveys found \"high levels of satisfaction\" from women using Prince Charles Hospital.\n\nThe panel was \"cautiously optimistic\" that long term improvements would be made.\n\nChioma Udeogu, who has moved back home to Nigeria\n\nThe review's parallel report on how families were dealt with was perhaps the most powerful testimony on the problems at Cwm Taf.\n\nMothers were said to have been ignored or made to feel worthless.\n\nThey spoke of being ignored or patronised.\n\nOne mother said: \"I want having a baby to be a good experience. It's ruined it.\"\n\nThere was the case of Sarah Handy, who was sent home from hospital in pain with laxatives, before giving birth prematurely at home. Her daughter died.\n\nChioma Udeogu's daughter was delivered stillborn after failings in her care at the Royal Glamorgan hospital in January 2017. An internal investigation has already found midwives failed for 12 hours to carry out antenatal checks on Mrs Udeogu, an engineering student at the University of South Wales at the time.\n\n\"I believe that if I was properly monitored in the hospital I wouldn't have lost her,\" she said.\n\nJessica Western, from Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan, said she was not listened to when she could not feel her baby move in the month before the birth.\n\nJessica Western says she was not listened to at different points before and after the birth of her baby\n\nHer daughter Macie died in March 2018, 19 days after she was born.\n\n\"I'm only young and I do want to have more kids eventually, but I'm not prepared to put myself through a pregnancy if this could happen again,\" she said.\n\nAnother, Monique Aziz, from Coedely, Rhondda Cynon Taff, whose baby son died days after leaving hospital, said: \"I just want to know if he would have still been here if things had been done differently.\"\n\nWhat else has been happening?\n\nIn the background, there have been long planned changes in how maternity services are organised.\n\nFrom March 2019, doctor-led care for mothers in labour or for babies needing specialist neonatal care is now only provided on one site - Prince Charles Hospital. The Royal Glamorgan still has a 24-hour midwife unit for less complicated births and will continue to provide all antenatal services, clinic appointments, scans and tests during pregnancy.\n\nThe changes follow long-standing concerns that specialist maternity staff had been spread too thinly. The health board says those changes will help address challenges, including over staffing.\n\nAfter the critical report, the health board's chief executive went on sickness leave and then resigned in August 2019.\n\nStress and sickness absence was reported to be an issue among midwives, in the aftermath of the review.\n\nHow far back to those concerns go?\n\nThe fragility of maternity services in the area can be traced back for at least a decade. In a review in 2011 the Wales Audit Office raised concerns about staffing, skill mix and absences and the health board's ability to deliver maternity services on two sites.\n\nConcerns about the quality of maternity care were also at the heart of a controversial plan in 2014 to centralise some specialist services in fewer hospitals along the M4 corridor. It recommended moving doctor-led care for mothers and children (along with A&E) from the Royal Glamorgan hospital.\n\nCwm Taf health board initially rejected the plan and several months of wrangling followed.\n\nFour years later, the proposals on maternity services are only now being finally implemented.\n\nWhat is the independent panel doing?\n\nThe chairman Mick Giannasi - who has a track record going into troubled organisations, like Anglesey Council and the Welsh Ambulance Service - brings clinical expertise. He is also setting up a system so families can be involved and kept fully informed.\n\nIn the first progress report in October 2019, the panel said there had been progress - around a third of the action points in the improvement plan had been delivered - but a \"significant amount of work\" still needed to be done.\n\nThere had been \"significant\" progress by January 2020 although with more than two thirds of recommendations it was still \"work in progress\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Vaccination appointments for people aged 70-79 are being delivered from Monday - but plans to use distinctive blue envelopes in some parts of the country have been delayed.\n\nThe aim is to have this group receive their first dose by mid-February.\n\nOn Sunday morning, the Scottish government said some letters would be sent out in blue envelopes and given Royal Mail priority.\n\nBut in a statement published later it said the envelopes were not yet ready.\n\nIt added that the change has no impact on the vaccination programme timetable.\n\nVaccinations for over-80s are continuing, with Nicola Sturgeon revealing on Sunday that about 40% of this age group had received a first dose of the vaccine.\n\nAll appointments will initially be sent out in white envelopes which will have a window and a black NHS logo on the right hand side.\n\nThe blue envelopes were due to be sent out in Fife, Forth Valley, Ayrshire and Arran, Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and Lothian as part of a new booking system.\n\nUnder the system, patients are scheduled in order of priority and more boards are expected to make use of the technology as the vaccination programme expands.\n\nA Scottish government spokesman said the blue envelopes would be introduced \"as quickly as possible\".\n\nHe added: \"The blue envelopes we hoped to use were not ready in time for the first tranche of vaccine appointment invitations so distinctive NHS branded white envelopes are being used as a temporary measure.\n\n\"The absolute priority remains the roll-out of vaccinations and this temporary change to the envelope colour has absolutely no impact to our timetable.\n\n\"We continue to strongly urge everyone in the 70-79 age group to check all their post in the coming weeks and take up the offer of the vaccine when it is received,\" he added.\n\nAccording to the Scottish government's vaccine deployment plan, the 470,000 people aged in the 70 and 79 age bracket should receive their first dose by mid-February.\n\nSome patients may receive a phone call from their local health board as part of the appointment process.\n\nAnd all patients aged 75 to 79 in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will be invited via phone.\n\nA Royal Mail spokesman said \"clearly marked envelopes\" would be used to make it easier for the postal service to identify and prioritise this mail during sorting and delivery process.\n\nHe added: \"We are poised to make these letters even more noticeable in the coming weeks as we have agreed.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Scottish government has said it is on track for all those aged 80 and over to have received their first dose of the vaccine by the end of the first week in February.\n\nThis age group are being contacted by telephone or another form of letter.\n\nMinisters have faced criticism over the pace of the vaccine rollout, and accusations that Scotland is \"lagging behind\" England on the vaccine roll-out.\n\nOpposition parties say vaccines are not being supplied to GPs' surgeries fast enough.\n\nAnd they point to the latest official figures which show that 13% of over 80s in Scotland had their first dose by Sunday 17 January, while 56.3% of same age group had been vaccinated in England.\n\nMs Sturgeon told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that, a week on, the figure had reached about 40%.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon says the over 70s are to receive their vaccine date\n\nThe UK government Health Secretary Matt Hancock told Andrew Marr on Sunday that 75% of over-80s and three-quarters of UK care homes had received a first Covid vaccine in England.\n\nAbout 95% of Scottish care home residents have received their first dose, Ms Sturgeon told the Scottish government briefing on Friday.\n\nShe said the over-80s roll-out has been slower because the Scottish government has \"very deliberately\" concentrated on vaccinating care home residents first, which is \"more time consuming and labour intensive\".\n\nThis was designed to target the most vulnerable and was in line with the priority list compiled by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises on vaccine rollout across the UK, she said.\n\nScotland's national clinical director Prof Jason Leitch has defended the plan, which has been challenged by the British Medical Association (BMA) for not getting second doses out quickly enough.\n\nProf Leitch told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"The difficulty with the BMA's position is that we would have to de-prioritise another group, either care home residents or the over-80s, in order to give a second dose to younger people.\n\n\"And that's what the Joint Committee on Vaccination have told us not to do.\n\n\"They have told us in very clear terms - give the first dose to as many vulnerable people as you can and that gives us the best chance of saving the most lives.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Deputy First Minister John Swinney told Politics Scotland that the Scottish government was \"actively exploring\" the possibility of stricter rules around facemasks.\n\nHe said the issue was being \"looked at\" after new rules announced in Germany last week required people to wear medical-grade facemasks on public transport and in shops.\n\nMr Swinney said progress was being made in reducing cases but hospitals were still under \"enormous pressure\" and it would be \"foolish\" to rule out strengthening restrictions further in the future.", "Concerns emerged in late 2018 that women and babies may have come to harm because of staff shortages and failures to report serious incidents\n\nTwo-thirds of women at the heart of a review into maternity services at a Welsh health board could have had very different outcomes if they had received better care, a report has found.\n\nThe Independent Maternity Services Oversight Panel (Imsop) focused on the experiences of pregnant women at Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board.\n\nIts maternity services have been in special measures since \"serious failings\" were found two years ago.\n\nConcerns emerged in late 2018 that women and babies may have come to harm because of staff shortages and failures to report serious incidents.\n\nThis sparked a major independent review, which gave a damning verdict on maternity services in the health board area that covers about 450,000 people living in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend and Merthyr Tydfil.\n\nPublished on Monday, the Imsop report focuses on the care of 27 women, most of whom were admitted to an intensive care unit during 28 \"episodes of care\" between January 2016 and September 2018.\n\nIt found that 19 reviews of maternal care (68%) revealed at least one factor where \"different management would reasonably have been expected to alter the outcome\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kayden was born with severe brain damage following mistakes in his mother's maternity care\n\nThe panel's chairman, Mick Giannasi, said: \"These findings will be concerning and potentially distressing for the women and families involved, and it will be difficult for staff.\n\n\"Of the 28 episodes of care, we concluded that in 27 of them, our independent teams who reviewed the care would have done something differently. Put simply, what went wrong, might not have gone wrong if things had been done differently.\"\n\nTwo further reviews of stillbirths and neonatal mortality and morbidity will follow later this year. In total, all three independent reviews will looks at 160 cases.\n\nImsop's findings reinforce those of the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.\n\nThe royal colleges' 2019 investigation found mothers faced \"distressing experiences and poor care\" at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant and Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, with maternity services deemed \"dysfunctional\".\n\nFour key areas have been identified by Imsop as factors which contributed to poor care. These are:\n\nWales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the latest report recognises things are moving in the right direction for the health board, but more needs to be done.\n\n\"The report highlights that women weren't always at the centre of their care and that women weren't always listened to, and that led to harm that could have been avoided,\" Mr Gething told reporters at the latest Welsh Government press briefing.\n\n\"Nothing will be able to change what these women and their families experienced at these two hospitals or the outcome for those families whose babies died or came to harm.\n\n\"I am deeply sorry for everything that happened.\"\n\nVaughan Gething says he is \"deeply sorry\" women and their families were not listened to\n\nHe said he hoped \"families can take some comfort\" from the reviews that have provided answers to questions they were asking.\n\n\"My thoughts are with everyone affected by this report today and those who are still awaiting the outcome of their reviews,\" Mr Gething added.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg health board said it has been \"working with the panel and families\" to put in place a \"comprehensive maternity and neonatal improvement programme\".\n\n\"It has been a period of reflection during which we have examined the regrettable failings in maternity services of the former Cwm Taf University Health Board and we acknowledge the fact that we still have some way to go,\" said Greg Dix, the health board's executive director of nursing and midwifery.\n\n\"We will never forget the tragedies suffered by women, their families and our staff, and the learning from these cases is a key corner stone on which we are building our improvement plans.\"", "Credit card giant Mastercard is to raise the fees it charges EU merchants when UK cardholders buy goods and services from them online by fivefold.\n\nIt has sparked fears that consumer prices could rise if merchants choose to pass on those costs, especially on items not available from UK retailers.\n\nTransactions with airlines, hotels, car rentals and holiday firms based in the EU could all be affected.\n\nMastercard attributed the move to the UK's decision to leave the EU.\n\nIt said that only online sales would be affected and that \"in practice\" UK consumers would not notice the change.\n\nThe change affects the \"interchange\" fees Mastercard sets on behalf of big banks, so that its customers can use their payment networks.\n\nFrom October, Mastercard said it would increase these fees to 1.5% on every transaction, up from 0.3%.\n\nThe EU introduced a cap on such fees in 2015 after concerns they pushed prices up for consumers and unfairly burdened companies.\n\nBritish customers makes tens of billions of pounds of purchases every year from European merchants on credit cards alone - and the hike in fees from Mastercard will affect the majority of those.\n\nThe increase may be relatively small but it's significant, coming at a time when retailers may face extra paperwork and checks - higher costs - for goods coming into the UK.\n\nWith Covid restrictions bringing their own challenges, businesses, especially smaller ones, may be compelled to pass on the costs to consumers.\n\nAnd it's not just items crossing borders. The payments for most items bought on Amazon in the UK are processed via its Luxembourg headquarters.\n\nWith the increase not coming in for several months, international companies may look at ways to reclassify UK sales, to avoid the charges.\n\nMastercard is implementing the rises simply as it's no longer bound by the restrictions imposed by the UK being in the EU. The banks which receive the fees have said in the past that they are invested in areas such as card security and innovation. This time, however, the trade body which represents them has declined to comment on the rises.\n\nBut Mastercard said that since the end of the Brexit transition period, the cap no longer applied to many payments between the UK and European Economic Area (which also includes Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway).\n\n\"As a result of the UK leaving the EEA, Mastercard will adapt interchange rates on UK cards to the commitments it gave the European Commission in 2019 for non-EEA card transactions,\" the company said.\n\n\"In practice, only EEA merchants making e-commerce sales to UK cardholders will see a change.\"\n\nKevin Hollinrake, chair of the parliamentary group on Fair Business Banking, told the Financial Times, which first reported the story, that the move \"smacks of opportunism\".\n\nAnd Callum Godwin, chief economist at CMSPI, the global payments consultancy, said airlines, hotels, car rentals and travel groups would be hit.\n\n\"[This will happen] anywhere the consumer is in the UK and the merchant is in the EU,\" he said.\n\nHe added that many firms in these industries were already struggling due to the pandemic.\n\nVisa, Mastercard's larger rival, has not announced plans to change its fees but told the FT it was keeping the issue under review.\n\nCompanies in the UK and EU are already facing added costs and delays due to post-Brexit trade rules brought in on 1 January.\n\nSome EU exporters have already stopped deliveries to the UK because of new VAT related charges.\n\nMeanwhile, UK consumers who have bought goods from firms based in the bloc have found themselves facing hefty charges to cover customs duties, taxes and administration.", "Chelsea have sacked manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge, with former Paris St-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel expected to replace him.\n\nLampard, 42, leaves with the club ninth in the Premier League after last week's defeat at Leicester City, having won once in their past five league matches.\n\nHis final game was Sunday's 3-1 FA Cup fourth-round win against Luton.\n\nLampard was appointed on a three-year contract when he replaced Maurizio Sarri at Stamford Bridge in July 2019.\n• None Watch Monday Night Club: Is Tuchel right man for Chelsea?\n• None 'Lampard had seen enough Chelsea managers go to know the score'\n• None Why Tuchel will be a popular appointment in the Chelsea dressing room\n• None Tuchel set to come in after Lampard sacking - reaction\n\nIn a statement released on Monday night, Lampard said he was \"disappointed not to have had the time to take the club forward\" and added that it had been a \"huge privilege and an honour\" to manage the club.\n\n\"When I took on this role I understood the challenges that lay ahead in a difficult time for the football club,\" he continued.\n\n\"I am proud of the achievements that we made, and I am proud of the academy players that have made their step into the first team and performed so well. They are the future of the club.\"\n\nChelsea are hopeful that new manager Tuchel will be on the bench for Wednesday's Premier League game against Wolves at Stamford Bridge.\n\nHe will not be exempt from coronavirus quarantine.\n\nBut if Tuchel tests negative on entry to the United Kingdom and then negative again in order to enter a Premier League club's bubble, he will be granted an exemption by the Football Association for attending matches and training.\n\nHe will still have to serve a quarantine period outside of those environments, which will last five days.\n\nFormer Chelsea midfielder Lampard guided them to fourth place and the FA Cup final in his first season in charge, and a 3-1 win against Leeds in early December put the club top of the Premier League.\n\nHowever, the Blues have suffered five defeats in their past eight league games, as many as they had in their previous 23.\n\nIn a statement, Chelsea said: \"This has been a very difficult decision, and not one that the owner and the board have taken lightly.\n\n\"We are grateful to Frank for what he has achieved in his time as head coach of the club. However, recent results and performances have not met the club's expectations, leaving the club mid-table without any clear path to sustained improvement.\n\n\"There can never be a good time to part ways with a club legend such as Frank, but after lengthy deliberation and consideration it was decided a change is needed now to give the club time to improve performances and results this season.\"\n\nOwner Roman Abramovich said Lampard's status as an \"important icon\" of the club \"remains undiminished\" despite his dismissal.\n\n\"This was a very difficult decision for the club, not least because I have an excellent personal relationship with Frank and I have the utmost respect for him,\" said Abramovich.\n\n\"He is a man of great integrity and has the highest of work ethics. However, under current circumstances we believe it is best to change managers.\"\n\nLampard did not sign a single player during his first season as the club were operating under a transfer embargo, but spent more than £200m on seven major signings last summer, including £45m on Leicester's Ben Chilwell and £71m on midfielder Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen.\n\nIt is the most Chelsea have spent in one summer, eclipsing the £186m they invested at the start of the 2017-18 season.\n\nLampard is Chelsea's all-time record scorer, with 211 goals for the club between 2001 and 2014, and is also joint-seventh on the list of most capped England players, having made 106 appearances for his country over 15 years from 1999.\n\nDuring his 13 seasons as a player at Stamford Bridge, he made 648 appearances and won 11 major trophies - including four Premier League titles and the 2012 Champions League.\n\nHis first managerial job was at Derby. In his one season in charge, they reached the Championship play-off final, where they lost to Aston Villa.\n\nLampard became the 10th full-time manager appointed by Abramovich since the billionaire bought the club in 2003.\n\nAccording to football finance journalist Kieran Maguire, Abramovich had spent £110m on sacking managers before Lampard's dismissal.\n\nHaving finished with 66 points last season after 20 wins and 12 defeats, Chelsea have lost six times in their opening 19 league games this season.\n\nLampard's points-per-game average of 1.67 is the lowest of any permanent Chelsea manager in the Premier League. During the Abramovich era, only Andre Villas-Boas (47.5%) has a worse win rate than Lampard's 52.4%, in all competitions among permanent Chelsea bosses.\n\nIn contrast, Jose Mourinho's win rate in all competitions during his first spell in charge was 67.03%, while Sarri, Antonio Conte, Avram Grant, Carlo Ancelotti and Claudio Ranieri all had win rates over 60%.\n\nAnalysis - lack of confidence among squad key to sacking\n\nLampard was sacked because the club could not see him reversing a slide in form.\n\nAfter qualifying for the Champions League last season and spending more than £200m on players in the summer, the aim this campaign was to close the gap on the leaders, but that has not been achieved.\n\nAlthough links will be made between Tuchel's heritage and the poor form of fellow Germans Kai Havertz and Timo Werner, the change was made because of the lack of confidence among the whole squad.\n\nIt is hoped that Tuchel can rejuvenate a team that is five points outside of the top four, and an announcement could be made within 24 hours.\n\nThe decision to sack Lampard was very difficult for Abramovich, who has never made a statement when changing Chelsea managers previously.\n\nIn the end, Lampard paid for his relative inexperience as a manager, which cannot be said of Tuchel.\n\nBest of reaction to Lampard sacking\n\nManchester City boss Pep Guardiola: \"People talk about projects and ideas. They don't exist. You have to win or you will be replaced. I am not judging Chelsea's decision. I respect their decision. But our world is to win as much as possible.\n\n\"I hope to see Frank soon and go to a restaurant with him when lockdown is finished.\"\n\nTottenham boss Jose Mourinho: \"It is the brutality of football. Anything can happen in football now, every time somebody loses their job it is sad news but he is a big boy, [with] a strong personality and strong mentality.\n\n\"I am pretty sure he will be back when he wants to be back and his career will be good. I hope so.\"\n\nWest Ham boss David Moyes: \"I'm disappointed for Frank as I saw him as one of the most up and coming young English managers in the country.\n\n\"It's a big thing we try to encourage our own British managers into the big leagues, if we can. I'm sure he'll come back and learn from it.\n\n\"He did a great job last year - he did a really good job with so many youngsters coming through the academy. It seemed a little bit harder for him this year. I'm sure he'll take time off, come back and get better.\"\n\nLeicester boss Brendan Rodgers: \"Clearly I'm really sad for Frank and his staff. I know how much the club means to him.\n\n\"Looking at the squad and how young they are, they need time. He hasn't been given that time. I really feel for him. He did great at Derby.\n\n\"He had the courage to step out of an amazing career and could have taken an easier route. It was a job he couldn't turn down, even though he didn't have a lot of experience.\n\n\"Results haven't been what he would have wanted, but I feel it's a job that needed time.\"\n\nCrystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson: \"It saddens me. I thought he did an excellent job last season. I was rather hoping that the idol of the fans and Chelsea legend that he is, he'd get a longer shot than 18 months.\n\n\"Managers who have had short stays at Chelsea have gone on to have good careers elsewhere. When you're sacked for the first time, it is a devastating blow. There's no doubt he has a pedigree to be a very good manager.\"\n\nFormer Chelsea striker Chris Sutton speaking on BBC 5 Live's Monday Night Club: \"It is 52 days since Chelsea were top of the Premier League and 48 days ago that Chelsea had been on an unbeaten run of 17 games.\n\n\"So in the space of 48 days the owner has decided to write Frank Lampard off. How are we ever going to know if Frank Lampard is a good manager? You only every really learn about people and their characteristics and traits when they go through a little bit of adversity and Frank has gone through a little bit of adversity.\n\n\"Frank has basically been sacked for the owner's expectations. I feel sorry for Frank because he is a club legend.\n\n\"They are five points off fourth place, but the bottom line is that the owner wants to win the Premier League and that was always going to be the pressure.\n\n\"Chelsea should have been more loyal. We know the owner's track record - he is ruthless, he is brutal and guillotined Frank.\"\n\nScott G: Been a Chelsea fan since Nevin, Speedie and Dixon and admit I've enjoyed all the success money has brought us over the last 20 years. However, there's a sadness about that decision. Some things money can't buy. #SuperFrank\n\nFil Harris: Isn't the whole point of appointing a younger manager to give him time to build and develop? Craziness from Chelsea to sack Lampard after such a short time.\n\nSimon Kirk: Been a Chelsea fan since 1969 and have never been so annoyed at a sacking of a Chelsea manager. He needed at least another 18 months. Shame on you Abramovich and the Chelsea board for supporting such a decision.\n\nRyan Howard: I find it such a weird sacking - a month or so ago Chelsea were in a nice groove, Zouma and Silva were scoring and keeping clean sheets, now after one bad run he gets sacked. Chelsea could be a world-class club if they just gave a manager proper time to build a team.\n\nPeter Josi: Chelsea are totally right to sack Lampard, he lacked the experience or coaching prowess to lead the side. The next phase should start with an investigation into our transfer policy and how our last two record signings turned out to be flops.\n\nThomas Wilson: Why are people surprised Lampard was sacked? Chelsea have been ruthlessly successful for 15 years. They are not going to suddenly resort to being generously unsuccessful because of a club legend being at the helm.\n• None All the goals, highlights and drama from Sunday's fourth-round ties are", "The leader says he is \"optimistic\" and is recieving medical treatment\n\nMexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has announced he has tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe 67-year-old said on Twitter that his symptoms were mild and that he was \"optimistic\" following the diagnosis.\n\nThe development comes as Mexico grapples with an upsurge in infections, with deaths nearing 150,000.\n\nMr López Obrador says he will continue working from home, including speaking to President Vladimir Putin about acquiring a Russian-made vaccine.\n\nIt was announced earlier on Sunday that a call between the two leaders will take place on Monday to discuss their bilateral relationship and the possible supply of Sputnik V jabs.\n\nThe Mexican president said last year he would try and acquire 12 million doses of the Russian-made vaccine if it proved effective.\n\nMexico has not yet approved the jab for use, but officials want to expand the country's vaccination program for the population of 128 million people amid delivery delays from Pfizer-BioNTech.\n\nSputnik V has already received authorisation in a number of other countries, including Brazil and Argentina. Hungary became the first in the EU to give it the green light this week.\n\nJosé Luis Alomia Zegarra, a senior health official, described Mr López Obrador's condition as stable and told a news briefing that \"a team of medical specialists\" were attending to the president.\n\nMexico has recorded more than 1.75m virus cases since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University tracking.\n\nThe nation's confirmed death toll of 149,614 is one of the highest in the world - behind only the US, Brazil and India.", "Janet Yellen has been confirmed as the first ever female US treasury secretary in a Senate vote.\n\nMs Yellen, who headed the US central bank from 2014 to 2018, earlier won bipartisan support from members of the Senate Finance Committee.\n\nShe will be responsible for guiding the Biden administration's economic response to the pandemic.\n\nThe US is struggling to rebound economically from the hit caused by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAt her confirmation hearing on 19 January, Ms Yellen urged Congress to approve trillions more in pandemic relief and economic stimulus, saying that lawmakers should \"act big\" without worrying about national debt.\n\nIn response, Republican senators warned the former Federal Reserve head this was not the time for \"a laundry list\" of liberal reforms.\n\nMs Yellen disagreed, highlighting the fact that many families whose incomes have fallen were not reached by jobless programmes. She argued that plans to raise taxes must be seen in the context of financing bigger investments necessary to make the US economy competitive.\n\n\"The focus now is not on tax increases. It is on programmes to help us get through the pandemic,\" she stressed.\n\nJanet Yellen was previously chair of the US Federal Reserve. She was known for focusing more attention on the impact of the central bank's policies on workers and the costs of America's rising inequality.\n\nBefore then-President Barack Obama named her to lead the Fed in 2014, she had served as one of its board members for a decade, including four years as vice-chair.\n\nJanet Yellen speaking at a press conference in 2017 as US Federal Reserve Chair\n\nDonald Trump bucked Washington tradition when he opted not to appoint Ms Yellen to a second four-year term at the Fed.\n\nHowever, her climb to the top of the economics profession had made her a feminist icon in the economics world.\n\nWhen she left the Fed in 2018, many paid tribute to her leadership by imitating her signature look of a blazer with a popped collar.\n\nMs Yellen is seen as someone able to satisfy both progressive and centrist members of Mr Biden's Democratic party. Her nomination to lead the Fed in 2014 won support from some Republicans.\n\nHer focus on employment, rather than inflation, gave her a reputation of favouring low interest rates, which spur economic activity by making it less expensive to borrow money.\n\nBut under her leadership, the Fed raised interest rates for the first time since 2008 - albeit less aggressively than some more conservative commentators supported.\n\nHer stewardship of that process has won praise on Wall Street, even as it remains hotly debated.", "Sunderland-based Hays Travel took over Thomas Cook's stores and staff in 2019\n\nTravel firm Hays Travel is to close 89 of its 535 shops following a review into its take over of Thomas Cook.\n\nThe Sunderland-based firm bought the collapsed company in October 2019 and deferred a review into the performance of its shops until 2021.\n\nA Hays Travel spokeswoman said the third national lockdown and travel ban meant \"the company had to act\".\n\nShe said 388 staff affected by the closures would be offered \"alternative work options\" to minimise redundancies.\n\nChief operating officer Jonathon Woodall said the \"first priority\" was to \"look after our customers\" and ensure \"the highest standards of customer service\".\n\nHe added that the firm was \"continuing with our robust two-year business plan and continue to be ready for the bounce back when it comes\".\n\nDame Irene Hays said business had not bounced back as had been hoped\n\nDame Irene Hays, owner and chair of the Sunderland-based firm, said it was \"always our intention to review the performance of our shops at the end of the licence period\".\n\n\"We had hoped the business would bounce back in January and it has not,\" she said.\n\n\"We have done everything we could to safeguard jobs and the business thus far, and we have come up with a range of options for those at risk of redundancy to help as many colleagues as we can.\"\n\nOptions for staff include working from home or filling vacancies in other shops.\n\nThe spokeswoman said the firm employed about 7,700 people, many of whom were \"working from home taking bookings for holidays for 2021 and beyond\".\n\nThe company has yet to confirm which of its locations will be affected.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sir Keir Starmer is isolating after a contact tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer is self-isolating for the third time, after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nHe said he would be working from home until next Monday after being notified of the contact earlier.\n\nSir Keir confirmed on Twitter that he had no symptoms.\n\nThe Labour leader last self-isolated in December after a member of his staff tested positive for Covid-19, but he never showed any symptoms of the virus.\n\nHe also self-isolated in September after a member of his family showed symptoms - but they later tested negative, allowing Sir Keir to get back to Westminster.\n\nIf you are contacted by NHS Test and Trace and told you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus, you have a legal obligation to self-isolate.\n\nYou then have to stay at home, not going out for any reason, for 10 days from the time you last saw the contact.\n\nIf you don't stick to the rules, the police can issue you with a fine, starting at £1,000.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Keir Starmer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFor Sir Keir, he needs to stay indoors until next Monday and cancel all his upcoming plans for the week.\n\nHe will still be able to take part in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday via video link.\n\nThe current list of MPs set to question Boris Johnson, shows that only one will now physically be in the Commons with the PM.\n\nA number of politicians have had to self-isolate during the pandemic, including the prime minister.\n\nThe latest was Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who got a notification from the NHS app to stay at home.\n\nHe had the virus last March, but said self-isolation was \"perhaps the most important part of all the social distancing\" and urged others to do the same if contacted.\n\nMr Hancock's isolation period was due to end on Sunday, so he is expected back in Whitehall this week.", "Health and social care staff have been vaccinated at the NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow\n\nThe Scottish government is \"looking at all sorts of ways\" to accelerate its Covid-19 vaccine programme, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.\n\nThe government is considering a pilot of 24/7 vaccine arrangements, chiefly aimed at younger age groups.\n\nA total of 46% of over-80s in Scotland have now had a first dose, along with 95% of older care home residents.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the programme was \"picking up pace\" and \"on track\" to reach all over-70s by mid-February.\n\nShe said the government was \"looking at all options\" to get the vaccine out to people as quickly as possible.\n\nThe government aims to have the top priority groups - including care home residents and staff, frontline health workers and all those aged over 80 - given a first dose by the end of the first week in February.\n\nFrom Monday, letters are being sent out to people aged 70 to 79 inviting them to receive their first doses. Ms Sturgeon says the programme is \"on track\" to having this group complete by the middle of February.\n\nThere has been some criticism of the speed of the rollout in Scotland, with a greater proportion of over-80s having already received a jab in England.\n\nHowever Ms Sturgeon said the programme was \"making good progress\" and said any differences with the rest of the UK were because of an early focus on vaccinating older care home residents - 95% of whom have now had their first dose.\n\nShe said she was \"absolutely confident\" that the government would hit its targets.\n\nAnd the first minister said consideration was being given to how to speed up the programme further, saying her government is \"looking at all sorts of ways to accelerate things\".\n\nShe said: \"We are looking at piloting 24/7 arrangements so that when we get into wider groups of the population, people will have choices about the time they turn up for vaccines.\n\n\"There's been debate about whether people will want to turn up in the middle of the night to get vaccinated - some will and some won't. If that sort of thing is going to add to what we are able to do, it is likely to have the greatest impact when you get down into the relatively younger age groups.\n\n\"If we think it is appropriate there may be some things we try just to see if they would work, and if they don't we won't continue with them.\n\n\"We are looking at all of these options to make sure that as the supply increases, we can get it to people as quickly as possible.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon said there was \"some early evidence\" that lockdown was reducing the number of new Covid-19 cases, although she said the government would take a \"cautious\" approach to restrictions - which are currently due to run into mid-February at the earliest.\n\nShe also voiced some \"cautious grounds for optimism\" that admissions to hospital are starting to \"tail off slightly\", although she warned that pressure on the NHS would remain \"acute\" for some time.\n\nOpposition leaders called for the vaccine programme to be accelerated and for support to be targeted at key workers.\n\nA mass vaccination centre is being set up at the P&J Live Arena in Aberdeen\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said: \"People are talking about a 24/7 approach here in Scotland - I think based on the figures so far we need to focus just on a seven day approach, because we are not vaccinating people quickly enough.\n\n\"We are not making the progress we need to, to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible.\"\n\nScottish Labour MSP Sarah Boyack said the vaccine programme \"needs to be accelerated as fast as possible\"\n\nShe said: \"We are all behind this vaccine being rolled out - but it has to be as soon as possible, because people are getting nervous.\n\n\"Whether it's police staff, construction staff, care staff who have been worried for weeks - the vaccine has got to be the top priority, along with the test and trace so we can monitor the impact on the ground and get targeted support to people.\"\n\nScottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said Scotland was \"slipping further and further behind England\" and added: \"The first minister's excuses on the rollout of the vaccine are wearing very thin.\"", "The Francis family said they would be exchanging cards and having a special meal for their lockdown St Dwynwen's Day\n\nIt may not be as well-known as Valentine's Day but St Dwynwen's Day is a special time for some in Wales.\n\nSian and Trystan Francis from Rhiwbina in Cardiff do not celebrate Valentine's Day but on Monday will exchange St Dwynwen cards and have a special meal.\n\nMr Francis, 40, said: \"It's just a part of my culture - I didn't know about Valentine's Day until about Year 6.\n\n\"My parents didn't celebrate Valentine's Day at all but they did send cards on Santes Dwynwen.\"\n\nSian and Trystan Francis perform as Do Re Mi Canu\n\nThe Welsh patron saint of lovers St Dwynwen - or Santes Dwynwen in Welsh - was a 4th Century princess who lived in what is now the Brecon Beacons National Park.\n\nThe story goes she was unlucky in love, became a nun and went on to pray for true lovers to have better luck than she did.\n\nMrs Francis, who grew up in Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, said her family did not speak Welsh but she went to a Welsh medium school and her mother learnt the language as an adult.\n\nMrs Francis, 38, said: \"I think if you're going to celebrate anything that says that you love your partner, then this one is loads more relevant to us because it's part of our heritage and our culture - Valentine's Day is not really that much to do with us.\"\n\nThe family have been busy organising cards and treats for their children, Jac, two, and Mimi, seven.\n\n\"I bought a card for Mimi from a mystery person and that's being delivered tomorrow,\" she said.\n\nShe added Covid had meant the celebration was a bit more low-key this year.\n\n\"I bought some cupcakes but we would normally go out for food and stuff,\" she said.\n\nMenna Llinos and her family celebrated with heart-shaped pizza in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan\n\nThere was a time when they also marked Valentine's Day before they had a change of heart, she said.\n\n\"Over time we just went, 'actually, it's a bit irrelevant to us',\" she said.\n\n\"And you can never get a restaurant [on Valentine's Day],\" Mr Francis added.\n\nCarys Ingram from Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, has been making heart-shaped cookies with her children\n\nMr Francis, who grew up speaking Welsh at home, said their choice was not unusual among their friends.\n\n\"My friends, people within the Welsh-speaking community definitely, celebrate Santes Dwynwen,\" he said.\n\n\"There is a subculture within Wales that does exist within Welsh-speaking communities so I would say Santes Dwynwen is part of that.\"\n\nMrs Francis said it meant they were able to avoid the commercialisation of the better-known celebration.\n\n\"Santes Dwynwen isn't particularly commercialised because it is so niche,\" she added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jessica Western says she is still fighting to find out why her daughter Macie died\n\nThe full extent of the problems with maternity services at two hospitals in the south Wales valleys rings out when the voices of women and families are listened to.\n\nAs one said: \"I want having a baby to be a good experience. It's ruined it.\"\n\nWomen repeatedly stated they were not listened to and their concerns were not taken seriously or valued.\n\nThey spoke of being ignored or patronised while being cared for at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant and Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil.\n\nOften, their suspicions and concerns were found to have reflected a genuine problem that emerged later, but at the time they were dismissed when they tried to voice their concerns.\n\nA major independent review has found Cwm Taf health board's maternity services were \"under extreme pressure\" and the health minister has ordered them be put into special measures.\n\nIt was prompted by 25 serious incidents, including eight stillbirths and four neonatal deaths, between January 2016 and last September.\n\nThe independent review team has released a separate, damning 78-page report, which shares the views of 140 family members, including mothers about their experiences at the hospitals.\n\nNearly two thirds of women questioned felt they had not had good quality care during their pregnancy.\n\nThe review said: \"Many women had felt something was wrong with their baby or tried to convey the level of pain they were experiencing but they were ignored or patronised, and no action was taken, with tragic outcomes including stillbirth and neonatal death of their babies.\"\n\nOne woman said she felt worthless, adding: \"I'm broken from the whole experience, the lack of care and compassion.\"\n\nOn the care itself, repeatedly the review team heard from mothers who did not always believe the right level of skills and expertise were available at the right time.\n\nThere was a failure to seek a second, more senior opinion, and to escalate concerns, especially with women with complex pregnancies.\n\nOne mother said: \"He told me there was no point calling the consultant on a Sunday as no one would come.\"\n\nAnother said: \"I never saw the same consultant. They didn't know me, and they didn't want to know me. I was pushed in and out of rooms with all sorts of people.\"\n\nMothers faced too many variables in the service offered - from the time of day they used it, to staffing levels and the communication skills of the staff they met.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'We picked the wrong day to be ill'\n\nSarah Handy's experience is highlighted in the report as illustrating a number of serious issues.\n\nIn pain, she was begging to see a doctor when she arrived in hospital in April 2017 and was left for nearly three hours without examination before being told it was constipation.\n\nMs Handy, 33, was sent back home to Merthyr Tydfil with laxatives and pain relief and that evening her baby Jennifer was delivered prematurely by her husband and mother-in-law.\n\nDespite their efforts to give CPR to save her life, Jennifer died.\n\nThe review said it showed:\n\nMs Handy said after the report came out: \"Today it's been proven in black and white that we were right to highlight our concerns and push for further investigation into our Jennifer's death.\n\n\"We just wish that this report will now do what it promised and improve the quality of care so that no other family has to go the traumatic experience we went through.\"\n\nOn communication, although individual staff were spoken of as excellent, many women felt during their care this aspect was extremely poor.\n\nWhen concerns were raised, there was a \"significant dissatisfaction\" with how they were dealt with, with dismissive attitudes.\n\nMany women were not listened to or taken seriously, one saying she was \"laughed at\" when she expressed concern.\n\nOther responses included: \"I was never asked, never believed.\n\n\"If only they had asked the right questions.\n\n\"Most importantly, we were not listened to. By the time we were it was too late.\"\n\nThe review said women reported an \"almost callous and brutal use of language\" and disregard for feelings.\n\nWhen one mother was concerned that she may be losing her baby she was told to \"prepare for the worst - it could be a miscarriage\" and then told to go home as \"there wasn't a lot she could do.\"\n\nYounger mothers in particular often felt their concerns were dismissed, which became an \"emerging theme\" for the review team.\n\nThere were failures to apologise, lack of access to notes and comprehensive investigations over concerns.\n\nWith high risk pregnancies, one woman interviewed believed that there was a lack of expertise and that \"anything different from the norm, they didn't seem set up to deal with it\".\n\nAnother described the antenatal clinic as being \"like a cattle-market\".\n\nWhen babies were lost, \"many women and families received no bereavement counselling or support and continue to experience emotional distress\".\n\nOne mother talking about the demand on midwives and doctors in the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, said it was \"no way a reflection on them\".\n\n\"They would always spend as much time as possible with me but unfortunately when needs must I was left with some questions but again this was due to staff shortages,\" she said.\n\nAnother said: \"There were so many jobs for one midwife to do and then people wonder why mistakes get made. They are human and are exhausted\".\n\nThe review published two parallel reports into Cwm Taf maternity services and the experiences of mothers\n\nThe review team said it was disappointing that lessons had not been learnt from a review of Furness General Hospital services four years ago.\n\nProf Jean White, chief nursing officer, said: \"It should be a joyous occasion giving birth to a child. Many of the women who shared their stories had care well below the standards we expect and that's not right.\n\n\"I think over time there appears to be a culture that has developed rather than an open culture where people are encouraged to say what's gone wrong, there is a blame culture.\"\n\nIn the words of another parent: \"Listen to women and families and believe what they tell you when they are in pain.\"\n\nThe review team concludes: \"The strong message heard from women and families in Cwm Taf is that they don't want their experiences to happen to anyone else and the importance to them that the organisation learns from these experiences to ensure that improvement and change occurs.\"\n\nCwm Taf chief executive Allison Williams said she was deeply sorry, is taking the findings very seriously but recognised \"significant work\" was still needed.\n\n\"Some of the feedback we have received from patients is extremely distressing and their experience in our maternity service has been totally unacceptable,\" she added.\n\nIf you have been affected by stillbirth, the following organisations might be able to help:", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe mother of a 15-year-old boy attacked by a group of youths said she heard the gunshots that killed him.\n\nKeon Lincoln was \"set upon\" at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday on Linwood Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, and died later in hospital, police said.\n\nIn an emotional appeal, Sharmaine Lincoln pleaded with the local community to \"help us understand why this has happened\".\n\nFive teenage boys have so far been arrested over his death.\n\nA post-mortem examination revealed Keon was shot and stabbed to death.\n\nKeon Lincoln's mother said not a day would go by when she would not hear her son's \"unbelievable\" laugh\n\nRemembering that afternoon, Ms Lincoln said: \"I heard the gunshots and my first instinct was, 'Where's my son?'\n\n\"A few minutes went by, we heard somebody was in the road and it was my boy.\"\n\nWest Midlands Police arrested three teenagers over the weekend on suspicion of Keon's murder - a 14-year-old boy from Birmingham and two others, aged 15 and 16, at an address in Walsall.\n\nThis is in addition to two 14-year-old boys arrested on Friday, one of whom remains in custody and the other released under investigation.\n\n\"The community needs to step up and put themselves in the shoes of the family,\" police say\n\nDet Ch Insp Alastair Orencas, from West Midlands Police, said the attack on Keon was \"the most pointless use of extreme violence I've witnessed in my 24 years in the police force\".\n\n\"The level of violence has not just caused shock to the family, but to hardened police officers,\" he said. \"It was an absolutely pointless attack, one I can't clear my mind of.\"\n\nThe force is appealing for information and Det Ch Insp Orencas said the community response was \"not where it should be\".\n\n\"These are multiple offenders in broad daylight. I simply don't believe there's not information out there that can help me with the inquiry,\" he said.\n\nKeon Lincoln was attacked on Linwood Road, a residential street in the Handsworth area of Birmingham\n\nMs Lincoln remembered her son as a joker, cheeky - a \"loving child with a jolly spirit\" whose \"unbelievable laugh\" would echo daily around her home.\n\n\"It doesn't make sense, the type of person Keon was, it doesn't make sense as to why someone would want to harm him or take his life in such a brutal way,\" she said.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pictures of the funeral have led to criticism from unionists\n\nPolice have begun an investigation into potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations at the funeral of an IRA man in Londonderry.\n\nEamon McCourt, 62, who reportedly died with Covid-19, was buried on Monday.\n\nUnder current Covid-19 restrictions funerals in Northern Ireland are limited to 25 people.\n\nThe police said a \"significant number of people\" had gathered, in a manner \"likely to be in breach\" of the coronavirus regulations.\n\nPSNI Ch Supt Darrin Jones said anyone found in breach of public health regulations would be reported to the Public Prosecution Service.\n\nHe said police had \"engaged with representatives of the family of the deceased, the local church and local political representatives\", prior to the funeral.\n\n\"As a result, police were given a number of assurances as to the conduct of the funeral, and that people would seek to pay their respects to the deceased from outside their homes rather than gather at the funeral.\"\n\nPictures of the leading republican's funeral show men in white shirts and black ties flanking the cortege and dozens of others behind them.\n\nCh Supt Jones added: \"Regrettably at the funeral on Monday morning, a significant number of people gathered as part of the cortège, in a manner likely to be in breach of the health protection regulations.\"\n\nUnionist politicians had called on the police to act after images circulated online of mourners.\n\nDUP MLA Gary Middleton said those who had abided by Covid-19 restrictions would view the scenes from the funeral \"with dismay\".\n\nHe said it was \"hard to put into words the sheer recklessness of those involved\".\n\n\"Within republicanism it seems that certain individuals are viewed as being more important than public health regulations,\" Mr Middleton said.\n\n\"In those minds the reality of Covid-19 has not been brought home, or at the very least it is viewed as less important than having a public display at a funeral.\n\n\"Such sights are most painful for relatives who have recognised the need for such painful restrictions to be put in place and have abided by them.\"\n\n\"Eamon 'Peggy' McCourt who passed away on Saturday morning was buried from his family home in Creggan, a right accredited to us all.\n\n\"However, it was evident that social-distancing measures and permitted mourner numbers were completely ignored by those in attendance.\n\n\"Again, the majority of people in Northern Ireland who have followed lockdown measures since March 2020 are asking themselves why can republicans do whatever they like?\"\n\nHe called on the police to explain why such \"a large funeral procession was permitted to take place and what actions will follow\".\n\nIn a statement, Sinn Féin said: \"Everyone has a responsibility to follow the public health guidelines.\n\n\"Sinn Féin held its own tribute to his memory online.\"\n\nIn June last year, about 1,800 people attended the funeral of leading IRA member Bobby Storey in west Belfast.\n\nAmong them was Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, the Sinn Féin vice-president, who later admitted the public health message had been undermined.\n\nIn May, Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said there had been social-distancing breaches at funerals in Northern Ireland in both the unionist and nationalist communities.\n\nThis story was amended on 27 January 2021 to remove the phrase 'IRA veteran'. Whilst referring to Mr McCourt's long history in republicanism, we accept the phrase was open to misinterpretation.", "The first minister visited the site of the flooding, where 80 villagers were evacuated from their homes\n\nResidents have been urged to stay away from homes flooded after a \"blow out\" at a mine shaft following reports some had returned against advice.\n\nEighty people had to be evacuated from Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, on Thursday and the Coal Authority is investigating the cause of the flooding.\n\nOn Sunday First Minister Mark Drakeford visited the village.\n\nSpecialists said mine shafts in the area were stable, but villagers were told it was not safe to return home.\n\nNeath Port Talbot Council tweeted on Sunday afternoon that some evacuated residents had ignored the warnings.\n\nIt said: \"We are getting reports that some residents who have been evacuated are returning to their homes.\n\n\"Investigations are ongoing at the site, including safety checks by utility companies. They have asked us to reiterate the request for residents to stay away and that it is not safe to return today or tomorrow.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mark Drakeford This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is not known how many residents were thought to have returned to their flooded homes or how long they were there for.\n\nBigger equipment is being brought in to \"understand in detail what has caused the blow out\", according to Coal Authority chief executive Lisa Pinney.\n\nThe Coal Authority, which manages the effects of past mining on communities, said it believed the \"blow out\" was likely to have been caused by a blockage underground which caused water to back up before breaking out.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teresa Dalling says a river of orange water rushed through the village on Thursday\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones warned residents it was unlikely that they could return home by Monday.\n\nMs Pinney said a hand-drilling crew \"determined the precise location and extension of the collapsed mine shaft\" on Saturday.\n\nThe village was flooded after a mine shaft \"blow out\"\n\n\"This now allows us to bring in larger equipment to investigate the wider mine workings and drainage channels in the area around it, so we can understand in detail what has caused the blow out,\" she said.\n\n\"We have checked all recorded shafts in the immediate area and found them all to be safe.\n\n\"We will be checking over a wider area in the days ahead.\"\n\nDuring his visit to the village Mr Drakeford was shown the sinkhole which had opened up on Thursday, leading to the flooding.\n\nOn Friday the Welsh Government confirmed financial support would be made available to people affected by the floods, up to £1,000 per household.\n\nMr Drakeford said on Sunday: \"Particularly for families who have no insurance, this is a devastating event.\n\n\"They will know that the Welsh Government is there to help and we will do that through the local authority which has been here very visibly, helping people in the last couple of days.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rishi Sunak: 'We’re throwing absolutely everything at it'\n\nFewer than 2,000 young people have so far started new roles under the government's £2bn Kickstart jobs scheme, data shows.\n\nThe programme, which launched in September, has created 120,000 temporary jobs to date.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak told the BBC coronavirus restrictions were making it harder for more young people to get started.\n\nHowever, he expected the number to rise once restrictions are lifted.\n\n\"Obviously because of the lockdowns and restrictions, that hampers businesses' ability to bring people into work,\" said Mr Sunak,\n\n\"What we can look forward to, as the restrictions ease, is more of these young people starting those placements.\n\n\"But taking a step back, we announced this scheme first week of July, it went live the first week of September and here we are, just a few months later, with 120,000 jobs having being vetted, funded and created.\"\n\nThe Chancellor insisted that the government had moved at an \"enormous pace\" to set up the programme, which targets youths at risk of long-term unemployment.\n\n\"I've always said my priority through this crisis is to protect, support and create as many jobs as possible, and young people in particular have been at the forefront of my mind,\" said Mr Sunak.\n\n\"We know that they're most likely to work in affected sectors, they're twice as likely to be furloughed, and the ones leaving college are entering a really difficult labour market.\"\n\nYouth unemployment rose to 14.5% between August to October 2020, with 597,000 people aged 16 to 24 unemployed, up from 11% in the same period in 2019.\n\nLatest data from the Department of Work Pensions shows that as of 15 January, 1,868 young people had begun their placements.\n\nHayden Finlayson, recipient of a Kickstart work placement with Whistl in Bedford\n\nHayden Finlayson, 24, is one of them. He was made redundant from a retail job last summer.\n\nLooking for work during the pandemic proved difficult: \"You start thinking about things - whether you're going to find work again.\"\n\nHe has secured a Kickstart placement at a Whistl distribution centre in Bedford, an opportunity for which he is grateful.\n\n\"I gave it a go. It's a new experience and I want to do new things,\" he said. \"[I'm learning] different skills every day, things I've never done before.\"\n\nBusinesses apply to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to create Kickstart places, which are then vetted for suitability.\n\nYoung people aged between 16 and 24 who are on Universal Credit are matched to roles by their job centre work coaches.\n\nThey are then interviewed by the prospective employer, which decides whether to take them on.\n\nFor each successful placement, the government covers the National Minimum Wage for a six-month period, at 25 hours per week.\n\nA further £1,500 grant is available per placement to help cover setup costs and assist in the development of employability skills. The current £2bn budget allows for around 250,000 roles.\n\nFSB's Craig Beaumont says the decision to allow small firms offer placements through a faster, more direct process is four months late\n\nFollowing criticism from small businesses, firms who wish to create just a handful of roles will have the option of applying direct to the Department for Work and Pensions.\n\nPreviously, small firms who wanted to create fewer than 30 Kickstart jobs had to group together, or use a \"gateway\" provider as an intermediary.\n\nMore than 600 gateways have now been approved, but small businesses complained that they found the process slow and difficult.\n\n\"The decision should have been made in September,\" said Craig Beaumont, chief of external affairs at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).\n\n\"There is now a backlog of cases of people who've been appointed through intermediaries, who've not been able to access that work yet. So we need a real focus from the government to clear that.\"\n\nAsked if the scheme would need extending because continuing restrictions could prevent its aims being achieved this year, Mr Sunak left the possibility open.\n\nAnna Szymanowska runs Fighter Shots, which makes ginger-based remedy drinks. She is keen to create three digital marketing Kickstart roles as soon as possible.\n\nHowever, she says her application - which was done in a pool with other businesses - took a long time.\n\nSmall business owner Anna Szymanowska would like to hire three young people for digital marketing roles\n\n\"It was a little bit lengthy, because the first time I heard of the scheme was July or August,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"We applied within a month [of hearing about it], and just yesterday we received a contract to sign. So it was lengthy but otherwise well managed.\"\n\nThe Chancellor told the BBC that the changes hadn't been made earlier because Kickstart had been set up \"at speed\". He pointed out other interventions aimed at supporting young people's jobs, including investment in employment support schemes, training and apprenticeships.\n\nTracy Fishwick is the managing director of Transform Lives Company, a social enterprise which helps people into work.\n\nShe believes that the young people chosen to have Kickstart placements will be very important.\n\n\"The young people who really probably would already get a job with a little bit of help - we don't want all the Kickstart jobs going to those young people,\" said Ms Fishwick, who previously worked with the Future Jobs Fund - a scheme for young people created by Labour in 2009.\n\n\"We need to be able to put things in place to support those young people who were already unemployed before Covid.\"", "Volunteers responded to an appeal on social media on Saturday night\n\nVolunteers helped to clear up to 7cm of snow at a community hospital so Covid-19 vaccines could be given to about 300 vulnerable patients.\n\nMore than a dozen people cleared the car park at Maesteg community hospital in Bridgend county on Sunday where the Pfizer-BioNtech jab is being given.\n\nPeople with brushes and shovels came to the rescue after a Facebook appeal and Bridgend council provided a plough.\n\nOne local councillor said their community spirit \"knows no bounds\".\n\nThe Maesteg area had been at or near the top of Wales' Covid case rate chart for a few weeks before Christmas - with an infection rate of more than 1300 cases per 100,000 at its height.\n\nVaccinations were delayed for about an hour on Sunday and Maesteg West councillor Ross Thomas, who helped organise the clear-up, said it would have been a \"disaster\" to have cancelled the appointments.\n\nCovid jabs at four other locations in south Wales had to be cancelled after snow cause widespread disruption across the UK.\n\nAnd Mr Thomas praised the local community for preventing their centre from also falling victim to the weather.\n\n\"With a few Facebook call-outs we had a dozen or so volunteers within the hour together with surgery staff, a number of the GPs,\" Mr Thomas told BBC Radio Wales.\n\nCouncillor Ross Thomas said there would be some aching backs on Monday morning\n\n\"The grounds of the hospital are not small by any stretch of the imagination. It was a valiant effort over two-and-a-half hours to ensure we could allow access to Maesteg community hospital.\n\n\"It's thanks to them that 300 more people in the 80 and over priority group in the Llynfi valley received their jab yesterday.\"\n\nAnother 40 vulnerable patients will receive their Covid jabs on Monday.\n\nMr Thomas said the spirit in his community \"knows no bounds\" and added: \"People rally round, it's a sense of belonging, its genuinely instilled in our DNA in Maesteg and it was on show.\n\n\"Not only did people want to help, I think it's clear there's anxiety in the community about the virus.\n\n\"Ahead of Christmas some local wards here in the Llynfi valley had the highest case rates in Europe.\n\n\"There was the realisation yesterday that it wasn't just shovelling snow out of the way, it was about getting on top of this virus and ensuring the most vulnerable people in this community have a fighting chance moving forward.\"", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nBruno Fernandes' superb 78th-minute free-kick gave Manchester United victory in a thrilling FA Cup tie with old rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford.\n\nLiverpool led a fantastic contest through Mohamed Salah, who then equalised after Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford had struck for the hosts either side of the break.\n\nBut in a game which had everything last week's drab stalemate between this pair at Anfield lacked, Fernandes came off the bench to have the final word after Fabinho had fouled Edinson Cavani on the edge of the area.\n• None Don't worry about us, says Reds boss Klopp\n\nFernandes might have been slightly off the pace in recent games but when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needed his £47m inspiration to come up with another special moment, the Portuguese delivered, bending his shot round the wall and beyond Allison's reach.\n\nThe victory earns United a home meeting with an in-form West Ham side managed by former boss David Moyes in the fifth round.\n\nBut the search for form goes on for Liverpool, whose only win in seven games since that seven-goal hammering of Crystal Palace came against Aston Villa's kids in the last round, and who have a meeting with Jose Mourinho's Tottenham looming on Thursday.\n• None Watch all the goals from the FA Cup fourth round\n\nIt was not quite the ending Solskjaer served up when he won a previous fourth-round meeting between these sides but, as in 1999, they had to come from behind.\n\nAnd while Fernandes applied the devastating finish, that goal should not be allowed to overshadow Rashford's contribution to United's victory.\n\nSo much has been said about the England forward as a social crusader it is sometimes easy to forget he also needs to be judged as a footballer.\n\nAt only 23, he is still a long way off his prime but he is developing into an outstanding forward, with vision to match his speed and finishing ability.\n\nThe pass that created Greenwood's equaliser was superb. Taking possession just inside his own half, Rashford delivered a 60-yard pass with such accuracy all Greenwood needed to do was take one touch to control with his chest before drilling low into the far corner.\n\nRashford's raw pace put Liverpool's defence under constant stress and the delicate touch that took him past Rhys Williams by the touchline in a move that ended with Paul Pogba curling wide was sensational.\n\nAnd then there was his goal, which needed a perfectly-timed run to go beyond the Liverpool defence and reach Greenwood's through ball, and then a cool head to apply the finish.\n\nAt that point, it seemed United had the game under control. It did not quite work out that way and once again, Fernandes, who has won four Premier League player of the month awards out of the seven he has been eligible for since leaving Sporting Lisbon less than 12 months ago, underlined his credentials as English football's most influential player at present.\n\nSalah's effort was the first time Liverpool had been ahead at Old Trafford since January 2017, since when Liverpool have won both the Champions League and Premier League, a clear indication that whatever issues Jurgen Klopp is wrestling with at the moment, they are not insurmountable.\n\nThe finish for the striker's 18th goal of the season did not hint at a lack of confidence as he raced on to Roberto Firmino's precise through ball, having escaped the attentions of Victor Lindelof, and lifted his shot beyond the reach of Dean Henderson.\n\nEvidently, what Klopp needs is to find a solution in defence. Williams was shaky and at fault for Rashford's goal, while Fabinho was exposed by United in this game and Cavani exploited the Brazilian's defensive inexperience to earn the free-kick that won the game.\n\nEven so, after Salah equalised from close range after United had lost possession to James Milner and never recovered their position after working their way up-field from a short goal-kick, the visitors did have chances to win it themselves.\n\nBut Dean Henderson saved from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Salah before Fernandes struck - so Liverpool's wait for a first FA Cup win since 1921 at Old Trafford, and Jurgen Klopp's for a first win at United full stop, goes on.\n\nManchester United are next in action against Sheffield United in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Wednesday, 27 January (20:15GMT). Liverpool play at Tottenham on Thursday, 28 January (20:00GMT).\n• None Manchester United have eliminated Liverpool from the FA Cup proper for the 10th time; in the competition's history, only Liverpool themselves (12 v Everton) have knocked a particular side out more times (including finals).\n• None Liverpool have won just one of their past 15 matches at Old Trafford in all competitions (D4 L10), and are winless in their last eight at the ground (D4 L4).\n• None Manchester United have won each of their past eight home games in the FA Cup; only from 1908 to 1912 have they had a better winning run on home soil in the competition (9 games).\n• None Liverpool are the first reigning Premier League champion to be eliminated from the FA Cup as early as the fourth round since Manchester City in 2014-15.\n• None Liverpool have lost back-to-back games in all competitions for the first time since March 2020.\n• None Roberto Firmino has assisted Mohamed Salah for 18 goals in all competitions for Liverpool, the most any player has set up another for the Reds under Jurgen Klopp. Since they first played together in 2017-18, this is the most one player has assisted another for all Premier League sides in all competitions.\n• None Mason Greenwood scored his first goal for Man Utd in 11 appearances in all competitions, ending his longest run of games without a goal for the club. Aged 19 years and 115 days, he was the youngest Man Utd player to score against Liverpool since Wayne Rooney in January 2005 in the Premier League (19y 83d).\n• None Marcus Rashford has scored more goals at Old Trafford against Liverpool than he has against any other opponent on home soil for Manchester United (4).\n• None Since his Man Utd debut in February 2020, Bruno Fernandes has scored more goals than any other player for Premier League clubs (28).\n• None No player has scored more goals for Premier League clubs in all competitions this season than Salah for Liverpool (19, level with Harry Kane).\n• None Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.\n• None Paul Pogba (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Edinson Cavani (Manchester United) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.\n• None Goal! Manchester United 3, Liverpool 2. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None All the goals, highlights and drama from Saturday's fourth-round ties are", "Early years educational providers in England have been told to remain open\n\nMany staff at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders \"don't feel safe at work\", says the Early Years Alliance.\n\nThe group, representing early years providers, wants staff in this sector to be a higher priority for Covid testing and vaccinations.\n\nNurseries and settings for young children in England have been told to remain open during lockdown.\n\nThe government said the under-fives were \"unlikely to be playing a driving role in transmission\".\n\nThe Early Years Alliance received more than 3,500 responses in a survey of staff in nurseries or childcare settings and said these suggested widespread concerns - with half of those who replied saying they did not feel safe at work.\n\nNeil Leitch, chief executive of the group, said the safety worries were \"a cause for serious concern\".\n\nHe called on the government to implement rapid coronavirus testing among early years staff \"as a matter of urgency\", adding they should be \"given priority access to vaccinations in phase two of the rollout\".\n\nThere are currently no confirmed plans for lateral-flow testing in nurseries and pre-schools.\n\nBut the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is looking at whether some high-risk professions should be prioritised for vaccination.\n\nAnd Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told the BBC's Breakfast programme he would \"very much like to see it\" once the most vulnerable groups had received their jabs.\n\nA Department for Education (DfE) spokesman said: \"Keeping nurseries and childminders open will support parents and deliver the crucial care and education for our youngest children.\n\n\"Current evidence suggests that pre-school children are less susceptible to infection and are unlikely to be playing a driving role in transmission.\"\n\nThe Early Years Alliance survey also found concerns that staff shortages would make it difficult for some nurseries and pre-school settings to stay open.\n\nDr Amelia Massoura, who runs Stepping Stone pre-school, in Sittingbourne, Kent, said: \"Out of six members of staff, four have contracted Covid-19.\n\n\"Fortunately, all have recovered well.\"\n\nVanessa Linehan, manager of Sandbrook Community Playgroup in Hackney in London, said: \"We are happy to stay open to support our families.\n\n\"But we want our staff to have testing and vaccinations as a priority.\n\n\"We encourage local authorities to prioritise appropriate testing for early-years staff through their community testing programmes,\" said the Department for Education spokesman.\n\nThe Department for Education says the under-fives are \"unlikely\" to drive up coronavirus transmission\n\nHowever, Labour's shadow education minister Tulip Siddiq accused the government of \"incompetence and neglect\", saying early-years staff \"deserve... proper access to testing\".\n\nShe questioned why \"the government has refused to publish the scientific basis for keeping early-years settings open in lockdown\" and called on it to \"urgently pull back from the brink of funding changes that could lead to viable early-years providers going bust\".\n\nThe government changed the funding formula for the early years sector in December, basing it on current attendance rather than pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAccording to the DfE, early years attendance is at 54% of the usual daily level, as of 14 January, leading to a shortfall in revenues.\n\nIn primary and secondary schools, which are open to vulnerable children and children of key workers only, average attendance levels have fallen to just 14%.\n\nRoughly half of nurseries and pre-schools and a third of childminders expect to be operating at a loss by the end of the spring term, based on current levels of government support, according to the survey.\n\n\"Early years providers are the only part of the education sector that the government has asked to remain open to all families,\" said Mr Leitch\n\n\"It is surely not too much to ask for the protection - both practical and financial - needed to ensure that we can continue to do so.\"", "Richard Dyson and Simon Midgley were thought to be on a winter break in Scotland\n\nTwo men who died when a fire tore through a luxury five-star hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond have been named.\n\nSimon Midgley and Richard Dyson, believed to be from London, were staying at Cameron House Hotel when the blaze broke out on Monday morning.\n\nPolice have not confirmed the identity of those who died, but relatives have paid tribute on social media.\n\nThe hotel's director has praised the actions of the emergency services in preventing further tragedy.\n\nFirefighters who brought a couple and their baby to safety from an upper floor have been hailed as \"heroes\".\n\nA baby was rescued by firefighters from an upper floor of the hotel\n\nAndrew and Louise Logan, and their son Jimmy, from Worcestershire, were taken to hospital after being brought to safety, but were later discharged.\n\nMore than 200 guests were evacuated from the building when the blaze broke out. A joint investigation into the cause of the fire is under way.\n\nSocial media posts suggested that Mr Midgley and Mr Dyson were on a winter break in Scotland.\n\nA post on Mr Midgley's Instagram account on Saturday showed pictures of Cameron House Hotel and said: \"Home for the weekend.\"\n\nRelatives have been expressing their shock at news of the couple's deaths.\n\nMr Midgley's sister posted a picture of her brother and his partner on Facebook, while another relative wrote: \"I'm beyond heartbroken.\"\n\nKate Baxter wrote on Twitter: \"Such unbearably sad news.. RIP @SimonMidgleyPR, a shining star in our wonderfully close-knit industry.\"\n\nAccording to his Facebook page, Mr Midgley was a freelance journalist at the London Evening Standard and ran his own PR company, while Mr Dyson is believed to be a TV producer.\n\nPolice and firefighters remained at the scene on Tuesday morning, with the scale of the damage becoming more apparent.\n\nBBC Scotland's Andrew Black was allowed on site and said: \"The damage to the building is pretty extensive, especially the upper floors. There's a smell of burning wood and we could hear a fire alarm from part of the building still going off.\"\n\nThe BBC understands that a wedding due to take place at Cameron House hotel this weekend has been moved to another luxury hotel.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage from above Loch Lomond shows the extent of the damage at Cameron House\n\nIn a new statement, Cameron House's director, Andy Roger, praised the \"very swift actions of the emergency services\".\n\nHe said: \"Everyone associated with Cameron House Hotel is still coming to terms with the events of yesterday and we are all hugely conscious that two people tragically lost their lives in the fire.\n\n\"Their families and friends are foremost in our thoughts as we co-operate fully with the investigation teams to try to establish the circumstances surrounding this terrible incident.\n\n\"The emergency services were on the scene long into the night and I cannot praise their efforts highly enough. They are true heroes. The firemen bringing out a couple and their young child by ladder from a second-floor room was a heart-stopping moment for all those who witnessed it.\n\n\"We're also enormously grateful for the many, many offers of practical support and good wishes from the UK hospitality industry and also from the local community, which has rallied around to help. It's been a humbling experience, but we are a small, tight-knit community on Loch Lomond and a response like that is typical of our many friends and neighbours.\"\n\nMr Roger said the hotel had made arrangements for the vast majority of the guests to travel home or continue with their breaks and he thanked them for their patience and \"good spirits\".\n\nHe also paid tribute to the staff at Cameron House who he said had shown \"an enormous degree of care and teamwork throughout the last two days\".\n\nLocal people have been speaking of their shock and sadness at what happened at the hotel.\n\nOne woman told BBC Scotland: \"We are just very sad for all the families involved and so sorry for the people who work there.\"\n\nAnother added: \"It's absolutely horrific. I think the local community really feels it.\"\n\nReverend Ian Miller, a retired minister who lives locally and was called in to offer guests support in the aftermath of the fire, said those affected \"fell into two groups\".\n\n\"There were those in the side bedrooms which weren't really touched and they just realised they had escaped something terrible,\" he said.\n\n\"But for those in the main building then there were degrees of trauma. Some had escaped with virtually nothing.\n\n\"One man came out in his underwear. Another woman told me she just grabbed her baby, change bag and moved out.\"\n\nThe Scottish Fire and Rescue service remained at the scene on Tuesday morning\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, John Gow, from forensic investigations firm IFIC, said: \"There will be a number of strands to this investigation, running in tandem.\n\n\"Obviously, sadly, there is the death investigation due to the fatalities that occurred.\n\n\"There is the origin and cause investigation which is establishing how the fire started and spread throughout the property.\n\n\"It is also likely there will be an investigation to establish if the fire precaution measures were adequate and operated as they should.\"\n\nCameron House, an 18th Century mansion, was converted into a luxury hotel and resort in 1986.\n\nIt is a popular wedding venue and houses the Michelin-starred Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond restaurant.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Covid-19 has been reported in 60% of Scotland's care homes\n\nPolice Scotland has confirmed it will support the dedicated Crown Office unit which has been set up to investigate Covid-19 deaths in care homes.\n\nThe force said its involvement does not indicate that crimes have been committed but is designed simply to inform prosecutors.\n\nCases of the virus have been reported in 60% of Scotland's care homes, with a total of 5,635 residents affected.\n\nThe first minister described the impact on the sector as \"heartbreaking\".\n\nEarlier this month Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC announced the new unit and said it would help determine if Fatal Accident Inquiries were to be held into the deaths.\n\nThe outbreaks across Scotland include one on Skye which is under police investigation.\n\nOfficers are looking into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of three women - aged 84, 86 and 88 - at Home Farm in Portree.\n\nOn Friday police outlined the support officers will provide to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) review.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Duncan Sloan said: \"We understand the significant public anxiety caused by reports of deaths among those being cared for and staff in the health and care sectors as a result of coronavirus.\n\n\"This is a matter of great concern for us all.\"\n\nMr Sloan said COPFS is working with a number of agencies and asked the force to gather \"additional information\".\n\nHe added: \"Our involvement does not necessarily indicate that crimes are being investigated and the information we gather on behalf of COPFS will help inform its decision on whether further action is required.\n\n\"These are challenging times for everyone but Police Scotland will continue to work with COPFS and other partner agencies to maximise public safety, to support and protect the vulnerable in our communities and to support the work of colleagues in the health and care professions.\"", "The comedian's wife shared a picture online of the 78-year-old after he received the vaccination\n\nSir Billy Connolly has received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.\n\nThe comedian's wife Pamela Stephenson shared an image on social media of the 78-year-old wearing a mask with a plaster on his left arm.\n\nAlongside the picture, Ms Stephenson wrote: \"Thank God... Billy had his first Covid vaccine today!\"\n\nSir Billy, who lives in Florida, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2013 and announced he was \"finished with stand-up\" last year.\n\nHe said at the time: \"The Parkinson's has made my brain work differently and you need to have a good brain for comedy.\"\n\nSir Billy now lives in Florida with his wife Pamela Stephenson\n\nSir Billy joins famous faces including actress Dame Judi Dench, broadcaster Sir David Attenborough and actor Sir Ian McKellen in receiving the vaccine.\n\nHollywood star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger also shared a video of him receiving the jab earlier this week.", "The Fire Brigades Union has held back firefighters from efforts to tackle the pandemic in England with \"unreasonable\" safety demands, a report claims.\n\nIn it, the fire service watchdog says the union has insisted on \"unworkable\" rules for testing and self-isolation.\n\nThousands of firefighters assisted health and emergency services last year but in December, as vaccinations began, the FBU asked members not to volunteer.\n\nThe union says it cannot be sure its members will be safe if they do.\n\nThat is because councils and fire chiefs have pulled out of an agreement on health protection measures, it added.\n\nFor most of last year the agreement allowed firefighters to perform a range of additional duties, including delivering meals, driving ambulances and transporting bodies.\n\nFirefighters returning from roles in potential contact with Covid victims would spend several days self-isolating and being tested to show they were not infected.\n\nBy December, when there was the prospect of firefighters helping with vaccinations, a row over the deal resulted in the union giving new advice to members\n\nThe FBU said in message on 9 December: \"At this time, members are asked not to volunteer and to suspend any expression of interest that they have registered until such time as satisfactory arrangements can be secured that allow a national agreement to be reached.\"\n\nOn 13 January, local councils, which employ firefighters, decided the agreement with the union \"was no longer sustainable or appropriate\", partly because of the requirements for staff to have tests and self-isolate.\n\nThey said these made it impossible to run the fire service flexibly. Fire chiefs argued that police officers and paramedics did not have to isolate and await test results.\n\nThe union says it cannot be sure its members will be safe if they volunteer\n\nThe FBU general secretary, Matt Wrack, told the BBC he still was not able to advise firefighters about additional Covid-related duties because the union did not know what the safety risks would be locally.\n\n\"I'm not prepared to ask people to volunteer if there aren't safety measures in place,\" he said. \"I don't want to see a deadly virus brought into workplaces when we have measures in place which have avoided it in the past several months.\"\n\nThe fire minister, Lord Stephen Greenhalgh, said: \"Brave firefighters have been prevented from stepping up to support the pandemic response because of the actions of the Fire Brigades Union.\"\n\nZoe Billingham, an inspector at Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Fire and Rescue Services, said many firefighters had contributed to the effort during the Covid crisis, but much more could have been done.\n\nShe described the union's position as \"deeply regrettable\" and \"not what the public would expect of a fire service\".\n\nThe inspectorate has released several reports calling for the modernisation of fire service working practices and criticising the FBU.\n\nLancashire Fire and Rescue Service said it had begun testing its staff twice a week\n\nAccording to this one, the dispute between firefighters and their employers has held up vital work to protect lives.\n\nIn Greater Manchester requests to the fire service to help with NHS Track and Trace were delayed by 12 weeks.\n\nIn Cleveland, the fire and rescue service had to use non-operational support staff, rather than firefighters, to carry out temperature testing for the local authority.\n\nIn Suffolk and South Yorkshire, there were delays to plans for firefighters to help get into properties where residents were suffering from Covid.\n\nThe FBU says it was not given an opportunity to respond to these claims before the report was published. Mr Wrack dismissed it as poorly-sourced and politically-motivated.\n\nSome fire services have reached agreements with local branches of the union instead so that they can volunteer for the vaccination effort.\n\nLancashire Fire and Rescue Service said it had begun testing its staff twice a week and those giving vaccinations had also received them first.", "Helen White's lighting business is struggling to absorb a six-fold increase in freight costs.\n\n\"We were paying £1,600 per container in November, this month we've been quoted over £10,000,\" says Helen White.\n\nThe founder of start-up Houseof.com, which imports lighting from China, says the rise in shipping costs means she's making a loss on what she sells.\n\nShe's one of many UK importers facing soaring freight costs amid a global shipping crisis that may last months.\n\nA shortage of empty shipping containers in Asia and bottlenecks at the UK's deep sea ports are behind the problems.\n\nIt was hoped the backlogs could be cleared during the Chinese New Year holiday in February, but instead a coronavirus outbreak in China is adding to the uncertainty facing firms.\n\nIn the UK the difficulties in international shipping have coincided with problems faced by businesses trading with the EU after Brexit.\n\nOne Manchester-based freight forwarder said the logistics industry is facing the most challenging conditions he's seen in the 17 years he's been in the business.\n\nCraig Poole from Cardinal Maritime said during lockdowns, people have been turning to online shopping, and that's causing a surge in demand for goods from China.\n\nFreight forwarder Craig Poole says the logistics industry is facing hugely challenging conditions\n\nBut some companies can't absorb the skyrocketing freight costs that shipping lines are charging. That could lead to higher prices for consumers or businesses having to close.\n\n\"The really unfortunate thing is, the small businesses who can't afford to pay those rates are going to go under as a result,\" Mr Poole said.\n\nHelen White's lighting range is designed in the UK and manufactured in Guangzhou, China.\n\nShe said the six-fold increase in shipping costs is hard to take, especially when getting hold of a container \"is like gold dust\".\n\n\"It's really hard for a small business to absorb those costs. We'll be making a loss on the goods we're selling.\"\n\nLighting seller houseof.com is struggling to import stock from China\n\nAt the other end of the supply chain, Chinese manufacturers and logistics firms say they are equally frustrated.\n\nJohnny Tseng is the owner and director of Hong Kong-based J&B Clothing Company Ltd., which manufactures garments for some of the UK's most popular fashion sites including Boohoo and Pretty Little Thing.\n\nHe's been supplying clothes to British retailers for more than 40 years, but he says his family-run firm won't be able to absorb inflated shipping rates for much longer.\n\n\"To be honest I don't even know how we can survive if we carry on shipping things at this kind of cost.\"\n\nJohnny Tseng says sky-high shipping rates are putting his business at risk.\n\nHe says he's now being quoted $14,000 to ship a container to the UK, when the usual price is $2,500.\n\nThe shortage of empty containers in China and congestion at UK ports caused some of his stock to miss the busy Christmas trading period. Now some customers are holding orders for their Autumn-Winter collections until next year.\n\n\"It's chaos,\" he said. \"We are making a loss. We take it as a loss leader and keep our fingers crossed it will go back to normal after Chinese New Year, but it is a major issue if it persists this way.\"\n\nUsually during the Chinese New Year holiday, factories in China shut down for two weeks. There were hopes the pause in production would give UK ports a chance to clear the backlog of ships waiting to dock, and encourage shipping lines to move more empty containers back to Asia, which is a less profitable journey.\n\nChinese workers usually travel home for the Chinese New Year holiday.\n\nBut rising numbers of coronavirus cases have prompted the Chinese authorities to stagger factory closing dates so that not all workers are travelling to their home regions at the same time. A worsening outbreak could lead to travel restrictions, in which case some factories may not stop production at all.\n\nCraig Poole says some companies have been caught out by factories closing earlier than planned.\n\n\"A lot of businesses that can't get those goods away are delaying orders until after Chinese New Year, so this situation could continue 'til March,\" he said.\n\nPatrick Lee from the Hong Kong-based Unique Logistics International said it could be even longer than that.\n\n\"Middle of the year at the earliest is what we're hearing from end customers in the UK, and also from some of our people in the industry. Some of the carriers as well,\" he said.\n\nMr Lee has called on the shipping lines to add more ships to help ease the backlog of stock orders building up at warehouses across China.\n\n\"They are increasing sailing but can increase a lot more. There are idle ships out there that they can reactivate without too much difficulty,\" he said.\n\nThe disruption could last for several months, according to logistics specialist Patrick Lee\n\nBut a spokeswoman for the World Shipping Council said carriers are using all available capacity.\n\n\"The demand for transportation service far exceeds supply. As in any free market, this puts upward pressure on rates,\" she said.\n\nShipping lines have been trying to drive down demand from British importers by charging a premium for deliveries to the UK, or bypassing the country's ports altogether.\n\nOne shipping line recently offered freight rates of $12,050 for a 40ft container from China to Southampton, but charged just $8,450 for the same container to travel from China to Rotterdam, Hamburg, or Antwerp.\n\nThe UK's largest container port at Felixstowe has been experiencing long delays since October. Congestion has also been a problem at the Port of Southampton, albeit to a lesser extent.\n\nThe bottlenecks were initially caused by a surge in imports as business activity picked up after the first wave of the pandemic. Huge shipments of PPE and the usual Christmas rush added to container volumes and ports struggled to cope.\n\nThe UK's largest container port at Felixstowe has been experiencing bottlenecks for months\n\n\"Most of the carriers just don't want UK cargo because of the issues when the vessels dock, so mainly they're favouring European ports and we are having to truck containers over,\" said freight forwarder Craig Poole.\n\nHe said that adds a cost of up to £2,000 per container, and takes an extra seven to ten days to reach the delivery point in the UK.\n\nFor business-owners like Helen White, the difficulties affecting the shipping industry can't be solved quickly enough.\n\n\"Lots of little start-ups are really hurting,\" she said. \"It has been paired with logistical nightmares across Europe as well. It just feels like logistics is falling apart at the moment. It's hard to see where the resolution is.\"", "All schools moved to online learning before Christmas, following concerns from unions over the new coronavirus variant\n\n\"Wholesale\" return of pupils to school after February half term is \"unlikely\", Wales' first minister has said.\n\nMark Drakeford said there were \"intermediate positions between where we are today, with very few children in school, and everybody being back\".\n\nPreviously, ministers said schools would stay closed to most until February half term unless Covid cases fell significantly.\n\nThose preparing for qualifications and very young children may return first.\n\nMr Drakeford told a coronavirus briefing on Friday he had recently chaired a meeting of the teaching unions and local education authorities.\n\n\"We all agreed that we would work purposefully together to find ways of bringing more young people back into the classroom,\" he said.\n\n\"Does that mean that we will see a wholesale return of every child in every classroom, every day of the week across Wales? I do think that that is probably unlikely.\n\n\"But there are intermediate positions between where we are today, with very few children in school, and everybody being back.\"\n\nHe said there had been \"practical, creative, imaginative\" proposals put forward which could mean some children being back in the classroom for some of the week.\n\nMinisters previously said schools would stay closed until half term unless Covid cases fell significantly\n\nThese could include \"children preparing for qualifications [and] very young children for whom online learning really isn't a genuine possibility\".\n\n\"I certainly don't rule out making some of those things happen after the February half term, but I do think it's unlikely in the way you said that we would see every child back full-time in every classroom in the way that we would ideally wish to do,\" he added.\n\nAll schools and colleges moved to online learning before Christmas, following concerns from unions over the new coronavirus variant.\n\nThey have remained open for children of critical workers and vulnerable learners, as well as for learners who needed to complete essential exams or assessments.\n\nEarlier this month, when Education Minister Kirsty Williams said schools and colleges would stay closed to most pupils until the February half term, unions welcomed the news, saying the health and safety of pupils and staff \"had to be a priority\".\n\nBut, they added, teachers must now be given the vaccine as a priority, and pupils and staff must be protected before talks about reopening schools could begin.\n\nTeachers are still not on the priority list for immunisation, and have to wait to get the jab dependent on their age and if they have a medical condition.\n\nAt the time, Laura Doel, director of The National Association of Headteachers Cymru, said: \"Any plan that sees school staff return to face-to-face learning should be afforded as much protection as possible against the virus.\n\n\"Once these issues have been addressed, then we can discuss the orderly return to school we all want.\"\n\nOpposition parties have called for clear plans on how schools would return and for support to make sure pupils from poorer backgrounds did not fall behind due to a \"digital divide\".\n\nPlaid Cymru's education spokeswoman Sian Gwenllian said: \"The Welsh Government must plan now for the gradual and safe reopening of schools, putting in place safety measures, and should lay out plans for a vaccination programme for schools staff.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative education spokeswoman Suzy Davies called for the Welsh Government to publish evidence on its reasons for closing schools, bring forward vaccines for teachers, and said money must be made available for all pupils to access laptops for online learning.", "Three quarters of applications for a £500 discretionary grant, which aims to help those on low incomes self-isolate, have been rejected, figures suggest.\n\nEmployed or self-employed people in England who do not qualify for the Test and Trace Support Payment because they do not receive benefits can apply.\n\nData obtained by Labour and shared with BBC Newsnight suggests just 12,069 of 49,877 applications were successful.\n\nThe government said it was assessing how the scheme is supporting people.\n\nThe cumulative figures obtained by Labour suggest that between October and December last year, 35,252 applications to local authorities in England for the discretionary part of the test and trace support payment scheme were rejected, while 12,069 were granted.\n\nThe government introduced the Test and Trace Support payment in late September as a way of topping up any benefits or Statutory Sick Pay a person receives.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care says it is a targeted scheme designed to help people on low incomes.\n\nThere is a list of specific criteria applicants must meet for the grant, but those who do not qualify for this payment and who are on a low income or may face financial hardship as a result of self-isolating, can apply for a discretionary payment.\n\nLocal authorities in England oversee the entire support scheme, with the qualifying criteria set by the government. They blame overly strict criteria and inadequate government guidance for people being rejected who feel they should qualify for a grant.\n\nThe Local Government Association, which represents councils in England as well as the London boroughs, said some councils were having to turn down applications for the discretionary support because \"people are ineligible or have failed to provide the evidence needed\".\n\nLast month, the self-isolation period for contacts of people with confirmed coronavirus was shortened from 14 to 10 days after the time of exposure.\n\nPeople who are contacted by NHS Test and Trace and told to self-isolate, face fines of up to £10,000 if they fail to comply. Those who don't self-isolate risk spreading the virus to others.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDr Nishant Joshi, a GP trainee working at a practice in Luton, says he meets, on a daily basis, people who are faced with what he calls a \"Sophie's choice\".\n\nHe says: \"People come to me with essentially a Sophie's choice situation - I know I have to isolate but also I don't have enough money to put food on my table.\n\n\"If I say to somebody who comes to me with a health problem, you need to take a couple of weeks off work, I've had patients who have come to me and they're in tears.\"\n\nRachel, a shop worker from East London with a disabled son, tested positive in early January and was left in a desperate situation after having to self-isolate.\n\nShe says: \"I didn't have a hot meal for 10 days. I had two bowls of cornflakes and a hot dog. I was hungry. I was petrified\".\n\nShe adds: \"It's been probably the worst two weeks of my life. On a personal level I knew I had no choice but to isolate to keep my son safe.\n\n\"Had I not been in that position I can't guarantee that I would have done the whole self isolation thing because you get desperate.\"\n\nHer local councillor eventually dropped off a hot meal. Rachel was fortunate and received a £500 grant at the end of her isolation.\n\nJosie Tothill said missing two weeks of work \"could be the difference between feeding your kids or not, or paying rent or not\"\n\nJosie Tothill from Manchester didn't qualify for the scheme, even though her job, as a personal assistant to a woman who needs mental health support, means she is on a low income.\n\nShe had to self-isolate in October after her sister tested positive. But she did not receive a call from Test and Trace despite being a contact. Only people with a Test and Trace number are eligible.\n\nJosie says: \"It was difficult, but I got by. But for a lot of people, especially if you work in care, you are already on poverty wages, so to miss two weeks of work - that could be the difference between feeding your kids or not, or paying rent or not.\n\n\"So you can see, for some people, it's impossible to do that isolation, so it's much harder to control the virus.\"\n\nThe Labour Party, which obtained the figures from local authorities under the Freedom of Information Act, says the government must make sure everyone can afford to self isolate.\n\nShadow communities secretary Steve Reed said it was vital that people who self-isolated were not \"punished for doing the right thing\".\n\nHe told the BBC: \"The problem is the government established a fixed pot of money and, in some cases, councils have eked it out so much that many people applying for the funding haven't received it.\n\n\"In other cases councils have used up all the money because they have more people applying than were expected.\n\n\"So, we end up with a postcode lottery, if you live in one area you might get the funding, if you live in another area you might not.\"\n\nAnalysis of the figures by the BBC shows that of the applications to the discretionary scheme:\n\nWhile most of councils that responded rejected the majority of applications to the discretionary scheme, a smaller number bucked the trend.\n\nLambeth granted 77% of applications, Haringey and Wakefield 75%, and Solihull 64%.\n\nWhile it's impossible to rule out that applications may be coming from people who are taking a chance, it's also clear that some councils are apparently more flexible about the criteria used on the discretionary scheme.\n\nThe government is putting £70 million into funding the scheme. It said: \"Local authorities are responsible for decisions when it comes to making additional discretionary payments to people who fall outside the scope of the main scheme and are facing financial hardship as a result of having to self-isolate.\n\n\"We continue to work closely with the 314 local authorities in England to assess how the scheme is supporting people experiencing financial difficulties.\"\n\nThe Local Government Association said the government \"needs to ensure its £500 self-isolation payment support scheme is available to those in need of financial support\".\n\nIt says it is \"good\" that councils will receive extra government funding \"to support people on low incomes who do not meet the strict criteria for this main scheme, but who may face financial hardship because of the requirement to self-isolate\".", "Because of its scale, work on Glastonbury's site must begin earlier than most festivals\n\nMusic festivals are \"still possible\" this summer, despite the cancellation of Glastonbury, says the head of the Association of Independent Festivals.\n\nPaul Reed said Glastonbury \"is a different beast to most festivals and most likely ran out of time due to the size and complexity of the event\".\n\nSmaller events could still happen if the government ensures organisers can access cancellation insurance, he said.\n\n\"For most festivals, the cut-off point is more likely the end of March.\"\n\nOn Thursday, Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis called off their festival for the second year in a row because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"In spite of our efforts to move Heaven & Earth, it has become clear that we simply will not be able to make the festival happen,\" they said in a joint statement. \"We are so sorry to let you all down.\"\n\nTickets for the festival, which normally attracts 200,000 people and was due to take place in June, will roll over to 2022.\n\nGlastonbury is the UK's biggest music festival, but it was not the only event to cancel its plans on Thursday. The Country To Country festival, which was due to take place in March, also said its 2021 edition would not happen.\n\nThe three-day event, which attracts some of country music's biggest names to indoor venues in London, Dublin and Glasgow, said it had pulled the plug due to the \"current restrictions on mass gatherings and international travel\".\n\nThe announcements came as coronavirus deaths soared in England, with more than 8,500 deaths recorded in the past week. On Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was \"too early\" to say whether England's Covid restrictions would be lifted by the spring.\n\nStormzy has already been announced as a headliner for August's Reading and Leeds festivals\n\nGlastonbury's cancellation has raised fears for other music festivals this summer. However, the organisers of Glasgow's TRNSMT said there was \"reason to be optimistic\" that it could go ahead in July, with headliners Lewis Capaldi, Liam Gallagher and the Courteeners.\n\n\"Glastonbury is the biggest festival in the world and it's sad to see that, due to its enormous scale and taking several months to get the city-sized festival site ready, it's unable to go ahead this year,\" boss Geoff Ellis told Scotland's Daily Record.\n\n\"By comparison, TRNSMT is a much smaller city centre event with no camping. As such it takes us days rather than months to build TRNSMT. Therefore, we will continue to listen to and follow the advice from the government and remain positive about events later in the summer.\"\n\nHis comments were echoed by Bestival co-founder Rob Da Bank, who tweeted that \"festival season will happen in the UK this summer\", adding: \"Sadly Glasto is such a mammoth beast to plan it ran outta time.\"\n\nSacha Lord, co-founder of Manchester's Parklife festival, added that Glastonbury's cancellation was \"yet another blow\" to freelancers who work in the live music sector.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast on Friday, Mr Reed said the UK was at a \"serious point in the pandemic and festivals only want to return when it is safe to do so\".\n\nHe added that festivals were currently struggling to get insurance for coronavirus-related cancellations. Last week, MPs from the House of Commons culture select committee wrote to the chancellor, urging him to launch a Covid-19 insurance scheme to protect live music.\n\nThe appeal was backed by more than 100 industry figures, including organisers of the TRNSMT and Parklife festivals. \"We do need government to intervene in this issue,\" said Mr Reed.\n\nIn a tweet on Thursday, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden expressed his regret at Glastonbury's cancellation and said the government was \"looking at problems around getting insurance\".\n\nA government spokeswoman said on Friday they are in \"regular dialogue\" with public health experts to \"agree a realistic return date for festivals and other large events\". They added they were still helping festivals with the £1.5bn Culture Recovery Fund, \"with many already receiving this support\".\n\nLatitude Festival has been held at Henham Park, near Southwold, since 2006\n\nOther European countries, including Austria and Germany, have launched schemes to cover events that cannot be rescheduled, including music festivals. At present, England has a scheme protecting film and TV shoots, but not music.\n\nHowever, some festivals have been given support by the government's £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund, including Womad, End of the Road and Nozstock.\n\nMelvin Benn, whose company Festival Republic organises the Latitude, Download and the Reading & Leeds festivals, said that without an insurance scheme, other events would be left \"staring into the same barrel that Glastonbury stared into\".\n\n\"People can't afford to take that financial risk,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nThe government is holding \"early stage talks\" with insurers, confirmed Tim Thornhill of Tyser's Insurance, which counts Glastonbury amongst its clients.\n\n\"We have helped to put in place the film and TV restart scheme, which the chancellor explained saved 14,000 jobs,\" he said. \"So if we can do something for events, that would be welcome across the industry\".\n\nWhile there is \"no guarantee\" that insurance could be provided, he said there was \"significant urgency\" to finding a solution \"within the next few months\".\n\n\"It's really important that the government supports the industry,\" added Radiohead's Colin Greenwood. \"And they need to start thinking about that now, and not when we reach that point - say in October this year - when there are enough people vaccinated for [live music] to become safe.\n\n\"Nobody wants to go to anything, or take part in anything, that's going to turn into a super-spreader event,\" he said.\n\n\"But obviously there has to be a way out of this, through vaccination. And I think we need to make sure that systems are in place so we can get back into doing what we love.\"\n\nJulian Knight MP, chair of the culture select committee, said the government was working on insurance plans, because of the importance of festivals to British culture and the economy.\n\n\"I've been in to see the chancellor,\" he told BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat. \"Finally I think there is some movement. I understand that they are dropping some of the objections that they may have had, and that we may end up with an insurance scheme.\n\n\"However, there's a danger that it's too little too late.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "PM: We are enforcing lockdown with increasing toughness\n\nSky News's Sam Coates asks whether, if the new variant is more dangerous, it is right that more people are \"out and about\" during the current lockdown than the first one last year. The PM says that \"we are enforcing the law very strictly with increasing toughness\", meaning increased fines to dissuade risky behaviour. \"It depends on everybody doing the right thing and avoiding transmission,\" he says, adding that is what will be more effective than police action. On why the new variant may be transmitting more readily, Sir Patrick Vallance says it is not believed the new variant has a higher viral load, meaning people \"shed more virus\". He suggests it may be other factors that make it more transmissible. On the current infection rate, Chris Whitty says that while infections are slowly going down \"it is at a very, very high level\". He says that among some age groups - including those 20 to 30 - infections may still be increasing. And on hospitalisations, he says that they are \"broadly flat\" for the UK as a whole, but there are variations between regions. \"That peak is not yet definitely going down yet,\" he says. Deaths will be delayed further with the peak expected in the future, he adds. Video caption: Infection level 'very, very high' and 'extremely precarious' - Prof Whitty Infection level 'very, very high' and 'extremely precarious' - Prof Whitty", "The Holyrood inquiry into the handling of harassment claims against Alex Salmond is using legal powers to seek documents from the Crown Office.\n\nThe documents include messages between SNP officials, civil servants and advisers relating to Mr Salmond's legal challenge to the complaints process.\n\nIt is the first time MSPs have issued such a formal request in the history of the Scottish Parliament.\n\nConvener Linda Fabiani said the action was necessary to continue its work.\n\nThe committee was established in the wake of a judicial review court case where the Scottish government admitted its internal investigation of two harassment complaints against Mr Salmond had been unlawful.\n\nThe government had to pay out more than £500,000 in legal expenses to the former first minister, who was later acquitted of 13 charges of sexual assault in a separate criminal trial.\n\nThe notice, formally issued by Holyrood chief executive David McGill, states that the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) \"may hold documents relevant and necessary for the committee to fulfil its remit\".\n\nThe committee is seeking the release of documents detailing text or WhatsApp communications between SNP chief operating officer Susan Ruddick and Scottish government ministers, civil servants or special advisers between August 2018 and January 2019, that may be relevant to the inquiry.\n\nIt also wants to see any documents linked to the leaking of complaints to the Daily Record newspaper in August 2018.\n\nMs Fabiani said: \"Throughout this inquiry, the committee has been determined to get as much information as possible to inform its task.\n\n\"This is a step that hasn't been taken lightly, and is a first for this Parliament, but which the committee felt was needed as it continues its vital work.\"\n\nThe Crown Office has been given until 17:00 on 29 January to respond to the notice.\n\nNever before in Holyrood's history has it attempted to use this legal power of compulsion.\n\nSection 23 of the Scotland Act makes it possible to force a witness to give evidence in person or - as in this case - to hand over documents.\n\nIt sounds straightforward but lots of legal terms and conditions apply.\n\nThat's especially true in this case where MSPs are trying to compel the Crown Office - in charge of prosecutions and headed up by the Lord Advocate.\n\nThe Lord Advocate has potential get-outs if he considers releasing documents would \"prejudice criminal proceedings\" or otherwise be \"contrary to the public interest\".\n\nThat public interest test could be key.\n\nClearly, MSPs think social media messages and other material held by the Crown Office could be relevant to their inquiry and should be released.\n\nThe Crown Office has argued that disclosing evidence gathered in a criminal case for other purposes risks undermining confidence in the police and prosecutors.\n\nThe Lord Advocate has a big call to make - has the prosecution service (which he runs) or the parliament (to which he is answerable as a minister) got the better sense of where - on balance - the public interest lies?\n\nIn other developments, Mr Salmond has been given a deadline by which to appear before the committee.\n\nThe former SNP leader has been given the option of giving evidence to the committee either in person in the Parliament or by appearing remotely on a number of dates in the first week of February.\n\nMs Fabiani said if this was not possible then the \"committee regrets that it will not be able to take oral evidence from you\" although he would be free to submit further written evidence.\n\nMr Salmond's lawyers had said he was only available in the second week of February.\n\nIn a letter to the committee, the former first minister said this was because he had still to complete two further submissions but the process had been \"hampered\" by the Scottish government's \"failure\" to release its legal advice and the ongoing bid to recover documents from the Crown Office.\n\nMr Salmond's appearance is much anticipated following his written submission earlier this month in which he alleged that Nicola Sturgeon misled parliament.\n\nMs Sturgeon, who \"entirely rejects\" his claims, is expected to give evidence in the coming weeks and has said she is looking forward to putting her side across.\n\nMeanwhile, the committee has once again written to the Scottish government urging it to waive legal privilege and release the advice it received from lawyers regarding the case.\n\nA Crown Office spokesman said: \"COPFS has received the correspondence from the committee and will respond in early course.\"\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said: \"We will consider the committee's letter - but the Scottish government has already taken unprecedented steps to provide the committee with access to relevant information to allow it to fulfil its remit.\n\n\"The government has, exceptionally, provided the committee with access to a summary of the legal advice on the judicial review on a confidential basis.\"", "Eric Vice, 64, was on his way to Swansea University when he crashed into a bridge\n\nA bus driver who crashed his double-decker bus into a bridge, killing a passenger, has been jailed.\n\nJessica Jing Ren, 36, died 11 days after the bus, which was going to Swansea University, hit a bridge on Neath Road on 12 December 2019.\n\nEric Vice, 64, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving at Swansea Crown Court.\n\nHe was sentenced to two years and six months.\n\nMs Ren had been on the front row of the upper deck of the bus and was on her phone at the time of the crash, the court heard.\n\nShe was a visiting academic at the university's accounting and finance department from Huanghuai University in China, where she had a five-year-old son with her husband, who is also a lecturer.\n\nProsecutor Carina Hughes said the crash left trapped passengers covered in debris and forced to crouch down in the flattened upper deck while they waited to be rescued.\n\nOlympic gold medallist and 400m hurdles world record holder Kevin Young, who was studying at the university, saw Ms Ren hit the front windscreen.\n\nEric Vice is \"consumed with guilt\" his defence barrister said\n\n\"Mr Young says that she was slowly trying to mouth some words to him, but it was inaudible.\n\n\"He described that he held her hand to try and comfort her until the police and paramedics arrived.\"\n\nMs Hughes said Ms Ren had been unconscious when cut out of the bus by firefighters 90 minutes later and was airlifted to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, with spine injuries, leg fractures, lacerations and a severe brain injury.\n\nAerospace engineering student Richard Thompson, 20, was seriously injured in the crash and required facial reconstruction. Mr Young suffered a head wound and two broken ribs.\n\nThe court heard passenger statements saying the bus appeared to be running late and the driver had been waving passengers on to the bus without scanning their tickets.\n\nMs Hughes said when Vice encountered traffic between Swansea University's Singleton campus and its Swansea Bay campus, he decided to take a different route, one he had taken several times before when driving a single-decker bus.\n\nShe said 21 passengers has been on board, 13 of whom were on the top deck.\n\nMs Hughes said Vice had driven past two height restriction warnings on the route.\n\nThe bus went under the stone arch of the railway bridge, but hit the lower steel bridge.\n\nIan Ibrahim, defending, said it had been \"without doubt a catastrophic error of judgement.\"\n\nHe added: \"He is consumed with guilt - he's been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and severe depression.\"\n\nJessica Jing Ren was a visiting academic at Swansea University from Huanghuai University in China\n\nJudge Geraint Williams said: \"That fatal error of yours resulted in the death of a promising young academic.\n\n\"Following the crash you stayed at the scene where you witnessed first-hand the carnage you had created.\n\n\"I can't think of a word short of carnage to describe the scene on the upstairs of that bus - but it could have been many, many times worse.\n\n\"The stark reality in this case is that your impatience that day robbed you of the care which ordinarily you applied to your professional driving.\"\n\nThe scene inside the bus after it crashed into a railway bridge in Neath Road, Swansea\n\nAt the time of her death, Ms Ren's family said in a statement: \"Jessica was the loving wife of Wenquang Wang, a devoted mother to five-year-old Yushu Wang and the cherished Daughter of Mingqi Ren.\n\n\"A much loved and talented academic, Jessica will be deeply missed by her family and her friends both in China and in Swansea and will leave a great void in their lives.\"\n\nIn a statement released after Ms Ren died, Swansea University said: \"We are deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Jessica Jing Ren.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with Jessica's family at this time and we extend our deepest condolences at their tragic loss.\"", "Daniel Craig with director Cary Joji Fukunaga on the No Time To Die set in 2019\n\nThe release of the next James Bond film has been delayed for a third time because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nNo Time To Die had already been pushed back twice, and will now debut globally on 8 October, an announcement on the film's website said.\n\nIt had originally been due to hit screens in April 2020.\n\nThe film is the 25th instalment in the Bond franchise, and marks Daniel Craig's final appearance as British secret service agent 007.\n\nIt also features Lea Seydoux and Rami Malek.\n\nThe delay will come as a further blow to cinemas that have been forced to shut for months at a time because of lockdowns.\n\nEarlier this week, leading film-makers including Danny Boyle and Sir Steve McQueen wrote to the UK Government, calling for financial support for cinema chains because \"UK cinema stands on the edge of an abyss\".\n\nCineworld said in October, when No Time To Die was pushed back for the second time, that delays to big budget releases meant the industry was \"unviable\".\n\nBond's latest move sparked a flurry of other delays to major releases. Sony has pushed back Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Peter Rabbit 2, Jared Leto's Morbius, Tom Holland's Uncharted and Cinderella, which will star singer Camila Cabello; while Universal has moved Tom Hanks' Bios from April to November.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by James Bond 007 This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nThe UK Cinema Association said the decision to postpone No Time To Die again, \"while clearly disappointing, is at the same time not surprising given the current situation around Covid-19 in the UK as well as the US and other major film territories\".\n\nThe postponement of Daniel Craig's swansong and other films \"underlines the need for ongoing support for the UK cinema sector\", the trade body's chief executive Phil Clapp said.\n\nThe association is calling on the government to provide \"direct funding\" to chains, which represent 80% of ticket sales.\n\nOne of the major chains, Vue, said the delay was \"understandable\", and that the continuing attempts to release the film in cinemas \"is further testament to our shared belief in a bright future for the big screen\".\n\nHowever, the latest postponement could stoke speculation that the film may ultimately skip cinemas and be released on a streaming platform.\n\nMajor Disney titles like Pixar's Soul and its live-action remake of Mulan bypassed cinemas, premiering instead on the Disney+ streaming service.\n\nWonder Woman 1984, meanwhile, was made available in the US on the HBO Max streaming service on the same day it received a limited cinema release.\n\nLast year, Warner Bros announced its 2021 titles - including sci-fi epic Dune and The Matrix 4 - would all adopt a similar dual release pattern, escalating tensions between Hollywood and US movie theatres.\n\nRami Malek plays the villainous Safin in the thrice-delayed film\n\nThe Dig, a new historical drama starring Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan, was due to be released in selected UK cinemas this month. Now, the film will only be available on Netflix from 29 January.\n\nAsked whether No Time To Die might go down the same route, Fiennes - who will reprise his role as M in the film - recently told BBC News: \"That's a good question and I'm not really in a position to answer it.\n\n\"I would love the idea that people could go to the cinema and have the full effect of the big-screen energy behind the Bond, but I'm sure it's something the people who make these executive decisions are probably considering.\n\n\"I really hope we come through this so people can go to the cinema. Maybe they just have to hold their nerve. But of course we don't know, and there may be financial reasons or imperatives that [mean] they have to put it on a streaming system.\"\n\nIf No Time To Die is indeed released in cinemas in October, it will arrive a full six years on from the release of its 2015 predecessor Spectre.\n\nThat won't be far behind the six years and four months that separated the release of Licence to Kill in summer 1989 and GoldenEye in late 1995 - the biggest gap between two Bond films.\n\nThe last Bond film, 2015's Spectre, took almost $900m (£690m) at worldwide box offices.\n\nOther blockbusters to have been delayed by the pandemic include action sequel Top Gun: Maverick and Marvel's Black Widow.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "One of the mysteries of Covid-19 is why oxygen levels in the blood can drop to dangerously low levels without the patient noticing.\n\nIt is known as \"silent hypoxia\".\n\nAs a result, patients have been arriving in hospital in far worse health than they realised and, in some cases, too late to treat effectively.\n\nBut a potentially life-saving solution, in the form of a pulse oximeter, allows patients to monitor their oxygen levels at home, and costs about £20.\n\nThey are being rolled out for high-risk Covid patients in the UK, and the doctor leading the scheme thinks everyone should consider buying one.\n\nA normal oxygen level in the blood is between 95% and 100%.\n\n\"With Covid, we were admitting patients with oxygen levels in the 70s or low-or-middle 80s,\" said Dr Matt Inada-Kim, a consultant in acute medicine at Hampshire Hospitals.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Inside Health: \"It was a really curious and scary presentation and really made us rethink what we were doing.\"\n\nDr Inada-Kim became the national clinical lead of the Covid Oximetry@home project.\n\nA pulse oximeter slips over your middle finger and shines a light into the body. It measures how much of the light is absorbed in order to calculate oxygen levels in the blood.\n\nIn England, they are being given to people with Covid who are over 65, younger but have a health problem, or anyone doctors are concerned about. Similar schemes are being rolled out across the UK.\n\nPeople measure and record their oxygen levels three times a day.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Health Education England - HEE This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nIf oxygen levels drop to 93% or 94%, then people speak to their GP or call 111. If they go below 92%, people should go to A&E or call 999 for an ambulance.\n\nStudies, which have not been reviewed by other scientists, have shown even small drops below 95% are linked to an increased risk of dying.\n\nDr Inada-Kim said: \"The point of this whole strategy is to try to get in early to prevent people getting that sick, by admitting patients at a more salvageable point in their illness.\"\n\nChris Harris, who is 70, was one of the first patients to benefit from the scheme.\n\nHe was being treated for a urinary infection in November last year, but then when he developed unexpected flu-like symptoms his GP sent him for a Covid test. It was positive.\n\n\"I don't mind admitting I was in tears, it was a very stressful, frightening time,\" he told Inside Health.\n\nHis oxygen levels dropped a couple of percentage points below the normal zone, so after a call with his GP, he went to hospital.\n\nAt this point he was still feeling fine, but things changed the day after he was admitted.\n\n\"My breathing started to get a little bit laboured, I had a high temperature as the days went on, [my oxygen levels] were progressively getting lower, they were in their 80s,\" he told me.\n\nChris was treated, did not need intensive care and has made a full recovery.\n\nHe said: \"I may have gone [to hospital] as the very last resort and that's the frightening thing. It was the oxygen meter that forced me to go, I would have just sat it out thinking I would recover.\n\n\"I am extremely lucky and very, very grateful.\"\n\nHis GP, Dr Caroline O'Keefe, says she has seen a massive increase in the number of people being monitored.\n\nShe said: \"On Christmas Day we were monitoring 44 patients, today I have 160 patients who I am monitoring daily. So we are certainly busy.\"\n\n\"We've had to quadruple the size of our team in the last two weeks.\"\n\nOverall, NHS England has supplied around 300,000 pulse oximeters for the home-monitoring scheme.\n\nDr Inada-Kim says there isn't definitive proof that the gadget saves lives and it could take until April to know for sure. However, the early signs are all positive.\n\n\"What we think we can see are the early seeds of a reduction in the length of stay after a hospital admission, an improvement in survival and a reduction in the pressures on the emergency services,\" he said.\n\nHe is so convinced of their role in tackling silent hypoxia that he said everyone should consider buying one.\n\n\"Personally I would, and I know a number of colleagues who have bought pulse oximeters to distribute to their loved ones,\" he said.\n\nHe advised checking they had a CE Kitemark and to avoid apps on smartphones, which he said were not as reliable.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA mosque has become the first in the UK to open as a Covid vaccination centre.\n\nThe Al-Abbas Islamic Centre in Balsall Heath, Birmingham is expected to vaccinate up to 500 people a day.\n\nThe imam, Sheikh Nuru Mohammed, said he hoped it would help dispel false information that the vaccine was forbidden in Islamic law.\n\nNHS England said it fears disinformation could be causing some in the UK's South Asian communities to reject the Covid vaccine.\n\n\"It will send a strong message to our Muslim brothers and sisters. We are doing this to say a big 'no' to fake news and a big 'yes' to the vaccine,\" Sheikh Nuru said.\n\n\"Muslim scholars advise us to get the vaccine because the sanctity of life is important in Islam.\"\n\nImam Sheikh Nuru Mohammed said he hopes the opening of the vaccination centre will help dispel false information\n\nDr Rizwan Alidina, a trustee of the mosque and member of the Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group said: \"The significance of the venue is obviously quite evident with particularly the Muslim community being one of the communities with a bit of a lower uptake than we would otherwise have expected.\"\n\nHe said there had been a good response to the opening of the centre at the mosque and hoped it would soon be carrying out between 300 and 500 vaccinations a day.\n\nNHS England regional medical director for London Dr Vin Diwakar told a Downing Street press conference some communities had \"legitimate and understandable concerns about the vaccines\".\n\nHe said despite it being a \"safe and effective vaccine\", for some Asian and black communities there were \"longstanding concerns\" that \"go back generations\".\n\nDr Diwakar said some people were \"told by their grandparents that experiments were done in the early part of the last century, that unethical experiments were done way back in the 60s\".\n\nSpeaking at the Downing Street briefing, Home Secretary Priti Patel also sought to counter disinformation targeted at people from minority ethnic backgrounds.\n\n\"This vaccine is safe for us all,\" she said.\n\n\"It will protect you and your family... So I urge everyone from across our wonderfully diverse country to get the vaccine when their turn comes to keep us all safe.\"\n\nOne of the first to get the jab at he Birmingham mosque, retired GP Dr Masud Ahmad, said his message to others in the local community was \"that it's quite safe to have it and they should have it\".\n\nOther places of worship, including Salisbury Cathedral and Lichfield Cathedral, opened as vaccine centres last week.\n\nThe Al-Abbas Islamic Centre is administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ministers will discuss at a meeting on Monday whether to tighten restrictions at UK borders - including the possibility of hotel quarantines for travellers, the BBC has been told.\n\nAt a Downing Street news conference on Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not rule out taking further action.\n\nIt comes amid increased concerns over the spread of new coronavirus variants.\n\nUnder current travel curbs, almost all people arriving in the UK must test negative for Covid to be allowed entry.\n\nThe test must be taken in the 72 hours before travelling and anyone arriving without one faces a fine of up to £500.\n\nAll passengers are also required to quarantine for up to 10 days, although the isolation period can be cut short with a second negative test after five days in England.\n\nThe only people not subject to the conditions are children under 11, hauliers, air, international rail and maritime crew, and passengers from the Common Travel Area - comprised of the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own quarantine rules, which differ slightly.\n\nAs of Monday, travel corridors, which exempted passengers arriving from some countries from quarantine, were suspended throughout the UK.\n\nAsked whether the government would bring in further measures at UK borders, Mr Johnson said: \"I really don't rule it out, we may need to take further measures still.\n\n\"We may need to go further to protect our borders.\n\n\"We don't want to put that [efforts to control Covid] at risk by having a new variant come back in.\"\n\nOne more infectious variant , which was first identified in Kent, has already spread widely across the UK.\n\nAnd, at the briefing, the prime minister announced that early evidence suggests this variant may be more deadly.\n\nOther new variants causing concern have been identified in South Africa and Brazil in the weeks since the Kent variant was discovered.\n\nThose discoveries led to direct flights to the UK from all South American countries and several southern African countries being suspended.\n\nScientists fear these variants discovered in other countries may interfere with the effectiveness of vaccines and evade parts of the immune system.\n\nWhile those travelling into the UK are asked to abide by the 10-day isolation and told they can be subject to checks, London mayor Sadiq Khan is among those who have called for the UK to adopt the use of enforced quarantine in hotel rooms.\n\nThe policy is among the measures in Australia that has limited the country to just 28,750 positive cases during the entire pandemic, fewer than the UK currently has every day.\n\nTravellers who choose to go to Australia have to pay for their rooms at one of a number of selected quarantine facilities - and have all their meals delivered to their room throughout a stay of at least 14 days. They get tested twice for Covid during that period and if they test positive their quarantine is extended for a further 14 days.\n\nMeanwhile, passengers arriving into London's Heathrow airport this week have complained of queues at passport control and what they described as poor social distancing, after the latest travel restrictions - requiring travellers to show proof of their negative Covid tests - came into force.\n\nOn Friday, former British ambassador Peter Westmacott posted a picture on Twitter of long queues at the airport.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Peter Westmacott This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA government spokesman said people \"should not be travelling unless absolutely necessary\".\n\nThe statement added: \"You must have proof of a negative test and a completed passenger locator form before arriving.\n\n\"Border Force have been ramping up enforcement and those not complying could be fined £500.\n\n\"It's ultimately up to individual airports to ensure social distancing on site.\"\n\nWith all parts of the UK under strict virus rules amid high levels of infection, only essential foreign travel is permitted in the current advice from the Foreign Office.\n\nA further 40,261 cases, and 1,401 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported on Friday in the UK.", "The bunker is in a rural location near St Agnes, Cornwall\n\nAn \"eerie\" underground bunker built during the Cold War has been put up for sale with a guide price of £25,000.\n\nThe former monitoring post near St Agnes, Cornwall was built in 1961 and is accessed down a 14ft (4.2m) ladder.\n\nSellers have suggested \"a variety of uses\" for the \"out of the ordinary\" property, subject to planning permission from Cornwall Council.\n\nIt was used in the Cold War to monitor aircraft and any potential nuclear threats, said auctioneer Adam Cook.\n\nThe auction will be held online in February\n\nThe bunker was manned by volunteers and consists of an access shaft, a toilet and a monitoring room.\n\nIt is being auctioned online as part of a triangular piece of land on 18 February.\n\nThe site was first opened in 1961 and closed in 1991 and is accessed down a \"rustic vehicular track\", according to the online advert.\n\nMr Cook said it is a former Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post \"but people love calling it a nuclear bunker\".\n\nHe said the bunker would have been one of around 1,500 monitoring posts built in coastal regions in the UK between the 1960s and 1990s.\n\nOld bunk beds remain in the bunker\n\nAccessed by a hatch, Mr Cook described the reinforced concrete bunker as \"a little bit eerie when you're there on your own\".\n\n\"I'm glad I've been down there...[to have] half a chance of explaining it to customers.\"\n\nHe said there was still a sense of what it used to be with an \"old bunk bed\" and a toilet \"which I don't think you'd fancy using but it certainly gives you the atmosphere\".\n\nMr Cook explained it is \"difficult to pigeon hole it onto any one kind of purchaser\" and said the buyer could be anyone from a history enthusiast to a landowner.\n\n\"All kinds could be interested and we're already getting lots of calls about it.\"\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your comments and story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Cold War bunker up for sale for £25,000", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some of the volunteers are working to prepare bodies for burial\n\nA mosque in east London has closed for all communal prayer. Instead it is serving two purposes - providing funerals and feeding the local community. Michael Buchanan finds a team of volunteers there battling to deal with the pandemic.\n\nThe family shuffled quietly past a crate of milk cartons. They came through the small porch, towards the open coffin. Inside was a woman - a loved one - who died of Covid two days ago. The coffin sat feet away from tins and packets to be distributed by the local food bank. The milk was the latest delivery.\n\nIt is impossible to capture the enormous consequences of the pandemic. But last Saturday lunchtime, this tragic image - one of grief and hardship coming together - came close, for me at least.\n\nCovid-19 has made extraordinary demands of so many different people, but what is currently happening at the Masjid Ibrahim and Islamic Centre in east London is truly remarkable. Situated on a busy road, with the noise of ambulance sirens regularly shattering its peaceful interior, the mosque has closed to communal prayer and is open for two other purposes - to provide a funeral service and a food bank to the local community. Both are inundated.\n\n\"We've had so many bodies coming in. It's quite shocking. It's one after another after another. We've never had that situation before,\" says Sofia Bhatti. Alongside her friend, Tabassum Khokhar - known as Tabs - the pair are unheralded heroes. They volunteer to wash the bodies of Covid-positive women prior to burial.\n\nThe practice, called Ghusl, is a sacred Islamic ritual and is usually performed by the deceased's relatives, who cleanse and shroud the body. But Covid restrictions mean families are currently denied that religious honour, so volunteers like Sofia and Tabs are taking on what they consider to be a privileged task.\n\n\"We actually believe that when we are shrouding here, that God is shrouding the soul at the same time,\" says Tabs, standing by a coffin. By day, she works as a teaching support worker in a local school, so the PPE that the mosque provides - bodysuit, footwear, two sets of gloves, masks and visors - is crucial for her. \"I make sure my PPE is secure because it's not just about me, it's about my family. I have an 81-year-old mother.\"\n\nThe women are seeing first hand - and in graphic detail - the pressure the NHS is under. \"Very often we see bodies coming in with a lot of medical equipment still attached to them,\" says Sofia. \"Tubes and pipes and catheters still attached. So it makes our job a little bit harder.\" One of the women they washed during my visit had died in the ambulance, never actually reaching hospital.\n\nVery often we see bodies coming in with a lot of medical equipment still attached to them. Tubes and pipes and catheters\n\nThere are far more bodies than during the first peak and there is a larger age range. One day this week, the mosque was handling seven bodies. A few days earlier they said they'd processed 10 funerals, all arranged for free and paid for by donations. Before the pandemic, they'd handled two to three funerals a week. The two local hospital trusts in east London have each had more than 1,000 Covid deaths since the start of the pandemic. More have died at home.\n\nThe borough of Newham, where the mosque sits, has suffered a disproportionate number of deaths. Home to the Olympic Park, the 2012 London games were meant to regenerate this area. Yet it retains high levels of poverty and overcrowded housing. Add in a diverse population, rich in south Asian culture, and large numbers of people who can't work from home and the virus has sadly ripped through its residents.\n\nIsfand Aslam said he's shocked by what's going on. His father, Mohammad, died on 3 January, a week after falling ill. His positive Covid test result arrived two days after his death. The 85-year-old was a committee member at the Masjid Ibrahim and despite his age had been in good health. \"It took a week between him passing away and getting buried. Initially I was getting a lot of condolences from friends. But by the end of that week I am giving condolences to three friends because their fathers had passed away. It's now got to the stage where everybody we know knows somebody who has passed away.\"\n\nThe sheer number of deaths is impacting the area's main Muslim cemetery. Normally, the Gardens of Peace buries three to four people each day. They're currently carrying out an average of 15 funerals daily. Overall, they are about 50% busier than usual. They can no longer promise burials within 24 hours, as per Muslim custom.\n\nDespite this, there is still a concerning number of people in the local area who either don't think Covid is real or are resistant to taking a vaccine. There was anger among some community leaders before Christmas when it emerged the Bangladeshi High Commission in London held a cultural evening to celebrate its independence. Photos from the event, on 16 December, showed a group - including the High Commissioner herself - standing close together with no masks or social distancing. The High Commission said performers had been Covid tested and it had issued 10 videos in Bangla urging British-Bangladeshis to adhere to UK government guidance.\n\nIt's now got to the stage where everybody we know knows somebody who has passed away\n\nTo counter disinformation among its members, an imam at the Masjid Ibrahim, Mohammad Ammar, filmed a short video of himself being injected with the vaccine and urged his congregation to follow suit. Imam Ammar has actually been furloughed by the mosque as it focusses all its resources on battling the pandemic, including feeding its local community.\n\nThe virus forced the mosque to open a food bank in March. It is still running 10 months on. On Monday night, I watched a steady stream of people gather in the gloom at the rear of the mosque to fill their bags. Most were collecting on behalf of a larger household, and the mosque says they're currently feeding 350 families each week, including students, refugees, people with no access to public funds and those who've lost income.\n\nAmong those collecting food on Monday was Mohammad Rahman. A 42-year-old chef, he lost his job in an Indian restaurant three months ago. The married father of two boys - aged eight and six - told me he was already in rent arrears and struggling to pay his energy bills. \"My son says 'where is the pizza'? But I have no money. He says '[can I have] chicken and chips'? But I have no money. The shops are open, but no money\", he adds, taking his hands from his pockets.\n\nIn normal times, the Masjid Ibrahim would attract about 1,100 worshippers over three floors for Friday prayers, and there has been some pressure on the leadership to reopen for communal worship. But Asim Uddin, chairman of the mosque, says now is not the time. \"Prayers, yes, it's important. But right now what is the need? The need of the community is they want to be fed and they want a place where they can respectfully bury their loved ones. And the demand is overwhelming. Right now, it's better they stay home, and they can pray at home until the situation goes back to normal.\"\n\nMichael Buchanan is the BBC's social affairs correspondent and has been reporting on the impact of the pandemic on communities in the UK. Last year, he visited the town of Pontypool to find out what impact coronavirus restrictions were having in Wales.", "UK retailers could abandon goods EU customers want to return, with some even thinking of burning them because it is cheaper than bringing them home.\n\nThey say the new EU trade deal has put costly duties on returns at a time when firms are already struggling.\n\nThe BBC has been told UK High Street and luxury brands have a mounting volume of goods stuck with courier services on the continent.\n\nNone of the retailers would comment on the problem.\n\nAdam Mansell, boss of the UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT), said it's \"cheaper for retailers to write off the cost of the goods than dealing with it all, either abandoning or potentially burning them.\"\n\nSince 1 January, lots of European customers have been presented with an unexpected customs invoice when signing for goods they've ordered from the UK. These new customs charges are a result of the new EU trade deal with the UK.\n\n\"It's part of the ongoing small print of the deal,\" said Mr Mansell. \"If you're in Germany and buying goods from the UK, you as the German customer are the importer bringing goods into the EU.\n\n\"You then have a courier company knocking on the door giving you a customs clearance invoice that you need to pay to receive your goods.\"\n\nMany customers automatically reject the goods, refusing to pay the additional surcharges, leaving couriers to take them away.\n\nAbout 30% of items bought online are returned, according to figures from Statista. That has meant large volumes of goods are heading back to the UK.\n\nWhen goods arrive back at depots on the Continent, there is new customs paperwork to complete. \"Export clearance charge, import charge arrival, import VAT charge and depending on the goods a rules of origin document as well,\" said Mr Mansell.\n\n\"Lots of large businesses don't have a handle on it, never mind smaller ones.\"\n\nThe BBC has seen a document that states four major UK High Street fashion retailers are stockpiling returns in Belgium, Ireland and Germany. One brand will incur charges of almost £20,000 to get the returns back.\n\nCouriers and freight businesses that ship from the UK to Europe are also experiencing delays getting goods to the Continent because of the new customs clearances.\n\n\"It's a bigger change than we thought possible,\" explained Shona Brown from Speedy Freight, a courier service. \"Before, we'd get the order to Germany and off the driver would go.\n\n\"Now we've got to do export entry detailing where was it made, the driver needs to go to the customs office at Dover, then customs in Germany on arrival and then sort out the VAT. There are so many hoops to jump through, it's so laborious.\"\n\n\"You've got to have manpower to figure out what to do. And with people working from home it's difficult. For small businesses, it is a huge thing for people to do,\" she added.\n\nUlla Vitting Richards runs her sustainable fashion brand VILDNIS from the UK. She has stopped exporting to her fastest growing market, the EU, because of the new customs processes.\n\n\"I've been involved in logistics before. I expected it to be bad and I am used to shipping to the USA which is difficult. But this is just mind-blowing,\" she said.\n\n\"Every day there is another layer. In the first two weeks we couldn't get answers. For two years we were told to get ready for Brexit. But for these we couldn't prepare.\"\n\nShe added: \"I don't think we can increase prices but we might just have to say that we can't make the business with the EU work. It is a real shame. There is a huge interest in sustainable fashion in Europe and we might have to walk away from it.\"\n\nUlla did speak with the Department for International Trade for help and advice. She was told that setting up a subsidiary distribution hub in Europe might be a good idea: \"He told me we'd be best off moving stock to a warehouse in Germany and get them to handle it.\"\n\nRetailers in the UK and Europe that trade across the new customs border are all still adapting to the rules. Hauliers and customs agents are facing a steep learning curve too.\n\nThe government said: \"Now the UK has left the EU customs union and Single Market, there are new rules and processes businesses will need to follow.\n\n\"We have encouraged companies new to dealing with customs declarations to appoint a specialist to deal with import and export declarations on their behalf - and we made more than £80m available to expand the capacity of the customs agents market.\"\n\nIt added: \"Most businesses use a specialist such as a customs broker, freight forwarder or fast parcel operator to deal with this.\n\n\"The government will continue to work closely with businesses to ensure they are able to trade effectively under the new rules.\"", "The water is warmer than the air and is creating a mist along Dynevor Road\n\nThe coalmining heritage of Wales has been implicated in flooding of homes - but what has happened in Skewen?\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated from the Neath Port Talbot village, with at least eight streets left under water.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones says the flood appears to be related to mine works - but the volume of water involved has hampered a full assessment so far.\n\nThe Coal Authority is investigating how \"historic underground mining features\" in the area exacerbated the problem.\n\nA geologist says there are tens of thousands of old mine shafts across the former south Wales coalfield and it is \"incredibly difficult\" to monitor them all.\n\nSkewen lies within an old coal mining hotspot, with several former colliery sites near the village that operated in the 19th and early 20th Century.\n\nThere were colliery sites near what is now Drummau Road, in the north of the village and another close to Old Road, near Neath Abbey.\n\nSkewen was part of a collection of collieries that stretched between Neath and Llanelli on the western side of south Wales' coalfield.\n\nGraham Levins, secretary of the Welsh Mines Preservation Trust, said old mines often contain groundwater which can flood in heavy rain.\n\nHe said: \"A lot of them go very, very deep down, much below the local water level and that's why they had all the big wheels to pump the water out.\n\n\"It fills up with water and will find a way out. Normally rainfall you get it doesn't cause a lot of problems but when you get really heavy rain, the water drains down through the ground and builds up.\"\n\nStreets were turned into rivers in Skewen\n\nGeologist Tom Backhouse said water was coming out of an area near the junction of Goshen Park and Drummau Road, where there is a record of a mine shaft dating from the turn of the 20th Century.\n\nIt then started \"rushing down\" Drummau Road, causing the flooding that forced evacuations.\n\n\"What we can expect to have happened is that the water level in the mines rose to a point where it's burst out of that entry point from the mine workings below.\n\n\"Also, there are images of very ochre like orange-coloured water and again, that may well be issuing from the mine workings on the highlands to the east of the property on the hill behind.\n\n\"That may be where the shallow workings have flooded.\"\n\nHe said old mine working across the former coalfield area hold water at a certain depth, but when an event such as Storm Christoph drops \"a huge amount in a small area\", the levels rise quickly.\n\n\"As it gets closer and closer to the surface, it basically looks for an escape, the pressure builds up,\" he continued.\n\n\"What it looks like has happened on the junction of Goshen Park and Drummau Road, where the mine shaft is recorded, is that pressure has built up at that point and then burst out through the shaft which is very likely to have been capped with wood or something like that.\n\n\"Where you've got those mine shafts, which ultimately are vertical tunnels down into the mine workings below, the water has literally forced itself up through that shaft, and the pressure is obviously so great it's caused this devastating flash flood.\"\n\nAs well as properties, vehicles were submerged in water\n\nThere are about 13 shafts recorded within about 820ft (250m) of the one in Goshen Park, so Mr Backhouse said it is possible more than one may have burst.\n\nThere are tens of thousands in south Wales and he said it was \"incredibly difficult\" to check them all, but there were \"tell tale signs\" as to why they may collapse such as age or what type of developments are around them.\n\nThe clean up has continued on Friday morning\n\n\"Not to try and fear-monger or anything but of course this sort of thing can happen again,\" he said.\n\n\"If another event like Storm Christoph happens, the water levels in the mine rises as quickly as it did, there's absolutely nothing to say that it wouldn't happen again in the future.\n\n\"And obviously as climate changes and we have many more events like Storm Christoph, they are going to increase in frequency, they are going to be much more severe.\n\n\"The Coal Authority will have to consider the risk in places like Skewen, and they'll have to understand how it will affect residents and proactively manage that and look at how to reduce the risks for residents.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Infection level \"very, very high\" and \"extremely precarious\" - Prof Whitty\n\nThe UK is at an \"extremely precarious\" point, according to the chief medical adviser, despite signs Covid infections are beginning to fall.\n\nThe virus's reproduction rate is estimated to be at or below one for the first time since early December.\n\nAnything below one means the epidemic is shrinking.\n\nBut cases are falling from a \"very, very high level\", Prof Chris Whitty said - and may still be increasing in some areas.\n\n\"A very small change and it could start taking off again from an extremely high base,\" he warned.\n\nSpeaking at a Number 10 press conference on Friday evening, the UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, said the \"awful\" death rate would stay high \"for a little while before it starts coming down\".\n\n\"That was always what was predicted...and I think the information about the new variant doesn't change that\".\n\nEarly evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, although findings are preliminary and there is a high level of uncertainty.\n\nDr Susan Hopkins at Public Health England said there was \"evidence from some but not all data sources which suggests that the variant of concern which was first detected in the UK may lead to a higher risk of death than the non-variant.\n\n\"Evidence on this variant is still emerging and more work is under way to fully understand how it behaves.\"\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said while the UK's R or reproduction number, might be below one - meaning a shrinking epidemic - overall, \"cases remain dangerously high and...it is essential that everyone continues to stay at home, whether they have had the vaccine or not.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures suggested cases were decreasing slightly or levelling off across Britain.\n\nBut infections are falling more slowly than they did during the first lockdown - by somewhere around a quarter every fortnight compared with a halving back in April.\n\nA further 40,261 cases, and 1,401 deaths were recorded on Friday in the UK.\n\nMore than five million people had been given a first dose of the vaccine by 21 January, and about half a million had received their second dose.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has previously said it is \"too early\" to say whether England's Covid restrictions will be able to end in the spring.\n\nWhile cases are falling or stable across the rest of the UK, in Northern Ireland cases have continued to rise and the new, more infectious strain has overtaken the older variant of the virus as of the start of January.\n\nDuring the week ending 16 January, about one in 55 people in England had the virus, the ONS estimated, with one in 35 in London testing positive.\n\nOne in 100 people had the virus in Scotland and one in 70 in Wales.\n\nBut in Northern Ireland infections have shot up from an an estimated one in 200 people testing positive in the week to 2 January, to one in 60 last week.\n\nONS statistician Sarah Crofts said while fewer people were testing positive in England, \"rates remain high and we estimate the level of infection is still over one million people\".\n\nAnd, she pointed out, \"the picture across the UK is mixed\".\n\nA survey by tech company ZOE and King's College London, based on swabs of people with and without symptoms, also suggested the R number could be at 0.8.\n\nAnd it estimated symptomatic cases had fallen by a quarter since last week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is the R number and what does it mean?\n\nMeanwhile, the proportion of people testing positive for the new Covid variant has risen considerably in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, ONS data suggest.\n\nBut the new strain, which remains by far the main source of infections in England, has yet to overtake the old strain in Scotland and Wales.\n\nWithin England, the proportion of infections that appear to be due to the new variant remained stable, but the gap between the regions is narrowing.\n\nIn the figures covering 2 January, 80% of infections looked like the new variant in London compared to 30% in the North East.\n\nTwo weeks later, that gap had narrowed to 70% in London versus 50% in the North East.\n\nIt is not clear what is behind the small fall in London, but it may be down to behaviour change, or other variants like the South Africa strain now in circulation and diluting the numbers.", "It would be unrealistic to expect all lockdown restrictions in Northern Ireland to be lifted on 5 March, Health Minister Robin Swann has said.\n\nOn Thursday, the executive announced that the current restrictions, which have been in place since 26 December, would be extended to 5 March.\n\nBut ministers were also told restrictions may have to remain in place until after the Easter holidays.\n\nMr Swann said the decision to extend restrictions had not been easy.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme, he said: \"Can I say that'll we'll have to extend them at that point [5 March]? At this time, no I can't.\n\n\"But it would, I think, be unrealistic to think that we'd be able to lift every restriction come that date because we do see where this virus is going, the trajectory it's taking, the large number of positive cases that we are managing but also the large number of hospital admissions that we currently have.\n\nRobin Swann says the decision to extend the restrictions had not been easy\n\n\"There has to be a consideration and planning put into place - we know Covid's going to be with us for a very long time, we also know it will take time for our vaccination process to kick in and have that major effect.\"\n\nA lockdown closing non-essential retailers and encouraging employees to work from home began after Christmas.\n\nFamily gatherings are prohibited and people have been ordered to stay at home for all but essential reasons.\n\nSchools are closed to most pupils until after February's half-term break but a paper looking at reopening will be put to ministers at next week's executive meeting.\n\nThe Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church and the Methodist Church have all confirmed that in-person worship will continue to be suspended until 5 March in accordance with the executive's decision on the restrictions.\n\nThe churches say there are exceptions for weddings and funerals and private prayer.\n\nTwelve more Covid-19 related deaths were recorded in Northern Ireland on Friday, taking the overall death toll recorded by the Department of Health to 1,704.\n\nIt is a story that changes not only by the day but by the hour and is dictated by numbers.\n\nNever before have we scrutinised hospital figures so closely, especially this week.\n\nAnd the numbers are important as we know how many intensive care unit (ICU) beds are available across Northern Ireland and potentially how many will be required in the next 24 hours.\n\nOn Wednesday, 33 ICU beds were available - on Friday that dropped to 18.\n\nBut as we enter a difficult 72 hours, there is a feeling that the health system will cope.\n\nA regional approach to the crisis means no hospital is left to shoulder responsibility on its own.\n\nEvery afternoon a call is made about whether an additional \"pod\" - a bay of beds - is required to be opened at the Nightingale facility at Belfast City Hospital.\n\nIf not, it is felt that hospitals can hold their own for another 24 hours.\n\nCoping is good but comes at a terrible cost - keeping a lid on Covid-19 is only possible because so much else within hospitals has been cancelled.\n\nA heavy price has been paid and will continue to be paid for months, possibly years to come.\n\nOn Wednesday it was announced more than 100 medically-trained military personnel would be deployed in Northern Ireland to help hospital staff deal with Covid-19 pressures after a request by Mr Swann.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's Health Committee on Thursday, Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan said: \"My only concern is that they [military personnel] don't get in the way of the real professionals who are doing the work to save lives.\n\n\"This is slamming the dead cat down on the table to deflect attention away from the inadequacies in the health department at the minute.\"\n\nOn Friday, Mr Swann responded by saying he was \"disappointed and disgusted\" by Mr Sheehan's comments.\n\nHe added: \"The majority of our health service workers are actually welcoming them because this is a tough period of time that we are entering into in the health service.\n\n\"To hear some of the comments where he's actually, I think, criticising the level of delivery that our health service has given over these past 10-12 months, I think is disappointing.\"\n\n\"It wouldn't be the language that would be reflective of his party leadership in regards to the assistance that we're receiving from the Army.\"\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, the Sinn Féin vice-president, had previously said her party's priority had \"always been to save lives\" and she would \"never rule out anything that actually supports the health service\".\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster, the DUP leader, said on critics of the move to deploy military medics were putting \"political intolerance before patients\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Swann also said the executive would \"not be found wanting\" in enforcing Covid-19 regulations.\n\nIt came after a district judge said on Wednesday that \"the powers-that-be made a significant error\" in making breaches of some rules punishable only with fines.\n\nDistrict Judge Michael Ranaghan told Dungannon Magistrates' Court he would have remanded two defendants from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in custody if he had \"the power to do so\".\n\nShania Devenney, 21, of Kilmacormick Drive, and Nathan Maguire, 20, of Carnmore Lodge, were charged with contravening the regulations when arrested by police who were alerted to anti-social behaviour.\n\nA police officer told the court there had been repeated parties at Ms Devenney's address this month.\n\nThe judge, granting bail, said: \"I cannot consider remanding in custody as these matters are fine-only.\n\n\"The powers-that-be made a significant error when drafting legislation in making these fine-only offences.\n\n\"Had I the power to do so I would definitely be remanding these two in custody.\"\n\nThe PSNI has issued more than 2,000 Covid-19 fines during the pandemic\n\nThe health minister said the executive had asked people \"to work with us\" and had increased the level of fines.\n\nAsked about the judge's comments about enforcement, Mr Swann said he was \"content enough to raise it with executive colleagues and ask the justice minister to have a look at that\".\n\nMr Swann added that the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland were abiding by the regulations as it is the \"right thing to do\".\n\nOn Tuesday, police revealed that 2,159 penalty notices had been issued during the pandemic, with fines starting at £200.\n\nThere have been 55 failure-to-isolate fines, which incur a £1,000 fine.", "Scottish postie Nathan Evans has quit his job and signed to a record label after storming TikTok with sea shanties.\n\nNathan said the singalong craze for his The Wellerman rendition exploded in just a matter of weeks.\n\nAnd Friday sees an official release of the shanty, after he was picked up by Polydor records.\n\nThe 26-year-old from Airdrie said it goes to show that if you keep going anything can happen.", "Mr Trump was duped by the prankster, Morgan said\n\nDonald Trump was called on Air Force One last year by a prankster posing as Piers Morgan, the TV presenter says.\n\nThe president, as he was at the time, only realised he had been tricked when he phoned the real Morgan while on his way to vote in Florida last year.\n\nThe alleged security breach is said to have happened in October, but only emerged in an interview Morgan gave to the BBC's Americast podcast.\n\nThe two recently had a falling out over Mr Trump's handling of the pandemic.\n\nAsked by the BBC's Jon Sopel why Mr Trump had called Morgan out of the blue this past October, the presenter described \"an absolutely hilarious story, where somebody had called [Trump] pretending to be me the day before and got through to him on Air Force One\".\n\nThe 45th US president didn't realise he had been duped, Morgan said. \"They had a conversation with Trump thinking he was talking to me.\"\n\nIt is not clear who the alleged hoaxers were, but if the story is true President Trump would not be the first political leader to have been pranked.\n\nCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while he was foreign secretary, have both been tricked on the phone in recent years.\n\nBut it would revive long-running questions about the security of President Trump's phone conversations.\n\nMorgan became increasingly critical of Mr Trump in the final months of his presidency\n\nThe BBC has asked the Secret Service for comment.\n\nMorgan was a high-profile tabloid editor in the UK who took over from Larry King with a primetime CNN chat show in 2011. He now presents a breakfast show in the UK.\n\nHe was initially supportive of President Trump after his surprise election win but became increasingly critical in the last 12 months.\n\n\"We had a very nice conversation... I always got on well with Trump,\" Morgan said of their October call, but added that Mr Trump's \"character flaws - the chronic narcissism, the desire to make everything about himself\" made him a \"useless leader\".\n\nOn their friendship, Morgan described Mr Trump's behaviour since the November presidential election as \"egregious\" and \"so obviously on a pathway\" to the Capitol Hill riots on 6 January.\n\n\"I just felt - no, I'm done with you now,\" Morgan said.\n\nYou may also be interested in:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The recording of the conversation between Elton John and the man he believed was Vladimir Putin", "Keon Lincoln died after being subjected to \"inconceivable violence\"\n\nA 15-year-old boy has died after being attacked in a residential street by a group of youths \"armed with knives\".\n\nPolice said Keon Lincoln was \"set upon\" at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday on Linwood Road, in Handsworth, Birmingham, and died later in hospital.\n\nThe attackers fled the scene in a car which crashed into a house a short distance away, added police, who said they had since seized the vehicle.\n\nA 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in custody.\n\nThe investigation is progressing \"at pace\", according to the West Midlands force, which detained the suspect on Friday morning.\n\nDet Ch Insp Alastair Orencas, who is leading a murder inquiry, said Keon died \"in the most violent of circumstances\".\n\nKeon was attacked on Linwood Road, a residential street in the Handsworth area of Birmingham\n\nWitnesses who reported the carrying of knives to officers also said shots were heard.\n\nPolice confirmed Keon, who lived locally, was attacked with weapons but did not specify which sort.\n\nThe motive remained unknown said police, who urged those who could identify the attackers to contact the force.\n\n\"We are not sure of all the details at the moment, but we do know that Keon was set upon by this group and suffered a series of serious injuries,\" said Ch Supt Steve Graham, adding that five or six youths were believed to have been involved.\n\nPolice have not disclosed the nature of Keon's injuries. They say they are unable to say how he died before a post-mortem examination takes place.\n\nOfficers are searching Linwood Road after the attack on Thursday afternoon\n\nDet Ch Insp Orencas said: \"The death of Keon has shocked the whole community.\n\n\"This level of violence in broad daylight on a residential street is inconceivable, let alone the fact the target was a 15-year-old boy.\"\n\nHe said the family, who were being supported by specialist officers, \"had the worst shock imaginable\".\n\nIn a statement issued by police, the family said they were \"devastated\" by their loss, and remembered Keon as \"fun-loving\" and \"full of life and love\".\n\nThe tribute added: \"He had an infectious laugh that lit up the room whenever he was in it.\"\n\nPolice have seized a crashed car they believe to be a getaway vehicle\n\nDetectives are examining a white car they believe to be the getaway vehicle which crashed into a house on Wheeler Street.\n\nCCTV footage has been seized and the area is cordoned off while investigations continue.\n\nA resident of Linwood Road, who did not wish to be named, said she was shocked to hear someone had been killed.\n\nShe said: \"We've lived here 45 years and I've never heard of anything like this.\n\n\"It's just shocking and really, really sad.\"\n\nPolice have appealed for dash cam and CCTV footage as they piece together the events of Thursday afternoon\n\nLocal Labour MP, Khalid Mahmood, described the death as \"extremely tragic\" and \"a needless thing to have happened\".\n\nHe said: \"We must work with police as much as we can to stop this happening again.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A coronavirus outbreak at Mavisbank care home has led to the deaths of 13 residents\n\nA total of 13 residents at an East Dunbartonshire care home have died in a Covid-19 outbreak.\n\nThe owners of Mavisbank care home in Bishopbriggs confirmed the deaths and said that a further seven residents had also tested positive for the virus.\n\nAnother 11 staff members were self-isolating following positive tests.\n\nThe Care Inspectorate rated the home in Lennox Crescent as \"weak\" in its Covid-19 response in an inspection last month.\n\nAt the unannounced check on 26 October, inspectors found the cleanliness of the home a \"significant concern\".\n\nIt went on to describe the cleanliness of the environment and the overall fabric of the building as \"poor\".\n\nInspectors said in their report that they were \"very concerned about the potential risk of infection for residents\".\n\nSenior managers responded immediately and maintenance staff were deployed to clean the home.\n\nHowever, the operators were ordered to carry out a deep clean of the facility by 11 November.\n\nMavisbank owners HC-One said they were monitoring the situation closely.\n\nMavisbank was given a rating of \"weak\" in October\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"Our thoughts and sympathies are with all families who have lost a loved one from coronavirus.\n\n\"As we navigate this outbreak, we continue to work closely with all the relevant authorities to contain the virus and safeguard our residents.\n\n\"We are pleased that a number of residents have now recovered, and we continue to closely monitor the health and wellbeing of all those affected.\n\n\"This includes following all government guidance in relation to infection prevention and control.\"\n\nResponding to the Care Inspectorate report, the company said the health, safety and wellbeing of its residents and staff was a priority.\n\nThe spokeswoman said: \"We were disappointed that inspectors found some elements of our robust infection control plan were not being fully implemented and we acted urgently to respond to this feedback. These issues were immediately rectified so that when inspectors returned, they were able to see and approve of the work that had been completed.\n\n\"Senior staff are also supporting the home and our learning and development team are ensuring that all colleagues complete refresher training which includes our specific coronavirus training modules on the virus, enhanced infection control procedures, and the correct use of PPE.\n\n\"These training modules have been regularly updated to reflect all changes in the guidance over recent months.\"\n\nCaroline Sinclair, of East Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership, said, \"We are aware of this very sad situation and have been working with Mavisbank care home to provide a high level of clinical support to residents at this difficult time. Our thoughts are with the families of those who have passed and others affected by their loss.\"", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.\n\nMinisters wrestling with how to ensure people with coronavirus obey laws to self-isolate are to consider paying £500 to anyone who tests positive. It's among options drawn up for England by the Department of Health to encourage people to stay at home, amid fears the current support leaves some unable to afford the time away from work. However, Treasury sources say funding a universal payment to the tune of £453m a week is unlikely.\n\nBritish retail sales saw their largest annual fall in history last year as the impact of coronavirus took its toll. Sales fell by 1.9% in 2020, when compared with 2019, official figures show. Clothes shops were hit hard, with a record annual fall of more than 25%. Meanwhile, UK government borrowing hit £34.1bn last month, the highest December figure on record, as the cost of pandemic support weighed on the economy, the Office for National Statistics says.\n\nA Crown Office unit set up to probe Covid-related deaths is investigating cases at 474 care homes in Scotland, ahead of prosecutors' decisions on whether they should be the subject of a fatal accident inquiry or prosecution. Care homes say the investigation is \"disproportionate\". But Linda Duncan, whose 91-year-old mother Anne died last April, argues: \"A lot of the focus has been on the government response but we need this investigation to look at the private operators.\"\n\nHalf of all staff at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders \"don't... feel safe at work\", with about one in every 10 having tested positive since 1 December, according to an Early Years Alliance survey of more than 3,000 staff. Providers in England have been told to remain open to all children during lockdown and the government says under-fives are \"unlikely to be playing a driving role in transmission\".\n\nAs lockdown has forced families apart, grandparents have had to find new ways of keeping in touch with their grandchildren. Annette Landy tells us how reading over video calls to Alicia, eight, and Sadie, two, has made things a little easier.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Harry Potter and The Secret Garden have proven to be favourites\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nIf you're struggling to understand why vaccinating the most vulnerable won't immediately end lockdown, health correspondent Nick Triggle explains the reasoning.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "The Florence Nightingale Museum announced it would close for the foreseeable future\n\nMuseums and galleries are \"fighting for survival\" amid the current lockdown, a national charity has warned.\n\nThe Art Fund has predicted that small institutions are likely to suffer most and said more help is needed.\n\nSo far, the charity has only been able to help 15% of applicants to its emergency response fund.\n\nEarlier this month, it was announced London's Florence Nightingale Museum is to close for the foreseeable future due to the impact of the pandemic.\n\nThe Williamson Art Gallery & Museum in Birkenhead is also under threat of closure, according to the Art Fund.\n\nThe charity's director Jenny Waldman said: \"The latest lockdown is a body blow and is leaving our museums and galleries fighting for survival.\n\n\"Smaller museums in particular, which are so vital to their communities, simply do not have the reserves to see them through this winter.\n\nResearch previously conducted by the charity found six in 10 museums, galleries and historic houses were worried about their own survival.\n\n\"Tragically, we are now seeing well-known and much-loved museums facing mothballing or permanent closure,\" Waldman said.\n\nIn November, the charity offered limited edition artworks to members of the public who donated to help coronavirus-hit museums.\n\nSir Anish, Lubaina Himid, David Shrigley and Michael Landy were among the artists who provided their works to the appeal.\n\nArt Fund has renewed its appeal for people to donate to the crowdfunding campaign, which is called Together For Museums.\n\nNew works of art from Howard Hodgkin, Jeremy Deller and Cornelia Parker have been added to the items on offer.\n\nJeremy Deller worked on the 2016 Somme commemoration project featuring 'Ghost Tommies' appearing across UK locations\n\nSir Anish said: \"Museums are where we go to engage with art, witness our psychic history and understand ourselves. Today they face great difficulty.\n\n\"The Art Fund campaign gives us an opportunity to help museums to continue to provide access to all in spite of the difficulties of this time.\"\n\nArt Fund has also announced £750,000 of new grants to help 23 museums respond to the pandemic - taking its total spend so far to £2.25 million.\n\nBut that is only a small proportion of the applications the charity has received, which total over £16 million.\n\nRecipients include the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, for a health and wellbeing project, and Portland Museum, Dorset, for a plan to recreate Rufus Castle digitally.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Spanish player Paula Badosa has revealed that she has the virus\n\nA Spanish tennis player who was among many Australian Open competitors to complain about quarantine rules has revealed she has coronavirus.\n\nPaula Badosa said she had felt unwell with symptoms before testing positive for the virus in Melbourne on Thursday.\n\nBadosa is believed to be the fourth competitor to test positive in hotel quarantine, but is the first to identify herself publicly.\n\nOn Friday, she said \"sorry guys\", adding quarantine rules were \"pivotal\".\n\n\"Please, don't get me wrong. Health will always comes first & I feel grateful for being in Australia,\" tweeted Badosa, who is ranked 67th globally in singles.\n\nThe 23-year-old said she had been taken to a separate hotel in Melbourne to \"self-isolate and be monitored\".\n\n\"I'll try to recover as soon as possible listening to the doctors,\" she said.\n\nVictoria state health authorities said on Wednesday a total of 10 infections had been linked to the event, but a few were \"viral shedding\" cases where the person was not infectious.\n\nMelbourne endured one of the world's longest lockdowns last year and many locals have concerns about the potential Covid risk posed by the tournament.\n\nTennis Australia chartered 15 flights to bring players and their entourages into the country, but three flights had passengers who later tested positive for the virus.\n\nBadosa is one of 72 players who have been confined full-time to their hotel rooms for 14 days - under a state health order - after the infections were discovered. She has already spent seven days in isolation.\n\nPlayers who arrived on flights with no infections are also in quarantine but are allowed five hours of court practice a day.\n\nSeveral players have complained about the impacts to their tennis preparation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Confined players have been training in their hotel rooms\n\nEarlier this week, in a tweet reported by Australian media that has since been deleted, Badosa wrote: \"At the beginning the rule was the positive section of the plane who was with that person had to quarantine. Not the whole plane.\n\n\"Not fair to change the rules at the last moment. And to have to stay in a room with no windows and no air.\"\n\nBut Tennis Australia and state officials have rejected assertions that any rules were changed or not clear ahead of time.\n\n\"We're thinking of you Paula, and hoping you feel better soon,\" the Australian Open's Twitter account replied in a message to Badosa on Friday.\n\nOrganisers have said that despite the infections, the Grand Slam will go ahead on 8 February.", "At 12:01, in the midst of his inaugural address, Joe Biden officially became the 46th president of the United States.\n\nHe was already well into outlining exactly how daunting a task he - and the nation - have ahead in what he called its \"winter of peril\".\n\nAmerica is facing a devastating pandemic which has resulted in massive job losses and business closures, a threatened environment, urgent cries for racial justice and resurgence in \"political extremism, white supremacy and domestic terrorism\".\n\nHis speech was not a laundry list of proposals and solutions. Those were reserved for his first 17 executive actions as president - on immigration, climate change, transgender rights and public health, among others.\n\nThe Biden administration has also frozen all of Trump's last-minute regulations pending further review.\n\nInstead, Biden used his speech to offer hope - and to argue, at times forcefully, that the nation must be united in facing the challenges ahead; that it has to move past its current \"uncivil war\".\n\n\"Without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury,\" he said. \"No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos.\"\n\n\"This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge,\" he continued. \"And unity is the path forward\".\n\nAt times, Biden's speech seemed a direct rebuttal to his predecessor's administration, although he did not mention Donald Trump by name.\n\nWhere Trump frequently spoke of American greatness and glorified its founders, Biden noted that the nation's history has been a \"constant struggle\" between its ideals and sometimes harsh realities.\n\nWhere Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway spoke of \"alternative facts\" almost four years ago, Biden said: \"There is truth and there are lies - lies told for power and for profit.\"\n\nBiden wrapped up his inaugural address by warning that America must not \"turn inward\" - both as individuals retreating into \"competing factions\" and as a nation on the world stage.\n\n\"We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again,\" he said.\n\nRhetorically, Biden turned the page from Trump's days of \"America first\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe first 100 days of any administration are always important to a new president. What are his priorities? What will he try to accomplish when his political capital is at its highest?\n\nJoe Biden and his presidential team have had nearly three months to plan out his first actions upon taking the oath of office, but executive action is the (relatively) easy part.\n\nHis speech reflected the reality that he enters office with his top priorities already determined for him.\n\nHis government will be responsible for distributing the coronavirus vaccine in an efficient and equitable way. After that, he will have to focus on the societal and economic disruptions caused by the pandemic.\n\nThe virus has exacerbated income inequality and pushed many households to the brink of economic ruin. It's devastated the travel and hospitality industries and placed incredible strain on the finances of state and local governments.\n\nHis pledge to seek unity will be tested early, as he pushes a sharply divided Congress to pass another, massive round of pandemic stimulus aid. If he wants to enact it quickly, he will need Republican support in the Senate, and already there are signs that some on the right may be lining up in opposition to more spending.\n\nThen there's Trump's Senate impeachment trial, which will present yet another challenge to national unity. It will keep Trump's name in the news for weeks, as his defenders rally to his side and his detractors call for consequences for his actions.\n\nAfter that, Biden's potential political paths diverge. He has said he wants to improve healthcare in the US, address growing college debt, make new investments in infrastructure and tackle climate change.\n\nHe's pledged to push immigration reform legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants - a political lightning rod that helped fuel Trump's first presidential run.\n\nWhat he prioritises, and how successful his first efforts are, could determine the overall success of his administration. To make lasting change - policies that can't be undone by future presidents - he will have to work with Congress.\n\nThe inauguration ceremony is over. But, as Biden noted in his speech, the American people face one of the most challenging times in their nation's history.\n\n\"We will be judged by how we resolve these cascading crises of our era,\" he said.\n\nBiden campaigned against Trump for the opportunity to face those crises. Now he has his chance.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 15 and 22 January. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs that can be found here.\n\nPlease also ensure you follow current coronavirus guidelines and take your pictures safely and responsibly.\n\nConditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions.\n\nHot dog: Ann Baldwin thinks it looks warm enough for a swim in this shot looking towards Inchcolm Island and Arthur’s Seat from the sailing club in Dalgety Bay, Fife, 10 minutes before sunrise.\n\nLittle sucker: Tessa McAndrew helped this beautiful octopus back into the water after finding him clinging to driftwood on the beach at Lower Largo.\n\nWindswept: Bad hair day for these trees in the Pentland Hills Regional Park in Edinburgh. Claire Dunbar took this picture during one of the many recent snow dumps in the area.\n\nIntricate web: The sun was making an attempt to defrost this frozen spider web in Colin Sergeant's back garden in Motherwell.\n\nHindsight: David Fox thinks this roe deer fawn that he captured on his camera at Strathbraan in Perthshire will be \"a future Monarch of the Glen\".\n\nTrue snowman: Only Gordon Brandie knows what this Highland fling snowman is wearing under his kilt and peg sporran in Faskally, Perthshire.\n\nStill life: Artistic beauty found when looking through a drainage hole in the Arbroath sea wall.\n\nBlurred lines: Sunrise on top of Falkland Hill in the early hours of the morning, taken by Jordan Moreham.\n\nStick together: Judith McIntyre spotted these wooden friends huddling to keep warm this winter in Kingston, Moray.\n\nHowling wind: Three-year-old Poppy enjoying a very windy afternoon walk on Craiglockhart Hill in Edinburgh with her mum, Sophia Lyons.\n\nCollectivism vs Individualism: Victor Tregubov took this shot of birds in countryside near Glasgow.\n\nStrike a pose: Colin Little on the bank of the River Lossie in Elgin, said: \"This otter posed for a couple of shots before diving under again.\"\n\nBlack and white: Derek Brown took this snowy scene in Stow just outside Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.\n\nEbb and flow: Michelle Moggach said it was \"Baltic but beautiful\" at Aberdeen Beach while she gazed at the sea.\n\nAlan Kemp said about 100 fieldfares descended on his pink berry Rowan trees in Murthly, Perthshire and devoured the lot in one sitting.\n\nMindfulness: Shirley Faichney captured a zen moment during a recent sunrise at West Wemyss beach in Fife.\n\nBridge to nowhere: Rachel Abbie was left puzzled as to where her walk was leading at Belhaven Beach in Dunbar.\n\nWinter wonderland: The path for Ross McKellar looks bright in High Blantyre in Glasgow.\n\nAutumn meets winter: Agnes Neal observed a sole woman walking through this peaceful scene in Queen's Park in Glasgow.\n\nSquirrel Nutkin: David Doogan loves it when this bushy-tailed friend joins him for a picnic in his garden in Glencoe, Argyll.\n\nTop of the world: ...well it was for Katie Gillingham and her friends on Goatfell on the Isle of Arran this week.\n\nEthereal moonlight: Arletta Babicz thought there was a \"magical vibe\" when he took this shot of the most photographed tree in Scotland at Loch Lomond.\n\nFollow the herd: Christopher Barrow thought it was funny when this flock of sheep kept following him while he was out skiing in Almondbank, Perthshire.\n\nPillars of the community: Poll nan Crann pier, known locally as Stinky Bay due to the large amount of seaweed blown onto the beach by storms which then rots in the sun. Seonaidh MacInnes took this picture at night on the Isle of Benbecula.\n\nRising above the herd: Jim Clark thought this beast could have been thinking outside the box when he captured this shot at Glanderston Dam, Barrhead.\n\nVirgin powder: Dan Price-Davies enjoyed Alpine conditions at Clashindarroch Forest while Nordic skiing with his son, Lestin, this week.\n\nCloud inversion: Steve Mitchell took in this stunning view overlooking a snowy drystone dyke at the top of the Cairn o' Mount (B974) road between Banchory and Fettercairn.\n\nWinter Washingland: Louise Harper took this picture of colourful plastic pegs with no job to do during heavy snow in Motherwell.\n\nThe Night Walker: Tamar Lewis thought there was an eerie glow in the sky as she took an evening stroll through Pollok Country Park.\n\nStripped bare: This dead-looking tree brings life to Dave Cullen's picture of the Cramond landscape in Edinburgh.\n\nDuck down: All but one mallard enjoying the food thrown to them at St Fillans in the snow, taken by Kenn Begley.\n\nWinter coat: Glen Tanar cleansed in white, near the summit of Baudy Meg in Aberdeenshire, taken by Neil Marchant.\n\nFyrish sunrise: It's as if Sir Hector Munro ordered his monument to be put in the best light possible for Laura Steel who took this picture in Evanton near Alness.\n\nSun and shadows: Michal Markowski took this eye-catching picture in West Linton using a drone.\n\nHair ice: Jane Tweedie noticed this rare phenomenon while out walking at Craigellachie, Moray. It is also known as ice wool or frost beard and is a type of ice that forms on dead wood and takes the shape of fine, silky hair.\n\nUdderly mootiful: Izabela Bodzioch took this picture of cows admiring the view of Ben Cruachan covered in snow.\n\nIce bath: Jan Overmeer said he changed his mind about going for a swim in Loch Carron when he was greeted by this frozen scene.\n\nJack Frost: Graeme Mackay was mesmerised by the patterns Mother Nature had made on the sunroof of his car in Aberdeen.\n\nSwan Lake: Bob Smart captured the sheer power and might of this magnificent bird at Townhill Loch in Fife.\n\nFine sunset: James MacArthur captured the fresh breath of brightness burning the last corner of Loch Fyne as the sun dropped below the skyline.\n\nPlease ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child featured (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice).\n\nIn contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way, including in any media worldwide.\n\nHowever, you will still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News.\n\nAt no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe the law.\n\nYou can find more information here.\n\nAll photos are subject to copyright.", "Guests fled when officers arrived at the Stamford Hill school, where the windows had been covered\n\nPolice broke up a wedding party in north London, where they now say about 150 people had gathered.\n\nOfficers found the windows at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School, in Stamford Hill, had been covered when they arrived at 21:15 GMT on Thursday.\n\nGuests fled from the strictly Orthodox Charedi Jewish school when the police arrived. The organisers face a £10,000 fine for breaking lockdown rules.\n\nThe Met originally claimed that about 400 guests were at the gathering.\n\nIn a statement, the school said its hall had been leased out.\n\nA spokesman for the school, whose principal Rabbi Avrahom Pinter died in April after contracting coronavirus, said \"we had no knowledge that the wedding was taking place\".\n\nHe added: \"We are absolutely horrified about last night's event and condemn it in the strongest possible terms.\"\n\nBoris Johnson supports the police for \"taking action against people who flagrantly and selfishly ignore the rules\", according to the prime minister's official spokesman.\n\nThe spokesman said: \"Large gatherings such as that pose a health risk, not just to those who attend but those who they live with or others who they may come into contact with.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nChief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, meanwhile, said the \"overwhelming majority\" of the Jewish community would be appalled at the event.\n\nRabbi Mirvis, who serves as the head of the UK's orthodox Jewish community but is not the leader of the Charedi group, called the wedding party \"a most shameful desecration of all that we hold dear\".\n\nFive guests were issued with £200 fixed penalty notices, according to police, who said their inquiries had established those present at the school had gathered for a wedding.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A video shared with the Jewish Chronicle shows officers in Stamford Hill\n\nVideo shared with the Jewish Chronicle shows officers in Stamford Hill speaking with a man to explain why they are there, although he is not accused of any wrongdoing.\n\nThey are then seen arriving at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School.\n\nDet Ch Sup Marcus Barnett of the Met Police said: \"This was a completely unacceptable breach of the law.\n\n\"People across the country are making sacrifices by cancelling or postponing weddings and other celebrations and there is no excuse for this type of behaviour.\n\n\"My officers are working tirelessly with the community and we will not hesitate to take enforcement action if that is required to keep people safe.\"\n\nOn Friday morning, a security guard at the school told the BBC there were more like 100 guests at the party than the much higher number given out by police.\n\nThe Met later said in a statement: \"Although initial calls suggested some 400 people had attended the wedding, it is now believed that approximately 150 people were in attendance.\"\n\nStamford Hill is part of the borough of Hackney, which has a Covid-19 infection rate of 625.43 cases per 100,000 people. The England average rate is 471.31 per 100,000 people.\n\nThe mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville, said he was \"deeply disappointed\" that the wedding party had taken place, despite \"the number of lives that have already been lost in the Charedi community and across the borough\".\n\nHe added: \"Unfortunately, similar events have taken place even at this venue before and we need to be really clear how unacceptable it is.\n\n\"We will be meeting with the Rabbinate and our community partners over the coming days to see how we can prevent further incidents of this nature.\"\n\nLondon is under an England-wide lockdown, which prevents social mixing between households.\n\nLondoners are asked to only leave home for limited reasons such as shopping, going to work, seeking medical assistance, or avoiding domestic abuse.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nDo you have any information to share about this incident? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There are no plans to pay everyone in England who tests positive for Covid £500 to self-isolate, No 10 has said.\n\nThe PM's official spokesman said there was already a £500 payment available for those on low incomes who could not work from home and had to isolate.\n\nA universal £500 payment was among suggestions in a leaked Department of Health document.\n\nThere are fears the current financial support is not working because low paid workers cannot afford to self-isolate.\n\nBut a senior government source said the idea of extending the £500 payments to everyone who tests positive had been drawn up by officials and had not been considered by the prime minister.\n\nBBC Newsnight's Katie Razzall said ministers were aware self-isolation was crucial for stopping the spread of coronavirus and the \"options paper\" had been drawn up by civil servants at the Department of Health.\n\nShe said it would be discussed soon by the Covid operations committee chaired by Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove, adding the move suggested there was an admission in government that too many people were not staying at home and a decision needed to be made quickly.\n\nThe story was first reported by the Guardian which said the options paper suggested the proposal could cost up to £453m per week - 12 times the cost of the current payouts.\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice told the BBC he had not seen the leaked document but said the issue of financial support for people self-isolating was \"always kept under review\".\n\n\"We've got to consider all sorts of policies in order to make sure that people abide by the rules, are able to abide by the rules and we get the infection rate down,\" he said.\n\nBut the prime minister's official spokesman denied the government was planning to introduce the new payment, telling reporters: \"We've given local authorities £70m for the scheme and they are able to provide extra payments on top of those £500 if they think it necessary.\n\n\"That £500 is on top of any other benefits and statutory sick pay that people are eligible for.\"\n\nAsked about document, the spokesman said he would not comment on a leaked paper.\n\nIt's impossible to say exactly what proportion of people stay at home for the full 10 days after being in contact with someone who has tested positive, however some evidence suggests the minority of people do.\n\nA government-backed study from September 2020 suggests that just 10.9% of people remained indoors for the full time.\n\nLabour has often cited this report when arguing that people cannot afford to miss work, but a closer look at it suggests that, of those who break the rules, just 8.9% do \"to go to work\".\n\nMost people reported going out for things like shopping or exercise, but also because they didn't think they needed to quarantine as they didn't develop symptoms.\n\nThis research is quite old (done before self-isolation grants came in) and has a relatively small sample size of just 400 people.\n\nHowever, the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has also highlighted research that shows that most people don't completely follow the rules.\n\nThis research also suggests that those on lower incomes felt they were three times less able to self-isolate than those better off.\n\nBBC political correspondent Ben Wright said there was concern in government about the huge cost of the proposal for the Treasury.\n\nHowever, he said the issue of financial incentives and trying to get people to self-isolate was clearly a live discussion within government.\n\nIt became a legal requirement last September for anyone in England testing positive for coronavirus to self-isolate.\n\nThe £500 grant already available in England is funded by the government but administered by local authorities.\n\nThe same level of payment is available in Scotland and Wales with similar conditions attached. Northern Ireland offers a discretionary self-isolation grant that covers expenses, such as the cost of groceries.\n\nThere is a list of specific criteria applicants must meet for the grant, but those who do not qualify for this payment and who are on a low income or may face financial hardship as a result of self-isolating can apply for a discretionary payment.\n\nHowever, there have been high rejection rates for this discretionary grant in England, figures obtained by Labour and reported by the BBC this week suggest.\n\nBetween October and December last year, three-quarters of the 49,877 applications were rejected, the data showed.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said the Scottish government would welcome the introduction of a £500 payment, as the additional funds it would generate for Scotland could allow for a similar scheme to be set up.\n\nSpeaking at her regular coronavirus briefing, she said: \"We will see whether that transpires or not, but any extra resources for self-isolation we would use to support self-isolation.\"\n\nProf Susan Michie, an adviser on the government's Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme just 18% of people with symptoms were self-isolating for the full 10 days they were meant to.\n\nShe said financial support currently offered to people having to self-isolate was a \"key weakness\" of the government's pandemic strategy.\n\nSharon, a cleaner from Kent, told the BBC if no money were to come in for two weeks she would not be able to afford to self-isolate.\n\n\"I have a mortgage to pay,\" she said.\n\n\"I can't even afford to heat my property at the moment because my wages were cut and that £500 payment would make all the difference. I would be able to self-isolate.\n\n\"It wouldn't be enough money, but it would help.\"\n\nThe DoH said it would not comment on a leaked paper but stressed it was incumbent on everyone to help protect the NHS by staying at home and following the rules at \"one of the toughest moments of this pandemic\".\n\nA spokesman said £50m was invested at the time the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme launched and it was providing a further £20m to help support people on low incomes who need to self-isolate.\n\nPeople who have tested positive for coronavirus and those considered at risk of having been exposed to it must self-isolate.\n\nOther legal obligations to self-isolate in the UK include:\n\nWould £500 be enough to help you to self-isolate? Please share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The 39 people who died in the back of a trailer as it crossed the North Sea between Zeebrugge and the UK\n\nFour men have been jailed for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex.\n\nThe migrants died \"excruciatingly painful\" deaths, having suffocated in the container en route from Belgium to Purfleet in October 2019, a judge said.\n\nRonan Hughes, 41, and Gheorghe Nica, 43, played \"leading roles\" in the smuggling conspiracy and were jailed for 20 and 27 years respectively.\n\nAt the Old Bailey, two lorry drivers were also jailed for manslaughter.\n\n[Left to right] Eamonn Harrison, Ronan Hughes, Gheorghe Nica and Maurice Robinson were all jailed for manslaughter\n\nEamonn Harrison, 24, who towed the trailer to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge before their journey to the UK, was sentenced to 18 years.\n\nMaurice Robinson, 26, was given 13 years and four months, having collected the trailer and opened it in an industrial estate to find the migrants dead.\n\nThree others members of the people-smuggling gang were also sentenced for conspiracy to facilitate unlawful immigration.\n\nChristopher Kennedy, 24, from County Armagh, was jailed for seven years; Valentin Calota, 38, of Birmingham, for four-and-a-half years; and Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga, 28, of Hobart Road, Tilbury, Essex, was given a three-year sentence.\n\n[Left to right] Valentin Calota, Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga and Christopher Kennedy were also sentenced on Friday\n\nSentencing, Mr Justice Sweeney said: \"I have no doubt that the conspiracy was a sophisticated, long-running and profitable one to smuggle mainly Vietnamese people across the channel.\"\n\nHe said on the fatal trip the temperature had been rising along with the carbon dioxide levels throughout, hitting 40C (104F) while the container was at sea on 22 October 2019.\n\n\"There were desperate attempts to contact the outside world by phone and to break through the roof of the container,\" the judge said.\n\n\"All were to no avail and, before the ship reached Purfleet, [the victims] all died in what must have been an excruciatingly painful death.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video evidence showed how the trainer containing 39 Vietnamese migrants made its way to the UK\n\nThe victims had used a metal pole to try to punch through the roof but only managed to dent the interior.\n\nThe court heard some of their final desperate phone messages, including one where a man spoke with ragged breaths as he apologised to his family.\n\n\"I can't breathe,\" he said. \"I want to come back to my family. Have a good life.\"\n\nJustice Sweeney added: \"The willingness of the victims to try and enter the country illegally provides no excuse for what happened to them.\"\n\nThe bodies of 39 Vietnamese nationals were discovered in a refrigerated trailer on 23 October 2019\n\nDuring the trial, jurors were given a snapshot of the victims - who included a bricklayer, a university graduate and a nail bar technician - and their dreams of a better life.\n\nMany of their families borrowed heavily to fund their passage, relying on their potential future earnings once they got into the UK.\n\nThe father of Nguyen Huy Tung, one of two 15-year-olds in the container, later learned of his son's death via social media.\n\nHarrison, of Newry, County Down, claimed he did not know there were people in the trailer when he towed it to the Belgian port, and that he watched \"a wee bit of Netflix\" in bed as they were loaded on.\n\nAfter receiving this message from his boss, Robinson got out of his cab, opened the trailer door and discovered the bodies\n\nRobinson, from County Armagh, collected the trailer when it arrived on UK shores just after midnight on 23 October.\n\nHis boss, Hughes, had messaged him: \"Give them air quickly don't let them out.\"\n\nRobinson gave a thumbs-up in reply. When Robinson stopped on a nearby industrial estate, he found that the migrants were all dead.\n\nHis barrister said Robinson, who admitted manslaughter, being part of the trafficking plot and money laundering, was \"horrified by what he saw\".\n\nThe moment lorry driver Maurice Robinson opened the trailer door and discovered the bodies inside was captured on CCTV\n\nThe trial examined three smuggling attempts by the gang - two that were successful on 11 and 18 October, and the final trip on 23 October.\n\nOn all three runs, Nica, of Basildon, Essex, had arranged cars and a van to transport the migrants at the UK end.\n\nWhen Robinson discovered the bodies, there was a series of telephone conversations between him and Nica and Hughes, of Tyholland, County Monaghan, Ireland, before the driver eventually dialled 999.\n\nIn his evidence, Nica said Robinson told him: \"I have a problem here - dead bodies in the trailer.\"\n\nWhile Hughes admitted manslaughter, both Nica and Harrison were convicted by a jury.\n\nMr Justice Sweeney said that in the conspiracy \"two played leading roles, namely - in order of importance - Hughes and Nica\".\n\nHe accepted Hughes was \"not at the very top of the conspiracy\" but said his role was \"pivotal... in that he ran a haulage business and supplied the trailers and drivers used to transport the migrants\".\n\nThe judge said Nica \"recruited and paid the drivers whose job it was to collect the migrants when they reached the drop-off site in this country and to drive them to the safe house(s) where they were to be held until payment\".\n\nHe added at the top of the conspiracy was a Vietnamese man called \"Fong\", who was based in London.\n\nMr Justice Sweeney told the defendants jailed for manslaughter they would serve two-thirds of the term in custody, instead of the usual half.\n\nEarlier this month, Gazmir Nuzi, 43, of Barclay Road, Tottenham, north London, was sentenced, having admitted his limited role in the people-smuggling operation. It was accepted he was not a member of the organised crime group behind the smuggling operation.\n\nDet Ch Insp Daniel Stoten said: \"May this serve as a warning to those who think it's OK to prey on the vulnerabilities of migrants and their families, transporting them in a way worse than we would transport animals.\n\n\"My message to you is that we will find you and we will stop you.\"\n\nHe said the victims died in an \"unimaginable way, because of the utter greed of these criminals\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Last summer's A level results prompted an outcry from students - leading to an independent review\n\nThere was a \"significant failure\" in the way exam bodies in Wales handled awarding student grades in 2020, a report says.\n\nThe independent review found there was \"too much confidence\" in statistical models, and the appeals process in place was inadequate.\n\nQualifications Wales (QW) said it had learnt many lessons and WJEC exam board will look \"in detail\" at the findings.\n\nTeaching union UCAC described the report's findings as \"scathing\".\n\nIts release comes after it was announced this week that teachers will make 2021 grade assessments\n\nThe review was ordered by the Welsh Government following the outcry over initial examination results awarded in August for A-level students.\n\nThe assessment approach resulted in a \"significant breakdown\" in trust, says the review\n\nIn the weeks after the coronavirus pandemic took hold, formal external exams in Wales were scrapped, with schools asked to provide grade assessments for sixth-form and GCSE pupils.\n\nHowever, it later emerged 42% of the A-level grades were lower than those submitted by teachers.\n\nIn her foreword the report panel's chairwoman Louise Casella, said substantial numbers of young people across Wales \"were left feeling bewildered and distressed as they received A level results that bore no relation to their expectation and their abilities\".\n\nThe result decision was reversed, and school's predicted grades reinstated, but not before \"some learners lost their university place and some were not able to progress as planned in 2020\", noted Ms Casella, who is also director of The Open University in Wales.\n\nThe review found that QW and the WJEC board would have known the \"scale of the outliers\" and had \"an insight\" into the likely number of appeals.\n\nBut the bodies failed to fully test \"alternative routes or approaches\" to the statistical models they used to standardise results.\n\nThe review added it was \"surprising\" QW did not explore additional safeguards, after having being previously warned about, and acknowledging that there were potential problems with the statistical process.\n\nThe report said it could not find evidence either WJEC or QW \"acknowledged, accepted or anticipated the scale of the issues\" nor the risk of unfairness to learners, and that it considered this a \"significant failure\".\n\nThe approach last summer had resulted in a \"significant breakdown\" in trust between the teaching profession and the regulator and examining body, added the report authors.\n\nIt said fairness must now be central to planning for 2021, avoiding automated algorithms to predict individual grades, and developing an appeals process.\n\nDelivering the report, the review panel chair added: \"There is now a real opportunity for the education sector of Wales to come together to develop and deliver a qualifications system that puts learners at its heart, not only for the cohort facing qualifications in 2021, but for the longer term.\"\n\nQW said the review had \"some useful findings and recommendations that we are already addressing\".\n\nChair David Jones and Chief Executive Philip Baker said: \"We would have welcomed greater engagement with the review panel so there was full consideration of all the issues.\"\n\nChief Executive of WJEC Ian Morgan, said he was \"disappointed with some aspects of the report\" but the exam board would \"look in detail at the findings to identify areas where we need to take action to continuously improve as an organisation.\"\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams has already said teachers will assess grades in 2021\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams has welcomed the report and how it would help drive how students are graded by teachers and schools this summer.\n\n\"It is my sincere hope and expectation that our education system can continue to work together to support the progression of our learners in exam years, both through the delivery of these assessment arrangements and through a wider package of support,\" she said.\n\nUCAC Deputy General Secretary Rebecca Williams, said the report supported its call for external moderation of grades, to improve fairness to students.\n\n\"There are longer-term recommendations, including the need to be more ambitious in terms of reform of qualifications and assessment in relation to the new curriculum, and we look forward to discussing these over the coming months,\" she said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Home Secretary Priti Patel says police have her \"absolute backing\" to enforce coronavirus restrictions\n\nFines of £800 for anyone attending a house party of more than 15 people will be introduced in England from next week, under new Covid measures.\n\nThese will double for each repeat offence to a maximum of £6,400.\n\nAt a No 10 news conference, Home Secretary Priti Patel said there remained a \"small minority that refuse to do the right thing\".\n\n\"To them my message is clear. If you don't follow rules then the police will enforce them,\" she said.\n\nCurrently in England the fine for those attending illegal indoor gatherings stands at £200 - or £100 if paid early.\n\nFines of up to £10,000 for holding large illegal gatherings of more than 30 people will still only apply to the organisers.\n\nPolice will continue to follow the strategy of engaging with the public, explaining the rules and encouraging compliance, but the Home Office has warned that in severe breaches of lockdown rules, offenders should expect to receive a fine.\n\nMs Patel said the government would \"not stand by while a small number of individuals put others at risk\".\n\nShe was joined at the briefing by NHS England regional medical director for London Dr Vin Diwakar, who compared breaking the rules to turning on a light in the middle of a blackout during the Blitz.\n\n\"It doesn't just put you at risk in your house, it puts your whole street and the whole of your community at risk,\" he said.\n\nWelcoming the fines announcement, Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council, said large gatherings were \"dangerous, irresponsible, and totally unacceptable\".\n\nHe added: \"I hope that the likelihood of an increased fine acts as a disincentive for those people who are thinking of attending or organising such events.\"\n\nOfficial figures will be released next week showing how many fines have been given out since the start of this latest national lockdown, Mr Hewitt said.\n\nHowever, he stressed that \"forces are telling us there has been a significant increase\" in recent weeks.\n\n\"That's reflecting the fact that we've had more officers out on dedicated patrols taking targeted action against those small few who are letting everybody down,\" he said.\n\nAccording to Mr Hewitt, three police officers were injured in Brick Lane, east London, last week, after more than 40 people were found cramped indoors at a house party.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 150 people were found at a party in Hertfordshire, complete with music equipment including mixing decks and amplifiers, and another officer was injured.\n\nHe said forces in England had issued 250 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) to people organising large gatherings between late August, when regulations were introduced, and 17 January.\n\nIn some other recent examples of lockdown breaches:\n\nThe latest fines announcement comes after figures showed that assaults on emergency workers made up more than a quarter of Covid-related crimes prosecuted in the first six months of the pandemic.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there were 1,688 such offences between 1 April and 30 September in England and Wales.\n\nThey were among almost 6,500 crimes related to coronavirus in that period.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome 1,137 charges were brought for breaking coronavirus laws, according to the figures published by the CPS - which cover completed prosecutions.\n\nOn Thursday, it was reported that another 1,290 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK, bringing the total to 94,580.\n\nAnd a further 37,892 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus were announced, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 3,543,646.\n• None What powers do police have?", "Cyber criminals who stole thousands of digital files belonging to environmental regulator Sepa have published them on the internet.\n\nThe public body had about 1.2GB of data stolen from its digital systems on Christmas Eve.\n\nSepa rejected a ransom demand for the attack, which has been claimed by the international Conti ransomware group.\n\nContracts, strategy documents and databases are among the 4,000 files released.\n\nThe data has been put on the dark web - a part of the internet associated with criminality and only accessible through specialised software.\n\nSepa chief executive Terry A'Hearn said: \"We've been clear that we won't use public finance to pay serious and organised criminals intent on disrupting public services and extorting public funds.\n\n\"We have made our legal obligations and duty of care on the sensitive handling of data a high priority and, following Police Scotland advice, are confirming that data stolen has been illegally published online.\n\n\"We're working quickly with multi-agency partners to recover and analyse data then, as identifications are confirmed, contact and support affected organisations and individuals.\"\n\nThe attack locked Sepa's emails and contacts centre but Sepa said \"priority regulatory, monitoring, flood forecasting and warning services were continuing to adapt and operate\".\n\nSepa said the theft was the equivalent to a fraction of the contents of an average laptop hard drive.\n\nSepa chief executive Terry A'Hearn said the organisation had faced a \"significant and sophisticated cyber-attack\"\n\nSome of the information stolen was already publicly available but other files included data about staff and suppliers was not.\n\nWhere information has been identified to date, staff have been contacted and are being supported.\n\nBrett Callow, of cyber security company Emsisoft, has been tracking the Sepa ransomware attack.\n\nHe said: \"Conti may well be the work of the same people behind another type of ransomware called Ryuk.\n\n\"There are similarities in the code, ransom note and attack mechanisms.\n\n\"When the complete haul of data is posted like this, it usually means the group has given up hope of being able to extract payment from the victim of monetise the data in other ways.\n\n\"It's a loss for them. At this point, they've lost all leverage and the action is intended to serve as a warning to future victims.\"\n\nDet Insp Michael McCullagh, of Police Scotland's cybercrime investigations unit, said: \"This remains an ongoing investigation.\n\n\"Inquiries remain at an early stage and continue to progress including deployment of specialist cybercrime resources to support this response.\"\n\nThe authorities will be pleased.\n\nIt looks like Sepa decided not to play ball with the cyber criminals.\n\nRansomware is a scourge that is costing organisations billions of pounds and every time a victim pays, it fuels further attacks.\n\nSadly for Sepa this is far from over.\n\nBy the looks of the stash of files that the hackers stole and encrypted, Sepa will have months of work ahead to try to recover important documents and spreadsheets from backups and rebuild their records.\n\nIt's also telling that, according to the hackers website, almost 1,000 people have so far looked at the documents.\n\nWho knows what other criminals or hackers are poring over the files right now.\n\nMaking the documents open to all means that information can be extracted to potentially be used against Sepa in further attacks or extortion attempts.\n\nIt will be months, perhaps even years until the organisation can say it is safe once more and can put this cyber attack behind it.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM: It's too early to give a lockdown end date\n\nIt is \"too early\" to say whether England's Covid restrictions will be able to end in the spring, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.\n\nOnce the four priority groups have been vaccinated, by mid-February, \"we'll look then at how we're doing,\" he said.\n\nNearly two million people in the UK have had their first dose of vaccine in the past week, government figures show.\n\nScientist Marc Baguelin, who advises the government, has said restaurants and bars should not reopen before May.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson has said he \"certainly hopes\" schools in England can fully reopen before Easter, while Downing Street refused to be drawn on whether this would happen by then.\n\nA further 1,290 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test and there have been another 37,892 cases, according to the latest government figures.\n\nAnd almost five million people in the UK have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.\n\nSpeaking after a study suggested infections might have increased at the start of the latest lockdown in England, Mr Johnson said it was \"absolutely crucial\" that people observed the restrictions.\n\nReferring to figures from the Imperial College London survey, he said they showed the new variant of the virus was \"not more deadly but it is much more contagious and the numbers are very great\".\n\nFigures published by Public Health England show cases - meaning people who come forward to get tested while they are infected - have fallen across England since early January.\n\nWith the two sets of figures pointing in different directions, it will be some time before it is known for sure how long it will take for lockdown to relieve the pressure on hospitals.\n\nDr Baguelin, from Imperial College, who sits on a sub-group of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) said the premature opening of the hospitality sector would lead to a \"bump\" in Covid-19 cases.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme even a partial reopening would generate \"an increase in the R number\". An R number above one means the epidemic is growing.\n\n\"Something of this scale, if it was to happen earlier than May, would generate a bump in transmission, which is already really bad,\" he said.\n\n\"So you have a lot of pressure on hospitals, you will have another wave of some extent. At best you will keep on having very, very unsustainable level of pressure on the NHS.\"\n\nNHS England figures show one in 10 major hospital trusts had no spare adult critical care beds last week.\n\nThis is a debate that is going to start to dominate public discourse.\n\nWith the vaccination programme under way, there is huge clamour to know what will happen once the most vulnerable are vaccinated, by mid-February.\n\nThe problem is there are still so many unknowns.\n\nFirstly, it is hard to predict by how much lockdown will have reduced infection levels, considering there is a new faster-spreading variant to deal with.\n\nThe level of uptake will also be crucial. Surveys suggest as many as one in five may not have the vaccine - although the older, more vulnerable groups tend to be the most willing to be vaccinated.\n\nAnd the fact that no vaccine is 100% effective means come February there could still be significant numbers of very vulnerable people who are not protected.\n\nAnother factor is whether the vaccine stops transmissions - so-called sterilising vaccination.\n\nTrials have shown the vaccines are good at stopping symptoms developing. But that does not mean someone who has received a jab will not pass on the virus.\n\nIf it does not, that, of course, has implications on how many control measures have to be kept in place. It will take us at least until spring to know the answer to this.\n\nAt this stage, it seems hard to see much beyond the possible reopening of schools come March.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was an \"impossible question\" to ask how long the lockdown would need to last.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons.\n\nThis includes for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, coronavirus lockdown restrictions will be extended until 5 March, BBC News understands.\n\nIn Scotland, lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home.\n\nAnd in Wales health minister Vaughan Gething has said no \"significant easing\" of Wales' Covid restrictions should be expected when the current guidelines are reviewed this month.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSir Keir added that the coronavirus vaccines were \"really good news\" but \"should not mask the fact that we have still got a very serious problem\".\n\nThe government is aiming to offer a vaccine to all over-70s, the extremely clinical vulnerable and health and care workers by mid-February.\n\nSixty-five new vaccination centres are opening in England, including a mosque in Birmingham and a cinema in Aylesbury.", "Paddy McElhone was shot in the back by a soldier in 1974\n\nThe shooting dead of a man by the Army in County Tyrone in August 1974 was unjustified, a coroner has ruled.\n\nPaddy McElhone, 24, a farmer, was shot in the back near his home in Limehill, Pomeroy.\n\nAn inquest heard the shot was fired by a soldier from the First Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales.\n\nJudge Siobhan Keegan said Mr McElhone was an \"innocent man shot in cold blood without warning when he was no threat to anyone\".\n\nThe soldier, now deceased, had been cleared of murder but the circumstances were re-examined in a new inquest ordered by the Attorney General.\n\nPaddy McElhone's family said he was killed without justification, explanation or apology\n\nAfterwards, a statement issued by the McElhone family said it had been a \"very long road\" to reach Thursday's ruling and that the truth \"has been heard\".\n\nIt reads: \"Our family always knew that Paddy was an innocent young man, taken from his home and shot by a British soldier for no reason.\"\n\nEvidence presented to the inquest found Mr McElhone was not on any list associated with the IRA and was an innocent man from a humble background.\n\nThe family said Mr McElhone's parents \"went to their graves broken-hearted knowing that their innocent son had been killed, without justification, explanation or apology\".\n\n\"We feel that, today, Judge Keenan at this inquest has, at long last, exonerated Paddy in full,\" the statement continued.\n\n\"As a family we can grieve Paddy, and respect his memory as an innocent young man.\"\n\nThe inquest into Mr McElhone's death was the first in a series of coroners' investigations into deaths associated with Northern Ireland's Troubles.\n\nIt was held in Omagh courthouse in County Tyrone.", "Some 320 of the UK's most dangerous child sex offenders have been arrested since the first coronavirus lockdown, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.\n\nInvestigators have been focusing on tracking down offenders who operate online.\n\nThe operation led to a total of 4,760 arrests and 6,500 children safeguarded between April and September last year.\n\nMeanwhile, the Home Office has launched a strategy to collect detailed data about child grooming gangs.\n\nThe Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy aims to identify and convict offenders who operate in groups by gathering more information about their characteristics, including ethnicity.\n\nIt also involves investing in the national child abuse image database to identify offenders more quickly, protecting police from frequently being exposed to indecent images, and enabling parents to ask officers if someone with access to their child is known to them for cases of abuse.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said some who had suffered child sexual abuse had told her they felt \"let down by the state\", and insisted she was \"determined to put this right\".\n\nRob Jones, an NCA director, welcomed the initiative \"at a time when the threat to children is more severe than it has ever been\", highlighting that last year there were at least 300,000 people posing a sexual threat to children in the UK.\n\nHe said the NCA was focusing on the most dangerous offenders \"as part of the whole system approach\".\n\n\"Many feel they can operate with impunity online - using anonymisation techniques, secure accounts and the dark web - but as we have shown with this operation they are wrong and we have the capabilities to track them down,\" he said.\n\nMr Jones added: \"These are not just images or videos being viewed online.\n\n\"What we are uncovering here is evidence of the horrific, real-world sexual abuse of children.\"\n\nOut of the 320 arrested as part of the NCA's operation targeting the UK's most dangerous child sex offenders, 122 were targeted by NCA officers.\n\nSeventeen were in positions of trust, including a volunteer with the Scouts, church youth group leaders, a social worker, primary school and college teachers, a hospital care assistant, a police officer, and a civil servant.\n\nIn the year ending March 2020 the NCA and UK policing made 7,212 arrests and safeguarded and protected 8,329 children. This was a 50% increase in arrests and a 10% increase in safeguards compared with the year ending March 2019.\n\nMs Patel said that the national strategy would tackle and respond to \"all forms of child sexual abuse, relentlessly going after abusers, whilst better protecting victims and survivors\".\n\nShe added: \"Crucially, it contains a commitment to collect higher quality data on the characteristics of offenders, so that the government can build a fuller picture of perpetrators, and tackle the abuse that has blighted many towns and cities across our country.\"\n\nThe government has pledged to support local authorities' responses to exploitation through funding for The Children's Society's Prevention Programme initiative, which has so far trained 13,363 professionals to spot signs of child abuse.\n\nThrough the Online Safety Bill, the Home Office has also said it will ensure technology companies are held to account for harmful content on their sites.\n\nThe Children's Society's chief executive, Mark Russell, has described the strategy as a \"golden opportunity to improve support for child victims of horrific crimes and send a clear signal that child sexual abuse and exploitation are crimes that will not be tolerated\".\n\nThe scheme was also welcomed by GCHQ and charity NSPCC, which said it has received more than 40 calls a day about child sexual abuse since the pandemic began.\n\nGCHQ's director of serious and organised crime said: \"Our work to tackle systemic internet problems, the insight we provide into offender behaviour and our efforts alongside law enforcement to identify and pursue the worst offenders will help to ensure there is no safe space online for these people to operate.\"\n\nNSPCC chief executive Sir Peter Wanless said it \"rightly puts the emphasis on early intervention and action across government but added it \"must be backed up with serious investment in support for victims\" - and that children were still being exposed to abuse from teachers and social workers.\n\nSir Peter said: \"It's crucial that no young person is left unprotected which is why it's disappointing the government has not committed to closing the legal loophole that enables some adults to abuse their position of power to have sexual contact with 16 and 17-year-olds in their care.\"", "CCTV footage has been released of the moment a fire took hold in a hotel after a porter put a bag of ash and embers in a cupboard.\n\nSimon Midgley and his partner Richard Dyson died in the fire at Cameron House next to Loch Lomond in December 2017.\n\nCameron House admitted charges under the Fire Scotland Act of failing to take fire safety measures.\n\nChristopher O'Malley, who put the bag in the cupboard, admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nNon-league Chorley were unable to emulate the heroes from 1986 by causing an FA Cup sensation against Wolves - but the National League North side came away with all the credit from their fourth-round tie at Victory Park.\n\nVitinha's superb 30-yard shot after 12 minutes proved enough to secure an all-Premier League tie against Arsenal or Southampton at Molineux in the fifth round.\n\nBut Nuno Espirito Santo's side were less than impressive against their part-time opponents.\n\nChorley had the first shot of the match through Elliot Newby, and after Vitinha had struck his first Wolves goal with the visitors' only shot on target, it was the hosts who had the best chances.\n\nCrucially, they also pocketed around £120,000 in prize money, plus TV fees, to sustain them through what could be a difficult period after their league was suspended for two weeks amid funding concerns earlier in the day.\n\n\"If you are going to lose, I would prefer to lose to a goal like that than a scruffy goal,\" said Chorley boss Jamie Vermiglio.\n\n\"I am proud of what we have done for our community, my kids at school will remember that their head teacher got this far in the FA Cup. Hopefully it can inspire some of them.\n\n\"We are approaching up to half a million [in earnings from the cup run], we have people who are isolating, and those players have given them a little bit of happiness.\n\n\"If it is 2-0 or 3-0 at half-time the game is done and people are turning their TVs off. That did not happen. I felt we were in the game. Every player was outstanding.\"\n• None How to follow FA Cup fourth round on the BBC\n\nIf this does end up being Chorley's last game of the season, it is one they will remember for some time, not only for the action on the pitch but also for the huge volley of fireworks that went off behind the main stand minutes into the contest.\n\nFor visiting Wolves, it was a step into the unknown. Their starting line-up got changed in the away dressing room, while their substitutes - European Championship winner Rui Patricio and Spain international Adama Traore among them - readied themselves in a sponsors' lounge.\n\nSeemingly those starting the game on the bench got the better deal.\n\nWolves boss Nuno paid Chorley the compliment of picking a strong starting line-up, including £35.6m record signing Fabio Silva and England international Conor Coady.\n\nAnd had this match been played in more imposing surroundings, it could have been mistaken for one of those Premier League games where one side sits back, challenges the opposition to break them down and then hits them on the counter.\n\nWolves' return of 76% possession and one shot on target, set against Chorley's five shots on target, suggests home manager Vermiglio got his tactics spot on.\n\nIndeed, had Andy Halls, a personal trainer by day, not had his goal-bound header tipped over by John Ruddy after an hour, Chorley might have forced a different outcome.\n\n\"The scene was set for us to lose this game,\" said Nuno. \"John Ruddy did his job, everybody knows his quality. He helped us to win the game.\"\n\nIt was nevertheless a typically English FA Cup tie, enlivened by Vermiglio yelling \"nothing wrong with that\" when two Wolves players went down under agricultural challenges, and then laughing in Traore's face amid a brief skirmish.\n\nIt was fantastic knockabout stuff. Sadly, the enduring disappointment was that other than staff, media and stewards, no-one was there in person to witness it.\n• None Wolves have reached the FA Cup fifth round in three of the last five seasons, as many as in the 21 seasons prior to this.\n• None Premier League teams have progressed from 45 of their 47 FA Cup ties against non-league teams (96%), with only Norwich vs Luton in 2013 and Burnley vs Lincoln in 2017 failing to progress.\n• None Separated by 120 years and 362 days, Chorley have lost both of their FA Cup games against top-flight opponents, losing against Notts County in January 1900 and Wolves.\n• None Vitinha became the 32nd different Wolves player to score a goal for Nuno Espirito Santo in all competitions and the 11th different Portuguese player to do so, with what was his third shot in his 12th appearance.\n• None Since the start of 2017-18, Wolves have had 11 different Portuguese scorers - more than twice as many as any other English league team in that time (Nottingham Forest, five).\n\nWolves are next in action against Chelsea in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, 27 January (18:00 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Neves.\n• None Harry Cardwell (Chorley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rúben Neves.\n• None Arlen Birch (Chorley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fábio Silva (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Neto. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA hotel fire which claimed the lives of two men started after a porter put a bag of ash and embers in a cupboard containing kindling and newspaper.\n\nSimon Midgley and his partner Richard Dyson died in the fire at Cameron House next to Loch Lomond in December 2017.\n\nCameron House pled guilty to charges under the Fire Scotland Act of failing to take fire safety measures.\n\nChristopher O'Malley, who put the bag in the cupboard, admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.\n\nO'Malley's lawyer said the night porter - from Renton in West Dunbartonshire - deeply regretted his actions, and did not deliberately start the fire.\n\nDumbarton Sheriff Court also heard that Cameron House did not have proper procedures in place for the disposal of ash, or for training staff.\n\nThe owners also failed to keep cupboards that contained potential ignition sources free of combustibles.\n\nAt about 04:00 on 18 December 2017, O'Malley, 35, cleared ash and embers from a fireplace in the Cameron House reception into a metal bucket.\n\nHe then emptied the contents of the bucket into a plastic bag, which he put into the concierge cupboard.\n\nThe cupboard also contained flammable materials including kindling, newspapers and cardboard.\n\nRichard Dyson, left, and Simon Midgley, right, who both died, had been on a winter break in Scotland\n\nAt about 06:40 an initial fire alarm sounded and staff noticed smoke coming from the concierge cupboard.\n\nO'Malley opened the door and flames took hold, spreading to the hall.\n\nHe and two others tried to fight the blaze with fire extinguishers, but were overcome by the flames.\n\nAdvocate depute Michael Meehan QC told the court the cupboard was well alight and the \"blaze immediately took hold and spread from there\".\n\nHe added: \"As a result of [Cameron House's] failure to keep the cupboard free of combustibles, ash and embers ignited and fire spread in the main building.\"\n\nThe night manager sounded the alarm and called 999. Firefighters arrived within 10 minutes to find a \"well developed\" fire in the mansion, which is near Balloch in West Dunbartonshire.\n\nMore than 200 guests were staying in the hotel.\n\nThe court heard one family-of-three on the second floor had to be rescued by firefighters while a couple on the first floor had to crawl to safety because corridors and fire escape pathways were filling with smoke and gases.\n\nIt was after 08:00 when it was discovered that Mr Dyson, 38, and Mr Midgley, 32, were missing.\n\nFirefighters wearing breathing apparatus found Mr Dyson on a landing at the top of a staircase.\n\nMr Midgley was lying in a fire escape passageway. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.\n\nMr Dyson was taken to hospital, where he was also pronounced dead.\n\nPost-mortem examinations said the men's causes of death had been inhalation of smoke and fire gases.\n\nThe couple had travelled from London, and were staying at the five-star resort as the final stop on their winter break to Scotland.\n\nSheriff William Gallacher also heard of an incident three nights before the fatal fire, where O'Malley and another night porter were told not to put ash into plastic bags because it was a fire hazard.\n\nCameron House QC Peter Gray said it was therefore \"extremely difficult to understand\" why O'Malley did not follow this guidance on the night of the fire.\n\nThe court also heard that Cameron House staff were not properly trained in the safe disposal of ash and that no written procedures were in place.\n\nThere was also no procedure in place for emptying the metal ash bins outside the hotel on a regular basis.\n\nThat was contrary to recommendations made in two fire risk assessments carried out by an independent company in 2016 and 2017.\n\nAfter the first report was received by Cameron House management in January 2016, the resort manager agreed there was a lack of a formal procedure for disposing of ash and delegated the responsibility for this to his deputy.\n\nMr Meehan said this report \"should have been a game-changer\" for Cameron House.\n\nWhen the issue was raised again in a follow-up report a year later, managers believed it had already been dealt with.\n\nMr Gray said: \"The resort manager understood incorrectly that all the actions had been completed, including in relation to the written procedure for disposing of ash from open fires.\"\n\nThe Scottish Fire and Rescue Service had also warned Cameron House managers about the risks of storing combustibles in the concierge cupboard in August 2017.\n\nThe audit highlighted the potential danger of fire spreading rapidly through the building because of its age and voids.\n\nA follow-up letter was sent to management in November 2017 - one month before the fire - but combustibles continued to be stored in the cupboard.\n\nCameron House's lawyer added that the failings were not deliberate breaches but occurred \"as a result of genuine errors\".\n\nHe also told the court the fire had gone undetected for a long period before being discovered, and that the hotel had a \"suite of measures in place\" to deal with fire safety.\n\nAn absence of formal procedures for dealing with ashes and embers gave staff the opportunity to improvise, he added.\n\nMr Gray continued: \"I am instructed to extend my deepest sympathies from the accused to the families of Mr Midgley and Mr Dyson.\n\nHe said the hotel takes its duties to ensure the safety of its guests extremely seriously.\n\nDetails of what happened at Cameron House were first revealed in court on 14 December last year, but reporting restrictions meant they could not be published until now.\n\nSentencing is due to take place on 29 January.", "Fashion chain Next has said it will no longer bid to buy Sir Philip Green's Arcadia retail brands Topshop and Topman out of administration.\n\nIt comes after a consortium including the fashion chain was named as frontrunner to buy the brands.\n\nIn a short statement, Next said the consortium had been \"unable to meet the price expectations of the vendor\".\n\nSome 13,000 jobs were put at risk when Arcadia, which also owns Burton and Dorothy Perkins, went bust in November.\n\nIt leaves a clutch of others in the race to buy the 440-store group, including Mike Ashley's Frasers Group, which owns House of Fraser and Sports Direct.\n\nAccording to reports, Authentic Brands, the US owner of the Barneys department store, and JD Sports have tabled a joint offer, while online retailers Asos and Boohoo are also said to be interested.\n\nAdministrators Deloitte have been looking for buyers for some or all of Arcadia, after a slump in sales caused by the pandemic triggered its collapse.\n\nNext, which has 550 UK shops and has weathered the pandemic well, was seen as a good fit to take over the group's assets.\n\nIt had been bidding in partnership with the US hedge fund Davidson Kempner, which was going to put up most of the money.\n\nNext said it wished \"the administrator and future owners [of Arcadia] well in their endeavours to preserve an important part of the UK retail sector\".\n\nExperts expect Arcadia to be broken up, with bidders taking on different parts of the business and brands potentially hived off from their stores.\n\nIn December, Australian collective City Chic said it would buy Arcadia's Evans brand, commerce and wholesale business for £23m but not its store network.\n\nLast year was the worst for the High Street in more than 25 years as the coronavirus accelerated the move towards online shopping, according to the Centre for Retail Research (CRR).\n\nNearly 180,000 retail jobs were lost, up by almost a quarter on the previous year, as shops faced strict curbs and prolonged closures.", "Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.\n\nHowever, there remains huge uncertainty around the numbers - and vaccines are still expected to work.\n\nThe data comes from mathematicians comparing death rates in people infected with either the new or the old versions of the virus.\n\nThe new more infectious variant has already spread widely across the UK.\n\nMr Johnson told a Downing Street briefing: \"In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant - the variant that was first identified in London and the south east - may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.\n\n\"It's largely the impact of this new variant that means the NHS is under such intense pressure.\"\n\nPublic Health England, Imperial College London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Exeter have each been trying to assess how deadly the new variant is.\n\nTheir evidence has been assessed by scientists on the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag).\n\nThe group concluded there was a \"realistic possibility\" that the virus had become more deadly, but this is far from certain.\n\nSir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, described the data so far as \"not yet strong\".\n\nHe said: \"I want to stress that there's a lot of uncertainty around these numbers and we need more work to get a precise handle on it, but it obviously is a concern that this has an increase in mortality as well as an increase in transmissibility.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Patrick Vallance: \"There is evidence that there's an increased risk for those who have the new variant\"\n\nPrevious work suggests the new variant spreads between 30% and 70% faster than others, and there are hints it is about 30% more deadly.\n\nFor example, with 1,000 60-year-olds infected with the old variant, 10 of them might be expected to die. But this rises to about 13 with the new variant.\n\nThis difference is found when looking at everyone testing positive for Covid, but analysing only hospital data has found no increase in the death rate. Hospital care has improved over the course of the pandemic as doctors get better at treating the disease.\n\nThe new variant was first detected in Kent in September. It is now the most common form of the virus in England and Northern Ireland, and has spread to more than 50 other countries.\n\nThe Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are both expected to work against the variant that emerged in the UK.\n\nHowever, Sir Patrick said there was more concern about two other variants that had emerged in South Africa and Brazil.\n\nHe said: \"They have certain features which means they might be less susceptible to vaccines.\n\n\"They are definitely of more concern than the one in the UK at the moment and we need to keep looking at it and studying this very carefully.\"\n\nThe prime minister said the government was prepared to take further action to protect the country's borders to prevent new variants from entering.\n\n\"I really don't rule it out, we may need to take further measures still,\" he said.\n\nLast week the government extended a travel ban to South America, Portugal and many African countries amid concerns about new variants, while all international travellers must now test negative ahead of departure to the UK and go into quarantine on arrival.", "Shoppers bought far fewer clothes last year as lockdowns meant people had less opportunity to socialise and go out.\n\nClothes sales slumped 25%, the biggest drop in 23 years when records began, official figures suggest.\n\nWhile shops have reported demand for certain clothing such as pyjamas and loungewear has risen, demand for going-out items has fallen sharply.\n\nAnd despite a pick-up in December, clothing sales remain lower than before the pandemic struck.\n\n\"With few opportunities to socialise during lockdown and many people working from home, the clothing sector has been one of the \"worst-affected by restrictions\", the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.\n\nEarlier this month, Marks & Spencer said sales of sleepwear had soared\n\nGrowing numbers of High Street shops have faced financial difficulties due to the temporary store closures imposed during lockdowns.\n\nTopshop-owner Arcadia and competitors Debenhams, Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group, Oasis and Warehouse have all slid into insolvency since lockdown measures were first imposed last March.\n\nThe inability to try clothes on in bricks-and-mortar shops, as well as restrictions on eating out meaning consumers are going out less, have all affected sales, the ONS suggested.\n\nAnd the slump in demand for fashion meant that British retail sales saw their largest annual fall on record in 2020.\n\nSales fell by 1.9% last year, when compared with 2019, the largest year-on-year fall since records began in 1997.\n\nRetail sales, including fuel, did see a small increase last month, growing by 0.3% when compared with November.\n\nIt came following the end of England's national lockdown on 2 December. Sales had slumped by 4.1% in November during a month-long shutdown.\n\nBut \"this was very clearly not a Merry Christmas for most of the High Street\", said Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"For most retailers it's the most crucial month of the year to get profit back on track but the large upswing in sales after the pain of the November lockdowns didn't materialise,\" she said.\n\nONS deputy national statistician for economic statistics Jonathan Athow said that some sectors, however, had been \"able to buck the trend\" last year.\n\n\"The increased popularity of click-and-collect and people buying more items from home led to a strong year for overall internet sales, with record highs for food and household goods sales online.\"\n\nIn a sign of the way the pandemic has changed shopping habits, the value of online retail sales jumped by 46.1% in 2020 when compared with 2019 - the highest annual growth reported since 2008.\n\nOnline trade now accounts for more than one-third of all retail sales.\n\nRichard Lim, chief executive of Retail Economics, explained that the rise of online had \"polarised industry performance\".\n\n\"The gap widened between those retailers with the most sophisticated online propositions from those with legacy store-dependent business models,\" he said.\n\nOnline-only retailers such as Boohoo and Asos, for example, have reported strong sales figures in 2020.\n\nSupermarkets in particular have embraced the shift to digital, with online food store sales up 79.3% last year.\n\nThere was also better news from the John Lewis Partnership, which owns Waitrose, on Friday. It said that it would return a £300m emergency coronavirus loan to the government as trading went \"better than anticipated\" over Christmas.\n\nToday's figures show just how badly the clothing sector has been affected these last 12 months.\n\nFashion is the big retail loser from this pandemic. Who needs to splash out on the latest trends when we're working from home and not going out? And even when clothing shops are open, chances are you can't try things on.\n\nWith all of the Covid-19 measures in place, the fun has been sucked out of shopping. We haven't stopped spending, but most of it is going online. Boohoo and Asos have seen very strong sales growth, for instance.\n\nThe going's far harder for retailers with large numbers of physical stores. The pressures have already taken their toll on the likes of Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group and Debenhams.\n\nAnd things may well get worse on the high street before they better. Many retailers are worried about the end of the business rates holiday and of the temporary ban on eviction for non payment of rent in April. These will result in a big increase in costs when sales have yet to fully recover.\n\nBut Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, called for more help for non-essential shops and High Street retailers who continue to be affected by lockdown restrictions.\n\n\"With no end in sight for retailers closed in lockdown, many will struggle to survive under a mounting rent burden, and a return to full business rates in April,\" she said.\n\nShe called on government to offer \"targeted\" business rates relief to businesses worst-affected by the pandemic.\n\n\"Decisive action is needed to save jobs, shops and local communities, with town and city centres looking to be particularly hard hit unless the government acts now.\"\n\nEarlier in January, a report from the Centre for Retail Research said that 2020 was the worst for High Street job losses in more than 25 years, because of the acceleration towards online shopping.\n\nNearly 180,000 retail jobs were lost last year, up by almost a quarter from 2019, it said.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool's 68-game unbeaten home run in the Premier League came to an end as Ashley Barnes fired in a late winner from the penalty spot to secure a famous victory for Burnley.\n\nBarnes was tripped in the box by goalkeeper Alisson with seven minutes remaining and converted the spot-kick as Burnley won at Anfield for the first time since 1974.\n\nLiverpool's last league loss on their own ground came nearly four years ago, against Crystal Palace in April 2017, and they are now six points behind leaders Manchester United at the midway point in the campaign.\n\nDivock Origi was given his first start of the season and should have scored when he ran free on goal after pouncing on Ben Mee's error but struck the crossbar.\n\nThe hosts pushed to find the net in the second half but ran out of ideas, Nick Pope making a stunning save to deny Mohamed Salah and fellow substitute Roberto Firmino flicking an effort wide.\n\nBurnley's shock win lifts them up to 16th in the table, seven points clear of the relegation zone.\n• None Klopp takes blame but what has happened to Liverpool?\n\nJurgen Klopp said before the game he was \"not worried\" by his side's poor run, but the latest setback means this has now turned into a real problem for the Liverpool manager.\n\nAfter 19 games, Liverpool are out of form and out of confidence, failing to find the net in their last 440 minutes of top-flight action and awaiting their first league victory of 2021.\n\nThey looked to be hitting their stride on 19 December when they took apart Crystal Palace 7-0, but have not won in the league since and scored just a solitary league goal in that time, against relegation strugglers West Brom.\n\nTheir drop-off from the same stage last season is extraordinary - after 19 games last term the Reds were 13 points clear at the top with 55 points, but they have 21 fewer points now.\n\nAside from Pope's save to thwart Salah and stops from Origi and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool did not look a side who were threatening to find the net.\n\nThey had 72% possession but much of it was slow and ponderous, and although they had spaces out wide and put 30 crosses into the box, the resolute Burnley defenders headed and hacked clear every ball that came in.\n\nLiverpool won 18 of 19 league games at Anfield as they cantered to the title last term.\n\nBurnley were the spoilers on that occasion - earning a 1-1 draw in July 2020 - and they bettered that showing here with another solid and well-organised display.\n\nCaptain Mee had 14 clearances and made two tackles, while centre-back partner James Tarkowski contributed five interceptions and won the ball back four times.\n\nBurnley are a well-drilled outfit and know their limitations, happy to sit back and soak up the pressure before looking to take their chances on the counter-attack.\n\nThey had sniffs on the break but were unable to get the final ball right and while Barnes forced an excellent save out of Alisson, the assistant referee's flag would have ruled it out.\n\nThey remain the lowest scorers in the league with just 10 goals - level with bottom side Sheffield United - but their defensive solidity means they will always pose a threat, even to the biggest teams.\n\n'We dealt with the basics' - manager reaction\n\nBurnley boss Sean Dyche to Match of the Day: \"Performance, we had to work very hard, as you do in these places, be diligent and do your jobs - shape was good, energy was good.\n\n\"We had a golden chance, kept searching, but you have to deal with the basics and we did that very well.\n\n\"We were close last year, you get a feel of a performance and I said 'you are used to playing against these players, working without the ball, there's always a chance and you have to take it'. Barnsey sticks it in there, gets a toe, it's a penalty and he sticks it away very well.\"\n• None This was Burnley's second Premier League win away against the reigning champions (also v Chelsea in August 2017). Indeed, since the 2017-18 season, Burnley are the only side with two away league wins over the reigning English champions.\n• None Liverpool have gone four league games without scoring for the first time since May 2000. The Reds have had a total of 87 shots since Sadio Mane's 12th-minute strike against West Brom, 25 days ago.\n• None This is the first time a Jurgen Klopp side has gone four league games without scoring since his Mainz side did so in the Bundesliga from November to December 2006.\n• None Liverpool have gone five Premier League games without a win (D3 L2) for only the second time under Klopp (also from Jan-Feb 2017).\n• None Liverpool have conceded two penalty goals at Anfield in this season's Premier League (also Sander Berge for Sheff Utd); they had only conceded two penalty goals at the ground under Klopp before 2020-21.\n• None Liverpool had 27 shots without scoring against Burnley, the most they have had in a single league match without finding the net since April 2013 v Reading (28), and most at Anfield since April 2012 v West Brom (30).\n• None Ashley Barnes' penalty for Burnley was his first away goal in the Premier League in 11 appearances on the road, since netting against Watford back in November 2019.\n• None Since the start of last season, no goalkeeper has made more saves against a single opponent in the Premier League than Burnley's Nick Pope against Liverpool (19). Pope has made 14 saves in his last two games at Anfield, including six tonight.\n\nLiverpool have another big game on Sunday against rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup. That game is live on the BBC (17:00 GMT). Burnley travel to Fulham in the same competition on the same day (14:30).\n• None Offside, Burnley. Dwight McNeil tries a through ball, but Chris Wood is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Dwight McNeil (Burnley) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Ashley Barnes.\n• None Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.\n• None Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sadio Mané with a cross.\n• None Joel Matip (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.\n• None Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 0, Burnley 1. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty conceded by Alisson (Liverpool) after a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Robertson. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "Nissan's car plant in Sunderland is the UK's biggest and employs 6,000 people directly\n\nJapanese car maker Nissan has told the BBC its Sunderland plant is secure for the long term as a result of the trade deal reached between the UK and the EU.\n\nIt said it will move additional battery production close to the plant where it has 6,000 direct employees and supports nearly 70,000 jobs in the supply chain.\n\nCurrently, the batteries in its Leaf electric cars are imported from Japan.\n\nNissan would not confirm if this would mean additional jobs at Sunderland, which is the UK's largest car plant.\n\nManufacturing the more powerful batteries in the UK will ensure its cars comply with trade rules agreed with the EU requiring at least 55% of the car's value to be derived from either the UK or the EU to qualify for zero tariffs when exported to the EU.\n\nSome 70% of the cars made in Sunderland are exported and the vast majority of them are sold in the EU.\n\nNissan had issued stark warnings last year that if the UK left the EU without a trade deal, the resulting tariffs on cars and components would make the Sunderland plant \"unsustainable\".\n\nNissan's chief operating officer Ashwani Gupta told the BBC: \"The Brexit deal is positive for Nissan. Being the largest automaker in the UK we are taking this opportunity to redefine auto-making in the UK.\n\nNissan's Ashwani Gupta said the Brexit deal had created a 'competitive environment'\n\n\"It has created a competitive environment for Sunderland, not just inside the UK but outside as well.\n\n\"We've decided to localise the manufacture of the 62kWh battery in Sunderland so that all our products qualify [for tariff-free export to the EU]. We are committed to Sunderland for the long term under the business conditions that have been agreed.\"\n\nIt came as Nissan paused one of its two production lines in Sunderland on Friday as disruption at ports caused by the pandemic affected its supply chain.\n\nThe company said the move would affect the line which produces the Qashqai and Leaf, but work would resume next week.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng welcomed the firm's endorsement of Sunderland as a manufacturing base.\n\n\"Nissan's decision represents a genuine belief in Britain and a huge vote of confidence in our economy thanks to the certainty our trade deal with the EU delivers,\" he said.\n\n\"For the dedicated and highly-skilled workforce in Sunderland, it means the city will be home to Nissan's latest models for years to come and positions the company to capitalise on the wealth of benefits that will flow from electric vehicle production.\"\n\nIt's particularly welcome after the more guarded comments from the boss of Vauxhall's parent company last week.\n\nSpeaking as the tie-up between Fiat Chrsyler and Peugeot Citroen was christened with new umbrella name Stellantis, boss Carlos Tavares said that the future of its Ellesmere Port plant depended on the support the UK government was prepared to offer after its decision to ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars after 2030.\n\n\"If you change, brutally, the rules and if you restrict the rules for business then there is at one point in time a problem,\" he said.\n\nLooking forward, he said it would make more sense to locate an electric vehicle factory closer to the larger EU market.\n\nIndustry voices welcomed the news from Nissan but reinforced the message from Vauxhall's owners that the government needs to do more to secure the future of the car industry as it electrifies.\n\n\"This is obviously good news and will help the Nissan Leaf avoid any future tariffs, but we are going to need to see a lot more investment in battery production in the UK if we are to preserve the UK as a car manufacturer and exporter,\" said Professor David Bailey of Warwick University.\n\nThe head of trade body the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders agreed.\n\n\"The battery plant in Sunderland may be enough for Nissan's near-term plans to build tens of thousands of electric cars but the UK made 1.5 million cars last year and all will be partly electric by 2030,\" Mike Hawes said.\n\nAndy Palmer, former boss of Aston Martin and current chairman of electric bus maker Switch Mobility, has gone further. He says that 800,000 jobs are at risk if the UK government doesn't act now to foster battery investment.\n\n\"Without electric vehicle batteries made in the UK, the country's auto industry risks becoming an antiquated relic and overtaken by China, Japan, America and Europe.\"\n\nHe urged the UK government to use every lever at its disposal to make the UK attractive.\n\nUK car investment has fallen sharply since the UK voted to leave the EU.\n\nIn the five years to 2016 it averaged £3.5bn per year. In the four years since it has averaged around £1bn - a fall of 71% at a time when the technology and map of car production are going through their biggest revolution since the car was invented.\n\nThe Nissan decision is therefore a very welcome boost to the UK which is in an international scramble for the investment of the future which is happening right now.", "Police warned that unsanctioned protests would be \"immediately suppressed\"\n\nRussian police have detained close aides of the jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny, as a string of nationwide protests gets under way.\n\nPolice have broken up demonstrations in the eastern Khabarovsk region, amid stern warnings for people to stay home.\n\nMr Navalny's supporters flooded social media with calls to rally at protests expected in dozens of cities later.\n\nHe is Russian leader Vladimir Putin's most high-profile critic.\n\nHe was arrested last Sunday after he flew back to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent attack in Russia last August.\n\nOn his return, he was immediately taken into custody and found guilty of violating parole conditions. He says it is a trumped-up case designed to silence him.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alexei Navalny was filmed by the BBC saying goodbye to his wife and then being led away by authorities\n\nMore than 60m people have watched his new video about President Vladimir Putin's alleged luxury Black Sea palace.\n\nThe Kremlin denies the property belongs to the president.\n\nAmong those detained in Moscow on Thursday were his spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, and one of his lawyers, Lyubov Sobol. They face fines or short jail terms.\n\nMs Sobol, who has a young child, was later released. But Ms Yarmysh has now been jailed for nine days.\n\nProminent Navalny activists are also being held in the cities of Vladivostok, Novosibirsk and Krasnodar.\n\nUnauthorised rallies are being planned in more than 60 cities across Russia for Saturday. Moscow police say any unauthorised demonstrations and provocations will be \"immediately suppressed\".\n\nA thousand people were reported to have come onto the streets in the Khabarovsk region, with some of them already detained.\n\nMr Navalny's wife Yulia, who travelled back to Russia with him from Germany, said she would demonstrate in Moscow \"for myself, for him, for our children, for the values and the ideals that we share\".\n\nAlexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) has drawn millions of followers on social media, through slickly produced videos alleging large-scale official corruption. He has long denounced Mr Putin's administration as \"feudal\" and full of \"crooks and thieves\".\n\nFor a long time the Russian authorities made out that Alexei Navalny was irrelevant. Just a blogger. With a tiny following. No threat whatsoever.\n\nRecent events suggest the opposite. First Mr Navalny was targeted with a nerve agent, allegedly by a secret group of FSB state security hitmen. Instead of investigating the poisoning, Russia is investigating him: on his return from Germany the Kremlin critic was arrested.\n\nHaving put Mr Navalny behind bars, the authorities are putting pressure on his supporters. The Kremlin's greatest fear is of a Ukraine-style revolution in Russia that would sweep away those in power.\n\nThere's no indication that such a scenario is imminent. But with economic problems growing, the Kremlin will worry that Mr Navalny could act as a lightning rod for protest sentiment. That explains the police crackdown on Navalny allies ahead of Saturday's potential protests.\n\nPlus, this is getting personal. Mr Navalny's video about \"Putin's Palace\" on the Black Sea was designed to cause maximum embarrassment to the Russian president.\n\nIn the \"Putin's palace\" video Mr Navalny alleges that rich businessmen close to Mr Putin paid for a sumptuous 17,691sq m (190,424sq ft) palace for him at Gelendzhik, by the Black Sea.\n\nIt is alleged to have a casino, a theatre and many other comforts, including a vineyard and tea house in the sprawling grounds. The Kremlin dismissed the YouTube video as a \"pseudo-investigation\" aimed at earning money for Mr Navalny.\n\nProsecutors have warned people against protesting in support of Mr Navalny on Saturday. Russia's education ministry has told parents not to allow their children to attend.\n\nSome Russian celebrities in the arts and sports have pledged support for Mr Navalny. They include ice hockey star Artemi Panarin.\n\nFormer world chess champion Garry Kasparov - now a leading anti-Putin activist based in the US - tweeted that pro-Navalny posts were being widely blocked in Russia.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Garry Kasparov This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a phone call to President Putin on Friday, EU Council President Charles Michel voiced \"grave concern\" about the jailing of Mr Navalny.\n\nMr Michel said the EU was \"united in its call on Russia to swiftly release Mr Navalny and proceed with the investigation into the assassination attempt on him, in full transparency and without further delay\".\n\nIn October, the EU imposed sanctions on six top Russian officials and a Russian chemical weapons research centre over the Novichok poisoning of Mr Navalny.\n\nThe Kremlin retaliated with tit-for-tat sanctions, denying any role in the attack and rejecting the expert finding that the Russian nerve agent had been used.\n\nThe Black Sea palace allegedly features a casino, an ice rink and a vineyard\n\nThe social media app TikTok has a flood of videos from Russians promoting the protests planned for Saturday. The messages about Mr Navalny have been going viral for several days.\n\nA well-known Russian TikTok user, Slava Varfolomeyev, told BBC Russian: \"I go on TikTok and find that every third video is about 'Putin's palace', the detention of Navalny and the 23 January rally!\"\n\nHe said that on Thursday \"this swelled to a maximum: practically seven out of every 10 videos were on that topic [Navalny]\". TikTok's popularity is based on short-form videos.\n\nOn Wednesday Russia's official media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, demanded that TikTok take down any information \"encouraging minors to act illegally\", threatening large fines.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teresa Dalling says a river of orange water rushed through the village on Thursday\n\nSerious flooding which forced villagers from their homes was potentially caused by a mine shaft \"blow out\" during Storm Christoph, authorities have said.\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated as water rushed through Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, on Thursday.\n\nResidents have been told they will not be able to return home this weekend or \"possibly longer\".\n\nThe Coal Authority said initial checks suggested water had built up in the shaft and flooded the village.\n\nCarl Banton, from the Coal Authority, said there had been a \"tremendous amount\" of rain recently and potentially a blockage in the drainage system could have caused the mine shaft to \"blow out\".\n\nMr Banton reassured people that officers had visually checked other mine shafts in the area and were \"not concerned\" any would collapse.\n\n\"The mine shaft in question is the one that was on actually on the water level, it has found its point of weakness,\" he said.\n\nCarl Banton said that while investigations were ongoing heavy rain may have overwhelmed the mine shaft\n\nA major incident was declared as water rushed into the village on Thursday, leaving eight streets underwater as Storm Christoph caused widespread flooding across Wales.\n\nOn Friday, as firefighters continued to pump water out of the village, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) confirmed the Tennant Canal had been polluted \"from mine water\".\n\nLate on Friday evening, Neath Port Talbot council said, for safety reasons, people forced to leave their homes would \"not be able to return home this weekend, and the wait could possibly longer\".\n\nA support centre will open at Abbey Primary School from Saturday, with council officers on site to help people access emergency support.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Coal Authority, which manages the effects of historical coal mining, are investigating the cause of the flooding.\n\nMr Banton said initial findings showed there may have been a build-up of water on the hillside which had \"found its way out\" through the mine shaft, flooding the village.\n\n\"The flow appears to be subsiding... but what we are unsure of is if there is a feed of additional water into the mine workings, from the extensive mine workings on the hillside,\" he added.\n\nAt least 80 people have had to leave their homes in the village after flooding\n\nMr Banton said officers would drill down into the shaft and investigate on Saturday, in the hope that people could soon be allowed back into their homes.\n\n\"A lot of the mining in this area is very old... some of it dates back to the early 1800s... we have no details of how the shaft in question here was originally filled or capped,\" he said.\n\n\"We will ensure the mine shaft is properly capped and sorted out.\"\n\nMartyn Evans, of NRW, said officers were looking at how to minimise the risk of pollution to nearby rivers, and investigating any impacts on the River Neath.\n\n\"We have also carried out tests on other watercourses in the vicinity of the incident. Results indicate there has been no significant impact on those at present,\" he said.\n\nOn Thursday night a further 20 homes were evacuated by emergency services as the water continued to rush through the village.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford confirmed on Friday financial support would be made available to people affected by the recent floods, up to £1,000 per household.\n\n\"This is the same level of support available a year ago when storms Ciara and Dennis hit Wales, just before the pandemic,\" he said.\n\nThe water is warmer than the air and is creating a mist along Dynevor Road\n\nSkewen resident John Thomas said he returned home from a funeral with wife Lynne on Thursday to find their house had turned into \"a lake\", he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\nHe said: \"The water was around the level of the bottom of the doors so we couldn't go in, so we just had to stand there and watch this orange-coloured water just piling up and up and up.\"\n\nMr Thomas said that with water up to his waist, he was unable to get in to rescue possessions.\n\nHe added: \"We're in a bit of a dip on the road, so you could see it gradually coming up, they were worried it might have been a sinkhole because of the coal mines.\n\n\"It's definitely mine workings, just by looking at the colour of the water, it's an orange colour.\n\n\"Other people who were evacuated had the chance to move things upstairs, I didn't have a chance to do that because I couldn't get in to it.\"\n\nThe couple are now staying with their daughter, with everyone else who was evacuated from their homes finding accommodation and told to avoid the area.\n\nMore than 30 residents of Cwrt-Clwydi-Gwyn care home were among those moved as a precaution.\n\nIt was a sleepless night for Skewen resident Teresa Dalling\n\nTeresa Dalling, who lives in Dynevor Road, said she had spent the night fearing for her safety.\n\n\"I haven't slept. I was up the back door every two hours checking the water level,\" she said.\n\n\"I didn't know we lived near old mines and if there's been a collapse, my fear is more could follow and that's terrifying.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Stephen Kinnock This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAs well as properties, vehicles were submerged in water\n\nUp to 45 firefighters were involved at the scene at the height of the flooding.\n\nIn a joint statement, the police, fire service and Neath Port Talbot Council urged people not to return to their homes until it was safe.\n\nCh Supt Trudi Meyrick said: \"We appreciate people are eager to get back to their homes and we are working with partners to allow this to happen as soon as it is safe to do so.\n\n\"In the meantime we ask people to please be patient as their safety is our top priority.\"\n\nIn one home, floodwater can be seen filling the living room\n\nFirefighters are continuing to pump water out of the village where people were forced to leave their homes\n\nDeputy Chief Fire Officer Roger Thomas, of Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, said firefighters remained in the village, pumping out water.\n\nHe said: \"We will continue to monitor the situation and support our partner agencies and those affected over the next few days.\"\n\nHomes were evacuated at Goshen Park, in Skewen\n\nNeath Port Talbot council said a local rest centre was available, and measures had been put in place to protect against Covid-19.\n\nChief executive Karen Jones said they would continue to support residents who had to leave their homes and they would ensure others had a safe place to go if further evacuations were necessary.\n\nNetwork Rail said engineers had checked for any potential damage to the railway line, but had found no \"cause for concern\".\n\nThe water has rushed through the streets of the town\n\nA severe flood warning remains in force for the Lower Dee Valley, from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows.\n\nThree flood warnings are in place for the River Wye at Monmouth, River Ritec at Tenby, and Bangor-on-Dee, where people were forced to leave their homes on Thursday as flooding saw a major incident declared. Eleven flood alerts are also in place.\n\nSnow and ice could also exacerbate issues for emergency services and those forced to leave their homes, with temperatures forecast to plummet in coming days.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nFive-time finalist Andy Murray will miss the Australian Open after a solution to find a \"workable quarantine\" following his positive test for coronavirus could not be found.\n\nThe 33-year-old Briton was set to fly out to Melbourne last week, but was not allowed to travel on a charter flight after being found to have Covid-19.\n\nThe former world number one had hoped to travel safely and compete as planned on the back of a negative test.\n\nMurray said he was \"gutted\" not to go.\n\nHe was asymptomatic and is now out of self-isolation, but finding a way for him to travel to Australia and then going into quarantine before the tournament starts on 8 February proved too difficult.\n\n\"We've been in constant dialogue with Tennis Australia to try and find a solution which would allow some form of workable quarantine, but we couldn't make it work,\" said Murray.\n\n\"I want to thank everyone there for their efforts. I'm devastated not to be playing out in Australia. It's a country and tournament that I love.\"\n\nMurray was able to play only seven official matches in 2020 because of a lingering pelvic injury, and the five-month suspension of the tours because of the pandemic.\n\nAt 123rd in the world, he was ranked too low to gain direct entry into Australian Open so the three-time Grand Slam champion was given a wildcard.\n\nThe Australian Open at Melbourne Park is starting three weeks later than usual because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nPlayers had to test negative before taking one of the 15 chartered flights - which were put on last week by tournament organisers and operated at 25% capacity - to Australia.\n\nOn arrival, the players and their support staff went straight into a 14-day quarantine under the conditions imposed by the Australian government.\n\nThat agreement allowed them out of their rooms for up to five hours a day for food and practice.\n\nHowever, 72 players have been confined to their rooms in a tougher quarantine - which led to some complaints and creative ways of staying fit - after they travelled on three flights where positive cases were found on arrival.\n\nHaving missed his flight to Melbourne, and therefore last weekend's window for the players to begin 14 days of quarantine, Murray was always up against it.\n\nThere are no health issues, and no injury concerns, and Murray had been hoping he could make it to Australia to complete quarantine in time to play a first-round match on either 8 or 9 February.\n\nBut the only \"workable quarantine\" would have included five hours out of his room every day. This was no longer available, and no player - irrespective of age or injury history - would want to play a Grand Slam first-round match just hours after two weeks in a hotel room.\n\nMurray is understandably devastated: he knows that at 33, and with two hip operations behind him, he cannot guarantee there will be another opportunity.\n\nBut it would have been a long way to travel potentially to lose in the first round, and receiving a special exemption may not have sat well with Murray over time.\n\nInstead, he will work with his team on his next move. Montpellier and Rotterdam are the next two ATP tournaments in Europe, although nothing is easy with Covid travel restrictions.\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "Jane Midgley says she needs answers about the death of her son, Simon\n\nThe mother of a man killed in a fire at a hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond more than two years ago has said it is \"torture\" not knowing why he died.\n\nSimon Midgley, 32, and Richard Dyson, 38, died in the fire which fire broke out at the Cameron House Hotel in 2017.\n\nJane Midgley said she needs answers about what led to Simon's death.\n\nThe Crown Office said it was committed to ensuring the circumstances around the deaths were aired in an \"appropriate legal forum\".\n\nMs Midgley said every day without answers was like the day she found out about his death.\n\n\"I just live it every single day and I can't cope with it much longer,\" she said. \"I need to know why they are not here and it's so difficult.\n\n\"I need answers. Why are these boys not here anymore? Why did this happen? Nearly three years on, no one is telling me.\"\n\nRichard Dyson and Simon Midgley were thought to be on a winter break in Scotland\n\nShe told BBC Scotland she wakes up during the night thinking about her son, asking herself \"has this really happened?\".\n\n\"Nearly three years on, should I still be feeling this hurt and pain?\"\n\nAfter the fire, the emergency services conducted investigations.\n\nWhile this can be a lengthy process, reports from the fire service and the police were passed to the Crown months ago.\n\nMs Midgley criticised prosecutors for not providing her with more information. She added she thinks they should be in contact with her more regularly than every four weeks.\n\nShe said: \"When the Crown say that they regularly update the family and are in regular contact that is always to say... 'it's still ongoing', 'we'll update you with anything significant', 'it's complicated'.\"\n\nShe added that there were many questions she still wanted answers to.\n\n\"The most important thing is finding out why Simon couldn't get out of that hotel that night - what went wrong. I have no idea, I've got to understand, I just need the answers.\n\n\"I need to know how it happened. I need to know why the boys didn't get out of that hotel when it was on fire, how it started, where it started, why they could not get out, could it have been prevented... it is pure torture.\"\n\nFire broke out at the Cameron House hotel in 2017\n\nMr Midgley was a freelance writer with the Evening Standard. Following his death the newspaper's editor, George Osbourne, paid tribute to Mr Midgley's \"adventurous spirit\".\n\nA spokesman for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said: \"Our staff have been in regular contact with the nearest relatives and provided them with information at every stage.\n\n\"The information that can be shared while a case is being investigated is limited so as not to prejudice any potential proceedings.\n\n\"The Crown‎ is committed to ensuring that the facts and circumstances surrounding the deaths of Simon Midgley and Richard Dyson are thoroughly investigated by the relevant agencies, fully considered by COPFS and, in due course, aired in an appropriate legal forum.\n\n\"The nearest relatives will continue to be kept updated in relation to any significant developments.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Amy says her flat isn't worth anything until it is made safe\n\nThe government's fund to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding is woefully inadequate, oversubscribed and taking too long to make buildings safe, campaigners say.\n\nMore than three and a half years since the Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people, an estimated 700,000 people are still living in high-rise blocks with flammable cladding.\n\nThe £1.6bn Building Safety Programme was set up in 2019. Concerns have emerged about the contract that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government requires applicants to the fund, usually managing agents or building owners, to sign.\n\nA clause in the contract, seen by the BBC, indicates applicants will be financially liable for any repair work not covered by the fund.\n\nThe BBC has learnt that some managing agents are refusing to sign the document, further delaying the repair work, and have written to the government asking ministers to clarify the position.\n\nChristian Hansen, a solicitor at Bindmans LLP specialising in housing law and fire safety claims, said the contract showed that \"there's going to be a significant shortfall between the costs of the [repair] works that are required and the funding provided under the scheme\".\n\n\"Someone is going to need to pick up the bill and pay the difference. This contract makes clear it's going to be the leaseholders and for many, this could be tens of thousands of pounds, potentially ruinous costs,\" he warned.\n\nMr Hansen said that leaseholders wanted the focus of government action \"to be on the manufacturers of the defective materials and construction companies who built these buildings\".\n\n\"At the moment, they are the ones profiting from putting people's lives at risk.\"\n\n\"It is absolutely terrifying knowing that you are stuck here,\" says Amy\n\nFirst-time buyer Amy Cottenden, who is 28, bought a one-bed flat in Metis Tower in the centre of Sheffield for £85,000 in 2017.\n\nInspections of the 14-storey building in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy revealed it had the same type of flammable ACM cladding and other safety faults.\n\nWork to remove the cladding started last month, but Ms Cottenden, who is a frontline NHS health worker, is frustrated at what she describes as a lack of progress.\n\n\"The pace of work is extremely slow. So far, they've put scaffolding up and removed three panels. They have told us it's going to take between 12 and 24 months just to take the cladding off,\" she said.\n\n\"It is absolutely terrifying knowing that you are stuck here. With lockdown, they are saying not to go out, but you are in a building where all you want to do is not be in it. You can't leave. You can't sell. My flat isn't worth anything until it is made safe.\"\n\nWhile the government's Building Safety Fund is paying for the Grenfell-style cladding to be removed, the building has other fire safety faults, including missing fire breaks, that aren't covered by the scheme.\n\nIt could cost up to £6m to fix. Flat owners fear they may face huge bills of up to £50,000 each.\n\n\"We can't pay it and we shouldn't have to pay it. It is not our fault. We could all go bankrupt because of this,\" Ms Cottenden said.\n\nA spokesperson for Rendall & Rittner, the company which manages Metis Tower, said government funding to remove ACM cladding had been approved totalling £6.3m.\n\nHowever, an application to the same fund to pay for the removal of other types of unsafe cladding was rejected and the company has appealed against that decision.\n\nThe company added: \"We understand and sympathise with residents and owners about the uncertainty that this situation is causing and will do all we can to assist.\"\n\nWhat started as a cladding scandal has now become a much wider building safety crisis, exposing decades of regulatory failure.\n\nSafety inspections have revealed that many buildings have other serious faults, including missing fire breaks, flammable balconies and defective insulation. None of that is covered by the government's Building Safety Fund.\n\nDr Nigel Glen, the chief executive of ARMA, the trade association for residential leasehold management, said the additional costs that leaseholders were currently facing for non-cladding-related issues remained a huge concern.\n\n\"In the longer term, the draining of reserve funds will also mean that in the years to come, any major works that were being saved up for, such as a new roof or lift repairs, will have to be funded anew by the leaseholders,\" he added.\n\nA spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said that despite the pandemic, significant progress had been made to remove dangerous cladding, but \"building safety remains the responsibility of the building owner and we expect them to ensure any necessary work is carried out safely and effectively\".\n\n\"All applicants to the Building Safety Fund are told the amount of funding they have been awarded before being asked to sign contracts - this is clearly explained in the guidance,\" the spokesperson added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This is the moment a police officer broke up a house party on Saturday\n\nA minority still breaking Covid lockdown rules could make the pandemic \"stretch longer\" in Wales, a senior police officer has warned.\n\nThe \"gold commander\" for policing lockdown across the Gwent force area said he wanted to thank the vast majority for sticking to the law.\n\nBut Chief Superintendent Mark Hobrough said those \"blatantly flouting\" rules would face enforcement action.\n\nNearly 3,800 fines have been issued in Wales for Covid rule breaches.\n\nThe latest figures released by UK police forces revealed nearly three-quarters of those fines went to men, and the largest group falling foul of Covid rules were aged between 18 and 24.\n\nCh Supt Hobrough, who oversees Gwent Police's response to Covid-19, said he and his officers had seen a change in the way the public responded to the restrictions since the first lockdown was announced in March 2020.\n\n\"When it first started there was certainly a lack of understanding among the public,\" he said.\n\n\"We were called for advice and questions on what was allowed or not allowed, which we've certainly seen diminish.\"\n\nHe said initially his force was dealing with breaches of regulations by pubs and bars, or people holding house parties.\n\n\"That has changed over time. We still have experiences of house parties and people congregating in houses, which just isn't allowed obviously.\n\n\"But I think we are also seeing breaches in relation to people congregating in beauty spots and maybe not exercising in line with the requirements.\"\n\nAccording to the National Police Chiefs' Council, there were 3,770 fixed penalty notices issues by the four Welsh forces between the last Friday in March and 20 December last year.\n\nOf those fines, 2,188 were for breaching rules on movement restrictions, while 823 faced penalties for gathering in private properties outside their own households.\n\nA further 113 notices were issued to individuals for staying in Wales when it was not their main residence, and 89 were hit with fines for entering or leaving local health protection areas, when many counties in Wales had separate travel restrictions in place in the autumn.\n\nThe figures also reveal that just two fines were issued in the period for failing to wear a face covering in designated indoor areas.\n\nSgt Dan Wise says enforcement is sometimes the only option for his team\n\nOut on the streets of Newport, and around the rest of the Gwent force area, the officers on the ground said they wanted to educate the public whenever rules changed, but they will enforce clear breaches.\n\n\"Some of the things people have been stopped for are travelling into Wales to look at the snow,\" said Sgt Dan Wise, as he carried out checks on motorists in Newport.\n\n\"Others are travelling to local beauty spots to exercise. Obviously, these are things that are not acceptable.\"\n\nHe said as the pandemic continues, with high numbers of cases and given how easily the virus can spread, \"we will look to enforce where people are blatantly flouting the rules\".\n\nAt the Gwent Police headquarters, Ch Supt Hobrough said he had this message for the minority of \"those people who aren't abiding\" by the rules: \"It would very much be within everybody's interest for them to reflect on the way they are conducting themselves.\n\n\"Because that minority of people who aren't abiding are possibly making this pandemic stretch longer.\"\n• None Coronavirus legislation and guidance on the law - GOV.WALES The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "David and Victoria Beckham have paid themselves £21m from their sports and media business since 2019, according to the their latest accounts.\n\nThis is despite continued heavy losses at Ms Beckham's fashion business, where trade has worsened during the pandemic.\n\nProfit at David Beckham Ventures Limited (DBVL), the brand management firm owned by the former footballer and his wife, fell £3.5m to £11.3m in 2019.\n\nThis was in part due to money spent on expansion and charitable donations.\n\nHowever, the celebrity couple still paid themselves a £14.5m dividend at the end of 2019, accounts show, and took a further £7.1m in 2020.\n\nA spokesman attributed the payments to \"profitable performance\" at DBVL, which among other things manages Mr Beckham's strategic partnerships with Adidas and Haig Club whisky.\n\nHe also noted that the company's revenue climbed by £600,000 in 2019 to £16.2m.\n\nHowever, Victoria Beckham Holdings (VBHL), which manages the former Spice Girl's fashion label, fared much worse during that time.\n\nLosses at the business - which is also backed by the Beckhams' former business partner Simon Fuller and private equity firm NEO investment Partners - widened to £16.6m during the year, following a loss of £12.5m in 2018.\n\nIt marked the seventh year the brand has been in the red since it was founded in 2008.\n\nVBHL blamed costs associated with the launch of the Victoria Beckham Beauty business, a new cosmetics range in which the group has an 85% shareholding.\n\nIt also noted that total sales across the whole business were up by 7% in 2019.\n\nNevertheless, auditors BDO, who signed off on the accounts, warned that the business was now reliant on shareholder support to keep going which could \"cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern\".\n\nAs the pandemic hammered the business last April, VBHL had to borrow £9.2m from its shareholders to repay an outstanding bank loan to HSBC after breaking its debt covenants.\n\nVBHL said it was doing all it could to \"navigate\" the coronavirus crisis, including taking \"all actions possible to conserve cash\".\n\n\"All non-essential expenditure is being deferred and hiring freezes have been implemented for open positions.to enable the company to navigate through this pandemic,\" it said.", "The company said its milk processing was highly automated with no risk to the products caused by the virus outbreak\n\nOne worker at a dairy has died after contracting coronavirus and 95 others are self-isolating.\n\nMuller Milk & Ingredients said 47 staff members who work at the company's dairy near Bridgwater, Somerset, have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nIt said it was now testing all 300 workers at its site in North Petherton.\n\nA spokesman for the firm said the safety of its products had not been affected by the outbreak at its factory.\n\nIt was working with Public Health England and the council to help with mass testing, he added.\n\nThe employee was taken to hospital but died. The firm said its thoughts were with the worker's family and friends.\n\nProduction has since been reduced at the site.\n\nThe spokesman added: \"It is important to stress that fresh milk processing is highly automated ensuring no risk to products, with our Bridgwater facility one of the most modern dairies in the UK.\n\n\"As we have done throughout the pandemic, we are placing the safety of our employees first and following best practice as set down by the Health and Safety Executive.\n\n\"Standard measures in place include the use of facemasks, distancing, enhanced deep cleaning and hygiene, underpinned by a programme of e-learning, information and audits to ensure compliance and awareness of the measures.\"\n\nSomerset County Council said it was working closely with Public Health England and the factory and that further testing was being done throughout Thursday.\n\n\"The [council's] rapid outbreak testing team is carrying out further workforce testing today, for workers who were not present on Monday shifts.\n\n\"The testing on Monday identified a number of staff who were positive but asymptomatic, who are now isolating,\" a spokesman said.", "Elizabeth Kerr and Simon O'Brien were married moments before he was put on a mechanical ventilator\n\nAn engaged couple taken to hospital in the same ambulance with Covid-19 were able to marry moments before the man was sedated and put on a ventilator.\n\nElizabeth Kerr, 31, and Simon O'Brien, 36, were taken to Milton Keynes University Hospital with breathing difficulties on 9 January.\n\nStaff rallied to arrange a wedding as the groom's condition worsened.\n\nThey held off intubating Mr O'Brien so the ceremony could go ahead. The couple are now recovering in hospital.\n\nMrs Kerr, a nurse, and Mr O'Brien had planned to marry in June.\n\nBoth contracted the disease and were taken to hospital together when their oxygen levels fell dangerously low.\n\nThey were placed on separate wards but when Mrs Kerr told nurse Hannah Cannon about their wedding plans, she asked her if they would like to marry in the hospital.\n\nMrs Kerr said she was told it could be their only chance.\n\n\"Those are words I never, ever want to hear again,\" she said.\n\nA photo on Mrs Kerr's phone shows the wedding took place in the beds of the intensive care unit\n\nHowever, while staff were securing the wedding licence, Mr O'Brien's condition further deteriorated and on 12 January he was placed on the intensive care unit, to be put on a ventilator.\n\nThey waited to intubate him just long enough for the ceremony to go ahead.\n\nMs Cannon said: \"With lots of teamwork... we were able to give them a wedding, not necessarily the wedding that they would have initially intended, but certainly something positive, remarkable and memorable for them to really hold on to.\"\n\nShe filmed the marriage for the couple's families and friends, and catering staff at the hospital provided a cake.\n\nShortly after saying \"I do\", Mr O'Brien was placed on the ventilator.\n\nThe couple have now been reunited on a recovery ward and were able to kiss for the first time since being married.\n\nMrs Kerr said having the wedding meant \"everything\" to them.\n\n\"If we hadn't had each other and we hadn't been given that opportunity to get married, I don't think both of us would be here now,\" she added.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The White House has just put out a statement marking the 48th anniversary of Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court decision that essentially legalised the right to abortion.\n\n\"In the past four years, reproductive health, including the right to choose, has been under relentless and extreme attack,\" the statement from Biden and Harris begins .\n\nThey go on to say they are committed to \"codifying\" the judgement, which means pass legislation through Congress that enshrines abortion access into law.\n\nThey will also appoint judges who will support abortion access, they say. Trump, during his time in office, was able to give the Supreme Court a conservative majority, making anti-abortion activists hopeful that Roe v Wade could eventually be overturned.\n\nBiden was the only candidate during the primary to say he endorsed the so-called Hyde Amendment, which says that no federal funds can go towards abortions. After nearly all 22 other candidates came out against the Hyde Amendment, he reversed his stance.\n\nAlthough abortion is technically legal across the US, multiple states have instituted laws that make it nearly impossible in practice. Abortion activists hope that a law would make it more difficult for local governments to restrict access.", "Michelle O'Neill and Arlene Foster were advised restrictions may have to remain in place until after Easter\n\nCoronavirus lockdown restrictions in Northern Ireland will be extended until 5 March, the first and deputy first ministers have said.\n\nThe executive backed the health minister's proposal on Thursday and will review the move on 18 February.\n\nBut ministers were also told that restrictions may have to remain in place until after the Easter holidays.\n\nA lockdown closing non-essential retailers and encouraging employees to work from home began after Christmas.\n\nFamily gatherings are prohibited and people have been ordered to stay at home for all but essential reasons.\n\nSchools are closed to most pupils until after February's half-term but a paper looking at reopening will be put to ministers at next week's executive meeting.\n\nThe lockdown came in response to a spike in the number of cases of coronavirus, which followed a relaxation of some rules in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said extending the restrictions was an \"appropriate and necessary response\" to tackle the \"imminent threat\" posed by Covid-19.\n\nShe said she understood it would be difficult for many people to accept, given the uncertainty facing families and businesses, but added: \"To not press forward would risk all of the hard-won gains.\"\n\nThe first and deputy first ministers were right to state just how tough this decision will be for many people.\n\nBut there's an acceptance among the public that restrictions would have to be extended, given how bad things are in our hospitals.\n\nTheir decision also suggests politicians have perhaps learned from the last wave of the pandemic, when restrictions were turned on and off sporadically, and the impact that had both on cases and the messaging.\n\nThey're not alone in sustaining tough lockdown measures, with other UK nations and the Republic of Ireland also keeping their restrictions in place for several more weeks.\n\nBeyond that, it is thought health officials also want to ensure the vaccination programme is also \"well advanced\" before any restrictions are relaxed.\n\nThe hope is that, by spring, the picture will have improved significantly.\n\nUntil then the price we are paying for relaxations before Christmas looks likely to keep rising.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she recognised the executive was asking a lot of everybody but insisted the measures were important.\n\n\"We don't know what will come after [5 March],\" she said.\n\nMs O'Neill said there was a commitment not to keep restrictions in place longer than necessary but decisions would have to be taken in line with the health advice and concerns about a new variant of the virus which is more transmissible.\n\nThe executive's decision comes as another 21 deaths were recorded by the Department of Health on Thursday.\n\nThe reproductive rate of the virus - known as the R-number - had risen to about 1.8 due to Christmas relaxations.\n\nBut the latest estimate from the Department of Health says it is sitting between 0.65 and 0.85 for cases within the community but is still above one for hospital admissions and intensive care.\n\nWhile some may wonder why are restrictions are being extended when the executive's policy has always been based on this rate of infection, the difference is that this time around there are three times as many people in Northern Ireland's hospitals than there were in last April's peak.\n\nDaily case numbers are still significantly higher too.\n\nWhile ministers have agreed to keep the current restrictions in place until March, Health Minister Robin Swann said it was possible they could be needed until Easter, which this year falls in the first week of April.\n\nMinisters say they understand the extension of the lockdown will be difficult for people\n\nIt is understood this plan is being discussed across the four UK nations but ministers will have to consider that in the review next month.\n\nMinisters were also warned that restrictions would be eased on a step-by-step basis in line with reducing pressures on the health service and ensuring the vaccination programme is \"well advanced\" before any relaxations are agreed.\n\nMrs Foster pleaded with people struggling with their mental health during the lockdown to \"please seek help\".\n\nMore than 100 medically-trained military personnel are to be deployed to help health staff deal with the pressure the latest phase of the pandemic is placing on hospitals.\n\nThe chief medical officer Dr Michael McBride said the \"sustained pressure on our health service\" would probably last for three to four weeks.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, 51 Covid-19 related deaths and 2,608 new cases of the virus were recorded on Thursday.\n\nSimon Hamilton, the chief executive of the Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce, said the extension of the lockdown would be of \"little surprise to most businesses\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Stormont executive has agreed how to allocate almost £300m to help businesses, education, tourism and transport during the next phase of the lockdown.\n\nA total of £100m is going towards the Local Restrictions Support Scheme, the grant for business premises forced to closed due to the restrictions.\n\nThere will also be £16m for tourism and hospitality, two sectors which have largely been unable to operate.\n\nIn addition, two more support schemes for the sector have been opened.\n\nOne aimed at large tourism and hospitality businesses is offering a pot of £26m, with the Department for Economy having identified 250 businesses that will be eligible.\n\nThe other is a £4m scheme to support those who provide bed-and-breakfast accommodation.\n\nMore money is being made available to help businesses affected by the lockdown\n\nJanice Gault from the trade body the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation said the schemes were a \"real lifeline for the sector\".\n\n\"Trading over the last year has been limited with reserves now severely depleted and businesses operating in survival mode,\" she added.\n\nAlso among those to receive the extra cash will be limited company directors, who had not received support since March.\n\nLast week, a scheme was announced to give directors £1,000 grants which one director described as a \"kick in the teeth\" given that he had little to no income for the past 10 months.\n\nBut that scheme is to be boosted with another £20m so the payments on offer will more than treble to £3,500.\n\nLocal newspapers will also benefit from 12 months of rates relief.", "Mick Norcross, 57, was found dead at his home in Essex on Thursday\n\nFormer The Only Way Is Essex star Mick Norcross has died at the age of 57.\n\nThe businessman and father of Kirk Norcross, who also appeared in the ITV show, was found dead at his home in Bulphan at 15:15 GMT on Thursday.\n\nEssex Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious.\n\nIn tributes on social media, fellow Towie stars past and present, including Gemma Collins and James \"Arg\" Argent, called him \"one of the good guys\" and a \"true gentleman\".\n\nNorcross first appeared in the reality show in 2011 in his position as owner of Sugar Hut, a Brentwood nightclub which was often attended by the cast.\n\nHe left the show two years later, stating that the venue's prominent place in Towie had damaged its brand.\n\nThe star posted a tweet to his 505,000 followers on Thursday morning saying: \"At the end remind yourself that you did the best you could. And that's good enough.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sugar Hut This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe club tweeted that \"Mr Sugarhut\" had been a \"very talented, friendly and fun guy\" and a \"true Essex legend, who will be sorely missed\".\n\nCollins, who briefly dated Norcross during their time on the show, shared a photo of them together on Instagram and said he had been \"one of the good guys\", while Argent tweeted that he had been \"a true gentleman and a very kind man\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by gemmacollins This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTributes were also shared by Towie stars Lauren Goodger and Mario Falcone, with the latter tweeting that he was \"thankful I got the privilege of having you in my life\".\n\nIn another tweet, Mark Wright, the Towie star turned TV presenter and professional footballer, said he was \"a great man, an inspiration to many, always so polite and welcoming\".\n\nPresenter Denise Van Outen tweeted that he was \"such a lovely man\" while TV chef James Martin, posted that he was \"a true gentleman, who I had the pleasure to meet and spend evenings with over the years\".\n\nThe Only Way Is Essex posted a tribute on Instagram, saying the team behind the show were \"shocked and deeply saddened\".\n\nThey said: \"He was hugely popular with cast, crew and the audience alike. Charming, generous and host to many of Essex's most glamorous events, Mick will be missed by us all.\"\n\nAn Essex Police spokesman said officers \"were called to an address in Brentwood Road, Bulphan shortly before 15:15 on Thursday\" and \"sadly, a man inside was pronounced dead\".\n\nThe police spokesman said the death was \"not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner\".\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues in this article, information and support is available from BBC Action Line.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Police said they had been in contact with the family before the funeral took place \"in an attempt to ensure safety\"\n\nA funeral director has been fined £10,000 after police were called to a funeral with close to 150 people in attendance.\n\nHertfordshire Police said the large gathering in Welwyn Garden City on Thursday was reported to them by members of the public.\n\nCoronavirus rules mean a maximum of 30 people can attend a funeral.\n\nA second person was fined, by Bedfordshire Police, for when the gathering was in Arlesey, Bedfordshire.\n\nSupt Nick Caveney, of Hertfordshire Police, said: \"This was a clear and blatant breach of the current restrictions.\"\n\nHe said the fine was given to the funeral director \"for not managing this event correctly and advising their clients of the rules\".\n\n\"We implore all business owners to ensure they are following the restrictions safely and responsibly,\" he said.\n\n\"Flagrant breaches such as this will not be tolerated.\"\n\nThe force said it had worked with other agencies and the family in advance of the funeral \"in an attempt to ensure the safety of those attending and that of the wider public\".\n\nBut when officers attended they found the large number of people at the church, and a 41-year-old man from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was handed the £10,000 fine after police served a fixed penalty notice.\n\nSeveral members of the public had contacted the force about the funeral at the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Apostles on Woodhall Lane.\n\nBedfordshire Police said a man in his 30s was issued with the fine over the gathering.\n\nCh Supt John Murphy from the force said: \"Fines and enforcement are a last resort for us, and we will always engage and work with families in the first instance.\n\n\"But we need to take firm action against those who brazenly decide to go against the guidelines outlined by the government and put a large number of people at risk.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Mr Olowo said his wife was \"as near perfection as it's possible to be\"\n\nA woman who died after having liposuction in Turkey had been fed up with people asking if she was pregnant, an inquest heard.\n\nAbimbola Ajoke Bamgbose, 38, of Dartford, Kent, died in August after having the treatment in Izmir.\n\nHusband Moyosore Olowo said he believed she was on holiday with friends until she called to say she was in pain.\n\nHe went to Turkey after she stopped calling and found she had been rushed to hospital for more surgery.\n\nMrs Bamgbose, who also had a Brazilian butt lift, died there two weeks later, the inquest in Maidstone heard.\n\nMr Olowo, a rail safety officer, said his wife paid £5,000 for the package with Mono Cosmetic Surgery as UK treatment was too expensive.\n\nDescribing why she wanted it, he said: \"When a woman is unhappy and getting feelings about her looks, the clothes she buys do not fit and people ask if she is pregnant because of her tummy, sometimes there is nothing we can do. We are powerless.\n\n\"I wasn't concerned. I told her 'you have three children'. I told her my tummy is bigger than hers.\"\n\nHe said his wife, a social worker who graduated with a first class degree, was \"as near perfection as it's possible to be\".\n\nMr Olowo said the medical director in Turkey \"confessed it had been a mistake\".\n\nAssistant coroner Alan Blundson recorded a narrative conclusion, and said: \"This is a tragic case, the more so because the surgery was elective cosmetic surgery.\n\n\"Whilst Mrs Bamgbose was determined to have it performed, her husband had not seen it in any way as necessary.\"\n\nA post-mortem examination found Mrs Bamgbose had a perforated bowel and her death was caused by peritonitis with multiple organ failure as a complication of liposuction surgery.\n\nMr Olowo has said he is suing Mono and the surgeon, Dr Hakan Aydogan, for £1m in the Turkish courts, claiming medical negligence.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Reports suggest AstraZeneca may have warned of a 60% cut to doses available\n\nA second coronavirus vaccine manufacturer has warned of supply issues to the European Union, compounding frustration in the bloc.\n\nAstraZeneca said a production problem meant the number of initial doses available would be lower than expected.\n\nThe fresh blow comes after some nations' inoculation programmes were slowed due to a cut in deliveries of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nThe EU Health Commissioner expressed \"deep dissatisfaction\" at the news.\n\nOfficials have not confirmed publicly how big the shortfall will be, but an unnamed EU official told Reuters news agency that deliveries would be reduced to 31m - a cut of 60% - in the first quarter of this year.\n\nThe drug firm had been set to deliver about 80 million doses to the 27 nations by March, according to the official who spoke to Reuters.\n\nThe AstraZeneca vaccine, developed with Oxford University, has not yet been approved by the EU's drug regulator but is expected to get the green light at the end of this month, paving the way for jabs to be given.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA spokesman for AstraZeneca said on Friday that \"initial volumes will be lower than originally anticipated\" without giving further details.\n\nHis written statement blamed the discrepancy on \"reduced yields at a manufacturing site within our European supply chain\" and said the firm was continuing to ramp up production volumes.\n\nNews of the delay comes amid criticism and frustration across the region about the speed of vaccination roll-outs.\n\nIsrael, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, and the US are all well ahead of EU nations in terms of doses given per capita so far.\n\nThe European Commission has co-ordinated orders for all member states, with vaccines then distributed based on their population size.\n\nVaccines are increasingly seen by experts as the only way out of the Covid-19 crisis, with many European nations struggling to cope with a deadly surge of the virus over the winter period.\n\nAustrian media have reported that only 600,000 of two million AstraZeneca doses promised by the end of March will arrive in the country on time, with the remaining 1.4m now being delivered in April.\n\nA delay would be \"completely unacceptable\", Austrian Health Minister Rudolf Anschober said on Friday.\n\nAs for Pfizer, the US firm said it had to cut shipments for the next few weeks while it worked to increase capacity at its Belgian processing plant. The EU has ordered 600 million doses from Pfizer.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Ursula von der Leyen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSome regions, including Germany's most populous state North-Rhine Westphalia and parts of Italy, said earlier this week that they were suspending giving first jabs of the two-dose vaccine because of the shortages.\n\nItaly and Poland have threatened to take legal action in response to the reduction in vaccine supply.\n\nMeanwhile Hungary's government, which has complained over the time it is taking EU regulators to approve the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, has reached a deal with Russia to buy up large quantities of its Sputnik V vaccine, even though it has not received EU approval.\n\nEuropean Council President Charles Michel, who led a call of EU leaders this week, said Thursday that officials were considering all ideas to try and stop future vaccine delays.\n\n\"All possible means will be examined to ensure rapid supply, including early distribution to avoid delays,\" he said.\n\nEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Mr Michel both say they are still aiming for the target of 70% of the EU population being vaccinated by summer.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid vaccine safety: How does a vaccine get approved?\n\nThe total number of German Covid deaths climbed above 50,000 on Friday - a day after the country warned that it could close its borders if other EU countries were less strict in controlling the virus. Berlin sounded the alarm amid rising concern about new variants.\n\nEU leaders agreed late on Thursday to keep their internal borders open but warned non-essential travel might need to be restricted to curb the spread of the virus.\n\nMs von der Leyen said Thursday that more testing and \"targeted measures\" were needed throughout the EU in order to keep internal and external borders open.\n\nFor its part, France said it would impose tighter travel restrictions for European arrivals from Sunday, requiring a negative PCR Covid test within three days of travel.\n\nIn the Netherlands, a ban on all flights from the UK, South Africa and South American countries came into effect on Saturday to try and prevent new coronavirus variants gaining a foothold.\n\nLooking forward to the future, officials from EU nations reliant on tourism - including Spain and Greece - have floated the possibility of using vaccination certificates to allow for cross-border travel but there has been scepticism within the bloc.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTwo houses have partially collapsed after a sinkhole measuring 10ft (3m) opened up on a Manchester street.\n\nFour homes were evacuated on Wednesday evening after the hole appeared on Walmer Street in Abbey Hey, Gorton.\n\nFire crews returned hours later after the front of two of the empty properties crashed to the ground.\n\nUnited Utilities said it was dealing with a collapsed sewer but was investigating all possible causes including the recent heavy rain.\n\nThe fire service was first called to Walmer Street just after 21:00 GMT on Wednesday to reports an unoccupied car had fallen down a hole in the road.\n\nA cordon was put in place and residents evacuated as a precaution, the fire service said.\n\nAfter leaving the scene four hours later, the fire service was alerted to the partial collapse of two houses at 11:00 on Thursday.\n\nNo-one was injured in either incident.\n\nEmergency services remain at the scene on Walmer Street\n\nNearby residents Maureen and Louise Kennedy spoke of their shock after the houses collapsed.\n\n\"You're just waiting for your world to crumble. It's not just the bricks and water, said Ms Kennedy.\n\n\"I've lived in there since I was three. It's the memories.\"\n\nResident Nathaniel OKeleafor said he was \"terrified\" when the sinkhole appeared in the street on Wednesday evening.\n\n\"This morning we are out. We are just trying to find somewhere to live,\" he added.\n\nUnited Utilities said it was dealing with a collapsed sewer on Walmer Street\n\nThe collapse comes as rising levels on the River Mersey in Manchester came \"within centimetres\" of breaching flood defences following heavy rain caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nStation Manager Andrew O'Brien, from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, praised firefighters who worked \"at the height of the stormy weather\".\n\n\"The safety of the public was our primary concern overnight and again today, and I'm pleased to say no-one has suffered any injuries,\" he said.\n\nUnited Utilities said: \"When it is safe for engineers to go back into the immediate area we will set up emergency drainage and water supply connections to restore services to the area and begin to assess how best to carry out repairs.\n\n\"It is not known what caused the sinkhole but this will be investigated.\"\n\nBBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio Lancashire will be on air throughout Storm Christoph, bringing you all of the latest information and news updates\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA nurse felt \"overwhelming fear\" as 13 ambulances queued at her hospital's A&E department - in the Welsh region currently hardest hit by Covid deaths.\n\nTo date Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board, which runs Royal Glamorgan Hospital, has reported 1,091 deaths of patients with coronavirus.\n\nBBC Wales was granted access to A&E at the hospital in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nSenior doctor Amanda Farrow said the whole hospital had faced \"unrelenting\" pressure last Saturday.\n\nSarah Fogarasy was the senior nurse on duty as 13 ambulances queued up outside her A&E department\n\nSenior A&E nurse Sarah Fogarasy, who was on shift as the ambulances arrived, said there was no capacity at the unit - a situation that left her wanting \"to leave\".\n\n\"We had to escalate it to our site manager and deputy head of nursing who were liaising with the executive team on call,\" she said.\n\n\"And then it got to 13 patients outside - I had no capacity in this unit, no resuscitation capacity, no capacity to put a patient on CPAP [continuous positive airway pressure] should they require that and no physical areas to put a patient in.\n\nOn Saturday, 13 ambulances queued outside the hospital's A&E department\n\nShe said she found it hard to keep going.\n\n\"This bit makes me quite emotional… for the first time I was sat trying to coordinate this department and I had that overwhelming fear that I just wanted to leave,\" Ms Fogarasy continued.\n\n\"I was just - 'I'm done. I'm done with this'... and it's scary, it fills you full of fear when you have got 13 ambulances outside, queuing around the carpark. Where do you go from that?\"\n\nShe said it was the team that kept her going: \"I started looking around to all the staff working tirelessly and just trying to remember what we're here for and why I became a nurse.\n\n\"I know it sounds soppy but it's literally the humanitarian effort that has gone into [fighting] this pandemic that has kept people going.\n\n\"It's the sheer determination and guts of the staff working in these times that is so powerful, that keeps the shift going.\"\n\nEmergency Medicine Consultant Amanda Farrow said it was a \"very emotional time for everyone\"\n\nDr Farrow, emergency medicine consultant, said staffing and bed numbers were of particular concern.\n\n\"In the emergency department the challenge we have is with regards to flow, so that is our daily challenge,\" she explained.\n\n\"And we say it's like playing a game of Tetris trying to work out which patient you can put where.\"\n\nStaff reported feeling overwhelmed as they work through the second Covid wave\n\nShe said the second wave of the virus had also seen more staff off sick with Covid and isolating - with some becoming very ill.\n\n\"We've had staff in as patients and one of my colleagues - I saw them when they were critically ill and ended up going to intensive care,\" continued Dr Farrow.\n\n\"So it's very emotional time for everyone as well you know, looking after the sick patients and looking after your colleagues.\n\n\"There's a level of anxiety still around - will you be the next person to get this disease?\"\n\nShe said although fewer people were attending A&E, they were seeing more people arriving by ambulance and presenting with more complex needs.\n\n\"The group of patients we are seeing this time I think is different, we're definitely having more younger people with Covid that are becoming sick, the volume is very high in the community.\n\n\"I think people are afraid of come into the hospital as well, so there are still quite a lot of patients who leave it maybe a bit too late before they're seeking hospital attention.\"\n\nSpeaking from her intensive care bed, Helen Whatmore said she was extremely grateful to staff\n\nHelen Whatmore, 45, from Beddau, has been hospital since early December after developing Covid symptoms.\n\nSpeaking from her intensive care bed, she said she had been unwell in February so assumed she had already caught the virus.\n\n\"I honestly didn't believe it was as bad until I caught [Covid] this time,\" she said.\n\n\"This time it's absolutely knocked the socks off me. It's nearly killed me.\n\n\"A friend of mine passed away as I came into hospital and I came down very rapidly with Covid, kidney problems and pneumonia.\"\n\nShe said she was grateful for the care she had received: \"The nurses are coming in [working] all shifts, they're fighting for your loved ones, from the time they enter right until the time they leave, then they're changing over and doing the same again.\n\n\"People are passing away… how much more have they got to do? We're asking them to protect our children and our families. Why are we not protecting them ourselves? Saving our families and our own children.\"", "Top Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has been sent bullets in the mail while under house arrest in Vancouver, according to court testimony.\n\nIt was one of several alleged death threats revealed on Wednesday by the company providing her security.\n\nMs Meng was detained in 2018 on charges relating to allegedly misleading HSBC about Huawei's dealings in Iran.\n\nHer case has created a rift between China and Canada, with Beijing repeatedly calling for her release.\n\nThe chief financial officer of Huawei was arrested at Vancouver International Airport on a warrant from the US, where she is facing charges of bank fraud and potentially causing HSBC to break US sanctions.\n\nDays after she was released on bail, she was placed under house arrest in Vancouver. She has been fighting against her extradition to the US, which wants her to stand trial.\n\nThe threats were revealed at the British Columbia Supreme Court by Doug Maynard, chief operating officer of security firm Lions Gate Risk Management.\n\nHe said Ms Meng received \"five or six\" threatening letters at her residence in June and July 2020 and that the letters were \"easily identifiable by markings on the outside\". He added that \"sometimes there were bullets inside the envelopes\".\n\nThe role of the Vancouver police and any investigations is unclear.\n\nMs Meng has been in court pushing for conditions of her bail to be loosened, including dropping the daytime security detail that constantly follows her.\n\nShe is permitted to leave home between 6am and 11pm and pays for a round-the-clock security detail. She also wears a GPS tracking anklet as stipulated by her bail conditions.\n\nThe government has also granted family members of Ms Meng permission to travel to Canada, sparking controversy.\n\nConservative MP Raquel Dancho said the exception was an \"insult to the millions of Canadians who were told by this government not to visit loved ones\" over the holidays.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Raquel Dancho This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe called the move disappointing, noting that Beijing detained two Canadians soon after Ms Meng's arrest in December 2018 and has held them in prison ever since, subjecting them to interrogations.\n\nMs Meng's defence lawyer has argued that Canada is effectively being asked \"to enforce US sanctions\".\n\nHuawei has been one of the main targets of the Trump administration's attack on Chinese companies that it deems are security threats and pass data to the government.\n\nThe US has placed harsh restrictions on Huawei and has banned its 5G equipment from its networks. It also added 38 names linked to Huawei to a trade blacklist.\n\nThis week Huawei came under fire for technology that identifies people who appear to be of Uighur origin among images of pedestrians.\n\nHuawei had previously said none of its technology was designed to identify ethnic groups.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Boris Johnson has said there is still a very substantial risk of intensive care units in hospitals being overwhelmed by the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nIt comes on a day when the UK has recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day in Europe.\n\nFergal Keane last visited the Imperial Healthcare Trust’s St Mary’s and Charing Cross hospital in London last April.\n\nHe's been back to see how they're coping.", "The licence fee is the \"least worst\" way of funding the BBC, its incoming chairman Richard Sharp has said.\n\nBut Mr Sharp told MPs he had an \"open mind\" about how the corporation should be funded in the future, and it \"may be worth reassessing\" the current system.\n\nHe also said he didn't think the BBC's Brexit coverage was biased overall, but \"there were some occasions when the Brexit representation was unbalanced\".\n\nQuestion Time \"seemed to have more Remainers than Brexiteers\", he said.\n\nBBC Three's Normal People was one of the corporation's biggest hits last year\n\nThe £157.50 licence fee is due to stay in place until at least 2027, when the BBC's Royal Charter ends, with a debate about how the broadcaster should be funded after that.\n\nMr Sharp, who spent 23 years working as a banker for Goldman Sachs, told the House of Commons digital, culture, media and sport select committee: \"At 43p a day, the BBC represents terrific value.\"\n\nThe government is currently reviewing whether its cost should continue rising with inflation from 2022, and whether non-payment should remain a criminal offence. Mr Sharp said he was \"not in favour of decriminalisation\".\n\nHe said other possible options for funding the BBC in the future could include a household tax like the one used in Germany, \"which amounts to the same amount of money\".\n\nHe added: \"So when we next get the chance to review the structure of this then it may be worth reassessing.\"\n\nAsked whether he believed the BBC's coverage of Brexit had been unbalanced, he replied: \"No, actually I don't.\n\n\"I believe there were some occasions when the Brexit representation was unbalanced.\n\n\"So if you ask me if I think Question Time seemed to have more Remainers than Brexiteers, the answer is yes, but the breadth of the coverage I thought was incredibly balanced, in a highly toxic environment that was extremely polarised.\"\n\nQuestion Time has said it has robust processes in place to ensure balance on its panels.\n\nMr Sharp said he was \"considered to be a Brexiteer\" and had donated around £400,000 to the Conservative Party over the past 20 years.\n\nHe said the biggest issue now facing the BBC is impartiality, and that \"trust in leadership and trust in processes\" must be rebuilt after high-profile equal pay cases with journalists such as Carrie Gracie and Samira Ahmed.\n\n\"Clearly some of the problems it's had recently are really rather terrible and reflect a culture that needs to be rebuilt, so everybody who cherishes the BBC and works at the BBC feels proud and happy to work there,\" he said. \"Then in my view that would produce a better output inevitably.\"\n\nMr Sharp also told the committee he would give his £160,000 salary as BBC chairman to charity.\n\nWhen asked \"what's in it for you?\" Mr Sharp, whose heritage is Jewish, said: \"We're all a product of our upbringing and I was very fortunate with the parents I have, my great grandparents came to this country escaping tyranny.\n\n\"I think I won the lottery in life to be British and if I can make a contribution, I couldn't be happier to.\n\n\"The BBC is part of the fabric of all our national identities, it offers education and enrichment and is also important for our position in the world... It is a massive privilege to be chair of the BBC.\"\n\nSir David Clementi, the current BBC chairman, steps down in February. The post-holder is officially appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the government.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Galaxy S21 Ultra has hardware built into it to make use of the firm's S Pen stylus\n\nSamsung's new flagship Galaxy S smartphone works with its stylus for the first time.\n\nThe S Pen is an optional add-on for the Galaxy S21 Ultra. But the move will fuel speculation the firm will phase out its separate Note handset range.\n\nSamsung told the BBC it had yet to make a decision about this.\n\nThe company's handset sales have declined more quickly than the wider market. One expert said a streamlined line-up might help address this.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: First look at Samsung's S21 Ultra phone\n\n\"There's increasing logic for Samsung to converge the Galaxy S and Note platforms, because there's so little differentiation between the two kinds of devices now,\" said Ben Wood, from the CCS Insight consultancy.\n\n\"That would align them with Apple, which also has one big phone launch event a year.\n\n\"My concern is that every time Samsung has announced its Note products in the past, it has planted a seed in consumers' minds that the Galaxy S products have become kind of the old ones.\"\n\nThe benefit of having a stylus is that it is easier to write, draw or annotate notes than using a finger. But to work it requires special hardware under the glass of the phone's display to pass power to the stylus and to track its tip.\n\nThe Android-based Galaxy S21 Ultra has a 6.8in (17.3cm) display, which is only slightly smaller than the top-end 6.9in Note.\n\nIn years past, the Note phones were known as \"phablets\", and their size was the other key distinguishing factor with the S range.\n\nUnlike the Note series, the S21 Ultra requires a special case to stow away the pen\n\nProduct manager Mark Notton said \"we haven't decided\", when asked whether Samsung planned to continue the Note family.\n\n\"It does not mean that Samsung is not committed to the Note category, but is expanding the Note experience across device categories,\" the firm said in a follow-up statement.\n\n\"We will actively listen to consumers' feedback and reflect it in our continued product innovation.\"\n\nThe S21 Ultra will start at £1,149 when it goes on sale on 29 January. The S Pen costs an extra £35 on its own, or £85 when bundled with a case that stores it.\n\nThat puts it in the ballpark of the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra's £1,179 starting price, which comes with a stylus that slots into its body.\n\nThere are also two other lower-cost models in the new range, neither of which works with the S-Pen stylus: the 6.2in S21 and 6.7in S21+.\n\nAll three models feature a redesigned camera module on their back.\n\nAll the Galaxy S21 phones feature a redesigned camera module on their back\n\nBut while the two lower-end models have three lenses - ultra-wide, wide and 3x-zoom telephoto - the S21 Ultra adds a further 10x-zoom telephoto lens, letting owners shoot action from even further away.\n\nThe handsets also benefit from a new Director's View facility. It lets users film video while getting thumbnail previews superimposed on-screen of what it would look like if they switched to another lens.\n\nAll three phones can film in 8K - double the maximum resolution of the competing iPhone 12 range's native video app.\n\nThe Director's View mode lets users preview how the recorded shot will change in a video if they switch to a different lens while filming\n\nHowever, the handsets may be more notable for following Apple in two regards.\n\nThey have abandoned a slot for a microSD memory card.\n\nAnd they will be sold without either a charger - a decision over which Samsung had mocked its rival. - or earphones.\n\nSamsung posted this ad in October on social media before deleting it\n\n\"We discovered that more and more Galaxy users are reusing accessories they already have,\" the firm said.\n\nSamsung typically unveils its Galaxy range in late February, but has brought forward this year's launch to coincide with the CES tech show.\n\n\"Samsung needs S21 to be a success given that S20 was launched in the middle of Covid first wave in Europe and didn't gain many fans,\" commented Marta Pinto, from research firm IDC.\n\nShe added the earlier launch date could help it compete in the \"premium market\" with Apple, whose iPhones were released later than normal last year.\n\nThe South Korean firm should also benefit from collapsing sales of Huawei's devices in the West, caused by US sanctions that prevent them offering the Google Play store and some of the search giant's other services.\n\nSamsung dedicated a segment of its Unpacked launch presentation to its partnership with Google\n\nBut Mr Wood said Samsung was facing growing competition from other Chinese brands including Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo.\n\n\"Samsung's differentiator is going to be its ability to market its strong brand, and the fact it has a very wide product portfolio,\" he commented.\n\nSamsung also aims to widen its appeal with two further accessories.\n\nIt has a new pair of £219 wireless earbuds that monitor what the user is doing.\n\nSamsung's earbuds should automatically adapt their audio output according to what the user is doing\n\nIf they detect the wearer is talking, they automatically turn down the volume of music and amplify the sounds of the nearby environment picked up by their microphones, allowing the owner to have a brief conversation without needing to take them out or manually adjust their settings.\n\nSamsung also is launching the £30 Galaxy SmartTag - a Bluetooth-enabled tracker that can be attached to belongings or pets.\n\nIt will allow an app to show their location, so long as the tag is in range of the owner or anyone else's compatible Samsung device.\n\nThe tracker will compete with similar products from the current market leader Tile.\n\nThe SmartTag will challenge Tile, which already sells a range of Bluetooth trackers\n\nApple is widely rumoured to be working on similar devices of its own.", "The coronavirus growth rate is slowing in the UK and the number of infections is starting to level off in some areas, a top scientist has said.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson told the BBC that in some NHS regions there is a \"sign of plateauing\" in cases and hospital admissions.\n\nBut he warned the overall death toll would exceed 100,000.\n\nOn Wednesday, the UK saw its biggest daily death figure since the start of the pandemic, with 1,564 deaths.\n\nIt has taken the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767. There were also 47,525 new cases.\n\nIt comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the national lockdown measures were \"starting to show signs of some effect\", but it was early days and urged people to abide by the rules.\n\nPeople in England are required to stay at home and only go out for limited reasons, such as for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nProf Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London whose modelling led to the first lockdown in March, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was \"much too early\" to say when the number of cases would come down.\n\nBut he said: \"It looks like in London in particular and a couple of other regions in the South East and East of England, hospital admissions may even have plateaued.\n\n\"It has to be said this is not seen everywhere - both case numbers and hospital admissions are going up in many other areas, but overall at a national level we are seeing the rate of growth slow.\"\n\nProf Ferguson added: \"I would hope the hospital admissions might plateau… sometime in the next week, but hospital bed occupancy may continue to rise slowly for up to two weeks.\"\n\nHe warned the overall death toll would be \"well over 100,000\", adding \"there's nothing we can do about that now\".\n\nProf Ferguson added Covid restrictions could be in place for many months to come, adding the new variant's increased transmissibility would mean relaxation of the rules will be a \"gradual process to the autumn\".\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said on Thursday that the government will not be introducing tougher social distancing rules \"today or tomorrow\" and insisted that ministers are focusing on increasing enforcement of the current restrictions.\n\nAsked about speculation further measures could include a three-metre social distancing rule or a requirement to wear masks outside, she told ITV's This Morning: \"This isn't about new rules coming in - we're going to stick with enforcing the current measures.\"\n\nMeanwhile, a major study led by Public Health England has shown most people who have had Covid-19 are protected from catching it again for at least five months.\n\nPast infection was linked to an 83% lower risk of getting the virus, compared with those who had never had Covid-19, scientists found.\n\nProf Susan Hopkins, who led the study, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the finding \"doesn't eliminate\" the risk of people catching Covid-19 again, and infecting others.\n\nShe said: \"We found people with very high amounts of virus in their nose and throat swabs, that would easily be in the range which would cause levels of transmission to other individuals.\"\n\nProf Hopkins said she hoped that after Easter, \"we will start to see reduced infection rates, as we did at that time last year\" and the number of people who have been vaccinated at a \"very high level\".\n\nThe UK is continuing efforts to ramp up the rollout of the Covid vaccine, with the prime minister saying that Covid vaccinations will be offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week as soon as supply allows.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock tweeted on Thursday to say that \"three million vaccines have now been administered\" in the UK.\n\nOn Thursday, NHS England published a breakdown of vaccinations by age and region for the first time.\n\nMr Johnson told the Commons Liaison Committee on Wednesday that he was \"concerned\" about a new Covid variant that is believed to have emerged in Brazil and said that the UK was taking steps to ensure it is not brought into the UK.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said ministers met this morning to discuss \"urgent measures to reduce the potential spread to the UK of the Brazilian variant\".\n\nThey could include a ban on flights from Brazil. Arrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nMeanwhile, the Deputy Scottish First Minister John Swinney told BBC Breakfast \"the virus is not accelerating as fast as it was\" in Scotland.\n\nHe said \"there are some early signs of optimism\" but emphasised people should follow all guidance as the \"virus is still at a very strong level\".", "Amnesty says about 7,500 women and girls gave birth in the Northern Ireland homes,\n\nThere have been calls for an inquiry into mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt comes as the Irish government is to apologise after an investigation found an \"appalling level of infant mortality\" in the Republic of Ireland's homes.\n\nAbout 9,000 children died in the 18 institutions under investigation.\n\nMothers and babies who were in similar homes in Northern Ireland want a full inquiry to be held in NI too.\n\nStormont commissioned research into whether or not there should an inquiry held into the homes which operated in Northern Ireland, is due to be published by the end of January.\n\nPatrick Corrigan from Amnesty International said the issue of forced adoptions also needs close scrutiny.\n\n\"We have had cases of mothers telling us that ultimately, many decades later, when they tried to track down their long-lost children they found adoption certificates where they said their signature had actually been forged,\" he said.\n\n\"So I think that there is criminality to investigate here and that it behoves the Northern Ireland Executive to set up the inquiry that has long been sought here and long been denied.\"\n\nIn 2017 research into infant mortality rates at former mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland had prompted initial calls for a public inquiry.\n\nBBC News NI previously spoke to Eunan Duffy who was 47 years old when he found out he was adopted from Marianvale mother and baby home in Newry, County Down.\n\nIt was one of a network of institutions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland which offered women the voluntary option, for those who were unmarried, to give birth in private and give their babies up for adoption\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Marian Vale was one of a network of mother and baby institutions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland\n\nAmnesty says there were more than a dozen mother-and-baby institutions in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt said about 7,500 women and girls gave birth in the Northern Ireland homes, operated by both Catholic and Protestant churches and religious organisations.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, research into mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries was commissioned three years ago and was initially expected to take 12 months.\n\nIt was completed in February last year, but was then sent to those facing criticism to give them an opportunity to reply.\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said: \"A paper will be brought to the executive shortly for its consideration. Subject to executive approval, it is intended to publish the research report before the end of January 2021.\"\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, the commission that investigated the homes found that the number of children who died was about 15% of all those who were born in the institutions.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Mícheál Martin said the report, which can be read in full here, described a \"dark, difficult and shameful chapter\" of Irish history.\n\nSolicitor Claire McKeegan, who represents the Birth Mothers for Justice group, welcomed the apology in the Republic of Ireland, but said mothers and children in NI had not received one.\n\n\"The crimes perpetrated on them have yet to be investigated,\" she said.\n\n\"Those perpetrators who forced them into arbitrary detention, hard labour and colluded in the forced adoption of their babies, remain unchallenged in this jurisdiction.\"\n\nMary O'Neill became pregnant when she was 18 and was sent to Marianvale in Newry in the late 1970s.\n\nThere she gave birth to a baby girl who was taken away from her almost immediately after the birth.\n\nShe wanted to keep the baby, but was not allowed and was told the baby would be put up for adoption.\n\nThe mother and baby scandal became an international news story when 'significant human remains' were found on the grounds of a former home in County Galway\n\nMs O'Neill told Good Morning Ulster she eventually tracked down her daughter after 40 years.\n\n\"It was a long search, everywhere you went you were up against a brick wall,\" she said.\n\n\"There was no help, the social workers didn't want to tell you anything.\"\n\nShe finally found out her daughter was living in America but was coming home for her 40th birthday.\n\nShe said when she met her it was like meeting a stranger.\n\n\"But thank God we have met and we have a good relationship. She's still keeping in touch,\" Ms O'Neill said.\n\n\"It means the world to me, because you always wondered where was she? Was she happy? Did she know about you?\n\n\"It was always in the back of your mind. It never went away, the tears and the heartache.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs O'Neill said she was happy the victims in the Republic of Ireland were getting an apology, but wishes the homes in Northern Ireland could have been included.\n\nMechelle Dillon's mother was 21 and pregnant when she was sent to Marianvale in Newry in 1969.\n\nShe was placed in foster care a few months after her birth.\n\nHer mother returned to her home village and then moved to England. But she came back for Mechelle when she was around eight or nine-months-old.\n\nShe said she believed she was not adopted because she was born with a cyst on her mouth.\n\n\"I would have maybe been classed as a reject, if you want to put it that way,\" she said.\n\n\"It's the same as if you go to look for a little puppy and if the puppy doesn't feel right and you think 'Oh God, I'll have a lot of vet bills here, I don't want that puppy' - I would have probably been classed the same because I would have had that defect.\"\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said \"the executive should move quickly to publish the research report and then call a full public inquiry\".", "Decima Minhinnick, pictured at her 90th birthday party, lives in a care home and has vascular dementia\n\nA couple who were fined £60 for driving 20 minutes to see a relative in a care home have had their fine cancelled by police.\n\nCarol and David Richards from Bridgend travelled seven miles to Porthcawl to visit her mother Decima Minhinnick, 94.\n\nOn Tuesday, police defended the fine, claiming the couple had broken lockdown rules.\n\nOn Wednesday, South Wales Police said it had \"since been reviewed and the notice has been rescinded\".\n\n\"The individual concerned has been notified\".\n\nIn a statement, it added: \"Wales remains at alert level four and South Wales Police will continue to patrol our communities to ensure the legislation, which has been enacted to slow the spread of coronavirus, is complied with\".\n\nMrs Richards has said she was \"mortified\" they were stopped by police while returning on Sunday from what she said was a compassionate visit.\n\nShe said on Tuesday she did not believe they breached lockdown rules.\n\nMrs Richards said the couple had arranged the visit to Picton Court Care Home in advance with the permission of staff, and spoke to her mother, who has vascular dementia, through the window of her ground-floor room from the car park.\n\nDavid and Carol Richards complained about the £60 fine\n\nShe told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that when she was issued with the fine it was like \"a sort of dystopian novel\", adding that the officer involved was \"pedantic and inflexible\".\n\n\"I was angry - she just would not listen to any protestations, and so she said 'you're going to be issued with a £60 fixed penalty fine'.\n\n\"It's not about the 60 quid, it's about the principle.\"\n\nThe home is just over seven miles from where the couple live", "The governor of Amazonas state warned of a \"critical\" moment and has implemented a curfew\n\nHospitals in the Brazilian city of Manaus have reached breaking point while treating Covid-19 patients, amid reports of severe oxygen shortages and desperate staff.\n\nThe city, in Amazonas state, has seen a surge of deaths and infections.\n\nHealth professionals, quoted by local media, warned \"many people\" could die due to lack of supplies and assistance.\n\nBrazil has recorded more than 205,000 virus deaths - the second-highest tally in the world, behind the US.\n\nA new coronavirus variant has recently emerged in Brazil, with several cases in travellers arriving in Japan traced back to the Amazonas region.\n\nAmazonas suffered heavy losses in the first wave of the pandemic but is also being badly hit by a new rise in infections.\n\nRefrigerated containers were brought to hospitals to help store bodies last week, as authorities declared a state of emergency.\n\nJessem Orellana, from the Fiocruz-Amazonia scientific investigation institute, told the AFP news agency that some hospitals in Manaus had \"run out of oxygen\" with some centres becoming \"a type of suffocation chamber\" for patients.\n\nThe researcher told Brazilian media she had received reports from the front-line of \"dramatic\" scenes playing out in some hospitals.\n\nReports in the daily Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper described desperate staff having to try to keep patients alive through manual ventilation.\n\nIn a widely shared video from the region, a female medical worker asks the internet for help: \"We're in an awful state. Oxygen has simply run out across the whole unit today.\"\n\n\"There is no oxygen and lots of people are dying,\" she says in the clip. \"If anyone has any oxygen, please bring it to the clinic. There are so many people dying.\"\n\nThe UK has banned travellers from much of Latin America over a new variant detected in Brazil\n\nAmazonas Governor Wilson Lima said the state was \"in the most critical moment of the pandemic\" and has announced a nightly curfew will begin at 19:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Friday to try to stem the spread.\n\nMarcellus Campelo, a local health secretary, said the state needed three times the amount of oxygen it can produce locally and appealed for help.\n\nBrazil's vice-president shared images on Twitter of the air force transporting hospital supplies, including oxygen cylinders and stretchers, to the city as reports of the situation spread throughout the country.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHealth officials also say some patients will be airlifted to other states for treatment due to the demand for intensive care units, Reuters reports.\n\nFelipe Naveca, deputy director of research at the state-run Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, told the BBC's South America correspondent Katy Watson that the new variant had evolved separately from those in the UK and South Africa, but that it showed some of the same characteristics: \"Some of these mutations have been linked to increased transmission and that is of concern.\"\n\nMr Naveca said that they did not yet have any data to suggest that existing vaccines would be any less effective against the new variant. \"We have to do a lot more sequencing of samples to answer that question,\" he said.\n\nHowever, on Thursday UK officials announced a ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde due to the new strain.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Thursday evening. We'll have another update for you on Friday morning.\n\nTravel from South America and Portugal to the UK is being banned, other than for British or Irish citizens and foreign nationals with residence rights. The new ruling is being brought in because of concerns about the new Brazilian coronavirus variant and comes into force from 04:00 GMT on Friday. The ban applies to people who have travelled from, or through, these countries in the 10 days before their departure for the UK: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. Find out more about the new variants here.\n\nDoctors have warned that the recent surge in Covid hospital cases has left key hospital services in England in crisis. Accident and Emergency departments are facing rising delays in admitting extremely sick patients on to wards, NHS data shows. The total number of people facing year-long waits for routine treatments is more than 100 times higher than it was before the pandemic - and cancer specialists are warning of a \"terrifying\" disruption to their services that would cost lives.\n\nThe government has told schools not to provide free meals to eligible pupils' families over half term, with food to be provided by councils under the Covid Winter Grant Scheme instead. The Department for Education said vulnerable families would continue to receive meals outside of term time through the welfare support they have made available. But councils say the government should be responsible for providing food vouchers during the February half-term, like it did over summer.\n\nA top scientist has said the coronavirus growth rate in the UK is slowing, with the number of infections starting to level off in some areas. Prof Neil Ferguson told the BBC that in some NHS regions there is a \"sign of plateauing\" in cases and hospital admissions. But he warned the overall death toll - currently standing at over 80,000 - would exceed 100,000. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the national lockdown measures in place across the UK are \"starting to show signs of some effect\" but warned that it was still early days.\n\nMany people feel they've put on weight during the pandemic, due to staying indoors more and turning to comfort food. Samantha Hicks, from Portishead, North Somerset, thought she was one of them - but what she believed was a few extra pounds of weight was actually a baby. She gave birth to her daughter Julia just 10 days after discovering she was pregnant. Her pregnancy was even missed when she was taken to hospital in November with Covid-19. She said: \"My tummy was a bit swollen but again, because I felt sick and I wasn't great, it never occurred to me I was pregnant.\"\n\nThe UK travel rules have been updated again. Find out all the details you need here.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Most people who have had Covid-19 are protected from catching it again for at least five months, a study led by Public Health England shows.\n\nPast infection was linked to around a 83% lower risk of getting the virus, compared with those who had never had Covid-19, scientists found.\n\nBut experts warn some people do catch Covid-19 again - and can infect others.\n\nAnd officials stress people should follow the stay-at-home rules - whether or not they have had the virus.\n\nProf Susan Hopkins, who led the study, said the results were encouraging, suggesting immunity lasted longer than some people feared, but protection was by no means absolute.\n\nIt was particularly concerning some of those reinfected had high levels of the virus - even without symptoms - and were at risk of passing it on to others, she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Susan Hopkins from Public Health England said immunity from having Covid-19 is \"not 100% protective\"\n\n\"This means even if you believe you already had the disease and are protected, you can be reassured it is highly unlikely you will develop severe infections but there is still a risk that you could acquire an infection and transmit to others,\" she added.\n\n\"Now more than ever, it is vital we all stay at home to protect our health service and save lives.\"\n\nFrom June to November 2020, almost 21,000 healthcare workers across the UK were regularly tested to see whether they:\n\nOf those who had no antibodies to the virus, suggesting they may have never had it, 318 developed potential new infections within this timeframe.\n\nBut among the 6,614 with antibodies, this figure was just 44 potential new infections.\n\nResearchers received various different pieces of evidence suggesting these people had become re-infected - including new symptoms more than 90 days after their first infection, new positive swab tests and blood tests.\n\nSome tests are still being run and researchers say their results will be updated as they come in.\n\nScientists will continue to monitor the healthcare workers for 12 months to see how long immunity lasts.\n\nThey will also look closely at cases with the new variant - which was not widespread at the time of this first analysis - and observe the immunity of participants who receive the vaccine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Can you become immune to coronavirus?\n\nDr Julian Tang, a virus expert at the University of Leicester, said the results were reassuring for healthcare workers.\n\n\"Having the vaccine after recovering from Covid-19 is not an issue... and will likely boost the natural immunity,\" he added.\n\n\"We also see this with the seasonal flu vaccine.\n\n\"So hopefully the results from this paper will reduce the anxiety of many healthcare-worker colleagues who have concerns about getting Covid-19 twice.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Changes to Scotland's lockdown restrictions have been announced. The tightening of the rules follows concerns the \"stay at home\" message is not having the same impact it did during last year's lockdown. The changes will come into effect on Saturday.\n\nThe availability and operation of click and collect services will be limited to retailers selling essential items such as clothes, footwear, baby equipment, homeware and books. Also, outlets that sell electrical goods; do key cutting; undertake shoe repairs, plus garden centres and plant nurseries can continue the collect service.\n\nFor qualifying businesses, staggered appointments will need to be offered to avoid any potential for queuing, and access inside premises for collection will not be permitted.\n\nCustomers in Scotland will no longer be allowed to go inside to collect takeaway food or coffee. Businesses will have to operate from a serving hatch or doorway.\n\nThe aim is to reduce the risk of customers coming into contact indoors with each other, or with staff.\n\nIt will be against the law in all level four areas of Scotland to drink alcohol outdoors in public.\n\nThis will mean that buying a takeaway pint and consuming on the street will not be permitted.\n\nIt is intended to underline the message that people should only be leaving home for essential purposes.\n\nThe Scottish government is strengthening the obligation on employers to allow their staff to work from home whenever possible.\n\nThe law already says that people should only be leaving home to go to work if it is work that cannot be done from home. This is a legal obligation that falls on individuals.\n\nHowever, statutory guidance is being introduced to make clear that employers should support employees to work from home wherever possible.\n\nThe Scottish government is strengthening provisions in relation to work inside people's houses.\n\nCurrent guidance says that in level four areas work is only permitted within a private dwelling if it is essential for the upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household. This guidance is now being put into law.\n\nThe final change is an amendment to the regulations requiring people to stay at home.\n\nThis is intended to close an apparent loophole rather than change the spirit of the law. It will also bring the wording of the stay at home regulations in Scotland into line with the other UK nations.\n\nCurrently the law states that people can only leave home for an essential purpose.\n\nThe amendment will make it clear that people \"must not leave or remain outside\" the home unless it is for an essential purpose.\n\nThe Scottish government's full lockdown guidance is available here.", "Covid-19 patients in England's busiest intensive care units in 2020 were 20% more likely to die, University College London research has found.\n\nThe increased risk was equivalent to gaining a decade in age.\n\nBy the end of 2020, one in three hospital trusts in England was running at higher than 85% capacity.\n\nEleven trusts were completely full on 30 December, and the total number of people in intensive care with Covid has continued to rise since then.\n\nThe link between full ICUs and higher death rates was already known, but this study is the first to measure its effect during the pandemic.\n\nTighter lockdown restrictions are needed to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, says study author Dr Bilal Mateen.\n\nResearchers looked at more than 4,000 patients who were admitted to intensive care units in 114 hospital trusts in England between April and June last year.\n\nThey found the risk of dying was almost a fifth higher in ICUs where more than 85% of beds were occupied, than in those running at between 45% and 85% capacity.\n\nThat meant a 60-year-old being treated in one of these units had the same risk of dying as a 70-year-old on a quieter ward.\n\nThe Royal College of Emergency Medicine sets 85% as the maximum safe level of bed occupancy.\n\nHowever, the team found there was no tipping point after which deaths rose - instead, survival rates fell consistently as bed-occupancy increased.\n\nThis suggests \"a lot of harm is occurring before you get to 85%\".\n\nPatients admitted to ICUs that were less than 45% full were 25% less likely to die than average.\n\nUsually if a very sick patient's heart stops, everyone on the ward will rush to help them, Dr Mateen explained.\n\nBut when there are too many patients, staff's time is inevitably split, so \"it makes sense that the quality of patient care would be sacrificed\", he said.\n\nWhile extra beds and equipment can, and have, been provided through the Nightingale hospitals and the private sector, finding enough qualified staff has been an issue.\n\n\"You can't just create an ICU nurse who knows how to operate a mechanical ventilator overnight,\" Dr Mateen told the BBC.\n\nThese are highly-skilled roles that take years of training and sometimes decades of experience, he added.\n\nInstead, a \"robust vaccination programme\" and tighter lockdown restrictions are needed to bring down cases and hospitalisations, he believes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nCo-author Prof Christina Pagel at UCL added: \"This paper highlights for the first time that putting such strain on ICUs during pandemic peaks does, sadly, mean that that chances of someone dying in intensive care are higher.\n\n\"Our work underlines the urgency of both vaccinating vulnerable groups as soon as possible and reducing Covid transmission in the community to relieve pressure on intensive care.\"\n\nIt's difficult to say for sure that fuller ICUs are actually causing more deaths - it's possible that as they get fuller, only the sickest patients are admitted.\n\nBut Dr Mateen says there was no evidence of rationing - of sick patients being turned away.\n\nEven pre-Covid, data suggests larger ICUs had lower death rates - with a 25% increase in bed numbers linked to a corresponding 25% fall in mortality.\n\nAnd the findings are supported by a wealth of evidence from before the pandemic and from around the world.", "Coach and tour operators have seen an unexpected growth in bookings in the last fortnight.\n\nWhilst there is no doubt that the pandemic continues to put huge pressure on lives and the NHS, this is a small amount of sunshine for the travel industry, which has had a tough year.\n\nTUI, the UK's largest tour operator, says 50% of bookings on their website are currently by over-50s.\n\nThis was previously a smaller market for them.\n\nNational Express's coach holiday businesses say bookings made by those 65 and over have increased by 185% in the last fortnight compared to last year.\n\n\"Since the announcement of the vaccine, it's given our customer base, predominantly those over 65, increased confidence to book and have that summer getaway in 2021\" says Jit Desai, head of holidays and travel at National Express.\n\n\"We launched the brochure for spring-summer 2021 just this weekend gone, and on Monday we took a week's worth of bookings in a day and that's continued so far,\" says Mr Desai. \"What the vaccine does is give certainty and confidence.\n\n\"That then allows the customer and ourselves the ability to plan ahead\".\n\nThe pandemic has been devastating for the travel sector. Tens of thousands of jobs have gone in the UK. Millions of Britons cancelled breaks because the health situation was in flux across the world.\n\nBut National Express now points to returning confidence to travel.\n\n\"Many we've spoken to have had the first jab. They know in 12 weeks they'll get a second jab. It gives them certainty that they can enjoy and look forward to their 2021 holiday. It is something to look forward to, to being with people, with friends, like minded and from the same generation.\"\n\nDawn and Ray - 75 and 78 years old - are from Hampshire and are due to have their first jab soon. They have just booked five UK holidays.\n\n\"We are raring to go once we've got that vaccine, we are really looking forward to it - both of us. We are going to Wales, Leicestershire, to York where there is a mystery tour - and to the Cotswolds'\", Dawn said.\n\nFor Dawn and Ray, it's the ease of coach travel that's appealing, as well as the safety. She adds \"they've looked after us so well in the past, the coaches are clean, we'll all wear masks, we all look after each other.\"\n\nAt the moment, 90% of the bookings with National Expresses coach businesses are UK based, so it looks like another good year for the staycation.\n\n\"European bookings are lower because of the uncertainty on the continent,\" says Mr Desai.\n\n\"The UK wins because of the lack of need to quarantine. And uncertainty about the moves other governments might make whilst away also creates fear.\"\n\nIt's not just UK breaks that are selling. The UK's largest tour operator TUI, famous for its sun-drenched European beach holidays, says there has also been a change in the last fortnight.\n\n\"We're seeing a customer base or age group that wasn't booking before, that is starting to book,\" says Andrew Flintham the MD of TUI UK. \"The over 50s, we assume, is on the back to the vaccine news.\"\n\nWhilst TUI UK boss acknowledges that \"the market is still depressed and it's not where we want it - we are seeing glimmers of hope.\"\n\nTrips to towns in England are among those being booked\n\nThere are also interesting changes emerging in the types of breaks holidaymakers plan to take and the months they're planning to travel.\n\n\"People are booking later into the summer, hedging their bets\" said Mr Flintham. \"More July and August and a lot of demand for September and October.\n\n\"People are booking longer holidays, we're seeing more people booking ten or eleven or 14 nights rather than seven. People are maybe catching up on what they've missed.\"\n\nAs TUI analysed its recent booking data, one trend they spotted is the emergence of large, multigenerational group bookings.\n\n\"It is family time we've all missed. We can't get away from our own families, but our broader families we can't see, and that's feeding into our choices\" Mr Flintham explains.\n\nAfter such a bad 10 months, and TUI cancelling all holidays until the middle of February at the earliest because of the new lockdown, how does the rest of the summer look?\n\n\"I think the summer holiday is on\" says Mr Flintham, \"I think we just need time for people to get that confidence, but yes, we think there will be a good summer this summer\".\n\nFor those who've watched the paralysis brought upon the travel industry since last winter, a morsel of good news about customers booking again is being celebrated.\n\n\"This is fantastic news and to be hugely welcomed by an industry that has been utterly devastated by the pandemic\", says Sophie Griffiths, editor of Travel Trade Gazette.\n\n\"Ten months into this crisis and the industry has still received zero dedicated support from the government despite being unique as a sector in terms of giving out thousands in refunds while getting next to nothing back in for 2020.\"", "The Lauberhorn course is the longest downhill run in the world (file image)\n\nA British tourist has been blamed for a spike in coronavirus cases that led officials to cancel Switzerland's famous Lauberhorn ski race.\n\nThe resort of Wengen, where the race is held, had recorded only 10 cases of the virus by mid-December.\n\nBut the number soon began to rise and many cases have since been linked to the new highly infectious variant of Covid-19 first identified in the UK.\n\nAt least 27 cases are connected to one British tourist, contact tracers say.\n\nThe tourist stayed in a hotel in Wengen over the holiday period.\n\nThe Lauberhorn course is the longest downhill run in the world, and racers can reach speeds of 160km/h (100 mph).\n\nOfficials desperately tried to save the race, shutting schools and offering to close off the resort to everyone but the competitors.\n\nSwiss health officials initially agreed with the plan, but a further jump in cases at the start of this week prompted them to pull the emergency brake and cancel the event.\n\nThe Lauberhorn track is 4,480m (14,700ft) long - and the race will now have to wait until 2022\n\nWengen is devastated. The Lauberhorn is one of the top competitions on the World Cup ski circuit. It is dearly loved by the Swiss, who have watched with delight as some of their own homegrown talent, such as Beat Feuz and Carlo Janka, have triumphed there.\n\nMoreover, the long love affair between Switzerland and British winter tourists has frosted over to some extent.\n\nIt was only last month that the vanishing Brits of Verbier, who reportedly fled Switzerland rather than accept the government mandated quarantine, triggered a flurry of negative headlines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Italy's Foppolo ski resort was closed until 6 January and missed the all-important Christmas ski season\n\nNow the high point of Switzerland's skiing calendar has been abruptly cancelled, and some Swiss blame the British.\n\nOthers say Switzerland only has itself to blame.\n\nWhile neighbours France and Italy closed their resorts over the festive period, the Swiss government opted for a precarious balancing act. It kept its slopes open, but closed all bars and restaurants and limited ski lifts to two-thirds capacity.\n\nMost Swiss resorts are quiet, with just a few locals enjoying the runs. But still some tourists arrived and, as Wengen's experience shows, just one infected guest is enough to cause major damage.\n\nInstead of hosting a major ski race, Wengen officials are now racing to control the virus. Mass testing has already begun in the resort.\n\nSwitzerland's government has extended the closure of bars, restaurants, museums, and theatres until the end of February in a bid to control the new variant. It has also ordered non-essential shops to close and made working from home obligatory.\n\nAs for the Lauberhorn, Switzerland's oldest and fiercest skiing rival, Austria, will now host the postponed event. Nothing could have been calculated to upset the Swiss more.\n\nThe event was first moved to the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel, but an outbreak of coronavirus there has prompted another move, this time to Flachau, 100km to the east.\n\nThe cluster of cases in Jochberg near Kitzbühel broke out among a group of mainly British trainee ski instructors.", "Some 13 ambulances queued outside the Royal Glamorgan Hospital hospital's A&E department on Saturday\n\nHospitals in the area with Wales and England's worst Covid death rates are only coping by postponing urgent surgery such as cancer operations.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg had already suspended some non-emergency services but the boss of the health board said they have now paused some urgent procedures.\n\nCwm Taf covers Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil, which have the highest and second highest Covid death rates.\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething said he \"would not be surprised\" if other health boards were forced to do the same soon, if case rates did not come down.\n\n\"There is real harm being done... because of the level of hospital admissions,\" he said.\n\n\"Our critical care units are at 150% of their capacity and that has very real consequences.\n\n\"It reinforces why all of us need to do the right thing in reducing our contacts with other people and follow the rules, otherwise greater harm will be caused.\"\n\nThe news comes as NHS bosses said the number of Covid patients in Welsh hospitals is double April's peak.\n\nOn Thursday, Public Health Wales (PHW) said a further 54 people had died with coronavirus in Wales, taking the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 4,117.\n\nMr Lyons said on Wednesday night their field hospital Ysbyty Seren in Bridgend had 74 patients, people they \"wouldn't have been able to accommodate within our usual hospitals\".\n\n\"We are coping, but that's coping because we've been cancelling urgent surgery.\n\n\"We even had to cancel some cancer surgery over the last few weeks,\" Mr Lyons told BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"My heart goes out to families and to patients with all the stress and the worry that gives.\n\n\"It's tough times and we're all in it together, and we do see that optimism, that glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel but it's hard.\"\n\nNearly half of hospital beds in the health board - which covers Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf- are taken up with Covid-19 patients, including 31 in critical care or on ventilation.\n\nThey outnumber those in critical care with other conditions by three to one.\n\nLatest NHS Wales figures show 2,806 hospital patients in Wales with Covid-19 - 35% of all patients. This is twice the proportion in May.\n\nIn Rhondda Cynon Taf, the Covid death rate is 283.9 per 100,000 population - followed by Merthyr Tydfil where the death rate is 253.6.\n\n\"It's an absolute tragedy for the families and the loved ones and very sobering,\" said Mr Lyons.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. See how case rates have changed in each part of Wales\n\n\"We're coping but only because of the dedication of our staff, and it's immensely humbling to see people giving up their spare time coming in doing extra shifts, but the toll on them is immense.\n\n\"In practice our hospitals are full and although we are coping that we're only coping because we've cancelled all but the most urgent surgery.\n\n\"We've redeployed staff who've been incredibly flexible from places they normally work such as outpatients.\"\n\nThe health board oversees three hospitals - Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend and the Royal Glamorgan in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nA nurse at Royal Glamorgan Hospital, near Llantrisant, said earlier this week how she felt \"overwhelming fear\" as 13 ambulances queued outside her hospital's A&E department.", "Six pharmacies will be vaccinating people invited by letter to make an appointment online\n\nSome High Street pharmacies in England will start vaccinating people from priority groups on Thursday, with 200 providing jabs in the next two weeks.\n\nSix chemists in Halifax, Macclesfield, Widnes, Guildford, Edgware and Telford are the first to offer appointments to those invited by letter.\n\nBut pharmacists say many more sites should be allowed to give the jab, not just the largest ones.\n\nMore than 2.6 million people in the UK have now received their first dose.\n\nAcross the UK, the target is to vaccinate 15 million people in the top four priority groups - care home residents and workers, NHS frontline staff, the over-70s and the extremely clinically vulnerable - by mid-February.\n\nThe vaccines - made by either Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech - are being administered at hospitals, care homes, GP surgeries and vaccination centres.\n\nIt comes as the UK saw its highest number of daily reported coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began, with the government announcing a further 1,564 deaths of people within 28 days of a positive Covid test.\n\nOn Wednesday evening, the Scottish government published its detailed 16-page plan for rolling out the vaccine, including details of how many vaccines it expects to receive every week until the end of May.\n\nThe first pharmacy sites in England to deliver a vaccine have been chosen because they are capable of delivering large numbers of vaccines quickly while allowing space for social distancing.\n\nPeople will be invited by letter to make an appointment at one of the pharmacies, or a vaccination centre, through the NHS Covid-19 vaccination booking service.\n\nAnyone who doesn't want to travel to these sites can still be vaccinated by their local GP or hospital service, but they may have to wait longer.\n\nUp to 70 more pharmacies will be taking bookings for appointments for next week, with 200 in total offering slots over the next fortnight, according to NHS England.\n\nVaccines are currently being offered at more than 1,000 sites, including :\n\nAn Asda supermarket in Birmingham will also host a vaccination centre, with pharmacy staff giving jabs in the store's former clothing section from 25 January.\n\nBut the National Pharmacy Association says the rules on which pharmacies qualify to deliver Covid vaccines should be relaxed to allow more to take part.\n\nHow people awaiting vaccines will queue and socially distance in the Halifax store of Boots\n\nAt present, pharmacies have to be able to deliver 1,000 vaccines a week, have enough fridge space to store all the doses, and be able to open seven days a week.\n\nAndrew Lane, of the National Pharmacy Association, said now that the Oxford vaccine had been approved, community pharmacies could store and administer it in the same way as they deliver the flu jab.\n\nThe Oxford vaccine only needs to be stored at fridge temperature, as opposed to the freezer temperatures of -70C required by Pfizer.\n\n\"We're here, we're trained, we will deliver,\" said Mr Lane, who represents Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Northamptonshire.\n\nNHS England has said that as more supplies of vaccine become available, more community pharmacists will be able to play a role in the programme.\n\nThe government's vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said staff across the NHS had \"pulled out all the stops to help ramp up vaccinations\" and were working day and night to keep people safe.\n\nProf Claire Anderson, chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's English Pharmacy Board, said pharmacy teams in hospital, primary care and the community were \"working flat out to support the nation's health\".\n\nShe said she looked forward to the vaccination programme being expanded through pharmacies to benefit patients.\n\nBoris Johnson said on Wednesday that vaccinations would also start being offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week \"as soon as possible\" - but supply of doses was currently the limiting factor.\n\nIt comes as hospitals struggle to cope with the rising numbers of patients being admitted with Covid.\n\nA study published today has shown the impact of packed intensive care units on death rates, finding that patients in England's busiest ICUs in 2020 were 20% more likely to die.\n\nMeanwhile, a government committee is meeting later to discuss whether to stop flights from Brazil coming to the UK because of concern about a new variant of the virus believed to have emerged there.\n\nArrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe strain is one of a small number of new variants which have been spreading, including ones first spotted in the UK and South Africa.\n\nScientists are racing to understand what it means for the vaccines - but most experts think vaccines will still be effective.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bangor student Michelle Francis said students had hardly used rooms and had not been able to use facilities on campus\n\nHundreds of students are preparing to take part in rent strikes after paying for \"hardly used\" rooms during the pandemic.\n\nSome Welsh universities have already offered refunds to students who have been living away due to Covid-19.\n\nBut students in Cardiff, Swansea and Bangor claim they are being treated unfairly and are threatening to withhold rent.\n\nUniversities said they were trying to work out the implications of Covid-19.\n\nAnd a solicitor warned students they could face legal action for not paying rent, with long-term implications possible if they lose.\n\nFace-to-face teaching was suspended and many students moved back home before Christmas as coronavirus cases continued to rise.\n\nStaggered returns are being introduced in order to \"help stop the spread of the virus in student accommodation\", according to the Welsh Government.\n\nThey said they had not been living in the rooms or using facilities, despite paying for them, because they were abiding by Welsh Government guidelines.\n\nCardiff Metropolitan University, Aberystwyth University, Swansea University, Bangor University and Cardiff University have now offered eligible students rebates or discounts for time not spent living on campus.\n\nUniversity of South Wales said it will be offering a \"rent holiday\" on university-owned accommodation in Treforest, Rhondda Cynon Taf, for the period 4 January to 12 February.\n\nUniversity of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) said on Thursday it is now offering refunds to students who have not returned to university-owned accommodation while teaching is solely online.\n\nBut students say the offers are inadequate for students already paying £9,000-a-year tuition fees at a time when most of the teaching was online, and they had been unable to use facilities in halls.\n\nWhile the students cannot hold their protests in person due to coronavirus laws, hundreds are now planning to cancel their direct debits, withholding thousands of pounds of rent from universities.\n\nMichelle Francis, who formed the Bangor Rent Strike campaign, said the university's offer of a 10% discount to eligible students living in university-owned accommodation did not go far enough.\n\nShe said students who had chosen to go home for Christmas were not eligible, despite being unable to use facilities paid for during the first term.\n\n\"[We were] advised to have left university from the beginning of December and to come back at 8 February,\" she said.\n\n\"That's 25% of our halls that we've been paying and we're not there... we should be allowed to have that back.\"\n\nSo far over 300 students have joined the campaign to cancel their direct debits paid to Welsh universities and campaigners said the numbers were growing daily.\n\nOn Wednesday, Cardiff University joined other Welsh universities in offering a rent rebate to students living in university-owned accommodation during the pandemic.\n\nBut the full rebate, for the time students are unable to return to live in their accommodation, will not be applied until April.\n\nSwansea University has also confirmed a rent reduction to students in university halls who have been asked to remain at home.\n\nOisin Mulholland of Swansea Rent Strike said the group wanted the university to commit to fairly \"assessing the situation\", including for the coming term, and students who had already moved in should be given rebates as well.\n\n\"There was a window in January, where the Welsh Government said return, but the English government said don't return, and the university said nothing,\" he said.\n\n\"Many students came back and are now trapped in Swansea and can't go back because of lockdown\"\n\nIbrahim Khan said students were struggling and needed the rebate immediately\n\nIbrahim Khan, of the Cardiff Rent Strike campaign, said the rebate was \"too late\" for students struggling financially now.\n\n\"The university should be giving us the rebate this January as opposed to the third instalment in April,\" he said.\n\nLawyers have warned that students would in breach of contract if they cancel the direct debit for their rent.\n\nSiôn Fôn, a solicitor at Darwin Gray, encouraged students to discuss the issue with their families and student unions before taking action.\n\n\"I think a case could be brought forward pretty easily against somebody not paying rent,\" he said.\n\nBut he said students may have a case against the university due to not being able to access advertised facilities, but if the university took legal action it could have long-term consequences for individuals.\n\n\"If the students lose, and even after losing don't pay the rent, that would come up on credit scores, or with the bank, if they're trying to get a mortgage or a credit card it would come up on their record,\" he warned.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"How am I going to afford to do my food shop... if I can't go to work?\"\n\nA spokesperson for Cardiff University said technical reasons meant they had to wait until the April instalment of accommodation fees to provide the rebate.\n\nSwansea University said some students had already returned when the stay at home guidance was issued, and it was working through the \"implications of this\".\n\n\"To help with this the university will not generate invoices for any students with university accommodation until May when we have been able to look at these cases,\" a spokesman said.\n\nBangor University said it did not wish to add anything further following its rebate announcement.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it had provided an extra £40m to help universities, including £10m for towards student hardship and support.\n\n\"It would seem fair that students should be eligible for a rebate for the period when a course is online only and we welcome moves by universities to address this,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We are actively considering how we can support our students and universities even further.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Residents of an asylum seeker camp in Pembrokeshire says life is 'very bad'\n\nAsylum seekers housed in a military training camp have claimed the \"very bad\" conditions are making them feel increasingly desperate.\n\nThe Home Office decided to house up to 250 asylum seekers at the site in Penally, Pembrokeshire, from September.\n\nBut some housed at the camp claim the conditions are unsafe and putting them at risk of coronavirus.\n\nPlaid Cymru has called for an urgent inspection, but the Home Office said it was safe and \"Covid-compliant\".\n\nOn Thursday afternoon, the independent chief inspector for borders and immigration David Bolt said he hoped an inspection can begin \"within a few weeks\" and was awaiting further details he requested from the Home Office.\n\nProtests and counter-protests have taken place at the camp, with concerns conditions breach human rights.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford has said the facility was \"unsuitable\" for vulnerable people who have \"fled terror and suffering\".\n\nNow, asylum seekers have spoken to the BBC about their experiences of living in the camp during the pandemic, with some claiming the site does not abide by Covid-19 rules.\n\nPhotos taken inside the camp show the living conditions in one of the rooms\n\nOne man, who wishes to remain anonymous, arrived at the camp on 1 October.\n\nHe said he had pain from \"old injuries\" obtained in Syria, but had to wait \"four days\" to see a doctor. He also has concerns about hygiene facilities at the camp.\n\n\"There is no observance of the Covid safety laws,\" he said, claiming \"six men\" share a small bedroom, dozens eat in the same room, and some staff preparing food do not wear face masks.\n\nVideo footage and photographs of the camp, seen by BBC Wales, show bathroom floors covered with water, every toilet in one bathroom blocked, beds in communal rooms less than 2m (6ft) apart and a bathroom where all the soap dispensers are empty.\n\nThe Home Office said medical need determined GP appointments, social distancing was required, and soap was replenished at the site.\n\nThe man said the camp's conditions had left him in a \"bad psychological state\" and others had attempted self-harm: \"Should I try to hurt myself to get out of here?\"\n\nHe said he and other residents were able to leave the camp as long as they are back by 22:00 GMT, but said he was reluctant to go out due to the \"humiliation, abuse and racism\" he has experienced.\n\nThe site has attracted protests in recent months\n\nWhile some have welcomed the refugees, posting welcome notes outside the gates, the camp has been described as a target for \"hard-right extremist\" protesters.\n\nThe Home Office said that, where someone claims their mental health is suffering, it would consider if their needs can be met at the site.\n\nAnother resident, from Eritrea, north-east Africa, said life in the camp was stressful, and people were being \"treated like prisoners\".\n\n\"For the Eritrean community in this camp, the most difficult thing is we escaped from our country from indefinite military service and illegal imprisonment,\" he said.\n\n\"So we feel like we are imprisoned in a military camp. It is all coming back to us.\"\n\nOne resident said it was impossible to maintain social distancing in a room with six people\n\nThe man said he had been told to be careful and to abide to Covid rules, but there was \"no protection\" as he was sleeping in a room with five others.\n\n\"Most of the bathrooms - they are broken,\" he said.\n\n\"They are filled with tissues, masks, everything you can find, they are blocked, they don't work.\"\n\nHe said he had not been offered a coronavirus test since arriving about three months ago.\n\nThe Home Office said residents had often entered the UK some time ago, and had been mainly placed in the camp after being in the south-east of England and around London.\n\nIt added that coronavirus tests were only necessary in line with Welsh Government guidance.\n\nIt added that Clearsprings Ready Homes, which manage the camp, took immediate steps to repair damage.\n\nSome have welcomed the asylum seekers in the community\n\nBut Plaid Cymru's leader in Westminster, Liz Saville Roberts, has called for an \"urgent\" and \"transparent\" inspection of the site.\n\nIn a letter to the UK's Independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, David Bolt, the MP said: \"We are now not only in the middle of winter, but cases of Covid-19 in Wales are rising at an alarming rate.\n\n\"I am extremely worried that the conditions at the old military barracks are wholly unsuitable to deal with the cold weather and to facilitate effective social distancing.\n\n\"This shows a clear disregard for the health and wellbeing of those being kept in the camp.\"\n\nAbout 40 men took part in the protest outside the camp in November over claims their human rights were being breached\n\nShe told BBC Radio Wales: \"If we aspire to be a nation of sanctuary, surely we should be looking at how people, while they are with us, are integrated into our communities and given all the services that they need, rather than putting them in a convenient enclosed space in a tiny community which is ill equipped itself to deal with this... Let alone far right protests outside and all the pressure that's put on the local population.\n\n\"We need to make sure that this doesn't set a precedent into the future.\"\n\nMr Bolt told Ms Saville Roberts he had \"received assurances\" from the Home Office that the Penally camp had an independent Covid-19 audit on 4 November.\n\nIn a letter, he said he hoped an inspection could be held \"within a few weeks\".\n\nHe said he was keen to understand how the Home Office \"was assuring itself\" individuals who were particularly vulnerable, including torture victims, potential victims of modern slavery, and those with complex health and other needs, were being identified and action taken to safeguard them.\n\nHe said: \"While on site I would expect the only restrictions to be those relating to Covid-19 and that inspectors would be free to examine the premises and facilities, observe daily life and interview staff and service users, and I would look to the Home Office to ensure that whoever is responsible for managing the site understands that they must cooperate with the inspection team.\"\n\nIn December, the Welsh Labour Government deputy minister Jane Hutt called on the Home Secretary Priti Patel to close the camp, describing the conditions as \"unsafe\" and \"inhumane\".\n\nTom Nunn, a solicitor representing some of the residents at camp, said the Home Office had said the camp should only be used as short-term accommodation for single, asylum-seeking males with no known vulnerabilities.\n\nBut he said 20 clients had been transferred away from the camp due to being vulnerable, and feared a serious incident would happen if things did not change.\n\n\"The majority of them have been detained and/or tortured in their country of origin, many have been exploited on their journey to the UK and a large number have fairly severe mental health problems,\" he said.\n\n\"It should not be the case that the only effective way of being transferred out is through making submissions through lawyers, and we are concerned about a large number of individuals who for a myriad of reasons may be unable to obtain this representation.\"\n\nThe UK's Minister for Immigration Compliance, Chris Philp, said: \"We provide asylum seekers in Penally with safe, Covid-compliant and weather-proof accommodation along with free, nutritious meals, all paid for by the taxpayer.\n\n\"We take the welfare of those in our care extremely seriously and asylum seekers can contact the 24/7 helpline run by Migrant Help if they have any issues.\n\n\"We are fixing our asylum system to make it firm and fair. We will be bringing forward legislation which will stop abuse of the system while ensuring it is compassionate towards those who need our help, welcoming people through safe and legal routes.\"", "The TikTok clip was reported to police by Network Rail\n\nA TikTok stunt featuring a car parked on a level crossing has been branded \"staggeringly stupid\".\n\nThe \"reckless\" social media post, recorded on the line at Bromley Cross, Bolton, showed a camera and tripod set up on the railway to record the scene.\n\nAn accompanying caption asked viewers: \"Would you take the risk to get the shot no-one else would?\"\n\nInsp Becky Warren, from British Transport Police, said: \"No picture or video is worth risking your life for.\"\n\nNetwork Rail, which reported the footage after it appeared on the video-sharing app, blasted the \"staggeringly stupid and dangerous\" clip.\n\nIt issued a reminder that trespassing on railway lines is against the law.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by ManchesterPiccadilly This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNorth West route director Phil James said using the tracks \"as a backdrop for a photo shoot beggars belief\".\n\n\"Lives could so easily have been lost by this reckless behaviour,\" he said.\n\nInsp Warren added: \"There is simply no excuse for not following safety procedures at level crossings. The behaviour shown by the individuals in this video is incredibly dangerous and reckless.\"\n\nMany instances of trespass involve people using railway lines as backdrops for selfies and even wedding photos.\n\nLast year, Network Rail and British Transport Police launched a You vs. Train campaign to highlight the issue of young people trespassing.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Armie Hammer has starred in The Social Network and Call Me By Your Name\n\nUS actor Armie Hammer has pulled out of a new film with Jennifer Lopez after what he described as \"vicious and spurious online attacks against me\".\n\nHammer had been set to appear in the action comedy Shotgun Wedding.\n\nHowever, the star's role will now be re-cast after private messages he supposedly sent were circulated online.\n\nIn a statement, Hammer dismissed the messages and said the subsequent abuse meant he could no longer spend months away from his children while filming.\n\n\"I'm not responding to these [false] claims but in light of the vicious and spurious online attacks against me, I cannot in good conscience now leave my children for four months to shoot a film in the Dominican Republic,\" the 34-year-old said, according to Deadline and Variety.\n\nThe Social Network and Call Me By Your Name actor added that film studio Lionsgate \"is supporting me in this and I'm grateful to them for that\".\n\nHammer has two children aged six and three with TV host Elizabeth Chambers. The couple announced their divorce last summer.\n\nHis name began trending over the weekend after explicit messages detailing disturbing sexual fantasies, which were purportedly sent by him, appeared online.\n\nA spokesman for Shotgun Wedding told the PA news agency that the film's producers accepted his decision.\n\n\"Given the imminent start date of Shotgun Wedding, Armie has requested to step away from the film and we support him in his decision,\" they said.\n\nHammer played the Winklevoss twins in 2010's The Social Network and starred opposite Timothée Chalamet in 2017's acclaimed drama Call Me By Your Name. He also appeared alongside Lily James in the Netflix adaptation of Rebecca, which came out last year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has said banning US President Donald Trump was the right thing to do.\n\nHowever, he expressed sadness at what he described as the \"extraordinary and untenable circumstances\" surrounding Mr Trump's permanent suspension.\n\nHe also said the ban was in part a failure of Twitter's, which hadn't done enough to foster \"healthy conversation\" across its platforms.\n\nTwitter has been praised and criticised for freezing Mr Trump's account.\n\nGerman leader Angela Merkel and Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador - neither an ally of the outgoing US president - spoke out against the tech titan's move.\n\nIn a long Twitter thread, Twitter's chief said he did not celebrate or feel pride in the ban - which came after the Capitol riot last week.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by jack This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe reiterated that removing the president from Twitter was made after \"a clear warning\" to Mr Trump.\n\n\"We made a decision with the best information we had based on threats to physical safety both on and off Twitter,\" Mr Dorsey said.\n\nHe also accepted that the move would have consequences for an open and free internet.\n\n\"Having to take these actions fragment the public conversation. They divide us….And sets a precedent I feel is dangerous.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nHe also addressed criticism that just a handful of tech bosses can make decisions on who does and doesn't have a voice on the internet - and on accusations of censorship.\n\n\"A company making a business decision to moderate itself is different from a government removing access, yet can feel much the same,\" said Mr Dorsey.\n\nThe decision to remove users, posts and tweets has been criticised by some for violating First Amendment - free speech - rights.\n\nHowever, big tech firms generally argue that as they are private companies, and not state actors, this law does not apply when they moderate their platforms.\n\nFacebook and YouTube have taken steps to silence the president, while Amazon shut down Parler, an app widely used by his supporters.\n\nNow Snapchat has also announced that Mr Trump will be permanently banned from its platform too.\n\nIt had already announced an indefinite suspension, but has now decided that \"in the interest of public safety and based on his attempts to spread misinformation, hate speech, and incite violence\" to permanently terminate his account.\n\nOn Monday, the German chancellor's spokesperson said she found the social media ban \"problematic\". And the Mexican president said: \"I don't like anybody being censored.\"\n\nIncoming US President-elect Joe Biden has said he wants companies like Facebook and Twitter to do more to take down hate speech and fake news.\n\nHe has previously said he wants to repeal Section 230, a law protecting social media companies from being sued for the things people post.\n\nIt's not clear how Mr Biden intends to regulate Big Tech, though it's likely to be a legislative focus of his.", "Despite the huge need to free up space in hospitals, some care homes say insurance issues make it impossible for them to accept Covid-19 patients.\n\nIn October, the government launched a scheme for designated care homes to take patients recovering from the virus but insurance is a stumbling block.\n\nSir David Behan, head of the UK's largest care home company, HC-One, says insurance has become a major concern.\n\nThe government says it is working to resolve the issue.\n\n\"We are aware the adult social care insurance market is changing in response to the pandemic, and recognise some care providers may encounter difficulties as their policies come up for renewal,\" said a Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson.\n\nOne Hampshire care home says it will have to stop taking patients within days because its insurance will expire.\n\nWaterside House in Netley, Hampshire usually provides holidays and respite care for people with disabilities.\n\nBut since the autumn it has been taking Covid-positive patients discharged from hospitals on the south coast.\n\nThey are looked after on a separate floor from other residents, and the home has had to meet high infection control standards.\n\nHome manager Sarah Knight said demand for the 31 beds is unparalleled and added: \"I've been in nursing a long, long time, and I have never known anything like this.\n\n\"People end up in an ambulance sat outside hospitals for hours and hours, or they end up on a trolley in A&E in a corridor for hours and hours.\n\n\"By offering the best that we've got here, we can reduce some of that burden.\"\n\nJan Tregelles is chief executive of the charity Revitalise which runs Waterside House\n\nThe government originally hoped there would be 500 designated care homes taking in Covid-positive patients.\n\nBut Waterside House is one of only 129 which have been set up to take those who have not completed 14 days in isolation.\n\nHowever, its public indemnity insurance protection, which it needs in case someone contracts Covid there, runs out at the end of January.\n\nWaterside House is run by the charity Revitalise, whose chief executive, Jan Tregelles, said they have tried everything, but will soon have to start turning away people.\n\n\"It's shocking,\" she says. \"We are truly helpless. We have a fantastic team of nurses and colleagues already.\n\n\"The facilities are here, everything's arranged and we can't step up to support our communities at this time.\"\n\nOne resident, Alan Washbourne, who has been living at Waterside House since he was discharged from hospital during the first wave of the pandemic, said: \"I feel quite safe here.\"\n\nHe is not on the Covid floor of the home, and added: \"If I were to go to somewhere else, which is possible, I might not feel quite so safe.\"\n\nAlan Washbourne has been at Waterside House since April last year\n\nAfter so many deaths last spring, many care homes will not consider taking patients who are Covid-positive, even with extra infection control measures.\n\nMeanwhile, growing numbers of staff are off sick or self-isolating, leaving care homes facing shortages.\n\nAnd many are also finding it difficult to get the public indemnity insurance.\n\nSir David Behan is chairman of HC-One, the UK's largest care home provider\n\nSince November, HC-One, which is the UK's largest care home provider, has had to cover its own Covid risks because it cannot get the insurance.\n\nSir David said it is one of the reasons why they have not taken part in the designated places scheme.\n\n\"You've got solicitors' firms advertising, taking cases up against care companies,\" he says.\n\n\"So, this isn't a theoretical risk that there may be proceedings, it's an actual risk, and therefore we need cover.\n\n\"The NHS wouldn't operate without similar liability cover and that's what we need to see, and I think governments have a role to play working with the insurance industry to work to find a solution.\"\n\nThe Department for Health and Social Care said it was making efforts to determine what actions it could take.\n\n\"Our priority is to ensure everyone receives the right care, in the right place, at the right time,\" said a spokesperson.", "More than 100,000 Covid-19 vaccinations had been issued in Northern Ireland by Tuesday evening, Robin Swann has said.\n\nThe health minister said, of that figure, 91,419 people had received their first vaccine dose.\n\nHe added that 95% of care home residents had received their first dose and about 20% of those aged over 80 have received their first dose.\n\nIt comes as leading GP said the goal to begin a mass vaccine rollout by summer is \"achievable\" but hinges on supply.\n\nThe Department of Health published its plan to deliver vaccines in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.\n\nDr Alan Stout said the timeline was \"very sensible\" but was \"almost 100%\" dependent on getting enough of the vaccine.\n\nAt Wednesday's health briefing, Mr Swann said the programme had made a \"strong start\" but there was more to do.\n\nHe also said he has decided to issue tighter visiting guidelines for hospitals.\n\n\"I have ensured visiting will be permitted to hospices and care homes, but visits to general medical wards will no longer be permitted from this Friday\", he said.\n\nThe minister added that the measure would be kept under constant review.\n\nMr Swann also confirmed a new rapid test for Covid-19, which can return results in 12 minutes, would be used in emergency departments.\n\nHe said a pilot programme has been carried out using the LumiraDX nasal swab, which will enable health staff to \"very quickly identify patients who do not have Covid-19\".\n\nHe also repeated that the current lockdown restrictions were working and had helped to reduce NI's rate of infection, but warned the executive would still have \"difficult decisions\" to take in relation to decisions about whether to extend some restrictions in the coming weeks.\n\nOn Wednesday, a further 19 Covid-related deaths were announced by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.\n\nA further 1,145 new cases of the virus were also reported.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Ireland's chief medical officer warned there was \"no doubt\" that levels of the new, more transmissible variant of coronavirus are rising in Northern Ireland.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's executive briefing, Dr Michael McBride said that the new variant was making the job to contain it \"twice as difficult\".\n\nThe new variant is said to be up to 70% more transmissible, but there is no evidence it is more dangerous.\n\nThe first confirmed case of the new strain was detected in Northern Ireland on 23 December, but officials had said levels in Northern Ireland remained lower than in other areas of the UK.\n\nDr McBride said there would now be situations where the variant could spread, where previously it may not have.\n\n\"We need to be extremely cautious in the weeks ahead,\" he warned, adding that the virus would not \"magically disappear\" on 6 February, when the current lockdown is due to end.\n\nStormont ministers have to review the regulations on or before 22 January, with that scheduled for next Thursday.\n\nDr McBride said Northern Ireland had some distance to go before restrictions are lifted\n\nDr Stout, the chair of NI's GP committee, said practices needed another 22,000 doses to finish vaccinating people aged over 80.\n\nSpeaking to BBC's Good Morning Ulster, he said he was \"very confident\" the next doses would come through shortly.\n\n\"I have been overwhelmed by the desire of practices, the determination just to get going and the one thing we need to give them is vaccine - we need to get the supply in as quickly as possible.\n\n\"This is such a good news story that everybody wants the vaccine and everybody wants to give it.\"\n\nThe plan is for the vaccine to be given to the general population in summer 2021.\n\nGP clinics should have received their first delivery of the vaccine by Tuesday.\n\nResponding to reports in The Daily Telegraph that GPs administering the vaccine in England had been asked to \"slow down\" to let other regions \"catch-up\", Dr Stout said Northern Ireland had taken a different approach to how it rolled out vaccines to GPs.\n\nHe said vaccines were shared among all practices in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"We just don't have the full amount of vaccine in practice to give. We could have given all of the vaccine that a certain number of practices needed to start with but there were issues with inequality and discrimination ... so that's why an amount has gone to every single practice, so at least they have some.\"", "A ban on travellers to the UK from South America has left one family fearing it could leave them stranded abroad for months.\n\nThe restriction comes into force at 04:00 GMT on Friday amid fears of a new Covid variant identified in Brazil.\n\nBritish and Irish citizens and foreign nationals with residence rights will still be able to travel but must isolate for 10 days.\n\nHowever many flights have now been cancelled.\n\nJon Den travelled to Brazil with his wife Carla, 32, in October so that her family - who live in Goiania - could meet their one-year-old daughter Luiza for the first time.\n\nThe couple, who live in Wolverhampton, are due to fly back to the UK on 6 February but Jon now fears they may be stuck out there for months due to the travel ban.\n\n\"We had planned to visit in February 2020 but we had to postpone because of the lockdown and that was rough on my wife, she suffered a lot,\" the 31-year-old says.\n\n\"Now I think my mum is suffering as she's expecting Luiza to be back, but who knows now?\n\n\"My initial reaction was worry because it's so unknown. The thought of not being able to return home and being stranded is not a nice feeling.\n\n\"I'm hoping British residents will be able to get home but I don't know if the government will organise flights. I think it's a long shot. I hope we can get home and not be stranded out here for months.\n\n\"We've got to be patient but at the same time flexible.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Several Leeds bus drivers were faced with challenging conditions in the snow.\n\nHigh demand and heavy snow have had a \"severe impact\" on Yorkshire's ambulances, with bad weather also affecting coronavirus vaccinations.\n\nThe county ambulance trust declared a major incident, urging calls only in a \"serious or life-threatening emergency\" due to poor road conditions.\n\nA vaccination centre in Barnsley was closed, with patients told to await new appointments.\n\nCovid testing centres in Kirklees and Bradford also suspended operations.\n\nA yellow Met Office warning for snow and ice is in force until 21:00 GMT.\n\nMark Millins, strategic commander at Yorkshire Ambulance Service, said \"very snowy conditions across West, South and North Yorkshire\" had caused gridlock and made driving difficult.\n\nStaff were \"working extremely hard to reach patients\", he said, but \"hazardous driving conditions and blocked roads mean that it is taking us longer than normal in the worst-hit areas.\"\n\nVaccinations taking at the Priory Campus in Lundwood, Barnsley, were suspended from 15:00 GMT\n\nIn Barnsley, the town's Clinical Commissioning Group issued a tweet advising that it had postponed all Covid vaccinations at one centre from 15:00 on Thursday.\n\nIt asked those due to receive jabs at the Priory Campus in Lundwood after this time not to travel, and said patients would be contacted with a rescheduled appointment.\n\nThe group said its two remaining centres at Goldthorpe and Apollo Court, in Dodworth, remained open, but those unable to attend would also get a new time and date.\n\nWest Yorkshire Police said it had also seen a surge in calls and urged people not to call 101 for \"non-urgent matters\".\n\nSupt Chris Bowen said the force had received 300 calls to the 999 and 101 numbers in the space of an hour on Thursday morning.\n\nA large snowball fight on Woodhouse Moor in Leeds was criticised for an apparent lack of social distancing after footage was posted on social media.\n\nLiam Ford, who recorded the video, said he saw the \"awful scenes\" after he \"heard the commotion while on a walk round the block\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A large group of people have been filmed in a snowball fight in Leeds\n\nPolice urged drivers to stay at home until the roads cleared\n\nMotorists reported hazardous driving conditions on many routes and police warned people to stay at home or allow extra time for essential journeys.\n\nPhil Airey said his usual 30-minute commute from Boston Spa to Harrogate took 90 minutes due to the poor conditions.\n\n\"The gritters have been doing their job but any sort of hill then it's not very good and if you go off onto the little roads well they are not good at all,\" he said.\n\nWest Yorkshire's road policing unit said it was dealing with a number of crashes while the North Yorkshire force said the A59 was blocked near Skipton due to a number of vehicles getting stuck in the snow.\n\nThe Met Office has not issued a weather notice for Friday, but a yellow warning for snow and ice on Saturday is in place across most of northern England and Scotland.\n\nPolice say they have dealt with a number of collisions and accidents\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.", "Charlie Mullins said workers getting vaccinated is \"a no-brainer\".\n\nA large London plumbing firm plans to rewrite all of its workers' contracts to require them to be vaccinated against coronavirus.\n\nPimlico Plumbers chairman Charlie Mullins said it was \"a no-brainer\" that workers should get the jab.\n\nIf they do not want to comply with the policy, it will be decided on a case-by-case basis whether they are kept on, he said.\n\nEmployment lawyers said the plan carried risks for the business.\n\nThe NHS is seeking to vaccinate 15 million people from priority groups by mid-February as part of efforts to try to control the spread of Covid-19.\n\nBut Mr Mullins said he was prepared to pay for private immunisations for people at the firm, should they become available, which would be done on the company's time.\n\nDoctors have warned that key hospital services in England are in crisis, with reports of hospitals cancelling urgent operations after a surge in Covid patients in recent weeks.\n\nPimlico Plumbers plans to change its contracts for new joiners to require immunisation. It will rewrite its contracts with existing workers and employees as soon as is practical, depending on vaccine availability.\n\nThe firm has about 350 plumbers working as contractors and about 120 employees.\n\nMr Mullins said the firm was \"not putting anyone under any pressure\" to have the jab.\n\nHowever, new starters who were not immunised would not be taken on, he said.\n\nMr Mullins said employees approved of the policy.\n\n\"It's a no-brainer,\" he said. \"I've talked to people who have said: 'I will queue up all night to get the vaccine.'\n\n\"I think it will be the norm in five or six months. To go into a bar or cinema, or go on a plane, you have to have a vaccine,\" he added.\n\nMr Mullins said he had set aside £800,000 to pay for private vaccinations, but estimated costs more in the region of £100,000.\n\n\"Whatever it costs, I will pay,\" he said. \"I would pay £1m tomorrow to safeguard our staff.\n\n\"If people don't want the vaccine, let them sit at home and not have a normal life,\" he added.\n\nHowever, employment lawyers said this vaccination policy could be risky.\n\nLegally, companies cannot force employees to take a vaccine, said Thrive Law managing director Jodie Hill.\n\n\"They can't jab a vaccine in your arm,\" she said.\n\nPeople who refuse vaccination and are dismissed may have grounds to make a legal claim, she said.\n\n\"Even if they put that [requirement] in a new contract, I don't think they'd get away with it,\" she said.\n\nEmployees with more than two years' service could claim unfair dismissal. But this option is not open to workers and self-employed contractors.\n\nBroadly, people can refuse a vaccination for legitimate reasons such as being pregnant or breastfeeding, for religious reasons, because of disability or allergy, or for ethical vegan reasons if the jab contains animal products.\n\nThe two vaccines approved for use in the UK, from Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech, do not contain any components of animal origin, a Department for Health and Social Care spokesman confirmed.\n\nDismissal for employees with one or more of these protected characteristics could give rise to a discrimination claim.\n\nPeople who are hesitant about taking the vaccine for personal reasons would not be able to claim discrimination, but could potentially claim unfair dismissal if they have been with the firm for two years or more.\n\nPeople with strong anti-vaccination beliefs may be protected under equality law, Ms Hill added.\n\nThe company and Mr Mullins have previously faced a lengthy legal battle with one of its former contractors, Gary Smith.\n\nIn 2018, Mr Smith won a Supreme Court ruling over holiday and sick pay. However, an employment tribunal later ruled that he was not entitled to make a claim for the back pay, as he had not completed the necessary paperwork.\n\nMr Mullins insisted that the vaccination change to contracts \"will be done legally\", but said that he was willing to take this matter to the Supreme Court as well, if necessary.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The rapid spread of coronavirus variants has put the world on alert and triggered a new lockdown in the UK. What are these variants and why are they causing concern?\n\nAll viruses naturally mutate over time, and Sars-CoV-2 is no exception.\n\nSince the virus was first identified a year ago, thousands of mutations have arisen.\n\nThe vast majority of mutations are \"passengers\" and will have little impact, says Dr Lucy van Dorp, an expert in the evolution of pathogens at University College London.\n\n\"They don't change the behaviour of the virus, they are just carried along.\"\n\nBut every once in a while, a virus strikes lucky by mutating in a way that helps it survive and reproduce.\n\n\"Viruses carrying these mutations can then increase in frequency due to natural selection, given the right epidemiological settings,\" Dr van Dorp says.\n\nThis is what seems to be happening with the variant that has spread across the UK, known as 202012/01, and a similar, but different variant, recently identified in South Africa (501.V2).\n\nHundreds of thousands of viral genomes have been analysed across the world\n\nThere is no evidence so far that either causes more severe disease, but the worry is that health systems will be overwhelmed by a rapid rise in cases.\n\nIn a rapid risk assessment of these \"variants of concern\", the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said they place increased pressure on health systems.\n\n\"Although there is no information that infections with these strains are more severe, due to increased transmissibility, the impact of Covid-19 disease in terms of hospitalisations and deaths is assessed as high, particularly for those in older age groups or with co-morbidities,\" the EU agency said.\n\nThe variants have different origins but share a mutation in a gene that encodes the spike protein, which the virus uses to latch on to and enter human cells.\n\nScientists think this could be why they appear more infectious.\n\n\"The UK and South African virus variants have changes in the spike gene consistent with the possibility that they are more infectious,\" says Prof Lawrence Young at the University of Warwick.\n\nBut as Dr Jeff Barrett, director of the Covid-19 genomics initiative at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Hinxton, UK, points out, it's the combination of what the virus is doing and what we're doing that determines how fast it spreads.\n\n\"With the new variant, the situation changes more quickly as restrictions are relaxed and tightened, and there is less room for error in controlling the spread,\" he says.\n\n\"We don't have any evidence, however, that the new variant can fundamentally evade masks, social distancing, or the other interventions - we just need to apply them more strictly.\"\n\nThe spike protein (foreground) enables the virus to enter and infect human cells\n\nWith vaccine roll-out underway, scientists are racing to understand the repercussions for vaccines, which are based on the spike protein sequence.\n\nThere is particular concern about the South Africa variant, which has several changes in the spike (S) protein.\n\nMost experts think vaccines will still be effective, at least in the short term.\n\nDr Julian W Tang, a virologist at the University of Leicester, says vaccines can be modified to be \"more close-fitting and effective against this variant in a few months\".\n\n\"Meanwhile, most of us believe that the existing vaccines are likely to work to some extent to reduce infection/ transmission rates and severe disease against both the UK and South African variants - as the various mutations have not altered the S protein shape that the current vaccine-induced antibodies will not bind at all.\"\n\nMink outbreaks are a \"spillover\" from the human pandemic\n\nScientists are carrying out laboratory studies to find out more about the variants. And they are tracking every move of the virus as it hopscotches around the world.\n\nBy taking a swab from an infected patient, the genetic code of the virus can be extracted and amplified before being \"read\" using a sequencer.\n\nThe string of letters, or nucleotides, allows genomes and mutations to be compared.\n\n\"It is thanks to these efforts, and UK testing laboratories, that the UK variant has been flagged so quickly as a potential cause of concern,\" Dr van Dorp says.\n\nProf Julian Hiscox, chair in infection and global health at the University of Liverpool, says that, through the efforts of scientists to sequence the virus, \"we've got a really good handle on variants that emerge\".\n\nIn the short-term, only the harshest of lockdowns will reduce case numbers, he says.\n\n\"What lockdown does is reduce the number of people with the virus and reduce the amount of virus out there and that's a good thing.\"\n\nBut in the long term, Prof Hiscox suspects, we may face a scenario like flu, where new vaccines are developed and administered every year.\n\n\"The problem is, the more variants we get, the greater the chance the virus will be able to escape part of the vaccine - and this may reduce [its] efficacy,\" he says.\n• None New coronavirus variant: What do we know?", "The co-founder for Cyberpunk 2077's developer has released a new video explaining what went wrong with the game.\n\nCD Projekt's Marcin Iwiński admitted they \"underestimated the task\" of adapting the game for consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One.\n\nMarcin says he's \"deeply sorry for this and this video is me publicly owning up\".\n\nThe game was arguably the most anticipated release of 2020 but the launch just before Christmas was a disaster.\n\nThe problems led to Sony and Microsoft removing the game from online stores and gamers were offered refunds.\n\nCyberpunk 2077 is a set in the fictional Night City - a dystopian future where pollution and crime are rampant and social inequality is the norm.\n\nIn the video, Marcin explains issues originated from Cyperpunk's \"huge\" scope, particularly the high number \"of custom objects, interacting systems, and mechanics\", making it a complex game.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Cyberpunk 2077 This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nAs this was \"condensed in one big city\" rather than spread over a bigger space - it needed greater hardware capability.\n\nSo despite working well for high-end PCs, it couldn't be adjusted to older generation consoles such as the PS4 and Xbox One, making in-game streaming difficult.\n\n\"We hit the ground running on PC. While not perfect, it's a version of Cyberpunk we're very proud of.\"\n\nMarcin adds that testing did not \"show a big part of the issues\" that gamers experienced.\n\n\"As we got closer to the final release, we saw significant improvements each and every day.\"\n\nHe also blames the coronavirus pandemic for creating issues for CD Projekt as they tried to improve performance after launch.\n\n\"A lot of the dynamics we normally take for granted got lost over video calls or email. And we took that hit too.\"\n\nLooks good right? But this wasn't what the game looked like for a lot of console gamers\n\nMarcin added the \"incredibly hard working and talented\" development team should not be blamed for problems, saying the final decision came down to him and the board.\n\n\"Believe me, we never ever intended for anything like this to happen. I assure you that we will do our best to regain your trust\".\n\nAs part of that, he says they intend to fix the problems and improve the game across platforms.\n\n\"Our ultimate goal is to fix the bugs and crashes,\" he says, with updates to the game expected to arrive in the coming days and weeks.\n\n\"We treat this entire situation very seriously and are working hard to make it right.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Julia is doing well after her surprise arrival into the world\n\nA mother who gave birth just 10 days after discovering she was pregnant thought she had put on weight in lockdown.\n\nSamantha Hicks, from Portishead, North Somerset, attributed her baby Julia's kicking to sickness having been ill.\n\nHer pregnancy was missed even when she was in Southmead Hospital in Bristol with Covid-19 in November .\n\n\"It never occurred to me I was pregnant as I had taken two previous tests which both came back negative,\" she said.\n\nWhen Mrs Hicks was taken to the Covid ward in hospital, doctors asked if she was pregnant and she said no.\n\nShe said she had noticed a small amount of weight gain but put it down to lockdown and that she thought she might have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) as it runs in the family.\n\nMrs Hicks said: \"I felt a bit of movement but I thought it was because I had not been well.\n\n\"My tummy was a bit swollen but again, because I felt sick and I wasn't great, it never occurred to me I was pregnant.\"\n\nHer husband Joe said: \"On Christmas Day, I asked her if she was sure she wasn't pregnant, but she said no and she knows her own body.\n\n\"Then on January 1, I had my hands on Sammy and we felt a baby kick.\n\n\"We took another pregnancy test which came back positive.\"\n\nAt that stage, Mrs Hicks thought she was only five or six months into her term and returned to her job in a care home, walking 40 minutes to get there.\n\nTen days later, her contractions began and Mr Hicks rushed her to hospital\n\n\"It was unreal, the doctors only realised Julia was full term when she was born,\" he said.\n\nThe couple, who have two sons aged three and eight, said they had not planned on having more children.\n\nThey have since been \"inundated\" with gifts from friends, family and strangers in Portishead, who have offered blankets and essentials to help out.\n\n\"We want to say thank you to everyone really,\" Mr Hicks said.\n\nHelen Blanchard, Director of Nursing and Quality at North Bristol NHS Trust said: \"We would like to pass our congratulations to Mrs Hicks and her family on their new arrival.\n\n\"As Mrs Hicks experienced when she was cared for at Southmead, it is routine practice to ask people if they are, or could be, pregnant upon admission.\n\n\"However, we would ask a patient to do a pregnancy test if they were undergoing specific operations or procedures.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Marcus Rashford and a group of celebrity chefs and campaigners have called on Boris Johnson to review the government's free school meals policy.\n\nThe group, including Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Tom Kerridge, have written to the PM asking him to \"fix\" the system long-term.\n\nThey called for a strategy to help \"end child food poverty\" before the summer holidays.\n\nNo 10 said \"no child will ever go hungry\" because of the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe call for a wide review comes after another row over free school meals during February half-term.\n\nThe government has said food will be provided to children by councils under the Covid Winter Grant Scheme while schools are closed for the holiday.\n\nCouncils and unions say the government should provide food vouchers instead, with the Local Government Association's Councillor Richard Watts telling BBC Radio 4's PM programme the grant had already been allocated for other support.\n\nBut Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"We are down to semantics whether it is the school delivering the meal or whether it is the local authority - fortunately there is quite a lot of different support available.\"\n\nAs well as getting the backing of Rashford - who has led campaigns around child poverty over the course of the pandemic - the letter has been signed by chefs Oliver, Kerridge and Fearnley-Whittingstall, along with actor Dame Emma Thompson and over 40 charities and education leaders.\n\nOrganised by the Food Foundation charity, the letter said it was time to \"step back and review the policy in more depth\".\n\nThey called for an \"urgent comprehensive review into free school meal policy across the UK\" to feed into the government's next Spending Review, saying it should look at:\n\nThe signatories praised the Department for Education's \"swift response\" to reports earlier this week of inadequate food parcels sent to families, saying the \"robustness of the message from you and the secretary of state on this issue was very welcome\".\n\nBut, they added that \"following the series of problems which have arisen over school food vouchers, holiday provision and food parcels since the start of the pandemic\", now was the time for a review.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tom Kerridge: There has to be a solution to free school meals\n\nAnna Taylor, executive director of the Food Foundation charity, said the last few months had seen \"crisis after crisis with the provision of free school meals\".\n\n\"The result of that is disadvantaged children have often paid the price,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"Our view is that really unless we do a root and branch review these problems are going to still keep appearing.\"\n\nChef Fearnley-Whittingstall also called for a more consistent, long-term response to the issue of food poverty.\n\n\"We need to get out of this fire-fighting, highly reactive series of actions by the government,\" he told the same programme.\n\nThe signatories want a review to be published and debated in Parliament before the 2021 summer holidays.\n\n\"We are ready and willing to support your government in whatever way we can to make this review a reality and to help develop a set of recommendations that everyone can support,\" the letter said.\n\n\"School food is essential in supporting the health and learning of our most disadvantaged children.\n\n\"Now, at a time when children have missed months of in-school learning and the pandemic has reminded us of the importance of our health, this is a vital next step.\"\n\nAnti-poverty campaigner and food writer Jack Monroe welcomed the letter to the PM, but told the BBC: \"We need to be feeding children right now.\"\n\nShe added: \"While it is great to be looking longer term... having an underpinning strategy that means that children aren't put into poverty in the first place, we need to also immediately be putting resources in to ensure people aren't going hungry, today, tonight, next week and in the February half-term.\n\n\"This isn't a rhetorical thing. It isn't a dinner party discussion. We need to be doing this now.\"\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said: \"It is great that celebrities and groups across society see the importance of school food. The PM thanks Marcus Rashford for his letter and will reply soon.\n\n\"School food is essential in supporting the health and learning of the most disadvantaged pupils. The prime minister has been clear that no child will ever go hungry as a result of the pandemic\".", "The prime minister has suggested there could be restrictions on travel from Brazil to the UK - but a final decision has not been taken.\n\nBoris Johnson was asked by Labour MP Yvette Cooper why checks on people arriving from Brazil have not been strengthened, given that a new variant of coronavirus has been identified there.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"We are taking steps to ensure that we do not see the import of this new variant from Brazil.\"\n\nThe UK government’s 'Covid-O' committee is expected to discuss the new Brazil variant of coronavirus at a meeting on Thursday.", "People needing to travel by rail during lockdown are being urged to double-check train times, as services are being reduced.\n\nServices in England are being cut from 87% of normal levels to 72%, industry body the Rail Delivery Group said.\n\nIt said the number of trains would reflect the drop in passengers, and provide better value for money for taxpayers who are subsidising services.\n\nPeak services will be prioritised to help key workers, it added.\n\nWhile some timetables have already changed, others will be altered in the next few weeks.\n\nSince the early days of the pandemic, the government has spent billions of pounds covering the fall in ticket revenues for rail companies, owing to low passenger numbers.\n\nCutting some services will save public money, the government said.\n\nRail minister Chris Heaton-Harris said: \"It is critical that our railways continue to deliver reliable services for key workers and people who cannot reasonably work from home, and that they respond quickly to changes in demand.\"\n\nRail usage has slumped, with passenger journeys falling more than 90% to 35 million journeys for the three-month period to June, according to the Office of Rail and Road.\n\nThe figures recovered a little to 134 million for the three months to September - the latest published.\n\nWith fewer passengers, the government argues, it makes sense to run fewer services.\n\nNot least because right now, the government are footing much of the bill; since the start of the pandemic, the government has spent more than £4bn covering the fall in ticket revenues because of low passenger numbers.\n\nThe cuts aren't as deep as they were in March - then services were running around 55% of pre-pandemic levels - which is partly because the train companies want to make sure it doesn't take as long getting the services back up again when they are needed.\n\nLonger term, rail companies are nervous about how quickly passengers, particularly commuters, will return, but for now the message is still firmly \"stay at home\".\n\n\"Train timetables must still meet the needs of those who have to travel, said Transport Focus chief executive Anthony Smith.\n\n\"Many key workers rely on the first and last services of the day so it's important that these are maintained. Providing enough capacity for those who are travelling to properly social distance remains vital.\"\n\nAlthough timetables were restored when restrictions were eased over the summer, rail franchising has since been scrapped and replaced with a model which means the taxpayer is currently liable for the losses on the railways.\n\nIn September, the bill had run to more than £3.5bn - and the Department for Transport has said \"significant\" support is still needed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Large parts of Scotland woke up to a blanket of snow on Thursday, including in Rutherglen where conditions became challenging for drivers\n\nMotorists continue to face difficult conditions after heavy snow across parts of Scotland caused road closures.\n\nA Met Office yellow warning for ice will be in place overnight and for all of Friday for mainland Scotland.\n\nThe A9 at Dunblane was closed due to snow but has now reopened, while driving conditions on the M90 and M8 were reported as difficult.\n\nThere have also been problems in the Scottish Borders where up to a foot of snow fell overnight.\n\nTraffic Scotland has reported difficult driving conditions on the M77 at Fenwick, M80 around Cumbernauld and the A9 at Greenloaning.\n\nA woman walks through the snow in Braco near Dunblane\n\nThe impact of the overnight freeze on a hedgerow near Strathaven, South Lanarkshire\n\nIn the Borders several lorries got stuck on the A7 between Selkirk and Hawick, while difficult driving conditions were also reported on the A68 at the Carter Bar and Soutra.\n\nThere were also delays on the A83 Old Military Road diversion and the A82 at Tyndrum.\n\nMeanwhile, police have urged drivers to properly clear their car windscreens before setting off in the wintry conditions.\n\nOfficers in Dumfries and Galloway shared a picture of a driver they stopped and charged for failing to do this.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPeople should only be leaving home to make essential journeys in parts of Scotland under level four Covid measures, under current Scottish government lockdown regulations.\n\nCh Supt Louise Blakelock, of Police Scotland, said: \"Government guidance on only travelling if your journey is essential remains in place and so with an amber warning for snow, please consider if your journey really is essential and whether you can delay it until the weather improves.\n\n\"If your journey really is essential, plan ahead and make sure you and your vehicle are suitably prepared by having sufficient fuel and supplies such as warm clothing, food, water and charge in your mobile phone in the event you require assistance.\"\n\nA motorist brushes snow off a car in Braco near Dunblane\n\nThe village of Bowden near Melrose woke up to snow\n\nA snowy scene at Fountainhall in the Scottish Borders\n\nPolice in Shetland have also warned of ice badly affecting roads on the islands.\n\nScotRail said its services could be affected, particularly on the Highland mainline.\n\nScottish Borders Council said the effects of the adverse weather could cause disruption into Friday morning.\n\nEmergency planning officer Jim Fraser said: \"With widespread snow and some freezing rain possible over the course of Wednesday and Thursday, there is the strong potential for disruption across our road network and communities.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSome of the deepest snowfalls in recent weeks have been in the Highlands, including the Cairngorms.\n\nEarlier this month, the UK had its coldest night of the winter so far after a temperature of -12.3C was recorded in the north west Highlands.\n\nThe temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch, near Garve, south of Ullapool in Wester Ross.\n\nThe record lowest temperature in the UK is -27.2C, which was recorded in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in 1895 and 1982 and at Altnaharra in the Highlands in 1995.", "Pre-departure Covid-19 testing will now be required for everyone travelling to England from 04:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nThe rules had been due to come into force on Friday, but the government said people needed time \"to prepare\".\n\nThose arriving by plane, train or boat, including UK nationals, will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country they are in.\n\nAnyone arriving from places not on the UK's travel corridor list must still self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe Scottish government is planning to impose the same rules and has had to defer them coming into effect as a result of changes in England.\n\n\"This meant Scotland was also obliged to delay implementation as we need sight of their final regulations in order to properly draft and approve the relevant Scottish regulations,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\nIt is expected the requirement will come into force in Scotland at 04:00 GMT on Monday as well. Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to announce plans for pre-arrival testing in the coming days.\n\nAnnouncing the deferral on Twitter, Transport Secretary Mr Shapps said: \"To give international arrivals time to prepare, passengers will be required to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test before departure to England from Monday 18 January at 4am.\"\n\nHe also reminded travellers to fill out the Passenger Locator Form - used in track and trace - and added that those without proof of a negative test faced a fine of £500.\n\nProblems with testing availability and capacity mean some countries will initially be exempt.\n\nFor instance, the requirement will not apply to travellers from St Lucia, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda until 04:00 GMT on 21 January.\n\nTravellers from Falkland Islands, Ascension Islands and St Helena are exempted permanently.\n\nHauliers are exempt to allow the free flow of freight, as are air, international rail and maritime crew.\n\nThe government has said all forms of PCR test will be accepted, as will other forms of test with \"97% specificity, 80% sensitivity\".\n\nThe move comes as a further 1,564 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nWednesday's figure brings the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said there had now been more deaths in the second wave than the first.\n\nMeanwhile on Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was \"concerned\" about a new coronavirus variant that is believed to have emerged in Brazil.\n\nHe acknowledged it was not yet clear how effective existing vaccines would be against the latest new variant.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK was taking steps to make sure it was not brought into the country.\n\nA government Covid committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss the possibility of stopping flights from Brazil.\n\nArrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from Brazil? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Post-primary schools have been given extra time to decide how they will admit pupils in 2021 following the cancellation of transfer tests.\n\nOn Wednesday the AQE said it would not hold any transfer tests in the 2020-21 school year.\n\nThey had originally planned to go ahead with a test in late February after cancelling tests in January.\n\nThe other test provider, PPTC, had also previously announced it would not hold tests this year.\n\nAttention will now focus especially on what criteria grammar schools will use to select pupils.\n\nSome have already published what criteria they would use in the event transfer tests were cancelled but it is not clear if those will now change.\n\nAll post-primaries were to submit their admissions criteria to the Education Authority (EA) by this Friday.\n\nBut following the AQE's move the Department of Education (DE) has written to schools to tell them they do not have to provide criteria to the EA until Friday 22 January.\n\n\"This will allow them to meet the statutory deadline for publication on their website of 2 February 2021,\" the DE letter said.\n\n\"I would also remind you that boards of governors should ensure that any admissions criteria are robust and are able to clearly and objectively rank order applicants.\"\n\nIt is unclear how most grammar schools who have used transfer tests to select pupils in previous years will admit children in 2021.\n\nPatrick Allen, principal of Foyle College in Londonderry, said his school's board of governors was now working to determine this year's admissions criteria.\n\n\"This is and continues to be an exceptional year. It is a very difficult circumstance,\" he said.\n\n\"We are trying to do the best and what is right for as many pupils as possible in looking at various permutations and combinations of criteria\".\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir said it was \"a very disappointing day\" for many families.\n\n\"The transfer test, while it has never been about being compulsory for either a school or indeed an individual parent, does enable a level of parental choice and that has been dramatically reduced as a result of that,\" he told Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"But sadly what we have seen is for this year, the pandemic has prevented those transfer tests taking place, and I am very disappointed and entirely understand the disappointment and frustration of many families today.\"\n\nMr Weir said there had been \"a lack of consistency\" from AQE.\n\n\"I don't think the way things have worked out from AQE's point of view, particularly over the last couple of weeks, have been particularly helpful,\" he said.\n\nThe minister also apologised for \"clumsy language\" in a statement he issued on Wednesday night.\n\nWriting on Twitter about the cancellation of the transfer test, Mr Weir said: \"This severely limits parental choice and children's opportunities.\"\n\n\"There was no adverse intention towards non-selective schools,\" he said in relation to his tweet.\n\n\"I think both selective and non-selective schools have got excellent records in Northern Ireland.\"\n\n\"But once the opportunities for entry to any school is reduced then that is a reduction in opportunities for all.\"\n\nUUP MLA Robbie Butler has proposed that pupils' results in tests in primary schools could be given to parents and then used by grammar schools to decide which children get a place.\n\nMr Butler said that he had some favourable responses from some grammars and some primary schools to that proposal.\n\n\"Whilst I don't think my solution is absolutely perfect I do believe it to be absolutely fair and absolutely compassionate,\" he told MLAs on the committee.\n\n\"We have the genesis of a solution for these P7 pupils.\"\n\nBut, speaking on Wednesday, Mr Weir replied that there were issues with that approach.\n\n\"There are very major problems, I'm being honest with you, in terms of the models that have been put forward for academic selection without the test,\" he said.\n\nThe minister said it would be difficult to get comparable information for pupils across all primaries.\n\n\"While it's not entirely ruling out those and there is the option for schools to do it, it does leave them in a very difficult position making comparability between pupils on a fair basis,\" he said", "Jamie McMillan said delays in exporting his shellfish would result in them arriving dead\n\nA Scottish shellfish firm has warned it is on the brink of bankruptcy as delays continue at ports following the introduction of post-Brexit red tape.\n\nLochfyne Langoustines managing director Jamie McMillan said his firm had already lost some consignments after they were found to be rotten by the time they arrived in France.\n\nHe also warned EU customers were now going to Denmark to buy langoustines.\n\nMr McMillan described it as a \"very, very serious situation\".\n\nHis comments came after transport company DFDS announced a further delay in exports of group consignments of seafood to the EU.\n\nIt halted groupage exports last week after delays in getting new paperwork for EU border posts in France.\n\nDFDS said it would not resume those exports until Monday.\n\nMr McMillan told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"We've been screaming for the last six months - eight months - that we have to get our produce to market within 12 to 24 hours.\n\n\"Any delays in that process, our shellfish will arrive in France dead.\n\n\"We lost two pallets last week. It took five days to arrive in Boulogne from Scotland, so our goods were rotten on arrival.\"\n\nTransport company DFDS has said it will not resume groupage exports until Monday\n\nHe added: \"Customers are not buying from us any more - we have become unreliable suppliers.\n\n\"Everybody has stopped buying. This has happened for the past two weeks. We can't continue this to happen for another week because we will be out of business.\n\n\"We have had no sales to the EU, our biggest market for live shellfish, in the last two weeks.\n\n\"If we go another week without that, we are finished.\"\n\nMr McMillan said there were \"sticking points\" in both the UK and France, with transportation hubs in Scotland struggling with increased paperwork and checks by vets.\n\n\"There are sticking points down in France as well,\" he said.\n\n\"There are delays at the borders in France for up to 30 hours, I'm hearing, to clear customs by the time they do all their checks.\"\n\nThe UK government's Scotland Office minister David Duguid said he did not underestimate the struggles the industry was facing with paperwork, IT and ports.\n\nHe said the UK and Scottish governments, fish exporters and the EU needed to come together to work through the issues, which he estimated would last \"weeks\" and not months.\n\nHe told Good Morning Scotland: \"What I can commit to is that the UK government, whether that's through Defra or the Scotland Office, we are working day and night in resolving the issues that we know about and that we can fix directly.\n\n\"The other issues that are maybe the responsibility of the Scottish government, or indeed the EU on the other side of the channel, Defra are engaging heavily with those parties as well.\"\n\nHowever, when asked directly on the programme how long the problems would last, Mr Duguid responded: \"How long is a piece of string?\"\n\nFish ate up a lot of the time in negotiating the deal for departing the European customs union and single market.\n\nNow grown to become a much bigger political predator, it has started the post-Brexit era by threatening to devour UK ministers with the task of making the deal work.\n\nThe fisheries minister admitted she was preparing for Christmas rather than seeing how the deal had turned out on 24 December. Asked how long it will take to sort out delays, a Scotland Office minister asked: \"How long's a piece of string?\"\n\nThe prime minister says there will be compensation, but it seems that is due to come from the fund intended to expand the fishing fleet.\n\nAnd Michael Gove, who appears to have more of a grasp of the detail, was in the Commons on Wednesday, acknowledging there's a vast amount for the government yet to sort out - and that was only for Northern Ireland.\n\nAt least the province got a grace period before consignments of food require the paperwork now needed to send fish to France. That was sought by fish and meat exporters.\n\nIt's not clear if the request was made of EU negotiators, but it hasn't materialised. Yet coming the other way, the UK has given a six-month preparation period for EU exporters to Britain.\n\nBecause seafood is freshly delivered, it is the product that hit the obstacles first. Meat and dairy are sure to follow.\n\nBeef exporters to Europe are beginning to face delays, while Brexit chickens are coming home to roast.", "A teenage motorcyclist who led police on a 30-minute pursuit at speeds of up to 180mph (290km/h) through London and three counties has been sentenced.\n\nOfficers in Haringey, London, spotted a speeding rider at about 21:20 BST on 20 May and were joined by a police helicopter as they followed it along the M1, through Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.\n\nThe biker mounted pavements, drove through multiple red lights and the wrong way down the motorway hard shoulder before he was arrested at a service station.\n\nMarian Vasilica Dragoi, 19, of Teynton Terrace, Haringey, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, driving without a licence and being uninsured and was sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court to 46 weeks' detention.", "The opening of Nintendo's first theme park has been delayed because of rising coronavirus cases in Japan.\n\nSuper Nintendo World, modelled on levels of the company's Mario games, had been due to open on 4 February.\n\nBut Japan has expanded its state of emergency, due to last until at least 7 February, beyond Tokyo to include Osaka prefecture, where the park is located.\n\nThe opening, at Universal Studios Japan, had already been postponed from mid-2020 because of the pandemic.\n\nBut in December, Nintendo posted a video tour of the park in December, starring Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario, Zelda, and Donkey Kong, among others.\n\nIt is not the first theme park to suffer problems during the pandemic - the shuttered Disneyland theme park in California is set to become a large-scale vaccination centre.\n\nThe state of emergency in Japan, which has so far avoided the types of lockdowns seen in the UK and other European nations, prohibits non-essential trips outside the home.\n\nOn Tuesday, the country's total number of cases reached 300,000, with more than 4,000 deaths.\n\nAnd many of those have been in the past three months.\n\nThe rising number of cases has also led to some doubts over the fate of the Tokyo Olympics, scheduled for this summer, having already been postponed last year.\n\nOrganisers, however, insist the Games will go ahead.", "Nearly 46% of over-80s in England's North East and Yorkshire region have been given their first dose of a Covid vaccine - more than any other area, official figures show.\n\nThis compares with about 30% of over-80s in both London and the East of England who have received a first jab.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan claims the capital is not getting its fair share of vaccine doses.\n\nIn total, more than 2.2 million people in England have had one vaccine dose.\n\nAbout 400,000 second doses have also been administered, despite guidance from the UK's chief medical officers and vaccine advisers, the JCVI, that giving a first dose to as many people as possible was a public health priority.\n\nThe NHS England figures cover Covid-19 vaccinations given to people at hospital hubs and GP practices between 8 December 2020 and 10 January 2021.\n\nAmong the over-80s alone, most first doses - 204,140 - were administered in north-east England and Yorkshire, while the lowest number (92,398) were given to this age group in London.\n\nOverall, more than one-third of people aged 80 and over in England have received at least one dose.\n\nThe figures show that in the Midlands more vaccine doses had been administered to all people in the top priority groups - 387,647 - than in any other area of England. In London, a total of 199,986 first doses were given and in the East the figure was 186,291.\n\nThese include care home residents, frontline heath and care staff, the over-80s and people who are clinically extremely vulnerable, who are most at risk of becoming seriously ill and dying from the Covid-19.\n\nThe percentage of the whole population to have received a first dose so far ranged from 4.3% in the north-east and Yorkshire to 2.2% in London.\n\nMr Khan said he was \"hugely concerned\" that Londoners had received only one-tenth of the vaccines that had been given across the country.\n\n\"The situation in London is critical with rates of the virus extremely high, which is why it's so important that vulnerable Londoners are given access to the vaccine as soon as possible,\" he said.\n\nHe said he would hold talks with vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi to ensure more vaccines were delivered to reflect the level of need in the city.\n\nLondon has a younger average population than other parts of England and the smallest number of people aged over 80 compared with other regions.\n\nDr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation at Public Health England, said vaccinating over a third of all over-80s was \"a great achievement\".\n\nBut she said people must continue to follow the guidance that is in place to protect themselves and their loved ones.\n\n\"These data will help us to evaluate the protection from the vaccine and to effectively target the roll-out of the programme to help control the virus and save lives,\" she added.", "Mauritius has been removed from the safe list\n\nTravellers from countries near South Africa are to be banned from entering England to stop the spread of the South African Covid variant.\n\nArrivals from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, as well as island nations Mauritius and Seychelles, will be affected.\n\nThe rule will take effect on 9 January but there will be an exemption for British and Irish nationals.\n\nThey will need to follow existing quarantine procedures.\n\nA ban by visitors to the UK from South Africa started on 24 December.\n\nThe latest restriction brought in by the Department for Transport also affects travellers arriving from Eswatini, Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho and Mozambique.\n\nIt will apply from 04:00 GMT on Saturday to people who have travelled from or through any of the specified countries in the last 10 days.\n\nIt is understood most flights from the affected countries arrive at airports in England, although it is expected the policy will be formally adopted by the other UK nations.\n\nThe measures will be in place for an initial period of two weeks.\n\nMeanwhile, Botswana, and the islands of Seychelles and Mauritius, are being removed from the UK list of safe travel corridors as there is a high frequency of travel between the islands and South Africa.\n\nThe new variant of coronavirus circulating in South Africa is already being seen in other countries, including the UK.\n\nThe variant, much like the new UK variant first seen in Kent, appears to be more contagious than previous ones.\n\nAnyone arriving into the UK from most destinations must quarantine for 10 days.\n\nBut there are a list of countries exempt from the rules, meaning returning travellers do not need to self-isolate, called the travel corridor list.\n\nUnder the latest announcement, the travel corridor with Israel will also end amid concerns about rising infection levels in that country.\n\nHowever, rules in place across the UK currently ban travel abroad unless for specific reasons.", "Tesco says it has seen some disruption to food supplies in Northern Ireland since trading arrangements with the EU changed on 1 January.\n\n\"We see this as a challenge at the moment, but not a crisis,\" boss Ken Murphy said.\n\nBut he said the retailer was working closely with government on both sides of the Irish Sea to \"smooth the flow\".\n\nSince 31 December, Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that has stayed in the EU's single market for goods.\n\nMr Murphy said certain foodstuffs had faced supply chain disruption going into both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\n\"Ready meals have been the most affected as they have an eight-day shelf life so any wait is more likely to have an impact,\" he said.\n\n\"Some processed meat and some citrus fruit has also been impacted, but it is important to stress that our availability in the Republic and Northern Ireland is strong and is very strong in the mainland UK.\n\nLast week, all the major grocers wrote to Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove asking him to take urgent action.\n\nBut Tesco said its \"comprehensive preparations and... strong relationships with suppliers\" had allowed it to maintain strong levels of availability during the Brexit transition period.\n\nMr Murphy said he was confident Tesco would have the right measures in place to supply Northern Ireland after end of a three month grace period on certain rules and regulations with the EU on 31 March.\n\nHe also said there had also been \"teething problems\" with supply flows from continental Europe to Great Britain.\n\n\"Inevitably there are bedding-in issues, teething issues, that you would expect with any new process that's been set up at relatively short notice,\" he said.\n\n\"We're working our way through those and we would hope over the coming weeks and months that we will end up with a much smoother flow of product.\"\n\nUnder new trading arrangements, food products entering Northern Ireland from Britain need to be professionally certified and are subject to new checks and controls at ports.\n\nMarks & Spencer has temporarily reduced its range of food products in Northern Ireland\n\nA three month \"grace period\" means that supermarkets currently don't need to comply with all the EU's usual certification requirements until 1 April - but there has still been disruption.\n\nM&S has temporarily reduced its range of food products and Sainsbury's has been sourcing Spar-branded products from an NI wholesaler.\n\nThis week the bosses of Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Iceland, Co-Op and Marks & Spencer warned that trade into Northern Ireland would become \"unworkable\" if further new certification requirements were introduced in April .\n\nThe government said a new dedicated team has already been set up and will be working with supermarkets, the food industry and the Northern Ireland Executive to develop ways to streamline the movement of goods.\n\nTesco's comments came as the supermarket giant reported record sales for the Christmas period after customers looked to \"treat themselves\" amid tough Covid restrictions across most of the UK.\n\nUK like-for-like sales were up 8.1% in the six weeks to 9 January, as the supermarket saw a surge in demand for goods in its Tesco Finest range.\n\nBig grocers have benefited at a time when most non-essential shops and restaurants are closed, prompting consumers to spend more on their weekly shop. But they have faced criticism too.\n\nLast month, Tesco said it would repay £585m of business rates relief after it was criticised for paying dividends to shareholders during the crisis. Most big grocers followed suit.\n\nTesco was later criticised for keeping its shops open on Boxing Day despite union calls to give staff the day off.\n\nIn its results the grocer said it had given all frontline staff a 10% bonus over Christmas. It also said it had shielded vulnerable staff and taken on nearly 35,000 additional temporary staff for the season.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Howells says he wishes he had never thrown away the hard drive\n\nA man who threw away a laptop hard drive containing bitcoin he believes is now worth about £210m wants his council to let him search for it in landfill.\n\nJames Howells had 7,500 bitcoins, a virtual currency, on the hard drive, which he mistakenly threw away in 2013.\n\nHe said he was willing to donate 25% of the value of the bitcoins to his home city of Newport in south Wales - about £52.5m - if he found the hard drive.\n\nNewport council said excavation was not possible under its licensing permit.\n\nMr Howells said if he was to recover the hard drive, he would want the money to be put into a \"Covid relief fund\" for people in Newport to use \"no questions asked\".\n\n\"Imagine how great it would be to say 'I've given everyone in the city a few hundred pounds',\" he told the BBC.\n\nMr Howells bought the bitcoins for almost nothing in 2009, but the hard drive ended up in a drawer after he spilled a drink on his laptop.\n\nHe kept the hard drive in his office drawer and \"totally forgot about bitcoin all together\" - so when he had a clear out, he believed everything had been taken off it.\n\nWhen he threw the hard drive away in 2013, the value of the bitcoins was about $7.5m (£4.6m).\n\nBut now they are worth almost 50 times more, with the cost of a single bitcoin currently just over £28,000 after a surge in value.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Howells: \"When I went up to the landfill site yesterday my first thought was 'I've got not chance'\"\n\nHe said he has asked Newport council if he could search the landfill several times, but had not been granted permission.\n\n\"I offered the local authority 10% of the recovered funds in order to give me permission to search on their property and unfortunately they said no at the time,\" Mr Howells told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"What actually happened after that was the value of bitcoin skyrocketed even further. In 2017 the value of my hard drive was approximately £125m, at which point I made them another offer of 10% and unfortunately that offer was refused as well.\n\nJames Howells said he wants to donate a quarter of the money to the people of Newport\n\n\"I haven't actually made an offer to them today, but I'm willing to increase my offer to them to 25%. On today's valuation that would be £52.5m and I'd like to put that into a Covid relief fund for the citizens of Newport.\"\n\nMr Howells said searching for the discarded hard drive would \"not be as hard as you might think\" as he would employ a professional team - and knows when he threw it away so could use that to find a grid reference of where the hard drive is buried.\n\nHe added investors had offered to cover the cost of excavating the landfill, in exchange for a large proportion of the recovered bitcoin.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Howells said he wants to meet with the council to discuss what he said would be a \"win-win-win\" situation for him, the council and the city.\n\nBut a spokeswoman for the council said: \"Newport City Council has been contacted a number of times since 2013 about the possibility of retrieving a piece of IT hardware said to contain bitcoins.\n\n\"The first time was several months after Mr Howells first realised the hardware was missing.\n\n\"The council has told Mr Howells on a number of occasions that excavation is not possible under our licencing permit and excavation itself would have a huge environmental impact on the surrounding area.\n\n\"The cost of digging up the landfill, storing and treating the waste could run into millions of pounds - without any guarantee of either finding it or it still being in working order.\"", "Many of the works in Gurlitt's collection were in poor condition when they were discovered in 2012 (file photo)\n\nWhen a trove of 1,500 artworks hoarded by the son of a Nazi-era art dealer was discovered in 2012, an investigation began to find out how many were looted from Jewish owners.\n\nEventually only 14 were conclusively identified as looted, and now Germany has declared the last of those works has been returned to the owner's heirs.\n\nDas Klavierspiel (Playing the Piano) by Carl Spitzweg was owned by music publisher Henri Hinrichsen.\n\nHe was murdered at Auschwitz in 1942.\n\nGerman Culture Minister Monika Grütters said the return of the work sent an \"important signal\", and that while it could not make up for the deep suffering, it could \"make a contribution to historical justice and fulfil our moral responsibility\".\n\nThe 19th-Century work by Spitzweg was confiscated by the Nazis in 1939, the same year that Hinrichsen had bought it.\n\nDas Klavierspiel by Carl Spitzweg was seized by the Nazis in 1939\n\nIt was bought in 1940 by Hildebrand Gurlitt, a Nazi-era dealer who had been given the task by Adolf Hitler of dealing in art seized from Jewish collectors and of buying up so-called \"degenerate art\" removed from museums for a planned Führermuseum in the Austrian city of Linz.\n\nThe money for the Spitzweg work was paid into a blocked account, so Hinrichsen would never have received it.\n\nIn 2015, the piece was identified as looted, and it was handed over to the auctioneers Christie's on Tuesday, according to the wishes of Hinrichsen's heirs.\n\nAlthough his collection of 1,500 works, plundered from museums as well as individuals, was initially confiscated after the war by the Allies, Hildebrand Gurlitt eventually managed to get it back.\n\nGurlitt died in the 1950s and when German authorities approached his widow in 1961 in search of part of his collection, she claimed the works had been destroyed at the end of World War Two by Allied bombing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Stephen Evans was granted exclusive access to look at some of the long-lost masterpieces in 2014\n\nIt was only when tax investigators searched the Munich flat of his son Cornelius Gurlitt in 2012 that they found more than 1,400 of the works. Another 60 pieces were discovered at his Austrian home in Salzburg the following year.\n\nThe son died in 2014 with questions still hanging over the ownership of the collection - as he was protected by a statute of limitations.\n\nA court ruled that the works could be bequeathed to the Museum of Fine Arts in the Swiss capital Bern, as Cornelius Gurlitt had requested.\n\nWhile some of the works were deemed to belong to the family, the German Lost Art Foundation then tried to find out, with the Swiss museum, who were the rightful owners of the rest.\n\nFourteen pieces have now conclusively identified as belonging to Jewish owners and returned.\n\nAmong the many masterpieces in the collection was this work by Edouard Manet", "A provisional 270 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been secured by the African Union (AU) for distribution across the continent.\n\nAll of the doses will be used this year, promises current AU head South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.\n\nThis is on top of 600 million doses already promised but is still not enough to vaccinate the whole region.\n\nThere are fears that poorer countries globally will wait far longer than richer nations to be inoculated.\n\nAlthough infection numbers and death rates are comparatively lower across most of Africa, cases are spiking again in some areas.\n\nA new variant of Covid-19 in South Africa is causing particular alarm and makes up most of the new cases.\n\n\"As a result of our own efforts we have so far secured a commitment of a provisional amount of 270 million vaccines from three major suppliers: Pfizer, AstraZeneca (through Serum Institute of India) and Johnson & Johnson,\" President Ramaphosa said on Wednesday.\n\nAt least 50 million of the doses will be available \"for the crucial period of April to June 2021,\" he said.\n\nIn addition, the region is expecting around 600 million doses from the global Covax effort which aims to provide vaccines to lower-income countries.\n\nBut officials are still waiting for details and are now \"happy we have alternative solutions,\" Nicaise Ndembi, senior science adviser for the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told the AP news agency.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid vaccines in Africa: What you need to know\n\nMr Ramaphosa said officials are worried that the doses from the Covax effort released in the first half of 2021 will only be enough to inoculate health care workers. With a population of 1.3 billion people and each person requiring two vaccine jabs, Africa would need around 2.6 billion doses to eventually vaccinate everyone.\n\n\"These endeavours aim to supplement the Covax efforts, and to ensure that as many dosages of vaccine as possible become available throughout Africa as soon as possible,\" he explained.\n\nAfrica has recorded more than three million cases of Covid-19 and nearly 75,000 deaths. By contrast, the US has reported close to 23 million infections and more than 383,000 fatalities.\n\nThere has been a global rush to buy vaccines, with richer countries accused of buying up most of the supply.\n\nAs many had feared, Africa appears to be at the back of the queue to get Covid-19 vaccines.\n\nThe announcement of 270 million doses by South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa - who is also the current chair of the African Union - is good news. This is in addition to those secured by the Covax facility, which is led by the World Health Organisation and the Vaccine Alliance, Gavi. The facility has secured 600 million doses - enough to vaccinate only a fifth of the continent.\n\nBut it may be a while before any of them get to the continent. The announcements are agreements to supply vaccines. There is still the actual procurement process that needs to happen. Negotiations are ongoing.\n\nWealthier nations had a head start. They already acquired the bulk of the early doses being produced through advance purchase deals with manufacturers. The race is on to meet that demand.\n\nAfrica, on the other hand, still faces funding deficits. There are questions also about the continent's readiness to receive the vaccines. Ultra-cold refrigeration is needed for both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Countries are working on building their cold chains. But even this is marred by a shortage of funds.\n\nSo, the continent can only wait.", "The surge in Covid hospital cases has left key hospital services in England in crisis, doctors are warning.\n\nNHS data showed A&Es were facing rising delays admitting extremely sick patients on to wards.\n\nMeanwhile, the total number of people facing year-long waits for routine treatments is now more than 100 times higher than it was before the pandemic.\n\nCancer experts are also warning the disruption to their services was \"terrifying\" and would cost lives.\n\nReports have emerged of hospitals cancelling urgent operations - London's King's College Hospital has stopped priority two treatments, which are those that need to be done within 28 days.\n\nAnd Birmingham's major hospital trust has temporarily suspended most liver transplants.\n\nIt comes after a surge in Covid patients in recent weeks.\n\nOne in three patients in hospital have the virus - and at some sites it is more than half.\n\nNHS England medical director Prof Stephen Powis said the NHS was facing an \"exceptionally tough challenge\", adding services would continue to be under pressure until the virus was under control.\n\nBut he stressed non-Covid treatment was still happening - with three times as many diagnostic tests and twice as many operations being carried out than in the spring when the pandemic first hit.\n\nThe data published by NHS England showed the scale of the impact from dealing with Covid on key hospital services.\n\nThe figures for cancer date back to November, before the surge in cases.\n\nAt that point, the number of urgent cancer check-ups and treatments being started was at normal levels.\n\nBut since then, concerns have been raised that services have been reduced.\n\nProf Pat Price, of the Catch Up With Cancer campaign, said services were facing the \"biggest crisis\" of her 30-year career.\n\n\"This is a truly terrifying scenario,\" she added.\n\nAnd the Royal College of Surgeons warned the pandemic was having a \"calamitous impact\" on waiting times for planned surgery.\n\nSarah Scobie, from the Nuffield Trust think tank, said services were under \"intolerable strain\", adding \"the worst is yet to come\".\n\nSaffron Cordery, of NHS Providers, which represents hospital bosses, agreed: \"The next few weeks are no doubt going to be the most testing in NHS history.\"", "The government must review its strategy to end rough sleeping in England by 2024 after coronavirus showed it to be \"out of step\", a watchdog warned.\n\nA National Audit Office report praised the 'Everyone In' scheme, which housed about 33,000 people in the crisis.\n\nBut the plan highlighted issues with the current strategy - with thousands more needing help than expected.\n\nThe government said it was \"regularly taking into account the lessons learned\" from the pandemic.\n\nBoris Johnson made the pledge to end rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament shortly before he won the general election in 2019.\n\nAt the time, a snapshot figure taken by the government one evening showed 4,266 people were sleeping on the streets in England.\n\nBut it did not include people in night shelters or assessment centres, and could have missed people sleeping hidden from view.\n\nResearch by the BBC carried out in February 2020 showed more than 28,000 people across the UK had been recorded as sleeping rough in the previous 12 months - and in England, councils were seeing figures five times higher than the snapshot.\n\nThe 'Everyone In' scheme, launched in March 2020, aimed to provide emergency shelter for all rough sleepers during the first wave of the pandemic.\n\nFunding was ended two months later to the anger of many charities, but the government said it had made a number of more targeted funding pledges to tackle the issue since.\n\nThe National Audit Office (NAO) carried out an investigation into the housing of rough sleepers in the pandemic and praised the \"considerable achievement\" of 'Everyone In'.\n\nThe head of the watchdog, Gareth Davies, said the government \"acted swiftly to house rough sleepers and keep transmission rates low during the first wave\".\n\nBut the NAO investigation found between the end of March and November 2020, 33,139 people were given accommodation through the scheme - a number almost eight times greater than the annual snapshot of rough sleepers.\n\nExamples included Bristol City Council which reported it accommodated 400 people in March, despite its most recent snapshot count being 98 rough sleepers.\n\nAnd the London Borough of Southwark had 25 known rough sleepers in March 2020, but within hours of 'Everyone In' launching, it had taken 200 people into hotels, with nearly 1,000 accommodated by November.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How the UK's homeless are coping during the coronavirus pandemic\n\nThe government pledged to carry out a review of its strategy to end rough sleeping early in 2020, but the plans took a back seat as the crisis unfolded.\n\nThe NAO said there was \"an ongoing need for a review of the strategy as it is out of step with the government's target\", adding there were now \"important lessons from Everyone In to consider\".\n\nMr Davies said the scale of the rough sleeping population in England has now been made clear, and it \"far exceeds\" previous government estimates.\n\n\"Understanding the size of this population, and who needs specialist support, is essential to achieve its ambition to end rough sleeping\", he added.\n\nThe report also highlighted the large number of people remaining in emergency accommodation unable to move on as they have no recourse to public funds - a condition put into the residence permit of some immigrants meaning they cannot access benefits.\n\nThe NAO also called on the government to \"keep under close review\" its more targeted response to the current coronavirus resurgence, whether it will \"protect vulnerable individuals as decisively\" as 'Everyone in'.\n\nA spokesman from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said they were pleased the NAO recognised its achievements with 'Everyone In'.\n\nHe added: \"By November, we had supported around 33,000 people, with nearly 10,000 in emergency accommodation and more than 23,000 in longer-term accommodation.\n\n\"We recently announced an additional £10m to help accommodate rough sleepers and ensure they are registered with a GP to receive the vaccine, and we will invest £750m next year as part of our commitment to end rough sleeping.\"\n\nAsked whether the review into the ending rough sleeping strategy would take place, the spokesman said: \"Our ambition to end rough sleeping within this parliament still stands, and we are regularly taking into account the lessons learned from our ongoing pandemic response, including 'Everyone In'.\"", "The government has defended its scheme to offer free food to struggling families in England over half term - after criticism from teachers' unions and council leaders.\n\nFood will be provided for children by councils under the Covid Winter Grant Scheme, rather than through schools.\n\nBut councils say the government should provide food vouchers over half term.\n\n\"Vulnerable families will continue to receive meals,\" said a Department for Education (DFE) spokeswoman.\n\n\"Our guidance is clear: schools provide free school meals for eligible pupils during term time.\n\n\"Beyond that, there is wider government support in place to support families and children via the billions of pounds in welfare support we've made available,\" said the DFE spokeswoman.\n\nBut the Local Government Association (LGA), representing councils, said \"the government should provide food vouchers to eligible families during February half-term as it did last summer\" - and that the £170m Covid Winter Grant Scheme should be used for other support.\n\n\"During the last full national lockdown, government recognised the significant extra pressures on low income families and extended free school meal provision into the school holidays,\" said Richard Watts, chairman of the LGA's resources board.\n\n\"Government was explicit that the Covid Winter Grant Scheme was not intended to replicate or replace free school meals, but was to enable councils to support low income households, particularly those at risk of food poverty as we moved towards economic recovery.\"\n\nThe row follows the DFE's publication of guidelines on free meals, after an outcry over pictures of food packages to replace free school meals during the lockdown.\n\nThe prime minister and other ministers criticised the quality of what was being sent out by some school food firms.\n\nMarcus Rashford has spear-headed a campaign for holiday food\n\nThe DfE guidance says: \"Schools do not need to provide lunch parcels or vouchers during the February half term.\n\n\"There is wider government support in place to support families and children outside of term-time through the Covid Winter Grant Scheme.\"\n\nThe DFE insists that even though schools will not provide food parcels or vouchers during half term, children will still be supplied with food through the Covid Winter Grant Scheme.\n\nThis aims to support those most in need with the cost of food, energy, water bills and other essentials.\n\nCouncils are required to work out their own local approach to eligibility, using benefits data and their local knowledge to decide how to support vulnerable families.\n\nMoving to this scheme for a replacement for school meals during half term, with the added pressure of a lockdown, has drawn criticism from head teachers and teachers.\n\nKevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, warned that switching schemes meant \"yet more disruption to free schools meals could lie ahead in half term\".\n\nHe said using this scheme could cause an \"unnecessary logistical nightmare\", suggesting continuing with providing meals through schools would be more simple.\n\nMr Courtney said: \"This week, Matt Hancock, Gavin Williamson and Boris Johnson made public statements about how appalled they were by the quality of food parcels shared on Twitter,\" said Mr Courtney.\n\nBut he said ministers should now \"hang their heads in shame\" for threatening more \"chaos and confusion\" over providing food.\n\n\"These are battles which should not have to be repeatedly fought,\" said Mr Courtney.\n\nNational Association of Head Teachers general secretary Paul Whiteman accused the the government of \"badly thought out and last-minute schemes to help with holiday hunger\" which he said were \"leaving families and children anxious\".\n\n\"The government must urgently clarify for families how they will be helped during the upcoming half term holiday so they can be assured that they will not go hungry,\" said Mr Whiteman.\n\nLabour's Tulip Siddiq, shadow minister for children and early years, said: \"Time and time again this government has had to be shamed into providing food for hungry children over school holidays.\"\n\nFood charities and anti-poverty campaigners, including footballer Marcus Rashford, have repeatedly clashed with the government over the issue of food for poor pupils during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly over school holidays.\n\nThe footballer forced the government to back down in the summer over its plans not to offer free meals in the holidays to poor pupils, whose families were likely to be suffering with reduced incomes.\n\nBut over the October half-term when the provision was withdrawn many local authorities continued to offer them from their own budgets.", "President Donald Trump has just become the only US president to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives. He was impeached on Wednesday for \"incitement of insurrection\" following last week's riot at the US Capitol. However, a recent poll suggests that a majority of Republicans still support President Trump and don't hold him responsible for the violence.\n\nWe've been hearing from lawmakers - but what do Americans think? We asked members of our BBC voter panel to weigh in.\n\nBelinda is an attorney and devoted Trump supporter of Native American and African American ancestry. She says this second impeachment vote is wrong and misconstrues the facts of what happened last week in favour of political expediency.\n\nThis is unprecedented. There is no justification, no legal or constitutional basis for this impeachment. He did not even receive due process. It's a rush to judgment for ulterior motives and a dark stain on our country. I'm afraid our Constitution is on its deathbed. I hope the American people will stand up against this outrage. It's indicative of what would happen in a communist country where we have no free speech rights.\n\nThose who broke in should be charged appropriately for whatever laws they violated. But why would anybody who's rational think that our president meant for people to go break into the Capitol? His rallies have always been peaceful and most of the people on Wednesday were middle-aged and elderly, with children and grandchildren.\n\nIndividuals who violated the law should definitely be prosecuted but I don't see how you can blame someone for a speech and someone else's criminal activity. It can't be selective enforcement of the law.\n\nMelissa is a Filipino American small business owner with two children who had told us the country could not afford four more years of Donald Trump. She says the behaviour he displayed last Wednesday was undoubtedly an impeachable offense.\n\nEverything he has done is unconstitutional and, as a president, the number one thing he should be doing is upholding the Constitution.\n\n[Republican Congresswoman] Liz Cheney said that, if not for the president, last week would not have happened and she's right. If not for him continually fighting the election results, if not for him repeatedly sending the false message the election was stolen, if not for him holding that rally near the Capitol, if not for him talking about an 'uprising', last week would very likely not have happened.\n\nEven three months ago, before all the lawsuits and everything else he was saying, I was not shocked by his behaviour. It's all completely predictable because it's just within his character. So the argument by politicians that impeachment could divide us more, I don't see that as the goal of impeachment.\n\nIt can't help but I don't think it will have any impact on deterring violence. There needs to be some kind of statement that the president is not allowed to attack another branch of government. It's a chance for the Republican Party to rid itself of Trump's stranglehold on them.\n\nGabriel is a regional coordinator for the New York Young Republicans and is an outspoken 'Latino for Trump'. He condemns the violence of last Wednesday but says the reaction has been unfair and worries about where the party will go from here.\n\nI do not think that Donald Trump should be impeached. I was in DC at the rally on 6 January - I did not go near the Capitol and went back to my hotel room - but I saw the president speak with my own eyes and he did not call for anyone to storm the building or cause harm.\n\nThis is just a way to ensure he will not run in the next four years. It is political and it will create a bigger divide between left and right. I fear that people will become reactionary and elected officials will use impeachment in the future not as a last resort to uphold our republic but as a tool to remove whoever they don't agree with.\n\nAll violence should be condemned fairly and justly. It was a very sad outcome, but I do not believe it was the most horrible day in our country's history and it was not a coup. It's important to dictate that violence is not the answer. The day was supposed to be different. January 6 did something to the Republican Party. The actions of the few will discourage many of the new voters that Trump brought in and made his base.\n\nWilliams is a first-generation Mexican American college student in Atlanta who has been extremely concerned about what he has seen in his country over the past four years. He says the events of the past week justify today's vote in the House.\n\nI believe he should have been impeached. Not only is he a threat to our national security, but he doesn't condemn white supremacy and other threats. That affects us internally within the United States as well as abroad.\n\nIt's more of a symbolic impeachment at this point because he'll be out soon, but it's necessary nonetheless. Impeachment failed once, but now he has set the precedent that a president can be impeached more than once.\n\nIn processing the past week, all I could do at first was to ignore it and joke about the situation. It's deeply saddening to me.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA respiratory doctor at Belfast's Mater Hospital has warned that hospital oxygen supplies are under \"extreme pressure\".\n\nDr Nick Magee also said more younger patients were now being treated in hospital than during the first and second waves of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nHe said in the past they did not have to consult other NI hospitals about how much oxygen they had.\n\n\"That was never a thing in previous January flu problems,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"But that is something we are now having to think of,\" he added.\n\nEarlier this week Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride said there is enough oxygen to cope with the current demand.\n\nBut according to Dr Magee the current level of oxygen being used in \"bays\" at the Mater means patients cannot charge their mobile phones by their bedside because of the \"fire risk\".\n\n\"It is all well controlled and we are making sure that we can share out that oxygen burden. That is something we are having to think about,\" he said.\n\n\"I can't say specifically about other regional hospitals but I know that they are under extreme pressure and it's just something we have to think of as a region.\n\n\"Can we supply oxygen adequately for the amounts of oxygen we are using in hospitals?\"\n\nThe number of Covid positive hospital in-patients has increased significantly since last week - up from 599 a week ago to 850 on Thursday.\n\nThe number of people in ICU has also risen from 44 to 58 in the past week.\n\nDr Magee said staff were concerned about having to cope with \"large volumes\" of patients requiring respiratory support.\n\nHe said the number of younger patients becoming increasingly sick with the virus was growing.\n\nOn Wednesday, the Mater Hospital moved six patients who had been on wards into ICU and also took patients from the Southern Health Trust.\n\n\"Recently I saw a 29-year-old patient, also three who were in their mid 30s that all required respiratory support on a ward,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\n\"They are frightened they are wearing specialist masks CPAP masks that help them breathe. They are scared.\"\n\nThe relentless pressure of the past 10 months and the prospect of a further surge in admissions over the next fortnight is weighing heavily on the minds of medics.\n\n\"We are really worried about next week,\" said Dr Magee.\n\n\"It's very busy this week, we are coping well but we are particularly concerned about next week.\n\n\"Normally, if we had somebody who needed a lot of respiratory support we would involve a high dependency unit but all the respiratory wards are becoming like high dependency units.\n\n\"Volume of sicker, younger patients is much greater and it's not something that I would [have] ever seen before,\" he added.\n\nThe Southern Health and Social Care Trust said its hospitals had limited infrastructure to manage high numbers of patients requiring oxygen so a regional agreement was in place to share resources across Trusts to support Covid-positive patients.\n\n\"As a result some patients have been diverted to Belfast or SE Trust to help reduce pressure on the Southern Trust hospital system,\" a statement said.\n\n\"Craigavon and Daisy Hill hospitals remain very busy with high numbers of Covid-19 positive patients who are dependent on oxygen therapy.\n\n\"These protocols are in place as part of regional surge planning to ensure that we can safely manage the current high volume of Covid-19 patients needing hospital care.\n\n\"Patients who are currently being treated in Craigavon and Daisy Hill have secure supplies of oxygen.\"", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Travel from Brazil to the UK could be banned in response to the discovery of a new coronavirus variant.\n\nMinisters have met to discuss possible measures and a block on flights could also be extended to other South American countries in a bid to stop its spread.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is \"concerned\" about the new variant and \"extra measures\" were being taken.\n\nArrivals from Brazil are currently required to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nCabinet Office minister Michael Gove chaired a meeting earlier to discuss whether measures should be put in place.\n\nNew variants of Covid-19 have also been identified in the UK and South Africa.\n\nDuring a two-hour appearance in front of the Commons Home Affairs Committee on Wednesday Mr Johnson stopped short of promising a ban on travel from Brazil.\n\n\"We already have tough measures ... to protect this country from new infections coming in from abroad,\" he said.\n\n\"We are taking steps to do that in respect of the Brazilian variant.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"We are taking steps to ensure that we do not see the import of this new variant\".\n\nProf Susan Hopkins, who is Strategic Response Director for Covid-19 with Public Health England, told BBC Breakfast experts were looking at the Brazilian variant and needed to grow the virus in the UK in order to perform laboratory experiments.\n\n\"So we need to understand the biology of these [new strains], as well as understanding mutations,\" she said.\n\n\"We will be watching them all to make sure that they can't escape your immune response, which is the key thing that we're looking at the moment.\"\n\nA travel ban was put in place on arrivals from South Africa on 24 December, which was later extended to several other nearby countries, following the discovery of a new variant.\n\nLuiz Amorim, a graphic designer in London, said he had travelled to Brazil to spend Christmas with his family and was now worried he may not be able to get home.\n\n\"My wife was also supposed to come but didn't in the end,\" he said. \"Now I am worried I won't be able to get back to her in London.\"\n\nMr Amorim said his workplace had been supportive but he may have to take leave if he was unable to return, with his original flight back having been cancelled.\n\nHe has now booked another flight on 27 January and is \"watching the news closely to see what will happen\".\n\nThe discussion comes after it was announced a requirement for arrivals into England to test negative for coronavirus 72 hours before their journey will now come into force at 04:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the new rules had been delayed from Friday \"to give international arrivals time to prepare\".\n\nLabour's Yvette Cooper, chairwoman of the Commons Home Affairs Committee, described the delay in introducing the new rules as \"truly shocking\".\n\nScotland is taking the same approach to international travellers but will implement the policy on Friday, while Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to announce their own plans in the coming days.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer criticised the government for delaying pre-departure testing for arrivals to England, describing the situation as a \"complete mess\".\n\n\"Priti Patel has talked tough about the borders but other countries have been doing testing for months and months,\" he said.\n\nSir Keir said people were \"really worried\" about strains in other parts of the world, including Brazil, and people would be \"bewildered and they will feel that we're exposed\".", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nIvan Cavaleiro scored a late header to earn Premier League strugglers Fulham a hard-fought draw against Tottenham in their hastily rearranged London derby.\n\nThe Portuguese forward's finish cancelled out Harry Kane's first-half diving header and came just minutes after Son Heung-min hit the post in search of Spurs' second.\n\nCavaleiro sealed a remarkable turnaround for a side whose manager Scott Parker said it was \"scandalous\" to be given just two days' notice to face Jose Mourinho's men after Spurs' game at Aston Villa was postponed because of a Covid-19 outbreak in the Villa camp.\n\nTottenham boss Mourinho had little sympathy for the visitors as the derby itself was a rearranged fixture, having been called off three hours before kick-off when originally scheduled on 30 December.\n\nFor all the complications surrounding the fixture, the intensity from two sides at opposite ends of the table was high at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Fulham's fifth successive league draw a valuable point in their efforts to escape the relegation zone.\n• None Relive Tottenham v Fulham as it happened and analysis\n\nFulham made a bright start and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa's fierce shot to test Hugo Lloris was a warning of what was to come from a side who remain 18th despite the draw.\n\nThe excellent Alphonse Areola twice denied Son in the first 45 minutes, first blocking a toe-poked effort before palming a header away.\n\nAreola could do nothing, however, to deny Kane the opener in the 25th minute, with the striker beating the Frenchman with a thumping diving header from an excellently-placed Sergio Reguilon cross.\n\nKane was off target with another header and Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Kenny Tete threatened to respond for the visitors, who had the woodwork to thank for denying Son in the second half after the South Korean scuffed a shot past Areola.\n\nSubstitute Ademola Lookman was instrumental following his introduction, creating the equaliser for Cavaleiro seven minutes after coming off the bench.\n\nThe powerful finish extended Fulham's unbeaten run to five league matches, which is their longest such sequence in the top flight in three Premier League campaigns since 2012-13.\n\nThis latest draw highlights just how resolute Parker's men have become after a slow start to the campaign, in which they collected just one point from their first six matches.\n\nSpurs punished for reliance on Kane and Son\n\nWhile the Cottagers may be in the relegation places and had lost a record 13 successive top-flight matches to London rivals, they presented a significantly sterner test of Mourinho's men than non-league side Marine - a team made up of NHS workers, teachers and a refuse collector - which Spurs cruised past in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.\n\nThe prolific pair of Kane and Son, a duo that has now scored 23 of Tottenham's 30 league goals this term, were among 10 to return to Spurs' starting line-up.\n\nSon was an unused substitute on their trip to Crosby but Kane, along with Lloris, Eric Dier, Serge Aurier and Harry Winks came back from being rested.\n\nWhile Kane was clinical with the nodded finish, he reacted in frustration as he flicked another header off target.\n\nThat miss, as well as the wastefulness of Reguilon - who sent an early effort over - and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's tame strike, ensured Fulham were still in it at half-time.\n\nMoussa Sissoko also dithered in the box when an early second-half chance presented itself, allowing Tosin Adarabioyo to superbly block.\n\nSon's effort off the post, and their reliance on him and Kane for goals, ultimately proved costly as Cavaleiro ended the hosts' run of three clean sheets in January.\n\nAnd while Reguilon did have the ball in the back of the net again for Tottenham in the final minute, it was immediately disallowed for offside as Spurs missed the chance to move up to third in the table.\n\n'Some players had one day's training' - what the managers said\n\nTottenham manager Jose Mourinho, speaking to BBC Sport: \"In the first half Alphonse Areola made some impossible saves, a couple of others in the second, too.\n\n\"We have to kill a game and we didn't - but you have to keep a clean sheet, not make mistakes, so it was a very avoidable goal. The markers are there, there wasn't even an advantage in terms of numbers.\n\n\"Fulham were intelligent enough to understand the way they play, they change, they become more defensive and they are getting results. I thought they were a bit lucky but they were good.\n\n\"We have bad results and we should - and we could have - avoided these results.\"\n\nFulham boss Scott Parker, speaking to BBC Sport: \"I'm very proud of this team for what we've been through. There's a lot of talk around - everyone assumes about what happened. I know what we've been through the last two weeks.\n\n\"We had players out there today who had one day's training. What pleased me most was a desire and a passion and a real quality at times tonight.\n\n\"There's a real determination and hard work from this group of players. They've never shied away from anything.\"\n\nOn Monday's announcement of the game with Tottenham: \"We were told, in the end, at 9:30. It was put to me on Saturday, if there was a possibility, but I just batted it off thinking 'no chance'.\n\n\"This game was supposed to be scheduled 16 days ago - for 10 days some of these boys were locked up in their houses. I was surprised but it wasn't in terms of preparing for this game, we've prepared in two days for a game before, it was more just getting told of the consequences that you face.\"\n\nBest of the stats\n• None Tottenham and Fulham played out their first draw in the Premier League since December 2009, with Spurs winning 10 of the last 11 encounters (L1).\n• None Tottenham are unbeaten in their last eight London derbies in the Premier League (W3 D5), they've never gone longer without defeat against sides from the capital in the competition.\n• None Fulham have drawn five consecutive Premier League games, their longest such run since January 2007 (six games).\n• None Fulham have gained five points in their last four Premier League away games (W1 D2 L1), more than they collected in their previous 13 on the road in the competition (W1 D1 L11).\n• None Only Brighton (12) and Sheffield United (11) have dropped more points from winning positions than Spurs (10) in the Premier League this season.\n• None Tottenham's Harry Kane has become just the third player to score 25 Premier League goals with his head (25), his right foot (94) and his left foot (34) - after Robbie Fowler and Andy Cole.\n• None Ademola Lookman has been directly involved in five goals (two goals, three assists) in the Premier League this season, more than any other Fulham player.\n\nTottenham travel to Bramall Lane on Sunday (14:05 GMT) to face the Premier League's bottom side Sheffield United, who on Tuesday earned their first top-flight win of the season.\n\nFulham face Chelsea in another derby, hosting their west London rivals on Saturday (17:30 GMT).\n• None Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Erik Lamela tries a through ball, but Son Heung-Min is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Antonee Robinson (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aboubakar Kamara. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Can the TV personality make it as a pro footballer?\n• None New drama brings the chilling crimes of Charles Sobhraj to life", "Gerry and Barbara Jarrett were admitted to hospital with Covid-19 two weeks ago\n\nAn elderly couple with coronavirus have been helped by a hospital to say their last goodbyes to each other after the wife's condition deteriorated.\n\nGerry and Barbara Jarrett, from Bracknell, Berkshire, are in separate wards at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey.\n\nTheir daughter Chloe, who posted a picture of one reunion on Twitter, said her mother \"looked to be at the end\".\n\nShe said her parents had \"precious\" extra time together thanks to the hospital's \"incredible\" efforts.\n\nMrs Keljarrett said her 79-year-old father and mother, 76, who have been together for 50 years, were admitted to hospital with Covid-19 two weeks ago.\n\nOn Tuesday she posted: \"In the midst of a pandemic peak, staff (namely a consultant, a surgeon and a HCA) at FPH just made sure my dad saw my mum for what is likely the last time.\"\n\nShe said another meeting happened on Wednesday when \"mum looked to be at the end\".\n\nFrimley Park Hospital said the reunions were the sort of \"care that matters the most\"\n\nShe said: \"Dad was wheeled in, crying, touched her hand and her eyes flew open. She was awake and bright and could talk.\n\n\"We got a precious extra hour or two before her breathing got worse again and got to say what we wanted.\n\n\"All thanks to the staff who made these meetings possible. In current times I just find that incredible.\"\n\nMrs Keljarrett, a teacher at The Brakenhale School, said her father was \"showing signs of improvement but has a very long journey to complete\".\n\n\"He has a number of other health issues that will make recovery that bit trickier, but I have to remain positive that he will overcome this horrendous virus,\" she added.\n\nShe said she had met hospital workers who were \"pulling unexpected double shifts\" due to short-staffing.\n\n\"How they are managing such compassion when they are stretched to their emotional and physical limits I do not know,\" she added.\n\nResponding to Mrs Keljarrett's Twitter post, the hospital wrote: \"Our hearts go out to you and your family.\n\n\"We are so glad that our staff managed to make this time just a little bit easier for you all.\n\n\"This truly is some of the care we give that matters the most.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Doctors' leaders have called for urgent improvements in personal protective equipment for health workers.\n\nThe British Medical Association is appealing for a higher grade of face mask to guard against coronavirus infection.\n\nIt says there is 'growing evidence' that the virus is being spread through the air by aerosols.\n\nThese are tiny virus particles that can build up in stuffy rooms and they have been linked to outbreaks of Covid-19.\n\nThis follows an open letter from more than 1,500 health professionals for staff on general wards to be given the type of high-quality masks usually only worn in intensive care units.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) has issued guidance on what PPE staff in different settings require. It was last updated in October 2020.\n\nEarly in the pandemic, it was widely believed that to catch the disease you had to either be close to an infected person and hit by droplets from their coughs or sneezes or touch a surface they had contaminated.\n\nBut research during the course of last year highlighted how it is also possible for the virus to be carried in what are called aerosols, drifting and accumulating in the air.\n\nMost infections are thought to have occurred indoors in badly ventilated rooms, and many studies have shown that the 'airborne route' can be an important factor.\n\nAcross the UK, the guidance for hospital staff is to wear surgical masks in most areas.\n\nMore sophisticated masks - a type known as FFP3 that includes an air filter - are only required in intensive care or when certain procedures are carried out that are known to generate aerosols.\n\nIn their letter, the consultants, doctors and nurses say healthcare workers are three to four times more likely to become infected than the general population.\n\nBut they point out that staff in intensive care units, who have the best level of protection, have about half the risk of catching the virus than colleagues on general wards.\n\nThe letter states: \"It is now essential that healthcare workers have their PPE upgraded to protect against airborne transmission\".\n\nBarry McAree, a consultant surgeon in Northern Ireland, is one of many healthcare workers to be ill with Covid.\n\nHe is self-isolating at home right after his testing positive for the second time.\n\nA signatory to the letter, he says his hospital in Antrim followed the guidance about which type of masks should be worn in which areas, but he became infected nonetheless. It is not clear how and when he caught it.\n\n\"There's so much evidence that we are talking about an airborne infection that it has to be said that it is not appropriate just to wear FFP3 in environments when aerosol generating procedures take place.\"\n\nHe believes that with such high levels of the virus in the community and in hospitals, staff should be wearing the higher-grade masks whenever they're close to patients.\n\nSurgical masks can be bought online for about 10p each, while the FFP3 masks are far more expensive about £5.00.\n\nDr Barry Jones, a retired gastroenterologist and leading expert on aerosols, says that's nothing compared to the cost of a patient with Covid,\n\nHe points to data showing that roughly a fifth of people needing hospital treatment for Covid may have acquired the infection in hospital in the first place.\n\n\"We should do everything we can to reduce that possibility - it's the air we share that's killing us.\"\n\nA few hospitals have decided to break with official guidance.\n\nIt's understood that hospitals in Cambridge, Plymouth and Exeter have decided to equip staff with FFP3 masks if they face patients diagnosed with Covid or suspected of having it.\n\nOne consultant, who did not want to be named, said: \"When you realise patients are more infectious at an earlier stage of disease and are presenting at general wards with poorer ventilation than intensive care units and staff are wearing a poorer quality of PPE, you really want those in a position of leadership to listen and to act.\"\n\nRCN General Secretary Dame Donna Kinnair, said: \"Without delay, they must state whether existing PPE guidance is adequate for the new variant.\n\n\"While more research is carried out, we ask for the precautionary principle to be applied and staff to be given a higher level of PPE if working with suspected or confirmed cases.\"\n\nPublic Health England said this was a matter for NHS England to comment on.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"The safety of NHS and social care staff has always been our top priority and we continue to work tirelessly to deliver PPE that protects those on the frontline.\n\n\"UK guidance on the safest levels of PPE is written by experts and agreed by all four chief medical officers. Our guidance is kept under constant review based on the latest evidence and data.\n\n\"Emerging evidence and data, including on variant strains, will be continually monitored and reviewed, and the guidance updated accordingly if needed.\"", "It was initially believed that Covid-19 originated at a market in Wuhan\n\nA World Health Organization (WHO) team has arrived in the Chinese city of Wuhan to start its investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe long-awaited probe comes after months of negotiations between the WHO and Beijing.\n\nA group of 10 scientists is set to interview people from research institutes, hospitals and the seafood market linked to the initial outbreak.\n\nCovid-19 was first detected in Wuhan in central China in late 2019.\n\nThe team's arrival on Thursday morning coincides with a resurgence of new coronavirus cases in the north of the country, while life in Wuhan is relatively back to normal.\n\nThey will undergo two weeks of quarantine before beginning their research, which will rely upon samples and evidence provided by Chinese officials.\n\nTeam leader Peter Ben Embarek told AFP news agency just before the trip that it \"could be a very long journey before we get a full understanding of what happened\".\n\n\"I don't think we will have clear answers after this initial mission, but we will be on the way,\" he said.\n\nThe probe, which aims to investigate the animal origin of the pandemic, looks set to begin after some initial hiccups.\n\nChina resisted this investigation because it doesn't want to look back. It sees the potential for more blame, from a group of foreigners. It has its official version of what happened already.\n\nThe government paper published months ago declared \"victory\" in the war against the virus. But it didn't have a verdict - not one it made public anyway - on where the new coronavirus came from nor how it passed to humans. There's been global pressure to answer that, to prevent repeat pandemics.\n\nThe WHO team will be heavily reliant on their Chinese hosts for access: to key places in Wuhan and beyond, and crucially to research material, human and animal samples and data gathered by China's authorities over the past year. The man leading the WHO team said he is open minded. No theories - and there is a range of theories - are off the table. All sides have talked about the importance of the science. But the investigators arrived here as a propaganda effort, lead by China's state media, is in full swing, to question whether the pandemic originated here in the first place.\n\nDespite a lack of any credible evidence it's reported for months now that it was in Spain, Italy or maybe the US before it was seen in China. A campaign intended to undermine the very reason the WHO is, finally, here in Wuhan.\n\nEarlier this month the WHO said its investigators were denied entry into China after one member of the team was turned back and another got stuck in transit. But Beijing said it was a misunderstanding and that arrangements for the investigation were still in discussion.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid-19: How everyday life has changed in Wuhan\n\nChina has been saying for months that the although Wuhan is where the first cluster of cases was detected, it is not necessarily where the virus originated.\n\nProfessor Dale Fisher, chair of the global outbreak and response unit at the WHO, told the BBC that he hoped the world would consider this a scientific visit. \"It's not about politics or blame but getting to the bottom of a scientific question,\" he said.\n\nProf Fisher added that most scientists believed that the virus was a \"natural event\".\n\nThe visit comes as China reports its first fatality from Covid-19 in eight months.\n\nNews of the woman's death in northern Hebei province prompted anxious chatter online and the hashtag \"new virus death in Hebei\" trended briefly on social media platform Weibo.\n\nThe country has largely brought the virus under control through quick mass testing, stringent lockdowns and tight travel restrictions.\n\nBut new cases have been resurfacing in recent weeks, mainly in Hebei province surrounding Beijing and Heilongjiang province in the northeast.", "A further 1,564 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said there have now been more deaths in the second wave than the first.\n\nAnd the prime minister warned there was a \"very substantial\" risk of intensive care capacity being \"overtopped\".\n\nSpeaking to the Commons Liaison Committee, Boris Johnson said the situation was \"very, very tough\" in the NHS and the strain on staff was \"colossal\".\n\nHe appealed to the public to follow lockdown rules, which require people in England to stay at home and only go out for limited reasons, such as for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nA further 47,525 new cases have also been recorded.\n\nPerhaps the most distressing element about the latest Covid deaths is that the numbers are almost certainly going to rise from here.\n\nPeople who are dying now are likely to have been infected three or so weeks ago, around Christmas time.\n\nThat was at a point when infection rates were rising quite steeply, so in the coming days and weeks we should, sadly, expect to see more deaths than this being reported.\n\nToday's figures are affected by the weekend, which sees delays in reporting deaths that tend to translate into higher figures from Tuesday onwards.\n\nCurrently around 1,000 people a day on average are dying once you take this into account.\n\nBut the figures also provide some hope. For the third day in a row the number of newly diagnosed infections are well below 50,000.\n\nThere have been several days where they have exceeded 60,000.\n\nIf that trend continues, and the number of new cases keeps coming down, that will eventually translate into the number of deaths falling.\n\nBut it is going to take some weeks for that to happen.\n\nThese are, as many have been saying, the darkest days of the pandemic so far.\n\nEarlier, during Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said lockdown measures were \"starting to show signs of some effect\".\n\nLabour's Sir Keir Starmer called for tougher restrictions in England, asking why they were weaker in this lockdown compared with March.\n\nDuring the first lockdown, nurseries were closed to most children and it was not permitted to exercise with someone from another household.\n\n\"We keep things under constant review,\" Mr Johnson replied. \"If there is any need to toughen up restrictions - which I don't rule out - we will of course come to this House.\"\n\nHe stressed that it was early days, but said: \"The lockdown measures we have in place combined with tier four measures that we were using are starting to show signs of some effect.\"\n\nLater, asked by the Commons Liaison Committee whether schools could reopen after February half-term, Mr Johnson said: \"It is far, far too early for us to say [early signs of progress mean] we can go into any kind of relaxation in the middle of February, we've got to work very hard to achieve that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson took questions from MPs on the Commons Liaison Committee\n\nThe prime minister also said on Wednesday that Covid vaccinations will be offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week as soon as supply allows.\n\nThe number of people in the UK who have received the first dose of a vaccine has risen to 2,639,309 - up by 207,661 from the day before.\n\nCommenting on the latest daily figures, PHE's Dr Doyle said: \"With each passing day, more and more people are tragically losing their lives to this terrible virus.\"\n\nShe added: \"It is essential that we stay at home, minimise contact with other people and act as if you have the virus.\"\n\nThe vast majority of the deaths reported on Tuesday happened over the past week. However, at least 100 were in 2020, with one death dating back to May.\n\nThe previous highest daily death toll was on Friday, when 1,325 people were reported to have died.\n\nThese government figures count people who died within 28 days of testing positive, but there are other ways of measuring the total number of deaths.\n\nWhen all deaths where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate are counted, plus deaths known to have occurred more recently, the number of deaths involving Covid in the UK is more than 100,000.\n\nAnother method is to count excess deaths - all deaths over and above the usual number at the time of year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"We are taking steps to ensure that we do not see the import of this new variant\".\n\nMeanwhile, the prime minister has said he is \"concerned\" about a new coronavirus variant that is believed to have emerged in Brazil. He acknowledged it is not yet clear how effective existing vaccines will be against the latest new variant.\n\nThe UK is taking steps to make sure it is not brought into the country, Mr Johnson said.\n\nA government Covid committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss the possibility of stopping flights from Brazil.\n\nArrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nAnd from Monday, anyone arriving into the UK from any country will have to present a negative Covid test. The new rule had been due to come into force this week but the government said it was being put back to give travellers more time to prepare.", "The home secretary has said the government will not announce new Covid restrictions on Thursday or Friday, but did not rule out further measures being announced next week.\n\nPriti Patel told ITV her focus was on enforcing the current lockdown rules.\n\nIt is thought ministers are considering measures like requiring masks outside or allowing people to exercise only with people from the same household.\n\nOn Wednesday, the UK recorded 1,564 new deaths, the highest daily total so far.\n\nMrs Patel emphasised the current stay-at-home rules, under which people are only allowed to go out for a limited number of reasons, including work, essential shopping and providing care to a vulnerable person.\n\nAsked whether further restrictions could include a three-metre social distancing rule, or the requirement to wear masks outside, the home secretary told ITV's This Morning: \"The plans are very much to enforce the rules.\n\n\"This isn't about new rules coming in - we're going to stick with enforcing the current measures.\"\n\nBut Ms Patel did not rule out new measures being announced next week, saying: \"We are not thinking about bringing in new measures today or tomorrow.\"\n\nAt a press conference on Monday, she said police would move more quickly to fine people who break the rules.\n\nOver the course of the pandemic, more than 30,000 such fines have been issued.\n\nA senior backbench Conservative MP has written to his colleagues to criticise the government's approach to coronavirus restrictions.\n\nSteve Baker, deputy chairman of the Covid Recovery Group of MPs, which is sceptical of lockdown measures, said that if the government did not change its strategy, \"inevitably the prime minister's leadership will be on the table: we strongly do not want that after all we have been through as a country\".\n\nHe asked his colleagues to impress upon the party's chief whip the need for \"a clear plan for when our full freedoms will be restored, with a guarantee that this strategy will not be used again next winter\".\n\nHowever, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has questioned why the current lockdown restrictions are \"weaker\" than those imposed in March last year, when deaths and hospitalisations were lower than they are now.\n\nHe questioned why nurseries were open when primary schools were closed, and whether estate agents should be allowed to continue with house viewings.\n\nRules have been further tightened in Scotland this week, with new restrictions on click and collect and takeaway services.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nSpinner Dom Bess took 5-30 as a woeful Sri Lanka batting display left England in control after the opening day of the first Test in Galle.\n\nThe hosts were bowled out for 135 in only 46.1 overs despite winning the toss on a pitch that offered only a little spin.\n\nEngland closed on 127-2, with Joe Root unbeaten on 66, Jonny Bairstow 47 not out and their third-wicket stand worth 110.\n\nDom Sibley and Zak Crawley fell to left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya for four and nine respectively.\n\nSri Lanka's total was the lowest in a first innings in a Galle Test, and was a pitiful exhibition of indiscipline and poor strokes which demonstrated a clear lack of understanding of how to build a Test innings.\n\nEngland, who made five changes from their previous Test in August, were disciplined with the ball and tidy in the field, aside from a drop from debutant Dan Lawrence, with Stuart Broad superb in taking 3-20.\n\nTheir reward was a strong position on their first day of overseas Test cricket since the coronavirus pandemic took hold, and their opening action of a year that includes home and away series against India, a likely two-Test series against world number one side New Zealand and a bid to regain the Ashes in Australia.\n\nThe second day starts at 04:30 GMT on Friday.\n• None 'Right up there with the worst we've seen' - Sri Lanka collapse shocks pundits\n\nWith England's most recent Test being played five months ago, and Sri Lanka playing in South Africa over Christmas and the new year, there was concern that the tourists would not be as prepared as the hosts.\n\nBroad, who had Lahiru Thirimanne caught at leg slip and Kusal Mendis, who has now made a duck in four successive Test innings, caught behind in the seventh over, showcased his experience and guile by turning to off-cutters almost immediately.\n\nBess, playing his 11th Test, may have taken his second five-wicket haul in Tests but struggled to find a consistent line and length.\n\nKusal Perera reverse swept Bess' second ball to Root at slip, while Niroshan Dickwella slapped a long hop to Sibley at point to fall for 12.\n\nAfter getting Dasun Shanaka in fortunate circumstances as a sweep rebounded off Bairstow at short leg into wicketkeeper Jos Buttler's hands, Bess produced a beautifully flighted delivery to bowl Dilruwan Perera between bat and pad for a duck.\n\nHe rounded off the innings by bowling the reverse-sweeping Wanindu Hasaranga for 19 as the hosts lost their last five wickets for 30 runs.\n\nStand-in captain Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews offered some fight with a stand of 56 for the fourth wicket, the former becoming the 12th Sri Lankan to reach 4,000 Tests runs and Mathews the fifth to 6,000.\n\nHowever, both fell tamely in the space of three balls as Broad - who had taken three wickets in 80 overs in Sri Lanka before this match - had Mathews slashing to slip, before Chandimal looped a simple catch to Sam Curran at cover to give Jack Leach his first Test wicket since November 2019.\n• None Why the Sri Lanka tour matters for the Ashes\n\nFor England this two-Test tour, which was cut short in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, is a build-up to the four-Test series in India that follows.\n\nTo stand any chance of beating Virat Kohli's side England must play spin well, and they will be concerned by the early inroads that Sri Lanka made.\n\nOpener Sibley, whom many feel is vulnerable against spin, edged to slip via his back pad as he attempted to work Embuldeniya to leg.\n\nCrawley, promoted to open given Rory Burns' absence to be at the birth of his first child, looked to take Embuldeniya over the top - a shot he played superbly last summer - but mistimed it to mid-off.\n\nHowever, Root, whose fifty was his 50th in Test cricket, will be buoyed by the way he and the recalled Bairstow nullified the spin threat as they shared England's highest partnership in Galle.\n\nIt was a chanceless stand, although Root overturned an lbw decision on 20 with replays showing the ball would have gone over the stumps.\n\nBoth he and Bairstow scored around the wicket, with Root playing the sweep to good effect, and Bairstow cutting and flicking through mid-wicket well.\n\nThey will hope to build a substantial first-innings lead and turn the match into a three-innings game.\n\n'England didn't have to work hard at all' - reaction\n\nEngland spinner Dom Bess on BBC Test Match Special: \"We have put ourselves in a really good position. Rooty and Jonny batted really well because the wicket started to spin.\n\n\"I felt I was quite nervous. I hadn't bowled in a game since the Test matches last summer.\n\n\"I didn't feel I bowled as well as I know I can. That's cricket, isn't it? There might be days bowl exceptionally well and go 1-100.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"It was a fantastic day for England.\n\n\"The partnership with Root and Bairstow was exactly what was required by Sri Lanka.\n\n\"Mathews and Chandimal are experienced pros. They were playing nicely and then played two rash shots. It was so poor from Sri Lanka.\"\n\nSri Lanka batting coach Grant Flower: \"I'm at a loss for words, I've never seen us bat that badly. They know these conditions well and it should have been a big advantage.\n\n\"England's batsmen showed us there's nothing wrong with the pitch. We batted terribly.\"\n\nFormer Sri Lanka all-rounder Russell Arnold: \"It is not a minefield. It was very poor from Sri Lanka. England didn't have to work hard at all.\n\n\"It is very, very disappointing. It surprised me and I expected a lot more.\"\n• None Can the TV personality make it as a pro footballer?\n• None New drama brings the chilling crimes of Charles Sobhraj to life", "Lucy Edwards, pictured with dog Olga, became BBC Radio 1's first blind presenter when she guested in 2019\n\nA blind social media star said she could be waiting for years for a new guide dog because of delays connected with the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nLucy Edwards creates videos on living with sight loss, which have been watched millions of times.\n\nThe 25-year-old has used a guide dog since she was 17 and said she had lost her independence since her latest dog was retired four months ago.\n\nShe said it was like losing her \"eyesight all over again\".\n\n\"It has really knocked my confidence that in a pandemic I don't have my dog any more,\" Ms Edwards, from Sutton Coldfield, in the West Midlands, said.\n\n\"I don't feel comfortable going outside on my own.\"\n\nLucy Edwards says she struggles to socially distance using her cane alone, as she does not know where people are around her\n\nShe now relies on her cane and her sighted partner, but added she found it difficult to socially distance with just a cane and felt \"scared\" without the support of her dog Olga.\n\nThe Guide Dogs for the Blind Association said the pandemic meant it had been forced to stop dog training for five months last year.\n\nIt said 52 dogs had been trained and become qualified in the Midlands in 2020, compared with 125 in 2019, and added the monthly figures showed a big impact in April.\n\nWhile general dog training is continuing during the third England lockdown, with social distancing measures in place, some orientation and other work has stopped, along with puppy training classes.\n\nWest Bromwich marathon runner Dave Heeley, who was appointed an OBE in the New Year Honours, has been waiting for a dog for more than two years.\n\n\"The dog is your best friend, your dog is your mobility and I don't feel that from a stick,\" he said.\n\nDave Heeley has been waiting two years for a dog\n\nThe Guide Dogs for the Blind Association said over the past two years it had matched 80% of people with a guide dog within 16 months.\n\nThe charity currently has about 5,000 guide dogs working in the UK and within the next few years said it was targeting 1,000 new guide dog partnerships a year.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Employers \"have a duty\" to support staff who suffer domestic abuse but few have adequate policies in place, the government says.\n\nIt said bosses were in a unique position to help but a \"lack of awareness and stigma\" held them back.\n\nCalls to domestic abuse services have surged in the pandemic as couples spend more time at home.\n\nBusiness Minister Paul Scully said employers could be a \"bridge between a worker and the support they need\".\n\n\"It was once taboo to talk about mental health, but now most workplaces have well-established policies in place. We want to see the same happen for domestic abuse, but more quickly and more effectively,\" he said in an open letter to employers.\n\nManagers and colleagues are often the only other people outside the home that victims talk to each day and so \"uniquely placed\" to spot signs of abuse, he said.\n\nThese include becoming more withdrawn than usual, sudden drops in performance, mentions of controlling or coercive behaviour in partners, or physical signs such as bruising.\n\nEmployers did not have to become \"specialists\" in handling domestic abuse, Mr Scully said, but could do more to help, including:\n\nFirms already taking action include Vodafone, which offers specialist training to HR and line managers and support for victims including counselling and additional paid leave.\n\nIn August, law firm Linklaters strengthened its policies and now offers people who need to flee their home but can't stay with others three nights' accommodation in a hotel.\n\nIt also offers the option of paid leave, plus one-off payments of £5,000 to help victims trying to become financially independent.\n\nDomestic violence charity Refuge said it saw an 80% increase in calls to its helpline during the first national lockdown, a trend the government believes has continued.\n\nAnd in November, 43% of respondents to a survey by charity Surviving Economic Abuse showed an abuser had interfered with someone's ability to work or study from home during the crisis.\n\nExamples included hiding phones or computers, removing wi-fi connections, and phoning an employer claiming a breach of lockdown rules, in an apparent effort to get them sacked.\n\nDomestic abuse isn't a new problem, nor does today's call to businesses apply only during a pandemic.\n\nBut coronavirus has highlighted new and existing risks.\n\nFor many victims and survivors, work is a place of respite.\n\nBeing based at home, or on furlough, can reduce communication with team members, and prevent face-to-face chats with colleagues.\n\nI've heard of employers finding simple yet effective ways of supporting staff during the pandemic.\n\nFor example, finding a plausible reason for an employee whose remote communications were being overlooked, to go into the office as a one-off, so they could talk freely and hand over an ID document for safe keeping.\n\nOf course, not every business can afford to offer emergency accommodation or financial support to those in urgent need. But the focus of today's letter is on awareness, using free support and removing stigma.\n\nThe charity Surviving Economic Abuse wants the government to go further, and put paid leave for domestic abuse victims into law.\n\nElizabeth Filkin, who chairs the Employer's Initiative on Domestic Abuse, argues there are real benefits in supporting staff - including around productivity, loyalty and reputation.\n\nEmployment lawyer Sarah Chilton, a partner at CM Murray, told the BBC that all employers have a duty to protect their staff's health and safety while working from home. That includes if they are being subjected to domestic abuse.\n\n\"Where an employee is required to work at home during, for example, the pandemic, the employer should take account of any risk to that person's physical and mental health and safety in the environment in which they work.\"\n\nAngela Ogilvie, global director of HR at Linklaters, said training was vital to spot signs of abuse, especially now.\n\n\"Victims may avoid calls or videos for example. They may become quiet, anxious or tearful, secretive about their home life.\n\n\"And it's being conscious of how you start those conversations because they may be overheard, so you may have to switch your conversation to email or text.\"\n\nMr Scully said the government would consult on ways to help domestic abuse victims at work, for instance by making it easier to request flexible working.\n\nThe government's Domestic Abuse Bill also continues to make its way through parliament.\n\nIt will bring into law a statutory definition of domestic abuse that includes coercive or controlling behaviour as well as emotional and economic abuse.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nFormer world number one Andy Murray's participation at the Australian Open is in doubt after the Briton tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe 33-year-old Scot was set to fly out to Melbourne on a chartered flight arriving there over the next 36 hours.\n\nInstead he remains in quarantine and isolating at home in London.\n\nMurray, who is said to be in good health, remains hopeful he will be allowed to travel safely at a later date and compete as planned.\n\nThe five-time Australian Open runner-up pulled out of last week's ATP event in Delray Beach as he wanted to \"minimise the risks\" of catching a transatlantic flight to Florida.\n\n'He will be refused'\n\nThe Australian Open will start on 8 February at Melbourne Park, three weeks later than usual, because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nPlayers must test negative before taking one of the 15 chartered flights - which have been put on by tournament organisers and will operate at 25% capacity - to Australia.\n\nOnce they have arrived, they will have to pass a series of Covid tests during a 14-day quarantine in Melbourne before the Grand Slam.\n\n\"Mr Murray, and the other 1,240 people as part of the program, need to demonstrate that if they're coming to Melbourne they have returned a negative test,\" said Victorian state health minister Martin Foley.\n\n\"So should Mr Murray arrive, and I have no indication that he will, he will be subject to those same rigorous arrangements as everyone else. Should he test positive prior to his attempts to come to Australia, he will be refused.\"\n\nMurray's planned appearance at Melbourne Park would come two years after he played there in what he feared would be his final match as a professional.\n\nAt 123rd in the world, Murray is ranked too low to gain direct entry into the tournament so the three-time Grand Slam champion has been given a wildcard.\n\nMurray was able to play only seven official matches in 2020 because of a lingering pelvic injury, and the five-month suspension of the tours because of the pandemic.\n\nThe Scot is among a number of players to have their plans disrupted.\n\nAmerican Madison Keys, who reached the Australian Open women's singles semi-finals in 2015, said she would not be playing in Melbourne after testing positive for coronavirus.\n\nWorld number two Rafael Nadal is travelling to Melbourne in search of a record 21st Grand Slam men's singles title without coach Carlos Moya, who has decided to stay at home in Spain with his family because of the health situation.\n\nWorld number three Dominic Thiem's coach Nicolas Massu has also not travelled after a positive Covid test, Thiem's father Wolfgang told Austrian newspaper Kurier.\n\n'Change of year, but not a change of luck' - analysis\n\nA change of year does not appear to have brought about a change of luck for Andy Murray.\n\nHe is now hoping he will be given permission to arrive in Melbourne late - and outside the window Tennis Australia painstakingly negotiated with the Victorian state government.\n\nIf he does get the green light to travel, having completed self-isolation in the UK and returned a negative test, he will still have to spend 14 days in quarantine on arrival.\n\nThat means he won't be able to play in the warm-up events the week before the Australian Open.\n\nBut it would keep alive his hopes of playing in the first Grand Slam of the year, as players will be allowed out of their rooms to practise for five hours a day during quarantine.\n\nAmerican player Tennys Sandgren, meanwhile, boarded a charter plane to Melbourne despite testing positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe world number 50, a two-time Australian Open quarter-finalist, tweeted that after testing positive in November he had returned another positive on Monday and might not be able to fly on Wednesday.\n\nBut Australian Open organisers said his medical file had been reviewed by Victoria state authorities and he had then been cleared to fly.\n\nThey explained that players are only allowed to enter Australia with proof of a negative test done just before departure or \"with approval to travel as a recovered case at the complete discretion of an Australian government authority\".\n\nSandgren posted on social media that he had been ill in November but was \"totally healthy now\".\n\n\"My two tests were less than eight weeks apart,\" he wrote. \"There's not a single documented case where I would be contagious at this point.\"\n\nLisa Neville, minister for police and emergency services, tweeted: \"Tennys Sandgren's positive result was reviewed by health experts and determined to be viral shedding from a previous infection, so was given the all clear to fly.\n\n\"No-one who is Covid positive for the first time - or could still be infectious - will be allowed in for the Aus Open.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Can the TV personality make it as a pro footballer?\n• None New drama brings the chilling crimes of Charles Sobhraj to life", "Passengers will need to provide a negative Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours before departure\n\nPassengers arriving into NI from outside the UK and Republic of Ireland will soon have to produce a negative Covid-19 test before departure.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster confirmed the executive had agreed the plan on Thursday.\n\nPeople arriving from countries not on the government's travel corridors list will also still have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe move has already been agreed in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nPassengers arriving there will be subject to the new rules from Saturday, with the measure taking effect in England and Scotland from Monday.\n\nNegative tests 72 hours prior to arrival are already a requirement in the Republic of Ireland for passengers travelling from Great Britain and South Africa.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's press conference on Thursday, the first minister said Northern Ireland's R-number had also fallen to between 0.7 and 0.9 for new cases of the virus.\n\nThe reproductive rate of the virus - known as the R rate, measures the infection rate of Covid-19 and had risen to about 1.8 due to Christmas relaxations.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the drop showed the \"very real\" effect of lockdown restrictions imposed on 26 December, but she warned there was still \"no room for complacency\".\n\nShe said she still believed there needed to be an \"two-island approach\" to travel restrictions, including discussions with the British and Irish governments as a \"matter of urgency\".\n\nMrs Foster said Stormont ministers had also expressed frustration at the executive meeting over a lack of data-sharing from authorities in the Republic of Ireland, and called for it to be escalated.\n\nPSNI Chief Constable (centre) Simon Byrne attended Stormont's press briefing on Thursday with the first and deputy first ministers\n\nPSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne said 40 penalty notices a day are being handed out to those who breach the Covid-19 regulations.\n\nHe told the press briefing that if people continued flouting rules, they could expect \"firm and swift enforcement\".\n\n\"We won't turn a blind eye when people break the rules.\"\n\nOn Thursday, 16 more deaths related to Covid-19 were reported by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, bringing its total to 1,533.\n\nThere have been 973 new cases diagnosed in the past 24 hours, while 58 Covid-19 patients are being treated in ICUs across Northern Ireland, of which 44 are on ventilators.\n\nMrs Foster said she found it \"incredible and frankly unbelievable\" that some people were still holding house parties and gatherings, despite the pandemic rates and the lockdown.\n\nOn Wednesday, health officials warned that levels of the new, more transmissible variant of the virus are rising.\n\nMr Swann said that meant more \"difficult decisions\" on lockdown restrictions could be required.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the third week of a six-week lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19.\n\nThe executive is due to review the current restrictions on 21 January.\n\nThe first and deputy first ministers said they would take evidence from health officials before deciding whether an extension of the lockdown would be required.\n\nMinisters have expressed concerns about keeping non-essential parts of businesses open\n\nMinisters have also expressed concerns about some larger retailers \"gaming\" the regulations and keeping open non-essential parts of their businesses.\n\nA meeting between the first and deputy first ministers and representatives of the retail sector is due to happen on Friday afternoon.\n\nElsewhere, the Chief Medical Officer has confirmed that unpaid carers looking after Clinically Extremely Vulnerable individuals should receive the first dose of their vaccine when phase two of the vaccination programme begins next month.\n\nDr Michael McBride told Stormont's Health Committee they are provided for on a list of prioritisation provided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which decides the order of vaccination delivery.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Department of Health This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Department of Health\n\nMr Swann was asked if his department was \"putting all its eggs in the vaccine basket\".\n\nHe said it was \"not the entirety of the answer\", adding: \"It will take time for the benefits of it to bed in.\n\n\"And while it is doing it, we still have to follow those restrictions that are in place.\n\n\"We may actually have to introduce more.\"\n\nOn Thursday afternoon the department tweeted that 121,711 vaccines have been administered in Northern Ireland.\n\nMrs Foster said that by end of this month, it is hoped all care home residents, health staff and those aged over 80 in Northern Ireland will have received their first vaccination.\n\nShe said that would be an \"incredible achievement\" and make Northern Ireland one of the top-performing countries in rolling out its vaccination programme.\n\nMeanwhile, the chairman of the Police Federation for NI (PFNI) has said officers need more powers to enforce Covid-19 regulations.\n\nAt present officers can only issue guidance and advice on the public health regulations.\n\nPFNI chairman Mark Lindsay said that puts officers in a \"difficult position\".\n\nThe federation represents thousands of rank and file PSNI officers.\n\n\"I think we are well past the stage where police officers are the people that should be giving advice around the guidance,\" Mr Lindsay told BBC Radio Foyle.", "President Trump has just become the first sitting president to be impeached twice by the US House of Representatives.\n\nWe asked members of our BBC voter panel to weigh in as well.\n\nHere's what they said:\n\nQuote Message: Everything he has done is unconstitutional and, as a president, the number one thing he should be doing is upholding the Constitution. If not for him continually fighting the election results and claiming the election was stolen, if not for him holding that rally near the Capitol, if not for him talking about 'uprising', last week would very likely not have happened. Unfortunately it was completely predictable. from Melissa Dangaran 51, from Minnesota Everything he has done is unconstitutional and, as a president, the number one thing he should be doing is upholding the Constitution. If not for him continually fighting the election results and claiming the election was stolen, if not for him holding that rally near the Capitol, if not for him talking about 'uprising', last week would very likely not have happened. Unfortunately it was completely predictable.\n\nQuote Message: Unprecedented. He should not have been impeached at all. There is no justification, no legal basis, no constitutional basis for it. It's a rush to judgment for ulterior motives and a dark stain on our country. I'm concerned about the double standard and I'm afraid our Constitution is on its deathbed. Why would anybody who's rational think that our president meant for people to go break into the Capitol? from Belinda Noah 45, from Florida Unprecedented. He should not have been impeached at all. There is no justification, no legal basis, no constitutional basis for it. It's a rush to judgment for ulterior motives and a dark stain on our country. I'm concerned about the double standard and I'm afraid our Constitution is on its deathbed. Why would anybody who's rational think that our president meant for people to go break into the Capitol?\n\nQuote Message: It's more of a symbolic impeachment at this point because he'll be out soon, but it's necessary nonetheless. Not only is he a threat to our national security, but he doesn't condone white supremacy and other threats. It's deeply saddening to me. from Williams Morales 19, from Georgia It's more of a symbolic impeachment at this point because he'll be out soon, but it's necessary nonetheless. Not only is he a threat to our national security, but he doesn't condone white supremacy and other threats. It's deeply saddening to me.\n\nQuote Message: I was in DC at the rally - not near the Capitol - but I saw the president speak with my own eyes and he did not call for anyone to storm the building or cause harm. It's just a way to ensure he will not run in the next four years. It is political and it will create a bigger divide between left and right. All violence should be condemned fairly and justly. It was a very sad outcome, but I do not believe it was the most horrible day in our country's history. from Gabriel Montalvo 21, from New York I was in DC at the rally - not near the Capitol - but I saw the president speak with my own eyes and he did not call for anyone to storm the building or cause harm. It's just a way to ensure he will not run in the next four years. It is political and it will create a bigger divide between left and right. All violence should be condemned fairly and justly. It was a very sad outcome, but I do not believe it was the most horrible day in our country's history.", "Siegfried and Roy were one of the hottest tickets in Las Vegas\n\nSiegfried Fischbacher, one half of celebrated magic double act Siegfried and Roy, has died from pancreatic cancer in Las Vegas at the age of 81.\n\nThe pair were among the biggest names in the world of magic and were known for working with lions and tigers.\n\nPaying tribute, David Copperfield called him a \"legend in magic\", and Penn Jillette said Siegfried and Roy were \"pure showbiz and pure class\".\n\nRoy Horn died from Covid-19 complications last May.\n\nThe pair \"invented the full length magic show headlining Vegas\", according to Jillette, who is known as part of the duo Penn and Teller.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSiegfried and Roy teamed up in their native Germany in the 1950s, and the highlight of their extravagant shows was their performances with white lions and white tigers.\n\nHorn was attacked by a 400lb white Bengal tiger named Montecore during a performance in Las Vegas in 2003, leaving him partially paralysed and using a wheelchair.\n\nHe underwent lengthy rehabilitation and was later able to walk again, but the attack ended the duo's long-running Las Vegas residency.\n\nRoy Horn (left) had to use a wheelchair after the tiger attack\n\nFischbacher and Horn, whose real name was Uwe Ludwig Horn, had met on a cruise ship and were later signed up by a liner company.\n\nAfter being spotted and signed to perform at a nightclub in Bremen, they went on to tour Europe and brought tigers into their act.\n\nBut they shot to worldwide fame after launching their Las Vegas shows in the 1960s.\n\nTheir unique brand of magic and artistry consistently attracted sell-out crowds. They performed an estimated 5,000 shows for 10 million fans in the city after 1990, when they began performing at the Mirage hotel-casino.\n\nThey were also estimated to have grossed more than $1bn by 2001, which included their thousands of shows at other venues in earlier years.\n\nIn 2004, their act became the basis for the animated comedy Father of the Pride, about the mischievous adventures of a family of white lions who perform with Siegfried & Roy in Las Vegas.\n\nHorn's condition improved and by 2006 he was able to talk and walk with assistance from Fischbacher.\n\nIn 2009, the duo staged a final appearance with a tiger (said to be Montecore, but this was disputed by some) at a benefit for the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute in Las Vegas.\n\nSiegfried Fischbacher was devoted to his partner Roy\n\nThey retired from showbusiness in 2010. After Horn's death last year, Fischbacher said: \"Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend.\n\n\"From the moment we met, I knew Roy and I, together, would change the world. There could be no Siegfried without Roy, and no Roy without Siegfried.\"\n\nFischbacher recently had a 12-hour operation to remove a malignant tumour. He had been receiving care at home from two hospice workers in recent days.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRichard Leonard has resigned as Scottish Labour leader, saying it is in the best interests of the party for him to stand down.\n\nMr Leonard said he believed speculation about his leadership had become a \"distraction\".\n\nAnd he said he would be stepping down with immediate effect.\n\nHis resignation comes just months ahead of the Scottish Parliament election, which is scheduled to be held in May.\n\nMr Leonard had been leader of the party for three years after succeeding Kezia Dugdale.\n\nThe former union official had faced open calls to quit from some of his own MSPs last year amid concerns that his leadership style could damage the party in the forthcoming Scottish Parliament election.\n\nPolls have suggested that many Scottish Labour supporters struggle to recognise him, and he is closely associated with former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nScottish Labour had dominated politics in Scotland for decades, but is currently the third largest party at Holyrood behind the SNP and Conservatives.\n\nAnd Mr Leonard's critics had questioned whether he was capable of turning the party's fortunes around.\n\nMr Leonard was seen as a close ally of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn\n\nIn a statement, Mr Leonard said the decision to resign had not been easy - but he felt it was the right one for him and his party.\n\nHe said: \"I have thought long and hard over the Christmas period about what this crisis means, and the approach Scottish Labour takes to help tackle it.\n\n\"I have also considered what the speculation about my leadership does to our ability to get Labour's message across. This has become a distraction.\n\n\"I have come to the conclusion it is in the best interests of the party that I step aside as leader of Scottish Labour with immediate effect.\"\n\nHe also insisted that Scotland now needs a Labour government more than ever, and accused both the Scottish and UK governments of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMr Leonard added: \"While I step down from the leadership today, the work goes on - and I will play my constructive part as an MSP in winning support for Labour's vision of a better future in a democratic economy and a socialist society.\"\n\nHis decision leaves Scottish Labour looking for its fifth leader since the independence referendum in 2014 - with Johann Lamont, Jim Murphy and Kezia Dugdale all having held the job since then.\n\nA Procedures Committee, to oversee the election of Mr Leonard's successor, has been formed and will have its first meeting on Friday.\n\nMeanwhile, Labour's Scottish Executive Committee will also meet in the coming days to agree a timetable for the process.\n\nMSP Jackie Baillie, who was Scottish Labour's deputy leader, has taken charge of the party on an interim basis.\n\nThis sudden resignation four months from the Holyrood elections seems to have taken Scottish Labour by surprise.\n\nMSPs I've spoken to said they did not see it coming.\n\nThere have been times when Richard Leonard has been under severe pressure from some in his party to stand down.\n\nWhen several MSPs publicly called for him to quit because the party had gone backwards at successive elections on his watch, he stood firm.\n\nHis critics seemed to have accepted that he would lead them and a divided party into the Holyrood election.\n\nThat has now changed and interim leader Jackie Baillie has to quickly organise a contest to replace him.\n\nIt's a contest in which Anas Sarwar, if he stands, would be an obvious frontrunner - even although he lost last time to Mr Leonard, who was seen as much closer to the then UK party leader, Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Leonard should be \"very proud\" of his achievements as leader of the party in Scotland.\n\nSir Keir added: \"I would like to thank Richard for his service to our party and his unwavering commitment to the values he believes in.\n\n\"Richard has led Scottish Labour through one of the most challenging and difficult periods in our country's history, including a general election and the pandemic.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Neil Findlay MSP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Leonard had been due to face a confidence vote at the party's ruling Executive Committee last September - but the motion was withdrawn at the last minute.\n\nIt came after four Scottish Labour MSPs called for him to go, warning that the party faced \"catastrophe\" at the ballot box under his leadership.\n\nThey pointed to the party's dismal performance in previous elections under Mr Leonard.\n\nScottish Labour finished fifth in the European election in May 2019, and then lost all but one of its MPs in the general election in December of the same year.\n\nMr Leonard insisted at the time that he intended to lead the party into this year's Holyrood election, and accused his opponents of waging \"internal war\" against him.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who faced Mr Leonard in her weekly question session in the Scottish Parliament, tweeted that she had \"always liked Richard Leonard\" despite their political difference.\n\nShe added: \"He is a decent guy and I wish him well for the future.\"\n\nRuth Davidson, who quit as leader of the Scottish Tories in 2019 before returning to lead the party at Holyrood, said she had always found Mr Leonard to be a \"thoroughly decent man and a committed campaigner.\"\n\nAnas Sarwar, who was defeated by Mr Leonard in the leadership contest in 2017 and is seen as one of the favourites to replace him, said he was sure Mr Leonard would \"continue to fight for a fairer, more just and more equal society today, tomorrow and long into the future.\"\n\nBut Labour MSP Neil Findlay, an outspoken supporter of Mr Leonard, took aim at those who had sought to oust him last year - describing them as \"flinching cowards\" and \"sneering traitors\".", "Primark stores have been hit hard by lockdown\n\nPrimark says it has no plans to sell its clothes online despite warning that lockdown store closures could cost it more than £1bn in lost sales.\n\nSome 305 of Primark's 389 global stores are shut - including all 190 UK outlets - but unlike rivals it has no online arm to fall back on.\n\nCustomers have said they would welcome the retailer setting up an online shop.\n\nBut Primark, which saw a 30% sales fall to £2bn in the 16 weeks to 2 January, says the cost would mean price rises.\n\nIt contrasts with online only fashion retailers such as Asos and Boohoo, whose sales rose by around 40% in the last four months of 2020.\n\nOn Thursday, consumers called on Primark to embrace e-commerce with one tweeting: \"Online sales are thru the roof during the pandemic. You're missing out on a LOT of money.\"\n\nBut the retailer tweeted back: \"We prefer to sell our products in our physical stores but thanks for the suggestion.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Primark This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSince March last year, non-essential shops in the UK and overseas have faced strict curbs and prolonged closures and all are currently shut in England.\n\nIn a statement, Primark said that if all of its stores stayed closed until 27 February 2021, it expected to miss out on £1.05bn of sales - up from a previous estimate of £650m.\n\nThe retailer said it would partially mitigate this by cutting its costs, but did not say if that would mean job losses. It added that it only expected to break even in the first half of the financial year, after seeing healthy operating profits of £441m last time around.\n\nIn the past Primark has said it won't sell online because the cost of manning the operation and processing high volumes of returns would mean it could no longer offer low prices.\n\n\"As a fast fashion retailer they are on a low margins anyway - they have to be very competitive on price,\" Patrick O'Brien, UK retail research director at GlobalData told the BBC.\n\nHe said pure online players like Asos and Boohoo could make it work because they were \"geared up for it in terms of logistics\".\n\nPrimark shops saw strong sales when they reopened after the first lockdown\n\n\"But Primark would be starting from scratch, and would have to integrate any new online operation with its existing store structure which would be costly.\"\n\nDespite this Mr O'Brien said the retailer was still likely succeed, pointing to the surge in sales it saw when its shops reopened after the first lockdown.\n\nBut Retail Economics' Richard Lim said Primark was at risk of \"potentially alienating its customers\" who increasingly expect to be able to shop online.\n\n\"They have very loyal customers who love the brand, but they are crying out to be able to access it online.\n\n\"The longer they are not online, the more disruptive it is. The more their customers are discovering new brands and ways to shop.\"\n\nAssociated British Foods also owns food and agriculture businesses. Sales across the group were down 13% in the 16 weeks to 2 January at £4.8bn.\n\nThere are always winners and losers in retail but this Christmas the picture is more polarised than ever thanks to the effects of the pandemic. Just contrast the fortunes of Primark, which doesn't sell online, with Boohoo and Asos which have both reported soaring growth in sales.\n\nAll our big supermarkets have now reported bumper Christmas trading, too, which is no real surprise given we can't go out to eat and so many of us are working from home. This growth has also been driven by an extraordinary rise in internet orders.\n\nWhile Primark is bracing itself to lose £1bn in business as a result of store closures, Tesco says it added £1bn of extra sales online this festive quarter. It's been very tough for many traditional non-food retailers, big and small, who've been unable to make up for all the lost sales from their High Street shops. Looking ahead, the big question is where the online dial will settle when our lives eventually return to normal.", "The number of people being treated in Scotland's hospitals for coronavirus has reached another record daily high.\n\nLatest Scottish government figures show a total of 1,596 people are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid.\n\nThis is up from Friday's figure of 1,530 patients.\n\nThe deaths of a further 93 people who had tested positive for the virus have been recorded in the past 24 hours, the same tally as Friday which was the highest daily figure of the pandemic.\n\nIt is the second day in a row there has been a record figure for Covid hospital patients.\n\nOf the 1,596 people in hospital, a total of 109 are in intensive care, up seven on Friday's figure.\n\nNational clinical director Prof Jason Leitch said Scotland's hospitals were \"very busy and fragile\" but coping so far.\n\nHe said: \"People should not be worried we have reached capacity but the best way of getting those numbers down is to reduce the prevalence of the virus.\"\n\nProf Leitch said the NHS could create more intensive care capacity if needed but \"all of that has a cost in what we won't be able to do\" elsewhere in the health service.\n\nThe NHS Louisa Jordan temporary hospital in Glasgow can be used to care for the sickest of Covid patients if the spike in admissions continues, but officials are trying to avoid this \"if we can manage without it\", Prof Leitch added.\n\nThis is because it is better for patients and staff for Covid patients to be in traditional intensive care units, he explained.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has described the latest Covid figures as \"a big concern\".\n\nOn Twitter, she said: \"Covid case numbers still a big concern and putting huge pressure on the NHS, as hospital and ICU cases increase.\n\n\"Also, 93 further deaths remind us just how dangerous the virus can be - my thoughts are with all those grieving.\"]\n\nThe Scottish government data shows a further 1,865 new cases of Covid have been reported in the last 24 hours, down from the 2,309 cases reported on Friday.\n\nHowever, the daily test positivity rate is 8.7%, up from 8.1% on the previous day.\n\nThis breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.\n\nYou can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts.", "A 28-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two men died at a property in east London.\n\nPolice were called to an address in Tavistock Gardens, Ilford, at 04:24 GMT to reports of a disturbance.\n\nTwo men were found seriously injured inside the property and both died at the scene.\n\nThe woman, who was Tasered during the arrest, also suffered non life-threatening injuries. She has been taken to hospital, the Met Police said.\n\nA man who lives a short way down the street said he was awoken by the sounds of a woman screaming.\n\nKuddus Miah, 44, said: \"She was screaming 'help, help, call the police'.\n\n\"The police and ambulances were there very quick.\"\n\nThe men who were found seriously injured on Sunday morning died at the scene\n\n\"I got changed out my PJs and went outside and asked one of the neighbours opposite what happened.\n\n\"She said a woman was coming in and out of the house crying out for help.\n\n\"Apparently they were new tenants. We've lived here around 15 years and it's a very quiet neighbourhood, it's shocking.\"\n\nSeveral forensics officers were seen outside the house and a large police cordon has been put in place.\n\nForensic officers have been seen working in the house\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sarah and her husband Gary lived in the caravan on the drive for nine months\n\nA nurse who lived in a caravan for nine months to protect her mother from coronavirus says moving back into her house was like \"winning the lottery\".\n\nSarah Link and her husband Gary, who usually share a home with her mother, bought the caravan in March to allow them to isolate.\n\n\"I have cried a river in the caravan, if it wasn't for Gary, I wouldn't have got through it,\" Mrs Link said.\n\nThey moved back home for Christmas after her mother received the vaccine.\n\nThe caravan, bought for £600 and parked on their own drive in Cradley, in the Black Country, allowed Mrs Link to continue working at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital and her husband at his fishmonger's business.\n\n\"I'd do it again tomorrow. I would do it every time, I would have done anything to protect mum,\" she said.\n\n\"We were thinking it would be four weeks, 12 weeks max, then the summer came and went and nine months later we were still there. It was incredible, I just can't believe we did it,\" Mrs Link, who has been a nurse for 17 years, said.\n\nThe couple both contracted coronavirus in December, but carried on living in the caravan so they could self-isolate and continue to protect Mrs Link's 84-year-old mother.\n\nMrs Link said her Christmas this year was \"magical\" after moving out of the caravan\n\n\"I went back to work properly last week. I still get tired easily and suffer with fatigue, but I'm OK,\" Mrs Link said.\n\n\"It's getting ridiculous the cases... some people still walk around and don't believe it's real. If people came on my ward and see what I've seen.\"\n\nMrs Link said she had not hugged her mother since before March as they were still taking precautions to keep her safe.\n\nShe said Christmas and new year had been \"magical\" adding it was the \"best\" she had ever experienced after being able to move back home.\n\n\"We all cried when it turned midnight, that year we'd all had.\n\n\"It was like winning the lottery, waking up in a proper bed.\n\n\"We're in the warm... I wouldn't be happier if I'd won a million pounds.\"\n\nThe couple decorated the caravan throughout the year\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Vincent Kane - pictured with his grandson Sonny - is facing uncertainty about his operation\n\nThe son of a man with pancreatic cancer has said the last-minute cancellation of his surgery has been \"devastating\".\n\nJodie Kane said his father Vincent was due to have his operation on Friday.\n\nHowever, that procedure was cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust on Tuesday as the worsening coronavirus crisis increases the pressure on hospitals.\n\nThe trust apologised, saying it had faced an 80% rise in the number of patients with Covid-19 admitted to hospitals since Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show, Jodie said that there was now \"no guarantee\" his 68-year-old father would get the treatment.\n\n\"To be told we had the chance of a very successful surgery on offer and then to have it taken away at the last minute is pretty devastating,\" he said.\n\n\"Even the surgeon himself said they would be concerned if it was to go on more than four weeks.\n\n\"There is an uncertainty hanging over us now that we don't know when he'll actually get that surgery or what the impact on his health is going to be.\"\n\nVincent Kane - pictured with his with wife Karen - has been suffering other health issues arising from his cancer\n\nVincent, from Newtownards, County Down, did not receive treatment for some of his other symptoms as it was planned that the surgery would help with those.\n\n\"Because they were hoping to get him straight into surgery he hasn't had the blockage in his gall bladder addressed so he's jaundiced, he's covered in a rash, can't sleep, he's lost a lot of weight,\" Jodie said.\n\n\"Undoubtedly there are people worse off than us out there but it is still a critical illness that he has got and it is one that we don't have an end in sight for, in terms of treatment.\n\n\"There must be a way of helping all those in need, or I suppose if you were being really honest about it those who stand the best chance of surviving - making the decisions for the benefit of them.\n\n\"There's no guarantee that in six weeks' time surgery is going to be an option because who knows what's going to happen with Covid?\"\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust said it had to reduce the number of ill patients on wards to protect them from coronavirus\n\nJodie called on those who were breaking Covid-19 regulations to think about the the \"direct and indirect impacts\" of their actions.\n\n\"We've every sympathy for anyone who has a loved one who needs [intensive] care because of Covid but cancer and Covid are both life-and-death situations.\n\n\"We can minimise the risks of one of them as a collective society just by taking the necessary precautions.\n\n\"It could be someone they love or their neighbour or someone in their community that's in the same situation as us in the very near future.\"\n\nFlo McClements, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in December, found out on Tuesday that her surgery - scheduled for Thursday - had been cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Foyle, her son Gregg said the pressure was \"mounting day by day\" on the the 72-year-old from Ballymoney, County Antrim.\n\n\"She had waited all through Christmas for the date and due to the Covid-19 restrictions we as a family had stayed away from her,\" he added.\n\nFlo McClements' family wants to \"give her a hug\" after her operation was cancelled\n\n\"We left her on her own with my dad just to make sure she didn't catch Covid and risk the operation.\n\n\"When you get the date you like to think it's the next step to recovery but unfortunately that didn't happen.\"\n\nGregg said his mother was \"putting on a brave face\" but it was difficult for the family to not be with her in person during what was a difficult time.\n\n\"That's actually the hardest part that we can't go up and have a cup of tea with her or give her a hug to make her feel a bit better even for a few minutes.\"\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust said it \"would like to sincerely apologise\" to those affected by the postponement of surgeries.\n\nIt said the decision was taken to reduce the number of ill patients on wards that would be more at risk from the virus than others.\n\n\"This was an incredibly difficult decision to make and we did not take it without considering all the information available to us,\" said the trust.\n\n\"We do not underestimate the anxiety and distress this causes the patients and families affected and we deeply regret this.\n\nIt said it would do \"everything in our power\" to reschedule their operations \"as soon as possible\".", "The company offered to pay surgeries a £5,000 charitable donation \"or to the staff member directly\" in emails\n\nThe Hacking Trust's medical division approached surgeries in Bristol and Worthing offering to pay the money to charity \"or the staff member directly\".\n\nRobyn Clark, from the Institute of General Practice Management, said it was \"just appalling\".\n\nThe company, based in London, has apologised, saying its \"good intentions\" were \"misinterpreted\".\n\nNHS England said people \"will rightly take a dim view of anyone who tries to jump the queue\".\n\n\"The NHS is free at the point of access for everyone who needs it,\" said Mrs Clark.\n\n\"What we felt this company was trying to do was jump the queue.\"\n\nThe Bristol-based manager said she worried it could \"create more health inequality\".\n\nShe said: \"The JCVI [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation] is trying to prioritise the vaccine based on the vulnerability to Covid.\"\n\nThe e-mail sent to the GP surgery in Worthing said The Hacking Trust was aware that \"many appointments\" for vaccinations are not kept, and that it would be interested in being informed of \"any no-shows\".\n\nA donation of £5,000 would be paid to a staff member or given to charity for each dose it could secure, the e-mail said.\n\nIn a statement, the Battersea-based company said it \"offered charitable donations to staff or surgeries in this difficult time for any vaccines which were unused\".\n\nIt added: \"We had heard that some vaccines were being unused due to missed appointments. We would apologise that our good intentions have been misinterpreted.\"\n\nNHS England said it knew \"these particular emails were received across the country\".\n\nDr Nikki Kanani, GP and NHS medical director for primary care, said hundreds of NHS teams across the country were \"working hard to deliver vaccines quickly to those who would benefit most\".\n\n\"NHS staff will never ask for, or accept, cash for vaccines,\" she said.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said vaccinations were available from the NHS \"for free\" and \"cannot be sold privately in the UK\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Online supermarket Ocado has become the first big retailer to warn of shortages of some products.\n\nIt told customers in an email that there may be \"an increase of missing items and substitutions over the next few weeks\".\n\nStaff sickness and self-isolation means some food producers are cutting the number of product lines they offer.\n\nWhile customers might not get their exact product choice, plenty of food should be available, Ocado said.\n\n\"Staff absences across the supply chain may lead to an increase in product substitutions for a small number of customers as some suppliers consolidate their offering to maintain output,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe news comes after a rush of online food orders for supermarkets, as shoppers try to stay at home after the new lockdown started.\n\nWithin a couple of hours of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech to the nation on Monday, shoppers reported problems with Sainsbury's and Tesco, while Ocado customers were placed in a virtual queue.\n\nOcado told its customers that from Friday \"changes to the UK supply chain have affected some of our suppliers and may result in an increase of missing items and substitutions over the next few weeks.\"\n\nIt added: \"We apologise for any inconvenience caused and we are working hard to mitigate any impact.\"\n\nFood suppliers are grappling with staffing problems, hospitality clients who have closed their doors and delays at the border with the EU.\n\nWholesalers the BBC spoke to this week said they faced throwing away thousands of pounds worth of food because of cancelled orders following new restrictions.\n\nThe UK meat industry has called for the early vaccination of its workers to keep food supplies running smoothly during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt warned earlier this week that absences during the pandemic, coupled with disruption at ports, could hit food supply chains.\n\nAn early vaccination call for supermarket staff was also made by the boss of Sainsbury's on Thursday.\n\nThe government said the food industry remains \"well-prepared\" to make sure people have the food they need.\n\nThe British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said coronavirus and disruption at ports due to new systems brought in after the Brexit transition period were \"a severe challenge to the industry and to the smooth running of the nation's food supply chain\".", "Home Secretary Priti Patel has said officers \"will not hesitate\" to enforce lockdown rules as she defended the way police have handled breaches.\n\nShe said rising numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths illustrated the need for \"strong enforcement\".\n\nIt comes after the National Police Chiefs' Council published guidance saying officers should issue fines more quickly when rules are broken.\n\nMore than 30,000 fines have been handed out by forces in England and Wales.\n\nNPCC figures show 32,329 fixed penalty notices were issued between 27 March and 21 December last year.\n\nThe number of people who have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test surpassed 80,000 on Saturday, and a further 59,937 people tested positive.\n\nMinisters have launched a new campaign urging people to act like they have the virus and scientists have warned that lockdown measures in England need to be stricter.\n\n\"The vast majority of the public have supported this huge national effort and followed the rules,\" Ms Patel said.\n\n\"But the tragic number of new cases and deaths this week shows there is still a need for strong enforcement where people are clearly breaking these rules to ensure we safeguard our country's recovery from this deadly virus.\n\n\"Enforcing these rules saves lives. It is as simple as that. Officers will continue to engage with the public across the country and will not hesitate to take action when necessary.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock has warned the public to follow the lockdown restrictions, telling the BBC's Andrew Marr programme that \"every time you try to flex the rules, that could be fatal\".\n\nBut Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer criticised the government for not providing \"absolute clarity of messaging\", telling the BBC's Andrew Marr that there had been \"mixed messaging over the last nine months\".\n\nNPCC guidance, published on 6 January, says officers should still offer people \"encouragement\" to comply with the regulations and explain any changes.\n\n\"However, if the individual or group does not respond appropriately, then enforcement can follow without repeated attempts to encourage people to comply with the law,\" the NPCC said.\n\nOn Saturday 12 people were arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nElsewhere, North Wales Police turned away more than 100 cars at Moel Famau in Flintshire by Saturday lunchtime, and Norfolk Police fined one couple who had travelled about 130 miles (209km) to see a seal colony.\n\nHowever, Derbyshire Police has launched an urgent review into how fines were issued after two women were charged £200 each.\n\nThe pair were stopped by officers for walking five miles from their home with hot drinks, which they were told were not allowed as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nJohn Apter, chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said officers were under \"immense pressure to do the right thing\" and said with \"such a changing landscape politically and legally\" there were going to be things which did not go right.\n\nHe said the police had to balance the relationship with the public.\n\n\"It's not easy because all we are trying to do in policing is keep as many people safe as possible,\" he said.", "The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have received Covid-19 vaccinations, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nA royal source said the vaccinations were administered on Saturday by a household doctor at Windsor Castle.\n\nThe source added the Queen decided to let it be known she had the vaccination to prevent further speculation.\n\nThe Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, are among around 1.5 million people in the UK to have had at least one dose of a Covid vaccine so far.\n\nPeople aged over 80 in the UK are among the high-priority groups who are being given the vaccine first.\n\nThe couple have been spending the lockdown in England at their Windsor Castle home after deciding to have a quiet Christmas at their Berkshire residence, instead of the traditional royal family gathering at Sandringham.\n\nLast month, the Queen appeared alongside several other senior members of the royal family for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.\n\nIn 2020 she went seven months - between March and October - without carrying out public engagements outside of a royal residence.\n\nDuring that time, her eldest child, Prince Charles, 72, contracted coronavirus and displayed mild symptoms.\n\nPalace sources also told the BBC that her grandson Prince William tested positive in April - although Kensington Palace refused to comment officially.\n\nThe Queen made a private pilgrimage to the grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey in November\n\nThe Queen used her Christmas Day message to reassure anyone struggling without friends and family this year that they \"are not alone\".\n\nShe said the pandemic had \"brought us closer\" despite causing hardship, adding that the Royal Family has been \"inspired\" by people volunteering in their communities.\n\nOn Friday a third coronavirus vaccine - made by US company Moderna - was approved for use in the UK, joining the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines already approved by UK regulators.\n\nIt is not known which vaccine the Queen and Prince Philip have received.\n\nAll the approved vaccines require two doses to provide the best possible protection, with the second dose being given up to 12 weeks after the first.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has said the aim is to vaccinate 15 million people in the UK by mid-February, including care home residents and staff, frontline NHS staff, everyone over 70 and those who have been categorised as clinically extremely vulnerable.", "Bans imposed by Twitter, Facebook and Instagram on Donald Trump's accounts raise a \"very big question\" about how social media is regulated, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.\n\nThe companies acted after supporters of the US president stormed Washington DC's Capitol building on Wednesday.\n\nMr Hancock said the bans showed they were now \"taking editorial decisions\".\n\nCampaigners want social media to be treated as \"publishers\", rather than \"platforms\", meaning more regulation.\n\nBut opponents of the idea argue that it could allow governments to limit debate.\n\nMr Trump faces an impeachment charge, with Democrats accusing the Republican president of encouraging the Washington riots, in which five people died.\n\nTwitter permanently suspended his @realDonaldTrump account on Saturday, citing the \"risk of further incitement of violence\".\n\nBut Mr Trump called this an attack on free speech and suggested he would look at \"building out our own platform in the future\".\n\nThere has been a long-running debate over whether social media companies should be treated in law as \"publishers\", with greater responsibility for dealing with libellous, discriminatory, misleading or incendiary content posted by users.\n\nMr Hancock, a former culture secretary, told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: \"The scenes, clearly encouraged by President Trump - the scenes at the Capitol - were terrible - and I was very sad to see that because American democracy is such a proud thing.\n\n\"But there's something else that has changed, which is that social media platforms are making editorial decisions now. That's clear because they're choosing who should and shouldn't have a voice on their platform.\"\n\nMr Hancock said that development was likely to have \"consequences\".\n\nAsked earlier about Twitter's decision to ban Mr Trump's account, he told Sky News: \"I think it raises a very important question, which is it means that the social media platforms are taking editorial decisions.\n\n\"And that is a very big question because then it raises questions about their editorial judgements and the way that they're regulated.\"\n\nTwitter's ban on Mr Trump's account followed the increasing use of warning labels on his posts referring to the coronavirus pandemic and the result of the US presidential election.\n\nIn a blog on Friday, the company said its public interest framework existed \"to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly\".\n\nIt added: \"However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules and cannot use Twitter to incite violence. We will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement.\"\n\nFacebook and Instagram banned Mr Trump \"indefinitely\" on Thursday, with Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg saying this sanction would not be lifted until at least 20 January, when Joe Biden is sworn in as the new US president.", "\"Absurd\" council tax rises should be scrapped to ease the pressure on family budgets, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said.\n\nLocal authorities in England will be able to raise council tax by 5% from April, with 3% used to top up adult social care budgets.\n\nSir Keir said this meant those living in a band D property could see bills rise by an average of £90.\n\nHe added that the prime minister should provide extra funding to councils.\n\nBut the government says the rise in council tax bills, plus extra money from central government, will ensure a real-terms increase in support for local services.\n\nSir Keir wrote in the Sunday Telegraph: \"It is absurd that during the deepest recession in 300 years, at the very time millions are worried about the future of their jobs and how they will make ends meet, Boris Johnson and [Chancellor] Rishi Sunak are forcing local government to hike up council tax.\n\n\"The prime minister said he would do 'whatever is necessary' to support local authorities in providing vital services - he needs to make good on that promise.\"\n\nSir Keir urged Mr Johnson to \"give families the security they need\" by dropping the tax increase.\n\nHe said families had been treated as an \"afterthought\" by the government during the pandemic, adding that Labour would become the \"party of the family\" under his leadership.\n\nA Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesperson said: \"Council tax plays an important role in helping fund the frontline services needed to respond to the pandemic.\n\n\"Our approach strikes a balance between allowing local authorities to address service pressures and ensuring local residents have the final say on excessive increases.\"\n\nA £500m fund to support people struggling with finances meant councils could \"cut bills further for some of the most vulnerable households\", they added, while a £7.2bn support package would help meet \"the major Covid-19 service pressures in their local area\".\n\nThe chancellor's Spending Review in November set out the cost to the UK economy so far of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMr Sunak warned the \"economic emergency\" caused by the pandemic had only begun, with lasting damage to growth and jobs.\n\nInterviewed on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, Sir Keir said there was no scope for a \"major renegotiation\" of the UK's post-Brexit trade deal with the EU, but added that there were \"bits already that need to be improved on\".\n\nAnd, asked about the possibility of another Scottish referendum on independence from the UK, he said that a \"further, divisive\" vote was not \"the way forward\".\n\n\"But I do accept that the status quo isn't working\", Sir Keir added. \"I don't accept the argument that the status quo isn't working, the next thing you do is go to a referendum.\"\n\nThe prime minister has said such a vote - last held in 2014 - should be a \"once-in-a-generation\" event.\n\nBut Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said a referendum should take place.", "Dorset Police said officers dispersed dozens of demonstrators from the town centre as they attempted to march\n\nA video shared online apparently showing a woman being arrested in breach of lockdown for sitting on a bench was \"stage-managed\", police said.\n\nDorset Police believe the video was planned and recorded by anti-lockdown protesters during a demonstration in Bournemouth on Saturday.\n\nThree people were arrested for not giving their details so officers could issue fines for breaking Covid rules.\n\nThe BBC has asked one of the protesters who posted the video to comment.\n\nThe force said two of those held were later de-arrested when they confirmed their details in police custody and a third was released when his details were verified - all three were then issued fixed penalty notices.\n\nOfficers also issued at least seven other fines and 10 dispersal notices.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Mark Callaghan, from Dorset Police, said: \"We believe this video was planned, stage-managed and recorded by members of the protest group who turned up in multiple areas, several of whom refused to engage or provide their details.\n\n\"If people refuse to give their details in such circumstances then it leaves officers with little option, but to arrest until the details are established. Our officers would only arrest as a last resort.\n\n\"It was clear that the group was deliberately organising their activities, walking around in twos and then trying to come together in a 'flash mob'-style approach, as they have done previously. This activity went on for a couple of hours.\"\n\nThe force's chief constable James Vaughan earlier said: \"I condemn the actions of these selfish individuals who knowingly flouted the lockdown restrictions.\"\n\nThe force said there were \"repeated attempts\" to engage with the organisers to stop the planned protest and found a number of the protesters had \"travelled considerably\" from out of the Dorset area.\n\nMr Vaughan added: \"Our county is gripped with infections and yet these irresponsible individuals have ignored what is being asked of them and have left their homes to protest. Shame on them.\"\n\nSam Crowe, director of public health for Dorset, said its hospital services were \"close to being overwhelmed\".\n\nMr Crowe said: \"Infection rates locally have been doubling in less than a week. If this carries on, our hospitals will not be able to cope with caring for those needing life-saving treatment. Stay at home means exactly that.\"\n\nLatest figures show Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has reached 745.2 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nAlso on Saturday, 16 people were also arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Eleanor Wadsworth was a civilian pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary\n\nOne of the last surviving \"Spitfire Women\", who ferried aircraft to the front line in World War Two, has died.\n\nEleanor Wadsworth, who was 103, was part of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), a civilian service that transported fighter aircraft and crew.\n\nThe ATA Association said she was among 165 women who flew without radios or instrument flying instructions.\n\nMrs Wadsworth, who lived in Bury St Edmunds, died in December after a month of illness.\n\nDuring the war, about 1,250 men and women from 25 countries transferred some 309,000 aircraft of 147 different types.\n\nMrs Wadsworth said the \"thought of learning to fly for free was a great incentive\" to join the ATA\n\nMrs Wadsworth, who was born in Nottingham, joined the ATA in 1943 after seeing an advertisement for female pilots and was one of the first six successful candidates to be accepted with no or little previous flying experience, historian Sally McGlone said.\n\nIn 2020, the former pilot told her housing association's in-house magazine that she had been \"looking for a new challenge\" when she joined the service.\n\n\"The thought of learning to fly for free was a great incentive [so] I put my name down and didn't think much about it,\" she said.\n\nShe added that she had enjoyed flying Spitfires the most, which she did 132 times.\n\n\"It was a beautiful aircraft, great to handle,\" she said.\n\nTributes have been paid to her bravery on social including one from former RAF Tornado navigator and Gulf prisoner of war John Nichol.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs McGlone said Mrs Wadsworth and her fellow ATA pilots \"will remain an inspiration to women worldwide\", while fellow historian Howard Cook said she and her fellow \"Spitfire Women\" had been \"incredibly brave\".\n\nAuthor Karen Borden, who interviewed Mrs Wadsworth for an upcoming book, added that \"like many of the women pilots, she was incredibly humble about her contribution to the war effort\".\n\n\"She joked about how flying 'straight and level' was her mark... and how marvellous it was to take to the air on her own.\"\n\nEleanor Wadsworth (bottom row, far left) joined the ATA in 1943\n\nHer son Robert said she had been \"a wonderful mother, an adoring grandmother and great-grandmother\", who had been \"matter of fact\" about her wartime service.\n\nHe said she would say that \"we had a job to do [and] we just got on and did it\".\n\nHer funeral will take place on Tuesday.\n\nMrs Wadsworth had been one of three surviving female ATA pilots, alongside American Nancy Stratford and Briton Jaye Edwards, who lives in Canada.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Asymptomatic testing for Covid can help \"break the chains of transmission\", Matt Hancock says\n\nRegular rapid testing for people without coronavirus symptoms will be made available across England this week, the government has said.\n\nThe community testing regime - expanded to cover all 317 local authorities - uses rapid lateral flow tests, which can return results in 30 minutes.\n\nLocal councils are being encouraged to prioritise tests for those who cannot work from home during the lockdown.\n\nThe health secretary said asymptomatic testing can help break transmission.\n\nMeanwhile, NHS England has invited tens of thousands of people over 80 to book vaccinations.\n\nA further 563 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test and another 54,940 cases reported, according to government figures on Sunday.\n\nThe total number of deaths in the UK after a positive test passed 80,000 on Saturday.\n\nThe government has launched a campaign telling people to act like they have got the virus in a bid to tackle the rise in infections.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said expanding the Community Testing Programme to more people without symptoms was \"crucial given that around one in three people\" who contract Covid-19 show no symptoms.\n\nIt said regular community testing using the rapid tests had already identified more than 14,800 positive Covid-19 cases.\n\nSo far, 131 local authorities in England have enrolled in the government's community testing programme, with Milton Keynes, Slough, Doncaster and Essex the latest to join.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said targeted asymptomatic testing and subsequent isolation was \"highly effective in breaking chains of transmission\".\n\nBut Angela Raffle, a consultant in public health at the University of Bristol Medical School, said increasing lateral flow testing was \"very worrying\" and warned the benefits of finding symptomless cases \"will be outweighed by the many more infectious cases that are missed by these tests\".\n\nDefending lateral flow tests on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme Mr Hancock said mass asymptomatic testing in Liverpool had seen the case rate drop \"more sharply than it did in other similar areas where only restrictions were brought in\".\n\nNHS Test and Trace will also work closely with other government departments to scale up workforce testing, the Department of Health and Social Care said.\n\nMany are already piloting regular workforce testing, with 15 large employers having taken up this offer already across 64 sites, \"including organisations operating in the food, manufacturing, energy and retail sectors, and within the public sector including job centres, transport networks and the military\".\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said plans were already in place for rapid testing of staff and students in schools and colleges and staff in primary schools.\n\nAsked when schools could reopen by the BBC's Andrew Marr, Mr Hancock said there were four conditions: that there is not a major new variant, the vaccine rollout is proceeding effectively, the number of deaths is falling and there is an easing of pressure on the NHS.\n\nMatthew Fell, of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which represents 190,000 UK businesses, said: \"This expansion of testing will help more critical workers and those unable to work from home to operate safely, while also catching new cases more swiftly.\"\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the safety of the workforce had been an \"absolute priority\" and said the expansion of testing means \"we can keep our economy on the move while giving individuals in key sectors complete confidence that their workplace is safe\".\n\nBut Prof Susan Michie, professor of health psychology at University College London, told BBC Breakfast the country would continue a \"yo-yoing of lockdown\" without a \"test, trace and isolate system that actually works\" and warned there needed to be tighter restrictions and tougher messaging than in March to prevent \"tens of thousands of avoidable deaths in the next few weeks\".", "Bernard Thomas was interviewed by BBC Wales at the time of the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster\n\nA survivor of the Aberfan disaster has died after contracting Covid-19.\n\nAs a nine-year-old Bernard Thomas was rescued from the rubble of Pantglas primary school after one of the biggest tragedies in Welsh history.\n\nA total of 144 people were killed in the disaster on 21 October, 1966, after thousands of tonnes of coal slurry slid from a tip. Of those 116 were primary school pupils.\n\nLater Bernard was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress.\n\nHe told S4C he \"still heard the sounds of children screaming.\"\n\nPaying tribute to Mr Thomas, 63, who died on Wednesday, his brother Andrew told BBC's Newyddion: \"Bernard was a real character and his death has come as a shock to us as a family and the community of Aberfan.\"\n\n\"We can't be sure where he caught Covid, but he had an eye appointment at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital on 21 December.\n\n\"A few days later, he became ill and at Prince Charles Hospital, he tested positive for Covid-19.\"\n\n\"Although he had been receiving oxygen through a mask, we spoke regularly on the phone and he told us he was getting better.\n\n\"But on Wednesday morning he removed his mask to eat his breakfast, and 10 minutes after eating he faded away.\"\n\n\"It's a huge shock but I don't blame anybody.\"\n\nOn the 50th anniversary of the disaster Bernard told the BBC: \"I still wonder what the others would have been doing if it hadn't happened. Who would have got married to who, you know.\"\n\nBernard is survived by his 90-year-old mother Gwen, with whom he shared a home, and brothers Andrew and Robert.", "Coronavirus does not show much sign of \"abating\" in Scotland, says the deputy first minister as he refused to rule out tougher restrictions.\n\nScotland is facing \"a very alarming situation\" with the virus, according to John Swinney, whose comments come as the country records its highest death toll so far in the pandemic in the last two days, where 93 Scots died from the virus.\n\nSwinney tells Politics Scotland: \"I don't think I'm revealing a state secret when I say that the debate within cabinet [on Monday] was not whether we were going too far but whether we were going far enough.\"\n\nMr Swinney says Scotland recorded around 130 cases per 100,000 people on Boxing Day, but the figure shot up to 300 just 10 days later.\n\nDespite the new measures put in place, Mr Swinney said: \"It doesn't show much sign of abating to any extent.\n\n\"We're seeing case numbers which are hovering around 2,000 per day... so we've got an accelerating situation on our hands and we have to constantly review whether more restrictions are required.\"\n\nHe added: \"We remain open to considering further restrictions if they are necessary.\"", "Flexing the coronavirus lockdown rules could be fatal, the health secretary has warned as hospital admissions soar.\n\nMatt Hancock did not rule out strengthening current restrictions and told the BBC's Andrew Marr the NHS was under \"very serious pressure\".\n\nIt comes after almost 55,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the UK and the number of deaths after a positive test passed 80,000.\n\nScientist Prof Peter Horby warned the UK was in \"the eye of the storm\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the rules were tough but \"may not be tough enough\" and called for the government to hold daily press conferences to avoid \"mixed messages\".\n\nThe UK recorded another 563 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test on Sunday, down from 1,065 deaths on Saturday.\n\nHowever, there tends to be fewer deaths reported on Sundays, due to a reporting lag over the weekend. There were also a further 54,940 daily cases.\n\nMr Hancock told Andrew Marr \"every time you try to flex the rules that could be fatal\" and said staying at home was the \"most important thing we can do collectively as a society\".\n\nThe health secretary said he did not want to speculate on whether the government would further strengthen restrictions, after warnings from scientists on Saturday that they may need to be stricter.\n\n\"People need to not just follow the letter of the rules but follow the spirit as well and play their part,\" he said.\n\nHis comments came after Home Secretary Priti Patel defended police over enforcing lockdown rules following the case of two women who were fined for going for a walk five miles from their homes - a decision which is now under review.\n\nThe government has launched a campaign telling people to act like they have got the virus in a bid to tackle the rise in infections.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said that if the virus continued on its current trajectory \"many hospitals will be in real difficulties, and very soon\".\n\nIn a statement released on Sunday, he said that unless people started to follow the rules more strictly, emergency patients will have to be turned away from hospitals, causing \"avoidable deaths\".\n\nProf Horby, chairman of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), said there may be \"early signs that something is beginning to bite\" due to the restrictions - but if they did not then stricter measures would be needed.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: \"I really hope people take this very seriously. It was bad in March, it's much worse now.\n\n\"We've seen record numbers across the board, record numbers of cases, record numbers of hospitalisations, record numbers of deaths.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Professor Peter Horby explains why the new Covid-19 variant is up to 70% more transmissible\n\nProf Horby said tougher measures might include those during the March lockdown, such as people only being able to exercise once a day and stricter rules about meeting people.\n\n\"We are in a situation where everything that was risky in the past is now more risky,\" he said.\n\nProf Horby said early signs were encouraging that the vaccines would be effective against the new Covid variants - first identified in the UK and in South Africa - and he did not want people to \"hide under the duvet\".\n\n\"We can see the end game now,\" he said.\n\nHigher cases inevitably mean more hospitalisations and more deaths.\n\nThe most recent figures show that, on average, 894 people per day are now dying within 28 days of a positive Covid test, up from 438 at the start of December.\n\nThe spike in cases since Christmas means that figure is almost certain to get worse before the most recent lockdown measures can start to have any effect.\n\nScientists think the new variant of the disease is more \"transmissible\", possibly because each infected individual produces more of the actual virus - sometimes referred to as the viral load.\n\nVaccination should help to protect the most vulnerable from serious symptoms but we don't yet know if receiving the jab stops an individual contracting the virus and passing it on to others.\n\nScientists say that may mean even tougher restrictions will be needed to bring the R-number below one and start to reduce the overall size of the pandemic.\n\nMass community testing is to be rolled out this week, the government has said, and the health secretary said around two million people had been vaccinated in the UK, with some 200,000 jabs being given in England daily.\n\nMr Hancock said by autumn every adult in the UK would be offered a vaccine.\n\nHe said the government was on course to reach its target of 15 million people vaccinated by mid-February, with the opening of seven mass vaccination centres this week likely to increase the rate of jabs.\n\nMr Hancock told Sky News' Sophy Ridge he hoped coronavirus could be treated like seasonal flu with an annual vaccination programme in the future.\n\nProf Horby said the vaccines may have to be updated \"every few years\" as the virus mutates and said it was unlikely the virus would go away completely.\n\n\"We're going to have to live with it,\" he said. \"But that may change significantly.\n\n\"It may well become more of an endemic virus that's with us all the time and may cause some seasonal pressures and some excess deaths but is not causing the huge disruption that we're seeing now.\"", "Electricity is gradually being restored in Pakistan following a huge power cut across the country, which led to every city reporting outages.\n\nHomes nationwide were suddenly plunged into darkness from about midnight.\n\nPower is now back in most cities but officials warn that it could still be a few hours before electricity is fully restored.\n\nThe outage is believed to have been caused by a fault at a power plant in the south of the country.\n\nPower cuts are not uncommon in Pakistan. Essential facilities such as hospitals often use diesel-fuelled generators as a back-up power supply.\n\n\"A countrywide blackout has been caused by a sudden plunge in the frequency in the power transmission system,\" Pakistan's power minister, Omar Ayub Khan, wrote on Twitter in the early hours of Sunday.\n\nHomes across the country were plunged into darkness at about midnight\n\nMr Khan later said that power had been restored in most major cities but that it would take a few more hours for the grid to go completely back to normal.\n\nHe added that the outage occurred after a fault developed at the Guddu power plant in Sindh province shortly before midnight on Saturday (19:00 GMT).\n\nInvestigators were at the site to ascertain the cause of the fault, Mr Khan said.\n\nBlackouts sometimes occur in Pakistan because of chronic power shortages, with many areas having no electricity for several hours a day. The issue has previously led to street protests.\n\nIn 2013, Pakistan's electricity network broke down completely after a power plant in south-western Balochistan province developed a technical fault.\n\nPakistanis seem to have largely taken this power cut in their stride. Outages lasting a number of hours are not uncommon, though they are rarely on this scale, and normally occur during the hotter summer months. The last time there was a near national blackout like this was in 2015.\n\nSo far, there have been no reports of problems at hospitals, which have their own back-up supplies. A senior member of staff at a major hospital in the city of Karachi told me they could maintain services for 48-72 hours without mainline power.\n\nMany businesses and richer families invariably own diesel or petrol fuelled generators too, allowing them to continue using electricity whenever power cuts occur. There were reports of queues at some petrol stations earlier in the day as people tried to keep refilling their generators.\n\nOthers will have been without internet and phone access, or hot water, but - already used to periods without electricity - appear to have accepted the outage with an air of resignation.", "Many were taken by surprise by the events in Washington, but to those who closely follow conspiracy and extreme right groups online, the warning signs were all there.\n\nAt 02:21 Eastern Standard Time on election night, President Trump walked onto a stage set up in the East Room of the White House and declared victory.\n\n\"We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election.\"\n\nHis speech came an hour after he'd tweeted: \"They are trying to steal the election\".\n\nHe hadn't won. There was no victory to steal. But to many of his most fervent supporters, these facts didn't matter, and still don't.\n\nSixty five days later, a motley coalition of rioters stormed the US Capitol building. They included believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory, members of \"Stop the Steal\" groups, far-right activists, online trolls and others.\n\nOn Friday 8 January - some 48 hours after the Washington riots - Twitter began a purge of some of the most influential pro-Trump accounts that had been pushing conspiracies and urging direct action to overturn the election result.\n\nThen came the big one - Mr Trump himself.\n\nThe president was permanently banned from tweeting to his more than 88 million followers \"due to the risk of further incitement of violence\".\n\nThe violence in Washington shocked the world and seemed to catch the authorities off guard.\n\nBut for anyone who had been carefully watching the unfolding story - online and on the streets of American cities - it came as no surprise.\n\nThe idea of a rigged election was seeded by the president in speeches and on Twitter, months before the vote.\n\nOn election day, the rumors started just as Americans were going to the polls.\n\nA video of a Republican poll watcher being denied entry to a Philadelphia polling station went viral. It was a genuine error, caused by confusion about the rules. The man was later allowed into the station to observe the count.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Will Chamberlain This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Will Chamberlain\n\nBut it became the first of many videos, images, graphics and claims that went viral in the days that followed, giving rise to a hashtag: #StopTheSteal.\n\nThe message behind it was clear - Mr Trump had won a landslide victory, but dark forces in the establishment \"deep state\" had stolen it from him.\n\nIn the early hours of Wednesday 4 November, while votes were still being counted and three days before the US networks called the election for Joe Biden, President Trump claimed victory, alleging \"a fraud on the American public\".\n\nMr Trump did not provide any evidence to back up his claims. Studies carried out for previous US elections have shown that voter fraud is extremely rare.\n\nBy mid-afternoon a Facebook group called \"Stop the Steal\" was created and quickly became one of the fastest-growing in the platform's history. By Thursday morning, it had added more than 300,000 members.\n\nMany of the posts focused on unsubstantiated allegations of mass voter fraud, including manufactured claims that thousands of dead people had voted and that voting machines had somehow been programmed to flip votes from Mr Trump to Mr Biden.\n\nBut some of the posts were more alarming, speaking of the need for a \"civil war\" or \"revolution\".\n\nBy Thursday afternoon, Facebook had taken down Stop the Steal, but not before it had generated nearly half a million comments, shares, likes, and reactions.\n\nDozens of other groups quickly sprang up in its place.\n\nThe idea of a stolen election continued to spread online and take hold. Soon, a dedicated Stop the Steal website was launched in a bid to register \"boots on the ground to protect the integrity of the vote\".\n\nOn Saturday 7 November, major news organisations declared that Joe Biden had won the election. In Democratic strongholds, throngs of people took to the streets to celebrate. But the reaction online from Mr Trump's most ardent supporters was one of anger and defiance.\n\nThey planned a rally in Washington DC for the following Saturday, dubbed the Million MAGA (Make America Great Again) March.\n\nTrump tweeted that he might try to stop by the demonstration and \"say hello\".\n\nPrevious pro-Trump rallies in Washington had failed to attract large crowds. But thousands gathered at Freedom Plaza that sunny morning.\n\nOne extremism researcher called it the \"debut of the pro-Trump insurgency\".\n\nAs Trump's motorcade drove through the city, supporters screaming with delight rushed to catch a glimpse of the president, who beamed at them wearing a red MAGA hat.\n\nWhile mainstream conservative figures were present, the event was dominated by far-right groups.\n\nDozens of members of the far-right, anti-immigrant, all-male group Proud Boys, who have repeatedly been involved in violent street protests and were among those who would later break into the US Capitol, joined the march. Militia groups, far-right media figures and promoters of conspiracy theories were also there.\n\nAs night fell, clashes between Trump supporters and counter-protesters broke out, including a brawl about five blocks from the White House.\n\nThe violence - although largely contained by police on this occasion - was a clear sign of things to come.\n\nBy now, President Trump and his legal team had invested their hopes in dozens of legal cases.\n\nAlthough a number of courts had already dismissed fraud allegations, many in the pro-Trump online world became fascinated with two lawyers with close ties to the president - Sidney Powell and L Lin Wood.\n\nMs Powell and Mr Wood promised they were preparing cases of voter fraud so comprehensive that when released, they would destroy the case for Mr Biden having won the presidency.\n\nMs Powell, 65, a conservative activist and former federal prosecutor, told Fox News that the effort would \"release the Kraken\" - a reference to a gigantic sea monster from Scandinavian folklore that rises up from the ocean to devour its enemies.\n\nThe \"Kraken\" quickly became an internet meme, representing sprawling, unsubstantiated claims of widespread election fraud.\n\nMs Powell and Mr Wood became heroes to followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory - who believe President Trump and a secret military intelligence team are battling a deep state made up of Satan-worshipping paedophiles in the Democratic Party, media, business and Hollywood.\n\nThe lawyers became a conduit between the president and his most conspiracy-minded supporters - a number of whom ended up inside the Capitol on 6 January.\n\nMs Powell and Mr Wood were successful in whipping up sound and fury online, but their legal efforts came to nothing.\n\nWhen they released almost 200 pages of documents in late November, it became clear that their lawsuit consisted predominantly of conspiracy theories and debunked allegations that had already been rejected by dozens of courts.\n\nThe filings contained simple legal errors - and basic misspellings and typos.\n\nStill, the meme lived on. The terms \"Kraken\" and \"Release the Kraken\" were used more than a million times on Twitter before the Capitol riot.\n\nDeath threats were made against a Georgia election worker, and Republican officials in the state - including Governor Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the official in charge of the state's voting systems, Gabriel Sterling - were branded \"traitors\" online.\n\nMr Sterling issued an emotional and prescient warning to the president in a press conference on 1 December.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"This has to stop... someone's gonna get killed\": Mr Sterling calls on President Trump to condemn the threats\n\n\"Someone's going to get hurt, someone's going to get shot, someone's going to get killed, and it's not right,\" he said.\n\nIn Michigan in early December, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, had just finished trimming her Christmas tree with her four-year-old son when she heard a commotion outside her Detroit home.\n\nAbout 30 protesters with banners stood outside, shouting \"Stop the steal!\" through megaphones.\n\n\"Benson, you are a villain,\" one person yelled.\n\nOne of the demonstrators live-streamed the protest on Facebook, stating that her group was \"not going away\".\n\nIt was just one of a rash of protests targeting people involved in the vote.\n\nIn Georgia, a constant stream of Trump supporters drove past Mr Raffensperger's home, honking their horns. His wife received threats of sexual violence.\n\nIn Arizona, demonstrators gathered outside of the home of Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, at one point warning: \"We are watching you.\"\n\nOn 11 December, the Supreme Court rejected an attempt by the state of Texas to throw out election results.\n\nAs the president's legal and political windows continued to close, the language in pro-Trump online circles became increasingly violent.\n\nOn 12 December, a second Stop the Steal rally was held in the capital. Once again, thousands attended, and once again prominent far-right activists, QAnon supporters, fringe MAGA groups and militia movements were among the demonstrators.\n\nMichael Flynn, Mr Trump's former national security advisor, likened the protesters to the biblical soldiers and priests breaching the walls of Jericho. This echoed the rally organisers' call for \"Jericho Marches\" to overturn the election result.\n\nNick Fuentes, the leader of Groypers, a far-right movement that targets Republican politicians and figures they deem too moderate, told the crowd: \"We are going to destroy the GOP!\"\n\nThe march once again turned violent.\n\nThen two days later, the Electoral College certified Mr Biden's victory, one of the final steps required for him to take office.\n\nOn online platforms, supporters were becoming resigned to the view that all legal avenues were dead ends, and only direct action could save the Trump presidency.\n\nSince election day, alongside Mr Flynn, Ms Powell and Mr Wood, a new figure had rapidly gained prominence among pro-Trump circles online.\n\nRon Watkins is the son of Jim Watkins, the man behind 8chan and 8kun - message boards filled with extreme language and views, violence and extreme sexual content. They gave rise to the QAnon movement.\n\nIn a series of viral tweets on 17 December, Ron Watkins suggested President Trump should follow the example of Roman leader Julius Caesar, and capitalise on \"fierce loyalty of the military\" in order to \"restore the Republic\".\n\nRon Watkins encouraged his more than 500,000 followers to make #CrossTheRubicon a Twitter trend, referring to the moment when Caesar launched a civil war by crossing the Rubicon river in 49BC. The hashtag was also used by more mainstream figures - including the chairwoman of Arizona Republican Party, Kelli Ward.\n\nIn a separate tweet, Ron Watkins said Mr Trump must invoke the Insurrection Act, which empowers the president to deploy the military and federal forces.\n\nMr Trump met Ms Powell, Mr Flynn and others at a strategy meeting at the White House the following day, 18 December.\n\nDuring the meeting, according to the New York Times, Mr Flynn called on Mr Trump to impose martial law and deploy the military to \"rerun\" the election.\n\nThe meeting further stoked online chatter about \"war\" and \"revolution\" in far-right circles. Many came to see the joint session of Congress on 6 January, normally a formality, as a last roll of the dice.\n\nA wishful story began to take hold among QAnon and some MAGA supporters. They hoped that Vice-President Mike Pence, who was set to preside over the 6 January ceremony, would ignore the electoral college votes.\n\nThe president, they said, would then deploy the military to quell any unrest, order the mass arrest of the \"deep state cabal\" who had rigged the election and send them to Guantanamo Bay military prison.\n\nBack in the land of reality, none of this was remotely feasible. But it launched a movement for \"patriot caravans\" to organise ride shares to help transport thousands from around the country to Washington DC on 6 January.\n\nLong processions of vehicles flying Trump flags and sometimes towing elaborately decorated trailers gathered in car parks in cities including Louisville, Kentucky, Atlanta, Georgia, and Scranton, Pennsylvania.\n\n\"We are on our way,\" one caravaner posted on Twitter with a picture of about two dozen supporters.\n\nAt an Ikea parking lot in North Carolina, another man showed off his truck. \"The flags are a little tattered - we'll call them battle flags now,\" he said.\n\nAs it became clear that Mr Pence and other key Republicans would follow the law and allow Congress to certify Mr Biden's win, the language towards them became vicious.\n\n\"Pence will be in jail awaiting trial for treason,\" Mr Wood tweeted. \"He will face execution by firing squad.\"\n\nOnline discussion reached boiling point. References to firearms, war and violence were rife on self-styled \"free speech\" social platforms such as Gab and Parler, which are popular with Trump supporters, as well as on other sites.\n\nIn Proud Boys groups, where members had once supported police, some turned against authorities, whom they deemed to no longer be on their side.\n\nHundreds of posts on a popular pro-Trump site, TheDonald, openly discussed plans to cross barricades, carry firearms and other weapons to the march in defiance of Washington's strict gun laws. There was open chatter about storming the Capitol and arresting \"treasonous\" members of Congress.\n\nOn Wednesday 6 January, Mr Trump addressed a crowd of thousands at the Ellipse, a park just south of the White House, for more than an hour.\n\nEarly on he encouraged supporters to \"peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard\", but he ended with a warning. \"We fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.\n\n\"So we're going to, we're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue… and we're going to the Capitol.\"\n\nTo some observers, the potential for violence that day was clear from the outset.\n\nMichael Chertoff, former secretary of homeland security under President George W Bush, blamed the Capitol Police, who reportedly turned down offers of assistance from the much larger National Guard ahead of time. He characterised it as \"the worst failure of a police force I can think of\".\n\n\"I think it was a very foreseeable potential negative turn of events,\" Mr Chertoff said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"To be blunt, it was obvious. If you read the newspaper and were awake, you understood that you've got a lot of people who have been convinced there was a fraudulent election. Some of them are extremists, and violent. Some of the groups openly said, 'Bring your guns'.\"\n\nStill, many Americans were astonished by Wednesday's scenes, like James Clark, a 68-year-old Republican from Virginia.\n\n\"I find it absolutely shocking. I didn't think it would come to this,\" he told the BBC.\n\nBut the signs were there for weeks. A hodgepodge of extreme and conspiratorial groups were convinced that the election was stolen. Online, they repeatedly talked about arming themselves, and violence.\n\nPerhaps the authorities didn't think their posts were serious, or specific enough to investigate. They now face pointed questions.\n\nFor Joe Biden's inauguration on 20 January, Mr Chertoff is expecting a \"much stronger showing\" by security services than last Wednesday night.\n\nBut that hasn't stopped many on extreme platforms calling for further violence and disruption on the day.\n\nThere are questions, too, for the major social media platforms, which enabled conspiracy theories to reach millions of people.\n\nLate on Friday, Twitter deleted the accounts of Mr Flynn, the former Trump advisor, the \"Kraken\" lawyers Ms Powell and Mr Wood, and Mr Watkins. Then Mr Trump himself.\n\nArrests of those who stormed the Capitol continue. But most of the rioters still live in a parallel online universe - a subterranean world filled with alternative facts.\n\nThey have already come up with fanciful explanations to dismiss Mr Trump's video statement, posted on Twitter the day after the riots, in which he acknowledged for the first time that \"a new administration will be inaugurated on 20 January\".\n\nHe can't possibly be giving up, they contend. Among their new theories - it's not really him in the video but a computer-generated \"deep fake\". Or perhaps the president is being held hostage.\n\nMany still believe Mr Trump will prevail.\n\nThere's no evidence behind any of this, but it does prove one thing.\n\nNo matter what happens to Donald Trump, the rioters who stormed the US Capitol are not backing down anytime soon.", "Spain is in a race against time to clear roads covered by heavy snow, and get Covid vaccines and food supplies to areas affected by Storm Filomena.\n\nUp to 50cm (20 inches) of snow fell on the capital Madrid, one of the worst hit areas, between Friday and Saturday.\n\nAt least four people died and thousands of travellers were left stranded.\n\nOvernight, temperatures plunged to -8C (18F) in parts of Spain, amid warnings by meteorologists that the snow was turning to perilous ice.\n\nThe unusual cold wave on the Iberian peninsula is expected to last until Thursday.\n\nThe Spanish government said it had taken extra steps - including police-escorted convoys - to ensure its expected shipment of some 300,000 coronavirus vaccines can be distributed as planned to regional health authorities later on Monday.\n\n\"The commitment is to guarantee the supply of health, vaccines and food. Corridors have been opened to deliver the goods,\" Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos said on Sunday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Madrid has been hit by heavy snowfall after Storm Filomena\n\nSoldiers have been deployed to clear some of the 700 major roads.\n\nSome 3,500 tonnes of salt were later brought on lorries to the capital, Spain's El Mundo website reported on Monday.\n\nThe record-breaking snowfall has triggered some unprecedented scenes here in Madrid. People have skied along the city's main commercial street, Gran Vía, and one man was pictured being pulled through the district of Hortaleza on a sled by five huskies.\n\nBut other responses to the snow have been more controversial due to concerns about Covid-19. Dozens of young people had a snowball fight in Callao square, for example, and many of them were without facemasks.\n\nNearby, in Puerta del Sol, others celebrated the snow by dancing a conga. The daily Marca newspaper branded it \"the conga of shame\".\n\nAlthough the snowfall has now stopped, low temperatures have left snow and ice piled up across the capital and the surrounding region. And with residents advised to avoid using their cars, public transport has seen a surge in demand.\n\nThis has compounded coronavirus concerns as many metro train carriages were packed at rush hour on Monday morning, making social distancing impossible.\n\nMadrid's international airport began gradually resuming operations on Sunday afternoon, having cancelled all flights on Friday.\n\nSome 500 people across the Madrid region were forced to spend the night in temporary shelter, including sports centres, after they were trapped by the whiteout.\n\nAbout 100 shoppers and staff spent two nights at a shopping centre in Majadahonda, a town north of the capital. \"There are people sleeping on the ground on cardboard,\" one restaurant employee told TVE television.\n\nSpain's Meteorological Agency said Saturday's snowfall was the heaviest in Madrid since 1971\n\nBut there were stories of heroism too, including doctors and medical workers who abandoned their cars and walked for hours to get to work. One doctor, Alvaro Sanchez, said on social media he had walked 17km (10 miles) over nearly two hours to get to work, while two nurses, Paco and Monica, said they had walked 22km to their hospital.\n\nThey were praised by Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa, who tweeted: \"The commitment that the entire group of health workers is showing is an example of solidarity and dedication.\"\n\nSome 4x4 vehicle owners offered to transport medical workers, while other volunteers helped to clear hospital entrance ways.\n\n\"Health staff have been working (hard) for more than a year and this is just a short moment for us, so as citizens, we are trying to help; it is everyone's responsibility,\" said Fernando de la Fuente, 60, who helped clear the entrance to Madrid's Gregorio Maranon Hospital.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSpaniards in large parts of the country have been warned to take care in the coming days as temperatures could fall to -12C (10F) in some areas until Thursday.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nCrawley Town delivered one of the FA Cup third round's most emphatic upsets as the League Two underdogs tore apart Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds.\n\nThree second-half goals rewarded a fantastic performance from John Yems' side as they made light of the 62 places between themselves and their Premier League visitors.\n\nNick Tsaroulla, playing only his seventh game in senior football, set the ball rolling, beating three Leeds defenders to fire home a superb solo opener.\n\nUnited keeper Kiko Casilla's error allowed Ashley Nadesan to double the lead before Jordan Tunnicliffe added a third for Crawley, who could have won by more.\n• None Watch all of the goals from the FA Cup third round\n• None Can Mark Wright make it as a pro at Crawley?\n\nBielsa made seven changes to his side but Leeds fielded England midfielder Kalvin Phillips among several regular top-flight starters including Pablo Hernandez, Ezgjan Alioski and club record signing Rodrigo.\n\nHowever, after an even first half, they were completely outplayed in the second period by a Crawley side who have reached the fourth round for only the third time, having spent most of their 125-year existence in non-league football.\n\nCrawley even had the luxury of bringing on reality TV celebrity Mark Wright in stoppage time for the former The Only Way Is Essex star's debut, having signed for the club on non-contract terms in December.\n\nLeeds' loss is the first time in 34 years a top-flight side has lost to a fourth-tier team by three or more goals and only the second ever instance since a fourth division was added to the Football League in 1958.\n\nThey may be the lesser-known of the two Red Devils but Crawley's efforts were no less impressive than Manchester United's 6-2 dissection of Leeds last month.\n\nWhile Bielsa rested first-choice stars such as Patrick Bamford, Luke Ayling, Stuart Dallas and Mateusz Klich, there was still plenty of experience mixed in with the youth in Leeds' line-up.\n\nBut the hosts, sixth in League Two after an eight-game unbeaten run, never gave them the chance to settle and while neither side could break the deadlock before the interval, it was Crawley who went closest as Casilla kept out Tom Nichols' close-range header.\n\nHe was helpless, however, to prevent Tsaroulla - a former Tottenham trainee who spent a year out of the game because of injuries sustained in a car crash - firing Crawley ahead after a twisting run into the area that beguiled the Leeds back-line.\n\nRather than protect their lead, Crawley went for the jugular and Nadesan soon doubled their advantage, although his strike owed much to a bobble that beat Casilla at his near post.\n\nTunnicliffe then fired into the roof of the net after Casilla parried from Nadesan and Crawley could have had a fourth after top scorer Max Watters came off the bench to round the keeper, only to be denied by a covering defender.\n\nThe win marked the first time in four attempts that Crawley have beaten a Premier League side in the FA Cup and so comfortable was the victory that TV personality Wright was given his late cameo.\n\nAnother name added to Leeds' list of cup woes\n\nBielsa was left to mull over back-to-back 3-0 defeats, albeit this one coming in a much different context to Leeds' Premier League loss at Tottenham on 2 January.\n\nThis was the former Argentina manager's first taste of an FA Cup shock, after far more mundane exits against Arsenal and QPR in Bielsa's two previous campaigns since taking the Elland Road reins in 2018.\n\nBut it was not unfamiliar ground for Leeds as Crawley - who have finished in the bottom half of League Two for five successive seasons - emulated non-league pair Histon and Sutton United, as well as lower-league clubs Rochdale and Newport, in upsetting the Whites this century.\n\nThe visitors only forced one real save from Crawley keeper Glenn Morris, who reacted well to push away Ian Poveda's strike from an acute angle in the first half.\n\nLeeds might point to a penalty they perhaps should have had before the interval when Crawley defender Tony Craig got away with pulling back Rodrigo as he attempted to meet Helder Costa's volleyed cross.\n\nBut there was no video assistant referee system at the game, and they offered very little going forward after Rodrigo was substituted at half-time.\n\nIt was a fourth successive third-round exit in a competition they could have looked to with some hope, given their relatively comfortable position in the Premier League.\n\n\"We've got 11 star men\" - what they said\n\nCrawley manager Yems to BBC Sport: \"You have to enjoy these games - you work hard enough for it. It was a really good team performance and it's clear that we've got 11 star men.\n\n\"These players have got a lot to prove to the clubs who have released them and we've showed what we can do against a really good side.\n\n\"Let's see who we get in the next round and enjoy the moment.\"\n\nLeeds midfielder Alioski to BBC Radio 5 Live: \"We are really disappointed and it wasn't the result that we wanted. We took the game really seriously and we wanted to win and go on a run, so it is disappointing.\n\n\"Crawley played the game of their lives, and congratulations. To beat us 3-0 - I still can't believe it.\n\n\"The manager said what he wanted to say. It's important for every player to know what this means. He is sad and the players are sad.\"\n• None Attempt blocked. Sam Greenwood (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Raphinha (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Pablo Hernández.\n• None Jake Hessenthaler (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Hélder Costa (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Hernández.\n• None Jamie Shackleton (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Max Watters (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Nichols. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None All the goals and highlights from a huge Saturday of third-round matches are", "Mike Pompeo said the US-Taiwan relationship should not be \"shackled\" (file photo)\n\nThe US is lifting long-standing restrictions on contacts between American and Taiwanese officials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.\n\nThe \"self-imposed restrictions\" were introduced decades ago to \"appease\" the mainland Chinese government, which lays claim to the island, the US state department said in a statement.\n\nThese rules are now \"null and void\".\n\nThe move is likely to anger China and increase tensions between Washington and Beijing.\n\nIt comes as the Trump administration enters its final days ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden as president on 20 January.\n\nThe Biden transition team have said the president-elect is committed to maintaining the long-standing US policy towards Taiwan.\n\nAnalysts say they will be unhappy with such a policy decision being made in the final days of the Trump administration, but that the move could be reversed easily by Mr Pompeo's successor Antony Blinken.\n\nChina regards Taiwan as a breakaway province, but Taiwan's leaders argue that it is a sovereign state.\n\nRelations between the two are frayed and there is a constant threat of a violent flare up that could drag in the US, an ally of Taiwan.\n\nIn a statement on Saturday, Mr Pompeo said the US state department had introduced complicated restrictions limiting the communication between American diplomats and their Taiwanese counterparts.\n\n\"Today I am announcing that I am lifting all of these self-imposed restrictions,\" he said. \"Today's statement recognises that the US-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy.\"\n\nHe added that Taiwan was a vibrant democracy and a reliable US partner, and that the restrictions were no longer valid.\n\nFollowing the announcement, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu thanked Mr Pompeo, saying he was \"grateful\".\n\n\"The closer partnership between Taiwan and the US is firmly based on our shared values, common interests and unshakeable belief in freedom and democracy,\" he wrote in a tweet.\n\nLast August, US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar became the highest-ranking US politician to hold meetings on the island for decades.\n\nIn response, China urged the US to respect what it calls its \"one China\" principle.\n\nThe US also sells arms to Taiwan, though it does not have a formal defence treaty with the country, as it does with Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChina and Taiwan have had separate governments since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.\n\nBeijing has long tried to limit Taiwan's international activities and both have vied for influence in the Pacific region.\n\nTensions have increased in recent years and Beijing has not ruled out the use of force to take the island back.\n\nAlthough Taiwan is officially recognised by only a handful of nations, its democratically-elected government has strong commercial and informal links with many countries.", "Lockdowns have worked before, but can we expect the new one to do the same?\n\nIt feels like we are back in March or April last year, when the strict controls on all our lives led to a fairly quick decline in levels of coronavirus.\n\nBut one of the crucial differences this time is the new variant, which is thought to spread between 50 and 70% faster than previous forms of the virus.\n\nExperts warn there are now no guarantees that lockdown will be enough to bring the variant under control.\n\n\"It still would not have been easy, but it would have been a much easier situation if it had not been for the new variant,\" Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, told Inside Health.\n\n\"That really pushes the bounds of our ability to control the spread of the virus, even with measures that were previously relatively quite effective.\"\n\nThe coronavirus spreads when we come into contact with each other so moving classrooms online, telling people to stay at home and closing shops breaks many of those opportunities for human contact.\n\nIf we consider the R number - the average number of people each infected person passes the virus on to - it was about 3.0 in the run up to the first lockdown and anything above 1.0 means cases are climbing.\n\nR fell to 0.6 during the first lockdown.\n\nThen every 1,000 infected people passed the virus on to 600 others, who passed it on to 360 others and so on.\n\nBut if the new variant is 50% more transmissible then the R number, in the same lockdown conditions, would be about 0.9.\n\nThen 1,000 infected people would pass the virus onto 900 others, then 810 and so on.\n\nAs you can see this leads to far slower decline.\n\nAnd that assumes lockdown can get R down to 0.9 in areas where the new variant has become the most common form of the virus.\n\nIf, as some studies suggest, the variant is about 70% more transmissible then R may stay above 1.0 and cases may not fall at all.\n\n\"We'd at best flatten the curve, keep numbers at a roughly constant level, and that's frankly why there is so much emphasis on getting vaccine into people's arms as quickly as possible,\" said Prof Ferguson.\n\nIt is hard to lock down even harder as there are some parts of society - hospitals, supermarkets - that need to be kept open.\n\nWhat happens to the number of cases over the coming weeks will be closely monitored. If this lockdown is less effective then we will have to live with it for longer.\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs over the Christmas break, which was a bit like a lockdown due to school holidays and other restrictions.\n\n\"We are in a very difficult situation here, but my initial assessment of the last few days is that the rate is slowing which is good news,\" Prof John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nHe added: \"It looks likes those restrictions should be sufficient to stop the increase, whether they will be sufficient to bring cases down sufficiently we are yet to see.\"\n\nEventually the vaccine will give people immunity so we do not need the same controls on our lives.\n\nNow more than ever this is a race between the virus and the vaccine.", "Dozens of demonstrators were walking and chanting along Clapham High Street as police attempted to keep them contained to the area\n\nSixteen people have been arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nPolice officers clashed with some of the maskless protesters who arrived in Clapham Common, some shouting \"take your freedom back\".\n\nSix police vans were deployed to the scene while officers moved the crowd of about 30 people away from the area.\n\nGathering for the purpose of a protest is not an exemption to the rules, the Met Police said.\n\nOne woman shouted from her car at the protesters \"there's a pandemic going\", while another bystander shouted \"idiots\".\n\nOne anti-lockdown protester, who was detained at Clapham Common park, said \"I stand under common law, not maritime law and this is assault\" as he was put into handcuffs by police officers.\n\nA large police presence remains around Clapham Common station, but almost all protesters had left the area as of 14:00 GMT.\n\nIt comes as a \"major incident\" was declared as the spread of Covid-19 threatens to \"overwhelm\" London hospitals.\n\nCity Hall said Covid-19 cases in the capital had exceeded 1,000 per 100,000, while there were 35% more people in hospital with the virus than in the peak of the pandemic in April.\n\nPolice could be seen questioning several people at the demonstration\n\nPolice battled to disperse the protestors gathering in Clapham Common\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ben Jackson said the closure of the farm's bulk-buyers like hotels and schools has left thousands of eggs unsold\n\nA fall in bulk egg orders due to the lockdown could lead to chickens being culled, a poultry-farmer has warned.\n\nFluffetts Farm near Fordingbridge had been supplying free range eggs to 350 Hampshire schools, but orders stopped when schools suddenly closed.\n\nFarm owner, Ben Jackson said: \"If you can't sell the eggs you can't still keep feeding the chickens and therefore something has to give.\"\n\nHe said he hoped to work out a local delivery system to avoid culling birds.\n\nMr Jackson, who has been selling some of the surplus eggs off on social media, has more than 13,000 chickens laying 12,000 eggs each day.\n\nThe cancellation of his school orders has left him with about 4,000 spare eggs a day. The farm has also been hit by restaurants and pubs closing again.\n\nThe farm has a surplus of about 4,000 eggs each day from its 13,000 chickens\n\nHe said: \"If we can't find a home for the eggs the worst-case scenario is that we may have to look to get rid of some of our chickens, but that's what we're trying to avoid.\n\n\"Other chicken farmers are in the same situation - they are talking about potentially having to cull birds in the next week or so - it's not a decision that anyone wants to make.\n\n\"We just want to get through this dark time - we're just taking it a day at time.\"\n\nChickens at the farm are currently in a bird lockdown.\n\nSince 14 December strict biosecurity regulations have been in place following a number of outbreak of avian influenza throughout England.\n• None 'I'll have to throw away £6,000-worth of milk'", "Flat owners applying to a fund to help pay to remove flammable building cladding will be told not to talk to the press without government approval.\n\nA draft agreement, uncovered by the Sunday Times, says that even where there is \"overwhelming public interest\" in speaking to journalists, the government must be told first.\n\nThe government said the wording was \"standard\".\n\nIt set up a £1.6bn fund last year to repair the most dangerous buildings.\n\nBut it warned that the fund might not cover all the costs of removing the cladding.\n\nThe clause might affect building owners and professional managing agents but also residents who manage their building.\n\nSome types of the covering, often added to newer blocks of flats, have been proven to be a fire hazard.\n\nAfter the 2017 Grenfell fire, the government pledged that safe alternatives to dangerous cladding would be provided on all buildings in England taller than 18m.\n\nIt set up the £1.6bn fund to help foot the costs.\n\nThe agreement, between the building owner or leaseholder and the government, says: \"The Applicant shall not make any communication to the press or any journalist or broadcaster regarding the Project or the Agreement (or the performance of it by any Party) without the prior written approval of Homes England and [the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government ]\" and its press offices.\n\nIt says an exception can be made \"where such disclosure is in the overwhelming public interest (in which case disclosure will not be made without first allowing Homes England and MHCLG to make representations on such proposed disclosure).\"\n\nThe UK Cladding Action Group tweeted that it was \"clearly a matter of public interest\" that these issues were aired in public.\n\n\"No department should be hiding behind non-disclosure agreements to stop scrutiny of their actions,\" the group said.\n\nAnother campaign group, Manchester Cladiators, said the existence of the \"gagging clause\" was \"shocking but not necessarily that surprising\".\n\nSpokesperson Rebecca Fairclough said residents would feel \"intimidated\" by it, adding: \"We ask the government to remove this unfair clause immediately and focus on the priority of solving this institutional failure, which still exists and is only growing over three and a half years after the Grenfell tragedy.\"\n\nThe government insists that the wording in the agreement, under the heading \"Marketing material\", is there to ensure applicants come to the government first.\n\n\"The terms set out are standard in commercial agreements and are not specific to this fund - to suggest otherwise is misleading and inaccurate,\" the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said in a statement.\n\n\"We want a constructive working relationship with building owners who apply to the fund and applicants are asked to work with the department on public communications relating to the project.\"", "Edwin Poots said he has asked senior UK government figures to consider unilaterally revoking the NI Protocol\n\nThe Stormont minister whose officials are responsible for the new Irish Sea border has said some food will be unavailable if changes are not made.\n\nDUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has also said jobs could be at risk.\n\nHe said problems at the ports were being caused by new rules applied on imports of food and other products from Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nEarlier Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said trade from GB to NI \"will get worse before it gets better\".\n\nMr Gove said that \"work is ongoing\" and it is \"all part of the process of leaving the European Union\".\n\nHe added that he had spoken to ministers from all parties in the Northern Ireland Executive.\n\nAfter speaking with hauliers, supermarkets and processors this week, Mr Poots predicted the loss of jobs and rising costs.\n\n\"A wide range of frozen and chilled foods will be unavailable after the temporary exemption period ends,\" he tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Edwin Poots MLA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThat exemption period applies to supermarkets and other food importers and runs out in April.\n\nAfter that they will have to comply with all the paperwork required to ship food in, or find suppliers on the island of Ireland or elsewhere in the EU.\n\nNew rules - called the Northern Ireland Protocol - were introduced because while the UK has left the EU, Northern Ireland has remained in the Single Market for goods and is continuing to apply EU customs rules.\n\nThe arrangement was agreed between the UK and the EU to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland.\n\nMr Poots said he had spoken to senior UK government figures to ask them to consider unilaterally revoking the protocol as it was \"damaging Northern Ireland at the economic and societal level\".\n\nAnd he hit out at members of Sinn Fein, the SDLP, and Alliance Party who he claimed had supported it.\n\nMembers of those parties have countered similar claims from other DUP politicians in recent days.\n\nThey said DUP MPs had voted against alternative arrangements that would have been simpler to manage before the government pushed ahead with the protocol plan.\n\nResponding to Mr Poot's tweet on Friday evening, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood wrote: \"You broke it, you own it.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Colum Eastwood This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson accused Mr Poots of being \"asleep at the wheel\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Martina Anderson MLA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has called for the assembly to be recalled to discuss difficulties over trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland due to Brexit.\n\nUUP MLA Roy Beggs said: \"The impact of the Irish Sea border is causing horrendous difficulties for hauliers and this is being seen in shops and businesses across Northern Ireland.\n\n\"It is damaging the Northern Ireland economy and the situation is escalating.\"\n\nEarlier on Friday, Michael Gove said it had been expected that there would be \"some initial disruption\" to trade between GB and NI, but that the government is \"ironing\" issues out.\n\nHe said discussions with the executive in Northern Ireland were \"in order to make sure that the [Northern Ireland] protocol works\".\n\n\"[To make sure] that businesses in Northern Ireland can continue to have access to the rest of the UK market, and that Northern Ireland businesses can have the goods that they need on the shelves, that they have access to at the moment,\" he said.\n\nNorthern Ireland has remained a part of the EU's single market for goods while the rest of the UK has left.\n\nThis means food products from Great Britain are subject to checks when they enter Northern Ireland.\n\nSimilar processes and checks also apply when moving food products from Great Britain into the Republic of Ireland.\n\nMeanwhile, an organisation representing haulage firms has called on the UK and Irish government to relax some of the new Irish Sea trade border rules.\n\nThe Road Haulage Association (RHA) said there is serious disruption to freight movements into the island of Ireland.\n\nThe RHA said relaxing the controls on food products and customs declarations \"would help traders to ship goods that have struggled to move over recent days.\"\n\n\"The problems have led to gaps in supermarket shelves and lorries delayed at ports because of problems with red-tape and the situation is worsening,\" the organisation added.\n\n\"We are facing an inflexible, cumbersome and time consuming process just to move goods.\"\n\nThe UK government said the flow of goods \"between GB and NI has been smooth overall and arrivals of freight have continued to increase substantially over this week\".\n\n\"There are no significant queues at NI ports and supermarkets are reporting healthy supplies into their Northern Ireland stores,\" a spokesperson added.\n\n\"We recognise the need to provide as much support to the haulage sector as possible as industry adapts to new processes. That's why hauliers can benefit from the Trader Support Service, which provides free advice and support to businesses of all sizes moving goods under the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\n\"We have been engaging intensively with the Irish authorities and hauliers on the issues that have been encountered for goods transiting through Dublin port.\"\n\nOn Thursday customs authorities in the Republic of Ireland announced a temporary relaxation of one customs process.\n\nHauliers will be able to use an override code to complete a piece of administration known as ENS.\n\nThe letters ENS refer to an entry summary declaration, an online form which goods carriers are now legally obliged to submit to Irish customs when transporting goods from Great Britain into Ireland.\n\nLorries arriving in Ireland from Great Britain have faced new checks since 1 January\n\nOn Thursday night the Irish Revenue Commissioners said it recognised that \"some businesses are experiencing difficulties on lodging their safety and security ENS declarations\".\n\nIt said that in response it was providing a \"temporary easement\" which would allow an ENS to be produced without all the normally required information.\n\nAn Irish government spokesperson said it is \"absolutely essential that Ireland fulfils its obligations as a member of the EU and that we protect the integrity of the single market and the customs union\".\n\n\"We appreciate that the new requirements and customs formalities present significant challenges and impose additional burdens on businesses.\"\n\nMeanwhile Stena, the ferry company, said it was cancelling a dozen sailings between Wales and Ireland next week due to \"a decline in freight volumes during the first week of Brexit.\"", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nScott McTominay's fourth-minute header was enough to give Manchester United an unconvincing victory in their FA Cup third-round tie against Watford on Saturday.\n\nWearing the captain's armband for the first time in a much-changed side from Wednesday's Carabao Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester City, McTominay found the net after rising to meet Alex Telles' corner.\n\nThe hosts did have chances to increase their lead, but Juan Mata failed to find a finish to an excellent three-man move just before half-time, then Daniel James and substitute Marcus Rashford had shots saved after the break.\n\nBut none of those opportunities were better than that for Hornets defender Adam Masina, who saw his effort blocked by United keeper Dean Henderson not long after McTominay had struck.\n• None Watch all the goals from the FA Cup third round\n• None How all of Saturday's FA Cup action unfolded\n• None How to follow FA Cup third round on the BBC\n\nNow under their fifth manager in two years, Xisco Munoz, Watford had other chances too - Joao Pedro's header went straight to Henderson and Ken Sema was off target with his.\n\nMason Greenwood and Donny van de Beek did little to press their claims for a regular starting slot in manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side, while Jesse Lingard - making only his third appearance of the season and the subject of interest from a number of clubs in the January transfer window - showed glimpses of form but eventually faded.\n\nUnited will go into the hat for Monday's fourth and fifth-round draws, while Watford are left to focus on winning promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt.\n\nGiven the increasing awareness of the effects of concussion, the decision of United's medical staff to take no risks with defender Eric Bailly when he was caught in the head by Henderson's knee as the keeper punched clear was a welcome one.\n\nThe Football Association had hoped to introduce concussion substitutes by now but it has not yet been able to as detailed protocols are yet to be received from Ifab, the world game's rulemakers.\n\nAs Bailly was guided towards the tunnel in the last minute of the first half, Harry Maguire replaced him and helped United keep the clean sheet which ensured they reached the fourth round for the 34th time in their past 36 attempts.\n\nAfterwards, United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said: \"I think it was his neck. I don't think it was concussion so that is a positive. But we have got to do scans.\"\n\n'I wanted to test McTominay and he delivered' - post-match quotes\n\nManchester United manager Solskjaer said: \"Scott has got everything a leader has to have. I wanted to test him by making him captain and see how he would react.\n\n\"He delivered and he always does. He was brilliant today.\n\n\"We have always trusted our young men coming through and Scott is one who we believe has the Manchester United DNA in him and knows what it is to be a Manchester United player.\"\n\nMcTominay on captaining the side: \"When the manager told me it was a surreal moment. I've been here since I had just turned five, so that's 18 or 19 years associated with the club and it is a huge honour.\n\n\"I love this club and it has been my whole life.\"\n\nUnited turn their attentions to a big week in the Premier League. Solskjaer's side travel to Burnley on Tuesday (20:15 GMT) knowing victory will send them top of the table above Liverpool - who they then play at Anfield on Sunday (16:30 GMT).\n\nWatford's miserable run at Old Trafford continues - stats of the day\n• None The last time Manchester United failed to progress in the FA Cup third round was January 2014, when they lost 2-1 to Swansea.\n• None Watford have lost on 10 consecutive visits to Old Trafford, scoring just three goals.\n• None United have progressed from each of their past 17 FA Cup matches against opposition from a lower division, since a 1-0 home defeat by League One side Leeds United in January 2010.\n• None McTominay has scored four goals in 22 matches this season, one short of his best tally in a campaign (five goals in 37 appearances in 2019-20). Three of those goals have been scored in the first five minutes of games.\n• None Watford attempted 18 shots in the match - only in their 2-0 loss at Huddersfield (21) have they had more shots on the road this season.\n• None Attempt blocked. Marc Navarro (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Will Hughes (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.\n• None Attempt missed. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.\n• None Joseph Hungbo (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Joseph Hungbo (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Joseph Hungbo (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Pedro. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Calculate the impact and how to change it\n• None Sir David Attenborough shows us the forces of nature that support the Earth", "A 107-year-old woman from Clonard, County Meath is attempting a virtual Mass tour across Ireland while in lockdown.\n\nNancy Stewart and granddaughter, Louise Coghlan, have been shielding together since March last year, and have set themselves the spiritual challenge.\n\nThey are attending Mass services across the 32 counties on the island from the comfort of their own kitchen.\n\nLouise said that because they have been shielding for so long together, she is constantly trying to find \"different ways of keeping granny entertained\".\n\nShe said that when she asks Nancy if she wants to watch Mass her \"eyes light up like I'd just given her a million euros\".\n\nNancy, whose favourite saint is St Anthony, said she can hardly believe she is able to watch Mass on a computer or a phone from her comfy armchair.\n\n\"I feel so happy and so refreshed sitting happily in my own kitchen, in my armchair looking at Mass,\" she told BBC News NI.\n\n\"I can't believe it, I'm trying to believe it's true.\"", "The number of patients in intensive care with Covid has risen sharply, amid warnings that tougher lockdown measures may be needed.\n\nLatest Scottish government figures show 1,877 new cases of Covid were reported in the last 24 hours\n\nThe number of people in intensive care has risen from 109 to 123, the highest daily jump since October.\n\nDeputy First Minister John Swinney said a tightening of restrictions could not be ruled out.\n\nA total of 1,598 people are currently in hospital with recently-confirmed Covid, up from Saturday's figure of 1,596 patients which was the highest number since the outbreak began.\n\nThe daily test positivity rate was10%, up from 8.7% on Saturday, when 1,865 positive cases were recorded.\n\nThe deputy first minister said the country was facing \"a very alarming situation\" with the virus.\n\nSpeaking on Politics Scotland, Mr Swinney said coronavirus does not show much sign of \"abating\" and he would not rule out tougher lockdown measures.\n\nHe said: \"We're seeing case numbers which are hovering around 2,000 per day... so we've got an accelerating situation on our hands and we have to constantly review whether more restrictions are required.\"\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs in recent days with average positivity rates falling, a possible indicator that the lockdown is having an impact, but Prof Linda Bauld, of Edinburgh University, urged caution.\n\nShe said: \"The numbers are not reducing at the rate which we want them to, so [it is] still a very fragile situation.\n\n\"The measures we have now I hope are working but it's not clear whether they are tough enough.\n\n\"I think the key change the government could make is in the sectors which are still open, particularly workplaces but also things like takeaways and click and collect.\"\n\nMr Swinney said the Scottish government is \"open to considering further restrictions if they are necessary\"\n\nProfessional sport, along with manufacturing and construction work have been allowed to continue in this lockdown, whereas they were not in the first wave in March.\n\nThe deputy first minister said the meeting of the cabinet which agreed the latest lockdown saw ministers wondering if they had gone far enough to stop the spread.\n\nMr Swinney added: \"I don't think I'm revealing a state secret when I say that the debate within cabinet was not whether we were going too far but whether we were going far enough.\"\n\nA total of three deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours but these figures are lower at weekends because register offices are generally closed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Madrid has been hit by heavy snowfall after Storm Filomena\n\nStorm Filomena has blanketed parts of Spain in heavy snow, with half of the country on red alert for more on Saturday.\n\nRoad, rail and air travel has been disrupted and interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said the country was facing \"the most intense storm in the last 50 years\".\n\nMadrid, one of the worst affected areas, is set to see up to 20cm (eight inches) of snow in the next 24 hours.\n\nFurther south the storm caused rivers to burst their banks.\n\nFour deaths have been reported so far as a result of Filomena. Officials said two people had been found frozen to death - one in the town of Zarzalejo, north-west of Madrid, and the other in the eastern city of Calatayud. Two people travelling in a car were swept away by floods near the southern city of Malaga.\n\nAs snow fell on Madrid on Friday evening, a number of vehicles became stranded on a motorway near the capital.\n\nThe city's Barajas airport has closed, along with a number of roads, and all trains to and from Madrid have been cancelled.\n\nFirefighters were called in to assist drivers who had become stuck. In some areas the military were called in to help clear roads.\n\nSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez urged people to stay at home and to follow the instructions of emergency services. King Felipe and Queen Letizia took to Twitter to urge \"extreme caution against the risks of accumulation of ice and snow\".\n\nThe country's AEMET weather agency said the snowfall was \"exceptional and most likely historic\".\n\nA number of people were seen making the most of the snowy scenery, walking through Madrid's Puerta del Sol square.\n\nLarge parks in Madrid have since been closed as a precaution, AFP news agency reports.\n\nOne man was pictured skiing along the Gran Via, the capital's famous shopping street.\n\nIn Cañada Real, the largest shanty town in western Europe, residents were seen creating a bonfire to keep warm.\n\nThe cold weather is set to continue beyond the weekend with temperatures in Madrid predicted to hit -12C on Thursday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Wales has received 275,000 doses of the two Covid-19 vaccines to deal with the pandemic.\n\nAbout 70,000 people received a first dose after the first month of the vaccine rollout.\n\nThe Welsh Government confirmed it has had more than 250,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 25,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.\n\nThe health minister promised a \"really significant step-up\" in the roll-out after opponents criticised its speed.\n\nThe Pfizer jabs were first administered in early December at seven sites across Wales as part of the UK-wide immunisation programme.\n\nThis 82-year-old woman was one of 100 to receives her vaccine at a special clinic in Swansea on Saturday\n\nApproximately 1.6% of people were vaccinated up to 3 January - fewer than all other UK nations.\n\nIn England, about 1.9% of the population had received the first dose, while 2.1% of people in both Scotland and Northern Ireland had received their first jab.\n\nThe Welsh Government has dismissed criticism it is lagging behind, with health officials saying the new Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine would help speed up the programme \"considerably\".\n\nTwo full doses of the Oxford vaccine gave 62% protection, a half dose followed by a full dose was 90% and overall the trial showed 70% protection.\n\nThe rollout of the Oxford vaccine started on Monday, with 25,000 doses received this week, according to the Welsh Government.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said on Friday that Wales would receive another 25,000 Oxford doses next week and 80,000 the week after that.\n\nWhen asked how many doses of the Pfizer vaccine Wales had received, he said he could not recall the exact figure but further deliveries had been received \"on the 23rd and the 27th of December\".\n\nPressed on a figure, he said: \"It's the low hundreds of thousands\", adding: \"The Pfizer vaccine has particular challenges in terms of the conditions that it's got to be stored in and in parts of Wales that is a very particular challenge because it is a hard vaccine to transport over long distances to relatively scattered and remote communities.\n\n\"But the fact that we've got it and the fact that we're able to use more of it than we originally anticipated means we'll be able to accelerate the use of it over the next couple of weeks.\"\n\nThese were the latest comparative weekly totals - daily updates are promised from this week onwards in Wales\n\nOn Sunday, the Welsh Government confirmed it had received 25,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the first week but the quantity would increase, allocated to Wales based on a population share on a weekly basis.\n\n\"We are confident in the assurances we have been given that this will increase over the next few weeks to around 100,000 per week,\" they said.\n\n\"We are delivering all the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine allocated to Wales directly to GPs, other primary care providers and hospitals as soon as it is available.\"\n\nConservative MP for the Vale of Clwyd, Dr James Davies, said: \"We all know that the Pfizer vaccine is difficult to transport and store and needs to be stored at -70 degrees, that's understood.\n\n\"But the issue is that actually, if you look at the rest of the UK, including very rural areas, they've managed to deal with it... and it is difficult to see why they haven't been in a position to be organised earlier and to ramp-up the delivery.\"\n\nRhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru's health spokesman, called for transparency: \"It is very worrying to find out that we have had in Wales more than 250,000 doses but only a relatively small proportion of that have yet ended up in people's arms, protecting people, because that's what we want to happen.\"\n\nHe has written an open letter to Health Minister Vaughan Gething calling for greater clarity on the vaccine deployment programme, asking for a dashboard of information which would allow the public to track the rollout's progress for themselves, including volume of doses delivered and administered by health board and by the nine priority groups.\n\nDr Olwen Williams, vice-president for Wales at the Royal College of Physicians, also called on health boards and Welsh Government to publish regular data showing which groups of people have been vaccinated, with patient-facing health workers prioritised over other colleagues.\n\n\"I think that would give assurance to people working in the NHS and the population in general, that the programme is progressing as planned,\" she said.\n\nAll data will be published daily from Monday but Mr Gething conceded that Wales, from last week's figures, was \"slightly behind on the population share and I'm not getting away from that.\"\n\nHe said the race was not \"necessarily against other UK nations\" but against the virus.\n\nHe also told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement that, in the next two to three weeks, he expected to see a \"really significant step-up in the delivery of the vaccine\" as more GP practices and community pharmacies help.\n\n\"We're going to get through many more people, giving them significant protection with a first vaccine,\" he said.\n\n\"And that will mean that we're going to be able to prevent most of the avoidable deaths.\"\n\nIt is hoped the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will speed up the process.\n\nBy the end of last week, it was being offered to patients aged over 80 at 73 GP practices.\n\nMore than 100 are expected to be offering the jabs next week, Mr Gething said, \"and then we get into several hundred thereafter and we'll bring community pharmacies on board.\"\n\nThe UK and Scottish governments did not provide the numbers of Pfizer vaccines supplied to England and Scotland. BBC Wales is still waiting for a response from the Northern Irish Executive.\n\nMeanwhile, regular rapid testing for people without coronavirus symptoms will be made available in England.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it would evaluate its mass testing pilots in Merthyr Tydfil and lower Cynon Valley, as well as elsewhere in the UK, to inform its approach to community testing.\n\nA spokesman added: \"We have announced regular asymptomatic testing of health and social care workers, in education and daily contact testing in South Wales Police.\n\n\"A pilot has also started at the Tata Port Talbot site. We are also exploring other opportunities for regular testing to support critical services.\"", "Amazon is removing \"free speech\" social network Parler from its web hosting service for violating rules.\n\nIf Parler fails to find a new web hosting service by Sunday evening, the entire network will go offline.\n\nParler styles itself as an \"unbiased\" social media and has proved popular with people banned from Twitter.\n\nAmazon told Parler it had found 98 posts on the site that encouraged violence. Apple and Google have removed the app from their stores.\n\nLaunched in 2018, Parler has proved particularly popular among supporters of US President Donald Trump and right-wing conservatives. Such groups have frequently accused Twitter and Facebook of unfairly censoring their views.\n\nWhile Mr Trump himself is not a user, the platform already features several high-profile contributors following earlier bursts of growth in 2020.\n\nTexas Senator Ted Cruz boasts 4.9 million followers on the platform, while Fox News host Sean Hannity has about seven million.\n\nThe move comes after Apple suspended Parler from its app store. The suspension will remain in place for as long as the network continued to spread posts that incite violence, it said.\n\nGoogle removed the app from its store on Friday.\n\nResponding to Google's move earlier, Parler's chief executive John Matze said: \"We won't cave to politically motivated companies and those authoritarians who hate free speech!\"\n\nHe also warned that Parler could be offline for up to a week while \"we rebuild from scratch\".\n\nIt briefly became the most-downloaded app in the United States after the US election, following a clampdown on the spread of election misinformation by Twitter and Facebook.\n\nIn a letter obtained by CNN, Amazon's AWS Trust and Safety team told Parler's Chief Policy Officer Amy Peikoff that the social network \"does not have an effective process to comply with the AWS terms of service\".\n\n\"AWS provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum, and we continue to respect Parler's right to determine for itself what content it will allow on its site\", the letter said.\n\n\"However we cannot provide services to a customer that is unable to effectively identify and remove content that encourages or incites violence against others.\".\n\nParler will be removed from Amazon's web hosting service shortly before midnight on Sunday Pacific Standard Time (07:59 GMT on Monday).\n\nOn Saturday, Apple removed Parler from its app store after warning the network to remove content that violated its rules or face a ban.\n\n\"Parler has not taken adequate measures to address the proliferation of these threats to people's safety\", it said in a statement announcing the app's suspension on Saturday evening.\n\nFor months, Parler has been one of the most popular social media platforms for right-wing users.\n\nAs major platforms began taking action against viral conspiracy theories, disinformation and the harassment of election workers and officials in the aftermath of the US presidential vote, the app became more popular with elements of the fringe far-right.\n\nThis turned the network into a right-wing echo chamber, almost entirely populated by users fixated on revealing examples of election fraud and posting messages in support of attempts to overturn the election outcome.\n\nIn the days preceding the Capitol riots, the tone of discussion on the app became significantly more violent, with some users openly discussing ways to stop the certification of Joe Biden's victory by Congress.\n\nUnsubstantiated allegations and defamatory claims against a number of senior US figures such as Chief Justice John Roberts and Vice-President Mike Pence were rife on the app.\n\nGoogle and Apple say they are taking necessary action to ensure violent rhetoric is not promoted on their platforms.\n\nHowever, to those increasingly concerned about freedom of speech and expression on online platforms, it represents another example of draconian action by major tech companies which threatens internet freedom.\n\nThis is a debate which is certain to continue beyond the Trump presidency.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer calls for families to be put \"at the heart of our recovery\" from the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged the government to \"protect family incomes\" as it deals with the economic effects of coronavirus.\n\nIn his first speech of the year, he demanded teachers, the armed forces and care workers are left out of the public sector pay freeze.\n\nSir Keir also called for tougher restrictions to be considered for tackling coronavirus.\n\nNo 10 said the government had \"shown it is prepared to act\".\n\nWith coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns shutting thousands of businesses, the economy was 7.9% smaller in October last year than it had been six months earlier.\n\nAnd the government's independent forecaster, the Office for Budgetary Responsibility, predicts that unemployment will rise to 2.6 million by the middle of this year.\n\nIn his speech, Sir Keir attacked the government for \"having been found wanting at every turn\", accusing Boris Johnson of being \"indecisive\" and acting \"too slow\" over further lockdowns and support for business and families.\n\nHe said: \"The British people will forgive many things. They know the pandemic is difficult.\n\n\"But they also know serial incompetence when they see it - and they know when a prime minister simply isn't up to the job.\"\n\nBut the PM's official spokeswoman rejected the criticism, saying: \"This government has shown it is prepared to act. When given evidence in the morning it has taken action that evening.\"\n\nAsked by the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg whether the government should tighten restrictions, such as closing nurseries, Sir Keir said there \"probably is more that we could do [and we] may have to get tougher\".\n\nBut he did not outline what measures he would recommend, instead saying it was \"time to hear from the scientists what else can be done - and that probably should be done in the next few hours\".\n\nThe Labour leader said ministers must \"protect family incomes and support businesses\" from the economic effects of previous restrictions and the current lockdown.\n\nHe added policies must \"make a real difference to millions of people across the country\" and \"put families at the heart of our recovery\".\n\nSir Keir argued the £20-a-week rise given to Universal Credit claimants last April must continue beyond this April's cut-off point.\n\nCouncil tax increases in England of up to 5% this April must not happen, he said, while calling for the ban on evictions and repossessions to be extended.\n\nThe government's pay freeze for at least 1.3 million public sector workers - which does not apply to NHS frontline staff and those earning below £24,000 a year - must not go ahead, said Sir Keir.\n\n\"I know this isn't everything that's needed,\" he added, \"and after so much suffering we can't go back the status quo.\n\n\"We cannot return to an economy where over half our care workers earn less than the living wage, where childcare is among the most expensive in Europe, where our social care system is a national disgrace and where over four million children grow up in poverty.\"\n\nAn opposition leader has no policy leavers to pull. They have to rely on words to persuade the public they are worthy of power.\n\nWith the next general election an eternity away, Sir Keir Starmer knows the question of competence matters far more to voters than ideology right now.\n\nThe Labour leader was unsparing in his criticism of the government's handling of the pandemic - accusing the prime minster of serial incompetence, dithering and delay.\n\nSir Keir said the government could reverse planned changes to council tax and universal credit to ease the financial pressure on families.\n\nBut pressed on how lockdown might be different today if he was in No 10, the Labour leader mirrored the government's messaging.\n\nHe said there was \"probably\" more that could be done around nurseries and estate agent viewings, but Sir Keir's mantra was listen to the scientists.\n\nIt's what ministers say endlessly too.\n\nSir Keir argued that, just as a Labour government \"built the welfare state from the rubble\" of World War Two, a future one can \"secure our economy, protect our NHS and rebuild our country so that Britain is the best country to grow up in and the best country to grow old in\".\n\nBut Conservative Party co-chairman Amanda Milling accused Sir Keir of \"calling for actions the Conservatives are already taking in government\".\n\n\"We have delivered an unprecedented £280bn package of support to protect jobs, livelihoods and public services through this pandemic,\" she added, including the furlough scheme, the temporary increase to Universal Credit and extra funding for councils.\n\n\"The Conservatives will continue to put families and communities at the heart of every decision we take as we deliver on our promises to the British people,\" Ms Milling said.\n\nIn his Spending Review in November, Chancellor Rishi Sunak warned that the \"economic emergency\" caused by the pandemic had only begun.\n\nHe promised to take \"extraordinary measures to protect people's jobs and incomes\".", "The Oxford vaccine rollout started in Wales earlier this week - those figures are not yet included\n\nMore than 14,000 people had their first dose of the Covid-19 jab in Wales in the past week, the latest figures show.\n\nIt takes the numbers on the priority list to have got the Pfizer-BioNTech jab to 49,403 since the rollout started on 8 December.\n\nBut Wales is lagging behind the rest of the UK so far, with a lower proportion of people getting a first dose.\n\nThe Welsh Government said that by next week, 60 GP practices and 20 centres would be vaccinating.\n\nHealth officials said the new Oxford vaccine would help speed up the programme \"considerably\".\n\nThe numbers do not include the first people to receive the new vaccine, which began to be given this week.\n\nPublic Health Wales (PHW) said the real numbers were likely to be higher, with the figures a snapshot based on those vaccines recorded electronically so far.\n\nThey give a breakdown by health board and also show how many people have been given their first dose.\n\nThe figures also include people, such as NHS staff, who work in Wales but live over the border, but do not yet give details of people in different priority categories.\n\nRhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru's health spokesman, said: \"We need real transparency on progress of the vaccination process.\n\n\"This must include clear targets and data on how many vaccines come to Wales, and how many are distributed and given out by each health board to each priority group - both the first and second doses - so we can measure this against the targets. This is how confidence can be built that Wales is on track.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said: \"These are early days in our mass vaccination programme. Momentum will continue to build and the speed of our vaccination programme will increase each week.\n\n\"From Monday, the number of people vaccinated will be published daily and we will publish our vaccination rollout plan early next week.\"\n\nThe figure in Wales means approximately 1.6% of people have been vaccinated up to 3 January - fewer than other UK nations - and the gap appears to be growing compared to last week.\n\nIn England, nearly 1.1 million people were given the first dose by 3 January. This is about 1.9% of the population. NHS England said 60% of doses have gone to people aged over 80.\n\nIf vaccinations were being given at the same rate in Wales as in England, a further 13,000 people would have been given a dose.\n\nIn both Scotland and Northern Ireland, 2.1% of people have been given a first dose.\n\nHow many people have had a Covid-19 vaccine? Residents in Wales vaccinated by health board, to 3 January Source: Public Health Wales, 7 January. Excludes 224 unknown and 1,024 doses for priority groups living in England\n\nSamantha is keen to have the vaccine as soon as possible and return to work\n\nDental nurse Samantha Davies, 47, who has shielded since March, was overjoyed at the prospect of having the coronavirus vaccine and returning to work.\n\nBut she is now in limbo after confusion over whether she could have the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab because of her ongoing treatment for Crohn's Disease.\n\nAfter filling out a questionnaire sent by PHW, a consultant recommended she should have the Pfizer-BioNTech jab instead.\n\nThis is because of the inflectra infusion treatment she receives every eight weeks to treat her Crohn's Disease - a type of inflammatory bowel condition.\n\nHowever, the Pfizer vaccine is in shorter supply than the Oxford vaccine and the Swansea practice where Samantha works was only offered 10 vaccinations.\n\nAs Samantha, from Foelgastell, Carmarthenshire, is shielding and not in work, she was not considered a priority for one of these.\n\nSwansea Bay health board has since said the advice about vaccines was given in error and pledged to arrange an appointment for her as soon as possible.\n\n\"It's just being home all the time. Some people I know had it two or three weeks ago. The government put me shielding since March on sick pay and I just want to return to work,\" she said.\n\nWhile she was furloughed from April to August, Samantha has been on statutory sick pay since.\n\nDr Gillian Richardson, the senior officer responsible for the Covid-19 vaccine programme in Wales, said the efforts from NHS Wales and PHW had been \"exceptional\".\n\n\"The number of doses unable to be used have been incredibly low - around 1% - and significantly below anticipated levels, thanks to the robust appointment planning and reserve lists,\" she said.\n\n\"The NHS is providing vaccines as quickly and as safely as possible to people in the priority groups.\"\n\nDerek Hinchliffe, 80, says he is \"frustrated\" at not knowing when he will get his first dose of vaccine\n\nHowever, 80-year-old Derek Hinchliffe, who is eligible for a first dose of a Covid vaccine during this period of the rollout, said he was \"frustrated\" because he has had no information about getting the first dose.\n\nMr Hinchliffe, who lives with his wife in Penpedairheol in Caerphilly county, said: \"We've had nothing - no communication.\n\n\"We've got friends the same as us who live in England who have had their first dose, and some of them are having their second vaccination.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nConservative health spokesman Andrew RT Davies renewed his call for a vaccinations minister to be appointed to take control.\n\n\"Of course we welcome the increase in the number of vaccinations, but the rough calculation is that one in 65 people in Wales has had their jab compared to one in 50 in England,\" he said,\n\n\"Factor in the postcode lottery emerging in Wales, and the picture's not looking great.\n\n\"You're twice as likely in south Wales to have had the vaccination and three times more likely to have had it in mid Wales than in north Wales.\"\n\nDr Richardson called the second Covid vaccine - Oxford-AstraZeneca - which began its roll-out on Monday a \"real game-changer\".\n\nShe said it would help speed up vaccinations considerably.\n\nThere are challenges with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine because it has to be stored at extremely cold temperatures, while the Oxford vaccine can be be kept in a fridge.\n\nBoth vaccines will be available in Wales and the Welsh Government said 40,000 doses of the Oxford jab would be available within the first two weeks - with 22,000 jabs this week.\n\nTwo full doses of the Oxford vaccine gave 62% protection, a half dose followed by a full dose was 90% and overall the trial showed 70% protection.", "Bez in training for his new exercise classes in a park in Manchester\n\nHappy Mondays star Bez is to launch his own lockdown fitness classes to inspire the nation like Joe Wicks.\n\nThe former maraca-shaking dancer, 56, wants to rival Joe Wicks with his online YouTube classes \"Get Buzzin' With Bez\" to be launched on 17 January.\n\nBez, whose on-stage \"freaky dancing\" made him an icon of the 'Madchester' music scene, has admitted he also wants to budge his own lockdown bulge.\n\nHe won Celebrity Big Brother in 2005 and even made a bid to become an MP.\n\nBez, whose real name is Mark Berry, will be shown being trained in the fitness classes rather than acting as the instructor himself.\n\nHe said: \"I'd like to think I'm somewhere between Joe Wicks and Mr Motivator.\n\n\"I've started this new year seriously unfit, with a fat belly and creaky hips, and I can't stop eating chocolate.\n\n\"Last lockdown I got unfit, fat, lazy and into some seriously bad eating habits.\n\nBez being put through his paces with a personal trainer\n\n\"This year, this lockdown, I need to sort it out sharpish.\"\n\nHe said that people can join him on \"on this mad journey or just sit on the sofa and have a good laugh at me\".\n\nBez said he has \"started this new year seriously unfit, with a fat belly and creaky hips\"\n\nThe former dancer added: \"At the very least, I know I'll be making people smile, at best I'll be helping people get fit and mentally happier alongside me.\"\n\nThe Happy Mondays, along with bands like The Stone Roses and Inspiral Carpets, spearheaded the indie music 'Madchester' scene of the late 80s and early 90s.\n\nBez dancing with his maraca on BBC One's Top of the Pops as the band perform Step On in 1989\n\nBez's bug-eyed dance routines were said to have inspired the group's song Freaky Dancin' and made him one of the best-known members of the group, alongside frontman Shaun Ryder.\n\nTheir hits included Step On, Kinky Afro, Hallelujah and 24 Hour Party People.\n\nHowever, serious drug habits and infighting led to the Salford band's breakup in 1993.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An ambulance had to be lifted out of the mud\n\nRescuers searching for victims of a landslide in Indonesia were buried by a second mudslide just hours later, officials say.\n\nThe first landslide, in Cihanjuang village, West Java, was triggered by torrential rain.\n\nAnother struck as survivors were still being evacuated. At least 12 people died and dozens more are missing.\n\nLandslides are common in Indonesia during rainy season, and often blamed on deforestation.\n\nThe latest disasters hit the villagers in Sumedang regency, about 150km (95 miles) southeast of the capital Jakarta, three and a half hours apart on Saturday.\n\nThe first happened at 16:00 (09:00 GMT) and the second at 19:30 (12:30 GMT), disaster agency spokesman Raditya Jati said in a statement.\n\n\"The first landslide was triggered by high rainfall and unstable soil conditions. The subsequent landslide occurred while officers were still evacuating victims around the first landslide area,\" he added.\n\nRescuers are believed to be among those killed, he added. A six-year-old boy was also among the dead, according to AFP news agency.\n\nSome 27 people were believed to be missing late on Sunday, local media quoted Deden Ridwansah, the head of the local search and rescue agency as saying. About 46 were known to have survived.\n\nBad weather had forced the search to be suspended, he said, but it was expected to resume on Monday.\n\nIndonesia frequently suffers floods and landslides. Thousands of people had to be evacuated in the capital Jakarta this time last year as the city was inundated.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n• None The fastest-sinking city in the world", "More than 80,000 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test since the start of the pandemic, official figures have shown.\n\nA further 1,035 deaths in the UK were reported on Saturday, taking the total by that measure to 80,868.\n\nThe number of daily cases of people who tested positive for coronavirus increased by 59,937.\n\nOnly the US, Brazil, India and Mexico have recorded more Covid deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nIt is the fourth day in a row that the UK has reported more than 1,000 daily deaths.\n\nIt comes as scientists advising the government have warned that lockdown measures in England need to be stricter to achieve the same impact as the March shutdown.\n\nMinisters have launched a new campaign urging people to act like they have the virus.\n\nMeanwhile, Buckingham Palace has said the Queen, 94, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, received Covid-19 vaccinations on Saturday.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics recently estimated as many as one in 50 people in England had coronavirus between 27 December and 2 January, while in London it was one in 30.\n\nOn Friday, mayor Sadiq Khan said the spread of Covid in the capital was \"out of control\".\n\nOfficial figures from Public Health England showed London had the highest regional case rate in the UK, exceeding 1,000 per 100,000 people.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can only go out for essential reasons. Similar measures are in place across most of Scotland, in Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nProf Robert West, a participant in the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B), which advises the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said the current rules were \"still allowing a lot of activity which is spreading the virus\".\n\nHe said the new variant of Covid was around 50% more infectious compared to the virus that infected people last March.\n\n\"That means that if we were to achieve the same result as we got in March we would have to have a stricter lockdown, and it (the current regime) is not stricter,\" he added.\n\nThe professor of health psychology at University College London also told the BBC more children were going to school, compared to during the first lockdown.\n\nHe said schools were \"a very important seed of community infection\".\n\nMore children are at school, after the Department for Education widened the categories of vulnerable and key worker pupils allowed to attend. Attendance rates have risen to 50% in some places.\n\nProf Susan Michie, who is also a member of Sage, said the spread of the new, more infectious variant meant current restrictions were \"too lax\".\n\n\"When you look at the data, it shows that almost 90% of people are overwhelmingly adhering to the rules - despite the fact that we're also seeing more people out and about,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nShe said, in comparison to the first lockdown in spring 2020, more people were allowed to go out to work and children's nurseries were open, making public transport busier.\n\nThe number of people travelling by public transport in London has decreased since the latest national lockdown began, with tube journeys now at 18% of the pre-pandemic demand and bus journeys at 30%, according to figures from Transport for London.\n\nHowever, during the first lockdown passenger numbers fell below 10% at some points.\n\nScientists believe the new variant spreads between 50 and 70% faster compared to previous forms of the virus.\n\nProf Kevin Fenton, London regional director for Public Health England, said there were \"things we could do better\" to reduce the number of infections, including greater compliance with mask wearing and social distancing when shopping and using public transport.\n\nTorsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation think tank, told BBC Radio 4's PM programme that the UK's statutory sick pay system was \"not fit for purpose for a pandemic\" and more effective measures to encourage people to isolate were needed.\n\nAs cases and deaths soar, the government has launched an advertising campaign, which will be shared across television, radio, newspapers and on social media, urging people to stay at home and not to get complacent.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"I know the last year has taken its toll - but your compliance is now more vital than ever.\"\n\nGovernment sources say there is also likely to be more focus from police on enforcing rather than explaining rules.\n\nOn Saturday afternoon, 12 people were arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nIf you would like to send us a tribute to a friend or family member who died after contracting coronavirus, please use the form below.\n\nPlease remember to include a photo of your loved one and their name. Upload your pictures here. Don't forget to include your contact details, so we can get in touch with you.\n\nWe would like to respond to everyone individually and include every tribute in our coverage, but unfortunately that may not be possible. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMary McGarry from Leamington Spa in Warwickshire told BBC News that her letter points to an NHS online booking page which suggests she would have to take her husband, who has cancer and a lung disease, 20 miles to Birmingham.\n\n\"We're very reluctant to go into Birmingham city centre,\" she said.\n\n\"If we can't get somebody to take us, we'd have to go on the train but we're shielding because my husband's got poor health.... we want to know why we've got to travel that far?\"\n\nKay Hayward, from Whitwick in Leicestershire, said she went online to book an appointment for her 85-year-old husband Kenneth and was offered five different places including Widnes in Cheshire and Stevenage in Hertfordshire.\n\n\"I thought they must be joking... we talked about it and we thought it was actually safer to stay here and for him not not have it.\n\n130,000 letters have been sent out by NHS England so far\n\n\"But we were worried if we turned this down, we'd be off the list.. the letter doesn't say anything about having the vaccines anywhere else locally.\"\n\nAndrea Eaton, from Coventry, said she was so angry that her 81-year-old mother, who has heart problems and leukaemia, was offered Birmingham for her appointment that she attempted to ring Downing Street on Saturday night to complain.\n\nShe said she reached the press office and said: \"I want you to give Boris a message please that he has lied to the British public.\n\n\"He has told them they never need to go more than 10 miles... they were really rude and just put the phone down on me.\"\n\nAndrea Eaton said she wanted to get a message to Boris Johnson so rang Downing Street on Saturday evening\n\nA spokesperson from Number 10 told BBC News that they did not wish to comment, but wanted to remind the public to use the government website to write to the prime minister or contact their constituency MP.\n\nCouncillor Shaun Davies, the Labour leader at Telford and Wrekin Council in Shropshire, said he had been contacted by dozens of people who have found the letters misleading, thinking this is their only chance to get the vaccine.\n\nHe said he had spoken to Trafford Council and was aware of people in Shropshire being sent to Manchester and residents there being directed to Birmingham to get their jabs.\n\n\"For many people they have been told consistently to wait for the NHS to contact you in order to get a vaccine and that's what they've had for the first time as a piece of communication.\n\n\"This is really, really concerning for people in their 80s or 90s because of the importance of getting the vaccine.\"\n\nThe letters are not \"going to the heart\" of the public health message which is staying home and staying local, he said.\n\nMore than 500,000 letters will be sent out to homes offering people appointments at the centres over the next seven days\n\nDr Sarah Raistrick, from Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commission group (CCG), said people did not have to travel to the centres but admitted the letter did not make that clear.\n\n\"You can wait and be contacted by your local GP service and have it locally if you'd prefer.\n\n\"If you sit tight, you will be contacted and I'm hopeful that if you're 80 or over, by the end of this month you will have had your vaccination whether that is locally or whether you have chosen to travel,\" she said.\n\nWork will be done with the NHS locally and nationally to make that message clearer, she added.\n\nThe seven centres were chosen to give a geographical spread covering as many people as possible and are capable of delivering thousands of jabs per week, NHS England has said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sir Keir Starmer has said the \"status quo isn't working\" for Scotland but has again rejected calls for a second independence referendum.\n\nThe Labour leader, who backs devolving more powers from Westminster, claimed another vote would be \"divisive\".\n\nHowever, he said he did not agree with Boris Johnson's assessment that there should not be another referendum for at least 40 years.\n\nThe SNP said a vote would allow Scots to choose how to rebuild after Covid.\n\nLast year Sir Keir said he would set up a constitutional commission to offer a \"positive alternative to the Scottish people\".\n\nHe told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: \"I don't think there should be another referendum, I don't think a further divisive referendum is the way forward.\n\n\"But I do accept that the status quo isn't working. I don't accept the argument that the status quo isn't working, the next thing you do is go to a referendum.\n\n\"I think there are other things you can do, other arguments that can be made in support of the United Kingdom.\"\n\nAsked about Boris Johnson's 40-year position, Sir Keir replied: \"I heard the prime minister say that and I don't agree with him on that.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Politics Scotland, Deputy First minister John Swinney rejected suggestions that the recovery from the Covid crisis should be a greater priority than another independence vote.\n\nHe said: \"An independence referendum is an essential priority of the people of Scotland because it gives us the opportunity to choose how we rebuild as a country from Covid.\n\n\"It would give us the opportunity to decide on our constitutional future and to determine the nature of our economy and how we deal with and support our citizens.\"\n\nEarlier this month Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC he thought the 41-year interval between the UK's referendums on joining the EU and leaving it was a \"good sort of gap\".\n\nMr Johnson said in his experience, such votes \"don't have a notably unifying force in the national mood, they should be only once in a generation\".", "This car was one of many turned away by police at Moel Famau on Saturday\n\nPeople are \"blatantly\" ignoring rules on lockdown restrictions despite repeated warnings, police have said.\n\nMore than 100 cars had been turned away from Moel Famau on the Flintshire border by Saturday lunchtime, with some driving past \"road closed\" signs.\n\nIn Snowdonia, Gwynedd, a warden said a group from Leicester would have \"probably ignored our advice\" if police had not arrived and told them to leave.\n\nLevel four restrictions mean travelling for exercise is not allowed in Wales.\n\nKeith Ellis, a warden at Pen y Pass in Snowdonia, said while it had been much quieter this weekend, people were still travelling, despite the restrictions.\n\n\"We've had three from Leicester first thing this morning and if the police hadn't turned up they would have probably ignored our advice and carried on up the mountain,\" he said.\n\n\"What they were wearing was totally inappropriate and they would have probably got into danger.\n\n\"We've had people also from Liverpool and some locals turning up knowing full well what the rules are, but just trying it on.\n\n\"Luckily there are a lot more police officers around and all these people have been spoken to and advised by the police as well.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"Cases of coronavirus are very high in Wales at the moment and there is a new strain of the virus circulating, which is highly infectious and moving quickly.\n\n\"At alert level four, exercise should always be undertaken from home, unless you have special circumstances which requires some flexibility - such as disability or autism.\n\n\"The more people gather, the greater the risk of spreading or catching the virus.\"", "Boris Johnson is expected to announce a set of new national restrictions for England, similar to the March lockdown, in a televised address at 20:00 GMT.\n\nThe PM is likely to urge the public to follow the new rules from midnight.\n\nIt is expected people will be told to work from home if possible and schools will close for most pupils.\n\nIt is not yet clear when the measures will be reviewed, but MPs are likely to be given a vote to approve them retrospectively on Wednesday.\n\nMeanwhile, the UK's chief medical officers warned of a \"material risk of healthcare services being overwhelmed\" in several areas over the next 21 days.\n\nScotland announced a legal requirement to stay at home from midnight, with schools to be closed.\n\nMr Johnson will set out plans for England as the UK's devolved nations have the power to set their own coronavirus regulations.\n\nBoth Wales and Northern Ireland are already under national restrictions.\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.\n\nAs of 08:00 GMT, there were 26,626 Covid-19 patients in hospital in England, according to the latest figures.\n\nThis is a week-on-week increase of 30%, and a new record high.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to tell people to work from home unless they are a key worker, or it is not possible for them to do so, for example if they work on a construction site, according to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nIt is also understood that England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, has told the prime minister the new variant of coronavirus is now spreading throughout the country.\n\nThe new variant - first identified in Kent and since seen across the UK and other parts of the world - has been found to spread much more easily than earlier variants.\n\nA No 10 spokesman said the spread of the new variant had led to \"rapidly escalating case numbers across the country\".\n\n\"The prime minister is clear that further steps must now be taken to arrest this rise and to protect the NHS and save lives,\" he added.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer - who called for a national lockdown in England within 24 hours on Sunday - said: \"I hope the prime minister has been listening to the clear calls for tough national restrictions.\"\n\nHospitals have said they are under \"extreme pressure\" and one of Britain's most senior doctors warned on the weekend that trusts across the UK should prepare themselves for a surge in cases.\n\nThe number of Covid-19 patients in UK hospitals is currently above the level seen in spring 2020.\n\nA further 58,784 cases and an additional 407 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result were reported on Monday, though deaths in Scotland were not recorded.\n\nWhat worked before may not work again - even a repeat of the March lockdown may not be enough to contain the new variant.\n\nConsider the R number - the number of people each infected person passes the virus onto on average.\n\nThe March lockdown brought R down to 0.6 and led to a sharp decline in cases.\n\nEvery 100 infected people passed the virus onto 60 others, who passed it onto 36, then 21, then 12 and so on.\n\nBut the new variant is thought to be around 50% more transmissible so its R number, in the same lockdown conditions, would be around 0.9.\n\nThen 100 infected people would pass the virus onto 90 others, then 81, then 73, then 66 and so on.\n\nThis is a far slower decline.\n\nHowever, uncertainty around the new variant means there are scenarios where its levels plateau rather than fall during lockdown conditions.\n\nIt is going to be a tough start to the year. Even with immediate and tough restrictions there are a projected 20,000 additional deaths in the first months of 2021.\n\nNow more than ever this is a race between the virus and the vaccine.\n\nMr Johnson's address comes as UK chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nIt means the NHS may soon be unable to handle a further sustained rise in cases, the medical officers said in a joint statement.\n\nNHS Providers, which represents health service trusts, said hospitals were at a \"critical point\" and that \"immediate and decisive action\" is needed.\n\nPreviously, the government described level five as requiring stricter social distancing measures. The first lockdown, which began in March 2020, was when the UK was under level four.\n\nThese Covid threat levels are separate to the regional tier system of restrictions in England.\n\nAnnouncing tougher measures in Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: \"It is no exaggeration to say that I am more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year.\"\n\nThe new restrictions in Scotland mean it will be a legal requirement to stay at home except for certain essential purposes, similar to the first lockdown last March. Schools will be closed to pupils until February.\n\nIn Wales, all schools and colleges will move to online learning until at least 18 January.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Stormont Executive are also meeting to discuss possible new measures in light of Mr Johnson's televised address - which will air on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer from 19:35 GMT.\n\nThe prime minister will speak amid continued uncertainty over whether schools will remain open to all pupils in England, after several councils requested classrooms stay shut.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 82-year-old Brian Pinker is given the Oxford vaccine at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford\n\nEarlier on Monday, an 82-year-old retired maintenance manager became the first person in the UK to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nBrian Pinker said he was \"really proud\" to receive a jab developed in the UK, which will form a large part of the country's mass vaccination plan.\n\n\"The nurses, doctors and staff today have all been brilliant and I can now really look forward to celebrating my 48th wedding anniversary with my wife Shirley later this year,\" Mr Pinker said.", "Most pupils will be studying from home for the rest of this half term\n\nSchools and colleges in England are to be closed to most pupils until at least half term, Boris Johnson has announced.\n\nThe prime minister said the new lockdown had to be \"tough enough\" to stop the variant virus from spreading - and teaching will go online.\n\nA-Levels and GCSEs will be cancelled, a government source confirmed to BBC News - although vocational exams will go ahead.\n\nThe National Education Union accused the government of causing \"chaos\".\n\nIn a television address, Mr Johnson announced the biggest changes to schools since the early days of the first lockdown in March.\n\n\"Because we now have to do everything we possibly can to stop the spread of the disease, primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across England must move to remote provision from tomorrow,\" said the prime minister.\n\nThis means a return to online learning for pupils of all ages - apart from vulnerable children and the children of key workers who can continue to go into school.\n\nPrimary schools went back today - and will then close again tomorrow\n\n\"We recognise that this will mean it's not possible or fair for all exams to go ahead this summer, as normal,\" said Mr Johnson.\n\nIt is understood that vocational exams will continue, but GCSEs and A-levels will be cancelled - and that the exam watchdog Ofqual will make \"alternative arrangements\" for delivering results.\n\nAn attempt to produce replacement exam grades last summer turned into one of the biggest U-turns of the pandemic.\n\nTeachers' unions accused the government of failing to react more swiftly to \"mounting evidence\" about Covid transmission in schools and to make preparations for remote teaching and alternatives to written exams.\n\nBut Mary Bousted, co-leader of the National Education Union, said Education Secretary Gavin Williamson had \"become an expert in putting his head in the sand\".\n\nGeoff Barton of the ASCL head teachers' union criticised ministers for having issued legal threats to keep schools open at the end of last term - and then \"made a series of chaotic announcements about the start of this term\".\n\nThe new term, which began on Monday for primary pupils, has only lasted a day before it has been suspended.\n\nThe prime minister said he hoped that schools would be \"reopening schools after the February half term\".\n\nThere have been assurances that there will be a more thorough approach to home learning than in the first lockdown last year.\n\nThe Department for Education has provided hundreds of thousands of computer devices - with the aim of supporting those without the equipment needed to work online from home.\n\nThere have also been suggestions Ofsted inspectors will play a more active role in checking on what support schools are providing to pupils in their online learning.\n\nUniversities in England had already planned a staggered return for this term - but there will now be even fewer students on campus this month.\n\nThe latest lockdown guidance says university students who are taking hands-on courses such as medicine or veterinary science should return for face-to-face lessons as planned.\n\nThese students will be expected to take two Covid tests or self-isolate for 10 days when they return.\n\nBut students on all other courses are being told not to come back to university if possible and to start their term online \"until at least mid-February\".", "The Queen's 95th birthday will be commemorated on one of five new coins released this year, the Royal Mint has announced.\n\nThe 2021 British coin collection will also mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of novelist Sir Walter Scott, and the 75th anniversary of the death of author HG Wells.\n\nThe release of a £5 coin is typically reserved for significant royal events.\n\nIn April the Queen will become the first UK monarch to reach 95.\n\nThe new £5 coin depicts the royal cypher \"EIIR\", above the words \"my heart and my devotion\", a nod to part of her 1957 Christmas broadcast, which was the first to be televised.\n\nDuring that speech, the Queen told the nation: \"In the old days the monarch led his soldiers on the battlefield and his leadership at all times was close and personal.\n\n\"Today things are very different. I cannot lead you into battle, I do not give you laws or administer justice, but I can do something else, I can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.\"\n\nThe anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott, who wrote the novels Waverley, Rob Roy and Ivanhoe and is considered one of Scotland's most famous figures, will be celebrated with a £2 coin.\n\nThe 75th anniversary of the death of science fiction author HG Wells, who penned works such as The Time Machine and The War Of The Worlds, will also be marked on a £2 coin, with a depiction of images from his novels.\n\nThe 50th anniversary of decimalisation, when Britain's modern coins came into force, will be featured on a 50p coin.\n\nThe 75th anniversary of the death of the inventor John Logie Baird, famous for his early prototypes of the television, will be commemorated on another new 50p coin.\n\nAs the Queen's head already appears on one side of all coins in circulation, these five coins will each offer a different depiction from the various stages of her reign.\n\nClare Maclennan, of the consumer division at the Royal Mint, said this year's commemorative coins marked \"some of the biggest anniversaries in 2021\", with each coin \"a miniature work of art\" designed as \"a treasured keepsake or gift\".\n\nThe commemorative set will be available to purchase from the Royal Mint website.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Olly Stephens was pronounced dead in Bugs Bottom fields in Emmer Green, Reading\n\nA school says its community has been left \"reeling\" after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Reading.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, on Sunday.\n\nFour boys and a girl, all aged 13 or 14, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. They remain in custody.\n\nHighdown School and Sixth Form Centre head teacher Rachel Cave described the boy's death as a \"total tragedy\".\n\nIn a statement, she said: \"This student was part of our community and many students and staff knew him well.\n\n\"Many have been deeply affected by this tragedy.\n\n\"In normal circumstances we would open the school and welcome in students for support before the start of the term.\n\n\"We are currently unable to do this, of course, but are arranging counselling support and will be establishing an electronic book of condolence.\"\n\nFlowers have been left outside Highdown School\n\nMs Cave said the school was \"a supportive and close-knit community\" which would \"work together over the coming days and weeks\".\n\nDet Supt Kevin Brown, of Thames Valley Police, said: \"Our thoughts remain with Olly's family at this incredibly difficult time.\"\n\nHe added: \"This is a tragic and shocking incident which has resulted in the death of a young boy.\"\n\nThe victim's family are being supported by specially trained officers.\n\nThames Valley Police said a \"considerable police presence\" would be in place in the area for several days\n\nOfficers were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack.\n\nOfficers are appealing for anyone who was in the area between 15:00 and 16:30 who might have taken photos or camera footage to contact them if they notice anything suspicious.\n\nDet Supt Brown said he believed there would have been witnesses to the \"dreadful incident\" as the area is popular with dog walkers.\n\nA man said his wife was walking their dog through the park on Sunday afternoon when she saw a boy on the ground with several people around him trying to give him first aid.\n\nAnother dog walker said she saw a group of young people standing in the woods in Bugs Bottom fields at about 15:30 and described it as \"slightly unusual\".\n\nReading East MP Matt Rodda has offered his \"deepest condolences\" to the boy's family.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matt Rodda This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSt Barnabas Church in Emmer Green has invited residents to pray and light a candle in memory of the boy.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nick Hulme said intensive care units at Colchester and Ipswich hospitals were \"at capacity\"\n\nSecurity officers removed Covid-19 \"deniers\" who were taking pictures of empty corridors at a NHS hospital where the intensive care unit is at maximum capacity, its chief executive said.\n\nThe incident took place at Colchester Hospital at the weekend.\n\nChief executive Nick Hulme said it \"beggars belief\" some people were calling the pandemic a hoax.\n\nHe said it was \"the right thing to do\" to keep corridors in outpatients units as empty as possible.\n\nMr Hulme said hospital security had to \"remove people who were taking photographs of empty corridors and then posting them on social media, saying the hospital is not in crisis\".\n\n\"When you've got that sort of social media pressure and those people denying the reality of Covid it really concerns us. Words fail me,\" he said.\n\n\"Why would people do that when we all know somebody who has died from Covid?\n\n\"Of course there are empty corridors at the weekend in outpatients, because that's the right thing to do.\n\n\"We are facing the biggest health challenge we've ever seen and we are still seeing people flouting the [social distancing] rules.\"\n\nPeople had to be removed from Colchester Hospital's outpatients ward for taking pictures of empty corridors and claiming Covid-19 was a hoax\n\nUnder coronavirus pandemic restrictions on social distancing, many outpatient consultations had been moved online or were taking place over the telephone, he added.\n\nPhysical appointments, tests and procedures had been organised differently to avoid crowded waiting areas.\n\nMr Hulme is chief executive of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust which also runs Ipswich Hospital and he said there were currently 320 patients being treated for Covid-19 across both sites.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "The homes of Frank and Christine Lampard, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and Tamara Ecclestone and her husband were broken into in December 2019\n\nFour people have been cleared of being involved in a plot to raid the luxury homes of celebrities in west London.\n\nItems belonging to Frank Lampard, Tamara Ecclestone and the family of tycoon Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha were among the items taken during three burglaries in December 2019.\n\nProsecutors said Maria Mester, 48, Emil Bogdan Savastru, 30, Sorin Marcovici, 53, and Alexandru Stan, 49, were a \"supporting cast\" for the burglars.\n\nBut a jury found all four not guilty.\n\nIsleworth Crown Court heard the three burglaries had netted \"big money\" for the raiders, with \"fabulous jewellery\" stolen and the majority of it having never been recovered.\n\nJay Rutland, Tamara Ecclestone and their daughter had left for Lapland on the morning of the burglary\n\nJewellery and cash worth £25m was taken from Ms Ecclestone's Kensington home while she was on holiday in Lapland with her husband Jay Rutland and their daughter.\n\nMr Lampard and his TV presenter wife Christine had about £60,000 in watches and jewellery stolen when they were out, while raiders also ransacked the family home of Mr Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in 2018 in a helicopter crash, the jury was told.\n\nThe four defendants were accused of eight charges including conspiracy to burgle.\n\nHowever, each denied their involvement with the plot, saying they had no knowledge that the alleged burglars were criminals.\n\nJurors were shown an image from Maria Mester's Facebook account, in which she was said to be wearing Tamara Ecclestone's necklace\n\nThe court heard escort Ms Mester had flown into the UK from Italy on 7 December.\n\nPolice described her as the plot's \"matriarch\", but the 48-year-old told jurors she was only in London after being paid £5,000 to accompany one of the alleged burglars for the week.\n\nSavastru was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 30 January as he prepared to leave for Japan, wearing Mr Srivaddhanaprabha's Tag watch and carrying a Louis Vuitton bag stolen from Mr Rutland.\n\nHe told the court he thought the items had been left behind by the alleged burglars at the Airbnb property he had helped them rent.\n\nThe four Romanian nationals were cleared of all charges apart from Savastru, who was convicted of one count of attempting to conceal criminal property.\n\nThe 30-year-old will be sentenced at a later date.\n\nA group of alleged burglars, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are accused of carrying out the raids.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson has reiterated his position that a Scottish independence referendum should be a \"once-in-a-generation\" vote.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, the prime minister said the gap between referendums on Europe - the first in 1975 and the second in 2016 - was \"a good sort of gap\".\n\nHowever, Mr Marr suggested that now \"things had changed\" for Scotland.\n\nNicola Sturgeon wants to see an independent Scotland join the EU.\n\nAndrew Marr asked the prime minister what a voter in Scotland should do if they decided that a second independence referendum was now something they wanted, and what were the \"democratic tools\" to now do that?\n\nMr Johnson replied by saying: \"Referendums in my experience, direct experience, in this country are not particularly jolly events.\n\n\"They don't have a notably unifying force in the national mood, they should be only once-in-a-generation.\"\n\nAsked what the difference was between a referendum on EU membership being granted and one on Scottish independence being requested, he said: \"The difference is we had a referendum in 1975 and we then had another one in 2016.\n\n\"That seems to be about the right sort of gap.\"\n\nThe 2014 independence referendum resulted in a 55.3% vote against Scotland going alone.\n\nOn Hogmanay, Nicola Sturgeon said Europe should \"keep a light on\" as Scotland will be \"back soon\".\n\nThe first minister tweeted just after the Brexit transition period formally ended at 11:00 on 31 December 2020.\n\nScotland's trading and travel relationships with EU countries will now be governed by the agreement announced by the UK government on Christmas Eve.\n\nMs Sturgeon reiterated the SNP's call for an independent Scotland to join the EU.\n\nTweeting a picture of the words Europe and Scotland joined by a love heart, she wrote: \"Scotland will be back soon, Europe. Keep the light on.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicola Sturgeon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSNP depute leader Keith Brown said: \"It may be a new year but it's the same old incoherent bluster from Boris Johnson. The prime minister pretends otherwise but he knows he can't keep on denying democracy.\n\n\"Even his American pal Donald Trump has learned that if you try to stand in the way of the democratic choice of a nation you get swept away.\n\n\"The people who will decide our future are the people of Scotland, not Boris Johnson and the Westminster Tories.\"\n\nFormer Labour prime minister Tony Blair said it was \"extremely difficult\" to challenge the SNP on independence when the party was \"virtually uncontested\" in Scotland.\n\nHe said: \"We had a referendum that rejected Scottish independence, but Brexit put it back on the agenda again. And it's going to require very careful management. The truth of the matter is it's still not in Scotland's interest to separate from England.\n\n\"There are huge economic and political reasons for the United Kingdom to stay the United Kingdom but we're going to have to examine whether there's different constitutional settlements.\n\n\"I also think it's incredibly important, the single most important thing politically to my mind, is that we get a really capable opposition in Scotland - which should be the Labour Party - that's capable of contesting the Scottish nationalist position in Scotland in a way that prevents them from doing what they do at the moment, which is govern Scotland but pretend they're in opposition.\"\n\nScottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater said: \"Only the people of Scotland have the right to determine Scotland's future.\n\n\"Seventeen consecutive opinion polls have demonstrated majorities in favour of independence, with the most recent indicating a record 58% support.\n\n\"Whether it's the botched handling of the coronavirus crisis, the Brexit catastrophe or just the heartlessness of Tory governments we haven't voted for, it's clear that the UK isn't working for Scotland.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 82-year-old Brian Pinker is given the Oxford vaccine at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford\n\nDialysis patient Brian Pinker, 82, has become the first person to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThe retired maintenance manager got the jab at 7:30 GMT from nurse Sam Foster at Oxford's Churchill Hospital.\n\nMore than half a million doses of the vaccine are ready for use on Monday.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said it was a \"pivotal moment\" in the UK's fight against the virus, as vaccines will help curb infections and then allow restrictions to be lifted.\n\nBut Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Monday there was \"no question we will have to take tougher measures\", which will be announced in \"due course\", as the UK struggles to control a new, fast-spreading variant of the virus.\n\nOn Sunday more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases were recorded in the UK for the sixth day running, prompting Labour to call for a third national lockdown in England.\n\nNorthern Ireland and Wales currently have their own lockdowns in place and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a fresh lockdown will begin in Scotland from 00:01 on Tuesday.\n\nThe rollout comes as rows continue over whether pupils should return to school with the current high levels of Covid infections.\n\nSix hospital trusts - in Oxford, London, Sussex, Lancashire and Warwickshire - have begun administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, with 530,000 doses ready for use.\n\nMost other available doses will be sent to hundreds of GP-led services and care homes across the UK later in the week, according to the Department of Health and Social Care.\n\nMr Pinker, who has been having dialysis for kidney disease at the Churchill Hospital for a number of years, said he was \"really proud\" the vaccine was developed in Oxford.\n\n\"The nurses, doctors and staff today have all been brilliant and I can now really look forward to celebrating my 48th wedding anniversary with my wife Shirley later this year,\" he said.\n\nMusic teacher and father-of-three Trevor Cowlett, 88, and Prof Andrew Pollard, a paediatrician working at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and lead investigator of the Oxford vaccine trial, were also among the first to be vaccinated.\n\nChief nurse Ms Foster, who administered the first dose, told the BBC it was a \"huge privilege\", saying: \"Every single patient that we have vaccinated over the last couple of weeks have got their own personal stories to the difference it's going to make, so it is no different this morning.\"\n\nSpeaking during a visit to London's Chase Farm Hospital, to meet some of the first people to receive the Oxford vaccine, the prime minister said there were \"tough, tough\" weeks to come.\n\nThere will now be a \"massive ramp-up\" in vaccination numbers \"in the weeks ahead\", Mr Johnson said, and the number of vaccine doses will amount to \"tens of millions by the end of March\".\n\nAsked when the government will be able to vaccinate two million people a week, Mr Johnson said the government will give more details \"in the next few days... as soon as we have better numbers to give\".\n\nMr Hancock told BBC Breakfast the Oxford vaccine rollout was a \"pivotal moment\" in the fight against coronavirus, saying: \"It's going to be a tough few weeks ahead, but this is the way out.\"\n\nAsked about reports potential volunteers were being deterred by the additional training and forms, Mr Hancock said they were going to \"reduce the amount of bureaucracy\".\n\n\"For instance there's one of the training programmes about how to tackle terrorism, I don't think that's necessary, we're going to stop that,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he said this was not delaying the delivery of the vaccine, adding that the next delivery of the vaccine will be \"early this week\" to be \"deployed next week\".\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Chris Whitty said the vaccines \"give us a route out in the medium term\" but warned the NHS was \"under considerable and rising pressure in the short term\".\n\nFormer health secretary and Conservative chairman of the Commons' health committee Jeremy Hunt tweeted that it was \"time to act\" and the government needed to close schools and borders, ban all household mixing and impose a 12-week national lockdown in England.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jeremy Hunt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth agreed that a national lockdown was needed, as well as \"rapidly scaled-up vaccine distribution\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock: 'This way can save more lives'\n\nAs the recent rise in Covid cases puts increased pressure on the NHS, the UK has accelerated its vaccination rollout by planning to give both doses of the vaccine 12 weeks apart, having initially planned to leave 21 days between jabs.\n\nThe UK's chief medical officers have defended the delay to second doses, saying getting more people vaccinated with the first jab \"is much more preferable\".\n\nMake no mistake, the UK is in a race against time.\n\nThat much is clear from the decision to delay the second dose of the vaccine to focus on giving as many people as possible their first doses.\n\nSo how fast can the NHS go? Ultimately it wants to get to two million doses a week.\n\nThat will not be achieved this week.\n\nBut Monday marks the start of the NHS putting the accelerator to the floor.\n\nA rapid increase in the vaccination rate should follow.\n\nBut how quickly the UK can go is dependent on several complex processes.\n\nFirst, the vaccine has to be manufactured, then it has to be put into vials and packaged up (known as fill and finish). After that each batch has to be checked and certified before being sent to NHS vaccination sites where there needs to be enough vaccinators and support staff to ensure those doses are given as quickly as possible.\n\nProblems at any one stage can disrupt how quickly the vaccination programme can be rolled out.\n\nWhile there are millions of doses of each vaccine in the country and a total of 140 million of both vaccines pre-ordered, there are currently just over one million - around 500,000 of each - ready to be given this week.\n\nNHS medical director Professor Stephen Powis said: \"The NHS' biggest vaccination programme in history is off to a strong start, thanks to the tremendous efforts of NHS staff who have already delivered more than one million jabs.\"\n\nHe said the Oxford vaccine rollout was \"chalking up another world first that will protect thousands more over the coming weeks\".\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first jab approved in the UK, and more than a million people have had their first one.\n\nThe first person to get the jab on 8 December, Margaret Keenan, has already had her second dose.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dr Nikita Kanani, NHS England's medical director for primary care, says it's crucial to get more patients the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine\n\nThe Oxford jab - which was approved for use in late December - can be stored at normal fridge temperatures, making it easier to distribute and store than the Pfizer jab. It is also cheaper per dose.\n\nThe UK has secured 100 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, enough for most of the population.\n\nCare home residents and staff, people aged over 80, and frontline NHS staff will be first to receive it.\n\nGPs and local vaccination services have been asked to ensure every care home resident in their local area is vaccinated by the end of January, the Department of Health and Social Care said.\n\nSome 730 vaccination sites have already been established across the UK, with the total set to surpass 1,000 later this week, the department added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon announces stay at home rules in new lockdown\n\nScots are to be ordered to stay at home amid a fresh Covid-19 lockdown which will see schools remain closed to pupils until February.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said new curbs would be introduced at midnight in a bid to contain the new, faster-spreading strain of the virus.\n\nNew laws will require people to stay at home and work from home where possible.\n\nOutdoor gatherings are also to be cut back, with people only allowed to meet one person from one other household.\n\nPlaces of worship are to be closed, group exercise banned, and schools will largely operate via online and remote learning.\n\nThese rules will apply across the Scottish mainland until at least the end of January, and will be kept under review.\n\nIsland areas will remain in level three - but Ms Sturgeon said they would be monitored carefully.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson later announced similar lockdown measures for the whole of England with all schools and colleges closing to most pupils until mid February.\n\nA further 1,905 new cases were reported in Scotland on Monday - with 15% of tests returning a positive result, something Ms Sturgeon said \"illustrates the severity and urgency of the situation\".\n\nThe first minister said she was \"more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year\", with the new coronavirus strain now accounting for half of new cases.\n\nAnd she said a \"steeply rising trend of infections\" was threatening to put \"significant pressure\" on NHS services, saying hospitals could breach capacity within three to four weeks.\n\nThe new rules - which will be put down in law - mean Scots will only be allowed to leave home for essential purposes, such as shopping for food and medicine, exercise and caring responsibilities.\n\nNo limit is to be put on how many times people can go out to exercise, but outdoor meetings are to be limited to a maximum of two people from two households.\n\nEveryone who can work from home will be required to, and people in the \"shielding\" category are advised not to go in to work at all.\n\nThe construction and manufacturing industries will remain open, but Ms Sturgeon said this would be kept under review.\n\nPlaces of worship are to close, the number of people who can attend weddings is to be cut to five, and funeral wakes will no longer be allowed.\n\nSchools are to remain closed to the majority of pupils until February, with Ms Sturgeon saying community transmission of the virus must be brought to a lower level amid concerns that the new variant of the virus spreads more easily among young people.\n\nShe said she knew remote learning presented \"significant challenges\" for parents, teachers and pupils, adding: \"I want to be clear that it remains our priority to get school buildings open again for all pupils are quickly as possible and then keep them open.\"\n\nThe first minister said she was considering whether teachers could be given the Covid-19 vaccine as a priority.\n\nMore than 100,000 people have been given a first dose of the vaccine in Scotland, and the government expects to have access to just over 900,000 doses by the end of January.\n\nHowever Ms Sturgeon said the best way to get schools open again was to drive down transmission of the virus - urging Scots to abide by the rules.\n\nThese are the toughest restrictions Scotland has faced since the lockdown of March 2020.\n\nIt is - once again - becoming compulsory to stay at home except for essential purposes like food shopping, exercise and medical care.\n\nThe extended closure of schools to most pupils is something the Scottish government was particularly keen to avoid.\n\nThese decisions are a measure of how worried ministers are about the rapid spread of the new variant of coronavirus, which is fast becoming the dominant strain.\n\nWith 225 cases per 100,000 people, Scotland is thought to be about four weeks behind London, which already has four times as many cases and NHS services under considerable pressure.\n\nThe Scottish government believes that without further action the NHS here would run out of beds for Covid patients within a month.\n\nThis new alert comes at the start of a new year which also brings new hope for a route out of the pandemic with two vaccines now beginning to offer protection.\n\nAround 100,000 doses have already been administered in Scotland but it is likely to take several months to reach all in the most vulnerable groups.\n\nThe first minister said Scotland was now in \"a race between the vaccine and the virus\".\n\nShe said: \"The Scottish government will do everything we can to speed up distribution of the vaccine. But all of us must do everything we can to slow down the spread of the virus.\n\n\"We can already see - by looking at infection rates in the south of England - some of what could happen here in Scotland. To prevent that, we need to act immediately and firmly.\n\n\"For government, that means introducing tough measures - as we have done today. And for all of us, it means sticking to the rules.\"\n\nScottish Conservative group leader Ruth Davidson raised concerns about online learning, saying it was vital that pupils had \"equal access to high-quality education\".\n\nAnd Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said teachers and working parents would need support to make the remote learning system work.\n\nMs Sturgeon said her government had \"agonised\" over the decision on schools, and said the \"fundamental priority\" was to re-open them in full as soon as possible.\n\nShe said: \"Just as the last places we ever want to close are schools and nurseries - so it is the case that schools and nurseries will be the first places we want to reopen as we re-emerge from this latest lockdown.\"\n\nThe NHS has coped so far in Scotland - more so than many other parts of the UK.\n\nBut in places like Glasgow and Lanarkshire it has been very, very tight. And here like everywhere else staff are bracing themselves for the post-Christmas effects of rising cases.\n\nThe first minister gave some stark figures on hospital and ICU occupancy - suggesting we are just weeks away from reaching limits.\n\nThere is so little give in the system they will be glad to see everything possible done to prevent stretched services being overwhelmed at a time when we are on our way to getting out the other side.\n\nThere is real anxiety about what the next few weeks might bring.\n• None Covid in Scotland: New lockdown from midnight", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Shaw, from Dundee, was among the first to receive the jab\n\nThe first Scottish recipients of the new Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine have received their jabs.\n\nJames Shaw, 82, and his 82-year-old wife Malita were among the first to be vaccinated in Dundee.\n\nThe couple received their first doses at Lochee Health and Community Care Centre.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has said she hoped all over-50s and those with underlying health conditions will have been vaccinated by early May.\n\nJames said: \"My wife and I are delighted to be receiving this vaccination. I have asthma and bronchitis and I have been desperate to have it so I am really pleased to be one of the first to be getting it.\n\n\"I know it takes a little while for the vaccine to work but after today I know that I will feel a bit less worried about going out. I will still be very careful and avoid busy places but knowing I have been vaccinated will really help me.\n\n\"All of my friends have said they are going to have the vaccine when it is their turn and I would encourage everyone who is offered this vaccination to take it.\"\n\nJames Shaw, 82, was one of the first people in Scotland to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, administered by advanced nurse practitioner Justine Williams\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine programme is being rolled out less than a week after it was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). It is the second vaccine approved for use in the UK.\n\nNHS Tayside is rolling out the vaccine through GP practices in the community and will also vaccinate elderly residents and staff in care homes.\n\nIts associate director of public health Dr Daniel Chandleris said: \"The efforts of our vaccination teams have been amazing and it is testament to a real whole team approach that sees the first over-80s in the general population have their jabs today in Tayside.\n\n\"The availability and mobility of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine gives us the opportunity to start to roll out the biggest vaccine programme that the UK has ever seen across our communities.\n\n\"Over-80s are the first priority group and patients will be contacted directly to attend a vaccination session.\"\n\nScottish Secretary Alister Jack added: \"This is another important moment in our fight against the virus - every vaccination takes us a step closer to getting back to our normal lives as soon as possible.\n\n\"As with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the UK is the first country in the world to approve and roll out the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, with the UK Government ordering and paying for millions of doses for people in all parts of the UK.\"\n\nThe milestone came as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a new stricter lockdown.\n\nWith the exception of essential travel, people in mainland Scotland will have to remain at home from midnight.\n\nStatistics released on Monday showed a further 1,905 people had contracted Covid-19.\n\nFigures for hospital admissions and deaths over the holiday weekend will not be published until Tuesday.\n\nMs Sturgeon likened the situation to a race between the vaccine and the virus.\n\nShe said: \"In one lane we have vaccines - our job is to make sure they run as fast as possible.\n\n\"But in the other lane is the virus which - as a result of this new variant - has just learned to run much faster and has most definitely picked up pace in the last couple of weeks.\n\n\"To ensure that the vaccine wins the race, it is essential to speed up vaccination as far as possible. But to give it the time it needs to get ahead, we must also slow the virus down.\"\n\nThe new vaccine will initially be available in the hospitals that have been delivering the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, and new community settings will be able to deliver the jabs from 11 January.\n\nPeople in Scotland will be contacted by their health board when it is their turn to be vaccinated.\n\nThe Oxford vaccination marks a major turning point in the pandemic and will lead to a massive expansion in the UK's immunisation campaign, with enough to vaccinate 50 million people throughout the UK already on order.\n\nIt is easier to transport and store than the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which needs cold storage of about -70C.\n\nThe Oxford vaccine is logistically much easier to distribute\n\nThe UK government has said 530,000 doses of the Oxford vaccine will be available to the UK from Monday, with \"millions due by the beginning of February\".\n\nScotland will ultimately get an 8.2% share of these vaccines, based on its population.\n\nChief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith has said he expects the NHS in Scotland to receive 440,360 doses of the vaccine during January.\n\nThe first minister said on Monday about 100,000 people in Scotland have already received a first dose of vaccine.\n\nBoth vaccines require two doses to be administered with an interval of between four and 12 weeks.\n\nPreviously the advice was for the vaccines to have a four-week gap between doses.\n\nThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) then recommended as many people as possible in the top priority groups should be offered a first dose as the initial priority.", "Dr Radha Modgil from BBC Radio 1’s Life Hacks shares her top five tips on how to stay mentally and emotionally well during the coronavirus lockdown, all beginning with the letter C.\n\nSticking to a routine, making sure we take care of ourselves, and using our creativity in new ways are all ways she suggests we can ease the psychological toll that staying inside is having on all of us.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "A top Swedish official involved in the coronavirus response has defended a Christmas holiday in the Canary Islands in the face of heavy criticism.\n\nDan Eliasson is head of the civil contingencies agency, which earlier in December had texted all Swedes urging them to avoid travel.\n\nHe was photographed in Las Palmas airport on the island of Gran Canaria.\n\nMr Eliasson insisted the trip was necessary \"for family reasons\".\n\nHe told Swedish media that he had \"given up a lot of trips during this pandemic\" but thought this one was necessary because he had a daughter living in the Canaries.\n\n\"I celebrated Christmas with her and my family,\" he told Expressen newspaper. He also said he had been worked remotely while in the Canaries.\n\nSweden has had 437,000 confirmed cases and 8,700 deaths - many more than its Scandinavian neighbours. The country has never imposed a full lockdown.\n\nHowever, alarmed by rising numbers of cases last month, the Swedish government reversed some of its guidance and sent a text message to all Swedes asking them to read updated guidelines.\n\nThe guidelines included asking Swedes to avoid unnecessary trips and not to make new contacts during a journey or at the destination.\n\nMr Eliasson was then photographed several times in Gran Canaria, including at the airport.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Expressen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThere have been calls for Mr Eliasson, an experienced official who has worked at several important departments, to be fired.\n\nPrime Minister Stefan Löfven and other ministers have not yet commented, according to Swedish media.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From the pandemic to measles, Smitha Mundasad looks at global health challenges in 2021", "Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing\n\nTributes have been paid to trainer Zoe Davison, who died from cancer on the same day two of her horses claimed wins at Plumpton.\n\nDavison, who had breast cancer for four-and-a-half years, died at her Shovelstrode Racing Stables in Sussex.\n\nBrown Bullet and Mr Jack, both trained at the family's stable, had raced to victory at the Sussex track on Sunday.\n\nSimon Clare, part-owner of Brown Bullet, said: \"Zoe was just the most wonderful human being imaginable.\"\n\nHer husband Andrew Irvine - who she married in 2018 - was by her side, along with family.\n\nHe said: \"She was the most wonderful, incredible person. I am blessed to have spent the last 24 years of my life with her.\"\n\nDaughter Gemelle Johnson, who was assistant to her mother, said: \"I just feel a bit numb inside because of everything.\n\n\"I'm a bit overwhelmed we've had a double for mum. Hopefully we have made her proud. It's surreal. Our team is a family business and we put everything into it. She will be thoroughly missed as she is the glue that holds us together.\n\n\"We've had a few winners around here and it is one of our local tracks. It means everything to us as we want to do her proud.\"\n\nDavison sent out the first of over 100 winners when Sails Legend, with AP McCoy in the saddle, won at Towcester in November 1997.\n\nShe enjoyed her best season with 15 winners in the 2017-18 campaign.\n\nJockey Page Fuller has a long association with the stable and should have ridden Mr Jack but had been stood down from an earlier fall.\n\nShe said: \"You couldn't have written it any better today. She was just a kind and genuine person who was a real horsewoman. She loved her horses and did her best by them.\n\n\"She has been struggling for a long time, but fortunately her strength has rubbed off on everybody else and they showed that by sending out the winners today.\n\n\"It has been a great team effort and it is great she has gone out like that. I don't know anybody who would have a bad word to say about her - she was just one of those really nice people.\"\n\nEd Arkell, ex-Fontwell clerk of the course and now at nearby West Sussex track Goodwood, said: \"Zoe was a huge part of the southern racing circuit. I'm so sorry for her family and she will be very much missed. She was a friendly, happy person who everybody loved.\n\n\"As a trainer, she ran a wonderful family operation. There are less of those these days. She supported her local tracks and became a big part of them.\"\n\nClare added: \"Zoe was the most talented horsewoman imaginable. What she didn't know about horses wasn't worth knowing.\n\n\"She is so incredibly well loved and will be desperately missed by everyone who knew her.\"", "Cases have reached record highs in the past week\n\nThe next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid, the first minister has warned.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said the new variant of the virus was \"accelerating spread\" across Scotland.\n\n\"If you first foot someone today, or hug/kiss/handshake them HNY, you are putting yourself, others and the NHS at risk,\" she tweeted.\n\nA further 2,539 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Friday.\n\nThe number is slightly down on Thursday's figure, but Ms Sturgeon said cases numbers were still \"worryingly high\".\n\nDaily confirmed cases have reached record highs on each of the previous three days, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nThe percentage of positive cases also reached 14.4% on Wednesday - the highest it has been since the second wave of the pandemic began in the summer.\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted: \"Today's case numbers are worryingly high again. The new variant is accelerating spread.\n\n\"PLEASE do not visit other people's homes just now, even today - if you first foot someone today, or hug/kiss/handshake them HNY, you are putting yourself, others & the NHS at risk.\"\n\nShe said the \"vaccine cavalry\" was on the way, offering \"real hope for 2021\", but she added: \"With this new variant, the next few weeks may be the most dangerous we've faced since Mar/April.\n\n\"We must act together to suppress it, to save lives and protect the NHS. Folded hands stick with it.\"\n\nThe number of daily confirmed cases has reached record highs this week\n\nA new study by London's Imperial College has found that the new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nThe Scottish government's most recent estimate of the R number in Scotland has put it between 0.9 and 1.1.\n\nEmma Thomson, a professor of infectious disease at the University of Glasgow, said it was important to get people vaccinated quickly.\n\nThe professor, who has been working on the sequencing of the new Covid mutation, told the BBC that lockdown was not controlling the infection \"on its own\".\n\n\"At least we come in armed into the new year with two vaccines which are highly effective at preventing severe disease. We have that,\" she said.\n\n\"We need to roll it out now to add to the public health measures.\"\n\nParties, traditional \"first-footing\" and social events were banned this Hogmanay, with all of mainland Scotland and Skye being under the highest level of Covid restrictions.\n\nAll official events were cancelled, but police had to disperse a crowds of people who gathered at Edinburgh Castle and Calton Hill to see in the new year.\n\nIt has also emerged that 32 people were charged with reckless conduct after police found them gathered at a rented property in Aberfoyle on 27 December.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said: \"As the first minister has pointed out, the sharp rise in cases is evidence that the new strain seems to be speeding up transmission.\n\n\"This is why we are asking people to please stay at home as much as possible and avoid non-essential interaction with others.\n\n\"There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we ask everyone to be patient as we work our way through the vaccination programme, and continue to follow FACTS to keep us all safe.\"", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nThe first patients have been given the Oxford vaccine - five days after it was approved for use in the UK. Dialysis patient Brian Pinker, aged 82, was the first to receive it. It's a \"pivotal moment\" in the fight against the virus, according to Health Secretary Matt Hancock. More than 500,000 doses are ready to go, with care home residents and staff, people aged over 80, and NHS workers at the front of the queue. Some 730 vaccination sites have already been established, we're told, with the total set to surpass 1,000 later this week. The Oxford jab is easier to distribute and store than the Pfizer version, which was the first to be approved. It's also cheaper per dose. Find out more about how it was developed, and when you might receive one.\n\nThe vaccine news may be positive, but few deny the coronavirus situation in the UK right now is bleak. On Sunday, more than 50,000 new cases were recorded for the sixth day running and Labour is calling for a third national lockdown in England. Boris Johnson has admitted tougher restrictions are likely. Nicola Sturgeon is expected to announce new restrictions for Scotland later, while Northern Ireland and Wales already have their own lockdowns in place. The obvious next step for England would probably be to move more areas into tier four - a reminder of what that means - but our science editor David Shukman says there are other steps under discussion too.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJanuary is normally a boom time for gyms, but coronavirus restrictions mean many are closed and others can't offer any group classes. At the same time, there's been an explosion in fitness tech, allowing more of us than ever to work out at home. So what does this mean for the future of the gym sector? Our reporter Eleanor Lawrie looks closely. Meanwhile, wherever you are in the UK, see 21 simple ways to get fitter in 2021.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sports expert Ruth Lowry says exercising outdoors could help us cope with Covid this winter\n\nThe pandemic has prompted many of us to change direction, career-wise, whether out of choice or necessity. Our CEO Secrets series has been documenting some of those forging a new path here in the UK, but the same trends are going on elsewhere too. In India, Shalini Sharma and Mrinali Hariyal have gone from stay-at-home mums cooking for their families to chefs providing meals for paying customers. They're plugging the gap left by restaurant closures and finding new identities for themselves. Watch their stories.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nPlus, are pandemics the new normal?\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "More than 200 workers at Google-parent Alphabet have taken steps to form a labour union in a rare development for an American tech giant.\n\nThey said the organisation will give staff greater power to voice concerns about discriminatory work practices at the firm and how it handles issues like online hate speech.\n\nThe move follows walkouts and other actions by staff in recent years.\n\nGoogle said it would \"continue engaging directly with all our employees\".\n\n\"We've always worked hard to create a supportive and rewarding workplace for our workforce,\" Kara Silverstein, director of people operations, said in a statement.\n\n\"Of course our employees have protected labour rights that we support. But as we've always done, we'll continue engaging directly with all our employees\".\n\nThe announcement of the Alphabet Workers Union comes weeks after Google's firing of a high-profile black artificial intelligence and ethics researcher generated uproar.\n\nThe US National Labor Relations Board also recently ruled the firm had unlawfully fired employees for attempting to organise a union.\n\nGoogle staff stage a walkout in 2018 over the company's handling of sexual misconduct allegations\n\nStaff have also mobilised against the firm's \"Project Maven\" work with the Department of Defense and the company's handling of sexual harassment complaints.\n\n\"This union builds upon years of courageous organizing by Google workers,\" Nicki Anselmo, program manager, said in the announcement.\n\n\"From fighting the 'real names' policy, to opposing Project Maven, to protesting the egregious, multi-million dollar payouts that have been given to executives who've committed sexual harassment, we've seen first-hand that Alphabet responds when we act collectively.\n\n\"Our new union provides a sustainable structure to ensure that our shared values as Alphabet employees are respected even after the headlines fade.\"\n\nThe group was organised by software engineers but is open to all ranks at the company's US and Canadian workforce, including temporary workers and contractors.\n\nIt is affiliated with the larger labour group, Communication Workers of America, but is not seeking formal recognition from the federal government, limiting its bargaining power.\n\nIt represents a small fraction of Alphabet's workforce, which includes more than 130,000 people as of September and roughly as many contractors, vendors and temporary staff.\n\nMembers who join will contribute about 1% of their compensation to the effort.\n\n\"We want Alphabet to be a company where workers have a meaningful say in decisions that affect us and the societies we live in,\" organisers wrote on Twitter.", "Nóra Quoirin was born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder that affects brain development\n\nA girl whose body was found in a jungle during a holiday in Malaysia died by misadventure, a coroner has recorded.\n\nNóra Quoirin, 15, from Balham, south-west London, was discovered dead nine days after she went missing from an eco-resort in August 2019.\n\nThe family said they were \"utterly disappointed\" with the verdict, which ruled out any criminal involvement.\n\nThey believe \"layers of evidence\" that were heard at the inquest point towards Nora having been abducted.\n\nThe family were staying in Sora House in Dusun eco-resort near Seremban, about 40 miles (65km) south of Kuala Lumpur, when they reported Nóra missing, the day after they had arrived.\n\nNóra, who was born with holoprosencephaly - a disorder which affects brain development - was eventually found by a group of civilian volunteers in a palm-oil plantation less than two miles from the holiday home.\n\nThe Quoirins, whose lawyers had asked the coroner to record an open verdict, said in a statement after the ruling that they have a number of reasons for the abduction theory. These include:\n\nSearch and rescue teams were deployed in an effort to locate Nora\n\nIn the statement, issued through the Lucie Blackman Trust, the family said they witnessed 80 slides presented in court as the verdict was given, adding that none of them \"engaged with who Nóra really was - neither her personality nor her intellectual abilities\".\n\nThey said: \"The coroner made mention several times of her inability to rule on certain points due to not knowing Nóra enough.\n\n\"It is indeed our view that to know Nóra would be to know that she was simply incapable of hiding in undergrowth, climbing out a window and making her way out of a fenced resort in the darkness unclothed.\"\n\nThe statement added: \"We believe we have fought not just for Nóra but in honour of all the special needs children in this world who deserve our most committed support and the most careful application of justice.\n\n\"This is Nóra's unique legacy and we will never let it go.\"\n\nFom the outset Meabh Quoirin believed her daughter had been abducted but Malaysian police insisted Nóra's disappearance had always been a missing persons case and ruled out any criminal involvement.\n\nThe authorities closed the case in January 2020, and Nóra's parents pushed for the inquest.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police played the sound of Nóra's mother's voice through a loudspeaker in the jungle\n\nDuring the inquest, a British pathologist who carried out a second post-mortem examination said Nóra's body had no injuries to suggest she was attacked or restrained.\n\nOn the final day of evidence, an investigating officer who was on duty the morning Nóra was reported missing said he was confident there were no criminal elements involved in her disappearance.\n\nFollowing the coroner's verdict, the Quoirins' legal team have discussed the family's rights moving forward, which include the possibility of applying for a revision of the misadventure verdict at the High Court of Seremban.\n\nLouise Azmi, one lawyer for the family, said they had pressed for an open verdict to reflect the lack of positive evidence in the case regarding what happened to Nora.\n\nAn open verdict would leave open the possibility that a criminal element was involved in Nora's death, Mrs Azmi said.\n\nShe told the BBC based on everything the family know of Nora, \"they continue to believe it is impossible she would have willingly walked away into the jungle\".\n\nThe family's legal team say parents Meabh and Sebastien Quoirin are \"disappointed\" with today's verdict.\n\nBut, Coroner Maimoonah Aid said her verdict was made not on \"theories\" and \"speculation\" surrounding the case, but on the balance of probabilities of the evidence presented before her.\n\nWith no evidence to the contrary she ruled out foul play.\n\nMoving forward, the Quoirin family now have the possibility to apply for a revision of the verdict with the High Court of Seremban.\n\nThere is precedent of a verdict being overturned in Malaysia before.\n\nIn 2019, following an appeal, a Malaysian coroner's verdict of misadventure concerning the death of 18-year-old model Ivana Smit was overturned in Kuala Lumpur and reopened as a murder investigation.\n\nAccording to Quoirin family lawyer Sakthy Vell, the family say they now need time to consider their next course of action.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM: 'No question we're going to have to take tougher measures'\n\nBoris Johnson has said there is \"no question\" the government will announce stricter measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus \"in due course\".\n\nHe predicted \"tough, tough\" weeks to come, with more than three-quarters of England's population already under the highest - tier four - restrictions.\n\nOn Sunday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the sixth day in a row.\n\nLabour is calling for new England-wide restrictions to come in immediately.\n\nLeader Sir Keir Starmer said it was \"inevitable\" more schools would have to close to lessen the spread of coronavirus.\n\nIn Scotland, further new restrictions are to come into force at midnight, including a \"legal requirement\" for people to stay at home. except for essential purposes.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland was effectively returning to conditions similar to Spring's nation-wide lockdown, with the curbs in place until at least the end of January.\n\nAn additional 454 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result were reported across the UK on Sunday, meaning the total by this measure is now above 75,000.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the \"old tier system\" in England was \"no longer strong enough\" to contain increasing infections.\n\nHospitals are coming under increasing pressure, as cases mount up.\n\nThe old tier system is no longer enough…the figures are only heading in one direction.\n\nThese are the words of the health secretary and a health minister.\n\nBoris Johnson says stricter measures are coming, which immediately sparks the questions \"when?,\" and \"what are you waiting for?\"\n\nDowning Street wants to push a tougher message on adherence to the current rules in England while it assesses the latest Christmas data, but is coming under growing pressure to act sooner.\n\nWith Nicola Sturgeon about to go further in Scotland and the Labour leader calling for an immediate national lockdown, it's difficult to see how the prime minister can wait much longer.\n\nAsked what further restrictions would be put in place, Mr Johnson said: \"What we have been waiting for is to see the impact of the tier four measures on the virus and it is a bit unclear, still, at the moment.\n\n\"But if you look at the numbers, there is no question that we are going to have to take tougher measures and we will be announcing those in due course.\"\n\nHe said the faster-spreading coronavirus variant that has developed in south-eastern England required \"extra-special vigilance\".\n\nBBC science editor David Shukman said new measures could include limits on outdoor exercise and a return to the two-metre (rather than one-metre-plus) social distancing rule, as applied during the first lockdown last year.\n\nSpeaking on a visit to Chase Farm Hospital in north London, the prime minister argued that closing primary schools must remain a \"last resort\", adding that the \"risk to kids\" was \"very, very small\".\n\nSecondary schools in England are currently closed until 18 January, except for pupils in their final GCSE and A-level years, who are due to return on 11 January.\n\nAsked whether they could remain closed, Mr Johnson said: \"We are keeping things under review.\"\n\nBut former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt urged the government to close all schools and UK borders \"right away\", while banning \"all household mixing\".\n\nThe Conservative MP, who now chairs the Commons Health Committee, said these restrictions should be \"time-limited\" to \"12 weeks or so\", after which the roll-out of vaccines would provide \"light at the end of the tunnel\".\n\nMore than 500,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine are now available for use, with the Pfizer BioNTech jab having been issued since early last month.\n\nThe virus is winning at the moment, despite science fighting back with a vaccine. New daily cases of Covid have been rising to record levels, which means hospital numbers and deaths will increase too.\n\nMinisters say more measures are coming, but it is not clear yet what that will mean in practice.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are already in lockdown, and most of England is under tier four rules.\n\nIn recent days the focus has shifted to schools and whether they can be kept open without making the epidemic worse.\n\nExperts agree that the risk the virus poses to children is still low, but they can spread the disease.\n\nWith a new, more transmissible variant of Covid circulating, the government may have to enact this unpalatable \"last resort\" of closing classrooms.\n\nSome 78% of the population of England is now in tier four, under which non-essential shops are closed and people can only leave their homes for a certain number of reasons.\n\nThe Scottish government meets later to consider \"further action\", with all of mainland Scotland currently under its own level four restrictions - only some islands are under less stringent tier three measures.\n\nWales entered a nationwide lockdown on 20 December, while Northern Ireland is in the second week of a six-week lockdown that began on Boxing Day.\n\nIn another development, an academic has said there is a \"big question mark\" over whether a vaccine developed at Oxford University will be as effective against a new variant of the virus that has emerged in South Africa.\n\nProf Sir John Bell, Regius professor of medicine at the university, said the team there were currently investigating this question \"right now\".\n\nHe added it was \"unlikely\" the variant would \"turn off the effect of vaccines entirely\", and in any case it would be possible to tweak the vaccine in around four to six weeks.\n\nBut Matt Hancock told Today he was \"incredibly worried\" about the South African variant, saying: \"This is a very, very significant problem.\"\n\n\"We have shown that we are prepared to move incredibly quickly, within 24 hours if we think that is necessary, and we keep these things under review all the time,\" added the health secretary.", "Quote Message: The return of lockdown for at least the rest of January is a severe blow for much of the Scottish economy. It could be worse: this is not the peak Christmas season for retail and hospitality, though the season they’ve just had was very hard going for many, and non-existent for others. This is also the quietest part of the tourism year, so January is a relatively good month to lose one’s bookings. For many firms, it is better than last spring, because they have infection controls in place. And there is a less harsh closure scheme, meaning construction sites and others can stay open, subject to tight rules. Many employers have settled into patterns of working from home, so this does not carry the shock of last March. There was little expectation of getting staff back into offices for months yet. But that doesn’t make this time any easier for workers who are also parents. They know, from last year, how tough it is to handle childcare and lessons while schools are shut - and this time, they have to manage without good weather. The other, more negative comparison with last spring is that firms now are, typically, deeper in debt and with less spare cash to pay the bills that don’t stop - rent, and utility bills, for instance. Some delayed payments are getting tougher to keep on hold. Their frustration with the slow movement of government grant schemes is showing. They aren’t disputing the case for further lockdown but they are making their own case for support through it, and for a recovery strategy once restrictions are lifted, including a boost to consumer confidence and spending.\" from Douglas Fraser Scotland business & economy editor\n\nThe return of lockdown for at least the rest of January is a severe blow for much of the Scottish economy. It could be worse: this is not the peak Christmas season for retail and hospitality, though the season they’ve just had was very hard going for many, and non-existent for others. This is also the quietest part of the tourism year, so January is a relatively good month to lose one’s bookings. For many firms, it is better than last spring, because they have infection controls in place. And there is a less harsh closure scheme, meaning construction sites and others can stay open, subject to tight rules. Many employers have settled into patterns of working from home, so this does not carry the shock of last March. There was little expectation of getting staff back into offices for months yet. But that doesn’t make this time any easier for workers who are also parents. They know, from last year, how tough it is to handle childcare and lessons while schools are shut - and this time, they have to manage without good weather. The other, more negative comparison with last spring is that firms now are, typically, deeper in debt and with less spare cash to pay the bills that don’t stop - rent, and utility bills, for instance. Some delayed payments are getting tougher to keep on hold. Their frustration with the slow movement of government grant schemes is showing. They aren’t disputing the case for further lockdown but they are making their own case for support through it, and for a recovery strategy once restrictions are lifted, including a boost to consumer confidence and spending.\"", "Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster has said there \"is a gateway of opportunity\" for the UK and Northern Ireland after Brexit.\n\nShe told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday that the trade deal also tackled \"some of the great difficulties that there are with the (Northern Ireland) Protocol\".\n\nThe purpose of the Protocol is to prevent a hardening of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It does that by keeping Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods and by having Northern Ireland apply EU customs rules at its ports.\n\nAs a result, an 'Irish Sea border' now exists, with most commercial goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain requiring a customs declaration.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which Mrs Foster leads, opposed the protocol and had criticised the establishment of such a border. She told The Andrew Marr show that her party \"didn't want the protocol but it is here\".\n\n\"I have to mitigate against that and my job from now on is to mitigate against those excesses and to hold the government to account,\" Mrs Foster added.", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nProfessional sport in England can continue behind closed doors, despite a new national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nIt means Premier League football and elite leagues in other sports are allowed to carry on.\n\nThe sport and leisure rules in England are similar to those announced in Scotland earlier on Monday.\n\nPeople living in England have been told to stay at home and schools will shut for most pupils from Tuesday.\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.\n\nFor those in England, exercising outside is allowed once a day. Venues such as gyms, tennis courts and golf courses will be closed.\n\nOrganised outdoor sport for disabled people is exempt from the new measures.\n\nGames and training in non-elite football - which includes all adult and youth grassroots, except for disabled people - have been suspended.\n\nThe Women's FA Cup is among the non-elite competitions placed on hold. All but one of the second-round matches scheduled to take place on Sunday were postponed because of Covid-19 regulations.\n\nTeams from the Women's Super League and Women's Championship enter the draw from the fourth round onwards.\n\nWhich non-elite football has been suspended? Steps three to six of the National League System (all divisions below the National League North and South) Tiers three to seven of the Women's Football Pyramid (all divisions below the Women's Championship) Women's FA Cup (classified as 'non-elite' up to and including the third round) All indoor and outdoor youth and adult grassroots football, including under-18s (except organised outdoor football for disabled people, which is allowed to continue)\n\nFollowing Monday's announcement by the prime minister, this week's sporting fixtures in England are set to go ahead as planned.\n\nIn football, the Carabao Cup semi-finals are being played on Tuesday and Wednesday, while the FA Cup third round - which has 32 fixtures spanning four days - starts on Friday.\n\nThere are also several Women's Super League, English Football League and National League games set to take place, as well as English Premiership and Premier 15s rugby union matches, plus the Masters snooker event in Milton Keynes.\n\nEarlier on Monday, Rochdale chief executive David Bottomley said he believes it is \"inevitable\" that the EFL will have to temporarily suspend fixtures because of rising coronavirus cases.\n\nSeven of last Saturday's EFL games - and 52 across the season - have been called off as teams are affected by the virus.\n\nFour Premier League matches have also been postponed this season because of coronavirus cases.\n\nWhat does the new lockdown mean for sport in England?\n\nThe UK government published its guidance for England's new national lockdown shortly after the prime minister's televised address at 20:00 GMT.\n\nHere are the points relating to sport and physical activity:\n• None Elite sportspeople (and their coaches if necessary, or parents/guardians if they are under 18) - or those on an official elite sports pathway - to compete and train\n• None Outdoor sports courts, outdoor gyms, golf courses, outdoor swimming pools, archery/driving/shooting ranges and riding arenas must also close\n• None Organised outdoor sport for disabled people is allowed to continue\n\nWhile golfing has been allowed to continue in Scotland under strict rules, courses will be closed in England.\n\nEngland Golf said it was \"extremely disappointed\" with the decision, adding it had made a \"strong case\" to keep the sport open in recent months.\n\nWhere can I exercise and who can I exercise with?\n\nYou can exercise in a public outdoor place:\n• None with the people you live with\n• None with your support bubble ( if you are legally permitted to form one)\n• None or, when on your own, with one person from another household\n• None public gardens (whether or not you pay to enter them)\n\nUK Active, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes health and fitness, says the government must act immediately to \"minimise the damaging impact of lockdown\".\n\n\"We know from the millions of people that depend on gyms, pools, and leisure centres to support their physical and mental health, how essential they are,\" said UK Active chief executive Huw Edwards.\n\n\"We cannot afford to wait until the vaccine rollout is advanced before we act, so the government must explore all options at this time and provide a credible plan for maintaining this support to millions of people who rely on these Covid-secure facilities to stay strong and healthy.\n\n\"Furthermore, the UK governments must protect this sector before it becomes too late.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBoris Johnson must bring back \"the spirit of March\" to get control of coronavirus in England, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said.\n\nSir Keir said the virus was \"out of control\" and a second \"national lockdown\" - including the closure of all schools - was needed.\n\nThe PM had to give a firm \"stay at home message\", Sir Keir told the BBC.\n\nMr Johnson will make a televised address at 20:00 GMT to set out further restrictions amid surging cases.\n\nIt comes as Scotland announced a legal requirement to stay at home from midnight.\n\nSir Keir said Labour would support any move towards tighter restrictions in England, but urged the prime minister to \"stop dithering\" and take action.\n\nThe Labour leader said it was \"inevitable\" that schools would need to close.\n\n\"There is complete chaos, with parents not knowing what is going on. We need to create space for the vaccine now, to be rolled out safely.\n\n\"The virus is out of control. We have got to get it back under control. The more we delay, the worse it will be. The more we delay, the longer schools will be closed.\"\n\nIn March last year, Boris Johnson told people in England they could only leave home to exercise once a day, travel to and from work when it is \"absolutely necessary\", shop for essential items and fulfil any medical or care needs.\n\nCurrently, shops selling non-essential goods have been told to shut and gatherings in public of more than two people who do not live together are prohibited in tier four areas.\n\nSir Keir said the government's message needed to be firmer and backed by law, if necessary, to encourage people to comply.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's deputy political editor Vicki Young, he urged the country to get back to \"the spirit of March, where there was a very strong stay at home message\".\n\n\"You only need to go out on the streets now and you see lots of people out and about, you see trains that are half full,\" said the Labour leader.\n\n\"We need to go back to where we were in March with very very strong messaging about staying at home.\n\n\"And I'm afraid that the closure of schools is now inevitable, and therefore that needs to be part of that plan, as part of the national plan for further restriction.\n\n\"And that means that we need to have measures in place to protect working parents, most in place to enable children to learn at home, and a plan to get schools safely reopened again and that goes back to vaccination. It must be mission critical now.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eileen Lynch, 94, was the first person in Northern Ireland to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine\n\nUp to 11,000 people aged over 80 across Northern Ireland are set to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine this week.\n\nThe aim is to ensure everyone in that age group will be offered the vaccine by the end of January.\n\nThirty GP practices will be administering 50,000 doses of the vaccine, which was approved for use in the UK on 30 December.\n\nIt is the second vaccine to be approved in the battle against coronavirus in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt comes ahead of a UK-wide announcement by the prime minister, set to be made at 20:00 GMT on Monday, in which further restrictions will be announced.\n\nIn a statement, a No 10 spokesman said the new variant of Covid-19 had \"led to rapidly escalating case numbers across the country\" and \"further steps must now be taken to arrest this rise\".\n\nOn Monday, Northern Ireland recorded a further 1,801 Covid-19 cases and 12 more virus-related deaths.\n\nThese latest figures from the Department of Health bring the total number of deaths to 1,366, while 79,873 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic started.\n\nMore than 12,000 cases have been reported in the past seven days, more than double the week before.\n\nThe seven-day rate per 100,000 people is now 660 positive cases, compared to 200 per 100,000 two weeks ago.\n\nMedical experts believe that is down to the two-week easing of restrictions over the Christmas period.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland on Monday, an additional 6,110 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were announced, with six further deaths linked to the virus.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the second week of a six-week lockdown in which non-essential retail is closed.\n\nThe first doses of the vaccine were given delivered at a GP surgery on the Falls Road in West Belfast on Monday afternoon.\n\nThe first person in Northern Ireland to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine was 94-year-old Eileen Lynch.\n\nSpeaking after receiving the vaccine, Ms Lynch said she was \"delighted and privileged\" to receive it.\n\n\"I feel like I can really look forward to the year ahead now that I have been vaccinated,\" she said.\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has already been used to vaccinate care home residents and staff.\n\nBy mid December, 50,000 doses of that vaccine had been made available and by 30 December, Northern Ireland's Department of Health reported that 33,000 people had been vaccinated.\n\nThis included 8,940 care home residents, 10,484 care home staff and 14,259 health and social care staff.\n\nAccording to the latest NI statistics, for the first time the percentage positive cases in the over 80s is down - an indication the vaccination process is working.\n\nThere are approximately 82,000 people over 80 in NI and BBC News NI understands that if deliveries of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine happen as planned, it is thought that all of those over 80, as well as GPs and their staff, could be vaccinated within three weeks.\n\nWhile 50,000 doses have been delivered to Northern Ireland, a further 23,000 vaccines are expected on 19 January while another 68,000 are due on 24 January.\n\nDr Alan Stout, who is a GP in Belfast, told BBC News NI that members are \"very optimistic\" that 11,000 people can be vaccinated this week.\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is the second coronavirus vaccine to be approved in the UK\n\nNI's chief medical officer said the Oxford-AstraZeneca rollout would run alongside the ongoing vaccination programme.\n\nDr Michael McBride said: \"First and foremost we must act to protect those most at risk of severe disease and death.\n\n\"The evidence shows that the initial dose of vaccine offers as much as 70% protection against the effects of the virus.\n\n\"Providing that level of protection on a large scale will have the greatest impact on reducing mortality and hospitalisations, protecting the health and social care system.\"\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has to be kept at an extremely low temperature which complicates handling constraints.\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is considered easier to store and distribute.\n\nIts rollout consists of two full doses of the vaccine, with the second dose to be given four to 12 weeks after the first.\n\nGPs are appealing to the public to remain calm and wait to be called for their vaccine either by telephone or by letter.\n\nDr Stout said as demand grows worldwide for the vaccine, that schedule could easily change.\n\n\"The public have to be patient, we have a system and must be allowed to get on with it - it really is 'don't call us - we will call you'.\"\n\nWhile some vaccinations will take place in surgeries others will happen in a drive-through system.\n\nCovid-19 is deadlier than flu, which means January 2021 is going to be even tougher than usual.\n\nAlso, Covid patients tend to stay much longer in hospital with more severe symptoms requiring additional beds and care.\n\nBut those rising patient numbers aren't matched by an increased workforce.\n\nInstead it is expected that the nurse-patient ratio will increase (even though many aren't trained to work in critical care) as there simply aren't enough nurses available.\n\nSome health unions fear this will only add to Northern Ireland's excess mortality rate, which is greater than that in Great Britain.\n\nOnce again, this highlights Northern Ireland's failing health care system, which was already below par well before the start of the pandemic.\n\nCoronavirus infection figures here are expected to peak between 15 and 21 January. That will be felt not only in hospitals but also in GP practices as they continue to roll out the vaccine.\n\nWhile at this stage the six weeks look bleak it's hoped that the additional Astra-Zeneca vaccine and the low incidence of flu will go a long way in not only saving lives, but also protecting the health service.\n\nDr Stout said much planning had gone into ensuring the programme happened as smoothly as possible.\n\n\"People will literally stay in their cars and be asked to roll up their sleeves - it has to be safe and efficient in order for us to get through it and safely.\"\n\nThe UK has ordered 100 million doses of the new vaccine - enough to vaccinate 50 million people.\n\nMeanwhile, Dr Tom Black, chair of the British Medical Association in Northern Ireland, said it was \"appalling\" that the Pfizer vaccine was not to be administered in two doses within 21 days as instructed by the company and threatened legal action.\n\nDr Black was responding to news that the UK will give both parts of the Oxford and Pfizer vaccines 12 weeks apart.\n\n\"They have left care workers in Northern Ireland with a gap in their expected immunity,\" he told BBC NI's Radio Foyle on Monday.\n\n\"In that period doctors, nurses, porters or health care professionals could infect patients because they will not be protected against the transmission of the infection to patients.\"\n\nThe UK's chief medical officers have defended their Covid vaccination plan.\n\nThey said getting more people vaccinated with the first jab was \"much more preferable\" and that the great majority of the initial protection from clinical disease is after the first dose of vaccine.\n\nDr Black is to meet NI Health Minister Robin Swann later to express health care workers' concern over the change in vaccine policy.", "Tian Tian arrived in Scotland, along with Yang Guang, from China in 2011\n\nEdinburgh Zoo's giant pandas may have to return to China next year because of financial pressures.\n\nYang Guang and Tian Tian cost about £1m a year to lease from China.\n\nThe zoo, which had hoped to breed the pair, is nearing the end of its 10-year contract with the Chinese government and may be unable to renew the deal.\n\nCovid lockdown closures led to a £2m loss for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which runs Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park.\n\nDavid Field, chief executive of the society, said the charity would have to \"seriously consider every potential saving\", including its giant panda contract.\n\nMr Field said closures had had a \"huge financial impact\" on the charity because most of its income was from visitors.\n\n\"Although our parks are open again, we lost around £2m last year and it seems certain that restrictions, social distancing and limits on our visitor numbers will continue for some time, which will also reduce our income,\" Mr Field said.\n\n\"Yang Guang and Tian Tian have made a tremendous impression on our visitors over the last nine years, helping millions of people connect to nature and inspiring them to take an interest in wildlife conservation.\n\n\"I would love for them to be able to stay for a few more years with us and that is certainly my current aim.\"\n\nYang Guang was given a new enclosure in 2019\n\nThe zoo has already taken a government loan, furloughed staff, made redundancies and launched a fundraising appeal, but was not eligible for the UK government's zoo fund, which was aimed at smaller zoos.\n\n\"The support we have received from our members and animal lovers has helped to keep our doors open and we are incredibly grateful,\" Mr Field added.\n\n\"At this stage, it is too soon to say what the outcome will be. We will be discussing next steps with our colleagues in China over the coming months.\"\n\nThe zoo is part of a number of conservation projects, including one to reintroduce Scottish wildcats.\n\nWork to reintroduce Scottish wildcats in to the Highlands may also suffer from the Zoo's funding problems\n\nHowever, Mr Field said projects like that may also have to be scrapped because of Brexit and being unable to apply for grants from the European Union.\n\n\"We received a £3.2m grant from the EU Life programme to support our Saving Wildcats partnership project, which aims to restore wildcats in Scotland by breeding and releasing them into the wild.\n\n\"Wildcats are on the brink of extinction in Britain and this is the last hope for the species' survival.\"\n\nHe added: \"As we are no longer part of the European Union, our charity is no longer eligible to apply for funding from programmes like EU Life, which have proven critical for our wildlife conservation work and wider efforts to protect animals from extinction.\"\n\nEdinburgh Zoo's conservation genetics laboratory, which supports conservation projects around the world, has lost access to both funding and other researchers as a result.\n\nIt also faces challenges around moving animals, many of which are part of European endangered species breeding programmes.\n\nThe programme is currently about £900,000 short, meaning it may have to be cancelled.\n\nMr Field said: \"We still need to reduce costs to secure our future. It may be that some of our incredibly important conservation projects, including the vital lifeline for Scotland's wildcats, may have to be deferred, postponed or even stopped.\"", "Police rescued 22 people from the snow in Cheshire including a two-year-old child\n\nDozens of people, including a two-year-old child, had to be rescued when they became stranded on rural roads.\n\nPolice and volunteers came to the aid of people whose vehicles were stuck in the Derbyshire Peak District on Saturday.\n\nThere were similar scenes in Cheshire where 22 people, had to be rescued from stranded cars.\n\nThe wintry weather is set to continue with a Met Office warning for ice in the East Midlands and North East.\n\nAt around 20:00 GMT on Saturday, Derbyshire Police reported \"sudden snow\" had left dozens of vehicles and their occupants stranded in the Goyt Valley.\n\nSome visitors to the area were caught off-guard by how quickly the weather changed.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDerbyshire Police posted on Twitter: \"We are shuttling people back to Buxton as quickly as we can.\n\n\"Sit tight and we will get to you.\"\n\nThe A57 Snake Pass - a road notorious for becoming dangerous in the snow - had been closed earlier in the day because of the weather.\n\nIn Cheshire, police spent three hours helping families stuck in their vehicles in the White Peak area.\n\nIn total 22 people, including eight children - the youngest of whom was two - were recovered from nine vehicles.\n\nCheshire Police Rural Crime Team said: \"The snow had well and truly caught them all out on the back roads.\n\n\"We were three miles (4.8km) from the nearest village, and the light was fading on us quickly.\n\n\"It was decided to get everyone out of their cars and so began a mile walk in the snow.\"\n\nThey were led to a nearby farm where they could be taken to safety in police vehicles.\n\nMost of those rescued from snow in Cheshire had travelled to the area despite coronavirus restrictions\n\nThe force was critical of the families for travelling into the area, that is under tier four coronavirus restrictions.\n\nIt said: \"All except one car was from out of Cheshire. We had people from Sale, Stockport and Salford with the closest being Congleton.\n\n\"Sadly these people have put all of us at risk today.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Scottish cabinet will meet later to consider further measures to help tackle coronavirus, as 2,464 new cases are reported.\n\nThe Scottish Parliament will then be recalled for First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to make an \"urgent statement\".\n\nMs Sturgeon said the \"rapid increase in Covid cases driven by the new variant\" was of \"very serious concern\".\n\n\"We are in a race between this faster spreading strain of Covid and the vaccination programme,\" she tweeted.\n\nShe warned on Friday that the next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid.\n\nThe latest government figures for coronavirus cases showed that 15.2% of Saturday's 17,328 tests were positive.\n\nIt is higher than the 2,137 cases reported on Friday, but still lower than Thursday's 2,539 positive results.\n\nFigures for hospital admissions and deaths over the holiday weekend will not be published until Tuesday.\n\nThe cabinet is likely to consider a further delay to the return of Scottish schools and restrictions that are closer to the stay-at-home lockdown in March.\n\n\"All decisions just now are tough, with tough impacts,\" Ms Sturgeon wrote on twitter. \"Vaccines give us way out, but this new strain makes the period between now and then the most dangerous since start of pandemic.\"\n\nThe Scottish government's emergency resilience committee heard on Saturday that \"quick and decisive action is needed\" as the new variant of the virus is becoming the dominant one in Scotland.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said: \"The even steeper rises and severe pressure on the NHS that is being experienced in some other parts of the UK is a sign of what may lie ahead in Scotland if we do not take all possible steps now to slow the spread of the virus, while the vaccination programme progresses.\n\n\"The strong message remains - people should stay at home as much as possible and avoid non-essential interaction with others.\"\n\nThis is just the fifth time the Scottish Parliament has been recalled and the second time within the last week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Linda Bauld says Scots should be prepared a longer period living with level four restrictions\n\nPublic health expert Prof Linda Bauld, from the University of Edinburgh, has said Scotland should be prepared for Covid restrictions to be extended as infection rates continue to rise.\n\nShe said there were no signs yet that the infection rate was levelling off, having risen suddenly from a daily rate of fewer than 1,000 to more than 2,000 per day in recent days.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"It definitely is a fragile situation and you can see that we have more cases than we would expect at the current time.\n\n\"We may be starting to see some of the impacts of the Christmas mixing, but also we know around four in 10 cases, from recent data, are of the new variant.\n\n\"I would imagine that the new variant is playing a role in these higher rates of infection and if these numbers continue to sit at where they are we are going to have more people in hospital in a week or two's time, and that is very worrying.\"\n\nThe new year offers new hope in the struggle against coronavirus with two vaccines now authorised for UK use - but it looks as if the situation will get worse before it gets better.\n\nMinisters are worried by the rapid spread of the new strain of coronavirus during a holiday period when the highest level of restrictions are already in place.\n\nThey think more needs to be done to suppress the virus, to give the vaccination programme a chance to accelerate and give increasing numbers of people protection.\n\nWhen the Scottish cabinet meets they are likely to consider tightening the current restrictions to something closer to the stay at home lockdown of March 2020.\n\nThat will almost certainly mean a further delay to the return of schools into February.\n\nMinisters will take decisions on Monday morning with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon expected to make a statement at Holyrood in the afternoon.\n\nDaily confirmed cases in Scotland reached record highs on the last three days of 2020, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nMs Sturgeon warned last week there might be changes to the plans for reopening schools. Children start online learning from 11 January and are set to return to class by 18 January.\n\nThe education recovery group will meet on Monday.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said the situation was \"deteriorating and fast-moving\" but any decision to extend school closures should be clearly explained to parents and teachers.\n\nHe said: \"We have been here before so if schools remain closed, the Scottish government must show that it has learned from past mistakes in order to minimise disruption to education.\"\n\nScottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said the Scottish government should prioritise teachers and school staff as vaccines were rolled out.\n\nHe added: \"We must be honest and accept that most pupils, teachers and support staff cannot go back to schools until the situation is brought under control.\"\n\nScottish Labour leader Richard Leonard called for ministers to publish the evidence behind all of its decisions to ensure public consent and compliance.\n\n\"What is clear is that we need to see an acceleration of the vaccine rollout and a step-change in testing,\" he said.\n\n\"It is also clear that financial support from government has simply not been nearly sufficient to make up for the damage that lockdown measures have done to jobs, livelihoods and businesses. The SNP government must distribute additional funds to the frontline now.\"\n\nScottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: \"With tighter restrictions on movement and in schools comes a greater responsibility on the government to show its workings.\n\n\"If we are to restrict people's movement then we need to see what the benefit will be. We need an exit plan to give people hope, as well as to show them what is required to ease the restrictions on our freedoms.\"", "Some schools are due to reopen this week in Wales\n\nSchools are being given a flexible approach to ensure a \"safe return\", according to Wales' first minister.\n\nMark Drakeford said experts would be \"looking at all the evidence again early next week\".\n\nUnions have called for a national decision on reopening schools rather than leaving it to local councils.\n\nAccording to local authorities many secondary schools aim to return from 11 January, with some fully open on 6 January.\n\nA joint statement from nine unions called on the Welsh Government to give a \"centralised, coherent response\" regarding all educational settings \"rather than leaving decisions at local levels\".\n\nThe statement from ASCL Cymru, GMB, NAHT Cymru, NASUWT Cymru, NEU Cymru, Ucac, Unison, Unite and Voice continued: \"We are extremely worried that schools will be opening for face-to-face learning from next Monday, whilst Welsh Government continues to gather information about the nature and impact of the new variant of Covid-19...\n\n\"We strongly believe that we need to err on the side of caution and ensure, in advance, that we have the medical 'evidence and information' to ensure that any decisions are the correct ones.\"\n\nThe National Education Union Cymru has called for in-person learning to be delayed until at least 18 January.\n\nThe NASUWT has also threatened \"appropriate action in order to protect members whose safety is put at risk\", while head teachers' union NAHT Cymru said it had taken legal action.\n\nBut Mr Drakeford said: \"We reached an agreement with our local education colleagues that in Wales we will have a phased and flexible return to school.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday parents should send their children to primary school as long as they are open in their area.\n\nMark Drakeford: \"No evidence that young people get the illness more severely as a result of the variant\"\n\nJackie Parker, head of Crickhowell High School in Powys, which reopens for some form years from Wednesday, said \"it would have been more sensible to have had a national decision for the time being until the 18th\".\n\nShe said it would have allowed time to see if cases of Covid had increased over the holiday period.\n\n\"People may have been together during the Christmas holiday,\" she said.\n\nFigures published by Public Health Wales on Sunday showed 56 new deaths from Covid and 4,011 new cases of the virus.\n\nWales has been in lockdown since 20 December with restrictions on people meeting others on all but Christmas Day when it was limited to another household and a person living alone.\n\nMr Drakeford said: \"There is no evidence that young people get the illness more severely as a result of the variant.\n\n\"Our technical advisory group will be looking at all the evidence again early next week.\n\n\"And, of course, we will continue to make decisions in the light of the best knowledge, research and information that's available to us at the time,\" he told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement.\n\nHe also said mass testing in schools would begin as planned this month, in a decision which has been criticised by NAHT Cymru.\n\n\"It will allow more children and more teachers to stay safely in the classroom without having to be sent home because another child or another staff member has tested positive,\" he said.\n\nThe joint unions' statement also said the Welsh Government's testing proposals were unworkable for most schools.\n\n\"Due to the chaotic and rushed nature of this announcement, the lack of proper guidance, and an absence of appropriate support, the Welsh Government's proposals will be inoperable for most schools and colleges,\" it said.\n\nThe statement continued: \"Any suggestion that schools can safely recruit, train and organise a team of suitable volunteers to staff and run testing stations on their premises by an as yet unspecified date in the new term is simply not realistic.\"\n\nSian Gwenllian, Plaid Cymru's education spokeswoman, said \"parents and teachers need to know what the plan is for the next few weeks\".\n\n\"We don't really know very much about this new variant in the way that it transmits within the school community,\" she said.\n\n\"And if it is becoming inevitable that schools will have to close, well, an early decision is better for everybody.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative education spokeswoman Suzy Davies said: \"We've had conflicting reports in the press and on social media about the effect of the new variant on younger children and their role in transmitting the disease - complete confusion reigns...\n\n\"The Welsh Government hasn't succeeded in reassuring teachers and in some cases parents as well.\"", "Economy Minister Diane Dodds has written to Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove to call for urgent action to be taken on deliveries to NI.\n\nSince Christmas some orders have been cancelled or delayed and some retailers have suspended deliveries.\n\nThe problem is related to uncertainty about post-Brexit transition rules.\n\nHM Customs announced a grace period on New Year's Eve confirming most parcels from GB-NI will not need customs declarations until at least April.\n\nThe problems have not affected all companies with many continuing to take orders and deliver as normal.\n\nHowever, some companies had already suspended deliveries, including John Lewis.\n\nThe government said the three-month grace period \"recognises the unique circumstances of Northern Ireland, the impacts of any disruption to parcel movements in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and specific challenges for operators moving express consignments\".\n\nA government spokesman said further details will be published in the new year, adding: \"Our priority is to have a pragmatic approach that allows us to comply with the [Northern Ireland] Protocol without causing undue disruption to businesses and citizens.\n\n\"HMRC is engaging with operators to finalise arrangements.\"\n\nSome changes have already come into effect.\n\nA Northern Ireland-based business receiving goods valued at £135 or more through an express carrier or Royal Mail will need to submit a customs declaration.\n\nThey will need to do this within three months of receiving the goods and can use the government's Trader Support Service to do so.\n\nExcise goods, which mostly refers to alcoholic drinks, will also need a declaration when being sent from GB to NI.\n\nThe government has advised retailers of those goods to contact their delivery company.\n\nIt said: \"They will then tell you if they carry the type of goods you want to send and, if they do, they will ask you to provide any additional information that they need so that a declaration can be made.\"", "About 10 UK nationals resident in Spain say they were wrongly turned back when their flight landed in Barcelona.\n\nThey left Heathrow on the Saturday morning British Airways flight, but were refused entry on arrival.\n\nThey were stopped by border police and ultimately flown back to the UK.\n\nSpain has banned all but Spanish nationals and residents flying from the UK to Spain since 22 December in the hope of containing the spread of the new UK strain of Covid-19.\n\nOne passenger on the flight, who did not wish to be named, said that those on board had been told repeatedly that only Spanish nationals or residents would be allowed to enter the country and that their residency certificates, also known as green certificates, were shown to airline staff several times.\n\nHowever, on arrival, British passengers with green residency certificates were prevented from entering Spain.\n\nBA has confirmed that about 10 people were denied entry into Barcelona, as they did not meet the Spanish authorities' required criteria.\n\nOne of those affected, Ruth O'Leary, said: \"I was very confused, obviously. I asked them what other documents I could provide.\n\n\"They seemed to be just flat-out refusing anything I had and just wouldn't let me on the flight. Very upsetting really.\n\n\"Quite an awful feeling not to be able to go back to your own house and to not really be given an explanation why you can't go home.\"\n\nOther British expat passengers have also said that they have been stopped from boarding planes to Spain.\n\nOne passenger on board said that seven British citizens were prevented from boarding a British Airways/Iberia flight from Heathrow to Madrid on Saturday evening, despite having their green residency certificates, as well as negative Covid tests.\n\nThe exact number of flights and passengers affected has not been released by the Foreign Office.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, Iberia said that on 1 January, it received an email from the border police saying that registration as a European citizen was no longer considered to be a valid document to prove legal residency in Spain as a British citizen.\n\nHowever, by 19:30 on 2 January, the airline received a second email, confirming that the document could be used if it had not expired.\n\nA British Airways spokesperson said: \"In these difficult and unprecedented times with dynamic travel restrictions, we are doing everything we can to help and support our customers.\"\n\nThe Spanish Embassy in London tweeted a letter stating it was aware that during the current travel restrictions, there had been some problems for British nationals resident in Spain who had not been allowed to return.\n\nThe embassy clarified that green certificates were valid proof of residency.\n\nThe Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: \"We have worked closely with the Spanish government to resolve these issues.\n\n\"The Spanish Embassy in London has re-confirmed today that both the green residence certificate and the new residence TIE card [Photo-ID card] are equally valid in terms of proving residence in Spain, as set out in the [Brexit] Withdrawal Agreement.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Olly Stephens was pronounced dead in Bugs Bottom fields in Emmer Green, Reading\n\nFour boys and a girl have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Reading.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, on Sunday.\n\nThe five teenagers, all aged 13 or 14, remain in custody, according to Thames Valley Police.\n\nDet Supt Kevin Brown said: \"Our thoughts remain with Olly's family at this incredibly difficult time.\"\n\nHe added: \"This is a tragic and shocking incident which has resulted in the death of a young boy.\"\n\nThe victim's family are being supported by specially trained officers.\n\nFloral tributes to Olly have been left outside Highdown School\n\nHighdown School and Sixth Form Centre said it was \"reeling from the tragic news\".\n\nIn a statement, head teacher Rachel Cave said: \"This student was part of our community and many students and staff knew him well.\n\n\"For a life to be ended at such a young age is a total tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.\"\n\nThe school, in Emmer Green, said it was arranging counselling support for students and setting up an electronic book of condolence.\n\nThames Valley Police said a \"considerable police presence\" would be in place in the area for several days\n\nOfficers were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack.\n\nOfficers are appealing for anyone who was in the area between 15:00 and 16:30 who might have taken photos or camera footage to contact them if they notice anything suspicious.\n\nDet Supt Brown said he believed there would have been witnesses to the \"dreadful incident\" as the area is popular with dog walkers.\n\nA man said his wife was walking their dog through the park on Sunday afternoon when she saw a boy on the ground with several people around him trying to give him first aid.\n\nAnother dog walker said she saw a group of young people standing in the woods in Bugs Bottom fields at about 15:30 and described it as \"slightly unusual\".\n\nReading East MP Matt Rodda has offered his \"deepest condolences\" to the boy's family.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matt Rodda This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSt Barnabas Church in Emmer Green has invited residents to pray and light a candle in memory of the boy.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Margaret Ferrier admitted travelling back from London to Glasgow after testing positive for coronavirus\n\nScottish MP Margaret Ferrier has been arrested by police after she admitted using public transport while infected with Covid-19.\n\nMs Ferrier apologised for what she called a \"blip\" in September.\n\nShe was suspended from the SNP group at Westminster and leaders, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, urged her to quit as an MP over the row.\n\nPolice Scotland said she had been charged in connection with \"alleged culpable and reckless conduct\".\n\nMs Ferrier apologised in September after travelling from London to Glasgow having tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP said she had experienced \"mild symptoms\" and taken a test, but had then decided to travel to Westminster because she was \"feeling much better\".\n\nShe then travelled home again on a train after receiving the positive test result, and said she \"deeply regretted\" her actions.\n\nA Police Scotland spokesman said: \"We can confirm that officers today arrested and charged a 60-year-old woman in connection with alleged culpable and reckless conduct.\n\n\"This follows a thorough investigation by Police Scotland into an alleged breach of coronavirus regulations between 26 and 29 September 2020.\n\n\"A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal and we are unable to comment further.\"\n\nMs Ferrier has been contacted for comment.", "The prime minister has said that tougher measures could be needed to help cope with a surge in coronavirus cases.\n\nHe has not yet said whether we will need school closures, or even overnight curfews like those imposed in France.\n\nBut clues about such measures to tackle the new more infectious variant come from the government's Sage advisory committee.\n\nThe headline is that whether we see a return to only being allowed one form of daily outdoor exercise, or stricter controls on travel around the country, we'll be hearing a lot more about something already very familiar: hand hygiene, social distancing, wearing masks and ensuring there is fresh air.\n\nThese may sound familiar but the advisers believe that because the new variant spreads so easily, the measures need to be applied with \"a step change in rigour\" - in other words, a lot more forcefully.\n\nThey suggest considering a return to the two-metre rule because it's more effective than the one-metre plus guidance adopted last year.\n\nMasks need to be made of three layers, not just one, and worn in more locations than now - including workplaces, schools and crowded outdoor spaces.\n\nThe key message is that it is vital to reduce social contact - being close to people, especially indoors for long periods of time, carries the highest risk of infection.\n\nSo expect tier four-type bans on visiting other households to become normal.\n\nThe advisers also say many people still do not recognise the key symptoms of Covid-19 - so ministers need to spell them out and help people understand why they should self-isolate.\n\nBut they also say it is essential to praise the efforts made so far, to recognise sacrifices and emphasise how they've kept infection numbers lower than they would otherwise have been.\n\nWhatever new measures are picked, the advice to ministers is to offer \"clear and convincing explanations\" to motivate people.\n\nThat could be a hint that the government's current \"hands, face, space\" slogan may need to make way for something stronger.", "The Queen said she wished Woman's Hour \"continued success\" in the programme's \"important work\"\n\nThe Queen has sent her \"best wishes\" to Woman's Hour to mark the BBC Radio 4 show's 75th year.\n\nThe 94-year-old noted that the show had \"played a significant part in the evolving role of women\".\n\n\"As you celebrate your 75th year, it is with great pleasure that I send my best wishes to the listeners and all those associated with Woman's Hour,\" she said in a letter sent to the programme.\n\nEmma Barnett read out the message on her first day as the show's presenter.\n\n\"During this time, you have witnessed and played a significant part in the evolving role of women across society, both here and around the world,\" the Queen added in her message.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Presenter Emma Barnett reads a message from Her Majesty to Woman's Hour listeners.\n\n\"In this notable anniversary year, I wish you continued success in your important work as a friend, guide and advocate to women everywhere.\"\n\nSpice Girl Melanie C also performed a rendition of The Beatles track Here Comes the Sun, after presenter Barnett had declared that 2021 \"has to be better\" than the previous year.\n\nLater, guest Imelda Staunton, who will play Her Majesty in the upcoming series five of Netflix's royal drama, The Crown, described her as being like \"the original Spice Girl\".\n\n\"The Queen, you think, might be an original Spice Girl because girl power is what she is,\" said the actress, who is due to take over the role from Olivia Colman. \"She became the head of state and all that sort of thing.\n\n\"It's the continuity of The Queen that has been so important... Whether you're a royalist or not, this person has got up and gone to work every day for 60 years, and I sort of admire that.\"\n\nLast month, the Queen used her Christmas Day message to reassure anyone struggling without friends and family this year that they \"are not alone\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe message helped to mark a memorable opening day in the hot seat for Barnett, which also saw her discuss Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian under house arrest in Tehran, with her husband Richard and the MP and former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt.\n\nBarnett - known for hosting Newsnight and shows on 5 Live - has replaced Jane Garvey, who presented her final edition of Woman's Hour after 13 years last week, saying the programme \"needs to move on, and now it can\".\n\nGarvey's exit came three months after her co-host Dame Jenni Murray also left the long-running show after 33 years.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Emma Barnett This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBarnett's 5 Live show has been taken over by BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty, who also broadcast her first show on Monday.\n\nMunchetty told listeners she was \"absolutely delighted to be here with you on the first Monday of 2021\".\n\n\"I am so excited to be on board with you on this, the morning show we are making together,\" she added. \"We are going to get to know each other, I promise. There is so much to talk about.\"\n\nEmma Barnett interviewed former prime minister Theresa May on her 5 Live show\n\nWoman's Hour is a topical, conversation-led programme; Barnett has a strong news pedigree. Her previous 5 Live show involved thorough interrogation of politicians, and she has made no secret of her love of politics, not least in her outings on Newsnight.\n\nIt doesn't get any bigger than the Queen, obviously. Interestingly, the other big 'get' for her first show is Sonia Khan, former special adviser to the Chancellor.\n\nSo Barnett's first show indicates very clearly that she will make Woman's Hour newsier and more political.\n\nIt's also a safe bet that short, visual clips of the kind that allowed Barnett's 5 Live show to dramatically increase its impact will also be a big feature of her time in the job.\n\nOne early challenge: getting an even bigger name for next Monday. Any thoughts?\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The lockdown announcement contained the clearest indication yet of how quickly the government hopes to vaccinate the at risk groups.\n\nA target of mid February for vaccinating all the over 70s and those deemed extremely clinically vulnerable and frontline health and care staff opens up a pathway to a significant easing of restrictions by the start of March.\n\nBut it will require a rapid acceleration in vaccination rates.\n\nSo far nearly one million people have been vaccinated.\n\nBy the end of the week that number is expected to double.\n\nThe hope is that later in January two million doses a week will be given.\n\nThat will be the minimum needed – there are around 12 million in those priority groups.\n\nBy vaccinating them, there is the potential to prevent close to nine in 10 deaths.\n\nBut achieving that requires a lot to go right.\n\nThere is enough vaccine in the country to vaccinate that many people, but not all of it has been through the final “fill and finish” process which involves packaging it in glass vials (and there is a shortage of those) and then the batches have to be checked and signed off by the regulator – a process that is taking weeks at the moment.\n\nAnd all of that is before it is sent out to the NHS vaccination centres to inject it into people’s arms.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Linda Bauld says Scots should be prepared a longer period living with level four restrictions\n\nScotland should be prepared for Covid restrictions to be extended as infection rates continue to rise, a public health expert has said.\n\nThe latest government figures show a further 2,137 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Scotland on Friday.\n\nProf Linda Bauld described it as a \"fragile situation\", despite the rate dropping below Thursday's 2,539 cases.\n\nThe latest figures for hospital admissions and deaths will not be published until Tuesday.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned on Friday that the next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid as the new variant of the virus was \"accelerating spread\" across Scotland.\n\nDaily confirmed cases reached record highs on the last three days of 2020, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nThe percentage of positive cases also reached 14.4% on Wednesday - the highest it has been since the second wave of the pandemic began in the summer.\n\nIt had dropped to 10.8% on Friday. A percentage of lower than 5% is needed to show the virus is under control, according to the WHO.\n\nProf Bauld, a public health expert at the University of Edinburgh, said there were no signs yet that the infection rate was levelling off, having risen suddenly from a daily rate of fewer than 1,000 to more than 2,000 per day in recent days.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"It definitely is a fragile situation and you can see that we have more cases than we would expect at the current time.\n\n\"We may be starting to see some of the impacts of the Christmas mixing, but also we know around four in 10 cases, from recent data, are of the new variant.\n\n\"I would imagine that the new variant is playing a role in these higher rates of infection and if these numbers continue to sit at where they are we are going to have more people in hospital in a week or two's time, and that is very worrying.\"\n\nAll of mainland Scotland is under level four restrictions in an attempt to slow down the rate of virus spread\n\nThis would bring \"real challenges\" for hospitals, especially in the central belt, Prof Bauld said, adding that it was \"absolutely imperative that we do not see these number rise more than they are now\".\n\nShe said it would take some time to see the impact of level four restrictions introduced in mainland Scotland on Boxing Day.\n\n\"Mentally we just need to be prepared for the fact that we may be living with the level four restrictions for longer than the Scottish government currently plans,\" Prof Bauld said.\n\nShe said the new, more transmissible coronavirus variant would make it harder to get the R number below one in Scotland and schools may not be able to fully reopen on 18 January.\n\nThe government's education recovery group was preparing with schools for blended learning to go on longer if necessary, she added.\n\nAll of mainland Scotland is under level four restrictions in an attempt to slow down the rate of virus spread.\n\nA new study by London's Imperial College has found that the new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version.\n\nIt concludes that the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe Scottish government's most recent estimate of the R number in Scotland has put it between 0.9 and 1.1. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nThe government has described the vaccination programme as a \"light at the end of the tunnel\" and has urged people to stay at home as much as possible in the meantime.", "Security has been stepped up in Niger's Tillabéri region, where the two villages are situated\n\nNiger's prime minister says 100 people are now known to have been killed in Saturday's attacks by suspected jihadists on two villages.\n\nBrigi Rafini said 70 people were killed in the village of Tchombangou and 30 others in Zaroumdareye - both near Niger's border with Mali.\n\nIt was one of the deadliest days in living memory, as Niger grapples with ethnic violence and Islamist militancy.\n\nNo group has said it carried out the attacks.\n\nAccording to local mayor Almou Hassane, those responsible travelled on \"about 100 motorcycles,\" AFP news agency reports.\n\nThey split into two groups and carried out the attacks simultaneously.\n\nFormer minister Issoufou Issaka told AFP that jihadists launched the assaults after villagers killed two of their group members, though this hasn't been officially confirmed.\n\nMayor Hassane said 75 other villagers were left wounded in the aftermath, and some have been evacuated for treatment in Ouallam and the capital, Niamey.\n\nPrime Minister Rafini visited both of the villages on Sunday.\n\n\"This situation is simply horrible... but investigations will be conducted so that this crime does not go unpunished,\" he told reporters.\n\nNiger's Tillabéri region lies within the so-called tri-border area between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, which has been plagued by jihadist attacks for many years.\n\nNiger's Prime Minister Brigi Rafini visited the two villages on Sunday\n\nLast month, seven Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush in the region.\n\nAreas of Niger are also facing repeated attacks by jihadists from neighbouring Nigeria, where the government is fighting an insurgency by Boko Haram.\n\nAs part of efforts to quell the violence, France has been leading a coalition of West African and European allies against Islamist militants in the Sahel.\n\nCoalition forces have become targets, and last week five French soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Mali.\n\nThe latest attacks in Tillabéri also come amid national elections in Niger, as President Mahamadou Issoufou steps down after two five-year terms.\n\nElection officials announced provisional results on Saturday, showing a lead for Mohamed Bazoum - a former minister and a member of Niger's ruling party.\n\nA second round of votes is expected to be held on 21 February, once ballots have been validated by the country's constitutional court.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRegional restrictions in England are \"probably about to get tougher\" to curb rising Covid infections, the prime minister has warned.\n\nBoris Johnson told the BBC stronger measures may be required in parts of the country in the coming weeks.\n\nHe said this included the possibility of keeping schools closed, although this is not \"something we want to do\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for new England-wide restrictions within 24 hours.\n\nSir Keir said coronavirus was \"clearly out of control\" and it was \"inevitable more schools are going to have to close\".\n\nIt comes as the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the sixth day in a row, with 54,990 announced on Sunday.\n\nAn additional 454 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result have also been reported, meaning the total by this measure is now above 75,000.\n\nSpeaking on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Johnson said he stuck by his previous prediction that the situation would be better by the spring, and he hoped \"tens of millions\" would be vaccinated in the next three months.\n\nBut he added: \"It may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that will be tougher in many parts of the country. I'm fully, fully reconciled to that.\"\n\n\"And I bet the people of this country are reconciled to that because, until the vaccine really comes on stream in a massive way, we're fighting this virus with the same set of tools.\"\n\nThe PM added that ministers had taken \"every reasonable step that we reasonably could\" to prepare for winter, but \"could not have reasonably predicted\" the new, more transmissible variant of the virus that has emerged over the autumn.\n\nSpeaking after Mr Johnson's interview, Sir Keir said introducing new nationwide restrictions in England \"has to be the first step to controlling the virus\".\n\n\"There's no good the prime minister hinting that further restrictions are coming into place in a week or two or three,\" he told reporters on Sunday. \"That delay has been the source of so many problems.\"\n\n\"Let's not have the prime minister saying 'I'm going to do it, but not yet',\" he added.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson defended plans for primary schools to reopen in most of England on Monday, amid opposition from teaching unions and some local councils.\n\nIt came after Amanda Spielman, the head of Ofsted, England's schools watchdog, said closures should be kept to an \"absolute minimum\".\n\nThe rapidly rising infection rates mean it should come as no surprise that tougher measures are being considered.\n\nInfection levels are nearly four times higher now than they were at the start of December - and that in turn has put more pressure on hospitals.\n\nThere are signs the restrictions have started slowing the rises in London, the East of England and the South East.\n\nBut that on its own is not enough. Ministers want to get cases down.\n\nSo what extra can be done? After all most of England is effectively in lockdown already with tier four in place. Those places not in tier four could, of course, follow.\n\nBut some public health experts are warning more needs to be done.\n\nThere is a determination to get primary school children back - they have among the lowest rates of infection if you look at symptomatic cases.\n\nBut infection rates are higher among secondary school age children. The government has bought itself time by delaying their return.\n\nA further 20 million people in England were added to tier four - \"stay at home\" - the toughest set of rules, on 31 December in a bid to stem a surge in Covid cases.\n\nIt means 78% of the population of England is now in tier four, under which non-essential shops are closed and people can only leave their homes for a certain number of reasons.\n\nThe Scottish government will meet on Monday to consider \"further action\" to limit the spread of the disease, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.\n\nAll of mainland Scotland is currently under its own level four restrictions - with only some islands under less stringent tier three measures.\n\nWales entered a nationwide lockdown on 20 December, with First Minister Mark Drakeford saying on Sunday it was \"difficult to see\" how the rules could be strengthened further.\n\nHe said Welsh ministers would consider whether restrictions could be \"tweaked at the margins\" at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the second week of a six-week lockdown that began on Boxing Day. Stricter measures, including a \"stay-at-home curfew\", ended on Saturday.\n\nIn another development, an academic has said there is a \"big question mark\" over whether a vaccine developed at Oxford University will be as effective against a new variant of the virus that has emerged in South Africa.\n\nProf Sir John Bell, Regius professor of medicine at the university, said the team there were currently investigating this question \"right now\".\n\nHe added it was \"unlikely\" the variant would \"turn off the effect of vaccines entirely,\" and in any case it would be possible to tweak the vaccine in around 4-6 weeks.\n\n\"Everybody should stay calm - it's going to be fine,\" he told Times Radio.\n\n\"But we're now in a game of cat and mouse - because these are not the only two variants we're going to see.\"", "Former Bond actress and Charlie's Angel Tanya Roberts has died in hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 65.\n\nRoberts appeared with Sir Roger Moore in his final Bond film, 1985's A View To A Kill, and had a recurring role in That '70s Show.\n\nShe also starred in the final series of Charlie's Angels on TV in 1980.\n\nHer death was prematurely announced on Monday, only for doctors to say she was still alive. However, her death was then confirmed on Tuesday.\n\nRoberts had collapsed while walking her dogs on 24 December and was admitted to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre.\n\nHer partner Lance O'Brien mistakenly thought she had died on Sunday after visiting her in hospital. After getting a call from doctors to say she was deteriorating quickly, he went to her bedside, her eyes closed and she \"faded\", TMZ reported.\n\nDevastated, he walked out of the room and then the hospital without speaking to medical staff before informing Roberts' agent that he had \"just said goodbye to Tanya\".\n\nBut while being interviewed for US TV show Inside Edition on Monday, Mr O'Brien got a call from the hospital to say she was alive.\n\nThe moment was captured on film, as he picked up his phone and said: \"Now you're telling me she's alive? Thank the Lord.\" However, she died on Monday night.\n\nShe appeared in A View To A Kill alongside Sir Roger Moore and singer Grace Jones\n\nBorn Victoria Leigh Blum in 1955, Roberts grew up in New York before moving to Hollywood in 1977.\n\nHer big break came when she replaced Shelly Hack in Charlie's Angels, joining Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd as third 'Angel' Julie.\n\nAfter the show's cancellation, she appeared in such fantasy adventure films as The Beastmaster and Hearts and Armour.\n\nShe also played comic book heroine Sheena in a 1984 film that saw her nominated for a Golden Raspberry award for worst actress.\n\nRoberts received another Razzie nomination for her role as geologist Stacey Sutton in 1985 Bond film A View to a Kill.\n\nRoberts in the title role in Sheena: Queen of the Jungle\n\nShe admitted being \"a little cautious\" about taking the role, but said it would have been \"ridiculous\" to have turned it down.\n\nRoberts' subsequent films included Night Eyes and Inner Sanctum, erotic thrillers that did little to advance her career.\n\nShe went on to play Midge Pinciotti in more than 80 episodes of That '70s Show between 1998 and 2004.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Derby County said several staff members and first-team players tested positive for the virus\n\nChampionship side Derby County has said \"several first-team staff and players\" have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nIn a statement, the club said it had closed its Moor Farm training ground and was speaking to the EFL and the Football Association about forthcoming fixtures.\n\nThe club said it would not reveal the names of those who had tested positive, due to medical confidentiality.\n\nIt added they would be isolating in line with government guidelines.\n\nThe outbreak at Derby comes after Sheffield Wednesday closed their Middlewood Road training ground following a Covid-19 outbreak at the club.\n\nThe Rams were beaten 1-0 by Wednesday in their most recent match on New Year's Day at Hillsborough.\n\nDerby, who are third from bottom in the Championship, are due to travel to Chorley on Saturday for a third round FA Cup tie.\n\nFormer England striker Wayne Rooney took over as interim manager at Derby after the club sacked former head coach Phillip Cocu in November\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland all-rounder Moeen Ali has tested positive for Covid-19 upon the squad's arrival in Sri Lanka.\n\nThe 33-year-old, who tested negative before departure, will now isolate for 10 days in accordance with the Sri Lanka government's quarantine protocol.\n\nFellow all-rounder Chris Woakes has been deemed as a possible close contact, and will observe a period of self-isolation and further testing.\n\nEngland's two-Test tour of Sri Lanka starts in Galle on 14 January.\n\nEngland had lateral flow tests and a PCR test at Hambantota airport upon arrival, with Moeen's PCR test returning the positive.\n\nThe rest of the touring parting will be retested on Tuesday morning, before being allowed to train for the first time on Wednesday.\n\nMoeen is the first England player to test positive for the virus, with a full summer of games against West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Ireland being completed without any cases.\n\nEngland's last overseas tour, in South Africa, was cut short in December after positive cases in the Cape Town hotel where England were staying. England returned two positive tests - that were later verified as false positives.\n\nLast week England captain Joe Root said he did not expect the tour to be postponed if there were one or two isolated cases of the virus.\n\nSince England's tour of South Africa was called off, Pakistan's tour of New Zealand and Sri Lanka's of South Africa have both continued despite positive cases.\n\nEngland flew on a chartered flight from London to Hambantota on Saturday evening.\n\nAll of the players, and touring party, tested negative before their departure and were sprayed with disinfectant upon their arrival in Sri Lanka.\n\nThe series was scheduled to take place last year but England flew home after the tour was called off on 13 March as the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic took hold.\n\nSri Lanka has seen 44,774 coronavirus infections and 213 deaths during the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nGiven the circumstances of their abandoned trip to South Africa, this is clearly alarming for England, however it's important to make the distinction between the two tours. In South Africa, they felt their bubble was breached, whereas this is an issue internal to the tourists.\n\nMoeen will be moved to Galle, the location of the two Tests, for his period of isolation, but given that is not due to end until the day before the first match, he must be considered a huge doubt.\n\nEngland have planned for this sort of issue, travelling with seven reserves in addition to the squad of 16. Three of those reserves - Mason Crane, Amar Virdi and Matt Parkinson - are spinners, but have only Crane's one Test cap between them.\n\nAt the moment, England have not discussed promoting a player to the main squad but should they feel the need to supplement frontline spinners Dom Bess and Jack Leach in their Test XI, then an inexperienced name is set for a big opportunity.", "Zara Holland appeared on the second series of Love Island\n\nLove Island star Zara Holland is to be prosecuted for allegedly breaking Covid rules on holiday in Barbados.\n\nIsland police say the former Miss Great Britain is expected to appear in court on Wednesday, accused of \"breaching quarantine\".\n\nStation Sergeant Michael Blackman told Newsbeat she was \"intercepted\" at the airport and later presented herself at a police station.\n\nIt's not clear whether she will appear in court in person or by video link.\n\nAn apology from the 25-year-old for what she described as \"a massive mix-up and misunderstanding\" was published by the Barbados Today website.\n\nShe told the publication: \"I have been a guest of this lovely island in excess of 20 years and would never do anything to jeopardise an entire nation that I have nothing but love and respect for and which has treated me as a family.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEveryone in England must stay at home except for permitted reasons during a new coronavirus lockdown expected to last until mid-February, the PM says.\n\nAll schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning from Tuesday.\n\nBoris Johnson warned the coming weeks would be the \"hardest yet\" amid surging cases and patient numbers.\n\nHe said those in the top four priority groups would be offered a first vaccine dose by the middle of next month.\n\nAll care home residents and their carers, everyone aged 70 and over, all frontline health and social care workers, and the clinically extremely vulnerable will be offered one dose of a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nSchools in Northern Ireland will have an \"extended period of remote learning\", the Stormont Executive said.\n\nSpeaking from Downing Street, Mr Johnson told the public to follow the new lockdown rules immediately, before they become law in the early hours of Wednesday.\n\nAll the new measures in England will then last until at least the middle of February, he said, as a new more infectious variant of the virus spreads across the UK.\n\nThe PM added that he believed the country was entering \"the last phase of the struggle\".\n\nHospitals were under \"more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic\", he said.\n\nAnd he reiterated the slogan used earlier in the pandemic, urging people to immediately \"stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives\".\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.\n\nA further 58,784 cases and an additional 407 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result were reported, though deaths in Scotland were not recorded.\n\nAs of 08:00 GMT, there were 26,626 Covid-19 patients in hospital in England, according to the latest figures.\n\nThis is a week-on-week increase of 30%, and a new record high.\n\nThose who are clinically extremely vulnerable will be contacted by letter and should now shield once more, Mr Johnson said.\n\nSupport and childcare bubbles will continue under the new measures - and people can meet one person from another household for outdoor exercise.\n\nCommunal worship and life events like funerals and weddings can continue, subject to limits on attendance.\n\nWhile Mr Johnson said end-of-year exams would not take place as normal in the summer, he said alternative arrangements would be announced separately.\n\nThe government has published a 22-page document outlining the new rules in detail.\n\nThe House of Commons has been recalled to allow MPs to vote on the new restrictions on Wednesday.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his MPs would \"support the package of measures\", saying \"we've all got to pull together now to make this work\".\n\nOnce again it is the threat to the NHS that has forced the hand of ministers.\n\nIn England there has been a 50% rise in the number of patients in hospital with Covid since Christmas day.\n\nTo put that into context, it equates to 18 hospitals being filled.\n\nCurrently around three out of 10 beds are occupied by patients with the disease.\n\nIn some hospitals it is more than six in 10.\n\nBut what is worrying ministers and NHS leaders is that the number is just going to increase.\n\nIn the spring it took nearly three weeks after lockdown for hospital cases to peak.\n\nThe last six days have seen in excess of 50,000 new infections confirmed each day across the UK - a number of these infections are next week's hospital admissions.\n\nIt is why the UK's chief medical officers were warning there was a \"material risk\" of some hospitals being overwhelmed if something did not change.\n\nMr Johnson spoke after UK chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nLevel five means the NHS may soon be unable to handle a further sustained rise in cases, the medical officers said in a joint statement.\n\nNHS Providers, which represents health service trusts, said hospitals were at a \"critical point\" and that \"immediate and decisive action\" was needed.\n\nAnnouncing tougher measures in Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: \"It is no exaggeration to say that I am more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year.\"\n\nFor pupils who returned for their first day of the new term at primary school on Monday, it's turned out to be an extremely short-lived visit.\n\nBoris Johnson's announcement will see primary, secondary and further education colleges closed for at least the next six weeks, except for vulnerable and key workers' children.\n\nIt's a much bigger shift in policy than had been anticipated, even a few days ago.\n\nEven the return date will depend on the progress in tackling the virus.\n\n\"I hope we can steadily move out of lockdown, reopening schools after the February half term,\" said the prime minister.\n\nKeeping schools open was the government's most definite of red lines, a few weeks ago they were threatening councils that wanted to close them - but it's now been overtaken by the spiking lines on the Covid infection charts.\n\nEven after the chaos of last year's replacement grades, GCSEs and A-levels are being cancelled again - with a replacement system still to be decided. Vocational exams are to continue.\n\nFor parents dreading home schooling, there are plans for it to be better supported this time - with more computer devices available and suggestions that Ofsted inspectors will check what schools are offering.\n\nBut there's no escaping that this will feel like another sudden and chaotic change of direction for schools and parents.\n\nMr Johnson's pledge on vaccinations comes after an 82-year-old retired maintenance manager became the first person in the UK to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab\n\nSome 13.9 million people are among the four priority groups who will receive a vaccine dose by about 15 February, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains the order in which the Covid vaccine will be given\n\nHow will you be affected by the latest developments? What questions do you have? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill met throughout Monday\n\nThere will be an extended period of remote learning for schools in Northern Ireland, the executive has said.\n\nMinisters met on Monday night as other parts of the UK tightened their coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe Stormont executive also plans to give its stay at home guidance legal force, with new restrictions on travel.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said details would be formalised on Tuesday.\n\nThe health and education ministers will bring separate papers on the issues to the executive at the meeting, she added.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Education Minister Peter Weir had previously announced a staggered return to school for pupils during the month of January.\n\nThe first transfer test, used by many grammar schools to select pupils, is due to take place on Saturday but there have been calls from some teaching unions and political parties for the test to be cancelled this year, in light of the uncertainty with the pandemic.\n\nIn England, all schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning until the middle of February, and end-of-year exams will not take place this summer as normal.\n\nRecommendations on exams in Northern Ireland are also expected to be brought forward by the executive on Tuesday.\n\nIt is understood ministers will update the assembly on Wednesday about their decisions.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said the new restrictions were unfortunate, but necessary.\n\nShe said she believed the stay-at-home message will be in place \"for the rest of January, probably into February\".\n\n\"We will of course review it, as we're legally bound to do every couple of weeks.\"\n\nShe added that ministers would \"much prefer\" for face-to-face education to continue, but said they had to \"take into account the very serious situation that we find ourselves in tonight.\"\n\nBoth organisations which organise transfer tests will be making announcements on Tuesday, she said.\n\n\"We'll wait to hear what they have to say. They do of course have to abide by public health advice, but they are private organisations and they will make their own announcements.\"\n\nThe Irish government is considering a proposal to close schools for the rest of January.\n\nOn Monday, the Department of Health reported that a further 1,801 people had tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours.\n\nThere have also been 12 more Covid-19 related deaths.\n\nThese latest figures from the Department of Health bring the total number of deaths to 1,366, while 79,873 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic started.\n\nMore than 12,000 cases have been reported in the past seven days, more than double the week before.\n\nThe seven-day rate per 100,000 people is now 660 positive cases, compared to 200 per 100,000 two weeks ago.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland on Monday, an additional 6,110 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were announced, with six further deaths linked to the virus.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has already announced a fresh lockdown there from midnight, with schools closed until February.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme, Dr Michael McBride said Scotland's measures were \"prudent and sensible\".\n\nMeanwhile, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout has begun in Northern Ireland.\n\nUp to 11,000 people aged over 80 across Northern Ireland are set to receive the this week, with some of the first doses delivered at a GP surgery on the Falls Road in West Belfast on Monday afternoon.\n\nUp to 11,000 people aged over 80 across Northern Ireland are set to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca\n\nThe SDLP has called for the assembly to be recalled on Tuesday to discuss the rolling out of the vaccine.\n\nIt can be recalled if at least 30 MLAs sign a petition.\n\nOn Monday, Justice Minister Naomi Long welcomed the opening of Northern Ireland's first Nightingale venue, which will be used for courts and tribunals business.\n\nThe facility was approved by a meeting of the executive on 17 December, and will sit in the International Convention Centre in Belfast (ICC).\n\nActivity at the centre will be phased in, in line with Covid-19 regulations.\n\nIn other coronavirus-related developments on Monday:", "Gerry Marsden was awarded an MBE in 2003 for services to Liverpudlian Charities.\n\nGerry and the Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden, whose version of You'll Never Walk Alone became a football terrace anthem for his hometown club of Liverpool, has died at the age of 78.\n\nHis family said he died on Sunday after a short illness not linked to Covid-19.\n\nMarsden's band was one of the biggest success stories of the Merseybeat era, and in 1963 became the first to have their first three songs top the chart.\n\nThe band's other best known hit, Ferry Cross The Mersey, came in 1964.\n\nIt was written by Marsden himself as a tribute to his city, and reached number eight.\n\nMarsden was made an MBE in 2003 for services to charity after supporting victims of the Hillsborough disaster.\n\nAt the time, he said he was \"over the moon\" to have received the honour, following his support for numerous charities across Merseyside and beyond.\n\nGerry Marsden in 2009 on the Mersey ferry, which he made famous with his song Ferry Cross The Mersey, as he received the Freedom of the City in Liverpool\n\nMarsden's daughter, Yvette Marbeck, said he went into hospital on Boxing Day after tests showed he had a serious blood infection that had travelled to his heart.\n\nMs Marbeck told the PA news agency: \"It was a very short illness and too quick to comprehend really.\"\n\nHe died in hospital, Ms Marbeck said, adding: \"He was our dad, our hero, warm, funny and what you see is what you got.\"\n\nLiverpool FC posted on social media that Marsden's words would \"live on forever with us\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGerry and the Pacemakers worked the same Liverpool club circuit as The Beatles in the 1960s and were signed by the Fab Four's manager Brian Epstein.\n\nEpstein gave Marsden's group the song How Do You Do It, which had been turned down by The Beatles and Adam Faith, for their debut single.\n\nSir Paul McCartney described Gerry and the Pacemakers as The Beatles's \"biggest rivals\" on the Merseyside scene.\n\n\"I'll always remember you with a smile,\" Sir Paul said in his tribute to Marsden.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Paul McCartney This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd the other surviving Beatle, Sir Ringo Starr, sent \"peace and love\" to Marsden's family in a tribute on Twitter.\n\nWhile Marsden was a songwriter as well as a singer, his most enduring hit was actually a cover of a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical number from 1945, which he had to convince his bandmates to record as their third single.\n\nIn many interviews over the years, he explained how fate played a part in his band ever recording the song. He was watching a Laurel and Hardy movie at Liverpool's Odeon cinema in the early 1960s and, only because it was raining, he decided to stay for the second part of a double feature.\n\nThat turned out to be the film Carousel - which featured that song on its soundtrack - and Marsden was so moved by the lyrics that he became determined that it should become part of his band's repertoire.\n\nIn a 2013 interview, Marsden told the Liverpool FC website how You'll Never Walk Alone was adopted by the club's fans as soon as it topped the chart in 1963: \"I remember being at Anfield and before every kick off they used to play the top 10 from number 10 to number one, and so You'll Never Walk Alone was played before the match. I was at the game and the fans started singing it.\n\n\"When it went out of the top 10 they took the song off the playlist and then for the next match the Kop were shouting 'Where's our song?' So they had to put it back on.\n\n\"Now, every time I go to the game I still get goose pimples when the song comes on and I sing my head off.\"\n\nSir Kenny Dalglish, who managed Liverpool at the time of the Hillsborough tragedy, tweeted that he was \"saddened\" by the news of Marsden's death, and that You'll Never Walk Alone was an \"integral part of Liverpool Football Club, and never more so than now\".\n\nLiverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram posted a tribute on Twitter, saying he was \"devastated\" by the news.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Steve Rotheram This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGerry was an entertainer. He loved being an entertainer; he loved people seeing him in the street and asking him for his autograph and the like.\n\nHe had a very distinctive voice, and that is terribly important. You knew instantly it was him on those records. He was best on those ballads.\n\nI think he really did them very well indeed. You'll Never Walk Alone was a big show song that had been around for years and years, and lots of people had done it.\n\nJust before Gerry brought his version out, Johnny Mathis brought his out. If that version had been played on the Kop, I don't think the Kop would have taken to it because you couldn't sing along with Johnny Mathis - he had too big a range and too perfect a voice.\n\nBut Gerry sounded like everyman and it was absolutely perfect for the Kop. I think it's the greatest football anthem of the lot.\n\nAs well as being a Liverpool anthem, You'll Never Walk Alone has also been adopted by fans at both Celtic in Scotland and Borussia Dortmund in Germany.\n\nMarsden's career began at legendary live music venue, The Cavern Club, where The Pacemakers played nearly 200 times.\n\nThe club said on Twitter that Marsden was \"not only a legend, but also a very good friend of The Cavern\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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End of twitter post 4 by The Cavern Club\n\nGerry and The Pacemakers achieved nine hit singles and two hit albums between 1963 and 1965, before splitting up.\n\nMarsden pursued a solo career before the band reformed in 1974 for a world tour.\n\nIn 1985, Marsden was back in the pop spotlight when he was invited to be one of the vocalists of a charity version of You'll Never Walk Alone, which was released to raise funds for victims of a fire at a Bradford City match.\n\nIn doing so, Marsden set another chart record by becoming the first person to sing on two different chart-topping versions of the same song.\n\nSo when, after the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989, the other Pacemakers classic of Ferry Cross The Mersey was chosen to raise funds for its victims and a group of famous Liverpudlian singers was gathered, Marsden was again included and was back at number one once more for a cause he held dear for the rest of his life.\n\nMarsden was awarded the Freedom of Liverpool in April 2009, an occasion he marked by boarding a ferry across the Mersey and getting out his guitar to sing his famous hit which described the scene.", "US casino giant MGM Resorts has made an $11bn (£8.1bn) offer for British gaming company Entain, which owns Ladbrokes.\n\nThe move is the latest attempt by a casino operator to move into the online gambling business.\n\nIn addition to its chain of High Street betting shops, UK-based Entain also owns a number of online sports betting and gambling sites.\n\nEntain confirmed the offer, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, but said the price was too low.\n\nIt had recently rebuffed an earlier $10bn (£7.3bn) all-cash approach from MGM, the newspaper said.\n\nIn a statement, Entain said the latest bid approach \"significantly undervalues the company and its prospects\".\n\nMGM Resorts, which runs the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas, now has until the beginning of next month to decide whether to make a formal bid or to walk away.\n\nFTSE 100-listed Entain. which renamed itself from GVC Holdings last month, describes itself as \"one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming groups operating in the online and retail sector\".\n\nAlong with Ladbrokes, it also owns brands such as Bwin, Partypoker, Coral, Eurobet, Gala and Foxy Bingo.\n\nAfter news of the latest offer for the firm, investors started betting on Entain, pushing its share price up by more than 25% to £14.30 a share - above MGM's offer of roughly £13.83 a share - a sign that market watchers are expecting a higher bid.\n\nIf the two firms do reach an agreement, it would follow another deal in September when MGM rival Caesars Entertainment agreed to buy UK-based William Hill for $3.7bn (£2.9bn).\n\n\"Following Caesar's offer for William Hill last year, a bid by MGM for Ladbroke's owner Entain isn't exactly a surprise,\" said Nicholas Hyett an analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"The two are working together to take advantage of the recent legalisation of sports betting in the US, a market worth many billions of dollars a year.\"\n\nPredictions about the stockmarket have a habit of making the person trying to guess the future look foolish. No such problem for Laura Foll, a fund manager at the investment firm Janus Henderson. On the Today programme on Monday, she forecast more takeover offers for household names in Britain, noting that the UK markets remained unloved by investors and so - perhaps - undervalued.\n\nAn hour after the prediction a big offer duly landed, with Entain, the London-listed company that owns Ladbrokes and other gambling brands, saying it had received a takeover proposal from MGM Resorts, an American rival.\n\nThe US company is offering to pay shareholders in Entain not in cash, but in new MGM shares - an obvious move given the sky-high rating of US shares compared to those listed in London.\n\nIt looks a carbon copy of last year's deal where Caesars, best known for its Las Vegas properties, bought another venerable name in British bookmaking, William Hill. Get ready for more acquisitive foreign companies looking for deals in bargain basement London.\n\nThe new bid for Entain comes with financial backing from MGM's largest shareholder, InterActiveCorp (IAC), which took a 12% stake in MGM Resorts last August.\n\nAt the time, IAC's chief executive Barry Diller said it planned to work with MGM to expand its online gambling portfolio.\n\nThe attempted acquisition comes as the casino industry faces headwinds from the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe economy of Asian casino hub Macau shrank 49% in the first quarter of this year, while unemployment in Las Vegas reached 30% earlier in the year and remains well above the US average.\n\nMGM Resorts, which is the operator of the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas, laid off 18,000 furloughed employees in the US in August.\n\nMany online gambling companies, by contrast, saw a boost during Covid-19 restrictions, prompting many casino owners to pivot their businesses towards online.", "Experts have raised concerns over India's emergency approval of a locally-produced coronavirus vaccine before the completion of trials.\n\nOn Sunday, Delhi approved the vaccine - known as Covaxin - as well as the global AstraZeneca Oxford jab, which is also being manufactured in India.\n\nThe head of Bharat Biotech, which makes Covaxin, defended the approval process, but health experts warn it was rushed.\n\nHealth watchdog All India Drug Action Network said it was \"shocked\".\n\nIt said that there were \"intense concerns arising from the absence of the efficacy data\" as well a lack of transparency that would \"raise more questions than answers and likely will not reinforce faith in our scientific decision making bodies\".\n\nThe statement came after India's Drugs Controller General, VG Somani, insisted Covaxin was \"safe and provides a robust immune response\".\n\nHe added the vaccines had been approved for restricted use in \"public interest as an abundant precaution, in clinical trial mode, to have more options for vaccinations, especially in case of infection by mutant strains\".\n\n\"The vaccines are 100% safe,\" he said, adding that side effects such as \"mild fever, pain and allergy are common for every vaccine\".\n\nThe All India Drug Action Network, however, said it was \"baffled to understand the scientific logic\" to approve \"an incompletely studied vaccine\".\n\nOne of India's most eminent medical experts, Dr Gagandeep Kang, told the Times of India newspaper that she had \"not seen anything like this before\". She added that \"there is absolutely no efficacy data that has been presented or published\".\n\nEven social media users were quick to point out that approving the vaccine before trials were complete was a matter of concern irrespective of how safe or effective the vaccine eventually turned out to be.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Joy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut Krishna Ella, chairman of Bharat Biotech, met reporters on Monday and said the approval of Covaxin had not been rushed. He cited previous examples where emergency authorisation approvals had been given based only on immunogenicity data.\n\n\"Under Indian laws we can get emergency approval for the vaccine based on fulfilling five parameters after Phase 2 trails. That is what has happened with our vaccine. So it is not a premature approval,\" he said.\n\n\"We will complete the Phase 3 trials soon and provide the efficacy data for the vaccine by February.\"\n\nThe company currently has 20 million doses available and plans to produce about 700 million doses this year, Dr Ella said.\n\n\"We have four facilities coming up and we are planning [to make] around 200 million doses in Hyderabad, 500 million doses in other cities.\"\n\nMany scientists and opposition politicians have raised questions over what they say is the hasty authorisation of Covaxin.\n\nBharat Biotech has developed the vaccine with the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research - and the effort has been touted as an example of India's might in vaccine development and production.\n\nRegulators say the vaccine is safe and effective. The firm says phase 1 and phase 2 trials have shown good results.\n\nBut scientists say that the government's decision not to release data on the vaccine's efficacy for peer review has raised concerns.\n\nMr Modi has welcomed the approval, saying Covaxin is a shining example of his ambitious Atmnirbhar (self-reliance) India campaign.\n\nBut experts worry that questions over the approval process don't bode well for the campaign. And there could be deeper issues. Many believe that the government needs to be more transparent about the authorisation process because the success of the Covid-19 vaccine programme depends on public trust.\n\nThe emergency authorisation also sparked a fierce debate on Indian Twitter on Sunday night between ministers and opposition leaders.\n\nIndia's health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan called out opposition leaders for failing to \"applaud\" the country's \"prowess\" in locally producing a vaccine. India makes about 60% of vaccines globally.\n\nMembers of the main opposition Congress party, Shashi Tharoor and Jairam Ramesh, and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state, Akhilesh Yadav, were among those who raised concerns about the manner in which Covaxin was approved.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Shashi Tharoor This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Dr Harsh Vardhan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe approval comes as India gears up to vaccinate its population of more than 1.3 billon people. Amid fears that richer countries are buying up much of the vaccine supply, India too appears to be stockpiling vaccines.\n\nIn an interview with the Associated Press, Adar Poonawalla, whose Serum Institute of India (SII) is manufacturing the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine, said the jab was given emergency authorisation on the condition that it would not be exported outside India.\n\nMr Poonawalla said his company, the world's largest vaccine maker, was also not allowed to sell the shot in the private market.\n\nThis has raised concerns in India's neighbouring countries, including Nepal and Bangladesh, which were primarily depending on the SII to start vaccinating their populations.\n\nBangladesh had already ordered 30 million doses of the vaccine in the first phase, Reuters reported, but now the fate of the order is unclear. The country's health secretary told local media in December that it expected the first batch of the jab by February.\n\nIndia plans to vaccinate some 300 million people on a priority list by August.\n\nIt has recorded the second-highest number of infections in the world, with more than 10.3 million confirmed cases to date. Nearly 150,000 people have died.\n\nBoth vaccines approved on Sunday can be transported and stored at normal refrigeration temperatures.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Co-op, Morrisons and their payments processing provider ACI say they are investigating an IT glitch that created problems for card payments in stores.\n\nLong queues were seen outside some of the Co-op's convenience stores from Sunday amid the snow, with some shoppers asked to use cash.\n\nCo-op and Morrisons said customers were no longer experiencing problems but they, and ACI, were studying the cause.\n\nOne MP said the problem exposed the risks of letting cash use \"wither\".\n\nACI, which provides real-time payments processing for the retailers, said: \"We are working closely with the IT teams at our partners to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. We apologise to shoppers for any inconvenience caused.\"\n\nThe issue comes as contactless payments have taken off in the UK during the pandemic, with fewer consumers using cash to pay for groceries.\n\nCustomers complained about the issue on social media.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jen Bartram This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Co-op spokesman told the BBC: \"All card transactions are being processed as usual and our payment process partner is investigating after we experienced an intermittent issue.\n\n\"We would like to apologise to customers for any inconvenience caused during that time.\"\n\nThe BBC witnessed the card processing issue affecting some of The Co-op's stores meant that self-service checkouts had to be closed, requiring customers to queue to be served at tills manned by staff.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by David of Nottingham This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by David of Nottingham\n\nAt some stores, customers queuing outside were warned on Monday evening that transactions had to be \"cash-only\" due to the ongoing issue.\n\nSome customers said they had to use the convenience store's cash machine to withdraw money to pay for purchases.\n\nHowever in other stores, the problem was intermittent, impacting some payment card brands, but not others.\n\nShadow economic secretary to the Treasury Pat McFadden said: \"This shows the dangers of letting the cash network just wither away as use declines.\n\n\"The government promised legislation to secure nationwide access to cash a year ago. It hasn't been brought forward.\"", "The case rate in Bridgend peaked just before Christmas, but now we are seeing deaths in hospitals\n\nThe total number of deaths involving Covid-19 in Wales has reached its highest weekly total of the pandemic.\n\nThere were 467 deaths in the week ending 15 January, which is 13 more than the week before.\n\nThis was nearly 40% of all registered deaths, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nBoth Betsi Cadwaladr and Cwm Taf Morgannwg health boards saw their highest weekly numbers, more than experienced during the first wave.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr had 74 deaths while Cwm Taf Morgannwg had 116.\n\nUnlike during the peak in the first wave in 2020, Wales is also now seeing higher numbers of deaths in north Wales and west Wales.\n\nIn north-east Wales, where there have been the highest case rates of Covid-19 in recent weeks, there were 30 deaths of Flintshire residents, including 25 in hospital. In Wrexham, there were 27 deaths - with 21 in hospital.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg health board saw 49 hospital deaths in Bridgend - the highest weekly number in Wales. There were also 33 patients who died in Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) and six in Merthyr Tydfil.\n\nAll counties recorded at least three deaths involving Covid-19 and the total number of deaths in Wales, up to and registered by 15 January, was 5,884.\n\nWhen deaths registered over the following few days are counted, there is now a total of 6,074.\n\nRCT, with 752 deaths, has the largest number in Wales, followed by Cardiff with 637, up to the latest week.\n\nWhen looking at crude mortality rates, the highest number of deaths - when taking into account the size of populations in England and Wales - are Welsh areas: RCT, followed by Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent.\n\nSo-called excess deaths, which compare all registered deaths with previous years, continue to be above the five-year average.\n\nLooking at the number of deaths we would normally expect to see at this point in the year is seen as a useful measure of how the pandemic is progressing.\n\nIn Wales, the number of deaths from all causes fell from 1,198 in the previous week - the highest recorded during the pandemic - to 1,170. But this was still 314 (36.7%) higher than the five-year average for that week.\n\nThis means deaths have been more than the peak in the first wave of the pandemic - 1,169 deaths in the week ending 17 April 2020 - for two weeks in a row.\n\nThe highest proportion of excess deaths was 84.1% in London.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Schools and colleges in Wales moved to online learning before Christmas\n\nKeeping schools shut during the Covid pandemic is \"almost like systematic neglect\" to disadvantaged pupils, a head teacher has said.\n\nCardiff head Armando Di-Finizio said there was a \"fair degree of trauma\" among pupils because of the lockdowns.\n\nOne expert said children from disadvantaged backgrounds were falling furthest behind academically.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it ensured vulnerable children could continue to attend school.\n\nBefore the pandemic the proportion of pupils receiving free school meals who achieved five or more GCSEs was 32% lower than the figure for other pupils in Wales.\n\nAt Eastern High School, where 47% of children receive free school meals, Mr Di-Finizio said the challenges of lockdown were greater for pupils who may not have support or structure at home for learning.\n\nArmando Di-Finizio, head teacher of Eastern High School, says the the attainment gap among pupils is \"widening\"\n\nMr Di-Finizio told Wales Live he did not think the balance was right \"between those who are genuinely vulnerable\" with the virus and young people who are vulnerable in terms of their welfare and wellbeing and their academic progress.\n\n\"I think there would have been other ways to handle this because we are seeing students struggling because of it and the attainment gap is widening for this generation,\" he said.\n\n\"It's almost like systematic neglect of young people that is going on day after day, week after week, month after month.\n\n\"We have to somehow pull this back because I do wonder one day, how the children will look back and judge us in terms of our responses.\"\n\nAnother concern since the pandemic began, he said, was the fact the number of child protection cases at his school has doubled.\n\n\"I don't want to sound alarmist, but I do believe it will take a number of years for us to unpick the traumas that young people go through because we don't know yet just what this lasting impact will be,\" he added.\n\nProfessor Chris Taylor says home learning reduces the ability to provide a \"level playing field\" for education\n\nWelsh Chief Inspector of Schools Meilyr Rowlands, has previously said there was evidence of widening inequality in performance as a result of the pandemic.\n\nSocial Sciences Prof Chris Taylor, from Cardiff University, said this gap was continuing to widen.\n\n\"Closing schools exposes and accentuates the deep disadvantage that many families have across Wales in the different circumstances that they're in,\" Prof Taylor said.\n\nHome learning reduces the ability of schools \"to provide that level playing field\" for educational opportunities.\n\n\"Instead, we're relying on what families and households can produce and provide to support that learning,\" he said.\n\nProf Taylor added some children would \"feel like they've left school at the age of 14 or 15, instead of 18\" in terms of their learning, and the focus for them should be preparing for the next step in their education rather than exams that are not going to happen this summer.\n\nHe said some pupils who may have been planning to leave school at 16 should remain in education until they are 18 to \"remedy some of the missed opportunities\", and that summer school and activities should be put on to help address isolation.\n\nAlmost half of all pupils receive free school meals at Eastern High School in Cardiff\n\nSiân Gwenllian MS, Plaid Cymru's education spokeswoman, has called on the Welsh Government to publish a plan on how pupils will be helped to catch up with \"lost education\".\n\n\"Those children in more deprived areas have been doubly disadvantaged - coronavirus has been more prevalent in these areas, meaning they will have lost more school prior to the lockdown, and these children are less likely to have the means to access online learning,\" she said.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said it had provided \"more than 130,000 [electronic] devices\" since the start of the pandemic for pupils' home learning.\n\n\"We've also recruited more than 1,000 teaching and support staff to provide additional support for learners who may have missed out on teaching time due to the pandemic,\" he said.\n\nThe government has ensured vulnerable children, as well as children of critical workers, could continue to attend school throughout the pandemic, he added.", "A US bankruptcy judge has agreed a $17m (£12.4m) payout to women who accused disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct.\n\nWeinstein, 68, was convicted last year and jailed for 23 years for rape and sexual assault.\n\nThe payout for his victims will come from the liquidation of the Weinstein Co, which filed for bankruptcy in 2018.\n\nThe judge overruled an objection from some accusers looking to pursue appeals outside of bankruptcy court.\n\nJudge Mary Walrath said without the settlement, the plaintiffs would get \"minimal, if any, recovery.\"\n\nThe Weinstein Co was set up as an independent film studio with the disgraced Hollywood mogul one of its co-founders.\n\nThe company collapsed in late 2017, following widespread claims of sexual misconduct against Weinstein, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping an actress.\n\nThe US judge said that 83% of sexual misconduct claimants in the bankruptcy \"have expressed very loudly that they want closure through acceptance of this plan, that they do not seek to have to go through any further litigation in order to receive some recovery, some possible recompense... although it's clear that money will never give them that\".\n\nThe $17m fund will be divided among more than 50 claimants, with the most serious allegations resulting in payouts of $500,000 or more.\n\nThe settlement was put to a vote of Weinstein's accusers, with 39 voting in favour and eight opposed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThey will have the option to forgo most of their payout under the plan if they want to continue pursuing their claims.\n\nInsurers contributed $35m under the liquidation plan, which also provides $9.7m to the former officers and directors of the Weinstein Co, allowing them to pay a portion of their legal bills over the last several years.\n\nThe directors and officers, who include Weinstein's brother, Bob, also received releases that absolve them of any potential liability for enabling Weinstein's conduct.\n\nThe Weinstein Co sold its assets to Lantern Entertainment, which later became Spyglass Media Group, for $289m.", "A year ago, the Chinese government locked down the city of Wuhan. For weeks beforehand officials had maintained that the outbreak was under control - just a few dozen cases linked to a live animal market. But in fact the virus had been spreading throughout the city and around China.\n\nThis is the story of five critical days early in the outbreak.\n\nBy 30 December, several people had been admitted to hospitals in the central city of Wuhan, having fallen ill with high fever and pneumonia. The first known case was a man in his 70s who had fallen ill on 1 December. Many of those were connected to a sprawling live animal market, Huanan Seafood Market, and doctors had begun to suspect this wasn't regular pneumonia.\n\nSamples from infected lungs had been sent to genetic sequencing companies to identify the cause of the disease, and preliminary results had indicated a novel coronavirus similar to Sars. The local health authorities and the country's Center for Disease Control (CDC) had already been notified, but nothing had been said to the public.\n\nAlthough no-one knew it at the time, between 2,300 and 4,000 people were by now likely infected, according to a recent model by MOBS Lab at Northeastern University in Boston. The outbreak was also thought to be doubling in size every few days. Epidemiologists say that at this early part of an outbreak, each day and even each hour is critical.\n\nWuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was sealed off on 1 January 2020\n\nAt around 16:00 on 30 December, the head of the Emergency Department at Wuhan Central Hospital was handed the results of a test carried out by sequencing lab Capital Bio Medicals in Beijing.\n\nShe went into a cold sweat as she read the report, according to an interview given later to Chinese state media.\n\nAt the top were the alarming words: \"SARS CORONAVIRUS\". She circled them in bright red, and passed it on to colleagues over the Chinese messaging site WeChat.\n\nWithin an hour and a half, the grainy image with its large red circle reached a doctor in the hospital's ophthalmology department, Li Wenliang. He shared it with his hundreds-strong university class group, adding the warning, \"Don't circulate the message outside this group. Get your family and loved ones to take precautions.\"\n\nWhen Sars spread through southern China in late 2002 and 2003, Beijing covered up the outbreak, insisting that everything was under control. This allowed the virus to spread around the world. Beijing's response invoked international criticism and - worryingly for a regime deeply concerned about stability - anger and protests within China. Between 2002 and 2004, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) went on to infect more than 8,000 people and kill almost 800 worldwide.\n\nRobert Maguire of the WHO and a Chinese doctor visit a Sars patient in Guangzhou, China – April 2003\n\nOver the coming hours, screen shots of Li's message spread widely online. Across China, millions of people began talking about Sars online.\n\nIt would turn out that the sequencers made a mistake - this was not Sars, but a new coronavirus very similar to it. But this was a critical moment. News of a possible outbreak had escaped.\n\nThe Wuhan Health Commission was already aware that there was something going on in the city's hospitals. That day, officials from the National Health Commission in Beijing arrived, and lung samples were sent to at least five state labs in Wuhan and Beijing to sequence the virus in parallel.\n\nNow, as messages suggesting the possible return of Sars began flying over Chinese social media, the Wuhan Health Commission sent two orders out to hospitals. It instructed them to report all cases direct to the Health Commission, and told them not to make anything public without authorisation.\n\nWithin 12 minutes, these orders were leaked online.\n\nIt might have taken a couple more days for the online chatter to make the leap from Chinese-speaking social media to the wider world if it wasn't for the efforts of veteran epidemiologist Marjorie Pollack.\n\nThe deputy editor of ProMed-mail, an organisation which sends out alerts on disease outbreaks worldwide, received an email from a contact in Taiwan, asking if she knew anything about the chatter online.\n\nDr Marjorie Pollack is an epidemiologist based in New York\n\nBack in February 2003, ProMed had been the first to break the news of Sars. Now, Pollack had deja vu. \"My reaction was: 'We're in trouble,'\" she told the BBC.\n\nThree hours later, she had finished writing an emergency post, requesting more information on the new outbreak. It was sent out to ProMed's approximately 80,000 subscribers at one minute to midnight.\n\nAs word began to spread, Professor George F Gao, director general of China's Center for Disease Control [CDC], was receiving offers of help from contacts around the world.\n\nChina revamped its infectious disease infrastructure after Sars - and in 2019, Gao had promised that China's vast online surveillance system would be able to prevent another outbreak like it.\n\nBut two scientists who contacted Gao say the CDC head did not seem alarmed.\n\n\"I sent a really long text to George Gao, offering to send a team out and do anything to support them,\" Dr Peter Daszak, the president of New York-based infectious diseases research group EcoHealth Alliance, told the BBC. But he says that all he received in reply was a short message wishing him Happy New Year.\n\nDirector of the Chinese Center for Disease Control, George F Gao – 22 January 2020\n\nEpidemiologist Ian Lipkin of Columbia University in New York was also trying to reach Gao. Just as he was having dinner to ring in the New Year, Gao returned his call. The details Lipkin reveals about their conversation offer new insights into what leading Chinese officials were prepared to say at this critical point.\n\n\"He had identified the virus. It was a new coronavirus. And it was not highly transmissible. This didn't really resonate with me because I'd heard that many, many people had been infected,\" Lipkin told the BBC. \"I don't think he was duplicitous, I think he was just wrong.\"\n\nLipkin says he thinks Gao should have released the sequences they had already obtained. My view is that you get it out. This is too important to hesitate.\"\n\nGao, who refused the BBC's requests for an interview, has told state media that the sequences were released as soon as possible, and that he never said publicly that there was no human-to-human transmission.\n\nThat day, the Wuhan Health Commission issued a press release stating that 27 cases of viral pneumonia had been identified, but that there was no clear evidence of human to human transmission.\n\nIt would be a further 12 days before China shared the genetic sequences with the international community.\n\nThe Chinese government refused multiple interview requests by the BBC. Instead, it gave us detailed statements on China's response, which state that in the fight against Covid-19 China \"has always acted with openness, transparency and responsibility, and … in a timely manner.\"\n\nBBC This World's 54 Days: China and the pandemic can be seen on BBC Two at 21:00 GMT on Tuesday 26 January, or 23:30 on Monday 1 February (except BBC Two Northern Ireland). Or watch on BBC iPlayer.\n\nPart two - 54 Days: America and the Pandemic - will be on BBC Two on Tuesday 2 February at 21:00.\n\nInternational law stipulates that new infectious disease outbreaks of global concern be reported to the World Health Organization within 24 hours. But on 1 January the WHO still had not had official notification of the outbreak. The previous day, officials there had spotted the ProMed post and reports online, so they contacted China's National Health Commission.\n\n\"It was reportable,\" says Professor Lawrence Gostin, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center on national and global health law at Georgetown University in Washington DC, and a member of the International Health Regulations roster of experts. \"The failure to report clearly was a violation of the International Health Regulations.\"\n\nDr Maria Van Kerkhove, a WHO epidemiologist who would become the agency's Covid-19 technical lead, joined the first of many emergency conference calls in the middle of the night on 1 January.\n\n\"We had the assumptions initially that it may be a new coronavirus. For us it wasn't a matter of if human to human transmission was happening, it was what is the extent of it and where is that happening.\"\n\nIt was two days before China responded to the WHO. But what they revealed was vague - that there were now 44 cases of viral pneumonia of unknown cause.\n\nChina says that it communicated regularly and fully with the WHO from 3 January. But recordings of internal WHO meetings obtained by the Associated Press (AP) news agency some of which were shared with PBS Frontline and the BBC, paint a different picture, revealing the frustration that senior WHO officials felt by the following week.\n\n\"'There's been no evidence of human to human transmission' is not good enough. We need to see the data,\" Mike Ryan WHO's health emergencies programme director is heard saying.\n\nThe WHO was legally required to state the information it had been provided by China. Although they suspected human to human transmission, the WHO were not able to confirm this for a further three weeks.\n\n\"Those concerns are not something they ever aired publicly. Instead, they basically deferred to China,\" says AP's Dake Kang. \"Ultimately, the impression that the rest of the world got was just what the Chinese authorities wanted. Which is that everything was under control. Which of course it wasn't.\"\n\nThe number of people infected by the virus was doubling in size every few days, and more and more people were turning up at Wuhan's hospitals.\n\nBut now - instead of allowing doctors to share their concerns publicly - state media began a campaign that effectively silenced them.\n\nOn 2 January, China Central Television ran a story about the doctors who spread the news about an outbreak four days earlier. The doctors, referred to only as \"rumour mongers\" and \"internet users\", were brought in for questioning by the Wuhan Public Security Bureau and 'dealt with' 'in accordance with the law'.\n\nOne of the doctors was Li Wenliang, the eye doctor whose warning had gone viral. He signed a confession. In February, the doctor died of Covid-19.\n\nThe Chinese government says that this is not evidence that it was trying to suppress news of the outbreak, and that doctors like Li were being urged not to spread unconfirmed information.\n\nBut the impact of this public dressing down was critical. For though it was becoming apparent to doctors that there was, in fact, human-to-human transmission, they were prevented from going public.\n\nA health worker from Li's hospital, Wuhan Central, told us that over the next few days \"there were so many people who had a fever. It was out of control. We started to panic. [But] The hospital told us that we were not allowed to speak to anyone.\"\n\nThe Chinese government told us that \"it takes a rigorous scientific process to determine if a new virus can be transmitted from person to person\".\n\nThe authorities would continue to maintain for a further 18 days that there was no human-to-human transmission.\n\nLabs across the country were racing to map the complete genetic sequence of the virus. Among them was a renowned virologist in Shanghai, Professor Zhang Yongzhen who began sequencing on 3 January.\n\nAfter having worked for two days straight, he obtained a complete sequence. His results revealed a virus that was similar to Sars, and therefore likely transmissible.\n\nOn 5 January, Zhang's office wrote to the National Health Commission advising taking precautionary measures in public places.\n\n\"On that very day, he was working to try and get information released as soon as possible, so the rest of the world could see what it was and so we could get diagnostics going\", says Zhang's research partner, Professor Edward Holmes an evolutionary virologist at the University of Sydney.\n\nBut Zhang could not make his findings public. On January 3, the National Health Commission had sent a secret memorandum to labs banning unauthorised scientists from working on the virus and disclosing the information to the public.\n\n\"What the notice effectively did,\" says AP's Dake Kang, \"is it silenced individual scientists and laboratories from revealing information about this virus and potentially allowing word of it to leak out to the outside world and alarm people.\"\n\nNone of the labs went public with the genetic sequence of the virus. China continued to maintain it was viral pneumonia with no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission.\n\nIt would be six days before it announced that the new virus was a coronavirus, and even then, it did not share any genetic sequences to allow other countries to develop tests and begin tracing the spread of the virus.\n\nThree days later, on 11 January, Zhang decided it was time to put his neck on the line. As he boarded a plane between Beijing and Shanghai, he authorised Holmes to release the sequence.\n\nThe decision came at a personal cost - his lab was closed the next day for \"rectification\" - but his action broke the deadlock. The next day state scientists released the sequences they had obtained. The international scientific community swung into action, and a toolkit for a diagnostic test was publicly available by 13 January.\n\nDespite the evidence from scientists and doctors, China would not confirm there was human-to-human transmission until 20 January.\n\nIllustration of spike proteins (red) of Covid-19 binding with receptors (blue) on a target human cell\n\nAt the beginning of any emerging disease outbreak, says health law expert Lawrence Gostin, it's always chaotic. \"It was always going to be very difficult to control this virus, from day one. But by the time we knew [the international community] it was transmissible human to human, I think the cat was already out the bag, it already spread.\n\n\"That was the shot we had, and we lost it.\"\n\nAs Wang Linfa, a bat virologist at Duke-Nus Medical School in Singapore, says: \"January 20th is the dividing line, before that the Chinese could have done much better. After that, the rest of the world should be really on high alert and do much better.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said he took \"full responsibility\" for the government's actions, saying: \"We truly did everything we could.\"\n\n\"I'm deeply sorry for every life lost,\" he said.\n\nA total of 100,162 deaths have been recorded in the UK, the first European nation to pass the landmark.\n\nEarlier, figures from the ONS, which are based on death certificates, showed there had been nearly 104,000 deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nThe government's daily figures rely on positive tests and are slightly lower.\n\nMr Johnson told Tuesday's Downing Street news conference that it was \"hard to compute the sorrow contained in this grim statistic\".\n\nHe gave his \"deepest condolences\" to those who had lost loved ones, including \"fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, and the many grandparents who've been taken\".\n\nThe UK is the fifth country to pass 100,000 deaths, coming after the US, Brazil, India and Mexico.\n\nA surge in cases in recent weeks - driven in part by a new, fast-spreading variant of the virus - has left the UK with one of the highest coronavirus death rates globally.\n\nA further 20,089 coronavirus cases were recorded on Tuesday, continuing a downward trend in the number of UK cases seen in recent days. The number of people in hospital remains high, as do the UK's daily death figures.\n\nMr Johnson said the coronavirus infection rate remained \"pretty forbiddingly high\" despite lockdown restrictions which have been in place in England since 5 January.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons - including for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nMr Johnson said he would set out more detail in \"the next few days and weeks\" about \"when and how we want to get things open again\".\n\nIt's a terrible milestone - and one that represents unimaginable loss.\n\nMost of the deaths have come in two waves - the sharp, sudden surge in the spring followed by a slow and sustained rise throughout autumn and winter.\n\nMistakes have been made - the delay locking down back in March is one that is often cited even by the government's own advisers.\n\nThe UK, like much of Europe, was also woefully underprepared with limited testing and contact tracing systems.\n\nBut the ageing population, high rates of obesity, the fact the UK is a global hub and its inter-connectedness with Europe are also factors that meant we were tragically never going to escape lightly once the virus got a foothold.\n\nSpeaking alongside the prime minister, Prof Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, described it as a \"very sad day\".\n\nHe said the number of people dying \"will come down relatively slowly over the next two weeks - and will probably remain flat for a while now\".\n\nProf Whitty added the new coronavirus variant had changed the UK's situation \"very substantially\" with infection rates \"just about holding\" due to lockdown restrictions.\n\nBut he said the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK \"has been coming down\" and the number of people in hospital with Covid has \"flattened off\" - including in London, the South East and East of England.\n\nHowever, there were \"some areas\" where the hospital figures were \"still not convincingly reducing\", he said.\n\nNHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said there had been \"continuing improvements in hospital treatment for severely sick coronavirus patients\".\n\nHe said he expected more treatments within the next six to 18 months, adding: \"We can see a world in which coronavirus may be more treatable, but for now, it's a combination of reducing infections and getting vaccinations done.\"\n\nOne day there will be a public inquiry - maybe several - seeking to understand why so many died.\n\nLast summer, back when the government was subsidising people to eat out at restaurants, Boris Johnson said there would be an independent inquiry into the government's handling of Covid, but gave no details or dates.\n\nHe still hasn't, despite a recent call from bereaved families, trade unions and charities for lessons to be learnt now.\n\nThe gravest public health crisis for a century would have tested any government.\n\nBut as the pandemic has worsened, the criticisms and questions have mounted - about the timing of lockdowns, the rollout of test and trace and the failure to protect care homes last spring.\n\nThere is now pressure on Boris Johnson from some Tory MPs to ease restrictions as soon as the most vulnerable are vaccinated.\n\nBut this evening a sombre prime minister said the government would first do everything it could to minimise further loss of life.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said it was a \"sobering moment in the pandemic\", saying: \"Each death is a person who was someone's family member and friend.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"national tragedy\" to have reached 100,000 deaths.\n\nThe government had been \"behind the curve at every stage\" of the pandemic and had not learnt lessons over the summer, he added.\n\nThe epidemiologist whose modelling in part prompted the UK's first national lockdown said more action in the autumn of last year could have saved lives.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: \"Had we acted both earlier and with greater stringency back in September when we first saw case numbers going up, and had a policy of keeping case numbers at a reasonably low levels, then I think a lot of the deaths we've seen, not all by any means, but a lot of the deaths we've seen in the last four or five months, could have been avoided.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the death toll was \"heartbreaking\" and warned there was a \"tough period ahead\".\n\n\"The vaccine offers the way out, but we cannot let up now,\" he added.\n\nMore than 6.8 million people in the UK have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the latest figures.\n\nPlease enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser to see this interactive\n\nIf you would like to send us a tribute to a friend or family member who died after contracting coronavirus, please use the form below.\n\nPlease remember to include a photo of your loved one and their name. 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Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your tribute.", "The Mermaid of Black Conch, a dark love story about a fisherman and a mermaid torn from the sea, has won the Costa Book of the Year award.\n\nTrinidadian-born British writer Monique Roffey beat four other contenders with her sixth novel to scoop the £30,000 prize.\n\nJudges said the book was \"utterly original... and feels like a classic in the making\".\n\nA \"delighted\" Roffey said her win was a vote for Caribbean literature.\n\n\"A huge thank you to the judges for exposing my book to a wide readership. I'll be pinching myself for weeks to come,\" she added.\n\nBased on a Taino legend of a beautiful woman transformed into a mermaid, the story is set in the Caribbean village of St Constance.\n\nDavid, a fisherman, unexpectedly attracts the attention of Aycayia, a mermaid who is drawn to his singing. When she is captured from the sea during an annual fishing competition, he does all he can to save her, with dramatic consequences.\n\nProfessor Suzannah Lipscomb, chair of judges, said: \"The Mermaid of Black Conch is an extraordinary, beautifully written, captivating, visceral book - full of mythic energy and unforgettable characters, including some tremendously transgressive women.\"\n\nThe Costa Book Awards have a reputation for picking popular reads: books you would recommend to a friend. And I would definitely recommend The Mermaid of Black Conch.\n\nAt first, the novel might sound a bit odd. Set on a Caribbean island in the 1970s, it is a bittersweet love story between a beautiful young woman cursed to live as a mermaid and a fisherman.\n\nBased on a legend passed down by the indigenous people of the Caribbean, the Taino, there are touches of magic and snippets of poetry. The book was also shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize last year, which rewards fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel.\n\nBut while it is unusual it is also a joy to read, brimming with memorable characters and vivid descriptions.\n\nWe see the mermaid's \"hair flying like a nest of cables\" while we are told \"sea moss trailed from her shoulders like slithers of beard\" and \"barnacles speckled the swell of her hips.\"\n\nFor me, this was a hugely entertaining and thought-provoking novel and a worthy winner.\n\nRoffey, a senior lecturer in creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, secured her publishing deal through Peepal Tree Press, an independent publisher supporting Caribbean writers.\n\nShe then crowd-funded her publicity campaign with the support of fellow authors.\n\nThe Mermaid of Black Conch is set in the Caribbean\n\nRoffey's entry was also named Costa's Novel of the Year earlier this month, alongside winners from four other categories:\n\nThe Mermaid of Black Conch is the thirteenth novel to take the overall prize. Days Without End by Sebastian Barry was the last novel to be named Costa Book of the Year in 2016.\n\nTuesday's virtual ceremony also saw London-based writer Tessa Sheridan receive the 2020 Costa Short Story Award.\n\nSheridan won the public vote and £3,500 for her story, The Person Who Serves, Serves Again.\n\nThe Costa Book Awards, formerly the Whitbread Book Awards, were established in 1971 to encourage, promote and celebrate the best contemporary British writing.\n\nIt is open to UK and Irish authors.\n\nSeamus Heaney, Ted Hughes and Sebastian Barry are among the authors to have won the book of the year award more than once.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The number of people to have died with coronavirus in the UK has exceeded 100,000.\n\nThere have been nearly 104,000 deaths since the pandemic began, data from the UK's national statisticians shows.\n\nThe figures, which go up to 15 January, are based on death certificates. The government's daily figures, which rely on positive tests, are slightly lower.\n\nIt follows a surge of cases last month, leaving the UK with one of the highest coronavirus death rates globally.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics and its counterparts in Scotland and Northern Ireland registered 7,776 deaths with coronavirus on the death certificate in the most recent week.\n\nThat total is the third highest of the epidemic.\n\nLast April, there were two weeks with more than 9,000 coronavirus deaths registered across the UK - but there have been no other weeks with more than 7,000 deaths registered.\n\nAbout nine in 10 death certificates citing coronavirus registered Covid as the cause of death.\n\nMost of the deaths have been in older age groups - nearly three-quarters of those who have died with the virus were over 75. One in three deaths were care home residents.\n\nChris Hopson, of NHS Providers, which represents health service managers, described the milestone as a \"tragedy\".\n\n\"Behind each death will be a story of sorrow and grief,\" he said.\n\n\"We pay tribute, once again, to NHS and care staff who have done everything they can throughout the long months of this pandemic to avoid each one of these deaths and reduce patient harm.\n\n\"We won't know the true impact of Covid-19 for a long time to come because of its long-term effects.\n\n\"But, as well as the high death rate, it's particularly concerning that this virus has widened health inequalities and affected black, Asian and minority-ethnic communities disproportionately.\"\n\nSarah Scobie, of the Nuffield Trust think tank, said it was a \"harrowing figure\".\n\nShe added: \"While the vaccine rollout for the most vulnerable is continuing at impressive speed, it will be a while until the benefits feed through to the figures.\"\n\nWe were one of the worst hit countries, if not the worst, in the spring - certainly in Europe and the G7.\n\nTwo big drivers of that were the timing of the first lockdown and the terrible numbers of deaths in care homes.\n\nAs a result, the UK could always rank among the hardest hit nations overall.\n\nBut comparing experiences in second waves is harder.\n\nSome countries have very clearly done better than the UK.\n\nAustralia, for example, has seen very few coronavirus deaths overall, and deaths quite close to usual levels throughout 2020.\n\nBut the US, which had a milder first wave than the UK, has seen steady numbers of coronavirus deaths throughout summer and autumn.\n\nIts death toll has been catching up with that of the UK in the most recent data, covering up until Christmas.\n\nAnd some countries that missed the first wave entirely - such as Poland (shown above) or Germany - have seen significant spikes in deaths in recent months.\n\nWith deaths rising since then in many countries and vaccination programmes only getting up and running, there is still a long way to go before we will know who has had the toughest second wave.\n• None Lockdown needs to be stricter, scientists warn", "Baroness Floella Benjamin has spoken of her pride after receiving a first coronavirus vaccine dose.\n\nThe 71-year-old actress said she would wear a badge saying \"I've had the jab\" after being vaccinated.\n\nThe Lib Dem peer, who came to Britain in 1960 and was born in Trinidad, is known for appearing in the children's programme Play School and received a damehood last year.\n\nOver 6.8m people in the UK have now received a first vaccine dose.\n\nAs a member of the House of Lords, Baroness Benjamin has spoken regularly about the disproportionate effect of Covid-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic communities as well as the knock-on impact of the pandemic.\n\nIn September, she told peers she knew two people who had taken their own lives \"because they could not cope with the uncertainty of the future\".\n\nShe is also a member of the Lords Covid-19 Committee.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Floella Benjamin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe government has set a target for all those in the top four priority groups - around 15 million - to be offered a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nTwo vaccines - developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca - are being used. A third, from Moderna, has been approved.\n\nAll have been shown to be safe and effective in trials with two doses needed to offer the best protection - now timed 12 weeks apart.\n\nIt comes as British Asian celebrities united to dispel myths about the coronavirus vaccine.\n\nComedians Romesh Ranganathan and Meera Syal and cricketer Moeen Ali appear in a video urging people to get a jab.\n\nA study from the Royal Society for Public Health found 57% of black, Asian and minority ethnic people said they would take the vaccine.\n\nThis figure compared with 79% of white people who would do so.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One protester said: \"This is the only way I can effect change\"\n\nPeople campaigning against the HS2 rail project have dug a tunnel near Euston station, in a bid to prevent their eviction from a protest camp.\n\nIn September, members of HS2 Rebellion set up a Tree Protection Camp in Euston Square Gardens in central London to protest against the £106bn scheme.\n\nThey claim the tunnel is 100ft (30m) long and has taken two months to dig.\n\nActivists say the tunnel - codenamed \"Kelvin\" - is their \"best defence\" against being evicted.\n\nOne protester, identified only as Blue, told the BBC: \"It is all very dangerous and life-threatening but it is all worth it. This is the only way I can effect change, I would sacrifice everything for the climate ecological emergency to not be happening.\"\n\nThe 18-year-old added: \"We want to be as safe as possible. It is not about us martyring ourselves, it is about delaying and stopping HS2.\"\n\nDemonstrators have previously built tree houses and scaled cranes near the HS2 Euston site\n\nA spokeswoman for HS2 said tunnel protests were \"costly to the taxpayer\".\n\nShe added: \"These are a danger to the safety of the protesters, HS2 staff, High Court enforcement officers and the general public, as well as putting unnecessary strain on the emergency services during the pandemic.\n\n\"Safety is our first priority when taking possession of land and removing illegal encampments.\"\n\nBritish Transport Police said it was aware of the tunnel but it was a matter for the Met Police, which said no complaint yet had been made.\n\nHS2 is set to link London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. It is hoped the 20-year project will reduce rail passenger overcrowding and help to rebalance the UK's economy.\n\nThe campaign group alleges HS2 is the \"most expensive, wasteful and destructive project in UK history\" and that it is \"set to destroy or irreparably damage 108 ancient woodlands and 693 wildlife sites\".\n\nHowever, HS2 bosses have said seven million trees will be planted during phase one of the project and that much ancient woodland will \"remain intact\".\n\nSeasoned activist Daniel Cooper - better known as Swampy - has been at Euston supporting the campaigners\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps told MPs in September that the first phase of the high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham would not open until 2028 at the earliest.\n\nThe second phase, to Manchester and Leeds, was due to open in 2032-33 but that has been pushed back to 2035-40.\n\nNetwork Rail, which owns the land, has been approached for a comment about the tunnel.\n\nHS2 protester Dr Larch Maxey said the tunnel was \"warm and quiet\"\n\nTunnelling as a form of environmental protest has a long history in the UK.\n\nIn the 1990s it was one of the ways that pushed environmental concerns into the headlines and changed perceptions.\n\nIn one of the environmental protesters' tunnelling guides, written by \"Disco Dave\", it says:\n\n\"In the world of NVDA (non-violent direct action) there are few defence tactics that can compare with the protest tunnel. Dangerous, laborious and time consuming, tunnelling is the ultimate and desperate tactic of desperate people in desperate times.\"\n\nThe first protest tunnel goes back to the M11 and 1993 but they only really developed during the Newbury Bypass protests in 1996.\n\nProtest tunnels against the A30 in Devon and Manchester Airport's second runway then followed.\n\nNot only did they make household names of environmental campaigners like \"Swampy\" but they arguably changed transport policy - road-building reduced massively.\n\nWe have seen tunnels more recently in 2017 in Coldharbour in Surrey in a protest against fracking so it's not a massive surprise we are seeing tunnels again.\n\nTunnelling in particular as a direct action slows down developers and it is expensive to dig out protesters safely.\n\nDisco Dave wrote: \"That ultimately is the purpose of tunnels and tree houses. To act as a deterrent warning the authorities that should they decide to evict, then it will hurt them where for them it hurts most - in the pocket.\"\n\nWhat will be interesting is if these tunnels have the same impact on HS2 as they did on the road-building programme of the late 1990s.\n\nWill it reframe HS2 so it will be seen in the same way as fracking or road building? Or can the argument still be made that it is a low-carbon form of travel even though it does cause some destruction of habitat?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Facebook News, the social network's dedicated section for news content, is launching in the UK.\n\nThe UK is the second market to get Facebook News, which launched in the United States last year.\n\nSeveral major news publishers, including Channel 4, Sky News, and The Guardian have signed deals with Facebook to provide content.\n\nIt comes as the tech industry's relationship with the media comes under increased scrutiny.\n\nAnd French publishers recently agreed a deal with Google on how a new EU copyright law about news excerpts should be applied.\n\nFacebook News is the social network's own attempt to address the long-running friction between it and news publishers, as advertising spend has increasingly moved to the large tech firms instead of individual news outlets.\n\nThe new feature is set to go live on Tuesday afternoon, Facebook said.\n\nThe new feature is a dedicated tab within the Facebook mobile app, accessible by tapping the three-line icon for more options.\n\nThe tab features a mix of major daily news stories and \"personalised\" news selected for each reader based on their interests, as decided by Facebook's algorithm.\n\nFacebook says it pays publishers \"for content that is not already on the platform\", and says the feature will also provide publishers with new advertising and subscription \"opportunities\".\n\nThe dedicated news feed will have personalisation controls, Facebook says\n\nThat may be partly based on data from the United States, which Facebook says shows more than 95% of traffic on Facebook News is from people who have not read those publications before.\n\nThe social network says the new product is a \"a multi-year investment that puts original journalism in front of new audiences\".\n\nAnd news organisations, for which new readers are often in short supply, are signing up.\n\nIn November, when it first announced the product was heading to the UK, major names such as The Economist, The Independent, and Cosmopolitan were already on board.\n\nAhead of Tuesday's launch, The Daily Mail, Financial Times and Telegraph were also announced, among others.\n\nBBC News has not signed a commercial deal with Facebook News, but may still appear on the tab through public posts it makes on the Facebook platform.\n\nFacebook also says that this new product is a direct result of discussions with the news industry, with which it has often been at loggerheads.\n\nThe tech giant is responsible for driving a lot of traffic around the internet, and a story which performs well on Facebook will often attract more readers than one which does not.\n\nBut Facebook has also repeatedly made changes to its algorithms over the years which have affected news organisations, sometimes with little notice. It has also encouraged organisations to use its features such as instant articles, or to make video content for Facebook.\n\nHowever, it envisions Facebook News as a better solution than earlier attempts, and one it plans to roll out to other countries - including France and Germany - in the near future.\n\n\"Our goal has always been to work out the best ways we can support the industry in building sustainable business models,\" Facebook said in its blog post about the UK launch.\n\n\"As we invest more in news, and pay publishers for more content in more countries, we will work with them to support the long-term viability of newsrooms.\"", "The fake email looks like it has come from NHS Test and Trace\n\nThe NHS has warned people to be vigilant about fake invitations to have the coronavirus vaccination, sent by scammers.\n\nThe scam email includes a link to \"register\" for the vaccine, but no registration for the real vaccination is required.\n\nThe fake site also asks for bank details either to verify identification or to make a payment.\n\nThe NHS says it would never ask for bank details, and the vaccine is free.\n\nCyber-security consultant Daniel Card told BBC News that traffic data indicates thousands of people had clicked the link to the fake site - although it is unclear how many then filled in the form.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by NHS This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe urged people to remain vigilant: \"These things spring up, we take them down and then they spring up again.\"\n\nBoth the National Cyber Security Centre and Action Fraud have asked anyone who receives a scam email or text to report it.\n\n\"Vaccines are our way out of this pandemic,\" said health secretary Matt Hancock.\n\n\"It is vital that we do not let a small number of unscrupulous fraudsters undermine the huge team effort under way across the country to protect millions of people from this terrible disease.\"\n\nAt the start of January, Derbyshire police issued a warning about a text message scam which offered Covid vaccinations.\n\n\"If you receive a text or email that asks you to click on a link or for you to provide information, such as your name, credit card or bank details, it's a scam,\" the force said.\n\nLast year, tech firms warned that coronavirus was a popular hook for scammers. In April 2020 Google said it was blocking 18 million scam emails a day on the subject.", "Labour is calling for juries to be cut from 12 members to seven, to stem the \"gravest crisis\" in the justice system since World War Two.\n\nShadow justice secretary David Lammy said action was needed to clear the backlog of thousands of cases.\n\nHe argued that smaller juries and the use of more temporary courts would allow socially distanced trials.\n\nThe government has not ruled out such a move but insists measures it is taking to clear the backlog are working.\n\nLast week four criminal justice watchdogs warned that courts in England and Wales were straining under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nJury trials ground to a halt at the start of the first lockdown, when people were advised to stay at home except in limited circumstances.\n\nWhen they resumed, there were severe delays and numerous cancellations due to social-distancing requirements.\n\nRecent figures revealed that the number of unheard cases in crown courts had reached a record 54,000.\n\nThe backlog means some from last year may not go before a jury until 2022, and it could be years before the courts get back on track.\n\nLabour wants the temporary return of so-called \"wartime juries\" of seven rather than 12 members to speed up the process.\n\n\"Victims of rape, murder, domestic abuse, robbery and assault are facing delays of up to four years because of the government's failure to act,\" Mr Lammy said.\n\nHe also urged the government to speed up the rollout of temporary \"Nightingale courts\" to hear civil, family and tribunals work, as well as non-custodial crime cases.\n\nTen of these were announced in July 2020 to help deal with the backlog in court proceedings, and 20 are now in operation across England and Wales.\n\nLeading lawyers are sceptical about Labour's proposal to reach back into wartime history.\n\nThe Criminal Bar Association - representing barristers who prosecute and defend trials - says a panel of seven may allow more courtrooms to be used, but it wouldn't solve what it says is chronic underfunding - and potentially undermines one of the most important safeguards in our society.\n\nThe Law Society, for solicitors, wants to see evidence that smaller panels would ease backlogs without risking injustices.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice's internal modelling calculated last year that reduced juries would lead to a 10% increase in cases - but that was before courtrooms received new Covid-proof screens that have allowed more trials to run.\n\nScotland's courts are using cinemas to host juries - and while that is not being actively discussed in England, it's not been ruled out either.\n\nEven if juries were slimmed, courts would still need to tightly control the number of defendants who can use their cells and courtroom docks to meet Public Health England's guidelines.\n\nIn April last year, the head of judiciary in England and Wales, Lord Burnett, backed the idea of reducing the number of jurors if social distancing continued.\n\nIn June, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland told the BBC he was \"very attracted\" by the idea of smaller juries, as had happened in wartime, and judge-only trials in less serious cases.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice says it has now installed plastic screens in more than 450 courtrooms and jury deliberation rooms to reduce Covid risks.\n\nIt says the safety measures are designed for 12-person juries and that the impact of lowering the number of jurors would be negligible.\n\nHowever, a spokesman said nothing was being ruled out and ministers were continuing to consider every option available to ensure courts recover quickly.\n\n\"This approach is already delivering results, with magistrates' backlogs falling significantly and the number of cases being dealt with in the crown courts reaching pre-Covid levels last month,\" he added.\n\nThe spokesman also said: \"We know more must be done and are investing £110m into a range of measures to drive this recovery further, including opening more Nightingale courts.\"", "Trees must be able to cope with projected climate change\n\nScientists have proposed 10 golden rules for tree-planting, which they say must be a top priority for all nations this decade.\n\nTree planting is a brilliant solution to tackle climate change and protect biodiversity, but the wrong tree in the wrong place can do more harm than good, say experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.\n\nThe rules include protecting existing forests first and involving locals.\n\nForests are essential to life on Earth.\n\nThey provide a home to three-quarters of the world's plants and animals, soak up carbon dioxide, and provide food, fuels and medicines.\n\nBut they're fast disappearing; an area about the size of Denmark of pristine tropical forest is lost every year.\n\n\"Planting the right trees in the right place must be a top priority for all nations as we face a crucial decade for ensuring the future of our planet,\" said Dr Paul Smith, a researcher on the study and secretary general of conservation charity, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, in Kew.\n\nIt takes at least a century to restore damaged forests\n\nA raft of ambitious tree-planting projects are underway around the world to replace the forests being lost.\n\nBoris Johnson has said he is aiming to plant 30,000 hectares (300 sq km) of new forest a year across the UK by the end of this parliament.\n\nAn African-led movement to plant a 5,000-mile (8,048km) forest wall to fight the climate crisis is set to become the largest living structure on Earth, three times the size of the Great Barrier Reef.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A solution that's slowing desertification on the front lines of climate change\n\nHowever, planting trees is highly complex, with no universal easy solution.\n\n\"If you plant the wrong trees in the wrong place you could be doing more harm than good,\" said lead researcher Dr Kate Hardwick of RBG Kew.\n\nAll too often natural forests teeming with plants, animals and fungi are replaced by commercial plantations with row upon row of timber trees, which will be harvested after a few decades, she told BBC News.\n\n\"What we're trying to do is to encourage people, wherever possible, to try and recreate forests which are similar to the natural forests and which provide multiple benefits to people, the environment and to nature as well as capturing carbon.\"\n\nThe review of research, published in the journal Global Change Biology, found that in some cases, planned tree planting does not increase carbon capture and can have negative effects.\n\nKeeping forests in their original state is always preferable; undamaged old forests soak up carbon better and are more resilient to fire, storm and droughts. \"Whenever there's a choice, we stress that halting deforestation and protecting remaining forests must be a priority,\" said Prof Alexandre Antonelli, director of science at RGB Kew.\n\nPut local people at the heart of tree-planting projects\n\nStudies show that getting local communities on board is key to the success of tree-planting projects. It is often local people who have most to gain from looking after the forest in the future.\n\nReforestation should be about several goals, including guarding against climate change, improving conservation and providing economic and cultural benefits.\n\nSelect the right area for reforestation\n\nPlant trees in areas that were historically forested but have become degraded, rather than using other natural habitats such as grasslands or wetlands.\n\nUse natural forest regrowth wherever possible\n\nLetting trees grow back naturally can be cheaper and more efficient than planting trees.\n\nSelect the right tree species that can maximise biodiversity\n\nWhere tree planting is needed, picking the right trees is crucial. Scientists advise a mixture of tree species naturally found in the local area, including some rare species and trees of economic importance, but avoiding trees that might become invasive.\n\nMake sure the trees are resilient to adapt to a changing climate\n\nUse tree seeds that are suitable for the local climate and how that might change in the future.\n\nPlan how to source seeds or trees, working with local people.\n\nCombine scientific knowledge with local knowledge. Ideally, small-scale trials should take place before planting large numbers of trees.\n\nThe sustainability of tree re-planting rests on a source of income for all stakeholders, including the poorest.\n• None Will millions more trees really stop climate change?", "Clare Ferguson-Walker says she has struggled with home-schooling her two children\n\nAs kitchen tables are turned back into classrooms across Wales, parents admit they are struggling with the return to home-schooling.\n\nFor Clare Ferguson-Walker from Tavernspite, Pembrokeshire, the experience has been a \"nightmare\".\n\nShe said trying to educate her two children alongside work has resulted in her relying on universal credit.\n\nGetting to grips with home-schooling in the first lockdown was \"a shock to the system\".\n\n\"My heart goes out to teachers, I can't imagine what it was like for them putting together all these packages,\" she said.\n\n\"My son is 12 and loves gaming so he's quite tech-savvy. When I have managed to pin him down he's been 'go away, dinosaur mother, I know how to do it!'\n\n\"I'm not au fait with these subjects I haven't done for years. It's different to how I learned at school.\"\n\nAs a single parent, Clare said she had found it difficult to juggle home-schooling with her work.\n\n\"At first, in the summer, we were doing Joe Wicks exercises every day then some work. Then it fell into chaos. I tried really hard at the beginning to be organised.\n\n\"I'm an artist and sculptor - that work ended and my income has dried up so I'm on universal credit.\n\n\"It's incredibly tough financially. Life has revolved around looking after the kids,\" she said.\n\nBy the end of the year, she said the pressure had all become too much.\n\n\"The thought of going through that again in the winter months - without sunny days in the garden - the stress really got to me.\n\n\"I was finding myself going repeatedly from the kettle to the fridge and back again in this weird loop, thinking what do I do now?\n\n\"It was like being a caged animal, like one of those bears that starts to pace in a cage. The kids had gone feral by then.\n\n\"I think it's been horrendous for young people and families - we can't even rely on grandparents. Mental health struggles are at an all-time high,\" she said.\n\n\"The one positive is I've got to know my kids a hell of a lot more and there have been times that have been lovely.\n\n\"I think they've learned more sat around the kitchen table when we've been talking about what's going on, they've learned about rational thinking, the importance of science and not jumping to conclusions.\n\nJayne Palmer advises not sitting down at a desk\n\nJayne Palmer from Cardiff, who home-educated both her sons, said there was too much pressure on parents to replicate traditional classroom learning.\n\n\"This is not an ideal circumstance for home-education families either because they are not used to being locked indoors.\n\n\"I think there's far too much emphasis in continuing the set curriculum. Right now it's a complete waste of time. There's pressure to compete in a system parents weren't even involved in.\n\nIt is far more important to \"create and interest in learning,\" she said.\n\n\"There's been a tendency of families to rush to buy desks and chairs and pens. What we find is the best way forward is not to sit down and teach your children - watch documentaries with them, play online games with historical content, practise reading to them, do some cooking, Lego or gardening.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome travellers coming to England will have to quarantine in hotels amid concerns about new Covid variants, the government is expected to announce.\n\nBoris Johnson will discuss proposals with ministers later, but a decision may not be announced until Wednesday.\n\nMost foreign nationals from high-risk countries are already denied UK entry, so the new rules will mainly affect returning UK citizens and residents.\n\nQuarantine rules are set by each of the UK nations but tend to be similar.\n\nThe requirement to isolate in a hotel for 10 days will apply to arrivals from most of southern Africa and South America, as well as Portugal, because many flights from Brazil come via Lisbon, according to BBC Newsnight's political editor Nicholas Watt.\n\nHe said there had been \"no definitive decision yet\" on arrivals from other parts of the world and this was \"still a live issue\".\n\nWhitehall sources said those quarantining in hotels would have to pay for the costs of their own accommodation.\n\nThe prime minister will later chair a meeting of the Covid operations committee, attended by senior ministers, to discuss the options.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nAt the moment, almost all arrivals to the UK need to have tested negative for Covid-19 within the 72 hours before they set off to be allowed entry. Then they still have to quarantine for up to 10 days, although this can be done at home.\n\nIn England, this self-isolation period can be cut short with a second negative test after five days.\n\nQuarantine rules are set separately in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland but have only tended to differ slightly, and there has been a \"four nations\" approach to discussions around hotel quarantine, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.\n\nBut deputy first minister John Swinney said his government would \"go at least as far\" as any Westminster policy, adding: \"If these UK restrictions are at a minimal level, we will look at other controls we can announce - including additional supervised quarantine measures - that can further protect us from importation of the virus.\"\n\nHotel quarantine is already in use in countries including New Zealand and Australia.\n\nJessica Gold (centre), her son William Copsey (left), and her mother, Rossana Gold, are trying to get home to the UK from South Africa\n\nJessica Gold, from London, has been trying to get home from South Africa with her mother, 77, and son, 13, since 1 January - but their flights have been cancelled three times.\n\nShe says the idea of having to quarantine in a hotel when she eventually manages to get home is \"absolutely absurd\".\n\n\"Now we are booked to return on 16 Feb, and there is no way we can or will stay in a hotel to quarantine when I have my own place and we can quarantine there, as we have done in the past,\" says Jessica, who flew out to her safari lodge in Greater Kruger National Park, on business, at the end of November.\n\nJessica, 42, wants the government to get tougher on enforcing travellers' home quarantines, rather than bringing in the hotel rule which she says is \"ridiculous and an extra unnecessary expense during these very tough times\".\n\nJessica adds that she's looking into other ways of getting home earlier, before any potential new rules kick in.\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds told MPs on Tuesday that bringing in hotel quarantine plans for arrivals from a small number of countries would leave \"gaping holes\" in the UK's defences against any new, unknown variants of coronavirus coming from across the globe.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said all current travel measures were being kept under review and the government \"will not hesitate to take further action\" to combat variants, especially as they could effect the efficacy of Covid vaccines.\n\nTravel writer Simon Calder told BBC Breakfast it was \"going to be tricky\" to identify people arriving from the high-risk countries, as travellers could go to a third country before coming to the UK.\n\nHe said British citizens in Portugal, for example, could travel to Madrid in order to fly back to the UK.\n\nPassengers in Australian quarantine hotels have all meals delivered to their room\n\nIn Australia, travellers are allocated a hotel room on arrival and taken there by bus. Often, entire flights are accommodated in the same hotel.\n\nThe New South Wales government promises to make \"every attempt\" to find suitable accommodation for travellers and families. But availability of rooms means there are severe limits on the number of people who can arrive in the country on any given day.\n\nThe hotel quarantine lasts a minimum of 14 days up to 24 days, providing a person tests negative twice.\n\nThe passenger must cover the cost of quarantine - at about £2,800 for a family of two adults and two children.\n\nFees are waived for those who can prove they are unable to pay, and there are certain exemptions.\n\nBut not following the rules is a criminal offence, and in New South Wales carries fines of around £6,000 for individuals, six months in prison, or both - with an extra fine for each day the offence continues.\n\nHotel quarantine is among the measures credited with limiting cases of coronavirus in Australia - which has a population of around 25 million - to just 28,777 positive cases during the entire pandemic, a smaller number of cases than is currently being recorded in the UK every day.\n\nBut international arrivals to Australia have fallen dramatically since its hotel quarantine policy was introduced in March 2020.\n\nBetween July and October 2020, just 72,111 people arrived in Australia to live, work or visit - compared with 7.5 million people in the same period in 2019, according to Australian government figures.\n\nRob Paterson, chief executive of Best Western Hotels, said his hotels would be well-prepared for the expected new policy.\n\nSome already have Covid infection controls in place, he said, as they have been used to host \"step-down\" patients who complete their recovery in hotels to free up hospital beds.\n\nMr Paterson told BBC Breakfast quarantining customers would like to see reduced prices, a contact arrival process, CCTV and security to stop people leaving and meals delivered three times a day outside the door - along with clean linen and towels.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: “That idea of looking at hotels is certainly one thing we are actively now working on.”\n\nJoss Croft, chief executive of UKinbound, which represents the tourism sector, said he hoped hotel quarantine rules would cover as few countries as possible and told the BBC's Newsnight the industry had been \"decimated\".\n\nIn a joint statement, the Airport Operators Association and Airlines UK said the country already had \"some of the highest levels of restrictions in the world\" and tougher rules would be \"catastrophic\".", "President Joe Biden has said that the US might be able to boost its daily vaccination roll-out targets after criticising the Trump administration’s record.\n\nBiden, who has described the previous vaccine programme as a \"dismal failure\", has committed to getting 100 million vaccine doses done in his first 100 days and has since said: \"I think we may be able to get that to 1.5 million a day, rather than one million a day.\"\n\nIs he right about the vaccine roll-out under the Trump administration?\n\nAs of 20 January, when Biden became US president, about 16.5 million vaccines had been administered.\n\nThat is some way off the Trump administration's target of vaccinating 20 million people by the end of 2020. In fact, fewer than three million people had received a jab by 31 December.\n\nVaccinations have sped up since the start of the year.\n\nThe daily average for the week before Trump left office was less than 900,000, according to Our World in Data .\n\nThat figure has since risen above one million doses a day, and Biden has come under some scrutiny for not setting a more ambitious target.\n\nWhen you look at the countries doing the most vaccinations by population, the US is fourth after Israel, the UAE and the UK in terms of doses per 100 people.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage captures the extent of the damage the bridge over the River Clwyd\n\nFinancial help has been promised to those affected by serious flooding, the Welsh Government has announced.\n\nPeople have been forced to leave their homes and a major incident declared after Storm Christoph struck.\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated during flooding thought to be related to mine works in Skewen, Neath, while 30 were evacuated in Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it would work with councils to deliver £500-£1,000 payments to affected households.\n\nEnvironment minister, Lesley Griffiths, said people across Wales were facing the \"twin problems\" of floods and the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nShe said: \"We will support people in these circumstances just as we did in the aftermath of storms Ciara and Dennis last year, by working with local authorities to make support payments of between £500 and £1,000 available for each household flooded.\"\n\nSevere flood warnings remain in place across Wales as river levels remain high.\n\nIn the Lower Dee Valley a severe flood warning remains in force, from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadow, and a major incident was declared in Bangor-on-Dee.\n\nWrexham council leader Mark Pritchard said teams worked to ensure the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, made on Wrexham Industrial Estate, was not lost in the floods.\n\nFirefighters in Skewen waded through water up to their thighs amidst reports of evacuated homes\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated in Skewen, including residents of a care home, after at least eight streets were left under water.\n\nEmergency services said there were no injuries and all those evacuated had been found accommodation, but people are asked to avoid the area.\n\nIn Denbighshire, a bridge linking Trefnant to Tremeirchion over the River Clwyd collapsed in the storm. The council said it would be investigating the cause of the flooding, which forced road closures and evacuations.\n\nNatural Resources Wales (NRW) said the River Dee, which runs through Bangor-on-Dee, was at its highest recorded level since the water gauge became operational in 1996 - 16.45m (54ft).\n\nIt urged people across Wales to remain vigilant, with river levels not set to have peaked until late Thursday evening, adding they would remain high until Friday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Met Office said over the past two days Wales had the highest rainfall of the four UK nations.\n\nBetween 19 and 21 January, Aberllefenni in Gwynedd saw 188mm (7.5in) of rain, more than average rainfall for Wales for the whole of January, which is 156.89mm (63in).\n\nThat was followed by 180mm (7in) in Crai reservoir, Powys, 169.8mm (6.6in) in Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and 166mm (6.5in) in both Maerdy, RCT, and Capel Curig, Conwy.\n\nLlechryd bridge in Ceredigion has been completely submerged by the River Teifi\n\nUp to 30 people were forced out of their homes in Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham\n\nNatural Resources Wales said the River Dee was at its highest level since the water gauge became operational\n\nThe flooding threatened the supply of the coronavirus Oxford vaccine, which is produced at Wrexham Industrial Estate.\n\nWrexham council leader Mr Pritchard said it had to work to \"make sure we didn't lose the vaccinations in the floods\".\n\n\"I've been up all night... it's a very difficult time for us,\" he added.\n\nNorth East Wales Search and Rescue helped people whose homes were flooded in New Broughton, Wrexham\n\nWockhardt UK, which manufactures the vaccine, said at about 16:00 GMT on Wednesday, excess water surrounded part of its buildings.\n\n\"The site is now secure and free from any further flood damage and operating as normal,\" it said.\n\nThe clean-up has begun in Ruthin\n\nA multi-agency statement described the situation in Bangor-on-Dee as a \"major incident\".\n\nIt said: \"As a severe weather warning indicates that there is a risk to life...\n\n\"The evacuation effort continues, with all routes in and out of the village currently closed to the public due to the flooding.\"\n\nEarlier, some residents in Ruthin were told to leave their homes - people have been told Covid rules allow them leave their homes in an emergency.\n\nMeanwhile, a man's body was recovered from the River Taff near Blackweir in Cardiff.\n\nDozens of ducks and chickens, and 12 huskies were rescued by the RSPCA from a flooded farm in Bangor, while they also took hay to two donkeys stranded by flood water in Mold.\n\nSome 12 huskies had to be rescued after their kennels flooded\n\nDave Brown said the flooding in his home in Broughton, Flintshire, was horrific and his mother-in-law was rescued by firefighters.\n\n\"You don't realise the damage water does and everything that floats - the sheer volume of water. I am 6ft tall and it almost took me out,\" he said.\n\nDave Brown's mother-in-law was rescued from their home in Broughton, Flintshire\n\nWrexham council said some of the people forced to leave their homes were with relatives, while it found others accommodation after having to initially seek refuge in a church hall.\n\nNine properties in Berse Road in New Broughton were also evacuated.\n\nThe situation in Ruthin, Denbighshire, overnight was \"horrendous\", town councillor Stephen Beach said.\n\n\"The whole of Ruthin was on edge,\" he said.\n\n\"Some people were accommodated at the leisure centre, and others were offered places to stay by local residents. The community was superb.\n\n\"It was the sheer volume of water that came down - there was no stopping it.\"\n\nA yellow weather warning for ice for Wales has been issued by the Met Office until 10:00 GMT on Friday, with concerns it could lead to travel disruption, slips and falls.\n\nNumerous flood warnings and alerts remain in place across Wales, including two severe flood warnings.\n\nThe agency said flood defences were being used and river levels at Holt, Wrexham, would remain high for some time.\"There is therefore a significant risk of localised flooding problems and due to that the severe flood warning will remain in place until the levels drop,\" Keith Iven of NRW said\n\nIn Monmouthshire roads were closed following flooding, and the council said while water levels at the River Usk were dropping, a \"second peak\" on the River Wye had been expected on Thursday night.\n\nThe council had warned people living in Riverside Park, Monmouth, may be impacted and council workers were prepared to offer support.\n\nRiver Tywi has burst its banks in Carmarthen, affecting nearby businesses\n\nMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it had attended 98 flooding-related incidents\n\nIt said it deployed swift water rescue teams to rescue 13 people from vehicles in floodwater. It also winched vehicles from water and pumped water from properties.\n\nIn Cardiff, emergency services attended a crash involving a number of vehicles at about 07:40 on the A4232 between Culverhouse Cross and the M4.\n\nNo-one was seriously injured, but both carriageways were closed for just over an hour. The road has since reopened.\n\nIn Carmarthen, people were treated for the effects of fumes after using a generator to pump water from their homes.\n\nIn Knighton and Crickhowell in Powys, crews spent Wednesday night pumping out a number of properties.\n\nIn Borth, Ceredigion, floodwater hit the water treatment plant, an electrical substation and eight properties.\n\nOgwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team had to rescue a man from the roof of his car.\n\nIt said he had tried to drive through the river ford along the road from Llandygai to Bangor, in Gwynedd, but had become stuck in deep water and had climbed onto the roof. He was not injured.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Derek Brockway - weatherman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council said it was aware of a minor landslip on the mountainside above Pentre.\n\nIt said an initial inspection determined there was no immediate threat to the area and a further detailed inspection would be carried out on Friday. It asked people to avoid the area.\n\nBangor-on-Dee has been badly hit by Storm Cristoph\n\nDozens of roads have been closed across Wales, and while Covid rules are in place stopping people from travelling apart from for essential reasons, people are being warned not to travel in affected areas due to widespread flooding.\n\nChris Lloyd from North Wales Mountain Rescue Association warned people to not visit flood-hit areas to view the damage.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wales: \"People who are going out to look at the floods are not only putting themselves at risk, but putting additional people on the roads which professional emergency services don't want - we don't want any more incidents.\"\n\nDenbighshire council said Ysgol Bodfari in Denbigh and Ysgol Caer Drewyn, Corwen, which had been open for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers, have been closed.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health Secretary Matt Hancock says lifting restrictions can only happen when \"facts on the ground\" show it is safe\n\nIt is \"difficult to put a timeline\" on when England's lockdown could be lifted, Matt Hancock has said.\n\nThe health secretary said there were \"early signs\" the measures were working but it was \"not a moment to ease up\".\n\nHe said there were 37,000 people in hospital with coronavirus in the UK and \"more people on ventilators than at any time in this whole pandemic\".\n\n\"The pressure on the NHS remains huge and we've got to get that case rate down,\" he said.\n\nThe number of coronavirus cases in the UK has been falling, but the number of people in hospital remains high, as does the UK's daily death numbers.\n\nA further 592 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test and another 22,195 cases have been recorded, according to Monday's government figures.\n\nThe are 4,076 people in hospital on ventilators.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons.\n\nThis includes for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nAt Monday's Downing Street press briefing, Mr Hancock said: \"I understand the yearning people have to get out of this.\n\n\"The thing is that we have to look at the facts on the ground and we have to monitor those facts.\n\n\"And of course, everybody wants to have a timeline for that, but I think most people understand why it is difficult to put a timeline on it because it's a matter of monitoring the data.\"\n\nHe set out the factors the government would take into account when reaching decisions over lifting the restrictions, including: the death rate, the number of people in hospital, whether there were new coronavirus variants and the success of the vaccine rollout.\n\nAlmost four in five of the UK's over-80s have had the vaccine, Mr Hancock said, with nearly 6.6m people in total having had their first dose.\n\nThe falling numbers of infections being reported and the rising rate of vaccination are incredibly promising - even if the drop in infections reported on Monday may have been partly an artefact of fewer people coming forward for a test because of the snow.\n\nBut that does not offer any guarantees of a rapid lifting of lockdown.\n\nWhat is concerning ministers are the high numbers in hospital.\n\nThe number of new admissions seems to have plateaued - but at a very high rate.\n\nClose to 4,000 patients a day are being admitted to hospital.\n\nTo put that in context, that is four times the total number of all types of respiratory admissions the NHS would normally see in winter.\n\nIt means the numbers in hospital are at nearly twice the level they were at the peak in the spring during the first wave.\n\nWith better treatments available, patients are spending longer in hospital.\n\nSo come mid-February the pressures in hospital are likely to be very high, leaving ministers little wriggle-room to relax restrictions.\n\nThe big unknown, however, is what impact and how quickly vaccination will have an effect on admissions.\n\nThere is encouraging early news from Israel that hospitalisation really starts to drop three weeks after the first dose.\n\nIf that is repeated here, the picture could quickly change.\n\nBut until that happens the government - in the words of Health Secretary Matt Hancock - is urging the country to hold its nerve.\n\nSpeaking at the Downing Street press conference, Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer for England, warned: \"We are not out of this by a very long way.\"\n\nShe said current coronavirus rates were still causing concern, patience was needed about the vaccination programme and the NHS still faced its usual winter pressures.\n\nSusan Hopkins, from Public Health England, said the UK need to see the death rate \"fall much lower\" before any decision to ease measures.\n\nShe said teams were currently studying the impact on the UK's vaccine programme of the variant first identified in South Africa.\n\nBut she added the \"consensus view\" from four UK laboratories suggested that \"the current vaccine works against the variant that was first discovered in the UK\".", "A group of MPs is calling for hedgehog nesting sites to get the same protections as those for bats and badgers, in an effort to boost numbers.\n\nFormer Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has tabled an amendment to the Environment Bill, which he said would help \"Britain's favourite animal\".\n\nThe spiky mammals should be on developers' \"radar\" when they are planning a project, he added.\n\nA report in 2018 suggested UK hedgehog numbers had halved since 2000.\n\nRough estimates put the population at one million, compared with 30 million during the 1950s.\n\nMr Grayling's amendment would add hedgehogs the list of protected animals under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.\n\nThis would place a legal obligation on developers to search for the animals and take action to reduce the risk to them from building.\n\nChris Grayling said hedgehogs should feature on property developers' surveys\n\nIt is illegal to kill or capture hedgehogs using certain methods but Mr Grayling said: \"It seems wrong to me, for example, that whenever a developer has to carry out a wildlife survey before starting work on a project that the hedgehog is not on anyone's radar.\n\n\"It is Britain's favourite animal, its numbers are declining and it should be as well protected as any other popular but threatened British animal.\"\n\nFormer cabinet ministers Liam Fox, Andrew Mitchell and Dame Cheryl Gillan are among 13 fellow Conservative MPs supporting Mr Grayling's amendment.\n\nLabour's Hilary Benn and Debbie Abrahams have also signed it.\n\nThe Environment Bill - which seeks to write environmental principles into UK law for the first time - will be debated in the House of Commons on Tuesday.\n\nIt includes setting legally binding targets to improve air quality, water, biodiversity and waste reduction by 2037.\n\nBut some Conservative backbenchers say this is much too slow. They want the targets brought forward to 2030 at the latest.\n\nAn amendment from the Conservative MP, Chris Loder, calls for unmissable targets to reduce plastics waste.\n\nIt comes as a report from Greenpeace and the Environmental Investigation Agency claims that the UK's 10 largest supermarket chains put plastic equivalent to the weight of 90 Eiffel Towers on to the market in 2019.\n\nThe study found that while the number of single-use carrier bags fell by more than a third, more than one and a half billion plastic \"bags for life\" were issued by the top brands, and that 2.5 billion plastic water bottles were sold or given away.\n\nThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the bill would help \"improve the environment for future generations\".\n\nIt added that ministers were \"ambitious\" to \"drive a world-leading programme of environmental reform\".\n\nFor Labour, shadow environment secretary Luke Pollard said the bill should be prioritised to complete its passage in this session of Parliament.\n\nHe added that the UK needed legislation that \"recognises the urgency of the crisis and doesn't go backwards\".", "Budweiser has said it will not advertise its beer during the Super Bowl this year, joining a growing number of big brands sitting out the annual American football championship.\n\nThe event remains one of the most-watched in the US each year, drawing more than 100 million viewers in 2020.\n\nThe advertisements are often as much a conversation-starter as the game itself, sometimes sparking controversy.\n\nFirms say the virus has made finding the right message especially difficult.\n\nOthers are grappling with financial hits caused by the pandemic, which has dampened spending on many items, while also casting more than 10 million Americans out of work, resurfacing racial and economic inequalities and sharpening political divisions.\n\nBudweiser's parent company, Anheuser-Busch, said it planned to reallocate the money it would have spent on a 30-second Budweiser spot during the game to support an Ad Council campaign promoting coronavirus vaccination.\n\nIt is the first time the flagship brand will not make a game-time appearance in 37 years.\n\n\"This commitment is an investment in a future where we can all get back together safely over a beer\", it said, adding that it would still promote some of its other brands, such as Bud Light, during the game.\n\nOn Monday, Budweiser released a full 90-second Super Bowl ad on YouTube entitled \"Bigger Picture\", which showed US citizens overcoming pandemic challenges together and aimed to raise awareness about Covid-19 vaccines.\n\nCoke, Pepsi and Hyundai are among the other major names also planning to forego airtime during the broadcast.\n\nCoca-Cola said it had made the \"difficult choice\" to \"ensure we are investing in the right resources during these unprecedented times\". The firm did not advertise during the 2019 game either.\n\nHyundai cited \"marketing priorities\" and the timing of upcoming vehicle launches.\n\nPepsi has also said it would not promote its flagship soda during the game. Instead, it is spending money on an advert airing to promote the Super Bowl halftime show it has sponsored for almost a decade.\n\nThe Super Bowl boasts some of the most expensive advertising slots all year\n\nGiven all the economic, political and health questions of 2020, companies may have felt it was prudent to pull back - especially several months ago, when they would have had to start planning for such a high-profile night, said Kimberly Whitler, professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business\n\n\"It's the biggest night of TV watching and so they have to plan it months in advance,\" she said. \"There was so much uncertainty that to go and invest in a Super Bowl ad might have actually felt or seemed frivolous at the time.\"\n\nThe decision goes \"beyond finances\", she added. \"It's also, 'How do we identify the right tone that will match the moment'.\"\n\nThis year's Super Bowl will see star quarterback Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers face off against reigning champions the Kansas City Chiefs on 7 February.\n\nLast year, firms spent an average of $5.25m (£3.8m) for a 30-second spot during the championship, driving Super Bowl ad spending to a record $450m, according to Kantar consultancy.\n\nThe firm has said its research suggests Super Bowl ads are \"typically 20 times more effective\" in changing a brand's perception than a normal advert.\n\nAnheuser-Busch, an official sponsor of the National Football League, is typically one of the night's top spenders, so the absence of its flagship brand may create its own buzz, said Satya Menon, a Chicago-based managing partner of of ROI practice at Kantar.\n\nChipotle's very first Super Bowl commercial is entitled, \"Can a burrito change the world?\"\n\n\"Budweiser in particular is a very established brand ... so for them, it's all about generating love and goodwill and maybe this is another way,\" she says.\n\n\"They do have a lot of pre-game advertising out there. When people have the expectation that they wil be there and then they don't see the brand, they'll start thinking why are they not.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the sports showdown still seems to be finding plenty of firms ready to fill spots left by the stalwarts. Names of newcomers include Chipotle and Fiverr, a freelance platform that has seen business soar during the pandemic.\n\n\"It doesn't get any bigger than the Super Bowl from a branding and marketing perspective,\" said Fiverr's chief marketing officer Gali Arnon. \"We believe this is a major opportunity for us to introduce the world to Fiverr in a unique and creative way.\"\n\nMany of this year's advertisers are firms coming from the e-commerce sector, which have benefited from the pandemic, Ms Menon said.\n\nAnd though audience numbers for NFL games have slipped this year, for those firms making their game-night debuts, Ms Menon says she still expects ads to have a big impact - even if the pandemic puts a damper on the traditional Super Bowl parties and other festivities, which can make championship feel like an unofficial national holiday.\n\n\"There isn't very much going on in life, so it will always have that great reach,\" she says. \"Some of that excitement may not be there, but watching will definitely be there.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says teachers and pupils will be told “as much as we can, as soon as we can” about reopening schools\n\nThe government will tell teachers and parents when schools in England can reopen \"as soon as we can\", the prime minister has said.\n\nMPs have called on the government to set out a \"route map\" for reopening amid concerns for children's education.\n\nBoris Johnson said he understood why people wanted a timetable but he did not want to lift restrictions while the infection rate was \"still very high\".\n\nHe would not guarantee schools would reopen before April's Easter break.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"We've now got the R [reproduction rate] down below 1 across the whole of the country, that's a great achievement, we don't want to see a huge surge of infection just when we've got the vaccination programme going so well and people working so hard.\n\n\"I understand why people want to get a timetable from me today, what I can tell you is we'll tell you, tell parents, tell teachers as much as we can as soon as we can.\"\n\nHe said the government would be \"looking at the potential of relaxing some measures\" before mid-February, with Downing Street clarifying that this meant looking at the data to decide \"what we may or may not be able to ease from 15 February onwards\".\n\nA further 592 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test and another 22,195 cases have been recorded, according to Monday's government figures.\n\nAt Monday's Downing Street press briefing, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said almost four in five of the UK's over-80s have had the vaccine, with nearly 6.6m people in total having had their first dose.\n\nBut he said the NHS continues to be under \"intense pressure\", with Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer for England, saying there are \"twice the number of people in hospital than we had in the first wave\" of the pandemic.\n\nRobert Halfon, chairman of the education select committee, told BBC Breakfast there was \"enormous uncertainty\" and called for the government to set out what the conditions needed to be for pupils to return to schools.\n\nThe Conservative MP for Harlow suggested the government could consider tighter restrictions in other parts of society and the economy, in order to enable schools to open.\n\nTory MPs were enraged by reports over the weekend that schools might not re-open fully until after the Easter holidays.\n\nMinisters say it's the progress of the pandemic that will determine their decision rather than a pre-agreed timetable.\n\nYet whenever the government speaks, parents hear dates. Whether it's that the situation will be reviewed at half-term. Or a pledge to give two weeks' notice when classes will come back.\n\nMPs are now pushing for more transparency from the government about how they'll assess the data, and for some ideas between school being mostly closed or totally open.\n\nThis issue is a perfect metaphor for the situation facing the entire country. Too much hope breeds disappointment, but living with uncertainty is just as hard. And you can come up with a plan but it might have to be junked if the virus has other ideas.\n\nChildren's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield joined the call for clarity and told the BBC: \"Children are more withdrawn, they are really suffering in terms of isolation, their confidence levels are falling, and for some there are serious issues.\"\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said the government wanted to \"see all children back at the very earliest moment\".\n\nSchools in England have been closed to most pupils since the national lockdown began on 5 January due to high levels of Covid transmission in the community.\n\nThere have been calls for teachers to be vaccinated sooner, although it is not clear if that would allow schools to reopen earlier.\n\nThe majority of pupils in England are learning from home with schools only open to the children of key workers, vulnerable children and those who cannot learn at home\n\nCovid death rates among educational professionals are not \"statistically significantly different\" to those in the general population, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, but secondary school teachers appeared to have an elevated risk compared particularly with people working in office-type jobs.\n\nAmong secondary school teachers Covid death rates were 39.2 deaths per 100,000 males, compared with 31.4 for all males aged 20 to 64, and 21.2 per 100,000 females, compared with 16.8, but the ONS said these were \"not statistically significantly different than those of the same age and sex in the wider population\".\n\nSchools will remain closed in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales until at least the February half-term - with the Welsh first minister saying it is \"unlikely\" all pupils will return after the break.\n\nGemma Cocker with her children Charlie and Lyla\n\nGemma Cocker from Brighton is one of the many parents struggling to balance childcare, home learning and work.\n\nShe says she's having to share her work laptop with her son, who has already missed learning time after the family moved home and did not have internet access. \"We didn't have any internet. The school said they had reached their limit so couldn't take him,\" she says.\n\nAnd because her children are young, she says: \"They're never just going to watch a classroom by themselves, you have to be with them the whole time.\"\n\nKitty Jones, 11, is in her last year of primary school and she says home learning is \"tricky\" because she is not used to using different remote platforms like Google Classroom and she wants to return \"as soon as possible\".\n\n\"I still think that I'm learning a bit, but I don't think I'm learning as much as I would be in person,\" she tells BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.\n\nHolly Agbukor, 18, is studying for her A-levels, says it is \"quite stressful\" learning at home, as it is a \"different environment, so it is not as easy to be fully present in the lessons\".\n\nBut, she says, while is it \"difficult\" working at home, \"I don't think it is worth the cost of reintroducing the virus into society and making things worse overall\".\n\nHow has home-schooling been going for your family? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.\n\nRules for people entering the UK could get tighter later - with the government expected to enforce hotel quarantine in England for some arrivals. Currently, people arriving in the UK must test negative before setting off, and then self-isolate for 10 days on arrival. This can be reduced to five days in England after a second negative test. But it's feared that not everyone follows the rules - so people could now be told to stay in hotels, where the isolation will be enforced. It's thought the rules will definitely apply to UK citizens and residents arriving from southern African, South America, and Portugal (foreign nationals are already banned from arriving from those \"high risk\" areas). The rules could also apply to other countries. And it's expected that people will have to pay their own way. Although each part of the UK sets its own travel rules, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said a \"four nations\" approach is being discussed. Here's a glimpse from last year of hotel quarantine in Australia.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK's unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to November, up from 4.9%, as the pandemic continued to hit the jobs market. In November, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said unemployment could peak at 2.6 million by the middle of this year - that's 7.5% of the working population.\n\nThe EU has been criticised for a slow vaccine rollout - which is partly down to delays from manufacturers Pfizer and AstraZeneca (although the latter's jab hasn't actually been approved in the EU yet). Now the EU says vaccine makers must provide \"early notification\" when they want to export vaccines outside the bloc. This could mean more doses stay inside the EU. The UK minister responsible for vaccine deployment, Nadhim Zahawi, has said he is confident Pfizer - which manufactures its vaccine in Belgium - will deliver for both the UK and the EU. This tweet is from the EU's health commissioner.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Stella Kyriakides This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRiot police in the Netherlands have again clashed with people defying a curfew, following a weekend of unrest. More than 150 were arrested. In Rotterdam, police fired warning shots and tear gas, after an emergency order failed to move demonstrators.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dutch police described the rioting as the worst unrest in four decades\n\nDespite Covid and the strains on the system, there is still kindness - and new life - in NHS hospitals. The BBC's Hugh Pym went to Kings Mill Hospital, part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust, to meet the patients and staff.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: ‘Among all the doom and gloom there’s positives’\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page. This page analyses UK data - including the recent fall in daily cases.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "The school's head teacher said it was unacceptable staff were being put at risk\n\nA school has threatened to withdraw places for pupils who have told teachers they are visiting people outside their households.\n\nYew Tree Community School in Oldham said several children had admitted visiting friends, neighbours and family contrary to Covid-19 lockdown rules.\n\nHead teacher Martine Buckley said she would take the action when \"parents were putting staff in danger\".\n\nThe Department for Education said \"all vulnerable\" pupils should go to school.\n\nDuring the current lockdown schools are open only to pupils listed as vulnerable and the children of key workers.\n\nFamilies can form \"childcare bubbles\" with one other household, and children who live with two parents who live separately can move between households - but any further mixing is forbidden.\n\nIn a letter posted on the Chadderton school's Facebook page, Mrs Buckley said she was \"upset\" to be writing it \"but I feel I must\".\n\n\"Our lovely children are open and honest and they tell us about their lives and activities,\" she said.\n\n\"A number of them are telling us that they are visiting friends, neighbours and family which is against the law.\n\n\"Our teachers and support staff are putting their own safety at risk to look after your children and they should be confident you are doing your bit to follow the lockdown rules.\n\n\"I am afraid I will have to withdraw the offer of a place in school to children whose parents are putting us in danger.\"\n\nWhile a number of parents applauded the message, others have been angered.\n\nOne man told the BBC his two grandchildren were at the school and children as young as four have been asked about their activities at home, which was \"out of order\".\n\n\"My granddaughters are pretty intimidated by the tone,\" he said.\n\n\"Asking them questions like that and then the answers off the back of that. They come to a decision of whether they are going to displace them or not.\"\n\nThe school has about 660 pupils aged between four and 11.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department for Education said during the current lockdown, schools were \"open for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers\".\n\n\"We expect schools to work with families to ensure all critical worker children are given access to a place if this is required,\" she added.\n\n\"We encourage all vulnerable children to attend.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Microsoft has reported booming demand for its Xbox gaming consoles as the pandemic continues to lift the fortunes of the American tech giant.\n\nIts Azure cloud computing services also got a boost due to a surge in working and learning from home.\n\nThe gains helped push the firm's overall revenue up 17% to a record $43.1bn (£31.4bn).\n\nBut its growth came as the virus continues to weigh on other industries.\n\nMicrosoft boss Satya Nadella said the firm is benefiting from a long-term shift in behaviour.\n\n\"What we have witnessed over the past year is the dawn of a second wave of digital transformation sweeping every company and every industry,\" he said.\n\nXbox sales jumped 40% in the three months to 31 December while Azure services soared 50%.\n\nThe virus continues to weigh on industries outside of tech\n\nThe pandemic has prompted many firms to switch to remote working, while keeping many entertainment options outside of the home off-limits.\n\nMicrosoft has seized on the changes, focusing energy on updating its remote work software options.\n\nThe firm also released two new Xbox consoles in November, helping to boost the performance of its personal computing unit.\n\nMicrosoft's gaming business topped $5bn in quarterly sales for the first time ever due to gaming subscriptions and sales as well as new consoles.\n\nThe firm said profits in the quarter rose 33% compared with last year to $15.5bn.\n\nIts shares - which climbed roughly 40% last year - were up another 4% in after-hours trade,\n\n\"These were blow out numbers that will be another feather in the cap for the tech sector as the cloud growth party is just getting started,\" said Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities.\n\nBut the gains enjoyed by tech firms like Microsoft stand in contrast to the ongoing struggles seen in other industries such as hospitality, retail and travel.\n\nCoffee chain Starbucks on Tuesday said its sales in the last three months of 2020 fell roughly 5% compared to 2019, driven by a drop in business in the US where concerns about Covid-19 have prompted authorities to urge people to stay at home.\n\nIn China, where the virus is under more control, sales rose 5%, the company said.\n\nThe firm said it expected business to return to growth in the next few months, including in the critical US market.\n\nBut profits in the quarter dropped 30% to $622.2m compared with last year, sending the firm's shares lower in after-hours trade.", "The water is warmer than the air and is creating a mist along Dynevor Road\n\nThe coalmining heritage of Wales has been implicated in flooding of homes - but what has happened in Skewen?\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated from the Neath Port Talbot village, with at least eight streets left under water.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones says the flood appears to be related to mine works - but the volume of water involved has hampered a full assessment so far.\n\nThe Coal Authority is investigating how \"historic underground mining features\" in the area exacerbated the problem.\n\nA geologist says there are tens of thousands of old mine shafts across the former south Wales coalfield and it is \"incredibly difficult\" to monitor them all.\n\nSkewen lies within an old coal mining hotspot, with several former colliery sites near the village that operated in the 19th and early 20th Century.\n\nThere were colliery sites near what is now Drummau Road, in the north of the village and another close to Old Road, near Neath Abbey.\n\nSkewen was part of a collection of collieries that stretched between Neath and Llanelli on the western side of south Wales' coalfield.\n\nGraham Levins, secretary of the Welsh Mines Preservation Trust, said old mines often contain groundwater which can flood in heavy rain.\n\nHe said: \"A lot of them go very, very deep down, much below the local water level and that's why they had all the big wheels to pump the water out.\n\n\"It fills up with water and will find a way out. Normally rainfall you get it doesn't cause a lot of problems but when you get really heavy rain, the water drains down through the ground and builds up.\"\n\nStreets were turned into rivers in Skewen\n\nGeologist Tom Backhouse said water was coming out of an area near the junction of Goshen Park and Drummau Road, where there is a record of a mine shaft dating from the turn of the 20th Century.\n\nIt then started \"rushing down\" Drummau Road, causing the flooding that forced evacuations.\n\n\"What we can expect to have happened is that the water level in the mines rose to a point where it's burst out of that entry point from the mine workings below.\n\n\"Also, there are images of very ochre like orange-coloured water and again, that may well be issuing from the mine workings on the highlands to the east of the property on the hill behind.\n\n\"That may be where the shallow workings have flooded.\"\n\nHe said old mine working across the former coalfield area hold water at a certain depth, but when an event such as Storm Christoph drops \"a huge amount in a small area\", the levels rise quickly.\n\n\"As it gets closer and closer to the surface, it basically looks for an escape, the pressure builds up,\" he continued.\n\n\"What it looks like has happened on the junction of Goshen Park and Drummau Road, where the mine shaft is recorded, is that pressure has built up at that point and then burst out through the shaft which is very likely to have been capped with wood or something like that.\n\n\"Where you've got those mine shafts, which ultimately are vertical tunnels down into the mine workings below, the water has literally forced itself up through that shaft, and the pressure is obviously so great it's caused this devastating flash flood.\"\n\nAs well as properties, vehicles were submerged in water\n\nThere are about 13 shafts recorded within about 820ft (250m) of the one in Goshen Park, so Mr Backhouse said it is possible more than one may have burst.\n\nThere are tens of thousands in south Wales and he said it was \"incredibly difficult\" to check them all, but there were \"tell tale signs\" as to why they may collapse such as age or what type of developments are around them.\n\nThe clean up has continued on Friday morning\n\n\"Not to try and fear-monger or anything but of course this sort of thing can happen again,\" he said.\n\n\"If another event like Storm Christoph happens, the water levels in the mine rises as quickly as it did, there's absolutely nothing to say that it wouldn't happen again in the future.\n\n\"And obviously as climate changes and we have many more events like Storm Christoph, they are going to increase in frequency, they are going to be much more severe.\n\n\"The Coal Authority will have to consider the risk in places like Skewen, and they'll have to understand how it will affect residents and proactively manage that and look at how to reduce the risks for residents.\"", "Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured in the 2017 bombing\n\nThe operator of the Manchester Arena has denied it \"deliberately sacrificed safety\" in the aftermath of the 2017 bombing.\n\nAn inquiry has heard how security failures contributed to the arena being unsafe on the night of the attack.\n\nVenue operator SMG has disputed claims it \"was akin to the worst kind of Dickensian factory owner, deliberately and cynically sacrificing safety\".\n\nTwenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a home-made device as fans left the arena following an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nAndrew O'Connor QC, representing SMG, told the inquiry the firm had always accepted responsibility for security in the City Room, where the bomb exploded.\n\nBut he denied the firm had sought to \"blame others,\" adding it had \"simply sought to explain how SMG discharged its responsibilities\".\n\n\"It is for that purpose and not for prevarication, finger-pointing or buck passing that we have sought to explain to you SMG's relationship with all the other organisations involved,\" he added.\n\nMr O'Connor said the company accepted there were \"shortcomings\" with its written risk assessments but maintained it \"did have a system for assessing terrorism-related risk\".\n\nThe public inquiry into the bombing will look at whether the attack could have been prevented\n\nPatrick Gibbs QC, representing BTP, told the inquiry the force made five key mistakes on the night of the bombing.\n\nThis included having no officers on patrol at Victoria station when Abedi made his final journey to the arena and not having an officer in the City Room at the end of the concert.\n\nOther mistakes included failing to complete a written risk-assessment for the concert, officers not following instructions from their duty sergeant and that PC Stephen Corke, the most experienced officer on duty, was not at the arena complex for the end of the event.\n\nBTP has since made significant changes to its procedures since the attack, the inquiry was told.\n\nThese include monthly meetings with the arena operators to discuss events.\n\nThe inquiry, which began in September, continues.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pictures of the Pampas grass on social media are thought to have made the area in South Shields popular\n\nA boom in the popularity of Pampas grass with interior decorators has led to \"droves\" of people picking the plant which grows wild near a beach.\n\nThe grass, near Littlehaven Beach in South Shields, forms part of a wind defence to stop sand blowing onto roads and helps protect the coastline.\n\nSouth Tyneside Council warned anyone found removing it could be prosecuted.\n\nCouncillor Ernest Gibson said while the grass may look \"beautiful in vases\" people were \"damaging the environment\".\n\nThe grass, which was popular in the 1970s, can sell for up to £40 a bunch and has proved a popular addition to people's homes.\n\nIt is thought that photographs on social media sites such as Instagram may have influenced people turning up and taking it, Mr Gibson added.\n\n\"Pampas grass is quite expensive to buy if you went to a florist. It's cheaper to come to South Tyneside and take it away,\" he said.\n\n\"But what we are doing is urging people not to come here and take it away, it's there for a reason.\"\n\nPampas grass and Marram grass form part of a defence along the coast at South Shields\n\nThe Pampas grass helps to bond poor soils found at the coast, while Marram grass helps to prevent erosion in the dunes.\n\nSigns are to be erected warning people not to pick the grass because it is already in need of replenishment, the council said.\n\n\"Through Covid, we have a massive amount of people coming to the coastal town, it's Benidorm without the sunshine,\" he added.\n\n\"It's great to see people at the seaside enjoying it [the grass] and that's what it's part of. It's there for everybody to view.\"\n\nGarden designer George Wright said Pampas grass was \"very popular\" and he had seen demand increase two or three times at his nursery in West Boldon. He also expressed concern for the area.\n\n\"Once they take the flower heads themselves they take the seeds. Eventually this will become very much a patchy area and they will all start to decline.\n\n\"Pampas grass is becoming more and and more popular at the moment and I think a lot of it is people are starting to extend their houses into the garden so they want something nice in there, and also it's being used for interior decoration in houses.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Chris Whitty said it was a very sad day, as the UK surpassed 100,000 Covid deaths\n\nThe number of daily coronavirus deaths in the UK is likely to come down \"relatively slowly\", England's chief medical officer has warned.\n\nProf Chris Whitty said the UK was going to see \"a lot more deaths\" over the next few weeks before the effects of the vaccination programme were felt.\n\nCurrent restrictions were \"just about holding\" in lowering infection rates, he told a Downing Street briefing.\n\nIt comes as the UK surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday.\n\nA further 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nAnd 20,089 coronavirus cases were reported on Tuesday, continuing a downward trend in the number of UK cases seen in recent days.\n\nProf Whitty told a Downing Street news conference the rolling seven-day average for deaths was 1,242 - \"an incredibly high number\" - and unlikely to come down quickly.\n\n\"I think we have to be realistic that the rate of mortality, the number of people dying a day, will come down relatively slowly over the next two weeks - and will probably be flat for a while now.\"\n\nProf Whitty said the number of people testing positive for coronavirus was \"still at a very high number, but it has been coming down\".\n\nBut he cautioned against relaxing restrictions \"too early\", as Office for National Statistics data showed a \"rather slower\" decrease.\n\nThe number of people in hospital with Covid-19 in the UK had \"flattened off\", he said, but was still an \"incredibly high number\" and \"substantially above the peak in April\".\n\nProf Whitty said the new, more transmissible variant discovered in the south east of England at the end of last year had altered the UK's situation \"very substantially\" and had made it \"much harder\" to bring infection levels down.\n\n\"We were worried two weeks ago that the measures we have at the moment were not enough to hold this new variant,\" he told the news conference.\n\n\"I think what the data I showed you at the beginning of the slide sessions shows is that the rates are just about holding with the new variant, with what everybody's doing.\n\n\"It's going to be much harder because of this new variant and I think we have to be realistic about that.\"\n\nSir Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said that more than a quarter of a million severely ill coronavirus patients have been looked after in hospital since the pandemic started last year.\n\n\"This is not a year that anybody is going to want to remember nor is it a year that across the health service any of us will ever forget,\" he said.\n\nThe daily Covid figures have seen the number of deaths top 100,000. But they also contain some signs of hope.\n\nJust over 20,000 new infections have been reported - down from 22,000 yesterday.\n\nThis compares to an average of 60,000 at the start of the year.\n\nIt is a sharp fall, although Prof Whitty cautions it may actually be a little slower than that.\n\nNot everyone who is infected comes forward for testing and the government surveillance programme which involves random testing of the population suggests the fall has not been quite so great.\n\nNonetheless, it is clear the infection rate is coming down - and that offers hope.\n\nHospital cases have plateaued and should soon start falling. That will eventually lead to a reduction in the number of deaths.\n\nThen, in February, the vaccination programme should start having an impact, leading, hopefully, to a rapid drop in deaths.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson told the briefing the coronavirus infection rate remained \"pretty forbiddingly high\" to ease lockdown restrictions, which have been in place in England since 5 January.\n\nBut he said \"at a certain stage we will want to be getting things open\".\n\nHe added: \"What I will be doing in the course of the next few days and weeks is setting out in more detail, as soon as we can, when and how we want to get things open again.\"\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons - including for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nMeanwhile, the epidemiologist whose modelling prompted the UK government to impose the first lockdown has told BBC Radio 4's PM he believes more action in autumn last year could have \"drastically reduced\" the number of lives lost in the second wave - some 60,000.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson said: \"They couldn't have been eliminated, but they could have been drastically reduced by earlier action, unfortunately.\n\n\"How much is difficult to judge, the new variant was unpredictable and did change our understanding of how much was needed to control spread, but we did just let the autumn wave get to far, far too high infection levels.\"\n\nReacting to the UK's death toll, Mr Johnson said he took \"full responsibility\" for the government's actions, but added: \"We truly did everything we could.\"", "The fate of more than 200,000 seafarers who play a crucial role in keeping global trade flowing is being labelled a \"humanitarian crisis at sea\".\n\nMore than 300 firms and organisations are urging for them to be treated as \"key workers\", so they can return home without risking public health.\n\nMore than 90% of global trade - from household goods to medical supplies - is moved by sea.\n\nBut governments have banned crew from coming ashore amid Covid-19 fears.\n\nLarge firms including shipping titan AP Moller-Maersk, oil firms BP and Shell, consumer giant Unilever and mining groups Rio Tinto and Vale, as well as maritime transporters, unions, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and other supply chain partners have signed the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change.\n\nThey are calling for all countries to designate seafarers as key workers and implement crew change protocols.\n\nThe signees of the Neptune Declaration are warning global leaders that ignoring the risk to crews' mental and physical wellbeing threatens global supply chains, which are crucial to vaccinating the world from coronavirus.\n\nThe firms and organisations hope that world leaders, gathering at this year's virtual Davos Forum, will heed their call.\n\n\"Unified, prompt action from governments and other key stakeholders is needed to protect the lives and livelihoods of the 1.6 million seafaring men and women who serve us all across the seas, and who continue to face extreme risk to their safety and earnings,\" said WEF's head of supply chain and transport Margi Van Gogh.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. India coronavirus: The stranded sailor yet to meet his daughter\n\n\"By granting stranded seafarers key worker status, and by prioritising vaccine allocation for transport crew, we can prevent a deepening humanitarian and economic crisis.\"\n\nAccording to latest data from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and international ship owners body Bimco, there are 1.6 million seafarers serving on internationally trading merchant ships worldwide.\n\nTypically, ICS estimates around 100,000 seafarers are rotated every month, with 50,000 staff disembarking and 50,000 crew embarking ships to comply with international maritime regulations, governing safe working hours and crew welfare.\n\nSeafarers usually work 10-12 hours shifts, seven days a week to man ships, on four or six-month-long contracts, followed by a period of leave.\n\nBut due to the coronavirus crisis and travel bans brought in by many governments to combat new variants of Covid-19, hundreds of thousands of crew are spending extended periods at sea, far beyond the expiry of their contracts.\n\nFor those who have been at sea for months longer than their contract stipulates, there is a growing risk to their mental and physical wellbeing.\n\n\"Seafarers are the unacceptable collateral damage on the war on Covid-19 and this must stop,\" said ICS secretary general Guy Platten.\n\n\"If we want to maintain global trade seafarers must not be put to the back of the vaccine queue. You can't inject a global population without the shipping industry and most importantly our seafarers. We are calling on the supply chain to take action to support seafarers now.\"", "Changes were made to rape prosecution policy that led to a \"shocking\" fall in offences before courts in England and Wales, the Court of Appeal has heard.\n\nThe End Violence Against Women (EVAW) coalition is challenging what it said was an \"unlawful\" move by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2016-18.\n\nThe CPS said there was no \"substantial change\" in how cases were treated.\n\nAnd it denied the coalition's claim it had been taking on only \"strong cases\" to keep conviction rates up.\n\nAccording to the EVAW, the CPS adopted what is known as the \"bookmaker's approach\" to cases, which saw prosecutors considering what may happen based on past experience of similar cases, rather than its earlier \"merits-based approach\" based on objective assessment of the evidence.\n\nIn documents before the court, Phillippa Kaufmann QC said that from September 2016 prosecutors were \"trained away\" from the former CPS policy, including through a series of roadshows.\n\nIn 2017 legally binding guidance on the old approach was removed, and the CPS introduced a 60% conviction rate target in relation to rape cases.\n\nMs Kauffmann said both the volume of cases and the charging rate fell.\n\nShe cited figures showing an average of 3,446 rape cases were charged per year between 2009 and 2016, compared with 2,822 in 2017, a fall of 23%.\n\nAt the same time the charging rate \"declined precipitously\" from 56% in 2016, to 47% in 2017 and 34% in 2018.\n\nThe court documents note the conviction target was removed at some point between 2017 and 2019, and guidance relating to the \"merits-based approach\" to prosecutions was reintroduced.\n\nThe campaigners are aiming to show there was a policy change and the way the CPS went about it was unlawful.\n\nIf a ruling goes in its favour, the EVAW hopes some cases could be looked at again by the CPS.\n\nLawyers for the CPS argue the case was not suitable for a legal challenge.\n\nIn written submissions, Tom Little QC, says the move away from a \"merits-based approach\" was out of a concern that \"some people were being prosecuted when the case ought not to have been charged\".\n\nHe added the decision to initiate the roadshows and remove the guidance \"did not result in any substantial change in the application of the evidential test in the code for Crown prosecutors\".\n\nIn a statement, the CPS said: \"Independent inspectors have found no evidence of a risk-averse approach and have reported a clear improvement in the quality of our legal decision-making in rape cases.\"\n\nThe judges are expected to give their ruling in the case at a later date.", "Celebrities including comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Meera Syal and cricketer Moeen Ali have made a video urging people to get the Covid vaccine.\n\nThe video was co-ordinated by Citizen Khan creator Adil Ray, who said he wanted to dispel vaccination myths for those from ethnic minority communities.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan and former Conservative Party Chairman Baroness Warsi are among the others taking part.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adil Ray OBE 💙 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"We all just feel we needed to do something,\" Ray told the BBC.\n\nFake news about the vaccine, particularly in the South Asian community, has led to concerns about uptake.\n\nRay appears in the five-minute video alongside stars like former Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati, who tells viewers: \"We will find our way through this. And we will be united once again with our friends and our families. All we have to do is take the vaccination.\"\n\nSomali-born British journalist Rageh Omaar and his ITV colleague Ranvir Singh join comedians like Sanjeev Bhaskar, Asim Chaudhry and Ranganathan to debunk common vaccine misinformation and misconceptions.\n\nRanganathan says: \"There's no chip or tracker in the vaccine to keep watching where you go. Your mobile phone actually does a much better job of that.\"\n\nAfter posting the video, Ray told BBC Radio Leicester: \"For the British Asian and black communities, at the very beginning of the pandemic we were told they were perhaps the most vulnerable, that there was a disproportionate number of cases and even deaths.\n\n\"Even now there are a disproportionate number of deaths. But nothing was really done about it and that was really quite confusing for a lot of the community. So we felt that we've got to try and take the lead a little bit here and dispel some of these myths.\"\n\nHe added: \"This was recorded entirely independently from the government - the only thing we did do was we went to the NHS website for the correct medical guidance.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWith the UK aiming to offer Covid vaccinations to every adult by autumn, vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi said confidence in the vaccines was high in the UK, with 85% saying they would accept the jab.\n\nBut he said that those who were hesitant \"skew heavily\" towards black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.\n\nThe UK is recording the ethnicity and occupations of people who receive the vaccine and figures would be published soon, Mr Zahawi added.\n\nLast month, a poll commissioned by the Royal Society of Public Health suggested 57% of black, Asian and minority ethnic people would be happy to have the coronavirus vaccine, compared with 79% of white people.\n\nDr Harpreet Sood, who is leading an NHS anti-disinformation drive, recently said fake news was likely to be causing some people from the UK's South Asian communities to reject the vaccine.\n\nSuch warnings have led the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board to urge places of worship and community hubs to be used as vaccination centres in an attempt to inspire confidence.\n\nThe board's chairman, Imam Qari Asim, said: \"As an imam, my message is simple - do not trust 'fake news', verify before you amplify.\"\n\nThe Al Abbas Mosque in Birmingham is being used as a Covid vaccination centre\n\nMany mosques are using their Friday sermons to urge people to have the jab, while some imams are sharing photos of themselves getting the jab on social media.\n\nMeanwhile, the government has announced £23m funding for a network of \"community champions\" to spread accurate information and provide support for people in at-risk groups including older people, disabled people and ethnic minorities.\n\nOn Monday, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick visited the UK's first vaccination centre to be opened in a mosque, at Al-Abbas Islamic Centre in Birmingham.\n\n\"It is absolutely brilliant to see faith communities like this stepping up and playing their part in the vaccine programme,\" Mr Jenrick said.\n\n\"We have to build trust, ensure that we counter misinformation and ensure that everyone, regardless of their faith, regardless of what community they're from, gets access to the programme.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The police officers were on duty when they had their hair cut, the Met says\n\nThirty-one Met Police officers who broke coronavirus rules to get haircuts are facing £200 fines.\n\nTwo officers who hired a barber to give the cuts to staff at Bethnal Green Police Station, on 17 January, are also facing misconduct investigations, the Met said.\n\nUnder current lockdown restrictions in England, barbers and hairdressers are not allowed to work.\n\nDet Ch Supt Marcus Barnett said he was \"deeply disappointed\" in the officers.\n\n\"Although officers donated money to charity as part of the haircut, this does not excuse them from what was a very poor decision,\" he said. \"I expect a lot more of them.\n\n\"Quite rightly, the public expect police to be role models in following the regulations, which are designed to prevent the spread of this deadly virus.\"\n\nThe investigation comes after fines were handed out to nine officers who were caught eating breakfast together in a Greenwich café.\n\nAll those officers were issued with a £200 fixed penalty notice.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "At least 80 people had to leave their homes in the village after flooding\n\nPeople whose homes were flooded after a \"blow out\" at a mine shaft are said to be \"devastated\" as they face months before they can return home.\n\nSteve Morris said his son Gareth and his girlfriend's home in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, was inundated by \"orange\" flood water containing sewage.\n\nBut some will be allowed back to their properties on Tuesday.\n\nResidents of Goshen Park and Sunnyland Crescent who have yet to contact Neath Port Talbot council are urged to do so in the next 24 hours.\n\nThe council said access to these properties would continue to be affected beyond 26 January and the Coal Authority wished to have early discussions with them.\n\nMr Morris told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast that his son called him on Thursday to say his house was about to be flooded.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teresa Dalling says a river of orange water rushed through the village on Thursday\n\n\"I live about half a mile away... and by the time I got to his address I could see the water levels were rising rapidly up the road,\" he explained.\n\n\"Then it was so quick - the water came through his rear patio doors firstly, then the gardens and then the drains couldn't cope on the main road and came through the front door, then the side door.\n\n\"His ground floor was four feet under water, and it was this orange coloured water. There was sewage in the house, so his ground floor needs totally gutting.\"\n\nMr Morris said Gareth and his girlfriend are staying in a hotel as they wait to be allowed back to assess the damage.\n\nHe hopes their insurance firm will pay to rent a home for them, adding: \"I can honestly see them being out of their house for between six and 10 months.\n\n\"They are obviously devastated - they have only been in there for 12 months so everything was near enough brand new.\"\n\nCerys Thomas was at her mother's house with her son, in Goshen Park, when she saw water coming through the front door.\n\nThe stairs at the home of Cerys Thomas' parents were left caked in mud\n\nShe said: \"I said to my mother to get my son and herself out and up toward the street. I phoned the police then, because I could see it was going to be an emergency, and within minutes my parents' conservatory doors just blew through.\n\n\"The pressure of the water just blew through the house and the water, within minutes, was up to my waist.\n\n\"Trying to get out of the house was very scary because the pressure of the front door was getting pushed back.\"\n\nShe said the street was under water \"within seven minutes\".\n\n\"It was something you would see in a movie,\" she said.\n\nWithin minutes of water entering the house Ms Thomas was up to her waist in water\n\nMeanwhile, the Coal Authority said it has identified the cause of the \"blow out\".\n\nChief executive Lisa Pinney told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast: \"Firstly, I just want to say our thoughts are with everyone affected by this flooding and we are genuinely sorry people have been affected in this way.\n\n\"What we know so far is the blow out was caused by a blockage underground which caused water to break out, basically to find the easiest path, and there's no doubt the excessive rainfall in the days before was also a factor in that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Pinney said crews had been able to find the site of the collapsed mineshaft which had caused the flooding, and the authority had started to \"develop options\".\n\n\"We really understand people want to get back into their homes, they want to collect things, they want to know what the next steps are,\" she continued.\n\n\"We are working as fast as possible to make that happen and we hope to be able to provide some more information in the next day or so, but you will understand that we have to be sure for public safety.\"\n\nMs Pinney said there are almost 300 mine shafts or entries across the Skewen mine works, which covers an area of about 12 sq km (7.6 sq miles).\n\nShe added: \"We have checked all recorded shafts in the immediate area and we are doing continued checks over the coming days. We have found no problems. They are all safe.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nadhim Zahawi: \"We have 367m vaccines from seven different manufacturers that we have contracted with\"\n\nSupplies of vaccines are \"tight\" but the UK believes it will receive enough doses to meet its targets, the vaccine minister has said.\n\nNadhim Zahawi told BBC Breakfast manufacturers were \"confident\" they would deliver for the UK amid warnings of production delays.\n\nIt comes as the EU said it might tighten vaccine export controls.\n\nCountries should avoid \"vaccine nationalism\" and ensure a fair global supply, Mr Zahawi said.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nMr Zahawi said the vaccination programme was still on track to deliver a first dose to 15 million of the most vulnerable by mid-February and to offer all adults their first dose by autumn.\n\nHe said the UK had supplies of the Oxford vaccine manufactured domestically by AstraZeneca as well as the Pfizer one, which is made in Belgium.\n\nThe government is also planning to publish figures on the take-up of the vaccine by ethnicity from Thursday, following concerns that some black, Asian and ethnic minority communities were more hesitant to get the jab.\n\n\"I'm confident we will meet our mid-February target and continue beyond that,\" Mr Zahawi told the BBC.\n\n\"Supplies are tight, they continue to be, these are new manufacturing processes,\" he added. \"It's lumpy and bumpy, it gets better and stabilises and improves going forward.\"\n\nBut he declined to say that he had received guarantees about the number of doses the UK would receive from Pfizer or other manufacturers and refused to confirm how many doses had already arrived.\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman said AstraZeneca had committed to delivering two million doses a week to the UK, and the government was not expecting any changes to that supply.\n\nDowning Street also rejected German media reports claiming a very low efficacy rate for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine among older people, saying they had been denied by Oxford University, AstraZeneca and the German health ministry.\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance told the cabinet the trials showed similar immune responses in younger and older adults.\n\nAnd England's chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, has defended the UK's strategy of extending the time between first and second doses of coronavirus vaccines from three to 12 weeks in order to immunise more people.\n\nHe told the Downing Street coronavirus briefing on Tuesday that the \"great majority\" of protection came from the first dose.\n\nHe also said there was \"no evidence\" that immunity waned between three and 12 weeks after the first dose was administered.\n\nProf Whitty said: \"We thought very carefully about what the balance of this is, but the balance of risk in terms of reducing the number of deaths in the community - and I really want to stress that, that is the aim of this - is to maximise the number of people who get that first dose, where the great majority of protection comes from.\"\n\nThe latest tension over supply of the Covid vaccine is another illustration of just how fragile this issue is.\n\nThere are huge global demands for Covid vaccine, limited raw materials and constraints on manufacturing.\n\nThe UK already has enough vaccine to jab all the highest-risk groups by mid-February, although not all of it has been packaged up or been through the final safety checks.\n\nThis explains why ministers are confident about the immediate target for the over-70s, health and care workers and the extremely clinically vulnerable.\n\nBut what is in doubt is how quickly the UK can vaccinate in the medium term.\n\nWith the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in the UK those supply routes are more guaranteed.\n\nBut the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is made in Belgium. The UK, like the rest of Europe, is affected by the problems with manufacturing that are being experienced with that vaccine.\n\nWith Europe experiencing major problems rolling out its vaccination programme - per head of population five times fewer vaccines have been delivered - this is a story that is going to rumble on for months.\n\nThe UK has placed orders for 367 million doses of vaccines from seven manufacturers, Mr Zahawi said. \"As vaccines come along we will get more volume, millions more in the weeks and months to come,\" he added.\n\nThe tension over vaccine supplies increased after UK-based AstraZeneca warned the EU it would have to reduce planned deliveries because of production problems. Pfizer-BioNTech has also said supplies will be temporarily lower as it works to increase capacity at its Belgian factory.\n\nIt has prompted the EU to accuse AstraZeneca of failing to meet its commitments and to warn that it might require all companies producing Covid vaccines to provide \"early notification\" whenever they planned to export supplies out of the EU.\n\n\"The thing to do now is not to go down the dead end of vaccine nationalism. It's to work together to protect our people,\" Mr Zahawi said.\n\n\"No-one is safe until the whole world is safe.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock subsequently said the UK government \"oppose protectionism in all its forms\" and urged all international partners to \"be collaborative\" and \"work closely together\" on vaccine distribution.\n\nHe added that the EU's warning that it could restrict exports of vaccines made in the bloc was \"unfortunate and especially so in the midst of a pandemic\".\n\nMeanwhile, the head of NHS England earlier told MPs coronavirus could become a \"much more treatable disease\" over the next six to 18 months, with the hope of a return to a \"much more normal future\".\n\nSir Simon Stevens told the Health and Social Care Committee: \"The first half of the year, vaccination is going to be crucial.\n\n\"I think a lot of us in the health service are increasingly hopeful that in the second half of the year and beyond we will also see more therapeutics and more treatments for coronavirus.\"\n\nHe also said it \"would be great\" if the Covid vaccine and flu vaccine were combined into a single jab, if not for next winter then future ones.\n\nAnd he said vaccines were being used as fast as they arrived in the NHS, with more than half of those aged 75-79 having now had their first dose.\n\nThe UK aims to offer Covid vaccination to every adult by autumn.\n\nMr Zahawi said confidence in the vaccines was high, with 85% of people saying they would accept the jab.\n\nBut he said those who were hesitant \"skew heavily\" towards black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.\n\nThe government is providing £23m of funding to 60 local councils and voluntary groups to boost vaccine take-up among groups such as older people, disabled people, and people from ethnic minority backgrounds.\n\nIt comes as celebrities such as comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Meera Syal and cricketer Moeen Ali appeared in a video urging people in their communities to get vaccinated.\n\nMr Zahawi told ITV's Good Morning Britain his uncle had died from Covid-19 last week. He had been eligible for vaccination but caught the virus before he could receive it, the minister said.\n\nThis \"grim and horrible\" experience made him determined to ensure that the most vulnerable were protected as quickly as possible, Mr Zahawi said.\n\nSir Simon said there was concern about vaccine hesitancy in some groups, where there were access problems as well as \"systematic attempts to misinform and lie about the vaccine programme targeted particularly at minority populations, and - in some cases - long-standing mistrust of public services\".\n\nHe said disruption to vaccine deliveries from EU export restrictions was not thought to be likely.\n\nIn other developments, the UK has offered to carry out genomic sequencing for other countries around the world to help identify further new variants.\n\nPublic Health England said it would give \"crucial early warning\" of any mutations that might cause the virus to spread faster, make people more ill or possibly reduce the effectiveness of vaccines.", "Transfer tests normally used by grammar schools have been cancelled this year\n\nOne of NI's most prominent grammar schools has said it will use primary school test scores to decide which pupils to admit in 2021.\n\nRoyal Belfast Academical Institution said it would \"adopt other academic criteria for admission to the school\".\n\nThat is despite the vast majority of grammar schools not planning to use academic criteria this year.\n\nThe tests run by the AQE and the Post-Primary Transfer Consortium (PPTC) were cancelled in early 2021.\n\nAs a result, grammar schools - which are attended by about 45% of post-primary pupils in Northern Ireland - are drawing up new criteria for how they will select pupils in 2021.\n\nBanbridge Academy, Bangor Grammar, Belfast Royal Academy and Regent House are among those to have published their admissions criteria for 2021.\n\nNone of those schools are using academic criteria, but pupils applying will have to have entered the AQE transfer test.\n\nSome other grammars like Thornhill College and St Columb's College in Londonderry, which decided in 2020 not to use the PPTC transfer test in 2021, have also published admissions criteria.\n\nIn a statement to BBC News NI, Royal Belfast Academical Institution (RBAI) said it was \"committed to the principle that a child should be placed in a school which offers a curriculum best suited to the aptitudes of that child\".\n\n\"For this reason RBAI believes that the use of academic criteria for admission to grammar schools is the outworking of that principle,\" the school said.\n\n\"Accordingly, in the absence of AQE and PPTC tests for admissions, RBAI will adopt other academic criteria for admission to the school.\"\n\nRBAI said scores in practice AQE or PPTC transfer tests will be taken into account\n\nThe school is planning to use standardised scores in the Progress Test in English (PTE) and Progress Test in Maths (PTM) which pupils sat in Primary Five to decide which pupils to admit.\n\nRBAI said that school year was \"the most recent one which has not been interrupted\".\n\nPupils scores in practice AQE or PPTC transfer tests taken under supervision by a teacher will also be taken into account.\n\n\"RBAI is satisfied that this is a reasonable and robust way of selecting pupils based on academic aptitude in the absence of a bespoke test,\" the school said.\n\nRBAI normally admits 150 pupils each year, but received 227 applications for places in 2020.\n\nThe admissions criteria for all post-primary schools will be published on the Education Authority (EA) website on 2 February.\n\nThe UUP assembly member Robbie Butler had proposed that pupils' results in tests in primary schools could be given to parents and then used by grammar schools to decide which children get a place.\n\nBut Education Minister Peter Weir had said there would be \"major problems\" with that approach.", "In March 2020, we were told it would be a ‘’good outcome’’ if coronavirus killed 20,000 people across the UK.\n\nNow the bleakest milestone has been reached: 100,000 deaths.\n\nIn a statement, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said \"behind these heart-breaking figures are friends, families and neighbours. The vaccine offers us the way out, but we cannot let up now and we sadly still face a tough period ahead. The virus is still spreading and we're seeing over 3,500 people per day being admitted into hospital.\"\n\nHealth correspondent Catherine Burns looks at the past year of the UK’s epidemic and hears from families who have lost loved ones.\n\nFilmed and edited by Julius Peacock. Additional filming by Emily Brooks", "The UK government should cancel the debt owed by developing countries struggling with the impact of Covid-19, MPs have said.\n\nThe International Development Committee warned that the pandemic was fuelling extreme poverty and food insecurity.\n\nIt was also disrupting routine healthcare, such as tuberculosis immunisations, it added.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was spending £1.3bn to protect livelihoods, improve health systems and distribute vaccines.\n\nMore than two million people around the world have died after contracting coronavirus, with almost 100 million cases reported.\n\nAppearing before the Commons International Development Committee, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he wanted the UK to be a \"force for good in the world\" as it fought the pandemic.\n\nHe defended the government's decision to cut overseas aid spending next year, saying there were \"no easy choices\" given the hit to the public finances from the pandemic.\n\nThe cuts mean the UK will fail to meet the UN target of spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid in 2021-2, a target that was enshrined into UK law in 2015.\n\nMr Raab said he hoped the UK would be able to reach 0.7% again as \"soon as possible\" but this would only happen once the long-term damage to the UK's balance sheet had been \"corrected\".\n\nLabour said the government was \"betraying the world's poorest.\"\n\nShadow international development secretary Preet Kaur Gill said: \"This move signals a retreat from the world stage, damages the UK's reputation and will only show our allies and detractors that Britain under Boris Johnson is no longer interested in fulfilling our moral or legal responsibilities.\n\n\"Labour are committed to spending 0.7% of Gross National Income on aid to tackle global poverty and injustice and will oppose any attempt from this government to damage this country's reputation.\"\n\nMr Raab said he took seriously warnings from Conservative MPs and ex-ministers that to press ahead with the cuts without passing new legislation would be unlawful.\n\nFormer Solicitor General Lord Garnier said earlier on Tuesday that Mr Raab's \"reputation\" and the government's domestic and international standing would be damaged if it was seen to \"flout a clear legal obligation\".\n\nIn tough financial times, Mr Raab said the UK needed to \"make the most\" of its £10bn spending, avoiding \"salami-slicing\" budgets and focusing on a handful of priorities such as climate, biodiversity, conflict prevention and helping the \"bottom billions\" out of extreme poverty.\n\n\"I think we should unabashedly be proud and confident about the moral responsibility we have to make the world a better place,\" he said.\n\n\"At the same time, I see a range of grittier strategic interests in dealing with climate change and humanitarian suffering and indeed trade.\"\n\nThe Foreign Office took over responsibility for overseas aid in September after absorbing the Department for International Development.\n\nOn debt cancellation, the committee said that, due to disruption caused by the pandemic, millions of people in developing countries were more at risk from diseases such as tuberculosis because of missed immunisations.\n\nMillions were more likely to lose their livelihoods because of the global recession and millions of women were more exposed to sexual violence.\n\nThe MPs want the government to provide more aid to address the problems and cancel long-term national debt that was diverting cash away from those in need.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesperson said: \"We'll only be safe from coronavirus when we're all safe - which is why the UK is leading global efforts to fight this pandemic, committing up to £1.3bn of new UK aid to find and equitably distribute a vaccine, strengthen health systems, protect livelihoods and support the global economy.\"\n\nThey added that the UK would use its 2021 presidency of the G7 group of leading economies \"to help the world build back stronger and fairer after the pandemic\".\n\nThis would include \"promoting open societies, championing gender equality and girls' education, and setting out new international approaches to global health security and climate action\", the spokesperson said.\n\nThe UK has announced it will step up its efforts to help other countries, including some of the poorest in the world, to find new variants of Covid-19.\n\nIn a speech in London, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the UK would share its world-leading genomics expertise worldwide to help countries identify new mutations of the virus and protect global health security.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dutch police have described it as the worst unrest in four decades\n\nMore than 180 people were arrested in 10 Dutch cities as protesters defying a curfew clashed with riot police for a third night running.\n\nShops in Rotterdam were looted and police used water cannon, as rioters resisted latest Covid restrictions.\n\nPrime Minister Mark Rutte condemned \"criminal violence\" and the justice minister said the curfew would remain.\n\nThe Dutch chief of police said the riots no longer had \"anything to do with the basic right to demonstrate\".\n\nThe Netherlands has had nearly one million confirmed Covid cases since the start of the outbreak, with more than 13,500 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US, which is tracking the pandemic.\n\nThe government recently introduced a night-time curfew which runs from 21:00 (20:00 GMT) to 04:30. Anyone caught violating it faces a €95 (£84) fine.\n\nThere were further violent scenes in many towns and cities. Riot police clashed with protesters in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, as well as Amersfoort, Den Bosch, Alphen and Helmond.\n\nSome of the worst disturbances were in the south of Rotterdam where police said 10 officers were hurt. Across the country 184 people were arrested. Amsterdam's mayor appealed to parents to keep young people indoors.\n\nSeveral cities have vowed to introduce emergency measures in an effort to prevent more disturbances\n\nThe windows of some shops were smashed in Rotterdam\n\nFires were lit on the streets of The Hague, where police on bicycles attempted to move small clusters of men who threw stones and fireworks. There was violence in the southern city of Den Bosch, where rioters set off fireworks, broke windows, looted a supermarket and overturned cars.\n\nA woman living near Den Bosch train station told Dutch radio that masked youths had left a trail of destruction in the city centre. \"I saw windows smashed and fireworks going off. Really crazy, just like a war zone,\" the woman said. Roads into the city were closed to stop people joining the rioters and Mayor Jack Mikkers imposed an emergency order banning gatherings on Tuesday.\n\nThe ignition of discontent has rocked the core of Dutch society.\n\nIn the absence of any legitimate way to socialise, is this simply an outlet for young men to feel part of something, their masks concealing their identities and enabling them to violently channel their frustrations?\n\nThere are more sinister influences at play. Messages on social media, overt and covert, have whipped up anger. Misinformation has even been spread by some politicians.\n\nSome of the worst violence was in Rotterdam\n\nSome feared a curfew would be a tipping point, as Dutch restrictions tighten while some neighbouring countries relax their rules. The vast majority of people in the Netherlands are peacefully observing the curfew.\n\nThe unrest was initially seen as a response to the first \"stay-at-home\" order imposed since Nazi occupation during World War Two. That notion has been dismissed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who said the rioters were simply criminals and would be treated as such.\n\nBut there are simmering anxieties in Dutch towns and cities, and with less than two months before a general election, voters are vulnerable and the streets volatile.\n\nThere has been widespread shock at the violence. In Rotterdam, where police used water cannon during clashes with rioters, Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb signed an emergency decree, giving police broader powers of arrest. He reacted furiously to shops being looted in the south of the city, condemning \"shameless thieves, I can't call it anything else\".\n\nThe prime minister said the police had the government's full support: \"The riots have nothing to do with protesting or fighting for freedom.\"\n\nRotterdam shop-owner Emrah Köker said he had no words for what he had seen. \"How can this happen in the Netherlands?\" he asked Dutch daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. Justice Minister Ferd Grapperhuis challenged anyone to explain what looting a shop had to do with coronavirus.\n\nThe mayor of Den Bosch said police had struggled to respond to the violence because they were needed in other nearby towns.\n\nFootball fans of the Willem II club took to the streets of Tilburg to \"protect their city\" against rioters, news site Brabants Dagblad reports.\n\nMayors in several cities have vowed to introduce emergency measures in an effort to prevent more disturbances.\n\nThe Dutch prime minister has condemned the violence\n\nThere has been widespread shock in the Netherlands over the violence", "The greys were introduced to Britain from North America in the 19th Century\n\nThe UK government has given its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrel populations.\n\nEnvironment minister Lord Goldsmith says the damage they and other invasive species do to the UK's woodlands costs the UK economy £1.8 billion a year.\n\nThe bizarre-sounding plan is to lure grey squirrels into feeding boxes only they can access with little pots containing hazelnut spread.\n\nThese would be spiked with an oral contraceptive.\n\nLord Goldsmith says the damage from squirrels also threatens the effectiveness of government efforts to tackle climate change by planting tens of thousands of acres of new woodlands.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) told BBC News: \"We hope advances in science can safely help our nature to thrive, including through the humane control of invasive species.\"\n\nA partnership of conservation and forestry organisations called the UK Squirrel Accord (UKSA) is behind the proposal.\n\nIt says grey squirrels, which were first introduced from North America in the late 19th century, cause huge damage to woodlands by stripping bark from trees aged between 10-50 years, the younger trees in a forest.\n\nThey particularly target broad-leafed varieties including oak, which are particularly ecologically important because they support so many other species.\n\nIt is estimated the UK is home to some three million of these invasive rodents.\n\nRed squirrels are now confined mainly to Scotland and Ireland\n\nThey have displaced the native red squirrel across most of the UK.\n\nLord Goldsmith says the government supports the plan as well as a longer-term effort to breed infertility into female grey squirrels to reduce their numbers.\n\nInvasive non-native species such as grey squirrels threaten our native biodiversity, he argues.\n\nWhen regulating grey squirrels with oral contraceptive was first proposed in 2017, the government's Animal and Plant Health Agency said it thought it could reduce their numbers by as much as 90%.\n\nThe project also has royal approval.\n\nPrince Charles was instrumental in founding the UK Squirrel Accord with the objective of \"managing the negative impacts of invasive grey squirrels in the UK\".\n\nHe has written of the importance of protecting Britain's remaining red squirrels.\n\n\"These charming and intelligent creatures never fail to delight\", he wrote last week in his capacity as patron of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, describing red squirrels as the \"symbol and benchmark\" of healthy woods.\n\nJason Gilchrist, an ecologist from Edinburgh Napier University, has written in defence of the grey squirrel but he says he supports the oral contraceptive plan.\n\nHe acknowledges there is a need to manage grey squirrel populations.\n\n\"It is better than the alternative: a shotgun\", he told BBC News.\n\nIt is the same argument the UKSA makes: dosing the animals with contraceptives provides a humane alternative to culling them.\n\nLast week, the Royal Forestry Society, a member of the Squirrel Accord, called for just such a cull.\n\nSimon Lloyd, its chief executive, says efforts to tackle global warming and improve biodiversity will be undermined unless grey squirrel numbers can be reduced.\n\nNew trees will not survive to \"deliver the carbon capture or biodiversity objectives if grey squirrels cannot be controlled\", he told the Daily Telegraph.\n\nThe UKSA has been experimenting with ways to deliver oral contraceptives to squirrels for more than three years now.\n\nLast year, it tested special feeding stations designed so only grey squirrels can gain access in woodland in East Yorkshire.\n\nInstead of contraceptives, the hazelnut paste bait was dosed with a dye that, when ingested, causes squirrel hair to fluoresce under UV light.\n\nThe researchers found that more than 90% of the grey squirrel population being studied visited the traps.\n\nThey concluded that it was possible to deliver repeat doses of a contraceptive to the majority of grey squirrels in a wood.", "More than 100,000 people in the UK have died from a virus, that, this time last year, felt like a far-off foreign threat. How did we come to be one of the countries with the worst death tolls?\n\nThere is no quick answer to that question, and there is sure to be a long and detailed public inquiry once the pandemic is over. But there are plenty of clues that, when pieced together, help build a picture of why the UK has reached this devastating number.\n\nSome will point a finger at the government - its decision to lock-down later than much of western Europe, the stuttering start to its test-and-trace network and the lack of protection afforded to care home residents.\n\nOthers will spotlight deeper rooted problems with British society - its poor state of public health, with high levels of obesity, for example.\n\nOthers, still, will note that some of the UK's great strengths - its position as a vibrant hub for international air travel, its ethnically diverse and densely-packed urban populations - exposed its vulnerability to a virus that spreads effortlessly between people.\n\nIn some people's eyes, the UK's island status might have helped it. New Zealand, Australia and Taiwan managed to stop the virus getting a foothold and deaths have been kept to a minimum - Australia has seen fewer deaths throughout the pandemic than the UK is recording every day on average.\n\nAll introduced strict border restrictions immediately and lockdowns to contain the virus before it had spread. The UK did not. It was not until June that quarantine rules were introduced for all arrivals and even then travel corridors were soon set up, relaxing the rules for travellers from certain countries. Only this month were these scrapped.\n\nProf Devi Sridhar, an expert in public health from Edinburgh University, is one of those who has been critical of the approach the UK has taken from the start.\n\nShe says the UK, like much of Europe, was \"complacent\" about the threat of infectious disease - choosing to treat the new coronavirus \"like flu\" and allowing it to spread, while talking about the desire to achieve herd immunity.\n\nThis all changed in late March, when a full lockdown eventually came. But there was a crucial delay of a week which is estimated to have cost more than 20,000 lives, according to government modeller Prof Neil Ferguson, because of how quickly infection rates were doubling at that point.\n\nThis, of course, is said with the benefit of hindsight. Government modellers themselves acknowledge the data was \"really quite poor\" making it difficult to make a decision that would have significant repercussions. It is a point acknowledged by Prof Chris Whitty, the UK's chief medical adviser. Speaking in the summer he said there had been \"very limited information\" in early March.\n\nBy then, the virus was ripping through care homes. Around 30% of deaths in the first wave happened in care homes; 40% if you include care home residents who died in hospital.\n\nThose at the heart of government acknowledge mistakes were made. UK chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said recently: \"The lesson is go earlier than you think you want to, go harder than you think you want to, and go a bit broader than you think you want to in terms of applying the restrictions.\"\n\nBy May, restrictions were beginning to be eased. But was this too soon?\n\nThe government seized on the relative lull to focus on building what the prime minister promised would be a \"world-beating\" test-and-trace system. The idea was that new outbreaks could be nipped in the bud, with comprehensive tracking by a centralised team of tracers.\n\nThe mere fact this had to be done some months after the virus had struck, illustrates another factor behind the high number of deaths - the UK was simply not prepared for a pandemic of this nature in the way some Asian nations had been. Countries such as South Korea and Taiwan had established test-and-trace systems in place that were ready to be activated.\n\nThe UK had a chance to bed in its system in the summer but it was riven with teething problems, with tracers struggling to reach many contacts and the testing capacity slowing down as demand rose.\n\nLow levels of infection over the summer had created a false sense of security.\n\nDesperate to boost the economy, the government launched the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, offering people discounted meals out during August. To what extent it contributed to the rise in the autumn is much argued about but certainly some doctors blame it in part for an increase in patients seen.\n\nThe truth is the virus never went away. Testing in the summer showed even at the lowest levels there were still around 500 cases a day being diagnosed - and random testing in the population subsequently showed the true level may have been twice that.\n\nIn late August around 1,000 people a day were testing positive. By mid-September that had trebled and from there it rose five-fold to 15,000 by mid October. The numbers testing positive have never returned below 10,000 a day on average since.\n\nAnother decision that has been heavily criticised was the refusal of ministers to introduce a short two-week lockdown, or \"circuit breaker\", in September - despite their advisers on Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) recommending such a step. The argument was it would have set the spread of the virus back by at least a month, giving test and trace time to regroup.\n\nWales, however, did introduce its own \"fire-breaker\" - a 17-day lockdown in October. It got infection rates down, but as soon as it was lifted they rebounded. This is, of course, why lockdowns have been criticised.\n\nEdinburgh University infectious diseases expert Prof Mark Woolhouse, one of the modellers who feeds data into Sage, is on the record in the autumn questioning the logic of them for this very reason. It remains up for debate how effective a circuit-breaker would actually have been.\n\nThis after all is the time of year when respiratory illnesses start to increase. Schools had returned as had university students, creating new environments for the novel coronavirus to spread.\n\nWhen a lockdown was eventually introduced in England in November it was to last four weeks, with Sage members lamenting the delay. \"The absence of a decision is a decision in itself,\" says Wellcome Trust director Sir Jeremy Farrar.\n\nBut even before that lockdown was lifted cases had started going up in the south-east of England. Within weeks it became clear what was happening. The virus had mutated and a new faster-spreading variant was on the rise.\n\nBy mid-December the clamour for lockdown was growing again, but the plan for a Christmas relaxation of restrictions had already been announced. In every nation of the UK, ministers waited.\n\nAt the start of 2021, with hospital admissions rising rapidly, the UK's four chief medical officers intervened, issuing a joint statement warning the NHS was at \"material risk\" of being overwhelmed. Within hours the UK was back in lockdown.\n\nWhat has struck some is just how similar the mistakes have been in terms of locking down late.\n\n\"It will take years to unpick why Covid has gone so badly in the UK,\" says University College London infectious diseases expert Dr Neil Stone. \"But the failure to learn from wave one stands out.\"\n\nBut it must also be recognised that there are factors outside the control of the government - certainly in terms of its pandemic response - that have contributed to the high number of deaths.\n\nOne of the reasons the virus was able to take a hold and spread so quickly was because of geography and the fact the UK - and London in particular - is a global hub. Genetic analysis has shown the virus was brought into the UK on at least 1,300 separate occasions, mainly from France, Spain and Italy, by the end of March.\n\nIt was here before we knew it. That's not something Australia or New Zealand had to deal with on such a scale.\n\nDensity of population is also a factor. The UK is among the 10 most densely populated big nations - those with populations of more than 20 million. What is more, our cities are more inter-connected than they are in many places.\n\nIt meant the virus was able to seed everywhere quite quickly. Contrast this with Italy which saw the vast majority of cases in the north of the country in the first wave.\n\nThe ageing population also needs to be taken into account. Once you do this, and adjust for the size of the population - known as age-standardised mortality - deaths have risen, but not by as much as some of the headline figures suggest.\n\nThe health of the nation has also been a factor. The UK has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world. And obesity increases the risk of hospitalisation and death, according to Public Health England. One study found the risk of death was almost double for those who are severely obese.\n\nConditions such as diabetes, kidney disease and respiratory problems also increase the risk - a fifth of Covid deaths have listed diabetes on the death certificate.\n\nAgain the UK has relatively high rates of these illnesses.\n\nBut many have argued that these high levels of ill-health have been compounded by the levels of inequality in the UK.\n\nLevels of ill health and life expectancy have always been worst in the poorest areas, but the pandemic certainly seems to have exacerbated this.\n\nOffice for National Statistics data shows mortality rates have been twice as high in deprived areas as they have been in wealthy areas. The Health Foundation is carrying out its own inquiry into the issue, arguing the Covid death toll needs to be seen through the \"lens\" of inequality to fully understand it.\n\nIt is something that has also been raised by Prof Michael Marmot, one of the country's leading experts on health inequalities. \"The UK's dismal record is telling us something important about our society.\"\n\nIf you, or someone you know, have been affected by bereavement, here is a list of organisations that may be able to help.", "A senior judge prevented the BBC from properly reporting a £2.6m legal claim against Scotland's child abuse inquiry, a court has been told.\n\nThe Court of Session heard how Lady Smith, chairwoman of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI), faced an employment tribunal claim in 2019.\n\nLady Smith passed orders which stopped detail of the action being reported.\n\nThe top judge denied any wrongdoing in regard to the claim that was later abandoned.\n\nThe employment tribunal case alleging discrimination, harassment and victimisation was from a former senior member of the inquiry legal team.\n\nBBC Scotland has raised a judicial review of the SCAI restriction orders, arguing they were beyond the powers of Lady Smith and her involvement in the case meant any restriction decision should have been made by the employment tribunal.\n\nBut Roddy Dunlop QC, advocate for the SCAI, told the Court of Session the corporation's case was academic as the original restriction order had been overtaken by another order.\n\nMr Dunlop also argued the BBC had not spelled out to the SCAI what detail it wanted to publish in relation to the tribunal.\n\nKenneth McBrearty QC, acting for the broadcaster, told the court the purpose of the original restriction order was, \"not merely to prohibit disclosure or publication of the documents. It was to prohibit disclosure or publication of the very existence of the proceedings\".\n\nHe said: \"It is in effect what is equivalent to what in England has been described as a super injunction. That is what in effect it amounts to because it prohibits even the disclosure of the proceedings.\n\n\"The importance of this case lies with the way the Restriction Order impinged on the open justice principle. If there was a need for an order restricting the disclosure of any material, that is an order to be sought from the employment judge.\"\n\nThe case before Lord Boyd is being heard at the Court of Session\n\nThe Court of Session heard the employment tribunal claim for £2.6m damages was brought in July, 2019, by the inquiry's former lead junior counsel, John Halley.\n\nA news release, issued by SCAI in October 2019, confirmed existence of the claim and a denial that Lady Smith had discriminated against Mr Halley. An initial hearing took place that month and Mr Halley abandoned the tribunal two months later.\n\nBut Mr McBrearty QC said the SCAI press release did not include the full outline of the claim\n\nHe said: \"All that the media was to be entitled to publish was that which the respondent had considered able to include in a press release in circumstances to which the respondent was herself party in the proceedings.\"\n\nThe BBC is seeking declarators from the Court of Session stating that Lady Smith's restriction orders were unlawful.\n\nRoddy Dunlop QC said the BBC had the option to present to Lady Smith what it wanted to report on in the case, as per the detail of the media restriction order, and then get her permission to publish but failed to do so.\n\nHe said: \"That simple request is all that needed to be done and it wasn't resorted to. That's why the alternative remedy aspect of this is a problem to the BBC.\n\n\"There needs to be a practical effect, the entitlement to publish could have been obtained at any point by asking.\"\n\nMr Dunlop pointed out that the original restriction orders objected to by the BBC have now been replaced by a new order issued in March last year.\n\nHe said: \"What is the point of challenging orders which cease to have any potency.\n\n\"Why is it we continue to expend grey matter, and more importantly public funds on both sides, in fighting on something which is in any view within the terms of the reference [of the SCAI inquiry] and within article ten [of Human Rights legislation].\"\n\nOn Wednesday Mr Dunlop will continue his submissions before Lord Boyd.", "An extra £50m is being directed towards grassroots sport after a \"significant hit\" to activity levels amid the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nFunding agency Sport England - which has already invested £220m since the start of the crisis - announced the additional money as part of a new 10-year strategy.\n\nThousands of clubs, swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms have been forced to shut in recent months.\n\nWith many children having done no sport outside of PE lessons since the start of November, and schools now shut across the county, emphasis will be placed on supporting young people to get active.\n\nEarlier this month, figures showed the majority of young people failed to meet the recommended 60 minutes of daily exercise in the last academic year. Almost a third of children were classed as 'inactive' as a result of the first lockdown, not even doing 30 minutes.\n\nAnother focus in the new 'Uniting the Movement' strategy will be tackling the long-standing inequalities that have existed within the sport sector and reinforced by the recent disruption.\n\nNew data shows the pandemic has disproportionately affected people from lower socio-economic groups and BAME backgrounds, for whom there was already a clear pattern of low activity.\n\n\"This strategy comes at a critical time\" said Tim Hollingsworth, the chief executive of Sport England.\n\n\"We have made significant funding available, but many organisations are struggling, and activity levels have taken a significant hit.\n\n\"At the heart of all this is a ruthless focus on providing opportunities to people and communities that have traditionally been left behind.\"\n\nAndy Reed, Chair of the Sport for Development Coalition, said: \"The impact of the pandemic, growing social challenges and subsequent widening inequalities mean we urgently need a new social contract with sport and physical activity, focused on the wider social outcomes that sport can deliver.\"\n\n\"We must expand understanding, recognition and investment in the contribution that sport can make beyond health and wellbeing, to addressing loneliness and social isolation, improving educational attainment and employability, to community cohesion, and reducing anti-social behaviour and entry into the justice system.\"\n\nA group of more than 50 sports bodies have called for a new government action plan and emergency funding to help them survive the pandemic. The Save Our Sports campaign has warned that the activity sector - which employs nearly 600,000 people in the UK and contributes £16bn to the economy each year - faces an unprecedented crisis.\n\nHuw Edwards, the chief executive of Ukactive, which represents the physical activity industry, said: \"Crucially, before the sector begins its recovery from the impact of Covid-19, it must first survive it.\n\n\"The publication of this strategy needs to be accompanied by a new level of urgency and commitment from the government that it will not leave parts of this sector behind, and provide the necessary financial and regulatory support so desperately needed.\"\n\nBut Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston said it was \"placing sport and physical activity at the heart of its coronavirus recovery plan, and Sport England's new strategy provides a strong base to invest in sports organisations, facilities and people\".\n• None All the goals, highlights and drama from Sunday's fourth-round ties are", "The head of AstraZeneca has defended its rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in the EU, amid tension with member states over delays in supply.\n\nPascal Soriot told Italian newspaper La Repubblica that his team was working \"24/7 to fix the very many issues of production of the vaccine\".\n\nHe said production was \"basically two months behind where we wanted to be\".\n\nHe also said the EU's late decision to sign contracts had given limited time to sort out hiccups with supply.\n\nMr Soriot, chief executive of the UK-Swedish multinational, said a contract with the UK had been signed three months before the one with the EU, giving more time for glitches to be ironed out.\n\nHe told La Repubblica that problems in \"scaling up\" vaccine production were being experienced at two plants, one in the Netherlands and one in Belgium.\n\n\"It's complicated, especially in the early phase where you have to really sort out all sorts of issues,\" he said.\n\n\"We believe we've sorted out those issues, but we are basically two months behind where we wanted to be.\"\n\nHe added: \"We've also had teething issues like this in the UK supply chain. But the UK contract was signed three months before the European vaccine deal. So with the UK we have had an extra three months to fix all the glitches we experienced.\n\nAstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said a vaccine targeting the South African variant was being worked on\n\n\"Would I like to do better? Of course. But, you know, if we deliver in February what we are planning to deliver, it's not a small volume. We are planning to deliver millions of doses to Europe, it is not small.\"\n\nMr Soriot also said AstraZeneca was working on a vaccine with Oxford University that would target the South African variant of the coronavirus.\n\nScientists have warned there is a chance the South African variant may harm the effectiveness of current vaccines.\n\nThe AstraZeneca vaccine is already being used in the UK but has not yet been approved by the EU, although the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is expected to give it the green light at the end of this month.\n\nThe bloc signed a deal in August for 300 million doses, with an option for 100 million more. The EU had hoped that, as soon as approval was given, delivery would start straight away, with some 80 million doses arriving in the 27 nations by March.\n\nThe EU has ordered 600 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is already being used on patients around the bloc.\n\nBut Pfizer-BioNTech said last week it was delaying shipments for the next few weeks because of work to increase capacity at its Belgian plant.\n\nIn response to the delays, the EU has said it might restrict exports of vaccines made in the bloc.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sofia Bettiza explains why some countries are far ahead of others in the vaccination race\n\nHealth Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said companies making Covid vaccines in the bloc would have to \"provide early notification whenever they want to export vaccines to third countries\".\n\nShe said the 27-member EU bloc would \"take any action required to protect its citizens\".\n\nEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, addressing the virtual version of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), usually held in Davos, said: \"Europe invested billions to help develop the world's first Covid-19 vaccines. And now, the companies must deliver. They must honour their obligations.\"\n\nHave you been affected by vaccine supply issues? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage captures the extent of the damage the bridge over the River Clwyd\n\nIt could take 18 months to draw up plans to rebuild a bridge which was swept away during last week's Storm Christoph, a council has warned.\n\nLlanerch bridge, between Trefnant and Tremeirchion in Denbighshire, is a backroad link to the A55.\n\nThe grade II-listed bridge crosses the River Clwyd and villagers now face a seven-mile detour.\n\nMeanwhile, some people in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, can return home later after flooding caused by the storm.\n\nDenbighshire council said diversions would go through St Asaph while Llanerch bridge was repaired.\n\n\"It means it takes much longer now to go from Tremeirchion to Trefnant or St Asaph,\" he said.\n\n\"I know of one couple that have a horse in stables on the other side of the river - so it's a seven-mile journey each way, twice a day, for them now.\n\n\"It's quite a challenge and we're starting to think about how long we'll need to live with it. Are we talking a year, two, three, or maybe much longer than that?\"\n\nVale of Clwyd Conservative MP James Davies said the bridge should be rebuilt: \"There are many who would wish to see the bridge replaced like-for-like, although I appreciate that the new structure will need to take into account the challenges posed by modern-day and projected river flows.\"\n\nDenbighshire council's Meirick Lloyd Davies suggested the structure could be widened, similar to the one in Llangollen.\n\nBut the Trefnant ward councillor added: \"We will need money from the Welsh Government and I hope the UK government are also ready to throw something into the bucket because it is very expensive.\"\n\nA council spokesman said: \"We will seek to resolve this as soon as we are able.\n\n\"Final plans for the bridge will involve a number of third parties and it could take up to 18 months or more to resolve.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said the condition of the structure was the responsibility of the owner, with local authorities having powers to ensure listed structures were preserved.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cerys Thomas said her mother's conservatory windows were blown open by the force of the water\n\nSouth Wales was also hit by Storm Christoph on Thursday and in Skewen about 80 people were evacuated as water rushed through the village on Thursday.\n\nThe Coal Authority said initial checks suggested water built up in a mine shaft, causing a \"blow out\" which flooded properties.\n\nThose living in Jubilee Crescent and Dunevor Road have been told they can return home, but others will have to wait until the Coal Authority has made further investigations.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones told Breakfast with Claire Summers: \"We haven't got the exact figures of the number of people who will be able to return home today, there's going to be further assessments this morning.\n\n\"As early as we can, we will release the names of the streets of those people who will be able to go back, but it will be conditional. They need to go back in a controlled manner. We've still got Covid around.\"\n\nHe added houses would need to have their electrics checked and information would be provided on how to do this.\n\nOther people have been warned it could take months before they can go home.", "Chelsea have sacked manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge, with former Paris St-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel expected to replace him.\n\nLampard, 42, leaves with the club ninth in the Premier League after last week's defeat at Leicester City, having won once in their past five league matches.\n\nHis final game was Sunday's 3-1 FA Cup fourth-round win against Luton.\n\nLampard was appointed on a three-year contract when he replaced Maurizio Sarri at Stamford Bridge in July 2019.\n• None Watch Monday Night Club: Is Tuchel right man for Chelsea?\n• None 'Lampard had seen enough Chelsea managers go to know the score'\n• None Why Tuchel will be a popular appointment in the Chelsea dressing room\n• None Tuchel set to come in after Lampard sacking - reaction\n\nIn a statement released on Monday night, Lampard said he was \"disappointed not to have had the time to take the club forward\" and added that it had been a \"huge privilege and an honour\" to manage the club.\n\n\"When I took on this role I understood the challenges that lay ahead in a difficult time for the football club,\" he continued.\n\n\"I am proud of the achievements that we made, and I am proud of the academy players that have made their step into the first team and performed so well. They are the future of the club.\"\n\nChelsea are hopeful that new manager Tuchel will be on the bench for Wednesday's Premier League game against Wolves at Stamford Bridge.\n\nHe will not be exempt from coronavirus quarantine.\n\nBut if Tuchel tests negative on entry to the United Kingdom and then negative again in order to enter a Premier League club's bubble, he will be granted an exemption by the Football Association for attending matches and training.\n\nHe will still have to serve a quarantine period outside of those environments, which will last five days.\n\nFormer Chelsea midfielder Lampard guided them to fourth place and the FA Cup final in his first season in charge, and a 3-1 win against Leeds in early December put the club top of the Premier League.\n\nHowever, the Blues have suffered five defeats in their past eight league games, as many as they had in their previous 23.\n\nIn a statement, Chelsea said: \"This has been a very difficult decision, and not one that the owner and the board have taken lightly.\n\n\"We are grateful to Frank for what he has achieved in his time as head coach of the club. However, recent results and performances have not met the club's expectations, leaving the club mid-table without any clear path to sustained improvement.\n\n\"There can never be a good time to part ways with a club legend such as Frank, but after lengthy deliberation and consideration it was decided a change is needed now to give the club time to improve performances and results this season.\"\n\nOwner Roman Abramovich said Lampard's status as an \"important icon\" of the club \"remains undiminished\" despite his dismissal.\n\n\"This was a very difficult decision for the club, not least because I have an excellent personal relationship with Frank and I have the utmost respect for him,\" said Abramovich.\n\n\"He is a man of great integrity and has the highest of work ethics. However, under current circumstances we believe it is best to change managers.\"\n\nLampard did not sign a single player during his first season as the club were operating under a transfer embargo, but spent more than £200m on seven major signings last summer, including £45m on Leicester's Ben Chilwell and £71m on midfielder Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen.\n\nIt is the most Chelsea have spent in one summer, eclipsing the £186m they invested at the start of the 2017-18 season.\n\nLampard is Chelsea's all-time record scorer, with 211 goals for the club between 2001 and 2014, and is also joint-seventh on the list of most capped England players, having made 106 appearances for his country over 15 years from 1999.\n\nDuring his 13 seasons as a player at Stamford Bridge, he made 648 appearances and won 11 major trophies - including four Premier League titles and the 2012 Champions League.\n\nHis first managerial job was at Derby. In his one season in charge, they reached the Championship play-off final, where they lost to Aston Villa.\n\nLampard became the 10th full-time manager appointed by Abramovich since the billionaire bought the club in 2003.\n\nAccording to football finance journalist Kieran Maguire, Abramovich had spent £110m on sacking managers before Lampard's dismissal.\n\nHaving finished with 66 points last season after 20 wins and 12 defeats, Chelsea have lost six times in their opening 19 league games this season.\n\nLampard's points-per-game average of 1.67 is the lowest of any permanent Chelsea manager in the Premier League. During the Abramovich era, only Andre Villas-Boas (47.5%) has a worse win rate than Lampard's 52.4%, in all competitions among permanent Chelsea bosses.\n\nIn contrast, Jose Mourinho's win rate in all competitions during his first spell in charge was 67.03%, while Sarri, Antonio Conte, Avram Grant, Carlo Ancelotti and Claudio Ranieri all had win rates over 60%.\n\nAnalysis - lack of confidence among squad key to sacking\n\nLampard was sacked because the club could not see him reversing a slide in form.\n\nAfter qualifying for the Champions League last season and spending more than £200m on players in the summer, the aim this campaign was to close the gap on the leaders, but that has not been achieved.\n\nAlthough links will be made between Tuchel's heritage and the poor form of fellow Germans Kai Havertz and Timo Werner, the change was made because of the lack of confidence among the whole squad.\n\nIt is hoped that Tuchel can rejuvenate a team that is five points outside of the top four, and an announcement could be made within 24 hours.\n\nThe decision to sack Lampard was very difficult for Abramovich, who has never made a statement when changing Chelsea managers previously.\n\nIn the end, Lampard paid for his relative inexperience as a manager, which cannot be said of Tuchel.\n\nBest of reaction to Lampard sacking\n\nManchester City boss Pep Guardiola: \"People talk about projects and ideas. They don't exist. You have to win or you will be replaced. I am not judging Chelsea's decision. I respect their decision. But our world is to win as much as possible.\n\n\"I hope to see Frank soon and go to a restaurant with him when lockdown is finished.\"\n\nTottenham boss Jose Mourinho: \"It is the brutality of football. Anything can happen in football now, every time somebody loses their job it is sad news but he is a big boy, [with] a strong personality and strong mentality.\n\n\"I am pretty sure he will be back when he wants to be back and his career will be good. I hope so.\"\n\nWest Ham boss David Moyes: \"I'm disappointed for Frank as I saw him as one of the most up and coming young English managers in the country.\n\n\"It's a big thing we try to encourage our own British managers into the big leagues, if we can. I'm sure he'll come back and learn from it.\n\n\"He did a great job last year - he did a really good job with so many youngsters coming through the academy. It seemed a little bit harder for him this year. I'm sure he'll take time off, come back and get better.\"\n\nLeicester boss Brendan Rodgers: \"Clearly I'm really sad for Frank and his staff. I know how much the club means to him.\n\n\"Looking at the squad and how young they are, they need time. He hasn't been given that time. I really feel for him. He did great at Derby.\n\n\"He had the courage to step out of an amazing career and could have taken an easier route. It was a job he couldn't turn down, even though he didn't have a lot of experience.\n\n\"Results haven't been what he would have wanted, but I feel it's a job that needed time.\"\n\nCrystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson: \"It saddens me. I thought he did an excellent job last season. I was rather hoping that the idol of the fans and Chelsea legend that he is, he'd get a longer shot than 18 months.\n\n\"Managers who have had short stays at Chelsea have gone on to have good careers elsewhere. When you're sacked for the first time, it is a devastating blow. There's no doubt he has a pedigree to be a very good manager.\"\n\nFormer Chelsea striker Chris Sutton speaking on BBC 5 Live's Monday Night Club: \"It is 52 days since Chelsea were top of the Premier League and 48 days ago that Chelsea had been on an unbeaten run of 17 games.\n\n\"So in the space of 48 days the owner has decided to write Frank Lampard off. How are we ever going to know if Frank Lampard is a good manager? You only every really learn about people and their characteristics and traits when they go through a little bit of adversity and Frank has gone through a little bit of adversity.\n\n\"Frank has basically been sacked for the owner's expectations. I feel sorry for Frank because he is a club legend.\n\n\"They are five points off fourth place, but the bottom line is that the owner wants to win the Premier League and that was always going to be the pressure.\n\n\"Chelsea should have been more loyal. We know the owner's track record - he is ruthless, he is brutal and guillotined Frank.\"\n\nScott G: Been a Chelsea fan since Nevin, Speedie and Dixon and admit I've enjoyed all the success money has brought us over the last 20 years. However, there's a sadness about that decision. Some things money can't buy. #SuperFrank\n\nFil Harris: Isn't the whole point of appointing a younger manager to give him time to build and develop? Craziness from Chelsea to sack Lampard after such a short time.\n\nSimon Kirk: Been a Chelsea fan since 1969 and have never been so annoyed at a sacking of a Chelsea manager. He needed at least another 18 months. Shame on you Abramovich and the Chelsea board for supporting such a decision.\n\nRyan Howard: I find it such a weird sacking - a month or so ago Chelsea were in a nice groove, Zouma and Silva were scoring and keeping clean sheets, now after one bad run he gets sacked. Chelsea could be a world-class club if they just gave a manager proper time to build a team.\n\nPeter Josi: Chelsea are totally right to sack Lampard, he lacked the experience or coaching prowess to lead the side. The next phase should start with an investigation into our transfer policy and how our last two record signings turned out to be flops.\n\nThomas Wilson: Why are people surprised Lampard was sacked? Chelsea have been ruthlessly successful for 15 years. They are not going to suddenly resort to being generously unsuccessful because of a club legend being at the helm.\n• None All the goals, highlights and drama from Sunday's fourth-round ties are", "Janet Yellen has been confirmed as the first ever female US treasury secretary in a Senate vote.\n\nMs Yellen, who headed the US central bank from 2014 to 2018, earlier won bipartisan support from members of the Senate Finance Committee.\n\nShe will be responsible for guiding the Biden administration's economic response to the pandemic.\n\nThe US is struggling to rebound economically from the hit caused by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAt her confirmation hearing on 19 January, Ms Yellen urged Congress to approve trillions more in pandemic relief and economic stimulus, saying that lawmakers should \"act big\" without worrying about national debt.\n\nIn response, Republican senators warned the former Federal Reserve head this was not the time for \"a laundry list\" of liberal reforms.\n\nMs Yellen disagreed, highlighting the fact that many families whose incomes have fallen were not reached by jobless programmes. She argued that plans to raise taxes must be seen in the context of financing bigger investments necessary to make the US economy competitive.\n\n\"The focus now is not on tax increases. It is on programmes to help us get through the pandemic,\" she stressed.\n\nJanet Yellen was previously chair of the US Federal Reserve. She was known for focusing more attention on the impact of the central bank's policies on workers and the costs of America's rising inequality.\n\nBefore then-President Barack Obama named her to lead the Fed in 2014, she had served as one of its board members for a decade, including four years as vice-chair.\n\nJanet Yellen speaking at a press conference in 2017 as US Federal Reserve Chair\n\nDonald Trump bucked Washington tradition when he opted not to appoint Ms Yellen to a second four-year term at the Fed.\n\nHowever, her climb to the top of the economics profession had made her a feminist icon in the economics world.\n\nWhen she left the Fed in 2018, many paid tribute to her leadership by imitating her signature look of a blazer with a popped collar.\n\nMs Yellen is seen as someone able to satisfy both progressive and centrist members of Mr Biden's Democratic party. Her nomination to lead the Fed in 2014 won support from some Republicans.\n\nHer focus on employment, rather than inflation, gave her a reputation of favouring low interest rates, which spur economic activity by making it less expensive to borrow money.\n\nBut under her leadership, the Fed raised interest rates for the first time since 2008 - albeit less aggressively than some more conservative commentators supported.\n\nHer stewardship of that process has won praise on Wall Street, even as it remains hotly debated.", "Twitter is asking its users for help in combating fake news.\n\nIt has announced a pilot that allows people to submit notes on tweets that may be false or misleading.\n\nThe initiative, named 'Birdwatch', is being trialled among a small group in the US initially. The firm acknowledged the new system would have to be \"resistant to manipulation attempts\".\n\nCompanies like Twitter are looking at how they can better moderate their platforms.\n\nTwitter said on Monday: \"We know this might be messy and have problems at times, but we believe this is a model worth trying.\"\n\nTwitter, along with other large social media companies, has struggled to deal with disinformation on its platform.\n\nThe pilot will allow users to flag tweets they believe to be \"misleading or false\", provide evidence to the contrary and discuss them with other - on a separate 'Birdwatch' site.\n\nAdditional notes and flags would then be placed on to content.\n\nTwitter says this new approach could help it respond more quickly when misleading information spreads.\n\n\"Eventually we aim to make notes visible directly on Tweets for the global Twitter audience, when there is consensus from a broad and diverse set of contributors,\" Twitter said.\n\nTwitter already adds labels to some misleading news. For example, many of Donald Trump's false claims of voter fraud were labelled by the company.\n\nTwitter also reserves the right to remove tweets - and in extreme circumstances ban users - which it did with the US president after the riots in Washington earlier this month.\n\nTwitter, though, wants to go further: \"We don't want to limit efforts to circumstances where something breaks our rules or receives widespread public attention,\" said Twitter's Vice-President Keith Coleman.\n\nParticipants will have to provide a verified phone number and email to take part, in a bid to keep bots and bad actors away, as well as having no recent rule violations against their Twitter account.\n\nPresident Biden said in his inauguration speech that: \"We must reject a culture where facts are manipulated, or even manufactured.\"\n\nJames Clayton is the BBC's North America technology reporter based in San Francisco. Follow him on Twitter @jamesclayton5.", "Parents and teachers say they are \"frustrated\" schools will be shut until the February half term and fear the impact it will have on children.\n\nSpeaking to Radio Wales' phone-in, one caller said they felt young people were being \"thrown under the bus\".\n\nOthers said they were fed up with \"bitty information\" from the Welsh Government.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said it was the \"best certainty\" he could offer \"in a world which is highly uncertain\".\n\nSo how have parents, pupils and professionals reacted to the announcement that schools may not reopen until 22 February?\n\nDr Dai Samuel welcomed the news as a consultant treating Covid patients - but as a dad he feels some \"trepidation\"\n\nDr Dai Samuel, a consultant at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, is also a father and lives in one of the worst-hit areas in Wales.\n\nHe said he had mixed feelings about the decision as he had \"two hats on\" - one as an NHS doctor treating Covid patients and the other as a dad.\n\n\"The hospitals are full and the ITU units only have beds now because they've expanded that capacity,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a very precarious position and I just hope that this measure now for the next three to six weeks will hopefully allow us to get through this winter, allow the vaccines to take effect and get us out of this mess come the spring and summer.\n\n\"I'm a doctor so, from a medical point of view, yes [the decision is] a massive sigh of relief, but as a father and someone who lives in Merthyr - a town that's been hit already significantly by the virus and the economical impacts of that - I've got some sort of trepidation because I fear that those businesses now that still remain closed will suffer and will go under.\n\n\"What will happen to that generation of children now who might not get the education they deserve and would have had otherwise… who won't achieve what they could have?\"\n\nTrying to home-school four young children and work is a \"challenge\", said Kaarina Rutta Reuter from Sully, Vale of Glamorgan.\n\n\"It's a challenge trying to help all four at the same time and also having in the back of your mind, 'I should also be working and doing other things',\" she said.\n\n\"I was quite sure that this was going to happen. It didn't come as a surprise I have to say, because the situation is just so bad I think there is no other way out of it at the moment. I just wish we had known earlier on and it would have been easier to plan.\"\n\nThe pressures of juggling home-schooling with her career mean she is working at night when the children have gone to bed.\n\n\"I don't even try to work during the day with the children around because I've just realised it's just not possible.\n\n\"My husband is working full-time but I'm only working part-time, I'm teaching at university so I still have quite flexible hours - apart from obviously teaching hours - it just means that I have to work in the evening or over the weekend, just organise yourself differently.\"\n\nShe said it was \"best not to have too high expectations\" when it came to guessing when lockdown would end and schools would reopen.\n\n\"Like we saw in the first lockdown in spring, in the end it was quite a bit longer than we had all thought,\" she said.\n\n\"I would hope they could go back in March, that's my hope for now but I think we'll just have to wait and see what will happen with the numbers over the next few weeks, months and just take it from there really.\"\n\nA father called Ron, from Bridgend, told the phone-in with Dot Davies he was predominantly worried about the effects on children, particularly in the south Wales valleys.\n\n\"I just see children deteriorating on a regular basis. I can only speak about my own - I have a teenage daughter and her mental health, her lack of access to her school, her teachers, to her peers, will cause more harm than the virus will cause children.\n\n\"It feels like we are asking our children to donate their kidneys to the vulnerable. We are throwing them under the bus as far as I'm concerned.\"\n\nAnna, 16, who is studying for her GCSEs at Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr, Swansea, said the decision to keep schools and colleges closed was \"a big disappointment\".\n\n\"The idea of staying in the house until February fills me with dread because we've been in the house for months,\" she told Newyddion.\n\nAfter a case of Covid-19 in her school, she said she had to self-isolate, adding: \"It's been an age since I last saw my friends, went to school, and really learned.\n\n\"It's really hard. We've been back in school since Wednesday and doing everything online but it's nigh-on impossible. It's not the same.\n\n\"It's really hard to learn. There's this feeling of 'why am I even bothering?' - I really want to go back but I appreciate that might not be possible because people are dying. It's not an easy situation.\"\n\nHer mock assessments before her final assessments - which were brought in to replace exams - have been cancelled until the return to school, which she said has taken away some of the pressure.\n\n\"Without practising, there's a lot of uncertainty. What's going to be in the assessment? So, it is nice to hear they've cancelled them. It's a difficult situation so cancelling them takes a bit of the pressure off children and young people my age.\"\n\nMother-of-three Amanda Williams from Bridgend told the Local Democracy Reporting Service she was glad schools would remain closed and hoped it would minimise the spread of the virus.\n\n\"I don't believe schools are safe to open at the moment,\" she said.\n\n\"Until they can classify exactly what the main symptoms are in children I think it's a risk to send children back to school and it's a risk with these new variants.\"\n\nMrs Williams lives in Bridgend county borough, where infection rates are the highest among all Welsh local authority areas. One of her relatives is currently on a ventilator at Bridgend's Princess of Wales Hospital with Covid-19.\n\n\"In the last week I've heard of a lot of people passing away such as friends of friends. It's starting to get closer to home.\"\n\nSarah Curley, a maths teacher and mother of twins, also from Bridgend, said she would \"rather be in school\" but agreed schools remaining shut was the \"safest option\".\n\nShe said: \"In school each day I come into contact with 100-odd pupils and we don't wear PPE.\"\n\nMs Curley said she was glad her school, Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen in Bridgend, would not be welcoming students back on Monday, as originally planned, because of the area's high infection rates.\n\n\"My anxiety was through the roof around Christmas. I could see the numbers going up and I was thinking, 'I've got to go back into school next week'.\"", "A year ago, the Chinese government locked down the city of Wuhan. For weeks beforehand officials had maintained that the outbreak was under control - just a few dozen cases linked to a live animal market. But in fact the virus had been spreading throughout the city and around China.\n\nThis is the story of five critical days early in the outbreak.\n\nBy 30 December, several people had been admitted to hospitals in the central city of Wuhan, having fallen ill with high fever and pneumonia. The first known case was a man in his 70s who had fallen ill on 1 December. Many of those were connected to a sprawling live animal market, Huanan Seafood Market, and doctors had begun to suspect this wasn't regular pneumonia.\n\nSamples from infected lungs had been sent to genetic sequencing companies to identify the cause of the disease, and preliminary results had indicated a novel coronavirus similar to Sars. The local health authorities and the country's Center for Disease Control (CDC) had already been notified, but nothing had been said to the public.\n\nAlthough no-one knew it at the time, between 2,300 and 4,000 people were by now likely infected, according to a recent model by MOBS Lab at Northeastern University in Boston. The outbreak was also thought to be doubling in size every few days. Epidemiologists say that at this early part of an outbreak, each day and even each hour is critical.\n\nWuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was sealed off on 1 January 2020\n\nAt around 16:00 on 30 December, the head of the Emergency Department at Wuhan Central Hospital was handed the results of a test carried out by sequencing lab Capital Bio Medicals in Beijing.\n\nShe went into a cold sweat as she read the report, according to an interview given later to Chinese state media.\n\nAt the top were the alarming words: \"SARS CORONAVIRUS\". She circled them in bright red, and passed it on to colleagues over the Chinese messaging site WeChat.\n\nWithin an hour and a half, the grainy image with its large red circle reached a doctor in the hospital's ophthalmology department, Li Wenliang. He shared it with his hundreds-strong university class group, adding the warning, \"Don't circulate the message outside this group. Get your family and loved ones to take precautions.\"\n\nWhen Sars spread through southern China in late 2002 and 2003, Beijing covered up the outbreak, insisting that everything was under control. This allowed the virus to spread around the world. Beijing's response invoked international criticism and - worryingly for a regime deeply concerned about stability - anger and protests within China. Between 2002 and 2004, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) went on to infect more than 8,000 people and kill almost 800 worldwide.\n\nRobert Maguire of the WHO and a Chinese doctor visit a Sars patient in Guangzhou, China – April 2003\n\nOver the coming hours, screen shots of Li's message spread widely online. Across China, millions of people began talking about Sars online.\n\nIt would turn out that the sequencers made a mistake - this was not Sars, but a new coronavirus very similar to it. But this was a critical moment. News of a possible outbreak had escaped.\n\nThe Wuhan Health Commission was already aware that there was something going on in the city's hospitals. That day, officials from the National Health Commission in Beijing arrived, and lung samples were sent to at least five state labs in Wuhan and Beijing to sequence the virus in parallel.\n\nNow, as messages suggesting the possible return of Sars began flying over Chinese social media, the Wuhan Health Commission sent two orders out to hospitals. It instructed them to report all cases direct to the Health Commission, and told them not to make anything public without authorisation.\n\nWithin 12 minutes, these orders were leaked online.\n\nIt might have taken a couple more days for the online chatter to make the leap from Chinese-speaking social media to the wider world if it wasn't for the efforts of veteran epidemiologist Marjorie Pollack.\n\nThe deputy editor of ProMed-mail, an organisation which sends out alerts on disease outbreaks worldwide, received an email from a contact in Taiwan, asking if she knew anything about the chatter online.\n\nDr Marjorie Pollack is an epidemiologist based in New York\n\nBack in February 2003, ProMed had been the first to break the news of Sars. Now, Pollack had deja vu. \"My reaction was: 'We're in trouble,'\" she told the BBC.\n\nThree hours later, she had finished writing an emergency post, requesting more information on the new outbreak. It was sent out to ProMed's approximately 80,000 subscribers at one minute to midnight.\n\nAs word began to spread, Professor George F Gao, director general of China's Center for Disease Control [CDC], was receiving offers of help from contacts around the world.\n\nChina revamped its infectious disease infrastructure after Sars - and in 2019, Gao had promised that China's vast online surveillance system would be able to prevent another outbreak like it.\n\nBut two scientists who contacted Gao say the CDC head did not seem alarmed.\n\n\"I sent a really long text to George Gao, offering to send a team out and do anything to support them,\" Dr Peter Daszak, the president of New York-based infectious diseases research group EcoHealth Alliance, told the BBC. But he says that all he received in reply was a short message wishing him Happy New Year.\n\nDirector of the Chinese Center for Disease Control, George F Gao – 22 January 2020\n\nEpidemiologist Ian Lipkin of Columbia University in New York was also trying to reach Gao. Just as he was having dinner to ring in the New Year, Gao returned his call. The details Lipkin reveals about their conversation offer new insights into what leading Chinese officials were prepared to say at this critical point.\n\n\"He had identified the virus. It was a new coronavirus. And it was not highly transmissible. This didn't really resonate with me because I'd heard that many, many people had been infected,\" Lipkin told the BBC. \"I don't think he was duplicitous, I think he was just wrong.\"\n\nLipkin says he thinks Gao should have released the sequences they had already obtained. My view is that you get it out. This is too important to hesitate.\"\n\nGao, who refused the BBC's requests for an interview, has told state media that the sequences were released as soon as possible, and that he never said publicly that there was no human-to-human transmission.\n\nThat day, the Wuhan Health Commission issued a press release stating that 27 cases of viral pneumonia had been identified, but that there was no clear evidence of human to human transmission.\n\nIt would be a further 12 days before China shared the genetic sequences with the international community.\n\nThe Chinese government refused multiple interview requests by the BBC. Instead, it gave us detailed statements on China's response, which state that in the fight against Covid-19 China \"has always acted with openness, transparency and responsibility, and … in a timely manner.\"\n\nBBC This World's 54 Days: China and the pandemic can be seen on BBC Two at 21:00 GMT on Tuesday 26 January, or 23:30 on Monday 1 February (except BBC Two Northern Ireland). Or watch on BBC iPlayer.\n\nPart two - 54 Days: America and the Pandemic - will be on BBC Two on Tuesday 2 February at 21:00.\n\nInternational law stipulates that new infectious disease outbreaks of global concern be reported to the World Health Organization within 24 hours. But on 1 January the WHO still had not had official notification of the outbreak. The previous day, officials there had spotted the ProMed post and reports online, so they contacted China's National Health Commission.\n\n\"It was reportable,\" says Professor Lawrence Gostin, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center on national and global health law at Georgetown University in Washington DC, and a member of the International Health Regulations roster of experts. \"The failure to report clearly was a violation of the International Health Regulations.\"\n\nDr Maria Van Kerkhove, a WHO epidemiologist who would become the agency's Covid-19 technical lead, joined the first of many emergency conference calls in the middle of the night on 1 January.\n\n\"We had the assumptions initially that it may be a new coronavirus. For us it wasn't a matter of if human to human transmission was happening, it was what is the extent of it and where is that happening.\"\n\nIt was two days before China responded to the WHO. But what they revealed was vague - that there were now 44 cases of viral pneumonia of unknown cause.\n\nChina says that it communicated regularly and fully with the WHO from 3 January. But recordings of internal WHO meetings obtained by the Associated Press (AP) news agency some of which were shared with PBS Frontline and the BBC, paint a different picture, revealing the frustration that senior WHO officials felt by the following week.\n\n\"'There's been no evidence of human to human transmission' is not good enough. We need to see the data,\" Mike Ryan WHO's health emergencies programme director is heard saying.\n\nThe WHO was legally required to state the information it had been provided by China. Although they suspected human to human transmission, the WHO were not able to confirm this for a further three weeks.\n\n\"Those concerns are not something they ever aired publicly. Instead, they basically deferred to China,\" says AP's Dake Kang. \"Ultimately, the impression that the rest of the world got was just what the Chinese authorities wanted. Which is that everything was under control. Which of course it wasn't.\"\n\nThe number of people infected by the virus was doubling in size every few days, and more and more people were turning up at Wuhan's hospitals.\n\nBut now - instead of allowing doctors to share their concerns publicly - state media began a campaign that effectively silenced them.\n\nOn 2 January, China Central Television ran a story about the doctors who spread the news about an outbreak four days earlier. The doctors, referred to only as \"rumour mongers\" and \"internet users\", were brought in for questioning by the Wuhan Public Security Bureau and 'dealt with' 'in accordance with the law'.\n\nOne of the doctors was Li Wenliang, the eye doctor whose warning had gone viral. He signed a confession. In February, the doctor died of Covid-19.\n\nThe Chinese government says that this is not evidence that it was trying to suppress news of the outbreak, and that doctors like Li were being urged not to spread unconfirmed information.\n\nBut the impact of this public dressing down was critical. For though it was becoming apparent to doctors that there was, in fact, human-to-human transmission, they were prevented from going public.\n\nA health worker from Li's hospital, Wuhan Central, told us that over the next few days \"there were so many people who had a fever. It was out of control. We started to panic. [But] The hospital told us that we were not allowed to speak to anyone.\"\n\nThe Chinese government told us that \"it takes a rigorous scientific process to determine if a new virus can be transmitted from person to person\".\n\nThe authorities would continue to maintain for a further 18 days that there was no human-to-human transmission.\n\nLabs across the country were racing to map the complete genetic sequence of the virus. Among them was a renowned virologist in Shanghai, Professor Zhang Yongzhen who began sequencing on 3 January.\n\nAfter having worked for two days straight, he obtained a complete sequence. His results revealed a virus that was similar to Sars, and therefore likely transmissible.\n\nOn 5 January, Zhang's office wrote to the National Health Commission advising taking precautionary measures in public places.\n\n\"On that very day, he was working to try and get information released as soon as possible, so the rest of the world could see what it was and so we could get diagnostics going\", says Zhang's research partner, Professor Edward Holmes an evolutionary virologist at the University of Sydney.\n\nBut Zhang could not make his findings public. On January 3, the National Health Commission had sent a secret memorandum to labs banning unauthorised scientists from working on the virus and disclosing the information to the public.\n\n\"What the notice effectively did,\" says AP's Dake Kang, \"is it silenced individual scientists and laboratories from revealing information about this virus and potentially allowing word of it to leak out to the outside world and alarm people.\"\n\nNone of the labs went public with the genetic sequence of the virus. China continued to maintain it was viral pneumonia with no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission.\n\nIt would be six days before it announced that the new virus was a coronavirus, and even then, it did not share any genetic sequences to allow other countries to develop tests and begin tracing the spread of the virus.\n\nThree days later, on 11 January, Zhang decided it was time to put his neck on the line. As he boarded a plane between Beijing and Shanghai, he authorised Holmes to release the sequence.\n\nThe decision came at a personal cost - his lab was closed the next day for \"rectification\" - but his action broke the deadlock. The next day state scientists released the sequences they had obtained. The international scientific community swung into action, and a toolkit for a diagnostic test was publicly available by 13 January.\n\nDespite the evidence from scientists and doctors, China would not confirm there was human-to-human transmission until 20 January.\n\nIllustration of spike proteins (red) of Covid-19 binding with receptors (blue) on a target human cell\n\nAt the beginning of any emerging disease outbreak, says health law expert Lawrence Gostin, it's always chaotic. \"It was always going to be very difficult to control this virus, from day one. But by the time we knew [the international community] it was transmissible human to human, I think the cat was already out the bag, it already spread.\n\n\"That was the shot we had, and we lost it.\"\n\nAs Wang Linfa, a bat virologist at Duke-Nus Medical School in Singapore, says: \"January 20th is the dividing line, before that the Chinese could have done much better. After that, the rest of the world should be really on high alert and do much better.\"", "Harriet Tubman was a spy and a nurse for the Union during the US Civil War\n\nThe Biden administration has said it will seek to push forward a plan to make anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman the face of a new $20 bill.\n\nA note featuring Ms Tubman, who was born a slave in about 1822, was originally due to be unveiled in 2020.\n\nThe US Treasury said she would replace former President Andrew Jackson, a slave owner.\n\nBut the effort was delayed under former President Donald Trump, who branded it \"pure political correctness\".\n\nNow President Joe Biden has revived the project, with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki telling reporters the Treasury was \"exploring ways to speed up\" the process.\n\nThe move would make Ms Tubman the first African American to appear on a US banknote, and the first woman for more than 100 years.\n\n\"It's important that our notes, our money - if people don't know what a note is - reflect the history and diversity of our country, and Harriet Tubman's image gracing the new $20 note would certainly reflect that,\" Ms Psaki said on Monday.\n\nA mock-up of the new $20 note\n\nThe women last depicted on US notes were former First Lady Martha Washington, on the $1 silver certificate from 1891 to 1896, and Native American Pocahontas, in a group image on the $20 bill from 1865 to 1869.\n\nHowever, given the complexities of redesigning and producing US banknotes, the bill is not expected to be released any time soon.\n\nIn 2019, Mr Trump's Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, said the redesign would be delayed until at least 2026. At the time, he said he was focused on redesigning bills to address counterfeiting issues, not making changes to their imagery.\n\nMr Trump, an admirer of his populist predecessor Andrew Jackson - whose portrait hung in his office - expressed opposition to the redesign.\n\nWhile campaigning in 2016, Mr Trump suggested that Ms Tubman be put on the $2 bill instead.\n\nBorn into slavery in about 1822, Ms Tubman grew up working in the cotton fields in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was the fourth of nine children born to two enslaved parents, Benjamin Ross and Harriet Rit.\n\nAs a teenager, she was hit in the head by an iron weight thrown by an overseer, leaving her severely injured.\n\nShe escaped from a slave plantation in 1849, fleeing north to the neighbouring state of Pennsylvania.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and then helped others to do so.\n\nIn the years that followed, Ms Tubman returned multiple times to Maryland to rescue others, conducting them along the so-called \"underground railroad\", a network of safe houses used to spirit slaves from the south to the free states in the north.\n\nShe is estimated to have made some 13 missions to rescue more than 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network.\n\nLater, she became a spy for the Union Army during the Civil War, a prominent supporter of the women's suffrage movement, and a famous veteran of the struggle for the abolition of slavery.\n\nAfter the war, Ms Tubman toured eastern cities giving speeches in support of women's suffrage, drawing on her experiences in the fight against slavery.\n\nShe died in 1913, aged 91, surrounded by her family.", "Sunderland-based Hays Travel took over Thomas Cook's stores and staff in 2019\n\nTravel firm Hays Travel is to close 89 of its 535 shops following a review into its take over of Thomas Cook.\n\nThe Sunderland-based firm bought the collapsed company in October 2019 and deferred a review into the performance of its shops until 2021.\n\nA Hays Travel spokeswoman said the third national lockdown and travel ban meant \"the company had to act\".\n\nShe said 388 staff affected by the closures would be offered \"alternative work options\" to minimise redundancies.\n\nChief operating officer Jonathon Woodall said the \"first priority\" was to \"look after our customers\" and ensure \"the highest standards of customer service\".\n\nHe added that the firm was \"continuing with our robust two-year business plan and continue to be ready for the bounce back when it comes\".\n\nDame Irene Hays said business had not bounced back as had been hoped\n\nDame Irene Hays, owner and chair of the Sunderland-based firm, said it was \"always our intention to review the performance of our shops at the end of the licence period\".\n\n\"We had hoped the business would bounce back in January and it has not,\" she said.\n\n\"We have done everything we could to safeguard jobs and the business thus far, and we have come up with a range of options for those at risk of redundancy to help as many colleagues as we can.\"\n\nOptions for staff include working from home or filling vacancies in other shops.\n\nThe spokeswoman said the firm employed about 7,700 people, many of whom were \"working from home taking bookings for holidays for 2021 and beyond\".\n\nThe company has yet to confirm which of its locations will be affected.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There has been a recent investigation into mother-and-baby homes in the Republic of Ireland\n\nA report into mother-and-baby homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland is expected to be published later.\n\nThe Stormont-commissioned research was carried out by Queen's University and Ulster University.\n\nIt examined whether a public inquiry should be held into the homes.\n\nAmnesty has estimated about 7,500 women and girls gave birth in the institutions operated by both Catholic and Protestant churches and other religious organisations.\n\nSome survivors, both unmarried pregnant mothers who were brought to the facilities and children who were later adopted, have long called for a public inquiry.\n\nThe NI Executive is currently meeting to discuss the report and its recommendations.\n\nFirst Minster Arlene Foster tweeted to say she had spoken to survivors of the homes about the report and the next steps.\n\nShe described it as \"a shameful chapter\", adding: \"Now the silence is broken and their stories have rightfully begun to be told\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Arlene Foster #WeWillMeetAgain This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said earlier that Tuesday's research \"breaks the silence\" around what happened.\n\nShe added that \"what happened was so, so wrong\", and that her thoughts were with the survivors \"who deserve answers to their many questions\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe report was commissioned by the Department of Health in 2018 and assessed the period from 1922 to 1999.\n\nIt was completed in February 2020 but was then sent to those facing criticism to give them an opportunity to reply.\n\nSolicitor Claire McKeegan, representing the group Birth Mothers and their Children for Justice NI, said many women were branded as \"fallen\" after becoming pregnant outside marriage and were forced to carry out unpaid labour.\n\nThis \"abuse\", she said, happened on both sides of the Irish border.\n\n\"The state in Northern Ireland not only permitted what happened, but also policed it,\" she added.\n\nAmnesty said there were more than a dozen mother-and-baby home and Magdalene Laundry-type institutions in NI, with the last one closing its doors as recently as 1990.\n\nPatrick Corrigan, NI programme director of Amnesty International, said the report would \"shed new light on the appalling extent and vast scale of the suffering experienced by generations of women and girls in these institutions\".\n\nThe human rights organisation has written to the first and deputy first ministers urging them to meet survivors of mother-and-baby homes.\n\n\"It's time for ministers to listen to the survivors - both the women and girls forced into the homes and the children born there,\" said Mr Corrigan.\n\nThe publication of the report in Northern Ireland comes after a similar investigation into mother-and-baby homes and laundries in the Republic of Ireland, which prompted an apology from Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Mícheál Martin.\n\nThis report found an \"appalling level of infant mortality\".\n\nAbout 9,000 children died in the 18 institutions which were investigated.\n\nMr Martin said there had been \"profound and generational wrong\", adding it was a \"dark, difficult and shameful chapter\" of Irish history.\n\nFollowing the report's publication, NI's first and deputy first ministers Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill met the Irish Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman.\n\nBoth Mrs Foster and Ms O'Neill said there was a need for the executive and the Irish government to work together in sharing information and to support survivors.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Time out of school has affected some children who have not established their language skills\n\nParents in English-speaking homes whose children go to Welsh-language schools need more support during lockdown, the Welsh language commissioner has said.\n\nSome parents said time away from face-to-face schooling was affecting younger children who have not fully established their language skills.\n\nOne mother said \"not only do you not know how to help them, you don't know what the question is to start with\".\n\nThe Welsh Government said it had given guidance to Welsh-medium schools.\n\nThere are 65,000 children in Welsh-medium or bilingual primary schools across Wales.\n\nCardiff council estimated more than 70% of children in Welsh-medium education in the city did not speak Welsh at home.\n\nWelsh language commissioner Aled Roberts said any parents concerned about remote learning in should let the school and teachers know in the first instance.\n\nHowever, he said it should be ensured there were \"as many resources as possible to support them\" at a national level and these policies should \"recognise the huge investment that these people are making [into] Welsh-medium education\".\n\nAngela Crabtree said her nine-year-old daughter Ffion had to help her younger sisters\n\nAngela Crabtree, from Caerphilly, said her daughters were partly reliant on her eldest child Ffion to translate Welsh schoolwork.\n\nMs Crabtree, who is on furlough, said keeping up Welsh-language skills had been a challenge for her three daughters, Ffion, Natalie and Chloe, who go to Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Caerffili.\n\n\"It's hard if they ask you a question, not only do you not know how to help them, you don't know what the question is to start with,\" she said.\n\nNatalie and Chloe are partly reliant on their older sister Ffion to translate Welsh work during lockdown\n\n\"The school has been really good in sending things back bilingually, but I've still got the challenge of trying to make sure that the girls look at the Welsh first.\n\n\"Off the back of the first lockdown I think what suffered most was their Welsh language, especially the middle child, going from the infants to the juniors - her Welsh comprehension fell behind a bit.\"\n\nLisa Jane Thomas, from Cardiff, said she was concerned her youngest child, who attends a Welsh-medium school, was going to be disadvantaged.\n\n\"These are really critical stages and to have so much timeout, it does worry me that may be putting her back [and] is going to make it more difficult for her longer term,\" she said.\n\nMs Thomas said she felt there \"ought to be more recognition\" and more could be offered to help parents and children.\n\nYsgol Gynradd Gymraeg Caerffili headteacher Lynn Griffiths said parents make a \"conscious decision\" to send children to Welsh-medium schools\n\nHead teacher of Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Caerffili, Lynn Griffiths, said of almost 440 pupils at the school, three families spoke to him about issues with Welsh-language learning.\n\nMr Griffiths said it was \"a rarity\" after one family that chose not to send their child back to the school this year, while the two other \"listened to what support we can provide them to enable them to do the best for their children\".\n\n\"But also let's not forget our parents have made a conscious decision to send their children to a Welsh medium school because they want their children to be fully bilingual and the advantages that will give them,\" he said.\n\nCampaign group Parents for Welsh medium education said it was launching new website end of this month to help parents by collating Welsh language resources in one place, due to the extra pressure of lockdown home-schooling.\n\nElin Maher, who is a part of the group, said: \"Obviously, we do acknowledge that acquiring language is done best in the classroom, with the teacher at the front and to be surrounded by the language - we want to reassure parents that the language will be there.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government, which has a target of one million people speaking Welsh by 2050, said it appreciated the challenges all parents faced with learning at home.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We have provided guidance to schools to help them during the pandemic, which includes dedicated support for Welsh-medium learners whose families don't speak Welsh.\n\n\"This includes advice for parents and carers on how they can support their children to use the Welsh language while at home.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Maaike Neuféglise said she found blood on the floor of her shop alongside upturned stands and damaged equipment\n\nThe Dutch government says it will not lift a curfew, after a third night of violent protests against increased Covid curbs across the Netherlands.\n\nShops in Rotterdam and other cities were looted and Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra said: \"It's scum doing this\". More than 180 arrests have been made.\n\nThe Dutch chief of police said the riots no longer had \"anything to do with the basic right to demonstrate\".\n\nThe criminal violence had to stop, said Prime Minister Mark Rutte.\n\nShop-owners in Rotterdam, Den Bosch and other cities spent Tuesday morning cleaning up the debris from Monday night's violence.\n\nRotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb sent a passionate message to \"shameless thieves\" who had caused the damage: \"Does it make you feel good that you've helped ruin your city? To wake up with a bag full of stolen stuff beside you?\"\n\nA night-time curfew from 21:00 (20:00 GMT) to 04:30 was imposed last Saturday to halt the spread of the virus. Anyone caught violating it faces a €95 (£84) fine. Mr Hoekstra said they would not \"capitulate to a few idiots\" and anyone who caused damage should be tracked down and be made to pay for it.\n\nSome of the worst damage was caused in the southern city of Den Bosch\n\nThe Netherlands has had nearly a million confirmed Covid cases since the start of the outbreak, with more than 13,500 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US, which is tracking the pandemic.\n\nRiot police clashed with protesters in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, as well as Amersfoort, Den Bosch, Alphen and Helmond.\n\nSome of the worst disturbances were in the south of Rotterdam where police said 10 officers were hurt. Most of the rioters were youths or young men, and Amsterdam's mayor appealed to parents to keep young people indoors.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dutch police have described it as the worst unrest in four decades\n\nFires were lit on the streets of The Hague, where police on bicycles attempted to move small clusters of men who threw stones and fireworks.\n\nIn Den Bosch in the south, rioters set off fireworks, broke windows, looted a supermarket and overturned cars. A local woman told Dutch radio that masked youths had left a trail of destruction in the city centre. \"I saw windows smashed and fireworks going off. Really crazy, just like a war zone,\" she said.\n\nSeveral cities have vowed to introduce emergency measures in an effort to prevent more disturbances\n\nRoads into Den Bosch were closed to stop people joining the rioters and Mayor Jack Mikkers imposed an emergency order banning gatherings on Tuesday.\n\nThe region's chief prosecutor, Heleen Rutgers, urged parents to ensure teenagers stayed at home. \"Start talking about how to respond to calls on social media to go and turn up somewhere,\" she told public broadcaster NOS.\n\nIn some southern cities, such as Maastricht and Breda, football fans marched through the centres promising to protect them from rioters. Ex-football international Robin van Persie appealed to people in Rotterdam to keep \"our beautiful city\" intact.\n\nThe ignition of discontent has rocked the core of Dutch society.\n\nIn the absence of any legitimate way to socialise, is this simply an outlet for young men to feel part of something, their masks concealing their identities and enabling them to violently channel their frustrations?\n\nThere are more sinister influences at play. Messages on social media, overt and covert, have whipped up anger. Misinformation has even been spread by some politicians.\n\nSome of the worst violence was in Rotterdam\n\nSome feared a curfew would be a tipping point, as Dutch restrictions tighten while some neighbouring countries relax their rules. The vast majority of people in the Netherlands are peacefully observing the curfew.\n\nThe unrest was initially seen as a response to the first \"stay-at-home\" order imposed since Nazi occupation during World War Two. That notion has been dismissed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who said the rioters were simply criminals and would be treated as such.\n\nBut there are simmering anxieties in Dutch towns and cities, and with less than two months before a general election, voters are vulnerable and the streets volatile.\n\nThere has been widespread shock at the violence. In Rotterdam, where police used water cannon against the rioters, the mayor signed an emergency decree, giving police broader powers of arrest.\n\nThe prime minister said the police had the government's full support: \"The riots have nothing to do with protesting or fighting for freedom.\"\n\nRotterdam shop-owner Emrah Köker said he had no words for what he had seen. \"How can this happen in the Netherlands?\" he asked Dutch daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. The justice minister said he challenged anyone to explain what looting a shop had to do with coronavirus.\n\nIn Den Bosch, Maaike Neuféglise said the damage to her shop was heartbreaking and ran into thousands of euros. \"Everything's ruined. I saw the videos, it was a complete invasion. There must have been 40 people in our store,\" she told broadcaster Omroep Brabant.\n\nThe city's mayor said police had struggled to respond to the violence because they were needed in other nearby towns.", "Claudia Marsh was a volunteer for an eating disorder charity which had helped her in the past\n\nAn \"incredible\" recently-qualified teacher has died with coronavirus on her 25th birthday.\n\nClaudia Marsh's death was described as \"sudden and unexpected\" by a charity which had helped her recover from an eating disorder several years ago.\n\nShe had gone on to volunteer for the organisation and became a \"beacon of hope\" for others.\n\nHer mother Tina Marsh, from Heswall in Wirral, said she was \"very proud\" and \"blown away\" by the many tributes.\n\nWriting on Facebook, Ms Marsh said she was a \"beautiful daughter and incredible sister\" who was selfless in her work for Merseyside-based charities Talking Eating Disorders (TEDS) and The Whitechapel Centre.\n\nShe said: \"She loved giving back to people less fortunate than herself.\"\n\nFamily friend Leigh Best, who founded TEDS, described the death as \"heartbreaking\".\n\nShe added: \"Claudia was very special, kind, caring and a dedicated teacher.\n\n\"She supported countless families across the UK. Claudia made her own little packs to give out to others with eating disorders with positive affirmations.\n\n\"She was full of positivity, kindness and hope, and had a smile that would brighten up the whole room.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Whitechapel Centre, where Claudia also volunteered, said staff were \"devastated\", adding she would leave behind a \"legacy of care, dedication and enthusiasm\".\n\nThe charity said she put all of her time and energy into providing food and clothing to those who needed it during the pandemic.\n\n\"Claudia always put others before herself and her memory will live on through the impact and contribution she made to our organisation,\" the centre said.\n\n\"She was instrumental in bringing together our volunteer community.\"\n\nMs Marsh has set up an online fundraising page for the two charities, which has already garnered more than £10,000.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It wasn't normal when the prime minister stood at the lectern in Downing Street's wood-panelled State Dining Room and announced that four people had died from coronavirus on 9 March last year.\n\nIt wasn't normal, that day, when he announced the obscure-sounding virus was a global pandemic that, in the 21st Century, the UK government would struggle to contain.\n\nIt was unprecedented, in peacetime, when, on 23 March, Boris Johnson instructed the country to stay at home.\n\nIt was shocking when, on 28 March, official figures reported more than 1,000 cases in a single day.\n\nA few weeks later, there were sharp intakes of breath when the UK government's chief scientific adviser told MPs, and all of us, that keeping the numbers of deaths down to around 20,000 would be a \"good outcome\".\n\nIt wasn't normal when the Treasury started paying the wages of millions of people to prevent hardship on a vast scale.\n\nIt wasn't normal when planes stayed on the ground, roads and trains emptied.\n\nIt certainly wasn't normal when classrooms fell largely silent, or when the nooks and crannies of Westminster, usually full of intrigue, emptied.\n\nBut in that new strangeness it became normal, week after week, for millions of us to stand in the street, on balconies or on doorsteps to express thanks to those who care for us.\n\nAnd there is now an emerging routine of the most vulnerable rolling up their sleeves, sometimes in front of the cameras, for vaccines that offer at least part of the route to the future.\n\nYet the daily publication of the numbers of people who have died because of Covid has become an all-too-familiar rhythm.\n\nIn the middle of the afternoon, every day, the latest total emerges. A previously unimaginable communication has become a regular part of the country's conversation.\n\nBut today that number has reached a terrible height. Every one of those 100,000 lives lost leaves its own story, and sorrow, behind.\n\nThis miserable landmark is a moment to remember, maybe, that what has happened in the last year, to our politics, to us all is not normal at all.", "Pictures of the funeral have led to criticism from unionists\n\nPolice have begun an investigation into potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations at the funeral of an IRA man in Londonderry.\n\nEamon McCourt, 62, who reportedly died with Covid-19, was buried on Monday.\n\nUnder current Covid-19 restrictions funerals in Northern Ireland are limited to 25 people.\n\nThe police said a \"significant number of people\" had gathered, in a manner \"likely to be in breach\" of the coronavirus regulations.\n\nPSNI Ch Supt Darrin Jones said anyone found in breach of public health regulations would be reported to the Public Prosecution Service.\n\nHe said police had \"engaged with representatives of the family of the deceased, the local church and local political representatives\", prior to the funeral.\n\n\"As a result, police were given a number of assurances as to the conduct of the funeral, and that people would seek to pay their respects to the deceased from outside their homes rather than gather at the funeral.\"\n\nPictures of the leading republican's funeral show men in white shirts and black ties flanking the cortege and dozens of others behind them.\n\nCh Supt Jones added: \"Regrettably at the funeral on Monday morning, a significant number of people gathered as part of the cortège, in a manner likely to be in breach of the health protection regulations.\"\n\nUnionist politicians had called on the police to act after images circulated online of mourners.\n\nDUP MLA Gary Middleton said those who had abided by Covid-19 restrictions would view the scenes from the funeral \"with dismay\".\n\nHe said it was \"hard to put into words the sheer recklessness of those involved\".\n\n\"Within republicanism it seems that certain individuals are viewed as being more important than public health regulations,\" Mr Middleton said.\n\n\"In those minds the reality of Covid-19 has not been brought home, or at the very least it is viewed as less important than having a public display at a funeral.\n\n\"Such sights are most painful for relatives who have recognised the need for such painful restrictions to be put in place and have abided by them.\"\n\n\"Eamon 'Peggy' McCourt who passed away on Saturday morning was buried from his family home in Creggan, a right accredited to us all.\n\n\"However, it was evident that social-distancing measures and permitted mourner numbers were completely ignored by those in attendance.\n\n\"Again, the majority of people in Northern Ireland who have followed lockdown measures since March 2020 are asking themselves why can republicans do whatever they like?\"\n\nHe called on the police to explain why such \"a large funeral procession was permitted to take place and what actions will follow\".\n\nIn a statement, Sinn Féin said: \"Everyone has a responsibility to follow the public health guidelines.\n\n\"Sinn Féin held its own tribute to his memory online.\"\n\nIn June last year, about 1,800 people attended the funeral of leading IRA member Bobby Storey in west Belfast.\n\nAmong them was Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, the Sinn Féin vice-president, who later admitted the public health message had been undermined.\n\nIn May, Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said there had been social-distancing breaches at funerals in Northern Ireland in both the unionist and nationalist communities.\n\nThis story was amended on 27 January 2021 to remove the phrase 'IRA veteran'. Whilst referring to Mr McCourt's long history in republicanism, we accept the phrase was open to misinterpretation.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe mother of a 15-year-old boy attacked by a group of youths said she heard the gunshots that killed him.\n\nKeon Lincoln was \"set upon\" at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday on Linwood Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, and died later in hospital, police said.\n\nIn an emotional appeal, Sharmaine Lincoln pleaded with the local community to \"help us understand why this has happened\".\n\nFive teenage boys have so far been arrested over his death.\n\nA post-mortem examination revealed Keon was shot and stabbed to death.\n\nKeon Lincoln's mother said not a day would go by when she would not hear her son's \"unbelievable\" laugh\n\nRemembering that afternoon, Ms Lincoln said: \"I heard the gunshots and my first instinct was, 'Where's my son?'\n\n\"A few minutes went by, we heard somebody was in the road and it was my boy.\"\n\nWest Midlands Police arrested three teenagers over the weekend on suspicion of Keon's murder - a 14-year-old boy from Birmingham and two others, aged 15 and 16, at an address in Walsall.\n\nThis is in addition to two 14-year-old boys arrested on Friday, one of whom remains in custody and the other released under investigation.\n\n\"The community needs to step up and put themselves in the shoes of the family,\" police say\n\nDet Ch Insp Alastair Orencas, from West Midlands Police, said the attack on Keon was \"the most pointless use of extreme violence I've witnessed in my 24 years in the police force\".\n\n\"The level of violence has not just caused shock to the family, but to hardened police officers,\" he said. \"It was an absolutely pointless attack, one I can't clear my mind of.\"\n\nThe force is appealing for information and Det Ch Insp Orencas said the community response was \"not where it should be\".\n\n\"These are multiple offenders in broad daylight. I simply don't believe there's not information out there that can help me with the inquiry,\" he said.\n\nKeon Lincoln was attacked on Linwood Road, a residential street in the Handsworth area of Birmingham\n\nMs Lincoln remembered her son as a joker, cheeky - a \"loving child with a jolly spirit\" whose \"unbelievable laugh\" would echo daily around her home.\n\n\"It doesn't make sense, the type of person Keon was, it doesn't make sense as to why someone would want to harm him or take his life in such a brutal way,\" she said.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People were vaccinated at Cwmbran Stadium on Tuesday\n\nA pledge that 70% of the over-80s would get the Covid-19 vaccine by last weekend was missed, the Welsh Government has admitted.\n\nWeather has been blamed for the problem with figures showing 96,830, or 52.8%, had their first dose.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said many over-80s felt unsafe attending appointments amid the snow and ice.\n\nThe pledge had been made by Health Minister Vaughan Gething in the Senedd, last week.\n\nBut earlier, Mr Gething said that as well as missed appointments, five mass vaccination centres were affected by the conditions and \"a range of additional GP clinics didn't go ahead\".\n\nLatest data shows almost 97,000 of the most vulnerable have had a dose - but there is a lag and it can take up to five days for doses injected to be included in the figures. At least 289,566 people have had a first dose - 9.2% of the population.\n\nThat compares to 10.6% in England, 8.6% in Northern Ireland and 8% in Scotland.\n\nMr Drakeford told First Minister's Questions earlier: \"We will not reach the 70% for over-80s because of the interruption to the programme of vaccination that happened on Sunday and on Monday morning.\n\nA pledge 70% of over-80s would be inoculated by last weekend was missed\n\n\"I won't have people over-80 feeling pressurised to come out to be vaccinated when they themselves decide that it is not safe for them to do so.\"\n\nHe said all of those people would have been offered a further opportunity to be vaccinated by the end of Wednesday.\n\nHowever, Mr Drakeford said Wales was on track to meet plans to offer everybody in the top four priority groups (those aged 70 or over) a vaccination by mid-February.\n\nAround 23,700 first doses a day would need to be given for the first four priority groups to be have a vaccine offered by 14 February.\n\nOn the latest seven day rolling average, it would take 25 days.\n\nBut Mr Davies said: \"Welsh Conservatives would have been the first to congratulate the Welsh Government and its health minister had the target been reached on Friday, but that target has been missed.\n\n\"It's the same old Labour story of taking credit when things go well but look to blame anyone and everything else when it goes wrong.\"\n\nIn the Senedd, he accused the government of running a \"postcode lottery\" for vaccinations, which Mr Drakeford denied.\n\nThe first minister said figures had gone from 162,000 people being vaccinated last week to 230,000 this Tuesday.\n\nHe said that was \"the fastest rate of increase in any part of the United Kingdom\", and accused Mr Davies of wanting to \"run it down\".\n\n\"He leads a Conservative party in Wales, which has reverted to its 19th Century type - for Wales, see England.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth said he did not think \"blaming snow over the weekend holds water\".\n\n\"Snow did cause problems in certain areas but the problem was that you were still on 24% of over-80s in the middle of last week. There was too high a mountain to climb,\" he added.\n\nBut Mr Gething said the weather was an \"obvious factor\" on both Sunday and Monday.\n\nIn a statement, he said more than 11,000 care home residents - 67% of the priority group - had received their first vaccine dose.\n\nOver 65% of Welsh Ambulance Service staff had also taken up the offer of a vaccine.\n\n\"We have seen a significant escalation in the pace of vaccine deployment here in Wales over the last couple of weeks,\" he told Members of the Senedd (MSs).", "Leaders in the US House of Representatives have officially delivered their article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate, the first step in beginning his trial.\n\nRead more: Trump impeachment trial delayed until next month", "Anyone entering Australia has to undergo a mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine\n\nAustralia is unlikely to fully open its borders in 2021 even if most of its population gets vaccinated this year as planned, says a senior health official.\n\nThe comments dampen hopes raised by airlines that travel to and from the country could resume as early as July.\n\nDepartment of Health Secretary Brendan Murphy made the prediction after being asked about the coronavirus' escalation in other nations.\n\nDr Murphy spearheaded Australia's early action to close its borders last March.\n\n\"I think that we'll go most of this year with still substantial border restrictions,\" he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Monday.\n\n\"Even if we have a lot of the population vaccinated, we don't know whether that will prevent transmission of the virus,\" he said, adding that he believed quarantine requirements for travellers would continue \"for some time\".\n\nCitizens, permanent residents and those with exemptions are allowed to enter Australia if they complete a 14-day hotel quarantine at their own expense.\n\nDr Brendan Murphy (left) was Australia's chief medical officer and now leads the Department of Health\n\nQantas - Australia's national carrier - reopened bookings earlier this month, after saying it expected international travel to \"begin to restart from July 2021.\"\n\nHowever, it added this depended on the Australian government's deciding to reopen borders.\n\nThe country opened a travel bubble with neighbouring New Zealand late last year, but currently it only operates one-way with inbound flights to Australia.\n\nAustralia has also discussed the option of travel bubbles with other low-risk places such as Taiwan, Japan and Singapore.\n\nA passenger from New Zealand arriving at Sydney Airport last October\n\nA vaccination scheme is due to begin in Australia in late February. Local authorities have resisted calls to speed up the process, giving more time for regulatory approvals.\n\nAustralia has so far reported 909 deaths and about 22,000 cases, far fewer than many nations. It reported zero locally transmitted infections on Monday.\n\nExperts have attributed much of Australia's success to its swift border lockdown - which affected travellers from China as early as February - and a hotel quarantine system for people entering the country.\n\nLocal outbreaks have been caused by hotel quarantine breaches, including a second wave in Melbourne. The city's residents endured a stringent four-month lockdown last year to successfully suppress the virus.\n\nOther outbreaks - including one in Sydney which has infected about 200 people - prompted internal border closures between states, and other restrictions around Christmas time.\n\nThe state of Victoria said on Monday it would again allow entry to Sydney residents outside of designated \"hotspots\", following a decline in cases.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Travel abroad UK: How to fly during a global pandemic\n\nWhile the measures have been praised, many have also criticised them for separating families across state borders and damaging businesses.\n\nDr Murphy said overall Australia's virus response had been \"pretty good\" but he believed the nation could have introduced face masks earlier and improved its protections in aged care homes.\n\nIn recent days, Australia has granted entry to about 1,200 tennis players, staff and officials for the Australian Open. The contingent - which has recorded at least nine infections - is under quarantine.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ms Davies-Jones wanted to highlight how \"vitally important\" smear tests are\"\n\nAn MP has described how she had to have most of her cervix removed after putting off a smear test for several months.\n\nPontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones, 31, said she was invited for her first routine screening in December 2015 and \"like so many others, I put it off\".\n\nFollowing a reminder in April 2016 she went for the cervical screening.\n\nShe wrote in the i newspaper it led to her being diagnosed with CIN3, abnormal cells and had to have surgery.\n\nIf left untreated, CIN3 can have a high chance of becoming cancerous.\n\nMs Davies-Jones wrote in the paper she was left \"without the majority of my cervix\" after the surgery.\n\nShe said she used her article to urge others \"don't delay in booking\" and said she felt compelled to write about her experiences for Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.\n\nA cervical screening checks the health of your cervix.\n\nA small sample of cells is taken from the cervix and checked for certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that can cause changes to the cells.\n\nIf present the sample is then checked for any changes in the cells which can be treated before they get a chance to turn into cervical cancer.\n\nThe NHS advises women between the ages of 25 to 49 to have a smear test every three years.\n\nAlex Davies-Jones became the Labour MP for Pontypridd in the 2019 General Election\n\nShe wrote: \"I used all of the usual excuses that you may have heard before.\n\n\"I was simply too busy, I couldn't get an appointment and I had no symptoms or abnormalities that were worrying me.\"\n\nMs Davies-Jones wrote she thought the routine screening would \"just be five minutes of awkward conversation with the nurse at my local GP whilst taking my knickers off\".\n\n\"I didn't ever think that there could be a chance that my cells would be 'abnormal' and that the next few months of my life would leave me terrified and constantly contemplating my own mortality.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chloe Delevingne had a smear test live on the Victoria Derbyshire programme to show what the procedure involved\n\nIf she had put off the screening any longer \"the situation could have been different\", the MP wrote.\n\nShe said she first received a type of laser treatment to \"burn off the abnormal cells from my cervix\" but more treatment was needed after the doctor told her the abnormal cells on her cervix were \"embedded deeper and looked more challenging than expected\".\n\nThen she had to have surgery, a \"cold knife biopsy\".\n\n\"I was without the majority of my cervix, but my life was saved. It was over,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Sadly, for many this isn't the case. For the next few years, I attended screenings every six months to ensure the abnormal cells didn't return.\n\n\"My last screening was in April 2018. Thankfully again all was fine but the anxiety and fear that surrounded me as I awaited those results has stayed with me even now.\"\n\nShe went on to give birth to her son Sullivan in March 2019.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "In 2009, Spector was convicted of the 2003 murder of Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson\n\nThe BBC has apologised for the original headline in its reporting of the death of the convicted murderer Phil Spector.\n\nThe former music producer died on Saturday at the age of 81, while serving a prison sentence for the murder of Lana Clarkson in 2003.\n\nThe first version on the breaking news story on the BBC News website carried the headline: \"Talented but flawed producer Phil Spector dies aged 81\".\n\nThe BBC said the headline \"did not meet our editorial standards\".\n\nThe text was quickly changed to: \"Pop producer jailed for murder dies at 81.\"\n\n\"This was changed within minutes and we also deleted a tweet that had gone out automatically with the original headline,\" a statement issued by the BBC read.\n\n\"We apologise for this error.\"\n\n\"Our coverage of the story across BBC News has been clear that Phil Spector was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson and had a long history of violence and abuse,\" it continued.\n\nSpector was convicted of murdering Clarkson, an actress, in 2009.\n\nHis death was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.\n\nReacting to the original version of the BBC's story, pop star Lily Allen tweeted: \"Rolling eyes at all the journos deliberately downplaying Phil Spector being a murderer in their headlines, so everyone points this out while linking to their articles resulting in lots of clicks.\"\n\n\"How about 'Murderer, Phil Spector dies aged 81'?\" offered author and historian Hallie Rubenhold.\n\nThe headline was also discussed on TV and radio programmes on Monday, including Loose Women and Radio 4's Woman's Hour, and prompted an article in the Guardian.\n\nThe phrasing of the BBC's article - and others like it - were \"a reflection of how a man's 'genius' is often viewed as more important than a woman's humanity,\" said columnist Arwa Mahdawi.\n\nSpector, who transformed pop with his \"wall of sound\" recordings, worked with The Beatles, The Righteous Brothers and Tina Turner.\n\nBut after the commercial failure of Tina Turner's River Deep, Mountain High, he largely withdrew from public life, and entered a long decline, marked by erratic behaviour, heavy drinking, and a fondness for guns.\n\nHis turbulent marriage to Ronettes singer Veronica Bennett, known as Ronnie Spector, ended in divorce.\n\n\"Unfortunately Phil was not able to live and function outside of the recording studio,\" she wrote after his death was announced. \"Darkness set in, many lives were damaged.\"\n\nSinger Darlene Love, who sang on several songs Spector produced, said he \"changed the sound of rock 'n' roll\" but likened their relationship to \"a bad marriage\".\n\n\"The problem I have with Phil is that he wanted to control Darlene Love's talent,\" she told Variety. \"If he couldn't do that, he was going to do everything in his power to keep my talent from shining.\"\n\nWeeks before Lana Clarkson was shot dead, Spector gave a rare interview to British broadsheet The Telegraph.\n\n\"I would say I'm probably relatively insane, to an extent,\" he told the paper, adding that he had \"devils inside that fight me\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I was spat at working as an ambulance paramedic'\n\nAfter experiencing its most difficult period of the entire Covid-19 pandemic in December, the boss of Welsh Ambulance Service said it was still under \"extreme pressure\".\n\nAt one stage, 400 staff - 12% of all workers - were sick or self-isolating.\n\nJason Killens said this was exacerbated by high call numbers and \"significant delays\" handing patients to hospitals.\n\nOne paramedic described questioning whether he was in the right job after being spat at during the pandemic.\n\nThe chief executive said it meant \"patients with less serious conditions waited much longer than we would like\".\n\nParamedic Stan Baxter was assaulted by someone who spat at him\n\nParamedic Stan Baxter, describing the pressure he and colleagues were under, said at one point an incident caused him to question whether he wanted to continue working.\n\n\"During the peak of the pandemic last year, I was assaulted by a member of the public where I was spat at in the face,\" he said.\n\n\"And that's really the only time that I've stopped and gone: 'Is this for me?'\"\n\nHowever the \"vast majority of the public\" had been \"absolutely fantastic\", he stressed, adding: \"We've had people waving at us, buying us coffee.\"\n\nLuke Robinson and Stan Baxter must wear more protective equipment when they help patients\n\nFor his work partner, Luke Robinson, their job made it clear how coronavirus had made a resurgence across the country.\n\n\"I worked New Year's Eve and I responded to a number of incidents which involved just regular health complaints,\" he said.\n\n\"But next door or in the adjacent building there's people having parties and you can tell that there's large gatherings going on. And it's really frustrating because it really hammers home that some people aren't listening to the rules.\n\n\"And it's not surprising that we're seeing a second wave now.\"\n\nMr Killens said the pressure was now \"palpably less\" compared to last month, but admitted difficult weeks lie ahead.\n\n\"December was probably the most pressurised period during the whole pandemic for a number of reasons,\" he said.\n\n\"Staff that were symptomatic or isolating, that's been at its peak in December.\n\n\"We've seen more work both in the 111 and 999 service, that is patients contacting us with Covid-related symptoms, and of course because of the pressure on the rest of the NHS, we've seen extended handover at some of our emergency departments and what that's meant regrettably is some less serious patients have waited a lot longer in the community than I would have expected.\"\n\nSoldiers have been helping to relieve pressure on ambulance staff\n\nThe ambulance service has been at its highest level of alert - described as \"extreme pressure\" - since early December.\n\nIt was so bad at the beginning of the month, the service had to declare a \"critical incident\", because of severe problems in south east Wales in particular - and one man had to wait 19 hours in an ambulance outside a hospital.\n\nThis strain has been partly blamed for deteriorating ambulance response times, with the situation exacerbated by the fact hospitals are struggling.\n\nAmbulances spent more than 11,661 hours outside emergency departments waiting to transfer patients in December - an equivalent to a total of more than 485 days. The average delay was one hour and eight minutes.\n\nThe Ambulance Service has been hit by high numbers of staff sick or self-isolating\n\n\"We would usually see handover delays through winter - but what's unique this time is the overlay of the pandemic,\" Mr Killens added.\n\n\"There has to be additional distancing, this means less capacity in emergency departments.\n\n\"Testing also needs to be done before patients are admitted - the additional complexities mean the process is slower and there's less space for patients to go into.\"\n\nHe said the impact of implementing Covid precautions is also affecting how quickly crews can respond.\n\n\"As a result of the virus, we're having to clean vehicles and equipment more frequently and thoroughly than before,\" Mr Killens said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Also there are levels for personal protective equipment that staff have to wear to protect themselves and others. Level three - the highest in some cases.\n\n\"And it takes a number of minutes for crews to put that on before staff treat the patients.\"\n\nTo bolster staffing levels and speed up response times, about 80 soldiers are assisting the Welsh Ambulance Service for the second time since the start of the pandemic - along with smaller number of staff from other services like the fire service.\n\n\"They are driving emergency ambulances for us... which means an emergency ambulance clinician can look after the patient,\" Mr Killens added.\n\n\"They'll drive the ambulance from the scene to hospital... it enables us to put more ambulances on the streets to respond to patients more quickly given the levels of absence that we've seen.\"\n\nParamedics now have to carry out a more rigorous and time-consuming cleaning regime\n\nAfter facing relentless pressure for close to a year, Mr Killens is worried about the impact on mental health and well-being of ambulance and control centre staff.\n\nThe service is focused on \"what we can do to keep them fit and well\", he said.\n\nBut he praised staff for \"stepping up to the plate\" - and insists some of the lessons learnt during the last year will benefit the service during the longer term.\n\n\"I've been in the ambulance sector for 25 years and this is like dealing with a very long incident,\" said Mr Killens.\n\n\"So, a major incident an emergency service routinely responds to generally will be over in a couple of hours. But the level of pressure has been sustained now for 12 months.\n\n\"All of our people have stepped up and done what was necessary and got on with providing the best care in really difficult circumstances.... we will come through it and at the end of the pandemic and will be a stronger organisation for it.\"\n\nHe believes the service is now \"on the home straight\" in dealing with the pandemic.\n\n\"We've had two waves of this virus and learnt much along the way, and with a vaccine rollout we have a real opportunity now to see an end to the disruption, the personal impact and the level of death and harm,\" Mr Killens said.\n\n\"By the time we get to the other side of the spring, probably we will be able to return to some kind of normality whatever that will be 18 months into a pandemic.\n\n\"There's a couple of difficult weeks to come, but if we can emerge through February and March, provided we all stick to the rules, because it's easy for the virus to grab hold again if we get complacent .... we'll be in a far better position as we come to the spring.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sheku Bayoh death: Eyewitness says stamping attack on officer 'never happened'\n\nTwo police officers involved in the death of a black man they were restraining may have provided false statements, the BBC can reveal.\n\nThey said Sheku Bayoh carried out a stamping attack on a female PC before he was brought to the ground and restrained by up to six officers.\n\nBut now an eyewitness has spoken publicly for the first time about the 2015 incident.\n\nHe told a Panorama investigation that the stamping attack \"never happened\".\n\nThe Scottish Police Federation said its officers had cooperated truthfully with investigators.\n\nMr Bayoh, a 31-year-old father of two, died in the incident in the Fife town of Kirkcaldy in 2015.\n\nA public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death has recently got under way. One of its tasks is to examine whether his race was a factor.\n\nSheku Bayoh was restrained on the ground for five minutes before falling unconscious\n\nOn the night of 2 May 2015, Sheku Bayoh had taken drugs, which friends said dramatically altered his behaviour.\n\nPolice were called early the following morning after he was spotted behaving erratically with a knife in the streets of his home town.\n\nAccording to police statements, by the time the officers arrived at the scene Mr Bayoh no longer had the knife but he failed to obey instructions to get down on the ground.\n\nEach of the officers used force on Mr Bayoh within seconds of encountering him, including CS Spray and batons.\n\nHe then punched PC Nicole Short, who went to the ground.\n\nTwo officers, PCs Craig Walker and Ashley Tomlinson, would later tell investigators that Mr Bayoh then carried out a violent stamping attack on PC Short while she lay on the ground, a claim reported widely in the media.\n\nThe stamping attack was widely reported in the newspapers\n\nPC Walker told investigators: \"I had a clear view of him… he had his arms raised up at right angles to his body and brought his right foot down in a full-force stamp on to her lower back.\"\n\nPC Tomlinson said: \"I thought he had killed her. He stomped on her back again.\"\n\nNow, evidence obtained by Panorama suggests these accounts may be false.\n\nMr Bayoh was restrained on the ground for five minutes before falling unconscious. He was pronounced dead at hospital a short time later.\n\nA post-mortem examination report revealed 23 separate injuries to Mr Bayoh's body, including a broken rib and gashes to his head. The cause of death was recorded as \"sudden death in a man intoxicated [with drugs] whilst under restraint\".\n\nIn 2018, the Crown Office in Scotland decided there would be no prosecutions against any officers involved.\n\nKevin Nelson gave evidence to investigators two days after the incident\n\nKevin Nelson was in a nearby house and saw events unfold over a garden hedge.\n\nHe gave his account to investigators from Pirc (Police Investigations and Review Commissioner), which investigates deaths in custody, two days after the incident.\n\nSpeaking publicly for the first time, Mr Nelson told Panorama he saw Mr Bayoh attempt to walk away from the officers, ignoring their commands, before being sprayed with CS spray. He said Mr Bayoh retaliated and punched PC Short.\n\nAsked if there had been any further contact with PC Short, he said, \"No. He was running off… after the punch, there was no more attack on her at all.\"\n\nMr Nelson said Mr Bayoh ran off from where PC Short went down and was quickly intercepted by the other officers.\n\nAsked about PC Walker's claim that Mr Bayoh had \"his arms raised up… and brought his right foot down in a full force stamp\", Mr Nelson said: \"That never happened. I didn't see him stamping at all or, other than the punch, any raised arms.\n\n\"After the punch, that was it. There was no more attack on her at all. That's not right.\"\n\nThe officers provided their accounts to investigators 32 days after Mr Bayoh's death.\n\nMr Nelson said no-one from Pirc returned to ask about the discrepancy between their account and his.\n\nThe eyewitness said he decided to speak out because it was unfair on Mr Bayoh's family that the officers had \"made the incident worse than it actually was to justify what had happened and… that's not right\".\n\nMr Nelson's account is supported by CCTV footage of the incident, obtained by the BBC.\n\nIt is poor quality but appears to show that once PC Short is knocked down by Mr Bayoh, the action moves away from her, and he is brought down within five seconds.\n\nPC Short did not mention in her statement she had been stamped on. Now retired, she later said she was unsure if she was conscious, and only learned about the alleged stamping attack when her colleagues told her about it afterwards.\n\nIn the CCTV, PC Short appears to get to her feet a few seconds after Mr Bayoh is brought down.\n\nMike Franklin says conflicts of evidence should have been resolved\n\nMike Franklin, former commissioner for the body which investigated police complaints in England and Wales, looked at Panorama's evidence.\n\nHe said: \"I think there's nothing more serious than a police officer who gives false information in an investigation where somebody has died. So without accusing them of lying, I simply say that there's a big conflict.\n\n\"Two officers who were there say that it did happen. The person to whom it happened didn't mention it. And an eyewitness says it didn't happen.\n\n\"I would've been reluctant to sign off the investigation as complete, without resolving those… conflicts of evidence.\"\n\nMr Bayoh's sister, Kadi Johnson, told Panorama the new allegations had made her \"really angry\".\n\nShe said the way her brother was \"painted\" by the accounts given after his death was not who he was.\n\nMr Bayoh's sister, Kadi Johnson, said the new allegations had made her really angry\n\nA spokesman for the Scottish Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, said serving officers were unable to comment on matters \"to which they may be called upon to give sworn evidence\" but that they had \"co-operated fully and truthfully with the investigations that have taken place\".\n\nIt added it had seen \"compelling material that Mr Bayoh did violently stamp on the back of a policewoman as she lay unconscious\".\n\nThe BBC asked for this material to be produced but was told the inquiry was the \"proper forum\" for such matters.\n\nThe Crown Office, which directed the Pirc Inquiry, told Panorama it had examined \"eye-witness accounts of police and civilian witnesses\" and instructed \"appropriate investigation\".\n\nIt said after careful consideration it was decided there should be no prosecutions but reserved the right to prosecute should evidence become available.\n\nPirc told Panorama its investigation was \"detailed and extensive\" but could not comment further because of the public inquiry.\n\nPolice Scotland Chief Constable Iain Livingstone expressed his condolences to the Bayoh family and said the force would \"participate fully\" in the inquiry.\n\nKevin Clarke died after being restrained in London by up to nine officers\n\nPanorama's \"I Can't Breathe: Black and Dead in Custody\" also investigates the case of Kevin Clarke, 35, who died in 2018 after being restrained in London by up to nine officers.\n\nAn inquest into his death resulted in a damning verdict on the police and ambulance services.\n\nMr Clarke's sister Tellecia told the programme that if the officers \"hadn't used excessive force he would still be here today… treat him like a human being, and not just see him as a big scary black man\".\n\nMetropolitan Police Commander Bas Javid apologised to Mr Clarke's family and accepted the restraint had not been appropriate.", "Lisbet Stone is stranded at Madrid Airport due to having an out-of-date coronavirus test result\n\nPassenger Lisbet Stone says she is stuck in Madrid Airport after airline officials said her coronavirus test result was out of date.\n\nFrom Monday, travellers arriving in the UK, whether by boat, train or plane, have to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry.\n\nThe test must be taken in the three days before travelling.\n\nFor those with connecting flights, the test must be 72 hours before your final departure point to England.\n\nAnyone arriving without one faces a fine of up to £500.\n\nMrs Stone originally travelled to Cuba in February 2020 to see family. The British Cuban dual national was unable to fly home to the UK when Cuba closed its borders in March.\n\nThe family say she had several previous flights cancelled before finally being able to leave this weekend. She hasn't been able to see her four children or her husband Trevor in 11 months.\n\nThe government are understood to be speaking to Air Europa to try to get Mrs Stone home. Carriers have been told that they should permit stranded passengers to board and will not be fined for doing so.\n\nWhile Mrs Stone has been caught out by the new restrictions for incoming travellers, the first day of the new regulations appeared to go smoothly.\n\nMrs Stone left Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, on Sunday night to fly back to the UK via Madrid.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nShe took a Covid test on Thursday to be guaranteed a result by Saturday. It was negative and Mrs Stone was able to board the plane from Cuba.\n\nHowever, on arrival at Madrid-Barajas Airport, Mrs Stone says she was stopped from boarding the next leg of her journey to London Gatwick by Air Europa staff, because her test had been taken more than 72 hours before the final flight.\n\n\"She's crying her eyes out,\" says Trevor Stone, her husband. \"I feel absolutely helpless. She doesn't have any Euros as she wasn't meant to stay in Spain. The authorities have given her no help whatsoever, we are just trying to understand what to do.\n\n\"She took her test 72 hours before the start of her journey, but had to take a connecting flight onwards. There would be no other way to do it, it is not physically possible.\"\n\nIn the meantime, Mr Stone says he has been home-schooling their four children on his own through the pandemic.\n\nTrevor Stone (left) has been caring for the couple's four children on his own for 11 months since Lisbet Stone was unable to leave Cuba\n\n\"We are just desperate to get her home - I'm so worried about her and after 11 months, she really wants to see her children,\" he added. \"We haven't done anything wrong, I don't know what to do or who to turn to.\"\n\nA Department for Transport spokesman said: \"Passengers travelling to the UK must provide proof of a negative coronavirus test which meets the performance standards set out by the government in the guidance published on gov.uk.\n\n\"The type of test could include a PCR test or antigen test, including a lateral flow test. Anyone who cannot provide the necessary documentation may not be allowed to board their flight.\"\n\nAir Europa and Madrid Airport have been approached by the BBC for comment.", "Medical staff are expected to \"face pressures unlike any other they have faced before\" as NI approaches its toughest week so far in the pandemic.\n\nThe British Medical Association has said while its doctors are \"coping\", many feel they are unable to give care to the \"standard they would want\".\n\nThe peak in intensive care is predicted to happen next weekend.\n\nThe head of the BMA in NI, Dr Tom Black has been critical of the way this wave of the pandemic has been managed.\n\nHe said: \"Staff will do their best in a very difficult situation, where many decisions in this pandemic were made too late.\"\n\nWhile it is expected the number of hospital admissions will peak sometime over the next eight to 10 days, the number requiring intensive care treatment is likely to continue increasing for at least another fortnight.\n\nDr Black said he was concerned for both patients and staff.\n\nHe said: \"It is likely that over the next few weeks doctors will be asked to work in a new location or provide support to areas that are already overstretched.\n\n\"Many have already had planned annual leave cancelled.\"\n\nThere were a further 19 virus-related deaths and 640 more Covid-19 cases reported in Northern Ireland on Monday.\n\nThe latest figures from the Department of Health bring the total number of deaths to 1,625, while 96,001 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began.\n\nSome 65 patients are in ICU, down two from the last report, and 51 patients are being ventilated.\n\nSince the vaccine rollout began in NI, 146,733 people have been vaccinated, according to the Department of Health.\n\nOf that number, 125,717 were first doses and 21,016 were second jabs.\n\nA total of 31,393 people from the over-80 age group have been vaccinated.\n\nEarlier the BMA told BBC News NI that more than 90,000 doses the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine had arrived in Northern Ireland but the Department of Health has said it is anticipated separate deliveries will arrive by this weekend.\n\nDr Black said many staff members had reported feeling \"exhausted and demoralised\" and he warned that when it came to reviewing how the pandemic was handled \"this phase will stand out as one where we could have planned better\".\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said the next seven days is \"when we will see that real intense pressure coming on our inpatients and intensive care units\".\n\n\"Our worst case scenario has modelling up to 1,200 inpatients - and that's a serious pressure that comes on our system,\" he told Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.\n\n\"We can go up into nearly 200 ICU capacity but that comes at a stretch, that comes with putting our staff under severe pressure in ICU units.\n\n\"It also comes by having to shift the ICU specialist nurse from a ratio of one-to-one to a ratio of one-to-two or even one-to-three in extreme pressures.\n\n\"That's not something we want to do,\" he added.\n\nThe past week saw hospitals across Northern Ireland coming together in order to cope with the strain.\n\nOn 10 January, the Southern Health Trust was on the cusp of declaring a major incident amid the mounting pressures across the health service.\n\nThat was avoided as many off-duty staff answered a call to come into work and the health trusts pulled together to provide a regional response to the crisis.\n\nPatients were diverted to those hospitals which could take them and where infrastructure could cope with supplying additional oxygen to the very ill.\n\nOver the weekend of 9/10 January the Southern Health Trust - the smallest of the health trusts - was dealing with the highest number of patients who required oxygen.\n\nIn the past week the Northern and Southern Health Trusts have seen the highest number of patients.\n\nThat reflects the high rate of community transmission in some areas those trusts cover.\n\nMeanwhile, no resolution has been reached between Stormont leaders and the Irish Government over the sharing of passenger data.\n\nLast week, First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill criticised Dublin for failing to share information on travellers arriving there during the pandemic.\n\nMichelle O'Neill said it was \"regrettable\" the issue has not been resolved\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said repeated efforts to access data on passenger locator forms filled out by people arriving in the Republic of Ireland had failed.\n\nMrs Foster and Ms O'Neill indicated on Thursday that they planned to raise the matter directly with Taoiseach (Irish prime minsiter) Micheál Martin.\n\nMs O'Neill told the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday that no resolution has been found yet.\n\nShe told MLAs the issue had been raised \"on every occasion we have had the opportunity\" and that it was \"regrettable\" that the issue had not been resolved.\n\nThe travel issue will be discussed at a meeting on Wednesday involving the first minister, the deputy first minister, Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney and NI Secretary of State Brandon Lewis.\n\n\"I hope that perhaps Wednesday's meeting will allow some opportunity for there to be a way forward,\" the deputy first minister added.\n\nIt was announced on Sunday that all travellers who have returned from Portugal or transited through 16 South American countries in the past 14 days will have to - along with their household - self-isolate for 10 days upon return to Northern Ireland.\n\nThis includes travellers who entered these countries en route to another destination. All travellers returning home from South America are advised to be tested, whether or not they have symptoms.\n\nFrom Thursday, all international travellers will be required to present a negative Covid-19 test result before arriving in Northern Ireland.\n\nThis rule comes into effect in England, Scotland and Wales on Monday.\n\nOn Monday, the Department of Health in the Republic of Ireland reported eight more coronavirus-related deaths.\n\nIt brings its death toll to 2,616.\n\nThe department said 2,121 new cases of the virus had been reported, with a cumulative total of 174,843 infections.\n\nIt said that as of 14:00 local time on Monday, 1,975 Covid-19 patients are in hospital, of which 200 are in ICU (intensive care units).\n\nIrish Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, said: \"This third wave of the pandemic has seen higher level of hospitalisations across all age groups.\n\n\"There are now more sick people in hospital than any time in the course of this pandemic\".", "All travellers arriving in the UK will need to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test\n\nAll UK travel corridors, which allow arrivals from some countries to avoid having to quarantine, have now closed.\n\nTravellers arriving in the UK, whether by boat, train or plane, also have to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry.\n\nThe test must be taken in the 72 hours before travelling and anyone arriving without one faces a fine of up to £500.\n\nAll passengers will still be required to quarantine for up to 10 days.\n\nThe isolation period can be cut short with a negative test after five days in England, but it does not apply in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.\n\nThe government has said the travel corridor closure will be in force until at least 15 February.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nUnder the new rules, travellers arriving from the Falklands, St Helena and Ascension Islands are exempt.\n\nThose arriving from some Caribbean islands are exempt until 04:00 GMT on Thursday 21 January.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC'S Andrew Marr Show on Sunday that Public Health England would be stepping up checks on travellers who must self-isolate.\n\nHe said enforcement checks at borders would also be \"ramped up\" and added that asking all arrivals to self-isolate in hotels was a \"potential measure\" the government was keeping under review.\n\nPassengers arriving into London's Heathrow airport on Monday said they had been met with \"substantial\" queues at passport control and one couple complained they had \"felt unsafe\" due to what they described as poor social distancing.\n\nPassengers speak to staff at the entrance to the Covid-19 Testing Centre at Heathrow\n\nAndy Hart, from London, who had arrived into the UK from Nairobi, said: \"We felt that even though everyone was masked they were far too close together.\n\n\"It took an hour and 10 minutes. I've been flying 30 times a year for 20 years. I mean, once or twice have I ever seen it [airport queues] like this. How can this happen during Covid times?\"\n\nMeanwhile on Sunday, the government announced that a financial support scheme for airports in England would open this month in response to the new travel curbs.\n\nAviation minister Robert Courts said the aim was to provide grants of up to £8m per applicant by the end of this financial year. The scheme was first announced in November but without a start date.\n\nIndustry groups have warned there was only so long airports could \"run on fumes\", following the announcement of the new quarantine rules.\n\nEasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren said the closure of the travel corridors will not have a \"significant impact\" on his airline in the short term as flight numbers were already limited due to the pandemic.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the minimum number of days arrivals must wait to take a negative test releasing them from quarantine could be reduced from five days to three days.\n\nKaren Dee, chief executive of trade body the Airport Operators Association, said she supported the decision to close the travel corridors but stressed the need for \"a clear pathway out\".\n\nA ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde also came into force on Friday, having been imposed over concerns about a new variant identified in Brazil.\n\nNew variants causing concern have previously been identified in the UK and South Africa, with many countries imposing restrictions on arrivals from both nations.\n\nScientists fear the variants seen in South Africa and Brazil may interfere with the effectiveness of vaccines and evade parts of the immune system.\n\nThe travel industry has said closing the travel corridors was understandable due to the health emergency, but warned it would deepen the crisis for the sector.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, said the system had been \"a lifeline for the industry\" last summer but \"things change and there's no doubting this is a serious health emergency\". He said he assumed the government would remove the latest restrictions as soon as it was safe.\n\n\"We've had no revenue now effectively for 12 months, give or take a few months in the summer last year. If we're going to have an aviation sector coming out of this we need to open up in the summer,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThe Department for Transport has said it is supporting the travel industry with an extension to the furlough scheme until the end of April, business rates relief and tax deferrals.\n\nWith all parts of the UK under strict virus rules amid high levels of infection, only essential travel is permitted.\n\nOn Sunday, another 671 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test were reported in the UK, and a further 38,598 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from overseas? Do you work in the travel industry? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Phil Spector pictured in court during his murder trial\n\nUS music producer Phil Spector has died at the age of 81, while serving a prison sentence for murder.\n\nSpector, who transformed pop with his \"wall of sound\" recordings, worked with the Beatles, the Righteous Brothers and Ike and Tina Turner.\n\nIn 2009, he was convicted of the 2003 murder of Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson.\n\nHis death was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.\n\n\"California Health Care Facility inmate Phillip Spector was pronounced deceased of natural causes at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at an outside hospital. His official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner in the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office,\" it said.\n\nSpector produced 20 top 40 hits between 1961 and 1965. His production methods influenced major artists including the Beach Boys and Bruce Springsteen.\n\nHis life was ultimately blighted by drug and alcohol addiction, and he all but retired from the music scene during the 1980s and 1990s.\n\nIn February 2003, actress Lana Clarkson was found dead at his house in Alhambra, California with a bullet wound to her head. Clarkson, who was known for her work in the sword-and-sorcery genre and starred in films including Barbarian Queen, had met Spector hours earlier at a nightclub.\n\nSpector claimed the shooting happened when Clarkson \"kissed the gun\" - but his trial heard from four women who claimed Spector had threatened them with guns in the past when they had spurned his advances.\n\nFollowing an initial mistrial, Spector was convicted of second degree murder and given a sentence of 19 years to life.\n\nLana Clarkson was an actress and model who starred in the film 1985 Barbarian Queen\n\nHarvey Phillip Spector was born in New York in 1939, to Russian-Jewish parents. His father killed himself when Spector was a boy, and his mother moved her family to Los Angeles.\n\nHe began his career in his teens as a performer, forming a band - the Teddy Bears - with three high school friends. They had a hit single in 1958 with a song that took its title from the wording on his father's gravestone: \"To know him is to love him.\"\n\nThe record went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, but the group split the following year.\n\nSpector founded his own record label, Philles, in 1961. He produced high-profile 1960s girl groups such as Crystals and the Ronettes, including on 1963 hits Be My Baby and Baby I Love You.\n\nHe also worked on The Righteous Brothers' hits You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' and Unchained Melody.\n\nSpector produced hits for The Ronettes, later marrying their lead singer Ronnie Bennett\n\nHis signature production technique, the \"Wall of Sound,\" involved layering several instruments, including strings, woodwind and brass, to give a lush, orchestral sound.\n\nIn the early 1970s, Spector collaborated with The Beatles on their final album Let It Be, as well as producing John Lennon's solo album Imagine.\n\nAs the decade progressed, the much-feted producer became reclusive and disturbing accounts of his behaviour became widespread. Spector is said to have held a gun to singer Leonard Cohen's head during sessions for his album Death of a Ladies' Man.\n\nRonettes lead singer Veronica \"Ronnie\" Bennett, who became Spector's second wife and divorced him in 1974, wrote in her 1990 autobiography that he subjected her to years of horrific abuse. She said he had threatened to kill her and display her body in a glass-topped coffin he kept in her basement.\n\n\"I can only say that when I left in the early '70s, I knew that if I didn't leave at that time, I was going to die there,\" Ronnie wrote of the time.\n\nWriting on Instagram after her ex-husband's death, Ronnie Spector said he had been \"a brilliant producer but a lousy husband\".\n\n\"When I was working with Phil Spector, watching him create in the recording studio, I knew I was working with the very best,\" she wrote. \"He was in complete control, directing everyone. So much to love about those days.\n\n\"Meeting him and falling in love was like a fairytale,\" she continued. \"The magical music we were able to make together was inspired by our love. I loved him madly, and gave my heart and soul to him.\n\n\"Unfortunately Phil was not able to live and function outside of the recording studio. Darkness set in, many lives were damaged.\"\n\nSinger Darlene Love, who sang on several songs Spector produced, said he \"changed the sound of rock 'n' roll\" but likened their relationship to \"a bad marriage\".\n\n\"The problem I have with Phil is that he wanted to control Darlene Love's talent,\" she told Variety. \"If he couldn't do that, he was going to do everything in his power to keep my talent from shining.\"\n\nWeeks before Lana Clarkson was shot dead, Spector gave a rare interview to British broadsheet The Telegraph.\n\n\"I would say I'm probably relatively insane, to an extent,\" he told the paper, adding that he had \"devils inside that fight me\".\n\nResponding to news of the producer's death, Blondie guitarist Chris Stein tweeted: \"When we went to Phil Spector's house in the 70s he came to the door holding a bottle of diet Manischewitz wine in one hand and a presumably loaded 45 automatic in the other. Long story.", "Now 20, he was jailed for life at Manchester Crown Court after admitting inciting terrorism overseas\n\nThe youngest person convicted of a terrorism offence in the UK - who plotted to murder police in Australia on Anzac Day aged 14 - can be freed from jail, the Parole Board has ruled.\n\nThe 20-year-old, from Blackburn, who can only be identified as RXG, sent encrypted messages inciting an Australian to launch attacks in 2015.\n\nHe was jailed for life that year after admitting inciting terrorism overseas.\n\nBut the Parole Board now says it is \"satisfied\" he is suitable for release.\n\n\"After considering the circumstances of his offending, the progress made while in detention, and the evidence presented at the hearings, the panel was satisfied that RXG was suitable for release,\" the board said in a document detailing the decision.\n\nDuring his trial, the court heard how at the age of 14, the boy adopted an older persona in messages to alleged Australian jihadist Sevdet Besim, 18, instructing him to kill police officers at the remembrance parade.\n\nHe sent thousands of messages suggesting Mr Besim get his \"first taste of beheading\" by attacking \"a proper lonely person\".\n\nAustralian police were alerted to the plot after British officers discovered material on the teenager's phone.\n\nA written summary of the Parole Board decision reveals that two hearings took place to consider the decision - hearings that included evidence from RXG himself.\n\nThe summary records that \"no-one at the hearing considered there to be a need for further time\" in custody and that \"all necessary work had been completed\".\n\nRXG, who became eligible for parole in October, is said to have \"undertaken extensive specialist work in detention to address his offending behaviour, his understanding of Islam and to develop his level of maturity\".\n\nThe Parole Board panel noted that \"considerable progress that had been made\", the summary records.\n\nLicense conditions for the 20-year-old a requirement to live at designated address, wearing an electronic tag, and limits on his contacts, movements and activities.\n\nAnzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand\n\nA ban on identifying RXG, made when he was sentenced, would normally have expired on his 18th birthday, but a number of media organisations made representations to the High Court, arguing that he should be named.\n\nBut in 2019, the court ruled identifying him was likely to cause him \"serious harm\", and so granted him lifelong anonymity.\n\nThe decision taken by the judge, Dame Victoria Sharp, has only been made in a small number of cases.\n\nIn 2016, two brothers who had tortured other children in South Yorkshire were granted lifelong anonymity.\n\nLifelong anonymity under new identities was also been granted after release to Mary Bell, the Newcastle child killer; Maxine Carr, who obstructed police investigating the 2002 Soham murders by her partner Ian Huntley; and Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, who murdered Liverpool toddler James Bulger.", "Soaring shipping costs are likely to cause a bounce in the cost of trampolines in the UK this summer, according to one games retailer.\n\nJames Owen, owner of Outdoor Toys, says high transport costs and port congestion may mean larger toys such as swings, trampolines and climbing frames will be more expensive.\n\nTrampoline prices could soar by 40-50%, he told BBC 5 Live's Wake Up to Money.\n\n\"The port congestion just keeps snowballing,\" he said.\n\n\"More and more issues keep arising,\" Mr Owen added. \"We can't get space out of China, there's a container shortage.\n\n\"Hauliers are really stretched, rates keep climbing.\"\n\nHis firm makes some products in the UK already and rising shipping costs will mean it will become economical to make more.\n\n\"For the first time ever, the ocean freight outweighs the cost of the item,\" in some cases, he said.\n\nDemand for Chinese goods has soared around the world in recent months, placing a strain on existing shipping capacity.\n\nThe price of shipping a 40-foot container on major world trade routes has almost tripled since a year ago, according to research firm Drewry.\n\nHauliers in the UK are also charging more. It used to cost about £650 to haul a container from the port of Felixstowe to the company's site in mid-Wales, Mr Owen says.\n\nThe cost is now up to £1,800 per container \"if you can get the haulier to take it,\" he says.\n\nWhether people will pay the premium for a new outdoor toy is \"a good question,\" he said.\n\nIt emerged over the weekend that Irish hauliers are bypassing Welsh ports to avoid Brexit bureaucracy.\n\nSo-called \"teething problems\" with new export rules are causing \"enormous strain on staff\", according to one haulage company.\n\nBut others warn of a longer-term shift by truck firms from using Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland won by seven wickets; take 1-0 series lead\n\nEngland wrapped up a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test of a two-match series in Galle.\n\nResuming on 38-3, needing another 36 for victory, Jonny Bairstow and debutant Dan Lawrence carried England to their target inside 35 minutes on the final morning of an enthralling encounter.\n\nBairstow ended unbeaten on 35 and Lawrence 21, although the latter survived an lbw review against Dilruwan Perera and Sri Lanka did not refer another shout that replays suggested would have been overturned.\n\nAfter England slipped to 14-3 during a frantic end to day four, Bairstow and Lawrence's unbroken 62-run stand guided them to an ultimately comfortable win.\n\nThe second Test starts at 04:30 GMT on Friday at the same ground.\n• None 'It wasn't perfect but England's win ticked a lot of boxes'\n• None 'We are on an upward curve' - Root savours fourth straight away win\n\nEngland are now unbeaten in nine Tests under Joe Root's captaincy, they have won four consecutive overseas Tests for the first time since 1957, and boast five successive wins in Sri Lanka.\n\nVictory improved England's chances of reaching the inaugural World Test Championship final at Lord's in June. They remain fourth in the standings, with the two top sides playing in the final.\n\nEngland out of the blocks quickly\n\nRoot's side have been slow starters in series in recent years - they lost the opening Test against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in 2019, and against West Indies last summer.\n\nHowever, Sunday's top-order wobble aside, they were rarely troubled in the first of six successive Tests on the subcontinent - an achievement made all the more impressive given they had one day of match practice before this game.\n\nRoot scored a magnificent 226 in the first innings, and off-spinner Dom Bess and slow left-armer Jack Leach, who returned match figures of 8-130 and 6-177 respectively, found more rhythm as the game progressed, which bodes well for the sterner four-Test series in India that follows this tour.\n\nLawrence can take considerable credit for his first-innings 73 and the manner in which he helped negate England's second-innings nerves alongside the efficient Bairstow, while wicketkeeper Jos Buttler was tidy behind the stumps throughout on a dry, turning pitch.\n\nSri Lanka, meanwhile, were left wondering what if. Their collapse to 135 all out on the first day was described as \"one of the worse we've ever seen\", and even an extra 50 runs could have changed the course of this game.\n\n'Very impressive' - what they said\n\nEngland captain and player of the match Joe Root: \"To come here with the little preparation we have had and play in the manner we have is very impressive.\n\n\"We worked extremely hard and for the spinners to come out of the game with two five-fors is a great effort. Without the preparation, it is testament to their characters.\n\n\"It is a good start to the tour. We know we have to keep getting better but I am really pleased with the start we have had.\"\n\nEngland bowler Stuart Broad on BBC Test Match Special: \"It looked like we could lose a wicket every ball last night. We were pretty happy when play finished last night.\n\n\"It felt calm here this morning. We had a job to do and felt we had enough in tank to chase 30-odd. To do it without losing a wicket is awesome.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"When I think about the preparation England have had, in Loughborough in a tent, one day in the middle in Sri Lanka and then rain, to put in this kind of performance is a great effort.\n\n\"I can't think Sri Lanka will gift England two poor days in the next Test - that match will be really tough.\n\n\"I am happy England have played in difficult conditions and won the game.\"\n\nSri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal: \"We were outplayed in first innings with bat and ball. As a batting unit, especially playing at home, you have to get a big total in the first innings. It cost us the game.\n\n\"Everyone did their bit in the second innings. We played outstanding knocks in the second innings. We have to take the positives out of this.\"\n\nSri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur: \"The first innings was very poor - it was an unacceptable batting performance.\n\n\"Even if we get 220 in the first innings we keep ourselves massively in the game, so that's where it was lost. We did put it right in the second innings. But it was too late.\"\n• None All the goals, highlights and analysis from the weekend's Premier League matches including Manchester United's visit to Anfield: MOTD2 is streaming now on BBC iPlayer", "Staff gathered outside a supermarket to pay their respects to a colleague who died with coronavirus.\n\nJohn Deacy, 81, worked the Christmas Eve shift at the Tesco Extra store in Gabalfa, Cardiff, died just two weeks later.\n\nFriends and colleagues clapped as the funeral procession went by the store.\n\nFormer members of a jazz band, formed by Mr Deacy in the 1970s, marched in front of the hearse.\n\nHis son, Wayne, 56, said: “My dad put everyone above himself. He’d do anything for anyone.\n\n\"He’d help anyone and would never speak badly of people.”\n\nMr Deacy was in the Royal Marines for seven years and was a semi-professional boxer before starting a career at the industrial gas company BOC.\n\nHe went on to work for the supermarket for 16 years.\n\n“We’ve had loads and loads of messages from hundreds of staff who said he will leave a massive gaping hole,\" his son said.", "BT is facing a class action lawsuit over claims it failed to compensate elderly customers who were overcharged for landlines for years.\n\nIn 2017, Ofcom said people who only had a landline telephone were \"getting poor value for money in a market that is not serving them well enough\".\n\nAs a result, BT reduced the price of its landlines by £7 a month.\n\nBut campaigners are unhappy that \"loyal customers\" have still not been compensated for previous overcharging.\n\n\"Ofcom made it very clear that BT had spent years overcharging landline customers, but did not order it to repay the money it made from this,\" said Justin Le Patourel, founder of consumer group Collective Action on Landlines (CALL) and a telecoms consultant who worked for Ofcom for 13 years.\n\n\"We think millions of BT's most loyal landline customers could be entitled to compensation of up to £500 each, and the filing of this claim starts that process.\"\n\nBT said it \"strongly disagrees\" with the claim that it had engaged in anti-competitive behaviour and intends to defend itself \"vigorously\" in court.\n\nA spokesman for BT said: \"We take our responsibilities to older and more vulnerable customers very seriously and will defend ourselves against any claim that suggests otherwise.\n\n\"For many years we've offered discounted landline and broadband packages in what is a competitive market with competing options available, and we take pride in our work with elderly and vulnerable groups, as well as our work on the Customer Fairness agenda.\"\n\nLaw firm Mishcon de Reya has filed a claim with the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) worth £600m. The claim could result in payments of up to £500 each for 2.3 million BT customers, should it be successful.\n\nThe case represents customers who purchased a BT landline contract, but did not also take BT broadband or pay TV packages.\n\nSince 2009, the wholesale costs of providing landlines to consumers have been falling by at least 25%.\n\nBut in October 2017, Ofcom found that all major landline providers in the UK had increased the line rental charges by 28-41%.\n\nOfcom strongly criticised market leader BT for raising prices, saying that customers were being given \"poor value\" for money.\n\nIt added that many of the affected customers had \"been with BT for decades\" and were more likely to be old, on low incomes and vulnerable.\n\nBT announced that it would slash its landline prices by £84 a year.\n\nBT's argument is that Ofcom's final statement did not explicitly accuse it of engaging in anti-competitive behaviour.\n\nBut independent telecoms analyst Ian Grant says that the telecoms giant \"has a history of abusing its position\".\n\n\"Earlier in 2017, Ofcom fined BT £42m because it was late providing high-speed Ethernet lines, and forced BT to make good the losses of firms like Vodafone and TalkTalk,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"Ofcom, which has a statutory duty to stop consumer abuses, could have done the same for these customers. Instead, it allowed BT to get away with a 37% price cut, at a time when the difference between its costs and what it charged customers had risen between 50-74%.\"\n\nMr Grant added: \"It is especially poor that BT was overcharging customers who were mostly over 65, more than three-quarters of whom had never used a different provider, and for whom the telephone was their only communications link.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United \"missed an opportunity\" to beat Liverpool, said boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after his side stayed top of the Premier League with a goalless draw against the champions.\n\nIt was a game that failed to justify the pre-match anticipation and Solskjaer will know his side had the better chances to claim a statement victory at Anfield.\n\nLiverpool, without a recognised centre-back and with midfielders Jordan Henderson and Fabinho in defence, dominated possession in the first half but it was United who came closest when Bruno Fernandes' 20-yard free-kick curled inches wide.\n\nFernandes was then thwarted after the break by the outstretched leg of Liverpool keeper Alisson before Thiago Alcantara's long-range effort finally brought the previously unemployed David de Gea into action.\n\nAlisson was Liverpool's hero late on when he blocked Paul Pogba's drive from point-blank range.\n\n\"It was an opportunity missed with the chances we had but then again we were playing a very good side.\" Solskjaer told BBC Sport. \"I'm disappointed but, still, a point is OK if you win the next one.\n\n\"We have improved and progressed. It's not just the result we're disappointed with, it's some of the performance. I know these boys can play better.\"\n\nUnited are now two points ahead of Manchester City, who moved up to second by beating Crystal Palace 4-0, and Leicester City in third. Liverpool, who have scored just one goal in their past four league games, have dropped to fourth, a point behind the Foxes.\n\n\"The performance was good enough to win it but to win a game you have to score goals and we didn't do that, so that's why we had that result,\" said Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.\n\n\"We try not to not score. We obviously have to ignore the fact and hope it will be good again.\"\n• None 'From dejection to frustration in 12 months, Anfield draw underlines Man Utd progress'\n• None Lawro's predictions v You Me At Six drummer Dan Flint\n\nKlopp cut a frustrated figure pretty much from the first whistle, his voice booming around Anfield with a tone of displeasure, showing unhappiness with his own players and officials.\n\nThe German's team, so used to steamrollering all before them in recent times, are going through a very dry spell and barely created an opening worthy of the name here against a resolute Manchester United defence.\n\nToo often, Liverpool's approach play ended with a careless pass or an aimless cross and the longer this game went on the more United looked the most likely winners.\n\nIt was perhaps inevitable Liverpool would be unable to maintain their relentless style, but there will be concerns they have now gone four league games without a win since Crystal Palace were demolished 7-0 at Selhurst Park.\n\nBefore this draw, West Bromwich Albion left Anfield with a point, while Liverpool also had a goalless draw at Newcastle United and lost at Southampton.\n\nSadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are feeding off scraps, while Roberto Firmino's impact was so minimal that he was withdrawn near the end, even with the hosts chasing a goal.\n\nA team as good as Liverpool will not remain off the boil for too long, but there is no doubt they are struggling for form and spark. The fact this is their longest barren sequence in the league since February and March 2005 tells the tale.\n\nManchester United may have a taken a point before this game and there will be justified satisfaction that they subdued Liverpool so completely, created the game's best chances and remain top of the table.\n\nAnd yet there must also be disappointment that they could not cash in completely on an off-colour Liverpool, with reality dawning on them very late that they could take all three points.\n\nFernandes, despite being poor in general, almost unlocked Liverpool twice, while Solskjaer and his backroom team threw their hands up in frustration as other good positions were wasted late on.\n\nIn the final reckoning, however, there will be few complaints at this outcome, which leaves them three points ahead of Liverpool with the visit to Anfield negotiated without mishap.\n\nUnited were well organised and grew into the game after a poor opening half-hour and had real defensive heroes in captain Harry Maguire and left-back Luke Shaw, with the latter particularly outstanding.\n\nIt is a display that will give them increased confidence and belief as they lead the pack - although they might just look back and think a point could so easily have been three.\n\n'It was an opportunity missed' - reaction\n\nManchester United manager Solskjaer said: \"They are a good side and they have some injury problems but we didn't pounce on that.\n\n\"I felt we grew into the game and got stronger and stronger and were closer to winning.\n\n\"We were a bit disappointed in the performance, not just the result. We didn't do well enough to cause them problems in the first half but we defended well and they didn't create too many chances.\"But I think everyone was a bit disappointed with the way we started the game but that is a good feeling to have - that we were disappointed in the performance.\"\n\nLiverpool boss Klopp told BBC Sport: \"The performance was good and the first half was exceptionally good.\n\n\"With all the things that were said before the game - United are flying and we were struggling - and then to play this kind of game, I was happy with that.\n\n\"We tried in the second half again, but you cannot deny United over 90 minutes, not with the counter-attacking threat they have. So they had two really good chances, I have to say, but we had our chances in the second half as well.\n\n\"The way we understood the game, the way we felt the game, the way we read the moments were really good. But it is not exactly how it should be so we have space for improvement, absolutely. We will keep working on that.\"\n• None Liverpool and Manchester United have drawn 0-0 at Anfield in the league three times in the past five seasons, as many times as in the previous 48 top-flight campaigns.\n• None United are unbeaten in their past 16 away matches in the Premier League (W12 D4) - only once have they gone longer without a defeat on the road in the competition (17 games ending in September 1999).\n• None Liverpool are now unbeaten in their past 68 league games at Anfield, earning 178 out of a possible 204 points over this run.\n• None United are the first side to stop Liverpool scoring at Anfield in a Premier League match since Manchester City in October 2018 - this was Liverpool's 43rd home league game since then.\n• None Under Klopp, Liverpool are unbeaten in all seven of their Premier League games at Anfield when facing the side starting the day top of the table (W3 D4).\n• None Marcus Rashford was caught offside five times in this match, the most of any Premier League player this season and the most by a United player since Robin van Persie (six) against Spurs in January 2013.\n\nUnited are at Fulham in the league on Wednesday (20:15 GMT) and Liverpool host Burnley on Thursday (20:00). Next Sunday, Manchester United and Liverpool will meet again - at Old Trafford this time - in the FA Cup fourth round, a match you can watch live on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.\n• None Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Paul Pogba tries a through ball, but Marcus Rashford is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Shaw with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Missed all the goals, highlights and talking points from Saturday's Premier League action? Match of the Day is streaming now", "Hospitals are preparing for the expected peak of the latest Covid-19 surge this week, the Northern Trust's chief executive has said.\n\nJennifer Welsh said there was \"huge pressure across the (healthcare) system\" with more intensive care admissions expected.\n\nThirty patients were awaiting admission to Antrim Area Hospital on Sunday morning, she said.\n\nThere were 25 more deaths linked to Covid-19 reported in NI on Sunday.\n\nThe total number of deaths recorded by the Department of Health since the start of the pandemic is now 1,606.\n\nIt was also reported that there had been 822 more positive cases, with 67 people in intensive care and 50 people on ventilators.\n\nThere are 840 patients being treated for Covid- 19 across Northern Ireland, according to the latest available figures with hospitals working at 93% capacity.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Ireland has been continuing its vaccination programme having distributed 140,559 first doses and 20,174 second doses.\n\nThe total number of jabs administered in the UK, including both first and second doses, is 4,307,002 according to government data.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland on Sunday, there were 13 further deaths related to Covid-19, bringing the total number to 2,608 since the start of the pandemic.\n\nThere was also a further 2,944 positive cases, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 172,726.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said the situation in the country's hospitals was \"stark\" and that people of all ages were being admitted and taken into intensive care.\n\nAt the beginning of January, Health Minister Robin Swann said that modelling indicated the \"peak of the third surge\" would hit in the third week of January.\n\nFrontline health staff have spoken to BBC News NI about their \"exhaustion\" and stress, as the pressure on the system continues to increase amid the surging number of cases.\n\nNorthern Ireland is currently in the third week of a six-week lockdown, with ministers scheduled to review measures next week.\n\nHowever, health officials have warned that an extension of the restrictions could be required to reduce pressure on the health service.\n\nNorthern Trust chief executive Jennifer Welsh said hospitals were \"coping but at great cost\"\n\nMs Welsh told BBC NI's Sunday Politics programme that the \"ICU surge is yet to come\" and that the Northern Trust - where two major hospitals, Antrim Area and Causeway, are located - has had to redeploy staff to prepare for the coming days.\n\nShe said both hospitals had been \"under significant pressure and have been for some time\".\n\nShe said 30 patients in Antrim Area's Emergency Department are waiting on a bed after a decision was made to admit them - 24 of those patients have been waiting longer than 12 hours.\n\nMs Welsh added that almost half of all patients in Antrim Area Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\n\"At the peak of the first wave in Antrim and Causeway the highest number of Covid positive patients was 73.\n\n\"In November, the highest number was 102 and we peaked on Thursday at 202. We have now dropped below that slightly.\"\n\nThe chief executive said the hospitals were \"coping but at great cost\", with many urgent surgeries cancelled.\n\n\"Emergency surgery is being done but we are not being able to do any other in the Antrim Area site.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by bbctheview This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"We have been able to deliver some red flag cancer surgery at Causeway but we would like to do more.\"\n\nDespite these emergency measures already in place, the worst of the current surge is only expected to arrive this week.\n\nShe added: \"We are not going to get out of this quickly. It's going to be a challenge for us as a system.\n\n\"It's been building from October.\"\n\n\"We're not yet at the peak of intensive care admissions and we expect that this week.\n\n\"Antrim has doubled its intensive care beds from seven to 14 in anticipation of the coming surge - 11 are already being used.\n\n\"All hospitals have doubled their ICU footprint. There are more than 160 inpatients in Antrim Area Hospital.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BMA Scotland GP chief says doctors \"can't plan\" for vaccines\n\nDoctors leaders say the \"patchy supply\" of vaccine to GP surgeries across Scotland is hampering the speed of delivery to patients.\n\nMinisters have pledged a first dose of the vaccine to 1.4 million of the most vulnerable Scots by mid-February.\n\nBut the British Medical Association in Scotland said inconsistencies in supply made it difficult to plan patient appointments to receive the vaccine.\n\nThey also said some GP surgeries had yet to receive any vaccine at all.\n\nThe Scottish government said it was working with health boards to resolve the issues.\n\nCurrently, about 16,000 vaccinations a day are being carried out in Scotland. However, that is expected to rise significantly as efforts to deliver the vaccine are scaled up.\n\nOn Sunday, 1,341 new cases of Covid-19 were reported - the lowest daily figure since 28 December. However, the numbers being admitted to hospital have continued to rise, reaching 1,918.\n\nNo new deaths were registered.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman has pledged that the workforce and infrastructure will be in place to vaccinate 400,000 people each week by the end of February.\n\nThe government has already announced plans for large vaccination centres in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh.\n\nIt comes after more than 5,000 front-line health and care staff were vaccinated at the NHS Louisa Jordan in Glasgow on Saturday.\n\nGP practices across Scotland are currently providing vaccination services to those aged over 80.\n\nAbout 16,000 vaccinations are currently being carried out a day in Scotland\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Politics Scotland programme, Dr Andrew Buist, who chairs the British Medical Association's (BMA) GP committee in Scotland, said there was inconsistencies across the GP network.\n\nHe said the vaccine deployment plan was \"ambitious\" and so far \"good progress\" had been made in giving it to priority groups such as care homes residents and front-line health staff.\n\nHowever, he told the programme: \"The current problem lies with the next priority group, which is the 80-plus group, which GPs in Scotland are set to vaccinate because the supply of the vaccine so far has been quite patchy.\n\n\"Some practices have a good supply, some have had none so far.\"\n\nHe said his practice had received 100 doses of the vaccine for 600 patients over the age of 80, who all needed to be vaccinated by 5 February.\n\nHe added: \"I then have to do another 1,200 patients in the 70-plus group and the extremely clinically vulnerable by the middle of February, so we need to do 1,700 vaccines in the next four weeks.\n\n\"Now we can do that. We are used to providing large number of flu vaccinations and it is possible, we have our workforce in place, but we need the vaccine, otherwise we can't do it.\"\n\nWhen asked if his practice was running out of vaccine at the end of each day, Dr Buist said: \"Yes - we can't plan, that's the key thing. We can't send out appointments to patients until we're sure we have the vaccine in our fridge.\n\n\"We were given 100 doses on Monday. We used that all up by Friday. We don't want to send out appointments to patients until we know that we can definitively vaccinate them otherwise patients get very upset.\"\n\nVaccinators have reported being able to extract one additional dose from vaccine vials\n\nDr Buist said vaccinators were regularly managing to extract higher numbers of doses from vaccine vials despite claims that some doses were being wasted.\n\nHe said there was widespread experience of six doses being extracted from Pfizer vaccine vials, which were marketed as having five doses, while 11 doses were regularly being taken from AstraZeneca vials.\n\nBut Dr Buist criticised issues around the red tape some retired health professional had faced when volunteering to become vaccinators.\n\n\"I have reports that arrangement to get doctors and nurses back into the system have been quite bureaucratic and I think it's something we need to look at.\"\n\nThe Scottish government acknowledged that there had been delays in vaccine supplies reaching some GP surgeries.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"GPs have a significant role to play in delivering the vaccine - and we thank them for their hard work and patience as we roll out more vaccines to those in the communities.\n\n\"We know there have been some initial delays in supply reaching some practices and are working with health boards to resolve this. Vaccines are being manufactured as quickly as possible and we will continue to explore all options available to increase supply.\"\n\nThe government said health boards were providing order information for their GP practices to National Procurement who in turn advised the distribution partner.\n\nThe spokeswoman added: \"Once stock is released for ordering, the distribution partner inputs the GP orders on to their ordering system. Once the order has been placed, GP practices will receive an automated email providing an indication of the delivery day.\n\n\"We too want to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible and are continually working hard to see if distribution can be made faster in any respect.\"", "Chris Cramer, a major figure in BBC News and later CNN International, has died at the age of 73 after a period of ill health. Former BBC director of news Richard Sambrook looks back at his life.\n\nChris Cramer's legacy will be the major change in attitudes and support for journalist safety he championed through the BBC and across the wider industry, as well as many achievements in newsgathering and international news.\n\nHe began his career as a teenager on the Portsmouth Evening News, moving to BBC Radio Solent when it launched in 1970.\n\nAfter a year's secondment in Brunei he found his way to the BBC TV Newsroom in the 1970s and developed his reputation as a highly competitive and effective news editor and field producer.\n\nIn 1980 he and a BBC team were in the Iranian Embassy in London collecting visas when it was seized by gunmen opposed to Ayatollah Khomeini. A standoff and siege followed, with Chris among 26 hostages.\n\nHe managed to feign serious illness and was released by the gunmen allowing him to give vital information to the authorities before the SAS stormed the embassy and rescued the hostages.\n\nAt a time when no-one understood or spoke of PTSD, it had a marked effect on his life.\n\nArmed police on the adjoining balcony to the Iranian Embassy during the siege in 1980\n\nMany journalists and crew subsequently spoke of his care and attention when they had difficult experiences and he went on to drive major changes in understanding and support for journalists' safety.\n\nWith BBC Safety manager Peter Hunter, Chris introduced the first hostile environment training courses, risk assessments and equipment for those covering conflicts.\n\nFormer correspondent Martin Bell recalls: \"From Vietnam to Croatia I had covered 10 wars without protection. Then in June 1992 we were shot up crossing the airport runway in Sarajevo in a soft-skinned vehicle. Within two weeks Chris had procured our first armoured Land Rover, the redoubtable 'Miss Piggy', and the body armour to go with it.\"\n\nHe later introduced the first confidential counselling service for news teams, recognising PTSD, and helped found the International News Safety Institute, which spearheaded safety across the news industry.\n\nDuring the 1980s he was at the forefront of organising and overseeing major news coverage, including Michael Buerk's reporting from the Ethiopian famine, coverage of the IRA Brighton bomb attack on the British government, the Zeebrugge ferry disaster, Kate Adie's reporting from Tiananmen Square, the fall of eastern Europe, the first Gulf War and many more major events.\n\nHis fierce competitiveness delivered a series of major exclusives and awards for BBC News.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jeremy Bowen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the 1990s he oversaw major investment in BBC Newsgathering and the integration of radio and TV reporting - often against internal resistance. His managerial style could be uncompromising and tough, but he was also bitingly funny, shrewd and his hard exterior hid a warm-hearted and generous core.\n\nHe was crucial to establishing the integrated News division as it exists today.\n\nIn 1996 he left the BBC to move to Atlanta as managing director and executive vice-president of CNN International.\n\nThere he took his passion for news safety and his competitive news edge to develop the network into a greater global force.\n\nAs his former BBC and CNN colleague Tony Maddox has said: \"Among his many accomplishments Chris was a pioneer and innovator in field safety for journalists. He led the development of guidelines and practices now widely adopted across the industry.\"\n\nCramer moved to CNN after his time with the BBC\n\nHe was a larger-than-life figure who generated affection and respect in equal measure, often wielding a rapid and disarming wit.\n\nHe is also remembered for supporting women into senior and executive positions and helping them succeed.\n\nDirector of BBC News Fran Unsworth recalls: \"He was one of journalism's enormous characters and a legend in the television news industry. But the legend and the reported image always belied the man.\n\n\"He was immensely kind, thoughtful and caring underneath that image he sometimes projected.\"\n\nFormer deputy director general Mark Byford said: \"He was probably the greatest newsgathering executive ever in the broadcast news business and his organisational skills, competitiveness, eye for a story and steel were extraordinary.\n\n\"He was also, behind the facade, a gentle giant who cared for his people with amazing passion and love.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by John Simpson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Many editors, correspondents and presenters in BBC News owe their success to his mentorship - myself included.\"\n\nAfter 11 years he left CNN and took up roles first with Reuters TV and then the Wall Street Journal, where his experience and expertise were used to develop their digital video services.\n\nHe leaves his wife, Nina, son Richard and daughter Nicolette and his daughter Hannah by an earlier marriage to Helen, a former BBC producer.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nóra Quoirin's parents: \"The inquest is a battle we must continue in Nóra's name\"\n\nThe mother of a 15-year-old girl found dead in a Malaysian jungle says she believes her daughter's body was placed by somebody in the spot she was found.\n\nNóra Quoirin, from Balham in south London, vanished from her room at the Dusun rainforest resort in August 2019.\n\nHer body was found near the resort nine days after she went missing. A coroner recorded her death was by misadventure.\n\nMeabh Quoirin, who thinks Nora was abducted, said the family would \"never give up their fight for justice\".\n\nNóra was born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder that affects brain development, and her parents have always believed that wandering off from the resort - which is about 40 miles from Kuala Lumpur - was not something their daughter would have done.\n\nA post-mortem examination found Nóra had died three days before her body was found, due to gastrointestinal bleeding from hunger and stress endured over a prolonged period.\n\nBut Mrs Quoirin points out that the jungle had been searched on four occasions in the seven days leading up to her death, with police suggesting the teenager been \"alive and moving\" during the first stages of the search.\n\n\"The fact that search teams were there, along with many hundreds of volunteers in that particular area so close to her death, makes us feel that she was placed there at a later point,\" Mrs Quoirin told the BBC.\n\nNóra's parents Maebh and Sebastien Quoirin want there to be a revision of the inquest verdict\n\nThe teenager's mother pointed out that the inquest had not explained how her daughter ended up in the jungle, where her unclothed body was eventually found by a group of volunteers.\n\n\"I suppose the easiest one to dwell on was the fact there was an open window [in the family's chalet],\" said Mrs Quoirin, who is originally from Belfast.\n\n\"Someone opened that window, it wasn't any of us. That is totally unexplained.\"\n\nMalaysian police have always treated Nóra's disappearance as a missing person case. They maintain there was no suggestion of abduction, kidnap or foul play.\n\nDuring the search for her daughter, Mrs Quoirin told emergency services that their work meant \"the world to us\"\n\n\"Nóra always looked to someone else for reassurance on what she should do next so the idea that she would have climbed out a window - even found a window or seen a window in the pitch black - is in our view crazy,\" Mrs Quorin said.\n\n\"If she had somehow mistaken which door was for the bathroom and had gone out the front door for instance... she was barefoot, she would have instantly felt pain and she would have been absolutely petrified.\"\n\nNóra's parents have asked for a revision of the inquest verdict as \"so many questions have been left unanswered\".\n\nNóra was born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder which affects brain development\n\n\"I think it will be impossible to ever have all the answers to questions that inevitably we will agonise over for the rest of our lives,\" Mrs Quoirin said.\n\n\"We can do more justice by at least recognising who this child was and that she wouldn't have - couldn't have - done the things that have been ruled through this verdict of misadventure.\n\n\"It's our duty to Nora to stand up for that, to really recognise who she was and stand up in the name of all children with special needs, to recognise who these children are, what they represent in our society.\"", "Within seconds of being dropped, LauncherOne had ignited its engine\n\nSir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has succeeded in putting its first satellites in space.\n\nTen payloads in total were lofted on the same rocket, which was launched from under the wing of one of the entrepreneur's old 747 jumbos.\n\nSir Richard is hoping to tap into what is a growing market for small, lower-cost satellites.\n\nBy using a jet plane as the launch platform, he can theoretically send up spacecraft from anywhere in the world.\n\nIn reality, of course, his Virgin Orbit system has to be licensed in the locality where it is used, which at the moment is solely California. But there are well-advanced plans to bring the 747 and its rockets to Cornwall in south-west England, for example.\n\nSunday's success was a big fillip for Sir Richard's team who had tried and failed to launch a rocket in May last year. That effort was thwarted by a breached propellant line feeding liquid oxygen to the booster's first-stage Newton-3 engine.\n\nNo such problems occurred this time.\n\nThe modified 747, named Cosmic Girl, left its base in California's Mojave desert at 10:50 PST (18:50 UTC) to fly out over the Pacific Ocean.\n\nA little under 60 minutes later, and cruising at 35,000ft (10,500m), the jet banked hard to the right, dropping as it did so the 21m-long rocket that had been clamped to its underside.\n\nWithin seconds this booster, called LauncherOne, had ignited its engine and was climbing to space.\n\nCorrect deployment of the various spacecraft onboard at an altitude of roughly 500km was confirmed a couple of hours later.\n\n\"A new gateway to space has just sprung open,\" said Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart. \"That LauncherOne was able to successfully reach orbit today is a testament to this team's talent, precision, drive, and ingenuity.\"\n\nSir Richard has been trying to find the right solution to get into the satellite launch business since 2009. His concrete proposal was first put before the public at the Farnborough International Air Show three years later.\n\nThere is an emerging market for small, lower-cost spacecraft, whose developers are seeking more flexible and affordable ways of getting their assets above the Earth.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nVirgin Orbit is one of a number of companies now racing to meet this demand. Other contenders include the Rocket Lab outfit, which sends up its vehicles from a ground launch pad in New Zealand. But there are tens of other small rocket start-ups at various stages of maturation, and some of these plan to operate from the UK as well.\n\n\"Virgin Orbit has achieved something many thought impossible. It was so inspiring to see our specially adapted Virgin Atlantic 747, Cosmic Girl, send the LauncherOne rocket soaring into orbit,\" Sir Richard said.\n\n\"This magnificent flight is the culmination of many years of hard work and will also unleash a whole new generation of innovators on the path to orbit. I can't wait to see the incredible missions Dan and the team will launch to change the world for good.\"\n\nSir Richard presented the LauncherOne concept at Farnborough in 2012\n\nWill Whitehorn is the president of UKSpace, the trade body representing the space industry in Britain. He's also a former president of Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard's other space company which hopes soon to start flying fare-paying passengers above the atmosphere in a rocket plane.\n\nHe said Virgin Orbit's success on Sunday was hugely significant.\n\n\"This is a momentous day for the small satellite world, as we will be able to launch satellites responsively; and for the UK this event promises sovereign launch capability very soon,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"I plan to push hard for a launch from Cornwall to coincide with the G7 meeting this year if at all possible!\"\n\nSunday's payloads were mostly shoebox-sized and developed by universities\n\nThe air-launched system has the flexibility to operate anywhere - in theory", "A doctor has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a \"highly-respected\" fellow plastic surgeon who was stabbed in his own home.\n\nGraeme Perks, 65, was stabbed in his abdomen and chest in Halam, Nottinghamshire, on Thursday.\n\nJonathan Peter Brooks, also charged with three counts of attempted arson with intent to endanger life, appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.\n\nMr Perks is currently in a serious but stable condition, police said.\n\nMr Brooks, 56, of Landseer Road, Southwell, has also been charged with possession of a knife in a public place.\n\nHe was remanded in custody to appear at Nottingham Crown Court on 15 February.\n\nPolice said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack.\n\nGraeme Perks has been described as \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\"\n\nThe two men were colleagues at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.\n\nA spokeswoman for the trust said: \"This incident has affected many of our staff who worked closely with, and are friends with Graeme.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with Graeme and his family at this time.\"\n\nMr Perks had served as president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), which described him as \"one of the most highly-regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\".\n\nPolice previously said Mr Perks had gone to investigate the sound of breaking glass at about 04:15 GMT on Thursday, after an intruder was believed to have smashed their way into the house.\n\nPolice said Mr Perks was stabbed at his home in Halam, Nottinghamshire, while his family were upstairs\n\nThey said Mr Perks was stabbed and the suspect ran off.\n\nMr Perks worked in London, Sheffield, Newcastle and Melbourne, Australia, but returned to the UK in the mid-1990s and started working in Nottingham.\n\nHe and his wife have raised thousands of pounds for charity by opening their garden to visitors, and were featured on BBC Radio Nottingham after raising more than £34,000.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Keelan Wilson was 15 when he was stabbed more than 40 times\n\nFour men have been found guilty of murdering a boy stabbed more than 40 times in a \"well-planned execution\".\n\nKeelan Wilson, 15, was fatally injured on Langley Road in Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, on 29 May, 2018.\n\nThe four murderers acted \"like a pack of animals\" amid rising gang violence in the city, police said.\n\nKeelan's mother Kelly Ellitts said the convictions meant justice for her son, but added \"nothing would bring Keelan back\".\n\nIt emerged a few days after the murder that when an ambulance was called for the wounded boy, his final words included \"tell my mum I love her\".\n\nThe trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how the night time attack - carried out by Brian Sasa and Nehemie Tampwo, each aged 20, along with Tyrique King and Zenay Pennant-Phillips, both 19 - was \"not in any way spontaneous\".\n\nDet Sgt Nick Barnes from the West Midlands force said Keelan had the \"single worst set of injuries\" he had seen on a victim in more than six years investigating homicide.\n\nThere had been increasing acts of violence between opposing gangs leading up to the murder, including disorder earlier that day, police said.\n\nThat included weapons being brandished in Wolverhampton city centre, and in another incident, Keelan and two others being shot at by a group of youngsters on bikes. No one was hurt.\n\nBut later on, the court heard, the group of four killers ran towards Keelan as he sat in a taxi close to his home, then pulled open the rear door and \"set about him with weapons\", inflicting more than 40 knife wounds.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keelan Wilson's mother Kelly Ellitts 'hit the floor' when she saw he had been stabbed\n\nMichael Duck QC, prosecuting, said the killing \"was not in any way a spontaneous act of violence\".\n\nHe said: \"This was a well-planned, targeted group attack by a number of youths armed with knives, and that was with the plan to execute another young man.\"\n\nDuring the 13-week trial, jurors heard there was evidence to suggest the victim had \"become embroiled in gang culture\", with his killers believing he had switched factions.\n\nDet Sgt Barnes said it was \"difficult\" to pinpoint a motive \"because Keelan wasn't on the police radar particularly for any such activity\".\n\nKeelan was wounded just metres from his home, receiving 43 stab wounds in total, according to police.\n\nHe had been driving with a friend - with whom he met up after the shooting incident - when their car broke down, which led to a taxi being called.\n\nA spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service said while Keelan was attacked on boarding the vehicle, his friend was \"left unscathed\" and fled, making it \"evident\" to authorities that \"Keelan was the only target\".\n\nMs Ellitts said she lived with the shock of her son's death daily.\n\n\"This isn't something that you think of every now and again, this is a daily thing that you have to live with.\n\n\"It's terrible my daughters won't know who he is.\"\n\nOn the day of Keelan's death, CCTV captured a scene from the Wolverhampton city centre disorder that police said was linked to gang activity\n\nSasa, of Long Ley, Heath Town, Wolverhampton; King, of Chelwood Gardens, Wolverhampton; Tampwo of Fern Grove in Bletchley, Milton Keynes; and Pennant-Phillips, whose address cannot be published for legal reasons, had all denied murder.\n\n\"Keelan was a child who had his whole life ahead of him,\" Det Sgt Barnes said.\n\nThe convictions, he added, came after a \"very difficult and long investigation,\" with more than 2,000 lines of inquiry having to be examined.\n\nSome lines of investigation had been met with a \"wall of silence,\" he said.\n\nJudge Michael Chambers said: \"It is an utter tragedy that a 15-year-old child lost his life at the hands of others who are barely older than he.\"\n\nSentencing is set to take place at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 19 March.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n• None 'Tell mum I love her' said stabbed boy\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Monica Calazans, a 54-year-old nurse in São Paulo, was given a Chinese-developed vaccine\n\nA nurse has received Brazil's first Covid-19 vaccine dose after regulators gave emergency approval to two jabs.\n\nRegulator Anvisa gave the green light to vaccines from Oxford-AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac, doses of which will be distributed among all 27 states.\n\nBrazil has the world's second-highest death toll from Covid-19 and cases are rising again across the country.\n\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has been heavily criticised for his handling of the pandemic.\n\nThe president, who caught Covid-19 last year and recovered, has said he will not take a vaccine.\n\nAuthorities reported 551 new fatalities on Sunday, the first time in six days that it had fallen short of 1,000 although this could reflect a delay in the reporting of numbers over the weekend.\n\nIn all, more than 209,000 Covid-related deaths have been recorded in Brazil, a raw total figure only exceeded by the US.\n\nOver 8.4 million infections have been confirmed since the start of the pandemic - the third-highest tally in the world.\n\nHealth Minister Eduardo Pazuello told reporters that the national vaccination programme in the country of 211 million people would begin in earnest in the coming days. Two Brazilian biomedical centres which have been given approval to produce the jabs will be heavily involved.\n\nAbout six million doses of the Sinovac-developed CoronaVac have already been produced in Brazil, while the government is waiting for shipments of the AstraZeneca vaccine from a laboratory in India.\n\nShortly after Anvisa's board gave emergency approval, Monica Calazans, a 54-year-old nurse in São Paulo, became the first person to be inoculated with CoronaVac.\n\nHer vaccination was organised by the São Paulo state government, which is led by Mr Bolsonaro's main political rival, João Doria.\n\nThis has been a rare piece of good news today for Brazilians who are grappling with a devastating second wave.\n\nFrom where I am, the city of Manaus, the vaccine does not feel real. People here are trying to recover a collapsed health system and doing what they can to keep their sick relatives alive.\n\nThe pandemic has become deeply political in Brazil. President Bolsonaro continues to present himself as a vaccine sceptic and he was notably absent as the vaccines were approved. Instead, Monday's newspapers will no doubt have São Paulo Governor Doria slapped on their front pages.\n\nHe is expected to run in next year's presidential elections and has backed the Sinovac vaccine from the very start. He was once a Bolsonaro ally and is now his nemesis - but there is no doubt who is leading the way in trying to get the population vaccinated.\n\nEarlier this week researchers said the Chinese vaccine had been found to be 50.4% effective in Brazilian clinical trials. This, results showed, was significantly less effective than previous data suggested - barely over the 50% needed for regulatory approval.\n\nCoronaVac is also being used in China, Indonesia and Turkey.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe news comes after revelations that a new coronavirus variant has emerged in Brazil. Several cases were traced back to the Amazonas state, where a state of emergency is in place.\n\nManaus, the state capital, has been hit especially hard, with beds and life-saving oxygen running low. Refrigerated containers have also been brought to hospitals to help store bodies.\n\nNeighbouring Venezuela said it had sent a convoy of trucks with oxygen supplies to help Amazonas.\n\nPresident Bolsonaro has faced mounting criticism for his handling of Brazil's outbreak, and several anti-government protests were held last week.\n\nAn opponent of lockdowns, he has previously blamed state governors and mayors for the Covid crisis, saying the federal government has provided all the resources needed to tackle the virus.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The deer had to be put down by a gamekeeper after the attack\n\nA warning has been issued by royal parks police after a dog carried out a \"relentless\" attack on a deer that had to be put down.\n\nFootage shows the dog savaging the red deer in London's Richmond Park.\n\nCases of pets worrying deer in London's eight royal parks have shot up during lockdown, police say. They are urging owners to keep dogs on leads.\n\nSeparately, on Sunday, a 10-year-old child was injured by a herd of deer being chased by a dog in Bushy Park.\n\nPolice said the incident in the park in Richmond-upon-Thames, which left the child needing hospital treatment, underlined the need for people to keep their dogs on a lead if they are unsure how they will react to deer.\n\nOn Friday, Franck Hiribarne, 44, from Kingston in south-west London, admitted causing or permitting an animal he was in charge of to injure another animal, in relation to the Richmond Park attack.\n\nWimbledon magistrates heard the doe suffered deep wounds, then received a broken leg when it was hit by a car as it tried to flee from the dog. Witnesses described the attack as \"relentless\".\n\nThe deer had to be put down by a gamekeeper after the attack in October.\n\nMr Hiribarne, who reported the matter himself to the Royal Parks Office, said he usually walked his red setter Alfie on a lead until he was well away from any grazing deer, and that the dog had been responding well to \"off-lead\" commands.\n\nThe dog owner, who was fined £600, said in a statement: \"I was genuinely shocked and sorry for what had happened and since then I have refrained completely from letting Alfie off the leash in any park.\n\n\"I have also taken a special dog trainer specialised in gundogs to control more accurately any of his hunting instincts. He has made great progress.\"\n\nFour deer have died from dog attacks in the royal parks since March 2020, while there have been 58 incidents of dogs chasing the herds - a big increase on previous years - according to the manager of Richmond Park.\n\nPart of the increase is thought to be down to new dog owners who are unfamiliar with the best conduct around wildlife.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Alexandru Murgeanu (l) and Jason Mercer were killed in the crash on the M1 in South Yorkshire\n\nA coroner has called for a review of smart motorways after an inquest heard the deaths of two men on a stretch of the M1 could have been avoided.\n\nJason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, died when Prezemyslaw Szuba crashed his lorry into their vehicles near Sheffield on 7 June 2019.\n\nCoroner David Urpeth said smart motorways without a hard shoulder carry \"an ongoing risk of future deaths\".\n\nHighways England said it was \"addressing many of the points raised\".\n\nMr Urpeth recorded a verdict of unlawful killing at Sheffield Town Hall. He added he would be writing to Highways England and the transport secretary asking for a review.\n\nThe inquest heard the deaths of the two men may have been avoided had there had been a hard shoulder.\n\nOn the stretch of the M1 where the crash took place, the hard shoulder has been replaced by an active lane.\n\nSzuba, 40, from Hull, was jailed last year after admitting causing their deaths by careless driving.\n\nHe was speaking from prison to the inquest.\n\nPrezemyslaw Szuba was jailed over the deaths\n\nAnswering questions over the phone, Szuba told the hearing he accepted he was driving without paying proper attention.\n\n\"I have already accepted that at my trial,\" he said, but added: \"If there had been a hard shoulder on this bit of motorway, the collision would have been avoidable.\n\n\"I would have driven past these two cars as it would be safer and they would have been able to come home safely and I would be able to come back home.\"\n\nSzuba said he had only three to five seconds to react, and asked if he would have avoided the crash had he been paying attention, he said: \"It's difficult to say after everything now.\"\n\nSgt Mark Brady, who oversees major collision investigations for South Yorkshire Police, told the hearing: \"Had there been a hard shoulder, had Jason and Alexandru pulled on to the hard shoulder, my opinion is that Mr Szuba would have driven clean past them.\"\n\nBut he accepted the primary cause of the crash was Szuba's inattention to the road.\n\nThe crash happened after a collision between a Ford Focus driven by Mr Mercer, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and a Ford Transit driven by Mr Murgeanu, who was living in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, but was originally from Romania.\n\nWhen Mr Mercer and Mr Murgeanu got out to exchange details they were hit by the lorry, and both died at the scene.\n\nMr Mercer's wife Claire has campaigned against smart motorways since her husband's death, and was at the hearing on Monday.\n\nClaire Mercer has campaigned against the use of smart motorways since her husband's death\n\nIn a statement, Highways England said it was \"determined\" to do everything it could to make roads as safe as possible and was already addressing many of the points raised by the coroner \"as published in the Government's Smart Motorway Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan of March 2020\".\n\n\"We will carefully consider any further comments raised by the coroner once we receive the report,\" it added.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man has scaled a Hong Kong skyscraper in his wheelchair to raise money for spinal cord patients.\n\nLai Chi-Wai, who became paralysed after a road accident ten years ago, climbed 250 metres (820ft) of the Nina Towers building.\n\nBefore his accident, Lai Chi-Wai was a rock-climbing champion in Asia and eighth best in the world.\n\nHe said that \"knowing there was a possibility...that I could be a climber again, I found some direction in life\".", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nPhil Neville has left his role as manager of England's women and been appointed in charge of David Beckham's Major League Soccer side Inter Miami.\n\nThe 43-year-old was appointed as England boss in January 2018 and his contract was set to end in July.\n\nThe Football Association says it will \"shortly confirm\" an interim head coach until Sarina Wiegman's arrival.\n\nNetherlands manager Wiegman will take on the role after the delayed Tokyo Olympics in August.\n\nFormer Manchester United and Everton defender Neville was the leading contender to manage Great Britain at the Games, but his move to the United States has left the FA needing another option.\n\n\"This is a very young club with a lot of promise and upside, and I am committed to challenging myself, my players and everyone around me to grow and build a competitive soccer culture we can all be proud of,\" Neville said of his American move.\n\nBeckham said of his former Manchester United team-mate: \"I have known Phil since we were both teenagers at the academy.\n\n\"We share a footballing DNA having been trained by some of the best leaders in the game, and it's those values that I have always wanted running through our club.\"\n\nThe MLS side had been managed by former Uruguay striker Diego Alonso before the 45-year-old left by mutual consent earlier this month.\n\nBeckham added: \"Anyone who has played or worked with Phil knows he is a natural leader, and I believe now is the right time for him to join.\"\n\nNeville led the Lionesses to their first SheBelieves Cup title in 2019 and fourth place at the Women's World Cup later the same year, but results since that tournament have been poor.\n\nEngland's struggles under Neville continued at the 2020 SheBelieves Cup, where a late defeat by Spain in the final match was their seventh loss in 11 games.\n\nThe Lionesses have not played since that game last March because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"It has been an honour to manage England and I have enjoyed three of the best years of my career,\" said Neville, who won 19 of his 35 games in charge.\n\n\"The players who wear the England shirt are some of the most talented and dedicated athletes I have ever had the privilege to work with.\n\n\"They have challenged me and improved me as a coach, and I am very grateful to them for the fantastic memories we have shared.\"\n\nNeville, who had no previous experience in the women's game before taking over, has made a \"significant contribution\" during his three-year spell, said Baroness Campbell, the FA's director of women's football.\n\n\"The commitment, dedication and respect he has shown the position has been clear to see,\" she added.\n\n\"I will personally miss our many conversations about ways we can improve and progress.\"\n\nEngland are ranked sixth in the world, having been third when Neville succeeded Mark Sampson.\n\nNeville's record against the best sides came under particular scrutiny, with England winning one of their nine games against teams ranked in the top five in the world during his reign.\n\nNeville's record against teams ranked in the world's top five\n\n\"After steadying the ship at a challenging period, he helped us to win the SheBelieves Cup for the first time, reach the World Cup semi-finals and qualify for the Olympics,\" added Campbell.\n\n\"Given his status as a former Manchester United and England player, he did much to raise the profile of our team.\n\n\"He has used his platform to champion the women's game, worked tirelessly to support our effort to promote more female coaches and used his expertise to develop many of our younger players.\"\n\nWhat happens next with England?\n\nThe FA is expected to name England's interim head coach in the next few days.\n\nAmong the favourites is former Norway midfielder Hege Riise, one of the greatest players of her generation - a European Championship winner in 1993, a World Cup winner in 1995 and an Olympic gold medallist in 2000.\n\nAfter retiring as a player, Riise moved into club management in Norway and also coached the country's Under-23 side before spending three years as assistant to then-USA head coach Pia Sundhage from 2009.\n\nShe then joined the set-up at Norwegian club LSK Kvinner in 2012 - becoming head coach in 2017 - as they won six successive titles between 2014 and 2019, while also reaching the 2018-19 Champions League quarter-finals.\n\nRiise was one of seven nominees for the Fifa best women's coach award in 2020, won by Wiegman in December.\n\nThe new interim manager has no England fixtures booked in the diary, though there has reportedly been discussions over a mini-tournament during the next international window in February.\n\nEngland will not be taking part in the SheBelieves Cup but could host a tournament which would see three other nations take part in a round-robin event.\n• None All the goals, highlights and analysis from the weekend's Premier League matches, including Manchester United's visit to Liverpool: MOTD2 is streaming now on BBC iPlayer", "Morgan Le-Riche and other students have questioned if they should be paying full tuition fees\n\n\"I am paying £9,000 for a university degree that is causing me nothing but anxiety and stress.\"\n\nFor Morgan Le-Riche, the university experience since the coronavirus pandemic hit has not been worth the fee.\n\nSome students are calling for reduced tuition fees and more support.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it provided the most generous student support package in the UK and has appointed a dedicated minister for mental health.\n\nIn announcing a lockdown earlier this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said students in England would not return to the classroom until mid February, with calls for clarity over what will happen in Wales.\n\nMorgan, who is studying criminology and criminal justice at the University of South Wales, said \"something needs to be done to help us students\".\n\nHer Facebook post calling for more help was shared 3,000 times in three days - something that surprised her but also highlighted the depth of feeling.\n\nStudents face an uncertain time with with restrictions currently in place\n\nThe second year student said: \"I don't think the government is understanding students, instead they are only recognising primary and secondary schools - there's no recognition for university students.\"\n\nMorgan was given assignments to complete over Christmas, but said her lecturers had turned off their emails so she could not seek guidance when she was finding work difficult.\n\n\"I feel like the amount of stress I've had has meant I'm not doing a high enough standard of work, that I would normally do, due to the lack of assistance,\" she said.\n\nShe said more time with tutors and spaces for students to come together to discuss mental health would be beneficial.\n\nThe University of South Wales said their course teams are committed to providing \"comprehensive support\" and are \"readily available to offer help and guidance for students\".\n\nStudents in England have been told to work online and remain where they are\n\nA petition calling for the UK government to reduce university student tuition fees from £9,250 to £3,000 has gained more than 400,000 signatures online.\n\nMorgan thinks she has been \"massively let down\" and there needs to be a \"heavy reduction\" on the amount students are paying for their courses.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"We are the only country in the whole of Europe that provides equivalent up front living costs grants and loans for full and part-time undergraduates, and for post-graduates.\n\n\"This already covers campus-based and distance learners and will continue throughout the academic year.\"\n\nDanielle Herbert believes university students need more focus from government\n\nJournalism student Danielle Herbert, who also studies at the University of South Wales, said online learning has helped her mental health because otherwise a lot of her face-to-face interactions would be limited.\n\nDespite \"lecturers trying their best\", students' experiences since March last year have not been \"adequate for a £9,000 fee\".\n\nThe third-year student from Swindon said the prime minister's announcement of an England-wide lockdown was stressful \"because there was no mention of universities\".\n\nShe said: \"I was left very unclear and confused as to where I stood on travelling back to Wales. As someone who suffers from anxiety, I rely on concrete facts and that wasn't provided. We have been ignored by the prime minister.\n\n\"I had just paid my rent for this term - which was £2,300 - and I looked at my mum and dad and said: 'Am I even going to be able to go back to my student flat'?\"\n\nDanielle has called for more help for students in dealing with mental health issues during the pandemic\n\nShe does not believe students have had the same level of support as secondary school pupils, adding: \"We're still expected to produce the same standard of work without protection whilst there's a pandemic going on - it's really unrealistic.\"\n\nDanielle said having a \"no detriment\" policy in place would help to relieve students' stress.\n\n\"I think there's a real issue amongst students and students' mental health and it's only grown because of coronavirus. I think we will see the consequences of that if nothing is done.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said: \"To support mental health services, we have made an additional £9.9m available, as part of efforts to ensure people can access the right support when they need it.\n\n\"In October we announced an additional £10m to support mental health services for higher education students in Wales to increase capacity in students' unions and universities to provide support services.\n\n\"This is in addition to the £27m Higher Education Investment and Recovery Fund announced in the summer.\"\n\nThe University of South Wales said the safety and wellbeing of students is its priority and students have access to a \"wide range of comprehensive support for their health, mental health and wellbeing\".\n\n\"Recognising that a number of staff would be on leave over the Christmas and New Year holidays, the course team let students know they were available for help and support right up until the end of term and students were encouraged to ask for support if they needed it,\" said a spokesperson.\n\n\"We are providing a full and interactive blended learning offer this term, in line with Welsh Government guidance, so that students can receive good experiences and a high-quality education, enabling them to progress and complete their studies on time.\"", "Software giant Github has apologised for firing a Jewish employee who warned co-workers to be careful about Nazis.\n\nThe employee was fired two days after using the word to describe participants in the US Capitol riots.\n\nBut Github now says that decision was a mistake, and its head of HR has resigned over the scandal.\n\nThe company says it has offered the fired employee his job back, and clarified that \"employees are free to express concerns about Nazis\".\n\nMicrosoft-owned Github is one of the most popular software development tools in the world, with more than 50 million users. News of the internal row was first reported by Business Insider.\n\nPeople associated with a range of extreme and far-right groups and supporters of fringe online conspiracy theories stormed Congress.\n\nAs it happened, the Jewish employee posted to an internal Github Slack channel: \"Stay safe homies, Nazis are about.\"\n\nBut the comment sparked criticism from a co-worker about the use of the word \"Nazi\" to describe the rioters, calling it \"untasteful conduct\" for the workplace.\n\nThe Jewish employee, who wished to remain anonymous, told Techcrunch he had been \"genuinely concerned about his co-workers in the area, in addition to his Jewish family members\".\n\nTwo days later, he was fired for his \"patterns of behaviour\".\n\nBut the firing led to an outcry from many more co-workers, with hundreds signing an internal letter calling on Github to explain the decision - and to publicly denounce Nazis.\n\nAmid the outcry, the company opened an investigation with an external investigator.\n\n\"The investigation revealed significant errors of judgment and procedure,\" chief executive Erica Brescia wrote in a blogpost. \"Our head of HR has taken personal accountability and resigned from GitHub.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joe Biden: \"Yesterday, in my view, was one of the darkest days in the history of our nation.\"\n\nShe said the firm had \"reversed the decision to separate with the employee\", and had contacted him - but it is not clear if the employee wishes to return after the treatment he received.\n\nThe company has also issued statements condemning white supremacists, Nazism, anti-Semitism, and those who took part in the Capitol riots.", "A group of London business leaders has written to the government calling for financial support for the struggling rail firm Eurostar.\n\nIn a letter to the Treasury and Department for Transport, they urge \"swift action to safeguard its future\".\n\nBosses of firms such as Fortnum & Mason signed the letter asking for access to government loans and business rates relief \"at the very least\".\n\nThe government says it is \"working closely\" with Eurostar.\n\nThe cross-Channel rail company is threatened by a large drop in passenger numbers due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions.\n\nIt reported in November that passenger numbers had been down 95% since March 2020.\n\nWith two trains an hour normally scheduled in peak hours, it now runs just two services a day from London to Paris and Brussels.\n\nThe letter, coordinated by business campaigning group London First and seen by the BBC, describes the firm as one that has \"fallen through the cracks\". Unlike some airlines, it has not been eligible for government-backed loans.\n\n\"If this viable business is allowed to fall between the cracks of support - neither an airline, nor a domestic railway - our recovery could be damaged,\" it says.\n\nCo-signed by 28 leaders, including the vice-chancellor of Middlesex University, the chief executive of West End property company Shaftesbury, as well as the boss of the ExCeL conference centre, the letter points out that the company currently employs 1,200 people in the UK.\n\nThe firm is 55% owned by French state rail firm SNCF. The UK government sold its stake in the business to private companies for £757m in 2015.\n\nThe letter also credits Eurostar with reducing carbon emissions. Since it launched in 1994, it has transported more than 190 million passengers between Britain and mainland Europe.\n\nA spokesman for Eurostar said: \"Without additional funding from government there is a real risk to the survival of Eurostar, the green gateway to Europe.\n\nHe described the current situation as \"very serious\".\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Transport said: \"We recognise the significant financial challenges facing Eurostar as a result of Covid-19 and the unprecedented circumstances currently faced by the international travel industry.\"\n\nHe added the government had been in contact with Eurostar \"on a regular basis\" since the start of the coronavirus crisis and would continue to work closely with the firm.\n• None How are travel rules being relaxed?", "A small group of armed protesters held a rally in front of the capitol building in Texas\n\nSmall groups of protesters - some of them armed - gathered on Sunday at statehouses in the US, where tensions are high after the deadly riots at the Capitol in Washington.\n\nProtests were held outside capitol buildings in Texas, Oregon, Michigan, Ohio and elsewhere.\n\nBut many other statehouses were quiet, amid a ramping up of security across US legislatures. No clashes were reported.\n\nThe FBI has warned of armed protests ahead of Wednesday's inauguration.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden will take office two weeks after pro-Trump protesters stormed the US Capitol in Washington DC on 6 January, leaving five dead, including a police officer.\n\nMore than 25,000 National Guard troops are being deployed to secure Washington. In a sign of just how worried officials are about potential unrest, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told the Associated Press on Sunday that all Guard members were being vetted because of fears of an insider threat.\n\nAlso on Sunday, a county official from New Mexico was arrested in Washington in connection with the riots at the US Capitol on 6 January.\n\nCouy Griffin, the founder of a group called Cowboys for Trump, had vowed to return on inauguration day with firearms to \"embrace my Second Amendment\".\n\nMany cities had prepared for potentially violent protests over the weekend, erecting barriers and deploying thousands of National Guard troops.\n\nPosts on pro-Trump and far-right online networks had called for armed demonstrations on Sunday in particular, but some militias told their followers not to attend, citing heavy security or claiming the planned events were police traps.\n\nSmall crowds of protesters numbering in the dozens gathered in only some cities, leaving the streets surrounding many statehouses largely empty.\n\nMembers of the the Boogaloo Bois were seen outside the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing\n\nThe New York Times reported about 25 members of the Boogaloo Bois movement were among heavily-armed protesters who gathered at the statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. But the men - who are part of a loosely organised extremist group that wants to overthrow the US government - said they were there for a long-planned gun rights rally.\n\nMeanwhile in Michigan, about two dozen people - some carrying rifles - protested outside the statehouse in Lansing, as police watched on.\n\n\"I am not here to be violent and I hope no one shows up to be violent,\" one protester told Reuters news agency.\n\nA similarly small group of about a dozen protesters, a few armed with rifles, stood outside the Texas Capitol in Austin.\n\nOutside Pennsylvania's capitol in Harrisburg, one Trump supporter noted the poor turn-out, telling Reuters: \"There's nothing going on.\"\n\nMore protests are expected on Wednesday, when Mr Biden will officially be sworn into office, replacing Mr Trump as president.\n\nMr Biden will issue executive orders to reverse President Trump's travel bans and re-join the Paris climate accord on his first day in the White House.\n\nThe president-elect is also expected to focus on reuniting families separated at the US-Mexico border, and to issue mandates on Covid-19 and mask-wearing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The US Capitol is on high alert ahead of Biden's inauguration\n\nMuch of Washington DC has been locked down ahead of the inauguration. The National Mall, which is usually thronged with thousands of people for inaugurations, has been shut at the request of the Secret Service.\n\nThe Biden team had already asked Americans to avoid travelling to the nation's capital for the inauguration because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Local officials said people should watch the event remotely.", "China's economy grew at the slowest pace in more than four decades last year, official figures show, but remains on course to be the only major economy to have expanded in 2020.\n\nThe economy grew 2.3% last year, despite Covid-19 shutdowns causing output to slump in early 2020.\n\nStrict virus containment measures and emergency relief for businesses helped the economy recover.\n\nGrowth in the final three months of the year picked up to 6.5%.\n\n\"The GDP data shows the economy has almost normalised. This momentum will continue, although the current Covid-19 outbreak in a couple of provinces in northern China might temporarily cause fluctuation,\" said Yue Su, principal economist for the Economist Intelligence Unit.\n\nChina's mainland share markets as well as Hong Kong's Hang Seng posted modest gains on the latest figures, which exceeded economists' expectations, according to a Reuters poll.\n\nHowever, Covid-19 was still a major drain on growth in 2020, with nationwide shutdowns of factories and manufacturing plants forcing economic growth down to its slowest rate for four decades.\n\nChina's manufacturing sector appears to have recovered, with Monday's data showing a 7.3% increase in industrial output.\n\nExports have also led the way. Data last week showed Chinese exports grew by more than expected in December, as coronavirus disruptions around the world fuelled demand for Chinese goods.\n\nThat is despite a stronger yuan, which makes Chinese exports more expensive for overseas buyers.\n\nChina's economy has seen a strong rebound, while the rest of the world struggles with anaemic demand, millions of job losses, and businesses shutting down.\n\nChina's economic engine roared back to life after a brutal lockdown that saw the Chinese economy contract by a historic 6.8% in the first quarter of 2020.\n\nWe should always be circumspect about Chinese data - with the usual caveat that the trajectory of the data rather than the figures themselves are a useful guide to how China's economy is growing.\n\nWhat these numbers show is that China's strategy of locking down cities hard and quickly has worked.\n\nA combination of government-led investment and global demand for Chinese goods also helped to power a rapid recovery, and boost exports.\n\nStill - this is the lowest rate of annual growth in more than 40 years for the economic giant. Worries over a resurgence of the virus are also clouding China's growth outlook, with consumer demand still weak.\n\nAnd Beijing is trying to navigate a prickly trade relationship with the US, with the incoming administration unlikely to be softer on China than President Donald Trump.\n\nAll of these challenges will no doubt weigh on Chinese growth in 2021 - but they seem to be in a better place than the rest of the world's major economies.\n\nIt was not all good news from the latest figures.\n\nLi Wei, a senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank, said pandemic-related exports and credit-fuelled car and housing sales accounted for much of the growth, while domestic demand lagged behind.\n\n\"Domestic household consumption of food, clothing, furniture and utilities remains below pre-pandemic levels, while the hospitality and transportation sectors continue to face capacity and travel restrictions,\" he told Reuters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does China’s economy matter to you?\n\nAlthough retail sales grew by 4.6% in the fourth quarter of 2020, they fell by 3.9% for the year.\n\nMany analysts are tipping growth to accelerate in 2021, but the China Bureau of Statistics has warned of a \"grave and complex environment both at home and abroad\", with the pandemic having a \"huge impact\".\n\nChina still faces many challenges, including continuing trade tensions with the US and how they might play out under the administration of President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office later this week.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lorry drivers have been holding up the traffic in Westminster.\n\nBoris Johnson has pledged £23m to help businesses affected by Brexit delays amid protests by fishing firms.\n\nDemonstrations took place outside government departments in central London by exporters who are warning their livelihoods are under threat.\n\nExports of fresh fish and seafood have been severely disrupted by new border controls since the UK's transition period ended earlier this month.\n\nThe PM said firms would be compensated for delays that were not their fault.\n\nIndustry associations have complained that extra paperwork has made it difficult to deliver fresh produce to mainland Europe before it goes off.\n\nThey have warned that if the situation continues, jobs could soon be at risk.\n\nPressed on what he would do in response, Mr Johnson said the government would step in to support firms which \"through no fault of their own have experienced bureaucratic delays, difficulties getting their goods through, where there is a genuine willing buyer on the other side of the channel\".\n\n\"There's a £23m compensation fund we've set up and we'll make sure they get help,\" he said.\n\nDetails of the scheme are expected later this week.\n\nAfter a day of protests in central London, which saw 20 lorries drive up Whitehall, the Metropolitan Police said 14 people had been reported for Covid-related offences, but no arrests were made.\n\nMark Moore, manager of the Dartmouth Crab Company, said his business and others were protesting to \"raise awareness\" of the impact of new border checks.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 5 Live his company had faced delays of up to eight and a half hours when delivering produce into the European Union.\n\nHe added that the situation was \"especially difficult\" for the shellfish sector, where goods were at risk of going off before reaching customers.\n\n\"It's not about the increased documentation per se,\" he said.\n\n\"We have taken that on board, and we ourselves - and I know many others - have had no issues with producing the actual paperwork.\n\n\"It's the volume required and the timeframe in which to produce it, which doesn't lend itself to live shellfish and fish generally.\"\n\nThere are 24 lorries in total, overwhelmingly from seafood exporters in Scotland. Businesses taking part say the Brexit trade deal has left their industry high and dry.\n\nAnd although one haulier from Aberdeenshire I spoke to was keen to stress that their coordinated protest was peaceful, it is clear that they all feel that direct action is now necessary to make the government sit up and take notice.\n\nGood natured though their action was, it did for a time cause serious traffic congestion along Whitehall and Parliament Square.\n\nHowever, low levels of traffic perhaps caused by the Covid lockdown meant the roads around Whitehall didn't grind to a complete halt.\n\nAt stake, they believe, is an industry, but also thousands of livelihoods. Exporters say they are backed by fishermen who are struggling to land their catches.\n\nAnd although the rural Scottish communities which are sustained by fishing might seem like a long way from the streets of SW1, the hauliers certainly made their presence felt this morning.\n\nHaving left the EU's customs union and the single market, UK exports are subject to new customs and veterinary checks which have caused problems at the border.\n\nSome Scottish fishermen have been landing their catch in Denmark to avoid the \"bureaucratic system\" involved in exporting to Europe, according to Scotland's rural economy secretary.\n\nLast week, Boris Johnson told a committee of MPs that fishing firms impacted by disruption would be compensated for \"temporary frustrations\".\n\nBut the BBC was told that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) did not know about the promise of compensation before it was made by Mr Johnson.\n\nSpeaking to reporters, the prime minister said he understood the \"frustrations\" of the fishing industry, noting its plight had been \"exacerbated by the Covid pandemic\".\n\n\"Unfortunately, the demand in restaurants on the continent for UK fish has not been what it was before the pandemic, just because the restaurants have been closed for so long,\" he added.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused ministers of trying to \"blame fishing communities\" for problems \"rather than accepting it's their failure to prepare\".\n\n\"The government has known there would be a problem with fishing and particularly the sale of fish into the EU for years,\" he told reporters.\n\nMuch media attention has been focussed on Scotland as this export crisis has unfolded.\n\nBut exactly the same problem is rearing its head in the UK's other great fishing stronghold - at the other end of the UK in Devon and Cornwall.\n\nA virtual Who's Who of South West fishing leaders wrote to the environment secretary back in November warning that the new post-Brexit export requirements would have a \"seriously detrimental effect\" on the industry, claiming this \"could be the final straw for many businesses\".\n\nHere, too, many fish exports have now ground to a halt and others have encountered obstacles and long delays.\n\nAnd exporters have reacted angrily to the government's repeated insistence that the issues they've been experiencing over the last two weeks are just \"teething problems\".", "Although it has been common to hear and see the impact on care homes internationally throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, one country where such insight has been rare is China.\n\nPrivate care homes have been growing in popularity in China in recent years, but there are some stigmas associated with the industry.\n\nIn China, many view nursing homes as going against the cultural concept of “filial piety”. This is the belief that the young should respect for and care for their elders, and so many believe the elderly should live with their children, and not live in care homes.\n\nHowever, as cases of the virus grow in the northeast of the country, the official broadcaster CCTV has offered viewers a rare insight into how China’s elderly in these facilities are being protected.\n\nA journalist today has visited the Shijiazhuang Nursing Home. Shijiazhuang is the Chinese city that has been hardest hit by the virus in recent weeks.\n\nIn a 30-minute livestream in which he is clad in hazmat suit and visor, journalist Gu Junling introduces viewers to how the facilities are kept safe, and shows viewers inside the care home’s stockrooms, packed with ample provisions for its residents.\n\nMany of the residents seem happy to speak to the journalist and talk about how they are healthy, and happy. Masks are mandatory for both residents and staff, even in the areas outside on-site. However, far from being kept under house arrest, residents are shown to have sufficient space to go outside, use computers and games rooms.", "Tributes have been paid to the actor Andy Gray who has died at the age of 61.\n\nThe Perth-born star was a well known face on TV and the stage for more than 40 years.\n\nAmong his best known on-screen roles were \"Chancer\" in the 1980s comedy City Lights and more recently \"Pete Galloway\" in BBC soap River City.\n\nHis River City co-star Gayle Telfer Stevens said Gray was a \"national treasure\".\n\nShe added: \"Not only was he an exceptional actor and entertainer who brought so much joy to so many people, he was an extraordinary man.\n\n\"When you were in his presence you could feel it was of greatness. The most kind, clever, funny beyond measure, beautiful man.\"\n\nAndy Gray, second from the left in the back row, starred as \"Chancer\" in the hit 1980s comedy show \"City Lights\"\n\nAndy Gray performing at the Edinburgh Festival in 2013\n\nSteve Carson, director of BBC Scotland, said: \"We are deeply saddened by the news that one of Scotland's much loved comedy actors and close friend to many at BBC Scotland, Andy Gray has passed away.\n\n\"On screen and in person he could always make you laugh and was one of the kindest people to have around on any production. Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.\"\n\nAndy Gray, pictured with Grant Stott, had been one of the stars at Edinburgh's King's Theatre pantomime for years\n\nMartin McCardie, executive producer at BBC Scotland Studios, added: \"When Andy joined River City in 2016 he had an extremely successful stage, TV and film career behind him, but the character of Pete Galloway turned out to be one of the most popular ever to pass through Shieldinch.\n\n\"Andy took ill in 2018 and he had to leave the show and he had a difficult time. His ongoing recovery was borne with humour and gratitude for what he had. He had unfinished business on River City and we were looking forward to welcoming him back to film with us before the end of the current series.\"\n\nAndy Gray was genuinely one of the nicest people in the world of showbusiness.\n\nWhether you were an actor, or a journalist, or just someone who'd seen him in panto, he was always ready to have a chat.\n\nWhen he dropped out of his Fringe show in 2018, after being diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia, he was inundated with good wishes, but said he wanted privacy to deal with his illness.\n\nHe retreated to his home in Perthshire and took the time to recover.\n\nWhen he returned to the stage of the Kings Theatre in Edinburgh for their 2019 panto, it was an emotional milestone.\n\nWrapped in his Batman dressing gown backstage (he was a huge fan with a shed full of film paraphernalia) he admitted it could be overwhelming. Sometimes the whoops and cheers of the audience at his arrival in the midst of a glitzy song and dance routine would go on for several minutes.\n\nHis co-stars Grant Stott and Allan Stewart watched from the wings and said it had restored the balance of their long established trio. The Kings is one of the only theatres to have a tradition of a pantette - where the cast sit in the auditorium and watch the front of house staff performing the show. Andy wasn't spared the merciless send up, nor would he have wanted to.\n\nDaughter Claire was also in the show - as one of the three bears - and her baby daughter was in Andy's arms for the curtain call. But whether his actual family, or his panto family, or the generations of people who've seen him onstage or screen, it was a moment of hope, as well as joy, that someone who'd brought so much laughter and entertainment to Scotland was back.\n\nThat's why his sudden death at 61 is such a cruel blow.\n\nHe had been campaigning to keep the Kings afloat, and was involved in online performances. He and Allan Stewart had hoped to appear in one of the few surviving pantomimes in Milton Keynes but that too was cancelled.\n\nFriends and colleagues knew he'd been admitted to hospital in the last few days, and feared the worst. Those who simply knew him as someone who made them laugh, on stage or screen, are no less bereft.\n\nTonight the world of Scottish entertainment is in mourning for a gifted comic actor, writer and genuinely nice man.", "Aberystwyth University's vice chancellor told students not to attend lectures unless \"absolutely necessary\"\n\nAberystwyth University has told its students not to return to campus following new advice from the Welsh Government.\n\nA phased return had been planned from 11 January, but this has now been postponed.\n\nVice-chancellor Prof Elizabeth Treasure said students should not attend the university, in Ceredigion, unless \"absolutely necessary.\"\n\nOn Friday the Welsh Government told learners \"study from home if you can\".\n\nMs Treasure said: \"We are reviewing our plans for in-person teaching and will inform you as soon as we can. Whilst we are reviewing those plans, we don't want students travelling to the university unnecessarily.\"\n\nShe said there were certain exceptions, including students without internet access and those for whom laboratory access was essential.\n\nWales' Education Minister, Kirsty Williams, said universities were reviewing their plans based on their individual circumstances.\n\n\"On return, students are also expected to take two asymptomatic tests and comply with rules as they re-join their term time household,\" she said.\n\nDespite the announcement, Bangor University said on Facebook on Friday that it \"falls under the rules of the Welsh Government which allow for a staggered return to blended learning\".\n\nCardiff University said earlier this week that most students would not return to face-to-face teaching until 22 February.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"Our message to students, staff and universities in general is the same as the rest of the population: Stay home, work or study from home if you can.\n\n\"Only attend your place of work or study if you can't work from home.\"\n\nThe new announcement came after calls for clarity were made because of differences with the rules in England.\n\nAt that point, the Welsh Government and Universities Wales said the plans agreed before Christmas would remain in place.\n\nOn Friday, it was announced that schools and colleges would stay closed to most pupils until the February half term unless there is a \"significant\" fall in Covid cases.", "LAS received almost 200,000 calls in December - up 50,000 on November, when London was in the second national lockdown\n\nLast week London exceeded the grim milestone of 10,000 deaths linked to Covid-19. Thousands of people are critically ill in hospital, and as many as 5% of Londoners are thought to have the virus in some parts of the city. As coronavirus continues to circulate silently around the capital, staff at the London Ambulance Service (LAS) are under immense pressure.\n\nThe service is currently taking up to 8,500 calls a day, compared with a pre-Covid figure of 5,000 to 6,000, according to its chief executive Garrett Emmerson.\n\nLizzie Cooke is one of the workers at LAS's south London headquarters who are dealing with strangers at what is a distressing time.\n\nI covered the London Bridge terror attacks and Grenfell but this is a different scale\n\nCalmly, the 30-year-old answers the phone and usually asks first if the patient is breathing.\n\n\"In the first wave we were getting a lot of calls of [people seeking] reassurance,\" Lizzie says. \"But now there are more and more who have symptoms, and family members are really frightened.\"\n\nIt is a fear that Lizzie knows all too well, having been hospitalised with Covid-19 in March. She spent a week receiving treatment for the virus.\n\n\"I was at work taking calls and struggling to concentrate,\" the call-handling supervisor says. \"At times I would just have my head on the desk in between calls.\n\n\"I started to develop chest pains five days later so my parents took me to Royal County Hospital, in Hampshire, and an X-ray showed a lot of fluid in my lungs. It was quite horrible.\n\n\"Luckily, I wasn't on a ventilator but I had the oxygen hood, and the nurses were so rushed off their feet. I didn't have my phone with me or know my parents' numbers off by heart so for that week I was quite alone and isolated.\n\n\"It was just a mixture of the unknown and not knowing when it was going to stop that was so daunting.\"\n\nThe unprecedented volume of calls means waiting times for patients are increasing\n\nLizzie's personal battle with coronavirus has helped her to empathise with people who call up with breathing problems.\n\nIt's something she says she's having to do more and more.\n\n\"Just before Christmas we were getting a lot of respiratory and cardiac arrest calls,\" she says. \"You could just hear colleagues counting to four [for chest compressions] and it was echoing around the room. It has been tough.\n\n\"We are getting calls from family members who are really frightened. I covered the London Bridge terror attacks and Grenfell but this is a different scale.\n\n\"I did get one call for toothache, but that's part of the job.\"\n\nLizzie, who lives in Hampshire, says that because the coverage of coronavirus is everywhere, it is \"difficult to escape\".\n\nWhen she's not at work she binge-watches Line of Duty on Netflix, but she says winding down isn't easy.\n\nLizzie sometimes thinks about the people who aren't following the rules aimed at helping stop the spread of the virus, and those who deny Covid-19 even exists.\n\n\"It's a kick in the teeth,\" she says. \"It is frustrating on the way to work when you see people not wearing masks or even posting stuff on social media not believing the virus is real.\n\n\"I just don't know where the disconnect is coming from; there are many people in hospital, many people dying, and I don't know what more needs to be said to make them realise how dangerous the illness is.\"\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nSitting a few metres away from Lizzie is 24-year-old Louise Essam, who has been in the job for two years.\n\n\"Every call we take at the moment is coronavirus,\" she says. \"My record was 108 calls in a day back in March during the first wave.\n\n\"But easily in the last few weeks I've been taking around 100 a day at times,\" Louise adds.\n\n\"We are just doing the best we can,\" says emergency call co-ordinator Louise Essam\n\n\"Sometimes I'll come in for a shift and can just hear colleagues counting one, two, three, four, for the compressions, and you just know what kind of shift it is going to be.\n\n\"It has been tough and quite frustrating, really. We are trying to help people. We are under so much pressure as there are high waiting times, but we are just doing the best we can.\"\n\nHelp is at hand though from the LAS workers' fellow emergency services personnel.\n\nMet Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick visited Wembley Stadium on Wednesday, where her officers are being trained to drive ambulances\n\nSeventy-five Met Police officers are currently being trained at Wembley Stadium to drive ambulances.\n\nThey will start work as drivers from 20 January, joining the 200 firefighters who are already helping LAS.\n\n\"It came as a huge relief when they announced it,\" says 37-year-old paramedic Ben West.\n\nBen West has been with the London Ambulance Service for 13 years\n\nAs is the case with many frontline workers, Ben says he is concerned about the dangers of exposure to coronavirus.\n\nHe has lost four colleagues to Covid-19, including Ian Reynolds, a paramedic based in Croydon, and Melonie Mitchell, a member of the NHS 111 team. They both died during the first wave in April.\n\n\"I wouldn't be a normal person if I said I wasn't scared,\" he says.\n\n\"I am scared and I do worry but we take every day as it comes, take our precautions and we just see where we go with that.\n\n\"We know the virus is out there in the community and we are not immune.\"", "Audi factories, like others, will make thousands fewer cars at the start of this year\n\nAudi is having to slow production because of a computer-chip shortage it is calling a \"crisis upon a crisis\".\n\nBoss Markus Duesmann said it was now aiming to make 10,000 fewer cars in the first quarter of the year and putting more than 10,000 workers on furlough.\n\nIts parent company, Volkswagen, announced its own go-slow due to a lack of chips last week, alongside rivals such as Honda.\n\nMr Duesmann told the Financial Times carmakers had been caught by surprise.\n\nAfter a poor start to 2020 for new car sales, manufacturers cut their orders from the Chinese factories making computer chips.\n\nBut then, at the end of the year, \"everybody was quite surprised by the strength of the market\", Mr Duesmann said.\n\nHowever, ordering new chips is not simple.\n\nCCS Insight analyst Geoff Blaber said: \"Semiconductors have a broad range of applications but a very limited pool of companies capable of manufacturing the silicon.\n\n\"Demand is high, and supply is tight\" and any sudden needs \"can prove very difficult to accommodate\".\n\n\"Modern cars are becoming computers on wheels, with an abundance of silicon required to control everything from the infotainment system to camera, radar and lidar,\" he said.\n\nThe demand from carmakers \"competes for manufacturing capacity with smartphones, servers and a host of other segments\".\n\nAnd a boom in the market for devices such as PCs and new game consoles was making it doubly difficult to book manufacturing time.\n\nThe shortages have seen Mercedes-maker Daimler, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Subaru and Toyota all reportedly suspend production for days or weeks at a time.\n\nAnd German car-parts company Continental described \"largescale supply shortages\", with lead times of six to nine months, adding bottlenecks were expected to continue \"well into 2021, causing major disruptions\".", "Two drivers from Scotland were stopped by police on Anglesey going to see friends.\n\nPeople who drove more than 200 miles to visit friends in Wales and a group having a party in a garden shed have been caught breaking Covid rules.\n\nPolice forces in Wales have broken up parties, football matches and fined people for visiting beauty spots this weekend while Wales is in lockdown.\n\nTwo motorists were reported by North Wales Police in Anglesey after driving from Scotland to visit friends.\n\nWhile in Swansea, eight people were fined after a party was held in a shed.\n\nThe drivers from Scotland were stopped by police at Valley, near Holyhead, and reported for driving without insurance and breaching Covid travel restrictions.\n\nOfficers from North Wales Police on Saturday also stopped a car from Portsmouth as the driver was travelling to \"collect a front bumper\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEven though national parks have shut car parks in a bid to stop people visiting, North Wales Police said it received about 100 calls on Saturday about potential Covid breaches - and officers told people they need to take \"personal responsibility\" and \"stay home\".\n\nSouth Wales Police officers issued fixed penalty notices after finding people from \"all different households\" in a shed - which had been converted into a bar - in the Sketty area of Swansea all \"mixing together\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Mark Drakeford This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA further nine fixed penalty notices were given out in the Townhill area of the city after different households attended a baby reveal party on Sunday.\n\nFive people were warned about breaking laws in Neath Port Talbot after a group travelled to a field to play football, while four people were fined after a house party in Aberavon.\n\nUnder coronavirus rules people are only allowed to leave their homes for \"essential\" reasons, including to shop for food, get medical treatment and to exercise.\n\nWhile exercise is allowed, people are not allowed to drive to a spot for a walk, run or cycle, and the law means exercising with people you do not live with (or who are your bubble if you live alone) is banned.\n\nThose found to be in breach of Covid laws can be fined £60 for the first offence, with the penalties increasing up to £1,920. If prosecuted, however, a court can impose an unlimited fine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid lockdown: 'This is why we say to you do not come out'\n\nUntil recently police had been using an education first approach, but the Welsh Government has repeatedly said it wants to see stricter enforcement of the rules.\n\nIn Powys, road officers from Dyfed-Powys Police stopped cars and turned around people driving to exercise.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Traffic Wales North & Mid #KeepWalesSafe This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn Port Talbot, two people sat on a bench drinking alcohol were fined by South Wales Police for \"leaving home without a reasonable excuse\".\n\nGwent Police officers broke-up a house party in Glyn-Gaer, Caerphilly county, on Friday evening and issued fines.", "A non-binding Labour motion calling for the universal credit top-up to be kept in place beyond 31 March passed by 278 votes to none after a Commons debate.\n\nSix Tory MPs defied party orders to abstain and voted with Labour, adding to the pressure on the PM on the issue.\n\nThe prime minister said the government had provided £280bn worth of support during the pandemic but all measures would be kept under \"constant review\".\n\nThe motion, which will not automatically lead to a change in policy, was put forward by Labour as a way to put additional pressure on the government to continue the increase, worth £1,000 a year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Carl, a roofer, describes going from \"not having enough to barely having enough\" on universal credit.\n\nFormer Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb was among six Conservative MPs to rebel, along with Peter Aldous, Robert Halfon, Jason McCartney, Anne Marie Morris and Matthew Offord.\n\nAhead of the vote, Mr Crabb told the BBC that although there were \"difficult pressures on the chancellor\" extending the increase for 12 months was \"the right thing to do\".\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said there were dozens of Conservative MPs who were \"deeply uneasy\" about ending the £20 weekly increase to universal credit.\n\nShe added that it was also understood the cabinet minister with responsibility for benefits, Therese Coffey, was arguing that the uplift should not be dropped in April.\n\nCharities and anti-poverty campaigners are pleading with the government to keep the support in place, describing it as a lifeline for more than 5.5 million families who receive the standard universal credit allowance.\n\nFood poverty campaigner and chef Jack Monroe told the BBC that the £20 increase \"has been a lifeline\" for millions of people who have needed to top up their income or rely on universal credit payments in order to get by.\n\nSir Keir said the increase was a vital safety net for those who had lost their jobs, seen their working hours slashed or who were not eligible for the government's wage subsidy furlough scheme.\n\n\"If we don't give a helping hand to families through this pandemic, then we are going to slow our economic recovery as we come out it.\n\n\"We urge Boris Johnson to change course and give families certainty today that their incomes will be protected.\"\n\nSix billion pounds of the benefits bill - the difference between poverty or not for 1.2 million families, according to a think tank.\n\nThe £1,040 a year increase to universal credit is a very emotive issue.\n\nThere's even a battle over what to call it.\n\nTo the government, its introduction was a one-off boost to cope with a crisis. For Labour, taking it away is a cut.\n\nMinisters would prefer we looked at the overall level of support they've provided for workers and businesses during the pandemic. The opposition say the £20 a week boost is a powerful symbol of the state's willingness to help.\n\nEven the act of debating it today is disputed. Labour say they've got the right occasionally to set the agenda in Parliament. Boris Johnson said his MPs risk abuse from campaigners and protestors if they engage.\n\nThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation has suggested about 16 million people will be directly affected if the £20 is rolled back.\n\nIt says 500,000 more people will be driven into poverty, including 200,000 children, while a further 500,000 of those already in poverty will find themselves in even worse hardship.\n\nHowever, free market think tank the Institute for Economic Affairs has argued that \"across-the-board benefit increases are a wasteful use of taxpayers' money\" at a time when the government is borrowing \"a hair-raising amount of money\".\n\nUniversal credit is a single payment replacing old benefits such as housing benefit and child tax credits.\n\nYou can claim universal credit if you are on a low income or are out of work.\n\nThe standard allowance varies from around £340 to just under £600 a month, depending on your age or whether you are single.\n\nYou may be eligible to receive more money on top of the standard allowance if, for example, you have children or a health condition.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the Northern Research Group, Conservative MP John Stevenson said the £1,000 increase had been \"a real life-saver for people throughout this pandemic\".\n\n\"To end it now would be devastating for the 6 million individuals and families who are already struggling to stay afloat,\" he added.\n\nWhile the vote is not binding, and will not lead to a change in policy, it will increase pressure on the government to keep the increase or come up with an alternative.\n\nLabour said the Conservatives' decision to abstain created \"unnecessary uncertainty\" but minister Nadhim Zahawi described the vote as \"a political stunt\".\n\nThe government says it has strengthened the welfare system with an extra £7bn of funding during the pandemic while families struggling with food and household bills can get help through the £170m Winter Grant Scheme.\n\nMinisters also point to extra support for housing costs, through an increase in local housing allowance for those on housing benefits and hardship payments worth £670m next year for those unable to pay their council tax bills.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Staff are in \"the eye of the storm\" amid the coronavirus pandemic, the NHS says\n\nTen hospital trusts across England consistently reported having no spare adult critical care beds in the most recent figures.\n\nIt comes as hospital waiting times, coronavirus admissions and patients requiring intensive care are rising.\n\nEngland's 140 acute trusts had 5,503 adult critical care beds on 10 January, with 4,632 in use.\n\nNHS bosses have warned hospitals could \"hit the limit\" of their capacity this week.\n\n\"I think, this next week, we will be at the limit of what we probably have the physical space and the people to safely do,\" Danny Mortimer, the chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said.\n\n\"And, of course, this is the week when we expect also the highest rate of admissions, the highest demand for the care that we're providing.\"\n\nThe latest figures from NHS England show the number of trusts that were, on average, at full capacity in adult critical care across an entire week rose from four to 10 in the week to 10 January.\n\nThis was the highest number in the last 10 weeks for which data was available.\n\nThe increase comes despite trusts adding an additional 50% \"surge\" capacity across the summer and autumn to cope with winter pressures, according to NHS England.\n\nOverall, 30 acute hospital trusts in England had no spare adult critical care beds on 10 January alone. But daily admissions figures can vary from day-to-day as patients move in and out of intensive care.\n\nSpeaking on the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said nine critical care patients had recently been transferred to other parts of the country because of no beds being available in their local area.\n\nSpeaking about all admissions, Sir Simon said hospitals in England had seen an increase of 15,000 inpatients since Christmas Day.\n\n\"That's the equivalent of filling 30 hospitals full of coronavirus patients and staggeringly every 30 seconds across England another patient is being admitted to hospital with coronavirus,\" he added.\n\nHelen Buckingham, from Health think-tank The Nuffield Trust, said the NHS was facing a winter \"like no other\" and, on top of rising coronavirus hospital admissions, critical care beds were also required for non-Covid patients.\n\n\"The NHS has pulled out all the stops to create more beds this year, and hospitals are working together so that patients who need critical care can be moved to other hospitals as necessary - but without more fully trained critical care staff there isn't much further the service can go,\" she said.\n\nThe figures only tell part of the story. The creation of extra beds to cope with rising numbers of Covid patients has come at a price.\n\nCritical care beds have been set up in overspill areas including departments usually reserved for operations. What is more, there is no extra staff to look after these extra patients - so specialist intensive care nurses have been stretched across more patients than normal. Instead of providing one-to-one care for the most sick, some areas are seeing nurses looking after three or four patients.\n\nStaff from other areas have had to be redeployed into critical care departments too.\n\nThat of course comes at a cost to non-Covid services and is part of the reason we have seen planned surgery and even cancer care being cut back on.\n\nA leaked email recently revealed about 200 doctors would be redeployed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham amid fears its intensive care unit could be \"overwhelmed\".\n\nUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust said it had \"significantly\" more patients in hospital with Covid-19 than in April last year.\n\nThe trust had 147 critical care beds available across its hospitals as of 10 January, all of which were full as of the latest figures.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nA spokesman said the trust would continue to extend its intensive care teams \"so they are able to treat the rising number of Covid-19 patients and those who require time-critical surgery, including cancer operations\".\n\nAiredale NHS Foundation Trust, despite having nine critical care beds overall, said it did not normally experience full occupancy at this time in the year and the ward had both Covid and non-Covid patients.\n\n\"We are experiencing normal winter pressures across the trust, combined with an increasing number of Covid-19 patients, particularly over the last week,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\n\"Every bed in ICU that is occupied by a Covid-19 patient is one less available for people who need that level of care for other reasons.\"\n\nSir Simon said the current number of patients in critical care was a \"clear indication of the huge pressure on the NHS\", including ambulance and mental health services as well as hospitals.\n\n\"The likelihood is, even with a stabilising of infections in some parts of the country, we're still seeing increases in infections among the over-60s in many parts of the country,\" he added.\n\n\"The forecasts are the pressure on hospitals will only get more intense over the next several weeks.\"\n\nNHS England said critical care services were under \"unprecedented pressure\".\n\nA spokeswoman added that hospitals had \"tried and tested plans in place\" to manage pressure from increased Covid-19 and non-Covid patients, including mutual aid practices where hospitals work together to manage admissions.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Evelyn Jones was one of the care home residents whose family raised concerns\n\nSix care home residents died after suffering dehydration and malnourishment because of alleged neglect, an inquest has been told.\n\nStanley James, 89, June Hamer, 71, Stanley Bradford, 76, Edith Evans, 85, Evelyn Jones, 87, and William Hickman, 71 all died between 2003 and 2005.\n\nThey were residents at Brithdir Nursing Home in New Tredegar, Caerphilly.\n\nThe inquest in Newport follows Operation Jasmine, an £11.6m inquiry into alleged neglect at six homes.\n\nOne of Wales' biggest inquiries, it was launched after the death of an 84-year-old patient at a nursing home in Newbridge, Caerphilly.\n\nOpening the inquest, Assistant Coroner for Gwent Geraint Williams said police started investigating in 2005 following the death of an 84-year-old \"mentally infirm\" woman at another care home in Newbridge.\n\nMr Williams said it led to officers uncovering a \"pattern of concerns linked to other deaths in other care homes\".\n\nJune Hamer went into Brithdir in 2003\n\nIn relation to the Brithdir inquiry, Mr Williams said: \"Operation Jasmine uncovered evidence suggesting poor care of residents, including allegations of poor pressure sore and peg [percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy] feed management, malnourishment, and general neglect of the residents' long-term needs, together with deficient standards of care and nursing practice.\"\n\nThe inquest heard resident Mr James, who had dementia and was not mobile, developed several pressure sores in the 18 months before he died in August 2003.\n\nMr Bradford, who had schizophrenia, was admitted to the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil on several occasions for complaints of \"dehydration, chest and urine infections\".\n\nBefore he died in August 2005 he was \"observed to be seriously malnourished\", by doctors.\n\nDementia patient Mrs Evans was admitted to the same hospital in September 2005, where nurses found the site around her feeding tube \"infected\", while broken skin was found on her buttocks and she appeared \"unkempt and dirty, and her mouth and lips were dry and her tongue was thick\".\n\nThe trial of the late Dr Prana Das for care home neglect collapsed after he suffered brain damage in an attack\n\nDr Prana Das, who owned and ran the nursing home along with several other facilities in Wales, faced a string of charges relating to failings in care.\n\nHe suffered a brain injury during a burglary at his home in 2012 and was declared medically unfit to stand trial.\n\nDr Das died in January 2020 aged 73, but his widow and co-owner of the home, Dr Nishebita Das, who is said not to have taken part in running it, is expected to give evidence at the inquest.\n\nMr Williams told the hearing that, even before the couple purchased the home in April 2002 under their company Puretruce Health Care Limited, \"serious concerns\" were raised by state agencies regarding the number of residents who had suffered pressure ulcers.\n\n\"Those issues continued, even after Dr Das assumed ownership of the home,\" he said.\n\nMr Williams said the inquest will consider the actions of nurses and carers at the home, \"many of whom came to this country from abroad to work and have since returned there, and are now not available to participate in the inquest\".\n\nThe inquest is set to last until March.\n\nA hearing into the death of a seventh resident, Matthew Higgins, 86, will be held following the conclusion of this inquest.", "A Republican lawmaker who had been in office for less than a week when she invoked German dictator Adolf Hitler in a Washington speech has apologised for saying that she agreed with the mass murderer.\n\nIllinois Congresswoman Mary Miller had said in a speech on Tuesday outside the Capitol, one day before her fellow Trump supporters ransacked the building, that Hitler had been \"right\".\n\nMiller told the crowd: \"You know, if we win a few elections we’re still going to be losing unless we win the hearts of our children.\n\n\"It’s the battle. Hitler was right on one thing - that whoever has the youth has the future.\"\n\nHitler, among his supporters in Germany in 1933 Image caption: Hitler, among his supporters in Germany in 1933\n\nThe comments drew large-scale condemnation, with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum saying in a statement that it \"unequivocally condemns any leader trying to advance a position by claiming Adolf Hitler was ‘right.’\"\n\nUnder Hitler, millions of Jews and other minority groups were murdered across Europe by Germany and its allies during World War Two.\n\nOn Friday, Miller insisted that she is not anti-semitic and accused other of \"trying to intentionally twist my words\".\n\n\"I sincerely apologise for any harm my words caused and regret using a reference to one of the most evil dictators in history to illustrate the dangers that outside influences can have on our youth,\" she said.\n\nCorrection 23rd June 2022: This post originally described Mary Miller as having praised Hitler and has been amended to make clear that she invoked Hitler in her speech.", "Who were the protesters that broke into buildings on Capitol Hill after attending a rally in support of Donald Trump?\n\nSome were carrying symbols and flags strongly associated with particular ideas and factions, but in practice many of the members and their causes overlap.\n\nImages show individuals associated with a range of extreme and far-right groups and supporters of fringe online conspiracy theories, many of whom have long been active online and at pro-Trump rallies.\n\nOne of the most startling images, quickly shared across social media, shows a man dressed with a painted face, fur hat and horns, holding an American flag.\n\nHe's been identified as Jake Angeli, a well-known supporter of the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon. He calls himself the QAnon Shaman.\n\nHis social media presence shows him attending multiple QAnon events and posting YouTube videos about deep state conspiracies.\n\nHe was pictured in November making a speech in Phoenix, Arizona, about unproven claims the election was fraudulent.\n\nHis personal Facebook page is filled with images and memes relating to all sorts of extreme ideas and conspiracy theories.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAnother group spotted at the storming of the Capitol were members of the far-right group Proud Boys.\n\nThe organisation was founded in 2016 and is anti-immigrant and all male. In the first US presidential debate President Trump in response to a question about white supremacists and militias said: \"Proud Boys - stand back and stand by.\"\n\nThe individual on the right is Nick Ochs, who describes himself as a \"Proud Boy Elder\".\n\nOne of their members, Nick Ochs, tweeted a selfie inside the building saying \"Hello from the Capital lol\". He also filmed a live stream inside.\n\nWe haven't identified the individual standing on the left in the above image.\n\nMr Ochs' profile on the messaging app Telegram describes himself as a \"Proud Boy Elder from Hawaii.\"\n\nIndividuals with large followings online were also spotted at the protests.\n\nAmong them was the social media personality Tim Gionet, who goes under the pseudonym \"Baked Alaska\".\n\nTim Gionet, better known as \"Baked Alaska\", livestreamed himself from the Capitol on Wednesday\n\nHis livestream from inside the Capitol posted on a niche streaming service was watched by thousands of people and showed him talking to other protesters.\n\nA Trump supporter, Mr Gionet has made a name for himself as an internet troll.\n\nYouTube banned his channel in October after he posted videos of himself harassing shop workers and refusing to wear a face-mask during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nOther platforms that have previously shut down his accounts include Twitter and PayPal.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Treason, traitors and thugs' - the words lawmakers used to describe Capitol riot\n\nA photo that went viral of a man who'd entered the office of senior Democrat politician Nancy Pelosi has been named as Richard Barnett from Arkansas.\n\nRichard Barnett left a message for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying \"we will not back down\"\n\nOutside Capitol Hill buildings, he told the New York Times that he took an envelope from the speaker's office and says left a note calling her an expletive.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matthew Rosenberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nReacting to the New York Times interview, Republican congressman Steve Womack said on Twitter: \"I'm sickened to learn that the below actions were perpetrated by a constituent.\"\n\nLocal media reports say Mr Barnett is involved in a group that supports gun rights, and that he was interviewed at a 'Stop the Steal' rally following the presidential election - a movement that refused to accept Joe Biden's victory and supports the president's unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.\n\nIn the interview at the rally organised by 'Engaged Patriots' he said: \"If you don't like it, send somebody out to get me 'cause I ain't going down easy.\"\n\nThe group associated with Mr Barnett held a fundraiser in October with proceeds going towards body cameras for the local police department, according to the Westside Eagle Observer local paper.\n\nAs the events were unfolding, many social media users, especially those associated with QAnon and supporters of President Trump, were claiming that agitators from the loose-knit left-wing group antifa were involved.\n\nThe implication was that these activists were disguised as Trump supporters to create disruption.\n\nA number of prominent Republican politicians, such as US Representative Matt Gaetz, claimed it was antifa masquerading as Trump supporters.\n\nOne widely-shared post claimed one protester had a \"communist hammer\" tattoo, as evidence that he wasn't a Trump supporter.\n\nOn closer inspection, the symbol is from the video game series Dishonored.\n\nThere have also been suggestions that Mr Angeli, the man wearing fur and horns, was a Black Lives Matter supporter, with users sharing an image of him at a BLM event in Arizona.\n\nMr Angeli was indeed at that event, but he was there as a counter-protester. In images taken there, he's seen holding a QAnon sign.\n\nAt least one of the rioters was holding a Confederate flag, which represented US states that supported the continuation of slavery during the American civil war. For this reason, it is considered by many to be a symbol of racism and there have been calls to ban it across the US. Others see it as an important part of southern US history.\n\nA protester carries the Confederate flag after breaching US Capitol security\n\nIn July it was announced that the flag could no longer be flown on American military properties because of a new policy to reject \"divisive symbols\".\n\nPresident Trump has defended the use of the Confederate flag in the past, saying: \"I know people that like the Confederate flag and they're not thinking about slavery...I just think it's freedom of speech.\"\n\nThere were also protesters holding aloft flags featuring a coiled rattlesnake on a yellow background, often accompanied by the phrase \"don't tread on me\". This is known as the Gadsden flag, harking back to the American revolution and the war to expel British colonialists.\n\nIt was adopted by libertarians in the 1970s, according to an article in the New Yorker, and more recently became a favourite symbol of conservative Tea Party activists.\n\nThe flag has been adopted by the right over the past couple of decades, says Prof Margaret Weir, a political science expert at Brown University.\n\nIt is also used by anti-government, white supremacist groups who embrace violence, she says.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA nurse felt \"overwhelming fear\" as 13 ambulances queued at her hospital's A&E department - in the Welsh region currently hardest hit by Covid deaths.\n\nTo date Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board, which runs Royal Glamorgan Hospital, has reported 1,091 deaths of patients with coronavirus.\n\nBBC Wales was granted access to A&E at the hospital in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nSenior doctor Amanda Farrow said the whole hospital had faced \"unrelenting\" pressure last Saturday.\n\nSarah Fogarasy was the senior nurse on duty as 13 ambulances queued up outside her A&E department\n\nSenior A&E nurse Sarah Fogarasy, who was on shift as the ambulances arrived, said there was no capacity at the unit - a situation that left her wanting \"to leave\".\n\n\"We had to escalate it to our site manager and deputy head of nursing who were liaising with the executive team on call,\" she said.\n\n\"And then it got to 13 patients outside - I had no capacity in this unit, no resuscitation capacity, no capacity to put a patient on CPAP [continuous positive airway pressure] should they require that and no physical areas to put a patient in.\n\nOn Saturday, 13 ambulances queued outside the hospital's A&E department\n\nShe said she found it hard to keep going.\n\n\"This bit makes me quite emotional… for the first time I was sat trying to coordinate this department and I had that overwhelming fear that I just wanted to leave,\" Ms Fogarasy continued.\n\n\"I was just - 'I'm done. I'm done with this'... and it's scary, it fills you full of fear when you have got 13 ambulances outside, queuing around the carpark. Where do you go from that?\"\n\nShe said it was the team that kept her going: \"I started looking around to all the staff working tirelessly and just trying to remember what we're here for and why I became a nurse.\n\n\"I know it sounds soppy but it's literally the humanitarian effort that has gone into [fighting] this pandemic that has kept people going.\n\n\"It's the sheer determination and guts of the staff working in these times that is so powerful, that keeps the shift going.\"\n\nEmergency Medicine Consultant Amanda Farrow said it was a \"very emotional time for everyone\"\n\nDr Farrow, emergency medicine consultant, said staffing and bed numbers were of particular concern.\n\n\"In the emergency department the challenge we have is with regards to flow, so that is our daily challenge,\" she explained.\n\n\"And we say it's like playing a game of Tetris trying to work out which patient you can put where.\"\n\nStaff reported feeling overwhelmed as they work through the second Covid wave\n\nShe said the second wave of the virus had also seen more staff off sick with Covid and isolating - with some becoming very ill.\n\n\"We've had staff in as patients and one of my colleagues - I saw them when they were critically ill and ended up going to intensive care,\" continued Dr Farrow.\n\n\"So it's very emotional time for everyone as well you know, looking after the sick patients and looking after your colleagues.\n\n\"There's a level of anxiety still around - will you be the next person to get this disease?\"\n\nShe said although fewer people were attending A&E, they were seeing more people arriving by ambulance and presenting with more complex needs.\n\n\"The group of patients we are seeing this time I think is different, we're definitely having more younger people with Covid that are becoming sick, the volume is very high in the community.\n\n\"I think people are afraid of come into the hospital as well, so there are still quite a lot of patients who leave it maybe a bit too late before they're seeking hospital attention.\"\n\nSpeaking from her intensive care bed, Helen Whatmore said she was extremely grateful to staff\n\nHelen Whatmore, 45, from Beddau, has been hospital since early December after developing Covid symptoms.\n\nSpeaking from her intensive care bed, she said she had been unwell in February so assumed she had already caught the virus.\n\n\"I honestly didn't believe it was as bad until I caught [Covid] this time,\" she said.\n\n\"This time it's absolutely knocked the socks off me. It's nearly killed me.\n\n\"A friend of mine passed away as I came into hospital and I came down very rapidly with Covid, kidney problems and pneumonia.\"\n\nShe said she was grateful for the care she had received: \"The nurses are coming in [working] all shifts, they're fighting for your loved ones, from the time they enter right until the time they leave, then they're changing over and doing the same again.\n\n\"People are passing away… how much more have they got to do? We're asking them to protect our children and our families. Why are we not protecting them ourselves? Saving our families and our own children.\"", "The Welsh Government is in discussions about bringing in \"more visible\" coronavirus regulations.\n\nStricter enforcement of coronavirus rules could return to supermarkets in Wales, Mark Drakeford has said.\n\nThe first minister said he had heard concerns from people \"expressing anxiety\" about a lack of \"visible protections\" in supermarkets.\n\nThe Welsh Government is now in talks with stores about social-distancing measures.\n\nMr Drakeford said he wanted to see stores policed as they were during the first lockdown.\n\nAmong the measures previously used was a strict limit of the numbers of people allowed in a store however Mr Drakeford said people were worried the rules \"don't appear to be there this time\".\n\n\"Given the fact the new variant is so much easier to catch... we are looking at supermarkets and other places where people leave their homes, to make sure they are organised in a way that keeps their staff and customers safe,\" he said.\n\nHe said previously sanitising arrangements had been \"very visible\", one-way markings were prominently displayed, regular reminders were announced to customers and staff were also posted at the front entrance of supermarkets\n\n\"That person was carefully controlling the numbers of people going in, to make sure that they were no more than a certain number of people in the store at any one time,\" he said.\n\n\"There was somebody directing people to the checkout, to make sure people weren't queuing next to each other over prolonged periods, and markings on the floor so people kept at a two-metre distance\".\n\nHowever the first minister said some of those measures are no longer as apparent to people.\n\n\"I want to make sure that those visible signs of the protections that are being offered to the public and the shop workers are in place again.\"\n\nFederation of Small Businesses Wales said has called for clarity on what support would be available and the possible new measures required of shops.\n\nPolicy Chair, Ben Francis, said: \"We've already asked to see more information on the technical data that informs the decisions that Welsh Government are making.\n\n\"It seems clear that businesses will require funding support for longer than was originally anticipated if they are to survive this troubling period.\n\n\"Welsh Government should urgently give clarity on what additional funding will be made available to support businesses beyond this next three week period to allow them to plan.\"", "While GCSEs and A-levels are being cancelled, the IGCSE exams will go ahead this summer\n\nThe IGCSE exams, usually only taken in private schools, are still going ahead this summer - even though GCSEs and A-levels have been cancelled.\n\nExam boards that run IGCSEs plan to offer them, while many other exams have been stopped by the pandemic.\n\nIGCSE qualifications, alternative exams to GCSEs, are not usually available in state schools.\n\nPupils in England whose A-levels and GCSEs are cancelled will depend on replacement grades from teachers.\n\nBut Education Secretary Gavin Williamson's scrapping of exams this summer does not apply to students taking IGCSEs.\n\nA Department for Education report in 2019 found 94% of IGCSEs were taken in private schools, accounting for 164,000 exam entries.\n\nThe decision not to cancel them was welcomed by the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), representing some of the most prestigious independent schools.\n\nThe HMC's general secretary, Simon Hyde, said their schools \"would be the first to cheer if pupils educated by the state had the same opportunity\".\n\n\"The decision to cancel GCSEs was premature. Exams are the fairest way of assessing what learners know and understand and we would like to see as many pupils as possible take a form of exam in the summer,\" said Dr Hyde.\n\nIndependent schools often offer a mix of IGCSEs and GCSEs for different subjects, although IGCSEs do not count towards school league tables.\n\nThe qualifications - International GCSEs - are offered by Cambridge Assessment and Pearson and are taken in other countries as well as the UK. Both boards say they are planning to go ahead with exam papers for UK schools this summer.\n\nIGCSEs were not included in the cancellation of exams announced by England's Department for Education and it will be up to individual schools to decide whether to continue with them.\n\nJulie McCullloch of the ASCL head teachers' union said: \"It creates another inconsistency, but none of this is easy.\"\n\nShe said it created an \"odd situation\" when GCSEs were cancelled but IGCSEs were going ahead, but she recognised that an international qualification could need a common approach across different countries.\n\nWith the latest lockdown and most pupils studying at home, GCSEs and A-levels have been cancelled in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nIn England, the exams watchdog Ofqual will launch a consultation next week on a replacement way of deciding grades - but Ofqual does not regulate IGCSEs and they will not be part of the watchdog's proposals.", "Harley Watson's mother Jo described him as a \"kind, caring, selfless, intelligent and comical young man\"\n\nA man who killed a 12-year-old boy by driving into schoolchildren in a \"deliberate\" hit and run has been detained in a secure hospital.\n\nHarley Watson died after he was hit by a car outside Debden Park High School in Loughton, Essex, on 2 December 2019.\n\nTerence Glover, 52, pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility at an earlier hearing.\n\nHe also admitted 10 counts of attempted murder and has been detained under the Mental Health Act indefinitely.\n\nAt the sentencing hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Harley's mother Jo described her son as a \"kind, caring, selfless, intelligent and comical young man\".\n\nHe was hit by Glover's Ford Ka as he left school with friends and died later in Whipps Cross University Hospital.\n\nTerence Glover has been sentenced indefinitely under the Mental Health Act\n\nChristine Agnew, prosecuting, said eye-witnesses saw Glover's car \"ploughing through and hitting children from behind\".\n\nShe said he \"deliberately mounted the pavement... and drove directly at a group of people, mostly children, intending to kill them\".\n\nGlover, previously of Newmans Lane, Loughton, also pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of 23-year-old Raquel Jimeno and six boys and three girls aged between 12 and 16 who were outside the school.\n\nThe court heard he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and medical experts agreed his \"significant\" mental illness \"provided an explanation for his conduct\".\n\nHe was given a hospital order under the Mental Health Act 1983, meaning if his illness was treated successfully, he would be transferred to prison.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Harley Watson's classmates paid tribute to him in 2019\n\nJudge Andrew Edis said if transferred, Glover must serve a life sentence with a minimum of 15 years.\n\nIn his sentencing statement, Judge Edis noted his history of mental illness and cocaine use, but said Glover's actions were \"appalling\".\n\n\"He caused the death of a much-loved and admired 12-year-old boy who had done no harm to anyone,\" he said.\n\nHe added that Glover's behaviour \"requires punishment as well as treatment\" and there was \"no doubt that this defendant is dangerous\".\n\nHe also ordered that Glover be banned from driving for life and that the car should be destroyed.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "National Express has announced that it is suspending its entire national network of coach services from midnight on Sunday.\n\nThe firm said tighter Covid restrictions and falling passenger numbers had prompted the decision.\n\nIt added that it hoped to restart services in March.\n\nAll customers whose travel has been cancelled will be contacted and offered a free amendment or full refund, the company said.\n\nAll journeys before Monday 11 January will be completed to ensure any passengers making essential journeys are not stranded.\n\nChris Hardy, managing director of National Express UK Coach, said: \"We have been providing an important service for essential travel needs. However, with tighter restrictions and passenger numbers falling, it is no longer appropriate to do this.\n\nHe added that as the vaccination programme was rolled out and government guidance changed, the company would regularly review when services could restart.\n\n\"We plan to be back on the road as soon as the time is right and have put a provisional restart date of Monday 1 March in place,\" he said.\n\nNational Express first suspended coach services during the coronavirus crisis in April, then restarted in July.\n\nServices have been operating at half capacity, with strict cleaning and Covid protocols. As the tier structure came into operation, demand for services reduced.\n\nAs with the previous suspension, employees will be furloughed.\n\nFirms that transport passengers, including coach, rail and aviation businesses, have been under intense pressure during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nAvanti West Coast, the train operating company running services on the West Coast mainline, has confirmed it will cut its timetable from 18 January.\n\nAvanti says the new timetable will 'more closely reflect the current demand for our services whilst still allowing key workers, and those needing to make essential journeys, to travel with confidence'.\n\nDuring the first major lockdown in March, services on key intercity routes were reduced from three an hour to one. This included services from both Manchester and Birmingham to London.\n\nThe Department for Transport has been consulting with all train operators about service reductions during the latest lockdown.\n\nThe exact scale of reduction is still being worked on, but the DfT says service levels may fall to as low as 40% of the normal timetable by some operators.\n\nThe focus is to ensure essential workers can still make essential journeys.\n\n\"Following discussions with the Department for Transport we will be introducing a new timetable on Monday 18 January. This will more closely reflect the current demand for our services whilst still allowing key workers, and those needing to make essential journeys, to travel with confidence.\"\n\nOn Thursday, Ryanair also announced that it would make big cuts to its flight schedule from 21 January, with few, if any flights to or from the UK or Ireland until \"draconian travel restrictions are removed\".\n\nTrain services are expected to be reduced in lockdown, with some in the industry anticipating reductions of between 50% and 60% compared with normal service.\n\nIn the first national lockdown in England, services were reduced to almost half.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police have issued CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to in connection with the incident\n\nA fraudster claiming to work for the NHS injected a 92-year-old woman with a fake Covid-19 vaccine, City of London Police has said.\n\nDetectives are hunting the man who charged the victim in Surbiton, south-west London, £160.\n\nPolice said it was \"crucial\" he was caught as soon as possible as he \"may endanger people's lives\".\n\nDet Insp Kevin Ives described it as a \"disgusting and totally unacceptable assault\".\n\nIt comes after the NHS warned people that no-one should be turning up at doorsteps offering a vaccine for payment, following a spate of fake text messages.\n\nUnder the current coronavirus vaccine rollout plans, people will be invited to receive the vaccine by their GP or healthcare provider.\n\nPolice said the victim allowed the man into her home on the afternoon of 30 December after he said he was from the NHS and there to administer the Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nShe said she was jabbed in the arm with a \"dart-like implement\" before being charged £160, which the man said would be refunded by the NHS.\n\nPolice said it was not known what substance, if any, was administered, but the woman had been checked at her local hospital and showed no ill effects.\n\nDet Insp Ives appealed for information to help identify the suspect.\n\nHe added: \"It is crucial we catch him as soon as possible as not only is he defrauding individuals of money, he may endanger people's lives.\"\n\nThe man made a second visit to the woman's home on 4 January, when he asked for another £100, police said.\n\nThe man was spotted in the Tolworth area of Kingston-upon-Thames on 4 January\n\nOfficers released CCTV footage on Friday of a man dressed in a navy blue tracksuit with white stripes down the side, who they want to speak to in connection with the incident.\n\nHe is described as a white man in his early 30s, who is about 5ft 9ins (1.75m) tall, of medium build, with light brown hair that is combed back. He speaks with a London accent.\n\nA spokesman for the Department of Health said: \"NHS England will never ask for bank details, Pin numbers or passwords, when contacting you about a vaccination.\n\n\"Any communication which claims to be from the NHS but asks for payment, or bank details, is fraudulent and can be ignored. It can be reported to police via Action Fraud.\n\n\"You will never be charged for the vaccine.\"\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said it is \"excellent news\" that a third coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in the UK.\n\nIt is made by US company Moderna and works in a similar way to the Pfizer one already being offered on the NHS.\n\nThe UK has pre-ordered 17 million doses of the Moderna vaccine - 10 million more than planned - but supplies are not expected to arrive until spring.\n\nIt is the last Covid vaccine with final trial data published.\n\nThere are hundreds still in development, with some expected to report findings in the near future.\n\nAround 1.5 million people in the UK have had at least one dose of a Covid vaccine so far, with either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines already approved by UK regulators.\n\nThat figure includes almost a quarter of those aged over 80 in England - people at highest risk of severe illness or death from the virus.\n\nVaccines are being given to the most vulnerable first, as set out in a list of nine high-priority groups, covering around 30 million people in the UK.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi welcomed the approval of the Moderna jab\n\nThe prime minister has said the aim is to vaccinate 15 million people in the UK by mid-February, including care homes residents and staff, frontline NHS staff, everyone over 70 and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable.\n\nHealth and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: \"This is further great news and another weapon in our arsenal to tame this awful disease.\"\n\nThe UK had originally ordered 7 million doses of the Moderna jab, but has increased this to get even more people immunised as quickly as possible.\n\nIn total, the UK has now ordered 367 million doses of vaccines to protect against Covid-19.\n\nNadhim Zahawi, vaccine deployment minister, said: \"The NHS is pulling out all the stops to vaccinate those most at risk as quickly as possible, with over 1,000 vaccination sites live across the UK by the end of the week to provide easy access to everyone, regardless of where they live.\n\n\"The Moderna vaccine will be a vital boost to these efforts and will help us return to normal faster.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid vaccine safety: How does a vaccine get approved?\n\nThe Moderna vaccine, an RNA vaccine like Pfizer's, injects part of the virus's genetic code in order to provoke an immune response.\n\nIt requires temperatures of around -20C for shipping - similar to a normal freezer.\n\nIn comparison, the Pfizer/BioNTech one requires temperatures closer to -75C, making transport logistics much more difficult.\n\nThe AstraZeneca jab is easier to store and distribute, as it can be kept at normal fridge temperature.\n\nAll of these vaccines require a second booster shot, but a first dose is likely to be given to as many people as possible.\n\nIn trials with more than 30,000, the Moderna vaccine offered nearly 95% protection from severe Covid.\n\nNo vaccine is 100% effective and it takes time for protection to build. For all of the Covid vaccines, we still do not know how long immunity will last.\n\nPeople who have received a coronavirus vaccine should continue to follow social distancing rules to protect themselves and others.\n\nEU and US regulators have already approved the Moderna vaccine.", "The band recently became a trio (left-right): Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards\n\nLittle Mix have risen to top the top of UK singles chart after Christmas songs released their grip on the top 40.\n\nSweet Melody has become the band's fifth number one, three months after it was released - and will be their last with Jesy Nelson, who quit last year.\n\nThe 29-year-old said in December that nine years in the girl group had taken \"a toll on her mental health\".\n\nLittle Mix's victory is part of a huge chart upheaval, after 56 Christmas songs dropped out of the top 100.\n\nAmong them was last week's number one, Wham's Last Christmas, which set a new record for the biggest-ever fall from the top. The festive ballad has now left the chart altogether.\n\nThe previous record-holder - Three Lions, by The Lightning Seeds with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel - fell from number one to 96 after England crashed out of the World Cup in 2018.\n\nSweet Melody has risen from number nine to number one this week, giving Little Mix their first chart-topper since Shout Out To My Ex in 2016.\n\nJade Thirlwall told BBC Radio 1 the milestone was particularly important because it was \"the last single we did as a four with Jesy\".\n\n\"And it's even more special that now, going into 2021 as a three, we've got the first number one,\" she added.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Official Charts This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. End of youtube video by Official Charts\n\nAcknowledging a fan campaign to boost the song's chart position, bandmate Perrie Edwards said: \"I just want to squish every single fan who managed to get it to number one.\n\n\"The power they have, I'm sorry. The song's been out for months!\"\n\nWith fans abandoning their festive playlists, the stage was also set for singles that had previously been forced out of the top 40 to stage a dramatic return.\n\nDua Lipa's Levitating jumped 63 places to number five, reclaiming a position it last held on 3 December; and Tate McRae's You Broke Me First rocketed from number 74 to nine. In total, there were 39 new entries or re-entries in the top 75.\n\nIn the album chart, Taylor Swift's Evermore returned to number one, four weeks after its surprise pre-Christmas release, while companion album Folklore climbed to number 12.\n\nMeanwhile, Harry Styles' Fine Line reached a new chart peak at number two following the release of a video for his latest single Treat People With Kindness, which sees him dance with Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge.\n\nLewis Capaldi's Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent - the UK's biggest-selling album of both 2019 and 2020 - also climbed to number six, notching up its 86th week in the top 10.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Graham Norton has been the BBC's Mr Eurovision since 2009\n\nGraham Norton, who commentates for the UK's BBC Eurovision coverage, has said the song contest will go ahead this year despite the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"There's definitely going to be a Eurovision... The competition element is going to happen,\" he said.\n\nContest organisers told the BBC: \"We can confirm the Eurovision Song Contest will definitely take place this year.\"\n\nBut pre-recorded performances may be used if acts cannot travel to Rotterdam or have to isolate when they get there.\n\nLast year's contest was cancelled due to the pandemic. It was replaced in the UK with a programme looking back at the event's history, including a vote to find the greatest Eurovision song of all time.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNorton told US radio station Sirius XM that if some artists are unable to travel to the Netherlands in 2021, \"they can Zoom in a performance\". He added: \"I doubt we'll be in a stadium full of 20,000 people.\"\n\nOrganisers stressed that while \"the general gist of Graham's comments is correct\", pre-recorded performances will be used if an act can't travel, rather than asking them to perform live from their home country.\n\nThe filmed routines will be shown \"if a participant cannot travel to Rotterdam due to the current pandemic, or in the unfortunate instance of an artist having to quarantine on site\", a spokesman said.\n\nBroadcasters will have to follow a \"strict set of guidelines\" to help them record their \"live on tape\" performances \"to keep the competition fair should it not go ahead in the traditional way\", he added.\n\nThe new rules state: \"The recording will take place in real time (as it would be at the contest) without making any edits to the vocals or any part of the performance itself after the recording.\"\n\nThis year's contest will take place on 22 May.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk", "The number of people in Scotland who have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus now stands at 4,872\n\nScotland's hospitals have more Covid patients than ever before - with the number of deaths also \"distressingly high\", the first minister has said.\n\nThe latest figures showed that the deaths of 93 people who had tested positive for the virus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.\n\nBut the figure includes some people who died over Christmas and New Year.\n\nThere were also 1,530 people in hospital with the virus, higher than the peak of 1,520 last April.\n\nOf these, 102 patients were in intensive care - with Ms Sturgeon saying the statistics showed the \"severity of the pressure\" that hospitals are facing.\n\nThe 93 deaths recorded on Friday is the highest daily figure since the outbreak began - with the previous high being 84 on 15 April.\n\nBut Ms Sturgeon said the figure will \"undoubtedly include some people who died over the Christmas and New Year period and the delay in registration because of the bank holidays means that their deaths are only being reported today.\"\n\nShe added: \"To be clear, that is not more than 90 people who died yesterday. It will be people who have died over a period of time.\n\n\"That does not change the fact they are all individuals who have died and have died of Covid.\"\n\nA further 2,309 people have tested positive for Covid-19, which was 8.1% of the tests carried out on Thursday and takes the total number of cases in Scotland to 146,024.\n\nThe figures mean that the total number of people in Scotland who have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus now stands at 4,872.\n\nThe Scottish government has said it is concerned that too many people have not been following the \"stay at home\" rules that are in place across the whole of the mainland and some islands.\n\nIt believes that more people are using the country's road and public transport networks than during the lockdown last spring.\n\nAnd it has warned that tougher restrictions could be needed to increase compliance with the travel restrictions.\n\nMs Sturgeon told her daily briefing that the areas being looked at included non-essential click and collect shopping, further restrictions on takeaway food, non-essential construction and whether more people should be working from home.\n\nThe first minister also confirmed that universities and colleges will not resume in-person teaching until at least the end of February.\n\nThis means that students should stay at home rather than travelling back to their campus or accommodation.\n\nThere will be exceptions for cases where remote study is not possible - for example for a student nurse or a doctor on a practical placement.\n\nAnd Ms Sturgeon said any students who have remained on campus will be \"fully supported\" by their institution.\n\nAll of mainland Scotland was placed into level four restrictions from 26 December before additional measures, including closing schools to most pupils until at least the end of the month, was introduced on Tuesday.\n\nScotland's interim chief medical officer, Dr Dave Caesar, insisted on Friday morning that coronavirus case numbers in January \"could have been worse\".\n\nHe said the restrictions that were introduced on Boxing Day had helped to \"blunt the spike\" but warned that the country was \"not out of the woods yet\".\n\nDr Caesar told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"Our case numbers are high, but they're not as high as they could have been if we hadn't taken the measures that we undertook from Boxing Day.\n\n\"Our health system is under serious pressure but is coping.\n\n\"I hate to say it, but it could have been worse by this time in January. We're not out of the woods yet by any stretch of the imagination, but I suppose we're holding our own in very significantly challenging circumstances.\"\n\nNew Covid testing measures for international travellers are to be introduced\n\nNew plans to make international passengers test negative for Covid-19 before travelling to Scotland and England have also been unveiled, with Ms Sturgeon saying she hoped the scheme could start by the end of next week.\n\nIt will mean people arriving by plane, train or boat - including UK nationals - will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country they are travelling from.\n\nProf Linda Bauld of Edinburgh University said the move was long overdue as the UK had \"really struggled from the beginning\" with limiting the impact of international travel on the pandemic.\n\nBut she said the country should also consider introducing supervised quarantine for people arriving from overseas.", "When Trump supporters stormed the Capitol they took out their cameras to record the chaos inside. The BBC looked through hours of phone footage to paint a picture of what happened.", "Film director Michael Apted, best known for the Up series of TV documentaries following the lives of 14 people every seven years, has died aged 79.\n\nHe also directed Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorillas In The Mist and the 1999 Bond movie The World Is Not Enough.\n\nThe original 7 Up in 1964 set out to document the life prospects of a range of children from all walks of life.\n\nThe show was inspired by the Aristotle quote \"give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man\".\n\nThe first 7 Up show was followed by 14 Up at the start of the next decade, which interviewed the same children as teenagers - and the pattern was set right up until 63 Up in 2019.\n\nThroughout all those intervening years ITV viewers became engrossed with the stories of private school trio Andrew, Charles and John, of Jackie who went through two divorces, of Neil who went from jobless and homeless to Liberal Democrat councillor, and of working class chatterbox Tony, whose life ambition was to become a jockey.\n\nApted's shows - which won three Bafta awards - have often been described as the forerunner of modern-day reality TV series, giving its participants the time to tell their own stories on screen.\n\nBut unlike their modern counterparts, the original Up children tended to fade away from the limelight in the seven years between each chapter.\n\nIn 2008, Apted was made a companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to the British film and television industries.\n\nThomas Schlamme, president of the Directors Guild of America, said Apted was a \"fearless visionary\" whose legacy would live on.\n\nHe said Apted, who was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, \"saw the trajectory of things when others didn't and we were all beneficiaries of his wisdom and lifelong dedication\".\n\nITV's managing director Kevin Lygo said the director's six-decade career was \"in itself truly remarkable\".\n\nHe said the Up series \"demonstrated the possibilities of television at its finest in its ambition and its capacity to hold up a mirror to society and engage with and entertain people while enriching our perspective on the human condition\".\n\nApted directed the 19th James Bond film The World Is Not Enough\n\n\"The influence of Michael's contribution to film and programme-making continues to be felt and he will be sadly missed,\" Lygo added.\n\nMichael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, producers of the James Bond film franchise, said Apted \"was a director of enormous talent\" and \"beloved by all those who worked with him\".\n\n\"We loved working with him on The World Is Not Enough and send our love and support to his family, friends and colleagues,\" they said.\n\nA post on the Twitter account of the band Garbage, who performed the theme for The World Is Not Enough, labelled Apted a \"delightful, charming soul\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Garbage This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nComposer David G Arnold, who composed the Bond theme and worked with Apted on three other non-Bond movies, said he felt \"lucky\" to work with him.\n\n\"A more trusting, funny, friendly and, most importantly, kind, person you'd never meet. So pleased to have known him and so sad that he's gone,\" Arnold wrote on Twitter.", "Former Det Insp Tim Ireson led the unit for two years and would have been sacked if he was still serving\n\nThree members of a \"toxic\" police unit have been sacked for gross misconduct after their \"offensive\" conversations were secretly bugged.\n\nThe devices picked up \"homophobic, racist and sexist\" conversations in the offices of Hampshire's Serious and Organised Crime Unit in Basingstoke in 2018, a misconduct panel heard.\n\nA number of force staff referred to it as a \"lads' pad\".\n\nTwo other officers would have been sacked but had already left the force.\n\nThe misconduct hearing was told in the 24 days the office was bugged - following concerns raised by a whistleblower - there was \"enough profanity, casual sexism and racism to last a lifetime\".\n\nDet Sgt Oliver Lage, Det Sgt Gregory Willcox and PC James Oldfield have been dismissed while retired Det Insp Tim Ireson and former PC Craig Bannerman were the two who had previously left the force.\n\nTrainee Det Con Andrew Ferguson, who sent colleagues a fake pornographic image of members of the royal family, has been given a final written warning.\n\nThe six men were based at the Serious and Organised Crime Unit in Basingstoke\n\nImposing the sanctions, panel chairman John Bassett said the conduct had been \"shameful\".\n\nHe said police officers could not \"pick and choose the standards they will abide by\" in order to create more \"cohesive\" teams.\n\nMr Bassett said PC Ferguson was \"essentially a good officer\" who joined the team three months before the recordings, by which time the \"culture was well-established\".\n\nHe said the officer was \"conflicted by what he witnessed\" and \"felt unable to raise the matter with a supervisor\".\n\nChief Constable Olivia Pinkney said the force's internal investigation had revealed a \"catalogue of sexist, racist, homophobic and ableist language and commentary that has rightly shocked us all\".\n\nShe added: \"These officers have failed to deliver on the promise they made to uphold fundamental human rights and accord equal respect to all people.\n\n\"[They] have undermined the trust and confidence of our communities and damaged the reputations of their colleagues.\"\n\nThe six officers have apologised but some told the disciplinary panel swearing was in the \"fabric\" of the police force.\n\nOne also said they felt they were being \"made an example of\" by the force which should have learned from other previous incidents.\n\nIn all, 20 police officers and staff from the unit have faced some sort of disciplinary action.\n\nDuring the misconduct hearing at Hampshire Constabulary's headquarters in Eastleigh, it was heard a \"toxic, abhorrent culture\" developed with officers using offensive terms for women, black people, immigrants, disabled, gay and transgender people and foreign nationals.\n\nJason Beer QC, prosecuting, said the only black member of the team was referred to using racist tropes and references to slavery.\n\nWomen were described using derogatory terms and stared at in the canteen, he added.\n\nThe men admitted some of the charges of breaching standards of professional behaviour against them but claimed it only amounted to misconduct not gross misconduct.\n\nZoe Wakefield, chair of Hampshire Police Federation, said: \"The outdated and offensive views we heard during the hearing have no place in society and they certainly have no place in policing.\n\n\"We should not let the awful language and terminology used by a very small number of police officers tarnish the hard work and dedication of thousands of police officers and staff in Hampshire...\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Marks & Spencer has temporarily stopped selling hundreds of items in its Northern Ireland stores due to Brexit red tape.\n\nThe retailer said it feared its food would be blocked due to new rules governing shipments between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nA growing number of firms have spoken out about paperwork delays at ports.\n\nThe government said traders and hauliers need to take steps to comply with new border rules.\n\nM&S took the decision to temporarily drop hundreds of products, including chocolate fudge pudding and sweet and sour chicken, from its Northern Ireland stores after it saw competitors' lorries barred from travelling between the mainland and Northern Ireland.\n\nAn entire consignment in a lorry can be held up if only one item in the truck doesn't have the correct customs forms filled out.\n\nThe retailer said it aimed to get the products back up for sale soon.\n\nAn M&S spokesperson said: \"We have served customers in Northern Ireland for over 50 years and our priority is to make sure we continue to deliver the same choice and great quality range that our loyal customers have always enjoyed.\n\n\"Stores have been receiving regular deliveries this week, however following the UK's recent departure from the EU, we are transitioning to new processes and we're working closely with our partners and suppliers to ensure customers can continue to enjoy a great range of products.\"\n\nIn addition to problems shipping goods internally in the UK, the new Brexit trade rules are creating problems for exporters and traders transporting goods to and from the EU, say firms.\n\nThe UK sealed a trade deal with the European Union (EU) on 24 December that was billed as preserving its zero-tariff and zero-quota access to the bloc's single market.\n\nBut in addition to red tape causing delays, major retailers that use the UK as a distribution hub for European business could face possible tariffs if they re-export goods to the EU.\n\nOn Friday, M&S chief executive Steve Rowe warned of more red tape and a rise in export costs to some countries.\n\n\"The best example I can give you of that is Percy Pig,\" he said,\n\n\"Percy Pig is actually manufactured in Germany. If it comes to the UK and we then send it to Ireland, in theory it would have some tax on it,\" he added.\n\nM&S said it was \"actively working to mitigate\" the effects of the \"rules of origin\" regulations, under which products are taxed differently depending on which country they come from.\n\nOther firms have also been hit by the confusion caused by new Brexit trading rules.\n\nParcels giant DPD has suspended some services, while seafood exporter John Ross said the chaos was like being \"thrown in the cold Atlantic without a lifejacket\".\n\nShane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, which represents chilled transport and storage companies, said the emerging problems had come despite the amount of cross-border traffic still being quite low.\n\n\"Trade flows are still only about 50% of what we would expect, but even at those levels we are seeing levels of confusion and delays,\" he told the BBC's Today programme. \"The feeling is we are building to quite a significant potential disruption.\"\n\nA government spokesman acknowledged that there had been \"some issues\", but said ministers had always been clear there would be some disruption at the end of the transition period.\n\nThe Cabinet Office said in a statement that the volume of border crossings had been low so far this year, but that it expected crossings to steadily increase to normal levels.\n\nThis brings the potential for \"significant disruption if traders and hauliers have not taken the necessary steps to comply with the new rules,\" the Cabinet Office said.\n\nOut of about 1,500 lorries per day trying to get from Great Britain to the EU in the new year, 700 have been turned away - mainly due to a lack of a negative Covid test for drivers, it said.\n\n\"We have always been clear there would be changes now that we are out of the customs union and single market, so full compliance with the new rules is vital to avoid disruption,\" said Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove.\n\nHowever, anger is growing among companies whose livelihoods depend on export trade.\n\nIn a letter on Friday to Business Secretary Alok Sharma, Scottish salmon producer John Ross Jr launched a stinging attack on the government's handling of the situation.\n\nThe firm's sales director, Victoria Leigh-Pearson, wrote that the company had in recent months \"had to endure the government issuing a barrage of useless information\" and an \"absence of factually correct information from all government agencies.\" It amounted, she said, to \"gross incompetence\".\n\nJohn Ross exports to 36 countries and has won the Queen's Award twice\n\nPart of the letter to Alok Sharma:\n\nAs I write, perishable goods that were dispatched from our facility five days ago, headed for France following a process that your department advised, have still not crossed the border. This usually takes only 24 hours because they are consolidated with the produce of other companies, which have not been able to follow the correct procedures due to a knowledge gap directly attributable to your department.\n\nEntire trucks are currently being rejected without explanation by the French customs authority. Our hauliers have now pulled their services as such a backlog has been created. Other hauliers are not taking on new customers. Today, we've even had confirmation that the IT systems of the UK and France are incompatible. After four years you only establish this now?\n\nYour so-called 'deal' is worthless if this situation is not fixed immediately, and unless you put in place measures to address the issues that continue to unfold on a daily basis. Moreover, as a seafood exporter, it feels as though our own government has thrown us into the cold Atlantic waters without a lifejacket.\n\nJohn Ross is not the only Scottish seafood exporter suffering. The industry says it has been hit by a \"perfect storm\" of Brexit disruption, which could sink a centuries-old industry.\n\n\"These businesses are not transporting toilet rolls or widgets. They are exporting the highest quality, perishable seafood which has a finite window to get to markets in peak condition,\" said Donna Fordyce, chief executive of Seafood Scotland.\n\n\"If the window closes, these consignments go to landfill.\"\n\nShe said the sector has already been weakened by Covid-19, the closure of the French border before Christmas as well as \"layer upon layer\" of problems associated with Brexit.\n\nThe group fears that without exports, the fishing fleet will have little reason to go out.\n\n\"In a very short time, we could see the destruction of a centuries-old market which contributes significantly to the Scottish economy,\" added Ms Fordyce.\n\nUK government Minister for Scotland David Duguid blamed Scottish leaders for the issues.\n\n\"The Scottish Government has persistently refused to accept the democratic vote to leave the EU, but that does not allow them to abdicate their responsibilities to Scottish businesses,\" he said.\n\n\"Over the past 18 months they have assured the fishing industry that the systems they were putting in place would be adequate. They clearly are not.\"\n\nParcel delivery service DPD UK said it had paused its European Road Service because of the '\"increased burden\" of customs paperwork for packages heading to the EU, including the Republic of Ireland.\n\nDPD said 20% of parcels had \"incorrect or incomplete data attached\", which meant they would have to be returned.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What Brexit means for Britons travelling, shopping, studying or owning properties in the EU.\n\nIn an email to its business customers, the company said that it had been a \"challenging few days\" for its international operation, and that it would \"pause and review\" its service. It plans to restart on 13 January.\n\n\"It has now become evident that we have an increased burden with the new, more complex processes, and additional customs data we require from you for your parcels destined to Europe\" the firm wrote.\n\nThe boss of one of Wales' largest hauliers said logistical problems have emerged at the Irish border too.\n\nAndrew Kinsella, managing director of Gwynedd Shipping, said his company has a backlog of 60 lorries waiting to be shipped to Dublin.\n\nHe said many hauliers are finding that their customers are not able to generate the special declarations that are needed to ultimately enable a lorry to get onto a ferry.\n\n\"Whilst you don't see queues at ports and terminals the reality is that these queues are developing elsewhere in our depot in Holyhead, in our depot in Deeside and in our depot in Newport in South Wales, and lots of hauliers have depots in the proximity of ports,\" he said.\n\n\"There are a lot of issues about demarcation about who is going to arrange the export declaration with the UK revenue authorities, who's going to arrange the import declaration, the hauliers then trying to arrange the import safety and security declaration to create an ENS number which helps you generate a PBN number so there has been a lot of everyone finding their feet\".\n\nCorrection 9th April 2021: An earlier version of this article included a photo showing queues of lorries at Dover Port. This photo was replaced in the hours after publication after it was established that it had been taken months earlier.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Growing numbers of students in England have pledged to withhold rent on university accommodation they cannot use during the Covid lockdown.\n\nOrganisers say this is building up to be a major protest, estimating that about 15,000 students at dozens of universities have signed up so far.\n\nThey want a rebate on rent when many students are being kept off campus at the start of term.\n\nBut universities say they only provide 20% of student accommodation.\n\nUniversities UK says this means \"many decisions on refunds will be made by private landlords and other providers\".\n\nIn November, University of Manchester offered a 30% rent rebate for the first half of the academic year, worth about £1,000 to each student in halls.\n\nThe move followed protests over lack of support during the coronavirus pandemic which saw students tear down temporary fencing in one demonstration.\n\nUniversity of Manchester students have been calling for a rent strike\n\nThe reduction will be applied to direct debit payments this month, with students who have already paid for the whole year getting a refund.\n\nBut organiser of the Rent Strike Now campaign, Ben McGowan, said the new lockdown means students are still paying for halls they are unable to return to which has prompted a wave of student anger.\n\nOn Twitter, campaigners listed more than 40 universities where they said students were pledging to withhold rent.\n\nThe campaign group Rent Strike Now tweeted a list of universities where there are campaigns\n\n\"Most of us are being told not to go back so we're paying for accommodation we can't use and there's been no extra support from universities and government,\" added Saranya Thambiranjah, a first year at Bristol University who also helps run the campaign.\n\n\"Rent striking is a great way to make our voices heard and get universities to listen our concerns.\"\n\nStudents at universities not yet part of this campaign have said they will organise similar challenges on their own campuses, including Coventry and Keele.\n\nRebecca Hyde is having to do her journalism course in her bedroom\n\nAt Nottingham Trent University, student campaigner Rebecca Hyde, who is doing a masters in broadcast journalism, said 244 students had so far pledged to withhold rent on university halls since their campaign was launched a few days ago.\n\nShe believes universities should do more to help students who are having to pay for rooms they are unable to use through no fault of their own.\n\nShe says her course leaders have been brilliant but missing out on using studios and running \"news days\" with her fellow students \"is just so disappointing\".\n\nNottingham Trent University says it understands student concerns over rents and urged the government \"to show leadership to find a solution that is fair to all students\".\n\n\"At NTU, only a minority of our students are in accommodation operated by or on behalf of the university.\n\n\"We do not want a repeat of the situation in the summer term of 2020 where most of our students were reliant on the goodwill of private accommodation providers who did not always do the right thing,\" said the university in a statement.\n\nAt King's College London, campaign secretary \"Juno\" likewise reported hundreds of new pledges to withhold rent in the past few days, saying students felt they had been \"lured\" into their accommodation at the start of the academic year.\n\nA King's spokesperson promised that students would not be charged for accommodation they are unable to use during lockdown.\n\nAbout a quarter of students are in privately-run purpose built accommodation, and one of the biggest of these providers, Unite Students, is also facing demands.\n\nLiverpool John Moores student Suhail Accad, in Unite accommodation, says his rent strike post on Instagram has gained 3,000 followers and has had 8,000 shares in just a few days.\n\n\"It's expensive to stay here,\" says Suhail.\n\nUnite was unable to comment directly on the threat of rent strikes but maintains that it is doing all it can to help keep students and staff safe \"during this challenging period\".\n\nUniversities UK said universities were looking at the issue \"actively\" and considering what support they can offer students.\n\n\"Universities recognise the financial pressures the pandemic has placed on students and are providing increased financial and other support as a result.\n\n\"With government restrictions reducing the numbers of students returning in person to universities, now is the time for the government to seriously consider the financial implications for students and institutions and what support they will provide.\"", "Prof Chris Whitty will front one of the adverts Image caption: Prof Chris Whitty will front one of the adverts\n\nThe government is urging people in England to stay at home and \"act like you've got it\" as part of a new advertising campaign.\n\nThe \"stay at home, save lives\" campaign will run across TV, radio, out-of-home advertising and social media.\n\nThe campaign will include a new advert fronted by England's Chief Medical Officer, Prof Chris Whitty, which will air for the first time on ITV at 19:15 GMT tonight.\n\nThe UK reported a record number of deaths and cases today, as hospitals come under growing pressure, with some in the South East at extreme capacity.\n\nAround one in three people with Covid-19 don’t have any symptoms and can pass it on without realising, the government said, \"which is why it’s essential everyone stays at home and remembers Hands, Face, Space\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"Our hospitals are under more pressure than at any other time since the start of the pandemic, and infection rates across the entire country continue to soar at an alarming rate.\n\n“The vaccine has given us renewed hope in our fight against the virus but we must not be complacent.\n\n\"The NHS is under severe strain and we must take action to protect it, both so our doctors and nurses can continue to save lives and so they can vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as we can.\n\n“I know the last year has taken its toll – but your compliance is now more vital than ever. So once again, I must urge everyone to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives.”", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One floral tribute had Dame Barbara's photograph in the centre\n\nThe funeral of EastEnders and Carry On actress Dame Barbara Windsor has taken place in London.\n\nRoss Kemp, who played her on-screen son in the soap, was among the 30 mourners and gave a reading, as did actor and friend Christopher Biggins.\n\nDame Barbara died in December at the age of 83, having had dementia.\n\nThere were floral arrangements spelling Babs, The Dame and Saucy, and a mock pub sign showing her as The Queen Peggy in the style of the soap's Queen Vic.\n\nDame Barbara played pub landlady Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders for more than two decades.\n\nA version of the EastEnders Queen Vic pub sign was painted in tribute\n\nScott Mitchell, who was married to Dame Barbara for 20 years, was joined at Golders Green Crematorium by family and friends including comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams.\n\n\"As Covid has denied so many of Barbara's family, friends and fans a chance to say farewell properly, I wanted to share the order of service to let people be a small part of it,\" Mr Mitchell told the PA news agency.\n\n\"My heart goes out to every family who have experienced the same restrictions at their loved ones' funerals.\"\n\nLeft-right: Christopher Biggins, Ross Kemp and David Walliams were among the mourners\n\nHe added: \"I would again like to thank my family, friends, the media and the public for their incredible support and well wishes since Barbara's passing.\"\n\nDame Barbara's coffin was brought into the crematorium to sound of Frank Sinatra's On The Sunny Side Of The Street, and the service featured a recording of Sparrows Can't Sing from the actress's 1963 film of the same.\n\nIt finished with the famous topless photo of Dame Barbara from the film Carry On Camping, alongside her quote: \"That picture will follow me to the end.\"\n\nLong-time friend Anna Karen, who played Dame Barbara's on-screen sister Aunt Sal in EastEnders, also paid tribute during the service.\n\nThe funeral was also attended by Loose Women's Jane Moore and EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick. However, the numbers were limited due to coronavirus social distancing.\n\nAlzheimer's Research UK recently said it had seen a spike in donations since Dame Barbara's death, and a JustGiving page set up as a tribute to her and in aid of the charity has raised more than £150,000 (including Gift Aid).\n\nMr Mitchell said that was \"beyond anything we may have dreamed of\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Google's plan to replace web browser cookies with a system that shares less data with advertisers is being investigated in the UK.\n\nThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Google's plan could have a \"significant impact\" on news websites and the digital advertising market.\n\nIt had already raised concerns that publishers' profits could sink if they were unable to run personalised ads.\n\nBut Google said digital advertising practices had to \"evolve\".\n\nCookies are small files a web browser stores on a user's device when they visit a webpage.\n\nThey can be used to remember what items a person has added to their online basket and deliver personalised content.\n\nThey can also be used to track somebody's activity online and deliver targeted advertising.\n\nSome cookies known as cross-site or third-party cookies can let publishers track a person's web activity as they move from one website to another.\n\nBy default, Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox browsers already block cross-site cookies.\n\nBut Google intends to go further by ending support for all cookies except first-party ones - those used by sites to track activity within their own pages.\n\nIt wants to replace them with new tools that give advertisers more limited, anonymised information such as how many users visited a promoted product's page after seeing a relevant ad - but not tie this information to individual users.\n\nAccording to one industry group opposing the move, Google's Chrome browser is installed on more than 70% of computers in the UK.\n\nSo even if other web browsers do not adopt the same approach the move would still be significant.\n\n\"Google's Privacy Sandbox proposals will potentially have a very significant impact on publishers like newspapers, and the digital advertising market. But there are also privacy concerns to consider,\" said Andrea Coscelli, chief executive of the CMA.\n\nA coalition of about a dozen small tech companies and publishers - Marketers for an Open Web (Mow) - claims some of its members' revenues could drop by as much as two-thirds.\n\nMoreover, it suggests the move would put too much power into Google's hands.\n\n\"Google will effectively control how websites can monetise and operate their business,\" it warned last month.\n\n\"This means that any business that buys or sells advertising will be reliant on Google for a part of the process, whether they like it or not.\n\n\"This will reduce the ability of independent players to compete with Google, strengthening its monopoly control of online commerce.\"\n\nThe group has also raised concerns about other related matters, including the tech firm's plan to end support for user-agent strings.\n\nThese are bits of text that browsers send to websites at the start of a user's visit to reveal details about the device and browser being used.\n\nPublishers use this information to optimise the way their sites appear.\n\nBut Google is phasing out support on the grounds that they are also used as an alternative to cookies to track users, and sometimes cause compatibility issues.\n\nThe CMA previously issued a report into the matter in July.\n\nAt that point it acknowledged that while there were benefits to consumers from the kinds of privacy measures Google was proposing, they might be outweighed by other concerns.\n\nIt added that \"many news publishers\" had expressed concern that their news sites would become \"unsustainable\".\n\nUntil recently, the European Commission was responsible for most large and complex competition cases involving the UK.\n\nOn 1 January, the CMA took over these responsibilities on a local level due to Brexit.\n\nLast November, the government announced it would create a new Digital Markets Unit within the CMA.\n\nThe organisation subsequently detailed how it would to govern the behaviour of Google, Facebook and other tech platforms \"that currently dominate\" online markets, and give consumers \"more control over how their data is used\".\n\nThe new unit becomes operational in April, but is dependent on legislation going through Parliament before it gets new powers, and that may not happen until 2022.\n\nSince that would be too late to block Google's Privacy Sandbox plans, the probe is being carried out under the existing regime.\n\nEven so, all those involved will be watching closely for signs of how willing the authority is to confront the US's largest tech companies.", "Edwin Poots said he has asked senior UK government figures to consider unilaterally revoking the NI Protocol\n\nThe Stormont minister whose officials are responsible for the new Irish Sea border has said some food will be unavailable if changes are not made.\n\nDUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has also said jobs could be at risk.\n\nHe said problems at the ports were being caused by new rules applied on imports of food and other products from Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nEarlier Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said trade from GB to NI \"will get worse before it gets better\".\n\nMr Gove said that \"work is ongoing\" and it is \"all part of the process of leaving the European Union\".\n\nHe added that he had spoken to ministers from all parties in the Northern Ireland Executive.\n\nAfter speaking with hauliers, supermarkets and processors this week, Mr Poots predicted the loss of jobs and rising costs.\n\n\"A wide range of frozen and chilled foods will be unavailable after the temporary exemption period ends,\" he tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThat exemption period applies to supermarkets and other food importers and runs out in April.\n\nAfter that they will have to comply with all the paperwork required to ship food in, or find suppliers on the island of Ireland or elsewhere in the EU.\n\nNew rules - called the Northern Ireland Protocol - were introduced because while the UK has left the EU, Northern Ireland has remained in the Single Market for goods and is continuing to apply EU customs rules.\n\nThe arrangement was agreed between the UK and the EU to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland.\n\nMr Poots said he had spoken to senior UK government figures to ask them to consider unilaterally revoking the protocol as it was \"damaging Northern Ireland at the economic and societal level\".\n\nAnd he hit out at members of Sinn Fein, the SDLP, and Alliance Party who he claimed had supported it.\n\nMembers of those parties have countered similar claims from other DUP politicians in recent days.\n\nThey said DUP MPs had voted against alternative arrangements that would have been simpler to manage before the government pushed ahead with the protocol plan.\n\nResponding to Mr Poot's tweet on Friday evening, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood wrote: \"You broke it, you own it.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Colum Eastwood This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson accused Mr Poots of being \"asleep at the wheel\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Martina Anderson MLA This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has called for the assembly to be recalled to discuss difficulties over trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland due to Brexit.\n\nUUP MLA Roy Beggs said: \"The impact of the Irish Sea border is causing horrendous difficulties for hauliers and this is being seen in shops and businesses across Northern Ireland.\n\n\"It is damaging the Northern Ireland economy and the situation is escalating.\"\n\nEarlier on Friday, Michael Gove said it had been expected that there would be \"some initial disruption\" to trade between GB and NI, but that the government is \"ironing\" issues out.\n\nHe said discussions with the executive in Northern Ireland were \"in order to make sure that the [Northern Ireland] protocol works\".\n\n\"[To make sure] that businesses in Northern Ireland can continue to have access to the rest of the UK market, and that Northern Ireland businesses can have the goods that they need on the shelves, that they have access to at the moment,\" he said.\n\nNorthern Ireland has remained a part of the EU's single market for goods while the rest of the UK has left.\n\nThis means food products from Great Britain are subject to checks when they enter Northern Ireland.\n\nSimilar processes and checks also apply when moving food products from Great Britain into the Republic of Ireland.\n\nMeanwhile, an organisation representing haulage firms has called on the UK and Irish government to relax some of the new Irish Sea trade border rules.\n\nThe Road Haulage Association (RHA) said there is serious disruption to freight movements into the island of Ireland.\n\nThe RHA said relaxing the controls on food products and customs declarations \"would help traders to ship goods that have struggled to move over recent days.\"\n\n\"The problems have led to gaps in supermarket shelves and lorries delayed at ports because of problems with red-tape and the situation is worsening,\" the organisation added.\n\n\"We are facing an inflexible, cumbersome and time consuming process just to move goods.\"\n\nThe UK government said the flow of goods \"between GB and NI has been smooth overall and arrivals of freight have continued to increase substantially over this week\".\n\n\"There are no significant queues at NI ports and supermarkets are reporting healthy supplies into their Northern Ireland stores,\" a spokesperson added.\n\n\"We recognise the need to provide as much support to the haulage sector as possible as industry adapts to new processes. That's why hauliers can benefit from the Trader Support Service, which provides free advice and support to businesses of all sizes moving goods under the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\n\"We have been engaging intensively with the Irish authorities and hauliers on the issues that have been encountered for goods transiting through Dublin port.\"\n\nOn Thursday customs authorities in the Republic of Ireland announced a temporary relaxation of one customs process.\n\nHauliers will be able to use an override code to complete a piece of administration known as ENS.\n\nThe letters ENS refer to an entry summary declaration, an online form which goods carriers are now legally obliged to submit to Irish customs when transporting goods from Great Britain into Ireland.\n\nLorries arriving in Ireland from Great Britain have faced new checks since 1 January\n\nOn Thursday night the Irish Revenue Commissioners said it recognised that \"some businesses are experiencing difficulties on lodging their safety and security ENS declarations\".\n\nIt said that in response it was providing a \"temporary easement\" which would allow an ENS to be produced without all the normally required information.\n\nAn Irish government spokesperson said it is \"absolutely essential that Ireland fulfils its obligations as a member of the EU and that we protect the integrity of the single market and the customs union\".\n\n\"We appreciate that the new requirements and customs formalities present significant challenges and impose additional burdens on businesses.\"\n\nMeanwhile Stena, the ferry company, said it was cancelling a dozen sailings between Wales and Ireland next week due to \"a decline in freight volumes during the first week of Brexit.\"", "Tennant was remembered as \"a beautiful soul\" and \"a sensitive and talented woman\"\n\nBritish model Stella Tennant took her own life after being \"unwell for some time\", her family has confirmed.\n\nIn a statement, her family said it was \"a matter of our deepest sorrow and despair that she felt unable to go on.\"\n\nTennant, who made her name in the early 1990s modelling for designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Versace, died in December five days after her 50th birthday.\n\nHer family said they were \"humbled by the outpouring of messages of sympathy and support\" they have received.\n\nTennant was \"a beautiful soul, adored by a close family and good friends, a sensitive and talented woman whose creativity, intelligence and humour touched so many\", they said.\n\n\"In grieving Stella's loss, her family renews a heartfelt request that respect for their privacy should continue.\"\n\nBorn in London on 1970, Tennant was known for her androgynous sultry looks and aristocratic heritage.\n\nShe shot to fame after being photographed for British Vogue at the age of 22 in 1993, going on to work with such designers as Alexander McQueen and Jean Paul Gaultier.\n\nTennant retired from the catwalk in 1998 but later returned. She also worked on campaigns to promote saving energy and reducing the environmental impact of fast fashion.\n\nShe had four children with French-born photographer David Lasnet. The couple married in the Scottish borders in 1999 and announced their separation last year.\n\nTennant with David Lasnet on their wedding day in 1999\n\nStella McCartney, Victoria Beckham and fellow model Naomi Campbell were among those to pay tribute after her death was announced last month.\n\nCampbell said she had been \"a class act in every way\", while Beckham remembered her as \"an incredible talent\".\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues in this article, information and support is available from BBC Action Line.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The storming of the US Capitol building in Washington DC stunned viewers around the world.\n\nBut how did Americans feel seeing the seat of their government being ransacked?\n\nWe asked members of our BBC voter panel for their views.\n\nSimon grew up in Uganda during its civil war and became a US citizen last year. A master's student and stay-at-home father, he warns that, while things may settle down, \"democracy is not guaranteed\".\n\nI'm disgusted but not surprised. I anticipated this would happen and it was a matter of when, not if.\n\nI didn't anticipate that it would happen in the capital. This is the president whose people - since the racial justice movement in the summer - said they were for \"law and order\". So the \"law and order\" people broke into the Capitol and changed the American flag with the Trump flag. History shows that has not happened in over 200 years, so it tells you how dangerous this man is.\n\nIn Uganda, in November, when the opposition was arrested, people took to the streets and got shot. Here, in the summer, the Capitol building was protected and they were breaking up peaceful protests.\n\nIt's clear that [Trump supporters] have been organising, we've seen this was going to happen, yet we subconsciously did not think that white people are a threat. That is the construct of this country and how law enforcement viewed it.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Treason, traitors and thugs' - the words lawmakers used to describe Capitol riot\n\nTaylor is a staunch Trump supporter and recently travelled to Washington DC for a post-election pro-Trump rally. A photographer by trade, she was upset by the rioting but believes unsubstantiated claims that left-wing radicals were behind the violence.\n\nIt was just heart-breaking to watch what was going on and the behaviour of protesters is just not like the Trump people I've been around. If it did come from any conservatives, then I condemn it. There's no excuse for violence.\n\nIt doesn't change my support for Trump. The people that love Trump, that's not going to change no matter if he gets a second term or not. It just means we're going to hold out for 2024 and hope either he runs again or his kids do.\n\nOur country is going to go downhill over the next four years if Biden does take office. I'm actually moving today out of the city into the suburbs of a Republican county because I am afraid of how Democratic counties will end up under a Biden presidency.\n\nWe're going to catapult towards socialism and communism. I'm worried for the country's future, but regardless of who takes office, we have a lot of healing to do. I hope we can all find our common humanity and embrace each other when this is all over, which is hopefully soon.\n\nJames is a lifelong Republican who worked on Capitol Hill for the party for nearly two decades, but cast his first ever vote for a Democrat in the 2020 election. He was stunned by 6 January's events and expects it to become a bad footnote in the country's history.\n\nI find it absolutely shocking. I didn't think it would come to this.\n\nI had actually thought about going down to the protests with a sign that said \"Republicans Against Trump\". My brother said, if I had done that, there would have been five deaths, not four, and he may have been right. I'm astounded by the stupidity of these people who show up without masks and who are being filmed. Quite a few of them are going to prison. It's a serious situation when you break past a police barricade and go into a building that's supposed to be secure.\n\nI have a lot of friends who say things couldn't get worse, but I have to remind them, as a student of history, that it has been worse. The Civil War was much worse. There was a lot of violence in the South during the Reconstruction period. This is something the country will get over. I was heartened by President-elect Biden's speech yesterday. Finally we've got someone who's sounding presidential. We haven't had it for the last four years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA'Kayla is a college student who supports the Black Lives Matter movement. She says law enforcement \"coddled\" the rioters at the Capitol and thus made an argument for police reform because they were far more aggressive at protests she attended.\n\nIt's so irritating I can't put into words how frustrating it is. They stormed the Capitol and the police were gentle and lackadaisical with them. I expected the police to use force, but they were so kind and gentle. During the summer, when the Black Lives Matter protests were going on, so many people were injured, locked up and lost their lives.\n\nFrom my own experience, marching peacefully on the front lines in Charleston, we had tear gas thrown at us and had to pour milk in our eyes. It was excruciating. And for what? We're marching for a cause, because we had the murder of somebody by the police. What are they upset about? They're upset because we are living in a democracy and they didn't get their way.\n\nDuring one of the debates, when Trump said \"stand back and stand by\", is this what he was talking about? This is the calm before the storm. I think it's going to get way more ugly, but Kamala [Harris] and Joe [Biden] are a symbol of change and hope.\n\nWhether [Trump supporters] like it or not, America is moving towards a more progressive country and there's going to be a lot of changes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joe Biden: Black Lives Matter protesters would have been treated \"differently\"", "Two more life-saving drugs have been found that can cut deaths by a quarter in patients who are sickest with Covid.\n\nThe anti-inflammatory medications, given via a drip, save an extra life for every 12 treated, say researchers who have carried out a trial in NHS intensive care units.\n\nSupplies are already available across the UK so they can be used immediately to save hundreds of lives, say experts.\n\nThere are over 30,000 Covid patients in UK hospitals - 39% more than in April.\n\nThe UK government is working closely with the manufacturer, to ensure the drugs - tocilizumab and sarilumab - continue to be available to UK patients.\n\nAs well as saving more lives, the treatments speed up patients' recovery and reduce the length of time that critically-ill patients need to spend in intensive care by about a week.\n\nBoth appear to work equally well and add to the benefit already found with a cheap steroid drug called dexamethasone.\n\nAlthough the drugs are not cheap, costing around £500 per patient, on top of the £5 course of dexamethasone, the advantage of using them is clear - and less than the cost per day of an intensive care bed of around £2,000, say experts.\n\nLead researcher Prof Anthony Gordon, from Imperial College London, said: \"For every 12 patients you treat with these drugs you would expect to save a life. It's a big effect.\"\n\nIn the REMAP-CAP trial carried out in six different countries, including the UK, with around 800 intensive care patients:\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS national medical director, said: \"The fact there is now another drug that can help to reduce mortality for patients with Covid-19 is hugely welcome news and another positive development in the continued fight against the virus.\"\n\nHealth and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: \"The UK has proven time and time again it is at the very forefront of identifying and providing the most promising, innovative treatments for its patients.\n\n\"Today's results are yet another landmark development in finding a way out of this pandemic and, when added to the armoury of vaccines and treatments already being rolled out, will play a significant role in defeating this virus.\"\n\nThe drugs dampen down inflammation, which can go into overdrive in Covid patients and cause damage to the lungs and other organs.\n\nDoctors are being advised to give them to any Covid patient who, despite receiving dexamethasone, is deteriorating and needs intensive care.\n\nTocilizumab and sarilumab have already been added to the government's export restriction list, which bans companies from buying medicines meant for UK patients and selling them on for a higher price in another country.\n\nThe research findings have not yet been peer reviewed or published in a medical journal.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A young woman has died after a rare suspected shark attack in New Zealand.\n\nPolice named the victim as 19-year-old Kaelah Marlow, from Hamilton.\n\nMarlow was taken out of the water still alive but died at the scene despite efforts to save her life. Police said it appeared she had been injured by a shark.\n\nThe attack happened at Waihi Beach on North Island not far from the country's biggest city Auckland.\n\n\"Police extend our deepest sympathies to Kaelah's family and loved ones at this very difficult time,\" police said in a statement.\n\n\"We appreciate her death was extremely traumatic for those who were at Waihi Beach yesterday and we are offering victim support services to anyone who requires it,\" the statement said.\n\nShark attacks are unusual in the country and this is thought to be the first fatality since 2013. Local media cited witnesses as saying the woman had been swimming right in front of the lifeguard flags on Thursday.\n\nWhen they heard screams, lifeguards went out by boat immediately and pulled her to shore.\n\nIt is not clear what kind of shark attacked Kaelah Marlow, but an eyewitness reportedly claimed it was a great white, a species which is protected in the waters around New Zealand.\n\n\"Sharks are reasonably common near all northern beaches of New Zealand, most are harmless and even species considered dangerous very rarely interact with swimmers,\" shark researcher Kina Scollay told the BBC.\n\n\"My thoughts and sympathies are with the victim's family and we need to remember that this is a real tragedy to real people. I worry that this gets lost sight of in the media scramble after such events.\"\n\nOne witness quoted by local media said he believed a great white shark attacked the woman\n\nMr Scolley said that while attacks were rare, there were ways to be careful about interactions that could go wrong. Among the risk factors are, for instance, fish feeding events or dead animals in the water.\n\n\"If a large shark approaches or is seen nearby people should stay calm, warn those nearby and calmly exit the water,\" he said.\n\nA seven-day rahui, a traditional Maori prohibition restricting access to an area, has been placed on the beach.\n\nThe last recorded shark attack was in 2018 when a man was injured - but survived - at Baylys Beach. Over the past 170 years, there have only been 13 fatal shark attacks documented in New Zealand, according to the country's department of conservation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The US is reeling after supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC on the day Congress was meeting to confirm Joe Biden's election victory.\n\nLawmakers were forced to take shelter, the building was put into lockdown and four people died in the chaos that followed a pro-Trump rally near the White House.\n\nHere's a breakdown of how events unfolded on Wednesday.\n\nJust before midday local time (17:00 GMT) thousands of people gather at the Ellipse, near the White House, to hear the president speak at a \"Save America\" rally.\n\nHe tells them: \"We're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue... and we're going to the Capitol and we're going to try and give… our Republicans, the weak ones... the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.\"\n\nAs the speech ends, crowds start to drift towards the Congress building, about a mile and a half away, where they are met by police barriers.\n\nThe Capitol is home to the two chambers of the US government that make up Congress - the House of Representatives and the Senate.\n\nChanting crowds start to gather on both sides of the building at around 13:10, grappling with police at the metal barricades.\n\nTear gas and pepper spray are used to try to keep the protesters at bay.\n\nPolice officers struggle to maintain control of the situation as protesters advance on the building on multiple fronts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nOn the east side, the crowd force their way through barricades on the Capitol Plaza and move on the main entrance, quickly gaining access to the Great Rotunda.\n\nOnce inside, they head for the House and Senate chambers.\n\nIgor Bobic, a journalist for the Huffington Post, captures a group of men forcing a police officer to retreat up a set of stairs as they continue their advance.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Igor Bobic This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSenators are forced to abandon the process of confirming President-elect Biden's victory and the building goes into lockdown.\n\nThe doors of the House chamber are locked and a makeshift barricade is erected in front of them. Security officials guard the entrance, guns drawn.\n\nWithin an hour, protesters have also broken police lines on the west side of the Capitol, scaling walls to reach the building itself before smashing windows and forcing doors open.\n\nOther videos and images show rioters storming through the building's ornately-decorated corridors and chambers chanting \"USA!\" and \"Stop the steal\".\n\nShortly before 15:00, gunshots are reportedly heard inside the building.\n\nPhotos and video footage later show a female protester being shot as she tries to break through the barricaded doors of the Speakers' Lobby.\n\nDespite efforts by police and others at the scene to save her, she is later reported to have died.\n\nOn the other side of the building, protesters break into the Senate chamber, one taking seat in the Speaker's chair.\n\nAnother protester is photographed nearby sitting in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, with his foot on the table.\n\nAfter growing condemnation of the riots, President Trump eventually calls for calm, telling the protesters to leave peacefully: \"Go home. We love you, you're very special.\"\n\nBy 17:40, the building is cleared and made secure ahead of the 18:00 curfew ordered by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.\n\nSeveral thousand National Guard troops, FBI agents and US Secret Service are deployed to help.\n\nMore than six hours after the storming of the building, senators return and resume the day's business of certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.\n\nAt 03:41 on Thursday, Congress confirms President-elect Joe Biden will succeed President Trump on 20 January.", "Young women clap for heroes outside Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London\n\nA revived initiative to applaud the heroes of the pandemic has returned - but much more quietly than last year.\n\nIt comes after the founder of Clap for Carers distanced herself from its return after facing online abuse.\n\nAnnemarie Plas wanted to bring back the weekly applause under a new name of Clap for Heroes to lift spirits in the new lockdown but it fell a little flat.\n\nSome health workers have said they would rather people stay at home and wear a mask than clap for them.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he participated at 20:00 GMT on Thursday, but clapping \"isn't enough\".\n\n\"They need to be paid properly and given the respect they deserve,\" he tweeted., of the health workers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The weekly clap returned but Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said clapping alone \"wasn't enough\"\n\nThe idea of clapping and banging pots from doorsteps originally began as a one-off to support NHS staff on 26 March - three days after the UK went into lockdown for the first time.\n\nAfter proving popular it was expanded to cover all key workers and continued every Thursday for 10 weeks last year, with millions of people across the UK taking part.\n\nMembers of the Royal Family and politicians including Prime Minister Boris Johnson also joined in with the show of support.\n\nHowever, the event faced criticism for becoming politicised, with some suggesting the NHS would benefit more from extra funding than applause.\n\nPeople in some streets stood on doorsteps and leaned out windows to clap for the pandemic's heroes, and landmarks in London were illuminated blue for the occasion - but reports suggested the applause was noticeably quieter than last year.\n\nAnnemarie Plas and her family were threatened online for her efforts\n\nOn Wednesday, Ms Plas, a 36-year-old mother-of-one, announced the return of the initiative, saying she hoped to \"lift the spirit of all of us\" including \"all who are pushing through this difficult time\".\n\nBut some NHS workers were less than enthusiastic. Ami Jones, an intensive care consultant from Wales, tweeted: \"No thanks. I'd rather you obey the rules, stay at home, wear masks and wash your hands.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rachel Clarke 💙 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke said: \"Please don't clap us. Just wear a mask, wash your hands and respect lockdown.\"\n\nIn a tweet posted hours before the weekly clap was due to return, Ms Plas, a Dutch national living in south London, said she had been targeted with personal abuse and threats against her and her family by \"a hateful few\" on social media.\n\n\"I have no political agenda, I am not employed by the government, I do not work in PR, I am just an average mum at home trying to cope with the lockdown situation,\" she said, in a statement.\n\nShe said the newly revived clap could and should still happen at 20:00 GMT.\n\n\"It's up to each person to decide how relevant or worthwhile they feel it is to participate,\" she said.\n\nThe fountains in Trafalgar Square were illuminated blue for the initiative on Thursday\n\nSome incorporated pots and pans during their weekly claps in warmer months", "UK house prices rose by 6% last year, according to the Halifax, but the lender is predicting \"downward pressure\" on values in 2021.\n\nThe mortgage lender, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said that prices \"soared\" in the second half of 2020.\n\nPent-up demand, a clamour for more space, and stamp duty holidays led to higher prices.\n\nBut the Halifax said the economic realities of 2021 meant activity would slow as the year progressed.\n\n\"With the pace of the UK's economic recovery expected to be constrained by the renewed national lockdown, and unemployment widely predicted to rise in the coming months, downward pressure on house prices remains likely as we move through 2021,\" said Russell Galley, managing director at the Halifax.\n\nHe said that last year was a market of two halves - starting with slow growth, and stalling when the market was closed during the first national lockdown, but then booming when it reopened.\n\nThis meant that overall, demand and price growth were relatively high.\n\nThe conclusion mirrors the findings of rival lender, the Nationwide, which said that UK house prices climbed 7.5% in 2020, the highest growth rate for six years.\n\nBoth mortgage lenders base their findings on their customer data.\n\nLucy Pendleton, from estate agents James Pendleton, said: \"The simple truth is that extra space has become non-negotiable for legions of homeowners with families, and the usual winter slowdown has met the immovable force that is hundreds of thousands of people all trying to jump to larger properties at the same time.\"\n\nThe Halifax said there were already signs of the market slowing, with prices rising by 0.2% in December compared with the previous month.\n\nThat was the slowest monthly rise of the last six months.\n\nThe lender said the average home was valued at £253,374.\n• None Where can I afford to live?", "The switch has been welcomed by climate campaigners\n\nAlok Sharma is to leave his position as business secretary to focus full-time on his role as president of the UN COP26 climate conference in November.\n\nThe Glasgow event is expected to be the biggest summit the UK has ever hosted.\n\nMr Sharma, who will remain in the cabinet, said he was \"delighted to have been asked by the PM to dedicate all my energies\" to the position.\n\nKwasi Kwarteng replaces him as business secretary while Anne-Marie Trevelyan becomes the new energy minister.\n\nThe government says a successful summit will be critical if the UK wants to meet the objectives set out by the Paris Agreement and reduce global emissions.\n\nThe event had originally been scheduled for November 2020 but was delayed by a year due to Covid-19.\n\nThe BBC's political correspondent Jessica Parker said the decision to move Alok Sharma wasn't a surprise and would be seen as a recognition of the need to free him up to do more of the crucial diplomatic leg-work required.\n\nSome MPs had previously warned that Mr Sharma lacked the \"bandwidth\" to head the conference alongside his cabinet job, especially given the strains on business due to the pandemic.\n\nIn his new role, which is based in the Cabinet Office, Mr Sharma's will remain a member of Boris Johnson's top team but be focused solely on coordinating global action to tackle climate change\n\nBoris Johnson chose Mr Sharma to head the event after ex-minister Claire O'Neill was ousted from the position in the summer of 2019.\n\nShe later condemned what she called broken promises and backsliding on climate commitments.\n\nFormer Conservative PM David Cameron turned down the chance to head the conference and ex-Foreign Secretary Lord Hague was also involved in discussions.\n\nMr Sharma's move will be welcomed by climate campaigners, who worried he was over-stretched running a frantically busy department while also orchestrating the most important climate meeting on Earth.\n\nMany of these summits - known as COPs - yielded little because the leadership was poor.\n\nThe French produced a triumphant agreement in the 2015 Paris COP after mustering the mighty force of French diplomacy.\n\nMr Sharma is reported to accept that he now needs to concentrate full time on the challenge.\n\nHe will need subtle diplomatic skills, a mastery of detail and the stamina of an ox as he attempts to corral world leaders into agreement on curbing emissions faster. He'll also need 100% support from the PM.\n\nThe greatest obstacle to action - Donald Trump - will soon disappear from the scene, and with China making bold promises, the COP has potential.\n\nBut politicians have been so slow to act that some key tipping points in the climate might already have been breached.\n\nReflecting on his new role, Mr Sharma said: \"The biggest challenge of our time is climate change and we need to work together to deliver a cleaner, greener world and build back better for present and future generations.\n\n\"Through the UK's Presidency of COP26 we have a unique opportunity, working with friends and partners around the world, to deliver on this goal.\"\n\nRichard Black, senior associate at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) said: \"Allowing Alok Sharma to focus full-time on his COP26 role is a sensible decision, not least as it signals the government's commitment to ensuring that the summit is a success.\n\n\"With the election of Joe Biden as the next US President and China's recent carbon neutrality pledge, the diplomatic opportunities have opened up for more ambitious action on climate change. Mr Sharma's job will be to seize them.\"\n\nAnd ex-cabinet minister Amber Rudd, who led the UK delegation at the Paris climate change conference, said the move showed the government \"recognises the importance and opportunity for a global agreement this year\".\n\nResponding to his new appointment, Mr Kwarteng said he was \"thrilled\" and pledged to help businesses through this period of \"extremely challenging circumstances\".\n\nThe Spelthorne MP, who entered Parliament in 2010, has been energy minister since July 2019.\n\nLabour's shadow business secretary Ed Miliband said Mr Kwarteng had \"a massive task\" in providing business with \"a plan to help them through this year, not the inadequate sticking plaster measures we have seen\".\n\nHe welcomed the decision to make Mr Sharma's COP role full time.\n\n\"It's absolutely crucial that the full political, diplomatic and strategic resources of government are now directed to the most ambitious outcome at Glasgow, which is a 1.5 degree deal.\"", "The number of hours ambulances spent waiting to offload patients in parts of England is \"off the scale\", the Royal College of Emergency Medicine says.\n\nData leaked to BBC News shows ambulance waiting times at hospitals in the South East rose by 36% in December compared to the same month in 2019.\n\nPeople are also having to wait longer for ambulances to arrive when called.\n\nAmbulance services say it is taking longer to hand over patients but they are doing all they can to meet demand.\n\nIt comes as the NHS faces unprecedented pressure because of the Covid pandemic.\n\nA paramedic working in London told BBC News he had encountered patients left waiting up to 12 hours for an ambulance in the last week.\n\nOne patient in London with a broken leg had to wait outside at night for six hours before an ambulance arrived to collect him, he said.\n\nOn another occasion, paramedics were called to attend to a young man with Covid-19 whose oxygen levels were \"so low\". He was given oxygen when they arrived - but that was eight hours after the ambulance was called.\n\nIncidents such as these are \"dangerous\" and the service is \"on its knees\", the paramedic added.\n\nThe figures also show that at one point on Monday this week more than 700 patients were left waiting for an ambulance to arrive in London when none was available.\n\nDifferent statistics obtained by BBC News highlight the number of hours spent waiting to offload patients at hospitals half an hour after ambulances arrived at hospitals in the South East.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nSouth East Coast Ambulance service lost 7,803 hours queuing outside hospitals, an increase on 5,732 hours in 2019.\n\nKent saw the greatest rise in this period. One of its hospitals, Medway Maritime Hospital, saw a doubling in ambulance waiting times.\n\nThese figures are \"off the scale\", according to Royal College of Emergency Medicine Vice President Adrian Boyle.\n\n\"It is not because more ambulances are being called, it's because the amount of time they're spending outside a hospital has increased,\" he said.\n\nDr Boyle says ambulances left queuing outside hospitals meant crews were not available to respond to other emergencies.\n\nHe says services are facing a \"crisis\" unlike any other he has seen.\n\n\"People may feel they have a winter crisis every year but this is a different order of magnitude\", he added.\n\n\"This is the worst winter crisis I've been through in my 25 years of practising as a doctor.\"\n\nAmbulance services say they are are doing everything they can to meet the demand.\n\nA London Ambulance Service Trust spokesperson said: \"We are continuing to prioritise the most seriously ill and injured patients, and our team of trained clinicians in our control rooms are working hard to monitor and maintain contact with many other patients as needed while they are waiting for ambulance crews to arrive.\"\n\nA South East Coast Ambulance Service Trust spokesperson said: \"We are doing everything we can to increase the number of staff available to meet this demand, including increasing overtime, to ensure crews are as available as possible to respond to patients in the community.\"\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Marks & Spencer says sales of sleepwear have soared as people spend more time at home because of Covid restrictions.\n\nThe retailer sold 20% more women's pyjamas during the 13 weeks to 26 December, with many of them being bought as Christmas presents.\n\n\"The great British public are back in their pyjamas,\" said chief executive Steve Rowe.\n\nDespite this, clothing sales as a whole fell nearly a quarter, although food sales showed modest growth.\n\nM&S said its trading was \"robust\" over the Christmas period, but UK revenues for the quarter were £2.52bn, 8.2% lower than last year.\n\nM&S blamed \"on-off restrictions and distortions in demand patterns\" due to the coronavirus crisis.\n\nM&S also said that potential post-Brexit tariffs on part of its range exported to the EU, together with \"very complex\" administrative processes, would \"significantly impact\" its businesses in Ireland and the Czech Republic, as well as its franchise business in France.\n\nMr Rowe said the chain's popular Percy Pig sweets, made in Germany, were one product that could face tax rises.\n\nIt said it was \"actively working to mitigate\" those effects.\n\nMr Rowe thanked staff for \"a first-class execution of Christmas for our customers in near impossible conditions\".\n\nThe High Street stalwart said customers had responded to its \"innovative seasonal product\" during the four-week run-up to Christmas.\n\nLike-for-like food sales had risen 2.6% during the period, it said.\n\nHowever, clothing and home sales fell by 24.1%, and UK sales overall were down 7.6% on a like-for-like basis.\n\nTrading was hit particularly badly in November by the national lockdown in England, with clothing and home sales slumping 40.5% in the month and food sales down 4.5%.\n\n\"Near-term trading remains very challenging, but we are continuing to accelerate change under our Never the Same Again programme to ensure the business emerges from the pandemic in very different shape,\" Mr Rowe said.\n\nOn the positive side, M&S said its tie-up with online firm Ocado had produced \"very strong\" results, while customers had responded to its \"innovative seasonal product\" during the four-week run-up to Christmas.\n\nRoss Hindle, retail sector analyst at Third Bridge, said: \"Despite the pressure faced by their clothing division, the M&S food division is expected to deliver solid results, propelled by both stockpiling and its Ocado partnership.\n\nHe pointed to reports that M&S was poised to acquire the Jaeger clothing brand as a possible way forward, saying it \"hints at the potential for a more aggressive shift into the multi-brand space\".\n\n\"M&S have numerous large stores which could be filled with non-M&S merchandise in order to drive their top-line. The risk here is whether such brands might cannibalise M&S branded products,\" he added.\n\nEmily Salter, retail analyst at GlobalData, said M&S was \"paying the cost for its inability to adapt fast enough to changing shopping habits\".\n\n\"M&S's recovery is slow versus other apparel players, as it continues to be hurt by an online platform unable to make up for lost store sales,\" she added.\n\nShe saw little point in a potential purchase of Jaeger, as it would be \"costly to turn around and do little to boost the retailer's fortunes\".\n\nHowever, she said M&S's focus on value in food had \"started to pay off, with decent sales growth, especially considering dampened footfall on High Streets\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"I condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way they did in the Capitol\"\n\nDonald Trump was \"completely wrong\" to cast doubt on the US election and encourage supporters to storm the Capitol, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe UK prime minister said he \"unreservedly condemns\" the US president's actions.\n\nFour people died after a pro-Trump mob stormed the building in a bid to overturn the election result.\n\nMr Trump had urged protesters to march on the Capitol after making false electoral fraud claims.\n\nHe later called on his supporters to \"go home\", while continuing to make false claims - Twitter and Facebook later froze his accounts.\n\nThe president has now said there will be an \"orderly transition\" to President-elect Joe Biden, whose November election victory has now been certified by US lawmakers.\n\nBut he added that he continued to \"totally disagree\" with the outcome of the vote, repeating his unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.\n\nOn Wednesday night, Mr Johnson condemned the \"disgraceful scenes\" and called for a \"peaceful and orderly transfer of power\".\n\nBut asked by the BBC's political correspondent Alex Forsyth if President Trump was directly responsible, he said: \"All my life America has stood for some very important things. An idea of freedom, an idea of democracy.\n\n\"As you say, in so far as he encouraged people to storm the Capitol, and in so far as the president has consistently cast doubt on the outcome of a free and fair election, I believe that was completely wrong.\n\n\"I believe what President Trump has been saying about that has been completely wrong and I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol.\"\n\nThe PM, speaking at a Downing Street briefing, then welcomed the confirmation of President-elect Biden, saying \"democracy has prevailed\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHundreds of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol on Wednesday - where lawmakers were meeting to confirm Mr Biden's election victory - and staged an occupation of the building in Washington DC.\n\nBoth chambers of Congress were forced into recess, as protesters clashed with police and tear gas was released.\n\nA woman died after being shot by police, and three others died as a result of \"medical emergencies\", local police said.\n\nUK politicians from different parties have all condemned Mr Trump's actions in encouraging the storming of the Capitol.\n\nEarlier, Home Secretary Priti Patel said the president's comments had \"directly led\" to the events and he \"didn't do anything to de-escalate that\".\n\nShe added: \"He basically has made a number of comments yesterday that helped to fuel that violence and he didn't actually do anything to de-escalate that whatsoever... what we've seen is completely unacceptable.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Priti Patel says Donald Trump was wrong for not condemning the violence\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Trump should \"take responsibility\" for what happened, calling it the \"culmination of years of the politics of hate and division\".\n\nSir Keir added he welcomed the outgoing president's agreement to an orderly handover, but told reporters \"he should have said it a long time ago.\"\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Trump had been \"inciting insurrection in his own country,\" and called it a \"dark period\" in US history.\n\n\"What we witnessed last night is not that surprising. In some senses, Donald Trump's presidency has been moving towards this moment almost from the moment it started,\" she told ITV's Good Morning Britain.\n\nScotland's Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said the home secretary should \"give serious consideration\" to denying Mr Trump entry to the UK after he leaves office.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Treason, traitors and thugs' - the words lawmakers used to describe Capitol riot\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said certification of Mr Biden's victory was \"good to see\" after the \"shocking events\" on Wednesday, adding the UK condemned the violence \"unequivocally\".\n\nFormer Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May, who shared time in office with Mr Trump, said there should be \"no place for the rule of the mob\".\n\nBut senior Welsh Conservative Andrew RT Davies has been criticised after comparing the rioting to politicians who supported a second referendum on Brexit.\n\nMr Davies, a member of the Welsh Parliament, later tweeted that \"violence must never be tolerated\".\n\nHis party colleague, the Conservative MP Simon Hoare, suggested Mr Trump could be sent to the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Simon Hoare MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has written to express his \"solidarity\" with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose empty office was broken into by protesters.\n\n\"Seeing your office trashed in that way and its occupation by one of the rioters was particularly outrageous. I am just so relieved you were not hurt,\" he wrote.\n\nTrump supporters left this note on the desk of Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.", "The Liberia-flagged oil tanker Nave Andromeda docked at Southampton after the incident\n\nSeven men, including two who had already been charged, will face no action over a suspected hijacking of an oil tanker off the Isle of Wight.\n\nSpecial forces stormed the Nave Andromeda on 25 October after the crew raised concerns about stowaways.\n\nMatthew Okorie, 25, and Sunday Sylvester, 22, had been charged with conduct endangering ships.\n\nBut prosecutors dropped their case after evidence analysis \"cast doubt\" on whether the tanker was put in danger.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said initial reports had indicated there was a \"real and imminent threat\" to the vessel, but added mobile phone footage and witness accounts \"could not show that the ship or crew were threatened\" and there was no evidence the men had any intention to seize control of the vessel.\n\nThe CPS said the new evidence meant the \"legal test\" for the offence was \"no longer met\".\n\n\"Our case was that the actions of the men were responsible for the endangerment of the vessel, but further material was then supplied by a maritime expert which significantly undermined whether there was a threat of danger,\" prosecutors said in a statement.\n\nThe Home Office said it was \"disappointed\" by the CPS's decision and added it was working with prosecutors to \"urgently resolve the issues raised by this case\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"It is frustrating that there will be no prosecution in relation to this very serious incident and the British people will struggle to understand how this can be the case.\"\n\nHampshire Constabulary said the five other men, who were arrested on suspicion of seizing or exercising control of a ship by use of threats or force, also face no police action.\n\nThey will remain detained under immigration regulations.\n\nThe 748ft-long (228m) ship left Lagos in Nigeria on 5 October bound for Southampton.\n\nAs it approached the Isle of Wight 20 days later, an emergency call came from the ship concerned about stowaways on board while the 22 crew members had locked themselves in the ship's citadel - secure area.\n\nThe men had been found on the ship earlier in the voyage and the vessel had made unsuccessful attempts to dock in other ports.\n\nIt was reported the men became hostile as the tanker approached the UK - but the CPS said it was thought this may have occurred while the ship was outside of UK waters.\n\nAt the time the Ministry of Defence called the incident a \"suspected hijacking\" and said Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Home Secretary Priti Patel authorised a special forces operation in response to a police request following a 10-hour stand-off.\n\nIn a nine-minute operation carried out under the cover of darkness, Special Boat Service commandos boarded the vessel and arrested the seven men, believed to be Nigerian nationals seeking asylum in the UK.\n\nThe Liberian-registered tanker later docked in Southampton.\n\nSpecial forces boarded the Nave Andromeda on the evening of 25 October\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mauritius has been removed from the safe list\n\nTravellers from countries near South Africa are to be banned from entering England to stop the spread of the South African Covid variant.\n\nArrivals from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, as well as island nations Mauritius and Seychelles, will be affected.\n\nThe rule will take effect on 9 January but there will be an exemption for British and Irish nationals.\n\nThey will need to follow existing quarantine procedures.\n\nA ban by visitors to the UK from South Africa started on 24 December.\n\nThe latest restriction brought in by the Department for Transport also affects travellers arriving from Eswatini, Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho and Mozambique.\n\nIt will apply from 04:00 GMT on Saturday to people who have travelled from or through any of the specified countries in the last 10 days.\n\nIt is understood most flights from the affected countries arrive at airports in England, although it is expected the policy will be formally adopted by the other UK nations.\n\nThe measures will be in place for an initial period of two weeks.\n\nMeanwhile, Botswana, and the islands of Seychelles and Mauritius, are being removed from the UK list of safe travel corridors as there is a high frequency of travel between the islands and South Africa.\n\nThe new variant of coronavirus circulating in South Africa is already being seen in other countries, including the UK.\n\nThe variant, much like the new UK variant first seen in Kent, appears to be more contagious than previous ones.\n\nAnyone arriving into the UK from most destinations must quarantine for 10 days.\n\nBut there are a list of countries exempt from the rules, meaning returning travellers do not need to self-isolate, called the travel corridor list.\n\nUnder the latest announcement, the travel corridor with Israel will also end amid concerns about rising infection levels in that country.\n\nHowever, rules in place across the UK currently ban travel abroad unless for specific reasons.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump calls for an 'orderly transition of power' to the Biden administration on January 20th\n\nA US Capitol police officer has died from injuries sustained in the attack on Congress by a pro-Trump mob as top Democrats have called for the president to be removed for \"inciting\" the riot.\n\nHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Vice-President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th amendment to the Constitution to declare the president unfit for office.\n\nAlternatively, she vowed to initiate the process to impeach the president.\n\nWednesday's violence came hours after Mr Trump encouraged his supporters to fight against the election results as Congress was certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the November vote.\n\nFive people have died in relation to the riot, including Brian Sicknick, an officer at the US Capitol Police (USCP) who was \"injured while physically engaging with protesters\", the police said.\n\nMeanwhile, the top congressional Democrats - Speaker Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer - have urged Vice-President Pence and Mr Trump's cabinet to remove the president for \"his incitement of insurrection\".\n\n\"The President's dangerous and seditious acts necessitate his immediate removal from office,\" they said in a joint statement.\n\nThe duo called for Mr Trump to be ousted using the 25th Amendment, which allows the vice-president to step up if the president is unable to perform his duties owing to a mental or physical illness.\n\nBut it would require Mr Pence and at least eight cabinet members to break with Mr Trump and invoke the amendment, something they have so far seemed unlikely to do. Mr Trump is due to leave office on 20 January, when Mr Biden will be sworn in.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMrs Pelosi indicated that if the vice-president failed to act, she would convene the House to launch their second impeachment proceedings against Mr Trump.\n\nHowever, to succeed in convicting and removing the president, Democrats would need a two-thirds majority in the Senate, and there is no indication they would get those numbers. And it was not clear whether enough time remained to carry out the process.\n\nMrs Pelosi's deputy, Katherine Clark, told CNN the House could move on impeachment next week.\n\nMedia reports, quoting unnamed sources, said Mr Trump had suggested to aides he was considering granting a pardon to himself in the final days of his presidency. The legality of such a move is untested.\n\nIt wasn't until Thursday night, more than 24 hours after the US Capitol had been ransacked by his supporters, that Donald Trump released a recorded statement calling for \"healing and reconciliation\" in a wounded nation.\n\nThat was the very least that could be expected from a US president in a time of crises, and it probably will not be enough to silence calls for his removal, impeachment or resignation. Those demands have been coming from the political left, of course, but also from parts of the right - longtime critics, from former allies and, remarkably, even the conservative editorial page of Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal.\n\nEver since November's election, when Trump chose to attack the results rather than admit defeat, a reckoning was coming. The pressure, like a malfunctioning steam engine, was building toward a catastrophic ending.\n\nOn Thursday night, the president began trying to pick up the pieces.\n\nTeleprompter Trump had spoken. In past crises, unscripted Trump has quickly returned, with words and actions that reveal his earlier comments were insincere.\n\nWith 12 days left in his presidency, the question is whether, or more likely when, that Trump will return - and what happens when he does.\n\nPresident Trump returned to Twitter on Thursday following a 12-hour freeze of his account. His message was the closest he has come to a formal acceptance of his defeat after weeks of falsely insisting he actually won the election in a \"landslide\".\n\n\"Now Congress has certified the results a new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th,\" the Republican said in a video, without mentioning Mr Biden by name.\n\n\"My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power. This moment calls for healing and reconciliation.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Treason, traitors and thugs' - the words lawmakers used to describe Capitol riot\n\nMr Trump said he had \"immediately deployed\" the National Guard to expel the intruders, though some US media reported he had hesitated to send in the troops, leaving his vice-president to give the order.\n\nHe also praised his \"wonderful supporters\" and promised \"our incredible journey is only just beginning\".\n\nLaw enforcement have been heavily criticised after they were overrun by the protesters. Mr Biden said: \"Nobody could tell me that if it was a group of Black Lives Matter protesters yesterday they wouldn't have been treated very differently than the thugs that stormed the Capitol.\"\n\nImages captured inside the Capitol building showed protesters roaming through some of the corridors unimpeded.\n\nThe FBI is seeking to identify those involved in the rampage, and the Washington DC police have released pictures of \"persons of interest\" for their involvement in the riot. The Department of Justice says people could face charges of seditious conspiracy, as well as rioting and insurrection.\n\nWashington police say 68 people have so far been arrested. One of those detained at the Capitol had a \"military-style automatic weapon and 11 Molotov cocktails (petrol bombs)\", according to the federal attorney for Washington DC.\n\nThe official responsible for security in the House of Representatives, the sergeant at arms, has resigned. Mr Schumer has called for his counterpart in the Senate to be sacked. USCP chief Steven Sund is also resigning, effective 16 January, following calls from Mrs Pelosi.\n\nOn Thursday, crews began installing a non-scalable 7ft (2m) fence around the Capitol which will remain in place for at least 30 days.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joe Biden: Black Lives Matter protesters would have been treated \"differently\"\n\nAshli Babbitt, a 35-year-old US Air Force veteran from San Diego, California, was named as the woman fatally shot by a police officer who has now been placed on leave. Law enforcement told US media the victim was unarmed.\n\nThree others died after suffering unspecified medical emergencies on Capitol grounds: Benjamin Philips, 50, from Pennsylvania; Kevin Greeson, 55, from Alabama; and Rosanne Boyland, 34, from Georgia. Mr Greeson's family said he died of a heart attack.\n\nPolice said that 14 officers had been injured in the riot.\n\nOn Thursday evening, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos - one of the longest serving members of the president's administration - became the second cabinet member to quit following the Capitol riot.\n\nIn her resignation letter, Ms DeVos accused the president of fomenting Wednesday's disorder. \"There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me.\"\n\nEarlier in the day, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao stepped down, saying she had been \"deeply troubled\" by the rampage.\n\nOther aides to quit include special envoy Mick Mulvaney, a senior national security official, and the chief of staff to First Lady Melania Trump. A state department adviser was also sacked after calling Mr Trump \"unfit for office\" in a tweet.", "Fashion student Mhari Thurston-Tyler posted an advert for the \"crop top\" (right) on Depop after she says she found some discarded Chiltern Railways seat covers (like those on the left)\n\nA fashion student has been warned not to sell prohibited items on the clothes app, Depop, after she posted an advert for a top made from a train seat cover.\n\nMhari Thurston-Tyler made the bandeau out of a Chiltern Railways seat cover designed to promote social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe 20-year-old sold the top for £15 but later refunded her customer and took the advert down.\n\nDepop said the item \"clearly violates our terms of service\".\n\nThe app for buying and selling second-hand clothes said the sale of stolen goods was banned - but Ms Thurston-Tyler denied stealing.\n\nShe told BBC News she found two of the blue seat covers \"balled up on the floor\" outside Marylebone station in London in September.\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler, who is a fashion student at Central Saint Martins, re-sewed one of the covers to make it fit her, before deciding to advertise the second cover on Depop.\n\n\"I have no money at the moment so decided to put the second one on Depop to see if anyone would buy it,\" she said, adding that the app had become her main source of income as she has struggled to find other work during the pandemic.\n\n\"I have to resort to little things like this to make ends meet, to pay the bills.\"\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler's advert went viral on social media after being shared by Depop Drama's Instagram and Twitter accounts.\n\nMhari Thurston-Tyler said she has been unable to find a job during the coronavirus pandemic and sells clothes on Depop \"to make ends meet\"\n\nIn the advert, Ms Thurston-Tyler models the seat cover and describes it as a \"social distancing crop\", adding: \"Got a few of these can do different sizes.\"\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler, from Kenilworth in Warwickshire, said a Depop customer paid her £15 and ordered a crop top \"in extra small\".\n\nBut realising she should not be making money out of Chiltern Railways' property, Ms Thurston-Tyler refunded the customer 15 minutes later and took the advert down shortly afterwards.\n\n\"I didn't steal it but I understand it's not right to re-sell it,\" she said.\n\nA Depop spokesperson said Ms Thurston-Tyler would be banned from the platform if she listed any other prohibited goods.\n\n\"We explicitly prohibit the sale of illegal and unlawful content on the app, including any stolen goods,\" they said.\n\n\"This item clearly violates our terms of service, but as it has been removed by the seller and is no longer for sale on the platform, we will not be taking immediate steps to ban this user.\"\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler said she hopes to make her own line of crop tops with the words \"children railways\" on the design, while \"the hype\" of the viral moment continues.\n\nChiltern Railways said it has been using the social distancing \"seat sashes\" since the beginning of the UK's Covid epidemic.\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"Whilst we appreciate this new take on railway memorabilia, these items are there to help customers travel with confidence and we would respectfully ask that they are left in place.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. London mayor Sadiq Khan: \"Unless the virus reduces... we could run out of beds\"\n\nThe spread of Covid in London is \"out of control\" according to Sadiq Khan, who has declared a \"major incident\".\n\nThe coronavirus infection rate in London has exceeded 1,000 per 100,000 people, based on the latest figures from Public Health England.\n\nHowever, the Office for National Statistics recently estimated as many as one in 30 Londoners has coronavirus.\n\nMr Khan told BBC political reporter Karl Mercer that the figure is as high as one in 20 in some parts of London.\n\nMajor incidents have previously been called for the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017 and the terror attacks at Westminster Bridge and London Bridge.\n\nA major incident is any emergency that requires the implementation of special arrangements by one or all of the emergency services, the NHS or the local authority.\n\nIt means the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response.\n\nCurrently, there are more than 7,000 people in hospital with Covid-19, the mayor said.\n\nThis is a 35% increase compared to last April's peak of the pandemic, he added.\n\nDr Samantha Batt-Rawden, an ICU registrar and President of the Doctors' Association UK, tweeted: \"We tried. We really tried. NHS staff pleaded with people that Christmas is not worth it. Now one in 30 people in London have Covid and ICUs are overwhelmed. My heart is broken.\"\n\nAn analysis of Public Health England figures show in the week to 3 January, the number of cases rose across all of the London's boroughs compared with the previous week, with 17 individually recording more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nTesting increased in parts of the city after a drop over the Christmas period but positivity was high among people taking lab-based tests - suggesting more testing is needed to find undiagnosed cases in the community.\n\nIn the past week, many parts of the capital saw a rise in deaths where a person had tested positive for coronavirus in the previous 28 days - with some areas recording more than double the number of deaths compared with the previous week.\n\nHowever, reporting over the Christmas period may have affected this.\n\nOut of the 18 acute hospital trusts in London providing figures to the government, all of them recorded having more beds being filled by coronavirus patients than in the previous week.\n\nBarts NHS Health, one of London's largest trusts, saw a 30% increase in coronavirus patients between 29 December and 5 January, to 830.\n\nThe London Ambulance Service is now taking up to 8,000 emergency calls a day, the mayor says\n\nThe mayor of London's announcement comes after the counties of Sussex and Surrey declared similar major incidents on Thursday.\n\nHe said the London Ambulance Service was currently taking up to 8,000 emergency calls a day, compared to 5,500 on a typical busy day.\n\nThe London Fire Brigade said more than 100 firefighters had been drafted in to drive ambulances to help cope with the demand.\n\nEvery frontline agency involved in protecting the public has a legal duty to prepare for emergencies by devising and testing major incident plans.\n\nThese public bodies declare a major incident when the situation they're confronting is so big or terrible that it's not only likely to cause serious harm, but it will also compromise their ability to respond effectively.\n\nIn general terms, that means public bodies can legally stop delivering some everyday services, so that their personnel, attention and resources can be diverted to the emergency confronting them.\n\nAt other times, the plans will lead to the military sending soldiers to aid the civilian effort, as we have seen already during the pandemic.\n\nPrevious major incidents include the Grenfell Tower disaster in London, the Salisbury Novichok poisonings and the 2017 terrorism attacks.\n\nLondon's regional director for Public Health England Kevin Fenton said the current wave of coronavirus was \"the biggest threat\" the capital has faced in this pandemic to date.\n\nHe added: \"The emergence of the new variant means we are setting record case rates at almost double the national average, with at least one in 30 people now thought to be carrying the virus.\n\n\"We know this will sadly lead to large numbers of deaths, so strong and immediate action is needed.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nMr Khan is warning that London is \"at crisis point\".\n\n\"If we do not take immediate action now, our NHS could be overwhelmed and more people will die,\" he said.\n\n\"Londoners continue to make huge sacrifices and I am today imploring them to please stay at home unless it is absolutely necessary for you to leave. Stay at home to protect yourself, your family, friends and other Londoners and to protect our NHS.\"\n\nHe said he had written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking for more financial support for Londoners who need to self-isolate and are unable to work, and for daily vaccination data.\n\nMr Khan also called for the closure of places of worship and for face masks to be worn routinely outside the home, including in crowded places and supermarket queues, in a bid to curb case numbers.\n\nTwo hospital trusts in London have recorded more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths\n\nThe mayor of London was in a sombre mood when I spoke to him earlier this afternoon. One in 20 Londoners in some areas now has Covid, and there is a real fear that hospitals will simply be overwhelmed in the next two weeks.\n\nDeclaring a major incident is a real indication of the levels of concern felt not just at City Hall but across London's emergency services and the NHS.\n\nMore Londoners are now in hospital with coronavirus than at the peak of the first wave last April - and those numbers are growing by more than 800 every day.\n\nIt's believed the last mayor to declare a London-wide major incident was Boris Johnson in response to the 2011 riots.\n\nThe coming days will be some of the most challenging in the city's recent history.\n\nKatie Sanderson, a junior doctor working in London, said she is worried how long medical staff can cope with the surge of patients.\n\n\"[Staff] are working on wards and spending long amounts of time with patients who need high-intensive oxygen therapy,\" she said.\n\n\"It is technically challenging and the emotional burden is enormous. I see it in a flatness in their demeanour, like we've all got used to doing things which before were totally inconceivable.\"\n\nGeorgia Gould, chair of London Councils, described London's rising coronavirus rate as \"dangerous\".\n\nShe added: \"One in 30 Londoners now has Covid. This is why public services across London are urging all Londoners to please stay at home except for absolutely essential shopping and exercise.\n\n\"This is a dark and difficult time for our city but there is light at end of the tunnel with the vaccine rollout. We are asking Londoners to come together one last time to stop the spread - lives really do depend on it.\"\n\nEarlier this week as the prime minister introduced an England-wide lockdown, the Met Police said officers were going to be \"more inquisitive\" towards Londoners seen outside.\n\nThe Met handed out 1,761 fines for breaches of coronavirus laws between 27 March and 20 December.\n\nDeputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the major incident was a \"stark reminder\" of the point London is at in the pandemic.\n\nHe said: \"These rule-breakers cannot continue to feign ignorance of the risk that this virus poses or listen to the false information and lies that some promote downplaying the dangers.\n\n\"Every time the virus spreads it increases the risk of someone needlessly losing their life.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'One of the worst shifts of my life - it's overwhelming'\n\nIn response to Mr Khan's announcement the government said the NHS is continuing to \"face a huge challenge\"\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"It is absolutely paramount people in London, and the rest of the country, follow the rules and stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives.\n\n\"We are working closely with NHS England to support hospitals in the capital, including additional bed capacity at the London Nightingale.\n\n\"Financial support is in place for workers who need to self-isolate - including a £500 payment for those on the lowest incomes who have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\"\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nHave any of the issues raised in this article had an impact on you? You can share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid lockdown: 'This is why we say to you do not come out'\n\nPeople are being warned about breaking lockdown restrictions after the police got stuck in snow due to rule-breakers.\n\nA car driving on Moel Famau hill, Flintshire, despite roadblocks, skidded off the road on Thursday night, with officers deployed to help the passengers.\n\nHowever, they then became stuck and had to call mountain rescuers.\n\nA yellow warning for snow and ice has been issued by the Met Office for all of Wales, until midnight on Friday.\n\nPolice said: \"This is why we say to you do not come out.\"\n\nOn a video posted on Twitter, an officer for the North Wales Police Rural Crime Team warned people about the consequences of breaking the rules.\n\n\"It is now involving two agencies, two police vehicles, two mountain rescue vehicles and three police officers and the casualty.\"\n\nRob Taylor from North Wales Police Rural Crime Team said the person who was driving the car, which travelled 200m when it lost control was \"very, very lucky to be alive and escape uninjured\".\n\n\"We've been having problems with people lately flouting the law and going where they shouldn't be going,\" he said.\n\n\"People have been going through them for various reasons whether that's a walk or sledge and gathering in large groups. So we have been paying attention.\n\n\"This issue that was highlighted perfectly yesterday where someone's gone there thinking it's okay to flout the law. They get themselves in trouble and cause an emergency response from police and actually put those police officers' lives at risk.\n\n\"Their actions can really affect many people.\"\n\nSnow and ice warnings are in place for all of Wales\n\nThe snow warning for Friday said 5cm of snow could also fall on hills and mountains, with a widespread frost forecast for the morning.\n\nRoad agencies said driving conditions on the A55 in Flintshire were difficult, with snow on Rhuallt Hill.\n\nOne lane on the expressway has been closed eastbound between Pentre Halkyn and Northop following a crash.\n\nRoads have also been closed in Denbighshire following the heavy snow.\n\nThe Met Office warned there was a risk of slips and falls with sleet and snow predicted to fall on to already-frozen ground, creating icy patches.\n\nForecasters said that while snow was likely to fall on hills and mountains, flurries could be seen elsewhere, but this was likely to \"be slight and temporary\".\n\nFurther ice warnings have also been issued until 11:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nResidents in parts of Wales have been waking to snow, including in Mold, Flintshire\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hyundai has sparked confusion over a possible electric car tie-up with Apple.\n\nThe South Korean car company initially said it was in the \"early stage\" of talks with the iPhone maker about a possible electric car partnership.\n\nBut hours later it backtracked and said it was talking with a number of potential partners without naming Apple.\n\nHyundai's share price rose more than 20% when the tie-up was announced.\n\n\"Apple and Hyundai are in discussions but they are at an early stage and nothing has been decided,\" it said in a statement which was later revised. Hyundai's value shot up $9bn (£6.5bn) after the Apple announcement.\n\nWhile an updated statement said it was talking to a number of companies about a possible electric car tie-up including Apple, a later version omitted the US tech firm.\n\nApple is known for its secretiveness when it comes to new products and partnerships.\n\n\"I'm not surprised to see a big jump in the valuation of Hyundai. The stock market loves car companies who are tech firms as seen with Tesla rise,\" said Sarwant Singh, managing partner at consultants Frost & Sullivan. \"This partnership helps Hyundai be seen as a tech innovator.\"\n\nLast month, news emerged that Apple was moving forward with self-driving car technology with a 2024 launch date.\n\nThe electric vehicle (EV) market is becoming increasingly competitive, with companies such as Tesla grabbing the headlines with its rapidly-increasing valuation. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk is now the richest man in the world, displacing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.\n\nExperts say an electric vehicle from Apple is still at least five years away.\n\nThey say pandemic-related delays could push the start of production into 2025 or beyond.\n\nHyundai has already been pushing into new technologies such as electric, driverless and flying cars.\n\nLast month, it took a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics in a deal that valued the mobile robot firm at $1.1bn.\n\nThe company is also setting up a $4bn autonomous-driving joint venture with auto parts supplier Aptiv.\n\nBoth partners will invest $2bn, while Ireland-based Aptiv will contribute about 700 engineers and transfer patents and intellectual property to the venture.\n\n\"Apple could certainly jumpstart that project and Hyundai brings the vehicle development and manufacturing expertise,\" said Jeff Schuster at automobile data firm LMC Automotive\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nApple's efforts to produce an electric car, known as Project Titan, have been on and off ever since plans were revealed in 2014.\n\nThere have been rumours over who would assemble an Apple-branded car as it may be difficult for the tech giant to manufacture them on its own.\n\nIts rival Alphabet's Waymo chose a factory in Detroit to mass produce its own self-driving cars.", "Jessica Allen (left) and Eliza Moore are now sticking to walks nearer their homes\n\nA police force that was criticised for its \"intimidating\" approach to two walkers is to review its lockdown fines policy.\n\nJessica Allen and Eliza Moore said they were surrounded by police after driving five miles from their home for a walk on Wednesday, and fined £200 each.\n\nDerbyshire Police initially said driving to exercise was \"not in the spirit\" of lockdown.\n\nBut it now says new national guidelines mean it will review its position.\n\nIn a statement, the force said all of its fixed penalties issued during the new national lockdown will be reviewed.\n\nMs Allen, from Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, said she assumed \"someone had been murdered\" when she arrived at Foremark Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nWhen she and her friend were questioned by police, they were also told by officers the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nShe said: \"The next thing, my car is surrounded. I got out of my car thinking 'There's no way they're coming to speak to us'. Straight away they start questioning us.\n\n\"I said we had come in separate cars, even parked two spaces away and even brought our own drinks with us. He said 'You can't do that as it's classed as a picnic'.\"\n\nMs Allen said the experience was \"very intimidating\" and had left her feeling scared of police in general.\n\nForemark Reservoir is five miles away from where Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore live\n\nHer friend, Ms Moore, said she was \"stunned at the time\" so did not challenge police and gave her details so they could send a fixed penalty notice.\n\nAt the time Derbyshire Police said that driving to a location to exercise \"is clearly not in the spirit of the national effort to reduce our travel, reduce the possible spread of the disease and reduce the number of deaths\".\n\nThe force added: \"Where there are cases of blatant breaches of the regulations then fines will be issued by officers.\"\n\nDerbyshire Police has also been giving fixed penalty notices to people who visit Calke Abbey and Elvaston Castle.\n\nFixed penalty notices have been given to people who visit Calke Abbey, a National Trust property\n\nBut in a statement, the force said further guidance issued by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) had \"clarified the policing response concerning travel and exercise\".\n\nThe guidance said: \"The Covid regulations which officers enforce and which enables them to issue FPNs [fixed penalty notices] for breaches, do not restrict the distance travelled for exercise.\"\n\nThe NPCC added that rather than issue fines for people who travel out of their local area \"but are not breaching regulations, officers will encourage people to follow the guidance\".\n\nThe force has now said it will be \"aligning to adhere to this stance\".\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Kem Mehmet said: \"We are grateful for the guidance from the NPCC.\n\n\"The actions of our officers continues to be to protect the public, the NHS and to help save lives.\"\n\nIt is not the first time the force has been accused of being overzealous in enforcing alleged lockdown breaches.\n\nIn the country's first lockdown in March the use of a drone to film people walking in the Peak District was labelled \"nanny policing\".\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nursery staff are not advised to wear face coverings\n\nChildcare organisations are demanding to see evidence that it is safe for them to remain open while schools and colleges have closed to most pupils.\n\nStaff have close contact with children and babies daily, when they change nappies and receive them by the hand from parents, for example.\n\nMinisters have insisted early years settings are safe as young children have very low rates of the virus.\n\nNurseries argue the evidence cited is based on data about old variant Covid.\n\nEngland's three main nursery organisations, the Early Years Alliance, the National Day Nurseries Association and childminders' group, Pacey, have joined together to mount a #ProtectEarlyYears campaign.\n\nThey want the government to provide clear scientific evidence on the risks to early years staff of staying open, particularly in light of the increased transmissibility of the new variant of Covid-19.\n\nSue Cardy, owner and manager of Ready Teddy Go Pre School, in Shoeburyness, Essex said: \"There isn't anyone who has asked: 'Is it 100% safe for us to remain fully open? No one can see the virus and staff may be asymptomatic, and so we all run an element of risk of catching or spreading it.\"\n\nShe added: \"Staff have families and are not all young... 50% of my staff are over 50 and some have underlying medical conditions.\"\n\nVicky, the manager of a church pre-school in Cheshire West and Chester said she could potentially have 30 children plus 10 staff in a church hall, with no PPE recommended, and limited social distancing.\n\n\"As an early years provider, I am increasingly worried about the safety of both staff and children, yet if we chose to partially close, we could be financially penalised.\"\n\nAnd Georgie Morrell from Brighton and Hove said: \"Since re-opening, I have had four households tell me. they are Covid positive.\n\n\"This is clearly very close to home and yet we have been given no choice or support but to remain open and carry on.\"\n\nNeil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, said: \"It is simply not acceptable that, at the height of a global pandemic, early years providers are being asked to work with no support, no protection and no clear evidence that is safe for them to do so.\n\n\"We know how vital access to early education and care is to many families, but it cannot be right to ask the early years workforce to put themselves at risk. That is why it is vital that the government takes the urgent steps needed to safeguard those working in the sector, particularly mass testing and priority access to vaccinations.\n\nNursery providers are calling for staff to be tested, priority for vaccination and for state funding lost due to lower numbers during the pandemic, to be replaced by government.\n\nPurnima Tanuku, chief Executive of National Day Nurseries Association, said nurseries were determined to support families during the current lockdown.\n\nBut, she added: \"Time and again, whether it's on PPE, cleaning costs, testing or staffing, early years providers have been overlooked by the Department for Education.\n\n\"Now, they are the only part of the education sector fully open to all children and must be given priority.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, vaccines minister Nadim Zahawi said there was very little risk to younger children.\n\n\"The nursery sector has taken tremendous care in making sure the premises are also Covid safe. It is the right thing to do.\"\n\nThe Department for Education is yet to comment on the #ProtectEarlyYears demands.", "The coronavirus vaccine rollout is a national challenge requiring an unprecedented effort - involving the armed forces - Boris Johnson says.\n\nThe PM confirmed almost 1.5 million people in the UK have now received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine.\n\nMore than 1,000 GP-led sites in England will be able to offer a total of \"hundreds of thousands\" of jabs each day by 15 January, he said.\n\nThe Army will use \"battle preparation techniques\" to help achieve that goal.\n\nIt came as a further 1,162 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were reported on Thursday - the second consecutive day of more than 1,000 recorded fatalities - and 52,618 new cases.\n\nAnd as Simon Stevens, head of the NHS in England, warned 10,000 patients with Covid had been admitted to hospital since Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking at a Downing Street news conference, Mr Johnson said there would likely be \"lumpiness and bumpiness\" in the rollout of vaccines.\n\nHe said: \"Let's be clear, this is a national challenge on a scale like nothing we've seen before and it will require an unprecedented national effort.\n\n\"Of course, there will be difficulties, appointments will be changed but... the Army is working hand in glove with the NHS and local councils to set up our vaccine network and using battle preparation techniques to help us keep up the pace.\"\n\nAlongside GPs, there will be 223 hospital sites and seven \"giant vaccination centres\" - as well as an initial 200 community pharmacies - offering jabs, Mr Johnson said.\n\nEveryone will have a vaccination centre within 10 miles of their home, he added, with a \"full vaccination deployment plan\" to be published on Monday.\n\nHe also said there would be a national booking system for vaccinations - but did not give any more details.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brigadier Phil Prosser said his task was to ensure everyone in England had equal access to the vaccine\n\nBrigadier Phil Prosser, commander of military support to the vaccine delivery programme, told the news conference his team was \"embedded\" with the NHS.\n\nHe said his \"day job\" is to deliver combat supplies to UK forces in time of war, \"at speed in the most arduous and challenging conditions\".\n\nThe government has set a target to offer vaccination slots to 15 million in the top four priority groups - including all over-80s - by 15 February.\n\nAnd Mr Johnson said that, with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine available, he could pledge one of those groups - care home residents - would all receive their jab by the end of January.\n\nThe widespread rollout of the vaccine has begun in earnest with the first doses delivered during the day to family doctors for distribution.\n\nBut there were concerns from some GPs over supplies, as Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the levels of vaccine supply was the \"rate-limiting\" factor as jabs would be delivered as quickly as stock is available.\n\nIt comes as some hospitals in England are at risk of becoming Covid-only sites, with rising admissions for the virus forcing trusts to cut back on other services.\n\nThe latest NHS statistics also show that there were 30,370 patients with Covid in UK hospitals on Tuesday, a much higher figure than the first peak in the spring of 2020.\n\nHospital leaders have warned medics are becoming increasingly stretched with \"untrained staff\" used to fill gaps.\n\nAt 20:00 GMT, people in some streets stepped out onto doorsteps to clap for the heroes of the pandemic, following a weekly initiative which gained popularity during the UK's first lockdown.\n\nHowever, Thursday's clap for heroes was more muted than those seen last year, perhaps reflecting criticism the initiative had become politicised.\n\nLots of detail has been given about how the NHS - working hand-in-hand with the military - will be able to deliver the vaccines.\n\nThere will be more local vaccination centres, hospital hubs and even mass vaccination at sports stadiums.\n\nThousands of extra vaccinators have already been trained - and thousands more are waiting in the wings.\n\nBut the biggest hurdle the UK faces is vaccine supply.\n\nIf it is not available, it cannot be put in arms no matter how good the vaccination network is.\n\nIn the long-term, supply is not likely to be a problem - but in the coming weeks it could be tight.\n\nThere is enough vaccine in the country to offer all those at highest risk a jab by mid-February.\n\nBut it is not yet all ready for the NHS to use, either because the final safety checks have not been done or the vaccine has not been put into vials.\n\nThe former depends on lab work by the medicines regulator, while the latter is the job of a plant in Wrexham.\n\nEach stage takes some time. The target is achievable, but a lot has to go right.\n\nSir Simon Stevens said there were 50% more coronavirus patients in England's hospitals now compared to the peak last April, affecting every region across the country.\n\nHe said: \"That number is accelerating very, very rapidly... the pressures are real and they are growing.\"\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the Belfast Health Trust has said it has no other option but to cancel all of its urgent cancer surgery amid \"highly significant\" demand for bed space.\n\nThe cancelled operations will affect those patients for whom surgery could impact recovery and even survival, the trust said.\n\nBoris Johnson said all parts of government would be throwing everything at the vaccination effort \"round the clock\"\n\nIn one positive development for hospitals, two more life-saving drugs that can cut deaths by a quarter in patients who are sickest with Covid have been cleared for widespread use, with immediate effect.\n\nThe anti-inflammatory medications, given via a drip, save an extra life for every 12 treated, researchers said, following NHS trials.\n\nElsewhere, the UK has implemented restrictions on travellers to England from countries near South Africa to stop the spread of the South African Covid variant.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson and Sir Simon were asked about persistent social media claims that coronavirus does not exist - and that reports of packed hospital wards of people being treated are just a myth.\n\nSir Simon said that such misinformation was an \"insult\" to hard-working critical care staff.\n\n\"There is nothing more demoralising than having that kind of nonsense spouted when it is most obviously untrue,\" he said.", "Vincent Kane - pictured with his grandson Sonny - is facing uncertainty about his operation\n\nThe son of a man with pancreatic cancer has said the last-minute cancellation of his surgery has been \"devastating\".\n\nJodie Kane said his father Vincent was due to have his operation on Friday.\n\nHowever, that procedure was cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust on Tuesday as the worsening coronavirus crisis increases the pressure on hospitals.\n\nThe trust apologised, saying it had faced an 80% rise in the number of patients with Covid-19 admitted to hospitals since Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show, Jodie said that there was now \"no guarantee\" his 68-year-old father would get the treatment.\n\n\"To be told we had the chance of a very successful surgery on offer and then to have it taken away at the last minute is pretty devastating,\" he said.\n\n\"Even the surgeon himself said they would be concerned if it was to go on more than four weeks.\n\n\"There is an uncertainty hanging over us now that we don't know when he'll actually get that surgery or what the impact on his health is going to be.\"\n\nVincent Kane - pictured with his with wife Karen - has been suffering other health issues arising from his cancer\n\nVincent, from Newtownards, County Down, did not receive treatment for some of his other symptoms as it was planned that the surgery would help with those.\n\n\"Because they were hoping to get him straight into surgery he hasn't had the blockage in his gall bladder addressed so he's jaundiced, he's covered in a rash, can't sleep, he's lost a lot of weight,\" Jodie said.\n\n\"Undoubtedly there are people worse off than us out there but it is still a critical illness that he has got and it is one that we don't have an end in sight for, in terms of treatment.\n\n\"There must be a way of helping all those in need, or I suppose if you were being really honest about it those who stand the best chance of surviving - making the decisions for the benefit of them.\n\n\"There's no guarantee that in six weeks' time surgery is going to be an option because who knows what's going to happen with Covid?\"\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust said it had to reduce the number of ill patients on wards to protect them from coronavirus\n\nJodie called on those who were breaking Covid-19 regulations to think about the the \"direct and indirect impacts\" of their actions.\n\n\"We've every sympathy for anyone who has a loved one who needs [intensive] care because of Covid but cancer and Covid are both life-and-death situations.\n\n\"We can minimise the risks of one of them as a collective society just by taking the necessary precautions.\n\n\"It could be someone they love or their neighbour or someone in their community that's in the same situation as us in the very near future.\"\n\nFlo McClements, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in December, found out on Tuesday that her surgery - scheduled for Thursday - had been cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Foyle, her son Gregg said the pressure was \"mounting day by day\" on the the 72-year-old from Ballymoney, County Antrim.\n\n\"She had waited all through Christmas for the date and due to the Covid-19 restrictions we as a family had stayed away from her,\" he added.\n\nFlo McClements' family wants to \"give her a hug\" after her operation was cancelled\n\n\"We left her on her own with my dad just to make sure she didn't catch Covid and risk the operation.\n\n\"When you get the date you like to think it's the next step to recovery but unfortunately that didn't happen.\"\n\nGregg said his mother was \"putting on a brave face\" but it was difficult for the family to not be with her in person during what was a difficult time.\n\n\"That's actually the hardest part that we can't go up and have a cup of tea with her or give her a hug to make her feel a bit better even for a few minutes.\"\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust said it \"would like to sincerely apologise\" to those affected by the postponement of surgeries.\n\nIt said the decision was taken to reduce the number of ill patients on wards that would be more at risk from the virus than others.\n\n\"This was an incredibly difficult decision to make and we did not take it without considering all the information available to us,\" said the trust.\n\n\"We do not underestimate the anxiety and distress this causes the patients and families affected and we deeply regret this.\n\nIt said it would do \"everything in our power\" to reschedule their operations \"as soon as possible\".", "Gordy Philip took an icy bike ride on the Great Glen Way between Blackfold and Abriachan in the hills above Loch Ness. He said of his image: \"Could be the light at the end of the road on the first day of another lockdown.\"", "New data from EU satellites shows that 2020 is in a statistical dead heat with 2016 as the world's warmest year.\n\nThe Copernicus Climate Change Service says that last year was around 1.25C above the long-term average.\n\nThe scientists say that unprecedented levels of heat in the Arctic and Siberia were key factors in driving up the overall temperature.\n\nThe past 12 months also saw a new record for Europe, around 0.4C warmer than 2019.\n\nLast December, the World Meteorological Organization predicted that 2020 would be one of the three warmest years on record.\n\nThis new, more complete report from Copernicus says that last year is right at the top of the list.\n\nHigh temperatures saw fires rage in spring and summer in many locations inside the Arctic circle\n\nThe Copernicus data comes from a constellation of Sentinel satellites that monitor the Earth from orbit, as well as measurements taken at ground level.\n\nTemperature data from the system shows that 2020 was 1.25C warmer than the average from 1850-1900, a time often described as the \"pre-industrial\" period.\n\nOne key factor driving up the temperatures was the heating experienced in the Arctic and Siberia.\n\nIn some locations there, temperatures for the year as a whole were 6C above the long-term average.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThis exceptional warming led to a very active wildfire season. Fires in the Arctic Circle released a record amount of CO2, according to the study, up over a third from 2019.\n\nThe Copernicus service concludes that while 2020 was very marginally cooler than 2016, the two years are statistically on a par as the differences between the figures for the two years are smaller than the typical differences found in other temperature databases for the same period.\n\nMore data on 2020's temperature will be released in the next week or so from other agencies, including Nasa and the UK Met Office.\n\nThe scientists say that the closeness between the years is all the more remarkable considering the impacts of the El Niño/La Niña weather cycle.\n\nPeople saw their homes burnt down in some parts of Siberia\n\nEurope also saw a new record level of warming for the year, 0.4C warmer than 2019. A major heat wave in July and August was an important factor driving up the mercury across the continent.\n\nGlobally, the 10-year period from 2011-2020 is the warmest decade, with the last six years being the six hottest on record.\n\n\"Twenty-twenty stands out for its exceptional warmth in the Arctic and a record number of tropical storms in the North Atlantic,\" said Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service.\n\n\"It is no surprise that the last decade was the warmest on record, and is yet another reminder of the urgency of ambitious emissions reductions to prevent adverse climate impacts in the future.\"\n\nWhile a strong La Niña may cool temperatures a little in 2021, levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are likely to remain high, contributing to ongoing warming.\n\nNew data from the UK's Met Office suggests that average concentrations of CO2 will reach levels that are 50% higher than they were before the industrial revolution.\n\nResearchers predict that annual average CO2 concentration at the Mauna Loa recording station in Hawaii will be around 2.29 parts per million (ppm) higher in 2021 than in 2020.\n\nDespite the global slowdowns caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the scientists say this rise is being driven by emissions from the use of fossil fuels and from deforestation.\n\nEurope saw a prolonged heat wave in July and August that pushed the year to a new record\n\nWhile weather patterns linked to the La Niña event may boost growth in tropical forests and increase the amount of the gas that's absorbed, it won't be enough to slow the overall rise.\n\nThe Met Office says that CO2 will exceed 417ppm in the atmosphere for several weeks from April to June.\n\nThis is 50% higher than the level of 278ppm that pertained in the late 18th Century as widespread industrial activity was just beginning.\n\n\"The human-caused build-up of CO2 in the atmosphere is accelerating,\" said Prof Richard Betts from the Met Office.\n\n\"It took over 200 years for levels to increase by 25%, but now just over 30 years later we are approaching a 50% increase.\"\n\n\"Reversing this trend and slowing the atmospheric CO2 rise will need global emissions to reduce, and bringing them to a halt will need global emissions to be brought down to net zero. This needs to happen within about the next 30 years if global warming is to be limited to 1.5C.\"", "Lorry drivers crossing the Channel will continue to need a recent negative Covid test result \"until further notice\", the UK government has said.\n\nHauliers have been required to prove they have tested negative since the border with France reopened last month.\n\nThe decision to continue testing comes from the French government, the Department for Transport said.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps urged \"all hauliers to get tested before getting to the border\".\n\nThe decision comes as the introduction of new trading rules between the UK and European Union prompts disruption for some businesses and hauliers.\n\nMr Shapps said the government was \"offering support to businesses to set-up testing facilities at their own premises, assisting the smooth passage of trucks and good across the border, as well as setting up testing at information and advice sites around the country\".\n\nDrivers and crew of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), drivers of large goods vehicles (LGVs) and van drivers are advised to obtain a negative test before arriving in Kent or at other Channel crossing points.\n\nThere are now 34 testing sites for hauliers situated in key \"stopping spots\" across the UK, with further sites being set up, the DfT said.\n\nTests must be authorised and taken 72 hours before entry into France.\n\nIn addition to a negative Covid test result, some hauliers require a new 24-hour permit to enter Kent since the introduction of the new UK-EU rules.\n\nFrance reported 21,703 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, while the UK reported 52,618.\n\nLast month, the border crisis saw France refuse arrivals from the UK for 48 hours between 20 and 22 December due to a new virus variant initially discovered in Kent.\n\nPassenger ferries and lorry freight bound for France were suspended from Dover, Portsmouth and Newhaven.\n\nAn emergency procedure devised as part of post-Brexit preparations allowed lorries to be \"stacked\" - leaving thousands of foreign drivers stranded throughout southern England.", "A further 1,325 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nIt means there have been just short of 80,000 deaths by that measure - as another 68,053 new cases were recorded.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) said the number of deaths would \"continue to rise until we stop the spread\".\n\nIt comes as the government launches a new campaign in England urging people to \"act like you've got\" the virus.\n\nThe campaign, including an advert fronted by England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, is intended to remind the public Covid is spreading fast, with large numbers showing no symptoms.\n\nIn the advert, Prof Whitty says: \"Covid-19, especially the new variant, is spreading quickly across the country.\n\n\"This puts many people at risk of serious disease and is placing a lot of pressure on our NHS.\n\n\"Once more, we must all stay home. If it is essential to go out remember, wash your hands, cover your face indoors and keep your distance from others.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"Our hospitals are under more pressure than at any other time since the start of the pandemic, and infection rates across the entire country continue to soar at an alarming rate.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care\n\nHospital leaders have warned of stretched staffing with 31,624 coronavirus patients in UK hospitals on Wednesday - 46% above the peak during the first wave last year.\n\nDr Ian Higginson, vice president of Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the situation in London and south-east England was \"pretty dire\" and would get worse in the rest of the country before long.\n\n\"We're heading for some really dark times, I fear, in this phase of the pandemic,\" he said.\n\nRichard Mitchell, chief executive of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust, said the increase in patients seen in London was now affecting his area in Nottinghamshire.\n\nHe said: \"Critical care is exceptionally busy and the colleagues who work here are tired, they're fatigued and they're worn out.\"\n\nMeanwhile, a third Covid vaccine received emergency approval for use in the UK with 17 million doses of the jab, made by US firm Moderna, pre-ordered by the UK.\n\nThe vaccine joins the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs in being approved, with close to 1.5 million people now vaccinated in the UK.\n\nDr William Welfare, Covid-19 response director at PHE, said: \"Each life lost to this virus is a tragedy, but sadly we can expect the death toll to continue to rise until we stop the spread.\n\n\"Approximately one in three people who have coronavirus have no symptoms and could be spreading it without realising it.\n\n\"To protect our loved ones it is essential we all stay at home where possible. This will reduce new infections, ease the pressure on the NHS and save lives.\"\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan said the spread of Covid in the capital was now \"out of control\", as he declared a \"major incident\".\n\nThis means the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response, and allows special arrangements to be implemented.\n\nThe previous highest daily death toll - 1,224 - was recorded on 21 April 2020 during the UK's first lockdown. Daily deaths were in the single figures as recently as September.\n\nThe UK has recorded the fifth-highest number of deaths behind the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nWe are now seeing the record numbers of cases over the Christmas period translate into record numbers of deaths.\n\nAnd with new infections rising rapidly - more than 1.1 million people in England estimated to be infected with Covid-19 last week - these tragic numbers are set to continue for some time.\n\nAnd that is mainly because of the new variant form of the virus which is thought to be between 30-70% more transmissible.\n\nThe administration of the vaccines to at-risk groups should see a reduction in the numbers dying by the end of the month and the numbers having to go into hospital going down sometime after that.\n\nThat is the other way around from what you normally hear - but that it because a successful vaccine programme will initially remove those most likely to die from the path of the virus.\n\nFitter or younger people - who are less likely to die but could still end up occupying hospital beds - won't be getting their jabs for some time yet.\n\nThe advent of spring's better weather should also help cases to fall, but ministers will have to decide what level of risk - and deaths - society is prepared to tolerate.\n\nFriday saw 619,941 tests conducted in the 24 hours to 09:00 GMT - also a new record.\n\nEngland, much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland continue to be under strict national measures, with stay-at-home orders in place for most people.\n\nThe R number - the rate at which an infected person passes on the virus to someone else - is now estimated to be between 1.0 to 1.4, meaning the epidemic is growing between 0% and 6% per day.\n\nCovid infections rose by almost a third between Boxing Day and 3 January, reaching 70,000 new cases a day according to a major study.\n\nIn a different piece of research, an estimated 1.2 million people in total had Covid over a similar time period, the Office for National Statistics said.\n\nBoris Johnson pledged on Thursday to use England's lockdown to implement an \"unprecedented national effort\" to offer vaccination to those at the highest risk from Covid by 15 February.\n\nHe said the Army would be drafted in to use \"battle preparation techniques\" to achieve the goal, which could see up to 15 million people offered a vaccine by the middle of next month.\n\nIn another development, from next week all travellers to the UK will need to show a recent negative test result before they arrive.\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Parents and teachers are \"frustrated\" about plans to keep schools closed until the February half term and concerned about the impact on children.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC Radio Wales phone-in, callers said they felt young people were being \"thrown under the bus\".\n\nOthers said they were fed up with \"bitty information\" from the Welsh Government.\n\nKaarina Rutta from Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, told the programme she was having to work at night when her four children had gone to bed after home schooling.\n\n\"It's a challenge trying to help all four at the same time and also having in the back of your mind I should also be working and doing other things,\" she said.\n\n\"I was quite sure that this was going to happen,\" she added.\n\n\"It didn't come as a surprise I have to say, because the situation is just so bad I think there is no other way out of it at the moment.\n\n\"I just wish we had known earlier on and it would have been easier to plan.\"\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said it was the \"best certainty\" he could offer \"in a world which is highly uncertain\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duke of Cambridge asked how staff were coping during the pandemic and thanked them for their sacrifice\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge has said he talks to his three children about NHS staff \"every day\" to help them to understand the \"sacrifices\" made during Covid.\n\nPrince William's comments were part of a video call to London hospital staff.\n\n\"Catherine and I and all the children talk about all of you guys every day, so we're making sure the children understand all of the sacrifices that all of you are making,\" he said.\n\nIt comes after the London mayor said the virus was \"out of control\".\n\nSadiq Khan declared a major incident on Friday - meaning the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response - after the number of Covid patients in the capital's hospitals surpassed 7,000.\n\nStaff at Homerton University Hospital in east London told the Duke of Cambridge that queues of people waiting to be vaccinated at the hospital offered hope, but that the way out of the crisis was for the public to \"stay at home\" during lockdown.\n\nIn recent days the hospital has seen its highest number of admissions since the pandemic began.\n\nDuring the UK's first national lockdown, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their three children Prince George (left), Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis joined in with the weekly Clap for Carers event\n\nThe duke, who is joint patron of NHS Charities Together, said: \"A huge thank you for all the hard work, the sleepless nights, the lack of sleep, the anxiety, the exhaustion and everything that you are doing, we are so grateful.\n\n\"Good luck, we are all thinking of you.\"\n\nHis video call, which took place on Thursday, is one of many he and the duchess have made to NHS staff during the pandemic.\n\nPrince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have also shown their support for the health service by getting involved with the weekly Clap for Carers applause during the UK's first national lockdown.\n\nAnd on Saturday, the Duchess's birthday, Kensington Palace said the family's thoughts \"continue to be with all those working on the front line at this hugely challenging time\".\n\nChief nurse Catherine Pelley told the prince her hospital had used funds from NHS Charities Together to set up various support initiatives such as a \"wobble room\" for colleagues to relax in.\n\n\"For us this week, starting vaccinating has been one of the single most significant impacts on people feeling that there is a future out of this, and the queues out the door here where they have been vaccinating have been really hopeful for people,\" she said.\n\n\"But the support we need is stay at home, help us. Because that will get us all out of this, whatever our role is, and we will get society out of this.\"\n\nAfter speaking to Ms Pelley and her colleagues about how they supported one another, the prince said: \"It's good that you and your team are keeping your spirits high and I always find that having some sort of sense of humour through everything is very important, otherwise we all go mad.\"\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge said he wants his children to appreciate the sacrifices made by NHS staff during the pandemic", "Ms Sturgeon has rejected claims made by former first minister Alex Salmond\n\nAlex Salmond has accused Nicola Sturgeon of misleading parliament, calling evidence she gave to an inquiry into the handling of sexual harassment claims against him \"simply untrue\".\n\nMr Salmond's comments emerged in a written submission to a separate investigation into whether the first minister breached the ministerial code.\n\nThe submission has been shared with the Holyrood committee.\n\nMs Sturgeon says she \"entirely rejects Mr Salmond's claims\".\n\nIn the submission, the former first minister said that Ms Sturgeon had misled parliament and broken the ministerial code with breaches including failing to inform the civil service in good time of her meetings with him.\n\nHe claimed she allowed the Scottish government to contest a civil court case against him despite having had legal advice that it was likely to collapse.\n\nMs Sturgeon told the Holyrood inquiry she had become aware of allegations at a meeting with Mr Salmond at her home.\n\nIt since emerged she met his former chief of staff in the days before, but she said she had forgotten about that meeting.\n\nMr Salmond said that claim was untenable.\n\nHis submission said that she misled parliament, and that amounted to a breach of the code. He also said she breached the code by failing to to inform civil servants of the nature of the meetings that took place between the two of them at her home where the allegations were discussed.\n\nAlex Salmond walked free from court in March having been cleared of charges of sexual assault\n\nMr Salmond's statement read: \"The pre-arranged meeting in the Scottish Parliament of 29 March 2018 was \"forgotten\" about because acknowledging it would have rendered ridiculous the claim made by the first minister in parliament that it had been believed that the meeting on 2 April was on SNP Party business and thus held at her private residence.\"\n\nBoth Mr Salmond and Ms Sturgeon are expected to give evidence to the committee in the coming weeks.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross responded to the claims, saying: \"Nobody ever bought Nicola Sturgeon's tall tales to have suddenly turned forgetful, especially about the devastating moment she found out of sexual harassment allegations against her friend and mentor of 30 years.\n\n\"What has been revealed are allegations of shocking, deliberate and corrupt actions at the heart of government. There is now clear evidence of Nicola Sturgeon abusing her power to deceive the Scottish public.\n\n\"If this proves to be correct, it is a resignation matter. No first minister, at any time, can be allowed to get away with repeatedly and blatantly lying to the Scottish Parliament and breaking the ministerial code.\"\n\nScottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said Alex Salmond's explosive allegations demanded answers from the first minister to the committee.\n\nShe said: \"The bombshell accusation that Nicola Sturgeon has broken the ministerial code has the potential to end her political career and demands a robust and honest answer from the first minister.\n\n\"This committee demands truthfulness and honesty from every witness it calls - it is vital that the first minister tells the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth when she appears.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon has repeatedly dismissed any notion of a conspiracy against Mr Salmond.\n\nHer spokeswoman said: \"The first minister entirely rejects Mr Salmond's claims about the ministerial code.\n\n\"We should always remember that the roots of this issue lie in complaints made by women about Alex Salmond's behaviour whilst he was first minister, aspects of which he has conceded. It is not surprising therefore that he continues to try to divert focus from that by seeking to malign the reputation of the first minister and by spinning false conspiracy theories.\n\n\"The first minister is concentrating on fighting the pandemic, stands by what she has said, and will address these matters in full when she appears at committee.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions on Friday evening, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford MP said he did not believe the accusations about the first minister were correct.\n\nHe said: \"I believe that the first minister has acted in an honourable way, she's someone that I've every faith and trust in.\n\n\"I can tell you that the approval ratings for the first minister, the respect that she has right up and down the country of Scotland is enormous and this is something that will pass, when she appears in front of the committee these matters will be dealt with.\"\n\nAlex Salmond has just turned up the heat on his successor with a submission that presents a direct and serious challenge to the reputation of Nicola Sturgeon - who was once his closest political ally.\n\nWhat he no doubt considers as an attempt to secure justice, some others will see as a case of deflection and revenge.\n\nAllegations of breaking the ministerial code of conduct and misleading parliament are serious and, if upheld, potentially career threatening.\n\nYet even some of Ms Sturgeon's fiercest critics at Holyrood do not expect the inquiries into the Scottish government's mishandling of harassment complaints against Mr Salmond to force her from office.\n\nMr Salmond seems to expect the review of the first minister's actions under the ministerial code of conduct to remain narrow enough that it could not possibly find against her.\n\nThe first minister herself appears confident of persuading all comers, including a cross-party committee of MSPs (before which both she and Mr Salmond are due to appear in the coming weeks) that she has acted properly throughout.", "The star thanked fans for their messages of support\n\nThe Wanted's Tom Parker has told fans he is \"responding well\" to treatment for his brain tumour.\n\nThe singer praised the NHS as he wrote on Instagram: \"Significant reduction: These are the words I received today and I can't stop saying them over and over again.\"\n\nSharing a picture with his wife Kelsey Hardwick and their two children, he added: \"Today is a good day.\"\n\nThe 32-year-old was found to have an inoperable brain tumour last year.\n\nThe diagnosis came after he suffered two seizures last summer. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, his wife was not allowed in the hospital during three days of tests and he received the news alone.\n\nAt the time he vowed to fight the cancer \"all the way\". Two weeks later he became a father for the second time after Hardwick gave birth to a baby boy.\n\nThe singer shared a photo of his young family alongside the latest update on his health\n\nSharing an update on his condition on Thursday, Parker said: \"I had an MRI scan on Tuesday and my results today were a significant reduction to the tumour and I am responding well to treatment.\n\n\"I can't thank our wonderful NHS enough,\" he continued. \"You're all having a tough time out there but we appreciate the work you are all doing on the front line.\"\n\nThe star also thanked his wife, calling her \"my rock\", and thanked fans for their support. \"Your love, light and positivity have inspired me,\" he wrote. \"Every message has not been unnoticed they have given me so much strength.\"\n\nParker achieved fame in the early 2010s as part of The Wanted, reaching number one with the singles All Time Low and Glad You Came.\n\nSince the band went on hiatus in 2014, he has played Danny Zuko in a touring production of Grease and reached the semi-finals of Celebrity Masterchef.\n\nHe married Hardwick, an actress, in 2018. As well as Bodhi, the couple have an 18-month-old daughter.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Covid infections rose by almost a third between 26 December and 3 January, reaching 70,000 new cases a day according to a major study.\n\nIn a different piece of research, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated 1.2 million people in total had Covid over a similar time period.\n\nDaily infections are understood to have risen to about 150,000 since then.\n\nThat would bring daily coronavirus cases above the first peak.\n\nThe R or reproduction number for the virus is now between 1 and 1.4 for the UK, reflecting the sharp rise in cases in recent weeks.\n\nSeparate ONS data suggests just under half (44%) of British adults formed a Christmas bubble.\n\nThese temporary rules let up to three households mix indoors on 25 December - unless they were living in a Tier 4 area.\n\nThe ONS estimated how much of the population had Covid in the week of 27 December- 2 January:\n\nThe ONS data suggests cases rose by three-quarters between its two most recent study periods: 12-18 December and 27 December - 2 January.\n\nThe ZOE Covid Symptom Study was able to track more recent changes since there was no pause in its research for Christmas.\n\nIt found the epidemic is growing throughout the UK.\n\nResearchers estimate the virus's reproduction or R number is currently 1.2 across the UK.\n\nBoth sources indicate London has the most severe epidemic with the highest number of cases.\n\nConfirmed cases, published on the government's dashboard, are always lower than those in surveys because they mainly reflect the test results of people coming in with symptoms.\n\nBoth the ONS and ZOE also look at asymptomatic cases - people who may not otherwise get tests.\n\nSome asymptomatic testing is now available in the community but it is not being widely taken up.\n\nAbout a fifth of people responding to a separate ONS survey looking at the social impacts of the pandemic, said they had found it difficult to follow the Christmas rules.\n\nAnd half of those gave the fact that they had already made plans as the reason.\n\nRules, which were set to allow everyone in the UK to mix in a five-day window, were changed at the last minute, on 19 December.\n\nIn England, people living in Tiers 1-3 were allowed to form a one-day Christmas bubble with a maximum of two other households.\n\nThose in Tier 4, including about 10 million people in Greater London, were not permitted to mix at all.\n\nMixing was permitted in Scotland and Wales for Christmas Day only.\n\nHow has coronavirus affected you? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nOr use this form to get in touch:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your comment or send it via email to HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any comment you send in.", "A former Labour MP has quit the party before disciplinary proceedings against him concerning sexual harassment could be concluded, Labour has said.\n\nKelvin Hopkins was suspended by the party in 2017 after a Labour activist, Ava Etemadzadeh, accused him of inappropriate physical contact.\n\nMs Etemadzadeh said the ex-MP's exit from the party was \"disappointing\".\n\nThe BBC has attempted to contact Mr Hopkins, 79, for a response, but he has previously denied the accusations.\n\nA Labour spokesperson said it \"takes all complaints of sexual harassment extremely seriously and they are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures, and any appropriate disciplinary action is taken.\n\n\"We are disappointed that the party's disciplinary processes did not reach a conclusion due to Kelvin Hopkins' decision to resign his membership,\" they added.\n\n\"We are establishing an independent process to investigate complaints, including sexual harassment, to ensure complainants can feel confident that in coming forward they will be heard and get the justice they deserve.\"\n\nMr Hopkins, who first won the seat of Luton North from the Conservatives in 1997, stood down ahead of the 2019 election - a decision, he said, which was to do with his wife's health, not the accusations.\n\nHe had originally been referred to the party's National Constitutional Committee following the allegations in 2017 and had expressed frustration at the length of time the hearing was taking.\n\nResponding to his decision to leave the party, Ms Etemadzadeh tweeted: \"This is very disappointing news. I hope Keir Starmer listens to my concerns and fixes this broken system.\"", "David Bowie left his mark with songs like Space Oddity, Let's Dance and Under Pressure\n\nA series of streamed music events, shows and new releases are marking David Bowie's birthday and the fifth anniversary of his death.\n\nThe musician would have turned 74 on Friday, while Sunday is five years since he died of cancer.\n\nA star-studded tribute concert and his 2015 stage musical Lazarus will both be streamed over the weekend.\n\nTwo previously unreleased Bowie tracks have also been released, while his music has now arrived on TikTok.\n\nThe tribute gig, titled A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day, will feature Bowie's former bandmates alongside stars including Boy George, Duran Duran, Trent Reznor, Adam Lambert, Gary Barlow and actor Gary Oldman.\n\nStarting at 18:00 PT on Friday (02:00 GMT Saturday), the show will be led by Bowie's longtime pianist Mike Garson and will be available for 24 hours.\n\nDuran Duran released a timely cover of Bowie's track Five Years ahead of the show. \"My life as a teenager was all about David Bowie,\" singer Simon Le Bon said.\n\n\"He is the reason why I started writing songs. Part of me still can't believe in his death five years ago, but maybe that's because there's a part of me where he's still alive and always will be.\"\n\nOn Friday, Bowie's previously unreleased covers of Bob Dylan's Tryin' to Get to Heaven and John Lennon's Mother were also put out into the world.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by David Bowie - Topic This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nBBC Four is hosting a Bowie Night on Friday, while there will be special programmes on BBC Radio 4 and 6 Music. They include Bowie: Dancing Out in Space, which will air simultaneously on the two stations on Sunday.\n\nIn it, producer Tony Visconti describes how Bowie and Lennon first met awkwardly in a New York hotel room ahead of their collaborations on the former's cover of The Beatles' Across the Universe and his own 1975 song Fame.\n\n\"He was terrified of meeting John Lennon,\" says Visconti. \"About one in the morning I knocked on the door and for about the next two hours, John Lennon and David weren't speaking to each other.\n\n\"Instead, David was sitting on the floor with an art pad and a charcoal and he was sketching things and he was completely ignoring Lennon.\n\n\"So, after about two hours of that, he [John] finally said to David, 'Rip that pad in half and give me a few sheets. I want to draw you.' So David said, 'Oh, that's a good idea', and he finally opened up. So John started making caricatures of David, and David started doing the same of John and they kept swapping them and then they started laughing and that broke the ice.\"\n\nMeanwhile, next weekend will see the release of Stardust, a film biopic about Bowie's journey to becoming Ziggy Stardust, starring singer and actor Johnny Flynn.\n\nHowever, Bowie's family have not given it their blessing, meaning the film-makers were not allowed to use any of his music. Instead Flynn, as Bowie, is seen performing songs by Jacques Brel, The Yardbirds and one of Flynn's own compositions.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Heads are calling for limits to the number of pupils in school during lockdown in England, with attendance rates surging to 50% in some places.\n\nThe two head teachers' unions, NAHT and ASCL, say the high numbers attending could hamper the fight against the virus.\n\nThe Department for Education has widened the categories of vulnerable and key worker pupils who can attend.\n\nIt is insisting that schools ensure all children who qualify can attend.\n\nThe widened categories not only include vulnerable pupils and children of workers in critical occupations but also those who cannot access remote learning either because they do not have devices or space to study.\n\nChildren of parents working on the Brexit arrangements are also included.\n\nTeachers have described streets around schools being packed with parents dropping off their children and almost all staff having to come in and work despite the lockdown.\n\nHeads say they fear schools could be overwhelmed by children who do not have access to lap tops to learn remotely.\n\nJessica Jane, a learning assistant at a school in Hampshire, told the BBC: \"I work in a primary school where we are having to bring in every single member of staff as the list of key-workers is vast in our area and over 50% of our children are attending.\n\n\"Our community school is not closed and streets are packed with parents morning and afternoon collecting their children from open schools.\"\n\nShe added: \"My colleagues and I are still being put at risk every single day as are our families.\"\n\nA teacher from the Midlands who did not wish to be named said the number had risen from 10 pupils a day in the first lockdown to about 90 a day this week.\n\n\"We're talking just under to just over a third of the usual amount of pupils for our school here.\n\n\"The vast majority are key worker children, not vulnerable.\n\n\"I also know that other primary schools in our area have similar amounts of children in school - one neighbouring school in particular, which is only slightly larger than us, is estimating/averaging 100 to 160 children in school every day.\"\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, called the lack of limits \"bizarre... in a week when the prime minister has told the nation that it is necessary to move schools to remote education in order to suppress coronavirus transmission\".\n\n\"We are hearing reports that attendance in some primary schools is in excess of 50% because of demand from critical workers and families with children classed as vulnerable under criteria which has been significantly widened,\" he said.\n\n\"We are urgently seeking clarification about the maximum number who should be in school while protecting public health.\n\n\"This seems completely illogical given the fact that the government has taken the drastic action of a full national lockdown precisely in order to limit contacts.\"\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of National Association of Head Teachers, said schools could not \"meet the demand created by government and reduce social mixing in the way the prime minister announced\".\n\n\"The government acknowledges that schools do play a role in the transmission of the virus. Therefore, there comes a point when occupancy levels might be so high that they work against the efforts to bring down infection rates in communities, as is the national aim.\n\n\"This could result in prolonging the amount of time pupils are away from the classroom, which we are all anxious to avoid.\"\n\nA Department for Education spokesman said: \"Schools are open for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers. We expect schools to work with families to ensure all critical worker children are given access to a place if this is required.\n\n\"If critical workers can work from home and look after their children at the same time then they should do so, but otherwise this provision is in place to enable them to provide vital services.\n\n\"The protective measures that schools have been following throughout the autumn term remain in place to help protect staff and students, while the national lockdown helps reduce transmission in the wider community.\"\n\nBut Emma Knights, chief executive of the National Governance Association, reflected head teachers' concerns, saying between 40 and 60% of pupils were attending schools across England.\n\n\"The real problem is we have got two different national narratives going on,\" she said - with the prime minister saying \"stay at home\" but the DfE telling schools to take all eligible children who turn up.\n\nDr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said the government seemed unable to decide whether schools were safe or unsafe.\n\nCommenting on the latest Coronavirus Infection Survey from the Office for National Statistics, Dr Bousted, said: \"Let this data end their confusion. Schools are clearly driving infection amongst children, and then onto the wider community.\n\n\"This peaked on Christmas Day with one in every 27 secondary-age children and one in 40 primary-age children infected.\n\n\"In London this rises to one in 18 secondary pupils and one in 23 primary pupils. These figures are truly shocking and entirely the result of government negligence.\"\n• None How are Covid rules changing across UK schools?", "Marion Ramsey will be remembered by fans for her notable role in the US comedy series Police Academy\n\nMarion Ramsey, best known for her acting in the American film series Police Academy, has died at the age of 73, her agent has announced.\n\nHer management at Roger Paul Inc told the BBC she died at her Los Angeles home on Thursday morning.\n\nThe agency said Ramsey had recently fallen ill, but did not give a cause of death.\n\nRamsey was adored by fans for her portrayal of the squeaky-voiced Officer Laverne Hooks in Police Academy.\n\nShe also had an illustrious career on Broadway, starring in the 1978 production Eubie!, a biographical musical about celebrated jazz pianist Eubie Blake.\n\n\"Her passion for performing and sharing her heart with the world was immense,\" Roger Paul Inc said in a statement.\n\n\"Marion carried with her a kindness and permeating light that instantly filled a room upon her arrival.\n\n\"The dimming of her light is already felt by those who knew her well. We will miss her, and always love her.\"\n\nRamsey featured in six Police Academy films as Officer Laverne Hooks\n\nBorn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1947, Ramsey started her career in the theatre, appearing in both the original Broadway and subsequent touring productions of Hello, Dolly!.\n\nShe was prolific on Broadway, co-starring in many shows, including Harold Prince's Grind with Ben Vereen, and Eubie! with Gregory and Maurice Hines.\n\nHer agent said Ramsey was \"particularly proud\" about Broadway's Dreamgirls finally becoming a major motion picture in 2006, because she was one of the singers that the original Broadway show's producer, Tom Eyen, based the three main characters on.\n\nRamsey's career in TV and film career took off after she appeared as a guest on the hit sitcom The Jeffersons in 1976.\n\nFollowing that, she was a regular on Cos, Bill Cosby's sketch show.\n\nShe starred in six Police Academy films in total, making her a familiar face to fans of the franchise.\n\nRamsey's agent said she had an immense passion for performing\n\nAmerican actor Michael Winslow wrote in a tweet that he had \"no words to say or explain the pain\" of losing Ramsey.\n\n\"In the 80s the Police Academy films cast a long shadow over the comedy genre - they were everywhere & everyone watched them,\" British producer Jonathan Sothcott wrote. \"#MarionRamsey was hilarious as Hooks - a fine comedic actress.\"\n\nA message on the Twitter account for the movie When I Sing read: \"It is with great sadness that I share our loss of my friend, and one of the shining stars of When I Sing (her final role), the beautiful, kind, hilarious, #MarionRamsey. I will miss you, my silly sister.\"", "Most pupils will be studying from home for the rest of this half term\n\nSchools and colleges in England are to be closed to most pupils until at least half term, Boris Johnson has announced.\n\nThe prime minister said the new lockdown had to be \"tough enough\" to stop the variant virus from spreading - and teaching will go online.\n\nA-Levels and GCSEs will be cancelled, a government source confirmed to BBC News - although vocational exams will go ahead.\n\nThe National Education Union accused the government of causing \"chaos\".\n\nIn a television address, Mr Johnson announced the biggest changes to schools since the early days of the first lockdown in March.\n\n\"Because we now have to do everything we possibly can to stop the spread of the disease, primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across England must move to remote provision from tomorrow,\" said the prime minister.\n\nThis means a return to online learning for pupils of all ages - apart from vulnerable children and the children of key workers who can continue to go into school.\n\nPrimary schools went back today - and will then close again tomorrow\n\n\"We recognise that this will mean it's not possible or fair for all exams to go ahead this summer, as normal,\" said Mr Johnson.\n\nIt is understood that vocational exams will continue, but GCSEs and A-levels will be cancelled - and that the exam watchdog Ofqual will make \"alternative arrangements\" for delivering results.\n\nAn attempt to produce replacement exam grades last summer turned into one of the biggest U-turns of the pandemic.\n\nTeachers' unions accused the government of failing to react more swiftly to \"mounting evidence\" about Covid transmission in schools and to make preparations for remote teaching and alternatives to written exams.\n\nBut Mary Bousted, co-leader of the National Education Union, said Education Secretary Gavin Williamson had \"become an expert in putting his head in the sand\".\n\nGeoff Barton of the ASCL head teachers' union criticised ministers for having issued legal threats to keep schools open at the end of last term - and then \"made a series of chaotic announcements about the start of this term\".\n\nThe new term, which began on Monday for primary pupils, has only lasted a day before it has been suspended.\n\nThe prime minister said he hoped that schools would be \"reopening schools after the February half term\".\n\nThere have been assurances that there will be a more thorough approach to home learning than in the first lockdown last year.\n\nThe Department for Education has provided hundreds of thousands of computer devices - with the aim of supporting those without the equipment needed to work online from home.\n\nThere have also been suggestions Ofsted inspectors will play a more active role in checking on what support schools are providing to pupils in their online learning.\n\nUniversities in England had already planned a staggered return for this term - but there will now be even fewer students on campus this month.\n\nThe latest lockdown guidance says university students who are taking hands-on courses such as medicine or veterinary science should return for face-to-face lessons as planned.\n\nThese students will be expected to take two Covid tests or self-isolate for 10 days when they return.\n\nBut students on all other courses are being told not to come back to university if possible and to start their term online \"until at least mid-February\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Olly Stephens was pronounced dead in Bugs Bottom fields in Emmer Green, Reading\n\nA school says its community has been left \"reeling\" after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Reading.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, on Sunday.\n\nFour boys and a girl, all aged 13 or 14, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. They remain in custody.\n\nHighdown School and Sixth Form Centre head teacher Rachel Cave described the boy's death as a \"total tragedy\".\n\nIn a statement, she said: \"This student was part of our community and many students and staff knew him well.\n\n\"Many have been deeply affected by this tragedy.\n\n\"In normal circumstances we would open the school and welcome in students for support before the start of the term.\n\n\"We are currently unable to do this, of course, but are arranging counselling support and will be establishing an electronic book of condolence.\"\n\nFlowers have been left outside Highdown School\n\nMs Cave said the school was \"a supportive and close-knit community\" which would \"work together over the coming days and weeks\".\n\nDet Supt Kevin Brown, of Thames Valley Police, said: \"Our thoughts remain with Olly's family at this incredibly difficult time.\"\n\nHe added: \"This is a tragic and shocking incident which has resulted in the death of a young boy.\"\n\nThe victim's family are being supported by specially trained officers.\n\nThames Valley Police said a \"considerable police presence\" would be in place in the area for several days\n\nOfficers were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack.\n\nOfficers are appealing for anyone who was in the area between 15:00 and 16:30 who might have taken photos or camera footage to contact them if they notice anything suspicious.\n\nDet Supt Brown said he believed there would have been witnesses to the \"dreadful incident\" as the area is popular with dog walkers.\n\nA man said his wife was walking their dog through the park on Sunday afternoon when she saw a boy on the ground with several people around him trying to give him first aid.\n\nAnother dog walker said she saw a group of young people standing in the woods in Bugs Bottom fields at about 15:30 and described it as \"slightly unusual\".\n\nReading East MP Matt Rodda has offered his \"deepest condolences\" to the boy's family.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matt Rodda This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSt Barnabas Church in Emmer Green has invited residents to pray and light a candle in memory of the boy.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"We've now vaccinated over 1.3m people across the UK\"\n\nSome 1.3 million people in the UK have now received their first dose of a Covid vaccine, says the government.\n\nIn England, that includes nearly a quarter of the most elderly, vulnerable patients.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said it meant that within a two to three weeks they should have a \"significant degree of immunity\" to the virus.\n\nHe said there would be a ramping up to get more people immunised - up to 2 million a week.\n\nThe ambition is to vaccinate all the over-70s, the most clinically vulnerable and front-line health and care workers by mid-February. That will require around 13 million vaccinations.\n\nHe defended the UK's policy of immunising more people with one dose immediately - rather than holding some stock back to give people a second booster shot - in order to save \"the most lives the fastest\".\n\nUS regulators have questioned the policy, saying it is premature without more trial evidence, but the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency says it is a pragmatic decision to protect more people.\n\nBoth the Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses to provide the best possible protection.\n\nInitially, the strategy for the Pfizer vaccine was to offer people the second dose 21 days after their initial jab - full immunity starts seven days after the second dose.\n\nBut when approval was announced for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on 30 December, it was also announced that the policy would now change - the new priority would be to give as many people a first shot of either vaccine, rather than providing the required two doses in as short a time as possible.\n\nEveryone will still receive their second dose, but this will now be within 12 weeks of their first.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty told the Downing Street press conference that extending the gap between the first and second jabs would mean the number of people vaccinated can be doubled over three months.\n\n\"If over that period there is more than 50% protection then you have actually won. More people will have been protected than would have been otherwise.\n\n\"Our quite strong view is that protection is likely to be lot more than 50%.\"\n\nAsked whether the longer gap could lead to an increase risk of the virus mutating into a version that could escape the vaccine, he said it was a worry, but a small one.\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said vaccines would probably need to be changed further down the line to continue to be a good match for the virus - but that this was relatively quick to do.\n\nOne of the exciting things about the science of the RNA vaccines is that they are incredibly fast to make in response to new mutations, he said.", "The homes of Frank and Christine Lampard, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and Tamara Ecclestone and her husband were broken into in December 2019\n\nFour people have been cleared of being involved in a plot to raid the luxury homes of celebrities in west London.\n\nItems belonging to Frank Lampard, Tamara Ecclestone and the family of tycoon Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha were among the items taken during three burglaries in December 2019.\n\nProsecutors said Maria Mester, 48, Emil Bogdan Savastru, 30, Sorin Marcovici, 53, and Alexandru Stan, 49, were a \"supporting cast\" for the burglars.\n\nBut a jury found all four not guilty.\n\nIsleworth Crown Court heard the three burglaries had netted \"big money\" for the raiders, with \"fabulous jewellery\" stolen and the majority of it having never been recovered.\n\nJay Rutland, Tamara Ecclestone and their daughter had left for Lapland on the morning of the burglary\n\nJewellery and cash worth £25m was taken from Ms Ecclestone's Kensington home while she was on holiday in Lapland with her husband Jay Rutland and their daughter.\n\nMr Lampard and his TV presenter wife Christine had about £60,000 in watches and jewellery stolen when they were out, while raiders also ransacked the family home of Mr Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in 2018 in a helicopter crash, the jury was told.\n\nThe four defendants were accused of eight charges including conspiracy to burgle.\n\nHowever, each denied their involvement with the plot, saying they had no knowledge that the alleged burglars were criminals.\n\nJurors were shown an image from Maria Mester's Facebook account, in which she was said to be wearing Tamara Ecclestone's necklace\n\nThe court heard escort Ms Mester had flown into the UK from Italy on 7 December.\n\nPolice described her as the plot's \"matriarch\", but the 48-year-old told jurors she was only in London after being paid £5,000 to accompany one of the alleged burglars for the week.\n\nSavastru was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 30 January as he prepared to leave for Japan, wearing Mr Srivaddhanaprabha's Tag watch and carrying a Louis Vuitton bag stolen from Mr Rutland.\n\nHe told the court he thought the items had been left behind by the alleged burglars at the Airbnb property he had helped them rent.\n\nThe four Romanian nationals were cleared of all charges apart from Savastru, who was convicted of one count of attempting to conceal criminal property.\n\nThe 30-year-old will be sentenced at a later date.\n\nA group of alleged burglars, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are accused of carrying out the raids.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon announces stay at home rules in new lockdown\n\nScots are to be ordered to stay at home amid a fresh Covid-19 lockdown which will see schools remain closed to pupils until February.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said new curbs would be introduced at midnight in a bid to contain the new, faster-spreading strain of the virus.\n\nNew laws will require people to stay at home and work from home where possible.\n\nOutdoor gatherings are also to be cut back, with people only allowed to meet one person from one other household.\n\nPlaces of worship are to be closed, group exercise banned, and schools will largely operate via online and remote learning.\n\nThese rules will apply across the Scottish mainland until at least the end of January, and will be kept under review.\n\nIsland areas will remain in level three - but Ms Sturgeon said they would be monitored carefully.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson later announced similar lockdown measures for the whole of England with all schools and colleges closing to most pupils until mid February.\n\nA further 1,905 new cases were reported in Scotland on Monday - with 15% of tests returning a positive result, something Ms Sturgeon said \"illustrates the severity and urgency of the situation\".\n\nThe first minister said she was \"more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year\", with the new coronavirus strain now accounting for half of new cases.\n\nAnd she said a \"steeply rising trend of infections\" was threatening to put \"significant pressure\" on NHS services, saying hospitals could breach capacity within three to four weeks.\n\nThe new rules - which will be put down in law - mean Scots will only be allowed to leave home for essential purposes, such as shopping for food and medicine, exercise and caring responsibilities.\n\nNo limit is to be put on how many times people can go out to exercise, but outdoor meetings are to be limited to a maximum of two people from two households.\n\nEveryone who can work from home will be required to, and people in the \"shielding\" category are advised not to go in to work at all.\n\nThe construction and manufacturing industries will remain open, but Ms Sturgeon said this would be kept under review.\n\nPlaces of worship are to close, the number of people who can attend weddings is to be cut to five, and funeral wakes will no longer be allowed.\n\nSchools are to remain closed to the majority of pupils until February, with Ms Sturgeon saying community transmission of the virus must be brought to a lower level amid concerns that the new variant of the virus spreads more easily among young people.\n\nShe said she knew remote learning presented \"significant challenges\" for parents, teachers and pupils, adding: \"I want to be clear that it remains our priority to get school buildings open again for all pupils are quickly as possible and then keep them open.\"\n\nThe first minister said she was considering whether teachers could be given the Covid-19 vaccine as a priority.\n\nMore than 100,000 people have been given a first dose of the vaccine in Scotland, and the government expects to have access to just over 900,000 doses by the end of January.\n\nHowever Ms Sturgeon said the best way to get schools open again was to drive down transmission of the virus - urging Scots to abide by the rules.\n\nThese are the toughest restrictions Scotland has faced since the lockdown of March 2020.\n\nIt is - once again - becoming compulsory to stay at home except for essential purposes like food shopping, exercise and medical care.\n\nThe extended closure of schools to most pupils is something the Scottish government was particularly keen to avoid.\n\nThese decisions are a measure of how worried ministers are about the rapid spread of the new variant of coronavirus, which is fast becoming the dominant strain.\n\nWith 225 cases per 100,000 people, Scotland is thought to be about four weeks behind London, which already has four times as many cases and NHS services under considerable pressure.\n\nThe Scottish government believes that without further action the NHS here would run out of beds for Covid patients within a month.\n\nThis new alert comes at the start of a new year which also brings new hope for a route out of the pandemic with two vaccines now beginning to offer protection.\n\nAround 100,000 doses have already been administered in Scotland but it is likely to take several months to reach all in the most vulnerable groups.\n\nThe first minister said Scotland was now in \"a race between the vaccine and the virus\".\n\nShe said: \"The Scottish government will do everything we can to speed up distribution of the vaccine. But all of us must do everything we can to slow down the spread of the virus.\n\n\"We can already see - by looking at infection rates in the south of England - some of what could happen here in Scotland. To prevent that, we need to act immediately and firmly.\n\n\"For government, that means introducing tough measures - as we have done today. And for all of us, it means sticking to the rules.\"\n\nScottish Conservative group leader Ruth Davidson raised concerns about online learning, saying it was vital that pupils had \"equal access to high-quality education\".\n\nAnd Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said teachers and working parents would need support to make the remote learning system work.\n\nMs Sturgeon said her government had \"agonised\" over the decision on schools, and said the \"fundamental priority\" was to re-open them in full as soon as possible.\n\nShe said: \"Just as the last places we ever want to close are schools and nurseries - so it is the case that schools and nurseries will be the first places we want to reopen as we re-emerge from this latest lockdown.\"\n\nThe NHS has coped so far in Scotland - more so than many other parts of the UK.\n\nBut in places like Glasgow and Lanarkshire it has been very, very tight. And here like everywhere else staff are bracing themselves for the post-Christmas effects of rising cases.\n\nThe first minister gave some stark figures on hospital and ICU occupancy - suggesting we are just weeks away from reaching limits.\n\nThere is so little give in the system they will be glad to see everything possible done to prevent stretched services being overwhelmed at a time when we are on our way to getting out the other side.\n\nThere is real anxiety about what the next few weeks might bring.\n• None Covid in Scotland: New lockdown from midnight", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Shaw, from Dundee, was among the first to receive the jab\n\nThe first Scottish recipients of the new Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine have received their jabs.\n\nJames Shaw, 82, and his 82-year-old wife Malita were among the first to be vaccinated in Dundee.\n\nThe couple received their first doses at Lochee Health and Community Care Centre.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has said she hoped all over-50s and those with underlying health conditions will have been vaccinated by early May.\n\nJames said: \"My wife and I are delighted to be receiving this vaccination. I have asthma and bronchitis and I have been desperate to have it so I am really pleased to be one of the first to be getting it.\n\n\"I know it takes a little while for the vaccine to work but after today I know that I will feel a bit less worried about going out. I will still be very careful and avoid busy places but knowing I have been vaccinated will really help me.\n\n\"All of my friends have said they are going to have the vaccine when it is their turn and I would encourage everyone who is offered this vaccination to take it.\"\n\nJames Shaw, 82, was one of the first people in Scotland to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, administered by advanced nurse practitioner Justine Williams\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine programme is being rolled out less than a week after it was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). It is the second vaccine approved for use in the UK.\n\nNHS Tayside is rolling out the vaccine through GP practices in the community and will also vaccinate elderly residents and staff in care homes.\n\nIts associate director of public health Dr Daniel Chandleris said: \"The efforts of our vaccination teams have been amazing and it is testament to a real whole team approach that sees the first over-80s in the general population have their jabs today in Tayside.\n\n\"The availability and mobility of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine gives us the opportunity to start to roll out the biggest vaccine programme that the UK has ever seen across our communities.\n\n\"Over-80s are the first priority group and patients will be contacted directly to attend a vaccination session.\"\n\nScottish Secretary Alister Jack added: \"This is another important moment in our fight against the virus - every vaccination takes us a step closer to getting back to our normal lives as soon as possible.\n\n\"As with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the UK is the first country in the world to approve and roll out the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, with the UK Government ordering and paying for millions of doses for people in all parts of the UK.\"\n\nThe milestone came as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a new stricter lockdown.\n\nWith the exception of essential travel, people in mainland Scotland will have to remain at home from midnight.\n\nStatistics released on Monday showed a further 1,905 people had contracted Covid-19.\n\nFigures for hospital admissions and deaths over the holiday weekend will not be published until Tuesday.\n\nMs Sturgeon likened the situation to a race between the vaccine and the virus.\n\nShe said: \"In one lane we have vaccines - our job is to make sure they run as fast as possible.\n\n\"But in the other lane is the virus which - as a result of this new variant - has just learned to run much faster and has most definitely picked up pace in the last couple of weeks.\n\n\"To ensure that the vaccine wins the race, it is essential to speed up vaccination as far as possible. But to give it the time it needs to get ahead, we must also slow the virus down.\"\n\nThe new vaccine will initially be available in the hospitals that have been delivering the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, and new community settings will be able to deliver the jabs from 11 January.\n\nPeople in Scotland will be contacted by their health board when it is their turn to be vaccinated.\n\nThe Oxford vaccination marks a major turning point in the pandemic and will lead to a massive expansion in the UK's immunisation campaign, with enough to vaccinate 50 million people throughout the UK already on order.\n\nIt is easier to transport and store than the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which needs cold storage of about -70C.\n\nThe Oxford vaccine is logistically much easier to distribute\n\nThe UK government has said 530,000 doses of the Oxford vaccine will be available to the UK from Monday, with \"millions due by the beginning of February\".\n\nScotland will ultimately get an 8.2% share of these vaccines, based on its population.\n\nChief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith has said he expects the NHS in Scotland to receive 440,360 doses of the vaccine during January.\n\nThe first minister said on Monday about 100,000 people in Scotland have already received a first dose of vaccine.\n\nBoth vaccines require two doses to be administered with an interval of between four and 12 weeks.\n\nPreviously the advice was for the vaccines to have a four-week gap between doses.\n\nThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) then recommended as many people as possible in the top priority groups should be offered a first dose as the initial priority.", "US intelligence agencies have said they believe Russia was behind the \"serious\" cyber compromise revealed in December.\n\nPresident Trump had previously suggested China might have been behind the hack, although other members of his administration had pointed the finger at Moscow.\n\nIn a joint statement, the intelligence bodies say they currently believe fewer than 10 US government agencies saw their data compromised, although other organisations outside of government were also affected.\n\nThey say work is still going on to understand the scope of the incident, which appears to have been aimed at gathering intelligence and which they say is \"ongoing\" a month after details first emerged.\n\nThe update on the investigation came in a statement from a task force called the Cyber Unified Coordination Group which was set up to deal with the incident. It comprises intelligence and law enforcement agencies including the FBI and NSA.\n\nThe group said it was still working to understand the scope of what had taken place.\n\nEighteen thousand customers who used Orion product from the company Solar Winds were exposed but US intelligence says it believes a much smaller number saw follow-on activity from the hackers in which they stole data. The US Treasury was among those which previously acknowledged being targeted.\n\n\"This is a serious compromise that will require a sustained and dedicated effort to remediate,\" the statement said. Many organisations are having to scour their systems for signs that they may have been compromised.\n\nThe incident sent shockwaves across the US partly because the breach was undiscovered for many months and was potentially far-reaching in terms of who it might have affected. It also suggested a degree of sophistication and stealth which was widely seen as a trademark of hackers from the SVR, Russia's foreign intelligence agency.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Experts have been warning for years that it's not a matter of if, but when, hackers will kill somebody\n\nSoon after the incident was revealed, President Trump raised the possibility that China might be responsible, but members of his own administration including the secretary of state and attorney general pointed the finger at Moscow. The latest statement shows the assessment of US intelligence agencies is that Russia was behind it, although it does not go so far as accusing the Russian state itself, saying only that the actor was \"likely Russian in origin\". Moscow has denied playing any part.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden has previously said it was important to take \"meaningful steps\" to hold those responsible to account. It is not yet clear, though, what that might involve. While some US politicians suggested the breach might even be compared to an \"act of war\", most cyber-experts disputed this and the US intelligence community has now played down suggestions that it could have had destructive impact.\n\n\"At this time, we believe this was, and continues to be, an intelligence-gathering effort,\" the latest statement says. This is significant since it suggests no evidence has been found that this was preparatory activity for a more destructive cyber-attack which might switch off systems. This may limit the US response since espionage operations do not breach the cyber norms the US itself promotes (largely because it too carries out such intelligence-gathering operations against other nations).\n\nIn December UK officials say they believed a small number of UK organisations were affected but said they did not believe they were in the public sector.", "Queensland in Australia has seen heavy rainfall as an ex-tropical cyclone crosses the state, bringing warnings of “life-threatening\" flash flooding.\n\nMeteorologists say cyclones are more likely in Australia this year because of La Nina weather conditions.", "Singapore's Covid app is widely used across the country\n\nSingapore has admitted data from its Covid contact tracing programme can also be accessed by police, reversing earlier privacy assurances.\n\nOfficials had previously explicitly ruled out the data would be used for anything other than the virus tracking.\n\nBut parliament was told on Monday it could also be used \"for the purpose of criminal investigation\".\n\nClose to 80% of residents are signed up to the TraceTogether programme, which is used to check in to locations.\n\nThe voluntary take up increased after it was announced it would soon be needed to access anything from the supermarket to your place of work.\n\nThe TraceTogether programme, which uses either a smartphone app or a bluetooth token, also monitors who you have been in contact with.\n\nIf someone tests positive with the virus, the data allows tracers to swiftly contact anyone that might have been infected. This prompted concerns over privacy - fears which have been echoed across the world as other countries rolled out their own tracing apps.\n\nTo encourage people to enrol, Singaporean authorities promised the data would never be used for any other purpose, saying \"the data will never be accessed, unless the user tests positive for Covid-19 and is contacted by the contact tracing team\".\n\nBut Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan told parliament on Monday that it can in fact also be used \"for the purpose of criminal investigation\", adding that \"otherwise, TraceTogether data is to be used only for contact tracing and for the purpose of fighting the Covid situation\".\n\nHowever, the privacy statement on the TraceTogether site was then updated on the same day to state that \"the Criminal Procedure Code applies to all data under Singapore's jurisdiction\".\n\n\"Also, we want to be transparent with you,\" the statement reads. \"TraceTogether data may be used in circumstances where citizen safety and security is or has been affected.\n\n\"The Singapore Police Force is empowered under the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) to obtain any data, including TraceTogether data, for criminal investigations.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, the country's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, clarified that it was not just TraceTogether data that was used in cases of serious criminal investigations.\n\nHe said under the CPC, \"other forms of sensitive data like phone or banking records\" would also have their privacy regulations overruled in such cases.\n\nMr Balakrishnan added that to his knowledge, police had so far only once accessed contact tracing data, in the case of a murder investigation.\n\nThe minister stressed though that \"once the pandemic is over and there will no longer be a need for contact tracing, we will happily stand down the TraceTogether programme.\"\n\nMonday's announcement though sparked some controversy on social media, with people calling out the government and some users posting that they had now deleted the app.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I'm disappointed, but not at all surprised,\" local journalist and activist Kirsten Han told the BBC. \"This is actually something that I've been flagging as a concern since the earlier days of TraceTogether - and was sometimes told that I was just a paranoid fearmonger undermining efforts to fight Covid-19.\n\n\"It doesn't feel good at all to discover I was right.\"\n\n\"I think why most people are so angry about this is not that they feel like they're constantly being watched,\" one Singaporean, who did not want to be named, told the BBC. \"We already have that through other means like CCTV.\n\n\"It's more that they feel like they've been cheated. The government had assured us many times that TraceTogether would only be used for contact tracing, but now they've suddenly added this new caveat.\"\n\nAnother person told the BBC they wished they could delete the app, but daily life would be impossible without it.\n\n\"So I'm just going to disable my Bluetooth for TraceTogether from now on, unless I have to use it to enter somewhere. If the app is not only going to be used for contact tracing, then it's too much of an invasion of privacy.\"\n\nAustralian privacy watchdog Digital Rights Watch, told the BBC they were \"extremely concerned\" about the news from Singapore.\n\n\"This is the worst case scenario that privacy advocates have warned about since the start of the pandemic,\" Programme Director Lucie Krahulcova told the BBC. \"Such an approach will erode public trust in future health responses and therefore impede their efficacy.\"\n\nLike most countries, Australia has rolled out its own contact tracing app but uptake has been sluggish precisely because of privacy concerns.\n\nSingapore was among the first countries to introduce a contact tracing app nationally in March last year.\n\nThe introduction of the token in June had sparked a rare backlash against the government over concerns the device would be mandatory. An online petition calling for it to be ditched has gathered some 55,000 signatures so far.\n\nSingapore has been been one of the most successful countries in tackling the pandemic. Despite a big outbreak among its foreign workers early on, local infection rates have for months been close to zero.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Singapore rolled out its Covid tracing tokens last June", "Whitty: Priority to vaccinate those who would die from virus\n\nAndy Woodcock from the Independent asks about testing for people arriving into the UK from abroad and why it wasn't done sooner. The prime minister says the government will be bringing in measures to \"ensure that we test people coming into this country and preventing the virus from being readmitted\". Responding to a second question on schools and whether teachers and pupils should be vaccinated, Prof Chris Whitty says there is no evidence of hospitals filling up with children and it appears, that even with the new variant, \"children are relatively much less affected than other groups\". He says from a clinical point of view the real priority is to vaccinate the people that we know \"are by far the most likely to die and by far most likely to end up in hospital\". He adds there will have to be decisions made once the most vulnerable groups are vaccinated but we are not yet at that stage. The chief medical officer adds that neither vaccine currently in use in the UK has been licensed for children yet.", "Dr Radha Modgil from BBC Radio 1’s Life Hacks shares her top five tips on how to stay mentally and emotionally well during the coronavirus lockdown, all beginning with the letter C.\n\nSticking to a routine, making sure we take care of ourselves, and using our creativity in new ways are all ways she suggests we can ease the psychological toll that staying inside is having on all of us.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Enrique Tarrio says his far-right group will turn out in numbers on Wednesday\n\nThe leader of the far-right Proud Boys group has been released after his arrest on suspicion of burning a Black Lives Matter flag last month.\n\nEnrique Tarrio faces destruction of property charges. On Tuesday, a judge ordered him to stay out of Washington.\n\nHe has reportedly admitted torching a banner taken from a black church during a rally in December in the city.\n\nPresident Donald Trump has been urging supporters to gather in the capital this week for another demonstration.\n\nOn Tuesday, a judge released him on his own recognisance pending his trial.\n\nOn Wednesday, members of Congress are due to certify Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's election victory before he takes office on 20 January.\n\nMr Tarrio has said on the social media app Parler that the Proud Boys will \"turn out in record numbers on Jan 6th\", referring to his members as \"the most notorious group of extraordinary gentlemen\".\n\nThe National Guard has been deployed by Washington DC's mayor to assist local authorities. Officials say the troops will not be armed and will be there to assist with crowd management and traffic control.\n\nA spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Department, Dustin Sternbeck, told the Washington Post on Monday that Mr Tarrio had been stopped in a vehicle shortly after it entered the district.\n\nThe 36-year-old was also found during his arrest to be in unlawful possession of two devices that allow guns to hold additional bullets, a source told CBS News.\n\nThe destruction of property charge relates to a protest in Washington DC on 12 December in support of the outgoing Republican president's unsubstantiated claims of systemic election fraud.\n\nThe mostly peaceful demonstration ended in isolated scuffles as confrontations with counter-protesters broke out. Police said more than three dozen people were arrested and four churches were vandalised.\n\nMr Tarrio - who lives in Miami, where he also reportedly runs a grassroots organisation called Latinos for Trump - told the Washington Post at the time that he had burned the Black Lives Matter flag.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Let's make this simple,\" he said. \"I did it.\"\n\nBut he maintained he did not know the Asbury United Methodist Church, where the flag had reportedly flown, was predominantly attended by African American worshippers.\n\nMr Tarrio also said Proud Boy members have had their flags and hats stolen in past demonstrations without anyone being arrested for those alleged incidents.\n\nEarlier on Monday, another black church that was vandalised during December's protest sued Mr Tarrio and the Proud Boys.\n\nCounter-demonstrators were mostly kept at a distance from Trump supporter last month by Washington DC police\n\nThe Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church accused the group of climbing over a fence and tearing down a Black Lives Matter sign.\n\nKristen Clarke, head of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said in a statement: \"Black churches and other religious institutions have a long and ugly history of being targeted by white supremacists in racist and violent attacks meant to intimidate and create fear.\n\n\"Our lawsuit aims to hold those who engage in such action accountable.\"\n\nThe city's police department said last month it had been considering a potential hate crime charge over the incident.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Kate Thistleton will front new content from Bitesize Daily\n\nBBC TV is to help children keep up with their studies during the latest lockdown by broadcasting lessons on BBC Two and CBBC, as well as online.\n\nSchools have been closed to most children across the UK as part of tougher measures to control Covid-19.\n\nThe BBC will show curriculum-based programmes on TV from Monday.\n\nThey will include three hours of primary school programming every weekday on CBBC, and at least two hours for secondary pupils on BBC Two.\n\nDuring the first lockdown in the spring, lessons were available on iPlayer, red button and online, but not on regular TV channels.\n\nThe move comes amid concerns that low-income families may struggle to afford data packages for their children to take part in online learning.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson praised the BBC's \"fantastic\" plans on Tuesday. BBC Director-General Tim Davie said \"education is absolutely vital\".\n\nHe continued: \"The BBC is here to play its part and I'm delighted that we have been able to bring this to audiences so swiftly.\"\n\nThe primary programmes, which will be broadcast on CBBC from 09:00 every day, will include BBC Live Lessons and BBC Bitesize Daily as well as Our School, Celebrity Supply Teacher, Horrible Histories and Operation Ouch.\n\nBBC Two will cater for secondary students with programming to support the GCSE curriculum, including adaptations of Shakespeare plays alongside science, history and factual titles.\n\nBitesize Daily primary and secondary will also air every day on the red button as well as episodes being available on demand on iPlayer.\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the BBC \"has helped the nation through some of the toughest moments of the last century\".\n\n\"And for the next few weeks it will help our children learn whilst we stay home, protect the NHS and save lives,\" he added. \"This will be a lifeline to parents and I welcome the BBC playing its part.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Sea Shepherd is working to protect the endangered vaquita porpoise\n\nA Mexican fisherman has died after his boat collided with a larger vessel used by US conservationist group Sea Shepherd, reports say.\n\nSea Shepherd said the clash happened after fishing boats attacked one of its vessels in the Gulf of California, where it is working to protect the endangered vaquita porpoise.\n\nIt said its vessel was trying to leave when one of the boats smashed into it.\n\nThe man's family allege that his boat was intentionally rammed.\n\nHealth official Alonso Perez told AFP news agency on Monday that one fisherman died after sustaining serious injuries, while a second remained in a stable condition.\n\nSea Shepherd said its Farley Mowat vessel was removing an illegal net from a protected area on 31 December when a group of people on small fishing boats launched a \"violent attack\", including throwing Molotov cocktails.\n\n\"Following routine anti-piracy procedures, the Farley Mowat undertook defensive manoeuvring to avoid the attacks. As the vessel attempted to leave the scene, one of the [boats] aggressively swerved in front of the Farley Mowat, crashing directly into the hull\" and splitting in two, it said.\n\nThe group said it provided emergency first aid to the two men who had been on board the fishing boat.\n\nConservationists working for Sea Shepherd have been attacked several times while patrolling the vaquita refuge.\n\nThe group works with Mexican authorities to remove illegal gillnets used to catch totoaba fish, which are highly valued in Chinese traditional medicine. The nets are designed to trap the heads of fish but not their bodies, but are blamed for trapping and killing the endangered porpoises as well.", "Businesses in retail, hospitality and leisure will receive new grants to help them keep afloat until spring, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said.\n\nThe grants will be worth up to £9,000 per property, the Treasury says.\n\nMr Sunak told the BBC he was \"committed to protecting jobs and supporting businesses\".\n\nBusiness groups welcomed the new help as a good start but warned the money still wouldn't be enough to save many firms from collapse.\n\nThe help is in addition to business rates relief and the furlough scheme, which has been extended until the end of April.\n\nFirms do not have to pay the grant money back.\n\nMr Sunak said he would consider whether or how to extend support packages in its Budget on 3 March.\n\n\"The Budget early in March is an excellent opportunity to take stock of the range of support we have put in place and set out the next stage of our economic response,\" he said.\n\nThe director general of the CBI business group, Tony Danker, earlier warned leaving additional support until the Budget could be too late for many firms, saying. \"the comprehensive restrictions required a new comprehensive response\".\n\nIt was a fear echoed by other business groups, the BCC and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).\n\nBCC director general, Adam Marshall, warned many smaller firms would not qualify for help and \"will be left struggling to see how this new top-up grant will help them out of their cashflow problems.\"\n\nHe also called for the support to be extended to firms in other sectors \"who are also feeling the devastating impacts of these restrictions.\"\n\nFSB chair Mike Cherry also said the funds would be a lifeline to many, but \"do not go far enough to match the scale of the crisis that small firms are facing.\"\n\nThe British Beer & Pub Association described the grants as a \"lifeline\", but added that companies on which pubs rely, such as breweries, would also need help.\n\nSeb Heeley, owner of distillery Manchester Gin, says he needs dates to plan around\n\nSeb Heeley, owner of distillery Manchester Gin, told the BBC that fixed dates to aim for are crucial for his business.\n\n\"We need a date to work towards and we don't have that so, again, we're in limbo,\" he said. \"It takes three or four weeks\" to prepare, including retraining staff, he added.\n\nHis business has been closed since October because of restrictions in the Manchester area. It borrowed money under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).\n\n\"We start repayment in June and there's good chance we won't be open, so they are going to have to extend that,\" he said.\n\nHe said much of the £9,000 grant will be taken up by the £6,000 a month his business owes in pension contributions and national insurance alone.\n\nMr Sunak said the new support would \"help businesses to get through the months ahead - and crucially it will help sustain jobs, so workers can be ready to return when they are able to reopen\".\n\nBusinesses such as cafes, restaurants, leisure centres and shops that do not sell essentials have been particularly hard hit by coronavirus lockdown measures as people are told to stay at home.\n\nAll non-essential shops, leisure and entertainment venues are now closed, with pubs and restaurants allowed to offer takeaway food and non-alcoholic drinks only.\n\nThe new measures contained no additional support for self-employed people.\n\nMel Stride, chair of parliament's Treasury Committee, which scrutinises the finance department's work, warned the chancellor \"must not forget those who have fallen through the gaps around previous support packages.\"\n\nWhile this is welcome and essential support, it is now clear that the most optimistic timetable for economic lift-off from the pandemic is going to be put back.\n\nThis raises questions about the length of the furlough scheme, and government-guaranteed loans.\n\nBefore this, the best-case scenario was that mass vaccination, enabling a confident reopening of the economy, would allow furloughed workers to go straight back to their jobs in late spring.\n\nThis was never the government's central forecast, but looked possible amid optimism about the vaccine last month.\n\nEven if all vulnerable people can be vaccinated by March, the first three months of the year will see school lockdowns which will harm growth, and therefore a possible double dip recession.\n\nBusiness groups which welcomed this support say they now need a clear long-term plan. They want to know that current levels of support will stay in place until most of the population is vaccinated.\n\nHundreds of thousands of self-employed workers who fell through the gaps of support remain under huge pressure, particularly ahead of the self assessment tax deadline.\n\nA decision on extending the £20 a week increase to universal credit will also be required.\n\nEngland's lockdown rules are due to be reviewed on 15 February while Scotland's will be reviewed at the end of January.\n\nIn the UK, the unemployment rate rose to 4.9% in the three months to October, with the jobless total up to 1.7 million people.\n\nThe Office for Budgetary Responsibility, the government's independent forecaster, predicts the UK economy will have shrunk by 11.3% in 2020 - the biggest decline in 300 years. It expects unemployment to peak at 9.7%.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe PM acted \"decisively\" in announcing a new lockdown in England \"in the face of new information\", Rishi Sunak says.\n\nPeople must now stay at home except for a handful of permitted reasons and schools have closed to most pupils.\n\nThe chancellor said the action was \"regrettable\" but it was \"right we take these measures\", which will be reviewed on 15 February, to suppress the virus.\n\nIt came after UK chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nBoris Johnson said vaccinating the top four priority groups by mid-February could allow restrictions to be eased, with Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove telling Sky News the measures may remain until March.\n\nMeanwhile, the prime minister is due to hold a press conference in Downing Street at 17:00 GMT with chief medical officer for England Prof Chris Whitty and the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance.\n\nTough new lockdown restrictions forbidding people from leaving home for non-essential reasons have also come into force across the Scottish mainland. Wales has been in a national lockdown since 20 December and Northern Ireland entered a six-week lockdown on 26 December.\n\nThe UK reported a record 58,784 cases on Monday, as well as a further 407 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nMr Gove told BBC Breakfast: \"The four chief medical officers of the United Kingdom met and discussed the situation yesterday and their recommendation was that the country had to move to level five, the highest level available of alert that meant there was an imminent danger to the NHS of being overwhelmed unless action was taken.\n\n\"And so in the circumstances we felt that the only thing we could do was to close those primary schools that were open.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gove:\" With a heavy heart but with clear evidence we had to act.\"\n\nHe said the action was taken \"with the heaviest of hearts\" and \"we had to act\" following that advice.\n\n\"It is a very, very difficult time for the whole country, that's why it's so important we do everything we can in government to vaccinate people,\" he said.\n\nHe said a million people had been vaccinated so far \"up until the weekend\" and it was hoped that number would reach more than 13 million in February.\n\nWhen asked about the target of two million vaccines a week and concerns over logistics and the safety systems, Mr Gove said the vaccination process was a \"complicated exercise\" but the NHS \"has more than risen to the challenge\".\n\nThe government was \"looking at further options\" to restrict international travel, he said.\n\nMr Gove told Sky News he could not say exactly when the lockdown in England would end, adding: \"I think it is right to say that as we enter March we should be able to lift some of these restrictions but not necessarily all.\"\n\nCabinet Office minister Michael Gove saying the lockdown may have to last to March may not come as much of a surprise to many.\n\nWhile the government has set a target of offering the most at-risk a jab by mid February, it will take several weeks longer for the full effect to be felt given it takes time for an immune response to kick in.\n\nThe bigger question is whether or not the government could have acted earlier.\n\nIt was clear before Christmas the new variant was pushing up infection rates - and that in turn would mean more hospital admissions.\n\nThe delay looks costly. Since Christmas Day, the number of Covid-19 patients in hospital has risen by 50% alone - enough to fill 18 hospitals.\n\nWhile the government did introduce tier four the weekend before Christmas in parts of the south east of England, which banned mixing over the festive period and led to the closure of non-essential shops and gyms, most of the country were allowed to meet up on Christmas Day.\n\nInfections from Christmas Day are now being felt - the numbers have been rising sharply ever since. Some of these are next week's hospital admissions - and is why the chief medical officers warned of the risk of hospitals becoming overwhelmed, which Mr Gove said persuaded them to act on Monday.\n\nIf lockdown had come earlier, it may well have been shorter.\n\nProf Andrew Hayward - a member of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) - told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the lockdown measures \"will save tens of thousands of lives\".\n\nBut he said \"the virus is different\" and \"it may be that the lockdown measures that we have are not enough\"\n\n\"This lockdown period we need to do more than just stay at home, wait for the vaccine, we need to be actively bearing down on it,\" he said.\n\nAt Scotland's daily briefing, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called for people to hold on to the fact there was now \"a clear route out of this pandemic\".\n\nShe said there had been urgent discussions between the four home nations about whether border controls should be tightened - and she hoped there would be an announcement soon.\n\nAnnouncing England's lockdown on Monday, Mr Johnson said hospitals were under \"more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic\".\n\nHe ordered people to stay indoors other than for limited exceptions - such as essential medical needs, food shopping, exercise and work that cannot be done at home - and said schools and colleges should move to remote teaching for the majority of students until at least half term.\n\nPeople who are clinically extremely vulnerable will be contacted by letter and should now shield once more, Mr Johnson said.\n\nWhile the rules become law in the early hours of Wednesday, people should follow them now, Mr Johnson added.\n\nMr Johnson said the new variant of coronavirus, which is up to 70% more transmissible, was spreading in a \"frustrating and alarming\" manner and warned that the number of Covid-19 patients in English hospitals is 40% higher than the first peak.\n\nThe House of Commons has been recalled to allow MPs to vote on England's new restrictions on Wednesday.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his MPs would \"support the package of measures\", saying \"we've all got to pull together now to make this work\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains the order in which the Covid vaccine will be given\n\nHow will you be affected by the latest developments? What questions do you have? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Quote Message: The return of lockdown for at least the rest of January is a severe blow for much of the Scottish economy. It could be worse: this is not the peak Christmas season for retail and hospitality, though the season they’ve just had was very hard going for many, and non-existent for others. This is also the quietest part of the tourism year, so January is a relatively good month to lose one’s bookings. For many firms, it is better than last spring, because they have infection controls in place. And there is a less harsh closure scheme, meaning construction sites and others can stay open, subject to tight rules. Many employers have settled into patterns of working from home, so this does not carry the shock of last March. There was little expectation of getting staff back into offices for months yet. But that doesn’t make this time any easier for workers who are also parents. They know, from last year, how tough it is to handle childcare and lessons while schools are shut - and this time, they have to manage without good weather. The other, more negative comparison with last spring is that firms now are, typically, deeper in debt and with less spare cash to pay the bills that don’t stop - rent, and utility bills, for instance. Some delayed payments are getting tougher to keep on hold. Their frustration with the slow movement of government grant schemes is showing. They aren’t disputing the case for further lockdown but they are making their own case for support through it, and for a recovery strategy once restrictions are lifted, including a boost to consumer confidence and spending.\" from Douglas Fraser Scotland business & economy editor\n\nThe return of lockdown for at least the rest of January is a severe blow for much of the Scottish economy. It could be worse: this is not the peak Christmas season for retail and hospitality, though the season they’ve just had was very hard going for many, and non-existent for others. This is also the quietest part of the tourism year, so January is a relatively good month to lose one’s bookings. For many firms, it is better than last spring, because they have infection controls in place. And there is a less harsh closure scheme, meaning construction sites and others can stay open, subject to tight rules. Many employers have settled into patterns of working from home, so this does not carry the shock of last March. There was little expectation of getting staff back into offices for months yet. But that doesn’t make this time any easier for workers who are also parents. They know, from last year, how tough it is to handle childcare and lessons while schools are shut - and this time, they have to manage without good weather. The other, more negative comparison with last spring is that firms now are, typically, deeper in debt and with less spare cash to pay the bills that don’t stop - rent, and utility bills, for instance. Some delayed payments are getting tougher to keep on hold. Their frustration with the slow movement of government grant schemes is showing. They aren’t disputing the case for further lockdown but they are making their own case for support through it, and for a recovery strategy once restrictions are lifted, including a boost to consumer confidence and spending.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nProfessional sport in England can continue behind closed doors, despite a new national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nIt means Premier League football and elite leagues in other sports are allowed to carry on.\n\nThe sport and leisure rules in England are similar to those announced in Scotland earlier on Monday.\n\nPeople living in England have been told to stay at home and schools will shut for most pupils from Tuesday.\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.\n\nFor those in England, exercising outside is allowed once a day. Venues such as gyms, tennis courts and golf courses will be closed.\n\nOrganised outdoor sport for disabled people is exempt from the new measures.\n\nGames and training in non-elite football - which includes all adult and youth grassroots, except for disabled people - have been suspended.\n\nThe Women's FA Cup is among the non-elite competitions placed on hold. All but one of the second-round matches scheduled to take place on Sunday were postponed because of Covid-19 regulations.\n\nTeams from the Women's Super League and Women's Championship enter the draw from the fourth round onwards.\n\nWhich non-elite football has been suspended? Steps three to six of the National League System (all divisions below the National League North and South) Tiers three to seven of the Women's Football Pyramid (all divisions below the Women's Championship) Women's FA Cup (classified as 'non-elite' up to and including the third round) All indoor and outdoor youth and adult grassroots football, including under-18s (except organised outdoor football for disabled people, which is allowed to continue)\n\nFollowing Monday's announcement by the prime minister, this week's sporting fixtures in England are set to go ahead as planned.\n\nIn football, the Carabao Cup semi-finals are being played on Tuesday and Wednesday, while the FA Cup third round - which has 32 fixtures spanning four days - starts on Friday.\n\nThere are also several Women's Super League, English Football League and National League games set to take place, as well as English Premiership and Premier 15s rugby union matches, plus the Masters snooker event in Milton Keynes.\n\nEarlier on Monday, Rochdale chief executive David Bottomley said he believes it is \"inevitable\" that the EFL will have to temporarily suspend fixtures because of rising coronavirus cases.\n\nSeven of last Saturday's EFL games - and 52 across the season - have been called off as teams are affected by the virus.\n\nFour Premier League matches have also been postponed this season because of coronavirus cases.\n\nWhat does the new lockdown mean for sport in England?\n\nThe UK government published its guidance for England's new national lockdown shortly after the prime minister's televised address at 20:00 GMT.\n\nHere are the points relating to sport and physical activity:\n• None Elite sportspeople (and their coaches if necessary, or parents/guardians if they are under 18) - or those on an official elite sports pathway - to compete and train\n• None Outdoor sports courts, outdoor gyms, golf courses, outdoor swimming pools, archery/driving/shooting ranges and riding arenas must also close\n• None Organised outdoor sport for disabled people is allowed to continue\n\nWhile golfing has been allowed to continue in Scotland under strict rules, courses will be closed in England.\n\nEngland Golf said it was \"extremely disappointed\" with the decision, adding it had made a \"strong case\" to keep the sport open in recent months.\n\nWhere can I exercise and who can I exercise with?\n\nYou can exercise in a public outdoor place:\n• None with the people you live with\n• None with your support bubble ( if you are legally permitted to form one)\n• None or, when on your own, with one person from another household\n• None public gardens (whether or not you pay to enter them)\n\nUK Active, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes health and fitness, says the government must act immediately to \"minimise the damaging impact of lockdown\".\n\n\"We know from the millions of people that depend on gyms, pools, and leisure centres to support their physical and mental health, how essential they are,\" said UK Active chief executive Huw Edwards.\n\n\"We cannot afford to wait until the vaccine rollout is advanced before we act, so the government must explore all options at this time and provide a credible plan for maintaining this support to millions of people who rely on these Covid-secure facilities to stay strong and healthy.\n\n\"Furthermore, the UK governments must protect this sector before it becomes too late.\"", "Internet providers are under pressure to do more to help low-income families afford data packages for their children to take part in remote learning.\n\nIt follows a decision to close UK schools to most pupils to enforce new coronavirus lockdowns.\n\nThe children's commissioner for England told the BBC that \"broadband companies really need to step up\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer added he thought the cost of data was \"a big problem\".\n\n\"We're asking people to endure very tough restrictions. And there has to be the other side of that contract,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"Everybody needs to try and make this work. And that includes the companies that can take away the charging for data. It's a serious situation.\"\n\nWhen questioned about the topic at a Downing Street press conference, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"We are looking at... the potential costs to parents of online teaching, and we're going to do our best to support them in any way that we can and to work with the internet companies.\"\n\nThere is concern that some disadvantaged pupils are currently dependent on pay-as-you-go or monthly mobile phone subscriptions that only include a small data allowance because their families cannot afford or otherwise obtain a separate fixed broadband connection.\n\n\"There are 25 million pay-as-you go customers in the UK, and about seven million of those struggle with the cost of topping up their data,\" commented Chris Thorpe from the Centre For The Acceleration Of Social Technology charity.\n\nMany schools are using video-chat software including Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet to live-stream classes, assemblies and other activities, which all benefit from a fast, stable connection and can consume a lot of data.\n\nIn addition, other tools including Google Classroom, Tapestry and Class Dojo are used by pupils to submit schoolwork and receive marks and other feedback.\n\nThe situation became more pressing after the prime minister announced last night that England's lockdown would mean schools and colleges would remain closed to most pupils until at least the February half-term.\n\nTech for UK - a coalition of technologists and other concerned business leaders - has suggested one way forward would be for internet providers to \"zero rate\" edtech apps and websites, so that their data use would be deducted from a mobile subscriber's monthly allowance.\n\nHowever, it acknowledges the challenge in doing so is to pick which platforms to support without giving some providers an unfair advantage over others.\n\nThe Department for Education already runs a scheme for disadvantaged children who do not have access to a home broadband connection to temporarily increase their mobile data allowance.\n\nIn some cases, this involves an extra 20 gigabytes a month. In others - such as Three - it provides an \"unlimited\" data upgrade.\n\nSchools, trusts and local authorities need to request the support on a pupil's behalf.\n\nThe networks involved in the initiative include:\n\nIn cases when this is not available, the government offers 4G wireless routers - which use mobile networks to offer a wi-fi connection - as an alternative.\n\nIn addition, Vodafone provided 350,000 \"free data\" Sim cards to thousands of primary and secondary schools and colleges in November.\n\n\"We are actively considering what to do now about this new situation,\" it said.\n\nO2 pledged in October to donate 10,000 devices and 12 months of free data to \"vulnerable individuals\".\n\nAnd Virgin Media noted it had launched a discounted home broadband service for families facing financial difficulties and receiving universal credit.\n\nBT says it has already removed all caps on its home broadband plans to help ensure children can stay connected to their schools.\n\nAnne Longfield, the children's commissioner for England, said she was also concerned about the provision of devices.\n\n\"A lot of children still don't have laptops. They're surviving on broken phones,\" she told the Today programme.\n\nThe Department for Education said it had delivered more than 560,000 devices to schools and councils in England between the start of the pandemic and the end of last year.\n\nIn addition, it aims to have delivered a further 100,000 laptops and tablets to schools by the end of this week to help get closer to its overall target of one million devices.\n\nHowever, teaching groups have raised concerns about the rollout.\n\nSome children are being provided with tablets to keep them connected to their schools\n\n\"We must hear no more of rationing of equipment, as we did late last year,\" Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) told the BBC.\n\n\"If the stockpiles exist, as the Department for Education claim they do, then they must be distributed urgently. We have heard too many stories of requests from schools not being met, or not being fully met.\"\n\nSteven George of head teachers' union, NAHT added that a website used to order laptops had been inaccessible over the Christmas break, so some members had been unable to make requests.\n\nIn addition, the Association of School and College Leaders suggested the government had \"never really got to grips\" with the issue.\n\n\"It is certainly sending out lots of laptops for disadvantaged children to schools. But there's clearly still a gap, not just in terms of the number of devices that are required but also in terms of whether families have sufficient connectivity,\" said general secretary Geoff Barton.\n\n\"This has happened because it is a crisis situation, and there hasn't been a great deal of time in which to properly assess the level of need that exists, but it does expose the fact that pre-crisis, there hadn't been a properly joined-up national strategy on digital learning.\"\n\nOthers have noted that the device allocation scheme does not extend to printers - which are needed for worksheets and other materials sent by teachers - putting low-income families at a further disadvantage.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eileen Lynch, 94, was the first person in Northern Ireland to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine\n\nUp to 11,000 people aged over 80 across Northern Ireland are set to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine this week.\n\nThe aim is to ensure everyone in that age group will be offered the vaccine by the end of January.\n\nThirty GP practices will be administering 50,000 doses of the vaccine, which was approved for use in the UK on 30 December.\n\nIt is the second vaccine to be approved in the battle against coronavirus in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt comes ahead of a UK-wide announcement by the prime minister, set to be made at 20:00 GMT on Monday, in which further restrictions will be announced.\n\nIn a statement, a No 10 spokesman said the new variant of Covid-19 had \"led to rapidly escalating case numbers across the country\" and \"further steps must now be taken to arrest this rise\".\n\nOn Monday, Northern Ireland recorded a further 1,801 Covid-19 cases and 12 more virus-related deaths.\n\nThese latest figures from the Department of Health bring the total number of deaths to 1,366, while 79,873 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic started.\n\nMore than 12,000 cases have been reported in the past seven days, more than double the week before.\n\nThe seven-day rate per 100,000 people is now 660 positive cases, compared to 200 per 100,000 two weeks ago.\n\nMedical experts believe that is down to the two-week easing of restrictions over the Christmas period.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland on Monday, an additional 6,110 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were announced, with six further deaths linked to the virus.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the second week of a six-week lockdown in which non-essential retail is closed.\n\nThe first doses of the vaccine were given delivered at a GP surgery on the Falls Road in West Belfast on Monday afternoon.\n\nThe first person in Northern Ireland to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine was 94-year-old Eileen Lynch.\n\nSpeaking after receiving the vaccine, Ms Lynch said she was \"delighted and privileged\" to receive it.\n\n\"I feel like I can really look forward to the year ahead now that I have been vaccinated,\" she said.\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has already been used to vaccinate care home residents and staff.\n\nBy mid December, 50,000 doses of that vaccine had been made available and by 30 December, Northern Ireland's Department of Health reported that 33,000 people had been vaccinated.\n\nThis included 8,940 care home residents, 10,484 care home staff and 14,259 health and social care staff.\n\nAccording to the latest NI statistics, for the first time the percentage positive cases in the over 80s is down - an indication the vaccination process is working.\n\nThere are approximately 82,000 people over 80 in NI and BBC News NI understands that if deliveries of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine happen as planned, it is thought that all of those over 80, as well as GPs and their staff, could be vaccinated within three weeks.\n\nWhile 50,000 doses have been delivered to Northern Ireland, a further 23,000 vaccines are expected on 19 January while another 68,000 are due on 24 January.\n\nDr Alan Stout, who is a GP in Belfast, told BBC News NI that members are \"very optimistic\" that 11,000 people can be vaccinated this week.\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is the second coronavirus vaccine to be approved in the UK\n\nNI's chief medical officer said the Oxford-AstraZeneca rollout would run alongside the ongoing vaccination programme.\n\nDr Michael McBride said: \"First and foremost we must act to protect those most at risk of severe disease and death.\n\n\"The evidence shows that the initial dose of vaccine offers as much as 70% protection against the effects of the virus.\n\n\"Providing that level of protection on a large scale will have the greatest impact on reducing mortality and hospitalisations, protecting the health and social care system.\"\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has to be kept at an extremely low temperature which complicates handling constraints.\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is considered easier to store and distribute.\n\nIts rollout consists of two full doses of the vaccine, with the second dose to be given four to 12 weeks after the first.\n\nGPs are appealing to the public to remain calm and wait to be called for their vaccine either by telephone or by letter.\n\nDr Stout said as demand grows worldwide for the vaccine, that schedule could easily change.\n\n\"The public have to be patient, we have a system and must be allowed to get on with it - it really is 'don't call us - we will call you'.\"\n\nWhile some vaccinations will take place in surgeries others will happen in a drive-through system.\n\nCovid-19 is deadlier than flu, which means January 2021 is going to be even tougher than usual.\n\nAlso, Covid patients tend to stay much longer in hospital with more severe symptoms requiring additional beds and care.\n\nBut those rising patient numbers aren't matched by an increased workforce.\n\nInstead it is expected that the nurse-patient ratio will increase (even though many aren't trained to work in critical care) as there simply aren't enough nurses available.\n\nSome health unions fear this will only add to Northern Ireland's excess mortality rate, which is greater than that in Great Britain.\n\nOnce again, this highlights Northern Ireland's failing health care system, which was already below par well before the start of the pandemic.\n\nCoronavirus infection figures here are expected to peak between 15 and 21 January. That will be felt not only in hospitals but also in GP practices as they continue to roll out the vaccine.\n\nWhile at this stage the six weeks look bleak it's hoped that the additional Astra-Zeneca vaccine and the low incidence of flu will go a long way in not only saving lives, but also protecting the health service.\n\nDr Stout said much planning had gone into ensuring the programme happened as smoothly as possible.\n\n\"People will literally stay in their cars and be asked to roll up their sleeves - it has to be safe and efficient in order for us to get through it and safely.\"\n\nThe UK has ordered 100 million doses of the new vaccine - enough to vaccinate 50 million people.\n\nMeanwhile, Dr Tom Black, chair of the British Medical Association in Northern Ireland, said it was \"appalling\" that the Pfizer vaccine was not to be administered in two doses within 21 days as instructed by the company and threatened legal action.\n\nDr Black was responding to news that the UK will give both parts of the Oxford and Pfizer vaccines 12 weeks apart.\n\n\"They have left care workers in Northern Ireland with a gap in their expected immunity,\" he told BBC NI's Radio Foyle on Monday.\n\n\"In that period doctors, nurses, porters or health care professionals could infect patients because they will not be protected against the transmission of the infection to patients.\"\n\nThe UK's chief medical officers have defended their Covid vaccination plan.\n\nThey said getting more people vaccinated with the first jab was \"much more preferable\" and that the great majority of the initial protection from clinical disease is after the first dose of vaccine.\n\nDr Black is to meet NI Health Minister Robin Swann later to express health care workers' concern over the change in vaccine policy.", "Food banks have seen increased demand during the pandemic\n\nThe UK \"cannot duck\" tackling inequalities of health, ethnicity, education and jobs post-Covid, a major review has warned.\n\nThe report's chairman, Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton, says a lot of work to repair and rebuild the damage will be needed after the pandemic.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) Deaton Review of Inequalities warned the fabric of society was under threat.\n\nThe review says there is a \"once-in-a-generation opportunity to tackle the disadvantages faced by many that this pandemic has so devastatingly exposed\".\n\n\"We now face a set of challenges which we cannot duck.\"\n\nSir Angus said: \"As the vaccines should, at some point this year, take us into a world largely free of the pandemic, it is imperative to think about policies that will be needed to repair the damage and that focus on those who have suffered the most.\n\n\"We need to build a country in which everyone feels that they belong.\"\n\nWhile the pandemic had highlighted the disproportionate impact on ethnic minority groups and deprived communities, it also showed that the UK's best-paid and most highly educated have been \"much better able to ride out the crisis\", the report said.\n\nYoung people have been among the worst hit economically\n\nChildren from poorer households found it harder to do schoolwork during lockdown and have been more likely to miss school since September, it noted.\n\nAnd while the biggest risk factor for coronavirus is age, younger people have been hit harder by the economic consequences of the crisis.\n\nThe cost of the pandemic is \"just colossal\" IFS director Paul Johnson told the BBC's Today programme.\n\n\"We've seen the biggest reduction in national income, essentially in history, over the last year, we've seen the biggest public deficit in history outside of the two world wars, so there's no getting around the fact that the pandemic and the response to it has had a bigger effect on the economy than anything essentially in the whole of history.\"\n\nThe report highlighted the effects of the pandemic on different groups, including on education, which is \"probably more worrying\" than the overall economic effect, Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"The first lockdown lockdown saw a dreadful impact on the education particularly of poorer children... they were getting less in the way of online lessons from their schools.\n\n\"There's a huge private school/state school divide in this, but also a big divide within state schools between those children who had support at home, had the facilities at home - laptops and internet and so on - but who also had the support from school - so there's a big impact on education but also a very unequal one,\" he added.\n\nThe review is calling for extra support for children who have fallen behind and help for school and university leavers to find jobs.\n\nIt says the welfare safety net must be adapted so it supports non-traditional forms of employment, including insecure and self-employed workers, and minority ethnic groups must be given greater economic opportunities.\n\nProgress in reducing poor mental and physical health could be \"one of the clearest indications of success of economic and social policy\", it adds.\n\nMark Franks, director of welfare at the Nuffield Foundation, which funded the review, said: \"Individuals are subject to a wide range of potential vulnerabilities around dimensions including age, ethnicity, place of birth, education, income and the nature of their employment.\n\n\"Where these vulnerabilities intersect, they can amplify and reinforce one another and play a huge role in driving unequal outcomes.\"\n\nHowever, the government said it was already spending vast sums to support people and the economy through the pandemic.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We're doing everything we can to ensure our coronavirus support reaches those who need it the most, which is why we've invested more than £280bn to protect the incomes, livelihoods and health of millions of people across the UK.\"\n\nThis included an additional £9bn for the welfare system and £2bn for the Kickstart Scheme, tripling traineeships, incentives for firms hiring apprentices and doubling the number of work coaches \"so that nobody is left without hope or opportunity\", the spokesman said.", "Economy Minister Diane Dodds has written to Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove to call for urgent action to be taken on deliveries to NI.\n\nSince Christmas some orders have been cancelled or delayed and some retailers have suspended deliveries.\n\nThe problem is related to uncertainty about post-Brexit transition rules.\n\nHM Customs announced a grace period on New Year's Eve confirming most parcels from GB-NI will not need customs declarations until at least April.\n\nThe problems have not affected all companies with many continuing to take orders and deliver as normal.\n\nHowever, some companies had already suspended deliveries, including John Lewis.\n\nThe government said the three-month grace period \"recognises the unique circumstances of Northern Ireland, the impacts of any disruption to parcel movements in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and specific challenges for operators moving express consignments\".\n\nA government spokesman said further details will be published in the new year, adding: \"Our priority is to have a pragmatic approach that allows us to comply with the [Northern Ireland] Protocol without causing undue disruption to businesses and citizens.\n\n\"HMRC is engaging with operators to finalise arrangements.\"\n\nSome changes have already come into effect.\n\nA Northern Ireland-based business receiving goods valued at £135 or more through an express carrier or Royal Mail will need to submit a customs declaration.\n\nThey will need to do this within three months of receiving the goods and can use the government's Trader Support Service to do so.\n\nExcise goods, which mostly refers to alcoholic drinks, will also need a declaration when being sent from GB to NI.\n\nThe government has advised retailers of those goods to contact their delivery company.\n\nIt said: \"They will then tell you if they carry the type of goods you want to send and, if they do, they will ask you to provide any additional information that they need so that a declaration can be made.\"", "About 10 UK nationals resident in Spain say they were wrongly turned back when their flight landed in Barcelona.\n\nThey left Heathrow on the Saturday morning British Airways flight, but were refused entry on arrival.\n\nThey were stopped by border police and ultimately flown back to the UK.\n\nSpain has banned all but Spanish nationals and residents flying from the UK to Spain since 22 December in the hope of containing the spread of the new UK strain of Covid-19.\n\nOne passenger on the flight, who did not wish to be named, said that those on board had been told repeatedly that only Spanish nationals or residents would be allowed to enter the country and that their residency certificates, also known as green certificates, were shown to airline staff several times.\n\nHowever, on arrival, British passengers with green residency certificates were prevented from entering Spain.\n\nBA has confirmed that about 10 people were denied entry into Barcelona, as they did not meet the Spanish authorities' required criteria.\n\nOne of those affected, Ruth O'Leary, said: \"I was very confused, obviously. I asked them what other documents I could provide.\n\n\"They seemed to be just flat-out refusing anything I had and just wouldn't let me on the flight. Very upsetting really.\n\n\"Quite an awful feeling not to be able to go back to your own house and to not really be given an explanation why you can't go home.\"\n\nOther British expat passengers have also said that they have been stopped from boarding planes to Spain.\n\nOne passenger on board said that seven British citizens were prevented from boarding a British Airways/Iberia flight from Heathrow to Madrid on Saturday evening, despite having their green residency certificates, as well as negative Covid tests.\n\nThe exact number of flights and passengers affected has not been released by the Foreign Office.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, Iberia said that on 1 January, it received an email from the border police saying that registration as a European citizen was no longer considered to be a valid document to prove legal residency in Spain as a British citizen.\n\nHowever, by 19:30 on 2 January, the airline received a second email, confirming that the document could be used if it had not expired.\n\nA British Airways spokesperson said: \"In these difficult and unprecedented times with dynamic travel restrictions, we are doing everything we can to help and support our customers.\"\n\nThe Spanish Embassy in London tweeted a letter stating it was aware that during the current travel restrictions, there had been some problems for British nationals resident in Spain who had not been allowed to return.\n\nThe embassy clarified that green certificates were valid proof of residency.\n\nThe Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: \"We have worked closely with the Spanish government to resolve these issues.\n\n\"The Spanish Embassy in London has re-confirmed today that both the green residence certificate and the new residence TIE card [Photo-ID card] are equally valid in terms of proving residence in Spain, as set out in the [Brexit] Withdrawal Agreement.\"", "South Wales Police piloted the use of facial recognition in Cardiff - it was later ruled unlawful\n\nPolice should be allowed more access to facial recognition technology, a firm developing it for use in the private sector has said.\n\nLast year, appeal court judges ruled a trial project to scan thousands of faces by South Wales Police was unlawful. The force did not appeal.\n\nWelsh company Credas said laws were not keeping up with the latest technology.\n\nThe Home Office said it wants police to use new crime-reducing technology while \"maintaining public trust\".\n\nCredas believes such facial recognition technology could be a vital tool in fighting crime.\n\n\"Ten years ago it would have felt space age, but now it's everywhere - just logging into my phone or laptop, we're all used to it now,\" said chief executive Rhys David.\n\n\"But the legislation will never keep up with the technological advancements.\"\n\nThe firm, based in Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, works with firms to prevent crime in commercial settings, helping them confirm a client's identity.\n\nIt can include estate agents, the legal sector, accountancy or gambling operations - any businesses regulated to reduce fraud and money laundering.\n\n\"There's common stories of people buying houses with someone else's identity and manipulating the paperwork so that the funds get transferred into the wrong account and it's too late then - we can't recover that,\" said Mr David.\n\n\"It's a very difficult position to be in, but technologies like ours are closing the gap.\"\n\nApps can compare people's picture to that on their passport\n\nCredas's app uses facial recognition - people take a selfie and the app compares it to a photograph of their passport to verify they are who they claim to be.\n\nClaire Williams works for FBM estate agent in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, which has been using the software for the past two years.\n\n\"Before we would take people's passports or driver's licence, they would either come into the office and we would photocopy it, or we would even accept a scanned, emailed copy.\n\n\"There would be no way of knowing whether these were legitimate passports and driver's licences.\n\n\"They might have been using fake IDs, trying to launder money through the property industry - putting money into the properties, then reselling them to launder the money.\"\n\nBut scanning faces to confirm details for a mortgage is a very different beast to automated facial recognition, which is what was being trialled by South Wales Police - scanning faces in a crowd, often without people's knowledge.\n\nThat was ruled unlawful after a challenge by civil rights group Liberty and Ed Bridges from Cardiff.\n\n\"Real-time surveillance is considerably more complex than in the commercial space where it's a fairly static, controlled environment. But we should be adopting it and encouraging it to reduce a criminal footprint,\" added Mr David.\n\n\"I find it really sad that the police aren't encouraged to use technology like this to keep our country safe.\n\n\"Let's be honest, the police don't want to sell us trainers. They're not looking to capture our images or biometric footprints to sell us goods. It's to keep us safe, so the police can run very sophisticated facial matching programmes in real time to identify criminals.\"\n\nThe frustration was echoed by the surveillance camera commissioner, Tony Porter, who is the independent regulator appointed to oversee the use of camera systems in England and Wales.\n\nFollowing the appeal court ruling on South Wales Police in August, he said he had been \"fruitlessly and repeatedly\" calling for an updated code the police could follow.\n\nWhile campaigners Liberty felt the court's ruling left little room for the technology to be safely used, Mr Porter disagreed, adding: \"I believe adoption of new and advancing technologies is an important element of keeping citizens safe.\"\n\nHe has issued new guidance on the use of facial recognition in light of the case, but it remains just that - guidance, not law.\n\nIt has left police forces still trying to iron out the problems raised by the Court of Appeal - the potential for gender and ethnic biases and a robust code to cover when, how and where the technology can be used, and in search of whom.\n\nProf Martin Innes, from the Universities' Police Sciences Institute, evaluated the rollout of automatic facial recognition for South Wales Police in 2018, flagging ethical and regulatory challenges facing forces.\n\n\"If you look back at the history of new and innovative technologies in policing this is what always happens. You have to let the law catch up a little bit and find out what matters and where the key points of regulation are,\" he said.\n\nAt present, different standards between the private and public sectors \"could be very, very confusing,\" he added.\n\n\"There is a risk that these technologies get introduced almost by stealth and they start popping up everywhere.\"\n\nPembrokeshire estate agent Claire Williams now uses a facial recognition app to match faces to identity\n\nIn a way, some of that has already happened, from mobile phones that can detect your face to hi-tech doorbells\n\nStopping criminal harm \"seems to be an equally justifiable reason\" to use the technology, argued Prof Innes.\n\n\"But we need to think quite carefully about how far do we want this to go, and where is it appropriate for us to introduce these technologies in our lives.\n\n\"There are issues - but there are potentially opportunities and benefits to be gained if it can be done in the right way, as well.\"\n\nThe Home Office and the police say they will consider any ideas that could improve the way live facial recognition technology is used.\n\n\"We want police to use new technologies, like live facial recognition, in a way that reduces crime while maintaining public trust,\" said a Home Office spokesperson.\n\n\"We are working closely with the police to ensure national College of Policing guidance complies with the Court of Appeal's request to clarify how live facial recognition will be used.\n\n\"The government committed in the Home Office Biometrics Strategy to review the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice and it will be updated in due course.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Virgin Holidays has become the latest travel firm to cancel holidays after new coronavirus lockdown restrictions were imposed.\n\nIt said schedules will be cancelled until mid-February, joining similar moves by Tui, Jet2 and Thomas Cook.\n\nThe companies said customers would be contacted about their future travel options during what Virgin described as \"these extraordinary circumstances\".\n\nThomas Cook said it will call customers to offer refunds or rebooking.\n\nTui said it was \"cancelling all holidays in line with international travel restrictions\". It added that said customers due to depart from England, Scotland and Wales would be contacted to discuss options.\n\nThe company said that customers due to travel from an English airport before mid-February, or from a Scottish or Welsh airport up to 31 January, would not be able to do so.\n\nThose customers will be contacted \"in departure date order to discuss their options\", Tui said, which include rebooking \"with an incentive\", getting a credit note, or a full refund.\n\n\"Customers currently overseas can continue to enjoy their holidays as planned and we will update them directly if there are any changes to their holidays,\" Tui added.\n\nIn a statement, Virgin said: \"In line with the new national lockdown restrictions we have reviewed the upcoming holiday schedule and will be cancelling all holidays up to and including 14 February 2021.\n\n\"To simplify the options and to provide immediate peace of mind for customers whose holidays will no longer be going ahead, we're automatically providing a digital voucher for the value of their trip, redeemable up until 30 September 2021, which they can use to rebook a holiday, departing any time before 31 December 2022.\"\n\nVirgin added that customers \"may also request a refund\".\n\nMeanwhile, Jet2 said it was extending \"the suspension of flights and holidays up to and including 11 February 2021\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"For customers due to travel from 12th February onwards, we will provide another update closer to the time.\"\n\nThomas Cook, which became an online-only travel brand in September after its earlier collapse, said: \"Following the announcement of the latest lockdown, we are calling our customers to offer refunds or move their holidays to a later date.\".\n\nChief executive Alan French said: \"We've seen over the festive period that customers are looking ahead to the summer and beginning to book in earnest for those important summer weeks in the sun.\n\n\"I am sure that after many more weeks spent at home - and with the progress of the vaccine rollout - we will see an even bigger demand for people to escape to the beach this summer.\"\n\nLast month, a number of countries suspended routes to the UK due to the rapid spread of a new variant of coronavirus.\n\nThe blanket travel ban to the EU was then lifted, but with rules varying from country to country. The suspension of flights between the UK and China remains in place.\n\nLast year Tui was investigated by competition authorities after complaints that it had not given prompt refunds.\n\nBritish Airways Holidays, part of Britain's biggest airline, said it would be offering refunds if customers are no longer allowed travel.\n\nThe firm said in a statement: \"We are contacting all affected British Airways Holidays customers following the announcement of new national lockdown restrictions.\n\n\"Customers due to depart by 12 February 2021 will be offered a refund for their holiday. Our teams continue to monitor the situation and update our policy accordingly.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer: \"If we pull together as a nation, we can win\"\n\nSir Keir Starmer has called for a \"round the clock\" vaccination programme to tackle the rise in Covid cases.\n\nAs part of a televised speech, the Labour leader said the government needed to deliver \"millions of doses a week by the end of the month\".\n\nHe said there were \"serious questions for the government to answer\" over the timing of the lockdown in England, but Labour would support the restrictions.\n\nBoris Johnson said daily vaccination figures would be published from Monday.\n\nThe prime minister has also said the four most vulnerable groups of people across the UK should receive their first dose by mid-February.\n\nBoth the PM and Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, have announced lockdowns this week.\n\nWales has been in a national lockdown since 20 December and Northern Ireland entered a six-week lockdown on 26 December.\n\nEngland's lockdown will become law from 00:01 GMT Wednesday and MPs will return to the Commons later that day to vote on the measures retrospectively.\n\nThe restrictions come into force as the number of new daily confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK topped 60,000 for the first time since the pandemic started.\n\nOn Tuesday, 60,914 had tested positive in the previous 24 hours and a further 830 people had died within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIn an address to the nation on BBC One, in response to Boris Johnson's televised address on Monday, Sir Keir said the UK had reached a \"critical moment in our fight against coronavirus\".\n\nThe Labour leader said people were \"angry at the mistakes the government has made\" and ministers needed to answer questions on why they did not act sooner over locking down England.\n\nHe stressed that Labour would continue to hold the government to account, but added: \"Whatever our quarrels with the government and with the prime minister, the country now needs us to come together.\n\n\"At this darkest of moments, we need a new national effort to re-kindle the spirit of last March - to come together and to do everything possible to stay at home [and] to protect the NHS and save lives.\"\n\nSir Keir reiterated that Labour would support the new lockdown when it comes to the retrospective Commons vote on Wednesday and \"join in this national effort\".\n\nBut he called for the government to use the lockdown to establish \"a massive, immediate, and round the clock vaccination programme\" to \"deliver millions of doses a week by the end of the month in every village and town, every high street and every GP surgery\".\n\nThe Labour leader added: \"This is now a race between the virus and the vaccine and if we pull together as a nation, we can win.\n\n\"We need a new contract between the government and the British people: The country stays at home, the government delivers the vaccine.\"\n\nEarlier at a Downing Street press conference, Mr Johnson said more than 1.3 million people across the UK had now been vaccinated with either the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.\n\nThe figure included 23% of over-80s in England - part of a programme Mr Johnson said aimed to save \"the most lives the fastest\".\n\nThe PM said there will \"still be long weeks ahead\", but that he wanted to give \"maximum possible transparency\" about the vaccination roll-out.\n\nMore details will be announced on Thursday, with daily updates starting on Monday, \"so that you can see day by day and jab by jab how much progress we are making\", he added.\n\nAsked whether the target could be met, Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, said the timetable was \"realistic but not easy\".", "Margaret Ferrier admitted travelling back from London to Glasgow after testing positive for coronavirus\n\nScottish MP Margaret Ferrier has been arrested by police after she admitted using public transport while infected with Covid-19.\n\nMs Ferrier apologised for what she called a \"blip\" in September.\n\nShe was suspended from the SNP group at Westminster and leaders, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, urged her to quit as an MP over the row.\n\nPolice Scotland said she had been charged in connection with \"alleged culpable and reckless conduct\".\n\nMs Ferrier apologised in September after travelling from London to Glasgow having tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP said she had experienced \"mild symptoms\" and taken a test, but had then decided to travel to Westminster because she was \"feeling much better\".\n\nShe then travelled home again on a train after receiving the positive test result, and said she \"deeply regretted\" her actions.\n\nA Police Scotland spokesman said: \"We can confirm that officers today arrested and charged a 60-year-old woman in connection with alleged culpable and reckless conduct.\n\n\"This follows a thorough investigation by Police Scotland into an alleged breach of coronavirus regulations between 26 and 29 September 2020.\n\n\"A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal and we are unable to comment further.\"\n\nMs Ferrier has been contacted for comment.", "Potentially life-saving cancer operations have been put on hold at a major London NHS trust because of the number of beds taken by Covid patients.\n\nKing's College Hospital Trust has cancelled all \"Priority 2\" operations - those doctors judge need to be carried out within 28 days.\n\nCancer Research UK said such cancellations did not appear to be widespread across the country.\n\nAnd surgery has not been stopped on the same scale as during the first wave.\n\nRebecca Thomas, who has had her bowel cancer surgery at King's College Hospital \"cancelled indefinitely\", told the BBC she felt like she had been left \"in limbo\".\n\nUntil she has surgery her tumour cannot be studied to see how aggressive it is, and so she won't know until then how significant this wait will turn out to be.\n\nA spokesperson for the Trust, which mainly serves patients in south London, said: \"Due to the large increase in patients being admitted with Covid-19, including those requiring intensive care, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone all elective procedures, with the exception of cases where a delay would cause immediate harm.\n\n\"A small number of cancer patients due to be operated on this week have had their surgery postponed, with patients being kept under close review by senior doctors.\"\n\nProf Neil Mortensen, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said he had heard from members that \"hospitals across London are having to cancel cancer surgeries as a result of the huge number of Covid-19 patients being hospitalised.\"\n\nBut it hasn't yet emerged as an issue affecting hospitals outside London.\n\nWhen Covid-19 hit last March, NHS England developed guidance on prioritising patients who needed operations, with emergency procedures that needed to be carried out within 24 hours coming first.\n\nThese life-saving operations have continued throughout the pandemic and there is no prospect of that stopping.\n\nHowever, patients in the \"priority 2\" category - who should have surgery within 28 days, to save their life or stop their disease progressing \"beyond operability\" - have found their operations being cancelled at King's.\n\nThe 28-day guideline is based on the patient's individual symptoms and the expected growth rate of their particular cancer.\n\n\"Delays further than that could have a negative impact on that person's chance of survival,\" according to Kruti Shrotri at Cancer Research UK.\n\nAnd delays in diagnosis and treatment in general can lead to worsening chances of recovery, she said.\n\nThis will vary dramatically by person and cancer type, but in some cases, a matter of a few weeks can make the difference between a cancer that can be survived or not.\n\nGenevieve Edwards, chief executive at Bowel Cancer UK, said research showed \"even a month's delay to cancer treatment can increase a person's risk of dying by up to 13% - a risk that keeps rising the longer their treatment is delayed\".\n\nWhile this was \"really concerning to hear,\" she said, \"it's not by and large something we've heard is happening widespread across the country\".\n\nThis is an improvement from the first wave of Covid-19 when the NHS had to put a near-blanket ban on non-urgent surgery.\n\nBut for those patients who are affected, this news will be \"incredibly hard,\" and Ms Shrotri stressed that patients with any symptoms that could be cancer should not put off going to see their GP.\n\n\"The NHS is open,\" she said.\n\nSurgery is most at risk because of the shortage of intensive care beds - but other forms of cancer treatment, including radiotherapy, should continue.\n\nNHS Providers, which represents hospital bosses in England, said trusts were doing all they could to \"prioritise on the basis of clinical need\".", "The number of new daily confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has topped 60,000 for the first time since the pandemic started.\n\nAccording to government figures on Tuesday, the number of people who tested positive was 60,916.\n\nOne in 50 people in private households in England had Covid last week - and one in 30 in London, according to estimates based on the latest data.\n\nA further 830 people have also died within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt comes as England and Scotland announced new strict lockdowns, with people told to stay at home.\n\nAt a press conference at Downing Street on Tuesday, Boris Johnson said 1.3 million people had now been vaccinated in the UK - including 23% of over 80s in England, some 650,000 people.\n\nBut he said more than one million people were currently infected - with the number of patients in hospitals 40% higher than in the first peak.\n\nThe government's chief medical adviser Prof Chris Whitty cited the Office for National Statistics' random sampling data for England as showing how widespread the virus is.\n\n\"We're now into a situation where across the country as a whole, roughly one in 50 people have got the virus, higher in some parts of the country, lower in others,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Professor Chris Whitty: \"No evidence\" the new variant is \"more dangerous\"\n\nThe number of new daily cases has consistently been above 50,000 since 29 December.\n\nBack in the first peak of the pandemic in the spring, the number of daily confirmed cases never went above 7,000.\n\nHowever, it is thought the true number of cases then was much higher but not picked up because testing capacity was limited. It was estimated there were about 100,000 new infections a day at the end of March - but there was not the testing to detect it.\n\nHospital admissions of people with Covid-19 in England also reached another record high on Tuesday, NHS England figures show.\n\nAt a hospital in Lincolnshire, a \"critical\" incident has been declared after a sharp rise in patients requiring admission.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How NHS nurses and doctors are struggling to cope with Covid as cases continue to rise in England\n\nAnd potentially life-saving cancer operations have been put on hold at a major London NHS trust because of the number of beds taken by Covid patients.\n\nHowever, Cancer Research UK said such cancellations did not appear to be widespread across the country.\n\nIn a statement after the case numbers were released, Public Health England medical director Yvonne Doyle said the rapid rise in cases was \"highly concerning and will sadly mean yet more pressure on our health services in the depths of winter\".\n\nAfter seven consecutive days of more than 50,000 cases being confirmed, the fact that more than 60,000 have been recorded should not come as a surprise.\n\nIt will take a week, if not more, for the impact of lockdown to be felt.\n\nAnd all the evidence suggests the new variant of coronavirus, which is more transmissible than previous ones, means the impact is likely to be more limited than it was in previous ones.\n\nThe figures are also a warning about what the NHS is facing.\n\nSome of this week's infections are next week's hospital admissions.\n\nAbout three in 10 beds are now occupied by Covid patients. In some hospitals more than six in 10 are.\n\nHospitals are now busy making more spaces on their wards - that means cancelling planned work, including in some places cancer treatment.\n\nBoris Johnson and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon both announced new lockdowns on Monday.\n\nWales has been in a national lockdown since 20 December and Northern Ireland entered a six-week lockdown on 26 December.\n\nRestrictions are also being tightened further in Northern Ireland, and an order for people to stay at home will become legally enforceable from Friday.\n\nIn a televised address to the nation, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer urged the government to use the lockdown to create a \"round the clock\" vaccination programme.\n\nHe also called on people to \"recapture the spirit\" of the beginning of the pandemic.\n\nAt the press conference on Tuesday, Mr Johnson repeated his suggestion that there is a \"prospect\" of the lockdown being eased in mid-February.\n\n\"But you will also appreciate there are a lot of caveats, a lot of ifs built into that, the most important of which is that we all now follow the guidance,\" he said.\n\nEarlier, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove told Sky News he could not say exactly when the lockdown in England would end, but \"as we enter March we should be able to lift some of these restrictions but not necessarily all\".\n\nMr Whitty said the virus \"is not going to go away, just as flu doesn't go away, just as many other viruses don't go away\".\n\n\"We shouldn't kid ourselves that this just disappears with spring,\" he said.\n\nMr Whitty said although hopefully there would be nearly no measures needed from the spring onwards, the government might have to bring in a few restrictions next winter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"We've now vaccinated over 1.3m people across the UK\"\n\nOn Monday the UK's chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nAlthough the new variant is now spreading more rapidly than the original version, it is not believed to be more deadly.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains the order in which the Covid vaccine will be given", "Supermarkets' online shopping operations have come under strain with customers rushing to book deliveries as the new coronavirus lockdown began.\n\nWithin a couple of hours of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech to the nation on Monday, shoppers reported problems with Sainsbury's and Tesco.\n\nSainsbury's said on Tuesday that earlier it had restricted access to its online services to manage high demand.\n\nThe surge in demand echoes consumers' reaction at the start of the pandemic.\n\nSainsbury's said: \"We temporarily limited access to our groceries online service last night so that we could manage high demand for slots and updates customers were making to existing orders.\n\n\"We're continuing to monitor the situation and are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.\"\n\nA spokeswoman said customers should now be able to use the Sainsbury's app and website \"as usual\".\n\nAfter the first lockdown in March, supermarkets reported panic buying and a rush to book online delivery slots despite grocers insisting there would be no shortages if consumers shopped sensibly.\n\nShoppers used social media to vent their frustration on Monday, with Twitter user Auld Bryan saying: \"Ocado have already introduced their virtual queue process on their app. It's March 2020 all over again.\"\n\nAnother tweet, by Karl Dyson, said of Ocado: \"You'd think ~10 months in to this, they'd have worked on scalable infrastructure for the website?\"\n\nThere were also reports of people having problems with the Tesco app and website, including when trying to check out and complete payment.\n\nHowever, a spokesman for Britain's biggest supermarket said on Monday evening that there had been no reports from Tesco's technical department of any website problems.\n\nThe supermarket had increased the number of slots available for online delivery before the latest lockdown measures.\n\nAn email from Tesco UK boss Jason Tarry already sent to customers said: \"Since March, we have more than doubled home delivery and Click+Collect slots to 1.5 million a week, with over 760,000 vulnerable customers registered with us who are eligible for priority slots.\"\n\nUsers complained that the Sainsbury's app was down following the prime minister's announcement on Monday.\n\nTwitter user Francesca Balgobind wrote: \"What's happening with the Sainsbury's shopping app tonight? Website is down too?\"\n\nAnother social media user, Matt, said some 40 minutes after Mr Johnson had finished speaking: \"Sainsbury's app and website down\".\n\nAsda saw more demand for online shopping after the lockdown announcement, but said it had increased the number of slots available since the first two national lockdowns.\n\nMorrisons also reported a jump in the number of shoppers using its website after the announcement.\n\nHowever, despite the longer waiting queues, the grocer said it continued to have \"good slot availability\" for home deliveries.\n\nThroughout the pandemic, supermarkets have urged people to shop normally.\n\nBefore Christmas, in the run-up to the end of the Brexit transition period, some grocers reported temporary shortages of fresh goods due to congestion at UK shipping ports.", "By 8pm on Monday it felt inevitable.\n\nBut it doesn't mean that a national instruction to close the doors was automatic. Or indeed that new lockdowns in England and Scotland aren't still dramatic and painful.\n\nWith tightening up in Wales and Northern Ireland too, the spread of coronavirus this winter has been faster than governments' attempts to keep up with it - leaving leaders with little choice but to take more of our choices away.\n\nThere is much that's an echo of March. Work, school, life outside the home will be constrained in so many ways, with terrible and expensive side-effects for the economy.\n\nThis time, it's already spluttering - restrictions being turned on and off for months have starved so much trade of vital business.\n\nBut there's a lot that's different too. After so long, the public is less forgiving of the actions taken, and there is frustration particularly over last-minute changes for schools; fatigue too with having to live under such limits.\n\nBy now, Boris Johnson's opponents, inside and outside the Tory party, have plenty of evidence to suggest that he would rather put off difficult decisions.\n\nBut there is another profound change, that the prime minister was unsurprisingly keen to point out on live TV, where the UK, at the moment, has a leading reputation.\n\nVaccines exist, partly due to UK science, and are being injected into willing arms already.\n\nThe scientific triumph still needs to be turned into a logistical victory. But if around 13 million vaccines can be offered over the next six weeks, we may be on the way.\n\nOne member of the cabinet told me: \"We should do absolutely nothing but this, the vaccine - it should be the entire focus of the government; every government shoulder should be put to every government wheel.\"\n\nIt's not just the country's health and economic fortunes riding on hitting that stretching target, but the government's reputation too.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The twins' father says what they have achieved is a 'herculean achievement'\n\nConjoined twins who were expected to die within days when they were born are nearly four years later said to be settling in at their Cardiff school.\n\nMarieme and Ndeye Ndiaye were brought to the UK from Senegal in 2017 by their father Ibrahima for treatment at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.\n\nThe girls, now four, are learning to stand and their father said their progress was \"a Herculean achievement\".\n\nTheir head teacher said the girls had made friends and were \"laughing a lot\".\n\nThe girls, who have separate hearts and spines but share a liver, bladder and digestive system, have conditions which put them at higher risk of complications from Covid.\n\nHowever, Mr Ndiaye said he had wanted them to start school for their development.\n\n\"When you look in the rear view mirror, it was an unachievable dream,\" he said.\n\n\"From now, everything ahead will be a bonus to me. My heart and soul is shouting out loud, 'Come on! Go on girls! Surprise me more!'.\"\n\nMr Ndiaye brought the girls to the UK through funding from a charitable foundation run by Senegal's first lady Marieme Faye Sall, before he sought asylum.\n\nIn March 2018, the family were moved by the Home Office to Cardiff as asylum seekers can be moved anywhere in the UK and they now have discretionary leave to remain.\n\nIn 2019, Great Ormond Street surgeons considered attempting separation but it was something Mr Ndiaye did not want because of the risks involved.\n\nThe girls have such complex circulatory systems medics now believe they would not survive being separated\n\nSince then, doctors have found the girls' circulatory systems to be more closely linked than previously thought and neither would survive without the other, making separation now impossible.\n\nThe girls' head teacher Helen Borley said they were learning well since starting reception in September and had made new friends.\n\nShe said: \"Children either say, 'I'm Marieme's friend' or 'I'm Ndeye's friend' - they don't say, 'I'm the twins' friend'. Children very much identify as being one person's friend or another - because the girls are very different characters.\n\n\"They are laughing a lot - which is always a good sign, isn't it? Any child that is laughing a lot is a happy child.\"\n\nMarieme receives oxygen from Ndeye's stronger heart and food via their linked stomachs\n\nFor the twins, school needs to fit around hospital visits.\n\nIn October, the girls needed surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital.\n\nDr Gillian Body, a paediatric consultant at the Children's Hospital for Wales in Cardiff, said the procedure was important, despite the risks.\n\nShe said: \"The girls have complex anatomies and that makes them prone to infections and potentially sepsis.\n\n\"One of the challenges we had was getting antibiotics into them quickly, and this tube or cannula they've had fitted, means we can get them into them more quickly with less distress to the girls.\"\n\nThe girls have been experiencing the feeling of standing, at children's hospice Ty Hafan\n\nShe said Marieme's heart was complex with lots of abnormalities that cause her problems with doing exercise and can lead to breathlessness.\n\nAt children's' hospice Ty Hafan in Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, the girls have been learning what it feels like to stand.\n\nA special frame gives them the experience of being upright, helping build strength in their legs.\n\nPhysiotherapist Sara Wade-West said it had been hard for them.\n\n\"It's a really different sensation when you're used to being sat down, to be upright can be scary,\" she said.\n\n\"To start with, particularly Ndeye wasn't very keen. We try and sneak the therapy in around the play, encouraging them to reach for toys to make them work a bit harder, but if they know it's therapy it's not so fun.\n\n\"Because of their cardiac function we can't push them too much so it's finding that balance - challenging them to get stronger but not exhausting them.\"\n\nThe twins' father Ibrahima Ndiaye said they were his \"warriors\"\n\nWatching his daughters stand is more than just a breakthrough for their father.\n\n\"They are showing that they don't only want to live, but be active and play their part in society,\" he said.\n\n\"All these achievements bring light and hopes for the future. But I know how fragile, complex and unpredictable their lives can be.\"\n\nMr Ndiaye said his hopes were \"parallel to my fears\" as the girls had \"so many times come close to the worst\".\n\n\"But the very least I can do for the girls is figure out my hopes for them,\" he said.\n\n\"The most I can do is to be beside them and live inside that hope and never allow anything to take that hope away.\n\n\"They are my warriors. They have proved they will never surrender without fighting. It is not yet over.\"", "Former Bond actress and Charlie's Angel Tanya Roberts has died in hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 65.\n\nRoberts appeared with Sir Roger Moore in his final Bond film, 1985's A View To A Kill, and had a recurring role in That '70s Show.\n\nShe also starred in the final series of Charlie's Angels on TV in 1980.\n\nHer death was prematurely announced on Monday, only for doctors to say she was still alive. However, her death was then confirmed on Tuesday.\n\nRoberts had collapsed while walking her dogs on 24 December and was admitted to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre.\n\nHer partner Lance O'Brien mistakenly thought she had died on Sunday after visiting her in hospital. After getting a call from doctors to say she was deteriorating quickly, he went to her bedside, her eyes closed and she \"faded\", TMZ reported.\n\nDevastated, he walked out of the room and then the hospital without speaking to medical staff before informing Roberts' agent that he had \"just said goodbye to Tanya\".\n\nBut while being interviewed for US TV show Inside Edition on Monday, Mr O'Brien got a call from the hospital to say she was alive.\n\nThe moment was captured on film, as he picked up his phone and said: \"Now you're telling me she's alive? Thank the Lord.\" However, she died on Monday night.\n\nShe appeared in A View To A Kill alongside Sir Roger Moore and singer Grace Jones\n\nBorn Victoria Leigh Blum in 1955, Roberts grew up in New York before moving to Hollywood in 1977.\n\nHer big break came when she replaced Shelly Hack in Charlie's Angels, joining Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd as third 'Angel' Julie.\n\nAfter the show's cancellation, she appeared in such fantasy adventure films as The Beastmaster and Hearts and Armour.\n\nShe also played comic book heroine Sheena in a 1984 film that saw her nominated for a Golden Raspberry award for worst actress.\n\nRoberts received another Razzie nomination for her role as geologist Stacey Sutton in 1985 Bond film A View to a Kill.\n\nRoberts in the title role in Sheena: Queen of the Jungle\n\nShe admitted being \"a little cautious\" about taking the role, but said it would have been \"ridiculous\" to have turned it down.\n\nRoberts' subsequent films included Night Eyes and Inner Sanctum, erotic thrillers that did little to advance her career.\n\nShe went on to play Midge Pinciotti in more than 80 episodes of That '70s Show between 1998 and 2004.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nManchester City legend Colin Bell has died, aged 74, after a short illness, the Premier League club have announced.\n\nThe former England midfielder made 501 appearances for City between 1966 and 1979, scoring 153 goals. He won 48 caps for his country.\n\n\"Few players have left such an indelible mark on City,\" said a club statement on Tuesday.\n\nIn 2004, Manchester City fans voted to name one of the stands at Etihad Stadium in Bell's honour.\n\n\"Colin Bell will always be remembered as one of Manchester City's greatest players and the very sad news today of his passing will affect everybody connected to our club,\" said City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.\n\n\"I am fortunate to be able to speak regularly to his former manager and team-mates, and it's clear to me that Colin was a player held in the highest regard by all those who had the privilege of playing alongside him or seeing him play.\n\n\"The passage of time does little to erase the memories of his genius.\"\n• None 'Bell will always be king of Man City' - tributes paid after death of club great\n\nAfter starting his career at Bury, Bell moved to Manchester City - then in the second tier - midway through the 1965-66 season in a £47,500 deal.\n\nHe helped Joe Mercer's team win promotion that season and was instrumental in the Blues winning the First Division title two years later.\n\nDuring his 13 years as a player at Maine Road, he also won the FA Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup.\n\nHowever, his career was hampered by a serious knee injury he suffered in a League Cup tie against Manchester United in November 1975, when he was 29.\n\nAfter making a comeback later that season, he was injured again against Arsenal and out for another 18 months.\n\nBell regained fitness and received an emotional ovation on his return at Maine Road on 26 December 1977.\n\nHowever, he did not have the same freedom and mobility as he had done and played only a handful more games.\n\nBell finished his career with a brief spell in the United States playing for San Jose Earthquakes.\n\nIn 2004, he was awarded an MBE for his services to football and remained a regular presence at City games in recent seasons.\n\n'De Bruyne reminds me a lot of Colin' - tributes pour in for the 'King of the Kippax'\n\nFormer City team-mate Mike Summerbee, who was part of their 'Holy Trinity' alongside Bell and Francis Lee in the 1960s and 1970s, described Bell as \"just the greatest footballer\" the club has had.\n\n\"Colin was a lovely, humble man. He was a huge star for Manchester City but you would never have known it,\" said ex-forward Summerbee, 78.\n\n\"He was quiet, unassuming and I always believe he never knew how good he actually was.\n\n\"[Current City midfielder] Kevin de Bruyne reminds me a lot of Colin in the way he plays and the way he is as a person.\"\n\nFormer England forward Lee says he thinks the knee injury curtailed Bell's career \"by a good four or five years\".\n\n\"Colin had tremendous stamina. He was a very good player technically and had the ability to score goals,\" said Lee, 76.\n\n\"He goes into the top five City players of all time - only in the last 10, 15 years has anyone else come along who can take that mantle.\"\n\nSummerbee and Lee were among a number of former and current City players to pay tribute to Bell, along with celebrity fans including former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher.\n\nBell would \"always have a smile\" and \"meet and greet everyone\" he knew, said former City midfielder Michael Brown.\n\n\"He's done lots of charity work and always tried to help people,\" added Brown, who first met Bell as a youngster having come up through City's academy.\n\n\"It's a huge loss. To have done so much and be so low key was admirable.\"\n\nEx-City defender Micah Richards said Bell was \"one of the nicest men ever\", while their former full-back Pablo Zabaleta added he was \"absolutely devastated\" by the news.\n\nFormer England striker Gary Lineker said Bell was one of his favourite players when he was growing up.\n\n\"Terrific box to box midfielder. A real gem for Manchester City and England,\" added the Match of the Day host.\n\nThe Times' chief football writer Henry Winter said Bell \"oozed class, skill and glamour\" as he was \"flowing across rutted pitches, taking people on, creating and scoring\".", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "YouTube has reinstated TalkRadio's channel on its platform hours after saying it had been \"terminated\" for breaking the tech firm's rules.\n\nIt said the broadcaster had posted material that contradicted expert advice about the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBut it explained its U-turn saying it sometimes made exceptions to guidelines that state repeat offenders face a permanent ban.\n\nTalkRadio said it had yet to be given a full explanation for the affair.\n\nThe decision to ban TalkRadio had appalled digital rights campaigners, with one group - Big Brother Watch - claiming it was evidence that \"big tech censorship is spiralling out of control\".\n\nThe Google-owned service has issued a brief statement explaining its actions.\n\n\"TalkRadio's YouTube channel was briefly suspended, but upon further review, has now been reinstated,\" it said.\n\n\"We quickly remove flagged content that violate our community guidelines, including Covid-19 content that explicitly contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization. We make exceptions for material posted with an educational, documentary, scientific or artistic purpose, as was deemed in this case.\"\n\nYouTube has not published details of the offending posts.\n\nBut independent fact-checkers have repeatedly challenged some of the claims made by interviewees featured by the London-based radio station.\n\nYouTube operates a \"three strikes\" policy, whereby channels that break its community guidelines three times within a 90-day period can be permanently banned, but other infractions lead to temporary restrictions.\n\nProhibited content includes \"medically unsubstantiated claims\" relating to Covid-19, and videos that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities such as the NHS.\n\n\"YouTube is making decisions about which opinions the public are allowed to hear, even when they are sourced to responsible and regulated new providers,\" TalkRadio said in a statement this evening.\n\n\"This sets a dangerous precedent and is censorship of free speech and legitimate national debate.\"\n\nThe broadcaster tweeted the statement minutes after YouTube's change of heart. It did not appear to be aware that its channel had been reinstated at the time, but has since acknowledged the move.\n\nTalkRadio has about 424,000 listeners, according to the latest figures from market research provider Rajar.\n\nIt uses YouTube as a means to livestream shows from its studios and to provide an archive of past broadcasts.\n\nIts channel on the platform has 242,000 subscribers.\n\nYouTube's action had meant that TalkRadio's website had featured articles featuring broken embedded clips for most of the day, and that users who had shared its clips would have been unable to view them.\n\nThe US firm has previously imposed a permanent ban against conspiracy theorist David Icke, and a one-week video suspension of right-wing outlet One America News Network's ability to publish new clips - in both cases for breaches of its Covid rules.\n\nIt's pretty clear something has gone wrong at YouTube in the last 24 hours.\n\nIt appeared as though TalkRadio had been banned for good on YouTube - or \"terminated\" as the company put it.\n\nYouTube is now saying it was a short suspension, which certainly seems like a backtrack.\n\nEven now, it's not obvious what the offending material was that caused this action. The whole process reinforces the idea that YouTube's moderation policies - where it draws the line between freedom of expression and clamping down on misinformation - can be messy and inconsistent.\n\nAnd when YouTube takes such an action without giving full details, it rains controversy down on its own head.\n\nThis plays to a broader movement by YouTube and other social media companies to take a harder line on disinformation.\n\nJoe Biden is about to become US President - and he wants social media companies to do more to remove fake news.\n\nBut as they are increasingly finding out, refereeing their own platforms can be hugely difficult, and this highlights the need for greater transparency about moderation decisions.", "Last updated on .From the section Celtic\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says Celtic have questions to answer about their trip to Dubai.\n\nMs Sturgeon says possible breaches of social distancing rules while in the Middle East \"should be looked into\".\n\nHowever, Celtic insist the training camp was approved by the Scottish government, while the Scottish FA have no plans to investigate the trip.\n\n\"For me, the question for Celtic is what is the purpose of them being there,\" Ms Sturgeon said.\n\n\"I've seen comments from the club that it's more for R&R than training.\n\n\"I have also seen some photographs - and I don't know the full circumstances - that would raise a question in my mind about whether all the rules elite players have to follow in their bubble around social distancing are being complied with.\"\n\nPictures have emerged of members of the Celtic party in the UAE not wearing face masks and potentially breaching the social distancing rules that those in Scottish football must adhere to.\n\nIt remains unclear if the Scottish FA will investigate that matter.\n\nCeltic travelled to the United Arab Emirates on Saturday just hours after their 1-0 defeat by Rangers.\n\nTravellers returning from the UAE are exempt from self-isolation protocols in Scotland, with elite athletes in Scotland permitted to travel abroad to compete.\n\n\"Elite sport has been in a privileged position and as long as that is the case it's really important they don't abuse it,\" said Ms Sturgeon at her daily coronavirus briefing on Tuesday.\n\n\"I saw their [Celtic's] statement and have not spent a lot of time looking into it, but as I understand it the government gave advice to the Scottish FA about the rules around training camps in November.\n\n\"The world has changed quite a bit since then but it's not our role to sign off what a club does around these training camps.\n\n\"The rules may have to change, but they were that elite sportspeople and teams can go overseas if it is important in the context of training and competitions.\"\n\nMainland Scotland has been in Tier 4 - the highest level of restrictions - since 26 December, and Ms Sturgeon addressed the nation on Monday ordering people to stay at home where possible.\n\nDeputy first minister John Swinney has accused Celtic of not setting \"a particularly great example\".\n\n\"I don't think it's a good idea,\" he told BBC Radio Scotland on Monday.\n\n\"When we are asking members of the public to take on very, very significant restrictions on the way in which they live their lives, I think we have all got to demonstrate leadership on this particular question.\"\n\nWhen approached for comment on Monday, a Celtic spokesman told BBC Scotland: \"The training camp was arranged a number of months ago and approved by all relevant footballing authorities and the Scottish government through the Joint Response Group on 12 November.\n\n\"The team travelled prior to any new lockdown being in place, to a location exempt from travel restrictions. The camp, the same one as we have undertaken for a number of years, has been fully risk assessed.\n\n\"If the club had not received Scottish government approval, then we would not have travelled.\"\n\nIn November, Celtic requested their fixture with Hibernian, originally scheduled for this weekend, be moved to Monday, 11 January to accommodate the trip.\n\nThe SPFL granted the change, despite objections from the Easter Road side.", "Stationery chain Paperchase is on the brink of administration after most of its stores were forced to close over the Christmas period.\n\nThe firm has filed a notice to appoint administrators, a move that will give it breathing space from its creditors while it works out a rescue plan.\n\nThe company has 127 stores and about 1,500 employees.\n\nThe second lockdown in November came at a crucial period for the firm, which makes a high proportion of sales then.\n\nJust under half its sales, 40%, come from trade in November and December.\n\nPaperchase said: \"The cumulative effects of lockdown one, lockdown two - at the start of the Christmas shopping period - and now the current restrictions have put unbearable strain on retail businesses across the country.\"\n\nThe company went through an insolvency process, known as a Company Voluntary Arrangement or CVA, almost two years ago to cut costs.\n\nThe chain now has 10 working days to find a solution.\n\nPaperchase said its strong online trading had not made it \"immune\" from the impact of shop closures across the country.\n\n\"Out of lockdown we've traded well, but as the country faces further restrictions for some months to come, we have to find a sustainable future for Paperchase,\" it added.\n\n\"We are working hard to find that solution and this [notice of administration] is a necessary part of this work. This is not the situation we wanted to be in.\n\nThe chain is the latest of a string of high-profile retailers to hit trouble in the past year.\n\nThe sector was already battling with the shift to online sales, coupled with rising costs, including rents and higher minimum wages.\n\nCoronavirus restrictions which shut non-essential shops piled on the pressure.\n\nOthers that have run into trouble recently include Debenhams, which last month said it would cease trading putting 12,000 jobs at risk. Arcadia Group, which owns Topshop and Dorothy Perkins, has also gone into administration, putting a further 13,000 jobs at risk.\n\nMeanwhile, Edinburgh Woollen Mills' brands Peacocks and Jaeger also fell into administration in November, putting 21,000 jobs at risk.\n\nAnd earlier last year, Oasis and Warehouse fell into administration in mid-April after failing to find buyers, and online fashion group Boohoo said in June it was buying the brands but closing all stores.", "Doctors' leaders have called for urgent improvements in personal protective equipment for health workers.\n\nThe British Medical Association is appealing for a higher grade of face mask to guard against coronavirus infection.\n\nIt says there is 'growing evidence' that the virus is being spread through the air by aerosols.\n\nThese are tiny virus particles that can build up in stuffy rooms and they have been linked to outbreaks of Covid-19.\n\nThis follows an open letter from more than 1,500 health professionals for staff on general wards to be given the type of high-quality masks usually only worn in intensive care units.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) has issued guidance on what PPE staff in different settings require. It was last updated in October 2020.\n\nEarly in the pandemic, it was widely believed that to catch the disease you had to either be close to an infected person and hit by droplets from their coughs or sneezes or touch a surface they had contaminated.\n\nBut research during the course of last year highlighted how it is also possible for the virus to be carried in what are called aerosols, drifting and accumulating in the air.\n\nMost infections are thought to have occurred indoors in badly ventilated rooms, and many studies have shown that the 'airborne route' can be an important factor.\n\nAcross the UK, the guidance for hospital staff is to wear surgical masks in most areas.\n\nMore sophisticated masks - a type known as FFP3 that includes an air filter - are only required in intensive care or when certain procedures are carried out that are known to generate aerosols.\n\nIn their letter, the consultants, doctors and nurses say healthcare workers are three to four times more likely to become infected than the general population.\n\nBut they point out that staff in intensive care units, who have the best level of protection, have about half the risk of catching the virus than colleagues on general wards.\n\nThe letter states: \"It is now essential that healthcare workers have their PPE upgraded to protect against airborne transmission\".\n\nBarry McAree, a consultant surgeon in Northern Ireland, is one of many healthcare workers to be ill with Covid.\n\nHe is self-isolating at home right after his testing positive for the second time.\n\nA signatory to the letter, he says his hospital in Antrim followed the guidance about which type of masks should be worn in which areas, but he became infected nonetheless. It is not clear how and when he caught it.\n\n\"There's so much evidence that we are talking about an airborne infection that it has to be said that it is not appropriate just to wear FFP3 in environments when aerosol generating procedures take place.\"\n\nHe believes that with such high levels of the virus in the community and in hospitals, staff should be wearing the higher-grade masks whenever they're close to patients.\n\nSurgical masks can be bought online for about 10p each, while the FFP3 masks are far more expensive about £5.00.\n\nDr Barry Jones, a retired gastroenterologist and leading expert on aerosols, says that's nothing compared to the cost of a patient with Covid,\n\nHe points to data showing that roughly a fifth of people needing hospital treatment for Covid may have acquired the infection in hospital in the first place.\n\n\"We should do everything we can to reduce that possibility - it's the air we share that's killing us.\"\n\nA few hospitals have decided to break with official guidance.\n\nIt's understood that hospitals in Cambridge, Plymouth and Exeter have decided to equip staff with FFP3 masks if they face patients diagnosed with Covid or suspected of having it.\n\nOne consultant, who did not want to be named, said: \"When you realise patients are more infectious at an earlier stage of disease and are presenting at general wards with poorer ventilation than intensive care units and staff are wearing a poorer quality of PPE, you really want those in a position of leadership to listen and to act.\"\n\nRCN General Secretary Dame Donna Kinnair, said: \"Without delay, they must state whether existing PPE guidance is adequate for the new variant.\n\n\"While more research is carried out, we ask for the precautionary principle to be applied and staff to be given a higher level of PPE if working with suspected or confirmed cases.\"\n\nPublic Health England said this was a matter for NHS England to comment on.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"The safety of NHS and social care staff has always been our top priority and we continue to work tirelessly to deliver PPE that protects those on the frontline.\n\n\"UK guidance on the safest levels of PPE is written by experts and agreed by all four chief medical officers. Our guidance is kept under constant review based on the latest evidence and data.\n\n\"Emerging evidence and data, including on variant strains, will be continually monitored and reviewed, and the guidance updated accordingly if needed.\"", "Adamo Canto had worked as a catering assistant at the palace's Royal Mews since 2015\n\nA Buckingham Palace catering assistant who stole medals and photographs from the Queen's residence has been jailed.\n\nAdamo Canto, 37, stole items including signed photos of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and a photo album of US President Donald Trump's UK visit.\n\nPolice said some of the goods, worth between £10,000 and £100,000, had been listed for sale on eBay.\n\nCanto, from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, was jailed for eight months after he admitted stealing the items.\n\nSouthwark Crown Court heard police recovered a \"significant quantity\" of stolen items when they searched his quarters at the palace's Royal Mews, where he had worked as a catering assistant since 2015.\n\nCanto stole an album of photos from US President Donald Trump's visit to the UK\n\nA total of 37 items were offered for sale \"well under\" their true value, with Canto making £7,741.\n\nOne item was a photo album of US President Donald Trump's visit to the UK, worth £1,500.\n\nCanto also took official signed photographs of the Duke of Sussex and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nSome 77 items were taken from the palace shop, while others were stolen from staff lockers, the Queen's Gallery shop and the Duke of York's storeroom.\n\nCanto also admitted stealing a Companion of Bath medal belonging to the Master of the Household, which was sold online for £350, and a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order medal from the locker of former British Army officer Maj Gen Richard Sykes.\n\nCanto pleaded guilty to three counts of theft by an employee at a hearing in November and was jailed on Monday.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Vocational exams, including BTEcs, are to go ahead this month in England - despite calls for them to be cancelled alongside GCSEs and A-levels.\n\n\"Schools and colleges can continue with the vocational and technical exams that are due to take place in January, where they judge it right to do so,\" said a Department for Education spokeswoman.\n\nFurther education college leaders had complained this was unfair to students.\n\nThey said students would face \"stress\" from taking exams in the lockdown.\n\nThe Association of Colleges warned the decision, giving schools and colleges the option on whether to carry on with BTecs, would create more confusion.\n\nChief executive David Hughes said some colleges would cancel exams and others would continue - but without any clarity about what would happen to \"students in colleges which do cancel for safety reasons\".\n\n\"A national decision would have allowed for more fairness,\" said Mr Hughes.\n\nThe announcement from the Department for Education has left it open for schools and colleges to decide whether to go ahead with vocational and technical exams.\n\n\"Schools and colleges have already implemented extensive protective measures to make them as safe as possible,\" said the DFE's spokeswoman.\n\nThe Department for Education said it recognised \"this is a difficult time\" but wanted to allow students who had prepared for exams and assessments to continue, including those who needed to take hands-on practical tests for qualifications for jobs.\n\nA joint statement from the mayors of Manchester and Liverpool said it was wrong to go ahead with these vocational exams when other academic exams had been cancelled.\n\n\"It is unfair to ask these students to go into colleges when everyone else is being told to stay at home.\n\n\"This will cause unnecessary anxiety and concern just when they need to be able to focus,\" said the statement from Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram.\n\nThe mayors highlighted that students taking BTecs were more likely to be from \"working-class backgrounds and ethnic minority communities\" and they should not be treated any less well than those following an \"academic route\" in exams.\n\nHow will you be affected by the latest developments? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Khairi Saadallah admitted three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder\n\nA man who stabbed three people to death in a Reading park believed he was carrying out \"an act of religious jihad\", a court has heard.\n\nKhairi Saadallah, 26, stabbed to death James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, during the attack in Forbury Gardens in June.\n\nAs part of his sentencing, a hearing will decide if he was motivated by a religious or ideological cause.\n\nThe prosecution claim the stabbing spree was a terror attack.\n\nSaadallah has admitted three counts of murder and attempted murder, but denies he was motivated by an ideology.\n\nProsecutor Alison Morgan QC told the court he \"executed\" his victims and intended to \"kill as many people as he could\" in the name of violent jihad.\n\nShe said: \"In less than a minute, shouting Allahu Akhbar the defendant carried out a lethal attack with a knife, killing all three men before they had a chance to respond and try to defend themselves.\n\n\"Within the same minute, the defendant went on to attack others nearby, stabbing three more people, Stephen Young, Patrick Edwards and Nishit Nisudan, causing them significant injuries.\"\n\nThe court was shown CCTV footage of Saadallah in Morrisons buying the knife he used in the attack\n\nSaadallah was captured on CCTV leaving his flat on the day of the attack\n\nStating the prosecution's case she said the attack was \"carefully planned and executed\" by the defendant with \"determination and precision\".\n\nShe added: \"The defendant believed that in carrying out this attack he was acting in pursuit of his extreme ideology, an ideology he appears to have held for some time.\n\n\"He believed that in killing as many people as possible that day he was performing an act of religious jihad.\"\n\nAfter the attack Sadallah fled but was chased down by police, and later admitted the attacks in his cell, the court heard.\n\nIn interviews with police he \"howled like a dog\" and claimed to have magic powers, which the prosecution said was a \"disingenuous\" attempt to suggest he had a mental disorder.\n\n\"After a careful period of assessment and treatment at Belmarsh prison, it is clear that he does not have a major mental illness\", a report by a psychiatrist read out in court said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A friend of the victims, Michael Main, said: \"They were always happy\"\n\nSaadallah arrived in the UK as an asylum seeker in 2012, having fled the civil war in his home country of Libya in North Africa.\n\nThe court heard the defendant, who had been refused asylum, had been involved with militias as part of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.\n\nBetween 2013 and 2020 he was repeatedly arrested and convicted of various offences in the UK.\n\nWhile in HMP Bullingdon, Saadallah was observed to be keen to interact with radical preacher Omar Brooks - associated with banned terror group Al-Muhajiroun - who was also at the jail at the time, the court heard. He was released from the prison in June, days before the attack.\n\nSaadallah had been due to be deported, but was told by the government circumstances in Libya at the time were a \"legal barrier\".\n\nThe court was told he had also searched on the internet \"how to disappear with magic\" and accessed a website with the flag associated with Islamic State.\n\nA probation officer who had contact with Saadallah flagged his concerns about his mental health, but a psychiatrist has since concluded the attack on June 20 was \"unrelated to the effects of either mental disorder or substance misuse\".\n\nSaadallah, of Basingstoke Road in Reading, launched his attack as people enjoyed a summer Saturday evening in Forbury Gardens on 20 June.\n\nEyewitnesses said he walked along a footpath when he suddenly ran towards a group of men sitting on the grass.\n\nHistory teacher Mr Furlong and Mr Ritchie-Bennett, a US citizen, were both stabbed once in the neck, while scientist Mr Wails was stabbed in the back.\n\nAll three were pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nThree others - their friend Stephen Young, as well as Patrick Edwards and Nishit Nisudan, who were sitting in a nearby group - were also injured by Saadallah.\n\nThe sentencing before Mr Justice Sweeney is expected to conclude on January 11.\n\nFloral tributes were left near the entrance to the park where the men were killed\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Zara Holland appeared on the second series of Love Island\n\nLove Island star Zara Holland is to be prosecuted for allegedly breaking Covid rules on holiday in Barbados.\n\nIsland police say the former Miss Great Britain is expected to appear in court on Wednesday, accused of \"breaching quarantine\".\n\nStation Sergeant Michael Blackman told Newsbeat she was \"intercepted\" at the airport and later presented herself at a police station.\n\nIt's not clear whether she will appear in court in person or by video link.\n\nAn apology from the 25-year-old for what she described as \"a massive mix-up and misunderstanding\" was published by the Barbados Today website.\n\nShe told the publication: \"I have been a guest of this lovely island in excess of 20 years and would never do anything to jeopardise an entire nation that I have nothing but love and respect for and which has treated me as a family.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEveryone in England must stay at home except for permitted reasons during a new coronavirus lockdown expected to last until mid-February, the PM says.\n\nAll schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning from Tuesday.\n\nBoris Johnson warned the coming weeks would be the \"hardest yet\" amid surging cases and patient numbers.\n\nHe said those in the top four priority groups would be offered a first vaccine dose by the middle of next month.\n\nAll care home residents and their carers, everyone aged 70 and over, all frontline health and social care workers, and the clinically extremely vulnerable will be offered one dose of a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nSchools in Northern Ireland will have an \"extended period of remote learning\", the Stormont Executive said.\n\nSpeaking from Downing Street, Mr Johnson told the public to follow the new lockdown rules immediately, before they become law in the early hours of Wednesday.\n\nAll the new measures in England will then last until at least the middle of February, he said, as a new more infectious variant of the virus spreads across the UK.\n\nThe PM added that he believed the country was entering \"the last phase of the struggle\".\n\nHospitals were under \"more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic\", he said.\n\nAnd he reiterated the slogan used earlier in the pandemic, urging people to immediately \"stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives\".\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.\n\nA further 58,784 cases and an additional 407 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result were reported, though deaths in Scotland were not recorded.\n\nAs of 08:00 GMT, there were 26,626 Covid-19 patients in hospital in England, according to the latest figures.\n\nThis is a week-on-week increase of 30%, and a new record high.\n\nThose who are clinically extremely vulnerable will be contacted by letter and should now shield once more, Mr Johnson said.\n\nSupport and childcare bubbles will continue under the new measures - and people can meet one person from another household for outdoor exercise.\n\nCommunal worship and life events like funerals and weddings can continue, subject to limits on attendance.\n\nWhile Mr Johnson said end-of-year exams would not take place as normal in the summer, he said alternative arrangements would be announced separately.\n\nThe government has published a 22-page document outlining the new rules in detail.\n\nThe House of Commons has been recalled to allow MPs to vote on the new restrictions on Wednesday.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his MPs would \"support the package of measures\", saying \"we've all got to pull together now to make this work\".\n\nOnce again it is the threat to the NHS that has forced the hand of ministers.\n\nIn England there has been a 50% rise in the number of patients in hospital with Covid since Christmas day.\n\nTo put that into context, it equates to 18 hospitals being filled.\n\nCurrently around three out of 10 beds are occupied by patients with the disease.\n\nIn some hospitals it is more than six in 10.\n\nBut what is worrying ministers and NHS leaders is that the number is just going to increase.\n\nIn the spring it took nearly three weeks after lockdown for hospital cases to peak.\n\nThe last six days have seen in excess of 50,000 new infections confirmed each day across the UK - a number of these infections are next week's hospital admissions.\n\nIt is why the UK's chief medical officers were warning there was a \"material risk\" of some hospitals being overwhelmed if something did not change.\n\nMr Johnson spoke after UK chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nLevel five means the NHS may soon be unable to handle a further sustained rise in cases, the medical officers said in a joint statement.\n\nNHS Providers, which represents health service trusts, said hospitals were at a \"critical point\" and that \"immediate and decisive action\" was needed.\n\nAnnouncing tougher measures in Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: \"It is no exaggeration to say that I am more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year.\"\n\nFor pupils who returned for their first day of the new term at primary school on Monday, it's turned out to be an extremely short-lived visit.\n\nBoris Johnson's announcement will see primary, secondary and further education colleges closed for at least the next six weeks, except for vulnerable and key workers' children.\n\nIt's a much bigger shift in policy than had been anticipated, even a few days ago.\n\nEven the return date will depend on the progress in tackling the virus.\n\n\"I hope we can steadily move out of lockdown, reopening schools after the February half term,\" said the prime minister.\n\nKeeping schools open was the government's most definite of red lines, a few weeks ago they were threatening councils that wanted to close them - but it's now been overtaken by the spiking lines on the Covid infection charts.\n\nEven after the chaos of last year's replacement grades, GCSEs and A-levels are being cancelled again - with a replacement system still to be decided. Vocational exams are to continue.\n\nFor parents dreading home schooling, there are plans for it to be better supported this time - with more computer devices available and suggestions that Ofsted inspectors will check what schools are offering.\n\nBut there's no escaping that this will feel like another sudden and chaotic change of direction for schools and parents.\n\nMr Johnson's pledge on vaccinations comes after an 82-year-old retired maintenance manager became the first person in the UK to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab\n\nSome 13.9 million people are among the four priority groups who will receive a vaccine dose by about 15 February, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains the order in which the Covid vaccine will be given\n\nHow will you be affected by the latest developments? What questions do you have? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill met throughout Monday\n\nThere will be an extended period of remote learning for schools in Northern Ireland, the executive has said.\n\nMinisters met on Monday night as other parts of the UK tightened their coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe Stormont executive also plans to give its stay at home guidance legal force, with new restrictions on travel.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said details would be formalised on Tuesday.\n\nThe health and education ministers will bring separate papers on the issues to the executive at the meeting, she added.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Education Minister Peter Weir had previously announced a staggered return to school for pupils during the month of January.\n\nThe first transfer test, used by many grammar schools to select pupils, is due to take place on Saturday but there have been calls from some teaching unions and political parties for the test to be cancelled this year, in light of the uncertainty with the pandemic.\n\nIn England, all schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning until the middle of February, and end-of-year exams will not take place this summer as normal.\n\nRecommendations on exams in Northern Ireland are also expected to be brought forward by the executive on Tuesday.\n\nIt is understood ministers will update the assembly on Wednesday about their decisions.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said the new restrictions were unfortunate, but necessary.\n\nShe said she believed the stay-at-home message will be in place \"for the rest of January, probably into February\".\n\n\"We will of course review it, as we're legally bound to do every couple of weeks.\"\n\nShe added that ministers would \"much prefer\" for face-to-face education to continue, but said they had to \"take into account the very serious situation that we find ourselves in tonight.\"\n\nBoth organisations which organise transfer tests will be making announcements on Tuesday, she said.\n\n\"We'll wait to hear what they have to say. They do of course have to abide by public health advice, but they are private organisations and they will make their own announcements.\"\n\nThe Irish government is considering a proposal to close schools for the rest of January.\n\nOn Monday, the Department of Health reported that a further 1,801 people had tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours.\n\nThere have also been 12 more Covid-19 related deaths.\n\nThese latest figures from the Department of Health bring the total number of deaths to 1,366, while 79,873 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic started.\n\nMore than 12,000 cases have been reported in the past seven days, more than double the week before.\n\nThe seven-day rate per 100,000 people is now 660 positive cases, compared to 200 per 100,000 two weeks ago.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland on Monday, an additional 6,110 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were announced, with six further deaths linked to the virus.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has already announced a fresh lockdown there from midnight, with schools closed until February.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme, Dr Michael McBride said Scotland's measures were \"prudent and sensible\".\n\nMeanwhile, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout has begun in Northern Ireland.\n\nUp to 11,000 people aged over 80 across Northern Ireland are set to receive the this week, with some of the first doses delivered at a GP surgery on the Falls Road in West Belfast on Monday afternoon.\n\nUp to 11,000 people aged over 80 across Northern Ireland are set to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca\n\nThe SDLP has called for the assembly to be recalled on Tuesday to discuss the rolling out of the vaccine.\n\nIt can be recalled if at least 30 MLAs sign a petition.\n\nOn Monday, Justice Minister Naomi Long welcomed the opening of Northern Ireland's first Nightingale venue, which will be used for courts and tribunals business.\n\nThe facility was approved by a meeting of the executive on 17 December, and will sit in the International Convention Centre in Belfast (ICC).\n\nActivity at the centre will be phased in, in line with Covid-19 regulations.\n\nIn other coronavirus-related developments on Monday:", "The 90,000 sq ft store is a familiar sight for commuters coming out of Oxford Circus Tube station\n\nThe building that houses Topshop's Oxford Street store is up for sale.\n\nThe High Street chain's owner Arcadia went into administration in November, putting 13,000 jobs at risk.\n\nNews of the sale of the three-storey building has prompted an outpouring of emotion on social media, with shoppers recounting how important the flagship store is to them.\n\nThe store, which boasted a DJ booth, nail bar and food stalls, was a retail sensation when it opened in 1994.\n\nHuge crowds gathered at the store for the launch of Kate Moss's Topshop collection in 2014\n\nArcadia - which owns Topshop, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins - entered administration on 30 November\n\nThe sale of 214 Oxford Street, managed by agents Savills and Eastdil, follows the failure of Sir Philip Green's retail empire to secure funding to pay its debts after sales slumped during the pandemic.\n\nThe Oxford Street building also houses Nike and Vans stores.\n\nArcadia said that although it was in administration, and so all its assets are to be sold, that did not mean the shops in the building would have to close.\n\nPeople have been sharing their feelings about the London landmark, which was often used as a meeting point for friends and was a must-visit for fashion-loving tourists.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nArcadia, which also owns Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins and Burton, had already closed other Topshop stores across the UK, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIts brands were struggling before the pandemic, partly due to competition from online-only fashion retailers such as Asos, Boohoo and Pretty Little Thing.\n\nBeyonce launched her Ivy Park collection at Topshop in 2016\n\nThe flagship store is currently closed, in line with the rules about non-essential retailers\n\nThe Oxford Street store pictured during Pride in 2018", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sturgeon: Vaccination programme needs to win the race\n\nTough new lockdown restrictions forbidding people from leaving home for non-essential reasons have come into force across the Scottish mainland.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the clampdown was necessary to contain the spread of the new strain of Covid-19.\n\nPeople are now required by law to stay in their homes and to work from home.\n\nOutdoor gatherings have been restricted to one-on-one meet-ups, and schools will close to most pupils until February at the earliest.\n\nMs Sturgeon told MSPs on Monday that Scotland faced an \"extremely serious\" situation, with the new, faster-spreading variant of coronavirus \"a massive blow\".\n\nSchools will remain closed to most pupils until at least the beginning of February.\n\nThe first minister has said she cannot guarantee when children will be allowed back in classrooms or when the latest lockdown restrictions will be lifted.\n\nShe also told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme on Tuesday that she hoped 2.7 million people in Scotland would have received one dose of the Covid vaccine by the middle of May.\n\nShe said: \"I can't be definitive right now about when we will lift these restrictions.\n\n\"I have described this as a race - we've got the vaccine in one lane and we are trying to accelerate that.\n\n\"We've got the virus which has learned to run faster in the other lane and we've got to slow it down.\n\n\"Lockdown is about pushing rates of the virus back, and if we manage to do that then hopefully we will be able to start lifting restrictions while the vaccination programme is ongoing.\"\n\nA government document revealed there were now more than 90 patients in intensive care units, with new modelling suggesting that figure could more than double by early February.\n\nThe modelling sets out different scenarios with the most pessimistic predicting hospitals admissions could soar to more than 8,000 with over 700 patients requiring intensive care.\n\nThe document also revealed that Inverclyde - which a few weeks ago had relatively low levels of Covid - now has the highest case rate, almost 550 per 100,000 - while Dumfries and Galloway has seen its rate increase to 475 per 100,000.\n\nDundee City, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and the Scottish Borders all now have case rates exceeding 300 per 100,000.\n\nOnly limited data was released by the government in recent days but a full update on deaths, hospital admissions and local infection rates has now been issued.\n\nCases of Covid have risen sharply in recent days\n\nThe new restrictions came into force at midnight and are, in effect, an enhancement to the level four curbs already in place across the mainland and Skye.\n\nThey will run until at least the end of January and could yet be extended both in scope and duration.\n\nScotland's island communities, with the exception of Skye, are to remain in level three for now, although Ms Sturgeon warned this would also remain under review.\n\nNew regulations mean Scots are prohibited from leaving their homes for anything other than \"essential\" purposes - although the law provides a lengthy list of examples of \"reasonable excuses\".\n\nThese include shopping for food or medical supplies, providing or accessing childcare, exercise, and participation in extended households.\n\nAnyone who can do their job from home must do so, and people in the \"shielding\" category have been advised not to go out to work at all.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon announces stay at home rules in new lockdown\n\nNew restrictions have been placed on outdoor gatherings in level four areas, with only two people from separate households now permitted to meet up.\n\nThese restrictions do not include children under the age of 12, who are still allowed to gather to play, but everyone else must abide by them or face a fixed penalty notice.\n\nTravel restrictions remain in place between local authority areas and in and out of Scotland, and people have been urged to stay as close to home as possible when going out for exercise.\n\nSchools will now operate on a remote-learning basis for the majority of pupils when the new term starts on 11 January, with only the children of key workers and vulnerable children to receive face-to-face teaching.\n\nThis is to run until at least 1 February, with a review on 18 January - with Ms Sturgeon saying her \"fundamental priority\" was still to get children back in school full time as quickly as possible.\n\nThe new measures are a bid to control the spread of the new variant of Covid, which is now thought to be responsible for nearly half of all new cases of the virus in Scotland.\n\nOfficials believe Scotland is roughly four weeks behind London - where health services are coming under increasing pressure - and warn that hospitals could hit capacity within the month without major new curbs.\n\nBetween 23 and 30 December, the average number of cases per 100,000 people in Scotland increased by 65%, from 136 to 225.", "\"It could be something as simple as: 'I don't like what you have got on' - that would end in strangulation\"\n\nA fresh move is under way to make non-fatal strangulation a specific criminal offence in England and Wales, after the House of Lords debated the Domestic Abuse Bill.\n\nThe government has said it has no plans to change the law, arguing that non-fatal strangulation is already covered by existing legislation.\n\nHowever, campaigners say abusers who use non-fatal strangulation are telling their victims: \"I am controlling you and I can kill you\" - but too often are charged only with common assault.\n\nThis is what happened in Jenny's case. Her abusive partner used non-fatal strangulation as a means of control throughout the five years they were together.\n\n\"It was like his favourite thing to do,\" says Jenny, who asked the BBC not to use her real name.\n\n\"That sounds really awful and trivial but that is how it becomes as an abuse victim. You learn to accept that is part of your life. It was like something I had to manage.\"\n\n\"We would wake up in the morning and he would be in one of those moods, and I would see it in his eyes and I would think today's the day I'm going to get it.\n\n\"It could be something as simple as: 'I don't like what you have got on' - that would end in strangulation.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Domestic abuse victim - 'He threw me against the wall and strangled me'\n\nEventually one night she did call the police during an attack.\n\n\"He chased me round the house and every time he caught me he would pin me to the floor and strangle me until I had marks.\n\n\"I had burst blood vessels. I was streaming with tears. I just kept thinking: 'This is how I am going to die.'\n\n\"The doors were locked. He'd smashed my phone. I managed to get to the window and shout and one of the neighbours called the police.\"\n\nHowever, she was dismayed by the police response. \"I thought it was quite lax. They didn't take the strangulation as seriously as they should have.\"\n\nHer partner was charged with common assault. He pleaded guilty and was given a three-month sentence, suspended for 18 months.\n\n\"Strangulation needs to be a specific offence. I think the weak police response contributed to keeping me in the relationship,\" she says.\n\nJenny believed her partner would eventually kill her.\n\n\"I just kept looking in the mirror and thinking: you need to leave and you're the only person who can do it.\n\n\"So one day while he was asleep, I picked up whatever I could carry and I ran and got on a train.\"\n\nBaroness Newlove is bringing forward an amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill in the House of Lords\n\nPoliticians and campaigners tried and failed to have a new offence of non-fatal strangulation introduced in the Domestic Abuse Bill when it was going through the House of Commons.\n\nDuring Tuesday's debate on the bill in the Lords, the Conservative peer and former victims' commissioner, Baroness Newlove, said she intended to table an amendment to the bill when it reached the committee stage.\n\nShe said non-fatal strangulation was currently not being picked up adequately by the police, as it often left no physical marks on the victim.\n\nShe described it as a terrifying crime, with many victims testifying they felt as though their heads were going to explode and they were about to die.\n\nPeers from other parties also spoke in support of a new offence.\n\nNogah Offer, a lawyer with the Centre for Women's Justice, which has been at the forefront of the campaign for a new offence, says: \"We believe this is a real opportunity to make a difference.\"\n\nCommon assault is a summary offence that can be charged by the police.\n\nBut when it involves domestic abuse, it should be referred to the Crown Prosecution Service, its guidance says.\n\nIn a statement, the Ministry of Justice said: \"Non-fatal strangulation is a serious crime which is already covered by existing laws such as common assault and attempted murder.\"\n\nA spokesperson said the government would keep this area of the law under review, but said a specific offence of attempting to choke, strangle or suffocate a person is included in the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and, according to the 2015 Serious Crime Act, attempted strangulation can fall under the offence of coercive or controlling behaviour.\n\nDr Catherine White: \"Ultimately it can lead to death\"\n\nDr Catherine White, clinical director of St. Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Manchester, says: \"Strangulation often ends up being treated the same as a slap or a punch.\n\n\"It's a very different crime. Often there is no external injury to the neck, which is why it's a very powerful tool for the perpetrator.\n\n\"It can cause confusion but ultimately it can lead to death.\"\n\nA research project led by Dr White describes non-fatal strangulation as a \"gendered crime, with nearly all the patients female and the alleged perpetrators male\".\n\nAnd figures from the Femicide Census, which looked at the cases of women killed by men in the UK, found that in 2018, 29% died through strangulation.\n\nCampaigners point to New Zealand and some parts of the United States and Australia, where non-fatal strangulation has become a specific offence.\n\nMeanwhile, after help from a women's centre and counselling, Jenny now feels stronger and happier.\n\nDespite the pandemic, she says, having finally escaped her abuser: \"2020 was one of the best years of my life.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Body Coach says he will be running PE lessons online for children\n\nJoe Wicks is restarting his online PE lessons from next week, to help families keep fit during lockdown.\n\nThe personal trainer told the BBC he wanted to \"give children structure\" and help them feel \"more optimistic\".\n\nHe said live sessions would run on his YouTube channel at 09:00 GMT on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.\n\nSchools across the UK are reopening later than normal, amid tighter measures to curb the spread of coronavirus.\n\nConfirming the return of his \"PE with Joe\" sessions in an Instagram post, Wicks, known as the Body Coach, said: \"We all need this for our mental health more than ever and exercising can help.\"\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast he had \"a really emotional moment last night\", after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new national lockdown for England on Monday evening.\n\n\"I was thinking about all the children in the UK and all around the world that are at home in tiny little flats… and they feel like they miss their friends and they miss school,\" he said.\n\n\"And so PE with Joe three days a week is going to really help them get through those days and give them some structure and hopefully help them feel a little bit happier and a bit more optimistic.\"\n\nWicks first began his free online workouts during the national lockdown in March, with the sessions attracting millions of viewers.", "Boeing's 737 Max plane is safe to return to service in the UK and the European Union, regulators have said.\n\nIt ends a 22-month flight ban for the jet, which followed two crashes which caused 346 deaths.\n\nThe plane had already been cleared to resume flying in North America and Brazil.\n\nBut this week a senior manager at Boeing's 737 plant in Seattle warned that recertification had happened too quickly.\n\nRegulators in the US and Europe insist their reviews have been thorough, and that the 737 Max aircraft is now safe.\n\nThe European Union Aviation Safety Agency (Easa), which regulates aviation in 31 mainly EU countries, said it now had \"every confidence\" in the plane following an independent review.\n\n\"But we will continue to monitor 737 Max operations closely as the aircraft resumes service,\" said executive director Patrick Ky.\n\n\"In parallel, and at our insistence, Boeing has also committed to work to enhance the aircraft still further in the medium term, in order to reach an even higher level of safety.\"\n\nThe UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which oversees UK aviation now Britain has left the EU, said the work to return the 737 Max to the skies had been \"the most extensive project of this kind\".\n\nIt said it was in close contact with Tui, currently the only UK operator of the aircraft, as it returned the plane to service.\n\n\"As part of this we will have full oversight of the airline's plans including its pilot training programmes and implementation of the required aircraft modifications.\"\n\nThe 737 Max's first accident occurred in October 2018, when a Lion Air jet came down in the sea off Indonesia.\n\nThe second involved an Ethiopian Airlines version that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, just four months later.\n\nBoth have been attributed to flawed flight control software, which became active at the wrong time and prompted the aircraft to go into a catastrophic dive.\n\nEasa said it had done a full investigation independent of Boeing or the US Federal Aviation Administration and \"without any economic or political pressure\".\n\nAs a result, it demanded software upgrades, electrical working rework, maintenance checks, operations manual updates and crew training.\n\n\"We asked difficult questions until we got answers and pushed for solutions which satisfied our exacting safety requirements,\" Mr Ky said.\n\nThe CAA said it had based its decision on information from Easa, the US Federal Aviation Agency and Boeing, as well as \"extensive engagement\" with airline operators and pilots.\n\nIt comes days after a report by Ed Pierson, a former Boeing manager, claimed that regulators and investigators had largely ignored factors that may have played a direct role in the accidents.\n\nMr Pierson said that further investigation of electrical issues and production quality problems at the 737 factory in Seattle was badly needed.\n\nOn Wednesday Naoise Connolly Ryan, whose husband Mick died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash, said that the families of victims \"still do not have a full accounting of what happened and why\".\n\n\"Ultimately we are more determined than ever to find out exactly what Boeing knew about this dangerous aircraft, and hold them accountable for the deaths of our loved ones.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Paul Njoroge says his family died because of Boeing's \"negligence\"\n\nBoeing has already agreed to pay $2.5bn (£1.8bn) to settle US criminal charges that it hid information from safety officials about the design of the planes.\n\nThe US Justice Department said the firm chose \"profit over candour\", impeding oversight of the planes.\n\nAbout $500m of that will go to families of the people killed in the tragedies.\n\nHowever, attorneys for the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash have said the deal would not end their pending civil lawsuit against Boeing.\n\nOn Wednesday, Boeing posted a record $12bn annual loss after it delayed its all-new 777X jet for the third time, incurring huge charges.\n\nThe coronavirus crisis has caused demand for the industry's largest jetliners to fall, with airline customers shunning deliveries of planes due international travel restrictions.\n\nThe 737 Max has already been cleared to fly in North America and Brazil - now it has the go-ahead from European regulators as well.\n\nIt's a major step for Boeing - although with the current travel restrictions in place, it's likely to be a while before the decision has much practical effect.\n\nBut the controversy won't end there. Relatives of those who died in the Ethiopian Airlines accident have made it clear they haven't heard enough to be sure the aircraft - modified in accordance with regulators' wishes - is truly safe.\n\nAnd this week, a former senior manager at the 737 factory told the BBC why he thought existing planes might still be carrying potentially dangerous manufacturing defects.\n\nThat may explain why Easa has also chosen to publish a report setting out the detailed reasoning behind its decision.\n\nUltimately, the 737 Max may we'll have decades of successful service ahead of it. But for the moment, winning back passenger confidence will be a formidable challenge.", "The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has defended the inclusion of ransomware payments in first-party cyber-insurance policies.\n\nIt said insurance was \"not an alternative\" to doing everything possible to first minimise the risk.\n\nHowever, it added that firms could face financial ruin without the cover.\n\nProf Ciaran Martin, former head of the National Cyber Security Centre, said the UK needed to rethink its policies on ransomware.\n\nRansomware is a form of malware in which infected computers are remotely locked by cyber-criminals, who then demand a ransom, often in the form of Bitcoin, to unlock them and return the data they hold.\n\nThere are many examples of businesses and public bodies which have chosen to pay because they do not have the data backed up, or cannot afford - or do not have time - to rebuild their systems from scratch.\n\nThe Guardian reported that Prof Martin, now at Oxford University's Blavatnik School of Government, said he believed insurers were \"funding organised crime\" by accepting ransomware claims, but he told the BBC the issue of how to tackle ransomware was far broader than just the insurance sector.\n\nWhile official advice is not to pay the demand, it is not illegal to do so in the UK, he said.\n\n\"I have some sympathy with insurers, because as long as it's legal, there are incentives to pay.\"\n\nWhile the ransom demand may be high, the alternative impact can also be devastating.\n\nWhen the global aluminium producer Norsk Hydro was attacked in 2019, it cost the firm around £45m, and its profits in the immediate aftermath plummeted by 82%, reported Reuters.\n\nNorsk Hydro refused to pay the demand, which would arguably have been cheaper - but it did have insurance.\n\nA spokesman for the ABI said insurers do require that \"reasonable precautions\" are taken to prevent cyber-attacks from succeeding in the first place, just as cars and houses require security measures in place to deter thieves.\n\n\"Some might argue that any insurance that covers against a criminal act could lull the policyholder into a false sense of security,\" he said.\n\nProf Martin said he did not think that banning ransomware insurance claims would necessarily solve the problem.\n\n\"But it's worth a serious piece of consultation because if we continue as we are, things will get worse,\" he said.", "Cough, fatigue, sore throat and muscle pain may be more common in people who test positive for the new UK variant of coronavirus, a study by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests.\n\nThe ONS findings are based on positive tests from a random sample of 6,000 people in England.\n\nLoss of taste and smell may be slightly less likely to affect those with the new form of the virus.\n\nHowever, it is still one of the three main symptoms of the virus.\n\nThe NHS website lists the symptoms as a high temperature, a new continuous cough and a loss or change to sense of smell or taste.\n\nMost people infected with the virus develop at least one of these symptoms.\n\nThe new variant, which was first spotted in Kent in September, spreads more easily than the previous form of the virus and has now spread across the UK, causing a surge in cases which prompted the current lockdown.\n\nThere is some evidence it could be more deadly than other variants, although the data isn't strong enough yet to say for certain.\n\nTwo other variants - one from South Africa and another from Brazil - are also circulating, although at lower levels.\n\nThe ONS analysis looked at the symptoms reported by people up to a week before testing positive for the new variant of coronavirus, compared with those testing positive for the old variant.\n\nThey were tested over two months between mid-November and mid-January.\n\nTest results compatible with the new variant show up as being positive for two genes, rather than three for the other variant.\n\nIn a group of about 3,500 people with the new variant:\n\nIn a group of 2,500 people with the old variant:\n\nThe study found 16% of those with the new variant experienced losing their sense of taste while 15% lost their sense of smell.\n\nThis was slightly lower than reported by people with the old variant (18% for both).\n\nThere was no difference found in levels of headaches, shortness of breath or diarrhoea and vomiting in both groups.\n\nProf Lawrence Young, virologist and professor of molecular oncology at the University of Warwick, said the new variant of the virus had 23 changes compared to the original Wuhan virus.\n\n\"Some of these changes in different parts of the virus could affect the body's immune response and also influence the range of symptoms associated with infection,\" he said.\n\nInfected people appear to produce more virus and this could result in more widespread infection within the body \"perhaps accounting for more coughs, muscle pain and tiredness\", Prof Young added.\n\nThe analysis is part of a long-term study to track coronavirus in the UK population, carried out jointly with Public Health England, the University of Oxford and the University of Manchester.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "UK nationals and residents returning from \"red list\" countries will be made to quarantine in accommodation such as hotels for 10 days, Boris Johnson has said. While exact details of the policy remain unclear, similar schemes are already in place elsewhere, including in Australia and New Zealand. So how does it work?\n\nAfter finally securing her family's place in Australia's quarantine system, Keri McMenamin prepared for the worst - and ordered a vacuum cleaner.\n\nThe 38-year-old was returning to the country with her husband and two children after securing a job offer - leaving the UK in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic last year.\n\n\"It is literally luck of the draw,\" she says of where her family would spend 14 days together once they arrived. \"You didn't know what to expect.\" Having done some research, Keri discovered Facebook groups busy with people relaying their experiences of quarantine.\n\n\"A lot of people were saying, 'Look, just expect the worst and then whatever you get is a bonus.'\"\n\nKeri's children Quinn and Nyala kept busy with board games\n\n\"There were people who had, like, filthy hotel rooms, appalling food, you know, really sort of tiny spaces, no opening windows, no balconies,\" she adds.\n\nThat's when she ordered the vacuum for a friend to deliver when the time came.\n\nIn the end, the family was taken to a hotel in Surfers' Paradise on the Gold Coast and given an interconnecting room. But still, the windows were sealed and their only time outside was 20-minute stints every two to three days.\n\n\"I think what kept us sane was having a routine,\" she adds. \"Joe Wicks in the morning and our yoga in the evening and sort of keeping up your 12,000 steps a day walking around in loops.\" The vacuum came in useful.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere are strict caps on the numbers travelling to countries using hotels to quarantine arrivals.\n\nBetween July and October 2019, 7.5m people arrived into Australia to live, work and visit. But over the same period last year, when enforced quarantine was in place, just 72,111 people arrived, according to government figures.\n\nPeople like Keri who have been through quarantine in Australia told BBC News that airlines will only confirm seats once a spot in a hotel is secured - leading to last-minute scrambles.\n\nOnline forums suggest expats desperate to get home are facing months of delays, cancellations and uncertainty - around 39,000 have said they want to return.\n\nQuarantine hotel stays themselves are costly - with fees paid for by travellers.\n\nThe quality of food provided to those placed into quarantine in Australia has improved since the start of the pandemic\n\nIn New South Wales, it costs the equivalent of around £1,700 per adult and £2,800 for a family of two adults and two children - billed after the quarantine is completed.\n\nArrivals into New Zealand are charged £1,630 for the first adult, with an extra £500 for each additional adult and £250 for each child.\n\nThe costs include the accommodation and a basic food service and even more basic cleaning - perhaps once per week, or not at all, with one change of linen and towels, depending on the facility.\n\nBut it comes on top of airfares, which have increased due to the pandemic. Fees can be waived for those who cannot pay and there are some exemptions.\n\nEach region has its own rules. In Australia, packages can be brought in from outside, and in New Zealand some of those in quarantine are taken to fields to exercise.\n\nMark Dickinson, from Liverpool, has lived in New Zealand with his wife Lisa for four years but returned to the UK to see their newborn granddaughter in December - he spoke to the BBC 10 days into a 14-day isolation near Auckland.\n\n\"We had to have a test on day zero, then day three, then we're having a test tomorrow on day 11,\" Mark says.\n\n\"The area at the front of the hotel is surrounded by a double-guarded fence. It may have cost us £2,000 but if that means New Zealand stays safe, then we're happy doing it.\"\n\nMark and his wife Lisa added photographs of their newborn granddaughter to a display in a small walking area at their hotel\n\nMany of those isolating found life does not stop in quarantine. Australian Brad Thiele started a new job and celebrated his 51st birthday alone in a 300 sq ft room at the Novotel in central Sydney.\n\nAfter being asked by a person wearing a full hazmat suit at Sydney airport whether he had any concerns about being held in a room for 14 days, Brad was taken to the hotel with a blue-light police escort. On arrival, the military were on hand to ensure he checked in.\n\n\"I quite like practising meditation. So I was able to just sort of just sit and be at peace with the fact this was the first two weeks of the rest of my life having lived abroad in Britain for the past 23 years,\" he says.\n\n\"I had some regimen, it was important to get up in the morning, make the bed, shower, iron a shirt and be smart casual for work. Just finding a rhythm and a pattern in the day.\"\n\nHe's yet to decide whether to take the Novotel up on an offer of a 30% discount on a future stay.\n\nOther countries' experience of setting up a hotel quarantine system provides an insight into the sort of challenges politicians and civil servants in the UK may soon be grappling with.\n\nInitially those in quarantine across the world complained about the quality of food being provided.\n\nThen outbreaks at just two hotels in the Australian state of Victoria were traced to 99% of cases in a second wave across Melbourne that led to around 750 deaths.\n\nA public inquiry found a lack of training, cleaning and contact tracing seeded infections into the local community.\n\nAn urgent review of the hotel quarantine system in New Zealand is under way\n\nReports at the time suggested encounters between private security staff and those staying in quarantine caused the virus to spread. The inquiry did not find evidence to back up the claims.\n\nBut former judge Jennifer Coate criticised a lack of \"health focus\" in the quarantine system in Melbourne, saying risks \"were foreseeable and may have actually been foreseen\".\n\nMeanwhile, New Zealand is investigating after a woman who had served 14 days in quarantine and tested negative twice went on to develop symptoms which were confirmed to be the South Africa variant of Covid-19.\n\nThe 56-year-old woman had recently returned from Europe and is said to have visited almost 30 places in New Zealand before her case was detected. Local officials say she is likely to have been infected by a fellow returnee.\n\nBack in Australia, knowing why the quarantine system is in place and the benefits it brings - the country has largely eradicated the virus - helps motivate people to keep to the rules, Keri McMenamin says.\n\nKeri's family have since been able to enjoy a Christmas with minimal restrictions following their stay in hotel quarantine\n\nShe has just spent a public holiday going about the sort of activities many of us in the UK can but dream of - and her children will be in school this week.\n\n\"We went to a local gym and had a group workout with 30 people,\" she says.\n\n\"And then we went to the countryside, and the kids built little boats out of wood and mingled around and there were families picnicking.\n\n\"I almost feel guilty for having gone through this process and now living a normal life,\" she adds. \"I feel like I don't want to talk to my friends in the UK about how easy our life here is and how normal it is.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said he took \"full responsibility\" for the government's actions, saying: \"We truly did everything we could.\"\n\n\"I'm deeply sorry for every life lost,\" he said.\n\nA total of 100,162 deaths have been recorded in the UK, the first European nation to pass the landmark.\n\nEarlier, figures from the ONS, which are based on death certificates, showed there had been nearly 104,000 deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nThe government's daily figures rely on positive tests and are slightly lower.\n\nMr Johnson told Tuesday's Downing Street news conference that it was \"hard to compute the sorrow contained in this grim statistic\".\n\nHe gave his \"deepest condolences\" to those who had lost loved ones, including \"fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, and the many grandparents who've been taken\".\n\nThe UK is the fifth country to pass 100,000 deaths, coming after the US, Brazil, India and Mexico.\n\nA surge in cases in recent weeks - driven in part by a new, fast-spreading variant of the virus - has left the UK with one of the highest coronavirus death rates globally.\n\nA further 20,089 coronavirus cases were recorded on Tuesday, continuing a downward trend in the number of UK cases seen in recent days. The number of people in hospital remains high, as do the UK's daily death figures.\n\nMr Johnson said the coronavirus infection rate remained \"pretty forbiddingly high\" despite lockdown restrictions which have been in place in England since 5 January.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons - including for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nMr Johnson said he would set out more detail in \"the next few days and weeks\" about \"when and how we want to get things open again\".\n\nIt's a terrible milestone - and one that represents unimaginable loss.\n\nMost of the deaths have come in two waves - the sharp, sudden surge in the spring followed by a slow and sustained rise throughout autumn and winter.\n\nMistakes have been made - the delay locking down back in March is one that is often cited even by the government's own advisers.\n\nThe UK, like much of Europe, was also woefully underprepared with limited testing and contact tracing systems.\n\nBut the ageing population, high rates of obesity, the fact the UK is a global hub and its inter-connectedness with Europe are also factors that meant we were tragically never going to escape lightly once the virus got a foothold.\n\nSpeaking alongside the prime minister, Prof Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, described it as a \"very sad day\".\n\nHe said the number of people dying \"will come down relatively slowly over the next two weeks - and will probably remain flat for a while now\".\n\nProf Whitty added the new coronavirus variant had changed the UK's situation \"very substantially\" with infection rates \"just about holding\" due to lockdown restrictions.\n\nBut he said the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK \"has been coming down\" and the number of people in hospital with Covid has \"flattened off\" - including in London, the South East and East of England.\n\nHowever, there were \"some areas\" where the hospital figures were \"still not convincingly reducing\", he said.\n\nNHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said there had been \"continuing improvements in hospital treatment for severely sick coronavirus patients\".\n\nHe said he expected more treatments within the next six to 18 months, adding: \"We can see a world in which coronavirus may be more treatable, but for now, it's a combination of reducing infections and getting vaccinations done.\"\n\nOne day there will be a public inquiry - maybe several - seeking to understand why so many died.\n\nLast summer, back when the government was subsidising people to eat out at restaurants, Boris Johnson said there would be an independent inquiry into the government's handling of Covid, but gave no details or dates.\n\nHe still hasn't, despite a recent call from bereaved families, trade unions and charities for lessons to be learnt now.\n\nThe gravest public health crisis for a century would have tested any government.\n\nBut as the pandemic has worsened, the criticisms and questions have mounted - about the timing of lockdowns, the rollout of test and trace and the failure to protect care homes last spring.\n\nThere is now pressure on Boris Johnson from some Tory MPs to ease restrictions as soon as the most vulnerable are vaccinated.\n\nBut this evening a sombre prime minister said the government would first do everything it could to minimise further loss of life.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said it was a \"sobering moment in the pandemic\", saying: \"Each death is a person who was someone's family member and friend.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"national tragedy\" to have reached 100,000 deaths.\n\nThe government had been \"behind the curve at every stage\" of the pandemic and had not learnt lessons over the summer, he added.\n\nThe epidemiologist whose modelling in part prompted the UK's first national lockdown said more action in the autumn of last year could have saved lives.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: \"Had we acted both earlier and with greater stringency back in September when we first saw case numbers going up, and had a policy of keeping case numbers at a reasonably low levels, then I think a lot of the deaths we've seen, not all by any means, but a lot of the deaths we've seen in the last four or five months, could have been avoided.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the death toll was \"heartbreaking\" and warned there was a \"tough period ahead\".\n\n\"The vaccine offers the way out, but we cannot let up now,\" he added.\n\nMore than 6.8 million people in the UK have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the latest figures.\n\nPlease enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser to see this interactive\n\nIf you would like to send us a tribute to a friend or family member who died after contracting coronavirus, please use the form below.\n\nPlease remember to include a photo of your loved one and their name. Upload your pictures here. Don't forget to include your contact details, so we can get in touch with you.\n\nWe would like to respond to everyone individually and include every tribute in our coverage, but unfortunately that may not be possible. Please be assured your message will be read and treated with the utmost respect.\n\nPlease note the contact details you provide will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your tribute.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has suggested that Boris Johnson should not visit Scotland as it is not an \"essential\" journey.\n\nThe prime minister is widely expected to travel to Scotland on Thursday.\n\nBut Ms Sturgeon said she was \"not ecstatic\" about the plan, saying leaders should abide by the same rules as they ask of the general public.\n\nAsked about the trip, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said Mr Johnson would go \"wherever he needs to go in his vital work against this pandemic\".\n\nAnd Downing Street has insisted that it is important for the prime minister to be \"visible and accessible\" during the pandemic.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman did not confirm details of the visit, but said: \"It remains the fact that it is a fundamental role of the PM to be the physical representative of the UK government\".\n\nThe spokesman added: \"It is right that he is visible and accessible to businesses, communities and the public across all parts of the UK, especially during the pandemic.\"\n\nReports have suggested Mr Johnson is due to visit Scotland on Thursday to thank staff involved in the fight against Covid-19, despite the \"stay at home\" lockdown in place across the country.\n\nSpeaking at her daily coronavirus briefing, Ms Sturgeon stressed that she was not saying Mr Johnson was unwelcome in Scotland, but added that she was \"not ecstatic\" about the idea of him travelling up from London.\n\nDowning Street says it is important for the prime minister to be \"visible and accessible\" across the UK during the pandemic\n\nShe said: \"We are living in a global pandemic and every day I stand and look down the camera and say 'don't travel unless it is essential, work from home if you possibly can' - that has to apply to all of us.\n\n\"People like me and Boris Johnson have to be in work for reasons people understand, but we don't have to travel across the UK. We have a duty to lead by example.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon said her team had suggested she visit a mass vaccination centre in Aberdeen in the coming weeks, but that she had questioned whether the journey was \"genuinely essential\".\n\nShe said: \"If I'm standing here every day saying to all of you watching, don't leave your house unless it is essential, I have a duty to subject myself to that same discipline and decision making.\n\n\"I would say me travelling from Edinburgh to Aberdeen to visit a vaccine centre is not essential - Boris Johnson travelling from London to wherever in Scotland to do the same is not essential.\n\n\"If we're asking other people to abide by that then I'm sorry, I think it's incumbent on us to do likewise.\"\n\nThere are currently cross-border travel restrictions in place for anything other than essential travel, as well as a stay at home order\n\nThe Scottish secretary was asked about the move at Westminster by SNP MP Neale Hanvey, who described the trip as a \"futile\" attempt to bolster the union following a trend of polls suggesting majority support for independence.\n\nMr Jack replied: \"That's ridiculous - the prime minister is the prime minister of the United Kingdom, and wherever he needs to go in his vital work against this pandemic, he will go.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One protester said: \"This is the only way I can effect change\"\n\nPeople campaigning against the HS2 rail project have dug a tunnel near Euston station, in a bid to prevent their eviction from a protest camp.\n\nIn September, members of HS2 Rebellion set up a Tree Protection Camp in Euston Square Gardens in central London to protest against the £106bn scheme.\n\nThey claim the tunnel is 100ft (30m) long and has taken two months to dig.\n\nActivists say the tunnel - codenamed \"Kelvin\" - is their \"best defence\" against being evicted.\n\nOne protester, identified only as Blue, told the BBC: \"It is all very dangerous and life-threatening but it is all worth it. This is the only way I can effect change, I would sacrifice everything for the climate ecological emergency to not be happening.\"\n\nThe 18-year-old added: \"We want to be as safe as possible. It is not about us martyring ourselves, it is about delaying and stopping HS2.\"\n\nDemonstrators have previously built tree houses and scaled cranes near the HS2 Euston site\n\nA spokeswoman for HS2 said tunnel protests were \"costly to the taxpayer\".\n\nShe added: \"These are a danger to the safety of the protesters, HS2 staff, High Court enforcement officers and the general public, as well as putting unnecessary strain on the emergency services during the pandemic.\n\n\"Safety is our first priority when taking possession of land and removing illegal encampments.\"\n\nBritish Transport Police said it was aware of the tunnel but it was a matter for the Met Police, which said no complaint yet had been made.\n\nHS2 is set to link London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. It is hoped the 20-year project will reduce rail passenger overcrowding and help to rebalance the UK's economy.\n\nThe campaign group alleges HS2 is the \"most expensive, wasteful and destructive project in UK history\" and that it is \"set to destroy or irreparably damage 108 ancient woodlands and 693 wildlife sites\".\n\nHowever, HS2 bosses have said seven million trees will be planted during phase one of the project and that much ancient woodland will \"remain intact\".\n\nSeasoned activist Daniel Cooper - better known as Swampy - has been at Euston supporting the campaigners\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps told MPs in September that the first phase of the high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham would not open until 2028 at the earliest.\n\nThe second phase, to Manchester and Leeds, was due to open in 2032-33 but that has been pushed back to 2035-40.\n\nNetwork Rail, which owns the land, has been approached for a comment about the tunnel.\n\nHS2 protester Dr Larch Maxey said the tunnel was \"warm and quiet\"\n\nTunnelling as a form of environmental protest has a long history in the UK.\n\nIn the 1990s it was one of the ways that pushed environmental concerns into the headlines and changed perceptions.\n\nIn one of the environmental protesters' tunnelling guides, written by \"Disco Dave\", it says:\n\n\"In the world of NVDA (non-violent direct action) there are few defence tactics that can compare with the protest tunnel. Dangerous, laborious and time consuming, tunnelling is the ultimate and desperate tactic of desperate people in desperate times.\"\n\nThe first protest tunnel goes back to the M11 and 1993 but they only really developed during the Newbury Bypass protests in 1996.\n\nProtest tunnels against the A30 in Devon and Manchester Airport's second runway then followed.\n\nNot only did they make household names of environmental campaigners like \"Swampy\" but they arguably changed transport policy - road-building reduced massively.\n\nWe have seen tunnels more recently in 2017 in Coldharbour in Surrey in a protest against fracking so it's not a massive surprise we are seeing tunnels again.\n\nTunnelling in particular as a direct action slows down developers and it is expensive to dig out protesters safely.\n\nDisco Dave wrote: \"That ultimately is the purpose of tunnels and tree houses. To act as a deterrent warning the authorities that should they decide to evict, then it will hurt them where for them it hurts most - in the pocket.\"\n\nWhat will be interesting is if these tunnels have the same impact on HS2 as they did on the road-building programme of the late 1990s.\n\nWill it reframe HS2 so it will be seen in the same way as fracking or road building? Or can the argument still be made that it is a low-carbon form of travel even though it does cause some destruction of habitat?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Baroness Floella Benjamin has spoken of her pride after receiving a first coronavirus vaccine dose.\n\nThe 71-year-old actress said she would wear a badge saying \"I've had the jab\" after being vaccinated.\n\nThe Lib Dem peer, who came to Britain in 1960 and was born in Trinidad, is known for appearing in the children's programme Play School and received a damehood last year.\n\nOver 6.8m people in the UK have now received a first vaccine dose.\n\nAs a member of the House of Lords, Baroness Benjamin has spoken regularly about the disproportionate effect of Covid-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic communities as well as the knock-on impact of the pandemic.\n\nIn September, she told peers she knew two people who had taken their own lives \"because they could not cope with the uncertainty of the future\".\n\nShe is also a member of the Lords Covid-19 Committee.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Floella Benjamin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe government has set a target for all those in the top four priority groups - around 15 million - to be offered a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nTwo vaccines - developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca - are being used. A third, from Moderna, has been approved.\n\nAll have been shown to be safe and effective in trials with two doses needed to offer the best protection - now timed 12 weeks apart.\n\nIt comes as British Asian celebrities united to dispel myths about the coronavirus vaccine.\n\nComedians Romesh Ranganathan and Meera Syal and cricketer Moeen Ali appear in a video urging people to get a jab.\n\nA study from the Royal Society for Public Health found 57% of black, Asian and minority ethnic people said they would take the vaccine.\n\nThis figure compared with 79% of white people who would do so.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAuthorities who dealt with a benefits claim from a single mother, who took a fatal overdose after her payments were cut, made 28 errors in managing her case, a coroner has found.\n\nPhilippa Day, 27, was found collapsed at her Nottingham home beside a letter rejecting her request for an at-home benefits assessment in August 2019.\n\nShe died after two months in a coma.\n\nNottingham Coroner's Court heard the way her claim was dealt with was the \"predominant factor\" in her overdose.\n\nRecording a narrative conclusion, coroner Gordon Clow said he could not determine whether she intended to die rather than put her life at risk.\n\nMiss Day, who had been diagnosed with unstable personality disorder, had been receiving disabled living allowance (DLA) payments as she had type 1 diabetes.\n\nThose payments stopped in January 2019 after she made an application for a personal independence payment (PIP), reducing her income from £228 a week to £60.\n\nThis, the inquest heard, was because a form she had sent went missing and her payments were not reinstated for months, despite her eligibility.\n\nThis led to her taking out short-term loans and ending up in debt.\n\nThe court heard in June, she called the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to say she was \"starving\" and \"couldn't survive like this for much longer\".\n\nPhilippa Day (left) took a fatal overdose and died in October 2019\n\nShe was then asked to attend a face-to-face assessment despite it being \"distressing\" for her, Mr Clow said.\n\nThe coroner added Miss Day's mental health problems were \"exacerbated\" by the benefits process.\n\nHe accepted it had been \"the last straw\" for Miss Day who was already experiencing a range of stressors.\n\nHe said: \"Were it not for this problem, it is not likely that she would have [overdosed] on the 7th or 8th of August.\"\n\nCall handlers repeatedly failed to flag that the case required \"additional support\" due to her mental health problems, the coroner said.\n\nThe DWP did not tell her community psychiatric nurse that she had not returned the form before refusing her application, which could have resolved the issue.\n\nThe coroner said call handlers received little to no training on personality disorders like Miss Day's - all that was available was a factsheet.\n\nCapita was made aware of the risks to Miss Day's health from a face-to-face interview by her community psychiatric nurse, but did not act on it, he added.\n\nMr Clow said: \"Given the sheer number of problems in the handling of her claim, I am unable to conclude that each of these was attributable to individual human error.\"\n\nHe concluded the failure to administer her benefit claim in a way that avoided exacerbating her mental health problems was the \"predominant factor\" that caused Miss Day to overdose.\n\nMr Clow recommended changes at both the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Capita, the authorities involved.\n\nIn a prevention of future deaths report, Mr Clow said the DWP should consider timely mental health training for call handlers and address \"poor record keeping\".\n\nThe DWP and Capita were also directed to review the change of assessment process so that it does not \"create unnecessary distress\".\n\nA spokesman for the DWP said: \"This is a deeply tragic case. Our sincere condolences are with Miss Day's family and we will carefully consider the coroner's findings.\"\n\nA Capita spokesman said the company also apologised for the mistakes made.\n\n\"We have strengthened our processes over the last 18 months and are committed to continuously working to deliver a high-quality, empathetic service for every claimant,\" he said.\n\n\"In partnership with the DWP, we will act upon the coroner's findings and make further improvements to our processes.\"\n\nThis conclusion amounts to a near dismantling of the process for applying for the main disability benefit for people with psychiatric problems.\n\nWhile around 40% of claimants for personal independence payments have mental health conditions, the inquest found that call handlers for the DWP didn't receive adequate mental health training.\n\nThe coroner found there was an \"institutional assumption\" in the DWP that problems with a claim were the claimants' fault.\n\nLast year a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) found the department had investigated 69 suicides of benefit claimants since 2014-15.\n\nThere were more cases they could have looked into, said the NAO, but in any case the department couldn't demonstrate any improvements from their investigations had actually been implemented.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jane Fonda has had a glittering acting career spanning six decades\n\nUS actress Jane Fonda is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at next month's Golden Globes, which celebrate excellence in film and TV.\n\n\"Her undeniable talent has gained her the highest level of recognition,\" said the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) - the ceremony's organiser.\n\n\"While her professional life has taken many turns, her unwavering commitment to evoking change has remained.\"\n\nFonda, 83, has had a glittering acting career spanning six decades.\n\nThe HFPA said she would be given the Cecil B deMille Award at the annual ceremony in Beverly Hills, California, on 28 February.\n\nThe Oscar-winning actress made her debut in 1960, later becoming one of the brightest Hollywood stars with films like Barbarella, Nine to Five and On Golden Pond.\n\nHer most recent performance was in the Netflix comedy series Grace and Frankie.\n\nFonda is also well known as a political activist, most recently as a campaigner against climate change. In 2016, she spent Thanksgiving among the protesters at Standing Rock, demonstrating against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.\n\nIn the 1960s she vocally opposed the Vietnam War.\n\nThe actress - who has written a book about how people can get involved in such activism - has been arrested several times during protests, and hopes her actions have raised awareness.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Labour is calling for juries to be cut from 12 members to seven, to stem the \"gravest crisis\" in the justice system since World War Two.\n\nShadow justice secretary David Lammy said action was needed to clear the backlog of thousands of cases.\n\nHe argued that smaller juries and the use of more temporary courts would allow socially distanced trials.\n\nThe government has not ruled out such a move but insists measures it is taking to clear the backlog are working.\n\nLast week four criminal justice watchdogs warned that courts in England and Wales were straining under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nJury trials ground to a halt at the start of the first lockdown, when people were advised to stay at home except in limited circumstances.\n\nWhen they resumed, there were severe delays and numerous cancellations due to social-distancing requirements.\n\nRecent figures revealed that the number of unheard cases in crown courts had reached a record 54,000.\n\nThe backlog means some from last year may not go before a jury until 2022, and it could be years before the courts get back on track.\n\nLabour wants the temporary return of so-called \"wartime juries\" of seven rather than 12 members to speed up the process.\n\n\"Victims of rape, murder, domestic abuse, robbery and assault are facing delays of up to four years because of the government's failure to act,\" Mr Lammy said.\n\nHe also urged the government to speed up the rollout of temporary \"Nightingale courts\" to hear civil, family and tribunals work, as well as non-custodial crime cases.\n\nTen of these were announced in July 2020 to help deal with the backlog in court proceedings, and 20 are now in operation across England and Wales.\n\nLeading lawyers are sceptical about Labour's proposal to reach back into wartime history.\n\nThe Criminal Bar Association - representing barristers who prosecute and defend trials - says a panel of seven may allow more courtrooms to be used, but it wouldn't solve what it says is chronic underfunding - and potentially undermines one of the most important safeguards in our society.\n\nThe Law Society, for solicitors, wants to see evidence that smaller panels would ease backlogs without risking injustices.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice's internal modelling calculated last year that reduced juries would lead to a 10% increase in cases - but that was before courtrooms received new Covid-proof screens that have allowed more trials to run.\n\nScotland's courts are using cinemas to host juries - and while that is not being actively discussed in England, it's not been ruled out either.\n\nEven if juries were slimmed, courts would still need to tightly control the number of defendants who can use their cells and courtroom docks to meet Public Health England's guidelines.\n\nIn April last year, the head of judiciary in England and Wales, Lord Burnett, backed the idea of reducing the number of jurors if social distancing continued.\n\nIn June, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland told the BBC he was \"very attracted\" by the idea of smaller juries, as had happened in wartime, and judge-only trials in less serious cases.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice says it has now installed plastic screens in more than 450 courtrooms and jury deliberation rooms to reduce Covid risks.\n\nIt says the safety measures are designed for 12-person juries and that the impact of lowering the number of jurors would be negligible.\n\nHowever, a spokesman said nothing was being ruled out and ministers were continuing to consider every option available to ensure courts recover quickly.\n\n\"This approach is already delivering results, with magistrates' backlogs falling significantly and the number of cases being dealt with in the crown courts reaching pre-Covid levels last month,\" he added.\n\nThe spokesman also said: \"We know more must be done and are investing £110m into a range of measures to drive this recovery further, including opening more Nightingale courts.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Karen Hobbs, from Cardiff, had a heart attack and died, weeks after testing positive for Covid\n\nThe family of a 40-year-old mother-of-five who died with coronavirus have urged people to respect lockdown rules.\n\nKaren Hobbs had a heart attack and died, weeks after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe former EasyJet cabin crew member developed symptoms a week before Christmas, was not able to get out of bed and started struggling to breathe.\n\nShe was taken to hospital and died on 19 January.\n\nKaren's sister Rachel Hobbs said her normally healthy sister became very ill over Christmas.\n\n\"She just looked dreadful, Christmas Day she was laid up in bed, she couldn't do anything,\" she said.\n\n\"I knew she was really bad but I'd never seen anybody like that before, it was shocking, for someone that healthy to be barely able to walk to a car is quite shocking.\"\n\nOn 2 January, Karen was put into an induced coma.\n\n\"She was really terrified, she said 'I need to come out of this and see my children again'. She never came out of it,\" her sister added.\n\nKaren Hobbs' children are now 14, 11, nine, eight and four.\n\nThe family were told Karen's organs were beginning to fail and she was \"going downhill\" about a week before she died, and they were allowed to visit.\n\n\"She did look a little bit better, she had more colour, she was quite puffy - swelling and a bit of a rash on her. Her lungs were struggling, so we came home a little bit shocked.\n\n\"They started feeding her in a tube and were able to move her, I thought perhaps she's recovering a little bit and then I had the phone call to say that she'd gone.\n\n\"Her body just couldn't take it any more. I don't think it's sunk in. I think the children are still in a bit of shock as well, I thought she would come out of it but she just had it so severe. \"\n\nKaren's children made her a get well soon card while she was in hospital\n\nRachel said her sister, from Cardiff, was healthy with no underlying conditions.\n\n\"She didn't go anywhere - she did online shopping, she was in the house - so we don't even know where it could have come from, she was one of the ones who stayed safest.\n\n\"It's just shocking to think a young mum of five is no longer here. They've lost their mum and they lost their grandfather and nan a couple of years ago so they must feel 'who will be next'?\n\nRachel Hobbs says it still has not sunk in that she has lost her sister\n\nRachel said her sister was a fantastic mother to her five children, aged 14, 11, nine, eight and four.\n\n\"I don't think the youngest understands, I think she thinks mummy's still just in the hospital.\n\n\"She was a very hands-on mum, she spent a lot of time with the children. She'd sit and play with them for hours, sit and colour, she was always there for them.\"\n\nRachel says her youngest niece does not yet understand what has happened to her mother\n\nRachel added that Karen had no patience with people who broke lockdown rules: \"She used to get quite annoyed about people who broke the rules and she wasn't slow on coming forward, she'd say it as well.\n\n\"It just goes to show how bad this virus is. She would say 'make sure you follow the rules because nobody is safe, it is real this virus, stay at home and only go out when you need to'.\"\n\nIn the days since Karen's death a fundraising page has been set up by friends to support her children and their dad, and has raised more than £20,000.\n\nKaren spoke of how frightened she was in her final post on Facebook\n\n\"I'm absolutely amazed at how generous people have been and how kind people have been, the community has come together and I think she'd be proud too that it's raising awareness about the pandemic.\n\n\"That'll help the children going forward now. Out of a bad thing, it's been nice people getting in touch, kind words, messages, little things about what she was like.\"\n\nKaren loved colouring and playing with her children, her sister said", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson joined the production line at the Lighthouse Laboratory in Glasgow for the unpacking of Covid tests\n\nBoris Johnson has insisted that Scotland's independence debate is \"irrelevant\" to most people as he urged the country to unite against Covid.\n\nThe PM was speaking during a trip to Scotland to emphasise the strength of the UK working together during the pandemic.\n\nThe SNP said he was panicking as opinion polls show declining support for the union.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon also questioned if his trip is essential.\n\nThe PM started his day-long visit by going to the Lighthouse Laboratory - which processes Covid tests - at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow.\n\nHe later visited troops who are setting up a vaccination centre in the Castlemilk area of the city, and toured the Valneva vaccine factory in Livingston.\n\nThe factory is expected to deliver 60 million doses to the UK by the end of the year if its vaccine is approved.\n\nMr Johnson used the visit to argue that the priority should be \"fighting this pandemic and coming back more strongly together\" rather than arguing about the constitution.\n\nAnd he praised the \"amazing performance\" of Scottish people in the \"national effort\" to fight the pandemic.\n\nThe prime minister said: \"I think endless talk about a referendum without any clear description of what the constitutional situation would be after that referendum is completely irrelevant now to the concerns of most people\".\n\nMr Johnson also criticised the SNP's record in government, and added: \"We don't actually know what the referendum would set out to achieve.\n\n\"We don't know what the point of it would be - what happens to the army, what happens to the Crown, what happens to the pound, what happens to the Foreign Office. Nobody will tell us what it's all meant to be about.\"\n\nHe told reporters that \"the very same people\" who wanted independence \"also said only a few years ago, in 2014, that this was a once-in-a-generation event\".\n\n\"I'm inclined to stick with what they said last time,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\nMr Johnson met troops who are setting up a vaccination centre\n\nUnder the current Covid regulations, people are only able to travel between Scotland and England for essential reasons, with similar regulations also in place to stop travel across council boundaries within Scotland.\n\nAsked at her daily coronavirus briefing on Wednesday how she felt about the prime minister's visit while the strict travel restrictions were in place, Ms Sturgeon replied she was \"not ecstatic\" about it.\n\nShe argued that leaders should abide by the same rules they impose on the general public, adding that she had herself rejected a suggested visit to a vaccine centre in Aberdeen for this reason.\n\nDowning Street has insisted it is important for the prime minister to be \"visible and accessible\" across the whole of the UK during the pandemic.\n\nIn response to Ms Sturgeon's criticism, the prime minister's official spokesman said: \"These are Covid-related visits. You've seen the prime minister do a number of them over the past few weeks.\n\n\"It is obviously important that he is continuing to meet and see those who are on the front line in terms of those who are providing tests, in terms of those who are working so hard to deliver the vaccination plan.\"\n\nMr Johnson's visit to Scotland is widely seen as being part of a \"charm offensive\" in response to polls indicating a rise in support for independence.\n\nHowever, polls have also suggested that the independence question is currently a lower priority for many people than other issues such as the pandemic, health and education.\n\nA series of opinion polls have suggested that support for independence is now ahead of support for remaining in the UK\n\nCabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said it was \"only right\" the prime minister visited people on the front line of the vaccine roll-out to make sure it is operating effectively.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast Mr Johnson has visited other crucial locations in the UK's pandemic response, such as the Wrexham plant making the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, adding: \"No one thinks that's illegitimate.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer also said he backed the visit. \"I'm with the prime minister on this one,\" he told LBC Radio.\n\n\"He is the prime minister of the UK. It's important that he travels to see what is going on, on the ground.\"\n\nIt comes as the Scottish government sets out its budget, described as the \"most important in the history of devolution\" in the wake of huge spending increases to support people and businesses during the pandemic.\n\nBoris Johnson had a clear purpose on his visit to Scotland - to talk up what he calls the power of cooperation across the UK.\n\nDressed in white lab coat and protective gear, he was happy to tell me how the UK government is supporting the fight against coronavirus in Scotland.\n\nThat includes spending lots of money supporting jobs and businesses, building test centres, and procuring vaccine supplies from companies like the one he was visiting in Livingston.\n\nNo matter what the prime minister does, or that the UK and Scottish governments are following broadly similar Covid strategies - the public in Scotland perceives that Nicola Sturgeon and her team are handling the pandemic response better.\n\nThis visit was controversial because it happened during lockdown but it went ahead because the UK government recognises how much work it has to do to make the case for the union in Scotland, with Scottish elections due in May when the question of indyref2 will be to the fore.\n\nOn Sunday, the SNP revealed an 11-point \"roadmap to a referendum\" on Scottish independence, which sets out how the party intends to take forward its plan for another vote on the issue.\n\nIt says a \"legal referendum\" will be held after the pandemic if there is a pro-independence majority at Holyrood following May's election.\n\nAnd it says it will \"vigorously oppose\" any legal challenge from the UK government.\n\nNicola Sturgeon's SNP has published a \"roadmap\" aimed at holding a legal referendum once the pandemic ends\n\nMr Johnson has repeatedly stated his opposition to a referendum, and has suggested that another one should not be held for 40 years.\n\nOpposition parties in Scotland have also accused Ms Sturgeon and the SNP of putting the push for independence ahead of the Covid pandemic.\n\nBut SNP deputy leader Keith Brown said the prime minister's trip was evidence that he is in a \"panic\" about the prospect of another referendum.", "Jonathan Mok posted a selfie and another photo of his injuries on Facebook\n\nA 16-year-old boy has been sentenced for racially attacking a Singapore student who was told \"we don't want your coronavirus in our country\".\n\nJonathan Mok was beaten up on Oxford Street last February by a group of boys in an \"unprovoked attack\".\n\nThe teenager was convicted of racially aggravated grievous bodily harm following a trial at Highbury Corner Youth Court.\n\nThe chair of the bench gave the boy an 18-month youth rehabilitation order.\n\nHe was also ordered to wear an electronic tag, follow a curfew order between 20:00 and 07:00 for 10 weeks and must pay £600 compensation to Mr Mok.\n\nChair of the bench Mervyn Mandell warned that had he been an adult he \"would have gone to jail for a very long time\".\n\n\"This was an unprovoked attack for no reason other than his [Mr Mok's] appearance,\" he said.\n\nJonathan Mok had been walking home after having dinner in central London\n\nMr Mok, 23, suffered a complicated fracture to his nose and cheekbone which required surgery, screws and stitches.\n\nImages of his swollen eye were shared widely on social media following the attack.\n\nThe court heard previously how the UCL law student turned around after a friend of the attacker made a remark about coronavirus towards him.\n\nWitnesses described a \"commotion on the street\" where Mr Mok and his friend were \"confronted by a group of white males\".\n\nThey heard someone shout \"you are diseased don't come near me\".\n\nMr Mok was then punched in the face. The teenager joined the attack and continued to punch and kick Mr Mok.\n\nProsecutor Simon Maughan said the teenager was \"quick to get involved\" in the group attack.\n\nA victim impact statement read out on behalf of Mr Mok said the crime had \"taken a heavy toll\" on him and his family.\n\nHe added: \"My legal education had to be halted for a month due to surgery and follow up medical appointments.\n\n\"I have anxiety and have problems sleeping. I believe the defendant is a threat to Singaporeans and South East Asians. He has shown no remorse.\"\n\nThe teenager's defence barrister Gerard Pitt said the boy handed himself in following a police CCTV appeal last March.\n\nNo-one else has been charged in connection with the attack.\n\nMr Pitt said: \"He has always maintained he did not say anything about coronavirus and that was vindicated at the trial.\"\n\nThe court heard Mr Mok could not be 100% sure the defendant was the boy who said anything about coronavirus.\n\nThe boy had no previous convictions, but had two youth cautions for common assaults, the court was told.\n\nBefore being sentenced the teenager said: \"When I saw the picture I felt disgusted.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Robin Swann says all health workers are valued and have worked tirelessly during the pandemic\n\nHealth workers in Northern Ireland are to get a \"special recognition\" payment for their work during the pandemic.\n\nIt is intended that all staff will receive a payment of £500, said Health Minister Robin Swann.\n\nHowever, it will be subject to approval from the Department of Finance.\n\nThere had been calls from some political parties and health unions for staff to be recognised for their efforts.\n\nScotland has already announced a similar one-off payment and Mr Swann said it would reflect the \"principle of parity\".\n\n\"There are no words to properly convey what health workers have done for us, we will never be able to repay that debt,\" added the minister.\n\nThe development comes as Northern Ireland's Department of Health has recorded 16 more coronavirus-related deaths, taking its toll so far to 1,779.\n\nA further 527 people have tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours.\n\nThere are 775 people in Northern Ireland's hospitals who are being treated for the virus - 68 of them are in intensive care and the number of people requiring ventilators has risen to 56.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, 54 more Covid-19 related deaths were recorded on Wednesday. It brings the Republic of Ireland's death toll to 3,120.\n\nThe Irish Department of Health also confirmed 1,335 more Covid-19 cases.\n\nSpeaking at the weekly health news conference on Wednesday, Mr Swann said the pandemic had caused \"destruction\" and left \"heartbreak in its wake\".\n\n\"Staying at home is making a difference. The R-number has been moving in the right direction,\" he said.\n\n\"We have to sustain and build on that progress.\"\n\nThe reproductive rate of the virus - known as the R rate, measures the infection rate of Covid-19 and had risen to about 1.8 after Christmas relaxations.\n\nIt has been falling since lockdown restrictions were introduced on 26 December, and Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride said NI's R-number for hospital admissions has now fallen back below one.\n\nBut he warned that the pressure on the system was still significant and would continue for several more weeks.\n\nHe added that there would need to be a \"sustained\" drop in the figures before relaxations of the lockdown could be considered by the executive.\n\nIt has also been confirmed that the number of people in Northern Ireland who have received their first Covid-19 now stands at 168,140.\n\nMore than 50,000 people aged over 80 have been vaccinated.\n\nOn the payment to health workers, Mr Swann said it would \"not be without its challenges\" but that he valued all staff in the health service.\n\n\"For some people, especially some of our lower paid workers, it may in fact have an adverse impact on their social security payments or supports that recipients may be claiming,\" he added.\n\n\"I have written to the ministers of finance and communities asking them to urgently consider the issue and to engage with the tax and benefit authorities in Great Britain to request that these payments are excluded from consideration in this regard.\"\n\nThere will also be a one-off payment of £2,000 for all non-salaried students on clinical placements in the health service.\n\nMr Swann added that he intends to provide a one-off payment for carers as well, describing them as \"among the greatest unsung heroes\" of the pandemic.\n\nBut he said: \"There is still more work to be done in this regard and it will be significantly more complex to administer than the staff payment.\"\n\nKevin McAdam, who is from Unite the union, said the \"recognition payments\" will be allocated with assurances that this will not affect pay negotiations with healthcare workers.\n\nMr McAdam welcomed that health care workers and non-salaried students on placements will be \"receiving something more tangible than applause\".\n\n\"The student payment is a recognition payment, it does not solve the problems around whether student placements should be paid, I think that is an argument for another day.\"\n\nMeanwhile, a senior Department of Finance official has warned there is \"a higher than usual risk\" of some £430m unspent by the NI Executive being returned to the Treasury.\n\nMinisters must submit further funding bids, or risk it being handed back at the end of the financial year.\n\nA department official, Jeff McGuinness, said the Treasury was being pressed to show flexibility in carrying unspent money over but added that it was \"imperative\" Stormont pressed ahead, rather then rely on agreement from Treasury.\n\nHe said the other devolved administrations were also asking the Treasury for similar levels of carry-forward of unspent fiscal allocations.", "More than 127,000 people in the UK who contracted coronavirus have lost their lives - with the pandemic claiming more than 3.4 million deaths worldwide. As the UK marks a year since the first coronavirus lockdown was called, it's a time for reflection.\n\nWe have gathered tributes to more than 770 of those who have died. Below are words of remembrance from friends, family and colleagues.\n\nPlease enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser to see this interactive\n\nThe tributes are displayed at random, which means that you will see different faces each time you visit this page.\n\nIf we have used your tribute to your friend or family member, it will appear in the carousel above, or you can find it by entering their name in the search box below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. Enter a name to search the tributes\n\nFor more on NHS and healthcare workers, please see this page dedicated to 100 people who died while helping to look after others.\n\nFor more on how it has affected people's lives, from family tragedy to its impact on everyday life, we have a collection of personal stories about life in lockdown.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The limit on a single payment using contactless card technology could rise to £100 - more than double the current limit.\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic led to larger amounts spent via contactless payments on debit cards, credit cards, and cards connected to smartphones.\n\nIt has been less than a year since the limit was raised from £30 to £45.\n\nThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it will consult \"shortly\" on a change in the rules.\n\n\"It is important that payments regulation keeps pace with consumer and merchant expectations,\" the regulator said.\n\n\"Recognising changing behaviour in how people pay, as part of a wider consultation, we will shortly be seeking views on amending our rules to allow for a possible increase in the contactless limit to £100.\"\n\nThe FCA can set the boundaries for payments, under its rules, but the card issuers would have the power to set the actual limits.\n\nThe pandemic has changed the way we pay for things\n\nThe use of contactless technology by consumers has risen sharply in recent years, with more services adopting the technology and most shops offering it as an option.\n\nTo protect workers and consumers during the Covid outbreak, an increase to the current limit of £45 was rushed through by the regulator in April last year.\n\nThe latest figures show that the proportion of contactless payments had fallen slightly compared with pre-pandemic levels, because lockdown measures hit the use of pubs, restaurant, and public transport. They accounted for 41% of card transactions.\n\nHowever, there was a 16% increase in the total value of contactless payments in the UK in October, compared with the same month a year earlier, the latest data from UK Finance - which represents banks - shows.\n\nThe amount spent on contactless hit a monthly record in August, boosted by the Eat Out to Help Out scheme and fewer coronavirus-related restrictions. A total of £8.4bn was spent on credit and debit cards using contactless during that month.\n\n\"The industry believes that a more flexible approach could be merited in future, which takes into account consumer demand, fraud prevention, security and convenience,\" said a spokesman for UK Finance.\n\n\"Contactless is one of a range of payment methods and the industry will also continue to work closely with the regulator to ensure that customers can pay in a way that suits them.\"\n\nHowever, there may be less enthusiasm from some shopkeepers concerned about higher-value theft as a result of the proposed changes.\n\nAndrew Cregan, payments policy advisor at the British Retail Consortium, said: \"We have concerns about raising the contactless limit, with losses from incomplete contactless payments at self-checkouts currently costing retailers millions in lost revenue.\n\n\"Card companies should take measures to reduce incomplete payments and we urge customers to make sure their own transactions always go through. However, the overwhelming priority at the moment must be for the government to address the rocketing card fees.\"", "The UK has identified 77 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, the health secretary has said.\n\nCases are linked to travellers arriving in the UK, rather than community transmission, Matt Hancock added.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr cases were under \"very close\" observation and enhanced contact tracing was under way.\n\nMinisters are due to meet on Monday to consider imposing tougher restrictions on people arriving from abroad.\n\nScientists have said there is a chance the South African variant may harm the effectiveness of current vaccines.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Hancock said that \"three quarters of all the 80-year-olds in the country and a similar number of care homes\" have received their first doses of the vaccine.\n\nBoth the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses, and figures so far reflect those given the first dose.\n\nMr Hancock said that it was \"far too early to say\" what proportion of the population needed to be vaccinated before lockdown restrictions could be eased.\n\nAll viruses, including the one that causes Covid-19, mutate, and variants have been first located in the UK, South Africa and Brazil.\n\nThe South Africa variant has been found in at least 20 other countries, including the UK.\n\nMr Hancock said that all the South Africa variant cases in the UK were linked to travel.\n\n\"That's why we have got such stringent border measures in place against movement from South Africa,\" he added.\n\nThe UK closed all travel corridors last week until at least 15 February, with almost all travellers arriving in the country now required to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has not ruled out bringing in tougher measures at UK borders, telling a Downing Street news conference on Friday: \"We don't want to put that (efforts to control Covid) at risk by having a new variant come back in.\"\n\nMinisters are set to discuss whether to tighten border restrictions further, including the possibility of hotel quarantines for travellers.\n\nMr Hancock said: \"We have got to be cautious at the borders.\"\n\nAsked for a date on when lockdown restrictions might end, Mr Hancock said it was \"one of the many things that we don't yet know the answer to\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock on easing restrictions: \"We don't know the answer\"\n\nGovernment data on 14 January showed there were 35 confirmed cases of the South Africa variant identified in the UK, and a further 12 \"probable\" cases.\n\nMr Hancock said nine cases of the Brazil variant had been found in the UK, adding \"we are monitoring each and every one very closely\".\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that Labour had been \"pushing the government to take tougher measures at the border since last spring\".\n\nShe said: \"We would fully expect the government to bring in tougher quarantine measures, we would expect them to roll out a proper testing strategy and we would expect them as well to start checking up on the people who are quarantining.\n\n\"Only three out of every hundred people who are asked to quarantine when they arrive into the UK actually face any checks at all - that's just simply not sufficient.\"\n\nOn Friday, Mr Johnson said there was \"some evidence\" the UK variant may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nThe UK government's chief scientific officer, Sir Patrick Vallance, said there was \"a lot of uncertainty around these numbers\" but that early evidence suggested the variant could be about 30% more deadly.\n\nThe PM said on Friday that there was evidence that both the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine and Oxford-AstraZeneca jab were effective against the variant first detected in the UK.\n\nSir Patrick has warned that the variants in South Africa and Brazil might \"have certain features which means they might be less susceptible to vaccines\".\n\nBut he said \"there is no evidence\" that the two variants have transmission advantages over those already in the UK and so having cases here doesn't mean \"they will take off\".\n\nMeanwhile, England's deputy chief medical officer warned that people who have received a Covid-19 vaccine could still pass the virus on to others and should continue following lockdown rules.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam stressed that scientists \"do not yet know the impact of the vaccine on transmission\".\n\nHe said vaccines offer \"hope\" but infection rates must come down quickly.\n\nIt's a key question but the fact is that no one can be sure.\n\nThat's because the trials of the vaccines explored the safety of the drugs and how well they prevent people from becoming ill - with good results for both.\n\nBut they did not investigate whether vaccination also stops infection and therefore whether people who've been immunised can still spread the virus to others.\n\nIf a vaccinated person did become infected, they probably wouldn't realise because they wouldn't have any symptoms. That's why health officials and ministers are so concerned.\n\nIt's possible that the antibodies boosted by the vaccine suppress the effects of the virus but don't eliminate it from the upper airway.\n\nMany scientists are cautiously hopeful that in this scenario, the amount of virus would be reduced but they're waiting for the results of studies under way now.\n\nAnd until there's an answer, it's difficult to calculate how and when it's safe to ease restrictions and allow people to mix again.\n\nA further 610 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Sunday - down from 671 deaths last Sunday - in addition to 30,004 new infections.\n\nThe number of positive cases has fallen for the fourth day in a row and is the lowest figure since before Christmas.\n\nThe death figures tend to be lower on a Sunday and Monday because of weekend lags in reporting of the data.\n\nMeanwhile, more than six million people have had their first dose of a Covid vaccine - with the figure now standing at 6,353,321.\n\nNadhim Zahawi, the minister responsible for the vaccine rollout, said on Twitter that 6,353,321 of the \"most vulnerable and frontline heroes\" had received a first dose of the vaccine, but there was still \"much more to do\".\n\nThere were 4,076 Covid patients in mechanical ventilation beds in UK hospitals as of Friday, according to government data.\n\nThat is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.", "A banned driver in a stolen car who drove into a police officer on his motorbike has been detained for three years at a young offender's institute.\n\nPC Steve Lovering was deliberately hit by Callum Fellows in Oldbury, West Midlands, after recognising him as a car crime suspect, police said.\n\nFellows, 18, admitted dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and assault at Wolverhampton Crown Court.\n\nFootage from 27 August shows Fellows reversing and knocking Mr Lovering off his bike \"sending him sprawling into the road\" before he sped off on the wrong side of the road and through red traffic lights.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The prime minister said he knew pupils and teachers wanted \"nothing more than to get back to the classroom\"\n\nSchools in England will not be able to reopen to all pupils after the February half-term, but could do so from 8 March, the prime minister has said.\n\nBoris Johnson said this was the earliest schools could reopen and \"depends on lots of things going right\".\n\nThe BBC has been told the aim is for all schools and year groups in England to return at the same time.\n\nTheir return would mark the first stage in lifting the lockdown, the PM said.\n\nHe told a Downing Street news conference: \"The date of 8 March is the earliest that we think it is sensible to set for schools to go back and obviously we hope that all schools will go back.\"\n\n\"I'm hopeful, but that's the earliest that we can do it and it depends on lots of things going right, and... it also depends on us all now continuing to work together to drive down the incidence of the disease through the basic methods we've used throughout this pandemic,\" he added.\n\nThere was not enough data yet to decide when to end the lockdown, he said, but intended to set out a plan for how it could be eased - and the criteria involved - in the final week of February\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg described the 8 March date as \"very much a hope and certainly not a guarantee\".\n\nMeanwhile, a further 1,725 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test, according to the latest government figures. The UK's official coronavirus death toll surpassed 100,000 on Tuesday.\n\nMr Johnson told MPs the country remained in a \"perilous situation\" as he said UK nationals and residents arriving from 30 high-risk countries would soon be ordered to quarantine in hotels.\n\nHe revealed a plan for the \"gradual and phased\" lifting of the lockdown in England could come in the week beginning 22 February.\n\nOther restrictions on daily life could be eased after schools reopen, but he explained this would depend on hitting vaccination targets, the capacity of the NHS, and deaths falling.\n\nAn earlier plan for mass testing for pupils and staff remains in place, the BBC has been told.\n\nEngland's schools have been closed to all but vulnerable children and those of key workers since the Christmas break.\n\nIn Scotland, it is hoped schools may begin a phased return in the middle of February.\n\nIn Wales, measures including school and college closures will be reviewed on Friday. In Northern Ireland, a review will take place on Thursday.\n\nThe prime minister said he understood frustration among pupils and teachers \"and for parents and for carers who spent so many months juggling their day jobs, not only with home schooling but meeting the myriad other demands of their children from breakfast until bedtime\".\n\nThe government initially planned to review England's lockdown measures - including school closures - on 15 February, which had raised hopes that pupils could return to classes after half term.\n\nAcknowledging the impact of continued school closures, Mr Johnson pledged to \"work with parents, teachers and schools to develop a long-term plan to make sure that pupils have the chance to make up their learning\" before 2024.\n\nHe said £300m \"of new money to schools\" would fund a catch-up programme over the coming year, with financial incentives for providers to educate pupils who have missed lessons due to the pandemic.\n\nAfter complaints about confusion and drift about when schools in England are going back, Boris Johnson has sought to bring some certainty.\n\nThey won't be going back straight after half term - but the target date will be 8 March.\n\nSources say the aim is for all schools and year groups in England, in primary and secondary, to return back on that date - rather than it being the starting date of a phased or regional return.\n\nAlthough that could be subject to any changes in local Covid-19 levels.\n\nWhen schools do go back it is expected there will be mass testing for pupils and staff, in the scheme initially planned for the start of term.\n\nIt still leaves parents home schooling for another five weeks - and means most of this term will have been without face-to-face lessons.\n\nThis will be a particular worry for pupils heading for whatever replaces GCSEs and A-levels this summer, after almost a full year of stop-start lessons.\n\nHead teachers say the delay is \"no surprise\" - and reopening must be done safely.\n\nAnd Labour says half term should be used to vaccinate teachers to help schools stay open.\n\nBut the prime minister will hope that parents would rather have some clarity about what's happening with schools, even if that means a longer delay.\n\nTeachers' and head teachers' unions said they supported reopening schools but added that it must be safe and not rushed.\n\nMary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said that although the most vulnerable would be protected by March, most parents would not be.\n\n\"It fails completely to recognise the role schools have played in community transmission. The prime minister has already forgotten what he told the nation at the beginning of this lockdown, that schools are a 'vector for transmission',\" she said.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said the government needs to work with head teachers to review safety measures and create a \"workable plan\" for schools to reopen fully.\n\n\"The government will also have to put effort into reassuring families that it is safe to send their children back to school - there is a confidence test the government must pass to make the return a success,\" he said.\n• None How are Covid rules changing across UK schools?", "Times Radio's Tom Newton-Dunn asked about transmission rates in people given the vaccine Image caption: Times Radio's Tom Newton-Dunn asked about transmission rates in people given the vaccine\n\nTom Newton Dunn from Times Radio asks what we know so far about the rate at which people who have had the vaccine can transmit coronavirus.\n\nJonathan Van Tam says there is no clear data on how the vaccine impacts transmission of coronavirus but there are studies working on finding out and we will have that information in time.\n\nHe said the question is less \"will they\" and more \"to what extent\" do they stop transmission.\n\nSir Patrick Vallance says \"you don't have vaccines of this efficacy without there being some effect on transmission\".\n\nHe says it's an important question as \"it will also determine to what extent these vaccines can be used across wider society to reduce transmission overall\".\n\nNewton Dunn asks how the prime minister came to the date of 8 March to reopen schools and whether it would have been \"wiser to wait until you were sure\".\n\nThe prime minister says the date depends on the vaccines working in reducing mortality and serious disease.... and we need to make sure the infection rate is in the right place.\n\n\"We will keep it all under constant review,\" he says.", "Already 100,000 people in the UK have died with Covid, according to the official count. The idea of 100,000 deaths is hard for many of us to comprehend. But each was a human being who lived and loved in their own unique way. This is the story of one of them.\n\nBy 3:01am, alone in a hospital room, Ann Fitzgerald reached for her phone. This would be her last chance to contact her husband of four decades, the man she'd raised two children with, her Tony - to Ann, he was always her Tony.\n\nThe couple had made a pact. So long as Ann was in hospital with Covid, Tony would spend his nights dozing upright in a chair at their bungalow in Pewfall, Merseyside. That way, he would wake up if there was a message alert.\n\nIt wasn't much of a sacrifice, Tony thought, not when the woman he'd loved for 47 years was all by herself and frightened. And besides, each time his phone bleeped Tony would know she was still alive, and silently he'd thank the stars.\n\nAnd so in the early hours of Tuesday 7 April, Ann's last message arrived. She'd summoned the energy to take a farewell selfie as she lay in bed wearing an oxygen mask. \"She must have thought: 'Here's something so you won't forget me,'\" says Tony.\n\nTwo-and-a-half hours later, Ann was dead. She was 65, a mother, a wife, a neighbour, a colleague and a friend, and one of 999 people in the UK who died that day with the novel coronavirus.\n\nSoon after the hospital rang and told Tony of her death, he was at her bedside, dressed from head to toe in PPE. No visitors had been allowed to see her while she was alive, but now she was gone it was apparently fine - for reasons he didn't understand.\n\nTony wept as he apologised to his wife's lifeless body for letting her go like this, with no loved ones by her side. Then he turned and cursed the sterile white hospital ceiling and walls, because they'd been with her at the end and he hadn't.\n\nBack then, few could have imagined the UK's death toll would reach 100,000, or anything close to it.\n\nAt that point, the tally stood at 10,000; three weeks previously the UK government's Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance had said limiting the final figure to twice that sum would be a \"good outcome\".\n\nNow, 10 months on, the total number of people in the UK who have died within 28 days of a coronavirus diagnosis has increased tenfold, while UK excess deaths in 2020 were at their highest level since World War Two. The UK has had one of the highest rates of recorded coronavirus deaths in the world so far.\n\nBy any measure, 100,000 is a devastating amount, roughly equivalent to two Premier League football grounds, or the number of people who attend the Reading festival every year. For many people, the sheer scale of loss conveyed by the figure will be impossible to grasp.\n\n\"Numbers with lots of zeros are very difficult to interpret, and can be made to look large or small,\" says Sir David Spiegelhalter, a statistician at the University of Cambridge.\n\n\"If I say that 100,000 deaths is two months' worth of normal mortality, then it may not look so bad. If I say that it is more than all the [UK] civilian deaths in WW2, or as if everyone in a city the size of Durham got killed, then it sounds worse. It is challenging to adequately convey such a large number of individual tragedies.\"\n\nBut while many may have become numb to the daily death figures, behind every statistic is a real life lost - a real life like Ann's. \"That is why this arbitrary numerical milestone is important,\" says Hetan Shah, chief executive of the British Academy and a former executive director of the Royal Statistical Society. \"It is a chance to reflect again on the terrible toll this pandemic has taken on so many British families.\"\n\nIn a Manchester nightclub one evening in 1973, 18-year-old Tony felt a tap on his arm. It was Ann, a year his senior, whom he knew by sight as a barmaid in one of the city-centre pubs he sometimes drank in. She'd always stood out to him, with her olive skin and striking good looks, but he'd never dared imagine she might be interested in him romantically.\n\n\"I'm here with that fella over there,\" she told him, gesturing towards across the room. \"But I don't like him and I don't know what to do.\"\n\nTony walked over to Ann's date and told him to clear off. Then Tony returned to Ann, and the two of them had a drink together, and then another. Before long they were a couple and Tony decided he was the luckiest man in the world.\n\nSoon he learned all about Ann's background. Her Lithuanian-born Jewish father had died when she was two years old, and with her mother unable to cope she'd been passed between relatives throughout her childhood. By 16 she was living in a bedsit, supporting herself with waitressing and bar work - she'd also been employed at the legendary art-deco Kardoma café on Market Street and at George Best's nightclub, Oscar's.\n\n\"As a consequence of her upbringing she was really, really independent,\" says Tony. \"She was really good at talking to people, and she was sharp - the sharpest, wittiest person I've ever met.\"\n\nThey rented a flat in Fallowfield together and made it their home. After Ann was offered relief work running bars around Manchester, Tony quit his job as a sales rep to join her. Eventually, in 1981, they took on their own pub. It was in what was then a tough part of Salford, but Ann had grown up nearby and knew how to handle the local characters: \"She could have you in stitches, but she could throw you a look, and you knew you had to behave yourself,\" Tony says.\n\nThe couple were offered the chance to take on another pub in Sale Moor. They thought they were going upmarket, but it turned out to be quite the reverse; Tony would joke that he should take away all the tables and chairs and install a boxing ring instead.\n\nBut Ann wasn't intimidated by anyone. According to Tony, when a notorious local villain turned up and demanded a free drink, Ann stood her ground: \"My husband's name is above the front door, and he pays for his drinks, so you're going to pay for yours,\" she told him. Impressed, the villain ended up buying one for Ann instead.\n\nShe and Tony knew it was time to quit when burglars broke in one night while their baby daughter slept in her cot upstairs. Tony went back on the road as a salesman; Ann worked variously as a debt counsellor, an incident manager for the RAC, and a sales trainer at a cotton firm. Their children, Gary, and Rachel, never once heard them argue, Tony says.\n\nFor six years the couple had a stall at Altrincham Market selling women's clothes. \"People would come, not necessarily to buy something - they just wanted to see Ann,\" says Tony. \"And as a consequence, they'd buy something they didn't really want.\" Each time this happened, Ann would give Tony a wink.\n\nBy the start of 2020, Ann and Tony were looking forward to a long retirement together. Both their children had left home, and they'd recently moved to the bungalow. The news broadcasts had begun describing a deadly pandemic that had spread from China. But Ann wasn't leaving the house much while she recovered from an operation to replace both hips.\n\nThen one Thursday in March she went for a haircut; she asked for the colour to be darkened slightly too, and when he first saw her afterwards Tony told her how much he loved it. Ann mentioned that the hairdresser had been coughing.\n\nThree days later, Ann began coughing too, and soon afterwards so did Tony. But with a fever, she felt worse, and within a few more days she was barely able to stand. She asked Tony to call 999.\n\nThe paramedics helped her to the ambulance. It haunts Tony now that he didn't hug or kiss her as they said goodbye. \"Neither of us thought for one moment that it would be the last day I would ever see her alive,\" he says. She told him they'd probably give her antibiotics and he could come and pick her up in a few hours.\n\nBut later that day she phoned him to say the doctors suspected Covid and they would be keeping her in. As in many hospitals during the first wave, no visiting was allowed.\n\nTony could only stay in touch with her by phone. When a doctor told him the next 24 hours were critical, he didn't tell Ann, because he knew how scared she was already by then.\n\nBut he did pass on something else the medic had said - that they were deeply impressed by her upbeat attitude and fighting spirit. Tony told her, too, that he believed she would be home soon: \"I had to say that to keep her fighting, and fight she did for 10 days.\"\n\nThe last time they spoke was Saturday 4 April. Ann told Tony she thought she'd turned a corner; she'd eaten a sandwich and some yoghurt. After that, talking became too difficult for her; she wasn't in intensive care but the mask she wore to help her breathe was getting in the way.\n\nThree days after their last conversation, Tony was sitting in a white hospital room beside Ann's body. He sat with her there for an hour. He didn't just apologise, he also promised he'd make sure she was remembered properly. When it was time to leave, a nurse gave him a booklet about bereavement and a black bag in which to put Ann's belongings. Tony carried them along a hospital corridor, wondering how he would tell Gary and Rachel their mum was dead.\n\nThere are eight photographs of Ann in Tony's living room. In each of them she looks full of joy. \"Every time I look around, there's a picture of Ann somewhere,\" Tony says. \"She's smiling and I'm thinking, 'If only I could turn back the clock.' But I can't, you know, and nor can all those other families and relations, either.\"\n\nNearly 10 months after Ann's death, Tony finds himself resenting the home he's been left alone inside. If they hadn't moved there, he reasons, Ann wouldn't have gone to that hairdresser's that day and caught the virus - she'd still be alive, perhaps.\n\nHe feels robbed of the 20 additional years he hoped they'd spend together, as surely will thousands of other bereaved relatives. While the impact on the very oldest has been widely recognised, those who might have looked forward to a long retirement have been badly hit, too - during the pandemic, around 15% of all UK fatalities with Covid mentioned on the death certificate have been among those aged 65-74.\n\nTony desperately wishes his life would go back to how it was, but knows it won't.\n\nAnn's funeral didn't give him any closure. Tony would rather she had been buried, but the undertaker warned him to hurry - extra restrictions could be introduced any time - so he took the date that was offered by the crematorium.\n\nAs it was, under the rules that were already in force, only 10 mourners were permitted, spaced out around the chapel. No flowers or photographs on display, no hugging.\n\nTony understood why all this was necessary - but it wasn't the celebration of Ann's bright, gregarious, love-filled life that he thought she deserved. He'd have to plan another one when all this was over.\n\nAs the months went on, Tony joined online Covid support groups. It helped talking to others who understood how it felt to have lost someone. There was the family of a 19-year-old boy. A woman who was mourning both her mum and her dad. Another woman whose husband had died in the car as she drove him to hospital.\n\nHe thought of these stories each time he switched on the news and watched the Covid mortality figures climb higher and higher. Behind these cold statistics were human lives. And each was as unique as Ann, with a personality and backstory entirely of their own.\n\nIt would have been Ann and Tony's 41st wedding anniversary on 6 October, the day before the six-month anniversary of her death. The following month, a few days after the UK's Covid death toll reached 50,000, Tony once again felt Ann's absence bitterly on what would have been her 66th birthday.\n\n\"Christmas was a nightmare for me,\" he says. Under the rules for the festive season, Gary and Rachel and their partners were able to be there with him, and cooking lunch kept him busy most of the day. But afterwards, when he was on his own again, the reality hit that another celebration had gone by without Ann beside him, and Tony sat down and sobbed.\n\nFor millions the arrival of the Covid vaccines has brought hope, but it is a cold comfort for those who have lost someone. If every one of the 100,000 were loved by a dozen people, \"that's a million people in Britain who have been bereaved\", says the bioethicist and sociologist Prof Sir Tom Shakespeare. \"We need a national monument, some form of remembering.\"\n\nTony is not one of those who will find it hard to grasp the significance of this bleak milestone.\n\n\"To me it's 100,000 poor souls fighting for breath, and they've not had a hug from anyone in their family,\" he says. \"There's a name - there's a person behind that number. And then they've passed away, and the family goes through the grief that I've been through - the numbness, the shock, the anguish and the pain to come.\"", "Microsoft has reported booming demand for its Xbox gaming consoles as the pandemic continues to lift the fortunes of the American tech giant.\n\nIts Azure cloud computing services also got a boost due to a surge in working and learning from home.\n\nThe gains helped push the firm's overall revenue up 17% to a record $43.1bn (£31.4bn).\n\nBut its growth came as the virus continues to weigh on other industries.\n\nMicrosoft boss Satya Nadella said the firm is benefiting from a long-term shift in behaviour.\n\n\"What we have witnessed over the past year is the dawn of a second wave of digital transformation sweeping every company and every industry,\" he said.\n\nXbox sales jumped 40% in the three months to 31 December while Azure services soared 50%.\n\nThe virus continues to weigh on industries outside of tech\n\nThe pandemic has prompted many firms to switch to remote working, while keeping many entertainment options outside of the home off-limits.\n\nMicrosoft has seized on the changes, focusing energy on updating its remote work software options.\n\nThe firm also released two new Xbox consoles in November, helping to boost the performance of its personal computing unit.\n\nMicrosoft's gaming business topped $5bn in quarterly sales for the first time ever due to gaming subscriptions and sales as well as new consoles.\n\nThe firm said profits in the quarter rose 33% compared with last year to $15.5bn.\n\nIts shares - which climbed roughly 40% last year - were up another 4% in after-hours trade,\n\n\"These were blow out numbers that will be another feather in the cap for the tech sector as the cloud growth party is just getting started,\" said Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities.\n\nBut the gains enjoyed by tech firms like Microsoft stand in contrast to the ongoing struggles seen in other industries such as hospitality, retail and travel.\n\nCoffee chain Starbucks on Tuesday said its sales in the last three months of 2020 fell roughly 5% compared to 2019, driven by a drop in business in the US where concerns about Covid-19 have prompted authorities to urge people to stay at home.\n\nIn China, where the virus is under more control, sales rose 5%, the company said.\n\nThe firm said it expected business to return to growth in the next few months, including in the critical US market.\n\nBut profits in the quarter dropped 30% to $622.2m compared with last year, sending the firm's shares lower in after-hours trade.", "Apple sales have hit another record, as families loaded up on the firm's latest phones, laptops and gadgets during the Christmas period.\n\nSales in the last three months of 2020 hit more than $111bn (£81bn) - up 21% from the prior year.\n\nThe gains come as the pandemic pushes more activity online, fuelling demand for new technology.\n\nApple now counts more than 1.65 billion active devices globally, including more than 1 billion iPhones.\n\nApple's gains follow the release of its new iPhone 12 suite of phones, which executives said had convinced a record number of people to switch to the company or upgrade from older models.\n\nThe firm said growth in China - where the pandemic has already loosened its grip on the economy - was particularly strong, helped in part by demand for phones compatible with new 5G networks.\n\nSales in the firm's greater China region, which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, jumped 57%. In Europe, sales roles 17%, and they rose 11% in the Americas.\n\n\"The products are doing very well all around the world,\" said Luca Maestri, Apple's chief financial officer. \"As we look ahead into the March quarter, we're very optimistic.\"\n\nAnalyst Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities said he thought the firm was just at the beginning of a \"super-cycle\" as Apple devotees finally trade in old phones, coinciding with upgrades to telecommunications networks.\n\n\"With 5G now in the cards and roughly 40% of its 'golden jewel' iPhone installed base not upgrading their phones in the last 3.5 years, [Apple chief Tim] Cook & Co have the stage set for a renaissance of growth,\" he wrote.\n\nBig Tech is having an exceptionally lucrative pandemic.\n\nIt's hard not to be wowed by some of these figures.\n\nThat Apple recorded more than $100bn in sales in just three months is simply astonishing.\n\nFacebook figures are also well up on where they were last year.\n\nAs other companies have struggled to survive, Big Tech has flourished.\n\nThere are other reasons for some of these incredible figures. Certainly it seems iPhone enthusiasts were holding out for the new 5G enabled iPhone12.\n\nBut it's not just Apple and Facebook, all of the massive tech companies are having a bumper year.\n\nCovid-19 means people are spending more time indoors - buying things online, watching things online and chatting online.\n\nPerhaps then it's no surprise that these companies are posting record breaking figures.\n\nBut others point to these figures as yet more evidence that Big Tech has become too big to fail.\n\nThese figures are impressive. But they also attract the attention of politicians who are increasingly asking difficult questions - like are these tech mega companies operating in a market that is fair and with enough competition?\n\nApple said profits in the quarter reached nearly $28.8bn, up 29% compared with the same quarter last year.\n\nThe gains seen by technology firms like Apple contrast with losses hitting many other economic sectors, as the virus restricts activity and keeps shoppers at home.\n\nOther tech firms, such as Microsoft and Facebook, have also enjoyed strong growth.\n\nFacebook on Wednesday said increased online shopping during the pandemic helped lift ad revenue in the quarter by 30%.\n\nThe number of people active on its apps - which also include WhatsApp and Instagram - also rose to 2.6 billion daily, up 15% compared to 2019.\n\nIt said ad spending could slow as the Covid crisis relaxes and shopper appetite returns for services like travel rather than products.\n\nIt also warned that plans by Apple to change how it shares user data could weigh on growth.", "The ink and watercolour maps are believed to have been created the year after the battle\n\nHand-drawn, Elizabethan-era maps depicting the Spanish Armada have been saved for the nation after £600,000 was raised to buy them.\n\nThe 10 maps, believed to have been drawn the year after the famous battle of 1588, were sold to an overseas buyer in July but an export ban was imposed.\n\nThe National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) in Portsmouth raised the money in eight weeks.\n\nIt is now seeking further funds to put the maps on display for the first time.\n\nIt is believed the drawings, completed by an unknown draughtsman, possibly from the Netherlands, were based on a set of engravings from the same year by Elizabethan cartographer Robert Adams.\n\nIn the summer of 1588 the Spanish Armada set sail for England after decades of hostility between Spain's Catholic King Philip II and the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I.\n\nIt is regarded as one of the most significant naval battles in history, when the English fleet of 66 ships defeated the Armada, twice its size, by sailing fire ships into its formation off Calais.\n\nThe English fleet defeated the Spanish Armada in the English Channel in 1588\n\nThe ink and watercolour maps were sold for £600,000, but culture minister Caroline Dinenage imposed an export ban until January and called for a museum or institution to raise funds to purchase them.\n\nNMRN director general Prof Dominic Tweddle said members of the public had \"dug deep in extremely difficult times\".\n\nThe target was reached with the help of £212,800 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and £200,000 from the Art Fund.\n\nMs Dinenage said: \"The export bar system exists so we can keep nationally important works in the country and I am delighted that, thanks to the tireless work of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, the Armada maps will now go on display to educate and inspire future generations.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Chris Whitty said it was a very sad day, as the UK surpassed 100,000 Covid deaths\n\nThe number of daily coronavirus deaths in the UK is likely to come down \"relatively slowly\", England's chief medical officer has warned.\n\nProf Chris Whitty said the UK was going to see \"a lot more deaths\" over the next few weeks before the effects of the vaccination programme were felt.\n\nCurrent restrictions were \"just about holding\" in lowering infection rates, he told a Downing Street briefing.\n\nIt comes as the UK surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday.\n\nA further 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nAnd 20,089 coronavirus cases were reported on Tuesday, continuing a downward trend in the number of UK cases seen in recent days.\n\nProf Whitty told a Downing Street news conference the rolling seven-day average for deaths was 1,242 - \"an incredibly high number\" - and unlikely to come down quickly.\n\n\"I think we have to be realistic that the rate of mortality, the number of people dying a day, will come down relatively slowly over the next two weeks - and will probably be flat for a while now.\"\n\nProf Whitty said the number of people testing positive for coronavirus was \"still at a very high number, but it has been coming down\".\n\nBut he cautioned against relaxing restrictions \"too early\", as Office for National Statistics data showed a \"rather slower\" decrease.\n\nThe number of people in hospital with Covid-19 in the UK had \"flattened off\", he said, but was still an \"incredibly high number\" and \"substantially above the peak in April\".\n\nProf Whitty said the new, more transmissible variant discovered in the south east of England at the end of last year had altered the UK's situation \"very substantially\" and had made it \"much harder\" to bring infection levels down.\n\n\"We were worried two weeks ago that the measures we have at the moment were not enough to hold this new variant,\" he told the news conference.\n\n\"I think what the data I showed you at the beginning of the slide sessions shows is that the rates are just about holding with the new variant, with what everybody's doing.\n\n\"It's going to be much harder because of this new variant and I think we have to be realistic about that.\"\n\nSir Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said that more than a quarter of a million severely ill coronavirus patients have been looked after in hospital since the pandemic started last year.\n\n\"This is not a year that anybody is going to want to remember nor is it a year that across the health service any of us will ever forget,\" he said.\n\nThe daily Covid figures have seen the number of deaths top 100,000. But they also contain some signs of hope.\n\nJust over 20,000 new infections have been reported - down from 22,000 yesterday.\n\nThis compares to an average of 60,000 at the start of the year.\n\nIt is a sharp fall, although Prof Whitty cautions it may actually be a little slower than that.\n\nNot everyone who is infected comes forward for testing and the government surveillance programme which involves random testing of the population suggests the fall has not been quite so great.\n\nNonetheless, it is clear the infection rate is coming down - and that offers hope.\n\nHospital cases have plateaued and should soon start falling. That will eventually lead to a reduction in the number of deaths.\n\nThen, in February, the vaccination programme should start having an impact, leading, hopefully, to a rapid drop in deaths.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson told the briefing the coronavirus infection rate remained \"pretty forbiddingly high\" to ease lockdown restrictions, which have been in place in England since 5 January.\n\nBut he said \"at a certain stage we will want to be getting things open\".\n\nHe added: \"What I will be doing in the course of the next few days and weeks is setting out in more detail, as soon as we can, when and how we want to get things open again.\"\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons - including for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nMeanwhile, the epidemiologist whose modelling prompted the UK government to impose the first lockdown has told BBC Radio 4's PM he believes more action in autumn last year could have \"drastically reduced\" the number of lives lost in the second wave - some 60,000.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson said: \"They couldn't have been eliminated, but they could have been drastically reduced by earlier action, unfortunately.\n\n\"How much is difficult to judge, the new variant was unpredictable and did change our understanding of how much was needed to control spread, but we did just let the autumn wave get to far, far too high infection levels.\"\n\nReacting to the UK's death toll, Mr Johnson said he took \"full responsibility\" for the government's actions, but added: \"We truly did everything we could.\"", "Parents are struggling with the sense of uncertainty, says psychologist\n\nHome schooling can be tough. It's difficult to concentrate, there's emotional exhaustion, boredom, a lack of motivation and it's really hard not going out to see friends. And that's just the parents.\n\nThis winter lockdown is taking its toll on families, now struggling even more on the black ice of uncertainty as no-one can say when schools in England are going to reopen for most pupils again.\n\n\"There's a sense of fatigue,\" says Jacqueline Smallwood, who is at home with three secondary-school children. She says her own \"concentration levels have fallen dramatically\".\n\n\"It's so repetitive that it just makes you feel tired,\" she says of the latest lockdown and the \"silent struggle\" facing both parents and their children to try to get motivated.\n\nHome school shows no sign of coming to an early end\n\nThere might have been some guilty enjoyment at the start of the year when the school term was initially delayed, not having to get up and out on cold January mornings.\n\nUntil it dawned on them that this was becoming something much longer than a few weeks.\n\nIt's morphed from early January to half term in mid-February and now maybe Easter in early April or even later. And Jacqueline says, as a matter of \"respect\", parents need to know what's happening about schools.\n\nThe confusion over a return date seems to have further frayed the nerves of parents.\n\nThe mother, who lives outside Canterbury in Kent, says she worries about the pressures building up on young people.\n\nFor teenagers like her sons, she says this \"should be a pivotal time in their lives,\" when they're beginning to get some independence and when social lives are hugely important - but instead they're stuck inside with their parents.\n\n\"We can't live like the Waltons forever,\" she says, referencing the US TV series of a folksy family relying on each other.\n\nJacqueline says families are finding this latest lockdown tougher than the spring or summer\n\nThe first lockdown created an unexpected sense of togetherness, an \"enforced bonding\" that she says turned out to be a \"massive positive\".\n\nBut Jacqueline, who works as a writer, sees no such upside to the latest lockdown. There is a collective frustration - and she says it has been made even worse by the confusion about when schools will go back.\n\nThe online home-schooling seems to be working, she says, with teachers trying to boost the enthusiasm levels, but it's no real substitute for being in school. And she wants much more clarity about when they will go back.\n\n\"I've tried not to be political about decisions being made, but you can't help but feel disappointed. They don't seem to understand how real people are living,\" she says.\n\nShe says when politicians say maybe schools will or won't be back by Easter, they don't realise how much that uncertainty affects families trying to plan for what comes next.\n\nEducational psychologist Dan O'Hare says the \"key word is 'uncertainty'\".\n\nLiving on a laptop can take its toll on parents having to work and home school their children\n\nNot knowing what is coming next adds to the pressure, he says, and children out of school are already facing big unknowns such as what's going to happen about exams or when will they see their friends and teachers.\n\n\"It's really stressful for children and their families,\" says Dr O'Hare, who is co-chair of the British Psychological Society's division for educational and child psychology. \"They need a sense of a plan.\"\n\nThis lockdown is also in the depths of winter - and he says employers need to think about making sure staff working from home are able to take a break in daylight hours, so that families can get outside.\n\nIt's no use asking parents to answer work emails all day and expect them to go out when it's dark.\n\nSchools have been providing more online lessons in this lockdown\n\nFor some families it has got very difficult.\n\n\"It's affected her emotionally a lot,\" says Dave in Bolton, who is worrying about his six-year-old daughter, who has been crying because she misses her friends.\n\n\"It's awful, you can't put a positive spin on it. She's at that age where she's enjoying her friends, becoming more socialised,\" he told BBC 5 Live.\n\n\"She's quite a confident little girl and I can't help worry that being stuck at home is going to impact her in the longer term.\"\n\nThe father says many of her classmates are still going into school - and that makes it even harder when she sees her friends on school Zoom calls.\n\nEmployers should make sure that parents' working hours allow them to get out in daylight, says psychologist\n\nJen Locke in Newcastle makes the point that women can often be \"the most adversely affected by the decision to keep schools closed\".\n\nShe says home schooling has \"fallen squarely on my shoulders\", helping her children in the day and then shifting her work with an IT company into the evening, so it's an early start through to a very late finish.\n\n\"It's a huge mental strain… I'm knackered from it all,\" she says, right down to trying to get children to bed who aren't tired because they're not going out.\n\nA lockdown weariness seems to be out there, despite the best efforts of schools.\n\nSimon Armstrong in Bristol, whose son is in secondary school, says: \"Virtual lessons, no matter how well delivered, are a woeful substitute for real lessons.\"\n\n\"I am at the end of my tether,\" he says.\n\nThe Department for Education said: \"We are committed to reopening schools as soon as the public health picture allows, and will inform schools, parents and pupils of plans ahead of February half term.\"\n\nBut Labour has accused the government of causing \"chaos and confusion\" for parents and schools.\n\nThe National Association of Head Teachers said: \"Now is the moment for calm heads to decide on a sustainable return to school, not another chaotic and last-minute set of decisions that could easily result in a yo-yo return to lockdown.\"", "The Army sent a bomb disposal unit to Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine producer Wockhardt's unit\n\nProduction of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has resumed at a plant after it was suspended when a suspicious package was received.\n\nThe Wockhardt UK plant on Wrexham Industrial Estate was evacuated and the Army sent a bomb disposal unit.\n\nPolice said the package had been made safe and its contents would be \"taken away for analysis\".\n\nWockhardt said staff had been allowed to return and its production schedule had not been affected.\n\nBoth Downing Street and Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford had been receiving updates on the incident since police were called at about 10:40 GMT.\n\nA police cordon was put in place near the plant and the public were asked to keep away. There are no reports of any injuries.\n\n\"There are no wider concerns for public safety, however, some roads on the industrial estate will remain closed whilst we continue our investigations,\" North Wales Police said in a statement.\n\nPolice have asked the public to keep away from the site in Wrexham\n\nForensic police officers were seen examining items on the road outside the plant, which remained closed after the cordon had been lifted.\n\nWockhardt UK said: \"We can confirm that the investigation on the suspicious package received today has been concluded.\n\n\"Given that staff safety is our main priority, manufacturing was temporarily paused whilst this took place safely.\n\n\"We can now confirm that the package was made safe and staff are now being allowed back into the facility.\n\n\"This temporary suspension of manufacturing has in no way affected our production schedule and we are grateful to the authorities and experts for their swift response and resolution of the incident.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn an earlier statement, the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company confirmed it had \"partially evacuated\" its site to protect staff.\n\nThe Wrexham plant has the capability to produce about 300 million doses of the vaccine a year.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, John Roberts, who runs CMS Wrexham Ltd, next door to the plant, said he heard a \"big bang\" at about 11:35 GMT - although he could not say where the noise came from.\n\n\"We're next door to Wockhardt. Three of us were talking then we heard a hell of an explosion or a bang,\" he said.\n\n\"I went outside, couldn't see anything. I looked the other side and two blokes were on the roof.\n\n\"The next thing the police had blocked off the road and were looking in the bushes.\"\n\nPolice were at the scene on Wrexham Industrial Estate for most of the day\n\nA police cordon had been put in place near the Wockhardt plant\n\nHis son Mark Roberts said: \"The police just closed the road off and we've heard there's a bomb disposal unit.\n\n\"They've been here about an hour or so - we're on tenterhooks.\n\n\"Boris Johnson toured the factory around December time, so I wonder if that's raised the profile, as it's where they make the Oxford vaccine.\"\n\nThe Wrexham plant has the capability to produce about 300 million doses of the vaccine a year\n\nDave Picken, 53, who lives near Wrexham Industrial Estate, said: \"We've seen lots of police cars and a fire engine.\n\n\"Bomb disposal are here with a robot. We were closer to the factory but police told us to move and cordoned off a bigger area.\n\n\"I did ask an officer how big the bomb is but he said he couldn't say it's a bomb.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson saw the production line for vaccines when he visited the factory\n\nVisiting the plant in November, Prime Minister Boris Johnson it could provide \"salvation for humanity\".\n\nWockhardt UK entered an agreement in August to help prepare the vaccine for distribution.\n\nWhen the company's contract was announced, Ravi Limaye, managing director, said: \"We are immensely proud to have been selected to partner with the UK government on this project.\n\n\"We have a sophisticated sterile manufacturing facility and a highly skilled workforce.\"\n\nOn Thursday, Wrexham council leader Mark Pritchard said teams had worked to ensure the vaccine was not lost in the floods.\n\nThe Welsh Government said there had been \"no adverse effects\" on the coronavirus vaccine roll-out.", "Already 100,000 people in the UK have died with Covid, according to the official count. The idea of 100,000 deaths is hard for many of us to comprehend. But each was a human being who lived and loved in their own unique way. This is the story of one of them.\n\nBy 3:01am, alone in a hospital room, Ann Fitzgerald reached for her phone. This would be her last chance to contact her husband of four decades, the man she'd raised two children with, her Tony - to Ann, he was always her Tony.\n\nThe couple had made a pact. So long as Ann was in hospital with Covid, Tony would spend his nights dozing upright in a chair at their bungalow in Pewfall, Merseyside. That way, he would wake up if there was a message alert.\n\nIt wasn't much of a sacrifice, Tony thought, not when the woman he'd loved for 47 years was all by herself and frightened. And besides, each time his phone bleeped Tony would know she was still alive, and silently he'd thank the stars.\n\nAnd so in the early hours of Tuesday 7 April, Ann's last message arrived. She'd summoned the energy to take a farewell selfie as she lay in bed wearing an oxygen mask. \"She must have thought: 'Here's something so you won't forget me,'\" says Tony.\n\nTwo-and-a-half hours later, Ann was dead. She was 65, a mother, a wife, a neighbour, a colleague and a friend, and one of 999 people in the UK who died that day with the novel coronavirus.\n\nSoon after the hospital rang and told Tony of her death, he was at her bedside, dressed from head to toe in PPE. No visitors had been allowed to see her while she was alive, but now she was gone it was apparently fine - for reasons he didn't understand.\n\nTony wept as he apologised to his wife's lifeless body for letting her go like this, with no loved ones by her side. Then he turned and cursed the sterile white hospital ceiling and walls, because they'd been with her at the end and he hadn't.\n\nBack then, few could have imagined the UK's death toll would reach 100,000, or anything close to it.\n\nAt that point, the tally stood at 10,000; three weeks previously the UK government's Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance had said limiting the final figure to twice that sum would be a \"good outcome\".\n\nNow, 10 months on, the total number of people in the UK who have died within 28 days of a coronavirus diagnosis has increased tenfold, while UK excess deaths in 2020 were at their highest level since World War Two. The UK has had one of the highest rates of recorded coronavirus deaths in the world so far.\n\nBy any measure, 100,000 is a devastating amount, roughly equivalent to two Premier League football grounds, or the number of people who attend the Reading festival every year. For many people, the sheer scale of loss conveyed by the figure will be impossible to grasp.\n\n\"Numbers with lots of zeros are very difficult to interpret, and can be made to look large or small,\" says Sir David Spiegelhalter, a statistician at the University of Cambridge.\n\n\"If I say that 100,000 deaths is two months' worth of normal mortality, then it may not look so bad. If I say that it is more than all the [UK] civilian deaths in WW2, or as if everyone in a city the size of Durham got killed, then it sounds worse. It is challenging to adequately convey such a large number of individual tragedies.\"\n\nBut while many may have become numb to the daily death figures, behind every statistic is a real life lost - a real life like Ann's. \"That is why this arbitrary numerical milestone is important,\" says Hetan Shah, chief executive of the British Academy and a former executive director of the Royal Statistical Society. \"It is a chance to reflect again on the terrible toll this pandemic has taken on so many British families.\"\n\nIn a Manchester nightclub one evening in 1973, 18-year-old Tony felt a tap on his arm. It was Ann, a year his senior, whom he knew by sight as a barmaid in one of the city-centre pubs he sometimes drank in. She'd always stood out to him, with her olive skin and striking good looks, but he'd never dared imagine she might be interested in him romantically.\n\n\"I'm here with that fella over there,\" she told him, gesturing towards across the room. \"But I don't like him and I don't know what to do.\"\n\nTony walked over to Ann's date and told him to clear off. Then Tony returned to Ann, and the two of them had a drink together, and then another. Before long they were a couple and Tony decided he was the luckiest man in the world.\n\nSoon he learned all about Ann's background. Her Lithuanian-born Jewish father had died when she was two years old, and with her mother unable to cope she'd been passed between relatives throughout her childhood. By 16 she was living in a bedsit, supporting herself with waitressing and bar work - she'd also been employed at the legendary art-deco Kardoma café on Market Street and at George Best's nightclub, Oscar's.\n\n\"As a consequence of her upbringing she was really, really independent,\" says Tony. \"She was really good at talking to people, and she was sharp - the sharpest, wittiest person I've ever met.\"\n\nThey rented a flat in Fallowfield together and made it their home. After Ann was offered relief work running bars around Manchester, Tony quit his job as a sales rep to join her. Eventually, in 1981, they took on their own pub. It was in what was then a tough part of Salford, but Ann had grown up nearby and knew how to handle the local characters: \"She could have you in stitches, but she could throw you a look, and you knew you had to behave yourself,\" Tony says.\n\nThe couple were offered the chance to take on another pub in Sale Moor. They thought they were going upmarket, but it turned out to be quite the reverse; Tony would joke that he should take away all the tables and chairs and install a boxing ring instead.\n\nBut Ann wasn't intimidated by anyone. According to Tony, when a notorious local villain turned up and demanded a free drink, Ann stood her ground: \"My husband's name is above the front door, and he pays for his drinks, so you're going to pay for yours,\" she told him. Impressed, the villain ended up buying one for Ann instead.\n\nShe and Tony knew it was time to quit when burglars broke in one night while their baby daughter slept in her cot upstairs. Tony went back on the road as a salesman; Ann worked variously as a debt counsellor, an incident manager for the RAC, and a sales trainer at a cotton firm. Their children, Gary, and Rachel, never once heard them argue, Tony says.\n\nFor six years the couple had a stall at Altrincham Market selling women's clothes. \"People would come, not necessarily to buy something - they just wanted to see Ann,\" says Tony. \"And as a consequence, they'd buy something they didn't really want.\" Each time this happened, Ann would give Tony a wink.\n\nBy the start of 2020, Ann and Tony were looking forward to a long retirement together. Both their children had left home, and they'd recently moved to the bungalow. The news broadcasts had begun describing a deadly pandemic that had spread from China. But Ann wasn't leaving the house much while she recovered from an operation to replace both hips.\n\nThen one Thursday in March she went for a haircut; she asked for the colour to be darkened slightly too, and when he first saw her afterwards Tony told her how much he loved it. Ann mentioned that the hairdresser had been coughing.\n\nThree days later, Ann began coughing too, and soon afterwards so did Tony. But with a fever, she felt worse, and within a few more days she was barely able to stand. She asked Tony to call 999.\n\nThe paramedics helped her to the ambulance. It haunts Tony now that he didn't hug or kiss her as they said goodbye. \"Neither of us thought for one moment that it would be the last day I would ever see her alive,\" he says. She told him they'd probably give her antibiotics and he could come and pick her up in a few hours.\n\nBut later that day she phoned him to say the doctors suspected Covid and they would be keeping her in. As in many hospitals during the first wave, no visiting was allowed.\n\nTony could only stay in touch with her by phone. When a doctor told him the next 24 hours were critical, he didn't tell Ann, because he knew how scared she was already by then.\n\nBut he did pass on something else the medic had said - that they were deeply impressed by her upbeat attitude and fighting spirit. Tony told her, too, that he believed she would be home soon: \"I had to say that to keep her fighting, and fight she did for 10 days.\"\n\nThe last time they spoke was Saturday 4 April. Ann told Tony she thought she'd turned a corner; she'd eaten a sandwich and some yoghurt. After that, talking became too difficult for her; she wasn't in intensive care but the mask she wore to help her breathe was getting in the way.\n\nThree days after their last conversation, Tony was sitting in a white hospital room beside Ann's body. He sat with her there for an hour. He didn't just apologise, he also promised he'd make sure she was remembered properly. When it was time to leave, a nurse gave him a booklet about bereavement and a black bag in which to put Ann's belongings. Tony carried them along a hospital corridor, wondering how he would tell Gary and Rachel their mum was dead.\n\nThere are eight photographs of Ann in Tony's living room. In each of them she looks full of joy. \"Every time I look around, there's a picture of Ann somewhere,\" Tony says. \"She's smiling and I'm thinking, 'If only I could turn back the clock.' But I can't, you know, and nor can all those other families and relations, either.\"\n\nNearly 10 months after Ann's death, Tony finds himself resenting the home he's been left alone inside. If they hadn't moved there, he reasons, Ann wouldn't have gone to that hairdresser's that day and caught the virus - she'd still be alive, perhaps.\n\nHe feels robbed of the 20 additional years he hoped they'd spend together, as surely will thousands of other bereaved relatives. While the impact on the very oldest has been widely recognised, those who might have looked forward to a long retirement have been badly hit, too - during the pandemic, around 15% of all UK fatalities with Covid mentioned on the death certificate have been among those aged 65-74.\n\nTony desperately wishes his life would go back to how it was, but knows it won't.\n\nAnn's funeral didn't give him any closure. Tony would rather she had been buried, but the undertaker warned him to hurry - extra restrictions could be introduced any time - so he took the date that was offered by the crematorium.\n\nAs it was, under the rules that were already in force, only 10 mourners were permitted, spaced out around the chapel. No flowers or photographs on display, no hugging.\n\nTony understood why all this was necessary - but it wasn't the celebration of Ann's bright, gregarious, love-filled life that he thought she deserved. He'd have to plan another one when all this was over.\n\nAs the months went on, Tony joined online Covid support groups. It helped talking to others who understood how it felt to have lost someone. There was the family of a 19-year-old boy. A woman who was mourning both her mum and her dad. Another woman whose husband had died in the car as she drove him to hospital.\n\nHe thought of these stories each time he switched on the news and watched the Covid mortality figures climb higher and higher. Behind these cold statistics were human lives. And each was as unique as Ann, with a personality and backstory entirely of their own.\n\nIt would have been Ann and Tony's 41st wedding anniversary on 6 October, the day before the six-month anniversary of her death. The following month, a few days after the UK's Covid death toll reached 50,000, Tony once again felt Ann's absence bitterly on what would have been her 66th birthday.\n\n\"Christmas was a nightmare for me,\" he says. Under the rules for the festive season, Gary and Rachel and their partners were able to be there with him, and cooking lunch kept him busy most of the day. But afterwards, when he was on his own again, the reality hit that another celebration had gone by without Ann beside him, and Tony sat down and sobbed.\n\nFor millions the arrival of the Covid vaccines has brought hope, but it is a cold comfort for those who have lost someone. If every one of the 100,000 were loved by a dozen people, \"that's a million people in Britain who have been bereaved\", says the bioethicist and sociologist Prof Sir Tom Shakespeare. \"We need a national monument, some form of remembering.\"\n\nTony is not one of those who will find it hard to grasp the significance of this bleak milestone.\n\n\"To me it's 100,000 poor souls fighting for breath, and they've not had a hug from anyone in their family,\" he says. \"There's a name - there's a person behind that number. And then they've passed away, and the family goes through the grief that I've been through - the numbness, the shock, the anguish and the pain to come.\"", "The police officers were on duty when they had their hair cut, the Met says\n\nThirty-one Met Police officers who broke coronavirus rules to get haircuts are facing £200 fines.\n\nTwo officers who hired a barber to give the cuts to staff at Bethnal Green Police Station, on 17 January, are also facing misconduct investigations, the Met said.\n\nUnder current lockdown restrictions in England, barbers and hairdressers are not allowed to work.\n\nDet Ch Supt Marcus Barnett said he was \"deeply disappointed\" in the officers.\n\n\"Although officers donated money to charity as part of the haircut, this does not excuse them from what was a very poor decision,\" he said. \"I expect a lot more of them.\n\n\"Quite rightly, the public expect police to be role models in following the regulations, which are designed to prevent the spread of this deadly virus.\"\n\nThe investigation comes after fines were handed out to nine officers who were caught eating breakfast together in a Greenwich café.\n\nAll those officers were issued with a £200 fixed penalty notice.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Actor Elliot Page and choreographer Emma Portner have decided to divorce after three years of marriage.\n\n\"After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce following our separation last summer,\" the Canadian couple said in a statement.\n\n\"We have the utmost respect for each other and remain close friends.\" They provided no further details.\n\nPage, the 33-year-old Oscar-nominated actor, came out as transgender in 2020.\n\nThat decision was widely praised by his many fans and fellow actors.\n\nPage said at the time that he could not \"begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self\".\n\nHe also used the occasion to address discrimination towards trans people.\n\nPage received international acclaim for starring as a pregnant teenager in the 2007 film Juno. Other major films include Inception and the X-Men series, while the actor has more recently starred in Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.\n\nPortner, 26, has said she has always supported Page's decision to come out.", "The famous event has been held at London's Royal Hospital Chelsea since 1913\n\nThe Chelsea Flower Show will take place in September for the first time in its history as a result of the pandemic.\n\nOrganisers had planned to hold a six-day show in May but announced it would be postponed as there was no guarantee what tier London would be in then.\n\nA virtual show will take place in May like in 2020, with the physical event taking place later at London's Royal Hospital Chelsea.\n\nThe Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) said it would be a \"moment in history\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chelsea Flower Show exhibitors had to display their gardens online last year\n\nThe world-famous show has been taking place for 108 years but has never happened in September.\n\nThis year's event will go ahead between 21-26 September, with the virtual event showing online from 18-23 May.\n\nIt is usually filled with spring and summer colours but the RHS said it hoped the delay will allow a celebration of autumn horticulture.\n\nThousands of people normally attend the week-long event\n\nThe society, which runs the event, said it had a responsibility to exhibitors, visitors, volunteers and staff to delay the flower show, as more people would be vaccinated and levels of infection may have reduced substantially.\n\nDirector general Sue Biggs said: \"Whilst we are sad to have had to delay RHS Chelsea and are sorry for the disruption this will cause, we are excited that we are still planning to bring the world's best-loved gardening event to the nation at a time when more people are gardening more than ever.\n\n\"We know that the autumn dates may not be suitable for everyone, but with our fantastic industry partners we will do everything we can to support them and create a show that will be a moment in history,\" she added.\n\nThose who bought tickets for the event when it was due to happen in May will be contacted by the RHS.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nadhim Zahawi: \"We have 367m vaccines from seven different manufacturers that we have contracted with\"\n\nSupplies of vaccines are \"tight\" but the UK believes it will receive enough doses to meet its targets, the vaccine minister has said.\n\nNadhim Zahawi told BBC Breakfast manufacturers were \"confident\" they would deliver for the UK amid warnings of production delays.\n\nIt comes as the EU said it might tighten vaccine export controls.\n\nCountries should avoid \"vaccine nationalism\" and ensure a fair global supply, Mr Zahawi said.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nMr Zahawi said the vaccination programme was still on track to deliver a first dose to 15 million of the most vulnerable by mid-February and to offer all adults their first dose by autumn.\n\nHe said the UK had supplies of the Oxford vaccine manufactured domestically by AstraZeneca as well as the Pfizer one, which is made in Belgium.\n\nThe government is also planning to publish figures on the take-up of the vaccine by ethnicity from Thursday, following concerns that some black, Asian and ethnic minority communities were more hesitant to get the jab.\n\n\"I'm confident we will meet our mid-February target and continue beyond that,\" Mr Zahawi told the BBC.\n\n\"Supplies are tight, they continue to be, these are new manufacturing processes,\" he added. \"It's lumpy and bumpy, it gets better and stabilises and improves going forward.\"\n\nBut he declined to say that he had received guarantees about the number of doses the UK would receive from Pfizer or other manufacturers and refused to confirm how many doses had already arrived.\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman said AstraZeneca had committed to delivering two million doses a week to the UK, and the government was not expecting any changes to that supply.\n\nDowning Street also rejected German media reports claiming a very low efficacy rate for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine among older people, saying they had been denied by Oxford University, AstraZeneca and the German health ministry.\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance told the cabinet the trials showed similar immune responses in younger and older adults.\n\nAnd England's chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, has defended the UK's strategy of extending the time between first and second doses of coronavirus vaccines from three to 12 weeks in order to immunise more people.\n\nHe told the Downing Street coronavirus briefing on Tuesday that the \"great majority\" of protection came from the first dose.\n\nHe also said there was \"no evidence\" that immunity waned between three and 12 weeks after the first dose was administered.\n\nProf Whitty said: \"We thought very carefully about what the balance of this is, but the balance of risk in terms of reducing the number of deaths in the community - and I really want to stress that, that is the aim of this - is to maximise the number of people who get that first dose, where the great majority of protection comes from.\"\n\nThe latest tension over supply of the Covid vaccine is another illustration of just how fragile this issue is.\n\nThere are huge global demands for Covid vaccine, limited raw materials and constraints on manufacturing.\n\nThe UK already has enough vaccine to jab all the highest-risk groups by mid-February, although not all of it has been packaged up or been through the final safety checks.\n\nThis explains why ministers are confident about the immediate target for the over-70s, health and care workers and the extremely clinically vulnerable.\n\nBut what is in doubt is how quickly the UK can vaccinate in the medium term.\n\nWith the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in the UK those supply routes are more guaranteed.\n\nBut the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is made in Belgium. The UK, like the rest of Europe, is affected by the problems with manufacturing that are being experienced with that vaccine.\n\nWith Europe experiencing major problems rolling out its vaccination programme - per head of population five times fewer vaccines have been delivered - this is a story that is going to rumble on for months.\n\nThe UK has placed orders for 367 million doses of vaccines from seven manufacturers, Mr Zahawi said. \"As vaccines come along we will get more volume, millions more in the weeks and months to come,\" he added.\n\nThe tension over vaccine supplies increased after UK-based AstraZeneca warned the EU it would have to reduce planned deliveries because of production problems. Pfizer-BioNTech has also said supplies will be temporarily lower as it works to increase capacity at its Belgian factory.\n\nIt has prompted the EU to accuse AstraZeneca of failing to meet its commitments and to warn that it might require all companies producing Covid vaccines to provide \"early notification\" whenever they planned to export supplies out of the EU.\n\n\"The thing to do now is not to go down the dead end of vaccine nationalism. It's to work together to protect our people,\" Mr Zahawi said.\n\n\"No-one is safe until the whole world is safe.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock subsequently said the UK government \"oppose protectionism in all its forms\" and urged all international partners to \"be collaborative\" and \"work closely together\" on vaccine distribution.\n\nHe added that the EU's warning that it could restrict exports of vaccines made in the bloc was \"unfortunate and especially so in the midst of a pandemic\".\n\nMeanwhile, the head of NHS England earlier told MPs coronavirus could become a \"much more treatable disease\" over the next six to 18 months, with the hope of a return to a \"much more normal future\".\n\nSir Simon Stevens told the Health and Social Care Committee: \"The first half of the year, vaccination is going to be crucial.\n\n\"I think a lot of us in the health service are increasingly hopeful that in the second half of the year and beyond we will also see more therapeutics and more treatments for coronavirus.\"\n\nHe also said it \"would be great\" if the Covid vaccine and flu vaccine were combined into a single jab, if not for next winter then future ones.\n\nAnd he said vaccines were being used as fast as they arrived in the NHS, with more than half of those aged 75-79 having now had their first dose.\n\nThe UK aims to offer Covid vaccination to every adult by autumn.\n\nMr Zahawi said confidence in the vaccines was high, with 85% of people saying they would accept the jab.\n\nBut he said those who were hesitant \"skew heavily\" towards black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.\n\nThe government is providing £23m of funding to 60 local councils and voluntary groups to boost vaccine take-up among groups such as older people, disabled people, and people from ethnic minority backgrounds.\n\nIt comes as celebrities such as comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Meera Syal and cricketer Moeen Ali appeared in a video urging people in their communities to get vaccinated.\n\nMr Zahawi told ITV's Good Morning Britain his uncle had died from Covid-19 last week. He had been eligible for vaccination but caught the virus before he could receive it, the minister said.\n\nThis \"grim and horrible\" experience made him determined to ensure that the most vulnerable were protected as quickly as possible, Mr Zahawi said.\n\nSir Simon said there was concern about vaccine hesitancy in some groups, where there were access problems as well as \"systematic attempts to misinform and lie about the vaccine programme targeted particularly at minority populations, and - in some cases - long-standing mistrust of public services\".\n\nHe said disruption to vaccine deliveries from EU export restrictions was not thought to be likely.\n\nIn other developments, the UK has offered to carry out genomic sequencing for other countries around the world to help identify further new variants.\n\nPublic Health England said it would give \"crucial early warning\" of any mutations that might cause the virus to spread faster, make people more ill or possibly reduce the effectiveness of vaccines.", "\"A legacy of poor decisions\" by the UK before and during the pandemic led to one of the worst death rates in the world, scientists have said.\n\nLabour also criticised \"monumental mistakes\" by the prime minister in delaying acting on scientific advice over lockdowns three times.\n\nAfter UK deaths passed 100,000, Boris Johnson said he took \"full responsibility\" for the actions taken.\n\nBut he said it was too soon to learn the lessons from the pandemic response.\n\nProf Linda Bauld, public health expert from the University of Edinburgh, said the UK's current position was \"a legacy of poor decisions that were taken when we eased restrictions\".\n\nShe told the BBC the lack of focus on test and trace and the \"absolute inability to recognise\" the need to address international travel had also led to a more deadly winter surge.\n\nProf Sir Michael Marmot, who carried out a review of inequalities in Covid-19 deaths, said the UK had entered the pandemic \"in a bad state\" with rising health inequality, a slowdown in life expectancy improvements and a lack of investment in the public sector.\n\nShadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth rejected Mr Johnson's claim that he had done \"everything we could\" to minimise the death toll, adding: \"I do not accept that.\"\n\nHe said the prime minister had been given scientific advice to impose lockdowns and \"pushed that back\" - not only in March but again in September and December.\n\nThe government also failed to create a working contact-tracing system, did not introduce effective health controls at the borders and still did not offer \"proper sick pay\", he said.\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said: \"I mourn every death in this pandemic and we share the grief of all those who have been bereaved. I and the government take full responsibility for all the actions we have taken to fight this pandemic.\"\n\nHe said there would be time to reflect on the decisions taken, but he did not think the right time was in the middle of the pandemic when \"37,000 people are struggling with Covid in our hospitals\".\n\nThe government needed to focus on keeping the virus under control and continuing the fastest vaccine roll-out in Europe, he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said his message to grieving families was that he \"deeply, personally\" regretted the loss of life and that the best way to honour the memory of those who had died and honour those who were currently grieving was \"to work together to bring this virus down, to keep it under control in the way that we are\".\n\nAsked about the government's \"legacy of poor decisions\", Mr Johnson said ministers followed scientific advice and did everything they could to minimise suffering. He said there were \"no easy solutions\" but the UK could be proud of its efforts to distribute the vaccine.\n\nAfter leading a minute's silence in the Scottish Parliament, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was \"truly sorry\" for any mistakes, as Scotland recorded a total of 5,888 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test.\n\nShe said the government did everything it could, but added: \"I don't think any of us, reflecting on numbers like these, can conclude that we have always succeeded.\"\n\nNext month, the prime minister hopes to publish a document giving details of the criteria he will use to start lifting the lockdown, a senior government source told the BBC.\n\nIt will include factors such as the number of hospitalisations and deaths, the progress of the vaccination programme, any changes to the virus and the impact easing restrictions might have on the epidemic - but will be dependent on emerging data about how effectively the vaccine stops the virus spreading.\n\nThe UK is the fifth country to pass 100,000 deaths, coming after the US, Brazil, India and Mexico.\n\nA scientist advising the government has warned the UK could face as many as 50,000 more coronavirus deaths.\n\nProf Calum Semple, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, told the BBC's Newsnight: \"It would really not surprise me if we're looking at another 40-50,000 deaths before this burns out.\n\n\"The deaths on the way up are likely to be mirrored by the number of deaths on the way down in this wave. Each one again is a tragedy and each one represents probably four or five people who survive but are damaged by Covid.\"\n\nHe said the UK had experienced some \"bad luck\" with the emergence of a new, more transmissible variant but had also suffered from \"decades of underinvestment\" in the NHS and \"a public health authority that's been eroded\" .\n\nMeanwhile, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell asked people, regardless of whether they had faith, to reflect on the \"enormity\" of the pandemic and join in a \"prayer for the nation\" at 18:00 GMT every day from 1 February.\n\nThey said the death statistics were were not \"just an abstract figure\", saying: \"Each number is a person: someone we loved and someone who loved us.\"\n\nMuslim leaders backed the call for a daily prayer. Qari Asim, chair of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board, said Muslims and wider black, Asian and minority ethnic communities had been disproportionately affected by the \"tsunami of pain, grief and devastation\" - with many unable to properly mourn due to Covid restrictions.\n\nOn Tuesday, a further 1,631 coronavirus deaths were recorded, taking the total number of people who had died within 28 days of a positive test to 100,162.\n\nSeparate figures from the Office for National Statistics, which are based on death certificates, show there have been nearly 104,000 deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nA further 20,089 coronavirus cases were recorded on Tuesday, continuing a downward trend in the number of UK cases seen in recent days. The number of people in hospital remains high, as do the UK's daily death figures.\n\nSpeaking alongside the prime minister, England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said the number of people dying would come down \"relatively slowly\" over the next two weeks - and would probably \"remain flat for a while now\".\n\nElsewhere, bereavement support charities have written to the health secretary calling for more funding in the light of what they call \"the terrible toll of 100,000 deaths\".\n\nThe National Bereavement Alliance, representing a range of charities, said many families had been unable to be with loved ones as they died or to support one another.\n\nThey called for £500m allocated to mental health in England to be used to support the bereaved.\n\nMinister for bereavement Nadine Dorries said the government had given more than £10.2m to charities since March to ensure services were available to those who needed them.\n\nPlease enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser to see this interactive\n\nIf you would like to send us a tribute to a friend or family member who died after contracting coronavirus, please use the form below.\n\nPlease remember to include a photo of your loved one and their name. 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Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your tribute.", "Scientists say sharks and rays are disappearing from the world's oceans at an \"alarming\" rate.\n\nThe number of sharks found in the open oceans has plunged by 71% over half a century, mainly due to over-fishing, according to a new study.\n\nThree-quarters of the species studied are now threated with extinction.\n\nAnd the researchers say immediate action is needed to secure a brighter future for these \"extraordinary, irreplaceable animals\".\n\nThey are calling on governments to implement science-based fishing limits.\n\nStudy researcher, Dr Richard Sherley of the University of Exeter, said the declines appear to be driven very much by fishing pressures.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"That's the driver for the 70% reduction in the last 50 years. For every 10 sharks you had in the open ocean in the 1970s, you would have three today, across these species, on average.\"\n\nSharks and rays are caught for their meat, fins and liver oil. They are also captured for recreational fishing and turn up by accident in the catch of fishing boats that are targeting other stocks.\n\nSharks are long-lived species that tend to produce few young\n\nOf the 31 species studied, 24 are now threatened with extinction, and three shark species (the oceanic whitetip shark, and the scalloped and great hammerhead sharks) have declined so sharply they are now classified as critically endangered - the highest threat category, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).\n\nProf Nicholas Dulvy of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, said oceanic sharks and rays are at exceptionally high risk of extinction, much more so than the average bird, mammal or frog, despite ranging far from land.\n\n\"Overfishing of oceanic sharks and rays jeopardises the health of entire ocean ecosystems as well as food security for some of the world's poorest countries,\" he said.\n\nThe researchers compiled global data on sharks and rays found in the open oceans (as opposed to reef sharks or those found close to shore).\n\nOf the 1,200 or so species of sharks and rays in the world, 31 are oceanic, travelling large distances across water.\n\n\"These are some of the big, important, open ocean predators that people will be familiar with,\" said Dr Sherley. \"The kind of sharks that people might describe as awe-inspiring or charismatic.\"\n\nHe said political will is needed to reverse the trends.\n\n\"The science is there, there needs to be the desire to do those stock assessments, to implement the measures that are needed to reduce the take of sharks and that political will has to come from pressure from citizens,\" Dr Sherley explained.\n\nDespite this \"gloomy\" picture, the scientists said a few shark conservation stories give cause for hope.\n\nSonja Fordham, president of Shark Advocates International, a non-profit project of The Ocean Foundation, said a couple of species, including the great white, have started to recover through science-based fishing limits.\n\n\"Relatively simple safeguards can help to save sharks and rays, but time is running out,\" she said.\n\n\"We urgently need conservation action across the globe to prevent myriad negative consequences and secure a brighter future for these extraordinary, irreplaceable animals.\"\n\nPopulations can recover with appropriate conservation\n\nSharks are at the top of the food chain, and crucial to the health of the oceans. Their loss impacts other marine animals as well as human livelihoods.\n\n\"Oceanic sharks and rays are vital to the health of vast marine ecosystems, but because they are hidden beneath the ocean surface, it has been difficult to assess and monitor their status,\" said Nathan Pacoureau of Simon Fraser University.\n\n\"Our study represents the first global synthesis of the state of these essential species at a time when countries should be addressing insufficient progress towards global sustainability goals.\n\n\"While we initially intended it as a useful report card, we now must hope it also serves as an urgent wake-up call.\"\n\nThe research is published in the journal, Nature.", "In March 2020, we were told it would be a ‘’good outcome’’ if coronavirus killed 20,000 people across the UK.\n\nNow the bleakest milestone has been reached: 100,000 deaths.\n\nIn a statement, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said \"behind these heart-breaking figures are friends, families and neighbours. The vaccine offers us the way out, but we cannot let up now and we sadly still face a tough period ahead. The virus is still spreading and we're seeing over 3,500 people per day being admitted into hospital.\"\n\nHealth correspondent Catherine Burns looks at the past year of the UK’s epidemic and hears from families who have lost loved ones.\n\nFilmed and edited by Julius Peacock. Additional filming by Emily Brooks", "Enforcement agents have removed protesters from the makeshift camp near Euston station\n\nBailiffs from HS2 have started to evict activists who dug a tunnel near Euston station in protest against the £106bn rail project.\n\nIt comes after the BBC revealed campaigners spent months digging the tunnel they claim is 100ft (30m) long.\n\nSince August, HS2 Rebellion members have been living in tree houses and tents at a camp nearby.\n\nA HS2 spokeswoman said the protesters were \"trespassing\" on land owned by the company.\n\nThe land being occupied is needed for continued building work around Euston, she added.\n\nEnforcement agents from the National Eviction Team have removed some protesters from the makeshift camp in the park.\n\nPolice have arrested five men and a woman at the site, although one male was later de-arrested.\n\nActivists say the tunnel - codenamed \"Kelvin\" - was dug as their \"best defence\" against being evicted.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protesters have filmed themselves inside the tunnels\n\nProtesters said they were continuing to dig tunnels and have vowed to stay for as long as possible.\n\nAn 18-year-old, who gave his name as Al, said the tunnels can only be accessed through a section of the makeshift camp and were about 15ft (4.5m) deep.\n\n\"I will stay as long as I can,\" he said, but he added the activists \"have not got much food and water\".\n\nHS2 Rebellion told the BBC four people had \"locked themselves\" to fixing points inside the tunnels.\n\nOne activist, Blue Sandford, admitted the stunt was \"dangerous\" but felt it was \"worth it\".\n\nHS2 protester Dr Larch Maxey said the tunnel was \"warm and quiet\"\n\nEnforcement agents dismantle the make shift camp where HS2 Rebellion members have been living\n\nThe 18-year-old, who is currently on school strike for climate, said HS2 \"is a waste of money\".\n\n\"I'm in this tunnel because they [the government] are irresponsibly putting my life at risk from the climate and ecological emergency,\" she said.\n\n\"They are behaving in a way that is so reckless and unsafe that I don't feel they are giving us any option but to protest in this way to help save our own lives and the lives of all the people round the world.\n\n\"I shouldn't have to do this - I should be in school - the trouble is they are stealing that future and I have to stop them.\"\n\nEnforcement officers have used aerial platforms to try and coax protesters down from the trees\n\nA protester was brought down from the trees by officers\n\nMartin Andryjankczyk, who was carried out of the camp by enforcement agents earlier, predicted it would take \"at least a week or two\" to evict all the protesters.\n\nThe 20-year-old was taken to Holloway Police Station when he was led away but said he had been \"de-arrested\" and returned to the park.\n\n\"I have been living here for the last four months. They (the remaining demonstrators) aren't going to give up that easily,\" he said.\n\nOne activist used to a rope to tie himself between trees at the camp\n\nThe Met Police confirmed a number of officers were sent to the eviction site at Euston Square Gardens to assist High Court enforcement officers should there be any breach of the peace and to uphold Covid legislation.\n\nThe force said five people who were arrested at the site remain in custody.\n\nA spokeswoman for HS2 said tunnel protests were \"costly to the taxpayer\".\n\nShe added: \"HS2 has taken legal temporary possession of Euston Square Gardens in order to progress with works necessary for the construction of the new Euston station.\n\n\"These protests are a danger to the safety of the protesters, our staff and the general public, and put unnecessary strain on the emergency services during a pandemic.\"\n\nHS2 is set to link London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. It is hoped the 20-year project will reduce rail passenger overcrowding and help to rebalance the UK's economy.\n\nThe campaign group alleges HS2 is the \"most expensive, wasteful and destructive project in UK history\" and that it is \"set to destroy or irreparably damage 108 ancient woodlands and 693 wildlife sites\".\n\nHowever, HS2 bosses have said seven million trees will be planted during phase one of the project and that much ancient woodland will \"remain intact\".\n\nThere is a ring of security surrounding the square outside Euston Station and a crowd of journalists reporting on today's event.\n\nEvery now and then there is a burst of singing through a loud hailer and motivational speeches echo from the trees.\n\nMost of the protesters we can see are among the branches, some have cut their safety lines, others are swinging in harnesses.\n\nEarlier, enforcement officers were lifted up in a cherry picker into one of the tree camps . They have spoken with the demonstrators and are now fixing ropes to the high level platforms.\n\nWe've been told at least four people are inside the tunnels HS2 Rebellion have dug under the site.\n\nPeople inside the fence have said they predict the eviction to \"take weeks\".\n\nThe atmosphere is calm but the police have begun to push back people watching, reminding them of Covid-19 regulations and asking to see press passes.\n\nA fence is being erected by officers around the site\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Scotland is to initially follow UK travel rules, but could introduce stricter measures next week\n\nScotland could introduce tougher quarantine rules for international travellers than other parts of the UK, the first minister has said.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that UK arrivals from regions with new virus variants will be provided accommodation for 10 days to isolate.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said she was \"concerned the proposal does not go far enough\".\n\nScotland will \"initially emulate\" the UK government measures, she said.\n\nBut further Scottish rules will be set out next week if the four nations do not reach an agreement on a UK-wide approach - which Ms Sturgeon said would be preferable.\n\nThe prime minister has said there are 22 countries with the risk of known new variants, including the South American nations, Portugal and South Africa.\n\nMr Johnson said anyone travelling from these countries who cannot be refused entry to the UK - such as British citizens - will be provided accommodation for 10 days to isolate \"without exception\".\n\nThey will be met at the airport and transferred to specific places, such as hotels.\n\nFurther details of the plan are expected to be outlined by Home Secretary Priti Patel later.\n\nHowever Ms Sturgeon - who was briefed on the UK government proposals in advance - told her daily coronavirus briefing that a \"comprehensive system of supervised quarantine\" was required in the next stage of the pandemic.\n\nAnd she said she was \"seeking urgently\" to persuade the UK government \"to go much further\" while providing additional support to the aviation industry.\n\nThe first minister said: \"Our best route back to greater domestic normality right now, as we continue with the vaccine programme, is firstly to suppress the virus here to as low as level as possible - as we did over the summer - then give ourselves a better chance of controlling it through test and protect, and next by doing much more than we did last year to protect our borders.\"\n\nThe Welsh government has also said the PM's proposals do not go far enough.\n\nWhen questioned by journalists, Ms Sturgeon said she would \"not give arbitrary dates\" on when the travel restrictions might come to an end.\n\nBut she said people \"might not be able to go on holiday overseas\" in order to \"get domestic normality\" back - including the reopening of schools and allowing people more interactions with loved ones.\n\n\"I'm not saying that's easy but maybe that might be a price we all need to be prepared to pay,\" she added.\n\nScottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross told the BBC that he believed that countries with higher infection rates and strains with quicker transmission should be prioritised.\n\n\"We've got to look at dealing with this in stages,\" he said. \"This doesn't need to be dragged into a Scotland versus England issue or the rest of the UK issue.\n\n\"This is as big an issue within Scotland. We shouldn't be moving around local authority areas so whether it's north or south of the border or within our own communities we've got to reduce travel as much as possible.\"\n\nIt comes as the deaths of a further 92 people who had tested positive for coronavirus were recorded in Scotland - bringing the total to 5,888.\n\nThe total number of deaths across the UK by that measure passed the grim milestone of 100,00 on Tuesday.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she was \"truly sorry\" for any mistakes that had been made in the handling of the pandemic.\n\nShe added: \"She said the death toll should make all political leaders \"think very hard about what more we could have done and what lessons we must continue to learn\".\n\nShe added: \"I know that I, and everyone in my government, have tried every day to do everything we possibly can.\n\n\"But I don't think any of us, reflecting on numbers like these, can conclude that we have always succeeded.\"\n\nA total of 1,330 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, representing 6.2% of people tested.\n\nMeanwhile 462,092 people have received the first dose of the vaccine in Scotland - including 56% of the over 80s and 95% of people in care homes.", "The greys were introduced to Britain from North America in the 19th Century\n\nThe UK government has given its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrel populations.\n\nEnvironment minister Lord Goldsmith says the damage they and other invasive species do to the UK's woodlands costs the UK economy £1.8 billion a year.\n\nThe bizarre-sounding plan is to lure grey squirrels into feeding boxes only they can access with little pots containing hazelnut spread.\n\nThese would be spiked with an oral contraceptive.\n\nLord Goldsmith says the damage from squirrels also threatens the effectiveness of government efforts to tackle climate change by planting tens of thousands of acres of new woodlands.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) told BBC News: \"We hope advances in science can safely help our nature to thrive, including through the humane control of invasive species.\"\n\nA partnership of conservation and forestry organisations called the UK Squirrel Accord (UKSA) is behind the proposal.\n\nIt says grey squirrels, which were first introduced from North America in the late 19th century, cause huge damage to woodlands by stripping bark from trees aged between 10-50 years, the younger trees in a forest.\n\nThey particularly target broad-leafed varieties including oak, which are particularly ecologically important because they support so many other species.\n\nIt is estimated the UK is home to some three million of these invasive rodents.\n\nRed squirrels are now confined mainly to Scotland and Ireland\n\nThey have displaced the native red squirrel across most of the UK.\n\nLord Goldsmith says the government supports the plan as well as a longer-term effort to breed infertility into female grey squirrels to reduce their numbers.\n\nInvasive non-native species such as grey squirrels threaten our native biodiversity, he argues.\n\nWhen regulating grey squirrels with oral contraceptive was first proposed in 2017, the government's Animal and Plant Health Agency said it thought it could reduce their numbers by as much as 90%.\n\nThe project also has royal approval.\n\nPrince Charles was instrumental in founding the UK Squirrel Accord with the objective of \"managing the negative impacts of invasive grey squirrels in the UK\".\n\nHe has written of the importance of protecting Britain's remaining red squirrels.\n\n\"These charming and intelligent creatures never fail to delight\", he wrote last week in his capacity as patron of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, describing red squirrels as the \"symbol and benchmark\" of healthy woods.\n\nJason Gilchrist, an ecologist from Edinburgh Napier University, has written in defence of the grey squirrel but he says he supports the oral contraceptive plan.\n\nHe acknowledges there is a need to manage grey squirrel populations.\n\n\"It is better than the alternative: a shotgun\", he told BBC News.\n\nIt is the same argument the UKSA makes: dosing the animals with contraceptives provides a humane alternative to culling them.\n\nLast week, the Royal Forestry Society, a member of the Squirrel Accord, called for just such a cull.\n\nSimon Lloyd, its chief executive, says efforts to tackle global warming and improve biodiversity will be undermined unless grey squirrel numbers can be reduced.\n\nNew trees will not survive to \"deliver the carbon capture or biodiversity objectives if grey squirrels cannot be controlled\", he told the Daily Telegraph.\n\nThe UKSA has been experimenting with ways to deliver oral contraceptives to squirrels for more than three years now.\n\nLast year, it tested special feeding stations designed so only grey squirrels can gain access in woodland in East Yorkshire.\n\nInstead of contraceptives, the hazelnut paste bait was dosed with a dye that, when ingested, causes squirrel hair to fluoresce under UV light.\n\nThe researchers found that more than 90% of the grey squirrel population being studied visited the traps.\n\nThey concluded that it was possible to deliver repeat doses of a contraceptive to the majority of grey squirrels in a wood.", "Leon Briggs died in hospital after being restrained and detained at Luton police station in November 2013\n\nA man shouted \"help me\" and \"get off me\" as he was restrained face-down by police officers hours before he died, an inquest heard.\n\nLeon Briggs, 39, died in 2013 after being detained under the Mental Health Act at Luton police station.\n\nA jury was told one witness described the father-of-two as \"like a child crying out for a toy\" as he was held down by officers.\n\nAnother said he looked her in the eyes and said \"please help me\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe jury has been shown CCTV of Mr Briggs skipping between shops and across roads, before two Bedfordshire Police officers handcuffed him and placed him in leg restraints on Marsh Road in Luton on 4 November 2013.\n\nMr Briggs was detained in a cell at about 14:25 GMT, but he became unconscious and was pronounced dead in hospital at about 16:15.\n\nThe inquest heard his primary cause of death was \"amphetamine intoxication with prone restraint and prolonged struggling\" with a secondary cause of coronary heart disease.\n\nMr Briggs was described as \"a really good dad\" who loved spending time with his children\n\nThe inquest heard Wendy Hamilton was shopping when she saw one officer restraining Mr Briggs on his lower legs, with another on his shoulders, and a third appeared to be looking through his wallet.\n\nMs Hamilton said she \"thought the amount of pressure being used was not needed\", adding she heard Mr Briggs shout \"get off me\" and \"why are you doing this to me?\".\n\n\"He lifted his head from the pavement, he looked me in the eyes and said 'please help me',\" she said.\n\nShe added when two paramedics arrived \"around 45 minutes\" after she first saw Mr Briggs, she was \"surprised\" they \"did not check Leon at all\".\n\nShe said he was later lifted into a police van \"front first\" and \"face down\", \"like he was a bag of potatoes\" or \"like they were picking up a dog\".\n\n\"They lifted him not in a rough way... but it was not very dignified,\" she said.\n\nFootage showed Mr Briggs walking out of a shop with officers before he was restrained\n\nAnother witness, Raja Khan, said: \"Mr Briggs was crying out... but not in an aggressive manner... in a similar way to a child crying out for a toy.\n\n\"I'm not going to forget what I saw in regard to the restraint... I do not agree with how Mr Briggs was treated... it would have been fair enough if he was being violent but from what I saw, he was not.\"\n\nFormer chairman of the College of Paramedics, Andrew Newton, said paramedics on Marsh Road were likely to have had \"inadequate knowledge\" of dealing with acute behavioural disorder patients like Mr Briggs in 2013, due to a lack of national guidance.\n\nBut Mr Newton added Mr Briggs \"received no meaningful medical care\" because they failed to properly check his vital signs, and this \"fell below the standards of care\".\n\nHe said Mr Briggs should have been taken to hospital in an ambulance.\n\nThe inquest heard part of a statement from Sgt Loren Short, who said he told paramedics Mr Briggs had been detained under the Mental Health Act when they arrived.\n\nPolice Community Support Officer (PCSO) James Collings described Mr Briggs as \"aggressive\" and \"nonsensical\", and \"shouting 'no, no' and snarling\" while in the police van.\n\nPCSO Collings said when he questioned whether Mr Briggs was on drugs, one officer said: \"[He is] mental\", and Mr Briggs replied: \"Don't take the [expletive]\", to which the officer said: \"I'm not taking the [expletive], I just want to get you back and get you some help.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "More than 100,000 people in the UK have died from a virus, that, this time last year, felt like a far-off foreign threat. How did we come to be one of the countries with the worst death tolls?\n\nThere is no quick answer to that question, and there is sure to be a long and detailed public inquiry once the pandemic is over. But there are plenty of clues that, when pieced together, help build a picture of why the UK has reached this devastating number.\n\nSome will point a finger at the government - its decision to lock-down later than much of western Europe, the stuttering start to its test-and-trace network and the lack of protection afforded to care home residents.\n\nOthers will spotlight deeper rooted problems with British society - its poor state of public health, with high levels of obesity, for example.\n\nOthers, still, will note that some of the UK's great strengths - its position as a vibrant hub for international air travel, its ethnically diverse and densely-packed urban populations - exposed its vulnerability to a virus that spreads effortlessly between people.\n\nIn some people's eyes, the UK's island status might have helped it. New Zealand, Australia and Taiwan managed to stop the virus getting a foothold and deaths have been kept to a minimum - Australia has seen fewer deaths throughout the pandemic than the UK is recording every day on average.\n\nAll introduced strict border restrictions immediately and lockdowns to contain the virus before it had spread. The UK did not. It was not until June that quarantine rules were introduced for all arrivals and even then travel corridors were soon set up, relaxing the rules for travellers from certain countries. Only this month were these scrapped.\n\nProf Devi Sridhar, an expert in public health from Edinburgh University, is one of those who has been critical of the approach the UK has taken from the start.\n\nShe says the UK, like much of Europe, was \"complacent\" about the threat of infectious disease - choosing to treat the new coronavirus \"like flu\" and allowing it to spread, while talking about the desire to achieve herd immunity.\n\nThis all changed in late March, when a full lockdown eventually came. But there was a crucial delay of a week which is estimated to have cost more than 20,000 lives, according to government modeller Prof Neil Ferguson, because of how quickly infection rates were doubling at that point.\n\nThis, of course, is said with the benefit of hindsight. Government modellers themselves acknowledge the data was \"really quite poor\" making it difficult to make a decision that would have significant repercussions. It is a point acknowledged by Prof Chris Whitty, the UK's chief medical adviser. Speaking in the summer he said there had been \"very limited information\" in early March.\n\nBy then, the virus was ripping through care homes. Around 30% of deaths in the first wave happened in care homes; 40% if you include care home residents who died in hospital.\n\nThose at the heart of government acknowledge mistakes were made. UK chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said recently: \"The lesson is go earlier than you think you want to, go harder than you think you want to, and go a bit broader than you think you want to in terms of applying the restrictions.\"\n\nBy May, restrictions were beginning to be eased. But was this too soon?\n\nThe government seized on the relative lull to focus on building what the prime minister promised would be a \"world-beating\" test-and-trace system. The idea was that new outbreaks could be nipped in the bud, with comprehensive tracking by a centralised team of tracers.\n\nThe mere fact this had to be done some months after the virus had struck, illustrates another factor behind the high number of deaths - the UK was simply not prepared for a pandemic of this nature in the way some Asian nations had been. Countries such as South Korea and Taiwan had established test-and-trace systems in place that were ready to be activated.\n\nThe UK had a chance to bed in its system in the summer but it was riven with teething problems, with tracers struggling to reach many contacts and the testing capacity slowing down as demand rose.\n\nLow levels of infection over the summer had created a false sense of security.\n\nDesperate to boost the economy, the government launched the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, offering people discounted meals out during August. To what extent it contributed to the rise in the autumn is much argued about but certainly some doctors blame it in part for an increase in patients seen.\n\nThe truth is the virus never went away. Testing in the summer showed even at the lowest levels there were still around 500 cases a day being diagnosed - and random testing in the population subsequently showed the true level may have been twice that.\n\nIn late August around 1,000 people a day were testing positive. By mid-September that had trebled and from there it rose five-fold to 15,000 by mid October. The numbers testing positive have never returned below 10,000 a day on average since.\n\nAnother decision that has been heavily criticised was the refusal of ministers to introduce a short two-week lockdown, or \"circuit breaker\", in September - despite their advisers on Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) recommending such a step. The argument was it would have set the spread of the virus back by at least a month, giving test and trace time to regroup.\n\nWales, however, did introduce its own \"fire-breaker\" - a 17-day lockdown in October. It got infection rates down, but as soon as it was lifted they rebounded. This is, of course, why lockdowns have been criticised.\n\nEdinburgh University infectious diseases expert Prof Mark Woolhouse, one of the modellers who feeds data into Sage, is on the record in the autumn questioning the logic of them for this very reason. It remains up for debate how effective a circuit-breaker would actually have been.\n\nThis after all is the time of year when respiratory illnesses start to increase. Schools had returned as had university students, creating new environments for the novel coronavirus to spread.\n\nWhen a lockdown was eventually introduced in England in November it was to last four weeks, with Sage members lamenting the delay. \"The absence of a decision is a decision in itself,\" says Wellcome Trust director Sir Jeremy Farrar.\n\nBut even before that lockdown was lifted cases had started going up in the south-east of England. Within weeks it became clear what was happening. The virus had mutated and a new faster-spreading variant was on the rise.\n\nBy mid-December the clamour for lockdown was growing again, but the plan for a Christmas relaxation of restrictions had already been announced. In every nation of the UK, ministers waited.\n\nAt the start of 2021, with hospital admissions rising rapidly, the UK's four chief medical officers intervened, issuing a joint statement warning the NHS was at \"material risk\" of being overwhelmed. Within hours the UK was back in lockdown.\n\nWhat has struck some is just how similar the mistakes have been in terms of locking down late.\n\n\"It will take years to unpick why Covid has gone so badly in the UK,\" says University College London infectious diseases expert Dr Neil Stone. \"But the failure to learn from wave one stands out.\"\n\nBut it must also be recognised that there are factors outside the control of the government - certainly in terms of its pandemic response - that have contributed to the high number of deaths.\n\nOne of the reasons the virus was able to take a hold and spread so quickly was because of geography and the fact the UK - and London in particular - is a global hub. Genetic analysis has shown the virus was brought into the UK on at least 1,300 separate occasions, mainly from France, Spain and Italy, by the end of March.\n\nIt was here before we knew it. That's not something Australia or New Zealand had to deal with on such a scale.\n\nDensity of population is also a factor. The UK is among the 10 most densely populated big nations - those with populations of more than 20 million. What is more, our cities are more inter-connected than they are in many places.\n\nIt meant the virus was able to seed everywhere quite quickly. Contrast this with Italy which saw the vast majority of cases in the north of the country in the first wave.\n\nThe ageing population also needs to be taken into account. Once you do this, and adjust for the size of the population - known as age-standardised mortality - deaths have risen, but not by as much as some of the headline figures suggest.\n\nThe health of the nation has also been a factor. The UK has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world. And obesity increases the risk of hospitalisation and death, according to Public Health England. One study found the risk of death was almost double for those who are severely obese.\n\nConditions such as diabetes, kidney disease and respiratory problems also increase the risk - a fifth of Covid deaths have listed diabetes on the death certificate.\n\nAgain the UK has relatively high rates of these illnesses.\n\nBut many have argued that these high levels of ill-health have been compounded by the levels of inequality in the UK.\n\nLevels of ill health and life expectancy have always been worst in the poorest areas, but the pandemic certainly seems to have exacerbated this.\n\nOffice for National Statistics data shows mortality rates have been twice as high in deprived areas as they have been in wealthy areas. The Health Foundation is carrying out its own inquiry into the issue, arguing the Covid death toll needs to be seen through the \"lens\" of inequality to fully understand it.\n\nIt is something that has also been raised by Prof Michael Marmot, one of the country's leading experts on health inequalities. \"The UK's dismal record is telling us something important about our society.\"\n\nIf you, or someone you know, have been affected by bereavement, here is a list of organisations that may be able to help.", "Eva Gicain has been celebrating a belated Christmas with her daughter Elleana and husband Limuel Lina after being discharged from Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge\n\nA nurse who gave birth nearly three months ago while seriously ill with Covid-19 has held her daughter for the first time.\n\nEva Gicain, 30, had the long-awaited reunion with her baby after being discharged from Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge earlier this month.\n\nBaby Elleana had to be delivered about a month early by C-section, but Mrs Gicain has no memory of her birth.\n\n\"When I held Elleana for the first time I didn't want to let go,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid-19: New mum thanks hospitals after recovery\n\nMrs Gicain was taken to her local hospital with a severe case of Covid-19 at the end of October when she was 34 weeks pregnant, and gave birth a week later.\n\nBut the NHS nurse, who was on maternity leave from her job in London, has no recollection of it or the traumatic weeks that followed.\n\nDays later she was transferred 50 miles (80km) away to Royal Papworth Hospital's critical care unit and became one of the youngest patients ever to be put on to its \"artificial lung\" for acute respiratory failure.\n\nThe extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine acted as Mrs Gicain's lungs so they could recover while she was treated for Covid-19.\n\n\"The first thing I remember is just a few days before Christmas and being told where I was, what I had been through and that Elleana was doing well,\" Mrs Gicain said.\n\nMrs Gicain was given a round of applause by hospital staff after spending the first few weeks of her baby's life in a hospital 50 miles away\n\nHer husband Limuel Lina, 30, who also had Covid-19, was unable to visit her and had to wait three weeks to see Elleana, who was in a special care baby unit.\n\n\"It was so horrible the three of us being in separate places at a time when we should all have been together,\" Mr Lina said.\n\nAlthough the couple knew they were having a girl and had discussed her name, Mr Lina, a healthcare assistant, said he did not know his wife's preferred spelling.\n\n\"[It] meant I couldn't yet get her registered,\" he said.\n\n\"Luckily, I found some personalised pyjamas that Eva had bought as a Christmas present and so I managed to get the spelling from there!\"\n\nThe couple and their daughter celebrated a belated Christmas last week at their home in Basildon, Essex.\n\n\"Life is unpredictable and we are now just looking forward to being a little family and spending time together,\" added Mrs Gicain.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The head of AstraZeneca has defended its rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in the EU, amid tension with member states over delays in supply.\n\nPascal Soriot told Italian newspaper La Repubblica that his team was working \"24/7 to fix the very many issues of production of the vaccine\".\n\nHe said production was \"basically two months behind where we wanted to be\".\n\nHe also said the EU's late decision to sign contracts had given limited time to sort out hiccups with supply.\n\nMr Soriot, chief executive of the UK-Swedish multinational, said a contract with the UK had been signed three months before the one with the EU, giving more time for glitches to be ironed out.\n\nHe told La Repubblica that problems in \"scaling up\" vaccine production were being experienced at two plants, one in the Netherlands and one in Belgium.\n\n\"It's complicated, especially in the early phase where you have to really sort out all sorts of issues,\" he said.\n\n\"We believe we've sorted out those issues, but we are basically two months behind where we wanted to be.\"\n\nHe added: \"We've also had teething issues like this in the UK supply chain. But the UK contract was signed three months before the European vaccine deal. So with the UK we have had an extra three months to fix all the glitches we experienced.\n\nAstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said a vaccine targeting the South African variant was being worked on\n\n\"Would I like to do better? Of course. But, you know, if we deliver in February what we are planning to deliver, it's not a small volume. We are planning to deliver millions of doses to Europe, it is not small.\"\n\nMr Soriot also said AstraZeneca was working on a vaccine with Oxford University that would target the South African variant of the coronavirus.\n\nScientists have warned there is a chance the South African variant may harm the effectiveness of current vaccines.\n\nThe AstraZeneca vaccine is already being used in the UK but has not yet been approved by the EU, although the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is expected to give it the green light at the end of this month.\n\nThe bloc signed a deal in August for 300 million doses, with an option for 100 million more. The EU had hoped that, as soon as approval was given, delivery would start straight away, with some 80 million doses arriving in the 27 nations by March.\n\nThe EU has ordered 600 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is already being used on patients around the bloc.\n\nBut Pfizer-BioNTech said last week it was delaying shipments for the next few weeks because of work to increase capacity at its Belgian plant.\n\nIn response to the delays, the EU has said it might restrict exports of vaccines made in the bloc.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sofia Bettiza explains why some countries are far ahead of others in the vaccination race\n\nHealth Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said companies making Covid vaccines in the bloc would have to \"provide early notification whenever they want to export vaccines to third countries\".\n\nShe said the 27-member EU bloc would \"take any action required to protect its citizens\".\n\nEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, addressing the virtual version of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), usually held in Davos, said: \"Europe invested billions to help develop the world's first Covid-19 vaccines. And now, the companies must deliver. They must honour their obligations.\"\n\nHave you been affected by vaccine supply issues? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The prime minister has responded to calls that were getting louder for clarity about what might happen next and when.\n\nHe pencilled in a date for the country's diary. But 8 March is the hoped-for beginning of the end of lockdown - far from a guarantee.\n\nPolitical demands for more information from his backbench MPs and the opposition were part of the reason for his announcement. But there was also the relentless march of the clock.\n\nThe government had promised it would give schools in England two weeks' notice of whether they would be able to open after half-term.\n\nWith Boris Johnson not expected in Westminster on Thursday, Wednesday was the last viable moment to keep that vow.\n\nWith cases still so high, and hospitals still so full, in theory the announcement wasn't that much of a surprise.\n\nNorthern Ireland is already in lockdown until 5 March, but will confirm its position on schools on Thursday.\n\nWales and Scotland are reviewing whether to extend closures beyond the middle of February in the next couple of days. Without dramatic falls in case numbers, they seem likely to be in step soon too.\n\nIn practice, though, Mr Johnson's announcement still felt like a big admission: that we're heading for 12 months of limits - starting last March - on our lives in one way or another.\n\nFirms and families around the UK will have had to cope with moving in and out of lockdown for a whole year.\n\nLike Tuesday's terrible 100,000-deaths mark, it's a milestone that at the beginning of all of this simply wouldn't have been imagined.\n\nBut as time as worn on, the pattern has become familiar: push the dates back, confront the worst rather than hope for the best.\n\nThe prime minister altered, maybe, too. You could hear it in his tone when asked what the chances of sticking to his date were. \"That's the earliest,\" he warned, suggesting that a long list of things have to go right.\n\nOne cabinet minister described the government's position: \"The decision making has been more and more cautious as they've been caught out so many times.\"\n\nNo one perhaps would be more delighted than Mr Johnson if the pace of the disease slows dramatically and the promise of the vaccine comes good very soon.\n\nBut at this time, with a buffer of several weeks to keep looking at the information, that's not a commitment that ministers are willing to make.", "Victims lost an average of £45,242 last year after investing with fraudsters imitating genuine investment firms.\n\nMore than £78m was lost in total, according to fraud reporting centre Action Fraud.\n\nReports of clone firm investment scams rose by 29% in April - at the time of the first national lockdown - compared with the previous month.\n\nA UK financial watchdog warned people to be alert, particularly when their finances were stretched.\n\nScammers set up clone firms using the name, address and firm reference number (FRN) of real companies authorised by the regulator - the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).\n\nThey then send out sales materials linking to the websites of legitimate firms, to trick potential investors into thinking they are dealing with the real firm.\n\nThey use their own, similar contact details, so victims still think they are dealing with the genuine firm as they invest money.\n\nLosses can be high as fraudsters tend to encourage large or regular investments before disappearing with the money.\n\nThe ongoing financial impact of Covid-19 may make people more susceptible to clone scams, the FCA said.\n\nMark Steward, executive director of enforcement and market oversight at the FCA, said: \"Fraudsters use literature and websites that mirror those of legitimate firms, as well as encouraging investors to check the firm reference number (FRN) on the FCA Register to sound as convincing as possible.\"\n\nHe said alerts were raised about 1,100 firms, including clones, last year - twice as many as the previous year.\n\nHe said the authorities were taking down clone sites when discovered.\n\n\"When it comes to clones, I cannot emphasise enough how important it is to double check every detail,\" Mr Steward said.\n\nOne victim, called Janet, said: \"After searching the internet for high-return bonds, I received a call the next day about investing in student accommodation.\n\n\"I found legitimate details of the company online - everything seemed genuine, so I invested.\n\n\"A few months later, after a couple more investments, I started to get a bit worried - I still hadn't received confirmation of the latest investment.\n\n\"I tried to call the contacts I had been speaking to, but the numbers were invalid. It was clear I had been scammed.\n\nThe ScamSmart campaign, run by the FCA, has tips to protect yourself from clone investment firms:", "Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, is being held under India's anti-terror law\n\nA Scottish man who has been held in an Indian jail without conviction for three years has told the BBC he was tortured to sign a blank confession.\n\nJagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, is being held under India's anti-terror laws, accused of conspiring to murder a number of right-wing Hindu leaders.\n\nCourt documents allege he helped fund the crimes and claim he was a member of a \"terrorist gang\".\n\nMr Johal told the BBC via his lawyer he had been \"falsely implicated\".\n\nIn answers to BBC questions obtained by his lawyer during a virtual prison meeting, the 33-year-old says he was physically tortured into signing a blank confession and forced to record a video which was broadcast on Indian TV.\n\n\"They made me sign blank pieces of paper and asked me to say certain lines in front of a camera under fear of extreme torture,\" he said via his lawyer.\n\nMr Johal's legal team also shared a copy of what they say is a handwritten letter from shortly after his arrest in November 2017 in which he details allegations of how the torture took place.\n\n\"Multiple shocks were administered by placing (the) crocodile clips on my earlobes, nipples and private parts,\" the letter says. \"Multiple shocks were given each day.\n\n\"Two people would stretch my legs, another person would slap and strike me from behind, and the shocks were given by the seated officers.\"\n\n\"At some stages I was left unable to walk and had to be carried out of the interrogation room.\"\n\nThe BBC has been unable to independently verify these allegations of torture.\n\nThe Indian authorities strongly deny them, and have said \"there is no evidence of mistreatment or torture as alleged\".\n\nJagtar got married in India in 2017\n\nMr Johal travelled to India in October 2017 for his wedding.\n\nVideos of the occasion show the new groom jumping enthusiastically to Bhangra music as he celebrated.\n\nIn another he is seen holding his wife's hand, as they perform their first dance in front of friends and family.\n\n\"It was a cheerful day for us, it went exactly as planned,\" recalls his brother Gurpreet Singh Johal.\n\nBut a fortnight later, while on a shopping trip with his new bride in the North Indian state of Punjab, Mr Johal was taken away by police and has been in detention ever since.\n\nHis brother Gurpreet, who lives in Scotland, says Mr Johal was a peaceful activist and is convinced he was arrested because he had written about historical human rights violations against Sikhs in India.\n\n\"I believe my brother is being targeted because he was outspoken,\" Gurpreet says. \"I believe he is innocent and will be proved innocent once the trial starts.\n\n\"Otherwise Indian officials should release him and return him back to his country.\"\n\nJagtar Singh Johal (right) arrives at court in India in November 2017\n\nCharge-sheets from the Indian authorities outline the case against Mr Johal and a group of men whom they believe were involved in a \"series of killings\" of right wing Hindu leaders.\n\nIt is claimed Mr Johal was a member of Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF), described in the documents as an international \"terrorist gang\".\n\nHe is accused of paying £3,000 to the former head of the KLF to help fund the crimes. The documents claim he \"actively participated and had complete knowledge of the conspiracy\".\n\n\"There are very serious charges against him including murder and abetment of terrorism,\" an Indian government official told the BBC.\n\n\"The seriousness of charges against him have been shared with the British authorities,\" they added.\n\nFootage which claims to show Mr Johal in custody was broadcast on Indian TV\n\nMr Johal's lawyer, Jaspal Singh Manjphur, who has represented him since he was first arrested, told the BBC he was concerned by the length of time it was taking for the case to go through the Indian legal system.\n\n\"He has been in custody for over three years,\" Mr Manjphur said. \"Normally, if the prosecution wants, they can complete the case in that much time.\"\n\nMr Manjphur said the authorities had yet to provide any him with any evidence linking his client to the crimes and feared he was being framed, a charge denied by officials.\n\nA few weeks ago, Mr Johal was accused of being involved in another crime. While in prison he has been arrested for helping to plot the murder of a man in October 2020.\n\n\"He is in a high security jail, he is under CCTV surveillance for 24 hours. How can he be in contact with anyone?\", Mr Manjphur said.\n\nMr Johal was last seen in public at court in Delhi earlier this month\n\nMr Johal is being held at Delhi's maximum security Tihar jail.\n\nHe claims he is often forced to stay in solitary confinement and is denied the same facilities as other prisoners, such as hot water.\n\n\"By making me stay in these conditions, they are ensuring that my mental condition remains disturbed,\" he said.\n\n\"It is very tough to live here,\" he said.\n\nThe vast majority of inmates at the prison are, like Mr Johal, held before a conviction in what is known as an \"under-trial\" in India.\n\nAt the end of 2019, 82% of prisoners held in Tihar jail had yet to complete the trial process.\n\nIn India it can take many years before under-trial prisoners ever get to court, especially in terror cases where bail is hard to secure, a concern for Mr Johal's lawyer.\n\n\"He will languish in jail until the trial is completed, in such cases it could take anywhere between five to 10 years,\" Mr Manjphur said.\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has raised the case with his Indian counterpart\n\nThe human rights charity Reprieve has written to the UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, asking that he calls for Mr Johal's immediate release.\n\nReprieve is also worried that some of the charges Mr Johal is awaiting trial for carry the death penalty as the maximum punishment. But experts stress that executions in India are extremely rare.\n\nThe UK's Foreign Commonwealth and Development office told the BBC that Mr Raab did raise the case with his Indian counterpart during his trip to India in December.\n\n\"We have consistently raised concerns about his case with the Government of India, including allegations of torture and mistreatment and his right to a fair trial,\" it said in a statement.\n\n\"Our staff continue to support Jagtar Singh Johal following his detention in India, and are in regular contact with his family and prison officials about his health and wellbeing.\"\n\nHundreds of people protested outside the Foreign Office\n\nBut Mr Johal's brother Gurpreet said the family was still waiting for a meeting with the foreign secretary.\n\nHe said: \"We are calling for either Jagtar to be charged and a fair trial to take place or to be returned back to his country so he can spend his life with his wife in the UK.\"\n\nIn August last year Gurpreet Singh Johal was joined by dozens who protested outside Downing Street.\n\nJagtar Singh Johal's case has sparked protests around the world, from Westminster to Washington, Geneva to Toronto.\n\nIn his statement to the BBC, Mr Johal had this message for officials back home: \"I plead to the UK government to support me, I'm a British citizen and the government should understand that.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer calls for teachers and support staff to be vaccinated during the February half term\n\nSir Keir Starmer has called on the government to \"use the window\" of the February half-term to vaccinate all teachers and support staff.\n\nSpeaking at Prime Ministers Questions, the Labour leader said reopening schools must be a national priority.\n\nLabour wants to bring forward the vaccination of key workers alongside others in high risk groups.\n\nBut Boris Johnson said the proposal would \"delay our ability to move forward out of lockdown\".\n\nThe PM said teachers in the top nine priority groups would be vaccinated as a \"matter of priority\", adding: \"I know how deeply frustrating it is, the extra burden that we have placed on families by closing the schools.\"\n\nMr Johnson said he remained confident that the top four priority groups - taking in all over-70s, health and care staff and elderly care home residents - would receive a first jab by mid-February \"if we can get the supply\" of vaccines.\n\nBy the end of April those in the next five priority groups, including all over-50s and younger adults with underlying health conditions, should have been offered a jab, under the government's plans.\n\nLabour wants to see workers in critical professions - such as police officers, firefighters and transport workers, as well as teachers - vaccinated alongside these groups.\n\nShadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: \"The NHS rightly deserve congratulations for their impressive and speedy roll out of vaccinations.\n\n\"But now we need to go further and faster.\n\n\"Not only will vaccination acceleration save lives it will help us to carefully and responsibly reopen our economy and crucially ensure children are back in school as transmission reduces.\"\n\nBut asked about the proposal in the Commons, Mr Johnson said it would \"take vaccines away from the more vulnerable groups and... delay our ability to move forward out of lockdown\".\n\nThe government has said it will prioritise the reopening of schools as it begins the process of lifting lockdown restrictions, but in a Commons statement after PMQs, Mr Johnson indicated that schools would remain closed until early March.\n\n\"We hope it will... be safe to begin the reopening of schools from Monday, 8 March, with other economic and social restrictions being removed thereafter as and when the data permits,\" he told MPs.", "The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of many much-loved events and traditions but the good people of New Orleans were not going to let it ruin their annual Mardi Gras.\n\nWhen the mayor of the Louisiana city announced that the raucous, crowd-filled street carnival parades would not be going ahead, residents decided to turn their houses into floats instead.\n\nThousands have been transformed for the two-week long carnival that runs until Ash Wednesday on 17 February. In the picture below, you can see The Queen's Jubilee House.\n\nA special project was set up encouraging home-owners to hire the many artists who would normally have months of work preparing for the event.\n\nRené Pierre's company usually looks after 75 floats during Mardi Gras and he has managed to get contracts to build 53 house floats.\n\n\"My wife and I were trying to sleep one night, and we kept hearing notifications coming from the website. It was like instant success. It was incredible,\" he told CNN.\n\nThere were a variety of themes such as this reference to the Bernie Sanders meme from last month's presidential inauguration.\n\nAnd this homage to influential women including Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last year.\n\nThe idea for the house floats came from a carnival regular, Megan Joy Boudreaux, who had suggested it in a post on Twitter after the mayor's announcement in November.\n\n\"It doesn't matter if your budget is zero and you're recycling cardboard boxes, or whether your budget is tens of thousands of dollars and you've got a mansion on St Charles. We want everyone who wants to do this to participate,\" she told the New York Times.\n\nShe said she had expected a few friends and neighbours to join in, but by the beginning of January more than 9,000 people had signed up - some as far afield as the UK and Australia, the AP reports.\n\nSome homes were decorated in honour of musicians, like this house below that paid tribute to former New Orleans resident and jazz clarinet payer Pete Fountain.\n\nAnd this house which referenced country music star Dolly Parton.\n\nThere were also tributes to musician Dr John.\n\nAnd others evoked Zydeco music pioneers Boozoo Chavis and Clifton Chenier and the 'Cajun Hank Williams', DL Menard.\n\nAn online map of the decorated houses is being made available for people to visit in their own time and, it is hoped, in a socially-distanced way.", "Starmer: Get a grip on getting laptops to children\n\nSir Keir says he is \"no wiser\" over where the PM stands on vaccinating teachers. But he moves on to the supplies of technology for children at home. \"The government has got a duty to make sure every single child can learn at home,\" says the Labour leader. But he says a third of families say they don't have enough laptops or home computers, and over 400,000 children are still not able to get online at home. He asks if the PM understands the anger of families that the government \"still haven't got to grips with this\". Johnson says he \"fully understands the frustration and impatience across the country.\" He says the government has provided 1.3 million laptops to children and a £1bn catch up fund, but he promises more details in his statement this afternoon on \"what more we propose to do on reopening of schools\".", "Claudia Marsh was a volunteer for an eating disorder charity which had helped her in the past\n\nAn \"incredible\" recently-qualified teacher has died with coronavirus on her 25th birthday.\n\nClaudia Marsh's death was described as \"sudden and unexpected\" by a charity which had helped her recover from an eating disorder several years ago.\n\nShe had gone on to volunteer for the organisation and became a \"beacon of hope\" for others.\n\nHer mother Tina Marsh, from Heswall in Wirral, said she was \"very proud\" and \"blown away\" by the many tributes.\n\nWriting on Facebook, Ms Marsh said she was a \"beautiful daughter and incredible sister\" who was selfless in her work for Merseyside-based charities Talking Eating Disorders (TEDS) and The Whitechapel Centre.\n\nShe said: \"She loved giving back to people less fortunate than herself.\"\n\nFamily friend Leigh Best, who founded TEDS, described the death as \"heartbreaking\".\n\nShe added: \"Claudia was very special, kind, caring and a dedicated teacher.\n\n\"She supported countless families across the UK. Claudia made her own little packs to give out to others with eating disorders with positive affirmations.\n\n\"She was full of positivity, kindness and hope, and had a smile that would brighten up the whole room.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Whitechapel Centre, where Claudia also volunteered, said staff were \"devastated\", adding she would leave behind a \"legacy of care, dedication and enthusiasm\".\n\nThe charity said she put all of her time and energy into providing food and clothing to those who needed it during the pandemic.\n\n\"Claudia always put others before herself and her memory will live on through the impact and contribution she made to our organisation,\" the centre said.\n\n\"She was instrumental in bringing together our volunteer community.\"\n\nMs Marsh has set up an online fundraising page for the two charities, which has already garnered more than £10,000.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Facebook is taking steps to rectify the error that saw posts referring to Plymouth Hoe taken down\n\nFacebook has apologised for removing posts that named part of a city it deemed to contain an offensive word.\n\nPlymouth Hoe is a historic part of the Devon city's seafront but the social media platform wrongly identified it as an offensive term.\n\nFacebook users have recently had posts taken down for breaching bullying rules after innocently using the place name.\n\nThe company said it \"will take steps to rectify the error\".\n\nDawn Lapthorn, who created the 'Don't Dump it, Plymouth and Surrounding areas' page said she was surprised to receive notifications from Facebook telling her \"community standards on harassment and bullying\" had been breached.\n\nPlymouth Hoe is famous as the place where Sir Francis Drake finished off a game of bowls before setting off to fight the Spanish Armada in 1588\n\nShe said: \"One woman on the group had been making hats, and she forgot to say where the collection point was so people asked her and she wrote Plymouth Hoe.\n\n\"Suddenly I started getting notifications asking me to remove the comments.\n\n\"And then her daughter contacted me asking why her mum had been banned from commenting on the group.\"\n\nOther people commenting on the group's posts have also received notifications and had posts taken down.\n\nMs Lapthorn said: \"I've heard that some Facebook groups have been closed down because of this, and with the work we do in the community and 26,000 members, I've worked too hard to have that put at risk.\"\n\nA Facebook company spokesperson said: \"These posts were removed in error and we apologise to those who were affected. We're looking into what happened and will take steps to rectify the error.\"\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It wasn't normal when the prime minister stood at the lectern in Downing Street's wood-panelled State Dining Room and announced that four people had died from coronavirus on 9 March last year.\n\nIt wasn't normal, that day, when he announced the obscure-sounding virus was a global pandemic that, in the 21st Century, the UK government would struggle to contain.\n\nIt was unprecedented, in peacetime, when, on 23 March, Boris Johnson instructed the country to stay at home.\n\nIt was shocking when, on 28 March, official figures reported more than 1,000 cases in a single day.\n\nA few weeks later, there were sharp intakes of breath when the UK government's chief scientific adviser told MPs, and all of us, that keeping the numbers of deaths down to around 20,000 would be a \"good outcome\".\n\nIt wasn't normal when the Treasury started paying the wages of millions of people to prevent hardship on a vast scale.\n\nIt wasn't normal when planes stayed on the ground, roads and trains emptied.\n\nIt certainly wasn't normal when classrooms fell largely silent, or when the nooks and crannies of Westminster, usually full of intrigue, emptied.\n\nBut in that new strangeness it became normal, week after week, for millions of us to stand in the street, on balconies or on doorsteps to express thanks to those who care for us.\n\nAnd there is now an emerging routine of the most vulnerable rolling up their sleeves, sometimes in front of the cameras, for vaccines that offer at least part of the route to the future.\n\nYet the daily publication of the numbers of people who have died because of Covid has become an all-too-familiar rhythm.\n\nIn the middle of the afternoon, every day, the latest total emerges. A previously unimaginable communication has become a regular part of the country's conversation.\n\nBut today that number has reached a terrible height. Every one of those 100,000 lives lost leaves its own story, and sorrow, behind.\n\nThis miserable landmark is a moment to remember, maybe, that what has happened in the last year, to our politics, to us all is not normal at all.", "The Royal Welsh Show - the biggest agricultural show in Europe - has been cancelled for the second year running because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe board met on Wednesday to discuss holding the show as scheduled in July, but after discussions with Welsh Government decided it wouldn't be feasible.\n\nSteve Hughson, chief executive of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, said: “We continue to work alongside the Welsh Government and Public Health Wales to create a road map for the safe re-opening of events.\n\n\"Our events are central to the rural economy and way of life and mean so much to members, exhibitors, traders and visitors.\n\n\"We fully understand the responsibility on all of us to ensure we deliver our events as soon as it is safe to do so.\"\n\nMr Hughson said the society had provided free facilities for a Covid testing centre and a mass vaccination centre at its showground in Llanelwedd, Powys.", "Goldman Sachs' chief executive David Solomon will get a $10m (£7.3m) pay cut for the bank's involvement in the 1MDB corruption scandal.\n\n1MDB was an investment fund set up by the Malaysian government that lost billions due to fraudulent activity.\n\nThe global web of fraud and corruption led to a 12-year jail term for Malaysia's ex-prime minister Najib Razak which he is appealing.\n\nGoldman Sachs called its involvement in the scandal an \"institutional failure\".\n\nGoldman Sachs helped raise $6.5bn for 1MDB by selling bonds to investors, the proceeds of which were largely stolen.\n\nProsecutors alleged that senior Goldman executives ignored warning signs of fraud in their dealings with 1MDB and Jho Low, an adviser to the fund. Two Goldman bankers have been criminally charged in the scandal.\n\nMr Solomon's pay would have been $10m higher but for the actions its board of directors took in response to the 1MDB saga, Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday.\n\nWhile disclosing his salary had dropped to $17.5m for 2020, the bank stressed that Mr Solomon was unaware of the corruption.\n\nHe was not \"involved in or aware of the firm's participation in any illicit activity at the time... the board views the 1MDB matter as an institutional failure, inconsistent with the high expectations it has for the firm\".\n\nMr Solomon's package consists of $2m in cash base pay, a $4.65m cash bonus, and $10.85m in stock-based compensation.\n\nIn October, Goldman agreed to pay nearly $3bn to government officials in four countries to end an investigation into work it performed for 1MDB. The bank collected $600m for arranging the bond sales in 2012 and 2013.\n\nIt has spent years being investigated by regulators across the globe including those in the US, UK, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.In total, Goldman's dealings with 1MDB cost the bank more than $5bn.\n\nDespite the costs and fines from the fallout from the 1MDB scandal, 2020 was a bumper year for Goldman's businesses with annual revenue of $44.6bn, its highest since 2009.\n\nThe US-based bank got a huge boost from the recovery in global stock markets from the depths of the coronavirus recession.\n\nIn 2018 Malaysian police raided the home of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, as part of their investigation in his involvement with 1MDB.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Handbags and money seized in raids on former Malaysian PM's home (video published in 2018)", "Josh Quigley crashed while cycling at 40mph downhill in Dubai\n\nA record-breaking Scottish cyclist is recovering from his second serious crash in little over a year.\n\nJosh Quigley fractured his spine, pelvis, shoulder, collarbone and elbow after falling off his bike at 40mph while training in Dubai on Tuesday.\n\nThe 28-year-old from Livingston is in hospital awaiting surgery.\n\nLast September he broke the North Coast 500 cycling world record just months after suffering life-threatening injuries while riding across the USA.\n\nMr Quigley told BBC Scotland he was in a lot of pain and unable to walk after his latest crash.\n\nHe said: \"I think a gust of wind took my front wheel out.\"\n\n\"Not sure what the recovery process is looking like yet,\" he added on social media.\n\n\"Very grateful to Ben and Tobias who I was riding with for getting me an ambulance and making sure I got to hospital OK.\n\n\"There's a great cycling community here who have been great to me since I've been here and they're all doing a lot to make sure I am looked after and have what I need in here.\n\n\"Huge thanks also to a few people who stopped at the scene and all of the first responders and medical staff who have helped at the hospital so far.\"\n\nMr Quigley shaved six minutes off the existing North Coast 500 world record when he completed the 516-mile Highland route in 31hrs and 17 minutes last September.\n\nThe route is ranked as one of the world's toughest endurance challenges as it has 34,423ft (10,492m) of ascent - more than Mount Everest, which stands at 29,031ft (8,848m).\n\nHis feat came after he was hit by a vehicle in Texas during a round-the-world-trip in December 2019.\n\nHe had life-threatening injuries and operations on a broken heel and ankle as well as a stent fitted in an artery in his neck, which feeds blood to his brain.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The PM has said he hopes a \"gradual and phased\" relaxation of Covid restrictions can begin in early March.\n\nBoris Johnson told MPs he intended to set out a plan for how the lockdown in England could be eased and the criteria involved in the final week of February.\n\nFactors will include death and hospitalisation numbers, progress of vaccinations and changes in the virus.\n\nHe has ruled out schools in England re-opening after the February half term, instead setting an 8 March target.\n\nIn a statement to Parliament, Mr Johnson said the scientific data was not sufficiently clear to make any decisions now but he hoped to publish a detailed roadmap in just under a month's time as the \"picture became clearer\".\n\nHe also announced plans for tighter border restrictions to combat new variants of Covid, confirming all those arriving from high-risk countries will have to quarantine in hotels and other accommodation for 10 days.\n\nThe PM, who is under pressure from Tory MPs to spell out how the current lockdown will end, said relaxing restrictions would depend on emerging data about how effectively the vaccine stops virus transmission.\n\nHe signalled any easing of restrictions would start with schools, setting a potential re-opening date of 8 March - when he said he hoped the 15 million or so people in the top four vulnerable groups earmarked for vaccinations by mid-February will have had their jabs and have full protection.\n\n\"Our aim will be to set out a gradual and phased approach to easing the restrictions in a sustainable way,\" he said, adding that the \"first sign of normality\" should be pupils returning to school.\n\nHe added: \"We hope it will be safe to begin the re-opening of schools from 8 March with other economic and social restrictions being removed thereafter as the data permits.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said reopening schools should be a national priority and urged the government to vaccinate teachers and support staff during the February half term.\n\nLabour is also calling for the government to prioritise key workers in critical professions, seeing them added to the first phase of the vaccination programme, alongside those might likely to become seriously ill.\n\nCases are falling and the vaccination programme is going well. So why is the government waiting?\n\nFirstly, there are doubts about how fast infections are falling.\n\nWhile the daily figures show they have almost halved in just over a fortnight, the government's surveillance programmes which involve random testing suggest the drop may be slower.\n\nIt is unclear why there is this discrepancy, but understanding the true trajectory is crucial to knowing what will happen to pressures on hospitals.\n\nWhat impact the vaccination programme has will also be vital.\n\nEarly results from Israel, which is leading the world on vaccination, suggest cases in older age groups start falling three weeks after significant numbers are vaccinated. But ministers want to see that pattern repeated here.\n\nThey also want to know what effect vaccination has on transmission - it is possible vaccinated people can still transmit the infection even if they are protected from illness.\n\nThis will not be completely clear by March, but scientists should at least have a better idea.\n\nWhen a plan for exiting lockdown is set out, the government wants to be certain it can be kept to. But given the cost of lockdown the pressure to lift restrictions will grow if progress keeps being made.\n\nLast week, chair of the Covid Recovery Group Conservative MP Mark Harper said if the government meets its 15 February vaccination deadline, then ministers should begin easing lockdown by 8 March.\n\nHe welcomed the announcement from the prime minster.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mark Harper This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nUnder the current lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons such as food shopping and exercise.\n\nSimilar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nEngland's lockdown laws are due to end on 31 March. Mr Johnson has previously said this date is to allow for a \"controlled\" easing of restrictions back into local tiers.\n\nUnder the tier system, different rules are applied to different parts of the country, depending on factors such as pressure on the NHS, number of cases and rates at which case numbers fall.\n\nPupils in England are not expected to return to school before the February half term. Mr Johnson has said schools will be reopened \"as soon as we can\" but did not guarantee that would happen before Easter.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said restrictions in Scotland will continue until mid-February at the earliest.\n\nIn Wales, the lockdown will be reviewed at the end of January, but the government has previously said it does not see \"much headroom for change\".\n\nNorthern Ireland's lockdown has been extended until 5 March.", "As a family of chemicals, neonicotinoids cause harm to pollinating insects such as bees\n\nThe Wildlife Trusts is to take legal action against the UK government over its decision to allow a pesticide that is almost entirely banned in the EU.\n\nIn 2018, the EU banned the outdoor use of neonicotinoid pesticides, which harm pollinating insects such as bees.\n\nBut following Brexit, the government approved the emergency use of one neonicotinoid to combat a crop disease.\n\nThe charity has told Environment Secretary George Eustice of their intention to challenge the decision.\n\nIn a letter to Mr Eustice, the Trusts says it will push for a judicial review unless the government can \"prove it has acted lawfully\".\n\nMultiple studies, including large-scale field trials, have found that neonicotinoids harm pollinators and aquatic life. Research has also shown that they can be linked to the wider collapse in biodiversity.\n\nThe government says it allowed the use of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam because of the \"potential danger\" to the sugar beet crop from beet yellows virus, which is spread by aphids.\n\nThe virus can have a severe impact on sugar beet.\n\nIt stressed that use of the chemical would be strictly limited, and the risk to bees was \"acceptable\" because sugar beet doesn't flower. Alternative chemicals should be used to kill any wild flowering plants in and around the crops, the government said.\n\nNeonicotinoids are the most widely-used class of insecticides in the world and they work by disrupting the insect central nervous system.\n\nTwo years ago, the EU's ban was supported by then-Environment Secretary Michael Gove, who said the weight of evidence was \"greater than previously understood\". Unless the evidence changed, he said, the restrictions would be maintained post-Brexit.\n\nThe government says the change in policy is based on \"new evidence\". But, so far, they haven't made this science public.\n\nHowever, Craig Bennett, chief executive of the Wildlife Trusts, said there was no new evidence to justify the change in policy.\n\nHe said: \"The government refused a request for emergency authorisation in 2018 and we want to know what's changed. Where's the new evidence that it's okay to use this extremely harmful pesticide?\n\n\"Using neonicotinoids not only threatens bees but is also extremely harmful to aquatic wildlife because the majority of the pesticide leaches into soil and then into waterways. Worse still, farmers are being recommended to use weedkiller to kill wildflowers in and around sugar beet crops in a misguided attempt to prevent harm to bees in the surrounding area. This is a double blow for nature.\"\n\nIt was the National Farmers' Union (NFU) and British Sugar that applied for the authorisation. Victoria Prentis, a minister with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) told BBC News that it \"wasn't ideal\". But she was \"convinced it was appropriate\" and that the government was \"committed to reducing pesticide use and integrated pest management\".\n\nSugar beet affected by the yellowing disease spread by aphids\n\nThe pesticide will be authorised for use if there is a large enough outbreak of the disease. And it can only be used for a period of up to 120 days. Around a dozen other EU countries, including France and Germany, have also agreed emergency permits.\n\nMs Prentis said the authorisation was very specific, and \"targeted at a non-flowering crop, which bees are not attracted to\".\n\nHowever research, shows that the highly toxic chemicals can persist in the wider ecosystem for some time, potentially to be absorbed by wildflowers that pollinators then visit.\n\nProf Glen Jeffery, from University College London (UCL), said he felt \"horror\" when he learned of the government's decision.\n\n\"We've slowly moved away from it and yet it's creeping back in,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"It's very prevalent in other parts of the world, but then you find in other parts of the world vast numbers of pollinating insects have just vanished and they've just gone through heavy pesticide use. We reach the ridiculous situation where in parts of California thousands of beehives are trucked from Texas and from Florida into California to pollinate crops.\"\n\nThere has been one full sugar beet harvest since outdoor neonicotinoid use was banned. According to the NFU, the 2019-20 harvest was largely unaffected by beet yellows disease. This year's sugar beet harvest is currently underway, and yields are expected to be down by around 25% compared with the five-year average, with some farmers losing as much as 80% of their crop.\n\nAccording to the NFU, there are 3,000 farmers who grow sugar beet, and the wider industry supports around 9,500 jobs in England, largely in the East.\n\nThe NFU has called the situation \"unprecedented\" and its sugar board chairman Michael Sly said: \"I am relieved that our application for emergency use of a neonicotinoid seed treatment for the 2021 sugar beet crop has been granted.\"\n\nNeurobiologist and environmental pharmacologist Dr Chris Connolly said that, since 2018, when neonicotinoids were banned in the EU, around 400 papers had been published looking into thiamethoxam, and none said they were less harmful.\n\nThe peach potato aphid is responsible for spreading the beet yellows virus\n\nHe said he could be in favour of using it: \"But rarely, and when it's really needed - when it's an emergency. It's not an emergency if you apply for it before an emergency.\n\nHe added: \"Is adding pesticides to pesticides the way to go towards better sustainability?\"\n\nWhen they were introduced in 2005, neonicotinoids were seen as a good alternative to traditional pesticides. They are systemic, which means they are absorbed by the plant, so are applied to seeds as a coating - instead of being sprayed. However, it has become clear they are highly toxic to invertebrates such as insects.\n\nThe government recently committed to spending £3bn of international climate finance to \"supporting nature and biodiversity\".\n\nSeveral hundred thousand people have now signed various online petitions against the move. Earlier this month, more than 30 wildlife and environmental organisations, including Pesticide Action Network and the RSPB, wrote a joint letter to Mr Eustice calling on the government to publish the new evidence that led to the derogation being approved.", "The EHIC card is making way for the GHIC card under a new agreement with the EU\n\nUK residents can apply for a Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) to access emergency medical care in the EU when their current EHIC card runs out.\n\nUnder a new agreement with the EU, both cards will offer equivalent healthcare protection when people are on holiday, studying or travelling for business.\n\nThis includes emergency treatment as well as treatment needed for a pre-existing condition.\n\nThe new GHIC card is free and can be obtained via the official GHIC website.\n\nCurrent European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) are valid as long as they are in date, and can continue to be used when travelling to the EU.\n\nYou don't need to apply for a GHIC until your current EHIC expires.\n\nPeople should apply at least two weeks before they plan to travel to ensure their card arrives on time.\n\nHealth Minister Edward Argar said: \"Our deal with the EU ensures the right for our citizens to access necessary healthcare on their holidays and travels to countries in the EU will continue.\n\n\"The GHIC is a key element of the UK's future relationship with the EU and will provide certainty and security for all UK residents.\"\n\nIf a UK resident is travelling without a card, they are still entitled to necessary healthcare, and should contact the NHS Business Services Authority (which covers the whole of the UK), which can arrange for payment should they require treatment when abroad.\n\nEHICs from EU member states will continue to be accepted by the NHS.\n\nIt is advised that anyone travelling overseas, whether to the EU or elsewhere in the world, should take out comprehensive travel insurance.", "Khairi Saadallah admitted three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder\n\nA killer who stabbed three men to death in a Reading park has been handed a whole-life jail term.\n\nKhairi Saadallah murdered James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and 39-year-old Joe Ritchie-Bennett, in June last year in Forbury Gardens.\n\nLondon's Old Bailey previously heard the 26-year-old \"executed\" the men as an \"act of religious jihad\".\n\nPassing sentence Judge Mr Justice Sweeney said it was a \"ruthless and brutal\" terror attack.\n\nSaadallah, who admitted the murders, had also pleaded guilty to the attempted murders of three other men who were also in the park.\n\nThe judge said the victims \"had no chance to react, let alone defend themselves\".\n\n(L-R) David Wails, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and James Furlong were pronounced dead at the scene\n\nHe said he was sure the attack \"involved a substantial degree of premeditation or planning\" and was carried out \"for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, or ideological cause\".\n\nBBC News correspondent Helena Wilkinson, who was in court, said the families of James Furlong and David Wails were present, while Joseph Ritchie-Bennett's loved ones watched via a link from America.\n\nSaadallah showed no emotion as Mr Justice Sweeney went through his sentencing remarks.\n\nOn the afternoon of 20 June, the park was busy due to the first lockdown restrictions being relaxed in England.\n\nAndrew Cafe, who witnessed the stabbings, said he saw Saadallah wielding the \"biggest kitchen knife\" and charging towards him shouting \"Allahu Akbar\".\n\nPharmaceutical manager Mr Ritchie-Bennett and teacher Mr Furlong died from single stab wounds to their necks, while scientist Mr Wails was stabbed once in the back.\n\nDespite treatment from paramedics and doctors, all three friends, who were members of the LGBT community, died at the scene.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Witness Andrew Cafe visited Forbury Gardens for the first time since the attack\n\nThree other people - Nishit Nisudan, Patrick Edwards and Stephen Young - were also injured, before Saadallah threw away the knife and fled the scene, pursued by police.\n\nFollowing his arrest, Saadallah initially said he wanted to plead guilty to the \"jihad that I done\", but the prosecution claimed he later feigned mental illness in police interviews.\n\nAt a previous hearing, the court heard he had developed an emotionally unstable and anti-social personality disorder, with his behaviour worsened by alcohol and cannabis misuse.\n\nBut the judge said it was \"clear that the defendant did not, and does not, have any major mental illness\".\n\nAn examination of Saadallah's phone revealed an interest in extremist material, including images of the flag of Islamic State and Jihadi John, the court previously heard.\n\nWhile at HMP Bullingdon in 2017, he was seen to associate with radical preacher Omar Brookes, who has connections with banned terrorist organisation Al-Muhajiroun.\n\nThe court heard Saadallah, who arrived in Britain from Libya in 2012, had previously been involved with militias who had been part of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, and was pictured handling weapons, including firearms.\n\nSince seeking asylum in Britain, he had been repeatedly arrested and convicted of various offences, including theft and assault, between 2013 and 2020.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV cameras captured Khairi Saadallah before and after the stabbing\n\nHe briefly came to the attention of MI5 in 2019, but the information provided did not meet the threshold of investigation.\n\nSaadallah had been released from prison on 5 June, days before the attack, the court heard.\n\nOn 17 June, he researched the location for his attack online and carried out reconnaissance in the park.\n\nThe following day his probation officer alerted his mental health team over comments he made about magic.\n\nA day later, Saadallah contacted the crisis team himself, but when they visited he did not answer.\n\nFollowing concerns from his brother, police visited the killer the same day, but he told officers he was \"alright\" while he stood near a knife he bought from a supermarket.\n\nAndrew Wails said losing his brother had been devastating\n\nAfter the sentencing, James Furlong's father, Gary, said: \"The secretary of state needs to tell us why this guy wasn't put into some form of detention centre before they could deport him.\n\n\"He was not safe to be released back on the streets.\"\n\nReferring to the fact that Saadallah had been visited by police the night before the attack, Mr Furlong said: \"Given the volume of crimes he's committed and the information that they had on him, for an assessment to be done the night before to say that he's not a danger to the public - it is beyond me.\"\n\nHe described Mr Furlong, originally from Liverpool, as \"a lovely man, loved by his family, idolised by his mother\".\n\nDavid Wails' brother Andrew said: \"For us as a family it's been devastating to lose our much loved son, brother and uncle.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Bennett family described Mr Ritchie-Bennett as a \"devoted and loving husband\" and \"a man who cared strongly about family\".\n\nThe park had been busy due to the first lockdown restrictions being relaxed in England\n\nDet Ch Supt Kath Barnes, head of Counter Terrorism Policing South East, described Saadallah as \"a committed jihadist\".\n\nShe said: \"He has caused unspeakable hurt and distress to the families of the three men who were brutally murdered as they were relaxing and enjoying socialising with friends on a Saturday evening.\n\n\"I'm sure there will also be lasting effects on those who were injured in the attack, who were fortunate not to have been even more seriously harmed.\"\n\nReading Borough Council leader Jason Brock described the attacks as \"horrific\" and \"senseless\" and said a permanent memorial to the victims was planned.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cardiff\n\nCardiff City defender Sol Bamba is being treated for cancer, the Championship club has announced.\n\nThe 35-year-old Ivory Coast international has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy.\n\n\"Sol has begun his battle in typically positive spirits and will continue to be an integral part of the Bluebirds family,\" said the Bluebirds.\n\nBamba joined Cardiff in October 2016 under former manager Neil Warnock.\n\nThe National Health Service Wales describes the illness as \"a type of cancer that develops in the lymphatic system, a network of vessels and glands spread throughout your body.\n\n\"The lymphatic system is part of your immune system\".\n\nThe Bluebirds said Bamba is \"universally admired by team-mates, staff and supporters in the Welsh capital\".\n\nThe club's statement added: \"During treatment Sol will support his team mates at matches and younger players within the Academy, with whom he will continue his coaching development.\n\n\"While we request privacy for him and his family at this time, messages of support to be passed on to Sol may be sent to club@cardiffcityfc.co.uk.\"\n\n\"We are all with you Sol.\"\n\nBamba helped Cardiff win promotion to the Premier League in 2018 and has made more than 100 appearances for the club.\n\nThe former Paris St Germain player has been a hugely popular member of the squad, though this season he has been restricted to five Championship substitute appearances and one League Cup start.\n\nHe is a much travelled player who has had spells at Dunfermline, Hibernian, Leicester City, Trazbonspor and Italian club Palermo as well as Leeds United.\n\nFrance-born Bamba has played 46 times for the Ivory Coast, including World Cup appearances and was part of their African Cup of Nations squad when they were runners-up in 2012.", "A video featuring footage of a County Mayo man being consumed by fits of laughter while trying to record a birthday message for his son, has gone viral.\n\nVincent McDonnell was sending the message to his son David, who was celebrating his 40th birthday in Australia.\n\nHis younger son Paul got the video rolling, but the pair could not contain their laughter as they racked up the attempts.\n\nThe video has been viewed more than 1.5m times on Paul's Twitter account.", "Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore said their cars were surrounded by police when they arrived at the reservoir\n\nTwo women who were fined £200 each when they drove five miles for a walk have had the penalties withdrawn.\n\nJessica Allen and Eliza Moore were walking at Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire, when they were \"surrounded\" by officers.\n\nAt the time Derbyshire Police insisted driving to exercise was \"not in the spirit\" of the most recent lockdown.\n\nBut new national guidance for police has led the force to quash the fines, and apologise to the women.\n\nChief Constable Rachel Swann said the fines \"have been withdrawn and we have notified the women directly, apologising for any concern caused\".\n\nThe two friends travelled the short distance to the reservoir from their homes in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nThey said their cars were \"surrounded\" by police. They were then questioned on why they were there and told the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nIn a statement, the women said: \"This afternoon we both received a phone call from Derbyshire Police.\n\n\"After reviewing our case, our fines have been rescinded and we have received an apology on behalf of the constabulary for the treatment we received.\n\n\"We welcomed this apology and we are pleased to draw a line under this event.\"\n\nAfter the incident gained media attention, the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) \"clarified the policing response concerning travel and exercise\".\n\nThe guidance said: \"The Covid regulations which officers enforce and which enables them to issue FPNs [fixed penalty notices] for breaches, do not restrict the distance travelled for exercise.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid: Fined women 'could have been dealt with differently'\n\nDerbyshire Police said: \"Having received clarification of the guidance issued by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) on Friday, these FPNs as well as a small number of others issued, were reviewed in line with that latest advice, and so it is right that we have taken this action.\"\n\nThe county's police and crime commissioner Hardyal Dhinsda said: \"While the police are doing their absolute best to protect public safety during what is a critical time of the pandemic, the public should rightly expect a proportionate and balanced approach, taking full consideration of individual circumstances.\n\n\"We recognise that errors will occur in the face of complex guidance and legislation and it is important such situations are resolved quickly and fairly, as has been the case here.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK economy will \"get worse before it gets better\" as the country battles the pandemic, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned.\n\nThe chancellor told MPs the new national restrictions were necessary to control the spread of coronavirus.\n\nHowever, he said they would have a further significant economic impact,\n\n\"Even with the significant economic support we've provided, over 800,000 people have lost their job since February,\" he said.\n\n\"Sadly, we have not and will not be able to save every job and every business.\n\n\"But I am confident that our economic plan is supporting the finances of millions of people and businesses.\"\n\nThe chancellor said \"the road ahead will be tough\", but maintained that the government was \"taking the difficult but right long-term decisions for our country\".\n\nHe said that fiscal stimulus provided so far amounted to more than £280bn, while 1.2 million employers had furloughed almost 10 million employees.\n\nAt the same time, three million people had benefited from self-employment grants.\n\nMr Sunak said he would \"bear in mind\" calls to extend business rate relief and provide further support for the hospitality sector at the Budget in March.\n\nShadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds accused Mr Sunak of being \"out of ideas\" and providing \"nothing new\".\n\nShe said: \"The purpose of an update is to provide us with new information, not to repeat what we already know.\"\n\nThe chancellor's words reflect the fact that with a widespread lockdown, the first months of 2021 are likely to see a further contraction in the UK economy and probably an official double-dip recession. This reflects the physical shutdown nationwide of hospitality and retail, as well as the effect in the data of school shutdowns too.\n\nIn addition, consumers and workers are likely to be more cautious as the vaccine starts to be rolled out. So this is a very odd sort of economic tripwire. The challenge in the next weeks and months gets bigger, although not as big as it was last April. But beyond that, there is the hope of something normal.\n\nThe implication for the chancellor as he prepares a vital early March Budget, however, is further delay to the measures, such as tax rises, to deal with historic levels of pandemic government borrowing.", "In his letter to staff, circulated on social media, Chad Wolf said he had hoped to remain as acting secretary to homeland security until the end of the Trump administration.\n\n\"Unfortunately, this action is warranted by the recent events, including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as acting secretary,\" he said, \"which serve to divert attention and resources away from the important work of the Department in this critical time of a transition of power\".\n\nWolf's resignation comes after he last week called on Trump and all elected officials to \"strongly condemn\" the Capitol riot.\n\nHis exit throws the department into turmoil just as it is gearing up for inauguration of Joe Biden as president on 20 January, which has been designated a national security special event.", "Rules governing the import of personal goods from the UK to the EU changed after Brexit formally came into effect\n\nA Dutch TV network has filmed border officials confiscating ham sandwiches and other foods from drivers arriving in the Netherlands from the UK, under post-Brexit rules.\n\nThe officials were shown explaining import regulations imposed since the UK formalised its separation from the EU.\n\nUnder EU rules, travellers from outside the bloc are banned from bringing in meat and dairy products.\n\nThe rules appeared to bemuse one driver.\n\n\"Since Brexit, you are no longer allowed to bring certain foods to Europe, like meat, fruit, vegetables, fish, that kind of stuff,\" a Dutch border official told the driver in footage broadcast by TV network NPO 1.\n\nIn one scene, a border official asked the driver whether several of his tin-foil wrapped sandwiches had meat in them.\n\nWhen the driver said they did, the border official said: \"Okay, so we take them all.\"\n\nSurprised, the driver then asked the officials if he could keep the bread, to which one replied: \"No, everything will be confiscated - welcome to the Brexit, sir. I'm sorry.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK officially finished its formal separation from the EU on 31 December, 2020.\n\nFrom 23:00 GMT on that date, the UK stopped following EU rules, with new arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation coming into force.\n\nA trade deal with the EU was agreed on 24 December, and a week later, UK lawmakers voted in favour of the agreement.\n\nThe UK's departure means big changes for business - with the UK and EU forming two separate markets - the end of free movement, and new regulations, including those governing the import of personal goods.\n\nThe UK government has issued guidance to commercial drivers travelling to the EU, warning them to \"be aware of additional restrictions to personal imports\".\n\n\"You cannot bring POAO (products of an animal origin) such as those containing meat or dairy (e.g. a ham and cheese sandwich) into the EU,\" the guidance says. \"There are exceptions to this rule for certain quantities of powdered infant milk, infant food, special foods, or special processed pet feed.\"\n\nOn its website, the European Commission says the ban is necessary because such goods \"continue to present a real threat to animal health throughout the Union\".\n\n\"It is known, for example, that dangerous pathogens that cause animal diseases such as Foot and Mouth Disease and classical swine fever can reside in meat, milk or their products,\" the Commission says.\n\nSeparately, the Dutch customs agency shared a picture of foodstuffs it had confiscated from motorists in the ferry terminal the Hook of Holland.\n\n\"Since 1 January, you can't just bring more food from the UK,\" the agency said. \"So prepare yourself if you travel to the Netherlands from the UK and spread the word. This is how we prevent food waste and together ensure that the controls are speeded up.\"\n\nThe BBC's economics editor Faisal Islam described the confiscation of ham sandwiches and other foodstuffs at the EU's borders with the UK as \"a standard implication of [the] Brexit deal\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Faisal Islam This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Unison, the UK's biggest trade union, has elected a woman as leader for the first time.\n\nChristina McAnea won 47.7% of the vote and takes over as general secretary from Dave Prentis, who has been in the job since 2001.\n\nThe former assistant general secretary beat fellow officials Paul Holmes, Roger McKenzie and Hugo Pierre in the contest, which began in October.\n\nMs McAnea said: \"I become general secretary at the most challenging time in recent history - both for our country and our public services.\n\n\"Health, care, council, police, energy, school, college and university staff have worked throughout the pandemic, and it's their skill and dedication that will see us out the other side.\n\n\"Their union will continue to speak up for them and do all it can to protect them in the difficult months ahead.\"\n\nUnison is promising action against the government's pay freeze for 1.3 million public sector workers, which it has described as an \"attack\" on members' livelihoods.\n\nMs McAnea said: \"Despite the risks, the immense pressures and their sheer exhaustion, the dedication and commitment of our key workers knows no end. I will not let this government, nor any future one, forget that.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has also demanded a U-turn on public sector pay, as he urges ministers to \"protect family incomes\" from the effects of lockdowns and other restrictions in his first speech of the year.\n\nBut Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said he cannot \"justify a significant, across-the-board\" salary increase while the economy and public finances are suffering in the wake of the pandemic.\n\nMs McAnea, an experienced negotiator and former NHS worker, is expected to be broadly supportive of Sir Keir, as Mr Prentis has been.\n\nThe Labour leader welcomed her victory, saying: \"I know you will be a brilliant representative for Unison members.\n\n\"And it's a significant moment for the union to elect its first woman general secretary. I look forward to working with you.\"\n\nHer election comes at a strained time between Sir Keir and several other unions whose general secretaries have spoken out in support of his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn, who is currently suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party.\n\nMr Holmes came second in the Unison contest, with 33.8%, followed by Mr McKenzie, on 10.8%, and Mr Pierre, on 7.8%.\n\nMs McAnea grew up in Glasgow and worked as a housing officer before becoming a union employee.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK is at the \"worst point\" of the pandemic, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned, but said the actions of the public \"could make a difference\".\n\nAt a No 10 briefing, Mr Hancock pleaded with people to follow the government's Covid rules until the vaccine could provide a \"way out\" of the pandemic.\n\nThe government earlier published its plan to immunise tens of millions of people by spring.\n\nSo far 2.3 million people in the UK have had a first Covid vaccine shot.\n\nAnd a total of 2.6 million doses have been given out across the country, with some people having received both doses.\n\nMr Hancock said the new variant of coronavirus was putting the NHS under \"significant pressure\", adding it was \"imperative\" that people limit their social contacts.\n\n\"The NHS, more than ever before, needs everybody to be doing something right now - and that something is to follow the rules,\" he said.\n\n\"I know there has been speculation about more restrictions, and we don't rule out taking further action if it is needed, but it is your actions now that can make a difference.\"\n\nThe health secretary said he could \"rule out\" tightening restrictions by removing support and childcare bubbles, however.\n\nHis comments follow similar warnings from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty, who said that the next few weeks will be \"the worst\" of the pandemic for the NHS.\n\nAccording to the latest figures, there have been another 529 deaths within 28 days of a positive test in the UK, and another 46,169 cases reported. There are also more than 32,000 people in hospital with coronavirus, data shows.\n\nMatt Hancock has previously said he's learned to rule nothing out when it comes to dealing with the pandemic.\n\nBut today he took the unusual step of doing just that.\n\nSupport bubbles and childcare bubbles, hugely valued by so many, will stay.\n\nSenior Whitehall sources have previously told me bubbles were \"untouchable\" but for a minister to say as much, so explicitly and on the record, means there's now very little wriggle room for the government to change its mind.\n\nMinisters will know that scrapping bubbles, for those that rely on them, could have proved deeply unpopular. But this certainty is a rarity.\n\nWhilst the current emphasis is on compliance, the idea of toughening up controls in other areas is not being ruled out.\n\nThe vaccine delivery plan says it is expected to take until spring to give a first dose to all 32 million people in the UK's priority groups, including everyone over 55 and those who are clinically vulnerable.\n\nUnder the plan, the government has pledged to carry out at least two million vaccinations in England per week by the end of January, which it says will be made possible by rolling out jabs at 206 hospital sites, 50 vaccination centres and around 1,200 local vaccination sites.\n\nIt also reiterates the government's aim of offering vaccinations to around 15 million people in the UK - the over-70s, older care home residents and staff, frontline healthcare workers and the clinically extremely vulnerable - by mid-February.\n\nAccording to Mr Hancock, two fifths of over-80s have now received their first dose, and almost a quarter of care home residents have received theirs.\n\nAlso at the briefing, NHS England's national medical director, Prof Stephen Powis, said the NHS was aiming to vaccinate the rest of the top nine priority groups by April, with a final push to offer all adults over 18 a jab by the autumn.\n\nHe stressed it would take until February before there were \"early signs\" that vaccination was leading to a drop in hospitalisations.\n\nThe country has still not seen the full impact of the Christmas loosening of lockdown restrictions, Prof Powis added, although he noted there are now 13,000 more Covid patients in hospital than there were on Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking in Bristol earlier, Mr Johnson warned the vaccination programme was in a \"race against time\" because of pressure on the NHS.\n\nHe said it was \"a very perilous moment because everyone can sense the vaccine is coming in - my worry is that will breed false complacency\".\n\nThe newly-published vaccination plan also says ministers are aiming to offer jabs at more than 2,700 sites across the UK.\n\nAnd it says that daily vaccination figures for England will be published from now on - showing the total number vaccinated to date, including first and second doses.\n\nEarlier, NHS England's chief executive, Sir Simon Stevens, told MPs that there was a \"strong case\" for asking the the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to consider prioritising \"teachers and other key workers\" for vaccination after the \"first nine [priority] groups have been vaccinated\".\n\nA quarter of coronavirus admissions to hospital are for people under the age of 55, he added.\n\nIn the first four weeks of the vaccination campaign, the NHS did 1.3 million vaccinations.\n\nNews that in the past week almost the same again has been done shows progress is being made - even though there has been some concern rollout to care home residents has been slower than hoped.\n\nHitting two million doses a week is the next target - and is something the NHS is aiming to get close to this week.\n\nWith more vaccination sites opening by the day, it should be achievable as long as there is good supply.\n\nThere is already enough vaccine in the country to vaccinate all 15 million people in the highest at-risk groups that have been promised an offer of a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nHowever, not all of it has been through the final safety checks or been packaged up ready for distribution.\n\nChallenges remain, but even at this early stage it is clear there is growing optimism that the programme is on track.\n\nAs seven mass vaccination centres opened across England on Monday, NHS England said hundreds more GP-led and hospital services would also open later this week.\n\nBut with all centres, people will need to wait until they receive an invitation.\n\nTwo vaccines - Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca - are currently being administered in the UK.\n\nOn Friday, a third coronavirus vaccine - made by US company Moderna - was approved for use, although supplies are not expected to arrive until spring.\n\nVaccine programmes are also progressing in the UK's devolved nations.\n\nAll over-50s and everyone who is at greater risk from Covid in Wales will be offered a vaccine by spring, under new plans.\n\nAnd Scotland's health secretary has said every aged over 80 or over in the nation will be offered a jab by February, while care workers in Northern Ireland who provide services to ill or elderly patients living at home can now book an appointment to get a Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar lockdown measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has questioned why there are \"less restrictions in place\" now than there were last March.\n\nIn his first speech of the year, he said: \"I do think it's time to hear from the scientists [about] what else could be done and that probably should be done in the next few hours\".\n\nMeanwhile, the United Arab Emirates is being removed from the UK list of travel corridors amid a spike in Covid cases.\n\nAnd England's Test and Trace scheme has revised one of its definitions of a \"close contact\" - the people who need to be reached if they have been near to someone who has tested positive for Covid.\n\nThis now refers to anyone who has been within two metres of someone for more than 15 minutes, whether in a single period or cumulatively over the course of one day.\n\nPreviously the definition was just a single period of at least 15 minutes.", "Home Office Minister James Brokenshire, who was diagnosed with lung cancer three years ago, is taking leave to have surgery on a lung tumour.\n\nThe Old Bexley and Sidcup MP resigned as Northern Ireland secretary in 2018 for surgery to remove a lesion on his right lung.\n\nOn Monday he confirmed that \"frustratingly\" there had been a recurrence of a tumour there.\n\nHe said he was in \"good hands\" with the \"fantastic NHS team\" looking after him.\n\n\"[I'm] keeping positive and blessed to have the love of Cathy and the kids to support me through this,\" the 53-year-old wrote on Twitter.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said his thoughts were with Mr Brokenshire and his family.\n\n\"Wishing you all the best for your treatment and looking forward to welcoming you back on the team soon,\" he added.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said she was \"saddened\" by the news, adding: \"All my thoughts and prayers are with James and his family during this time\".\n\n\"All colleagues across government send James our love and best wishes, and we look forward to having him back soon,\" she added.\n\nHealth secretary Matt Hancock was among government colleagues wishing him well, adding he was \"sending my best wishes for a speedy recovery\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted: \"Wishing you all the best for your treatment, James. Get well soon.\"\n\nMr Brokenshire, who was first elected to Parliament in 2005 as MP for the former constituency of Hornchurch, has also previously served as housing secretary under former PM Theresa May.\n\nHe has called for efforts to \"break some of the stigma around lung cancer\" and raise awareness of the disease.\n• None Brokenshire: There were some pretty dark moments", "Medical director Steve Stanaway says numbers of Covid patients are rising at the hospital\n\nHospital staff in Wrexham are under immense pressure after a \"rapid increase\" in seriously ill coronavirus patients, a medical director has warned.\n\nWrexham now has the highest rate of Covid-19 in Wales, with 851.7 cases per 100,000 of the population.\n\nThis is more than double the Welsh average.\n\nSteve Stanaway, medical director at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, pleaded with people to abide by rules.\n\n\"The worry from a staff's point of view is how much more stretching can we take, how many more staff can we deploy?\" he said.\n\nThe hospital - which is part of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - was the latest to suspend routine surgery as it tries to deal with rising numbers of Covid patients.\n\n\"That's created more feelings of stress and anxiety, not least to the people who were hoping to get their surgery this week,\" Mr Stanaway said.\n\nThe health board has postponed the majority of surgeries planned for the next two weeks at Wrexham, although some patients will be offered appointments in Bangor instead.\n\nEmergency surgery, upper gastro-intestinal surgery, endoscopy procedures and caesarean sections will continue at the Wrexham hospital.\n\nProf Arpan Guha, acting executive medical director, said: \"There are many patients expecting to undergo an operation in Wrexham over the coming weeks and we recognise how anxious and worried they will already be about having surgery during the current surge of the pandemic.\n\n\"We are sorry for any further distress or inconvenience this decision may cause and would like to reassure those affected that we are doing all we can to prioritise patients in the most urgent need of care.\"\n\nThe spike in cases in communities in north-east Wales has been blamed on the newer \"faster-spreading\" variant.\n\nWhile case rates in many communities have fallen slightly in recent weeks, in Wrexham numbers are continuing to rise.\n\nThe area now has the highest rate in Wales, followed by Flintshire with 754.6 per 100,000 of the population.\n\nBus services in the area have been affected after 28 drivers of Arriva Buses Wales tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nMeanwhile, Gwynedd, has the lowest case rate in the whole of Wales, with 110.\n\nThe average case rate for Wales stands at 435.9, according to the most recent Public Health Wales figures.\n\nThere have been calls for mass testing - as seen in parts of the south Wales Valleys - in the area as case rates continue to rise, but Wrexham council has said it has no plans to offer this to the wider community.\n\nMr Stanaway said the critical care unit and respiratory unit at the Wrexham hospital was now under huge pressure with the number of new patients needing this level of care \"rapidly increasing\" in recent weeks.\n\n\"The numbers are really quite alarming\", he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast on Monday. \"It's a huge amount of disease burden within a community.\"\n\nMr Stanaway said there were 125 inpatients being treated with Covid on Sunday night, which he estimated was an increase of 117% since Christmas.\n\nHe said 14 of them where in critical care, with some on ventilators, while 16 where being treated in the hospital's high care respiratory unit - a 45% increase in just four days.\n\n\"There are now so many in that unit they've had to expand it to a completely different part of the hospital,\" he said.\n\n\"If you look at the graphs of the cases they are going up exponentially, they are terrifying to look at, and I think people are very aware that this is what is happening out in the community around them,\" he said.\n\nMr Stanaway said staff were working tirelessly and under huge amounts of pressure to keep caring for the sickest patients, but it was unclear how much more demand the hospital could take.\n\n\"Our current predictions for admissions coming through the door in January are currently sitting at about 350, if you compare that to April, the height of the pandemic, we had 286 people,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a lot more, we've already had 112 people in the first nine days of January. And the numbers are going up and up.\"\n\nHe pleaded with people to abide by the rules.\n\n\"This virus is hurting, and has hurt, a lot of people within Wrexham and Flintshire,\" he said.\n\n\"I can't say it strongly enough... we will get through this, but you just have to play by the rules.\"\n\nLatest figures show 149 staff were isolating and, with high nursing vacancy rates, staff were under huge pressure and were working tirelessly.\n\n\"Of all the years I've worked in the NHS... the resilience, dedication and professionalism our staff are showing is absolutely unbelievable,\" he said.\n\n\"But you have to bear in mind that people are tired, people are stressed, and it does put a strain,\" he said.\n\n\"We absolutely want to see you if you are unwell, but if you can wait or seek care somewhere else... please do that to give us that little bit of headspace.\"", "Online supermarket Ocado has become the first big retailer to warn of shortages of some products.\n\nIt told customers in an email that there may be \"an increase of missing items and substitutions over the next few weeks\".\n\nStaff sickness and self-isolation means some food producers are cutting the number of product lines they offer.\n\nWhile customers might not get their exact product choice, plenty of food should be available, Ocado said.\n\n\"Staff absences across the supply chain may lead to an increase in product substitutions for a small number of customers as some suppliers consolidate their offering to maintain output,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe news comes after a rush of online food orders for supermarkets, as shoppers try to stay at home after the new lockdown started.\n\nWithin a couple of hours of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech to the nation on Monday, shoppers reported problems with Sainsbury's and Tesco, while Ocado customers were placed in a virtual queue.\n\nOcado told its customers that from Friday \"changes to the UK supply chain have affected some of our suppliers and may result in an increase of missing items and substitutions over the next few weeks.\"\n\nIt added: \"We apologise for any inconvenience caused and we are working hard to mitigate any impact.\"\n\nFood suppliers are grappling with staffing problems, hospitality clients who have closed their doors and delays at the border with the EU.\n\nWholesalers the BBC spoke to this week said they faced throwing away thousands of pounds worth of food because of cancelled orders following new restrictions.\n\nThe UK meat industry has called for the early vaccination of its workers to keep food supplies running smoothly during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt warned earlier this week that absences during the pandemic, coupled with disruption at ports, could hit food supply chains.\n\nAn early vaccination call for supermarket staff was also made by the boss of Sainsbury's on Thursday.\n\nThe government said the food industry remains \"well-prepared\" to make sure people have the food they need.\n\nThe British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said coronavirus and disruption at ports due to new systems brought in after the Brexit transition period were \"a severe challenge to the industry and to the smooth running of the nation's food supply chain\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health Minister Vaughan Gething aims to offer all adults a jab by the autumn.\n\nAll over-50s and everyone who is at greater risk from Covid will be offered a vaccine by spring, under new Welsh Government plans.\n\nA vaccine strategy unveiled by Health Minister Vaughan Gething aims to offer all adults a jab by the autumn.\n\nIt comes after criticism that the rollout of the vaccine has been slower than in other parts of the UK.\n\nThe latest figures show 86,039 doses had been administered by 22:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nA total of 327,000 doses - 280,000 of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 47,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab - have now been delivered to the Welsh NHS.\n\nThe figures mean 2.7% of Wales population has so far been vaccinated - compared to just over 4% in Northern Ireland, about 3.5% in England and 3% in Scotland.\n\nAcross the UK nearly 400,000 second doses have been administered, including 374,613 in England, 79 in Wales, 13,949 in Northern Ireland and, as of January 3, 36 in Scotland.\n\nMr Gething admitted the rest of the UK had \"gone slightly faster than we have\", but said the latest vaccinations figures showed a \"significant acceleration\" in the rollout.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives accused the government of a \"stuttering start\", while Plaid Cymru said the plan was \"late in the day\".\n\nEveryone over 70, all care home residents and staff, and front-line NHS and social care workers will be offered a jab by mid-February, under similar timescales to other UK nations.\n\nThis 82-year-old woman was one of 100 to receive her vaccine at a special clinic in Swansea on Saturday\n\nThe Welsh Government's vaccination plans aim to cover 2.5 million people by September, with vaccines supplied by the UK government.\n\nMr Gething said: \"Delivering this vaccination programme to the people in Wales is a huge task but an enormous amount of work is going on to make it a success.\n\n\"We are making good progress with thousands more people being vaccinated every day.\"\n\nThe plan sets out a series of \"milestones\" for the vaccine rollout in Wales - all depending on the supply of vaccines approved for use.\n\nAt a press conference, Mr Gething said the government aimed to vaccinate:\n\nMr Gething said 700,000 people would be vaccinated by mid-February.\n\nAccording to the plan, the number of GPs' surgeries delivering vaccines will be increased from around 100 to more than 250 by the end of January.\n\nThe number of mass vaccination centres will increase in the next couple of weeks to 35, according to Welsh Government's plan.\n\nOne of those is Margam Orangery, in Neath Port Talbot, where about 500 people will be vaccinated each day.\n\nAt the press conference, Mr Gething defended the UK-wide decision to increase the gap between giving the two doses of the Pfizer vaccine and said it would \"avoid more deaths\".\n\n\"Each of the vaccines provide a high level of protection against harm from coronavirus. That's really good news for all of us,\" he added.\n\nWelsh Conservative health spokesman Andrew RT Davies said the Welsh Government should have a vaccinations minister who \"gets up in the morning thinking about vaccinations and goes to bed thinking about vaccinations\".\n\nHe said such a move would help the government recover from a \"stuttering start\" to the vaccines programme. Mr Davies said the government needed \"focus and direction to drive this forward\".\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price welcomed the strategy but said it was \"late in the day\".\n\nMr Price said many people, including his own parents, wanted clarity: \"My parents, who are in their 80s, have been told their surgery won't have the ability to vaccinate them for another three weeks, yet the GP surgery next door is starting this week.\"\n\nLarger supplies of the Oxford jab will be needed to speed up vaccinations\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is crucial to ensuring everyone aged over 70 can have at least one jab by Valentine's Day.\n\nHealth boards plan to use reserves of the Pfizer vaccine, but they alone will not reach the Welsh Government's first milestone. To speed things up, bigger supplies of the Oxford vaccine are needed.\n\nUnlike the Pfizer vaccine however, the stock is not held by the Welsh Government. Instead, it is delivered directly to the frontline - including GPs and community pharmacies - by Public Health England.\n\nAround 24,000 Oxford doses arrived in Wales last week; 26,000 are due this week; and another 80 to 100,000 are expected to arrive in four batches next week.\n\nIf the mid-February milestone is reached, attention then turns to the over-50s and younger people whose health puts them at greater risk.\n\nThey can expect a dose by the Spring, but discussions are continuing between the four UK nations to nail down a more specific date.\n\nDr Helen Alefounder is a GP in Colwyn Bay, Conwy county and part of a team that administered 400 vaccines at care comes last week after receiving the vaccine herself on Wednesday.\n\n\"Between us and the surgery next door that we're working with we've got just shy of 20,000 patients to vaccinate,\" she told BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"It's an absolutely huge task, it's really scary, but we are really keen and committed to get it done because everybody is sick of lockdown and let's be honest, everybody wants life to return to as normal as possible and the only way we're going to do that is to mass vaccinate people.\"\n\nA mass-vaccination centre has been set up at Margam Orangery near Port Talbot\n\nOther GP surgeries have posted on social media that they have not received as many doses of the vaccine as promised.\n\nVaccination numbers will now be published daily and the number of mass vaccination centres will rise from 22 to 35. The vaccination plan also suggests pharmacies could be used to deploy the vaccine.\n\nDr Gill Richardson, the senior responsible officer for the Covid vaccination programme in Wales, said GPs were \"raring to go\" to get the vaccine distributed.\n\nShe said the model for Wales' vaccination programme was focused around the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine, which was approved in late December and \"much larger quantities\" were expected.\n\nShe also said: \"I know it's very difficult if you haven't had a letter and you're feeling anxious but you are going to be approached and when you're approached we'd like it to be as soon as possible and as convenient as possible to you.\"\n\nMichael Sullivan, 93, from Radyr, Cardiff, is one of those who is yet to receive his letter.\n\nHe said: \"I hear of all these other people having their second jabs and nobody's even thought of contacting me to say I'm going to have one in the first place. It's a bit depressing. It makes me think somebody's not doing what they should be doing.\n\n\"It gets stressful more easily, that's another thing one has to bare in mind - it's going to save my life.\"\n\nTwo full doses of the Oxford vaccine gave 62% protection, a half dose followed by a full dose was 90% and overall the trial showed 70% protection.\n\nElen Jones, the Wales director of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said community pharmacists were \"willing and skilled to help deliver the vaccination programme, as they do with flu every year\".\n\nShe added pharmacists could help deliver the vaccine \"at a more local level\".\n\nWelsh ministers have been under intense pressure since it became clear that Wales was lagging behind every other home nation in the initial weeks of vaccine rollout.\n\nIt's still not clear why that should be the case - the logistical challenges of rollout and the change in advice over the time period between first and second doses apply across the UK, not just to Wales.\n\nThe health minister says that there has already been \"a significant step-up in delivery\".\n\nThe test of that will be whether the system in Wales can meet the delivery goals set out in the vaccination strategy - which (as for the other home nations) also rely on a regular and sufficient supply of vaccine.", "Marks & Spencer has announced that it has bought the Jaeger fashion brand, which fell into administration last November.\n\nM&S is taking on the brand, but not Jaeger's scores of shops and concessions.\n\nIt is now in the process of finalising a deal to buy its products and \"supporting marketing assets\".\n\nM&S announced in May 2020 that it planned to stock other complementary brands to boost sales.\n\nSince then, it has started to sell products online from the Early Learning Centre, as well as from two designers, Nobody's Child and Ghost London.\n\nRichard Price, managing director of M&S Clothing & Home, said: \"We have set out our plans to sell complementary third party brands as part of our Never the Same Again programme to accelerate our transformation and turbocharge online growth.\n\n\"In line with this, we have bought the Jaeger brand and are in the final stages of agreeing the purchase of product and supporting marketing assets from the administrators of Jaeger Retail Limited. We expect to fully complete later this month.\"\n\nIn a call with journalists last week, chief executive Steve Rowe said M&S wanted to partner with other brands, largely for its online business, but stressed: \"We have no intention of turning into a department store.\"\n\nJaeger had 244 staff and some 63 stores and concessions. In addition, 13 stores closed after administrators were appointed, with the loss of more than 120 posts across stores, head office and distribution.\n\nIt is unclear if any jobs will be saved. There has been no update from the administrators, FRP.\n\nJaeger was founded in 1884, the same year as Marks & Spencer, which started out as a stall in an open market in Leeds known as Marks' Penny Bazaar.\n\nLast week, M&S unveiled quarterly figures showing that its clothing division had seen sales fall nearly a quarter, although sales of sales of sleepwear had soared.\n\nThe retailer sold 20% more women's pyjamas during the 13 weeks to 26 December. However, UK revenues for the quarter were £2.52bn, 8.2% lower than last year.\n\nM&S blamed \"on-off restrictions and distortions in demand patterns\" due to the coronavirus crisis.", "Stickers supposed to protect users against mobile-phone radiation have no effect, scientists have found.\n\nEnergydots says they \"counteract the harmful energy emitted by wireless and electronic equipment\" to aid sleep, cure headaches and give a clearer mind.\n\nBut University of Surrey tests for BBC News found no evidence of any effect.\n\nThe Devon-based company told BBC News the stickers were programmed with \"scalar energy\", which the scientists' equipment would be unable to detect.\n\nEnergydots markets a range of stickers, including the SmartDot, the SleepDot and even the PetDot.\n\nBBC News bought five SmartDots - a special offer for £55 - and sent them to the university's 6th Generation Innovation Centre.\n\nResearchers tested 4G mobile phones and wi-fi access points with and without the stickers applied to them.\n\nAnd a spokesman for the lab said: \"We could not find any evidence that these products had any effect on frequency or power when used as instructed.\"\n\nAn Energydots spokeswoman told BBC News: \"We state clearly that our products harmonise the fields.\n\n\"And the way to test this is to assess via biological testing.\"\n\nLast November, the company published a press release saying it was extremely proud to announce a partnership with the NHS that would see \"brand-new patient engagement units\" installed in Torbay and Royal College of London hospitals.\n\nAt the time, an Energydots spokeswoman told BBC News adverts for its products would appear in the two hospitals, though she clarified the London hospital was in fact University College Hospital.\n\nBut a Torbay Hospital spokesman then told BBC News it knew nothing of this partnership.\n\nAnd within hours, the press release had disappeared from the company's website.\n\nEnergydots later said there had been a misunderstanding with the agency that had promised to organise the adverts.\n\nIts stickers are among a wide range of products on Amazon from companies offering electric-and-magnetic-field (EMF) protection.\n\nEnergydots also suggests placing its SmartDot stickers on wi-fi routers\n\nThese include protective clothing, canopies to be placed over beds and even devices that block radiation from wi-fi routers - making them effectively useless.\n\nCampaigners claiming radiation from mobile phones and other devices poses a health risk have stepped up protests as 5G networks are rolled out.\n\nBut most scientists say even the higher part of the electromagnetic spectrum that may be used by 5G should not harm humans.\n\nAnd within those limits, there are no known consequences for health, the World Health Organization says.", "The United Arab Emirates is being removed from the UK list of travel corridors amid a spike in Covid cases.\n\nThat means anyone who arrives from the UAE after 04:00 GMT on Tuesday now needs to self-isolate for 10 days, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.\n\nUK officials say Covid cases have risen 52% in the UAE in the last seven days and cite \"a significant acceleration in the number of imported cases\".\n\nIt comes after Scotland removed the UAE city Dubai from its safe travel list.\n\nThe Foreign Office has also updated its advice to advise against all but essential travel to the emirates.\n\nThe recent lockdown restrictions imposed across the UK mean leisure travel is currently banned.\n\nBut the UAE has been in particular focus in recent weeks after a number of UK reality TV and social media stars posted photographs of themselves holidaying there before the rules came into place.\n\nAnd a Celtic footballer tested positive for Covid-19 after the club took a trip to Dubai for a winter training camp.\n\nCeltic were allowed to go as a group under exemptions for elite athletes. As a result,15 playing and coaching staff are now required to self-isolate.\n\nDubai was added to Scotland's travel quarantine list from 04:00 GMT on Monday - with the rule also applying retrospectively for passengers who have arrived in Scotland from the city since January 3.\n\nThe Department for Transport said the removal of the whole of the UAE from the travel corridor is being adopted by all four UK nations.\n\nArrivals to the UK from most destinations now have to quarantine for 10 days.\n\nHowever, arrivals from some countries are exempt from the rules. Those countries make up the so-called travel corridor list.\n\nFrom this week, passengers arriving by boat, train or plane, including UK nationals, must also take a Covid test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure.\n\nAre you affected by the government decision to remove UAE from the UK travel corridor list? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A hospital's oxygen supply has \"reached a critical situation\" due to rising numbers of Covid-19 infections.\n\nA document shared with the BBC showed Southend Hospital has had to reduce the amount it uses to treat patients.\n\nIt said the target range for oxygen levels that should be in patients' blood had been cut from 92% to a baseline of 88-92%.\n\nHospital managing director, Yvonne Blucher, said it was \"working to manage\" the situation.\n\n\"We are experiencing high demand for oxygen because of rising numbers of inpatients with Covid-19 and we are working to manage this,\" she said.\n\n\"The public can play their part by staying home and, where they cannot, following the 'hands, face, space' advice to cut the spread of the virus.\"\n\nIn the document, from the Mid and South Essex Hospitals Foundation Trust, which has been shared with frontline NHS staff, the oxygen supply was said to have \"reached a critical situation\".\n\nIt said it was \"imperative we use oxygen efficiently and safely\" and states patients who are being fed oxygen and have an oxygen saturation of above 92% \"should have their oxygen weaned within the target range\", which is now 88-92%. This means very gradually reducing the saturation level.\n\nIt added that \"maintaining saturations within this target range is safe and no patient will come to harm as a result\".\n\nGPs in Essex have told the BBC that the threshold for sending a patient to hospital for supplemental oxygen is if their oxygen saturation is at 92%. A level of 96-100% is deemed normal.\n\nChris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers which represents hospital trusts in England, said there was \"huge pressure\" on hospital oxygen stocks because giving patients extra oxygen was a \"key part\" of coronavirus treatment.\n\nHe said there were a number of hospitals where this happened in the first phase of coronavirus and over the past few weeks \"similar things have happened\" elsewhere.\n\nChris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers which represents hospital trusts in England, said there was \"huge pressure on oxygen systems\"\n\n\"This is the kind of problem that chief executives and trust leadership teams are having to solve day in, day out,\" he said.\n\n\"If you [a hospital] push your oxygen to an absolutely critical level, then the thing that you can't do is have the oxygen system break down... so effectively you will have to dial it down, in which case you will probably have to transfer patients to the nearest neighbouring hospital for a short period of time.\n\n\"I cannot tell you how much work has been done over the summer and autumn to ensure that people [hospital trusts] have been prepared for this... they knew they would come under pressure if there were to be further waves, as has now proved to be the case.\"\n\nEssex has one of the highest rates of Covid-19 per 100,000 people in the country, with seven of the 14 council areas in the county in the top 20 most infected areas of England.\n\nThe Mid and South Essex Hospitals Foundation Trust said it was \"imperative we use oxygen efficiently and safely\"\n\nNews of oxygen issues is understandably worrying, but not unexpected. Tanks may be full, but flow is a problem.\n\nMany people who are sick with Covid will need extra oxygen to help them breathe. As Covid admissions increase, it can put huge demand on a hospital's piped oxygen supply system to provide this high flow.\n\nHospital bosses have been planning for such scenarios for months, learning from experiences during the first wave of Covid when some trusts ran into difficulties.\n\nMany wards have made improvements to their pipework in preparation for a very busy winter, but there is still a limit to what hospitals can provide.\n\nWhen stretched to the maximum, other steps are needed, such transferring patients elsewhere or limiting how much oxygen is pumped to each patient.\n\nSouthend Hospital has taken this latter measure.\n\nAlthough not ideal, it is not unsafe. Patients will be closely monitored and the trust hopes the situation will improve if new Covid admissions start to go down as people follow the stay at home lockdown rules.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n• None 'One in 18 have Covid-19' in parts of Essex", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon says exemption from quarantine travel requirements for elite sport are to be reviewed\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has urged football clubs not to \"abuse\" the privileges they are afforded while the rest of Scotland is in lockdown.\n\nPlayers and staff from Celtic FC are having to self-isolate after one tested positive for Covid-19 on return from a mid-season training camp in Dubai.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she had doubts about whether the trip was really necessary.\n\nAnd she said \"everyone, including football, should be erring on the side of caution\" amid a rise in infections.\n\nScottish football below Championship level is to be suspended for three weeks in light of the current lockdown, with Scottish Cup and lower league ties to be rescheduled.\n\nTop flight football in Scotland is continuing while most Scots are subject to a \"stay at home\" order due to the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nCeltic's home fixture against Hibernian went ahead on Monday evening, despite the club having lost 13 players and three staff to Covid-19 issues.\n\nDefender Christopher Jullien tested positive for the virus on return from the club's training camp in Dubai, with others including the club's manager Neil Lennon being forced to isolate as close contacts.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she was \"disappointed and frustrated\" that her daily coronavirus briefing was again being \"dominated by football\".\n\nCeltic trained in Scotland on Saturday after returning from Dubai\n\nShe said she had doubts about whether Celtic's trip \"was really essential\" and whether rules were strictly adhered to, saying it was for the footballing authorities to decide if further action was necessary.\n\nThe first minister issued a warning to clubs that they must stick to the rules set out for them while the rest of the populace is subject to tight restrictions.\n\nShe said: \"Football and elite sport more generally enjoys a number of privileges right now that the rest of us don't have. These privileges include the right to go to overseas training camps and be exempt from quarantine on return.\n\n\"It is really vital, obviously for public health reasons but also I think out of respect for the rest of the population living under really heavy restrictions, that these privileges are not abused.\"\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross is an assistant referee in the game.\n\nHe said that at a time when people are staying at home football games were something many looked forward to.\n\nMr Ross said: \"We don't want to see the whole of Scottish football affected by the actions of one club.\" He also called for financial support to be made available to clubs in the Scottish lower leagues and Scottish Cup who had had their games suspended for three weeks.\n\nCeltic manager Neil Lennon is among those who are self-isolating\n\nMs Sturgeon said Scotland was currently in \"the most perilous and serious position since the start of the pandemic\", with a record number of people in hospital with Covid-19.\n\nShe said everyone should be doing their utmost not to add to pressure on the health services by following the rules.\n\nShe said: \"This whole episode should underline how serious the situation we are in now is. Everyone including football should be erring on the side of caution.\n\n\"I know fans of other clubs feel very strongly that the whole of football should not pay the price for the actions of any one club, and I agree with that.\n\n\"But of course a situation like this does make it essential for us to review the rules - including those around travel exemptions - and that's what we will be doing. As we do, I do hope that Celtic themselves will reflect seriously on all of this.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon cited photographs which emerged of players socialising in Dubai, but Celtic's assistant manager John Kennedy said these created a \"false picture\" and that there had been \"minor slip-ups\" at worst.\n\nThe club had previously claimed the government had given permission for the trip to go ahead, but Ms Sturgeon said it had only provided guidance to the footballing authorities on the rules.\n\nShe said: \"It's not our role to give approval or not to what a football club is doing.\"\n\nA statement posted on the Celtic website said that \"the reality is that a case could well have occurred had the team remained in Scotland\".\n\nIt added: \"Celtic has done everything it can to ensure we have in place the very best procedures and protocols. From the outset of the pandemic, Celtic has worked closely with the Scottish government and Scottish football and we will continue to do so.\"", "As hospital mortuaries fill up in Surrey, England, some of the dead from the coronavirus pandemic are being brought to an emergency body storage facility.\n\nSurrey currently has one of the highest infection rates in the country, and some are concerned the facility may reach capacity.\n\nBBC home editor Mark Easton paid a visit to the site which has been set up in a Surrey woodland.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nSeven centres begin operating this morning across England, a key part of efforts to vaccinate 15 million in the top four priority groups by mid-February. To begin with, more than 600,000 aged 80 or over are being sent letters inviting them to book an appointment at one of the hubs - but if the journey is too long, they're being told closer options will be available soon. The centres will be open 12 hours a day and more large-scale sites will follow. The health secretary will give more details later, while the Welsh government will publish its own vaccination plan. In Scotland, more clinics should start to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. Here's how vaccines are approved for use, and some of the challenges a rollout on this scale faces.\n\nScientists have warned stricter measures might be needed to curb infections in England but, right now, the government is focusing on an \"all-out public information\" campaign to improve compliance with the existing rules. Chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty is appearing on TV and radio this morning urging the public to \"stay at home\" given what he called the \"appalling situation\" we are in. He told BBC One's Breakfast that getting case numbers down was \"everybody's problem\", and \"every unnecessary contact\" with someone from another household gave the virus an opportunity to be transmitted. \"We need to really double down\", he added, because \"this is the most dangerous time we've had in terms of numbers into the NHS.\" If you've seen videos online claiming some hospital wards and corridors are empty, BBC Reality Check explains what's really going on.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses says a record quarter of a million firms could close over the coming year. The organisation's chairman, Mike Cherry, said financial support provided to businesses during the pandemic had \"not kept pace with intensifying restrictions\". It also wants more help for many self-employed workers who are currently excluded from aid. There's another call for more government support this morning from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. He wants teachers, the armed forces and care workers to be left out of a public sector pay freeze, and is urging ministers not to end the temporary £20-a-week boost to Universal Credit.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses said the government had met the latest national lockdown \"with a whimper\"\n\nThe body representing prison staff says courts should cease hearing trials to help stop the spread of coronavirus in jails. Mark Fairhurst, from the Prison Officers' Union, said there had been a \"massive outbreak\" at Cardiff Prison, and the site was struggling to find space for newly-sentenced arrivals. However, others within the criminal justice sector argue courts must be kept open to prevent the case backlog growing further. The rate of spread in prisons is still well below the wider population, and a prison service spokesman said shielding, mass testing and limited regimes were in place at all facilities.\n\nPrimary and secondary schools are closed to most pupils, and the switch to virtual learning presents challenges for many families. The BBC is trying to help, and from today lessons and programmes will be broadcast on TV, on BBC Two and CBBC. They'll also be available on iPlayer, with additional content online. Find out all you need to know here. If you're looking for some inspiration for PE, Joe Wicks is also back today. For many families, he was one of the fixtures of the first lockdown, and live classes start at 09:00 GMT on his YouTube channel.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Dorset Police said officers dispersed dozens of demonstrators from the town centre as they attempted to march\n\nA video shared online apparently showing a woman being arrested in breach of lockdown for sitting on a bench was \"stage-managed\", police said.\n\nDorset Police believe the video was planned and recorded by anti-lockdown protesters during a demonstration in Bournemouth on Saturday.\n\nThree people were arrested for not giving their details so officers could issue fines for breaking Covid rules.\n\nThe BBC has asked one of the protesters who posted the video to comment.\n\nThe force said two of those held were later de-arrested when they confirmed their details in police custody and a third was released when his details were verified - all three were then issued fixed penalty notices.\n\nOfficers also issued at least seven other fines and 10 dispersal notices.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Mark Callaghan, from Dorset Police, said: \"We believe this video was planned, stage-managed and recorded by members of the protest group who turned up in multiple areas, several of whom refused to engage or provide their details.\n\n\"If people refuse to give their details in such circumstances then it leaves officers with little option, but to arrest until the details are established. Our officers would only arrest as a last resort.\n\n\"It was clear that the group was deliberately organising their activities, walking around in twos and then trying to come together in a 'flash mob'-style approach, as they have done previously. This activity went on for a couple of hours.\"\n\nThe force's chief constable James Vaughan earlier said: \"I condemn the actions of these selfish individuals who knowingly flouted the lockdown restrictions.\"\n\nThe force said there were \"repeated attempts\" to engage with the organisers to stop the planned protest and found a number of the protesters had \"travelled considerably\" from out of the Dorset area.\n\nMr Vaughan added: \"Our county is gripped with infections and yet these irresponsible individuals have ignored what is being asked of them and have left their homes to protest. Shame on them.\"\n\nSam Crowe, director of public health for Dorset, said its hospital services were \"close to being overwhelmed\".\n\nMr Crowe said: \"Infection rates locally have been doubling in less than a week. If this carries on, our hospitals will not be able to cope with caring for those needing life-saving treatment. Stay at home means exactly that.\"\n\nLatest figures show Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has reached 745.2 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nAlso on Saturday, 16 people were also arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pupils across Scotland have been experiencing problems accessing Microsoft Teams as the majority move to home learning.\n\nA number of schools, pupils and parents have reported the technology running slowly or not at all.\n\nIt is one of the main platforms being used for remote learning with schools shut to most pupils until at least the beginning of February.\n\nMicrosoft Teams tweeted that the issue was being investigated.\n\nA Microsoft spokesperson said: \"Our engineers are working to resolve difficulties accessing Microsoft Teams that some customers are experiencing.\"\n\nWhen pressed on whether demand as a result of home schooling was causing the issue, Microsoft declined to comment.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon highlighted the problem during her daily coronavirus briefing.\n\n\"This is not an issue that is unique to Scotland or indeed unique to schools, but I understand Microsoft is currently working to address it,\" she said.\n\n\"More generally I don't underestimate how difficult this is both for young people learning away from friends… and for parents to juggle home schooling with working.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon was also asked about problems which were being experienced by users of digital learning platform Glow.\n\nShe replied: \"It is not an issue with Glow. It is affecting Glow, but the core issue is not with Glow… the issue is with Microsoft Teams.\"\n\nTwo schools in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, said the problem was a \"national issue\" although Renfrew High School urged pupils experiencing difficulties not to panic.\n\nClyde Valley High School tweeted: \"Our online learning provision begins today for all of our pupils. Due to the very high demand for Microsoft Teams across Scotland, there may be issues initially getting logged on or accessing some files.\n\n\"This is a national issue on the site and may take a little time to rectify.\"\n\nColtness High School said: \"Unfortunately it appears Microsoft Teams is struggling to cope with the traffic this morning.\n\n\"This is across Scotland and not isolated to Coltness. Pupils and staff are having difficulty loading files. We have reported the issue and hopefully this will be resolved soon.\"\n\nEdinburgh City Council have texted all parents saying: \"There is a city-wide problem with Microsoft Teams this morning. Please be patient as the council is working to resolve it.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by RHS Digital Learning This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by D&G Council This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Scottish government spokesman said: \"Microsoft has confirmed that this issue is affecting users in the UK and elsewhere in northern Europe. Education Scotland is working closely with the company to resolve the issues.\"\n\nAfter one teacher complained to Microsoft Teams on Twitter, a staff member said: \"We're currently investigating an issue where some users in the UK region are unable to access Microsoft Teams. We will provide further information as soon as this is available.\"\n\nAccording to an Ofcom report in December, about 34,000 (1.2%) premises in Scotland were without a decent broadband connection, while superfast broadband coverage had increased to 94% of homes.\n\nIt also said that fixed and mobile networks in Scotland had \"generally coped well\" with increased demands during the pandemic.\n\nIt comes as plans for remote learning during the latest lockdown reveal big disparities between Scotland's 32 councils.\n\nNot all pupils will be offered live lessons - instead the decision on the best approach has been left to individual schools and teachers.\n\nGuidance on remote learning published by the Scottish government on Friday recommended a \"a balance of live learning and independent activity\".\n\nThe Scottish government said it had invested £25m to address digital exclusion in schools with funding allocations for digital devices and connectivity solutions made to all 32 local authorities.\n\nMore than 50,000 devices such as laptops have been distributed to children and young people to help with remote learning and the programme in total is expected to deliver about 70,000 devices for disadvantaged children and young people across Scotland.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Asymptomatic testing for Covid can help \"break the chains of transmission\", Matt Hancock says\n\nRegular rapid testing for people without coronavirus symptoms will be made available across England this week, the government has said.\n\nThe community testing regime - expanded to cover all 317 local authorities - uses rapid lateral flow tests, which can return results in 30 minutes.\n\nLocal councils are being encouraged to prioritise tests for those who cannot work from home during the lockdown.\n\nThe health secretary said asymptomatic testing can help break transmission.\n\nMeanwhile, NHS England has invited tens of thousands of people over 80 to book vaccinations.\n\nA further 563 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test and another 54,940 cases reported, according to government figures on Sunday.\n\nThe total number of deaths in the UK after a positive test passed 80,000 on Saturday.\n\nThe government has launched a campaign telling people to act like they have got the virus in a bid to tackle the rise in infections.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said expanding the Community Testing Programme to more people without symptoms was \"crucial given that around one in three people\" who contract Covid-19 show no symptoms.\n\nIt said regular community testing using the rapid tests had already identified more than 14,800 positive Covid-19 cases.\n\nSo far, 131 local authorities in England have enrolled in the government's community testing programme, with Milton Keynes, Slough, Doncaster and Essex the latest to join.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said targeted asymptomatic testing and subsequent isolation was \"highly effective in breaking chains of transmission\".\n\nBut Angela Raffle, a consultant in public health at the University of Bristol Medical School, said increasing lateral flow testing was \"very worrying\" and warned the benefits of finding symptomless cases \"will be outweighed by the many more infectious cases that are missed by these tests\".\n\nDefending lateral flow tests on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme Mr Hancock said mass asymptomatic testing in Liverpool had seen the case rate drop \"more sharply than it did in other similar areas where only restrictions were brought in\".\n\nNHS Test and Trace will also work closely with other government departments to scale up workforce testing, the Department of Health and Social Care said.\n\nMany are already piloting regular workforce testing, with 15 large employers having taken up this offer already across 64 sites, \"including organisations operating in the food, manufacturing, energy and retail sectors, and within the public sector including job centres, transport networks and the military\".\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said plans were already in place for rapid testing of staff and students in schools and colleges and staff in primary schools.\n\nAsked when schools could reopen by the BBC's Andrew Marr, Mr Hancock said there were four conditions: that there is not a major new variant, the vaccine rollout is proceeding effectively, the number of deaths is falling and there is an easing of pressure on the NHS.\n\nMatthew Fell, of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which represents 190,000 UK businesses, said: \"This expansion of testing will help more critical workers and those unable to work from home to operate safely, while also catching new cases more swiftly.\"\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the safety of the workforce had been an \"absolute priority\" and said the expansion of testing means \"we can keep our economy on the move while giving individuals in key sectors complete confidence that their workplace is safe\".\n\nBut Prof Susan Michie, professor of health psychology at University College London, told BBC Breakfast the country would continue a \"yo-yoing of lockdown\" without a \"test, trace and isolate system that actually works\" and warned there needed to be tighter restrictions and tougher messaging than in March to prevent \"tens of thousands of avoidable deaths in the next few weeks\".", "Luke Evans plays police officer Steve Wilkins who reopened and solved the two double murders\n\nHollywood actor Luke Evans says telling the true story of the murder of four people was a \"huge responsibility\".\n\nEvans, who was brought up in Aberbargoed, Caerphilly county, returned to Wales to star in ITV drama The Pembrokeshire Murders.\n\nHe plays Dyfed-Powys Police officer Steve Wilkins who in 2006 reopened two unsolved double murders from the 1980s.\n\n\"I just wanted to tell it right and show justice for the victims, which is the most important part,\" Evans said.\n\n\"This is a very serious, sad story where four people lost their lives and their families have struggled and suffered greatly because of it,\" he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"So you do feel a huge sense of responsibility.\"\n\nThe Pembrokeshire Murders has been adapted from a book about the case written by Mr Wilkins and ITV journalist Jonathan Hill.\n\nIn 1985 brother and sister Richard and Helen Thomas were shot at their remote mansion near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, before the property was set alight.\n\nThen in 1989, Peter and Gwenda Dixon were shot dead at close range on the Pembrokeshire coastal path near Little Haven.\n\nThe drama also stars Newport actress Alexandria Riley as Det Insp Ella Richards\n\nBut it was only years later that microscopic DNA and fibres linked the murders to John Cooper, who was already in prison for a string of burglaries.\n\nIn 2011 he was jailed for life.\n\nThe Dracula Untold star said he had not been aware of the notorious case: \"I knew almost nothing about these murders, to the point where when I read what was a treatment two or three years ago… I couldn't believe what I was reading.\n\n\"So I did my own research into it and realised that the story was completely true - it hadn't been embellished, none of this was fiction and it sort of blew my mind.\"\n\nHe said being able to speak to Mr Wilkins while filming was invaluable: \"Me and Steve had a dialogue almost every week for a few hours.\n\n\"We had a lot of conversations before we started shooting where I would speak to him and ask him, not just about the case - obviously that that was very important - but about things like how was it standing in front of John Cooper, having to interview John Cooper, having to deal with his family.\n\n\"You see both sides of the effect of these terrible crimes, you see what the aftermath of what it does to people and how they suffer and you meet Cooper's family as well.\n\n\"Steve has his own family and that also is played into the storyline very powerfully.\"\n\nEvans said the only other time he has worked in Wales was when filming Visit Wales commercials: \"Being Welsh and not getting to work in Wales very often - that certainly was an attraction for me,\" he said.\n\n\"I've done them [the commercials] for a few years - one of them was about the coastal walks of Wales and our beautiful coastline... and then right in this beautiful place I was there back there, portraying a character and trying to find the killer of somebody who murdered people on this coastal path.\"\n\nBut he said he enjoyed playing a Welsh character: \"To go right back to my roots with my accent and that was a really, really exciting to do.\n\nThe series, made by World Productions, the makers of Line of Duty and Bodyguard, finished filming just before Wales' first coronavirus lockdown.\n\n\"When we started The Pembrokeshire Murders it was January so we didn't hear anything really, and then just before we finished there was rumblings of this virus,\" he said.\n\n\"We were very lucky in a way, we wrapped basically on the Friday then on the Monday everything closed.\n\n\"So it was a big sigh of relief when we got to the final wrap of that day and it was very special.\"\n\nThe three-part series also stars Keith Allen, Owen Teale, Alexandria Riley, Caroline Berry, Oliver Ryan and David Fynn.\n\nThe Pembrokeshire Murders in on ITV at 21:00 GMT on 11, 12 and 13 January", "Flexing the coronavirus lockdown rules could be fatal, the health secretary has warned as hospital admissions soar.\n\nMatt Hancock did not rule out strengthening current restrictions and told the BBC's Andrew Marr the NHS was under \"very serious pressure\".\n\nIt comes after almost 55,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the UK and the number of deaths after a positive test passed 80,000.\n\nScientist Prof Peter Horby warned the UK was in \"the eye of the storm\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the rules were tough but \"may not be tough enough\" and called for the government to hold daily press conferences to avoid \"mixed messages\".\n\nThe UK recorded another 563 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test on Sunday, down from 1,065 deaths on Saturday.\n\nHowever, there tends to be fewer deaths reported on Sundays, due to a reporting lag over the weekend. There were also a further 54,940 daily cases.\n\nMr Hancock told Andrew Marr \"every time you try to flex the rules that could be fatal\" and said staying at home was the \"most important thing we can do collectively as a society\".\n\nThe health secretary said he did not want to speculate on whether the government would further strengthen restrictions, after warnings from scientists on Saturday that they may need to be stricter.\n\n\"People need to not just follow the letter of the rules but follow the spirit as well and play their part,\" he said.\n\nHis comments came after Home Secretary Priti Patel defended police over enforcing lockdown rules following the case of two women who were fined for going for a walk five miles from their homes - a decision which is now under review.\n\nThe government has launched a campaign telling people to act like they have got the virus in a bid to tackle the rise in infections.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said that if the virus continued on its current trajectory \"many hospitals will be in real difficulties, and very soon\".\n\nIn a statement released on Sunday, he said that unless people started to follow the rules more strictly, emergency patients will have to be turned away from hospitals, causing \"avoidable deaths\".\n\nProf Horby, chairman of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), said there may be \"early signs that something is beginning to bite\" due to the restrictions - but if they did not then stricter measures would be needed.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: \"I really hope people take this very seriously. It was bad in March, it's much worse now.\n\n\"We've seen record numbers across the board, record numbers of cases, record numbers of hospitalisations, record numbers of deaths.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Professor Peter Horby explains why the new Covid-19 variant is up to 70% more transmissible\n\nProf Horby said tougher measures might include those during the March lockdown, such as people only being able to exercise once a day and stricter rules about meeting people.\n\n\"We are in a situation where everything that was risky in the past is now more risky,\" he said.\n\nProf Horby said early signs were encouraging that the vaccines would be effective against the new Covid variants - first identified in the UK and in South Africa - and he did not want people to \"hide under the duvet\".\n\n\"We can see the end game now,\" he said.\n\nHigher cases inevitably mean more hospitalisations and more deaths.\n\nThe most recent figures show that, on average, 894 people per day are now dying within 28 days of a positive Covid test, up from 438 at the start of December.\n\nThe spike in cases since Christmas means that figure is almost certain to get worse before the most recent lockdown measures can start to have any effect.\n\nScientists think the new variant of the disease is more \"transmissible\", possibly because each infected individual produces more of the actual virus - sometimes referred to as the viral load.\n\nVaccination should help to protect the most vulnerable from serious symptoms but we don't yet know if receiving the jab stops an individual contracting the virus and passing it on to others.\n\nScientists say that may mean even tougher restrictions will be needed to bring the R-number below one and start to reduce the overall size of the pandemic.\n\nMass community testing is to be rolled out this week, the government has said, and the health secretary said around two million people had been vaccinated in the UK, with some 200,000 jabs being given in England daily.\n\nMr Hancock said by autumn every adult in the UK would be offered a vaccine.\n\nHe said the government was on course to reach its target of 15 million people vaccinated by mid-February, with the opening of seven mass vaccination centres this week likely to increase the rate of jabs.\n\nMr Hancock told Sky News' Sophy Ridge he hoped coronavirus could be treated like seasonal flu with an annual vaccination programme in the future.\n\nProf Horby said the vaccines may have to be updated \"every few years\" as the virus mutates and said it was unlikely the virus would go away completely.\n\n\"We're going to have to live with it,\" he said. \"But that may change significantly.\n\n\"It may well become more of an endemic virus that's with us all the time and may cause some seasonal pressures and some excess deaths but is not causing the huge disruption that we're seeing now.\"", "Spain is in a race against time to clear roads covered by heavy snow, and get Covid vaccines and food supplies to areas affected by Storm Filomena.\n\nUp to 50cm (20 inches) of snow fell on the capital Madrid, one of the worst hit areas, between Friday and Saturday.\n\nAt least four people died and thousands of travellers were left stranded.\n\nOvernight, temperatures plunged to -8C (18F) in parts of Spain, amid warnings by meteorologists that the snow was turning to perilous ice.\n\nThe unusual cold wave on the Iberian peninsula is expected to last until Thursday.\n\nThe Spanish government said it had taken extra steps - including police-escorted convoys - to ensure its expected shipment of some 300,000 coronavirus vaccines can be distributed as planned to regional health authorities later on Monday.\n\n\"The commitment is to guarantee the supply of health, vaccines and food. Corridors have been opened to deliver the goods,\" Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos said on Sunday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Madrid has been hit by heavy snowfall after Storm Filomena\n\nSoldiers have been deployed to clear some of the 700 major roads.\n\nSome 3,500 tonnes of salt were later brought on lorries to the capital, Spain's El Mundo website reported on Monday.\n\nThe record-breaking snowfall has triggered some unprecedented scenes here in Madrid. People have skied along the city's main commercial street, Gran Vía, and one man was pictured being pulled through the district of Hortaleza on a sled by five huskies.\n\nBut other responses to the snow have been more controversial due to concerns about Covid-19. Dozens of young people had a snowball fight in Callao square, for example, and many of them were without facemasks.\n\nNearby, in Puerta del Sol, others celebrated the snow by dancing a conga. The daily Marca newspaper branded it \"the conga of shame\".\n\nAlthough the snowfall has now stopped, low temperatures have left snow and ice piled up across the capital and the surrounding region. And with residents advised to avoid using their cars, public transport has seen a surge in demand.\n\nThis has compounded coronavirus concerns as many metro train carriages were packed at rush hour on Monday morning, making social distancing impossible.\n\nMadrid's international airport began gradually resuming operations on Sunday afternoon, having cancelled all flights on Friday.\n\nSome 500 people across the Madrid region were forced to spend the night in temporary shelter, including sports centres, after they were trapped by the whiteout.\n\nAbout 100 shoppers and staff spent two nights at a shopping centre in Majadahonda, a town north of the capital. \"There are people sleeping on the ground on cardboard,\" one restaurant employee told TVE television.\n\nSpain's Meteorological Agency said Saturday's snowfall was the heaviest in Madrid since 1971\n\nBut there were stories of heroism too, including doctors and medical workers who abandoned their cars and walked for hours to get to work. One doctor, Alvaro Sanchez, said on social media he had walked 17km (10 miles) over nearly two hours to get to work, while two nurses, Paco and Monica, said they had walked 22km to their hospital.\n\nThey were praised by Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa, who tweeted: \"The commitment that the entire group of health workers is showing is an example of solidarity and dedication.\"\n\nSome 4x4 vehicle owners offered to transport medical workers, while other volunteers helped to clear hospital entrance ways.\n\n\"Health staff have been working (hard) for more than a year and this is just a short moment for us, so as citizens, we are trying to help; it is everyone's responsibility,\" said Fernando de la Fuente, 60, who helped clear the entrance to Madrid's Gregorio Maranon Hospital.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSpaniards in large parts of the country have been warned to take care in the coming days as temperatures could fall to -12C (10F) in some areas until Thursday.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nCrawley Town delivered one of the FA Cup third round's most emphatic upsets as the League Two underdogs tore apart Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds.\n\nThree second-half goals rewarded a fantastic performance from John Yems' side as they made light of the 62 places between themselves and their Premier League visitors.\n\nNick Tsaroulla, playing only his seventh game in senior football, set the ball rolling, beating three Leeds defenders to fire home a superb solo opener.\n\nUnited keeper Kiko Casilla's error allowed Ashley Nadesan to double the lead before Jordan Tunnicliffe added a third for Crawley, who could have won by more.\n• None Watch all of the goals from the FA Cup third round\n• None Can Mark Wright make it as a pro at Crawley?\n\nBielsa made seven changes to his side but Leeds fielded England midfielder Kalvin Phillips among several regular top-flight starters including Pablo Hernandez, Ezgjan Alioski and club record signing Rodrigo.\n\nHowever, after an even first half, they were completely outplayed in the second period by a Crawley side who have reached the fourth round for only the third time, having spent most of their 125-year existence in non-league football.\n\nCrawley even had the luxury of bringing on reality TV celebrity Mark Wright in stoppage time for the former The Only Way Is Essex star's debut, having signed for the club on non-contract terms in December.\n\nLeeds' loss is the first time in 34 years a top-flight side has lost to a fourth-tier team by three or more goals and only the second ever instance since a fourth division was added to the Football League in 1958.\n\nThey may be the lesser-known of the two Red Devils but Crawley's efforts were no less impressive than Manchester United's 6-2 dissection of Leeds last month.\n\nWhile Bielsa rested first-choice stars such as Patrick Bamford, Luke Ayling, Stuart Dallas and Mateusz Klich, there was still plenty of experience mixed in with the youth in Leeds' line-up.\n\nBut the hosts, sixth in League Two after an eight-game unbeaten run, never gave them the chance to settle and while neither side could break the deadlock before the interval, it was Crawley who went closest as Casilla kept out Tom Nichols' close-range header.\n\nHe was helpless, however, to prevent Tsaroulla - a former Tottenham trainee who spent a year out of the game because of injuries sustained in a car crash - firing Crawley ahead after a twisting run into the area that beguiled the Leeds back-line.\n\nRather than protect their lead, Crawley went for the jugular and Nadesan soon doubled their advantage, although his strike owed much to a bobble that beat Casilla at his near post.\n\nTunnicliffe then fired into the roof of the net after Casilla parried from Nadesan and Crawley could have had a fourth after top scorer Max Watters came off the bench to round the keeper, only to be denied by a covering defender.\n\nThe win marked the first time in four attempts that Crawley have beaten a Premier League side in the FA Cup and so comfortable was the victory that TV personality Wright was given his late cameo.\n\nAnother name added to Leeds' list of cup woes\n\nBielsa was left to mull over back-to-back 3-0 defeats, albeit this one coming in a much different context to Leeds' Premier League loss at Tottenham on 2 January.\n\nThis was the former Argentina manager's first taste of an FA Cup shock, after far more mundane exits against Arsenal and QPR in Bielsa's two previous campaigns since taking the Elland Road reins in 2018.\n\nBut it was not unfamiliar ground for Leeds as Crawley - who have finished in the bottom half of League Two for five successive seasons - emulated non-league pair Histon and Sutton United, as well as lower-league clubs Rochdale and Newport, in upsetting the Whites this century.\n\nThe visitors only forced one real save from Crawley keeper Glenn Morris, who reacted well to push away Ian Poveda's strike from an acute angle in the first half.\n\nLeeds might point to a penalty they perhaps should have had before the interval when Crawley defender Tony Craig got away with pulling back Rodrigo as he attempted to meet Helder Costa's volleyed cross.\n\nBut there was no video assistant referee system at the game, and they offered very little going forward after Rodrigo was substituted at half-time.\n\nIt was a fourth successive third-round exit in a competition they could have looked to with some hope, given their relatively comfortable position in the Premier League.\n\n\"We've got 11 star men\" - what they said\n\nCrawley manager Yems to BBC Sport: \"You have to enjoy these games - you work hard enough for it. It was a really good team performance and it's clear that we've got 11 star men.\n\n\"These players have got a lot to prove to the clubs who have released them and we've showed what we can do against a really good side.\n\n\"Let's see who we get in the next round and enjoy the moment.\"\n\nLeeds midfielder Alioski to BBC Radio 5 Live: \"We are really disappointed and it wasn't the result that we wanted. We took the game really seriously and we wanted to win and go on a run, so it is disappointing.\n\n\"Crawley played the game of their lives, and congratulations. To beat us 3-0 - I still can't believe it.\n\n\"The manager said what he wanted to say. It's important for every player to know what this means. He is sad and the players are sad.\"\n• None Attempt blocked. Sam Greenwood (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Raphinha (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Pablo Hernández.\n• None Jake Hessenthaler (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Hélder Costa (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Hernández.\n• None Jamie Shackleton (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Max Watters (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Nichols. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None All the goals and highlights from a huge Saturday of third-round matches are", "A 78-year-old French woman received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in France\n\nA global race is on to vaccinate people against Covid-19 - and with infections soaring in Europe many have complained that the roll-out is too slow in the EU.\n\nMember states decide individually who to vaccinate, when and where, but the EU is coordinating strategy and buying vaccines in bulk. On Friday, the EU Commission agreed to buy an extra 300 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - that would give the EU nearly half of the firm's global output for 2021.\n\nBBC reporters in seven European capitals explain how the vaccinations are going on their patch.\n\nIn an election year, the vaccine has become a political battleground, writes Jenny Hill, in Berlin.\n\nThe fact it was German scientists who developed the first effective Covid vaccine has been the source of great national pride. And, by and large, Germans appear to be reasonably comfortable with the idea of immunisation.\n\nA recent survey found 65% were prepared to have the vaccine. Other research indicates that less than a quarter of those surveyed would not. But politically - and perhaps unsurprisingly, given this is an election year - Germany's vaccination programme has become a battleground.\n\nVaccinations began here just under two weeks ago and prioritise the over 80s and care home workers. By Thursday evening, more than 477,000 first doses had been administered.\n\nGermany's share of the EU order amounts to 56 million doses. So far, 1.3 million doses have been delivered.\n\nBut some of the hundreds of specially prepared vaccination centres are still not in use and even the government has admitted there simply isn't enough to go around. Angela Merkel and her health minister Jens Spahn have been accused of failing to secure enough doses.\n\nMuch of the criticism has come from Mrs Merkel's own coalition partners but some within the scientific community have echoed their concerns - that Germany put European interests above its own by insisting on a joint EU procurement process. The scientists who developed the vaccine have said publicly that the EU originally turned down an offer for a further order.\n\nGermany's share of the EU order amounts to 56 million doses. So far, 1.3 million doses have been delivered and it's thought that by the end of the month a further 2.68 million will have followed.\n\nMr Spahn, whose assured performance through the pandemic led some to wonder whether he might be a potential successor to Mrs Merkel, has blamed the shortage on the inability of the manufacturers of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to meet global demand.\n\nGermany has now ordered an extra 30 million doses and, following the recent European approval of the Moderna vaccine, expects to start rolling that out next week. The government is sticking to its pledge that the vaccination programme will be complete by the end of the summer.\n\nThe Czech prime minister has hit out at apparent delays in distributing the vaccine, writes Rob Cameron, in Prague.\n\nThe Czech vaccination effort began on 27 December, when the prime minister, Andrej Babis, became the first person in the country to receive the jab. Mr Babis, who is 66, had previously questioned whether he would be eligible, as he'd had his spleen removed as a teenager.\n\nBut the country's programme has got off to a sluggish start. Mr Babis - a billionaire businessman who has been dogged by both European and Czech investigations into alleged misuse of EU funds - has lost no time venting his (figurative) spleen at the European Commission over the delay. \"We believed when we contributed €12m to the European fund in November that we'd receive the vaccine,\" he told a newspaper this week.\n\nThe health minister conceded this week that immunising the higher-risk groups will take months.\n\nThe country has received 30,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. So far, it has managed to administer it to 19,918 people. The government says it is ready to roll out the jab en masse as soon as supplies arrive from the manufacturers.\n\nIt has also published a strategy, which envisages a three-stage process. The first will see targeted vaccination of high-risk groups. This will gradually give way to mass vaccination in 31 centres, using an online reservation system that will be open to all from 1 February. And the final stage will see the country's GPs deployed, hopefully to administer the Oxford-AstraZeneca and other jabs, which unlike the previous two can be stored and transported at fridge temperature.\n\nHowever, the timing in the original strategy document now appears optimistic. The health minister conceded this week that immunising the higher-risk groups - all health and social care staff, teachers, everyone over 65, all those with serious health conditions - will take months. GPs may not begin vaccinating young, healthy members of society until late spring, or summer.\n\nA sluggish start is being blamed on bureaucracy and vaccine scepticism, writes Hugh Schofield, in Paris.\n\nFrance's boast of a big, effective state apparatus has been badly exposed by the sluggish start to the Covid vaccination programme. After the first week, when neighbouring Germany had inoculated around 250,000 people, France was on a mere 530. By Friday, the figure had gone up to 45,500 - still so small as to be statistically meaningless.\n\nSo why has it taken so long for France to put the plan into action? It is not as if the authorities did not have time to prepare. And it is certainly not a question of a lack of vaccine. In fact, more than a million Pfizer doses are already in cold storage, waiting to be used.\n\nPolls suggest as many as 58% of the public do not want to be given the jab.\n\nThe primary reason for the delay seems to be the cumbersome, over-centralised nature of France's health bureaucracy. A 45-page dossier of instructions issued by the ministry in Paris had to be read and understood by staff at old people's homes.\n\nEach recipient then had to give informed consent in a consultation with a doctor, held no less than five days before injection. The lengthy procedure is in theory to save lives - those of patients who might have an adverse reaction. But as the critics have been arguing, delay in inoculating the population is also costing lives.\n\nAnother problem in France is the high level of scepticism towards vaccination - product of a more general suspicion of government. Polls suggest as many as 58% of the public do not want to be given the jab. The effect - critics say - has been to make the government unduly cautious. When urgency was required, the authorities were reluctant to move fast for fear of galvanising the anti-vaxxers.\n\nAfter President Emmanuel Macron communicated his anger at the delays at the weekend, the pace is picking up. The procedure for consent is being simplified. By the end of January, the plan is to have 500-600 vaccination centres open across the country - either in hospitals or other big public buildings.\n\nPolitically a lot is at stake. The government has already come under fire for failings in providing masks and tests. With opposition voices calling the vaccine delay a \"state scandal\", President Macron needs a roll-out that is fast and problem-free.\n\nNational pride accelerated Russia's rollout, but one man is conspicuously absent from the list of people vaccinated, writes Sarah Rainsford, in Moscow.\n\nRussia registered its main Covid vaccine for domestic use way back in August, before mass safety and efficacy trials had even begun. In December, with those trials still underway, it began rolling out Sputnik V to the public ahead of mass vaccination launches everywhere else in Europe. The rush was driven by national pride as well as medical necessity.\n\nSputnik was initially offered to front line health and education workers but early take-up of the two-dose vaccination was slow and the list of those eligible soon expanded.\n\nA poll by the Levada Centre in late December showed only 38% of respondents were willing to get the jab: wary of domestic healthcare and medicines, Russians were sceptical of bold early claims made for the vaccine and nervous about possible adverse reactions. Even so, and despite similar delays scaling-up production as in other countries, Sputnik's backers announced this week that more than a million people had been vaccinated.\n\nRussia began rolling out its Sputnik V vaccine in December\n\nBut one man still conspicuously absent from the list of the vaccinated is Vladimir Putin, despite the Kremlin saying he will - eventually - get the jab. In the meantime, those who meet him in person are obliged to test for Covid first and even quarantine. The president may need to lead by example, though. Mr Putin has said repeatedly that protecting the economy is his priority so he's banking on mass vaccination to avoid a return to national lockdown.\n\nRussia has built giant, temporary hospitals since the start of the pandemic and the health minister said this week that 25% of Covid beds remain free. There's also been a fall in the number of new daily cases reported - around 25,000 for the past 5 days. But that's not down to the vaccine yet. The country is nearing the end of a 10-day New Year holiday period and the number of Covid tests has also dropped.\n\nAs infection rates grow in a country praised by many for its no-lockdown approach, a successful vaccine programme is crucial writes Maddy Savage, in Stockholm.\n\nAlmost two weeks since 91-year-old care home resident Gun-Britt Johnsson became the first Swede to get the initial dose of a Pfizer jab, there is still no official tally of how many others have received the vaccination.\n\nThe Public Health Agency of Sweden says it's in the process of compiling data from the country's 21 regional health authorities tasked with vaccinating the entire adult population - around eight million people - by 26 June. The date isn't arbitrary, it's the biggest public holiday weekend of the year, when Swedes traditionally hold Midsummer celebrations. Karin Tegmark, a senior manager at the agency, says the date remains \"feasible\". But she says it depends on the delivery of vaccines to the country.\n\nAfter months of high trust levels in the country's no-lockdown approach, support for the health agency has dwindled.\n\nAlongside 4.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Sweden has ordered 3.6 million jabs from Moderna, the first of which are expected to arrive next week. The country also plans to roll-out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as soon as possible after it is approved by the EU - ideally by February.\n\nSwedes initially appeared lukewarm to the idea of taking a speedily-developed coronavirus vaccine, although a poll at the end of December found 71% would take one. A key driver of the initial scepticism is thought to be the failure of a voluntary mass vaccination programme for swine flu in 2009. Hundreds of Swedish children and young adults under 30 developed the sleeping disorder narcolepsy, which was found to be a side effect of the Pandemrix vaccine.\n\nA successful vaccination programme will be crucial, not least because it comes at a time when Swedish authorities are struggling to maintain public confidence. After months of high trust levels in the country's no-lockdown approach, support for the health agency has dwindled as Sweden has struggled with the second wave of coronavirus.\n\nMeanwhile, several high profile officials have faced heavy criticism for breaching their own recommendations - including the head of the civil contingencies agency (pictured), who resigned after spending Christmas with his daughter in the Canary Islands.\n\nA new government in Belgium seems unified on the vaccine rollout - for now at least, writes Nick Beake, in Brussels.\n\nIt seemed fitting that the first person in Belgium to receive a Covid jab lives in the place where the world's first approved Covid vaccine is being produced. Jos Hermans, a 96-year-old from the municipality of Puurs, was given the injection on 28 December, in his care home. A further 700 elderly residents were also administered a dose in what was a small, initial trial.\n\nThe mass vaccination programme in Belgium began on 5 January, but has been criticised for starting slowly. Federal Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke had promised in November that the rollout would be \"seamless and fast\", tweeting: \"If that does not work, shoot me.\"\n\nThe first phase looks to vaccinate up to 200,000 nursing home residents by the end of this month, or early February. Healthcare professionals will be next in line and the aim was for the whole population to be inoculated by the end of September.\n\nJos Hermans, a 96-year-old from Puurs, was given the injection on 28 December\n\nYou may think the country would be at an advantage being the epicentre of the Pfizer-BioNTech production. While this clearly helps with distribution, Belgium cannot receive more doses - relative to its population - than other EU countries under strict Commission rules. That didn't stop the minister-president of the Flanders region, who admitted this week that he had contacted Pfizer directly in the hope of procuring more doses, only to be rebuffed.\n\nAfter getting a guarantee from Pfizer over supply of the jab, the federal Belgian authorities have adapted their strategy: they now propose giving as many available doses to as many people as they can - and no longer reserving vials for patients' second dose, given three weeks after the first. In general, the federal government, rather than the European Commission has faced any criticism for a delay and has defended its \"careful\" approach.\n\nAnd there appears to be an interesting regional or cultural discrepancy when it comes to whether people are willing to take the vaccine. Of the Flemish population interviewed in a poll, half have said they wanted the vaccine as soon as possible. Among French speakers - it was 20% fewer, which chimes with the deeper scepticism over the border in France.\n\nIn a country where politics are notoriously complicated and fractious - they've only recently agreed a government, after a 500-day vacuum - the Federal Coalition appears unified on its Covid vaccine strategy. For now, at least.\n\nRegional variances and political rows have marked the beginning of Spain's vaccination programme writes Guy Hedgecoe, in Madrid.\n\nSpain started administering the vaccine on 27 December. So far, 743,925 doses have been distributed to regional administrations, with 277,976 people vaccinated, according to the health ministry. The objective of the coalition government is to immunise 2.3 million people within 12 weeks. Priority is being given to elderly residents of care homes, those who look after them, and healthcare personnel.\n\nEach of the country's 17 regions has a high degree of control over healthcare and should receive the number of doses that corresponds to their populations. However, already there has been substantial geographical disparity.\n\nGovernment data showed, for example, that while the northern region of Asturias had used 55% of the doses it had received by 3 January, the Madrid region had only administered 5% by the same date. Some regions are holding back doses to administer a second follow-up jab to the same person in several weeks' time, and some have been vaccinating on national holidays while others have not.\n\nThe pandemic has been the cause of constant political conflict, with the right-wing opposition accusing the leftist government of incompetence.\n\nAlthough vaccination is voluntary, the government has said it is making a register of those who do not wish to be inoculated. That initiative has generated controversy, although the government has insisted the register will merely seek to clarify why people refuse the vaccination.\n\nHowever, the pandemic has been the cause of constant political conflict, with the right-wing opposition accusing the leftist government of Pedro Sánchez of incompetence, lack of transparency and using coronavirus to accumulate power.\n\nThe arrival of a vaccine has not stopped the rancour. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the conservative Popular Party (PP) president of Galicia, warned the number of doses being distributed to each region was being dictated by \"political affiliations or parliamentary needs\", a claim the central government has rejected.", "Lockdowns have worked before, but can we expect the new one to do the same?\n\nIt feels like we are back in March or April last year, when the strict controls on all our lives led to a fairly quick decline in levels of coronavirus.\n\nBut one of the crucial differences this time is the new variant, which is thought to spread between 50 and 70% faster than previous forms of the virus.\n\nExperts warn there are now no guarantees that lockdown will be enough to bring the variant under control.\n\n\"It still would not have been easy, but it would have been a much easier situation if it had not been for the new variant,\" Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, told Inside Health.\n\n\"That really pushes the bounds of our ability to control the spread of the virus, even with measures that were previously relatively quite effective.\"\n\nThe coronavirus spreads when we come into contact with each other so moving classrooms online, telling people to stay at home and closing shops breaks many of those opportunities for human contact.\n\nIf we consider the R number - the average number of people each infected person passes the virus on to - it was about 3.0 in the run up to the first lockdown and anything above 1.0 means cases are climbing.\n\nR fell to 0.6 during the first lockdown.\n\nThen every 1,000 infected people passed the virus on to 600 others, who passed it on to 360 others and so on.\n\nBut if the new variant is 50% more transmissible then the R number, in the same lockdown conditions, would be about 0.9.\n\nThen 1,000 infected people would pass the virus onto 900 others, then 810 and so on.\n\nAs you can see this leads to far slower decline.\n\nAnd that assumes lockdown can get R down to 0.9 in areas where the new variant has become the most common form of the virus.\n\nIf, as some studies suggest, the variant is about 70% more transmissible then R may stay above 1.0 and cases may not fall at all.\n\n\"We'd at best flatten the curve, keep numbers at a roughly constant level, and that's frankly why there is so much emphasis on getting vaccine into people's arms as quickly as possible,\" said Prof Ferguson.\n\nIt is hard to lock down even harder as there are some parts of society - hospitals, supermarkets - that need to be kept open.\n\nWhat happens to the number of cases over the coming weeks will be closely monitored. If this lockdown is less effective then we will have to live with it for longer.\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs over the Christmas break, which was a bit like a lockdown due to school holidays and other restrictions.\n\n\"We are in a very difficult situation here, but my initial assessment of the last few days is that the rate is slowing which is good news,\" Prof John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nHe added: \"It looks likes those restrictions should be sufficient to stop the increase, whether they will be sufficient to bring cases down sufficiently we are yet to see.\"\n\nEventually the vaccine will give people immunity so we do not need the same controls on our lives.\n\nNow more than ever this is a race between the virus and the vaccine.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nPremier League rivals Manchester United and Liverpool will meet at Old Trafford in the fourth round of the FA Cup later this month.\n\nNon-league Chorley will host Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers after beating a depleted Derby County in the third round.\n\nLeague Two Cheltenham Town are set to welcome Pep Guardiola's Manchester City to Whaddon Road.\n\nThe fourth-round ties will be played the weekend of 23-24 January.\n\nCrawley Town, who celebrated a famous 3-0 win over Leeds United on Sunday, will travel to Championship side Bournemouth in the next round.\n\nJose Mourinho's Tottenham will face Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park, while Fulham take on Burnley in an all-Premier League tie.\n\nChorley would face 14-time winners Arsenal in the fifth round - if the National League North side overcome Wolves and the Gunners beat Southampton.\n\nDavid Moyes could return to former club Manchester United in the last 16 if West Ham beat League One Doncaster Rovers and United seal victory over Liverpool in the fourth round.\n\nThe fifth-round ties will be played 9-11 February.\n• None Watch all the goals and highlights from the FA Cup third round\n• None Goals, highlights and knockouts. All the action from Sunday's third-round ties are", "Seven new mass vaccination centres have opened up across England to help deliver the Coronavirus vaccine, as the Prime Minister says we are facing a \"perilous moment\" in the fight against the virus.\n\nThe Centre of Life in Newcastle is home to one of them, with others in Bristol, Epsom, London, Manchester, Stevenage and Birmingham.\n\nInitially they will be used to vaccinate the over 80's, alongside NHS staff and health and social care workers. It's part of a drive that the government hopes will see 15 million people vaccinated against the virus by mid-February.", "Caroline Rice couldn't afford the ink to print off her child's maths homework\n\nThere are few benefits from lockdown, but one often touted is that people are managing to save a little money: lower transport costs, fewer shop-bought office lunches, cheaper childcare costs and no foreign holidays.\n\nSingle mum Caroline Rice gives a wry smile when asked if she's managed to squirrel away extra cash over the past few months during pandemic restrictions.\n\n\"My spending is up,\" she says. \"The heating costs are higher because it's very cold. I'm having to shop locally because of lockdown, where the prices are slightly higher. The nearest Asda is 12 miles away.\"\n\nThe small savings on little luxuries that many people are making - fewer coffees or restaurant meals - were never an option for her in the first place.\n\nHer meagre finances meant the registered child minder, who lives in rural County Fermanagh, was already living week-to-week. Now it seems like day-to-day, she says.\n\n\"There's a mental stress, fatigue, in having to check the bank balance every day to see how much I'm down,\" she says. \"My child and I haven't bought any clothes in almost a year.\"\n\nShe's having to home-school her child. Many people wouldn't think twice about printing off their child's maths homework project. Caroline had to write it out by hand because they could not afford the ink.\n\nAnd she is not alone. A new report on the finances of low-income families during the pandemic says they are twice as likely to have increased their spending.\n\nIt says extra costs for food, energy and remote learning equipment have piled financial pressure on the poor.\n\nThe study - Pandemic Pressures - was a collaboration between the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation-funded Covid Realities research project at the University of York.\n\nDr Ruth Patrick, a social policy lecturer at the University of York, says talk of saving money during the pandemic is \"worlds away\" from the experiences of many low-income parents and carers.\n\n\"Parents have found their spending increases, as some of the usual strategies they use to get by on a low income - shopping around for the best deal, going to families and friends for a meal when the cupboards are empty - have become suddenly impossible,\" she said.\n\nFor Shirley Widdop, an increase in food costs has been one of the biggest issues. The disabled single parent, who lives in Keighley, now has to shield for health reasons. That means using online deliveries a lot.\n\nShe says: \"There's a minimum basket size [with online orders]. You often have to bulk buy in case there's a problem getting delivery slots.\"\n\nShirley Widdop has not saved on life's little luxuries - because she could not afford them in the first place\n\nWhen not shielding, Shirley would seek out food in her supermarket's reduced-price section. \"There used to be just a couple of people. Now there are crowds,\" she says. \"Not everyone has easy access to the internet. And not everyone has a functioning bus service.\"\n\nThe report notes that the pandemic has been marked by a huge reduction in overall spending, with entertainment and social activities restricted by lockdown.\n\nHigher-income households have been the main beneficiaries of this \"enforced saving\", as they spend 40% more of their income on recreation and leisure activities than the poorest fifth of households.\n\nThe report says that in contrast to this overall picture, the pandemic has in many cases made it more expensive to live on a low income with children.\n\nMore than one in three (36%) low-income households with children have increased their spending during the pandemic so far, compared with about one in six (18%) who have reduced their spending.\n\nAmong high-income households without children, 13% have increased their spending, compared with 40% who have reduced it.\n\nUse of food banks has increased significantly during the pandemic\n\nThe report highlights three main reasons for these extra pressures:\n\nIt should also be noted, the report says, that these extra spending pressures are squeezing living standards that had stagnated even before the pandemic.\n\nTo ease the burden, the report says the government should be seeking to maintain the £20-a-week rise in Universal Credit (UC) into next year. Otherwise, six million households face having their incomes cut by more than £1,000.\n\nMike Brewer, chief economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: \"The pandemic has forced society as a whole to spend less and save more. But these broad spending patterns don't hold true for everyone.\n\n\"The extra cost of feeding, schooling and entertaining children 24/7 means that, for many families, lockdowns have made life more expensive to live on a low income.\"\n\nHowever, a government spokesperson said measures had been put in place to \"ensure that nobody is left behind\", including extra welfare payments, job protection safeguards, the £170m Covid Winter Grant Scheme, and equipment for home-schooling.\n\n\"We are committed to supporting the lowest-paid families through the pandemic and beyond,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nSometimes the overall economic figures can not capture the actual on-the-ground financial reality.\n\nThe pandemic lockdowns have led to a \"K-shaped\" recovery. Across the entire economy, staying at home has meant less capacity to spend on going out and a surge in savings. But the economic picture is both up and down at the same time, depending on which household.\n\nThe average picture is composed of wealthier people saving a huge amount and poorer families more squeezed than ever. This report shows how children staying at home have increased food and energy bills. The cost of buying food has increased with fewer store promotions and a requirement to use more expensive local shops. The furlough scheme has kept people paid, but not necessarily on full pay.\n\nSo the chancellor hopes that the vaccine rollout could unleash pent up demand in the form of huge levels of savings from the already well-off. And yet at the same time, will continue to face pressure over extending support - for example, the £20-a-week increase to universal credit.", "A Sex and the City revival is heading to the small screen, more than 20 years after the hit series made its debut.\n\nThe original HBO show followed the lives of four New York women negotiating work and relationships in the late 90s and early 2000s.\n\nBut only three of the fab four are returning for the new TV series - Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis.\n\nKim Cattrall, who played the popular character Samantha, will not feature.\n\nThe US network did not say why Cattrall wasn't cast in the revival, titled And Just Like That - a nod to one of the show's original catchphrases.\n\nHowever, Cattrall has had a strained relationship with the show in recent years, and in particular with her former co-star Parker.\n\nThe new series will consist of 10 half-hour episodes. Production will begin in late spring.\n\nThe trailer for the HBO Max show gives nothing away; It features numerous shots of New York, but none of the characters is seen on screen.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kristin Davis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I grew up with these characters, and I can't wait to see how their story has evolved in this new chapter, with the honesty, poignancy, humour and the beloved city that has always defined them,\" Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at HBO Max, said in a statement.\n\nThe original Sex and the City series, created by Darren Star, was based on Candace Bushnell's 1997 book of the same name. It premiered on HBO in 1998 and ran for six seasons until 2004.\n\nThe show inspired two films, Sex and the City in 2008 and Sex and the City 2 in 2010. A prequel series titled The Carrie Diaries, starring Anna Sophia Robb, aired on The CW in 2013/14.\n\nStar also created Netflix show Emily in Paris, and many have drawn inevitable comparisons between that show and SATC.\n\nWhen it first burst on to our TV screens, Sex and the City was seen as revolutionary - four women talking openly about their love and sex lives, not to mention the sex scenes themselves.\n\nThe first series of SATC began filming in 1998\n\nCosmopolitans and rabbit vibrators were trending before trending was a thing.\n\nWhile it was praised by many for its liberating female-led content, it also attracted criticism from some quarters who felt Carrie's ongoing pursuit of Mr Big (Christopher Noth) was not exactly an advert for female independence.\n\nIt was also accused of trivialising issues such as sexual harassment and for its lack of diversity, a criticism levelled at many older shows including Friends.\n\nFashion was a hugely influential part of the series - the tutu worn by Sarah Jessica Parker in the opening credits, teamed with a fur coat and heels, was described as \"an ensemble rich in cultural resonance\".\n\nAnd Manolo Blahnik could never have dreamed of attracting so much publicity for his designer footwear.\n\nIt was a ratings smash, with the hotly anticipated finale in 2004 drawing an audience of 10.6 million viewers in the US.\n\nIn the UK, the final episode was watched by 4.1m on Channel 4.\n\nThe series was predictably most popular in the 18-34 age group.\n\nMany SATC fans will be disappointed that larger-than-life favourite Samantha Jones - played by Kim Cattrall - will not be returning for the sequel series.\n\nSamantha was Sex and the City's most outlandish character and arguably, the star of the show.\n\nWhile Miranda was juggling a career and motherhood, Charlotte was focused on marriage and motherhood and Carrie poured her neuroses into her New York Star column, Samantha was the character perhaps harder to relate to but someone we all wanted to be (at least a little).\n\nShe was fiercely independent and while caring for her friends, she always put her own needs before men.\n\nBut news Cattrall won't reprise the role in And Just Like That comes as no surprise after years of feud rumours which were later confirmed by the British-born Canadian actress.\n\nIn 2017, Cattrall told Piers Morgan she had \"never been friends\" with her co-stars.\n\nShe said there was a \"toxic relationship\" and ruled out appearing in a third Sex and the City movie, denying that her decision was down to pay or \"diva\" demands.\n\nCattrall commented that former co-star Parker \"could have been nicer\" about the situation.\n\nA different actress could play Samantha in the future, she suggested.\n\n\"I played it past the finish line and then some and I loved it and another actress should play it,\" she said. \"Maybe they could make it an African-American Samantha Jones or a Hispanic Samantha Jones, or bring in another character.\"\n\nShe later criticised Parker for being \"cruel\" after she sent condolences following the death of Cattrall's brother.\n\nIn an interview with People magazine shortly afterwards, SJP acknowledged Cattrall \"said things that were really hurtful about me\".\n\nParker said: \"So there was no fight; it was completely fabricated, because I actually never responded.\"\n\nOn Monday, Parker replied on Instagram to someone posting that SJP \"didn't tag Samantha Jones\" into her post announcing the new series.\n\n\"I don't dislike her. I've never said that. Never would. Samantha isn't part of this story. But she will always be part of us. No matter where we are or what we do. x.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Flat owners applying to a fund to help pay to remove flammable building cladding will be told not to talk to the press without government approval.\n\nA draft agreement, uncovered by the Sunday Times, says that even where there is \"overwhelming public interest\" in speaking to journalists, the government must be told first.\n\nThe government said the wording was \"standard\".\n\nIt set up a £1.6bn fund last year to repair the most dangerous buildings.\n\nBut it warned that the fund might not cover all the costs of removing the cladding.\n\nThe clause might affect building owners and professional managing agents but also residents who manage their building.\n\nSome types of the covering, often added to newer blocks of flats, have been proven to be a fire hazard.\n\nAfter the 2017 Grenfell fire, the government pledged that safe alternatives to dangerous cladding would be provided on all buildings in England taller than 18m.\n\nIt set up the £1.6bn fund to help foot the costs.\n\nThe agreement, between the building owner or leaseholder and the government, says: \"The Applicant shall not make any communication to the press or any journalist or broadcaster regarding the Project or the Agreement (or the performance of it by any Party) without the prior written approval of Homes England and [the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government ]\" and its press offices.\n\nIt says an exception can be made \"where such disclosure is in the overwhelming public interest (in which case disclosure will not be made without first allowing Homes England and MHCLG to make representations on such proposed disclosure).\"\n\nThe UK Cladding Action Group tweeted that it was \"clearly a matter of public interest\" that these issues were aired in public.\n\n\"No department should be hiding behind non-disclosure agreements to stop scrutiny of their actions,\" the group said.\n\nAnother campaign group, Manchester Cladiators, said the existence of the \"gagging clause\" was \"shocking but not necessarily that surprising\".\n\nSpokesperson Rebecca Fairclough said residents would feel \"intimidated\" by it, adding: \"We ask the government to remove this unfair clause immediately and focus on the priority of solving this institutional failure, which still exists and is only growing over three and a half years after the Grenfell tragedy.\"\n\nThe government insists that the wording in the agreement, under the heading \"Marketing material\", is there to ensure applicants come to the government first.\n\n\"The terms set out are standard in commercial agreements and are not specific to this fund - to suggest otherwise is misleading and inaccurate,\" the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said in a statement.\n\n\"We want a constructive working relationship with building owners who apply to the fund and applicants are asked to work with the department on public communications relating to the project.\"", "Small business owner Jon Wilding is facing a dilemma: his livelihood is on hold because of Covid restrictions and he has a big tax bill to settle.\n\nIf his company supplying marquees to outdoor events goes bust, the taxman will get paid, but his reputation as a businessman will be ruined forever.\n\n\"If I shut the business down, I then become director of a business that's gone bankrupt, at which stage getting loans in the future becomes nigh-on impossible,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"I feel like I'm one of those people who's been left out. We don't need a lot to keep going,\" said Mr Wilding, of Cannock in the West Midlands.\n\n\"The government say their support system is the best in the world, we've done furlough, this that and whatever, but it's not getting to all the people that need it.\"\n\nApart from the Bounce Back Loan scheme, his two-person business has received no government assistance.\n\nHis colleague was furloughed in March last year, but because Mr Wilding is the director, he is not allowed to furlough himself.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is particularly concerned about people like Mr Wilding.\n\nIt says directors of small companies, who pay themselves in dividends rather than drawing a salary, are not receiving any help from the government.\n\nThe FSB says somewhere between 700,000 and 1.1 million people fall into this category.\n\nIt has put forward ideas to help some of those firms, which it hopes ministers will adopt.\n\nThe FSB's proposed Directors Income Support Scheme would pay them grants of up to £7,500 to cover three months of lost trading profits. It would be limited to those who earn less than £50,000 a year.\n\n\"Company directors, the newly self-employed, those in supply chains and those without commercial premises are still being left out in the cold,\" said FSB national chairman Mike Cherry.\n\nWithout further government help to cope with the effects of the pandemic, a record 250,000 small businesses could be lost in the next 12 months, the FSB said.\n\n\"The development of business support measures has not kept pace with intensifying restrictions,\" Mr Cherry added.\n\n\"As a result, we risk losing hundreds of thousands of great, ultimately viable small businesses this year, at huge cost to local communities and individual livelihoods.\"\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses said the government had met the latest national lockdown \"with a whimper\"\n\nThe FSB based its prediction on a survey of 1,400 small firms, 5% of which said they expected to close this year.\n\nIf those figures were replicated across the country, some 250,000 of the UK's 5.9 million small firms could disappear, it said.\n\nMr Cherry said the government had met the latest national lockdown \"with a whimper\" and called for help that went beyond the retail, leisure and hospitality businesses.\n\nThe FSB said it had submitted its support scheme proposals to the Treasury and was expecting a decision this month.\n\nThe Treasury said nothing was planned at present, but added: \"Our support schemes are designed to get help to those who need it most whilst protecting the taxpayer from fraud, but of course we keep everything under review and are always open to further ideas.\"", "But it delivered a fascinating look behind the scenes at two cutting-edge ways the firm is creating video content.\n\nThe first involved the use of a giant screen which is matched with movement-sensors on a camera to create a fake backdrop that shifts in turn with the lens.\n\nA similar technique was pioneered by Industrial Light & Magic and used in the Star Wars spin-off series The Mandalorian, but this opens the door to other filmmakers.\n\nThe screens involved use Sony's Crystal LED technology, which the firm first unveiled at CES in 2012, but has been unable to bring low down enough in price to take mainstream.\n\nIn effect, this is its version of micro-LED tech, using millions of tiny light emitting diodes (LEDs) to match the number of pixels. The result is much greater brightness and contrast than a normal LCD or OLED display would be capable of.\n\nThe background footage moves in time with the camera to aid the illusion Image caption: The background footage moves in time with the camera to aid the illusion\n\nUntil now, the firm has marketed the tech at building owners wanting the ultimate video walls. But this has the potential to help film and advert-makers place actors within environments they can see, rather than relying on greenscreen effects.\n\nThe second innovation was the creation of an \"immersive reality\" performance, which uses body sensors to create a highly-detailed animated version of an artist.\n\nIt was demoed by the singer-songwriter Madison Beer.\n\nMotion capture has been used for years to add special effects to characters in movies and to place real-world actors into video games.\n\nBut the aim here is to create a lifelike representation of a performer on stage at a concert.\n\nThe footage shown didn't quite escape the \"uncanny valley\" - there's still some way to go before we can't tell the difference between a real person and even a highly detailed avatar.\n\nBut it's easy to imagine that the tech being more impressive when viewed in virtual reality, where users can move about and choose their view.\n\nThe computer-generated image looks less real the closer you get to the performer Image caption: The computer-generated image looks less real the closer you get to the performer\n\nUntil now, VR apps of concerts have either offered a pick of different static camera locations or involved much lower-resolution characters.\n\nWith Covid meaning it's impossible for artists to tour, this second-best experience could be very timely when it's offered to PlayStation VR headsets and other devices soon.", "Many hospitals are still under intense pressure with the increasing number of Covid patients arriving.\n\nDoctors say they are seeing more younger patients in their thirties and forties compared to the first wave.\n\nThe overall pattern of those at risk of becoming seriously ill or dying has not changed significantly and the older someone is, the greater their risk from Covid-19 - particularly those over the age of 65.\n\nThe BBC's Health Editor Hugh Pym was given access to film at Croydon University Hospital in South London.", "Boris Johnson - pictured here in 2013 - has long been a fan of cycling\n\nBoris Johnson has been criticised for travelling seven miles from Downing Street to go cycling during lockdown.\n\nThe Evening Standard reported the prime minister had been spotted in the Olympic Park in East London on Sunday.\n\nGovernment advice allows people to exercise outside, but says you should not travel outside your local area.\n\nA No 10 spokesman would not confirm if Mr Johnson had been driven to the park or cycled there, but said the PM had complied with Covid-19 guidelines.\n\nLabour's Andy Slaughter said: \"Once again it is do as I say, not as I do, from the prime minister.\"\n\nThe Hammersmith MP added: \"London has some of the highest infection rates in the country. Boris Johnson should be leading by example.\"\n\nIn response to the criticism, a Downing Street source told the BBC: \"The PM has exercised within the Covid rules and any suggestion to the contrary is wrong.\"\n\nA woman told the PA news agency she had seen the prime minister in the park: \"He was leisurely cycling with another guy with a beanie hat and chatting, while around four security guys, possibly more, cycled behind them.\n\n\"Considering the current situation with Covid I was shocked to see him cycling around looking so care-free.\n\n\"Also, considering he's advising everyone to stay at home and not leave their area, shouldn't he stay in Westminster and not travel to other boroughs?\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock was asked at Monday's Downing Street press conference whether travelling seven miles for a cycle ride was within the rules.\n\nMr Hancock said: \"It is OK, if you went for a long walk and ended up seven miles from home, that is OK, but you should stay local.\n\n\"It is OK to go for a long walk or a cycle ride or to exercise, but stay local.\"\n\nThe issue of travelling for exercise was highlighted at the weekend after two women said they were surrounded by police and fine £200 after driving five miles from home to take a walk.\n\nDerbyshire Police have now dropped the fine and apologised to the women, but the incident led to a debate over the guidance.\n\nGovernment advice for England says you can leave your home to exercise, but adds: \"This should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.\"\n\nThe guidance adds: \"Stay local means stay in the village, town, or part of the city where you live.\"\n\nIn Scotland, the advice is more precise, saying exercise can be taken if it \"starts and finishes at the same place, which can be up to five miles from the boundary of your local authority area\".\n\nFormer Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, who represents a constituency in the Lake District, has written to the PM calling for clearer guidance on exercise similar to that in Scotland.\n\nHe wrote: \"On the one hand, our local police force here in Cumbria are reporting that people... have travelled hundreds of miles to take their exercise in the Lake District.\n\n\"And on the other hand, I have constituents writing to me, worried whether they will be punished for driving five minutes up the road to go for a walk in their local park.\"\n\nMr Farron added: \"We need a solution that clearly deters people from making lengthy trips and potentially spreading the virus, but also that doesn't discourage people from keeping fit and healthy.\"", "Douglas Ross: 'All of Scottish football should not be affected by the actions of one club'\n\nScottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross tells viewers he thinks politics should be put aside and the UK and Scottish governments should work together to get the vaccinations out as quickly as possible. He is reluctant, as an assistant referee, to comment on the Celtic Dubai situation, but he does say that people have to look at the message it sends out. He points out that for many people at home alone at the moment, football is something they look forward to and \"we don't want to see the whole of Scottish football affected by the actions of one club\". He adds that financial support should be made available to clubs in the Scottish lower leagues & Scottish Cup who have had their games suspended for three weeks.", "Terry Irving, 83, from Dumfries, was given the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday\n\nEveryone aged 80 or over in Scotland will be given the Covid vaccine by February, the health secretary has said.\n\nJeane Freeman also said care home staff and residents, as well as front-line health and social care staff would be vaccinated in the next few weeks.\n\nAs of Sunday, 163,377 Scots had been given a first dose of vaccine.\n\nMs Freeman told BBC Scotland that just under 560,000 people will have been vaccinated by the end of the month.\n\nThe Oxford vaccine will be available at more than 1,100 locations from Monday.\n\nScotland has been given an initial allocation of more than 500,000 doses to use in January.\n\nMs Freeman told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"We intend that by the end of this month, the very beginning of February, we will have vaccinated all residents in care homes and staff, all front-line health and social care workers and all those aged 80 or over.\n\n\"So that's just under 560,000. We've already vaccinated about 70% of people in care homes and about half of the health and social care workforce.\"\n\nShe said the Scottish government was on course to match the UK government's commitment to offer a vaccine jab to everyone in the top four priority groups by the middle of February.\n\nThe health service will be able to vaccinate people as supplies of the jabs arrive, she said, with over-80s being contacted by their GPs.\n\nThe government has now started publishing vaccination figures on a daily basis, with 163,377 Scots having been given a first dose as of Sunday.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the health authorities in Scotland now had enough supplies to give jabs to all over-80s over the coming four weeks.\n\nShe said the aim was to get through the priority list as quickly as possible.\n\nThis had been expected to be complete by mid-May, but Ms Sturgeon said she was \"very, very hopeful we will be able to accelerate that to an earlier point\".\n\nA total of 1,664 people are in hospital being treated for Covid-19, the highest number since the pandemic began - with Ms Sturgeon saying the country was in a \"dangerous situation\".\n\nThe Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has already been administered in the Tayside, Lothian, Orkney and Highlands health board areas but this week will see it being used at vaccination centres across the whole country.\n\nRecent figures suggest a slight fall in the average positivity rates for Covid in many parts of Scotland, but pressures on the NHS have intensified.\n\nThe number of patients in hospital in with Covid rose to new highs at the weekend, and Sunday saw a sharp increase in the number of patients requiring treatment in intensive care.\n\nDeputy First Minister John Swinney said there were few signs that the threat was \"abating\" and that a tightening of restrictions could not be ruled out.\n\nThe majority of Scotland's schools are closed until at least February with pupils now learning from home as the new term begins this week..\n\nOnly vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers will receive face-to-face teaching.\n\nLocal authorities said schools were better prepared to roll out digital learning than they were during the first lockdown.\n\nBut one parents' group has raised concerns about \"equal and fair access to home learning\".", "The Prince of Wales is urging firms to back a more sustainable future and do more to protect the planet, as he marks 50 years of environmental campaigning.\n\nPrince Charles wants companies to join what he is calling \"Terra Carta\" - or Earth charter.\n\nThe charter is being launched alongside a fund run by the Natural Capital Investment Alliance.\n\nIt aims to mobilise $10 billion towards natural capital by 2022.\n\nTerra Carta will harness the \"irreplaceable power of nature\", the prince said in his virtual address to the One Planet Summit on Monday.\n\nHe hopes the new charter will help \"reunite people and planet\".\n\nHe said: \"I can only encourage, in particular, those in industry and finance to provide practical leadership to this common project, as only they are able to mobilise the innovation, scale and resources that are required to transform our global economy.\"\n\nIn his foreword to Terra Carta, the prince writes: \"If we consider the legacy of our generation, more than 800 years ago, Magna Carta inspired a belief in the fundamental rights and liberties of people.\n\n\"As we strive to imagine the next 800 years of human progress, the fundamental rights and value of nature must represent a step-change in our 'future of industry' and 'future of economy' approach.\"\n\nCharles has previously said that people thought he was \"completely dotty\" when he started talking about environmental issues in the 1970s.", "A number of positive cases have been identified among passengers who had flown into Glasgow from Dubai since the new year\n\nDubai has been added to Scotland's travel quarantine list with anyone coming from the country told to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe rule, which came into effect at 04:00, will also apply retrospectively for passengers who have made the journey since 3 January.\n\nCeltic confirmed one of their players tested positive for the virus less than 48 hours after the squad returned from a training trip to Dubai on Friday.\n\nIt is not known if he was on the trip.\n\nThe Scottish government said clinicians and the local NHS health protection team were in contact with Celtic providing advice. It also confirmed that quarantine rules did not apply to sports people who had attended \"elite training\" abroad.\n\nHowever, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week questioned the purpose of Celtic's trip and whether they were following social-distancing rules after seeing photos from their Dubai base.\n\nShe warned that professional sport's privileges could be lost if protocols were not followed by all participants.\n\nThe government said the change was due to a number of positive cases being identified in passengers who had flown into Glasgow from Dubai since the new year.\n\nIt said the \"preventative action\" would help stem the rise in coronavirus cases.\n\nTransport Secretary Michael Matheson said: \"It is evident, both in Scotland and in countries across the world, that the virus continues to pose real risks to health and to life and we need to interrupt the rise in cases.\"\n\nHe added: \"Imposing quarantine requirements on those arriving in the UK is our first defence in managing the risk of imported cases from communities with high risks of transmission. That is why we have made the decision to remove Dubai from the country exemptions list.\n\n\"Whether or not an overseas destination has been designated for quarantine restrictions, our message remains clear that people should not currently be undertaking non-essential foreign travel.\n\n\"People need to stay at home to help suppress the virus, protect our NHS and save lives.\"\n\nJoanne Dooey, president of the Scottish Passenger Agents' Association (SPAA), said: \"Removing Dubai from the safe list is understandable. We believe that there has been a cluster of infections around Scots who travelled to Dubai over the Christmas and New Year period.\n\n\"Whilst we're keen to see a return to increased international travel, protecting the health of the whole country remains our key concern and we are supportive of this move.\"", "Morrisons will bar customers who refuse to wear face coverings from its shops amid rising coronavirus infections.\n\nFrom Monday, shoppers who refuse to wear face masks offered by staff will not be allowed inside, unless they are medically exempt.\n\nSainsbury's also said it would challenge those not wearing a mask or who were shopping in groups.\n\nThe announcements come amid concerns that social distancing measures are not being adhered to in supermarkets.\n\nVaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said the government is \"concerned\" shops are not enforcing rules strictly enough.\n\n\"Ultimately, the most important thing to do now is to make sure that actually enforcement - and of course the compliance with the rules - when people are going into supermarkets are being adhered to,\" Mr Zahawi told Sky News.\n\n\"We need to make sure people actually wear masks and follow the one-way system,\" he said.\n\nMorrisons said it had \"introduced and consistently maintained thorough and robust safety measures in all our stores\" since the start of the pandemic.\n\nBut it said: \"From today we are further strengthening our policy on masks.\"\n\nSecurity guards at the UK's fourth-biggest supermarket chain will be enforcing the new rules.\n\nMorrisons' chief executive, David Potts, said: \"Those who are offered a face covering and decline to wear one won't be allowed to shop at Morrisons unless they are medically exempt.\n\n\"Our store colleagues are working hard to feed you and your family, please be kind.\"\n\nFollowing Morrisons' announcement, Sainsbury's said that it was also putting trained security guards at the front of its stores to challenge shoppers who did not comply.\n\nChief executive Simon Roberts said: \"I've spent a lot of time in our stores reviewing the latest situation over the last few days and on behalf of all my colleagues, I am asking our customers to help us keep everyone safe.\n\n\"The vast majority of customers are shopping safely, but I have also seen some customers trying to shop without a mask and shopping in larger family groups.\n\n\"Please help us to keep all our colleagues and customers safe by always wearing a mask and by shopping alone. Everyone's care and consideration matters now more than ever.\"\n\nEarlier on Monday, Mr Zahawi stopped short of saying that supermarket staff should be responsible for enforcing rules on face masks.\n\nEnforcement of face coverings is the responsibility of the police, not retailers. Wearing face masks in supermarkets and shops is compulsory across the UK.\n\nIn England, the police can issue a £200 fine to someone breaking the face covering rules. In Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, a £60 fine can be imposed. Repeat offenders face bigger fines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to wear your mask. Hint: it's not any of these three options\n\nHowever, retail industry body the British Retail Consortium said that, workers have faced an increase in incidents of violence and abuse when trying to encourage shoppers to put them on.\n\nAndrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, added: \"Supermarkets continue to follow all safety guidance and customers should be reassured that supermarkets are Covid-secure and safe to visit during lockdown and beyond.\n\n\"Customers should play their part too by following in-store signage and being considerate to staff and fellow shoppers.\"\n\nUnder current lockdown restrictions across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, people must only leave home for essential reasons, such as buying food or medicine.\n\nIn a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, supermarkets introduced social distancing measures during the UK's first nationwide lockdown last March. They included limits on the numbers of customers in the shops at any one time, protective plastic screens at tills and \"marshals\" to ensure shoppers were maintaining a two-metre distance.\n\nBut amid rising numbers of infections, some have expressed concerns about a \"lack of visible protections\" implemented by supermarkets in recent weeks.\n\nThe First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, said on Saturday that he wanted to see stores policed as they were during the first lockdown as people were worried the strict enforcement of rules did not \"appear to be there this time\".\n\n\"Given the fact the new variant is so much easier to catch... we are looking at supermarkets and other places where people leave their homes, to make sure they are organised in a way that keeps their staff and customers safe,\" he said.\n\nSupermarket Waitrose said that it was taking a \"cautious approach\" to the virus, with marshals checking that customers are wearing face coverings on the door, hand sanitiser stations at its entrances and written communications to shoppers reminding them to maintain their distance.\n\nTesco said it was limiting the number of customers in store and was also reminding customers to wear masks.\n\n\"We have clear signage explaining this, and we have packs of face coverings available for purchase near the front of our stores for any customers who have forgotten them.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Asda announced last week that it would extend its marshals' hours to 08:00 to 20:00 and increase how often baskets and trollies are cleaned.\n\nShop workers' union Usdaw has also called for firms to apply more stringent measures again.\n\nThe union's general secretary, Paddy Lillis, said that it had received reports that \"too many customers are not following necessary safety measures like social distancing, wearing a face covering and only shopping for essential items\".\n\n\"It is going to take some time to roll out the vaccine and we cannot afford to be complacent in the meantime, particularly with a new strain sweeping the nation,\" Mr Lillis said.\n\nThe trade union also suggested that \"'one-in one-out\" policies and proper queuing systems should be reintroduced in supermarkets.\n\nIt added that these systems should be managed by trained security staff where necessary.", "The number of patients in intensive care with Covid has risen sharply, amid warnings that tougher lockdown measures may be needed.\n\nLatest Scottish government figures show 1,877 new cases of Covid were reported in the last 24 hours\n\nThe number of people in intensive care has risen from 109 to 123, the highest daily jump since October.\n\nDeputy First Minister John Swinney said a tightening of restrictions could not be ruled out.\n\nA total of 1,598 people are currently in hospital with recently-confirmed Covid, up from Saturday's figure of 1,596 patients which was the highest number since the outbreak began.\n\nThe daily test positivity rate was10%, up from 8.7% on Saturday, when 1,865 positive cases were recorded.\n\nThe deputy first minister said the country was facing \"a very alarming situation\" with the virus.\n\nSpeaking on Politics Scotland, Mr Swinney said coronavirus does not show much sign of \"abating\" and he would not rule out tougher lockdown measures.\n\nHe said: \"We're seeing case numbers which are hovering around 2,000 per day... so we've got an accelerating situation on our hands and we have to constantly review whether more restrictions are required.\"\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs in recent days with average positivity rates falling, a possible indicator that the lockdown is having an impact, but Prof Linda Bauld, of Edinburgh University, urged caution.\n\nShe said: \"The numbers are not reducing at the rate which we want them to, so [it is] still a very fragile situation.\n\n\"The measures we have now I hope are working but it's not clear whether they are tough enough.\n\n\"I think the key change the government could make is in the sectors which are still open, particularly workplaces but also things like takeaways and click and collect.\"\n\nMr Swinney said the Scottish government is \"open to considering further restrictions if they are necessary\"\n\nProfessional sport, along with manufacturing and construction work have been allowed to continue in this lockdown, whereas they were not in the first wave in March.\n\nThe deputy first minister said the meeting of the cabinet which agreed the latest lockdown saw ministers wondering if they had gone far enough to stop the spread.\n\nMr Swinney added: \"I don't think I'm revealing a state secret when I say that the debate within cabinet was not whether we were going too far but whether we were going far enough.\"\n\nA total of three deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours but these figures are lower at weekends because register offices are generally closed.", "Last updated on .From the section Scottish Premiership\n\nCeltic's only regret about their Dubai trip was Chris Jullien contracting Covid-19, said coach Gavin Strachan, after the draw with Hibernian.\n\nThirteen Celtic players missed the game as they self-isolate after being deemed close contacts of Jullien.\n\nThe hosts led through David Turnbull's free-kick, but are now 21 points behind Scottish Premiership leaders Rangers after Kevin Nisbet's late Hibs strike.\n\n\"There's regret that one person has caught the virus,\" said Strachan.\n\n\"But there's not a regret in terms of the permission we got to go and the protocols that we followed, which we have done the whole season.\"\n• None 'Celtic's lack of remorse over Dubai farce is risible'\n• None Trouble in paradise? Timeline of Dubai bid to Covid crisis\n\nStrachan, who managed the team against Hibs as Neil Lennon and assistant John Kennedy are also in enforced quarantine, defended the decision to take Jullien - who is out injured for up to four months - on last week's controversial training trip.\n\n\"It was to maintain his treatment with the backroom staff, he went over there so we can get him back as fast as we can,\" Strachan added.\n\n\"Yeah, I can understand the frustration from everybody, because we end up playing with a weaker team, but that could have happened if we were training at home as well.\"\n\nCeltic, who still have three games in hand, fielded an unfamiliar line-up showing six changes, though one of those was enforced by Nir Bitton's suspension, and teenage American forward Cameron Harper was handed a debut.\n\nHibs' request for Celtic players to be retested pre-match was turned down and Jack Ross gave a first appearance to on-loan Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Macey.\n\nAnd it was the visitors who tried to stamp their authority on the game early on with Nisbet heading over and later testing Conor Hazard with a shot after Joe Newell's strike had been pushed out by the Celtic keeper.\n\nHarper shot instead of passing from a promising position in Celtic's first incisive move and long-range efforts from Ismaila Soro and Diego Laxalt drew fine saves from Macey.\n\nTurnbull's superb chip found Callum McGregor in behind the Hibs defence but he could not make the right connection.\n\nLewis Stevenson made his 500th Hibernian appearance as a half-time replacement for Josh Doig and Harper limped off to be replaced by another Celtic debutant Armstrong Oko-Flex on the hour.\n\nChances were at a premium and Hazard was quick off his line to snuff out a chance for Melker Hallberg and Drey Wright's replacement Christian Doidge could not get a header on Jamie Murphy's teasing corner.\n\nMikey Johnston claimed unsuccessfully for a penalty after going down in the Hibs box following Ryan Porteous' challenge and soon made way for Karamoko Dembele.\n\nHibs also made a change with Stephen McGinn replacing Hallberg and the midfielder fouled Turnbull to give the Celtic midfielder the chance to put Celtic ahead, and he did. It was a fantastic strike by Turnbull and his fifth goal for Celtic.\n\nHibs went back on the attack and won a free-kick of their own after Laxalt's foul on Paul McGinn and the latter's header from Stevie Mallan's delivery was cleared on the line only for Nisbet to fire high into the net for parity. A point took Hibs to within two of Aberdeen in third.\n\nWhat did we learn?\n\nUnsurprisingly, Celtic took a while to settle into the match and lacked a focal point in the absence of Leigh Griffiths and Odsonne Edouard.\n\nFor long spells in the second half, the hosts did not look likely to win but took their chance when it came. Defensively, though, they were caught out badly at a set play.\n\nHibs may rue not throwing more caution to the wind at 0-0 but, after three league defeats, a point in Glasgow is a positive result.\n\nWhat did they say?\n\nCeltic coach Gavin Strachan: \"The players put a lot into the game and we thought we did enough to nick it. The sucker punch at the end was frustrating. We were hoping we would have enough bodies back to see that out.\n\n\"There's a lot of football still to be played and you never know what's going to happen. Obviously it's a frustrating time just now but we need to get the win on Saturday, keep racking up the points and see what happens.\"\n\nHibernian head coach Jack Ross: \"We wanted to come and win the game. I certainly think we merited taking something from it. It's good for us to stop the bleeding. It hopefully just propels our side in the right direction again.\n\n\"Kevin Nisbet's goalscoring return has been excellent. The accuracy of the finish and the trust in his finishing ability with the goal has to be like that otherwise I don't think he scores it.\"\n\nCeltic will still be without their isolating players when they host Livingston on Saturday (15:00 GMT). Hibs are at home to Kilmarnock at the same time.\n• None Attempt blocked. Stephen Mallan (Hibernian) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Nisbet.\n• None Goal! Celtic 1, Hibernian 1. Kevin Nisbet (Hibernian) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner following a set piece situation.\n• None Attempt blocked. Paul McGinn (Hibernian) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephen Mallan with a cross.\n• None Paul McGinn (Hibernian) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Stephen Mallan (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Paul McGinn with a headed pass.\n• None Attempt blocked. Christian Doidge (Hibernian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul McGinn with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Jamie Murphy (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paul McGinn.\n• None Goal! Celtic 1, Hibernian 0. David Turnbull (Celtic) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Wales' health minister has acknowledged it was \"entirely understandable people are concerned\" about when they will receive their vaccine.\n\nBut Vaughan Gething also stressed that supplies will increase over the coming weeks.\n\n\"I think a number of people are are anxious because this is a worrying time. And it's entirely understandable on a human level why people are concerned\", he said.\n\nMr Gething admitted that other UK nations had made a better start in rolling out the vaccine.\n\nBut he said that he believed Wales had still made a \"good start\" and \"that's evidenced by the figures\".\n\nWhen asked about the concerns made by some GP practices, Mr Gething said he understands why some of them \"will be frustrated\".\n\nHe added: \"But we're delivering the AstraZeneca vaccine in supplies that we have to keep it going.\n\n\"And as I said, the availability of that vaccine is the current rate limiting step and significantly increasing our delivery because we know there are a range of general practices and others who could deliver more if we had more supply.\n\n\"The supply they're being given is supplied for the week - it's not to stretch through for the whole population that they're covering.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Domestic abuse victim - 'He threw me against the wall and strangled me'\n\nJustice Secretary Robert Buckland has said he hopes to make non-fatal strangulation a specific offence after a call by domestic abuse campaigners.\n\nToo many violent offenders' sentences are not tough enough, he said.\n\nAnd he added that strangulation can be a precursor to even more serious crimes against women.\n\nCampaigners argue that perpetrators are often only charged with common assault, which carries a maximum of six months in prison.\n\nBecause non-fatal strangulation may not leave any marks on the victim, prosecutors do not bring more serious charges, they say.\n\nMr Buckland said: \"There are too many violent offenders not getting sentences proportionate to the seriousness of their crimes because in many cases, prosecutors don't have adequate charging options where the victim has been strangled.\n\n\"The vast majority of these crimes are committed against women and they are often a precursor to even more serious violence.\"\n\nThe justice secretary hopes the new offence can be included in the Police and Sentencing Bill, although discussions are at an early stage.\n\nCampaigners had called for a new offence to be part of the Domestic Abuse Bill. The Conservative peer Baroness Newlove was planning to table an amendment to this bill as it goes through the House of Lords. She won cross-party support during a debate in the Lords last week.\n\nBut the Ministry of Justice believes that as non-fatal strangulation can be used in situations other than domestic abuse, the legislation should have a broader context.\n\nJustice Secretary Robert Buckland said strangulation was often a precursor to even more serious attacks on women\n\nWelcoming the move, Nogah Ofer, a lawyer with the Centre for Women's Justice, which has been at the forefront of the campaign for a new offence said: \"It is time that as a society we stopped normalising and ignoring strangulation.\n\n\"We look forward to police, prosecutors and medical professionals working together to address this with the seriousness it deserves, and hope that survivors of domestic abuse will have greater confidence to seek justice.\"\n\nCampaigner Rachel Williams, who suffered strangulation during an abusive relationship, tweeted that it was \"a great victory\". She was shot and severely injured by her violent partner in 2011, who then killed himself.\n\nLast week, the government said that non-fatal strangulation was already covered by existing legislation from common assault to attempted murder.\n\nIt is now looking at how a new offence was introduced in New Zealand. Parts of Australia and the US have also brought in similar measures.\n\nDuring the Lords debate, crossbench peer Lord Anderson of Ipswich, a QC and former Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, warned that \"hurried law can be bad law\".\n\nHe asked whether a more generic offence of aggravated assault or recklessly endangering life might cover these circumstances and questioned how strangulation and suffocation would be defined in the law.", "Lisa Montgomery - the only female inmate on federal death row in the US - has been executed for murder in the state of Indiana. Her lawyers had argued she was a mentally ill victim of abuse who deserved mercy. Her victim's community said otherwise.\n\nThis story was first published on 11 January - before Lisa Montgomery's execution on 13 January.\n\nFor Diane Mattingly, there is one moment from her childhood for which she feels both enormous gratitude and guilt.\n\nShe credits this moment for her \"fairly normal\" life - a house on eight peaceful acres, a loving relationship with her children, nearly two decades at a job working for the state of Kentucky.\n\nAt the same time, she blames it for the fate of her younger half-sister, Lisa Montgomery.\n\nMontgomery was sentenced for the murder of a 23-year-old woman who was eight months pregnant. In December 2004, Montgomery, who was 36 at the time, strangled Bobbie Jo Stinnett before cutting the baby out of her womb and kidnapping it. Stinnett bled to death.\n\nMattingly and Montgomery lived together until Mattingly was eight and her half-sister was four. It was a terrifying household, she says, where physical, psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of Judy Shaughnessy, Montgomery's mother, and her boyfriends was routine.\n\nThe girls' biological father left the home, and after a while, Mattingly was whisked away to foster care. Montgomery was left behind with her mother.\n\nLisa Montgomery and her half-sister Diane Mattingly as children\n\nIt would be 34 years before the half-sisters would see each other again. And that would be from across a courtroom, where lawyers for the US government were trying to persuade a jury to sentence Montgomery to death.\n\n\"One sister got taken out and got put into a loving home and was nurtured and had time to heal,\" says Mattingly. \"The other sister stayed in that situation, and it got worse and worse and worse. And then at the end, she was broken.\"\n\nIn late December, Montgomery's legal team submitted a petition to President Donald Trump that makes the case that after a lifetime of abuse - which they characterise as torture - she is too mentally ill to be executed and deserves mercy.\n\nHowever, in the tiny town of Skidmore, Missouri, where the crime was committed, there is little sympathy for that argument. Many there believe the final moments of Bobbie Jo Stinnett were so horrific, the death sentence is warranted.\n\nLisa Montgomery and Bobbie Jo Stinnett got to know each other online through a shared love of dogs. They had corresponded for weeks on an online forum for rat terrier breeders and enthusiasts called \"Ratter Chatter\". Montgomery told Stinnett that she was also expecting, and the pair shared pregnancy stories.\n\nIn December 2004, Montgomery drove 281.5 km (175 miles) from her home in Kansas to Skidmore, where she had an appointment to look at some puppies owned by Stinnett.\n\nBut it wasn't Montgomery that Stinnett was expecting, it was a woman who went by the name of Darlene Fischer. But Fischer was a name that Montgomery had been using when she separately began messaging Stinnett from a different email address inquiring about buying one of her puppies.\n\nWhen Stinnett answered the door, Montgomery overpowered the pregnant woman, strangled her with a piece of rope, and cut the baby out of her womb.\n\nInvestigators quickly realised that \"Darlene Fischer\" did not exist, and tracked Montgomery down the next day using her emails and computer IP address. They found her cradling a new-born girl she claimed to have given birth to the previous day. Her story quickly fell apart and she confessed to the killing.\n\nSince 2008, Montgomery has been held in a federal prison in Texas for female inmates with special medical and psychological needs, where she has been receiving psychiatric care. Since receiving her execution date, she's been placed on suicide watch in an isolated cell.\n\nMontgomery is scheduled to be put to death by a lethal injection of pentobarbital at Terre Haute prison in Indiana. It is the only federal prison with an active death chamber.\n\nMontgomery's lawyers argue that because of a combination of years of horrific abuse, and a raft of psychological issues, she should never have been given the death penalty. They believe that at the time of the crime, Montgomery was psychotic and out of touch with reality. They have been joined by a chorus of supportive voices from the legal field, including 41 former and current prosecutors, as well as human rights entities like the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.\n\nHowever, calls for Trump to be merciful are hardly unanimous. According to Gallup, while support for the death penalty in the US is at its lowest level in more than 50 years, 55% of Americans still believe it is an appropriate punishment for murder. And nowhere is that support more palpably felt in this case than in Skidmore.\n\n\"Bobbie deserves to be here today. Bobbie's family deserves her,\" says Meagan Morrow, a high school classmate of Stinnett's. \"And Lisa deserves to pay.\"\n\nIf you or someone you know needs support for issues about emotional distress, these organisations may be able to help.\n\nLisa Montgomery's current legal team has conducted some 450 interviews with family members, friends, case workers, doctors and social workers. Stitched together, they form a tapestry of family dysfunction, abuse, neglect, professional negligence, substance abuse and untreated mental illness.\n\n\"The whole story is tragic,\" says Kelley Henry, one of Montgomery's federal defence lawyers. \"But one of the things that the president can do is say - to women who have been trafficked, and who have been sexually abused - 'Your abuse matters'.\"\n\nFor Montgomery, her lawyers argue, it began before she was born. According to an interview with her father, Montgomery's mother Judy Shaughnessy drank heavily throughout her pregnancy, and their daughter was born with foetal alcohol syndrome. Multiple medical experts have given statements agreeing with that diagnosis.\n\nWhen Mattingly and Montgomery were young, Shaughnessy beat them and doled out cruel forms of punishment, like taping Montgomery's mouth shut, or pushing Mattingly out into the snow, naked. After their biological father left the home, Mattingly says they were left alone with Shaughnessy's boyfriends, at least one of whom started raping Mattingly.\n\n\"Judy was manipulative and - I hate to use this word, but - evil. She enjoyed torturing the people around her,\" says Mattingly. \"She got joy out of it.\"\n\nAfter Mattingly was removed from the home by social services, Montgomery fell prey to her mother's new husband, who according to statements from his other children, was a violent alcoholic who began sexually abusing Montgomery when she was a pre-teen. The family moved from place to place dozens of times, but it was in a trailer in Sperry, Oklahoma, where her lawyers say the abuse turned into something more akin to torture.\n\nAccording to interviews with her half-siblings and others who spent time with the family, Montgomery's stepfather built a shed onto the trailer where he, and eventually his friends, raped and beat her. Her mother also began trafficking her, allowing handymen like electricians and plumbers to sexually abuse Montgomery in exchange for work on the house.\n\nAs a teenager, Montgomery confided in a cousin, telling him the men would tie her up, beat her and even urinate on her afterwards.\n\nBut the cousin, a sheriff's deputy, confessed to Montgomery's current legal team that he did nothing. In fact, he drove her back home and dropped her off in the hands of her abusers.\n\nLawyer Kelley Henry says one of the things that disturbs her most is that adults in positions of authority were told about what was going on but did nothing.\n\nWhen Shaughnessy eventually split from her second husband, she and Montgomery testified in divorce proceedings about the sexual assaults. The judge in the case scolded Shaughnessy for not reporting the abuse - but did not report the abuse himself.\n\n\"There were so many opportunities where people could have intervened and prevented this,\" says Henry.\n\nMontgomery's cousin told her legal team that he lived with \"regret for not speaking up about what happened to Lisa\".\n\nWhen she was 18, Montgomery married her stepbrother. The couple had four children in five years, but the relationship was not the escape from violence that Montgomery might have hoped it would be. At one point, one of Montgomery's brothers found a home movie that showed Montgomery's husband raping and beating her.\n\n\"It was violent and like a scene out of a horror movie,\" he said in a statement. \"I felt sick watching the video. I didn't know what to do or how to talk to my sister about it.\"\n\nFriends and family began noticing Montgomery's tendency to slip into \"a world of her own\". Her children were disturbed by it. Henry says this was an early sign of her mental illnesses, which include bipolar disorder, complex post-traumatic stress disorder, dissociative disorder and traumatic brain injury.\n\nMontgomery eventually divorced her first husband and married Kevin Montgomery. Around this time, she repeatedly claimed to be pregnant again, although she had undergone sterilisation after her fourth baby was born.\n\nOne theory her lawyers put forward regarding the chain of events that led to the murder, is that Montgomery feared her ex-husband would expose her lies about being pregnant and use it against her as he sought custody of their children.\n\n\"There was so much pressure on her at that point,\" says Henry. She describes Montgomery's ex-husband as cruel and harassing. \"She was completely detached from reality.\"\n\nHer lawyers say that as she lost touch with reality, she fantasised about being pregnant.\n\nHenry says Montgomery's original legal defence after she was arrested and charged with murder was woefully inadequate, and presented few of the details about her abuse, trauma and mental illness.\n\nHer lawyers at the time also presented an alternative theory of the crime, which was that Montgomery's brother had actually committed the murder, even though he had an alibi. That was ultimately dropped in favour of an insanity defence, but Henry believes the damage to Montgomery's credibility was already done.\n\nAfter five hours of deliberation, the jury found Montgomery guilty. They recommended a sentence of death.\n\nDiane Mattingly has been speaking publicly for the first time in the hope it can make a difference.\n\n\"I would say, 'President Trump, I want you to look at the life that Lisa had led, I want to look at all the people that have failed her, I want you to look at the rape, the torture, the mental abuse, the physical abuse that this woman had endured,'\" she says. \"I'm asking him to have compassion on her as a person that has been failed over and over and over again. And to not fail her.\"\n\nThe tiny farming town of Skidmore sits in the far northwest corner of Missouri. A generation ago, it was the kind of place where you could \"get your hair cut, see a show, buy rabbit feed and eat dinner\" - but those days are long gone. Today there is a single restaurant and few of the streets are paved.\n\nThe population hovers around just 250, and everyone knew Bobbie Jo Stinnett and her family. Friends recall her as a good student with a love of horses and dogs. She liked going down to the Nodaway River to swim, and playing Nintendo games at slumber parties. She was quiet and kind, they say.\n\nAt the time of her murder, she was newly married and pregnant with her first child.\n\nAlthough the alumni have scattered somewhat, in recent years, the Nodaway-Holt R-VII High School graduating class of 2000 - which had only 22 members - has a tradition to mark the anniversary of the death of their classmate Bobbie Jo Stinnett.\n\nThey hold a collection and try to do something nice for Stinnett's mother. \"Last year, we got flowers, and gave her a $100-plus gift card and then paid her water bill,\" says Jena Baumli.\n\nThe murder 16 years ago is never far from the minds of the town's residents.\n\nFor one thing, the wider world won't let them forget. It has been the subject of two books, multiple true crime television shows, documentaries and countless podcast episodes. And though there's been much recent debate over the fairness of Montgomery's sentence in courthouses and in the opinion pages of newspapers like the New York Times, a similar debate does not exist here.\n\n\"I think that in a lot of the opinion pieces that are being posted, in a lot of things that people are sharing, Bobbie Jo and her daughter, and her mother and her husband and other friends and family, are kind of being forgotten,\" says Tiffany Kirkland, another member of the class of 2000.\n\n\"She always wanted to be a mom,\" says Baumli. \"She was really the first one to have a decent marriage, you know, and I guess looking at Bobbie Jo was like, what your dreams were when you were younger.\"\n\nBecause of Stinnett's easy-going reputation, Morrow remembers instantly dismissing the initial reports of her murder.\n\n\"I was like, 'Oh, she was not.' You know, like, that doesn't happen to Bobbie,\" Morrow says.\n\nBut what happened at the modest clapboard house where Stinnett lived with her husband still haunts some of those involved in the investigation.\n\nNodaway County Sheriff Randy Strong says that the scene that he and his four colleagues found that day was so bloody, they are still traumatised by it. It makes him even angrier that it was Stinnett's mother who discovered her that way.\n\n\"The people that are defending [Montgomery], I wish I could take them back in time, and put them in that room,\" he says. \"And then go, 'Look at this body'. And then go, 'Stand there and listen to the 911 call of [Stinnett's mother]. This is the stuff of nightmares.\"\n\nMany of the residents of Skidmore cite the details of the crime, and the amount of planning that went into it, as evidence that Montgomery was a calculating killer.\n\nShe had catfished Stinnett online under a fake name. She had bought supplies, including a home birth kit, and searched online for how to perform a caesarean section. Sheriff Strong insists that the crime was meticulously planned and that the woman he arrested continued to lie until backed into a corner.\n\nDr Katherine Porterfield, a clinical psychologist who evaluated Montgomery and spent about 18 hours with her, says that psychosis does not always look the way people expect it to.\n\n\"Being psychotic, it does not mean you are not intelligent, nor that you cannot act in a planful way,\" she says. \"We've seen crime for years and years in our country in which people enact terrible violence coming out of a psychotic set of beliefs or thought process. Lisa Montgomery is no different. She enacted this in the grip of a very broken mind.\"\n\nThe baby was returned to her father, after being recovered from Montgomery.\n\nBobbie Jo's mother and husband have have not spoken publicly in many years. But Strong says this is the first year he's heard directly from Stinnett's husband. He thanked the sheriff for recovering his daughter and allowing him to be the parent that his wife couldn't be.\n\n\"I cried,\" says Strong. \"The whole community over there's traumatised by this.\"\n\nSchool friend Baumli says she's read the descriptions of Montgomery's abuse, but it mostly just makes her angry. She says it's not as if all the other people of Skidmore lead idyllic lives free from abuse, poverty and other destructive tragedies. She gives herself as an example - when Stinnett was murdered, Baumli was in rehab for a drug addiction. She missed the funeral because of it.\n\n\"Let's say I didn't stay clean very long,\" she says.\n\n\"I'm sick of hearing about Lisa Montgomery and what she went through. And it's never about what my friend went through,\" she adds. \"I get these images in my head of [Bobbie Jo's mother] finding her daughter that way.\"\n\nThree federal inmates - Orlando Hall, Alfred Bourgeois and Brandon Bernard - have been put to death since the 3 November presidential election. Several high-profile figures had appealed for clemency in Brandon's case but Mr Trump did not heed those calls.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden has already pledged to end death penalty proceedings, although he hasn't said when.\n\nUntil July 2020, there had been no federal executions for 17 years. At state level, the number of sentences and executions continues a historic decline. Only 18 death sentences were handed down in 2020 and the number of executions carried out hit a 30-year low. More recently, the states that have been carrying out executions, such as Texas and Tennessee, have halted and delayed executions because of the pandemic.\n\nHowever, the executions ordered by President Trump are continuing. If they all go ahead, the federal government will have executed more people than any administration in nearly 100 years.\n\nProtest against federal executions of death row inmates - outside the US Justice Department, Washington DC, December 2020\n\nTwo other inmates are scheduled to die at Terre Haute prison before Mr Trump's presidency ends. Recently, there has been a virus outbreak on death row at the institution, and previous executions have been linked to outbreaks among the execution team and prison staff.\n\n\"They made this a priority at the risk of the health and lives of corrections officials, of the prisoners on death row, and the communities that all of those Bureau of Prisons officials who flew in from across the country were returning to,\" says Ngozi Ndulue, senior director of research and special projects at the Death Penalty Information Center.\n\n\"This was a very coordinated and determined plan to ensure that as many people could be executed on federal death row as possible before the end of this administration term.\"\n\nMontgomery's lawyers want her sentence commuted to a life sentence, which would allow her to remain under psychiatric care in prison for the rest of her days.\n\nMattingly says looking back to the moment life changed for her as an eight-year-old, she feels guilty that when the social workers came for her, she didn't tell them what was going on in that house.\n\n\"If I had, would they have taken Lisa out of the home also?\" she says. \"There's so many people that failed her throughout her whole life. And I am just asking for somebody - once - not to fail her.\"", "Wales has received 275,000 doses of the two Covid-19 vaccines to deal with the pandemic.\n\nAbout 70,000 people received a first dose after the first month of the vaccine rollout.\n\nThe Welsh Government confirmed it has had more than 250,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 25,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.\n\nThe health minister promised a \"really significant step-up\" in the roll-out after opponents criticised its speed.\n\nThe Pfizer jabs were first administered in early December at seven sites across Wales as part of the UK-wide immunisation programme.\n\nThis 82-year-old woman was one of 100 to receives her vaccine at a special clinic in Swansea on Saturday\n\nApproximately 1.6% of people were vaccinated up to 3 January - fewer than all other UK nations.\n\nIn England, about 1.9% of the population had received the first dose, while 2.1% of people in both Scotland and Northern Ireland had received their first jab.\n\nThe Welsh Government has dismissed criticism it is lagging behind, with health officials saying the new Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine would help speed up the programme \"considerably\".\n\nTwo full doses of the Oxford vaccine gave 62% protection, a half dose followed by a full dose was 90% and overall the trial showed 70% protection.\n\nThe rollout of the Oxford vaccine started on Monday, with 25,000 doses received this week, according to the Welsh Government.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said on Friday that Wales would receive another 25,000 Oxford doses next week and 80,000 the week after that.\n\nWhen asked how many doses of the Pfizer vaccine Wales had received, he said he could not recall the exact figure but further deliveries had been received \"on the 23rd and the 27th of December\".\n\nPressed on a figure, he said: \"It's the low hundreds of thousands\", adding: \"The Pfizer vaccine has particular challenges in terms of the conditions that it's got to be stored in and in parts of Wales that is a very particular challenge because it is a hard vaccine to transport over long distances to relatively scattered and remote communities.\n\n\"But the fact that we've got it and the fact that we're able to use more of it than we originally anticipated means we'll be able to accelerate the use of it over the next couple of weeks.\"\n\nThese were the latest comparative weekly totals - daily updates are promised from this week onwards in Wales\n\nOn Sunday, the Welsh Government confirmed it had received 25,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the first week but the quantity would increase, allocated to Wales based on a population share on a weekly basis.\n\n\"We are confident in the assurances we have been given that this will increase over the next few weeks to around 100,000 per week,\" they said.\n\n\"We are delivering all the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine allocated to Wales directly to GPs, other primary care providers and hospitals as soon as it is available.\"\n\nConservative MP for the Vale of Clwyd, Dr James Davies, said: \"We all know that the Pfizer vaccine is difficult to transport and store and needs to be stored at -70 degrees, that's understood.\n\n\"But the issue is that actually, if you look at the rest of the UK, including very rural areas, they've managed to deal with it... and it is difficult to see why they haven't been in a position to be organised earlier and to ramp-up the delivery.\"\n\nRhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru's health spokesman, called for transparency: \"It is very worrying to find out that we have had in Wales more than 250,000 doses but only a relatively small proportion of that have yet ended up in people's arms, protecting people, because that's what we want to happen.\"\n\nHe has written an open letter to Health Minister Vaughan Gething calling for greater clarity on the vaccine deployment programme, asking for a dashboard of information which would allow the public to track the rollout's progress for themselves, including volume of doses delivered and administered by health board and by the nine priority groups.\n\nDr Olwen Williams, vice-president for Wales at the Royal College of Physicians, also called on health boards and Welsh Government to publish regular data showing which groups of people have been vaccinated, with patient-facing health workers prioritised over other colleagues.\n\n\"I think that would give assurance to people working in the NHS and the population in general, that the programme is progressing as planned,\" she said.\n\nAll data will be published daily from Monday but Mr Gething conceded that Wales, from last week's figures, was \"slightly behind on the population share and I'm not getting away from that.\"\n\nHe said the race was not \"necessarily against other UK nations\" but against the virus.\n\nHe also told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement that, in the next two to three weeks, he expected to see a \"really significant step-up in the delivery of the vaccine\" as more GP practices and community pharmacies help.\n\n\"We're going to get through many more people, giving them significant protection with a first vaccine,\" he said.\n\n\"And that will mean that we're going to be able to prevent most of the avoidable deaths.\"\n\nIt is hoped the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will speed up the process.\n\nBy the end of last week, it was being offered to patients aged over 80 at 73 GP practices.\n\nMore than 100 are expected to be offering the jabs next week, Mr Gething said, \"and then we get into several hundred thereafter and we'll bring community pharmacies on board.\"\n\nThe UK and Scottish governments did not provide the numbers of Pfizer vaccines supplied to England and Scotland. BBC Wales is still waiting for a response from the Northern Irish Executive.\n\nMeanwhile, regular rapid testing for people without coronavirus symptoms will be made available in England.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it would evaluate its mass testing pilots in Merthyr Tydfil and lower Cynon Valley, as well as elsewhere in the UK, to inform its approach to community testing.\n\nA spokesman added: \"We have announced regular asymptomatic testing of health and social care workers, in education and daily contact testing in South Wales Police.\n\n\"A pilot has also started at the Tata Port Talbot site. We are also exploring other opportunities for regular testing to support critical services.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer calls for families to be put \"at the heart of our recovery\" from the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged the government to \"protect family incomes\" as it deals with the economic effects of coronavirus.\n\nIn his first speech of the year, he demanded teachers, the armed forces and care workers are left out of the public sector pay freeze.\n\nSir Keir also called for tougher restrictions to be considered for tackling coronavirus.\n\nNo 10 said the government had \"shown it is prepared to act\".\n\nWith coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns shutting thousands of businesses, the economy was 7.9% smaller in October last year than it had been six months earlier.\n\nAnd the government's independent forecaster, the Office for Budgetary Responsibility, predicts that unemployment will rise to 2.6 million by the middle of this year.\n\nIn his speech, Sir Keir attacked the government for \"having been found wanting at every turn\", accusing Boris Johnson of being \"indecisive\" and acting \"too slow\" over further lockdowns and support for business and families.\n\nHe said: \"The British people will forgive many things. They know the pandemic is difficult.\n\n\"But they also know serial incompetence when they see it - and they know when a prime minister simply isn't up to the job.\"\n\nBut the PM's official spokeswoman rejected the criticism, saying: \"This government has shown it is prepared to act. When given evidence in the morning it has taken action that evening.\"\n\nAsked by the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg whether the government should tighten restrictions, such as closing nurseries, Sir Keir said there \"probably is more that we could do [and we] may have to get tougher\".\n\nBut he did not outline what measures he would recommend, instead saying it was \"time to hear from the scientists what else can be done - and that probably should be done in the next few hours\".\n\nThe Labour leader said ministers must \"protect family incomes and support businesses\" from the economic effects of previous restrictions and the current lockdown.\n\nHe added policies must \"make a real difference to millions of people across the country\" and \"put families at the heart of our recovery\".\n\nSir Keir argued the £20-a-week rise given to Universal Credit claimants last April must continue beyond this April's cut-off point.\n\nCouncil tax increases in England of up to 5% this April must not happen, he said, while calling for the ban on evictions and repossessions to be extended.\n\nThe government's pay freeze for at least 1.3 million public sector workers - which does not apply to NHS frontline staff and those earning below £24,000 a year - must not go ahead, said Sir Keir.\n\n\"I know this isn't everything that's needed,\" he added, \"and after so much suffering we can't go back the status quo.\n\n\"We cannot return to an economy where over half our care workers earn less than the living wage, where childcare is among the most expensive in Europe, where our social care system is a national disgrace and where over four million children grow up in poverty.\"\n\nAn opposition leader has no policy leavers to pull. They have to rely on words to persuade the public they are worthy of power.\n\nWith the next general election an eternity away, Sir Keir Starmer knows the question of competence matters far more to voters than ideology right now.\n\nThe Labour leader was unsparing in his criticism of the government's handling of the pandemic - accusing the prime minster of serial incompetence, dithering and delay.\n\nSir Keir said the government could reverse planned changes to council tax and universal credit to ease the financial pressure on families.\n\nBut pressed on how lockdown might be different today if he was in No 10, the Labour leader mirrored the government's messaging.\n\nHe said there was \"probably\" more that could be done around nurseries and estate agent viewings, but Sir Keir's mantra was listen to the scientists.\n\nIt's what ministers say endlessly too.\n\nSir Keir argued that, just as a Labour government \"built the welfare state from the rubble\" of World War Two, a future one can \"secure our economy, protect our NHS and rebuild our country so that Britain is the best country to grow up in and the best country to grow old in\".\n\nBut Conservative Party co-chairman Amanda Milling accused Sir Keir of \"calling for actions the Conservatives are already taking in government\".\n\n\"We have delivered an unprecedented £280bn package of support to protect jobs, livelihoods and public services through this pandemic,\" she added, including the furlough scheme, the temporary increase to Universal Credit and extra funding for councils.\n\n\"The Conservatives will continue to put families and communities at the heart of every decision we take as we deliver on our promises to the British people,\" Ms Milling said.\n\nIn his Spending Review in November, Chancellor Rishi Sunak warned that the \"economic emergency\" caused by the pandemic had only begun.\n\nHe promised to take \"extraordinary measures to protect people's jobs and incomes\".", "Parler has hit back after Amazon pulled support for its so-called \"free speech\" social network.\n\nParler is suing the tech giant, accusing it of breaking anti-trust laws by removing it.\n\nParler had been reliant on the tech giant's Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing service to provide its alternative to Twitter.\n\nThe platform was popular among supporters of Donald Trump, although the president is not a user.\n\nAmazon took the action after finding dozens of posts on the service that it said encouraged violence.\n\nIn response, the platform has asked a federal judge to order Amazon to reinstate it.\n\n\"AWS's decision to effectively terminate Parler's account is apparently motivated by political animus,\" the complaint reads.\n\n\"It is also apparently designed to reduce competition in the microblogging services market to the benefit of Twitter.\"\n\n\"There is no merit to these claims,\" it said.\n\n\"AWS provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum, and we respect Parler's right to determine for itself what content it will allow. However, it is clear that there is significant content on Parler that encourages and incites violence against others, and that Parler is unable or unwilling to promptly identify and remove this content, which is a violation of our terms of service.\n\n\"We made our concerns known to Parler over a number of weeks and during that time we saw a significant increase in this type of dangerous content, not a decrease, which led to our suspension of their services Sunday evening.\"\n\nExamples Amazon had provided included posts calling for the killing of Democrats, Muslims, Black Lives Matter leaders, and mainstream media journalists.\n\nGoogle and Apple had already removed Parler from their app stores towards the end of last week saying it had failed to comply with their content-moderation requirements.\n\nHowever, it had still been accessible via the web - although visitors had complained of being unable to create new accounts over the weekend, without which it was not possible to view its content.\n\nParler has been online since 2018, and may return if it can find an alternative host.\n\nHowever, chief executive John Matze told Fox News on Sunday that \"every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers all ditched us too\".\n\n\"We're going to try our best to get back online as quickly as possible, but we're having a lot of trouble because every vendor we talk to says they won't work with us because if Apple doesn't approve and Google doesn't approve, they won't,\" he added.\n\nAWS's move is the latest in a series of actions affecting social media following the rioting on Capitol Hill last week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Capitol riots: ‘We would have been murdered’\n\nFacebook and Twitter have also banned President Trump's accounts on their platforms, citing concerns that he might incite further violence.\n\nParler's users included the Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who had led an effort in the Senate to delay certifying Joe Biden's electoral college victory.\n\nHe had about five million followers on the platform - more than his tally on Twitter.\n\nParler's app now shows an error message and its website is offline\n\n\"Why should a handful of Silicon Valley billionaires have a monopoly on political speech?\" he tweeted over the weekend.\n\nParler's downfall appears to have benefited Gab - another \"free speech\" social network that is popular with far-right commentators.\n\nIt has claimed to have \"gained more users in the past two days than we did in our first two years of existing\".\n\nParler has long been a home for what you might call untouchables, people who had been excluded from mainstream services for offences such as blatant racism or incitement to violence.\n\nDuring a brief excursion onto the site over the weekend, I observed plenty of examples of such behaviour, with users exhibiting vile anti-Semitism, displaying Nazi symbols such as the swastika and uttering incoherent threats against those they perceive to be enemies of America.\n\nBut as Amazon's deadline approached something like panic took hold, with users desperately urging their followers to join them on other platforms.\n\nMost seemed to accept that Parler was doomed, while vowing to continue their fight elsewhere.\n\n\"Well this is the end,\" wrote one user, who proclaimed his support for the American Nazi Party.", "An ambulance had to be lifted out of the mud\n\nRescuers searching for victims of a landslide in Indonesia were buried by a second mudslide just hours later, officials say.\n\nThe first landslide, in Cihanjuang village, West Java, was triggered by torrential rain.\n\nAnother struck as survivors were still being evacuated. At least 12 people died and dozens more are missing.\n\nLandslides are common in Indonesia during rainy season, and often blamed on deforestation.\n\nThe latest disasters hit the villagers in Sumedang regency, about 150km (95 miles) southeast of the capital Jakarta, three and a half hours apart on Saturday.\n\nThe first happened at 16:00 (09:00 GMT) and the second at 19:30 (12:30 GMT), disaster agency spokesman Raditya Jati said in a statement.\n\n\"The first landslide was triggered by high rainfall and unstable soil conditions. The subsequent landslide occurred while officers were still evacuating victims around the first landslide area,\" he added.\n\nRescuers are believed to be among those killed, he added. A six-year-old boy was also among the dead, according to AFP news agency.\n\nSome 27 people were believed to be missing late on Sunday, local media quoted Deden Ridwansah, the head of the local search and rescue agency as saying. About 46 were known to have survived.\n\nBad weather had forced the search to be suspended, he said, but it was expected to resume on Monday.\n\nIndonesia frequently suffers floods and landslides. Thousands of people had to be evacuated in the capital Jakarta this time last year as the city was inundated.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n• None The fastest-sinking city in the world", "There are concerns about the cost of education for families reliant on mobile connections\n\nCustomers using BT Mobile, EE, and Plusnet Mobile can use BBC Bitesize content from the end of January without eating into their data allowance.\n\nBitesize provides structured lessons in maths and English for all year groups, as well as offering other curriculum material.\n\nContent from other providers is likely to be made free in the coming days.\n\nMore mobile companies are expected to follow suit in making such content free to use.\n\nThe current UK lockdowns mean most children are now learning from home.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson has mandated that schools must provide between three and five hours of online content per day.\n\nThis has led to concerns that children in families without access to broadband could fall behind.\n\nSchools remain open for children classed as vulnerable and those whose parents are key workers.\n\nAll contract and pay-as-you-go customers of BT Mobile, EE and Plusnet Mobile will be eligible and the free package will continue while schools remain closed. No registration is required - the free access will happen automatically.\n\nBT has also asked the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish administrations to each suggest one online resource for schoolchildren in its regions, which it will also zero-rate, as the curriculums differ from English schools.\n\nAccording to UK media watchdog Ofcom, some 880,000 families are reliant solely on mobile connections, and many of those will have data limitations.\n\nBBC director general Tim Davie said: \"With the pandemic forcing schools to close again, we should not allow a lack of digital access to further impact children's education.\n\n\"The BBC will continue to do all we can to ensure every child, whatever their circumstances, can continue to access vital educational materials during this time.\"\n\nThe corporation is also running three hours of curriculum-based TV programmes alongside the BBC Bitesize collection of educational resources. Primary school programming will be on CBBC, with two hours for secondary pupils on BBC Two.\n\nDuring the first lockdown, content was available on iPlayer, Red Button services and online, but not on regular TV channels, although viewers in Scotland did have some programming.\n\nBT said the move was part of its wider Lockdown Learning programme.\n\nBT consumer brands chief executive Marc Allera said: \"We want to ensure that no child is left behind in their education as a result of this pandemic and recognise that we all have a role we can play to help families and carers continue their children's education while schools are closed.\"", "Kay and Kenneth Hayward said they felt the journey was too unsafe\n\nPeople waiting to receive the Covid-19 vaccine say they are confused by NHS letters inviting them to travel to centres miles away from their homes.\n\nThe first 130,000 letters have been sent to people aged 80 or older who live about 30 to 45 minutes' drive away from one of seven new regional centres.\n\nBut patients, many of whom are shielding, questioned why they had to travel so far in a pandemic.\n\nLocal jabs are available to people if they wait, the NHS said.\n\nThe seven centres include Ashton Gate in Bristol, Epsom racecourse in Surrey, London's Nightingale hospital, Newcastle's Centre for Life, the Manchester Tennis and Football Centre, Robertson House in Stevenage and Birmingham's Millennium Point.\n\nPeople will not miss out on their vaccination if they do not use the letters to make an appointment at one of the centres, the NHS said.\n\nTwo Labour MPs tweeted about their concerns about the letters being delayed in getting out to people due to coronavirus affecting Royal Mail staff.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMary McGarry from Leamington Spa in Warwickshire told BBC News that her letter points to an NHS online booking page which suggests she would have to take her husband, who has cancer and a lung disease, 20 miles to Birmingham.\n\n\"We're very reluctant to go into Birmingham city centre,\" she said.\n\n\"If we can't get somebody to take us, we'd have to go on the train but we're shielding because my husband's got poor health.... we want to know why we've got to travel that far?\"\n\nKay Hayward, from Whitwick in Leicestershire, said she went online to book an appointment for her 85-year-old husband Kenneth and was offered five different places including Widnes in Cheshire and Stevenage in Hertfordshire.\n\n\"I thought they must be joking... we talked about it and we thought it was actually safer to stay here and for him not not have it.\n\n130,000 letters have been sent out by NHS England so far\n\n\"But we were worried if we turned this down, we'd be off the list.. the letter doesn't say anything about having the vaccines anywhere else locally.\"\n\nAndrea Eaton, from Coventry, said she was so angry that her 81-year-old mother, who has heart problems and leukaemia, was offered Birmingham for her appointment that she attempted to ring Downing Street on Saturday night to complain.\n\nShe said she reached the press office and said: \"I want you to give Boris a message please that he has lied to the British public.\n\n\"He has told them they never need to go more than 10 miles... they were really rude and just put the phone down on me.\"\n\nAndrea Eaton said she wanted to get a message to Boris Johnson so rang Downing Street on Saturday evening\n\nA spokesperson from Number 10 told BBC News that they did not wish to comment, but wanted to remind the public to use the government website to write to the prime minister or contact their constituency MP.\n\nCouncillor Shaun Davies, the Labour leader at Telford and Wrekin Council in Shropshire, said he had been contacted by dozens of people who have found the letters misleading, thinking this is their only chance to get the vaccine.\n\nHe said he had spoken to Trafford Council and was aware of people in Shropshire being sent to Manchester and residents there being directed to Birmingham to get their jabs.\n\n\"For many people they have been told consistently to wait for the NHS to contact you in order to get a vaccine and that's what they've had for the first time as a piece of communication.\n\n\"This is really, really concerning for people in their 80s or 90s because of the importance of getting the vaccine.\"\n\nThe letters are not \"going to the heart\" of the public health message which is staying home and staying local, he said.\n\nMore than 500,000 letters will be sent out to homes offering people appointments at the centres over the next seven days\n\nDr Sarah Raistrick, from Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commission group (CCG), said people did not have to travel to the centres but admitted the letter did not make that clear.\n\n\"You can wait and be contacted by your local GP service and have it locally if you'd prefer.\n\n\"If you sit tight, you will be contacted and I'm hopeful that if you're 80 or over, by the end of this month you will have had your vaccination whether that is locally or whether you have chosen to travel,\" she said.\n\nWork will be done with the NHS locally and nationally to make that message clearer, she added.\n\nThe seven centres were chosen to give a geographical spread covering as many people as possible and are capable of delivering thousands of jabs per week, NHS England has said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hancock: We are willing to tighten the rules\n\nThe health secretary stresses the importance of the public following the restrictions of the current lockdown. Asked by Emily Morgan of ITV whether it was time to make the rules stricter amid reports of people not sticking to them at the weekend, Matt Hancock says: \"We keep these things under review and we have demonstrated that we're willing to tighten the rules if they need to be tightened. \"But the thing that really matters right here, right now is that everybody follows the rules as they are today. \"And everybody can play their part in doing that.\" He adds he applauds the action supermarket Morrisons has taken in enforcing the wearing of masks by its customers unless they have a medical reason. \"I want to see all parts of society playing their part in this,\" he says.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Professor Whitty: \"We need to really double down – this is everybody’s problem\"\n\nThe UK will go through the \"most dangerous time\" of the pandemic in the weeks before vaccine rollout has an impact, England's chief medical officer has warned.\n\nProf Chris Whitty urged people to minimise all unnecessary contact with others.\n\nThe next few weeks will be \"the worst\" of the pandemic for the NHS, he said.\n\nThousands more people are due to receive a vaccine this week after seven mass centres opened across England.\n\nNHS England said hundreds more GP-led and hospital services would also open later this week.\n\nBut with all centres, people will need to wait until they receive an invitation.\n\nThe government is aiming to offer vaccinations to around 15 million people in the UK - the over-70s, older care home residents and staff, frontline healthcare workers and the clinically extremely vulnerable - by mid-February.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock will set out the government's vaccine delivery plan at a news conference later.\n\nHe said the proposals would be the \"keystone of our exit out of the pandemic\".\n\nOutlining the vaccine rollout in Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that ministers aim to give all over-80s the first dose of the vaccine over the next four weeks.\n\nThe Welsh Government plans to offer a vaccine to all over-50s and everyone who is at greater risk by spring.\n\nMr Hancock said on Sunday about two million people in the UK had been vaccinated so far.\n\nOver the weekend, the UK passed the milestone of 80,000 deaths with coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.\n\nCurrently, around one in 50 people across the UK is infected and Prof Whitty told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"There's a very high chance that if you meet someone unnecessarily they will have Covid.\"\n\nIn a separate interview with BBC One's Breakfast, he said: \"This is everybody's problem. Any single unnecessary contact you have with someone is a potential link in a chain of transmission that will lead to a vulnerable person.\"\n\nHe said there were over 30,000 people [in English hospitals alone] with Covid-19 - compared to about 18,000 [in England] at the peak last April.\n\nHe added that \"anybody who is not shocked\" by the number of people in hospital \"has not understood this at all\".\n\n\"This is an appalling situation,\" he said.\n\nIn Essex, Southend Hospital has had to reduce the amount of oxygen used to treat patients after supply \"reached a critical situation\", according to a document shared with the BBC.\n\nIn Surrey, a temporary mortuary has been opened as hospital mortuaries have reached capacity.\n\nAlmost 200 bodies are being stored at the emergency site, which is a former military hospital, and other local authorities have told the BBC they expect to open similar facilities soon.\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS England national medical director, said \"this is much bigger than the first wave back in April\".\n\n\"I don't think anyone in the NHS has known anything like this, this is a once-in-a-century pandemic,\" he said.\n\nProf Rupert Pearse, an intensive care doctor, told BBC Breakfast that in a \"normal\" winter it would be \"unlikely\" that more than three of four flu patients would need intensive care at any one time, but his unit is now running 130 intensive care beds because of the effects of Covid.\n\n\"To compare this to a normal winter flu epidemic is out of all proportion, it's orders of magnitude larger,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar lockdown measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nMinisters held two meetings on Sunday to discuss how to enforce the current lockdown measures more strictly and whether even tighter restrictions may be needed.\n\nBBC political correspondent Iain Watson said no decisions on further restrictions were taken as there was a desire within government to wait until reliable data on existing measures becomes available in 10 days.\n\nHowever, he added there had been a discussion on better enforcement of existing regulations, including at shops and workplaces.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer questioned why there are \"less restrictions in place\" now than there were last March.\n\nIn his first speech of the year, he said \"we need to see the evidence behind nurseries\" remaining open.\n\nAsked whether tighter restrictions were needed, he said: \"I do think it's time to hear from the scientists [about] what else could be done and that probably should be done in the next few hours\".\n\nThere is a lot of debate about whether the lockdown restrictions need to be tightened.\n\nThere are certainly some anomalies. For example, we are told to only leave the home for essential purposes, but coffee shops remain open for takeaways and retail shops for click-and-collect in England and Wales.\n\nHowever, even if those elements are tightened up, there is a limit to what the government can do. It is why, in his round of media interviews on Monday, Prof Whitty repeatedly talked about individual decision-making.\n\nThe mixing of different households continues. Some of it is allowed under the support bubble exemptions, but undoubtedly some of it is taking place outside of this. It is, after all, virtually impossible to police what goes on in people's homes.\n\nIt is why messaging is so important - and so ministers and officials are stressing the pressure the NHS is under. A further tightening of the restrictions could also help make the point.\n\nBut there is also a recognition this is hard. People are fatigued. A further crackdown could also erode goodwill.\n\nThe vaccination programme is described as the biggest in NHS history.\n\nThe seven mass testing sites, which NHS England said were chosen to give a geographical spread, are:\n\nThe new centres will each be capable of delivering thousands of vaccinations each week and will be followed by \"dozens more\" large-scale sites, NHS England said.\n\nThere will be about 1,200 vaccination sites when more GP-led and hospital services open later this week, along with the first pharmacy-led pilot sites, it added.\n\nSome vulnerable people have questioned why they have been asked to travel to centres miles away from their homes during a pandemic, but the NHS has said people would not miss out on their vaccination if they wait for an appointment at a centre closer to home in the coming weeks.\n\nVaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said nobody should be asked to travel more than 10 miles to get a vaccine once more centres open.\n\nAsked on Today why the centres were not open 24 hours a day, he said it was \"more convenient\" for older people to attend during the day.\n\n\"If we need to go to 24-hour work we will absolutely go to 24 hours a day to make sure we vaccinate as quickly as we can,\" he said.\n\nBut he cautioned: \"We are limited by the amount of vaccine that is coming through the system.\"\n\nPharmaceutical firm Boots said its first vaccination site was due to open later this week to offer the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab to the people most vulnerable.\n\nIt said sites in Huddersfield and Gloucester were planned to open in the coming weeks.\n\nTwo vaccines - Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca - are currently being administered in the UK.\n\nOn Friday a third coronavirus vaccine - made by US company Moderna - was approved for use, although supplies are not expected to arrive until spring.\n\nAre you due to have a vaccination today? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "US president-elect Joe Biden has been given his new official presidential Twitter account, but has been forced to start it with zero followers.\n\nThe Biden campaign is unhappy with the move, which marks a change from the previous transition from Barack Obama.\n\nThe new account, @PresElectBiden, will transform into the official @POTUS (President of the United States) one on inauguration day on 20 January.\n\nIn its first six hours online it gained nearly 400,000 followers.\n\nHis team has also registered new accounts - @FLOTUSBiden for the future first lady, Jill Biden, and for the first time, @SecondGentleman, for Ms Harris's husband Doug Emhoff.\n\nDonald Trump inherited the Potus account's 13 million or so followers when it moved to him from Mr Obama - but that will not happen this time.\n\nMr Biden's team was told about the move less than a month ago, and said it meant \"the administration will have to start from zero\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTwitter has not explained why the decision was made, and said it had nothing further to add beyond an official blog post laying out transition plans.\n\nIn that post it said: \"These institutional accounts will not automatically retain the followers from the prior administration,\" without a reason why.\n\nBut it said that people who previously followed the official @POTUS and @VP (Vice-President) accounts, or the personal accounts of Mr Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris - would receive notifications giving them the option to follow the new official ones.\n\nMr Obama was the first US leader to have an official Twitter account. The @POTUS account was set up during his tenure in 2015.\n\nAt the end of his second term, a transition plan for handing over the official accounts to Mr Trump was drawn up - with @POTUS going to the new administration.\n\nAll of Mr Obama's official tweets were archived for posterity on a separate account, @POTUS44 (where they can still be read today).\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by President Obama This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTwitter said that the official @POTUS account under Mr Trump will be archived in a similar way, under @POTUS45. But Mr Trump rarely used that account, favouring his own Twitter handle.\n\nTwitter notably omitted any mention of the now-suspended @realDonaldTrump account, and declined to answer questions about whether its contents would be archived.\n\nThat is despite a declaration by the White House in 2017 that tweets from that account are considered official statements by the President.\n\nHowever, the US National Archives has already announced - through a tweet - that it will archive all social media content from that account, despite Twitter's lack of a commitment to doing so.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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End of twitter post 4 by US National Archives\n\nIt said that the White House has been using a special archiving tool to capture all content, including deleted tweets, because of the Presidential Records Act.\n\nThat is likely to result in a record system similar to The Obama White House Social Media Archive, built after the last transition.\n\nA key goal of the Obama transition was to preserve social media posts \"on the platforms where they were created\".\n\nBut Twitter has permanently suspended Mr Trump from its platform and it remains unclear if it will ever archive his account for posterity.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. UK weather: Will it snow where you are?\n\nSnow and ice weather warnings are in place for much of England and Scotland after widespread recent snowfall.\n\nThe Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings across England and Scotland for Saturday and warned of possible travel disruption.\n\nParts of England and Scotland could see as much as 5-10cm of snow in higher areas, the weather service said.\n\nIt comes as hundreds of schools remain closed after heavy snow hit the north of England on Thursday.\n\nA snow warning is in place for south-east England, including London, the east of England and the East Midlands. The Met Office said East Anglia and parts of Kent and Sussex are most at risk of snow.\n\nSome 1-3 cm of snow may fall fairly widely over these areas, with 5-10 cm possible in places, mostly over parts of East Anglia and any higher ground.\n\nA snow and ice warning is in place for most of Scotland, north-west and north-east England, Yorkshire and Humber, the East Midlands and parts of the West Midlands.\n\nSnow is likely to fall to low levels over east Scotland and northern England.\n\nThe Met Office said 1-3 cm is possible at low levels in these areas but is more likely at higher elevations, where 5-10 cm of snow is possible above 200m - and even 20cm at the highest places.\n\nFog is also forecast for parts of the Midlands and the North, along with mist around Glasgow which may pose hazards for motorists.\n\nPolice forces in Yorkshire have urged people to stay at home unless their travel is essential\n\nTwo girls took their sledge to a golf course near Penicuik, Midlothian\n\nThe coronavirus vaccine rollout has been affected by the weather.\n\nOver-80s who were due to receive their jab at Newcastle's Centre for Life were told they could re-book rather than risk making a trip in the icy conditions.\n\nNewcastle Hospitals tweeted: \"There's enough vaccine for everyone, so don't worry about making a trip to Newcastle.\"\n\nAnd Leeds University has delayed the opening of its asymptomatic Covid-19 test centre.\n\nHeavy snowfall has already caused travel disruption across sections of northern England and Scotland.\n\nTemperatures were as low as -6C on Friday morning in parts of Yorkshire and Cumbria, with yellow warnings set to last through most of Friday.\n\nThere was a loss of gas supply to approximately 700 homes in the Hebden Bridge area after water got into the local gas network and froze.\n\nThe Met Office has published advice from the Department for Transport advising people to clear snow and ice from footpaths outside their homes, preferably in the morning.\n\n\"You can then cover the path with salt before nightfall to stop it refreezing overnight,\" the advice says.\n\nTemperatures in the Greater London area are expected to drop to 1C on Friday and parts of the South East could fall to -2C.\n\nIt comes after \"hazardous\" conditions on Thursday caused problems for the ambulance service in Yorkshire, which struggled to keep up with the high demand, while Covid vaccinations were also affected.\n\nMark Millins, of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said the bad weather was having a \"severe impact\" on its operations and urged people to \"take extra care\" when out walking or driving.\n\nIn Scotland, heavy snow in some areas resulted in road closures.\n\nThe deepest snow on Thursday was in Bingley, West Yorkshire, and Strathallan in Perth, Scotland, both of which recorded 11cm.", "The Daily Telegraph must publish a correction over a \"significantly misleading\" column written by Toby Young, press regulator Ipso has ruled.\n\nThe July 2020 article claimed the common cold could provide \"natural immunity\" to Covid-19 and London was \"probably approaching herd immunity\".\n\nBut on Thursday Ipso found the paper had \"failed to take care not to publish inaccurate and misleading information\".\n\nIpso said the paper \"did not accept it has breached the [Editors] Code\".\n\nIt said the newspaper said that Young's comments on immunity referred to \"cross-reactive T-cells\" that work to combat the virus.\n\nHowever, the media watchdog sided with the complainant, James Whitehead, in its decision, who said that while these cells \"may lessen the impact of Covid-19\" after infection, they \"would not confer 'natural immunity'\"\n\nThe ruling added Young's statement \"misrepresented the nature of immunity\".\n\nIpso also found Young's suggestion that \"London is probably approaching herd immunity, even though only 17% tested positive [for antibodies] in the most recent seroprevalence survey\" could be misleading.\n\nThere is an antibody response and a cellular response to the coronavirus\n\nThe Telegraph referred to surveys listed in an article on Young's own Lockdown Sceptics website in its defence, but the Ipso committee judged these did not accurately reflect \"how herd immunity is reached and whether it exists in London\".\n\nThe ruling concluded that the paper had breached accuracy standards on a topic of \"public importance\", but deemed a correction an appropriate sanction, given the level of \"significant scientific uncertainty\" at the time of publication.\n\nYoung told the BBC: \"I think Ipso has been put in a difficult position because our scientific understanding of the virus is constantly evolving and there is a great deal about it that scientists still disagree about.\n\n\"While some of the things I wrote in that article would be contested by some scientists, they would be confirmed by others... Have we achieved herd immunity in London? I think that's an open question and the 'case' data is unreliable because of the well-documented shortcomings of the PCR test.\n\n\"I may have been over-emphatic in putting the anti-lockdown case, but it's not as if the advocates of a pro-lockdown position are any less emphatic.\n\n\"Don't forget the WHO initially estimated the global IFR [infection fatality rate] of Covid-19 at 3.4%. The consensus now is that it's less than 1% and almost certainly a lot less. Lots of journalists faithfully reported that alarmist figure. Why hasn't Ipso reprimanded them?\"\n\nLast week Young told BBC Newsnight that some of his claims from an article he wrote in June had been \"wrong\", where he had said a second spike of Covid-19 had \"refused to materialise\" and that one-metre rule is \"unnecessary\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAt the start of the year, Young, an associate editor at The Spectator and general secretary of the Free Speech Union, installed an app that auto-deletes tweets more than a week old.\n\nHe said he did so to protect against \"politically-motivated offence archaeologists\" - a move unrelated to the Ipso ruling.\n\nReacting to criticism of his past comments on coronavirus from Neil O'Brien, Conservative MP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, after the deletion, Young then tweeted a defence of his stance against lockdowns.\n\n\"This is an important public debate to have,\" he wrote, \"both because it helps us assess the present government's management of the pandemic and because it will help us prepare better for the next one.\"\n\nThe UK entered a second national lockdown last week in a bid to control spiralling virus infection rates. On Wednesday, the UK saw its biggest daily death figure since the start of the pandemic, with 1,564 deaths.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The TikTok clip was reported to police by Network Rail\n\nA TikTok stunt featuring a car parked on a level crossing has been branded \"staggeringly stupid\".\n\nThe \"reckless\" social media post, recorded on the line at Bromley Cross, Bolton, showed a camera and tripod set up on the railway to record the scene.\n\nAn accompanying caption asked viewers: \"Would you take the risk to get the shot no-one else would?\"\n\nInsp Becky Warren, from British Transport Police, said: \"No picture or video is worth risking your life for.\"\n\nNetwork Rail, which reported the footage after it appeared on the video-sharing app, blasted the \"staggeringly stupid and dangerous\" clip.\n\nIt issued a reminder that trespassing on railway lines is against the law.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by ManchesterPiccadilly This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNorth West route director Phil James said using the tracks \"as a backdrop for a photo shoot beggars belief\".\n\n\"Lives could so easily have been lost by this reckless behaviour,\" he said.\n\nInsp Warren added: \"There is simply no excuse for not following safety procedures at level crossings. The behaviour shown by the individuals in this video is incredibly dangerous and reckless.\"\n\nMany instances of trespass involve people using railway lines as backdrops for selfies and even wedding photos.\n\nLast year, Network Rail and British Transport Police launched a You vs. Train campaign to highlight the issue of young people trespassing.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pre-departure Covid-19 testing will now be required for everyone travelling to England from 04:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nThe rules had been due to come into force on Friday, but the government said people needed time \"to prepare\".\n\nThose arriving by plane, train or boat, including UK nationals, will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country they are in.\n\nAnyone arriving from places not on the UK's travel corridor list must still self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe Scottish government is planning to impose the same rules and has had to defer them coming into effect as a result of changes in England.\n\n\"This meant Scotland was also obliged to delay implementation as we need sight of their final regulations in order to properly draft and approve the relevant Scottish regulations,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\nIt is expected the requirement will come into force in Scotland at 04:00 GMT on Monday as well. Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to announce plans for pre-arrival testing in the coming days.\n\nAnnouncing the deferral on Twitter, Transport Secretary Mr Shapps said: \"To give international arrivals time to prepare, passengers will be required to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test before departure to England from Monday 18 January at 4am.\"\n\nHe also reminded travellers to fill out the Passenger Locator Form - used in track and trace - and added that those without proof of a negative test faced a fine of £500.\n\nProblems with testing availability and capacity mean some countries will initially be exempt.\n\nFor instance, the requirement will not apply to travellers from St Lucia, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda until 04:00 GMT on 21 January.\n\nTravellers from Falkland Islands, Ascension Islands and St Helena are exempted permanently.\n\nHauliers are exempt to allow the free flow of freight, as are air, international rail and maritime crew.\n\nThe government has said all forms of PCR test will be accepted, as will other forms of test with \"97% specificity, 80% sensitivity\".\n\nThe move comes as a further 1,564 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nWednesday's figure brings the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said there had now been more deaths in the second wave than the first.\n\nMeanwhile on Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was \"concerned\" about a new coronavirus variant that is believed to have emerged in Brazil.\n\nHe acknowledged it was not yet clear how effective existing vaccines would be against the latest new variant.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK was taking steps to make sure it was not brought into the country.\n\nA government Covid committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss the possibility of stopping flights from Brazil.\n\nArrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from Brazil? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Post-primary schools have been given extra time to decide how they will admit pupils in 2021 following the cancellation of transfer tests.\n\nOn Wednesday the AQE said it would not hold any transfer tests in the 2020-21 school year.\n\nThey had originally planned to go ahead with a test in late February after cancelling tests in January.\n\nThe other test provider, PPTC, had also previously announced it would not hold tests this year.\n\nAttention will now focus especially on what criteria grammar schools will use to select pupils.\n\nSome have already published what criteria they would use in the event transfer tests were cancelled but it is not clear if those will now change.\n\nAll post-primaries were to submit their admissions criteria to the Education Authority (EA) by this Friday.\n\nBut following the AQE's move the Department of Education (DE) has written to schools to tell them they do not have to provide criteria to the EA until Friday 22 January.\n\n\"This will allow them to meet the statutory deadline for publication on their website of 2 February 2021,\" the DE letter said.\n\n\"I would also remind you that boards of governors should ensure that any admissions criteria are robust and are able to clearly and objectively rank order applicants.\"\n\nIt is unclear how most grammar schools who have used transfer tests to select pupils in previous years will admit children in 2021.\n\nPatrick Allen, principal of Foyle College in Londonderry, said his school's board of governors was now working to determine this year's admissions criteria.\n\n\"This is and continues to be an exceptional year. It is a very difficult circumstance,\" he said.\n\n\"We are trying to do the best and what is right for as many pupils as possible in looking at various permutations and combinations of criteria\".\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir said it was \"a very disappointing day\" for many families.\n\n\"The transfer test, while it has never been about being compulsory for either a school or indeed an individual parent, does enable a level of parental choice and that has been dramatically reduced as a result of that,\" he told Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"But sadly what we have seen is for this year, the pandemic has prevented those transfer tests taking place, and I am very disappointed and entirely understand the disappointment and frustration of many families today.\"\n\nMr Weir said there had been \"a lack of consistency\" from AQE.\n\n\"I don't think the way things have worked out from AQE's point of view, particularly over the last couple of weeks, have been particularly helpful,\" he said.\n\nThe minister also apologised for \"clumsy language\" in a statement he issued on Wednesday night.\n\nWriting on Twitter about the cancellation of the transfer test, Mr Weir said: \"This severely limits parental choice and children's opportunities.\"\n\n\"There was no adverse intention towards non-selective schools,\" he said in relation to his tweet.\n\n\"I think both selective and non-selective schools have got excellent records in Northern Ireland.\"\n\n\"But once the opportunities for entry to any school is reduced then that is a reduction in opportunities for all.\"\n\nUUP MLA Robbie Butler has proposed that pupils' results in tests in primary schools could be given to parents and then used by grammar schools to decide which children get a place.\n\nMr Butler said that he had some favourable responses from some grammars and some primary schools to that proposal.\n\n\"Whilst I don't think my solution is absolutely perfect I do believe it to be absolutely fair and absolutely compassionate,\" he told MLAs on the committee.\n\n\"We have the genesis of a solution for these P7 pupils.\"\n\nBut, speaking on Wednesday, Mr Weir replied that there were issues with that approach.\n\n\"There are very major problems, I'm being honest with you, in terms of the models that have been put forward for academic selection without the test,\" he said.\n\nThe minister said it would be difficult to get comparable information for pupils across all primaries.\n\n\"While it's not entirely ruling out those and there is the option for schools to do it, it does leave them in a very difficult position making comparability between pupils on a fair basis,\" he said", "Police said Graeme Perks had gone to investigate the sound of breaking glass when he was stabbed\n\nPlastic surgeons have expressed shock at the stabbing of \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons\" in their profession.\n\nGraeme Perks, 65, was stabbed in his abdomen and chest during a break-in at his house in Halam, a village near Southwell in Nottinghamshire.\n\nPolice said the attack on Thursday morning had left him \"fighting for his life\" and left his family, who were upstairs at the time, \"extremely upset\".\n\nGraeme Perks has been described as \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\"\n\nMr Perks previously served as president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS).\n\nCurrent president Ruth Waters said BAPRAS had been contacted by colleagues all around the world as news of the attack spread.\n\n\"All have expressed their shock at what has happened and also their deep concern for his wellbeing and their hope for his speedy recovery,\" she said.\n\n\"It has been my good fortune and honour to know Graeme for many years. I have benefited from his kindness, generosity and extensive knowledge throughout my career in plastic surgery.\"\n\nBAPRAS described him as \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\".\n\nAs well as being a leading plastic surgeon, Mr Perks and his wife have raised thousands of pounds for charity by opening their garden to visitors. They were previously featured on BBC Radio Nottingham after raising more than £34,000.\n\nPolice were still outside the house in Halam more than 24 hours later\n\nPolice said Mr Perks had gone to investigate the sound of breaking glass at about 04:15 GMT, after an intruder is believed to have smashed his way into the house.\n\nThey said Mr Perks was stabbed and the suspect ran off.\n\nMr Perks was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham for surgery, where he remains in a serious condition.\n\nDet Insp Gayle Hart, who is leading the investigation, said: \"The swift arrest of this suspect we hope will provide some reassurance to local residents.\n\n\"This is a horrific incident which has left a man fighting for his life and his family who were upstairs at the time are extremely shocked and upset by the ordeal.\"\n\nMr Perks has served as president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)\n\nMr Perks has previously worked in London, Sheffield, Newcastle and Melbourne, Australia.\n\nHe returned to the UK in the mid-1990s and started working in Nottingham, with a special interest in microsurgical reconstruction after cancer surgery.\n\nHe later became head of the department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.\n\nOutgoing BAPRAS president Mark Henley said: \"Graeme is an amazing colleague who it has been my pleasure and privilege to work with over the last 26 years.\n\n\"His dedication to patients, family and friends is an inspiration to us all and with his wisdom, kindness and humanity he has enabled us to achieve many things that I would never have thought possible. We are all willing him on.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Scottish fishermen have resorted to sailing to Denmark to land their catch as Brexit red tape continues to delay exports, an industry body has said.\n\nThe Scottish Fishermen's Federation, which campaigned to leave the EU, also said the Brexit trade deal was the worst of both worlds for the industry.\n\nMany fishermen \"now fear for their future\", it said.\n\nThe UK government said the deal would \"bring immediate gains to our fishermen and women across the whole UK\".\n\nLate last year, the Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF) said it was \"deeply aggrieved\" by the Brexit deal.\n\nFishing firms have also warned of impending bankruptcy as delays continue at ports following the introduction of post-Brexit regulations.\n\nOn Friday, the SFF kept up the pressure on the UK government.\n\nIn a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, it said some fishermen \"are now making a 72-hour round trip to land fish in Denmark, as the only way to guarantee that their catch will make a fair price and actually find its way to market while still fresh enough to meet customer demands\".\n\nQuotas are used by many countries to manage shared fish stocks. They determine how many fish of each species each country's fleets are allowed to catch.\n\nThe SFF said that Brexit quota gains \"can hardly be claimed as a resounding success\" and that the Brexit deal \"actually leaves the Scottish industry in a worse position on more than half of the key stocks\".\n\n\"This industry now finds itself in the worst of both worlds,\" said SFF chief executive Elspeth Macdonald, accusing Prime Minister Boris Johnson of broken promises on quotas.\n\nThe \"desperately poor deal\" reached on quotas, under which the EU \"have full access to our waters\" means that the UK has \"no ability to leverage more fish from the EU\", she said.\n\n\"This, coupled with the chaos experienced since 1 January in getting fish to market, means that many in our industry now fear for their future, rather than look forward to it with optimism and ambition,\" Ms Macdonald added.\n\nThe Scottish National Party said the letter was \"an utterly devastating verdict on Brexit from Scotland's fishing industry\".\n\nAn SNP spokesperson said the Scottish fishing industry was \"right to be angry\" about the Brexit deal, which it said was costing Scotland's fishing communities millions of pounds.\n\nThe spokesman called on the prime minister to deliver \"a multi-billion pound package of Brexit compensation for Scotland\", adding: \"Communities across Scotland will never forgive the Tories for the damage they are doing to our country with their extreme Brexit obsession.\"\n\nA UK government spokesperson said the Prime Minister would respond to the SFF letter in due course.\n\nThe spokesperson said: \"We have now taken back control of our waters and the agreement we have reached with the EU secures a 25% transfer of quota from EU to UK vessels over five years, starting with 15% this year.\"\n\nThe spokesperson said the government was looking at providing additional financial support for the Scottish fishing industry, which it recognised was facing \"some temporary issues\".\n\n\"The Prime Minister has already committed to investing £100m in the UK's fishing industry and provided the Scottish government with nearly £200m to minimise disruption for businesses,\" the spokesperson added.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 8 and 15 January. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs that can be found here.\n\nPlease also ensure you follow current coronavirus guidelines and take your pictures safely and responsibly.\n\nConditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions.\n\nThe hills are alive: This impressive shot of 11-year-old Hamish at sunrise up the Pentland Hills, with the snow starting to be blown off the peak, was captured by dad Andy Dryden.\n\nMinus coo degrees: \"Hardy Highlander at Abriachan\" is how Gordon Bain described his photo.\n\nRed sky thinking: \"I always walk the dog to catch the sunrise and to gather my thoughts before attempting to juggle home schooling of my two primary school kids with working from home and looking after a toddler\", says Mairi Brittan at Cammo Estate, Edinburgh.\n\nRobin red brrr-east: Graham Laird spotted a little feathered friend not looking entirely delighted while taking a breather in the cold in his garden in Wishaw.\n\nUp at the crack of dawn: \"The Beveridge Park pond in Kirkcaldy looking rather icy\", says John Pow.\n\nAn uphill struggle: It's all downhill from here - but in a fun way - for three-year-old Zachary in King's Park, Glasgow.\n\nFire and ice: \"Taken at Dunbar harbour, East Lothian, in the snowfall on the way to work\", says Rowan Davies.\n\nAbbey thoughts: \"Jedburgh Abbey on a crisp January morning\", says Alan Morrison. \"The sun was captured just as it shone through\".\n\nSon rise: Jeanette Taylor says her two boys loved the adventure of getting up early to see the sun come up at Aberdeen beach. \"A chilly visit but oh so worth it\", she says.\n\nLight on her feet: \"As keen figure skaters my daughter Ada (pictured) and I have had an amazing week skating outdoors on our local frozen pond near Glasgow\", says Helen Campbell. \"I was very careful to check it is safe to skate on first; the ice was absolutely solid\".\n\nFlagging up a beautiful sunrise: An Aberdeen morning, from Finlay Gray.\n\nWell-trained eye: \"My husband Kris took this picture of our 12-year-old son Finlay at our local running track in a Falkirk park with the Ochils in the background\", says Emma Horne. \"Finlay can’t play his beloved rugby at the moment due to Covid but is keeping as fit as he can in other ways\".\n\nA strange light in the sky: Joe Gillies captured this Glasgow scene, complete with reflected light shade, on his phone.\n\nSmiles more fun: First sledging experience for the happy pair of 16-month-old Annabel and 21-month-old Hugh in granny's garden, Isle of Skye, courtesy of Hermione Lamond.\n\nThe gloves are off: \"A walk up Culter Fell (near Biggar), in near-Arctic conditions\", says Chris Green.\n\nPark life: Mark McGuire captured Queen's Park in Glasgow looking like a winter wonderland.\n\nSpecial branch: \"I have seen the Kingfisher darting by on the River Carron over the last two years\", says Paul Ross. \"This is the first time I have managed to get a sharpish image\".\n\nTrees frame: Carole Brunton captured this calming, if cold, scene at home in East Neuk, Fife.\n\nCold feet: \"A coot on one of Dundee's frozen Stobsmuir ponds\", from Sandy Forbes.\n\nHaving the foggiest idea: \"An image of atmospheric fog as it envelops Paisley\", says Gary Chittick. \"Hardly a single recognisable part of Glasgow could be seen\".\n\nSniffer dog: \"Ollie, our 12-week-old cockapoo pup, experiences snow for the first time\" says Iain Clow. \"Lockdown garden fun in East Kilbride\".\n\n... and it seems they never learn! \"Zizou enjoying his sunny snowy morning walk at the river Spey in Knockando\", says Colin Coutts.\n\nI love Arran: \"My wife and I stopped at the top of Fairlie Moor Road, looked back, and this is what we saw\", explains Phil Cowling.\n\nOutstanding in its field: \"Look who we spotted on our walk\", says Ruth Moss. \"He was very bold - wish we’d had something to feed him\".\n\nWatercolour art: \"This is a photo of the Ythan in the centre of Ellon\", says Andy Leonard. \"The colour of the sky is reflected in the water - I used a slow shutter speed to emphasise the water movement.\"\n\nHatman and robin: \"After an overnight fall of snow, Frosty and his friendly robin return to a Glasgow garden\", says John McQueeney.\n\nSmall wonder: \"These mini snowmen on the Prince of Wales Bridge in Kelvingrove Park brightened up a dull and foggy day\", says Geoff Der.\n\nOne man and his dog: \"Snowy walk with my husband and rescue dog Nico\", says Laura Johnstone in Airdrie.\n\nSpot the ball: \"Haggs Castle golf course is closed - maybe!\", says Alan Crozier.\n\nSolar energy: Robert Young's sunset shot from Chapelton looking towards Whitelee wind farm features all sorts of power.\n\nTwo for the price of one: \"Duck!\" could have been the cry from this heron in flight over a fellow bird at the River Avon, Hamilton, as seen by Wilma Phillips.\n\nRoom with a view: A nicely-framed sunset from Audrey Philpott of Skene, Aberdeenshire.\n\nBonnie picture: Sharon Donald was walking Bonnie the collie when she took this shot near Spean Bridge.\n\nKeep it in the family: Derek Warrander making sure lockdown learning is music to the ears of Jessica, 11, and three-year-old Matthew in Aberdeenshire, courtesy of Caseydee Warrander.\n\nFeeling on top of the world: The Cobbler sunset, from Tomasz Zajac.\n\nIce to see you: \"A photo of my husband, Stephen, and Sophie, through a sheet of ice which they then had great fun smashing\", says Leigh Titterington in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire.\n\nSpace station: All quiet outside Glasgow Central, courtesy of Eva Brodie.\n\nSnow angel: \"Exploring a winter wonderland with my daughter Cora at Tyrebagger woods just outside Aberdeen\", says Katherine Blum.\n\nTaps aff: \"Hope this brings a smile to your face\", says Stewart Paul in Cruden Bay. It certainly did!\n\nPlease ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child featured (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice).\n\nIn contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way, including in any media worldwide.\n\nHowever, you will still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News.\n\nAt no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe the law.\n\nYou can find more information here.\n\nAll photos are subject to copyright.", "Doctors fear the impact of the lockdown and school closures could worsen child obesity\n\nThe health board with the worst child obesity rates in Wales is setting up a unit to tackle the issue.\n\nData from the Child Measurement Programme showed 30.3% of four and five-year-olds in north Wales measured as overweight or obese.\n\nThe Welsh average is 26.4%, but doctors fear this could worsen in the pandemic.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is recruiting a dietetic lead for a new children's healthy weight management service.\n\nThe service is not being launched directly because of the pandemic, but there are fears lockdowns and school closures could compound the problem.\n\nDr Naomi Simmons, consultant paediatrician at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, said: \"I do fear that the pandemic will contribute to an exacerbation of what's already a really, really significant problem.\n\n\"Whilst we're pleased that children are not suffering the acute effects of Covid in the same way as older patients are, on the whole, it's the long-term effects of the country being in this pandemic that we're worried about in terms of the long-term health of these children.\n\n\"It's that lack of routine, it's being out of school, and not being able to access their usual forms of physical activity.\"\n\nDaniel, from Denbighshire - not his real name - is the father of a six-year-old girl who was referred to Dr Simmons's clinic when a GP became concerned about her weight two years ago. She is still under the care of the clinic.\n\nHe said: \"We presumed we were feeding her correctly. She was getting fruit, veg, home-cooked meals. But I think our issue was, we kind of let her have treats, like chocolates and sweets.\n\n\"To be told the news [that she was obese], it was horrible. We were very upset. We were kind of angry about it - we didn't see a problem in her, we didn't believe she was overweight or obese. We were both asking what we had done wrong as parents - we gave her fruit, vegetables, home-cooked meals... we were asking ourselves, 'how have we failed as parents?'\"\n\nWith support from Dr Simmons, his daughter made \"great progress\" and lost weight, he said. Previous signs of health issues such as liver problems had improved. Then the pandemic struck and the country went into its first lockdown, followed by the firebreak, then the current lockdown.\n\nExperts said they feared the impact of children not being able to take part in their usual physical activity\n\nDespite making efforts to keep active and eat healthily, Daniel has seen the gradual effects on his daughter, both physically and mentally.\n\n\"It had a bad effect on her, and not just the weight - mental health-wise it's also affected her. She's six years old and is worried about being around other people in the street,\" he said.\n\n\"In years to come, Covid will be gone, we'll have control of it. But obesity, that's the issue that's going to be prolonged.\n\n\"The long-term mental health impact really scares me - not just for my daughter, but for so many other children.\"\n\nDr Simmons said increasing rates of childhood obesity in recent years meant experts were treating more children with conditions normally associated with adults.\n\n\"Even children as young as primary school age, I'm seeing those children with fatty liver changes for example, as a result of their obesity. We're seeing them with high blood pressure and we're seeing children and young people developing type 2 diabetes and many more with pre-diabetic states because of their obesity.\"\n\nDoctors said they were seeing primary school children with high blood pressure\n\nShe revealed her youngest patient was only a year old and encouraged families to get their children \"used to being fit and healthy and consuming a healthy diet\".\n\n\"It's lack of exercise, it's the sedentary lifestyle that we as a nation are sadly embracing these days,\" she added.\n\nIf children remain overweight and remain obese into adolescence, they have an 80% chance of being obese into adulthood, said Dr Simmons.\n\nShe said she hoped the new service would give \"the very best chance of turning things around\".\n\nSteven Grayston, Betsi Cadwaladr health board's assistant area director of therapy services, said the health board had been working for the past five years to develop its obesity services.\n\n\"This is a specialist weight management service for children who are already obese,\" he said.\n\n\"We want to stop them becoming obese, therefore we want to develop preventative services as well as treatment services.\n\n\"We're very concerned about the impact of Covid and the pandemic on children's activity levels, certainly in terms of team-based sports and access to leisure facilities - particularly things like swimming, which we know children enjoy.\n\n\"We're concerned that children just aren't getting out of the house and doing things, and the impact that'll have and the knock-on effect on obesity levels in the future, as children are just less active and less interested in doing those activities.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said: \"We will shortly be publishing a revised delivery plan for Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales for 2021-22, which will focus on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on children and families.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Gerry and Barbara Jarrett were admitted to hospital with Covid-19 two weeks ago\n\nAn elderly couple with coronavirus have been helped by a hospital to say their last goodbyes to each other after the wife's condition deteriorated.\n\nGerry and Barbara Jarrett, from Bracknell, Berkshire, are in separate wards at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey.\n\nTheir daughter Chloe, who posted a picture of one reunion on Twitter, said her mother \"looked to be at the end\".\n\nShe said her parents had \"precious\" extra time together thanks to the hospital's \"incredible\" efforts.\n\nMrs Keljarrett said her 79-year-old father and mother, 76, who have been together for 50 years, were admitted to hospital with Covid-19 two weeks ago.\n\nOn Tuesday she posted: \"In the midst of a pandemic peak, staff (namely a consultant, a surgeon and a HCA) at FPH just made sure my dad saw my mum for what is likely the last time.\"\n\nShe said another meeting happened on Wednesday when \"mum looked to be at the end\".\n\nFrimley Park Hospital said the reunions were the sort of \"care that matters the most\"\n\nShe said: \"Dad was wheeled in, crying, touched her hand and her eyes flew open. She was awake and bright and could talk.\n\n\"We got a precious extra hour or two before her breathing got worse again and got to say what we wanted.\n\n\"All thanks to the staff who made these meetings possible. In current times I just find that incredible.\"\n\nMrs Keljarrett, a teacher at The Brakenhale School, said her father was \"showing signs of improvement but has a very long journey to complete\".\n\n\"He has a number of other health issues that will make recovery that bit trickier, but I have to remain positive that he will overcome this horrendous virus,\" she added.\n\nShe said she had met hospital workers who were \"pulling unexpected double shifts\" due to short-staffing.\n\n\"How they are managing such compassion when they are stretched to their emotional and physical limits I do not know,\" she added.\n\nResponding to Mrs Keljarrett's Twitter post, the hospital wrote: \"Our hearts go out to you and your family.\n\n\"We are so glad that our staff managed to make this time just a little bit easier for you all.\n\n\"This truly is some of the care we give that matters the most.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "UK meat exporters have claimed post-Brexit customs systems are \"not fit for purpose\", with goods delayed for hours, sometimes days, at the border.\n\nThe British Meat Processor Association said even experienced exporters were struggling with the system.\n\nIt said meat exports to the EU were 25% of normal levels for this time of year.\n\nOne large French meat importer told the BBC that he and his competitors were starting to look at alternative suppliers in Spain and Ireland.\n\nThe BBC has contacted the government for comment.\n\nNick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processor Association, said: \"Fundamentally, this is not a system that was designed for a 24/7, just-in-time supply chain.\n\n\"The export health certification process was designed for moving containers of frozen meat around the world where you have a bit of leeway on time.\n\n\"No matter how much better we get at filling in the forms, it's really not fit for purpose. This is going back to the dark ages in terms of a process really, in this digital age.\"\n\nHe added \"It's going to be a problem for quite a time until we move forward and hopefully get a better digital system in place and can make it work a bit better, but until then, we've got to put up with all this paperwork and lorries arriving in Ireland with box files full of paper.\"\n\nRizvan Khalid, a lamb exporter based in Shropshire, cannot afford to get the paperwork wrong.\n\nHis company, Euro Quality Lambs, exports 70% of its meat to the EU, including France, Germany, Belgium and Portugal. He says what was once a once well-oiled machine now has a spanner in it.\n\n\"What used to take us 15 minutes is now taking us three or four hours on average before we can get the paperwork completed for one particular load,\" he says.\n\n\"It's taking them [on the French side] up to six hours to go through the health certificates, to open up the lorry and check the goods.\n\n\"All of that is adding time and costs. It's now an extra day before our product gets into the markets of Paris.\"\n\nMeanwhile, some buyers in the EU are losing patience and are beginning to consider other options.\n\nFrancis Ochoa's meat company, Fory Viandes, is based in one of the world's biggest fresh produce markets - the Rungis market, south of Paris.\n\n\"The delays and extra costs mean me and my competitors in the market are obliged to start looking for other solutions,\" he says.\n\n\"One of the solutions unfortunately is to try produce from other countries, Spain for instance. Some of our competitors are ordering lambs from Ireland instead of the UK, so the consequences for UK meat and UK lambs could be disastrous.\"\n\nDown at the international freight checkpoint in Ashford, near the entrance to the Eurotunnel, customs consultant Steve Cocks gave a downbeat assessment.\n\n\"The temporary border post lorry park is full, roads are being closed off and lorries are being sent back to the Covid testing site to hold them there,\" he said.\n\n\"Last week wasn't much to write home about as it was very quiet, but volumes are building and it's just going to get worse. Exports are grinding to a halt and that will affect imports, but if you are a haulier. you don't want to get a lorry stuck on this side of the Channel.\"\n\nAfter decades of friction-free trade, there are bound to be teething problems. Indeed, the government predicted that there would be \"significant additional disruption\" as traders, officials and customers became accustomed to new procedures.\n\nHowever, some things cannot \"bed in\" and will become permanent features. HMRC estimates the additional cost to UK business of bog-standard customs declarations alone at £7bn.\n\nWhen buyers and sellers want to trade, they will find a way, but significant additional cost and complexity is here to stay.", "Patients have been arriving in a steady flow at a community pharmacy in Llanbedrog, Gwynedd, the first in Wales to offer coronavirus vaccines by appointment.\n\nRosie Bennett, who lives in the village Pwllheli, said: “I’m 82 and don’t have a car, so it was a huge relief to know that I wouldn’t have to travel a long distance to have the vaccine.\n\n“Here in the village, we know the staff at the chemists. They’ve been doing a great job during the pandemic and it’s reassuring to have the vaccine from someone you know.\n\n“And it’s a huge relief to be vaccinated. The last few months haven’t been easy for any of us and hopefully today is another small step towards a better future.”\n\nSteffan John, pharmacist on duty, gave Rosie the vaccine and said: “as pharmacists, we give out flu vaccines regularly, so we’re used to organising clinics like this.\n\n“We’re really pleased to do our bit for our community.\n\n“We have had extra training for today, and we also have to make sure there are enough appointments on the list.\n\n\"The vaccine comes in vials of ten doses, so it’s important to vaccinate that many people at a time and not to waste any.”", "Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has denied reports that his department is planning to dilute UK workers' rights.\n\nIt comes after the Financial Times said some protections brought in under EU law - such as the 48-hour limit on the working week - could be scrapped.\n\nNew rules on rest breaks and changes to how holiday pay is calculated from overtime could be proposed, it added.\n\nBut Mr Kwarteng insisted he wanted to \"protect and enhance workers' rights going forward, not row back on them\".\n\nIn a social media post, he said that the UK \"has one of the best workers' rights records in the world - going further than the EU in many areas.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kwasi Kwarteng This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLabour said the newspaper report suggested the government was out of step with public feeling on workplace rules.\n\nShadow business secretary Ed Miliband said: \"These proposals are not about cutting red tape for businesses but ripping up vital rights for workers. They should not even be up for discussion.\"\n\nThe FT said the proposals were being drawn up with the approval of Downing Street, but that they hadn't yet been approved by ministers or cabinet.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We have absolutely no intention of lowering the standards of workers' rights.\n\n\"The UK has one of the best workers' rights records in the world, and it is well known that the UK goes further than the EU in many areas.\n\n\"Leaving the EU allows us to continue to be a standard setter and protect and enhance UK workers' rights.\"\n\nWhen the UK left the EU it retained many of its laws, but it is now able to change them.\n\nOne aspect of EU employment regulation is the EU's Working Time Directive.\n\nIt governs the hours employees in the EU can be asked to work. This must not exceed 48 hours on average, including any overtime.\n\nBut employees can choose to opt out of the 48-hour week, if they often work overtime in roles in the emergency services, for example.\n\nIn the 2019 Queen's Speech outlining the government's agenda for the coming parliamentary session, changes in employment law were promised.\n\nA new Employment Bill is expected to be published in 2021. One issue it is thought it will address is over the distribution of tips.\n\nTUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady urged the prime minister to \"make good on his promises to his voters\" on Friday.\n\n\"The best way to do that is to bring forward the long-awaited Employment Bill, to make sure everyone is treated fairly at work,\" she said.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 GMT.\n\nA ban on travellers from South America entering the UK has come into force, amid fears over a potentially more contagious coronavirus variant identified in Brazil. The ban also applies to Portugal and Cape Verde - off West Africa - because of their links to Brazil, along with Panama in southern Central America. British and Irish citizens, and foreign nationals with residence rights, are exempt but must isolate for 10 days on entering the UK. Find out which other countries are subject to a UK travel ban.\n\nThe UK economy shrank by 2.6% in November as lockdown restrictions reduced economic activity, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. The closure of businesses such as pubs, hairdressers and many shops meant the services sector shrank by 3.4%. The setback came after sixth consecutive months of growth, with the ONS saying UK gross domestic product at the end of November was 8.5% below its pre-pandemic peak.\n\nConcerns over child poverty have been raised throughout the pandemic, with a focus on school food vouchers, holiday meal provision and food parcels. Now campaigning Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford has been joined by celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver, Tom Kerridge and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and actress Dame Emma Thompson, in backing charities' calls for a review to \"fix\" the free school meals policy. Downing Street insists \"no child will ever go hungry\" because of the pandemic.\n\nFalse claims are likely to be causing people from ethnic minorities to reject Covid vaccines, warns a doctor leading an NHS campaign. Dr Harpreet Sood says much of the disinformation surrounds the contents of the vaccines. \"We need to be clear and make people realise there is no meat in the vaccine, there is no pork in the vaccine, it has been accepted and endorsed by all the religious leaders and councils and faith communities,\" he says.\n\nA surprise delivery of pizza from sixth-formers who clubbed together left staff at a hospital critical care unit \"lost for words\". Nurse Tina Waltho says the gift came as a welcome boost to deflated staff at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. \"The nurse who had been in charge on the day shift was in tears,\" Mrs Waltho says. \"She had barely eaten all day and was a little emotional.\" While the act drew praise on social media, the identity and school of the pupils remains a mystery.\n\nIf you're wondering how concerned we should be about the new virus variants, our health editor Michelle Roberts examines what we know so far.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prime Minister Boris Johnson: \"We will temporarily close all travel corridors from 0400 on Monday\"\n\nThe UK is to close all travel corridors from Monday morning to \"protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains\" of Covid, the PM has said.\n\nAnyone flying into the country from overseas will have to show proof of a negative Covid test before setting off.\n\nIt comes as a ban on travellers from South America and Portugal came into force on Friday over concerns about a new variant identified in Brazil.\n\nBoris Johnson said the new rules would be in place until at least 15 February.\n\nA further 1,280 people with coronavirus have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive test, taking the total to 87,291.\n\nThe latest government figures on Friday also showed another 55,761 new cases had been reported - up from 48,682 the previous day.\n\nMeanwhile, more than two million people around the world have now died with the virus since the pandemic began, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.\n\nSpeaking at a Downing Street press conference, the prime minister said it was \"vital\" to take extra measures now \"when day by day we are making such strides in protecting the population\".\n\n\"It's precisely because we have the hope of that vaccine and the risk of new strains coming from overseas that we must take additional steps now to stop those strains from entering the country.\"\n\nAll travel corridors will close from 04:00 GMT on Monday. After that, arrivals to the UK will need to quarantine for up to 10 days, unless they test negative after five days.\n\nMr Johnson, who said the rules would apply across the UK after talks with the devolved administrations, added that the government would be stepping up enforcement at the border and in the country.\n\nTravel corridors were introduced in the summer to allow people travelling from some countries with low numbers of Covid cases to come to the UK without having to quarantine on arrival.\n\nTrade body Airlines UK said it supported the latest restrictions \"on the assumption\" that the government would remove them \"when it is safe to do so\".\n\nChief executive Tim Alderslade said travel corridors were \"a lifeline for the industry\" last summer but \"things change and there's no doubting this is a serious health emergency\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was the \"right step\" but called the timing of the decision \"slow again\", adding that the public would be thinking \"why on earth didn't this happen before\".\n\nThe prime minister warned that the NHS was facing \"extraordinary pressures\", having had the highest number of hospital admissions on a single day of the pandemic earlier this week.\n\nHe said that came on Tuesday when there were 4,134 new admissions, while the UK currently has more than 37,000 Covid patients in hospitals.\n\nMr Johnson said that once the most vulnerable have been vaccinated by mid-February \"we will think about what steps we could take to lift the restrictions\".\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nAlso speaking at the No 10 briefing, England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said the restrictions would need to be lifted gradually by \"testing what works, and then if that works going the next step\".\n\nHe said the peak of people entering hospital would be in the next week to 10 days for most places, but \"we hope\" the peak of infections \"already has happened\" in the south-east, east and London.\n\n\"The peak of deaths I fear is in the future, the peak of hospitalisations in some parts of the country may be around about now and beginning to come off the very, very top,\" he said.\n\nA ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde entering the UK came into force on Friday morning as a result of a new, potentially more infectious variant of coronavirus linked to Brazil.\n\nThe government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance told the press briefing that some of the new variants may be able to \"get round\" the Covid vaccines but it was \"really quite easy\" to adjust the vaccines to deal with mutations in the virus.\n\nNew variants causing concern have previously been identified in the UK and South Africa, with many countries imposing restrictions on arrivals from both nations.\n\nPublic Health England said a total of 35 genomically confirmed and 12 genomically probable cases of the Covid-19 variant which originated in South Africa have been identified in the UK as of 14 January.\n\nEarlier, a leading scientist said one of the two variants first detected in Brazil had been found in the UK - but not the variant that was causing concern.\n\n\"I think it is likely that the vaccine we have now is going to protect against the UK variant and is going to provide protection I suspect against the other variants as well,\" said Sir Patrick. \"The question is to what degree.\"\n\nLatest figures show that more than three million people in the UK have now received the first dose of a vaccine - 3,234,946 - an increase of 316,694 from the previous day.\n\nSir Patrick said he expected the vaccines would reduce transmission of the virus but that \"we shouldn't go mad\" as jabs are rolled out because a risk would remain.\n\n\"Just because you've been vaccinated doesn't mean you can't catch this and pass it on, it means you're protected against severe disease,\" he added.\n\nMeanwhile, the latest estimate of the UK's R number - which is the number of people that one infected person will pass on a virus to on average - is 1.2 to 1.3, compared with 1-1.4 last week.\n\nBut in London, where tight restrictions came in earlier, the R number is lower - between 0.9 and 1.2.\n\nIn Wales, new laws for shoppers and staff are to be introduced after \"significant evidence\" coronavirus is being spread in supermarkets.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from overseas? Share your experiences. Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The guitarist also contributed songwriting and piano to the band's explosive debut album\n\nSylvain Sylvain, guitarist with trailblazing 1970s rock band New York Dolls, has died at the age of 69.\n\nOne of the group's founding members, his visceral riffs bridged the divide between punk and glam, and helped kick-start the punk and new wave movements.\n\n\"As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past two and 1/2 years,\" his wife, Wanda O'Kelley Mizrahi, wrote in a statement on his Facebook page.\n\n\"Though he fought it valiantly, yesterday he passed away.\"\n\nShe added: \"While we grieve his loss, we know that he is finally at peace and out of pain. Please crank up his music, light a candle, say a prayer and let's send this beautiful doll on his way.\"\n\nSylvain's death leaves only one surviving member of the New York Dolls' original line-up from their 1973 debut album, frontman David Johansen. The singer posted his own tribute on Instagram.\n\n\"My best friend for so many years, I can still remember the first time I saw him bop into the rehearsal space/bicycle shop with his carpetbag and guitar straight from the plane after having been deported from Amsterdam, I instantly loved him,\" he wrote.\n\n\"I'm gonna miss you old pal. I'll keep the home fires burning.\"\n\nThe New York Dolls bridged the gap between glam rock and punk\n\nBorn Sylvain Mizrahi in Cairo, Egypt, on Valentine's Day 1951, the musician lived in France as a child before moving to New York with his family.\n\nAfter playing in several bands as a teenager, he co-founded the New York Dolls in 1971, taking the name from a doll repair shop called the New York Doll Hospital (Sylvain had worked across the street before becoming a musician).\n\nLike the punk movement they helped inspire, the band wanted to shake up the self-indulgent state of 70s rock.\n\n\"The reason why the Dolls got together was because of the boredom with the norm of the day, which was like the stadium-rock era,\" Sylvain told Brooklyn Vegan in 2006. \"The 20-minute drum solos, songs that were a big operetta. They were sort of boring, they'd lost their sex appeal.\"\n\nThe Dolls cut through with urgent, punchy songs about sex, drugs, alienation and dysfunction.\n\nThe band's provocative and vulgar live shows gained them a huge following in New York, but many record labels were reluctant to sign them. That situation not helped by their androgynous look - shocking at the time - with their wardrobe sourced from cheap women's clothing stores on New York's Lower East Side.\n\nLate in 1972, tragedy struck when, during a tour of England, Dolls drummer Billy Murcia died in a drug-related accident. He was replaced by Jerry Nolan, after which the Dolls finally secured a contract with Mercury Records.\n\nTheir debut album, simply called New York Dolls, stalled at number 113 in the US chart but is now regarded as a classic, full of sleazy, raucous anthems like Personality Crisis and Trash.\n\nRolling Stone magazine recently named it one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, writing: \"Glammed-out punkers the New York Dolls snatched riffs from Chuck Berry and Fats Domino and fattened them with loads of attitude and reverb.\n\n\"It's hard to imagine the Ramones or the Replacements or a thousand other trash-junky bands without them.\"\n\nSylvain worked in fashion before becoming a musician\n\nHowever, the band's lack of commercial success saw them dropped after two albums and, despite hiring Sex Pistols guru Malcolm McLaren as a manager, eventually fell apart.\n\nOutside the Dolls, Sylvain toured and recorded with several bands and led various solo projects as his former band's reputation grew.\n\nArtists from the Sex Pistols to Guns N' Roses cited them as an influence, and Morrissey was famously president of their UK fan club before forming The Smiths. In 2004, the singer reunited his idols for a show at London's Meltdown Festival, adding an unexpected second act to their career.\n\nOver the subsequent decade, Sylvain and Johansen, the only remaining members, released three well-received albums.\n\nIn 2019, Sylvain announced his cancer diagnosis, and a GoFundMe was set up to pay his medical bills, raising $79,500 (£58,000).\n\nThe band are cited as an influence by hundreds of musicians\n\nGuitarist Lenny Kaye, best known for playing with Patti Smith, paid tribute to Sylvain's \"heart, belief, and the way you whacked that E chord\".\n\n\"His onstage joy, his radiant smile as he chopped at his guitar, revealed the sense of wonder he must have felt at the age of 10, emigrating from his native Cairo with his family in 1961, the ship pulling into New York Harbor and seeing the Statue of Liberty for the first time.\n\n\"His role in the band was as lynchpin, keeping the revolving satellites of his bandmates in precision.\n\n\"Though he tried valiantly to keep the band going, in the end the Dolls' moral fable overwhelmed them, not before seeding an influence that would engender many rock generations yet to come.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Travellers from South America are no longer allowed to come into the UK, amid fears over a new coronavirus variant first identified in Brazil.\n\nThe UK's new travel ban - which also applies to Portugal and Cape Verde - came into force at 04:00 GMT on Friday.\n\nLike variants discovered in the UK and South Africa, it is thought the Brazil variant could be more contagious.\n\nVirologist Prof Wendy Barclay said one Brazilian variant had already been detected in the UK.\n\nHowever, she said this was not \"the variant of concern\", which is thought to be more infectious.\n\nProf Barclay, head of G2P-UK National Virology Consortium, which is studying the effects of emerging coronavirus mutations, said: \"There are two different types of Brazilian variants and one of them has been detected and one of them has not.\"\n\nShe added: \"The new Brazilian variant of concern, that was picked up in travellers going to Japan, has not been detected in the UK.\n\n\"Other variants that may have originated from Brazil have been previously found.\"\n\nEarlier, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps had told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the Brazilian variant of concern was not \"as far as we are aware\" already in the UK, adding that he did not believe there had been any flights from Brazil in the last week.\n\nIt comes as a further 1,248 people with coronavirus have died in the UK.\n\nLatest government figures on Thursday also showed another 48,682 new cases had been reported.\n\nMeanwhile, the number of people in the UK to have received the first dose of a vaccine is now approaching three million.\n\nThe UK's new travel ban applies to people who have travelled from, or through, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela in the last 10 days.\n\nIt also applies to Portugal - because of its strong links to Brazil - and the former Portuguese colony of Cape Verde off the coast of west Africa, as well as Panama in central America.\n\nBritish and Irish citizens and foreign nationals with residence rights are still allowed to return - but must isolate for 10 days.\n\nAlso exempt are hauliers who are travelling from Portugal to transport essential goods.\n\nBrazil has seen more than 200,000 deaths and there is concern about the impact the new mutation could have on its health system.\n\nHowever, the UK's travel ban was prompted by fears of how quickly the new variant could spread through the region - since Brazil borders 10 countries.\n\nMr Shapps has said the ban is \"precautionary\", adding he \"can't provide an end date\" to the new rules.\n\n\"We're so close now, we've got three million of these vaccines in people's arms in the UK,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"We want to make sure we don't fall at this last hurdle.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBecause holidays are not currently allowed, Mr Shapps said he did not \"expect a large number of Brits to have jaunted off to South America\", and the government was \"not expecting to see a big repatriation issue as a result\".\n\nOne family, who live in Wolverhampton, told the BBC they feared being stuck out in Brazil.\n\n\"I don't know if the government will organise flights,\" said Jon Dent, 31. He and his wife Carla travelled to the Brazilian city of Goiania in October to introduce their baby daughter to Carla's family.\n\n\"I think it's a long shot,\" he said. \"I hope we can get home and not be stranded out here for months. We've got to be patient but at the same time flexible.\"\n\nJon, pictured here with wife Carla and daughter Luiza, said his initial reaction to the news was worry\n\nMany countries imposed travel restrictions after new variants of Covid-19 were identified in the UK and South Africa.\n\nSeveral Central and South American nations - including Brazil - had already restricted travel from the UK before the latest ban on arrivals.\n\nThere is currently no evidence to suggest that any of the variants cause more serious illness, and scientists are confident that vaccines should work against them.\n\nAccording to Felipe Naveca, deputy director of research at the Brazilian state-run Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, the new variant's origin was \"undoubtedly\" from the Amazon region.\n\nHe told the BBC's South America correspondent Katy Watson the new variant showed some of the same mutations as the UK and South Africa variants - and \"some of these mutations have been linked to increased transmission and that is of concern\".\n\nMr Shapps also announced Qatar and the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba were being removed from the UK's travel corridor list, meaning arrivals from those places will need to self-isolate for 10 days from 04:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nMeanwhile, France has cracked down on the type of tests that travellers can take to show they are negative.\n\nFrom Monday, travellers will need to show a negative PCR test. Antigen tests - which are the rapid lateral flow tests - will no longer be accepted.\n\nHowever, Mr Shapps said arrangements allowing hauliers to use rapid lateral flow tests before crossing the border from the UK into France remained in place at the moment.\n\nFrom Monday, everyone travelling to England and Scotland will also have to show proof of a negative test. Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to announce their own plans in the coming days.\n\nHow have you been affected by the travel ban? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Northern Ireland's statistics agency has recorded its highest weekly Covid-19 related registered deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nNisra said 145 deaths were registered in the first week of 2021, although administrative delays over Christmas may have affected the number.\n\nThat brings the agency's death toll to 1,976 by 8 January.\n\nThe figures come as the chief medical officers from NI and the Republic issued a joint stay-at-home plea.\n\nDr Michael McBride and Dr Tony Holohan said they were \"gravely concerned\" about the \"unsustainably high level of Covid-19 infection\" across the island of Ireland.\n\nConcern was raised in the Republic of Ireland this week as figures showed it has the world's highest number of confirmed new Covid-19 cases per million people.\n\nOn Friday evening, the Irish Department of Health reported 50 further deaths with Covid-19 and 3,498 new cases of the virus. More than half (54%) of those newly diagnosed are under the age of 45.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the third week of a six-week lockdown, with ministers scheduled to review measures next week.\n\nHowever, health officials have warned that an extension of the restrictions could be required to reduce pressure on the health service.\n\nOf the 2,019 deaths recorded by Nisra by 8 January, 1,247 (62%) occurred in hospital, 622 (31%) in care homes, 12 (0.6%) in hospices and 138 (7%) at residential addresses or other locations.\n\nPeople aged 75 and over account for just over three-quarters of all Covid-19 related registered deaths (77.6%) between 19 March 2020 and 8 January 2021.\n\nJust over a fifth (22.2%) of all Covid-19 related registered deaths have been of people with an address in the Belfast council area.\n\nMeanwhile, the Department of Health reported 26 further Covid-related deaths on Friday.\n\nFive of these deaths did not occur in the past 24 hours.\n\nThe Department of Health bases its figures on a positive test result being recorded, whereas Nisra figures are based on mentions of the virus on death certificates, so people may or may not have been confirmed to have contracted the virus prior to death.\n\nA further 1,052 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 and 63 patients are being treated in intensive care units, 47 of whom are on ventilators.\n\nThe chief medical officers warned the high infection rate was having a \"significant impact\" on the health of the population and the \"safe functioning\" of the healthcare systems.\n\nThey said the public should avoid all unnecessary journeys, including cross-border travel.\n\nPointing out that many of the patients admitted to hospital in January have been younger than 65, they warned coronavirus could affect anyone, \"regardless of age or underlying condition\".\n\n\"It highlights the need for us all to protect one another by staying at home,\" said the medical officers.\n\nNorthern Ireland's spike in infections has been put down to an easing of restrictions over Christmas.\n\nAsked if he regretted being part of the decision to ease restrictions, Health Minister Robin Swann said the executive had tried to be balanced in its approach.\n\n\"I regret the pressures we see now in our hospitals, but let's remember it's caused by this virus, we have it in our power to bring it back under control and get us back to where we were in the summer,\" he told BBC News NI on Friday.\n\nMr Swann pleaded with people to follow the current restrictions.\n\n\"We're in the middle of a very tough six-week scenario, and how we come out of this will be a more graduated approach to make sure we get the benefits of what we've already done, and also the benefits of the vaccine.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kim Jong-un has been overseeing a huge military showcase broadcast by state media in North Korea\n\nNorth Korea has unveiled a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile, described by state media as \"the world's most powerful weapon\".\n\nSeveral of the missiles were displayed at a parade overseen by leader Kim Jong-un, reported state media.\n\nThe weapon's actual capabilities remain unclear, as it is not known to have been tested.\n\nThe show of military strength comes days before the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president.\n\nIt also follows a rare political meeting where Mr Kim decried the US as his country's \"biggest enemy\".\n\nImages released by North Korean state media showed at least four large black-and-white missiles being driven past flag-waving crowds.\n\nAnalysts noted it was a previously unseen weapon. \"New year, new Pukguksong,\" tweeted North Korea expert Ankit Panda, using the North Korean name for their submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).\n\nClad in a leather coat and fur hat, Mr Kim is pictured smiling and waving as he watched the display in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square, which also included infantry troops, artillery and tanks.\n\nThe missile was debuted at a military parade which came at the end of an important and rare political meeting\n\n\"The world's most powerful weapon, submarine-launch ballistic missile, entered the square one after another, powerfully demonstrating the might of the revolutionary armed forces,\" the official Korean Central News Agency said.\n\nThe event on Thursday did not showcase North Korea's largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which was unveiled at a much larger military parade in October. That colossal weapon is believed to be able to deliver a nuclear warhead to anywhere in the US, and its size had surprised even seasoned analysts when it was put on show last year.\n\nThe country's latest display of its arsenal comes at the end of a five-yearly congress of the ruling Workers' Party.\n\nIn his address to members last week, Mr Kim had pledged to expand North Korea's nuclear weapons and military potential, outlining a list of desired weapons including long-range ballistic missiles capable of being launched from land or sea and \"super-large warheads\".\n\nHe also said that the US was Pyongyang's \"biggest obstacle for our revolution and our biggest enemy... no matter who is in power, the true nature of its policy against North Korea will never change\".\n\nUnder Mr Kim's leadership North Korea has made rapid progress in its weapons programme, which it says is necessary to defend itself against a possible US invasion.\n\nThe unveiling of the new missiles appears designed to send the incoming Biden administration a message of the North's growing military prowess, say experts.\n\n\"They'd like us to notice that they're getting more proficient with larger solid rocket boosters,\" Mr Panda tweeted, noting what appeared to be new solid-fuel short-range ballistic missiles on display too. These missiles can be launched more quickly than liquid-fuelled varieties.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un: From enemies to frenemies\n\nOver the last four years, Pyongyang has had an erratic relationship with the US under President Donald Trump's administration. Mr Kim and Mr Trump engaged in mutual insults and threats of war before an unprecedented summit in Singapore in 2018 and declarations of love by the outgoing US leader.\n\nDespite the apparent warming of relations, little concrete progress was made on negotiations over North Korea's nuclear programme and a second summit in Hanoi in 2019 broke down after the US refused Pyongyang's demands for sanctions relief.\n\nKim Jong-un has had a busy week. In this rare party congress at the start of a new year he's earned a new title, pledged to build new nuclear weapons and now he's shown the world some new missiles.\n\nThe general secretary, the title posthumously awarded to his father by which he is now known, had been pretty quiet in 2020 and appeared very few times in state media.\n\nBut 2021 is looking rather different. The party congress has offered him a grand daily domestic platform - even if it is not getting the international attention it may have done due to events in the United States and a global pandemic.\n\nThe parading vehicles include a new submarine-launched ballistic missile and new short-range ballistic missiles. This is a show of strength - flexing the military muscle once more to show the people of North Korea that despite the current bleak economic outlook, this impoverished country is capable of designing and building new strategic weapons.\n\nIt also offers a direct challenge to the incoming US administration.\n\nNorth Korea appears willing to continue with its self-imposed isolation and being subject to strict economic sanctions, and the state has vowed to continue to build nuclear weapons in defiance of the international community.\n\nDuring the transfer of power, President Obama told Donald Trump that North Korea should be his top national security concern.\n\nIn the last four years a combination of US and UN sanctions, so-called \"maximum pressure\" policies and three summits between Mr Trump and Mr Kim have done nothing to alleviate those concerns.\n\nKim Jong-un has shown the new US president this week that he faces the daunting prospect of coming up with new solutions for this decades-old problem.", "Craig Ross had been quoted making comments about food bank users on a podcast\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives have dropped a Holyrood candidate over what they called \"unacceptable comments\".\n\nCraig Ross recorded a podcast last year in which he described food bank users as being more at risk of diabetes than starvation.\n\nHe also questioned the influence footballer Marcus Rashford has on UK government welfare policy.\n\nThe Conservatives suspended Mr Ross, then later announced he was \"no longer a candidate or a member of the party\".\n\nThe party had launched an investigation after the comments came to light, saying: \"These unacceptable comments do not reflect the views of the party.\"\n\nJustice Secretary Humza Yousaf had called for Mr Ross to be thrown out the party and dropped as the Conservative candidate in Glasgow Pollok.\n\nThe Holyrood elections are due to be held on 6 May.\n\nMr Ross, a former lecturer at Langside College, runs a podcast in which he delivers reaction to pieces in The Guardian newspaper \"from the centre-right\".\n\nIn one episode recorded in June 2020, Mr Ross talked about the percentage of body fat of \"ordinary people\".\n\nOriginally reported in the Daily Record, his comments were in response to a Channel 4 News piece featuring foodbanks.\n\nHe said: \"We have no real grasp of just how ridiculously overweight the population is.\n\n\"I'm not saying that every single person who claims to be really hungry and is reliant on charity is also very overweight.\n\n\"But what I am saying is if Channel 4 News is having a reasonable go at showing the reality of food bank usage, then we know the people that they filmed are far from starving. If anything their biggest risk is not starvation, it's diabetes.\"\n\nOn Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, who has called on Boris Johnson to review the UK government's free school meals policy, Mr Ross said: \"Has Marcus Rashford stood for election to anything? Not that I'm aware of.\"", "The government is assessing the impact of a \"technical issue\" that led to 150,000 records being deleted from police databases.\n\nThe error, first reported in the Times, saw data including fingerprint, DNA and arrest histories wiped after being accidentally flagged for deletion.\n\nThe Home Office said the lost entries related to people who were arrested and then released without further action.\n\nBut Labour said it presented \"huge dangers\" for public safety.\n\nThe data was lost from the Police National Computer - a system that stores and shares criminal records information across the UK.\n\nIt is used to help police investigations and provides real-time checks on people, vehicles and crimes, as well as whether suspects are wanted for any unsolved offences.\n\nA coding error resulted in records that had been flagged for deletion being lost from the database before checks had been carried out to determine whether they could be lawfully held or not.\n\nThe data loss could hinder future police investigations because the fingerprint or DNA evidence would not be able to be cross-checked against evidence from other crime scenes.\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse said the problem had been identified and the process corrected so \"it cannot happen again\" - with the Home Office, National Police Chiefs' Council and other law enforcement partners working \"at pace\" to recover the data.\n\n\"While the loss relates to individuals who were arrested and then released with no further action, I have asked officials and the police to confirm their initial assessment that there is no threat to public safety,\" he said.\n\nThe Home Office said no records of criminal or dangerous persons had been deleted.\n\nThe records are linked to police investigations that were terminated before charge (No Further Action or NFA cases) or to those where an individual had been acquitted at court.\n\nIt is not yet known how many records of each type were lost and full extent of deletions is still being investigated.\n\nThe loss of the data means that officers on the ground may get an incomplete search result when interrogating the system.\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called on Home Secretary Priti Patel to take responsibility for the error and be clear about the impact it had had.\n\n\"She must urgently make a statement about what has gone wrong, the extent of the issue, and what action is being taken to reassure the public. Answers must be given.\"\n\n\"This is an extraordinarily serious security breach that presents huge dangers for public safety.\"\n\nFormer Cumbria Police chief constable Stuart Hyde told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the \"very large\" loss of arrest records presented a \"risk to public safety\".\n\nHe said: \"In order to understand the scale, if you think that about between 6-700,000 people are arrested every year in the UK, that's a very large proportion of those people.\"\n\nIt comes after around 40,000 alerts relating to European criminals were removed from the same database, the PNC, following Britain's post-Brexit deal with the EU.", "Despite the huge need to free up space in hospitals, some care homes say insurance issues make it impossible for them to accept Covid-19 patients.\n\nIn October, the government launched a scheme for designated care homes to take patients recovering from the virus but insurance is a stumbling block.\n\nSir David Behan, head of the UK's largest care home company, HC-One, says insurance has become a major concern.\n\nThe government says it is working to resolve the issue.\n\n\"We are aware the adult social care insurance market is changing in response to the pandemic, and recognise some care providers may encounter difficulties as their policies come up for renewal,\" said a Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson.\n\nOne Hampshire care home says it will have to stop taking patients within days because its insurance will expire.\n\nWaterside House in Netley, Hampshire usually provides holidays and respite care for people with disabilities.\n\nBut since the autumn it has been taking Covid-positive patients discharged from hospitals on the south coast.\n\nThey are looked after on a separate floor from other residents, and the home has had to meet high infection control standards.\n\nHome manager Sarah Knight said demand for the 31 beds is unparalleled and added: \"I've been in nursing a long, long time, and I have never known anything like this.\n\n\"People end up in an ambulance sat outside hospitals for hours and hours, or they end up on a trolley in A&E in a corridor for hours and hours.\n\n\"By offering the best that we've got here, we can reduce some of that burden.\"\n\nJan Tregelles is chief executive of the charity Revitalise which runs Waterside House\n\nThe government originally hoped there would be 500 designated care homes taking in Covid-positive patients.\n\nBut Waterside House is one of only 129 which have been set up to take those who have not completed 14 days in isolation.\n\nHowever, its public indemnity insurance protection, which it needs in case someone contracts Covid there, runs out at the end of January.\n\nWaterside House is run by the charity Revitalise, whose chief executive, Jan Tregelles, said they have tried everything, but will soon have to start turning away people.\n\n\"It's shocking,\" she says. \"We are truly helpless. We have a fantastic team of nurses and colleagues already.\n\n\"The facilities are here, everything's arranged and we can't step up to support our communities at this time.\"\n\nOne resident, Alan Washbourne, who has been living at Waterside House since he was discharged from hospital during the first wave of the pandemic, said: \"I feel quite safe here.\"\n\nHe is not on the Covid floor of the home, and added: \"If I were to go to somewhere else, which is possible, I might not feel quite so safe.\"\n\nAlan Washbourne has been at Waterside House since April last year\n\nAfter so many deaths last spring, many care homes will not consider taking patients who are Covid-positive, even with extra infection control measures.\n\nMeanwhile, growing numbers of staff are off sick or self-isolating, leaving care homes facing shortages.\n\nAnd many are also finding it difficult to get the public indemnity insurance.\n\nSir David Behan is chairman of HC-One, the UK's largest care home provider\n\nSince November, HC-One, which is the UK's largest care home provider, has had to cover its own Covid risks because it cannot get the insurance.\n\nSir David said it is one of the reasons why they have not taken part in the designated places scheme.\n\n\"You've got solicitors' firms advertising, taking cases up against care companies,\" he says.\n\n\"So, this isn't a theoretical risk that there may be proceedings, it's an actual risk, and therefore we need cover.\n\n\"The NHS wouldn't operate without similar liability cover and that's what we need to see, and I think governments have a role to play working with the insurance industry to work to find a solution.\"\n\nThe Department for Health and Social Care said it was making efforts to determine what actions it could take.\n\n\"Our priority is to ensure everyone receives the right care, in the right place, at the right time,\" said a spokesperson.", "The licence fee is the \"least worst\" way of funding the BBC, its incoming chairman Richard Sharp has said.\n\nBut Mr Sharp told MPs he had an \"open mind\" about how the corporation should be funded in the future, and it \"may be worth reassessing\" the current system.\n\nHe also said he didn't think the BBC's Brexit coverage was biased overall, but \"there were some occasions when the Brexit representation was unbalanced\".\n\nQuestion Time \"seemed to have more Remainers than Brexiteers\", he said.\n\nBBC Three's Normal People was one of the corporation's biggest hits last year\n\nThe £157.50 licence fee is due to stay in place until at least 2027, when the BBC's Royal Charter ends, with a debate about how the broadcaster should be funded after that.\n\nMr Sharp, who spent 23 years working as a banker for Goldman Sachs, told the House of Commons digital, culture, media and sport select committee: \"At 43p a day, the BBC represents terrific value.\"\n\nThe government is currently reviewing whether its cost should continue rising with inflation from 2022, and whether non-payment should remain a criminal offence. Mr Sharp said he was \"not in favour of decriminalisation\".\n\nHe said other possible options for funding the BBC in the future could include a household tax like the one used in Germany, \"which amounts to the same amount of money\".\n\nHe added: \"So when we next get the chance to review the structure of this then it may be worth reassessing.\"\n\nAsked whether he believed the BBC's coverage of Brexit had been unbalanced, he replied: \"No, actually I don't.\n\n\"I believe there were some occasions when the Brexit representation was unbalanced.\n\n\"So if you ask me if I think Question Time seemed to have more Remainers than Brexiteers, the answer is yes, but the breadth of the coverage I thought was incredibly balanced, in a highly toxic environment that was extremely polarised.\"\n\nQuestion Time has said it has robust processes in place to ensure balance on its panels.\n\nMr Sharp said he was \"considered to be a Brexiteer\" and had donated around £400,000 to the Conservative Party over the past 20 years.\n\nHe said the biggest issue now facing the BBC is impartiality, and that \"trust in leadership and trust in processes\" must be rebuilt after high-profile equal pay cases with journalists such as Carrie Gracie and Samira Ahmed.\n\n\"Clearly some of the problems it's had recently are really rather terrible and reflect a culture that needs to be rebuilt, so everybody who cherishes the BBC and works at the BBC feels proud and happy to work there,\" he said. \"Then in my view that would produce a better output inevitably.\"\n\nMr Sharp also told the committee he would give his £160,000 salary as BBC chairman to charity.\n\nWhen asked \"what's in it for you?\" Mr Sharp, whose heritage is Jewish, said: \"We're all a product of our upbringing and I was very fortunate with the parents I have, my great grandparents came to this country escaping tyranny.\n\n\"I think I won the lottery in life to be British and if I can make a contribution, I couldn't be happier to.\n\n\"The BBC is part of the fabric of all our national identities, it offers education and enrichment and is also important for our position in the world... It is a massive privilege to be chair of the BBC.\"\n\nSir David Clementi, the current BBC chairman, steps down in February. The post-holder is officially appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the government.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "It's likely there are variants all over the world - Vallance\n\nITV's Libby Wiener asks if the move to put restrictions in at the borders is too late. The PM says the government is taking steps to protect against the new variants. \"We have a situation now where we have a very high rate of domestic infection in the UK combined with a vaccination programme,\" he says. \"There will come a point in the next weeks and months where the vaccination programme will take effect... and you will see a decline in the death rate. \"What you can't have is a situation where you have new variants with unknown qualities coming in from abroad and that's why we have set up the system to stop arrivals where new variants are a concern.\" Sir Patrick Vallance says the virus is changing all the time and he suspects there are variants \"all over the world of different types\". \"The countries which have detected them first have got good sequencing,\" he says.", "The UK economy shrank by 2.6% in November as England was placed in lockdown for a second time, official figures show.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics said it meant gross domestic product was 8.5% below its pre-pandemic peak.\n\nNovember's decline came after six consecutive months of growth.\n\nPubs and hairdressers were badly hit as the service sector suffered, the ONS said, but some manufacturing and construction activity improved.\n\nThe hit to the service sector - which accounts for about three-quarters of the UK economy - meant it contracted by 3.4% in November, and is now 9.9% below the level of February 2020.\n\nSome economists said the November figure was better than expected, and it appeared many companies were better prepared for the second lockdown, with some sectors staying open for business and many firms having already put in place plans to expand online operations.\n\n\"Steps taken by businesses earlier in the year to Covid-proof their operations - combined with the time-limited nature of the restrictions, and schools remaining open - meant more companies were able to continue trading safely,\" said Alpesh Paleja, lead economist at the CBI employers' group.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said the figures showed \"it's clear things will get harder before they get better and today's figures highlight the scale of the challenge we face\".\n\nBut he said the vaccine roll-out and economic support measures meant there were reasons to be hopeful. \"With this support, and the resilience and enterprise of the British people, we will get through this,\" he said.\n\nShadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said the figures showed the UK has an economic \"mountain to climb\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, she said it would be a \"serious mistake\" if Mr Sunak waited until the Budget in March before providing more support and confidence for business.\n\nONS director for economic statistics Darren Morgan said: \"The economy took a hit from restrictions put in place to contain the pandemic during November, with pubs and hairdressers seeing the biggest impact.\"\n\nHowever, he said many firms adjusted to the new pandemic working conditions, such as by expanding click and collect and other online operations.\n\nHe added: \"Manufacturing and construction generally continued to operate, while schools also stayed open, meaning the impact on the economy was significantly smaller in November than during the first lockdown.\n\n\"Car manufacturing, bolstered by demand from abroad, housebuilding and infrastructure grew and are now all above their pre-pandemic levels.\" Construction activity grew by 1.9% during the month.\n\nGross domestic product (GDP) is the sum (measured in pounds) of the value of goods and services produced in the economy.\n\nBut the measurement most people focus on is the percentage change - the growth of the country's economy over a period of time, typically a quarter (three months) or a year.\n\nIf the GDP measure is up on the previous three months, the economy is growing. That generally means more wealth and more new jobs.\n\nIf it is negative, the economy is shrinking.\n\nDespite the GDP figure being better than some analysts had forecast, there are still concerns that the UK could be heading back into recession.\n\nEconomists have warned the UK could see a double-dip recession if restrictions remain in place in the first three months of 2021.\n\nRory Macqueen, from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, said the November figures confirm a significant slowdown in the last quarter of 2020, \"despite November's lockdown in England clearly having a far smaller effect than the first\".\n\nJames Smith, research director of the Resolution Foundation, said there would be a lot of comment about whether these figures point to the UK heading for only its second-ever double-dip recession on record.\n\nBut, he said, the real \"story of the year will be a vaccine-driven bounce back in economic activity for sectors like hospitality and leisure\".\n\n\"The chancellor must do everything he can to support that recovery once public health restrictions ease,\" he added.\n\nAnalysts at Capital Economics also said there was cause for optimism, saying that the current third lockdown could have less impact than feared.\n\n\"The economy has built up a fair bit of immunity to lockdowns, as November's lockdown was much less painful for the economy than the first lockdown.\n\n\"As a result, the Covid-19 economic hole is smaller than we thought, the economy may get back to its pre-crisis crisis level a bit sooner and it makes us more confident that the Bank of England probably won't resort to negative interest rates.\"\n\nThe fall in the economy in November was still considerable, but the figures show businesses adapting to difficult conditions. The hit was a fraction of what occurred in the first lockdown last April, and was mainly confined to the service sector, with pubs and hairdressing for example in sharp decline.\n\nManufacturing and construction largely remained open, as did previously shut public services such as schools. By November car manufacturing and house building were back above the level of output before the pandemic.\n\nThe trade figures also showed a £7bn increase in EU imports in the three months to November as traders stockpiled car parts, medicines and other goods ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period.\n\nThe renewed regional tiered restrictions in December, and more severe national lockdowns this month, still indicate a possible return to overall recession in this tough winter.\n\nBusiness groups continue to argue that extra support is required to support jobs and cash flow well before the Budget in March. But a more sustained lifting of restrictions as vaccines are rolled out should see growth return after the spring.", "Black people are four more times more likely than white people to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act, according to NHS figures.\n\nWhen Antonio Ferreira was sectioned he says he felt he was discriminated against because of his skin colour.\n\nNow a student at Essex University, he hopes to improve police understanding of mental health problems.\n\nIf you are experiencing emotional stress, help and support is available via BBC Action Line.", "The governor of Amazonas state warned of a \"critical\" moment and has implemented a curfew\n\nHospitals in the Brazilian city of Manaus have reached breaking point while treating Covid-19 patients, amid reports of severe oxygen shortages and desperate staff.\n\nThe city, in Amazonas state, has seen a surge of deaths and infections.\n\nHealth professionals, quoted by local media, warned \"many people\" could die due to lack of supplies and assistance.\n\nBrazil has recorded more than 205,000 virus deaths - the second-highest tally in the world, behind the US.\n\nA new coronavirus variant has recently emerged in Brazil, with several cases in travellers arriving in Japan traced back to the Amazonas region.\n\nAmazonas suffered heavy losses in the first wave of the pandemic but is also being badly hit by a new rise in infections.\n\nRefrigerated containers were brought to hospitals to help store bodies last week, as authorities declared a state of emergency.\n\nJessem Orellana, from the Fiocruz-Amazonia scientific investigation institute, told the AFP news agency that some hospitals in Manaus had \"run out of oxygen\" with some centres becoming \"a type of suffocation chamber\" for patients.\n\nThe researcher told Brazilian media she had received reports from the front-line of \"dramatic\" scenes playing out in some hospitals.\n\nReports in the daily Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper described desperate staff having to try to keep patients alive through manual ventilation.\n\nIn a widely shared video from the region, a female medical worker asks the internet for help: \"We're in an awful state. Oxygen has simply run out across the whole unit today.\"\n\n\"There is no oxygen and lots of people are dying,\" she says in the clip. \"If anyone has any oxygen, please bring it to the clinic. There are so many people dying.\"\n\nThe UK has banned travellers from much of Latin America over a new variant detected in Brazil\n\nAmazonas Governor Wilson Lima said the state was \"in the most critical moment of the pandemic\" and has announced a nightly curfew will begin at 19:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Friday to try to stem the spread.\n\nMarcellus Campelo, a local health secretary, said the state needed three times the amount of oxygen it can produce locally and appealed for help.\n\nBrazil's vice-president shared images on Twitter of the air force transporting hospital supplies, including oxygen cylinders and stretchers, to the city as reports of the situation spread throughout the country.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHealth officials also say some patients will be airlifted to other states for treatment due to the demand for intensive care units, Reuters reports.\n\nFelipe Naveca, deputy director of research at the state-run Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, told the BBC's South America correspondent Katy Watson that the new variant had evolved separately from those in the UK and South Africa, but that it showed some of the same characteristics: \"Some of these mutations have been linked to increased transmission and that is of concern.\"\n\nMr Naveca said that they did not yet have any data to suggest that existing vaccines would be any less effective against the new variant. \"We have to do a lot more sequencing of samples to answer that question,\" he said.\n\nHowever, on Thursday UK officials announced a ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde due to the new strain.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. At Fullwell Cross Medical Centre, north London, they are now vaccinating almost 1,000 people a week\n\nFake news is likely to be causing some people from the UK's South Asian communities to reject the Covid vaccine, a doctor has warned.\n\nDr Harpreet Sood, who is leading an NHS anti-disinformation drive, said it was \"a big concern\" and officials were working \"to correct so much fake news\".\n\nHe said language and cultural barriers played a part in the false information.\n\nA GP in the West Midlands told the BBC some of her South Asian patients had refused the vaccine when offered it.\n\nDr Sood, from NHS England, said officials were working with South Asian role models, influencers, community leaders and religious leaders to help debunk myths about the vaccine.\n\nMuch of the disinformation surrounds the contents of the vaccine.\n\nHe said: \"We need to be clear and make people realise there is no meat in the vaccine, there is no pork in the vaccine, it has been accepted and endorsed by all the religious leaders and councils and faith communities.\"\n\n\"We're trying to find role models and influencers and also thinking about ordinary citizens who need to be quick with this information so that they can all support one another because ultimately everyone is a role model to everyone\", he added.\n\n\"There's a big piece of work happening where we're translating information, we're making sure the look and feel of it reaches the populations that matter.\"\n\nSome of the disinformation seen by the BBC on social media and on WhatsApp is religiously targeted. Messages falsely claim the vaccines contain animal produce - eating pork goes against the religious beliefs of Muslims, as does eating beef for Hindus.\n\nDr Samara Afzal has been vaccinating people in Dudley, West Midlands. She said: \"We've been calling all patients and booking them in for vaccines but the admin staff say when they call a lot of the South Asian patients they decline and refuse to have the vaccination.\n\n\"Also talking to friends and family have found the same. I've had friends calling me telling me to convince their parents or their grandparents to have the vaccination because other family members have convinced them not to have it\".\n\nWe need to be clear and make people realise there is no meat in the vaccine, there is no pork in the vaccine, it has been accepted and endorsed by all the religious leaders\n\nReena Pujara is a beauty therapist in Hampshire and a practising Hindu. She said she's been bombarded with false information.\n\n\"Some of the videos are quite disturbing especially when you actually see the person reporting is a medic and telling you that the vaccine is going to alter your DNA,\" she said.\n\n\"For a layman it is very confusing. And also when you read that the ingredients in the vaccine derive from a cow - and as Hindus the cow is sacred to us - it is disturbing.\"\n\nAbout 100 mosques have a joined a campaign to counter vaccine disinformation and persuade their communities to take the vaccine. They've said they'll use their Friday sermons to urge people to have the jab.\n\n\"There should be no hesitation in taking [the vaccine] from a moral perspective,\" said Qari Asim, chair of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board (MINAB), which has organised the campaign. \"It is our ethical duty to protect ourselves and others from harm.\"\n\nVaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi told the BBC's Asian Network that faith and community leaders had a big role to play in ensuring a high take-up of the vaccine. He said he had met with more than 150 leaders from Sikh, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim communities who were taking the message out \"that it's the right thing to do\".\n\nHe added that the government was taking steps to tackle online disinformation around the vaccine, as well as making sure vaccine guidance was available in many different languages.\n\nA recent poll, commissioned by the Royal Society of Public Health, suggested just over half of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people would be happy to have the coronavirus vaccine.\n\nIt found 57% said they would take the vaccine - compared with 79% of white people.", "Exam results are likely to appear before the end of the summer term\n\nExam results for A-levels and GCSEs in England could be published in early July this year, according to proposals for replacing cancelled exams.\n\nA consultation launched by the exams watchdog and the Department for Education confirmed that grades will be decided by teacher assessment.\n\nBut results this summer are likely to be released much earlier than usual.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said pupils would receive \"a grade that reflects their ability\".\n\nThere are also likely to be written test papers set by exam boards, but marked by teachers, with some later checks if there are concerns about fairness.\n\nFor vocational qualifications, exams which use mostly written papers are also likely to use teachers' grades - but qualifications which need a test of practical, hands-on skills will have separate arrangements.\n\nOfqual and the Department for Education have formally launched a two-week consultation on a system for how results will be decided, after disruption from the pandemic forced the cancellation of exams.\n\nThis is the second year of exam results being disrupted by the pandemic\n\nFor A-levels and GCSEs this could see the scrapping of the traditional results days in August, with a proposal to publish the results in \"early July\", increasing the time for appeals and adding more time before the start of the university term.\n\nLast year the process of replacement results ended with U-turns and confusion, as an algorithm initially used for deciding grades was abandoned and teachers' assessments used instead.\n\nThis time there will be no algorithm, but from the outset the process will rely on the judgement of teachers, who will be asked to use evidence such as coursework, essays, homework and mock exams.\n\nThere are also proposals for test papers, or mini-exams, which would be set by examiners but which would be likely to be marked within schools by teachers.\n\nThese would inform teachers' decisions rather than be a fixed proportion of the final grade - and could be used as evidence for any scrutiny of the reliability of a school's results or if there were appeals over grades.\n\nThere is also a recognition they might have to be taken by some pupils at home.\n\nBut it has still to be decided whether it would be mandatory to take these exams, and whether there would be a single paper per subject or the option to take more.\n\nThe Department for Education has said pupils will not face tests in subject areas they have not covered.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said the proposals seemed \"sensible\".\n\nBut he said the written tests would have to be \"exceptionally well designed\" to make them fair between students \"whose learning has been disrupted by the pandemic to greatly varying extents\".\n\n\"There are still many questions left unanswered,\" said the National Education Union's co-leader Kevin Courtney, about how tests could be flexible enough and how appeals will be decided.\n\nThere will be a process of training teachers in how the grading system will operate and be consistent between different schools.\n\nFor vocational qualifications, the proposals say those closer to written A-level and GCSE exams will be graded in a similar way to the academic exams, using teacher assessment to replace written papers.\n\nThere will be different approaches for qualifications requiring proof of practical skills, but there will be arrangements to make this possible.\n\nSome BTec exams have already gone ahead this month and IGCSE exams are still planned to continue this summer.\n\nA-levels and GCSEs have been cancelled in Wales and Northern Ireland, and in Scotland the Nationals, Highers and Advanced Highers have also been scrapped.\n\nEngland's Education Secretary, Mr Williamson, said: \"Fairness to young people has been and will continue to be fundamental to every decision we take on these issues.\"", "Men who had already had the virus were asked to donate blood plasma for the trial\n\nA potential treatment for Covid using blood plasma does not reduce deaths among hospital patients, trials show.\n\nThe results are a blow to researchers and the NHS, which led the drive to collect plasma donations.\n\nThis arm of the Recovery trial, which is investigating a number of promising Covid treatments, has now been closed.\n\nThe Oxford researchers involved say they are \"incredibly grateful\" for the contribution of patients across the country.\n\nDonations of plasma were temporarily suspended, according to NHS Blood and Transplant.**\n\nThere had been huge international interest in the role of convalescent plasma as a possible treatment for hospital patients with Covid-19.\n\nThe treatment involves blood plasma being taken from people who have recovered from the disease - which contains antibodies to coronavirus - and transfused into seriously ill patients.\n\nIt was hoped the plasma donation would give the recipient's struggling immune system a boost to fight off Covid.\n\nThe NHS had been urging people to donate, particularly men who are thought to have higher levels of antibodies in their blood.\n\nBut early analysis of 1,873 deaths in a study of 10,400 UK patients shows the treatment made \"no significant difference\".\n\nIn the group treated with convalescent plasma, 18% of patients died within 28 days - the same figure for the group given standard treatment.\n\nPatients in the study are still being followed up and the final results will be published shortly.\n\nEarlier this week, a separate study showed no evidence that the same treatment improved outcomes for patients in intensive care.\n\nMartin Landray, chief investigator and professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, said the Recovery trial showed \"the value of large randomised trials to properly assess the role of potential treatments\".\n\nThe trial is still investigating other treatments, including tocilizumab, aspirin and an antibody cocktail.\n\nProf Peter Horby, who also worked on the trial, said the largest ever trial of convalescent plasma \"was only possible thanks to the generous donation of plasma by recovered patients and the willingness of current patients to contribute to advancing medical care\".\n\n\"While the overall result is negative, we need to await the full results before we can understand whether convalescent plasma has any role in particular patient sub-groups,\" he said.\n\n**NHS Blood and Transplant restarted donations of blood plasma on 20 January. They could be used to see whether particular groups of patients, such as those with low antibody levels, could benefit.\n\nInternational trials are also testing if plasma helps people when it's used much earlier in the disease, before people get to hospital.", "One of two coronavirus variants first detected in Brazil has been found in the UK, says a leading scientist advising the government.\n\nBut the version discovered is not the \"variant of concern\", Prof Wendy Barclay clarified.\n\nThe \"variant of concern\" from Brazil, detected in travellers to Japan, is thought to be more infectious.\n\nIt led to travellers from South America and Portugal being banned from entering the UK on Friday.\n\nProf Wendy Barclay, who is heading a newly-launched project to study the effects of emerging coronavirus mutations called the G2P-UK National Virology Consortium, said: \"There are two different types of Brazilian variants and one of them has been detected and one of them has not.\"\n\nProf Barclay, who also sits on Nervtag, a committee which advises government on new and emerging respiratory virus threats, said the variant was \"probably introduced some time ago\" and it \"will be being traced very carefully\".\n\nShe added: \"The new Brazilian variant of concern, that was picked up in travellers going to Japan, has not been detected in the UK.\n\n\"Other variants that may have originated from Brazil have been previously found.\"\n\nThe body which collects and analyses the genomes of virus samples - Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium (Cog-UK) - said this variant seen in the UK contained one of the mutations found in the Brazilian \"variant of concern\".\n\nThe mutation, also found in the South African variant, has been linked to a reduced antibody response meaning our bodies might be less able to fight it off.\n\nCog-UK said this alone was not enough to qualify it as a \"variant of concern\", thought it acknowledged \"no internationally agreed definition of a variant of concern has yet been agreed\".\n\nIn other variants of concern, the mutation sits alongside a \"constellation\" of others which together amount to a high chance of making the virus more transmissible.\n\nIt comes as a further 1,248 people with coronavirus have died in the UK.\n\nThe latest government figures on Thursday also showed another 48,682 new cases had been reported.\n\nMeanwhile, the latest estimate for the reproduction (R) number in the UK - which represents the average number of people that one infected person will pass on a virus to - is between 1.2 and 1.3.\n\nLast week it was estimated at between 1 and 1.4 by the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies.\n\nWhen the figure is above 1, the number of cases increases exponentially.\n\nDespite other variants entering the country since, the Kent variant remains dominant in the UK and is believed to be 30-50% more infectious than the previous form of the virus.\n\nViruses acquire random changes to their genes constantly as they replicate.\n\nMany are neutral or even hurt the virus's ability to spread, but those that give it an advantage will become more common.\n\nMutations are being detected now because enough time has passed for those random changes to take hold.\n\nEven though there is no evidence any of these mutations make the virus more deadly, a virus that infects more people is likely to have a higher death toll.\n\nWhen the virus gets better at sticking onto and breaking into human cells, in theory someone exposed to the same dose is more likely to become ill.\n\nThe use of masks and personal protective equipment, social distancing and hand washing remain the best defences against the virus's spread.\n\nDowning Street said current evidence did not suggest the concerning Brazilian variant affected vaccines or treatment.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Shapps described the travel ban, which came into force at 04:00 GMT on Friday, as a \"precautionary\" measure.\n\nIt covers people who have travelled from or through, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela in the last 10 days.\n\nThe ban also applies to Portugal - because of its strong links to Brazil - and the former Portuguese colony of Cape Verde off the coast of west Africa, as well as Panama in central America.\n\nBritish and Irish citizens and foreign nationals with residence rights are still allowed to return - but must isolate for 10 days.\n\nAlso exempt are hauliers who are travelling from Portugal to transport essential goods.\n\nDr Mike Tildesley, an epidemiologist who is part of the government's Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, said the travel ban should minimise the risk from a \"more transmissible\" variant.\n\n\"We always have this issue with travel bans, of course, that we're always a little bit behind the curve,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"My understanding is that there haven't really been any flights coming from Brazil for about the past week, so hopefully the immediate travel ban should really minimise the risk.\"\n\nDowning Street said it acted \"as quickly as possible\" to impose the travel ban because the concerning Brazilian variant \"could pose a significant risk to the UK\".\n\nHowever, Portugal's government has described the ban as \"absurd\" and illogical\".\n\nThe country's minister of foreign affairs Augusto Santos Silva said he had requested a conversation with his British counterpart after the \"sudden and unexpected\" suspension of flights.\n\nHe added Portugal was already restricting flights from Brazil and there was \"no evidence\" the new variant existed in his country.", "Police investigations have been compromised by an error that led to hundreds of thousands of records being deleted from UK-wide databases, according to a letter seen by the BBC.\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council said 213,000 records were deleted - more than the 150,000 first reported.\n\nThis resulted in a couple of \"near misses\" for serious crimes when trying to identify an offender, it said.\n\nThe Home Office has said it is assessing the impact of the mistake.\n\nData including fingerprint, DNA, and arrest histories was wiped from the Police National Computer (PNC) - which stores and shares criminal records information across the UK - after being inadvertently flagged for deletion.\n\nThe PNC is used in police investigations and provides real-time checks on people, vehicles and crimes, as well as whether suspects are wanted for any unsolved offences.\n\nThe Home Office said the lost entries related to people who were arrested and then released without further action.\n\nBut the letter from the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) says officers are aware of at least one instance where the DNA profile from a suspect in custody did not generate a match to a crime scene as expected, potentially impeding the investigation.\n\nIt says that some of the records had been marked for indefinite retention following earlier convictions for serious offences.\n\nAnd it reveals that a \"weeding system\", developed and deployed by a Home Office PNC team, started to delete records wrongly last November.\n\nThe process was only brought to a halt at the start of this week.\n\nThe letter was sent on Friday afternoon by Deputy Chief Constable Naveed Malik of the NPCC to chief constables and police and crime commissioners.\n\nThe deletion of the records has been blamed on a coding error.\n\nThis resulted in records that had been flagged for deletion being lost from the database before checks had been carried out to determine whether they could be lawfully held or not.\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse said the problem had been identified and the process corrected so \"it cannot happen again\".\n\nHe said the Home Office, National Police Chiefs' Council and other law enforcement partners were working \"at pace\" to recover the data.\n\nThe Home Office said no records of criminal or dangerous persons had been deleted.\n\nBut Labour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called on Home Secretary Priti Patel to take responsibility for the error and be clear about the impact it had had.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, he described the situation as \"extraordinarily serious\", adding: \"Priti Patel will be responsible for criminals walking free. We're not going to be able to link suspects to crime scenes without the DNA and fingerprint evidence.\"\n\nA home office source said the accusation was \"scaremongering and irresponsible\".\n\nFormer Cumbria Police Chief Constable Stuart Hyde told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday the \"very large\" loss of arrest records presented a \"risk to public safety\".\n\nThe records are linked to police investigations that were terminated before charge (No Further Action or NFA cases) or to those where an individual had been acquitted at court.\n\nIt is not yet known how many records of each type were lost and full extent of deletions is still being investigated. A minister is expected to update the House of Commons on Monday.\n\nIt comes after about 40,000 alerts relating to European criminals were removed from the PNC following the UK's post-Brexit security deal with the EU.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The pharmacy in Gwynedd is offering the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab\n\nA pharmacy has become the first in Wales to offer Covid jabs, as community vaccine trials begin.\n\nFifty people with appointments are to visit the pharmacy near Pwllheli, Gwynedd, on Friday to receive their first shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nThe pilot has begun in pharmacies in Betsi Cadwaladr health board.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said community pharmacists can help with vaccinations \"in more than one way\".\n\nIt follows a letter from Community Pharmacy Wales to Wales' health minister which said there was an \"urgent need\" to use pharmacies in Wales to help roll out coronavirus vaccines.\n\nUK Government figures show 126,375 people in Wales, 4% of the population, have received their first coronavirus jab so far.\n\nThat compares with 4.1% (224,840) in Scotland, 4.9% in England (2,769,164) and 6% (114,567) in Northern Ireland.\n\nHundreds more pharmacies in Wales will offer the jab in the next two weeks.\n\nRosie Bennett, one of the patients to receive a vaccination at Fferyllwyr H L Taylor Pharmacy in Llanbedrog, said getting her vaccine was a \"small step to a better future\".\n\nThe 82-year-old said: \"I don't have a car, so it was a huge relief to know that I wouldn't have to travel a long distance to have the vaccine.\n\n\"Here in the village, we know the staff at the chemists. They've been doing a great job during the pandemic and it's reassuring to have the vaccine from someone you know.\"\n\nSteffan John, the pharmacist who administered the vaccine to Rosie, said the staff are \"really pleased to do their bit for the community\".\n\nPharmacist Llyr Hughes, who runs four pharmacies, including Fferyllwyr H L Taylor Pharmacy, said \"vaccinating at scale\" was the \"only way out of the pandemic\".\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Mr Hughes said he expected the rollout to happen \"very quickly across all community pharmacies in Wales\".\n\n\"I don't forsee any big problems,\" he said.\n\n\"Community pharmacists have a wealth of experience in delivering flu vaccinations.\n\n\"We will tailor our work model to accommodate for this, as we did for the flu vaccine.\"\n\nMr Hughes said his pharmacy will have vaccinated in the region of more than 100 people by Saturday afternoon.\n\nHe added: \"If we can deliver locally we can provide easier access to older patients.\"\n\nHe explained local patients would be contacted about an appointment for the vaccine at the pharmacy.\n\nMr John said that the vaccine comes in vials of ten doses which means it's \"important to vaccinate that many people at a time and not to waste any\".\n\nLlyr Hughes who runs Fferyllwyr H L Taylor Pharmacy said 50 patients will be vaccinated today\n\nHowever, Mr Drakeford told Friday's Welsh Government press briefing that not all pharmacy premises would be suitable to deliver the Covid vaccines.\n\nHe said some community pharmacists could be asked to administer vaccinations at mass vaccination centres instead, in cases where spaces for vaccinations are small at pharmacies with high volumes of people.\n\nWales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the rollout was still in the \"early stages\" of the \"largest vaccination programme Wales has ever seen\".\n\n\"People can be expected to be asked to attend either a mass or community centre, hospital, GP practice, pharmacy or mobile unit,\" he added.\n\nMr Gething said a mix of vaccination sites and centres were chosen so \"everyone across the country has equal access to a vaccination\".\n\nHe added that people will be notified for an appointment, and before that they should not call GPs or health services to request a vaccine and \"add undue pressure\" to their workloads.\n\nPlaid Cymru's health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said Wales' vaccination programme was \"improving far, far too slowly\".\n\n\"As important as it is that we have one pharmacy doing it, what's happening in all the others?\"\n\nPaul Davies, leader of the Conservatives in the Senedd, said it was clear Wales was \"lagging behind\" the rest of the UK on delivering the vaccinations.\n\n\"It's certainly not happening quickly enough, we need to see the Welsh Government stepping up to the plate,\" he said.\n\nThe Welsh Government has said more pharmacists and other primary care services, such as dentists and opticians - are being invited to help with the rollout, subject to vaccine supply.", "The UK's epidemic is still officially estimated to be growing, according to the latest R number, but data suggests new cases are beginning to fall.\n\nThe R number - which takes into account cases, hospitalisations and deaths - is estimated to be between 1.2 and 1.3, compared with 1 and 1.4 last week.\n\nThis suggests the total number of people with the virus is still rising across the UK.\n\nBut in London, where tight restrictions came in earlier, the R number is lower.\n\nIn the capital, the estimate - based on data up until 11 January - is between 0.9 and 1.2, compared with 1.1 and 1.4 the previous week.\n\nIt comes as a further 1,280 people with coronavirus have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive test, taking the total to 87,291.\n\nThe latest government figures on Friday also showed another 55,761 new cases had been reported.\n\nMeanwhile, more than three million people in the UK have now received the first dose of a vaccine - latest figures show the number at 3,234,946.\n\nAlthough the number of people sick with coronavirus is growing in the UK, data from various sources suggests new infections are declining.\n\nThis provides early signs that lockdown restrictions may be taking effect.\n\nThe government's scientific advisory group Sage, which calculates the R number, said areas that have been under tougher restrictions for a longer period of time - including east of England, London, and the south east - are showing \"a slight decline in the number of people infected\".\n\nHowever, they warned that regions such as north-west and south-west England continue to see infections rise, where the spread of the new UK variant may be playing a role.\n\nThe R number is a way of rating coronavirus or any disease's ability to spread. In theory, it describes the number of people that one infected person will pass the virus onto, on average.\n\nIn reality, though, the government's estimate of R gives a wider view of the epidemic's general trend since it also looks at what is happening in hospitals.\n\nCases, hospitalisations and deaths from Covid-19 have been alarmingly high since the beginning of the year and the latest estimate of the R number indicates that the pandemic is continuing to grow.\n\nBut because of the way the data to estimate R is collected - it reflects the situation a week ago. More up to date indicators suggest that there's a slight decline in infections in the east of England, London, and the South East.\n\nThese areas have had the highest prevalence and therefore the toughest restrictions the longest but infections are continuing to rise in the North West and South West probably because of the spread of the new variant of the virus.\n\nDespite this there's some relief at these figures among the government's scientific advisors. They were not sure whether the current restrictions would be enough to prevent the more contagious variant getting out of control. Now they expect Covid-related deaths to level off in a week or so and then decline as the benefits of the vaccine programme begin to take effect.\n\nCases should also begin to decrease in the coming weeks. But all this depends on people continuing to observe the government's social distancing guidelines - and come into contact with others only if it is essential.\n\nProf Sir David Spiegelhalter, a statistician at the University of Cambridge, said coronavirus deaths were likely to peak in the next week to 10 days.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's The World At One that the lockdown measures were having an impact, with the peak in infections having passed \"a good few days ago\" which would lead to a reduction in the numbers dying from the disease.\n\n\"They are likely to level off in a week - 10 days maybe - at a peak which is probably going to be bigger than the first wave peak of 1,000-a-day, but then should decline due the reductions in cases that we are seeing and, of course, the vaccine programme.\"\n\nData from the ZOE Covid Symptom Study app gives its own estimate of 0.9 for the virus's R or reproduction number. This is based on cases alone, rather than a wider number of data sources included in the official estimate.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is the R number and what does it mean?\n\nWhile this leaves out the fact that hospitals are still filling up, looking at cases on their own allows assessment of whether lockdown restrictions are working.\n\nBut the large number of infections recorded at the end of December and the beginning of January means, despite receding cases, hospitalisations and deaths will inevitably continue to rise for some time.\n\nMeanwhile, a ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde entering the UK came into force on Friday as a result of a new, potentially more infectious strain linked to Brazil.\n\nProf Wendy Barclay, a scientist at Imperial College London advising the government, said this \"variant of concern\" had not been detected in the UK but another variant from Brazil was already in circulation.\n\nIt is not clear whether this second strain is more contagious or not.", "Ambulances were lined up outside the Royal London Hospital on Thursday\n\nCovid patients have been transferred to hospitals in Newcastle from over-stretched London intensive care units.\n\nA small number, fewer than five, have been moved hundreds of miles from the south east, the BBC has been told.\n\nHospitals with the largest critical care capacity have been asked to take patients from other areas to ease pressures.\n\nHowever, NHS England has denied that patients have been transferred to Newcastle from London.\n\nThe patient transfers were first reported by The Guardian.\n\nIt is not uncommon for patients to be transferred from one busy hospital to another within the region, but moving the sick from out of their areas is unusual.\n\nThe North of England Critical Care Network, which co-ordinates provision in the North East, north Cumbria and North Yorkshire, confirmed patients had been moved from other parts of England.\n\nIn statement, director Lesley Durham said: \"During this pandemic and at these times of unprecedented pressures, we have ensured equity of patient access to critical care though mutual aid between units in the form of critical care patient transfers.\n\n\"We are also working with our colleagues and networks further afield.\n\n\"Whilst not ideal, it is correct to ensure that every person, regardless of location, has access to a critical care bed if they require one.\"\n\nOne medical expert described transferring people across the country as \"a challenge\"\n\nElsewhere, Northampton General Hospital - which is about 70 miles from London - has been receiving critical care patients from outside its area.\n\nA spokesman said: \"Some patients have been transferred to our critical care unit in recent weeks from other parts of the country, including London.\n\n\"We currently have one 'out-of-area' patient, but they are not from London.\"\n\nNHS England said in a statement: \"The NHS has tried and tested plans in place to manage significant pressure either from high Covid-19 infection rates and non-Covid winter demands and this has always included mutual aid practices whereby hospitals work together to manage admissions.\"\n\nIt added that no patients had been transferred from London to Newcastle, Birmingham, Northampton or Sheffield.\n\nAcross England in the week to 12 January, there were 32,202 patients in hospital with Covid-19, a rise of 5,735 on the previous week.\n\nIn the week up to 10 January there were 330,616 new cases.\n\nHospitals across the North East are already seeing many more patients than the first wave of the pandemic, and the next few weeks are likely to be the toughest yet.\n\nBut right now some - like Newcastle - have room in intensive care and are being asked to take patients from critical care units in the south which have become overwhelmed and run out of room.\n\nNewcastle and Northumbria NHS trusts have already been taking in patients from across their own patch - most notably from Cumbria where there are not nearly enough intensive care beds for the soaring numbers of Covid patients.\n\nBut patient numbers are growing in the North East's hospitals too, and many are already struggling.\n\nThey expect next week will be the worst week they have experienced yet.\n\nTo prepare, elective work is being postponed, wards are being cleared to take in new patients, and intensive care units are being expanded.\n\nConcerns have been raised about seriously-ill patients travelling such long distances.\n\nDr Uwe Franke, intensive care lead at Middlesbrough's James Cook Hospital, said: \"The critical care networks work regionally and nationally and are trying to spread the workload about the country without pushing other units to their limits or out of the durability of their capacity.\n\n\"But there is a difficulty in this; we know that Covid patients are incredibly ill, they are dependent on breathing machines, they are dependent on other machines that need organ support.\n\n\"To transfer these people across the country is quite a challenge.\"\n\nDr Franke added that while hospitals in the North were keen to support colleagues across the country, some - like his own - were already reaching their limit.\n\nHis hospital currently has in excess of 200 Covid patients, with 32 of those in intensive care.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.", "Dustin Diamond made his name as the studious \"Screech\" in the US sitcom Saved by the Bell\n\nSaved by The Bell actor Dustin Diamond has been diagnosed with cancer, his representative has said.\n\nThe 44-year-old, who played Samuel \"Screech\" Powers in the popular 1990s US school-based sitcom, fell ill last week and was taken to hospital.\n\nHis representative, Roger Paul, said the actor is now waiting for further details.\n\n\"We will know the severity of it when the tests are done,\" Paul said, adding they expect an update next week.\n\nSaved by the Bell ran for four seasons from 1989 to 1993 and followed a group of high school friends and their principal.\n\nDiamond reprised his role in follow-up series Saved by the Bell: The New Class, and Saved by the Bell: The College Years. But he did not appear in the recent revival series.\n\nThe American was also a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother in 2013.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A 24m section of the bridge parapet collapsed one mile from where a fatal crash took place\n\nPart of a rail bridge has collapsed near the site of the fatal Stonehaven train derailment.\n\nA 24m (79ft) section of the side wall has fallen from the bridge, about a mile north of where three people died when a train left the track and crashed last August.\n\nNetwork Rail said it was a \"structural fault\" and not caused by a landslip.\n\nThe line between Aberdeen and Dundee remains closed while structural engineers assess the fault.\n\nThe structure is located three miles north of Carmont signal box. The collapse was discovered just before 10:00 on Friday.\n\nThe rail company said the damage to the parapet was \"extensive\" and that the line was expected to be closed for a \"significant\" period of time while repairs to the bridge take place.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Network Rail Scotland This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Network Rail Twitter account told followers engineers would be working around the clock to complete repairs.\n\nSpecialist staff are also checking similar bridges as a precaution.\n\nThe line between Aberdeen and Dundee had just reopened in November, nearly three months after the Stonehaven derailment.\n\nThe driver, a conductor and a passenger died when the Aberdeen to Glasgow service derailed near Stonehaven on 12 August after heavy rain.\n\nNetwork Rail Scotland carried out \"complex\" repairs at the scene of the derailment\n\nAn interim report said the train hit washed-out rocks and gravel.\n\nA Network Rail spokesman said: \"The line is currently closed while our engineers repair a damaged side wall on a bridge between Carmont and Stonehaven.\n\n\"Specialist structural engineers are currently assessing the fault and putting plans in place for its repair.\n\n\"Our engineers will be working around-the-clock to complete this work as quickly as possible.\"", "Passengers will need to provide a negative Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours before departure\n\nPassengers arriving into NI from outside the UK and Republic of Ireland will soon have to produce a negative Covid-19 test before departure.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster confirmed the executive had agreed the plan on Thursday.\n\nPeople arriving from countries not on the government's travel corridors list will also still have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe move has already been agreed in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nPassengers arriving there will be subject to the new rules from Saturday, with the measure taking effect in England and Scotland from Monday.\n\nNegative tests 72 hours prior to arrival are already a requirement in the Republic of Ireland for passengers travelling from Great Britain and South Africa.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's press conference on Thursday, the first minister said Northern Ireland's R-number had also fallen to between 0.7 and 0.9 for new cases of the virus.\n\nThe reproductive rate of the virus - known as the R rate, measures the infection rate of Covid-19 and had risen to about 1.8 due to Christmas relaxations.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the drop showed the \"very real\" effect of lockdown restrictions imposed on 26 December, but she warned there was still \"no room for complacency\".\n\nShe said she still believed there needed to be an \"two-island approach\" to travel restrictions, including discussions with the British and Irish governments as a \"matter of urgency\".\n\nMrs Foster said Stormont ministers had also expressed frustration at the executive meeting over a lack of data-sharing from authorities in the Republic of Ireland, and called for it to be escalated.\n\nPSNI Chief Constable (centre) Simon Byrne attended Stormont's press briefing on Thursday with the first and deputy first ministers\n\nPSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne said 40 penalty notices a day are being handed out to those who breach the Covid-19 regulations.\n\nHe told the press briefing that if people continued flouting rules, they could expect \"firm and swift enforcement\".\n\n\"We won't turn a blind eye when people break the rules.\"\n\nOn Thursday, 16 more deaths related to Covid-19 were reported by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, bringing its total to 1,533.\n\nThere have been 973 new cases diagnosed in the past 24 hours, while 58 Covid-19 patients are being treated in ICUs across Northern Ireland, of which 44 are on ventilators.\n\nMrs Foster said she found it \"incredible and frankly unbelievable\" that some people were still holding house parties and gatherings, despite the pandemic rates and the lockdown.\n\nOn Wednesday, health officials warned that levels of the new, more transmissible variant of the virus are rising.\n\nMr Swann said that meant more \"difficult decisions\" on lockdown restrictions could be required.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the third week of a six-week lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19.\n\nThe executive is due to review the current restrictions on 21 January.\n\nThe first and deputy first ministers said they would take evidence from health officials before deciding whether an extension of the lockdown would be required.\n\nMinisters have expressed concerns about keeping non-essential parts of businesses open\n\nMinisters have also expressed concerns about some larger retailers \"gaming\" the regulations and keeping open non-essential parts of their businesses.\n\nA meeting between the first and deputy first ministers and representatives of the retail sector is due to happen on Friday afternoon.\n\nElsewhere, the Chief Medical Officer has confirmed that unpaid carers looking after Clinically Extremely Vulnerable individuals should receive the first dose of their vaccine when phase two of the vaccination programme begins next month.\n\nDr Michael McBride told Stormont's Health Committee they are provided for on a list of prioritisation provided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which decides the order of vaccination delivery.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Department of Health This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Department of Health\n\nMr Swann was asked if his department was \"putting all its eggs in the vaccine basket\".\n\nHe said it was \"not the entirety of the answer\", adding: \"It will take time for the benefits of it to bed in.\n\n\"And while it is doing it, we still have to follow those restrictions that are in place.\n\n\"We may actually have to introduce more.\"\n\nOn Thursday afternoon the department tweeted that 121,711 vaccines have been administered in Northern Ireland.\n\nMrs Foster said that by end of this month, it is hoped all care home residents, health staff and those aged over 80 in Northern Ireland will have received their first vaccination.\n\nShe said that would be an \"incredible achievement\" and make Northern Ireland one of the top-performing countries in rolling out its vaccination programme.\n\nMeanwhile, the chairman of the Police Federation for NI (PFNI) has said officers need more powers to enforce Covid-19 regulations.\n\nAt present officers can only issue guidance and advice on the public health regulations.\n\nPFNI chairman Mark Lindsay said that puts officers in a \"difficult position\".\n\nThe federation represents thousands of rank and file PSNI officers.\n\n\"I think we are well past the stage where police officers are the people that should be giving advice around the guidance,\" Mr Lindsay told BBC Radio Foyle.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rescuers pull a woman from the rubble after the 6.2 magnitude earthquake\n\nA powerful earthquake has rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 42 people, with more feared dead as rescuers search for survivors.\n\nThe 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday morning, just hours after an earlier, smaller tremor.\n\nHundreds of people were injured and thousands displaced by the quake.\n\nIndonesia has a history of devastating earthquakes and tsunamis, with more than 2,000 killed in a 2018 Sulawesi quake.\n\nEight people died when the five-storey Mitra Manakarra Hospital in Mamuju partially collapsed on Friday, officials said. About 60 people were safely evacuated from the hospital.\n\n\"It happened so quickly, around 10 seconds,\" Syamsu Ridwan, a local police spokesman, told the BBC. He said the power in the hospital cut out during the earthquake.\n\nOfficials fear the death toll will increase as rescue efforts continue. Rescuers were still searching for survivors late on Friday, but they have been hampered by power cuts and poor mobile phone service.\n\nIndonesian President Joko Widodo offered condolences to the victims, urging people to stay calm and for the authorities to step up search efforts.\n\nThe epicentre of Friday's quake was six kilometres (3.73 miles) northeast of Majene city at a depth of 10km.\n\nVideo footage on social media showed collapsed houses and a girl pinned under rubble calling for help.\n\nThe situation was \"pretty bad\", Dr Gayatri Marliyani, of the geology department at Gajah Mada University in Yogyakarta, told the BBC. She said the governor's office was among the collapsed buildings and confirmed that several hospitals and one hotel had also been damaged.\n\nShe also warned that getting response teams to the area could be hampered by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nTremors were felt at around 01:00 local time on Friday (17:00 Thursday GMT) for about seven seconds.\n\nNo tsunami warning was issued but thousands are reported to have left their homes, fleeing to safety.\n\nAuthorities have warned that strong aftershocks could follow the two main quakes and that they could still trigger a tsunami.\n\nIndonesia is prone to earthquakes because it lies on the so-called Ring of Fire - a line of frequent quakes and volcanic eruptions on the Pacific rim.\n\nIn 2004, a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra killed 226,000 people across the Indian Ocean, including more than 120,000 in Indonesia.\n\nThe Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 killed 170,000 people on the Indonesian island of Sumatra after a quake of magnitude 9.1.\n\nAre you in the area? If it is safe to do so, share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Police officers who were targeted by a pro-Trump mob have been speaking out about the \"medieval battle\" that unfolded on the steps of the Capitol and inside the halls of American democracy last week.\n\nPolice faced off against rioters equipped with clubs, shields, pitchforks, firearms, and metal poles stripped from seating set up for next week's inauguration.\n\nHere's what we've learned from their interviews with US media.\n\nMichael Fanone, a 40-year-old DC plainclothes narcotics detective who was told to wear his uniform that day, rushed to the West Terrace of the Capitol where he took turns holding back the crowd, and resting to rinse his face of the the chemical irritants that that crowd was spraying on police.\n\n\"We weren't battling 50 or 60 rioters in this tunnel,\" the MPD (Metropolitan Police Department of District of Columbia) veteran told the Washington Post. \"We were battling 15,000 people. It looked like a medieval battle scene.\"\n\nAfter he was grabbed by his helmet and dragged face-first down several steps, he said the crowd started stripping gear from his vest, including spare ammo, his radio and his badge - all while chanting \"USA!\".\n\nMichael Fanone, a DC detective, was dragged into the crowd and beaten\n\n\"We got one! We got one!\" Mr Fanone said he heard people shout, with others chanting: \"Kill him with his own gun!\"\n\nSome members of the crowd protected him after he started yelling that he has children, the father of four told CNN. He sustained only minor injuries but later found out in hospital that he had suffered a mild heart attack during the brawl.\n\nMPD Officer Daniel Hodges, 32, had already been on shift for several hours before the rioting began.\n\n\"We were battling, you know, tooth and nail for our lives,\" he told ABC News.\n\nIn one viral video, Mr Hodges is seen pinned in a glass doorway between officers and the crowd, as rioters strip his gas mask from his face and beat him with his own police-issued baton. One rioter tried to gouge his eyes.\n\n\"That was one of the three times that day where I thought: Well, this might be it,\" said Mr Hodges. \"This might be the end for me.\"\n\nAs he choked on tear gas, he is seen on video gasping for air to call out for help. Enough police were eventually able to push through the melee to extract him.\n\n\"I had conspiracy theorists and everyone you could think of yelling at me, saying, 'Why are you doing this, you're the traitor,'\" Mr Hodges told radio station WAMU.\n\n\"We're not the traitors. We're the ones who saved Congress that day, and we'll do it as many times as necessary.\"\n\nDespite fearing for his life, Mr Hodges says he decided not to use his gun on the crowd.\n\n\"I didn't want to be the guy who starts shooting, because I knew they had guns - we had been seizing guns all day,\" he told the Post.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRobert Glover, the commander on scene for MPD, declared a riot at 13:50 local time, nearly two hours after Trump's speech at the White House where he instructed his followers to go to the Capitol.\n\nHe quickly told officers to retake the inauguration bleachers, to stop the crowd from raining down heavy objects on officers from above.\n\nMr Glover told the Post that some rioters may have been caught up in the moment, but others seemed to be moving in \"military formation\" as if they had prepared for the assault. He said that some appeared to be using hand signals to co-ordinate tactics.\n\nSeveral US military veterans, as well as off-duty police officers from Virginia, Maryland and Texas, have since been suspended or arrested for participating in the riot.\n\nMPD Officer Christina Laury, 32, was among the first city police officers to arrive on the scene. When she got to the Capitol, officers were already being brutally attacked by rioters attempting to storm the building.\n\n\"They had bear mace, which is literally used for bears. I got hit with it plenty of times that day and it just seals your eyes shut. You just would see officers going down trying to douse themselves with water, trying to open their eyes up so they can see again.\"\n\n\"The bravery and the heroism that I saw in these officers - the second they were able to open their eyes, they were back up front and they were just trying to stop these individuals from coming in.\"\n\nOne officer being lauded as a hero has yet to speak about his experience - Officer Eugene Goodman, a member of Congress' 2,100 member Capitol Police force.\n\nMr Goodman, an African American Iraq War veteran, was seen singlehandedly distracting a rampaging mob, giving lawmakers enough time to clear the chamber and get to safety.\n\nOn Thursday, a cross-party group of lawmakers introduced a bill calling for him to receive the Congressional Gold Medal for his effort to defend democracy.\n\nThe Capitol Police have been criticised over their response and preparation.\n\nSeveral top Capitol security officials, including the Capitol Police chief and the sergeants-at-arms for the House and Senate, resigned in the wake of the siege amid claims from lawmakers that they had not done enough to prepare for the mob.\n\nProtesters climbed the bleachers that were erected for Biden's inauguration\n\nOn Friday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced General Russel Honoré would be leading an immediate investigation of the Capitol's security infrastructure.\n\nVideo footage has also emerged showing an officer taking a selfie with a rioter inside the Capitol. Some officers reportedly gave directions to rioters telling them how to get to the offices of Democratic lawmakers.\n\nSeveral Capitol Police officers have been suspended for allegedly violating policies as the agency conducts an internal probe.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA respiratory doctor at Belfast's Mater Hospital has warned that hospital oxygen supplies are under \"extreme pressure\".\n\nDr Nick Magee also said more younger patients were now being treated in hospital than during the first and second waves of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nHe said in the past they did not have to consult other NI hospitals about how much oxygen they had.\n\n\"That was never a thing in previous January flu problems,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"But that is something we are now having to think of,\" he added.\n\nEarlier this week Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride said there is enough oxygen to cope with the current demand.\n\nBut according to Dr Magee the current level of oxygen being used in \"bays\" at the Mater means patients cannot charge their mobile phones by their bedside because of the \"fire risk\".\n\n\"It is all well controlled and we are making sure that we can share out that oxygen burden. That is something we are having to think about,\" he said.\n\n\"I can't say specifically about other regional hospitals but I know that they are under extreme pressure and it's just something we have to think of as a region.\n\n\"Can we supply oxygen adequately for the amounts of oxygen we are using in hospitals?\"\n\nThe number of Covid positive hospital in-patients has increased significantly since last week - up from 599 a week ago to 850 on Thursday.\n\nThe number of people in ICU has also risen from 44 to 58 in the past week.\n\nDr Magee said staff were concerned about having to cope with \"large volumes\" of patients requiring respiratory support.\n\nHe said the number of younger patients becoming increasingly sick with the virus was growing.\n\nOn Wednesday, the Mater Hospital moved six patients who had been on wards into ICU and also took patients from the Southern Health Trust.\n\n\"Recently I saw a 29-year-old patient, also three who were in their mid 30s that all required respiratory support on a ward,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\n\"They are frightened they are wearing specialist masks CPAP masks that help them breathe. They are scared.\"\n\nThe relentless pressure of the past 10 months and the prospect of a further surge in admissions over the next fortnight is weighing heavily on the minds of medics.\n\n\"We are really worried about next week,\" said Dr Magee.\n\n\"It's very busy this week, we are coping well but we are particularly concerned about next week.\n\n\"Normally, if we had somebody who needed a lot of respiratory support we would involve a high dependency unit but all the respiratory wards are becoming like high dependency units.\n\n\"Volume of sicker, younger patients is much greater and it's not something that I would [have] ever seen before,\" he added.\n\nThe Southern Health and Social Care Trust said its hospitals had limited infrastructure to manage high numbers of patients requiring oxygen so a regional agreement was in place to share resources across Trusts to support Covid-positive patients.\n\n\"As a result some patients have been diverted to Belfast or SE Trust to help reduce pressure on the Southern Trust hospital system,\" a statement said.\n\n\"Craigavon and Daisy Hill hospitals remain very busy with high numbers of Covid-19 positive patients who are dependent on oxygen therapy.\n\n\"These protocols are in place as part of regional surge planning to ensure that we can safely manage the current high volume of Covid-19 patients needing hospital care.\n\n\"Patients who are currently being treated in Craigavon and Daisy Hill have secure supplies of oxygen.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Derby\n\nChampionship side Derby County have appointed England's record goalscorer Wayne Rooney as their new manager on a two-and-a-half-year contract.\n\nThe 35-year-old, who had been in interim charge since Phillip Cocu was sacked on 14 November, has now also officially retired as a player.\n\nRooney has overseen nine games so far, winning three and drawing four.\n\n\"The opportunity to follow Brian Clough, Jim Smith, Frank Lampard and Phillip Cocu is an honour,\" he said.\n\n\"I knew instinctively Derby County was the place for me.\"\n\nLiam Rosenior takes up the role of assistant manager, with former England boss Steve McClaren continuing as technical director and advisor to the board of directors.\n\nShay Given will become first-team coach and Justin Walker will remain as first-team development coach.\n\nThe Rams are third from bottom in the Championship, level on points with fourth-from-bottom Sheffield Wednesday.\n\nA takeover for the club is expected to go through this week, with a deal between current owner Mel Morris and the Derventio Holdings Group having been agreed in November.\n\nRams chief executive Stephen Pearce said in an interview with BBC Radio Derby on Thursday that there were no problems with the takeover, despite the delays meaning players have not been paid their December wages.\n\n\"Our recent upturn in results under Wayne was married together with some positive performances, notably the 2-0 home win over Swansea City and the 4-0 victory at Birmingham City,\" said Pearce.\n\n\"During that nine-game run we also dramatically improved their defensive record and registered five clean sheets in the process, while in the attacking third we became more effective and ruthless too.\n\n\"Those foundations have provided a platform for the club to build on in the second half of the season.\"\n\nRooney made his professional debut for boyhood club Everton in August 2002 aged just 16 and became the Premier League's youngest scorer with a superb long-range goal against Arsenal before his 17th birthday.\n\nAfter a strong Euro 2004 he moved to Manchester United for £27m, then a world record fee for a teenager.\n\nDuring 13 years with United he won the Premier League five times, the Champions League, the FA Cup and three League Cups.\n\nHis time with England was less successful in terms of team honours, although he did break Sir Bobby Charlton's long-standing record of 49 goals before retiring from international football in August 2017.\n\nHe made a farewell appearance for the Three Lions against the United States in a friendly in November 2018 to finish with 53 goals in 120 appearances.\n\nAfter a second stint at Everton and a spell with American side DC United, Rooney joined Derby in January 2020 as a player-coach on an initial 18-month contract.\n\nHe retires as the second-highest goalscorer in Premier League history, with 208 goals.\n\nWayne Rooney's presence at Derby County was felt on that hot August evening in 2019 when Phillip Cocu won his first match as manager at Huddersfield, a result overshadowed by the announcement of his signing.\n\nRooney's ambition to become a manager was there for all to see when chairman Mel Morris afforded him the opportunity to be a player-coach on arrival in January. He in fact arrived a few months before that but was unable to play, and stayed low key, observing from the sidelines.\n\nA year ago this month he made an instant impact to Derby's fortunes on the field. Players who were underachieving and perhaps found the grind of the Championship a little hard to handle, were taken up a notch by his presence.\n\nSome would say Rooney saved the Rams' season, but this term he struggled on the field and so did Derby.\n\nI am told it was written into his contract that he would have a chance to take control one day and he has already shown in his nine games in interim charge that he can get the squad playing in his image. Gone is the side-to-side, slow build-up possession game, it is a better product to watch.\n\nThe people around him have good pedigree in the game. Shay Given, Liam Rosenior, Justin Walker and Jason Pearcey have experience at all levels - but his relationship with Steve McClaren will be the most important of all.\n\nDerby fans have been calling out for a positive piece of news. Rooney's appointment is the first duck in a row with the takeover expected to be completed any time now and then Championship survival is the hope.\n• None Hear how David Bowie always managed to stay ahead of his time\n• None Joe Wicks and guests are here to bring positivity to your day", "A man accused of allegedly tricking a 92-year-old woman out of £160 for a fake coronavirus vaccination has been charged with fraud and common assault.\n\nDavid Chambers is accused of administering the fake vaccine at her Surbiton home in London last month.\n\nThe 33-year-old, also from Surbiton, is charged with five offences including fraud and going outside in a tier four area without a good reason.\n\nHe denied the charges when he appeared before magistrates on Friday.\n\nMr Chambers was remanded in custody until a hearing on 12 February.\n\nIn the UK, coronavirus vaccines are free of charge and available via the NHS.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Marcus Rashford and a group of celebrity chefs and campaigners have called on Boris Johnson to review the government's free school meals policy.\n\nThe group, including Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Tom Kerridge, have written to the PM asking him to \"fix\" the system long-term.\n\nThey called for a strategy to help \"end child food poverty\" before the summer holidays.\n\nNo 10 said \"no child will ever go hungry\" because of the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe call for a wide review comes after another row over free school meals during February half-term.\n\nThe government has said food will be provided to children by councils under the Covid Winter Grant Scheme while schools are closed for the holiday.\n\nCouncils and unions say the government should provide food vouchers instead, with the Local Government Association's Councillor Richard Watts telling BBC Radio 4's PM programme the grant had already been allocated for other support.\n\nBut Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"We are down to semantics whether it is the school delivering the meal or whether it is the local authority - fortunately there is quite a lot of different support available.\"\n\nAs well as getting the backing of Rashford - who has led campaigns around child poverty over the course of the pandemic - the letter has been signed by chefs Oliver, Kerridge and Fearnley-Whittingstall, along with actor Dame Emma Thompson and over 40 charities and education leaders.\n\nOrganised by the Food Foundation charity, the letter said it was time to \"step back and review the policy in more depth\".\n\nThey called for an \"urgent comprehensive review into free school meal policy across the UK\" to feed into the government's next Spending Review, saying it should look at:\n\nThe signatories praised the Department for Education's \"swift response\" to reports earlier this week of inadequate food parcels sent to families, saying the \"robustness of the message from you and the secretary of state on this issue was very welcome\".\n\nBut, they added that \"following the series of problems which have arisen over school food vouchers, holiday provision and food parcels since the start of the pandemic\", now was the time for a review.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tom Kerridge: There has to be a solution to free school meals\n\nAnna Taylor, executive director of the Food Foundation charity, said the last few months had seen \"crisis after crisis with the provision of free school meals\".\n\n\"The result of that is disadvantaged children have often paid the price,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"Our view is that really unless we do a root and branch review these problems are going to still keep appearing.\"\n\nChef Fearnley-Whittingstall also called for a more consistent, long-term response to the issue of food poverty.\n\n\"We need to get out of this fire-fighting, highly reactive series of actions by the government,\" he told the same programme.\n\nThe signatories want a review to be published and debated in Parliament before the 2021 summer holidays.\n\n\"We are ready and willing to support your government in whatever way we can to make this review a reality and to help develop a set of recommendations that everyone can support,\" the letter said.\n\n\"School food is essential in supporting the health and learning of our most disadvantaged children.\n\n\"Now, at a time when children have missed months of in-school learning and the pandemic has reminded us of the importance of our health, this is a vital next step.\"\n\nAnti-poverty campaigner and food writer Jack Monroe welcomed the letter to the PM, but told the BBC: \"We need to be feeding children right now.\"\n\nShe added: \"While it is great to be looking longer term... having an underpinning strategy that means that children aren't put into poverty in the first place, we need to also immediately be putting resources in to ensure people aren't going hungry, today, tonight, next week and in the February half-term.\n\n\"This isn't a rhetorical thing. It isn't a dinner party discussion. We need to be doing this now.\"\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said: \"It is great that celebrities and groups across society see the importance of school food. The PM thanks Marcus Rashford for his letter and will reply soon.\n\n\"School food is essential in supporting the health and learning of the most disadvantaged pupils. The prime minister has been clear that no child will ever go hungry as a result of the pandemic\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRichard Leonard has resigned as Scottish Labour leader, saying it is in the best interests of the party for him to stand down.\n\nMr Leonard said he believed speculation about his leadership had become a \"distraction\".\n\nAnd he said he would be stepping down with immediate effect.\n\nHis resignation comes just months ahead of the Scottish Parliament election, which is scheduled to be held in May.\n\nMr Leonard had been leader of the party for three years after succeeding Kezia Dugdale.\n\nThe former union official had faced open calls to quit from some of his own MSPs last year amid concerns that his leadership style could damage the party in the forthcoming Scottish Parliament election.\n\nPolls have suggested that many Scottish Labour supporters struggle to recognise him, and he is closely associated with former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nScottish Labour had dominated politics in Scotland for decades, but is currently the third largest party at Holyrood behind the SNP and Conservatives.\n\nAnd Mr Leonard's critics had questioned whether he was capable of turning the party's fortunes around.\n\nMr Leonard was seen as a close ally of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn\n\nIn a statement, Mr Leonard said the decision to resign had not been easy - but he felt it was the right one for him and his party.\n\nHe said: \"I have thought long and hard over the Christmas period about what this crisis means, and the approach Scottish Labour takes to help tackle it.\n\n\"I have also considered what the speculation about my leadership does to our ability to get Labour's message across. This has become a distraction.\n\n\"I have come to the conclusion it is in the best interests of the party that I step aside as leader of Scottish Labour with immediate effect.\"\n\nHe also insisted that Scotland now needs a Labour government more than ever, and accused both the Scottish and UK governments of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMr Leonard added: \"While I step down from the leadership today, the work goes on - and I will play my constructive part as an MSP in winning support for Labour's vision of a better future in a democratic economy and a socialist society.\"\n\nHis decision leaves Scottish Labour looking for its fifth leader since the independence referendum in 2014 - with Johann Lamont, Jim Murphy and Kezia Dugdale all having held the job since then.\n\nA Procedures Committee, to oversee the election of Mr Leonard's successor, has been formed and will have its first meeting on Friday.\n\nMeanwhile, Labour's Scottish Executive Committee will also meet in the coming days to agree a timetable for the process.\n\nMSP Jackie Baillie, who was Scottish Labour's deputy leader, has taken charge of the party on an interim basis.\n\nThis sudden resignation four months from the Holyrood elections seems to have taken Scottish Labour by surprise.\n\nMSPs I've spoken to said they did not see it coming.\n\nThere have been times when Richard Leonard has been under severe pressure from some in his party to stand down.\n\nWhen several MSPs publicly called for him to quit because the party had gone backwards at successive elections on his watch, he stood firm.\n\nHis critics seemed to have accepted that he would lead them and a divided party into the Holyrood election.\n\nThat has now changed and interim leader Jackie Baillie has to quickly organise a contest to replace him.\n\nIt's a contest in which Anas Sarwar, if he stands, would be an obvious frontrunner - even although he lost last time to Mr Leonard, who was seen as much closer to the then UK party leader, Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Leonard should be \"very proud\" of his achievements as leader of the party in Scotland.\n\nSir Keir added: \"I would like to thank Richard for his service to our party and his unwavering commitment to the values he believes in.\n\n\"Richard has led Scottish Labour through one of the most challenging and difficult periods in our country's history, including a general election and the pandemic.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Neil Findlay MSP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Leonard had been due to face a confidence vote at the party's ruling Executive Committee last September - but the motion was withdrawn at the last minute.\n\nIt came after four Scottish Labour MSPs called for him to go, warning that the party faced \"catastrophe\" at the ballot box under his leadership.\n\nThey pointed to the party's dismal performance in previous elections under Mr Leonard.\n\nScottish Labour finished fifth in the European election in May 2019, and then lost all but one of its MPs in the general election in December of the same year.\n\nMr Leonard insisted at the time that he intended to lead the party into this year's Holyrood election, and accused his opponents of waging \"internal war\" against him.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who faced Mr Leonard in her weekly question session in the Scottish Parliament, tweeted that she had \"always liked Richard Leonard\" despite their political difference.\n\nShe added: \"He is a decent guy and I wish him well for the future.\"\n\nRuth Davidson, who quit as leader of the Scottish Tories in 2019 before returning to lead the party at Holyrood, said she had always found Mr Leonard to be a \"thoroughly decent man and a committed campaigner.\"\n\nAnas Sarwar, who was defeated by Mr Leonard in the leadership contest in 2017 and is seen as one of the favourites to replace him, said he was sure Mr Leonard would \"continue to fight for a fairer, more just and more equal society today, tomorrow and long into the future.\"\n\nBut Labour MSP Neil Findlay, an outspoken supporter of Mr Leonard, took aim at those who had sought to oust him last year - describing them as \"flinching cowards\" and \"sneering traitors\".", "A rejuvenated Northumberland Line will help connect local communities to Newcastle city centre, say supporters\n\nTwo railway lines, closed to passengers since the 1960s, are to get almost £800m funding from the government.\n\nEast West Rail, which will eventually connect Oxford and Cambridge, will get £760m to open new parts of the line.\n\nThe Northumberland Line, which still carries freight, will get £34m for initial work aimed at reintroducing passenger services.\n\nReopening closed lines like these would help connect \"left-behind\" communities, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.\n\n\"Restoring railways helps put communities back on the map and this investment forms part of our nationwide effort to build back vital connections and unlock access to jobs, education and housing,\" he said.\n\nThese investments would return these routes \"to their former glory\" and was part of the government's \"levelling up\" agenda, Mr Shapps added.\n\nDiesel engines will initially run on the lines, but Mr Shapps said he hoped more environmentally friendly trains, for example powered by hydrogen or new battery technology, would replace them in the future.\n\nWhen asked by the BBC why the lines wouldn't be electrified, he said these lines might potentially bypass the overhead wire technology altogether.\n\n\"We're building it in such a way that we can use, probably, the very latest technology, potentially, in the future,\" he said.\n\n\"The most important thing is the infrastructure,\" he said. \"It's about building the stations, things you need to do no matter what kind of train you're going to run on there, if it's going to take passengers.\"\n\nBut Labour MP Daniel Zeichner, who represents Cambridge, said: \"Every rail expert will tell you it will cost more later to electrify a line.\"\n\n\"In a time of climate emergency, we really shouldn't be building railway lines for diesel, it's got to be electric.\"\n\nThe line connecting Oxford and Cambridge would serve new housing developments, he said, and rail was \"the right way to get people in and out of a city like Cambridge\".\n\n\"It's very important for the UK economy, but it's got to be done in an environmentally sustainable way,\" he said. \"It seems crazy to be building new railways which aren't electrified in the first place, and I really hope the government will reconsider.\"\n\nThe East West Rail investment will rebuild a train line between Bicester and Bletchley which was closed in 1968.\n\nThe project is being delivered by a publicly-owned body called the East West Company.\n\nThe first phase of East West Rail, which was completed in 2016, connected Oxford and Bicester.\n\nBut at the moment, rail passengers wishing to go from Oxford to Bletchley have to take a detour via Coventry.\n\nThe aim is to get trains running between Oxford and Bletchley by 2025, with new stations at Winslow and Bletchley.\n\nThe Department for Transport said the works will create 1,500 jobs, and have a wider economic benefit for the area.\n\nThe eventual aim of the project, which the government expects to be completed by the end of the decade, is to connect Oxford and Cambridge by rail via Bedford, taking in Milton Keynes and Aylesbury on branches.\n\nThe Northumberland Line was closed to passengers in 1964 as part of a rationalisation of the railway network known as the Beeching cuts.\n\nHenri Murison, director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, said the Northumberland Line was \"a really critical piece of local infrastructure\" that would help bring people in south east Northumberland and north Tyneside closer to Newcastle city centre, and closer to well-paid jobs.\n\nPassengers would be able to take the train between Ashington and Newcastle\n\n\"Having better connectivity will help attract businesses to that area, and it will help to deliver genuine levelling-up,\" he said.\n\nThe new £34m investment, which aims to reopen the line between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Ashington, will include funds for preparatory works and land acquisition.\n\nThere are plans for new stations at at Ashington, Bedlington, Blyth, Bebside, Newsham, Seaton Delaval, and Northumberland Park, in North Tyneside, as well as upgrades to the track and changes to level crossings where new bridges or underpasses were needed, the Department for Transport said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny protest against his arrest across Russia\n\nRussian police have detained more than 3,000 people in a crackdown on protests in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, monitors say.\n\nTens of thousands of people defied a heavy police presence to join some of the largest rallies against President Vladimir Putin in years.\n\nIn Moscow, riot police were seen beating and dragging away protesters.\n\nMr Navalny, President Putin's most high-profile critic, called for protests after his arrest last Sunday.\n\nHe was detained after he flew back to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent attack in Russia last August.\n\nOn his return, he was immediately taken into custody and found guilty of violating parole conditions. He says it is a trumped-up case designed to silence him.\n\nOVD Info, an independent NGO that monitors rallies, said about 3,100 people had been detained, more than 1,200 of them in Moscow alone. The Kremlin has not commented.\n\nThe unauthorised demonstrations were held in about 100 cities and towns from Russia's Far East and Siberia to Moscow and St Petersburg. Protesters ranged from teenage students to elderly people who demanded Mr Navalny's release.\n\nAt least 40,000 people joined a rally in central Moscow, Reuters news agency estimated. But Russia's interior ministry put the number of protesters at 4,000.\n\nObservers say the scale of the demonstrations across the country was unprecedented while the protest in the capital was the largest in almost a decade.\n\nRiot police used batons against protesters in Moscow\n\nIn the city's Pushkin square, some protesters chanted \"Freedom to Navalny\" and \"Putin go away!\" One woman told the BBC she had decided to join the demonstration because \"Russia has been turned into a prison camp\".\n\nSergei Radchenko, a 53-year-old protester in Moscow, told Reuters: \"I'm tired of being afraid. I haven't just turned up for myself and Navalny, but for my son because there is no future in this country.\"\n\nLyubov Sobol, a prominent aide of Mr Navalny who had already been fined for urging Russians to join the protests, tweeted a video of police roughly pulling her away from an interview with reporters.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Соболь Любовь This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Navalny's wife, Yulia, was briefly held at the rally. She posted an image on her Instagram account with the caption: \"Apologies for the poor quality. Very bad light in the police van.\"\n\nSome protesters marched on the high-security prison where Mr Navalny is being held, and many were arrested.\n\nMeanwhile, one independent news source, Sota, said at least 3,000 people had joined a demonstration in the city of Vladivostok, but local authorities there put the figure at 500.\n\nAFP footage showed riot police running into a crowd, and beating some of the protesters with batons.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police used batons to break up protests in Vladivostok\n\nIn the Siberian city of Yakutsk, attendees at a small protest saw temperatures dip as low as -50C (-58F).\n\nPrior to the rallies, Russian authorities had promised a tough crackdown. Several of Mr Navalny's close aides, including his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh, were arrested earlier in the week.\n\nHis supporters called for more protests next weekend.\n\nThere were reports of disruption to mobile phone and internet coverage on Saturday, though it is not known if this was related to the protests.\n\nThe social media app TikTok had been flooded with videos promoting the demonstrations and sharing viral messages about Mr Navalny.\n\nIn response, Russia's official media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, demanded that TikTok take down any information \"encouraging minors to act illegally\", threatening large fines. The education ministry had told parents not to allow their children to attend any demonstrations.\n\nProtesters ignored extreme cold and threats of arrest in Moscow and other cities and towns\n\nIn a push to gain support ahead of the protests, Mr Navalny's team released a video about a luxury Black Sea resort that they allege belongs to President Putin - an accusation denied by the Kremlin. The video has been watched by more than 65 million people.\n\nThe UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, condemned the \"use of violence against peaceful protesters and journalists\" on Saturday, calling on the authorities to release those detained during peaceful demonstrations.\n\nThe US state department condemned what it called \"harsh tactics\" used against protesters and journalists, saying: \"We call on Russian authorities to release all those detained for exercising their universal rights and for the immediate and unconditional release of Aleksey Navalny\".\n\nThe EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the bloc's foreign ministers would discuss the Russian crackdown on Monday. \"I deplore widespread detentions, disproportionate use of force, cutting down internet and phone connections.\"", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic. We'll have another update for you on Sunday morning.\n\nSenior doctors have asked England's chief medical officer to halve the current 12-week gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 vaccine. The wait was originally three weeks but was then extended, a decision which Prof Chris Whitty said would double the number of people receiving jabs. But, in a letter seen by the BBC, the British Medical Association said the delay was \"difficult to justify\". It comes after the prime minister revealed the UK variant of Covid-19 may be more deadly.\n\nEfforts to distribute the jab in the European Union have faced another setback after UK drug-maker AstraZeneca warned of supply issues. Vaccinations have already been halted in some parts of Europe due to a cut in deliveries of the Pfizer vaccine. Cases in many European countries are surging. Germany has reached 50,000 Covid deaths and Spain has seen record infections in recent weeks.\n\nElizabeth Kerr and Simon O'Brien were engaged to be married when they were taken to hospital in the same ambulance with Covid-19. As his condition worsened, staff at Milton Keynes University Hospital rallied to arrange a wedding for them - and they were able to marry moments before he was sedated and put on a ventilator. Mrs Kerr said she was told it could be their only chance.\"Those are words I never, ever want to hear again,\" she said.\n\nElizabeth Kerr and Simon O'Brien were married moments before he was put on a mechanical ventilator\n\nOn 23 January last year, the Chinese authorities severed transport links out of Wuhan and confined the city's population to their homes. Wuhan has long since recovered from the world's first outbreak of Covid-19. Its streets are bustling again. A year on, John Sudworth explores how it is now being remembered not as a disaster but as a victory, and with an insistence that the virus came from somewhere - anywhere - else.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Robin Brant visits the Wuhan market where Covid-19 was first traced\n\nMillions of us are less physically active than we were before Covid-19. For those working from home, days on end can be spent hunched over a laptop without ever leaving the house. A survey of people working remotely, by Opinium for the charity Versus Arthritis, found 81% of respondents were experiencing some back, neck or shoulder pain. Here are some tips that could help.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWondering when you might be able to get a vaccine? Health reporter Philippa Roxby takes you through what you need to know.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Questions should be asked if politicians who drank on Welsh Parliament premises during a pub alcohol ban can stand for re-election, an ex-standards official has said.\n\nSenedd Tory leader Paul Davies, Darren Millar and Labour's Alun Davies have apologised - they are not thought to have broken the rules, but the two Tories admitted it would not be seen as in their spirit.\n\nA fourth Senedd Member Nick Ramsay has denied being part of the gathering.", "Amy says her flat isn't worth anything until it is made safe\n\nThe government's fund to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding is woefully inadequate, oversubscribed and taking too long to make buildings safe, campaigners say.\n\nMore than three and a half years since the Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people, an estimated 700,000 people are still living in high-rise blocks with flammable cladding.\n\nThe £1.6bn Building Safety Programme was set up in 2019. Concerns have emerged about the contract that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government requires applicants to the fund, usually managing agents or building owners, to sign.\n\nA clause in the contract, seen by the BBC, indicates applicants will be financially liable for any repair work not covered by the fund.\n\nThe BBC has learnt that some managing agents are refusing to sign the document, further delaying the repair work, and have written to the government asking ministers to clarify the position.\n\nChristian Hansen, a solicitor at Bindmans LLP specialising in housing law and fire safety claims, said the contract showed that \"there's going to be a significant shortfall between the costs of the [repair] works that are required and the funding provided under the scheme\".\n\n\"Someone is going to need to pick up the bill and pay the difference. This contract makes clear it's going to be the leaseholders and for many, this could be tens of thousands of pounds, potentially ruinous costs,\" he warned.\n\nMr Hansen said that leaseholders wanted the focus of government action \"to be on the manufacturers of the defective materials and construction companies who built these buildings\".\n\n\"At the moment, they are the ones profiting from putting people's lives at risk.\"\n\n\"It is absolutely terrifying knowing that you are stuck here,\" says Amy\n\nFirst-time buyer Amy Cottenden, who is 28, bought a one-bed flat in Metis Tower in the centre of Sheffield for £85,000 in 2017.\n\nInspections of the 14-storey building in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy revealed it had the same type of flammable ACM cladding and other safety faults.\n\nWork to remove the cladding started last month, but Ms Cottenden, who is a frontline NHS health worker, is frustrated at what she describes as a lack of progress.\n\n\"The pace of work is extremely slow. So far, they've put scaffolding up and removed three panels. They have told us it's going to take between 12 and 24 months just to take the cladding off,\" she said.\n\n\"It is absolutely terrifying knowing that you are stuck here. With lockdown, they are saying not to go out, but you are in a building where all you want to do is not be in it. You can't leave. You can't sell. My flat isn't worth anything until it is made safe.\"\n\nWhile the government's Building Safety Fund is paying for the Grenfell-style cladding to be removed, the building has other fire safety faults, including missing fire breaks, that aren't covered by the scheme.\n\nIt could cost up to £6m to fix. Flat owners fear they may face huge bills of up to £50,000 each.\n\n\"We can't pay it and we shouldn't have to pay it. It is not our fault. We could all go bankrupt because of this,\" Ms Cottenden said.\n\nA spokesperson for Rendall & Rittner, the company which manages Metis Tower, said government funding to remove ACM cladding had been approved totalling £6.3m.\n\nHowever, an application to the same fund to pay for the removal of other types of unsafe cladding was rejected and the company has appealed against that decision.\n\nThe company added: \"We understand and sympathise with residents and owners about the uncertainty that this situation is causing and will do all we can to assist.\"\n\nWhat started as a cladding scandal has now become a much wider building safety crisis, exposing decades of regulatory failure.\n\nSafety inspections have revealed that many buildings have other serious faults, including missing fire breaks, flammable balconies and defective insulation. None of that is covered by the government's Building Safety Fund.\n\nDr Nigel Glen, the chief executive of ARMA, the trade association for residential leasehold management, said the additional costs that leaseholders were currently facing for non-cladding-related issues remained a huge concern.\n\n\"In the longer term, the draining of reserve funds will also mean that in the years to come, any major works that were being saved up for, such as a new roof or lift repairs, will have to be funded anew by the leaseholders,\" he added.\n\nA spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said that despite the pandemic, significant progress had been made to remove dangerous cladding, but \"building safety remains the responsibility of the building owner and we expect them to ensure any necessary work is carried out safely and effectively\".\n\n\"All applicants to the Building Safety Fund are told the amount of funding they have been awarded before being asked to sign contracts - this is clearly explained in the guidance,\" the spokesperson added.", "Scientists say signs a new coronavirus variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a \"game changer\" in the UK's response to the pandemic.\n\nBoris Johnson has said there is \"some evidence\" the variant may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nBut the co-author of the study the PM was referring to said the variant's deadliness remained an \"open question\".\n\nAnother adviser said he was surprised Mr Johnson had shared the findings when the data was \"not particularly strong\".\n\nA third top medic said it was \"too early\" to be \"absolutely clear\".\n\nAt a Downing Street coronavirus news conference on Friday, the prime minister said: \"In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant - the variant that was first identified in London and the South East - may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.\"\n\nSpeaking alongside the PM, the government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said there was \"a lot of uncertainty around these numbers\" but that early evidence suggested the variant could be about 30% more deadly.\n\nFor example, Sir Patrick said if 1,000 men in their 60s were infected with the old variant, roughly 10 of them would be expected to die - but this rises to about 13 with the new variant.\n\nThe announcement followed a briefing by scientists on the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) which concluded there was a \"realistic possibility\" that the variant was associated with an increased risk of death.\n\nBut one of the briefing's co-authors, Prof Graham Medley, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"The question about whether it is more dangerous in terms of mortality I think is still open.\"\n\n\"In terms of making the situation worse it is not a game changer. It is a very bad thing that is slightly worse,\" added Prof Medley, who is a professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.\n\nAnother 1,348 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Saturday, in addition to 33,552 new infections, according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.\n\nThere is huge uncertainty in the evidence on how lethal the variant is.\n\nThe scientific experts that reviewed the data used a precise phrase saying it was a \"realistic possibility\" the new variant is more deadly.\n\nThat means there's a roughly 50-50 chance it will turn out to be true.\n\nWith time, and sadly more deaths, the picture will become clearer.\n\nWhile people debate the uncertainties though, we already know this variant has the ability to kill more people than the old ones.\n\nA virus that spreads faster (this one is 30-70% faster) will infect more people, more quickly, putting a greater strain on hospitals and leading to a sharper spike in deaths.\n\nIt is why viruses becoming more transmissible can be a bigger problem than ones becoming more deadly.\n\nNervtag's chairman Prof Peter Horby defended the government's \"transparency\" in making the announcement.\n\n\"Scientists are looking at the possibility that there is increased severity... and after a week of looking at the data we came to the conclusion that it was a realistic possibility,\" he said.\n\n\"We need to be transparent about that. If we were not telling people about this we would be accused of covering it up.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Patrick Vallance: \"There is evidence that there's an increased risk for those who have the new variant\"\n\nBut Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of Sage subgroup the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M), agreed it was too early to draw \"strong conclusions\" as the suggested increased mortality rates were based on \"a relatively small amount of data\".\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast he was \"actually quite surprised\" Mr Johnson had made the early findings public rather than monitoring the data \"for a week or two more\".\n\n\"I just worry that where we report things pre-emptively where the data are not really particularly strong,\" Dr Tildesley added.\n\nPublic Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle also said it was not \"absolutely clear\" the new variant was more deadly than the original.\n\n\"There is some evidence, but it is very early evidence. It is small numbers of cases and it is far too early to say,\" she told the Today programme.\n\nMeanwhile, senior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThe British Medical Association told Prof Chris Whitty an extension to the maximum gap between jab from three weeks to 12 weeks, to get the first dose to more people, was \"difficult to justify\".", "In 2002 Julienne created a motor stunt show that ran for many years at Disney theme parks in Paris and Florida. Image caption: In 2002 Julienne created a motor stunt show that ran for many years at Disney theme parks in Paris and Florida.\n\nRémy Julienne, one of the world's best-known stuntmen, has died in France with coronavirus, aged 90.\n\nOver a 50-year career, Julienne devised the crashes, crunches and collisions witnessed in more than 1,400 films.\n\nHe also starred in many of them, albeit anonymously.\n\nThe legendary cascadeur (stunt performer) appeared as a body double for a host of stars, including Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Charles Bronson and Jean-Paul Belmondo.\n\nIn wig and appropriate clothing, he also took on the form of Sophia Loren, Carole Bouquet and Gina Lollobrigida.\n\nAmong his most famous works are the chase scenes in 1969's The Italian Job, in which a fleet of Mini-Coopers in Turin cross a river, dive into the metro and jump from the roof of the Fiat factory.\n\nHe also worked on six Bond films, notably going behind the wheel of a battered yellow Citroën 2CV in For Your Eyes Only.\n\nA life-long lover of motorbikes and anything driven at speed, Julienne specialised in spectacular destruction. But he was committed to the maximum elimination of risk and calculated his stunts with extreme precision.\n\n\"What is beautiful about the job is that you can never be 100% certain,\" he said. \"If you could, then frankly it wouldn't be interesting.", "Keon Lincoln died after being subjected to \"inconceivable violence\"\n\nA second boy has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 15-year-old who was attacked by a group of youths.\n\nKeon Lincoln was \"set upon\" at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday on Linwood Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, and died later in hospital, police said.\n\nA 14-year-old boy was arrested at a Birmingham address on Friday and is in custody, said West Midlands Police.\n\nAnother 14-year-old, arrested earlier on Friday, also remains in custody.\n\nDet Ch Insp Alastair Orencas, who is leading a murder inquiry, said Keon died \"in the most violent of circumstances\".\n\nThe latest arrest was \"another step forward and Keon's family have been fully updated with this latest development,\" he said.\n\n\"This is a challenging investigation given the number of offenders we believe were involved, but I have a dedicated team of officers working 24/7 to identify those involved and we are making swift progress.\"\n\nKeon was attacked on Linwood Road, a residential street in the Handsworth area of Birmingham\n\nThe attackers fled the scene in a car which crashed into a house a short distance away. Police have seized the vehicle.\n\nCordons placed at the scene in Linwood Road and Wheeler Street, where the car was abandoned, have now been lifted, said the West Midlands force.\n\nPolice confirmed Keon, who lived locally, was attacked with weapons but did not specify which sort.\n\nDetectives say they are unable to say how he died before a post-mortem examination takes place.\n\nAnyone who could identify the attackers has been urged to contact the force.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police released body-worn camera footage of people streaming from the premises\n\nTwo officers were injured as they broke up an \"incredibly selfish\" party, involving about 200 people, in one of London's most expensive neighbourhoods.\n\nOfficers investigated an address on Beauchamp Place, Kensington, at about 03.30 GMT on 17 January, following reports of a mass gathering.\n\nAttendees became hostile and pushed through to avoid being fined, injuring two officers, police said.\n\nThe owner has previously been issued with a £1,000 fine, police said.\n\nPolice discovered about 200 guests at a party on Beauchamp Place, Kensington\n\nSupt Michael Walsh said: \"Attending or organising such parties during this critical period is an incredibly selfish decision to make.\n\n\"While the majority of breaches have been resolved without incident, it deeply saddens me that some individuals have chosen to assault police who are simply doing their part in the collective battle against this deadly virus.\"\n\nPolice said the event was one of a string of late-night parties uncovered in Kensington over the last month.\n\nOn 20 December, police shut down an illegal gathering at a commercial property on Montpelier Street. The property has since been closed.\n\nAn owner of a venue on Harrow Road is facing a £10,000 fine after police found more than 30 socialising during a raid on 16 January.\n\nOn Thursday, police also broke up a wedding party in north London.\n\nThe Met Police originally claimed about 400 guests were at the gathering, but then on Friday said 150 people were present at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The number of coronavirus patients on mechanical ventilation in the UK has passed 4,000 for the first time in the pandemic.\n\nA total of 4,076 Covid patients were in ventilator beds as of Friday, according to government data.\n\nThat is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.\n\nIt comes as another 1,348 deaths and 33,552 new infections were reported on Saturday.\n\nThe UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told a Downing Street news briefing on Friday: \"The death rate's awful and it's going to stay, I'm afraid, high for a little while before it starts coming down.\"\n\nMeanwhile, new figures show that a record number of seriously-ill Covid patients are being transferred from over-stretched hospitals because of a lack of bed space.\n\nAbout 1 in 10 patients admitted to intensive care are being sent to a different site, according to the body which audits critical care services.\n\nIn a series of reports in the past week, the BBC's Clive Myrie has been to a mortuary and the Royal London Hospital, where 12 out of 15 floors are occupied by Covid patients and staff are struggling to cope.\n\nMartin Freeborn's wife Helen, 64, died with Covid-19 at the hospital shortly before he spoke to the BBC.\n\nMr Freeborn urged people to \"be over-careful\" in taking precautions to stay safe from the virus because \"you don't want this to happen\".\n\n\"Nobody wants to go through this... Don't end up like us, please,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Martin Freeborn's wife, Helen, died from Covid at the Royal London Hospital: 'Don't end up like us, please'\n\nThe number of people in mechanical ventilation beds has climbed every day since 18 December when it was 1,364 and now stands at 4,076.\n\nIt is one of the key figures the government considers when deciding its policy on when to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions.\n\nWhen the pandemic first struck the UK, the government saw what had happened in hospitals in China and Italy and prioritised the provision of ventilators in British hospitals.\n\nIt set about buying as many ventilators as possible, and encouraged British manufacturers to design the machines to build stocks to cope with the worst-case Covid scenario. In September last year, a report found the NHS now had 30,000 ventilators available - about one for every 2,200 people in the UK.\n\nPeople in hospital are also being treated differently from the early days of the pandemic - which may explain why figures suggest slightly more people go on to recover after being on ventilation than back in March, April and May.\n\nA number of drugs are being tested as possible treatments for people with the disease, the BBC's health and science correspondent James Gallagher has said.\n\nThey include the steroid dexamethasone, which has been shown to reduce the risk of death by a third for ventilated patients and by a fifth for those on oxygen. Encouraging results have also been reported from two anti-inflammatory medications, tocilizumab and sarilumab.\n\nDr Ami Jones, intensive care consultant at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, in Wales, said there had been \"carnage\" for the \"last few weeks\".\n\nSpeaking whilst on shift, she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"We're maybe at 150% capacity and I know London are much worse than that.\n\n\"We've a steady stream of fit, young patients requiring critical care and sadly we're losing some of those patients.\n\n\"We lost a patient overnight and I've replaced them with a patient of similar age.\n\n\"It's heartbreaking - and it's been going on for weeks and weeks and we haven't seen any kind of stop yet.\"\n\nDr Jones said the average Covid patient stays in hospital between two to four weeks \"and it really puts them through it\".\n\nShe added: \"You really want people who are going to be able to survive that three or four weeks and actually come out the other end and make a good recovery.\n\n\"We're not stopping people having care but we're giving it to the people we feel have the best chance of getting through what is a horrific situation we're going to put them through.\"\n\nDr Jones said nurses are \"broken\", both physically, from months of long shifts in personal protective equipment (PPE), and emotionally - partly due to the impact of the virus on them, their families and the community.\n\nDr Rupert Pearse, consultant in intensive care medicine at a London hospital, speaking on behalf of the Intensive Care Society, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that a \"huge number\" of patients were still attending hospital.\n\nHe said: \"Whilst we know the infection rate has probably now peaked, and we can be hopeful to soon be sure we've hit a hospital admissions peak, admissions to ICU [the intensive care unit] usually lag 48 hours behind that.\n\n\"So we're still very very worried that we're being pushed right up to the wire in terms of the resources we're able to deliver for patient care.\"\n\nDr Pearse added that there were three or four times more critical care beds in some hospitals than they would usually have.\n\nHe said: \"I can remember a time when it would take years for an intensive care unit to negotiate one extra bed on a complement of 14 or 15 beds.\n\n\"We, within a few weeks, have massively increased the number of beds and finding the staff - most importantly of all - to deliver that has been a huge logistical exercise.\"\n\nReacting to the ventilation figures, Dr Charlotte Hopkins, deputy chief medical officer for Barts Health NHS trust in east London, said on Twitter there had been a \"fast-paced increase\" since 18 December, and that more than a third of the 4,076 ventilated patients were in London.\n\nIt comes as some scientists said that signs a new Covid variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a \"game changer\" in the UK's response to the pandemic.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that there was \"some evidence\" the variant that emerged in the UK may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nBut Prof Graham Medley, the co-author of the study the PM was referring to, said the variant's deadliness remained an \"open\" question.\n\nDr Mike Tildesley, a member of Sage subgroup the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M), said he was \"surprised\" Mr Johnson had shared the findings when the data was \"not particularly strong\".\n\nPublic Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle said it was \"too early\" to be \"absolutely clear\".\n\n\"There is some evidence, but it is very early evidence. It is small numbers of cases and it is far too early to say,\" she told the Today programme.\n\nUp to and including 22 January, 5,861,351 people have now had their first Covid jab and 468,617 have had their second dose.\n\nSenior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThe British Medical Association told Prof Chris Whitty an extension to the maximum gap between jab from three weeks to 12 weeks, to get the first dose to more people, was \"difficult to justify\".\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers have previously defended the delay to the second jab in a letter to medical staff, saying: \"unvaccinated people are far more likely to end up severely ill, hospitalised [or] in some cases dying\".", "Even while posted at the US Capitol, many troops have been seen sleeping on the floor\n\nUS President Joe Biden has apologised after some members of the National Guard stationed at the Capitol were pictured sleeping in a car park.\n\nMore than 25,000 troops were deployed to Washington DC for his inauguration after violence earlier this month.\n\nImages spread on Thursday showing them forced to rest in a nearby parking garage after lawmakers returned.\n\nThe conditions sparked anger among politicians, and some state governors recalled troops over the controversy.\n\nMr Biden called the chief of the National Guard Bureau on Friday to apologise and ask what could be done, according to US media reports.\n\nFirst Lady Jill Biden also visited some of the troops to thank them personally, bringing biscuits from the White House as a gift.\n\n\"I just wanted to come today to say thank you to all of you for keeping me and my family safe,\" she said.\n\nThe photographs showing hundreds of troops in a parking garage went viral on Thursday and sparked outrage, including from members of Congress.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMany voiced concerns about the conditions, with guardsmen exposed to car fumes and without proper access to facilities like toilets after having been on alert for days.\n\nImages of the cramped conditions also sparked fears about the spread of coronavirus.\n\nA US official, speaking anonymously to Reuters news agency, said on Friday that between 100 and 200 of those deployed had tested positive for Covid-19. The figure - which would represent a small proportion of the more than 25,000 deployed, has not been publicly confirmed.\n\nChuck Schumer, a Democrat and the new Senate majority leader, said that the move was \"an outrage\" and pledged it \"will never happen again\".\n\nRon DeSantis, Florida's governor, was among those who said he had ordered guards from his state to return home following the controversy.\n\n\"This is a half-cocked mission at this point and the appropriate thing is to bring them home,\" he told Fox News on Friday.\n\nThe Senate Rules Committee is also investigating the issue, Senator Roy Blunt told Politico.\n\nThere are conflicting reports about why the troops were moved from the Capitol.\n\nA National Guard spokesman told US media they were moved on Thursday afternoon at the request of the Capitol Police because of \"increased foot traffic\" as Congress came back into session.\n\nThe acting chief of the Capitol Police, Yogananda Pittman, later said her agency \"did not instruct the National Guard to vacate the Capitol Building facilities\", while two officers contradicted her statement in comments to the Associated Press news agency.\n\nThe decision was reversed later on Thursday, when the troops were allowed to return to the Capitol.\n\nA joint statement from the US National Guard and US Capitol Police on Friday said they had worked together to make sure those in the Capitol Complex had \"appropriate spaces\" to take on-duty breaks.\n\nThey also said off-duty troops were being housed in hotel rooms or other accommodation and thanked members of Congress for their concern.\n\nSome 19,000 guardsmen will return to their home states in the coming days with about 7,000 expected to stay on in Washington, according to the New York Times.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Relatives of older people in Wales called the vaccinations \"poorly organised\"\n\nRural GPs are to run new community vaccination centres after concerns over the speed of the roll-out in Wales.\n\nFrom Saturday, three new vaccination hubs will open to give over-80s and those with mobility issues the jab.\n\nIt comes after some living in rural areas said they had been told to travel miles to get the jab or wait weeks to have their first dose.\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething said it would help immunise hundreds of over-80s this weekend.\n\nThere has been criticism of the speed of the roll-out in Wales, with some telling the BBC elderly and housebound relatives had been told there would be a wait if they could not get to their GP surgery.\n\nA total of 212,317 people have been given their first dose of vaccine in Wales, up to 21 January - just over 6.7% of the population.\n\nThe Welsh Government hopes to have 70% of over-80s immunised by the end of this weekend.\n\nBy 21 January, 30% of the over-80s and 60% of care home residents had been given the first dose.\n\nOn Saturday, the Welsh Government announced doctors surgeries in rural areas would join forces to help administer the jab to the elderly and vulnerable.\n\nThe first of the new community centres, run by clusters of GP practices, are to open on the Llyn Peninsula, in Buckley in Flintshire, and Bridgend.\n\nThey will be able to administer both the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines.\n\nUntil now, the Pfizer vaccine could only be administered at special mass-vaccination centres, due to the low temperatures it needs to be stored at.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it hoped 3,000 people would get the vaccine administered at the centres this weekend.\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething said: \"Vaccination is our top priority so I want to thank all the GP practices right across Wales that are working in unison to set up these new community vaccination centres.\n\n\"This enables GPs to use both of the vaccines available to us and will help more people to be vaccinated somewhere that is much closer to home than the large vaccination centres.\n\n\"Every week, our vaccination programme speeds up as more centres are opened and more vaccines are available for the small army of healthcare professionals administering vaccines.\"\n\nIn north Wales, a group of GPs have formed a group to deliver about 1,000 vaccines to elderly and vulnerable people.\n\nDr Eilir Hughes, a GP at Ty Doctor Surgery, Gwynedd, said rural GPs had faced a \"real challenge\" to get the most vulnerable patients vaccinated as soon as possible.\n\nThe surgery is about 50 miles away from the nearest vaccination centre in north-west Wales.\n\nHe said bringing three GP practices together to vaccinate hundreds of patients in two days was a \"Herculean effort\".", "Helen White's lighting business is struggling to absorb a six-fold increase in freight costs.\n\n\"We were paying £1,600 per container in November, this month we've been quoted over £10,000,\" says Helen White.\n\nThe founder of start-up Houseof.com, which imports lighting from China, says the rise in shipping costs means she's making a loss on what she sells.\n\nShe's one of many UK importers facing soaring freight costs amid a global shipping crisis that may last months.\n\nA shortage of empty shipping containers in Asia and bottlenecks at the UK's deep sea ports are behind the problems.\n\nIt was hoped the backlogs could be cleared during the Chinese New Year holiday in February, but instead a coronavirus outbreak in China is adding to the uncertainty facing firms.\n\nIn the UK the difficulties in international shipping have coincided with problems faced by businesses trading with the EU after Brexit.\n\nOne Manchester-based freight forwarder said the logistics industry is facing the most challenging conditions he's seen in the 17 years he's been in the business.\n\nCraig Poole from Cardinal Maritime said during lockdowns, people have been turning to online shopping, and that's causing a surge in demand for goods from China.\n\nFreight forwarder Craig Poole says the logistics industry is facing hugely challenging conditions\n\nBut some companies can't absorb the skyrocketing freight costs that shipping lines are charging. That could lead to higher prices for consumers or businesses having to close.\n\n\"The really unfortunate thing is, the small businesses who can't afford to pay those rates are going to go under as a result,\" Mr Poole said.\n\nHelen White's lighting range is designed in the UK and manufactured in Guangzhou, China.\n\nShe said the six-fold increase in shipping costs is hard to take, especially when getting hold of a container \"is like gold dust\".\n\n\"It's really hard for a small business to absorb those costs. We'll be making a loss on the goods we're selling.\"\n\nLighting seller houseof.com is struggling to import stock from China\n\nAt the other end of the supply chain, Chinese manufacturers and logistics firms say they are equally frustrated.\n\nJohnny Tseng is the owner and director of Hong Kong-based J&B Clothing Company Ltd., which manufactures garments for some of the UK's most popular fashion sites including Boohoo and Pretty Little Thing.\n\nHe's been supplying clothes to British retailers for more than 40 years, but he says his family-run firm won't be able to absorb inflated shipping rates for much longer.\n\n\"To be honest I don't even know how we can survive if we carry on shipping things at this kind of cost.\"\n\nJohnny Tseng says sky-high shipping rates are putting his business at risk.\n\nHe says he's now being quoted $14,000 to ship a container to the UK, when the usual price is $2,500.\n\nThe shortage of empty containers in China and congestion at UK ports caused some of his stock to miss the busy Christmas trading period. Now some customers are holding orders for their Autumn-Winter collections until next year.\n\n\"It's chaos,\" he said. \"We are making a loss. We take it as a loss leader and keep our fingers crossed it will go back to normal after Chinese New Year, but it is a major issue if it persists this way.\"\n\nUsually during the Chinese New Year holiday, factories in China shut down for two weeks. There were hopes the pause in production would give UK ports a chance to clear the backlog of ships waiting to dock, and encourage shipping lines to move more empty containers back to Asia, which is a less profitable journey.\n\nChinese workers usually travel home for the Chinese New Year holiday.\n\nBut rising numbers of coronavirus cases have prompted the Chinese authorities to stagger factory closing dates so that not all workers are travelling to their home regions at the same time. A worsening outbreak could lead to travel restrictions, in which case some factories may not stop production at all.\n\nCraig Poole says some companies have been caught out by factories closing earlier than planned.\n\n\"A lot of businesses that can't get those goods away are delaying orders until after Chinese New Year, so this situation could continue 'til March,\" he said.\n\nPatrick Lee from the Hong Kong-based Unique Logistics International said it could be even longer than that.\n\n\"Middle of the year at the earliest is what we're hearing from end customers in the UK, and also from some of our people in the industry. Some of the carriers as well,\" he said.\n\nMr Lee has called on the shipping lines to add more ships to help ease the backlog of stock orders building up at warehouses across China.\n\n\"They are increasing sailing but can increase a lot more. There are idle ships out there that they can reactivate without too much difficulty,\" he said.\n\nThe disruption could last for several months, according to logistics specialist Patrick Lee\n\nBut a spokeswoman for the World Shipping Council said carriers are using all available capacity.\n\n\"The demand for transportation service far exceeds supply. As in any free market, this puts upward pressure on rates,\" she said.\n\nShipping lines have been trying to drive down demand from British importers by charging a premium for deliveries to the UK, or bypassing the country's ports altogether.\n\nOne shipping line recently offered freight rates of $12,050 for a 40ft container from China to Southampton, but charged just $8,450 for the same container to travel from China to Rotterdam, Hamburg, or Antwerp.\n\nThe UK's largest container port at Felixstowe has been experiencing long delays since October. Congestion has also been a problem at the Port of Southampton, albeit to a lesser extent.\n\nThe bottlenecks were initially caused by a surge in imports as business activity picked up after the first wave of the pandemic. Huge shipments of PPE and the usual Christmas rush added to container volumes and ports struggled to cope.\n\nThe UK's largest container port at Felixstowe has been experiencing bottlenecks for months\n\n\"Most of the carriers just don't want UK cargo because of the issues when the vessels dock, so mainly they're favouring European ports and we are having to truck containers over,\" said freight forwarder Craig Poole.\n\nHe said that adds a cost of up to £2,000 per container, and takes an extra seven to ten days to reach the delivery point in the UK.\n\nFor business-owners like Helen White, the difficulties affecting the shipping industry can't be solved quickly enough.\n\n\"Lots of little start-ups are really hurting,\" she said. \"It has been paired with logistical nightmares across Europe as well. It just feels like logistics is falling apart at the moment. It's hard to see where the resolution is.\"", "Paul Davies had been preparing to lead his party's Senedd election campaign in the coming months\n\nPaul Davies has been something of an understated figure leading the Welsh Conservative group in Cardiff Bay since he won the race to succeed Andrew RT Davies in September 2018.\n\nThe Senedd member for Preseli Pembrokeshire tried to move the party group in the direction of being more sceptical of devolution.\n\nBut a row over drinking on Senedd premises ended his ambitions to be the first Conservative first minister of Wales.\n\nBorn in 1969, Paul Davies grew up in the village of Pontsian in Ceredigion.\n\nHe attended Llandysul Grammar School and Newcastle Emlyn Comprehensive School before working for a bank for 20 years.\n\nMr Davies entered Cardiff Bay politics in 2007 when he was elected to the then National Assembly for Wales. He was appointed deputy leader of the Welsh Conservative group in 2011 before becoming interim leader and then leader in 2018.\n\nPaul Davies backed Boris Johnson in the UK Conservative leadership campaign in 2019\n\nPresented as a safe pair of hands during his leadership campaign he has, at times, almost appeared to have been overshadowed by his predecessor Andrew RT Davies, who sometimes seems to enjoy media appearances more than his leader.\n\nFaced with the potential rise of the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party, Paul Davies attempted to steer the Welsh Tories towards a more devo-sceptic, if not anti-devolution, approach.\n\nHe pledged a future Conservative Welsh Government would not \"tread on Westminster's turf\", and \"respect what is not devolved\" by \"unpicking\" the Welsh Government's international relations department.\n\nThere were also promises to halve the current number of Welsh ministers to seven, freeze civil servant recruitment and not increase the budget of the body which runs the Senedd if he became first minister.\n\nWelsh political structures need a \"dose\" of Dominic Cummings, Paul Davies has said\n\nBut the coronavirus pandemic has, arguably, made it even harder for opposition party leaders in the Senedd to cut through to the wider electorate.\n\nThe crisis has given Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford a much bigger profile, on a Wales and UK stage, making it more difficult for other Welsh party leaders to get onto the news agenda.\n\nLast July, there were raised eyebrows when Paul Davies suggested \"a dose of Dom\" was needed in Wales to \"shake up\" its governance.\n\nThe reference to the prime minister's now departed chief advisor and brutal political operator Dominic Cummings was interesting, given the criticism heaped on Mr Cummings a couple of months earlier for driving his family 260 miles from his London home to Durham during lockdown, and a subsequent 25-mile trip to check his eyesight before a return trip.\n\nBacking Remain at the 2016 referendum on EU membership, Paul Davies aimed to steer a steady course during a fractious period for a Conservative Party dealing with the polarising issue of Brexit.\n\nHe has been loyal to the UK party leader of the day, and often stuck to the Westminster line rather than try to carve an independent stance.\n\nDespite this, Mr Davies had wanted the Tory Senedd group leader to be given the title Welsh Conservative leader.\n\nIt is something the party has never formally agreed to do despite a review of its Welsh structures.", "Up to 500 new prison cells are to be built in women's jails, the Ministry of Justice has announced.\n\nThese will be built in existing women's prisons to increase the number of single cells available and improve conditions.\n\nThey will include in-cell showers, and some will enable women to have overnight visits with their children to prepare for life at home after release.\n\nIn future, older cells could also be shut if the prison population reduces.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has also pledged almost £2m in funding to 38 charities so their \"vital work in steering women away from crime can continue\".\n\nThis may include addressing mental health problems and drug use, both of which affect around half of women in prison.\n\nPrisons minister Lucy Frazer said: \"This funding boost will allow frontline services to continue the incredible work they do with some of the most vulnerable women in our society to prevent them being drawn into crime.\"\n\nAnnouncing the funding, the government reiterated its promise to cut the number of women in custody and provide effective support to deal with problems which could lead to crime in the first place or reoffending.\n\nBut it admitted there could be a temporary rise of inmates in the near future as the number of investigations and prosecutions is expected to increase amid the hiring of 20,000 more police officers.\n\nIt added that the number of women in custody has fallen by 10% since 2010 and stressed that government investment in community services should see this trend continue in the long-term.\n\nIf the number of women in prison falls longer term, the MoJ says the new modern facilities will allow the Prison Service to close old accommodation.\n\nCampaigners largely welcomed the announcement, but warned the efforts do not go far enough to tackle longstanding problems.\n\nKate Paradine, chief executive of charity Women in Prison, said: \"This pledge and funding are just the start, and a far cry from what is needed in order to provide stability for women who face the sharp end of our society.\"\n\nShe called on the government in its upcoming Budget to safeguard the future of women's centres, which she described as an \"anchor that stop women being swept up into crime\" but warned were \"facing a funding cliff edge in April\".\n\nEmily Evison, policy officer at the Prison Reform Trust, said the plans would need to be backed up by \"action on the ground to prove effective\", adding: \"Instead of planning for a rise (in women prisoners), the government should redouble its efforts to ensure women are not being sent to prison to serve pointless short sentences.\"\n\nAndrew Neilson, director of campaigns at the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: \"If the goal is to reduce the number of women entering the criminal justice system, then today's announcement shows that ministers are looking at the issue down the wrong end of a telescope\", claiming the funding promised was \"dwarfed\" by the cost of the extra prison places.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teresa Dalling says a river of orange water rushed through the village on Thursday\n\nFlood victims will not be able to return to their homes until their safety can be assured, a council leader has said.\n\nThe Coal Authority has said initial checks suggested water built up in a mine shaft causing a \"blow out\" that flooded properties in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot.\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated as water rushed through the village on Thursday.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones said it was unlikely residents could return Monday.\n\nHe said underground investigations would begin on Saturday and the work could take two to three days.\n\n\"Safety is the paramount concern for us,\" he said.\n\n\"Because we can't guarantee the site safety - that's the reason why people will remain away from their properties until such time as we can give the all clear.\n\n\"We don't know what the water has done underground.\"\n\nThe fire service said on Saturday morning the pumping operation was \"making good progress\".\n\nMr Jones told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast people may be able to return next week but \"did not want to raise hopes\" it will be Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said the flooding was \"more than likely\" related to old mine workings with six mines known about in area. He said the industry dated back 300 years.\n\nSkewen resident John Thomas returned home from a funeral with wife Lynne on Thursday to find their house had turned into \"a lake\".\n\nHe said: \"The water was around the level of the bottom of the doors so we couldn't go in, so we just had to stand there and watch this orange-coloured water just piling up and up and up.\n\n\"Other people who were evacuated had the chance to move things upstairs, I didn't have a chance to do that because I couldn't get in to it.\"\n\nAt least 80 people had to leave their homes in the village after flooding\n\nLocal MP Stephen Kinnock said affected residents were staying in \"lots of different places\" across the region.\n\nAnd he praised the \"extraordinary\" generosity of the community and the support of the Salvation Army with donations of food, clothing and toiletries.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNatural Resources Wales (NRW) said officers were continuing to look at how to minimise the risk of pollution to nearby rivers, and investigating any impacts on the River Neath.\n\nThe Coal Authority, which manages the effects of past coal mining, is investigating the incident.\n\nChief executive Lisa Pinney said equipment, due on site on Saturday, would be used to drill into mine workings to \"fully investigate what has happened\".\n\n\"The blow out is likely to have been caused by a blockage underground which has caused water to back up and to break out using the easiest path,\" she said.\n\n\"The excessive rainfall of the past few days and the prolonged rainfall this winter, will have put additional pressure on the system.\n\n\"We know that people will want to get back to their homes and we will continue to progress these works as soon as possible, but public safety has to come first.\"\n\nThere are a number of historical mine workings in Skewen dating back beyond 1850.\n\nOn Saturday, Mr Jones said water was still pouring out of the affected site so workers were diverting it, while machines cleared gulleys and drains to give the water the chance to enter drainage systems.\n\nA residents' incident support centre has been set up at Abbey Primary School to offer help and information over the weekend, between 09:00-17:00 GMT.\n\nThe council has asked residents to be \"patient as the investigation continues\" and has set up a helpline. Tel. 01639 686868.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It is not clear if anyone not entitled succeeded in getting a Covid jab\n\nA health board boss has criticised council staff for potentially sharing Covid vaccine invites with colleagues.\n\nThe board meeting in North Wales heard some council staff, not within groups currently being vaccinated, booked appointments by following a link in an email only intended for the recipient.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr health board's chairman Mark Polin said such actions could deprive someone else of a jab.\n\nDenbighshire council said it had warned staff the emails were not to be abused.\n\nIt is not clear if anyone not entitled succeeded in getting a Covid jab, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nOnly front-line social care and health workers, those over 80 and 70 years old, care home residents and their carers are currently being vaccinated.\n\nIndependent member Jackie Hughes spoke about the matter at Thursday's monthly health board meeting.\n\nAnswering her query, Dr Chris Stockport, the health board's executive director of primary care and community services, said: \"We are very clear with our local authority partners and teams of what frontline means in the same way we are elsewhere.\n\n\"When you arrive [for a vaccine] there's a process of validation.\n\n\"The likelihood is they will experience some difficulties working through the booking system [if they try to get into a higher vaccination cohort].\n\n\"It adds complications for a busy team and I would ask them not to do that when it's a clear effort to circumvent the cohort.\"\n\nAt Thursday's daily press briefing the UK Government Home Secretary Priti Patel said people who jumped the queue for the vaccine were \"morally reprehensible\" as they were putting the lives of vulnerable people at risk.\n\nShe said all the UK Government's measures were under review but \"our focus is getting that vaccine to the most vulnerable to make sure we can protect them and obviously protect others in the community\".\n\nMr Polin added: \"Whilst we understand the concerns people should not be doing what they are doing.\n\n\"The priority groups have been identified with clear medical guidance and sound reasoning behind it.\n\n\"So people jumping the queue are depriving someone else, potentially, of receiving the vaccine at the point at which they should.\"\n\nHe said it was a temporary problem, adding: \"We are changing the booking system, so this opportunity is not going to last much longer.\"\n\nHe said staff were looking out for any inappropriate bookings.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nNon-league Chorley were unable to emulate the heroes from 1986 by causing an FA Cup sensation against Wolves - but the National League North side came away with all the credit from their fourth-round tie at Victory Park.\n\nVitinha's superb 30-yard shot after 12 minutes proved enough to secure an all-Premier League tie against Arsenal or Southampton at Molineux in the fifth round.\n\nBut Nuno Espirito Santo's side were less than impressive against their part-time opponents.\n\nChorley had the first shot of the match through Elliot Newby, and after Vitinha had struck his first Wolves goal with the visitors' only shot on target, it was the hosts who had the best chances.\n\nCrucially, they also pocketed around £120,000 in prize money, plus TV fees, to sustain them through what could be a difficult period after their league was suspended for two weeks amid funding concerns earlier in the day.\n\n\"If you are going to lose, I would prefer to lose to a goal like that than a scruffy goal,\" said Chorley boss Jamie Vermiglio.\n\n\"I am proud of what we have done for our community, my kids at school will remember that their head teacher got this far in the FA Cup. Hopefully it can inspire some of them.\n\n\"We are approaching up to half a million [in earnings from the cup run], we have people who are isolating, and those players have given them a little bit of happiness.\n\n\"If it is 2-0 or 3-0 at half-time the game is done and people are turning their TVs off. That did not happen. I felt we were in the game. Every player was outstanding.\"\n• None How to follow FA Cup fourth round on the BBC\n\nIf this does end up being Chorley's last game of the season, it is one they will remember for some time, not only for the action on the pitch but also for the huge volley of fireworks that went off behind the main stand minutes into the contest.\n\nFor visiting Wolves, it was a step into the unknown. Their starting line-up got changed in the away dressing room, while their substitutes - European Championship winner Rui Patricio and Spain international Adama Traore among them - readied themselves in a sponsors' lounge.\n\nSeemingly those starting the game on the bench got the better deal.\n\nWolves boss Nuno paid Chorley the compliment of picking a strong starting line-up, including £35.6m record signing Fabio Silva and England international Conor Coady.\n\nAnd had this match been played in more imposing surroundings, it could have been mistaken for one of those Premier League games where one side sits back, challenges the opposition to break them down and then hits them on the counter.\n\nWolves' return of 76% possession and one shot on target, set against Chorley's five shots on target, suggests home manager Vermiglio got his tactics spot on.\n\nIndeed, had Andy Halls, a personal trainer by day, not had his goal-bound header tipped over by John Ruddy after an hour, Chorley might have forced a different outcome.\n\n\"The scene was set for us to lose this game,\" said Nuno. \"John Ruddy did his job, everybody knows his quality. He helped us to win the game.\"\n\nIt was nevertheless a typically English FA Cup tie, enlivened by Vermiglio yelling \"nothing wrong with that\" when two Wolves players went down under agricultural challenges, and then laughing in Traore's face amid a brief skirmish.\n\nIt was fantastic knockabout stuff. Sadly, the enduring disappointment was that other than staff, media and stewards, no-one was there in person to witness it.\n• None Wolves have reached the FA Cup fifth round in three of the last five seasons, as many as in the 21 seasons prior to this.\n• None Premier League teams have progressed from 45 of their 47 FA Cup ties against non-league teams (96%), with only Norwich vs Luton in 2013 and Burnley vs Lincoln in 2017 failing to progress.\n• None Separated by 120 years and 362 days, Chorley have lost both of their FA Cup games against top-flight opponents, losing against Notts County in January 1900 and Wolves.\n• None Vitinha became the 32nd different Wolves player to score a goal for Nuno Espirito Santo in all competitions and the 11th different Portuguese player to do so, with what was his third shot in his 12th appearance.\n• None Since the start of 2017-18, Wolves have had 11 different Portuguese scorers - more than twice as many as any other English league team in that time (Nottingham Forest, five).\n\nWolves are next in action against Chelsea in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, 27 January (18:00 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Neves.\n• None Harry Cardwell (Chorley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rúben Neves.\n• None Arlen Birch (Chorley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fábio Silva (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Neto. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "A restaurant worker in Lisbon, where benefits to those with symptoms, and those without, are generous\n\nThe idea of a flat £500 payment to anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 has been dismissed by the UK government. Health officials had come up with the suggestion in the hope of encouraging people with the illness to self-isolate.\n\nThere are concerns the virus is continuing to spread because some people are ignoring the instruction to stay home when they show symptoms or test positive. Downing Street has said there is already a £500 sum for those on low incomes who could not work from home and had to isolate. But this must be applied for and there have been high rejection rates in England at least, A behaviour expert who advises the government, told the BBC just 18% of people with symptoms were self-isolating for the full 10 days they were meant to.\n\nSo how do other countries handle the question of paying people to stay at home, or just trusting they will do the right thing? Here, BBC correspondents from Prague to New York, offer an insight.\n\nIn Portugal, even those who are just at-risk of contracting Covid - having been in direct contact with a confirmed case - are entitled to 100% of their basic salary, for 14 days, writes Alison Roberts, in Lisbon.\n\nFor those who show symptoms, or have tested positive, the same is available for up to 28 days. And the normal waiting times people are used to when claiming while ill have also been done away with - these Covid payments kick in on day one of isolation.\n\nThose not on permanent work contracts tend to be treated as self-employed and are eligible for benefits based on income declared. But there are a lot of people, including many immigrants, who lack the necessary paperwork, and are therefore not eligible to claim.\n\nNevertheless, it's perhaps not surprising that, because people are able to claim full basic pay, there hasn't been much, if any, debate about people obeying self-isolation. If there are reports of people not seeking tests, or not isolating, it seems to be more out of ignorance, which is certainly rather worrying.\n\nSlovenia has been offering compensation to people forced to self-isolate after exposure to coronavirus since it first introduced emergency measures in March, writes Guy De Launey in Ljubljana.\n\nDepending on the circumstances, this covers anything from 80% to the full amount of usual earnings. The payments may be made directly to people in quarantine, or as compensation to employers. A government official told the BBC that with its socialist past, it was normal for Slovenia to take care of people in quarantine by providing payments - and that without compensation, it would be impossible to deal with coronavirus.\n\nWhen the measures were first introduced, they enjoyed broad public support. But the second wave of the epidemic has seen case numbers skyrocket - Slovenia's per capita death-rate is now the third highest in the world - and public confidence overall has dipped.\n\nBy the end of 2020, market research company Valicon said that only 12% of Slovenians viewed the government's measures as \"appropriate\", adding that people were \"worried and dissatisfied with the social situation\", suggesting compensation is not a panacea.\n\nIn March last year, the US agreed to pay for some workers to stay at home - a big change for a country that had never paid sick leave requirement before, writes Natalie Sherman in New York.\n\nThe measure guaranteed up to 14 days of pay for workers forced to isolate because they had symptoms, had received medical advice to self-quarantine, or were under government lockdown orders. It also said it would guarantee two-thirds of pay for people caring for someone with the virus for up to two weeks. One study suggested it helped prevent hundreds of news cases a day.\n\nBut the assistance - paid by employers which were then reimbursed by the government via tax credits - expired on 31 December. And even before that, analysts estimated that loopholes meant roughly half of the country's workforce, including many grocery workers and medical staff were potentially excluded.\n\nAs part of his $1.9tn stimulus plan, President Joe Biden is pushing to renew the law, and end the exemptions. But the proposal - which his team estimates would expand the benefit to as many as 106 million more Americans - faces stiff resistance from Republicans and key business lobbies.\n\nIn Germany financial support is generous for people ordered to self-isolate by the authorities because of infection risk, writes Damien McGuinness in Berlin.\n\nAs a result there hasn't been a debate in Germany about breaking self-isolation rules because of financial need. Fines can be huge - tens of thousands of euros - and are strictly enforced. Overall there's no great issue with compliance and Germany's financial package has widespread cross-party backing, and is supported by voters.\n\nEmployees who are unable to work at home receive full pay for up to six weeks. This is paid by the employer, who is then reimbursed by the state. After that, workers may be eligible for sick-pay.\n\nFreelancers and self-employed people are generally also entitled to full pay for six weeks. But they would apply directly to their regional government. The exact rules and level of efficiency for payments vary from region to region. For those in the gig economy - Germany has it, though less so than Britain - this should be covered by state aid, based on tax returns.\n\nThe level of state support was agreed by Germany's national parliament in Berlin. But payments are administered and funded by regional governments.\n\nThere's been some discussion here about paying people to stay home if they test positive for Covid, writes Rob Cameron, in Prague.\n\nThe idea is advocated by at least one independent expert group. But it would be expensive, and the Czech state coffers are already stretched from keeping employees on furlough and paying compensation.\n\nInstead, salaried employees who receive a positive diagnosis are left with two choices: work from home - if they're up to it, if their job allows it and if their employer agrees, or go on sick leave for 10 days and receive 60% salary.\n\nFor the self-employed it's worse. Only those who have chosen to pay state sickness insurance will receive anything. Most opt out - the benefits are marginal. So most continue working from home - if their health and profession allows it.\n\nFor many workers, in other words, a positive Covid test can be a real blow to the wallet. It's an open secret that many people - especially freelancers in creative professions - beg friends and colleagues who test positive not to declare them as contacts, to avoid having to go into quarantine. For some the fear of losing work and money outweighs social responsibility.\n\nMoves to compensate people for taking time off work have largely been well received, writes Maddy Savage in Stockholm.\n\nTo encourage people to stay at home from the moment they develop coronavirus symptoms, the government changed the rules to allow Swedish employees and the self-employed to claim sick pay from the first day they are off, rather than the second. Employees receive about 80% of their salary while they isolate (capped at SEK 700 or £61.88 per day), and the self-employed are entitled to payments capped at 804 SEK or £71.05. The government has also introduced an allowance for people isolating because they live with someone who has coronavirus.\n\nWhile Sweden has largely kept primary schools open throughout the pandemic, parents have been able to make use of a pre-existing benefit which allows them to take state-funded time off work if their children are ill (with the virus or any other illness), and an additional benefit has been introduced for parents who are forced to take time off work to look after children affected by school closures as a result of a local outbreak.\n\nBut these measures have also stirred debates about welfare inequality. There are concerns that workers who are paid by the hour or on temporary contracts aren't entitled to the same level of sickness benefits as permanent staff - there are reports that this has encouraged some to keep working despite developing Covid-19 symptoms.", "Researchers have been tracking changes to the \"spike\" of the virus\n\nThe new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version, a study has found.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy of London's Imperial College said the differences between the viruses types was \"quite extreme\".\n\n\"There is a huge difference in how easily the variant virus spreads,\" he told BBC News. \"This is the most serious change in the virus since the epidemic began,\" he added.\n\nThe Imperial College study suggests transmission of the new variant tripled during England's November lockdown while the previous version was reduced by a third.\n\nCases of Covid-19 have begun to increase rapidly during the second spike, and the number of cases recorded in a single day reached a new high on Thursday.\n\nEarly results indicated that the virus was spreading more quickly among under-20s, particularly among secondary school age children.\n\nBut the very latest data indicates that it was spreading quickly across all age groups, according to Prof Gandy who was a member of the research team.\n\n\"One possible explanation is that the early data was collected during the time of the November lockdown where schools were open and the activities of the adult population were more restricted. We are seeing now that the new virus has increased infectiousness across all age groups.\"\n\nProf Jim Naismith, of Oxford University, said he believed that the new findings indicated that even tougher restrictions would soon be needed.\n\n\"The data from Imperial represent the best analysis to date and imply that the measures we have employed to date, would - with the new virus - fail to reduce the R number to below 1.\n\n\"In simpler terms, unless we do something different the new virus strain is going to continue to spread, more infections, more hospitalisations and more deaths.\"\n\nThe R number is the average number of people an infected person infects. If it is above 1 the epidemic is growing.\n\nThe most chilling finding from this piece of research is that the November lockdown in England, hard though it was for many people, would not have stopped the variant form of the virus spreading. The same severe restrictions that saw cases of the previous version of the virus fall by a third, would see a tripling of the new variant. This is why there has been such a sudden tightening of restrictions across the country.\n\nIt is unclear whether the current restrictions will be enough to control the spread of the virus. Given the fact that it has taken two lockdowns to stop the earlier version of the virus overwhelming the NHS, many scientists fear that further tightening will be necessary.\n\nInfection levels will begin to drop as enough people are vaccinated. But until then it is now more important than ever for people to follow social distancing guidelines, wear masks where required and to regularly wash their hands.\n\nThe new year brings with it hope of a more normal life in the next few months but also a new form of the virus that all of us will have to combat in the coming days and weeks.\n\nProfessor Lawrence Young, of Warwick University, said early indications suggested that vaccines would be effective against the new form of the virus.\n\n\"Variants virus have been around since the beginning of the pandemic and are a product of the natural process by which viruses develop and adapt to their hosts as they replicate.\n\n\"Most of these mutations have no effect on the behaviour of the virus but very occasionally they can improve the ability of the virus to infect and/or become more resistant to the body's immune response.\"\n\nFurther research is needed to understand why the variant is spreading so quickly. But early indications are that vaccines should be effective against it.\n\nThe new virus has been designated \"Variant of Concern 202012/01\" or VOC by Public Health England.\n\nIt was detected in November and thought to have originated in the south-east England in September.\n\nThere is no evidence to suggest that it is more deadly, but it will increase the number of cases which in turn will add further pressure on the NHS.\n\nThe variant can now be found across the UK, except Northern Ireland, but it is heavily concentrated in London, as well as south-east and eastern England.", "The Black Country Living Museum normally gives visitors a taste of ordinary life in the Victorian era\n\nA venue that has doubled as a set for TV series Peaky Blinders is to operate as a Covid-19 vaccination centre.\n\nUsing Black Country Living Museum, a largely open-air site, to deliver jabs is said to be a \"game-changer\" for the local community.\n\nThe Dudley attraction, which is closed to tourists during lockdown, is expected to help administer thousands of injections a week.\n\nPeople are reminded they need an NHS letter of invitation before turning up.\n\nThe formal appointments will initially prioritise doses for people most at risk of complications from the virus.\n\nThe latest figures from NHS England showed 97,310 Covid jabs had been administered in Dudley and the surrounding area by Thursday - the second highest amount in the Midlands.\n\nBut rollout at the museum - which begins on Monday - will see it become Dudley's first vaccination centre.\n\nIt will complement existing GP-led vaccination services which are already up and running locally.\n\nCillian Murphy stars in Peaky Blinders, a Birmingham-set drama filmed in part at the museum\n\nThe museum normally gives visitors a taste of life in the Black Country during bygone days and has been used as a location for Peaky Blinders, the BBC TV series set in nearby Birmingham in the early 20th Century.\n\nSaying the step was a game-changer, Nicholas Barlow, Dudley Council member for health, said: \"Having the Black Country Living Museum on board as a vaccination centre will greatly increase the amount of jabs we can deliver, and the speed at which we can administer them.\n\n\"It will make people safer from this deadly virus more quickly.\"\n\nSally Roberts, Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group chief nurse, said: \"Our progress [in the area] to date has been incredible and I am delighted that our first vaccination centre, which will be capable of delivering thousands more vaccines each week, is going live.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Appointments were brought forward or rescheduled for safety reasons\n\nFour vaccination centres were shut as snow caused some travel disruption in Wales.\n\nSunday appointments in Bridgend, Rhondda, Abercynon and Merthyr Tydfil were rescheduled for safety reasons, but centres will reopen on Monday, the Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board said.\n\nThe Met Office has extended a yellow weather warning to midnight on Sunday for all of Wales except Anglesey.\n\nA yellow warning for ice runs from midnight until 11:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nPolice have warned of difficult conditions due to snow and ice.\n\nUp to 3cm of snow is forecast to fall in most areas, with 10 to 15cm expected in the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg health board urged anyone with queries about Sunday's vaccination appointments to call the number on their appointment letters.\n\nSnow volunteers cleared pathways so a Covid vaccine pilot in Maesteg could keep running\n\n\"We can confirm that no vaccines have been wasted as a consequence of this temporary Sunday closure and we are grateful to all those who were able to turn up at such short notice yesterday as we brought forward a significant number of Sunday appointments during the course of Saturday,\" it said.\n\n\"Additionally, our 4x4 arrangements are enabling us to continue to reach care homes to vaccinate the staff and residents there.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNorth Wales Police tweeted there was \"widespread snow this morning, particularly in some higher areas, making driving conditions difficult\".\n\nAnd Dyfed-Powys Police said some roads were \"impassable\" and advised people to \"stay home\".\n\nIn Bridgend, officers from South Wales Police were pelted with snowballs as they helped an injured sledger on Heol y Nant.\n\nNorth Wales Police warned of difficult conditions due to \"widespread snow\", particularly on high ground.\n\nIt said the A499 near Pwllheli had received heavy snowfall overnight.\n\nWelsh Ambulance Service boss Jason Killens tweeted, thanking the public for helping crews continue to work despite the conditions.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nVillages were dusted with snow, such as in Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire\n\nNick Rolfe shared this garden view in Nercwys, near Mold, Flintshire\n\nThe Met Office warned travellers that \"longer journey times by road, bus and train services\" could be expected, although Wales is in a level four lockdown with all but essential travel banned.\n\nIt also said the snow could lead to power cuts and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected.\n\nThose going out for daily exercise have been warned there could be icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.\n\nIn Powys, this was the view over Newtown on Sunday\n\nThe hills around Llangollen, Denbighshire, were covered in snow on Saturday\n\nPower cuts and travel delays are possible, the Met Office says\n\nThe drop in temperatures is likely to exacerbate problems after widespread flooding caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nTwo flood warnings issued by Natural Resources Wales remain in place, meaning flooding is expected.\n\nThese cover the River Ritec at Tenby in Pembrokeshire, which could affect the Kiln Park caravan site, and the lower Dee Valley from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows.\n\nPretty as a picture... Suzy shared this garden view in Snowdonia\n\nSun up: Heath in Cardiff awakes to a covering of snow\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Larry King, giant of US broadcasting who achieved worldwide fame for interviewing political leaders and celebrities, has died at the age of 87.\n\nKing conducted an estimated 50,000 interviews in his six-decade career, which included 25 years as host of the popular CNN talk show Larry King Live.\n\nHe died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Ora Media, a production company he co-founded.\n\nEarlier this month, he was treated in hospital for Covid-19, US media say.\n\nThe talk show host, famous for his braces and rolled-up sleeves, had faced several health problems in recent years, including heart attacks.\n\nKing was married eight times to seven women and had five children. Two of them died last year within weeks of each other - daughter Chaia died from lung cancer and son Andy of a heart attack.\n\nKing carried out interviews with every sitting US president from Gerald Ford to Barack Obama and a number of world leaders. His other high-profile guests included Dr Martin Luther King, the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Lady Gaga.\n\n\"For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry's many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster,\" Ora Media said in a statement, without giving the cause of death.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Larry King: \"I like spontaneity. That's the kind of broadcaster I am\".\n\nBorn Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in Brooklyn, New York, in 1933, King rose to fame in the 1970s with his radio programme The Larry King Show, on the commercial network Mutual Broadcasting System.\n\nIn 1985 he launched Larry King Live on the fledgling CNN, and became one of the network's biggest stars. The programme, broadcast around the world, was a success with audiences, with King answering thousands of phone calls from viewers.\n\nHe earned a number of honours, including two Peabody awards, but was also criticised for his non-confrontational approach and open-ended questions. King boasted of not doing much research for the interviews so, he said, he could learn along with viewers.\n\nBy 2010 his ratings had dropped significantly, with critics saying King's approach felt outdated in an era of more aggressive interviewing styles. King then announced his retirement, saying: \"It's time to hang up my nightly suspenders.\"\n\nIn his final programme on CNN, he told his viewers: \"I don't know what to say, except to you, my audience, thank you. Instead of goodbye, how about so long?\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by CNN Communications This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCNN replaced him with British journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan, whose programme King criticised for being \"too much about him\".\n\nMorgan, whose programme was cancelled three years later, said on Twitter on Saturday: \"Larry King was a hero of mine until we fell out after I replaced him at CNN & he said my show was 'like watching your mother-in-law go over a cliff in your new Bentley.' (He married 8 times so a mother-in-law expert).\"\n\nIn a statement, CNN president Jeff Zucker said: \"The scrappy young man from Brooklyn had a history-making career spanning radio and television. His curiosity about the world propelled his award-winning career in broadcasting, but it was his generosity of spirit that drew the world to him.\"\n\nMost recently, King hosted another programme, Larry King Now, broadcast on Hulu and RT, Russia's state-controlled international broadcaster.\n\nA Kremlin spokesman was quoted as saying by state RIA Novosti news agency: \"King repeatedly interviewed Putin. The president has always appreciated his great professionalism and unquestioned journalistic authority.\"\n\nOutside broadcasting, King founded the Larry King Cardiac Foundation in 1988, a charity which helps to fund heart treatment for those with limited financial means or no medical insurance.", "Pavithra Wanniarachchi (L) has become the fourth Sri Lankan minister to test positive\n\nSri Lanka's health minister, who endorsed herbal syrup to prevent Covid, has tested positive for the virus.\n\nPavithra Wanniarachchi tested positive on Friday, a media secretary at the Ministry of Health told the BBC.\n\nShe had promoted the syrup, manufactured by a shaman who claimed it worked as a life-long inoculation against the virus.\n\nSri Lanka recorded 56,076 cases and 276 deaths since the pandemic began, with cases surging in recent months.\n\nMs Wanniarachchi is the fourth minister to test positive. A junior minister, who also took the potion, tested positive earlier this week.\n\nThe health minister had publicly consumed and endorsed the syrup as a way of stopping the spread of the virus. The shaman who invented the syrup, which contains honey and nutmeg, said the recipe was given to him in a visionary dream.\n\nDoctors in the country have quashed claims the herbal syrup works, but AFP news agency reports thousands have travelled to a village to obtain it.\n\nMs Wanniarachchi took two Covid-19 tests and both returned positive results, Viraj Abeysinghe, media secretary at the Ministry of Health told the BBC.\n\nThe minister has been asked to self-isolate and all of her immediate contacts have gone into isolation.\n\nNews of Ms Wanniarachchi's positive test came hours after Sri Lanka approved the emergency use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The first doses are expected to arrive in the country next week.\n\nSri Lanka isn't the only place where people in positions of power have promoted unproven treatments for Covid.\n\nLast year, Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina was criticised for promoting a herbal concoction that he claimed could prevent the virus. He was pictured distributing the tonic to poor communities in the capital.\n\nSince the pandemic began, a number of world leaders and cabinet members have contracted Covid. French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former President Donald Trump all caught the virus at various points last year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The people who think Coronavirus is caused by 5G", "Skewen in Neath Port Talbot has been badly hit by flooding over the past two days\n\nThere have been \"no adverse effects\" on the coronavirus vaccine roll-out caused by recent flooding, the Welsh Government has said.\n\nHomes were evacuated in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, on Thursday as heavy rain caused issues across the country.\n\nSwansea Bay health board said none of its mass vaccination centres or GP surgeries had been affected by floods.\n\nIt added anyone struggling to get to a vaccination appointment because of the flooding would be able to rearrange.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board also said it was not aware of flooding in north Wales causing any issues for the vaccine roll-out.\n\nWrexham council leader Mark Pritchard said on Thursday that teams worked to ensure the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, made on Wrexham Industrial Estate, was not lost in the floods.\n\nThe latest figures released on Friday showed 212,317 people in Wales had received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with a further 415 receiving a second dose.\n\nAs well as properties, vehicles were submerged in water\n\nAbout 80 people in Skewen had to be evacuated from their homes after streets were left under water.\n\nFire crews returned to the scene on Friday to continue to pump floodwater away from houses.\n\nMeanwhile, a family in Rossett, Wrexham county, had to be rescued by helicopter after their home became surrounded by floodwater on Thursday night.\n\nNorth Wales has also been hit by floods\n\nOn Friday, Health Minister Vaughan Gething told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast that efforts to rehouse those affected by the floods were being done in \"as Covid-secure a way as possible\".\n\nDorothy Edwards, Covid-19 vaccination programme director for Swansea Bay health board, said: \"None of our mass vaccination centres have been impacted by flooding and we're not aware of any particular issues in primary care.\n\n\"Of course we will be sympathetic if there are people struggling to get to their appointment and if they are booked in at an mass vaccination centres they need to ring the booking line and the appointment will be rearranged.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said: \"There have been no adverse effects on the vaccine roll-out due to flooding.\"", "Mr Johnson raised the benefits of a UK-US trade deal during his phone call with Mr Biden\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to Joe Biden for the first time since the new US president was inaugurated.\n\nMr Johnson said on Twitter that he looked forward to \"deepening the longstanding alliance\" between the UK and the US as they drove a \"green and sustainable recovery from Covid-19\".\n\nMr Biden was sworn in as president and Kamala Harris as vice-president in a ceremony in Washington on Wednesday.\n\nThe PM said their inauguration was a \"step forward\" for the US.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said Mr Johnson \"warmly welcomed\" the president's decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change and the World Health Organization - both abandoned by Mr Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump.\n\n\"The prime minister praised President Biden's early action on tackling climate change and commitment to reach net zero by 2050,\" the spokesman said.\n\nThe spokesman added that, in building on the two nations' \"long history of cooperation in security and defence, the leaders \"re-committed to the Nato alliance and our shared values in promoting human rights and protecting democracy\".\n\nThe two leaders also talked about \"the benefits of a potential free trade deal\" between the UK and the US, with Mr Johnson reiterating his intention \"to resolve existing trade issues as soon as possible\".\n\nAfter the inauguration of any American president, a political spectator sport immediately begins: the order in which the new occupant of the White House speaks to other world leaders.\n\nIt is a crude metric of relative importance, but a metric nonetheless.\n\nI understand the call lasted for around 35 minutes and was the first conversation Joe Biden has had with a European leader as president.\n\nThe focus on climate change makes political and diplomatic sense. It's a topic where a Conservative prime minister and Democrat president can agree, and it matters particularly to the UK as the host of the COP26 UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow in November.\n\nBut when you compare what Downing Street said about the call and what the White House said, one thing leaps out.\n\nNo 10's readout refers to a conversation about a trade deal. President Biden's does not.\n\nIt's widely expected there'll be no such agreement any time soon.\n\nMr Johnson and Mr Biden \"looked forward to to meeting in person as soon as the circumstances allow\" and to working together during the forthcoming G7, G20 and COP26 summits, the spokesman added.\n\nA White House statement said Mr Biden \"conveyed his intention to strengthen the special relationship\" between the US and UK and \"revitalize transatlantic ties\".\n\nCongratulating Mr Biden and Ms Harris - who is the first woman and first black and Asian-American person to serve as vice-president - the PM said earlier that their inauguration was a \"step forward\" for the US, which had \"been through a bumpy period\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"It's a big moment for us - we have things we want to do together.\"\n\nMr Johnson said it was a \"big moment\" for the UK and the US and their \"joint common agenda\".\n\nThe BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg has said the Biden Presidency \"brings some hope to government\" because No 10 believes \"there is a lot of overlap\" between what Mr Biden and Mr Johnson want to do.\n\nThe US president has previously said that he does not want a \"guarded border\" between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland following Brexit, and that any UK-US post-Brexit trade deal had to be \"contingent\" on respect for the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nThe PM and Mr Biden have never met in real life, but the new US president once referred to Mr Johnson as a \"physical and emotional clone\" of Mr Trump.\n\nAfter winning the presidential election, Mr Biden phoned Mr Johnson ahead of other European leaders and expressed his desire to strengthen the historic \"special relationship\" between the two countries.", "Elizabeth Kerr and Simon O'Brien were married moments before he was put on a mechanical ventilator\n\nAn engaged couple taken to hospital in the same ambulance with Covid-19 were able to marry moments before the man was sedated and put on a ventilator.\n\nElizabeth Kerr, 31, and Simon O'Brien, 36, were taken to Milton Keynes University Hospital with breathing difficulties on 9 January.\n\nStaff rallied to arrange a wedding as the groom's condition worsened.\n\nThey held off intubating Mr O'Brien so the ceremony could go ahead. The couple are now recovering in hospital.\n\nMrs Kerr, a nurse, and Mr O'Brien had planned to marry in June.\n\nBoth contracted the disease and were taken to hospital together when their oxygen levels fell dangerously low.\n\nThey were placed on separate wards but when Mrs Kerr told nurse Hannah Cannon about their wedding plans, she asked her if they would like to marry in the hospital.\n\nMrs Kerr said she was told it could be their only chance.\n\n\"Those are words I never, ever want to hear again,\" she said.\n\nA photo on Mrs Kerr's phone shows the wedding took place in the beds of the intensive care unit\n\nHowever, while staff were securing the wedding licence, Mr O'Brien's condition further deteriorated and on 12 January he was placed on the intensive care unit, to be put on a ventilator.\n\nThey waited to intubate him just long enough for the ceremony to go ahead.\n\nMs Cannon said: \"With lots of teamwork... we were able to give them a wedding, not necessarily the wedding that they would have initially intended, but certainly something positive, remarkable and memorable for them to really hold on to.\"\n\nShe filmed the marriage for the couple's families and friends, and catering staff at the hospital provided a cake.\n\nShortly after saying \"I do\", Mr O'Brien was placed on the ventilator.\n\nThe couple have now been reunited on a recovery ward and were able to kiss for the first time since being married.\n\nMrs Kerr said having the wedding meant \"everything\" to them.\n\n\"If we hadn't had each other and we hadn't been given that opportunity to get married, I don't think both of us would be here now,\" she added.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.\n\nHowever, there remains huge uncertainty around the numbers - and vaccines are still expected to work.\n\nThe data comes from mathematicians comparing death rates in people infected with either the new or the old versions of the virus.\n\nThe new more infectious variant has already spread widely across the UK.\n\nMr Johnson told a Downing Street briefing: \"In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant - the variant that was first identified in London and the south east - may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.\n\n\"It's largely the impact of this new variant that means the NHS is under such intense pressure.\"\n\nPublic Health England, Imperial College London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Exeter have each been trying to assess how deadly the new variant is.\n\nTheir evidence has been assessed by scientists on the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag).\n\nThe group concluded there was a \"realistic possibility\" that the virus had become more deadly, but this is far from certain.\n\nSir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, described the data so far as \"not yet strong\".\n\nHe said: \"I want to stress that there's a lot of uncertainty around these numbers and we need more work to get a precise handle on it, but it obviously is a concern that this has an increase in mortality as well as an increase in transmissibility.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Patrick Vallance: \"There is evidence that there's an increased risk for those who have the new variant\"\n\nPrevious work suggests the new variant spreads between 30% and 70% faster than others, and there are hints it is about 30% more deadly.\n\nFor example, with 1,000 60-year-olds infected with the old variant, 10 of them might be expected to die. But this rises to about 13 with the new variant.\n\nThis difference is found when looking at everyone testing positive for Covid, but analysing only hospital data has found no increase in the death rate. Hospital care has improved over the course of the pandemic as doctors get better at treating the disease.\n\nThe new variant was first detected in Kent in September. It is now the most common form of the virus in England and Northern Ireland, and has spread to more than 50 other countries.\n\nThe Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are both expected to work against the variant that emerged in the UK.\n\nHowever, Sir Patrick said there was more concern about two other variants that had emerged in South Africa and Brazil.\n\nHe said: \"They have certain features which means they might be less susceptible to vaccines.\n\n\"They are definitely of more concern than the one in the UK at the moment and we need to keep looking at it and studying this very carefully.\"\n\nThe prime minister said the government was prepared to take further action to protect the country's borders to prevent new variants from entering.\n\n\"I really don't rule it out, we may need to take further measures still,\" he said.\n\nLast week the government extended a travel ban to South America, Portugal and many African countries amid concerns about new variants, while all international travellers must now test negative ahead of departure to the UK and go into quarantine on arrival.", "An exhibition now celebrates Wuhan's success in controlling the outbreak\n\nWuhan has long since recovered from the world's first outbreak of Covid-19. It is now being remembered not as a disaster but as a victory, and with an insistence that the virus came from somewhere - anywhere - but here.\n\nFrom the moment a new, pandemic coronavirus emerged in the same city as a laboratory dedicated to the study of new coronaviruses with pandemic potential, Prof Shi Zhengli has found herself the focus of one of the biggest scientific controversies of our time.\n\nFor much of the past year she has met the suggestion that Sars-Cov-2 might have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology with angry denial.\n\nNow though, she has offered her own thoughts on how the initial outbreak may have begun in the city.\n\nIn an article in this month's edition of Science Magazine she referred to a number of studies that, she said, suggest the virus existed outside of China before Wuhan's first known case in December 2019.\n\n\"Given the finding of Sars-Cov-2 on the surface of imported food packages, contact with contaminated uncooked food could be an important source of Sars-Cov-2 transmission,\" she wrote.\n\nFrom one of the world's leading experts on coronaviruses, even the discussion of such a possibility seems unusual.\n\nCould a spiralling outbreak of infection that almost destroyed Wuhan's health system, sparked the world's first Covid lockdown and spawned a global catastrophe really have arrived on imported food without any signs of similarly devastating outbreaks elsewhere?\n\n\"The virus came from America,\" this fishmonger told the BBC\n\nBut with the virus vanquished, the idea that it is a foreign import is repeated with almost unanimity across this city of 11 million people.\n\n\"It came here from other countries,\" one woman running a hotpot stall in a busy street tells me. \"China is a victim.\"\n\n\"Where did it come from?\" the next-door fishmonger repeats my question aloud, and then answers: \"It came from America.\"\n\nOn 23 January last year, the Chinese authorities severed transport links out of Wuhan and confined the city's population to their homes.\n\nThe tough lockdown coincided with the annual spring festival celebrations and came too late to prevent the global spread of the disease - five million people had already left the city ahead of the holiday.\n\nDoctors' warnings had gone unheeded and, in an outpouring of anger on the Chinese internet, the authorities stood accused of covering up the initial outbreak in the interests of political stability.\n\nOne year on, there's little sign of that anger in Wuhan today. In fact it's the humdrum normality that is striking - the traffic jams, the bustling markets and busy restaurants.\n\nIts success in eventually bringing the virus under control is now being celebrated in a giant exhibition hall, complete with models of medical workers in hazmat suits, installations of hospital beds and - everywhere you look - giant portraits of President Xi Jinping.\n\nThe accompanying texts mention his \"all-out war\" against the pandemic, his \"resolute decision making\" and how he has been willing to share \"China's solutions\" with the world.\n\nThere can be no doubting the success of China's mass testing programmes, its tracing apps and the widespread mask wearing.\n\nBut its strict enforcement of lockdowns, with little hand-wringing over the impact on individual rights, may be far less easy for democratic countries to emulate.\n\n\"The strategic success achieved in this battle fully manifested the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China and the significant advantages of the socialist system of our country,\" the exhibition proclaims.\n\nDespite China's promise of international co-operation, the world is still no closer to an answer to the biggest question of them all - where did the virus come from?\n\nMany prominent scientists believe that - based on past outbreaks - the most likely source of the coronavirus is a natural one, a \"zoonotic\" leap from bats - known to harbour such viruses - to humans, possibly via an intermediate species.\n\nBut China has produced very little evidence to show the work that's been done in its search for the source, in particular the testing of historic human samples stored by hospitals to determine where and when the virus really started spreading.\n\nThose scientists who argue that the possibility of an accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology should also be included as part of any investigation are curious about this apparent silence.\n\n\"I find it very unlikely that such investigations would not have already occurred,\" Alina Chan, a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, told me.\n\n\"It's a serious risk to resume life as usual without knowing where a dangerous human pathogen came from.\"\n\nWuhan's exhibition also has a display of hospital beds\n\nInstead of publishing its own evidence though, China appears to be taking an anywhere-but-Wuhan approach, with state media cheerleading the idea that the virus may have arrived in Wuhan on frozen food imports or talking cryptically of \"multiple origins\".\n\nAt a recent daily press briefing, I asked China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, why such narratives were being promoted in the absence of real scientific evidence.\n\n\"Your question reveals your prejudice against China,\" she replied. \"Reports have emerged from Australia, Italy and many other countries that the coronavirus was found in multiple places in the autumn of 2019.\"\n\n\"Aren't these all facts?\" she asked.\n\nNot according to Alina Chan, who told me that such studies \"lack validation\" and some have been conducted without \"the most basic controls\".\n\n\"They do not present persuasive scientific evidence that the virus was circulating outside of China before the late 2019 outbreak in Wuhan,\" she said.\n\n\"The earliest detected cases and outbreak were in Wuhan. Early cases outside of China were found to have travelled from Wuhan. The most similar viruses have been found inside China.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Robin Brant visits the Wuhan market where Covid-19 was first traced\n\nInterestingly, scientists who have found themselves disagreeing strongly about the likelihood of the lab-leak theory, suddenly find themselves very much aligned on whether the virus came from abroad.\n\n\"I do not find the data linking Sars-Cov-2 to frozen foods to be credible,\" Kristian Andersen, a professor of immunology and microbiology at the Scripps Research Institute in the US, told me.\n\nAs someone who is a firm supporter of China's insistence that the virus could not have escaped from a lab, he gives its latest position much shorter shrift.\n\n\"All the available evidence points to an emergence of the virus somewhere in China in late 2019,\" he said.\n\nChinese virologist Shi Zhengli, seen here inside the laboratory in Wuhan\n\nProf Shi Zhengli recently told the BBC in an exchange of emails that she'd welcome \"any form of visit\" by an inquiry team to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to rule out the possibility of a lab leak.\n\nBut to a follow-up email asking about the alignment of her discussion of possible foreign origins with the Chinese government's own narrative, she sent another reply.\n\n\"Your question is not friendly,\" she wrote.\n\nAfter months of delay and wrangling with China about access, a World Health Organization team has arrived in Wuhan to begin its inquiry into the origins of the virus.\n\nTheir terms of reference hint at the politics behind the scenes, with the document mentioning many of China's talking points, including foreign origins and food-chain transmission.\n\nLast year Wuhan endured one of the strictest lockdowns the world has seen\n\nDr Daniel Lucey, a physician and infectious disease professor at the Georgetown Medical Centre in Washington, suggests the stage is being set for a foregone conclusion.\n\n\"In my view, if you line up side-by-side the WHO's terms of reference with the Shi Zhengli Science article,\" he told me, \"then it is clear that the overarching strategic narrative is that the origin of the virus is outside of China.\"\n\nThe crisis that began in Wuhan is now the world's crisis and, with so many lives and livelihoods lost, answers are desperately needed.\n\nIf the virus came naturally from bats, an understanding of that pathway is important to protect humanity from the risk of repeated \"spillover\" events from the same source.\n\nIf it leaked from a lab, an urgent review of safety protocols is needed - not just in China but globally.\n\nBoards in Wuhan say the virus broke out \"in multiple places around the world\"\n\nScientists are beginning to wonder if those answers will ever be forthcoming.\n\n\"It's undeniable now that politics have gotten in the way of science,\" Alina Chan said.\n\n\"I just hope that the WHO team will relay the details of their experience so that the public can understand what the limitations of their investigation are.\"\n\nIn Wuhan's giant exhibition hall, the city's place in history is again called into question by one of the concluding sign boards which says Covid-19 broke out \"in multiple places around the world\".\n\nFor China, this city's past is now propaganda and the truth, like the virus, is being brought under tight control.", "Guests fled when officers arrived at the Stamford Hill school, where the windows had been covered\n\nPolice broke up a wedding party in north London, where they now say about 150 people had gathered.\n\nOfficers found the windows at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School, in Stamford Hill, had been covered when they arrived at 21:15 GMT on Thursday.\n\nGuests fled from the strictly Orthodox Charedi Jewish school when the police arrived. The organisers face a £10,000 fine for breaking lockdown rules.\n\nThe Met originally claimed that about 400 guests were at the gathering.\n\nIn a statement, the school said its hall had been leased out.\n\nA spokesman for the school, whose principal Rabbi Avrahom Pinter died in April after contracting coronavirus, said \"we had no knowledge that the wedding was taking place\".\n\nHe added: \"We are absolutely horrified about last night's event and condemn it in the strongest possible terms.\"\n\nBoris Johnson supports the police for \"taking action against people who flagrantly and selfishly ignore the rules\", according to the prime minister's official spokesman.\n\nThe spokesman said: \"Large gatherings such as that pose a health risk, not just to those who attend but those who they live with or others who they may come into contact with.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nChief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, meanwhile, said the \"overwhelming majority\" of the Jewish community would be appalled at the event.\n\nRabbi Mirvis, who serves as the head of the UK's orthodox Jewish community but is not the leader of the Charedi group, called the wedding party \"a most shameful desecration of all that we hold dear\".\n\nFive guests were issued with £200 fixed penalty notices, according to police, who said their inquiries had established those present at the school had gathered for a wedding.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A video shared with the Jewish Chronicle shows officers in Stamford Hill\n\nVideo shared with the Jewish Chronicle shows officers in Stamford Hill speaking with a man to explain why they are there, although he is not accused of any wrongdoing.\n\nThey are then seen arriving at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School.\n\nDet Ch Sup Marcus Barnett of the Met Police said: \"This was a completely unacceptable breach of the law.\n\n\"People across the country are making sacrifices by cancelling or postponing weddings and other celebrations and there is no excuse for this type of behaviour.\n\n\"My officers are working tirelessly with the community and we will not hesitate to take enforcement action if that is required to keep people safe.\"\n\nOn Friday morning, a security guard at the school told the BBC there were more like 100 guests at the party than the much higher number given out by police.\n\nThe Met later said in a statement: \"Although initial calls suggested some 400 people had attended the wedding, it is now believed that approximately 150 people were in attendance.\"\n\nStamford Hill is part of the borough of Hackney, which has a Covid-19 infection rate of 625.43 cases per 100,000 people. The England average rate is 471.31 per 100,000 people.\n\nThe mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville, said he was \"deeply disappointed\" that the wedding party had taken place, despite \"the number of lives that have already been lost in the Charedi community and across the borough\".\n\nHe added: \"Unfortunately, similar events have taken place even at this venue before and we need to be really clear how unacceptable it is.\n\n\"We will be meeting with the Rabbinate and our community partners over the coming days to see how we can prevent further incidents of this nature.\"\n\nLondon is under an England-wide lockdown, which prevents social mixing between households.\n\nLondoners are asked to only leave home for limited reasons such as shopping, going to work, seeking medical assistance, or avoiding domestic abuse.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nDo you have any information to share about this incident? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Senior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nProf Chris Whitty said extending the maximum wait from three to 12 weeks was a \"public health decision\" to get the first jab to more people across the UK.\n\nBut the British Medical Association said that was \"difficult to justify\" and should be changed to six weeks.\n\nIt comes as early evidence suggests the UK virus variant may be more deadly.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson told a Downing Street briefing on Friday: \"In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant - the variant that was first identified in London and the south east - may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.\"\n\nPrevious work suggests the new variant spreads between 30% and 70% faster than others, and there are hints it is about 30% more deadly.\n\nFor example, the government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said if 1,000 men in their 60s were infected with the old variant, roughly 10 of them would be expected to die - but this rises to about 13 with the new variant.\n\nAnother 1,348 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Saturday, in addition to 33,552 new infections, according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.\n\nThe government's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) says unpublished data suggests the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is still effective with doses 12 weeks apart - but Pfizer has said it has tested its vaccine's efficacy only when the two doses were given up to 21 days apart.\n\nThe World Health Organization has recommended a gap of four weeks between doses - to be extended only in exceptional circumstances to six weeks.\n\nGovernment minister Robert Jenrick said the current strategy ensured \"millions more people can get the first jab\" and the \"high level of protection\" which it offered.\n\nHe said the BMA's concerns would be taken into account but that the government was following the \"very clear advice\" of the medicines regulator and the UK's four chief medical officers who, he said, \"could not have been clearer that this is the right thing to do for this country\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Social Care added: \"Our number one priority is to give protection against coronavirus to as many vulnerable people as possible, as quickly as possible.\"\n\nIn the letter to Prof Whitty, seen by the BBC, the British Medical Association (BMA) said it agreed that the vaccine should be rolled out \"as quickly as possible\" - but called for an urgent review and for the gap to be reduced.\n\nThe doctors' union said the UK's strategy \"has become increasingly isolated internationally\" and \"is proving evermore difficult to justify\".\n\n\"The absence of any international support for the UK's approach is a cause of deep concern and risks undermining public and the profession's trust in the vaccination programme,\" the letter said.\n\nDr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the BMA, said there were \"growing concerns\" that the vaccine could become less effective with doses 12 weeks apart.\n\n\"Obviously the protection will not vanish after six weeks, but what we do not know is what level of protection will be offered [after that point],\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"We should not be extrapolating data when we don't have it.\"\n\nHe said while he understands the rationale behind the decision, \"no other nation has adopted the UK's approach\".\n\n\"We think the flexibility that the WHO offers of extending to 42 days is being stretched far too much to go from six weeks right through to 12 weeks,\" he added.\n\nThere has been understandable enthusiasm over a promising start to the hugely ambitious UK vaccination rollout.\n\nBut there has been some tension over the decision to lengthen the time between doses for the Pfizer vaccine to 12 weeks.\n\nProf Whitty and other health leaders and experts say this will allow many more people to get vaccinated quickly and the first dose gives most of the protection.\n\nBut critics argue this goes against Pfizer's recommendation of a three-week gap and there is no data to back up the long delay.\n\nThe intervention of the BMA is significant as it shows senior doctors now have widespread concerns, including worries about reliability of supplies if people have to wait longer for a second jab.\n\nThis is a private letter to Chris Whitty seen by the BBC and not a grandstanding press release. The BMA wants to have talks with the chief medical adviser about moving to six weeks.\n\nProf Whitty will no doubt restate his case, but it will be interesting to see whether the BMA argument gains traction in the wider medical world.\n\nThe BMA also suggested second doses might not be guaranteed after a 12-week delay \"given the unpredictability of supplies\".\n\nHowever, Public Health England's medical director said people would get their second dose.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that she backed the current strategy, saying it was \"about bearing down on transmission\" to reduce deaths and reduce the chance of more dangerous variants of the virus emerging.\n\n\"The more people that are protected against this virus, the less opportunity it has to get the upper hand,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOther issues highlighted in the letter include:\n\nThe UK's chief medical officers have said the \"great majority\" of initial protection comes from the first jab, while the second dose is likely to help that protection last longer.\n\nIn total, the UK has ordered 100 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and 40 million of the Pfizer vaccine.\n\nBoth vaccines are expected to work against the variant of Covid-19 that emerged in the UK.\n\nWhat has been your experience of receiving the vaccine? Are you waiting for your second dose? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Nurses are calling for all UK staff to be given a higher grade of face mask to protect them against new variants of coronavirus.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing warns that inadequate PPE may be putting the lives of nursing staff at risk.\n\nIt has written to the workplace safety watchdog detailing its concerns, soon after a similar appeal from doctors.\n\nEngland's Department of Health says there is no reason to change current guidance.\n\nIt follows a comprehensive review of all the evidence around the new variants and the impact on PPE.\n\nAt present, most nurses working outside of intensive care wear standard surgical masks.\n\nBut the RCN says they may not protect them against the new variant of the virus, and very small airborne viral particles spread in hospitals.\n\nInstead, it wants all NHS staff to be given the kinds of high-grade face masks used in intensive care units, called FFP2 or FFP3 masks.\n\nThe UK guidance on infection prevention and control has recently been updated, but nurses say it allows individual trusts to decide what PPE to use.\n\nAs a result, some hospitals are offering staff high-grade PPE while many are not - and that is leading to unequal levels of protection depending on where nurses work.\n\nMany nurses wear standard surgical masks outside of intensive care\n\nDame Donna Kinnair, chief executive and general secretary of the RCN, said: \"The government's silence on this issue is creating a postcode lottery for nursing staff.\n\n\"It must stop dragging its feet on this issue. Nursing staff need to have full confidence that they are protected.\"\n\nShe added: \"Staff picking up this virus at work are angered at any suggestion they have stopped following the rules - this is down to the new variant and the dangerous shortage of adequate protection.\"\n\nNHS England data shows a 22% rise in the average number of healthcare staff off sick because of Covid-19 in the first week of January, compared with the last week in December.\n\nA spokesman from the Department of Health and Social Care in England said the safety of NHS and social care staff was \"top priority\" but the current guidance did not need changing.\n\n\"In response to the new Covid-19 variants, the UK Infection Prevention Control Cell conducted a comprehensive review of all available evidence and concluded that current guidance and PPE recommendations remain the right ones.\n\n\"New and emerging evidence is continually scrutinised and evaluated by the government, in conjunction with our world-leading scientists,\" the spokesman said.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing is asking the governments of the UK to:\n\nIt is also calling for the Health and Safety Executive to review the guidance on appropriate use of PPE in all health and care settings.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nCheltenham Town came within nine minutes of one of the biggest shocks in recent FA Cup history before Manchester City staged a dramatic late rally to crush the dreams of the gallant League Two side.\n\nThe Robins, 72 places below City who sit second in the Premier League, threatened huge embarrassment for Pep Guardiola's side after Alfie May put Cheltenham ahead on the hour after a trademark long throw from captain Ben Tozer caused chaos in the area.\n\nCity, who made ten changes to the team that beat Aston Villa in the Premier League on Wednesday, spared their embarrassment when Phil Foden, the game's outstanding player, arrived at the far post to turn in substitute Joao Cancelo's long cross in the 81st minute.\n\nAnd the turnaround was complete three minutes later when a rare moment of slackness in the outstanding Cheltenham defence, with goalkeeper Josh Griffiths superb, switched off and Gabriel Jesus scored from Fernandinho's delivery.\n\nFerran Torres scored Manchester City's third with the last kick of the game to give the scoreline a cruel reflection on Cheltenham's heroic efforts.\n\nIt was so cruel on manager Michael Duff and his players, who now go back the battle for promotion from League Two, while City will be away at Swansea in the fifth round.\n\n\"I'm incredibly proud,\" the Robins boss said of his side's display. \"The players they brought on from the bench and they way they celebrated the goals tells you something. They know they've been in a game. They've done that to better teams than us.\"\n\nThe sight of Manchester City manager Guardiola disputing where Cheltenham could take a throw-in said everything about the way the League Two underdogs gave their mighty opponents a serious fright.\n\nTozer's throw-ins were causing all manner of problems and led to Cheltenham's goal but there was so much more to their performance than that set-piece weapon, a threat any manager in the game would utilise.\n\nCheltenham tried to play football when they got the chance, with goalscorer May, who has done the hard yards in non-league before playing for Doncaster and now Cheltenham, a leading light.\n\nRobins keeper Griffiths, who suffered the ignominy of being beaten from 71 yards by his Newport County opposite number Tom King in midweek, was in defiant form as he saved well from Riyad Mahrez and Torres, showing command throughout. Tozer's headed goalline clearance from Benjamin Mendy in the first half was also symbolic of their 'they shall not pass' approach.\n\nThere may have been no fans inside this compact stadium but there was still a real sense of occasion, the game being halted in the first half because of a firework display nearby.\n\nIn the end this will be a bitter disappointment to Cheltenham but they can be rightly proud and take huge confidence into their League Two promotion battle.\n\nDuff highlighted how financially important the cup run was for his club.\n\n\"It's essential,\" he added. \"Every pound coming in is probably worth a tenner in normal times.\n\n\"These games don't come around very often. It's a shame because [with fans] the place would've been bouncing. Would that have seen us through in the last 10 minutes? I'm not so sure - but the key is to enjoy it.\"\n\nGuardiola made 10 changes to his line-up to give Manchester City's shadow squad a chance to impress.\n\nSome, like the erratic Mendy, did not take that opportunity and it was someone establishing himself in City's side that spared the blushes of this expensively assembled squad.\n\nFoden was magnificent, so light on his feet with glorious ball control, endless creativity and the man pulling the strings for City even when they were struggling to break down resilient Cheltenham.\n\nThe 20-year-old was head and shoulders above his City team-mates. He was the one who was going to pull them out of their grim predicament if anyone was, and so it proved when he popped up with the crucial late equaliser that lifted Guardiola's team and deflated Cheltenham.\n\nFoden had already carved out chances for Mahrez and Gabriel Jesus that were not taken so it was a case of 'do it yourself' when he was the player on target.\n\nThe fact Guardiola was forced to use three subs in Ruben Dias, Ilkay Gundogan and Joao Cancelo once Cheltenham went ahead proved how worried the Premier League giants were.\n\nThis was an unimpressive, scratchy display from City's much-changed team, with Guardiola resting so many of the players who are giving them such an ominous look in the Premier League - luckily they had the brilliance of Foden to pull them out of a deep hole.\n\nGuardiola praised the England attacking midfielder for his impressive performance.\n\n\"Foden is in a great moment and with great confidence,\" he said.\n\n\"He is clinical in front of goal and he had a similar chance to the goal we scored at [Chelsea's] Stamford Bridge - he is playing really well.\"\n\nThe City manager suggested he was confident in the players he put out on the pitch.\n\n\"I didn't have regrets even when we were 1-0 down, we had clear chances from the first minute,\" he added.\n\n\"When they take advantage it gets complicated, but we got it to 1-1 and it was tight. We came here with humility and had the quality to make the difference.\"\n• None Cheltenham have lost all nine of their competitive meetings with Premier League sides, by an aggregate score of 6-23.\n• None City have won 10 consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since a run of 11 from August to October 2017.\n• None May's opener for Cheltenham was the first goal City had conceded in 509 minutes of action in all competitions, since Callum Hudson-Odoi's strike for Chelsea at the start of the month.\n• None Foden is City's top scorer in all competitions this season with nine goals in 25 appearances, one more than he netted in 38 games last season.\n• None Jesus has been involved in 12 goals in 13 FA Cup appearances for City, scoring eight and assisting four.\n• None May has scored four goals in his four FA Cup games for Cheltenham, with each of his eight goals in total in the competition coming in home games.\n• None Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 3. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.\n• None Attempt missed. Matty Blair (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high following a corner.\n• None Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 2. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernandinho with a through ball.\n• None Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. João Cancelo (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.\n• None Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Hear from the former US president as he reflects on his time in office\n• None How can you eat well for £1 a portion?", "The 39 people who died in the back of a trailer as it crossed the North Sea between Zeebrugge and the UK\n\nFour men have been jailed for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex.\n\nThe migrants died \"excruciatingly painful\" deaths, having suffocated in the container en route from Belgium to Purfleet in October 2019, a judge said.\n\nRonan Hughes, 41, and Gheorghe Nica, 43, played \"leading roles\" in the smuggling conspiracy and were jailed for 20 and 27 years respectively.\n\nAt the Old Bailey, two lorry drivers were also jailed for manslaughter.\n\n[Left to right] Eamonn Harrison, Ronan Hughes, Gheorghe Nica and Maurice Robinson were all jailed for manslaughter\n\nEamonn Harrison, 24, who towed the trailer to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge before their journey to the UK, was sentenced to 18 years.\n\nMaurice Robinson, 26, was given 13 years and four months, having collected the trailer and opened it in an industrial estate to find the migrants dead.\n\nThree others members of the people-smuggling gang were also sentenced for conspiracy to facilitate unlawful immigration.\n\nChristopher Kennedy, 24, from County Armagh, was jailed for seven years; Valentin Calota, 38, of Birmingham, for four-and-a-half years; and Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga, 28, of Hobart Road, Tilbury, Essex, was given a three-year sentence.\n\n[Left to right] Valentin Calota, Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga and Christopher Kennedy were also sentenced on Friday\n\nSentencing, Mr Justice Sweeney said: \"I have no doubt that the conspiracy was a sophisticated, long-running and profitable one to smuggle mainly Vietnamese people across the channel.\"\n\nHe said on the fatal trip the temperature had been rising along with the carbon dioxide levels throughout, hitting 40C (104F) while the container was at sea on 22 October 2019.\n\n\"There were desperate attempts to contact the outside world by phone and to break through the roof of the container,\" the judge said.\n\n\"All were to no avail and, before the ship reached Purfleet, [the victims] all died in what must have been an excruciatingly painful death.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video evidence showed how the trainer containing 39 Vietnamese migrants made its way to the UK\n\nThe victims had used a metal pole to try to punch through the roof but only managed to dent the interior.\n\nThe court heard some of their final desperate phone messages, including one where a man spoke with ragged breaths as he apologised to his family.\n\n\"I can't breathe,\" he said. \"I want to come back to my family. Have a good life.\"\n\nJustice Sweeney added: \"The willingness of the victims to try and enter the country illegally provides no excuse for what happened to them.\"\n\nThe bodies of 39 Vietnamese nationals were discovered in a refrigerated trailer on 23 October 2019\n\nDuring the trial, jurors were given a snapshot of the victims - who included a bricklayer, a university graduate and a nail bar technician - and their dreams of a better life.\n\nMany of their families borrowed heavily to fund their passage, relying on their potential future earnings once they got into the UK.\n\nThe father of Nguyen Huy Tung, one of two 15-year-olds in the container, later learned of his son's death via social media.\n\nHarrison, of Newry, County Down, claimed he did not know there were people in the trailer when he towed it to the Belgian port, and that he watched \"a wee bit of Netflix\" in bed as they were loaded on.\n\nAfter receiving this message from his boss, Robinson got out of his cab, opened the trailer door and discovered the bodies\n\nRobinson, from County Armagh, collected the trailer when it arrived on UK shores just after midnight on 23 October.\n\nHis boss, Hughes, had messaged him: \"Give them air quickly don't let them out.\"\n\nRobinson gave a thumbs-up in reply. When Robinson stopped on a nearby industrial estate, he found that the migrants were all dead.\n\nHis barrister said Robinson, who admitted manslaughter, being part of the trafficking plot and money laundering, was \"horrified by what he saw\".\n\nThe moment lorry driver Maurice Robinson opened the trailer door and discovered the bodies inside was captured on CCTV\n\nThe trial examined three smuggling attempts by the gang - two that were successful on 11 and 18 October, and the final trip on 23 October.\n\nOn all three runs, Nica, of Basildon, Essex, had arranged cars and a van to transport the migrants at the UK end.\n\nWhen Robinson discovered the bodies, there was a series of telephone conversations between him and Nica and Hughes, of Tyholland, County Monaghan, Ireland, before the driver eventually dialled 999.\n\nIn his evidence, Nica said Robinson told him: \"I have a problem here - dead bodies in the trailer.\"\n\nWhile Hughes admitted manslaughter, both Nica and Harrison were convicted by a jury.\n\nMr Justice Sweeney said that in the conspiracy \"two played leading roles, namely - in order of importance - Hughes and Nica\".\n\nHe accepted Hughes was \"not at the very top of the conspiracy\" but said his role was \"pivotal... in that he ran a haulage business and supplied the trailers and drivers used to transport the migrants\".\n\nThe judge said Nica \"recruited and paid the drivers whose job it was to collect the migrants when they reached the drop-off site in this country and to drive them to the safe house(s) where they were to be held until payment\".\n\nHe added at the top of the conspiracy was a Vietnamese man called \"Fong\", who was based in London.\n\nMr Justice Sweeney told the defendants jailed for manslaughter they would serve two-thirds of the term in custody, instead of the usual half.\n\nEarlier this month, Gazmir Nuzi, 43, of Barclay Road, Tottenham, north London, was sentenced, having admitted his limited role in the people-smuggling operation. It was accepted he was not a member of the organised crime group behind the smuggling operation.\n\nDet Ch Insp Daniel Stoten said: \"May this serve as a warning to those who think it's OK to prey on the vulnerabilities of migrants and their families, transporting them in a way worse than we would transport animals.\n\n\"My message to you is that we will find you and we will stop you.\"\n\nHe said the victims died in an \"unimaginable way, because of the utter greed of these criminals\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Police warned that unsanctioned protests would be \"immediately suppressed\"\n\nRussian police have detained close aides of the jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny, as a string of nationwide protests gets under way.\n\nPolice have broken up demonstrations in the eastern Khabarovsk region, amid stern warnings for people to stay home.\n\nMr Navalny's supporters flooded social media with calls to rally at protests expected in dozens of cities later.\n\nHe is Russian leader Vladimir Putin's most high-profile critic.\n\nHe was arrested last Sunday after he flew back to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent attack in Russia last August.\n\nOn his return, he was immediately taken into custody and found guilty of violating parole conditions. He says it is a trumped-up case designed to silence him.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alexei Navalny was filmed by the BBC saying goodbye to his wife and then being led away by authorities\n\nMore than 60m people have watched his new video about President Vladimir Putin's alleged luxury Black Sea palace.\n\nThe Kremlin denies the property belongs to the president.\n\nAmong those detained in Moscow on Thursday were his spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, and one of his lawyers, Lyubov Sobol. They face fines or short jail terms.\n\nMs Sobol, who has a young child, was later released. But Ms Yarmysh has now been jailed for nine days.\n\nProminent Navalny activists are also being held in the cities of Vladivostok, Novosibirsk and Krasnodar.\n\nUnauthorised rallies are being planned in more than 60 cities across Russia for Saturday. Moscow police say any unauthorised demonstrations and provocations will be \"immediately suppressed\".\n\nA thousand people were reported to have come onto the streets in the Khabarovsk region, with some of them already detained.\n\nMr Navalny's wife Yulia, who travelled back to Russia with him from Germany, said she would demonstrate in Moscow \"for myself, for him, for our children, for the values and the ideals that we share\".\n\nAlexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) has drawn millions of followers on social media, through slickly produced videos alleging large-scale official corruption. He has long denounced Mr Putin's administration as \"feudal\" and full of \"crooks and thieves\".\n\nFor a long time the Russian authorities made out that Alexei Navalny was irrelevant. Just a blogger. With a tiny following. No threat whatsoever.\n\nRecent events suggest the opposite. First Mr Navalny was targeted with a nerve agent, allegedly by a secret group of FSB state security hitmen. Instead of investigating the poisoning, Russia is investigating him: on his return from Germany the Kremlin critic was arrested.\n\nHaving put Mr Navalny behind bars, the authorities are putting pressure on his supporters. The Kremlin's greatest fear is of a Ukraine-style revolution in Russia that would sweep away those in power.\n\nThere's no indication that such a scenario is imminent. But with economic problems growing, the Kremlin will worry that Mr Navalny could act as a lightning rod for protest sentiment. That explains the police crackdown on Navalny allies ahead of Saturday's potential protests.\n\nPlus, this is getting personal. Mr Navalny's video about \"Putin's Palace\" on the Black Sea was designed to cause maximum embarrassment to the Russian president.\n\nIn the \"Putin's palace\" video Mr Navalny alleges that rich businessmen close to Mr Putin paid for a sumptuous 17,691sq m (190,424sq ft) palace for him at Gelendzhik, by the Black Sea.\n\nIt is alleged to have a casino, a theatre and many other comforts, including a vineyard and tea house in the sprawling grounds. The Kremlin dismissed the YouTube video as a \"pseudo-investigation\" aimed at earning money for Mr Navalny.\n\nProsecutors have warned people against protesting in support of Mr Navalny on Saturday. Russia's education ministry has told parents not to allow their children to attend.\n\nSome Russian celebrities in the arts and sports have pledged support for Mr Navalny. They include ice hockey star Artemi Panarin.\n\nFormer world chess champion Garry Kasparov - now a leading anti-Putin activist based in the US - tweeted that pro-Navalny posts were being widely blocked in Russia.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Garry Kasparov This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a phone call to President Putin on Friday, EU Council President Charles Michel voiced \"grave concern\" about the jailing of Mr Navalny.\n\nMr Michel said the EU was \"united in its call on Russia to swiftly release Mr Navalny and proceed with the investigation into the assassination attempt on him, in full transparency and without further delay\".\n\nIn October, the EU imposed sanctions on six top Russian officials and a Russian chemical weapons research centre over the Novichok poisoning of Mr Navalny.\n\nThe Kremlin retaliated with tit-for-tat sanctions, denying any role in the attack and rejecting the expert finding that the Russian nerve agent had been used.\n\nThe Black Sea palace allegedly features a casino, an ice rink and a vineyard\n\nThe social media app TikTok has a flood of videos from Russians promoting the protests planned for Saturday. The messages about Mr Navalny have been going viral for several days.\n\nA well-known Russian TikTok user, Slava Varfolomeyev, told BBC Russian: \"I go on TikTok and find that every third video is about 'Putin's palace', the detention of Navalny and the 23 January rally!\"\n\nHe said that on Thursday \"this swelled to a maximum: practically seven out of every 10 videos were on that topic [Navalny]\". TikTok's popularity is based on short-form videos.\n\nOn Wednesday Russia's official media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, demanded that TikTok take down any information \"encouraging minors to act illegally\", threatening large fines.", "Police said they had been in contact with the family before the funeral took place \"in an attempt to ensure safety\"\n\nA funeral director has been fined £10,000 after police were called to a funeral with close to 150 people in attendance.\n\nHertfordshire Police said the large gathering in Welwyn Garden City on Thursday was reported to them by members of the public.\n\nCoronavirus rules mean a maximum of 30 people can attend a funeral.\n\nA second person was fined, by Bedfordshire Police, for when the gathering was in Arlesey, Bedfordshire.\n\nSupt Nick Caveney, of Hertfordshire Police, said: \"This was a clear and blatant breach of the current restrictions.\"\n\nHe said the fine was given to the funeral director \"for not managing this event correctly and advising their clients of the rules\".\n\n\"We implore all business owners to ensure they are following the restrictions safely and responsibly,\" he said.\n\n\"Flagrant breaches such as this will not be tolerated.\"\n\nThe force said it had worked with other agencies and the family in advance of the funeral \"in an attempt to ensure the safety of those attending and that of the wider public\".\n\nBut when officers attended they found the large number of people at the church, and a 41-year-old man from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was handed the £10,000 fine after police served a fixed penalty notice.\n\nSeveral members of the public had contacted the force about the funeral at the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Apostles on Woodhall Lane.\n\nBedfordshire Police said a man in his 30s was issued with the fine over the gathering.\n\nCh Supt John Murphy from the force said: \"Fines and enforcement are a last resort for us, and we will always engage and work with families in the first instance.\n\n\"But we need to take firm action against those who brazenly decide to go against the guidelines outlined by the government and put a large number of people at risk.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Ministers will discuss at a meeting on Monday whether to tighten restrictions at UK borders - including the possibility of hotel quarantines for travellers, the BBC has been told.\n\nAt a Downing Street news conference on Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not rule out taking further action.\n\nIt comes amid increased concerns over the spread of new coronavirus variants.\n\nUnder current travel curbs, almost all people arriving in the UK must test negative for Covid to be allowed entry.\n\nThe test must be taken in the 72 hours before travelling and anyone arriving without one faces a fine of up to £500.\n\nAll passengers are also required to quarantine for up to 10 days, although the isolation period can be cut short with a second negative test after five days in England.\n\nThe only people not subject to the conditions are children under 11, hauliers, air, international rail and maritime crew, and passengers from the Common Travel Area - comprised of the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own quarantine rules, which differ slightly.\n\nAs of Monday, travel corridors, which exempted passengers arriving from some countries from quarantine, were suspended throughout the UK.\n\nAsked whether the government would bring in further measures at UK borders, Mr Johnson said: \"I really don't rule it out, we may need to take further measures still.\n\n\"We may need to go further to protect our borders.\n\n\"We don't want to put that [efforts to control Covid] at risk by having a new variant come back in.\"\n\nOne more infectious variant , which was first identified in Kent, has already spread widely across the UK.\n\nAnd, at the briefing, the prime minister announced that early evidence suggests this variant may be more deadly.\n\nOther new variants causing concern have been identified in South Africa and Brazil in the weeks since the Kent variant was discovered.\n\nThose discoveries led to direct flights to the UK from all South American countries and several southern African countries being suspended.\n\nScientists fear these variants discovered in other countries may interfere with the effectiveness of vaccines and evade parts of the immune system.\n\nWhile those travelling into the UK are asked to abide by the 10-day isolation and told they can be subject to checks, London mayor Sadiq Khan is among those who have called for the UK to adopt the use of enforced quarantine in hotel rooms.\n\nThe policy is among the measures in Australia that has limited the country to just 28,750 positive cases during the entire pandemic, fewer than the UK currently has every day.\n\nTravellers who choose to go to Australia have to pay for their rooms at one of a number of selected quarantine facilities - and have all their meals delivered to their room throughout a stay of at least 14 days. They get tested twice for Covid during that period and if they test positive their quarantine is extended for a further 14 days.\n\nMeanwhile, passengers arriving into London's Heathrow airport this week have complained of queues at passport control and what they described as poor social distancing, after the latest travel restrictions - requiring travellers to show proof of their negative Covid tests - came into force.\n\nOn Friday, former British ambassador Peter Westmacott posted a picture on Twitter of long queues at the airport.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Peter Westmacott This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA government spokesman said people \"should not be travelling unless absolutely necessary\".\n\nThe statement added: \"You must have proof of a negative test and a completed passenger locator form before arriving.\n\n\"Border Force have been ramping up enforcement and those not complying could be fined £500.\n\n\"It's ultimately up to individual airports to ensure social distancing on site.\"\n\nWith all parts of the UK under strict virus rules amid high levels of infection, only essential foreign travel is permitted in the current advice from the Foreign Office.\n\nA further 40,261 cases, and 1,401 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported on Friday in the UK.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some of the volunteers are working to prepare bodies for burial\n\nA mosque in east London has closed for all communal prayer. Instead it is serving two purposes - providing funerals and feeding the local community. Michael Buchanan finds a team of volunteers there battling to deal with the pandemic.\n\nThe family shuffled quietly past a crate of milk cartons. They came through the small porch, towards the open coffin. Inside was a woman - a loved one - who died of Covid two days ago. The coffin sat feet away from tins and packets to be distributed by the local food bank. The milk was the latest delivery.\n\nIt is impossible to capture the enormous consequences of the pandemic. But last Saturday lunchtime, this tragic image - one of grief and hardship coming together - came close, for me at least.\n\nCovid-19 has made extraordinary demands of so many different people, but what is currently happening at the Masjid Ibrahim and Islamic Centre in east London is truly remarkable. Situated on a busy road, with the noise of ambulance sirens regularly shattering its peaceful interior, the mosque has closed to communal prayer and is open for two other purposes - to provide a funeral service and a food bank to the local community. Both are inundated.\n\n\"We've had so many bodies coming in. It's quite shocking. It's one after another after another. We've never had that situation before,\" says Sofia Bhatti. Alongside her friend, Tabassum Khokhar - known as Tabs - the pair are unheralded heroes. They volunteer to wash the bodies of Covid-positive women prior to burial.\n\nThe practice, called Ghusl, is a sacred Islamic ritual and is usually performed by the deceased's relatives, who cleanse and shroud the body. But Covid restrictions mean families are currently denied that religious honour, so volunteers like Sofia and Tabs are taking on what they consider to be a privileged task.\n\n\"We actually believe that when we are shrouding here, that God is shrouding the soul at the same time,\" says Tabs, standing by a coffin. By day, she works as a teaching support worker in a local school, so the PPE that the mosque provides - bodysuit, footwear, two sets of gloves, masks and visors - is crucial for her. \"I make sure my PPE is secure because it's not just about me, it's about my family. I have an 81-year-old mother.\"\n\nThe women are seeing first hand - and in graphic detail - the pressure the NHS is under. \"Very often we see bodies coming in with a lot of medical equipment still attached to them,\" says Sofia. \"Tubes and pipes and catheters still attached. So it makes our job a little bit harder.\" One of the women they washed during my visit had died in the ambulance, never actually reaching hospital.\n\nVery often we see bodies coming in with a lot of medical equipment still attached to them. Tubes and pipes and catheters\n\nThere are far more bodies than during the first peak and there is a larger age range. One day this week, the mosque was handling seven bodies. A few days earlier they said they'd processed 10 funerals, all arranged for free and paid for by donations. Before the pandemic, they'd handled two to three funerals a week. The two local hospital trusts in east London have each had more than 1,000 Covid deaths since the start of the pandemic. More have died at home.\n\nThe borough of Newham, where the mosque sits, has suffered a disproportionate number of deaths. Home to the Olympic Park, the 2012 London games were meant to regenerate this area. Yet it retains high levels of poverty and overcrowded housing. Add in a diverse population, rich in south Asian culture, and large numbers of people who can't work from home and the virus has sadly ripped through its residents.\n\nIsfand Aslam said he's shocked by what's going on. His father, Mohammad, died on 3 January, a week after falling ill. His positive Covid test result arrived two days after his death. The 85-year-old was a committee member at the Masjid Ibrahim and despite his age had been in good health. \"It took a week between him passing away and getting buried. Initially I was getting a lot of condolences from friends. But by the end of that week I am giving condolences to three friends because their fathers had passed away. It's now got to the stage where everybody we know knows somebody who has passed away.\"\n\nThe sheer number of deaths is impacting the area's main Muslim cemetery. Normally, the Gardens of Peace buries three to four people each day. They're currently carrying out an average of 15 funerals daily. Overall, they are about 50% busier than usual. They can no longer promise burials within 24 hours, as per Muslim custom.\n\nDespite this, there is still a concerning number of people in the local area who either don't think Covid is real or are resistant to taking a vaccine. There was anger among some community leaders before Christmas when it emerged the Bangladeshi High Commission in London held a cultural evening to celebrate its independence. Photos from the event, on 16 December, showed a group - including the High Commissioner herself - standing close together with no masks or social distancing. The High Commission said performers had been Covid tested and it had issued 10 videos in Bangla urging British-Bangladeshis to adhere to UK government guidance.\n\nIt's now got to the stage where everybody we know knows somebody who has passed away\n\nTo counter disinformation among its members, an imam at the Masjid Ibrahim, Mohammad Ammar, filmed a short video of himself being injected with the vaccine and urged his congregation to follow suit. Imam Ammar has actually been furloughed by the mosque as it focusses all its resources on battling the pandemic, including feeding its local community.\n\nThe virus forced the mosque to open a food bank in March. It is still running 10 months on. On Monday night, I watched a steady stream of people gather in the gloom at the rear of the mosque to fill their bags. Most were collecting on behalf of a larger household, and the mosque says they're currently feeding 350 families each week, including students, refugees, people with no access to public funds and those who've lost income.\n\nAmong those collecting food on Monday was Mohammad Rahman. A 42-year-old chef, he lost his job in an Indian restaurant three months ago. The married father of two boys - aged eight and six - told me he was already in rent arrears and struggling to pay his energy bills. \"My son says 'where is the pizza'? But I have no money. He says '[can I have] chicken and chips'? But I have no money. The shops are open, but no money\", he adds, taking his hands from his pockets.\n\nIn normal times, the Masjid Ibrahim would attract about 1,100 worshippers over three floors for Friday prayers, and there has been some pressure on the leadership to reopen for communal worship. But Asim Uddin, chairman of the mosque, says now is not the time. \"Prayers, yes, it's important. But right now what is the need? The need of the community is they want to be fed and they want a place where they can respectfully bury their loved ones. And the demand is overwhelming. Right now, it's better they stay home, and they can pray at home until the situation goes back to normal.\"\n\nMichael Buchanan is the BBC's social affairs correspondent and has been reporting on the impact of the pandemic on communities in the UK. Last year, he visited the town of Pontypool to find out what impact coronavirus restrictions were having in Wales.", "Reports suggest AstraZeneca may have warned of a 60% cut to doses available\n\nA second coronavirus vaccine manufacturer has warned of supply issues to the European Union, compounding frustration in the bloc.\n\nAstraZeneca said a production problem meant the number of initial doses available would be lower than expected.\n\nThe fresh blow comes after some nations' inoculation programmes were slowed due to a cut in deliveries of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nThe EU Health Commissioner expressed \"deep dissatisfaction\" at the news.\n\nOfficials have not confirmed publicly how big the shortfall will be, but an unnamed EU official told Reuters news agency that deliveries would be reduced to 31m - a cut of 60% - in the first quarter of this year.\n\nThe drug firm had been set to deliver about 80 million doses to the 27 nations by March, according to the official who spoke to Reuters.\n\nThe AstraZeneca vaccine, developed with Oxford University, has not yet been approved by the EU's drug regulator but is expected to get the green light at the end of this month, paving the way for jabs to be given.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA spokesman for AstraZeneca said on Friday that \"initial volumes will be lower than originally anticipated\" without giving further details.\n\nHis written statement blamed the discrepancy on \"reduced yields at a manufacturing site within our European supply chain\" and said the firm was continuing to ramp up production volumes.\n\nNews of the delay comes amid criticism and frustration across the region about the speed of vaccination roll-outs.\n\nIsrael, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, and the US are all well ahead of EU nations in terms of doses given per capita so far.\n\nThe European Commission has co-ordinated orders for all member states, with vaccines then distributed based on their population size.\n\nVaccines are increasingly seen by experts as the only way out of the Covid-19 crisis, with many European nations struggling to cope with a deadly surge of the virus over the winter period.\n\nAustrian media have reported that only 600,000 of two million AstraZeneca doses promised by the end of March will arrive in the country on time, with the remaining 1.4m now being delivered in April.\n\nA delay would be \"completely unacceptable\", Austrian Health Minister Rudolf Anschober said on Friday.\n\nAs for Pfizer, the US firm said it had to cut shipments for the next few weeks while it worked to increase capacity at its Belgian processing plant. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSome regions, including Germany's most populous state North-Rhine Westphalia and parts of Italy, said earlier this week that they were suspending giving first jabs of the two-dose vaccine because of the shortages.\n\nItaly and Poland have threatened to take legal action in response to the reduction in vaccine supply.\n\nMeanwhile Hungary's government, which has complained over the time it is taking EU regulators to approve the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, has reached a deal with Russia to buy up large quantities of its Sputnik V vaccine, even though it has not received EU approval.\n\nEuropean Council President Charles Michel, who led a call of EU leaders this week, said Thursday that officials were considering all ideas to try and stop future vaccine delays.\n\n\"All possible means will be examined to ensure rapid supply, including early distribution to avoid delays,\" he said.\n\nEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Mr Michel both say they are still aiming for the target of 70% of the EU population being vaccinated by summer.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid vaccine safety: How does a vaccine get approved?\n\nThe total number of German Covid deaths climbed above 50,000 on Friday - a day after the country warned that it could close its borders if other EU countries were less strict in controlling the virus. Berlin sounded the alarm amid rising concern about new variants.\n\nEU leaders agreed late on Thursday to keep their internal borders open but warned non-essential travel might need to be restricted to curb the spread of the virus.\n\nMs von der Leyen said Thursday that more testing and \"targeted measures\" were needed throughout the EU in order to keep internal and external borders open.\n\nFor its part, France said it would impose tighter travel restrictions for European arrivals from Sunday, requiring a negative PCR Covid test within three days of travel.\n\nIn the Netherlands, a ban on all flights from the UK, South Africa and South American countries came into effect on Saturday to try and prevent new coronavirus variants gaining a foothold.\n\nLooking forward to the future, officials from EU nations reliant on tourism - including Spain and Greece - have floated the possibility of using vaccination certificates to allow for cross-border travel but there has been scepticism within the bloc.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Infection level \"very, very high\" and \"extremely precarious\" - Prof Whitty\n\nThe UK is at an \"extremely precarious\" point, according to the chief medical adviser, despite signs Covid infections are beginning to fall.\n\nThe virus's reproduction rate is estimated to be at or below one for the first time since early December.\n\nAnything below one means the epidemic is shrinking.\n\nBut cases are falling from a \"very, very high level\", Prof Chris Whitty said - and may still be increasing in some areas.\n\n\"A very small change and it could start taking off again from an extremely high base,\" he warned.\n\nSpeaking at a Number 10 press conference on Friday evening, the UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, said the \"awful\" death rate would stay high \"for a little while before it starts coming down\".\n\n\"That was always what was predicted...and I think the information about the new variant doesn't change that\".\n\nEarly evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, although findings are preliminary and there is a high level of uncertainty.\n\nDr Susan Hopkins at Public Health England said there was \"evidence from some but not all data sources which suggests that the variant of concern which was first detected in the UK may lead to a higher risk of death than the non-variant.\n\n\"Evidence on this variant is still emerging and more work is under way to fully understand how it behaves.\"\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said while the UK's R or reproduction number, might be below one - meaning a shrinking epidemic - overall, \"cases remain dangerously high and...it is essential that everyone continues to stay at home, whether they have had the vaccine or not.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures suggested cases were decreasing slightly or levelling off across Britain.\n\nBut infections are falling more slowly than they did during the first lockdown - by somewhere around a quarter every fortnight compared with a halving back in April.\n\nA further 40,261 cases, and 1,401 deaths were recorded on Friday in the UK.\n\nMore than five million people had been given a first dose of the vaccine by 21 January, and about half a million had received their second dose.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has previously said it is \"too early\" to say whether England's Covid restrictions will be able to end in the spring.\n\nWhile cases are falling or stable across the rest of the UK, in Northern Ireland cases have continued to rise and the new, more infectious strain has overtaken the older variant of the virus as of the start of January.\n\nDuring the week ending 16 January, about one in 55 people in England had the virus, the ONS estimated, with one in 35 in London testing positive.\n\nOne in 100 people had the virus in Scotland and one in 70 in Wales.\n\nBut in Northern Ireland infections have shot up from an an estimated one in 200 people testing positive in the week to 2 January, to one in 60 last week.\n\nONS statistician Sarah Crofts said while fewer people were testing positive in England, \"rates remain high and we estimate the level of infection is still over one million people\".\n\nAnd, she pointed out, \"the picture across the UK is mixed\".\n\nA survey by tech company ZOE and King's College London, based on swabs of people with and without symptoms, also suggested the R number could be at 0.8.\n\nAnd it estimated symptomatic cases had fallen by a quarter since last week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is the R number and what does it mean?\n\nMeanwhile, the proportion of people testing positive for the new Covid variant has risen considerably in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, ONS data suggest.\n\nBut the new strain, which remains by far the main source of infections in England, has yet to overtake the old strain in Scotland and Wales.\n\nWithin England, the proportion of infections that appear to be due to the new variant remained stable, but the gap between the regions is narrowing.\n\nIn the figures covering 2 January, 80% of infections looked like the new variant in London compared to 30% in the North East.\n\nTwo weeks later, that gap had narrowed to 70% in London versus 50% in the North East.\n\nIt is not clear what is behind the small fall in London, but it may be down to behaviour change, or other variants like the South Africa strain now in circulation and diluting the numbers.", "Morriston is seeing \"unprecedented\" numbers of people die in intensive care\n\nAn intensive care consultant said as many as five patients are dying with Covid during a single 12-hour shift.\n\nDr John Gorst said the number was \"unprecedented\" at his unit in Swansea's Morriston Hospital that would normally only see one person die.\n\nHe said the second wave of the pandemic was more challenging with patients more severely unwell.\n\nIn Wales, there has been an average of about 34 deaths a day during the pandemic up to 19 January.\n\nNew Year's Day saw the most Covid-related deaths in a single day in Wales - 55 - since the pandemic began.\n\n\"In some 12-hour periods we have lost up to five coronavirus patients,\" said Dr Gorst.\n\n\"Usually we expect to see, on average, one patient a day dying in the intensive care unit. To have five die on one day is unprecedented.\n\n\"That's been a real struggle for their families and for the staff dealing with it.\"\n\nFour additional medical wards have opened to cope with the impact of coronavirus at Morriston, with about 300 patients being treated.\n\nDr John Gorst and senior matron Carol Doggett say Covid patients are sicker and younger in the second wave\n\nDr Gorst said: \"If it wasn't for the treatment given on the wards, intensive care would have been completely overwhelmed.\n\n\"However, when patients have failed on these treatments, sadly the safety net of the intensive care unit [and] getting them on an invasive ventilator, largely doesn't work.\n\n\"Most patients who come to intensive care to go on an intensive ventilator, sadly, will not survive.\n\n\"These patients are mostly of working age. They don't have any significant medical conditions.\"\n\n\"This is alien to us as an intensive care unit. We expect far more patients to survive. Now they are not.\"\n\nMorriston's senior matron Carol Doggett agreed that the \"number of sicker patients has definitely increased\", and she said they were younger than had been experienced in the first wave of the pandemic.\n\n\"That should be a stark warning to anyone not to take chances with this,\" she said.\n\nOn Friday, First Minister Mark Drakeford said there was cause for concern over new variants of Covid-19.\n\n\"We know the new highly contagious strain - sometimes called the Kent variant - is now widespread across Wales,\" he said.\n\nHe also said the government was closely monitoring three new variant variants: one from South Africa and two from Brazil.\n\nSix cases of the South African variant have been identified in Wales.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police tweeted this photo, which appears to show the vehicle severely damaged in the crash\n\nFour ponies have been killed in a collision with a vehicle in the New Forest National Park.\n\nThe animals were hit on Thursday night while licking freshly laid salt on Roger Penny Way, Hampshire Constabulary said.\n\nThree ponies died at the scene while a fourth was found dead later a short distance away.\n\nIn December, three donkeys were killed on the road, which is a black spot for animal accidents.\n\nMark Ferrett, whose daughter owned the ponies, said the deaths were \"unacceptable\"\n\nThe crash happened at about 21:00 GMT on a 40mph (64km/h) section of the road north of Brook.\n\nThe car, a Land Rover Discovery, appears to have been severely damaged in the collision, according to a police tweet, which gave no further details.\n\nMark Ferrett, whose daughter owned the ponies, said the deaths were \"unacceptable\".\n\nHe said: \"I would favour a reduction in the speed [limit]. Please, everyone needs to slow down and stop this carnage.\"\n\nThe New Forest is one of the largest remaining areas of unenclosed land where commoners' cattle, ponies and donkeys roam throughout the open heath.\n\nIn 2019, 58 animals were killed and 32 were injured, according to the New Forest National Park Authority.\n\nThe crash happened on Roger Penny Way, where donkeys, cattle and horses roam freely\n\nAndrew Napthine, a New Forest Agister who helps manage the area's free-roaming animals, attended the scene of the crash, and said the male driver was not injured.\n\nHe said three of the ponies were killed on the road while a fourth fled the scene and died behind a bush.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK has reported another 55,892 daily cases of coronavirus, the highest figure on record.\n\nAnd another 964 people died within 28 days of a positive test, only slightly down on the 981 on Wednesday.\n\nIt comes as Health Secretary Matt Hancock appealed to everyone to \"take personal responsibility this New Year's Eve and stay at home\".\n\nHe said he knew how much had been sacrificed this year but, with the NHS under pressure, \"we cannot let up\".\n\nOn Thursday, just after midnight, 20 million more people in England were placed under the toughest restrictions and told to stay at home.\n\nThe new restrictions mean 44 million people, or 78% of the population of England, are now in tier four, where non-essential shops, gyms, cinemas and hairdressers have to stay shut.\n\nPublic Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle said Christmas week had seen a worrying rise in cases - particularly among adults in their 20s and 30s.\n\n\"We have all had to make huge sacrifices this year, but please ensure that you keep your distance from others, wash your hands and wear a mask,\" she said.\n\n\"A night in at new year will mean you are significantly reducing your social contacts and can help stop the spread of the virus.\"\n\nThe 981 deaths recorded on Wednesday was the highest daily figure since April.\n\nMuch of the rise in cases has been blamed on the spread of a new variant, which scientists believe is able to transmit more easily.\n\nIt was initially concentrated in the London, the South East and eastern England, but Mr Hancock has said it is now responsible for the \"majority\" of new cases across the UK.\n\nWith the number of Covid patients in hospitals increasing, some are being moved long distances for intensive care.\n\nDr Michael Marsh, NHS England medical director for the south-west region, said patients had come from Kent to Plymouth and Bristol, where services were \"less stretched\".\n\nThe latest NHS Test and Trace figures show 232,169 people tested positive for Covid in England at least once in the week to 23 December, up 33% on the previous week and the highest weekly rise on record.\n\nCovid case rates are continuing to rise in all regions of England - with London's rate at 735.5 per 100,000 people in the seven days to 27 December, up from 711.9 the previous week, the latest Public Health England report showed.\n\nEastern England saw the second highest rate, 551.3 up from 510.8, followed by south-east England at 450.6, up from 427.4.\n\nMeanwhile, Scotland recorded 2,622 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours - a record high for the third day in a row.\n\nPublic Health Wales reported a further 1,831 cases in Wales, with the highest case rates in Bridgend (825.6 for every 100,000 people) and Merthyr Tydfil (754.2).\n\nAnd Northern Ireland has seen another 1,929 cases in the last 24 hours, as hospitals come close to capacity with latest figures showing only six empty beds.\n\nSome hospital trusts in the south of England have also been reporting that they are under extreme pressure because of increasing numbers of Covid patients.\n\nOn Wednesday, Essex and Buckinghamshire declared major incidents, while an intensive care doctor at London's Whittington Hospital said they were facing a \"tsunami\" of Covid cases.\n\nProf Hugh Montgomery said people who did not follow social distancing rules or wear masks \"have blood on their hands\".\n\nThe NHS said London's Nightingale Hospital had been \"reactivated\" and was ready to admit patients, in anticipation of rising pressures from the spread of the new variant.", "Officers dispersed the party at the Grade II* listed church before midnight\n\nA 500-year-old church was damaged during an illegal New Year's Eve party at the venue.\n\nAll Saints' Church in East Horndon, near Brentwood, was broken into before crowds entered, Essex Police said.\n\nOfficers were threatened and had objects thrown at them as they dispersed hundreds of people and seized equipment, the force said.\n\nTwo men from Harlow, aged 27 and 22, and a 35-year-old from Southwark were arrested.\n\nThey were held on suspicion of public order and drugs offences.\n\nAstrid Gillespie, a volunteer with the Friends of All Saints', said event organisers had smashed a window to put in an extractor fan unit and wired sound equipment into the church's fuse box.\n\nShe said: \"It was a professional set-up, they'd hired portable loos, they had a bar area where you had to exchange tokens... obviously it's a mess.\n\n\"It's such a beautiful church, to find out it's been damaged is devastating.\"\n\nThe conservation group believes it will cost at least £1,000 to repair the Tudor building.\n\nEquipment was seized and fines issued over three illegal parties broken up by officers\n\nPolice later dispersed about 100 people at an illegal party at an abandoned warehouse in Brentwood and made two arrests.\n\nA woman was also fined £10,000 for organising a house party with 100 guests at Bury Road, Sewardstonebury, in Epping Forest.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Andy Prophet said: \"Unfortunately, there were [those] who decided to blatantly flout the coronavirus rules and regulations and, ultimately, they decided that partying was more important than protecting other people.\n\n\"We've seized their equipment, arrested five people, and issued a large number of fines to those who think this behaviour is acceptable.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Father (left) and son have had divergent views on Brexit in the past\n\nThe father of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is applying for French citizenship now that Britain has severed ties with the European Union.\n\nStanley Johnson told France's RTL radio he had always seen himself as French as his mother was born in France.\n\nThe 80-year-old former Conservative Member of the European Parliament voted Remain in the 2016 Brexit referendum.\n\nHis son Boris spearheaded the Leave campaign and later took the UK out of the EU as prime minister.\n\nStanley Johnson explained his reasons for seeking French citizenship in an interview broadcast on Thursday, hours before the UK was due to leave EU trading rules.\n\n\"It's not about becoming French,\" he told RTL. \"It's about reclaiming what I already have.\"\n\nHe pointed out that his mother was born in France to a French mother. \"I will always be European,\" he added.\n\nStanley Johnson won a seat in the European Parliament when direct elections were first held in 1979, and later worked for the European Commission. As a result, Boris spent part of his childhood in Brussels.\n\nBrexit issues have divided the Johnson family. The prime minister's sister, the journalist Rachel Johnson, left the Conservative Party to join the Liberal Democrats ahead of the 2017 election in protest against Brexit.\n\nTheir brother, the Conservative MP Jo Johnson, resigned from the cabinet in 2018 to highlight his support for closer links with the EU.", "Tampon tax activist Laura Coryton says scrapping the tampon tax is an important move ‘ending a symptom of sexism’\n\nThe 5% rate of VAT on sanitary products - referred to as the \"tampon tax\" - will be abolished in the UK from 1 January.\n\nEU law required members to tax tampons and sanitary towels at 5%, treating period products as non-essential.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak committed to scrapping the tax in his March Budget.\n\nCampaigners welcomed the end to what they called a \"sexist tax\" with activist Laura Coryton saying it was \"about ending a symptom of sexism\".\n\nThe UK was able to get rid of the tax now because it is no longer subject to European Union rules on sanitary products.\n\nThe EU is itself in the process of abolishing the tampon tax. In 2018 the European Commission published proposals to change the VAT rules, which would give countries the right to stop taxing tampons and other period products, but the move has not yet been agreed by all members. The Republic of Ireland has zero VAT on sanitary products as the rate was in place prior to EU legislation imposing the 5% minimum VAT rate on EU members.\n\nMs Coryton, 27, who began campaigning to end the tampon tax when she was 21, told the BBC the move \"challenged the negative message that this tax sent to society about women\".\n\nThe move follows Scotland becoming the first in the world to make period products free in November.\n\nFelicia Willow, chief executive of women's rights charity the Fawcett Society, agreed, saying: \"It's been a long road to reach this point, but at last the sexist tax that saw sanitary products classed as non-essential, luxury items can be consigned to the history books.\"\n\nThe Treasury has estimated the move will save the average woman nearly £40 over her lifetime, with a cut of 7p on a pack of 20 tampons and 5p on 12 pads.\n\nIt's been a long road to getting the tampon tax abolished in the UK. Campaigning and debates in parliament by then-MP for Dewsbury Ann Taylor led to the Labour government moving sanitary products to a reduced rate of 5% from January 2001- the lowest rate possible under the EU's VAT rules.\n\nAnd following more campaigning in 2014 by Ms Coryton and lobbying in parliament by former Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff in 2016, the Conservative government announced that all VAT collected on sanitary products would henceforth be given to charities working with vulnerable women and girls.\n\nAt the same time, the government enshrined in legislation that it would abolish the tampon tax.\n\n\"I'm just so happy and relieved and excited at the same time for this tax to finally be axed,\" said Ms Coryton.\n\n\"It will mean a reduction in prices for period products, and that reduction in cost will be important for the increasing number of people who are battling with poverty, especially due to the pandemic.\"\n\nGemma Abbott is a lawyer and campaigner with the Free Periods group, which successfully campaigned for the government to provide free sanitary products to schools and colleges across England in 2019. The scheme launched in January.\n\nGemma Abbott wants clarity from the government on why the free sanitary products for schools scheme is not mandatory\n\n\"I think it's great news and a real testament to the determined campaigning of many people, like Paula Sheriff and Laura Coryton,\" she said.\n\n\"I think we can agree that any tax that characterises period products as non-essential is absurd and it has no place in a society that is seeking genuine gender equality.\"\n\nFree Periods is now campaigning to ensure that schools and colleges know that the free sanitary products scheme exists and that they sign up for them.\n\nMs Abbott said: \"The latest statistics we have are from last term - at that point only 40% of schools had signed up for the scheme.\"\n\nMs Coryton has set up a social enterprise called Sex Ed Matters with her sister Julia, providing talks in schools and toolkits for teachers to help them deliver the mandatory new sex education curriculum for primary and secondary schools issued in early 2020.\n\nThey did an online survey of 150 teachers and students across the UK, and 100% of respondents said that there is still a stigma attached to periods.\n\n\"If there is a stigma attached to periods, then you're unlikely to speak up when you need period products, or to talk about the free sanitary products scheme that exists,\" stressed Ms Coryton.\n\nBut Free Periods' Ms Abbott is also concerned about the charities supporting women and girls, who will no longer benefit from the proceeds of the previous 5% tax on sanitary products.\n\n\"The tampon tax fund has provided much needed support and funding to a chronically underfunded area,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm worried that the removal of the tampon tax will spell the end of the ring-fenced funding for charities to address really vital issues like domestic violence and rape.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nThe delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will go ahead this summer despite concern over rising coronavirus cases, says Japan's prime minister.\n\nThe Olympics are due to begin on 23 July with the Paralympics following a month later from 24 August.\n\nCases have surged in Japan in recent days with Tokyo reporting over 1,000 daily infections for the first time.\n\nBut prime minister Yoshihide Suga said the \"Games will be held this summer\" and be \"safe and secure\".\n\nJapan is responding to cases of the new variant of coronavirus first found in the UK, with Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike warning the number of infections could \"explode\".\n\nThere were a record 1,337 cases in Tokyo on 31 December with 783 new infections announced on Friday.\n\nJapan has recorded 239,041 coronavirus cases and 3,337 deaths during the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nCosts for the Games have increased by $2.8bn (£2.1bn) because of measures needed to prevent the spread of coronavirus but organisers have ruled out a delay.\n\nThe Games could be the most expensive summer Olympics in history.\n\nA poll by national broadcaster NHK showed that the majority of the Japanese general public oppose holding the Games in 2021, favouring a further delay or outright cancellation of the event.\n\nSuga said the Games going ahead could serve as a \"symbol of global solidarity\".", "The next few weeks will be \"nail-bitingly difficult\" for the NHS, hospital bosses have warned.\n\nStaff absences and the new Covid variant are creating a \"challenging situation\", Saffron Cordery, of NHS Providers, which represents hospital trusts in England, said.\n\nDoctors are urging the public to \"take it seriously and follow the rules\" to protect the health service.\n\nThe year started with 53,285 more Covid cases and 613 deaths being reported.\n\nThe day's figures do not include data from Northern Ireland or Wales, or the numbers of deaths from Scotland - as these are not being published on certain days during the Christmas and New Year period.\n\nIt comes after the UK reported its highest daily cases on Thursday, with a record 55,892 infections.\n\nOn Friday evening, the government confirmed that all primary schools in London would remain closed for the start of the new term, following a review of Covid transmission rates.\n\nFrom Monday, all schools in the capital will now be required to provide remote learning.\n\nPrimaries in nine London boroughs and the City of London district had been set to reopen - while those in the remaining 23 boroughs would have stayed closed from 4 January.\n\nMeanwhile, new analysis by Imperial College London has confirmed the new variant of coronavirus has a much quicker rate of transmission than the original strain.\n\nAnd an analysis of NHS England data from 23 hospital trusts by the Health Service Journal shows that Covid-19 is putting intense pressure on adult acute care and general beds, as well as those in intensive care.\n\nIt found that more than a third of these beds were occupied by patients with Covid-19 on Tuesday, and in three trusts - North Middlesex in London, and Medway and Dartford and Gravesham in Kent - the figure was more than half.\n\nBased on the recent rise in numbers, the analysis suggests that all acute and general beds might soon be filled with Covid-19 patients.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, Ms Cordery said the surging transmission and death rates were \"incredibly hard to deal with\".\n\n\"When we are seeing major London trusts saying they are under pressure, that's when we know we're in a very challenging space,\" she said.\n\nA leading intensive care doctor has urged people to follow restrictions until the vaccination programme is fully rolled out.\n\nProf Anthony Gordon, of Imperial College, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"There is light at the end of the tunnel so I would urge people to hold on for these few more months while the vaccination programme makes that difference and then we can truly get back to normal.\n\n\"But we can't overrun the health service because this will just lead to thousands more deaths.\"\n\nAdrian Boyle, vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, urged people to follow guidance on hand washing, social distancing and face coverings to stop the \"entirely preventable\" spread of the virus.\n\nDr Boyle said staff are \"tired\" and at risk of \"burnout\", having \"worked really hard over the summer\" and \"put up with a lot of disruption\".\n\n\"This time people are frustrated, this is now an entirely preventable disease, we know what we did in spring made a lot of this go away. There's also now a vaccine,\" he added.\n\nMore than three-quarters of England is currently under the strictest tier four - \"stay at home\" - coronavirus measures, and other parts of the country have joined higher tiers.\n\nMainland Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are under lockdown.\n\nThere are also concerns the added pressures of rising numbers of Covid patients seen at London hospitals have begun to spread across the country.\n\nSpeaking on Today, Dr Alison Pittard, of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, said it was \"only a matter of time before it starts to spread to other parts of country\", adding that \"we're already starting to see that\".\n\nShe stressed it was \"really important that we try and stop the transmission in the community because that translates into hospital admissions\".\n\nIt comes as almost half the major hospital trusts in England are said to be dealing with more Covid-19 patients than at the peak of the first wave in April.\n\nAnd pressure has been so great on some hospitals in London and south-east England that some patients have been moved out of the area.\n\nLondon's Nightingale emergency hospital is ready to admit patients, the NHS has said, while other sites currently not in use are being readied.\n\nHowever, Mike Adams, director of the Royal College of Nursing, questioned whether there were the staff available to run the hospital.\n\n\"Nursing is already stretched beyond capacity so there is no magic pile of nurses we can call upon,\" he told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.\n\n\"I think the real battle is reducing the spread of the virus and getting the vaccine rolled out.\"\n\nThe new coronavirus variant has driven a big rise in cases, with the worst effects felt so far in London.\n\nResearchers at Imperial College London have confirmed it increases the R number - the number of people that one infected person will pass on a virus to - by about 0.4 to 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy, from the statistic section of Imperial College London, told the Today programme this higher rate of infection means that transmission of the disease would have tripled even during England's November lockdown conditions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains how to wear your mask correctly and help stop coronavirus spreading\n\nThe hunt is now on to find new ways to slow the spread of coronavirus, with the rules on mask wearing potentially coming up for review.\n\nBehavioural science group SPI-B (Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours), which reports to the Sage group of government advisers, has said that mandatory face coverings may be necessary in a wider number of settings, such as in workplaces and possibly outdoors.\n\nHowever, Dr Simon Clarke, associate professor of cellular microbiology at the University of Reading, told BBC Radio 4's World at One he was not convinced a move towards making the wearing of face coverings mandatory outdoors would make \"much difference\" to transmission rates.\n\nHe said the \"bigger problem\" was people touching their face covering or wearing it incorrectly, adding ministers should focus on ensuring people knew how to wear them and to change and wash them regularly.\n\nThe rollout of the newly approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will begin on Monday, almost a month after the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.\n\nSecond doses of either will now take place within 12 weeks rather than 21 days as had been initially planned with the Pfizer vaccine.", "After years of silence, The KLF have uploaded a selection of their most famous songs to streaming services like Spotify, YouTube and Apple Music.\n\nThe band's music has been officially unavailable since 1992, when they deleted their entire back catalogue.\n\nBut eight songs, including dance anthems like 3AM Eternal and What Time Is Love, are now available on an eight-track compilation, Solid State Logik.\n\nFly posters in London suggested The KLF would release more music this year.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by KLF This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nSolid State Logik collects all of the band's biggest hits - including the Tammy Wynette collaboration Justified & Ancient, and the Gary Glitter-sampling Doctorin' The Tardis.\n\nIt comes 29 years after founders Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond turned their backs on music, with a provocative performance at the 1992 Brit Awards - where they tied for best group with Simply Red.\n\nThe duo made their disdain for the industry clear by performing 3AM Eternal while firing blanks from a machine gun into the stunned audience, before an announcer said: \"The KLF have left the music business.\"\n\nDriving the point home, they later dumped a dead sheep on the steps of an after-show party with a note reading, \"I died for ewe\".\n\nCauty and Drummond later burned £1m of their royalties in bundles of £50 notes, on the remote Scottish island of Jura.\n\nIn recent decades the duo have concentrated on book and art projects, including plans to build a \"people's pyramid\", inspired by the death of Cauty's brother and constructed from bricks, each containing 23 grams of human ashes.\n\nBut fans have clamoured for their music - with bootleg clips of their videos and performances achieving tens of millions of views on YouTube, and several \"sound-alike\" versions of their biggest hits appearing on Spotify.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video 2 by KLF This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nWhen other streaming holdouts like AC/DC and Neil Young relented and made their back catalogues available, The KLF still held out. In 2018, Billboard named their absence as one of the eight most significant gaps on streaming services, alongside records by De La Soul and Aaliyah.\n\nThe band announced their surprise resurrection in two posters pasted under a railway bridge in Shoreditch, East London, alongside graffiti referencing The KLF.\n\nThe Instagram account of Cauty's girlfriend showed a figure creating the graffiti creating the graffiti on New Year's Eve.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by sistersofperpetualresistance This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAccording to a statement on the band's YouTube page, Solid State Logik (named after the mixing desk the band used to create their biggest hits) is the first of five planned releases, covering all of the band's releases, under a variety of names.\n\nIt read: \"KLF have appropriated the work done between 1 January 1987 and 31 December 1991 by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The Timelords [and] The KLF.\n\n\"This appropriation was in order to tell a story in five chapters using the medium of streaming. The name of the story is Samplecity Thru Transcentral.\"\n\nThe text goes on to name several projects that are being prepared for release, some of which have never been heard before, including Kick Out The Jams, the Pure Trance Series, and a second volume of Solid State Logik.\n\n\"If you need to know more about the work done by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The Timelords or The KLF, you can find truths, rumours and half-truths scattered across the internet,\" the statement continued.\n\n\"From these truths, rumours and half-truths, you can form your own opinions.\n\n\"The actual facts were washed down a storm drain in Brixton some time in the late 20th Century.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The UK celebrated the start of 2021 with a fireworks and light display over London that included tributes to NHS staff and the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nRevellers were not able to gather to celebrate the London mayor's display in the usual way because of the coronavirus pandemic, with people instead told to stay at home.\n\nThe new year celebrations also featured a message of hope from David Attenborough.\n\nWatch the full display on the BBC iPlayer", "The star started filming his role in secret last year\n\nComedian John Bishop is to join Jodie Whittaker for the 13th series of Doctor Who, the BBC has revealed.\n\nThe 54-year-old, who recently tested positive for coronavirus, said boarding the Tardis was a \"dream come true\".\n\nHe will play a character called Dan, who \"becomes embroiled in the Doctor's adventures\" and faces \"evil alien races beyond his wildest nightmares\".\n\nBishop fills the gap left by Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole, who bowed out in a special New Year's Day episode.\n\nHe began filming his role last November, but the BBC kept the signing under wraps until the broadcast of Revolution Of The Daleks on Friday night.\n\nBishop, who grew up on a Merseyside council estate, had a brief career as a professional footballer before turning his hand to comedy.\n\nHe has previously acted in the Channel 4 drama Skins and the Ken Loach film Route Irish.\n\nEarlier this week, the comedian revealed that he and his wife had tested positive for Coronavirus over Christmas, saying he had been \"flattened\" by \"the worst illness I have ever had\".\n\nWriting on Instagram, he described his symptoms as including \"incredible headaches, muscle and joint point, no appetite, nausea, dizziness [and] chronic fatigue like I didn't know existed\".\n\nHe updated fans on New Year's Eve, saying he and his wife were \"getting a little stronger\" every day, and promising he would return to work in January.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by johnbish100 This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is not thought his illness will disrupt production on Doctor Who. The show is on a scheduled break for Christmas and not due to resume filming until later this month.\n\nThe 13th series of the rebooted sci-fi stalwart will see Whittaker return as the extra terrestrial Time Lord, alongside Mandip Gill, who returns as Yaz.\n\nIn a statement, Bishop said: \"If I could tell my younger self that one day I would be asked to step on board the Tardis, I would never have believed it.\n\n\"It's an absolute dream come true to be joining Doctor Who and I couldn't wish for better company than Jodie and Mandip.\"\n\nJodie Whittaker became the first female actress to play The Doctor in 2017\n\nProgramme boss Chris Chibnall added: \"It's time for the next chapter of Doctor Who, and it starts with a man called Dan. Oh, we've had to keep this one secret for a long, long time.\n\n\"Our conversations started with John even before the pandemic hit.\n\n\"The character of Dan was built for him, and it's a joy to have him aboard the Tardis.\"\n\nDoctor Who will return to BBC One later this year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson is one of five men who have been rebailed by police\n\nLiverpool Mayor Joe Anderson says he will not fight for re-election in May due to an ongoing bribery and witness intimidation investigation.\n\nMr Anderson, 62, made the announcement after Merseyside Police said he had been rebailed until February following his arrest earlier this month.\n\nHe tweeted he was \"disappointed\" with the police decision as he had \"provided all of the information they asked for\".\n\nHe said it was in the Labour Party's best interests to pick a new candidate.\n\nMr Anderson was arrested on 4 December, along with four other men, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation.\n\nThe year-long investigation, Operation Aloft, has focused on a number of building and development contracts in Liverpool.\n\nFollowing his arrest, Mr Anderson said he was \"stepping away from decision-making\" and would take unpaid leave while the police investigation continued.\n\nThe Labour Party also suspended Mr Anderson pending its outcome.\n\nMr Anderson said he would \"continue to fight to demonstrate that I am innocent of any wrongdoing [and] also to protect my legacy as mayor of this city of which I am proud\".\n\nHe said the timing of the police investigation meant \"it would be in the best interests of the Labour Party to select a new candidate for the mayoral election\".\n\nMr Anderson also wrote: \"I have dedicated my life to this city with loyalty and passion and I am not prepared to throw that away.\"\n\nRichard Kemp, leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition on Liverpool City Council, called on Mr Anderson to immediately resign from the local authority.\n\nMr Kemp said his Labour opponent was a \"lame duck mayor\" who was \"preventing the city from moving on\".\n\nMr Anderson said he hoped the police investigation would be completed \"long before\" the expiry of his term of office.\n\nHe said it would confirm he had \"done nothing wrong\" and his name and reputation \"will be exonerated\".\n\n\"I have never done anything that would harm this city,\" he said.\n\nEarlier, Merseyside Police said five men had been rebailed until 19 February.\n\nThe Labour Party has been contacted by the BBC for a comment.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nFormer Manchester United and Scotland manager Tommy Docherty has died at the age of 92 following a long illness.\n\nAs a player, Glasgow-born Docherty made more than 300 appearances for Preston and won 25 caps for Scotland.\n\nHe went on to manage 12 clubs, leading Chelsea to League Cup success in 1965 and United to a 2-1 win over Liverpool in the 1977 FA Cup final.\n\n\"Tommy passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at home,\" his family said in a statement.\n\n\"He was a much-loved husband, father and papa and will be terribly missed.\n\n\"We ask that our privacy be respected at this time.\"\n• None Docherty - manager of many clubs, quicks and one-liners\n\nDocherty - affectionately known by his nickname 'The Doc' - died at home in the north west of England on 31 December.\n\nAfter spells managing Chelsea, Rotherham, QPR, Aston Villa and Porto, he took over as Scotland boss in September 1971 on a temporary basis before getting the job full-time two months later.\n\nBut he was best known for his five-year spell at Manchester United, who approached him to succeed Frank O'Farrell in December 1972 while Scotland were on course to qualify for the 1974 World Cup finals.\n\nUnited were relegated in 1974 under Docherty but they kept the Scot and returned to the top flight at the first time of asking. Two years later, they won the FA Cup with victory over Bob Paisley's Liverpool, who had won the league and would go on to also win the European Cup that year.\n\nDocherty's time at Old Trafford also saw George Best fail to revive his United career, the retirement of Bobby Charlton, and the departure of Denis Law.\n\nIn 2014, he told the BBC he still regretted his decision to leave the Scotland job for United.\n\n\"I was stupid,\" he said. \"I should have stayed with Scotland. [It was] partly the money, I have to be honest about that.\"\n\nDocherty was sacked shortly after the Wembley triumph for having an affair with Mary Brown, the wife of United physiotherapist Laurie Brown.\n\nThe pair later married and they remained together until his death.\n\nDocherty returned to management with First Division side Derby in September 1977, then rejoined QPR two years later. A turbulent time at Loftus Road saw him sacked in May 1980, reinstated after just nine days, then sacked again the following October.\n\nSpells at Sydney Olympic, Preston, South Melbourne and Wolves followed, with Docherty's final managerial job coming at non-league Altrincham in 1987-88.\n\nPost-retirement, he worked as an after-dinner speaker and media pundit.\n\nDocherty was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in November 2013.\n\n\"He was tenacious on the park and a great leader off it,\" Petrie added.\n\n\"Tommy was a regular in the Scotland side in the 1950s that qualified for two World Cups, and his record as Scotland manager was impressive, albeit cut short.\n\n\"Looking at the results and performances he inspired, it is hard not to wonder what might have been had he remained.\n\n\"His charisma and love for the game shone even after he stopped managing and it was entirely fitting Tommy should be inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame for his lifelong service.\"", "Cases have reached record highs in the past week\n\nThe next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid, the first minister has warned.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said the new variant of the virus was \"accelerating spread\" across Scotland.\n\n\"If you first foot someone today, or hug/kiss/handshake them HNY, you are putting yourself, others and the NHS at risk,\" she tweeted.\n\nA further 2,539 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Friday.\n\nThe number is slightly down on Thursday's figure, but Ms Sturgeon said cases numbers were still \"worryingly high\".\n\nDaily confirmed cases have reached record highs on each of the previous three days, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nThe percentage of positive cases also reached 14.4% on Wednesday - the highest it has been since the second wave of the pandemic began in the summer.\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted: \"Today's case numbers are worryingly high again. The new variant is accelerating spread.\n\n\"PLEASE do not visit other people's homes just now, even today - if you first foot someone today, or hug/kiss/handshake them HNY, you are putting yourself, others & the NHS at risk.\"\n\nShe said the \"vaccine cavalry\" was on the way, offering \"real hope for 2021\", but she added: \"With this new variant, the next few weeks may be the most dangerous we've faced since Mar/April.\n\n\"We must act together to suppress it, to save lives and protect the NHS. Folded hands stick with it.\"\n\nThe number of daily confirmed cases has reached record highs this week\n\nA new study by London's Imperial College has found that the new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nThe Scottish government's most recent estimate of the R number in Scotland has put it between 0.9 and 1.1.\n\nEmma Thomson, a professor of infectious disease at the University of Glasgow, said it was important to get people vaccinated quickly.\n\nThe professor, who has been working on the sequencing of the new Covid mutation, told the BBC that lockdown was not controlling the infection \"on its own\".\n\n\"At least we come in armed into the new year with two vaccines which are highly effective at preventing severe disease. We have that,\" she said.\n\n\"We need to roll it out now to add to the public health measures.\"\n\nParties, traditional \"first-footing\" and social events were banned this Hogmanay, with all of mainland Scotland and Skye being under the highest level of Covid restrictions.\n\nAll official events were cancelled, but police had to disperse a crowds of people who gathered at Edinburgh Castle and Calton Hill to see in the new year.\n\nIt has also emerged that 32 people were charged with reckless conduct after police found them gathered at a rented property in Aberfoyle on 27 December.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said: \"As the first minister has pointed out, the sharp rise in cases is evidence that the new strain seems to be speeding up transmission.\n\n\"This is why we are asking people to please stay at home as much as possible and avoid non-essential interaction with others.\n\n\"There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we ask everyone to be patient as we work our way through the vaccination programme, and continue to follow FACTS to keep us all safe.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United moved level on points with Premier League leaders Liverpool as a Bruno Fernandes penalty saw off stubborn Aston Villa.\n\nFernandes drilled his 11th league goal this season - and his fifth from the spot - into the bottom corner to punish Douglas Luiz's clip on Paul Pogba and hand United an eighth win in 10 games.\n\nBertrand Traore's calm finish underneath David de Gea had deservedly drawn Villa level, cancelling out Anthony Martial's stooping first-half header for the hosts.\n\nBut Fernandes' penalty extended United's hold over Villa - they have now won 32 and lost just one of the past 44 league meetings between the sides - and leaves Liverpool top only by virtue of goal difference.\n\nThe spot-kick award angered Aston Villa boss Dean Smith who claimed Pogba \"tripped himself\" and that the video assistant referee should have asked on-pitch official Michael Oliver to review his decision.\n\n\"I don't see why Michael couldn't have looked at it. That's what VAR is for isn't it?\" Smith told BBC Sport.\n\n\"I thought it was a penalty at the time, but I looked at it after the game and saw he tripped himself. I don't think it's a penalty.\n\n\"I think there's enough doubt there to send the referee over to the screen.\"\n\nSmith's side were perhaps unfortunate not to have left Old Trafford with at least a point from a thoroughly entertaining game but they also needed several fine saves from Emiliano Martinez to keep them in it.\n\nAfter Fernandes' spot-kick put United back in front, Martinez superbly tipped a stinging 25-yarder from the Portuguese on to the crossbar as well as denying Martial a second.\n\nMartinez's counterpart David de Gea was just as busy, with a late save from Matty Cash's long-range strike preserving the points, not long after Tyrone Mings had headed wide a glorious chance to level.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side have displayed their ability to grind out points at Old Trafford in recent weeks, as evidenced in 1-0 home wins over both West Bromwich Albion and Wolves.\n\nBut they have also shown a willingness to go toe-to-toe with teams who are happy to open up the game and, while this was not quite the shootout of the 6-2 win over Leeds, it was just as easy on the eye.\n\nA number of fluid first-half moves produced chances before Martial's opener as the France forward saw a curler tipped over by Martinez, while Fernandes and Wan-Bissaka were narrowly off target with similar efforts.\n\nMartial stole between Mings and Ezri Konsa to nod the Red Devils ahead from Wan-Bissaka's inviting cross for only his second league goal of the season on his return to Solskjaer's starting line-up.\n\nWhile Luiz was unfortunate to be penalised for what might have been an accidental clip on Pogba, there was enough contact for the penalty to be given and Fernandes continued his excellent record from the spot.\n\nUnited were nine points behind Liverpool after a 1-0 defeat by Arsenal at Old Trafford on 1 November but have made up that gap in just two months to set an intriguing title race into motion.\n\nA minute's silence before the game paid tribute to former boss Tommy Docherty, who famously prevented Liverpool claiming the treble by leading United to an FA Cup win over the Reds in 1977.\n\nAnd while talk of foiling a second successive Liverpool title might be premature, moving alongside them at the Premier League's summit will give Solskjaer's side even more confidence as they eye up a trip to Anfield on 17 January.\n\nWhile Villa were ultimately outgunned by their hosts, their brave display was further evidence of the progress Smith's side have made this season.\n\nThey held their own in the first half, causing United a number of problems down the flanks, with playmaker Jack Grealish prompting and probing to show why the hosts have long considered a move for the Villa captain.\n\nBut they were even more impressive in the early stages of the second period, Grealish crossing for an Ollie Watkins header that was saved by De Gea before collecting a quick free-kick and finding Traore to tuck home the equaliser.\n\nLuiz's foul on Pogba came with Villa very much in the ascendancy and while they then had to ride a storm the visitors still came close to pinching a point as Mings beat fellow England centre-half Harry Maguire to a free-kick only to nod wide.\n\nWith Ross Barkley's return from a hamstring injury imminent, this performance should keep Villa optimistic even if defeat halted a five-game unbeaten run and saw them slip a place to sixth, behind Chelsea on goal difference.\n\nAnd while their rotten record at Old Trafford continues - just one win in 34 visits since 1983, which came courtesy of a Gabriel Agbonlahor header in 2009 - they have still only conceded five times in eight away games this campaign.\n\n'We have improved a lot in a year' - what they said\n\nManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer told BBC Sport: \"You are always delighted with three points. The performance was good and we created chances.\n\n\"It was maybe a little too open and we wasted chances. We tried to play the Hollywood pass instead of securing the first one and using the space that was there.\n\n\"We are happy with what we are doing. We have shown we have improved a lot in a year. We lost to Arsenal away last New Year's Day. We have improved immensely.\"\n\nAston Villa boss Dean Smith told BBC Sport: \"I wasn't happy with the first half. We were miles off the levels where we have been. It felt like a testimonial pace then they deservedly had the lead at half-time. I told the players we needed to be upping our levels.\n\n\"We competed a lot better [in the second half], showed more quality and created chances. I'd take the second-half performance all day long. A dubious penalty has lost us the game.\n\n\"When you look at our performances and results, it shows we are very competitive in this league now, which is what we wanted it to be.\"\n\nUnited's hold over Villa goes on - the stats\n• None Manchester United are unbeaten in their past 16 Premier League matches against Aston Villa (W12 D4).\n• None Aston Villa have lost 13 of their past 15 away Premier League games against Manchester United at Old Trafford (W1 D1).\n• None In Premier League history, the only player to be directly involved in more goals in their first 30 appearances in the competition than Bruno Fernandes (33 - 19 goals, 14 assists) is Andrew Cole (37 - 28 goals, nine assists).\n• None Anthony Martial has now scored on all seven days of the week in the Premier League for Manchester United, becoming the fifth player to do so, after Ryan Giggs, Andrew Cole, David Beckham and Wayne Rooney.\n• None Only Tottenham's Harry Kane (10) has assisted more Premier League goals this season than Jack Grealish (7), while the last Aston Villa player to assist more than seven Premier League goals in a season was Ashley Young in 2010-11 (10).\n• None Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first Premier League match in charge of Manchester United in December 2018, the Red Devils have taken (27) and scored (21) the most Premier League penalties.\n\nManchester United host local rivals Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-finals on Wednesday (19:45 GMT) and welcome Watford in the FA Cup on Saturday 9 January (20:00 GMT). Their next Premier League game is away at Burnley on Tuesday 12 January (20:15 GMT).\n\nAston Villa host Liverpool in the FA Cup next Friday (19:45 GMT) before returning to Premier League action at home to Tottenham on Wednesday 13 January (20:15 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Keinan Davis (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Keinan Davis (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ollie Watkins with a cross.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Paul Pogba tries a through ball, but Marcus Rashford is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Matthew Cash (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.\n• None Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Luke Shaw (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "London's Nightingale Hospital is ready to admit patients as hospitals in the capital struggle, the NHS has said.\n\nThe Excel Centre site in east London has been \"reactivated\" amid a rise in the number of Covid-19 patients.\n\nOther Nightingale hospital sites across England are also being readied, with the UK recording a record daily rise in coronavirus cases.\n\nAn NHS spokesman said hospitals in London remain under \"significant pressure\".\n\nHe said: \"In anticipation of pressures rising from the spread of the new variant infection, NHS London were asked to ensure the London Nightingale was reactivated and ready to admit patients as needed, and that process is under way.\"\n\nSeveral NHS hospitals in London and the south-east are now reporting they are under extreme pressure as a result of a surge in the number of people falling seriously ill with Covid-19.\n\nAn email to staff at the Royal London Hospital says they are operating in disaster medicine mode - warning they can no longer provide high-standard critical care.\n\nNightingale hospitals in Manchester, Bristol and Harrogate are in use currently for non-Covid patients, the spokesman added.\n\nThe Exeter site received its first Covid patients in November when it began accepting those transferred from the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, which was described as \"very busy\".\n\nHe said: \"Covid inpatient numbers are rising sharply so the remaining Nightingales are being readied to admit patients once again should they be needed, in line with best clinical practice developed over the first and second waves of coronavirus.\"\n\nSenior intensive care doctor Prof Hugh Montgomery warned those who fail to follow the rules on social distancing, hand washing and wearing a face covering \"have blood on their hands\".\n\nNHS England medical director Stephen Powis has described the Nightingale hospitals as \"our insurance policy, there as our last resort\".\n\nLondon's Nightingale hospital was built in nine days, with the help of hundreds of soldiers\n\nHe told a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday: \"We asked all the Nightingale hospitals a few weeks ago to be ready to take patients if that was required.\n\n\"Indeed, some of them are already doing that, in Manchester taking step-down patients, in Exeter managing Covid patients, and in other places managing diagnostics, for instance.\n\n\"Our first steps though, in managing the extra demands on the NHS, are to expand capacity within existing hospitals - that's the best way to use our staff.\"\n\nLondon's Nightingale Hospital was opened on 3 April and placed on standby weeks later after fewer than 20 patients were treated there.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA £2,500 reward has been offered after a nativity scene was petrol-bombed on Christmas Eve.\n\nThe scene in Raglan, Monmouthshire, had been installed in a bus shelter for families to enjoy over Christmas.\n\nThe fire destroyed statues of a shepherd, Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus - with only the three wise men surviving as they stood outside the shelter.\n\nMiguel Santiago, of the Beaufort Hotel which funded the £10,000 scene, said the attack was \"really disappointing\".\n\n\"I was in the hotel when I saw the fire and I went into panic mode,\" he said.\n\n\"It was about 21:45 on Christmas Eve when it all happened and I ended up using nine extinguishers to put it out.\"\n\nThe wooden nativity was funded by the hotel and put together by retired theatre design lecturer Liz Friendship.\n\nMs Friendship said the festive scene had also been targeted by thieves in the past.\n\n\"In 2018 Mary was taken, in 2019 two shepherds were stolen and never came back, and in 2020 it's burnt down.\n\n\"It's now just three kings staring at the bus stop. It's very sad.\"\n\nThe scene was in ruins following the petrol bomb attack\n\nVillagers are now appealing for help to catch the suspects responsible for the Christmas crime.\n\nMr Santiago added: \"It's a shame because so much effort went into putting it together this year.\n\n\"We added three kings which really made it a great sight, we made sure the figures couldn't be taken by fixing them down.\n\n\"It's really disappointing that this has happened but the locals have been great and we will be back next year with a bigger and better nativity.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for Gwent Police said: \"Officers are investigating a report of criminal damage to a nativity scene on the High Street, in Raglan on Christmas Eve.\n\n\"It has been reported that fire damage was caused to the set at approximately 9.45pm on the evening of Thursday 24th December 2020.\n\n\"The scene that belonged to the Beaufort Hotel was totally damaged as a result.\"\n\nAnyone with information should contact police on 101, she said.", "The crowd at Edinburgh Castle dispersed after police arrived\n\nCrowds of several hundred people gathered at Edinburgh Castle to see in the new year despite police and government warnings to stay away.\n\nPeople sang and danced before dispersing when several police vans and cars drove on to the castle esplanade.\n\nMost Scots heeded warnings to hold Hogmanay celebrations at home with household members.\n\nThere were no midnight fireworks at the castle, but a display was held at the Wallace Monument in Stirling.\n\nA Police Scotland spokesperson said: \"We were aware of gatherings at Edinburgh Castle and Calton Hill around midnight on Hogmanay.\n\n\"Officers safely engaged with those in attendance and explained the current government regulations resulting in the groups dispersing without incident.\"\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Thursday that there should be \"no gatherings, no house parties and no first footing\" at Hogmanay.\n\nAll of mainland Scotland and Skye are under level four restrictions, while the other islands are in level three.\n\nDetails have meanwhile emerged of another police enforcement action against a group who gathered at a rented property in Aberfoyle during the festive period.\n\nPolice Scotland confirmed that 32 people were charged with culpable and reckless conduct after officers were called out on 27 December.\n\nAccording to the Scottish Sun, the group had travelled from Glasgow but police were tipped off by locals who spotted vehicles parked outside the property.\n\nPeople in Scotland were urged to stay at home and celebrate the new year with their families\n\nAt Edinburgh Castle, one Hogmanay tradition endured as a lone piper played in the new year at midnight.\n\nWith the capital's traditional new year party cancelled, the organisers of its annual Hogmanay celebration instead released a series of \"drone swarm\" videos titled Fare Well.\n\nThe display featured a swarm of 150 illuminated drones forming symbols and animals in a \"beautiful ode to Scotland\".\n\nEach video was narrated by actor David Tennant and included verses written by Scotland's official poet, makar Jackie Kay.\n\nWhile they appear to be flying above landmarks like Edinburgh Castle, the drones were flown elsewhere before being edited into other footage.\n\nDrones write a message in the sky above the Forth Bridge\n\nThe streets of central Edinburgh were quiet, in contrast to last year's Hogmanay celebrations when about 100,000 visitors attended the street party with live performances from Idlewild and Mark Ronson in Princes Street Gardens.\n\nElsewhere in the UK this year a fireworks and light display, including tributes to NHS staff, was held over the River Thames in London, but people were also told to stay at home rather than go out and celebrate.\n• None UK sees in 2021 with fireworks and light show", "All primary schools in London will remain closed for the start of the new term, the government has confirmed.\n\nLondon mayor Sadiq Khan said the government had \"finally seen sense and U-turned\" on its plan to allow pupils in some areas to return on Monday.\n\nLeaders of nine London local authorities had written to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson urging him to rethink the decision.\n\nMr Williamson said the city-wide closures were \"a last resort\".\n\nThe government said it had decided all primary schools in the capital would be required to provide remote learning after a further review of coronavirus transmission rates.\n\nVulnerable pupils and the children of key workers will continue to attend school, the government said.\n\nEarly years care, alternative provision and special schools will remain open, it added.\n\nSchools in nine London boroughs and the City of London district had been set to reopen - while those in the remaining 23 boroughs would have stayed closed from 4 January.\n\nThe decision was criticised and branded \"illogical\" by councillors and residents in the affected areas, who called for primary schools across the capital to move to online learning until 18 January.\n\nThey pointed out that Covid-19 infection rates were higher in some boroughs told to reopen schools than in others where they were not.\n\nIn a tweet, Mr Khan said a city-wide closure was \"the right decision\" and thanked education minister Nick Gibb for \"our constructive conversations over the past two days\".\n\n\"The government's original decision was ridiculous and has been causing immense confusion for parents, teachers and staff across the capital,\" Mr Khan said.\n\n\"It is right that all schools in London are treated the same, and that no primary schools in London will be forced to open on Monday\".\n\nDan Thorpe, leader of Greenwich council, said he was \"absolutely delighted\" to hear Mr Williamson had \"finally climbed down and reversed his decision\".\n\nKingston Council leader Caroline Kerr said she was \"dismayed\" at the government's handling of situation while a council statement added: \"It never made sense that neighbouring boroughs were being instructed to have different arrangements despite having similar rates of infection.\"\n\nIslington council leader Richard Watts said waiting until New Year's day to announce the further closures was \"unacceptable\".\n\nHe said the decision \"should have been made weeks ago, as the public health situation became clear\".\n\nMary Bousted, of the National Education Union, said the government was right to reverse its \"obviously nonsensical position\".\n\n\"What is right for London is right for the rest of the country,\" she said, and she called on ministers to \"do their duty\" by closing all primary and secondary schools nationwide for at least two weeks.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, accused the government of damaging public confidence with a \"confusing and last-minute approach\".\n\n\"Just at the moment when we need some decisive leadership, the government is at sixes and sevens,\" he said.\n\nShadow education secretary Kate Green said the move was \"yet another government U-turn creating chaos for parents just two days before the start of term\".\n\n\"Gavin Williamson must still clarify why some schools in tier 4 are closing and what the criteria for reopening will be,\" she said.\n\nGavin Williamson said closing schools across London was a \"last resort\"\n\nIn a statement, Mr Williamson said children's education and wellbeing remained \"a national priority\" and moving the whole of London to remote education \"really is a last resort and a temporary solution\".\n\n\"We will continue keep the list of local authorities under review, and reopen classrooms as soon as we possibly can,\" he said.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the situation in London had continued to worsen in the past week and infections and hospital admissions had risen sharply.\n\n\"While our priority is to keep as many children as possible in school, we have to strike a balance between education and infection rates and pressures on the NHS,\" he said.\n\nThe Department for Education had previously said decisions on school closures and openings were based on new infections, positivity rates, and pressures on the NHS.\n\nA spokeswoman for the department said: \"In response to concerning data about the spread of coronavirus, we have implemented the contingency framework for education in a small number of areas of the country, requiring schools to provide remote learning to all but vulnerable and critical worker children and exam years.\n\n\"Decisions on which areas will be subject to the contingency framework are based on close work with PHE, the NHS, the Joint Biosecurity Centre and across government.\"\n\nAre you a parent or teacher who will be affected by the London primary school closures? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bodycam footage shows the moments before a black man was killed by a police shooting in Minneapolis\n\nMinneapolis police have released bodycam footage of a fatal shooting by officers, the first death at the hands of police in the US city since that of George Floyd, a black man, in May.\n\nThe victim, Dolal Idd, 23, was a suspect in a felony and was stopped by police on Wednesday. He was also black.\n\nInitial witness statements and police say Mr Idd fired first and was shot dead when the officers returned fire.\n\nMinneapolis saw months of unrest after Mr Floyd's death in police custody.\n\nThe protests spread across the US amid allegations of police brutality.\n\nMr Floyd died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.\n\nThe footage from Wednesday's fatal shooting, from the bodycam of one of the officers involved, was released late on Thursday.\n\nIt shows the officers' cars blocking a white vehicle at a petrol station on the city's south side, not far from where Mr Floyd died.\n\nThe police are heard shouting \"Stop your car, hands up, hands up!\" before shots are fired, including by the officers.\n\nA female passenger in the car with Mr Idd was not hurt, police said, nor were the officers.\n\nMinneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo said a gun was found at the scene.\n\n\"When I viewed the video that everyone else is viewing - and certainly the real-time slow-down version - it appears the individual inside the vehicle fired his weapon at the officers first,\" he said.\n\nPeople including Mr Idd's father Bayle Gelle gathered at the scene the following day, prompting fears of renewed protests.\n\n\"He was just sitting in the car, and bullets were shot at him, and no reason,\" he said, quoted by CBS News.\n\n\"Why are we here?... Because of colour. He is a black man. We want to know why my sweet son gets shot and killed.\"\n\nGeorge Floyd's death led to violent protests in the city, including this police station set on fire in May\n\nCity mayor Jacob Frey said he was committed to getting the facts and pursuing justice.\n\n\"We know a life has been cut short tonight and that trust between communities of colour and law enforcement is fragile,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"Rebuilding that trust will depend on complete transparency.\"\n\nMr Floyd's death in May led to calls for reform or even abolition of the city's police department, but those efforts have stalled.", "Much of England has been placed in a new top tier of restrictions - tier four - as the new variant spreads Image caption: Much of England has been placed in a new top tier of restrictions - tier four - as the new variant spreads\n\nEarlier we reported that a study by Imperial College had concluded the new coronavirus variant is \"hugely\" more transmissible. Now some experts are saying that means even tougher restrictions will soon be needed.\n\nProf Jim Naismith, of Oxford University, said: \"The data from Imperial represent the best analysis to date and imply that the measures we have employed to date, would - with the new virus - fail to reduce the R number to below 1.\n\n\"In simpler terms, unless we do something different the new virus strain is going to continue to spread - more infections, more hospitalisations and more deaths.\"\n\nThe R number is the average number of people an infected person passes the virus onto. If it is above 1 the epidemic is growing.\n\nEarly data suggested that the virus was spreading more quickly among the under-20s, particularly among secondary school age children, but the latest results indicate that it is more infectious in all age groups.\n\nProf Axel Gandy, part of the research team, suggested that it may have appeared to spread more easily among school children simply because the early data was collected during the November lockdown, when adults' movements were restricted but schools remained open.", "Researchers have been tracking changes to the \"spike\" of the virus\n\nThe new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version, a study has found.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy of London's Imperial College said the differences between the viruses types was \"quite extreme\".\n\n\"There is a huge difference in how easily the variant virus spreads,\" he told BBC News. \"This is the most serious change in the virus since the epidemic began,\" he added.\n\nThe Imperial College study suggests transmission of the new variant tripled during England's November lockdown while the previous version was reduced by a third.\n\nCases of Covid-19 have begun to increase rapidly during the second spike, and the number of cases recorded in a single day reached a new high on Thursday.\n\nEarly results indicated that the virus was spreading more quickly among under-20s, particularly among secondary school age children.\n\nBut the very latest data indicates that it was spreading quickly across all age groups, according to Prof Gandy who was a member of the research team.\n\n\"One possible explanation is that the early data was collected during the time of the November lockdown where schools were open and the activities of the adult population were more restricted. We are seeing now that the new virus has increased infectiousness across all age groups.\"\n\nProf Jim Naismith, of Oxford University, said he believed that the new findings indicated that even tougher restrictions would soon be needed.\n\n\"The data from Imperial represent the best analysis to date and imply that the measures we have employed to date, would - with the new virus - fail to reduce the R number to below 1.\n\n\"In simpler terms, unless we do something different the new virus strain is going to continue to spread, more infections, more hospitalisations and more deaths.\"\n\nThe R number is the average number of people an infected person infects. If it is above 1 the epidemic is growing.\n\nThe most chilling finding from this piece of research is that the November lockdown in England, hard though it was for many people, would not have stopped the variant form of the virus spreading. The same severe restrictions that saw cases of the previous version of the virus fall by a third, would see a tripling of the new variant. This is why there has been such a sudden tightening of restrictions across the country.\n\nIt is unclear whether the current restrictions will be enough to control the spread of the virus. Given the fact that it has taken two lockdowns to stop the earlier version of the virus overwhelming the NHS, many scientists fear that further tightening will be necessary.\n\nInfection levels will begin to drop as enough people are vaccinated. But until then it is now more important than ever for people to follow social distancing guidelines, wear masks where required and to regularly wash their hands.\n\nThe new year brings with it hope of a more normal life in the next few months but also a new form of the virus that all of us will have to combat in the coming days and weeks.\n\nProfessor Lawrence Young, of Warwick University, said early indications suggested that vaccines would be effective against the new form of the virus.\n\n\"Variants virus have been around since the beginning of the pandemic and are a product of the natural process by which viruses develop and adapt to their hosts as they replicate.\n\n\"Most of these mutations have no effect on the behaviour of the virus but very occasionally they can improve the ability of the virus to infect and/or become more resistant to the body's immune response.\"\n\nFurther research is needed to understand why the variant is spreading so quickly. But early indications are that vaccines should be effective against it.\n\nThe new virus has been designated \"Variant of Concern 202012/01\" or VOC by Public Health England.\n\nIt was detected in November and thought to have originated in the south-east England in September.\n\nThere is no evidence to suggest that it is more deadly, but it will increase the number of cases which in turn will add further pressure on the NHS.\n\nThe variant can now be found across the UK, except Northern Ireland, but it is heavily concentrated in London, as well as south-east and eastern England.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Parents and teachers have criticised the closure decisions\n\nNine London boroughs have written to the education secretary asking him to reverse plans to reopen primary schools in some areas.\n\nAbout a million primary school pupils will not return to lessons next week in a bid to cut Covid transmission rates.\n\nHowever, schools in 10 London boroughs are due to remain open.\n\nIn the letter, the leaders said they were \"struggling to understand the rationale\" behind the idea as pupils and teachers moved between boroughs.\n\nThe government has said the measure would be reviewed fortnightly.\n\nAll primary schools had been due to fully reopen on 4 January but under government plans those in 23 London boroughs will remain closed.\n\nHowever, schools in the City of London, Camden, Greenwich, Hackney, Haringey, Harrow, Islington, Kingston, Lambeth and Lewisham will open.\n\nThe letter to Gavin Williamson has been signed by leaders of all of those boroughs apart from Kingston. It has also been signed by the City of London's policy chair.\n\nIt calls for primary school pupils across the capital to \"move to online learning until 18 January\", apart from vulnerable children and those of key workers.\n\n\"The omission of 10 boroughs ignores the deep interconnectedness of our city, and the many thousands of teachers and students that study or teach in one borough and live in another,\" the letter states.\n\nThe councils also said they had received legal advice that omitting some councils from the list of areas told to take teaching online \"is unlawful on a number of grounds and can be challenged in court\".\n\nRichard Watts, leader of Islington Council, told the BBC there \"seems to be no reason at all to look at this on a borough by borough basis\".\n\n\"The entirety of the rest of the government's handling of the pandemic has rightly treated London as a single entity and this is the first time anyone... has tried to implement different public health measures in different boroughs,\" he said.\n\nIn a statement Dan Thorpe, leader of the Royal borough of Greenwich, accused the government of providing \"a lack of clarity and answers\", adding that the situation was \"causing uncertainty and concern among our schools, families, carers, and undoubtedly children and young people\".\n\nAlthough Kingston Council did not sign the letter, leader Caroline Kerr said reopening primary schools in the borough \"doesn't make any sense\" and that they were \"urgently seeking clarity on the reasoning for the decision\".\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan has called the plans \"nonsensical\" and has also written to the government calling for a \"delay to all London schools opening until mid-January\".\n\nKevin Courtney, joint leader of the National Education Union, said the education secretary \"must listen to the leaders of the community, he must listen to school staff and he must listen to the general public who are all telling him that it is not safe to reopen schools on Monday\".\n\nThe Department for Education has previously said decisions on school closures and openings were based on new infections, positivity rates, and pressures on the NHS.\n\nA spokeswoman for the department said: \"In response to concerning data about the spread of coronavirus, we have implemented the contingency framework for education in a small number of areas of the country, requiring schools to provide remote learning to all but vulnerable and critical worker children and exam years.\n\n\"Decisions on which areas will be subject to the contingency framework are based on close work with PHE, the NHS, the Joint Biosecurity Centre and across government.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The musician was known for his performances in which he always wore a mask\n\nHip-hop star MF Doom has died at the age of 49, his family confirmed on social media.\n\nThe London-born musician, real name Daniel Dumile, was known for his sharp, intricate rhymes and his signature mask, which he never removed in public.\n\nIn a post on the rapper's Instagram account on Thursday, his wife Jasmine confirmed that he died on 31 October.\n\nA number of artists have paid tribute to MF Doom including Run The Jewels and Tyler, The Creator.\n\nIn a note addressed to the rapper, his wife paid tribute to \"the greatest husband, father, teacher, student, business partner, lover and friend I could ever ask for\".\n\nHis representatives confirmed his death to Rolling Stone magazine. No cause of death was disclosed.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by mfdoom This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMF Doom was born in London but moved to New York as a child.\n\nAs a teenager he performed in hip-hop group KMD. Following the loss of his younger brother and bandmate DJ Subroc, he disappeared from music becoming, in his own words, \"damn near homeless\".\n\nBut in 1997, he remerged at open mic events in Manhattan, wearing tights over his face. He protected his anonymity for the rest of his career, adopting a mask based on the Marvel villain Doctor Doom for all his public appearances.\n\nHis debut as MF Doom, Operation: Doomsday, was released in 1999, and he followed it up with an almost non-stop outpouring of music.\n\nAs well as six solo albums, he produced a wealth of bootlegs, compilations, collaborations, mixtapes and instrumental albums - including the influential, 10-part Special Herbs series.\n\nHe may be best known for 2004's Madvillainy, which was recorded with crate-digging producer Madlib under the moniker Madvillain, and gave the rapper his first entry on the US album chart.\n\nAnother of his high-profile collaborations was Danger Doom alongside DJ Danger Mouse, and he appeared with Damon Albarn's Gorillaz on their UK number one album Demon Days. Other collaborators included Ghostface Killah, Flying Lotus, The Avalanches and Radiohead.\n\nOne of hip-hop's most respected MCs, he made appearances on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 1 in which he discussed his own music and projects with other artists.\n\nMany of them lined up to pay tribute after news of his death broke on New Year's Eve.\n\n\"RIP to another Giant, your favourite MC's MC... MF DOOM,\" wrote A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip on Twitter. \"Crushing news.\"\n\n\"He was a writer's writer,\" added El-P of Run The Jewels. \"Grateful I got to know you a little, king. Proud to be your fan. Thank you for keeping it weird and raw always. You inspired us all and always will.\"\n\n\"All u ever needed in hip-hop was this record,\" Flying Lotus tweeted alongside the album cover to Madvillainy. \"My soul is crushed.\"\n\nApple Music presenter Zane Lowe said: \"Rest In Peace to the great MF Doom. A true artist who gifted us with eternal innovation and creativity.\"\n\nWhile the Sleaford Mods said: \"RIP MF DOOM. Sleep well mate.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. London's new year celebrations featured a message of hope from David Attenborough\n\nThe UK has seen off 2020 and celebrated the dawn of 2021 with a fireworks and light display over London that included tributes to NHS staff.\n\nRevellers were not able to ring in the New Year in the usual way because of the coronavirus pandemic, with people instead told to stay at home.\n\nPolice had to break up various parties and events across England overnight.\n\nForces have handed out hundreds of fines, with several issuing the maximum £10,000 to event organisers.\n\nMuch of the UK saw in the new year while under lockdown rules, with about 44 million people in England - or 78% of the population - in tier four, the top level of Covid restrictions.\n\nMainland Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are also under lockdown.\n\nAlthough people were warned not to attend any parties outside their own homes, there were many around the country who ignored the rules.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said police attended 58 parties and unlicensed music events in breach of tier four rules across London overnight, the vast majority of which ended when police intervened, they added.\n\nFixed penalty fines were given to 217 people while five others could be fined £10,000 for organising large gatherings. The police force said four other people were arrested for breaching Covid regulations by gathering in central London.\n\nElsewhere, other forces also broke up parties and handed out hundreds of fines. They included Greater Manchester Police, which issued 105 fixed penalty notices at house parties and larger gatherings. And Leicestershire Police had to issue six on-the-spot £10,000 fines to party organisers.\n\nIn Essex, hundreds of people were dispersed from an illegal New Year's Eve party at a church, while Lancashire Police broke up a party in Hyndburn, near Blackburn, attended by 80.\n\nMeanwhile, in Scotland, Edinburgh's traditional Hogmanay street party was cancelled, with videos of a drone display released instead.\n\nThe series of videos showed a swarm of 150 lit-up drones over the Scottish Highlands and Edinburgh were released, which organisers said it was the largest drone show ever produced in the UK.\n\nDespite the cancellation of Edinburgh's traditional Hogmanay celebration - which normally attracts 100,000 people on the city's streets - there were some people who ignored the pleas to stay at home.\n\nCrowds of several hundred people gathered at Edinburgh Castle to see in the new year. They sang Auld Lang Syne and danced before eventually dispersing when several police vans and cars pulled on to the castle esplanade.\n\nAn anti-lockdown protest and New Year's Eve celebration was also held in London\n\nPeople cross Hungerford Bridge in London on New Year's Eve\n\nOn New Year's Eve, Health Secretary Matt Hancock called on people to take \"personal responsibility\" and stay at home to avoid spreading Covid-19.\n\nLondon's 10-minute display over the Thames aired on the BBC at midnight, and began with a poem which addressed the pandemic, that said: \"In the year of 2020 a new virus came our way; We knew what must be done and so to help we hid away.\"\n\nLight projections lit up the sky over the O2 Arena, including the NHS logo in a heart accompanied by a child's voice saying: \"Thank you NHS heroes\".\n\nThe show also recognised Captain Sir Tom Moore, who raised £33m for the NHS by walking laps of his garden and the Black Lives Matter movement. One 2020 phenomena - working from home - was represented with a mute logo backed by a voiceover saying \"You're on mute\".\n\nThe display ended with a call from Sir David Attenborough about the need for action on climate change.\n\nLondon mayor Sadiq Khan said the display had reflected the resolve of Londoners to endure\n\n300 drones were used in the display to create images in the sky\n\nIn a speech being broadcast on BBC One between Doctor Who and EastEnders this evening, Sir David will say that this \"could be a year for positive change - for ourselves, for our planet and for the wonderful creatures with which we share it\".\n\nDespite the \"challenging\" times we live in, \"the reactions to these extraordinary times has proved that when we work together there is no limit to what we can accomplish\", he will say, as he looks ahead to the United Nations Climate Change Conference later this year.\n\nThe sounds of a video conference call starting up were played\n\nMuch of London was far quieter than usual\n\nEdinburgh's streets were largely empty, with Police Scotland warning against Hogmanay gatherings\n\nOfficial figures showed 10.75 million viewers watched the 2021 New Year celebrations on BBC One. It's down from the 11.18m who saw in the start of 2020 on the channel.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said he was proud of the show, which he said \"paid tribute to our NHS heroes and the way that Londoners continue to stand together\".\n\n\"We showed how our capital and the UK have made huge sacrifices to support one another through these difficult times, and how they will continue to do so as the vaccine is rolled out.\"\n\nUsually, around 100,000 people pack into the streets around Victoria Embankment to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn his New Year's message, the Archbishop of Canterbury said he saw \"reasons to be hopeful for the year ahead\" despite the \"tremendous pain and sadness\" brought by 2020.\n\nThe Most Reverend Justin Welby spoke of his experience volunteering as an assistant chaplain at St Thomas' hospital during the pandemic, saying: \"Sometimes the most important thing we do is just sit with people, letting them know they are not alone.\"\n\nIn his message, filmed at the London hospital and broadcast on BBC One on Friday afternoon, he said: \"This crisis has shown us how fragile we are. It has also shown us how to face this fragility.\n\n\"Here at the hospital, hope is there in every hand that's held, and every comforting word that's spoken.\n\n\"Up and down the country, it's there in every phone call. Every food parcel or thoughtful card. Every time we wear our masks.\"\n\nDid you make a special effort to celebrate this New Year? How did you mark it? Share your experiences and pictures of what you got up to by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "For months, the government has been urging businesses to get ready for a new era in trading with the EU. But it was only on Boxing Day that details of all the new rules were actually published.\n\nBusiness groups are relieved that the threat of a no-deal Brexit, which would have meant tariffs (or taxes) on goods crossing the border with the EU, has been removed. But companies that trade with the EU are still facing a lot of new bureaucracy.\n\nAnd the disruption in mid-December, caused by border closures related to the new variant of Covid-19, was a reminder of how dependent the UK economy is on trade across the English Channel.\n\nFrom 1 January 2021, goods entering the EU from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) face large amounts of new paperwork and checks, including:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHauliers will also need to make sure they have the right transportation paperwork before they drive to the border.\n\nThere is particular focus on the \"short straits\" route between Dover and Calais, and the nearby Channel Tunnel, which taken together handle about four million lorries a year.\n\n\"This is the biggest imposition of red tape that businesses have had to deal with in 50 years,\" says William Bain from the British Retail Consortium.\n\nFull controls on British exports to the EU began on 1 January. The first day of the new regime appears to have gone relatively smoothly.\n\nBut it's feared that later in the year, the new controls could cause disruption, even though new border infrastructure has been built at ports such as Calais, to help process vehicles more efficiently.\n\nThere are some mitigating measures though.\n\nIn response to the Covid crisis, the government is delaying full controls on goods entering Great Britain from the EU for a further six months.\n\nThere will be checks from 1 January on controlled substances such as alcohol and tobacco, and traders deemed to be a risk will also be asked to fill in customs declarations.\n\nBut most checks on goods coming in from the EU will be delayed until 1 July, a deadline that could in theory be extended.\n\n\"I think we will want to monitor it,\" the chief executive of HM Revenue and Customs, Jim Harra, told MPs in November. \"Hopefully we will not still be in a situation where Covid-19 is consuming as much of people's attention.\"\n\nOther measures to tackle potential disruption include diverting trade to other ports around the country and opening lorry parks in Kent, to avoid gridlock on the roads.\n\nSome of these contingencies were put into action early, to deal with the Covid border closures in December.\n\nOperation Brock, for example, involved changing the layout of a section of the M20, using a concrete barrier to allow lorries heading for mainland Europe to queue safely on the motorway.\n\nThousands of lorries were also diverted to temporary parking at a disused airport at Manston.\n\nFrom 1 January drivers of lorries weighing more than 7.5 tonnes will need to acquire a Kent Access Permit before they enter the county. They will have to show that they have all the paperwork they need to ferry goods to Europe.\n\nBut that doesn't deal with the challenge of the thousands of vans that cross the Channel every week.\n\n\"What has been serially misunderstood by various parts of government is the scale of the complexity for people on the ground dealing with the paperwork,\" says Duncan Buchanan, the Policy Director of the Road Haulage Association.\n\nThat could mean that instead of queues on motorways, many traders won't be able to leave their depots.\n\n\"Either they won't be able to get vets to sign off on their meat exports, or they won't be able to get their permit because they don't have the right bits of paper,\" says Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Storage Federation.\n\n\"We might see a quite significant holding off of trading - people just not moving stuff in the first few weeks.\"\n\nEighty-five per cent of the volume of trade between the EU and Great Britain is carried by EU hauliers, who are often paid not by the hour, but by the kilometre. If they think there will be too many delays, many may simply not come.\n\nThe government says the readiness of traders to deal with the new system remains its biggest concern.\n\nLorries parked on the M20 in Kent\n\n\"The sheer scale of the overall operation means there are literally many millions of moving parts,\" permanent secretary of the cabinet office Alex Chisholm told MPs. \"Inevitably there are going to be some difficulties for some individual people as they adjust to the new regime.\"\n\nThe government has also announced a new Border Operations Centre as part of plans \"for the UK to have the world's most effective border by 2025\".\n\nQuestions have been asked about how changes at the border might affect food supply. The short answer is no-one can say for sure, but nearly 30% of all the food consumed in the UK is imported from the EU.\n\nThe good news is that there is a deal, which makes a big difference. But the challenge is particularly acute because the UK grows relatively small amounts of fruit and vegetables in January and February and is most dependent on supplies from southern Europe at this time of year.\n\nSo, if there are delays, they could cause some shortages on the shelves.\n\n\"Some gaps are possible but we're not going to run out of food - that's not going to happen\" says Ian Wright.\n\nWhen it comes to non-perishable items, there had been some stockpiling in preparation for either outcome, but extra supplies won't last forever.\n\n\"The crunch point is probably not going to be in the first few days or weeks of January,\" William Bain argues. \"Towards the end of the month, when new orders start being placed and delivered, we will start to see the processes in Kent and the other ports really tested.\"\n\nAnd it's not only about food.\n\nOther retailers, which are used to moving their stock freely around the EU customs union, have had to create separate supply chains for the UK. That is costing them more money, and their new systems have yet to be tested properly.\n\nIt's not just about trade across the English Channel.\n\nTrade across the Irish Sea between Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland will be subject to the same pressures, while Northern Ireland will be a special case under the terms of the Northern Ireland protocol in the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.\n\nNorthern Ireland will remain in the EU single market for goods, and unlike the rest of the UK it will continue to enjoy frictionless trade with the EU with no checks of any kind at the land border with the Republic.\n\nBut there is a price to pay for that - new bureaucracy within the UK between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe EU, for example, has strict rules on products of animal origin: meat, milk, fish and eggs.\n\nThese products must enter the single market (and, from 1 January, Northern Ireland) through a border control post where paperwork is checked, and a proportion of goods physically inspected.\n\nThere will be a grace period of three months for supermarkets and their suppliers, but some smaller traders may have to get used to the new rules straight away.\n\nAll shipments from Great Britain to Northern Ireland will also need a safety and security declaration, and a customs declaration from a new IT system which none of the traders have used before.\n\nThe government has set up a Trader Support Service to help.\n\nThe details of the new trading arrangements for Northern Ireland were announced separately in early December, and provided some clarity. They include an agreement which means the vast majority of goods being shipped from GB to NI will not be at risk of having tariffs imposed.\n\nBut there are plenty of unresolved issues.\n\nTraders are seeking answers about how to send parcels from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, and some online retailers have already suspended deliveries.\n\nThe trade from British to Northern Irish ports often involves multiple small shipments on a single lorry - all of which will need the right paperwork.\n\n\"We need clear rules for everyone in the supply chain,\" says Duncan Buchanan, \"and when you scratch the surface it is just not ready.\"\n\nIt is expected that many checks will be carried out on a 'light touch' basis to begin with.\n\nBut anyone trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland is going to have to get used to a new way of working very quickly.", "Nearly half a century of the UK's membership of the European Union and its predecessor organisations ended in January of course.\n\nWhat has now ended is the UK's economic membership of the bloc. Forty-eight years in the European customs union, basically the Common Market, and 28 years in the single market.\n\nThe Single Market was a creation for which the UK has paternity rights. It was Margaret Thatcher's rallying call for European reform, her calling card to unleash a wave of Japanese investment in post-industrial Britain and shepherded into existence by her appointee as commissioner Arthur Cockfield.\n\nIts creation served the UK's economic interests, as it grew the home domestic market available for British exporters without tariff or non-tariff barriers, eventually to nearly half a billion Europeans. It was not without irony that the tortuous negotiations of the past four years were made tougher by the EU's insistence on defending what it calls the \"internal market\", itself created by the British.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIndeed the institutional underpinning of this huge marketplace became too much for Mrs Thatcher. Famously she became suspicious of Commission President Delors turning up to tell the TUC that through the European Union workers could reassert rights rolled back by the Conservative Government.\n\nAt her 1988 Bruges speech PM Thatcher replied: \"We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at European level, with a European super-state exercising a new dominance from Brussels.\"\n\nThe car industry was the prototype for the single market\n\nPerhaps this was the beginning of the path to Brexit, carried along by the push to monetary union and resentment at the overreach of the European Court of Justice and the considerable impact of the \"direct effect\" of community and then union law.\n\nThe car industry was the prototype for the single market. Mrs Thatcher's campaigning for EEC membership was quickly followed by a charm offensive that began as opposition leader to get Japanese investors to build high tech factories to sell cars tariff-free across Europe.\n\nFor the UK it would provide employment, technology, capital and competition for the languishing nationalised UK-owned auto sector.\n\nOngoing membership of the EEC, restrictions on union activity and investment tax breaks were part of the deal communicated in writing to the then chairman of Nissan.\n\nThe Datsun Bluebird was being developed in Sunderland and around the same time the Italians and the French threatened to slap tariffs on what they saw as a Japanese ruse to avoid tariffs and undercut their industry.\n\nThe UK government quickly communicated that it was willing to take this matter to the European Court of Justice. The attempt to kill the Nissan factory at birth was fended off.\n\nFrom this, the UK car industry and other advanced manufacturing prospered from being plugged into rapid continent-wide supply chains, delivering each part just in time and just in sequence.\n\nAll of that was enabled by conformity of regulations, standards, zero tariffs and the eradication of non-tariff barriers, for sale, but also within the manufacturing process.\n\nThe UK became the financial centre for the euro\n\nSimilar stories could be told about the pharmaceutical industry, chemicals, the food industry, aerospace, and financial services.\n\nWithin the EU, the UK even became the financial centre for a new currency, the euro, which it did not participate in.\n\nThe single market itself, with regulations set and enforced in Brussels, became a player on the world stage. And yet there was a balancing act. The UK could influence the direction of one of the biggest tankers in the sea but was restricted in acting more nimbly in new industries. In some sectors, the UK's trade dealings with the US or Asia were more important than with Europe.\n\nAnd so this tension led to breaking point. And for the Conservative Party in particular the single market's institutions it created and championed, became something akin to Frankenstein's monster.\n\nThe EU has agreed an investment deal with China\n\nSome Brexiteers had hoped that the edifice would collapse once the UK left. But it has proven more robust than that. Indeed, Brexit has proven a catalyst of the EU to sign trade and investment deals far more quickly, including even with China.\n\nSo now the UK finds itself outside of the machine it created as its strategic competitor. The trade negotiation wasn't primarily about trade. Great Britain has declared regulatory independence, or to be more specific, has declared as much regulatory independence as is compatible with a zero-tariff trade deal.\n\nThe EU retains levers and switches to turn off some of these tariff advantages should the UK use the deal to turn into an offshore tariff free assembly hub for US and Asian manufacturing to be traded into the single market. Unlike with Nissan four decades ago, the European Court of Justice will no longer be there.\n\nThe global pharmaceutical industry offers an opportunity for the UK\n\nThe PM wants regulatory competition but his own deal contains disincentives, if not actual restrictions, on competing \"unfairly\" or too much.\n\nSo the strategy matters. Britain is free, but to do what exactly? To level up? Well the regions that need levelling up are the ones that are actually most dependent on exports to Europe. Exports to Europe will be spared tariffs, thanks to the deal, but there will be literally millions of non-tariff barriers, that the economists calculate matter more, from health checks, customs formalities, origin paperwork, assessments of standards etc.\n\nEven to qualify for tariff-free treatment means, according to new government guidance on \"rules of origin\", analysis of how complicated is the process of grating cheese, of the shelling of nuts, and formalities on where the eyes of a doll come from. Most apply legally from tonight, having been absent for decades.\n\nThe sweet spot for UK will now be to deploy regulatory freedom in sectors that are truly global, where we are not already overly dependent on EU markets.\n\nCertain sub-sectors within technology, finance and pharmaceuticals, for example. In each of these sectors the UK is likely to have to offer more friendly regulation to the multinational private sector, than the EU.\n\nIt doesn't necessarily mean lower standards: It could be that UK medicines regulators, for example, build on the record of rapid approval for Covid vaccines in other medical areas.\n\nThe deployment of massive scientific networks within the National Health service, used for rapid clinical testing, could become the envy of the world.\n\nBrexit Britain is likely to become a laboratory for the global economy. Car companies will need to be attracted with more permissive rules on data and, say autonomous driving testing. Some tech companies are already porting their UK customers to be served under US data privacy laws rather than more restrictive EU ones.\n\nBut the government will also have to be very active and judicious. We are already \"picking winners\" again, at least in the satellite business. What about electric power, where the EU will fight aggressively, versus hydrogen power?\n\nThere are a number of structural economic problems, from poor training, declining productivity and low investment that were not caused by EU membership which, in terms of non-tariff barriers, are made immediately worse by this type of Brexit, for which the UK has no option but to deal with.\n\nNorthern Ireland is mostly left in the EU single market\n\nThat process of looking outwards may not come quickly. Holyrood and Stormont rejected the Brexit trade deal. The UK has replaced a single market of 500 million Europeans free of non-tariff barriers with a single market smaller than the size of the UK.\n\nThere is a trade border in the Irish Sea. Northern Ireland is mostly left in the EU single market. There are non-tariff barriers between Great Britain and Northern Ireland as a result of this deal.\n\nLastly there are some big unknowns and unknowables.\n\nThe inadvertent diplomatic consequences of changes in trade patterns can be profound. If, for example, the eminent historian RW Johnson is to be believed, the UK's accession to the EEC in the first place created the conditions for the fall of South Africa's apartheid regime which was \"hurt in several ways\".\n\nBritish trade was remodelled away from the Commonwealth to Europe, the EEC offered favourable trade with all of Africa except Pretoria. And then when Portugal followed its ally the UK into the EEC, its African colonies and white rule quickly lost to revolutions by black liberation movements in Angola and Mozambique.\n\n\"Thus the seeds of the 1976 Soweto uprising were sown\" in part by the UK joining the EEC. Which is obviously not to suggest the reverse would be true. It is merely to say that events such as these can have very unpredictable knock on effects.\n\nThe Prime Minister has succeeded in taking the UK out of the Single Market created by his heroes. The UK now stands outside a system that it helped invent. For now its new single market is not the size of the country.\n\nThe test of all of this, is to make the UK's new single market the size of the globe.", "Some lorries have been turned away for not having the correct paperwork\n\nPlans are in place to minimise disruption at Welsh ports - especially Holyhead - as the UK enters a post-Brexit new year.\n\nThe EU Brexit transition period is over, and lorry drivers heading to and from the Republic of Ireland require additional paperwork to travel.\n\nOfficials at Holyhead said some lorries have already been turned away because they had the wrong documentation.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it was doing what it could to \"protect\" the port.\n\nTransport Minister Ken Skates said it was \"imperative\" contingency plans were in place for the island, as it wakes up to the new customs regime.\n\nFerry operators in Wales will now require freight customers to link customs information to their booking as they head for the Irish Republic.\n\nWithout that paperwork, port access will be refused.\n\n\"We've had the first few rejects, which is not unexpected,\" said Stena Line's Head of UK Ports, Ian Davies.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Wales from Holyhead on New Year's Day, he said it showed the new system was working.\n\n\"We've had people that have been passed and allowed to be shipped, and we've had a few failures as well, so it will be a learning curve for these customers.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said a \"worst case scenario\" published by the UK suggested 40% to 70% of heavy goods vehicles arriving at ports after transition ended on New Year's Eve may not have the right documentation to travel.\n\nThe peak period for turning vehicles away is expected to be mid-January.\n\n\"We simply don't know whether things are going to work,\" said Rod McKenzie, who is managing director of policy for the body representing lorry drivers and operators, the Road Haulage Association.\n\n\"There is no question there will be problems, even if all the IT works, things could go wrong, and given traders' unfamiliarity with it there is the potential for a lot of mistakes to be made.\"\n\nA contraflow will allow lorries to be \"stacked\" on parts of the A55 if traffic builds\n\nThe association said it was more worried about \"invisible delays\" in the supply chain, rather than queues at ferry ports.\n\n\"Lorries might not leave their factory gate or depot because the paperwork isn't done,\" he said.\n\n\"It's really, really important that people try to get their paperwork right. The consequences of any mistakes will be a disruption of the supply chain.\"\n\nHe said the sector would know in about a week \"how it's going\".\n\nPembrokeshire council said it had been working to ensure any vehicles turned away from Pembroke Dock and Fishguard were dealt with away from the ports.\n\nIt has arranged overflow locations at Goodwick and Pembroke Dock for its own version of Dover's \"Operation Stack\", where lorries queue along the M20.\n\n\"The importance of Pembrokeshire's ports to the county, Wales and UK as a whole cannot be overestimated,\" said council leader David Simpson.\n\nHolyhead is the UK's second busiest roll-on roll-off ferry port\n\nOn Anglesey, a temporary contraflow is in force on the A55 expressway, eastbound between junctions two and four, allowing any traffic turned away from the port to be redirected back.\n\nIt will be moved to parking locations at Parc Cybi on the outskirts of the town, and if necessary, lorries will be parked on the cordoned-off A55 sections.\n\n\"We will monitor the situation carefully and as soon as it's safe to do so we will remove the temporary contraflow,\" said Mr Skates.\n\n\"While the next few days are expected to be quiet, we know it will become busier as we approach mid-January.\n\n\"Our aim is to do what we can to protect the port, town of Holyhead and wider community from any possible disruption.\"\n\nOn Friday, port authorities on Anglesey said freight traffic has been quiet, as expected over the bank holiday period.\n\nIt follows an steep rise in lorry crossings in the run up to Christmas and the end of the transition period.\n\nFerry operator Stena Line is also responsible for running Holyhead Port.\n\n\"We can't get complacent over the next few days,\" said a Stena spokesman.\n\n\"It's when freight levels come back up that we'll know whether the systems are really working and whether the hauliers are ready. That will be the real test.\"", "More than 35,000 people have received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Wales\n\nThe Covid vaccine programme is at the \"very beginning\" and vaccination rates are increasing, Wales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething has insisted.\n\nIt follows concerns raised by some politicians over the speed of Welsh vaccine rollout.\n\nInitial figures on how many people have received the first Pfizer-BioNTech jab show Wales is slightly behind those vaccinated elsewhere in the UK.\n\nMr Gething said there were likely to be \"small differences between nations\".\n\n\"Comparisons are naturally being made on the number of vaccinations administered by the four nations of the UK,\" he said in a ministerial statement to Senedd members.\n\n\"Whilst I recognise the data indicates there are other nations ahead of us, the national data presented at this very early stage of the vaccination roll out should be considered provisional and a snapshot of ongoing activity.\"\n\nHe said there would be \"lags\" in data being entered, and local factors affecting vaccinations.\n\n\"For example the vaccination centre in Cardiff and the Vale was unable to operate for two days because of a virus outbreak linked to the site,\" he added.\n\nMore than 35,000 people have now received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Wales, including healthcare workers who work in Wales but live over the border in England.\n\nAlmost 13,000 of these vaccines were given in the past week.\n\nThe number of vaccinations in Wales up until 27 December account for 1.12% of the Welsh population.\n\nIn England, 1.4% have received a jab, while in Scotland it is 1.7%, and 1.6% in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Welsh Conservative health spokesman Andrew RT Davies flagged his concerns about the vaccine delivery programme on Thursday.\n\n\"Three weeks ago, the first Covid-19 vaccine was given in Wales, and since that time we have sadly seen confusion and hope drop away,\" he said.\n\n\"Many people over 80 in Wales were desperately waiting for their appointment to do their bit and have the vaccine but as we quickly learnt they would have to wait longer,\" he said.\n\nBut the health minister said daily vaccination rates were \"increasing across Wales\".\n\nThe focus is on delivering vaccines effectively and safely, says Vaughan Gething\n\n\"Looking ahead, all health boards are preparing for significant expansion in capacity from the beginning of January,\" added Mr Gething.\n\nHe said the new Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine approved earlier this week would be available from some GPs in Wales from Monday.\n\n\"This is only the very beginning of what will be a programme spanning many months,\" he said.\n\n\"Whilst the urgency and priority required is clear to all, we must also have some patience and allow the NHS to do what it does so well.\n\n\"My focus, and that of the NHS, is on delivering the vaccine programme quickly but also effectively, safely and equitably.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government has also confirmed it will be following the latest advice from medical advisers on introducing a 12-week gap between the two doses of vaccines needed, for both types of approved jabs.\n\nAll four chief medical officers in the UK have supported the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which said the focus should be on giving at-risk people the first dose of whichever vaccine they receive.\n\n\"It will ensure that more at-risk people are able to get protection from a vaccine in the coming weeks and months, reducing deaths and starting to ease pressure on our NHS,\" said Mr Gething.\n\nVaccinations started earlier in December after regulators approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine\n\nPlaid Cymru has called on the Welsh Government to ask the UK government to publish evidence to justify increasing the period for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nIn a letter to Mr Gething, the party's health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said the \"sudden switch\" represented \"a very significant departure\" from previous guidelines.\n\nHe added there were \"very real concerns\" that a longer delay between doses \"could significantly decrease the effectiveness of the vaccine\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I wish I could switch place with my daughter\" - Odd Steinar Sørengen's daughter is missing\n\nA body has been found shortly after rescuers and dog handlers began a risky ground search for 10 people missing in a hillside collapse in Norway.\n\nInitially it was thought too dangerous to send rescuers on to the site, after flowing mud sent homes toppling into a giant chasm in the village of Ask.\n\nHelicopters and drones spent two days searching the scene.\n\nBut on Friday police commander Roy Alkvist said one or two houses appeared safe to enter.\n\nRescuers, who included a Swedish specialist team, began moving into the danger zone on Styrofoam boards. The bright orange boards were laid down on the mud in a domino-effect as rescuers tried to reach one of the wrecked homes, which are 25km (15 miles) north-east of the capital Oslo.\n\nA missing Dalmatian dog was rescued on Thursday and police believe there is still a chance survivors could be found.\n\nHowever, on Friday afternoon an air ambulance helicopter landed near the site and police said a body had been found at 14:30 (13:30 GMT) without giving further details.\n\nRescuers are using orange Styrofoam boards to move around the landslide area\n\nPrime Minister Erna Solberg said her thoughts went out to the victim's family, and to those waiting for news of the other nine people who were missing.\n\nIn Friday's operation the rescuers also prepared a giant army vehicle called a \"paver\", which has a giant steel bridge on which rescuers can move.\n\nHowever, conditions were not yet good enough for the 50-tonne machine to be deployed.\n\nThe plan is to deploy a Norwegian army bridge-laying vehicle as soon as conditions are good enough\n\nFriday's search was a race against time, as the rescuers only had a few hours of daylight in the Norwegian winter. Medics and geologists were reportedly part of the ground rescue team.\n\nThe ground search was called off for the night at 17:30 and police said drones and heat-seeking cameras would continue overnight until rescue crews could return on Saturday morning.\n\nAbout 1,000 people have been evacuated from Gjerdrum municipality, which contains Ask village. Dozens more were moved out of their homes on New Year's Eve.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aerial footage shows the scale of the landslide\n\nAlthough police have not given details of the missing, they are believed to include men, women and children.\n\nAmong them is a woman who was talking to her husband on the phone while walking the dog when the line went dead, according to Bergens Tidende newspaper.\n\nFurther reports say a couple and their small child are also missing, as well as a woman in her 50s and her adult son.\n\nMore than 30 homes have been destroyed, but officials say more could be lost as the edges of the crater left by the landslide are still breaking away.\n\nThe conditions have proved challenging, with temperatures dropping to -1C (30F) and the clay ground proving too unstable for emergency workers to walk on.\n\nThe scale of the landslide is shown by this aerial view of the disaster site\n\nThe landslide began early on Wednesday, with residents calling emergency services and telling them that their houses were moving, police said.\n\n\"There were two massive tremors that lasted for a long while and I assumed it was snow being cleared or something like that,\" Oeystein Gjerdrum, 68, told broadcaster NRK.\n\n\"Then the power suddenly went out, and a neighbour came to the door and said we needed to evacuate, so I woke up my three grandchildren and told them to get dressed quickly.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) told AFP that the landslide was a so-called \"quick clay slide\" measuring about 300m by 700m (985ft by 2,300ft).\n\n\"This is the largest landslide in recent times in Norway, considering the number of houses involved and the number of evacuees,\" Laila Hoivik said.\n\nQuick clay is a kind of clay found in Norway and Sweden that can collapse and behave as a fluid when it comes under stress.\n\nBroadcaster NRK said heavy rainfall may have made the soil unstable, but questions have since emerged over why construction was permitted in the area.\n\nA 2005 geological survey labelled the area as at high risk of landslides, according to a report seen by the broadcaster TV2. Despite this, the homes were built three years later in 2008.", "Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced the resignation of his finance minister who took a trip to the Caribbean while the province remained under lockdown.\n\nMr Ford on Thursday said Mr Phillips' departure showed his government \"takes seriously our obligation to hold ourselves to a higher standard\".\n\nCanada's most populous province has discouraged all non-essential travel amid record-high new case counts.\n\nMr Phillips, who is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, had taken a personal trip to St Barts on 13 December and returned on Thursday morning.\n\nAhead of the holiday season, Ontario health officials had urged residents to stay at home when possible amid an ongoing rise in Covid-19 cases.\n\nPeople line up on Christmas Day at a Covid test site in Ontario\n\nMr Phillips told reporters when he arrived at Toronto Pearson Airport he hoped to keep his job, but would respect the premier's decision.\n\n\"Obviously, I made a significant error in judgment, and I will be accountable for that,\" Mr Phillips said. \"I do not make any excuses for the fact that I travelled when we shouldn't have travelled.\"\n\nLater on Thursday, Mr Ford said in a statement he had accepted Mr Phillips' resignation following a conversation with him. Mr Ford has asked Peter Bethlenfalvy, currently president of the treasury board, to step into the finance minister role.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Ford had said he learned of Mr Phillips travel two weeks ago, but said the minister \"never told anyone\" he was going to St Barts, according to CBC.\n\nOntario's New Democratic Party leader Andrea Horwath on Wednesday had pushed for Mr Phillip's firing, saying it was unacceptable for him to \"ignore public health advice\" while the government \"demands sacrifice from everyday Ontarians\".\n\n\"It's not believable that a senior member of cabinet didn't tell the premier's office he was leaving the country for weeks during the height of a global emergency,\" she said in a statement. \"If he didn't, that in itself would be enough reason to demote him.\"", "The UK's chief medical officers have defended the Covid vaccination plan, after criticism from a doctors' union.\n\nThe UK will give both parts of the Oxford and Pfizer vaccines 12 weeks apart, having initially planned to leave 21 days between the Pfizer jabs.\n\nThe British Medical Association said cancelling patients booked in for their second doses was \"grossly unfair\".\n\nBut the chief medical officers said getting more people vaccinated with the first jab \"is much more preferable\".\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first jab approved in the UK, and 944,539 people have had their first jab.\n\nThe first person to get the jab on 8 December, Margaret Keenan, has already had her second jab.\n\nPfizer has said it has tested the vaccine's efficacy only when the two vaccines were given up to 21 days apart.\n\nBut the chief medical officers said the \"great majority\" of initial protection came from the first jab.\n\n\"The second vaccine dose is likely to be very important for duration of protection, and at an appropriate dose interval may further increase vaccine efficacy,\" they said.\n\n\"In the short term, the additional increase of vaccine efficacy from the second dose is likely to be modest; the great majority of the initial protection from clinical disease is after the first dose of vaccine.\"\n\nThe decision to delay the second dose has, understandably, caused concern.\n\nThere is some evidence regulators say - at least for the Oxford vaccine - that it will actually boost immunity.\n\nBut for those who are due to get a second dose soon it will undoubtedly be upsetting that they now have to wait.\n\nBut the move is about practicalities. The UK is in the middle of a public health crisis and despite the fact that millions of doses are pre-ordered, there is concern the supply of the vaccine will not be as smooth as everyone would ideally want.\n\nThere is a global demand for these vaccines and there are bound to be times when supply does not meet demand.\n\nSo the logic of the move is that by spreading this thin resource the most widely, it will have the greatest benefit - not only to the vulnerable but to everyone.\n\nLives have been put on hold and livelihoods lost.\n\nThis is the quickest way back to some degree of normality.\n\nEven if it does leave some of the vaccinated susceptible to infection, it should in theory at least protect them from serious illness.\n\nGiven where we are now, the argument is that that is a price worth paying.\n\nAs well as approving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday - the second approved for use in the UK - regulators also said that doctors could wait longer between the two courses.\n\nThis means more people will get the first jab sooner, even if they have to wait longer for their second jab.\n\nExperts advising the government, including the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said the focus should be on giving at-risk people the first dose of whichever vaccine they receive.\n\nDefending the move, the UK's four chief medical officers - including England's Prof Chris Whitty - said in a statement released on New Year's Eve: \"In terms of protecting priority groups, a model where we can vaccinate twice the number of people in the next two to three months is obviously much more preferable.\"\n\nThey said they recognised that rescheduling second appointments was \"operationally very difficult\" and would \"distress patients who were looking forward to being fully immunised\".\n\nHowever, they said that for every 1,000 patients booked in for a second dose, which will \"gain marginally on protection from severe disease\", that would mean 1,000 more people missing out on \"substantial initial protection\".\n\nThe chief medics said that, while one million people had already been vaccinated, approximately 30 million UK patients and health and social care workers eligible in the first phase \"remain totally unprotected and many are distressed or anxious about the wait for their turn\".\n\nThey added that the JCVI was \"confident\" 12 weeks was a reasonable interval between doses \"to achieve good longer-term protection\".\n\n\"We have to follow public health principles and act at speed if we are to beat this pandemic which is running rampant in our communities, and we believe the public will understand and thank us for this decisive action.\"\n\nEarlier, the BMA's Dr Richard Vautrey said GPs were unhappy they were being asked to cancel appointments that had already been made for second doses.\n\nHe said the BMA would support practices who honour the existing appointments for the follow-up vaccination, calling for the government to do the same.", "The first lorries to transport freight under the new arrangements arrived in Belfast on Friday afternoon\n\nThe first goods have crossed the new trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.\n\nThe 'Irish Sea border' is a consequence of Brexit and means that most commercial goods entering NI from GB require a customs declaration.\n\nAbout a dozen lorries arrived on a ferry from Cairnryan in Scotland to Belfast at 14:00 GMT on Friday.\n\nThey were met by officials, with some vehicles directed to new border control posts.\n\nMany food products from GB now have to enter NI through these border posts where they can be inspected by the Department of Agriculture.\n\nThese products also need health certificates, though some of the new certification processes will be phased in over the next three months.\n\nThe UK government also announced a three-month \"grace period\" for parcels, meaning those sent by online retailers will be exempt from customs declarations until at least April.\n\nIt said the grace period was necessary to avoid disruption to deliveries at a time when many shops are closed due to pandemic restrictions.\n\nMeanwhile the secretary of state for Northern Ireland has continued to insist the new range of checks, controls and paperwork is not actually a sea border.\n\nBrandon Lewis tweeted: \"There is no 'Irish Sea Border'. As we have seen today, the important preparations the government and businesses have taken to prepare for the end of the Transition Period are keeping goods flowing freely around the country, including between GB and NI.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Brandon Lewis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTransport companies are not expecting significant volumes of freight over the next few days.\n\nThere has been significant stockpiling ahead of the changes and it may take one or two weeks before freight volumes are at normal seasonal levels.\n\nSome businesses, particularly haulage companies, are anxious about the new IT systems which are necessary for the border to function.\n\nThey have had less than two weeks to familiarise themselves with the new systems.\n\nPolice officers carried out random vehicle checks near Larne Port on New Year's Eve\n\nSeamus Leheny from Logistics UK said: \"With any reconfiguration of supply chains and new systems there will be teething problems and we expect that.\"\n\nThere will be no new processes or checks for the vast majority of goods leaving NI for GB.\n\nThe new arrangements flow from the Northern Ireland Protocol, a deal reached by the UK and EU in 2019.\n\nIts purpose is to prevent a hard land border in Ireland.\n\nThat is achieved by keeping Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods and by having Northern Ireland apply EU customs rules at its ports.\n\nThis will allow goods to flow from NI to the Republic of Ireland and the rest of the EU as they do now, without customs checks or new paperwork.\n\nThe Protocol is opposed by Northern Ireland's unionist parties who fear it will weaken Northern Ireland's position in the UK.\n\nThe arrangement does not change Northern Ireland's constitutional position.\n\nHowever, it does mean a significant new economic barrier within the UK.\n\nUnionist parties fear the sea border will weaken NI's position in the UK\n\nThe UK government has allocated more than £300m for a Trader Support Service to help businesses deal with the new customs arrangements.\n\nThe government is also covering the costs of the new certification requirements for food products.\n\nA Movement Assistance Scheme will pay vets up to £150 to complete the Export Health Certificates which will need to accompany all live animals and products of animal origin entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nTrucks pass through a customs post at Dublin Port on Friday morning\n\nThere are also new checks and controls on freight arriving at Dublin Port from GB.\n\nOn Friday morning, the first ferry to arrive in Dublin from Holyhead had about 12 lorries on board.\n\nWhile they all cleared customs checks for the first time without delays, Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said the change in trading arrangements with the UK would inevitably cause disruption.\n\n\"We have avoided the kind of dramatic disruption of a no trade deal Brexit, but that doesn't mean that things aren't changing very fundamentally, because they are,\" he said.\n\n\"We're now going to see the €80b (£71.2bn) worth of trade across the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland disrupted by an awful lot more checks and declarations, and bureaucracy and paperwork, and cost and delay.\"\n\nOn Saturday new freight sailings will begin between Rosslare in the Republic of Ireland and Dunkirk in France, allowing cargo to bypass GB and go straight to mainland Europe.\n\nThe six-times weekly service will take 24 hours, which is longer than the \"landbridge\" route via GB.", "A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union.\n\nThe UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation came into force.\n\nBoris Johnson said the UK had \"freedom in our hands\" and the ability to do things \"differently and better\" now the long Brexit process was over.\n\nBut opponents of leaving the EU maintain the country will be worse off.\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, whose ambition it is to take an independent Scotland back into the EU, tweeted: \"Scotland will be back soon, Europe. Keep the light on.\"\n\nBBC Europe editor Katya Adler said there was a sense of relief in Brussels that the Brexit process was over, \"but there is regret still at Brexit itself\".\n\nThe first lorries arriving at the borders entered the UK and EU without delay.\n\nOn Friday evening, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted that border traffic had been \"low due to [the] bank holiday\" but there had been no disruption in Kent as \"hundreds\" of lorries crossed the Channel with a \"small\" number turned back.\n\nSix freight loads travelling from Holyhead in Wales to Ireland had to be turned away due to not having the correct paperwork, the Stena Line ferry and port group said on Friday morning.\n\nBut later on Friday, the group said freight traffic was flowing well through its ports and government customs systems were working well.\n\nIt added that the fall in freight traffic after the Christmas and Brexit stockpiling period meant \"it is too early to draw any conclusions\", but the company remained \"cautiously optimistic that, as freight volumes begin to rise again, we will be able to ensure the continued free movement of goods\".\n\nUK ministers have warned there will be some disruption in the coming days and weeks, as new rules bed in and British firms come to terms with the changes.\n\nBut officials have insisted new border systems are \"ready to go\".\n\nAs the first customs checks were completed after midnight, Eurotunnel spokesman John Keefe said: \"It all went fine, everything's running just as it was before 11pm.\"\n\nNorthern Ireland has different arrangements from other parts of the UK, meaning there will be some customs checks on goods moving between Great Britain and the province.\n\nOn Friday afternoon, the first ferry from Great Britain operating under the terms of Northern Ireland trading protocol docked in Belfast, on schedule at 13:45 GMT.\n\nSeamus Leheny, policy manager at Logistics UK, said six out of the 15 lorries that were on the first ship to arrive into Belfast were brought in for inspection, with one being kept at the port for more than three hours.\n\n\"Inevitably there are going to be teething problems because with such a new, complex system as this there are going to be issues in the first few days,\" he told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.\n\nThe first lorry loads on to the Eurotunnel shuttle after the UK left the single market and customs union\n\nMandy Ridyard, whose aerospace components company makes daily shipments to Northern Ireland, told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme she was \"filling in the same declaration to send goods to the Philippines that I am sending them within the UK\".\n\n\"And obviously that all adds a lot of cost to my business.\"\n\nThe UK officially left the 27-member political and economic bloc on 31 January, three and half years after the UK public voted to leave in the 2016 Brexit referendum.\n\nBut it stuck to the EU's trading rules for 11 months while the two sides negotiated their future economic partnership.\n\nA treaty was finally agreed on Christmas Eve, and became law in the UK on Wednesday.\n\nUnder the new arrangements, UK manufacturers will have tariff-free access to the EU's internal market, meaning there will be no import taxes on goods crossing between Britain and the continent.\n\nBut it does mean more paperwork for businesses and people travelling to EU countries, while there is still uncertainty about what will happen to banking and services.\n\nThe UK and Spain have also reached an agreement meaning the border between Gibraltar and Spain will remain open.\n\nFabian Picardo, Gibraltar's chief minister, said the deal still needed to be formalised, but by abolishing controls between Gibraltar and the EU's passport-free Schengen area, he said it would prevent queues at the border \"which make people's lives a misery and make business difficult\".\n\nIt is a moment that some will regard with huge optimism, others with deep regret.\n\nAnd while this historic move happens at a moment in time, the impact, in some areas, may be less instant or obvious than others - for example, it's expected there'll be relatively little traffic at Dover on the first day of 2021 as new border checks kick in.\n\nNevertheless, significant changes are here - whether on trade, travel, security or immigration - and those changes could well become more apparent in the months ahead.\n\nMr Johnson - who took the UK out of the EU in January six months after becoming prime minister - said it was an \"amazing moment\" for the UK in his New Year message.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWriting in the Daily Telegraph, he added that the combination of the Brexit deal and rollout of the Oxford vaccine means \"we are creating the potential trampoline for the national bounceback\".\n\nLord Frost, the UK's chief negotiator, tweeted that Britain had become a \"fully independent country again\".\n\nAnd the deputy chairman of the pro-Brexit European Research Group of Tory backbench MPs, David Jones, told the BBC: \"We can now say clearly Britain is a sovereign and independent state.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut opponents of Brexit say the country will be worse off than it was while it was a member of the EU.\n\nIreland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said it was \"not something to celebrate\" and the UK's relationship with Ireland will be different from now on, but \"we wish them well\".\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron said the UK remained a \"friend and ally\", but he added that the choice to leave the EU was \"the child of European malaise and many lies and false promises\".\n\nIn Brussels, there is a sense of relief the Brexit process is over, but there is regret still at Brexit itself.\n\nBasically, the European Union thinks that Brexit makes it - the EU - and the UK weaker.\n\nBut the EU view is this is less bye-bye Britain and more au revoir, because there are so many loose ends between the two sides.\n\nFor example, there are the ongoing practicalities surrounding Gibraltar, the UK is still waiting to find out what access Brussels is going to give its financial services to the single market, there is cooperation on climate change, and there is a reviewal mechanism written into the treaty for every five years.\n\nFor all of those reasons and more, this is not the end of the EU-UK conversation for the foreseeable future.\n\nThe culmination of the Brexit process means major changes in different areas. These include:", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Countries around the world welcomed 2021 with fireworks, but crowds were only allowed at some displays\n\nMillions around the world have been seeing out 2020 and marking the start of 2021, although the coronavirus pandemic has forced many celebrations to take place in muted form behind closed doors.\n\nWith lockdowns or other restrictions in place in many countries, would-be New Year partygoers were told to have a quiet night in.\n\nOthers have attended ceremonies or festivals wearing masks or taking other precautions.\n\nIn Tokyo, below, people visited the Kanda Myojin Shrine to offer prayers. The popular Shinto shrine reduced the number of visitors allowed, as Japan faces another wave of Covid-19 infections.\n\nIn Wuhan, China, crowds gathered in the city with balloons and festive outfits to count down to midnight on New Year's Eve.\n\nFireworks lit up the night sky in Taiwan to mark the beginning of 2021, witnessed by thousands of spectators who gathered in the centre of Taipei.\n\nLike this family in Seoul, South Korea, many globally have marked the celebration in a small way and often at home.\n\nIt was a chilly celebration in Yekaterinburg, Russia, as people gathered at the city hall, waving sparklers in the 1905 Square.\n\nWhile in the United Arab Emirates, one of the largest New Year fireworks displays saw spectacular colours light up the sky over the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah.\n\nPyrotechnics also illuminated the sky around the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa, as the clock struck midnight in Dubai.\n\nThe New Year's Eve party at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is usually one of Europe's biggest street parties. But this year revellers were told to stay at home and watch the fireworks and music performances on TV or online instead.\n\nThese worshippers in Abuja, Nigeria, marked the end of 2020 with a gospel service.\n\nMeanwhile, people in the city of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast were able to watch the fireworks display outside with friends and family.\n\nBut in New York City, just a handful of people were allowed into Times Square to watch confetti rain down and the traditional crystal ball drop.\n\nBrazilian authorities closed Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, but that did not stop some people enjoying celebrations.\n\nA fireworks and light show was held across various locations in London. A number of drones filled the sky close to the O2 Arena in East London forming messages referencing the pandemic, including the NHS logo.", "The Archers returned to BBC Radio 4 in May with \"a new style\" forced upon the show by the coronavirus lockdown\n\nBBC Radio 4 will mark 70 years of The Archers with a series of features across its output on Friday.\n\nAs well as broadcasting episode number 19,343 of the world's longest-running serial drama, stars from it will appear on the station's other programmes.\n\nThis will include inserts into Woman's Hour, Farming Today, and a quiz.\n\nThe Archers, set in the fictional village of Ambridge, began in 1951 with the original purpose of educating farmers on modern agricultural methods.\n\nThe show's editor, Jeremy Howe, said its achievements over the years, coming up to the modern day, are incomparable.\n\n\"Almost daily and in real time The Archers has tracked life in the village of Ambridge across years and more than 19,000 episodes,\" he said.\n\n\"No work of fiction or drama can truly compare to that. As I look back on this incredible legacy, I am looking forward to the next 70 years of The Archers.\"\n\nBack in May, The Archers returned to BBC Radio 4 on Monday, with a \"new style\" forced upon the show by the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nLarge cast recordings with interaction between multiple characters were scrapped in favour of monologues recorded at the actors' homes.\n\nThe storyline of Friday's anniversary episode remains a secret, but celebratory programming on Radio 4 on the day will also include a special edition of With Great Pleasure at Christmas, where cast members from the series share their favourite prose and poetry.\n\nHowe, meanwhile, will appear alongside actor Timothy Bentinck (David Archer) and agricultural story advisor Sarah Swadling in an Archers-flavoured edition of Farming Today.\n\nWoman's Hour will focus on the female characters and storylines that have shaped the show.\n\nFinally, on the day, listeners will be invited to head over to The Bull pub - not literally of course - for the The Archers Anniversary Quiz, hosted by landlords Jolene (Buffy Davis) and Kenton Archer (Richard Attlee).\n\nOn Saturday 2 January, historian David Kynaston will then delve into the history of the programme further documentary feature entitled A Social History of The Archers.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Spain has reached a deal with the UK to maintain free movement to and from Gibraltar once the UK formally leaves the EU on Friday.\n\nTo avoid a hard border, Gibraltar will join the EU's Schengen zone and follow other EU rules, while remaining a British Overseas Territory.\n\nThe deal was announced by Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya, just hours before the UK exits the EU.\n\nThe Rock voted Remain in 2016 and about 15,000 Spanish workers go there daily.\n\n\"With this [agreement], the fence is removed, Schengen is applied to Gibraltar... it allows for the lifting of controls between Gibraltar and Spain,\" said Ms González Laya.\n\nThe Gibraltar deal will mean the EU sending Frontex border guards to facilitate free movement to and from Gibraltar. Their role is planned to last four years.\n\nGibraltarians are British citizens. They elect their own representatives to the territory's parliament, while the British monarch appoints a governor.\n\nThe territory - home to a British military garrison and naval base - is self-governing in all areas except defence and foreign policy.\n\nMs González Laya did not say whether Spanish border guards would eventually be posted at Gibraltar's airport and/or seaport which, under the deal, will be de facto part of the EU's external border.\n\nThe Gibraltar deal would also mean the territory complying with EU fair competition rules in areas such as financial policy, the environment and the labour market, Ms González Laya said.\n\nTwenty-two EU states are in the passport-free Schengen zone, as are Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein, but the UK has never been in it.\n\nOnce Gibraltar joins it, EU citizens arriving from Spain or another Schengen country will avoid passport checks, while arrivals from the UK will have to go through passport control, as is already the case.\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called Thursday's deal a \"political framework\" to form the basis of a separate treaty with the EU regarding Gibraltar.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why Gibraltar is British - in 60 secs\n\nThe deal does not address the thorny issue of sovereignty. Spain has long disputed British sovereignty over the Rock which was ceded to Britain in 1713 and which is now home to about 34,000 people. The Remain vote there was an overwhelming 96% in the 2016 EU referendum.\n\nThe plan is to have a six-month transition period and then formalise the new arrangements with a treaty.\n\nUnder the current tight Covid rules, there are restrictions on UK citizens arriving via Gibraltar's airport, the UK Foreign Office says.\n\nDominic Raab said \"all sides are committed to mitigating the effects of the end of the [Brexit] Transition Period on Gibraltar, and in particular ensure border fluidity, which is clearly in the best interests of the people living on both sides.\n\n\"We remain steadfast in our support for Gibraltar, and its sovereignty is safeguarded.\"", "Omar Elabdellaoui is receiving treatment in hospital after an accident with a firework\n\nNorway and Galatasaray footballer Omar Elabdellaoui has been injured by a firework during a New Year's Eve celebration.\n\nThe Norwegian vice-captain's club said he was taken to hospital after \"an unfortunate accident at his home\".\n\nHe suffered burns to his face and damage to his eyes, the club said, adding that further tests would assess the extent of his injuries.\n\nThe New Year's Eve incident was one of many involving fireworks in Europe.\n\nIn Elabdellaoui's case, Turkish reports say a firework exploded in the hand of the 29-year-old defender.\n\nTurkish newspaper Hurriyet said the former Manchester City player may have lost vision, without giving further details.\n\nBut in a statement cited by the newspaper, Galatasaray said Elabdellaoui was conscious, in a stable condition and had not undergone surgery.\n\nGalatasaray's manager Fatih Terim and the team captain Arda Turan went to the hospital to visit Elabdellaoui, who joined the club in 2020 from the Greek side Olympiacos FC.\n\nTurkish clubs - including Galatasaray's Turkish Super Lig rivals Fenerbahce, Besiktas and Trabzonspor - took to social media to wish Elabdellaoui a speedy recovery.\n\nTurkish reports say a firework exploded in the hand of 29-year-old Omar Elabdellaoui\n\nElsewhere in Europe, at least four people were killed by fireworks during events to mark the new year.\n\nPolice in Alsace in eastern France said a 25-year-old man died after being hit by a rocket in the village of Boofzheim.\n\nA statement said the device beheaded him and severely injured the face of another young man standing next to him.\n\nA similar incident cost the life of a 28-year-old man in Pulle, a village east of Antwerp in Belgium.\n\nFireworks exploded over Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate to usher in the new year\n\nMeanwhile in Italy's north-western province of Asti, a 13-year-old boy died shortly after midnight of injuries to his abdomen caused by a firecracker.\n\nThere were fireworks casualties in Germany as well. In the state of Brandenburg, police said a 24-year-old man died after setting alight \"self-made pyrotechnics\" while a 63-year-old man lost his hand when handling a firecracker.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Countries around the world welcomed 2021 with fireworks, but crowds were only allowed at some displays\n\nInjuries and deaths from fireworks are not unknown over the New Year period. But fewer public fireworks displays than usual were held on New Year's Eve 2020, as coronavirus restrictions placed limits on gatherings worldwide.\n\nSome European countries had moved to limit the use of fireworks ahead of 31 December, with Germany imposing a ban on the sale of pyrotechnics.", "Rachael Powell is \"angry and upset\" about her daughter Emmeline missing out during lockdown Image caption: Rachael Powell is \"angry and upset\" about her daughter Emmeline missing out during lockdown\n\nNew parents missing baby classes and playdates due to lockdown say their children's development has been hit by the impact of coronavirus.\n\nWhen Rachael Powell's one-year-old daughter Emmeline met her grandparents for the first time she \"absolutely screamed the place down\" as she \"didn't know who they were\".\n\n\"I was really looking forward to going to coffee shops, meeting other mums and going to baby classes and then everything stopped,\" says the 39-year-old from Greater Manchester.\n\n\"I felt guilty that she didn't get any of that and have that interaction.\"\n\nEducation consultant and child psychologist Paul Kelly says Covid is having a \"massive impact\" on babies.\n\n\"We are social creatures, social beings - it is pre-programmed in our brains,\" he says. \"When children's brains are stimulated, they grow.\"\n\nDr Kelly says there is also an impact on parents, who are missing out on \"mutual support\".\n\nHe says people should \"grab what they can, when they can\" during these uncertain times and focus on \"how you can enhance [your baby's] development... rather than spending time thinking about how your child might be behind\".", "The number of people being treated in Scotland's hospitals for coronavirus has reached another record daily high.\n\nLatest Scottish government figures show a total of 1,596 people are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid.\n\nThis is up from Friday's figure of 1,530 patients.\n\nThe deaths of a further 93 people who had tested positive for the virus have been recorded in the past 24 hours, the same tally as Friday which was the highest daily figure of the pandemic.\n\nIt is the second day in a row there has been a record figure for Covid hospital patients.\n\nOf the 1,596 people in hospital, a total of 109 are in intensive care, up seven on Friday's figure.\n\nNational clinical director Prof Jason Leitch said Scotland's hospitals were \"very busy and fragile\" but coping so far.\n\nHe said: \"People should not be worried we have reached capacity but the best way of getting those numbers down is to reduce the prevalence of the virus.\"\n\nProf Leitch said the NHS could create more intensive care capacity if needed but \"all of that has a cost in what we won't be able to do\" elsewhere in the health service.\n\nThe NHS Louisa Jordan temporary hospital in Glasgow can be used to care for the sickest of Covid patients if the spike in admissions continues, but officials are trying to avoid this \"if we can manage without it\", Prof Leitch added.\n\nThis is because it is better for patients and staff for Covid patients to be in traditional intensive care units, he explained.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has described the latest Covid figures as \"a big concern\".\n\nOn Twitter, she said: \"Covid case numbers still a big concern and putting huge pressure on the NHS, as hospital and ICU cases increase.\n\n\"Also, 93 further deaths remind us just how dangerous the virus can be - my thoughts are with all those grieving.\"]\n\nThe Scottish government data shows a further 1,865 new cases of Covid have been reported in the last 24 hours, down from the 2,309 cases reported on Friday.\n\nHowever, the daily test positivity rate is 8.7%, up from 8.1% on the previous day.\n\nThis breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.\n\nYou can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts.", "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said US policy towards his country would \"never change\"\n\nNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the US is his country's \"biggest enemy\" and that he does not expect Washington to change its policy toward Pyongyang - whoever is president.\n\nAddressing a rare congress of his ruling Workers' Party, Mr Kim also pledged to expand North Korea's nuclear weapons arsenal and military potential.\n\nHe said that plans for a nuclear submarine were almost complete.\n\nHis comments come as US President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office.\n\nAnalysts suggest Mr Kim's remarks are an effort to apply pressure on the incoming government, with Mr Biden set to be sworn in on 20 January.\n\nMr Kim enjoyed a warm rapport with outgoing US President Donald Trump, even if little concrete progress was made on negotiations over North Korea's nuclear programme.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn his latest address to the Workers' Party - only the eighth congress in its history - Mr Kim said Pyongyang did not intend to use its nuclear weapons unless \"hostile forces\" were planning to use them against North Korea first.\n\nHe said the US was his country's \"biggest obstacle for our revolution and our biggest enemy... no matter who is in power, the true nature of its policy against North Korea will never change,\" state news agency KCNA reported.\n\nHis speech outlined a list of desired weapons including long-range ballistic missiles capable of being launched from land or sea and \"super-large warheads\".\n\nNorth Korea has managed to significantly advance its arsenal despite being subject to strict economic sanctions.\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Kim admitted that his five-year economic plan for the isolated country failed to meet its targets in \"almost every sector\".\n\nNorth Korea closed its borders last January to prevent Covid from entering the country.\n\nIts authorities say the country has not had a single Covid case since the pandemic began but experts say this is highly unlikely due to North Korea's cross-border trade with China.\n\nTrade with China has plummeted by about 80%. Typhoons and floods have devastated homes and crops in North Korea, which remains under strict international sanctions, including over its nuclear programme.\n\nThe speech is likely to be Mr Kim's way of setting the stage for talks with President-elect Joe Biden who will take office in less than two weeks' time.\n\nThe aim is perhaps to put pressure on Washington to show that Pyongyang has no intention of being cowed by sanctions and will continue to expand its nuclear arsenal.\n\nMr Kim had three summits with Donald Trump - but they failed to reach a deal. However, North Korea is in a difficult and bleak economic position caused by strict sanctions, border blockades to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and devastating floods.\n\nThis message may seem threatening, but some analysts believe that there is still room for diplomacy.", "Jessica Allen (left) and Eliza Moore are now sticking to walks nearer their homes\n\nA police force that was criticised for its \"intimidating\" approach to two walkers is to review its lockdown fines policy.\n\nJessica Allen and Eliza Moore said they were surrounded by police after driving five miles from their home for a walk on Wednesday, and fined £200 each.\n\nDerbyshire Police initially said driving to exercise was \"not in the spirit\" of lockdown.\n\nBut it now says new national guidelines mean it will review its position.\n\nIn a statement, the force said all of its fixed penalties issued during the new national lockdown will be reviewed.\n\nMs Allen, from Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, said she assumed \"someone had been murdered\" when she arrived at Foremark Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nWhen she and her friend were questioned by police, they were also told by officers the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nShe said: \"The next thing, my car is surrounded. I got out of my car thinking 'There's no way they're coming to speak to us'. Straight away they start questioning us.\n\n\"I said we had come in separate cars, even parked two spaces away and even brought our own drinks with us. He said 'You can't do that as it's classed as a picnic'.\"\n\nMs Allen said the experience was \"very intimidating\" and had left her feeling scared of police in general.\n\nForemark Reservoir is five miles away from where Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore live\n\nHer friend, Ms Moore, said she was \"stunned at the time\" so did not challenge police and gave her details so they could send a fixed penalty notice.\n\nAt the time Derbyshire Police said that driving to a location to exercise \"is clearly not in the spirit of the national effort to reduce our travel, reduce the possible spread of the disease and reduce the number of deaths\".\n\nThe force added: \"Where there are cases of blatant breaches of the regulations then fines will be issued by officers.\"\n\nDerbyshire Police has also been giving fixed penalty notices to people who visit Calke Abbey and Elvaston Castle.\n\nFixed penalty notices have been given to people who visit Calke Abbey, a National Trust property\n\nBut in a statement, the force said further guidance issued by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) had \"clarified the policing response concerning travel and exercise\".\n\nThe guidance said: \"The Covid regulations which officers enforce and which enables them to issue FPNs [fixed penalty notices] for breaches, do not restrict the distance travelled for exercise.\"\n\nThe NPCC added that rather than issue fines for people who travel out of their local area \"but are not breaching regulations, officers will encourage people to follow the guidance\".\n\nThe force has now said it will be \"aligning to adhere to this stance\".\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Kem Mehmet said: \"We are grateful for the guidance from the NPCC.\n\n\"The actions of our officers continues to be to protect the public, the NHS and to help save lives.\"\n\nIt is not the first time the force has been accused of being overzealous in enforcing alleged lockdown breaches.\n\nIn the country's first lockdown in March the use of a drone to film people walking in the Peak District was labelled \"nanny policing\".\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Andy Stonely is not eligible for the UK government Covid support scheme\n\nA father who has lived on Universal Credit since the Covid-19 pandemic started has called on the UK government to be \"more flexible\" with its support.\n\nDriving instructor and dad-of-three Andy Stonely is not eligible for the government's Covid support scheme.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses Wales has also asked for changes ahead of the next round of grants.\n\nThe Treasury said its Self-Employment Income Support Scheme was \"one of the most generous in the world\".\n\nThis scheme requires claimants to show accounts for the 2018-19 year as well as 2019-20.\n\nHowever, Mr Stonely from Newport hasn't been self-employed for long enough to qualify - so the 35-year-old has had to rely on financial support from his parents.\n\n\"I count myself somewhat lucky because I have been able to claim for Universal Credit,\" he said.\n\n\"But obviously it's minimal and luckily through the help of parents I've been able to keep afloat.\n\n\"It's been tough. It would have been ideal if the government was just slightly more flexible.\"\n\nMr Stonely, who hasn't been able to work for much of the past year due to lockdown restrictions, said Universal Credit was worth \"less than half\" of his normal earnings.\n\nDriving school firm owner Gareth Denny said almost a quarter of his drivers can't claim Covid help\n\nThe coronavirus crisis forced his wife to give up her job to look after their three children, aged three, six and 17, when Mr Stonely was able to work for a short period at the end of the initial lockdown period.\n\nAsked how much longer his family could sustain itself if the current restrictions continue, Mr Stonely told the BBC's Politics Wales show: \"Not too much longer… we're going to be in a very tough situation.\"\n\nMr Stonely is part of a local driving school franchise managed by Gareth Denny, who said 11 of his 43 instructors were in this position.\n\n\"If you imagine that somebody lives their life to their income and suddenly there's absolutely no income to pay their mortgage and their bills, Universal Credit simply doesn't pay most people's mortgage,\" Mr Denny said.\n\nRecent research commissioned by the Community and Prospect trade unions and the Federation of Small Businesses found 53% of self-employed people across the UK had lost more than 60% of their income since the pandemic began.\n\nIn addition, 64% of people said they were now either \"unsure\" or \"less likely\" to want to be self-employed or freelance in the future.\n\n\"These are normal people who have mortgages, families to support, who've just had to fund a Christmas for the families,\" said Ben Francis of Federation of Small Businesses Wales.\n\n\"All those bills are now mounting up the other side of Christmas, and after having an already extremely difficult 12 months, they've now got to see how they manage through the months ahead.\n\n\"We would ask UK government to be flexible in their approach to verifying the statuses of these newly self-employed businesses.\"\n\nThe Community union warns with small businesses \"struggling to get back on their feet\", more people will leave self-employment.\n\nAll non-essential businesses shut in Wales just before Christmas\n\n\"That will be a disaster for our economy, for local economies, for their livelihoods and their families,\" said Kate Dearden of Community.\n\n\"This section of the UK workforce plays a fundamental role and should be properly supported to continue to do so.\"\n\nThe Treasury has already committed to extending the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme until April 2021, although the eligibility criteria for the next round of grants is yet to be published.\n\nA spokesman said the scheme had \"helped more than 2.7 million people so far, claiming over £13.7bn\".\n\nHe added: \"Funding is designed to target those who need it most and protect the taxpayer against fraud and abuse.\n\n\"Those not eligible may still be able to access our loans schemes, tax deferrals, mortgage holidays and business support grants.\"\n• None What extra help will the self-employed get?", "The US is reeling after supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC on the day Congress was meeting to confirm Joe Biden's election victory.\n\nLawmakers were forced to take shelter, the building was put into lockdown and four people died in the chaos that followed a pro-Trump rally near the White House.\n\nHere's a breakdown of how events unfolded on Wednesday.\n\nJust before midday local time (17:00 GMT) thousands of people gather at the Ellipse, near the White House, to hear the president speak at a \"Save America\" rally.\n\nHe tells them: \"We're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue... and we're going to the Capitol and we're going to try and give… our Republicans, the weak ones... the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.\"\n\nAs the speech ends, crowds start to drift towards the Congress building, about a mile and a half away, where they are met by police barriers.\n\nThe Capitol is home to the two chambers of the US government that make up Congress - the House of Representatives and the Senate.\n\nChanting crowds start to gather on both sides of the building at around 13:10, grappling with police at the metal barricades.\n\nTear gas and pepper spray are used to try to keep the protesters at bay.\n\nPolice officers struggle to maintain control of the situation as protesters advance on the building on multiple fronts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nOn the east side, the crowd force their way through barricades on the Capitol Plaza and move on the main entrance, quickly gaining access to the Great Rotunda.\n\nOnce inside, they head for the House and Senate chambers.\n\nIgor Bobic, a journalist for the Huffington Post, captures a group of men forcing a police officer to retreat up a set of stairs as they continue their advance.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Igor Bobic This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSenators are forced to abandon the process of confirming President-elect Biden's victory and the building goes into lockdown.\n\nThe doors of the House chamber are locked and a makeshift barricade is erected in front of them. Security officials guard the entrance, guns drawn.\n\nWithin an hour, protesters have also broken police lines on the west side of the Capitol, scaling walls to reach the building itself before smashing windows and forcing doors open.\n\nOther videos and images show rioters storming through the building's ornately-decorated corridors and chambers chanting \"USA!\" and \"Stop the steal\".\n\nShortly before 15:00, gunshots are reportedly heard inside the building.\n\nPhotos and video footage later show a female protester being shot as she tries to break through the barricaded doors of the Speakers' Lobby.\n\nDespite efforts by police and others at the scene to save her, she is later reported to have died.\n\nOn the other side of the building, protesters break into the Senate chamber, one taking seat in the Speaker's chair.\n\nAnother protester is photographed nearby sitting in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, with his foot on the table.\n\nAfter growing condemnation of the riots, President Trump eventually calls for calm, telling the protesters to leave peacefully: \"Go home. We love you, you're very special.\"\n\nBy 17:40, the building is cleared and made secure ahead of the 18:00 curfew ordered by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.\n\nSeveral thousand National Guard troops, FBI agents and US Secret Service are deployed to help.\n\nMore than six hours after the storming of the building, senators return and resume the day's business of certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.\n\nAt 03:41 on Thursday, Congress confirms President-elect Joe Biden will succeed President Trump on 20 January.", "Vincent Kane - pictured with his grandson Sonny - is facing uncertainty about his operation\n\nThe son of a man with pancreatic cancer has said the last-minute cancellation of his surgery has been \"devastating\".\n\nJodie Kane said his father Vincent was due to have his operation on Friday.\n\nHowever, that procedure was cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust on Tuesday as the worsening coronavirus crisis increases the pressure on hospitals.\n\nThe trust apologised, saying it had faced an 80% rise in the number of patients with Covid-19 admitted to hospitals since Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show, Jodie said that there was now \"no guarantee\" his 68-year-old father would get the treatment.\n\n\"To be told we had the chance of a very successful surgery on offer and then to have it taken away at the last minute is pretty devastating,\" he said.\n\n\"Even the surgeon himself said they would be concerned if it was to go on more than four weeks.\n\n\"There is an uncertainty hanging over us now that we don't know when he'll actually get that surgery or what the impact on his health is going to be.\"\n\nVincent Kane - pictured with his with wife Karen - has been suffering other health issues arising from his cancer\n\nVincent, from Newtownards, County Down, did not receive treatment for some of his other symptoms as it was planned that the surgery would help with those.\n\n\"Because they were hoping to get him straight into surgery he hasn't had the blockage in his gall bladder addressed so he's jaundiced, he's covered in a rash, can't sleep, he's lost a lot of weight,\" Jodie said.\n\n\"Undoubtedly there are people worse off than us out there but it is still a critical illness that he has got and it is one that we don't have an end in sight for, in terms of treatment.\n\n\"There must be a way of helping all those in need, or I suppose if you were being really honest about it those who stand the best chance of surviving - making the decisions for the benefit of them.\n\n\"There's no guarantee that in six weeks' time surgery is going to be an option because who knows what's going to happen with Covid?\"\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust said it had to reduce the number of ill patients on wards to protect them from coronavirus\n\nJodie called on those who were breaking Covid-19 regulations to think about the the \"direct and indirect impacts\" of their actions.\n\n\"We've every sympathy for anyone who has a loved one who needs [intensive] care because of Covid but cancer and Covid are both life-and-death situations.\n\n\"We can minimise the risks of one of them as a collective society just by taking the necessary precautions.\n\n\"It could be someone they love or their neighbour or someone in their community that's in the same situation as us in the very near future.\"\n\nFlo McClements, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in December, found out on Tuesday that her surgery - scheduled for Thursday - had been cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Foyle, her son Gregg said the pressure was \"mounting day by day\" on the the 72-year-old from Ballymoney, County Antrim.\n\n\"She had waited all through Christmas for the date and due to the Covid-19 restrictions we as a family had stayed away from her,\" he added.\n\nFlo McClements' family wants to \"give her a hug\" after her operation was cancelled\n\n\"We left her on her own with my dad just to make sure she didn't catch Covid and risk the operation.\n\n\"When you get the date you like to think it's the next step to recovery but unfortunately that didn't happen.\"\n\nGregg said his mother was \"putting on a brave face\" but it was difficult for the family to not be with her in person during what was a difficult time.\n\n\"That's actually the hardest part that we can't go up and have a cup of tea with her or give her a hug to make her feel a bit better even for a few minutes.\"\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust said it \"would like to sincerely apologise\" to those affected by the postponement of surgeries.\n\nIt said the decision was taken to reduce the number of ill patients on wards that would be more at risk from the virus than others.\n\n\"This was an incredibly difficult decision to make and we did not take it without considering all the information available to us,\" said the trust.\n\n\"We do not underestimate the anxiety and distress this causes the patients and families affected and we deeply regret this.\n\nIt said it would do \"everything in our power\" to reschedule their operations \"as soon as possible\".", "The company offered to pay surgeries a £5,000 charitable donation \"or to the staff member directly\" in emails\n\nThe Hacking Trust's medical division approached surgeries in Bristol and Worthing offering to pay the money to charity \"or the staff member directly\".\n\nRobyn Clark, from the Institute of General Practice Management, said it was \"just appalling\".\n\nThe company, based in London, has apologised, saying its \"good intentions\" were \"misinterpreted\".\n\nNHS England said people \"will rightly take a dim view of anyone who tries to jump the queue\".\n\n\"The NHS is free at the point of access for everyone who needs it,\" said Mrs Clark.\n\n\"What we felt this company was trying to do was jump the queue.\"\n\nThe Bristol-based manager said she worried it could \"create more health inequality\".\n\nShe said: \"The JCVI [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation] is trying to prioritise the vaccine based on the vulnerability to Covid.\"\n\nThe e-mail sent to the GP surgery in Worthing said The Hacking Trust was aware that \"many appointments\" for vaccinations are not kept, and that it would be interested in being informed of \"any no-shows\".\n\nA donation of £5,000 would be paid to a staff member or given to charity for each dose it could secure, the e-mail said.\n\nIn a statement, the Battersea-based company said it \"offered charitable donations to staff or surgeries in this difficult time for any vaccines which were unused\".\n\nIt added: \"We had heard that some vaccines were being unused due to missed appointments. We would apologise that our good intentions have been misinterpreted.\"\n\nNHS England said it knew \"these particular emails were received across the country\".\n\nDr Nikki Kanani, GP and NHS medical director for primary care, said hundreds of NHS teams across the country were \"working hard to deliver vaccines quickly to those who would benefit most\".\n\n\"NHS staff will never ask for, or accept, cash for vaccines,\" she said.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said vaccinations were available from the NHS \"for free\" and \"cannot be sold privately in the UK\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA nurse felt \"overwhelming fear\" as 13 ambulances queued at her hospital's A&E department - in the Welsh region currently hardest hit by Covid deaths.\n\nTo date Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board, which runs Royal Glamorgan Hospital, has reported 1,091 deaths of patients with coronavirus.\n\nBBC Wales was granted access to A&E at the hospital in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nSenior doctor Amanda Farrow said the whole hospital had faced \"unrelenting\" pressure last Saturday.\n\nSarah Fogarasy was the senior nurse on duty as 13 ambulances queued up outside her A&E department\n\nSenior A&E nurse Sarah Fogarasy, who was on shift as the ambulances arrived, said there was no capacity at the unit - a situation that left her wanting \"to leave\".\n\n\"We had to escalate it to our site manager and deputy head of nursing who were liaising with the executive team on call,\" she said.\n\n\"And then it got to 13 patients outside - I had no capacity in this unit, no resuscitation capacity, no capacity to put a patient on CPAP [continuous positive airway pressure] should they require that and no physical areas to put a patient in.\n\nOn Saturday, 13 ambulances queued outside the hospital's A&E department\n\nShe said she found it hard to keep going.\n\n\"This bit makes me quite emotional… for the first time I was sat trying to coordinate this department and I had that overwhelming fear that I just wanted to leave,\" Ms Fogarasy continued.\n\n\"I was just - 'I'm done. I'm done with this'... and it's scary, it fills you full of fear when you have got 13 ambulances outside, queuing around the carpark. Where do you go from that?\"\n\nShe said it was the team that kept her going: \"I started looking around to all the staff working tirelessly and just trying to remember what we're here for and why I became a nurse.\n\n\"I know it sounds soppy but it's literally the humanitarian effort that has gone into [fighting] this pandemic that has kept people going.\n\n\"It's the sheer determination and guts of the staff working in these times that is so powerful, that keeps the shift going.\"\n\nEmergency Medicine Consultant Amanda Farrow said it was a \"very emotional time for everyone\"\n\nDr Farrow, emergency medicine consultant, said staffing and bed numbers were of particular concern.\n\n\"In the emergency department the challenge we have is with regards to flow, so that is our daily challenge,\" she explained.\n\n\"And we say it's like playing a game of Tetris trying to work out which patient you can put where.\"\n\nStaff reported feeling overwhelmed as they work through the second Covid wave\n\nShe said the second wave of the virus had also seen more staff off sick with Covid and isolating - with some becoming very ill.\n\n\"We've had staff in as patients and one of my colleagues - I saw them when they were critically ill and ended up going to intensive care,\" continued Dr Farrow.\n\n\"So it's very emotional time for everyone as well you know, looking after the sick patients and looking after your colleagues.\n\n\"There's a level of anxiety still around - will you be the next person to get this disease?\"\n\nShe said although fewer people were attending A&E, they were seeing more people arriving by ambulance and presenting with more complex needs.\n\n\"The group of patients we are seeing this time I think is different, we're definitely having more younger people with Covid that are becoming sick, the volume is very high in the community.\n\n\"I think people are afraid of come into the hospital as well, so there are still quite a lot of patients who leave it maybe a bit too late before they're seeking hospital attention.\"\n\nSpeaking from her intensive care bed, Helen Whatmore said she was extremely grateful to staff\n\nHelen Whatmore, 45, from Beddau, has been hospital since early December after developing Covid symptoms.\n\nSpeaking from her intensive care bed, she said she had been unwell in February so assumed she had already caught the virus.\n\n\"I honestly didn't believe it was as bad until I caught [Covid] this time,\" she said.\n\n\"This time it's absolutely knocked the socks off me. It's nearly killed me.\n\n\"A friend of mine passed away as I came into hospital and I came down very rapidly with Covid, kidney problems and pneumonia.\"\n\nShe said she was grateful for the care she had received: \"The nurses are coming in [working] all shifts, they're fighting for your loved ones, from the time they enter right until the time they leave, then they're changing over and doing the same again.\n\n\"People are passing away… how much more have they got to do? We're asking them to protect our children and our families. Why are we not protecting them ourselves? Saving our families and our own children.\"", "People in England are being told to act like they have got Covid as part of a government advertising campaign aimed at tackling the rise in infections.\n\nBoris Johnson said the public should \"stay at home\" and not get complacent.\n\nOn Friday 1,325 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test were recorded in the UK - the highest daily figure yet - along with 68,053 new cases.\n\nGovernment sources say there is likely to be more focus from police on enforcing rather than explaining rules.\n\n\"With over 1,000 people dying yesterday it's more important than ever everyone sticks to rules,\" a source told the BBC.\n\nAs cases and deaths soar, the government is releasing its advertising campaign, which will be shared across television, radio, newspapers and on social media.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, says in the advert: \"Vaccines give clear hope for the future, but for now we must all stay home, protect the NHS and save lives.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson says hospitals are \"under more pressure than at any other time since the start of the pandemic\", with infection rates increasing at an \"alarming rate\" across the country and the NHS under \"severe strain\".\n\nIt comes after London's mayor Sadiq Khan said the spread of coronavirus was \"out of control\" as he declared a \"major incident\" in the capital on Friday.\n\nSuch an incident is an emergency that requires the implementation of special arrangements by one or all of the emergency services, the NHS or the local authority.\n\nIt means the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response.\n\nWhile the government seeks to reinforce its \"stay at home\" message, some police forces have faced criticism for their approaches to tackling potential breaches of coronavirus restrictions.\n\nDerbyshire Police has said it will review fixed penalties issued during the new national lockdown after two women were ordered to pay £200 each after driving five miles from their home for a walk on Wednesday.\n\nSusan Michie, a professor of health psychology at University College London, said \"more support and enablement\" was needed for people to adhere to the regulations, for example support to help people self-isolate, rather than punishment.\n\nProf Michie, who sits on a subcommittee of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, also said the current restrictions were \"too lax\".\n\n\"When you look at the data, it shows that almost 90% of people are overwhelmingly adhering to the rules despite the fact that we're also seeing more people out and about,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nHowever, she said in comparison to the first lockdown last spring the restrictions were less strict, with more people allowed to go out to work and children's nurseries open, meaning public transport is busier.\n\nThe number of people travelling by public transport in London has decreased since the latest national lockdown began, with tube journeys now at 18% pre-pandemic demand and bus journeys at 30%, according to figures from Transport for London.\n\nHowever, during the first lockdown passenger numbers fell below 10% at some points.\n\nProf Michie added that the winter season posed extra challenges because the virus survives longer in the cold and people spend more time indoors, where the virus can spread more easily.\n\nCombined with the more transmissible new variant, she said \"we should have a stricter rather than less strict lockdown than we had back in March\".\n\nDr Adam Kucharski, another scientist advising the government and an associate professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that because the new variant was more transmissible \"each interaction we have has become riskier than it was before\".\n\n\"So even if we went back to that kind of last spring level of reduction in contacts we couldn't be confident that we would see the same effect that we saw last year because of this increased transmission,\" he said.\n\nEngland, much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland continue to be under strict national measures, with stay-at-home orders in place for most people.\n\nThere is considerable concern in government about the continued spread of the virus.\n\nNo 10 believes more needs to be done to emphasise how severe the current situation is - which is why we are getting some very stark warnings from the medical experts.\n\nMinisters continue to praise the public - but there is also more emphasis on people taking the rules seriously, as was the case last spring when the first lockdown was imposed.\n\nThe prime minister warns people against complacency, saying: \"Your compliance is now more vital than ever\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Staff at Portsmouth's Queen Alexandra Hospital are struggling to cope with an increase in the number of Covid-19 patients\n\nLatest figures from Public Health England reveal the coronavirus infection rate in London has exceeded 1,000 per 100,000 people.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics recently estimated as many as one in 30 Londoners has coronavirus.\n\nLondon councils have urged places of worship to close and the bishop of London Sarah Mullally said churches should \"consider the seriousness of the situation\" before holding in person services this weekend.\n\nDr Simon Walsh, an emergency care doctor in London, told BBC Breakfast all London hospitals had \"effectively been working in major incident mode for the last couple of weeks\".\n\n\"Most hospitals have expanded their intensive care capacity to somewhere in the region of three times their normal capacity. Obviously we don't have three times the number of staff so our staff are being spread more thinly,\" he said.\n\nHospitals in other parts of the UK are also under pressure.\n\nIn Wales, senior A&E nurse Sarah Fogarasy said she felt \"overwhelming fear\" as 13 ambulances queued at Royal Glamorgan Hospital last Saturday, with no capacity at the unit.\n\nAnd Dr Justin Varney, director of public health in Birmingham, said he was \"very worried\" about the situation in the city, where hospital bosses have warned they don't have enough intensive care nurses to deal with the growing case load.\n\nHe warned the NHS had still not seen the impact of the rise in cases following the relaxation of restrictions over Christmas \"so it is going to get a lot, lot worse unless we really get this under control\".", "Marks & Spencer has temporarily stopped selling hundreds of items in its Northern Ireland stores due to Brexit red tape.\n\nThe retailer said it feared its food would be blocked due to new rules governing shipments between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nA growing number of firms have spoken out about paperwork delays at ports.\n\nThe government said traders and hauliers need to take steps to comply with new border rules.\n\nM&S took the decision to temporarily drop hundreds of products, including chocolate fudge pudding and sweet and sour chicken, from its Northern Ireland stores after it saw competitors' lorries barred from travelling between the mainland and Northern Ireland.\n\nAn entire consignment in a lorry can be held up if only one item in the truck doesn't have the correct customs forms filled out.\n\nThe retailer said it aimed to get the products back up for sale soon.\n\nAn M&S spokesperson said: \"We have served customers in Northern Ireland for over 50 years and our priority is to make sure we continue to deliver the same choice and great quality range that our loyal customers have always enjoyed.\n\n\"Stores have been receiving regular deliveries this week, however following the UK's recent departure from the EU, we are transitioning to new processes and we're working closely with our partners and suppliers to ensure customers can continue to enjoy a great range of products.\"\n\nIn addition to problems shipping goods internally in the UK, the new Brexit trade rules are creating problems for exporters and traders transporting goods to and from the EU, say firms.\n\nThe UK sealed a trade deal with the European Union (EU) on 24 December that was billed as preserving its zero-tariff and zero-quota access to the bloc's single market.\n\nBut in addition to red tape causing delays, major retailers that use the UK as a distribution hub for European business could face possible tariffs if they re-export goods to the EU.\n\nOn Friday, M&S chief executive Steve Rowe warned of more red tape and a rise in export costs to some countries.\n\n\"The best example I can give you of that is Percy Pig,\" he said,\n\n\"Percy Pig is actually manufactured in Germany. If it comes to the UK and we then send it to Ireland, in theory it would have some tax on it,\" he added.\n\nM&S said it was \"actively working to mitigate\" the effects of the \"rules of origin\" regulations, under which products are taxed differently depending on which country they come from.\n\nOther firms have also been hit by the confusion caused by new Brexit trading rules.\n\nParcels giant DPD has suspended some services, while seafood exporter John Ross said the chaos was like being \"thrown in the cold Atlantic without a lifejacket\".\n\nShane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, which represents chilled transport and storage companies, said the emerging problems had come despite the amount of cross-border traffic still being quite low.\n\n\"Trade flows are still only about 50% of what we would expect, but even at those levels we are seeing levels of confusion and delays,\" he told the BBC's Today programme. \"The feeling is we are building to quite a significant potential disruption.\"\n\nA government spokesman acknowledged that there had been \"some issues\", but said ministers had always been clear there would be some disruption at the end of the transition period.\n\nThe Cabinet Office said in a statement that the volume of border crossings had been low so far this year, but that it expected crossings to steadily increase to normal levels.\n\nThis brings the potential for \"significant disruption if traders and hauliers have not taken the necessary steps to comply with the new rules,\" the Cabinet Office said.\n\nOut of about 1,500 lorries per day trying to get from Great Britain to the EU in the new year, 700 have been turned away - mainly due to a lack of a negative Covid test for drivers, it said.\n\n\"We have always been clear there would be changes now that we are out of the customs union and single market, so full compliance with the new rules is vital to avoid disruption,\" said Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove.\n\nHowever, anger is growing among companies whose livelihoods depend on export trade.\n\nIn a letter on Friday to Business Secretary Alok Sharma, Scottish salmon producer John Ross Jr launched a stinging attack on the government's handling of the situation.\n\nThe firm's sales director, Victoria Leigh-Pearson, wrote that the company had in recent months \"had to endure the government issuing a barrage of useless information\" and an \"absence of factually correct information from all government agencies.\" It amounted, she said, to \"gross incompetence\".\n\nJohn Ross exports to 36 countries and has won the Queen's Award twice\n\nPart of the letter to Alok Sharma:\n\nAs I write, perishable goods that were dispatched from our facility five days ago, headed for France following a process that your department advised, have still not crossed the border. This usually takes only 24 hours because they are consolidated with the produce of other companies, which have not been able to follow the correct procedures due to a knowledge gap directly attributable to your department.\n\nEntire trucks are currently being rejected without explanation by the French customs authority. Our hauliers have now pulled their services as such a backlog has been created. Other hauliers are not taking on new customers. Today, we've even had confirmation that the IT systems of the UK and France are incompatible. After four years you only establish this now?\n\nYour so-called 'deal' is worthless if this situation is not fixed immediately, and unless you put in place measures to address the issues that continue to unfold on a daily basis. Moreover, as a seafood exporter, it feels as though our own government has thrown us into the cold Atlantic waters without a lifejacket.\n\nJohn Ross is not the only Scottish seafood exporter suffering. The industry says it has been hit by a \"perfect storm\" of Brexit disruption, which could sink a centuries-old industry.\n\n\"These businesses are not transporting toilet rolls or widgets. They are exporting the highest quality, perishable seafood which has a finite window to get to markets in peak condition,\" said Donna Fordyce, chief executive of Seafood Scotland.\n\n\"If the window closes, these consignments go to landfill.\"\n\nShe said the sector has already been weakened by Covid-19, the closure of the French border before Christmas as well as \"layer upon layer\" of problems associated with Brexit.\n\nThe group fears that without exports, the fishing fleet will have little reason to go out.\n\n\"In a very short time, we could see the destruction of a centuries-old market which contributes significantly to the Scottish economy,\" added Ms Fordyce.\n\nUK government Minister for Scotland David Duguid blamed Scottish leaders for the issues.\n\n\"The Scottish Government has persistently refused to accept the democratic vote to leave the EU, but that does not allow them to abdicate their responsibilities to Scottish businesses,\" he said.\n\n\"Over the past 18 months they have assured the fishing industry that the systems they were putting in place would be adequate. They clearly are not.\"\n\nParcel delivery service DPD UK said it had paused its European Road Service because of the '\"increased burden\" of customs paperwork for packages heading to the EU, including the Republic of Ireland.\n\nDPD said 20% of parcels had \"incorrect or incomplete data attached\", which meant they would have to be returned.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What Brexit means for Britons travelling, shopping, studying or owning properties in the EU.\n\nIn an email to its business customers, the company said that it had been a \"challenging few days\" for its international operation, and that it would \"pause and review\" its service. It plans to restart on 13 January.\n\n\"It has now become evident that we have an increased burden with the new, more complex processes, and additional customs data we require from you for your parcels destined to Europe\" the firm wrote.\n\nThe boss of one of Wales' largest hauliers said logistical problems have emerged at the Irish border too.\n\nAndrew Kinsella, managing director of Gwynedd Shipping, said his company has a backlog of 60 lorries waiting to be shipped to Dublin.\n\nHe said many hauliers are finding that their customers are not able to generate the special declarations that are needed to ultimately enable a lorry to get onto a ferry.\n\n\"Whilst you don't see queues at ports and terminals the reality is that these queues are developing elsewhere in our depot in Holyhead, in our depot in Deeside and in our depot in Newport in South Wales, and lots of hauliers have depots in the proximity of ports,\" he said.\n\n\"There are a lot of issues about demarcation about who is going to arrange the export declaration with the UK revenue authorities, who's going to arrange the import declaration, the hauliers then trying to arrange the import safety and security declaration to create an ENS number which helps you generate a PBN number so there has been a lot of everyone finding their feet\".\n\nCorrection 9th April 2021: An earlier version of this article included a photo showing queues of lorries at Dover Port. This photo was replaced in the hours after publication after it was established that it had been taken months earlier.", "The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have received Covid-19 vaccinations, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nA royal source said the vaccinations were administered on Saturday by a household doctor at Windsor Castle.\n\nThe source added the Queen decided to let it be known she had the vaccination to prevent further speculation.\n\nThe Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, are among around 1.5 million people in the UK to have had at least one dose of a Covid vaccine so far.\n\nPeople aged over 80 in the UK are among the high-priority groups who are being given the vaccine first.\n\nThe couple have been spending the lockdown in England at their Windsor Castle home after deciding to have a quiet Christmas at their Berkshire residence, instead of the traditional royal family gathering at Sandringham.\n\nLast month, the Queen appeared alongside several other senior members of the royal family for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.\n\nIn 2020 she went seven months - between March and October - without carrying out public engagements outside of a royal residence.\n\nDuring that time, her eldest child, Prince Charles, 72, contracted coronavirus and displayed mild symptoms.\n\nPalace sources also told the BBC that her grandson Prince William tested positive in April - although Kensington Palace refused to comment officially.\n\nThe Queen made a private pilgrimage to the grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey in November\n\nThe Queen used her Christmas Day message to reassure anyone struggling without friends and family this year that they \"are not alone\".\n\nShe said the pandemic had \"brought us closer\" despite causing hardship, adding that the Royal Family has been \"inspired\" by people volunteering in their communities.\n\nOn Friday a third coronavirus vaccine - made by US company Moderna - was approved for use in the UK, joining the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines already approved by UK regulators.\n\nIt is not known which vaccine the Queen and Prince Philip have received.\n\nAll the approved vaccines require two doses to provide the best possible protection, with the second dose being given up to 12 weeks after the first.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has said the aim is to vaccinate 15 million people in the UK by mid-February, including care home residents and staff, frontline NHS staff, everyone over 70 and those who have been categorised as clinically extremely vulnerable.", "The Welsh Government is in discussions about bringing in \"more visible\" coronavirus regulations.\n\nStricter enforcement of coronavirus rules could return to supermarkets in Wales, Mark Drakeford has said.\n\nThe first minister said he had heard concerns from people \"expressing anxiety\" about a lack of \"visible protections\" in supermarkets.\n\nThe Welsh Government is now in talks with stores about social-distancing measures.\n\nMr Drakeford said he wanted to see stores policed as they were during the first lockdown.\n\nAmong the measures previously used was a strict limit of the numbers of people allowed in a store however Mr Drakeford said people were worried the rules \"don't appear to be there this time\".\n\n\"Given the fact the new variant is so much easier to catch... we are looking at supermarkets and other places where people leave their homes, to make sure they are organised in a way that keeps their staff and customers safe,\" he said.\n\nHe said previously sanitising arrangements had been \"very visible\", one-way markings were prominently displayed, regular reminders were announced to customers and staff were also posted at the front entrance of supermarkets\n\n\"That person was carefully controlling the numbers of people going in, to make sure that they were no more than a certain number of people in the store at any one time,\" he said.\n\n\"There was somebody directing people to the checkout, to make sure people weren't queuing next to each other over prolonged periods, and markings on the floor so people kept at a two-metre distance\".\n\nHowever the first minister said some of those measures are no longer as apparent to people.\n\n\"I want to make sure that those visible signs of the protections that are being offered to the public and the shop workers are in place again.\"\n\nFederation of Small Businesses Wales said has called for clarity on what support would be available and the possible new measures required of shops.\n\nPolicy Chair, Ben Francis, said: \"We've already asked to see more information on the technical data that informs the decisions that Welsh Government are making.\n\n\"It seems clear that businesses will require funding support for longer than was originally anticipated if they are to survive this troubling period.\n\n\"Welsh Government should urgently give clarity on what additional funding will be made available to support businesses beyond this next three week period to allow them to plan.\"", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "A further 1,325 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nIt means there have been just short of 80,000 deaths by that measure - as another 68,053 new cases were recorded.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) said the number of deaths would \"continue to rise until we stop the spread\".\n\nIt comes as the government launches a new campaign in England urging people to \"act like you've got\" the virus.\n\nThe campaign, including an advert fronted by England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, is intended to remind the public Covid is spreading fast, with large numbers showing no symptoms.\n\nIn the advert, Prof Whitty says: \"Covid-19, especially the new variant, is spreading quickly across the country.\n\n\"This puts many people at risk of serious disease and is placing a lot of pressure on our NHS.\n\n\"Once more, we must all stay home. If it is essential to go out remember, wash your hands, cover your face indoors and keep your distance from others.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"Our hospitals are under more pressure than at any other time since the start of the pandemic, and infection rates across the entire country continue to soar at an alarming rate.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care\n\nHospital leaders have warned of stretched staffing with 31,624 coronavirus patients in UK hospitals on Wednesday - 46% above the peak during the first wave last year.\n\nDr Ian Higginson, vice president of Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the situation in London and south-east England was \"pretty dire\" and would get worse in the rest of the country before long.\n\n\"We're heading for some really dark times, I fear, in this phase of the pandemic,\" he said.\n\nRichard Mitchell, chief executive of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust, said the increase in patients seen in London was now affecting his area in Nottinghamshire.\n\nHe said: \"Critical care is exceptionally busy and the colleagues who work here are tired, they're fatigued and they're worn out.\"\n\nMeanwhile, a third Covid vaccine received emergency approval for use in the UK with 17 million doses of the jab, made by US firm Moderna, pre-ordered by the UK.\n\nThe vaccine joins the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs in being approved, with close to 1.5 million people now vaccinated in the UK.\n\nDr William Welfare, Covid-19 response director at PHE, said: \"Each life lost to this virus is a tragedy, but sadly we can expect the death toll to continue to rise until we stop the spread.\n\n\"Approximately one in three people who have coronavirus have no symptoms and could be spreading it without realising it.\n\n\"To protect our loved ones it is essential we all stay at home where possible. This will reduce new infections, ease the pressure on the NHS and save lives.\"\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan said the spread of Covid in the capital was now \"out of control\", as he declared a \"major incident\".\n\nThis means the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response, and allows special arrangements to be implemented.\n\nThe previous highest daily death toll - 1,224 - was recorded on 21 April 2020 during the UK's first lockdown. Daily deaths were in the single figures as recently as September.\n\nThe UK has recorded the fifth-highest number of deaths behind the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nWe are now seeing the record numbers of cases over the Christmas period translate into record numbers of deaths.\n\nAnd with new infections rising rapidly - more than 1.1 million people in England estimated to be infected with Covid-19 last week - these tragic numbers are set to continue for some time.\n\nAnd that is mainly because of the new variant form of the virus which is thought to be between 30-70% more transmissible.\n\nThe administration of the vaccines to at-risk groups should see a reduction in the numbers dying by the end of the month and the numbers having to go into hospital going down sometime after that.\n\nThat is the other way around from what you normally hear - but that it because a successful vaccine programme will initially remove those most likely to die from the path of the virus.\n\nFitter or younger people - who are less likely to die but could still end up occupying hospital beds - won't be getting their jabs for some time yet.\n\nThe advent of spring's better weather should also help cases to fall, but ministers will have to decide what level of risk - and deaths - society is prepared to tolerate.\n\nFriday saw 619,941 tests conducted in the 24 hours to 09:00 GMT - also a new record.\n\nEngland, much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland continue to be under strict national measures, with stay-at-home orders in place for most people.\n\nThe R number - the rate at which an infected person passes on the virus to someone else - is now estimated to be between 1.0 to 1.4, meaning the epidemic is growing between 0% and 6% per day.\n\nCovid infections rose by almost a third between Boxing Day and 3 January, reaching 70,000 new cases a day according to a major study.\n\nIn a different piece of research, an estimated 1.2 million people in total had Covid over a similar time period, the Office for National Statistics said.\n\nBoris Johnson pledged on Thursday to use England's lockdown to implement an \"unprecedented national effort\" to offer vaccination to those at the highest risk from Covid by 15 February.\n\nHe said the Army would be drafted in to use \"battle preparation techniques\" to achieve the goal, which could see up to 15 million people offered a vaccine by the middle of next month.\n\nIn another development, from next week all travellers to the UK will need to show a recent negative test result before they arrive.\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Bernard Thomas was interviewed by BBC Wales at the time of the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster\n\nA survivor of the Aberfan disaster has died after contracting Covid-19.\n\nAs a nine-year-old Bernard Thomas was rescued from the rubble of Pantglas primary school after one of the biggest tragedies in Welsh history.\n\nA total of 144 people were killed in the disaster on 21 October, 1966, after thousands of tonnes of coal slurry slid from a tip. Of those 116 were primary school pupils.\n\nLater Bernard was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress.\n\nHe told S4C he \"still heard the sounds of children screaming.\"\n\nPaying tribute to Mr Thomas, 63, who died on Wednesday, his brother Andrew told BBC's Newyddion: \"Bernard was a real character and his death has come as a shock to us as a family and the community of Aberfan.\"\n\n\"We can't be sure where he caught Covid, but he had an eye appointment at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital on 21 December.\n\n\"A few days later, he became ill and at Prince Charles Hospital, he tested positive for Covid-19.\"\n\n\"Although he had been receiving oxygen through a mask, we spoke regularly on the phone and he told us he was getting better.\n\n\"But on Wednesday morning he removed his mask to eat his breakfast, and 10 minutes after eating he faded away.\"\n\n\"It's a huge shock but I don't blame anybody.\"\n\nOn the 50th anniversary of the disaster Bernard told the BBC: \"I still wonder what the others would have been doing if it hadn't happened. Who would have got married to who, you know.\"\n\nBernard is survived by his 90-year-old mother Gwen, with whom he shared a home, and brothers Andrew and Robert.", "Three people were found inside the gym in Stean Street in Hackney on Friday\n\nThe owners of a London gym have been fined for breaching Covid-19 rules by remaining open during lockdown.\n\nPolice were called to the fitness centre in Stean Street, Hackney, on Friday to reports of a regulation breach.\n\nThree people were found inside the gym at 09:30 GMT. The owners were given a £1,000 fixed penalty notice.\n\nIt comes as a \"major incident\" was declared as the spread of Covid-19 threatens to \"overwhelm\" its hospitals.\n\nCity Hall said Covid-19 cases in London had exceeded 1,000 per 100,000, while there are 35% more people in hospital with the virus than in the peak of the pandemic in April.\n\nNHS England figures published on Friday showed the number of Covid patients in London hospitals stands at 7,277, up 32% on the previous week.\n\nCh Insp Pete Shaw said: \"Whilst there are certain rules around people being allowed to exercise in public under this lockdown, nowhere in the legislation does it allow people to go to gyms to work out.\n\n\"Those found to be flouting the rules, as with this instance, should expect necessary enforcement action to be taken against them.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jessica Allen (left) and Eliza Moore said their cars were \"surrounded\" by police\n\nTwo women who criticised a police force for its \"intimidating\" approach to lockdown fines have welcomed a review.\n\nJessica Allen and Eliza Moore were walking at a reservoir five miles from their home when they were stopped by officers and fined £200 each.\n\nDerbyshire Police insisted driving to exercise was \"not in the spirit\" of lockdown but later said new guidance meant it would look again at the issue.\n\nBoth women said they were pleased the force had decided to think again.\n\nDerbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Hardyal Dhindsa said an \"urgent review\" was under way about how fines had been issued.\n\nLongstanding guidance from the College of Policing says officers should follow the \"Four Es\" and only give fixed penalty notices as a last resort.\n\nJessica Allen and Eliza Moore said their cars were surrounded by police when they arrived\n\nMs Allen said: \"We are happy to hear that Derbyshire Police have been told to not be so heavy handed with fines and return to the Four Es they were originally doing.\n\n\"We are yet to hear anything regarding our fine but if we have managed to save somebody the worry of going for a walk and fearing they would be fined then we have done what we set out to do.\"\n\nMs Allen and Ms Moore drove separately from Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire the five miles to Foremark Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nThey said their cars were \"surrounded\" by police, questioned on why they were there and told the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nMs Allen said the experience was \"very intimidating\" and had left her feeling scared of police in general.\n\nInitially Derbyshire Police defended its actions, saying legislation said trips should be \"local\" and driving to a location to exercise \"is clearly not in the spirit of the national effort to reduce our travel, reduce the possible spread of the disease and reduce the number of deaths\".\n\nDerbyshire police also fined visitors to other beauty spots like Calke Abbey\n\nDerbyshire Police has also been giving fixed penalty notices to people who visit beauty spots at Calke Abbey and Elvaston Castle.\n\nBut later, the force said new guidance from the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) had \"clarified the policing response concerning travel and exercise\".\n\nThe guidance said: \"The Covid regulations which officers enforce and which enables them to issue FPNs [fixed penalty notices] for breaches, do not restrict the distance travelled for exercise.\"\n\nMr Dhindsa said: \"It would appear that the force has been a little over-zealous in its interpretation of the guidance.\n\n\"While the police can enforce the regulations, guidance is just that which can make this a very challenging and complex situation to police.\"\n\nThe chief constable of neighbouring Nottinghamshire, Craig Guildford, said: \"We are not out and about telling people they have gone too far from home. We trust the public to take these regulations seriously.\n\n\"Derbyshire to be fair to them have some unique places that people may want to go to from a load of counties.\n\n\"But our approach is around reasonableness. If someone has gone 50 miles, we will take action, if someone has gone a couple of miles we are very sensible.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Harley Watson's mother Jo described him as a \"kind, caring, selfless, intelligent and comical young man\"\n\nA man who killed a 12-year-old boy by driving into schoolchildren in a \"deliberate\" hit and run has been detained in a secure hospital.\n\nHarley Watson died after he was hit by a car outside Debden Park High School in Loughton, Essex, on 2 December 2019.\n\nTerence Glover, 52, pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility at an earlier hearing.\n\nHe also admitted 10 counts of attempted murder and has been detained under the Mental Health Act indefinitely.\n\nAt the sentencing hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Harley's mother Jo described her son as a \"kind, caring, selfless, intelligent and comical young man\".\n\nHe was hit by Glover's Ford Ka as he left school with friends and died later in Whipps Cross University Hospital.\n\nTerence Glover has been sentenced indefinitely under the Mental Health Act\n\nChristine Agnew, prosecuting, said eye-witnesses saw Glover's car \"ploughing through and hitting children from behind\".\n\nShe said he \"deliberately mounted the pavement... and drove directly at a group of people, mostly children, intending to kill them\".\n\nGlover, previously of Newmans Lane, Loughton, also pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of 23-year-old Raquel Jimeno and six boys and three girls aged between 12 and 16 who were outside the school.\n\nThe court heard he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and medical experts agreed his \"significant\" mental illness \"provided an explanation for his conduct\".\n\nHe was given a hospital order under the Mental Health Act 1983, meaning if his illness was treated successfully, he would be transferred to prison.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Harley Watson's classmates paid tribute to him in 2019\n\nJudge Andrew Edis said if transferred, Glover must serve a life sentence with a minimum of 15 years.\n\nIn his sentencing statement, Judge Edis noted his history of mental illness and cocaine use, but said Glover's actions were \"appalling\".\n\n\"He caused the death of a much-loved and admired 12-year-old boy who had done no harm to anyone,\" he said.\n\nHe added that Glover's behaviour \"requires punishment as well as treatment\" and there was \"no doubt that this defendant is dangerous\".\n\nHe also ordered that Glover be banned from driving for life and that the car should be destroyed.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "9 January A Boeing 737, operated by Sriwijaya Air, crashes into the Java Sea minutes after taking off from Jakarta. All 62 people on board are killed, including seven children and three babies. Officials say a problem with the aircraft's autothrottle had been reported a few days before the crash.\n\n22 May An Airbus A320 carrying 91 passengers and eight members of crew crashes in a residential area of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing more than 90 people. At least two passengers survive the crash.\n\nFlight PK8303 crashed just short of the perimeter at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport\n\n8 January Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashes shortly after taking off from the Iranian capital Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew members on board. The incident took place amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran, and the Iranian government eventually admitted it had downed the plane \"unintentionally\".\n\n10 March An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max crashes six minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa. All 157 people onboard are killed. The victims come from more than 30 countries.\n\n29 October A Boeing 737 Max, operated by Lion Air, crashes into the Java Sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. All 189 passengers and crew are killed, and a volunteer diver dies in the subsequent recovery operation. Investigators said the plane - which had had technical problems on previous flights - should have been grounded.\n\n18 May A Boeing 737 passenger plane crashes shortly after take-off from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, killing 112 people. One passenger survives.\n\n11 April A military plane crashes shortly after take-off near the Algerian capital Algiers, killing all 257 people on board, including 10 crew members. Most of the dead are soldiers and their families.\n\n12 March A plane carrying 71 passengers and crew crashes on landing at Kathmandu airport. More than 50 people are killed when the Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop comes down.\n\n18 February A passenger plane crashes into the Zagros mountains in Iran killing all 66 people on board. The Aseman Airlines ATR turboprop crashes about an hour after taking off in the capital, Tehran, heading for the south-western city of Yasuj.\n\n11 February A Russian passenger plane crashes minutes after leaving Moscow's Domodedovo airport with 71 people on board. The Antonov An-148 belonging to Saratov Airlines was en route to the city of Orsk in the Ural mountains when it crashed near the village of Argunovo, about 80km (50 miles) south-east of Moscow.\n\nThere were no passenger jet crashes in 2017 - the safest year in the history of commercial airlines.\n\n25 December A Russian military Tu-154 jet airliner crashes in the Black Sea, with the loss of all 92 passengers and crew. The plane came down soon after take-off from an airport near the city of Sochi. It was carrying artistes due to give a concert for Russian troops in Syria, along with journalists and military.\n\nBereaved residents of the Black Sea resort of Sochi must now come to terms with the latest air disaster\n\n7 December All 48 people on board a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane were killed when it crashed in the north of the country. The national airline - accused of safety failures in the past - insisted this time that strict checks on Flight PK-661 from Chitral to Islamabad left \"no room for any technical error\".\n\nAll 48 people on board the Pakistan International Airlines plane were killed when it crashed in the north of the country on 7 December\n\n28 November The plane carrying the football team of the Brazilian club Chapecoense runs out of fuel and crashes near Medellin, Colombia, killing 71 people, including most of the players and management. Three players were among the six survivors, while nine did not travel.\n\n19 May French President Francois Hollande confirms that an EgyptAir flight reported missing between Paris and Cairo has crashed, with 66 people on board.\n\n19 March A FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 crashes in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, killing all 62 people on board.\n\n31 October An Airbus A321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia, crashes over central Sinai some 22 minutes after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all 224 people on board. The Islamic State group's local affiliate later says it brought down the plane in response to Russian intervention in Syria.\n\n30 June Indonesian Hercules C-130 military transport plane crashes into a residential area of Medan. The army says all 122 people on board died, along with at least 19 on the ground.\n\n24 March: Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner crashes in the French Alps near Digne, on a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. All 148 people on board were feared dead.\n\n28 December: AirAsia QZ8501 flying from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore goes missing over the Java sea. The pilot radioed for permission to divert around bad weather but no mayday alert was issued. There were 162 passengers and crew on board.\n\n24 July: Air Algerie AH5017 disappears over Mali amid poor weather near the border with Burkina Faso. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 was operated by Spain's Swiftair, and was heading from Ouagadougou to Algiers carrying 116 passengers - 51 of them French. All are thought to have died.\n\n23 July: Forty-eight people die when a Taiwanese ATR-72 plane crashes into stormy seas during a short flight. TransAsia Airways GE222 was carrying 54 passengers and four crew to the island of Penghu. It made an abortive attempt to land before crashing on a second attempt.\n\nMalaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was believed to have been shot down over conflict-hit Ukraine\n\n17 July: Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashes near Grabove in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, 193 of them Dutch. Pro-Russian rebels are widely accused of shooting the plane down using a surface-to-air missile - they deny responsibility.\n\n8 March: The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing leads to the largest and most expensive search in aviation history. Despite vast effort, notably in the hostile South Indian Ocean, nothing was found until July 2015, when an aircraft wing part washed up on Reunion Island. French officials confirmed the debris was from MH370.\n\n11 February: A military transport plane - a Hercules C-130 - carrying 78 people crashes in a mountainous part of north-eastern Algeria. Reports suggest there is one survivor from among the military personnel, family members and crew.\n\n17 November: Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on landing in Kazan, Russia, killing all 50 people on board.\n\n16 October: Forty-nine people, including foreigners from some 10 countries as well as Laotian nationals, die when a Lao Airlines ATR 72-600 plunges into the Mekong River as it came in to land.\n\n3 June: A Dana Air passenger plane with about 150 people on board crashes in a densely populated area of Nigeria's largest city, Lagos.\n\n20 April: A Bhoja Air Boeing 737 crashes on its approach to the main airport in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, killing all 121 passengers and six crew.\n\n26 July: Some 78 people are killed when a Moroccan military C-130 Hercules crashes into a mountain near Guelmim in Morocco. Officials blamed bad weather.\n\nThe pilot of the IranAir Boeing 727 which crashed near the north-western city of Orumiyeh reported a technical failure before trying to land\n\n8 July: A Hewa Bora Airways plane crash-lands in bad weather in Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 74 of the 118 people on board.\n\n9 January: An IranAir Boeing 727 breaks into pieces near the city of Orumiyeh, killing 77 of the 100 people on board. The pilots had reported a technical failure before trying to land.\n\n5 November: An Aerocaribbean passenger turboprop crashes in mountains in central Cuba, killing all 68 people on board.\n\n28 July: A Pakistani plane on an Airblue domestic flight from Karachi crashes into a hillside while trying to land at Islamabad airport, killing all 152 people on board.\n\n22 May: An Air India Express Boeing 737 overshot a hilltop airport in Mangalore, southern India, and crashed into a valley, bursting into flames and killing 158.\n\n12 May: An Afriqiyah Airways Airbus 330 crashes while trying to land near Tripoli airport in Libya, killing more than 100 people.\n\n10 April: A Tupolev 154 plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski crashes near the Russian airport of Smolensk, killing more than 90 people on board.\n\n25 January: Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet crashes into the sea with 89 people on board shortly after take-off from Beirut.\n\n15 July: A Caspian Airlines Tupolev plane crashes in the north of Iran en route to Armenia. All 168 passengers and crew are reported dead.\n\n30 June: A Yemeni passenger plane, an Airbus 310, crashes in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago. Only one of the 153 people on board survives.\n\n1 June: An Air France Airbus 330 travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashes into the Atlantic with 228 people on board. Search teams later recover some 50 bodies in the ocean.\n\nAll 168 passengers and crew were reported dead when a Caspian Airlines Tupolev plane crashed in the north of Iran en route to Armenia\n\n20 May: An Indonesian army C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes into a village on eastern Java, killing at least 97 people.\n\n12 February: A passenger plane crashes into a house in Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 people on board and one person on the ground.\n\n14 September: A Boeing-737 crashes on landing near the central Russian city of Perm, killing all 88 passengers and crew members on board.\n\n20 August: A Spanair plane veers off the runway on take-off at Madrid's Barajas airport, killing 154 people and injuring 18.\n\n30 November: All 56 people on board an Atlasjet flight are killed when it crashes near the town of Keciborlu in the mountainous Isparta province, about 12km (7.5 miles) from Isparta airport.\n\n16 September: At least 87 people are killed after a One-Two-Go plane crashed on landing in bad weather at the Thai resort of Phuket.\n\n17 July: A TAM Airlines jet crashes on landing at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, in Brazil's worst-ever air disaster. A total of 199 people are killed - all 186 on board and 13 on the ground.\n\n5 May: A Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 crashes in swampland in southern Cameroon, killing all 114 on board. The official inquiry is yet to report on the cause of the disaster.\n\n1 January: An Adam Air Boeing 737-400 carrying 102 passengers and crew comes down in mountains on Sulawesi Island on a domestic Indonesian flight. All on board are presumed dead.\n\n29 September: A Boeing 737 carrying 154 passengers and crew crashed into the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, killing all on board, after colliding with a private jet in mid-air.\n\n22 August: A Russian Tupolev-154 passenger plane with 170 people on board crashes north of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine.\n\n9 July: A Russian S7 Airbus A-310 skids off the runway during landing at Irkutsk airport in Siberia. A total of 124 people on board die, but more than 50 survive the crash.\n\n3 May: An Armavia Airbus A-320 crashes into the Black Sea near Sochi, killing all 113 people on board.\n\n10 December: A Sosoliso Airlines DC-9 crashes in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt, killing 103 people on board.\n\n6 December: A C-130 military transport plane crashes on the outskirts of the Iranian capital Tehran, killing 110 people, including some on the ground.\n\nA mass funeral was held for those who died when a Mandala Airlines plane with 112 passengers and five crew on board crashed after take-off in the Indonesian city of Medan\n\n22 October: A Bellview airlines Boeing 737 carrying 117 people on board crashes soon after take-off from the Nigerian city of Lagos, killing everyone on board.\n\n5 September: A Mandala Airlines plane with 112 passengers and five crew on board crashes after take-off in the Indonesian city of Medan, killing almost all on board and dozens on the ground.\n\n16 August: A Colombian plane operated by West Caribbean Airways crashes in a remote region of Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board. The airliner, heading from Panama to Martinique, was packed with residents of the Caribbean island.\n\n14 August: A Helios Airways flight from Cyprus to Athens with 121 people on board crashes north of the Greek capital Athens, apparently after a drop in cabin pressure.\n\n16 July: An Equatair plane crashes soon after take-off from Equatorial Guinea's island capital, Malabo, west of the mainland, killing all 60 people on board.\n\n3 February: The wreckage of Kam Air Boeing 737 flight is located in high mountains near the Afghan capital Kabul, two days after the plane vanished from radar screens in heavy snowstorms. All 104 people on board are feared dead.\n\n21 November: A passenger plane crashes into a frozen lake near the city of Baotou in the Inner Mongolia region of northern China, killing all 53 on board and two on the ground, officials say.\n\n3 January: An Egyptian charter plane belonging to Flash Airlines crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 141 people on board. Most of the passengers are thought to be French tourists.\n\n25 December: A Boeing 727 crashes soon after take-off from the West African state of Benin, killing at least 135 people en route to Lebanon.\n\n8 July: A Boeing 737 crashes in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing 115 people on board. Only one passenger, a small child survived.\n\nThe Benin air crash happened when a Boeing 727 dropped out of the sky soon after take-off, killing at least 135 people travelling to Lebanon\n\n26 May: A Ukrainian Yak-42 crashes near the Black Sea resort of Trabzon in north-west Turkey, killing all 74 people on board - most of them Spanish peacekeepers returning home from Afghanistan.\n\n8 May: As many as 170 people are reported dead in DR Congo after the rear ramp of an old Soviet plane, an Ilyushin 76 cargo plane, apparently falls off, sucking them out.\n\n6 March: An Algerian Boeing 737 crashes after taking off from the remote Tamanrasset airport, leaving up to 102 people dead.\n\n19 February: An Iranian military transport aircraft carrying 276 people crashes in the south of the country, killing all on board.\n\n8 January: A Turkish Airlines plane with 76 passengers and crew on board crashes while coming in to land at Diyarbakir.\n\n23 December: An Antonov 140 commuter plane carrying aerospace experts crashes in central Iran, killing all 46 people aboard. The delegation had been due to review an Iranian version of the same plane built under licence.\n\n27 July: A fighter jet crashes into a crowd of spectators in the west Ukrainian town of Lviv, killing 77 people, in what is the world's worst air show disaster.\n\n1 July: Seventy-one people, many of them children die when a Russian Tupolev 154 aircraft on a school trip to Spain collides with a Boeing 757 transport plane over southern Germany.\n\n25 May: A Boeing 747 belonging to Taiwan's national carrier - China Airlines - crashes into the sea near the Taiwanese island of Penghu, with 225 passengers and crew on board.\n\n7 May: China Northern Airlines plane carrying 112 people crashes into the sea near Dalian in north-east China.\n\n7 May: On the same day, an EgyptAir Boeing 735 crash lands near Tunis with 55 passengers and up to 10 crew on board. Most people survive.\n\n4 May: A BAC1-11-500 plane operated by EAS Airlines crashes in the Nigerian city of Kano, killing 148 people - half of them on the ground.\n\n15 April: Air China flight 129 crashes on its approach to Pusan, South Korea, with over 160 passengers and crew on board.\n\n12 February: A Tupolev 154 operated by Iran Air crashes in mountains in the west of Iran, killing all 117 on board.\n\n29 January: A Boeing 727 from the Ecuadorean TAME airline crashes in mountains in Colombia, killing 92 people.\n\n12 November: An American Airlines A-300 bound for the Dominican Republic crashes after takeoff in a residential area of the borough of Queens, New York, killing all 260 people on board and at least five people on the ground.\n\n8 October: A Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) airliner collides with a small plane in heavy fog on the runway at Milan's Linate airport, killing 118 people.\n\nThe crashed American Airlines flight of November 2000 left much of the Rockaway neighbourhood of New York enveloped by smoke\n\n4 October: A Russian Sibir Airlines Tupolev 154,en route from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk in Siberia, explodes in mid-air and crashes into the Black Sea, killing 78 passengers and crew.\n\n3 July: A Russian Tupolev 154,en route from Yekaterinburg in the Ural mountains to the Russian port of Vladivostok, crashes near the Siberian city of Irkutsk, killing 133 passengers and 10 crew.\n\n30 October: A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 bound for Los Angeles crashes after take-off from Taipei airport in Taiwan, killing 78 of the 179 people on board.\n\n23 August: A Gulf Air Airbus crashes into the sea as it comes in to land in Bahrain, killing all 143 people on board.\n\n25 July: Air France Concorde en route for New York crashes into a hotel outside Paris shortly after takeoff, killing 113 people, including four on the ground.\n\nThe Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 heading for Los Angeles crashed soon after take-off from Taipei airport in Taiwan\n\n17 July: Alliance Air Boeing 737-200 crashes into houses attempting to land at Patna, India, killing 51 people on board and four on the ground.\n\n19 April: Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 from Manila to Davao crashes on approach to landing, killing all 131 people on board.\n\n31 January: Alaska Airlines MD-83 from Mexico to San Francisco plunges into ocean off southern California, killing all 88 people on board.\n\n30 January: Kenya Airways A-310 crashes into Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from Abidjan, Ivory Coast, en route for Lagos, Nigeria. All but 10 of the 179 people on board die.\n\n31 October: EgyptAir Boeing 767 crashes into Atlantic Ocean after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on flight to Cairo, Egypt, killing all 217 on board.\n\n24 February: China Southwest Airlines plane crashes in a field in China's coastal Zhejiang province after a mid-air explosion. All 61 people on board the Russian-built TU-154 flying from Chongqing to the south-eastern city of Wenzhou are killed.\n\n11 December: Thai Airways International A-310 crashes on a domestic flight during its third attempt to land at Surat Thani, Thailand, killing 101 people.\n\n2 September: Swissair MD-11 from New York to Geneva crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Canada killing all 229 people on board.\n\n16 February: Airbus A-300 owned by Taiwan's China Airlines crashes near Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek airport while trying to land in fog and rain after a flight from Bali, Indonesia. All 196 on board and seven people on ground are killed.\n\n2 February: Cebu Pacific Air DC-9 crashes into mountain in southern Philippines, killing all 104 people aboard.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section West Ham\n\nFootballers \"can get things wrong\" but must not be \"picked on\" despite several breaches of coronavirus guidelines, says West Ham manager David Moyes.\n\nHammers midfielder Manuel Lanzini was one of numerous Premier League players to attend a party over Christmas.\n\nMore than 60 games in England have been called off because of coronavirus outbreaks at clubs.\n\n\"We have to be careful that everybody isn't picking on football players,\" said Moyes.\n\n\"We will all know people who have broken the rules in their own way.\n\n\"The players have followed the protocols. Every day at the training ground they have to go through rituals just to get into the building. They know what their job is. Like most human beings at times, they can get things wrong.\"\n\nArgentina international Lanzini was reminded of his responsibilities by the club and later apologised for his actions on Twitter.\n\nOn Friday, he announced he would be donating to a local foodbank as he wanted \"something good\" to come of his actions.\n\nMoyes praised Lanzini for his \"really good gesture\" but does not want to see players treated unfairly.\n\n\"If you are going to take tough measures on players, then you might as well take on the government people as well who have broken the rules because it's certainly not just football players who have done it,\" he said.\n\n\"You have got to be careful. A lot of people are throwing stones in glass houses at the moment regarding this. We all know what the protocols are, we all know we have to be ever-vigilant and make sure we're doing the right things.\"\n\nThe Premier League has implemented stronger coronavirus protocols in light of a recent surge in cases, including reminding players and managers to avoid handshakes and high fives.\n\nCompliance officers will also apply more robust policies to reporting breaches of protocols and will be tasked with checking hotel stays, travel plans and behaviour in dressing rooms.\n\nThe number of staff attending training grounds will also be reduced, social distancing will be enforced more strictly and the use of canteens will be further limited.\n\nStricter matchday protocols include avoiding unnecessary contact at all times, and substitutes wearing face masks.\n\nIn a note sent to clubs, the Premier League has warned it may take disciplinary action if they fail to to ensure people who breach the rules are \"appropriately investigated and sanctioned\".", "Kevin Hughes was treated at Wrexham Maelor Hospital before he died with coronavirus\n\nA man has died with Covid-19 less than a month after the funeral of his mother, who also died with the virus.\n\nFlintshire councillor Kevin Hughes, 63, was being treated at Wrexham Maelor Hospital but died on Friday morning, the authority said.\n\nHe had previously spoken of his sadness at missing his mother's funeral last month after he tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nCouncil colleague Chris Dolphin said he was a \"big man with a big heart\".\n\nThe independent councillor, also a former policeman and journalist, sat with the Liberal Democrat group.\n\nHe said missing the funeral of his mother, June Margaret Hughes, was one of the \"darkest days\" of his life.\n\nGroup leader, Mr Dolphin, called him a \"friend, fellow councillor, above all, a good man. Not one to stand on the side-lines - a doer. A man of enthusiasm, who was in life to be really involved.\"\n\nCouncil chief executive, Colin Everett, said: \"Kevin was a wonderful person with a big heart. Kevin was one of the most thoughtful and generous people I have worked with in my long career.\n\n\"I will miss him so much as both a councillor and as a friend.\"\n\nThe politician (left) will be remembered by the council at a meeting on 26 January\n\nAuthority leader, Ian Roberts, called Mr Hughes a \"special person and friend who will be very sadly missed by all\".\n\nHe added: \"His contribution as a councillor has been considerable and he was highly respected by his community, members of the council and officers.\n\n\"He was an active local member and represented his community with integrity and in a positive and engaging way.\"\n\nMr Hughes will be remembered by the council at a meeting on 26 January.\n\nThe authority's chairwoman, Marion Bateman, said: \"Our sincere condolences go to his wife Sally, along with his family and friends, at this very sad time.\"", "Mike Pompeo said the US-Taiwan relationship should not be \"shackled\" (file photo)\n\nThe US is lifting long-standing restrictions on contacts between American and Taiwanese officials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.\n\nThe \"self-imposed restrictions\" were introduced decades ago to \"appease\" the mainland Chinese government, which lays claim to the island, the US state department said in a statement.\n\nThese rules are now \"null and void\".\n\nThe move is likely to anger China and increase tensions between Washington and Beijing.\n\nIt comes as the Trump administration enters its final days ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden as president on 20 January.\n\nThe Biden transition team have said the president-elect is committed to maintaining the long-standing US policy towards Taiwan.\n\nAnalysts say they will be unhappy with such a policy decision being made in the final days of the Trump administration, but that the move could be reversed easily by Mr Pompeo's successor Antony Blinken.\n\nChina regards Taiwan as a breakaway province, but Taiwan's leaders argue that it is a sovereign state.\n\nRelations between the two are frayed and there is a constant threat of a violent flare up that could drag in the US, an ally of Taiwan.\n\nIn a statement on Saturday, Mr Pompeo said the US state department had introduced complicated restrictions limiting the communication between American diplomats and their Taiwanese counterparts.\n\n\"Today I am announcing that I am lifting all of these self-imposed restrictions,\" he said. \"Today's statement recognises that the US-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy.\"\n\nHe added that Taiwan was a vibrant democracy and a reliable US partner, and that the restrictions were no longer valid.\n\nFollowing the announcement, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu thanked Mr Pompeo, saying he was \"grateful\".\n\n\"The closer partnership between Taiwan and the US is firmly based on our shared values, common interests and unshakeable belief in freedom and democracy,\" he wrote in a tweet.\n\nLast August, US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar became the highest-ranking US politician to hold meetings on the island for decades.\n\nIn response, China urged the US to respect what it calls its \"one China\" principle.\n\nThe US also sells arms to Taiwan, though it does not have a formal defence treaty with the country, as it does with Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChina and Taiwan have had separate governments since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.\n\nBeijing has long tried to limit Taiwan's international activities and both have vied for influence in the Pacific region.\n\nTensions have increased in recent years and Beijing has not ruled out the use of force to take the island back.\n\nAlthough Taiwan is officially recognised by only a handful of nations, its democratically-elected government has strong commercial and informal links with many countries.", "Lockdowns have worked before, but can we expect the new one to do the same?\n\nIt feels like we are back in March or April last year, when the strict controls on all our lives led to a fairly quick decline in levels of coronavirus.\n\nBut one of the crucial differences this time is the new variant, which is thought to spread between 50 and 70% faster than previous forms of the virus.\n\nExperts warn there are now no guarantees that lockdown will be enough to bring the variant under control.\n\n\"It still would not have been easy, but it would have been a much easier situation if it had not been for the new variant,\" Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, told Inside Health.\n\n\"That really pushes the bounds of our ability to control the spread of the virus, even with measures that were previously relatively quite effective.\"\n\nThe coronavirus spreads when we come into contact with each other so moving classrooms online, telling people to stay at home and closing shops breaks many of those opportunities for human contact.\n\nIf we consider the R number - the average number of people each infected person passes the virus on to - it was about 3.0 in the run up to the first lockdown and anything above 1.0 means cases are climbing.\n\nR fell to 0.6 during the first lockdown.\n\nThen every 1,000 infected people passed the virus on to 600 others, who passed it on to 360 others and so on.\n\nBut if the new variant is 50% more transmissible then the R number, in the same lockdown conditions, would be about 0.9.\n\nThen 1,000 infected people would pass the virus onto 900 others, then 810 and so on.\n\nAs you can see this leads to far slower decline.\n\nAnd that assumes lockdown can get R down to 0.9 in areas where the new variant has become the most common form of the virus.\n\nIf, as some studies suggest, the variant is about 70% more transmissible then R may stay above 1.0 and cases may not fall at all.\n\n\"We'd at best flatten the curve, keep numbers at a roughly constant level, and that's frankly why there is so much emphasis on getting vaccine into people's arms as quickly as possible,\" said Prof Ferguson.\n\nIt is hard to lock down even harder as there are some parts of society - hospitals, supermarkets - that need to be kept open.\n\nWhat happens to the number of cases over the coming weeks will be closely monitored. If this lockdown is less effective then we will have to live with it for longer.\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs over the Christmas break, which was a bit like a lockdown due to school holidays and other restrictions.\n\n\"We are in a very difficult situation here, but my initial assessment of the last few days is that the rate is slowing which is good news,\" Prof John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nHe added: \"It looks likes those restrictions should be sufficient to stop the increase, whether they will be sufficient to bring cases down sufficiently we are yet to see.\"\n\nEventually the vaccine will give people immunity so we do not need the same controls on our lives.\n\nNow more than ever this is a race between the virus and the vaccine.", "Google has suspended \"free speech\" social network Parler from its Play Store over its failure to remove \"egregious content\".\n\nParler styles itself as \"unbiased\" social media and has proved popular with people banned from Twitter.\n\nBut Google said the app had failed to remove posts inciting violence.\n\nApple has also warned Parler it will remove the app from its App Store if it does not comply with its content-moderation requirements.\n\nOn Parler, the app's chief executive John Matze said: \"We won't cave to politically motivated companies and those authoritarians who hate free speech!\"\n\nLaunched in 2018, Parler has proved particularly popular among supporters of US President Donald Trump and right-wing conservatives. Such groups have frequently accused Twitter and Facebook of unfairly censoring their views.\n\nWhile Mr Trump himself is not a user, the platform already features several high-profile contributors following earlier bursts of growth in 2020.\n\nTexas Senator Ted Cruz boasts 4.9 million followers on the platform, while Fox News host Sean Hannity has about seven million.\n\nIt briefly became the most-downloaded app in the United States after the US election, following a clampdown on the spread of election misinformation by Twitter and Facebook.\n\nHowever, both Apple and Google have said the app fails to comply with content-moderation requirements.\n\nFor months, Parler has been one of the most popular social media platforms for right-wing users.\n\nAs major platforms began taking action against viral conspiracy theories, disinformation and the harassment of election workers and officials in the aftermath of the US presidential vote, the app became more popular with elements of the fringe far-right.\n\nThis turned the network into a right-wing echo chamber, almost entirely populated by users fixated on revealing examples of election fraud and posting messages in support of attempts to overturn the election outcome.\n\nIn the days preceding the Capitol riots, the tone of discussion on the app became significantly more violent, with some users openly discussing ways to stop the certification of Joe Biden's victory by Congress.\n\nUnsubstantiated allegations and defamatory claims against a number of senior US figures such as Chief Justice John Roberts and Vice-President Mike Pence were rife on the app.\n\nGoogle and Apple say they are taking necessary action to ensure violent rhetoric is not promoted on their platforms.\n\nHowever, to those increasingly concerned about freedom of speech and expression on online platforms, it represents another example of draconian action by major tech companies which threatens internet freedom.\n\nThis is a debate which is certain to continue beyond the Trump presidency.\n\nIn a statement, Google confirmed it had suspended Parler from its Play Store, saying: \"Our longstanding policies require that apps displaying user-generated content have moderation policies and enforcement that removes egregious content like posts that incite violence.\n\n\"In light of this ongoing and urgent public safety threat, we are suspending the app's listings from the Play Store until it addresses these issues.\"\n\nApple has warned Parler it will be removed from the App Store on Saturday in a letter published by Buzzfeed News.\n\nIt said it had seen \"accusations that the Parler app was used to plan, coordinate, and facilitate\" the attacks on the US Capitol on 6 January.\n\nMr Matze said Parler had \"no way to organise anything\" and pointed out that Facebook groups and events had been used to organise action.\n\nBut Apple said: \"Our investigation has found that Parler is not effectively moderating and removing content that encourages illegal activity and poses a serious risk to the health and safety of users in direct violation of your own terms of service.\"\n\n\"We won't distribute apps that present dangerous and harmful content.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a related development, Google has kicked Steve Bannon's War Room podcast off YouTube, saying it had repeatedly violated the platform's rules.\n\nThe ex-White House aide's channel had more than 300,000 subscribers.\n\nSteve Bannon served as President Trump's chief strategist for eight months in 2017\n\n\"In accordance with our strikes system, we have terminated Steve Bannon's channel 'War room' and one associated channel for repeatedly violating our Community Guidelines,\" Google said in a statement.\n\n\"Any channel posting new videos with misleading content that alleges widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 US Presidential election in violation of our policies will receive a strike, a penalty which temporarily restricts uploading or live-streaming. Channels that receive three strikes in the same 90-day period will be permanently removed from YouTube.\"\n\nThe action was taken shortly after the channel posted an interview with Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, in which he blamed the Democrats for the rioting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.\n\nOne anti-misinformation group said the action was long overdue after \"months of Steve Bannon calling for revolution and violence\".\n\n\"The truth is YouTube should have taken down Steve Bannon's account a long time ago and they shouldn't rely on the labour of extremism researchers to moderate the content on their platform,\" said Madeline Peltz, Senior Researcher at Media Matters for America.", "A 78-year-old French woman received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in France\n\nA global race is on to vaccinate people against Covid-19 - and with infections soaring in Europe many have complained that the roll-out is too slow in the EU.\n\nMember states decide individually who to vaccinate, when and where, but the EU is coordinating strategy and buying vaccines in bulk. On Friday, the EU Commission agreed to buy an extra 300 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - that would give the EU nearly half of the firm's global output for 2021.\n\nBBC reporters in seven European capitals explain how the vaccinations are going on their patch.\n\nIn an election year, the vaccine has become a political battleground, writes Jenny Hill, in Berlin.\n\nThe fact it was German scientists who developed the first effective Covid vaccine has been the source of great national pride. And, by and large, Germans appear to be reasonably comfortable with the idea of immunisation.\n\nA recent survey found 65% were prepared to have the vaccine. Other research indicates that less than a quarter of those surveyed would not. But politically - and perhaps unsurprisingly, given this is an election year - Germany's vaccination programme has become a battleground.\n\nVaccinations began here just under two weeks ago and prioritise the over 80s and care home workers. By Thursday evening, more than 477,000 first doses had been administered.\n\nGermany's share of the EU order amounts to 56 million doses. So far, 1.3 million doses have been delivered.\n\nBut some of the hundreds of specially prepared vaccination centres are still not in use and even the government has admitted there simply isn't enough to go around. Angela Merkel and her health minister Jens Spahn have been accused of failing to secure enough doses.\n\nMuch of the criticism has come from Mrs Merkel's own coalition partners but some within the scientific community have echoed their concerns - that Germany put European interests above its own by insisting on a joint EU procurement process. The scientists who developed the vaccine have said publicly that the EU originally turned down an offer for a further order.\n\nGermany's share of the EU order amounts to 56 million doses. So far, 1.3 million doses have been delivered and it's thought that by the end of the month a further 2.68 million will have followed.\n\nMr Spahn, whose assured performance through the pandemic led some to wonder whether he might be a potential successor to Mrs Merkel, has blamed the shortage on the inability of the manufacturers of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to meet global demand.\n\nGermany has now ordered an extra 30 million doses and, following the recent European approval of the Moderna vaccine, expects to start rolling that out next week. The government is sticking to its pledge that the vaccination programme will be complete by the end of the summer.\n\nThe Czech prime minister has hit out at apparent delays in distributing the vaccine, writes Rob Cameron, in Prague.\n\nThe Czech vaccination effort began on 27 December, when the prime minister, Andrej Babis, became the first person in the country to receive the jab. Mr Babis, who is 66, had previously questioned whether he would be eligible, as he'd had his spleen removed as a teenager.\n\nBut the country's programme has got off to a sluggish start. Mr Babis - a billionaire businessman who has been dogged by both European and Czech investigations into alleged misuse of EU funds - has lost no time venting his (figurative) spleen at the European Commission over the delay. \"We believed when we contributed €12m to the European fund in November that we'd receive the vaccine,\" he told a newspaper this week.\n\nThe health minister conceded this week that immunising the higher-risk groups will take months.\n\nThe country has received 30,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. So far, it has managed to administer it to 19,918 people. The government says it is ready to roll out the jab en masse as soon as supplies arrive from the manufacturers.\n\nIt has also published a strategy, which envisages a three-stage process. The first will see targeted vaccination of high-risk groups. This will gradually give way to mass vaccination in 31 centres, using an online reservation system that will be open to all from 1 February. And the final stage will see the country's GPs deployed, hopefully to administer the Oxford-AstraZeneca and other jabs, which unlike the previous two can be stored and transported at fridge temperature.\n\nHowever, the timing in the original strategy document now appears optimistic. The health minister conceded this week that immunising the higher-risk groups - all health and social care staff, teachers, everyone over 65, all those with serious health conditions - will take months. GPs may not begin vaccinating young, healthy members of society until late spring, or summer.\n\nA sluggish start is being blamed on bureaucracy and vaccine scepticism, writes Hugh Schofield, in Paris.\n\nFrance's boast of a big, effective state apparatus has been badly exposed by the sluggish start to the Covid vaccination programme. After the first week, when neighbouring Germany had inoculated around 250,000 people, France was on a mere 530. By Friday, the figure had gone up to 45,500 - still so small as to be statistically meaningless.\n\nSo why has it taken so long for France to put the plan into action? It is not as if the authorities did not have time to prepare. And it is certainly not a question of a lack of vaccine. In fact, more than a million Pfizer doses are already in cold storage, waiting to be used.\n\nPolls suggest as many as 58% of the public do not want to be given the jab.\n\nThe primary reason for the delay seems to be the cumbersome, over-centralised nature of France's health bureaucracy. A 45-page dossier of instructions issued by the ministry in Paris had to be read and understood by staff at old people's homes.\n\nEach recipient then had to give informed consent in a consultation with a doctor, held no less than five days before injection. The lengthy procedure is in theory to save lives - those of patients who might have an adverse reaction. But as the critics have been arguing, delay in inoculating the population is also costing lives.\n\nAnother problem in France is the high level of scepticism towards vaccination - product of a more general suspicion of government. Polls suggest as many as 58% of the public do not want to be given the jab. The effect - critics say - has been to make the government unduly cautious. When urgency was required, the authorities were reluctant to move fast for fear of galvanising the anti-vaxxers.\n\nAfter President Emmanuel Macron communicated his anger at the delays at the weekend, the pace is picking up. The procedure for consent is being simplified. By the end of January, the plan is to have 500-600 vaccination centres open across the country - either in hospitals or other big public buildings.\n\nPolitically a lot is at stake. The government has already come under fire for failings in providing masks and tests. With opposition voices calling the vaccine delay a \"state scandal\", President Macron needs a roll-out that is fast and problem-free.\n\nNational pride accelerated Russia's rollout, but one man is conspicuously absent from the list of people vaccinated, writes Sarah Rainsford, in Moscow.\n\nRussia registered its main Covid vaccine for domestic use way back in August, before mass safety and efficacy trials had even begun. In December, with those trials still underway, it began rolling out Sputnik V to the public ahead of mass vaccination launches everywhere else in Europe. The rush was driven by national pride as well as medical necessity.\n\nSputnik was initially offered to front line health and education workers but early take-up of the two-dose vaccination was slow and the list of those eligible soon expanded.\n\nA poll by the Levada Centre in late December showed only 38% of respondents were willing to get the jab: wary of domestic healthcare and medicines, Russians were sceptical of bold early claims made for the vaccine and nervous about possible adverse reactions. Even so, and despite similar delays scaling-up production as in other countries, Sputnik's backers announced this week that more than a million people had been vaccinated.\n\nRussia began rolling out its Sputnik V vaccine in December\n\nBut one man still conspicuously absent from the list of the vaccinated is Vladimir Putin, despite the Kremlin saying he will - eventually - get the jab. In the meantime, those who meet him in person are obliged to test for Covid first and even quarantine. The president may need to lead by example, though. Mr Putin has said repeatedly that protecting the economy is his priority so he's banking on mass vaccination to avoid a return to national lockdown.\n\nRussia has built giant, temporary hospitals since the start of the pandemic and the health minister said this week that 25% of Covid beds remain free. There's also been a fall in the number of new daily cases reported - around 25,000 for the past 5 days. But that's not down to the vaccine yet. The country is nearing the end of a 10-day New Year holiday period and the number of Covid tests has also dropped.\n\nAs infection rates grow in a country praised by many for its no-lockdown approach, a successful vaccine programme is crucial writes Maddy Savage, in Stockholm.\n\nAlmost two weeks since 91-year-old care home resident Gun-Britt Johnsson became the first Swede to get the initial dose of a Pfizer jab, there is still no official tally of how many others have received the vaccination.\n\nThe Public Health Agency of Sweden says it's in the process of compiling data from the country's 21 regional health authorities tasked with vaccinating the entire adult population - around eight million people - by 26 June. The date isn't arbitrary, it's the biggest public holiday weekend of the year, when Swedes traditionally hold Midsummer celebrations. Karin Tegmark, a senior manager at the agency, says the date remains \"feasible\". But she says it depends on the delivery of vaccines to the country.\n\nAfter months of high trust levels in the country's no-lockdown approach, support for the health agency has dwindled.\n\nAlongside 4.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Sweden has ordered 3.6 million jabs from Moderna, the first of which are expected to arrive next week. The country also plans to roll-out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as soon as possible after it is approved by the EU - ideally by February.\n\nSwedes initially appeared lukewarm to the idea of taking a speedily-developed coronavirus vaccine, although a poll at the end of December found 71% would take one. A key driver of the initial scepticism is thought to be the failure of a voluntary mass vaccination programme for swine flu in 2009. Hundreds of Swedish children and young adults under 30 developed the sleeping disorder narcolepsy, which was found to be a side effect of the Pandemrix vaccine.\n\nA successful vaccination programme will be crucial, not least because it comes at a time when Swedish authorities are struggling to maintain public confidence. After months of high trust levels in the country's no-lockdown approach, support for the health agency has dwindled as Sweden has struggled with the second wave of coronavirus.\n\nMeanwhile, several high profile officials have faced heavy criticism for breaching their own recommendations - including the head of the civil contingencies agency (pictured), who resigned after spending Christmas with his daughter in the Canary Islands.\n\nA new government in Belgium seems unified on the vaccine rollout - for now at least, writes Nick Beake, in Brussels.\n\nIt seemed fitting that the first person in Belgium to receive a Covid jab lives in the place where the world's first approved Covid vaccine is being produced. Jos Hermans, a 96-year-old from the municipality of Puurs, was given the injection on 28 December, in his care home. A further 700 elderly residents were also administered a dose in what was a small, initial trial.\n\nThe mass vaccination programme in Belgium began on 5 January, but has been criticised for starting slowly. Federal Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke had promised in November that the rollout would be \"seamless and fast\", tweeting: \"If that does not work, shoot me.\"\n\nThe first phase looks to vaccinate up to 200,000 nursing home residents by the end of this month, or early February. Healthcare professionals will be next in line and the aim was for the whole population to be inoculated by the end of September.\n\nJos Hermans, a 96-year-old from Puurs, was given the injection on 28 December\n\nYou may think the country would be at an advantage being the epicentre of the Pfizer-BioNTech production. While this clearly helps with distribution, Belgium cannot receive more doses - relative to its population - than other EU countries under strict Commission rules. That didn't stop the minister-president of the Flanders region, who admitted this week that he had contacted Pfizer directly in the hope of procuring more doses, only to be rebuffed.\n\nAfter getting a guarantee from Pfizer over supply of the jab, the federal Belgian authorities have adapted their strategy: they now propose giving as many available doses to as many people as they can - and no longer reserving vials for patients' second dose, given three weeks after the first. In general, the federal government, rather than the European Commission has faced any criticism for a delay and has defended its \"careful\" approach.\n\nAnd there appears to be an interesting regional or cultural discrepancy when it comes to whether people are willing to take the vaccine. Of the Flemish population interviewed in a poll, half have said they wanted the vaccine as soon as possible. Among French speakers - it was 20% fewer, which chimes with the deeper scepticism over the border in France.\n\nIn a country where politics are notoriously complicated and fractious - they've only recently agreed a government, after a 500-day vacuum - the Federal Coalition appears unified on its Covid vaccine strategy. For now, at least.\n\nRegional variances and political rows have marked the beginning of Spain's vaccination programme writes Guy Hedgecoe, in Madrid.\n\nSpain started administering the vaccine on 27 December. So far, 743,925 doses have been distributed to regional administrations, with 277,976 people vaccinated, according to the health ministry. The objective of the coalition government is to immunise 2.3 million people within 12 weeks. Priority is being given to elderly residents of care homes, those who look after them, and healthcare personnel.\n\nEach of the country's 17 regions has a high degree of control over healthcare and should receive the number of doses that corresponds to their populations. However, already there has been substantial geographical disparity.\n\nGovernment data showed, for example, that while the northern region of Asturias had used 55% of the doses it had received by 3 January, the Madrid region had only administered 5% by the same date. Some regions are holding back doses to administer a second follow-up jab to the same person in several weeks' time, and some have been vaccinating on national holidays while others have not.\n\nThe pandemic has been the cause of constant political conflict, with the right-wing opposition accusing the leftist government of incompetence.\n\nAlthough vaccination is voluntary, the government has said it is making a register of those who do not wish to be inoculated. That initiative has generated controversy, although the government has insisted the register will merely seek to clarify why people refuse the vaccination.\n\nHowever, the pandemic has been the cause of constant political conflict, with the right-wing opposition accusing the leftist government of Pedro Sánchez of incompetence, lack of transparency and using coronavirus to accumulate power.\n\nThe arrival of a vaccine has not stopped the rancour. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the conservative Popular Party (PP) president of Galicia, warned the number of doses being distributed to each region was being dictated by \"political affiliations or parliamentary needs\", a claim the central government has rejected.", "Dozens of demonstrators were walking and chanting along Clapham High Street as police attempted to keep them contained to the area\n\nSixteen people have been arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nPolice officers clashed with some of the maskless protesters who arrived in Clapham Common, some shouting \"take your freedom back\".\n\nSix police vans were deployed to the scene while officers moved the crowd of about 30 people away from the area.\n\nGathering for the purpose of a protest is not an exemption to the rules, the Met Police said.\n\nOne woman shouted from her car at the protesters \"there's a pandemic going\", while another bystander shouted \"idiots\".\n\nOne anti-lockdown protester, who was detained at Clapham Common park, said \"I stand under common law, not maritime law and this is assault\" as he was put into handcuffs by police officers.\n\nA large police presence remains around Clapham Common station, but almost all protesters had left the area as of 14:00 GMT.\n\nIt comes as a \"major incident\" was declared as the spread of Covid-19 threatens to \"overwhelm\" London hospitals.\n\nCity Hall said Covid-19 cases in the capital had exceeded 1,000 per 100,000, while there were 35% more people in hospital with the virus than in the peak of the pandemic in April.\n\nPolice could be seen questioning several people at the demonstration\n\nPolice battled to disperse the protestors gathering in Clapham Common\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One floral tribute had Dame Barbara's photograph in the centre\n\nThe funeral of EastEnders and Carry On actress Dame Barbara Windsor has taken place in London.\n\nRoss Kemp, who played her on-screen son in the soap, was among the 30 mourners and gave a reading, as did actor and friend Christopher Biggins.\n\nDame Barbara died in December at the age of 83, having had dementia.\n\nThere were floral arrangements spelling Babs, The Dame and Saucy, and a mock pub sign showing her as The Queen Peggy in the style of the soap's Queen Vic.\n\nDame Barbara played pub landlady Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders for more than two decades.\n\nA version of the EastEnders Queen Vic pub sign was painted in tribute\n\nScott Mitchell, who was married to Dame Barbara for 20 years, was joined at Golders Green Crematorium by family and friends including comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams.\n\n\"As Covid has denied so many of Barbara's family, friends and fans a chance to say farewell properly, I wanted to share the order of service to let people be a small part of it,\" Mr Mitchell told the PA news agency.\n\n\"My heart goes out to every family who have experienced the same restrictions at their loved ones' funerals.\"\n\nLeft-right: Christopher Biggins, Ross Kemp and David Walliams were among the mourners\n\nHe added: \"I would again like to thank my family, friends, the media and the public for their incredible support and well wishes since Barbara's passing.\"\n\nDame Barbara's coffin was brought into the crematorium to sound of Frank Sinatra's On The Sunny Side Of The Street, and the service featured a recording of Sparrows Can't Sing from the actress's 1963 film of the same.\n\nIt finished with the famous topless photo of Dame Barbara from the film Carry On Camping, alongside her quote: \"That picture will follow me to the end.\"\n\nLong-time friend Anna Karen, who played Dame Barbara's on-screen sister Aunt Sal in EastEnders, also paid tribute during the service.\n\nThe funeral was also attended by Loose Women's Jane Moore and EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick. However, the numbers were limited due to coronavirus social distancing.\n\nAlzheimer's Research UK recently said it had seen a spike in donations since Dame Barbara's death, and a JustGiving page set up as a tribute to her and in aid of the charity has raised more than £150,000 (including Gift Aid).\n\nMr Mitchell said that was \"beyond anything we may have dreamed of\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Ben Jackson said the closure of the farm's bulk-buyers like hotels and schools has left thousands of eggs unsold\n\nA fall in bulk egg orders due to the lockdown could lead to chickens being culled, a poultry-farmer has warned.\n\nFluffetts Farm near Fordingbridge had been supplying free range eggs to 350 Hampshire schools, but orders stopped when schools suddenly closed.\n\nFarm owner, Ben Jackson said: \"If you can't sell the eggs you can't still keep feeding the chickens and therefore something has to give.\"\n\nHe said he hoped to work out a local delivery system to avoid culling birds.\n\nMr Jackson, who has been selling some of the surplus eggs off on social media, has more than 13,000 chickens laying 12,000 eggs each day.\n\nThe cancellation of his school orders has left him with about 4,000 spare eggs a day. The farm has also been hit by restaurants and pubs closing again.\n\nThe farm has a surplus of about 4,000 eggs each day from its 13,000 chickens\n\nHe said: \"If we can't find a home for the eggs the worst-case scenario is that we may have to look to get rid of some of our chickens, but that's what we're trying to avoid.\n\n\"Other chicken farmers are in the same situation - they are talking about potentially having to cull birds in the next week or so - it's not a decision that anyone wants to make.\n\n\"We just want to get through this dark time - we're just taking it a day at time.\"\n\nChickens at the farm are currently in a bird lockdown.\n\nSince 14 December strict biosecurity regulations have been in place following a number of outbreak of avian influenza throughout England.\n• None 'I'll have to throw away £6,000-worth of milk'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duke of Cambridge asked how staff were coping during the pandemic and thanked them for their sacrifice\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge has said he talks to his three children about NHS staff \"every day\" to help them to understand the \"sacrifices\" made during Covid.\n\nPrince William's comments were part of a video call to London hospital staff.\n\n\"Catherine and I and all the children talk about all of you guys every day, so we're making sure the children understand all of the sacrifices that all of you are making,\" he said.\n\nIt comes after the London mayor said the virus was \"out of control\".\n\nSadiq Khan declared a major incident on Friday - meaning the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response - after the number of Covid patients in the capital's hospitals surpassed 7,000.\n\nStaff at Homerton University Hospital in east London told the Duke of Cambridge that queues of people waiting to be vaccinated at the hospital offered hope, but that the way out of the crisis was for the public to \"stay at home\" during lockdown.\n\nIn recent days the hospital has seen its highest number of admissions since the pandemic began.\n\nDuring the UK's first national lockdown, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their three children Prince George (left), Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis joined in with the weekly Clap for Carers event\n\nThe duke, who is joint patron of NHS Charities Together, said: \"A huge thank you for all the hard work, the sleepless nights, the lack of sleep, the anxiety, the exhaustion and everything that you are doing, we are so grateful.\n\n\"Good luck, we are all thinking of you.\"\n\nHis video call, which took place on Thursday, is one of many he and the duchess have made to NHS staff during the pandemic.\n\nPrince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have also shown their support for the health service by getting involved with the weekly Clap for Carers applause during the UK's first national lockdown.\n\nAnd on Saturday, the Duchess's birthday, Kensington Palace said the family's thoughts \"continue to be with all those working on the front line at this hugely challenging time\".\n\nChief nurse Catherine Pelley told the prince her hospital had used funds from NHS Charities Together to set up various support initiatives such as a \"wobble room\" for colleagues to relax in.\n\n\"For us this week, starting vaccinating has been one of the single most significant impacts on people feeling that there is a future out of this, and the queues out the door here where they have been vaccinating have been really hopeful for people,\" she said.\n\n\"But the support we need is stay at home, help us. Because that will get us all out of this, whatever our role is, and we will get society out of this.\"\n\nAfter speaking to Ms Pelley and her colleagues about how they supported one another, the prince said: \"It's good that you and your team are keeping your spirits high and I always find that having some sort of sense of humour through everything is very important, otherwise we all go mad.\"\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge said he wants his children to appreciate the sacrifices made by NHS staff during the pandemic", "Ms Sturgeon has rejected claims made by former first minister Alex Salmond\n\nAlex Salmond has accused Nicola Sturgeon of misleading parliament, calling evidence she gave to an inquiry into the handling of sexual harassment claims against him \"simply untrue\".\n\nMr Salmond's comments emerged in a written submission to a separate investigation into whether the first minister breached the ministerial code.\n\nThe submission has been shared with the Holyrood committee.\n\nMs Sturgeon says she \"entirely rejects Mr Salmond's claims\".\n\nIn the submission, the former first minister said that Ms Sturgeon had misled parliament and broken the ministerial code with breaches including failing to inform the civil service in good time of her meetings with him.\n\nHe claimed she allowed the Scottish government to contest a civil court case against him despite having had legal advice that it was likely to collapse.\n\nMs Sturgeon told the Holyrood inquiry she had become aware of allegations at a meeting with Mr Salmond at her home.\n\nIt since emerged she met his former chief of staff in the days before, but she said she had forgotten about that meeting.\n\nMr Salmond said that claim was untenable.\n\nHis submission said that she misled parliament, and that amounted to a breach of the code. He also said she breached the code by failing to to inform civil servants of the nature of the meetings that took place between the two of them at her home where the allegations were discussed.\n\nAlex Salmond walked free from court in March having been cleared of charges of sexual assault\n\nMr Salmond's statement read: \"The pre-arranged meeting in the Scottish Parliament of 29 March 2018 was \"forgotten\" about because acknowledging it would have rendered ridiculous the claim made by the first minister in parliament that it had been believed that the meeting on 2 April was on SNP Party business and thus held at her private residence.\"\n\nBoth Mr Salmond and Ms Sturgeon are expected to give evidence to the committee in the coming weeks.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross responded to the claims, saying: \"Nobody ever bought Nicola Sturgeon's tall tales to have suddenly turned forgetful, especially about the devastating moment she found out of sexual harassment allegations against her friend and mentor of 30 years.\n\n\"What has been revealed are allegations of shocking, deliberate and corrupt actions at the heart of government. There is now clear evidence of Nicola Sturgeon abusing her power to deceive the Scottish public.\n\n\"If this proves to be correct, it is a resignation matter. No first minister, at any time, can be allowed to get away with repeatedly and blatantly lying to the Scottish Parliament and breaking the ministerial code.\"\n\nScottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said Alex Salmond's explosive allegations demanded answers from the first minister to the committee.\n\nShe said: \"The bombshell accusation that Nicola Sturgeon has broken the ministerial code has the potential to end her political career and demands a robust and honest answer from the first minister.\n\n\"This committee demands truthfulness and honesty from every witness it calls - it is vital that the first minister tells the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth when she appears.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon has repeatedly dismissed any notion of a conspiracy against Mr Salmond.\n\nHer spokeswoman said: \"The first minister entirely rejects Mr Salmond's claims about the ministerial code.\n\n\"We should always remember that the roots of this issue lie in complaints made by women about Alex Salmond's behaviour whilst he was first minister, aspects of which he has conceded. It is not surprising therefore that he continues to try to divert focus from that by seeking to malign the reputation of the first minister and by spinning false conspiracy theories.\n\n\"The first minister is concentrating on fighting the pandemic, stands by what she has said, and will address these matters in full when she appears at committee.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions on Friday evening, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford MP said he did not believe the accusations about the first minister were correct.\n\nHe said: \"I believe that the first minister has acted in an honourable way, she's someone that I've every faith and trust in.\n\n\"I can tell you that the approval ratings for the first minister, the respect that she has right up and down the country of Scotland is enormous and this is something that will pass, when she appears in front of the committee these matters will be dealt with.\"\n\nAlex Salmond has just turned up the heat on his successor with a submission that presents a direct and serious challenge to the reputation of Nicola Sturgeon - who was once his closest political ally.\n\nWhat he no doubt considers as an attempt to secure justice, some others will see as a case of deflection and revenge.\n\nAllegations of breaking the ministerial code of conduct and misleading parliament are serious and, if upheld, potentially career threatening.\n\nYet even some of Ms Sturgeon's fiercest critics at Holyrood do not expect the inquiries into the Scottish government's mishandling of harassment complaints against Mr Salmond to force her from office.\n\nMr Salmond seems to expect the review of the first minister's actions under the ministerial code of conduct to remain narrow enough that it could not possibly find against her.\n\nThe first minister herself appears confident of persuading all comers, including a cross-party committee of MSPs (before which both she and Mr Salmond are due to appear in the coming weeks) that she has acted properly throughout.", "Fishing \"clears the mind of other worries\" says John Ellis from the Canal and Rivers Trust\n\nAnglers have hailed the mental health benefits of the sport after it was given the all-clear to continue, despite lockdown.\n\nThe government said it would be treated as a form of exercise, but subject to restrictions such as social distancing.\n\nRegulations mean people in England must stay at home except for specific purposes, including exercise, shopping for essentials and childcare.\n\nFigures show thousands more people have taken up fishing during the pandemic.\n\nJohn Ellis, national fisheries and angling manager for the Canal and Rivers Trust, said rod licence sales increased by 17% over the last year, the equivalent of about 100,000 people - some new to the sport and others returning.\n\nHe said, despite the colder weather which usually causes a drop in fishing, there are more people out than in a typical January.\n\n\"It is certainly one of few things people can do legally, can do locally,\" he said.\n\nSpencer Moore said it was easy to maintain social distance while fishing\n\nUnder current restrictions in England, anglers must fish alone, or with members of their household, and must not travel outside their local area.\n\nThe government regulations permit people to meet for exercise, but not \"for recreational or leisure purposes\".\n\nThe Department for Culture Media and Sport told the BBC while angling could continue, overarching government guidance meant people should minimise time spent outside their homes.\n\nMr Ellis said he had received emails from parents pleased their children could go fishing at the weekend, adding that for some people it was linked to their mental wellbeing.\n\n\"When you are focussing on fishing, it is very hard to think about anything else, it clears the mind of other worries, at least temporarily,\" he said.\n\nHeadway said fishing was one of its most popular sporting activities for clients\n\nHeadway Birmingham & Solihull, a charity which helps people living with brain injuries, runs regular fishing sessions, which were very popular with its clients.\n\n\"It encourages them to be more active and get some fresh air out in the countryside,\" she said.\n\n\"It also helps their motivation and mental wellbeing, giving them something to look forward to each week, something to talk about and a chance to form friendships with others who enjoy fishing too.\"\n\nSpencer Moore, a bailiff for Blackfords Progressive Angling Society, based in South Staffordshire, said the sport was perfect for social distancing.\n\n\"There are people furloughed, sitting in their house or working from home, but at least they can fish and can get out and wind down,\" he said.\n\n\"Being a fisherman, you are on your own on your peg. Someone might be on another peg, but they can be 20 to 30ft away, so you are nowhere near anyone else.\"\n\nChris Wood advised people to speak to their local angling club before going fishing for the first time\n\nChris Wood, from Shrewsbury Anglers Club, said the group had seen a definite \"upsurge\" in interest during the pandemic.\n\nBut, he said, it had also seen an increase in illegal fishing by people who were not aware of the proper permits needed.", "Edwin Poots said he has asked senior UK government figures to consider unilaterally revoking the NI Protocol\n\nThe Stormont minister whose officials are responsible for the new Irish Sea border has said some food will be unavailable if changes are not made.\n\nDUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has also said jobs could be at risk.\n\nHe said problems at the ports were being caused by new rules applied on imports of food and other products from Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nEarlier Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said trade from GB to NI \"will get worse before it gets better\".\n\nMr Gove said that \"work is ongoing\" and it is \"all part of the process of leaving the European Union\".\n\nHe added that he had spoken to ministers from all parties in the Northern Ireland Executive.\n\nAfter speaking with hauliers, supermarkets and processors this week, Mr Poots predicted the loss of jobs and rising costs.\n\n\"A wide range of frozen and chilled foods will be unavailable after the temporary exemption period ends,\" he tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThat exemption period applies to supermarkets and other food importers and runs out in April.\n\nAfter that they will have to comply with all the paperwork required to ship food in, or find suppliers on the island of Ireland or elsewhere in the EU.\n\nNew rules - called the Northern Ireland Protocol - were introduced because while the UK has left the EU, Northern Ireland has remained in the Single Market for goods and is continuing to apply EU customs rules.\n\nThe arrangement was agreed between the UK and the EU to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland.\n\nMr Poots said he had spoken to senior UK government figures to ask them to consider unilaterally revoking the protocol as it was \"damaging Northern Ireland at the economic and societal level\".\n\nAnd he hit out at members of Sinn Fein, the SDLP, and Alliance Party who he claimed had supported it.\n\nMembers of those parties have countered similar claims from other DUP politicians in recent days.\n\nThey said DUP MPs had voted against alternative arrangements that would have been simpler to manage before the government pushed ahead with the protocol plan.\n\nResponding to Mr Poot's tweet on Friday evening, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood wrote: \"You broke it, you own it.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has called for the assembly to be recalled to discuss difficulties over trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland due to Brexit.\n\nUUP MLA Roy Beggs said: \"The impact of the Irish Sea border is causing horrendous difficulties for hauliers and this is being seen in shops and businesses across Northern Ireland.\n\n\"It is damaging the Northern Ireland economy and the situation is escalating.\"\n\nEarlier on Friday, Michael Gove said it had been expected that there would be \"some initial disruption\" to trade between GB and NI, but that the government is \"ironing\" issues out.\n\nHe said discussions with the executive in Northern Ireland were \"in order to make sure that the [Northern Ireland] protocol works\".\n\n\"[To make sure] that businesses in Northern Ireland can continue to have access to the rest of the UK market, and that Northern Ireland businesses can have the goods that they need on the shelves, that they have access to at the moment,\" he said.\n\nNorthern Ireland has remained a part of the EU's single market for goods while the rest of the UK has left.\n\nThis means food products from Great Britain are subject to checks when they enter Northern Ireland.\n\nSimilar processes and checks also apply when moving food products from Great Britain into the Republic of Ireland.\n\nMeanwhile, an organisation representing haulage firms has called on the UK and Irish government to relax some of the new Irish Sea trade border rules.\n\nThe Road Haulage Association (RHA) said there is serious disruption to freight movements into the island of Ireland.\n\nThe RHA said relaxing the controls on food products and customs declarations \"would help traders to ship goods that have struggled to move over recent days.\"\n\n\"The problems have led to gaps in supermarket shelves and lorries delayed at ports because of problems with red-tape and the situation is worsening,\" the organisation added.\n\n\"We are facing an inflexible, cumbersome and time consuming process just to move goods.\"\n\nThe UK government said the flow of goods \"between GB and NI has been smooth overall and arrivals of freight have continued to increase substantially over this week\".\n\n\"There are no significant queues at NI ports and supermarkets are reporting healthy supplies into their Northern Ireland stores,\" a spokesperson added.\n\n\"We recognise the need to provide as much support to the haulage sector as possible as industry adapts to new processes. That's why hauliers can benefit from the Trader Support Service, which provides free advice and support to businesses of all sizes moving goods under the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\n\"We have been engaging intensively with the Irish authorities and hauliers on the issues that have been encountered for goods transiting through Dublin port.\"\n\nOn Thursday customs authorities in the Republic of Ireland announced a temporary relaxation of one customs process.\n\nHauliers will be able to use an override code to complete a piece of administration known as ENS.\n\nThe letters ENS refer to an entry summary declaration, an online form which goods carriers are now legally obliged to submit to Irish customs when transporting goods from Great Britain into Ireland.\n\nLorries arriving in Ireland from Great Britain have faced new checks since 1 January\n\nOn Thursday night the Irish Revenue Commissioners said it recognised that \"some businesses are experiencing difficulties on lodging their safety and security ENS declarations\".\n\nIt said that in response it was providing a \"temporary easement\" which would allow an ENS to be produced without all the normally required information.\n\nAn Irish government spokesperson said it is \"absolutely essential that Ireland fulfils its obligations as a member of the EU and that we protect the integrity of the single market and the customs union\".\n\n\"We appreciate that the new requirements and customs formalities present significant challenges and impose additional burdens on businesses.\"\n\nMeanwhile Stena, the ferry company, said it was cancelling a dozen sailings between Wales and Ireland next week due to \"a decline in freight volumes during the first week of Brexit.\"", "Covid infections rose by almost a third between 26 December and 3 January, reaching 70,000 new cases a day according to a major study.\n\nIn a different piece of research, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated 1.2 million people in total had Covid over a similar time period.\n\nDaily infections are understood to have risen to about 150,000 since then.\n\nThat would bring daily coronavirus cases above the first peak.\n\nThe R or reproduction number for the virus is now between 1 and 1.4 for the UK, reflecting the sharp rise in cases in recent weeks.\n\nSeparate ONS data suggests just under half (44%) of British adults formed a Christmas bubble.\n\nThese temporary rules let up to three households mix indoors on 25 December - unless they were living in a Tier 4 area.\n\nThe ONS estimated how much of the population had Covid in the week of 27 December- 2 January:\n\nThe ONS data suggests cases rose by three-quarters between its two most recent study periods: 12-18 December and 27 December - 2 January.\n\nThe ZOE Covid Symptom Study was able to track more recent changes since there was no pause in its research for Christmas.\n\nIt found the epidemic is growing throughout the UK.\n\nResearchers estimate the virus's reproduction or R number is currently 1.2 across the UK.\n\nBoth sources indicate London has the most severe epidemic with the highest number of cases.\n\nConfirmed cases, published on the government's dashboard, are always lower than those in surveys because they mainly reflect the test results of people coming in with symptoms.\n\nBoth the ONS and ZOE also look at asymptomatic cases - people who may not otherwise get tests.\n\nSome asymptomatic testing is now available in the community but it is not being widely taken up.\n\nAbout a fifth of people responding to a separate ONS survey looking at the social impacts of the pandemic, said they had found it difficult to follow the Christmas rules.\n\nAnd half of those gave the fact that they had already made plans as the reason.\n\nRules, which were set to allow everyone in the UK to mix in a five-day window, were changed at the last minute, on 19 December.\n\nIn England, people living in Tiers 1-3 were allowed to form a one-day Christmas bubble with a maximum of two other households.\n\nThose in Tier 4, including about 10 million people in Greater London, were not permitted to mix at all.\n\nMixing was permitted in Scotland and Wales for Christmas Day only.\n\nHow has coronavirus affected you? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nOr use this form to get in touch:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your comment or send it via email to HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any comment you send in.", "The president says he hates Big Tech. Yet he has loved using Twitter.\n\nHe's used it as a way, for more than 10 years, to bypass the media and speak directly to voters.\n\nThe 280 characters fits neatly with his style of political engagement - broad brushstrokes rather than details.\n\nAnd Twitter has undoubtedly benefited from President Trump too, the place to go to hear the latest musings from the most powerful person on the planet.\n\nThat decade-long symbiosis has been ended with a shuddering halt.\n\nImmediately after the deadly riots, Twitter locked the President's Twitter feed and asked Mr Trump to delete three tweets for violations around its Civic Integrity policy., which he promptly did.\n\nAfter the suspension he tweeted as a new man, the nonsense claims of mass voter fraud replaced with a more conciliatory tone.\n\nPrivately though Twitter was pondering whether it had gone far enough. Facebook had already acted, banning Donald Trump \"indefinitely\".\n\nAfter more than 48 hours of consideration, Twitter acted. It made unquestionably the most important moderation decision in its history. It banned the president of the United States.\n\nSome have asked why he wasn't kicked off sooner.\n\nMr Trump or one of his associates appears to have deleted some of his most recent tweets\n\nWell, Twitter has very specific rules about world leaders.\n\n\"We recognise that sometimes it may be in the public interest to allow people to view tweets that would otherwise be taken down,\" Twitter's rules say.\n\n\"At present, we limit exceptions to one critical type of public-interest content - tweets from elected and government officials.\"\n\nChief executive Jack Dorsey had felt it was in the public interest to keep the account active, albeit with warning messages.\n\n\"No one is turning a blind eye,\" a senior source told the BBC before the ban.\n\nIn short, Mr Trump had been allowed to remain on Twitter - despite numerous breaches of its rules - because he is the president.\n\nWith less than two weeks to go of Trump's presidency, many social media companies have now decided enough is enough.\n\nCritics say the outgoing president's words on social media, for years, helped to incite Wednesday's storming of Capitol Hill.\n\nAll the big social media companies have made it clear that - as a private citizen - if you continually look to peddle conspiracy theories and promote extremism, you should expect to be kicked out. With just a few days of his presidency left, Mr Trump is already being held to a different standard - his privileges stripped.\n\nWhat's driving this? To be cynical, social media companies are acutely aware that President-elect Joe Biden believes Big Tech hasn't done enough to quell fake news and hate speech on their platforms.\n\nRioters broke into Congress after a speech by Mr Trump on Wednesday\n\nThey are now desperate to show that they can, in fact, police their own platforms without the need for stringent legal reforms.\n\nWhat better way to show you're serious than to act on Mr Trump's misinformation?\n\nWhat will Mr Trump do next? Well he's already said he's looking into the possibility of building his own platform in the future.\n\nBut for now he's consigned to the fringes of the internet. Can Trumpism survive without Big Tech? We're about to find out.\n\nJames Clayton is the BBC's North America technology reporter based in San Francisco. Follow him on Twitter @jamesclayton5.", "Fashion student Mhari Thurston-Tyler posted an advert for the \"crop top\" (right) on Depop after she says she found some discarded Chiltern Railways seat covers (like those on the left)\n\nA fashion student has been warned not to sell prohibited items on the clothes app, Depop, after she posted an advert for a top made from a train seat cover.\n\nMhari Thurston-Tyler made the bandeau out of a Chiltern Railways seat cover designed to promote social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe 20-year-old sold the top for £15 but later refunded her customer and took the advert down.\n\nDepop said the item \"clearly violates our terms of service\".\n\nThe app for buying and selling second-hand clothes said the sale of stolen goods was banned - but Ms Thurston-Tyler denied stealing.\n\nShe told BBC News she found two of the blue seat covers \"balled up on the floor\" outside Marylebone station in London in September.\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler, who is a fashion student at Central Saint Martins, re-sewed one of the covers to make it fit her, before deciding to advertise the second cover on Depop.\n\n\"I have no money at the moment so decided to put the second one on Depop to see if anyone would buy it,\" she said, adding that the app had become her main source of income as she has struggled to find other work during the pandemic.\n\n\"I have to resort to little things like this to make ends meet, to pay the bills.\"\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler's advert went viral on social media after being shared by Depop Drama's Instagram and Twitter accounts.\n\nMhari Thurston-Tyler said she has been unable to find a job during the coronavirus pandemic and sells clothes on Depop \"to make ends meet\"\n\nIn the advert, Ms Thurston-Tyler models the seat cover and describes it as a \"social distancing crop\", adding: \"Got a few of these can do different sizes.\"\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler, from Kenilworth in Warwickshire, said a Depop customer paid her £15 and ordered a crop top \"in extra small\".\n\nBut realising she should not be making money out of Chiltern Railways' property, Ms Thurston-Tyler refunded the customer 15 minutes later and took the advert down shortly afterwards.\n\n\"I didn't steal it but I understand it's not right to re-sell it,\" she said.\n\nA Depop spokesperson said Ms Thurston-Tyler would be banned from the platform if she listed any other prohibited goods.\n\n\"We explicitly prohibit the sale of illegal and unlawful content on the app, including any stolen goods,\" they said.\n\n\"This item clearly violates our terms of service, but as it has been removed by the seller and is no longer for sale on the platform, we will not be taking immediate steps to ban this user.\"\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler said she hopes to make her own line of crop tops with the words \"children railways\" on the design, while \"the hype\" of the viral moment continues.\n\nChiltern Railways said it has been using the social distancing \"seat sashes\" since the beginning of the UK's Covid epidemic.\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"Whilst we appreciate this new take on railway memorabilia, these items are there to help customers travel with confidence and we would respectfully ask that they are left in place.\"", "A former Labour MP has quit the party before disciplinary proceedings against him concerning sexual harassment could be concluded, Labour has said.\n\nKelvin Hopkins was suspended by the party in 2017 after a Labour activist, Ava Etemadzadeh, accused him of inappropriate physical contact.\n\nMs Etemadzadeh said the ex-MP's exit from the party was \"disappointing\".\n\nThe BBC has attempted to contact Mr Hopkins, 79, for a response, but he has previously denied the accusations.\n\nA Labour spokesperson said it \"takes all complaints of sexual harassment extremely seriously and they are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures, and any appropriate disciplinary action is taken.\n\n\"We are disappointed that the party's disciplinary processes did not reach a conclusion due to Kelvin Hopkins' decision to resign his membership,\" they added.\n\n\"We are establishing an independent process to investigate complaints, including sexual harassment, to ensure complainants can feel confident that in coming forward they will be heard and get the justice they deserve.\"\n\nMr Hopkins, who first won the seat of Luton North from the Conservatives in 1997, stood down ahead of the 2019 election - a decision, he said, which was to do with his wife's health, not the accusations.\n\nHe had originally been referred to the party's National Constitutional Committee following the allegations in 2017 and had expressed frustration at the length of time the hearing was taking.\n\nResponding to his decision to leave the party, Ms Etemadzadeh tweeted: \"This is very disappointing news. I hope Keir Starmer listens to my concerns and fixes this broken system.\"", "Film director Michael Apted, best known for the Up series of TV documentaries following the lives of 14 people every seven years, has died aged 79.\n\nHe also directed Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorillas In The Mist and the 1999 Bond movie The World Is Not Enough.\n\nThe original 7 Up in 1964 set out to document the life prospects of a range of children from all walks of life.\n\nThe show was inspired by the Aristotle quote \"give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man\".\n\nThe first 7 Up show was followed by 14 Up at the start of the next decade, which interviewed the same children as teenagers - and the pattern was set right up until 63 Up in 2019.\n\nThroughout all those intervening years ITV viewers became engrossed with the stories of private school trio Andrew, Charles and John, of Jackie who went through two divorces, of Neil who went from jobless and homeless to Liberal Democrat councillor, and of working class chatterbox Tony, whose life ambition was to become a jockey.\n\nApted's shows - which won three Bafta awards - have often been described as the forerunner of modern-day reality TV series, giving its participants the time to tell their own stories on screen.\n\nBut unlike their modern counterparts, the original Up children tended to fade away from the limelight in the seven years between each chapter.\n\nIn 2008, Apted was made a companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to the British film and television industries.\n\nThomas Schlamme, president of the Directors Guild of America, said Apted was a \"fearless visionary\" whose legacy would live on.\n\nHe said Apted, who was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, \"saw the trajectory of things when others didn't and we were all beneficiaries of his wisdom and lifelong dedication\".\n\nITV's managing director Kevin Lygo said the director's six-decade career was \"in itself truly remarkable\".\n\nHe said the Up series \"demonstrated the possibilities of television at its finest in its ambition and its capacity to hold up a mirror to society and engage with and entertain people while enriching our perspective on the human condition\".\n\nApted directed the 19th James Bond film The World Is Not Enough\n\n\"The influence of Michael's contribution to film and programme-making continues to be felt and he will be sadly missed,\" Lygo added.\n\nMichael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, producers of the James Bond film franchise, said Apted \"was a director of enormous talent\" and \"beloved by all those who worked with him\".\n\n\"We loved working with him on The World Is Not Enough and send our love and support to his family, friends and colleagues,\" they said.\n\nA post on the Twitter account of the band Garbage, who performed the theme for The World Is Not Enough, labelled Apted a \"delightful, charming soul\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Garbage This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nComposer David G Arnold, who composed the Bond theme and worked with Apted on three other non-Bond movies, said he felt \"lucky\" to work with him.\n\n\"A more trusting, funny, friendly and, most importantly, kind, person you'd never meet. So pleased to have known him and so sad that he's gone,\" Arnold wrote on Twitter.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eva's father, Paul Slapa, says the generosity of strangers has been \"amazing\"\n\nA 10-year-old girl who needed to travel to the United States for treatment on an inoperable brain tumour has died.\n\nFamily of Eva Williams raised £250,000 needed for a new life-extending trial.\n\nBut the schoolgirl, from Marford, Wrexham, was unable to travel due to coronavirus lockdown measures.\n\nAt the start of 2020, she was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and died on Friday. Her father said in a tribute: \"We love you Eva - more than you'll have ever known.\"\n\nPaul Slapa, said on social media that his daughter was surrounded by all of her family when she died.\n\nHe posted: \"Over the past week, Eva had lost the ability to speak, eat and swallow fluids, and she has suffered more than any child should ever have to suffer.\n\n\"Watching her still fight each day has been heart-breaking.\n\n\"Eva is an inspiration to many, certainly to me, and I cannot begin to imagine how we will go forward from here.\n\n\"How do we wake up each day and go on? How do we face the world without our baby girl with us? Why did this happen to the most caring and loving of little girls?\n\n\"Every single part of us is in pain and I can't see how that can change. We love you Eva - more than you'll have ever known - and we will keep you with us every day for the rest of our lives.\"\n\nAfter Eva was diagnosed with a high-grade DIPG she had been undergoing radiotherapy treatment to shrink the tumour.\n\nHer father and mother Carran Williams started a fundraising campaign to access the trial treatment in the US, and managed to raise the money in the space of three weeks.\n\nThey had been originally due to take part in the trial in New York in April.\n\nBut then Covid-19 measures saw international flight bans and travel restrictions imposed.\n\nHer plight was raised by the Wrexham MP Sarah Atherton during Prime Minister's Questions in July and Boris Johnson said he would look at what help can be offered to get her to the United States.\n\nEva also had radiotherapy as part of her treatment", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Madrid has been hit by heavy snowfall after Storm Filomena\n\nStorm Filomena has blanketed parts of Spain in heavy snow, with half of the country on red alert for more on Saturday.\n\nRoad, rail and air travel has been disrupted and interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said the country was facing \"the most intense storm in the last 50 years\".\n\nMadrid, one of the worst affected areas, is set to see up to 20cm (eight inches) of snow in the next 24 hours.\n\nFurther south the storm caused rivers to burst their banks.\n\nFour deaths have been reported so far as a result of Filomena. Officials said two people had been found frozen to death - one in the town of Zarzalejo, north-west of Madrid, and the other in the eastern city of Calatayud. Two people travelling in a car were swept away by floods near the southern city of Malaga.\n\nAs snow fell on Madrid on Friday evening, a number of vehicles became stranded on a motorway near the capital.\n\nThe city's Barajas airport has closed, along with a number of roads, and all trains to and from Madrid have been cancelled.\n\nFirefighters were called in to assist drivers who had become stuck. In some areas the military were called in to help clear roads.\n\nSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez urged people to stay at home and to follow the instructions of emergency services. King Felipe and Queen Letizia took to Twitter to urge \"extreme caution against the risks of accumulation of ice and snow\".\n\nThe country's AEMET weather agency said the snowfall was \"exceptional and most likely historic\".\n\nA number of people were seen making the most of the snowy scenery, walking through Madrid's Puerta del Sol square.\n\nLarge parks in Madrid have since been closed as a precaution, AFP news agency reports.\n\nOne man was pictured skiing along the Gran Via, the capital's famous shopping street.\n\nIn Cañada Real, the largest shanty town in western Europe, residents were seen creating a bonfire to keep warm.\n\nThe cold weather is set to continue beyond the weekend with temperatures in Madrid predicted to hit -12C on Thursday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Bez in training for his new exercise classes in a park in Manchester\n\nHappy Mondays star Bez is to launch his own lockdown fitness classes to inspire the nation like Joe Wicks.\n\nThe former maraca-shaking dancer, 56, wants to rival Joe Wicks with his online YouTube classes \"Get Buzzin' With Bez\" to be launched on 17 January.\n\nBez, whose on-stage \"freaky dancing\" made him an icon of the 'Madchester' music scene, has admitted he also wants to budge his own lockdown bulge.\n\nHe won Celebrity Big Brother in 2005 and even made a bid to become an MP.\n\nBez, whose real name is Mark Berry, will be shown being trained in the fitness classes rather than acting as the instructor himself.\n\nHe said: \"I'd like to think I'm somewhere between Joe Wicks and Mr Motivator.\n\n\"I've started this new year seriously unfit, with a fat belly and creaky hips, and I can't stop eating chocolate.\n\n\"Last lockdown I got unfit, fat, lazy and into some seriously bad eating habits.\n\nBez being put through his paces with a personal trainer\n\n\"This year, this lockdown, I need to sort it out sharpish.\"\n\nHe said that people can join him on \"on this mad journey or just sit on the sofa and have a good laugh at me\".\n\nBez said he has \"started this new year seriously unfit, with a fat belly and creaky hips\"\n\nThe former dancer added: \"At the very least, I know I'll be making people smile, at best I'll be helping people get fit and mentally happier alongside me.\"\n\nThe Happy Mondays, along with bands like The Stone Roses and Inspiral Carpets, spearheaded the indie music 'Madchester' scene of the late 80s and early 90s.\n\nBez dancing with his maraca on BBC One's Top of the Pops as the band perform Step On in 1989\n\nBez's bug-eyed dance routines were said to have inspired the group's song Freaky Dancin' and made him one of the best-known members of the group, alongside frontman Shaun Ryder.\n\nTheir hits included Step On, Kinky Afro, Hallelujah and 24 Hour Party People.\n\nHowever, serious drug habits and infighting led to the Salford band's breakup in 1993.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lockdown measures in England need to be stricter to achieve the same impact as the March shutdown, scientists advising the government have said.\n\nProf Robert West said the current rules were \"still allowing a lot of activity which is spreading the virus\".\n\nProf Susan Michie also said the spread of the new more infectious variant meant the restrictions were \"too lax\".\n\nThe government said it had adapted its approach and taken \"swift action\" to try and stop the spread of the virus.\n\nThe warnings come after ministers launched a new campaign urging people to act like they have the virus.\n\nMeanwhile, Buckingham Palace has said the Queen, 94, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, received Covid-19 vaccinations on Saturday.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can only go out for essential reasons. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nProf West, a participant in the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B), which advises the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said the new variant of Covid is around 50% more infectious compared to the virus that infected people last March.\n\n\"That means that if we were to achieve the same result as we got in March we would have to have a stricter lockdown, and it's not stricter,\" he said\n\nThe professor of health psychology at University College London, also told the BBC more children were going to school, compared to the first lockdown and he said schools were \"a very important seed of community infection\".\n\nMore people are in schools, after the Department for Education has widened the categories of vulnerable and key worker pupils allowed to attend, with attendance rates surging to 50% in some places.\n\nProf Michie, who is also a member of Sage, agreed the current lockdown was \"too lax\".\n\n\"When you look at the data, it shows that almost 90% of people are overwhelmingly adhering to the rules - despite the fact that we're also seeing more people out and about,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nShe said in comparison to the first lockdown last spring more people were allowed to go out to work and children's nurseries were open, making public transport busier.\n\nThe number of people travelling by public transport in London has decreased since the latest national lockdown began, with tube journeys now at 18% of the pre-pandemic demand and bus journeys at 30%, according to figures from Transport for London.\n\nHowever, during the first lockdown passenger numbers fell below 10% at some points.\n\nProf Michie, a professor of health psychology at University College London, added that the winter season posed extra challenges because the virus survives longer in the cold and people spend more time indoors, where the virus can spread more easily.\n\nCombined with the more transmissible new variant, she said \"we should have a stricter rather than less strict lockdown than we had back in March\".\n\nScientists believe the new variant spreads between 50 and 70% faster compared to previous forms of the virus.\n\nDr Adam Kucharski, another scientist advising the government and an associate professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that because the new variant was more transmissible \"each interaction we have has become riskier than it was before\".\n\nHe said that even if people reduced their contacts to levels seen last spring, it would not have the same effect on virus transmission.\n\nProf Kevin Fenton, London regional director for Public Health England, said there were \"things we could do better\" to reduce the number of infections, including greater compliance with mask wearing and social distancing when shopping and using public transport.\n\nOn Friday 1,325 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test were recorded in the UK - the highest daily figure yet - along with 68,053 new cases.\n\nAs cases and deaths soar, the government has launched an advertising campaign, which will be shared across television, radio, newspapers and on social media, urging people to stay at home and not to get complacent.\n\nGovernment sources say there is also likely to be more focus from police on enforcing rather than explaining rules.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson says hospitals are \"under more pressure than at any other time since the start of the pandemic\", with infection rates increasing at an \"alarming rate\" across the country and the NHS under \"severe strain\".\n\nIt comes after London's mayor Sadiq Khan said the spread of coronavirus was \"out of control\" as he declared a \"major incident\" in the capital on Friday.\n\nDr Simon Walsh, an emergency care doctor in London, told BBC Breakfast the \"unprecedented\" numbers of patients requiring intensive care treatment meant staff were spread \"more and more thinly\".\n\nHospitals in other parts of the UK are also under pressure.\n\nDr Justin Varney, director of public health in Birmingham, said he was \"very worried\" about the situation in the city, where hospital bosses have warned they do not have enough intensive care nurses to deal with the growing case load.\n\nHe warned that the NHS had still not seen the impact of the rise in cases following the relaxation of restrictions over Christmas and added: \"It is going to get a lot, lot worse unless we really get this under control\".\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"Our priority from the outset has been to protect the NHS to save lives and we have taken advice from scientific and medical experts throughout. As new evidence has emerged, we have adapted our approach and taken swift action to try and stop the spread of the virus.\"\n\nTell us how you have been affected by coronavirus by emailing: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "More than 80,000 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test since the start of the pandemic, official figures have shown.\n\nA further 1,035 deaths in the UK were reported on Saturday, taking the total by that measure to 80,868.\n\nThe number of daily cases of people who tested positive for coronavirus increased by 59,937.\n\nOnly the US, Brazil, India and Mexico have recorded more Covid deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nIt is the fourth day in a row that the UK has reported more than 1,000 daily deaths.\n\nIt comes as scientists advising the government have warned that lockdown measures in England need to be stricter to achieve the same impact as the March shutdown.\n\nMinisters have launched a new campaign urging people to act like they have the virus.\n\nMeanwhile, Buckingham Palace has said the Queen, 94, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, received Covid-19 vaccinations on Saturday.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics recently estimated as many as one in 50 people in England had coronavirus between 27 December and 2 January, while in London it was one in 30.\n\nOn Friday, mayor Sadiq Khan said the spread of Covid in the capital was \"out of control\".\n\nOfficial figures from Public Health England showed London had the highest regional case rate in the UK, exceeding 1,000 per 100,000 people.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can only go out for essential reasons. Similar measures are in place across most of Scotland, in Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nProf Robert West, a participant in the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B), which advises the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said the current rules were \"still allowing a lot of activity which is spreading the virus\".\n\nHe said the new variant of Covid was around 50% more infectious compared to the virus that infected people last March.\n\n\"That means that if we were to achieve the same result as we got in March we would have to have a stricter lockdown, and it (the current regime) is not stricter,\" he added.\n\nThe professor of health psychology at University College London also told the BBC more children were going to school, compared to during the first lockdown.\n\nHe said schools were \"a very important seed of community infection\".\n\nMore children are at school, after the Department for Education widened the categories of vulnerable and key worker pupils allowed to attend. Attendance rates have risen to 50% in some places.\n\nProf Susan Michie, who is also a member of Sage, said the spread of the new, more infectious variant meant current restrictions were \"too lax\".\n\n\"When you look at the data, it shows that almost 90% of people are overwhelmingly adhering to the rules - despite the fact that we're also seeing more people out and about,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nShe said, in comparison to the first lockdown in spring 2020, more people were allowed to go out to work and children's nurseries were open, making public transport busier.\n\nThe number of people travelling by public transport in London has decreased since the latest national lockdown began, with tube journeys now at 18% of the pre-pandemic demand and bus journeys at 30%, according to figures from Transport for London.\n\nHowever, during the first lockdown passenger numbers fell below 10% at some points.\n\nScientists believe the new variant spreads between 50 and 70% faster compared to previous forms of the virus.\n\nProf Kevin Fenton, London regional director for Public Health England, said there were \"things we could do better\" to reduce the number of infections, including greater compliance with mask wearing and social distancing when shopping and using public transport.\n\nTorsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation think tank, told BBC Radio 4's PM programme that the UK's statutory sick pay system was \"not fit for purpose for a pandemic\" and more effective measures to encourage people to isolate were needed.\n\nAs cases and deaths soar, the government has launched an advertising campaign, which will be shared across television, radio, newspapers and on social media, urging people to stay at home and not to get complacent.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"I know the last year has taken its toll - but your compliance is now more vital than ever.\"\n\nGovernment sources say there is also likely to be more focus from police on enforcing rather than explaining rules.\n\nOn Saturday afternoon, 12 people were arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nIf you would like to send us a tribute to a friend or family member who died after contracting coronavirus, please use the form below.\n\nPlease remember to include a photo of your loved one and their name. Upload your pictures here. Don't forget to include your contact details, so we can get in touch with you.\n\nWe would like to respond to everyone individually and include every tribute in our coverage, but unfortunately that may not be possible. Please be assured your message will be read and treated with the utmost respect.\n\nPlease note the contact details you provide will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your tribute.\n• None Lockdown needs to be stricter, scientists warn", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. London mayor Sadiq Khan: \"Unless the virus reduces... we could run out of beds\"\n\nThe spread of Covid in London is \"out of control\" according to Sadiq Khan, who has declared a \"major incident\".\n\nThe coronavirus infection rate in London has exceeded 1,000 per 100,000 people, based on the latest figures from Public Health England.\n\nHowever, the Office for National Statistics recently estimated as many as one in 30 Londoners has coronavirus.\n\nMr Khan told BBC political reporter Karl Mercer that the figure is as high as one in 20 in some parts of London.\n\nMajor incidents have previously been called for the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017 and the terror attacks at Westminster Bridge and London Bridge.\n\nA major incident is any emergency that requires the implementation of special arrangements by one or all of the emergency services, the NHS or the local authority.\n\nIt means the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response.\n\nCurrently, there are more than 7,000 people in hospital with Covid-19, the mayor said.\n\nThis is a 35% increase compared to last April's peak of the pandemic, he added.\n\nDr Samantha Batt-Rawden, an ICU registrar and President of the Doctors' Association UK, tweeted: \"We tried. We really tried. NHS staff pleaded with people that Christmas is not worth it. Now one in 30 people in London have Covid and ICUs are overwhelmed. My heart is broken.\"\n\nAn analysis of Public Health England figures show in the week to 3 January, the number of cases rose across all of the London's boroughs compared with the previous week, with 17 individually recording more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nTesting increased in parts of the city after a drop over the Christmas period but positivity was high among people taking lab-based tests - suggesting more testing is needed to find undiagnosed cases in the community.\n\nIn the past week, many parts of the capital saw a rise in deaths where a person had tested positive for coronavirus in the previous 28 days - with some areas recording more than double the number of deaths compared with the previous week.\n\nHowever, reporting over the Christmas period may have affected this.\n\nOut of the 18 acute hospital trusts in London providing figures to the government, all of them recorded having more beds being filled by coronavirus patients than in the previous week.\n\nBarts NHS Health, one of London's largest trusts, saw a 30% increase in coronavirus patients between 29 December and 5 January, to 830.\n\nThe London Ambulance Service is now taking up to 8,000 emergency calls a day, the mayor says\n\nThe mayor of London's announcement comes after the counties of Sussex and Surrey declared similar major incidents on Thursday.\n\nHe said the London Ambulance Service was currently taking up to 8,000 emergency calls a day, compared to 5,500 on a typical busy day.\n\nThe London Fire Brigade said more than 100 firefighters had been drafted in to drive ambulances to help cope with the demand.\n\nEvery frontline agency involved in protecting the public has a legal duty to prepare for emergencies by devising and testing major incident plans.\n\nThese public bodies declare a major incident when the situation they're confronting is so big or terrible that it's not only likely to cause serious harm, but it will also compromise their ability to respond effectively.\n\nIn general terms, that means public bodies can legally stop delivering some everyday services, so that their personnel, attention and resources can be diverted to the emergency confronting them.\n\nAt other times, the plans will lead to the military sending soldiers to aid the civilian effort, as we have seen already during the pandemic.\n\nPrevious major incidents include the Grenfell Tower disaster in London, the Salisbury Novichok poisonings and the 2017 terrorism attacks.\n\nLondon's regional director for Public Health England Kevin Fenton said the current wave of coronavirus was \"the biggest threat\" the capital has faced in this pandemic to date.\n\nHe added: \"The emergence of the new variant means we are setting record case rates at almost double the national average, with at least one in 30 people now thought to be carrying the virus.\n\n\"We know this will sadly lead to large numbers of deaths, so strong and immediate action is needed.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nMr Khan is warning that London is \"at crisis point\".\n\n\"If we do not take immediate action now, our NHS could be overwhelmed and more people will die,\" he said.\n\n\"Londoners continue to make huge sacrifices and I am today imploring them to please stay at home unless it is absolutely necessary for you to leave. Stay at home to protect yourself, your family, friends and other Londoners and to protect our NHS.\"\n\nHe said he had written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking for more financial support for Londoners who need to self-isolate and are unable to work, and for daily vaccination data.\n\nMr Khan also called for the closure of places of worship and for face masks to be worn routinely outside the home, including in crowded places and supermarket queues, in a bid to curb case numbers.\n\nTwo hospital trusts in London have recorded more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths\n\nThe mayor of London was in a sombre mood when I spoke to him earlier this afternoon. One in 20 Londoners in some areas now has Covid, and there is a real fear that hospitals will simply be overwhelmed in the next two weeks.\n\nDeclaring a major incident is a real indication of the levels of concern felt not just at City Hall but across London's emergency services and the NHS.\n\nMore Londoners are now in hospital with coronavirus than at the peak of the first wave last April - and those numbers are growing by more than 800 every day.\n\nIt's believed the last mayor to declare a London-wide major incident was Boris Johnson in response to the 2011 riots.\n\nThe coming days will be some of the most challenging in the city's recent history.\n\nKatie Sanderson, a junior doctor working in London, said she is worried how long medical staff can cope with the surge of patients.\n\n\"[Staff] are working on wards and spending long amounts of time with patients who need high-intensive oxygen therapy,\" she said.\n\n\"It is technically challenging and the emotional burden is enormous. I see it in a flatness in their demeanour, like we've all got used to doing things which before were totally inconceivable.\"\n\nGeorgia Gould, chair of London Councils, described London's rising coronavirus rate as \"dangerous\".\n\nShe added: \"One in 30 Londoners now has Covid. This is why public services across London are urging all Londoners to please stay at home except for absolutely essential shopping and exercise.\n\n\"This is a dark and difficult time for our city but there is light at end of the tunnel with the vaccine rollout. We are asking Londoners to come together one last time to stop the spread - lives really do depend on it.\"\n\nEarlier this week as the prime minister introduced an England-wide lockdown, the Met Police said officers were going to be \"more inquisitive\" towards Londoners seen outside.\n\nThe Met handed out 1,761 fines for breaches of coronavirus laws between 27 March and 20 December.\n\nDeputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the major incident was a \"stark reminder\" of the point London is at in the pandemic.\n\nHe said: \"These rule-breakers cannot continue to feign ignorance of the risk that this virus poses or listen to the false information and lies that some promote downplaying the dangers.\n\n\"Every time the virus spreads it increases the risk of someone needlessly losing their life.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'One of the worst shifts of my life - it's overwhelming'\n\nIn response to Mr Khan's announcement the government said the NHS is continuing to \"face a huge challenge\"\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"It is absolutely paramount people in London, and the rest of the country, follow the rules and stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives.\n\n\"We are working closely with NHS England to support hospitals in the capital, including additional bed capacity at the London Nightingale.\n\n\"Financial support is in place for workers who need to self-isolate - including a £500 payment for those on the lowest incomes who have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\"\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nHave any of the issues raised in this article had an impact on you? You can share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This car was one of many turned away by police at Moel Famau on Saturday\n\nPeople are \"blatantly\" ignoring rules on lockdown restrictions despite repeated warnings, police have said.\n\nMore than 100 cars had been turned away from Moel Famau on the Flintshire border by Saturday lunchtime, with some driving past \"road closed\" signs.\n\nIn Snowdonia, Gwynedd, a warden said a group from Leicester would have \"probably ignored our advice\" if police had not arrived and told them to leave.\n\nLevel four restrictions mean travelling for exercise is not allowed in Wales.\n\nKeith Ellis, a warden at Pen y Pass in Snowdonia, said while it had been much quieter this weekend, people were still travelling, despite the restrictions.\n\n\"We've had three from Leicester first thing this morning and if the police hadn't turned up they would have probably ignored our advice and carried on up the mountain,\" he said.\n\n\"What they were wearing was totally inappropriate and they would have probably got into danger.\n\n\"We've had people also from Liverpool and some locals turning up knowing full well what the rules are, but just trying it on.\n\n\"Luckily there are a lot more police officers around and all these people have been spoken to and advised by the police as well.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"Cases of coronavirus are very high in Wales at the moment and there is a new strain of the virus circulating, which is highly infectious and moving quickly.\n\n\"At alert level four, exercise should always be undertaken from home, unless you have special circumstances which requires some flexibility - such as disability or autism.\n\n\"The more people gather, the greater the risk of spreading or catching the virus.\"", "A further 1,610 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nIt means the total number of deaths by that measure is now above 90,000.\n\nA total of 4,266,577 people have now received the first dose of a vaccine, according to the latest government figures.\n\nAnother 33,355 positive Covid cases have been recorded - less than half the peak figure of 68,053 on 8 January.\n\nIt is the lowest number of daily cases seen since 27 December - before the start of England's third nationwide lockdown.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said: \"Whilst there are some early signs that show our sacrifices are working, we must continue to strictly abide by the measures in place.\"\n\nShe said reducing contact with others and staying at home will lead to \"a fall in the number of infections over time\".\n\nThe figures come as new estimates from the Office for National Statistics show about one in 10 people across the UK tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies in December - roughly double the October figure.\n\nThe rising number of deaths was to be expected, sadly, after the surge in cases during December.\n\nAnd it is likely that the coming weeks will see figures even higher than this.\n\nToday's numbers are, though, inflated by the fact that delays in registering deaths over the weekend tends to lead to higher figures being reported on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.\n\nOn average, the UK is recording more than 1,100 deaths a day.\n\nTo put that in context, at Christmas it was less than half of that.\n\nBut there are two rays of hope in the daily update.\n\nFirstly, the number of cases is below 40,000 for a third day in a row. Just two weeks ago we saw a few days above 60,000.\n\nThat means in the coming weeks we should start to see fewer people in hospital and eventually fewer deaths.\n\nThe number of vaccinations also continues to rise.\n\nIt seems unlikely the NHS will manage its target of two million doses a week just yet.\n\nBut each increase at least takes us one step closer to getting on top of the virus.\n\nMeanwhile, NHS England said 400 military personnel were now assisting in hospitals in London and the Midlands, as wards face \"unprecedented pressure\".\n\nOn Monday, Prof Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, said it would be \"some time\" before the vaccination programme begins to reduce pressures on hospitals.\n\nAnd in other developments, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said he is self-isolating after being alerted by the UK's NHS Covid-19 app .that he had been in close contact with somebody who tested positive.\n\nHe said self-isolation was \"perhaps the most important part of all the social distancing\" and urged others to do the same if contacted.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Martin Freeborn's wife, Helen, died from Covid at the Royal London Hospital: 'Don't end up like us, please'\n\nThe previous highest number of daily deaths was last Wednesday, when 1,564 deaths were recorded.\n\nTuesday's figure brings the total number of deaths recorded during the pandemic in the UK to 91,470.\n\nThese government figures count people who died within 28 days of testing positive, but there are other ways of measuring the total number of deaths.\n\nAnother method is to count all deaths where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate. That figure has now officially reached 95,829, although that is only measured up to 8 January.\n\nThe UK has recorded the fifth-highest number of deaths globally, according to Johns Hopkins University - behind the US, Brazil, India and Mexico.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted: \"British people are paying the price for the government's serial incompetence.\"", "In 2009, Spector was convicted of the 2003 murder of Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson\n\nThe BBC has apologised for the original headline in its reporting of the death of the convicted murderer Phil Spector.\n\nThe former music producer died on Saturday at the age of 81, while serving a prison sentence for the murder of Lana Clarkson in 2003.\n\nThe first version on the breaking news story on the BBC News website carried the headline: \"Talented but flawed producer Phil Spector dies aged 81\".\n\nThe BBC said the headline \"did not meet our editorial standards\".\n\nThe text was quickly changed to: \"Pop producer jailed for murder dies at 81.\"\n\n\"This was changed within minutes and we also deleted a tweet that had gone out automatically with the original headline,\" a statement issued by the BBC read.\n\n\"We apologise for this error.\"\n\n\"Our coverage of the story across BBC News has been clear that Phil Spector was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson and had a long history of violence and abuse,\" it continued.\n\nSpector was convicted of murdering Clarkson, an actress, in 2009.\n\nHis death was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.\n\nReacting to the original version of the BBC's story, pop star Lily Allen tweeted: \"Rolling eyes at all the journos deliberately downplaying Phil Spector being a murderer in their headlines, so everyone points this out while linking to their articles resulting in lots of clicks.\"\n\n\"How about 'Murderer, Phil Spector dies aged 81'?\" offered author and historian Hallie Rubenhold.\n\nThe headline was also discussed on TV and radio programmes on Monday, including Loose Women and Radio 4's Woman's Hour, and prompted an article in the Guardian.\n\nThe phrasing of the BBC's article - and others like it - were \"a reflection of how a man's 'genius' is often viewed as more important than a woman's humanity,\" said columnist Arwa Mahdawi.\n\nSpector, who transformed pop with his \"wall of sound\" recordings, worked with The Beatles, The Righteous Brothers and Tina Turner.\n\nBut after the commercial failure of Tina Turner's River Deep, Mountain High, he largely withdrew from public life, and entered a long decline, marked by erratic behaviour, heavy drinking, and a fondness for guns.\n\nHis turbulent marriage to Ronettes singer Veronica Bennett, known as Ronnie Spector, ended in divorce.\n\n\"Unfortunately Phil was not able to live and function outside of the recording studio,\" she wrote after his death was announced. \"Darkness set in, many lives were damaged.\"\n\nSinger Darlene Love, who sang on several songs Spector produced, said he \"changed the sound of rock 'n' roll\" but likened their relationship to \"a bad marriage\".\n\n\"The problem I have with Phil is that he wanted to control Darlene Love's talent,\" she told Variety. \"If he couldn't do that, he was going to do everything in his power to keep my talent from shining.\"\n\nWeeks before Lana Clarkson was shot dead, Spector gave a rare interview to British broadsheet The Telegraph.\n\n\"I would say I'm probably relatively insane, to an extent,\" he told the paper, adding that he had \"devils inside that fight me\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "In Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, residents have prepared their homes and businesses ahead of the heavy rain\n\nEmergency services in the north of England are preparing for widespread flooding caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nThe Environment Agency has warned of a \"volatile situation\" as heavy rain combines with melting snow, while police in South Yorkshire and Greater Manchester declared major incidents.\n\nAn amber rain warning is in place for Yorkshire, the North West, East Midlands and the east of England.\n\nA yellow rain warning was issued for the rest of the country.\n\nGreater Manchester Police Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey said the force had declared a major incident to ensure it was \"as prepared as possible\".\n\n\"The safety of the public is our number one priority and we're continuing to work alongside partner agencies across the region,\" he said.\n\nA government spokesperson said it had provided additional advice to local agencies to help them manage any evacuations and shelter provision in a Covid-secure way.\n\n\"The government has robust plans in place to support any areas affected by extreme weather this winter,\" they added.\n\nSandbags were laid in at-risk areas, with up to 70mm (2.75in) of rain due.\n\nIn isolated spots, particularly in the northern Peak District and parts of the southern Pennines, 200mm (7.87in) could be possible.\n\nNorthern Rail said buses were being used instead of trains on services between Bolton and Blackburn due to flooding at Darwen.\n\nSome motorists attempted to drive through floodwater on Derby Road in Hathern, Leicestershire\n\nIn the amber warning area, the Met Office said there was a \"danger to life\" due to fast-flowing or deep floodwater, and told some communities they might be \"cut off\" by flooded roads.\n\nIt also predicted delays and cancellations to public transport, with the amber warning in place until 12:00 GMT on Thursday.\n\nRos Jones, mayor of Doncaster, said key risk areas had been inspected over the past 36 hours, with the delivery of sandbags continuing on Tuesday.\n\n\"I do not want people to panic, but flooding is possible so please be prepared,\" she said.\n\nResidents of Fishlake, South Yorkshire, which saw severe flooding hit 160 homes and businesses in November 2019, said they felt much better prepared this time round.\n\nFlood warden and parish councillor Peter Trimingham said the arrival of sandbags had been a welcome sight.\n\n\"It gives us confidence,\" he said.\n\nResidents in Fishlake, near Doncaster, say they are better prepared than when flooding hit in 2019\n\nMr Trimingham added: \"We're absolutely hoping it doesn't rise to the same level. But, if it does, we're reasonably comfortable we've still got a chance because the Environment Agency have done tremendous work here along with Doncaster Council.\"\n\nHe said new defences had been built and their team of flood wardens had been expanded to 22 people.\n\nOn Yarlborough Terrace in Bentley, Doncaster, many residents were out of their homes for months after the 2019 floods.\n\nAnna Booth, 37, who was forced to live in a caravan on her drive, said residents were worried about it happening again.\n\n\"Being in the pandemic doesn't help either. Morale's a bit down but I think we'll all pull together again like last time,\" she said.\n\n\"It breaks your heart, it's really sad, but we can't stop the weather.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Environment Agency issued more than 30 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and immediate action required, covering parts of Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Merseyside, Staffordshire and Northamptonshire as of 03:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nThere are also more than 150 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible, issued across northern England, the Midlands and the east.\n\nRiver levels in the Ouse, which flows through York in North Yorkshire, are high before the arrival of Storm Christoph\n\nCatherine Wright, acting executive director for flood and coastal risk management at the Environment Agency, said: \"That rain is falling on very wet ground and so we are very concerned that it's a very volatile situation and we are expecting significant flooding to occur on the back of that weather.\"\n\nShe said the agency would be working with local authorities to help with evacuation efforts should a severe flood warning be issued, adding: \"If you do need to evacuate then that is allowed within the Covid rules.\"\n\nWork took place on Tuesday morning to increase defences near the River Ouse\n\nDiscussing the different levels of flood warnings, she said: \"If you receive a flood alert, please pack valuables like medicines and insurance documents in a bag ready to go.\n\n\"If you receive a flood warning, please move valuables and precious possessions upstairs and be ready to turn off gas, electricity and water.\n\n\"If you receive a severe flood warning, which means you will be evacuated, please listen out and take heed of the advice from the local emergency services.\"\n\nSandbags have been used to help defend homes in Fishlake, Doncaster, which suffered devastating floods in November 2019\n\nBarry Greenwood, from the Upper Calder Valley Flood Prevention Group in West Yorkshire, has been \"sick\" with worry.\n\n\"I went round after the last [flood], people were there with their heads in their hands, thinking 'what am I going to do now?',\" he said.\n\nFlood sirens were sounded in Walsden on Tuesday evening after a flood warning was issued for the area.\n\nIn a tweet, Calderdale Council asked residents to put their flood plan into action and move valuables to a safe place.\n\n\"River levels across the Upper River Calder have risen and are now approaching levels where we expect properties to flood,\" it warned.\n\nEarlier it had said staff were on standby to respond overnight.\n\nThe amber rain warning is in place until Thursday, with yellow warnings covering most of the UK coming in over the next three days\n\nA yellow rain alert is also in place for Wales, Northern Ireland, central and northern England and southern Scotland on Tuesday.\n\nThis yellow warning extends to the rest of England from Wednesday, with a yellow alert for snow and ice in north east Scotland.\n\nHighways England advised drivers to take extra care on motorways and major A roads, while the RAC breakdown service said motorists should only drive if absolutely necessary.\n\nDrivers faced wet road conditions and reduced visibility on the A1(M) near Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, on Tuesday morning\n\nHebden Bridge's volunteer flood warden Keith Crabtree has been monitoring the river levels of Hebden Beck closely\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sheku Bayoh death: Eyewitness says stamping attack on officer 'never happened'\n\nTwo police officers involved in the death of a black man they were restraining may have provided false statements, the BBC can reveal.\n\nThey said Sheku Bayoh carried out a stamping attack on a female PC before he was brought to the ground and restrained by up to six officers.\n\nBut now an eyewitness has spoken publicly for the first time about the 2015 incident.\n\nHe told a Panorama investigation that the stamping attack \"never happened\".\n\nThe Scottish Police Federation said its officers had cooperated truthfully with investigators.\n\nMr Bayoh, a 31-year-old father of two, died in the incident in the Fife town of Kirkcaldy in 2015.\n\nA public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death has recently got under way. One of its tasks is to examine whether his race was a factor.\n\nSheku Bayoh was restrained on the ground for five minutes before falling unconscious\n\nOn the night of 2 May 2015, Sheku Bayoh had taken drugs, which friends said dramatically altered his behaviour.\n\nPolice were called early the following morning after he was spotted behaving erratically with a knife in the streets of his home town.\n\nAccording to police statements, by the time the officers arrived at the scene Mr Bayoh no longer had the knife but he failed to obey instructions to get down on the ground.\n\nEach of the officers used force on Mr Bayoh within seconds of encountering him, including CS Spray and batons.\n\nHe then punched PC Nicole Short, who went to the ground.\n\nTwo officers, PCs Craig Walker and Ashley Tomlinson, would later tell investigators that Mr Bayoh then carried out a violent stamping attack on PC Short while she lay on the ground, a claim reported widely in the media.\n\nThe stamping attack was widely reported in the newspapers\n\nPC Walker told investigators: \"I had a clear view of him… he had his arms raised up at right angles to his body and brought his right foot down in a full-force stamp on to her lower back.\"\n\nPC Tomlinson said: \"I thought he had killed her. He stomped on her back again.\"\n\nNow, evidence obtained by Panorama suggests these accounts may be false.\n\nMr Bayoh was restrained on the ground for five minutes before falling unconscious. He was pronounced dead at hospital a short time later.\n\nA post-mortem examination report revealed 23 separate injuries to Mr Bayoh's body, including a broken rib and gashes to his head. The cause of death was recorded as \"sudden death in a man intoxicated [with drugs] whilst under restraint\".\n\nIn 2018, the Crown Office in Scotland decided there would be no prosecutions against any officers involved.\n\nKevin Nelson gave evidence to investigators two days after the incident\n\nKevin Nelson was in a nearby house and saw events unfold over a garden hedge.\n\nHe gave his account to investigators from Pirc (Police Investigations and Review Commissioner), which investigates deaths in custody, two days after the incident.\n\nSpeaking publicly for the first time, Mr Nelson told Panorama he saw Mr Bayoh attempt to walk away from the officers, ignoring their commands, before being sprayed with CS spray. He said Mr Bayoh retaliated and punched PC Short.\n\nAsked if there had been any further contact with PC Short, he said, \"No. He was running off… after the punch, there was no more attack on her at all.\"\n\nMr Nelson said Mr Bayoh ran off from where PC Short went down and was quickly intercepted by the other officers.\n\nAsked about PC Walker's claim that Mr Bayoh had \"his arms raised up… and brought his right foot down in a full force stamp\", Mr Nelson said: \"That never happened. I didn't see him stamping at all or, other than the punch, any raised arms.\n\n\"After the punch, that was it. There was no more attack on her at all. That's not right.\"\n\nThe officers provided their accounts to investigators 32 days after Mr Bayoh's death.\n\nMr Nelson said no-one from Pirc returned to ask about the discrepancy between their account and his.\n\nThe eyewitness said he decided to speak out because it was unfair on Mr Bayoh's family that the officers had \"made the incident worse than it actually was to justify what had happened and… that's not right\".\n\nMr Nelson's account is supported by CCTV footage of the incident, obtained by the BBC.\n\nIt is poor quality but appears to show that once PC Short is knocked down by Mr Bayoh, the action moves away from her, and he is brought down within five seconds.\n\nPC Short did not mention in her statement she had been stamped on. Now retired, she later said she was unsure if she was conscious, and only learned about the alleged stamping attack when her colleagues told her about it afterwards.\n\nIn the CCTV, PC Short appears to get to her feet a few seconds after Mr Bayoh is brought down.\n\nMike Franklin says conflicts of evidence should have been resolved\n\nMike Franklin, former commissioner for the body which investigated police complaints in England and Wales, looked at Panorama's evidence.\n\nHe said: \"I think there's nothing more serious than a police officer who gives false information in an investigation where somebody has died. So without accusing them of lying, I simply say that there's a big conflict.\n\n\"Two officers who were there say that it did happen. The person to whom it happened didn't mention it. And an eyewitness says it didn't happen.\n\n\"I would've been reluctant to sign off the investigation as complete, without resolving those… conflicts of evidence.\"\n\nMr Bayoh's sister, Kadi Johnson, told Panorama the new allegations had made her \"really angry\".\n\nShe said the way her brother was \"painted\" by the accounts given after his death was not who he was.\n\nMr Bayoh's sister, Kadi Johnson, said the new allegations had made her really angry\n\nA spokesman for the Scottish Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, said serving officers were unable to comment on matters \"to which they may be called upon to give sworn evidence\" but that they had \"co-operated fully and truthfully with the investigations that have taken place\".\n\nIt added it had seen \"compelling material that Mr Bayoh did violently stamp on the back of a policewoman as she lay unconscious\".\n\nThe BBC asked for this material to be produced but was told the inquiry was the \"proper forum\" for such matters.\n\nThe Crown Office, which directed the Pirc Inquiry, told Panorama it had examined \"eye-witness accounts of police and civilian witnesses\" and instructed \"appropriate investigation\".\n\nIt said after careful consideration it was decided there should be no prosecutions but reserved the right to prosecute should evidence become available.\n\nPirc told Panorama its investigation was \"detailed and extensive\" but could not comment further because of the public inquiry.\n\nPolice Scotland Chief Constable Iain Livingstone expressed his condolences to the Bayoh family and said the force would \"participate fully\" in the inquiry.\n\nKevin Clarke died after being restrained in London by up to nine officers\n\nPanorama's \"I Can't Breathe: Black and Dead in Custody\" also investigates the case of Kevin Clarke, 35, who died in 2018 after being restrained in London by up to nine officers.\n\nAn inquest into his death resulted in a damning verdict on the police and ambulance services.\n\nMr Clarke's sister Tellecia told the programme that if the officers \"hadn't used excessive force he would still be here today… treat him like a human being, and not just see him as a big scary black man\".\n\nMetropolitan Police Commander Bas Javid apologised to Mr Clarke's family and accepted the restraint had not been appropriate.", "Protests against China's alleged abuse of the Muslim Uighur community\n\nThe government has narrowly seen off a rebellion by 33 Tory MPs, who want to outlaw trade deals with countries judged to be committing genocide.\n\nMPs voted by 319 to 308 to remove an amendment to the Trade Bill which would have forced ministers to withdraw from deals with nations the UK High Court ruled guilty of mass killings.\n\nIt comes amid condemnation of China's treatment of the Uighur people.\n\nThe rebels believe they have enough support to secure another vote soon.\n\nAmong those to defy the government were ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, former cabinet ministers David Davis and Damian Green and Tom Tugendhat, chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.\n\nThe rebellion is one of the largest on an issue not related to the Covid-19 pandemic during Boris Johnson's time as prime minister.\n\nThe government has a Commons majority of 80 but this was whittled down to just 11 as prominent ex-ministers such as Tobias Ellwood, Caroline Nokes and Nusrat Ghani, as well as a number of MPs first elected last year, sided with the opposition.\n\nMPs have been debating proposals, tabled by cross-bench peer Lord Alton, to give British courts the right to decide if a country is committing genocide, a decision currently left to the jurisdiction of international courts.\n\nThe proposals, also backed by Labour, would mean that ministers would have to revoke post-Brexit trade deals with countries that were ruled to be carrying out systematic mass killings.\n\nThe issue is expected to resurface when the Trade Bill returns to the House of Lords.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Conservative rebels, led by former leader Iain Duncan Smith, were unable to force a vote on a separate amendment they had proposed.\n\nEvery speaker in today's debate - from the front and back benches - said genocide was abhorrent. The worst of crimes. There was united criticism of China's brutal treatment of the Uighurs too.\n\nBut the question Parliament has been wrestling with is whether the High Court should have the right to decide if a country is committing genocide. And if they did judge a country has been carrying out mass killings, should the High Court be able to compel the government to revoke any trade treaty it has with that country?\n\nMinisters insist it should be the job of elected governments, not judges, to determine trade policy. But opposition parties and a large cohort of Tory backbenchers argue it's essential the High Court can rule on genocide and ensure the UK's new trade-making freedom has an obligation to uphold human rights too.\n\nThis also is an argument about where power lies after Brexit and what role Parliament should have in shaping trade policy after decades in the EU.\n\nBut BBC Newsnight political editor Nick Watt said that by securing large, but not overwhelming, support for Lord Alton's amendment in the Commons, the rebels hope the government will accept Mr Duncan Smith's own amendment - which would give the Commons the right to debate whether trade deals can be halted if genocide is proven.\n\nThe debate came as the US government formally declared that China was committing genocide in its repression of Uighur muslims in Xinjiang.\n\nThe UK government has been critical of China's treatment of the Uighurs and last week announced measures to cut UK business links with forced labour camps in the region.\n\nBut some MPs suspect the government is pulling its punches to avoid antagonising Beijing.\n\nMr Duncan Smith said the debate was \"all about simply shining a light of hope to all those out there who have failed to get their day in court and failed to be treated properly\".\n\n\"If this country doesn't stand up for that then I want to know what would it ever stand up for again?,\" he added.\n\nBut Trade Minister Greg Hands said it was unprecedented and unacceptable to give the courts powers to revoke trade deals agreed by elected governments.\n\nAnd he argued that no one would benefit from the proposal because the UK currently had no free trade deal with China.", "Lisbet Stone is stranded at Madrid Airport due to having an out-of-date coronavirus test result\n\nPassenger Lisbet Stone says she is stuck in Madrid Airport after airline officials said her coronavirus test result was out of date.\n\nFrom Monday, travellers arriving in the UK, whether by boat, train or plane, have to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry.\n\nThe test must be taken in the three days before travelling.\n\nFor those with connecting flights, the test must be 72 hours before your final departure point to England.\n\nAnyone arriving without one faces a fine of up to £500.\n\nMrs Stone originally travelled to Cuba in February 2020 to see family. The British Cuban dual national was unable to fly home to the UK when Cuba closed its borders in March.\n\nThe family say she had several previous flights cancelled before finally being able to leave this weekend. She hasn't been able to see her four children or her husband Trevor in 11 months.\n\nThe government are understood to be speaking to Air Europa to try to get Mrs Stone home. Carriers have been told that they should permit stranded passengers to board and will not be fined for doing so.\n\nWhile Mrs Stone has been caught out by the new restrictions for incoming travellers, the first day of the new regulations appeared to go smoothly.\n\nMrs Stone left Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, on Sunday night to fly back to the UK via Madrid.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nShe took a Covid test on Thursday to be guaranteed a result by Saturday. It was negative and Mrs Stone was able to board the plane from Cuba.\n\nHowever, on arrival at Madrid-Barajas Airport, Mrs Stone says she was stopped from boarding the next leg of her journey to London Gatwick by Air Europa staff, because her test had been taken more than 72 hours before the final flight.\n\n\"She's crying her eyes out,\" says Trevor Stone, her husband. \"I feel absolutely helpless. She doesn't have any Euros as she wasn't meant to stay in Spain. The authorities have given her no help whatsoever, we are just trying to understand what to do.\n\n\"She took her test 72 hours before the start of her journey, but had to take a connecting flight onwards. There would be no other way to do it, it is not physically possible.\"\n\nIn the meantime, Mr Stone says he has been home-schooling their four children on his own through the pandemic.\n\nTrevor Stone (left) has been caring for the couple's four children on his own for 11 months since Lisbet Stone was unable to leave Cuba\n\n\"We are just desperate to get her home - I'm so worried about her and after 11 months, she really wants to see her children,\" he added. \"We haven't done anything wrong, I don't know what to do or who to turn to.\"\n\nA Department for Transport spokesman said: \"Passengers travelling to the UK must provide proof of a negative coronavirus test which meets the performance standards set out by the government in the guidance published on gov.uk.\n\n\"The type of test could include a PCR test or antigen test, including a lateral flow test. Anyone who cannot provide the necessary documentation may not be allowed to board their flight.\"\n\nAir Europa and Madrid Airport have been approached by the BBC for comment.", "US tariffs have hit the Scotch whisky industry hard\n\nThe UK and US have failed to do a much hoped for \"mini-deal\" over trade in the last days of the Trump administration.\n\nThere were hopes the US would lift tariffs on imports of Scotch whisky and cashmere imposed last year as part of the Boeing-Airbus trade dispute.\n\nBut those duties will now stay in place while President-elect Biden awaits confirmation of his trade team.\n\nThe talks were revealed in a BBC interview with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in December.\n\nAt the time he said he was hopeful that he and his UK counterpart, International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, could \"get some kind of an agreement out\".\n\nBut the BBC understands that a broad offer from the US was rejected last week by the UK after concerns were expressed by the Business Department about the impact on Airbus' business in the UK.\n\nSince 2019, the EU and US have both imposed tariffs on each others' goods amid a long-running trade dispute between the planemakers Boeing and Airbus.\n\nThe tariffs centre on a long-running dispute between Boeing and Airbus\n\nEarlier last month the UK's Trade Department announced it would unilaterally break from the EU's position of levying tariffs on imports of Boeing aeroplanes, after the end of the Brexit transition period.\n\nIt was, said Ms Truss, an attempt to create goodwill to solve the 16-year old dispute.\n\nBut the UK aerospace industry was furious with what it saw as the government reneging on promises made in early 2020 to support Airbus in the dispute, even after Brexit.\n\nThese concerns were the main block to a deal, but the chaos in Washington DC over the past week also played a part.\n\nThe US was also looking for tariffs on its exports of bourbon to the UK - part of a separate trade dispute over steel - to be settled.\n\nA government source said: \"Ultimately we came close to resolving an intractable 16-year dispute, but didn't quite get there. Any deal must be balanced and work for the whole UK and all of UK industry.\"\n\nThey added: \"No one has fought harder on this than Liz, and she's going to continue pushing it with the Biden administration. She absolutely understands the pain of affected businesses and is determined to get these tariffs lifted and support jobs.\"\n\nThe source said the government had pursued a \"clear de-escalation strategy\" with the Trump administration over the dispute which meant it had avoided being hit with further US tariffs, unlike the EU.\n\nMs Truss still hopes to settle the dispute quickly and has committed to meet Katherine Tai, the new US Trade Representative, in Washington DC as soon as she assumes office, the source added.\n\nKaren Betts, head of the Scotch Whisky Association, said her industry was \"very frustrated\" a deal was not reached.\n\n\"There is deep disappointment across the Scotch whisky industry that distillers are still paying the price for an aerospace dispute that has nothing to do with us.\n\n\"The tariff on single malt Scotch whisky, now in place for 15 months, has caused us to lose over £450m in exports to the US, and our losses continue to mount.\"", "Marion Dawson is the third oldest person in Scotland to be given the vaccine.\n\nA 108-year-old woman has received the Covid vaccination on her birthday.\n\nMarion Dawson, from Houston in Renfrewshire, is the third oldest person in Scotland to be given the vaccine.\n\nShe received her jab at Houston and Killellan Kirk, which is being used by the local GP surgery to deliver vaccinations to the community.\n\nBorn in 1913, Mrs Dawson has lived through two world wars and the Spanish flu pandemic.\n\nDr Diane Fisher, who gave the injection said: \"We are so excited to be starting vaccinations of our over-80s, and that our first patient to be vaccinated is doing so on her birthday.\"\n\nMrs Dawson is the most senior person in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde to be given the vaccine.\n\nAfter receiving her injection, she said: \"I'm glad it's passed. I never felt a thing.\"\n\nKirk minister, Rev Gary Noonan said: \"Mrs Dawson is a local treasure in Houston, until the lockdown she never missed a week at church.\n\n\"It's fitting she can get her vaccine in the Kirk, a place she loves.\"\n\nDr Mark Storey, partner at Strathgryffe Medical Practice, added: \"It's been a very difficult year in general practice and society as a whole.\n\n\"In our practice we have a family of 10,000 patients, so we are delighted to start vaccinating, especially with Mrs Dawson.\"", "The pace of Europe's Covid-19 vaccination campaign has picked up and in many countries infection rates have been falling.\n\nLockdowns are gradually being eased as the summer tourist season gets under way, and there are plans for an EU-wide digital vaccination certificate to be in place by 1 July.\n\nNationwide curfew ended on 20 June, 10 days earlier than planned. Face masks are no longer required outdoors.\n\nRestaurants, cafes and bars can serve customers indoors, with 50% capacity and up to six people per table.\n\nStanding concerts will resume on 30 June and nightclubs on 9 July (with 75% capacity). People attending will need a health pass which shows either full vaccination, a negative test within the previous 72 hours, or else a previous coronavirus infection.\n\nMedical grade masks are compulsory in shops and on public transport.\n\nFrom 30 June, working from home will no longer be compulsory.\n\nOn 21 June, Italy's curfew was scrapped and the whole country, except for the northwest region of Valle d'Aosta, became \"white zone\" - the country's lowest-risk category.\n\nAmong the measures still in place are social distancing (1m) and the wearing of masks indoors (and in crowded outdoor places), and a ban on house parties and large gathering.\n\nNightclubs and discos are also closed.\n\nAll indoor businesses, with the exception of nightclubs, are open.\n\nThe government introduced a \"corona pass\" in April, the first to do so in Europe.\n\nThis shows - either on a phone or on paper - that you have been vaccinated, previously infected or that you have had a negative test within 72 hours.\n\nPeople need to show it for entry to cinemas, museums, hairdressers or indoor dining.\n\nThe Greek government is welcoming tourists from many countries, if they are fully vaccinated or can provide a negative coronavirus test.\n\nFace coverings must be worn in all public places and there is a curfew from 01:30-05:00, but bars, restaurants, museums and archaeological sites are all open.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Greek island of Milos is aiming to become \"Covid-free\" so it can welcome back tourists\n\nCinemas, theatres, museums and restaurants are open at 50% capacity. From 26 June, this increases to 75%.\n\nNightclubs and discos will also be allowed to reopen, with a limit of 150 people.\n\nFace coverings must be worn in enclosed spaces and 1.5m social distancing observed.\n\nShops, bars, restaurants and museums are open, although face coverings remain compulsory in most public places.\n\nNightclubs can now reopen in parts of Spain with low infection rates.\n\nIn Barcelona, they are restricted to 50% of capacity and can stay open until 03:30 - dancers have to wear masks.\n\nSpain began welcoming vaccinated tourists from 7 June. Most European travellers still have to present a negative Covid test on arrival.\n\nBrussels: Outdoor dining resumed in Belgium on 8 May\n\nShops, cinemas, gyms, cafes and restaurants are open, with restrictions. Households can invite up to four people inside.\n\nFrom 1 July, working from home will no longer be mandatory, if the situation continues to improve.\n\nCultural performances, shows and sports competitions can also go ahead, with limited numbers, and more people will be allowed at weddings and other ceremonies and parties.\n\nPortugal has lifted many of its restrictions but face coverings must still be worn in indoor public spaces and some outdoor settings.\n\nBars and nightclubs remain closed, and it's illegal to drink alcohol outdoors in public places, except for pavement cafés and restaurants.\n\nAlcohol cannot be sold after 21:00 unless it is with a meal.\n\nRestaurants, cafes and cultural venues have to close at 01:00 and have capacity limits.\n\nA weekend travel ban is in force in the Lisbon area, starting at 15:00 on Friday, with residents only allowed to leave for essential journeys.\n\nIn Lisbon and in Albufeira (Algarve), cafes, restaurants and non-essential shops have to close by 15:30 at the weekend and 22:30 on weekdays.\n\nPortugal's summer season looks uncertain, yet its Covid figures have improved\n\nRestaurants, cafes, museums and historic buildings have reopened with capacity limits.\n\nFrom 26 June, a number of restrictions are being lifted.\n\nAlcohol can be sold after 22:00, and nightclubs can open, with an entry pass system.\n\nEvents held in public venues such as cinemas, conference centres and concert halls will be allowed, subject to social distancing.\n\nMasks will no longer be compulsory except on public transport, airports and in secondary schools.\n\nOutdoor services in restaurants and bars returned in June. Theme parks, funfairs, cinemas and theatres, gyms and swimming pools, have reopened as well.\n\nFrom 5 July, restaurants and bars will be able to serve customers indoors. Weddings and other indoor events for up to 50 people will be permitted and the numbers at outdoor organised events will increase.\n\nSince June, pubs have been able to stay open until 22:30 and more people are now allowed at sports events, outdoor concerts, cinemas and markets.\n\nOn 1 July, limits on private gatherings will be raised, and the recommendation to interact with a small circle of people removed.\n\nFurther easing is planned on 15 July and in September.", "'Paul' was accused of committing a domestic burglary in June 2018.\n\nIn early 2019 he was told by police that no further action would be taken against him. However, he was subsequently charged.\n\nLast week - over two years since the alleged offence - he appeared at Inner London Crown Court.\n\nBut his barrister told the court that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had still not served the sole evidence - DNA - in the case on the defence.\n\nPaul (not his real name) is on bail and had his trial put on provisional \"warned\" list - for December 2021.\n\nIt means there is no guarantee it will take place at that time - just that it might.\n\nThe judge explained apologetically that priority is being given to cases where defendants are being held in custody.\n\nSo, three and a half-years from the date of the alleged offence, there has been no justice for the alleged burglary victim - or the accused.\n\nPaul's was one of a number of cases I saw on a visit to Inner London with the chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) James Mulholland QC. He told me it was typical.\n\n\"This is justice 2020, but it has been like this for the last 10 years, delay after delay, inbuilt into the system. These cases are being pushed back continuously.\n\n\"Lack of investment is at the heart of it and government needs to understand that you don't create a proper justice system without proper investment.\n\n\"What we are seeing here are the fruits of a lack of interest.\"\n\nThat apparent \"lack of interest\" is reflected in the state of some court buildings. Outside Inner London I saw a dead pigeon decaying on netting, vast weeds growing up the side of the building and old pipes leaking water.\n\nMeanwhile, a court official told me that some court centres are now listing trials for 2023.\n\nThe delays are caused by a range of factors.\n\nLawyers point to huge cuts to the police, CPS and other agencies such as probation.\n\nThere are a range of things malfunctioning within the system. They include long initial delays caused by police \"releasing suspects under investigation\" - sometimes for years - before a charging decision is made.\n\nSystemic problems continue with the CPS serving evidence late on the defence, meaning lawyers cannot advise their clients in a timely manner.\n\nAnd perhaps most significantly - the decisions by government to cut thousands of crown court sitting days. That has meant that courts have been mothballed while trials stack up in a growing backlog.\n\nNone of these problems are caused by the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, but they are of course exacerbated by it. Pre-lockdown the crown court backlog in England and Wales stood at some 37,000.\n\n\"Adam\" - not his real name - was accused of rape in March 2018. He denies the charge. His trial has been put back twice, once because of the pandemic.\n\nHe is now on a \"warned\" list for November, while his chosen career in one of the public services is on hold.\n\n\"I have suffered really bad with my mental health through it,\" he says. \"I've had to up my dosage of anti-depressants. It's affected my potential career.\n\n\"The hard work I have done at university and everything to get me there it's all basically going out of the window now. I haven't got any trust or hope that it will be anywhere near the end of this year.\n\n\"I think it will be more like April next year.\"\n\nThe next case I saw involved two young men charged with possession of drugs with intent to supply. The alleged offence took place in December 2017.\n\nNo one in court could explain the delay.\n\nIt was followed by a case in which the judge needed a pre-sentence report from the probation service in order to sentence the defendant. Despite repeated requests, no one was available.\n\nIn order to achieve a conclusion of the case, the judge had to devise a sentence which did not require a report. It was not ideal, but it showed professionals trying to do their best in the face of a lack of resources.\n\n\"Defendants are suspended from their jobs with trial dates one to two years away. Some are losing university places with dates from the alleged offence to trial of four years.\n\n\"And some who are awaiting trial for 18-24 months on bail, can be on electronic tagged curfew from 7-7 every day, for up to two years.\"\n\nTo help deal with the situation, the government has announced that the period of time an accused person can be held before a trial - known as the Custody Time Limit (CTL) - will be increased from six to eight months.\n\nBut the government admitted - in response to a Freedom of Information request from the group Fair Trials - that it did not know how many people had been held in prison beyond the time limit since lockdown.\n\nLawyers fear some accused will spend more time in custody awaiting trial than the sentence they would eventually receive if they pleaded guilty - and that some might falsely plead guilty simply to bring an end to their case.\n\nLife is bleak for those in custody awaiting trial, says Ms Fenn,\n\n\"There are often no visits from family or in-person visits from lawyers. Defendants can be locked up for 23.5 hours a day, education classes and courses are suspended, jobs within the prison restricted, and there are reports of showers being limited to 1-2 a week.\"\n\nCovid has also removed a \"huge amount of mental health, drug and alcohol agency support\", she says.\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokesperson said justice had been kept moving \"despite the unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic\" and overall, cases are falling.\n\nHowever, they acknowledged that \"more needs to be done\".\n\nThe government has launched an £80 million Criminal Courts Recovery plan which includes:\n\nHowever, only three of the new Nightingale Courts are dealing with crime.\n\nI visited one, Prospero House, a short walk from Inner London. It is a state of the art commercial building with three large courtrooms allowing ample room for social distancing. Every desk has hand sanitiser and protective gloves.\n\nBut Mr Mulholland says: \"We need 60 criminal Nightingale Court buildings. At the moment we have just three.\"\n\nThe CBA says there are around 460 crown courtrooms in England and Wales. Currently around 100 are able to hear trials, though not all are hosting them.\n\nThe government says its plan will bring on stream another 250 of the existing rooms to hear jury trials by the end of October. The CBA believes that simply will not cut into the backlog.\n\nLawyers believe that the Treasury has long seen justice as a poor relation to health and education in terms of public spending.\n\n\"Investing in the criminal justice system is investing in the wealth and prosperity of the country,\" says Mr Mulholland.\n\n\"It is an empty and insulting promise for any minister to declare a war on crime if a government can't fund a system that keeps us safe - and ensures crimes are swiftly investigated and cases come to court on time.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aerial footage shows the 130-car pile-up on the Tohoku Expressway\n\nA huge snowstorm has struck a highway in Japan, causing a 130-vehicle pile-up, killing one person and injuring 10.\n\nThe storm blanketed a stretch of the Tohoku Expressway in Miyagi prefecture at around noon (03:00 GMT) on Tuesday.\n\nSome 200 people have been caught up in the pile-up and rescuers are currently at the scene, officials said.\n\nJapan has been hit by severe snow storms in recent weeks with some parts of the country seeing double the average expected snowfall.\n\nImages from the expressway in the north of the country show the sheer scale of the pile-up.\n\nOne person died and at least 10 were injured after the vehicles collided\n\nAuthorities had already enforced a 50km/h (31mph) speed limit on the road due to visibility.\n\nThere was a maximum wind speed of about 100km/h (62mph) at the time of the incident, local weather officials said.\n\nThose who were involved have been given drinking water and food, and have been provided with blankets to keep warm, NHK News reports (in Japanese).\n\nThose stuck behind the vehicles have been given food, water and blankets\n\nThe snow has affected some of Japan's high-speed railway network, with a number of train services in the Tohoku region cancelled.\n\nAccording to local media, the region is expected to record up to 40cm (15 inches) of snow in the next 24 hours.\n\nThe country has been experiencing a large amount of snowfall this winter.\n\nLast month, heavy snow left more than 1,000 vehicles stranded on the Kanetsu expressway for two days.\n\nThe weather was so bad that an emergency meeting was called and the country's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called on members of the public to be cautious.", "Pupils are currently learning remotely from home\n\nSchools in England may reopen region by region after half term, the government's deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries has said.\n\nSpeaking to the Commons education committee, Dr Harries suggested there would be different rates of infection across the country when lockdown ends.\n\nThis would mean a \"differential application\" of restrictive measures would be required, she said.\n\nSchools were closed at the start of January to stem the spread of Covid-19.\n\nAlthough schools remain open to vulnerable children and those of keyworkers, all others are due to learn remotely from home until after the February half term holiday.\n\nBut the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has suggested they may not return fully then.\n\nA Department for Education spokesperson said the department was continuing to keep plans for the return to school under review and that it would inform schools, parents and pupils of the plans ahead of February half term.\n\nCommittee chairman Robert Halfon said he suspected schools would be closed for quite \"a few weeks yet\", but there has been no formal confirmation of this.\n\nMedical and science advisers were warning the government before Christmas that the NHS would not be able to manage the number of Covid-19 cases if schools remained open.\n\nThe new, more transmissible variant of the virus had been increasing exponentially in London and the south-east before Christmas.\n\nBut in some parts of the north and north-east saw rates of increase were reducing.\n\nDr Harries said: \"It is highly likely that when we come out of this national lockdown we will not have consistent patterns of infection in our communities across the country.\n\n\"And therefore, as we had prior to the national lockdown, it may well be possible that we need to have some differential application.\"\n\nBut Dr Harries said schools would be at the top of the priority to ensure that the balance of education and wellbeing were \"right at the forefront\" of consideration.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries says schools in England might reopen ''region by region''\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: \"Although the government intends that schools will fully reopen after the February half-term holiday, it is clearly in the balance when this happens and whether there will be any sort of regional approach.\n\n\"We expect that it will depend on coronavirus infection rates and the pressure on the NHS, and that the government will make a call on this issue nearer the time.\n\n\"What is important is that when schools fully reopen, everything possible is done to keep them open and to keep disruption to a minimum.\n\n\"This is why we are calling for education staff to be prioritised for vaccinations as soon as possible, and for schools to be given more support in the use of rapid turnaround mass testing.\"\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said if the government was planning to stagger opening of schools by region, it needed to \"provide clarity sooner rather than later\".\n\n\"This will give vital time to prepare for a smoother reopening of schools and business,\" he said.\n\nOn calls for vaccination of teachers, Dr Harries suggested the safe re-opening of schools did not depend on this.\n\nBut members of the committee suggested education would be less disrupted by teachers needing to go home and isolate when infected.\n\nThe vaccination programme had been worked out in order of vulnerability to the disease, she stressed.\n\nAnd Dr Harries added that although pupils could and did transmit the virus, she did not have evidence of them being \"a significant driver\" of \"large-scale community infections\".", "The publication of a letter from the Duchess of Sussex to her father was a \"triple-barrelled invasion\" of her privacy, the High Court has been told.\n\nMeghan is suing the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online over articles that reproduced parts of the private handwritten letter.\n\nShe claims her privacy and copyright were breached by the newspaper group.\n\nHer lawyers are asking for summary judgement - a dismissal of Associated Newspapers' defence instead of a trial.\n\nMeghan's lawyers argue Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) has \"no prospect\" of defending the privacy and copyright claims being brought against them.\n\nThey claim the publication of extracts from the private, handwritten letter to Thomas Markle was \"self-evidently... highly intrusive\".\n\nMeghan, 39, sent the letter to her father in August 2018, following her marriage to Prince Harry in May that year, which Mr Markle did not attend. The couple are now living in the US with their son Archie.\n\nThe five articles, published in February 2019, were a \"triple-barrelled invasion\" of the duchess's privacy, correspondence and family, the lawyers claim.\n\nMr Markle said in a witness statement provided to the remote hearing, which started on Tuesday, that he wanted the letter published to \"set the record straight\" about his relationship with his daughter - but one of Meghan's lawyers described this claim as \"ridiculous\".\n\nMeghan is seeking damages from the newspaper group for alleged misuse of private information, copyright infringement and breach of the Data Protection Act over the articles.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex now live in the US with their son\n\nHer lawyers told the court the letter was written in sorrow rather than anger and was an attempt to get her father to stop talking to the press.\n\nBut the newspaper group said in its response to the court that Meghan had written the letter \"with a view to it being disclosed publicly at some future point\" in order to \"defend her against charges of being an uncaring or unloving daughter\".\n\nIn written submissions, the newspaper group's barrister Antony White said \"she must, at the very least, have appreciated that her father might choose to disclose it\" and pointed out that the Kensington Palace communications team had been shown the letter before it was sent.\n\n\"No truly private letter from daughter to father would require any input from the Kensington Palace communications team,\" said Mr White.\n\nBut Meghan's lawyers also pointed out the articles themselves had emphasised the private nature of the correspondence - and dismissed any argument that it was in the public interest for the newspaper to reproduce the letter, saying the public interest was at the \"very end of the bottom end of the scale\".\n\nJustin Rushbrooke, representing the duchess, described the handwritten letter as \"a heartfelt plea from an anguished daughter to her father\".\n\nHe said the \"contents and character of the letter were intrinsically private, personal and sensitive in nature\" and that Meghan \"had a reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of the contents of the letter\".\n\nThe effect of publishing the letter was \"self-evidently likely to be devastating for the claimant\", said Mr Rushbrooke.\n\nThe barrister argued that, even if ANL was justified in publishing parts of the letter, \"on any view the defendant published far more by way of extracts from the letter than could have been justified in the public interest\".\n\nMr White said that the newspaper group would argue that Meghan's status as a member of the royal family was relevant to the case.\n\nIn response to that point, Mr Rushbrooke said: \"Yes, she is in some senses a public figure, but that does not reduce her expectation of privacy in relation to information of this kind.\"\n\nIn Thomas Markle's evidence, he said the letter \"signalled the end\" of his relationship with his daughter, and instead of a reconciliation attempt, the letter was a \"criticism\" of him.\n\nHe said that he had to \"defend himself\" against an article in People magazine. It carried an interview with a \"long-time friend\" of his daughter, who suggested Meghan sent the letter to repair her relationship with her father - something he claimed was false.\n\nThe People article, he claimed, made him appear \"dishonest, exploitative, publicity-seeking, uncaring and cold-hearted\".\n\nHe said he had \"never intended to talk publicly about Meg's letter\" until he read the People magazine piece which, he claimed, suggested he was \"to blame for the end of the relationship\".\n\nThe full trial of the duchess's claim had been due to be heard at the High Court this month, but last year the case was adjourned until autumn 2021.\n\nThis interim remote hearing - to consider the request for summary judgement - is due to last two days. Mr Justice Warby, who is hearing the case, is expected to reserve his judgement to a later date.", "Most people who have had Covid-19 are protected from catching it again for at least five months, a study led by Public Health England shows.\n\nPast infection was linked to around a 83% lower risk of getting the virus, compared with those who had never had Covid-19, scientists found.\n\nBut experts warn some people do catch Covid-19 again - and can infect others.\n\nAnd officials stress people should follow the stay-at-home rules - whether or not they have had the virus.\n\nProf Susan Hopkins, who led the study, said the results were encouraging, suggesting immunity lasted longer than some people feared, but protection was by no means absolute.\n\nIt was particularly concerning some of those reinfected had high levels of the virus - even without symptoms - and were at risk of passing it on to others, she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Susan Hopkins from Public Health England said immunity from having Covid-19 is \"not 100% protective\"\n\n\"This means even if you believe you already had the disease and are protected, you can be reassured it is highly unlikely you will develop severe infections but there is still a risk that you could acquire an infection and transmit to others,\" she added.\n\n\"Now more than ever, it is vital we all stay at home to protect our health service and save lives.\"\n\nFrom June to November 2020, almost 21,000 healthcare workers across the UK were regularly tested to see whether they:\n\nOf those who had no antibodies to the virus, suggesting they may have never had it, 318 developed potential new infections within this timeframe.\n\nBut among the 6,614 with antibodies, this figure was just 44 potential new infections.\n\nResearchers received various different pieces of evidence suggesting these people had become re-infected - including new symptoms more than 90 days after their first infection, new positive swab tests and blood tests.\n\nSome tests are still being run and researchers say their results will be updated as they come in.\n\nScientists will continue to monitor the healthcare workers for 12 months to see how long immunity lasts.\n\nThey will also look closely at cases with the new variant - which was not widespread at the time of this first analysis - and observe the immunity of participants who receive the vaccine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Can you become immune to coronavirus?\n\nDr Julian Tang, a virus expert at the University of Leicester, said the results were reassuring for healthcare workers.\n\n\"Having the vaccine after recovering from Covid-19 is not an issue... and will likely boost the natural immunity,\" he added.\n\n\"We also see this with the seasonal flu vaccine.\n\n\"So hopefully the results from this paper will reduce the anxiety of many healthcare-worker colleagues who have concerns about getting Covid-19 twice.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Only 155 out of more than 23,000 university professors in the UK are black, according to official figures.\n\nIt remains below 1%, the same as for the past five years, and is an increase of only 50 posts despite the number of professorships rising by more than 3,000 in that time.\n\nAt this senior academic level, women hold 28% of professorships, up from 23% five years ago.\n\n\"The pace of change is glacial,\" said lecturers' union leader Jo Grady.\n\n\"Universities must do more to ensure a more representative mix of staff at a senior level and stop this terrible waste of talent,\" said Dr Grady, general secretary of the UCU university union.\n\nThe figures on black professors were \"disappointing\" and \"inexplicable\", said Halima Begum, chief executive of the Runnymede Trust race equality think tank, \"given the symbolic importance of education as the foundation of our values.\"\n\n\"Around a quarter of British postgraduates are from ethnic minorities, there is clearly no shortage of qualified black and minority academics seeking elevation to senior teaching and research roles in our universities,\" said Dr Begum.\n\nShe called on vice chancellors to take action over a problem they can \"literally discern with their own eyes every single day they are on campus\".\n\nThe annual figures, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, provide a breakdown of the UK's academic workforce - and show while there has been a focus on widening access for students, there are still few black academic staff.\n\nAt the level of professor, the number of black professors rose from 105 to 155 between 2014-15 to 2019-20.\n\nBut new higher education providers included in the figures meant an additional 3,200 staff at professor grade, with the proportion of black professors only increasing marginally from 0.5% to 0.7% over five years.\n\nThis compared to 7% of professors who are Asian and 89% white in the figures for 2019-20.\n\nKehinde Andrews, professor of black studies at Birmingham City University, said that rather than universities being \"progressive dreamlands\", the \"make-up of professors is the perfect reflection of the narrow Eurocentric views still produced by universities\".\n\n\"I have seen very few genuine attempts to address the issues of racism at any level across the sector,\" said Prof Andrews.\n\nAmong all academic staff, 2% are black, 10% are Asian, 75% are white, with the remainder under categories of \"mixed\", \"other or not known\".\n\nThere is still a significant gender gap in professorships, among a group that is also heavily skewed to older age groups, with most in their fifties, sixties and above.\n\nFive years ago, more than 4,500 professors were women, which has risen to 6,300 - from 23% to 28% of these senior posts.\n\nThis is despite women representing 46% of all academic staff.\n\nBaroness Amos, who was the UK's first black female university head, has previously warned of \"deep-seated prejudices and stereotypes which need to be overcome\" in the recruitment of senior staff in higher education.\n\nUniversities UK said \"the evidence is clear that black and minority ethnic staff continue to be under-represented\" at these senior academic levels.\n\n\"More needs to be done to address this inequality which exists within higher education, which mirrors inequalities evident in wider UK society and which will require an unequivocal commitment to change,\" said the universities' organisation.", "Many think the courts system needs to invest more in technology\n\nWhen Louise Westra and her partner decided to adopt a child in November 2018, they were aware of the long process that was ahead of them, but they were not to know that the coronavirus pandemic would hold them back from completing the adoption of their son.\n\nOn 27 March, their petition was due in court. As lockdown had taken effect, telephone conferencing would be used instead of going to court.\n\nHowever, after the phone call, Ms Westra received an email from her solicitor explaining that the papers had not been served to the biological parents of the child. This continued every month after lockdown, as it wasn't possible for the papers to be physically served.\n\n\"It's farcical because one of them is the biological father who lives with the biological mother who has had her petition but the biological father hasn't and they live in the same premises,\" Ms Westra says.\n\nServing papers has to be completed by post via Royal Mail or in some cases lawyers would instruct a process server to physically take the papers and hand them to the person.\n\n\"It sounds very archaic but if [the person] won't take them by hand, the processor can drop the papers near them and tell them what the document contains and that's technically counted as full service,\" says Rebecca Ranson, a solicitor for Maguire Family Law.\n\nUnless a judge approves it, emailing or any other forms of digital communication are not considered valid - even though the majority of people in the UK have access to email and the internet. It is this kind of process, in need of a digital upgrade, that is frustrating for Ms Westra.\n\nMs Westra's case is one of many that have been delayed. The number of outstanding Crown court cases was 43,676 on 26 July, and the entire backlog across magistrates' and Crown courts is more than 560,000. The Commons Justice Committee has announced an inquiry into how these delays could be addressed.\n\nThe reality, however, is that there was already a huge backlog back in December, and Covid-19 has just exacerbated an existing problem. Cases like Ms Westra's have been affected by the pandemic, but many lawyers believe that the legal system could have been better prepared through technology investment over the years.\n\n\"We've got people being held for longer than they otherwise would be, and for every person in custody waiting for trial or waiting on bail for trial, there are witnesses, and complainants and their families awaiting a resolution. Whether it's the lack of technology links in prison, using Skype and improvising or not having enough Nightingale courts - it all boils down to a lack of investment,\" says Joanna Hardy, a London-based barrister.\n\nIn 2016 HM Courts & Tribunals Service began a £1bn court reform programme. This included a video-conferencing tool called the Cloud Video Platform (CVP), which allows for a dedicated private conference area, so criminal lawyers can speak to their clients without visiting prison.\n\nA programme for testing and adopting video technology was planned out until 2022, but in the pandemic, the government had to get CVP up and running in 10 weeks. This has since been extended to civil courts. But this implementation has been challenging, as there are only a restricted number of physical video links allowed.\n\n\"As we weren't ready for this huge technological revolution no-one had manned the tech rooms or built enough rooms on the other end in the prison. We can have as many laptops as we like, as much software as we like but if we can't put a prisoner into a room with a screen, the other end is pointless,\" Ms Hardy says.\n\nAccording to Ms Hardy, the waiting times to get these slots have been \"completely unacceptable\", and it has meant that sometimes hearings had to go ahead without the defendant present.\n\n\"It's like human beings failing where technology could have bridged the gap,\" she says.\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokesperson said that it had offered more than 400 CVP meeting rooms since the outbreak of coronavirus, but added that it is taking steps to increase the available capacity of video conferencing at some locations by extending operating hours. The spokesperson said that the MoJ is also undertaking urgent action to increase the physical number of video link outlets at critical sites.\n\nAt the moment, criminal trials are going ahead using social distancing - meaning sometimes a second courtroom is linked by technology, but this is creating further backlogs, as it means one case is occupying the same space as two.\n\nJustice, the all-party law reform and human rights organisation, has trialled a virtual jury trial with a mock case, and suggested it should be considered as a possible option, but this hasn't been taken on by the courts.\n\nThe issue with virtual jury trials is whether or not they could affect the outcome of a trial. Some lawyers feel like juries should see a witness, feel an exhibit and dispense justice to a fellow human being in the confines of a court room.\n\nJodie Hill says it is more difficult to cross-examine people in video hearings\n\n\"You can lose the impact of cross examination. When you're challenging their evidence in person it's easier to get them to trip up if they're not being honest, whereas if they're on video it might be easier for them to cover it up,\" says Jodie Hill, solicitor and managing director of Thrive Law, an employment law specialist.\n\nFor smaller hearings, online alternatives could be here for the long term, as it means lawyers don't have to travel all over the UK unnecessarily. This doesn't mean that every hearing that can be done remotely, should be done remotely.\n\n\"We don't want overkill. We think some cases still need to be in the room, particularly if you're dealing with vulnerable people or sensitive cases. It has to be a balancing act of harnessing the benefits of technology and thinking about the specific case,\" says Ms Hardy.", "The UK is forging its post-Brexit path as a \"confident, independent nation - and an energetic force for good\", according to the government.\n\nIt's free to set trade on its own terms, pursue opportunities and higher living standards. But can it square profit with principle?\n\nIs turning a blind eye to human rights violations worth it to have a trade deal that knocks a couple of quid off the price of an imported shirt?\n\nThat New Year's resolution is already being tested, as China falls increasingly out of favour.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab has referred to conditions, under which over a million Uighur Muslims are being held in camps and forced into work, as \"at the worst... torture and inhumane and degrading treatments\".\n\nHe warned that British companies will face fines, if they can't show that their supply chains are free from forced labour.\n\nIn December, a BBC investigation revealed thousands of Uighurs and other minorities have been compelled to toil in the cotton fields of Xinjiang. The region accounts for a fifth of the world's crop - it's not always easy to tell where your t-shirt hails from.\n\nThe UK and Canada have led the charge here, but one wonders how much further can it go.\n\nMr Raab told the BBC that the UK should not be engaging in free trade negotiations with countries whose record was \"well below the level of genocide\".\n\nThere are several issues with this: first, working out who gets to decree human rights abuses.\n\nAmendments to the Trade Bill currently going through Parliament would oblige the government to assess the human rights records of potential partners.\n\nIn July, Dominic Raab accused China of \"gross and egregious\" human rights abuses against its Uighur population\n\nOne amendment proposes allowing the High Court to declare a genocide in other countries, and forcing the immediate cancellation of trade deals with said nations.\n\nMr Raab, however, says the decision to declare a genocide can't, and shouldn't be, delegated to the courts. Rather, it's for MPs to hold the government to account over trade deals.\n\nBut Labour MPs, who have written to their Conservative counterparts urging them to support the amendments, say they've already been denied powers of scrutiny.\n\nThey highlight trade deals rolled over with Egypt, Cameroon and Turkey, with whom the UK previously enjoyed similar deals the EU had struck.\n\nThese three countries, they argue, have questionable records on human rights.\n\nAnd then there's China. The UK is not planning a deal with Beijing and has indicated it won't do a deal with countries that don't share its democratic values.\n\nBut both nations have their eye on joining the wider Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.\n\nWith imports and exports worth almost £80bn in 2019, China already scores as one of the UK's largest trading partners, and it's not just about frocks and financial services crossing borders.\n\nSince Xi Jinping and David Cameron famously sipped a pint in a Buckinghamshire pub in 2015, Chinese investment in the UK has exploded, backing everything from football clubs to restaurant chains.\n\nNow China's appeal has soured, but it may not be easy to back away from encouraging investment, or a trade deal which touts lower import prices and greater opportunities for exporters, when the UK economy is already reeling.\n\nThe Wolverhampton Wanderers are owned by Chinese investors Fosun International\n\nTake textiles - a free trade deal would do away with a 12% tariff on clothes hailing from China. Ultimately, trade deals build on an existing - in this case very lucrative - relationship.\n\nCritics argue it's not enough to refrain from boosting ties with nations with chequered records - they should be lessened.\n\nBut it's even harder to snub countries that are already providing jobs for thousands, or items from the frivolous, such as smartphones, to the vital, like billions of PPE items.\n\nSome say the UK has its own issues elsewhere. It resumed the sales of arms to Saudi Arabia last year, after the government said the method for licensing had been reformulated to ensure they wouldn't be used in Yemen. Human rights groups are less sure.\n\nBalancing its quest to be a responsible citizen, together with exploring fresh fortunes, is just one dilemma the UK faces, as it shapes its new identity on the global stage.", "Boris Johnson will be glad Donald Trump has not been re-elected for a second term as US president, ex-Civil Service head Lord Sedwill has suggested.\n\nWriting in the Daily Mail, Lord Sedwill said those who believed Boris Johnson would have preferred Mr Trump to win again were \"mistaken.\"\n\nHe said he \"would not have been to the benefit\" of British or European security, trade or environment issues.\n\nDowning Street said Mr Johnson looked forward to working with Joe Biden.\n\nThis month he said Mr Trump was \"completely wrong\" to cast doubt on the US election and encourage supporters to storm the Capitol.\n\nAnd in 2015, when he was Mayor of London, Mr Johnson accused him of \"stupefying ignorance\" over his comments about violence in the city.\n\nBut after Mr Trump's victory in the US election in 2016, then Foreign Secretary Mr Johnson said there was a \"lot to be positive about\", and while running for the Conservative leadership in 2019, he said the President had \"many good qualities\".\n\nMr Trump later praised Mr Johnson, saying: \"they call him Britain Trump\".\n\nMr Johnson congratulated Mr Biden in a phone call after his US election win, saying he looked forward to \"strengthening the partnership\" between the US and UK.\n\nBut BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said Lord Sedwill's remarks would not be unhelpful to Downing Street as any perception in Washington that Mr Johnson was like Mr Trump becomes a liability with the arrival of President Biden.\n\nIn his Daily Mail article, Lord Sedwill, who was the UK's most senior civil servant until he stood down in September, said there was \"relief in Western capitals\" that normal diplomatic relationships will be restored once Mr Biden is inaugurated on Wednesday.\n\nThe former Cabinet Secretary said: \"Those of us who regard ourselves as close American allies have badly missed US leadership over the past four years.\n\n\"Based on my time working for Boris Johnson in Downing Street, I believe those who have said he would have preferred a second Trump term are mistaken. That would not have been to the benefit of British or European security, to transatlantic trade, let alone the environmental agenda to which the prime minister is so committed.\"\n\nLord Sedwill added: \"With Brexit accomplished and the Biden administration ready to re-engage, this is the moment for Global Britain to step up.\"", "Evelyn Jones was one of the care home residents whose family raised concerns\n\nSix care home residents died after suffering dehydration and malnourishment because of alleged neglect, an inquest has been told.\n\nStanley James, 89, June Hamer, 71, Stanley Bradford, 76, Edith Evans, 85, Evelyn Jones, 87, and William Hickman, 71 all died between 2003 and 2005.\n\nThey were residents at Brithdir Nursing Home in New Tredegar, Caerphilly.\n\nThe inquest in Newport follows Operation Jasmine, an £11.6m inquiry into alleged neglect at six homes.\n\nOne of Wales' biggest inquiries, it was launched after the death of an 84-year-old patient at a nursing home in Newbridge, Caerphilly.\n\nOpening the inquest, Assistant Coroner for Gwent Geraint Williams said police started investigating in 2005 following the death of an 84-year-old \"mentally infirm\" woman at another care home in Newbridge.\n\nMr Williams said it led to officers uncovering a \"pattern of concerns linked to other deaths in other care homes\".\n\nJune Hamer went into Brithdir in 2003\n\nIn relation to the Brithdir inquiry, Mr Williams said: \"Operation Jasmine uncovered evidence suggesting poor care of residents, including allegations of poor pressure sore and peg [percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy] feed management, malnourishment, and general neglect of the residents' long-term needs, together with deficient standards of care and nursing practice.\"\n\nThe inquest heard resident Mr James, who had dementia and was not mobile, developed several pressure sores in the 18 months before he died in August 2003.\n\nMr Bradford, who had schizophrenia, was admitted to the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil on several occasions for complaints of \"dehydration, chest and urine infections\".\n\nBefore he died in August 2005 he was \"observed to be seriously malnourished\", by doctors.\n\nDementia patient Mrs Evans was admitted to the same hospital in September 2005, where nurses found the site around her feeding tube \"infected\", while broken skin was found on her buttocks and she appeared \"unkempt and dirty, and her mouth and lips were dry and her tongue was thick\".\n\nThe trial of the late Dr Prana Das for care home neglect collapsed after he suffered brain damage in an attack\n\nDr Prana Das, who owned and ran the nursing home along with several other facilities in Wales, faced a string of charges relating to failings in care.\n\nHe suffered a brain injury during a burglary at his home in 2012 and was declared medically unfit to stand trial.\n\nDr Das died in January 2020 aged 73, but his widow and co-owner of the home, Dr Nishebita Das, who is said not to have taken part in running it, is expected to give evidence at the inquest.\n\nMr Williams told the hearing that, even before the couple purchased the home in April 2002 under their company Puretruce Health Care Limited, \"serious concerns\" were raised by state agencies regarding the number of residents who had suffered pressure ulcers.\n\n\"Those issues continued, even after Dr Das assumed ownership of the home,\" he said.\n\nMr Williams said the inquest will consider the actions of nurses and carers at the home, \"many of whom came to this country from abroad to work and have since returned there, and are now not available to participate in the inquest\".\n\nThe inquest is set to last until March.\n\nA hearing into the death of a seventh resident, Matthew Higgins, 86, will be held following the conclusion of this inquest.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said he is self-isolating after being alerted by the UK's NHS Covid-19 app.\n\nThe West Suffolk MP said self-isolation was \"perhaps the most important part of all the social distancing\" and urged others to do the same if contacted.\n\nIn a tweet, Mr Hancock said he would be working from home until Sunday, adding \"we all have a part to play in getting this virus under control\".\n\nHe contracted coronavirus in March 2020 and suffered \"mild symptoms\".\n\nMr Hancock said he learned from the app he had been \"in close contact with somebody who's tested positive\" and so self-isolating was \"how we break the chains of transmission\".\n\n\"So you must follow these rules like I'm going to,\" he said. \"I've got to work from home for the next six days, and together, by doing this, by following this, and all the other panoply of rules that we've had to put in place, we can get through this and beat this virus.\"\n\nMr Hancock said he was alerted by the app on Monday night, having earlier led a Downing Street press conference alongside NHS England medical director Prof Stephen Powis and Public Health England's Dr Susan Hopkins.\n\nThe NHS app tells a person if they have been in close contact with someone who has later tested positive for coronavirus and tells them to isolate for 10 full days from their last contact.\n\nWhile it is not clear from Mr Hancock's statement if his isolation ends on Sunday or Monday, his period of quarantine suggests he was last in contact with the person who was infected on Wednesday or Thursday.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDowning Street confirmed that Mr Hancock would not receive the vaccine early because he is leading the pandemic response.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said: \"The PM and the rest of the cabinet will take the vaccine when it's their turn to do so based on the priority lists that have been published.\n\n\"We don't think it's right that the PM or other members of cabinet take the vaccine in place of somebody who is at higher clinical risk.\"\n\nIn March, the health secretary revealed he had tested positive for Covid-19 shortly after Prime Minister Boris Johnson had confirmed he too had the virus.\n\nWhile the health secretary recovered fairly swiftly, and was able to work from home during his illness, Mr Johnson required hospital treatment.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid symptoms: What are they and how long should I self-isolate for?\n\nSelf-isolation, which means staying at home and not leaving, is a legal requirement for anybody who has Covid symptoms, has tested positive for the virus, lives with someone who has symptoms, has arrived from abroad or has been contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\n\nIn December, the self-isolation period required was cut from 14 days to 10 days.\n\nUsing Bluetooth technology the NHS app makes contact between mobile phones when they are near each other, if an owner of a phone later tests positive for the virus and shares that with the app, alerts are sent to anyone who is deemed to have been a close contact.", "More than 127,000 people in the UK who contracted coronavirus have lost their lives - with the pandemic claiming more than 3.4 million deaths worldwide. As the UK marks a year since the first coronavirus lockdown was called, it's a time for reflection.\n\nWe have gathered tributes to more than 770 of those who have died. Below are words of remembrance from friends, family and colleagues.\n\nPlease enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser to see this interactive\n\nThe tributes are displayed at random, which means that you will see different faces each time you visit this page.\n\nIf we have used your tribute to your friend or family member, it will appear in the carousel above, or you can find it by entering their name in the search box below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. Enter a name to search the tributes\n\nFor more on NHS and healthcare workers, please see this page dedicated to 100 people who died while helping to look after others.\n\nFor more on how it has affected people's lives, from family tragedy to its impact on everyday life, we have a collection of personal stories about life in lockdown.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Britain's climate change leadership is being undercut by a government decision to allow a new coal mine in Cumbria, MPs have warned.\n\nThe UK is hosting a UN climate summit in November, where it will urge other nations to phase out fossil fuels.\n\nThe MPs say the government's decision to allow a new colliery at home will make it harder to secure a deal.\n\nThe Woodhouse mine was approved by Cumbria County Council because it will create jobs in an area of high unemployment.\n\nThe planning minister Robert Jenrick could have overruled it, but said the issue was best decided at a local level.\n\nThat verdict was derided by environmentalists, who pointed out that climate change from fossil fuel burning is a global problem.\n\nAlok Sharma, who is leading the COP26 climate summit and who co-ordinates UK policies on climate change, was asked by the Commons business select committee whether the mine approval was \"an embarrassment\". He replied: \"I take your point\".\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told the committee there was a \"slight tension\" between approving the mine, near Whitehaven, and broader attempts to clean up the economy.\n\nBut he said ministers decided to allow the pit because it will produce coking coal for steel-making, which otherwise would have to be imported.\n\nHe said: \"There's a slight tension between the decision to open this mine and our avowed intention to take coal off the grid… there was a debate in the government about what we could do about this, but this was a local planning decision.\n\n\"If we don't have sources of coking coal in the UK we would be importing those anyway\".\n\nThis appears to run counter to advice from the Climate Change Committee which has said all coal - including coking coal - should be phased out by 2035. Doubts have been raised about investors in the mine being left with a \"stranded asset\" if the pit is forced to close on climate grounds.\n\nThe mine approval is even more poignant because the UK founded the 'Powering Past Coal Alliance\" - a global club to persuade nations to leave coal in the ground.\n\nA source close to the Alliance secretariat told BBC News that staff were enraged by the decision. They believed the decision had been made to help secure so-called \"Red Wall\" votes in areas which previously voted Labour .\n\nMohamed Adow, from a pressure group, Powershift Africa, told BBC News: \"It is quite bizarre that the UK government, in the year it hosts the biggest global climate talks since the signing of the Paris Agreement, has approved a new coal mine.\"\n\nThe young campaigner Greta Thunberg said the decision showed pledges to achieve net zero emissions targets by 2050 \"basically mean nothing\".\n\nDarren Jones, chair of the business committee, told BBC News it would be hard for the UK to persuade countries like Poland to abandon coal whilst building a mine.\n\nHe argued that the government should have found another way to bring jobs to Cumbria. He said: \"Carbon-intensive industries are looking to the government for leadership on the transition to a green future.\n\n\"Backing coal at home doesn't look in line with the recent Energy White Paper and certainly makes our efforts to secure international agreement on ambitious decarbonisation harder to achieve.\"\n\nThe Environmental Audit Committee Chairman, Philip Dunne, told BBC News: \"If the UK is to achieve its ambition to be an environmental world leader, the government must offer clear guidance on how we can take every industry to net-zero, and offer a pipeline of investable projects.\n\n\"The steel sector needs to develop alternatives to importing coking coal. This could also support the next generation of green jobs - which are urgently needed.\"\n\nThe cross-bench peer Baroness Worthington told BBC News: \"This decision is real laziness of thinking from the government. Just think of signal it sends to all those countries who want to cling on to coal.\n\n\"The government doesn't yet have a cohesive strategy that makes sense. It's crazy. Absolute madness.\"", "Medical staff are expected to \"face pressures unlike any other they have faced before\" as NI approaches its toughest week so far in the pandemic.\n\nThe British Medical Association has said while its doctors are \"coping\", many feel they are unable to give care to the \"standard they would want\".\n\nThe peak in intensive care is predicted to happen next weekend.\n\nThe head of the BMA in NI, Dr Tom Black has been critical of the way this wave of the pandemic has been managed.\n\nHe said: \"Staff will do their best in a very difficult situation, where many decisions in this pandemic were made too late.\"\n\nWhile it is expected the number of hospital admissions will peak sometime over the next eight to 10 days, the number requiring intensive care treatment is likely to continue increasing for at least another fortnight.\n\nDr Black said he was concerned for both patients and staff.\n\nHe said: \"It is likely that over the next few weeks doctors will be asked to work in a new location or provide support to areas that are already overstretched.\n\n\"Many have already had planned annual leave cancelled.\"\n\nThere were a further 19 virus-related deaths and 640 more Covid-19 cases reported in Northern Ireland on Monday.\n\nThe latest figures from the Department of Health bring the total number of deaths to 1,625, while 96,001 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began.\n\nSome 65 patients are in ICU, down two from the last report, and 51 patients are being ventilated.\n\nSince the vaccine rollout began in NI, 146,733 people have been vaccinated, according to the Department of Health.\n\nOf that number, 125,717 were first doses and 21,016 were second jabs.\n\nA total of 31,393 people from the over-80 age group have been vaccinated.\n\nEarlier the BMA told BBC News NI that more than 90,000 doses the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine had arrived in Northern Ireland but the Department of Health has said it is anticipated separate deliveries will arrive by this weekend.\n\nDr Black said many staff members had reported feeling \"exhausted and demoralised\" and he warned that when it came to reviewing how the pandemic was handled \"this phase will stand out as one where we could have planned better\".\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said the next seven days is \"when we will see that real intense pressure coming on our inpatients and intensive care units\".\n\n\"Our worst case scenario has modelling up to 1,200 inpatients - and that's a serious pressure that comes on our system,\" he told Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.\n\n\"We can go up into nearly 200 ICU capacity but that comes at a stretch, that comes with putting our staff under severe pressure in ICU units.\n\n\"It also comes by having to shift the ICU specialist nurse from a ratio of one-to-one to a ratio of one-to-two or even one-to-three in extreme pressures.\n\n\"That's not something we want to do,\" he added.\n\nThe past week saw hospitals across Northern Ireland coming together in order to cope with the strain.\n\nOn 10 January, the Southern Health Trust was on the cusp of declaring a major incident amid the mounting pressures across the health service.\n\nThat was avoided as many off-duty staff answered a call to come into work and the health trusts pulled together to provide a regional response to the crisis.\n\nPatients were diverted to those hospitals which could take them and where infrastructure could cope with supplying additional oxygen to the very ill.\n\nOver the weekend of 9/10 January the Southern Health Trust - the smallest of the health trusts - was dealing with the highest number of patients who required oxygen.\n\nIn the past week the Northern and Southern Health Trusts have seen the highest number of patients.\n\nThat reflects the high rate of community transmission in some areas those trusts cover.\n\nMeanwhile, no resolution has been reached between Stormont leaders and the Irish Government over the sharing of passenger data.\n\nLast week, First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill criticised Dublin for failing to share information on travellers arriving there during the pandemic.\n\nMichelle O'Neill said it was \"regrettable\" the issue has not been resolved\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said repeated efforts to access data on passenger locator forms filled out by people arriving in the Republic of Ireland had failed.\n\nMrs Foster and Ms O'Neill indicated on Thursday that they planned to raise the matter directly with Taoiseach (Irish prime minsiter) Micheál Martin.\n\nMs O'Neill told the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday that no resolution has been found yet.\n\nShe told MLAs the issue had been raised \"on every occasion we have had the opportunity\" and that it was \"regrettable\" that the issue had not been resolved.\n\nThe travel issue will be discussed at a meeting on Wednesday involving the first minister, the deputy first minister, Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney and NI Secretary of State Brandon Lewis.\n\n\"I hope that perhaps Wednesday's meeting will allow some opportunity for there to be a way forward,\" the deputy first minister added.\n\nIt was announced on Sunday that all travellers who have returned from Portugal or transited through 16 South American countries in the past 14 days will have to - along with their household - self-isolate for 10 days upon return to Northern Ireland.\n\nThis includes travellers who entered these countries en route to another destination. All travellers returning home from South America are advised to be tested, whether or not they have symptoms.\n\nFrom Thursday, all international travellers will be required to present a negative Covid-19 test result before arriving in Northern Ireland.\n\nThis rule comes into effect in England, Scotland and Wales on Monday.\n\nOn Monday, the Department of Health in the Republic of Ireland reported eight more coronavirus-related deaths.\n\nIt brings its death toll to 2,616.\n\nThe department said 2,121 new cases of the virus had been reported, with a cumulative total of 174,843 infections.\n\nIt said that as of 14:00 local time on Monday, 1,975 Covid-19 patients are in hospital, of which 200 are in ICU (intensive care units).\n\nIrish Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, said: \"This third wave of the pandemic has seen higher level of hospitalisations across all age groups.\n\n\"There are now more sick people in hospital than any time in the course of this pandemic\".", "Staff gathered outside a supermarket to pay their respects to a colleague who died with coronavirus.\n\nJohn Deacy, 81, worked the Christmas Eve shift at the Tesco Extra store in Gabalfa, Cardiff, died just two weeks later.\n\nFriends and colleagues clapped as the funeral procession went by the store.\n\nFormer members of a jazz band, formed by Mr Deacy in the 1970s, marched in front of the hearse.\n\nHis son, Wayne, 56, said: “My dad put everyone above himself. He’d do anything for anyone.\n\n\"He’d help anyone and would never speak badly of people.”\n\nMr Deacy was in the Royal Marines for seven years and was a semi-professional boxer before starting a career at the industrial gas company BOC.\n\nHe went on to work for the supermarket for 16 years.\n\n“We’ve had loads and loads of messages from hundreds of staff who said he will leave a massive gaping hole,\" his son said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid in Scotland: Schools to stay closed until mid-February at least\n\nScotland's Covid-19 lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs that transmission of the virus appeared to be declining but was still too high to ease restrictions.\n\nBut she hopes schools will be able to at least begin a phased return to the classroom in the middle of next month.\n\nThe level four restrictions have been in place since Boxing Day.\n\nMeanwhile the islands of Barra and Vatersay are being moved into the top level of restrictions due to a \"significant outbreak\" there.\n\nThe current restrictions, which have closed non-essential shops and seen a \"stay at home\" message put down in law, had been due to expire at the end of this month.\n\nBut Scottish government ministers agreed they should be extended after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning.\n\nMs Sturgeon told MSPs that lockdown was \"beginning to have an impact\" on the number of new infections, but said Scotland remained in a \"very precarious position\".\n\nShe added: \"We need to be realistic that any improvement we are seeing is down, at this stage, to the fact that we are staying at home and reducing our interactions.\n\n\"Any relaxation of lockdown while case numbers, even though they might be declining, nevertheless remain very high, could quickly send the situation into reverse.\"\n\nThe vast majority of Scottish pupils have been home learning since the Christmas holiday\n\nThe announcement came as 1,165 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Scotland, representing 11.1% of tests carried out.\n\nA total of 1,989 people are in hospital with the virus while a further 71 deaths of people who recently tested positive have been logged.\n\nMs Sturgeon said there was \"real and severe\" pressure on health services, with around 30% more patients in hospital than at the peak of the first wave in April 2020, and that this was \"almost certain to rise for a further period yet\".\n\nSchool buildings and nurseries have been closed to most pupils since the start of term, with all but the children of some key workers and vulnerable pupils learning from home.\n\nNot only will schools remain closed to most pupils until at least mid-February, they are unlikely to return to normal at that point.\n\nThe first minister has indicated that her aim is to begin a phased return, if coronavirus allows. So what might that mean?\n\nThe groups that will get back into class first are likely to include secondary school exam year pupils, the youngest primary school children and those in P7 getting ready to move to high school.\n\nFor others, online learning is likely to last a bit longer.\n\nBoth the return to school and the continuation of the wider lockdown will be reviewed again in a fortnight on 2 Feb.\n\nBy that week, first doses of vaccine should have been offered to all over 80s in Scotland as well as frontline NHS and social care staff and care home residents.\n\nWith only 15-20% of the over 80s reached so far, opposition parties think the programme is slipping behind schedule, which the first minister denies.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she knew how \"challenging and stressful\" home schooling was for families, but said community transmission was \"too high\" to allow a safe return to classrooms.\n\nShe said: \"If it is at all possible, as I very much hope it will be, to begin even a phased return to in-school learning in mid-February, we will.\n\n\"But I also have to be straight with families and say that it is simply too early to be sure about whether and to what extent this will be possible.\"\n\nStatistics released on Monday showed that Scotland had vaccinated 6% of its adult population so far - the same percentage as Wales, but lower than the 8% that have been vaccinated in England and 8.7% in Northern Ireland.\n\nEngland has also given a second dose of the vaccine to 427,386 people, compared to only 3,698 in Scotland.\n\nMs Sturgeon said approximately 100,000 people were being vaccinated per week in Scotland, and that health teams were \"on track\" to expand this to 400,000 per week by the end of February.\n\nStatistics have suggested the vaccination programme in Scotland is currently lagging behind England\n\nMore than 90% of care home residents have now been given a first dose, along with 70% of care home staff and 70% of all frontline health and care workers.\n\nThe first minister said the focus on care homes - where it is \"time consuming and labour intensive\" to give out jabs - was \"why overall figures are at this stage lower than in England\", where more over-80s have received the vaccine.\n\nShe said the \"pace of progress in the over-80s group is also now picking up\", and that the government remained on track to hit its target of completing everyone on the priority list by early May.\n\nScottish Conservative group leader Ruth Davidson said the Scottish government were \"lagging behind their own targets\" on vaccination, saying the focus on care homes \"doesn't explain how slowly the vaccine is reaching GP surgeries and the public\".\n\nShe read out a series of letters from elderly people who had not been contacted about getting a jab, saying they were \"anxious they don't get left behind\".\n\nMs Sturgeon said she would not apologise for \"prioritising the most vulnerable first\", saying all four UK nations were \"working to the same targets\".\n\nScottish Labour's interim leader Jackie Baillie asked if Ms Sturgeon was confident the government could hit its \"critical\" targets, saying GPs were still complaining about \"patchy\" distribution of vaccines.\n\nThe first minister replied that her government would hit its goals, saying it was \"always the intention\" to increase the pace of vaccination as infrastructure and supplies became available.\n\nThis would see care home residents, healthcare staff and all over-80s get a first dose by the start of February, with over-70s and those deemed \"extremely vulnerable\" by mid-February and all over-65s by the beginning of March.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening. We'll have another update for you on Wednesday morning.\n\nScotland's Covid-19 lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home at least until then. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said transmission of the virus appeared to be declining but was still too high to ease restrictions, which have been in place since Boxing Day. It comes as England's deputy chief medical officer said schools may reopen region by region after February half term.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock has said he is self-isolating after being alerted by the UK's NHS Covid-19 app. He urged others to do the same if \"pinged\" by the app and said self-isolation was \"perhaps the most important part of all the social distancing\". Mr Hancock, who is MP for West Suffolk, suffered \"mild symptoms\" when he contracted coronavirus in March 2020.\n\nA group of politicians drank alcohol on Welsh Parliament premises, days after a coronavirus rule banning pubs from serving drinks took effect. BBC Wales has been told Conservative Senedd leader Paul Davies, Darren Millar and Nick Ramsay were drinking together in early December, with Labour Senedd member Alun Davies also involved. Senedd authorities said they are investigating an \"incident\". Elsewhere, an internal investigation has began after railway workers allegedly held a surprise baby shower in a closed Patisserie Valerie bakery at London's Marylebone station during lockdown.\n\nHeadlines about footballers and Covid have been hard to miss lately - with questions about dressing room distancing, off-pitch partying and all those post-goal hugs. But what's football in lockdown actually like for players and their families? BBC Newsbeat has found out by speaking to Wycombe Wanderers footballer Joe Jacobson and his wife Louise.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed the government is looking at scrapping some EU labour laws now it is no longer bound by the bloc's rules.\n\nBut he promised there would be no dilution of workers' rights.\n\nMeasures under consideration include relaxing the working time directive which enshrines a 48-hour week.\n\nShadow business secretary Ed Miliband warned the government wanted to take a \"wrecking ball\" to hard-won rights.\n\nEarlier this week Mr Kwarteng said he wanted to \"protect and enhance\" labour law after the Financial Times reported that some rules could be weakened.\n\nThe minister later told business leaders the UK had an opportunity to reform regulation derived from EU law, but would not deliberately antagonise the EU - its biggest trading partner - immediately after the Brexit deal.\n\nConfirming the review on Tuesday, Mr Kwarteng told MPs there would be no \"bonfire of rights\".\n\n\"I think the view was that we wanted to look at the whole range of issues relating to our EU membership and examine what we wanted to keep, if you like,\" he said.\n\nBut he said \"the idea that we are trying to whittle down standards, that's not at all plausible or true\".\n\nAppearing before MPs, the business secretary said: \"I'm very struck as I look at EU economies how many EU countries - I think it's about 17 or 18 - have essentially opted out of the working time directive.\n\n\"So even by just following that we are way above the average European standard and I want to maintain that. I think we can be a high-wage, high-employment economy, a very successful economy, and that's what we should be aiming for.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kwasi Kwarteng This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Miliband said that after denying the FT's report, Mr Kwarteng had now \"let the cat out of the bag\" in admitting the government was conducting a review.\n\nHe warned that opting out of the 48-hour week would harm workers in key sectors like the NHS, road haulage and airlines from working excessive hours.\n\n\"A government committed to maintaining existing protections would not be reviewing whether they should be unpicked. This exposes that the government's priorities for Britain are totally wrong.\"\n\nDrew Hendry, the SNP's business spokesman, echoed the criticism, accusing the government of planning an \"assault\" on workers' rights.\n\nMeanwhile the boss of the UK's biggest recruitment firm, Reed, told the BBC's Today programme that there was \"no wish\" among employers to see \"a so-called bonfire of workers' rights.\n\n\"They must be protected because fair treatment is the bedrock of good workplace relations,\" James Reed said.\n\nThe chairman of the firm said the government should instead focus on lower-paid workers and measures that could be taken to improve unemployment, which is set to rise further into mid-2021.\n\n\"I would suggest two things are looked at before any EU rules: The apprenticeship levy, which is clearly failing... and also National Insurance on jobs. It's a tax on jobs - how can that be improved? Especially to help the low-paid back into work.\"\n\nUnder the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU, the UK has agreed to conditions that maintain fair competition, or a level playing field, between the two sides.\n\nHowever, the EU's ambassador to the UK, Joao Vale de Almeida, said Brussels could retaliate if Boris Johnson's government went too far in with deregulation.\n\n\"It will be for us to judge the extent to which it violates this principle of 'level playing field' and if that is the case there are mechanisms in the treaty, in the agreement, that allow us to discuss and eventually to come to an understanding,\" he said on Tuesday.\n\n\"If no understanding there are retaliation measures that can be applied on both sides.\"", "The death happened in the alpine resort of Verbier, in Switzerland\n\nA British man has been killed in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, police have said.\n\nThe man was among 10 people swept away at the alpine resort of Verbier, to the east of Geneva, on Monday morning.\n\nPolice said the skier, who has not been named, lived in Verbier and died at the scene.\n\nOne person was flown to hospital with serious injuries, while eight others were uninjured, local police said.\n\nA police spokesman said: \"The avalanche occurred outside the piste between the Verbier ski area and 'Les Attelas'.\n\n\"At around 10:20, a skier was driving down a corridor below the 'Attelas' area.\n\n\"A snow drift came loose and carried the skier as well as another person who had been further down at the time.\"\n\nAn investigation has been launched.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was offering support to the British man's family and was in contact with the authorities in Switzerland.\n\nThe death comes after several days of heavy snowfall across Switzerland, which led to the death of another skier who was killed in an avalanche while skiing in Gstaad.\n\nIt takes the total deaths due to avalanches in the country to seven since last weekend.\n\nMore than 200 British skiers left the popular Verbier resort in December after Switzerland imposed a coronavirus quarantine following the discovery of a new variant of the virus.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lorry drivers have been holding up the traffic in Westminster.\n\nBoris Johnson has pledged £23m to help businesses affected by Brexit delays amid protests by fishing firms.\n\nDemonstrations took place outside government departments in central London by exporters who are warning their livelihoods are under threat.\n\nExports of fresh fish and seafood have been severely disrupted by new border controls since the UK's transition period ended earlier this month.\n\nThe PM said firms would be compensated for delays that were not their fault.\n\nIndustry associations have complained that extra paperwork has made it difficult to deliver fresh produce to mainland Europe before it goes off.\n\nThey have warned that if the situation continues, jobs could soon be at risk.\n\nPressed on what he would do in response, Mr Johnson said the government would step in to support firms which \"through no fault of their own have experienced bureaucratic delays, difficulties getting their goods through, where there is a genuine willing buyer on the other side of the channel\".\n\n\"There's a £23m compensation fund we've set up and we'll make sure they get help,\" he said.\n\nDetails of the scheme are expected later this week.\n\nAfter a day of protests in central London, which saw 20 lorries drive up Whitehall, the Metropolitan Police said 14 people had been reported for Covid-related offences, but no arrests were made.\n\nMark Moore, manager of the Dartmouth Crab Company, said his business and others were protesting to \"raise awareness\" of the impact of new border checks.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 5 Live his company had faced delays of up to eight and a half hours when delivering produce into the European Union.\n\nHe added that the situation was \"especially difficult\" for the shellfish sector, where goods were at risk of going off before reaching customers.\n\n\"It's not about the increased documentation per se,\" he said.\n\n\"We have taken that on board, and we ourselves - and I know many others - have had no issues with producing the actual paperwork.\n\n\"It's the volume required and the timeframe in which to produce it, which doesn't lend itself to live shellfish and fish generally.\"\n\nThere are 24 lorries in total, overwhelmingly from seafood exporters in Scotland. Businesses taking part say the Brexit trade deal has left their industry high and dry.\n\nAnd although one haulier from Aberdeenshire I spoke to was keen to stress that their coordinated protest was peaceful, it is clear that they all feel that direct action is now necessary to make the government sit up and take notice.\n\nGood natured though their action was, it did for a time cause serious traffic congestion along Whitehall and Parliament Square.\n\nHowever, low levels of traffic perhaps caused by the Covid lockdown meant the roads around Whitehall didn't grind to a complete halt.\n\nAt stake, they believe, is an industry, but also thousands of livelihoods. Exporters say they are backed by fishermen who are struggling to land their catches.\n\nAnd although the rural Scottish communities which are sustained by fishing might seem like a long way from the streets of SW1, the hauliers certainly made their presence felt this morning.\n\nHaving left the EU's customs union and the single market, UK exports are subject to new customs and veterinary checks which have caused problems at the border.\n\nSome Scottish fishermen have been landing their catch in Denmark to avoid the \"bureaucratic system\" involved in exporting to Europe, according to Scotland's rural economy secretary.\n\nLast week, Boris Johnson told a committee of MPs that fishing firms impacted by disruption would be compensated for \"temporary frustrations\".\n\nBut the BBC was told that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) did not know about the promise of compensation before it was made by Mr Johnson.\n\nSpeaking to reporters, the prime minister said he understood the \"frustrations\" of the fishing industry, noting its plight had been \"exacerbated by the Covid pandemic\".\n\n\"Unfortunately, the demand in restaurants on the continent for UK fish has not been what it was before the pandemic, just because the restaurants have been closed for so long,\" he added.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused ministers of trying to \"blame fishing communities\" for problems \"rather than accepting it's their failure to prepare\".\n\n\"The government has known there would be a problem with fishing and particularly the sale of fish into the EU for years,\" he told reporters.\n\nMuch media attention has been focussed on Scotland as this export crisis has unfolded.\n\nBut exactly the same problem is rearing its head in the UK's other great fishing stronghold - at the other end of the UK in Devon and Cornwall.\n\nA virtual Who's Who of South West fishing leaders wrote to the environment secretary back in November warning that the new post-Brexit export requirements would have a \"seriously detrimental effect\" on the industry, claiming this \"could be the final straw for many businesses\".\n\nHere, too, many fish exports have now ground to a halt and others have encountered obstacles and long delays.\n\nAnd exporters have reacted angrily to the government's repeated insistence that the issues they've been experiencing over the last two weeks are just \"teething problems\".", "Not all parents have found it easy to home school their children during coronavirus lockdowns\n\nLevels of stress, depression and anxiety among parents and carers have increased with the pressures of the lockdowns, suggests research from the University of Oxford.\n\nMany parents, especially those of secondary-age pupils, say they are worried about their children's futures.\n\nThe government has said it is aware how challenging it is for parents to support children with home learning.\n\nThe research, based on responses from 6,246 parents and carers between mid-March and the end of December 2020, found problems including:\n\nOn an established scale of depression, anxiety and stress, parents' depression scores increased from April through to June from an average of 9.03 to 9.71, says the study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.\n\nWhile these average scores decreased over the summer, when Covid-19 restrictions were eased, to a low of 8.23 in September, they rose again over the course of the autumn term to a high of 10.1 points in December.\n\nParents' stress scores were at their lowest in August and September at 11.4 points, but increased to a high of 13.2 in December, following the pre-Christmas lockdown.\n\nThe researchers said higher levels of stress were detected particularly in low-income families, as well as single-parent households and those with children with special educational needs.\n\nWhile average anxiety scores were relatively stable throughout the whole period - ranging from a 4.71 points in April to 4.24 in July - they hit a high of 5 points in December.\n\nThe study also found just over a third (36%) of parents with young children (10 years or younger) said they were \"substantially worried\" about their children's behaviour, in contrast to just over a quarter (28%) of parents who had older children only (11 years or older).\n\nHowever, nearly half (45%) of those with secondary-age children were worried about their children's education and future, compared to 32% of those with young children.\n\nLeticea, a parent who took part in the study, said: \"I think that UK leaders should have access to this data to see what is going on with the mental health of families and how they are being affected by Covid-19 with increased levels of stress, depression and anxiety - we need something to look forward to.\n\n\"I am also worried that the next three months will show a sharper increase in anxiety and stress where parents are having to do more teaching at home.\n\n\"Children are more worried as their teachers are becoming ill - the 'new variant' sounds more scary, my daughter keeps commenting on an increasing worry of catching Covid-19 which she didn't do so much before.\"\n\nAnother parent, Madiha, said: ''Current times are hard enough as they are.\n\n\"As a working parent, the most important thing for me is to ensure my family's wellbeing, their safety, and their continued development.\n\n\"Prolonged screen time, disruption to daily routine, frequent arguments, lack of exercise, and stress of exams have all been contributing factors to our mental health and wellbeing.\n\nMadiha said she hoped the study would play a part in informing policy and developing interventions to help families.\n\nCathy Creswell, professor of clinical developmental psychology at Oxford University and co-leader of the study, said the findings showed parents were particularly vulnerable to distress during the first lockdown.\n\n\"Our data highlight the particular strains felt by parents during lockdown when many feel that they have been spread too thin by the demands of meeting their children's needs during the pandemic, along with home-schooling and work commitments.\"\n\nSchools were first closed to most pupils in March\n\nJohn Jolly, head of the charity Parentkind, said the research highlighted \"the additional stress and pressure that partial school closures place on parents\".\n\n\"Given the disruption to family life, it is vital that policymakers consult and listen to the concerns of parents on issues that directly impact them and their children's futures.\n\n\"This includes the safety and reopening of schools, the fair allocation of grades in the absence of exams, and remote learning provision.\"\n\nThe Oxford researchers are tracking children's and parents' mental health throughout the current crisis, to help them identify what protects young people from deteriorating mental health and how this may vary according to child and family characteristics.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ms Davies-Jones wanted to highlight how \"vitally important\" smear tests are\"\n\nAn MP has described how she had to have most of her cervix removed after putting off a smear test for several months.\n\nPontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones, 31, said she was invited for her first routine screening in December 2015 and \"like so many others, I put it off\".\n\nFollowing a reminder in April 2016 she went for the cervical screening.\n\nShe wrote in the i newspaper it led to her being diagnosed with CIN3, abnormal cells and had to have surgery.\n\nIf left untreated, CIN3 can have a high chance of becoming cancerous.\n\nMs Davies-Jones wrote in the paper she was left \"without the majority of my cervix\" after the surgery.\n\nShe said she used her article to urge others \"don't delay in booking\" and said she felt compelled to write about her experiences for Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.\n\nA cervical screening checks the health of your cervix.\n\nA small sample of cells is taken from the cervix and checked for certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that can cause changes to the cells.\n\nIf present the sample is then checked for any changes in the cells which can be treated before they get a chance to turn into cervical cancer.\n\nThe NHS advises women between the ages of 25 to 49 to have a smear test every three years.\n\nAlex Davies-Jones became the Labour MP for Pontypridd in the 2019 General Election\n\nShe wrote: \"I used all of the usual excuses that you may have heard before.\n\n\"I was simply too busy, I couldn't get an appointment and I had no symptoms or abnormalities that were worrying me.\"\n\nMs Davies-Jones wrote she thought the routine screening would \"just be five minutes of awkward conversation with the nurse at my local GP whilst taking my knickers off\".\n\n\"I didn't ever think that there could be a chance that my cells would be 'abnormal' and that the next few months of my life would leave me terrified and constantly contemplating my own mortality.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chloe Delevingne had a smear test live on the Victoria Derbyshire programme to show what the procedure involved\n\nIf she had put off the screening any longer \"the situation could have been different\", the MP wrote.\n\nShe said she first received a type of laser treatment to \"burn off the abnormal cells from my cervix\" but more treatment was needed after the doctor told her the abnormal cells on her cervix were \"embedded deeper and looked more challenging than expected\".\n\nThen she had to have surgery, a \"cold knife biopsy\".\n\n\"I was without the majority of my cervix, but my life was saved. It was over,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Sadly, for many this isn't the case. For the next few years, I attended screenings every six months to ensure the abnormal cells didn't return.\n\n\"My last screening was in April 2018. Thankfully again all was fine but the anxiety and fear that surrounded me as I awaited those results has stayed with me even now.\"\n\nShe went on to give birth to her son Sullivan in March 2019.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Expert’s report finds eight-year-old Saffie \"could have been saved\" if treated properly for her injuries\n\nA man has described how he tried to help the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack as she lay badly injured after the explosion.\n\nPaul Reid, 46, was the first person to reach eight-year-old Saffie-Rose Roussos after the bomb was detonated.\n\nHe said she asked for her mum and said he tried to keep her awake by talking about the Ariana Grande gig.\n\nIt comes after a new report found Saffie could have survived if she had received better medical help.\n\nTwenty-two people were murdered and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the arena foyer as fans left the concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nMr Reid, who was selling posters at the concert, told the BBC he ran into the foyer seconds after the bomb went off.\n\n\"There was a big bang and I could see up on to the foyer, and there was smoke and you could hear things pinging off the wall,\" he said.\n\n\"I still had the posters in my hand. It was mad because it was like I wasn't there, like I was watching myself.\n\n\"People were just screaming and running in every direction you could think of.\"\n\nSaffie-Rose Roussos was the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing\n\nMr Reid said he tried to help two other people before he noticed Saffie lying on the floor.\n\n\"She was still conscious. I asked her her name and I thought she said Sophie,\" he said.\n\n\"She just got a little bit upset. She asked me for her mum and I said not to worry, we're going to find her in a minute.\n\n\"And I sat there trying to keep her calm. I had to talk to her about the concert, and did she enjoy it.\n\n\"All the time I was sat there, I just thought hundreds of people are just going to come running in here and help us. And, well, hardly anybody came in.\"\n\nThe public inquiry into the attack, which started in September, began to examine the emergency response to the atrocity on Monday.\n\nMr Reid said he began watching the inquiry but said some details given in the opening days did not marry up with his recollection of what happened, and he switched it off.\n\nHe told the BBC after a while another person came to help, but after cutting away some of Saffie's clothing they left and went to the aid of someone else.\n\n\"I gave her [Saffie] a sip of water, because in all this madness there's somebody handing water out,\" he said.\n\n\"So you can imagine in the foyer now, all this is going on and there's a man walking about with water.\"\n\nPaul Reid said he was still haunted by what happened that night\n\nMr Reid said a police officer suggested moving Saffie out of the foyer, but with no stretchers to lift her they had to use a piece of plastic hoarding.\n\n\"The policeman came and said 'she's got to go, I'll take her in my car',\" he added.\n\n\"There was a plastic sheet under somebody's leg who was injured, I started pulling the sheet from under his leg. We put her on it and I started to carry her out, but the board was slippy.\"\n\nHe said they could not get the makeshift stretcher into the officer's car, so they flagged down an ambulance.\n\nMr Reid said he then returned to the foyer, where he went back to the man who he had taken the hoarding from.\n\n\"He had a gash in his stomach, and a paramedic was sitting there holding something against his stomach,\" he said.\n\n\"I held his hand. He had a Liverpool accent so I talked to him about football to take his mind off things, and my mind off things.\"\n\nMr Reid said he was still haunted by what happened that night.\n\n\"It's like yesterday. I can still smell the smoke in that foyer. Still hear the alarms when I go to sleep, when I close my eyes,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm first aid trained, but the most I'd done is put a plaster on.\n\n\"To step in that foyer, it was carnage. It was a war zone.\"\n\nSaffie's parents have said they would not have expected member of the public to have known how to treat her injuries.\n\nHer father Andrew Roussos told the BBC: \"There was a member of the public with her, I can't expect him to tourniquet her, splint her legs and so on.\n\n\"But the medically trained people that were with her, and were with her throughout and didn't apply basic first aid to give Saffie a chance.\"\n\nThe inquiry has previously heard it is important to acknowledge the enormous pressure which those who responded that night came under.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "News of the extended lockdown has not been welcomed by business leaders.\n\nLast month, the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) estimated that each week of lockdown meant non-essential stores missing out on £135m of lost sales.\n\nSince then, garden centres and homeware shops have been compelled to close too, and the government has placed curbs on retailers’ click and collect services.\n\nThe SRC says today's extension is a further blow to non-food stores who have already borne a lot during the pandemic.\n\nIt said Scottish stores were set to miss out on almost £950m of lost revenues during the current lockdown period.\n\nQuote Message: The extended lockdown will serve to make it harder for some retailers to emerge from this crisis. Even when we do eventually emerge from enforced hibernation the stark reality is that shops will be unable to trade at capacity due to physical distancing restrictions and caps on the number of customers in stores. This means that April’s abrupt ‘reverse cliff edge’ - which is set to see a 100% re-instatement of business rates – is simply not sustainable. from David Lonsdale Director of the Scottish Retail Consortium The extended lockdown will serve to make it harder for some retailers to emerge from this crisis. Even when we do eventually emerge from enforced hibernation the stark reality is that shops will be unable to trade at capacity due to physical distancing restrictions and caps on the number of customers in stores. This means that April’s abrupt ‘reverse cliff edge’ - which is set to see a 100% re-instatement of business rates – is simply not sustainable.", "On his final full day in office, outgoing president Donald Trump delivered a farewell speech from the White House.\n\nCurrently locked out of his personal social media accounts, Trump struck a concilatory yet defiant tone in the video released via the government's official social media accounts.\n\n\"We did what we came here to do - and so much more,\" he said. \"I took on the tough battles, the hardest fights, the most difficult choices – because that’s what you elected me to do.\"\n\nHe warned that \"the greatest danger\" now facing the country was \"a loss of confidence in our national greatness\".\n\nThe 45th president ran through actions taken by his administration - from \"stand[ing] up to China like never before\" to \"a series of historic peace deals in the Middle East\".\n\nHe added: \"I am especially proud to be the first president in decades who has started no new wars.\"\n\nReferring to the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January, he said: \"All Americans were horrified by the assault on the Capitol... It can never be tolerated.\"\n\nTrump acknowledged that a new administration would take office, but said: \"I want you to know that the movement we started is only just beginning.\"", "It is not known when the artwork was taken as no one reported it missing\n\nA 500-year-old painting has been discovered in a flat in Italy and returned to a museum - where staff were unaware it had even been stolen.\n\nThe copy of Salvator Mundi, which is believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci, was found in a bedroom cupboard in Naples on Saturday.\n\nThis copy is thought to have been painted by one of da Vinci's students.\n\nThe 36-year-old owner of the flat was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen goods, police said.\n\n\"The painting was found on Saturday thanks to a brilliant and diligent police operation,\" Naples prosecutor Giovanni Melillo told the AFP news agency.\n\nThe artwork is usually part of the Doma Museum collection at the San Domenico Maggiore church in the city.\n\nBut Mr Melillo said officials were not aware it had been stolen because \"the room where the painting is kept has not been open for three months\" due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIt is not known when the artwork was taken as no one had reported it missing, but the museum said it was in its possession as recently as last January.\n\nSome experts believe Leonardo's student Giacomo Alibrandi may have painted the artwork\n\nPolice are now investigating the circumstances of the theft, but there was no sign of a break-in at the museum.\n\n\"It is plausible that it was a commissioned theft by an organisation working in the international art trade,\" Mr Melillo said.\n\nIt is not known who painted the artwork, but some experts believe Leonardo's student Giacomo Alibrandi may have done so in the early 1500s.\n\nIt shows Christ with one hand raised, with the other holding a glass sphere.\n\nAnd to add to the mystery - whether or not the original painting is an authentic Leonardo da Vinci is disputed. Leonardo died in 1519 and there are fewer than 20 of his paintings in existence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The original painting was cleaned and restored from the image on the left to the one on the right\n\nThe original Salvator Mundi has had major cosmetic surgery - its walnut panel base has been described as \"worm-tunnelled\" and at some point it seems to have been split in half. Efforts to restore it have also resulted in abrasions.\n\nThis did not detract buyers, however, and the painting became the most expensive ever sold when it was auctioned for a record $450m (£341m) in 2017.\n\nThe unidentified buyer was involved in a bidding contest, via telephone, that lasted nearly 20 minutes.", "A refusal to accept cash is \"creeping into the wider UK economy\", an expert has said, after a survey suggested coronavirus had hastened a shift towards a cashless society.\n\nConsumer group Which? said that 34% of people asked said they had been unable to pay with cash at least once since March when trying to buy something.\n\nGrocery stores, pubs and restaurants were most likely to refuse.\n\nNatalie Ceeney, who wrote a report on the issue, called for ministers to act.\n\n\"The figures show that it's not simply the odd coffee shop going cashless, but this is creeping into the wider economy,\" said Ms Ceeney, who wrote the Access to Cash Review.\n\n\"We can't just blame individual businesses - many are going cashless because they can't easily bank cash takings because their local branch is closed or some distance away. The government needs to urgently legislate to protect the viability of cash - as it promised to do so last year. Time is running out.\"\n\nWhich? said the lack of cash access was a problem for those who relied on notes and coins - such as people with certain health conditions or without computer access.\n\nSome shops are still keen to accept cash\n\nJenny Ross, Which? Money editor, said: \"We have repeatedly warned about the consequences that coronavirus will have on what was an already fragile cash system, but nowhere near enough action has been taken by the government or the regulator to understand the scale of this issue.\"\n\nThe Treasury has proposed giving the City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, control of overseeing future access to cash and has thrown its weight behind the idea of cashback in shops, without the requirement to buy anything.\n\nDavid Fagleman, director at financial consultancy Enryo, said: \"Our own research shows that despite a decline in use for day-to-day purchases, nearly three-quarters of people think the move to a cashless society is happening too fast and risks leaving some people, particularly the vulnerable, behind.\"", "Cillian Murphy stars in Peaky Blinders, a drama which follows Tommy Shelby and his family\n\nPeaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has confirmed the hit BBC crime drama will conclude with a film following the show's final TV series.\n\nOn Monday, Knight said the upcoming sixth series would be the last but teased that \"the story will continue in another form\".\n\nHe has now confirmed to Deadline: \"My plan from the beginning was to end Peaky with a movie.\n\n\"This is what is going to happen,\" he added.\n\nHe explained that \"Covid had changed our plans\" but did not elaborate.\n\nHelen McCrory, who plays Polly, is the Shelby family matriarch\n\nThe final BBC TV series has resumed filming after being hit by Covid-related production delays.\n\nOn Monday, Knight described the show as being \"back with a bang\" and warned fans that the mobsters would face \"extreme jeopardy\" in the sixth season.\n\nKnight had previously planned for a seven-season run of the drama, which is set in post-World War One Birmingham.\n\n\"My ambition is to make it a story of a family between two wars,\" he said in 2018 ahead of season five. \"I've wanted to end it with the first air raid siren in Birmingham in 1939. It'll take three more series to reach that point.\"\n\nIt now looks like the film might be replacing his plan for series seven.\n\nKnight, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, previously revealed he had been \"approached\" to take the Shelby crime family universe to the big-screen.\n\nSam Claflin as Tommy's political rival Oswald Mosley was a central figure in series five\n\nThe sixth series of the show, which follows Tommy Shelby and his family, will see Anthony Byrne return as director and Nick Goding produce.\n\nTommy Bulfin, executive producer for the BBC, said he was \"very excited\" filming had begun and promised a \"truly remarkable... fitting send-off that will delight fans\".\n\nHe added he was \"so grateful to everyone for all their hard work to make it happen\".\n\nThe production team have developed comprehensive safety protocols to ensure that the series will be produced responsibly and in accordance with government guidelines during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nExecutive producer Caryn Mandabach said the \"safety of our cast and crew is always our priority\" and that they had been \"working diligently\" to get safely back into production since filming was halted last March.\n\n\"Thank you to all the Peaky fans who have been so unwaveringly supportive and patient,\" she added.\n\nPeaky Blinders, which stars Cillian Murphy, first aired on BBC Two eight years ago to widespread critical acclaim.\n\nRatings quickly grew from over two million for the first series to over four million by series four and it found further popularity on Netflix.\n\nIt made the transition to BBC One for the fifth series in 2019, achieving audiences of over five million.\n\nThroughout its run, a host of awards have followed, including NTAs, which are voted for by the public, and a Bafta for best drama series in 2018.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Scientists are a step closer to being able to reverse the damage caused by motor neurone disease (MND).\n\nUniversity of Edinburgh experts have found a problem with MND patients' nerve cells which could be repaired by repurposing drugs approved for other diseases.\n\nThe study has been welcomed by charities including the foundation set up by Scots rugby legend Doddie Weir.\n\nMy Name'5 Doddie foundation described it as \"a very exciting breakthrough\".\n\nMore than 1,500 people are diagnosed with the degenerative condition in the UK every year.\n\nThere is no known cure and more than half die within two years of diagnosis.\n\nThe research found that the damage to nerve cells caused by MND could be repaired by improving the energy levels in mitochondria - the power supply to the motor neurons.\n\nThey discovered in human stem cell models of MND, the axon - the long part of the motor neuron cell that connects to the muscle - was shorter than in healthy cells.\n\nAnd the movement of the mitochondria, which travel up and down the axons, was impaired\n\nThe scientists showed that this was caused by a defective energy supply from the mitochondria and that by boosting the mitochondria, the axon reverted back to normal.\n\nDr Arpan Mehta, who led the study at Euan MacDonald Centre for MND research said: \"The importance of the axon in motor nerve cells cannot be overstated.\n\n\"Our data provides hope that by restoring the cell's energy source we can protect the axons and their connection to muscle from degeneration.\n\n\"Work is already under way to identify existing licensed drugs that can boost the mitochondria and repair the motor neurons. This will then pave the way to test them in clinical trials.\"\n\nThe research centre was established by Euan MacDonald, who was 29 years old when he was diagnosed with MND in 2003\n\nCraig Stockton, the chief executive of MND Scotland, said the \"exciting\" results of the research were another piece of the puzzle to finding an effective treatment for the degenerative condition.\n\n\"We look forward to seeing if these positive results can be replicated for patients,\" he said.\n\n\"Once researchers have identified a drug they believe could have the desired effect, this treatment could then be fast-tracked for human trials using the pioneering MND-SMART clinical trial platform - into which MND Scotland has invested £1.5m.\n\n\"Researchers, clinicians, charities and supporters are all working hard to take us closer to finding a cure and by joining together we'll get to that day even sooner.\"\n\nThe researchers used stem cells taken from people with the C9orf72 gene mutation that causes both MND and frontotemporal dementia.\n\nThey used the stem cells to generate motor neuron cells in the lab.\n\nThe study also used human post-mortem spinal cord tissue from people with MND.\n\nAlthough the research focused on the people with the commonest genetic cause of MND, the researchers said they were hopeful the results would also apply to other forms of the disease.\n\nThe results of the study are now being used to look for existing drugs that boost mitochondrial function.\n\nThe study was funded by the Medical Research Council, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research, My Name'5 Doddie Foundation, UK Dementia Research Institute and Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Protests against China's alleged abuse of the Muslim Uighur community\n\nThe government is facing a rebellion over the Trade Bill, and opposition proposals to give British courts the right to decide if a country is committing genocide.\n\nRebel Tory MPs want to allow Parliament to debate ending trade deals with countries responsible for genocide.\n\nThe government says trade policy should not be set by the courts.\n\nBut some MPs think the proposal would be a good way of targeting China and its treatment of the Uighur people.\n\nOn Tuesday, America's top diplomat Mike Pompeo, in his last day in the role, said the US had determined that China's persecution of the Muslim group and other minorities in Xinjiang province represented genocide and crimes against humanity under international law.\n\nThe UK has repeatedly condemned the actions of the Chinese authorities but stopped short of describing them as genocide - saying only international courts should determine this.\n\nAnd ministers also argue that trade deals are matters for governments, not the courts, to decide upon.\n\nThe MPs' amendment to the Trade Bill is a watered-down version of an earlier proposal from the House of Lords, which would force the government to withdraw from any free trade agreement with any country found guilty of genocide by the High Court of England and Wales.\n\nThe new proposal is signed by 10 Conservative MPs, one of whom described their amendment as \"tidier\" than the Lords version and designed to attract more support.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, Sir Edward Leigh asked \"is there any way we can acknowledge that genocide is taking place in a discussion on a trade deal\".\n\nIn response, International Trade minister Greg Hands said ministers were prepared to have further discussions but not within the scope of the current legislation.\n\nHe told MPs the government was \"answerable to Parliament, not the courts\" and the Lords version would have led to an \"unacceptable erosion\" of its authority.\n\nThe UK, he added, had \"no plans\" to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement with China due to concerns about its human rights record, particularly its persecution of the Muslim Uighur community.\n\nNusrat Ghani urged ministers to consider the \"compromise\" proposal, which she said recognised the \"separation of powers\" between the executive, Parliament and the courts.\n\nThe Conservative ex-minister said the UK should \"never let economic concerns trump ethical ones by dealing with genocidal states\".\n\n\"Why would we want to use our newfound freedom to trade with states that commit and profit from genocide? Britain is better than that.\"\n\nSpeaking to Politics Live, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith said it is currently \"impossible\" for international courts to rule on whether there has been genocide, as other countries can block hearings in the UN.\n\nHe argued it is therefore important to allow British courts to make the judgement.\n\nThe MP insisted he is not \"anti-China\" but said the Chinese government need to be \"reasonable and behave in a way that is acceptable\" if it wanted to be part of global trading organisations.\n\nShadow international trade secretary Emily Thornberry said Labour would be supporting the new amendment arguing that the government \"does not consider human rights abuses enough before signing up to trade deals\".\n\nThis is an interesting story in its own right because of the issues involved but it's also a neat metaphor for Brexit.\n\nThe government has taken back control of trade policy from the EU but is already having to share it with the House of Lords, Tory MPs and potentially with the High Court.\n\nDuring the passage of the Trade Bill, the government also had to beef up the powers of the Trade and Agriculture Commission - an independent body of experts - in response to lobbying from farmers who were worried about the dilution of food standards.\n\nSoon trade disputes with other countries will partly be overseen by the new Trade Remedies Authority, another organisation that reports to ministers but is independent of them.\n\nAnd of course, everything has to be compatible with World Trade Organisation rules, anyway.\n\nThe government has control of trade. It's just not total.", "19 January is a special day for Orthodox Christians across Russia, including President Vladimir Putin. It's a day reserved for commemorating the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan, and it's called Epiphany. Though temperatures are as low as -20 Celsius, some celebrated this by submerging themselves in ice-cold water.", "A team of Nepalese climbers has become the first ever to summit the world’s second highest mountain, K2, in winter.\n\nK2, along the Pakistan-China border, is notoriously challenging - with high winds and sub-zero temperatures.\n\nOne of the leading members of the team is a former Gurkha and British special forces soldier, Nirmal Purja. He spoke to BBC Pakistan correspondent Secunder Kermani.", "Theresa May has accused her successor Boris Johnson of \"abandoning\" the UK's moral leadership on the world stage.\n\nThe ex-prime minister said Mr Johnson's decision to cut the overseas aid budget below 0.7% of national income had reduced the UK's global \"credibility\".\n\nShe wrote in the Daily Mail the UK had to \"live up to its values\" and would be judged by its actions not its rhetoric.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK was \"embarking on a quite phenomenal year\" of global leadership.\n\nQuestioned about Mrs May's comments by the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said: \"I think it's very important the prime minister of the UK has the best possible relationship with the president of the United States.\n\n\"That's part of the job description.\"\n\nHe cited the UK's hosting of a global vaccine summit, the upcoming COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, as well as the G7 summit of leading industrial nations, in Cornwall, and his pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 as examples of the UK's global leadership.\n\nMr Blackford called on the PM to reverse \"his cruel policy of cutting international aid for the world's poorest\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The SNP Westminster leader called in the PM to reverse his \"cruel\" international aid policy\n\nLater on Wednesday, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, succeeding Donald Trump.\n\nIn advance of the event, Mr Johnson said he looked forward to working \"hand-in-hand\" with the new administration and that post-Covid challenges could only be tackled by \"international co-operation\".\n\nBut, in an article in the Daily Mail, Mrs May suggested Mr Johnson had squandered international goodwill by choosing not to meet the longstanding UN target of spending 0.7% of income on international development.\n\nThe government says it cannot meet the figure - enshrined in UK law - this year because of the strain placed on the public finances by the pandemic.\n\nTheresa May has made these criticisms - on overseas aid and the threat by the government to override international law - before.\n\nQuite often she gets a dig in when she stands up in the House of Commons.\n\nBut packaging it all up in this way, on this day, is, in the words of one of her close former advisers, \"quite punchy\".\n\nThe government would rather focus on the relationship it is going to forge with the new US president.\n\nMinisters feel they have quite a lot in common with Joe Biden when it comes to working together on the world stage, fighting climate change and co-operating on global security.\n\nMrs May also criticised Mr Johnson's support for legislation which could have allowed the UK to go back on parts of its Withdrawal Agreement with the EU, had it been passed.\n\nControversial clauses were ultimately removed from the Internal Market Bill in December, after the UK and EU reached an agreement.\n\nBut Mr Johnson's threat to break international law was criticised in Europe and the US - where Mr Biden warned it could imperil peace in Northern Ireland.\n\nMrs May said the UK was \"well placed to play a decisive role in shaping this more co-operative world but to lead we must live up to our values\".\n\n\"Other countries listen to what we say not simply because of who we are, but because of what we do. The world does not owe us a prominent place on its stage,\" she added.\n\n\"Whatever the rhetoric we deploy, it is our actions which count. So, we should do nothing which signals a retreat from our global commitments.\"\n\nMrs May suggested the end of the Trump presidency could be a catalyst for a change in world politics\n\nMrs May, who had a sometimes strained relationship with Mr Trump, said Mr Biden's election presented the UK with a \"golden opportunity\" for Western democracies to reverse the trend towards \"absolutism\" - and a \"few strongmen facing off against each other\" - in global affairs.\n\nThe UK holds the presidency of the G7 this year and hosts the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.\n\nMr Johnson said he looked forward to welcoming Mr Biden to the UK at least twice in 2021.\n\n\"In our fight against Covid and across climate change, defence, security, and in promoting and defending democracy, our goals are the same and our nations will work hand-in-hand to achieve them,\" he added.", "LAS received almost 200,000 calls in December - up 50,000 on November, when London was in the second national lockdown\n\nLast week London exceeded the grim milestone of 10,000 deaths linked to Covid-19. Thousands of people are critically ill in hospital, and as many as 5% of Londoners are thought to have the virus in some parts of the city. As coronavirus continues to circulate silently around the capital, staff at the London Ambulance Service (LAS) are under immense pressure.\n\nThe service is currently taking up to 8,500 calls a day, compared with a pre-Covid figure of 5,000 to 6,000, according to its chief executive Garrett Emmerson.\n\nLizzie Cooke is one of the workers at LAS's south London headquarters who are dealing with strangers at what is a distressing time.\n\nI covered the London Bridge terror attacks and Grenfell but this is a different scale\n\nCalmly, the 30-year-old answers the phone and usually asks first if the patient is breathing.\n\n\"In the first wave we were getting a lot of calls of [people seeking] reassurance,\" Lizzie says. \"But now there are more and more who have symptoms, and family members are really frightened.\"\n\nIt is a fear that Lizzie knows all too well, having been hospitalised with Covid-19 in March. She spent a week receiving treatment for the virus.\n\n\"I was at work taking calls and struggling to concentrate,\" the call-handling supervisor says. \"At times I would just have my head on the desk in between calls.\n\n\"I started to develop chest pains five days later so my parents took me to Royal County Hospital, in Hampshire, and an X-ray showed a lot of fluid in my lungs. It was quite horrible.\n\n\"Luckily, I wasn't on a ventilator but I had the oxygen hood, and the nurses were so rushed off their feet. I didn't have my phone with me or know my parents' numbers off by heart so for that week I was quite alone and isolated.\n\n\"It was just a mixture of the unknown and not knowing when it was going to stop that was so daunting.\"\n\nThe unprecedented volume of calls means waiting times for patients are increasing\n\nLizzie's personal battle with coronavirus has helped her to empathise with people who call up with breathing problems.\n\nIt's something she says she's having to do more and more.\n\n\"Just before Christmas we were getting a lot of respiratory and cardiac arrest calls,\" she says. \"You could just hear colleagues counting to four [for chest compressions] and it was echoing around the room. It has been tough.\n\n\"We are getting calls from family members who are really frightened. I covered the London Bridge terror attacks and Grenfell but this is a different scale.\n\n\"I did get one call for toothache, but that's part of the job.\"\n\nLizzie, who lives in Hampshire, says that because the coverage of coronavirus is everywhere, it is \"difficult to escape\".\n\nWhen she's not at work she binge-watches Line of Duty on Netflix, but she says winding down isn't easy.\n\nLizzie sometimes thinks about the people who aren't following the rules aimed at helping stop the spread of the virus, and those who deny Covid-19 even exists.\n\n\"It's a kick in the teeth,\" she says. \"It is frustrating on the way to work when you see people not wearing masks or even posting stuff on social media not believing the virus is real.\n\n\"I just don't know where the disconnect is coming from; there are many people in hospital, many people dying, and I don't know what more needs to be said to make them realise how dangerous the illness is.\"\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nSitting a few metres away from Lizzie is 24-year-old Louise Essam, who has been in the job for two years.\n\n\"Every call we take at the moment is coronavirus,\" she says. \"My record was 108 calls in a day back in March during the first wave.\n\n\"But easily in the last few weeks I've been taking around 100 a day at times,\" Louise adds.\n\n\"We are just doing the best we can,\" says emergency call co-ordinator Louise Essam\n\n\"Sometimes I'll come in for a shift and can just hear colleagues counting one, two, three, four, for the compressions, and you just know what kind of shift it is going to be.\n\n\"It has been tough and quite frustrating, really. We are trying to help people. We are under so much pressure as there are high waiting times, but we are just doing the best we can.\"\n\nHelp is at hand though from the LAS workers' fellow emergency services personnel.\n\nMet Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick visited Wembley Stadium on Wednesday, where her officers are being trained to drive ambulances\n\nSeventy-five Met Police officers are currently being trained at Wembley Stadium to drive ambulances.\n\nThey will start work as drivers from 20 January, joining the 200 firefighters who are already helping LAS.\n\n\"It came as a huge relief when they announced it,\" says 37-year-old paramedic Ben West.\n\nBen West has been with the London Ambulance Service for 13 years\n\nAs is the case with many frontline workers, Ben says he is concerned about the dangers of exposure to coronavirus.\n\nHe has lost four colleagues to Covid-19, including Ian Reynolds, a paramedic based in Croydon, and Melonie Mitchell, a member of the NHS 111 team. They both died during the first wave in April.\n\n\"I wouldn't be a normal person if I said I wasn't scared,\" he says.\n\n\"I am scared and I do worry but we take every day as it comes, take our precautions and we just see where we go with that.\n\n\"We know the virus is out there in the community and we are not immune.\"", "A non-binding Labour motion calling for the universal credit top-up to be kept in place beyond 31 March passed by 278 votes to none after a Commons debate.\n\nSix Tory MPs defied party orders to abstain and voted with Labour, adding to the pressure on the PM on the issue.\n\nThe prime minister said the government had provided £280bn worth of support during the pandemic but all measures would be kept under \"constant review\".\n\nThe motion, which will not automatically lead to a change in policy, was put forward by Labour as a way to put additional pressure on the government to continue the increase, worth £1,000 a year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Carl, a roofer, describes going from \"not having enough to barely having enough\" on universal credit.\n\nFormer Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb was among six Conservative MPs to rebel, along with Peter Aldous, Robert Halfon, Jason McCartney, Anne Marie Morris and Matthew Offord.\n\nAhead of the vote, Mr Crabb told the BBC that although there were \"difficult pressures on the chancellor\" extending the increase for 12 months was \"the right thing to do\".\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said there were dozens of Conservative MPs who were \"deeply uneasy\" about ending the £20 weekly increase to universal credit.\n\nShe added that it was also understood the cabinet minister with responsibility for benefits, Therese Coffey, was arguing that the uplift should not be dropped in April.\n\nCharities and anti-poverty campaigners are pleading with the government to keep the support in place, describing it as a lifeline for more than 5.5 million families who receive the standard universal credit allowance.\n\nFood poverty campaigner and chef Jack Monroe told the BBC that the £20 increase \"has been a lifeline\" for millions of people who have needed to top up their income or rely on universal credit payments in order to get by.\n\nSir Keir said the increase was a vital safety net for those who had lost their jobs, seen their working hours slashed or who were not eligible for the government's wage subsidy furlough scheme.\n\n\"If we don't give a helping hand to families through this pandemic, then we are going to slow our economic recovery as we come out it.\n\n\"We urge Boris Johnson to change course and give families certainty today that their incomes will be protected.\"\n\nSix billion pounds of the benefits bill - the difference between poverty or not for 1.2 million families, according to a think tank.\n\nThe £1,040 a year increase to universal credit is a very emotive issue.\n\nThere's even a battle over what to call it.\n\nTo the government, its introduction was a one-off boost to cope with a crisis. For Labour, taking it away is a cut.\n\nMinisters would prefer we looked at the overall level of support they've provided for workers and businesses during the pandemic. The opposition say the £20 a week boost is a powerful symbol of the state's willingness to help.\n\nEven the act of debating it today is disputed. Labour say they've got the right occasionally to set the agenda in Parliament. Boris Johnson said his MPs risk abuse from campaigners and protestors if they engage.\n\nThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation has suggested about 16 million people will be directly affected if the £20 is rolled back.\n\nIt says 500,000 more people will be driven into poverty, including 200,000 children, while a further 500,000 of those already in poverty will find themselves in even worse hardship.\n\nHowever, free market think tank the Institute for Economic Affairs has argued that \"across-the-board benefit increases are a wasteful use of taxpayers' money\" at a time when the government is borrowing \"a hair-raising amount of money\".\n\nUniversal credit is a single payment replacing old benefits such as housing benefit and child tax credits.\n\nYou can claim universal credit if you are on a low income or are out of work.\n\nThe standard allowance varies from around £340 to just under £600 a month, depending on your age or whether you are single.\n\nYou may be eligible to receive more money on top of the standard allowance if, for example, you have children or a health condition.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the Northern Research Group, Conservative MP John Stevenson said the £1,000 increase had been \"a real life-saver for people throughout this pandemic\".\n\n\"To end it now would be devastating for the 6 million individuals and families who are already struggling to stay afloat,\" he added.\n\nWhile the vote is not binding, and will not lead to a change in policy, it will increase pressure on the government to keep the increase or come up with an alternative.\n\nLabour said the Conservatives' decision to abstain created \"unnecessary uncertainty\" but minister Nadhim Zahawi described the vote as \"a political stunt\".\n\nThe government says it has strengthened the welfare system with an extra £7bn of funding during the pandemic while families struggling with food and household bills can get help through the £170m Winter Grant Scheme.\n\nMinisters also point to extra support for housing costs, through an increase in local housing allowance for those on housing benefits and hardship payments worth £670m next year for those unable to pay their council tax bills.", "How has the justice system responded to the pandemic? Stories from inside prisons and courts, where lawyers fear delays are creating miscarriages of justice. Helen Grady reports.\n\nAre court backlogs creating miscarriages of justice? When the UK locked down, so did its court system, adding to a backlog that’s left defendants, witnesses and victims facing long waits for trials. Helen Grady speaks to people inside the justice system to find out how it’s coped with the pandemic - from delays in making courts covid-secure to a lack of PPE and overcrowding in prisons. We hear stories from prisons under lockdown and talk to lawyers who fear delays are leading to abuses of the criminal justice system.\n\nProducer: Rob Cave", "New legislation has been passed to protect Scottish shop workers from abuse from customers.\n\nThe Protection of Workers Bill will make it a new specific offence to assault, abuse or threaten staff.\n\nIncidents involving an age-restricted product, such as alcohol or cigarettes, could be treated more seriously.\n\nThe MSP behind the bill, Labour's Daniel Johnson, said attacks on retail workers had increased during the Covid pandemic.\n\nHe told Holyrood: \"Shop staff have been spat at for asking customers to socially distance, and stock has been smashed in retaliation for item limits being imposed.\n\n\"Violence, threats and abuse should not be just part of anyone's job.\"\n\nMr Johnson said that staff requesting age ID could be a \"trigger factor\" in many incidents of abuse.\n\nThe new legislation will also cover people working in bars, restaurants and hotels, and those delivering items bought online who may have to ask for proof of age.\n\nThe bill was supported by all parties at Holyrood, despite the government initially arguing that its provisions were already covered by existing criminal laws.\n\nThe Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service told MSPs that further legislation was not needed, noting that \"violence, threats and abuse against retail workers, or indeed any other person, are prosecuted every day in the courts in Scotland using offences which are commonly understood\".\n\nPolice Scotland meanwhile said there would be \"no significant change in how we go about our business\" as a result of it.\n\nCommunity safety minister Ash Denham said that while there was a \"wide range of existing criminal laws\" currently in place to protect staff, the new legislation could \"make the general public think more about their behaviour when they interact with retail workers\".\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives also backed the bill, although they argued that the presumption against short sentences in Scotland meant anyone convicted under the new law would ultimately not be jailed.\n\nPaul Gerrard, public affairs director for the Co-Op, told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime that the retailer had seen a 450% rise in violent incidents in the last few years.\n\n\"It is a huge problem,\" he said. \"We've seen an explosion in violence and abuse toward my colleagues.\n\n\"Now across 350 stores in Scotland we have someone attacked every day. And 10 colleagues are threatened or abused every day.\n\n\"Increasingly we have seen knives, syringes and axes all used against shopworkers.\"\n\nMr Gerrard added that previous incidents were centred on shoplifting or age-restricted sales, but staff were now facing more abuse around enforcing Covid shopping rules.\n\nThe new legislation was passed by 118 votes to 0 in the Scottish Parliament.\n\nThe Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is now urging the UK government to introduce similar legislation to protect retail staff in England - something Labour MP Alex Norris is pursuing at Westminster.\n\nUsdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis said: \"It is a great result for our members in Scotland, who will now have the protection of the law that they deserve.\n\n\"So we are looking for MPs to support key workers across the retail sector and help turn around the UK government's opposition.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nIndia pulled off an astonishing run-chase to inflict Australia's first defeat at the Gabba since 1988, win the fourth Test by three wickets and take one of the all-time great series. Needing 328, a Brisbane record run-chase, the injury-hit tourists got home with three overs to spare. Shubman Gill made 91 and Rishabh Pant was unbeaten on 89. They win the series 2-1, keeping the Border-Gavaskar they won in Australia two years ago. It is perhaps one of the finest Test series wins by any away side, especially given the list of players unavailable to India by the time the final match was played. That included captain and talisman Virat Kohli, who only played in the first Test before departing to be at the birth of his first child, a host of fast bowlers and first-choice spin pair Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. In addition to the absent players, India somehow recovered from being bowled out for 36 - their lowest total in Test cricket - in losing the series opener by eight wickets. What followed were three Tests of the highest quality and drama, with India producing a stunning comeback to win the second Test by eight wickets, then defiantly batting through the final day to earn a draw in the third. But they saved their best performance for last, a superb contest that ensured the series went down to the final hour of the last day, with the shadows lengthening and a near-empty Gabba filled with the sound of a smattering of raucous India supporters. The tourists were 4-0 overnight and, for them to even get to the point where victory might be possible, Cheteshwar Pujara had to come through a barrage of hostile bowling from the Australia quicks - he was hit 10 times in his 56. He added 114 for the second wicket with the free-scoring Gill, while stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane, who has presided over India's fightback, signalled their intent with 24 off only 22 balls. Tireless Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins was a threat throughout, removing Pujara, Rahane and Rohit Sharma. Fast bowler Pat Cummins took four wickets for Australia Still, even though India knew a draw would see them retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, they never lost sight of the chance of victory and promoted wicketkeeper Pant to number five. At the beginning of the final hour, India were 259-4, meaning they needed 69 runs and Australia six wickets from the final 15 overs. Though Cummins had Mayank Agarwal caught at cover for his fourth wicket, Pant attacked in the company of debutant Washington Sundar. Runs came with increasing freedom and, although Sundar was bowled trying to reverse-sweep Nathan Lyon and Shardul Thakur miscued Josh Hazlewood, Pant could not be stopped. The left-hander's drive down the ground off Hazlewood secured a famous win and sparked joyous India celebrations. 'One of the top three series of all time' - reaction India captain Rahane: \"I don't know how to describe this victory. I'm really proud of all the boys. We didn't talk about anything after Adelaide, we just wanted to show good character and express ourselves. It was all about a team effort.\" Australia captain Tim Paine: \"In the key moments we were found wanting and completely outplayed by India, who fully deserved their series win.\" Man of the match Pant: \"This is one of the biggest things in my life. It has been a dream series.\" Player of the series Cummins: \"The whole India side played fantastically and deserved to win. The game was there for to win, but we didn't take the wickets.\" Former Australia fast bowler Stuart Clark on ABC: \"What a victory that is by India. They have been absolutely outstanding. The man of the moment is Rishabh Pant. He played some of the most insane shots you will ever see. Australia bowled their hearts out, but it wasn't enough.\" Former Australia captain Ian Chappell: \"It had everything. It was an absolutely amazing day. This has been one of top three Test series of all time.\"\n• None Can this British team make an impact on the global scene?\n• None The show must go on in lockdown:", "Nicola Sturgeon is to announce later whether Scotland's Covid-19 lockdown is to continue past the end of January.\n\nThe first minister said Tuesday's statement at Holyrood would concern the \"duration\" of restrictions rather than whether any new ones would be imposed.\n\nMinsters will also decide at a cabinet meeting whether schools will be allowed to re-open in full from 1 February.\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney has suggested it would be a \"tall order\" for pupils to return to classrooms.\n\nMs Sturgeon said on Monday that she did not want to \"raise parents' expectations\", saying transmission of the virus \"is still higher than we would want it to be\".\n\nThe whole Scottish mainland and several islands have been in a strict lockdown since early January, with a \"stay at home\" message in force.\n\nThis was initially due to run until February, but this will be reviewed by ministers on Tuesday morning with a view to having the restrictions last longer.\n\nWhile Ms Sturgeon has warned that the government would consider further measures if necessary, she said \"it is the duration rather than the content of restrictions that we will be looking at\" on Tuesday.\n\nThe outcome of this review will then be announced to MSPs in a statement at Holyrood in the afternoon.\n\nNicola Sturgeon will announce the result of the latest review in a Holyrood statement\n\nThe review will also cover the situation in schools, with the majority learning remotely from home and only some children of key workers and vulnerable pupils being allowed into school buildings.\n\nOn Monday, the first minister said she did not want to \"raise expectations\" about classes returning to normal, but added that she was \"not going to make any assumptions\" ahead of the cabinet meeting.\n\nShe said: \"I am not going to raise parents' expectations, you can see from the numbers we are seeing some positive signs in the numbers that lockdown is starting to stabilise things and tip them into decline, but transmission is still higher than we would want it to be.\n\n\"We want to get schools back as quickly as we possibly can, it is not in the interests of kids to be out of school for any longer than is absolutely necessary, but community transmission has always been a key factor in these decisions.\"\n\nThis echoed comments from Mr Swinney, who had previously said it would be \"a tall order\" for schools to fully re-open with \"the virus still at a very high level in general within society\".\n\nI am expecting continuity rather than change from today's announcement on coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe continuation of the current lockdown and presumably the extension of remote learning for most school pupils into the February break at least.\n\nBoth decisions are likely to be reviewed again next month. But it's not clear if the first minister will feel able to suggest a target date for restrictions to ease.\n\nCabinet will also be giving special attention to the serious Covid outbreak on Barra and considering if the level three restrictions that apply in the Western Isles remain appropriate.\n\nWhile there are signs the pace at which the current wave of coronavirus is spreading is starting to slow, evidence of much greater suppression will be required before the stay at home lockdown in place across mainland Scotland is lifted.\n\nThe review comes less than a week after restrictions in Scotland were tightened, with some click and collect services ordered to close and outdoor alcohol consumption banned.\n\nThe entire Scottish mainland has been in the top level of restrictions - level four - since Boxing Day, with level three measures in place in Orkney, Shetland, the Western Isles and some islands in Argyll and Bute and the Highlands.\n\nScots are subject to a legal requirement not to leave home for anything other than essential purposes, such as shopping for essentials, exercise and caring responsibilities.\n\nThe number of new cases reported each day on average has begun to fall, but the number of people in hospital with the virus continues to rise and is now \"significantly\" above that seen in the first wave in 2020.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the \"position overall is very precarious, very concerning in terms of the level of transmission\", but said there were \"some early signs to be optimistic that measures are having an effect\".\n\nThe first minister will take questions from opposition leaders following her statement.\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives have voiced concerns that Covid-19 vaccines are not being rolled out quickly enough, saying the Scottish government are \"trailing their own targets\".\n\nStatistics released on Monday showed that Scotland has vaccinated 264,991 people so far - 6% of its adult population.\n\nThis is lower than the figure for England, where 8% of the adult population - 3,520,056 people - have been vaccinated, and Northern Ireland, which has the highest vaccination rate in the UK at 8.7%.\n\nWales has a similar figure to Scotland at 6%.\n\nEngland has also given a second dose of the vaccine to 427,386 people, compared to only 3,698 in Scotland.\n\nHowever, Ms Sturgeon has insisted that all parts of the UK are \"working to the same targets\" to vaccinate priority groups, and said her government is \"on track\" to hit them subject to supplies arriving.\n\nThis would see care home residents, healthcare staff and all over-80s get a first dose by the start of February, with over-70s and those deemed \"extremely vulnerable\" by mid-February and all over-65s by the beginning of March.\n\nBy that time the government aims to be vaccinating up to 400,000 people a week on average, with all priority groups getting a first jab by early May and the rest of the adult population in line thereafter.", "About one in 10 people across the UK tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies in December, roughly double the October figure, data has shown.\n\nEstimates from the Office for National Statistics suggest between 8% of people in Northern Ireland and 12% of people in England showed signs of past Covid infection.\n\nIn October, antibody positivity ranged from 2% to 7% around the UK.\n\nAnd 6,586 Covid deaths were registered in the UK in the week to 8 January.\n\nThat brings the total registered so far close to 96,000.\n\nNearly a quarter of deaths were people living in care homes - a disproportionate impact on a group of people which accounts for less than 1% of the population.\n\nBack in July, though, care home residents accounted for 40% of deaths.\n\nThe ONS regularly tests a representative sample of the population, both for current infection and for antibodies indicating a past infection.\n\nPeople taking part in the survey are tested whether or not they have had symptoms.\n\nThis is used to estimate how common both the virus and antibodies are in the population as a whole.\n\nAntibodies are proteins in the blood which fight off specific infections.\n\nThey are developed if somebody catches an infection and their body fights it off, or if they have been vaccinated.\n\nYorkshire and the Humber topped the chart with 17% of people having positive antibodies, followed by London.\n\nProf Lawrence Young, a virologist at Warwick Medical School, said: \"This study shows that infection with the Sars-Cov-2 virus is much more widespread in the UK than previously realised, with around 1 in 10 people estimated to have been infected by December 2020.\n\n\"The implications are that infection rates increased significantly between November and December.\"\n\nBut Scotland had a considerably smaller growth in antibodies than the rest of the UK, rising from 7% to 9% of the population.\n\nThe fact that more people show signs of having at least some protection against Covid-19 is consistent with the dramatic rise in infections during that period.\n\nBut we know that antibodies from natural infection can fade.\n\nIn England, the ONS said, positive antibody tests equated to 5.4 million people aged over 16 having signs of past infection.\n\nThat does not tell you the total number of people infected, however, but acts as a snapshot in time.\n\nIn London, about 16% of people had antibodies in December, up from 11% in October. But at the last peak in May, an estimated 15% of the population had antibodies. This proportion fell, as detectable antibodies recede with time.\n\nExactly what this means for someone's likelihood to become infected again, however, is not fully known.\n\nIt also remains to be seen how long vaccines will protect people for, before they need a booster jab.\n\nBut Public Health England data suggests natural immunity provides at least five months' protection on average, and vaccines often give better protection than natural immunity.\n\nMore than 4 million people in the UK have been given their first dose of the vaccine.\n\nProf Janet Lord, director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing at the University of Birmingham, urged caution among those who have already been vaccinated.\n\nAsked whether people who have received the jab can hug their children, she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"I would certainly advise not to do that at the moment because, as you probably know, with the vaccines they take several weeks before they are maximally effective.\n\n\"It's really important that people stay on their guard even if they've had that first vaccination.\"", "Alexandru Murgeanu (l) and Jason Mercer were killed in the crash on the M1 in South Yorkshire\n\nA coroner has called for a review of smart motorways after an inquest heard the deaths of two men on a stretch of the M1 could have been avoided.\n\nJason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, died when Prezemyslaw Szuba crashed his lorry into their vehicles near Sheffield on 7 June 2019.\n\nCoroner David Urpeth said smart motorways without a hard shoulder carry \"an ongoing risk of future deaths\".\n\nHighways England said it was \"addressing many of the points raised\".\n\nMr Urpeth recorded a verdict of unlawful killing at Sheffield Town Hall. He added he would be writing to Highways England and the transport secretary asking for a review.\n\nThe inquest heard the deaths of the two men may have been avoided had there had been a hard shoulder.\n\nOn the stretch of the M1 where the crash took place, the hard shoulder has been replaced by an active lane.\n\nSzuba, 40, from Hull, was jailed last year after admitting causing their deaths by careless driving.\n\nHe was speaking from prison to the inquest.\n\nPrezemyslaw Szuba was jailed over the deaths\n\nAnswering questions over the phone, Szuba told the hearing he accepted he was driving without paying proper attention.\n\n\"I have already accepted that at my trial,\" he said, but added: \"If there had been a hard shoulder on this bit of motorway, the collision would have been avoidable.\n\n\"I would have driven past these two cars as it would be safer and they would have been able to come home safely and I would be able to come back home.\"\n\nSzuba said he had only three to five seconds to react, and asked if he would have avoided the crash had he been paying attention, he said: \"It's difficult to say after everything now.\"\n\nSgt Mark Brady, who oversees major collision investigations for South Yorkshire Police, told the hearing: \"Had there been a hard shoulder, had Jason and Alexandru pulled on to the hard shoulder, my opinion is that Mr Szuba would have driven clean past them.\"\n\nBut he accepted the primary cause of the crash was Szuba's inattention to the road.\n\nThe crash happened after a collision between a Ford Focus driven by Mr Mercer, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and a Ford Transit driven by Mr Murgeanu, who was living in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, but was originally from Romania.\n\nWhen Mr Mercer and Mr Murgeanu got out to exchange details they were hit by the lorry, and both died at the scene.\n\nMr Mercer's wife Claire has campaigned against smart motorways since her husband's death, and was at the hearing on Monday.\n\nClaire Mercer has campaigned against the use of smart motorways since her husband's death\n\nIn a statement, Highways England said it was \"determined\" to do everything it could to make roads as safe as possible and was already addressing many of the points raised by the coroner \"as published in the Government's Smart Motorway Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan of March 2020\".\n\n\"We will carefully consider any further comments raised by the coroner once we receive the report,\" it added.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Today's rising number of UK deaths was to be expected, sadly, after the surge in cases during December.\n\nAnd it is likely that the coming weeks will see figures even higher than this.\n\nToday’s numbers are, though, inflated by the fact that delays registering deaths over the weekend tend to lead to higher figures being reported on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.\n\nOn average, the UK is recording more than 1,100 deaths a day.\n\nTo put that in context, at Christmas it was less than half that.\n\nBut there are two chinks of light in the daily update.\n\nFirstly, the number of cases is below 40,000 - for a third day in a row. At the turn of the year it was touching 60,000 new diagnoses.\n\nThat means, in the coming weeks, we should start to see fewer hospitalisations and, eventually, deaths.\n\nThe number of vaccinations also continues to rise.\n\nIt seems unlikely the NHS will manage its target of two million doses a week just yet.\n\nBut each increase at least takes us one step closer to getting on top of the virus.", "Campaigners are bringing a judicial review for indirect sexual discrimination on Thursday.\n\nThey say the way the self-employed income support scheme or SEISS is calculated- by averaging out profits between 2016 to 19 - is unfair to to around 75,000 women who’ve taken time off in that period for maternity leave. The government insists using a three-year average is the best way of reflecting a self-employed worker’s income.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health workers can book an appointment at seven vaccination centres in operation across NI\n\nDoctors have insisted there is no postcode lottery when it comes to rolling out the coronavirus vaccines.\n\nNorthern Ireland's vaccination plan means all those over 80 should receive their first dose by the end of January.\n\nMore than 154,000 doses of a vaccine have now been administered, health officials said.\n\nDr Frances O'Hagan, deputy chairwoman of NI's GP committee, said practices had their own rollout plans but she expected them to meet official targets.\n\n\"As soon as we get the vaccine, we will get it to you,\" she told BBC News NI. \"But please, please wait until we contact you.\"\n\n\"We tailor our programmes to our individual patients and to our geography and to our surroundings.\n\n\"It's not actually a postcode lottery. It's the best way of doing it because we know what suits our patients.\"\n\nDr O'Hagan said she had not heard reports of some practices holding back vaccines until they received bigger amounts to allow for a larger number of vaccinations to be done.\n\nShe said rolling out the programme was a logistical challenge which fell on top of an already heavy workload but the jab would be given out in a \"safe and timely\" fashion.\n\nSinn Féin MP Órfhlaith Begley said doctors in her West Tyrone constituency were working above and beyond to administer the vaccine to as many people as possible.\n\n\"But unfortunately I am hearing that some GPs cannot access supplies of the vaccine,\" she said.\n\n\"There does appear to be, and it is a consistent message from GPs in my own constituency, a feeling the distribution of the vaccine has been unequal to date.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed a further delivery of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine into Northern Ireland on Tuesday morning.\n\nIn a tweet, Robin Swann said: \"We now have the supply to complete all our over 80s and when that group is finished, there will be enough to start into the over 75 programme.\"\n\nPatricia Donnelly, the head of NI's vaccination programme said there had been 154,436 doses of the vaccine administered here, with 132,857 of those being first doses.\n\nOn Tuesday, she said three quarters of care home residents had already received both doses.\n\n\"With the arrival of additional vaccine today, which have been issued this afternoon and tomorrow to GPs, there will be enough to complete the over 80 population and to commence in the over 70 population,\" she added.\n\nA further 24 virus-related deaths and 713 more Covid-19 cases were reported in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths recorded by the Department of Health to 1,649.\n\nThere are currently 842 people in hospital with the virus, 70 people in intensive care units (ICU) and 57 being ventilated.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, a further 93 Covid-19 related deaths were reported on Tuesday, bringing the country's death toll to 2,708.\n\nA further 2,001 positive cases were also recorded in the latest figures from the Republic's Department of Health.\n\nNorthern Ireland's rate of Covid-19 infection is now below one and has been at that level for a couple of weeks, according to the chief medical officer.\n\nHowever, Dr Michael McBride warned the reproduction (R) number for hospital transmission remains above one.\n\nDr McBride said new variants of the virus had made the job of curtailing the spread even more difficult, and warned he did not foresee any relaxation of restrictions any time soon.\n\n\"We need to ensure that we have as many people who remain at risk of severe disease vaccinated and prioritised with the first dose as possible before we consider significant relaxations in the current restrictions,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile concerns have been raised that \"social media myths\" are encouraging some care home staff to reject the Covid vaccine.\n\nPauline Shepherd, from the Independent Health and Care Providers, said young women were especially vulnerable to misinformation about the vaccine and fertility.\n\nLast week, the Department of Health said there had been an uptake level of about 80% among care home staff.\n\n\"We are very keen obviously that everyone takes the vaccine, that is really the only way that we are going to get through this,\" she told BBC Radio Foyle.\n\n\"Obviously there are myths going around on social media about the vaccine and some are opting not to take it.\n\n\"Particularly younger females seem to have the view through social media that it may impact fertility\".\n\nA consultant anaesthetist says there is a \"reluctance\" among members of the black, Asian and minority ethnic communities to take Covid-19 vaccines\n\nThere are currently 139 confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks in NI's 483 care homes.\n\nThe Public Health Agency (PHA) and Department of Health were now exploring how \"to dispel the myths\", Ms Shepherd added.\n\nDr Mukesh Chugh, a consultant anaesthetist at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry, said there had been a \"reluctance\" among black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people to take Covid-19 vaccines.\n\nDr Chugh says this is because of \"anti-vaccine messages\" posted across various social media platforms and messenger apps \"targeted at certain ethnic and religious groups\".\n\n\"I encourage them not to believe the messages they are getting on WhatsApp - these are not scientific messages,\" he said.\n\nOn Tuesday, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots said a number of groups of key workers should be given priority access to vaccinations.\n\nPrioritisation was decided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises UK health departments on immunisation.\n\nEdwin Poots said meat plant workers should be among those given priority vaccine access\n\nAsked if he supported prioritisation for food workers in meat plants, Mr Poots told the assembly he did and had raised it with the executive.\n\n\"It's been identified as an essential service - those people working in them are there in cold, wet conditions where we have had a number of outbreaks,\" he said.\n\n\"We should seek to introduce those people somewhat earlier than is currently the case - I will continue to endeavour to press that case.\"\n\nHe said other groups of workers who should be prioritised included \"teachers and police officers\".", "An Instagram post said the alleged baby shower was a \"lovely surprise\"\n\nA rail company has begun an internal investigation after staff allegedly held a surprise baby shower in a closed Patisserie Valerie bakery at London's Marylebone station during lockdown.\n\nChiltern Railways workers told BBC News up to 20 colleagues, including some who were on shift, attended the gathering.\n\nThey claim some party-goers then had positive Covid tests, forcing most of the team to self-isolate.\n\nChiltern said \"appropriate action\" would be taken after its investigation.\n\nMembers of Chiltern Railways customer services staff based at the station told BBC News that about 30 people had been invited to the baby shower on the afternoon of 23 November - both via WhatsApp before the alleged gathering, and face to face on the day of the event.\n\nA national coronavirus lockdown was in place in England in November, so people were banned from meeting anyone indoors who was not part of their household.\n\nOne worker, David [not his real name], said he declined an invitation to the event but walked past the bakery later in his shift to see about 20 colleagues gathered inside.\n\nHe said he was \"shocked and alarmed\" to see people hugging each other, with most of them not wearing masks.\n\nPhotos of the alleged gathering, seen by the BBC, show a table inside a Patisserie Valerie outlet covered with dozens of cupcakes, mince pies, crisps and sandwiches, bunting saying \"it's a boy!\" and handmade flags reading \"happy baby shower\".\n\nOne photo appears to show a group of eight colleagues posing in front of the table of party food, without socially distancing from one another.\n\nSome images were shared on Instagram on 23 November with the caption: \"What a lovely surprise being thrown a baby shower at work today!\"\n\nA Patisserie Valerie spokesman said the company had not been informed of any such event and that none of its team members had access to the Marylebone station cafe, which has remained closed since March due to Covid restrictions.\n\nHe added it was normal for a member of station staff to have keys to the premises for \"security reasons\".\n\nDavid and another colleague claimed three people who allegedly attended the event tested positive over the following four days.\n\nThe positive tests meant 16 members of staff out of the team of about 26 people had to self-isolate for 14 days, David said.\n\nHe said colleagues who lived with, or cared for, vulnerable people were \"petrified\" to hear there had been a staff outbreak, with some \"scared to go home\" for fear of endangering loved ones.\n\nDavid added that he had been caring for his elderly grandmother so self-isolation was \"a real nightmare\" as he had to arrange alternative care for her.\n\nChiltern Railways confirmed a \"small number\" of workers tested positive for Covid or had to self-isolate in the 14-day period after 23 November, but a spokeswoman said \"none of the staff who were alleged to have attended [the baby shower] tested positive\".\n\nShe said Chiltern Railways was investigating and was \"making every effort\" to maintain a Covid-secure environment for staff and customers.\n\nChiltern Railways staff members congratulated their colleague using information boards at the station\n\nIn an email seen by the BBC, which was sent to Chiltern Railways employees on 24 November, a manager said one team member had tested positive and added: \"It is disappointing that social distancing measures do not appear to have been followed and I will be investigating this further.\"\n\nDavid's colleague Peter (not his real name) said he was one of about 10 team members who had to work while the rest of the team was self-isolating.\n\nPeter said the outbreak left those at work feeling \"stretched\" and \"raised the anxiety levels of everyone\" as they worried they might have caught Covid as a result of having worked alongside the alleged party's attendees.\n\n\"A lot of us don't want to be at work during this time, for obvious reasons. We're doing a job where we do come into contact with a lot of people - it's stressful enough with your own family, who are a bit worried about you going in to work at a train station and asking if you're getting the proper protection,\" Peter said.\n\nHe added he felt \"demoralised\" to hear about the alleged party when he spends his shifts encouraging customers to wear masks and socially distance.\n\nThe Department for Transport said it had been made aware of the incident and had contacted Chiltern Railways for a \"full explanation\".\n\nA spokesman for the Office of Rail and Road - which protects the interests of rail and road users - said it had investigated \"an issue relating to Covid-19 concerns\" and had taken action, jointly with Westminster City Council, to \"ensure Chiltern Railways tightens its risk assessment for workers and to revise working arrangements\".", "When Amelia Strike, 21, was logged out of her Depop social shopping app account in October, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.\n\n\"I thought I had just forgotten my password when I couldn't get back in, but a couple of days passed and I realised something wasn't right,\" says the Birmingham-based law student.\n\nShe then received a message from a stranger on Instagram, alerting her to the fact that her account had been taken over by a scammer advertising Apple AirPod headphones for £50.\n\nShe immediately used her brother's Depop account to comment on the offending post and contact the app. It was removed by the firm in a few hours and her password was reset.\n\nBut when Ms Strike logged back in, she was shocked by what she found.\n\n\"I felt sick - I scrolled and scrolled through hundreds of messages people had sent the scammer,\" she says.\n\nThe fraudster had been instructing shoppers to pay them directly through PayPal's \"Friends and Family\" option, which sidesteps Depop's fees and doesn't offer any protection for buyers.\n\nThe scammer sent messages like this one to other Depop users from Amelia's account\n\nMs Strike counted at least three Depop users who made unauthorised payments of £50 to the scammer.\n\nIn Ms Strike's situation, to get users to trust scam listing, the hacker had also uploaded a photo of her name on a post-it note next to the headphones that were supposedly for sale.\n\nThis is a common tactic used by people selling second-hand items online, to prove that the photos were not stolen from another listing.\n\n\"I just felt so violated,\" she says.\n\nShe is not alone - 14 other users have told BBC News that their Depop accounts have been hacked in recent months. In all cases, the fraudsters demanded to be paid directly, rather than through the app.\n\nBlending the look and social elements of Instagram with the buy-and-sell format of eBay, 90% of Depop's users are aged 26 or under.\n\nEmily Goold, 21, a journalism student in Tewkesbury, was scared when her account was hacked and a fraudster posted a listing for a £350 jacket.\n\nEmily Goold, 21, told the BBC a fraudster hacked her Depop account and advertised a £350 Moncler jacket\n\nDepop took the listing down within 12 hours and reset her password, but Ms Goold says such incidents are becoming commonplace.\n\n\"You always know somebody who's had a Depop horror story. It's such a widespread problem now.\"\n\nScammers have continued to plague many online services through the pandemic.\n\nOne \"have a go\" method called \"credential stuffing\" involves using automated tools to repeatedly log into accounts, entering usernames and password information previously exposed from data breaches of other popular online services.\n\nIf a user doesn't use the same password on multiple services or has changed their passwords after being exposed in a data breach, this won't work.\n\nAccording to Liv Rowley, a threat intelligence analyst at cyber-security firm Blueliv, cyber criminals are now targeting Depop accounts on an \"industrial scale\" using this method, capitalising on the fact that people often use similar passwords.\n\nBlending the look and social elements of Instagram with the buy-and-sell format of eBay, 90% of Depop's users are aged 26 or under\n\nDepop told the BBC that the safety and security of its community is its \"number one priority\", and that the service has never had a data breach or had its infrastructure compromised.\n\nThe firm confirmed that credential stuffing is a big part of the problem.\n\n\"Weak passwords and the use of the same password across multiple accounts is the greatest source of account takeover, which is why we have initiated a campaign in the second half of 2020 to force some users to strengthen their passwords and to remind others of the importance of strong and unique passwords,\" says Depop's chief operating officer Dominic Rose.\n\nDepop has started resetting passwords for some 12 million users that have not changed them in over a year and told the BBC it had sent reminders to a similar number to make sure their log-in details are unique.\n\n\"We will continue to remind our community about the importance of account security and updating their passwords.\"\n\nThe firm, founded in 2011, told the BBC that although the number of its users increased nearly two-fold to 26 million last year, it had seen a 50% decrease in account \"takeovers\" since its campaign began.\n\nBut Blueliv found that login details for several thousand hacked Depop accounts are being advertised for as little as $1.05 (77p) each on the dark web - a part of the internet that is only accessible using specialised tools.\n\nWhile a Vice investigation first highlighted the problem in May, there is now evidence that account logins are being sold across multiple dark web \"marketplaces\".\n\nThe information for sale includes usernames and passwords, with extra charged for details such as follower count, the number of sales completed by a user and their ratings by other shoppers.\n\nOn the dark net marketplace White House Market, \"premium\" Depop accounts are being sold for $5\n\n\"The accounts are being compromised and that definitely is concerning,\" Ms Rowley says. \"While it's not a Depop-specific problem, I think [credential stuffing] is one we're going to see expand in the next five years.\"\n\nOne Depop user told the BBC they would feel \"much more comfortable\" if the app introduced two-factor authentication, where users enter a one-time code sent to them via email or text, for example, after attempting to sign in.\n\nDepop confirmed that it intends to implement multi-factor authentication in 2021.\n\nBut Aman Johal, director at law firm Your Lawyers, which specialises in consumer action claims, says the platform needs to act urgently, \"particularly given its relatively young user base, where the duty of care is greater\".\n\n\"The fact that this has been going on for months...is unacceptable. Given the volume of compromised accounts for sale, the horse has already bolted,\" he added.\n\nFor some users, trust in the company has been dented.\n\n\"I feel like their security measures need to be amped up because it's just not good enough,\" says Ms Strike, who has been a Depop user since 2015.\n\n\"I've used [Depop] for a long time but I'm reluctant to continue because it just doesn't feel safe anymore.\"", "HSBC is to close 82 branches in the UK between April and September this year, claiming customers are turning to digital banking.\n\nThe company will have 511 branches across the country following the closure programme.\n\nManagers said they did not expect to make any redundancies, with staff moved to nearby branches instead.\n\nCoronavirus and changing customer habits have altered the way we bank, but there are concerns over closures.\n\nCampaigners say that local branches provide a lifeline for those who need access to cash and face-to-face services, and allow small businesses to bank without too much disruption to their own trade.\n\nHSBC said all but one of the branches earmarked for closure were within one mile of a Post Office, where these day-to-day transactions could be carried out.\n\nIt said - even stripping out the effects of the pandemic - the number of customers using branches had fallen by a third in the past five years, and 90% of all customer contact was over the phone, internet or smartphone, in addition to contacts on social media.\n\nJackie Uhi, HSBC UK's head of network, said: \"The Covid-19 pandemic has emphasised the need for the changes that we are making.\n\n\"It hasn't pushed us in a different direction but reinforces the things that we were focusing on before and has crystallised our thinking. This is a strategic direction that we need to take to have a branch network fit for the future.\"\n\nThis would include changing some branches to concentrate on cash access, as well as the use of \"pop-up\" branches in some areas by the end of the year. It means some remaining branches will offer fewer services.\n\nThe branches to close are:\n\nMay: Brighton, Ditchling Road; Hull, Merit House; Wednesbury; Sutton Coldfield, Four Oaks; Hull, Holderness Road; Pontyclun, Talbot Green; London, Fleet Street; London, Fenchurch Street; London, Old Broad Street; London, Charing Cross; Sheffield, Darnall; Oxford, Summertown; Leeds, Chapel Allerton; Cardiff, Rumney; Torquay, Strand; Staines", "The Met Office warned heavy rain combined with melting snow on higher ground was likely to cause flooding\n\nAn amber rain warning has been issued for parts of northern and central England as Storm Christoph approaches.\n\nThe Met Office told people in Yorkshire and the Humber, the North West, East Midlands and the east of England to expect heavy rain and potential floods.\n\nYellow warnings have been issued for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland.\n\nUp to 70mm (2.75in) of rain is forecast to fall within 48 hours in the worst-hit areas from Tuesday.\n\nThe Met Office said the downpours, set to last throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, were likely to cause flooding when combined with melting snow on higher ground.\n\nIt said there was a \"danger to life\" due to fast-flowing or deep floodwater, and warned some communities there was a good chance they would be \"cut off\" by flooded roads.\n\nIt also predicted delays and cancellations to public transport, with the amber warning in place until 12:00 GMT on Thursday.\n\nCouncils and emergency services have warned people to prepare for potential flooding.\n\nMayor of Doncaster Ros Jones declared a major incident in South Yorkshire ahead of possible flooding.\n\nIn a tweet, she said emergency protocols were instigated on Sunday, with sandbags handed out in flood-risk areas, and told people not to panic but to be prepared.\n\nCalderdale councillor Scott Patient urged residents and businesses to \"take all the steps they can to protect themselves and their property\".\n\nDue to Covid-19 restrictions, Mr Patient said, the authority was preparing \"virtual community support hubs\" to help people if there was flooding.\n\n\"The virtual hubs work similarly to the physical ones, but everything will be done remotely to reduce the need for face-to-face contact and to protect staff, volunteers, those affected by flooding and vulnerable people in our communities,\" he said.\n\nThe Environment Agency has 14 flood warnings - meaning \"immediate action\" is required - in place across England, stretching from the south east to the north east.\n\nThe Met Office amber rain area initially covered parts of the north, but has since been expanded to include some central areas\n\nMet Office forecaster Jon Griffiths said about 40-70mm (1.57-2.75 in) of rain was expected in the north-west over three days, potentially rising to 100-120mm (3.93-4.72 in) in hilly areas.\n\nMr Griffiths said river systems in some areas were already close to capacity.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has condemned the \"disgraceful scenes\" in the US, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed Congress and clashed with police.\n\nRioters breached the Capitol building where lawmakers met to confirm Joe Biden's presidential election victory.\n\nThe PM said it was \"vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power\".\n\nAnd Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"direct attack on democracy\".\n\n\"The United States stands for democracy around the world and it is now vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power,\" Mr Johnson tweeted.\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, meanwhile, called the events \"utterly horrifying\".\n\nFriend of President Trump and leader of Reform UK - formerly the Brexit Party - Nigel Farage tweeted: \"Storming Capitol Hill is wrong. The protesters must leave.\"\n\nThe US Congress has now reconvened after the violence - spurred on by Mr Trump's unproven claims of electoral fraud - to certify Mr Biden's victory in the US election in November\n\nHundreds of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol, and staged an occupation of the building in Washington DC.\n\nBoth chambers of Congress were forced into recess, as protesters clashed with police and tear gas was released.\n\nFour people died on Capitol grounds during the violence, including a woman shot by police and three others, who died as a result of \"medical emergencies\", local police said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nUK MPs from across the political spectrum have criticised the events in the US.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said there was \"no justification for these violent attempts to frustrate the lawful and proper transition of power\", while Home Secretary Priti Patel called the scenes \"unacceptable and undemocratic\".\n\nShe added: \"There is no justification for this violence and Donald Trump must condemn it.\"\n\nHer Conservative colleague, and former Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt directly addressed President Trump for telling the crowd to march on Congress, tweeting: \"He shames American democracy tonight and causes its friends anguish - but he is not America.\"\n\nLabour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner said: \"The violence that Donald Trump has unleashed is terrifying, and the Republicans who stood by him have blood on their hands.\"\n\nAnd shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said the events were \"the legacy of a politics of hate that pits people against each other and threatens the foundations of democracy\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has defended the prime minister's response to the rioting.\n\nAsked on ITV's Peston programme why Mr Johnson hadn't criticised Mr Trump, she said: \"The prime minister has been clear tonight that we need a peaceful and orderly transition.\"\n\nMs Coffey added that events in the US were a \"reminder that democracy is something precious - and will only continue to thrive as long as we protect institutions that make this country important and not demean each other when the majority of what we want to achieve is similar outcomes\".\n\nDonald Trump and Boris Johnson at a Nato summit in 2019\n\nMeanwhile, the SNP's leader in Westminster, Ian Blackford, said the end of Mr Trump's presidency \"cannot come quick enough\".\n\nHe tweeted: \"What a legacy the events of today are to his time in office. Shameful, shocking, an affront to democracy.\"\n\nLeader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, called the scenes \"absolutely horrendous\", while his party's foreign affairs spokeswoman, Layla Moran, said: \"The scenes coming out of Washington tonight are an attack on democracy.\"", "An ambulance service has experienced its busiest day of calls on record.\n\nOn Monday, West Midlands Ambulance Service dealt with 5,383 calls in 24 hours. The previous record was 5,001 calls in March 2018.\n\nSeven hundred of those calls came from London as its calls system struggled, according to BBC health correspondent Michele Paduano.\n\nThe ambulance service said Covid-19 and winter weather had resulted in hospitals being \"extremely busy\".\n\nAt the hosptials, the longest a patient waited was five hours and 39 minutes, with two of the longest waits at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham.\n\nA combination of Covid-19 and winter weather has resulted in hospitals being \"extremely busy\"\n\nAt one point on Monday night, 15 ambulances were waiting to hand over patients outside New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton.\n\nA source told the BBC it was \"a very challenging day\" and in total, handovers had accounted for 759 hours of crews' time, equivalent to taking 63 ambulances off the road.\n\nWhile another said at 06:00 GMT on Tuesday, ambulances were still responding to emergency calls from the night before.\n\nTraditionally, the first Monday after New Year is always busy. GP surgeries have been closed and people wait until after the festivities to get medical treatment.\n\nThis year, the number of calls was exacerbated by the service taking about 700 calls for the London ambulance service after its system struggled.\n\nThere was also the perfect storm of snow and ice coupled with coronavirus - made worse because many of our trusts, particularly University Hospitals Birmingham have been struggling with capacity for many months. Usually hospitals would put patients on corridors, they can't because of Covid risks.\n\nThey also have fewer beds due to wider spacing to prevent infection and fewer staff on duty. Hence patients left for hours on ambulances outside.\n\nWest Midlands Ambulance Service is the best performing in the country, but even with near to 500 ambulances a day on the road, it cannot keep up with demand.\n\nProf David Loughton, the chief executive of the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, warned its capacity would \"soon be compromised\".\n\n\"The numbers are ramping up enormously and I don't think we've seen the full impact of what happened on Christmas Day yet, that will take time to come through,\" Prof Loughton said.\n\nHe added a two-week \"lag\" meant things could get worst before they get better.\n\n\"As I always say today's Covid rate is my order book for intensive care in two weeks' time.\"\n\nA West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: \"A combination of Covid-19 and winter weather has resulted in hospitals being extremely busy which unfortunately resulted in hospital handover delays.\n\n\"We work closely with the hospitals to try and ensure our crews are able to handover patients quickly and safely, but due to the extremely high demand some patients did wait longer to be handed over than we would normally see.\"\n\nIn a statement London Ambulance Service NHS Trust said : \"As is standard practice during periods of high demand and high levels of staff sickness, ambulance services provide support for each other, which includes answering 999 calls.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dickey emerged during a boom for African-American literature in the 1990s\n\nAuthor Eric Jerome Dickey, whose novels of romance, mystery and adventure were best-selling page-turners over more than 20 years, has died aged 59.\n\nThe US writer wrote 30 novels about breathless relationships and thrilling adventures involving young African American characters.\n\nThey included Friends & Lovers, Milk In My Coffee, Cheaters and Finding Gideon.\n\nHe also wrote a series of Marvel comics about a love story between Storm from the X-Men and the Black Panther.\n\n\"His work has become a cultural touchstone over the course of his multi-decade writing career, earning him millions of dedicated readers around the world,\" his publicist Becky Odell told USA Today in a statement.\n\nWriter Roxane Gay was among those paying tribute, describing him as \"a great storyteller\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by roxane gay This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOther authors to add their voices included Luvvie Ajayi, who described him as \"a literary legend\", and ReShonda Tate Billingsley, who said he was \"an amazing author and an even better friend\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Luvvie is the #ProfessionalTroublemaker This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by Luvvie is the #ProfessionalTroublemaker\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by ReShonda Tate Billingsley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Wesley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBorn in Memphis, Tennessee, Dickey started out as a software developer in the aerospace industry. Being laid off from that job gave him a chance to take writing classes and see whether he could make it as an author.\n\nHe emerged during a boom for African-American literature in the 1990s, and his 1996 debut Sister, Sister - about the lives and loves of three siblings - was recently named one of the 50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years by Essence magazine.\n\nHe was particularly praised for his ability to write \"believable\" female characters, and many of his readers were women.\n\nWhen the New York Times profiled him in 2004, it billed him as the \"chick lit king\". Patrik Henry Bass, Essence's books editor, told the paper: \"He is singular in the way he is tapping into the African-American female psyche.\"\n\nAnd Calvin Reid, an editor at trade magazine Publishers Weekly, said: \"He captures black language and black middle-class characters with more depth than you often see in commercial fiction.\"\n\nBy that time, he was selling 500,000 books a year. He was nominated four times for the NAACP Image Award for best work of fiction, winning in 2015 for A Wanted Woman.\n\nBy then, he had branched out into stories of crime, suspense, thrills and spills as well as the steamy and tangled relationships with which he made his name.\n\nHe had four daughters, but said he never based his plots on his own life. \"I avoid my life,\" he once said. \"It bores me. Trust me. A book about me would be a snoozefest.\"\n\nHis final novel, The Son of Mr Suleman, will be published in April.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"We've now vaccinated over 1.3m people across the UK\"\n\nSome 1.3 million people in the UK have now received their first dose of a Covid vaccine, says the government.\n\nIn England, that includes nearly a quarter of the most elderly, vulnerable patients.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said it meant that within a two to three weeks they should have a \"significant degree of immunity\" to the virus.\n\nHe said there would be a ramping up to get more people immunised - up to 2 million a week.\n\nThe ambition is to vaccinate all the over-70s, the most clinically vulnerable and front-line health and care workers by mid-February. That will require around 13 million vaccinations.\n\nHe defended the UK's policy of immunising more people with one dose immediately - rather than holding some stock back to give people a second booster shot - in order to save \"the most lives the fastest\".\n\nUS regulators have questioned the policy, saying it is premature without more trial evidence, but the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency says it is a pragmatic decision to protect more people.\n\nBoth the Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses to provide the best possible protection.\n\nInitially, the strategy for the Pfizer vaccine was to offer people the second dose 21 days after their initial jab - full immunity starts seven days after the second dose.\n\nBut when approval was announced for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on 30 December, it was also announced that the policy would now change - the new priority would be to give as many people a first shot of either vaccine, rather than providing the required two doses in as short a time as possible.\n\nEveryone will still receive their second dose, but this will now be within 12 weeks of their first.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty told the Downing Street press conference that extending the gap between the first and second jabs would mean the number of people vaccinated can be doubled over three months.\n\n\"If over that period there is more than 50% protection then you have actually won. More people will have been protected than would have been otherwise.\n\n\"Our quite strong view is that protection is likely to be lot more than 50%.\"\n\nAsked whether the longer gap could lead to an increase risk of the virus mutating into a version that could escape the vaccine, he said it was a worry, but a small one.\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said vaccines would probably need to be changed further down the line to continue to be a good match for the virus - but that this was relatively quick to do.\n\nOne of the exciting things about the science of the RNA vaccines is that they are incredibly fast to make in response to new mutations, he said.", "Former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp is set to be named the BBC's next chairman, the corporation's media editor Amol Rajan says.\n\nMr Sharp spent 23 years working for the banking giant and was reportedly Chancellor Rishi Sunak's boss there.\n\nHe has recently been acting as an unpaid economic adviser to Mr Sunak during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHis new role will see him lead negotiations with the government over the future of the licence fee.\n\nThe licence fee is due to stay in place until at least 2027, when the BBC's Royal Charter ends, with a debate about how the broadcaster should be funded after that.\n\nThe government is currently reviewing whether its cost, currently £157.50, should continue rising with inflation from 2022, and whether non-payment should remain a criminal offence.\n\nMr Sharp's career at Goldman Sachs culminated as chairman of its principal investment business in Europe before his departure in 2007. He was then on the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee for six years until 2019.\n\nAs an advisor to the Treasury about its pandemic response, the 63-year-old reportedly played a key role in the £1.57bn arts rescue package, and the film and television production restart scheme.\n\nMr Sharp is a former donor to the Conservative party.\n\nHe was chairman of the Royal Academy of Arts from 2007 to 2012, and founded the charity London Music Masters.\n\nSir David Clementi, the current BBC chairman, steps down in February. The post-holder is officially appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the government.\n\nJulian Knight, the chair of the DCMS Committee, said in a statement: \"It is disappointing to see this news about the next BBC chairman has leaked out ahead of a formal announcement from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The Committee previously expressed some concerns over the appointments process, calling for it to be fair and transparent.\n\n\"The DCMS Committee looks forward to questioning the preferred candidate for the post in a pre-appointment hearing next week on their views at a critical time for the BBC about its role and the future of public service broadcasting more generally.\"\n\nHis views on the BBC itself are unknown. But like new director general Tim Davie, who he met a few weeks before Christmas, he has a commercial background. Just as the relationship between Lord Hall, Davie's predecessor, and Sir David was strong, so the bond between the new DG and chair will be critical.\n\nWhether Sharp supports the licence fee as the pillar of a future BBC settlement is unclear.\n\nThe last time the BBC's future was negotiated with a sceptical Conservative government, the relationship between the director general and the chancellor - then George Osborne - was critical, as Lord Hall explained to me in his exit interview.\n\nThis time, Davie will go into that negotiation with a very close ally of the current chancellor - though Sharp's first duty is to support Davie, and the BBC, and not his old mentee.", "New car registrations fell to their lowest level in nearly three decades last year, according to preliminary figures from the industry's trade body.\n\nIt was also the biggest one-year fall since World War Two, when factories were being turned over to military production, the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders said.\n\nAbout 1.63 million new cars were registered in 2020, compared with 2.3 million in 2019 - a decline of 29%.\n\nIt was the lowest total since 1992.\n\nThe bulk of the lost sales occurred during the first lockdown in the Spring, when showrooms were forced to close, and factories shut down.\n\n\"We lost half a million units from March, April, May - and we never recovered them,\" said the SMMT's chief executive, Mike Hawes.\n\nThe restrictions introduced later in the year were less damaging, largely because dealers were able to sell cars remotely, using 'click and collect' services.\n\nThat remains the case during the new lockdown, announced on Monday.\n\n\"We can still do click and collect, which is important, because that's the very minimum we need,\" said Mr Hawes. \"Not just to keep retail going, but also to keep manufacturing going.\"\n\nOverall, the SMMT said the Covid crisis has cost the car industry some £20bn - and cost the exchequer nearly £2bn in lost VAT.\n\nThere are also serious questions about the extent to which the car market can recover this year. Previous forecasts, which had suggested new registrations could rise to about 2 million in 2021, have been thrown into doubt by the latest restrictions.\n\nBut while the market as a whole has suffered over the past year, sales of electric cars have risen dramatically, increasing their share of the market from 1.5% to 6.5%. Sales of plug-in hybrids also rose sharply.\n\nCar showrooms re-opened from the first lockdown in June\n\n\"If we see this continued level of uptake in electric vehicles, then we anticipate that sales of new EVs and plug-in hybrids will overtake diesel cars in 2021,\" said Ian Plummer, commercial director of motoring website Auto Trader. \"Then, pure EVs will overtake those of their internal combustion engine counterparts in 2026.\"\n\nWith the pandemic continuing to inflict serious damage on the industry, Mr Hawes says the trade deal between the UK and the EU came as a \"massive relief\".\n\nIt confirmed that cars and car parts could continue to move between the two regions, without tariffs - or taxes - being imposed, provided certain conditions are met.\n\nThe SMMT had previously warned that failing to reach a deal could have cost the industry £55bn over five years - and add £2,000 to the cost of each vehicle\n\nBut manufacturers still face potentially significant additional costs due to so-called non-tariff barriers - including border formalities, and the need to obtain extra regulatory approvals for new designs.\n\n\"This is not a free deal\", said Mr Hawes.\n\nAnother consequence of the trade deal is that the UK will need to focus on battery production, if it is to maintain its car industry while phasing out petrol and diesel engines.\n\nThat's because in order to qualify for tariff-free access to the European market, the value of car components made outside the UK and the EU will have to be strictly limited.\n\nSpecific rules relating to batteries effectively mean that from 2027, they themselves will have to be made in the EU or the UK.\n\nThe SMMT believes that, based on current investment plans, UK battery factories will have a capacity of 15 gigawatt-hours (GWh) by 2024.\n\nThat is more than seven times the current level, and would be enough to produce 250,000 electric cars per year.\n\nBut the SMMT insists much more is needed: 60GWh in order to produce 1 million cars per year by 2030, and 120GWh to produce 2mby 2040.\n\nThat, says Mr Hawes, will require \"massive investment\".", "Greggs expects up to a £15m loss for the year, which would be its first annual loss since it listed its shares on the stock exchange in 1984.\n\nThe bakery chain said it does not expect profits to return to pre-Covid levels until 2022 at the earliest.\n\nIt has been battling a sales slump due to the coronavirus pandemic, but sales declines have been lessening.\n\nGreggs made 820 job cuts at the end of last year, after its sales were hit by coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions.\n\nChief executive Roger Whiteside said the impact of the Covid-19 crisis had been \"enormous\" and that a fresh lockdown meant \"significant uncertainties remain in the near term\".\n\nCoronavirus restrictions towards the end of last year led to \"variable trading conditions across the UK\", he said.\n\nSales in the final three months of the year fell by nearly a fifth, but this decline was less than its sales slump in the third quarter.\n\nIn September, Greggs, which is based in Newcastle, said it was in talks with staff to cut hours in an effort to minimise job losses.\n\nBut it still decided to cut 820 jobs because of \"lockdown levels of business\" as High Streets were hit by the crisis.\n\n\"Looking ahead, the significant uncertainty over the duration of social restrictions, along with the impact of higher unemployment levels, makes it difficult to predict performance,\" the firm said.\n\n\"However, we do not expect that profits will return to pre-Covid levels until 2022 at the earliest.\"\n\nGreggs said on Wednesday that total sales for the year were down nearly a third to £811m, but government support had helped to limit pre-tax losses.\n\nIt said it had developed its takeaway business and a delivery tie-up with Just Eat, and had also seen \"strong sales\" through its partnership with retailer Iceland.\n\n\"We have taken action to position Greggs to withstand further short-term shocks and are optimistic about our prospects for growth once social restrictions are lifted,\" Mr Whiteside added.\n\nGreggs wants to open about 100 new stores, on a net basis, over the year ahead.\n\nJulie Palmer, a partner at insolvency consultants Begbies Traynor, said: \"The latest national lockdown will be unwelcome news for Greggs, which has operated shrewdly during the past year in spite of a lack of footfall, with non-essential stores forced to close and millions working from home.\n\n\"The bakery chain has had to adapt its business model and invest digitally to accommodate for the rapid change in shopping habits, offering click-and-collect purchases, as well as a nationwide delivery service through its partnership with Just Eat.\n\n\"This should provide a solid base for the business to expand when government restrictions are eased and the world returns to some normality.\"", "US intelligence agencies have said they believe Russia was behind the \"serious\" cyber compromise revealed in December.\n\nPresident Trump had previously suggested China might have been behind the hack, although other members of his administration had pointed the finger at Moscow.\n\nIn a joint statement, the intelligence bodies say they currently believe fewer than 10 US government agencies saw their data compromised, although other organisations outside of government were also affected.\n\nThey say work is still going on to understand the scope of the incident, which appears to have been aimed at gathering intelligence and which they say is \"ongoing\" a month after details first emerged.\n\nThe update on the investigation came in a statement from a task force called the Cyber Unified Coordination Group which was set up to deal with the incident. It comprises intelligence and law enforcement agencies including the FBI and NSA.\n\nThe group said it was still working to understand the scope of what had taken place.\n\nEighteen thousand customers who used Orion product from the company Solar Winds were exposed but US intelligence says it believes a much smaller number saw follow-on activity from the hackers in which they stole data. The US Treasury was among those which previously acknowledged being targeted.\n\n\"This is a serious compromise that will require a sustained and dedicated effort to remediate,\" the statement said. Many organisations are having to scour their systems for signs that they may have been compromised.\n\nThe incident sent shockwaves across the US partly because the breach was undiscovered for many months and was potentially far-reaching in terms of who it might have affected. It also suggested a degree of sophistication and stealth which was widely seen as a trademark of hackers from the SVR, Russia's foreign intelligence agency.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Experts have been warning for years that it's not a matter of if, but when, hackers will kill somebody\n\nSoon after the incident was revealed, President Trump raised the possibility that China might be responsible, but members of his own administration including the secretary of state and attorney general pointed the finger at Moscow. The latest statement shows the assessment of US intelligence agencies is that Russia was behind it, although it does not go so far as accusing the Russian state itself, saying only that the actor was \"likely Russian in origin\". Moscow has denied playing any part.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden has previously said it was important to take \"meaningful steps\" to hold those responsible to account. It is not yet clear, though, what that might involve. While some US politicians suggested the breach might even be compared to an \"act of war\", most cyber-experts disputed this and the US intelligence community has now played down suggestions that it could have had destructive impact.\n\n\"At this time, we believe this was, and continues to be, an intelligence-gathering effort,\" the latest statement says. This is significant since it suggests no evidence has been found that this was preparatory activity for a more destructive cyber-attack which might switch off systems. This may limit the US response since espionage operations do not breach the cyber norms the US itself promotes (largely because it too carries out such intelligence-gathering operations against other nations).\n\nIn December UK officials say they believed a small number of UK organisations were affected but said they did not believe they were in the public sector.", "South Vietnam flags were seen during the unrest Image caption: South Vietnam flags were seen during the unrest\n\nOn Wednesday, as protesters gathered outside before swarming the Capitol building, the yellow flags of the old South Vietnam regime could be seen.\n\nIn fact, the yellow flags of the former South Vietnam are a common sight at pro-Trump rallies across the United States.\n\nVietnamese Americans, especially those of the older generation who fled Vietnam after Saigon fell in 1975, are known for their support for the Republican party and Donald Trump.\n\nA pre-election survey by the group Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote found that Vietnamese Americans are the only major East Asian ethnic community that favoured Trump over Biden . Trump’s anti-China and anti-communist rhetoric resonated greatly with the former refugees who risked their lives to escape communism.\n\nBut the support for President Trump has also become an increasingly divisive issue amongst the Vietnamese American community.\n\nHours after the Capitol riot, there are still calls on pro-Trump internet forums like the \"ABC Trump\" Facebook page for Vietnamese Americans to “take to the streets in support of President Trump” as “the battle continues”.\n\nBut there have also been condemnations.\n\n“This is embarrassing,” one young Vietnamese American wrote on Twitter, adding: “They’ve brought shame to the flag”.", "The US is facing another huge election - one that could define how much new president Joe Biden can get done in his first term.\n\nMore than 100 people are gathered in the grey and damp cold in Stone Mountain.\n\nIt's a miserable start to the New Year but this city near Georgia's capital, Atlanta, feels anything but sleepy or hung over.\n\n\"The energy we get here in Georgia is something I've never seen before,\" says Mr Gardner, who was born and raised in local DeKalb County.\n\n\"We've had other Senate races and I'm just excited.\"\n\nHe is joined by fellow Democratic supporters who are singing and dancing outside a house-turned-campaign centre.\n\nIt's to rally support for the two men who are probably President-elect Joe Biden's most important friends right now: Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.\n\nThis traditionally Republican state was won by Mr Biden in November's election - but there were no clear winners for the state's two Senate seats. Now there is a run-off between the top candidates in each race.\n\nIf the two Democrats, Mr Ossoff and Rev Warnock, beat incumbent Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, Mr Biden's party effectively controls the Senate.\n\nShirley Shepphard is handing out stickers, with a smile and confidence.\n\n\"The Democrats can win! Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can!\" she says.\n\nThere's a huge cheer as Mr Ossoff's large blue bus makes its way down the road and pulls up opposite the house.\n\nHe is only 33 years old and, in case his youth wasn't clear enough, he makes a point of jogging on to the small stage.\n\nDuring a polished speech he exclaims: \"The place we demand better is at the ballot box.\"\n\nIf Mr Ossoff wins, he'd be the youngest member of the Senate - a title once held by Joe Biden himself.\n\nNo pressure, but I put to him that the fate of Mr Biden's presidency is in his hands.\n\nIf he loses, is Mr Biden a weakened president before he's even begun?\n\nWithout missing a beat, Mr Ossoff says: \"We will win.\"\n\nFellow Democrat and Senate candidate Mr Warnock could make history alongside him.\n\nHe could become Georgia's first black senator, in a state that has a higher proportion of black people than any other in the US.\n\nRallies have been held for all four candidates, including this one featuring the US vice-president\n\nGeorgia has also found itself becoming the final battleground for an aggrieved President Donald Trump.\n\nThe Republican Senate candidates here - Mr Perdue and Ms Loeffler - are his last foot soldiers.\n\nBoth appeared at his rally the previous night, where he focused on repeating his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.\n\n\"There's no way we lost Georgia, that was a rigged election,\" were the first words out of his mouth.\n\n\"We run all over the world telling people how to run their elections and we don't even know how to run ours.\"\n\nMr Trump has also gone after Georgia's Republican governor and begged another official here, in an astonishing phone call, to find votes to overturn Mr Biden's victory.\n\nThe president has also called the Georgia Senate races \"invalid and illegal\" without any evidence.\n\nThere are concerns from some Republicans he's putting people off voting on Tuesday.\n\nI asked supporters at Trump's rally why they would take part in an election process if they didn't believe it was fair. Some hesitated and suggested it was their civic duty.\n\nFor those who won't vote, it's an advantage that may work for the Democrats.\n\nWhen I ask two Ossoff and Warnock supporters about the claims of election fraud, both women throw their heads back, burst into a long laugh in perfect unison and shake their heads bemused: \"Yeah, that's a good one.\"\n\nThere's another factor in this runoff - teenagers.\n\nSince the 3 November presidential election, more than 23,000 people will have turned 18 in the state and can now vote in this Senate race.\n\nMany young voters have been holding live-streaming events in counties across Georgia.\n\nValerie Ponomarev just turned 18 and is very excited at getting to vote. She was upset she couldn't cast a ballot in the recent presidential election.\n\n\"I did the math in my head and was short by a month as I was born in December,\" she says.\n\n\"I was mad at my mum that I hadn't been born sooner!\"\n\nShe said at first, she didn't even realise the Senate runoff was so crucial in Georgia.\n\nShe's voting for the Democrats, Ms Ponomarev says, adding that a lot of younger people have shown support for Mr Ossoff.\n\n\"I think the youth finally want representation in government because we're so often underrepresented and now that we have Jon Ossoff who is closer to our age,\" she says.\n\nMichael Guisto found himself in the same situation as Ms Ponomarev - too young to cast a ballot in November - and says missing out on that vote was painful.\n\n\"It feels like a redemption,\" he says of this Senate race.\n\nThe polls are suggesting it's a very tight race. But this state knows that whatever it decides, it will have an impact on the country as a whole.\n\nMr Guisto says even though he missed out on the November election, this vote matters.\n\n\"I get to in some ways influence the country but this time it's a bit closer to home.\"", "The deaths of a further 68 people who tested positive for Covid have been recorded in Scotland in the past 24 hours.\n\nIt comes as official figures show 33,381 people received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in the week to 27 December.\n\nThat takes the total number of people to get a vaccine in Scotland since 8 December to 92,188.\n\nPatients in hospital with coronavirus rose from 1,347 on Tuesday to 1,384.\n\nHospital admissions have been rising sharply but are still 136 short of the peak figure of 1,520 recorded on 20 April last year.\n\nThe latest statistics show 2,039 new cases of the virus, which is 10.5% of those recently tested, a slightly lower figure than in recent days.\n\nA total of 95 people are in intensive care - a slight increase but significantly lower than the April peak of 208.\n\nHealth officials have expressed concern about the situation in Inverclyde, Dumfries & Galloway and the Scottish Borders, in particular, which have seen sharp rises in positive tests.\n\nWeekly figures show Inverclyde recorded 538.5 cases per 100,000, Dumfries & Galloway 538.1 and the Scottish Borders 435.5.\n\nThere were a further 603 confirmed coronavirus cases in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area in the past 24 hours, with an additional 296 in NHS Lanarkshire, 206 in NHS Grampian and 164 in the NHS Lothian area.\n\nSince the start of the pandemic, there have been 141,066 cases in Scotland, with a total of 4,701 people dying within 28 days of first testing positive.\n\nThe latest vaccine figures were released after doctors in Scotland raised concerns about plans to delay the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.\n\nAll four UK nations will now leave up to 12 weeks between the first and second doses of the jab rather than giving both within 21 days.\n\nDr Lewis Morrison, head of the BMA in Scotland, said members had concerns about the potential impact of leaving such a big gap between the two doses.\n\nBut the UK's chief medical officers have defended the move, saying the first dose will give people substantial protection against the virus within two to three weeks.", "Doctors are calling for a significant ramping up of the vaccination programme following approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nThe first patients are expected to receive the jab - the second approved for use in the UK - on Monday.\n\nBut with just over 500,000 doses available to use next week, experts are worried there may be a bottleneck in the system.\n\nThere are more than 25m people in the nine priority groups identified so far.\n\nThis includes all those over 50 and younger adults with health conditions, as well as frontline health and care staff.\n\nMeanwhile, GPs have questioned the wisdom of cancelling patients already booked in for their second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the first jab that was approved and has been used since early December.\n\nAs well as approving the Oxford vaccine on Wednesday, regulators also said that doctors could wait longer between the two courses needed, to ensure faster rollout of vaccination.\n\nBut the British Medical Association's Dr Richard Vautrey said GPs were unhappy they were being asked to cancel appointments that had already been made for second doses. The original advice said they should be given three weeks apart.\n\nHe said it was \"grossly unfair\" and would waste staff time.\n\nOne of those who has been affected is Stella Joseph, who is 82 and has a chronic lung condition.\n\n\"The thing I feel most is utterly helpless, that there's nobody to appeal to, that you can't get any assistance with this at all.\n\n\"I think it is so hard that those of us who were in this first wave were obviously people who are at high risk and we're the ones who have been left high and dry.\"\n\nThe move has also prompted some debate about how strong the evidence is for delaying the second dose.\n\nProf Peter Openshaw, of Imperial College London, said there was \"pretty convincing\" data showing it would enhance the effect of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nBut he said because the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had not been tested in the same way, there was no comparable evidence.\n\nSo far nearly 950,000 people have received a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nThe hope was that when the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was approved, it would lead to a significant increase in the rate of vaccination.\n\nThe jab is easier to store and distribute as it can be kept at normal fridge temperature, unlike the Pfizer-BioNTech one that has to be kept in ultra-cold storage.\n\nThere are thought to be more than five million doses of the Oxford vaccine in the UK, but only just over 500,000 are ready for use.\n\nThat is because vaccines have to be put into vials and batched and certified.\n\nSources at the NHS expressed frustration at the situation. \"The NHS is ready to go, but we can only go as quickly as supply allows,\" one said.\n\nQueen Mary University epidemiologist Deepti Gurdasani said there appeared to be a \"bottleneck\", and the government looked like it was still going to be under its target of two million doses a week.\n\n\"We really need to speed up rollout,\" she said.\n\nThere are currently more than 700 vaccination sites up and running, with several hundred more thought to be ready to go once vaccines are available.\n\nBut the limited supply of the Pfizer vaccine, which has to be shipped in from Belgium, has meant some centres have not been able to vaccinate people every week.\n\nDame Clare Gerada, a former chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: \"We really now need a massive operational system. We need a 24/7 system with GPs, mass vaccination centres and hospitals - this needs to be scaled up.\n\n\"It's got to be football stadia, all these large venues that we've got currently lying dormant.\n\n\"If we can really get a mass operational system up and running, then I can't see why we can't be getting the whole population immunised by the spring.\"\n\nNHS England's medical director for primary care, Dr Nikki Kanani, promised there would be a significant expansion of the vaccination programme in the coming weeks.\n\nShe predicted the majority of care home residents would be protected by the end of January, and frontline staff would start to get a vaccination in large numbers.\n\nShe also praised the progress made so far, thanking the \"tireless efforts of staff\".\n\nEngland Health Secretary Matt Hancock also praised staff, adding the numbers being vaccinated would \"rapidly increase in the months ahead\".", "The 19-year-old victim was attacked on Canonbury Road in Islington shortly before 19:00 GMT on 29 December\n\nA man was left partially blind after he was repeatedly hit in the face during a street robbery in north London.\n\nThe 19-year-old had been walking along Canonbury Road in Islington on 29 December when he was approached by two men, one of whom stole his bag and hit him with a \"baton-style weapon\".\n\nThe Met said he had suffered \"life-changing injuries\" in the \"vicious and unprovoked attack\".\n\nNo arrests have been made and the detectives have appealed for witnesses.\n\nThe attacker has been described by police as black, aged in his late teens with spikey hair and of a skinny build.\n\nDet Con Faisal Issaouni said the 19-year-old victim had been \"left with injuries that will affect him for the rest of his life\".\n\n\"We're reviewing CCTV from the area and have spoken to a number of witnesses as we try to track down the man responsible,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Clap for Carers is to return under a new name of Clap for Heroes, the initiative's founder has said.\n\nThe weekly applause for front-line NHS staff and other key workers ran for 10 weeks during the UK's first coronavirus lockdown last spring.\n\nFounder Annemarie Plas tweeted that it would return at 20:00 GMT on Thursday.\n\nMs Plas said she hoped the initiative would \"lift the spirit of all of us\" including \"all who are pushing through this difficult time\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Annemarie This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe idea of clapping and banging pots from doorsteps originally began as a one-off to support NHS staff on 26 March - three days after the UK went into lockdown for the first time.\n\nAfter proving popular it was expanded to cover all key workers and continued every Thursday for 10 weeks, with millions of people across the UK taking part.\n\nMembers of the Royal Family and politicians including Prime Minister Boris Johnson also joined in with the show of support.\n\nHowever, the event later faced criticism for becoming politicised, with some suggesting the NHS would benefit more from extra funding than applause.\n\nLast May, Ms Plas, a Dutch national living in south London, said the weekly applause should end after its 10th week and instead become an annual event.\n\nAt the time, she said the public had \"shown our appreciation\" and it was now up to ministers to \"reward\" key workers.\n\n\"Without getting too political, I share some of the opinions that some people have about it becoming politicised,\" she told the PA news agency ahead of the final clap in May.\n\n\"I think the narrative is starting to change and I don't want the clap to be negative.\"", "YouTuber JoJo Siwa has said she had \"no idea\" that \"gross\" and \"inappropriate\" questions were featured in a board game bearing her image.\n\nIt follows a parental backlash about the Nickelodeon-branded game, marketed to children aged six and over.\n\nThe \"Truth or Dare\" category contained questions like: \"Have you ever gone outside without underwear?\" and \"Have you ever been arrested?\".\n\nParents have expressed disapproval on social media in recent days.\n\nIn response to the online outcry, the 17-year-old internet star said she was \"really upset\" to discover the content of the game, which is called JoJo's Juice.\n\nShe added she was working with Nikelodeon to have removed it from the shops.\n\n\"Over the weekend, it has been brought to my attention by my fans and followers on TikTok that my name and my image have been used to promote this board game that has some really inappropriate content,\" said Siwa, in an Instagram video message.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by itsjojosiwa This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"When companies make these games, they don't run every aspect by me and so I had no idea of the types of questions that were on these playing cards.\"\n\nShe added: \"Now when I first saw this, I was really really really upset at how gross these questions were. And so I brought it to Nickelodeon's attention immediately and since then, they have been working to get this game stopped being made, and also pulled from all shelves wherever it's being sold.\"\n\nShe went on to say that she would have \"never approved or agreed to be associated with this game,\" if she had seen the cards beforehand.\n\nOther questions featured in the board game included: \"Have you ever stolen from a store?\" and \"Have you ever walked in on someone naked?\"\n\nThe US teenager posts videos of her day-to-day life on her YouTube channel, Its JoJo Siwa.\n\nShe is also a singer and dancer, having appeared on the reality TV series Dance Moms, alongside her mother, Jessalynn Siwa.\n\nHer musical offerings so far include the singles Boomerang and Kid in a Candy Store.\n\nLast year, she was included on Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Teachers' estimated grades will be used to replace cancelled GCSEs and A-levels in England this summer, says Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.\n\nHe told MPs he would \"trust in teachers rather than algorithms\", a reference to the U-turn over last year's exams.\n\nFor primaries, he confirmed there would be no Year 6 Sats tests this year.\n\nMr Williamson promised parents it would be \"mandatory\" for schools to provide \"high-quality remote education\" of three to five hours per day.\n\nHe said this would be \"enforced\" by Ofsted, with inspections where there were \"serious concerns\" about what was provided for children now studying at home.\n\nLabour's Shadow Education Secretary, Kate Green, accused Mr Williamson of \"chaos and confusion\" - and said he had failed to listen to the \"expertise of professionals on the front line\".\n\nShe said he had given a \"cast-iron commitment\" that exams would go ahead - and Ms Green said: \"At that moment, we should have known they were doomed to be cancelled.\"\n\nMr Williamson, in a statement to the House of Commons, said there would be \"training and support\" for teachers in estimating grades, \"to ensure these are awarded fairly and consistently\".\n\nHe also told MPs there would be no Sats tests for those at the end of primary school.\n\n\"I can absolutely confirm that we won't be proceeding with Sats this year. We do recognise that this will be an additional burden on schools\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said rather than a \"vague statement\" of how A-levels and GCSEs would be graded, ministers should already have a system ready in place - and it was a \"dereliction of duty\" that it was not already prepared.\n\nAnd he warned against repeating the \"shambles\" of last summer's cancelled exams.\n\nThe education secretary confirmed to MPs that GCSEs and A-levels are not going ahead - after this week's decision that it was no longer feasible with so much time lost in the Covid pandemic and the latest lockdown.\n\nThe exams watchdog Ofqual will draw up proposals for an alternative way of deciding results, for qualifications that could be used for jobs, staying on in school or university places.\n\nSimon Lebus, the watchdog's interim head, said evidence for replacement grades could include tests, homework, mock exams and teachers' observations - and would take into account how much of the syllabus had been covered.\n\nA consultation is expected to begin next week, with plans to be decided by the end of February or possibly sooner.\n\nLast year's attempts to find an alternative approach to exam results, which initially used an algorithm, descended into chaos - and eventually switched to using teachers' grades.\n\nAnd without any exam papers or standardised mock exams, the use of teachers' assessments, with some process of moderation between schools, will be used for this summer's candidates.\n\nOn vocational qualifications, Labour's Ms Green said the education secretary was \"failing to show leadership on exams in January\".\n\nVocational exams, such as BTecs, are carrying on, if schools and colleges decide to continue with them - but college leaders had complained that there needed to be a national decision to avoid confusion.\n\nIf students cannot take BTec exams this month as planned, they will still be awarded a grade, if they have \"enough evidence to receive a certificate that they need for progression\", says the awarding body Pearson.\n\nAn Ofqual spokeswoman said they would consider options for replacement exam results, academic and vocational, \"to ensure the fairest possible outcome in the circumstances\".\n\nThe exams watchdog's decisions will face much scrutiny - with the previous head of Ofqual resigning after last summer's U-turns over grades.\n\nMr Williamson's statement in the Commons came as all GCSE, AS and A-level exams in Northern Ireland were cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis.\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir announced the decision in the Stormont assembly on Wednesday.\n\nScotland has already cancelled its Nationals, Highers and Advanced Highers.\n\nGCSEs and A-levels in Wales were scrapped in November.", "Dr Dre, seen here in 2018, is one of hip-hop's most successful stars\n\nRapper and producer Dr Dre, one of hip-hop's most successful and influential stars, is being treated in hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm.\n\nThe 55-year-old was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday, TMZ reported.\n\nIn a post on Instagram, he said: \"I'm doing great and getting excellent care from my medical team.\"\n\nHe is \"resting comfortably\" after the aneurysm, his lawyer told Billboard.\n\nIn his post, Dr Dre also wrote: \"I will be out of the hospital and back home soon. Shout out to all the great medical professionals at Cedars. One Love!!\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by drdre This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFriends and fellow stars have sent their well wishes after the reports of his ill health emerged.\n\nIce Cube, his former bandmate in trailblazing 1980s hip-hop group NWA, tweeted: \"Send your love and prayers to the homie Dr. Dre.\"\n\nSnoop Dogg, who was discovered by Dr Dre in the early 1990s, wrote on Instagram: \"GET WELL DR DRE WE NEED U CUZ.\"\n\nMissy Elliott wrote: \"Prayers up for Dr. Dre and his family for healing & Strength over his mind & body.\" And singer Ciara tweeted: \"Praying for you Dr. Dre. Praying for a full recovery.\"\n\nWith NWA and then as a solo artist, leading producer and record label mogul, Dr Dre shaped west coast rap and was instrumental in the careers of other stars like Eminem, 50 Cent and Kendrick Lamar.\n\nAn aneurysm is a bulge in a weakened blood vessel where the blood pressure causes a small area to bulge outwards.\n\nMost brain aneurysms only cause noticeable symptoms if they burst, leading to bleeding on the brain, which can cause a very serious condition and can be fatal.", "(L-R) David Wails, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and James Furlong were pronounced dead at the scene\n\nA man who stabbed three people to death in a Reading park was suffering from psychosis \"right up to the day\" of the killings, a court has heard.\n\nKhairi Saadallah, 26, attacked James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, in the Forbury Gardens in June.\n\nA hearing to decide if he was motivated by a religious or ideological cause has been told he was \"no radical Islamist\".\n\nThe hearing at the Old Bailey is part of his sentencing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV cameras captured Khairi Saadallah before and after the stabbing\n\nSaadallah, of Basingstoke Road, Reading, has pleaded guilty to three murders and three attempted murders.\n\nAn examination of his mobile phone revealed extremist material, including an image of the Islamic State flag and the 9/11 Twin Towers attack, the court was told.\n\nThe prosecution is seeking a whole-life prison order, meaning he would never be considered for release.\n\nRossano Scamardella QC, defending, said the sentence should be one of life imprisonment with a starting point of 30 years, due to a lack of serious premeditation, the \"fleeting\" strength of his commitment to Islamist jihad, and his mental health issues.\n\nKhairi Saadallah previously admitted three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder\n\nHe said while the attack in Reading was \"terrifying\" and \"senseless\", it did not justify the failed Libyan asylum seeker being jailed for more than 30 years.\n\nHe added that \"as brutal as these killings were\", the suggestion they were \"ruthlessly efficient\" had been \"exaggerated\".\n\nSaadallah took \"certain steps to facilitate the killings\", he said, but \"significant planning or premeditation simply does not exist\".\n\nHe told the hearing Saadallah had \"come to the attention of the authorities on hundreds of occasions\", and had a history of frequent interactions with the police, criminal justice system and mental health services.\n\nHe said Saadallah had developed an emotionally unstable and anti-social personality disorder and \"right up until the day of killing he was plainly suffering from episodes of psychosis\".\n\nMr Scamardella said there is no suggestion this caused his offending but insisted his \"culpability [for the attack] is reduced\".\n\nThe court heard earlier that a psychiatrist has since concluded the attack on June 20 was \"unrelated to the effects of either mental disorder or substance misuse\".\n\nKhairi Saadallah was visited and filmed by police during a welfare check the day before the attack\n\nThe court was shown CCTV footage of Saadallah in Morrisons buying the knife he used in the attack\n\nSaadallah had described himself in interview as \"part Muslim and part Catholic\", said Mr Scamardella, adding: \"No radical Islamist would countenance adoption of another faith, it's inconceivable.\"\n\nHe said portraying Saadallah as a committed jihadist was a \"superficially attractive proposition\" based on \"pieces of evidence that exist that demonstrate or at least might demonstrate a fleeting interest\".\n\nThree others - Stephen Young, Patrick Edwards and Nishit Nisudan - were also injured by Saadallah.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Epsom Racecourse in Surrey will be one of seven mass vaccination hubs announced by the government\n\nSeven new mass Covid vaccination hubs across England have been announced by the government.\n\nCentres in London, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Surrey and Stevenage are due to begin operations next week.\n\nVarious venues will be converted into regional centres in a bid to meet the government's target of vaccinating 14 million people in the UK by February.\n\nIt is expected the hubs will be staffed by NHS staff and volunteers.\n\nThe seven sites announced by Downing Street are:\n\nAshton Gate Stadium, home to Bristol City FC, will be used to help the government meet its vaccination target\n\nSupermarket chain Morrisons has confirmed car parks at its stores in Yeovil, Wakefield and Winsford would be used to drive-through vaccinations from Monday. It has also offered an additional 47 sites to the government.\n\nPremier League club Tottenham Hotspur has also offered the use of its stadium to the NHS as a venue to provide the coronavirus vaccine.\n\nThe sites across England will begin operations next week", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nI'm standing in what should be an operating theatre - but instead it's been converted into an intensive care unit for Covid-19 patients on ventilators.\n\nThis is the first time I have seen it full of patients like this. Normally this theatre would be busy with major cancer surgery, but that's been transferred to another building.\n\nA children's recovery area, still decorated with colourful stickers of cartoons, is once again filled with desperately sick adults. Every day, more wards are being transformed into ICU - ready for the next influx of patients.\n\nWe have been given access to University College Hospital, in central London. This is the same intensive care unit that I first visited in April, during the first peak.\n\nIt is one of the busiest hospitals in the capital and intensive care here is expanding across a hospital that is under pressure like never before, from a relentless rise in Covid admissions.\n\nI am struck by the toll the pandemic is taking on staff. It's immense - both physically and mentally. They are shell-shocked. \"My emotions are all over the place. Scared, sad, petrified, worried,\" one ICU nurse tells me.\n\nI asked one of the consultants who I've met several times in the last year, Dr Jim Down, how long they can keep going like this - and the answer was stark. \"At this rate, about a week. After that we really need to see it slow down or we're going to see the care we can deliver suffering.\"\n\nThey have got three times as many critically ill patients in the hospital as normal. The number of Covid admissions to London hospitals has doubled in just two weeks - they're more stretched now than at the peak last April. Senior staff are worried.\n\nDr Alice Carter compares it to an elastic band that is close to snapping. \"It gets to a point where you stretch so far it never returns back to its baseline. I think that's probably where we are now. It's not going to take much more for that elastic band to break, and that's the real fear for us at the moment.\"\n\nDr Alice Carter: 'It's not going to take much more for that elastic band to break'\n\nThat could have very serious consequences, she adds. \"If we get to that point, we can't offer anyone ICU, not just Covid patients, but anyone who has a traffic accident or a heart attack or a stroke - whatever it is, to take them in.\"\n\nFor 38-year-old Rachel Arfin, one of the three pregnant women in intensive care with Covid-19, treatment is more complicated. Her baby is due in five weeks and the staff have to monitor them both.\n\n\"They can't do anything that will harm the baby,\" she says. \"All the time [they are] checking, monitoring the baby.\" She is reassured by the \"beautiful sound\" of her baby's heartbeat.\n\n\"They are looking after two people in one. They're saving lives,\" says Rachel. But her children - she has seven - keep asking when she's coming home.\n\nRachel Arfin's baby is due in five weeks - both are doing well\n\nI've reported from here several times during the pandemic and am always struck by the professionalism and dedication of staff. It's always quiet and calm, but that belies what's actually happening. This is a system under strain like never before.\n\nThe warning signs are clear, the NHS is on the brink. Unless infection rates fall, soon it will have a serious impact. The pressure on staff is unrelenting. I saw two nurses in tears.\n\nCompared to when I visited in April, it's a lot busier. In some ways, it's more structured - they now know what they're dealing with. They've got new treatments, such as the drug dexamethasone, which they didn't have last time. And many of the staff have now had the first dose of the vaccine.\n\nBut other aspects don't get any easier, such as the emotional burden of breaking bad news over a telephone or video call. It is very different to being able to hold someone's hand.\n\nStaff say they don't know which patients to help first\n\nICU staff have incredibly high standards. They're used to doing everything meticulously and perfectly. And they're doing all they can. But sometimes they go home and feel guilty that they can't do more. The impact on nurses - the bedrock of care in intensive care - is visible.\n\nThe highly specialised staff are usually one-to-one with patients. Deputy sister Ashleigh Shillingford is looking after three or four ventilated patients at a time, with one other junior member of staff. It's emotional and often devastating work.\n\n\"We are so stretched we have to prioritise and prioritising care is not the NHS that I grew up in - we shouldn't have to choose which patient gets what care first.\" She says she's never had to make decisions like these before.\n\n\"You just don't know who to help first. The patients are losing their lives at a dramatic speed, we're not just getting old people,\" she says, \"these are young people that we're getting.\"\n\nGerald Williams, 58, is awaiting chemotherapy for lung cancer and had been shielding, but he still caught coronavirus. \"All of a sudden, out of the blue, Covid came knocking on my door and it's frightening - you don't know how you're getting your next breath,\" he says.\n\nGerald Williams had been shielding but he still caught coronavirus\n\nHe wants to get home to his daughters, the youngest of whom is 13. And he's annoyed at those who don't take it seriously. \"People are moaning and groaning. Even in A&E. They need to get a life. Don't be idiots, forget about meeting your mate, stay home. No-one is invulnerable.\"\n\nFor now the Trust is coping better than many others in London and is still taking Covid patients from other hospitals. But the next few weeks could be the biggest challenge the NHS has ever faced - and it will be its doctors and nurses who will bear the brunt for all of us.\n\nAs the BBC's medical editor, Fergus Walsh has been reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic and its immense impact on the UK.", "Kate Thistleton will front new content from Bitesize Daily\n\nBBC TV is to help children keep up with their studies during the latest lockdown by broadcasting lessons on BBC Two and CBBC, as well as online.\n\nSchools have been closed to most children across the UK as part of tougher measures to control Covid-19.\n\nThe BBC will show curriculum-based programmes on TV from Monday.\n\nThey will include three hours of primary school programming every weekday on CBBC, and at least two hours for secondary pupils on BBC Two.\n\nDuring the first lockdown in the spring, lessons were available on iPlayer, red button and online, but not on regular TV channels.\n\nThe move comes amid concerns that low-income families may struggle to afford data packages for their children to take part in online learning.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson praised the BBC's \"fantastic\" plans on Tuesday. BBC Director-General Tim Davie said \"education is absolutely vital\".\n\nHe continued: \"The BBC is here to play its part and I'm delighted that we have been able to bring this to audiences so swiftly.\"\n\nThe primary programmes, which will be broadcast on CBBC from 09:00 every day, will include BBC Live Lessons and BBC Bitesize Daily as well as Our School, Celebrity Supply Teacher, Horrible Histories and Operation Ouch.\n\nBBC Two will cater for secondary students with programming to support the GCSE curriculum, including adaptations of Shakespeare plays alongside science, history and factual titles.\n\nBitesize Daily primary and secondary will also air every day on the red button as well as episodes being available on demand on iPlayer.\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the BBC \"has helped the nation through some of the toughest moments of the last century\".\n\n\"And for the next few weeks it will help our children learn whilst we stay home, protect the NHS and save lives,\" he added. \"This will be a lifeline to parents and I welcome the BBC playing its part.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Two US police officers linked to a notorious raid in which young black medic Breonna Taylor was fatally shot have been fired, authorities have said.\n\nDetectives Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes are the latest officers to be dismissed over the shooting in March last year.\n\nThe incident in Kentucky caused outrage, spurring protests against racism and police brutality.\n\nMs Taylor, 26, died when police raided her home in connection to a drug case.\n\nThe FBI said Mr Cosgrove fired the shot that killed Ms Taylor at her home in Louisville.\n\nLouisville police dismissed Mr Cosgrove for violating procedures for use of force and failing to use a body camera during the search, the Louisville Courier Journal reported on Wednesday.\n\nMr Jaynes, the newspaper said, was fired for violating the police force's policy for truthfulness and search warrant preparation.\n\nDuring the raid, Ms Taylor's boyfriend fired at the officers who he said he believed were attackers breaking into their home.\n\nPolice say they knocked on the door to announce their presence before breaking down the door with a battering ram.\n\nMs Taylor's boyfriend said police did not make their presence known, and he fired out of self-defence. Three officers returned fire with 32 shots, six of which hit Ms Taylor.\n\nMs Taylor's name became a global rallying cry as people demanded a thorough investigation into her death.\n\nBlack Lives Matter activists in the US have demanded that Louisville police take stronger action against the officers in the case and say that police too often escape unpunished after killing members of the public.\n\nBut despite the outcry against Ms Taylor's shooting, no criminal charges were sought relating to her death.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Questions still aren't answered\": Breonna Taylor's family are worried about a \"cover-up\"", "Paul Trauberman from Rainbow Smiles said it was hard to give reassurance without knowing the facts about the new variant\n\nNursery staff say they are being \"treated like the bottom of the rung\" after schools in England were told to shut to reduce the virus transmission.\n\nPaul Trauberman, of Rainbow Smiles in Weston-super-Mare, said despite his staff being \"scared\" about the new Covid-19 variant they had come to work.\n\nThe government announced a strict lockdown across the country on Monday.\n\nIt was after the UK moved to Covid-19 threat level five, meaning there is a risk the NHS could be overwhelmed.\n\nMr Trauberman, who took over Rainbow Smiles nursery in 2016, said he felt conflicted.\n\n\"I've come in this morning and I've got staff crying and saying they are scared of this new variant.\"\n\n\"We don't have PPE, we can't social distance, on the other hand we still have a business that is operational and we are not going bankrupt.\"\n\nHe said prolonged closure also carried the risk of going out of business but it was difficult to reassure staff when \"you don't have any of the facts\".\n\n\"One minute it is fine and the schools are going back, and two days later they are sending everyone home.\n\n\"It makes the staff feel insecure and... they just feel like they are being treated like the bottom of the rung.\n\nSchools are expected to remain closed until after the February half-term\n\n\"With this new variant ... they are having to deal with very close contact with children, with a virus around, which they are saying is very, very bad, but with no more information than that.\"\n\nA Department for Education spokesperson said: \"Early years settings remain low risk environments for children and staff and there is no evidence that the new variant of coronavirus disproportionately affects young children.\"\n\nIt said keeping nurseries open supported parents and delivered crucial education for children as Bristol mother-of-three Eleni Franklin has found.\n\nShe said she \"really valued\" Acorns Nursery in Henbury Hill, being open as she and her husband are both key workers - so their children, Allegra, five, Aria, two and Rafe nine-months-old, will attend school and nursery throughout the lockdown.\n\n\"I can see that nurseries are different to schools. There has been one case at Aria's nursery during this whole period, whereas in school there has been quite a few,\" she said.\n\nEleni Franklin said she could see why nurseries were being treated differently to schools\n\n\"The nursery have been pretty good and although I understand there is a risk to staff, they have put a lot of measures in place to keep people safe.\"\n\nOne of the biggest challenges for nurseries - with some staff now unable to work because of their own childcare responsibilities - is maintaining child-to-staff ratios.\n\nMr Trauberman said they worked on a basis of one-to-three for babies, one-to-four for under-three's and one-to-eight with under five-year-olds.\n\n\"We are trying to maintain these bubbles, but normally we would move staff around to accommodate highs and lows of staff and children, to balance it out, but we are unable to do that to enable these bubbles,\" he said.\n\nHis nursery is now identifying families that could potentially keep their children at home if they were unable to meet those ratios.\n\nMr Trauberman, who is a member of an online group for nursery owners, said some people were calling for nurseries to shut, but said if that happened they risked \"not having a business to come back to\".\n\n\"Small businesses are the backbone of the country and if a lot of those go under, the financial implications for the whole country are going to be catastrophic.\"\n\nMother-of-two Kara Willetts, from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, said she felt it was important her daughter Isobel continued going to nursery as she noticed her behaviour had changed when she had to stop going during the first lockdown in March.\n\n\"Isobel is a really sociable, outgoing child and she really suffered with not going in and seeing her friends during the first lockdown. Her mental health suffered and she displayed behaviour I had never seen from her before,\" she said.\n\nKara Willetts said her daughter Isobel's mental health suffered when nurseries closed during the first lockdown\n\nMrs Willetts said she had full confidence in the measures introduced at the nursery three-and-a-half-year-old Isobel attends in Cheltenham.\n\nShe said that with her husband working from home and a seven-month-old son also at home, the option of Isobel going to nursery was \"beneficial to the whole family\".\n\n\"It is quite difficult for my husband to concentrate on work with two kids at home. Transmission rates in young children are very low and if I had any safety concerns I wouldn't send Isobel there,\" she added.\n\nTom Shea, a former advisor to the Early Year's minister, said: \"The biggest issue is that as a society we regard childcare as something like babysitting, rather than the start of the early year's development of learning.\n\n\"Sadly it seems the main reason for keeping us open is for protecting employment rather than protecting children.\"\n\nMr Shea owns Child First Nursery in Worksop and said he thought there was a \"hierarchy\" among key workers in terms of vaccination priorities. He said \"sensibly\" the first priority was NHS staff, followed by social carers for the elderly. He said teachers ranked a \"reasonable\" third, but that Early Years workers did not feature at all.\n\n\"They are expected just to work, and I am not sure if the government thinks that we are invisible,\" he said.\n\nHe called for early vaccination of Early Years workers to allow them to stay open and be protected.\n\n\"The irony now is that we are being told to keep open even though we are private businesses, we are dictated to about the funding we can receive and how we receive it… and if parents are frightened of their children going into the childcare setting then suddenly we don't get paid for that, so you find nurseries half empty being forced to open and it is not economical to do that.\"\n\nA Department for Education spokesperson said: \"We are funding nurseries as usual and all children are able to attend their early years setting in all parts of England.\n\n\"Working parents on coronavirus support schemes will still remain eligible for childcare support even if their income levels fall below the minimum requirement.\"", "An investment firm has bought 50% of the rights to all Neil Young's songs.\n\nHipgnosis Songs Fund spent an estimated $150m (£110m) on 1,180 songs written by the Canadian folk rocker.\n\nThe fund, which lets people invest in hit songs, has previously splashed out about £1bn snapping up rights to songs from the likes of Mark Ronson, Chic, Barry Manilow and Blondie.\n\nFounded by music industry veteran Merck Mercuriadis, Hipgnosis turns music royalties into an income stream.\n\n\"This is a deal that changes Hipgnosis forever,\" said Mr Mercuriadis.\n\n\"I bought my first Neil Young album aged seven. Harvest was my companion and I know every note, every word, every pause and silence intimately.\n\n\"Neil Young, or at least his music, has been my friend and constant ever since.\"\n\nHipgnosis has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since July 2018. When songs owned by the fund get played on the radio or placed in a film or TV show, it makes money.\n\nBefore setting up Hipgnosis, Mr Mercuriadis managed artists such as Beyoncé, Elton John, Iron Maiden and Guns 'N' Roses.\n\nIn his view, songs are \"as investible as gold or oil\".\n\nHe says hit songs are a stable investment because their revenue is unaffected by fluctuations in the economy.\n\nThe sale of song catalogues has become a booming business during the Covid-19 pandemic, with investors seeing music as a relatively stable asset in an otherwise turbulent market.\n\nEarlier this week, Hipgnosis bought 100% of the rights to Lindsey Buckingham's 161 songs for an undisclosed amount.\n\nThe songs include hits that Buckingham wrote or co-wrote for Fleetwood Mac, including Go Your Own Way and The Chain.\n\nThe group's Stevie Nicks sold 80% of her publishing rights last year to Hipgnosis rival Primary Wave for about $80m.\n\nLast month, Universal Music Group announced it had bought 100% of Bob Dylan's 600 songs for between an estimated $200m and $450m (£150m-£340m).\n\nThe singer-songwriter was the latest of a number of artists to join up with the Los Angeles-based Universal, following other big names such as Bruce Springsteen, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone.\n\nNeil Young rose to prominence in the 1960s and 70s and is one of the most influential songwriters of all time.\n\nHe is known not only for his work as a solo artist, but also with the bands Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.\n\nYoung has released almost 50 studio albums and more than 20 live albums, of which 18 have been certified gold, seven are platinum and three are multi-platinum.\n\nSeven of his albums were included on Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time chart: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, After The Gold Rush, Déjà Vu (with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) Harvest, On The Beach, Tonight's the Night and Rust Never Sleeps.\n\n\"I built Hipgnosis to be a company Neil would want to be a part of,\" said Mr Mercuriadis.\n\n\"We have a common integrity, ethos and passion born out of a belief in music and these important songs.\n\n\"There will never be a 'Burger of Gold', but we will work together to make sure everyone gets to hear them on Neil's terms.\"", "US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps.\n\nThe apps include popular payments platform Alipay, as well as QQ Wallet and WeChat Pay.\n\nThe order, which takes effect in 45 days, says that the apps are being banned because they are a threat to US national security.\n\nIt flags the possibility that the apps could be used to track and build dossiers on US federal employees.\n\nTencent QQ, CamScanner, SHAREit, VMate and WPS Office are also included within the order, which only kicks in after Mr Trump has left office.\n\n\"The United States must take aggressive action against those who develop or control Chinese connected software applications to protect our national security,\" the order said.\n\nPresident Trump's order says \"by accessing personal electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, and computers, Chinese connected software applications can access and capture vast swaths of information from users, including sensitive personally identifiable information and private information.\"\n\nThe Trump administration has ratcheted up pressure on Chinese companies in its final months in office, including those it considers a national security risk.\n\nPresident Trump has signed executive orders against a range of Chinese firms arguing they could share data with the Chinese government.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Panorama: How safe is TikTok for young users?\n\nChinese social media app TikTok and telecoms giant Huawei have been among the casualties of Washington's crackdown.\n\nLast month, the Commerce Department added dozens of Chinese companies, including the country's top chipmaker SMIC and drone manufacturer DJI Technology, to a trade blacklist.\n\nThe administration also restricted a number of Chinese and Russian companies with alleged military ties from buying sensitive US goods and technology.\n\nChina has consistently denied claims that these firms share their data with the Chinese government and has responded by imposing its own export laws restricting the export of military technology.\n\nIn August, the US ordered ByteDance, the owner of social media app TikTok, to either shut down or sell off its US assets.\n\nDespite missing a deadline to complete the sale, the US is yet to shut down the app and negotiations continue over its future.\n\nThe latest ban comes as the White House quietly pushed the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to consider a second U-turn on its decision to delist three Chinese telecoms giants.\n\nLast week the NYSE announced it would delist the China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom in line with another executive order.\n\nOn Monday, however, the NYSE reversed that decision, announcing it had decided not to delist the three companies after further consultation with US regulators.\n\nThe NYSE made the decision based on ambiguity about whether the securities were actually covered by the order.\n\nHowever, the exchange has come under pressure over its decision.\n\nThe US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called the NYSE President Stacey Cunningham to tell her he disagrees with the decision, according to Reuters.\n\nRepublican Senator and China hardliner Marco Rubio has also spoken out, saying that the NYSE's refusal to delist the companies was an \"outrageous effort\" to undermine the President's executive order.\n\nThe NYSE is owned by Atlanta-based Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which is run by billionaire Jeffrey Sprecher.\n\nHis wife Kelly Loeffler is one of two Republican senators facing run-off elections on Tuesday in Georgia.", "The new \"highly infectious\" variant of coronavirus is spreading rapidly throughout Wales, the health minister has said.\n\nGiving the first coronavirus briefing of the year, Vaughan Gething said cases of the virus remained very high.\n\nHowever, the case rate across Wales has fallen from a high of 636 per 100,000 people on 17 December to 446 on Monday.\n\nBut cases are rising quickly in north Wales, which Mr Gething believed was due to the new variant.", "This video can not be played\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nThe measures announced on Monday have now become law, but MPs will actually vote retrospectively to approve them later today. They're expected to pass with ease - Labour has pledged its support, but said ministers must deliver a round-the-clock vaccination programme. The regulations allow restrictions to potentially be in place until mid-March. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have all imposed lockdowns too, but will they be enough? An estimated one in 50 people in private households in England had coronavirus last week - one in 30 in London, while the number of daily confirmed cases topped 60,000 for the first time. Our health correspondent has more - as we've come to understand, the R number is everything. This graph shows how the R number could drop this time (in red), compared with how it fell during the first lockdown - the slower decline is down to the new, more transmissible variant.\n\nStudents have been anxiously waiting for news after the cancellation of A-Level and GCSE exams in England - not least because of the chaos that surrounded last year's results. Exams had already been cancelled elsewhere in the UK. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will reveal more in a statement to MPs later. He'll also give more details of support for pupils following the switch by schools and colleges to remote learning. There are fears a digital divide will mean some children are excluded. We've got some advice for parents on virtual learning, and BBC Bitesize will be broadcasting lessons on BBC Two, CBBC and online from Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Parents spoke to the BBC after Monday's announcement about school closures in England\n\nPeople arriving in the UK from abroad could soon be required to prove they've had a negative coronavirus test before setting off. The Department for Transport says it's one of several measures being considered to prevent new cases arriving from abroad. Full details are still to be agreed, but it's thought hauliers coming through ports would be exempt. Currently, arrivals from countries not exempt under the travel corridor programme have to isolate for 10 days. See more on the existing rules. Travel firms have been cancelling trips since the latest lockdowns were imposed.\n\n2020 was a dreadful year for the UK car industry and preliminary figures from the industry's trade body show just how bad it was. New car registrations dropped to levels not seen since 1992, and saw the biggest one-year fall since World War Two when factories were turned over to military production. Showrooms and even factories were forced to close in the spring, and the switch to working from home means fewer of us need a vehicle on a daily basis. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said firms were desperately trying to minimise redundancies.\n\nUnable to leave Taiwan due to the pandemic, Peter Lowe decided to get a boat to pass the time. A leisurely hobby soon turned into a quest to clear the country's waterways, river banks and mangrove forests of plastic. His efforts have inspired local volunteers to join in the clean-up, and even prompted the government to take notice. Peter has some advice for all of us feeling trapped right now: \"Do something positive, do something meaningful, particularly towards saving and protecting the earth.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nPlus, when lockdown was imposed last Spring, some of life's most basic household tasks suddenly got a lot harder. What are they like now?\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "A Joint Session of Congress to certify the election of Joe Biden has gone into an unexpected recess, and the Capitol building into lockdown, after Trump supporters breached security lines.\n\nEarlier, President Trump addressed supporters at a rally outside the White House and encouraged them to protest the election result.", "It was initially believed that Covid-19 originated at a market in Wuhan\n\nA World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of Covid-19 in the city of Wuhan has been denied entry to China.\n\nTwo members were already en route, with the WHO saying the problem was a lack of visa clearances.\n\nHowever, China has challenged this, saying details of the visit, including dates, were still being arranged.\n\nThe long-awaited probe was agreed upon by Beijing after many months of negotiations with the WHO.\n\nThe virus was first detected in Wuhan in late 2019, with the initial outbreak linked to a market.\n\nWHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was \"very disappointed\" that China had not yet finalised the permissions for the team's arrivals \"given that two members had already begun their journeys and others were not able to travel at the last minute\".\n\n\"I have been assured that China is speeding up the internal procedure for the earliest possible deployment,\" he told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday, explaining that he had been in contact with senior Chinese officials to stress \"that the mission is a priority for WHO and the international team\".\n\nChinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told the BBC \"there might be some misunderstanding\" and \"there's no need to read too much into it\".\n\n\"Chinese authorities are in close co-operation with WHO but there has been some minor outbreaks in multiple places around the world and many countries and regions are busy in their work preventing the virus and we are also working on this,\" she said.\n\n\"Still we are supporting international co-operation and advancing internal preparations. We are in communication with the WHO and as far as I know with dates and arrangements we are still in discussions.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid-19: How everyday life has changed in Wuhan\n\nThe WHO has been working to send a 10-person team of international experts to China for months with the aim of probing the animal origin of the pandemic and exactly how the virus first crossed over to humans.\n\nLast month it was announced that the investigation would begin in January 2021.\n\nThe two members of the international team that had already departed for China had set off early on Tuesday, said the WHO. According to Reuters news agency, WHO emergencies chief Mike Ryan said one had turned back and one was in a third country.\n\nCovid-19 was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in central Hubei province in late 2019.\n\nIt was initially believed the virus originated in a market selling exotic animals for meat. It was suggested that this was where the virus made the leap from animals to humans.\n\nBut the origins of the virus remain deeply contested. Some experts now believe the market may not have been the origin, and that it was instead only amplified there.\n\nSome research has suggested that coronaviruses capable of infecting humans may have been circulating undetected in bats for decades. It is not known, however, what intermediate animal host transmitted the virus between bats and humans.", "US President Donald Trump and others have made new unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud following the rerun of two crucial Senate races in the state of Georgia.\n\nWith the Democrats looking likely to win both seats and with them control of the US Senate, we've debunked some of the theories that have been widely shared on social media.\n\nSince the November election, the president has repeatedly made baseless allegations that Dominion voting machines have been manipulated to engineer electoral fraud.\n\nReferring to the vote in Georgia, Mr Trump said these machines had stopped working in Republican strongholds for \"over an hour\".\n\nThe official in charge of Georgia's voting systems, Gabriel Sterling, said there has been an issue in one county due to \"a programming error on security keys\" but that it was resolved hours before the president made his comments.\n\nMr Sterling tweeted: \"The, votes of everyone will be protected and counted. Sorry you received old intel Mr President.\"\n\nGeorgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger also clarified in a statement that there had been some issues but they did not stop people from voting, Reuters news agency reports.\n\n\"At no point did voting stop as voters continued casting ballots on emergency ballots, in accordance with the procedures set out by Georgia law,\" said Mr Raffensperger.\n\nAn image that has been shared thousands of times on Twitter purported to show a pile of destroyed ballots in Georgia on election day.\n\n\"Our team is in Georgia. They took a little walk. They found shredded ballots in Dell boxes,\" the tweet said.\n\nAlthough the post provided no detail as to where exactly the picture had been taken, we were able to geolocate it to the absentee ballot processing centre at the Georgia World Congress Center in Fulton County, which includes Atlanta.\n\nFulton County elections director Richard Barron told the BBC that the papers in the picture were \"definitely not ballots\", but waste from a letter-opening machine used to cut ballot envelopes.\n\nWe've reported on similar claims about alleged ballot shredding in Georgia before.\n\nIn November, an investigation into the shredding of papers in Cobb County concluded that it was part of a \"routine clean-up operation\" and the documents disposed of were not actual votes \"relevant to the election or the re-tally\".\n\nIn a tweet generating some 300,000 likes and retweets, President Trump claimed there was a \"voter dump\" planned against Republican candidates.\n\nBut there's no evidence of wrongdoing.\n\nIt's not clear exactly what he means by a \"voter dump\", but he may be referring to the fact that large batches of votes are released at once.\n\nThis is standard practice and a valid part of the vote-counting process.\n\nIn Georgia, as in the presidential elections, larger districts, often including cities that may lean Democrat, take longer to report their results.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Trump has falsely claimed on multiple occasions that millions of genuine votes in November's presidential election that were counted after polls closed were \"fake\".\n\nIn Georgia, election official Gabriel Sterling noted after the polls closed that some 171,000 early, in-person ballots from DeKalb County, which is Democrat-leaning, were yet to be counted.\n\nAuthorities knew how many of these \"advanced\" votes were coming.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Gabriel Sterling This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA number of Republican officials and activists, including White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and the founder of conservative activist group Turning Point USA, claimed workers at the Chatham county count had suddenly stopped counting for the rest of the night and gone home, raising the prospect of foul play.\n\n\"They're doing this again. You can't make this up,\" Charlie Kirk tweeted.\n\nSimilar claims of fraud or suspicious activity were made during the presidential election count in the county, after it took a few days for all the absentee and mail-in ballots to be tabulated.\n\nBut Gabriel Sterling, Georgia's voting systems implementation manager, took to Twitter to say the count \"didn't just stop\".\n\nWorkers had finished counting all the ballots they had except absentee ballots received on election day, Mr Sterling, a Republican, added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Gabriel Sterling This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe county's board of elections chairman, Tom Mahoney, confirmed later that about 3,000 to 4,000 election day absentee ballots were left to count.", "Protesters in support of US President Donald Trump swarmed the Capitol building, forcing officials to order lawmakers to shelter in place and halting debate in both the House and Senate. Congress was meeting to confirm President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college victory.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer: \"If we pull together as a nation, we can win\"\n\nSir Keir Starmer has called for a \"round the clock\" vaccination programme to tackle the rise in Covid cases.\n\nAs part of a televised speech, the Labour leader said the government needed to deliver \"millions of doses a week by the end of the month\".\n\nHe said there were \"serious questions for the government to answer\" over the timing of the lockdown in England, but Labour would support the restrictions.\n\nBoris Johnson said daily vaccination figures would be published from Monday.\n\nThe prime minister has also said the four most vulnerable groups of people across the UK should receive their first dose by mid-February.\n\nBoth the PM and Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, have announced lockdowns this week.\n\nWales has been in a national lockdown since 20 December and Northern Ireland entered a six-week lockdown on 26 December.\n\nEngland's lockdown will become law from 00:01 GMT Wednesday and MPs will return to the Commons later that day to vote on the measures retrospectively.\n\nThe restrictions come into force as the number of new daily confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK topped 60,000 for the first time since the pandemic started.\n\nOn Tuesday, 60,914 had tested positive in the previous 24 hours and a further 830 people had died within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIn an address to the nation on BBC One, in response to Boris Johnson's televised address on Monday, Sir Keir said the UK had reached a \"critical moment in our fight against coronavirus\".\n\nThe Labour leader said people were \"angry at the mistakes the government has made\" and ministers needed to answer questions on why they did not act sooner over locking down England.\n\nHe stressed that Labour would continue to hold the government to account, but added: \"Whatever our quarrels with the government and with the prime minister, the country now needs us to come together.\n\n\"At this darkest of moments, we need a new national effort to re-kindle the spirit of last March - to come together and to do everything possible to stay at home [and] to protect the NHS and save lives.\"\n\nSir Keir reiterated that Labour would support the new lockdown when it comes to the retrospective Commons vote on Wednesday and \"join in this national effort\".\n\nBut he called for the government to use the lockdown to establish \"a massive, immediate, and round the clock vaccination programme\" to \"deliver millions of doses a week by the end of the month in every village and town, every high street and every GP surgery\".\n\nThe Labour leader added: \"This is now a race between the virus and the vaccine and if we pull together as a nation, we can win.\n\n\"We need a new contract between the government and the British people: The country stays at home, the government delivers the vaccine.\"\n\nEarlier at a Downing Street press conference, Mr Johnson said more than 1.3 million people across the UK had now been vaccinated with either the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.\n\nThe figure included 23% of over-80s in England - part of a programme Mr Johnson said aimed to save \"the most lives the fastest\".\n\nThe PM said there will \"still be long weeks ahead\", but that he wanted to give \"maximum possible transparency\" about the vaccination roll-out.\n\nMore details will be announced on Thursday, with daily updates starting on Monday, \"so that you can see day by day and jab by jab how much progress we are making\", he added.\n\nAsked whether the target could be met, Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, said the timetable was \"realistic but not easy\".", "Fraudsters are sending out bogus text messages about the coronavirus vaccine in an attempt to steal bank details.\n\nThe scam tells recipients they are \"eligible to apply for your vaccine\" with a link to a bogus NHS website, trading standards officers have warned.\n\nThat, in turn, asks for personal information and - crucially - bank details \"for verification\".\n\nThe warning comes the same day as MPs heard that Covid is leading some people into the net of pension fraudsters.\n\nThe fake NHS message is one of a range of scams which have sought to take advantage of the pandemic and the isolation and legitimate worries of potential victims, according to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.\n\nOthers have included people travelling door-to-door selling counterfeit or useless protection equipment, or fraudsters claiming to be from the official test and trace service and demanding payments.\n\nThe latest scam is preying on those elderly or vulnerable people who are fully expecting to receive legitimate information about their vaccine.\n\nHealth authorities have stressed they would never ask for an individual's banking details.\n\nKatherine Hart, lead office at the CTSI, said: \"I have been tracking and warning the public about Covid-related scams since the beginning of the pandemic, and at every stage of response, unscrupulous individuals have modified their campaigns to defraud the public.\n\n\"The vaccine brings great hope for an end to the pandemic and lockdowns, but some only wish to create even further misery by defrauding others. The NHS will never ask you for banking details, passwords, or PIN numbers and these should serve as instant red flags.\"\n\nShe urged people to report the scams to Action Fraud or Police Scotland.\n\nPensions have been stolen or put into high-risk schemes\n\nThe warning came as MPs on the Work and Pensions Select Committee heard how fraudsters were seizing on victims' financial uncertainty during the pandemic to draw them into pension scams.\n\nRules allowing people to withdraw cash from their pension pot from the age of 55 have led some people to move money into investment schemes which look generous, but are simply vehicles to steal money.\n\n\"Household finances are stretched and so the temptations to use savings or to be tempted by offers of 'free pension reviews', for example, which we've warned about, are very real,\" Mark Steward, from the Financial Conduct Authority told the committee.\n\n\"Of course, a 'free pension review' is hardly free. It is the first step on a process that will lead someone to investing in something that is too good to be true.\"\n\nHe said that fraudsters had used social media advertising to \"industrialise\" this kind of fraud.\n\nWhereas previously, fraudsters had to produce sophisticated glossy brochures and office fronts, they could now operate in anonymity on social media, sending fake information to millions of people.\n\nMillions of pounds have been lost to pension scams in recent years, but it is a crime considered to be widely under-reported by victims and pension companies.\n\nGraeme Biggar, director general of the National Economic Crime Centre, told the committee that fraudsters were continuing to use new avenues to reach potential victims.\n\n\"What we're looking to do next is to move on to fake comparison websites, which is this new gateway into investment frauds, to spot those and take them down at source,\" he said.", "Dr Anil Mehta, a GP at Fullwell Cross Medical Centre in North London, told the BBC that staff were working from 7 in the morning until 10pm at night during the three days of their weekly Covid-19 vaccine rollout, describing the process as a 'full team effort.\n\nDr Mehta was also keen to encourage people who might be nervous about the vaccine to take up the offer, emphasising that the evidence behind the vaccine 'was very strong'.\n\nThis message was echoed by Zahin Ahmed, whose grandfather Shafiquz Zaman has now received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine at the clinic. Mr Ahmed, who is from the Bangladeshi community, also said it was important that minority communities took up the offer of the vaccine when called upon to do so.", "Albert Roux pictured in the kitchen of Le Gavroche in 1989\n\nChef and restaurateur Albert Roux, who brought great French cooking to the UK with his brother Michel, has died at the age of 85.\n\nThe pair made gastronomic history in 1982 when their London restaurant, Le Gavroche, became the first in Britain to earn three Michelin stars.\n\nAlbert's death comes almost a year after Michel died at the age of 78.\n\nGordon Ramsay, one of many leading chefs who earned their stripes in Le Gavroche's kitchen, led the tributes.\n\n\"So so sad the hear about the passing of this legend, the man who installed Gastronomy in Britain,\" Ramsay wrote on Instagram.\n\nMarco Pierre White, Marcus Wareing, Pierre Koffman and Monica Galetti are among the other chefs who rose through the ranks at Le Gavroche.\n\nIn his tribute, TV chef James Martin described Albert Roux as \"a true titan of the food scene in this country [who] inspired and trained some of the best and biggest names in the business\".\n\nA family statement said: \"The Roux family has announced the sad passing of Albert Roux, OBE, KFO, who had been unwell for a while, at the age 85 on 4th January 2021.\n\n\"Albert is credited, along with his late brother Michel Roux, with starting London's culinary revolution with the opening of Le Gavroche in 1967.\"\n\nHis son Michel Roux Jr, who now runs Le Gavroche and is a former judge on MasterChef: The Professionals, said: \"He was a mentor for so many people in the hospitality industry, and a real inspiration to budding chefs, including me.\"\n\nFood critic Jay Rayner described Albert Roux as \"an extraordinary man who left a massive mark on the food story of his adopted country\".\n\nHe added: \"The roll call of chefs who went through the kitchens of Le Gavroche alone, is a significant slab of a part of modern UK restaurant culture.\"\n\nChef Tom Kitchin wrote that \"one of the true culinary greats has left us\", and baker and food writer Dan Lepard said it was the \"end of an era\".\n\nAlbert and Michel Roux came from a family of butchers in eastern France, and trained to be patissiers before moving to the UK.\n\nAlbert arrived in the mid-1950s, and in 1967 put his £3,000 savings with money borrowed from friends to open the first Gavroche off Sloane Square in Chelsea.\n\nWith uncompromising standards, elaborate presentation and first-rate service, it raised the standards of haute cuisine in a then-limited English restaurant scene.\n\nIt moved to Mayfair in 1981, and soon became the first British-based establishment to carry the maximum three Michelin stars.\n\n\"An Olympic gold medal,\" Albert said at the time. \"I have had no other ambition.\"\n\nThe Roux dynasty (left-right): Alain Roux, Michel Roux Jnr, Michel Roux and Albert Roux in 2009\n\nIts kitchen would also become the training ground for a new, enlightened generation of British chefs.\n\n\"If cooking is an art form, Le Gavroche was the Royal College of Music, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, Rada and the Courtauld and Warburg institutes all rolled up into one, poached, wrapped in a puff pastry shell with foie gras and served with truffle sauce,\" The Guardian wrote in 2010.\n\nThe brothers also launched the Roux Scholarship, an annual chef competition, in 1983, with many scholars having gone on to win Michelin stars themselves.\n\nAlbert and Michel opened a string of other restaurants, fronted a 13-part TV series on BBC Two in 1990, and published a series of best-selling books about French cookery.", "Shows like Tiger King kept people entertained during the first UK lockdown\n\nNetflix is raising the cost of some of its UK subscriptions from next month, its customers have been told.\n\nThe streaming service said the price rises reflected money spent on content.\n\nIts standard monthly package will go up from £8.99 to £9.99 and its premium one will rise from £11.99 to £13.99, but its basic plan remains at £5.99.\n\nHowever, comparison site Uswitch said the timing of the price rises was unfortunate with UK citizens living under new national lockdowns.\n\nThe streaming service's subscriber numbers have jumped during the pandemic, with almost 16 million new customers added worldwide in the first three months of 2020 alone.\n\nIn the UK, during the first national lockdown which started in March 2020, the amount of streaming content watched by consumers rose by a third compared with the previous year.\n\nBut Netflix faces tough competition from rivals, such as Disney+, which has also announced price rises of £2 per month up to £7.99 or £79.90 for a full year.\n\nNetflix said: \"This year we're spending over $1bn [£736m] in the UK on new, locally-made films, series and documentaries, helping to create thousands of jobs and showcasing British storytelling at its best - with everything from The Crown, to Sex Education and Top Boy, plus many, many more.\n\n\"Our price change reflects the significant investments we've made in new TV shows and films, as well as improvements to our product.\"\n\nA standard Netflix subscription gives users HD streaming on two devices at the same time with the ability to download to two phones or tablets. The premium service allows streaming on up to four screens at once, as well as offering 4K streaming and downloading to four phones or tablets.\n\nSubscribers who do not want to pay the extra can cancel their plan at any time without penalty or simply shift to the basic package, which allows users to watch movies and TV shows in standard definition on one device only and download to one mobile or tablet.\n\nNick Baker, streaming and TV expert at Uswitch.com, said: \"Netflix has been a lifeline for many people during lockdown, so this price rise is an unwanted extra expense for households feeling the financial pressure.\n\n\"It's unfortunate timing that this price hike coincides with another national lockdown, when all of us will be streaming more television and films than ever.\"", "The number of new daily confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has topped 60,000 for the first time since the pandemic started.\n\nAccording to government figures on Tuesday, the number of people who tested positive was 60,916.\n\nOne in 50 people in private households in England had Covid last week - and one in 30 in London, according to estimates based on the latest data.\n\nA further 830 people have also died within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt comes as England and Scotland announced new strict lockdowns, with people told to stay at home.\n\nAt a press conference at Downing Street on Tuesday, Boris Johnson said 1.3 million people had now been vaccinated in the UK - including 23% of over 80s in England, some 650,000 people.\n\nBut he said more than one million people were currently infected - with the number of patients in hospitals 40% higher than in the first peak.\n\nThe government's chief medical adviser Prof Chris Whitty cited the Office for National Statistics' random sampling data for England as showing how widespread the virus is.\n\n\"We're now into a situation where across the country as a whole, roughly one in 50 people have got the virus, higher in some parts of the country, lower in others,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Professor Chris Whitty: \"No evidence\" the new variant is \"more dangerous\"\n\nThe number of new daily cases has consistently been above 50,000 since 29 December.\n\nBack in the first peak of the pandemic in the spring, the number of daily confirmed cases never went above 7,000.\n\nHowever, it is thought the true number of cases then was much higher but not picked up because testing capacity was limited. It was estimated there were about 100,000 new infections a day at the end of March - but there was not the testing to detect it.\n\nHospital admissions of people with Covid-19 in England also reached another record high on Tuesday, NHS England figures show.\n\nAt a hospital in Lincolnshire, a \"critical\" incident has been declared after a sharp rise in patients requiring admission.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How NHS nurses and doctors are struggling to cope with Covid as cases continue to rise in England\n\nAnd potentially life-saving cancer operations have been put on hold at a major London NHS trust because of the number of beds taken by Covid patients.\n\nHowever, Cancer Research UK said such cancellations did not appear to be widespread across the country.\n\nIn a statement after the case numbers were released, Public Health England medical director Yvonne Doyle said the rapid rise in cases was \"highly concerning and will sadly mean yet more pressure on our health services in the depths of winter\".\n\nAfter seven consecutive days of more than 50,000 cases being confirmed, the fact that more than 60,000 have been recorded should not come as a surprise.\n\nIt will take a week, if not more, for the impact of lockdown to be felt.\n\nAnd all the evidence suggests the new variant of coronavirus, which is more transmissible than previous ones, means the impact is likely to be more limited than it was in previous ones.\n\nThe figures are also a warning about what the NHS is facing.\n\nSome of this week's infections are next week's hospital admissions.\n\nAbout three in 10 beds are now occupied by Covid patients. In some hospitals more than six in 10 are.\n\nHospitals are now busy making more spaces on their wards - that means cancelling planned work, including in some places cancer treatment.\n\nBoris Johnson and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon both announced new lockdowns on Monday.\n\nWales has been in a national lockdown since 20 December and Northern Ireland entered a six-week lockdown on 26 December.\n\nRestrictions are also being tightened further in Northern Ireland, and an order for people to stay at home will become legally enforceable from Friday.\n\nIn a televised address to the nation, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer urged the government to use the lockdown to create a \"round the clock\" vaccination programme.\n\nHe also called on people to \"recapture the spirit\" of the beginning of the pandemic.\n\nAt the press conference on Tuesday, Mr Johnson repeated his suggestion that there is a \"prospect\" of the lockdown being eased in mid-February.\n\n\"But you will also appreciate there are a lot of caveats, a lot of ifs built into that, the most important of which is that we all now follow the guidance,\" he said.\n\nEarlier, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove told Sky News he could not say exactly when the lockdown in England would end, but \"as we enter March we should be able to lift some of these restrictions but not necessarily all\".\n\nMr Whitty said the virus \"is not going to go away, just as flu doesn't go away, just as many other viruses don't go away\".\n\n\"We shouldn't kid ourselves that this just disappears with spring,\" he said.\n\nMr Whitty said although hopefully there would be nearly no measures needed from the spring onwards, the government might have to bring in a few restrictions next winter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"We've now vaccinated over 1.3m people across the UK\"\n\nOn Monday the UK's chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nAlthough the new variant is now spreading more rapidly than the original version, it is not believed to be more deadly.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains the order in which the Covid vaccine will be given", "Lockdowns have worked before, but can we expect the new one to do the same?\n\nIt feels like we are back in March or April last year, when the strict controls on all our lives led to a fairly quick decline in levels of coronavirus.\n\nBut one of the crucial differences this time is the new variant, which is thought to spread between 50 and 70% faster than previous forms of the virus.\n\nExperts warn there are now no guarantees that lockdown will be enough to bring the variant under control.\n\n\"It still would not have been easy, but it would have been a much easier situation if it had not been for the new variant,\" Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, told Inside Health.\n\n\"That really pushes the bounds of our ability to control the spread of the virus, even with measures that were previously relatively quite effective.\"", "Supermarkets are seeking to reassure shoppers that there is no need to bulk-buy products as new lockdown restrictions come into force.\n\nAsda asked its customers to \"continue to shop considerately and not buy more than they normally would.\"\n\nThere was a surge in online grocery shopping after new lockdown restrictions were announced on Monday, but demand has since dropped back.\n\nStores said they have good availability and have increased delivery slots.\n\nTesco and Sainsbury's have doubled the number of delivery slots since March.\n\nWhen fresh lockdown restrictions were announced on Monday there was a rush online by supermarket shoppers to book delivery slots.\n\nThat surge has since calmed down, but big supermarkets were keen on Wednesday to reassure customers that there is no need to bulk-buy, as stores would like to avoid a repeat of the panic-buying that was triggered by the first lockdown.\n\nAsda said it \"currently has strong product availability across its stores and depots and its colleagues are working around the clock to keep the shelves stocked.\"\n\nSainsbury's said it had \"good availability and encourage customers to shop as normal. We aren't currently restricting products.\"\n\nTesco has had buying limits on various products since the first lockdown, and most recently limited items including eggs, rice, soap and toilet roll after freight delays in December as ports got snarled up.\n\nTesco said on Wednesday that it had \"good availability in stores and online, with plenty of stock to go round, and we would encourage our customers to shop as normal.\"\n\nDuring the first lockdown supermarkets saw a huge spike in demand for online shopping as people tried to avoid mixing in shops.\n\nThe big chains have all increased their capacity to deliver food.\n\nTesco, the biggest UK supermarket chain, has more than doubled the number of online delivery slots available since the start of the crisis, and now has 1.5 million slots per week.\n\nNot all of these get used across the UK at present, so Tesco has no plans at the moment for further slots.\n\nSainsbury's, the second biggest, has also more than doubled the number of its online delivery slots since March, and can meet more than 800,000 orders per week.\n\nAsda, the third biggest chain, has upped the number of available weekly slots by 90% since March to 850,000, and by the start of April it's planning to offer 900,000 slots per week.\n\nMorrison's, the fourth largest UK supermarket chain, said it had increased its online operation fivefold since March.\n\nAsda said on Wednesday that it was also doubling the size of its partnership with Uber Eats. From February Asda will offer a 30-minute delivery service from 200 stores.\n\nAsda is also stepping-up Covid safety measures, including doubling safety marshal hours, more sanitation stations, increasing cleaning, and \"adding a protective antimicrobial coating to customer 'touch points' in stores such as fridge and freezer handles, checkout areas, plus all trolley and basket handles\".\n\nThe chain also has a virtual queueing app called \"Quidini\" whereby customers can sit in their car to wait for a slot in a store if it is busy.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The twins' father says what they have achieved is a 'herculean achievement'\n\nConjoined twins who were expected to die within days when they were born are nearly four years later said to be settling in at their Cardiff school.\n\nMarieme and Ndeye Ndiaye were brought to the UK from Senegal in 2017 by their father Ibrahima for treatment at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.\n\nThe girls, now four, are learning to stand and their father said their progress was \"a Herculean achievement\".\n\nTheir head teacher said the girls had made friends and were \"laughing a lot\".\n\nThe girls, who have separate hearts and spines but share a liver, bladder and digestive system, have conditions which put them at higher risk of complications from Covid.\n\nHowever, Mr Ndiaye said he had wanted them to start school for their development.\n\n\"When you look in the rear view mirror, it was an unachievable dream,\" he said.\n\n\"From now, everything ahead will be a bonus to me. My heart and soul is shouting out loud, 'Come on! Go on girls! Surprise me more!'.\"\n\nMr Ndiaye brought the girls to the UK through funding from a charitable foundation run by Senegal's first lady Marieme Faye Sall, before he sought asylum.\n\nIn March 2018, the family were moved by the Home Office to Cardiff as asylum seekers can be moved anywhere in the UK and they now have discretionary leave to remain.\n\nIn 2019, Great Ormond Street surgeons considered attempting separation but it was something Mr Ndiaye did not want because of the risks involved.\n\nThe girls have such complex circulatory systems medics now believe they would not survive being separated\n\nSince then, doctors have found the girls' circulatory systems to be more closely linked than previously thought and neither would survive without the other, making separation now impossible.\n\nThe girls' head teacher Helen Borley said they were learning well since starting reception in September and had made new friends.\n\nShe said: \"Children either say, 'I'm Marieme's friend' or 'I'm Ndeye's friend' - they don't say, 'I'm the twins' friend'. Children very much identify as being one person's friend or another - because the girls are very different characters.\n\n\"They are laughing a lot - which is always a good sign, isn't it? Any child that is laughing a lot is a happy child.\"\n\nMarieme receives oxygen from Ndeye's stronger heart and food via their linked stomachs\n\nFor the twins, school needs to fit around hospital visits.\n\nIn October, the girls needed surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital.\n\nDr Gillian Body, a paediatric consultant at the Children's Hospital for Wales in Cardiff, said the procedure was important, despite the risks.\n\nShe said: \"The girls have complex anatomies and that makes them prone to infections and potentially sepsis.\n\n\"One of the challenges we had was getting antibiotics into them quickly, and this tube or cannula they've had fitted, means we can get them into them more quickly with less distress to the girls.\"\n\nThe girls have been experiencing the feeling of standing, at children's hospice Ty Hafan\n\nShe said Marieme's heart was complex with lots of abnormalities that cause her problems with doing exercise and can lead to breathlessness.\n\nAt children's' hospice Ty Hafan in Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, the girls have been learning what it feels like to stand.\n\nA special frame gives them the experience of being upright, helping build strength in their legs.\n\nPhysiotherapist Sara Wade-West said it had been hard for them.\n\n\"It's a really different sensation when you're used to being sat down, to be upright can be scary,\" she said.\n\n\"To start with, particularly Ndeye wasn't very keen. We try and sneak the therapy in around the play, encouraging them to reach for toys to make them work a bit harder, but if they know it's therapy it's not so fun.\n\n\"Because of their cardiac function we can't push them too much so it's finding that balance - challenging them to get stronger but not exhausting them.\"\n\nThe twins' father Ibrahima Ndiaye said they were his \"warriors\"\n\nWatching his daughters stand is more than just a breakthrough for their father.\n\n\"They are showing that they don't only want to live, but be active and play their part in society,\" he said.\n\n\"All these achievements bring light and hopes for the future. But I know how fragile, complex and unpredictable their lives can be.\"\n\nMr Ndiaye said his hopes were \"parallel to my fears\" as the girls had \"so many times come close to the worst\".\n\n\"But the very least I can do for the girls is figure out my hopes for them,\" he said.\n\n\"The most I can do is to be beside them and live inside that hope and never allow anything to take that hope away.\n\n\"They are my warriors. They have proved they will never surrender without fighting. It is not yet over.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A BBC team came across roadblocks as they tried to report on research into viruses that bats carry\n\nA Chinese scientist at the centre of unsubstantiated claims that the coronavirus leaked from her laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan has told the BBC she is open to \"any kind of visit\" to rule it out.\n\nThe surprise statement from Prof Shi Zhengli comes as a World Health Organization team prepares to travel to Wuhan next month to begin its investigation into the origins of Covid-19.\n\nThe remote district of Tongguan, in China's south-western province of Yunnan, is hard to reach at the best of times. But when a BBC team tried to visit recently, it was impossible.\n\nPlain-clothes police officers and other officials in unmarked cars followed us for miles along the narrow, bumpy roads, stopping when we did, backtracking with us when we were forced to turn around.\n\nWe found obstacles in our way, including a \"broken-down\" lorry, which locals confirmed had been placed across the road a few minutes before we arrived.\n\nAnd we ran into checkpoints at which unidentified men told us their job was to keep us out.\n\nAt first sight, all of this might seem like a disproportionate effort given our intended destination, a nondescript, abandoned copper mine in which, back in 2012, six workers succumbed to a mystery illness that eventually claimed the lives of three of them.\n\nBut their tragedy, which would otherwise almost certainly have been largely forgotten, has been given new meaning by the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThose three deaths are now at the centre of a major scientific controversy about the origins of the virus and the question of whether it came from nature, or from a laboratory.\n\nAnd the attempts of Chinese authorities to stop us reaching the site are a sign of how hard they're working to control the narrative.\n\nFor more than a decade, the rolling, jungle-covered hills in Yunnan - and the cave systems within - have been the focus of a giant scientific field study.\n\nChinese virologist Shi Zhengli is seen here inside the laboratory in Wuhan\n\nIt has been led by Prof Shi Zhengli from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).\n\nProf Shi won international acclaim for her discovery that the illness known as Sars, which killed more than 700 people in 2003, was caused by a virus that probably came from a species of bat in a Yunnan cave.\n\nEver since, Prof Shi - often referred to as \"China's Batwoman\" - has been in the vanguard of a project to try to predict and prevent further such outbreaks.\n\nBy trapping bats, taking faecal samples from them, and then carrying those samples back to the lab in Wuhan, 1,600km (1,000 miles) away, the team behind the project has identified hundreds of new bat coronaviruses.\n\nBut the fact that Wuhan is now home to the world's leading coronavirus research facility, as well as the first city to be ravaged by a pandemic outbreak of a deadly new one, has fuelled suspicion that the two things are connected.\n\nI would personally welcome any form of visit, based on an open, transparent, trusting, reliable and reasonable dialogue. But the specific plan is not decided by me.\n\nThe Chinese government, the WIV, and Prof Shi have all angrily dismissed the allegation of a virus leak from the Wuhan lab.\n\nBut with scientists appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) scheduled to visit Wuhan in January for an inquiry into the origin of the pandemic, Prof Shi - who has given few interviews since the pandemic began - answered a number of BBC questions by email.\n\n\"I have communicated with the WHO experts twice,\" she wrote, when asked if an investigation might help rule out a lab leak and end the speculation. \"I have personally and clearly expressed that I would welcome them to visit the WIV,\" she said.\n\nTo a follow-up question about whether that would include a formal investigation with access to the WIV's experimental data and laboratory records, Prof Shi said: \"I would personally welcome any form of visit based on an open, transparent, trusting, reliable and reasonable dialogue. But the specific plan is not decided by me.\"\n\nThe BBC subsequently received a call from the WIV's press office, saying that Prof Shi was speaking in a personal capacity and her answers had not been approved by the WIV.\n\nThe BBC denied a request to send the press office a copy of this article in advance.\n\nDr Peter Daszak: \"I've yet to see any evidence at all of a lab leak or a lab involvement in this outbreak\"\n\nMany scientists believe that by far the most likely scenario is that Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, jumped naturally from bats to humans, possibly via an intermediary species. And despite Prof Shi's offer, for now there appears to be little chance of the WHO inquiry looking into the lab-leak theory.\n\nThe terms of reference for the WHO inquiry make no mention of the theory, and some members of the 10-person team have all but ruled it out.\n\nPeter Daszak, a British zoologist, has been chosen as part of the team because of his leading role in a multimillion dollar, international project to sample wild viruses.\n\nIt has involved close collaboration with Prof Shi Zhengli in her mass sampling of bats in China, and Dr Daszak previously called the lab-leak theory a \"conspiracy theory\" and \"pure baloney\".\n\n\"I've yet to see any evidence at all of a lab leak or a lab involvement in this outbreak,\" he said. \"I have seen substantial evidence that these are naturally occurring phenomena driven by human encroachment into wildlife habitat, which is clearly on display across south-east Asia.\"\n\nAsked about seeking access to the Wuhan lab to rule the lab-leak theory out, he said: \"That's not my job to do that.\n\n\"The WHO negotiated the terms of reference, and they say we're going to follow the evidence, and that's what we've got to do,\" he added.\n\nThe Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was linked to early cases of the new coronavirus\n\nOne focus of the inquiry will be a market in Wuhan which was known to be trading in wildlife and was linked to a number of early cases, though the Chinese authorities appear to have already discounted it as a source of the virus.\n\nDr Daszak said the WHO team would \"look at those clusters of cases, look at the contacts, look at where the animals in the market have come from and see where that takes us\".\n\nThe deaths of the three Tongguan workers following exposure to a mineshaft full of bats raised suspicions that they'd succumbed to a bat coronavirus.\n\nIt was exactly the kind of animal-to-human \"spillover\" that was driving the WIV to sample and test bats in Yunnan.\n\nIt is no surprise then that, following those deaths, the WIV scientists began sampling bats in the Tongguan mineshaft in earnest, making multiple visits over the next three years and detecting 293 coronaviruses.\n\nBut apart from one brief paper, very little was published about the viruses they collected on those trips.\n\nIn January this year, Prof Shi Zhengli became one of the first people in the world to sequence Sars-Cov-2, which was already spreading rapidly through the streets and homes of her city.\n\nShe then compared the long string of letters representing the virus's unique genetic code with the extensive library of other viruses collected and stored over the years.\n\nAnd she discovered that her database contained the closest known relative of Sars-Cov-2.\n\nRaTG13 is a virus whose name has been derived from the bat it was extracted from (Rhinolophus affinis, Ra), the place it was found (Tongguan, TG), and the year it was identified, 2013.\n\nSeven years after it was found in that mineshaft, RaTG13 was about to become one of the most hotly contested scientific subjects of our time.\n\nChina imposed tough restrictions on Wuhan to stop the spread of the virus\n\nThere have been many well-documented cases of viruses leaking from labs. The first Sars virus, for example, leaked twice from the National Institute of Virology in Beijing in 2004, long after the outbreak had been brought under control.\n\nThe practice of genetically manipulating viruses is also not new, allowing scientists to make them more infectious or more deadly, so they can assess the threat and, perhaps, develop treatments or vaccines.\n\nAnd from the moment it was isolated and sequenced, scientists have been struck by the remarkable ability of Sars-Cov-2 to infect humans.\n\nThe possibility that it acquired that ability as a result of manipulation in a laboratory was taken seriously enough for an influential group of international scientists to address it head on.\n\nIn what has become the definitive paper ruling out the possibility of a lab leak, RaTG13 has a starring role.\n\nPublished in March in the magazine Nature Medicine, it suggests that if there had been a leak, Prof Shi Zhengli would have found a much closer match in her database than RaTG13.\n\nWhile RaTG13 is the closest known relative - at 96.2% similarity - it is still too distant to have been manipulated and changed into Sars-Cov-2.\n\nSars-Cov-2, the authors concluded, was likely to have gained its unique efficiency through a long, undetected period of circulation in humans or animals of a natural and milder precursor virus that eventually evolved into the potent, deadly form first detected in Wuhan in 2019.\n\nMedics and scientists in Wuhan battled to control the early stages of the pandemic\n\nWhere though, some scientists are beginning to wonder, are those reservoirs of earlier natural infection?\n\nDr Daniel Lucey is a physician and infectious disease professor at the Georgetown Medical Centre in Washington DC and a veteran of many pandemics - Sars in China, Ebola in Africa, Zika in Brazil.\n\nHe is certain that China has already conducted thorough searches for evidence of precursor viruses in stored human samples in hospitals and in animal populations.\n\n\"They have the capability, they have the resources and they have the motivation, so of course they've done the studies in animals and in humans,\" he said.\n\nFinding the origin of an outbreak was vital, he said, not just for wider scientific understanding, but also to stop it emerging again.\n\n\"We should search until we find it. I think it's findable and I think it's quite possible it's already been found,\" he said. \"But then the question arises, why hasn't it been disclosed?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid-19: How everyday life has changed in Wuhan\n\nDr Lucey still believes that Sars-Cov-2 is most likely to have a natural origin, but he does not want the alternatives to be so readily ruled out.\n\n\"So here we are, 12, 13 months out since the first recognised case of Covid-19 and we haven't found the animal source,\" he said. \"So, to me, it's all the more reason to investigate alternative explanations.\"\n\nMight a Chinese laboratory have had a virus they were working on that was genetically closer to Sars-Cov-2, and would they tell us now if they did? \"Not everything that's done is published,\" Dr Lucey said.\n\nIt's a point I put to Peter Daszak, the member of the WHO origins study team.\n\n\"You know, I've worked with the WIV for a good decade or more,\" he said. \"I know some of the people there pretty well and I have visited the labs frequently, I've met and had dinner with them over 15 years.\n\n\"I'm working in China with eyes wide open, and I'm racking my brain back in time for the slightest hint of something untoward. And I've never seen that.\"\n\nAsked if those friendships and funding relationships with the WIV presented a conflict of interest with his role on the inquiry, he said: \"We file our papers; it's all there for everyone to see.\"\n\nAnd his collaboration with the WIV, he said, \"makes me one of the people on the planet who knows the most about the origins of these bat coronaviruses in China\".\n\nThe conclusion [of the Kunming Hospital University thesis] is neither based on evidence nor logic. But it’s used by conspiracy theorists to doubt me\n\nChina may have provided only limited data about its hunt for the origin of Sars-Cov-2, but it has begun to promote a theory of its own.\n\nBased on a few inconclusive studies conducted by scientists in Europe that suggest Covid-19 may have been circulating earlier than previously thought, state propaganda is full of stories suggesting the virus didn't start in China at all.\n\nIn the absence of proper data, speculation is only likely to grow, much of it focused on RaTG13 and its origins in a Tongguan mineshaft. Old academic papers have been dug up online that appear to differ from the WIV's statements about the sick mine workers - among them a thesis by a student at the Kunming Hospital University.\n\n\"I've just downloaded the Kunming Hospital University student's masters thesis and read it,\" Prof Shi told the BBC.\n\n\"The narrative doesn't make sense,\" she said. \"The conclusion is neither based on evidence nor logic. But it's used by conspiracy theorists to doubt me. If you were me, what you would do?\"\n\nProf Shi has also faced questions about why the WIV's online public database of viruses was suddenly taken offline.\n\nShe told the BBC that the WIV's website and the staff's work emails and personal emails had been attacked, and the database taken offline for security reasons.\n\n\"All our research results are published in English journals in the form of papers,\" she said. \"Virus sequences are saved in the [US-run] GenBank database too. It's completely transparent. We have nothing to hide.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Can you become immune to coronavirus?\n\nThere are important questions to be asked in the Yunnan countryside, not just by scientists, but by journalists too.\n\nAfter a decade of sampling and experimenting on viruses collected from bats, we now know that back in 2013 the closest known ancestor was discovered of a future threat that would claim well over a million lives and devastate the global economy.\n\nYet the WIV, according to the published information, did nothing with it, except sequence it and enter it into a database.\n\nOught that to call into question the very premise on which the expensive, and some would say risky, mass sampling of wild viruses is based?\n\n\"To say that we didn't do enough is absolutely correct,\" Peter Daszak told the BBC. \"To say that we failed is not fair at all. What we should have been doing is 10 times the amount of work on these viruses.\"\n\nBoth Dr Daszak and Prof Shi are adamant that pandemic prevention research is vital, urgent work.\n\n\"Our research is forward-looking, and it's difficult for non-professionals to understand,\" Prof Shi wrote by email. \"In the face of countless micro-organisms that exist in nature, we humans are very small.\"\n\nThe WHO is promising an \"open-minded\" inquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus, but the Chinese government is not keen on questions, at least not from journalists.\n\nAfter leaving Tongguan, the BBC team tried to drive a few hours north to the cave where Prof Shi carried out her ground-breaking research on Sars almost a decade ago.\n\nStill being followed by several unmarked cars, we hit another roadblock, and were told there was no way through.\n\nA few hours later, we discovered that local traffic had been diverted onto a dirt track that skirted the obstruction, but as we attempted to use the same route, we met yet another \"broken down\" car in our path.\n\nWe were trapped in a field for over an hour, before finally being forced to head for the airport.", "The low temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch\n\nThe UK has had its coldest night of the winter so far after a temperature of -12.3C was recorded in the north west Highlands.\n\nThe temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch, near Garve, south of Ullapool in Wester Ross.\n\nThe record lowest temperature in the UK is -27.2C, which was recorded in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in 1895 and 1982.\n\nThe same temperature was recorded at Altnaharra in the Highlands in 1995.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe coldest night of the winter so far has come amid days of freezing temperatures in Scotland, and more widely across the UK.\n\nThe Met Office has issued yellow \"be aware warnings\" for snow and ice for Scotland for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.\n\nForecasters said a band of sleet and snow was expected arrive across north west Scotland on Wednesday afternoon and move south east across most parts of Scotland overnight.\n\nThe Met Office said up to 2cm, almost an inch, of snow was likely to settle at low levels \"quite widely\" with up to 6cm (2in) above 200m (656ft) and as much as 10cm (4in) above 300m (984ft).", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nManchester City legend Colin Bell has died, aged 74, after a short illness, the Premier League club have announced.\n\nThe former England midfielder made 501 appearances for City between 1966 and 1979, scoring 153 goals. He won 48 caps for his country.\n\n\"Few players have left such an indelible mark on City,\" said a club statement on Tuesday.\n\nIn 2004, Manchester City fans voted to name one of the stands at Etihad Stadium in Bell's honour.\n\n\"Colin Bell will always be remembered as one of Manchester City's greatest players and the very sad news today of his passing will affect everybody connected to our club,\" said City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.\n\n\"I am fortunate to be able to speak regularly to his former manager and team-mates, and it's clear to me that Colin was a player held in the highest regard by all those who had the privilege of playing alongside him or seeing him play.\n\n\"The passage of time does little to erase the memories of his genius.\"\n• None 'Bell will always be king of Man City' - tributes paid after death of club great\n\nAfter starting his career at Bury, Bell moved to Manchester City - then in the second tier - midway through the 1965-66 season in a £47,500 deal.\n\nHe helped Joe Mercer's team win promotion that season and was instrumental in the Blues winning the First Division title two years later.\n\nDuring his 13 years as a player at Maine Road, he also won the FA Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup.\n\nHowever, his career was hampered by a serious knee injury he suffered in a League Cup tie against Manchester United in November 1975, when he was 29.\n\nAfter making a comeback later that season, he was injured again against Arsenal and out for another 18 months.\n\nBell regained fitness and received an emotional ovation on his return at Maine Road on 26 December 1977.\n\nHowever, he did not have the same freedom and mobility as he had done and played only a handful more games.\n\nBell finished his career with a brief spell in the United States playing for San Jose Earthquakes.\n\nIn 2004, he was awarded an MBE for his services to football and remained a regular presence at City games in recent seasons.\n\n'De Bruyne reminds me a lot of Colin' - tributes pour in for the 'King of the Kippax'\n\nFormer City team-mate Mike Summerbee, who was part of their 'Holy Trinity' alongside Bell and Francis Lee in the 1960s and 1970s, described Bell as \"just the greatest footballer\" the club has had.\n\n\"Colin was a lovely, humble man. He was a huge star for Manchester City but you would never have known it,\" said ex-forward Summerbee, 78.\n\n\"He was quiet, unassuming and I always believe he never knew how good he actually was.\n\n\"[Current City midfielder] Kevin de Bruyne reminds me a lot of Colin in the way he plays and the way he is as a person.\"\n\nFormer England forward Lee says he thinks the knee injury curtailed Bell's career \"by a good four or five years\".\n\n\"Colin had tremendous stamina. He was a very good player technically and had the ability to score goals,\" said Lee, 76.\n\n\"He goes into the top five City players of all time - only in the last 10, 15 years has anyone else come along who can take that mantle.\"\n\nSummerbee and Lee were among a number of former and current City players to pay tribute to Bell, along with celebrity fans including former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher.\n\nBell would \"always have a smile\" and \"meet and greet everyone\" he knew, said former City midfielder Michael Brown.\n\n\"He's done lots of charity work and always tried to help people,\" added Brown, who first met Bell as a youngster having come up through City's academy.\n\n\"It's a huge loss. To have done so much and be so low key was admirable.\"\n\nEx-City defender Micah Richards said Bell was \"one of the nicest men ever\", while their former full-back Pablo Zabaleta added he was \"absolutely devastated\" by the news.\n\nFormer England striker Gary Lineker said Bell was one of his favourite players when he was growing up.\n\n\"Terrific box to box midfielder. A real gem for Manchester City and England,\" added the Match of the Day host.\n\nThe Times' chief football writer Henry Winter said Bell \"oozed class, skill and glamour\" as he was \"flowing across rutted pitches, taking people on, creating and scoring\".", "A polar bear cub playing in a snow drift in the area of the proposed oil lease sales\n\nThe Trump administration is pushing ahead with the first sale of oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.\n\nThe giant Alaskan wilderness is home to many important species, including polar bears, caribou and wolves.\n\nNow, after decades of dispute, the rights to drill for oil on about 5% of the refuge will go ahead.\n\nOpponents have criticised the rushed nature of the sale, coming just days before President Trump's term ends.\n\nCovering some 19 million acres (78,000 sq km) the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is often described as America's last great wilderness.\n\nIt is a critically important location for many species, including polar bears.\n\nIn the winter months, pregnant bears build dens in which to give birth.\n\nAs temperatures have risen and sea ice has become thinner, these bears have started building their dens on land.\n\nMany indigenous groups with strong links to the ANWR have opposed oil exploration\n\nThe coastal plain of the ANWR now has the highest concentration of these dens in the state.\n\nThe refuge is also home to Porcupine caribou, one of the largest herds in the world, numbering around 200,000 animals.\n\nIn the spring, the herd moves to the coastal plain region of the ANWR as it is their preferred calving ground.\n\nThe same coastal plain is now the subject of the first ever oil lease sale in the refuge.\n\nThe push for exploration in the park has been a decades long battle between oil companies supported by the state government and environmental and indigenous opponents.\n\nMany of Alaska's political representatives believe that drilling in the refuge could lead to another major oil find, like the one in Prudhoe Bay, just west of the ANWR.\n\nPrudhoe Bay is the largest oil field in North America and supporters believe the ANWR shares the same geology, and potential reserves of crude oil.\n\nOil revenues are critical for Alaska, with every resident getting a cheque for around $1,600 every year from the state's permanent fund.\n\nIn 2017, the Trump administration's tax cutting bill contained a provision to open up the ANWR coastal plain for drilling. It was seen as a way of offsetting the costs of the tax cuts.\n\nThe US Bureau of Land Management is now selling the drilling rights to 22 tracts of land covering about one million acres. These oil and gas leases last for 10 years.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Bernadette Demientieff This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA last-minute attempt to stop the sale in the courts failed but opponents say it will not be the end of their efforts to protect the refuge from drilling.\n\n\"The Trump administration is barrelling forward without doing the careful, legally required analyses of the impacts such activity will have on the environment or the Gwich'in people who have relied on this land for millennia,\" said Kristen Monsell, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, which is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, who had sought an injunction against the sale.\n\n\"That's why we've taken them to court. We can't let Trump turn this amazing landscape into an oil field.\"\n\nReports indicate that interest in the lease sales has been low.\n\nThinning ice has seen more polar bears make their dens on land\n\nWhile estimates suggest around 11 billion barrels of oil lie under the refuge, it has no roads or other infrastructure, making it a very expensive place to drill for oil.\n\nSeveral large US banks have said they will not fund oil and gas exploration in the area.\n\nThere is also the matter of a change of leadership in the White House. The Biden team have nominated Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior. She is on record as being strongly opposed to drilling in the ANWR.\n\nWith climate change set to be a central focus for the Biden administration, it's likely that efforts to extract new fossil fuels in Alaska will be subject to review and delay.\n\nThis could ultimately limit the interest and opportunity for oil exploration in the refuge.\n\nYou might also be interested in:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Climate change: The woman watching the ice melt from under her feet", "Stephen Stennett had a head on collision with a van on the B9157 near Kirkcaldy in Fife\n\nA driver who caused a crash in Fife that led to his passenger losing her baby has admitted causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nStephen Stennett, 23, had a head-on collision with a van on the B9157 near Kirkcaldy on 3 October 2018.\n\nThe High Court in Glasgow heard he had attempted a \"dangerous\" overtaking manoeuvre.\n\nJudge Lady Stacey deferred sentence until next month for background reports.\n\nPassenger, Shannon Myers, 18, who was 30 weeks pregnant, had to have an emergency caesarean section due to her injuries in the crash.\n\nHowever, her son Luke Myers died 32 minutes later.\n\nProsecutor Murdoch McTaggart said: \"The accused pulled out and drove into the path of an oncoming van.\n\n\"The accused's vehicle ended up in a ditch on the side of the road.\"\n\nMs Myers, who was in the front passenger seat, complained about pain in her abdomen and was taken to hospital.\n\nA scan showed the baby had a heartbeat of 60 beats per minute.\n\nMr McTaggart said this was regarded as low and gave cause for concern, prompting doctors to perform an emergency C-section.\n\nLuke's cause of death was recorded as \"complications of traumatic abruption due to road traffic collision\".\n\nPathologists said the baby had red marks on his face as well as fractures to his collarbone and four ribs.\n\nA 15-year-old girl, who was also a passenger in the car, sustained a fractured spine, collarbone and sternum.\n\nA fourth passenger, a boy also aged 15, suffered a fractured spine and eye bone as well as a minor head injury.\n\nVan driver Ian Baker, his wife Clara and their 10-year-old daughter had minor injuries.\n\nThe baby's mother paid tribute to Luke on Facebook shortly after his death.\n\nShe said: \"I love you so much my handsome little boy.\"\n\nThe judge Lady Stacey said: \"You will understand you pleaded guilty to a serious crime which had tragic results.\n\n\"When a life is lost, the court will almost always impose a period of imprisonment.\"\n\nStennett said: \"I'm sorry\" before being bailed.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Former Bond actress and Charlie's Angel Tanya Roberts has died in hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 65.\n\nRoberts appeared with Sir Roger Moore in his final Bond film, 1985's A View To A Kill, and had a recurring role in That '70s Show.\n\nShe also starred in the final series of Charlie's Angels on TV in 1980.\n\nHer death was prematurely announced on Monday, only for doctors to say she was still alive. However, her death was then confirmed on Tuesday.\n\nRoberts had collapsed while walking her dogs on 24 December and was admitted to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre.\n\nHer partner Lance O'Brien mistakenly thought she had died on Sunday after visiting her in hospital. After getting a call from doctors to say she was deteriorating quickly, he went to her bedside, her eyes closed and she \"faded\", TMZ reported.\n\nDevastated, he walked out of the room and then the hospital without speaking to medical staff before informing Roberts' agent that he had \"just said goodbye to Tanya\".\n\nBut while being interviewed for US TV show Inside Edition on Monday, Mr O'Brien got a call from the hospital to say she was alive.\n\nThe moment was captured on film, as he picked up his phone and said: \"Now you're telling me she's alive? Thank the Lord.\" However, she died on Monday night.\n\nShe appeared in A View To A Kill alongside Sir Roger Moore and singer Grace Jones\n\nBorn Victoria Leigh Blum in 1955, Roberts grew up in New York before moving to Hollywood in 1977.\n\nHer big break came when she replaced Shelly Hack in Charlie's Angels, joining Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd as third 'Angel' Julie.\n\nAfter the show's cancellation, she appeared in such fantasy adventure films as The Beastmaster and Hearts and Armour.\n\nShe also played comic book heroine Sheena in a 1984 film that saw her nominated for a Golden Raspberry award for worst actress.\n\nRoberts received another Razzie nomination for her role as geologist Stacey Sutton in 1985 Bond film A View to a Kill.\n\nRoberts in the title role in Sheena: Queen of the Jungle\n\nShe admitted being \"a little cautious\" about taking the role, but said it would have been \"ridiculous\" to have turned it down.\n\nRoberts' subsequent films included Night Eyes and Inner Sanctum, erotic thrillers that did little to advance her career.\n\nShe went on to play Midge Pinciotti in more than 80 episodes of That '70s Show between 1998 and 2004.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Julian Assange will remain in jail as he continues to fight against extradition to the United States.\n\nDistrict Judge Vanessa Baraitser said there were substantial grounds to believe he would abscond.\n\nOn Monday, she ruled the Wikileaks founder cannot be extradited to the US because he might kill himself.\n\nThe US is now appealing that decision - and had opposed releasing the 49-year-old from a maximum security prison before the case is heard.\n\nMr Assange, who was wearing a dark suit and face mask, was not seen to react to the decision at Westminster Magistrates Court.\n\nHe's been held in prison since 2019, after hiding for seven years inside the Ecuadorian Embassy to avoid extradition.\n\nUS prosecutors want to put him on trial for hacking and disclosing classified information - including the identities of informants who were helping intelligence agencies in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere.\n\nIn her ruling, DJ Baraitser said Mr Assange still had the incentive to abscond.\n\n\"He is willing to flout the order of this court,\" she said. \"As a matter of fairness, the US must be allowed to challenge my decision and if Mr Assange absconds during this process they will lose the opportunity to do so.\"\n\nDuring the bail application, Mr Assange's barrister Ed Fitzgerald QC said his client had been offered a London home by a supporter, where he could be with his partner and their two young children - but also compelled to remain under the strictest bail conditions.\n\n\"Your decision [on Monday] changes everything and it certainly changes any motive to abscond,\" said Mr Fitzgerald.\n\n\"On any view... [Mr Assange] would be safer isolating with his family in the community, subject to severe restrictions, than if he were in Belmarsh which has, very recently, had a severe outbreak...(of coronavirus). He wishes to live a sheltered life with his family.\"\n\nBut Clair Dobbin, for the USA, told the court Mr Assange had the \"resources, abilities and the sheer wherewithal\" to secretly arrange a flight to another country.\n\n\"[Mr Assange] regards himself as above the law and no cost is too great, whether that cost be to himself or others,\" said the barrister.\n\nJulian Assange's partner, Stella Moris, was among a large group of his supporters who had gathered at court.\n\n\"This a huge disappointment,\" she said. \"Julian should not be in Belmarsh prison in the first place. I urge the [US] Department of Justice to drop the charges and the President of the United States to pardon Julian.\"\n\nDistrict Judge Baraitser blocked Julian Assange's extradition on Monday, ruling that that while he had a case to answer, he was so mentally unwell that the US authorities could not guarantee he would not kill himself once inside a maximum security prison in the country.\n\nThe USA's appeal against that ruling - which will go to more senior judges later this year - will challenge that finding.", "McDonald's is pausing walk-in takeaway services in the UK as new lockdown restrictions come into force.\n\nDine-in meals and walk-in takeaways will not be available temporarily while it reviews safety procedures, it said.\n\nIts UK boss said it will be testing \"additional measures that may further enhance the safety of our takeaway service.\"\n\nRival food chains Burger King, Subway, KFC and Pret A Manger are still offering takeaways in-store.\n\nMcDonald's UK and Ireland chief executive Paul Pomroy said that safety measures across the firm's 1,300 restaurants will be reviewed by an independent health and safety body.\n\nHe added that customers would be kept updated via the restaurant's app and its website. Drive-through and delivery services across the fast food chain will remain open.\n\nUnder new lockdown restrictions which came into force in England and Scotland this week, hospitality firms are allowed to offer takeaways and deliveries.\n\nBut rules which previously allowed takeaways or click-and-collect services for alcoholic drinks have been scrapped.\n\nWales and Northern Ireland were already in lockdown, which meant that pubs, restaurants and cafes were restricted to takeaway-only too.\n\nAfter the first nationwide lockdown in March, many chains including McDonald's, Burger King and Pret closed their doors to hungry customers.\n\nThey gradually reopened with additional safety measures in place, such as plastic screens in front of the tills, hand sanitiser dispensers and restrictions on the number of customers allowed in at any one point. Some also pared back the number of dishes on offer.\n\nA Burger King spokesperson said that takeaway was still available in some branches and that it would continue to offer click-and-collect and delivery services \"in line with guidance issued\".\n\nSandwich chain Pret A Manger told the BBC that it is keeping some outlets open for both takeaways and delivery, but it would keep the number under review in the coming months.\n\n\"Last year we shifted our business to focus on delivery and expanded our delivery platform partnerships, to make Pret available to a wider customer base\", a spokesperson said.\n\n\"Since then, we have seen a significant increase in the use of delivery.\"\n\nSubway and KFC also confirmed that they remain open for in-store takeaways, deliveries and click-and-collect orders across the UK.\n\nFast food firm Leon, which has 65 outlets, said that 28 of their sites will remain open for takeaways and deliveries.\n\n\"We will continue to keep as many restaurants open as possible, as we did in the previous two lockdowns in line with government guidelines,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nDespite adapting their business models, many casual dining chains have been forced to make job cuts in the last year as lockdown restrictions hit sales. Pret, for example, announced 3,000 job cuts in August, while Greggs made 820 job cuts at the end of 2020.", "There are warnings that replacement grades must avoid the problems that saw protests and U-turns last summer\n\nHead teachers have warned a replacement system for cancelled exams in England must avoid the \"shambles\" of last year's results.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson is to make a statement on \"alternative arrangements\" for GCSE and A-level exams cancelled in the pandemic.\n\nThis could include using teachers' estimated grades.\n\nA replacement system must not \"inflict further disadvantage on students\", says the exams watchdog Ofqual.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said there were \"no easy answers\" in picking an approach - but it had to avoid repeating the \"disaster\" of last summer's cancelled exam season.\n\nHe said there was a \"real need for urgency\" to allow schools time to plan - and that any system for grading had to show \"fairness and consistency\".\n\nWritten papers for GCSEs and A-levels are not going ahead - after this week's decision that it was no longer feasible with so much time lost in the Covid pandemic and the latest lockdown.\n\nMr Williamson will instruct the exams watchdog to come up with proposals for an alternative way of deciding results, which could be used for jobs, staying on in school or university places.\n\nLast year's attempts to find an alternative approach to exam results, which initially used an algorithm, descended into chaos - and eventually switched to using teachers' grades.\n\nAnd without any exam papers or standardised mock exams, the use of teachers' grades, with some process of moderation, is likely to be a key option once again.\n\nVocational exams, such as BTecs, are carrying on, if schools and colleges decide to continue with them.\n\nBut if students cannot take BTec exams this month as planned, they will be able to take them at a later date or otherwise still be awarded a grade, if they have \"enough evidence to receive a certificate that they need for progression\", says the awarding body Pearson.\n\nAn Ofqual spokeswoman said they could consider options for replacement exam results, academic and vocational, \"to ensure the fairest possible outcome in the circumstances\".\n\nAlthough the process is only formally beginning, with a consultation likely on proposals, it is understood that contingency planning had already started to find a back-up if exams were cancelled.\n\nThe exams watchdog's decisions will face much scrutiny - with the previous head of Ofqual resigning after last summer's U-turns over grades.\n\n\"We are discussing alternative arrangements with the Department for Education. We know that many are seeking clarity as soon as possible,\" said Simon Lebus, Ofqual's interim chief regulator.", "Supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday\n\nWorld leaders have condemned violent scenes in Washington after supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday.\n\nThe riot forced the suspension of a joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden's electoral victory.\n\nMany leaders called for peace and an orderly transition of power, describing what happened as \"horrifying\" and an \"attack on democracy\".\n\n\"The United States stands for democracy around the world and it is now vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nOther UK politicians joined him in criticising the violence, with opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer calling it a \"direct attack on democracy\".\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel told the BBC that Mr Trump's comments \"directly led\" to his supporters storming Congress and clashing with police.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Home Secretary Priti Patel says Donald Trump was wrong for not condemning the violence\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted that the scenes from the US Capitol were \"utterly horrifying\".\n\nIn Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said those who stormed the US legislature were \"attackers and rioters\" and that she felt \"angry and also sad\" after seeing pictures from the scene.\n\nShe told a meeting of German conservatives: \"I regret very much that President Trump has still not admitted defeat, but has kept raising doubts about the elections.\"\n\nChina meanwhile attempted to draw comparisons between the rioters who entered Congress to try and subvert the US election result and pro-democracy protesters who stormed Hong Kong's Legislative Council last year.\n\nForeign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying claimed events in Hong Kong were more \"severe\" than those in Washington but \"not one demonstrator died\".\n\nThe comparisons between the two incidents has caused outrage among Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists and their supporters.\n\nRussia blamed the \"archaic\" US electoral system and the politicisation of the media for Wednesday's unrest in Washington.\n\n\"The electoral system in the United States is archaic, it does not meet modern democratic standards, creating opportunities for numerous violations, and the American media have become an instrument of political struggle,\" foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.\n\nElsewhere in Europe, a chorus of leaders condemned the scenes in Washington as an attack on democracy.\n\nSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said: \"I have trust in the strength of US democracy. The new presidency of Joe Biden will overcome this tense stage, uniting the American people.\"\n\nIn a video on Twitter, French President Emmanuel Macron said: \"When, in one of the world's oldest democracies, supporters of an outgoing president take up arms to challenge the legitimate results of an election, a universal idea - that of 'one person, one vote' - is undermined.\n\n\"What happened today in Washington DC is not American, definitely. We believe in the strength of our democracies. We believe in the strength of American democracy\" he added.\n\nSwedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven described the incident as \"worrying\" and said it was \"an assault on democracy\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by SwedishPM This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTop EU leaders have also made their views known. European Council President Charles Michel said he trusted the US \"to ensure a peaceful transfer of power\" to Mr Biden, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she looked forward to working with the Democrat, who \"won the election\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Charles Michel This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLike many other global figures, the Secretary-General of the Nato military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, said that the outcome of the election \"must be respected\".\n\nFor his part, UN Secretary-General António Guterres was \"saddened\" by the events at the US Capitol, his spokesman said.\n\nThe events also shocked America's close ally and neighbour to its north. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadians were \"deeply disturbed and saddened by the attack on democracy\".\n\n\"Violence will never succeed in overruling the will of the people. Democracy in the US must be upheld - and it will be,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When a mob stormed the US capitol\n\nFrom New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, tweeted that \"democracy - the right of people to exercise a vote, have their voice heard and then have that decision upheld peacefully - should never be undone by a mob\".\n\nMeanwhile Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia - another close US ally - condemned the \"distressing scenes\" and said he looked forward to a peaceful transfer of power.\n\nIn India, the world's largest democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi - who has enjoyed a good relationship with President Trump - said he was \"distressed to see news about rioting and violence\" in Washington.\n\n\"Orderly and peaceful transfer of power must continue,\" he tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTurkey, an ally through Nato, said it invited \"all parties\" to show \"restraint and common sense\".\n\nThe Venezuelan government, which the US does not recognise as legitimate, said \"with this regrettable episode, the United States suffers the same thing that it has generated in other countries with its policies of aggression\".\n\nIn statements on Twitter, Argentina's President Alberto Fernández and Chile's President Sebastián Piñera also condemned the scenes in Washington. Mr Piñera said Chile \"trusts in the solidity of US democracy to guarantee the rule of law\".\n\nIn Japan, one of America's closest allies and partners, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said the government hoped for a \"peaceful transfer of power\" in the United States.\n\nFrom Fiji, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, who led a coup in 2006, also expressed outrage at the events that took place.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Frank Bainimarama This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd in Singapore, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean said he had watched as the \"shocking\" scenes took place, adding: \"Its a sad day.\"", "YouTube has reinstated TalkRadio's channel on its platform hours after saying it had been \"terminated\" for breaking the tech firm's rules.\n\nIt said the broadcaster had posted material that contradicted expert advice about the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBut it explained its U-turn saying it sometimes made exceptions to guidelines that state repeat offenders face a permanent ban.\n\nTalkRadio said it had yet to be given a full explanation for the affair.\n\nThe decision to ban TalkRadio had appalled digital rights campaigners, with one group - Big Brother Watch - claiming it was evidence that \"big tech censorship is spiralling out of control\".\n\nThe Google-owned service has issued a brief statement explaining its actions.\n\n\"TalkRadio's YouTube channel was briefly suspended, but upon further review, has now been reinstated,\" it said.\n\n\"We quickly remove flagged content that violate our community guidelines, including Covid-19 content that explicitly contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization. We make exceptions for material posted with an educational, documentary, scientific or artistic purpose, as was deemed in this case.\"\n\nYouTube has not published details of the offending posts.\n\nBut independent fact-checkers have repeatedly challenged some of the claims made by interviewees featured by the London-based radio station.\n\nYouTube operates a \"three strikes\" policy, whereby channels that break its community guidelines three times within a 90-day period can be permanently banned, but other infractions lead to temporary restrictions.\n\nProhibited content includes \"medically unsubstantiated claims\" relating to Covid-19, and videos that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities such as the NHS.\n\n\"YouTube is making decisions about which opinions the public are allowed to hear, even when they are sourced to responsible and regulated new providers,\" TalkRadio said in a statement this evening.\n\n\"This sets a dangerous precedent and is censorship of free speech and legitimate national debate.\"\n\nThe broadcaster tweeted the statement minutes after YouTube's change of heart. It did not appear to be aware that its channel had been reinstated at the time, but has since acknowledged the move.\n\nTalkRadio has about 424,000 listeners, according to the latest figures from market research provider Rajar.\n\nIt uses YouTube as a means to livestream shows from its studios and to provide an archive of past broadcasts.\n\nIts channel on the platform has 242,000 subscribers.\n\nYouTube's action had meant that TalkRadio's website had featured articles featuring broken embedded clips for most of the day, and that users who had shared its clips would have been unable to view them.\n\nThe US firm has previously imposed a permanent ban against conspiracy theorist David Icke, and a one-week video suspension of right-wing outlet One America News Network's ability to publish new clips - in both cases for breaches of its Covid rules.\n\nIt's pretty clear something has gone wrong at YouTube in the last 24 hours.\n\nIt appeared as though TalkRadio had been banned for good on YouTube - or \"terminated\" as the company put it.\n\nYouTube is now saying it was a short suspension, which certainly seems like a backtrack.\n\nEven now, it's not obvious what the offending material was that caused this action. The whole process reinforces the idea that YouTube's moderation policies - where it draws the line between freedom of expression and clamping down on misinformation - can be messy and inconsistent.\n\nAnd when YouTube takes such an action without giving full details, it rains controversy down on its own head.\n\nThis plays to a broader movement by YouTube and other social media companies to take a harder line on disinformation.\n\nJoe Biden is about to become US President - and he wants social media companies to do more to remove fake news.\n\nBut as they are increasingly finding out, refereeing their own platforms can be hugely difficult, and this highlights the need for greater transparency about moderation decisions.", "Helen Mort was told no action could be taken over the deepfake porn images\n\nA woman who has been the victim of deepfake pornography is calling for a change in the law.\n\nLast year, Helen Mort discovered that non-sexual images of her had been uploaded to a porn website.\n\nUsers of the site were invited to edit the photos, merging Helen's face with explicit and violent sexual images.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 5 Live's Mobeen Azhar, Helen said she wanted to see the creation and distribution of these images made an offence.\n\n\"This is a crime which in many cases is going on invisibly,\" Helen said. \"Those images of me had been out there for years and I didn't know about them, and I'm still having nightmares about some of them now. It's an incredibly serious form of abuse.\"\n\nDeepfakes are realistic computer-generated images or video, based on a real person.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Actress Bella Thorne opens up about her experience of deepfake abuse\n\nHelen, a poet and writer from Sheffield, was alerted to the deepfake images by an acquaintance.\n\nThe original images were taken from her social media and included holiday pictures and photos from her pregnancy.\n\nShe said although some of the images were clearly manipulated, there were a few more \"chilling\" examples that were a \"lot more plausible'.\n\n\"You go through different phases with things like this,\" she said. \"There was one point where I was just trying to laugh about the almost ridiculous nature of some of it.\n\n\"But obviously, the underlying feeling was shock and actually I initially felt quite ashamed, as if I'd done something wrong. That was quite a difficult thing to overcome. And then for a while I got incredibly anxious about even leaving the house.\"\n\nShe alerted the police to the images but was told that no action could be taken.\n\nDr Aislinn O'Connell, a lecturer in law at Royal Holloway University of London, explained that Helen's case fell outside the current law.\n\n\"In England and Wales, under section 33 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, it is an offence to non-consensually distribute a private sexual photograph or film with the intent to cause distress to the person depicted,\" she said.\n\n\"But this only applies where the original photo or video was private and sexual.\n\n\"In Helen's situation, where non-sexual photos were merged with sexual photos, this isn't covered by the criminal offence.\n\n\"Furthermore, as the photos were not shared with Helen directly, nor did the intention seem to be to cause distress to Helen, the second element is not fulfilled - even though it did, evidently, cause distress. The other potential criminal offence would be harassment, but given the perpetrator here did not direct it at Helen herself, this didn't apply either.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Deepfake videos: Can you really believe what you see?\n\nThe independent Law Commission is currently reviewing the law as it applies to taking, making and sharing intimate images without consent. The outcome of the consultation is due to be published later this year.\n\nHowever, Dr O'Connell said the process of changing the law would take years which she says is \"too long\".\n\nHelen hopes to use her experience to raise awareness around deepfake pornography and has launched a petition calling for a change in the law.\n\nIt has received more than 3,400 signatures.\n\nShe has also written a poem in response to the images.\n\n\"I'm a writer by trade,\" she said. \"And I thought the only thing that is going to allow me to reclaim any sense of agency here is to say something about it using my art form. That's the only power that I have.\n\n\"The intention of this person, as they said in their post, was to humiliate. They said they wanted to see this person humiliated, and I thought well actually I'm not humiliated, and I'm going to speak out about it because I shouldn't be the one who feels ashamed.\"\n\nThe Home Office said it was taking steps to tackle new and emerging forms of violence against women and girls, including intimate image abuse, \"whether this be cyber flashing, revenge porn or deep fake videos.\"\n\n\"We are currently consulting on the development of our new strategy to tackle violence against women and girls and we encourage people to give their views,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"This new strategy will ensure victims and survivors are supported, and that perpetrators are identified and brought to justice.\"", "Vocational exams, including BTEcs, are to go ahead this month in England - despite calls for them to be cancelled alongside GCSEs and A-levels.\n\n\"Schools and colleges can continue with the vocational and technical exams that are due to take place in January, where they judge it right to do so,\" said a Department for Education spokeswoman.\n\nFurther education college leaders had complained this was unfair to students.\n\nThey said students would face \"stress\" from taking exams in the lockdown.\n\nThe Association of Colleges warned the decision, giving schools and colleges the option on whether to carry on with BTecs, would create more confusion.\n\nChief executive David Hughes said some colleges would cancel exams and others would continue - but without any clarity about what would happen to \"students in colleges which do cancel for safety reasons\".\n\n\"A national decision would have allowed for more fairness,\" said Mr Hughes.\n\nThe announcement from the Department for Education has left it open for schools and colleges to decide whether to go ahead with vocational and technical exams.\n\n\"Schools and colleges have already implemented extensive protective measures to make them as safe as possible,\" said the DFE's spokeswoman.\n\nThe Department for Education said it recognised \"this is a difficult time\" but wanted to allow students who had prepared for exams and assessments to continue, including those who needed to take hands-on practical tests for qualifications for jobs.\n\nA joint statement from the mayors of Manchester and Liverpool said it was wrong to go ahead with these vocational exams when other academic exams had been cancelled.\n\n\"It is unfair to ask these students to go into colleges when everyone else is being told to stay at home.\n\n\"This will cause unnecessary anxiety and concern just when they need to be able to focus,\" said the statement from Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram.\n\nThe mayors highlighted that students taking BTecs were more likely to be from \"working-class backgrounds and ethnic minority communities\" and they should not be treated any less well than those following an \"academic route\" in exams.\n\nHow will you be affected by the latest developments? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Travellers to the UK from abroad could soon be required to prove they have had a negative coronavirus test.\n\nThe Department for Transport (DfT) said the measure is one of several being considered to \"prevent the spread of Covid-19 across the UK border\".\n\n\"Additional measures, including testing before departure, will help keep the importation of new cases to an absolute minimum,\" the department added.\n\nIt is thought that haulage drivers coming through ports would be exempt.\n\nHowever, the DfT said full details are still to be agreed and will be set out in \"due course\".\n\nAny such measure would be a devolved issue, so the the DfT would need to agree a path forward with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to make it UK-wide.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"With a new strain of the virus on the loose in South Africa and a more infectious variant already widespread in the UK we need to do more.\"\n\nThe measures were being discussed as Boris Johnson imposed the third national lockdown in England to prevent the NHS being overwhelmed.\n\nThe prime minister has faced some calls to strengthen border protections to prevent the arrival of new cases, particularly of new and concerning strains.\n\nHowever, there was no mention of tougher border controls during his address to the nation on Monday, or press conference on Tuesday.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove said announcements will come in the days ahead on \"how we will make sure that our ports and airports are safe\".\n\n\"It is already the case that there are significant restrictions on people coming into this country and of course we're stressing that nobody should be travelling abroad,\" he told ITV.\n\nCurrently, international arrivals from countries that are not exempt under the travel corridor programme have to isolate for 10 days.\n\nBut under the test and release scheme introduced in December, this can be shortened if they have a private test five days after their departure and it comes back negative.\n\nIt is possible lorry drivers could be exempt, but no final decision has been made\n\nDuring the first lockdown, the government argued against introducing border restrictions while the prevalence was so high in the UK, with experts arguing it would do little to bring down infection rates.\n\nA quarantine period, however, was introduced in June after the first peak, when cases were more under control.\n\nEarlier, Home Secretary Priti Patel was accused of leaving the \"nation's doors unlocked\" to new coronavirus variants coming to Britain from overseas.\n\nLabour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds wrote to Ms Patel calling for an \"urgent review and improvement plan\" as he raised concerns over checks on the arrival of people who are meant to go into quarantine.\n\nHe wrote: \"It is especially worrying given the concerns regarding mutation of the virus that emerged in South Africa, which the health secretary rightly said is 'incredibly worrying'.\n\n\"However, the lack of a robust quarantine system as a result of shortcomings from the government mean that it is virtually impossible to keep a grip on this spread or other variants that may come from overseas, leaving the UK defenceless, and completely exposed, with the nation's doors unlocked to further Covid mutations.\"\n\nThe Home Office defended its \"stringent measures\", and pointed to its move to stop direct flights from South Africa to the UK amid concerns over a new coronavirus variant in high prevalence there.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEveryone in England must stay at home except for permitted reasons during a new coronavirus lockdown expected to last until mid-February, the PM says.\n\nAll schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning from Tuesday.\n\nBoris Johnson warned the coming weeks would be the \"hardest yet\" amid surging cases and patient numbers.\n\nHe said those in the top four priority groups would be offered a first vaccine dose by the middle of next month.\n\nAll care home residents and their carers, everyone aged 70 and over, all frontline health and social care workers, and the clinically extremely vulnerable will be offered one dose of a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nSchools in Northern Ireland will have an \"extended period of remote learning\", the Stormont Executive said.\n\nSpeaking from Downing Street, Mr Johnson told the public to follow the new lockdown rules immediately, before they become law in the early hours of Wednesday.\n\nAll the new measures in England will then last until at least the middle of February, he said, as a new more infectious variant of the virus spreads across the UK.\n\nThe PM added that he believed the country was entering \"the last phase of the struggle\".\n\nHospitals were under \"more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic\", he said.\n\nAnd he reiterated the slogan used earlier in the pandemic, urging people to immediately \"stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives\".\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.\n\nA further 58,784 cases and an additional 407 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result were reported, though deaths in Scotland were not recorded.\n\nAs of 08:00 GMT, there were 26,626 Covid-19 patients in hospital in England, according to the latest figures.\n\nThis is a week-on-week increase of 30%, and a new record high.\n\nThose who are clinically extremely vulnerable will be contacted by letter and should now shield once more, Mr Johnson said.\n\nSupport and childcare bubbles will continue under the new measures - and people can meet one person from another household for outdoor exercise.\n\nCommunal worship and life events like funerals and weddings can continue, subject to limits on attendance.\n\nWhile Mr Johnson said end-of-year exams would not take place as normal in the summer, he said alternative arrangements would be announced separately.\n\nThe government has published a 22-page document outlining the new rules in detail.\n\nThe House of Commons has been recalled to allow MPs to vote on the new restrictions on Wednesday.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his MPs would \"support the package of measures\", saying \"we've all got to pull together now to make this work\".\n\nOnce again it is the threat to the NHS that has forced the hand of ministers.\n\nIn England there has been a 50% rise in the number of patients in hospital with Covid since Christmas day.\n\nTo put that into context, it equates to 18 hospitals being filled.\n\nCurrently around three out of 10 beds are occupied by patients with the disease.\n\nIn some hospitals it is more than six in 10.\n\nBut what is worrying ministers and NHS leaders is that the number is just going to increase.\n\nIn the spring it took nearly three weeks after lockdown for hospital cases to peak.\n\nThe last six days have seen in excess of 50,000 new infections confirmed each day across the UK - a number of these infections are next week's hospital admissions.\n\nIt is why the UK's chief medical officers were warning there was a \"material risk\" of some hospitals being overwhelmed if something did not change.\n\nMr Johnson spoke after UK chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nLevel five means the NHS may soon be unable to handle a further sustained rise in cases, the medical officers said in a joint statement.\n\nNHS Providers, which represents health service trusts, said hospitals were at a \"critical point\" and that \"immediate and decisive action\" was needed.\n\nAnnouncing tougher measures in Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: \"It is no exaggeration to say that I am more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year.\"\n\nFor pupils who returned for their first day of the new term at primary school on Monday, it's turned out to be an extremely short-lived visit.\n\nBoris Johnson's announcement will see primary, secondary and further education colleges closed for at least the next six weeks, except for vulnerable and key workers' children.\n\nIt's a much bigger shift in policy than had been anticipated, even a few days ago.\n\nEven the return date will depend on the progress in tackling the virus.\n\n\"I hope we can steadily move out of lockdown, reopening schools after the February half term,\" said the prime minister.\n\nKeeping schools open was the government's most definite of red lines, a few weeks ago they were threatening councils that wanted to close them - but it's now been overtaken by the spiking lines on the Covid infection charts.\n\nEven after the chaos of last year's replacement grades, GCSEs and A-levels are being cancelled again - with a replacement system still to be decided. Vocational exams are to continue.\n\nFor parents dreading home schooling, there are plans for it to be better supported this time - with more computer devices available and suggestions that Ofsted inspectors will check what schools are offering.\n\nBut there's no escaping that this will feel like another sudden and chaotic change of direction for schools and parents.\n\nMr Johnson's pledge on vaccinations comes after an 82-year-old retired maintenance manager became the first person in the UK to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab\n\nSome 13.9 million people are among the four priority groups who will receive a vaccine dose by about 15 February, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains the order in which the Covid vaccine will be given\n\nHow will you be affected by the latest developments? What questions do you have? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Lockdowns have worked before, but can we expect the new one to do the same?\n\nIt feels like we are back in March or April last year, when the strict controls on all our lives led to a fairly quick decline in levels of coronavirus.\n\nBut one of the crucial differences this time is the new variant, which is thought to spread between 50 and 70% faster than previous forms of the virus.\n\nExperts warn there are now no guarantees that lockdown will be enough to bring the variant under control.\n\n\"It still would not have been easy, but it would have been a much easier situation if it had not been for the new variant,\" Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, told Inside Health.\n\n\"That really pushes the bounds of our ability to control the spread of the virus, even with measures that were previously relatively quite effective.\"\n\nThe coronavirus spreads when we come into contact with each other so moving classrooms online, telling people to stay at home and closing shops breaks many of those opportunities for human contact.\n\nIf we consider the R number - the average number of people each infected person passes the virus on to - it was about 3.0 in the run up to the first lockdown and anything above 1.0 means cases are climbing.\n\nR fell to 0.6 during the first lockdown.\n\nThen every 1,000 infected people passed the virus on to 600 others, who passed it on to 360 others and so on.\n\nBut if the new variant is 50% more transmissible then the R number, in the same lockdown conditions, would be about 0.9.\n\nThen 1,000 infected people would pass the virus onto 900 others, then 810 and so on.\n\nAs you can see this leads to far slower decline.\n\nAnd that assumes lockdown can get R down to 0.9 in areas where the new variant has become the most common form of the virus.\n\nIf, as some studies suggest, the variant is about 70% more transmissible then R may stay above 1.0 and cases may not fall at all.\n\n\"We'd at best flatten the curve, keep numbers at a roughly constant level, and that's frankly why there is so much emphasis on getting vaccine into people's arms as quickly as possible,\" said Prof Ferguson.\n\nIt is hard to lock down even harder as there are some parts of society - hospitals, supermarkets - that need to be kept open.\n\nWhat happens to the number of cases over the coming weeks will be closely monitored. If this lockdown is less effective then we will have to live with it for longer.\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs over the Christmas break, which was a bit like a lockdown due to school holidays and other restrictions.\n\n\"We are in a very difficult situation here, but my initial assessment of the last few days is that the rate is slowing which is good news,\" Prof John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nHe added: \"It looks likes those restrictions should be sufficient to stop the increase, whether they will be sufficient to bring cases down sufficiently we are yet to see.\"\n\nEventually the vaccine will give people immunity so we do not need the same controls on our lives.\n\nNow more than ever this is a race between the virus and the vaccine.", "I'm standing in what should be an operating theatre - but instead it's been converted into an intensive care unit for Covid-19 patients on ventilators. This is the first time I have seen it full of patients like this.\n\nNormally this theatre would be busy with major cancer surgery, but that's been transferred to another building.\n\nA children's recovery area, still decorated with colourful stickers of cartoons, is once again filled with desperately sick adults. Every day, more wards are being transformed into ICU - ready for the next influx of patients.\n\nWe have been given access to University College Hospital, in central London. This is the same intensive care unit that I visited in April, during the first peak.\n\nIt is one of the busiest hospitals in the capital and intensive care here is expanding across a hospital that is under pressure like never before, from a relentless rise in Covid admissions.\n\nI am struck by the toll the pandemic is taking on staff. It's immense - both physically and mentally. They are shell-shocked. \"My emotions are all over the place. Scared, sad, petrified, worried,\" one ICU nurse tells me.\n\nThey have got three times as many critically ill patients in the hospital as normal. The number of Covid admissions to London hospitals has doubled in just two weeks - they're more stretched now than at the peak last April. Senior staff are worried.", "Bosses of Britain's biggest companies will earn more in the first three days of this week than the average worker's annual wage, research claims.\n\nBy 17:30 GMT on Wednesday, the pay of FTSE 100 chiefs will have overtaken the £31,461 annual median wage for full time workers, the High Pay Centre says.\n\nBosses' pay was flat last year, while average wages generally rose slightly.\n\nThat meant that FTSE chief executives had to work 34 hours to beat median annual pay, not the 33 hours in 2020.\n\nThe High Pay Centre think-tank based its annual calculations on analysis of disclosures in companies' annual reports, combined with government statistics.\n\nHigh Pay Centre director Luke Hildyard said chief executive pay is about 120 times that of the typical UK worker, up significantly from two decades ago.\n\n\"Estimates suggest it was around 50 times at the turn of the millennium or 20 times in the early 1980s,\" he said.\n\n\"Factors such as the increasing role played by the finance industry in the economy, the outsourcing of low-paid work and the decline of trade union membership have widened the gaps between those at the top and everybody else over recent decades.\"\n\nHe said the figures should raise concern about the governance of Britain's biggest companies. \"They should also prompt debate about the effects that high levels of inequality can have on social cohesion, crime, and public health and wellbeing,\" he said.\n\nMedian FTSE 100 chief executive pay was £3.61m in 2019, the last year for which a full set of data is available, the High Pay Centre said.\n\nThe centre said its analysis was based on chief executives' average working day being 12 hours.\n\nHowever, critics said such analysis just fuels the politics of envy without looking at why chief executives matter and the contribution they make.\n\nDaniel Pryor, head of programmes at the Adam Smith Institute, said: \"Good management is more important than ever in a globalised world and small differences in top talent make a big impact on a business' bottom line.\n\n\"That bottom line makes a big difference to workers across the UK, anyone with a private pension, and shareholders.\"\n\nHe pointed out that there is strong, if morbid, evidence about chief executive deaths that shows why the corporate and investment world believe leadership makes a huge difference to the fortunes of their companies.\n\n\"In the past 60 years, unexpected CEO deaths have consistently affected stock price, profitability, investment and sales growth - for better or worse,\" he said, adding: \"Which is why it makes sense for firms to open their wallets to attract the best talent.\"", "Doctors in Scotland have raised concerns about plans to delay the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.\n\nAll four UK nations will now leave up to 12 weeks between the first and second doses of the jab rather than giving both within 21 days.\n\nDr Lewis Morrison, head of the BMA in Scotland, said members had concerns about the potential impact of leaving such a big gap between the two doses.\n\nBut the UK's chief medical officers have defended the move.\n\nThey said that the first dose of either the Pfizer or the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines - the only two so far approved for use in the UK - will give people substantial protection against the virus within two to three weeks of being administered.\n\nAnd they said that the second dose was \"likely to be very important for duration of protection, and at an appropriate dose interval may further increase vaccine efficacy\".\n\nThe Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation, which advises UK health departments and recommended the new strategy, said data showed that one dose of the Pfizer vaccine would be \"90% effective\".\n\nBut the World Health Organization (WHO) has said it would not recommend following the UK's decision to delay giving the second Pfizer dose, saying there was no evidence to support the decision.\n\nPfizer has said it has tested the vaccine's efficacy only when the two doses were given up to 21 days apart.\n\nThe Pfizer vaccine was the first to be approved for use in the UK, with more than a million people having already been given the first dose.\n\nThe change to the vaccination strategy has meant health boards have had to change plans and cancel people booked in for their second doses of the Pfizer jabs.\n\nThis includes medics who are among the priority groups for Covid vaccinations.\n\nDr Lewis Morrison, chairman of the British Medical Association's Scottish Council, raised concerns about the logistical impact of changing the vaccination strategy\n\nDr Morrison told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that some doctors had told him they would have waited for the AstraZeneca jab, which has been proven to work in the longer timetable, if they had known the second Pfizer dose was going to be delayed.\n\nHe said: \"We are concerned because there's clearly disagreement about the effectiveness of the second dose of Pfizer after that period of time.\n\n\"Furthermore I think if you give more people the first dose when you don't know what vaccine supplies are going to be within that 12-week window, that's a worry that has been expressed to me by a lot of doctors.\n\n\"If we give more people the first dose, do we definitely know that the second one is coming?\n\n\"The announcement about this before a four-day NHS holiday weekend left many places with great difficulty in reorganising vaccinations, with a real risk that vaccination numbers might perversely drop because of the organisational issues.\"\n\nOpposition parties want the Scottish government to publish daily figures for how many people have been vaccinated\n\nIt comes as NHS staff were left queueing for hours outside Glasgow Royal Infirmary on Tuesday after an \"scheduling error\" meant vaccination staff did not turn up.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has apologised to those affected and said it was rearranging the appointments.\n\nThe Scottish government has said it aims to have given at least one vaccine dose to everyone over the age of 50 and younger people with underlying health conditions by the start of May.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday that the timetable could be accelerated if there were sufficient supplies of the jab.\n\nThe Scottish government is being pressured to provide daily figures on the number of people being vaccinated, as the UK government has already pledged to do.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said: \"There are now no excuses left for the SNP government to dodge publishing daily vaccination rates alongside the daily infection numbers as soon as possible.\n\n\"The SNP's evasion to try and avoid scrutiny is nothing new but on something so important, the Scottish public must have the same information as will be provided across the UK.\"\n\nHis call was echoed by Scottish Labour health spokeswoman Monica Lennon, who added: \"It is simply unacceptable that scores of NHS staff were left queueing outside in the cold for hours, and well into the evening.\n\n\"It's time for Health Secretary Jeane Freeman to get to grips with the vaccination programme, publish daily figures on the number of vaccinations available and administered, and ensure that our NHS staff do not pay the price of a bungled rollout.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The prime minister says schools will be the first places to reopen\n\nThe end of England's lockdown will not happen with a \"big bang\" but will instead be a \"gradual unwrapping\", Boris Johnson has told MPs.\n\nThe prime minister made the comments in the Commons ahead of a retrospective vote later on the lockdown measures.\n\nHe said the legislation runs until 31 March to allow a \"controlled\" easing of restrictions back into local tiers.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the government's decisions \"have led us to the position we're now in\".\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said there were now 30,074 patients with coronavirus in UK hospitals.\n\nAll of the UK is now under strict virus curbs, with Wales, Northern Ireland and most of Scotland also in lockdown.\n\nIt came as the UK reported a further 1,041 people have died with coronavirus, the highest daily death toll since April.\n\nIn a statement to the Commons, Mr Johnson said the new variant had \"led to more cases than we've seen ever before\" and that this had left the government with \"no choice but to return to national lockdown\".\n\nHe said the legislation ran until the end of March \"not because we expect the full national lockdown to continue until then, but to allow a steady, controlled and evidence-led move down through the tiers on a regional basis\".\n\nHe said this would happen \"brick-by-brick... without risking the hard-won gains that protections have given us\".\n\nBut in response to MPs' questions, he said there was a \"cautious presumption\" that restrictions could start being eased from mid-February.\n\n\"And as was the case last spring, our emergence from the lockdown cocoon will be not a big bang but a gradual unwrapping,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We need a plan\", Keir Starmer told MPs while declaring Labour would support new lockdown\n\nUnder the measures, which came into force legally on Wednesday, people in England will only be able to go out for essential reasons, for exercise outdoors only once a day, and outdoor sports venues must close.\n\nPolice have the powers to enforce the new restrictions with a £200 fine for each breach, doubling on every offence up to a maximum of £6,400 - and a £10,000 penalty for mass gatherings.\n\nOfficers in London arrested at least a dozen people in Parliament Square after a protest against the new measures on Wednesday.\n\nThe need to debate and vote on the restrictions means the Commons has been recalled from its Christmas break for the second time - the first being for the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU.\n\nWith Sir Keir saying Labour will support the motion, the measures are expected to pass with ease.\n\nThe restrictions will be kept under \"continuous review\", Mr Johnson added, with a statutory requirement to reconsider them every two weeks.\n\nAddressing the closure of schools, the PM said \"we did everything in our power to keep them open as long as possible\" and that was why schools were the \"very last thing to close\".\n\nThey would be the \"very first thing to reopen\" after lockdown - that could be after the February half term - but \"we must be very cautious\" about the timetable, he said.\n\nMeanwhile, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told the Commons that GCSEs, A-level and AS-level exams would be cancelled this year in England, replaced by a form of teacher-assessed grades.\n\n\"This year, we're going to put our trust in teachers, rather than algorithms,\" he said, referencing controversy over the way exam grades were awarded to some students last year.\n\nAll national curriculum tests for primary school children, often known as Sats, are now cancelled, Mr Williamson confirmed.\n\nHe said every school will be expected to provide between three and five hours of virtual teaching each day and that 750,000 laptop and tablet devices will have been distributed by the end of next week.\n\nThe prime minister wasted no time in emphasising the \"fundamental difference\" between this and previous lockdowns.\n\nTo keep opposition from his own MPs at bay he needs to demonstrate that the government's aim to vaccinate the most at-risk groups by mid-February is viable.\n\nHe is also under pressure to give a sense of how quickly restrictions might be lifted after that.\n\nThe course of the pandemic has changed swiftly at times, though, and may do so again, so it's unlikely we'll get any firm new timelines from Boris Johnson today.\n\nMost Conservative backbenchers seem resigned to the need for this new national lockdown and agree the prime minister had \"no choice\" but to act.\n\nBut MPs on all sides are impatient to hear how soon things may start returning to something like life as normal at last.\n\nMr Johnson said unlike in March last year, during the first lockdown, vaccines offered \"the means of our escape\".\n\nBut he said there was now a race to vaccinate vulnerable people quickly, with the government setting a target of immunising the four most vulnerable groups - some 13 million people - by mid-February.\n\n\"After the marathon of last year, we are indeed now in a sprint, a race to vaccinate the vulnerable faster than the virus can reach them,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"Every needle in every arm makes a difference.\"\n\nEarlier, Covid vaccine deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi said he was \"confident\" the government would meet its \"ambitious\" target, adding that community pharmacies would be brought in to assist the vaccination programme.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that new daily vaccination figures for the UK - which will be released for the first time on Monday - will show there has been a \"significant increase\" in the number of people who have received the jab.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Johnson said 1.3 million people in the UK had been vaccinated so far.\n\nMr Zahawi also said nursery schools presented \"very little risk\", are Covid-safe and he defended the decision to keep them open during England's lockdown.\n\nResponding to the prime minister's statement, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party will support the new restrictions and urged people to comply with them.\n\n\"The virus is out of control, over a million people in England now have Covid, the number of hospital admissions is rising, tragically so are the numbers of people dying,\" he said.\n\n\"It's only the early days of January and the NHS is under huge strain. In those circumstances, tougher restrictions are necessary.\"\n\nBut he added \"this is not just bad luck, it's not inevitable, it follows a pattern\" of the government being slow to respond.\n\n\"These are the decisions that have led us to the position we're now in - and the vaccine is now the only way out and we must all support the national effort to get it rolled out as quickly as possible.\"\n\nHow have you been affected by Covid? What will lockdown mean for you? Please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police raided an illegal rave in a railway arch attended by 300 people.\n\nPolice have issued more than £15,000 in fines after 300 people attended an illegal rave in a railway arch.\n\nOfficers raided an unlicensed music event in Nursery Road, Hackney, at 01.30 GMT on Sunday.\n\nMany people fled the scene, while organisers padlocked the doors from the inside to stop officers getting in, police said.\n\nNo arrests were reported, but 78 fines of up to £200 for breaching lockdown restrictions were issued.\n\nA dog unit and helicopter were deployed to the scene, with police saying they made numerous attempts to contact the organisers.\n\nOrganisers padlocked the door from the inside to prevent officers getting in, police said\n\nCh Supt Roy Smith said: \"This was a serious and blatant breach of the public health regulations and the law.\n\n\"Officers were forced, yet again, to put their own health at risk to deal with a large group of incredibly selfish people who were tightly packed together in a confined space - providing an ideal opportunity for this deadly virus to spread.\n\n\"Not just organisers, but all those present at such illegal parties can expect to be issued a fine.\"\n\nOfficers surrounded the property as dozens of guests scaled fences at the rear of the arch to escape\n\nThere is an England-wide lockdown in place which prevents any social mixing between households.\n\nUnder these restrictions people are asked to only leave home for limited reasons such as shopping, going to work, seeking medical assistance or avoiding domestic abuse.\n\nThe Met Police has broken up several large gatherings in London over the last month including a 150-person wedding at a north London school.\n\nTwo officers were injured as police broke up a party involving about 200 people in Kensington on 17 January.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Former Brexit Party MEP Robert Rowland was described as a larger than life character\n\nA former Brexit Party MEP has died in a diving accident near his home in the Bahamas.\n\nRobert Rowland, 54, represented the south east of England at the European Parliament from July 2019 until January 2020.\n\nNigel Farage paid tribute to the \"larger than life character\" and \"enthusiastic\" Brexit supporter.\n\nHe announced the death of his former colleague in a statement on Sunday.\n\nThe Royal Bahamas Police Force said it had \"received reports of a drowning incident\" on Saturday and was \"conducting inquires\".\n\nMr Farage said: \"It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Robert Rowland, after a diving accident near his home in the Bahamas.\n\n\"Following a successful career in the City, Robert was an enthusiastic Brexit Party MEP and larger than life character.\"\n\nHe said he wished to extend his \"sincerest condolences\" to Mr Rowland's family, including his wife and four children.\n\nFormer Brexit Party MEP David Bull said he was \"beyond devastated,\" adding: \"Robert was a wonderful friend and colleague.\"\n• None Farage's Brexit Party officially changes its name\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon: 'It's right that I am properly scrutinised'\n\nScotland's first minister has insisted she did not mislead parliament about when she learned harassment allegations had been made against her predecessor Alex Salmond.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said \"false conspiracy theories were being spun\" about her involvement by Mr Salmond's supporters.\n\nA Holyrood inquiry into how the government handled the allegations against Mr Salmond is under way.\n\nShe said she expects to give evidence to the inquiry in the coming weeks.\n\nThe BBC's Andrew Marr asked Ms Sturgeon how she responded to Mr Salmond saying that parliament had been repeatedly misled, and that evidence she gave to the inquiry was \"simply\" and \"manifestly untrue\".\n\nMs Sturgeon replied that she would \"refute that vigorously\".\n\nHer interview came after the inquiry announced it would use legal powers to seek documents from the Crown Office.\n\nIn response to Ms Sturgeon's interview, a spokeswoman for Mr Salmond said: \"The evidence, if published, will speak for itself\".\n\nA committee of MSPs is investigating the government's handling of two harassment claims against the former first minister, after he successfully challenged the complaints process in court.\n\nShe said it was right that she was scrutinised and that she had hoped to appear before the committee on Tuesday but that this had been delayed by \"a couple of weeks\".\n\nAsked if Alex Salmond was \"spinning false conspiracy theories\", Nicola Sturgeon said: \"There are false conspiracy theories being spun about this... by Alex Salmond, by people around him - you can draw your own conclusions around that.\"\n\nShe added: \"What I certainly reflect on is that at times I appear to be simultaneously accused of colluding with Mr Salmond to somehow cover up accusations of sexual harassment on the one hand.\n\n\"And then on the other hand, being part of some dastardly conspiracy to bring him down.\n\n\"Neither of those are true.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon added: \"I didn't collude with Alex Salmond and I didn't conspire against him.\"\n\nThe first minister reiterated that Mr Salmond had told her about the allegations during a meeting at her home on 2 April 2018.\n\nHowever, Mr Salmond has insisted that she already knew about the allegations as she had been told about them four days earlier by one of his aides.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has previously acknowledge that she initially \"forgot\" about this meeting.\n\nIn evidence to the Holyrood inquiry which was published in October, she said: \"From what I recall, the discussion [with Mr Salmond's aide] covered the fact that Alex Salmond wanted to see me urgently about a serious matter, and I think it did cover the suggestion that the matter might relate to allegations of a sexual nature.\"\n\nSpeaking to The Andrew Marr Show, she added: \"I, at the time I became aware of all of this, just tried hard not to interfere with what was going on and not to do anything that would see these swept aside rather than properly investigated.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon conceded that the Scottish government had made mistakes in how it handled the allegations.\n\n\"What I will never do is apologise for doing everything I could to make sure that complaints about sexual harassment were investigated, and not simply swept under the carpet because of the seniority and powerful position of the person who was subject to them,\" she added.\n\nLast March, Mr Salmond was cleared of 13 charges of sexual assault at the High Court in Edinburgh.\n\nA spokeswoman for Mr Salmond said: \"The two inquiries under way are into why Nicola Sturgeon's government acted unlawfully.\n\n\"Alex has submitted his evidence as requested and the parliamentary committee is now challenging the Crown Office to produce some of the text messages which they believe are being suppressed.\n\n\"The evidence, if published, will speak for itself\"", "Asos says it is in \"exclusive\" talks to buy Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands out of administration.\n\nBut the online retailer said it only wanted the brands, not their shops, suggesting any deal would cost jobs.\n\nThe current owner of the brands, Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group, fell into administration last November putting 13,000 jobs at risk.\n\nAsos said it was \"a compelling opportunity\" to buy \"strong brands that resonate well with its customer base\".\n\n\"However, at this stage, there can be no certainty of a transaction and Asos will keep shareholders updated as appropriate,\" it added.\n\nLast week, a consortium including fashion chain Next dropped its bid to buy Topshop and Topman because it could not meet the price tag.\n\nOthers interested in some or all of Arcadia - which also owns Dorothy Perkins and Burton - include Mike Ashley's Frasers Group, a consortium including JD Sports, and the online retailer Boohoo.\n\nIn addition, the Issa brothers, who recently bought supermarket chain Asda, and Chinese fast fashion giant Shein are said to have made bids for Topshop.\n\nAsos has seen strong sales in the pandemic and is already one of the biggest wholesalers for Topshop, Topman, Burton and Miss Selfridge.\n\nAdministrators from Deloitte requested that final bids be submitted last Monday, with the auction expected to conclude at the end of January.\n\nSir Philip Green is under pressure to use his own money to plug an estimated £350m hole in Arcadia's pension fund, which has about 10,000 members.\n\nLast year the retail tycoon had an estimated fortune of £930m, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.\n\nArcadia employed about 13,000 people and had 444 shops at the time of its collapse.", "27 of the 29 miners that died in tragedy\n\nThe Pike River mining disaster was a tragedy that shocked the world. Twenty-nine men who were in the New Zealand coal mine died when it collapsed in a series of explosions. The BBC's Phil Mercer covered the accident 10 years ago and has been talking to families of victims still coming to terms with their loss.\n\nThe day after his 17th birthday, Joseph Ray Dunbar began his first shift underground at the Pike River coal mine in New Zealand.\n\nHe was a \"strong-minded boy\" who wanted to carve his own path in life, but on that day in November 2010 he became the youngest victim of a mining disaster that killed 29 men.\n\nTheir bodies have never been recovered, and a decade later the teenager's father Dean is still looking for answers.\n\n\"In a modern society you don't wipe out 29 men and just walk away,\" he told the BBC. \"Joseph's legacy is righting the wrongs of the past whether it be by government agencies, police or politicians.\"\n\nJoseph Dunbar was the youngest among the victims\n\nIn 2012, a Royal Commission found the miners and contractors were exposed to \"unacceptable risk\" and that \"there were numerous warnings of a potential catastrophe at Pike River,\" but there have been no prosecutions.\n\nThe inquiry concluded the men \"died immediately, or shortly afterwards\" from a methane gas blast or the \"toxic atmosphere\". Two workers did manage to escape the blast and survived.\n\nNews of an accident at the mine in the Paparoa Ranges began to emerge in the middle of the afternoon on Friday, 19 November, 2010.\n\nFamily members soon gathered, and in the hours and days that followed, there was hope that the men might still be alive, although the authorities said a rescue mission was too dangerous. A nation prayed for another mining miracle.\n\nOn the right, the tags of the 29 miners who never made it out\n\nA few months earlier, 33 miners in Chile's Atacama Desert had been pulled out alive after being trapped underground for 69 days.\n\n\"That was totally on my mind the whole time,\" explained Anna Osborne, whose husband, Milton, died at Pike River.\n\n\"I saw how successfully those Chilean miners were rescued and I thought if they can all come out alive, it can happen to us. But little did I know that that mine (in Chile) wasn't a gassy one.\"\n\nFor five long days the families waited. As a reporter sent to cover the story at the time, it was excruciating for me to watch their anguish and frustration grow.\n\nThere would be no rescue, and on 24 November another explosion ripped through the mine, and all hope was gone.\n\nFire at the entrance to the mine\n\nMs Osborne told the BBC that she is \"still fighting to get the truth and still wondering why our guys were allowed underground when the mine was so volatile (and) was a ticking time bomb.\"\n\nNot all of the families want the men's remains to be recovered, but she said it would be a great comfort to bring her husband home.\n\n\"He was working in the south (part of the mine), which was flooded. My husband couldn't swim, so he hated the water and I close my eyes every night and visualise him floating in this water that he hated so much and I just thought I can't have him down there. If we can, I would like as many men to be retrieved,\" she added.\n\nI close my eyes every night and visualise him floating in this water\n\nThe Pike River Recovery Agency is a government department that has re-entered the so-called drift, a 2.3km (1.4 miles) tunnel that connects the entrance of the mine to the working areas and coal seams.\n\nIt is looking for clues that might help explain the explosions and to \"help prevent future mining tragedies.\" Re-entering the mine was delayed by safety concerns.\n\nThe end of the drift is blocked by a huge mass of fallen rock. This roof collapse was caused by the ignition of methane, and there are no plans for the agency to move further into the mine where most, if not all, of the bodies remain.\n\nRecovery teams only made it into an initial tunnel but not the mine proper\n\n\"The Agency's mandate from the government did not include recovering beyond the drift access tunnel,\" said a PRRA spokesperson. \"It remains less likely that we will recover human remains.\"\n\n\"That rockfall is impenetrable,\" said Tony Kokshoorn, the former mayor of the local Grey District. \"The 29 miners are in the coal mine proper. At least they are all together and that is their final resting place.\"\n\n\"Many of the families want them to be together in there because it would have been pretty tough on a lot of families if some had come out and the others couldn't come out.\"\n\nThe police inquiry into the disaster is continuing, with a spokesperson saying they \"remain committed to a full and thorough investigation into events\" and will everything they can to \"provide answers\".\n\nThe grief was felt far beyond New Zealand's rugged West Coast by bereaved families in Australia, Scotland and South Africa.\n\nThe mine will almost certainly never reopen, but Bernie Monk, whose 23-year old son Michael died in the disaster, wants one, final push to bring the men out.\n\n\"The times that I went up to the mine portal with anniversaries, I swore and declared and I looked down that tunnel, and I said to them, 'we're coming to get you guys out'. It was an emotional day for me when I first went down into the mine,\" he said.\n\n\"We're are only 50 to 100 metres away from them. I think we've got a right to go and get those men,\" Mr Monk told the BBC.\n\nOut of tragedy comes pain, anger and calls for accountability and change. It is 10 years since Anna Osborne's husband, affectionately known as Milt, never came home, and she continues to agitate for stronger health and safety laws, and for employers to be prosecuted when things go wrong.\n\n\"We have had 700 people lose their lives in workplace accidents since Pike River. That is like a Pike River every five months in New Zealand,\" she said.\n\nBut above all else there is a sadness that may never fade.\n\n\"I love him so much. It still hurts. It is still very, very raw.\"", "National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy Philip Gannaway (left) on the SS Demosthenes in 1916, when it was being used as a troop ship\n\nAn appeal has been made to trace the family of a sailor from New Zealand buried more than a century ago on an island off Anglesey.\n\nLt Philip Gannaway had recently married his wife Muriel when he enlisted during World War One.\n\nHe joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, serving on motor launches on the Menai Strait.\n\nBut he died aged 32 during the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, and is buried on Church Island in the strait.\n\nLocal historian Bridget Geoghegan says she has already had responses following a story about Lt Gannaway on the New Zealand news website Stuff.\n\nHowever, she is still waiting to hear from his direct relatives.\n\n\"I have met family members of some people I have researched, and that is always a delight - a bonus,\" she said.\n\nThe grave notes Lt Gannaway's military service with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve\n\nLt Gannaway's funeral took place on 9 November 1918 with full naval honours, just two days before the armistice that brought fighting to an end.\n\nNewspaper reports found by Ms Geoghegan said more than 200 men and officers joined the procession, with shipyard work pausing as a mark of respect.\n\n\"I found he had married his sweetheart not long before volunteering and coming over to UK,\" she said.\n\n\"It seemed like a bitter end to a love story.\"\n\nHe is buried at St Tysilio's on Church Island, which is linked to the rest of Anglesey by a short causeway.\n\nThe Australian and New Zealander are both remembered on the war memorial\n\nBut Lt Gannaway is not the only man on the island buried so far from home.\n\nRemembered alongside him on the war memorial is William Connington, a 23-year-old corporal in the Australian Flying Corps who died with flu in Buckinghamshire.\n\n\"Connington had family in the area - his father must have emigrated to Australia,\" Ms Geoghegan said.\n\n\"His aunt and cousin lived in Menai Bridge. I think it likely that he had been up to stay with the family and when he died his aunt brought him back to Menai Bridge from Aylesbury so that he would be buried amongst friends.\"\n\nSt Tysilio's sits on Church Island in the Menai Strait\n\nFor several years Ms Geoghegan has joined others in researching and commemorating the people named on local war memorials and graves.\n\nBefore the latest lockdown restrictions, she created a walk for Church Island with the stories behind the names.\n\n\"I devised a walk round St Tysilio to include the graves of those lost and the family commemorations for their loved-ones buried elsewhere or lost at sea - the pain is almost palpable,\" she said.\n\nThe inscription from Lt Gannaway's parents to their \"beloved son\" reads simply: \"In peace he lived, in peace he died\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny protest against his arrest across Russia\n\nRussian police have detained more than 3,000 people in a crackdown on protests in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, monitors say.\n\nTens of thousands of people defied a heavy police presence to join some of the largest rallies against President Vladimir Putin in years.\n\nIn Moscow, riot police were seen beating and dragging away protesters.\n\nMr Navalny, President Putin's most high-profile critic, called for protests after his arrest last Sunday.\n\nHe was detained after he flew back to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent attack in Russia last August.\n\nOn his return, he was immediately taken into custody and found guilty of violating parole conditions. He says it is a trumped-up case designed to silence him.\n\nOVD Info, an independent NGO that monitors rallies, said about 3,100 people had been detained, more than 1,200 of them in Moscow alone. The Kremlin has not commented.\n\nThe unauthorised demonstrations were held in about 100 cities and towns from Russia's Far East and Siberia to Moscow and St Petersburg. Protesters ranged from teenage students to elderly people who demanded Mr Navalny's release.\n\nAt least 40,000 people joined a rally in central Moscow, Reuters news agency estimated. But Russia's interior ministry put the number of protesters at 4,000.\n\nObservers say the scale of the demonstrations across the country was unprecedented while the protest in the capital was the largest in almost a decade.\n\nRiot police used batons against protesters in Moscow\n\nIn the city's Pushkin square, some protesters chanted \"Freedom to Navalny\" and \"Putin go away!\" One woman told the BBC she had decided to join the demonstration because \"Russia has been turned into a prison camp\".\n\nSergei Radchenko, a 53-year-old protester in Moscow, told Reuters: \"I'm tired of being afraid. I haven't just turned up for myself and Navalny, but for my son because there is no future in this country.\"\n\nLyubov Sobol, a prominent aide of Mr Navalny who had already been fined for urging Russians to join the protests, tweeted a video of police roughly pulling her away from an interview with reporters.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Соболь Любовь This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Navalny's wife, Yulia, was briefly held at the rally. She posted an image on her Instagram account with the caption: \"Apologies for the poor quality. Very bad light in the police van.\"\n\nSome protesters marched on the high-security prison where Mr Navalny is being held, and many were arrested.\n\nMeanwhile, one independent news source, Sota, said at least 3,000 people had joined a demonstration in the city of Vladivostok, but local authorities there put the figure at 500.\n\nAFP footage showed riot police running into a crowd, and beating some of the protesters with batons.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police used batons to break up protests in Vladivostok\n\nIn the Siberian city of Yakutsk, attendees at a small protest saw temperatures dip as low as -50C (-58F).\n\nPrior to the rallies, Russian authorities had promised a tough crackdown. Several of Mr Navalny's close aides, including his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh, were arrested earlier in the week.\n\nHis supporters called for more protests next weekend.\n\nThere were reports of disruption to mobile phone and internet coverage on Saturday, though it is not known if this was related to the protests.\n\nThe social media app TikTok had been flooded with videos promoting the demonstrations and sharing viral messages about Mr Navalny.\n\nIn response, Russia's official media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, demanded that TikTok take down any information \"encouraging minors to act illegally\", threatening large fines. The education ministry had told parents not to allow their children to attend any demonstrations.\n\nProtesters ignored extreme cold and threats of arrest in Moscow and other cities and towns\n\nIn a push to gain support ahead of the protests, Mr Navalny's team released a video about a luxury Black Sea resort that they allege belongs to President Putin - an accusation denied by the Kremlin. The video has been watched by more than 65 million people.\n\nThe UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, condemned the \"use of violence against peaceful protesters and journalists\" on Saturday, calling on the authorities to release those detained during peaceful demonstrations.\n\nThe US state department condemned what it called \"harsh tactics\" used against protesters and journalists, saying: \"We call on Russian authorities to release all those detained for exercising their universal rights and for the immediate and unconditional release of Aleksey Navalny\".\n\nThe EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the bloc's foreign ministers would discuss the Russian crackdown on Monday. \"I deplore widespread detentions, disproportionate use of force, cutting down internet and phone connections.\"", "British employers made plans to cut 795,000 jobs last year, a record number, as Covid lockdowns took their toll on the economy.\n\nMore than 10,000 firms planned job cuts, however the pace of planned cuts slowed at the end of the year.\n\nWithout the government's furlough scheme, designed to protect jobs, the numbers might have been higher still.\n\nThe figures were obtained in response to a BBC Freedom of Information request to the Insolvency Service.\n\nEmployers must notify the Insolvency Service when they plan to cut 20 or more jobs, giving an earlier indication of changes in the labour market than waiting for official joblessness statistics.\n\nLarge parts of the British economy were brought to a standstill for weeks on end during 2020 by the measures imposed to contain Covid-19, and many employers were forced to cut staff as a result.\n\nThe number of job cuts proposed through the year was well above the 530,000 seen the last time the UK was in recession, in 2010, and higher than any year in the records which go back to 2006.\n\nHowever, in recent months the pace of layoffs has slowed, even though the new Covid variant has seen surging case numbers and new lockdowns imposed across the UK.\n\nLast month employers notified government of plans to cut 23,100 job cuts, which is the lowest monthly figure for 2020, though still a third higher than December 2019.\n\nThe decision to extend the furlough scheme, where government pays most of a worker's wages if their employer can't, will have enabled more firms to keep their staff, believes Tony Wilson, Director of the Institute for Employment Studies.\n\n\"The question now though is where redundancy figures go next,\" he says.\n\n\"If they start to stabilise around these levels, then [job cuts] would be at least one third higher than what we've seen over most of the last decade, and it's possible that a combination of this lockdown and then furlough unwinding from May could see numbers creeping up.\"\n\nDespite that, Mr Wilson sees the situation as \"pretty positive\".\n\nEmployers planning to cut 20 or more staff have to notify the Insolvency Service of their plans at the start of the process.\n\nThese notifications give an earlier indication of the state of the labour market than data published by the Office for National Statistics, which appear with a time lag of a few months.\n\nInsolvency Service figures showed record levels in redundancies in June and July, which was confirmed when the ONS published its own figures three months later.\n\nThe latest figures, for the period from August to October, saw a new record of 370,000 redundancies across the UK.\n\nAs redundancy processes covering fewer than 20 workers aren't included, the total number of job cuts planned will be higher than the Insolvency Service totals.\n\nBut individual firms often make fewer cuts than the number they first propose to government.\n\nEmployers in Northern Ireland file HR1 forms with the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and they are not included in these figures.", "Boohoo is set to buy the Debenhams brand and website, the BBC understands.\n\nHowever, the fast fashion retailer will not be taking on any of the company's remaining 118 High Street stores or its workforce.\n\nThe announcement could come as early as Monday morning.\n\nThe 242-year-old chain is already in the process of closing down, after administrators failed to secure a rescue deal for the business, with the likely loss of 12,000 jobs.\n\nA closing down sale at 124 Debenhams stores began in December, as administrators continued to seek offers for all, or parts of the business.\n\nIn the last week or so, the company announced that six shops would not reopen after lockdown, including its flagship department store on London's Oxford Street.\n\nBoohoo has already bought a number of High Street brands out of administration. It snapped up Oasis, Coast and Karen Millen, but not the associated stores.\n\nDebenhams has struggled for years with falling profits and rising debts, as more shopping has moved online. It called in administrators twice in two years, most recently in April.\n\nMike Ashley has bought other struggling businesses including House of Fraser and Evans Cycles\n\nHowever, its position became untenable during the coronavirus pandemic as non-essential retailers were forced to close for prolonged periods.\n\nThe firm had already trimmed its store portfolio and cut about 6,500 jobs since May, as it struggled to stay afloat.\n\nBusinessman Mike Ashley, who founded Sports Direct and also owns House of Fraser, had already made an offer for Debenhams after it was initially put up for sale in April.\n\nHowever the takeover offer, thought to be in the region of £125m, was rejected as being too low, leaving JD Sports as the last remaining bidder.\n\nMr Ashley had previously built up a 29% stake in the chain, but saw his £150m holding wiped out in 2019, when the company fell into administration and then ended up in the hands of its lenders - a consortium led by hedge fund Silverpoint.\n\nIn early December, the Frasers Group confirmed that it was working on a possible last minute rescue of Debenhams.\n\nThe announcement came five days after staff were informed and liquidators moved in to Debenhams' stores to start clearing stock, after a potential rescue deal with JD Sports fell through.\n\nBut Frasers said there was \"no certainty\" it could save the chain.\n\nOne of the biggest issues, it said, was the collapse into administration last week of another High Street giant, Arcadia, which is the biggest concession holder in Debenhams department stores.", "The UK has identified 77 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, the health secretary has said.\n\nCases are linked to travellers arriving in the UK, rather than community transmission, Matt Hancock added.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr cases were under \"very close\" observation and enhanced contact tracing was under way.\n\nMinisters are due to meet on Monday to consider imposing tougher restrictions on people arriving from abroad.\n\nScientists have said there is a chance the South African variant may harm the effectiveness of current vaccines.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Hancock said that \"three quarters of all the 80-year-olds in the country and a similar number of care homes\" have received their first doses of the vaccine.\n\nBoth the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses, and figures so far reflect those given the first dose.\n\nMr Hancock said that it was \"far too early to say\" what proportion of the population needed to be vaccinated before lockdown restrictions could be eased.\n\nAll viruses, including the one that causes Covid-19, mutate, and variants have been first located in the UK, South Africa and Brazil.\n\nThe South Africa variant has been found in at least 20 other countries, including the UK.\n\nMr Hancock said that all the South Africa variant cases in the UK were linked to travel.\n\n\"That's why we have got such stringent border measures in place against movement from South Africa,\" he added.\n\nThe UK closed all travel corridors last week until at least 15 February, with almost all travellers arriving in the country now required to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has not ruled out bringing in tougher measures at UK borders, telling a Downing Street news conference on Friday: \"We don't want to put that (efforts to control Covid) at risk by having a new variant come back in.\"\n\nMinisters are set to discuss whether to tighten border restrictions further, including the possibility of hotel quarantines for travellers.\n\nMr Hancock said: \"We have got to be cautious at the borders.\"\n\nAsked for a date on when lockdown restrictions might end, Mr Hancock said it was \"one of the many things that we don't yet know the answer to\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock on easing restrictions: \"We don't know the answer\"\n\nGovernment data on 14 January showed there were 35 confirmed cases of the South Africa variant identified in the UK, and a further 12 \"probable\" cases.\n\nMr Hancock said nine cases of the Brazil variant had been found in the UK, adding \"we are monitoring each and every one very closely\".\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that Labour had been \"pushing the government to take tougher measures at the border since last spring\".\n\nShe said: \"We would fully expect the government to bring in tougher quarantine measures, we would expect them to roll out a proper testing strategy and we would expect them as well to start checking up on the people who are quarantining.\n\n\"Only three out of every hundred people who are asked to quarantine when they arrive into the UK actually face any checks at all - that's just simply not sufficient.\"\n\nOn Friday, Mr Johnson said there was \"some evidence\" the UK variant may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nThe UK government's chief scientific officer, Sir Patrick Vallance, said there was \"a lot of uncertainty around these numbers\" but that early evidence suggested the variant could be about 30% more deadly.\n\nThe PM said on Friday that there was evidence that both the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine and Oxford-AstraZeneca jab were effective against the variant first detected in the UK.\n\nSir Patrick has warned that the variants in South Africa and Brazil might \"have certain features which means they might be less susceptible to vaccines\".\n\nBut he said \"there is no evidence\" that the two variants have transmission advantages over those already in the UK and so having cases here doesn't mean \"they will take off\".\n\nMeanwhile, England's deputy chief medical officer warned that people who have received a Covid-19 vaccine could still pass the virus on to others and should continue following lockdown rules.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam stressed that scientists \"do not yet know the impact of the vaccine on transmission\".\n\nHe said vaccines offer \"hope\" but infection rates must come down quickly.\n\nIt's a key question but the fact is that no one can be sure.\n\nThat's because the trials of the vaccines explored the safety of the drugs and how well they prevent people from becoming ill - with good results for both.\n\nBut they did not investigate whether vaccination also stops infection and therefore whether people who've been immunised can still spread the virus to others.\n\nIf a vaccinated person did become infected, they probably wouldn't realise because they wouldn't have any symptoms. That's why health officials and ministers are so concerned.\n\nIt's possible that the antibodies boosted by the vaccine suppress the effects of the virus but don't eliminate it from the upper airway.\n\nMany scientists are cautiously hopeful that in this scenario, the amount of virus would be reduced but they're waiting for the results of studies under way now.\n\nAnd until there's an answer, it's difficult to calculate how and when it's safe to ease restrictions and allow people to mix again.\n\nA further 610 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Sunday - down from 671 deaths last Sunday - in addition to 30,004 new infections.\n\nThe number of positive cases has fallen for the fourth day in a row and is the lowest figure since before Christmas.\n\nThe death figures tend to be lower on a Sunday and Monday because of weekend lags in reporting of the data.\n\nMeanwhile, more than six million people have had their first dose of a Covid vaccine - with the figure now standing at 6,353,321.\n\nNadhim Zahawi, the minister responsible for the vaccine rollout, said on Twitter that 6,353,321 of the \"most vulnerable and frontline heroes\" had received a first dose of the vaccine, but there was still \"much more to do\".\n\nThere were 4,076 Covid patients in mechanical ventilation beds in UK hospitals as of Friday, according to government data.\n\nThat is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.", "Simon Spurrell (C) from the Cheshire Cheese Company says he was advised to set up an EU hub\n\nUK firms that export to the EU say they are being encouraged by the government to set up subsidiaries in the bloc to avoid disruption under new trade rules.\n\nFirms have been hit by extra charges, taxes and paperwork, leading some to stop exporting to the EU altogether.\n\nBut several say they have been told that setting up hubs in Europe would minimise the disruption, even if it means moving investment out of the UK.\n\nThe Department for International Trade said it was \"not government policy\".\n\n\"The Cabinet Office have issued clear guidance, available at www.gov.uk/transition, and we encourage all businesses to follow that guidance.\"\n\nThe Cheshire Cheese Company said it had been advised by an official to set up in the EU after it was forced to stop its exports to the bloc due to trade rules that came in on 1 January.\n\nThe firm, which sold £180,000 of cheese to the EU last year, found that every £25-30 gift box of cheese it sends to consumers on the Continent now needs a veterinary-approved health certificate costing £180.\n\n\"I spoke to someone at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for advice. They told me setting up a fulfilment centre in the EU where we could pack the boxes was my only solution,\" co-founder Simon Spurrell told the BBC.\n\nThe firm, which had been optimistic about Brexit, is now looking at setting up a hub in France where it would \"test the water\".\n\nBut it has also scrapped plans to build a new £1m warehouse in Macclesfield employing 20-30 people.\n\n\"Instead we might end up employing French workers and paying tax to the EU,\" Mr Spurrell said.\n\n\"I left the EU as a UK citizen but now they are suggesting I rejoin my company to the EU, so what was Brexit for?\"\n\nThe issue, he said, was that the under the post-Brexit trade deal, a vet must approve every consignment of fresh food that his company ships to the EU.\n\nIt is a complex and costly process that has hit exporters of fresh meat and fish as well, and was partly why the government set up a £23m support fund for UK fishing companies.\n\nUK retailers who export to the EU have also complained about being hit with unsustainable costs when customers in the bloc return goods bought online. This is due to new customs clearance charges incurred by shipping firms.\n\nSome retailers have even warned they could burn clothes stuck at borders as it is cheaper than bringing them home.\n\nUlla Vitting Richards, who runs her sustainable fashion brand Vildnis from the UK, told the BBC last week she had stopped exporting to the EU, which was her fastest growing market, because of the new processes.\n\nShe also said that she had been advised - this time by a Department for International Trade (DIT) representative - that setting up a subsidiary distribution hub might help.\n\n\"He told me we'd be best off moving stock to a warehouse in Germany and get them to handle it,\" she said.\n\nAs early as last October, trade consultants Blick Rothenberg warned that thousands of UK businesses might need to set up an EU presence in order to keep exporting to European markets.\n\nHowever, experts say EU firms exporting to the UK - which currently enjoy a grace period over the imposition of some rules - will soon face the same issues.\n\nIndeed, some EU exporters have already stopped deliveries to the UK because of new VAT related charges.\n\nThe DIT said it was not government policy to advise UK firms to set up EU hubs and that it was \"ensuring all officials are properly conveying\" the right information.", "Scientists say signs a new coronavirus variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a \"game changer\" in the UK's response to the pandemic.\n\nBoris Johnson has said there is \"some evidence\" the variant may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nBut the co-author of the study the PM was referring to said the variant's deadliness remained an \"open question\".\n\nAnother adviser said he was surprised Mr Johnson had shared the findings when the data was \"not particularly strong\".\n\nA third top medic said it was \"too early\" to be \"absolutely clear\".\n\nAt a Downing Street coronavirus news conference on Friday, the prime minister said: \"In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant - the variant that was first identified in London and the South East - may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.\"\n\nSpeaking alongside the PM, the government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said there was \"a lot of uncertainty around these numbers\" but that early evidence suggested the variant could be about 30% more deadly.\n\nFor example, Sir Patrick said if 1,000 men in their 60s were infected with the old variant, roughly 10 of them would be expected to die - but this rises to about 13 with the new variant.\n\nThe announcement followed a briefing by scientists on the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) which concluded there was a \"realistic possibility\" that the variant was associated with an increased risk of death.\n\nBut one of the briefing's co-authors, Prof Graham Medley, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"The question about whether it is more dangerous in terms of mortality I think is still open.\"\n\n\"In terms of making the situation worse it is not a game changer. It is a very bad thing that is slightly worse,\" added Prof Medley, who is a professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.\n\nAnother 1,348 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Saturday, in addition to 33,552 new infections, according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.\n\nThere is huge uncertainty in the evidence on how lethal the variant is.\n\nThe scientific experts that reviewed the data used a precise phrase saying it was a \"realistic possibility\" the new variant is more deadly.\n\nThat means there's a roughly 50-50 chance it will turn out to be true.\n\nWith time, and sadly more deaths, the picture will become clearer.\n\nWhile people debate the uncertainties though, we already know this variant has the ability to kill more people than the old ones.\n\nA virus that spreads faster (this one is 30-70% faster) will infect more people, more quickly, putting a greater strain on hospitals and leading to a sharper spike in deaths.\n\nIt is why viruses becoming more transmissible can be a bigger problem than ones becoming more deadly.\n\nNervtag's chairman Prof Peter Horby defended the government's \"transparency\" in making the announcement.\n\n\"Scientists are looking at the possibility that there is increased severity... and after a week of looking at the data we came to the conclusion that it was a realistic possibility,\" he said.\n\n\"We need to be transparent about that. If we were not telling people about this we would be accused of covering it up.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Patrick Vallance: \"There is evidence that there's an increased risk for those who have the new variant\"\n\nBut Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of Sage subgroup the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M), agreed it was too early to draw \"strong conclusions\" as the suggested increased mortality rates were based on \"a relatively small amount of data\".\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast he was \"actually quite surprised\" Mr Johnson had made the early findings public rather than monitoring the data \"for a week or two more\".\n\n\"I just worry that where we report things pre-emptively where the data are not really particularly strong,\" Dr Tildesley added.\n\nPublic Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle also said it was not \"absolutely clear\" the new variant was more deadly than the original.\n\n\"There is some evidence, but it is very early evidence. It is small numbers of cases and it is far too early to say,\" she told the Today programme.\n\nMeanwhile, senior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThe British Medical Association told Prof Chris Whitty an extension to the maximum gap between jab from three weeks to 12 weeks, to get the first dose to more people, was \"difficult to justify\".", "The number of coronavirus patients on mechanical ventilation in the UK has passed 4,000 for the first time in the pandemic.\n\nA total of 4,076 Covid patients were in ventilator beds as of Friday, according to government data.\n\nThat is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.\n\nIt comes as another 1,348 deaths and 33,552 new infections were reported on Saturday.\n\nThe UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told a Downing Street news briefing on Friday: \"The death rate's awful and it's going to stay, I'm afraid, high for a little while before it starts coming down.\"\n\nMeanwhile, new figures show that a record number of seriously-ill Covid patients are being transferred from over-stretched hospitals because of a lack of bed space.\n\nAbout 1 in 10 patients admitted to intensive care are being sent to a different site, according to the body which audits critical care services.\n\nIn a series of reports in the past week, the BBC's Clive Myrie has been to a mortuary and the Royal London Hospital, where 12 out of 15 floors are occupied by Covid patients and staff are struggling to cope.\n\nMartin Freeborn's wife Helen, 64, died with Covid-19 at the hospital shortly before he spoke to the BBC.\n\nMr Freeborn urged people to \"be over-careful\" in taking precautions to stay safe from the virus because \"you don't want this to happen\".\n\n\"Nobody wants to go through this... Don't end up like us, please,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Martin Freeborn's wife, Helen, died from Covid at the Royal London Hospital: 'Don't end up like us, please'\n\nThe number of people in mechanical ventilation beds has climbed every day since 18 December when it was 1,364 and now stands at 4,076.\n\nIt is one of the key figures the government considers when deciding its policy on when to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions.\n\nWhen the pandemic first struck the UK, the government saw what had happened in hospitals in China and Italy and prioritised the provision of ventilators in British hospitals.\n\nIt set about buying as many ventilators as possible, and encouraged British manufacturers to design the machines to build stocks to cope with the worst-case Covid scenario. In September last year, a report found the NHS now had 30,000 ventilators available - about one for every 2,200 people in the UK.\n\nPeople in hospital are also being treated differently from the early days of the pandemic - which may explain why figures suggest slightly more people go on to recover after being on ventilation than back in March, April and May.\n\nA number of drugs are being tested as possible treatments for people with the disease, the BBC's health and science correspondent James Gallagher has said.\n\nThey include the steroid dexamethasone, which has been shown to reduce the risk of death by a third for ventilated patients and by a fifth for those on oxygen. Encouraging results have also been reported from two anti-inflammatory medications, tocilizumab and sarilumab.\n\nDr Ami Jones, intensive care consultant at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, in Wales, said there had been \"carnage\" for the \"last few weeks\".\n\nSpeaking whilst on shift, she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"We're maybe at 150% capacity and I know London are much worse than that.\n\n\"We've a steady stream of fit, young patients requiring critical care and sadly we're losing some of those patients.\n\n\"We lost a patient overnight and I've replaced them with a patient of similar age.\n\n\"It's heartbreaking - and it's been going on for weeks and weeks and we haven't seen any kind of stop yet.\"\n\nDr Jones said the average Covid patient stays in hospital between two to four weeks \"and it really puts them through it\".\n\nShe added: \"You really want people who are going to be able to survive that three or four weeks and actually come out the other end and make a good recovery.\n\n\"We're not stopping people having care but we're giving it to the people we feel have the best chance of getting through what is a horrific situation we're going to put them through.\"\n\nDr Jones said nurses are \"broken\", both physically, from months of long shifts in personal protective equipment (PPE), and emotionally - partly due to the impact of the virus on them, their families and the community.\n\nDr Rupert Pearse, consultant in intensive care medicine at a London hospital, speaking on behalf of the Intensive Care Society, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that a \"huge number\" of patients were still attending hospital.\n\nHe said: \"Whilst we know the infection rate has probably now peaked, and we can be hopeful to soon be sure we've hit a hospital admissions peak, admissions to ICU [the intensive care unit] usually lag 48 hours behind that.\n\n\"So we're still very very worried that we're being pushed right up to the wire in terms of the resources we're able to deliver for patient care.\"\n\nDr Pearse added that there were three or four times more critical care beds in some hospitals than they would usually have.\n\nHe said: \"I can remember a time when it would take years for an intensive care unit to negotiate one extra bed on a complement of 14 or 15 beds.\n\n\"We, within a few weeks, have massively increased the number of beds and finding the staff - most importantly of all - to deliver that has been a huge logistical exercise.\"\n\nReacting to the ventilation figures, Dr Charlotte Hopkins, deputy chief medical officer for Barts Health NHS trust in east London, said on Twitter there had been a \"fast-paced increase\" since 18 December, and that more than a third of the 4,076 ventilated patients were in London.\n\nIt comes as some scientists said that signs a new Covid variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a \"game changer\" in the UK's response to the pandemic.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that there was \"some evidence\" the variant that emerged in the UK may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nBut Prof Graham Medley, the co-author of the study the PM was referring to, said the variant's deadliness remained an \"open\" question.\n\nDr Mike Tildesley, a member of Sage subgroup the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M), said he was \"surprised\" Mr Johnson had shared the findings when the data was \"not particularly strong\".\n\nPublic Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle said it was \"too early\" to be \"absolutely clear\".\n\n\"There is some evidence, but it is very early evidence. It is small numbers of cases and it is far too early to say,\" she told the Today programme.\n\nUp to and including 22 January, 5,861,351 people have now had their first Covid jab and 468,617 have had their second dose.\n\nSenior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThe British Medical Association told Prof Chris Whitty an extension to the maximum gap between jab from three weeks to 12 weeks, to get the first dose to more people, was \"difficult to justify\".\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers have previously defended the delay to the second jab in a letter to medical staff, saying: \"unvaccinated people are far more likely to end up severely ill, hospitalised [or] in some cases dying\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video filmed in Tacoma, Washington, shows a police car apparently ploughing through a crowd of people\n\nA police officer is under investigation in the US after his vehicle ploughed into a group of people, running over at least one, in Tacoma, Washington.\n\nNobody was killed in the incident, although one person was rushed to hospital with injuries.\n\nA video shows a large group of people surrounding the police car as it revs its engine in an apparent effort to drive off.\n\nThe group refuses to move, and police say people started hitting the car.\n\nThe police officer then speeds through the group, hitting numerous people. One person is dragged under the car.\n\nTacoma Police Department said multiple vehicles and approximately 100 people were blocking an intersection when officers arrived on the scene. The group was apparently watching street racers doing \"burnouts\".\n\n\"During the operation, a responding Tacoma police vehicle was surrounded by the crowd. People hit the body of the police vehicle and its windows as the officer was stopped in the street,\" police said in a statement.\n\n\"The officer, fearing for his safety, tried to back up, but was unable to do so because of the crowd,\" it said.\n\n\"While trying to extricate himself from an unsafe position, the officer drove forward striking one individual and may have impacted others,\" it said.\n\nThe person who was run over was rushed to hospital. Their condition is as yet unclear.\n\nThe Pierce County Force Investigation Team is investigating the incident, the statement said. The police officer has not been identified.\n\n\"I am concerned that our department is experiencing another use of deadly force incident,\" Interim Police Chief Mike Ake said in the statement.\n\n\"I send my thoughts to anyone who was injured in tonight's event, and am committed to our department's full co-operation in the independent investigation and to assess the actions of the department's response during the incident.\"\n\nThe incident comes at a time of rising anger over the use of excessive force by police in the US.\n\nPeople across the world took to the streets last year to demonstrate their anger at the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, and to demand an end to police brutality and what they see as systemic racism.", "It is hoped that vaccinating teenagers will allow them to sit exams\n\nIsrael has started vaccinating 16 to 18-year-olds against Covid-19, in an effort to enable them to sit exams.\n\nMore than a quarter of Israel's population of nine million have received at least one dose of the Pfizer vaccine since 19 December, its health ministry says.\n\nIt started with the elderly and others at high risk, but people aged 40 and over can also now get the jab.\n\nIsrael hopes to start reopening its economy in February.\n\nThe inclusion of 16 to 18-year-olds - with parental permission - is meant \"to enable their return (to school) and the orderly holding of exams\", an education ministry spokeswoman said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe matriculation exams that Israeli students sit at the end of high school play an important role in deciding where they will go to university. Their results can also affect their placement in the military, where many young Israelis do compulsory service.\n\nThe education ministry has said it is too early to say whether schools will reopen next month.\n\nIsrael started its rapid vaccination drive - the fastest in the world - on 19 December, reaching 10% of its population by the end of 2020.\n\nIsrael has recorded more than 596,000 cases and 4,392 deaths with Covid-19, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.\n\nOn Sunday, the government said it would ban passenger flights in and out of the country from Monday night for the rest of January, in an effort to halt the spread of new virus variants.\n\n\"Other than rare exceptions, we are closing the sky hermetically to prevent the entry of the virus variants and also to ensure that we progress quickly with our vaccination campaign,\" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.\n\nForeigners have largely been blocked from entering Israel during the pandemic.", "The Department for Transport said \"smart motorways are as safe as, or safer than, the conventional ones\"\n\nA police and crime commissioner (PCC) has written to the government to say smart motorways are \"inherently unsafe and dangerous and should be abandoned\".\n\nSouth Yorkshire PCC Dr Alan Billings wrote his open letter to Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for Transport.\n\nHis comments come after a coroner found two men had been unlawfully killed on a \"smart\" section of the M1.\n\nThe Department for Transport said \"smart motorways are as safe as, or safer than, the conventional ones\".\n\nOn 19 January coroner David Urpeth called for a review of the road schemes.\n\nMr Urpeth said smart motorways without a hard shoulder carry \"an ongoing risk of future deaths\".\n\nHe was speaking following the inquests for Jason Mercer, 44, from Rotherham and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, of Mansfield, who died when a lorry crashed into their vehicles near Sheffield on 7 June 2019.\n\nNow Labour's Dr Billings has told Grant Shapps: \"I believe smart motorways of this kind - where what would be a hard shoulder is a live lane with occasional refuges - are inherently unsafe and dangerous and should be abandoned.\n\n\"The relevant test for us is whether someone who breaks down on this stretch of the motorway, where there is no hard shoulder, would have had a better chance of escaping death or injury had there still been a hard shoulder - and the coroner's verdict makes it clear that the answer to that question is - Yes.\"\n\nAlexandru Murgeanu (l) and Jason Mercer were killed in the crash on the M1 in South Yorkshire\n\nJason Mercer's widow, Claire, had previously told Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5Live she considered a government review of the smart motorway system \"was just a paperwork exercise and a PR exercise.\"\n\nTalking to BBC Look North Yorkshire after publishing the letter on Sunday, Dr Billings said: \"The Department for Transport and Highways England have argued all along that these sorts of motorways are actually safe, they even go as far as to say they are safer than ordinary motorways, now I think that whatever formula they are using to come to that conclusion is wrong.\n\n\"The coroner in his verdict has made it pretty clear that these two particular lives in South Yorkshire would not have come to such a sad end if there had been a hard shoulder there, so I think this is new evidence they have to take into account.\"\n\nHe added: \"If they thought this type of motorway was even smarter, or safer, than a conventional motorway, then why not convert the entire system to smart motorways, making it safer? As soon as you say it, I think you realise it's absurd.\n\n\"I think they (smart motorways) were done originally not because it was a safer way of doing a motorway, I think it was done in order to expand the capacity, get the traffic flowing by having an extra lane, but to do it cheaply, and I think we're trading cost - cheapness - for other people's lives.\"\n\nIn response to Dr Billings' open letter, the Department for Transport said: \"The stocktake [of smart motorways] showed that in most ways smart motorways are as safe as, or safer than, the conventional ones.\n\n\"The Transport Secretary has tasked Highways England with delivering an 18-point action plan to ensure they are safer still, and he has called an urgent meeting with the company to discuss their progress.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "As high risk groups continue to be immunised there are growing concerns that people with learning disabilities have been missed out.\n\nDespite a recent Public Health England report warning they are six times more likely to die from coronavirus, as a group, they have not been prioritised for a vaccine.\n\nLegal action is being taken against the Department of Health and Social Care, which says it is working hard to vaccinate all those at risk.", "A Covid outbreak was declared at the DVLA's contact centre in December\n\nStaff are scared to work at the UK vehicle licensing agency's contact centre in Swansea where 500 workers have contracted coronavirus since the pandemic began, a union says.\n\nThe PCS union has urged ministers to intervene and described the numbers as a \"scandal\".\n\nA DVLA spokesperson insisted safety was a priority and it followed guidance to \"help keep our offices Covid secure\".\n\nThe Welsh Government said it had been \"worried about the DVLA for a while\".\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said he has repeatedly raised concerns over case numbers at the offices.\n\nMinister Eluned Morgan said the decision to introduce tougher Covid regulations for workplaces in Wales was made, in part, due to the situation at the DVLA.\n\nIn December, a coronavirus outbreak was declared at the centre at Swansea Vale in Llansamlet after 352 cases of Covid-19 in the space of four months.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe DVLA has about 6,000 staff based in Swansea but said it was currently operating on a \"far reduced capacity\".\n\nA DVLA worker, who did not want to be identified, told BBC Wales News that close contacts of people testing positive are not always sent home to self-isolate, social-distancing is not being followed and homeworking is not always possible because of \"archaic\" systems.\n\n\"There are certain elements within management who are trying to bend the rules and regulations,\" they said.\n\n\"It has been mentioned that you don't need your track and trace [contact tracing app] on. If someone's off with Covid, the people who haven't had their app on haven't been sent home.\n\n\"They'll say 'your app hasn't pinged, you're not going home'.\"\n\nThe worker said it was difficult for staff to adhere to the two-metre distancing rule because of the way the office was laid out and some staff had resigned.\n\n\"The atmosphere sucks, people are scared. I have heard of some people walking out,\" they said.\n\nOne worker said two-metres distancing was not always being observed\n\n\"I think they have been raising concerns. They probably didn't get the answer they wanted. It's not necessarily the manager's fault, the managers are struggling too.\"\n\nPCS General Secretary Mark Serwotka said: \"It is a scandal that DVLA are not doing more to reduce numbers in the workplace when Covid infections are on the rise.\n\n\"Our members are telling us they are scared to enter the workplace for fear of catching Covid 19.\n\n\"Minsters must intervene and ensure DVLA are doing their utmost to enable staff to work from home and temporarily cease non-critical services.\"\n\nEluned Morgan told Radio Cymru the Welsh Government has been keeping an eye on the situation at the Swansea offices.\n\nEluned Morgan said the Welsh Government has been concerned at the situation at the DVLA for \"some time\".\n\nThe wellbeing minister said: \"We've been worried about the DVLA for a while, now. We've been putting pressure on them.\n\n\"It comes up time and again from the people who represent Swansea, and we're worried the pressure on people working there hasn't helped.\n\n\"The situation is one of the reasons why we've introduced new rules, new legislation, to tighten the restrictions on people at work.\"\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething added: \"We're concerned about anecdotal reports we've heard from the trade union side, individuals, that all of the requirements weren't being followed.\"\n\nHe said there would be questions for management to answer if there had been a breach of the rules.\n\nThe DVLA said some staff have been able to work from home \"in line with government advice\", though others were required to be in the office due to their roles\n\n\"In view of the essential nature of the public services we provide, some operational staff are required to be in the office where their role means they cannot work from home,\" said a spokesman.\n\nThe DVLA said it has worked closely with Public Health Wales, Swansea council's environmental health staff and union officials to try to make its buildings Covid safe, including opening an additional site in Swansea.\n\nHowever, there were currently four Covid cases across its estate, with none at its contact centre.\n\n\"Before Christmas, when transmission infection rates were extremely high in the local community where most of our staff live, we saw a rise in staff testing positive for Covid,\" he said.\n\nSwansea MP Carolyn Harris said, during the first lockdown, she was in \"constant contact\" with the DVLA due to concerns raised by workers.\n\n\"Since Christmas, I've not been able to get hold of anyone from the DVLA,\" she told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement.\n\n\"Last night I spent a long time trying to hold of the chief executive.\n\n\"Some of the stuff that I am now reading, and some of the stuff I've had in over the last 24 hours, really worries me.\"\n\nThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said its inspector had been tackling \"a series of concerns\" since August and had spoken to the PCS, which it said was \"broadly supportive of DVLA's approach\".\n\nA spokesperson added: \"Most recently HSE joined Swansea Environmental Health Officers and Public Health Wales for some joint visits to premises, in our role to assist public health to assess the potential of work place transmission as part of their wider work to contain outbreaks.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It is not clear if anyone not entitled succeeded in getting a Covid jab\n\nA health board boss has criticised council staff for potentially sharing Covid vaccine invites with colleagues.\n\nThe board meeting in North Wales heard some council staff, not within groups currently being vaccinated, booked appointments by following a link in an email only intended for the recipient.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr health board's chairman Mark Polin said such actions could deprive someone else of a jab.\n\nDenbighshire council said it had warned staff the emails were not to be abused.\n\nIt is not clear if anyone not entitled succeeded in getting a Covid jab, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nOnly front-line social care and health workers, those over 80 and 70 years old, care home residents and their carers are currently being vaccinated.\n\nIndependent member Jackie Hughes spoke about the matter at Thursday's monthly health board meeting.\n\nAnswering her query, Dr Chris Stockport, the health board's executive director of primary care and community services, said: \"We are very clear with our local authority partners and teams of what frontline means in the same way we are elsewhere.\n\n\"When you arrive [for a vaccine] there's a process of validation.\n\n\"The likelihood is they will experience some difficulties working through the booking system [if they try to get into a higher vaccination cohort].\n\n\"It adds complications for a busy team and I would ask them not to do that when it's a clear effort to circumvent the cohort.\"\n\nAt Thursday's daily press briefing the UK Government Home Secretary Priti Patel said people who jumped the queue for the vaccine were \"morally reprehensible\" as they were putting the lives of vulnerable people at risk.\n\nShe said all the UK Government's measures were under review but \"our focus is getting that vaccine to the most vulnerable to make sure we can protect them and obviously protect others in the community\".\n\nMr Polin added: \"Whilst we understand the concerns people should not be doing what they are doing.\n\n\"The priority groups have been identified with clear medical guidance and sound reasoning behind it.\n\n\"So people jumping the queue are depriving someone else, potentially, of receiving the vaccine at the point at which they should.\"\n\nHe said it was a temporary problem, adding: \"We are changing the booking system, so this opportunity is not going to last much longer.\"\n\nHe said staff were looking out for any inappropriate bookings.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than five million people in the UK have now received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine - thanks to an army of more than 80,000 volunteers and NHS workers who have been trained to give the jabs.\n\nMany of the vaccine volunteers have had no previous medical training and come from all walks of life. So why did they sign up? And how does it feel to stick a needle into a stranger's arm?\n\nYou could see their relief. A lot of them have been waiting 10 months without leaving the house\n\nCallum Finnegan, 23, has been juggling his 40-hour week as a Tesco delivery driver with giving Covid jabs at Manchester's Etihad tennis centre. A St John Ambulance volunteer, he completed extensive online and face-to-face training, which included practising administering jabs on silicon arms before giving them to patients. He says he'd never given an injection before.\n\nThe biomedical science graduate wanted to get involved in the vaccination effort as soon as the call was put out and says he feels \"grateful and privileged\" to be helping the rollout - an effort he hopes will save as many lives as possible.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Radio 5 Live This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCallum, who volunteered for four weeks at London's Nightingale hospital at the beginning of the pandemic, says his first shift giving jabs was \"one of the best days\" he's had since Covid hit.\n\n\"They were incredibly emotional,\" he says of the people he has given the jab to. \"You could see their relief. A lot of them have been waiting 10 months without leaving the house, or seeing only one or two people. One of those could have been a Tesco delivery driver - there's a lot of people I deliver to who tell me that I'm the only person they're seeing face-to-face at the minute.\"\n\nIt just makes me feel better about the world, especially when it can get you down. It's nice to do something good for other people\n\nKate Donaghy, who runs an IT team for a travel company, was inspired to train as a vaccinator after seeing the impact of the disease first hand. A St John Ambulance volunteer for four years, Kate, 28, spent time at a London hospital last year helping to care for recovering Covid patients - before volunteering at an A&E department.\n\nAfter seeing just how desperate the situation was, she switched her focus to becoming a vaccinator. \"I just thought how can we stop this happening to people in the first place? If we can vaccinate people, that feels like a better way forward to solve the problem, and a great use of my time.\"\n\nShe says she overcame her initial nerves in giving the jabs thanks to some supportive colleagues and has already signed up for shifts at London's ExCel centre most weekends going forward.\n\nHer elderly patients were \"so happy it was the beginning of the end to their isolation\". \"It just makes me feel better about the world, especially when it can get you down. It's nice to do something good for other people.\"\n\nIt did feel good - it felt good to be fighting back\n\nDr Andy Bates, a 57-year-old dentist from North Yorkshire, recently gave his first vaccinations at Long Lee surgery, in Keighley. He is used to giving injections - albeit in the mouth - but he says helping to protect people against this virus \"did feel good - it felt good to be fighting back\".\n\nDr Bates is working as a paid vaccinator alongside a four-day week at his dental practice. He says both roles have served as a reminder that he could be the first person a patient has seen for months. And he says his day job - particularly calming people who are nervous about lying back in his dentist's chair - has helped him.\n\nHe says he managed to relax a \"very nervous\" lady in her 90s, who hadn't left the house since last March, by talking about their shared love of alpine cycling.\n\nAnd it's not just Dr Bates and his fellow vaccinators that have stepped up. He says after a \"huge dump\" of snow in the area, the community sprang into action to ensure elderly patients could safely come for their jabs - with a local farmer towing the van delivering the vaccines up the hill to the surgery, and volunteers clearing snow and ice from the car park.\n\nI just thought this is enough, this has got to stop. I wanted to help all the other elderly people who are so vulnerable to this virus\n\nWhen theatres closed last year, Amanda Baldwin's career as a full-time chorus member at London's Royal Opera House came to a \"heartbreaking\" standstill.\n\nStuck at home in south-east London with nothing to do, Amanda and her husband Julian Johnson, 55 - a freelance theatre stage manager - decided to volunteer for the NHS through the GoodSam app, which later connected them with the vaccinator training run by St John Ambulance.\n\nAmanda applied shortly after her 84-year-old mother tested positive for the virus - just before she was due to have the vaccine. \"Luckily she came through it, and she wasn't hospitalised. But I just thought this is enough, this has got to stop. I wanted to help all the other elderly people who are so vulnerable to this virus.\"\n\nAmanda recently passed her full SJA training in London and is now waiting for her first shift as a vaccinator. She thinks her performance background will help keep her nerves in check for when she administers her first jabs - joking that she hopes her patients \"don't wriggle about as much\" as her pet cat did when she had to give it injections for its diabetes.\n\nAfter feeling \"like a part of [her] soul was missing\" when theatres closed, she says training as vaccinator has given her a \"purpose\" again. \"I feel like I've now got [another] skill that can really help people.\"", "Researchers have been tracking changes to the \"spike\" of the virus\n\nThe new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version, a study has found.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy of London's Imperial College said the differences between the viruses types was \"quite extreme\".\n\n\"There is a huge difference in how easily the variant virus spreads,\" he told BBC News. \"This is the most serious change in the virus since the epidemic began,\" he added.\n\nThe Imperial College study suggests transmission of the new variant tripled during England's November lockdown while the previous version was reduced by a third.\n\nCases of Covid-19 have begun to increase rapidly during the second spike, and the number of cases recorded in a single day reached a new high on Thursday.\n\nEarly results indicated that the virus was spreading more quickly among under-20s, particularly among secondary school age children.\n\nBut the very latest data indicates that it was spreading quickly across all age groups, according to Prof Gandy who was a member of the research team.\n\n\"One possible explanation is that the early data was collected during the time of the November lockdown where schools were open and the activities of the adult population were more restricted. We are seeing now that the new virus has increased infectiousness across all age groups.\"\n\nProf Jim Naismith, of Oxford University, said he believed that the new findings indicated that even tougher restrictions would soon be needed.\n\n\"The data from Imperial represent the best analysis to date and imply that the measures we have employed to date, would - with the new virus - fail to reduce the R number to below 1.\n\n\"In simpler terms, unless we do something different the new virus strain is going to continue to spread, more infections, more hospitalisations and more deaths.\"\n\nThe R number is the average number of people an infected person infects. If it is above 1 the epidemic is growing.\n\nThe most chilling finding from this piece of research is that the November lockdown in England, hard though it was for many people, would not have stopped the variant form of the virus spreading. The same severe restrictions that saw cases of the previous version of the virus fall by a third, would see a tripling of the new variant. This is why there has been such a sudden tightening of restrictions across the country.\n\nIt is unclear whether the current restrictions will be enough to control the spread of the virus. Given the fact that it has taken two lockdowns to stop the earlier version of the virus overwhelming the NHS, many scientists fear that further tightening will be necessary.\n\nInfection levels will begin to drop as enough people are vaccinated. But until then it is now more important than ever for people to follow social distancing guidelines, wear masks where required and to regularly wash their hands.\n\nThe new year brings with it hope of a more normal life in the next few months but also a new form of the virus that all of us will have to combat in the coming days and weeks.\n\nProfessor Lawrence Young, of Warwick University, said early indications suggested that vaccines would be effective against the new form of the virus.\n\n\"Variants virus have been around since the beginning of the pandemic and are a product of the natural process by which viruses develop and adapt to their hosts as they replicate.\n\n\"Most of these mutations have no effect on the behaviour of the virus but very occasionally they can improve the ability of the virus to infect and/or become more resistant to the body's immune response.\"\n\nFurther research is needed to understand why the variant is spreading so quickly. But early indications are that vaccines should be effective against it.\n\nThe new virus has been designated \"Variant of Concern 202012/01\" or VOC by Public Health England.\n\nIt was detected in November and thought to have originated in the south-east England in September.\n\nThere is no evidence to suggest that it is more deadly, but it will increase the number of cases which in turn will add further pressure on the NHS.\n\nThe variant can now be found across the UK, except Northern Ireland, but it is heavily concentrated in London, as well as south-east and eastern England.", "Appointments were brought forward or rescheduled for safety reasons\n\nFour vaccination centres were shut as snow caused some travel disruption in Wales.\n\nSunday appointments in Bridgend, Rhondda, Abercynon and Merthyr Tydfil were rescheduled for safety reasons, but centres will reopen on Monday, the Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board said.\n\nThe Met Office has extended a yellow weather warning to midnight on Sunday for all of Wales except Anglesey.\n\nA yellow warning for ice runs from midnight until 11:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nPolice have warned of difficult conditions due to snow and ice.\n\nUp to 3cm of snow is forecast to fall in most areas, with 10 to 15cm expected in the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg health board urged anyone with queries about Sunday's vaccination appointments to call the number on their appointment letters.\n\nSnow volunteers cleared pathways so a Covid vaccine pilot in Maesteg could keep running\n\n\"We can confirm that no vaccines have been wasted as a consequence of this temporary Sunday closure and we are grateful to all those who were able to turn up at such short notice yesterday as we brought forward a significant number of Sunday appointments during the course of Saturday,\" it said.\n\n\"Additionally, our 4x4 arrangements are enabling us to continue to reach care homes to vaccinate the staff and residents there.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNorth Wales Police tweeted there was \"widespread snow this morning, particularly in some higher areas, making driving conditions difficult\".\n\nAnd Dyfed-Powys Police said some roads were \"impassable\" and advised people to \"stay home\".\n\nIn Bridgend, officers from South Wales Police were pelted with snowballs as they helped an injured sledger on Heol y Nant.\n\nNorth Wales Police warned of difficult conditions due to \"widespread snow\", particularly on high ground.\n\nIt said the A499 near Pwllheli had received heavy snowfall overnight.\n\nWelsh Ambulance Service boss Jason Killens tweeted, thanking the public for helping crews continue to work despite the conditions.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nVillages were dusted with snow, such as in Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire\n\nNick Rolfe shared this garden view in Nercwys, near Mold, Flintshire\n\nThe Met Office warned travellers that \"longer journey times by road, bus and train services\" could be expected, although Wales is in a level four lockdown with all but essential travel banned.\n\nIt also said the snow could lead to power cuts and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected.\n\nThose going out for daily exercise have been warned there could be icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.\n\nIn Powys, this was the view over Newtown on Sunday\n\nThe hills around Llangollen, Denbighshire, were covered in snow on Saturday\n\nPower cuts and travel delays are possible, the Met Office says\n\nThe drop in temperatures is likely to exacerbate problems after widespread flooding caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nTwo flood warnings issued by Natural Resources Wales remain in place, meaning flooding is expected.\n\nThese cover the River Ritec at Tenby in Pembrokeshire, which could affect the Kiln Park caravan site, and the lower Dee Valley from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows.\n\nPretty as a picture... Suzy shared this garden view in Snowdonia\n\nSun up: Heath in Cardiff awakes to a covering of snow\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "DUP leader Arlene Foster said people in NI need to \"come together to fight against Covid\"\n\nDUP leader Arlene Foster has said a potential vote on a united Ireland would be \"absolutely reckless\".\n\nShe was speaking after a poll commissioned by the Sunday Times in NI found 51% of people want a referendum on Irish unity in the next five years.\n\nSpeaking to Sky News, the first minister said \"we all know how divisive a border poll would be\".\n\nSinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill said there was an \"unstoppable conversation under way\" on the issue.\n\nThe deputy first minister called on the Irish government \"to step up preparations\" for a border poll.\n\nProvisions for a possible border poll on Irish reunification are included in the the Good Friday Agreement - the deal which led to peace in Northern Ireland after decades of violence.\n\nIt states that the Northern Ireland Secretary must call a border poll if it at any time it appears \"likely\" to that a majority of people in Northern Ireland would vote for a united Ireland.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMrs Foster said she thought it was \"very disappointing\" that some nationalist parties in the UK were focusing on \"constitutional politics\" during the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\n\"We all know how divisive a border poll would be, and for us in Northern Ireland what we have to do is come together to fight against Covid, and not be distracted by what would be absolutely reckless at this time,\" she said.\n\nShe added if there was a vote on Irish unity, the arguments for the union are \"rational, logical, and they will win through\".\n\nThe polling was carried out by Lucidtalk in Northern Ireland, with similar polling in England, Scotland and Wales to gauge attitudes towards the union.\n\nIt found that in Northern Ireland, 47% still want to remain in the UK, with 42% in favour of a united Ireland and 11% undecided.\n\nHowever for those aged under 45, supporters of Irish reunification outnumber those who want to stay in the UK by 47% to 46%.\n\nRespondents also said they believed there would be a united Ireland within 10 years, by a margin of 48% to 44%.\n\nPolls like this come with the usual health warning - they are a snapshot in a moment in time.\n\nNonetheless there is some interesting reading here - not least the fact that it paints a picture of a disunited kingdom.\n\nWe shouldn't really be surprised about that because we have had very different approaches to the global Covid-19 pandemic with different outcomes.\n\nWe know that Brexit is starting to bite and there is a lot of frustration out there and uncertainty and that, I'm sure, has fed into these figures.\n\nThe big question for NI, unsurprisingly, is around constitutional change.\n\nIt shows that 51% of those polled would want to see a border poll within the next five years, compared to 44% who would not.\n\nHowever, if they flip that question around it's interesting to see that 42% would want to see a united Ireland, but 47% would want to remain, with 11% of don't knows.\n\nSo according to these figures there may be an appetite for a border poll - but if that question was posed the majority are saying they would stay in the UK.\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said the poll placed a \"solemn obligation\" on those seeking a united Ireland \"to engage with every community, sector and generation\".\n\n\"The United Kingdom may be coming to an end but we are all called to build a new future together. That's the work the SDLP is engaged in,\" said the Foyle MP.\n\nThe polling found 47% of people in Northern Ireland wish to remain in the UK, with 42% in favour of a united Ireland, and 11% undecided\n\nUlster Unionist leader Steve Aiken said \"all political energy should be focused on making Northern Ireland a better place to live and work rather than a divisive border poll\".\n\n\"We need to concentrate on the here and now, fostering better relationships and plotting a way through and out of the Covid-19 pandemic,\" he added.\n\n\"As Northern Ireland enters its second century, we should be talking about recovery, renewal and reconciliation.\"\n\nThe polls also found across the UK, respondents believed Scotland would become independent within the next 10 years.\n\nIn Scotland, it found a large poll lead for the Scottish National Party, with them potentially being on course to win 70 of 129 seats in Holyrood.\n\nThe SNP is set to reveal its 'roadmap to a referendum' to its national assembly on Sunday.\n\nIt outlines plans to pursue a vote after the pandemic if there is a pro-independence majority at Holyrood following May's election.\n\nThe research was carried out by Lucidtalk in Northern Ireland, Panelbase in Scotland, and YouGov in England and Wales.\n\nThe polling was carried out between 15 and 22 of January, with 2,392 people polled in Northern Ireland, 1,206 in Scotland, 1,416 in England, and 1,059 in Wales.", "Larry King, giant of US broadcasting who achieved worldwide fame for interviewing political leaders and celebrities, has died at the age of 87.\n\nKing conducted an estimated 50,000 interviews in his six-decade career, which included 25 years as host of the popular CNN talk show Larry King Live.\n\nHe died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Ora Media, a production company he co-founded.\n\nEarlier this month, he was treated in hospital for Covid-19, US media say.\n\nThe talk show host, famous for his braces and rolled-up sleeves, had faced several health problems in recent years, including heart attacks.\n\nKing was married eight times to seven women and had five children. Two of them died last year within weeks of each other - daughter Chaia died from lung cancer and son Andy of a heart attack.\n\nKing carried out interviews with every sitting US president from Gerald Ford to Barack Obama and a number of world leaders. His other high-profile guests included Dr Martin Luther King, the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Lady Gaga.\n\n\"For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry's many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster,\" Ora Media said in a statement, without giving the cause of death.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Larry King: \"I like spontaneity. That's the kind of broadcaster I am\".\n\nBorn Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in Brooklyn, New York, in 1933, King rose to fame in the 1970s with his radio programme The Larry King Show, on the commercial network Mutual Broadcasting System.\n\nIn 1985 he launched Larry King Live on the fledgling CNN, and became one of the network's biggest stars. The programme, broadcast around the world, was a success with audiences, with King answering thousands of phone calls from viewers.\n\nHe earned a number of honours, including two Peabody awards, but was also criticised for his non-confrontational approach and open-ended questions. King boasted of not doing much research for the interviews so, he said, he could learn along with viewers.\n\nBy 2010 his ratings had dropped significantly, with critics saying King's approach felt outdated in an era of more aggressive interviewing styles. King then announced his retirement, saying: \"It's time to hang up my nightly suspenders.\"\n\nIn his final programme on CNN, he told his viewers: \"I don't know what to say, except to you, my audience, thank you. Instead of goodbye, how about so long?\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by CNN Communications This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCNN replaced him with British journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan, whose programme King criticised for being \"too much about him\".\n\nMorgan, whose programme was cancelled three years later, said on Twitter on Saturday: \"Larry King was a hero of mine until we fell out after I replaced him at CNN & he said my show was 'like watching your mother-in-law go over a cliff in your new Bentley.' (He married 8 times so a mother-in-law expert).\"\n\nIn a statement, CNN president Jeff Zucker said: \"The scrappy young man from Brooklyn had a history-making career spanning radio and television. His curiosity about the world propelled his award-winning career in broadcasting, but it was his generosity of spirit that drew the world to him.\"\n\nMost recently, King hosted another programme, Larry King Now, broadcast on Hulu and RT, Russia's state-controlled international broadcaster.\n\nA Kremlin spokesman was quoted as saying by state RIA Novosti news agency: \"King repeatedly interviewed Putin. The president has always appreciated his great professionalism and unquestioned journalistic authority.\"\n\nOutside broadcasting, King founded the Larry King Cardiac Foundation in 1988, a charity which helps to fund heart treatment for those with limited financial means or no medical insurance.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA new world record has been set for the number of satellites sent to space on a single rocket.\n\nThe 143 payloads, of all shapes and sizes, rode to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon rocket that launched out of Florida.\n\nThe number beats the previous record of 104 satellites carried aloft by an Indian vehicle in 2017.\n\nIt's further evidence of the major structural changes taking place in space activity that are allowing many more actors to get involved.\n\nThis shift is the result of a revolution in robust, miniaturised, low-cost components - many taken direct from consumer electronics such as smartphones - that mean pretty much anyone can now build a capable satellite in a very small package.\n\nAnd with SpaceX offering to transport those packages to orbit for just $1m, the commercial opportunities will continue to open up.\n\nGuatemala's Santa María volcano: Planet is imaging the entire Earth daily with its Dove satellites\n\nSpaceX itself had 10 satellites on the Falcon - the latest additions to its Starlink telecommunications mega-constellation, which is going to deliver broadband internet connections around the globe.\n\nSan Francisco's Planet company had the most satellites of all on the flight - 48.\n\nThese were another batch of its SuperDove models that image the Earth's surface daily at a resolution of 3-5m. The new spacecraft take the firm's operational fleet now in orbit to more than 200.\n\n\"Internet of things\": SpaceBees will connect to all manner of objects on the ground\n\nThe SuperDoves are the size of a shoebox. Many of the other payloads on the Falcon rocket were little bigger than a coffee mug, however; and some were smaller even than a paperback book.\n\nSwarm Technologies is rolling out what it calls the SpaceBees. They're just 10cm by 10cm by 2.5cm.\n\nThey'll act as telecommunications nodes to connect devices that are attached to all manner of objects on the ground, from migrating animals to shipping containers.\n\nThe satellites were mounted on a dispenser that ejected them in sequence\n\nSome of the larger items on the Falcon rocket were suitcase-sized. Among these were several radar satellites. Radar has been one of the major beneficiaries of the revolution in componentry.\n\nTraditionally, radar satellites were big, multi-tonne objects that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to fly, which essentially meant only the military or major space agencies could afford to operate them.\n\nBut the adoption of new materials and compact \"off the shelf\" parts have dramatically shrunk the size (to under 100kg) and price (a couple of million dollars) of these spacecraft.\n\niQPS artwork: The radar satellites unfurl large antennas once they are in space\n\nIceye from Finland, Capella from the US, and iQPS of Japan all took the ride to orbit on Sunday. These start-ups are establishing constellations in the sky that will return rapid, repeat imagery of the Earth.\n\nRadar has the advantage over standard optical cameras of being able to pierce cloud, and to sense the Earth's surface whether it is day or night. We're entering an age when any change on the planet, wherever it happens, will be picked up almost immediately.\n\nThe Falcon carried the 143 satellites into a 500km-high path that runs from pole to pole. This is one of the drawbacks of a big rideshare mission: you go where the rocket goes, and for some that might not be ideal.\n\nA number of satellite missions will want an orbit that's higher or lower in the sky, or on a different inclination to the equator.\n\nThis can be achieved by mounting the satellites on \"space tugs\" which, after coming off the top of the rocket, modify the final parameters for their \"passengers\" over the course of several weeks. Sunday's Falcon carried two such tugs.\n\nBut for some missions a bespoke ride is going to be the only satisfactory solution. It's why we're now witnessing a rush to produce small rockets that can run dedicated flights.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket blasts its way to space\n\nThese smaller rockets will not be able to compete on cost with the big vehicles, such as SpaceX's Falcon-9, but they should attract the custom of those with very specific or urgent needs.\n\nDan Hart, the CEO of Virgin Orbit, which has developed a small rocket that can be launched from under the wing of a Boeing 747, says the start-ups are becoming more discerning.\n\n\"These small satellites used to be points of fascination and interest, and it was a case of finding the cheapest way possible to get into space,\" he explained.\n\n\"That's rapidly changing. These are now businesses with critical missions that risk losing revenue if they have to wait on others or go into an unsuitable orbit. And that's why you're going to see people who will pay that little bit more to get to where they want to go when they absolutely need to go there,\" he told BBC News.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Will Marshall: \"Our satellites 'phoned home' and they are healthy\"\n\nWith the roll call of satellites going into orbit now accelerating rapidly, the issue of traffic management is becoming a hot topic.\n\nFull-on collisions are currently rare, but a surprisingly large number (10%) of satellites will even now experience sudden, unexpected momentum changes, most probably the result of being hit by some small fragment from a previous mission.\n\nThe space sector needs to find smarter ways to track objects in orbit and to command timely avoidance manoeuvres, otherwise certain altitudes could ultimately become unusable because of the presence of dangerously dense debris fields.\n\nJonathan McDowell from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is a noted historian of astronautics.\n\nHe commented: \"There are now over 3,000 working satellites in orbit. The number of satellites launched last year at over 1,200 is over twice as many as in any previous year. And the ones launched today - that used to be the number you'd launch in a whole year. So it's getting really crowded up there.\"\n\nWill Marshall, the CEO of Planet, said his company, and indeed all of the companies on Sunday's flight, were accutley aware of the issue.\n\n\"We are seeing crowded areas in certain orbits,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"Most of the crowded piece that is in danger of what they call Kessler Syndrome (runaway collisions) is quite high up. So one of the tricks that all of these satellites that were launched today use is to just stay really low where there's still a lot of atmospheric drag and eventually those satellites just come down.\"", "Pavithra Wanniarachchi (L) has become the fourth Sri Lankan minister to test positive\n\nSri Lanka's health minister, who endorsed herbal syrup to prevent Covid, has tested positive for the virus.\n\nPavithra Wanniarachchi tested positive on Friday, a media secretary at the Ministry of Health told the BBC.\n\nShe had promoted the syrup, manufactured by a shaman who claimed it worked as a life-long inoculation against the virus.\n\nSri Lanka recorded 56,076 cases and 276 deaths since the pandemic began, with cases surging in recent months.\n\nMs Wanniarachchi is the fourth minister to test positive. A junior minister, who also took the potion, tested positive earlier this week.\n\nThe health minister had publicly consumed and endorsed the syrup as a way of stopping the spread of the virus. The shaman who invented the syrup, which contains honey and nutmeg, said the recipe was given to him in a visionary dream.\n\nDoctors in the country have quashed claims the herbal syrup works, but AFP news agency reports thousands have travelled to a village to obtain it.\n\nMs Wanniarachchi took two Covid-19 tests and both returned positive results, Viraj Abeysinghe, media secretary at the Ministry of Health told the BBC.\n\nThe minister has been asked to self-isolate and all of her immediate contacts have gone into isolation.\n\nNews of Ms Wanniarachchi's positive test came hours after Sri Lanka approved the emergency use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The first doses are expected to arrive in the country next week.\n\nSri Lanka isn't the only place where people in positions of power have promoted unproven treatments for Covid.\n\nLast year, Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina was criticised for promoting a herbal concoction that he claimed could prevent the virus. He was pictured distributing the tonic to poor communities in the capital.\n\nSince the pandemic began, a number of world leaders and cabinet members have contracted Covid. French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former President Donald Trump all caught the virus at various points last year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The people who think Coronavirus is caused by 5G", "Mr Johnson raised the benefits of a UK-US trade deal during his phone call with Mr Biden\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to Joe Biden for the first time since the new US president was inaugurated.\n\nMr Johnson said on Twitter that he looked forward to \"deepening the longstanding alliance\" between the UK and the US as they drove a \"green and sustainable recovery from Covid-19\".\n\nMr Biden was sworn in as president and Kamala Harris as vice-president in a ceremony in Washington on Wednesday.\n\nThe PM said their inauguration was a \"step forward\" for the US.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said Mr Johnson \"warmly welcomed\" the president's decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change and the World Health Organization - both abandoned by Mr Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump.\n\n\"The prime minister praised President Biden's early action on tackling climate change and commitment to reach net zero by 2050,\" the spokesman said.\n\nThe spokesman added that, in building on the two nations' \"long history of cooperation in security and defence, the leaders \"re-committed to the Nato alliance and our shared values in promoting human rights and protecting democracy\".\n\nThe two leaders also talked about \"the benefits of a potential free trade deal\" between the UK and the US, with Mr Johnson reiterating his intention \"to resolve existing trade issues as soon as possible\".\n\nAfter the inauguration of any American president, a political spectator sport immediately begins: the order in which the new occupant of the White House speaks to other world leaders.\n\nIt is a crude metric of relative importance, but a metric nonetheless.\n\nI understand the call lasted for around 35 minutes and was the first conversation Joe Biden has had with a European leader as president.\n\nThe focus on climate change makes political and diplomatic sense. It's a topic where a Conservative prime minister and Democrat president can agree, and it matters particularly to the UK as the host of the COP26 UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow in November.\n\nBut when you compare what Downing Street said about the call and what the White House said, one thing leaps out.\n\nNo 10's readout refers to a conversation about a trade deal. President Biden's does not.\n\nIt's widely expected there'll be no such agreement any time soon.\n\nMr Johnson and Mr Biden \"looked forward to to meeting in person as soon as the circumstances allow\" and to working together during the forthcoming G7, G20 and COP26 summits, the spokesman added.\n\nA White House statement said Mr Biden \"conveyed his intention to strengthen the special relationship\" between the US and UK and \"revitalize transatlantic ties\".\n\nCongratulating Mr Biden and Ms Harris - who is the first woman and first black and Asian-American person to serve as vice-president - the PM said earlier that their inauguration was a \"step forward\" for the US, which had \"been through a bumpy period\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"It's a big moment for us - we have things we want to do together.\"\n\nMr Johnson said it was a \"big moment\" for the UK and the US and their \"joint common agenda\".\n\nThe BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg has said the Biden Presidency \"brings some hope to government\" because No 10 believes \"there is a lot of overlap\" between what Mr Biden and Mr Johnson want to do.\n\nThe US president has previously said that he does not want a \"guarded border\" between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland following Brexit, and that any UK-US post-Brexit trade deal had to be \"contingent\" on respect for the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nThe PM and Mr Biden have never met in real life, but the new US president once referred to Mr Johnson as a \"physical and emotional clone\" of Mr Trump.\n\nAfter winning the presidential election, Mr Biden phoned Mr Johnson ahead of other European leaders and expressed his desire to strengthen the historic \"special relationship\" between the two countries.", "Keon Lincoln died from a gunshot and stab wounds police said\n\nThree more teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 15-year-old who was attacked by a group of youths.\n\nKeon Lincoln was \"set upon\" at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday on Linwood Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, and died later in hospital, police said.\n\nA post mortem examination has revealed Keon died from a gunshot and stab wounds.\n\nDetectives have been granted extra time to question a 14-year-old boy arrested on Friday morning.\n\nAnother 14-year-old boy arrested later on Friday has been released under investigation.\n\nA boy, also aged 14, was arrested from his home in Birmingham on Saturday night, the force said.\n\nTwo other boys aged 15 and 16 were arrested from an address in Walsall in the early hours of Sunday.\n\nThe attackers fled the scene in a car which crashed into a house a short distance away\n\nDet Ch Insp Alastair Orencas, who is leading the murder inquiry, described the arrests as \"significant\".\n\n\"We are gathering a substantial amount of evidence which will take time to analyse, but we must be thorough to get justice for Keon's family.\n\n\"They have been fully updated with the latest developments.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Andrew RT Davies has taken over as leader of the Welsh Conservatives for the second time\n\nAndrew RT Davies has been named as the new leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd for a second time.\n\nMr Davies succeeds Paul Davies who resigned from his post on Saturday after drinking with other politicians in the Senedd, four days into a Wales-wide alcohol ban in licensed premises.\n\nIn a statement, Andrew RT Davies said it was \"a great honour and privilege\".\n\nHe has already announced his shadow cabinet, which includes four women.\n\nThere are no responsibilities for Paul Davies or Darren Millar, who also previously apologised for being part of the group who were drinking at the Senedd.\n\nMr Davies said his party \"will put forward a positive plan to get Wales moving again\" and \"unleash our country's potential\" at the Senedd election, scheduled for May.\n\n\"I'm pleased to have moved quickly this afternoon and announce my Welsh Conservative shadow cabinet which is built on the strong foundations of experience, talent and vision,\" he said.\n\n\"We are in a moment like no other, and the Covid-19 pandemic has sadly only served to shine a spotlight on the challenges in people's everyday lives.\n\n\"We shouldn't doubt our country's potential. Wales is full of ambitious people and communities that crave the opportunity to succeed.\"\n\nThe Conservatives' shadow cabinet reshuffle sees Angela Burns MS replace the new leader as shadow health minister and Mark Isherwood MS replace Darren Millar MS as chief whip.\n\nDavid Melding MS has been appointed shadow minister for mental health, wellbeing, culture and sport.\n\nJanet Finch-Saunders MS remains as shadow minister for environment, energy and rural affairs, and Suzy Davies MS in education, skills and Welsh language.\n\nLaura Anne Jones MS stays as shadow minister for equalities, children and young people, but with extra responsibilities for housing and local government.\n\nRussell George MS remains in the shadow cabinet, responsible for the economy, transport and mid Wales.\n\nIn 2018, Mr Davies, the Member of the Senedd for South Wales Central, quit as leader of the Conservative group after seven years in charge.\n\nHe was given the unanimous backing of fellow Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd.\n\nWelsh secretary Simon Hart, MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, tweeted his congratulations to \"a formidable campaigner\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAndrew RT Davies faced criticism earlier this month from former Tory politicians and Labour after comparing rioting in the US Congress to people who backed a second referendum on Brexit.\n\nThe deputy leader of the UK Labour Party said it was was a \"disgrace that the Welsh Conservatives\" had appointed \"this Donald Trump tribute act\" as leader.\n\nAngela Rayner MP said: \"Just weeks ago, Labour called on the Conservatives to suspend Andrew RT Davies and remove him as a candidate over his disgraceful and dangerous comments equating peaceful democratic debate in the UK with deadly violence at the US Capitol.\n\n\"The Conservative Party failed to act and he has refused to apologise.\n\n\"It is a disgrace that the Welsh Conservatives have just appointed him leader and their candidate for first minister of Wales.\n\n\"The people of Wales deserve so much better than this Donald Trump tribute act.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price MS said: \"After a car crash the backseat driver returns to put Wales in reverse.\n\n\"Once rejected by his own Senedd team, he will now embark on his pet project of stripping our Senedd of powers and setting Welsh democracy back decades.\"\n\nHis appointment comes just a day after Paul Davies stood down along with Tory MS Darren Millar, who was chief whip, in connection with the same incident.\n\nBoth have apologised for drinking alcohol with their meals on 8 and 9 December but both deny having broken the Covid-19 rules in place at the time.\n\nWelsh Conservatives chairman Glyn Davies said: \"They've both been friends of mine a long time but I could see the way the story was developing and I must say I think it was inevitable in the end.\n\n\"Obviously, I've been pretty disappointed with the position that we find ourselves in but this is politics and it's a challenge.\"\n\nAn investigation by the Senedd's authorities found five people, including four members of the Welsh Parliament, drank alcohol on its premises during the Wales-wide alcohol ban.\n\nA third member of the Senedd, Labour's Alun Davies, apologised earlier in the week and has been suspended by his party.\n\nBBC Wales has asked for clarification as to the identity of the fourth Senedd member investigators have referred to.\n\nPaul Smith, the Tory group chief of staff, was the fifth person involved.\n\nThe Senedd has referred the \"possible breach\" of Covid rules to Cardiff council and its own standards watchdog.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Mixed Martial Arts\n\nDustin Poirier (left) has had nine mixed martial arts fights since November 2016, while Conor McGregor has had just three Former two-weight world champion Conor McGregor was left stunned on his return to the UFC as Dustin Poirier claimed victory in their rematch at UFC 257. McGregor came out of retirement for a third time to face fellow 32-year-old Poirier at Abu Dhabi's Fight Island. And although the Irishman edged the first round, Poirier unleashed a flurry of punches to seal a technical knockout two minutes 32 seconds into round two. \"I'm gutted, it's a tough one to swallow,\" said McGregor. \"I felt stronger than him, but his leg kicks were good. I didn't adjust. My leg was badly compromised, I've never experienced those low calf kicks, and I wasn't as comfortable as I needed to be. \"I have no excuses. It was a phenomenal performance by Dustin. I have to dust it off and come back. I need activity, you don't get away with being inactive in this business.\"\n• None Trilogies, Pacquiao or YouTuber - what next for beaten McGregor?\n• None UFC 257 - All the action as it happened When the pair first met in a featherweight bout in September 2014, McGregor stopped the American inside 106 seconds, setting \"the Notorious\" on course for global stardom. He became the UFC's first simultaneous two-weight champion before facing Floyd Mayweather in one of the richest bouts in boxing history in 2017. Poirier, meanwhile, had to gradually work his way back into title contention and is now the number-two ranked lightweight contender, losing just two of his 13 fights since 2014. McGregor now has a 22-5 mixed martial arts record having lost three of his past six UFC fights McGregor has been relatively inactive though. Since losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018, he has had just 40 seconds in the octagon - beating Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone in style last January. But McGregor seemed to start well in front of about 2,000 fans at the new 18,000-capacity Etihad Arena. He survived an early takedown and pinned Poirier against the fence for most of the first round, landing a few shoulder strikes like those that did so much damage against Cerrone. McGregor said before the fight that what motivates him now is building a \"highlights reel like a movie\", and he tagged Poirier with a couple of right-hand shots. But, unlike their first fight, Poirier was unmoved. Poirier admitted McGregor won the mind games before they met in 2014. This time round, instead of swapping verbal barbs before the fight, McGregor pledged to donate $500,000 (£367,000) to Poirier's charity and at the weigh-in Poirier presented McGregor with a bottle of his own brand of Louisiana hot sauce. And it was the American southpaw that brought the heat midway through the second round. Having replied to that early pressure with a series of leg kicks, he pounced to inflict the first TKO/KO defeat of McGregor's MMA career and take his own record to 27-6. \"It was a lot of things, but it wasn't payback. That wasn't the driving force,\" said Poirier. \"The first time I was a deer in the headlights. This time I was just fighting another man who bleeds like me. \"The goal was to be technical, pick my shots and not brawl at all. Then I had him hurt so I went a little crazy.\" What now for Poirier? Poirier's first world title shot - against Nurmagomedov - came 31 fights into his MMA career Since beating McGregor in 2018, lightweight champion Nurmagomedov won unification bouts against Poirier and Justin Gaethje to stay undefeated, announcing his retirement immediately after beating Gaethje in October. Nurmagomedov's title is yet to be vacated and UFC president Dana White said this week that the Russian may consider returning for a rematch with McGregor or Poirier if he \"saw something spectacular\". But speaking after UFC 257, White said: \"He said to me, 'be honest with yourself, I'm so many levels above these guys. I've beaten these guys'. \"I don't know, it doesn't sound very positive, but he won't hold the division up.\" In the co-main event, former Bellator world champion Michael Chandler marked his UFC debut with an impressive first-round knockout of sixth-ranked lightweight Dan Hooker, who Poirier beat last time out. Poirier said: \"It was a great win, but to come in and beat a guy I just beat and get a title shot? I've had more than 20 UFC fights, fighting the toughest of the toughest guys to get my hands on gold [a belt]. \"Let Chandler and Charles Oliveira go at it. That [Chandler] doesn't interest me at this point - or I'll go and sell hot sauce. A rematch with Conor interests me, and I've always wanted to beat Nate Diaz.\" \"Conor McGregor's not an old dog, he's definitely ready to keep going. \"Going around doing other things is not what Conor needs. He's young, fit and still ready to go. He'll 100% be back.\"\n• None All the goals, highlights and drama from Saturday's fourth-round ties are", "Watch: Vaccine plea to prioritise those with learning disabilities\n\nAs high risk groups continue to be immunised, there are growing concerns that people with learning disabilities have been missed out. \"Just because we've got a learning disability, doesn't mean we should sit in the corner and rot,\" says Amanda. \"We need help now.\" \"There are so many people that are going to die, and it's not fair.\" \"Even before Covid, more than four in 10 people with a learning disability died of a lung condition like pneumonia,\" says Professor Tuffney-Wijne, of Kingston University. \"As a group of people, they really are at risk.\" Legal action is being taken against the Department of Health and Social Care, which says it is working hard to vaccinate all those at risk. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said it had made \"a clinical decision to prioritise those with profound and severe learning disabilities within our first six categories\".", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nBruno Fernandes' superb 78th-minute free-kick gave Manchester United victory in a thrilling FA Cup tie with old rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford.\n\nLiverpool led a fantastic contest through Mohamed Salah, who then equalised after Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford had struck for the hosts either side of the break.\n\nBut in a game which had everything last week's drab stalemate between this pair at Anfield lacked, Fernandes came off the bench to have the final word after Fabinho had fouled Edinson Cavani on the edge of the area.\n• None Don't worry about us, says Reds boss Klopp\n\nFernandes might have been slightly off the pace in recent games but when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needed his £47m inspiration to come up with another special moment, the Portuguese delivered, bending his shot round the wall and beyond Allison's reach.\n\nThe victory earns United a home meeting with an in-form West Ham side managed by former boss David Moyes in the fifth round.\n\nBut the search for form goes on for Liverpool, whose only win in seven games since that seven-goal hammering of Crystal Palace came against Aston Villa's kids in the last round, and who have a meeting with Jose Mourinho's Tottenham looming on Thursday.\n• None Watch all the goals from the FA Cup fourth round\n\nIt was not quite the ending Solskjaer served up when he won a previous fourth-round meeting between these sides but, as in 1999, they had to come from behind.\n\nAnd while Fernandes applied the devastating finish, that goal should not be allowed to overshadow Rashford's contribution to United's victory.\n\nSo much has been said about the England forward as a social crusader it is sometimes easy to forget he also needs to be judged as a footballer.\n\nAt only 23, he is still a long way off his prime but he is developing into an outstanding forward, with vision to match his speed and finishing ability.\n\nThe pass that created Greenwood's equaliser was superb. Taking possession just inside his own half, Rashford delivered a 60-yard pass with such accuracy all Greenwood needed to do was take one touch to control with his chest before drilling low into the far corner.\n\nRashford's raw pace put Liverpool's defence under constant stress and the delicate touch that took him past Rhys Williams by the touchline in a move that ended with Paul Pogba curling wide was sensational.\n\nAnd then there was his goal, which needed a perfectly-timed run to go beyond the Liverpool defence and reach Greenwood's through ball, and then a cool head to apply the finish.\n\nAt that point, it seemed United had the game under control. It did not quite work out that way and once again, Fernandes, who has won four Premier League player of the month awards out of the seven he has been eligible for since leaving Sporting Lisbon less than 12 months ago, underlined his credentials as English football's most influential player at present.\n\nSalah's effort was the first time Liverpool had been ahead at Old Trafford since January 2017, since when Liverpool have won both the Champions League and Premier League, a clear indication that whatever issues Jurgen Klopp is wrestling with at the moment, they are not insurmountable.\n\nThe finish for the striker's 18th goal of the season did not hint at a lack of confidence as he raced on to Roberto Firmino's precise through ball, having escaped the attentions of Victor Lindelof, and lifted his shot beyond the reach of Dean Henderson.\n\nEvidently, what Klopp needs is to find a solution in defence. Williams was shaky and at fault for Rashford's goal, while Fabinho was exposed by United in this game and Cavani exploited the Brazilian's defensive inexperience to earn the free-kick that won the game.\n\nEven so, after Salah equalised from close range after United had lost possession to James Milner and never recovered their position after working their way up-field from a short goal-kick, the visitors did have chances to win it themselves.\n\nBut Dean Henderson saved from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Salah before Fernandes struck - so Liverpool's wait for a first FA Cup win since 1921 at Old Trafford, and Jurgen Klopp's for a first win at United full stop, goes on.\n\nManchester United are next in action against Sheffield United in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Wednesday, 27 January (20:15GMT). Liverpool play at Tottenham on Thursday, 28 January (20:00GMT).\n• None Manchester United have eliminated Liverpool from the FA Cup proper for the 10th time; in the competition's history, only Liverpool themselves (12 v Everton) have knocked a particular side out more times (including finals).\n• None Liverpool have won just one of their past 15 matches at Old Trafford in all competitions (D4 L10), and are winless in their last eight at the ground (D4 L4).\n• None Manchester United have won each of their past eight home games in the FA Cup; only from 1908 to 1912 have they had a better winning run on home soil in the competition (9 games).\n• None Liverpool are the first reigning Premier League champion to be eliminated from the FA Cup as early as the fourth round since Manchester City in 2014-15.\n• None Liverpool have lost back-to-back games in all competitions for the first time since March 2020.\n• None Roberto Firmino has assisted Mohamed Salah for 18 goals in all competitions for Liverpool, the most any player has set up another for the Reds under Jurgen Klopp. Since they first played together in 2017-18, this is the most one player has assisted another for all Premier League sides in all competitions.\n• None Mason Greenwood scored his first goal for Man Utd in 11 appearances in all competitions, ending his longest run of games without a goal for the club. Aged 19 years and 115 days, he was the youngest Man Utd player to score against Liverpool since Wayne Rooney in January 2005 in the Premier League (19y 83d).\n• None Marcus Rashford has scored more goals at Old Trafford against Liverpool than he has against any other opponent on home soil for Manchester United (4).\n• None Since his Man Utd debut in February 2020, Bruno Fernandes has scored more goals than any other player for Premier League clubs (28).\n• None No player has scored more goals for Premier League clubs in all competitions this season than Salah for Liverpool (19, level with Harry Kane).\n• None Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.\n• None Paul Pogba (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Edinson Cavani (Manchester United) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.\n• None Goal! Manchester United 3, Liverpool 2. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None All the goals, highlights and drama from Saturday's fourth-round ties are", "A protester holds a poster that reads \"One for all and all for one\" in support of opposition leader Navalany\n\nTens of thousands of people rallied across Russia on Saturday in some of the largest demonstrations held against President Vladimir Putin in years.\n\nCrowds defied police to show support for opposition leader Alexei Navalny - who was arrested last weekend after returning to the country following a near-fatal nerve agent attack last year.\n\nMonitors say more than 3,000 were arrested for taking part in rallies in dozens of cities across the country.\n\nReuters estimated that some 40,000 gathered in Moscow alone, but authorities played down the figure and said only a tenth of that number showed up.\n\nRiot police were pictured dragging away and beating some protesters. The US and UK have condemned the heavy-handed response and called for the release of peaceful protesters.\n\nJosep Borrell, the EU foreign policy chief, also expressed concern and said foreign ministers would discuss \"next steps\" on Monday.\n\nOVD Info, an independent NGO that monitors rallies, said more than 1,200 had been detained in Moscow alone.\n\nDemonstrations, held from Russia's Far East to St Petersburg, were some of the biggest seen in years.\n\nIn Omsk protesters braced freezing temperatures of almost -30C (-22F) to protest against Mr Navalny's detention.\n\nAnd conditions were even colder, -52C (-62F), at another protest held in Yakutsk in Siberia.\n\nMr Navalny, a lawyer and blogger, has long been a thorn in the side of the Kremlin. He forged reputation as an anti-corruption campaigner and has become the most prominent face of the country's opposition.\n\nHe was arrested immediately on arrival into the country last Sunday after flying home from Germany, where he had been recovering from an attempted assassination attempt which he and investigative journalists have blamed on Russian authorities - a claim officials deny.\n\nPolice said Mr Navalny had violated parole conditions and have kept him in custody pending further hearings.\n\nMuch of the international community have condemned his arrest and called for his immediate release.\n\nMr Navalny called for street protests and his team further galvanised support this week after releasing an investigative documentary about an opulent Black Sea property allegedly owned by President Putin.\n\nThe investigation, now watched more than 70m times, alleges the property cost £1bn ($1.37bn) and was paid for \"with the largest bribe in history\" but the Kremlin denies it belongs to the president.\n\nRussian authorities had warned in advance of Saturday that any unauthorised demonstrations would be \"immediately suppressed\".\n\nSome demonstrators were pictured with injuries, including wounds to the head, following the promised crackdown.", "Vaccination appointments for people aged 70-79 are being delivered from Monday - but plans to use distinctive blue envelopes in some parts of the country have been delayed.\n\nThe aim is to have this group receive their first dose by mid-February.\n\nOn Sunday morning, the Scottish government said some letters would be sent out in blue envelopes and given Royal Mail priority.\n\nBut in a statement published later it said the envelopes were not yet ready.\n\nIt added that the change has no impact on the vaccination programme timetable.\n\nVaccinations for over-80s are continuing, with Nicola Sturgeon revealing on Sunday that about 40% of this age group had received a first dose of the vaccine.\n\nAll appointments will initially be sent out in white envelopes which will have a window and a black NHS logo on the right hand side.\n\nThe blue envelopes were due to be sent out in Fife, Forth Valley, Ayrshire and Arran, Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and Lothian as part of a new booking system.\n\nUnder the system, patients are scheduled in order of priority and more boards are expected to make use of the technology as the vaccination programme expands.\n\nA Scottish government spokesman said the blue envelopes would be introduced \"as quickly as possible\".\n\nHe added: \"The blue envelopes we hoped to use were not ready in time for the first tranche of vaccine appointment invitations so distinctive NHS branded white envelopes are being used as a temporary measure.\n\n\"The absolute priority remains the roll-out of vaccinations and this temporary change to the envelope colour has absolutely no impact to our timetable.\n\n\"We continue to strongly urge everyone in the 70-79 age group to check all their post in the coming weeks and take up the offer of the vaccine when it is received,\" he added.\n\nAccording to the Scottish government's vaccine deployment plan, the 470,000 people aged in the 70 and 79 age bracket should receive their first dose by mid-February.\n\nSome patients may receive a phone call from their local health board as part of the appointment process.\n\nAnd all patients aged 75 to 79 in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will be invited via phone.\n\nA Royal Mail spokesman said \"clearly marked envelopes\" would be used to make it easier for the postal service to identify and prioritise this mail during sorting and delivery process.\n\nHe added: \"We are poised to make these letters even more noticeable in the coming weeks as we have agreed.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Scottish government has said it is on track for all those aged 80 and over to have received their first dose of the vaccine by the end of the first week in February.\n\nThis age group are being contacted by telephone or another form of letter.\n\nMinisters have faced criticism over the pace of the vaccine rollout, and accusations that Scotland is \"lagging behind\" England on the vaccine roll-out.\n\nOpposition parties say vaccines are not being supplied to GPs' surgeries fast enough.\n\nAnd they point to the latest official figures which show that 13% of over 80s in Scotland had their first dose by Sunday 17 January, while 56.3% of same age group had been vaccinated in England.\n\nMs Sturgeon told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that, a week on, the figure had reached about 40%.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon says the over 70s are to receive their vaccine date\n\nThe UK government Health Secretary Matt Hancock told Andrew Marr on Sunday that 75% of over-80s and three-quarters of UK care homes had received a first Covid vaccine in England.\n\nAbout 95% of Scottish care home residents have received their first dose, Ms Sturgeon told the Scottish government briefing on Friday.\n\nShe said the over-80s roll-out has been slower because the Scottish government has \"very deliberately\" concentrated on vaccinating care home residents first, which is \"more time consuming and labour intensive\".\n\nThis was designed to target the most vulnerable and was in line with the priority list compiled by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises on vaccine rollout across the UK, she said.\n\nScotland's national clinical director Prof Jason Leitch has defended the plan, which has been challenged by the British Medical Association (BMA) for not getting second doses out quickly enough.\n\nProf Leitch told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"The difficulty with the BMA's position is that we would have to de-prioritise another group, either care home residents or the over-80s, in order to give a second dose to younger people.\n\n\"And that's what the Joint Committee on Vaccination have told us not to do.\n\n\"They have told us in very clear terms - give the first dose to as many vulnerable people as you can and that gives us the best chance of saving the most lives.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Deputy First Minister John Swinney told Politics Scotland that the Scottish government was \"actively exploring\" the possibility of stricter rules around facemasks.\n\nHe said the issue was being \"looked at\" after new rules announced in Germany last week required people to wear medical-grade facemasks on public transport and in shops.\n\nMr Swinney said progress was being made in reducing cases but hospitals were still under \"enormous pressure\" and it would be \"foolish\" to rule out strengthening restrictions further in the future.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nCheltenham Town came within nine minutes of one of the biggest shocks in recent FA Cup history before Manchester City staged a dramatic late rally to crush the dreams of the gallant League Two side.\n\nThe Robins, 72 places below City who sit second in the Premier League, threatened huge embarrassment for Pep Guardiola's side after Alfie May put Cheltenham ahead on the hour after a trademark long throw from captain Ben Tozer caused chaos in the area.\n\nCity, who made ten changes to the team that beat Aston Villa in the Premier League on Wednesday, spared their embarrassment when Phil Foden, the game's outstanding player, arrived at the far post to turn in substitute Joao Cancelo's long cross in the 81st minute.\n\nAnd the turnaround was complete three minutes later when a rare moment of slackness in the outstanding Cheltenham defence, with goalkeeper Josh Griffiths superb, switched off and Gabriel Jesus scored from Fernandinho's delivery.\n\nFerran Torres scored Manchester City's third with the last kick of the game to give the scoreline a cruel reflection on Cheltenham's heroic efforts.\n\nIt was so cruel on manager Michael Duff and his players, who now go back the battle for promotion from League Two, while City will be away at Swansea in the fifth round.\n\n\"I'm incredibly proud,\" the Robins boss said of his side's display. \"The players they brought on from the bench and they way they celebrated the goals tells you something. They know they've been in a game. They've done that to better teams than us.\"\n\nThe sight of Manchester City manager Guardiola disputing where Cheltenham could take a throw-in said everything about the way the League Two underdogs gave their mighty opponents a serious fright.\n\nTozer's throw-ins were causing all manner of problems and led to Cheltenham's goal but there was so much more to their performance than that set-piece weapon, a threat any manager in the game would utilise.\n\nCheltenham tried to play football when they got the chance, with goalscorer May, who has done the hard yards in non-league before playing for Doncaster and now Cheltenham, a leading light.\n\nRobins keeper Griffiths, who suffered the ignominy of being beaten from 71 yards by his Newport County opposite number Tom King in midweek, was in defiant form as he saved well from Riyad Mahrez and Torres, showing command throughout. Tozer's headed goalline clearance from Benjamin Mendy in the first half was also symbolic of their 'they shall not pass' approach.\n\nThere may have been no fans inside this compact stadium but there was still a real sense of occasion, the game being halted in the first half because of a firework display nearby.\n\nIn the end this will be a bitter disappointment to Cheltenham but they can be rightly proud and take huge confidence into their League Two promotion battle.\n\nDuff highlighted how financially important the cup run was for his club.\n\n\"It's essential,\" he added. \"Every pound coming in is probably worth a tenner in normal times.\n\n\"These games don't come around very often. It's a shame because [with fans] the place would've been bouncing. Would that have seen us through in the last 10 minutes? I'm not so sure - but the key is to enjoy it.\"\n\nGuardiola made 10 changes to his line-up to give Manchester City's shadow squad a chance to impress.\n\nSome, like the erratic Mendy, did not take that opportunity and it was someone establishing himself in City's side that spared the blushes of this expensively assembled squad.\n\nFoden was magnificent, so light on his feet with glorious ball control, endless creativity and the man pulling the strings for City even when they were struggling to break down resilient Cheltenham.\n\nThe 20-year-old was head and shoulders above his City team-mates. He was the one who was going to pull them out of their grim predicament if anyone was, and so it proved when he popped up with the crucial late equaliser that lifted Guardiola's team and deflated Cheltenham.\n\nFoden had already carved out chances for Mahrez and Gabriel Jesus that were not taken so it was a case of 'do it yourself' when he was the player on target.\n\nThe fact Guardiola was forced to use three subs in Ruben Dias, Ilkay Gundogan and Joao Cancelo once Cheltenham went ahead proved how worried the Premier League giants were.\n\nThis was an unimpressive, scratchy display from City's much-changed team, with Guardiola resting so many of the players who are giving them such an ominous look in the Premier League - luckily they had the brilliance of Foden to pull them out of a deep hole.\n\nGuardiola praised the England attacking midfielder for his impressive performance.\n\n\"Foden is in a great moment and with great confidence,\" he said.\n\n\"He is clinical in front of goal and he had a similar chance to the goal we scored at [Chelsea's] Stamford Bridge - he is playing really well.\"\n\nThe City manager suggested he was confident in the players he put out on the pitch.\n\n\"I didn't have regrets even when we were 1-0 down, we had clear chances from the first minute,\" he added.\n\n\"When they take advantage it gets complicated, but we got it to 1-1 and it was tight. We came here with humility and had the quality to make the difference.\"\n• None Cheltenham have lost all nine of their competitive meetings with Premier League sides, by an aggregate score of 6-23.\n• None City have won 10 consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since a run of 11 from August to October 2017.\n• None May's opener for Cheltenham was the first goal City had conceded in 509 minutes of action in all competitions, since Callum Hudson-Odoi's strike for Chelsea at the start of the month.\n• None Foden is City's top scorer in all competitions this season with nine goals in 25 appearances, one more than he netted in 38 games last season.\n• None Jesus has been involved in 12 goals in 13 FA Cup appearances for City, scoring eight and assisting four.\n• None May has scored four goals in his four FA Cup games for Cheltenham, with each of his eight goals in total in the competition coming in home games.\n• None Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 3. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.\n• None Attempt missed. Matty Blair (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high following a corner.\n• None Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 2. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernandinho with a through ball.\n• None Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. João Cancelo (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.\n• None Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Hear from the former US president as he reflects on his time in office\n• None How can you eat well for £1 a portion?", "Some of the party-goers have travelled from Newcastle and London, police said\n\nA student party that attracted people from up to 200 miles away has been broken up by police.\n\nSome of the guests were found hiding in cupboards when officers raided the gathering in Lower Loveday Street, Birmingham, on Friday night.\n\nOne officer was assaulted as one guest made off but was not hurt, West Midlands Police said.\n\nParty-goers had travelled to the event from places such as Newcastle, Nottingham and London.\n\nThe flats are private accommodation but predominantly used by students from Aston University and University College Birmingham, West Midlands Police said.\n\nInsp Steve Barnes added: \"We understand that young people are frustrated at not being able to enjoy themselves and I do feel their pain, but we have to stick to the rules so that we can get back to some sort of normality sooner rather than later.\n\n\"People are dying and we have to prevent the spread of this virus.\"\n\nOfficers were also called to a party on Soho Road where shop owners had set up a sound system, and a 30th birthday party attended by about 20 people in Kingstanding.\n\nAcross 32 breaches of Covid-19 lockdown rules on Friday night, the force issued 58 fines of £200 and five of £1,000.\n\nThe West Midlands is under an England-wide lockdown with people not allowed to leave home to meet others socially.\n\nOn Thursday, the government said fines of £800 would be introduced in England this week for anyone attending a house party of more than 15 people.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People made the most of the snowy slopes of Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset\n\nSevere weather warnings are in place across much of the UK after large parts of the country saw heavy snowfall.\n\nThe blanket of snow drew people outside for sledging and winter walks, but motorists have been warned to take extra care on icy roads with sub-zero temperatures forecast overnight.\n\nSeveral coronavirus vaccination and testing centres were closed in England and Wales due to the conditions.\n\nPolice reminded the public to keep to lockdown rules while out in the snow.\n\nOfficers in Wandsworth, south-west London, encouraged people with gardens to play in the snow at home.\n\nAnd police in Rutland, Leicestershire, were among several forces questioning why people were leaving their homes to go sledging.\n\nContinuing coronavirus lockdowns across the four UK nations mean most of the population must stay at home, except for a limited number of reasons.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. For cats Bonny and Freddy, the snow is a chance to explore. Credit: Rachel Prew\n\nAs well as four vaccination centres in Wales, six Covid testing centres in the West Midlands had to close due to heavy snow on Sunday.\n\nHighways England warned that the snow had caused collisions on the M3, M27 and M25 in southern England, with the agency urging drivers to only travel if absolutely necessary.\n\nThose using the roads for essential journeys have been urged to allow plenty of extra time for their travel and pedestrians and cyclists are also advised to be cautious.\n\nThe Met Office put a yellow weather warning for snow in place on Sunday, stretching from coast to coast in southern England and ending just south of Manchester.\n\nIt is also in place for western and northern areas of Scotland, most of Northern Ireland and all of Wales apart from Anglesey.\n\nAn amber warning for snow in Nottingham and Stoke meant travel disruption and power cuts were likely on Sunday evening.\n\nYellow weather warnings for ice are in place until 11:00 GMT Monday for all of Wales and Northern Ireland, northern and eastern Scotland and much of southern England and the Midlands.\n\nMany people swapped their usual daily bout of exercise for sledging on Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath, north London, but police urged people to stay at home\n\nGritters leapt into action near Touchen-end in Berkshire\n\nIn Wales, appointments at the Bridgend, Rhondda, Abercynon and Merthyr Tydfil coronavirus vaccination centres were rescheduled for safety reasons, the Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board said.\n\nUp to 1in (3cm) of snow was forecast to fall in most areas of Wales, with 4-6in (10-15cm) expected in the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia.\n\nIn the West Midlands, coronavirus testing centres at Castle Vale Stadium, the Arcadian Centre and Maypole Youth Centre were closed, Birmingham City Council said.\n\nFacilities in Moat Street, Coventry and The Place in Oakengates in Shropshire also closed, along with one in Lichfield, Staffordshire, local MP Michael Fabricant said.\n\nAnd in Devon, a gritting lorry overturned on Dartmoor. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMet Office forecaster Simon Partridge said a band of hail, sleet, snow and rain moved in through Wales and south-west England in the early hours before sweeping across the UK and stalling over the Midlands, which saw some of the heaviest snow.\n\nColeshill, near Birmingham, had seen had 3.5in (9cm) by Sunday lunchtime.\n\nThe snow clouds eased away on Sunday evening but overnight temperatures could be as low as -4C to -6C (25F to 21F) for a lot of the south of the UK, the forecaster added.\n\n\"Some localised spots, likely in the Midlands, could see it as low as -10C (14F),\" he said.\n\nSnowmen popped up in the grounds of Guildford Castle, Surrey\n\nAs shown on the M1 in Bedfordshire, the wintry showers have caused hazardous driving conditions\n\nChris Fawkes of BBC Weather said some stretches of the M4 and M5 had been completely covered in snow at some points on Sunday morning.\n\nHe said this was partly because traffic has been low due to lockdown restrictions - and vehicles are needed to help grit mix into snow to make it melt.", "People who have received a Covid-19 vaccine could still pass the virus on to others and should continue following lockdown rules, England's deputy chief medical officer has warned.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam stressed that scientists \"do not yet know the impact of the vaccine on transmission\".\n\nHe said vaccines offer \"hope\" but infection rates must come down quickly.\n\nMatt Hancock said 75% of over-80s in the UK have now had a first virus jab.\n\nBoth the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses, and figures so far reflect those given the first dose.\n\nThe health secretary told the BBC's Andrew Marr that around three quarters of care homes had also been vaccinated.\n\nProf Van-Tam said \"no vaccine has ever been\" 100% effective, so there is no guaranteed protection.\n\nIt is possible to contract the virus in the two- to three-week period after receiving a jab, he said - and it is \"better\" to allow \"at least three weeks\" for an immune response to fully develop in older people.\n\n\"Even after you have had both doses of the vaccine you may still give Covid-19 to someone else and the chains of transmission will then continue,\" Prof Van-Tam said.\n\n\"If you change your behaviour you could still be spreading the virus, keeping the number of cases high and putting others at risk who also need their vaccine but are further down the queue.\"\n\nLast week, the person coordinating Israel's Covid response reportedly suggested a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine might not be as effective as reported.\n\nIsrael has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world against coronavirus, with scientists keenly watching data shared by the country for signs of how effective the vaccine is when given to the whole population.\n\nThe country's health minister Yuli Edelstein told the Andrew Marr Show that some people \"still get sick\" with coronavirus after getting the first dose of the vaccine, but said there were \"some encouraging signs of less severe diseases, less people hospitalised after the first dose\".\n\nSenior doctors have called on health officials in England to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nThe maximum wait was extended from three to 12 weeks in order to get the first jab to more people across the UK.\n\nBut the British Medical Association said the policy was \"difficult to justify\" and the gap should be reduced to six weeks.\n\nIts chair, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, told the BBC there were \"growing concerns\" that the vaccine could become less effective with doses 12 weeks apart.\n\nResponding to the criticism, Prof Van-Tam said: \"What none of these (who ask reasonable questions) will tell me is: who on the at-risk list should suffer slower access to their first dose so that someone else who's already had one dose (and therefore most of the protection) can get a second?\"\n\nA further 32 vaccine sites are set to open across England this week.\n\nMore than 5.8 million people in the UK have received their first dose of a vaccine, according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.\n\nNHS England said new vaccine sites were preparing to open across England from Monday.\n\nThey include Dudley's Black Country Living Museum, which doubled as a set for TV series Peaky Blinders, Plymouth Argyle FC's stadium Home Park and an old Ikea store in Stratford, London.\n\nThe 32 sites will prioritise health and social care staff on Monday, and other priority patients from Tuesday.\n\nThey will bring the number of mass vaccination sites across England to 49 - as well as 70 pharmacies, more than 1,000 GP surgeries and 250 hospitals offering the jab.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday that more than a third of over-80s had received their first dose of a vaccine.\n\nMore than half of over-80s in Northern Ireland have had the jab, though Health Minister Robin Swann said \"it will take time\" for the programme to have a \"major effect.\"\n\nIn Wales, four vaccination centres have been shut as officials brace for more snowy weather.\n\nProf Van-Tam stressed that the UK needs to \"bring the number of cases down as soon as we can whilst we vaccinate our most vulnerable\".\n\nAnother 1,348 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Saturday, in addition to 33,552 new infections.\n\nThere were 4,076 Covid patients were on hospital ventilators in the UK as of Friday, according to government data.\n\nThat is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.\n\nHow has coronavirus affected you? What have been your experiences of vaccination, lockdown, work or travel? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Rescuers in China have freed the first of a group of miners who have been trapped 600m underground for two weeks, state media report.\n\nAn explosion closed the entrance tunnel to the Hushan gold mine in Shandong province on 10 January.\n\nTV footage from China has shown the first miner being brought to the surface, as emergency workers applaud.", "Jim Haynes was both an icon and a relic of the Swinging Sixties, an American in Paris who was famous for inviting hundreds of thousands of strangers to dinner at his home. He died this month.\n\nLast February, I took my last trip abroad before lockdown closed in on us. I bought a last-minute ticket and jumped on the Eurostar to Paris, motivated by a sudden urge to have dinner with a friend. Jim Haynes had entered his late 80s and his health was declining, yet I knew he would welcome a visit. Jim always welcomed visitors.\n\nThe essence of that trip now feels like the antithesis of Covid times. I was far from the only guest wandering into the warm glow of his atelier in the 14th arrondissement on a wet winter's night. Inside, people were squeezing, shoulder to shoulder, through the narrow kitchen. Strangers struck up conversations, bunched together in groups, balancing their dinners on paper plates and reaching over each other to press the plastic spout on a communal box of wine.\n\nJim had operated open-house policy at his home every Sunday evening for more than 40 years. Absolutely anyone was welcome to come for an informal dinner, all you had to do was phone or email and he would add your name to the list. No questions asked. Just put a donation in an envelope when you arrive.\n\nThere would be a buzz in the air, as people of various nationalities - locals, immigrants, travellers - milled around the small, open-plan space. A pot of hearty food bubbled on the hob and servings would be dished out on to a trestle table, so you could help yourself and continue to mingle. It was for good reason that Jim was nicknamed the \"godfather of social networking\". He led the way in connecting strangers, long before we outsourced it all to Silicon Valley.\n\nA ballet dancer staying with Jim in the late 1970s suggested cooking for him and friends to repay the hospitality; the dinners became weekly for 40-plus years\n\nI only knew Jim in his later years, but his entire life was extraordinary. Born in Louisiana in 1933, he had lived in Venezuela as a teenager; founded the alternative culture centre Arts Lab in London, where he mixed with David Bowie, John Lennon and Yoko Ono; ran a sexual liberation magazine in Amsterdam, and all before becoming a university lecturer in sexual politics in Paris, his home since 1969.\n\nAnd yet he was often seen as a son of Scotland, following an influential stint there in the late '50s and late '60s, when he established Edinburgh's first paperback bookshop, co-founded the Traverse Theatre and helped kickstart the Fringe festival.\n\nWhen Jim died, at 87, earlier this month, a Herald obituary called him \"the unofficial agent for the beat generation in Scotland\".\n\nWhile a lot of highly regarded people tend to retreat into their own circles after finding success, Jim never stopped reaching out to new people. The first time I heard from him was an email out of the blue in 2008.\n\nI had written a newspaper article from Barcelona - not the one in Spain but the one on the coast of Venezuela - and it had brought back memories for him. His father worked in the oil business and had moved the family there when Jim was in his early teens.\n\nMy article was about meeting people through the Couchsurfing website, where locals opened their homes to strangers for free around the world. This was before AirBnB worked out how to monetise the idea, and the concept of non-commercial cultural exchange was right up Jim's street. \"When you are back in Europe, come to dinner,\" he wrote, promising to tell me about an old travel project of his own that he thought I might like.\n\nIntrigued, I headed to Paris soon after my return. I had imagined some sort of intimate dinner party with cultural elites, but what I found was more like a student house party - albeit with more mature attendees and only moderate alcohol consumption. (Jim was teetotal and proceedings ended strictly by 23:00.)\n\nJim never cooked himself, instead he invited guest cooks\n\nJim instantly greeted me like an old friend and, as we chatted, he reached up on to his living room shelves to offer me a book. People to People read the cover line. It was the project he had wanted to tell me about.\n\nHe explained that, in the late 1980s, he had founded a guidebook series for countries behind the Iron Curtain. Instead of the standard descriptions of sights and hotel listings, the format was like an address book, including the contact details for hundreds of in-country hosts. The idea was that if people could not easily see the Western world themselves, he would bring it to them via travellers. It was \"couchsurfing\", but offline.\n\nThe hand-sized copy he pressed into my palm centred on Poland. I loved it and decided to travel there to see if the participants were still up for receiving random visitors, even though so much had changed.\n\nJim created the People to People guidebooks for multiple Eastern European countries\n\nEach person was filed under the town where they lived, followed by two or three lines, including their address, date of birth, phone number and hobbies. Through a combination of Google and snail-mail, I managed to get hold of several of them. Most had all known Jim either personally or through friends of friends. All had fond memories of the project and all were still willing to act as local guides to show me around.\n\nIn Gdansk, I asked civil servant Krystyna Wróblewska why she had signed up originally. She told me she had been working as a media fixer, helping reporters cover the anti-communist shipyard strikes. \"They [the media] went looking for women with handkerchiefs on their heads and horses with carts, perpetuating the same old picture. I suppose I wanted to meet people to subvert stereotypes and show that not all the pictures you have in your head are real.\"\n\nKrystyna Wroblewska signed up in the late 1980s to show travellers around Gdansk\n\n\"It surprised me how easy it was,\" Jim insisted to me. He produced guides for Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, the Baltics and Russia, featuring thousands upon thousands of locals. Some of his contacts came from his personal, multi-volume address books, and he got new sign-ups after placing interviews in local papers and jazz magazines.\n\n\"Some of the older people in Russia were scared about being put on a Western list, because they thought it would be easier to be rounded up and carted away,\" he said. \"But a lot of younger people wanted to be in the book… I was getting sackfuls of mail. I'm sure the local postman wondered what the hell was going on.\"\n\nOver the years, the authorities often wondered what was going on at Jim's place. Not least during the period when he started issuing fake passports. It was back in the 1970s, after he had caught wind of an American traveller, who, 20 years before, had renounced his American citizenship and created his own \"world passport\".\n\nFor Jim, non-national passports seemed to encapsulate his ideals of peace and global freedom. So he turned his home into an \"embassy\" and started producing world passports for anyone who wanted one. The documents were so convincing that some people used them to cross borders.\n\n\"Look, you can't do this any more. You have to stop making passports,\" exasperated French police would say when they came to his door. But Jim continued until he ended up in court. Though he was eventually acquitted of fraud and counterfeiting, he was found guilty of \"confusing the public\".\n\nJim always dismissed the idea that it was a naïve undertaking, but he was trusting to a fault, according to some of his friends, and this led to financial mistakes and legal troubles over the years. He wouldn't deal with problems, waiting until they blew up instead.\n\n\"I often had to stop him signing things. Sometimes he didn't even read them,\" says Jesper, his son, who was born during Jim's marriage to Viveka Reuterskiold in the 1960s.\n\nJesper grew up in Stockholm after they separated, but visited Paris every summer from the age of 10.\n\n\"There were mattresses on every spare bit of floor, people sleeping everywhere,\" he says, as he recalls his earlier visits. \"It was exciting and fun, but sometimes I felt jealous. Lots of people did. People were very possessive of him. People wanted to claim him, but he was unclaimable.\"\n\nJesper credits his father with opening the world to him. He used Jim's contacts books extensively as he travelled and he is currently living with his own family in Bangkok, where he briefly replicated the Sunday dinners. \"Just for six months... It was a lot of work.\"\n\nDuring the 1990s, the crowds started to dwindle at the Paris dinners, as the original hippy crowd aged. But then a new wave of younger visitors started to get in touch. The bloggers had discovered him.\n\n\"The internet both ruined and saved the dinners,\" says Seamas McSwiney, a close friend who helped on Sunday evenings for decades. \"It became less spontaneous as people tried to book six months ahead - which was anathema to how Jim travelled and also annoying as those people were more likely to do a no-show - but at the same time, these online articles re-energised the idea. There was a younger crowd and new momentum.\"\n\nAt the dinners' peak, Jim would welcome up to 120 guests, filling his atelier and spilling out into the cobbled back garden. An estimated 150,000 people have come over the years.\n\n\"The door was always open,\" says Amanda Morrow, an Australian journalist who stayed with Jim for a year-and-a-half. \"It was a revolving door of guests - some who wanted to stay over, and others who just wanted to say hello. Jim never said no to anyone.\"\n\nThe only thing that really got Jim down was people leaving,\" says Jesper. \"He struggled with that. He didn't like being on his own... Though fortunately there was usually a new person to distract him.\"\n\nIn the final years, Jim would sit quietly, as others gravitated into his orbit. On my last visit, he looked frail and pained by his various ailments, but he also had an air of contentment, clearly never tiring of being the conduit for human interactions.\n\n\"I was wondering when you'd come back,\" he said to me, in the rasping American accent he somehow had never lost.\n\nHere was a man who had spent time with Lennon and Bowie, who was once friends with Sonia Orwell and used to walk round Paris with Samuel Beckett. And yet he made everyone feel special. Every connection mattered.\n\n\"It felt like politician's trick, but it was natural,\" says Seamas.\n\nIn very recent times, Covid restrictions reduced the dinners' clockwork schedule, but his friends say he was not depressed by the pandemic. He had figured the get-togethers would resume and, until then, had enjoyed a smaller stream of visiting carers and, whenever possible, friends.\n\nAmid the outpouring of online tributes since his death in his sleep on 6 January, these words from Jesper stand out: \"His goal from early on was to introduce the whole world to each other. He almost succeeded.\"\n\nYou may also be interested in:", "The EHIC card is making way for the GHIC card under a new agreement with the EU\n\nUK residents can apply for a Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) to access emergency medical care in the EU when their current EHIC card runs out.\n\nUnder a new agreement with the EU, both cards will offer equivalent healthcare protection when people are on holiday, studying or travelling for business.\n\nThis includes emergency treatment as well as treatment needed for a pre-existing condition.\n\nThe new GHIC card is free and can be obtained via the official GHIC website.\n\nCurrent European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) are valid as long as they are in date, and can continue to be used when travelling to the EU.\n\nYou don't need to apply for a GHIC until your current EHIC expires.\n\nPeople should apply at least two weeks before they plan to travel to ensure their card arrives on time.\n\nHealth Minister Edward Argar said: \"Our deal with the EU ensures the right for our citizens to access necessary healthcare on their holidays and travels to countries in the EU will continue.\n\n\"The GHIC is a key element of the UK's future relationship with the EU and will provide certainty and security for all UK residents.\"\n\nIf a UK resident is travelling without a card, they are still entitled to necessary healthcare, and should contact the NHS Business Services Authority (which covers the whole of the UK), which can arrange for payment should they require treatment when abroad.\n\nEHICs from EU member states will continue to be accepted by the NHS.\n\nIt is advised that anyone travelling overseas, whether to the EU or elsewhere in the world, should take out comprehensive travel insurance.", "A video featuring footage of a County Mayo man being consumed by fits of laughter while trying to record a birthday message for his son, has gone viral.\n\nVincent McDonnell was sending the message to his son David, who was celebrating his 40th birthday in Australia.\n\nHis younger son Paul got the video rolling, but the pair could not contain their laughter as they racked up the attempts.\n\nThe video has been viewed more than 1.5m times on Paul's Twitter account.", "The UK economy will \"get worse before it gets better\" as the country battles the pandemic, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned.\n\nThe chancellor told MPs the new national restrictions were necessary to control the spread of coronavirus.\n\nHowever, he said they would have a further significant economic impact,\n\n\"Even with the significant economic support we've provided, over 800,000 people have lost their job since February,\" he said.\n\n\"Sadly, we have not and will not be able to save every job and every business.\n\n\"But I am confident that our economic plan is supporting the finances of millions of people and businesses.\"\n\nThe chancellor said \"the road ahead will be tough\", but maintained that the government was \"taking the difficult but right long-term decisions for our country\".\n\nHe said that fiscal stimulus provided so far amounted to more than £280bn, while 1.2 million employers had furloughed almost 10 million employees.\n\nAt the same time, three million people had benefited from self-employment grants.\n\nMr Sunak said he would \"bear in mind\" calls to extend business rate relief and provide further support for the hospitality sector at the Budget in March.\n\nShadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds accused Mr Sunak of being \"out of ideas\" and providing \"nothing new\".\n\nShe said: \"The purpose of an update is to provide us with new information, not to repeat what we already know.\"\n\nThe chancellor's words reflect the fact that with a widespread lockdown, the first months of 2021 are likely to see a further contraction in the UK economy and probably an official double-dip recession. This reflects the physical shutdown nationwide of hospitality and retail, as well as the effect in the data of school shutdowns too.\n\nIn addition, consumers and workers are likely to be more cautious as the vaccine starts to be rolled out. So this is a very odd sort of economic tripwire. The challenge in the next weeks and months gets bigger, although not as big as it was last April. But beyond that, there is the hope of something normal.\n\nThe implication for the chancellor as he prepares a vital early March Budget, however, is further delay to the measures, such as tax rises, to deal with historic levels of pandemic government borrowing.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK is at the \"worst point\" of the pandemic, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned, but said the actions of the public \"could make a difference\".\n\nAt a No 10 briefing, Mr Hancock pleaded with people to follow the government's Covid rules until the vaccine could provide a \"way out\" of the pandemic.\n\nThe government earlier published its plan to immunise tens of millions of people by spring.\n\nSo far 2.3 million people in the UK have had a first Covid vaccine shot.\n\nAnd a total of 2.6 million doses have been given out across the country, with some people having received both doses.\n\nMr Hancock said the new variant of coronavirus was putting the NHS under \"significant pressure\", adding it was \"imperative\" that people limit their social contacts.\n\n\"The NHS, more than ever before, needs everybody to be doing something right now - and that something is to follow the rules,\" he said.\n\n\"I know there has been speculation about more restrictions, and we don't rule out taking further action if it is needed, but it is your actions now that can make a difference.\"\n\nThe health secretary said he could \"rule out\" tightening restrictions by removing support and childcare bubbles, however.\n\nHis comments follow similar warnings from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty, who said that the next few weeks will be \"the worst\" of the pandemic for the NHS.\n\nAccording to the latest figures, there have been another 529 deaths within 28 days of a positive test in the UK, and another 46,169 cases reported. There are also more than 32,000 people in hospital with coronavirus, data shows.\n\nMatt Hancock has previously said he's learned to rule nothing out when it comes to dealing with the pandemic.\n\nBut today he took the unusual step of doing just that.\n\nSupport bubbles and childcare bubbles, hugely valued by so many, will stay.\n\nSenior Whitehall sources have previously told me bubbles were \"untouchable\" but for a minister to say as much, so explicitly and on the record, means there's now very little wriggle room for the government to change its mind.\n\nMinisters will know that scrapping bubbles, for those that rely on them, could have proved deeply unpopular. But this certainty is a rarity.\n\nWhilst the current emphasis is on compliance, the idea of toughening up controls in other areas is not being ruled out.\n\nThe vaccine delivery plan says it is expected to take until spring to give a first dose to all 32 million people in the UK's priority groups, including everyone over 55 and those who are clinically vulnerable.\n\nUnder the plan, the government has pledged to carry out at least two million vaccinations in England per week by the end of January, which it says will be made possible by rolling out jabs at 206 hospital sites, 50 vaccination centres and around 1,200 local vaccination sites.\n\nIt also reiterates the government's aim of offering vaccinations to around 15 million people in the UK - the over-70s, older care home residents and staff, frontline healthcare workers and the clinically extremely vulnerable - by mid-February.\n\nAccording to Mr Hancock, two fifths of over-80s have now received their first dose, and almost a quarter of care home residents have received theirs.\n\nAlso at the briefing, NHS England's national medical director, Prof Stephen Powis, said the NHS was aiming to vaccinate the rest of the top nine priority groups by April, with a final push to offer all adults over 18 a jab by the autumn.\n\nHe stressed it would take until February before there were \"early signs\" that vaccination was leading to a drop in hospitalisations.\n\nThe country has still not seen the full impact of the Christmas loosening of lockdown restrictions, Prof Powis added, although he noted there are now 13,000 more Covid patients in hospital than there were on Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking in Bristol earlier, Mr Johnson warned the vaccination programme was in a \"race against time\" because of pressure on the NHS.\n\nHe said it was \"a very perilous moment because everyone can sense the vaccine is coming in - my worry is that will breed false complacency\".\n\nThe newly-published vaccination plan also says ministers are aiming to offer jabs at more than 2,700 sites across the UK.\n\nAnd it says that daily vaccination figures for England will be published from now on - showing the total number vaccinated to date, including first and second doses.\n\nEarlier, NHS England's chief executive, Sir Simon Stevens, told MPs that there was a \"strong case\" for asking the the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to consider prioritising \"teachers and other key workers\" for vaccination after the \"first nine [priority] groups have been vaccinated\".\n\nA quarter of coronavirus admissions to hospital are for people under the age of 55, he added.\n\nIn the first four weeks of the vaccination campaign, the NHS did 1.3 million vaccinations.\n\nNews that in the past week almost the same again has been done shows progress is being made - even though there has been some concern rollout to care home residents has been slower than hoped.\n\nHitting two million doses a week is the next target - and is something the NHS is aiming to get close to this week.\n\nWith more vaccination sites opening by the day, it should be achievable as long as there is good supply.\n\nThere is already enough vaccine in the country to vaccinate all 15 million people in the highest at-risk groups that have been promised an offer of a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nHowever, not all of it has been through the final safety checks or been packaged up ready for distribution.\n\nChallenges remain, but even at this early stage it is clear there is growing optimism that the programme is on track.\n\nAs seven mass vaccination centres opened across England on Monday, NHS England said hundreds more GP-led and hospital services would also open later this week.\n\nBut with all centres, people will need to wait until they receive an invitation.\n\nTwo vaccines - Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca - are currently being administered in the UK.\n\nOn Friday, a third coronavirus vaccine - made by US company Moderna - was approved for use, although supplies are not expected to arrive until spring.\n\nVaccine programmes are also progressing in the UK's devolved nations.\n\nAll over-50s and everyone who is at greater risk from Covid in Wales will be offered a vaccine by spring, under new plans.\n\nAnd Scotland's health secretary has said every aged over 80 or over in the nation will be offered a jab by February, while care workers in Northern Ireland who provide services to ill or elderly patients living at home can now book an appointment to get a Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar lockdown measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has questioned why there are \"less restrictions in place\" now than there were last March.\n\nIn his first speech of the year, he said: \"I do think it's time to hear from the scientists [about] what else could be done and that probably should be done in the next few hours\".\n\nMeanwhile, the United Arab Emirates is being removed from the UK list of travel corridors amid a spike in Covid cases.\n\nAnd England's Test and Trace scheme has revised one of its definitions of a \"close contact\" - the people who need to be reached if they have been near to someone who has tested positive for Covid.\n\nThis now refers to anyone who has been within two metres of someone for more than 15 minutes, whether in a single period or cumulatively over the course of one day.\n\nPreviously the definition was just a single period of at least 15 minutes.", "Rani has co-hosted BBC One's Countryfile since 2015\n\nCountryfile host Anita Rani is to join Emma Barnett as a presenter of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.\n\nShe will present the Friday and Saturday editions of the long-running programme, beginning on 15 January.\n\nRani, 43, said she had \"long been a fan\" of the programme and that she was \"really looking forward to getting to know the listeners and discussing issues that matter to them the most\".\n\nLong-time hosts Jane Garvey and Dame Jenni Murray left the show last year.\n\nBarnett, 35, who made her name on Radio 5 Live and Newsnight, made her Woman's Hour debut on 4 January. She hosts the show from Monday to Thursday.\n\nWriting on Twitter, Rani said it was \"an honour\" to be joining Radio 4's \"mothership\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by anita rani This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRani joined the BBC's Asian Network in 2005 and is a regular presenter on BBC Radio 2. She is also known for her appearances on The One Show and Watchdog, and for competing on the 2015 series of Strictly Come Dancing.\n\n\"Woman's Hour has always given a voice to people who may not be heard elsewhere and I want to continue that important tradition,\" she said.\n\nRadio 4 controller Mohit Bakaya said he wanted the station to \"better reflect and be relevant to the audience across the UK\". Rani will bring \"a wealth of broadcasting experience\" as well as a \"valuable\" perspective and insight, he added.\n\nComedian Shappi Khorsandi was among those to welcome her new role, saying she would be \"listening even more\".\n\nRani's appointment means the new Woman's Hour presenters are considerably younger than their predecessors. Dame Jenni was 70 when she left on 1 October, while Garvey was 56 when she signed off last month.\n\nEmma Barnett took the reins of Woman's Hour earlier this month\n\nBefore leaving, Garvey expressed a hope that whoever joined Barnett would be closer to her own age.\n\n\"Emma is in her 30s and that's great,\" she told the Daily Telegraph. \"It will give the programme a real energy, which I think is brilliant.\n\n\"So I think the person working alongside her should be somebody nearer my age to make sure we give the audience as broad a range of life experience and interests as possible. I would prefer it if the other presenter were in her 50s.\"\n\nBarnett had an eventful first week on the Radio 4 institution, opening her stint by reading out a message from The Queen.\n\nTwo days later, one of her guests dropped out of a discussion after objecting to remarks the presenter made about her off air.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A twenty-year-old from Cambridgeshire who spent a week in intensive care with Covid-19 says he can't believe so many young people are in denial about the virus.\n\nJay Clack fell ill on December 27th and within five days, 80% of his lungs has stopped functioning.\n\nWhile in intensive care he had a goodbye phone call with his family.\n\nBut now, he's showing signs of recovery and spoke to the BBC's Jon Ironmonger.", "The police are stepping up enforcement because they believe many people breaking the Covid regulations are doing so because they are stubborn, not because they don’t understand what is allowed.\n\nThe public, police, and legal experts do struggle to keep up with the ever-changing rules.\n\nBut the organisers of a party on a boat in Hertfordshire, the passengers on a minibus heading for Wales, and the couple who travelled 120 miles to \"watch seals\" would have struggled to explain to the officers issuing them with fines that they were confused.\n\nThose were clear breaches. More complicated is the fine line between the law - which police officers can enforce - and the government guidance, which they can’t.\n\nNo law says exercise can only be conducted once a day, or for a specific duration. These are pieces of firm guidance, along with the request to \"stay local\", which resulted in criticism of the prime minister after his bike ride in east London.\n\nIt would be difficult to set a distance limit which would work for both people living in rural areas and inner cities. Impossible to prove that a 65-minute run was in breach of the law.\n\nWhich is why the success of the measures will rely on personal responsibility in the end.\n\nAnd why some experts are saying that different messages such as \"act like you’ve got it\" or \"thanks for doing the right thing\" might cut through better than a list of regulations to be obeyed.", "Seven new mass vaccination centres have opened up across England to help deliver the Coronavirus vaccine, as the Prime Minister says we are facing a \"perilous moment\" in the fight against the virus.\n\nThe Centre of Life in Newcastle is home to one of them, with others in Bristol, Epsom, London, Manchester, Stevenage and Birmingham.\n\nInitially they will be used to vaccinate the over 80's, alongside NHS staff and health and social care workers. It's part of a drive that the government hopes will see 15 million people vaccinated against the virus by mid-February.", "But it delivered a fascinating look behind the scenes at two cutting-edge ways the firm is creating video content.\n\nThe first involved the use of a giant screen which is matched with movement-sensors on a camera to create a fake backdrop that shifts in turn with the lens.\n\nA similar technique was pioneered by Industrial Light & Magic and used in the Star Wars spin-off series The Mandalorian, but this opens the door to other filmmakers.\n\nThe screens involved use Sony's Crystal LED technology, which the firm first unveiled at CES in 2012, but has been unable to bring low down enough in price to take mainstream.\n\nIn effect, this is its version of micro-LED tech, using millions of tiny light emitting diodes (LEDs) to match the number of pixels. The result is much greater brightness and contrast than a normal LCD or OLED display would be capable of.\n\nThe background footage moves in time with the camera to aid the illusion Image caption: The background footage moves in time with the camera to aid the illusion\n\nUntil now, the firm has marketed the tech at building owners wanting the ultimate video walls. But this has the potential to help film and advert-makers place actors within environments they can see, rather than relying on greenscreen effects.\n\nThe second innovation was the creation of an \"immersive reality\" performance, which uses body sensors to create a highly-detailed animated version of an artist.\n\nIt was demoed by the singer-songwriter Madison Beer.\n\nMotion capture has been used for years to add special effects to characters in movies and to place real-world actors into video games.\n\nBut the aim here is to create a lifelike representation of a performer on stage at a concert.\n\nThe footage shown didn't quite escape the \"uncanny valley\" - there's still some way to go before we can't tell the difference between a real person and even a highly detailed avatar.\n\nBut it's easy to imagine that the tech being more impressive when viewed in virtual reality, where users can move about and choose their view.\n\nThe computer-generated image looks less real the closer you get to the performer Image caption: The computer-generated image looks less real the closer you get to the performer\n\nUntil now, VR apps of concerts have either offered a pick of different static camera locations or involved much lower-resolution characters.\n\nWith Covid meaning it's impossible for artists to tour, this second-best experience could be very timely when it's offered to PlayStation VR headsets and other devices soon.", "John Lewis is suspending its click and collect services and tightening safety measures after a \"change in tone\" from the government over the virus.\n\nThe department store will also pause in-home services, unless they are \"essential to customers' wellbeing\".\n\nThe retailer said it felt the changes were right with the country at a \"critical point in the pandemic\".\n\nHowever customers will be able to collect John Lewis orders from Waitrose stores.\n\nWaitrose, which belongs to the John Lewis Partnership, is also tightening rules over face coverings, following moves from the other supermarkets to make face masks mandatory for shoppers unless they have a medical exemption.\n\n\"We've listened carefully to the clear change in tone and emphasis of the views and information shared by the UK's governments in recent days,\" said Andrew Murphy, Executive Director, Operations.\n\n\"While we recognise that the detail of formal guidance has not changed, we feel it is right for us - and in the best interests of our Partners and customers - to take proactive steps to further enhance our Covid-security and related operational policies.\"\n\nJohn Lewis said click and collect from its department stores would be switched off for new orders from the end of Tuesday.\n\nExisting orders and bookings for services, such as installing washing machines, will still be carried out, if customers wish to proceed, but there will be no further bookings for non-essential services.\n\nMany other shops from coffee chains to craft suppliers are offering click and collect services. However, with the continued rise in coronavirus cases the government is examining ways to reduce social contact further.\n\nThe book chain Waterstones stopped offering click and collect services from its shops at the start of the current lockdown.\n\nMarks and Spencer said it was continuing to offer customers the opportunity to collect other items at its food halls, which are still open for grocery shopping.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gary Furlong described his son as \"an amazing, kind boy\"\n\nThe father of one of three men murdered in a park terror attack has called on the home secretary to \"tell us why\" the killer was deemed safe to be free.\n\nGary Furlong, whose son James, 36, was killed in Reading's Forbury Gardens attack in June, said it was \"beyond\" him why Khairi Saadallah was considered \"not a danger to the public\".\n\nSaadallah was jailed for the rest of his life over the murders.\n\nThe Home Office has not yet responded to a BBC request for comment.\n\nAt the time of the attack Home Secretary Priti Patel said: \"We must learn the lessons from what has happened... to prevent anything like this from happening again.\"\n\nDuring his trial, London's Old Bailey heard Saadallah \"executed\" James Furlong, David Wails, 49, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, as an \"act of religious jihad\" on the afternoon of 20 June.\n\nHe was jailed on Monday having previously admitted the three murders and the attempted murders of three other men.\n\nKhairi Saadallah admitted three counts of murder and three of attempted murder\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said a Serious Further Offence (SFO) review had been completed into how Saadallah was managed by the National Probation Service.\n\nThe victims' families would be offered a meeting to discuss the findings of the review, it added.\n\nIt comes after the killer had been subject to licence conditions at the time of the attack.\n\nThe court previously heard on the 18 June, two days before the attack, Saadallah's probation officer had emailed his mental health team as he had been talking about \"magic\".\n\nSaadallah also contacted the mental health crisis team himself, but he did not not open the door when they visited on 19 June.\n\nThe court heard Saadallah, who arrived in Britain from Libya in 2012, had previously been involved with militias who had been part of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, and was pictured handling weapons, including firearms.\n\nSince seeking asylum in Britain, he had been repeatedly arrested and convicted of various offences, including theft and assault, between 2013 and 2020.\n\nAnalysis of Saadallah's phone revealed an interest in extremist material and the court heard while at HMP Bullingdon in 2017, he was seen to associate with radical preacher Omar Brookes, who has connections with banned terrorist organisation Al-Muhajiroun.\n\nSpeaking after the sentencing, Gary Furlong, from Liverpool, said Ms Patel needed to \"tell us why this guy wasn't put into some form of detention centre before they could deport him\".\n\n\"He was not safe to be released back on the streets,\" he added.\n\nSaadallah, 26, had been told just before his release from prison that the Home Office wanted to deport him, but it was not legally possible due to the situation in Libya.\n\nIn law, what are known as the Hardial Singh principles place certain limits on the government's power to detain people ahead of deportation.\n\nThe Prime Minister's spokesman said the government \"always tries to remove foreign national offenders where possible\".\n\nHe was released from custody on 5 June, and proceeded to research the location for his attack online and carry out reconnaissance in the park.\n\n(L-R) David Wails, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and James Furlong were pronounced dead at the scene\n\nFollowing concerns from his brother, police visited the killer on 19 June, but he told officers he was \"alright\" while he stood near to a knife he bought from a supermarket.\n\nSaadallah's brother, Aiman, said he had asked for police to detain him under the Mental Health Act, and added \"lives would have been saved\" if more had been done.\n\nThames Valley Police has been contacted for comment.\n\nReading Refugee Support Group's (RRSG) also said it had raised concerns about his potential for radicalisation over three years and the possibility of a \"London Bridge\" scenario.\n\nIn a statement, it said Saadallah had a \"known, significant mental health problem\".\n\n\"This in no way excuses what he did. He murdered three innocent people. But there must be accountability on the part of services that should have supported him,\" it said.\n\nBut passing sentence Mr Justice Sweeney said it was \"clear that the defendant did not, and does not, have any major mental illness\".\n\nGary Furlong said: \"Given the volume of crimes he's committed and the information that they had on him, for an assessment to be done the night before to say that he's not a danger to the public - it is beyond me.\n\n\"How was he ever allowed to stay in this country? How was he allowed in, in the first place?\"\n\nHistory teacher James Furlong and pharmaceutical manager Mr Ritchie-Bennett each died from a single stab wound to the neck, while scientist Mr Wails was stabbed once in the back.\n\nDespite treatment from paramedics and doctors, all three friends, who were members of the LGBT community, died at the scene.\n\nGary Furlong described his son as \"an amazing, kind boy\" who was loved by family, friends and students.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Royal Mail has published a list of areas where there have been delivery delays due to its workforce being affected by the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe postal service said some areas will see a reduced service due to workers being off sick or self-isolating.\n\nRoyal Mail listed 28 areas where post might be late, with 27 in England and one in Northern Ireland.\n\nProblems with deliveries over Christmas had prompted shoppers to complain about parcels not arriving on time.\n\nRoyal Mail said: \"Despite our best efforts and significant investment in extra resource, some customers may experience slightly longer delivery timescales than our usual service standards.\n\n\"This is due to the exceptionally high volumes we are seeing, exacerbated by the coronavirus-related measures we have put in place in local mail centres and delivery offices to keep our people and customers safe.\"\n\nMany of the affected areas are in or near London, while others include Chelmsford in Essex, Leeds in West Yorkshire, Margate in Kent, and Widnes in Cheshire.\n\nLabour MP Wes Streeting, whose Ilford constituency is one of the areas affected, tweeted on Sunday that he was concerned about vaccination invitations getting caught up in Royal Mail delays.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Wes Streeting MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut Covid vaccine deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi replied that the government would work with Royal Mail to ensure that vaccine invitations were prioritised.\n\nCustomers have taken to Twitter to complain about delays to their postal service.\n\n\"Unfortunately I live in one of these areas.,\" wrote Matt S. \"N8 has been receiving an absolutely dreadful service since April 2020 - @RoyalMail what are you going to do to improve the situation?\"\n\nMark Harrison wrote: \"We could manage and expect a bit of disruption - but we've had only 2 deliveries in a month. Nothing for a fortnight. SE11 not even on the list of disrupted areas. Royal Mail need to get a grip.\"\n\nIn a service update on Tuesday, Royal Mail said: \"Due to resourcing issues, deliveries in the following areas are likely to be limited.\"", "Khairi Saadallah admitted three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder\n\nA killer who stabbed three men to death in a Reading park has been handed a whole-life jail term.\n\nKhairi Saadallah murdered James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and 39-year-old Joe Ritchie-Bennett, in June last year in Forbury Gardens.\n\nLondon's Old Bailey previously heard the 26-year-old \"executed\" the men as an \"act of religious jihad\".\n\nPassing sentence Judge Mr Justice Sweeney said it was a \"ruthless and brutal\" terror attack.\n\nSaadallah, who admitted the murders, had also pleaded guilty to the attempted murders of three other men who were also in the park.\n\nThe judge said the victims \"had no chance to react, let alone defend themselves\".\n\n(L-R) David Wails, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and James Furlong were pronounced dead at the scene\n\nHe said he was sure the attack \"involved a substantial degree of premeditation or planning\" and was carried out \"for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, or ideological cause\".\n\nBBC News correspondent Helena Wilkinson, who was in court, said the families of James Furlong and David Wails were present, while Joseph Ritchie-Bennett's loved ones watched via a link from America.\n\nSaadallah showed no emotion as Mr Justice Sweeney went through his sentencing remarks.\n\nOn the afternoon of 20 June, the park was busy due to the first lockdown restrictions being relaxed in England.\n\nAndrew Cafe, who witnessed the stabbings, said he saw Saadallah wielding the \"biggest kitchen knife\" and charging towards him shouting \"Allahu Akbar\".\n\nPharmaceutical manager Mr Ritchie-Bennett and teacher Mr Furlong died from single stab wounds to their necks, while scientist Mr Wails was stabbed once in the back.\n\nDespite treatment from paramedics and doctors, all three friends, who were members of the LGBT community, died at the scene.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Witness Andrew Cafe visited Forbury Gardens for the first time since the attack\n\nThree other people - Nishit Nisudan, Patrick Edwards and Stephen Young - were also injured, before Saadallah threw away the knife and fled the scene, pursued by police.\n\nFollowing his arrest, Saadallah initially said he wanted to plead guilty to the \"jihad that I done\", but the prosecution claimed he later feigned mental illness in police interviews.\n\nAt a previous hearing, the court heard he had developed an emotionally unstable and anti-social personality disorder, with his behaviour worsened by alcohol and cannabis misuse.\n\nBut the judge said it was \"clear that the defendant did not, and does not, have any major mental illness\".\n\nAn examination of Saadallah's phone revealed an interest in extremist material, including images of the flag of Islamic State and Jihadi John, the court previously heard.\n\nWhile at HMP Bullingdon in 2017, he was seen to associate with radical preacher Omar Brookes, who has connections with banned terrorist organisation Al-Muhajiroun.\n\nThe court heard Saadallah, who arrived in Britain from Libya in 2012, had previously been involved with militias who had been part of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, and was pictured handling weapons, including firearms.\n\nSince seeking asylum in Britain, he had been repeatedly arrested and convicted of various offences, including theft and assault, between 2013 and 2020.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV cameras captured Khairi Saadallah before and after the stabbing\n\nHe briefly came to the attention of MI5 in 2019, but the information provided did not meet the threshold of investigation.\n\nSaadallah had been released from prison on 5 June, days before the attack, the court heard.\n\nOn 17 June, he researched the location for his attack online and carried out reconnaissance in the park.\n\nThe following day his probation officer alerted his mental health team over comments he made about magic.\n\nA day later, Saadallah contacted the crisis team himself, but when they visited he did not answer.\n\nFollowing concerns from his brother, police visited the killer the same day, but he told officers he was \"alright\" while he stood near a knife he bought from a supermarket.\n\nAndrew Wails said losing his brother had been devastating\n\nAfter the sentencing, James Furlong's father, Gary, said: \"The secretary of state needs to tell us why this guy wasn't put into some form of detention centre before they could deport him.\n\n\"He was not safe to be released back on the streets.\"\n\nReferring to the fact that Saadallah had been visited by police the night before the attack, Mr Furlong said: \"Given the volume of crimes he's committed and the information that they had on him, for an assessment to be done the night before to say that he's not a danger to the public - it is beyond me.\"\n\nHe described Mr Furlong, originally from Liverpool, as \"a lovely man, loved by his family, idolised by his mother\".\n\nDavid Wails' brother Andrew said: \"For us as a family it's been devastating to lose our much loved son, brother and uncle.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Bennett family described Mr Ritchie-Bennett as a \"devoted and loving husband\" and \"a man who cared strongly about family\".\n\nThe park had been busy due to the first lockdown restrictions being relaxed in England\n\nDet Ch Supt Kath Barnes, head of Counter Terrorism Policing South East, described Saadallah as \"a committed jihadist\".\n\nShe said: \"He has caused unspeakable hurt and distress to the families of the three men who were brutally murdered as they were relaxing and enjoying socialising with friends on a Saturday evening.\n\n\"I'm sure there will also be lasting effects on those who were injured in the attack, who were fortunate not to have been even more seriously harmed.\"\n\nReading Borough Council leader Jason Brock described the attacks as \"horrific\" and \"senseless\" and said a permanent memorial to the victims was planned.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Vogue editor Anna Wintour said images of Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris were meant to celebrate her achievements\n\nUS Vogue editor Anna Wintour has defended the magazine following criticism of its front-cover portrait of Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris.\n\nThe image shows Ms Harris wearing an informal outfit including jeans and a pair of Converse trainers.\n\nSocial media users have criticised Vogue for the photo's \"washed out\" lighting and styling, saying it does not reflect Ms Harris's achievements.\n\nBut Ms Wintour said the photos were intended to highlight her success.\n\n\"We want nothing but to celebrate Vice-President-elect Harris's amazing victory and the important moment this is for America's history and particularly women of colour all over the world,\" Ms Wintour said in a statement to the New York Times' Kara Swisher.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Vogue Magazine This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe also defended Vogue's decision to use the picture for the print cover of its February issue, rather than an alternative portrait of her in a more formal suit.\n\nA member of Ms Harris's team told AP news agency that Vogue staff, including Ms Wintour, agreed to feature the blue-suited image on cover. But Ms Wintour denied that any formal agreement had been made.\n\n\"All of us felt very, very strongly that the less formal portrait of the vice-president-elect really reflected the moment that we were living in,\" said Ms Wintour.\n\n\"We felt to reflect this tragic moment in global history, a much less formal picture... really reflected the hallmark of the Biden/Harris campaign and everything they were trying to - and I'm sure they will - achieve,\" the editor - herself an influential supporter of the Democratic Party - added.\n\nSources at Vogue told the New York Times that the second, more formal image may be used as a cover for a separate print edition.\n\nBoth pictures were taken by Tyler Mitchell who, in 2018, became the first black photographer to shoot a Vogue cover.\n\nThe magazine has been criticised in the past over issues relating to race.\n\nSeveral former employees previously shared experiences of alleged racism in the workplace with the New York Times.\n\nEarlier this year, British Vogue editor Edward Enninful spoke out after he was allegedly \"racially profiled\" by a security guard at the magazine's UK offices.\n\nYou might also be interested in:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. HBO's Insecure is making sure lighting people of colour is not an afterthought", "A deal has been agreed for the sale of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Ponden Home and Bonmarché chains, which were on the brink of closure.\n\nThe businesses went into administration last year after a collapse in sales due to the pandemic.\n\nAlmost 2,000 staff will be kept on but as many as 260 stores could close.\n\nThe buyers are a consortium of international investors who will inject fresh funds into the business, led by the existing management team.\n\nEdinburgh Woollen Mill, which sells mid-price knitwear and other clothing to older shoppers, is part of a stable of retail brands owned by billionaire businessman, Philip Day.\n\nIt is understood that Mr Day will effectively lend the group the money to buy the businesses which will be paid back over a number of years.\n\nThe deal also covers two other brands in the group, value retailer Bonmarché, and Ponden Home, an interiors chain based in the south east of England.\n\nThe new owners plan to operate 246 stores across both the Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home brands, retaining 1,453 staff in those stores, the head office and distribution centres in Carlisle.\n\nHowever, 85 Edinburgh Woollen Mill stores and 34 Ponden Home stores have been closed permanently, with the loss of 485 jobs.\n\nWakefield-based Bonmarché will retain 72 of its stores and 531 staff including head office and distribution centre staff.\n\nThe majority of its stores, 148 outlets, remain under review with staff on furlough.\n\nAdministrators representing Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home said the deal represented the best chance to save stores and jobs, given the difficult outlook for UK retail.\n\n\"We regret that not all of Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home could be rescued,\" said Tony Wright, partner at FRP. \"This has resulted in a significant number of redundancies at a particularly challenging time of year and period of economic uncertainty.\"\n\nRetail has been particularly hard hit by measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. Even when shops have been open many shoppers stayed away, wary of the health risks.\n\nThe British Retail Consortium said consumers bought 5% less last year than the year before (not including food). Much of that custom switched from the High Street to online, making it harder for chains whose customers usually shop in person. Physical stores saw sales drop by a quarter, the BRC said.\n\nOther major brands including Topshop-owner Arcadia and Debenhams have also gone into administration, costing hundreds of jobs.\n\n\"Lockdowns have proved hugely damaging for mid-range fashion chains like Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Bonmarché whose traditional customer base has not adapted so quickly to online shopping as younger shoppers,\" said Susannah Streeter, analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"The backers of this rescue deal clearly believe there is pent-up demand amongst core customers which will be released once the doors are flung open once more,\" she added.\n\nOn Monday, Marks & Spencer announced it was buying Jaeger, another brand that had belonged to Philip Day's portfolio.\n\nPeacocks, another High Street fashion brand in the EWM group remains in administration.", "As major social media platforms crack down on accounts promoting US election conspiracy theories, many conspiracy and far-right groups in the US are looking for a new home online.\n\nTwitter hasn’t just kicked the president off the platform. It’s also closed down some 70,000 accounts associated with the QAnon conspiracy, while Facebook said it is continuing efforts to shut down “Stop the Steal” groups which allege, with no evidence, that Donald Trump was cheated of the presidency.\n\nOne of the most popular alternatives had been the self-styled “free speech” social media outlet Parler, but then over the weekend that was banned too for posts inciting violence.\n\nThen there’s Gab, a Twitter-like platform popular with right-wing groups, which is awash with extreme content and welcomes QAnon followers with open arms. It claims to have added 600,000 new users since the riots.\n\nIt’s thought Gab’s user base is far smaller than that of the now-closed Parler, which had around 16m users.\n\nOthers seem to be moving to MeWe, which is similar to Facebook.\n\nThere are some parallels with online jihadists, who also found their voices silenced after the rise of Islamic State in the Middle East.\n\nThe Islamic State group and al-Qaeda frequently have to re-establish their online presence after social media companies identify and close their accounts, leading to a nomadic online existence.\n\nThey have already adapted to life outside the big social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook and have exploited less well known platforms and apps to get their messages out.\n• 65 days that led to chaos at the Capitol", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid in Scotland: Lockdown likely to extend to February\n\nScotland's first minister has said the country's current lockdown is \"very unlikely\" to be lifted at the end of the month.\n\nNicola Sturgeon was speaking as she confirmed that more than 5,000 people have now died after testing positive for the virus.\n\nA review of the current restrictions is due to be carried out at the end of January.\n\nMs Sturgeon said it was possible that there would be no easing at that point.\n\nA further 54 deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours - bringing the total by that measure to 5,023.\n\nBut the most recent figures from the National Records of Scotland - which record all deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate - put the total at 6,686.\n\nMs Sturgeon told her daily briefing that the figures were a reminder of the toll the virus had taken.\n\nAnd she said every death had caused heartbreak to friends, families and loved ones across the country.\n\nThe first minister also said Scotland's NHS would be under far greater pressure if the current restrictions had not been put in place on Boxing Day.\n\nAnd she urged people not to raise their expectations about what will be announced when the lockdown review is completed in a fortnight as wholesale lifting of the restrictions was \"very unlikely\".\n\nShe added: \"There may not even be any lifting of these restrictions as soon as the end of January - we will have to consider all of that carefully and set it out in due course.\"\n\nAll of mainland Scotland and some islands were placed into level four restrictions on 26 December, with schools remaining closed to most pupils until at least the end of the month.\n\nA further 1,875 positive cases of the virus were recorded on Monday, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 153,423.\n\nThe number of people in hospital with the virus stands at 1,717 - an increase of 53 since yesterday and higher than the peak of about 1,500 in the first wave in April.\n\nOf these, 133 patients are intensive care units, with Ms Sturgeon saying that the virus was putting \"very acute pressure\" on hospitals.\n\nThe first minister also said that 175,942 people in Scotland had received their first vaccine dose by Monday.\n\nOpposition parties have claimed that the rollout of the vaccine has been \"sluggish\" in Scotland compared to south of the border - a charge that the government denies.\n\nAnd they have called for greater transparency over how many people are being given the jab every day.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman said on Monday that the government was aiming to vaccinate about 560,000 people in Scotland by 31 January.\n\nNon-essential shops have been closed in Scotland since 26 December\n\nThe Scottish government has previously said it is concerned that too many people have not been following the \"stay at home\" rules that are in place across the whole of the mainland and some islands.\n\nMinisters have been discussing the possibility of imposing tougher rules on click and collect shopping and takeaway food, with an announcement expected to be made on Wednesday.\n\nRetail industry representatives have described click and collect services as a \"lifeline\" for struggling businesses amid the forced closure of all non-essential shops.\n\nAnd they said they had not been shown any evidence that click and collect was driving transmission of the virus.\n\nMs Sturgeon told her daily coronavirus briefing that the government may not stop click and collect services altogether.\n\nBut she added: \"If we are saying to people right now that you should not be out of your home for shopping unless it is essential, then do we need to have click and collect for non-essential services instead of having that for delivery?\"\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross told BBC Scotland that he did not want to see further restrictions put in place unless there was evidence that they would have the desired effect.\n\nHe also suggested that restricting click and collect would simply result in more people going back into supermarkets to do their shopping.\n\nThe Scottish government is also under pressure to lift the the current ban on public Sunday worship, with a group of 500 church leaders from across the UK - including 200 in Scotland - insisting that there is \"no evidence of any tangible contribution to community transmission through churches in Scotland\".\n\nIn a letter to the first minister, they claim that the ban may be unlawful and accuse the government of failing to understand that \"Christian worship is an essential public service, and especially vital to our nation in a time of crisis\".\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said: \"Test and Protect tells us where people were in their 48-hour infectious period.\n\n\"So we know that on one day last week the seven-day number for places of worship was 120, and data from yesterday shows the seven-day number for places of worship is 38, underlining the essential decision to require places of worship to close for public health reasons.\"\n\nMeanwhile, it has been confirmed that everyone arriving in Scotland from overseas will need to show proof of a negative test from Friday.\n\nThe test will need to be \"highly reliable\", the first minister said, and will need to have been from the previous three days - although young children may be exempt from the restriction.\n\nThose travelling from countries not on the quarantine exemption list will still need to self-isolate on arrival.\n\nThe new rules, which will also come into force in England, were first outlined last week.", "Sir David Attenborough has previously spoken of his support for the Covid-19 vaccines\n\nSir David Attenborough has become the latest well-known name to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, his representative has confirmed.\n\nThe news about the 94-year-old natural historian comes a few days after it was revealed the Queen had been vaccinated.\n\nIt's not known which vaccine Sir David has been given or exactly when he had it.\n\nThe Perfect Planet host is one of several stars to receive the first of two doses of the vaccine.\n\nThey include The Great British Bake Off's Prue Leith, actor Sir Ian McKellen, choreographer Lionel Blair, actor Brian Blessed and actress Dame Joan Collins.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere are currently three vaccines approved for administration in the UK - Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, although supplies of the latter are not expected to arrive until spring.\n\nSir David, who has been isolating at his London home, has previously talked about his support for the work in developing a means of protection from Covid-19.\n\nIn an interview with The Telegraph last month he said he would definitely accept an invitation to be vaccinated when his time came.\n\n\"At 94, I think I'm entitled!\" he told the newspaper.\n\n\"I'm sufficient of a scientist still, I hope, to realise this is the thing to do.\"\n\nHe added that the work that had gone into developing the vaccines showed the positive effects of international cooperation in combating global problems, such as the climate crisis.\n\n\"It (the virus) has drawn attention to the fact we aren't as omnipotent and all-controlling as we think we are,\" he told the paper.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The United Arab Emirates is being removed from the UK list of travel corridors amid a spike in Covid cases.\n\nThat means anyone who arrives from the UAE after 04:00 GMT on Tuesday now needs to self-isolate for 10 days, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.\n\nUK officials say Covid cases have risen 52% in the UAE in the last seven days and cite \"a significant acceleration in the number of imported cases\".\n\nIt comes after Scotland removed the UAE city Dubai from its safe travel list.\n\nThe Foreign Office has also updated its advice to advise against all but essential travel to the emirates.\n\nThe recent lockdown restrictions imposed across the UK mean leisure travel is currently banned.\n\nBut the UAE has been in particular focus in recent weeks after a number of UK reality TV and social media stars posted photographs of themselves holidaying there before the rules came into place.\n\nAnd a Celtic footballer tested positive for Covid-19 after the club took a trip to Dubai for a winter training camp.\n\nCeltic were allowed to go as a group under exemptions for elite athletes. As a result,15 playing and coaching staff are now required to self-isolate.\n\nDubai was added to Scotland's travel quarantine list from 04:00 GMT on Monday - with the rule also applying retrospectively for passengers who have arrived in Scotland from the city since January 3.\n\nThe Department for Transport said the removal of the whole of the UAE from the travel corridor is being adopted by all four UK nations.\n\nArrivals to the UK from most destinations now have to quarantine for 10 days.\n\nHowever, arrivals from some countries are exempt from the rules. Those countries make up the so-called travel corridor list.\n\nFrom this week, passengers arriving by boat, train or plane, including UK nationals, must also take a Covid test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure.\n\nAre you affected by the government decision to remove UAE from the UK travel corridor list? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A Scottish earl has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman at his ancestral home in Angus.\n\nThe Earl of Strathmore, Simon Bowes-Lyon, forced his way into the sleeping woman's room during a weekend event he was hosting at Glamis Castle.\n\nHe repeatedly assaulted the 26-year-old victim and tried to pull off her nightdress during the 20-minute attack.\n\nBowes-Lyon, 34 - who is the Queen's first cousin twice removed - has been placed on the sex offenders register.\n\nHe was granted bail at Dundee Sheriff Court and sentence was deferred.\n\nSheriff Alistair Carmichael also ordered Glamis Castle be assessed for its suitability to house Bowes-Lyon while under a tagging order.\n\nThe court heard the woman fled the castle the morning after the attack on 13 February last year and flew home to report the matter to police.\n\nBoth Police Scotland and the Metropolitan Police were involved in the investigation.\n\nGlamis Castle was the childhood home of the Queen Mother\n\nOutside court, Bowes-Lyon said he was \"greatly ashamed\" of his actions.\n\nHe added: \"Clearly I had drunk to excess on the night of the incident. I should have known better. I recognise, in any event, that alcohol is no excuse for my behaviour.\n\n\"I did not think I was capable of behaving the way I did but have had to face up to it and take responsibility.\n\n\"My apologies go, above all, to the woman concerned, but I would also like to apologise to family, friends and colleagues for the distress I have caused them.\"\n\nGlamis Castle, near Forfar, has been the seat of the Bowes-Lyon family since 1372.\n\nIt was the childhood home of the Queen Mother, and the Queen's sister Princess Margaret was born there.\n\nBowes-Lyon was a great-great nephew of the Queen Mother.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid lockdown: Are supermarkets following the rules?\n\nSupermarket workers are facing abuse for challenging shoppers not wearing masks during the pandemic, staff say.\n\nOne Mold supermarket worker said she was challenging people every day and seeing \"loads of people walking around\" the store without masks and in groups.\n\nThe Welsh Government has hinted rules will be tightened amid concerns Covid-19 rules are not being followed.\n\n\"This is not a social event, come in on your own, not as a family of five,\" the supermarket worker said.\n\nSupermarket workers spoke to BBC Radio Wales as Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the \"onus\" was on supermarkets to make sure shoppers abided by the rules.\n\nThere has been an \"escalation of abuse\" towards supermarket staff in the last nine months, and the role of policing such rules must not fall on those on the shop floor, Nick Ireland Divisional Officer of the Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) said.\n\nHe said measures in stores had \"rolled back\", with many no longer enforcing systems, and people walking the wrong way down one-way systems, and \"whole families\" shopping with just one basket.\n\nMeanwhile Bally Auluk, an area organiser in Cardiff and Barry for Usdaw, said abuse towards shopworkers was happening on \"a daily and weekly basis\".\n\nHe said retailers and the Welsh Government should \"start protecting shop workers\" after dealing with members himself who were \"threatened with physical violence and spat on\".\n\n\"Customers now are treating it almost like it was last year, that it's not a problem, that is where the big issues arises,\" he said.\n\nThe Welsh Government is in discussions about bringing in \"more visible\" coronavirus regulations.\n\nMorrisons and Sainsbury's had pledged to challenge shoppers not wearing face coverings in store, unless they have a medical exemption.\n\nTesco, Asda and Waitrose are the latest supermarkets to follow the move and challenge those who flout the rules.\n\nUnder coronavirus rules, people must wear face coverings in order to enter shops across the UK, while supermarkets should have social distancing and strict hygiene measures in place.\n\nThe Welsh Government has been in talks with retailers on how to improve safety and return to the strict observance of social distancing from the first lockdown, although no new guidance has been issued.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said he had heard concerns from people \"expressing anxiety\" about a lack of \"visible protections\" in supermarkets, such as limited numbers allowed in store, hand sanitiser and security on doors.\n\nThe Mold supermarket worker said staff had been told not to challenge people not wearing masks, and had seen people being yelled at.\n\nJane, who did not give her last name, told BBC Wales customers were offered a mask on the way in, but many did not want them.\n\n\"You do see a lot of customers walking around without a mask on,\" she said.\n\n\"Of course there are people with hidden disabilities who can't wear a mask but there can't be that many of them.\"\n\nJane said enforcement needed to be greater, but it should not be led by the shopfloor staff.\"We're told not to challenge people as we don't know someone's personal situation and we don't want to face any abuse if they don't want to wear it or don't agree with it,\" she said.\n\n\"At the moment people will ask politely, but I have witnessed quite a few occasions where customers have been verbally abusive to the person greeting them on their way in.\n\n\"There needs to be someone enforcing this, it can't be left to retail staff: whether its a police officer or a security guard.\"\n\nSupermarket aisles carrying non-essential items are closed off again, as they were during the firebreak lockdown\n\nOne security guard at a supermarket in Aberdare said he had had more \"hassle\" working in the past 10 months at the store, than from drinkers while working as a nightclub doorman for more than 20 years.\n\n\"The attitude towards yourself... they don't appreciate that you're standing there for 12 hours a day, they don't understand how hard it is to try and keep people distancing,\" he told Dot Davies on BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"When they go inside the shop it all goes out the window... we keep the two metres outside, but we've got people coming outside to tell us we should be in there sorting it out.\"\n\nOne supermarket manager said the lengths people were going to in order to shop together were \"ridiculous\", with families coming in with a number of trolleys or baskets in order not to be challenged.\n\n\"We've seen families turning up to go shopping for a basket shop, it's just not on,\" said Mr Ireland, who called on supermarket staff to be prioritised for vaccines.\n\nHe suggested those who do not observe the rules should be banned and fined.\n\nBut one mother said that she had no choice but to shop with her children, and she had been unable to get a click and collect or delivery slot.\n\n\"It's easy to get caught up in the fear of it, but some people are at the shops as they have no choice,\" she said.\n\nOthers have spoken of shop staff themselves not wearing masks.\n\nJames Lowman, chief executive of the Association of Convenience Stores, said it was \"everyone's responsibility\" to abide by the rules, rather than for shop workers to enforce.\n\n\"Doing that [enforcement of rules] in a small store, where you don't have lots of colleagues around, has been a trigger for more abuse and even violence,\" he said.\n\nMr Lowman said making businesses Covid secure was down to the local authority, while individuals' behaviour was a matter for police, but \"in practicality\" it is everyone's responsibility.\n\nBut Mr Gething said the \"onus\" for getting shoppers to follow Covid-19 rules, such as wearing masks, social-distancing and cordoning off non-essential items, was on the supermarket managers.\n\n\"[It needs to be made] clear that you do need to wear a mask unless you can demonstrate that you have a particular exemption,\" he said.\n\n\"I don't think there's any lack of understanding. We've been through this before and I do think a number of supermarkets are going to go and make clear there are a range of items that are off-limits for shoppers coming in.\n\n\"Supermarkets understand what they need to do.\"", "London's Nightingale hospital was built in nine days, with the help of hundreds of soldiers\n\nLondon's Nightingale hospital has been reopened and is admitting patients to help with the coronavirus spread in the capital.\n\nMedical director Dr Vin Diwakar said the facility at London's ExCeL Centre also had a vaccination centre on site.\n\nIt was placed on standby in May after fewer than 20 patients were treated following a grand opening on 3 April.\n\nDr Diwakar said the Nightingale was being used to treat non-coronavirus patients.\n\nIn the Downing Street press conference, he explained it was taking non-Covid patients to help free up beds in London's hospitals.\n\nHe said: \"This means that hospitals have more beds to care for Covid-19 patients and for our very sickest patients. We cannot do this indefinitely.\n\n\"There comes a point where if the infection gets further out of control, more and more patients from London will need to be transferred elsewhere.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nAt the start of November, he said, London had 1,000 Covid-19 patients.\n\nThis increased four-fold to 4,000 on Christmas Day and has doubled to just under 8,000 today, with more than 1,000 of those on critical care, he told the press conference.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC News (UK) This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut Dr Diwakar said there was \"hope\", with one hall of the ExCel Centre having opened as London's first mass vaccination centre.\n\n\"I can tell you Covid-19 is a horrible, horrible disease that leaves so many, including young people, breathless and gasping for life,\" he said.\n\nOn Friday, the Mayor of London declared a \"major incident\" as he described the coronavirus spread in the capital as \"out of control\".\n\nMore than 120 firefighters and 75 Met Police officers have been drafted in to help the London Ambulance Service cope with demand.", "The data showed men were more likely to be admitted to intensive care units\n\nAround half of patients admitted to Welsh intensive care units during the second wave of the pandemic have died, a study has found.\n\nThe Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC) found men aged in their 60s were more likely to need intensive care.\n\nIt also found those from Asian backgrounds and deprived areas were disproportionately affected.\n\nBut a leading doctor said, overall, people were more likely to survive now.\n\nIntensive care consultant Matt Morgan said new treatments meant only the sickest patients were reaching intensive care, where outcomes were poorer.\n\nICNARC collected information on 431 Welsh patients who were critically ill with coronavirus from 1 September to 31 December 2020 as part of a UK-wide audit of intensive care patients.\n\nOf the patients who were admitted, 68% were men and 32% women. The average age of a patient was 59.5 years.\n\nIntensive care consultant Matt Morgan said, overall, patients were more likely to survive Covid now\n\nWhile the vast majority of patients were white (91.6%), the number of patients of Asian ethnicity was more than double the proportion of the Asian population, with 6.3% of patients recorded as being Asian, compared to an average of 2.4% in their local population.\n\nThe audit of patients found that, excluding those still being treated at the unit, half had died while half had been discharged.\n\nAlthough the numbers of patients surveyed is relatively low for statistical purposes, Dr Morgan said the survival rate reflected the situation in hospitals.\n\n\"We are putting fewer people, who are in the first stage of their illness, on to life support machines. And that is because we have treatments now that we know can help,\" he said.\n\n\"Overall, you are more likely now to survive Covid than ever before, and that is in every age group - sometimes by as much as 10% more.\n\n\"What we do know is that overall, out of every ten people who come to intensive care with Covid about six of them will survive and will leave the intensive care unit. Which means sadly four of them won't, four of them will die.\n\n\"That's similar overall to the first wave but that data is based on some patients who are still in the intensive care unit. So that may change and it's more likely to get worse rather than better.\"\n\n\"We also know patients who are on life support machines in the intensive care unit will do worse than those who come to the intensive care unit and are not on life support machines.\n\n\"For those people, it's probably five out of 10 people who will survive and five who will sadly die and that may be worse when we have the data on those who are still there.\n\n\"And there's a big effect of age. So for those over the age of 70 it may be as little as four people out of 10 who survive, maybe less. And for those over the age of 80 it may be as low as one or two people out of ten who survive.\n\nThe figures from ICNARC also highlight how people from poorer backgrounds were more likely to need treatment in intensive care.\n\nUsing a deprivation score from 1 to 5, more than half of patients scored 4 or 5, representing the most deprived postcodes in Wales.\n\nDr Morgan said: \"Sadly, disease is an illness of deprivation.\n\n\"And so that's why we feel it, particularly in Wales where the industrial scars of our past are still very much there - and our health is there.\"", "The men were arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance at hospitals in Birmingham and Worcestershire\n\nFour men have been arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance at hospitals in the West Midlands.\n\nThe men, aged between 31 and 37, were held in relation to incidents in Birmingham and Worcestershire between 31 December and 9 January.\n\nEarlier this month, police said they were investigating after people posted videos of supposedly empty hospital corridors on social media.\n\nThe videos claiming Covid-19 was a hoax sparked an outcry from medical workers.\n\nWest Mercia Police launched a joint investigation with West Midlands Police, after incidents were reported at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Alexandra in Redditch.\n\nHospitals in Worcester and Kidderminster also featured, before the footage was deleted.\n\nThe West Mercia force confirmed it had arrested two men from Bromsgrove aged 31 and 34 as well as a 37 year-old man from Kidderminster and a fourth man, aged 34, from Droitwich.\n\nThey were also detained relating to incidents in a park in Bromsgrove as well as the town centre.\n\nAll four men have since been bailed with conditions not to enter any hospital in England unless they have a medical reason to do so.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Birmingham has one of the largest intensive care capacities in the whole country\n\nTwo hundred doctors will be redeployed to one of England's largest intensive care units amid fears it could be \"overwhelmed\".\n\nA leaked memo warned hospitals in Birmingham were \"in a position of extremis\" as Covid-19 cases rise.\n\nElective surgeries at the city's main Queen Elizabeth Hospital will stop as staff move to critical care duties.\n\nA spokesperson said the approach ensured \"the greatest good for the greatest numbers of people\".\n\nThe trust's decision to redeploy doctors was revealed in a leaked email to the Health Service Journal, which has been verified by the BBC.\n\nSent by consultant Peter Hewins, it said hospitals in Birmingham risked being \"overwhelmed\" amid a \"period of absolute emergency\".\n\nThe University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) said there were 873 patients with Covid-19 across its sites, with 125 in intensive care.\n\nThis was significantly more than in April 2020, it said, as it announced plans to double its intensive care capacity to more than 250 beds.\n\nTime-critical surgery, including cancer operations, will continue, the trust said, but elective procedures at the Queen Elizabeth will be paused, and reduced elsewhere.\n\nThere will also be a \"further reduction of outpatient activity\", a spokesperson said, adding: \"Every member of staff will be supported by the Trust in delivering the best care wherever they are working.\"\n\nThere are currently 873 Covid-19 patients being treated at the trust\n\nNeighbouring University Coventry and Warwickshire Hospitals Trust confirmed it had started taking Covid patients from Birmingham.\n\nUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England.\n\nIt runs several hospitals, including Birmingham Heartlands, the Queen Elizabeth, Solihull Hospital and Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield. It also runs Birmingham Chest Clinic.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson - pictured here in 2013 - has long been a fan of cycling\n\nBoris Johnson has been criticised for travelling seven miles from Downing Street to go cycling during lockdown.\n\nThe Evening Standard reported the prime minister had been spotted in the Olympic Park in East London on Sunday.\n\nGovernment advice allows people to exercise outside, but says you should not travel outside your local area.\n\nA No 10 spokesman would not confirm if Mr Johnson had been driven to the park or cycled there, but said the PM had complied with Covid-19 guidelines.\n\nLabour's Andy Slaughter said: \"Once again it is do as I say, not as I do, from the prime minister.\"\n\nThe Hammersmith MP added: \"London has some of the highest infection rates in the country. Boris Johnson should be leading by example.\"\n\nIn response to the criticism, a Downing Street source told the BBC: \"The PM has exercised within the Covid rules and any suggestion to the contrary is wrong.\"\n\nA woman told the PA news agency she had seen the prime minister in the park: \"He was leisurely cycling with another guy with a beanie hat and chatting, while around four security guys, possibly more, cycled behind them.\n\n\"Considering the current situation with Covid I was shocked to see him cycling around looking so care-free.\n\n\"Also, considering he's advising everyone to stay at home and not leave their area, shouldn't he stay in Westminster and not travel to other boroughs?\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock was asked at Monday's Downing Street press conference whether travelling seven miles for a cycle ride was within the rules.\n\nMr Hancock said: \"It is OK, if you went for a long walk and ended up seven miles from home, that is OK, but you should stay local.\n\n\"It is OK to go for a long walk or a cycle ride or to exercise, but stay local.\"\n\nThe issue of travelling for exercise was highlighted at the weekend after two women said they were surrounded by police and fine £200 after driving five miles from home to take a walk.\n\nDerbyshire Police have now dropped the fine and apologised to the women, but the incident led to a debate over the guidance.\n\nGovernment advice for England says you can leave your home to exercise, but adds: \"This should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.\"\n\nThe guidance adds: \"Stay local means stay in the village, town, or part of the city where you live.\"\n\nIn Scotland, the advice is more precise, saying exercise can be taken if it \"starts and finishes at the same place, which can be up to five miles from the boundary of your local authority area\".\n\nFormer Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, who represents a constituency in the Lake District, has written to the PM calling for clearer guidance on exercise similar to that in Scotland.\n\nHe wrote: \"On the one hand, our local police force here in Cumbria are reporting that people... have travelled hundreds of miles to take their exercise in the Lake District.\n\n\"And on the other hand, I have constituents writing to me, worried whether they will be punished for driving five minutes up the road to go for a walk in their local park.\"\n\nMr Farron added: \"We need a solution that clearly deters people from making lengthy trips and potentially spreading the virus, but also that doesn't discourage people from keeping fit and healthy.\"", "Retailers suffered their worst annual sales performance on record in 2020, driven by slump in demand for fashion and homeware products, figures show.\n\nWhile food sales growth rose 5.4% on 2019, non-food fell about 5%, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said.\n\nIt meant an overall fall of 0.3% in a year dominated by the Covid-19 impact, the worst annual change since the BRC began collating the figures in 1995.\n\nChristmas offered little cheer, with much of the High Street still closed.\n\n\"Physical non-food stores, including all of non-essential retail, saw sales drop by a quarter compared with 2019,\" said Helen Dickinson, BRC chief executive.\n\n\"Christmas offered little respite for these retailers, as many shops were forced to shut during the peak trading period,\" she said.\n\nThe 5.4% rise in food sales was fuelled by shoppers flocking to supermarkets and online grocers to ensure they were stocked up during the pandemic.\n\nIn December, total retail sales increased by 1.8% as shoppers spent more in the run-up to Christmas. Like-for-like sales for the month were up 4.8% as overall shop takings were still affected by restrictions and temporary closures.\n\nOnline non-food sales jumped by 44.8% in December, according to the new figures, as a higher proportion of shopping took place online.\n\nThe BRC's sales monitor is collated with the consultancy KPMG, whose UK head of retail, Paul Martin, said: \"In the most important month for the retail industry, there was some positive growth due to the ongoing shift of expenditure from other categories such as travel and leisure.\n\n\"Once again we saw big swings in the types of products being purchased and the channels used for shopping, with much of the growth taking place online, where nearly half of all non-food purchases were made.\"\n\nBut he warned that the new lockdown would worsen conditions for many non-essential shops and the High Street generally.\n\nLast week, a report from the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) said that 2020 was the worst for High Street job losses in more than 25 years, as the coronavirus accelerated the move towards online shopping.\n\nNearly 180,000 retail jobs were lost last year, up by almost a quarter from 2019, the CRR said.", "The Covid pandemic has caused excess deaths to rise to their highest level in the UK since World War Two.\n\nThere were close to 697,000 deaths in 2020 - nearly 85,000 more than would be expected based on the average in the previous five years.\n\nThis represents an increase of 14% - making it the largest rise in excess deaths for more than 75 years.\n\nWhen the age and size of the population is taken into account, 2020 saw the worst death rates since the 2000s.\n\nThis measure - known as age-standardised mortality - takes into account population growth and age.\n\nThe data is only available until November - so the impact of deaths in December have not yet been taken into account - but it shows the death rate at that stage was at its highest in England since 2008.\n\nThe data on deaths can be confusing.\n\nOn one hand, excess deaths are at their highest since World War Two, while on the other, death rates, once age and size of population are taken into account, are at their worst level for a little over a decade 'only'.\n\nHow should that be interpreted?\n\nExcess deaths are basically a measure of how many more people are dying than would be expected based on the previous few years.\n\nClearly, 2020 saw a huge and unexpected rise in deaths because of the pandemic, just as World War Two led to a sudden jump.\n\nBut in determining how much those jumps affected the chances of dying, a measure known as age-standardised mortality, which takes into account the age and size of the population, is important.\n\nIt shows the pandemic has undone the progress made in the last decade or so. That is significant - especially given this has happened despite lockdowns and social-distancing measures to stop the spread of the virus.\n\nBut it also helps put the death toll over the past 12 months in a wider context.\n\nKing's Fund chief executive Richard Murray said the picture was likely to worsen, given Covid deaths were rising following the surge in infections over recent weeks.\n\n\"The UK has one of the highest rates of excess deaths in the world, with more excess deaths per million people than most other European countries or the US,\" he said.\n\n'It will take a public inquiry to determine exactly what went wrong, but mistakes have been made.\n\n\"In a pandemic, mistakes cost lives. Decisions to enter lockdown have consistently come late, with the government failing to learn from past mistakes or the experiences of other countries.\n\n\"The promised 'protective ring' around social care in the first wave was slow to materialise and often inadequate, a contributing factor to the excess deaths among care home residents last year.\n\n'Like many countries, the UK was poorly prepared for this type of pandemic.\"\n\nMatthew Reed, of the end-of-life care charity Marie Curie said the focus on Covid should not hide the fact there has been a \"silent crisis\" of deaths at home.\n\nHe said people have died prematurely in 2020 from other causes - with a big jump in deaths at home.\n\n\"We are concerned many have not had the care they needed,\" he added.\n• None Lockdown needs to be stricter, scientists warn", "Officer Eugene Goodman is being celebrated for his heroics\n\nCapitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman is being called a hero for a second time after footage shown at the impeachment trial shows him directing Mitt Romney away from an advancing mob.\n\nIn the video, the officer is seen notifying Mr Romney that the rioters were heading in his direction and guiding him away.\n\nThe Utah senator, an unpopular figure among Trump supporters, said he looked forward to thanking the police officer for his actions.\n\nOfficer Goodman was already being praised for his bravery that day, after singlehandedly steering a mob away from the Senate chambers.\n\nVideo footage showed him just steps ahead of rioters as they chase him up a flight of stairs.\n\nMr Goodman is then seen glancing towards the Senate entrance before luring the men in the opposite direction.\n\nFive people, including a police officer, died as a result of the riots.\n\nThe officer was seen confronting a pro-Trump rioter during the attack\n\nMembers of the 2,000-person Capitol police department are tasked with protecting the Capitol building and those inside, it.\n\nA group of senators has introduced a bill to award Officer Goodman with the Congressional Gold Medal.\n\nNews of his additional heroics involving Senator Romney will only amplify calls for him to be recognised.\n\nThe senator said he was unaware of the danger he was in until he saw the footage at the trial on Wednesday.\n\nSenator Mitt Romney said he was looking forward to thanking Officer Goodman\n\nIt formed part of the Democratic prosecution in trying to underline the peril the heart of US government was under as Trump supporters ransacked the Capitol.\n\nSenator Romney said it was \"overwhelmingly distressing and emotional\" to see the violence again, six weeks after the attack.\n\nAnd reflecting on his own narrow escape, he added he was looking forward to thanking Officer Goodman \"when I next see him\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. See how close the mob got to Mike Pence, Mitt Romney and other lawmakers\n\nNew York Law School criminal law professor and 20-year veteran of the New York City Police Department Kirk Burkhalter called Mr Goodman's response to the rioters \"tremendous\".\n\n\"I don't think there was any type of training that would prepare you for that situation,\" Mr Burkhalter told the BBC, speaking days after the attack.\n\nIn the video shot by Huffington Post reporter Igor Bobic, Mr Goodman, who is black, is antagonised by the group of Trump supporters - who are all white men.\n\nThe man at the front of the pack, wearing a QAnon T-shirt, has been identified as Doug Jensen of Iowa. He was later arrested by local police and the FBI for his role in the riots.\n\nFootage shows Mr Jensen leading the mob that chased Mr Goodman up a flight of stairs - just a few feet away from the entrance to the Senate floor. As he is pursued, Mr Goodman shouts \"second floor!\" into his radio, seemingly alerting other officers of the group approaching the chamber.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Igor Bobic This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAfter Mr Goodman glances toward the Senate chamber entrance, he shoves Mr Jensen - a move seemingly designed to draw attention on to himself, luring the mob away from the chambers and those hiding inside.\n\nThe image of Mr Goodman trailed by a mob - some armed with Confederate flags, others with allusions to the Nazi flag - was extremely disturbing, Mr Burkhalter said.\n\n\"Police officer, not a police officer, to see a black man being chased by someone carrying a Confederate flag - there is something wrong with that picture. That should never happen again,\" he said.\n\n\"It just reeks of everything we need to correct.\"\n\nMr Goodman's standoff with the mob came just minutes before authorities were able to seal the chamber, according to reporting from the Washington Post.\n\nHis heroics were noted at the highest level - he was invited to the inauguration as a guest of Vice-President Kamala Harris.", "Naomi Campbell and Kenyan Tourism Minister Najib Balala sealed the deal over the weekend\n\nThe appointment of British supermodel Naomi Campbell as Kenya's tourism ambassador has caused a Twitter storm in the East African nation.\n\nMany queried why it had not been given to a prominent Kenyan like Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong'o.\n\nOthers leapt to her defence, saying the debate already justified her role.\n\nKenya's tourism sector has been badly hit by coronavirus, with visitor numbers down by 72% between January and October last year.\n\n\"The sector hence lost over 110bn Kenyan shillings [$1bn, £738m] of direct international tourists' revenue due to the Covid-19 pandemic,\" Kenya's Tourism Research Institute reported last month.\n\nThe country is famous for its wildlife safaris and beach resorts.\n\nKenyan Tourism Minister Najib Balala said the deal with Ms Campbell was done over the weekend after he met the model, who is currently on holiday in Kenya.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Ministry of Tourism & Wildlife-Kenya\n\nThe 50-year-old style icon and philanthropist has been posting images of her stay on Instagram, where she has 10 million followers.\n\n\"We welcome the exciting news that Naomi Campbell will advocate for tourism and travel internationally for the Magical Kenya brand,\" Mr Balala said, without giving further deals of the contract.\n\nBut the statement, posted on Twitter on Tuesday, prompted instant outrage from some, and the supermodel's name has since been trending in the country.\n\nOne tweeter cited other Kenyan celebrities better suited to the ambassadorial role, including models Ajuma Nasenyana and Debra Sanaipei, as well as Nyong'o.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Syombua A. Kibue 🇰🇪 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOne tweeter said the backlash revealed an unhealthy attitude in Kenya: \"At the end of the day, it's all about who will get the job done. This mentality is what causes nepotism and tribalism in Kenyan institutions, it should be about the most suitable candidate not 'one of our own' thing.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Campbell's defenders praised her for visiting Kenya several times and said it was not only the model's social media following that made her the perfect appointment.\n\nHer circle of friends were equally important as she would attract wealthy tourists willing to spend money.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Mlolwa🐬 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe tourism industry usually contributes about 8.8% to Kenya's annual Gross domestic product (GDP), according to Kenya's East African newspaper.\n• None The supermodel and the warlord", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nPolice patrols were stepped up around the Scotland-England border around Christmas\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to wear your mask. Hint: it's not any of these three options\n\nSo many of us are spending more time staring at a screen right now and an eye health charity is recommending we learn the \"20-20-20\" rule to protect our sight. Fight for Sight advises looking at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds, every 20 minutes you're working at a screen, in order to reduce eye strain. The charity also commissioned a survey of 2,000 people which found more than a third believed their eyesight had worsened in the past year. It says the number of us getting regular eye tests is also down and is urging people not to miss their appointments.\n\nIt sadly comes as no surprise to learn that 2020 was the worst year on record for UK retailers, especially those focused on clothing and homeware. Food bucked the trend, particularly over Christmas, with the highest ever festive spending on groceries. But overall, retail sales declined by 0.3% across the year, and non-food by nearly a quarter, the biggest annual dip since the British Retail Consortium began collating the figures in 1995. The BRC says many retailers are struggling to survive and the government should extend the business rates holiday to save jobs.\n\nA father who'd campaigned for a change in the coronavirus rules to make life easier for non-resident parents to see their children has welcomed a government rethink. Previously, parents could visit children they don't live with during lockdown, but restrictions prevented them from staying overnight in a hotel. Ex-BBC journalist Tom De Castella said the ban \"had a massive bearing on seeing my daughter\", who lives a three-and-a-half hour drive away from his home. Now the rules have been rewritten, he's relieved. \"This is about building a bond with your child, it's crucial to their development,\" he added.\n\nTom De Castella said the rethink was \"great news\" for parents like him\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nPlus, three vaccines are now approved for use in the UK, but there are many differences between them. BBC health correspondent Laura Foster explains.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Lockdown rule-breakers are more likely to be fined as Covid laws will be enforced \"more quickly\", the UK's most senior police officer has said.\n\nLondon's Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said her officers have had to break up parties, despite hospitals struggling to cope with rising patient numbers.\n\nA minister confirmed her pledge that fines were \"increasingly likely\".\n\nKit Malthouse said people have a \"duty\" to make this lockdown \"the last one\".\n\n\"We are urging the small minority of people who aren't taking this seriously to do so now, and [are illustrating] to them that if they don't they are much more likely to get fined by the police,\" Mr Malthouse, the policing minister, told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"These current measures should in theory, if we all stick by them, be enough to drive the numbers down so that we can start to move through the gears of tiers from mid-February,\" he added.\n\nAsked if tighter restrictions for England were on the way - something the health secretary has refused to rule out - Mr Malthouse said ministers were \"on tenterhooks\" watching the daily figures for Covid deaths, new cases and hospital admissions, as rules continue to be kept under review.\n\nHe said the government's ramped-up efforts to give vulnerable people the coronavirus vaccine should help the UK to \"get back to some sort of normality later this year\".\n\nThe BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg said there was currently no expectation that Westminster will impose more extensive restrictions.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she discussed possible tighter restrictions with members of her cabinet on Tuesday morning.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel and chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council, Martin Hewitt, will hold a coronavirus press conference at Downing Street later.\n\nThe latest figures on Monday showed a further 529 people had died within 28 days of a positive test in the UK, while another 46,169 cases were reported.\n\nThere are also more than 32,200 people in hospital in the UK with coronavirus, data shows.\n\nDame Cressida told BBC Radio 4's Today programme some 75 police officers are joining 185 firefighters in being trained to drive ambulances in the capital, to help London Ambulance Service as the number of cases of the virus continues to rise.\n\nAnd writing in the Times, she said her officers had found people hosting raves, house parties and basement gambling events, despite clear laws that ban social gatherings.\n\n\"It is preposterous to me that anyone could be unaware of our duty to do all we can to stop the spread of the virus,\" she said, adding that people breaking Covid laws were \"increasingly likely to face fines\".\n\nPolice chiefs in other parts of England have also warned \"patience is running out\" with rule-breakers, with the public increasingly willing to report alleged rule breaches.\n\nSince March, some 32,000 penalties for breaching Covid laws have been issued in England and Wales - with a sharp rise in penalties during England's November lockdown.\n\nAlmost 6,500 penalty tickets were handed out in the weeks up to Christmas as police began moving more quickly from \"engage\", \"explain\" and \"encourage\" to the fourth \"e\" - \"enforcement\".\n\nExpect the rate of fines to continue upwards during January, given the scale of the emergency and the pressure from government on constabularies to enforce the law.\n\nBut there is also a tension here. Police chiefs have told their officers they will often have to use their own judgement because the list of \"reasonable excuses\" in the law for why someone can be outside is not fixed in stone.\n\nThere is a lot of wriggle room in the law to allow daily lives to continue.\n\nWhile ministers, scientists and health experts are all hammering home the message that people should stay at home as much as possible, the law is more liberal - for instance, there is no restriction on exercise in England.\n\nAnd that's why some police officers believe they are stuck between a rock and a hard place as people who don't want to be locked down find more and more creative ways to stretch the rules to breaking point.\n\nFines start at £200 in England and Northern Ireland, and £60 in Wales and Scotland. Large parties can be shut down by the police, with fines of up to £10,000.\n\nDame Cressida told the Today programme the move towards greater enforcement was \"common sense\" rather than a show of \"dictatorial policing\".\n\nShe also said Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cycle in east London at the weekend was \"not against the law\", but added the \"stay local\" guidance on exercise for England could be made more clear.\n\nUnder Scotland's lockdown restrictions, people must start and finish their exercise in the same place - and to do so, they may travel up to five miles from the boundary of their local authority area. People in Wales should start and finish exercising from their home, while those in Northern Ireland are advised not to go more than 10 miles from home when exercising.\n\nAsked if she would like to see similar detail in England's guidance, Dame Cressida said: \"That is certainly something the government could consider.\n\n\"Anything that brings greater clarity, for officers and the public, in general, will be a good thing.\"\n\nDame Cressida also said she was delighted that a proposal to prioritise frontline officers for vaccines was being discussed\n\nPolice chiefs have been under increasing pressure to enforce the lockdown laws - with a number of news reports about breaches of Covid rules in recent days.\n\nIn one case, Derbyshire Police withdrew penalties for two women who had been fined £200 each when they drove five miles for a walk together - following widespread media attention.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has defended the way police have handled breaches, saying there is a need for \"strong enforcement\".\n\nFour people were arrested in Edinburgh on Monday after anti-lockdown protesters clashed with police\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar lockdown measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - which are in charge of making their own coronavirus restrictions.\n\nIn her article, Dame Cressida said she was \"delighted to hear\" that a proposal to prioritise frontline officers to get vaccinated was being \"actively discussed\", as the rate of officers self-isolating has risen.\n\nSo far 2.3 million people in the UK have had a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, as part of the government's plan to vaccinate tens of millions of people by the spring.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said members of the armed forces were working \"hand in hand with the NHS\" to help with the response to the UK's epidemic.\n\nSome 5,300 members of the armed forces are currently involved in the Covid response including personnel to help with vaccinations and community testing across the UK, he said.", "Rules governing the import of personal goods from the UK to the EU changed after Brexit formally came into effect\n\nA Dutch TV network has filmed border officials confiscating ham sandwiches and other foods from drivers arriving in the Netherlands from the UK, under post-Brexit rules.\n\nThe officials were shown explaining import regulations imposed since the UK formalised its separation from the EU.\n\nUnder EU rules, travellers from outside the bloc are banned from bringing in meat and dairy products.\n\nThe rules appeared to bemuse one driver.\n\n\"Since Brexit, you are no longer allowed to bring certain foods to Europe, like meat, fruit, vegetables, fish, that kind of stuff,\" a Dutch border official told the driver in footage broadcast by TV network NPO 1.\n\nIn one scene, a border official asked the driver whether several of his tin-foil wrapped sandwiches had meat in them.\n\nWhen the driver said they did, the border official said: \"Okay, so we take them all.\"\n\nSurprised, the driver then asked the officials if he could keep the bread, to which one replied: \"No, everything will be confiscated - welcome to the Brexit, sir. I'm sorry.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK officially finished its formal separation from the EU on 31 December, 2020.\n\nFrom 23:00 GMT on that date, the UK stopped following EU rules, with new arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation coming into force.\n\nA trade deal with the EU was agreed on 24 December, and a week later, UK lawmakers voted in favour of the agreement.\n\nThe UK's departure means big changes for business - with the UK and EU forming two separate markets - the end of free movement, and new regulations, including those governing the import of personal goods.\n\nThe UK government has issued guidance to commercial drivers travelling to the EU, warning them to \"be aware of additional restrictions to personal imports\".\n\n\"You cannot bring POAO (products of an animal origin) such as those containing meat or dairy (e.g. a ham and cheese sandwich) into the EU,\" the guidance says. \"There are exceptions to this rule for certain quantities of powdered infant milk, infant food, special foods, or special processed pet feed.\"\n\nOn its website, the European Commission says the ban is necessary because such goods \"continue to present a real threat to animal health throughout the Union\".\n\n\"It is known, for example, that dangerous pathogens that cause animal diseases such as Foot and Mouth Disease and classical swine fever can reside in meat, milk or their products,\" the Commission says.\n\nSeparately, the Dutch customs agency shared a picture of foodstuffs it had confiscated from motorists in the ferry terminal the Hook of Holland.\n\n\"Since 1 January, you can't just bring more food from the UK,\" the agency said. \"So prepare yourself if you travel to the Netherlands from the UK and spread the word. This is how we prevent food waste and together ensure that the controls are speeded up.\"\n\nThe BBC's economics editor Faisal Islam described the confiscation of ham sandwiches and other foodstuffs at the EU's borders with the UK as \"a standard implication of [the] Brexit deal\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Faisal Islam This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The NHS Louisa Jordan was built in two weeks in April response to concerns over hospital capacity\n\nA shortage of NHS staff could prevent the opening of the NHS Louisa Jordan to Covid patients if capacity is exceeded elsewhere, a leading doctor has said.\n\nPresident of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, Prof Mike Griffin, said the increasing numbers off work was a \"major problem\".\n\nThe Scottish government says the NHS is not being \"overwhelmed\" and staffing plans are in place to deal with demand.\n\nThe NHS Louisa Jordan is currently being used for outpatient services.\n\nThe temporary hospital at the SEC in Glasgow was set up in April in response to concerns over hospital capacity.\n\nIt was not used for Covid care during the first surge of the pandemic and has since been made available for outpatient services, such as orthopaedics, plastic surgery and dermatology.\n\nIt is also being used for Covid vaccinations.\n\nProf Mike Griffin told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the pressure on the NHS workforce was particularly acute in the west of Scotland, where the number of cases was high.\n\n\"Particularly in Glasgow and Lanarkshire, there's been significant increases recently because of the new variant. Without any doubt, that new variant is increasing transmissibility, and therefore increasing infection rates and increasing hospital admissions,\" he said.\n\n\"But it's not just the admissions that's the problem. Our doctors, surgeons, nurses and everyone are really working extremely hard - but there is an increase in absenteeism because of illness and because of self-isolation amongst nursing staff.\"\n\nTwo of Scotland's health boards - NHS Ayrshire and Arran and NHS Lanarkshire - are currently over their capacity for Covid patients.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has reached 85% capacity and NHS Tayside is at 81% capacity, according to the latest Scottish government figures.\n\nThe NHS Louisa Jordan has capacity for 1,000 Covid patients if it is needed, but Prof Griffin said that using it as a Covid facility could be dependent on retired or former staff returning to work for NHS Scotland.\n\n\"Opening the Louisa Jordan as a Covid institution without staff is impossible,\" he said.\n\n\"It is equipped to be able to do it. And if the staffing is there, if we get returners and so on, then perhaps that might happen.\"\n\nThe number of Covid patients in hospital across Scotland is now higher than it was in April, although the numbers in intensive care are lower.\n\nNumbers initially appeared to be declining in November, but never reached low levels and began to climb sharply again at the end of the year.\n\nProf Griffin added that it was likely that better treatments for Covid patients were also reducing mortality and so keeping those patients in hospital for longer.\n\nNHS Scotland has an overall capacity for 13,000 beds, with 2,400 assigned to Covid patients.\n\nThis is down from a capacity of about 3,600 in the autumn because of additional seasonal pressures on the NHS, including weather-related issues and increased staff absence.\n\nScotland's national clinical director, Prof Jason Leitch, accepted that having around 1,500 patients in hospital with Covid had forced the cancellation of procedures such as cataract operations and hip replacements.\n\nBut he said that ability to \"flex\" within the system meant that the NHS remained within capacity.\n\nProf Leitch also pointed to the situation in England where there have been reports of limits being put on the amount of oxygen that patients can receive and some intensive care patients having to be treated in non-ICU beds.\n\nSpeaking at the first minister's coronavirus briefing, he said: \"People shouldn't be scared that the health service is full or overwhelmed - it isn't.\n\n\"It is fragile, and you just have to look a few hundred miles south to see what happens when it is even more fragile.\n\n\"So we need to avoid that as much as we can in Scotland.\"", "The Northern Lights from Munlochy on the Black Isle in the Highlands\n\nDisplays of the Aurora Borealis were visible from north and north east Scotland overnight.\n\nAlso known as the Northern Lights, the aurora appear as shimmering waves of light when atoms in the Earth's high-altitude atmosphere collide with energetic charged particles from the sun.\n\nBBC Weather Watchers photographed the \"lights\" from Shetland, the Highlands and Moray.\n\nBrae, Shetland, was among the vantage points for observing the aurora overnight on Monday into Tuesday\n\nA view of the aurora from Hopeman on the Moray Firth coast\n\nA colourful scene at Nairn on the Highlands' Moray Firth coast\n\nThe aurora from Glenelg in the west Highlands\n\nThis stunning image was captured at Durness by Andy Walker\n\nClear skies over Moray offered opportunities to see the lights, including from Elgin\n\nFreck Fraser's image of the aurora from a snowy Belladrum near Beauly\n\nThe green glow of the aurora from Portmahomack in the Highlands\n\nAnother image of the aurora from Brae in Shetland\n\nBright lights of the aurora from Uig in the Highlands", "Meddyg Care Dementia Home was due to receive vaccinations last week\n\nA care home manager is \"frightened\" for the residents after its delivery of Covid vaccinations failed to arrive.\n\nLorna Jones said Meddyg Care Dementia Home in Criccieth, Gwynedd, was due to have a delivery of the new Oxford-AstraZeneca jab a week ago.\n\nHowever the vaccine has not arrived amid claims other people in the area have already had the jab.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board admitted there had been \"logistical problems\" in north west Wales.\n\nThe health board insisted it is \"committed\" to vaccinating those most vulnerable.\n\nOn Monday, it was announced that all over-50s in Wales are to be offered jab by spring, after criticism the rollout of the vaccine in Wales has been slower than in other parts of the UK.\n\nWith family visits suspended, the care home has not recorded a single Covid-19 case and a phone call on New Year's Eve to say it was to receive the vaccine was met with \"glee and happiness\".\n\nUnder the Welsh Government's vaccination rollout plan, care home residents and staff are first in line to get the immunisation - or priority one - ahead of elderly people within communities across Wales.\n\nHowever the vaccine has not arrived while, the home claimed, local GP surgeries have been administering the vaccine to over 80s in the community.\n\nLorna Jones is demanding answers as to why the vaccine has not arrived\n\nMs Jones said: \"I can't understand why Betsi Cadwaladr have veered away from the priority list.\n\n\"It's very clear. If there are vaccines coming into the local community, which there are, why have our residents not been vaccinated?\n\n\"I know some care homes have had it in Caernarfon, so why haven't we. What's the difference?\"\n\nMs Jones said the delay is causing concern among staff, residents and families.\n\n\"I'm frightened for our residents. I'm getting a lot of contact from families and I just can't give them anything,\" she said.\n\nThe home's owner said he had now taken matters into his own hands.\n\nKevin Edwards, managing director of Meddyg Care, said he had spent hours ringing around GP surgeries \"begging\" for spare vaccines.\n\nHe said the residents would now be vaccinated on Tuesday.\n\n\"We're a specialist dementia home, you can't just turn up one day and give the vaccine to the residents, there needs to be an element of preparation,\" he told BBC Radio Wales.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr health board said it was working to ensure those with the highest priority are vaccinated.\n\nTeresa Owen, the health board's executive director of public health, said: \"Last week we vaccinated nearly 10,000 people in north Wales.\n\n\"This week, staff from primary care practices will be going into the local nursing and residential homes to administer the Oxford-Astra Zeneca vaccination to residents.\n\n\"The initial supply of vaccinations to the west of BCUHB has caused some logistical problems with commencing this programme, but vaccines have now been allocated for all the nursing and residential homes in the locality.\"", "Boris Johnson - pictured here in 2013 - is a keen cyclist\n\nDowning Street has defended Boris Johnson for riding his bicycle seven miles from home, saying he complied with Covid rules during his trip.\n\nLabour accused the prime minister of having double standards, after it was reported he had been spotted in the saddle at east London's Olympic Park.\n\nGovernment guidance says daily outdoor exercise is allowed but people should not travel outside their local area.\n\nThe PM's spokesman said any suggestion he had broken the rules was \"wrong\".\n\nBut he did not confirm whether Mr Johnson had been driven to the Olympic Park from Downing Street or cycled there.\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the trip had not been \"against the law - that's for sure\".\n\nPeople should go for exercise \"from your front door and come back to your front door\", she said, adding: \"That's my view of local.\"\n\nThe prime minister's press secretary said the Commissioner's words were \"wise\".\n\n\"The instruction is to stay local and for her a reasonable interpretation was to exercise from their front door but for some people it's more complicated. Everyone needs to exercise their own judgement\", she added.\n\nThe Evening Standard reported that the prime minister had been seen in the Olympic Park, with his security detail, on Sunday.\n\nThere's nothing in English lockdown law that says Boris Johnson shouldn't have pedalled around London's Olympic park on Sunday, seven miles from Downing Street.\n\nBut this comes at a time when the government is desperately pleading with people to take Covid-19 seriously and follow the rules.\n\nIn England that means leaving home only for essential work, shopping and exercise. The guidance also says \"stay local\" without defining how far people can roam.\n\nTravel for exercise is allowed \"a short distance within your area\" to access an open space.\n\nNumber 10 will insist that's precisely what Mr Johnson did.\n\nBut his ride highlights the problem everyone faces trying to interpret rules, and relying on people using common sense.\n\nThe outing certainly doesn't help ministers straining to tell the public - in clear, consistent, easy-to-understand terms - to stay at home.\n\nAndy Slaughter, Labour MP for Hammersmith, west London, criticised the prime minister for having a \"do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do\" attitude.\n\nSpeaking to Today, Policing Minister Kit Malthouse said: \"What we are asking people to do is when they exercise to stay local.\n\n\"Now local is, obviously, open to interpretation, but people broadly know what local means.\n\n\"If you can get there under your own steam and you are not interacting with somebody... then that seems perfectly reasonable to me.\"\n\nThe PM's official spokesman added: \"We have always trusted the public to exercise good judgement. We did throughout the first lockdown and continue to do so.\"\n\nDame Cressida Dick said Boris Johnson had not broken the law\n\nThe issue of travelling for exercise was highlighted at the weekend after police in Derbyshire fined two women £200 after they drove five miles from home to take a walk - a penalty that was later dropped.\n\nGovernment advice for England says people can leave home to exercise, but adds: \"This should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.\"\n\nThe guidance adds: \"Stay local means stay in the village, town, or part of the city where you live.\"\n\nThe government also states: \"The law is what you must do; the guidance might be a mixture of what you must do and what you should do.\"\n\nIn Scotland, the advice is that exercise can be taken if it \"starts and finishes at the same place, which can be up to five miles from the boundary of your local authority area\".\n\nIn Wales, exercise also has to start from and finish at home. There no limits on distance travelled, although the advice is that \"the nearer you stay to your home, the better\".\n\nPeople in Northern Ireland are advised not to go more than 10 miles from home when exercising.", "Fans of the University of Alabama football team gathered in the streets of Tuscaloosa in Alabama, ignoring social distancing.\n\nThey were celebrating the university's third national championship in the past six years.", "More than 12,500 people have died with coronavirus, since the first reported death in Scotland on 13 March 2020.\n\nHere are the stories of some of those who have lost their lives.\n\nIf you would like to pay tribute to a loved one lost to Covid, please use the form below or email newsonline-scotland@bbc.co.uk and ensure you have read our terms and conditions and privacy policy.\n\nJean was born in 1937 Maryhill and spoke often and fondly of her childhood in \"the Butney\". This involved real hardships - including war-time evacuation to Holytown - though Jean's memories were all good and Maryhill became a touchstone when dementia became a factor in recent years.\n\nWorking at Rolls-Royce Hillington, Jean was transferred to its Derby HQ where, as a young woman, she made small component parts for jet engines. Even in her 80s, Jean could still perform all the machinist actions (with sound effects).\n\nShe loved to paint landscapes and had a life-long passion for music, especially jazz (with Frankie and Ella being constants). She was a great singer and dancer, always up for fun and laughs, brightening up any party.\n\nHer family said Jean was a fabulous mum to two daughters, a brilliant friend, and a warm-hearted women with kindness for everyone and anyone. She died on 27 October 2020.\n\nRashelle Baird's family describe her as \"kind, bubbly, and always the life and soul of the party\".\n\nThe 27-year-old mother-of-three from Brechin had put off appointments to get the vaccine because she was busy with her children.\n\nHer family stressed she was not anti-vaccine. \"She wanted to get her vaccine but she put her kids first,\" her father Stephen said.\n\nRashelle, who had asthma, initially thought she had caught a cold from her children, but her symptoms worsened and she was admitted to hospital.\n\nShe died in November 2021 after several days in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, having been placed in an induced coma in the intensive care unit.\n\nDavid Trower worked as a clerical officer in the A&E department of University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie before retiring in 2016.\n\nBut he was committed to the NHS and even in retirement he chose to continue to work shifts, through NHS Lanarkshire's staff bank, right up until February. He died on 9 March 2021, aged 67.\n\nHis colleagues thought highly of him, saying: \"We have many happy memories of shifts together, laughs, nights out, and listening to all his stories of his many holidays abroad. We will miss him.\"\n\nBernadette White, his sister, said he was a caring, gentle and loving man with a wicked sense of humour.\n\nShe added: \"The last seven years, I would say, is when David started to live his life, doing the things that made him happy without having to worry about anyone else.\"\n\nStephen Stewart met his future wife, Heather, at a youth club when he was just 14. They got engaged on his 17th birthday and he had just turned 20 when they married.\n\nThe couple, who lived in Motherwell, came from \"very different\" backgrounds but they grew up together during their 25-year marriage while raising their only child.\n\nStephen took pride in his work for concrete manufacturer FP McCann, latterly as a lab technician working out what strength the concrete needed to be for certain projects.\n\nOutside work, he loved fishing, computer games, gadgets and during the first lockdown he managed to build a hot tub shelter with the help of a series of YouTube videos.\n\nHe died of Covid pneumonia at University Hospital Wishaw on 19 February 2021, aged 45.\n\nNan Douglas worked her way up from shorthand typist to headteacher during a remarkable career.\n\nShe was already a mother of three when she left her job as a school secretary at West Calder High School to enrol at Moray House in Edinburgh where she qualified as a primary school teacher.\n\nAfter losing her husband John when she was just 43, she found solace in working with disabled children and went on to be appointed head of Pinewood Special School in Blackburn, West Lothian.\n\nFollowing a spell living in Cornwall during her retirement, she returned to Scotland where she hosted a \"living wake\" with 80 friends and family on her 90th birthday.\n\nShe lived independently in Milnathort, Kinross, and was admitted to hospital for a minor issue just before Christmas 2020. But she picked up Covid and never left. She died on 19 February 2021, aged 95.\n\nGraeme McGrath's greatest passions were rowing and the River Clyde.\n\nOn the day of his funeral, fellow rowers held oars in a guard of honour at Glasgow Green in a tribute appreciated by his wife Anne and their three sons.\n\nFor 40 years Graeme volunteered with the Glasgow Humane Society and was often called on to row rescue boats on the Clyde, or to help evacuate families during floods.\n\nAfter undergoing a kidney transplant in his 50s, he was unable to get out on the river as much. He retired from his job as a Thomas Cook travel agent and moved to Prestwick in Ayrshire.\n\nBut he still felt the pull of the Clyde and regularly returned to the city to meet friends and row safety boats at regattas.\n\nHe died with Covid on 15 February 2021 at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, aged 66, after being admitted for an infection affecting his heart.\n\nTommy Morrow spent most of his life in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, where he met his partner Jackie and raised their children, Demi and Mark.\n\nHis family described him as a character and not a day went by without them laughing at his jokes.\n\nHe loved camping and fishing in places like Stornoway with his friends but the most important people in his life were his family, including grandchildren, Lacey and Louden.\n\nDuring his career he worked in various well-known hotels and restaurants in Glasgow but he had not worked for some years due to poor health, including COPD.\n\nHe died with Covid on 15 February 2021, aged 53. \"It was so cruel - he was so close to getting the vaccine,\" his family said.\n\nTommy Rooney was a bus driver for 36 years and hugely popular with colleagues at First Bus in Larbert.\n\nOn the day of his funeral they were among dozens of people who lined the streets and applauded as his cortege passed the depot.\n\nFirst Bus operations manager Jason Hackett told the Falkirk Herald that Tommy was the \"heart and soul\" of the Larbert station.\n\nMarried to Margaret, the Bonnybridge man had two daughters and a granddaughter who described him as a \"humble but proud family man who put everyone else's needs before his own\".\n\nAn avid Celtic fan, he spent much of the pandemic driving key workers to their essential duties. He died on 12 February 2021, aged 57.\n\nDavid Gray's first grandchild - a girl called Islay - was born in July 2020. The proud \"papa\" used to say that she was the love of his life and she gave him a reason to wake up in the morning.\n\nTragically, the 62-year-old only got to spend five months with her before falling ill with Covid. He died on 3 February 2021.\n\nDavid lived in Erskine and worked for BAE Systems for 20 years, first as a mechanical fitter then as records manager dealing with secret files for the Ministry of Defence.\n\nHis family describe him as \"music daft\" - he played guitar and he was performing a gig with his band in Glasgow when he met his wife, Joyce, 40 years ago.\n\nThey went on to have two children - Darren and Danielle - as well as his beloved Cocker Spaniels, Buster and Shimmer, who he described as his \"bairns\".\n\nHarry Osborne was a Dunkirk veteran whose life was full of adventures - his daughter said he was still able to recall stories until just a few days before he died.\n\nMr Osborne was deployed to France months after joining the Territorial Army in Glasgow, served with the 77th Highland Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery and later became a surveyor.\n\nFriends recall how upon joining, he promised his mother he would not swear and instead would say \"cricky jings\", which became his nickname in the forces.\n\nHe was also known as a keen golfer with a \"wicked sense of humour\".\n\nMr Osborne died from Covid-19 on 25 January, nine months after celebrating his 100th birthday.\n\nConnie Simpson's grandchildren say she was more like a pal than a granny - she was full of fun and laughter, and was always the first up to dance at a party.\n\nBorn in Kinning Park, Glasgow, she moved to the east end after marrying John who she met at the Barrowlands when they were teenagers.\n\nWhile John was away with the Merchant Navy, she brought up their four children in a house \"surrounded by love\", before taking work as a curtain consultant.\n\nShe was fabulous even in her 80s - she loved getting her hair, eyebrows and manicure done, meeting friends at Mecca Bingo in Parkhead and at a local pensioners' club.\n\nConnie died on 23 January 2021 at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow, aged 82.\n\nSheila Gartly was as \"bright as a button\" and the \"heart of our family\", her loved ones said.\n\nShe was born and brought up in Deskford, Moray, before marrying and moving to Keith in 1954. Widowed in 1975, she remarried but lost her second husband in 2005.\n\nDuring her working life she had jobs in a florist and in a fish shop - both of which she thoroughly enjoyed.\n\nShe loved to watch the birds in her garden, read her daily newspaper, listen to traditional Scottish music, and the spring and summer when the nights were lighter and flowers bloomed.\n\nIn 2019 she had surgery on a broken leg but she was recovering well. She died with Covid on 19 January 2021, aged 86.\n\nAlex Goldie was an electrical engineer who latterly worked as a lecturer at Stow College in Glasgow before his retirement.\n\nHis family said he was a gregarious man, always interested in other people, who took great delight and pride in the antics and education of his two great-grandsons, Charlie and Joe.\n\nDuring his long life he enjoyed skiing, tennis, pottery, sailing, golf, holidays in Europe, Australia and North America, single malts and red wine.\n\nHe had been well cared for by Randolph Hill nursing home in Dunblane for 19 months after developing dementia. Covid restrictions meant he had not seen his family, other than by Skype, for a year.\n\nHe is thought to have contracted the virus on a trip to A&E after a fall. He died on 14 January, aged 100.\n\nVincent Logan became one of the youngest bishops in the world when he was ordained Bishop of Dunkeld in 1981, aged 39.\n\nHe served the Roman Catholic diocese for almost 32 years before his retirement in 2012.\n\nThe Scottish Catholic Church said he was \"dedicated and energetic\" and had \"an energy and zeal in all he did\".\n\nBorn in Bathgate in 1941, he was ordained a priest in Edinburgh in 1964. He died on 14 January, aged 79, the day after his friend the Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia.\n\n\"Both bishops succumbed to the lethal effects of the coronavirus,\" the current Bishop of Dunkeld, Stephen Robson, added.\n\nThe Archbishop of Glasgow, the Most Reverend Philip Tartaglia, died suddenly at his home in the city on 13 January - the Feast of St Mungo, the Patron Saint of Glasgow.\n\nHe had been self-isolating after testing positive for Covid shortly after Christmas.\n\nBorn in Glasgow in 1951, he was ordained a priest in 1975 and had served as leader of Scotland's largest Catholic community since 2012.\n\nScotland's Catholic bishops described Archbishop Tartaglia as a \"gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor who combined compassion with a piercing intellect\".\n\nAmong those who paid tribute were First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken, who described the archbishop as \"a true Glaswegian\".\n\nLiz Shingleston was a well-known figure in the village of Dunragit and her death on 13 January had a big impact on the small community near Stranraer.\n\n\"Her hearse passed the bottom of the village and the amount of people who turned out to pay their respects was overwhelming,\" said her daughter, Lisa.\n\nLiz spent her early childhood in New Luce but moved to the railway station cottage in Dunragit where her father worked as a signalman.\n\nDuring a varied working life, Liz left school to work in the laboratory of the nearby Nestle factory and later replaced her own mother as the local school's dinner lady.\n\nThe 73-year-old was devoted to her grandchildren and great-grandson but she also liked to treat herself to afternoon tea (with Prosecco) at Trump Turnberry.\n\nHugh Polland, who was known as Shug to his friends and family, was born and raised in Glasgow's Easterhouse.\n\nHe was well known in the area where he ran the Casbah Pub for many years during the 1980s and early 90s.\n\nA huge Celtic fan, he loved to play golf and took up photography later in life - becoming \"unofficial photographer\" at many friends' weddings, christening and parties.\n\n\"Everyone wanted him at their party not just to take photos but because of his personality,\" said his son, Tony McAllister. \"Everyone loved him because what you seen is what you got.\"\n\nShug died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 5 January, aged 70. His sudden death has left his family heartbroken.\n\nFor more than 75 years George Wight lived on his dairy farm in the village of Drumoak in Aberdeenshire.\n\nBut he had more than one string to his bow - as well as being a dairy farmer, for 25 years he was also the publican of his local, the Irvine Arms.\n\nA loyal Aberdeen FC fan, he was one of the lucky ones - he was in Gothenburg in 1983 to see the his beloved Dons lift the European Cup Winners Cup.\n\nHe was devoted to his family, including wife Claire and their four children, and despite suffering a series of bereavements and health setbacks, he always bounced back.\n\n\"He was an inspiration and a hardy soul who kept going no matter what life threw at him,\" they said. George died at a nursing home on 4 January 2021, aged 85.\n\nHugh Bell loved to dance. As a young man, when he doing his national service with the RAF, he was a regular at the dancing at the YMCA in Paisley.\n\nIt was there he met the love of his life, Margaret. They were married for 63 years and had two children Alan and Stuart. Margaret passed away in 2013.\n\nA keen ballroom dancer, Hugh was often first on the dance floor and in his later years he enjoyed dancing to the entertainment at Southerness caravan park, near Dumfries, where Stuart and his friend had a holiday home.\n\nHe was a bright, bubbly sociable man who spent a career in logistics before working as a lollipop man in his retirement.\n\nHugh died on 31 December at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, aged 92.\n\nDavid Warnock was a keen sportsman who loved squash, tennis, rugby, football, cycling and climbing munros.\n\nIn fact, it was on the tennis courts in Aberdeen that he met his teenage sweetheart, Zena. He was 17 and she was 14 - they were married for 62 years.\n\nAn electrical engineer, he worked for Pye Communications, moving first to Cambridge and then Edinburgh.\n\nHe was a quiet man who never complained about anything and was happiest around his family - including four children, 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.\n\nHis second great-grandchild was born shortly after he died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on 31 December. He was 85.\n\nHenry Anderson, an SNP councillor on Perth and Kinross Council, died with Covid on 27 December.\n\nHe had represented the Almond and Earn ward since 2012 and colleagues said he would be \"hugely missed\".\n\nAmong those who paid tribute to the 68-year-old was Deputy First Minister John Swinney, who described him as \"a good, decent man and a faithful councillor\".\n\nMurray Lyle, the leader of Perth and Kinross Council, said Mr Anderson was an excellent advocate for his ward and \"passionate about local issues\".\n\n\"I had the pleasure of working with Henry for several years on the Local Review Body and always his enjoyed his company, good humour and sense of fun when we were out visiting planning sites.\"\n\nTeenage sweethearts Bryson Mitchell and his wife Irene were due to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary in January,\n\nThey met when he was an 18-year-old apprentice electrician and was assigned to a contract with the company where Irene, who was 16, was working.\n\nAfter marrying in 1961, Bryson spent his adult life in Paisley and 35 years working as an aircraft electrician with British Airways.\n\nThe couple had two children and four grandchildren, who described him as a quiet man with a great sense of humour. \"He was kind and generous, very hardworking, and he lived for his family,\" they said.\n\nHe was in hospital being treated for an acute illness when he contracted Covid. He died on Christmas Eve, aged 82.\n\nAs a child, Sandy Adam survived pioneering surgery to remove his voice box - an operation that left him unable to speak normally.\n\nInstead he learned a different way to communicate - oesophageal speech (swallowing air) - by drinking lots of lemonade. He had a life-long hatred of the fizzy drink after that.\n\nAfter training to be a dentist in Dundee, he returned to his hometown of Aberdeen. In addition to surgeries around the city, at one time he worked at Craiginches Prison one afternoon a week.\n\nA father and a grandfather, he loved tinkering with cars, pranking his two children and sitting in the sun with a glass of red wine.\n\nThe 81-year-old, who had dementia, died on 16 December, shortly after testing positive for Covid.\n\nDavid Barr was born and grew up in Paisley and for more than 40 years he worked in the town's Anchor Mill.\n\nAs well as being a keen bowler, a church elder, and an active member of Martyrs Church Men's Club, he had a gift for carpentry.\n\nThe dolls houses and garages that he made for his children and grandchildren were much loved and they are still treasured.\n\nHis favourite place in the world was the East Neuk of Fife, where he spent many happy holidays.\n\nDavid had an underlying respiratory condition and he was admitted to hospital with shortness of breath in December. He died within days of being diagnosed with Covid on 16 December, aged 86.\n\nAna Lisa Sayson was a nurse who moved from the Philippines to work for the NHS in Scotland.\n\nShe was a staff nurse at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow before she moved to Glasgow Royal Infirmary during the Covid crisis. The mother-of-two died on 15 December after testing positive for the virus.\n\n\"Ana Lisa was a much-loved member of the team and an incredibly compassionate nurse who was devoted to the care of her patients,\" said John Stuart, the chief nurse at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.\n\n\"Ana Lisa came to our country from the Philippines to care for our loved ones and my heart goes out to her family and especially her husband and children.\n\n\"My thoughts, and the thoughts of all of her NHS family here in Glasgow, are with them at this terribly sad time.\"\n\nBilly and May Fannin were married for 62 years after meeting at a ballroom in Glasgow in 1955.\n\nMay was a bookkeeper who gave up her job to look after her grandchildren in the 1980s. \"Her life revolved around her four grandchildren,\" their younger daughter Jennifer told BBC Scotland.\n\nBilly was a joiner by trade but his real passion was singing, performing under the name Scott Allan. And as a member of Equity, he also took on work as an extra on TV programmes like Take the High Road and Taggart.\n\nHe loved being the centre of attention and \"if he was chocolate he would have eaten himself\", Jennifer joked.\n\nWhen the couple from Barrhead caught Covid, their two daughters also fell ill with the virus and had to self-isolate. They were heartbroken they could not be with their 84-year-old mother when she died in hospital on 6 December.\n\nBut they chose not tell their 88-year-old father about her death, as he was also in hospital and had dementia. Jennifer was able to visit him to say goodbye before he slipped away just eight days after the passing of his wife.\n\nShe was president of the city's Bangladesh Association, a civil servant at Glasgow City Council and, according to her family, \"a pillar of the community\".\n\nThey said she was a \"devoted mother, daughter, aunt and friend [but] she would prefer to be remembered as a social activist, volunteer and community advocate\".\n\nBoth Mridula and her husband, Sarwar Hassan, were admitted to hospital with Covid in November. He was discharged but Mridula was moved to Aberdeen for specialist treatment.\n\nHer husband and two sons were able to spend time with her before she died at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on 12 December, aged 50.\n\nBridget Turner and her husband Alan worked for years in the window blinds industry before setting up their own business, A&B Window Blinds, in 1992.\n\nThey lived next door to the shop in Paisley, where Bridget worked in the office and Alan went out to do the measuring. Their years of hard work paid off and the family business remains successful.\n\nThe mother-of-three \"loved a good gab and a good catch-up with friends\", according to her daughter, Lisa. \"She was amazing, such a good friend to lots of people.\"\n\nWhen the children were young, family holidays were spent at the Isle of Whithorn but later the couple, who moved to Greenock, spent winters in Gran Canaria where they made friends from around the world.\n\nBridget was treated for Covid at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, where she received \"amazing care\". She died, aged 71, on 7 December after saying goodbye to her family.\n\nAndrew Slorance was a civil servant in charge of the Scottish government's planning and response to crisis situations - including the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe grew up in Hawick and became a journalist before joining the Scotland Office. He led the new Scottish Parliament's media team when it opened in 1999, then became the official spokesman for First Minister Alex Salmond.\n\nA father-of-five, he was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma in 2015. He documented his experience of the rare cancer - including six rounds of chemotherapy - in a blog he called \"The fight of my life\".\n\nHe relapsed in 2019 and a stem cell transplant scheduled for Easter 2020 was delayed by Covid. While shielding at home in Edinburgh, he spent the first part of the pandemic working on the government's response from a spare room.\n\nMr Slorance was finally admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow for his stem cell transplant in October. He tested positive for Covid shortly after that and died on 5 December, aged 49.\n\nTributes from across the political spectrum, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, have been paid to Mr Slorance. His wife, Louise, told BBC Scotland: \"He was a proud family man who was the life and soul of any party, loving and loyal.\"\n\nAllan Harper was a salesman at Topps Tiles for 23 years, mainly in the Hillington branch.\n\nHe met Caroline through a dating website 21 years ago. They were due to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in July.\n\nA father-of-one, he lived in Craigton, in the south-west of Glasgow, where he enjoyed computer games and playing pool with work colleagues.\n\nCaroline said they would spend their days off and holidays together with their three cats \"who sometimes got more attention than me\".\n\nHe was a kind man, a \"true gentleman\" and her \"forever love\", she added. He died on 1 December 2020, aged 60.\n\nEileen Terry was born and brought up in Renfrew before marrying Bob and moving to Milngavie in 1968.\n\nHe was a keen golfer and when their sons, Robert and David, reached secondary school she decided the time was right to join him on the golf course.\n\nIt led to a lifetime's love of the sport and she became the ladies captain of Clober Golf Club in 2001 - the club's centenary year.\n\nHer family say she was a kind and generous lady who was well-known in her local community, where she worked as a home help until her retirement.\n\nShe spent her final years in Mavisbank Nursing Home in Bishopbriggs after developing vascular dementia. She died in hospital on 25 November 2020, aged 84.\n\nDavie Burgess was one of 10 siblings born in the Townhead area of Glasgow, but he had a lifelong love of the fresh air and the scenery of the Scottish countryside.\n\nAs a young man, he worked as a fireman on the steam train to Crianlarich - a trip which included a two-hour stopover allowing him to explore the hills.\n\nLater in life he loved driving up to Acharacle to visit his son and his family, where he could go for long walks with his grandchildren and their dog, Mac.\n\nMarried for 60 years to May, the father-of-three worked for the Milk Marketing Board at Hogganfield Loch. He was a hard worker who even after he \"retired\" took on three jobs, including running a caravan park.\n\nHis family described him as a \"gentleman\" and a \"man of pride\". He died on 25 November, aged 86.\n\nRod Moore spent 40 years with the ambulance service, working as a technician, a paramedic, a trainer and then in managerial roles before returning to the front line and the job he loved.\n\nThe football fan from Falkirk was married to Clare for 31 years and they had a son, Craig.\n\n\"He was my best friend, he was always happy, joking around all the time, he was so funny... he made me laugh every day,\" Clare told BBC Scotland.\n\nAnd he was so close to their son \"you wouldn't have got a sheet of paper between them\", she added.\n\nAlthough they were not able to see Rod for four weeks while he was treated in hospital for Covid, they we allowed one final visit to say goodbye before he died on 21 November, aged 63.\n\nTom Kenmure was a manager at the Tesco distribution centre in Livingston, where he had worked for 28 years.\n\nThe 51-year-old was a friendly, sociable man and in normal times he liked nothing better than driving around the country exploring \"any little shop he could find\".\n\nAfter the restrictions came into force, the father-of-two from Carluke did everything he could to keep himself and his family safe from Covid.\n\nBut on the 6 October he felt a tightness in his chest on his way to work and had to get tested. It came back positive the next day.\n\nHe spent two weeks in Wishaw General before being transferred to an ECMO machine at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. He died on 17 November.\n\nAndrew, or \"Andra\", Kettrick was a porter at Stirling Royal Infirmary for 28 years.\n\nHe would take patients out on \"mystery tours\" in a \"big blue hospital ambulance bus\" his son, also Andrew, told BBC Scotland.\n\n\"The old people loved my dad as he would often stop and buy them all fish and chips or ice cream - all this was paid for out of his pocket,\" he said.\n\nMr Kettrick's work was recognised by hospital bosses and they put him forward for a British Empire Medal which he received in 1991.\n\nThe father-of-three, from Cowie, Stirling, died at Caledonia Court care home in Larbert on 17 November. He was 86.\n\nJim - Flocky - Flockhart was the public face of the firefighters' strike in Glasgow in 1973.\n\nA leading figure in the Fire Brigade Union, he regularly appeared on TV and in newspapers during the controversial 10-day strike over pay.\n\nFirefighting was a dangerous - sometimes fatal - job in the \"tinderbox city\" and Jim was hailed a hero by colleagues after the dispute ended with a famous victory for the strikers.\n\nHe retired to Darvel in Ayrshire where he enjoyed a pint in the Black Bull and spent many years driving friends and local elderly men on trips around Scotland and to Ireland.\n\nA father and grandfather, he died with Covid on 13 November with his daughters Yvonne and Julie by his side. He was 77.\n\nTom Maley never wanted for anything, but after enduring months of Covid restrictions this year the 73-year-old retired joiner set his heart on a big Christmas tree.\n\nIt had been a tough year for the normally sociable pensioner who was renowned for his jokes (good and bad) and was devoted to his wife of 53 years, Georgina, and their family.\n\nThey usually decorate a small table-top tree for the festive season, but this year Mr Maley ordered a 5ft showstopper illuminated with multi-coloured stars to fill the window of their Grangemouth home.\n\nThe great-grandfather will never get to see the tree in its full glory. He died at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert on 12 November, shortly after falling ill with Covid-19.\n\nHis granddaughter Claire Taylor told BBC Scotland, said: \"My gran has made sure that the tree he ordered will go up and it will shine bright for Granda.\"\n\nTracey Donnelly was born and brought up in Edinburgh but she moved to the north-east of England after meeting her husband, George.\n\n\"I loved her the first time I saw her, and I always will,\" he said. \"She was so loving and kind - just an extra-special person in every way.\"\n\nTracey had four children, three step-children and eight grandchildren, and she worked as a support worker for the North East Autism Society.\n\nCare manager Michael Ross, said: \"She loved her family, and she loved the service-users in her care. This tragic news has ripped the heart out of the team and her colleagues are absolutely devastated.\"\n\nShe died at Sunderland General Hospital in mid-November after testing positive for coronavirus. She was 53.\n\nJim Grant was originally from Bo'ness but he spent most of his life in Grangemouth where he brought up two daughters, Margaret and Senga, with his wife Mary.\n\nHe worked as a labourer at BP before taking early retirement when he was 60.\n\nThe 88-year-old great-grandfather spent his last months at the Caledonian Court care home in Larbert before his death on 8 November. He was one of 20 residents who died in the space of a month after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nHis granddaughter, Nicole Ritchie, said he was a gentleman who always had a huge smile on his face, and his death had had a huge impact on the family.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland \"As a family, we would like to thank Caledonian Court from the bottom of our hearts. They looked after my grandad for the last 11 months of his life and they couldn't have done a better job, he was so happy and very well looked after.\"\n\nFor more than 20 years until her retirement in February 2020, Liz Khan was a support worker for adults with learning and physical disabilities.\n\nShe also ran a drama group for them - it was always more than a job to her, her family said.\n\nLiz was also an elder at her local church, St Margaret's Parish Church in the Muirhouse area of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.\n\n\"She devoted her life to her work, church and family,\" her children Stephen, Sonia and Lorraine told BBC Scotland.\n\nLiz died in hospital with Covid on 26 October 2020, aged 67 - eight months into her retirement.\n\nWhen Marie Ward broke her wrist in 2019, she asked her consultant whether she would be able to play the piano once it had healed.\n\nHe assured her she would, but when she replied \"that's great because I couldn't before\", the previously serious and solemn medic cracked up.\n\nShe was always laughing and joking, according to her granddaughter, Abby McNicol, and she enjoyed nothing more than knitting, shopping and a \"good blether\".\n\nMarried to Robert for 53 years, they started life together in a single-end tenement in Househillwood in Glasgow. Moving to a three-bedroom council house in Johnstone was \"like winning the lottery\".\n\nThe mother-of-three and grandmother-of-11 died on 18 October 2020, aged 83.\n\nFrances Brown spent lockdown shielding in her room in the Glasgow care home where she had lived for almost 10 years.\n\nAfter months of keeping in touch via video calls, the 76-year-old was finally able to meet up with her sister, Anne Turnbull, in August.\n\nMs Turnbull said her sister, who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bi-polar disorder, had a special bond with staff at the David Cargill care home.\n\nAnd she praised the home which remained Covid-free until a staff member tested positive on 4 October. Frances contracted the virus and died in hospital on 13 October.\n\nIn a statement, the care home described Frances as \"the most incredible woman, a real character, and an absolute pleasure to know and care for\".\n\nAfter a long battle against illness throughout the year, great grandfather Charlie Armstrong died on 10 October.\n\nThe 82-year-old retired property manager from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, had been allowed home after receiving treatment at Glasgow Royal Infirmary for chest problems.\n\nEight days later he was readmitted to the hospital and tested positive for coronavirus. The family say they were told he must have contracted Covid during his earlier stay at the Infirmary.\n\nHis wife, Joyce, who was also treated in hospital for the virus, said: \"He was very generous, very loving and very funny and he hated seeing anybody being put down. He didn't like to see injustice. He would stand up for people.\n\n\"We were together for 40 years and he was a very good father and a very good husband to me.\"\n\nMargaret Kerrigan was a \"force to be reckoned with\", according to her family - a matriarch who commanded respect.\n\nShe was born in Plymouth but her family moved to Glasgow when she was young. Growing up in Govan in the 1950s, she learned to be a \"tough cookie\".\n\nIt meant she must have been perfectly suited to her job as bar manager at Curlers in Byres Road in the 1960s. And it was there she met Joe, a customer at the pub, who she married in 1970.\n\nHe worked as a school janitor during many of their 50 years of marriage, and they had four sons, 12 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.\n\nClydebank Bowling Club provided Joe with a good social life, while Margaret loved having her family around her and going to the bingo.\n\nJoe had dementia and he died at Hill View care home in Dalmuir on 19 April 2020, aged 78. Margaret fell ill during the second wave and died in hospital on 8 October, aged 73.\n\nFormer ambulance technician George Cairns was a resident at LittleInch Care Home in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire.\n\nHis family said the move from his Renfrew flat to the home in January had reinvigorated him and brought out his mischievous sense of humour.\n\nDuring the lockdown period Mr Cairns, who was bipolar, even joked about topping up his tan in the garden.\n\nThe 71-year-old tested positive for Covid-19 on 8 May despite displaying no symptoms, but his condition deteriorated and he died in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley nine days later.\n\nHis daughter, Gillian, paid tribute to his caring nature, saying: \"Even if you only met him once he would tell you a story, a terrible joke or offer a supportive ear when you needed it the most.\"\n\nRetired farmer Jock Brown was a keen ice hockey player in his youth, and he represented Scotland for six years in the 1950s.\n\nHe told his family that he was selected for the team because he was the only Scotsman who played as goal tender (goalkeeper) at the time. They insist this is not true.\n\nMarried to Mary for 48 years, they had two children and four grandchildren.\n\nHe farmed near Falkirk - on land next to what is now home to The Kelpies - until his retirement in the 1980s.\n\nMr Brown's family said he was a quiet man with a great sense of humour. He had dementia and he died with Covid-19 at Burnbrae care home in Falkirk on 14 May. He was 89.\n\nIna Beaton was a well-known figure on the Isle of Skye and she lived in her own home in Balmaqueen until two years ago.\n\nShe died on 11 May aged 103, the seventh resident of Home Farm care home in Portree to die after contracting Covid-19.\n\nIna lived through the Great War and the 1919 Spanish Flu outbreak. During World War Two she moved to Glasgow to work as a conductress on the trams and survived the Clydebank blitz.\n\nHer grandson, Ailean Beaton, said his loss was shared across the island, especially the north end \"where she was mum, granny, friend to more than just the Beatons.\n\n\"Her crystal memory and broad experience of life in Skye over several generations meant that she contributed to our shared knowledge of the place we're from, its language and culture,\" he added.\n\nBetty Steele grew up in Paisley but later moved to Corby, Northamptonshire - the town known as \"little Scotland\".\n\nShe had seven children, 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, and she lived for her family, according to her granddaughter, Debbie Smiley.\n\nHer house was always the meeting point, and she was the life and soul of the party.\n\n\"She had such a zest for life, and anything she did it was done with care and love for others,\" Debbie added.\n\nJohn Angus Gordon, 83, spent the last few years of his life at the Home Farm care home in Portree on Skye.\n\nHe had dementia and the sense of touch reassured him - he liked to shake a hand or hold the hand of the person he was talking to.\n\nUnable to visit the home, his family spoke to him for the last time in a video-call a few hours before he died on 5 May.\n\nAs he listened to their voices, he reached out to the hand of the carer sitting with him, dressed in full personal protective equipment.\n\n\"We found it quite poignant that my dad put out his hand to hers and she was wearing these blue protective gloves,\" said his son, John.\n\nPaul McCaffrey was an \"amazing dad\" of two children and two step-children who was always busy, according to his partner Caroline McNultry.\n\n\"He was always helping someone, whether he was in someone's house helping them out or just on-the-go in work all the time,\" she said.\n\nThe healthy 49-year-old from Glasgow fell ill after returning home from work at a care home where he was a highly-regarded maintenance manager.\n\nRather than the traditional coronavirus symptoms, he complained of a headache and aching limbs but he was eventually admitted to hospital in Glasgow where he tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nHe was transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where he could be hooked up to an ECMO machine, which performs the tasks of the lungs. After three weeks, he died on 4 May.\n\nHGV driver Jim Russell kept his lorries so spotlessly clean he was known as \"Big Gorgeous\" by colleagues who joked that he must have worn his slippers in his cab.\n\nHe was a big character who loved cars, trucks, motorbikes, lorries and going to Truckfest with his fiancée Connie McCready, who he affectionately nicknamed \"Isa\" after the Still Game character.\n\nThis photograph was taken at the last concert the couple attended together on 8 March 2020.\n\nThey met online in 2014 and were due to get married last summer but Mr Russell fell ill with Covid three weeks after the concert. He died on 4 May, aged 51.\n\n\"Everyone is talking about life getting back to normal when coming out of lockdown, however for myself and many many others we are terrified as our lives will never be normal again,\" Connie said.\n\nClive Andrews was born in Trinidad and in 1967 he moved to Edinburgh where he \"immediately felt like he belonged\", according to his daughter, Nadine.\n\nThe father-of-six worked as a senior lecturer in ergonomics at Napier College, but he was also committed to the arts.\n\nDevoted to promoting and supporting artists and musicians, he held committee roles with groups including Theatre Alba and the Scottish Arts Council.\n\nHe helped establish the Edinburgh International Harp Festival and volunteered every year for decades with the Edinburgh International Jazz Festival.\n\nClive was a lover of life (and of salsa dancing), his family said. He died at The Elms Care Home in Edinburgh on 3 May 2020, aged 86.\n\nRobert Black was a paramedic but he was also a talented musician and part of the team behind Argyll FM.\n\nPaying tribute to him on social media, the community radio station said he was \"a genuine good guy... everyone was his pal\".\n\nThe Mull of Kintyre Music Festival described him as \"one of our pals\" and a \"true gent, wonderful musician\".\n\nHe was a well-known and loved character in Campbeltown, according to Kintyre Community Resilience Group.\n\nThe father-of-two died in hospital in Glasgow on 2 May.\n\nKaren Hutton was a \"much-loved\" care home nurse who died with coronavirus days after her granddaughter was born.\n\nThe 58-year-old was a staff nurse in the dementia unit at Lochleven Care Home in Broughty Ferry, Dundee.\n\nHer only daughter, Lauren, gave birth to a girl just two weeks ago, according to care home operators Thistle Healthcare.\n\nCare home manager Andrew Chalmers-Gall said: \"Karen was a tenacious advocate for her residents and she always put their needs first.\"\n\nShe died at home in Carnoustie, Angus, on 28 April after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nMark McCarron Gillan bought his wife, Jan, flowers every Friday - a small gesture but something that she still misses following his death on 27 April.\n\nThey were married for 23 years, after first meeting as teenagers, and they have three daughters - twins Ebony and Hope, who are 20, and Brenna, 19.\n\nWhen his colleagues at a soap factory in Queenslie, Glasgow, learned of his death, they stopped production for the first time since opening.\n\nThey were among dozens of people - including friends and neighbours - who lined the streets on the day of his funeral to say a final farewell to the 53-year-old.\n\nMark loved golf, football and hill walking but he was also a family man. \"There is a such a void left in each of us and every life that he touched,\" his wife said.\n\nAlastair Sinclair split his younger years between Reay in Caithness and Lanark before being called up for national service.\n\nBut his army career was cut short when he stood on a mine in Korea and lost a foot.\n\nHis son told BBC Scotland that he was persuaded to pursue a career in developing artificial limbs as he was being fitted for his own prosthetic.\n\nIn retirement, the father-of-three moved with his wife from Newtown Mearns in East Renfrewshire to Wishaw in North Lanarkshire.\n\nHe moved into Erskine Park care home in Bishopton shortly before lockdown and died, aged 87, five weeks later on 27 April.\n\nPearl Paterson grew up in Dennistoun in the east end of Glasgow and was just 10 years old when World War II broke out.\n\nShe was a teenager when she joined the Women's Land Army but it wasn't until she was in her 80s that she received official recognition - and a badge - for her efforts from the UK government.\n\nPearl spent much of her working life employed as a domestic assistant in hotels across Scotland, before settling in Largs, Ayrshire, with her daughter, Fiona.\n\nAn animal lover, she had a special Chihuahua called Flash, and she read the People's Friend magazine every week.\n\nOn her 91st birthday in March, her family was able wave to her in the conservatory at her care home in Glasgow. She died with Covid-19 on 26 April.\n\nAnnie Munro's home was always filled with people - her husband, six children and many nieces and nephews who would often come to visit.\n\nHer family used to joke that the house in Eaglesham must have \"rubber walls\" and they often had to share beds and would \"wake up with somebody's feet up their nose\".\n\nShe was a real homemaker who could as easily run up a set of curtains as make a batch of jam from fruit she had grown in her own garden. She never turned anyone away who needed help.\n\nA mild-mannered woman, she never had any need to raise her voice - a look over the top of her spectacles was enough to keep her children under control.\n\nIn later life she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and her daughter, Linda, became her main carer before she moved into a care home. Annie died on 25 April, aged 84.\n\nKnown to all as Gogs, Gordon Reid was a taxi driver from Edinburgh who loved football, played golf, enjoyed a pint and doted on his grandchildren.\n\nHe stopped working as a precaution four days before the lockdown came into force but within a week had fallen ill with Covid-19.\n\nHis wife, Elaine, and daughter Leemo Goudie, were able to spend some time with him in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary before he died on 24 April, aged 68.\n\nLeemo said: \"My dad was a normal guy, no health issues, a non-smoker, fairly fit. It can happen to anyone.\"\n\nAs only a small number of mourners could attend his funeral, people stood and applauded as his hearse passed some of his favourite places in the city.\n\nDavid Allan joined a local running club in Edinburgh in retirement, after spending 36 years as a science technician at the city's Trinity Academy.\n\nThe fit and healthy 64-year-old was training for a half marathon and was planning to take part in some Park Runs in Sydney during a trip to visit his nephew in Australia this year.\n\nWhen the holiday - including a trip to Fiji - was cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions, David was pragmatic and told his wife, Glenda, they could rearrange for a later date.\n\nIt was a shock when he tested positive for Covid-19 after being admitted to hospital with a chest infection. He died on 24 April after more than four weeks in ICU.\n\nGlenda took comfort from the funeral, when neighbours lined the streets, running club friends and former colleagues stood outside the crematorium, and hundreds watched the service online.\n\nAngie Cunningham worked for NHS Borders for more than 30 years before her death.\n\nThe 60-year-old from Tweedbank was a much-respected and valued colleague who provided \"amazing care\" to her patients, the health board said.\n\nAs well as being a much-loved mother, sister, granny and great-granny, she was proud to be a nurse, her family added.\n\nShe died in the intensive care unit at Borders General Hospital from Covid-19 on 22 April, NHS Borders confirmed.\n\nKirsty Jones, a healthcare support worker with NHS Lanarkshire, was a bubbly, larger than life character, according to her colleagues.\n\nShe joined the health board after leaving school at 17 and spent much of her career working with older patients.\n\nBut the 41-year-old recently took up a role on the frontline of the pandemic, working at an assessment centre in Airdrie.\n\nHer husband, Nigel, said she devoted her life to caring for others and was a wonderful wife and mother to their two sons.\n\nAndy McGinley used to say he didn't need to win the lottery - his family meant he was already a millionaire.\n\nHe was brought up by adoptive parents in Glasgow's Maryhill area during World War Two and went on to become a carpenter at John Brown's Shipyard.\n\nAlthough he first met his wife, Margaret, at primary school they lost touch and got together after meeting at the Barrowland Ballroom years later.\n\nThey spent almost all of their 62 years of married life in the same house in Barmulloch, where they had five children. They also had 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.\n\nHe loved his garden, bowls, and a sing-song at family gatherings - his party piece was \"I'm glad that I was born in Glasgow\". He died on 29 April 2020, aged 84.\n\nEvelyn Brown dedicated her life to her family and her community. Born and bred in Peterhead, she was married to Charles for 50 years and they had two children.\n\nShe gave up her job as a bank manager to care for her son Craig after he was born with Down's syndrome in the 1970s.\n\nHer daughter Emma, who was born two years later, said her mother was a selfless woman who loved spoiling her grandchildren with \"gifts and love\".\n\nMrs Brown was an adult Guide leader and later a district commissioner, she volunteered with Barnardo's and was an active member of the Church of Scotland.\n\nAfter her death at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on 19 April, aged 75, her family raised £3,000 in her name for the hospital's staff garden.\n\nWaqar Hussain Choudhry was a popular shopkeeper in the north of Glasgow.\n\nThe 65-year-old ran a convenience store on Skerray Street in Milton where he was affectionately known as Wacca.\n\nFollowing his death on 17 April 2020, well-wishers left flowers outside the shop he ran for almost 40 years.\n\nThey told The Glasgow Times that the father-of-three served generations of school children and put an extra sweet in their bags.\n\nHis son Zeeshan Chaudhry told the BBC: \"My beloved father was the most amazing hardworking human and parent.\"\n\nJane Murphy was known as \"Mama Murphy\" by close friends and colleagues at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.\n\nShe worked at the city hospital for almost 30 years, first as a cleaner before retraining as a clinical support worker.\n\nThe 73-year-old, from Bonnyrigg, was placed on sick leave due to her age when the pandemic broke out.\n\nIt's understood the mother-of-two died on 16 April.\n\nHer friend Gerry Taylor said: \"She wasn't afraid to tell nurses, doctors or consultants if they were not pulling their weight and they loved her for it.\"\n\nMary McCann, 70, was a \"strong, wonderful woman\" who was dedicated to her family, according to her son, David.\n\nShe spent the last three months of her life in an East Kilbride care home, having being diagnosed with cancer last year.\n\nThe grandmother was doing well in the Whitehills home, where she was putting on weight and smiling again, David said.\n\nBut in early April she developed a urinary tract infection. Her condition deteriorated quickly and within days she was struggling to breathe.\n\nShe died in the care home on 16 April with her son, Derek, by her side.\n\nVerity Watson met her husband Adam (Adie) in a bible class and together they raised three sons, Alan, Gordon and Adam.\n\nThey lived in South Africa for a few years but returned to their beloved home of Rutherglen in 1970.\n\nShe worked at the local Coulls Bakers until retiring aged 72 but in her spare time she enjoyed bowls, knitting and - best of all - a cream cake with a cup of tea.\n\nHer family were unable to be with her when she died at Roger Park Care Home on 15 April 2020, after a short stay in hospital.\n\nHer son Adam said he couldn't thank staff enough for their \"invaluable support\", sitting with his mother in her final moments. She was 98.\n\nDavid Whittick joined the Royal Navy as a pilot on his 18th birthday in the midst of World War Two. Aged 19, as part of 835 Naval Air Squadron, he was flying off aircraft carrier HMS Nairana in the Arctic.\n\nAlmost 70 years later he received the Arctic Star for his role in Arctic Convoys - described by Sir Winston Churchill as \"the worst journey in the world\".\n\nHe survived two serious accidents during his long civilian career with Scottish Airways and later British Airways, before dedicating himself to supporting the Riding for the Disabled charity in his retirement.\n\nHis work - including helping to raise funds for a purpose-built facility at Summerston in Glasgow - led to him being appointed an OBE by the Queen for his services to charity.\n\nHe was married to Joyce for more than 60 years and they had four children. His son, Peter, said he lived a full and active life, even enjoying a trip on a seaplane in January this year. He died at Erskine care home in Bishopton on 14 April, aged 95, after falling ill with coronavirus.\n\nHer daughter Linda, a lawyer for the BBC, had hoped she would survive the virus as she was from \"strong stock\".\n\nShe last saw her mother in March when she travelled from London to warn her they may not be able to visit her during the pandemic.\n\nThe pensioner had been \"extremely distressed\" afterwards, Ms Duncan said.\n\nShe was taken to Edinburgh's Western General Hospital on 12 April and died three days later.\n\nDerek Wilkie worked for 27 years as a firefighter before retiring in December 2017.\n\nHe had senior roles in Badenoch and Strathspey, and Shetland before becoming station commander for Inverness and Nairn District.\n\nColleagues said he was a \"diligent and capable firefighter... with a larger than life personality\".\n\nHis wife and two sons - who all work for the NHS - thanked those who cared for Mr Wilkie and urged people to stay at home.\n\nHe died at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness on 12 April.\n\nFormer Merchant Navy engineer Bill Campbell died of suspected Covid-19 at Erskine Park care home in Bishopton.\n\nThe 86-year-old had dementia and carers initially thought he had a chest infection but he developed a cough and a high temperature.\n\nHis condition deteriorated and he died on Easter Sunday, with his daughter, Linda Verlaque - in full protective clothing - by his side.\n\nShe praised the work of carers at the home but she said his death was \"horrific\" as undertakers came to take away his body in full hazmat gear and goggles.\n\n\"Instead of having people surrounding me and giving me a hug to say everything was all right, everyone was just standing there and we were watching my dad being taken away, which was traumatic,\" she said.\n\nProud Welshman Glyn Edwards did not learn to speak English until he was five years old, but in adulthood he made Edinburgh his home.\n\nA contemporary of Neil Kinnock at Cardiff University, he worked as a civil servant in London before marrying and moving to Scotland.\n\nHe was a regular at Robbie's Bar on Leith Walk where he was known as \"McTaffy\" but he could be a solitary character who could easily lose himself in a book or a concert.\n\nClassical music, politics and poetry were his passions - as a teenager he won a major Welsh poetry contest and his daughter, Mhairi Jarvie, treasures a ring-binder full of his poems.\n\nShe affectionately described her father as a cross between Coronation Street's Ken Barlow and Victor Meldrew - \"intelligent, opinionated, political, but grumpy and a tad anti-social\".\n\nMaths teacher Gerry McHugh was a \"true gentleman\", able to inspire every single student who walked through his door.\n\nHis death would have a \"devastating effect\" on the Notre Dame High School community in Greenock, head teacher Katie Couttie said.\n\nUnable to attend his funeral due to the lockdown, past and current pupils found a unique way to pay tribute to the 58-year-old.\n\nThey wore red and posted images on social media in memory of the lifelong Manchester United fan.\n\nEileen McCarron died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary less than 24 hours after falling ill. She had no underlying health concerns.\n\nA mother of three daughters, she spent 18 years working as a nursery teacher at Save the Children's Charles Street playgroup in Glasgow's Germiston.\n\nShe gave up the job to look after her only grandson, Patrick. Her husband of more than 35 years, also Patrick, died suddenly in 1997, aged just 57.\n\nAs well as volunteering at a Barnardo's charity shop, she liked shopping, knitting, going out for coffees and lunches, and holidays with her family.\n\nShe was 79 when she died on 9 April, leaving her family devastated and unable to comfort each other during lockdown. They had still not been able to hold a memorial service nine months later.\n\nHelen McMillan was 10 days short of her 85th birthday when she died at Almond Court care home in Glasgow's Drumchapel on 9 April.\n\nShe spent most of her life in Summerston, where she widely known as \"Auntie Ellen\" - even to those she wasn't related to.\n\n\"Everybody loved my mum,\" her daughter, Jackie Marlow, told BBC Scotland. \"She knew everybody in the community and was the life and soul of the party.\"\n\nHelen worked in McLellan's rubber factory in Maryhill until she was in her 50s.\n\nA grandmother to Hayley and Josh, she developed dementia in later life but she was still \"pretty agile and loving life\", her daughter said.\n\nMary Martin and her husband, Alex, were keen ballroom dancers.\n\nAlthough their roots were firmly in Glasgow, they spent seven years in Dunblane where they were tasked with encouraging people on to the dancefloor at the Dunblane Hydro.\n\nBefore that, Mrs Martin brought up her family in Mount Vernon, later moving to Bearsden. She had three children, six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.\n\nHer daughter, Sandra O'Neill, told BBC Scotland she was \"just a wonderful person - gentle and kind\".\n\nIn her later years she had vascular dementia and she lived at the Almond Court care home in Drumchapel. She died there on 8 April, aged 88.\n\nVic and Maureen Sharp, who were both 74, had been together since they were teenagers.\n\nUnderlying health conditions meant the couple from Oakley in Fife were both asked to shield themselves during lockdown.\n\nBut their daughter, Yvonne Sharp, believes the letter came too late and they caught the virus during a weekly trip to the supermarket.\n\nMaureen died in hospital on 8 April and then, Yvonne said, her father \"just gave up\". He died the following day.\n\nOnly six members of the family could attend their funeral but a piper led the funeral cortege through Oakley, where locals lined the streets.\n\nWhen Ann Tonner left the Nazareth House orphanage in Glasgow as teenager, she was one of the few women of colour in the city, according to her son, Tony McCaffery.\n\nShe was \"exotic-looking and quite glamourous\" and was soon in demand as a model for local shops and boutiques before working as a celebrated hot-dog girl in an Odeon cinema.\n\nHer first husband tragically died and her second was largely absent, leaving her to bring up six children and - at times - hold down five jobs at once.\n\nShe was a \"remarkable, formidable woman with a strong work ethic\", Mr McCaffery told BBC Scotland, but she was also a \"gentle soul with an incredibly child-like sense of humour\".\n\nA grandmother and great-grandmother, Mrs Tonner died at a nursing home in Glasgow where she was living with Alzheimer's, on 8 April. She was 84.\n\nMary Nixon was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was just 18 but she was determined to never let it hold her back.\n\nBorn and raised in Greenock, she was a lone parent to four children who described her as a \"strong, independent woman who lived life to the full\".\n\n\"My mum made being a single parent look easy\", her daughter Alexis said. \"We were very happy kids growing up. Everyone loved her and always said she was a 'wee gem'.\"\n\nWhen she fell seriously ill in 2014, her family was told to prepare for the worst, but their \"invincible\" mum rallied, though she lost her mobility.\n\nShe died with Covid on 7 April 2020, aged 66. After everything she had been through in life, her family said they felt \"robbed... that this awful virus has taken her from us\".\n\nJanice Graham was the first NHS worker to die with coronavirus in Scotland.\n\nThe health care support worker and district nurse died at Inverclyde Royal Hospital on 6 April.\n\nOne colleague said she had a \"bright and engaging personality and razor sharp wit\".\n\nAnother said the 58-year-old was the \"most kind, caring and compassionate HCA I have had the privilege to work with\".\n\nHer son, Craig, told STV News he would miss everything about her.\n\nNewly-wed Andy Wyness developed a high temperature and a cough following a trip to Wales.\n\nWhen his symptoms worsened the 53-year-old drove himself from his Wishaw home to an appointment at an assessment centre.\n\nThat was the last time his wife, Sandra, saw him.\n\nThe grandfather, who was a keen bowler, was taken straight to hospital by ambulance. He died on 6 April.\n\n\"Even walking out the house that night, although I knew he wasn't well, I never imagined he would never walk back in,\" Sandra said.\n\nRita Hawthorn spent the first 35 years of her life in Hamilton, where she was born, grew up and had her own family.\n\nBut when her husband, Robert, lost his job as a miner the couple and their three children re-located from the west of Scotland to the far north in 1973.\n\nWhile Robert took up a new job at the Scottish Instruments Factory in Wick, she worked as a cleaner at a nearby job centre and became secretary of the Highlands and Islands Civil Service Union.\n\nShe was sadly widowed at 51 but she was \"fiercely independent\" and went on to fulfil her dreams of travelling - a trip up the Nile, a safari in South Africa, and solo bus tours to Austria and Paris.\n\nRita, who was a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, fell ill during the first week of lockdown. She died at Caithness General Hospital on 6 April, aged 82.\n\nBill Paul grew up in Giffnock on the south side of Glasgow and did his national service as a radar operator with the RAF in Malta.\n\nIn his youth he was an extremely accomplished tennis player and it was through the sport that he met his first wife, Frances, who died in 1984.\n\nWith his second wife, Liz, he loved to play golf and travel - hobbies that he continued after her death in 2012.\n\nAn extremely active man, he loved to go on cruises with a group of like-minded friends. However his last cruise to the Caribbean was cut short by the pandemic in March.\n\nHe returned home to Arran and fell ill with Covid within a week. He died at Lamlash Hospital on 5 April, aged 81.\n\nMofizul Islam was beginning a new life in Scotland after relocating from Bangladesh when he fell ill with coronavirus.\n\nHis family believe the 49-year-old caught the virus on his daily three-hour journeys between their Edinburgh home and his job at a pizza outlet in Midlothian.\n\nHe died on 5 April and was buried in the Muslim section of a city cemetery but his wife and children were in isolation and unable to attend.\n\nHis death has left the family \"completely helpless\", according to a family friend as they have no documents, no bank account and they are struggling for money.\n\n\"We are very worried about our future because we don't have our father,\" said Mofizul's 19-year-old son, Azahural. \"He was everything for us. And now we are just hopeless.\"\n\nCatherine Sweeney was a \"wonderful mother, sister and beloved aunty\", her family said after her death on 4 April.\n\nBorn and raised in Dumbarton, she worked as a home carer for more than 20 years.\n\nHer family said she would be sorely missed after a \"lifetime of service\" to the community.\n\nAnd they praised the medics at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley who \"heroically\" looked after her in her final days.\n\nJimmy Andrews was 17 years old when began his career in Glasgow Corporation's finance department in 1955.\n\nBy the turn of the century, he had risen to become chief executive of Glasgow City Council and in 2001 he was appointed CBE for services to local government - a \"career highlight\".\n\nHe was born in Kilsyth but spent much of his life living in Strathblane, Stirlingshire, with his wife of 52 years, Mary.\n\nIn retirement, he \"enjoyed life to the full\", spending time with his three children and six grandchildren, and visiting horse racing courses throughout the country.\n\nA gentle, intelligent man with a great sense of humour, he died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 3 April 2020, aged 81.\n\nLord Gordon of Strathblane was a former political editor of STV and he founded Radio Clyde.\n\nHe died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 31 March after contracting coronavirus, Radio Clyde reported. He was 83.\n\nHis family paid tribute to his \"generosity, his kindness and his enthusiasm for life\".\n\nFormer First Minister Jack McConnell said Lord Gordon had \"an outstanding career in business and public service\".\n\nRyan Storrie was in Scotland to celebrate his 40th birthday with a trip to a Rangers match when he fell ill.\n\nThe father-of-two was from Ardrossan but lived in Dubai.\n\nWhen he developed symptoms, the asthmatic isolated in his hotel room and waited for the virus to run its course.\n\nHis condition deteriorated but he wouldn't let his wife, Hilary, phone 999 as he was convinced he would recover and didn't want to bother the NHS.\n\nShe found him dead in his room on 31 March.\n\nMary and Andy Leaman began self-isolating at the end of March after falling ill with flu-like symptoms.\n\nTheir son, Andy, told the Glasgow Evening Times the couple were married 50 years and doted on their only granddaughter, nine-year-old Anna.\n\nMrs Leaman died at home in Castlemilk on 30 March - four days after the death of Anna's maternal grandfather, Dougie Chambers.\n\nThe schoolgirl lost her third grandparent almost three weeks later when Mr Leaman died in hospital on 19 April.\n\nHer mother, Lynsey Chalmers, told BBC Scotland: \"For a nine-year-old girl whose three grandparents were her world... why does a wee girl need to get punished like that over and over again?\"\n\nRobert Tarbet was \"self-opinionated and witty\", according to his daughter, Paula Karoly, but also \"hardworking, loyal and beautiful\".\n\nHe spent his working life as a plumber with Glasgow City Council before retiring in the early 2000s.\n\nIn his spare time, the sociable man was a mason who was a keen follower of Rangers FC. He loved country and western music and watching musicals in the theatre.\n\nA father and a grandfather-of-three, he was being treated for cancer when he contracted coronavirus.\n\nHe died on 29 March at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, aged 76.\n\nSchool janitor Ian Wilson was at home in Coatbridge for two weeks with a high temperature and delirium before being admitted to hospital.\n\nDespite his worsening condition, doctors initially told his wife, Sandra, she would not be able to visit the 72-year-old who had a heart condition and diabetes.\n\nStaff eventually granted access provided she wore protective equipment - a decision which meant she could be at her husband's side when he died on 29 March.\n\nAlthough nurses were unable to comfort her with a hug due to social distancing protocols, Mrs Wilson is grateful they allowed her to be with her partner at the end.\n\n\"I was able to talk to him and just say goodbye. I've got strength from that,\" she said.\n\nDougie Chambers was one of several people who fell ill after the 40th birthday party of his daughter, Wendy, on 7 March.\n\nWithin days, the 66-year-old, who had an underlying health condition, went into hospital and tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nMr Chambers, who was from Castlemilk in Glasgow, died two weeks later, on 26 March.\n\nTwo other members of his extended family - Andy and Mary Leaman - also contracted the virus and later died.\n\nWendy said: \"If we knew then what we know now, we wouldn't have had the party. It wouldn't have happened.\"\n\nDanny Cairns was a healthy 68-year-old before he fell ill with coronavirus, according to his brother, Hugh.\n\nWhen he developed a cough and sore throat at the end of March, he isolated at home in Greenock.\n\nBut within days he was so ill he had to be taken to hospital by ambulance.\n\nIn a video call from his hospital bed, his last words to his brother were: \"I'm on my way out, mate\".\n\nHe died on 26 March, three days after arriving in hospital.\n\nMargaret Innes lived with her daughter, Sally McNaught, in Edinburgh for four years before her death at the very beginning of the pandemic.\n\nShe was housebound and very frail but she loved sitting with their pet cat and dog, doing crosswords and watching quiz shows.\n\nHer favourite soap was Neighbours and she used to say \"I'm off to Australia now\".\n\nMs McNaught said they stopped visitors coming to the house a week before lockdown, they washed their hands, cleaned everything and thought they would be safe.\n\nBut Ms Innes woke up on Mother's Day with severe breathing difficulties. She died on 25 March, three days after going into hospital. She was 93.\n\nHas one of your loved ones died recently after contracting Covid? We would like to pay tribute to some of them on the BBC Scotland website.\n\nIf you would like to see your relative or friend featured, use the form below to send us your details and we could be in touch.\n\nIn some cases your details will be published, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read the terms and conditions.\n\nIf you are reading this page on the BBC News app, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question on this topic.", "England is currently under a third national lockdown, in an attempt to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed by coronavirus cases.\n\nBut there has been speculation that ministers could be considering tightening restrictions, amid concerns the \"stay-at-home\" message isn't being followed by enough people.\n\nAt Monday evening's Downing Street briefing, Health Secretary Matt Hancock urged people to follow the existing rules but added, \"we won't rule out taking further action if it's needed\". Other ministers have struck a similar tone.\n\nBut what is the case for more changes?\n\nIn March, nurseries closed to all but vulnerable children and those whose parents were key workers.\n\nBut so far this lockdown, early-years provision has remained open in England.\n\nScotland and Northern Ireland have chosen to keep nurseries closed to most children for now.\n\nBut England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, said keeping them open \"would allow people who need to go to work, or need to do particular activities, to do so\".\n\nYounger children carry a lower risk of transmission than adolescents, scientists say.\n\nBut according to Public Health England, 10% of coronavirus outbreaks or clusters in educational settings since September have been in early-years provision.\n\nEngland's three main nursery organisations have called on the government to provide clear scientific evidence on the risks to early-years staff now there is a more transmissible variant of Covid-19.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he too would like to hear more from scientists about the risks - and nurseries should \"probably\" close.\n\nGoing out to exercise once a day is one of the \"reasonable excuses\" for leaving home during lockdown.\n\nPeople can walk, run, cycle or swim with those they live - or are in a support bubble - with.\n\nIn addition, they can exercise, on their own, with one person, each time, from another household - as long as they stay 2m (6ft) apart.\n\nHowever, Mr Hancock said, \"we've been seeing large groups and that is not acceptable\" and warned that, \"if too many people keep breaking this rule, then we are going to have to look at it\".\n\nThe rules say exercise should be \"local\" - in the village, town, or part of the city where you live - but do not currently specify how far people can travel.\n\nDerbyshire Police recently fined two women £200 each for driving five miles to meet for a walk, saying driving for exercise was \"not in the spirit\" of lockdown. They were told the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed, either, as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nThe penalties have now been withdrawn.\n\nProf Whitty, meanwhile, has urged people to \"double down\", avoid unnecessary contact and stick to the rules.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 5 Live about coffee shops remaining open for takeaways, he advised against meeting up there.\n\n\"Really, please don't,\" he said.\n\nFace coverings must be worn in almost all public indoor settings - including shops - unless people are exempt.\n\nPremises \"should take reasonable steps to promote compliance with the law\", government guidance says.\n\nLast summer, when customer face coverings became law, many supermarkets said they would not make their staff responsible for enforcing the rules.\n\nHowever, Morrisons has now updated its policy to bar shoppers who refuse to cover their faces, unless they are medically exempt. Sainsbury's says security guards at its stores will challenge customers who do not comply.\n\nTesco, Asda and Waitrose have followed suit and say they too will deny entry to shoppers who do not wear face masks unless they have an exemption.\n\nThere have been suggestions face coverings should be required in outdoor public places.\n\nHowever, Sage has previously suggested it would have a \"very low impact\" on community transmission\n\nProf Whitty told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the risk posed by joggers, for example, was \"very low\" - but there \"might be some logic\" to people wearing masks in a busy outdoor queue or crowded around a market stall.\n\nOne change the government has ruled out is to support bubbles - which allow people living alone and single, or new parents to mix with another household of any size, without having to socially distance.\n\nAt the government briefing, Mr Hancock said: \"I can rule out removing the bubbles.\"\n\nThe official guidance says it's best if a support bubble is formed with a household who live locally.\n\nBut there is currently no limit to how far people can travel to visit their bubble, meaning they could go from areas with high infection rates to those with lower ones, potentially spreading the virus.\n\nWhen \"bubbling\" was first suggested, in May, Sage rejected it as too dangerous, because the reproduction (R) number - the average number of people each infected person passes the virus on to - was close to one.\n\nCurrently, the R number in England is between 1.1 and 1.4. Sage says stopping all indoor contact between different households could lower this by as much as 0.2.\n\n\"Active contract tracing should be a precondition of introducing bubbling\", Sage added.\n\nUnlike in March, places of worship are allowed to open in England, although they are closed in Scotland.\n\nThey provide spiritual leadership for many and bring communities together - but their \"communal nature\" also makes them \"vulnerable to the spread of coronavirus\", the government guidance for England says.\n\nWhen the latest lockdown was announced, the Archbishop of Canterbury tweeted: \"The government hasn't suspended public worship - but some may feel it better not to attend in person and some parishes are expected to offer online services only for now.\"\n\nSage has previously suggested places of worship pose a high risk to vulnerable groups but closing them would have a low to moderate impact on overall coronavirus transmission.", "Isabella Curry urged others to get the jab and said it was just a little \"prick in the arm\"\n\nA woman has celebrated her 100th birthday by getting a covid vaccination at home.\n\nIsabella Curry, known as Ella, from Cramlington, was among some of the most vulnerable people in Northumberland to receive the vaccine.\n\nMs Curry, who lives alone, urged others not to be afraid to get the jab and said it was just a little \"prick in the arm\" and she now felt safe.\n\nHer birthday was also marked by the arrival of a card from the Queen.\n\nShe said: \"This vaccine means I'll be able to go out, meet my friends soon and feel safe.\"\n\nIsabella Curry's nephew Neil Curry thanked the \"army\" of helpers who cared for his aunt\n\nMs Curry's nephew, Neil Curry from Bristol, said he was delighted she had had the vaccination but sad the whole family could not get together for the milestone birthday.\n\n\"We had a family reunion for Ella's 90th - we all got together in Newcastle. We would have all got together again to mark this occasion, but we couldn't,\" he said.\n\nHe also said he wanted to thank the \"army\" of people who looked after his aunt including Noreen and Jim Hutchinson, who did her shopping and cut her grass.\n\nHe also thanked June and Peter Marshall and all the other people who collected her prescriptions and mobile library books.\n\nKate Fraser, the community nurse who administered the vaccination, said: \"It's been an emotional time being able to give Isabella her vaccination.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.", "People's reaction to a sonic boom heard across the East of England has been caught on camera.\n\nIt happened after a Typhoon aircraft took off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire to escort a plane to Stansted Airport because it had lost communications at about 13:05 GMT.\n\nPeople in Cambridgeshire, Essex and parts of London posted videos on social media, with one person heard asking if it was thunder.\n\nHeather Eastlake, who was filming herself exercising near Cambridge, described her reaction as being like \"a deer in the highlights\".", "The three main Covid-19 vaccines are from Pfizer-BioNTech, the University of Oxford and Astra-Zeneca and Moderna.\n\nThe Pfizer, Oxford and Moderna vaccines each require two doses and you are not fully vaccinated until you have had both shots.\n\nBut there are many differences between them.\n\nThe BBC's Laura Foster looks at how much immunity they give, how they prevent infection and how they compare.", "Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore said their cars were surrounded by police when they arrived at the reservoir\n\nTwo women who were fined £200 each when they drove five miles for a walk have had the penalties withdrawn.\n\nJessica Allen and Eliza Moore were walking at Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire, when they were \"surrounded\" by officers.\n\nAt the time Derbyshire Police insisted driving to exercise was \"not in the spirit\" of the most recent lockdown.\n\nBut new national guidance for police has led the force to quash the fines, and apologise to the women.\n\nChief Constable Rachel Swann said the fines \"have been withdrawn and we have notified the women directly, apologising for any concern caused\".\n\nThe two friends travelled the short distance to the reservoir from their homes in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nThey said their cars were \"surrounded\" by police. They were then questioned on why they were there and told the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nIn a statement, the women said: \"This afternoon we both received a phone call from Derbyshire Police.\n\n\"After reviewing our case, our fines have been rescinded and we have received an apology on behalf of the constabulary for the treatment we received.\n\n\"We welcomed this apology and we are pleased to draw a line under this event.\"\n\nAfter the incident gained media attention, the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) \"clarified the policing response concerning travel and exercise\".\n\nThe guidance said: \"The Covid regulations which officers enforce and which enables them to issue FPNs [fixed penalty notices] for breaches, do not restrict the distance travelled for exercise.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid: Fined women 'could have been dealt with differently'\n\nDerbyshire Police said: \"Having received clarification of the guidance issued by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) on Friday, these FPNs as well as a small number of others issued, were reviewed in line with that latest advice, and so it is right that we have taken this action.\"\n\nThe county's police and crime commissioner Hardyal Dhinsda said: \"While the police are doing their absolute best to protect public safety during what is a critical time of the pandemic, the public should rightly expect a proportionate and balanced approach, taking full consideration of individual circumstances.\n\n\"We recognise that errors will occur in the face of complex guidance and legislation and it is important such situations are resolved quickly and fairly, as has been the case here.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rhondda Cynon Taf has the highest death rate from coronavirus in Wales - with another 34 hospital deaths in the latest week\n\nThere have now been more than 5,100 deaths in Wales involving Covid-19 since the pandemic began.\n\nThe latest weekly figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show 310 deaths in the week ending 1 January, which is 32 more than the week before.\n\nThis is nearly 42.6% of all deaths.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg saw the highest numbers of weekly deaths in Wales, the most since the end of April at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic.\n\nThere were 76 deaths in the area - including 66 in hospitals and six in care homes.\n\nLooking at council areas, Rhondda Cynon Taf had the second highest number of hospital deaths across England and Wales, with 34. The London borough of Newham had 35.\n\nThe ONS again urged caution when interpreting this week's figures, due to the Christmas and new year holidays, which will affect the number of registrations.\n\nThe total number of Covid deaths in Wales, up to and registered by 1 January, was 4,963.\n\nBut when deaths registered over the following few days are included, there was a total of 5,169.\n\nThe Aneurin Bevan health board, with 68 deaths registered involving Covid, also had its highest number in a single week since the end of April.\n\nHywel Dda health board reported 37 deaths - its highest weekly figure since the pandemic began. Of these, 18 were patients in hospital from Carmarthenshire and 10 were hospital patients from Pembrokeshire.\n\nSwansea Bay health board had 61 deaths in this week. The Swansea council area itself had the seventh highest number of hospital deaths across England and Wales.\n\nThere were 36 deaths in Cardiff and Vale, 25 deaths in Betsi Cadwaladr in north Wales - 10 of which were hospital deaths in Wrexham - and seven in Powys.\n\nAll counties recorded at least one death involving Covid-19.\n\nThis map shows three valleys areas in south Wales among the highest for crude mortality rates involving Covid in the pandemic so far\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf, with 685 deaths, has the largest number of Covid-19 deaths in Wales up to the latest week, followed by Cardiff with 578.\n\nWhen looking at crude death rates - based on the number of deaths compared to local populations - Wales has three of the five worst across England and Wales.\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf has 283 deaths per 100,000 in total so far in the pandemic.\n\nMerthyr Tydfil is second with 253.6 and Blaenau Gwent is ranked fourth.\n\nSo-called excess deaths, which compare all registered deaths with previous years, continue to be above the five-year average.\n\nLooking at the number of deaths we would normally expect to see at this point in the year is seen as a useful measure of how the pandemic is progressing.\n\nIn Wales, the number of deaths fell from 825 to 727 in the latest week, but this was still 209 deaths (40.3%) higher than the five-year average for that week. This is the second highest proportion after London.\n\nThe ONS figures report where doctors mention Covid-19 on death certificates, including confirmed and suspected cases.\n\nThey include deaths occurring in all places, not only hospitals and care homes but also people's own homes.\n\nIt has been estimated that Covid is the underlying cause in around 90% of these deaths and not just a contributory factor.", "An eye health charity is recommending people learn the \"20-20-20\" rule to protect their sight, as lockdown has increased people's time using screens.\n\nFight for Sight advises looking at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds, every 20 minutes you look at a screen.\n\nOut of 2,000 people, half used screens more since Covid struck and a third (38%) of those believed their eyesight had worsened, a survey suggested.\n\nOpticians remain open for those who need them, the charity said.\n\nThe representative survey of 2,000 adults suggested one in five were less likely to get an eye test now than before the pandemic, for fear of catching or spreading the virus.\n\nRespondents reported difficulty reading, as well as headaches and migraines and poorer night vision.\n\nThe research charity, which commissioned a survey from polling company YouGov, said it wanted to emphasise the importance of having regular eye tests and to remind people \"the majority of opticians are open for appointments throughout lockdown restrictions\".\n\nFight for Sight chief executive Sherine Krause said: \"More than half of all cases of sight loss are avoidable through early detection and prevention methods. Regular eye tests can often detect symptomless sight-threatening conditions.\"\n\nBut even simple screen breaks can help to prevent eye strain, the charity suggested.\n\nGovernment guidance states that under lockdown people can leave home for medical appointments and to \"avoid injury, illness or risk of harm\".\n\nThe College of Optometrists said its members should continue to provide eye care under lockdown for people who experience any eyesight changes or problems.\n\nOptometrists are the professionals who will carry out your eye test when you visit an optician's practice.\n\nRoutine appointments can also be provided \"if capacity permits, and if it is in the patients' best interests\", the guidance states.\n\nClinical adviser Paramdeep Bilkhu said the college's own research suggested just under a quarter of people noticed their vision deteriorate during the first lockdown.\n\n\"Our research showed us that many people believe that spending more time in front of screens worsened their vision,\" he said.\n\n\"The good news is that this is unlikely to cause any permanent harm to your vision. However, it is very important that if you feel your vision has deteriorated or if you are experiencing any problems with your eyes, such as them becoming red or painful, you contact your local optometrist by telephone or online.\"\n\nUK health and safety legislation states employers must pay for eye tests for their employees if they have to use a screen for work for more than one hour a day.\n\nIn the summer, the UK Ophthalmology Alliance and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists calculated that at least 10,000 people had missed out on essential eye care in Britain.\n\nIn the most extreme cases, the Royal National Institute of Blind People said it feared some people were at risk of losing their sight because of a fear of attending hospital during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nA Royal College of Ophthalmologists spokesperson said: \"It is important that people who have found significant changes in their vision seek the advice of an optometrist who will examine, and determine if the changes require further investigation by an ophthalmologist - a medically-trained eye doctor.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Home Secretary Priti Patel: \"Our selfless police officers... will enforce the regulations and I will back them to do so\"\n\nPeople have been urged to \"play your part\" and follow Covid rules by Home Secretary Priti Patel, who says she will back police to enforce laws.\n\nAt a No 10 briefing, Ms Patel said a minority were \"putting the health of the nation at risk\" by flouting rules.\n\nPolice are \"moving more quickly to issuing fines\", she added, with nearly 45,000 fixed penalty notices issued across the UK.\n\nAnother 1,243 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid.\n\nAnd there have been a further 45,533 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.\n\nMeanwhile, another 145,076 people have received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and 20,768 a second dose, bringing the totals respectively to 2,431,648 and 412,167.\n\nAt the briefing, Ms Patel said: \"My message today to anyone refusing to do the right thing is simple: if you do not play your part, our selfless police officers - who are out there risking their own lives every day to keep us safe - they will enforce the regulations.\n\n\"And I will back them to do so, to protect our NHS and to save lives.\"\n\nIt comes after the UK's most senior police officer said lockdown rule-breakers were more likely to be fined as Covid laws would be enforced \"more quickly\".\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said her officers had been forced to break up parties, despite hospitals in London struggling to cope with rising patient numbers.\n\nChairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council Martin Hewitt, who also spoke at the Downing Street briefing, said people should be asking themselves whether their reason for leaving home was \"truly essential\".\n\nHe stressed that police officers had been \"putting themselves at risk in order to keep people safe\", and said it had been \"disappointing\" to see some of the behaviour by rule-breakers.\n\nHe said examples of recent breaches included:\n\nMr Hewitt said he made \"no apology\" for police issuing fines, and warned people breaking rules - such as by organising parties or not wearing face coverings on public transport - to \"expect\" a fine.\n\nAsked if there needed to be more clarity on the guidance around exercise and staying local, Mr Hewitt said it would be wrong to put a \"particular distance\" on how far people could exercise from their home - as it would be too difficult for police to enforce.\n\nHe said it was right there was an exception to allow people to exercise, but insisted it was the public's responsibility to make sure they were doing so safely.\n\nThere is a big focus on adherence to lockdown rules. But what has almost gone unnoticed is the fact that cases may have actually started falling.\n\nThere has now been two consecutive days where newly diagnosed cases have hovered around the 46,000 mark. Up to the weekend, the average was close to 60,000.\n\nThe drop has largely been driven by falls in new cases in London, the south east and east of England.\n\nIn some regions, cases are still going up. The north west of England is causing particular concern.\n\nIt is too early for the vaccination programme to be having any significant impact, so a combination of the national lockdown on top of the tier four restrictions that were imposed in some areas before Christmas look like they may be beginning to have an impact.\n\nCare must be taken in reading too much into a couple of days' data.\n\nHospital cases are still rising - patients being admitted at the moment are the ones who were infected a week or so ago - but it does at least offer a glimmer of hope.\n\nLater in the news conference, NHS medical director for London Dr Vin Diwakar said the capital's Nightingale hospital has reopened and was admitting patients to help with the coronavirus spread.\n\nHe told reporters it was taking non-Covid patients to help free up beds in London's hospitals.\n\nDr Diwakar warned that if levels of hospitalisation in the capital continued to rise then more patients would need to be transferred out of London, adding that the NHS across the country was under pressure.\n\nIn Birmingham, 200 doctors are being redeployed to one of the country's largest intensive care units as it nears capacity.\n\nThe University Hospitals Birmingham Trust said there were 873 patients with Covid-19 in their hospitals, with 125 in intensive care.\n\nEarlier, crime and policing minister Kit Malthouse said people have a \"duty\" to make this lockdown \"the last one\".\n\n\"We are urging the small minority of people who aren't taking this seriously to do so now, and [we say] to them that, if they don't, they are much more likely to get fined by the police,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nDame Cressida told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the move towards greater enforcement was \"common sense\" rather than a show of \"dictatorial policing\".\n\nFines start at £200 in England and Northern Ireland, and £60 in Wales and Scotland. Large parties can be shut down by the police, with fines of up to £10,000.\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar lockdown measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - all of which are in charge of deciding and enforcing their own coronavirus restrictions.\n• None Could I be fined for exercising?", "New England Patriots's Bill Belichick is considered one of the most successful coaches in NFL history\n\nTop NFL coach Bill Belichick says he will not accept President Donald Trump's offer of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, citing the US Capitol riot.\n\nBelichick, of the New England Patriots, said he was flattered when he was first offered the medal - the top award given to civilians in the US.\n\nBut he said he changed his mind after a mob of Trump supporters stormed Congress last week. Five people died.\n\nThe celebrated coach had previously spoken of his friendship with Mr Trump.\n\n\"Recently, I was offered the opportunity to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which I was flattered by out of respect for what the honour represents and admiration for prior recipients,\" Belichick said in a statement.\n\n\"Subsequently, the tragic events of last week occurred and the decision has been made not to move forward with the award.\"\n\nBelichick, who has won a record six Super Bowl titles, is considered one of the most successful coaches in NFL history.\n\nThe Presidential Medal of Freedom recognises individuals who have made outstanding contributions to \"the security or national interests of America\".\n\nIn 2019 Mr Trump gave the award to golfer Tiger Woods, as well as radio personality Rush Limbaugh and posthumously Elvis Presley.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Super Bowl: How Tom Brady and Bill Belichick built a New England Patriots dynasty\n\nDonald Trump may only have recently made a career of politics, but he's always loved sport.\n\nHe owns 17 golf courses and once bought and ran the New Jersey Generals of the US Football League.\n\nJust last week, he awarded three presidential medals of freedom to professional golfers. This week he was planning to honour the most successful professional football coach in modern times, Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots.\n\nThe president seems to particularly enjoy the company of sport figures and revel in their achievements and prowess.\n\nSo for Belichick, a personal friend of the president's, to decline the award is a stinging rebuke.\n\nThe coach's decision reflects the depth of the political crisis president has created in the past week. It also highlights the troubled relationship Trump has had with the National Football League and its players, who he has disparaged for Black Lives Matter protests during the US national anthem.\n\nBelichick, a sometimes bristling, controversial figure with more than a few detractors, is used to public animosity. A coach can't win without the commitment of his players, however, and Belichick clearly believed his relationship with his team would be jeopardised by associating himself with Trump at this point.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHundreds of people have joined a march organised following claims a man died hours after being released by police in Cardiff.\n\nThe family of Mohamud Mohammed Hassan, 24, claim he was assaulted in custody.\n\nMore than 300 people took part in a march from the city centre to Cardiff Bay police station.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it found no evidence of excessive force. The police watchdog said initial tests showed Mr Hassan was not killed by any injuries.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said toxicology tests were now being carried out and it was awaiting the full post-mortem results.\n\nEarlier, First Minister Mark Drakeford said the reports of Mr Hassan's death were \"deeply concerning\".\n\nMr Hassan was arrested at his Roath home on Friday on suspicion of breach of the peace but released without charge on Saturday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Hassan's aunt Zainab Hassan told BBC Wales she had seen Mr Hassan within an hour of his release.\n\n\"He was released on Saturday morning with lots of wounds on his body and lots of bruises,\" she said.\n\n\"He didn't have these wounds when he was arrested and when he came out of Cardiff Bay police station, he had them.\"\n\nIn a virtual session of the Welsh Parliament on Monday, Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said: \"Every effort should be made to seek the truth of what happened.\"\n\nHe said he wanted to know why Mr Hassan was arrested and what happened during his arrest.\n\nMr Hassan's aunt Zainab Hassan said she saw him after his release\n\n\"Why did this young man die?,\" he added.\n\nMr Price said any inquiry should not be prejudged, but asked if the first minister would \"help the family find those answers\".\n\nIn response, Mr Drakeford said reports of the story were \"deeply concerning\".\n\n\"Our thoughts must be with the family of a young man who was... a fit and healthy individual,\" the Cardiff West MS said.\n\nMark Drakeford said he was deeply concerned by the reports\n\nMr Drakeford, who said the death must be \"properly investigated\", said the first step in any inquiry would be to allow the IOPC to carry out their work, which he said he expected \"to be done rigorously and with full and visible independence\".\n\nHe added that if there were things the Welsh Government could do \"I will make sure that we attend properly to those\".\n\nProtesters on Tuesday afternoon chanted \"no justice, no peace\" and called for the police force to release CCTV of Mr Hassan's time in custody.\n\nProtesters on Tuesday afternoon marched from the city centre to Cardiff Bay\n\nIn a statement on Monday, South Wales Police said Mr Hassan was arrested at his home in Newport Road on Friday night and taken to Cardiff Bay police station.\n\nHe was released at 08:30 GMT on Saturday and officers returned to the property at about 22:30 following his death.\n\nIt added: \"As part of the South Wales Police investigation CCTV and body-worn video has already been, and will continue to be, examined.\n\n\"This will assist in establishing and understanding the events that took place.\n\n\"Early findings by the force indicate no misconduct issues and no excessive force.\"\n\nProtesters were heard chanting \"no justice, no peace\"\n\nCatrin Evans, the IOPC's director for Wales, said its investigation would focus on Mr Hassan's arrest, the journey in a police van to custody and his time at Cardiff Bay police station, including whether relevant assessments were made before he was released.\n\nShe said they would be \"urgently examining the extensive relevant CCTV footage and body-worn video\" and would be speaking to the officers involved as well as witnesses who saw his arrest on Friday evening and his movements the next day after leaving custody.\n\nShe added: \"I send my condolences to Mr Hassan's family and friends, and to everyone affected by his sad death.\n\n\"We are aware of concerns being expressed and questions being asked about use of force by police officers. We will look carefully at the level of force used during the interaction and I would urge people show patience while our inquiries, which will take some time, are made.\"\n\nMs Evans added: \"An interim report from a post-mortem examination is awaited.\n\n\"Preliminary indications are that there is no physical trauma injury to explain a cause of death, and toxicology tests are required.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A 78-year-old French woman received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in France\n\nA global race is on to vaccinate people against Covid-19 - and with infections soaring in Europe many have complained that the roll-out is too slow in the EU.\n\nMember states decide individually who to vaccinate, when and where, but the EU is coordinating strategy and buying vaccines in bulk. On Friday, the EU Commission agreed to buy an extra 300 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - that would give the EU nearly half of the firm's global output for 2021.\n\nBBC reporters in seven European capitals explain how the vaccinations are going on their patch.\n\nIn an election year, the vaccine has become a political battleground, writes Jenny Hill, in Berlin.\n\nThe fact it was German scientists who developed the first effective Covid vaccine has been the source of great national pride. And, by and large, Germans appear to be reasonably comfortable with the idea of immunisation.\n\nA recent survey found 65% were prepared to have the vaccine. Other research indicates that less than a quarter of those surveyed would not. But politically - and perhaps unsurprisingly, given this is an election year - Germany's vaccination programme has become a battleground.\n\nVaccinations began here just under two weeks ago and prioritise the over 80s and care home workers. By Thursday evening, more than 477,000 first doses had been administered.\n\nGermany's share of the EU order amounts to 56 million doses. So far, 1.3 million doses have been delivered.\n\nBut some of the hundreds of specially prepared vaccination centres are still not in use and even the government has admitted there simply isn't enough to go around. Angela Merkel and her health minister Jens Spahn have been accused of failing to secure enough doses.\n\nMuch of the criticism has come from Mrs Merkel's own coalition partners but some within the scientific community have echoed their concerns - that Germany put European interests above its own by insisting on a joint EU procurement process. The scientists who developed the vaccine have said publicly that the EU originally turned down an offer for a further order.\n\nGermany's share of the EU order amounts to 56 million doses. So far, 1.3 million doses have been delivered and it's thought that by the end of the month a further 2.68 million will have followed.\n\nMr Spahn, whose assured performance through the pandemic led some to wonder whether he might be a potential successor to Mrs Merkel, has blamed the shortage on the inability of the manufacturers of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to meet global demand.\n\nGermany has now ordered an extra 30 million doses and, following the recent European approval of the Moderna vaccine, expects to start rolling that out next week. The government is sticking to its pledge that the vaccination programme will be complete by the end of the summer.\n\nThe Czech prime minister has hit out at apparent delays in distributing the vaccine, writes Rob Cameron, in Prague.\n\nThe Czech vaccination effort began on 27 December, when the prime minister, Andrej Babis, became the first person in the country to receive the jab. Mr Babis, who is 66, had previously questioned whether he would be eligible, as he'd had his spleen removed as a teenager.\n\nBut the country's programme has got off to a sluggish start. Mr Babis - a billionaire businessman who has been dogged by both European and Czech investigations into alleged misuse of EU funds - has lost no time venting his (figurative) spleen at the European Commission over the delay. \"We believed when we contributed €12m to the European fund in November that we'd receive the vaccine,\" he told a newspaper this week.\n\nThe health minister conceded this week that immunising the higher-risk groups will take months.\n\nThe country has received 30,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. So far, it has managed to administer it to 19,918 people. The government says it is ready to roll out the jab en masse as soon as supplies arrive from the manufacturers.\n\nIt has also published a strategy, which envisages a three-stage process. The first will see targeted vaccination of high-risk groups. This will gradually give way to mass vaccination in 31 centres, using an online reservation system that will be open to all from 1 February. And the final stage will see the country's GPs deployed, hopefully to administer the Oxford-AstraZeneca and other jabs, which unlike the previous two can be stored and transported at fridge temperature.\n\nHowever, the timing in the original strategy document now appears optimistic. The health minister conceded this week that immunising the higher-risk groups - all health and social care staff, teachers, everyone over 65, all those with serious health conditions - will take months. GPs may not begin vaccinating young, healthy members of society until late spring, or summer.\n\nA sluggish start is being blamed on bureaucracy and vaccine scepticism, writes Hugh Schofield, in Paris.\n\nFrance's boast of a big, effective state apparatus has been badly exposed by the sluggish start to the Covid vaccination programme. After the first week, when neighbouring Germany had inoculated around 250,000 people, France was on a mere 530. By Friday, the figure had gone up to 45,500 - still so small as to be statistically meaningless.\n\nSo why has it taken so long for France to put the plan into action? It is not as if the authorities did not have time to prepare. And it is certainly not a question of a lack of vaccine. In fact, more than a million Pfizer doses are already in cold storage, waiting to be used.\n\nPolls suggest as many as 58% of the public do not want to be given the jab.\n\nThe primary reason for the delay seems to be the cumbersome, over-centralised nature of France's health bureaucracy. A 45-page dossier of instructions issued by the ministry in Paris had to be read and understood by staff at old people's homes.\n\nEach recipient then had to give informed consent in a consultation with a doctor, held no less than five days before injection. The lengthy procedure is in theory to save lives - those of patients who might have an adverse reaction. But as the critics have been arguing, delay in inoculating the population is also costing lives.\n\nAnother problem in France is the high level of scepticism towards vaccination - product of a more general suspicion of government. Polls suggest as many as 58% of the public do not want to be given the jab. The effect - critics say - has been to make the government unduly cautious. When urgency was required, the authorities were reluctant to move fast for fear of galvanising the anti-vaxxers.\n\nAfter President Emmanuel Macron communicated his anger at the delays at the weekend, the pace is picking up. The procedure for consent is being simplified. By the end of January, the plan is to have 500-600 vaccination centres open across the country - either in hospitals or other big public buildings.\n\nPolitically a lot is at stake. The government has already come under fire for failings in providing masks and tests. With opposition voices calling the vaccine delay a \"state scandal\", President Macron needs a roll-out that is fast and problem-free.\n\nNational pride accelerated Russia's rollout, but one man is conspicuously absent from the list of people vaccinated, writes Sarah Rainsford, in Moscow.\n\nRussia registered its main Covid vaccine for domestic use way back in August, before mass safety and efficacy trials had even begun. In December, with those trials still underway, it began rolling out Sputnik V to the public ahead of mass vaccination launches everywhere else in Europe. The rush was driven by national pride as well as medical necessity.\n\nSputnik was initially offered to front line health and education workers but early take-up of the two-dose vaccination was slow and the list of those eligible soon expanded.\n\nA poll by the Levada Centre in late December showed only 38% of respondents were willing to get the jab: wary of domestic healthcare and medicines, Russians were sceptical of bold early claims made for the vaccine and nervous about possible adverse reactions. Even so, and despite similar delays scaling-up production as in other countries, Sputnik's backers announced this week that more than a million people had been vaccinated.\n\nRussia began rolling out its Sputnik V vaccine in December\n\nBut one man still conspicuously absent from the list of the vaccinated is Vladimir Putin, despite the Kremlin saying he will - eventually - get the jab. In the meantime, those who meet him in person are obliged to test for Covid first and even quarantine. The president may need to lead by example, though. Mr Putin has said repeatedly that protecting the economy is his priority so he's banking on mass vaccination to avoid a return to national lockdown.\n\nRussia has built giant, temporary hospitals since the start of the pandemic and the health minister said this week that 25% of Covid beds remain free. There's also been a fall in the number of new daily cases reported - around 25,000 for the past 5 days. But that's not down to the vaccine yet. The country is nearing the end of a 10-day New Year holiday period and the number of Covid tests has also dropped.\n\nAs infection rates grow in a country praised by many for its no-lockdown approach, a successful vaccine programme is crucial writes Maddy Savage, in Stockholm.\n\nAlmost two weeks since 91-year-old care home resident Gun-Britt Johnsson became the first Swede to get the initial dose of a Pfizer jab, there is still no official tally of how many others have received the vaccination.\n\nThe Public Health Agency of Sweden says it's in the process of compiling data from the country's 21 regional health authorities tasked with vaccinating the entire adult population - around eight million people - by 26 June. The date isn't arbitrary, it's the biggest public holiday weekend of the year, when Swedes traditionally hold Midsummer celebrations. Karin Tegmark, a senior manager at the agency, says the date remains \"feasible\". But she says it depends on the delivery of vaccines to the country.\n\nAfter months of high trust levels in the country's no-lockdown approach, support for the health agency has dwindled.\n\nAlongside 4.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Sweden has ordered 3.6 million jabs from Moderna, the first of which are expected to arrive next week. The country also plans to roll-out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as soon as possible after it is approved by the EU - ideally by February.\n\nSwedes initially appeared lukewarm to the idea of taking a speedily-developed coronavirus vaccine, although a poll at the end of December found 71% would take one. A key driver of the initial scepticism is thought to be the failure of a voluntary mass vaccination programme for swine flu in 2009. Hundreds of Swedish children and young adults under 30 developed the sleeping disorder narcolepsy, which was found to be a side effect of the Pandemrix vaccine.\n\nA successful vaccination programme will be crucial, not least because it comes at a time when Swedish authorities are struggling to maintain public confidence. After months of high trust levels in the country's no-lockdown approach, support for the health agency has dwindled as Sweden has struggled with the second wave of coronavirus.\n\nMeanwhile, several high profile officials have faced heavy criticism for breaching their own recommendations - including the head of the civil contingencies agency (pictured), who resigned after spending Christmas with his daughter in the Canary Islands.\n\nA new government in Belgium seems unified on the vaccine rollout - for now at least, writes Nick Beake, in Brussels.\n\nIt seemed fitting that the first person in Belgium to receive a Covid jab lives in the place where the world's first approved Covid vaccine is being produced. Jos Hermans, a 96-year-old from the municipality of Puurs, was given the injection on 28 December, in his care home. A further 700 elderly residents were also administered a dose in what was a small, initial trial.\n\nThe mass vaccination programme in Belgium began on 5 January, but has been criticised for starting slowly. Federal Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke had promised in November that the rollout would be \"seamless and fast\", tweeting: \"If that does not work, shoot me.\"\n\nThe first phase looks to vaccinate up to 200,000 nursing home residents by the end of this month, or early February. Healthcare professionals will be next in line and the aim was for the whole population to be inoculated by the end of September.\n\nJos Hermans, a 96-year-old from Puurs, was given the injection on 28 December\n\nYou may think the country would be at an advantage being the epicentre of the Pfizer-BioNTech production. While this clearly helps with distribution, Belgium cannot receive more doses - relative to its population - than other EU countries under strict Commission rules. That didn't stop the minister-president of the Flanders region, who admitted this week that he had contacted Pfizer directly in the hope of procuring more doses, only to be rebuffed.\n\nAfter getting a guarantee from Pfizer over supply of the jab, the federal Belgian authorities have adapted their strategy: they now propose giving as many available doses to as many people as they can - and no longer reserving vials for patients' second dose, given three weeks after the first. In general, the federal government, rather than the European Commission has faced any criticism for a delay and has defended its \"careful\" approach.\n\nAnd there appears to be an interesting regional or cultural discrepancy when it comes to whether people are willing to take the vaccine. Of the Flemish population interviewed in a poll, half have said they wanted the vaccine as soon as possible. Among French speakers - it was 20% fewer, which chimes with the deeper scepticism over the border in France.\n\nIn a country where politics are notoriously complicated and fractious - they've only recently agreed a government, after a 500-day vacuum - the Federal Coalition appears unified on its Covid vaccine strategy. For now, at least.\n\nRegional variances and political rows have marked the beginning of Spain's vaccination programme writes Guy Hedgecoe, in Madrid.\n\nSpain started administering the vaccine on 27 December. So far, 743,925 doses have been distributed to regional administrations, with 277,976 people vaccinated, according to the health ministry. The objective of the coalition government is to immunise 2.3 million people within 12 weeks. Priority is being given to elderly residents of care homes, those who look after them, and healthcare personnel.\n\nEach of the country's 17 regions has a high degree of control over healthcare and should receive the number of doses that corresponds to their populations. However, already there has been substantial geographical disparity.\n\nGovernment data showed, for example, that while the northern region of Asturias had used 55% of the doses it had received by 3 January, the Madrid region had only administered 5% by the same date. Some regions are holding back doses to administer a second follow-up jab to the same person in several weeks' time, and some have been vaccinating on national holidays while others have not.\n\nThe pandemic has been the cause of constant political conflict, with the right-wing opposition accusing the leftist government of incompetence.\n\nAlthough vaccination is voluntary, the government has said it is making a register of those who do not wish to be inoculated. That initiative has generated controversy, although the government has insisted the register will merely seek to clarify why people refuse the vaccination.\n\nHowever, the pandemic has been the cause of constant political conflict, with the right-wing opposition accusing the leftist government of Pedro Sánchez of incompetence, lack of transparency and using coronavirus to accumulate power.\n\nThe arrival of a vaccine has not stopped the rancour. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the conservative Popular Party (PP) president of Galicia, warned the number of doses being distributed to each region was being dictated by \"political affiliations or parliamentary needs\", a claim the central government has rejected.", "The US has placed Cuba back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism, citing the communist country's backing of Venezuela.\n\nPresident Donald Trump's administration made the announcement just days before he leaves the White House.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden, who takes office on 20 January, has previously said he wants to improve US-Cuban relations.\n\nMr Biden has said he is seeking closer ties between the long-term adversaries but Mr Trump's decision is likely to hinder a quick repair of relations.\n\nCuba's place on the list will require a formal review that could take months, analysts say.\n\nThe Caribbean island was removed from the list by President Barack Obama in 2015, but Mr Trump has taken a harder line towards the country.\n\nIn 2016 Barack Obama became the first US president to visit Cuba since 1928\n\nWhen explaining the decision, officials cited Cuba's support of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro who the US refuses to recognise.\n\n\"With this action, we will once again hold Cuba's government accountable and send a clear message: the Castro regime must end its support for international terrorism and subversion of US justice,\" US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Monday.\n\nIn response, Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez tweeted: \"We condemn the cynical and hypocritical qualification of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, announced by the United States.\"\n\nIn advance of the announcement, House Democrat Gregory Meeks called it \"another stunt by President Trump and Pompeo, trying to tie the hands of the incoming Biden administration on their way out the door.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPresident Obama began to normalise relations with Cuba in 2015. He called the decades-long US efforts to isolate the country \"a failure\".\n\nSince the Cold War era, the US had pursued various policies to undermine Cuba which it saw as a great threat.\n\nCuba now rejoins countries including Iran and North Korea on the list of sponsors of terrorism. The impact on the island country include severe limits on foreign investment.", "Mr Williamson says his department is doing all it can to support remote learning\n\nAn extra 300,000 laptops and tablets have been bought to help disadvantaged children in England learn at home, says Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.\n\nMr Williamson said the devices would be delivered to schools.\n\nHe also pledged to publish a remote education framework to support schools and colleges with delivering lessons during the latest national lockdown.\n\nIt comes as research says children from poorer families are likely to struggle more with remote learning.\n\nThe Department for Education said its data showed that over 700,000 devices had been delivered to schools in England so far during the pandemic - 100,000 of which were delivered last week.\n\nThe department says the additional 300,000 laptops and tablets lifts government investment by another £100m, meaning over £400m will have been invested in supporting disadvantaged children who need help with access to technology during the pandemic.\n\nBut the department has faced mounting criticism over huge percentages of pupils not having access to digital devices, nine months into the pandemic.\n\nMr Williamson said the DfE was \"doing everything in our power to support schools with high-quality remote education\".\n\nHe said: \"These additional devices, on top of the 100,000 delivered last week, add to the significant support we are making available to help schools deliver high-quality online learning, as we know they have been doing.\"\n\nOn top of this, the remote education framework would support schools and colleges with delivering education for pupils who are learning from home, he said.\n\nThe frameworks, which are voluntary and should be adapted for schools' individual circumstances, will \"help them to identify the strengths and areas for improvement in the lessons and teaching they provide remotely\".\n\nBut Geoff Barton, head of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: \"While we welcome the extra laptops and tablets announced, it is pretty poor that nearly a year after this crisis began we are only now inching up to the number of devices that are needed.\n\n\"The reality is that this extra provision is coming when we are already well into the new lockdown and after a heavily disrupted autumn term in which many children had to self-isolate in line with coronavirus protocols,\" he said.\n\n\"The government was slow off the mark to address the digital divide early in the crisis and is now trying to make up for lost time.\"\n\nMr Williamson's laptop announcement comes as research by the University of Sussex found that nearly one in five less advantaged parents said they struggled with home-learning during the first lockdown.\n\nThe research surveyed 3,409 parents in the UK between 5 May until 31 July last year and found families of lower socioeconomic status were more likely to report their home environment made it harder for pupils to complete schoolwork from home.\n\nThe study says secondary school pupils eligible for free school meals (39%) were more likely to report that a lack of technology - such as laptops and computers - made learning from home more difficult, compared to 19% of pupils who are not eligible for free school meals.\n\nThere are concerns poorer children will fall further behind\n\nPrimary school pupils from struggling households were found to be more likely to find home learning learning harder than their more comfortable off peers due to the environment - such as noise levels (59% to 50%), lack of space (45% to 22%), lack of technology (45% to 26%) and lack of internet (35% to 16%).\n\nThe researchers warned that educational inequalities were likely to increase due to further school closures this year.\n\nLead researcher Dr Matthew Easterbrook said: \"These results show that school closures disproportionately disrupt the education of those who are most economically disadvantaged, suggesting that educational inequalities are likely to rise because of the pandemic.\n\n\"The results show that parents of pupils from disadvantaged families - those who are eligible for free school meals, who have lower levels of education, or who are financially struggling - are much more likely to report that learning from home is challenging.\"\n\nReport co-author Lewis Doyle, doctoral researcher at the University of Sussex, added: \"School closures, while clearly necessary during this public health crisis, risk entrenching inequality.\"\n\nOn Tuesday the government also published figures on how many pupils were physically in schools across England before the Christmas holidays.\n\nThe data shows 79% of pupils in state schools were in class on Wednesday16 December - down from 85% on Thursday 10 December.\n\nIn secondary schools, attendance fell from 80% to 72% on 16 December, while pupil attendance in primary schools fell from 89% to 86%, the figures show.\n\nBetween 9% and 11% of pupils - up to 872,000 children - did not attend school for Covid-19 related reasons on 16 December.", "Tesco, Asda and Waitrose have become the latest supermarkets to say they will deny entry to shoppers who do not wear face masks unless they are medically exempt.\n\nIt follows a similar move by Morrisons, while Sainsbury's says it will challenge those who flout the rules.\n\nRetailers have been criticised for not doing enough to stop people breaking Covid rules as infections spread.\n\nBut enforcement of face coverings is officially a police responsibility.\n\nHowever, supermarkets can deny entry to their premises which is private property, and can call the police if someone refuses to follow the rules or becomes abusive.\n\nSenior police figures have reportedly said there is little officers can do to enforce the rules in shops because they are so busy.\n\nBut policing minister Kit Malthouse said that they would offer \"backup if things go seriously wrong\".\n\n\"What we hope is that in the vast majority of cases the enforcement, or the reminders if you like, put in place by the store owners will be enough,\" he told BBC News.\n\nA Tesco spokeswoman said the supermarket chain had decided to strengthen its policies.\n\n\"To protect our customers and colleagues, we won't let anyone into our stores who is not wearing a face covering, unless they are exempt in line with government guidance,\" she said.\n\n\"We are also asking our customers to shop alone, unless they're a carer or with children. To support our colleagues, we will have additional security in stores to help manage this.\"\n\nAn Asda spokesman said if customers had forgotten their face coverings, it would continue to offer them one free of charge.\n\nBut he added: \"Should a customer refuse to wear a covering without a valid medical reason and be in any way challenging to our colleagues about doing so, our security colleagues will refuse their entry.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to wear your mask. Hint: it's not any of these three options\n\nAndrew Murphy, executive director of operations at Waitrose, said: \"We've listened carefully to the clear change in tone and emphasis of the views and information shared by the UK's governments in recent days.\n\n\"By insisting on the wearing of face coverings, over and above the social distancing measures we already have in place, we aim to make our shops even safer for customers.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, Sainsbury's told the BBC it did not have the power to deny entry to shoppers without masks. However, trials showed customers complied more when asked to wear masks by security guards at the door, it said.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC, Sainsbury's boss, Simon Roberts, said \"we are not going to ban customers\".\n\nBut he urged shoppers to wear a mask and shop alone.\n\n\"By doing that we will help keep everybody safe,\" he said.\n\nThe Co-op also said it would not ban shoppers without masks from entering, and instead urged customers to take responsibility for wearing a face covering when visiting its stores, as it was mandatory by law.\n\nBoss of Co-op Food Jo Whitfield said: \"We've increased our in-store messaging to remind customers and government guidance does state that the police can take measures if members of the public don't comply with this law.\"\n\nIceland said it would take a similar approach, adding the vast majority of its customers continued to shop in compliance with the law.\n\n\"In view of the rising tide of abuse and violence being directed at our store colleagues, we do not expect them to confront the small minority of customers who aggressively refuse to comply with the law,\" a spokesman added.\n\nIn England, the police can issue a £200 fine to someone breaking the face covering rules. In Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, a £60 fine can be imposed. Repeat offenders face bigger fines.", "Many hospitals are still under intense pressure with the increasing number of Covid patients arriving.\n\nDoctors say they are seeing more younger patients in their thirties and forties compared to the first wave.\n\nThe overall pattern of those at risk of becoming seriously ill or dying has not changed significantly and the older someone is, the greater their risk from Covid-19 - particularly those over the age of 65.\n\nThe BBC's Health Editor Hugh Pym was given access to film at Croydon University Hospital in South London.", "Morrisons will bar customers who refuse to wear face coverings from its shops amid rising coronavirus infections.\n\nFrom Monday, shoppers who refuse to wear face masks offered by staff will not be allowed inside, unless they are medically exempt.\n\nSainsbury's also said it would challenge those not wearing a mask or who were shopping in groups.\n\nThe announcements come amid concerns that social distancing measures are not being adhered to in supermarkets.\n\nVaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said the government is \"concerned\" shops are not enforcing rules strictly enough.\n\n\"Ultimately, the most important thing to do now is to make sure that actually enforcement - and of course the compliance with the rules - when people are going into supermarkets are being adhered to,\" Mr Zahawi told Sky News.\n\n\"We need to make sure people actually wear masks and follow the one-way system,\" he said.\n\nMorrisons said it had \"introduced and consistently maintained thorough and robust safety measures in all our stores\" since the start of the pandemic.\n\nBut it said: \"From today we are further strengthening our policy on masks.\"\n\nSecurity guards at the UK's fourth-biggest supermarket chain will be enforcing the new rules.\n\nMorrisons' chief executive, David Potts, said: \"Those who are offered a face covering and decline to wear one won't be allowed to shop at Morrisons unless they are medically exempt.\n\n\"Our store colleagues are working hard to feed you and your family, please be kind.\"\n\nFollowing Morrisons' announcement, Sainsbury's said that it was also putting trained security guards at the front of its stores to challenge shoppers who did not comply.\n\nChief executive Simon Roberts said: \"I've spent a lot of time in our stores reviewing the latest situation over the last few days and on behalf of all my colleagues, I am asking our customers to help us keep everyone safe.\n\n\"The vast majority of customers are shopping safely, but I have also seen some customers trying to shop without a mask and shopping in larger family groups.\n\n\"Please help us to keep all our colleagues and customers safe by always wearing a mask and by shopping alone. Everyone's care and consideration matters now more than ever.\"\n\nEarlier on Monday, Mr Zahawi stopped short of saying that supermarket staff should be responsible for enforcing rules on face masks.\n\nEnforcement of face coverings is the responsibility of the police, not retailers. Wearing face masks in supermarkets and shops is compulsory across the UK.\n\nIn England, the police can issue a £200 fine to someone breaking the face covering rules. In Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, a £60 fine can be imposed. Repeat offenders face bigger fines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to wear your mask. Hint: it's not any of these three options\n\nHowever, retail industry body the British Retail Consortium said that, workers have faced an increase in incidents of violence and abuse when trying to encourage shoppers to put them on.\n\nAndrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, added: \"Supermarkets continue to follow all safety guidance and customers should be reassured that supermarkets are Covid-secure and safe to visit during lockdown and beyond.\n\n\"Customers should play their part too by following in-store signage and being considerate to staff and fellow shoppers.\"\n\nUnder current lockdown restrictions across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, people must only leave home for essential reasons, such as buying food or medicine.\n\nIn a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, supermarkets introduced social distancing measures during the UK's first nationwide lockdown last March. They included limits on the numbers of customers in the shops at any one time, protective plastic screens at tills and \"marshals\" to ensure shoppers were maintaining a two-metre distance.\n\nBut amid rising numbers of infections, some have expressed concerns about a \"lack of visible protections\" implemented by supermarkets in recent weeks.\n\nThe First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, said on Saturday that he wanted to see stores policed as they were during the first lockdown as people were worried the strict enforcement of rules did not \"appear to be there this time\".\n\n\"Given the fact the new variant is so much easier to catch... we are looking at supermarkets and other places where people leave their homes, to make sure they are organised in a way that keeps their staff and customers safe,\" he said.\n\nSupermarket Waitrose said that it was taking a \"cautious approach\" to the virus, with marshals checking that customers are wearing face coverings on the door, hand sanitiser stations at its entrances and written communications to shoppers reminding them to maintain their distance.\n\nTesco said it was limiting the number of customers in store and was also reminding customers to wear masks.\n\n\"We have clear signage explaining this, and we have packs of face coverings available for purchase near the front of our stores for any customers who have forgotten them.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Asda announced last week that it would extend its marshals' hours to 08:00 to 20:00 and increase how often baskets and trollies are cleaned.\n\nShop workers' union Usdaw has also called for firms to apply more stringent measures again.\n\nThe union's general secretary, Paddy Lillis, said that it had received reports that \"too many customers are not following necessary safety measures like social distancing, wearing a face covering and only shopping for essential items\".\n\n\"It is going to take some time to roll out the vaccine and we cannot afford to be complacent in the meantime, particularly with a new strain sweeping the nation,\" Mr Lillis said.\n\nThe trade union also suggested that \"'one-in one-out\" policies and proper queuing systems should be reintroduced in supermarkets.\n\nIt added that these systems should be managed by trained security staff where necessary.", "Parler has hit back after Amazon pulled support for its so-called \"free speech\" social network.\n\nParler is suing the tech giant, accusing it of breaking anti-trust laws by removing it.\n\nParler had been reliant on the tech giant's Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing service to provide its alternative to Twitter.\n\nThe platform was popular among supporters of Donald Trump, although the president is not a user.\n\nAmazon took the action after finding dozens of posts on the service that it said encouraged violence.\n\nIn response, the platform has asked a federal judge to order Amazon to reinstate it.\n\n\"AWS's decision to effectively terminate Parler's account is apparently motivated by political animus,\" the complaint reads.\n\n\"It is also apparently designed to reduce competition in the microblogging services market to the benefit of Twitter.\"\n\n\"There is no merit to these claims,\" it said.\n\n\"AWS provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum, and we respect Parler's right to determine for itself what content it will allow. However, it is clear that there is significant content on Parler that encourages and incites violence against others, and that Parler is unable or unwilling to promptly identify and remove this content, which is a violation of our terms of service.\n\n\"We made our concerns known to Parler over a number of weeks and during that time we saw a significant increase in this type of dangerous content, not a decrease, which led to our suspension of their services Sunday evening.\"\n\nExamples Amazon had provided included posts calling for the killing of Democrats, Muslims, Black Lives Matter leaders, and mainstream media journalists.\n\nGoogle and Apple had already removed Parler from their app stores towards the end of last week saying it had failed to comply with their content-moderation requirements.\n\nHowever, it had still been accessible via the web - although visitors had complained of being unable to create new accounts over the weekend, without which it was not possible to view its content.\n\nParler has been online since 2018, and may return if it can find an alternative host.\n\nHowever, chief executive John Matze told Fox News on Sunday that \"every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers all ditched us too\".\n\n\"We're going to try our best to get back online as quickly as possible, but we're having a lot of trouble because every vendor we talk to says they won't work with us because if Apple doesn't approve and Google doesn't approve, they won't,\" he added.\n\nAWS's move is the latest in a series of actions affecting social media following the rioting on Capitol Hill last week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Capitol riots: ‘We would have been murdered’\n\nFacebook and Twitter have also banned President Trump's accounts on their platforms, citing concerns that he might incite further violence.\n\nParler's users included the Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who had led an effort in the Senate to delay certifying Joe Biden's electoral college victory.\n\nHe had about five million followers on the platform - more than his tally on Twitter.\n\nParler's app now shows an error message and its website is offline\n\n\"Why should a handful of Silicon Valley billionaires have a monopoly on political speech?\" he tweeted over the weekend.\n\nParler's downfall appears to have benefited Gab - another \"free speech\" social network that is popular with far-right commentators.\n\nIt has claimed to have \"gained more users in the past two days than we did in our first two years of existing\".\n\nParler has long been a home for what you might call untouchables, people who had been excluded from mainstream services for offences such as blatant racism or incitement to violence.\n\nDuring a brief excursion onto the site over the weekend, I observed plenty of examples of such behaviour, with users exhibiting vile anti-Semitism, displaying Nazi symbols such as the swastika and uttering incoherent threats against those they perceive to be enemies of America.\n\nBut as Amazon's deadline approached something like panic took hold, with users desperately urging their followers to join them on other platforms.\n\nMost seemed to accept that Parler was doomed, while vowing to continue their fight elsewhere.\n\n\"Well this is the end,\" wrote one user, who proclaimed his support for the American Nazi Party.", "The disease is still spreading. There are more people in hospital with Covid-19 in the UK than at any other point in the pandemic.\n\nProf Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, hit the airwaves on Monday morning to tell us it's \"everyone's problem\".\n\nAnd a possible further increase in the numbers from those get-togethers that did take place over Christmas is yet to filter through.\n\nIt is cheering, and crucial, to see the elderly and vulnerable attending vaccine super-centres in huge numbers for their injections.\n\nBut there is no getting away from it: at this moment, the coronavirus situation seems pretty dire. And there is real concern in government that the public, this time round, is just not paying attention to the rules as closely as they did back in the spring.\n\nWhat is the government's answer? It is not, at least not yet, despite calls from the opposition, another big clampdown.\n\nIt might not feel like it, but it is only seven days since Boris Johnson took what used to be the rare step of making a national address, live on primetime TV, telling us, across the UK, once more to \"stay at home\".\n\nThere is hardly any political appetite to go even further.\n\nAs one senior minister said today: \"We have gone as far as we possibly can in terms of shutting things down\".\n\nThe prime minister was reluctant to go this far, only moving back to a lockdown in England when the evidence put forward by the government's top medics got worse, and worse and worse.\n\nThere are in fact even more limits that ministers, not just in Westminster but in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast too, could introduce.\n\nSchools could be forcibly closed to all pupils. Nurseries could shut.\n\nGovernment sources say the nurseries policy isn't going to change. Number 10 firmly denies they would ever take such a drastic step on schools which have always been open to key workers' children and it is hard to imagine that ever happening.\n\nIn extremis though there are measures that could be taken - in theory the government does not want to do any of this, but in practice there are other potential steps.\n\nBuilding sites could be made to lock their gates. Factories where machines are still whirring because they are operating under Covid guidelines could be made to pause.\n\nEngland, Scotland and Northern Ireland could follow Wales and ban people from seeing anyone they don't live with even outdoors.\n\nPlaygrounds, launderettes and chiropractors, could, along with many others on the list of premises allowed to stay open, have to shut up shop after all.\n\nBut while ministers have talked about squeezing the advice for takeaways to try to prevent big queues gathering at popular places, encouraged the supermarkets to make sure they are doing as much as they can to be safe, and even discussed the prospect of asking for masks to be worn outdoors, there is no expectation, at least at the start of this week, that a more extensive clampdown is coming from Westminster.\n\nAlthough, it's worth noting that the Scottish cabinet will discuss restrictions again on Tuesday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. On Monday Matt Hancock ruled out getting rid of support bubbles.\n\nOne reason for the reluctance to go much further is that every step that affects a business affects jobs and livelihoods too.\n\nThe chancellor told MPs on Monday that 800,000 people have lost their jobs since February, admitting the economy will get worse before it gets better.\n\nSo trying to preserve activity that can be done safely matters to the government too.\n\nThere's also a question in government circles about whether cranking up different rules bit by bit is really what would help.\n\nChris Whitty this morning bluntly suggested there was limited value in \"tinkering\" with the rules, and what is required instead is for all of us to realise how grave the situation really is.\n\nInstead of worrying about whether we are allowed to sit on a park bench at all, (and yes, this has been a lively conversation in Westminster today) , perhaps we should be asking ourselves whether we really need to be out at all.\n\nThe NHS has been under huge pressure dealing with a surge in Covid cases this winter.\n\nBut when what happens next will be in large part shaped by our behaviour as individuals, working out the dos and don'ts can get sticky fast.\n\nTwo women who hit the headlines for driving five miles to go for a snowy walk with a takeaway cuppa had their fines withdrawn today, just as the prime minister caused a stir when a newspaper revealed he'd gone seven miles to the other side of London for a cycle in the Olympic Park.\n\nYou might be a reader who feels, 'so what?'. In both cases they were exercising outside, within the law, so who cares?\n\nBut you might feel when the firm instruction is to stay at home, and stay local, that is pushing the rules.\n\nFor now though, with grimmer and grimmer medics' warnings ringing in our ears, and reminders about enforcement from the police coming too, ministers seem resolved to encourage the public to comply rather than crack down further.\n\nBut it is however, only a week since the lockdown the prime minister had so hoped to avoid returned. By now, it's not surprising, Boris Johnson would never quite rule anything out.\n\nP.S. In all the gloom, the cheerier news is that the vaccination programme across the UK is certainly getting going, with 2.3 million people having had their first jab.\n\nThe number of people getting vaccinated has been added to the list of statistics that the government publishes every day. The targets the government has set are tough, but the numbers so far, are growing fast.", "RAF Typhoons, similar to the aircraft pictured, took off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and escorted the civilian aircraft to London Stansted Airport\n\nA sonic boom has been heard across the East of England after RAF Typhoon aircraft were launched to intercept a plane that had lost communications.\n\nThe Typhoons took off from RAF Coningsby and \"safely escorted\" the civilian aircraft to Stansted Airport in Essex, an RAF spokesman said.\n\nThe boom, at about 13:05 GMT, was reported by people across social media.\n\n\"The Typhoon aircraft were authorised to transit at supersonic speed for operational reasons,\" the RAF said.\n\nPeople in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and parts of London heard the boom.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. People's reaction to the sonic boom was caught on camera\n\n\"We have received numerous calls from the public with reports of a sonic boom... between Huntingdon and Cambridge,\" Cambridgeshire police said, in a Facebook post.\n\n\"Nobody has been injured. Some callers reported the incident had shaken properties but no major damage is thought to have occurred.\"\n\nAn image from a police officer's body-worn camera captured the RAF Typhoon aircraft flying over Cambridgeshire\n\nCommunications with the aircraft were re-established after the Typhoons were launched and it was intercepted before being escorted to Stansted.\n\nA spokesman for the airport said the \"private jet\" was believed to have been flying from Germany to Birmingham.\n\nHe confirmed the plane had been brought into land at about 13:40.\n\nWhen an aircraft approaches the speed of sound, the air in front of the nose of the plane builds up a pressure front because it has \"nowhere to escape\", said Dr Jim Wild of Lancaster University.\n\nA sonic boom happens when that air \"escapes\", creating a ripple effect which can be heard on the ground as a loud thunderclap.\n\nThe speed of sound varies. It is about 770mph (1,200km/h) at sea level, but slower at higher altitudes. A plane flying at 30,000ft would reach the speed of sound at about 675mph (1,085km/h), according to NASA's educational website.\n\nIt can be heard over such a large area because it moves with the plane, rather like the wake of a boat spreading out behind the vessel.\n\nRAF jets are only given permission to go supersonic over populated areas in emergencies, usually when they are required to intercept another aircraft.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLeicester City climbed to second in the Premier League as they won a keenly contested encounter with fellow top-four hopefuls Southampton at King Power Stadium.\n\nJames Maddison fired in from a tight angle after 37 minutes, the Foxes midfielder instructing his team-mates to stand back as he performed a socially distanced celebration, before Harvey Barnes added a second deep into second-half stoppage-time.\n\nVictory takes Leicester within one point of leaders Manchester United, who travel to third-placed Liverpool on Sunday, while Southampton are eighth, three points outside the top four.\n• None How Leicester followed guidance on celebrations - and others didn't\n• None Reaction to Leicester v Southampton, plus the rest of Saturday's Premier League action\n\nThe Saints dominated in the opening stages and created the first opening when Che Adams stretched the home defence on the counter-attack, while Leicester's Barnes' powerful drive forced Alex McCarthy into action with the game's first shot after 19 minutes.\n\nThe visitors, without talisman Danny Ings after the striker tested positive for Covid-19 last week, went close to a response through Ryan Bertrand and Will Smallbone either side of half-time but neither could find a way past Kasper Schmeichel.\n\nIn an entertaining conclusion, Stuart Armstrong rattled the Leicester crossbar with an excellent strike from the edge of the penalty area, while Jan Bednarek produced a superb goalline clearance to deny Barnes and the returning McCarthy saved from Jamie Vardy as both sides pushed for a late goal.\n\nIt took Leicester until the 95th minute to seal the three points, Barnes calmly slotting past McCarthy on the break.\n\nLeicester manager Brendan Rodgers challenged his side to \"disrupt the Premier League hierarchy\" after a 2-1 win over Newcastle in their last league outing maintained their top-four hopes.\n\nVictory in this stern test ensured they continue to do just that.\n\nEnjoying their longest unbeaten run of the season, their streak now at six matches in all competitions since defeat by Everton a month ago, Rodgers' side delivered an assured performance to remain firmly in contention at the top.\n\nDespite their lofty position as the halfway stage approaches, Leicester have struggled at home this campaign - their four defeats at King Power Stadium in 2020-21 is as many as they suffered in the entirety of last season.\n\nThough largely frustrated in the early exchanges as the visitors retained possession, Leicester's superior quality in attack eventually ensured that record was improved with Maddison turning sharply to meet Youri Tielemans' through-ball before drilling home.\n\nThe in-form Barnes once again impressed and eventually got the goal his performance deserved to equal his best season tally of 10 after just 24 games.\n\nUnlike last season's post-Christmas collapse, the Foxes are yet to show signs of falling away. Maddison - involved in six of Leicester's last 12 league goals - and Barnes are easing the pressure on Vardy to deliver every week and there appears the strength in depth to better maintain this challenge.\n\nThe only concern for Rodgers at the end of a pleasing night was the sight of Vardy appearing to limp off as he was replaced by Kelechi Iheanacho in the final minutes.\n\nWhen Southampton claimed victory in the corresponding fixture last January, the 2-1 win marked a remarkable short-term recovery from a club-record defeat by the Foxes less than three months earlier.\n\nOne year on, this match served as another reminder of how quickly the Saints are progressing under Ralph Hasenhuttl.\n\nThey were, however, unable to set a club top-flight record of seven consecutive away games without defeat in the absence of frontman Ings. That was despite their relative freshness, having not played for 12 days after their FA Cup tie against Shrewsbury Town was postponed last weekend because of a Covid-19 outbreak at the League One club.\n\nFollowing their impressive 1-0 victory over Liverpool on 4 January, a triumph which left Hasenhuttl with tears in his eyes, Southampton once again applied themselves with commendable determination but ultimately failed to produce in the final third.\n\nAdams ran out of space at the byeline after breaking clear from the halfway line in the game's first opening, and neither Bertrand nor Smallbone were able to place past Schmeichel as the equaliser their hard work perhaps deserved evaded them.\n\nAt the back, Bednarek produced the heroics to keep his side in the game and full-back Kyle Walker-Peters provided a regular outlet on the right, but Southampton, who named four teenagers on their bench because of an injury crisis, have now scored only once in five league games.\n\nThat is an obvious concern for Hasenhuttl as he looks to ensure his side do not fade after their promising start.\n\n'We took social distancing to the letter' - what the managers said\n\nLeicester boss Brendan Rodgers told BBC Sport: \"It's a very good win against a good team. We were too passive at the start, we took social distancing to the letter and didn't get close to them. After that we had some sustained attacks and ended up getting a brilliant goal.\n\n\"At half-time we had to reiterate the importance of fighting, you have to fight for every result and Southampton keep going. We were outstanding second half and should have scored more goals. We did the dirty work much better and Harvey Barnes showed again that he is a finisher now.\"\n\nOn Maddison's celebration: \"I said to them there is lots of negativity around it but see it as a positive and be creative. Supporters still want to see players celebrate, the happiness, so be creative with it.\"\n\nSouthampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl said: \"It's never nice to lose a game but we had chances. We hit the bar, we fought with everything we have. We are definitely a team that is never giving up. The quality of the opponent was better than ours today.\n\n\"The first goal, you don't shoot at goal like that every day, it was fantastic from Maddison. We had good chances but we couldn't finish and that was the difference.\n\n\"It doesn't look good at the moment, we have a lot of injuries and not many alternatives. The good news is we have 29 points and they don't take them away from us. We did our best with the options we have. We have nine injured but we are fighting for everything.\"\n• None Leicester earned their first home league victory against Southampton since April 2016, ending a run of four without a win against the Saints at King Power Stadium.\n• None Southampton's first 12 Premier League games in 2020-21 witnessed 41 goals (24 scored) at an average of 3.4 per game. Their past six games have seen just six goals (two scored).\n• None Jamie Vardy had seven shots for Leicester, his highest tally without scoring in a single Premier League match in his career.\n• None Vardy has faced Southampton seven times at home in the Premier League, more than any other side at King Power Stadium without scoring in the competition.\n• None James Maddison scored in consecutive Premier League games for Leicester for the first time since October 2019, matching his goal tally at home from each of the previous two campaigns (three).\n\nBoth sides return to action on Tuesday. Leicester host Chelsea in the Premier League at 20:15 GMT, while Southampton welcome Shrewsbury to St Mary's in their postponed FA Cup third-round tie (20:00).\n• None Goal! Leicester City 2, Southampton 0. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youri Tielemans following a fast break.\n• None Attempt missed. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.\n• None Offside, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton tries a through ball, but Ayoze Pérez is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.\n• None Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Justin.\n• None Attempt missed. Daniel N'Lundulu (Southampton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters with a cross.\n• None Offside, Leicester City. Timothy Castagne tries a through ball, but Ayoze Pérez is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez with a cross.\n• None Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Hear how David Bowie always managed to stay ahead of his time\n• None Joe Wicks and guests are here to bring positivity to your day", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health workers are the first in line to get Covid jabs\n\nA sanitation worker became the first Indian to receive a Covid vaccine as the country began the world's largest inoculation drive.\n\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi launched the programme, which aims to vaccinate more than 1.3 billion people against Covid.\n\nHe paid tribute to front-line workers who will be the first to receive jabs.\n\nIndia has recorded the second-highest number of Covid-19 infections in the world after the United States.\n\nMillions of doses of two approved vaccines - Covishield and Covaxin - were shipped across the country in the days leading up to the start of the drive.\n\n\"We are launching the world's biggest vaccination drive and it shows the world our capability,\" Mr Modi, said, addressing the country on Saturday morning.\n\nA sanitation worker is the first Indian to receive a Covid vaccine\n\nHe added that India was well prepared to vaccinate its population with the help of an app, which would help the government track the drive and ensure that nobody was left out.\n\nMr Modi spoke at length about doctors, nurses and other front-line workers \"who showed us the light\" in \"dark times\".\n\n\"They stayed away from their families to serve humanity. And hundreds of them never went home. They gave their life to save others. And that is why the first jabs are being given to healthcare workers - this is our way of paying respect to them.\"\n\nDoctors and medical staff at Delhi's Max hospital tell me a lot of hope is being pinned on the vaccination drive. One official described it \"as a new dawn\" and said \"it's the beginning of Covid's end\".\n\nInside the waiting room, there are posters on the wall with information about the documents one needs to bring, how safe the vaccine is, and the precautions that need to be taken even after one's been vaccinated. Among those being vaccinated on Saturday are doctors, nurses and front-office staff from all departments.\n\nThe names have been been chosen alphabetically so those getting jabs are mostly those with names starting with the letter A.\n\n\"The pandemic has played havoc in the country. I hope the vaccine will rid us of the fears and we will be able to breathe easy,\" Dr Anil Dass said after getting the jab.\n\nAshutosh Chaturvedi, a 31-year-old male nurse described as a \"Covid warrior\" by hospital officials, became the first recipient of the vaccine at Max.\n\n\"I'm fine, I feel good,\" he told reporters as he came down the hospital ramp, which has been decorated with blue, green and white balloons.\n\nSince April, he told me, he's worked in the emergency wing of the Covid ward, tending to those afflicted with the coronavirus.\n\n\"I haven't seen my wife and nine-month-old daughter since then. A month later, once I've received the second dose, I'll visit my family,\" he said.\n\nMr Modi also appealed to people to continue adhering to Covid-19 safety protocols like wearing masks and following social distancing. He said the country cannot afford to be complacent as vaccinating the entire population will take time.\n\nHe also urged people not to believe any \"propaganda and rumours about the safety of the vaccines\".\n\n\"I want to tell people that the approval to these vaccines was given only after scientists and experts were satisfied about its safety,\" he said.\n\nAn estimated 10 million health workers will be vaccinated in the first round, followed by policemen, soldiers, municipal and other front-line workers.\n\nHealth workers have been queuing up at vaccination centres for their turn\n\nNext in line will be people aged over 50 and anyone under 50 with serious underlying health conditions. India's electoral rolls, which contain details of some 900 million voters, will be used to identify eligible recipients.\n\nThe government plans to vaccinate 300 million people by early August. This will happen in state-run health care centres, schools, colleges, community halls, municipal offices and wedding halls.\n\nSeveral hospitals across India are giving the first doses of the vaccine.\n\nThe government plans to vaccinate 300 million people by early August\n\nDr Atul Peters was among those who got the jab at Max hospital.\n\n\"It's a very big day. I'm grateful to those who worked hard to make this a reality. I was very very happy when I got a call informing me that my name was on the list.\n\n\"We worked hard during the pandemic to save lives and we are also taking the jab first to dispel fears in people's minds that the vaccine is not safe,\" he told the BBC.\n\nMillions of vaccine doses have been shipped across India\n\nIndia's drug regulator has given the green light to two vaccines - Covishield (the local name for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine developed in the UK) and Covaxin, locally-made by pharma company Bharat Biotech.\n\nBut concerns have been raised over the efficacy of Covaxin because the regulator's emergency approval came before the completion of Phase 3 clinical trials. The regulator and the manufacturer have said the vaccine is safe, and that the efficacy data would be available by February.\n\nBoth vaccines will be given as two injections, 28 days apart, with the second dose being a booster. Immunity would begin to kick in after the first dose but reaches its full effect 14 days after the second dose.\n\nThe status of the vaccines and recipients will be electronically tracked in real time - some 8 million people who will receive the early jabs have been already registered. More than 600,000 people have been trained for the drive.\n\nThe jabs will be voluntary, and recipients will be given a certificate of vaccination after they complete both doses.\n\n\"I expect India's vaccination programme will be run much better than most countries because of the considerable government investment and early preparedness,\" Dr Gagandeep Kang, one of India's best-known vaccine experts, told the BBC.\n\nWith more than 10 million cases, India has recorded the second-highest number of Covid-19 infections in the world, after the US.\n\nThe largest vaccination drive in the country, however, begins at a time when infections have fallen sharply, and much of life has returned to normal. A limited availability of doses in the initial phase, therefore, is not likely to pose a problem.\n\nMost scientists feel India is primed for the challenge as it is a vaccine-making powerhouse and has run, for decades, a well-oiled immunisation programme for tens of millions of new-borns and mothers-to-be.\n\nBut the real challenges will begin when the general population starts receiving the jabs.\n\nIndia will use its formidable election machinery to deliver and track doses to recipients in far corners of the country. It is also likely to use digital platforms and apps to enable people to register for the doses.\n\nHowever, not every Indian owns a smart phone or knows how to operate an app, so it will be interesting to see what the government does to make sure that there are no inadvertent exclusions.\n\nVaccine hesitancy is the other concern.\n\nHealth activists Seema Pal and Rama Negi say they have been busting misinformation about the vaccine\n\nThe recent controversy over the hurried approval of Covaxin, many feel, could undermine confidence. There's a history of hesitancy about receiving the polio vaccine in parts of northern India, triggered by rumours about vaccines being impure and affecting fertility. Similar disinformation is now circulating about Covid vaccines on social networking apps, such as WhatsApp.\n\nThe government will need consistent, clear-eyed communication to bolster vaccine acceptance and community perception of the programme.\n\nVaccines come with side effects for some people. India has a 34-year-old surveillance programme for monitoring such \"adverse events\" following immunisation.\n\nBut researchers have found that benchmarks for reporting side effects still remain weak. A failure to transparently report adverse effects could easily lead to fear-mongering around vaccines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The number of reported incidents of children dying or being seriously harmed after suspected abuse or neglect rose by a quarter after England's first lockdown last year, figures indicate.\n\nThe Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel received 285 serious incident notifications from April to September.\n\nThis is an increase of 27% from 225 in the same period the previous year.\n\nThe data also includes children who were in care and died, regardless of whether abuse or neglect was suspected.\n\nThe Children's Society described the figures as \"shocking\".\n\nThe serious incident notification system requires councils in England to report all incidents of death or serious harm involving children in their area to the Department for Education, which publishes the data.\n\nThey are also required to inform the education secretary and Ofsted if a looked-after child dies, regardless of whether they suspect abuse or neglect.\n\nChild deaths increased from 89 to 119 and those seriously harmed rose from 132 with 153 compared with the same period in 2019, according to the data.\n\nThe number of serious incidents involving children under one increased by 30% as did the harm suffered by those aged 16 and over.\n\nThe majority (54%) of incidents related to boys, and almost two thirds related to white children.\n\nIn two-thirds of the 285 cases reported, the harm occurred while children were living at home.\n\nThe number of serious incident notifications had fallen in 2019-20 compared with 2018-19 when there were 274 such notifications.\n\nIryna Pona, policy manager at the Children's Society, said the increase in incidents last year happened at a time when Covid-19 was having a \"huge impact on the well-being of children and families and disrupted help available to those who needed it most\".\n\nEngland's first lockdown began at the end of March last year and ended on 4 July.\n\nMs Pona said: \"During the first lockdown many vulnerable children were stuck at home in difficult, sometimes dangerous situations, often isolated from friends and support networks.\n\n\"Sadly, children also continued to be targeted and groomed by people outside their families for sexual and criminal exploitation like county lines drug dealing operations, which can lead to serious violence or death.\n\n\"At the same time, they were often hidden from view of professionals like social workers and teachers who are best placed to spot the signs if they may be in danger.\"\n\nShe added that in the current lockdown it was \"vital\" that social care and schools work together closely to ensure all vulnerable children, including those in care, have regular contact with a trusted professional.\n\nA government spokeswoman said: \"Every single incident of this nature is a tragedy and we are working to understand the impact the pandemic may be having.\n\n\"Throughout the past months, we have prioritised the most vulnerable children and their families and put in place support to protect babies.\n\n\"We've maintained vital frontline services because we know it has been a challenge for many, especially for new parents, and we've invested thousands of pounds in charities working with vulnerable children and their families.\n\n\"Today we have launched a wholescale review of children's social care to reform the system and think afresh about how we support the most vulnerable. This data will provide important information to the care review to help address major challenges.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. UK weather: Will it snow where you are?\n\nSnow and ice weather warnings are in place for much of England and Scotland after widespread recent snowfall.\n\nThe Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings across England and Scotland for Saturday and warned of possible travel disruption.\n\nParts of England and Scotland could see as much as 5-10cm of snow in higher areas, the weather service said.\n\nIt comes as hundreds of schools remain closed after heavy snow hit the north of England on Thursday.\n\nA snow warning is in place for south-east England, including London, the east of England and the East Midlands. The Met Office said East Anglia and parts of Kent and Sussex are most at risk of snow.\n\nSome 1-3 cm of snow may fall fairly widely over these areas, with 5-10 cm possible in places, mostly over parts of East Anglia and any higher ground.\n\nA snow and ice warning is in place for most of Scotland, north-west and north-east England, Yorkshire and Humber, the East Midlands and parts of the West Midlands.\n\nSnow is likely to fall to low levels over east Scotland and northern England.\n\nThe Met Office said 1-3 cm is possible at low levels in these areas but is more likely at higher elevations, where 5-10 cm of snow is possible above 200m - and even 20cm at the highest places.\n\nFog is also forecast for parts of the Midlands and the North, along with mist around Glasgow which may pose hazards for motorists.\n\nPolice forces in Yorkshire have urged people to stay at home unless their travel is essential\n\nTwo girls took their sledge to a golf course near Penicuik, Midlothian\n\nThe coronavirus vaccine rollout has been affected by the weather.\n\nOver-80s who were due to receive their jab at Newcastle's Centre for Life were told they could re-book rather than risk making a trip in the icy conditions.\n\nNewcastle Hospitals tweeted: \"There's enough vaccine for everyone, so don't worry about making a trip to Newcastle.\"\n\nAnd Leeds University has delayed the opening of its asymptomatic Covid-19 test centre.\n\nHeavy snowfall has already caused travel disruption across sections of northern England and Scotland.\n\nTemperatures were as low as -6C on Friday morning in parts of Yorkshire and Cumbria, with yellow warnings set to last through most of Friday.\n\nThere was a loss of gas supply to approximately 700 homes in the Hebden Bridge area after water got into the local gas network and froze.\n\nThe Met Office has published advice from the Department for Transport advising people to clear snow and ice from footpaths outside their homes, preferably in the morning.\n\n\"You can then cover the path with salt before nightfall to stop it refreezing overnight,\" the advice says.\n\nTemperatures in the Greater London area are expected to drop to 1C on Friday and parts of the South East could fall to -2C.\n\nIt comes after \"hazardous\" conditions on Thursday caused problems for the ambulance service in Yorkshire, which struggled to keep up with the high demand, while Covid vaccinations were also affected.\n\nMark Millins, of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said the bad weather was having a \"severe impact\" on its operations and urged people to \"take extra care\" when out walking or driving.\n\nIn Scotland, heavy snow in some areas resulted in road closures.\n\nThe deepest snow on Thursday was in Bingley, West Yorkshire, and Strathallan in Perth, Scotland, both of which recorded 11cm.", "CBBC star Archie Lyndhurst, the son of Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst, died in his sleep from a brain haemorrhage, his mother has said.\n\nLucy Lyndhurst said a second post-mortem exam had revealed his death was caused by a condition called Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma/Leukaemia.\n\nShe described Archie as \"the most magical human being we have ever met\".\n\nThe 19-year-old's death on 22 September had had a \"catastrophic effect\" on their family, she wrote on Instagram.\n\nArchie with his father Nicholas and mother Lucy Smith in 2017\n\nLucy said she and husband Nicholas were assured by the doctor who explained the post-mortem results to them that there \"wasn't anything anyone could have done as Archie showed no signs of illness\". She said it was \"not leukaemia as we know it\" and that acute in medical terms meant \"rapid\".\n\nThe couple were \"utterly floored\" to think something like this could happen, she wrote, adding: \"It's very rare and around only 800 people a year die from it.\"\n\nShe said that just days earlier he had been celebrating his birthday with \"the love of his life Nethra\".\n\n\"Life is fragile, precious and sometimes incredibly cruel,\" Lucy wrote.\n\nShe also criticised some media outlets for attempting to garner information about how her son had died from the coroner, before they knew the results of the post mortem themselves.\n\n\"To have a coroner call you a few days after your child has died to say the press have been calling for the results of Archie's post mortem, I think stoops to an all time low for us,\" she noted.\n\n\"What gives the press the right to badger a coroner's office solely to find the cause of death before the parents? The complete lack of empathy is astounding. We released no information at the time as we had no idea what he had died from.\"\n\nNicholas appeared alongside his son in an episode of So Awkward in 2019\n\nArchie began his acting career at the Sylvia Young Theatre School at the age of 10 and was best known for playing Ollie Coulton in the CBBC comedy show So Awkward.\n\nHe appeared in the sitcom, which followed the lives of a group of friends in secondary school, from its first series in 2015.\n\nNicholas appeared alongside his son in a 2019 episode of the programme.\n\nArchie's other roles included recurring appearances as a younger incarnation of comedian Jack Whitehall in various TV programmes.\n\nThese included BBC Three sitcom Bad Education, in which he was seen as a younger version of Whitehall's Alfie Wickers character.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Irish hauliers have been bypassing ports in Wales because of Brexit, say industry leaders\n\nIrish hauliers are bypassing Welsh ports to avoid Brexit bureaucracy, industry leaders say.\n\nSo-called \"teething problems\" with new export rules are causing \"enormous strain on staff\", according to one haulage company.\n\nBut others warn of a longer-term shift by truck firms from using Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock.\n\nGwynedd Shipping said it was operating at 65% normal volumes and the pressure of extra paperwork was challenging.\n\nAndrew Kinsella, the firm's managing director, said: \"It's an enormous strain on our staff in terms of processing bookings.\n\n\"We process around 400 or 500 bookings a week, the reality is we're operating at 65-70% of previous volumes.\n\n\"Whilst we see recovery in the number of clients and we're starting to get to a better pattern in terms of shipments I still think it's going to take several weeks for things to return to normal. Whether things return to pre-Christmas, pre-Brexit volumes remains to be seen.\"\n\nMr Kinsella thinks there will be long-term consequences for the ports.\n\nStena Line is among firms that have made changes to the routes its uses\n\n\"You can already see the shift in terms of the number of sailings,\" he said.\n\n\"I think you're seeing a shift away from Holyhead particularly in terms of weekend, off-peak traffic. I think longer term, the viability of all of these services will be something those ferry services will continue to scrutinise.\"\n\nThis week Stena Line moved its new ship to the route from Rosslare, in the Republic of Ireland, to Cherbourg, France.\n\nAccording to Irish public broadcaster RTÉ, a new weekend sailing from Dublin to Cherbourg will also begin on 23 January, resulting in a temporary reduction in weekend capacity on the Dublin to Holyhead route.\n\nIt also intends to sail the Belfast-to-Liverpool route.\n\n\"Due to the current Brexit-related shift for direct routes and increasing customer demand, Stena Line has decided to temporarily deploy the Stena Embla on Rosslare-Cherbourg,\" Stena Line said.\n\nAt Rosslare Europort, business is booming, says general manager Glenn Carr.\n\n\"We've seen unprecedented demand in the first two weeks of trading compared to last year,\" Mr Carr said.\n\n\"On our European routes there's a 500% increase in freight volume going through the port compared to last year.\"\n\nHe added that 18 months ago they would have had three sailings a week directly to mainland Europe from Rosslare Europort: \"Today we have 15.\"\n\nMr Carr says his customers want to bypass the UK because of Brexit.\n\n\"I think that's testament to demand, particularly from our exporters and importers, on the island of Ireland and the need to unfortunately bypass the UK because of Brexit to trade directly with the EU,\" he added.\n\nHe believes this change in operations will not be temporary.\n\nHe said decisions by ferry companies and businesses who trade with the EU to re-direct freight, have been made based on market analysis.\n\n\"The business case for the extra services out of Rosslare were not based on the first two weeks of this year,\" Mr Carr said.\n\n\"They were based on analysis of the market and conversations with our exporters and importers who were switching.\n\n\"So there is a genuine switch and we foresee services being maintained out of Rosslare.\"\n\nUK government ministers have played down concerns about the long term viability of Welsh ports.\n\nGiving evidence to the Welsh Affairs Select Committee this week, Wales Office Minister David TC Davies MP, said former haulage industry colleagues referred to the issues as \"teething problems\".\n\nSecretary of State for Wales Simon Hart MP, said: \"There is some evidence that things aren't looking necessarily, permanently bleak.\n\n\"It's one of those areas where we have to keep a very wary eye on it, but I think and hope that it is a temporary dip in the graph.\"\n\nBut transport expert Prof Stuart Cole, of the University of South Wales, thinks Brexit delays will be the incentive Irish companies needed to switch permanently to trading directly with the European mainland.\n\nProf Cole said the EU wanted to reduce congestion and pollution in parts of Europe.\n\nOne solution was to move freight by sea rather than road.\n\nThere have been problems with paperwork for drivers travelling to the European mainland\n\nUntil now there was no reason for Irish hauliers to move from using Welsh ports and Dover, Prof Cole said.\n\n\"The route worked perfectly, there was a predictable journey time and that's important for food and component parts going to factories,\" he said.\n\n\"That kind of change required a significant shift, and that's what's there now.\"\n\nBangor University economics lecturer, Dr Edward Thomas Jones, believes it is too soon to predict longer term changes.\n\n\"Because businesses stockpiled before Christmas in anticipation of Brexit, there is of course less use of the port [at Holyhead] since Brexit,\" he said.\n\n\"On top of that, coronavirus means there are fewer tourists going on holiday to Ireland.\n\n\"We'll have a better idea of the future of the port in six months when these businesses who have stockpiled start buying again.\n\n\"Hopefully, by the second half of the year coronavirus will have been resolved and tourists will once again be able to travel back and forth.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru warned if traffic continued to be diverted away from the UK then Wales would suffer.\n\n\"I urge the UK government to work with the Welsh Government to provide substantial investment into Welsh ports to secure their viability into the future,\" said MP Hywel Williams, Plaid's Cabinet Office spokesman.\n\n\"If the trend of rerouting traffic through direct routes continues, I fear that our local economies both in the north west and south west of Wales will suffer enormously.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The four main engines were fired in unison for the first time, but had to be shut down early\n\nA critical engine test for Nasa's new \"megarocket\" has ended early, but the agency denied it amounted to a failure.\n\nShortly before 22:30 GMT (17:30 EST) on Saturday, the four engines ignited, burning for more than a minute before the event was aborted.\n\nThe core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) was being evaluated at Stennis Space Center, in Mississippi.\n\nThe engines were supposed to fire for eight minutes to simulate the rocket's climb to orbit.\n\nThe SLS is part of Nasa's Artemis programme, which aims to put Americans back on the lunar surface in the 2020s.\n\nWhen it makes its maiden flight - possibly later this year - the SLS will become the most powerful rocket ever to have flown to space.\n\nTeams at Stennis are still poring over the data to find out what happened. John Honeycutt, SLS program manager at Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, said there were \"a lot of dynamics going on\" when the engine shut down.\n\nThe engines' power levels were being throttled down and up again; they were also being prepared to pivot - or gimbal. This movement allows the rocket to be steered during flight.\n\nThe RS-25 engines are the same type that powered the space shuttle orbiter\n\n\"We did see a little bit of a flash come from around the interface between the thermal protection blanket on engine four at the time when we had initiated the gimbal,\" Honeycutt told reporters at a post-test briefing at Stennis.\n\nThe as-yet unknown problem triggered what Nasa calls a failure identification (Fid), followed by a major component failure (MCF). As a result of the fault, an onboard computer known as the engine controller sent a message to another computer called the core stage controller, which took a decision to shut down the vehicle.\n\n\"Any parameter that went awry on the engine could have sent that failure ID,\" said John Honeycutt.\n\nIt was the first time all four RS-25 engines had been ignited together, in a test known as a \"hotfire\".\n\nThe core stage of the rocket was anchored to a massive steel structure called the B-2 test stand on the grounds of the Stennis facility.\n\nTo prepare the core stage, engineers filled its tanks with more than 700,000 gallons (2.6 million litres) of super-cold liquid hydrogen and oxygen propellant.\n\nThis was the eighth and final test in the Green Run, a programme of evaluation carried out by engineers from Nasa and Boeing - the rocket's prime contractor.\n\nAlthough the test was intended to run for eight minutes, engineers would have received all the data required to certify the rocket for flight after 250 seconds.\n\nThey wanted to iron out any problems before the core stage is used for the first SLS launch, in which it will send Nasa's next-generation Orion spacecraft on a loop around the Moon.\n\nNasa's outgoing administrator Jim Bridenstine declined to call Saturday's event a failure: \"This is why we test,\" he said, adding: \"Before we put American astronauts on American rockets, that's when we need it to be perfect.\"\n\nOfficials have not yet decided whether to re-run the hotfire, or proceed with shipping the core stage to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida to prepare it for the rocket's uncrewed maiden flight, a mission called Artemis-1.\n\n\"It depends what the anomaly was and how challenging it's going to be to fix it,\" said Bridenstine.\n\nNasa administrator Jim Bridenstine said perfection wasn't a realistic expectation for the first engine test\n\nAsked whether a launch this year was still feasible, he added: \"I think it's too early to tell. As we figure out what went wrong, we're going to know what the future holds.\"\n\nHowever, if one or more of the engines needs to be replaced, there are spares waiting to be used at Stennis Space Center.\n\nThe Artemis-1 mission will evaluate how both the SLS and Orion capsule perform prior to Nasa staging a repeat of this lunar loop with astronauts in 2023.\n\nThis will be followed by the first landing on the Moon by humans since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.\n\nThe SLS consists of the 65m (212 ft) -long core stage with two smaller solid rocket boosters (SRBs) attached to the sides. Engineers at KSC have begun stacking the individual SRB segments for Artemis-1.\n\n\"This powerful rocket is going to put us in a position to be ready to support the agency and the country in deep space missions to the Moon and beyond,\" John Honeycutt said during a media briefing on Tuesday.\n\nArtwork: The initial version of the SLS - known as Block 1 - during the climb to orbit\n\nOfficials have been planning to ship the core stage to Florida in February.\n\nIts engines are of the same type that powered the spaceplane-like shuttle orbiter - America's crewed space vehicle for 30 years from 1981-2011.\n\nNasa is re-using flown hardware: the RS-25 engines used in this test helped launch 21 shuttle missions. Two were used on the last shuttle flight - STS-135 in 2011.\n\nThe four RS-25s can generate 1.6 million lbs (7 Meganewtons) of thrust - the force that propels a rocket through the air.\n\nWhen the solid rocket boosters are added to the core stage, the combined system will produce 8.8 million pounds (39.1 Meganewtons) of thrust. This will make it 15% more powerful than the giant Saturn V rocket that sent astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s and 70s.\n\nPrior to Saturday's test, John Shannon, vice president and SLS program manager at Boeing praised teams at Stennis for keeping the Green Run on track despite the pandemic and this year's particularly active hurricane season.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHomes have been evacuated as Storm Christoph batters Wales with a three-day rainstorm.\n\nNorth Wales Police were called to help some residents in Ruthin who were being told to leave their homes.\n\nThey tweeted that \"people who do not live locally are driving to the area to 'see the floods'\".\n\nA rain warning issued by the Met Office is in place until midday on Thursday, with an ice warning for parts of north and mid Wales.\n\nSouth Wales fire crews pumped out water from homes in Pontypridd and Porth, in Rhondda, and roads were blocked in Powys and Flintshire.\n\nVehicles were pulled from floods by firefighters in Tenby, Llandovery, Llandeilo and Whitland, Mid and West Wales fire service said.\n\nUp to 20cm (8in) of rain is expected to fall, with the heaviest rain forecast for the north west of Wales.\n\nThere were flood warnings in 58 areas as forecasters warned heavy rain and melting snow could affect roads. There were also 57 flood alerts - meaning flooding is possible.\n\nA yellow warning for ice was issued for the north and parts of mid Wales, starting at 01:00 on Thursday and lasting until 10:00, as rain clears.\n\nA minor landslip was reported on the mountainside above Pentre in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Natural Resources Wales, who have responsibility for the land, said there is no immediate threat after an initial inspection, but the council urged residents to keep away from the area.\n\nThe River Taf at Llanglydwen in Carmarthenshire\n\nFlood warnings are in Carmarthenshire - the River Towy and isolated properties between Llandeilo and Abergwili, the River Gwendraeth Fawr at Pontyates and Ponthenry, the River Hydfron at Llanddowror and the River Taf at Trevaughan in Whitland.\n\nThe other flood warnings cover the River Ely at Peterston-Super-Ely in Vale of Glamorgan, the River Vyrnwy in the Meifod area in Powys, the River Rhyd Hir at Riverside Terrace in Gwynedd, two for the River Wye at Glasbury and Builth Wells, the Lower Dee Valley from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows, the River Dyfi at Pont ar Dyfi, the River Usk from Brecon to Glangrwyne, two at the River Severn at Abermule to Fron and Aberbechan and the River Lower Clydach at Clydach Bridge, Swansea.\n\nIn River Aeron at Aberaeron, in Ceredigion, the River Loughor at Ammanford and Llandybie and the River Wye at Builth Wells, Powys, are also covered by the warning.\n\nA person had to be saved from a car stuck in floodwater in Corwen, Denbighshire, North East Wales Search and Rescue tweeted.\n\nRest centres have been opened in St Asaph and Ruthin after some localised flooding following heavy rainfall throughout the day. Denbighshire council invited affected residents to use the facilities at the towns' main leisure centres.\n\nAnd Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to help a motorist whose vehicle had become stuck in 3ft of water in Machynlleth.\n\nThe waters lapped the doors of Ruthin's Ocean Pearl restaurant\n\nIn Broughton, Flintshire, Ray and Jacqui Littler said they and their daughter waited all afternoon for help at their flooded bungalow after emergency services told them they were \"flat out\".\n\nThey eventually decided to leave their home on Main Road, which was under 10 inches of water, to stay with friends.\n\nNeighbours blamed a blocked culvert on the fields opposite the road. Police closed the road at about 16:00 GMT and Flintshire council attended, after three houses were affected, with the gardens of two pensioners' bungalows also under water.\n\nOverflowing banks of the River Usk at Brecon\n\nSouth Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it had been called to two incidents overnight with reports of water entering properties in Pontycymmer in Bridgend and Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent.\n\nOn Wednesday morning, it dealt with flooding at properties in Tyfica Road, Pontypridd, and Trebanog Road in Porth, Rhondda, where a crew was helping residents divert and pump out water.\n\nFirefighters also had to rescue 46 sheep from land surrounded by water at Merthyr Road, Llanfoist, Monmouthshire.\n\nCrews from Abergavenny and Ebbw Vale were called to help the stricken animals near the River Usk.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWater in the grounds of Gwydir Castle in Llanrwst\n\nJudy Corbett, owner of 16th Century Gwydir Castle in Llanrwst, Conwy, which flooded last year, told BBC Radio Wales things were \"looking pretty dire here this morning\".\n\nShe said: \"We've been obviously monitoring the levels overnight so we've had another sleepless night worrying about the weather but the levels are rising and the water is very violent this morning and of course, we've got another a whole day ahead of us.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Sabrina Lee This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSeveral roads have been hit by flooding, including the B5106 between Llanrwst and Trefriw\n\nThe Met Office warned spray and flooding could lead to \"difficult driving conditions and some road closures\" and the downpours could cause delays.\n\nTraffic Wales said restrictions were in place on the M48 Severn Bridge where traffic is coming off eastbound at junction two or westbound at junction one before being directed back on to cross the bridge, which remains open.\n\nIn Flintshire, the A548 Coast Road has been closed at Tan Lan and Mostyn, the A5118 at Padeswood, the A541 between Llong to Pontblyddyn, Bagillt High Street and the B5101 between Treuddyn and Llanfynydd.\n\nThe A485 in Garreg is also closed from the Brondaw Arms to Pont Aberglaslyn.\n\nThe Dyfi Bridge near Machynlleth is closed\n\nIn Powys, the A487 over the Dyfi Bridge, near Machynlleth, is closed while the A458 at Llanfair Caereinion is blocked in both directions from Bridge Street to Guilsfield turn-off because of flooding.\n\nThe A483 in Builth Wells at the station is also closed along with the bridge over the River Wye.\n\nCapel Bangor in Ceredigion has temporary traffic lights on the A44 at Lovesgrove Roundabout due to flooding, which is affecting traffic between Aberystwyth and Llangurig.\n\nIn Bridgend, New Inn Road has been closed in both directions at The Dipping Bridge, affecting traffic between Ewenny village and the A48.\n\nSouth Wales Police warned people not to attempt driving through floodwater after the A4118 at Llanddewi on Gower became blocked.\n\nIn Gwynedd, the council tweeted that Ffordd Siliwen, Bangor, had been closed following a landslip.\n\nA section of the A470 Dolgellau Bypass has also been closed along with the A4085 at Garreg.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNational Rail said some lines between North Llanrwst, Conwy, and Blaenau Ffestiniog in Gwynedd were blocked due to heavy rain while services were also disrupted between Shrewsbury and Machynlleth in Powys.\n\nAlterative road transport will run in place of cancelled services, it said.\n\nThe Met Office said 56mm (2.2in) of rain had fallen at Capel Curig in Snowdonia by 18:00 GMT on Tuesday.\n\nA yellow warning for rain is in place for virtually the whole of Wales until Thursday\n\nForecasters also said fast flowing and deep floodwater \"could cause a danger to life\".\n\nThe Met Office warned flooding could lead to some communities being cut off and possible power cuts.\n\nStrong winds will also follow the torrential rain, with forecasters predicting this may cause \"travelling difficulties across areas higher and more exposed routes\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Douglas Jones was fulfilling a lifelong dream when he became a pilot\n\nThe aviation industry has been among those hardest hit by the Covid pandemic.\n\nPilot Douglas Jones was working for Aegean Airlines, flying out of Athens, when it began.\n\nIt cost him his job and also prompted him to return to the small Scottish town where he grew up.\n\nNow he is now turning his hand to a very different line of work producing PPE, in a sector which is enjoying something of a boom.\n\nMr Jones saw much of Europe in his work with Easyjet and Aegean Airlines\n\nThe 27-year-old, who was born in Haywards Heath in Sussex but raised in Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, was enjoying his dream job at the start of 2020.\n\nHaving gained a commercial pilot's licence, he was based in Berlin with Easyjet before landing a position in Greece.\n\n\"It is definitely what I have always wanted to do,\" he said.\n\n\"With Aegean I have flown a good way across all the major airports of Europe.\"\n\nHowever, life changed \"very quickly\" as coronavirus spread across the continent.\n\n\"I flew to Copenhagen and I flew back from Copenhagen and I was on unpaid leave when I landed back in Athens,\" he explained.\n\nFearing being stranded in Greece, he booked a flight home to Scotland and within a couple of weeks he received confirmation that his job was gone.\n\nMr Jones returned to Moffat amid fears of being stranded in Greece\n\nMr Jones said it took some time for him to fully appreciate that he would not be returning to the skies any time soon.\n\n\"Half of my stuff is still in Greece because we came back to our home countries thinking this will only be three to six months and that will be that,\" he said.\n\n\"We had just no concept of how bad this was ever going to be.\"\n\nIt meant he was back home in a region where he admits there are \"not a huge amount of options career-wise in normal times\".\n\n\"When you have been used to living in Berlin and Athens and you move back to Moffat, living with your dad, it is a bit of slowdown,\" he said.\n\n\"I was just desperate to do something, to have work.\"\n\nAlpha Solway is producing millions of masks for NHS Scotland\n\nIt was a relative of a friend who spotted south of Scotland firm Alpha Solway was hiring new workers to meet demand for personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\nAfter interview, he was offered a job in June which proved to be something of a change of pace from day one.\n\n\"I came in and I sat and cut elastic for visors for most of the day - I think I cut like something like 3km worth of elastic because one of the machines had a fault,\" he said.\n\nSince then he has helped make filter units for masks, developed standard work procedures and become a \"jack of all trades\" for the business.\n\nMr Jones said of his abilities as a pilot were useful at the PPE factory\n\nHe said he had been \"surprised\" by what parts of his old job he could bring to his new post.\n\n\"A lot in commercial aviation is about awareness - situational awareness - and a lot of that can be built into manufacturing as well,\" he said.\n\n\"When you are talking health and safety around large automated machinery you have to be aware of what things are doing and when and who is doing what.\n\n\"As a pilot - as you might like to think - we have quite a logical way of looking at things. The way we are trained to look at problems is very applicable to manufacturing.\"\n\nAn \"incredible\" summer helped ease the transition from Greece to Moffat\n\nSo how has the transition back to rural Scotland gone?\n\n\"We are so lucky that the summer we had here was quite incredible,\" said Mr Jones.\n\n\"To be out in Moffat, even during lockdown, you can access the hills, you don't have to drive outside a five-mile radius.\n\n\"You can just go out and walk and you will never see a soul.\"\n\nSome things, however, take more getting used to, like his more conventional nine to five day.\n\n\"I think that has probably been the biggest shock to my system, getting into that working routine,\" he said.\n\nAlpha Solway is taking in large numbers of new staff to cope with demand\n\nAlpha Solway secured a major contract to supply the NHS in Scotland earlier this year which has helped to keep Mr Jones \"extremely busy\".\n\nHowever, flying gets \"into your blood\" and he hopes to get back into a plane at some time in the future.\n\n\"My goal is when the jobs start to come - which they will - I will return to the sky in some capacity,\" he said.\n\n\"But it will be a double-edged sword in that I have learned a huge amount here and I have met a lot of very good people.\n\n\"I'm working with a really good team of people here - there are good people here doing a good job and I am helping at least with that.\"", "Disabled workers at one of the UK's oldest charitable enterprises, Clarity, have allegedly been denied £200,000 in wages by the new owner.\n\nThe company produces toiletries and beauty products under the Clarity, Beco and Soap Co brands.\n\nActress Joanna Lumley and Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP have spoken out strongly over the claims.\n\nNicholas Marks, who bought the company last year, says all currently employed staff have been paid.\n\nCommunity, the union which represents Clarity's workers, claims that a number of disabled employees at the firm have not been paid wages and furlough payments.\n\nStephen Steppens says he has received no money since September\n\nStephen Steppens, 60, has been blind since birth, and has worked at Clarity since 1985. He is officially on furlough until his redundancy is completed at the end of January.\n\nHe says he has received no money since September and has been relying on his savings to get by.\n\n\"I loved it,\" he says of working there. Losing the job, and the fight over the organisation's future, have taken a toll on his mental health, he says.\n\n\"I want to see justice done, not just for me, but also for my friends who are visiting food banks.\"\n\nA number of employees have brought successful employment tribunal claims for unauthorised deduction of wages against Clarity, including Mr Steppens. Clarity was ordered to pay him £706. A number of other employment tribunal claims are ongoing, according to Community.\n\nJoanna Lumley, who had been a supporter of Clarity, called it \"the best of the best\" and said she was \"shocked\" to learn of the allegations over treatment of workers. \"Justice must be done as soon as possible,\" she told BBC News.\n\nClarity was founded in 1854 by a wealthy blind woman, Elizabeth Gilbert, as the Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind, to provide opportunities for workers whom other employers overlooked because of their disabilities. Before the takeover, three-quarters of its staff were disabled people.\n\nA factory in London run by General Welfare of the Blind, about 1901\n\nIts supporters and patrons in the past have included Winston Churchill, Charles Dickens and Queen Victoria.\n\nClarity went into administration last year, as it was losing money and unable to fund the hole in its pension scheme, according to a spokesman for the administrators, FRP. In January, it was bought by Nicholas Marks.\n\nSir Iain Duncan Smith, whose London constituency is home to Clarity's headquarters, raised the issue in the House of Commons on 12 January.\n\n\"Staff have failed to receive national insurance contributions, with many failing to receive their wages or support while undertaking childcare,\" he told MPs.\n\n\"The total amount that these decent but very vulnerable people have failed to receive is now around £200,000. They cannot claim benefits because they are essentially employed.\"\n\nCommunity estimates that about 60 former employees of Clarity are still awaiting payment of their wages and furlough payments, most of them disabled workers.\n\nA spokesman for Nicholas Marks said that Sir Iain's remarks were \"highly inaccurate\" and the company \"does not recognise\" the £200,000 figure.\n\n\"The grievances echoed by Sir Iain Duncan Smith simply reflect disgruntled ex-employees. All employees currently working have been paid in full up-to-date and the company is dealing with redundancies and gross misconduct of former employees,\" he said.\n\nCommunity says it is not aware of any staff who have been dismissed for gross misconduct.\n\nThe spokesman for Mr Marks said that Mr Marks had \"saved this historic company from permanent failure\".\n\nHowever, other bids for Clarity were made, including one from the well-known social entrepreneur, Cemal Ezel, who runs the Change Please coffee business, which creates opportunities for homeless people.\n\nHe is still interested in buying the brands, he told BBC News.\n\nThough Mr Ezel's final bid was slightly higher, the administrators' report says they chose to sell to Mr Marks because he was in a better position to complete the deal by 31 January.\n\nMr Marks's spokesman said that he had to make \"some sensible commercial decisions to place it on to a proper business footing and regrettably some staff had to be let go\".\n\nOn Wednesday, Clarity's website was still running the Certified Social Enterprise mark, denoting an organisation devoted to \"creating positive social change\".\n\nThe spokesman said Clarity Products was not a social enterprise and was not \"purporting to clients\" that it was, though it retained the \"social enterprise ethos through the continued employment of fully paid disabled staff\".\n\nWrongly using the logo for nearly a year was \"simply an oversight\", and it is being removed. On Thursday morning, the website was unavailable - the company spokesman said he was not aware why.\n\nIn a response to Sir Iain's query, Treasury Minister Jesse Norman wrote that he had \"specifically asked HMRC to note the circumstances you describe, and to consider whether and how there may be a case for early intervention\".\n\nAnother company owned by Mr Marks, a Preston-based caravan maker called Lunar Automotive, was reported to HMRC by the local MP, Sir Mark Hendrick, for allegedly refusing to pay wages and pension contributions for its workers.\n\nThis company was also bought out of an administration run by FRP.\n\nMr Marks's spokesman was not able to comment in detail on the Lunar Automotive case, but said the company had not heard back from HMRC.", "The Daily Telegraph must publish a correction over a \"significantly misleading\" column written by Toby Young, press regulator Ipso has ruled.\n\nThe July 2020 article claimed the common cold could provide \"natural immunity\" to Covid-19 and London was \"probably approaching herd immunity\".\n\nBut on Thursday Ipso found the paper had \"failed to take care not to publish inaccurate and misleading information\".\n\nIpso said the paper \"did not accept it has breached the [Editors] Code\".\n\nIt said the newspaper said that Young's comments on immunity referred to \"cross-reactive T-cells\" that work to combat the virus.\n\nHowever, the media watchdog sided with the complainant, James Whitehead, in its decision, who said that while these cells \"may lessen the impact of Covid-19\" after infection, they \"would not confer 'natural immunity'\"\n\nThe ruling added Young's statement \"misrepresented the nature of immunity\".\n\nIpso also found Young's suggestion that \"London is probably approaching herd immunity, even though only 17% tested positive [for antibodies] in the most recent seroprevalence survey\" could be misleading.\n\nThere is an antibody response and a cellular response to the coronavirus\n\nThe Telegraph referred to surveys listed in an article on Young's own Lockdown Sceptics website in its defence, but the Ipso committee judged these did not accurately reflect \"how herd immunity is reached and whether it exists in London\".\n\nThe ruling concluded that the paper had breached accuracy standards on a topic of \"public importance\", but deemed a correction an appropriate sanction, given the level of \"significant scientific uncertainty\" at the time of publication.\n\nYoung told the BBC: \"I think Ipso has been put in a difficult position because our scientific understanding of the virus is constantly evolving and there is a great deal about it that scientists still disagree about.\n\n\"While some of the things I wrote in that article would be contested by some scientists, they would be confirmed by others... Have we achieved herd immunity in London? I think that's an open question and the 'case' data is unreliable because of the well-documented shortcomings of the PCR test.\n\n\"I may have been over-emphatic in putting the anti-lockdown case, but it's not as if the advocates of a pro-lockdown position are any less emphatic.\n\n\"Don't forget the WHO initially estimated the global IFR [infection fatality rate] of Covid-19 at 3.4%. The consensus now is that it's less than 1% and almost certainly a lot less. Lots of journalists faithfully reported that alarmist figure. Why hasn't Ipso reprimanded them?\"\n\nLast week Young told BBC Newsnight that some of his claims from an article he wrote in June had been \"wrong\", where he had said a second spike of Covid-19 had \"refused to materialise\" and that one-metre rule is \"unnecessary\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAt the start of the year, Young, an associate editor at The Spectator and general secretary of the Free Speech Union, installed an app that auto-deletes tweets more than a week old.\n\nHe said he did so to protect against \"politically-motivated offence archaeologists\" - a move unrelated to the Ipso ruling.\n\nReacting to criticism of his past comments on coronavirus from Neil O'Brien, Conservative MP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, after the deletion, Young then tweeted a defence of his stance against lockdowns.\n\n\"This is an important public debate to have,\" he wrote, \"both because it helps us assess the present government's management of the pandemic and because it will help us prepare better for the next one.\"\n\nThe UK entered a second national lockdown last week in a bid to control spiralling virus infection rates. On Wednesday, the UK saw its biggest daily death figure since the start of the pandemic, with 1,564 deaths.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Police said Graeme Perks had gone to investigate the sound of breaking glass when he was stabbed\n\nPlastic surgeons have expressed shock at the stabbing of \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons\" in their profession.\n\nGraeme Perks, 65, was stabbed in his abdomen and chest during a break-in at his house in Halam, a village near Southwell in Nottinghamshire.\n\nPolice said the attack on Thursday morning had left him \"fighting for his life\" and left his family, who were upstairs at the time, \"extremely upset\".\n\nGraeme Perks has been described as \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\"\n\nMr Perks previously served as president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS).\n\nCurrent president Ruth Waters said BAPRAS had been contacted by colleagues all around the world as news of the attack spread.\n\n\"All have expressed their shock at what has happened and also their deep concern for his wellbeing and their hope for his speedy recovery,\" she said.\n\n\"It has been my good fortune and honour to know Graeme for many years. I have benefited from his kindness, generosity and extensive knowledge throughout my career in plastic surgery.\"\n\nBAPRAS described him as \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\".\n\nAs well as being a leading plastic surgeon, Mr Perks and his wife have raised thousands of pounds for charity by opening their garden to visitors. They were previously featured on BBC Radio Nottingham after raising more than £34,000.\n\nPolice were still outside the house in Halam more than 24 hours later\n\nPolice said Mr Perks had gone to investigate the sound of breaking glass at about 04:15 GMT, after an intruder is believed to have smashed his way into the house.\n\nThey said Mr Perks was stabbed and the suspect ran off.\n\nMr Perks was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham for surgery, where he remains in a serious condition.\n\nDet Insp Gayle Hart, who is leading the investigation, said: \"The swift arrest of this suspect we hope will provide some reassurance to local residents.\n\n\"This is a horrific incident which has left a man fighting for his life and his family who were upstairs at the time are extremely shocked and upset by the ordeal.\"\n\nMr Perks has served as president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)\n\nMr Perks has previously worked in London, Sheffield, Newcastle and Melbourne, Australia.\n\nHe returned to the UK in the mid-1990s and started working in Nottingham, with a special interest in microsurgical reconstruction after cancer surgery.\n\nHe later became head of the department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.\n\nOutgoing BAPRAS president Mark Henley said: \"Graeme is an amazing colleague who it has been my pleasure and privilege to work with over the last 26 years.\n\n\"His dedication to patients, family and friends is an inspiration to us all and with his wisdom, kindness and humanity he has enabled us to achieve many things that I would never have thought possible. We are all willing him on.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The international community has missed previous deadlines on ensuring access to school\n\nBoris Johnson says it is his \"fervent belief\" that improving girls' education in developing countries is the best way to \"lift communities out of poverty\".\n\nThe prime minister has announced MP Helen Grant as a special envoy for efforts to support girls' education.\n\nIt is expected to be a key theme of the UK's presidency this year of the G7 group of major industrial countries.\n\n\"It can change the fortunes of not just individual women and girls, but communities and nations,\" says the PM.\n\nEven before the pandemic, millions of children in developing countries did not have any access to school - and girls from disadvantaged families are particularly vulnerable to missing out on education. whether through poverty or prejudice.\n\nThe Covid pandemic has created even more barriers to education, with a peak of 1.6 billion children around the world having faced school closures.\n\nBoris Johnson wants girls' education to be a focus of the UK's G7 presidency\n\nMr Johnson, as foreign secretary and prime minister, has previously highlighted girls' education as a key to improving the health, wealth and security of the poorest countries.\n\nHe once described it as the \"Swiss army knife\" of development, as getting girls to stay in education could avoid early marriage, improve their chances of getting a job and provide more income for children to be better fed.\n\nThe prime minister said the international target of ensuring all girls can have 12 years of good quality education would be the \"simplest and most transformative thing we can do\" to tackle poverty and to \"end the scourge of gender-based violence\".\n\n\"The benefits of educating girls are enormous - a child whose mother can read is 50% more likely to live past the age of five and twice as likely to attend school themselves. With just one additional school year, a woman's earnings can increase by up to a fifth,\" said Mr Johnson.\n\nHelen Grant, now the special envoy for girls' education, said: \"High quality female education empowers women, reduces poverty and unleashes economic growth.\n\n\"I will be making it my mission to encourage a more ambitious approach to girls' education from the international community.\"\n\nThere has been a series of pledges from the international community over the past three decades to provide at least a primary school education for all children - all of which have been missed.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said hosting the G7 should be a chance for the UK to act as a \"moral force for good in the world\", but accused the Conservatives of engaging in \"a decade of global retreat\".\n\n\"We need to seize this chance to lead again, just as Blair and Brown did over global poverty and the financial crisis.\"", "Everyone has heard about doctors and nurses catching Covid-19 but some of the worst affected hospital staff have been cleaners and porters. Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary tells the story of a cleaner who became ill, and is now stricken with guilt for taking the virus home.\n\nThe first person I see early each morning when I arrive at the hospital is our cleaner, Karen Smith. During 10 months of uncertainty, Karen has been the one constant, apart from a few weeks in spring, when she was ill with Covid-19.\n\nUsually Karen cleans the offices of the hospital's Institute for Health Research, but in the first wave of the pandemic she was called to the Covid wards. It was a frightening time for everyone, but Karen volunteered for an extra shift on Good Friday as there was a staff shortage - and on that day she thinks she was infected.\n\nWe know that working in hospitals increases your risk of infection by a factor of three, but this risk is not evenly spread. Antibody tests carried out in many NHS hospitals over the summer showed it was not the ICU consultants or infectious \"red zone\" clinical staff who had the highest rate of infection, but porters and cleaners working in those areas. Their risk of infection was double that of their clinical colleagues.\n\nThis heightened risk for hospital staff also applies to their household contacts.\n\nAs she cleaned the hospital in April, Karen was scared not for herself, but for her family. She and her husband, Mal, had moved into a caravan in Mal's parents' garden, while his mother was ill with cancer - and they stayed on after she died, to support Mal's 80-year-old father, Malcolm. Mal, a hospital porter, was shielding because he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and Malcolm senior was clearly vulnerable because of his age.\n\nStopping work, however, was not a luxury Karen could afford. And unlike some hospital staff who were housed in hotels to protect their families, she went back home every night.\n\nShe became ill towards the end of April, followed by Mal at the beginning of May. The weather was hot, she remembers, as they coughed and wheezed in the caravan.\n\n\"It was like being in a tin box,\" she says. \"I got Covid and couldn't get over it properly. And then Mal got it and his was on another level compared to mine - and then his dad got ill, and that was a different ball game altogether.\"\n\nProf John Wright, a doctor and epidemiologist, is head of the Bradford Institute for Health Research, and a veteran of cholera, HIV and Ebola epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa. He is writing this diary for BBC News and recording from the hospital wards for BBC Radio.\n\nThe couple had to go inside the house to cook and to use the bathroom but did their best to keep away from the elderly Malcolm, who would go into a different room whenever they entered.\n\n\"We tried so, so hard not to give it to him - but then he got ill and he just went to his bed. Honestly, he was just like a little child, under the quilt looking all bewildered. He started with the shivers and we rang 111. They said to bring him to Accident and Emergency to get him tested, and we couldn't believe it when it came back positive,\" Karen says.\n\nLater, he was brought into hospital. I have fond memories of meeting Malcolm on the ward after he was admitted, acutely struggling with symptoms of cough and shortness of breath from his Covid infection. He was a kind and gentle man, stoical and patient.\n\nHe was adamant that he had been careful to keep his distance from Karen and Mal in the house, but admitted wandering over to show them articles in the Telegraph and Argus - Bradford's daily newspaper - whenever I was mentioned in it. I felt strangely culpable that I might have been the cause of the transmission.\n\nMalcolm made a good recovery and was eager to be discharged. But Covid is an unpredictable illness, and it can happen that improvements in a patient's condition are followed by a sharp deterioration. And this is what happened with Malcolm soon after he arrived home.\n\n\"He didn't want to go back into hospital - he said to get him some Tunes because they would help him breathe,\" says Karen. \"But nothing could help him, he was so, so ill. We had to say to him, 'No, you've got Covid and you need proper medical care.' He was such a lovely man, bless him.\"\n\nMalcolm was readmitted after two nights at home and died on 28 May.\n\nMalcolm as he turned 80, visiting his brother in Canada\n\nKaren returned to work. But like many people who have had this illness, she has been suffering the after-effects, both physically and mentally. She's now on an inhaler for breathlessness, can barely taste anything seven months later, and is constantly tired. She is also receiving medication for anxiety because of the fear that she will have to return to the Covid wards, where potentially she could get ill again.\n\nAnd in her case there is the added pain of having lost a loved one, mixed with feelings of guilt.\n\n\"When I start to think about him the tears come and sometimes I'll be crying almost all day - cleaning and crying. If I'm having a bad day, I won't be able to talk,\" she says.\n\n\"The guilt is always there, as I'll never know for sure where he picked it up. Mal's dad didn't set foot out of the door, and so in my head I feel such guilt, because we had to go into the house, we didn't have any choice. I go over it all but it's hard to escape from, because I got it, Mal got it and then his Dad got it. Deep down I think that's what's happened, and it will take time to come to terms with.\"\n\nKaren has been referred for counselling, but there is a long waiting list.\n\nBoth Karen and Mal also had to wait for the vaccine, though both had it on Wednesday. This was a huge relief for Karen, as anything that reduces her chance of reinfection also helps her cope with her anxiety. If NHS trusts are serious about following the science then arguably they should be vaccinating cleaners and porters first.\n\nThe fear of transmitting the virus to our loved ones at home is the ghost that haunts all front-line staff. Many went into isolation during the first wave, but this was never a sustainable approach, and with a virus that is so contagious and an environment in which it is so prevalent, transmission to family members is unfortunately common.\n\nKaren and Mal personify this occupational risk, and its potential deadly impact.", "Doctors and nurses need protection from prosecution over Covid-19 treatment decisions made under the pressures of the pandemic, medical bodies have said.\n\nGroups including the British Medical Association have written to ministers saying medical workers fear they could be at risk of unlawful killing charges.\n\nIt comes as the UK's chief medical officers said the NHS could be overwhelmed in weeks.\n\nThe government said staff should not have to fear legal action.\n\nThe letter from the health organisations points out that the prime minister warned in November that the NHS being overwhelmed would be a \"medical and moral disaster\", where \"doctors and nurses could be forced to choose which patients to treat, who would live and who would die\".\n\nIt said: \"With the chief medical officers now determining that there is a material risk of the NHS being overwhelmed within weeks, our members are worried that not only do they face being put in this position but also that they could subsequently be vulnerable to a criminal investigation by the police.\"\n\nCo-ordinated by the Medical Protection Society (MPS), the letter was signed by the British Medical Association, the Doctors' Association UK, the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and Medical Defence Shield.\n\nIt calls for emergency legislation to protect doctors and nurses from \"inappropriate\" legal action when dealing with circumstances outside their control.\n\nExisting guidance for doctors and nurses on when to administer or withdraw treatment does not give legal protection, the letter says.\n\nIt also says the guidance does not consider the circumstances of the pandemic where demand for healthcare may outstrip supply.\n\n\"The first concern of a doctor is their patients and providing the highest standard of care at all times,\" the medical bodies said.\n\n\"We do not believe it is right that healthcare professionals should suffer from the moral injury and long-term psychological damage that could result from having to make decisions on how limited resources are allocated, while at the same time being left vulnerable to the risk of prosecution for unlawful killing.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nThe medical organisations said no healthcare professional should be \"above the law\" and that the emergency legislation should only apply to decisions made \"in good faith\" and \"in circumstances beyond their control and in compliance with relevant guidance\".\n\nThey said the change in the law should be temporary and should apply retrospectively from the start of the pandemic.\n\nMedical staff in the NHS are protected financially from clinical negligence claims by indemnity schemes where the state pays the costs of claims.\n\nBut if someone dies as a result of a lack of treatment, doctors and nurses fear prosecutors could bring charges such as gross negligence manslaughter, which can carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.\n\nEarlier this month, a survey by the MPS of 2,420 of its members found that 61% were concerned about facing an investigation following a decision made in a high-pressure situation.\n\nAbout 36% were concerned about being investigated for a decision to withdraw or withhold life-prolonging treatment due to pressure on resources during the pandemic.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said: \"Dedicated frontline NHS staff should be able to focus on treating patients and saving lives during the pandemic without fear of legal action.\"\n\nNHS staff have been told that existing indemnity arrangements will continue and will cover \"the vast majority of liabilities\", the spokesman said.", "Scottish fishermen have resorted to sailing to Denmark to land their catch as Brexit red tape continues to delay exports, an industry body has said.\n\nThe Scottish Fishermen's Federation, which campaigned to leave the EU, also said the Brexit trade deal was the worst of both worlds for the industry.\n\nMany fishermen \"now fear for their future\", it said.\n\nThe UK government said the deal would \"bring immediate gains to our fishermen and women across the whole UK\".\n\nLate last year, the Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF) said it was \"deeply aggrieved\" by the Brexit deal.\n\nFishing firms have also warned of impending bankruptcy as delays continue at ports following the introduction of post-Brexit regulations.\n\nOn Friday, the SFF kept up the pressure on the UK government.\n\nIn a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, it said some fishermen \"are now making a 72-hour round trip to land fish in Denmark, as the only way to guarantee that their catch will make a fair price and actually find its way to market while still fresh enough to meet customer demands\".\n\nQuotas are used by many countries to manage shared fish stocks. They determine how many fish of each species each country's fleets are allowed to catch.\n\nThe SFF said that Brexit quota gains \"can hardly be claimed as a resounding success\" and that the Brexit deal \"actually leaves the Scottish industry in a worse position on more than half of the key stocks\".\n\n\"This industry now finds itself in the worst of both worlds,\" said SFF chief executive Elspeth Macdonald, accusing Prime Minister Boris Johnson of broken promises on quotas.\n\nThe \"desperately poor deal\" reached on quotas, under which the EU \"have full access to our waters\" means that the UK has \"no ability to leverage more fish from the EU\", she said.\n\n\"This, coupled with the chaos experienced since 1 January in getting fish to market, means that many in our industry now fear for their future, rather than look forward to it with optimism and ambition,\" Ms Macdonald added.\n\nThe Scottish National Party said the letter was \"an utterly devastating verdict on Brexit from Scotland's fishing industry\".\n\nAn SNP spokesperson said the Scottish fishing industry was \"right to be angry\" about the Brexit deal, which it said was costing Scotland's fishing communities millions of pounds.\n\nThe spokesman called on the prime minister to deliver \"a multi-billion pound package of Brexit compensation for Scotland\", adding: \"Communities across Scotland will never forgive the Tories for the damage they are doing to our country with their extreme Brexit obsession.\"\n\nA UK government spokesperson said the Prime Minister would respond to the SFF letter in due course.\n\nThe spokesperson said: \"We have now taken back control of our waters and the agreement we have reached with the EU secures a 25% transfer of quota from EU to UK vessels over five years, starting with 15% this year.\"\n\nThe spokesperson said the government was looking at providing additional financial support for the Scottish fishing industry, which it recognised was facing \"some temporary issues\".\n\n\"The Prime Minister has already committed to investing £100m in the UK's fishing industry and provided the Scottish government with nearly £200m to minimise disruption for businesses,\" the spokesperson added.", "Louis Godwin said receiving the vaccine was \"no trouble at all\" and encouraged others to have it as soon as they could\n\nSalisbury Cathedral has been transformed into a vaccination centre with an RAF veteran being one of the first to receive the Covid-19 jab.\n\nFormer Flight Sergeant Louis Godwin, 95, gave a thumbs-up after being vaccinated in the cathedral, which dates back more than 800 years.\n\n\"I was so pleased to get it, especially in a setting like this,\" he said.\n\nOrganisers were aiming to vaccinate 1,000 people aged over 80 with the Pfizer/BioNTech jab on Saturday.\n\nPeople queuing to receive their vaccines at Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday\n\nMr Godwin, a great-grandfather of 12, joined the RAF aged 18 in 1943 and served as an air gunner during World War Two.\n\n\"I've had many jabs in my time, especially in the RAF. After the war, I was sent to Egypt and I had a couple of jabs which knocked me over for a week,\" he said.\n\n\"This one, the doctor said to me 'well that's done' and I thought he hadn't started. So it's no trouble at all and no pain.\"\n\nA health worker prepares the vaccine to be administered at the cathedral\n\nStella Bennett, 88, said she felt \"safer\" after receiving the jab.\n\n\"It was easy. I live on my own so it has been hard but I've managed. At least I'm at home and not in hospital with it,\" she said.\n\nDerek Burnett was also among those inoculated against the virus on Saturday.\n\n\"I feel unbelievably relieved as lockdown has been a big strain. It takes a big weight off my mind,\" said the 81-year-old.\n\nOrganisers hoped to vaccinate 1,000 people aged over 80 during the day\n\nThe Very Rev Nicholas Papadopulos, Dean of Salisbury described the vaccines as \"a real sign of hope for us at the end of this very, very difficult year\".\n\n\"I doubt that anyone is having a jab in surroundings that are more beautiful than this so I hope it will ease people as they come into the building,\" he said.\n\nThe Very Rev Nicholas Papadopulos, Dean of Salisbury, described hosting the event as \"absolutely wonderful\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Parts of the UK were blanketed in snow on Saturday as forecasters warned of the potential for disruption.\n\nEast Anglia woke up to a thick layer that had settled overnight and there were warnings that rural communities could be \"cut off\", with up to 8cm (3in) of snow forecast.\n\nPeople in eastern England were warned to expect power cuts and travel delays.\n\nHowever, by midday snow had stopped falling across most parts of the UK, replaced by rain and sleet in places.\n\nSome further light snow is still expected in the hills and mountains of Scotland.\n\nParts of Wales and Northern Ireland were mostly cloudy, with some bands of rain in the northern regions.\n\nThe Met Office had predicted between 4-8cm (1.5-3in) of snow could fall in the worst-affected regions, and warned drivers to accelerate their cars \"gently\" and leave a large gap between surrounding vehicles.\n\nBut the worst of the wintry weather has passed and earlier amber and yellow weather warnings have been cancelled.\n\nA man trekking through the snow at a golf course in Gleneagles\n\nGreg Dewhurst, a Met Office forecaster, said earlier that Saturday was expected to be the colder of the two days over the weekend.\n\nHe said: \"Temperatures are unlikely to rise above 10C, with a lot of areas closer to freezing.\"\n\nThere were also 25 flood warnings across England on Saturday\n\nLuke Miall, meteorologist at the Met Office, said earlier patches of snow could reach parts of Greater London.\n\nHe said the snow had the potential to cause some \"fairly significant disruption\".\n\nThere were also 22 flood warnings across England on Saturday, stretching from the South East to the North East, meaning \"immediate action is required\", according to the Environment Agency.\n\nThis is expected to clear up in the evening, going into Sunday, when southern and eastern parts of the UK will see dry, sunny spells.\n\nNorth-western regions are expected to see showers, with a \"spell of more persistent rain\" later on in the day.\n\nThe coronavirus vaccine rollout has been affected by the weather.\n\nOn Friday, over-80s who were due to receive their jab at Newcastle's Centre for Life were told they could rebook rather than risk making a trip in the icy conditions.\n\nAnd Leeds University has delayed the opening of its asymptomatic Covid-19 test centre.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prime Minister Boris Johnson: \"We will temporarily close all travel corridors from 0400 on Monday\"\n\nThe UK is to close all travel corridors from Monday morning to \"protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains\" of Covid, the PM has said.\n\nAnyone flying into the country from overseas will have to show proof of a negative Covid test before setting off.\n\nIt comes as a ban on travellers from South America and Portugal came into force on Friday over concerns about a new variant identified in Brazil.\n\nBoris Johnson said the new rules would be in place until at least 15 February.\n\nA further 1,280 people with coronavirus have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive test, taking the total to 87,291.\n\nThe latest government figures on Friday also showed another 55,761 new cases had been reported - up from 48,682 the previous day.\n\nMeanwhile, more than two million people around the world have now died with the virus since the pandemic began, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.\n\nSpeaking at a Downing Street press conference, the prime minister said it was \"vital\" to take extra measures now \"when day by day we are making such strides in protecting the population\".\n\n\"It's precisely because we have the hope of that vaccine and the risk of new strains coming from overseas that we must take additional steps now to stop those strains from entering the country.\"\n\nAll travel corridors will close from 04:00 GMT on Monday. After that, arrivals to the UK will need to quarantine for up to 10 days, unless they test negative after five days.\n\nMr Johnson, who said the rules would apply across the UK after talks with the devolved administrations, added that the government would be stepping up enforcement at the border and in the country.\n\nTravel corridors were introduced in the summer to allow people travelling from some countries with low numbers of Covid cases to come to the UK without having to quarantine on arrival.\n\nTrade body Airlines UK said it supported the latest restrictions \"on the assumption\" that the government would remove them \"when it is safe to do so\".\n\nChief executive Tim Alderslade said travel corridors were \"a lifeline for the industry\" last summer but \"things change and there's no doubting this is a serious health emergency\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was the \"right step\" but called the timing of the decision \"slow again\", adding that the public would be thinking \"why on earth didn't this happen before\".\n\nThe prime minister warned that the NHS was facing \"extraordinary pressures\", having had the highest number of hospital admissions on a single day of the pandemic earlier this week.\n\nHe said that came on Tuesday when there were 4,134 new admissions, while the UK currently has more than 37,000 Covid patients in hospitals.\n\nMr Johnson said that once the most vulnerable have been vaccinated by mid-February \"we will think about what steps we could take to lift the restrictions\".\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nAlso speaking at the No 10 briefing, England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said the restrictions would need to be lifted gradually by \"testing what works, and then if that works going the next step\".\n\nHe said the peak of people entering hospital would be in the next week to 10 days for most places, but \"we hope\" the peak of infections \"already has happened\" in the south-east, east and London.\n\n\"The peak of deaths I fear is in the future, the peak of hospitalisations in some parts of the country may be around about now and beginning to come off the very, very top,\" he said.\n\nA ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde entering the UK came into force on Friday morning as a result of a new, potentially more infectious variant of coronavirus linked to Brazil.\n\nThe government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance told the press briefing that some of the new variants may be able to \"get round\" the Covid vaccines but it was \"really quite easy\" to adjust the vaccines to deal with mutations in the virus.\n\nNew variants causing concern have previously been identified in the UK and South Africa, with many countries imposing restrictions on arrivals from both nations.\n\nPublic Health England said a total of 35 genomically confirmed and 12 genomically probable cases of the Covid-19 variant which originated in South Africa have been identified in the UK as of 14 January.\n\nEarlier, a leading scientist said one of the two variants first detected in Brazil had been found in the UK - but not the variant that was causing concern.\n\n\"I think it is likely that the vaccine we have now is going to protect against the UK variant and is going to provide protection I suspect against the other variants as well,\" said Sir Patrick. \"The question is to what degree.\"\n\nLatest figures show that more than three million people in the UK have now received the first dose of a vaccine - 3,234,946 - an increase of 316,694 from the previous day.\n\nSir Patrick said he expected the vaccines would reduce transmission of the virus but that \"we shouldn't go mad\" as jabs are rolled out because a risk would remain.\n\n\"Just because you've been vaccinated doesn't mean you can't catch this and pass it on, it means you're protected against severe disease,\" he added.\n\nMeanwhile, the latest estimate of the UK's R number - which is the number of people that one infected person will pass on a virus to on average - is 1.2 to 1.3, compared with 1-1.4 last week.\n\nBut in London, where tight restrictions came in earlier, the R number is lower - between 0.9 and 1.2.\n\nIn Wales, new laws for shoppers and staff are to be introduced after \"significant evidence\" coronavirus is being spread in supermarkets.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from overseas? Share your experiences. Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The French government has imposed a nationwide curfew from 6pm - 6am to fight the surge in cases of coronavirus.\n\nWhile some departments were already under these restrictions, the majority of France was under an 8pm - 6am curfew.\n\nFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex said the measures would be in place for at least 15 days.", "Northern Ireland's statistics agency has recorded its highest weekly Covid-19 related registered deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nNisra said 145 deaths were registered in the first week of 2021, although administrative delays over Christmas may have affected the number.\n\nThat brings the agency's death toll to 1,976 by 8 January.\n\nThe figures come as the chief medical officers from NI and the Republic issued a joint stay-at-home plea.\n\nDr Michael McBride and Dr Tony Holohan said they were \"gravely concerned\" about the \"unsustainably high level of Covid-19 infection\" across the island of Ireland.\n\nConcern was raised in the Republic of Ireland this week as figures showed it has the world's highest number of confirmed new Covid-19 cases per million people.\n\nOn Friday evening, the Irish Department of Health reported 50 further deaths with Covid-19 and 3,498 new cases of the virus. More than half (54%) of those newly diagnosed are under the age of 45.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the third week of a six-week lockdown, with ministers scheduled to review measures next week.\n\nHowever, health officials have warned that an extension of the restrictions could be required to reduce pressure on the health service.\n\nOf the 2,019 deaths recorded by Nisra by 8 January, 1,247 (62%) occurred in hospital, 622 (31%) in care homes, 12 (0.6%) in hospices and 138 (7%) at residential addresses or other locations.\n\nPeople aged 75 and over account for just over three-quarters of all Covid-19 related registered deaths (77.6%) between 19 March 2020 and 8 January 2021.\n\nJust over a fifth (22.2%) of all Covid-19 related registered deaths have been of people with an address in the Belfast council area.\n\nMeanwhile, the Department of Health reported 26 further Covid-related deaths on Friday.\n\nFive of these deaths did not occur in the past 24 hours.\n\nThe Department of Health bases its figures on a positive test result being recorded, whereas Nisra figures are based on mentions of the virus on death certificates, so people may or may not have been confirmed to have contracted the virus prior to death.\n\nA further 1,052 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 and 63 patients are being treated in intensive care units, 47 of whom are on ventilators.\n\nThe chief medical officers warned the high infection rate was having a \"significant impact\" on the health of the population and the \"safe functioning\" of the healthcare systems.\n\nThey said the public should avoid all unnecessary journeys, including cross-border travel.\n\nPointing out that many of the patients admitted to hospital in January have been younger than 65, they warned coronavirus could affect anyone, \"regardless of age or underlying condition\".\n\n\"It highlights the need for us all to protect one another by staying at home,\" said the medical officers.\n\nNorthern Ireland's spike in infections has been put down to an easing of restrictions over Christmas.\n\nAsked if he regretted being part of the decision to ease restrictions, Health Minister Robin Swann said the executive had tried to be balanced in its approach.\n\n\"I regret the pressures we see now in our hospitals, but let's remember it's caused by this virus, we have it in our power to bring it back under control and get us back to where we were in the summer,\" he told BBC News NI on Friday.\n\nMr Swann pleaded with people to follow the current restrictions.\n\n\"We're in the middle of a very tough six-week scenario, and how we come out of this will be a more graduated approach to make sure we get the benefits of what we've already done, and also the benefits of the vaccine.\"", "Holiday firms say they are expecting more people to take holidays in the UK this year\n\nStaycations are expected to boom in 2021 after lockdown ends, UK holiday firms have said.\n\nBosses at the Caravan and Motorhome Club said the lifting of restrictions would be like \"a cork popping from a bottle\".\n\nDirector general Nick Lomas said although coronavirus had hit the industry hard, they were optimistic about the coming season.\n\nOther firms said they also expected more people to holiday in the UK.\n\nMr Lomas said: \"2020 was a very difficult year for the tourism and hospitality sector.\"\n\nThe West Sussex-based Caravan and Motorhome Club had suffered \"significant financial losses\", he said.\n\nHowever, he added: \"When our campsites were allowed to be open last year we actually saw record levels of bookings, with new memberships up by 14%.\n\n\"Sadly, this surge does not make up for the losses we suffered during nearly six months of lockdown.\"\n\nDuring the first lockdown popular resorts like Skegness were largely deserted\n\nBut, despite the current restrictions, Mr Lomas said he had every reason to believe this year could finish as one of \"the best and busiest yet\", due to the appetite for outdoor UK holidays.\n\n\"In fact, we think that 2021 is going to be like a cork popping from a bottle,\" he said.\n\nOperators say people are keen to experience the \"great outdoors\" once restrictions are lifted\n\nExperience Freedom, which operates glamping holidays in the UK, said bookings for 2021 were already up as people looked to spend more time in the \"great outdoors\".\n\nLincoln-based Anne's Vans said they were expecting a \"bumper year\"\n\nSmaller operators such as Anne's Vans, based in Lincoln, are also expecting to benefit.\n\nOwner Anne Davies said so far they had no bookings, saying \"uncertainty over when lockdown will end\" was putting people off at the moment.\n\nHowever, she said: \"Based on last year's experience we are expecting a bumper year in 2021... once this latest lockdown is over.\"\n\nThe Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority said it was inundated with visitors after restrictions were lifted last year\n\nThe chief executive of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, David Butterworth, said visitor numbers after the first lockdown ended were \"unprecedented\".\n\n\"The challenge for 2021 is to capitalise on this trend, and capture the hearts and minds of the people who have experienced the Dales for the first time to make sure they keep coming back,\" he added.", "Boris Johnson has said there is still a very substantial risk of intensive care units in hospitals being overwhelmed by the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nIt comes on a day when the UK has recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day in Europe.\n\nFergal Keane last visited the Imperial Healthcare Trust’s St Mary’s and Charing Cross hospital in London last April.\n\nHe's been back to see how they're coping.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday morning. We'll have another update for you on Sunday.\n\nThe UK will face short-term delays in delivery of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, as the pharmaceutical company makes modifications to its plant in Belgium. But the government says it still plans on achieving its target of vaccinating all top four priority groups by 15 February. Six EU nations have called the situation \"unacceptable\" and warned it \"decreases the credibility of the vaccination process\". Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia urged the EU to apply pressure on Pfizer-BioNTech. Pfizer says the reduced deliveries are a temporary issue, and the changes being made to its plant will speed up production in the longer term. So will a vaccine give us our old lives back?\n\nNew tighter Covid restrictions have come into force in Scotland with changes for takeaway outlets and click and collect shopping. Among the six new rules announced by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, customers buying takeaway food and coffee are no longer allowed inside premises, and staff must serve from a hatch or doorway. Plus, only retailers selling essential items - clothing, footwear, baby equipment, homeware and books - can now provide click and collect services. Customer collections can only be made outdoors, with staggered pick-up times to avoid queues.\n\nEveryone has heard about doctors and nurses catching Covid-19, but some of the worst affected hospital staff have been cleaners and porters. Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary tells the story of a cleaner who became ill while doing her job, and is now stricken with guilt for taking the virus home.\n\nIt is almost a month since Christmas was \"downsized\" across the country. But in most parts of the UK, people did meet in Christmas \"bubbles\" if only for just one day. So what impact did this have? The overall picture shows a sharp increase in cases around this time. However, a closer look at the numbers suggests this trend was already happening and was probably caused by the new, more infectious variant of the virus rather than increased contact between people. Take a closer look at what happened over Christmas.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nAnd if you're wondering whether you can catch the virus outside, our science editor David Shukman considers the risks.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Louis Godwin descibed the vaccine as \"no trouble at all\" Image caption: Louis Godwin descibed the vaccine as \"no trouble at all\"\n\nAn RAF veteran has been among hundreds of people over 80 to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at Salisbury Cathedral, in Wiltshire, today.\n\nFormer Flight Sergeant Louis Godwin described receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech jab as \"absolutely marvellous\".\n\nThe landmark cathedral is hosting a vaccination hub for five GP surgeries in the area, with the aim of vaccinating more than 1,000 elderly residents and staff.\n\nMr Godwin recalled having jabs in Egypt after the war \"which knocked me over for a week\".\n\n\"This one, the doctor said to me 'well that's done' - and I thought he hadn't started!\"\n\nThe veteran pilot, who has 12 great-grandchildren, said the pandemic could not be compared to the war.\n\n\"It was entirely different because this has divided people.\n\n\"The vaccine is nothing, you don't feel a thing... so anybody that needs one and can get one, I would say go ahead and do it quickly.\n\n\"It's the only way we're going to beat the virus.\"\n\nPatients queued for a short time around the cloisters on Saturday, before going into the cathedral where they were treated to a programme of music on the famous Father Willis organ.\n\n\"It is a bonus to be in such a iconic, wonderful place,\" said Dr Dan Henderson, co-clinical director for the Sarum South Primary Care Network.\n\n\"It's great to be getting the vaccine out there and getting them in people's arms and knowing that this is hopefully the start of some sort of normality again.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nLahiru Thirimanne's unbeaten 76 frustrated England as Sri Lanka fought back on the third day of the first Test in Galle.\n\nBowled out for 135 in the first innings, Sri Lanka showed great spirit to reach 156-2 - trailing by 130 - after England had posted 421.\n\nJoe Root progressed to a magnificent fourth Test double century before he was last man out for 228 as England lost their last six wickets for 49 runs.\n\nSam Curran and Jack Leach took a wicket apiece in Sri Lanka's second innings, but off-spinner Dom Bess rarely threatened on a pitch that has offered assistance to spin since day one.\n\nKusal Perera contributed 62 to an opening stand of 101 with the patient Thirimanne, who was dropped on 51 by Dom Sibley at gully as he compiled his highest Test score since 2013.\n\nThe left-hander will resume alongside nightwatchman Lasith Embuldeniya at 04:15 GMT on Sunday.\n\nEngland all-rounder Moeen Ali, who tested positive for coronavirus upon arrival in Sri Lanka, spent time at the ground in the afternoon after finishing his quarantine period.\n\nFor the first time in two years, England failed to take a wicket in the first 30 overs - with seamers Curran, Stuart Broad and Mark Wood finding the going tough given the minimal swing or seam movement on offer.\n\nHowever, credit must be paid to the Sri Lanka openers. Thirimanne and Perera were criticised for their first-innings failures, but their century stand was the first time in six Tests that a Sri Lanka opening pair had survived longer than 10 overs.\n\nPerera showed restraint - he scored at a strike-rate of 57, compared to 74 over his Test career - but hit Leach over mid-wicket for six and swept and also drove well before slapping a Curran long hop to wide third man.\n\nThirimanne, who averaged 22 in 70 Test innings before this match, was happy to play second fiddle to Perera, although he did find the leg-side boundary with flicks and sweeps.\n\nHaving taken 5-30 in the first innings, Bess failed to maintain a consistent length and allowed Thirimanne and Perera to play off the back foot too often.\n\nLeft-arm spinner Leach, who bowled more accurately, failed with a review for lbw against Thirimanne on 61 before having Kusal Mendis caught behind off a beautiful delivery that turned and bounced in what proved to be the penultimate over of the day.\n\nResuming on 168, Root reached his fourth Test double century with the minimum of fuss.\n\nHe showed more intent than on day two - when he was happy for debutant Dan Lawrence to take more risks - hitting the third ball of the day to the cover boundary before driving down the ground for six.\n\nIt was almost fitting that Root reached 200 with a sweep for four - it was a productive shot throughout his innings, with 88 runs coming via sweeps and reverse sweeps.\n\nIn his 321-ball innings Root became the eighth Englishman to pass 8,000 Test runs - in 178 innings, two more than Kevin Pietersen, who holds the record.\n\nEngland passed 400 in the first innings for the sixth time in their past 12 Tests, having failed to do so in their previous 23.\n\nBut they lost their last six wickets in 13 overs as they chased quick runs, possibly with an eye on the rain forecast later in the game.\n\nSri Lanka were much more disciplined than on the previous two days, with pace bowler Asitha Fernando impressing, while off-spinner Dilruwan Perera mopped up the tail to finish with 4-109.\n• 372-6: Sam Curran is bowled first ball as Fernando gets one to nip back and crash into off stump.\n• 382-7: Dom Bess disagrees and is well short of his ground, a third wicket to fall in 12 balls.\n• 398-8: Jack Leach is trapped lbw for four by Dilruwan Perera.\n• 406-9: Mark Wood toe-ends a sweep straight up in the air to be caught by Niroshan Dickwella off Dilruwan Perera.\n• 421 all out: Joe Root holes out on the mid-wicket boundary.\n\n'Chasing anything will be tricky' - reaction\n\nEngland captain Joe Root on BBC Test Match Special: \"It feels good to be in the position we are.\n\n\"It would have been nice to get a couple more wickets tonight but that one late on is a real bonus for us.\n\n\"It gives us a great opportunity in morning to apply a lot of pressure and hammer home what is a strong advantage in this game.\"\n\nEngland all-rounder Sam Curran: \"It is a strange looking wicket. It played a bit better than we thought this evening.\n\n\"It didn't offer much for the seamers and there was real slow turn for the spinners. The two openers played really well.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"Sri Lanka came back really well - they have shown fight and discipline.\n\n\"If Sri Lanka bat the whole day tomorrow things will get interesting. Chasing anything on last day becomes tricky.\n\n\"I expect England will take eight wickets tomorrow and win the game.\"\n\nFormer England batter Ebony Rainford-Brent: \"Sri Lanka really have fought back well. It is good to see.\n\n\"If weather plays a factor and there is some resistance from the lower order this could bubble into an exciting finish.\"\n• None Hear how David Bowie always managed to stay ahead of his time\n• None Joe Wicks and guests are here to bring positivity to your day", "The funeral of Gerry and the Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden has been held at a church near his beloved River Mersey.\n\nMarsden died, aged 78, in hospital on 3 January following a blood infection.\n\nAs the frontman in the band Gerry and the Pacemakers, his hits included Ferry Cross The Mersey and a cover version of You'll Never Walk Alone.\n\nEx-Liverpool boss Sir Kenny Dalglish was among the mourners at the funeral which had to remain small because of Covid restrictions.\n\nSir Kenny managed the club at the time of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, which led to the deaths of 96 fans who were attending an FA Cup game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.\n\nGerry Marsden sings You'll Never Walk Alone before an Anfield match in 2010\n\nSir Kenny said: \"You'll Never Walk Alone has huge meaning to the lives of Liverpool supporters around the world and is synonymous with the club.\n\n\"He will be sadly missed by those who knew him and the millions he never got to meet.\"\n\nYou'll Never Walk Alone became a football terrace anthem for Marsden's hometown club soon after it topped the charts in 1963.\n\nThe song was played during the funeral by a guitarist while a version of Marsden singing Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying, a song he wrote for his wife Pauline, also featured.\n\nShe said: \"We, his family, are totally devastated and have been so moved and amazed at the extent of the respect, love and affection received from all over the world.\n\n\"When the time is right and we have come out of this terrible pandemic we hope a fitting memorial can be held for him in the city he loved so much.\"\n\nGerry and the Pacemakers was one of the biggest British bands in the 1960s\n\nReferring to the lyrics from Ferry Cross the Mersey, close friend Arthur Johnson said: \"He lived close to the banks of the Mersey for all his life and as the words of his song say: 'This land's the place I love and here I'll stay'.\"\n\nLiverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotheram said: \"I feel privileged he let me into his life, although that makes his passing even more painful.\"\n\nIn 1962, Beatles manager Brian Epstein signed up Gerry and the Pacemakers and, a year later, they became the first band to have their first three songs top the charts - How Do You Do It, I Like It and You'll Never Walk Alone.\n\nA flag on the Royal Iris Mersey ferry flew at half mast after the death of Gerry Marsden\n\nThey were one of the successes of the Merseybeat era, with former Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney saying at the time of Marsden's death that: \"Gerry was a mate from our early days in Liverpool\".\n\n\"He and his group were our biggest rivals on the local scene.\"", "Work to restore hundreds of thousands of fingerprint, DNA and arrest records accidentally wiped from police databases is ongoing, the Home Office has said.\n\nAround 400,000 records were lost, according to The Times, which first reported the story.\n\nThe Home Office did not comment on how many records were likely to be restored, or how long it would take.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the issue was \"a result of human error\".\n\nData was wiped from the Police National Computer (PNC) - which stores and shares criminal records information across the UK - after being inadvertently flagged for deletion.\n\nThe PNC is used in police investigations and provides real-time checks on people, vehicles and crimes, as well as whether suspects are wanted for any unsolved offences.\n\nThe coding that caused the problem was introduced in November 2020, and the deletions started earlier this week.\n\nInitially, it was thought some 150,000 records were lost, but it since has emerged the number could be significantly higher.\n\nCommenting on the error, Ms Patel said: \"Engineers continue to work to restore data lost as a result of human error during a routine housekeeping process earlier this week.\n\n\"I continue to be in regular contact with the team, and working with our policing partners, we will provide an update as soon as we can.\"\n\nEarlier, Labour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called on Ms Patel to take responsibility for the error and be clear about the impact it had had.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, he described the situation as \"extraordinarily serious\", adding: \"Priti Patel will be responsible for criminals walking free.\n\n\"We're not going to be able to link suspects to crime scenes without the DNA and fingerprint evidence.\"\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council said the lost data had resulted in a couple of \"near misses\" for serious crimes when trying to identify an offender.\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse insisted the affected records \"apply to cases where individuals were arrested and then released with no further action\".\n\nHe added: \"We are working to recover the affected records as a priority. While we do so, the Police National Computer is functioning and the police are taking steps to mitigate any impact.\"", "Mr Laschet is now in a good position to stand for German chancellor\n\nCentrist Armin Laschet has been elected leader of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU), the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel.\n\nMr Laschet, premier of North Rhine-Westphalia state, defeated two rivals in the party's virtual conference.\n\nHe is now in a good position in the race to succeed Mrs Merkel when she steps down as German chancellor in September, after 16 years in office.\n\nBut he faces a changed political landscape following the Covid pandemic.\n\nMr Laschet, 59, defeated conservative businessman Friedrich Merz in a run-off vote by 521 votes to 466. A third candidate, Norbert Röttgen, was eliminated in the previous round.\n\nHe replaces as chair of the party Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who failed to live up to her billing as Mrs Merkel's appointed successor after taking office more than two years ago.\n\nGermany goes to the polls in September, but the CDU leader is not guaranteed to become its candidate for chancellor.\n\nHealth Minister Jens Spahn, who has been elected as one of Mr Laschet's deputies, and Markus Söder, leader of the CDU's Bavarian sister party the CSU, could also step into the ring, though neither has yet said that they want the job.\n\nA final decision will be made in the spring.\n\nMr Laschet is a loyal supporter of Mrs Merkel, and said during the campaign that a change of direction for the party would \"send exactly the wrong signal\".\n\nIn his victory speech, he said: \"I want to do everything so that we can stick together through this year... and then make sure that the next chancellor in the federal elections will be from the [CDU/CSU] union.\"\n\nArmin Laschet is a short, cheerful chap. The popular premier of Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, he throws himself with gusto into traditional carnival celebrations.\n\nHe touts himself as a continuity candidate and, for a time at least, was thought to have been Angela Merkel's preferred candidate. He defended her stance during the 2015 refugee crisis and is known for his liberal politics, passion for the EU and ability to connect with immigrant communities.\n\nBut his call for an early relaxation of Covid restrictions last spring surprised many and reportedly infuriated Mrs Merkel. He has since retreated from that position but he's had to work to repair the damage to his political credibility.\n\nThe big question now is whether the CDU will put him up as their chancellor candidate in September's general election.\n\nGerman Health Minister Jens Spahn - who supported Mr Laschet in his leadership bid - is thought to harbour ambitions to the chancellory. And recent opinion polls suggest that Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder would be a popular choice too.", "The US is in a race to vaccinate its population amid a winter surge\n\nA highly contagious coronavirus variant first detected in the UK could become the dominant strain in the US by March, health officials have said.\n\nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned of \"rapid growth\" of the variant in coming weeks.\n\nIt said such a spike could further threaten health systems already strained by a winter Covid surge.\n\nThe warning came on Friday as President-elect Joe Biden unveiled an ambitious plan to ramp up vaccinations.\n\nTo meet his target of inoculating 100 million Americans within his first 100 days in office, Mr Biden said his administration would take a more active role in accelerating the distribution of vaccines.\n\nHe outlined a plan to set up new mass vaccination centres, hire extra health workers, and ensure the shot is available to everyone, including minority communities that have been hit hardest by the epidemic.\n\nOfficial data shows that, so far, 12.2 million vaccine doses of have been administered in the US - a figure Mr Biden has criticised as insufficient. More than 30 million doses have been distributed to states.\n\nIn a speech on Friday, Mr Biden told Americans that \"we remain in a very dark winter\", admitting that \"things will get worse before they get better\".\n\n\"This is going to be one of the most challenging operational efforts ever undertaken by our country,\" Mr Biden, who takes office on 20 January, said of the vaccination drive.\n\nHis address came a day after he announced a $1.9tn (£1.4tn) stimulus package for the battered US economy that included a further $20bn for the vaccine roll-out. The plan will need to pass Congress.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Biden: \"I promise we will not forget you\"\n\nThe US has recorded the highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections - 23.5 million - of any country in the world. At about 391,000, the country's coronavirus deaths account for a fifth of the global total, which passed the two-million mark on Friday.\n\nThe crisis is particularly acute in the state of California, where deaths have surged by more than 1,000% since November.\n\nIn its report, the CDC said that the UK variant would spread quickly in the coming weeks.\n\nThe latest research by Public Health England (PHE) suggests the variant - now dominant in much of Britain - is between 30% and 50% more transmissible than previous strains. There is currently no evidence to suggest it causes any more serious illness.\n\nExperts have also played down the possibility that the current vaccines will not be as effective against it.\n\nSo far, 76 people from 10 US states have been confirmed to have been infected with the UK variant, known as B.1.1.7.\n\nBut the CDC said: \"The modelled trajectory of this variant in the US exhibits rapid growth in early 2021, becoming the predominant variant in March.\"\n\nTwo other variants - one from South Africa and one from Brazil - are also thought to be more contagious than the original one that started the pandemic. Studies are under way to assess the threat they pose.", "Exam results are likely to appear before the end of the summer term\n\nExam results for A-levels and GCSEs in England could be published in early July this year, according to proposals for replacing cancelled exams.\n\nA consultation launched by the exams watchdog and the Department for Education confirmed that grades will be decided by teacher assessment.\n\nBut results this summer are likely to be released much earlier than usual.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said pupils would receive \"a grade that reflects their ability\".\n\nThere are also likely to be written test papers set by exam boards, but marked by teachers, with some later checks if there are concerns about fairness.\n\nFor vocational qualifications, exams which use mostly written papers are also likely to use teachers' grades - but qualifications which need a test of practical, hands-on skills will have separate arrangements.\n\nOfqual and the Department for Education have formally launched a two-week consultation on a system for how results will be decided, after disruption from the pandemic forced the cancellation of exams.\n\nThis is the second year of exam results being disrupted by the pandemic\n\nFor A-levels and GCSEs this could see the scrapping of the traditional results days in August, with a proposal to publish the results in \"early July\", increasing the time for appeals and adding more time before the start of the university term.\n\nLast year the process of replacement results ended with U-turns and confusion, as an algorithm initially used for deciding grades was abandoned and teachers' assessments used instead.\n\nThis time there will be no algorithm, but from the outset the process will rely on the judgement of teachers, who will be asked to use evidence such as coursework, essays, homework and mock exams.\n\nThere are also proposals for test papers, or mini-exams, which would be set by examiners but which would be likely to be marked within schools by teachers.\n\nThese would inform teachers' decisions rather than be a fixed proportion of the final grade - and could be used as evidence for any scrutiny of the reliability of a school's results or if there were appeals over grades.\n\nThere is also a recognition they might have to be taken by some pupils at home.\n\nBut it has still to be decided whether it would be mandatory to take these exams, and whether there would be a single paper per subject or the option to take more.\n\nThe Department for Education has said pupils will not face tests in subject areas they have not covered.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said the proposals seemed \"sensible\".\n\nBut he said the written tests would have to be \"exceptionally well designed\" to make them fair between students \"whose learning has been disrupted by the pandemic to greatly varying extents\".\n\n\"There are still many questions left unanswered,\" said the National Education Union's co-leader Kevin Courtney, about how tests could be flexible enough and how appeals will be decided.\n\nThere will be a process of training teachers in how the grading system will operate and be consistent between different schools.\n\nFor vocational qualifications, the proposals say those closer to written A-level and GCSE exams will be graded in a similar way to the academic exams, using teacher assessment to replace written papers.\n\nThere will be different approaches for qualifications requiring proof of practical skills, but there will be arrangements to make this possible.\n\nSome BTec exams have already gone ahead this month and IGCSE exams are still planned to continue this summer.\n\nA-levels and GCSEs have been cancelled in Wales and Northern Ireland, and in Scotland the Nationals, Highers and Advanced Highers have also been scrapped.\n\nEngland's Education Secretary, Mr Williamson, said: \"Fairness to young people has been and will continue to be fundamental to every decision we take on these issues.\"", "Men who had already had the virus were asked to donate blood plasma for the trial\n\nA potential treatment for Covid using blood plasma does not reduce deaths among hospital patients, trials show.\n\nThe results are a blow to researchers and the NHS, which led the drive to collect plasma donations.\n\nThis arm of the Recovery trial, which is investigating a number of promising Covid treatments, has now been closed.\n\nThe Oxford researchers involved say they are \"incredibly grateful\" for the contribution of patients across the country.\n\nDonations of plasma were temporarily suspended, according to NHS Blood and Transplant.**\n\nThere had been huge international interest in the role of convalescent plasma as a possible treatment for hospital patients with Covid-19.\n\nThe treatment involves blood plasma being taken from people who have recovered from the disease - which contains antibodies to coronavirus - and transfused into seriously ill patients.\n\nIt was hoped the plasma donation would give the recipient's struggling immune system a boost to fight off Covid.\n\nThe NHS had been urging people to donate, particularly men who are thought to have higher levels of antibodies in their blood.\n\nBut early analysis of 1,873 deaths in a study of 10,400 UK patients shows the treatment made \"no significant difference\".\n\nIn the group treated with convalescent plasma, 18% of patients died within 28 days - the same figure for the group given standard treatment.\n\nPatients in the study are still being followed up and the final results will be published shortly.\n\nEarlier this week, a separate study showed no evidence that the same treatment improved outcomes for patients in intensive care.\n\nMartin Landray, chief investigator and professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, said the Recovery trial showed \"the value of large randomised trials to properly assess the role of potential treatments\".\n\nThe trial is still investigating other treatments, including tocilizumab, aspirin and an antibody cocktail.\n\nProf Peter Horby, who also worked on the trial, said the largest ever trial of convalescent plasma \"was only possible thanks to the generous donation of plasma by recovered patients and the willingness of current patients to contribute to advancing medical care\".\n\n\"While the overall result is negative, we need to await the full results before we can understand whether convalescent plasma has any role in particular patient sub-groups,\" he said.\n\n**NHS Blood and Transplant restarted donations of blood plasma on 20 January. They could be used to see whether particular groups of patients, such as those with low antibody levels, could benefit.\n\nInternational trials are also testing if plasma helps people when it's used much earlier in the disease, before people get to hospital.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duke of Cambridge shared his own experiences of seeing \"death and so much bereavement\"\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been told the pandemic will leave many emergency workers \"broken\".\n\nMany police and NHS workers are too concerned with battling the pandemic to look after their mental health, they were told.\n\nInsp Phil Spencer from Cleveland Police said staff did not engage enough with counselling \"because we don't want to take anybody else's valuable time\".\n\nPrince William said he \"really worries\" about the effect on front-line workers.\n\n\"When you're surrounded by that level of intense trauma and sadness and bereavement, it really does, it stays with you at home, it stays with you for weeks on end,\" he said.\n\nInsp Spencer said emergency workers \"run towards danger, run towards a terrorist attack, we run towards the pandemic\".\n\n\"Perhaps further down the line when all this is gone we're going to have some broken police officers and emergency services staff, because we're too busy focusing on protecting the most vulnerable,\" he said.\n\nThe couple also spoke to counsellors from Hospice UK's Harrogate-based Just B support line for NHS staff, social care workers, carers and emergency services, which their foundation helps financially.\n\nThe prince said he feared \"you're all so busy caring for everyone else that you won't take enough time to care for yourselves\".\n\nHe and Catherine said the stigma surrounding seeking help for mental health issues must end.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n• None The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police investigations have been compromised by an error that led to hundreds of thousands of records being deleted from UK-wide databases, according to a letter seen by the BBC.\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council said 213,000 records were deleted - more than the 150,000 first reported.\n\nThis resulted in a couple of \"near misses\" for serious crimes when trying to identify an offender, it said.\n\nThe Home Office has said it is assessing the impact of the mistake.\n\nData including fingerprint, DNA, and arrest histories was wiped from the Police National Computer (PNC) - which stores and shares criminal records information across the UK - after being inadvertently flagged for deletion.\n\nThe PNC is used in police investigations and provides real-time checks on people, vehicles and crimes, as well as whether suspects are wanted for any unsolved offences.\n\nThe Home Office said the lost entries related to people who were arrested and then released without further action.\n\nBut the letter from the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) says officers are aware of at least one instance where the DNA profile from a suspect in custody did not generate a match to a crime scene as expected, potentially impeding the investigation.\n\nIt says that some of the records had been marked for indefinite retention following earlier convictions for serious offences.\n\nAnd it reveals that a \"weeding system\", developed and deployed by a Home Office PNC team, started to delete records wrongly last November.\n\nThe process was only brought to a halt at the start of this week.\n\nThe letter was sent on Friday afternoon by Deputy Chief Constable Naveed Malik of the NPCC to chief constables and police and crime commissioners.\n\nThe deletion of the records has been blamed on a coding error.\n\nThis resulted in records that had been flagged for deletion being lost from the database before checks had been carried out to determine whether they could be lawfully held or not.\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse said the problem had been identified and the process corrected so \"it cannot happen again\".\n\nHe said the Home Office, National Police Chiefs' Council and other law enforcement partners were working \"at pace\" to recover the data.\n\nThe Home Office said no records of criminal or dangerous persons had been deleted.\n\nBut Labour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called on Home Secretary Priti Patel to take responsibility for the error and be clear about the impact it had had.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, he described the situation as \"extraordinarily serious\", adding: \"Priti Patel will be responsible for criminals walking free. We're not going to be able to link suspects to crime scenes without the DNA and fingerprint evidence.\"\n\nA home office source said the accusation was \"scaremongering and irresponsible\".\n\nFormer Cumbria Police Chief Constable Stuart Hyde told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday the \"very large\" loss of arrest records presented a \"risk to public safety\".\n\nThe records are linked to police investigations that were terminated before charge (No Further Action or NFA cases) or to those where an individual had been acquitted at court.\n\nIt is not yet known how many records of each type were lost and full extent of deletions is still being investigated. A minister is expected to update the House of Commons on Monday.\n\nIt comes after about 40,000 alerts relating to European criminals were removed from the PNC following the UK's post-Brexit security deal with the EU.", "A 24m section of the bridge parapet collapsed one mile from where a fatal crash took place\n\nPart of a rail bridge has collapsed near the site of the fatal Stonehaven train derailment.\n\nA 24m (79ft) section of the side wall has fallen from the bridge, about a mile north of where three people died when a train left the track and crashed last August.\n\nNetwork Rail said it was a \"structural fault\" and not caused by a landslip.\n\nThe line between Aberdeen and Dundee remains closed while structural engineers assess the fault.\n\nThe structure is located three miles north of Carmont signal box. The collapse was discovered just before 10:00 on Friday.\n\nThe rail company said the damage to the parapet was \"extensive\" and that the line was expected to be closed for a \"significant\" period of time while repairs to the bridge take place.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Network Rail Scotland This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Network Rail Twitter account told followers engineers would be working around the clock to complete repairs.\n\nSpecialist staff are also checking similar bridges as a precaution.\n\nThe line between Aberdeen and Dundee had just reopened in November, nearly three months after the Stonehaven derailment.\n\nThe driver, a conductor and a passenger died when the Aberdeen to Glasgow service derailed near Stonehaven on 12 August after heavy rain.\n\nNetwork Rail Scotland carried out \"complex\" repairs at the scene of the derailment\n\nAn interim report said the train hit washed-out rocks and gravel.\n\nA Network Rail spokesman said: \"The line is currently closed while our engineers repair a damaged side wall on a bridge between Carmont and Stonehaven.\n\n\"Specialist structural engineers are currently assessing the fault and putting plans in place for its repair.\n\n\"Our engineers will be working around-the-clock to complete this work as quickly as possible.\"", "Police officers who were targeted by a pro-Trump mob have been speaking out about the \"medieval battle\" that unfolded on the steps of the Capitol and inside the halls of American democracy last week.\n\nPolice faced off against rioters equipped with clubs, shields, pitchforks, firearms, and metal poles stripped from seating set up for next week's inauguration.\n\nHere's what we've learned from their interviews with US media.\n\nMichael Fanone, a 40-year-old DC plainclothes narcotics detective who was told to wear his uniform that day, rushed to the West Terrace of the Capitol where he took turns holding back the crowd, and resting to rinse his face of the the chemical irritants that that crowd was spraying on police.\n\n\"We weren't battling 50 or 60 rioters in this tunnel,\" the MPD (Metropolitan Police Department of District of Columbia) veteran told the Washington Post. \"We were battling 15,000 people. It looked like a medieval battle scene.\"\n\nAfter he was grabbed by his helmet and dragged face-first down several steps, he said the crowd started stripping gear from his vest, including spare ammo, his radio and his badge - all while chanting \"USA!\".\n\nMichael Fanone, a DC detective, was dragged into the crowd and beaten\n\n\"We got one! We got one!\" Mr Fanone said he heard people shout, with others chanting: \"Kill him with his own gun!\"\n\nSome members of the crowd protected him after he started yelling that he has children, the father of four told CNN. He sustained only minor injuries but later found out in hospital that he had suffered a mild heart attack during the brawl.\n\nMPD Officer Daniel Hodges, 32, had already been on shift for several hours before the rioting began.\n\n\"We were battling, you know, tooth and nail for our lives,\" he told ABC News.\n\nIn one viral video, Mr Hodges is seen pinned in a glass doorway between officers and the crowd, as rioters strip his gas mask from his face and beat him with his own police-issued baton. One rioter tried to gouge his eyes.\n\n\"That was one of the three times that day where I thought: Well, this might be it,\" said Mr Hodges. \"This might be the end for me.\"\n\nAs he choked on tear gas, he is seen on video gasping for air to call out for help. Enough police were eventually able to push through the melee to extract him.\n\n\"I had conspiracy theorists and everyone you could think of yelling at me, saying, 'Why are you doing this, you're the traitor,'\" Mr Hodges told radio station WAMU.\n\n\"We're not the traitors. We're the ones who saved Congress that day, and we'll do it as many times as necessary.\"\n\nDespite fearing for his life, Mr Hodges says he decided not to use his gun on the crowd.\n\n\"I didn't want to be the guy who starts shooting, because I knew they had guns - we had been seizing guns all day,\" he told the Post.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRobert Glover, the commander on scene for MPD, declared a riot at 13:50 local time, nearly two hours after Trump's speech at the White House where he instructed his followers to go to the Capitol.\n\nHe quickly told officers to retake the inauguration bleachers, to stop the crowd from raining down heavy objects on officers from above.\n\nMr Glover told the Post that some rioters may have been caught up in the moment, but others seemed to be moving in \"military formation\" as if they had prepared for the assault. He said that some appeared to be using hand signals to co-ordinate tactics.\n\nSeveral US military veterans, as well as off-duty police officers from Virginia, Maryland and Texas, have since been suspended or arrested for participating in the riot.\n\nMPD Officer Christina Laury, 32, was among the first city police officers to arrive on the scene. When she got to the Capitol, officers were already being brutally attacked by rioters attempting to storm the building.\n\n\"They had bear mace, which is literally used for bears. I got hit with it plenty of times that day and it just seals your eyes shut. You just would see officers going down trying to douse themselves with water, trying to open their eyes up so they can see again.\"\n\n\"The bravery and the heroism that I saw in these officers - the second they were able to open their eyes, they were back up front and they were just trying to stop these individuals from coming in.\"\n\nOne officer being lauded as a hero has yet to speak about his experience - Officer Eugene Goodman, a member of Congress' 2,100 member Capitol Police force.\n\nMr Goodman, an African American Iraq War veteran, was seen singlehandedly distracting a rampaging mob, giving lawmakers enough time to clear the chamber and get to safety.\n\nOn Thursday, a cross-party group of lawmakers introduced a bill calling for him to receive the Congressional Gold Medal for his effort to defend democracy.\n\nThe Capitol Police have been criticised over their response and preparation.\n\nSeveral top Capitol security officials, including the Capitol Police chief and the sergeants-at-arms for the House and Senate, resigned in the wake of the siege amid claims from lawmakers that they had not done enough to prepare for the mob.\n\nProtesters climbed the bleachers that were erected for Biden's inauguration\n\nOn Friday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced General Russel Honoré would be leading an immediate investigation of the Capitol's security infrastructure.\n\nVideo footage has also emerged showing an officer taking a selfie with a rioter inside the Capitol. Some officers reportedly gave directions to rioters telling them how to get to the offices of Democratic lawmakers.\n\nSeveral Capitol Police officers have been suspended for allegedly violating policies as the agency conducts an internal probe.", "A man accused of allegedly tricking a 92-year-old woman out of £160 for a fake coronavirus vaccination has been charged with fraud and common assault.\n\nDavid Chambers is accused of administering the fake vaccine at her Surbiton home in London last month.\n\nThe 33-year-old, also from Surbiton, is charged with five offences including fraud and going outside in a tier four area without a good reason.\n\nHe denied the charges when he appeared before magistrates on Friday.\n\nMr Chambers was remanded in custody until a hearing on 12 February.\n\nIn the UK, coronavirus vaccines are free of charge and available via the NHS.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nóra Quoirin went missing from her room on 4 August 2019\n\nAn inquest into the death of a teenager who went missing during a holiday in Malaysia has left several questions unanswered, her family has said.\n\nNóra Quoirin, whose mother is from Belfast, disappeared from her room at the Dusun resort on 4 August 2019.\n\nHer body was found 10 days later about 1.6 miles (2.5km) away.\n\nEarlier this month a coroner ruled that she died as a result of misadventure, but her family said they were \"utterly disappointed\" with the verdict.\n\nIn an interview with Irish broadcaster RTÉ, Nóra's mother Meabh said there is \"compelling evidence\" that her daughter was abducted.\n\nSearch and rescue teams were deployed in an effort to locate Nóra\n\nNóra, who was born to Irish-French parents, lived with her family in London and was understood to be in Malaysia on an Irish passport.\n\nShe was born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder which affects brain development.\n\nSince her disappearance, her parents have believed that she was abducted. They have always maintained that wandering off was not something they could imagine their daughter doing.\n\nMeabh Quoirin told RTÉ: \"One of the most compelling things that we found out was that in a relatively small area, the plantation where Nóra was eventually found, there was vast numbers of specialist personnel deployed to find Nóra.\n\n\"Not only that, on four different occasions, trained personnel went to the plantation area and searched it and, in fact, some officers were even in the precise location Nóra's body was recovered.\n\n\"They had all reported that there were no signs of human life at any point. That for us is compelling evidence to say that she was not there by herself.\"\n\nNóra went missing the day after she and her family arrived in Malaysia in August 2019\n\nMrs Quoirin added that \"there was a lack of evidence around DNA and prints\".\n\nShe said that when the family went to the inquest, \"we had a lot of unanswered questions and while many of those questions cannot be answered, we actually found out a great deal about what went on during those 10 days when Nóra was missing\".\n\nMeabh and Sebastien Quorin, pictured during the search for Nóra\n\n\"In fact we felt it really strengthened our case, our belief, that Nóra was abducted and we found some compelling evidence to support our view on that.\"\n\nMrs Quoirin added that her daughter \"was not physically or mentally capable\" of leaving the chalet via the window.\n\n\"Not only that - we also learned that none of her fingerprints could be found on the window and yet other unidentifiable prints were found on that window.\"", "Smoke rises from Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on the Indonesian island of Java\n\nIndonesia's Mount Semeru has erupted, pouring ash an estimated 5.6km (3.4 miles) into the sky above Java, the country's most densely populated island.\n\nNo evacuation orders have so far been issued, and no casualties reported.\n\nThe National Disaster Mitigation Agency (NDMA) warned villagers living on the mountain's slopes to be alert for ongoing volcanic activity.\n\nFootage showed ash from the 3,676m (12,060ft) volcano looming over homes.\n\n\"The villages of Sumber Mujur and Curah Koboan [in Lumajang municipality] are located in the trajectory of the hot clouds,\" local official Thoriqul Haq said on Saturday.\n\nResidents of the Curah Kobokan river basin have been urged to watch for possible \"cold lava\" mudflow, which can be triggered by intense rainfall combining with volcanic material.\n\nMount Semeru erupted at about 17:24 local time (10:24 GMT), authorities said.\n\nA picture from the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management shows ash rolling over the landscape\n\nIndonesia sits on the Pacific \"Ring of Fire\" where tectonic plates collide, causing frequent volcanic activity as well as earthquakes.\n\nSemeru - also known as \"The Great Mountain\" - is the highest volcano in Java and one of the most active. It is also one of Indonesia's most popular tourist hiking destinations.\n\nThe volcano previously erupted in December, when about 550 people were evacuated.", "A further 1,295 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test have been reported in the UK, the third-highest daily total since the pandemic began.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths by this measure to 88,590.\n\nThere have also been a further 41,346 lab-confirmed cases, and 4,262 more people have been admitted to hospital.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director for Public Health England, said the \"continuous rise in cases and deaths should be a bitter warning for us all\".\n\n\"We must not forget the basics,\" she added. \"The lives of our friends and family depend on it.\n\n\"Keep your distance from others, wash your hands and wear a mask.\"\n\nThe latest figures come ahead of Monday's change in travel rules for the UK, with all travel corridors closing, meaning arrivals from every country will have to quarantine.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson announced the changes at Downing Street on Friday, saying they would \"protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains\" of Covid.\n\nWhile daily figures can fluctuate due to delays in reporting, the seven-day average of Covid deaths in the UK has now risen slightly to 1,103.\n\nFor cases, however, there has been a drop in the seven-day average, with the figure now at 48,565.\n\nThere are currently 37,475 people in hospital with the virus, government figures show, while a further 324,233 people have received their first vaccine dose.\n\nThe government has promised all the over-70s, the extremely clinically vulnerable and front-line health and care workers - about 15 million people - will be offered a jab by mid February.\n\nCurrently, just over 3.5 million doses have been administered.\n\nThe government has also announced £120m in funds for the social care sector to be used by local authorities to increase staffing levels.\n\nStaff absence rates have risen in care homes and among home care staff, due to them testing positive or having to self-isolate.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the money would bolster staffing numbers in a \"controlled and safe way, whilst ensuring people continue to receive the highest quality of care\".\n\nA further £149m funding was announced in December to support rapid testing of care home staff.\n\nSpeaking alongside the PM on Friday, England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, said the number of patients being admitted to hospital with coronavirus was set to peak within the next 10 days, while the peak for deaths was also yet to come.\n\nHe added, however, that he hoped the peak in infections had already happened in the South East, East and London, where there was a surge in the new, more transmissible variant.\n\n\"The peak of deaths I fear is in the future, the peak of hospitalisations in some parts of the country may be around about now and beginning to come off the very, very top,\" he said.\n\n\"Because people are sticking so well to the guidelines we do think the peaks are coming over the next week to 10 days for most places in terms of new people into hospital.\"\n\nHowever, chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance stressed it was a \"suppressed peak\" that would \"boil over for sure\" if controls were eased.\n\nHe said: \"This is not the natural peak that's going to come down on its own, it's coming down because of the measures that are in place.\n\n\"Take the lid off now and it's going to boil over for sure and we're going to end up with a big problem.\"\n\nMeanwhile, on Saturday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer suggested he would back further coronavirus measures, as \"the tougher the restrictions now the quicker we get the virus back under control\".\n\nSir Keir said he was \"still worried\" by the number of infections, despite signs they are falling - and that the \"sense that we are through the worst\" of the third wave was wrong.\n\n\"Nobody likes restrictions but the tougher the restrictions now the quicker we get the virus back under control, the quicker we reduce the number of hospital admissions and the quicker we get that number of deaths, tragically, down,\" he added.", "A further 1,610 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nIt means the total number of deaths by that measure is now above 90,000.\n\nA total of 4,266,577 people have now received the first dose of a vaccine, according to the latest government figures.\n\nAnother 33,355 positive Covid cases have been recorded - less than half the peak figure of 68,053 on 8 January.\n\nIt is the lowest number of daily cases seen since 27 December - before the start of England's third nationwide lockdown.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said: \"Whilst there are some early signs that show our sacrifices are working, we must continue to strictly abide by the measures in place.\"\n\nShe said reducing contact with others and staying at home will lead to \"a fall in the number of infections over time\".\n\nThe figures come as new estimates from the Office for National Statistics show about one in 10 people across the UK tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies in December - roughly double the October figure.\n\nThe rising number of deaths was to be expected, sadly, after the surge in cases during December.\n\nAnd it is likely that the coming weeks will see figures even higher than this.\n\nToday's numbers are, though, inflated by the fact that delays in registering deaths over the weekend tends to lead to higher figures being reported on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.\n\nOn average, the UK is recording more than 1,100 deaths a day.\n\nTo put that in context, at Christmas it was less than half of that.\n\nBut there are two rays of hope in the daily update.\n\nFirstly, the number of cases is below 40,000 for a third day in a row. Just two weeks ago we saw a few days above 60,000.\n\nThat means in the coming weeks we should start to see fewer people in hospital and eventually fewer deaths.\n\nThe number of vaccinations also continues to rise.\n\nIt seems unlikely the NHS will manage its target of two million doses a week just yet.\n\nBut each increase at least takes us one step closer to getting on top of the virus.\n\nMeanwhile, NHS England said 400 military personnel were now assisting in hospitals in London and the Midlands, as wards face \"unprecedented pressure\".\n\nOn Monday, Prof Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, said it would be \"some time\" before the vaccination programme begins to reduce pressures on hospitals.\n\nAnd in other developments, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said he is self-isolating after being alerted by the UK's NHS Covid-19 app .that he had been in close contact with somebody who tested positive.\n\nHe said self-isolation was \"perhaps the most important part of all the social distancing\" and urged others to do the same if contacted.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Martin Freeborn's wife, Helen, died from Covid at the Royal London Hospital: 'Don't end up like us, please'\n\nThe previous highest number of daily deaths was last Wednesday, when 1,564 deaths were recorded.\n\nTuesday's figure brings the total number of deaths recorded during the pandemic in the UK to 91,470.\n\nThese government figures count people who died within 28 days of testing positive, but there are other ways of measuring the total number of deaths.\n\nAnother method is to count all deaths where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate. That figure has now officially reached 95,829, although that is only measured up to 8 January.\n\nThe UK has recorded the fifth-highest number of deaths globally, according to Johns Hopkins University - behind the US, Brazil, India and Mexico.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted: \"British people are paying the price for the government's serial incompetence.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video footage showed the aftermath of the deadly explosion\n\nAt least three people have died following an explosion that caused a building to partially collapse in centre of the Spanish capital, Madrid.\n\nA fourth person was missing and several others were hurt, officials said.\n\nCity officials said the blast, which destroyed four floors of the building, had been caused by a gas leak.\n\nMayor José Luis Martínez Almeida told reporters after the blast that a fire was raging inside the building, which belongs to the Catholic Church.\n\nThe blast happened shortly before 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) as gas workers were repairing a boiler at the back of the building in the central Puerta de Toledo area of Madrid.\n\nAn 85-year-old woman passer-by and two men were killed while a third man who had been working on the boiler was missing, Spanish media reported. One of the injured was in a serious condition and taken to hospital, according to officials.\n\nSpanish reports said the upper floors affected were being used to house local priests.\n\nRescue workers evacuated more than 50 people from a care home next-door to the building in Caille de Toledo, but a school on the other side was closed at the time of the blast.\n\nFour floors of the building were destroyed in the explosion, which could be heard in many areas of Madrid. Images shared on social media showed billowing smoke and debris strewn along the street.\n\nEmergency services said nine fire crews and 11 ambulances were at the scene and some of those caught up in the blast were treated on the street.\n\nFour floors of the building were destroyed in the explosion\n\nPolice officers cleared the area, closing it to all traffic and pedestrians, and appealed to local residents not to come near.\n\n\"The noise was very loud, very loud, really,\" Lorenzo Fomento, who was working from home at a nearby apartment, told AFP news agency. \"I never heard anything so loud before,\" he added.\n\nThe director of the nursing home, Antonio Berlanga, said all the elderly residents were fine and places were being found for them to spend the night.", "In Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, residents have prepared their homes and businesses ahead of the heavy rain\n\nEmergency services in the north of England are preparing for widespread flooding caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nThe Environment Agency has warned of a \"volatile situation\" as heavy rain combines with melting snow, while police in South Yorkshire and Greater Manchester declared major incidents.\n\nAn amber rain warning is in place for Yorkshire, the North West, East Midlands and the east of England.\n\nA yellow rain warning was issued for the rest of the country.\n\nGreater Manchester Police Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey said the force had declared a major incident to ensure it was \"as prepared as possible\".\n\n\"The safety of the public is our number one priority and we're continuing to work alongside partner agencies across the region,\" he said.\n\nA government spokesperson said it had provided additional advice to local agencies to help them manage any evacuations and shelter provision in a Covid-secure way.\n\n\"The government has robust plans in place to support any areas affected by extreme weather this winter,\" they added.\n\nSandbags were laid in at-risk areas, with up to 70mm (2.75in) of rain due.\n\nIn isolated spots, particularly in the northern Peak District and parts of the southern Pennines, 200mm (7.87in) could be possible.\n\nNorthern Rail said buses were being used instead of trains on services between Bolton and Blackburn due to flooding at Darwen.\n\nSome motorists attempted to drive through floodwater on Derby Road in Hathern, Leicestershire\n\nIn the amber warning area, the Met Office said there was a \"danger to life\" due to fast-flowing or deep floodwater, and told some communities they might be \"cut off\" by flooded roads.\n\nIt also predicted delays and cancellations to public transport, with the amber warning in place until 12:00 GMT on Thursday.\n\nRos Jones, mayor of Doncaster, said key risk areas had been inspected over the past 36 hours, with the delivery of sandbags continuing on Tuesday.\n\n\"I do not want people to panic, but flooding is possible so please be prepared,\" she said.\n\nResidents of Fishlake, South Yorkshire, which saw severe flooding hit 160 homes and businesses in November 2019, said they felt much better prepared this time round.\n\nFlood warden and parish councillor Peter Trimingham said the arrival of sandbags had been a welcome sight.\n\n\"It gives us confidence,\" he said.\n\nResidents in Fishlake, near Doncaster, say they are better prepared than when flooding hit in 2019\n\nMr Trimingham added: \"We're absolutely hoping it doesn't rise to the same level. But, if it does, we're reasonably comfortable we've still got a chance because the Environment Agency have done tremendous work here along with Doncaster Council.\"\n\nHe said new defences had been built and their team of flood wardens had been expanded to 22 people.\n\nOn Yarlborough Terrace in Bentley, Doncaster, many residents were out of their homes for months after the 2019 floods.\n\nAnna Booth, 37, who was forced to live in a caravan on her drive, said residents were worried about it happening again.\n\n\"Being in the pandemic doesn't help either. Morale's a bit down but I think we'll all pull together again like last time,\" she said.\n\n\"It breaks your heart, it's really sad, but we can't stop the weather.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Environment Agency issued more than 30 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and immediate action required, covering parts of Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Merseyside, Staffordshire and Northamptonshire as of 03:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nThere are also more than 150 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible, issued across northern England, the Midlands and the east.\n\nRiver levels in the Ouse, which flows through York in North Yorkshire, are high before the arrival of Storm Christoph\n\nCatherine Wright, acting executive director for flood and coastal risk management at the Environment Agency, said: \"That rain is falling on very wet ground and so we are very concerned that it's a very volatile situation and we are expecting significant flooding to occur on the back of that weather.\"\n\nShe said the agency would be working with local authorities to help with evacuation efforts should a severe flood warning be issued, adding: \"If you do need to evacuate then that is allowed within the Covid rules.\"\n\nWork took place on Tuesday morning to increase defences near the River Ouse\n\nDiscussing the different levels of flood warnings, she said: \"If you receive a flood alert, please pack valuables like medicines and insurance documents in a bag ready to go.\n\n\"If you receive a flood warning, please move valuables and precious possessions upstairs and be ready to turn off gas, electricity and water.\n\n\"If you receive a severe flood warning, which means you will be evacuated, please listen out and take heed of the advice from the local emergency services.\"\n\nSandbags have been used to help defend homes in Fishlake, Doncaster, which suffered devastating floods in November 2019\n\nBarry Greenwood, from the Upper Calder Valley Flood Prevention Group in West Yorkshire, has been \"sick\" with worry.\n\n\"I went round after the last [flood], people were there with their heads in their hands, thinking 'what am I going to do now?',\" he said.\n\nFlood sirens were sounded in Walsden on Tuesday evening after a flood warning was issued for the area.\n\nIn a tweet, Calderdale Council asked residents to put their flood plan into action and move valuables to a safe place.\n\n\"River levels across the Upper River Calder have risen and are now approaching levels where we expect properties to flood,\" it warned.\n\nEarlier it had said staff were on standby to respond overnight.\n\nThe amber rain warning is in place until Thursday, with yellow warnings covering most of the UK coming in over the next three days\n\nA yellow rain alert is also in place for Wales, Northern Ireland, central and northern England and southern Scotland on Tuesday.\n\nThis yellow warning extends to the rest of England from Wednesday, with a yellow alert for snow and ice in north east Scotland.\n\nHighways England advised drivers to take extra care on motorways and major A roads, while the RAC breakdown service said motorists should only drive if absolutely necessary.\n\nDrivers faced wet road conditions and reduced visibility on the A1(M) near Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, on Tuesday morning\n\nHebden Bridge's volunteer flood warden Keith Crabtree has been monitoring the river levels of Hebden Beck closely\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Israel is currently in its third lockdown since the pandemic began there last year Image caption: Israel is currently in its third lockdown since the pandemic began there last year\n\nA nationwide lockdown in Israel is to be extended until the end of the month amid a spike in cases - despite an intense vaccination campaign, with more than two of the nine million population already having received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nIt takes time for immunity to build up, so its expected to take several weeks for vaccines to have an impact on cases\n\nThe man coordinating Israel’s pandemic response, Nachman Ash, has warned that a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the country has been “less effective than we thought”.\n\nAccording to Israeli Army Radio, Prof Ash told cabinet members on Tuesday the data on the protective effect of a first dose against the virus was “lower than Pfizer presented”. Pfizer said its vaccine was roughly 52% effective two weeks after the first dose and reaches maximum efficacy of 95% after the second.\n\nIt’s not clear what data he is referring to, but a not-yet published study from Israel’s largest healthcare provider suggested a 33% fall in infections by day 14, at which point, full immunity would not have been reached.\n\nInfections continued to fall in the following days but the numbers were too small to put a percentage on it.\n\nIsrael saw its highest daily case figure on Monday with 10,000 new infections Image caption: Israel saw its highest daily case figure on Monday with 10,000 new infections\n\nThe health ministry said on Tuesday more than 12,400 Israelis had tested positive for Covid-19 ten days after being vaccinated – 69 of these had already received a second dose.\n\nThis was 6.6% of the 189,000 people who took Covid tests after being vaccinated, roughly tallying with the reported efficacy.\n\nHealth experts say they are analysing the new Israeli data closely but warn it may be too early to draw any conclusions on the single dose efficacy of the vaccine based on the initial data gathered in Israel, which began vaccinating its population on 19 December.", "Drug treatment services in England are to receive an extra £80m as part of government's efforts to cut crime.\n\nThis will mean more places for people released from prison and criminals handed community sentences.\n\nIt comes after warnings last year over government cuts to help for addicts.\n\nA further £40m is being earmarked for law enforcement to target drug gangs including so-called county lines operations in which young and vulnerable people act as couriers.\n\nThe investment will also see another £28m put into a three-year pilot project called ADDER - Addiction, Diversion, Disruption, Enforcement and Recovery - which will combine policing with treatment and recovery services.\n\nThe funding will see police target dealers, and local councils and health services help people with addictions, in five areas with high rates of drug use - Blackpool, Hastings, Middlesbrough, Norwich and Swansea Bay.\n\nAnnouncing the £148m package, Home Secretary Priti Patel said: \"The government's work to tackle county lines drugs gangs has already resulted in thousands more people being arrested and hundreds more vulnerable people being safeguarded, but we must do more to tackle the underlying drivers behind serious violence.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock added: \"Addiction and crime are inextricably linked and to truly break the cycle we must make sure people can access the help they need to get their lives back on track for good.\"\n\nMs Patel told BBC Breakfast the government wanted to focus on rehabilitation and treatment for drug addicts as well as law enforcement, saying this was \"something we've not been doing enough of\".\n\n\"We have to do much more to support individuals whose lives have been blighted by years and years of drug abuse,\" she said.\n\nA Home Office-commissioned review into the drugs trade by Prof Dame Carol Black released last February put the total cost to society of illegal drugs at about £20bn a year in England and said treatment services have been curtailed by local government funding cuts.\n\nDame Carol welcomed the funding, saying: \"Drug treatment has a vital role to play in helping people to come off drugs and thereby reduce crime, from minor acquisitive crime right through to homicide.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"It's a big moment for us - we have things we want to do together.\"\n\nThe inauguration of President Joe Biden is a \"step forward\" for the United States, which has \"been through a bumpy period\", Boris Johnson has said.\n\nCongratulating Mr Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, the UK PM said it was a \"big moment\" for the UK and the US and their \"joint common agenda\".\n\nMr Johnson said he looked forward to working with the US on tackling climate change and the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMaking his inaugural address, Mr Biden said \"democracy has prevailed\".\n\nHe promised to be a president \"for all Americans\" and said his \"whole soul is in putting America back together again\".\n\nOutgoing President Donald Trump, who has not formally conceded to Mr Biden, did not attend the ceremony.\n\nPresident Biden began work straight away on reversing a number of his predecessor's policies, including rejoining the Paris climate change agreement - gaining the praise of Mr Johnson.\n\nThe PM tweeted it was \"hugely positive news\", adding: \"I look forward to working with our US partners to do all we can to safeguard our planet.\"\n\nEarlier this week the former head of the civil service Lord Sedwill suggested Mr Johnson would be glad Mr Trump had not been re-elected for a second term as US president.\n\nWriting in the Daily Mail, Lord Sedwill said those who believed Boris Johnson would have preferred Mr Trump to win again were \"mistaken\".\n\nThe former cabinet secretary - who stepped down in September - said a second term for Mr Trump \"would not have been to the benefit of British or European security, to transatlantic trade, let alone the environmental agenda to which the prime minister is so committed\".\n\nBoris Johnson with Donald Trump at the G7 summit in 2019\n\nMr Johnson's public stance toward the former president has varied over the years.\n\nIn 2015, when he was Mayor of London, Mr Johnson accused Mr Trump of \"stupefying ignorance\" over his comments about violence in the city.\n\nBut as foreign secretary, following Mr Trump's election as president, he said there was a \"lot to be positive about\", and in 2019, praised his \"many good qualities\".\n\nFor his part, Mr Trump has appeared largely supportive of Mr Johnson, backing his flagship Brexit policy and at one point saying of the British PM: \"They call him Britain Trump.\"\n\nAnd echoing his predecessor, in 2019 Mr Biden described the UK prime minister as a \"physical and emotional clone\" of Mr Trump.\n\nAfter winning the presidential election Mr Biden phoned Mr Johnson ahead of other European leaders and expressed his desire to strengthen the historic \"special relationship\" between the two countries.\n\nSpeaking on Wednesday, Mr Johnson said it was the job of all UK prime ministers to have a \"good, close working relationship\" with US presidents but, right now, there were many things the two countries \"wanted to do together\".\n\n\"When you look at the issues which unite me and Joe Biden, the UK and the US right now, there is a fantastic joint common agenda,\" he said. \"For us and America, it is a big moment.\"\n\nHe said he hoped the UK could help the US commit to a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 in the run up to the climate change conference COP 26, to be held in Glasgow this year.\n\nUK prime ministers like to consider American presidents as their best diplomatic friend.\n\nThat relationship, particularly when it comes to security and defence, is unusually close.\n\nWhen, as with Donald Trump, that friend has been unpredictable and unconventional, that has made for some very awkward political moments.\n\nSo for the government, this a really important and positive turning of the page.\n\nThe terribly over-used phrase the 'special relationship', which provokes neurotic behaviour on this side of the Atlantic, has meant the most when there has been a genuine personal chemistry between the two leaders - whether Thatcher and Reagan, or Bush and Blair.\n\nThere is nothing automatic about Mr Biden and Mr Johnson developing that kind of political friendship.\n\nBut in the words of one former senior minister, for the UK Biden means \"we will lose exclusivity but gain predictability: easier to work with, less cringeworthy and more dependable, but we may not be the only girlfriend on speed dial\".\n\nSpeaking to the Guardian, shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy described Mr Biden as \"a woke guy\".\n\nAsked if he agreed, Mr Johnson said: \"I can't comment on that. What I know is that he's a firm believer in the transatlantic alliance and that's a great thing.\"\n\nHe added that there was \"nothing wrong with being woke - I put myself in the category of people who believe that it's important to stick up for your history, your traditions and your values, the things you believe in.\"\n\nOpposition leader Sir Keir Starmer also sent his congratulations to the new president and vice-president.\n\n\"The US begins a new chapter in its history, one of hope, decency, compassion and strength,\" the Labour leader said, adding \"together, our two nations can build a better, more optimistic future for our world.\"\n\nAnd First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: \"Warm congratulations and best wishes to President Biden and Vice President Harris.\n\n\"Scotland and the USA share long-standing bonds of friendship and co-operation. We look forward to building on these in the years ahead.\"\n\nWriting in the Daily Mail, former UK Prime Minister Theresa May said Mr Biden's election presented the UK with a \"golden opportunity\" for Western democracies to reverse the trend towards \"absolutism\" - and a \"few strongmen facing off against each other\" - in global affairs.\n\nThe Queen sent a private message to Mr Biden before his inauguration, Buckingham Palace has said.", "Marion Dawson is the third oldest person in Scotland to be given the vaccine.\n\nA 108-year-old woman has received the Covid vaccination on her birthday.\n\nMarion Dawson, from Houston in Renfrewshire, is the third oldest person in Scotland to be given the vaccine.\n\nShe received her jab at Houston and Killellan Kirk, which is being used by the local GP surgery to deliver vaccinations to the community.\n\nBorn in 1913, Mrs Dawson has lived through two world wars and the Spanish flu pandemic.\n\nDr Diane Fisher, who gave the injection said: \"We are so excited to be starting vaccinations of our over-80s, and that our first patient to be vaccinated is doing so on her birthday.\"\n\nMrs Dawson is the most senior person in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde to be given the vaccine.\n\nAfter receiving her injection, she said: \"I'm glad it's passed. I never felt a thing.\"\n\nKirk minister, Rev Gary Noonan said: \"Mrs Dawson is a local treasure in Houston, until the lockdown she never missed a week at church.\n\n\"It's fitting she can get her vaccine in the Kirk, a place she loves.\"\n\nDr Mark Storey, partner at Strathgryffe Medical Practice, added: \"It's been a very difficult year in general practice and society as a whole.\n\n\"In our practice we have a family of 10,000 patients, so we are delighted to start vaccinating, especially with Mrs Dawson.\"", "That's where we'll end our coverage of this week's PMQs.\n\nAs events get underway in Washington DC ahead of the Joe Biden's swearing in as the 46th President of the USA, our colleagues will bring you all the details of the inauguration here.\n\nOur coverage of this week's PMQs was brought to you by Gavin Stamp, Justin Parkinson, and Sinead Wilson. The editor was Johanna Howitt.\n\nThanks for joining us.", "The publication of a letter from the Duchess of Sussex to her father was a \"triple-barrelled invasion\" of her privacy, the High Court has been told.\n\nMeghan is suing the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online over articles that reproduced parts of the private handwritten letter.\n\nShe claims her privacy and copyright were breached by the newspaper group.\n\nHer lawyers are asking for summary judgement - a dismissal of Associated Newspapers' defence instead of a trial.\n\nMeghan's lawyers argue Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) has \"no prospect\" of defending the privacy and copyright claims being brought against them.\n\nThey claim the publication of extracts from the private, handwritten letter to Thomas Markle was \"self-evidently... highly intrusive\".\n\nMeghan, 39, sent the letter to her father in August 2018, following her marriage to Prince Harry in May that year, which Mr Markle did not attend. The couple are now living in the US with their son Archie.\n\nThe five articles, published in February 2019, were a \"triple-barrelled invasion\" of the duchess's privacy, correspondence and family, the lawyers claim.\n\nMr Markle said in a witness statement provided to the remote hearing, which started on Tuesday, that he wanted the letter published to \"set the record straight\" about his relationship with his daughter - but one of Meghan's lawyers described this claim as \"ridiculous\".\n\nMeghan is seeking damages from the newspaper group for alleged misuse of private information, copyright infringement and breach of the Data Protection Act over the articles.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex now live in the US with their son\n\nHer lawyers told the court the letter was written in sorrow rather than anger and was an attempt to get her father to stop talking to the press.\n\nBut the newspaper group said in its response to the court that Meghan had written the letter \"with a view to it being disclosed publicly at some future point\" in order to \"defend her against charges of being an uncaring or unloving daughter\".\n\nIn written submissions, the newspaper group's barrister Antony White said \"she must, at the very least, have appreciated that her father might choose to disclose it\" and pointed out that the Kensington Palace communications team had been shown the letter before it was sent.\n\n\"No truly private letter from daughter to father would require any input from the Kensington Palace communications team,\" said Mr White.\n\nBut Meghan's lawyers also pointed out the articles themselves had emphasised the private nature of the correspondence - and dismissed any argument that it was in the public interest for the newspaper to reproduce the letter, saying the public interest was at the \"very end of the bottom end of the scale\".\n\nJustin Rushbrooke, representing the duchess, described the handwritten letter as \"a heartfelt plea from an anguished daughter to her father\".\n\nHe said the \"contents and character of the letter were intrinsically private, personal and sensitive in nature\" and that Meghan \"had a reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of the contents of the letter\".\n\nThe effect of publishing the letter was \"self-evidently likely to be devastating for the claimant\", said Mr Rushbrooke.\n\nThe barrister argued that, even if ANL was justified in publishing parts of the letter, \"on any view the defendant published far more by way of extracts from the letter than could have been justified in the public interest\".\n\nMr White said that the newspaper group would argue that Meghan's status as a member of the royal family was relevant to the case.\n\nIn response to that point, Mr Rushbrooke said: \"Yes, she is in some senses a public figure, but that does not reduce her expectation of privacy in relation to information of this kind.\"\n\nIn Thomas Markle's evidence, he said the letter \"signalled the end\" of his relationship with his daughter, and instead of a reconciliation attempt, the letter was a \"criticism\" of him.\n\nHe said that he had to \"defend himself\" against an article in People magazine. It carried an interview with a \"long-time friend\" of his daughter, who suggested Meghan sent the letter to repair her relationship with her father - something he claimed was false.\n\nThe People article, he claimed, made him appear \"dishonest, exploitative, publicity-seeking, uncaring and cold-hearted\".\n\nHe said he had \"never intended to talk publicly about Meg's letter\" until he read the People magazine piece which, he claimed, suggested he was \"to blame for the end of the relationship\".\n\nThe full trial of the duchess's claim had been due to be heard at the High Court this month, but last year the case was adjourned until autumn 2021.\n\nThis interim remote hearing - to consider the request for summary judgement - is due to last two days. Mr Justice Warby, who is hearing the case, is expected to reserve his judgement to a later date.", "Low-deposit mortgages have made a return as the market emerges from a Covid-related slowdown.\n\nMortgage products for homeowners with a deposit of 10% of their property's value have risen more than fourfold compared with last summer's low.\n\nThe increase, based on figures from financial information service Moneyfacts, could offer some relief to first-time buyers.\n\nBut the cost of mortgages will remain an issue for many.\n\nIn early September last year, there were only 44 mortgage products available for those able to offer a 10% deposit. At the same time, first-time buyers putting money aside for a deposit were faced with pressures of poor savings rates and rising house prices.\n\nThat choice has now risen to 197 products, according to the Moneyfacts figures, with some big lenders returning in recent weeks.\n\nMortgage products for those able to offer a 15% deposit have also risen sharply, although the choice was already much greater.\n\n\"First-time buyers who may have been concerned that with record low savings rates and increasing house prices, their homeownership dreams may have had to be shelved, may have been pleased to note that we are now seeing some providers return products for those with 10% deposits,\" said Eleanor Williams, from Moneyfacts.\n\nLenders had been grappling with the practical effects that the coronavirus pandemic brought to their business.\n\nWhile some new businesses targeted first-time buyers on social media, many traditional lenders withdrew products from the market.\n\nStaff shortages, and employees working from home, meant they were unable to process applications as fast as they had before the pandemic.\n\nThere were also concerns among lenders that, despite strong activity in the housing market, riskier - and younger - first-time buyers could find it difficult to make mortgage repayments during an economic slowdown caused by the pandemic.\n\nResearch has shown that younger workers are more at risk of redundancy.\n\nAaron Strutt, from mortgage broker Trinity Financial, said lenders were now working more efficiently despite staff still being at home.\n\nHe said that some of the biggest mortgage lenders had returned to the market. Some of the mortgage rates they were offering were not as attractive as they had been, but competition would help push down costs.\n\n\"If you are planning to purchase a property and have a 10% deposit the mortgage rates are not as cheap as they used to be, but they are getting better,\" he said.\n\nMany thousands of existing mortgage-holders who had struggled to make their repayments during the pandemic had taken payment \"holidays\", which are deferrals on payments.\n\nThe latest figures from UK Finance, which represents lenders, show that 130,000 mortgage payment holidays were in place at the end of December 2020, down from a peak of 1.8 million in June last year.", "Mr Trump referred to his \"complete power to pardon\" in a tweet\n\nUS President Donald Trump has insisted he has the \"complete power\" to pardon people, amid reports he is considering presidential pardons for family members, aides and even himself.\n\nThe US authorities are probing possible collusion between the Trump team and Russia. Intelligence agencies think Russia tried to help Mr Trump to power.\n\nRussia denies this, and the president says there was no collusion.\n\nThe Washington Post reported on Thursday that Mr Trump and his team were looking at ways to pardon people close to him.\n\nPresidents can pardon people before guilt is established or even before the person is charged with a crime.\n\nDescribing the reports as disturbing, Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat who sits on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said \"pardoning any individuals who may have been involved would be crossing a fundamental line\".\n\nOn Saturday, Mr Trump tweeted: \"While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us. FAKE NEWS.\"\n\nMr Trump also attacked \"illegal leaks\" following reports his attorney general discussed campaign-related matters with a Russian envoy.\n\nThe Washington Post gave an account of meetings Attorney General Jeff Sessions held with the Russian ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak. The newspaper quoted current and former US officials who cited intelligence intercepts of Mr Kislyak's version of the encounter to his superiors.\n\nOne of those quoted said Mr Kislyak spoke to Mr Sessions about key campaign issues, including Mr Trump's positions on policies significant to Russia.\n\nDuring his confirmation hearing earlier this year, Mr Sessions said he had no contact with Russians during the election campaign. When it later emerged he had, he said the campaign was not discussed at the meetings.\n\nAn official confirmed to Reuters the detail of the intercepts, but there has been no independent corroboration.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Commander in tweets: What we can learn from Trump's Twitter\n\nThe officials spoken to by the Post said that Mr Kislyak could have exaggerated the account, and cited a Justice Department spokesperson who repeated that Mr Sessions did not discuss interference in the election.\n\nBut the Post's story was the focus of one of many tweets the US president fired off on Saturday morning.\n\n\"A new INTELLIGENCE LEAK from the Amazon Washington Post, this time against A.G. Jeff Sessions. These illegal leaks, like Comey's, must stop!\" Mr Trump said.\n\nThe Washington Post is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who has been an occasional sparring partner for Mr Trump. \"Comey\" refers to James Comey, the former FBI boss Mr Trump fired.\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Trump told the New York Times he regretted hiring Mr Sessions because he had stepped away from overseeing an inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election.\n\nMr Sessions recused himself in March amid pressure over his meetings with Mr Kislyak. He says he plans to continue in his role as attorney general.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sessions said he loved the job and the department\n\nSeveral other regular targets for Mr Trump featured in his series of tweets.\n\nHe accused the \"failing\" New York Times of foiling an attempt to assassinate the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.\n\nIt is not clear what Mr Trump was referring to, but on Saturday a US general complained on Fox News that a \"good lead\" on Baghdadi was leaked to a national newspaper in 2015.\n\nA New York Times report at the time revealed that valuable information had been extracted from a raid, but the paper stressed on Saturday that no-one had taken issue with their reporting until now.\n\nAnd Mr Trump again urged Republicans to \"step up to the plate\" and repeal and replace President Obama's healthcare reforms, a key campaign pledge of his that has collapsed in Congress.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDoris Hobday and her twin sister Lilian Cox, known as the Tipton Twins, were admitted to hospital after testing positive earlier this month.\n\nHer family said Mrs Hobday had died on 5 January, adding they were \"totally heartbroken to lose Doris in this way\".\n\nMrs Cox has since been discharged from hospital and is continuing to recover, the family said. The siblings were among the UK's oldest living twins.\n\nDoris Hobday died in hospital on 5 January, her family has announced\n\n\"We are so grateful for all the special memories we have created and got to share with you all,\" the family said in a statement.\n\nThe twins, from Tipton, West Midlands, became popular figures online with their positive outlook on life and sense of humour.\n\nTipton Twins Doris and Lilian both tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this month\n\nThey appeared on BBC Breakfast, ITV's Good Morning Britain and This Morning, charming presenters with jokes about wearing their drawers inside out and their love for actor Jason Statham.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dan Walker This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Piers Morgan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter���s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLilian and Doris said they did everything together. They lived in the same street after getting married, worked together at an ale-making factory in Birmingham and more recently lived next to one another at sheltered accommodation in Tipton.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC on their 95th birthday, Lilian revealed her sister's secret to a long life was \"no sex and plenty of Guinness\" - her own being simply \"lemonade\".\n\nDoris Hobday's family said she had passed away peacefully and they were grateful for all their memories with her\n\n\"Doris will be laid to rest with her husband who she lost 11 years ago after 65 years of happy marriage,\" her family said.\n\nA crowdfunding page has been set up in Mrs Hobday's memory, with funds raised being donated to The Beacon Centre for the Blind, which supported her late husband Raymond for 20 years.\n\nDoris will be buried next to her husband Ray, who, along with half a Guinness, was \"her favourite thing\"\n\nThe family said Mrs Cox had only been told of her sister's death on Monday, \"once she was strong enough to take the news\".\n\n\"She is now being comforted by family and staying with her daughter Vivien while she fully regains her strength.\"\n\n\"Both were determined to live until 100, they had so much to look forward to,\" their family said. \"It's just so cruel that Covid has stopped Doris like this.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Bannon was once considered among the most influential men in Mr Trump's administration\n\nPresident Trump's former top advisor, Steve Bannon, has been suspended from Twitter over the \"glorification of violence\" amid the election aftermath.\n\nMr Bannon said a re-elected Mr Trump should fire the top infectious disease expert and the FBI director, and called for violence against them.\n\nIt comes as the tech firms continue a clampdown on misinformation.\n\nFacebook has shut down a large group which alleges fraud, and announced new measures to amplify genuine results.\n\nMr Bannon, once widely thought of as one of the most powerful men in Washington, served as the boss of Mr Trump's 2016 campaign, and as a top presidential advisor for the first several months of his presidency.\n\nOn Thursday, he posted a video podcast to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, in which he said both Dr Anthony Fauci - the face of the country's fight against coronavirus - and FBI Director Christopher Wray, should be fired after Mr Trump's re-election, but also said they should be subjected to violence.\n\nPresident Trump has expressed frustration with both men, clashing with Dr Fauci over the pandemic, and with Mr Wray over what he sees as a failure to investigate his opponent, Joe Biden.\n\nFacebook and YouTube both removed the video, but Twitter issued an outright suspension of Mr Bannon's \"war room pandemic\" account, for violating its policy on the glorification of violence.\n\nThe account has been permanently suspended, rather than banned for a limited amount of time, Twitter said in a statement.\n\nPresident Trump, meanwhile, had another of his tweets hidden and labelled by Twitter after falsely claiming victory and alleging the existence of \"illegal votes\".\n\nThe President responded by tweeting: \"Twitter is out of control\".\n\nThe Stop the Steal Facebook group had about 350,000 members when the social media giant removed it, something the social network admitted was an \"exceptional\" measure. It did so because it was \"creating real-world events\" and \"we saw worrying calls for violence from some members of the group\", Facebook said.\n\nThe social network is now taking further measures to restrict the flow of \"inaccurate claims\" in order \"to keep this content from reaching more people\".\n\n\"These include demotions for content on Facebook and Instagram that our systems predict may be misinformation, including debunked claims about voting. We are also limiting the distribution of live videos that may relate to the election on Facebook,\" the firm said in a statement.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Facebook Newsroom This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAs President Trump continues to allege, without evidence, that widespread voter fraud took place, Facebook also said it would alter its election banner notifications and spread news of the projected winner, once a majority of independent outlets projected the result.\n\nThe same notice will be put on posts from both candidates.\n\nSeparately, Bloomberg reports that Twitter will remove the \"special treatment\" it affords President Trump as a world leader, in the event of Joe Biden winning the presidency.\n\nTwitter has specific rules for world leaders, which means it will not ordinarily ban them for the same offences for which it would ban ordinary users. Twitter argues that such posts - even when violating its rules - are sufficiently newsworthy to stay up, with a handful of exceptions.\n\nInstead, Twitter can label the post of a world leader, hiding it from view and restricting engagement - but leaving it viewable to anyone who clicks through a warning message about the content.\n\nIt has repeatedly done this to Mr Trump's tweets, leading to high-profile arguments with the president and his supporters.\n\nBut Mr Trump would return to the status of a regular user if he loses the election, Bloomberg reported - meaning that his tweets could be deleted outright or his account suspended, for policy violations.", "Liam Gallagher, Sir Elton John and Nicola Benedetti have put their names to the letter\n\nSome of the UK's biggest music stars have written to the government demanding action to ensure visa-free touring in the European Union.\n\nSir Elton John, Liam Gallagher and Nicola Benedetti are among 110 artists who have signed the open letter.\n\nIt said they had been \"shamefully failed\" by the government over post-Brexit travel rules for UK musicians.\n\nThe government said the signatories should be asking the EU why they \"rejected the sensible UK proposal\".\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden will meet music industry representatives on Wednesday to address their concerns.\n\nEarlier this week, culture minister Caroline Dinenage said the EU's \"very broad\" offer \"would not have been compatible with the government's manifesto commitment to take back control of our borders\".\n\nHowever, she said \"the door is open\" if the EU was willing to consider the UK's proposals to reach an agreement for musicians.\n\nIn the meantime, she confirmed, musicians and artists touring the continent \"will be required to check domestic immigration and visitor rules for each member state in which they intend to tour\".\n\nThat may require them to have multiple visas or work permits, which some industry experts say will be expensive and potentially prohibitive - especially for musicians at the start of their careers.\n\nOther names on the open letter include Ed Sheeran, Sir Simon Rattle, Sting, Radiohead, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Kim Wilde, Roger Daltrey, Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis, and Judith Weir, Master of the Queen's Music.\n\nThe letter was organised by the Incorporated Society of Musicians and the Liberal Democrats, and published in The Times.\n\n\"The reality is that British musicians, dancers, actors and their support staff have been shamefully failed by their government,\" it said.\n\n\"The deal done with the EU has a gaping hole where the promised free movement for musicians should be. Everyone on a European music tour will now need costly work permits for many countries they visit and a mountain of paperwork for their equipment.\"\n\nThe extra costs will \"tip many performers over the edge\", it claimed.\n\n\"We call on the government to urgently do what it said it would do and negotiate paperwork-free travel in Europe for British artists and their equipment,\" it added.\n\n\"For the sake of British fans wanting to see European performers in the UK and British venues wishing to host them, the deal should be reciprocal.\"\n\nThe Who frontman Daltrey signed despite telling the BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme in 2018: \"It's nothing that can't be solved. I mean, we used to work in Europe before the EU was even thought about. We had the golden period of the 60s and the 70s.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Who frontman Roger Daltrey gave his take on Brexit in 2018\n\nOn Wednesday, the veteran rocker said the two positions were compatible. \"I have not changed my opinion on the EU,\" he said in a statement to the PA news agency. \"I'm glad to be free of Brussels, not Europe.\n\n\"I would have preferred reform, which was asked for by us before the referendum and was turned down by the then president of the EU. I do think our government should have made the easing of restrictions for musicians and actors a higher priority.\n\n\"Every tour, individual actors and musicians should be treated as any other 'goods' at the point of entry to the EU with one set of paperwork. Switzerland has borders with five EU countries, and trade is electronically frictionless. Why not us?\"\n\nDeborah Annetts, chief executive of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, said: \"World-renowned performers, emerging artists from every genre and the most respected figures from leading organisations within our sector are now sending a clear message.\n\n\"It is essential for the government to negotiate a new reciprocal agreement that allows performers to tour in Europe for up to 90 days, without the need for a work permit.\"\n\nResponding to the letter, a UK government spokesperson said that musicians' concerns were being taken seriously.\n\n\"We absolutely agree that musicians should be able to work across Europe,\" they said in a statement.\n\n\"The UK Government put forward a proposal, based on feedback from the music sector, that would have allowed musicians to tour - but the EU repeatedly rejected this.\n\n\"The EU's offer in the negotiations would not have worked for touring musicians: it did not deal with work permits at all, and would not have allowed support staff to tour with artists. The signatories of this letter should be asking the EU why they rejected the sensible UK proposal.\"\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden is due to host a roundtable discussion with representatives from the music industry, addressing their concerns, on Wednesday.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Joe Biden has spent 50 years in politics working towards this moment, but he could never have expected such huge challenges would be facing him on his first day at the helm. What are his priorities?\n\nHe'll get started with a 10-day flurry of executive orders.\n\nThese are presidential directives that don't require congressional approval.\n\nTop of the list are rescinding a controversial travel ban, imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump against countries he viewed as a security threat, and rejoining the Paris climate deal.\n\nHere's what else we know about what will demand the new president's immediate attention.\n\nThe coronavirus has killed more than 400,000 people in the US - and the pandemic and its wide-ranging impact will be the new administration's top priority.\n\nMr Biden has called it \"one of the most important battles our administration will face\" and has vowed to implement his Covid strategy straight away.\n\nOne of his first moves will be executive action requiring social distancing and the wearing of masks on federal property nationwide and by federal employees and contractors.\n\nStill, there's no guarantee the state governors who've so far opposed mask mandates will suddenly change their minds - there appears to be no legal authority that grants a president the power to bring in a nationwide mask rule.\n\nMr Biden seems to have conceded that point, and says he'll personally try to persuade governors to come around.\n\nIf they're not receptive, he's vowed to make calls to mayors and municipal officials to recruit them to the cause. There's also no word yet on how a mandate will be enforced.\n\nMr Biden wants to speed up the vaccine rollout with the ultimate goal of vaccinating 100 million people with at least a first dose against Covid in his first 100 days in office.\n\nOne part of the acceleration plan is to release all available vaccine doses instead of holding some in reserve for the necessary second jab.\n\nHe is also expected to take executive action on efforts to develop and deploy rapid testing and to put in place a national supply chain for equipment, medications and personal protective equipment, or PPE.\n\nOn his agenda is a pledge to reverse the decision to have the US leave the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nMr Trump announced plans over the summer to pull the country out of the WHO, accusing it of mismanaging Covid after the virus emerged in China and saying it failed to make \"greatly needed reforms\".\n\nMr Biden's team has said he has immediate plans to extend a moratorium on evictions and on foreclosures on home mortgages - both of which were paused early in the pandemic - as well as the current pause on federal student loan payments and interest.\n\nMr Biden's transition team said he plans to direct Cabinet agencies this week to \"take immediate action to deliver economic relief to working families\", though they did not offer more detail.\n\n$1.9tn for the US coronavirus economy\n\nLast week, Mr Biden announced a $1.9tn (£1.4tn) stimulus plan for the coronavirus-sapped US economy, saying that \"a crisis of deep human suffering is in plain sight and there's no time to waste\".\n\nIf passed by Congress, it would include direct payments of $1,400 to all Americans. He has also included funding to help schools safely reopen, which he wants to happen in the first 100 days.\n\nIt'll be in addition to a long-awaited $900bn stimulus package Congress passed in December, which Mr Biden had called a \"down payment\" on the larger proposed package.\n\nRepublicans lawmakers are likely to object to parts of the bill, which will add more debt to what the US has already spent dealing with the pandemic - and Mr Biden will need bipartisan support for the plan.\n\nDemocrats currently control both chambers of Congress, but only by narrow margins.\n\nCovid aid isn't the only priority on the incoming president's economic agenda. He has pledged to get rid of Mr Trump's signature tax cuts as soon as he takes office.\n\nMr Trump passed the cuts in 2017, early in his presidency, and the Biden team says they unfairly reward the wealthiest Americans and favour corporations over small businesses.\n\nMr Biden has also said he would swiftly double the taxes that US firms pay on foreign profits - part of his Made in America push - which would come in addition to a rise in corporate taxes.\n\nHis tax policy legislation will need to pass Congress.\n\nAnother move Mr Biden says he will make on his first day in office is to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, a global accord that includes the goal to keep temperatures below 2.0C (3.6F) above pre-industrial times and \"endeavour to limit\" them even more, to 1.5C.\n\nHis predecessor pulled the US out of the 2015 accord - it became official on 4 November - making it the first nation in the world to do so.\n\nThe US will officially be part of the agreement again within 30 days.\n\nMr Biden has also pledged to \"up the ante\" and aim for higher standards on climate mitigation measures, and to convene a climate world summit within the first 100 days in office.\n\nMr Biden has said he wants to work with Congress to enact legislation this year that will allow the US to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.\n\nIn a move that has already sparked alarm with his northern neighbours, Mr Biden is reportedly planning to immediately rescind the cross-border permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a planned project from the oil sands of Canada's Alberta province, through Montana and South Dakota, to rejoin an existing pipeline to Texas.\n\nA further agenda item is a U-turn on much of Mr Trump's legacy of climate and energy deregulation, like the easing of vehicle emissions targets.\n\nMr Biden has said he will negotiate \"rigorous\" new emissions limits on cars and heavy-duty vehicles, to conserve 30% of US lands and waters by 2030, to ban new drilling on public lands, and to close the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.\n\nThe new administration says it plans also to bring in \"aggressive\" methane pollution limits for oil and gas operations and to ban new oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters.\n\nThe travel ban, signed by Mr Trump just seven days after taking office in January 2017, will be among the first policies to be discarded.\n\nThe ban initially excluded people from seven majority-Muslim countries, but the list was modified following a series of court challenges.\n\nIt now restricts citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela and North Korea.\n\nIn another major immigration pledge, Mr Biden has said he'll swiftly send a bill to Congress laying out a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million undocumented immigrants.\n\n\"And all of those so-called dreamers, those Daca [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme] kids, they're going to be immediately certified again to be able to stay in this country and put on a path to citizenship,\" he said in late October.\n\nLate in the election, the campaign announced Mr Biden would create a task force to reunite some 545 migrant children separated from their parents at the US southern border.\n\nIn December, the Biden team conceded it would need more time to roll back one of Mr Trump's policies, the Migrant Protection Protocols that force thousands of asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for US immigration court hearings.\n\nOnce a \"Day One\" pledge, officials now say it could take about six months to address.\n\nMr Biden has vowed to halt construction of a project synonymous with Mr Trump's presidency - the border wall between the US and Mexico. His campaign had called it \"a waste of money\" that \"diverts critical resources away from the real threats\".\n\nThe administration says it will instead divert the federal funds towards efforts like new border screening measures.\n\nUS President Donald Trump tours and signs a section of the US-Mexico border wall\n\nThe national reckoning with race is the fourth crisis - alongside Covid, the economy and climate - Mr Biden says he must tackle quickly.\n\nSome of those policies - like addressing racial disparities in housing and healthcare - overlap with his other plans.\n\nMr Biden will sign an executive order on racial equality and call on all US agencies to create a plan to tackle any unequal barriers to opportunity. It will also rescind Mr Trump's executive order limiting the ability of federal government agencies to implement diversity and inclusion training.\n\nMr Biden has promised to set up a national police oversight body to assist in reforming police departments in his first 100 days in office, though details of that plan are scarce.\n\nHe has said he wants swift passage by Congress of the \"Safe Justice Act\", which includes measures on reforming mandatory minimum sentences and increasing funding for community based policing.\n\nHe has made commitments to the LGBT community as well, like directing resources towards helping prevent violence against transgender people, ending the ban on transgender people serving in the military, and restoring guidance for transgender students in schools.\n\nOne other priority is passing the Equality Act, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to existing federal civil rights laws, though how fast he can pass that legislation remains unclear.\n\nThe incoming president says he plans to quickly reach out to US allies to smooth ruffled feathers and promise that \"America has your back\", saying the US must \"prove to the world that [it] is prepared to lead again - not just with the example of our power but also with the power of our example\".\n\nHe has said on his first day in the Oval Office he would reach out to Nato allies with the message \"we're back and you can count on us again\".\n\nThough Mr Trump was not the first president to pressure other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members to spend more on defence, he threatened at times to withdraw from the alliance that Mr Biden has called the \"bulwark of the liberal democratic ideal\".", "More than 127,000 people in the UK who contracted coronavirus have lost their lives - with the pandemic claiming more than 3.4 million deaths worldwide. As the UK marks a year since the first coronavirus lockdown was called, it's a time for reflection.\n\nWe have gathered tributes to more than 770 of those who have died. Below are words of remembrance from friends, family and colleagues.\n\nPlease enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser to see this interactive\n\nThe tributes are displayed at random, which means that you will see different faces each time you visit this page.\n\nIf we have used your tribute to your friend or family member, it will appear in the carousel above, or you can find it by entering their name in the search box below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. Enter a name to search the tributes\n\nFor more on NHS and healthcare workers, please see this page dedicated to 100 people who died while helping to look after others.\n\nFor more on how it has affected people's lives, from family tragedy to its impact on everyday life, we have a collection of personal stories about life in lockdown.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Many were taken by surprise by the events in Washington, but to those who closely follow conspiracy and extreme right groups online, the warning signs were all there.\n\nAt 02:21 Eastern Standard Time on election night, President Trump walked onto a stage set up in the East Room of the White House and declared victory.\n\n\"We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election.\"\n\nHis speech came an hour after he'd tweeted: \"They are trying to steal the election\".\n\nHe hadn't won. There was no victory to steal. But to many of his most fervent supporters, these facts didn't matter, and still don't.\n\nSixty five days later, a motley coalition of rioters stormed the US Capitol building. They included believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory, members of \"Stop the Steal\" groups, far-right activists, online trolls and others.\n\nOn Friday 8 January - some 48 hours after the Washington riots - Twitter began a purge of some of the most influential pro-Trump accounts that had been pushing conspiracies and urging direct action to overturn the election result.\n\nThen came the big one - Mr Trump himself.\n\nThe president was permanently banned from tweeting to his more than 88 million followers \"due to the risk of further incitement of violence\".\n\nThe violence in Washington shocked the world and seemed to catch the authorities off guard.\n\nBut for anyone who had been carefully watching the unfolding story - online and on the streets of American cities - it came as no surprise.\n\nThe idea of a rigged election was seeded by the president in speeches and on Twitter, months before the vote.\n\nOn election day, the rumors started just as Americans were going to the polls.\n\nA video of a Republican poll watcher being denied entry to a Philadelphia polling station went viral. It was a genuine error, caused by confusion about the rules. The man was later allowed into the station to observe the count.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Will Chamberlain This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Will Chamberlain\n\nBut it became the first of many videos, images, graphics and claims that went viral in the days that followed, giving rise to a hashtag: #StopTheSteal.\n\nThe message behind it was clear - Mr Trump had won a landslide victory, but dark forces in the establishment \"deep state\" had stolen it from him.\n\nIn the early hours of Wednesday 4 November, while votes were still being counted and three days before the US networks called the election for Joe Biden, President Trump claimed victory, alleging \"a fraud on the American public\".\n\nMr Trump did not provide any evidence to back up his claims. Studies carried out for previous US elections have shown that voter fraud is extremely rare.\n\nBy mid-afternoon a Facebook group called \"Stop the Steal\" was created and quickly became one of the fastest-growing in the platform's history. By Thursday morning, it had added more than 300,000 members.\n\nMany of the posts focused on unsubstantiated allegations of mass voter fraud, including manufactured claims that thousands of dead people had voted and that voting machines had somehow been programmed to flip votes from Mr Trump to Mr Biden.\n\nBut some of the posts were more alarming, speaking of the need for a \"civil war\" or \"revolution\".\n\nBy Thursday afternoon, Facebook had taken down Stop the Steal, but not before it had generated nearly half a million comments, shares, likes, and reactions.\n\nDozens of other groups quickly sprang up in its place.\n\nThe idea of a stolen election continued to spread online and take hold. Soon, a dedicated Stop the Steal website was launched in a bid to register \"boots on the ground to protect the integrity of the vote\".\n\nOn Saturday 7 November, major news organisations declared that Joe Biden had won the election. In Democratic strongholds, throngs of people took to the streets to celebrate. But the reaction online from Mr Trump's most ardent supporters was one of anger and defiance.\n\nThey planned a rally in Washington DC for the following Saturday, dubbed the Million MAGA (Make America Great Again) March.\n\nTrump tweeted that he might try to stop by the demonstration and \"say hello\".\n\nPrevious pro-Trump rallies in Washington had failed to attract large crowds. But thousands gathered at Freedom Plaza that sunny morning.\n\nOne extremism researcher called it the \"debut of the pro-Trump insurgency\".\n\nAs Trump's motorcade drove through the city, supporters screaming with delight rushed to catch a glimpse of the president, who beamed at them wearing a red MAGA hat.\n\nWhile mainstream conservative figures were present, the event was dominated by far-right groups.\n\nDozens of members of the far-right, anti-immigrant, all-male group Proud Boys, who have repeatedly been involved in violent street protests and were among those who would later break into the US Capitol, joined the march. Militia groups, far-right media figures and promoters of conspiracy theories were also there.\n\nAs night fell, clashes between Trump supporters and counter-protesters broke out, including a brawl about five blocks from the White House.\n\nThe violence - although largely contained by police on this occasion - was a clear sign of things to come.\n\nBy now, President Trump and his legal team had invested their hopes in dozens of legal cases.\n\nAlthough a number of courts had already dismissed fraud allegations, many in the pro-Trump online world became fascinated with two lawyers with close ties to the president - Sidney Powell and L Lin Wood.\n\nMs Powell and Mr Wood promised they were preparing cases of voter fraud so comprehensive that when released, they would destroy the case for Mr Biden having won the presidency.\n\nMs Powell, 65, a conservative activist and former federal prosecutor, told Fox News that the effort would \"release the Kraken\" - a reference to a gigantic sea monster from Scandinavian folklore that rises up from the ocean to devour its enemies.\n\nThe \"Kraken\" quickly became an internet meme, representing sprawling, unsubstantiated claims of widespread election fraud.\n\nMs Powell and Mr Wood became heroes to followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory - who believe President Trump and a secret military intelligence team are battling a deep state made up of Satan-worshipping paedophiles in the Democratic Party, media, business and Hollywood.\n\nThe lawyers became a conduit between the president and his most conspiracy-minded supporters - a number of whom ended up inside the Capitol on 6 January.\n\nMs Powell and Mr Wood were successful in whipping up sound and fury online, but their legal efforts came to nothing.\n\nWhen they released almost 200 pages of documents in late November, it became clear that their lawsuit consisted predominantly of conspiracy theories and debunked allegations that had already been rejected by dozens of courts.\n\nThe filings contained simple legal errors - and basic misspellings and typos.\n\nStill, the meme lived on. The terms \"Kraken\" and \"Release the Kraken\" were used more than a million times on Twitter before the Capitol riot.\n\nDeath threats were made against a Georgia election worker, and Republican officials in the state - including Governor Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the official in charge of the state's voting systems, Gabriel Sterling - were branded \"traitors\" online.\n\nMr Sterling issued an emotional and prescient warning to the president in a press conference on 1 December.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"This has to stop... someone's gonna get killed\": Mr Sterling calls on President Trump to condemn the threats\n\n\"Someone's going to get hurt, someone's going to get shot, someone's going to get killed, and it's not right,\" he said.\n\nIn Michigan in early December, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, had just finished trimming her Christmas tree with her four-year-old son when she heard a commotion outside her Detroit home.\n\nAbout 30 protesters with banners stood outside, shouting \"Stop the steal!\" through megaphones.\n\n\"Benson, you are a villain,\" one person yelled.\n\nOne of the demonstrators live-streamed the protest on Facebook, stating that her group was \"not going away\".\n\nIt was just one of a rash of protests targeting people involved in the vote.\n\nIn Georgia, a constant stream of Trump supporters drove past Mr Raffensperger's home, honking their horns. His wife received threats of sexual violence.\n\nIn Arizona, demonstrators gathered outside of the home of Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, at one point warning: \"We are watching you.\"\n\nOn 11 December, the Supreme Court rejected an attempt by the state of Texas to throw out election results.\n\nAs the president's legal and political windows continued to close, the language in pro-Trump online circles became increasingly violent.\n\nOn 12 December, a second Stop the Steal rally was held in the capital. Once again, thousands attended, and once again prominent far-right activists, QAnon supporters, fringe MAGA groups and militia movements were among the demonstrators.\n\nMichael Flynn, Mr Trump's former national security advisor, likened the protesters to the biblical soldiers and priests breaching the walls of Jericho. This echoed the rally organisers' call for \"Jericho Marches\" to overturn the election result.\n\nNick Fuentes, the leader of Groypers, a far-right movement that targets Republican politicians and figures they deem too moderate, told the crowd: \"We are going to destroy the GOP!\"\n\nThe march once again turned violent.\n\nThen two days later, the Electoral College certified Mr Biden's victory, one of the final steps required for him to take office.\n\nOn online platforms, supporters were becoming resigned to the view that all legal avenues were dead ends, and only direct action could save the Trump presidency.\n\nSince election day, alongside Mr Flynn, Ms Powell and Mr Wood, a new figure had rapidly gained prominence among pro-Trump circles online.\n\nRon Watkins is the son of Jim Watkins, the man behind 8chan and 8kun - message boards filled with extreme language and views, violence and extreme sexual content. They gave rise to the QAnon movement.\n\nIn a series of viral tweets on 17 December, Ron Watkins suggested President Trump should follow the example of Roman leader Julius Caesar, and capitalise on \"fierce loyalty of the military\" in order to \"restore the Republic\".\n\nRon Watkins encouraged his more than 500,000 followers to make #CrossTheRubicon a Twitter trend, referring to the moment when Caesar launched a civil war by crossing the Rubicon river in 49BC. The hashtag was also used by more mainstream figures - including the chairwoman of Arizona Republican Party, Kelli Ward.\n\nIn a separate tweet, Ron Watkins said Mr Trump must invoke the Insurrection Act, which empowers the president to deploy the military and federal forces.\n\nMr Trump met Ms Powell, Mr Flynn and others at a strategy meeting at the White House the following day, 18 December.\n\nDuring the meeting, according to the New York Times, Mr Flynn called on Mr Trump to impose martial law and deploy the military to \"rerun\" the election.\n\nThe meeting further stoked online chatter about \"war\" and \"revolution\" in far-right circles. Many came to see the joint session of Congress on 6 January, normally a formality, as a last roll of the dice.\n\nA wishful story began to take hold among QAnon and some MAGA supporters. They hoped that Vice-President Mike Pence, who was set to preside over the 6 January ceremony, would ignore the electoral college votes.\n\nThe president, they said, would then deploy the military to quell any unrest, order the mass arrest of the \"deep state cabal\" who had rigged the election and send them to Guantanamo Bay military prison.\n\nBack in the land of reality, none of this was remotely feasible. But it launched a movement for \"patriot caravans\" to organise ride shares to help transport thousands from around the country to Washington DC on 6 January.\n\nLong processions of vehicles flying Trump flags and sometimes towing elaborately decorated trailers gathered in car parks in cities including Louisville, Kentucky, Atlanta, Georgia, and Scranton, Pennsylvania.\n\n\"We are on our way,\" one caravaner posted on Twitter with a picture of about two dozen supporters.\n\nAt an Ikea parking lot in North Carolina, another man showed off his truck. \"The flags are a little tattered - we'll call them battle flags now,\" he said.\n\nAs it became clear that Mr Pence and other key Republicans would follow the law and allow Congress to certify Mr Biden's win, the language towards them became vicious.\n\n\"Pence will be in jail awaiting trial for treason,\" Mr Wood tweeted. \"He will face execution by firing squad.\"\n\nOnline discussion reached boiling point. References to firearms, war and violence were rife on self-styled \"free speech\" social platforms such as Gab and Parler, which are popular with Trump supporters, as well as on other sites.\n\nIn Proud Boys groups, where members had once supported police, some turned against authorities, whom they deemed to no longer be on their side.\n\nHundreds of posts on a popular pro-Trump site, TheDonald, openly discussed plans to cross barricades, carry firearms and other weapons to the march in defiance of Washington's strict gun laws. There was open chatter about storming the Capitol and arresting \"treasonous\" members of Congress.\n\nOn Wednesday 6 January, Mr Trump addressed a crowd of thousands at the Ellipse, a park just south of the White House, for more than an hour.\n\nEarly on he encouraged supporters to \"peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard\", but he ended with a warning. \"We fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.\n\n\"So we're going to, we're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue… and we're going to the Capitol.\"\n\nTo some observers, the potential for violence that day was clear from the outset.\n\nMichael Chertoff, former secretary of homeland security under President George W Bush, blamed the Capitol Police, who reportedly turned down offers of assistance from the much larger National Guard ahead of time. He characterised it as \"the worst failure of a police force I can think of\".\n\n\"I think it was a very foreseeable potential negative turn of events,\" Mr Chertoff said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"To be blunt, it was obvious. If you read the newspaper and were awake, you understood that you've got a lot of people who have been convinced there was a fraudulent election. Some of them are extremists, and violent. Some of the groups openly said, 'Bring your guns'.\"\n\nStill, many Americans were astonished by Wednesday's scenes, like James Clark, a 68-year-old Republican from Virginia.\n\n\"I find it absolutely shocking. I didn't think it would come to this,\" he told the BBC.\n\nBut the signs were there for weeks. A hodgepodge of extreme and conspiratorial groups were convinced that the election was stolen. Online, they repeatedly talked about arming themselves, and violence.\n\nPerhaps the authorities didn't think their posts were serious, or specific enough to investigate. They now face pointed questions.\n\nFor Joe Biden's inauguration on 20 January, Mr Chertoff is expecting a \"much stronger showing\" by security services than last Wednesday night.\n\nBut that hasn't stopped many on extreme platforms calling for further violence and disruption on the day.\n\nThere are questions, too, for the major social media platforms, which enabled conspiracy theories to reach millions of people.\n\nLate on Friday, Twitter deleted the accounts of Mr Flynn, the former Trump advisor, the \"Kraken\" lawyers Ms Powell and Mr Wood, and Mr Watkins. Then Mr Trump himself.\n\nArrests of those who stormed the Capitol continue. But most of the rioters still live in a parallel online universe - a subterranean world filled with alternative facts.\n\nThey have already come up with fanciful explanations to dismiss Mr Trump's video statement, posted on Twitter the day after the riots, in which he acknowledged for the first time that \"a new administration will be inaugurated on 20 January\".\n\nHe can't possibly be giving up, they contend. Among their new theories - it's not really him in the video but a computer-generated \"deep fake\". Or perhaps the president is being held hostage.\n\nMany still believe Mr Trump will prevail.\n\nThere's no evidence behind any of this, but it does prove one thing.\n\nNo matter what happens to Donald Trump, the rioters who stormed the US Capitol are not backing down anytime soon.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid in Scotland: Schools to stay closed until mid-February at least\n\nScotland's Covid-19 lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs that transmission of the virus appeared to be declining but was still too high to ease restrictions.\n\nBut she hopes schools will be able to at least begin a phased return to the classroom in the middle of next month.\n\nThe level four restrictions have been in place since Boxing Day.\n\nMeanwhile the islands of Barra and Vatersay are being moved into the top level of restrictions due to a \"significant outbreak\" there.\n\nThe current restrictions, which have closed non-essential shops and seen a \"stay at home\" message put down in law, had been due to expire at the end of this month.\n\nBut Scottish government ministers agreed they should be extended after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning.\n\nMs Sturgeon told MSPs that lockdown was \"beginning to have an impact\" on the number of new infections, but said Scotland remained in a \"very precarious position\".\n\nShe added: \"We need to be realistic that any improvement we are seeing is down, at this stage, to the fact that we are staying at home and reducing our interactions.\n\n\"Any relaxation of lockdown while case numbers, even though they might be declining, nevertheless remain very high, could quickly send the situation into reverse.\"\n\nThe vast majority of Scottish pupils have been home learning since the Christmas holiday\n\nThe announcement came as 1,165 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Scotland, representing 11.1% of tests carried out.\n\nA total of 1,989 people are in hospital with the virus while a further 71 deaths of people who recently tested positive have been logged.\n\nMs Sturgeon said there was \"real and severe\" pressure on health services, with around 30% more patients in hospital than at the peak of the first wave in April 2020, and that this was \"almost certain to rise for a further period yet\".\n\nSchool buildings and nurseries have been closed to most pupils since the start of term, with all but the children of some key workers and vulnerable pupils learning from home.\n\nNot only will schools remain closed to most pupils until at least mid-February, they are unlikely to return to normal at that point.\n\nThe first minister has indicated that her aim is to begin a phased return, if coronavirus allows. So what might that mean?\n\nThe groups that will get back into class first are likely to include secondary school exam year pupils, the youngest primary school children and those in P7 getting ready to move to high school.\n\nFor others, online learning is likely to last a bit longer.\n\nBoth the return to school and the continuation of the wider lockdown will be reviewed again in a fortnight on 2 Feb.\n\nBy that week, first doses of vaccine should have been offered to all over 80s in Scotland as well as frontline NHS and social care staff and care home residents.\n\nWith only 15-20% of the over 80s reached so far, opposition parties think the programme is slipping behind schedule, which the first minister denies.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she knew how \"challenging and stressful\" home schooling was for families, but said community transmission was \"too high\" to allow a safe return to classrooms.\n\nShe said: \"If it is at all possible, as I very much hope it will be, to begin even a phased return to in-school learning in mid-February, we will.\n\n\"But I also have to be straight with families and say that it is simply too early to be sure about whether and to what extent this will be possible.\"\n\nStatistics released on Monday showed that Scotland had vaccinated 6% of its adult population so far - the same percentage as Wales, but lower than the 8% that have been vaccinated in England and 8.7% in Northern Ireland.\n\nEngland has also given a second dose of the vaccine to 427,386 people, compared to only 3,698 in Scotland.\n\nMs Sturgeon said approximately 100,000 people were being vaccinated per week in Scotland, and that health teams were \"on track\" to expand this to 400,000 per week by the end of February.\n\nStatistics have suggested the vaccination programme in Scotland is currently lagging behind England\n\nMore than 90% of care home residents have now been given a first dose, along with 70% of care home staff and 70% of all frontline health and care workers.\n\nThe first minister said the focus on care homes - where it is \"time consuming and labour intensive\" to give out jabs - was \"why overall figures are at this stage lower than in England\", where more over-80s have received the vaccine.\n\nShe said the \"pace of progress in the over-80s group is also now picking up\", and that the government remained on track to hit its target of completing everyone on the priority list by early May.\n\nScottish Conservative group leader Ruth Davidson said the Scottish government were \"lagging behind their own targets\" on vaccination, saying the focus on care homes \"doesn't explain how slowly the vaccine is reaching GP surgeries and the public\".\n\nShe read out a series of letters from elderly people who had not been contacted about getting a jab, saying they were \"anxious they don't get left behind\".\n\nMs Sturgeon said she would not apologise for \"prioritising the most vulnerable first\", saying all four UK nations were \"working to the same targets\".\n\nScottish Labour's interim leader Jackie Baillie asked if Ms Sturgeon was confident the government could hit its \"critical\" targets, saying GPs were still complaining about \"patchy\" distribution of vaccines.\n\nThe first minister replied that her government would hit its goals, saying it was \"always the intention\" to increase the pace of vaccination as infrastructure and supplies became available.\n\nThis would see care home residents, healthcare staff and all over-80s get a first dose by the start of February, with over-70s and those deemed \"extremely vulnerable\" by mid-February and all over-65s by the beginning of March.", "The last vestiges of the Trump presidency will be swept away on Wednesday, as the Bidens move into the White House. Desks will have been cleared out, rooms scrubbed clean and the president's aides will be replaced by a new team of political appointees. It's part of the massive transformation that a new presidency brings to the heart of government.\n\nOne evening last week, Stephen Miller, a policy adviser and central figure in the Trump White House, was lounging in the West Wing.\n\nMiller, who has crafted speeches and policies for the president since his early days in office, is also one of the few members of the president's initial team still with him at the end.\n\nLeaning against a wall and chatting with colleagues about a meeting scheduled for later that day, he seemed in no hurry to leave.\n\nThe West Wing usually hums with activity but it seemed deserted. The phones were quiet. Desks in empty offices were cluttered with papers and unopened letters, as if people had left in a hurry and would not be coming back. Dozens of senior officials and aides quit in the wake of the Capitol riots on 6 January. A handful of loyalists, like Miller, remain.\n\nAs the conversation began to wind down, he broke away from his colleagues. When I asked him where he was headed next, he smiled. \"Back to my office,\" he said and sauntered down the hall.\n\nOn inauguration day, Miller's office will have been cleaned out, swept of signs that he and his colleagues had ever been there, ready for the Biden team to move in.\n\nThe cleaning out of West Wing offices, and the transition between presidents, is part of a tradition that dates back centuries. It's a process that has not always been imbued with warmth.\n\nAnother impeached president, Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, snubbed Republican Ulysses S Grant in 1869 and skipped the inauguration. Grant, who had backed Johnson's removal from office, was hardly surprised.\n\nStaff have started moving paperwork and pictures out of the White House\n\nThis year, however, the transition stands out for its acrimony. The process usually starts straight after the election, but it started weeks late after Trump refused to accept the result. And the president has said he will not attend the inauguration. Most likely, he will instead travel to his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.\n\nStill, the handover is taking place, just as it has in the past. \"The system is holding,\" says Sean Wilentz, a professor of American history at Princeton University. \"It's very rocky, it's very bumpy, but nevertheless the transition is going to occur.\"\n\nEven in the best of times, the logistics of a transition are daunting, involving the transfer of knowledge and employees on a massive scale.\n\nStephen Miller is just one of 4,000 political appointees hired by the Trump administration who will lose their job and be replaced by individuals hired by Mr Biden.\n\nDuring an average transition, between 150,000-300,000 people apply for these jobs, according to the Center for Presidential Transition, a nonpartisan organisation based in Washington. About 1,100 of the positions also require Senate confirmation. Filling all of these positions takes months, even years.\n\nFour years of policy papers, briefing books and artefacts relating to the president's work will be carted off to the National Archives where they will be kept secret for 12 years, unless the president himself decides that portions may be released early.\n\nOn a weekday evening during Trump's last week in office, the door to the office of Kayleigh McEnany, the president's press secretary, was partly open.\n\nMcEnany has been one of the president's most high-profile defenders. Impeccably groomed, she is a precise speaker who maintains her composure amidst chaos.\n\nKayleigh McEnany has packed up her office in the White House\n\nHer office, too, was organised in a meticulous manner, even as she prepared to leave. A mirror stood on her desk, and several fireplace logs were wrapped in clear plastic and packed up.\n\nGenerally, the last few days are \"controlled chaos,\" says Kate Andersen Brower, who has written a book about the White House, The Residence.\n\nFurniture in the White House, such as the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, most of the artwork, china and other objects, belong to the government and will remain on the premises.\n\nBut other items, like photos of the president that hang in the hallway, will be taken down as the White House is transformed for its new occupants.\n\nStaffers are already moving some items out of the building. One White House staffer, a woman in sturdy heels, was lugging several images of First Lady Melania Trump out of the East Wing. The pictures are known as \"jumbos\" because of their extra-large size, she says, and they will be taken to the National Archives.\n\nThe Trumps' personal belongings, such as clothes, jewellery, and other items will be moved to their new residence, most likely at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.\n\nAnd this year, the place will be deep cleaned.\n\nPresident Biden is expected to make decorative changes to the Oval Office\n\nThe president, as well as Mr Miller and dozens of others at the White House, were infected with the coronavirus over the past several months, and the six-floor building, with its 132 rooms, will be thoroughly scrubbed down. Everything from handrails to elevator buttons to restroom fixtures will be wiped and sanitised, according to a spokeswoman for the General Services Administration, the federal agency that oversees the housekeeping effort.\n\nIncoming first families usually do some redecoration. Within days of arriving at the White House, Mr Trump had chosen a portrait of populist president Andrew Jackson for the Oval Office. He also replaced the drapes, couches and a rug in the office with ones that were gold-coloured.\n\nOn inauguration day, Vice-President Pence and his wife will also make way for Kamala Harris, and her husband, Doug Emhoff. They will be settling into their official residence, a 19th Century residence on the Naval Observatory grounds, a couple of miles from the White House.\n\nPolicy adviser Stephen Miller may have lingered in the West Wing, but others were ready to go. At the White House, people were lugging thick manila envelopes, framed photos and bags from a gift shop. \"It's my last day,\" says one man, smiling as he took a photo of his sons on the north lawn. A bulging backpack was slung over his shoulder.\n\nA group of National Security officials posed in front of the West Wing, asking me to take their picture. \"Make sure you get the marine guard,\" says one of the officials, referring to a marine who stands in front of the doorway when the president is in the Oval Office. The officials were in high spirits, joking and vamping for the camera.\n\nThe political appointees at the White House were in a good mood for a reason. For weeks, they had been caught in an in-between world. Their boss was denying the validity of the election, but they knew that their days were numbered. Now they could plan openly for their future, and they seemed almost giddy.\n\nOne political appointee, a man dressed in a dark suit, was already making plans. He ran into a colleague outside the Palm room, a reception area on the ground floor. \"See you on the flip side,\" he said, brightly. He was referring to the time after the inauguration, when they will both be out of their White House jobs. He mused about where they might meet again. \"Hopefully in the Greek isles or somewhere.\"\n\n\"Oh, yes. That is for sure,\" said his colleague, laughing. They smacked a high-five and then parted ways.", "Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed the government is looking at scrapping some EU labour laws now it is no longer bound by the bloc's rules.\n\nBut he promised there would be no dilution of workers' rights.\n\nMeasures under consideration include relaxing the working time directive which enshrines a 48-hour week.\n\nShadow business secretary Ed Miliband warned the government wanted to take a \"wrecking ball\" to hard-won rights.\n\nEarlier this week Mr Kwarteng said he wanted to \"protect and enhance\" labour law after the Financial Times reported that some rules could be weakened.\n\nThe minister later told business leaders the UK had an opportunity to reform regulation derived from EU law, but would not deliberately antagonise the EU - its biggest trading partner - immediately after the Brexit deal.\n\nConfirming the review on Tuesday, Mr Kwarteng told MPs there would be no \"bonfire of rights\".\n\n\"I think the view was that we wanted to look at the whole range of issues relating to our EU membership and examine what we wanted to keep, if you like,\" he said.\n\nBut he said \"the idea that we are trying to whittle down standards, that's not at all plausible or true\".\n\nAppearing before MPs, the business secretary said: \"I'm very struck as I look at EU economies how many EU countries - I think it's about 17 or 18 - have essentially opted out of the working time directive.\n\n\"So even by just following that we are way above the average European standard and I want to maintain that. I think we can be a high-wage, high-employment economy, a very successful economy, and that's what we should be aiming for.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kwasi Kwarteng This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Miliband said that after denying the FT's report, Mr Kwarteng had now \"let the cat out of the bag\" in admitting the government was conducting a review.\n\nHe warned that opting out of the 48-hour week would harm workers in key sectors like the NHS, road haulage and airlines from working excessive hours.\n\n\"A government committed to maintaining existing protections would not be reviewing whether they should be unpicked. This exposes that the government's priorities for Britain are totally wrong.\"\n\nDrew Hendry, the SNP's business spokesman, echoed the criticism, accusing the government of planning an \"assault\" on workers' rights.\n\nMeanwhile the boss of the UK's biggest recruitment firm, Reed, told the BBC's Today programme that there was \"no wish\" among employers to see \"a so-called bonfire of workers' rights.\n\n\"They must be protected because fair treatment is the bedrock of good workplace relations,\" James Reed said.\n\nThe chairman of the firm said the government should instead focus on lower-paid workers and measures that could be taken to improve unemployment, which is set to rise further into mid-2021.\n\n\"I would suggest two things are looked at before any EU rules: The apprenticeship levy, which is clearly failing... and also National Insurance on jobs. It's a tax on jobs - how can that be improved? Especially to help the low-paid back into work.\"\n\nUnder the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU, the UK has agreed to conditions that maintain fair competition, or a level playing field, between the two sides.\n\nHowever, the EU's ambassador to the UK, Joao Vale de Almeida, said Brussels could retaliate if Boris Johnson's government went too far in with deregulation.\n\n\"It will be for us to judge the extent to which it violates this principle of 'level playing field' and if that is the case there are mechanisms in the treaty, in the agreement, that allow us to discuss and eventually to come to an understanding,\" he said on Tuesday.\n\n\"If no understanding there are retaliation measures that can be applied on both sides.\"", "At 12:01, in the midst of his inaugural address, Joe Biden officially became the 46th president of the United States.\n\nHe was already well into outlining exactly how daunting a task he - and the nation - have ahead in what he called its \"winter of peril\".\n\nAmerica is facing a devastating pandemic which has resulted in massive job losses and business closures, a threatened environment, urgent cries for racial justice and resurgence in \"political extremism, white supremacy and domestic terrorism\".\n\nHis speech was not a laundry list of proposals and solutions. Those were reserved for his first 17 executive actions as president - on immigration, climate change, transgender rights and public health, among others.\n\nThe Biden administration has also frozen all of Trump's last-minute regulations pending further review.\n\nInstead, Biden used his speech to offer hope - and to argue, at times forcefully, that the nation must be united in facing the challenges ahead; that it has to move past its current \"uncivil war\".\n\n\"Without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury,\" he said. \"No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos.\"\n\n\"This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge,\" he continued. \"And unity is the path forward\".\n\nAt times, Biden's speech seemed a direct rebuttal to his predecessor's administration, although he did not mention Donald Trump by name.\n\nWhere Trump frequently spoke of American greatness and glorified its founders, Biden noted that the nation's history has been a \"constant struggle\" between its ideals and sometimes harsh realities.\n\nWhere Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway spoke of \"alternative facts\" almost four years ago, Biden said: \"There is truth and there are lies - lies told for power and for profit.\"\n\nBiden wrapped up his inaugural address by warning that America must not \"turn inward\" - both as individuals retreating into \"competing factions\" and as a nation on the world stage.\n\n\"We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again,\" he said.\n\nRhetorically, Biden turned the page from Trump's days of \"America first\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe first 100 days of any administration are always important to a new president. What are his priorities? What will he try to accomplish when his political capital is at its highest?\n\nJoe Biden and his presidential team have had nearly three months to plan out his first actions upon taking the oath of office, but executive action is the (relatively) easy part.\n\nHis speech reflected the reality that he enters office with his top priorities already determined for him.\n\nHis government will be responsible for distributing the coronavirus vaccine in an efficient and equitable way. After that, he will have to focus on the societal and economic disruptions caused by the pandemic.\n\nThe virus has exacerbated income inequality and pushed many households to the brink of economic ruin. It's devastated the travel and hospitality industries and placed incredible strain on the finances of state and local governments.\n\nHis pledge to seek unity will be tested early, as he pushes a sharply divided Congress to pass another, massive round of pandemic stimulus aid. If he wants to enact it quickly, he will need Republican support in the Senate, and already there are signs that some on the right may be lining up in opposition to more spending.\n\nThen there's Trump's Senate impeachment trial, which will present yet another challenge to national unity. It will keep Trump's name in the news for weeks, as his defenders rally to his side and his detractors call for consequences for his actions.\n\nAfter that, Biden's potential political paths diverge. He has said he wants to improve healthcare in the US, address growing college debt, make new investments in infrastructure and tackle climate change.\n\nHe's pledged to push immigration reform legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants - a political lightning rod that helped fuel Trump's first presidential run.\n\nWhat he prioritises, and how successful his first efforts are, could determine the overall success of his administration. To make lasting change - policies that can't be undone by future presidents - he will have to work with Congress.\n\nThe inauguration ceremony is over. But, as Biden noted in his speech, the American people face one of the most challenging times in their nation's history.\n\n\"We will be judged by how we resolve these cascading crises of our era,\" he said.\n\nBiden campaigned against Trump for the opportunity to face those crises. Now he has his chance.", "Anyone going on a Saga holiday or cruise in 2021 must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the tour operator has said.\n\nSaga, which specialises in holidays for the over-50s, said it wanted to protect customers' health and safety.\n\nThe firm said it would delay restarting its travel packages until May to give customers enough time to get jabs.\n\nPeople over 50 in the UK have been rushing to book holidays as vaccinations boost confidence.\n\n\"The health and safety of our customers has always been our number one priority at Saga, so we have taken the decision to require everyone travelling with us to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19,\" Saga said in a statement.\n\n\"Our customers want the reassurance of the vaccine and to know others travelling with them will be vaccinated too.\"\n\nThe firm's holidays were due to restart in March and its cruises in April after a long hiatus, but they will now both be delayed.\n\nSaga said that meant all trips before May would no longer go ahead as planned, acknowledging it would be \"a huge disappointment\" to customers.\n\n\"We will be contacting all guests affected to discuss their options,\" it said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Singapore's 'cruises to nowhere' set back by Covid scare\n\nThe firm said its vaccination policy added to stronger safety processes already planned for when its holidays resume.\n\nThese include requiring cruise passengers to have a Covid-19 test before their trip, as well as a full medical screening.\n\nCapacity on its ships will also be kept to a maximum of 800 people.\n\nThere were some severe covid outbreaks on cruise ships early on the pandemic, before coronavirus restrictions were imposed.\n\nBritish-registered ship the Diamond Princess, owned by the company Carnival, was quarantined for nearly a month in February in the Port of Yokohama in Japan.\n\nMore than 700 of its 3,711 passengers and crew were infected, and 14 died.\n\nThe UK has embarked on a mass vaccination programme as Covid-19 cases surge.\n\nPeople in England are being vaccinated at a rate of 140 jabs per minute, NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens said this week.\n\nExperts believe in future that airlines, concert venues and restaurants could routinely ask customers to prove that they have been vaccinated.\n\nAnd last week, London plumbing firm Pimlico Plumbers said that all of its staff would be contractually obliged to get the jab.", "The government does not know how many cases might be affected by hundreds of thousands of police records being accidentally wiped, the PM has said.\n\nBoris Johnson told the House of Commons the police were working \"round the clock\" to rectify the error.\n\nAround 400,000 fingerprint, DNA and arrest records were deleted from the police database.\n\nEarlier, Home Secretary Priti Patel said it was not yet known whether any of the data had been permanently lost.\n\nSpeaking during Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said: \"The Home Office is actively working to assess the damage and... they believe that they will be able to rectify the results of this complex incident and they hope very much that they'll be able to restore the data in question.\"\n\nAsked by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer how many convicted criminals had had their records wrongly deleted, Mr Johnson said: \"We don't know how many cases might be frustrated as a result of what has happened.\"\n\nHe added: \"Of course it is outrageous that any data should have been lost.\"\n\nLast week it was revealed that the information was wiped from the Police National Computer (PNC) - which stores and shares criminal records information across the UK - after being inadvertently flagged for deletion.\n\nThe PNC is used in police investigations and provides real-time checks on people, vehicles and crimes, as well as whether suspects are wanted for any unsolved offences.\n\nAn estimated 213,000 offence records, 175,000 arrest records and 15,000 records on people were potentially incorrectly deleted as a result of a defective code.\n\nMs Patel, who has launched an internal investigation, told ITV's Good Morning Britain that criminals would not get away with serious crimes as a result of the error.\n\n\"It is not about serious criminals getting away with anything. Multiple records are held on the same individuals on the same crimes on other profiling systems as well.\"\n\nShe told the BBC that officials could be instructed to re-submit the entries manually.\n\n\"I'm also clear with Home Office engineers and technicians that if we have to do manual uploads from other systems, that is effectively what we will do and that will potentially take time, but that is another option for us right now.\n\n\"We will absolutely provide updates once we know what has happened in terms of retrieving data. This will take time because it is a coding error.\"\n\nThe Home Office previously said that the faulty script was introduced in November 2020, but it did not run until earlier this month when the error within it immediately became apparent.", "After vowing to uphold and defend the Constitution of United States, Joe Biden has been officially sworn in as the 46th US president.\n\nThe new president's oath of office was administered by Chief Justice John G Roberts.\n\nRead more:Joe Biden becomes the 46th US president", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Hill We Climb: Watch 22-year-old Amanda Gorman's poem reading at Joe Biden's inauguration\n\nAmanda Gorman has become the youngest poet ever to perform at a presidential inauguration, calling for \"unity and togetherness\" in her self-penned poem.\n\nThe 22-year-old delivered her work The Hill We Climb to both the dignitaries present in Washington DC and a watching global audience.\n\n\"When day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade?\" her five-minute poem began.\n\nShe went on to reference the storming of the Capitol earlier this month.\n\n\"We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy,\" she declared.\n\n\"And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated.\"\n\nThe poet was applauded by Vice President Kamala Harris\n\nIn her poem, Gorman described herself as \"a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother [who] can dream of becoming president, only to find her self reciting for one\".\n\nAmerica's first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate did her job, which was to find the right words at the right time.\n\nIt was a beautifully paced, well-judged poem for a special occasion, but it will live long beyond the time and space of the moment.\n\nAmanda Gorman delivered her piece with grace, the words it contained will resonate with people the world over: today, tomorrow, and far into the future.\n\nThe writer and performer, who became the country's first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017, followed in the footsteps of such famous names as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou.\n\n\"I really wanted to use my words to be a point of unity and collaboration and togetherness,\" Gorman told the BBC World Service's Newshour programme before the ceremony.\n\n\"I think it's about a new chapter in the United States, about the future, and doing that through the elegance and beauty of words.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS broadcaster and actress Oprah Winfrey tweeted that she had \"never been prouder to see another young woman rise\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Oprah Winfrey This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlso on Twitter, Joanne Liu, the former head of aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières, described the poem as \"the most inspiring 5:43 minutes for the longest time\".\n\nFormer First Lady Michelle Obama praised Gorman's \"strong and poignant words\" adding: \"Keep shining, Amanda!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Michelle Obama This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nUS politician and rights activist Stacey Abrams said the poem was \"an inspiration to us all\".\n\nFormer presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted that Gorman had promised to run for president in 2036 and added: \"I for one can't wait.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIllinois poet laureate Angela Jackson said the recitation was \"so rich and just so filled with truth\".\n\n\"I was stunned that she was so young and so wise,\" Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times.\n\nGorman said she \"screamed and danced her head off\" when she found out she had been chosen to read at President Biden's swearing-in ceremony.\n\nShe said she felt \"excitement, joy, honour and humility\" when she was asked to take part, \"and also at the same time terror\".\n\nAnd she added that she hoped her poem, completed on the day supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, would \"speak to the moment\" and \"do this time justice\".\n\nGorman, pictured with actor Morgan Freeman in 2018, became LA's youth poet laureate at 16\n\nBorn in Los Angeles in 1998, Gorman had a speech impediment as a child - an affliction she shares with America's new president.\n\n\"It's made me the performer that I am and the storyteller that I strive to be,\" she said in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times.\n\n\"When you have to teach yourself how to say sounds [and] be highly concerned about pronunciation, it gives you a certain awareness of sonics, of the auditory experience.\"\n\nGorman became LA's youth poet laureate at 16. Three years later, while studying sociology at Harvard, she became National Youth Poet Laureate.\n\nShe published her first book, The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough, in 2015 and will publish a picture book, Change Sings, later this year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kamala Harris was sworn into office by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.\n\nKamala Harris has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president.\n\nShe was sworn in just before Joe Biden took the oath of office to become the 46th US president.\n\nMs Harris, who is of Indian-Jamaican heritage, initially ran for the Democratic nomination.\n\nBut Mr Biden won the race and chose Ms Harris as his running mate, describing her as \"a fearless fighter for the little guy\".\n\nPrior to taking the oath at the US Capitol, Ms Harris paid tribute to the women who she says came before her.\n\n\"I stand on their shoulders,\" she said in a video.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kamala Harris This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEugene Goodman, the Capitol police officer who was hailed as a hero for steering a pro-Trump mob away from Senate chambers during the 6 January riot, escorted Ms Harris at the inauguration.\n\nMs Harris, 56, was born in Oakland, California, to two immigrant parents: an Indian-born mother and Jamaican-born father.\n\nKamala, left, as child with her mother and younger sister Maya\n\nShe went on to attend Howard University, one of the nation's preeminent historically black colleges and universities. She has described her time there as among the most formative experiences of her life.\n\nMs Harris says she's always been comfortable with her identity and simply describes herself as \"an American\".\n\nAfter four years at Howard, Ms Harris went on to earn her law degree at the University of California, Hastings, and began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.\n\nShe became the district attorney - the top prosecutor - for San Francisco in 2003, before being elected the first female and the first African American to serve as California's attorney general, the top lawyer and law enforcement official in America's most populous state.\n\nIn her nearly two terms in office as attorney general, Ms Harris gained a reputation as one of the Democratic party's rising stars, using this momentum to propel her to election as California's junior US senator in 2017. She was only the second black woman ever elected to the US senate.\n\nShe launched her candidacy for president to a crowd of more than 20,000 in Oakland at the beginning of 2019.\n\nBut Ms Harris failed to articulate a clear rationale for her campaign, and gave muddled answers to questions in key policy areas like healthcare.\n\nShe was also unable to capitalise on the clear high point of her candidacy: debate performances that showed off her prosecutorial skills, often placing Mr Biden in the line of attack, most notably criticising his praise for the \"civil\" working relationship he had with former senators who favoured racial segregation.\n\nShe dropped out of the presidential race in December 2019.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut Mr Biden chose her as his number two in August, calling her \"one of the country's finest public servants\".\n\nAfter Mr Biden was announced as the next president in November, Ms Harris tweeted a video of her congratulating her running mate.\n\n\"We did it, we did it Joe. You're going to be the next president of the United States!\" she beamed.", "Sophie Davies, from Shropshire, recovering from cervical cancer, says delays to screening could be a matter of life and death\n\nSmear-test delays during lockdown have prompted calls for home-screening kits.\n\nCervical cancer screening has restarted across the UK - but some women say they will not attend their appointments for fear of catching Covid.\n\nJo's Cervical Cancer Trust is urging \"faster action\" on home tests for HPV, which causes 99% of cervical cancers.\n\nAn NHS official said GP practices should continue screening throughout lockdown, and \"anyone invited for a cervical smear test should attend\".\n\nCancer Research UK said it was not yet known how effective and accurate self-sampling could be in cervical screening.\n\nScreenings in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have restarted after being halted during the first lockdown.\n\nIn England, the NHS told GPs and clinics not to halt smear tests - but, as the prime minister heard last week, some patients were experiencing cancellations and long waiting times.\n\nAbout 600,000 tests had failed to go ahead in the UK in April and May, Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust said, in addition to a backlog of 1.5 million appointments missed annually.\n\nIn March, Sophie Davies was told she needed a hysterectomy \"within the month\" but had to wait until December for surgery\n\nA survey by gynaecological cancer charity the Eve Appeal indicates nearly one in three missed smear tests are the result of people being \"put off\" by coronavirus.\n\nAnd a Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust survey during the pandemic suggests the same proportion would prefer to take their own human-papillomavirus (HPV) test rather than go to a GP.\n\nActing chief executive Rebecca Shoosmith said coronavirus had added \"more barriers\" to going for a smear test.\n\n\"Sadly those who found it difficult before are likely to be no closer to getting tested,\" she said.\n\nBoth charities emphasise smear tests are for \"women and anyone with a cervix\" and transgender and non-binary people may have additional barriers to going.\n\nJo's Cervical Cancer Trust said DIY tests could also help people who had been sexually assaulted and those with disabilities or from backgrounds where smear tests were taboo.\n\nSamantha Renke felt anxious about catching coronavirus when she went for her smear test\n\nSamantha Renke had received an abnormal test result and needed to go for a follow-up test during the pandemic.\n\nThe broadcaster and campaigner, who has brittle bones and uses a wheelchair, said a home-testing kit would have made things easier.\n\n\"I am at very high risk of getting seriously ill from Covid-19,\" the 35-year-old, from Lancashire, said.\n\n\"So I was incredibly anxious sitting in the waiting room for my test.\n\n\"Women with a physical disability are so much more likely to find cervical screening difficult, to the point where it can sometimes be impossible just to get through the door.\n\n\"We shouldn't have to fight to get this life-saving test.\n\n\"Self-sampling would be so much easier for people like me.\n\n\"It would allow me to take my health into my own hands.\"\n\nIshita Ranjan said talk of smear tests was taboo in traditional South Asian families\n\nIshita Ranjan finally went for her smear test in August, having put it off for a \"really long time\".\n\n\"In most traditional South Asian families, women's sexual health is not something you talk about openly,\" the 31-year-old, from London, said.\n\n\"Young women are left to figure this stuff out.\n\n\"Until you get married, older female relatives find it problematic to share that kind of information.\"\n\nA fear of catching coronavirus could be also stopping people belonging to ethnic minorities attending appointments.\n\n\"We have seen high Covid infection and death rates and people are genuinely scared,\" Ms Ranjan said.\n\n\"And it's really important that you do still go and do it.\n\n\"I was in and out in five minutes, no sitting around waiting rooms.\"\n\nHelen Austin founded At your Cervix, a support network for people who find smear tests difficult\n\nAfter experiencing sexual violence, it took Helen Austin 10 years to work up the courage to go for her smear test.\n\n\"When my first invite arrived through the post, years ago, my body froze, and I then ripped it up,\" she said.\n\nSelf-sampling would have given her time and privacy, the 35-year-old, from Lincolnshire, said.\n\n\"If my appointment had been during the pandemic and I could not have brought someone I trust with me to help me, I would never have gone,\" she said.\n\n\"Other trauma survivors I speak to find wearing a mask triggering and are putting off attending their test partly for this reason too.\"\n\nSophie Davies, 32, saw in the new year alone in hospital, after having a hysterectomy\n\nAfter developing a rare form of cervical cancer, Sophie Davies had a trachelectomy to remove her cervix, in April 2018, allowing doctors to save her ovaries and two-thirds of her womb.\n\nBut in March 2020, she was told the risk of cancer coming back meant she needed a hysterectomy and the removal of both ovaries.\n\n\"I was advised the operation needed to be done 'the sooner the better' and 'within the month',\" the 32-year-old, from Shropshire, said.\n\nAnd she had an \"agonising\" wait, until 30 December, for her surgery.\n\n\"I'm still awaiting my results, more than three weeks on, and praying I have not been left for the best part of a year with cancer growing inside me,\" Ms Davies said.\n\n\"These months of delay could be the difference in saving fertility or losing fertility.\n\n\"It could be the difference in needing chemotherapy or radiotherapy or not needing it, or could be the difference of life or death.\"\n\nCancer Research UK early diagnosis head Dr Jodie Moffat said research was under way to understand how effective and accurate self-sampling could be in cervical screening.\n\nBut getting more people screened \"is not the only hurdle to overcome\".\n\n\"The NHS is under immense pressure and would need more staff and equipment to ensure patients receive their results and any follow-up treatment as quickly as possible,\" she said.\n\nAn NHS official said: \"The NHS guidance that cervical screening should continue has not changed, which has been communicated to GP practices, which have adjusted the way they work to remain open and safe, while local NHS services across the country have put extra measures in place to protect people from coronavirus and so anyone invited for a cervical smear test should attend.\"", "The government has unveiled details of a £23m fund to support fishing firms as it tries to quell industry anger over Brexit border delays.\n\nThe money will help firms whose exports to the EU have fallen sharply since rules changed on 1 January.\n\nFishing firms say extra paperwork has made it difficult to deliver fresh produce to the EU before it goes off, hammering their businesses.\n\nOne trade group called the fund \"welcome\" but a \"sticking plaster\".\n\nOn Monday, fish exporters held demonstrations outside government departments in central London, warning their livelihoods were under threat.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson admitted many had experienced \"bureaucratic delays [and] difficulties getting their goods through\" to buyers on the other side of the channel.\n\nHaving left the EU's customs union and the single market, UK exports are subject to new customs and veterinary checks which have caused problems at the border.\n\nCovid has worsened the issue, with the industry also facing lower market prices and demand from restaurants due to the pandemic.\n\nThe government said the scheme would be targeted at small and medium-sized fishing businesses who will be able to claim a maximum of £100,000 to cover losses.\n\nChief Secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay said: \"This further £23m package of support will help our hardworking fishing sector navigate the challenges of the next few months.\n\n\"It is vital that no community nor region within our United Kingdom is left behind as we continue to support British jobs and build back better from the coronavirus pandemic.\"\n\nIn addition to funding, the government will provide further training to help fishing businesses adapt to the new export processes.\n\nSeparately, the prime minister committed to providing a further £100m to help modernise UK fishing fleets and the fish processing industry.\n\nDonna Fordyce, chief executive of Seafood Scotland, said: \"After almost three weeks of voicing their concerns and frustrations, we welcome the fact that the Scottish seafood sector has been heard and action is being taken.\n\n\"This [fund] will offer a ray of light to some small and medium-sized companies that have experienced crippling losses over the past few weeks.\"\n\nHowever, while the money was \"a much-needed sticking plaster\", she said it would not \"completely staunch the wound\".\n\n\"The sector still needs a period of grace during which the [new trade] systems must be overhauled so they are fit for purpose.\"", "Under current rules, cafes and restaurants are only allowed to provide a takeaway service.\n\nNine Met Police officers have been fined for breaching lockdown rules to meet at a cafe while on duty.\n\nPictures emerged online showing the officers, from the South East Basic Command Unit, eating at The Chef House Kitchen Cafe, Greenwich, on 9 January.\n\nAll nine officers have been issued with a £200 fixed penalty notice.\n\nCh Supt Rob Atkin, said: \"It is right that they will pay a financial penalty and that they will be asked to reflect on their choices.\n\n\"Police officers are tasked with enforcing the legislation that has been introduced to stop the spread of the virus and the public rightly expect that they will set an example through their own actions.\n\n\"It is disappointing that on this occasion, these officers have fallen short of that expectation.\"\n\nThe group were spotted by a member of the public in the Greenwich cafe while their patrol vehicles were parked outside.\n\nUnder current rules, cafes and restaurants are only allowed to provide a takeaway service.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nPaul Pogba scored a superb winner as Manchester United reclaimed top spot in the Premier League by coming from behind for a club-record equalling away win at Fulham.\n\nIn what is becoming a familiar pattern for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side outside Manchester this season, they fell behind early in the game, with Ademola Lookman beating the offside trap before firing in an angled drive.\n\nBut for the seventh time away from Old Trafford in 2020-21, United found a winning response - taking their run to 17 games unbeaten away in the Premier League - courtesy of a gift from their opponents and a bit of magic from their French midfielder.\n\nGoalkeeper Alphonse Areola has been a good addition for the Cottagers but in dropping Bruno Fernandes' cross at the feet of Edinson Cavani, he gifted his former Paris St-Germain team-mate the simplest of equalisers.\n\nAnd on the hour mark, Pogba stepped up to decide the contest, firing a superb angled drive across the diving Areola and into the far corner from 20 yards.\n\nThe France international has come in for criticism at times this season but received nothing but praise from his manager after his winner.\n\n\"I am very happy with his performances,\" said Solskjaer.\n\n\"I know what he can do. He does everything. Now he is putting all the elements together in his performances and it is great to see.\n\n\"It was about getting him fit. He is enjoying his football, he is happy and physically in a good shape.\"\n\nThe win takes United to 40 points, two more than both Leicester and Manchester City, who had briefly taken top spot from the Foxes with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Wednesday.\n\nSolskjaer, though, was reluctant to get drawn into discussing his side's title credentials with so much of the campaign to go.\n\n\"It is always going to be talked about that when you are halfway through and top of the league, but we are not thinking about this, we just have to go one game at a time,\" he added. \"It is such an unpredictable season.\"\n\nFulham remain in the bottom three, four points behind 17th-placed Burnley.\n• None Man Utd or Man City to end day top? Cassia bassist Lou Cotterill takes on Lawro\n\nSolskjaer felt his side missed a big opportunity to fully assert their title credentials in failing to make the most of their chances in Sunday's 0-0 draw at champions Liverpool.\n\nUnited were clearly in no mood to repeat such a mistake at a wet and windy Craven Cottage on Wednesday against a less daunting and defining opposition, but one that is far more robust now than they were in the season's first month.\n\nThe visitors fell behind, but this is par for the course for this side, who once again did not panic, wrestled control of the game away from their opponents and took the win.\n\nIt is a handy trick for a title-challenging side to have in their locker, although one they would rather not have to repeatedly pull.\n\nIn truth, they should have won more handsomely.\n\nThey had the far greater share of possession and territory and were well ahead of their opponents on shots taken until a frantic finale in which the Cottagers threw in all they had in pursuit of a point.\n\nFred felt he should have had a penalty in the first half courtesy of being caught in the box by a loose challenge from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, but both on-field and VAR officials disagreed.\n\nHarry Maguire twice headed wide from corners, the first from a far less forgivable, unmarked position than the second.\n\nEqually, though, it is a game that could have seen them drop points, especially in light of Fulham's late barrage, which saw David de Gea save superbly with his legs to deny Loftus-Cheek, and the ball pinballing around the United box on more than one occasion.\n\nThe Cottagers demonstrated that they are no pushover, but they are making of habit of being on the rough end of fine margins.\n\nFive straight draws followed by two defeats by a single goal suggests their battle against the drop will go right down to the wire.\n\n\"I'm really pleased but I'm disappointed at the same time, which shows how far we've come,\" said Cottagers boss Scott Parker.\n\n\"I saw a team today that looked threatening and tried their hardest to get back into the game, but we go again. The next challenge is to maintain where we are and don't let defeat sink us.\n\n\"No doubt we can win and operate in this division and we just need to push on and keep improving.\"\n\nUnited lead the way in early concessions\n• None No side has conceded more goals in the opening five minutes of Premier League games this season than Manchester United (4). Manchester United have won seven Premier League games having gone behind this season - only Newcastle in 2001-02 (10) and Man Utd themselves in 2012-13 (9) have done so more in a single campaign.\n• None Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 17 Premier League away games (W13 D4), equalling their longest ever unbeaten run on the road in top-flight history (17 between December 1998 and September 1999).\n• None This was the 41st different game in which Fulham had led in all competitions under Scott Parker, but the first time they had lost such a game (W34 D6).\n• None Edinson Cavani became the first Man Utd player whose first four Premier League goals for the club were all scored away from home.\n• None Since his return to the club in 2016, no Man Utd player has scored more league goals from outside the box than Paul Pogba (6).\n• None Ademola Lookman has been involved in more Premier League goals than any other Fulham player this season (6 - 3 goals, 3 assists).\n• None Bruno Fernandes has gone three Premier League games without a goal or assist for the first time since his Manchester United debut in February 2020.\n\nFulham's next game is in the FA Cup, against Burnley on Sunday (14:30 GMT). Their next league fixture, an away game on Wednesday, 27 January, is a big one. Opponents Brighton are two places and five points above them in the table.\n\nManchester United host Liverpool in the FA Cup on Sunday at 17:00, live on the BBC. They are also in league action the following Wednesday hosting the league's bottom club Sheffield United in a 20:15 kick-off.\n• None Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kenny Tete with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Ademola Lookman (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Lemina.\n• None Offside, Fulham. Aboubakar Kamara tries a through ball, but Kenny Tete is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Aboubakar Kamara.\n• None Attempt blocked. Joe Bryan (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a fast break.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fred (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Maguire with a headed pass. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThis is America's day. This is democracy's day. A day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve. Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested anew and America has risen to the challenge. Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause, a cause of democracy. The people - the will of the people - has been heard, and the will of the people has been heeded.\n\nWe've learned again that democracy is precious, democracy is fragile and, at this hour my friends, democracy has prevailed. So now on this hallowed ground where just a few days ago violence sought to shake the Capitol's very foundations, we come together as one nation under God - indivisible - to carry out the peaceful transfer of power as we have for more than two centuries.\n\nAs we look ahead in our uniquely American way, restless, bold, optimistic, and set our sights on a nation we know we can be and must be, I thank my predecessors of both parties for their presence here. I thank them from the bottom of my heart. And I know the resilience of our Constitution and the strength, the strength of our nation, as does President Carter, who I spoke with last night who cannot be with us today, but who we salute for his lifetime of service.\n\nI've just taken a sacred oath each of those patriots have taken. The oath first sworn by George Washington. But the American story depends not on any one of us, not on some of us, but on all of us. On we the people who seek a more perfect union. This is a great nation, we are good people. And over the centuries through storm and strife in peace and in war we've come so far. But we still have far to go.\n\nWe'll press forward with speed and urgency for we have much to do in this winter of peril and significant possibility. Much to do, much to heal, much to restore, much to build and much to gain. Few people in our nation's history have been more challenged or found a time more challenging or difficult than the time we're in now. A once in a century virus that silently stalks the country has taken as many lives in one year as in all of World War Two.\n\nMillions of jobs have been lost. Hundreds of thousands of businesses closed. A cry for racial justice, some 400 years in the making, moves us. The dream of justice for all will be deferred no longer. A cry for survival comes from the planet itself, a cry that can't be any more desperate or any more clear now. The rise of political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism, that we must confront and we will defeat.\n\nTo overcome these challenges, to restore the soul and secure the future of America, requires so much more than words. It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy - unity. Unity. In another January on New Year's Day in 1863 Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. When he put pen to paper the president said, and I quote, 'if my name ever goes down in history, it'll be for this act, and my whole soul is in it'.\n\nMy whole soul is in it today, on this January day. My whole soul is in this. Bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation. And I ask every American to join me in this cause. Uniting to fight the foes we face - anger, resentment and hatred. Extremism, lawlessness, violence, disease, joblessness, and hopelessness.\n\nWith unity we can do great things, important things. We can right wrongs, we can put people to work in good jobs, we can teach our children in safe schools. We can overcome the deadly virus, we can rebuild work, we can rebuild the middle class and make work secure, we can secure racial justice and we can make America once again the leading force for good in the world.\n\nI know speaking of unity can sound to some like a foolish fantasy these days. I know the forces that divide us are deep and they are real. But I also know they are not new. Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal, that we are all created equal, and the harsh ugly reality that racism, nativism and fear have torn us apart. The battle is perennial and victory is never secure.\n\nThrough civil war, the Great Depression, World War, 9/11, through struggle, sacrifice, and setback, our better angels have always prevailed. In each of our moments enough of us have come together to carry all of us forward and we can do that now. History, faith and reason show the way. The way of unity.\n\nWe can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbours. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature. For without unity there is no peace, only bitterness and fury, no progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge. And unity is the path forward. And we must meet this moment as the United States of America.\n\nIf we do that, I guarantee we will not failed. We have never, ever, ever, ever failed in America when we've acted together. And so today at this time in this place, let's start afresh, all of us. Let's begin to listen to one another again, hear one another, see one another. Show respect to one another. Politics doesn't have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path. Every disagreement doesn't have to be a cause for total war and we must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured.\n\nMy fellow Americans, we have to be different than this. We have to be better than this and I believe America is so much better than this. Just look around. Here we stand in the shadow of the Capitol dome. As mentioned earlier, completed in the shadow of the Civil War. When the union itself was literally hanging in the balance. We endure, we prevail. Here we stand, looking out on the great Mall, where Dr King spoke of his dream.\n\nHere we stand, where 108 years ago at another inaugural, thousands of protesters tried to block brave women marching for the right to vote. And today we mark the swearing in of the first woman elected to national office, Vice President Kamala Harris. Don't tell me things can't change. Here we stand where heroes who gave the last full measure of devotion rest in eternal peace.\n\nAnd here we stand just days after a riotous mob thought they could use violence to silence the will of the people, to stop the work of our democracy, to drive us from this sacred ground. It did not happen, it will never happen, not today, not tomorrow, not ever. Not ever. To all those who supported our campaign, I'm humbled by the faith you placed in us. To all those who did not support us, let me say this. Hear us out as we move forward. Take a measure of me and my heart.\n\nIf you still disagree, so be it. That's democracy. That's America. The right to dissent peacefully. And the guardrail of our democracy is perhaps our nation's greatest strength. If you hear me clearly, disagreement must not lead to disunion. And I pledge this to you. I will be a President for all Americans, all Americans. And I promise you I will fight for those who did not support me as for those who did.\n\nMany centuries ago, St Augustine - the saint of my church - wrote that a people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love. Defined by the common objects of their love. What are the common objects we as Americans love, that define us as Americans? I think we know. Opportunity, security, liberty, dignity, respect, honour, and yes, the truth.\n\nRecent weeks and months have taught us a painful lesson. There is truth and there are lies. Lies told for power and for profit. And each of us has a duty and a responsibility as citizens as Americans and especially as leaders. Leaders who are pledged to honour our Constitution to protect our nation. To defend the truth and defeat the lies.\n\nLook, I understand that many of my fellow Americans view the future with fear and trepidation. I understand they worry about their jobs. I understand like their dad they lay in bed at night staring at the ceiling thinking: 'Can I keep my healthcare? Can I pay my mortgage?' Thinking about their families, about what comes next. I promise you, I get it. But the answer's not to turn inward. To retreat into competing factions. Distrusting those who don't look like you, or worship the way you do, who don't get their news from the same source as you do.\n\nWe must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal. We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts, if we show a little tolerance and humility, and if we're willing to stand in the other person's shoes, as my mom would say. Just for a moment, stand in their shoes.\n\nBecause here's the thing about life. There's no accounting for what fate will deal you. Some days you need a hand. There are other days when we're called to lend a hand. That's how it has to be, that's what we do for one another. And if we are that way our country will be stronger, more prosperous, more ready for the future. And we can still disagree.\n\nMy fellow Americans, in the work ahead of us we're going to need each other. We need all our strength to persevere through this dark winter. We're entering what may be the darkest and deadliest period of the virus. We must set aside politics and finally face this pandemic as one nation, one nation. And I promise this, as the Bible says, 'Weeping may endure for a night, joy cometh in the morning'. We will get through this together. Together.\n\nLook folks, all my colleagues I serve with in the House and the Senate up here, we all understand the world is watching. Watching all of us today. So here's my message to those beyond our borders. America has been tested and we've come out stronger for it. We will repair our alliances, and engage with the world once again. Not to meet yesterday's challenges but today's and tomorrow's challenges. And we'll lead not merely by the example of our power but the power of our example.\n\nFellow Americans, moms, dads, sons, daughters, friends, neighbours and co-workers. We will honour them by becoming the people and the nation we can and should be. So I ask you let's say a silent prayer for those who lost their lives, those left behind and for our country. Amen.\n\nFolks, it's a time of testing. We face an attack on our democracy, and on truth, a raging virus, a stinging inequity, systemic racism, a climate in crisis, America's role in the world. Any one of these would be enough to challenge us in profound ways. But the fact is we face them all at once, presenting this nation with one of the greatest responsibilities we've had. Now we're going to be tested. Are we going to step up?\n\nIt's time for boldness for there is so much to do. And this is certain, I promise you. We will be judged, you and I, by how we resolve these cascading crises of our era. We will rise to the occasion. Will we master this rare and difficult hour? Will we meet our obligations and pass along a new and better world to our children? I believe we must and I'm sure you do as well. I believe we will, and when we do, we'll write the next great chapter in the history of the United States of America. The American story.\n\nA story that might sound like a song that means a lot to me, it's called American Anthem. And there's one verse that stands out at least for me and it goes like this:\n\n'The work and prayers of centuries have brought us to this day, which shall be our legacy, what will our children say?\n\nLet me know in my heart when my days are through, America, America, I gave my best to you.'\n\nLet us add our own work and prayers to the unfolding story of our great nation. If we do this, then when our days are through, our children and our children's children will say of us: 'They gave their best, they did their duty, they healed a broken land.'\n\nMy fellow Americans I close the day where I began, with a sacred oath. Before God and all of you, I give you my word. I will always level with you. I will defend the Constitution, I'll defend our democracy.\n\nI'll defend America and I will give all - all of you - keep everything I do in your service. Thinking not of power but of possibilities. Not of personal interest but of public good.\n\nAnd together we will write an American story of hope, not fear. Of unity not division, of light not darkness. A story of decency and dignity, love and healing, greatness and goodness. May this be the story that guides us. The story that inspires us. And the story that tells ages yet to come that we answered the call of history, we met the moment. Democracy and hope, truth and justice, did not die on our watch but thrive.\n\nThat America secured liberty at home and stood once again as a beacon to the world. That is what we owe our forbearers, one another, and generations to follow.\n\nSo with purpose and resolve, we turn to those tasks of our time. Sustained by faith, driven by conviction and devoted to one another and the country we love with all our hearts. May God bless America and God protect our troops.", "Father Lee Taylor said people have \"really missed communal singing\"\n\nOnline \"Pimm's and Hymns\" singalong sessions at a north Wales church have attracted people from as far away as South Africa, Brazil and Canada.\n\nFather Lee Taylor, from St Collen's Church, Llangollen, set up the Facebook Live shows when his pews fell silent due to Covid restrictions.\n\nThe former bartender said: \"People started to share it and the online audience just exploded.\"\n\nIt adds \"a real light in the darkness\" of lockdown and a \"few drinks\".\n\nThe sessions, which have been running since last March, are a homage to the summer garden party known as 'Pimm's and Hymns' Mr Taylor, 43, hosts each year.\n\n\"I get phone calls, emails and letters from people all over the world, saying, 'You've lifted my spirits', and asking me to pray for their loved ones who are sick with the virus,\" he said.\n\n\"I started the sessions as I was trying to think of ways to bring comfort reassurance and cheer to people at home.\n\n\"While I can't hear people joining in, I feel them there with me in the room.\"\n\nFather Lee Taylor hosted annual 'Pimm's and Hymns' garden parties before Covid restrictions came in last March\n\nBelting out everything from Abide With Me to Pack Up Your Troubles, the vicar, who lives with his partner of 14 years, Fabiano Duarte, is known for pouring a glass of wine or a cocktail before performing for his Facebook congregation.\n\n\"I like to keep a libation on the piano,\" he said.\n\n\"When we started, people tuning in could see a glass of wine one week and a gin and tonic the next, so began to join in and have a drink with me.\n\n\"Soon, this became a discussion in the Facebook comments and people would send in photos of themselves with a tipple, singing along.\n\n\"I've got a bit carried away on the piano after a few drinks and played all the wrong notes a couple of times - which is always quite funny. It's joyful, really.\"\n\nHe said \"losing the churches and restricting the number at funerals\" was painful and people were \"missing communal singing\".\n\n\"[So] I got some elderly people set up on the internet and sent out instructions via email, so they could watch the live stream singalongs,\" he said.\n\n\"People were soon chatting through the comments and it felt like we were all connected.\n\n\"I wanted to raise spirits through music and it's been a real light in the darkness.\"", "Louise worries about her prospects for the next 12 months\n\nFreelance TV and film sound editor Louise Burton is one of those who are unable to benefit from government pandemic support schemes, despite being out of work.\n\nLouise, 28, of St Albans, in Hertfordshire, has not had a single penny of assistance since her last job ended eight months ago.\n\n\"With the last production that I was on, I was hired as a PAYE freelancer, which means that I essentially do exactly the same job as what I do as a freelancer, but I was paying tax at source,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"What often happens with film is that production companies are made for the sole purpose of the film. So they create these companies and everything goes through the company - and then once the film is completed, they then shut the company.\"\n\nThat means Louise fell foul of tax rules relating to self-employed people. And she could not go on furlough, because the company that had employed her no longer existed.\n\n\"I always feel guilty saying that I am one of the people who is suffering, because actually, I still have a roof over my head and I can just about put food on my table, but it's not easy,\" she says, adding that she fears for her prospects in the next 12 months.\n\nAccording to MPs, whole groups of people like Louise are falling through the cracks of Covid-19 support schemes because of out-of-date tax systems.\n\nSome freelancers and self-employed people have been particularly excluded, despite lockdowns and restrictions meaning they cannot work, the Public Accounts Committee said.\n\nOthers, meanwhile, are able to abuse the system, it said.\n\nThe government said its \"top priority\" was helping those who are struggling.\n\nSince March, HM Revenue and Customs has provided more than £80bn in support to companies and individuals through government coronavirus support schemes, the committee said.\n\nThey are also supporting the incomes of many of the self-employed.\n\nBut despite this, a report from the MPs says \"quirks in the tax system\" have meant that groups of workers - including freelancers and self-employed people who recently moved onto company payrolls or work on a series of short-term employment contracts with gaps in between - have been ineligible for furlough payments.\n\n\"As public spending balloons to unprecedented levels in response to the pandemic, out-of-date tax systems are one of the barriers to getting help to a significant number of struggling taxpayers who should be entitled to support,\" said MP Meg Hillier, chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).\n\nBy contrast, she said some large companies that had used government support schemes had continued to pay dividends to shareholders and high salaries to executives.\n\nShe added that HMRC was in many cases failing \"to capture or deal with those wrongly claiming\" support.\n\nThe tax agency should explain to freelancers and other groups why they have been excluded from receiving support and set out steps to fix the problem within six weeks, the MPs said.\n\nThe PAC also said that a lack of certainty about government coronavirus support schemes had made it difficult for businesses to plan effectively.\n\nFor example, HMRC could not provide clarity on whether the Job Retention Bonus scheme had been delayed or scrapped, the committee said.\n\nThe scheme was meant to pay employers an incentive for every worker they brought back from furlough and kept in employment until January.\n\n\"Such lack of clarity may lead to unnecessary hardships for some businesses, who in good faith were relying on the payments from the scheme to meet some of their needs,\" the MPs said.\n\nA government spokesperson said it had done \"all it can to help as many people as possible\".\n\n\"HMRC delivered Covid-19 support schemes at unprecedented speed, protecting the livelihoods of millions of people.\n\n\"We do not underestimate the challenges faced by individuals and businesses during the pandemic, and our top priority is getting financial support to those struggling... while protecting the taxpayer against fraud.\n\n\"Those not eligible for support through these schemes can still benefit from the strengthened welfare safety net, accessing help like universal credit.\"\n• None What extra help will the self-employed get?", "19 January is a special day for Orthodox Christians across Russia, including President Vladimir Putin. It's a day reserved for commemorating the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan, and it's called Epiphany. Though temperatures are as low as -20 Celsius, some celebrated this by submerging themselves in ice-cold water.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dame Louise Casey: \"The country has been torn to shreds by the pandemic\"\n\nThe government has been urged by its former homelessness adviser to extend benefit increases worth £20 a week beyond the end of March.\n\nDame Louise Casey said ending the universal credit top-up, introduced during the Covid pandemic, would be \"too punitive a policy right now\".\n\nShe said people would view the Tories as the \"nasty party\" if they did so.\n\nThe government said it was committed to supporting the lowest-paid families through the pandemic and beyond.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"No decisions have yet been made on a range of Covid support measures that run through until the end of March and April, and it is right to wait until we know more about where we are in the vaccination process before making any decisions.\"\n\nLabour and anti-poverty campaigners are pressing for the increase, worth £1,000 a year, to remain in place beyond its scheduled end date of 31 March.\n\nOn Monday they were joined by six Conservative MPs, who defied party orders to abstain and backed a symbolic motion calling for an extension.\n\nIn an interview with BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Dame Louise said the £20-a-week increase had proved a \"lifeline\" to poorer families.\n\n\"The Treasury need to step back and not feel this constant responsibility to close the books all the time, and fight and fight and fight,\" she said.\n\nOn the idea the top-up could end in March, she added: \"It's not the right thing to do.\"\n\nReferencing a phrase coined by Theresa May in 2002 about how the Conservatives were sometimes perceived, she added they would \"go back to being the nasty party\" if they did so.\n\nDame Louise added that the country had been \"torn to shreds\" by the pandemic, with an impact \"far deeper and greater than anything I've ever seen in my lifetime\".\n\n\"I think we will have to have a big plan to deal with the wounds inflicted by this pandemic once everybody's vaccinated,\" she added.\n\n\"And I think the government needs to turn its attention to that now, and not leave it until the summer.\"\n\nDame Louise, who was made a crossbench peer by the prime minister in July, also urged ministers to think about long-term reforms to the welfare system.\n\n\"Everybody is focused on the NHS and vaccinations, that I think everything else we see is incredibly reactive,\" she said.\n\nShe called on the government to take inspiration from the World War Two-era Beveridge report, which laid the foundations for the UK's welfare state, and draw up a long-term strategy for recovery after the pandemic.\n\n\"We're all in this storm, everybody's experienced it, just some people are in decent boats and some people are in rafts that are sinking.\n\n\"And that gives the prime minister the moment to say 'I am going to step into the shoes of a Beveridge moment'.\n\n\"If there's any reason for government to decide to actually rebuild Britain, so the divide between the rich and the poor isn't as big as it is... it's this pandemic\".\n\nUniversal credit can be claimed by both people who are in and out of work\n\nUniversal credit is a working-age benefit claimed by around 6m people, replacing six benefits and merging them into a single payment.\n\nPoverty campaign charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says 500,000 more people will be driven into poverty if the temporary £20 top-up is rolled back.\n\nHowever the Institute for Economic Affairs think tank has argued that \"across-the-board benefit increases are a wasteful use of taxpayers' money\".\n\nThe top-up, estimated to cost around £6bn a year, was brought in at the start of the pandemic as a temporary response due to lockdown.\n\nA government spokesperson said that support was being targeted by raising the living wage, spending on the furlough scheme, boosting welfare spending and introducing the £170m Covid Winter Grant Scheme.", "There is a photograph of Kamala Harris, taken in 1986, while she was a student at Howard University.\n\nShe and two other friends, all shoulder pads and plaid, are smiling and laughing, a crowd behind them. It's a picture brimming with energy and hope.\n\nIt's been used a lot in telling the extraordinary story of her rise to become the first black and Asian American woman to be vice-president and the first person who attended one of America's HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) to get to such a position.\n\nBut this is the story of the other women in the photograph, her two best friends - Valarie Pippen and Karen Gibbs - as well as of others who might have been milling about in the background there.\n\nThis was the 1980s, when the children of America's civil rights generation came of age. Being at Howard University, an HBCU at a time when solidarity with the global anti-apartheid movement was reaching fever pitch and at the height of Reaganism, was a formative experience for many of them.\n\nNow they are about to witness one of their own become vice-president. What have their journeys been like and what does this moment feel like?\n\nHistorically Black Colleges, like Howard University, were founded in order to educate African Americans who were otherwise prohibited from attending college, after slavery.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAlthough that has now changed, a core part of the Howard message remains its focus on cultivating black leaders - it is not just about academic achievement, but social activism too.\n\nKamala Harris has made clear the influence Howard University had on her career and life goals. Last week, on the anniversary of her sorority's founding date, she posted on Instagram, paying homage to her Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and referring to her days at Howard, attending anti-apartheid marches and being part of the debate team: \"Howard taught me that while you will often find that you're the only one in the room who looks like you, or who has had the experiences you've had, you must remember: you are never alone.\"\n\nLike Ms Harris, I also went to Howard University and became a member of that same sorority decades later.\n\nI became intrigued by the stories of the other women and graduates who ventured out into the same world during the same time as Kamala.\n\nIn that photograph, Valarie Pippen is on the right and smiling with confidence at the camera.\n\nHer parents attended historically black colleges after moving north with the great migration, which was the movement over decades of millions of African Americans to the North from the South, where economic uncertainty and segregation prevailed. They settled in the Chicago region and forged successful careers.\n\nShe was led to Howard, specifically, after her older brother attended and brought home a yearbook that intrigued her.\n\nHoward had a festive celebratory atmosphere that the friends made the most of while they were there\n\n\"The culture was festive and lively yet focused on academic and cultural advancement of oppressed people,\" says Ms Pippen. \"We knew that our generation would make a difference with our success.\"\n\nMs Pippen says that at Howard University \"we all had more of a striving to do well, a striving to live with integrity and to make your mark on the world\".\n\nComing from a high-achieving and proud black family with high expectations of their children, she was brought up knowing that her college experience was going to be important.\n\nShe is now a healthcare consultant, and after graduating from Howard she attended medical school at Yale.\n\nShe recalls the commitment to academic excellence, the need to prove your worth out there in the world and how that also translated into many nights studying with her good friend Kamala.\n\n\"There was one year at Howard, we both stayed for summer school. We worked during the day, did night classes and we studied together afterwards. We did that for the whole summer and we had fun.\n\n\"She was born for the job. Her dedication - like mine - was to academics, being an all around good person and to integrity.\"\n\nIn the 1990s, 52% of black pharmacy recipients, 30% of dentistry degree recipients, and 27% of theology degree recipients were all educated at HBCUs.\n\nToday, the two oldest HBCU medical schools - Meharry Medical College and Howard University - are responsible for more than 80% of black doctors and dentists practising in the US.\n\nHBCUs have educated three-quarters of all black people holding a doctorate; three-quarters of all black officers in the armed forces; and four-fifths of all black federal judges, according to the US Department of Education.\n\nThe culture they fostered was hugely important for many ambitious and successful middle- and upper-class class black families going out into a world to become leaders in their field, within one generation of getting the right to vote.\n\nKaren Gibbs, pictured on the left in that photo, remains best friends with the vice-president elect and Valarie Pippen.\n\nShe is now an attorney and speaks of her time at Howard in the same way Kamala Harris has in the past.\n\nThere was \"a lot of black pride and a lot of black love\" in the Howard community, says Ms Gibbs.\n\n\"We had black professors who loved us. That was the beauty of going to Howard. They nurtured us, they groomed us. They were realistic to tell us what we would confront when we left Howard - but they equipped us to realise and achieve our dreams.\"\n\nThat environment was especially important as an escape from the realities of society.\n\n\"I was raised in a rural area in Delaware, and the people there were really racist. I had been called bad names by a lot of people, despite having a black family and smaller community filled with educators and proud of their roots,\" says Ms Gibbs.\n\nThat is one of the reasons that she wanted to attend Howard University, to become a civil rights lawyer. She made the move so that she could be surrounded by \"love\" and \"support\".\n\n\"It was never a matter if I would go to an HBCU,\" it was just a matter of which she would go to.\n\nMs Gibbs and Ms Pippen's experience at Howard University strikes a chord with others who were also there in the 1980s.\n\nThey speak of the open fostering of social awareness and political activism in movements happening off campus.\n\nBeing in the nation's capital, Howard in particular had a front-row seat to some memorable episodes in politics.\n\nThe debate team in 1981 at Howard University. Kamala Harris was one of the few women to join the club.\n\nDexter Cole, a Howard alumnus and now top executive at TV One, told the BBC that \"our parents actively participated in the civil rights movements and were at the forefront, and we came to Howard with a sense of commitment to not only improve the lives of ourselves, but others as well\".\n\nAcross the nation, HBCUs were training a generation who would have a large impact on the world, and the progression of the broader African-American community.\n\n\"We understood that we were agents of change.\"\n\nMr Cole explained that \"social unrest was very prevalent, but as a student body we knew that we had a seat at the table because of those we saw who went before us\".\n\n\"I remember marching on Capitol Hill on the National Mall. There was a group of students going to protest to make Martin Luther King Jr's birthday a national holiday, and now I look there is a memorial just where I marched.\n\n\"We knew what our rights were and we were determined to invoke our right. That's why there were so many of us active in the anti-apartheid movement - we saw it play out in the US,\" says Ms Gibbs.\n\n\"It was a time when a lot of people from the era transcended into important places in different parts of society,\" says Lita Rosario-Richardson.\n\nMs Rosario-Richardson is currently an entertainment lawyer. On campus, she recruited Ms Harris on to the debate team.\n\n\"The election of Kamala Harris has really made crystal clear that Howard prepares you for anything,\" she adds.\n\nAlthough it is no surprise to those who knew Kamala Harris that she is now the vice-president of the United States, it feels like a vindication for their own personal journeys and the philosophy they took forward with them into the wider world.\n\n\"It was instilled that with your education comes a responsibility to improve the world - specifically our own people. And, we see that that has benefited everyone in America.\n\n\"Kamala is a child of desegregation, like myself. Her nomination seemed historically fit, and she's the right person for it,\" Ms Rosario-Richardson adds.\n\nDexter Cole is now a top executive at TV One\n\n\"Alumni like Thurgood Marshall - the first black Supreme Court Justice - who attended Howard laid the framework.\"\n\nEven during their time as students, these alumni felt that they were connected to greatness and expected to make big strides in the world.\n\nIt was not a feeling confined to Kamala Harris. The stories of these women show many have become movers and shakers in their own fields.\n\n\"All this has come full circle,\" says Andrea Holmes, a graduate who is now a marketing executive.\n\n\"The vice-presidency is where she belongs. She is the role model of the world and to all women and little girls.\"\n\nThe original photograph of Kamala, Valarie and Karen was taken in 1986 at Howard University's famous Homecoming.\n\nAt most schools in the US, homecoming is an annual tradition marked by an American football game and partying. At Howard University, homecoming is marked by a football game as well as a week of events where all generations come back to meet and celebrate. Notable graduates as well as celebrities and artists come to perform, join discussions, and be part of the week.\n\nAs a graduate, I know Homecoming remains a highly anticipated annual event, an experience like no other. That picture captures the energy, friendship and ambition of a group of women, at Howard in an electric era, who felt capable of anything.\n\nValarie Pippen remembers the moment: \"The weekend was truly exhilarating, and you can see from the looks and smiles on our faces we were having the time of our lives.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 2,000 homes in parts of Manchester are being evacuated due to flooding caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nThe Environment Agency (EA) has issued two severe flood warnings, which means danger to life, for the Didsbury and Northenden areas.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey of Greater Manchester Police has warned some of those affected would \"be Covid-positive or isolating at home\".\n\nHe said the government was working to ensure it was \"totally prepared\" for floods \"in every part of the UK\".\n\nA major incident was earlier declared for the Greater Manchester area where up to 3,000 properties were feared to be at risk.\n\nMr Johnson urged people not to stay in their homes if they were told to evacuate.\n\n\"If you are told to leave your home then you should do so.\n\n\"People may think this is a minor issue at the moment, still relevantly minor by standards of previous floods, but never underestimate the suffering, the misery, that floods can cause people.\"\n\nUnder government restrictions due to the current national lockdown people are allowed to leave their homes to escape harm.\n\nIn an alert to those affected, ACC Bailey said: \"A basin at Didsbury to take water from the Mersey is full. It will over-top in the next few hours. As a result we will be issuing a flood warning to homes.\n\n\"This will be through texted flood alerts to some people, and police officers, PCSOs, firefighters, and volunteers will be knocking on doors.\"\n\nHe said police will be supported by North West Ambulance, the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance.\n\n\"I think it's important to stress that if you are contacted and advised to evacuate then we would strongly urge you to do so,\" he added.\n\nWater levels in the area were expected to peak at about 23:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nA major incident has also been declared in Derbyshire, where authorities believe a small number of evacuations are \"likely\" on Thursday morning, when the River Derwent is expected to peak.\n\nCounty council leader Barry Lewis said it could rival levels seen in November 2019, depending on the weather overnight.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The PM says the government is making sure it is “totally prepared in every part of the UK” for flooding after Storm Christoph.\n\nSpeaking after a Cobra emergency meeting on Wednesday, Mr Johnson said work was under way to ensure transport and energy networks, and local council services, were prepared.\n\nHe added that work was also taking place to ensure the necessary numbers of sandbags were available.\n\n\"We want to make sure that we are totally prepared in every part of the UK for flooding, because it is coming on top of the stress people are already under fighting Covid,\" he said.\n\n\"We looked at particularly Manchester, we've got a situation potentially developing there,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"We are looking at a pattern of rainfall possibly not as bad at the end of this week, maybe worse next week.\"\n\nPeople in Greater Manchester have also been advised not to travel.\n\nStephen Rhodes, from Transport from Greater Manchester, said there was disruption across the network.\n\n\"Let's work together and not put our emergency services and the NHS - who are already working extremely hard due to the Covid-19 pandemic - under any more pressure,\" he said.\n\nIn Merseyside, the M57 has been closed in both directions between junction 6 and 7 due to flooding.\n\nThe Environment Agency has issued more than 100 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and immediate action required, while there are also more than 200 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible.\n\nRiver levels have risen rapidly in parts of northern England\n\nThe North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands have been preparing for widespread flooding following the Met Office's amber weather warning for heavy rain until midday Thursday.\n\nThe Met Office said some isolated areas could see up to 200mm (7.8in).\n\nSandbags have been distributed as Storm Christoph batters parts of England\n\n\"Once again the government's response to inevitable flood events has been slow and uncoordinated,\" the Barnsley East MP said.\n\n\"We must ensure councils are supported to protect people, businesses, and local communities, and that all of the necessary precautions are also in place to protect those fighting the floods in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Gender Identity Service is based at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust\n\nThe NHS's child gender-identity service has been rated \"inadequate\" after inspectors identified \"significant concerns\".\n\nThe Care Quality Commission inspected the Gender Identity Development Service (Gids) at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust in October.\n\nMore than 4,600 young people were on the waiting list and some had waited over two years for a first appointment.\n\nThe trust said it took the CQC report \"very seriously\".\n\nEngland and Wales' only children's gender-identity service was inspected after healthcare professionals and the children's commissioner for England raised concerns around \"clinical practice, safeguarding procedures, and assessments of capacity and consent to treatment\".\n\nThe children's commissioner had been provided evidence of staff concerns by BBC Newsnight.\n\nThe CQC's previous inspection, in 2016, had resulted in an overall \"good\" rating.\n\nBut in the latest inspection at clinics run by the trust in north London and Leeds, Gids was rated:\n\nOverall, the service is now rated as \"inadequate\".\n\nAnd the CQC has begun enforcement action, demanding monthly updates of the numbers on the waiting list and actions to reduce them.\n\nThe inspectors found Gids \"difficult to access\" and raised concerns over managing the risk to those on the waiting list, saying many of those waiting for or receiving a service were \"vulnerable and at risk of self-harm\".\n\n\"The size of the waiting list meant that staff were unable to proactively manage the risks to patients waiting for a first appointment,\" they added.\n\nRecord-keeping at Gids was also criticised, with the CQC noting that \"staff had not consistently recorded the competency, capacity and consent of patients referred for medical treatment before January 2020\".\n\nThis had changed since, but the CQC noted that in an audit of 10 records of young people referred for hormone blockers in March 2020, \"only three contained a completed consent form and checklist for referral\".\n\nA rating of inadequate is the lowest a healthcare provider can receive from the Care Quality Commission. It means that a service is \"performing badly\".\n\nGids had been rated good at its last inspection in 2016, but since then a number of concerns have been raised about the service.\n\nThe number of young people referred to Gids has increased significantly in recent years - leading to some of the delays in care highlighted by the inspection.\n\nBBC Newsnight has explored the standard of healthcare received by young people questioning their gender identity for the last 18 months.\n\nIn that time, NHS England has changed its guidance on the use of puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria, saying little is known about the long-term side effects, and an independent review of this area of health is under way.\n\nLast June we revealed how some Gids staff had raised serious concerns about safeguarding at the service, the speed of assessments, and whether patients' traumatic backgrounds and other difficulties were always adequately explored.\n\nThe comments were made as part of an official internal review into Gids, which also described how staff felt they had been \"shut down\". We also discovered that some of these concerns dated back to 2005.\n\nFurthermore, it was not possible to clearly understand why clinical decisions had been made.\n\nAfter reviewing 35 care records, the CQC found there was \"no clearly defined assessment process\" and \"many records did not demonstrate good practice\".\n\nThe records also appeared to be \"insufficient\" in considering the needs of young people with autism spectrum disorders.\n\nIn a sample of 22 records, the CQC found more than half mentioned autistic spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but \"records did not demonstrate consideration of the relationship between autistic spectrum disorder and gender dysphoria\".\n\nSignificant variation in the clinical approach of different staff members was also noted. Assessments of young people ranged from \"two or three sessions\" in some cases to over 25, or even more than 50.\n\nCQC deputy chief inspector of hospitals Kevin Cleary said his team continued to monitor the trust \"extremely closely\" and inspected the service again because \"we were extremely clear that there were improvements needed in providing person-centred care, capacity and consent, safe care and treatment, and governance\".\n\n\"In addition, vulnerable young people were not having their needs met as they were waiting too long for treatment.\"\n\nThe leadership at the trust knew \"exactly what improvements are needed\", he added.\n\nThe trust said: \"We take the CQC's report very seriously and would like to say sorry to patients for the length of time they are waiting to be seen, which was a critical factor in arriving at this rating.\"\n\nAccepting there was a \"need for improvements in our assessments, systems and processes\", the trust said it agreed with the CQC that the \"growth in referrals has exceeded the capacity of the service\".\n\nIt added improvements were being made, saying: \"We are already finalising plans to bring in senior clinical and operational expertise from outside the service to help us implement the necessary changes and consider how we can improve on current processes and practice - including how we standardise our assessment process.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned there will be \"tough weeks to come\" as the UK reported another all-time high of daily coronavirus deaths.\n\nA further 1,820 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, according to government figures.\n\nIt means the total number of deaths by that measure is now 93,290.\n\nMr Johnson said there was now a \"race against time\" to vaccinate the vulnerable but he hoped there would be a \"real difference\" by spring.\n\nIn an interview with broadcasters, he said the high number of deaths was \"appalling\" and a reflection of the peak infection rates seen a couple of weeks ago.\n\nHe said: \"I must warn people there will be tough weeks to come, but as the vaccine goes in and that programme accelerates, there will be, I think, a real difference by spring.\"\n\nJust under half of the newly reported deaths occurred on Tuesday, while a further quarter took place on Monday or Sunday with the remainder last week or even earlier.\n\nThe previous highest number of daily deaths was the 1,610 reported on Tuesday.\n\nSome 4,609,740 people have now received the first dose of a vaccine - a rise of 343,163 from yesterday.\n\nThere were also a further 38,905 cases, with 3,887 more patients admitted into hospital.\n\nIt is the second consecutive day deaths have hit a new high.\n\nThat, sadly, was to be expected as it is a reflection of the surge in cases seen during December.\n\nIt takes a week or two from the point of infection for someone to become seriously ill - and they can then spend some time in hospital. The high number is also a result of delays reporting deaths - a quarter happened last week or even before.\n\nBut make no mistake the death toll is going up. If you look at the average over the course of a week, the numbers being reported at the moment are twice what they were just two weeks ago.\n\nHowever, we also know they should soon start coming down. Daily infections are falling, with signs lockdown is taking effect. For four days in a row new diagnoses have been below 40,000 - after averaging 60,000 at the start of year.\n\nIt could be another week or so before we start to see the impact of that in the death figures. The hope then would be that within a few weeks we could start seeing a more rapid fall as the impact of the vaccination programme begins to bite.\n\nBut before that happens the daily totals reported could, sadly, go even higher.\n\nNew coronavirus cases are down by 21.5% over the last seven days. But the number of patients being admitted into hospital in the same period has not yet fallen (up by 0.5%).\n\nThe prime minister said it looked as though infection rates across the country overall might now be peaking or flattening, but he cautioned that \"they're not flattening very fast\".\n\nAsked if daily deaths would continue to rise, he said it was \"difficult to predict\".\n\nHe added: \"We must hope that by getting the numbers of daily infections down in the way that perhaps has been happening since the lockdown that will feed through into a reduction in deaths as well.\n\n\"But I must stress that we have tough weeks to come now as we roll out the vaccine.\n\n\"The light will only really begin to dawn as we get those vaccination numbers up.\"\n\nEarlier, the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told Sky News: \"This is very, very bad at the moment, with enormous pressure, and in some cases it looks like a war zone in terms of the things that people are having to deal with.\"\n\nHe said there was \"light at the end of the tunnel\" in the form of the vaccination programme.\n\nBut he said vaccines were \"not going to do the heavy lifting for us at the moment, anywhere near it\".\n\nMilitary personnel are going to be deployed to a number of hospitals to help staff cope with high numbers of cases, including in Northern Ireland and Exeter.\n\nAnd this week 10 hospital trusts across England consistently reported having no spare adult critical care beds.\n\nIn other developments, Home Secretary Priti Patel said ministers were working to ensure police and other frontline workers were moved up the priority list for the Covid vaccine.\n\nMr Johnson said the government must rely on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, but wanted front-line workers to be immunised \"as soon as possible\".\n\nHe also said the vaccination programme remained \"on track\" despite \"constraints on supply\".", "Theresa May has accused her successor Boris Johnson of \"abandoning\" the UK's moral leadership on the world stage.\n\nThe ex-prime minister said Mr Johnson's decision to cut the overseas aid budget below 0.7% of national income had reduced the UK's global \"credibility\".\n\nShe wrote in the Daily Mail the UK had to \"live up to its values\" and would be judged by its actions not its rhetoric.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK was \"embarking on a quite phenomenal year\" of global leadership.\n\nQuestioned about Mrs May's comments by the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said: \"I think it's very important the prime minister of the UK has the best possible relationship with the president of the United States.\n\n\"That's part of the job description.\"\n\nHe cited the UK's hosting of a global vaccine summit, the upcoming COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, as well as the G7 summit of leading industrial nations, in Cornwall, and his pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 as examples of the UK's global leadership.\n\nMr Blackford called on the PM to reverse \"his cruel policy of cutting international aid for the world's poorest\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The SNP Westminster leader called in the PM to reverse his \"cruel\" international aid policy\n\nLater on Wednesday, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, succeeding Donald Trump.\n\nIn advance of the event, Mr Johnson said he looked forward to working \"hand-in-hand\" with the new administration and that post-Covid challenges could only be tackled by \"international co-operation\".\n\nBut, in an article in the Daily Mail, Mrs May suggested Mr Johnson had squandered international goodwill by choosing not to meet the longstanding UN target of spending 0.7% of income on international development.\n\nThe government says it cannot meet the figure - enshrined in UK law - this year because of the strain placed on the public finances by the pandemic.\n\nTheresa May has made these criticisms - on overseas aid and the threat by the government to override international law - before.\n\nQuite often she gets a dig in when she stands up in the House of Commons.\n\nBut packaging it all up in this way, on this day, is, in the words of one of her close former advisers, \"quite punchy\".\n\nThe government would rather focus on the relationship it is going to forge with the new US president.\n\nMinisters feel they have quite a lot in common with Joe Biden when it comes to working together on the world stage, fighting climate change and co-operating on global security.\n\nMrs May also criticised Mr Johnson's support for legislation which could have allowed the UK to go back on parts of its Withdrawal Agreement with the EU, had it been passed.\n\nControversial clauses were ultimately removed from the Internal Market Bill in December, after the UK and EU reached an agreement.\n\nBut Mr Johnson's threat to break international law was criticised in Europe and the US - where Mr Biden warned it could imperil peace in Northern Ireland.\n\nMrs May said the UK was \"well placed to play a decisive role in shaping this more co-operative world but to lead we must live up to our values\".\n\n\"Other countries listen to what we say not simply because of who we are, but because of what we do. The world does not owe us a prominent place on its stage,\" she added.\n\n\"Whatever the rhetoric we deploy, it is our actions which count. So, we should do nothing which signals a retreat from our global commitments.\"\n\nMrs May suggested the end of the Trump presidency could be a catalyst for a change in world politics\n\nMrs May, who had a sometimes strained relationship with Mr Trump, said Mr Biden's election presented the UK with a \"golden opportunity\" for Western democracies to reverse the trend towards \"absolutism\" - and a \"few strongmen facing off against each other\" - in global affairs.\n\nThe UK holds the presidency of the G7 this year and hosts the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.\n\nMr Johnson said he looked forward to welcoming Mr Biden to the UK at least twice in 2021.\n\n\"In our fight against Covid and across climate change, defence, security, and in promoting and defending democracy, our goals are the same and our nations will work hand-in-hand to achieve them,\" he added.", "(From left to right) Janet Yellen, Lloyd Austin, Deb Haaland\n\nPresident Joe Biden's first cabinet is being described as the most diverse ever. The latest historic first is an openly gay cabinet secretary.\n\nWhen George Washington convened the first cabinet meeting two centuries ago - though he didn't call it by that name - he enshrined the idea of promoting diverse perspectives at the heart of US government. Of course, back in 1791, all the voices in the room were white and male.\n\nYou won't find the cabinet mentioned in the lines of the Constitution, but the first president saw the value of advisers who could guide him on major issues while bringing different viewpoints to the table.\n\nIn 2021, America has seen its first openly gay cabinet secretary in Pete Buttigieg - the latest Biden confirmation - as well as its first female treasury secretary, first black Pentagon chief and more.\n\nMr Biden has been under pressure from all sides to deliver on his promises of a cabinet that truly reflects the country rather than a line-up of familiar political faces.\n\nThe graphic above shows all of Mr Biden's nominees - those with black and white photos are white men, while those with colour photographs are in one or more of these categories: women; people belonging to ethnic minorities; member of the LGBT community.\n\n\"This cabinet will be more representative of the American people than any other cabinet in history,\" Mr Biden told reporters in December.\n\nIf approved by the Senate, it will include Congresswoman Deb Haaland as the first Native American cabinet secretary in US history and Miguel Cardona, who is of Puerto Rican heritage, as his education chief.\n\nMr Biden's first cabinet is even more diverse than that put together by Barack Obama, who came close to truly reflecting the country but fell short with seven women to 16 men, and just one black secretary.\n\nBut not everyone has been pleased with his choices. When Mr Biden chose General Lloyd Austin to lead the Pentagon - the first black man to do so - other activists were upset that the position was yet again denied to a woman. And Mr Biden picked two white men to head the state and agriculture agencies - Anthony Blinken and Tom Vilsack - when progressive groups would rather have seen him nominate black women to the roles.\n\nProgressive liberals have also criticised Mr Biden's selections as too safe, too moderate, too establishment and too old. For many of the supporters who delivered Mr Biden the presidency, he's not there just yet.\n\nSince 1933, only 11 presidents have named women to cabinet-level positions. No cabinets have ever matched the gender or racial balance of the country.\n\nThe cabinet size can vary depending on administration, but they're roughly composed of around 15 executives. In the last 30 years, the trend has been towards greater representation - or at least it was, until the Trump administration.\n\nOn the day of President Bill Clinton's inauguration, the Washington Post wrote that the new Democratic leader had assembled \"the most diverse Cabinet in history: five women, four blacks and two Latinos\".\n\nMr Clinton's small business administrator Aida Alvarez was the first-ever Latina appointed to a cabinet-level position.\n\nPresident George W Bush's first cabinet was lauded by the New York Times as \"a governing team every bit as ethnically and racially diverse as President Clinton's\".\n\nMr Bush chose Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants, to become the country's first black secretary of state. He also tapped Norman Mineta - a Democrat who became the first Asian American to hold a cabinet-level spot under Mr Clinton - to head his transportation department.\n\nLater on, the Bush administration made history again with the appointment of Condoleezza Rice: the first black woman to serve as secretary of state and then as national security adviser. Mr Bush also placed the first Pacific Islander and Asian American woman, Elaine Chao, in a cabinet role as labour secretary.\n\nPresident Barack Obama's history-making first cabinet was dubbed a \"majority-minority\". Mr Obama's inner circle had seven women, nine minorities and just eight white men.\n\nUnder Mr Obama, Susan Rice became the first black woman to serve as US ambassador to the United Nations, and Eric Holder became the first black US attorney general.\n\nIn a throwback to the Reagan era, President Donald Trump's inner circle was notably white, affluent and male - though he had more women in his White House than previous Republicans.\n\nAnd Mr Trump did appoint women to other roles in the administration. He named the first Indian-American, Nikki Haley, as UN ambassador.\n\nBut why has it taken this long for women and minorities to make it into the room where decisions happen?\n\n\"When we think about how you get to these roles, one way is to come through elected office,\" says Professor Kelly Dittmar of the Rutgers University Center for American Women and Politics.\n\n\"So if you have a dearth of women and women of colour in elective office, and that's where presidents are looking, in part, to identify cabinet officials, then you already start with an uneven pool.\"\n\nWe saw the first woman in US Congress in 1916, she explains, but it took nearly two more decades before President Franklin Roosevelt appointed the first woman to a cabinet role (that was Labor Secretary Frances Perkins).\n\nThe story for black and other ethnic minority Americans has taken even longer. The first black man took a seat in Congress in 1870, but we didn't see a black man in the cabinet until President Lyndon Johnson appointed Robert Weaver in 1966. It took until 1968 for the first black woman to be elected to Congress. The first black woman in the cabinet followed in 1977 (Patricia Roberts Harris, Housing Secretary).\n\nThe US has no formal rules requiring equal representation for these groups in government, either.\n\nCountries with quotas in government or at the political party level have made strides towards equality at leadership levels. For example, Rwanda in 2018 saw 61% women in its lower chamber.\n\nIn three key posts, the Defence, Treasury, and Veteran's Affairs departments, there has never been a woman in the job - until now.\n\nOn 25 January, Janet Yellen was confirmed as Treasury Secretary, breaking that particular glass ceiling.\n\nOld time stereotypes have given way in this sector. Surveys show people nowadays are more likely to rate the genders equal when it comes to handling the economy.\n\nProf Dittmar says there are more persistent stereotypes about men versus women's expertise when it comes to defence and national security matters, and public opinion polls have shown this divide. Women weren't allowed in the military until 1948.\n\n\"Even though we have certainly seen greater diversification, these fields are among the most male dominant, especially at the highest levels,\" says Prof Dittmar. \"There's all sorts of biases going on within those structures to prevent women's advancement, I'm sure. That helps explain why those gaps have been there at least historically.\"\n\nOhio State University political science and gender studies Professor Wendy Smooth says these appointments are a way of signalling broader initiatives and values - inextricably tied to policy, but also indicators of identity.\n\n\"One of the early ways that a presidential administration expresses that willingness to be accountable is through cabinet picks,\" Prof Smooth says.\n\n\"These are the first acts that demonstrate the will of the administration, the spirit of the administration, the values of the administration. It's an identity moment. It's going to be the who we are as the Biden administration and who we are interested in connecting with in the American public.\"\n\nIt may be difficult to directly measure the importance of symbolism, but turning preconceived notions of leadership upside down can have very tangible implications.\n\n\"If you see a woman as secretary of defence for the first time, does that start to disrupt expectations that men are better and more expert in areas of defence? Yes, inevitably it does,\" Prof Dittmar says.\n\nShe says the same is true for Vice-President Kamala Harris and her history-making appointment.\n\n\"I hope that after her tenure as vice-president, the next time we have women running for president that these questions about electability or qualifications or capability will be at least fewer than they were.\"\n\nAnd research from an increasingly diverse Congress has shown that women bring priorities and issues to the table that may otherwise have been ignored. \"And that, ultimately, is better for making policy that better speaks to the experiences of the population that they serve,\" Prof Dittmar explains.\n\n\"Unless you can tell me that living your life as a woman or as a black woman or as a South Asian woman in the United States is the same as living your life as a white man, then I don't at all understand why we wouldn't expect that to make a difference in the lens through which they see policy.\"", "Joy Morgan was a second year midwifery student at the University of Hertfordshire\n\nA student murdered by a fellow church member may have been given drugs without her knowing, an inquest heard.\n\nThe body of Joy Morgan, 20, was found in Hertfordshire woodland in October 2019, two months after Shohfah-El Israel was convicted of her murder.\n\nTraces of MDMA were found in her body and the inquest was told there was no evidence that Ms Morgan would have taken the drug herself voluntarily.\n\nIsrael, of Fordwych Road, north-west London, was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum term of 17 years for Ms Morgan's murder in August 2019, despite the fact her body had not been found.\n\nDuring sentencing, Judge Michael Soole said Israel's \"cruel and cowardly\" refusal to reveal her whereabouts caused \"continuing distress and suffering\" to her family.\n\nShohfah-El Israel was convicted by a jury at Reading Crown Court\n\nTwo months later, the remains of Ms Morgan were found in woodland off Chadwell Road, Norton Green, near Stevenage.\n\nPart of the police evidence showed the killer had been in the area of the woods shortly after Ms Morgan's disappearance in December 2018.\n\nShe was reported missing on 7 February 2019 after failing to return to her studies.\n\nBoth Israel and Ms Morgan, who was in her second year at the University of Hertfordshire studying midwifery, were worshippers at the Israel United in Christ Church in Ilford.\n\nAn inquest at Hatfield Coroner's Court heard her body was found badly decomposed, and wrapped in black plastic bin liners and gaffer tape.\n\nThe court heard toxicology tests showed MDMA in her body, and Det Insp Justine Jenkins said there was no evidence to indicate she would have voluntarily or knowingly taken illegal drugs.\n\n\"She was a church-goer, there is nothing to suggest [she took drugs] at all.\n\n\"We did, however, find MDMA in Israel's car, and it is likely that he was responsible for giving her these drugs.\"\n\nJoy Morgan's remains were found in woodland at Norton Green\n\nForensic pathologist Dr Charlotte Randall said there were three possible minor bruises on Ms Morgan's limbs. She added there was no evidence that Ms Morgan had been stabbed or shot, or restrained or suffered injuries consistent with a sexual assault.\n\nShe found evidence of a possible fracture to her hyoid bone, but there was nothing to suggest she had suffered compression of the neck.\n\nDr Randall said there was no evidence the student had suffered a head injury, but said she could have been rendered unconscious by a blow to the head that was \"non-fatal\".\n\nShe could not rule out suffocation as a cause of death, potentially following milder blunt force trauma to the head.\n\nCoroner Geoffrey Sullivan said: \"[The MDMA] is not something that she would have taken and one can't exclude that she was given that, and it in some way rendered her incapable or unconscious.\"\n\nHe said the cause of Ms Morgan's death could not be ascertained.\n\nAfter the inquest, her mother Carol Morgan described her daughter as \"an amazing person\".\n\n\"She's been cremated, I haven't decided where to put her ashes so at the moment she's still at home with me,\" she said.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "In the end, the master provocateur ended up provoking the wrong person in the wrong way at the wrong time.\n\nUntil August 2017, Steve Bannon was arguably the second most powerful man in Washington. The president's one-time chief strategist was the puller of strings, the Trump-whisperer, revelling in his role as an agent of chaos.\n\nAfter the 2016 election, he was among \"the best talent in politics\" - in Trump's words.\n\nThen he became \"Sloppy Steve\", a derogatory nickname used by the US president after Bannon was quoted in a book saying several things that appear to have made his former boss unhappy.\n\nOne example that made headlines was that the president's son, Donald Trump Jr, had committed a \"treasonous\" act in talking to Russians.\n\nBannon's backers cut their ties with him, he left the powerful right-wing media empire Breitbart, and the future of the man behind some of Trump's most headline-grabbing policies was left up in the air.\n\nAnd then in August 2020, more bad news. Bannon was arrested and charged with fraud over an online fundraising scheme to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.\n\nProsecutors said he received more than $1m - and used some of it to pay off personal expenses. He pleaded not guilty.\n\nEven in a White House where political careers have the life expectancy of a house fly, Bannon's sudden rise and fall over four years is remarkable. Here's how it came about.\n\nAs executive chairman of Breitbart - a combative conservative site with an anti-establishment agenda - Bannon was an early cheerleader for Trump and Trumpism.\n\nBut it was not until 15 months into the property tycoon's presidential race that Bannon joined his team.\n\nBy that point he was already, according to a profile on the Bloomberg website, \"the most dangerous political operative in America\", a man with Democrats and establishment Republicans in his crosshairs, and a knack for well-timed confrontation. A disruptive Trump presented Bannon with a golden opportunity.\n\nWithout Seinfeld, there is no Steve Bannon - it will become clear, don't worry\n\nBannon was born into a family of Irish Catholics - all Kennedy Democrats - in Virginia in November 1953.\n\nHe was not political, he said, until an eight-year stint with the Navy starting in 1977, when he became a Reagan Republican in response to President Carter's handling of the Iran conflict.\n\nA master of reinvention, he went on to work as an executive with the Goldman Sachs bank, before helping finance and produce Hollywood films and later emerging as a political Svengali.\n\nHis record in Hollywood can be described as patchy at best (\"The business runs on talent relationships,\" one former colleague told the New Yorker. \"He had this real will-to-power vibe that was so off-putting.\")\n\nBut Bannon did strike gold in one big way - by negotiating a share of the profits in a new television show, Seinfeld, in 1993. The show ran for nine seasons and was widely syndicated - in November 2016, Forbes estimated that Bannon, if he owned only a 1% share in the show's profits, would have earned $32.6m (£24m) by that point.\n\nAfter returning to the US from the Chinese city of Shanghai in 2008 feeling the Bush administration was a \"disaster\", Bannon was struck by what he described to the New Yorker as \"this phenomenon called Sarah Palin\". Bannon warmed to the brand of populism employed by the Alaskan governor picked as John McCain's Republican running mate in the 2008 presidential race.\n\nThat populist wave would come crashing to shore with Trump's participation in the 2016 election, a wave Bannon proudly rode the whole way. In Trump, he recognised a willing outlet for his idea that, according to Wolff, \"the new politics was not the art of compromise, but the art of conflict\".\n\nBannon had long talked up Trump's chances on Breitbart News Network, which he took over in 2012 after the death of its founder, Andrew Breitbart. Bannon considered Trump, according to Wolff's book, \"a big warm-hearted monkey\".\n\nLike many of the businessman's cheerleaders, Bannon was eventually invited into his inner circle, becoming the CEO of the Trump campaign in August 2016.\n\nDishevelled, regularly unshaven, and prone to wearing two shirts at the same time, he was an unlikely candidate to work closely with Trump, who places a high value on appearance. But somehow it worked.\n\nBannon's economic nationalist outlook and his eagerness for a \"deconstruction of the administrative state\" - a tearing apart of the system of taxes and regulations that he believed had hindered the US over years - chimed with Trump's \"Make America Great Again\" plea.\n\nTwo days after his arrival, Bannon replaced Paul Manafort as campaign chairman.\n\nBannon's counterpart in the Democratic camp, Robby Mook, responded furiously: \"Donald Trump has decided to double down on his most small, nasty and divisive instincts by turning his campaign over to someone who is best known for running a so-called news site that peddles divisive, sometimes racist... sometimes anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.\"\n\nThe provocateur in Bannon will almost certainly have enjoyed the reaction to his appointment. Less than three months later, he'd have even more to celebrate.\n\nTrump and Bannon thought as one in the last weeks of the campaign, to the extent that the Republican candidate would often demand: \"Where's my Steve? Where's my Steve?\", according to one former Trump aide.\n\nIn interviews after the event, Bannon said he always believed Trump would win. But not everyone else did, according to Michael Wolff's book. Indeed, in the weeks after the billionaire won, \"he had come to credit Bannon with something like mystical powers\" for having predicted the victory.\n\nWhite House appointments aren't often met with wide protests - but then Steve Bannon's was no ordinary appointment\n\nDays after the election, Trump named his trusted lieutenant as \"chief strategist\" - a newly created role - in his cabinet.\n\nThere were wide protests against the decision, and 169 members of the House - all Democrats - sent a letter to the president-elect asking him to withdraw Bannon's nomination, saying \"bigotry, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia should have no place in our society, and they certainly have no place in the White House\".\n\nBannon's vision was made clear in Trump's bleak inaugural address, which he wrote. Wolff says in his book it was \"a Bannon-driven message to the other side that the country was about to undergo profound change... his take-back-the-country, America-first, carnage-everywhere vision of the country\".\n\nThe \"American carnage\" speech painted a vision of a US with \"mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation\".\n\nThe full ramifications of Bannon's America First policy were made clear a week later, with Trump signing an executive order dreamt up by his chief strategist that banned people from seven Muslim-majority countries from travelling to the US. It caught many White House staff unaware.\n\nBannon, Wolff writes, was \"satisfied\" at the move and the subsequent outrage. \"He could not have hoped to draw a more vivid line between the two Americas - Trump's and liberals',\" Wolff writes, adding that the timing of its release before a busy weekend was deliberate - so it could cause as much chaos as possible.\n\nOne word that regularly features in interviews with Bannon is \"war\". Trump HQ on election night was \"the war room\", the same name he gave to the Oval Office when Trump took over. When Bannon would go on to leave the White House, he said he was going to \"war\" on Trump's behalf.\n\nFor Bannon, disorder was the new order in the White House. He and Trump were creating conflict and confusion, and that suited Bannon just fine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Steve Bannon's three goals for the Trump presidency\n\nA day after Trump's executive order on immigration was signed, there was another controversial announcement - the US president downgraded military chiefs of staff from his National Security Council and gave a regular seat to Bannon instead.\n\nOnly career diplomats and generals usually join the council, the main group advising the president on national security and foreign affairs. By being invited to be a member, Bannon - in his first government job, aged 63 - was allowed to join high-level discussions about national security.\n\nThe reaction was, predictably, one of shock.\n\nDemocrat former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders called the move \"dangerous and unprecedented\", and Obama's former national security adviser Susan Rice tweeted: \"This is stone-cold crazy. After a week of crazy.\"\n\nThe White House, of course, defended their man as being more than capable enough to be on the council, pointing out his Navy service.\n\nBut in retrospect, this promotion is about as good as it got for Bannon in the White House.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some of the people who have resigned or been fired under President Trump\n\nIn the end, Bannon lasted a little over two months on the National Security Council, leaving in April.\n\nIt was not a demotion, White House officials said, but the reasons for the change were not clear. Perhaps, just by shaking up the old order, the appointment had done its job.\n\nBut this change in his responsibilities became an indication of what was to come.\n\nAfter a summer of reports that Bannon was less and less visible in a White House suffering infighting and leaks, he left his position last August.\n\nIt was sold as a strategic move - Bannon would head back to Breitbart, where he would fight for Trump's agenda. \"I've got my hands back on my weapons,\" he said. \"It's Bannon the Barbarian.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBreitbart welcomed back what it called its \"populist hero\", with editor-in-chief Alex Marlow saying Bannon had \"his finger on the pulse of the Trump agenda\".\n\nBut his departure from the White House came at the end of a week in which Bannon had come under fire from a number of quarters, and amid reports of tension with key aides including National Security Adviser HR McMaster.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Charlottesville was the culmination of months of protests by white supremacists\n\nClashes had taken place the previous weekend between far-right and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, after which Trump blamed \"both sides\" for the violence - Bannon had once said his Breitbart site was \"a platform for the alt-right\" who were responsible for the violence.\n\nTwo days before he left his job, an interview with Bannon in the American Prospect, a liberal magazine, reportedly infuriated the president. Bannon was quoted as dismissing the idea of a military solution in North Korea, undercutting Trump.\n\nThen, a day later, a BuzzFeed report that said that Trump was unhappy with the credit his adviser was taking for the election victory.\n\n\"He undermined Trump's ego,\" Joshua Green, the author of a book on Bannon's relationship with Trump, Devil's Bargain, told the BBC.\n\n\"Trump can't abide the thesis of my book and Michael Wolff's book, which is that Bannon is the brains of the operation and Trump is an erratic charlatan. That's what Trump won't abide.\"\n\nBannon backed Roy Moore in the Alabama senate race - it didn't end well for them\n\nNow on the outside looking in, Bannon was more than happy to tell Trump where he thought he was going wrong. He attacked him through Breitbart for reversing course and sending more troops to Afghanistan, and called Trump's firing of FBI director James Comey the biggest mistake in \"modern political history\".\n\nBut Bannon was back in his natural habitat as he gunned for the Republican establishment, putting his weight behind ultra-conservative populist candidate Roy Moore in a senate race in Alabama.\n\nMoore comfortably won the primary against Luther Strange, the incumbent backed by Trump and the Republican machine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut Moore went on to face allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls, which he denied, and in December he lost the race to Doug Jones, who became the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in Alabama in 25 years.\n\nBannon's man, one eventually backed by Trump and the Republican party, had suffered a humiliating loss in what was supposed to be Bannon's first big victory. A win would have given him momentum in his campaign to field populist candidates against Republican senators in the 2018 mid-terms. A loss made that much harder.\n\nBannon - humbled, surprised - credited Democrats for having worked hardest, but the defeat risked grounding his populist movement to a halt.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump harsher on Bannon than he is on his 'worst enemies'\n\nTrump may once have been Bannon's \"big warm-hearted monkey\". But even cuddly monkeys can bite.\n\nAs details of Michael Wolff's book emerged, one key line stood out - Bannon described a meeting Donald Trump Jr held in New York with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election campaign as \"treasonous\".\n\n\"They're going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV,\" he told Wolff.\n\nThe reaction from the White House - reeling from a special-counsel investigation into possible collusion between the Trump team and Russia - was swift. Bannon had \"lost his mind\" after losing his White House position, the president said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSoon after, Rebekah Mercer, a wealthy benefactor of Bannon's, said she had ended her support for his political efforts.\n\nBannon, left with fewer and fewer allies, insisted his comments were not directed at Mr Trump's son but at another former aide, Paul Manafort, who was also present at the meeting in Trump Tower.\n\nBut there was only one way left to go. The goodbye from Breitbart was polite, and Bannon was out.\n\nSomewhere, somehow, Bannon the master string-puller will re-emerge - possibly in a different guise.\n\nCould he and Trump ever reconcile?\n\n\"Trump has fired people before and then let them back in,\" Joshua Green, the author of Devil's Bargain, said.\n\n\"But I've never seen Trump bury somebody as forcefully as he did Bannon, both in his statement and the parade of White House officials who have come out to heap scorn and derision on Bannon.\n\n\"It's awfully hard to imagine how Bannon could recover from that.\"\n\nAn unexpected twist unfolded ahead of the November 2020 election when Bannon and three other people were arrested and charged with fraud over a fundraising campaign to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.\n\nYou'll remember that building this wall was a key pledge of Trump's 2016 campaign, which Bannon played a leading role in.\n\nBannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with the \"We Build the Wall\" campaign, which raised $25m (£19m), the Department of Justice (DoJ) said.\n\nBannon received more than $1m, at least some of which he used to cover personal expenses, the DoJ said.\n\nEach of the two charges - conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering - carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.", "New legislation has been passed to protect Scottish shop workers from abuse from customers.\n\nThe Protection of Workers Bill will make it a new specific offence to assault, abuse or threaten staff.\n\nIncidents involving an age-restricted product, such as alcohol or cigarettes, could be treated more seriously.\n\nThe MSP behind the bill, Labour's Daniel Johnson, said attacks on retail workers had increased during the Covid pandemic.\n\nHe told Holyrood: \"Shop staff have been spat at for asking customers to socially distance, and stock has been smashed in retaliation for item limits being imposed.\n\n\"Violence, threats and abuse should not be just part of anyone's job.\"\n\nMr Johnson said that staff requesting age ID could be a \"trigger factor\" in many incidents of abuse.\n\nThe new legislation will also cover people working in bars, restaurants and hotels, and those delivering items bought online who may have to ask for proof of age.\n\nThe bill was supported by all parties at Holyrood, despite the government initially arguing that its provisions were already covered by existing criminal laws.\n\nThe Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service told MSPs that further legislation was not needed, noting that \"violence, threats and abuse against retail workers, or indeed any other person, are prosecuted every day in the courts in Scotland using offences which are commonly understood\".\n\nPolice Scotland meanwhile said there would be \"no significant change in how we go about our business\" as a result of it.\n\nCommunity safety minister Ash Denham said that while there was a \"wide range of existing criminal laws\" currently in place to protect staff, the new legislation could \"make the general public think more about their behaviour when they interact with retail workers\".\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives also backed the bill, although they argued that the presumption against short sentences in Scotland meant anyone convicted under the new law would ultimately not be jailed.\n\nPaul Gerrard, public affairs director for the Co-Op, told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime that the retailer had seen a 450% rise in violent incidents in the last few years.\n\n\"It is a huge problem,\" he said. \"We've seen an explosion in violence and abuse toward my colleagues.\n\n\"Now across 350 stores in Scotland we have someone attacked every day. And 10 colleagues are threatened or abused every day.\n\n\"Increasingly we have seen knives, syringes and axes all used against shopworkers.\"\n\nMr Gerrard added that previous incidents were centred on shoplifting or age-restricted sales, but staff were now facing more abuse around enforcing Covid shopping rules.\n\nThe new legislation was passed by 118 votes to 0 in the Scottish Parliament.\n\nThe Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is now urging the UK government to introduce similar legislation to protect retail staff in England - something Labour MP Alex Norris is pursuing at Westminster.\n\nUsdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis said: \"It is a great result for our members in Scotland, who will now have the protection of the law that they deserve.\n\n\"So we are looking for MPs to support key workers across the retail sector and help turn around the UK government's opposition.\"", "Donald Trump won a surprise victory in 2016 partly because he promised to shake things up. He leaves office with two impeachments and the nation on edge. But his supporters say he kept his promises.", "More than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed\n\nMembers of the military are to be brought in to help medical staff in Northern Ireland in the fight against Covid-19.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann has asked the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to help out, primarily at a number of hospitals across NI.\n\nMore than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed.\n\nThose brought in will assist nursing staff and help on the wards in a move designed to ease the pressure on staff.\n\nIn the past, the use of the military in Northern Ireland has provoked controversy.\n\nWhile military help has already been used during the pandemic to transport equipment and patients, this is the first time military staff will be used in hospitals.\n\nIt is thought the first military staff will be made available as early as next week.\n\nMr Swann said it would have been an abdication of responsibility if he did not avail of help from the military.\n\nHe said while coronavirus cases were lower than two weeks ago, the challenge posed remained \"intense\" and intensive care pressures were expected to increase further in the next eight to 10 days.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Brandon Lewis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe confirmed that a request for military assistance for NI's health service had been accepted by the MoD.\n\nThe health minister thanked the MoD for the Military Aid to the Civil Authorities agreement, which is being provided in other UK regions.\n\n\"The armed forces have provided invaluable support in this pandemic, including aeromedical evacuation, real-estate and ongoing logistical planning,\" he said.\n\n\"Our hospitals are under immense pressure and an additional staffing complement will be very welcome on the front line.\n\n\"This is a health decision and I am confident it will be supported on that basis.\"\n\nNI Secretary Brandon Lewis tweeted: \"Battling #COVID19 is a national effort. I'm pleased that 110 medically-trained personnel from our Armed Forces will support health and social care teams across Northern Ireland in their vital work on the frontline against coronavirus.\"\n\nThe move has been welcomed by the Democratic Unionist Party.\n\nWhen it was announced last April that the health minster had made requests for military help, Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill said Mr Swann had taken that decision unilaterally.\n\nHowever, she later said her party would not rule out any measure necessary to save lives.\n\nReacting to the latest request for help, Sinn Féin said its priority throughout the pandemic had been to save lives, keep people safe and protect the health service.\n\n\"The Minister of Health has made a request for staffing support from the British Ministry of Defence,\" the party said.\n\n\"We do not rule out any measures to do so, and any effort to make the threat posed by Covid-19 into a green and orange issue is divisive and a distraction.\"\n\nAs of Wednesday, there were 832 people in hospital in Northern Ireland with coronavirus, of whom 67 were in intensive care, with 57 ventilated.\n\nA further 22 people with coronavirus died, bringing the Department of Health's total to 1,671 while there were 905 new cases.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, 61 new Covid-19-related deaths were recorded on Wednesday, bringing the country's death toll to 2,768.\n\nA further 2,488 new cases of the virus were also confirmed by the Irish Department for Health.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's press briefing on Wednesday, Mr Swann confirmed the executive would review the current lockdown regulations on Thursday.\n\nNorthern Ireland began a six-week lockdown on 26 December, in a bid to bring the virus under control.\n\nMinisters promised to review the regulations after four weeks.\n\nMr Swann said he would not pre-empt the outcome of Thursday's meeting but confirmed he would bring recommendations from his officials to the meeting.\n\n\"This is not the time to open floodgates or take premature decisions that would lead to another spike in cases,\" he added.\n\n\"We must stay the course.\"\n\nThe minister also provided the latest update on the number of vaccinations - 160,396 doses have now been administered in NI, with 21,690 of those second doses.\n\nHe said he understood the frustration of some people that they were still waiting to hear when their elderly or vulnerable relatives would receive their vaccine, but he urged patience.\n\n\"We cannot go faster than supplies allow,\" he said.", "The National Audit Office has had full access to the BBC's accounts since 2010\n\nThe BBC faces \"significant\" uncertainty over its financial future due to changes in viewing habits, a National Audit Office report has found.\n\n\"While the BBC remains the most used media brand in the UK, its share of younger audiences has been under pressure,\" the spending watchdog said.\n\n\"Falling audience share poses a financial risk as people are less likely to pay the licence fee.\"\n\nThe BBC said it had already set out plans for \"urgent\" reforms.\n\nAccording to the NAO report, the BBC has seen \"a notable drop\" in audience viewing while its income from the licence fee has also declined.\n\nThe BBC \"faces considerable uncertainty\" about its licence fee income and should produce \"a long-term financial plan... as soon as possible\", it states.\n\nSuch a plan, the report recommends, should \"set out the detail for the next stage of its savings, and how it will fund its new strategic priorities\".\n\nIn 2019-20, the BBC generated total income of £4.94bn, of which £3.52bn was public funding from the licence fee. That was £310m less than the corporation received from the licence fee between 2017-18.\n\nThe current cost of an annual television licence is £157.50\n\nThe report also highlighted a 30% decline in BBC TV viewing over the past decade. On average, the amount of time an adult spent watching broadcast BBC television fell from 80 minutes a day in 2010 to 56 minutes in 2019.\n\nAnd the NAO said the BBC's financial health had been \"unexpectedly weakened\" by the impact of the coronavirus response.\n\nLast November, the BBC began negotiations with the government about the future funding it will receive from the licence fee. The fee, which is currently £157.50 annually, is due to stay in place until at least 2027, when the BBC's Royal Charter ends.\n\nIn response, the BBC said it had made \"significant savings and increased efficiencies, while maintaining our spending on content, and continuing to be the UK's most-used media organisation\".\n\nIt added: \"We have set out plans for urgent reforms focused on providing great value for all audiences and we will set out further detail on this in the coming months.\n\n\"The report also stresses the importance of stable funding for the future, which we welcome as we begin negotiations with government over the licence fee.\"\n\nThe National Union of Journalists said the report's findings \"come as no surprise\" and that the BBC needs \"a financially secure long-term deal that will guarantee its future.\"\n\nThe NAO scrutinises the finances of government departments and other public sector bodies. Last week Richard Sharp, the BBC's incoming chairman, said the licence fee was the \"least worst\" way of funding the corporation, but it \"may be worth reassessing\" in future.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "At noon on Wednesday, President Donald Trump's term will end. It's been a whirlwind four years, so what might the legacy be of such a history-making president?\n\nThere's a lot to consider, so we asked the experts to break it down for us.\n\nResponses have been edited for length and clarity.\n\nMatthew Continetti is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, focusing on the development of the Republican Party and the American conservative movement.\n\nDonald Trump will be remembered as the first president to be impeached twice. He fed the myth that the election was stolen, summoned his supporters to Washington to protest the certification of the Electoral College vote, told them that only through strength could they take back their country, and stood by as they stormed the US Capitol and interfered in the operation of constitutional government.\n\nWhen historians write about his presidency, they will do so through the lens of the riot.\n\nThey will focus on Trump's tortured relationship with the alt-right, his atrocious handling of the deadly Charlottesville protest in 2017, the rise in violent right-wing extremism during his tenure in office, and the viral spread of malevolent conspiracy theories that he encouraged.\n\nWhat else stands out to you?\n\nIf Donald Trump had followed the example of his predecessors and conceded power graciously and peacefully, he would have been remembered as a disruptive but consequential populist leader.\n\nA president who, before the pandemic, presided over an economic boom, re-oriented America's opinion of China, removed terrorist leaders from the battlefield, revamped the space program, secured an originalist (conservative) majority on the US Supreme Court, and authorised Operation Warp Speed to produce a Covid-19 vaccine in record time.\n\nLaura Belmonte is a history professor and dean of the Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. She is a foreign relations specialist and author of books on cultural diplomacy.\n\nHis attempt to surrender global leadership and replace it with a more inward-looking, fortress-like mentality. I don't think it succeeded, but the question is how profound has the damage to America's international reputation been - and that remains to be seen.\n\nThe moment I found jaw-dropping was the press conference he had with Vladimir Putin in 2018 in Helsinki, where he took Putin's side over US intelligence in regard to Russian interference in the election.\n\nI can't think of another episode of a president siding full force with a non-democratic society adversary.\n\nIt's also very emblematic of a larger assault on any number of multilateral institutions and treaties and frameworks that Trump has unleashed, like the withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, the withdrawal of the Iranian nuclear framework.\n\nWhat else stands out to you?\n\nTrump's applauding Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, really turning himself inside out to align the US with regimes that are the antithesis of values that the US says it wants to promote. That is something that I think was really quite distinctive.\n\nAnother aspect is extricating the US from any really assertive role in promoting human rights throughout the world, and changing the content of the annual human rights reports from the State Department and not including many topics, like LGBT equality, for instance.\n\nKathryn Brownell is a history professor at Purdue University, focusing on the relationships between media, politics, and popular culture, with an emphasis on the American presidency.\n\nBroadly speaking: Donald Trump, and his enablers in the Republican Party and conservative media, have put American democracy to the test in an unprecedented way. As a historian who studies the intersection of media and the presidency, it is truly striking the ways in which he has convinced millions of people that his fabricated version of events is true.\n\nWhat happened on 6 January at the US Capitol is a culmination of over four years during which President Trump actively advanced misinformation.\n\nJust as Watergate and the impeachment inquiry dominated historical interpretations of Richard Nixon's legacy for decades, I do think that this particular post-election moment will be at the forefront of historical assessments of his presidency.\n\nWhat else stands out to you?\n\nKellyanne Conway's first introduction of the notion of \"alternative facts\" just days into the Trump administration when disputing the size of the inaugural crowds between Trump and Barack Obama.\n\nPresidents across the 20th Century have increasingly used sophisticated measures to spin interpretation of policies and events in favourable ways and to control the media narrative of their administrations. But the assertion that the administration had a right to its own alternative facts went far beyond spin, ultimately foreshadowing the ways in which the Trump administration would govern by misinformation.\n\nTrump harnessed the power of social media and blurred the lines between entertainment and politics in ways that allowed him to bypass critics and connect directly to his supporters in an unfiltered way.\n\nFranklin Roosevelt, John F Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan also used new media and a celebrity style to connect directly to the people in this unfiltered way, ultimately transforming expectations and operations of the presidency that paved the path for Trump.\n\nMary Frances Berry is a professor of American history and social thought at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on legal history and social policy. From 1980 to 2004, she was a member of the US Commission on Civil Rights.\n\nIn what he did with judges, Trump has made a long lasting change over the next 20 years, 30 years in how policies will stand up to legal tests and how they're able to be implemented - no matter what any particular president or administration proposes.\n\nThe courts are controlled by the Republican appointees. Sometimes judges surprise us, but for the most part, the historical evidence is that they pretty much do what their politics and their backgrounds say they will do.\n\nWhat else stands out to you?\n\nWhen he supported that package of measures that helped particular people in the black community, like First Step, pardoning people at the same time that he supported an amendment in the appropriations bill that gave a whole bunch of money to historically black colleges and universities for the first time.\n\nHe put all of these things together, as well as having the first stimulus programme making sure that black businessman and entrepreneurs get some of those loans they've had trouble getting before.\n\nThe effect of all of that, which we will see over time, was in the midterms, a lot more young black men voted for Trump than before. And if that's a trend, it may help the Republican party.\n\nTrump also made egregious comments about black people and other people of colour, tried to have protests against police abuse disrupted and in other ways appealed to his white supremacist base.\n\nHis lasting impact on race relations depends on what the Biden administration does on policy, and on healing and how long the pandemic and economic downturn lasts.\n\nMargaret O'Mara is history professor at the University of Washington, focusing on the political, economic, and metropolitan history of the modern US.\n\nContesting a very constitutionally and numerically clear election victory by Joe Biden.\n\nWe've had plenty of really unpleasant transitions. Herbert Hoover was incredibly unpleasant about his loss, but he still rode in that car down Pennsylvania Avenue at inauguration. He didn't talk to Franklin Roosevelt the whole time, but there still was a peaceful transfer of power.\n\nTrump is a manifestation of political forces that have been in motion for a half century or more. A culmination of what was not only going on in the Republican party, but also the Democratic party and more broadly in American politics - a kind of disillusionment with government and institutions and expertise.\n\nWhat else stands out to you?\n\nTrump is exceptional in many ways, but one of the things that really makes him stand out is that he is one of the rare presidents who was elected without having held any elected office before.\n\nTrump may go away, but there is this great frustration with the establishment, broadly defined. When you feel powerless, you vote for someone who's promising to do everything differently and Trump indeed did that.\n\nA presidency is also made by the people that the president appoints, and a great deal of experienced Republican hands were not invited to join the administration the first go round.\n\nOver time, his administration has diminished to a band of loyalists who are really not very experienced and are ideologically uninterested in wise governance of the bureaucracy. What has happened within the bowels of the bureaucracy is going to be a slow slog to rebuild.\n\nSaikrishna Prakash is a University of Virginia Law School professor focusing on constitutional law, foreign relations law and presidential powers.\n\nThe last gasps of his administration are the most consequential, as he exerts a control over his most devoted followers and he's talking about running again.\n\nHe forced people to consider what the presidency has become in a way that wasn't true I think either during the Bush or Obama administrations. Issues like the 25th Amendment and impeachment hasn't been thought of since Bill Clinton, really.\n\nIt's possible that people now when they think of the presidency are perhaps going to adopt a different stance going forward, knowing that someone like Trump could come along.\n\nIt's possible that Congress will delegate less to the president and take away some authority.\n\nWhat else stands out to you?\n\nThe president has demonstrated that there's a constituency who's opposed to a lot of these trade deals and that there are people willing to vote for those who will either extricate us from these trade deals or \"make them fairer\".\n\nThe president has also suggested that China has been taking advantage of the United States in ways that are deleterious to our economic and national security - and I think there's a consensus behind this view. No one wants to be accused of being soft on China, whereas no one cares if you're \"soft\" on Canada, right?\n\nI think people are going to fall all over themselves to be tougher or at least say they're tougher on China.\n\nDomestically the president had a populous tone to him. It wasn't ever fully realised in his policies, but we see more Republicans adopting populist ideas.", "Testing of close contacts of identified cases was due to start in secondary schools and colleges in England\n\nThe government has paused plans to roll out rapid daily coronavirus testing of close contacts, in all but a small number of secondary schools and colleges.\n\nTesting close contacts of a positive case as an alternative to isolation showed some benefits in trials.\n\nBut the emergence of a new variant means the risk of missing infections has risen, health officials say.\n\nRegular testing of staff will now increase to twice a week.\n\nMore research is needed on how daily contact testing would work given the new, more transmissible, coronavirus variant, Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace say.\n\nIn the meantime, routine testing to pick up asymptomatic cases in staff and pupils remains a key part of the government's plans.\n\nMass testing in schools, using pregnancy-style lateral flow tests to detect the virus, had been due to start in January.\n\nHowever, under new lockdown restrictions, schools have had to switch to providing online teaching until February - although children of key workers are still allowed to attend - and plans were postponed.\n\nHow testing of pupils will be organised once schools reopen is still not clear.\n\nThe original plan for rapid Covid testing in all secondary schools and colleges included:\n\nThe aim was to keep as many children in schools as possible by avoiding a whole bubble, class or year having to be sent home, and to reduce disruption from staff having to isolate.\n\nBut some scientists have consistently expressed concerns about the accuracy of the rapid tests, which do not need to be sent to a lab for the results.\n\nThey say the high number of false negatives means close contacts may wrongly think they are not infectious and go on to mix with more vulnerable people.\n\nAnd now PHE and NHS Test and Trace say the new variant, which \"increases the risk of transmission everywhere, including in school settings\", has made this a risk no longer worth taking.\n\n\"The balance between the risks (transmission of virus in schools and onward to households and the wider community) and benefits (education in a face-to-face and safe setting) for daily contact testing is unclear,\" their statement adds.\n\nA government spokesman said: \"NHS Test and Trace and Public Health England have reviewed their advice and concluded that, in light of the higher prevalence and rates of transmission of the new variant, further evaluation work is required to make sure it is achieving its aim of breaking chains of transmission and reducing cases of the virus in the community.\n\n\"There is no change to the main rollout of regular testing using rapid lateral flow tests in schools and colleges, which is already proving beneficial in finding teachers and students with coronavirus who do not have symptoms.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'You wouldn’t want to give this to anybody'\n\nI was last here at University Hospital Monklands on 1 May when those dealing with the first wave of an unknown disease were already tired.\n\nAt that time, the deaths of 29,059 people had been registered in the UK within 28 days of a positive test for Covid-19.\n\nI returned 259 days later with the number of deaths at 89,230 to find that the staff are exhausted.\n\n\"We're all physically, mentally and emotionally drained now,\" says Fiona Bauld, an intensive care unit (ICU) staff nurse.\n\nIn the first wave, the Lanarkshire hospital was almost empty except for patients being treated for Covid or other critical and emergency needs.\n\nThis time there are just a handful of spare beds in the entire building. Staff who had helped out with critical care last year are back in their own departments, and the ICU specialists are alone once more.\n\n\"There's not really enough extra nurses to account for the extra patients so the amount of work everyone is doing is much more,\" says intensive care consultant Daniel Silcock.\n\nThe patients are changing too.\n\nIn the first wave, most patients were old and often ill before they contracted the virus, says ICU ward manager Margaret Harkins.\n\n\"This time the patients are a much younger age group and some have no underlying health conditions,\" she adds.\n\n\"We are getting people in in their 20s, 30s and 40s,\" Ms Bauld says. \"Younger people are catching this virus and becoming really critically ill with it.\"\n\nMae Mamaril (right) and her parents Jaramias and Sonia tested positive\n\nMae Mamaril is one of them. She is 26 and has no underlying health conditions.\n\nMae and her parents Jaramias and Sonia, from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, tested positive for Covid within days of being vaccinated for their jobs.\n\nAll three ended up in Monklands but Mae was the sickest and the only member of her family admitted to intensive care.\n\nShe had to wear an oxygen mask and lie face down on a bed for three days, a treatment called proning which medics say can improve lung function in many patients.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mae Mamaril, 26, was moved to intensive care at the start of the year\n\n\"I couldn't breathe,\" she says. \"It was really bad because they moved so quickly to give me oxygen and told me to lie on my stomach.\n\n\"All I could think about was wanting to come home, but then at the same time, I knew that if I didn't have enough oxygen, even if I went home, I would never survive.\"\n\nNot only is the hospital busy with younger people in this wave but senior doctors say a third of all patients here now have the virus.\n\nThere is another big difference outside the building.\n\nIn May, when I drove from Glasgow to the hospital in Airdrie the roads were empty, the streets silent.\n\nThat is no longer the case. Heading east to Monklands again, the M8 is the busiest I have seen it since the pandemic began.\n\nDoctors and nurses have noticed the increase in traffic too - and they are worried.\n\n\"Without a lockdown, I think it would just be a disaster,\" Dr Silcock says.\n\n\"We've had twice as many admissions this time as we did in the first wave.\"\n\nDr Sanjiv Chohan, who runs the intensive care department, says he too is worried.\n\nBut what about the many harmful side effects of lockdown - on other medical conditions, especially mental health, as well as the impact on education and the economy?\n\n\"I sympathise completely,\" says Dr Chohan, pointing out that the ICU staff are also affected by these issues.\n\n\"It's a really difficult balancing act. It's choosing the least harmful options,\" he says, adding: \"We have to preserve some ability to have functioning hospitals.\"\n\nAt times, Monklands has not been able to function normally.\n\nSince the autumn, around a third of all intensive care patients here have had to be transferred out of the hospital to other facilities — primarily to Wishaw and Hairmyres but sometimes out of Lanarkshire entirely.\n\nChief nurse Karen Goudie says she is worried about the coming weeks\n\nThe chief nurse at Monklands, Karen Goudie, says that was necessary to reduce pressure and create capacity for incoming patients.\n\nThere has not yet been a point when all Scotland's hospitals have been overwhelmed at the same time.\n\n\"No, not yet but we're worried about the coming weeks,\" says Ms Goudie. \"The projections look - scary, I guess, is the right word to use. \"\n\nStaff here believe a current increase in cases is attributable to families mixing at Christmas and to people not sticking to the current lockdown rules.\n\nStill, they have coped. Patients are now less likely than in the first wave to need the dangerous intervention of a ventilator as knowledge of how to treat the disease develops.\n\nFor many though, a Covid diagnosis can remain frightening and perilous.\n\nJim McShane, 56, works for a gas company in Motherwell. I leave intensive care to meet him on the Covid ward where he is being treated.\n\n\"You just don't know what's ahead,\" he tells me. \"It just destroys you sometimes. Brings you right down.\"\n\n\"I would tell people to stay out the road of one another,\" he says.\n\nAfter I leave, Jim is transferred to intensive care. He is now on a ventilator.\n\nThere may be some signs that Scotland's latest surge in hospital admissions may be easing.", "Gabriel is an ardent 'Latino for Trump' who is active in New York Republican circles. He wishes the Biden/Harris administration well but doesn't believe Democrats really want unity and thinks they'll reverse a lot of good Trump policies.\n\nHow did Joe Biden's inaugural speech on unity sit with you?\n\nI caught bits and pieces of the inauguration, but I did not watch the speech. I'll give it a watch when I'm not as busy. Hopefully, his message is not like what we saw on 6 January, when he tried to lambast people as white supremacists for showing up at the Capitol, because that will just alienate people.\n\nThis country has come a long way in terms of race relations and, if we really want unity, let's regain the sense of what an American is. An American isn't white, black or Jewish; it is a person within the United States that takes part in our republic.\n\nWhat do you think of the executive actions he is taking today?\n\nI knew Biden would come out swinging while he stills holds the majority in the legislative branch. It's certainly a statement in the same vein as President Trump's first few days of office, but I think it's horrible. As someone of Hispanic descent, the idea of potentially granting 11 million immigrants citizenship is a slap in the face to everyone who came through the legal process.\n\nJoining the Paris climate agreement again is widely regarded as a farce, even by some ecologists, because nations that are members in the agreement didn't actually hit their targets. The removal of the Keystone Pipeline is not only going to cost people jobs but it could potentially increase our carbon footprint. When it comes to the WHO, they failed us during the Covid pandemic. It's all just smoke and mirrors to undo what President Trump did and stick it in the face of Republicans.", "The former Western Daily Press journalist lived in the property from 1970 until 1994\n\nAn \"inspiring\" house previously owned by fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett has been put on the market.\n\nThe creator of the Discworld series lived in the 18th Century property, called Gaze Cottage, in the village of Rowberrow, Somerset, from 1970 until 1994.\n\nSir Terry died aged 66 in 2015, eight years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.\n\nHe wrote more than 70 books during his career and completed his final book in 2014.\n\nAt the turn of the century, Sir Terry was Britain's second most-read author, beaten only by JK Rowling.\n\nIn August 2007, it was reported he had suffered a stroke, but the following December he announced that he had been diagnosed with a very rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.\n\nThe fitted kitchen is in the older half of the house\n\nRuth Treasure-Smith, from Robin King Estate Agent, said: \"He wrote most of his most famous novels in that house in the 80s.\n\n\"The house must have been inspiring. The current owner purchased the property from Terry Pratchett and has lived at the house since.\"\n\nShe said he had received letters to the house addressed to the \"Hogfather\", a quirky and satirical character from the Death collection in the Discworld series.\n\nThe sitting room has an inglenook fireplace complete with bread oven\n\nThe house is being sold at a guide price of £800,000\n\nThe first floor houses the master bedroom which overlooks the garden\n\nThe property has four bedrooms\n\nThe cottage sits on a plot comprising almost a third of an acre\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk", "The driver sat on his overturned van until rescuers arrived\n\nA supermarket delivery driver had to be rescued from his overturned van after he careered off the road and ended up in a fast-flowing ford, police said.\n\nFirefighters and police were called to the River Wear, Westgate, in Weardale, after reports that a Morrisons van was stuck at 17:00 GMT on Tuesday.\n\nPolice said the van had \"careered\" off the road and the man sat on top of the vehicle before being rescued.\n\nCounty Durham Fire and Rescue Service said the rescue was \"challenging.\"\n\nWater specialists from the fire service braved the river in a raft attached to a nearby footbridge and gave the man a life jacket.\n\nPolice said the driver was not injured but was taken to hospital as a precaution.\n\nThe fire service tweeted a video of the scene, and said they were \"so proud\" of the water rescue team.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nScott Bisset, who lives nearby, went to see if he could help after he was called by people who heard the driver shouting for help.\n\nMr Bisset, a member of the local mountain rescue team, said he thought the driver may have ended up there after being directed by his sat-nav.\n\nHe said: \"There's not a vehicle in the world that could have got through.\n\n\"The river was in flood - the snow here has melted and there was rain, so there was a lot of water in the river.\n\n\"The van was washed off and turned over on its side, luckily the front was pointing upstream, so it acted like a boat.\n\n\"If the water had been hitting the side of the van or the back, the driver would unfortunately have drowned.\n\n\"When I got there the driver was extremely distressed.\"\n\nThe van has not yet been recovered from the water\n\nHe also said that rescuers had put their lives at risk.\n\n\"I know they practice for this but in those conditions, with that freezing water travelling at great speed, in the dark and the pouring rain, it was very dangerous and they were very brave,\" he said.\n\nThe van has not yet been recovered from the water.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "US President Joe Biden has officially announced his bid for re-election, asking Americans to help him \"finish the job\" he started more than two years ago.\n\nMr Biden, 80, faced a turbulent first two years in office marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, economic woes and geopolitical challenges including the US pull-out from Afghanistan and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nOn the campaign trail, Mr Biden - who served as Vice-President under Barack Obama - is likely to focus on his efforts to prop up the US economy after the pandemic, as well as his successes pushing through legislation focused on infrastructure, climate change and prescription drugs.\n\nBut a key argument for a second term will be what he has described as a turn towards authoritarianism from Donald Trump and his supporters in the \"Make America Great Again\" movement.\n\n\"The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom, more rights or fewer,\" he said in a video launching his new campaign. \"I know what I want the answer to be. This is not a time to be complacent. That's why I'm running for re-election.\"\n\nThe President, however, is also likely to face questions about his age and ability to serve, as well as about his handling of inflation, immigration and other issues that worry Americans.\n\nThe upcoming campaign is likely the last in a career in politics that has spanned more than four decades, and may again see him square off against Donald Trump.\n\nSo who is Joe Biden and how did he get to the White House?\n\nMr Biden ran for the Democratic 2008 nomination before dropping out and joining the Obama ticket.\n\nHis eight years in the Obama White House - where he frequently appeared at the president's side - has allowed Mr Biden to lay claim to much of Mr Obama's legacy, including passage of the Affordable Care Act, as well as the stimulus package and reforms enacted in response to the financial crisis.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A look back at Joe Biden's life and political career\n\nAs a long-time Washington insider, Mr Biden had solid foreign affairs credentials, and helped balance Mr Obama's comparative lack of executive experience.\n\nThe so-called \"Middle Class Joe\" was also brought on board to help woo the blue-collar white voters who had proved a difficult group for Mr Obama to win over.\n\nHe made headlines in 2012 by saying he was \"absolutely comfortable\" with same-sex marriage, comments that were seen to undercut the president, who had yet to give full-throated support for the policy. Mr Obama ultimately did so, just days after Mr Biden.\n\nMr Biden's two terms supporting the first black president followed a long political career.\n\nThe six-term senator from Delaware was first elected in 1972. He ran for president in 1988 but withdrew after he admitted to plagiarising a speech by the then leader of the British Labour Party, Neil Kinnock.\n\nHis lengthy tenure in the nation's capital has given critics ample material for attacks.\n\nEarly in his career, he sided with southern segregationists in opposing court-ordered school bussing to racially integrate public schools.\n\nAnd, as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991, he oversaw Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings and has been sharply criticised for his handling of Anita Hill's allegations that she was sexually harassed by the nominee.\n\nIn 1974, Biden was the youngest US senator\n\nMr Biden was also a fierce advocate of a 1994 anti-crime bill that many on the left now say encouraged lengthy sentences and mass incarceration.\n\nThe record made Mr Obama's moderate vice-president a sometimes uncomfortable fit for the modern Democratic Party.\n\nMr Biden's life has been dogged by personal tragedy.\n\nIn 1972, shortly after he won his first Senate race, he lost his first wife, Neilia, and baby daughter, Naomi, in a car accident. He famously took the oath of office for his first Senate term from the hospital room of his toddler sons Beau and Hunter, who both survived the accident.\n\nIn 2015, Beau died of brain cancer at the age of 46. The younger Biden was seen as a rising star of US politics and had intended to run for Delaware state governor in 2016.\n\nMr Biden garnered considerable goodwill following Beau's death, which served to highlight one of Mr Biden's central strengths: a reputation as a kind and relatable family man.\n\nThis perceived warmth is not without its pitfalls. After entering the 2020 race, he faced accusations of unwelcome physical contact during interactions with female voters - complete with uncomfortable accompanying footage.\n\nBut the avuncular politician responded by saying he was an empathetic person, though he accepted standards had changed. The episode, however, stoked a perception for some that he was out of touch.\n\nMr Biden's return to the White House came at a difficult time in US politics, with the country still reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nJust two weeks before his inauguration, the country had also seen supporters of former President Donald Trump storm Congress in a bid to thwart the certification of his election victory after Mr Trump falsely claimed that the election had been rigged.\n\nMr Biden's new campaign is likely to focus heavily on the fight against the ideology on display during the 6 January riot. The video announcing his re-election bid opens with images of a mob of Trump supporters storming the Capitol.\n\n\"Every generation of Americans has faced a moment when they've had to defend democracy,\" he said. \"This is ours. Let's finish the job.\"\n\nAs he campaigns, Mr Biden is likely to point to a number of accomplishments during his tenure, including job creation, efforts to prop up the economy in the wake of the pandemic and the passing of a bipartisan infrastructure law billed as a \"once-in-a-generation\" investment by the White House.\n\nBut he will face tough questions on his handling of immigration and the US-Mexico border, as well as on the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan.\n\nMr Biden has also acknowledged that many Americans have raised \"legitimate\" questions about his age and ability to serve as President.\n\n\"And the only thing I can say is, watch me,\" he said earlier this year.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health workers can book an appointment at seven vaccination centres in operation across NI\n\nDoctors have insisted there is no postcode lottery when it comes to rolling out the coronavirus vaccines.\n\nNorthern Ireland's vaccination plan means all those over 80 should receive their first dose by the end of January.\n\nMore than 154,000 doses of a vaccine have now been administered, health officials said.\n\nDr Frances O'Hagan, deputy chairwoman of NI's GP committee, said practices had their own rollout plans but she expected them to meet official targets.\n\n\"As soon as we get the vaccine, we will get it to you,\" she told BBC News NI. \"But please, please wait until we contact you.\"\n\n\"We tailor our programmes to our individual patients and to our geography and to our surroundings.\n\n\"It's not actually a postcode lottery. It's the best way of doing it because we know what suits our patients.\"\n\nDr O'Hagan said she had not heard reports of some practices holding back vaccines until they received bigger amounts to allow for a larger number of vaccinations to be done.\n\nShe said rolling out the programme was a logistical challenge which fell on top of an already heavy workload but the jab would be given out in a \"safe and timely\" fashion.\n\nSinn Féin MP Órfhlaith Begley said doctors in her West Tyrone constituency were working above and beyond to administer the vaccine to as many people as possible.\n\n\"But unfortunately I am hearing that some GPs cannot access supplies of the vaccine,\" she said.\n\n\"There does appear to be, and it is a consistent message from GPs in my own constituency, a feeling the distribution of the vaccine has been unequal to date.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed a further delivery of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine into Northern Ireland on Tuesday morning.\n\nIn a tweet, Robin Swann said: \"We now have the supply to complete all our over 80s and when that group is finished, there will be enough to start into the over 75 programme.\"\n\nPatricia Donnelly, the head of NI's vaccination programme said there had been 154,436 doses of the vaccine administered here, with 132,857 of those being first doses.\n\nOn Tuesday, she said three quarters of care home residents had already received both doses.\n\n\"With the arrival of additional vaccine today, which have been issued this afternoon and tomorrow to GPs, there will be enough to complete the over 80 population and to commence in the over 70 population,\" she added.\n\nA further 24 virus-related deaths and 713 more Covid-19 cases were reported in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths recorded by the Department of Health to 1,649.\n\nThere are currently 842 people in hospital with the virus, 70 people in intensive care units (ICU) and 57 being ventilated.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, a further 93 Covid-19 related deaths were reported on Tuesday, bringing the country's death toll to 2,708.\n\nA further 2,001 positive cases were also recorded in the latest figures from the Republic's Department of Health.\n\nNorthern Ireland's rate of Covid-19 infection is now below one and has been at that level for a couple of weeks, according to the chief medical officer.\n\nHowever, Dr Michael McBride warned the reproduction (R) number for hospital transmission remains above one.\n\nDr McBride said new variants of the virus had made the job of curtailing the spread even more difficult, and warned he did not foresee any relaxation of restrictions any time soon.\n\n\"We need to ensure that we have as many people who remain at risk of severe disease vaccinated and prioritised with the first dose as possible before we consider significant relaxations in the current restrictions,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile concerns have been raised that \"social media myths\" are encouraging some care home staff to reject the Covid vaccine.\n\nPauline Shepherd, from the Independent Health and Care Providers, said young women were especially vulnerable to misinformation about the vaccine and fertility.\n\nLast week, the Department of Health said there had been an uptake level of about 80% among care home staff.\n\n\"We are very keen obviously that everyone takes the vaccine, that is really the only way that we are going to get through this,\" she told BBC Radio Foyle.\n\n\"Obviously there are myths going around on social media about the vaccine and some are opting not to take it.\n\n\"Particularly younger females seem to have the view through social media that it may impact fertility\".\n\nA consultant anaesthetist says there is a \"reluctance\" among members of the black, Asian and minority ethnic communities to take Covid-19 vaccines\n\nThere are currently 139 confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks in NI's 483 care homes.\n\nThe Public Health Agency (PHA) and Department of Health were now exploring how \"to dispel the myths\", Ms Shepherd added.\n\nDr Mukesh Chugh, a consultant anaesthetist at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry, said there had been a \"reluctance\" among black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people to take Covid-19 vaccines.\n\nDr Chugh says this is because of \"anti-vaccine messages\" posted across various social media platforms and messenger apps \"targeted at certain ethnic and religious groups\".\n\n\"I encourage them not to believe the messages they are getting on WhatsApp - these are not scientific messages,\" he said.\n\nOn Tuesday, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots said a number of groups of key workers should be given priority access to vaccinations.\n\nPrioritisation was decided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises UK health departments on immunisation.\n\nEdwin Poots said meat plant workers should be among those given priority vaccine access\n\nAsked if he supported prioritisation for food workers in meat plants, Mr Poots told the assembly he did and had raised it with the executive.\n\n\"It's been identified as an essential service - those people working in them are there in cold, wet conditions where we have had a number of outbreaks,\" he said.\n\n\"We should seek to introduce those people somewhat earlier than is currently the case - I will continue to endeavour to press that case.\"\n\nHe said other groups of workers who should be prioritised included \"teachers and police officers\".", "Four royal aides say they do not wish to \"take sides\" over a letter from the Duchess of Sussex to her father, the High Court has been told.\n\nIn a letter lawyers for the four said they believed their clients could \"shed some light\" on the letter's drafting but the four were \"strictly neutral\".\n\nMeghan is suing the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online publisher over articles that reproduced parts of the letter.\n\nShe claims her privacy and copyright were breached by the newspaper group.\n\nHer lawyers are asking for summary judgement - a dismissal of Associated Newspapers' (ANL) defence instead of a trial.\n\nThe five articles, published in February 2019, were a \"triple-barrelled invasion\" of the duchess's privacy, correspondence and family, the lawyers claim.\n\nShe is seeking damages from the newspaper group for alleged misuse of private information, copyright infringement and breach of the Data Protection Act over the articles.\n\nANL claims Meghan wrote her letter \"with a view to it being disclosed publicly at some future point\" in order to \"defend her against charges of being an uncaring or unloving daughter\", which she denies.\n\nOn the second day of the hearing on Wednesday, ANL's barrister Antony White QC told the court that a letter from the so-called \"palace four\" showed that \"further oral evidence and documentary evidence is likely to be available at trial which would shed light on certain key factual issues in this case\".\n\nHe said it was \"likely\" there was also further evidence about whether Meghan \"directly or indirectly provided private information\" to the authors of an unauthorised biography of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Finding Freedom.\n\nThe four aides are: Jason Knauf, former communications secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Christian Jones, their former deputy communications secretary, Samantha Cohen, formerly the Sussexes' private secretary, and Sara Latham, their ex-director of communications.\n\n\"None of our clients welcomes his or her potential involvement in this litigation, which has arisen purely as a result of the performance of his or her duties in their respective jobs at the material time,\" their lawyers said in a letter sent on their behalf.\n\n\"Nor does any of our clients wish to take sides in the dispute between your respective clients. Our clients are all strictly neutral.\n\n\"They have no interest in assisting either party to the proceedings. Their only interest is in ensuring a level playing field, insofar as any evidence they may be able to give is concerned.\"\n\nTheir letter said that their lawyers' \"preliminary view is that one or more of our clients would be in a position to shed some light\" on \"the creation of the letter and the electronic draft\".\n\nIt also said they may be able to shed light on \"whether or not the claimant anticipated that the letter might come into in the public domain\" and whether or not the duchess \"directly or indirectly provided private information, generally and in relation to the letter specifically, to the authors of Finding Freedom\".\n\nBut Justin Rushbrooke QC, representing the duchess, said the letter from the four \"contains no information at all that supports the defendant's case on alleged co-authorship (of Meghan's letter), and no indication that evidence will be forthcoming that will support the defendant's case should the matter proceed to trial\".\n\nMeghan, 39, sent a handwritten letter to her father in August 2018, following her marriage to Prince Harry in May that year, which Mr Markle did not attend. The couple are now living in the US with their son Archie.\n\nThe full trial of the duchess's claim had been due to be heard at the High Court this month, but last year the case was adjourned until autumn 2021.\n\nAt the conclusion of the hearing on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Justice Warby reserved his judgement, which he said he would deliver \"as soon as possible\".", "When Joe Biden becomes US president on 20 January plenty of change is expected under his new administration.\n\nFor those who want to put Donald Trump in the rear view mirror, there's a lot to look forward to.\n\nOthers are not sure if he can bring unity to a divided country and enact lasting change.\n\nHere's what members of our BBC voter panel told us.\n\nPeyton Forte is a recent college graduate who now works as a reporter. She was not the big supporter of Biden and Kamala Harris, but says getting rid of Donald Trump is an urgent and necessary first step towards change.\n\nWhat are you hopeful the Biden administration can accomplish?\n\nFor starters, easing the pandemic and ensuring more collaboration between federal and state governments on vaccine distribution. I'm looking forward to his stimulus packages to kickstart the economy and make sure people are actually alive to reap the benefits of it. We can also look forward to a president whose main mode of communication is not Twitter. The biggest thing is undoing the damage of the prior administration, from immigration laws to our relationships with foreign allies.\n\nWhat are your fears for the Biden presidency?\n\nTo be honest, I haven't really gotten to that point because I'm so ready for the Trump administration to be gone. So ask me that question again in a few weeks. I'm really encouraged by Biden's financial and economic cabinet picks because I think he is trying to stunt the racial wealth gap. There will be a time and place to nitpick his choices, but not yet. As somebody who is black, I know he rejected calls to defund the police. The phrase is inflammatory, but that money is redirected into our communities, so I'd like for him to take another look at it and maybe he'll reconsider.\n\nWith so much talk of the need for unity and healing, where does the country go from here?\n\n'Unity and healing' is the new 'thoughts and prayers'. I know it has been kind of a calling card for Biden to contrast himself with Trump, but I'm going to have to see it to believe it. Are you just faking it or are you doing the work to actually unify people? Time will tell if people actually want unity or if some are just mad that their candidate lost.\n\nJim is a property manager and conservative Republican who no longer supports President Trump since his refusal to accept the results of the election. He wants the incoming administration to find common ground rather than be too left wing.\n\nWhat are your hopes for Biden?\n\nI'm hopeful for some stability and less drama. America's standing in the world, particularly in the last couple of weeks, has really diminished and I would hope they would be able to return us to our traditional position in the world. I would like to see the bill he puts forward on Covid relief. If we're going to put money into people's hands, we need to make sure it actually makes a difference. Six hundred dollars is a slap in the face when you look at how we're giving away billions of dollars to other countries.\n\nWhat are your fears about his presidency?\n\nI am worried they're going to overreach and placate the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, and create deeper polarisation. I worry they will try to pack the Supreme Court. I am concerned about immigration policy. I would hope they have the courage to be more moderate in tone, action and policy, at least for the first few years. That way, things can level off and then we can have reasonable debate about issues on a case-by-case basis. One side is really having a hard time accepting the reality of [Trump's] loss; that's too many people to just ignore and it seems like there's a real mood for retaliation.\n\nCompromises will need to happen and both sides on the extreme right and left will not be happy with it. In the immediate moment, we need to have a good tone from the top that is conciliatory and respectful. I'm looking for Biden to reassure Americans their vote was secure and legitimate, restore a sense of public confidence and competence to the US government and spend serious time on rebuilding unity.\n\nLesley is a small business owner and an immigrant from Canada. Joe Biden was not her first choice for president by a long shot, but she now says he is \"the best person\" for this moment in the country's history and she hopes he can follow through.\n\nWhat are your hopes for Biden?\n\nI'm looking forward to real leadership and an administration that actually cares about getting things done. We need to get the virus under control. They have an actual plan; I hate that it's going to cost another $2tn, but it wouldn't have cost that if we had taken the time to do the hard work early. From climate change and fire management to infrastructure and renewable energy, they'll get us back on track. From a civil rights perspective, we have the greatest opportunity. The administration is diverse and he's trying to give everyone a seat at the table.\n\nWhat are your fears about his presidency?\n\nNothing comes to mind. I feel like this administration is going to reset, refocus and prioritise things that should be prioritised. There's so much that needs to be addressed at once, but like the rest of the world, they have to learn to multitask and do their jobs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do countries around the world want from Joe Biden?\n\nWe need our elected officials, when doing their jobs, to not just represent one segment of the population. They can see what has happened by turning a blind eye and not listening. For the Democrats, they need to find a way to communicate so the concerns they've raised are taken seriously but without turning off the other side. For the Republicans, they need to pay attention not just to the loudest people - just being loud doesn't mean they're right. Moving forward, everybody has to do their part to prioritise what is best for the country. We're never going to get rid of the element that attacked the Capitol, but it's like herd immunity. The only people who were surprised by what happened last week were the ones who were not paying attention.\n\nJazmin is a writer and youth voting rights activist who says the past four years have damaged the psyche of young people. She wants the new administration to rebuild trust and show people like her that government can be a force for good in their lives.\n\nWhat are your hopes for Biden?\n\nI hope that the Biden administration is bold on climate, an equitable Covid economic recovery and racial justice. Personally though, I think we fundamentally need to look at our broken system. Restoring voting rights, stronger ethics and anti-corruption measures, as well as campaign finance reform can restore balance and transparency within our government, so we can trust in our elections and elected officials.\n\nWhat are your fears about his presidency?\n\nI've been thinking a lot about the pace of change. There's so much that needs to be done but we're also looking at departments that have been gutted. The damage of the past three years has been so deep and the rolling back of it will take a lot of time, so we have to practise patience and we have to be realistic.\n\nOur government only works when people decide not to disengage and be cynical, but instead step up and figure out how to get involved. The events of the Capitol work were horrific and traumatising for so many people, but the day before it was a Georgia election with incredibly high youth voter turnout. There is a lot of vitriol and hate, but the majority of folks believe in working to ensure our country is serving the best interests of everyone.\n\nGabriel is a writer and the activism chair for the New York Young Republicans. He wishes the Biden administration good luck, but is concerned it will sow more division in a vulnerable moment for the country.\n\nWhat are your hopes for Biden?\n\nAs an American, I am hopeful that things go well under this administration. I don't wish for Joe Biden to fail because the president is like the pilot of a plane: if he goes down, so do we. I hope he can answer the renewable energy debate, create more nuclear power plants and allow the United States to remain the number one exporter of energy. Hopefully, we'll see some sort of voter ID laws enforced, for greater election integrity. I hope he doesn't fuel more divisions.\n\nWhat are your fears about his presidency?\n\nMy fear is that he will listen to people like AOC [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] and Bernie Sanders, who are trying to push him to accept more far left policies that will do more harm than good to the US in an economic sense. He may continue the harsh lockdowns and ignore censorship of conservatives. Under the Trump administration, we decreased our presence in the Middle East and were stopping the forever wars, so I really hope we don't return there.\n\nAfter what happened at the Capitol, Biden came out and started very well, then devolved into race-baiting rhetoric - that's not something our country needs right now. There are millions of people who feel as though they were cheated and did not get a fair election, and some of them might not even recognise Biden as president, so it's very important that he treads lightly and focuses on unity. Don't lump them together as insurgents or other labels because you're going to further alienate people. Speak to every American and say that it is time to come together.", "As Donald Trump comes towards the end of his presidency, we've put together a selection of striking moments from his four years in office.\n\nCrowds are seen gathered at Mr Trump's inauguration ceremony on 20 January 2017.\n\nJust days later, the new president accused the media of lying about the attendance. He was said to be angry that images appeared to show the crowds were lower than for Barack Obama's first inauguration in 2009.\n\nWhite House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told the media it had been \"the largest audience to ever see an inauguration, period\".\n\nFar-right supporters and white nationalists took part in a torch-lit rally through Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017.\n\nThe following day a woman was killed and 19 were injured when a car ploughed into a crowd of counter-protesters in the city.\n\nIn response, President Trump condemned violence by \"many sides\", prompting a wave of criticism. Some 48 hours later, he denounced far-right extremists calling \"KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists repugnant to everything we hold dear\".\n\nJoe Biden has said it was the president's response to the tragedy that prompted his own decision to run against him.\n\nMr Trump's attendance at the G7 summit in Canada in June 2018 did not get off to a good start, when prior to the event, the president announced import tariffs on steel and aluminium from the EU, Mexico and Canada.\n\nOther images from the meeting showed more friendly relations between the leaders - but this photo was considered by many to reflect the underlying tensions of the gathering.\n\nMr Trump left the summit before other leaders and claimed that America was \"like the piggy bank that everybody is robbing\".\n\nFirst Lady Melania Trump is pictured wearing a jacket in June 2018 which reads \"I really don't care, do you?\" on the back, during a trip to a migrant child detention centre.\n\nThere was speculation over what message Mrs Trump intended to send by wearing the jacket on that trip, which came as the president was under fire for his policy of separating children from their parents at the border.\n\nThe First Lady later admitted it had been a message \"for the people and for the left-wing media who are criticising me. I want to show them I don't care. You could criticise whatever you want to say. But it will not stop me to do what I feel is right\".\n\nMr Trump called for compromise in politics during his State of the Union address in February 2019 but Nancy Pelosi was pictured giving what many saw as a sarcastic clap.\n\nHe broke protocol by not waiting for the customary introduction from the House Speaker before beginning his speech.\n\nThe image, termed the \"Pelosi clap\" quickly went viral and appeared to show the political rivalry between the two.\n\nMr Trump walks into the northern side of the military demarcation line that divides North and South Korea in June 2019. In doing so, he became the first US sitting president to cross the line.\n\nHis decision to meet Kim Jong-un without pre-conditions stunned the world.\n\nDespite the apparent warming of relations, little concrete progress was made on negotiations over North Korea's nuclear programme.\n\nKim Kardashian West speaks at a White House event about prison reform in June 2019.\n\nIn 2018, the celebrity activist lobbied the Trump administration on behalf of a grandmother jailed for life. Alice Johnson was later granted clemency in a high-profile decision by Mr Trump.\n\nPresident Trump has already given pardons to 94 people and there is speculation he may pardon 100 others before he leaves office.\n\nMr Trump holds a bible in front of St John's Episcopal Church, just across the road from the White House in June 2020.\n\nPeaceful anti-racism demonstrators had been cleared from nearby Lafayette Square with pepper spray and flash-bang grenades so that the president and his entourage could walk to the church.\n\nHis actions prompted shock and anger from many religious leaders, who accused him of using religion for political purposes.\n\nThe Trump family watch as Donald Trump debates with Joe Biden at their first presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio, on 29 September 2020.\n\nThey broke debate rules that all spectators wear masks - sparking the same criticism often aimed at their father for taking a cavalier attitude to the virus.\n\nA few days after the debate, the president tested positive himself.\n\nHe spent three nights in a hospital receiving treatment before returning to the White House and declaring he felt \"really good\" and urging others not to be afraid of the virus.\n\nCrowds of Trump supporters climb on the US Capitol in DC earlier this month following a \"Stop the Steal\" rally.\n\nIt followed a 70-minute address by the president in which he exhorted them to march on Congress where politicians were meeting to certify Democrat Joe Biden's win. The mob ransacked the Capitol building and attempted to enter the chambers where lawmakers were hiding.\n\nMr Trump has since been impeached, becoming the first president ever to be impeached twice. But he denies charges that he incited the mob to attack the Capitol.", "A tearful President-elect Joe Biden says goodbye to his home state before departing for Washington on the eve of his inauguration.", "Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, at a low key inauguration ceremony outside the US Capitol in Washington DC.\n\nIn his maiden speech as president, Mr Biden said: \"We've learned again that democracy is precious, democracy is fragile, and at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.\"\n\nRead more: Joe Biden replaces Trump as US president", "More than 60 flood warnings remain in place in northern, central and eastern England\n\nResidents have been evacuated, roads closed and rail services were suspended as Storm Christoph batters England.\n\nHouseboat residents were moved from Northwich, Cheshire, for their safety as Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to hold an emergency meeting later.\n\nNorthern, central and eastern England are braced for flooding which will be discussed at the Cobra meeting.\n\nMore than 60 flood warnings remain in place and three police forces have declared major incidents.\n\nThe North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands have been preparing for widespread flooding following the Met Office's amber weather warning for heavy rain until midday Thursday.\n\nPeople living in houseboats in Cheshire have been moved to hotels for their safety, say police\n\nCheshire Police has declared a major incident - along with forces in Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire - and moved 33 people from Hayhurst Marina for their safety as water levels rise.\n\nIn Greater Manchester up to 3,000 properties could be affected by flooding near the River Mersey where a peak is expected at 23:00 GMT.\n\nDowning Street said Covid-secure evacuation centres would be made available to those forced to leave their homes as a result of flooding.\n\n\"Preparations to create Covid-secure rest centres have been made by relevant agencies as a precautionary measure,\" the Prime Minister's official spokesman said.\n\n\"The important message for the public now is to continue to monitor the information the Environment Agency are providing and sign-up for flood alerts if they haven't already.\"\n\nThe River Eden has flooded Rickerby Park in Carlisle\n\nMore than 120mm (nearly 5in) of rain has already fallen in some parts of England, with 123.4mm at Honister Pass in Cumbria in the 24 hours up to 06:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nNearby Seathwaite saw the second highest total, with 107.2mm (4.2in), and some isolated spots could see up to 200mm (7.8in), the Met Office said.\n\nThe Environment Agency has issued more than 60 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and immediate action required, while there are also more than 180 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible.\n\nA road in Lancashire was shut by police after six vehicles got stuck in surface water\n\nIn North Yorkshire, York is currently predicting the River Ouse could rise above 4m (13.1ft) but that is a level the defences can cope with.\n\nHowever, if people are forced out of their homes due to flooding they can stay with friends or family without the risk of a Covid fine during Storm Christoff, North Yorkshire Police has said.\n\nGreater Manchester Police Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey said the force declared it a major incident on Tuesday to ensure it was \"as prepared as possible\".\n\nHe believes up to 3,000 properties in the region could be affected by flooding in Didsbury, Northenden and Sale near the River Mersey.\n\nFlood sirens were sounded in Walsden, Todmorden on Tuesday\n\n\"This is a significant incident in terms of disruption to people and those people have been advised with regard to action to take,\" he said.\n\nThe Prime Minister's spokesman added: \"The Environment Agency is on the ground now working with local partners and stand ready to respond to any flooding.\n\n\"They have already ensured there are 40km (25 miles) of temporary barriers, which they are ready to deliver anywhere in the country and that is alongside high-powered pumps and trained staff who are ready to assist and provide information to local communities.\"\n\nWhen asked if local authorities would be given further financial support to deal with flooding, the Prime Minister's spokesman said: \"We have a number of flood recovery schemes that can be made available to those who are affected by flooding.\"\n\nFlood warden Keith Crabtree from Todmorden, West Yorkshire, said he was hoping improved flood defences had \"done the trick\" after checking river levels in Mytholmroyd.\n\n\"There appears to be plenty of rain about but it does not seem to be having and serious impact on the river levels,\" he said.\n\n\"We will see over the years to come how it performs in reducing the flood risk for the village. Things can change very quickly in the Calder Valley and we are not out of the woods yet.\"\n\nHow have you been affected by the floods? Email your experiences: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Biden took his oath on a Bible that has been in his family since 1893 and was also used each time he was sworn in as Delaware senator. The book itself is five inches (12.5cm) thick with a Celtic cross on the cover", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe fluttering flight patterns of butterflies have long inspired poets but baffled scientists.\n\nResearchers have struggled to understand how these delicate creatures can fly with their large but inefficient wings.\n\nNow, a new study shows that butterflies evolved an effective way of cupping and clapping their wings to generate thrust.\n\nThe scientists say that this ability helps them avoid dangerous predators.\n\nFlying species have evolved various methods of evading death. Some have developed powerful and efficient wings to speed them to safety.\n\nOthers survive by tasting awful when eaten.\n\nBut what about the slow-moving, meandering butterfly?\n\nThe problem for these creatures is that they have unusually large wings relative to their body size, which are aerodynamically inefficient for flight.\n\nBack in the 1970s, researchers developed a theory that their big wings allowed the butterfly to clap them together on the upstroke to power their take off.\n\nBut no one has shown how this works in natural flying conditions.\n\nNow, Swedish scientists, using a wind tunnel and high-speed cameras, have captured the butterfly's unique flying skill.\n\n\"The wings are behaving in quite an interesting way,\" co-author Dr Per Henningsson, from Lund University, in Sweden, told BBC News.\n\n\"The leading and the trailing edge are meeting before the central part, forming this pocket shape.\n\n\"We think that sort of behaviour is going to improve the clap because it forms an air pocket between the wings which, when the wings collapse, that makes the jet even stronger and more efficient.\"\n\nA butterfly in the wind tunnel for the experiment\n\nAs well as recording slow-motion video of the butterflies in flight, the researchers constructed two simple pairs of mechanical clappers to test their ideas. One was rigid, the other flexible and more akin to the butterfly wings observed in the wind tunnel tests.\n\nThe team found that the flexible wings dramatically increased the force created by the clap.\n\nIt also improved the efficiency by 28%, which the authors describe as a huge amount for a flying animal.\n\nThis leads them to conclude that the large wings and cupped, clapping action were an evolutionary advantage for butterflies when faced with predators.\n\n\"If you are a butterfly that is able to take off quicker than the others, that gives you an obvious advantage,\" said Per Henningsson.\n\n\"It's a strong selective pressure then, because it's a matter of life and death.\"\n\nA silver washed fritillary , one of the creatures used to show the mechanics of butterfly flight\n\n\"I don't really know if they use it in free flight, but I think they typically don't flap their wings together.\n\n\"But in the take-off phase, they definitely do it a lot.\"\n\nThe authors believe that their research might prove useful in other spheres.\n\nSome drone devices and underwater vehicles already use propulsion systems based on wing clapping motion, but with limitations.\n\nThe incorporation of the approach used by butterflies might bring major improvements, the scientists say.\n\n\"We're suggesting that the people that are working on these designs, they should look into this cup-shape behaviour, since there are lots of efficiency and effectiveness to be gained from it,\" said Per Henningsson.\n\n\"It's certainly something that would be worthwhile looking into.\"\n\nThe report has been published in the journal of the Royal Society Interface.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nRelegation-threatened Fulham lost some of the momentum built up by their win at Everton but showed battling qualities to claim a point at Burnley.\n\nOf the three sides currently adrift at the bottom of the Premier League, the Cottagers seem the most capable of clawing their way to safety, as illustrated by their impressive win at Goodison Park on Sunday.\n\nBut they failed to repeat that bright and incisive display at Turf Moor against a typically hard-working and competitive Clarets side, who married their industry with the game's main moments of attacking ingenuity.\n\nIt was the visitors, though, who took the lead, as much through fortune as design, with Ola Aina's chested effort from a corner finding the net despite an attempted clearance from Robbie Brady on the line.\n\nCrucially, the visitors were denied the time to draw confidence from the opener, with Burnley hitting back three minutes later through a well-taken Ashley Barnes finish, following a superb low ball from Jay Rodriguez.\n\nThe same two strikers had both narrowly failed to get a goal-bound touch on a superb low cross from James Tarkowski in the first half, while Rodriguez saw a low drive kicked away by Alphonse Areola shortly after his side had levelled the score.\n\nThe draw represents an opportunity missed for Burnley to put further ground between themselves and the London side, with the gap between the two a sizeable but not yet entirely comfortable eight points.\n\nScott Parker's side remain six points shy of safety, with Newcastle the 17th-placed side most in danger of being reeled in.\n• None Follow live text commentary of Burnley v Fulham in the Premier League\n\nA point gained, or two lost for Fulham?\n\nEarning a result at Burnley against a side built to expose the mental and physical weaknesses in an opponent, especially a newly promoted one, is not an easy task.\n\nIn doing so, Fulham have further demonstrated their growth into a top-flight side, after claiming a number of creditable draws earlier in the campaign and then dispatching an aspiring big-hitter in Everton last weekend.\n\nUnfortunately, the Cottagers' development could have come too late.\n\nOnly wins will really eat into the gap between themselves and safety and they cannot afford to let one slip from their grasp when it is there to be had.\n\nIt is why Parker and his side will be so disappointed at the speed and manner with which they conceded the equaliser at Turf Moor, throwing away the lead and momentum they had seized by allowing Barnes a free run in on goal to finish.\n\nThey had been on the back foot for large periods before that and were indebted to a bit of fortune for their goal, but aesthetics come a distant second to actual points right now.\n\nThe biggest positive for Burnley will be that their advantage over the Cottagers remains the same as it was before kick-off.\n\nWith the likes of Newcastle and Palace in far worse form than they are, and Brighton a point worse off, they will feel relatively calm about their situation.\n\nWhat will worry manager Dyche is further injuries to his already depleted squad, with Johan Berg Gudmundsson having to depart, and his replacement Robbie Brady also needing to be replaced.\n\nThere is no respite for either side, with both facing further important fixtures at the weekend.\n\nBurnley host West Brom, the side a place below Fulham in the table, while Parker's men welcome bottom club Sheffield United to Craven Cottage.\n\n'When we get ahead we need to weather something'\n\nBurnley boss Sean Dyche talking to Sky Sports: \"Another point on the board, we are stripped to the bare bones. A committed performance.\n\n\"The reaction to their goal was excellent and I thought we defended well. It's remarkably unfortunate how many injuries we have had.\"\n\nFulham boss Scott Parker talking to Sky Sports: \"It is a tough place to come, the ball is in play not a lot, it is scrappy. We got our noses in front and disappointed with the goal we have conceded.\n\n\"We take the point though. That is four points so far this week. When we get ahead we need to weather something. There were a couple of mistakes for their goal.\n\n\"I thought we were solid, dealt with the threat of balls coming in but were not able to get our identity on it.\n\n\"We regroup, it has been a busy week. Every game is big for us. Six points. This team has honest belief and confidence.\"\n• None Burnley are unbeaten in their past 31 home meetings with Fulham in all competitions (W25 D6), extending their longest ever unbeaten run against an opponent at Turf Moor in their history. Their last such defeat was back in April 1951 (2-0).\n• None Fulham's 31-game winless streak away from home against Burnley in all competitions is their longest run without a victory on the road against an opponent in their history.\n• None There have been just 24 Premier League goals scored at Turf Moor this season (Burnley scoring 10 and conceding 14) - the joint-lowest total at a top-flight ground in 2020-21 (level with Craven Cottage).\n• None Fulham have gone six consecutive away games without defeat in the Premier League (W1 D5), their joint longest such run in the competition (also in August 2004 under Chris Coleman).\n• None Burnley have conceded the first goal of the game in eight of their 12 Premier League matches at Turf Moor this season, including each of the past five - only Sheffield United (10) have done so more often on home soil in the competition this campaign.\n• None There were just 224 seconds between Ola Aina's opener for Fulham and Ashley Barnes' equaliser for Burnley.\n• None Burnley's Jay Rodriguez has assisted in back-to-back Premier League games for the first time in his career, with this his 196th appearance in the competition.\n• None Burnley's Robbie Brady is the only player to have been substituted on and off in two separate Premier League games this season.\n• None Attempt missed. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) header from very close range misses to the left following a corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Ademola Lookman (Fulham) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Josh Maja.\n• None James Tarkowski (Burnley) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Josh Maja (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Fulham) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ivan Cavaleiro with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Lifting the lid on the former president's 'America First' foreign policy\n• None Romesh returns with celebrity guests, a virtual nation and his mum...", "The editor of the British Medical Journal has asked the New York Times to correct an article that says UK guidelines allow two Covid-19 vaccines to be mixed.\n\nThe US publication reported that UK health officials would allow patients to be given a second dose that is a different vaccine to their first.\n\nFiona Godlee pointed out in her letter to the NYT that it was not a recommendation.\n\nShe said the NYT's headline claiming UK guidelines say such substitutions \"may happen\" was \"seriously misleading\".\n\nThe UK has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab - but both require two doses which are now to be administered 12 weeks apart\n\nMs Godlee said the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) does not make any recommendation to mix and match - in other words, having a shot of one vaccine and then a different one 12 weeks later.\n\nDr Mary Ramsay, Public Health England's head of immunisations, said: \"We do not recommend mixing the Covid-19 vaccines - if your first dose is the Pfizer vaccine you should not be given the AstraZeneca vaccine for your second dose and vice versa.\"\n\nDr Ramsay added that on the \"extremely rare occasions\" where the same vaccine is unavailable or it is unknown which jab the patient received, it is \"better to give a second dose of another vaccine than not at all\".\n\nMs Godlee urged the New York Times to print a \"highly visible correction\" as soon as possible.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Princess Royal Hospital at Haywards Heath was among the hospitals receiving a delivery\n\nMeanwhile, health staff have criticised the paperwork needed to gain NHS approval to give the coronavirus vaccine, with some medics being asked for proof they are trained in areas such as preventing radicalisation.\n\nThe first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are due to be given on Monday after the jab was approved for use in the UK last week.\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first vaccine approved in the UK, and 944,539 people have had their first jab.", "Police tweeted this photo, which appears to show the vehicle severely damaged in the crash\n\nFour ponies have been killed in a collision with a vehicle in the New Forest National Park.\n\nThe animals were hit on Thursday night while licking freshly laid salt on Roger Penny Way, Hampshire Constabulary said.\n\nThree ponies died at the scene while a fourth was found dead later a short distance away.\n\nIn December, three donkeys were killed on the road, which is a black spot for animal accidents.\n\nMark Ferrett, whose daughter owned the ponies, said the deaths were \"unacceptable\"\n\nThe crash happened at about 21:00 GMT on a 40mph (64km/h) section of the road north of Brook.\n\nThe car, a Land Rover Discovery, appears to have been severely damaged in the collision, according to a police tweet, which gave no further details.\n\nMark Ferrett, whose daughter owned the ponies, said the deaths were \"unacceptable\".\n\nHe said: \"I would favour a reduction in the speed [limit]. Please, everyone needs to slow down and stop this carnage.\"\n\nThe New Forest is one of the largest remaining areas of unenclosed land where commoners' cattle, ponies and donkeys roam throughout the open heath.\n\nIn 2019, 58 animals were killed and 32 were injured, according to the New Forest National Park Authority.\n\nThe crash happened on Roger Penny Way, where donkeys, cattle and horses roam freely\n\nAndrew Napthine, a New Forest Agister who helps manage the area's free-roaming animals, attended the scene of the crash, and said the male driver was not injured.\n\nHe said three of the ponies were killed on the road while a fourth fled the scene and died behind a bush.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Officers dispersed the party at the Grade II* listed church before midnight\n\nA 500-year-old church was damaged during an illegal New Year's Eve party at the venue.\n\nAll Saints' Church in East Horndon, near Brentwood, was broken into before crowds entered, Essex Police said.\n\nOfficers were threatened and had objects thrown at them as they dispersed hundreds of people and seized equipment, the force said.\n\nTwo men from Harlow, aged 27 and 22, and a 35-year-old from Southwark were arrested.\n\nThey were held on suspicion of public order and drugs offences.\n\nAstrid Gillespie, a volunteer with the Friends of All Saints', said event organisers had smashed a window to put in an extractor fan unit and wired sound equipment into the church's fuse box.\n\nShe said: \"It was a professional set-up, they'd hired portable loos, they had a bar area where you had to exchange tokens... obviously it's a mess.\n\n\"It's such a beautiful church, to find out it's been damaged is devastating.\"\n\nThe conservation group believes it will cost at least £1,000 to repair the Tudor building.\n\nEquipment was seized and fines issued over three illegal parties broken up by officers\n\nPolice later dispersed about 100 people at an illegal party at an abandoned warehouse in Brentwood and made two arrests.\n\nA woman was also fined £10,000 for organising a house party with 100 guests at Bury Road, Sewardstonebury, in Epping Forest.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Andy Prophet said: \"Unfortunately, there were [those] who decided to blatantly flout the coronavirus rules and regulations and, ultimately, they decided that partying was more important than protecting other people.\n\n\"We've seized their equipment, arrested five people, and issued a large number of fines to those who think this behaviour is acceptable.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nFormer Tottenham and Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino has been appointed head coach of Paris St-Germain.\n\nThe Argentine, 48, who succeeded Thomas Tuchel, has signed a deal until 30 June 2022, with the option of an extra year.\n\nPochettino, who played for PSG between 2001 and 2003, has been out of work since being sacked by Spurs in November 2019.\n\nPSG are third in Ligue 1 and will face Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League in February and March.\n\nGerman Tuchel was sacked on 29 December after two and a half years in charge.\n• None Pochettino is back - but why has he chosen PSG? Read Guillem Ballague's column\n\nPochettino will take his first training session on Sunday following the French league's winter break.\n\nHe said he was \"happy and honoured\" to take on the role and that the club \"has always held a special place in my heart\".\n\n\"I return to the club today with a lot of ambition and humility, and am eager to work with some of the world's most talented players,\" said Pochettino.\n\n\"This team has fantastic potential and my staff and I will do everything we can to get the best for Paris St-Germain in all competitions. We will also do our utmost to give our team the combative and attacking playing identity that Parisian fans have always loved.\"\n\nPSG chairman and chief executive Nasser Al-Khelaifi said Pochettino's return \"fits perfectly with our ambitions\", adding: \"It will be another exciting chapter for the club and one I am positive the fans will enjoy.\"\n\nPochettino began his managerial career at Espanyol and spent 18 months at Southampton before joining Tottenham in May 2014.\n\nHe guided them to the League Cup final in his first full season, while two third-placed finishes sandwiched a runners-up spot in the Premier League in 2016-17.\n\nA former Argentina defender, Pochettino led Spurs to the Champions League final in 2019, where they lost to Liverpool.\n\nHe was sacked five months later, with the club 14th in the Premier League, and replaced by Jose Mourinho.\n\nTuchel's final game in charge of PSG was a 4-0 win over Strasbourg on 23 December, which moved the reigning champions to within a point of Ligue 1 leaders Lyon and second-placed Lille before a two-week winter break.\n\nPSG have been linked with a January loan move for Tottenham's Dele Alli, who made his Premier League debut under Pochettino.\n\nWe all wanted to see him back and we all thought he was waiting for the Manchester United job. PSG is a massive job. There's a massive expectation there.\n\nWith the squad he can pick from and the players he can attract, it's a match made in heaven.\n\nPochettino has got the best out of Dele Alli in the past and it would probably be a clever move all round to get him out there with with the Euros looming.\n\nYou have to have success [at PSG]. They have moved Thomas Tuchel on because PSG are actually in a title race rather than winning at a canter. It's a great opportunity for Pochettino.\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "Arwel Morris said national park staff and police had been engaging with visitors\n\nBeauty spots have been \"disappointingly busy over the last few days\" despite restrictions meaning all but essential travel should be avoided.\n\nSnowdonia park warden Arwel Morris reiterated the message that people should not be driving to visit places.\n\nOn Saturday, police stopped people from Milton Keynes attempting to walk up Snowdon in breach of Covid rules.\n\nMr Morris blamed a \"perfect storm\" of good weather and people being off work for the number of visitors in the area.\n\n\"We try and enforce the fact that exercise should begin and end at home, meaning people should not try and drive to a location where they plan to exercise,\" he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"And this has been really difficult over the last few days.\n\n\"We have dealt with people from London, Birmingham… numerous people from north Wales travelling to beauty spots.\"\n\nMr Morris, a warden for Snowdonia National Park, said police had been doing their \"absolute best\" dealing with visitors despite other pressures, as wardens could not enforce breaches in lockdown rules.\n\nA breach of Covid rules can incur a £60 fine, which rises to £120 for a second breach.\n\nOn Saturday, North Wales Police said officers had \"turned away\" people who wanted to walk up Snowdon in breach of stay-at-home rules, including some some from Milton Keynes and London.\n\nOn New Year's Day, the force tweeted to say people had been reported for breaching travel restrictions.\n\nWales has been in a nationwide level four lockdown since 20 December.\n\nWales is in a tier four lockdown\n\nTravelling is only allowed for essential purposes, such as for work and for caring responsibilities. International travel is also not allowed.\n\nPeople are still allowed out of their homes to exercise for unlimited periods each day, but must maintain social distancing and not exercise with anyone outside their household.\n\nMore than three quarters of England is also under the strictest tier four coronavirus measures, putting restrictions on people's daily lives.", "The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has started to arrive in hospitals, with the first doses due to be given on Monday.\n\nThe Princess Royal Hospital at Haywards Heath in West Sussex was one of the hospitals taking a delivery on Saturday.\n\nThe UK has ordered 100 million doses of the new vaccine - enough to vaccinate 50 million people.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nThe delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will go ahead this summer despite concern over rising coronavirus cases, says Japan's prime minister.\n\nThe Olympics are due to begin on 23 July with the Paralympics following a month later from 24 August.\n\nCases have surged in Japan in recent days with Tokyo reporting over 1,000 daily infections for the first time.\n\nBut prime minister Yoshihide Suga said the \"Games will be held this summer\" and be \"safe and secure\".\n\nJapan is responding to cases of the new variant of coronavirus first found in the UK, with Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike warning the number of infections could \"explode\".\n\nThere were a record 1,337 cases in Tokyo on 31 December with 783 new infections announced on Friday.\n\nJapan has recorded 239,041 coronavirus cases and 3,337 deaths during the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nCosts for the Games have increased by $2.8bn (£2.1bn) because of measures needed to prevent the spread of coronavirus but organisers have ruled out a delay.\n\nThe Games could be the most expensive summer Olympics in history.\n\nA poll by national broadcaster NHK showed that the majority of the Japanese general public oppose holding the Games in 2021, favouring a further delay or outright cancellation of the event.\n\nSuga said the Games going ahead could serve as a \"symbol of global solidarity\".", "The next few weeks will be \"nail-bitingly difficult\" for the NHS, hospital bosses have warned.\n\nStaff absences and the new Covid variant are creating a \"challenging situation\", Saffron Cordery, of NHS Providers, which represents hospital trusts in England, said.\n\nDoctors are urging the public to \"take it seriously and follow the rules\" to protect the health service.\n\nThe year started with 53,285 more Covid cases and 613 deaths being reported.\n\nThe day's figures do not include data from Northern Ireland or Wales, or the numbers of deaths from Scotland - as these are not being published on certain days during the Christmas and New Year period.\n\nIt comes after the UK reported its highest daily cases on Thursday, with a record 55,892 infections.\n\nOn Friday evening, the government confirmed that all primary schools in London would remain closed for the start of the new term, following a review of Covid transmission rates.\n\nFrom Monday, all schools in the capital will now be required to provide remote learning.\n\nPrimaries in nine London boroughs and the City of London district had been set to reopen - while those in the remaining 23 boroughs would have stayed closed from 4 January.\n\nMeanwhile, new analysis by Imperial College London has confirmed the new variant of coronavirus has a much quicker rate of transmission than the original strain.\n\nAnd an analysis of NHS England data from 23 hospital trusts by the Health Service Journal shows that Covid-19 is putting intense pressure on adult acute care and general beds, as well as those in intensive care.\n\nIt found that more than a third of these beds were occupied by patients with Covid-19 on Tuesday, and in three trusts - North Middlesex in London, and Medway and Dartford and Gravesham in Kent - the figure was more than half.\n\nBased on the recent rise in numbers, the analysis suggests that all acute and general beds might soon be filled with Covid-19 patients.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, Ms Cordery said the surging transmission and death rates were \"incredibly hard to deal with\".\n\n\"When we are seeing major London trusts saying they are under pressure, that's when we know we're in a very challenging space,\" she said.\n\nA leading intensive care doctor has urged people to follow restrictions until the vaccination programme is fully rolled out.\n\nProf Anthony Gordon, of Imperial College, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"There is light at the end of the tunnel so I would urge people to hold on for these few more months while the vaccination programme makes that difference and then we can truly get back to normal.\n\n\"But we can't overrun the health service because this will just lead to thousands more deaths.\"\n\nAdrian Boyle, vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, urged people to follow guidance on hand washing, social distancing and face coverings to stop the \"entirely preventable\" spread of the virus.\n\nDr Boyle said staff are \"tired\" and at risk of \"burnout\", having \"worked really hard over the summer\" and \"put up with a lot of disruption\".\n\n\"This time people are frustrated, this is now an entirely preventable disease, we know what we did in spring made a lot of this go away. There's also now a vaccine,\" he added.\n\nMore than three-quarters of England is currently under the strictest tier four - \"stay at home\" - coronavirus measures, and other parts of the country have joined higher tiers.\n\nMainland Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are under lockdown.\n\nThere are also concerns the added pressures of rising numbers of Covid patients seen at London hospitals have begun to spread across the country.\n\nSpeaking on Today, Dr Alison Pittard, of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, said it was \"only a matter of time before it starts to spread to other parts of country\", adding that \"we're already starting to see that\".\n\nShe stressed it was \"really important that we try and stop the transmission in the community because that translates into hospital admissions\".\n\nIt comes as almost half the major hospital trusts in England are said to be dealing with more Covid-19 patients than at the peak of the first wave in April.\n\nAnd pressure has been so great on some hospitals in London and south-east England that some patients have been moved out of the area.\n\nLondon's Nightingale emergency hospital is ready to admit patients, the NHS has said, while other sites currently not in use are being readied.\n\nHowever, Mike Adams, director of the Royal College of Nursing, questioned whether there were the staff available to run the hospital.\n\n\"Nursing is already stretched beyond capacity so there is no magic pile of nurses we can call upon,\" he told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.\n\n\"I think the real battle is reducing the spread of the virus and getting the vaccine rolled out.\"\n\nThe new coronavirus variant has driven a big rise in cases, with the worst effects felt so far in London.\n\nResearchers at Imperial College London have confirmed it increases the R number - the number of people that one infected person will pass on a virus to - by about 0.4 to 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy, from the statistic section of Imperial College London, told the Today programme this higher rate of infection means that transmission of the disease would have tripled even during England's November lockdown conditions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains how to wear your mask correctly and help stop coronavirus spreading\n\nThe hunt is now on to find new ways to slow the spread of coronavirus, with the rules on mask wearing potentially coming up for review.\n\nBehavioural science group SPI-B (Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours), which reports to the Sage group of government advisers, has said that mandatory face coverings may be necessary in a wider number of settings, such as in workplaces and possibly outdoors.\n\nHowever, Dr Simon Clarke, associate professor of cellular microbiology at the University of Reading, told BBC Radio 4's World at One he was not convinced a move towards making the wearing of face coverings mandatory outdoors would make \"much difference\" to transmission rates.\n\nHe said the \"bigger problem\" was people touching their face covering or wearing it incorrectly, adding ministers should focus on ensuring people knew how to wear them and to change and wash them regularly.\n\nThe rollout of the newly approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will begin on Monday, almost a month after the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.\n\nSecond doses of either will now take place within 12 weeks rather than 21 days as had been initially planned with the Pfizer vaccine.", "The star started filming his role in secret last year\n\nComedian John Bishop is to join Jodie Whittaker for the 13th series of Doctor Who, the BBC has revealed.\n\nThe 54-year-old, who recently tested positive for coronavirus, said boarding the Tardis was a \"dream come true\".\n\nHe will play a character called Dan, who \"becomes embroiled in the Doctor's adventures\" and faces \"evil alien races beyond his wildest nightmares\".\n\nBishop fills the gap left by Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole, who bowed out in a special New Year's Day episode.\n\nHe began filming his role last November, but the BBC kept the signing under wraps until the broadcast of Revolution Of The Daleks on Friday night.\n\nBishop, who grew up on a Merseyside council estate, had a brief career as a professional footballer before turning his hand to comedy.\n\nHe has previously acted in the Channel 4 drama Skins and the Ken Loach film Route Irish.\n\nEarlier this week, the comedian revealed that he and his wife had tested positive for Coronavirus over Christmas, saying he had been \"flattened\" by \"the worst illness I have ever had\".\n\nWriting on Instagram, he described his symptoms as including \"incredible headaches, muscle and joint point, no appetite, nausea, dizziness [and] chronic fatigue like I didn't know existed\".\n\nHe updated fans on New Year's Eve, saying he and his wife were \"getting a little stronger\" every day, and promising he would return to work in January.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by johnbish100 This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is not thought his illness will disrupt production on Doctor Who. The show is on a scheduled break for Christmas and not due to resume filming until later this month.\n\nThe 13th series of the rebooted sci-fi stalwart will see Whittaker return as the extra terrestrial Time Lord, alongside Mandip Gill, who returns as Yaz.\n\nIn a statement, Bishop said: \"If I could tell my younger self that one day I would be asked to step on board the Tardis, I would never have believed it.\n\n\"It's an absolute dream come true to be joining Doctor Who and I couldn't wish for better company than Jodie and Mandip.\"\n\nJodie Whittaker became the first female actress to play The Doctor in 2017\n\nProgramme boss Chris Chibnall added: \"It's time for the next chapter of Doctor Who, and it starts with a man called Dan. Oh, we've had to keep this one secret for a long, long time.\n\n\"Our conversations started with John even before the pandemic hit.\n\n\"The character of Dan was built for him, and it's a joy to have him aboard the Tardis.\"\n\nDoctor Who will return to BBC One later this year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nArsenal continued their Premier League resurgence with a ruthless victory over strugglers West Brom at The Hawthorns.\n\nDefender Kieran Tierney's excellent solo run and curling finish put the Gunners in front in the first half, before the impressive Bukayo Saka rounded off a stunning passing move to make it 2-0.\n\nAlexandre Lacazette added the third and fourth goals after the break - smashing in a rebound from Emile Smith Rowe's shot before he was set up by Tierney.\n\nIt was Arsenal's third league victory in a row after they had failed to win their previous seven.\n\nWest Brom, playing their fourth match under new manager Sam Allardyce, remain second from bottom and six points from safety.\n• None Confidence? Youth? How have Arsenal turned relegation talk into European hopes?\n\nArsenal boss Mikel Arteta said he wanted his players to \"show confidence\" at The Hawthorns, and they certainly did that in a dominant and eye-catching display.\n\nHector Bellerin forced Sam Johnstone into a save within two minutes after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang broke down the left, and Saka tormented full-back Dara O'Shea on the opposite wing constantly during the opening half.\n\nIt was Saka's ball that fizzed past the back post, inches away from the toe of Aubameyang, after the 19-year-old had got the better of O'Shea and hit it straight at Johnstone.\n\nWest Brom were being suffocated and Tierney's burst of pace to get around Darnell Furlong, before bending it into the far corner, was the perfect way to open the scoring.\n\nSaka made it 2-0 by rounding off a slick, one-touch passing move that former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger would have been proud of.\n\nWest Brom could offer no response after the break either and Arsenal were 3-0 up on the hour when Lacazette eventually blasted in the rebound from a catalogue of errors by defender Semi Ajayi.\n\nThat was game over but Lacazette was allowed to add a fourth when he was left unmarked to divert Tierney's cross into the roof of the net four minutes later.\n\nArteta, knowing the job was done, was able to bring off Saka and Emile Smith Rowe following impressive performances from both youngsters, while Arsenal continued to create chances to round off a very enjoyable evening in the snow.\n\nAllardyce's first match in charge of West Brom - a 3-0 drubbing by Aston Villa after captain Jake Livermore had been sent off - was a sign of just how tough this job was going to be.\n\nThen that 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Anfield provided hope. The Baggies were resilient, organised and tireless.\n\nBut heavy back-to-back defeats by Leeds United and now Arsenal at home have brought things back down to earth.\n\nWest Brom were overawed in defence, out-run in midfield and frustrated by a lack of opportunities in attack throughout this confidence-crushing defeat.\n\nTheir rare sniffs at goal came from a Granit Xhaka error in the first half - Matheus Pereira chipping it through to Matt Phillips who struck it straight at Bernd Leno - before Callum Robinson's finish was ruled out for offside in the second half.\n\nSubstitute Rekeem Harper's long-range strike deep in stoppage time was also comfortably turned behind by Leno.\n\nIt was West Brom's third home loss in three under Allardyce and they have conceded 12 goals with no reply in those games.\n\n'Everything looks much better' - what they said\n\nWest Brom manager Sam Allardyce: \"Another game gone by where we learn more about the players we have. We have learnt an awful lot about what we can and cannot do.\n\n\"We need to work out a way of not trying to be as sloppy as we have been at conceding goals. It appears when we try to open up we leave opportunities for the opposition and we cannot cope.\"\n\nArsenal manager Mikel Arteta: \"We had a big week, three games in seven days, and we managed to win them and everything looks much better. It was difficult conditions but the team looked sharp from the start. It's a big win.\n\n\"After the results we had before we had to lift things straight away. Now we have got some discipline back. We look more creative in the final third and we look solid at the back.\"\n\nThe best of the stats\n• None West Brom are the first side to lose consecutive home Premier League games by at least four goals since Wigan in August 2010.\n• None Arsenal have scored in all 25 of their Premier League meetings with West Brom, the best 100% scoring record by one side against an opponent in the competition's history.\n• None There were 20 passes in the build-up to Arsenal's first goal scored by Kieran Tierney - since Mikel Arteta's first game in charge on Boxing Day 2019, the Gunners have scored more goals following a sequence of 20+ passes than any other Premier League side (3).\n• None Tierney became the first Scottish player to score an away Premier League goal for Arsenal and the first to do so in the top flight since Charlie Nicholas against Ipswich Town in March 1986.\n• None Alexandre Lacazette has scored five away Premier League goals in 2020-21, his best such tally in a single season in the competition.\n\nWest Brom travel to Blackpool for an FA Cup third-round tie on Saturday, 9 January (15:00 GMT kick-off), before returning to Premier League action on Saturday, 16 January against Wolves (12:30 GMT).\n\nArsenal host Newcastle in their FA Cup match on the same day (17:30 GMT), before facing Crystal Palace at home in the league on Thursday, 14 January (20:00 GMT).\n• None Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Charlie Austin tries a through ball, but Kyle Bartley is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Rekeem Harper (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matheus Pereira.\n• None Attempt saved. Willian (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Ceballos.\n• None Attempt missed. Joseph Willock (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Willian with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Conor Gallagher (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Robinson.\n• None Attempt blocked. Charlie Austin (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dara O'Shea.\n• None Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.\n• None Attempt missed. Charlie Austin (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Matt Phillips. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United moved level on points with Premier League leaders Liverpool as a Bruno Fernandes penalty saw off stubborn Aston Villa.\n\nFernandes drilled his 11th league goal this season - and his fifth from the spot - into the bottom corner to punish Douglas Luiz's clip on Paul Pogba and hand United an eighth win in 10 games.\n\nBertrand Traore's calm finish underneath David de Gea had deservedly drawn Villa level, cancelling out Anthony Martial's stooping first-half header for the hosts.\n\nBut Fernandes' penalty extended United's hold over Villa - they have now won 32 and lost just one of the past 44 league meetings between the sides - and leaves Liverpool top only by virtue of goal difference.\n\nThe spot-kick award angered Aston Villa boss Dean Smith who claimed Pogba \"tripped himself\" and that the video assistant referee should have asked on-pitch official Michael Oliver to review his decision.\n\n\"I don't see why Michael couldn't have looked at it. That's what VAR is for isn't it?\" Smith told BBC Sport.\n\n\"I thought it was a penalty at the time, but I looked at it after the game and saw he tripped himself. I don't think it's a penalty.\n\n\"I think there's enough doubt there to send the referee over to the screen.\"\n\nSmith's side were perhaps unfortunate not to have left Old Trafford with at least a point from a thoroughly entertaining game but they also needed several fine saves from Emiliano Martinez to keep them in it.\n\nAfter Fernandes' spot-kick put United back in front, Martinez superbly tipped a stinging 25-yarder from the Portuguese on to the crossbar as well as denying Martial a second.\n\nMartinez's counterpart David de Gea was just as busy, with a late save from Matty Cash's long-range strike preserving the points, not long after Tyrone Mings had headed wide a glorious chance to level.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side have displayed their ability to grind out points at Old Trafford in recent weeks, as evidenced in 1-0 home wins over both West Bromwich Albion and Wolves.\n\nBut they have also shown a willingness to go toe-to-toe with teams who are happy to open up the game and, while this was not quite the shootout of the 6-2 win over Leeds, it was just as easy on the eye.\n\nA number of fluid first-half moves produced chances before Martial's opener as the France forward saw a curler tipped over by Martinez, while Fernandes and Wan-Bissaka were narrowly off target with similar efforts.\n\nMartial stole between Mings and Ezri Konsa to nod the Red Devils ahead from Wan-Bissaka's inviting cross for only his second league goal of the season on his return to Solskjaer's starting line-up.\n\nWhile Luiz was unfortunate to be penalised for what might have been an accidental clip on Pogba, there was enough contact for the penalty to be given and Fernandes continued his excellent record from the spot.\n\nUnited were nine points behind Liverpool after a 1-0 defeat by Arsenal at Old Trafford on 1 November but have made up that gap in just two months to set an intriguing title race into motion.\n\nA minute's silence before the game paid tribute to former boss Tommy Docherty, who famously prevented Liverpool claiming the treble by leading United to an FA Cup win over the Reds in 1977.\n\nAnd while talk of foiling a second successive Liverpool title might be premature, moving alongside them at the Premier League's summit will give Solskjaer's side even more confidence as they eye up a trip to Anfield on 17 January.\n\nWhile Villa were ultimately outgunned by their hosts, their brave display was further evidence of the progress Smith's side have made this season.\n\nThey held their own in the first half, causing United a number of problems down the flanks, with playmaker Jack Grealish prompting and probing to show why the hosts have long considered a move for the Villa captain.\n\nBut they were even more impressive in the early stages of the second period, Grealish crossing for an Ollie Watkins header that was saved by De Gea before collecting a quick free-kick and finding Traore to tuck home the equaliser.\n\nLuiz's foul on Pogba came with Villa very much in the ascendancy and while they then had to ride a storm the visitors still came close to pinching a point as Mings beat fellow England centre-half Harry Maguire to a free-kick only to nod wide.\n\nWith Ross Barkley's return from a hamstring injury imminent, this performance should keep Villa optimistic even if defeat halted a five-game unbeaten run and saw them slip a place to sixth, behind Chelsea on goal difference.\n\nAnd while their rotten record at Old Trafford continues - just one win in 34 visits since 1983, which came courtesy of a Gabriel Agbonlahor header in 2009 - they have still only conceded five times in eight away games this campaign.\n\n'We have improved a lot in a year' - what they said\n\nManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer told BBC Sport: \"You are always delighted with three points. The performance was good and we created chances.\n\n\"It was maybe a little too open and we wasted chances. We tried to play the Hollywood pass instead of securing the first one and using the space that was there.\n\n\"We are happy with what we are doing. We have shown we have improved a lot in a year. We lost to Arsenal away last New Year's Day. We have improved immensely.\"\n\nAston Villa boss Dean Smith told BBC Sport: \"I wasn't happy with the first half. We were miles off the levels where we have been. It felt like a testimonial pace then they deservedly had the lead at half-time. I told the players we needed to be upping our levels.\n\n\"We competed a lot better [in the second half], showed more quality and created chances. I'd take the second-half performance all day long. A dubious penalty has lost us the game.\n\n\"When you look at our performances and results, it shows we are very competitive in this league now, which is what we wanted it to be.\"\n\nUnited's hold over Villa goes on - the stats\n• None Manchester United are unbeaten in their past 16 Premier League matches against Aston Villa (W12 D4).\n• None Aston Villa have lost 13 of their past 15 away Premier League games against Manchester United at Old Trafford (W1 D1).\n• None In Premier League history, the only player to be directly involved in more goals in their first 30 appearances in the competition than Bruno Fernandes (33 - 19 goals, 14 assists) is Andrew Cole (37 - 28 goals, nine assists).\n• None Anthony Martial has now scored on all seven days of the week in the Premier League for Manchester United, becoming the fifth player to do so, after Ryan Giggs, Andrew Cole, David Beckham and Wayne Rooney.\n• None Only Tottenham's Harry Kane (10) has assisted more Premier League goals this season than Jack Grealish (7), while the last Aston Villa player to assist more than seven Premier League goals in a season was Ashley Young in 2010-11 (10).\n• None Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first Premier League match in charge of Manchester United in December 2018, the Red Devils have taken (27) and scored (21) the most Premier League penalties.\n\nManchester United host local rivals Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-finals on Wednesday (19:45 GMT) and welcome Watford in the FA Cup on Saturday 9 January (20:00 GMT). Their next Premier League game is away at Burnley on Tuesday 12 January (20:15 GMT).\n\nAston Villa host Liverpool in the FA Cup next Friday (19:45 GMT) before returning to Premier League action at home to Tottenham on Wednesday 13 January (20:15 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Keinan Davis (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Keinan Davis (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ollie Watkins with a cross.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Paul Pogba tries a through ball, but Marcus Rashford is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Matthew Cash (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.\n• None Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Luke Shaw (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "London's Nightingale Hospital is ready to admit patients as hospitals in the capital struggle, the NHS has said.\n\nThe Excel Centre site in east London has been \"reactivated\" amid a rise in the number of Covid-19 patients.\n\nOther Nightingale hospital sites across England are also being readied, with the UK recording a record daily rise in coronavirus cases.\n\nAn NHS spokesman said hospitals in London remain under \"significant pressure\".\n\nHe said: \"In anticipation of pressures rising from the spread of the new variant infection, NHS London were asked to ensure the London Nightingale was reactivated and ready to admit patients as needed, and that process is under way.\"\n\nSeveral NHS hospitals in London and the south-east are now reporting they are under extreme pressure as a result of a surge in the number of people falling seriously ill with Covid-19.\n\nAn email to staff at the Royal London Hospital says they are operating in disaster medicine mode - warning they can no longer provide high-standard critical care.\n\nNightingale hospitals in Manchester, Bristol and Harrogate are in use currently for non-Covid patients, the spokesman added.\n\nThe Exeter site received its first Covid patients in November when it began accepting those transferred from the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, which was described as \"very busy\".\n\nHe said: \"Covid inpatient numbers are rising sharply so the remaining Nightingales are being readied to admit patients once again should they be needed, in line with best clinical practice developed over the first and second waves of coronavirus.\"\n\nSenior intensive care doctor Prof Hugh Montgomery warned those who fail to follow the rules on social distancing, hand washing and wearing a face covering \"have blood on their hands\".\n\nNHS England medical director Stephen Powis has described the Nightingale hospitals as \"our insurance policy, there as our last resort\".\n\nLondon's Nightingale hospital was built in nine days, with the help of hundreds of soldiers\n\nHe told a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday: \"We asked all the Nightingale hospitals a few weeks ago to be ready to take patients if that was required.\n\n\"Indeed, some of them are already doing that, in Manchester taking step-down patients, in Exeter managing Covid patients, and in other places managing diagnostics, for instance.\n\n\"Our first steps though, in managing the extra demands on the NHS, are to expand capacity within existing hospitals - that's the best way to use our staff.\"\n\nLondon's Nightingale Hospital was opened on 3 April and placed on standby weeks later after fewer than 20 patients were treated there.", "Owen Thomas says metal detecting has been his escape from the stresses of the pandemic.\n\nThe writer from Tongwynlais, Cardiff started metal detecting after bumping into his long-time friend Bob Wiseman - an avid detectorist - during lockdown.\n\nAside from his first outing, when he followed his metal toe cap boots thinking he had found treasure, he has discovered artefacts dating back to the 13th Century.\n\nOwen says he has fallen in love with his new-found hobby and it is \"the link with a life that's gone” that appeals to him so much.", "A UK ticket-holder has started the new year by winning the EuroMillions jackpot of nearly £40m.\n\nOne ticket matched all five regular numbers and two lucky stars in the draw on Friday night to win the £39,774,466.40 prize.\n\nCamelot's Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at the National Lottery, said: \"What an amazing start to 2021 for UK EuroMillions players.\"\n\nA ticket-holder has now come forward to claim their prize.\n\nCamelot, which operates the lottery, said checks were being made on the claim.\n\nMr Carter said: \"It is fantastic news that the jackpot winning lucky ticket-holder has now claimed this enormous prize. We will now focus on supporting the ticket-holder through the process.\"\n\nThe winning numbers were 16, 28, 32, 44 and 48 with the lucky stars 01 and 09.\n\nTen other ticket-holders each won £1m in the UK Millionaire Maker New Year's Day event.\n\nIn 2019, a UK ticket-holder won the full £170m EuroMillions jackpot, making them Britain's richest ever lottery winner.\n\nAnd last year, a £57m EuroMillions prize claim was validated just before the deadline. The ticket had been bought in South Ayrshire.\n\nThe winning ticket holder's newfound cash means they are now wealthier than former One Direction singer Zayn Malik, who is worth £36m, according to the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List.\n\nAnd if they have a bit more money in the bank, they could buy one of the UK's most expensive homes, which went on the market last year.\n\nNobody won the EuroMillons Hotpicks jackpot on Friday, which uses the same numbers as the main draw, but one winner scooped the Thunderball top prize of £500,000.\n\nThe Thunderball numbers were 13, 17, 30, 34, 35 and the Thunderball was 01.", "Lisa Montgomery is scheduled for execution in January 2021\n\nA US appeals court has lifted a stay of execution on the only woman awaiting a federal death penalty.\n\nLisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman in Missouri before cutting out and kidnapping the baby in 2004.\n\nIf the execution goes ahead, she will be the first female federal inmate to be put to death in almost 70 years.\n\nMontgomery's execution date was originally set for last month but a stay was put in place after her attorneys contracted Covid-19.\n\nIt was then rescheduled for 12 January by the Justice Department. But Montgomery's lawyers argued that the date could not be set while a stay was in place.\n\nA court sided with her attorneys, stopping an order from the director of the Bureau of Prisons scheduling her death.\n\nBut on Friday, a panel of judges concluded that the director had acted under the law, allowing the execution to take place.\n\nMontgomery's legal team said they will file a petition for the judges to reconsider their ruling.\n\nThe last woman to be executed by the US government was Bonnie Heady, who died in a gas chamber in Missouri in 1953, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.\n\nFederal executions had been on pause for 17 years before President Donald Trump ordered them to resume earlier last year.\n\nIf the remaining executions go ahead, Mr Trump will have overseen the most executions by a US president in more than a century.\n\nMontgomery's execution date is just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.\n\nMr Biden, who for decades was a fierce supporter of the death penalty as a Delaware senator, has now said he will seek to end federal executions once he takes office.\n\nIn December 2004, Montgomery drove from Kansas to the home of Bobbie Jo Stinnett, in Missouri, purportedly to purchase a puppy, according to a Department of Justice press release.\n\n\"Once inside the residence, Montgomery attacked and strangled Stinnett - who was eight months pregnant - until the victim lost consciousness,\" it says.\n\nMontgomery cut into Stinnett's body to remove the baby, which she took with her in an attempt to pass it off as her own.\n\nIn 2007, a jury found Montgomery guilty of federal kidnapping resulting in death, and unanimously recommended a death sentence.\n\nBut Montgomery's lawyers say she experienced brain damage from beatings as a child and is mentally unwell, so should not face the death penalty.\n\nUnder the US justice system, crimes can be tried either in federal courts, at a national level, or in state courts, at a regional level.\n\nCertain crimes, such as counterfeiting currency or mail theft, are automatically tried at a federal level, as are cases in which the US is a party or those which involve constitutional violations.\n\nThe death penalty was outlawed at state and federal level by a 1972 Supreme Court decision that cancelled all existing death penalty statutes.\n\nA 1976 Supreme Court decision allowed states to reinstate the death penalty and in 1988 the government passed legislation that made it available again at federal level.\n\nAccording to data collected by the Death Penalty Information Center, 78 people were sentenced to death in federal cases between 1988 and 2018 but only three were executed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What's in store for US President-elect Biden in 2021? Senior North America reporter Anthony Zurcher looks ahead\n\nThe latest in a series of attempts by allies of President Donald Trump to overturn the November US election result has failed.\n\nA Texas judge rejected the case, brought by Republican Louie Gohmert, seeking to stop Vice-President Mike Pence from certifying the final result.\n\nLawyers for Mr Pence had asked for the case to be thrown out on Thursday.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden is due to take office on 20 January. Mr Trump is yet to concede.\n\nMr Gohmert, a Republican congressman, told Newsmax TV that he planned to appeal against the verdict.\n\nMr Trump's friends and colleagues in the Republican party have presented dozens of legal challenges to the November outcome which delivered a decisive win to Mr Biden.\n\nHis victory was announced after days of vote-counting that took longer than in recent years because of the huge number of postal ballots cast due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMr Trump has made numerous unsubstantiated claims that Mr Biden's win, which saw the president-elect gain 306 electoral college votes to his rival's 232, was fraudulent.\n\nThe electoral college is a system whereby each US state has an allocated number of points that is granted to the overall winner in each state. The candidate who gains the majority wins the presidency.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Explaining the Electoral College and which voters will decide who wins\n\nCongressman Gohmert's case sought to allow Vice-President Mike Pence to reject some electoral college votes when they are ratified by Congress on 6 January.\n\nThe vice-president presides over the vote certification in Congress in a ceremonial role that involves opening and tallying the envelopes containing electoral college votes before announcing the result.\n\nMr Gohmert's case aimed to expand that role to allow Mr Pence to cast judgement on the validity of the votes and potentially replace votes for Mr Biden with ones for Mr Trump.\n\nBut Judge Jeremy Kernodle, who was appointed to the Texas court in 2018 by Mr Trump, rejected the case, saying it was based on speculative events.\n\nOn Thursday a lawyer from the US Justice Department representing Mr Pence urged Mr Gohmert to drop the case, suggesting that it was not the vice-president's office that should be scrutinising the outcome.\n\nAlthough most Republicans in Congress are expected to vote in favour of certifying the results, a small number including Senator Josh Hawley, say they plan to object. But their vote is not expected to change the outcome.\n\nMr Biden is due to be sworn in as president on 20 January at a scaled-back ceremony with just 1,000 tickets available due to Covid-19 precautions.", "All primary schools in London will remain closed for the start of the new term, the government has confirmed.\n\nLondon mayor Sadiq Khan said the government had \"finally seen sense and U-turned\" on its plan to allow pupils in some areas to return on Monday.\n\nLeaders of nine London local authorities had written to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson urging him to rethink the decision.\n\nMr Williamson said the city-wide closures were \"a last resort\".\n\nThe government said it had decided all primary schools in the capital would be required to provide remote learning after a further review of coronavirus transmission rates.\n\nVulnerable pupils and the children of key workers will continue to attend school, the government said.\n\nEarly years care, alternative provision and special schools will remain open, it added.\n\nSchools in nine London boroughs and the City of London district had been set to reopen - while those in the remaining 23 boroughs would have stayed closed from 4 January.\n\nThe decision was criticised and branded \"illogical\" by councillors and residents in the affected areas, who called for primary schools across the capital to move to online learning until 18 January.\n\nThey pointed out that Covid-19 infection rates were higher in some boroughs told to reopen schools than in others where they were not.\n\nIn a tweet, Mr Khan said a city-wide closure was \"the right decision\" and thanked education minister Nick Gibb for \"our constructive conversations over the past two days\".\n\n\"The government's original decision was ridiculous and has been causing immense confusion for parents, teachers and staff across the capital,\" Mr Khan said.\n\n\"It is right that all schools in London are treated the same, and that no primary schools in London will be forced to open on Monday\".\n\nDan Thorpe, leader of Greenwich council, said he was \"absolutely delighted\" to hear Mr Williamson had \"finally climbed down and reversed his decision\".\n\nKingston Council leader Caroline Kerr said she was \"dismayed\" at the government's handling of situation while a council statement added: \"It never made sense that neighbouring boroughs were being instructed to have different arrangements despite having similar rates of infection.\"\n\nIslington council leader Richard Watts said waiting until New Year's day to announce the further closures was \"unacceptable\".\n\nHe said the decision \"should have been made weeks ago, as the public health situation became clear\".\n\nMary Bousted, of the National Education Union, said the government was right to reverse its \"obviously nonsensical position\".\n\n\"What is right for London is right for the rest of the country,\" she said, and she called on ministers to \"do their duty\" by closing all primary and secondary schools nationwide for at least two weeks.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, accused the government of damaging public confidence with a \"confusing and last-minute approach\".\n\n\"Just at the moment when we need some decisive leadership, the government is at sixes and sevens,\" he said.\n\nShadow education secretary Kate Green said the move was \"yet another government U-turn creating chaos for parents just two days before the start of term\".\n\n\"Gavin Williamson must still clarify why some schools in tier 4 are closing and what the criteria for reopening will be,\" she said.\n\nGavin Williamson said closing schools across London was a \"last resort\"\n\nIn a statement, Mr Williamson said children's education and wellbeing remained \"a national priority\" and moving the whole of London to remote education \"really is a last resort and a temporary solution\".\n\n\"We will continue keep the list of local authorities under review, and reopen classrooms as soon as we possibly can,\" he said.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the situation in London had continued to worsen in the past week and infections and hospital admissions had risen sharply.\n\n\"While our priority is to keep as many children as possible in school, we have to strike a balance between education and infection rates and pressures on the NHS,\" he said.\n\nThe Department for Education had previously said decisions on school closures and openings were based on new infections, positivity rates, and pressures on the NHS.\n\nA spokeswoman for the department said: \"In response to concerning data about the spread of coronavirus, we have implemented the contingency framework for education in a small number of areas of the country, requiring schools to provide remote learning to all but vulnerable and critical worker children and exam years.\n\n\"Decisions on which areas will be subject to the contingency framework are based on close work with PHE, the NHS, the Joint Biosecurity Centre and across government.\"\n\nAre you a parent or teacher who will be affected by the London primary school closures? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bodycam footage shows the moments before a black man was killed by a police shooting in Minneapolis\n\nMinneapolis police have released bodycam footage of a fatal shooting by officers, the first death at the hands of police in the US city since that of George Floyd, a black man, in May.\n\nThe victim, Dolal Idd, 23, was a suspect in a felony and was stopped by police on Wednesday. He was also black.\n\nInitial witness statements and police say Mr Idd fired first and was shot dead when the officers returned fire.\n\nMinneapolis saw months of unrest after Mr Floyd's death in police custody.\n\nThe protests spread across the US amid allegations of police brutality.\n\nMr Floyd died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.\n\nThe footage from Wednesday's fatal shooting, from the bodycam of one of the officers involved, was released late on Thursday.\n\nIt shows the officers' cars blocking a white vehicle at a petrol station on the city's south side, not far from where Mr Floyd died.\n\nThe police are heard shouting \"Stop your car, hands up, hands up!\" before shots are fired, including by the officers.\n\nA female passenger in the car with Mr Idd was not hurt, police said, nor were the officers.\n\nMinneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo said a gun was found at the scene.\n\n\"When I viewed the video that everyone else is viewing - and certainly the real-time slow-down version - it appears the individual inside the vehicle fired his weapon at the officers first,\" he said.\n\nPeople including Mr Idd's father Bayle Gelle gathered at the scene the following day, prompting fears of renewed protests.\n\n\"He was just sitting in the car, and bullets were shot at him, and no reason,\" he said, quoted by CBS News.\n\n\"Why are we here?... Because of colour. He is a black man. We want to know why my sweet son gets shot and killed.\"\n\nGeorge Floyd's death led to violent protests in the city, including this police station set on fire in May\n\nCity mayor Jacob Frey said he was committed to getting the facts and pursuing justice.\n\n\"We know a life has been cut short tonight and that trust between communities of colour and law enforcement is fragile,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"Rebuilding that trust will depend on complete transparency.\"\n\nMr Floyd's death in May led to calls for reform or even abolition of the city's police department, but those efforts have stalled.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. More than 2,500 people take part in an illegal rave in northern France, despite the nationwide curfew\n\nAn illegal warehouse rave that began on New Year's Eve in France in defiance of coronavirus precautions has been shut down by police after arrests and clashes.\n\nSome of the 2,500 ravers in Lieuron near Rennes in Brittany had planned to party until Tuesday.\n\nPolice issued fines to revellers found leaving and the organisers were being identified as the party ended.\n\nA number of party-goers were from the UK and Spain, police said.\n\nAttendees clashed with police, setting fire to a car and throwing objects at officers attempting to shut the event down. At least three officers were injured.\n\nPolice broke up the three-day party that defied a nationwide curfew\n\nA driver was apprehended with turntables, speakers and a generator in the boot of the vehicle, according to French TV station BFM TV.\n\nPolice trying to stop the event faced \"fierce hostility from many partygoers\", a statement from local authorities said.\n\nBut at 05:30 local time on Saturday the ravers began to accept the party was over and started to leave the two disused warehouse hangars, the local prefecture said.\n\nSome revellers said they were hoping to stay until Tuesday\n\nInterior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Twitter that trucks, sound equipment and generators were seized at the scene and an investigation has been opened.\n\nMore than 1,200 fines were issued for non-compliance with the curfew, not wearing a mask and attending an illegal gathering, Mr Darmanin said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Gérald DARMANIN This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Friday authorities said they had opened a sanitary cordon around the party and anyone leaving the event was urged to self-isolate for seven days.\n\nOne of the party-goers, who gave his name as Jo, told the AFP news agency that \"very few had respected social distancing\" at the event.\n\nA number of people slept in their cars before returning to dance, Le Monde newspaper reports.\n\nOne reveller told Le Monde that the rave was \"very well organised\" with food stalls inside.\n\nAnother, who came with four friends from Finisterre in north-west France, told the newspaper that she had wanted to \"escape\" for a few hours.\n\nOn Friday an interior ministry crisis meeting was held and all vehicle exits from the rave were blocked as police sought to shut down the party.\n\nFrance introduced strict rules ahead of the New Year including a curfew from 20:00 until 06:00.\n\nMore than 100,000 police officers were deployed across the country to break up parties and enforce the curfew.\n\nOfficers were instructed to break up underground parties as soon as they were reported, fine participants and identify the organisers.\n\nFrance has recorded more than 2.6 million coronavirus cases and 64,892 deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nOfficers elsewhere in Europe have also had to break up events in recent days.\n\nPolice dispersed a mass gathering near the Spanish city of Barcelona on Saturday where 300 people had been partying for more than 40 hours.\n\nThree footballers from London-based football team Tottenham Hotspur were photographed at a Christmas party last week in breach of coronavirus regulations.\n\nAnd in Essex, an illegal New Year's Eve party damaged All Saints Church near Brentwood. Church authorities have since received hundreds of pounds to pay for repairs.\n\nOfficers in Spain broke up the rave near Barcelona, which had been going on for more than 40 hours", "Officers dispersed the party at the Grade II* listed church before midnight\n\nThousands of pounds has been raised to pay for repairs to a 500-year-old church that was \"trashed\" during an illegal New Year's Eve party.\n\nHundreds of revellers attended the party at All Saints Church in East Horndon, near Brentwood, after the building was broken into.\n\nThree people were arrested on suspicion of public order and drugs offences.\n\nVolunteer group Friends of All Saints said it was \"completely overwhelmed\" by peoples' \"support and generosity\".\n\nChurch volunteer Astrid Gillespie said the damage was \"devastating\"\n\nThe fundraising page was set up on Friday and aimed to raise £2,000, but in less than 24 hours it had raised more than £8,700.\n\nIt said a \"massive clean-up\" was needed at the \"much-loved\" church after \"hundreds of revellers trashed the place\".\n\nEquipment was seized by police at the illegal party\n\nAstrid Gillespie, a volunteer with the Friends of All Saints, said event organisers had smashed a window to put in an extractor fan unit and wired sound equipment into the church's fuse box.\n\nShe said: \"It was a professional set-up. They had a bar area where you had to exchange tokens.\n\n\"It's such a beautiful church. To find out it's been damaged is devastating.\"\n\nReferring to the money that was raised, she said: \"Faith in humanity restored\".\n\nThe church, which is owned and maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust, has not been used for religious services since 1970, but regularly houses community events.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Researchers have been tracking changes to the \"spike\" of the virus\n\nThe new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version, a study has found.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy of London's Imperial College said the differences between the viruses types was \"quite extreme\".\n\n\"There is a huge difference in how easily the variant virus spreads,\" he told BBC News. \"This is the most serious change in the virus since the epidemic began,\" he added.\n\nThe Imperial College study suggests transmission of the new variant tripled during England's November lockdown while the previous version was reduced by a third.\n\nCases of Covid-19 have begun to increase rapidly during the second spike, and the number of cases recorded in a single day reached a new high on Thursday.\n\nEarly results indicated that the virus was spreading more quickly among under-20s, particularly among secondary school age children.\n\nBut the very latest data indicates that it was spreading quickly across all age groups, according to Prof Gandy who was a member of the research team.\n\n\"One possible explanation is that the early data was collected during the time of the November lockdown where schools were open and the activities of the adult population were more restricted. We are seeing now that the new virus has increased infectiousness across all age groups.\"\n\nProf Jim Naismith, of Oxford University, said he believed that the new findings indicated that even tougher restrictions would soon be needed.\n\n\"The data from Imperial represent the best analysis to date and imply that the measures we have employed to date, would - with the new virus - fail to reduce the R number to below 1.\n\n\"In simpler terms, unless we do something different the new virus strain is going to continue to spread, more infections, more hospitalisations and more deaths.\"\n\nThe R number is the average number of people an infected person infects. If it is above 1 the epidemic is growing.\n\nThe most chilling finding from this piece of research is that the November lockdown in England, hard though it was for many people, would not have stopped the variant form of the virus spreading. The same severe restrictions that saw cases of the previous version of the virus fall by a third, would see a tripling of the new variant. This is why there has been such a sudden tightening of restrictions across the country.\n\nIt is unclear whether the current restrictions will be enough to control the spread of the virus. Given the fact that it has taken two lockdowns to stop the earlier version of the virus overwhelming the NHS, many scientists fear that further tightening will be necessary.\n\nInfection levels will begin to drop as enough people are vaccinated. But until then it is now more important than ever for people to follow social distancing guidelines, wear masks where required and to regularly wash their hands.\n\nThe new year brings with it hope of a more normal life in the next few months but also a new form of the virus that all of us will have to combat in the coming days and weeks.\n\nProfessor Lawrence Young, of Warwick University, said early indications suggested that vaccines would be effective against the new form of the virus.\n\n\"Variants virus have been around since the beginning of the pandemic and are a product of the natural process by which viruses develop and adapt to their hosts as they replicate.\n\n\"Most of these mutations have no effect on the behaviour of the virus but very occasionally they can improve the ability of the virus to infect and/or become more resistant to the body's immune response.\"\n\nFurther research is needed to understand why the variant is spreading so quickly. But early indications are that vaccines should be effective against it.\n\nThe new virus has been designated \"Variant of Concern 202012/01\" or VOC by Public Health England.\n\nIt was detected in November and thought to have originated in the south-east England in September.\n\nThere is no evidence to suggest that it is more deadly, but it will increase the number of cases which in turn will add further pressure on the NHS.\n\nThe variant can now be found across the UK, except Northern Ireland, but it is heavily concentrated in London, as well as south-east and eastern England.", "Amanda Quinn, who has early onset dementia, is cared for by her 23-year-old daughter Bethany\n\n\"It feels like you're being punished for something you didn't do.\"\n\nAmanda Quinn describes living through lockdown with early onset dementia as \"scary\" and \"feeling lost\".\n\nTwo years ago, she was diagnosed with the condition aged 49, and said the disease was a \"ticking time bomb\" for her husband and four children.\n\nAlzheimer's Society Cymru support worker Lorraine Davies said lockdown had brought a \"great sense of loss\" to many families.\n\nSince her diagnosis, Amanda says she has lost her sense of what day it is, her concentration, and she struggles with speech occasionally and suffers more with incontinence.\n\nWhen Wales went into a UK national lockdown on 23 March, Amanda said she did not leave her home in Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, for weeks.\n\nShe said her children have noticed a \"big change\" in her.\n\n\"I used to have a wicked sense of humour - I still have one, but it's not how I used to be,\" she said.\n\nBut for Amanda one of the worst parts of her condition is \"losing so many friends\" whom she said \"would rather cross the road\" than talk to her.\n\n\"They don't know how to interact with me anymore,\" she said.\n\nAmanda says her children have noticed a \"big change\" since she was diagnosed aged 49\n\nHer 23-year-old daughter Bethany Kingsley, who cares for her, said the pandemic has caused caring work to increase ten-fold.\n\n\"I have to keep an eye on mum a lot more now, because she doesn't know what to do with herself.\n\n\"But I have also got to look after my mental health side of it as well. There are days where I'm struggling,\" she said.\n\nNow Amanda does activities at home such as adult colouring books, baking with Bethany, and watches movies.\n\n\"It is like being a child,\" Amanda explained.\n\n\"My daughter says it's like we've switched roles and she has become the adult as she holds my hand when we cross the road.\n\n\"Although I can see a car, it doesn't register to me that it is not safe to walk out, all I can think is that I need to be on the other side of the road.\"\n\nBefore the pandemic, she attended dementia support groups in person, such as Memoria, a theatrical group of people with dementia and carers, whereas now she does this virtually.\n\nBethany says Covid has had a big impact on caring for her mother\n\nLast year, before the pandemic, Bethany put off moving away to study midwifery at university in Bristol.\n\nAlthough she said it was a \"difficult\" decision as she had wanted to do it for years, she said she was glad she was home to care for her mother during the pandemic.\n\nInstead she chose to study for an Open University course in health and social care from home.\n\n\"I thought my mother is the only person I've got at the end of the day and I would rather make sure she is safe and happy, rather than go off and leave her,\" she said.\n\nBut Amanda said she was concerned about how her condition will progress and affect her family more.\n\nThe 51-year-old said it was \"not fair\" that her daughter had to stay home because of her condition.\n\n\"It worries me how it will affect my children. I'm fortunate, I suppose, that I'm not going to know.\n\n\"I say I don't want to go into a care home but that wouldn't be fair on them - they have still got their whole lives to lead\".\n\nAmanda was still in her 40s when she was diagnosed\n\nAlzheimer's Society Cymru support adviser for younger people Lorraine Davies said there was a stigma attached to younger people with the disease and a \"lack of public awareness\".\n\n\"Some have mortgages, some have young families, and often they also care for older adults - so it has a different impact on them, and their social network of people.\n\n\"A lot of people living with dementia don't always feel they will have next year, so 2020 has been a great sense of loss to them because of the lockdown and restrictions,\" she said.\n\nThe charity estimates that there are between 2,000 to 3,000 people with young onset dementia in Wales, according to 2018 figures from the first Welsh Government national dementia action plan.\n\nHowever Lorraine said the figure was likely to be higher as getting a dementia diagnosis can be harder for younger people, and can take more than a year to have it confirmed.\n\n\"It is also more common for younger people to have rarer forms of dementia, so rather than being a typical Alzheimer's disease, associated with memory loss, a patient might have behavioural changes, but you might just think they are upset, stressed, or put it down to mood swings.\n\n\"Some people have been accused of being drunk, because they have slurred speech, but actually that is a symptom.\"\n\nShe said the Alzheimer's Society has organised virtual support groups for people with the condition and their carers during lockdown.\n\n\"Often younger people want to meet people like them, because it helps them not to feel so alone in this. Knowing that brings people comfort.\"\n\nSimon Hatch, the director of Carers Trust Wales, said the pandemic had highlighted the \"crucial role unpaid carers play both in providing exceptional, expert care to family and friends\".\n\nMr Hatch said the trust found that 44% of young adult carers it spoke to felt overwhelmed by the pressures they were facing.\n\nHe said although there was support available to carers they would need \"sustainable\" forms of this in the future.\n\nThere are about 45,000 people with dementia in Wales, according to the Alzheimer's Society.\n\nThe disease is considered \"early onset\" when it affects people under 65, according to Young Dementia UK.\n\nLorraine said the age distinction was made to mark the difference in financial support, as 65 was state pension age at the time.\n\nDementia itself refers to a set of symptoms caused by many diseases of the brain. The most common symptom is memory loss and difficulty concentrating.\n\nOther symptoms can include struggling to remember recent events, changes to behaviour, mood, becoming lost in familiar places or being unable to find the right word in a conversation.\n\nSpecific symptoms will depend on the parts of the brain that are damaged and the disease that is causing the dementia.", "Police made 17 arrests at the demonstration in Hyde Park\n\nPolice have made arrests at an anti-lockdown demonstration in central London.\n\nCrowds of between 200 to 300 people began to gather in Hyde Park, which is in a tier four coronavirus area, at about 13:30 GMT on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nSeventeen people were arrested on suspicion of breaching public health regulations.\n\nMost demonstrators had left the park by 16:45, police said.\n\nThe Met tweeted: \"Officers continue to engage with groups of people who have gathered in the Hyde Park area.\n\n\"A number of people have been arrested under health protection regulations and taken into custody.\n\n\"We urge those in the area to leave immediately.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMore than two people are generally not allowed to meet in public under tier four rules.\n\nThe police force added: \"Officers will take enforcement action where we see clear breaches of the tier four rules.\n\n\"It's up to all of us to make the right choices and slow the spread of the virus.\"\n\nA group called The People's Lockdown, Stand For Your Human Rights, had said it was going to hold a event at Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon.\n\nIn an online post, it called on people to \"stand with your loved ones\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I wish I could switch place with my daughter\" - Odd Steinar Sørengen's daughter is missing\n\nA body has been found shortly after rescuers and dog handlers began a risky ground search for 10 people missing in a hillside collapse in Norway.\n\nInitially it was thought too dangerous to send rescuers on to the site, after flowing mud sent homes toppling into a giant chasm in the village of Ask.\n\nHelicopters and drones spent two days searching the scene.\n\nBut on Friday police commander Roy Alkvist said one or two houses appeared safe to enter.\n\nRescuers, who included a Swedish specialist team, began moving into the danger zone on Styrofoam boards. The bright orange boards were laid down on the mud in a domino-effect as rescuers tried to reach one of the wrecked homes, which are 25km (15 miles) north-east of the capital Oslo.\n\nA missing Dalmatian dog was rescued on Thursday and police believe there is still a chance survivors could be found.\n\nHowever, on Friday afternoon an air ambulance helicopter landed near the site and police said a body had been found at 14:30 (13:30 GMT) without giving further details.\n\nRescuers are using orange Styrofoam boards to move around the landslide area\n\nPrime Minister Erna Solberg said her thoughts went out to the victim's family, and to those waiting for news of the other nine people who were missing.\n\nIn Friday's operation the rescuers also prepared a giant army vehicle called a \"paver\", which has a giant steel bridge on which rescuers can move.\n\nHowever, conditions were not yet good enough for the 50-tonne machine to be deployed.\n\nThe plan is to deploy a Norwegian army bridge-laying vehicle as soon as conditions are good enough\n\nFriday's search was a race against time, as the rescuers only had a few hours of daylight in the Norwegian winter. Medics and geologists were reportedly part of the ground rescue team.\n\nThe ground search was called off for the night at 17:30 and police said drones and heat-seeking cameras would continue overnight until rescue crews could return on Saturday morning.\n\nAbout 1,000 people have been evacuated from Gjerdrum municipality, which contains Ask village. Dozens more were moved out of their homes on New Year's Eve.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aerial footage shows the scale of the landslide\n\nAlthough police have not given details of the missing, they are believed to include men, women and children.\n\nAmong them is a woman who was talking to her husband on the phone while walking the dog when the line went dead, according to Bergens Tidende newspaper.\n\nFurther reports say a couple and their small child are also missing, as well as a woman in her 50s and her adult son.\n\nMore than 30 homes have been destroyed, but officials say more could be lost as the edges of the crater left by the landslide are still breaking away.\n\nThe conditions have proved challenging, with temperatures dropping to -1C (30F) and the clay ground proving too unstable for emergency workers to walk on.\n\nThe scale of the landslide is shown by this aerial view of the disaster site\n\nThe landslide began early on Wednesday, with residents calling emergency services and telling them that their houses were moving, police said.\n\n\"There were two massive tremors that lasted for a long while and I assumed it was snow being cleared or something like that,\" Oeystein Gjerdrum, 68, told broadcaster NRK.\n\n\"Then the power suddenly went out, and a neighbour came to the door and said we needed to evacuate, so I woke up my three grandchildren and told them to get dressed quickly.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) told AFP that the landslide was a so-called \"quick clay slide\" measuring about 300m by 700m (985ft by 2,300ft).\n\n\"This is the largest landslide in recent times in Norway, considering the number of houses involved and the number of evacuees,\" Laila Hoivik said.\n\nQuick clay is a kind of clay found in Norway and Sweden that can collapse and behave as a fluid when it comes under stress.\n\nBroadcaster NRK said heavy rainfall may have made the soil unstable, but questions have since emerged over why construction was permitted in the area.\n\nA 2005 geological survey labelled the area as at high risk of landslides, according to a report seen by the broadcaster TV2. Despite this, the homes were built three years later in 2008.", "Hospitals across the UK are being told to prepare to face the same Covid pressures as the NHS in London and south-east England.\n\nSenior doctor Prof Andrew Goddard said the virus's highly infectious new variant was spreading nationwide.\n\nCase numbers were \"mild\" compared with where he expected them to be next week, he said, with doctors \"really worried\".\n\nIt comes as a further 57,725 people have tested positive for Covid - a new daily high.\n\nThis is the fifth day in a row new daily cases have been over 50,000 and brings the total number of cases to 2,599,789.\n\nAnother 445 deaths, of people who had tested positive within the previous 28 days, were reported on Saturday - bringing the total number of deaths to 74,570, according to government figures.\n\nThe UK-wide total for people in hospital with Covid has already passed the spring peak.\n\nHalf of the major hospital trusts in England are said to be dealing with more Covid-19 patients than at the worst point of the first wave in April, with the NHS facing its \"busiest winter ever\".\n\nProf Goddard, of the Royal College of Physicians, told BBC Breakfast: \"There's no doubt that Christmas is going to have a big impact, the new variant is also going to have a big impact, we know that is more infectious, more transmissible, so I think the large numbers that we're seeing in the South East, in London, in south Wales, is now going to be reflected over the next month, two months even, over the rest of the country.\"\n\nHe said: \"It seems very likely that we are going to see more and more cases, wherever people work in the UK, and we need to be prepared for that.\"\n\nPressure has been so great on hospitals in London and south-east England that some patients have been moved out of the area.\n\nLondon's weekly rate of coronavirus cases is 858 per 100,000 people, double the UK figure.\n\nDominic Harrison, director of public health for Blackburn and Darwen, said a decision on a new lockdown had to be decided \"in the next week\" - instead of waiting for the North to get to the same rates as the capital \"and 'call it late' which has been our pattern of response too often\".\n\nThe most recent UK-wide statistics, from 28 December, showed there were 23,823 people in hospital with Covid. That was already significantly higher than the spring peak, which saw 21,683 in hospital on 12 April.\n\nOnly English hospitals have released figures for the final three days of December - and these show that a further 2,302 Covid patients were occupying hospital beds on 31 December.\n\nLondon's Nightingale emergency hospital is ready to admit patients, the NHS has said, while other sites currently not in use are being readied.\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nProf Goddard said it was vital the public did not \"let their guard down\" and continued to follow government guidelines, including wearing a face mask, maintaining social distancing and washing hands.\n\n\"Until the vaccination hits and does its job - that's what our best defence is going to be,\" he said.\n\nDr Ami Jones, an intensive care consultant in Wales, told BBC Breakfast that \"hospitals are absolutely bursting\", adding that a quarter of her staff were currently off sick or self-isolating, making managing patients even more challenging.\n\n\"When we see the daily figures - we know that will sting us in about 10-12 days' time in the hospital,\" she said. \"We are not even at day 10 post-Christmas yet and it's already exceedingly busy.\n\n\"We are going to get to the point where we physically don't have the staff to look after people safely anymore.\"\n\nDr Jones also urged the public to \"please just obey the rules\", adding: \"Stop mixing with other households because it is spreading like wildfire - and we haven't got much more space in the hospitals left.\"\n\nDo you work in a hospital? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section Tottenham\n\nTottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he is \"disappointed\" after three of his players breached coronavirus rules by attending a party over Christmas.\n\nA picture on social media showed Argentina forward Erik Lamela, Spain defender Sergio Reguilon and Argentina midfielder Giovani lo Celso at a party.\n\n\"We are not happy - it was a negative surprise for us,\" said Mourinho.\n\nIn a statement, Tottenham said they were \"extremely disappointed\" and \"the matter would be dealt with internally\".\n\nWest Ham reminded Argentina forward Manuel Lanzini, who also attended the party, of his responsibilities.\n\nLanzini apologised in a tweet on Saturday, saying he made a \"bad mistake\".\n\n\"I take full responsibility for my actions,\" he said. \"I know people have made difficult sacrifices to stay safe and I should be setting a better example.\"\n\nLamela and Lo Celso were not involved in Saturday's 3-0 Premier League win at home to Leeds, while Reguilon, who joined from Real Madrid in September, was on the bench.\n\n\"I gave an amazing gift to Reguilon - Portuguese piglet,\" Mourinho said. \"Amazing for Portuguese and Spanish. I was told he would spend Christmas on his own. He was not alone as you could see.\n\n\"We, the club, feel disappointed because we gave the players all the education and conditions. We know what we are internally. We don't need to open the door to you and let you know what is going on internally.\n\n\"What are going to be the consequences and how deeply we approach that negative surprise? I feel disappointed.\"\n\nThe Spurs statement added: \"We strongly condemned the image showing some of our players with family and friends together at Christmas, particularly as we know the sacrifices everybody around the country made to stay safe over the festive period.\n\n\"The rules are clear, there are no exceptions, and we regularly remind all our players and staff about the latest protocols and their responsibilities to adhere and set an example.\"\n\nLamela has made two league starts and Lo Celso four this season.\n\nLanzini has featured in nine of West Ham's 17 league games, coming on as a substitute in Friday's 1-0 win at Everton.\n\nA West Ham spokesperson said: \"The club has set the highest possible standards with its protocols and measures relating to Covid-19 so we are disappointed to learn of Manuel Lanzini's actions.\n\n\"The matter has been dealt with internally and Manuel has been strongly reminded of his responsibilities.\"\n\nTottenham's home league game with Fulham, scheduled to take place on 30 December, was called off three hours before kick-off after a number of Fulham players tested positive for coronavirus or showed symptoms.\n\nMeanwhile, Fulham told BBC Sport they are looking into claims Aleksandar Mitrovic broke coronavirus rules by attending a New Year's party with Crystal Palace midfielder Luka Milivojevic.\n\nImages on social media, reported in the Sun , allegedly show the Serbia team-mates celebrating in London with at least seven other adults.\n\nThe mixing of households indoors is banned in London under the UK government's tier four restrictions.\n\n'Mourinho must be so angry'\n\nMourinho has been so critical and vocal of how the Premier League handled their situation [the Fulham postponement], which I totally disagree with him.\n\nYou have to accept we're in strange and difficult times - if it has to be called off at whatever time then it has to be called off.\n\nTo then see some of his players breaking the rules and laws, particularly when millions of people are sacrificing so much not only in this country but around the world, Mourinho must be so angry.\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "Liam Reilly fronted Bagatelle for more than 40 years\n\nIrish Eurovision singer and frontman of the rock band Bagatelle, Liam Reilly, has died aged 65.\n\nA family statement confirmed that Mr Reilly \"passed away suddenly but peacefully at his home\" on 1 January.\n\nMr Reilly fronted Bagatelle for more than 40 years and they had success with songs including Summer in Dublin and Second Violin.\n\nHe also came joint second at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990 with the song Somewhere in Europe.\n\nThe song finished on 132 points, joint with France's entry sung by Joëlle Ursull, in the contest in Zagreb.\n\nMr Reilly, from Dundalk, County Louth, also composed Ireland's Eurovision entry for the contest in Rome in 1991, when Kim Jackson performed his song Could It Be That I'm In Love, which was placed 10th.\n\n\"We know that his many friends and countless fans around the world will share in our grief as we mourn his loss, but celebrate the extraordinary talent of the man whose songs meant so much to so many.\" the family statement added.\n\nJoe Gallagher, the band's promoter from Strabane, County Tyrone, told BBC Radio Ulster \"the talent that Liam brought to the music industry in Ireland is second to none\".\n\n\"Some of the songs that he has written are up there with some of the better songs written in Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"He is one of the best singer-songwriters Ireland has ever seen or produced.\"\n\nMr Reilly also wrote songs for others, including The Wolfe Tones. The Irish group paid tribute to him on social media, describing him as \"a master songwriter\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by The Wolfe Tones 🇮🇪 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by The Wolfe Tones 🇮🇪\n\nStephen Travers, a member of the Miami Showband, said Mr Reilly was a \"national treasure\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bitcoin's value has soared over the past year\n\nBitcoin's value surged above $34,000 (£24,850) for the first time on Sunday as the leading cryptocurrency continued to soar.\n\nIt put the gain this year at almost $5,000, although by 17:00 GMT the price had drifted lower to about $33,000, according to the Coindesk website.\n\nThe rise was put down to interest from big investors seeking quick profits.\n\nIt comes after Bitcoin soared 300% last year, with the price of many other digital currencies also rising sharply.\n\nEthereum, the second biggest cryptocurrency, gained 465% in 2020\n\nSome analysts think Bitcoin's value could rise even further as the US dollar drops further.\n\nWhile the value of the US currency rose in March at the start of the coronavirus pandemic as investors sought safety amid the uncertainty, it has since dropped due to major stimulus from the US Federal Reserve. The currency ended last year with its biggest annual loss since 2017.\n\nBitcoin is traded in much the same way as real currencies like the US dollar and pound sterling.\n\nRecently it has won growing support as a form of payment online, with PayPal among the most recent adopters of digital currencies.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut the cryptocurrency has also proved to be a volatile investment.\n\nThe soaring price has raised concerns that Bitcoin is due for a dramatic correction, as happened three years ago when the value collapsed after a bull run.\n\nDuring the rally in 2017 Bitcoin came close to breaking through the $20,000 level, only to hit extreme lows and fall below $3,300.\n\nIt passed $19,000 in November last year before dropping sharply again.\n\nIn October, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey cautioned over Bitcoin's use as a payment method.\n\n\"I have to be honest, it is hard to see that Bitcoin has what we tend to call intrinsic value,\" he said. \"It may have extrinsic value in the sense that people want it.\"\n\nMr Bailey added that he was \"very nervous\" about people using Bitcoin for payments pointing out that investors should realise its price is extremely volatile.", "The aftermath of an attack in August in Niger, which has suffered a number claimed by jihadist groups\n\nSuspected Islamist militants have attacked two villages in Niger, with reports of dozens of civilians killed.\n\nAround 49 died and 17 were injured in the village of Tchombangou, while another 30 died in Zaroumdareye - both near Niger's western border with Mali, Reuters reports.\n\nThere have been several recent violent incidents in Africa's Sahel region, carried out by militant groups.\n\nFrance said on Saturday that two of its soldiers were killed in Mali.\n\nHours earlier, a group with links to al-Qaeda said it was behind the killing of three French troops in a separate attack in Mali on Monday.\n\nFrance has been leading a coalition of West African and European allies against Islamist militants in the Sahel.\n\nBut the region continues to be affected by ethnic violence, banditry, and human and drug trafficking.\n\nIn light of Saturday's attacks, Interior Minister Alkache Alhada said soldiers had been sent to the area, according to French outlet RFI. But Mr Alhada did not say how many casualties there had been across the two villages.\n\nA local official, quoted by AFP news agency, said many people were killed, and a local journalist spoke of up to 50 deaths.\n\nNiger's Tillabéri region, where the villages are situated, lies within the so-called tri-border area between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, which has been plagued by jihadi attacks in recent years.\n\nTravel by motorbike has been banned in the region for a year, as part of efforts to stop incursions by Islamic militants, who often launch attacks from the vehicles.\n\nAreas of Niger are also facing repeated attacks by jihadists from Nigeria, where the government is fighting an insurgency by Boko Haram.\n\nLast month, members of the group killed at least 27 people in Niger's south-eastern Diffa region.\n\nThe latest attacks in Tillabéri come amid national elections in Niger, as President Mahamadou Issoufou steps down after two five-year terms.\n\nElection officials announced 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penalty.", "A Glasgow shopowner says he's excited about the summit but concerned about protests and road closures.", "Borrowing was lower than a year earlier, but was still the second-highest number on record for September.", "A research paper recommending people shift towards plant-based foods is not policy, the government says.", "Filling station storage tanks were 45% full on average on Sunday, according to government figures.", "MPs have been remembering Sir David Amess, who was killed in his Essex constituency.", "Major tax evasion and avoidance schemes have deprived countries of £127bn, research shows.", "The 60-year-old was trying to prevent the boys, aged seven and 10, from being swept out to sea.", "People are urged to play their part in keeping coronavirus at bay in the run-up to Christmas.", "The kidney, from a genetically-altered pig, appeared to function well, say the surgical team.", "A Scottish study suggests two vaccines are highly effective at preventing deaths from the Delta variant.", "Hemel Hempstead is the setting for shows including ITV's Grantchester and Ricky Gervais' After Life.", "Police said victims reported effects that were \"consistent with a substance being administered\".", "The Victorian-era coin was discovered during restoration work on Lord Nelson's flagship.", "Waiting lists in Wales stand at 657,539, which is equivalent to more than a fifth of the population.", "Police targeted county lines operations where gangs supply drugs via dedicated phone numbers.", "Buckingham Palace says she has \"reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days\".", "Countries are asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels.", "Consumer goods giant Unilever says high rates of cost inflation will continue into next year.", "Authorities, who held the robot for 10 days, feared that it may have been hiding covert spy tools.", "Archbishop Eamon Martin was speaking at a church service marking the centenary of Northern Ireland.", "Heavy rain triggers flash floods and landslides in parts of India and Nepal.", "David Ibbotson was ordered to not fly the aircraft before the fatal crash, a court hears.", "The family of three and their dog were found dead on a trail in Devil's Gulch Valley two months ago.", "BBC correspondents answer your questions about Glasgow's COP26 climate summit.", "Logan Mwangi was discovered in the River Ogmore, Bridgend county, on 31 July.", "Middlesbrough's mayor calls for an end to in-fighting among \"not very bright\" council members.", "The Commons leader says maskless Tory MPs are in line with official guidance as they know each other.", "Ismail Abedi fled the UK ahead of his appearance at the inquiry into the Manchester Arena attack.", "A doctors' union says ministers must reimpose measures such as compulsory face masks as cases rise.", "North Londoner Ali Harbi Ali, 25, has been charged with murder and preparing terrorist acts.", "Four houses in Kincaidston are likely to be demolished while 35 others are damaged or strewn with debris.", "Items owned by Gabby Petito's missing fiancé and apparent human remains have been found in Florida.", "The actress claimed in her Instagram story that there were poor working conditions on the show.", "Those eligible to get a booster jab should come forward Boris Johnson says, as daily cases hit 52,000.", "Several airlines have been told by the Moroccan government that flights will be suspended.", "The territory of St Helena, which has remained coronavirus-free, wants a big rise in tourists.", "A skull was reportedly found in the hunt for Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in Gabby Petito's death.", "Anthony Rees was trying to move the 74-stone stove when it fell and crushed him, inquest hears.", "Tory peer Lord Robathan says the government's anti-obesity drive is not working - but a minister defends it.", "The NHS is set to fund innovative therapy that patients say has given them their lives back.", "Potential hazards for ministers include sceptical Tory MPs and voters worried about rising bills.", "David Henderson told the court he was \"badly affected\" when he realised the plane had gone down.", "Home Secretary Priti Patel says police will change their plans to \"properly\" reflect the situation.", "Additional measures are not needed in England at this point, the health secretary says.", "The star's management company will select this year's song after the UK came bottom last year.", "The Loose Women presenter will return next week, \"all being well\", a show spokesperson said.", "Only nine Republicans in the chamber voted to hold Mr Bannon in contempt.", "The four-day event in Manchester begins amid petrol shortages, and rising food and energy costs.", "Around 300 of the airline's 67,000 US based staff are yet to comply with the strict Covid policy.", "Almost 200 servicemen and women will provide temporary support after a week of long queues for fuel.", "The Commons Speaker 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show has been a stalwart of the Sunday schedules since 1961.", "The prime minister says the \"big lever marked uncontrolled immigration\" will not be pulled to solve the driver shortfall.", "Police Scotland introduces new safeguards in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard.", "Britain's Lizzie Deignan takes a sensational breakaway win in the first edition of the women's Paris-Roubaix.", "Boris Johnson refuses to rule out supply problems at Christmas as fuel shortages continue.", "The Department of Health says those classed as immunosuppressed have now been identified.", "Disability campaigners including Adam Pearson oppose an Elephant Man dissection show.", "An industry body representing the sector says some operators are at risk of going out of business.", "What have been the major financial disclosures and what action has been taken?", "The scheme to protect jobs is coming to an end having cost nearly £70bn.", "The offshore dealings of presidents, prime ministers and royalty feature in the Pandora Papers.", "For the first time in more than two years a full-scale London Marathon - with crowds, charity runners and some of the world's best athletes - returns to the city's streets.", "The 28-year-old man, who lost part of his finger while climbing a fence, is being treated in hospital.", "Boris Johnson also says women should have confidence in the police after the murder of Sarah Everard.", "Letters will be sent to all 12 to 15-year-olds by the end of half-term, the health minister says.", "The 450-mile cable connects Blyth in Northumberland with the Norwegian village of Kvilldal.", "At least 13 people died in the storm, which raged across parts of the Gulf region on Sunday.", "A commission finds evidence of 2,900-3,200 abusers within the country's Catholic Church since 1950.", "Emily Ratajkowski alleges Robin Thicke grabbed her breasts while filming the hit song's music video.", "Northern Ireland's 12 to 15-year-olds will be offered one jab, while all over-50s and healthcare staff can get a third.", "Will Renwick began his trek to run up and down 189 peaks over 2,000ft a month ago.", "Jorja Halliday, from Portsmouth, was due to have her coronavirus vaccination on the day she died.", "The home secretary will promise tougher sentences, after a series of recent climate demonstrations.", "On Tuesday, we will be answering your questions about the leak and our findings, in our live page.", "The private aircraft went down soon after take-off, killing a Romanian billionaire and seven others.", "Opposition parties say new laws are needed to sort out emergency visas for HGV drivers.", "Demonstrations against Jair Bolsonaro take place in more than 160 towns and cities.", "Rallies are held in all 50 states amid fears that abortion rights are being rolled back.", "Ministers meeting in Milan hear calls for sweeping carbon cuts ahead of the COP26 climate summit.", "Panorama investigates the Pandora Papers, one of the biggest offshore leaks in history.", "The ex-PM and his wife did not have to pay the tax as they bought the company that owned the house.", "Scotland's justice secretary says it would send a \"powerful signal\" that sexist abuse will not be tolerated.", "Irish Olympian Mick Clohisey is first to finish while Fionnuala Ross wins the women's race.", "It is understood both patients and staff are affected by the outbreaks at two wards.", "The vaccines are initially being offered to people who are immunocompromised.", "To be in the top 10 of Conservative donors, you're going to need a seven figure sum.", "The total number of coronavirus-linked deaths in NI since the start of the pandemic is 2,565.", "Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he does not understand why some people refuse the coronavirus vaccine.", "The chancellor says ministers are doing what they can to mitigate disruption to food and fuel supplies.", "An estimated 80,000 people run the London Marathon in the city and virtually via an app.", "The 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capital.", "As well as his TV career, Alan Hawkshaw was in the Shadows and toured with the Rolling Stones.", "Venezuela halted talks with the opposition after Alex Saab was flown from Cape Verde to the US.", "The 23-year-old was part of a crew operating an armoured vehicle on the UK's largest training area.", "The 75-year-old had been receiving treatment for a blood infection in California.", "A 14-year-old boy dies after an incident at a railway station in Glasgow.", "Eilish McColgan sets a new course record as thousands take on the 10-mile route through Portsmouth.", "Her family has told the BBC that they fear she could be returned to jail at any time.", "The rail operator was stripped of its franchise for failing to declare millions in taxpayer funding.", "Fr Jeff Woolnough was unable to enter the church where Sir David Amess was stabbed.", "Newcastle's first game since the club's Saudi Arabian-backed takeover ends in a defeat by Tottenham that intensifies the pressure on manager Steve Bruce.", "He is accused of overthrowing a democratically-elected government to assume power.", "Russia is not slowing gas supplies for political reasons, Andrei Kelin says.", "Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert says medical science has transformed ambitions for new vaccines.", "UK university staff are being balloted on fresh strike action over pay, pensions and conditions.", "The opportunity comes under a scheme aimed at helping key workers and others on to the property ladder.", "The man arrested over the killing of Sir David Amess is named as Ali Harbi Ali, a Briton of Somali heritage.", "Watch as the head of Essex Police describes the immediate aftermath of the attack on Sir David Amess.", "Infections continue to soar as the Kremlin struggles to persuade people to get vaccinated.", "The prime minister and Labour leader visit Leigh-on-Sea to pay tribute to MP Sir David Amess.", "\"We are absolutely broken, but we will survive and carry on for the sake of a wonderful and inspiring man,\" the family of Sir David Amess say.", "The supporter who collapsed, prompting Newcastle United's Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur to be halted, is \"stable and responsive\" in hospital.", "The protests come as tensions rise between civilian and military rulers.", "The strategy aimed at stopping people becoming terrorists needs improving, Robert Buckland says.", "Union and council officials reach a provisional agreement after 13 days of industrial action.", "Carl Whalley, who died in Clayton-le-Woods on Friday, was \"the centre of our world\", his family says.", "Constituents in Leigh-on-Sea mourn Sir David Amess as they try to make sense of what happened.", "How constituents and authorities reacted to the tragic killing of Sir David Amess.", "Robert Durst was on Thursday convicted of murder and is a suspect in two other deaths.", "The 1961 Paris massacre was denied or concealed by French governments for decades.", "Pte Jethro Watson-Pickering, 23, was part of a crew operating an Army vehicle at Salisbury Plain.", "Boris Johnson said Sir David Amess was one of the \"kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".", "The 450kg-haul was concealed in a shipment of ceramic tiles sent to Melbourne from Malaysia.", "Justin McLaughlin was found seriously injured at High Street station in Glasgow on Saturday.", "The buy now, pay later firm announces changes in the UK, ahead of an expected crackdown on the market.", "Former PCC Arfon Jones apologises after being slated for comments following Sir David Amess' death.", "Granting this to Southend, they say, would be a fitting tribute to the late Sir David Amess, who championed the cause.", "Police women told BBC Newsnight that misogyny continues to shape work culture in the Met.", "Law firm Leigh Day says Amazon drivers could be entitled to thousands of pounds from the giant.", "Lyndon Dykes' 86th-minute effort salvages a vital Scotland win over the Faroe Islands and keeps their World Cup qualifying bid on track.", "The Environment Agency says hundreds could die in a flooding event at some point.", "About 2,000 people will stay on two vessels berthed in the River Clyde during the climate change summit.", "The actor who played Captain Kirk in the classic TV show is the oldest person ever to go to space.", "Yet more small suppliers have been caught between soaring energy costs and the UK's price cap.", "The EU is set to outline new proposals for the Northern Ireland Protocol, but tensions remain.", "Scottish TikToker Luna campaigned for the store to recall a batch of the milk which she says was \"smelly\".", "The mayor's office blames \"uncertainty caused by the pandemic\", but other options will be planned.", "Wales and Bournemouth midfielder David Brooks reveals he has been diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin lymphoma cancer.", "The UK's Brexit minister says the existing protocol cannot survive and warns the UK could still trigger Article 16.", "It follows unease with the depictions of black women and references to slavery in the hit song.", "MPs and Peers back a campaign against replacing some of the vocational qualifications with T-levels.", "The source of the daily noise is being investigated but so far it remains a mystery.", "The mystery illness has sickened US diplomats around the world since it was first reported in 2016.", "A woman says hospital restructuring has badly affected her husband's treatment.", "Leo Varadkar speaks out after Dominic Cummings says the UK had never meant to stick to Brexit deal.", "Police say a man armed with a bow and arrows killed four women and a man in the town of Kongsberg.", "A Holocaust denier was buried in the former grave of a music professor outside Berlin.", "The app widely used to prove vaccination status for travel suffered an outage Wednesday.", "The comedian and author made the decision to leave the competition because of ill health.", "Get Baked, in Leeds, is told to stop using US-made decorations containing a prohibited additive.", "The boss of toy chain the Entertainer says it will be harder to get stock to the right places at the right time.", "Claudia Webbe made a string of phones calls in which she threatened to use acid and share naked photos.", "Numerous 999 calls were made in desperation as the car was seen driving the wrong way along the M4.", "Some of the Tesco Max All-In-One Chesty Cough & Cold Lemon Sachets contain incorrect dosing information.", "But the new report by MPs fails to reflect the views of bereaved relatives, campaigners say.", "Mexico City's mayor made the announcement on the anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the Americas.", "The notorious gangster's favourite gun made top dollar - $860,000 - at the California sale.", "Researchers gathered data on violence-related injuries from 133 NHS centres in England and Wales.", "Billy Hood claims he was forced to sign a confession in Arabic despite not speaking the language.", "A record £184m Euromillions prize will be up for grabs again on Friday after no ticket won on Tuesday.", "The council had agreed the tribute would be set near newly-refurbished Provost Skene's House in Aberdeen.", "GDP rose 0.4% in August in the first full month after all Covid restrictions were lifted in England.", "England's path to the 2022 World Cup hits an unexpected stumbling block are they are held by Hungary in a qualifier Gareth Southgate calls a \"big disappointment\".", "The DJ says that when she reported the matter to police, officers laughed about what had happened.", "The treatment, meant to rejuvenate and treat dryness, worked no better than a placebo procedure.", "Kerry Roberts, whose daughter Leah died from taking MDMA, says hearing the \"other side\" was healing.", "The prediction comes as a further eight deaths and 2,317 new Covid cases are recorded in Wales.", "Stephen Port was jailed after he raped and murdered four men using fatal overdoses of the drug GHB.", "Police arrest more campaigners as Insulate Britain mounts its 13th day of road protests.", "The government's climate advisers warn the UK risks falling behind on efforts to reach net zero by 2050.", "The former minister will become a special representative for a United Nations body in Africa.", "The footage was released as part of Hate Crime Awareness Week and shows abuse aimed at an officer.", "Shipping giant Maersk says it is diverting cargo from Port of Felixstowe due to congestion.", "The Irish foreign minister says this is \"more serious\" as EU prepares new package on NI Protocol.", "A woman left needing crutches to walk says long Covid has destroyed her active life.", "Eluned Morgan apologises after MPs say early Covid response one of worst ever public health failings.", "He leaves his passenger stranded at the roadside when a £2 surcharge for the dog is queried.", "It has been a mixed reaction to the proposals for post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland.", "Oliver Dowden says the PM is sorry to bereaved families, after a report criticised the UK's Covid handling.", "A lack of care staff in the community leaves hospitals struggling to discharge patients.", "The woman, aged in her 50s, was taken to hospital after a car fire in County Londonderry.", "Doctors who came into the public eye during Covid received death threats and harassment.", "The highest level of hospital investigation will be carried out into the cases of 17 patients.", "It is alarming, say researchers, that longevity was declining in the north even before the pandemic.", "Refuge wants the government's new policing bill to reflect the seriousness of crimes against women.", "Andrew RT Davies says flu and Covid have \"had an impact on my mental well-being\".", "The Brighton and Hove Albion player was arrested at a nightclub in the Sussex city.", "Eight places across the country are in the running to succeed 2021-winner Coventry.", "Paris recalled its envoy last month after Australia cancelled a submarine deal to join a US-UK pact.", "The singer tells the BBC she is returning to the country of her birth after 30 years in the UK.", "Supermarket chain Iceland says blaming business for supply shortages is \"simply not helpful\".", "Households in England could see bills jump within three years, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.", "The 5.9-magnitude quake brought down mud houses in Balochistan province, officials say.", "The livestreaming site says a mistake exposed its data to a malicious third party on the internet.", "Student leaders are warning a lack of flats and soaring rents have created a \"student housing emergency.\"", "The lone insect found in Surrey may be a stowaway or part of an undiscovered population.", "Regulator calls for law change as customers miss out on refunds despite Covid lockdown restrictions on travel.", "The Commons Petition Committee wants the government to publish a \"dedicated Covid recovery strategy\".", "Farmers' livelihoods are at stake due to a shortage of abattoir workers, according to the farmers' union.", "They will be \"very far reaching\", says European Commission Vice President Maros Šefčovič.", "The Chang'e-5 probe gathered rock from a volcanic eruption that occurred just two billion years ago.", "The legal requirement for social distancing in hospitality will be lifted from 31 October.", "The state-backed bank pleads guilty to offences and could now be hit with a large penalty.", "The environmental group had argued permission should not have been granted by the UK government for the Vorlich oil field.", "Wreaths were laid at dawn in memory of the 457 British servicemen and women who were killed.", "Josef S is accused of complicity in the murder of 3,518 prisoners at Sachsenhausen near Berlin.", "Long delays outside hospitals leave ambulance crews unable to respond to other calls, report finds.", "The future of Llanbedr village school and other rural primaries in Powys is in the balance.", "Ex-minister Steve Baker adds his voice to calls for a U-turn, amid concerns over living standards.", "Millions \"lost a lifeline\" when the temporary rise to universal credit ended, the footballer says.", "The fake consent forms contain false claims about possible side effects from Covid jabs.", "The changes will make it easier and cheaper for people to travel abroad, industry groups say.", "From Monday, arrivals to the UK from South Africa, Brazil and Mexico will no longer need to quarantine in hotels.", "The number of countries on the UK's red list will be cut to just seven from 11 October, the transport secretary says.", "Amnesty International urges the Premier League to change its owners' and directors' test \"to address human rights issues\" amid the Saudi Arabian-backed takeover of Newcastle United.", "Spencer Beynon died after police officers were called about concerns over his behaviour.", "Prof David MacMillan says growing up in Scotland meant he learned how to communicate ideas quickly.", "The high costs of wholesale gas has collapsed a number of UK energy firms in recent weeks.", "Nicole Jack, who joined IS in 2015, says she is \"out of sight, out of mind\" in a camp in Syria.", "The maker of Quality Street says it is \"working hard\" to make sure chocolates are available.", "Spencer Beynon died after being Tasered by police called about concerns over his behaviour.", "A total of 110 military personnel will help as non-emergency drivers in Wales from next week.", "A £305m Saudi Arabian-backed takeover of Premier League club Newcastle United is completed.", "The Conservative MP has been accused of being out of touch with hard-pressed families.", "Gary Shepherd said he was arresting a woman for drug dealing but he fled when she challenged him.", "The number of people with secondary breast cancer, where the cancer has spread, will be audited.", "Thousands worldwide have taken ivermectin to fight Covid. But what's the evidence?", "The outgoing James Bond actor says it is \"an absolute honour to be walked all over in Hollywood\".", "Experts are worried as this will be the first winter Covid and flu circulate fully at the same time.", "The Swedish Academy praised him for his \"uncompromising\" writings on the effects of colonialism.", "The White House praised the ruling as an important step to restoring women's constitutional rights.", "\"Young people still haven't got a hope in hell of buying a local home,\" says local councillor.", "The baton will cover 72 nations and territories before arriving in Birmingham for the 2022 Games.", "The Institute for Fiscal Studies says fees are over 90% higher than state-school per-pupil spending.", "Admiral Sir Tony Radakin is the first Chief of Defence Staff selected from the navy in 20 years.", "Covid Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru and First Minister Mark Drakeford hold face-to-face talks.", "However, Paul Givan says it is prudent to plan to manage health service pressures.", "The PM promises higher wages, better transport and more training, as he gives his Tory conference speech.", "Some clinics have reopened after the ban was lifted, others have stayed shut due to lawsuit fears.", "Health officials say more than half of recent Covid-19 cases were in the 0 to 17-year-old age group.", "High energy costs could put up goods prices, say firms, with households already facing bigger gas bills.", "Anyone caught trying to fake a test result or using a counterfeit pass in Wales will be fined £60.", "Andy Murray says he is \"back in the good books\" after his \"stolen\" tennis shoes and wedding ring were found in Indian Wells.", "His legal team believes the sealed document will end a case brought by his accuser, Virginia Giuffre.", "A missing persons log was incorrectly closed by an inspector and inquiries were not progressed.", "Wales' chief medical officer is worried about people not social distancing or wearing face masks.", "The Prince of Wales will visit Jordan and Egypt on first royal tour since the start of the pandemic.", "The US basketball legend wore the pair of red and white trainers during his first NBA season in 1984.", "Molly, 14, died after viewing graphic content on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.", "Mohamed Salah scores a hat-trick and Paul Pogba is sent off as clinical Liverpool embarrass Manchester United 5-0 at Old Trafford.", "Homecare companies say the rates they are paid by local authorities do not cover basic costs.", "Aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is distraught at the prospect of returning to jail, her husband says.", "The new money is welcomed by health leaders, but they warn it will not solve staff shortages.", "US Open champion Emma Raducanu says \"everyone should be patient\" as she attempts this week to earn a first win since her Grand Slam success.", "Willie McKay had a \"preoccupation\" with getting a pilot for Cardiff-Nantes journey, court hears.", "Family and friends gather at a vigil to honour women lost to male violence.", "In a statement, the group said: \"We won't stand by while the government kills our kids.\"", "Referrals of officers using their position for a sexual purpose have nearly doubled since 2016.", "Despite the pandemic, atmospheric levels of CO2 and methane once more broke records last year.", "Refuse and recycling workers, along with ScotRail staff, could all take industrial action during the summit.", "Mohammed bin Salman discussed assassinating the late King Abdullah in 2014, Saad al-Jabri says.", "All foreign travellers to the US will be required to show proof of vaccination or a negative test.", "Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says the court order covers the \"entire strategic road network\".", "Tilly Ramsay said the comments from the LBC presenter were a \"step too far\".", "Lloyds bank will close in April 2022 with customers being told to use the Post Office instead.", "A key pledge on climate funding has still not been met, and the money is not sure to be there before 2023.", "\"If we don't act now, it'll be too late,\" warns Sir David Attenborough ahead of the COP26 climate summit.", "The chancellor will use his Budget on Wednesday to confirm that the \"pay pause\" is being lifted.", "Brentwood's MP says it is a \"very dark day\" for the town after the suspected stabbings.", "The climate activist speaks to the BBC about the COP26 conference, emissions targets and rickrolling.", "Astronomers have found hints of what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy.", "Legal papers shed light on what happened when actor Alec Baldwin fired a gun with tragic results.", "Angharad Williamson and two others are accused of murdering Logan Mwangi.", "How much do you know about the steps you could take to help curb climate change?", "The singer-songwriter says he will be \"self-isolating and following government guidelines\".", "Conservative MPs are facing a backlash on social media after rejecting tougher sewage protections in the Environment Bill.", "Defiant protesters stay on the streets despite soldiers opening fire on crowds opposed to the coup.", "UK networks agree to block almost all internet calls from abroad if they pretend to be UK numbers.", "A senior MI5 officer concedes that not stopping Salman Abedi on his return from Libya was a mistake.", "Shoppers had been locked out of the supermarket's website following an outage that began on Saturday.", "The first minister is calling for \"credible action, not face-saving slogans\" from COP26.", "Police identify the remains of a man killed by notorious murderer John Wayne Gacy in the 1970s.", "Rishi Sunak's statement isn't until Wednesday, but several pledges have been announced.", "Zykiah went from washing family cars to cleaning for Gary Neville, Molly-Mae Hague and Scott McTominay.", "Scotland's health secretary cannot rule out restrictions if the UN climate summit creates a Covid spike.", "One steelworker says the value of his pension has plummeted £20,000 in a fortnight.", "Eight men are in custody on suspicion of murder over the deaths of two teenagers in Brentwood.", "Frances Haugen, who leaked thousands of documents, appeared before MPs working on online safety.", "Councils should be able to use exclusion zones to stop the protests outside schools, Labour says.", "Jennifer Aniston says the show \"would not have been the same\" without the late James Michael Tyler.", "Average petrol prices reach 142.94p a litre, surpassing the previous record in April 2012.", "The 42-year-old, who will have surgery to remove a tumour on Monday, says the \"outlook is positive\".", "The prime minister believes new funds will tackle the Covid backlog - but refuses to set targets.", "The BBC’s Yogita Limaye witnesses first-hand the extreme poverty engulfing millions in Afghanistan.", "Blue Eden includes a tidal lagoon, floating solar panels, a battery plant and eco homes.", "Liverpool's thrashings shows Manchester United have lost their way and the question is how long Solskjaer will be allowed to stay, asks Phil McNulty.", "The government says the funding will \"unlock\" 160,000 greener homes on brownfield land.", "Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman died in a senseless attack. But they should not be remembered as victims.", "Council leader Susan Aitken said cleansing staff were \"working round the clock\" for the UN climate summit.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver his second Budget for 2021 next week. How will it affect you?", "The event, which was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, will have a reduced capacity of 30,000.", "Vanessa Bryant said she learned about the death of her husband by seeing \"RIP Kobe\" notifications.", "But the chancellor says the data does not suggest \"immediately\" moving to government's back-up plan.", "Islamic State says it was behind the bombing - a week after the UK warned about a possible attack.", "The health secretary says it is his belief that the UK will avoid another Christmas lockdown.", "Protesters in Khartoum denounce the coup, as soldiers cut off main roads and restrict the internet.", "That figure is one in 45 for Wales, one in 55 for England, one in 90 in Scotland and one in 130 in NI.", "Five officers have cases to answer over messages sent on WhatsApp and Signal, the police watchdog says.", "Bernard Haitink led the world's top orchestras in London, Amsterdam, Chicago and Dresden.", "A 14-year-old boy also appears in court charged with five-year-old Logan Mwangi's murder.", "The health minister's warning comes as other ministers raise concerns over opening of nightclubs.", "No 10 calls the practice \"unacceptable\", but wants new guidance for employers rather than a law.", "Sheila Mott, who helped saved someone's life, says the machine explained what needed to be done.", "The Crown Court backlog could remain a problem for years, severely affecting victims, says a watchdog.", "Students were suspended and barred from school activities for wearing long hair, the lawsuit says.", "The 16-year-old boy and a 43-year-old woman were injured in the blast at a house in Ayr on Monday, along with two others.", "The 95-year-old has been told by doctors to rest for two weeks and to only undertake light duties.", "The controversial law will be tested next month when the court holds an expedited hearing.", "Government advisers express \"deep concern\" at planned reductions in aid spending before COP26.", "Belarus is accused of taking revenge for EU sanctions by offering migrants tourist visas, and helping them across its border.", "Buckingham Palace says she has \"reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days\".", "The singer scores her third UK number one single with the hotly anticipated new single Easy On Me.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 15 and 22 October.", "Fewer adults are practising social distancing than think it is important, figures for Great Britain show.", "The presenter's final guest will be Kate Garraway, who will then take over hosting duties.", "The broadcaster says live text services will be restored on several platforms and programmes.", "The one-off payment to lower-income groups is prompted by the spike in fuel and energy prices.", "A man is also being treated in hospital after the firearm was discharged on set in New Mexico.", "Anthony Rees was trying to move the 74-stone stove when it fell and crushed him, inquest hears.", "The global health body says healthcare workers should be prioritised for vaccination.", "England's Care Quality Commission issues a warning, saying staff are \"exhausted and depleted\".", "The home secretary wants to change the law after the BBC revealed a big rise in cases being dropped.", "It may be more contagious than Delta, but there is no evidence yet that it causes worse illness, experts say.", "The man's citizenship was removed in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena attack which killed 22 people.", "Halyna Hutchins, who has died on a film set, had been named an American Cinematographer rising star.", "Logan Mwangi was discovered in the River Ogmore, Bridgend county, on 31 July.", "The arrests follow multiple reports of drinks being spiked and needles being used.", "Retail sales in the UK fell for the fifth month in a row, according to the Office for National Statistics.", "Some used car models are growing in value despite getting older, research by the motoring group suggests.", "Director of photography Halyna Hutchins was killed by a prop gun fired by the actor in New Mexico.", "Najin, 32, has been part of a programme in Kenya trying to save her species from extinction.", "A skull was reportedly found in the hunt for Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in Gabby Petito's death.", "Fire officers spent more than an hour putting the fire out, with an investigation now underway.", "Ali Harbi Ali, charged with the murder of Sir David Amess MP, appears via video at the Old Bailey.", "A statement from the veteran politician was read out in the Lords, backing a new assisted dying bill.", "Scientists say poaching during Mozambique's civil war led to more females being born without tusks.", "Alison McDonald was diagnosed with a blood cancer after she lost several inches in height.", "Support for roads, aviation and fossil fuel drilling could undermine UK's green credentials at COP26.", "A director who worked with Halyna Hutchins in 2020 describes the gun safety protocols films tend to use.", "Tougher measures to stop the spread of coronavirus could be avoided with early action, advisers say.", "The kidney, from a genetically-altered pig, appeared to function well, say the surgical team.", "Doreen Lofthouse donates her fortune to a charity that strives to develop her hometown Fleetwood.", "One hit cartoon creator calls for the government to continue subsidising children's TV programmes.", "The family of three and their dog were found dead on a trail in Devil's Gulch Valley two months ago.", "BBC correspondents answer your questions about Glasgow's COP26 climate summit.", "Sean Flynn had been due to stand trial for a second time after being cleared of killing Louise Tiffney in 2005.", "The Green Party of England and Wales says the £9bn plan could be paid for with a tax on landlords.", "North Londoner Ali Harbi Ali, 25, has been charged with murder and preparing terrorist acts.", "Conservative MP Sir David was stabbed to death at a constituency surgery a week ago.", "The health board warns its hospitals are at maximum capacity and describes occupancy levels as \"critical.", "Only nine Republicans in the chamber voted to hold Mr Bannon in contempt.", "She is \"in good spirits\" after a one-night stay for preliminary medical checks, Buckingham Palace says.", "The 24-year-old is detained at Manchester Airport on suspicion of a terrorism offence.", "Bars are giving female staff the night off and closing early to coincide with a nightclub boycott.", "Ros Atkins looks at how Europe is getting to grips with its emissions problem.", "The jailed real estate heir is facing a new second-degree murder charge, authorities say.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver his second Budget for 2021 next week. How will it affect you?", "The singer will read I Talk Like a River, about a boy whose father helps him with his stutter.", "The prosecution alleges David Henderson was \"reckless and negligent\" in allowing the flight.", "Archbishop Eamon Martin was speaking at a church service marking the centenary of Northern Ireland.", "Special schools face a \"perfect storm\" of staff absences, warns one principal.", "The Commons leader says maskless Tory MPs are in line with official guidance as they know each other.", "Teacher pay rises and extra pandemic funding have reversed spending cuts during the past decade, analysis has found.", "There is a \"real risk\" that people \"are being misled over the capability\" of 111, a coroner warns.", "The Loose Women presenter will return next week, \"all being well\", a show spokesperson said.", "Police women told BBC Newsnight that misogyny continues to shape work culture in the Met.", "The RMT says its ScotRail members will strike for the entire duration of the climate summit in Glasgow.", "Recent figures showed just under a fifth of patients waited longer than a fortnight.", "England's chief medical officer says winter will be tough for the NHS even without a Covid surge.", "Positive results from the widely-used rapid Covid tests should be trusted, say UCL researchers.", "The chancellor says shoppers \"should be reassured\" the government is working to fix port delays.", "Steve Bannon could face around one year in prison for not attending Capitol riot hearing.", "The actor who played Captain Kirk in the classic TV show is the oldest person ever to go to space.", "Yet more small suppliers have been caught between soaring energy costs and the UK's price cap.", "The EU is set to outline new proposals for the Northern Ireland Protocol, but tensions remain.", "Philip Allott faces further pressure to resign after outrage over his comments about Sarah Everard.", "An investigation has been launched into \"organised abuse\" in a special school in London.", "Supply chain problems mean prices should be higher, the UK's largest poultry seller says.", "Volunteers will search through satellite images to see how many of the tusked beasts they can spot.", "MPs and Peers back a campaign against replacing some of the vocational qualifications with T-levels.", "The Amazon devices were found to invade privacy and break data laws in a landmark UK case.", "Robert Durst was convicted of killing his best friend in 2000 and is a suspect in two other deaths.", "PC Chris Dwyer's actions harmed West Yorkshire Police's reputation, a misconduct trial finds.", "At least six die as protesters come under fire, in some of Lebanon's worst violence in years.", "Police say a man armed with a bow and arrows killed four women and a man in the town of Kongsberg.", "NHS nurses went \"above and beyond\" during Covid, but now feel \"undervalued\", says a trade union.", "President Biden's plan calls for offshore turbines to be built along nearly every coastal state.", "The BBC Nolan Investigates podcast says the charity's work raises questions of impartiality.", "The justice secretary tells the BBC delays to prosecutions in England and Wales will fall in the next 12 months.", "\"Sir Roger\" is the club's record league scorer and was part of England's 1966 World Cup-winning side.", "The pizza giant says it needs the drivers to keep up with demand as sales and orders surge.", "The arrest follows the death of Hazrat Wali, who was attacked in Twickenham on Tuesday.", "The comedian and author made the decision to leave the competition because of ill health.", "Nine Moscow restaurants have received Michelin stars for their food - a prestigious industry award.", "Get Baked, in Leeds, is told to stop using US-made decorations containing a prohibited additive.", "Locals hoping to take over The Old Forge on the Knoydart Peninsula win more than £500,000 in funding.", "The boss of toy chain the Entertainer says it will be harder to get stock to the right places at the right time.", "Claudia Webbe made a string of phones calls in which she threatened to use acid and share naked photos.", "People in England going away for half term will be able to book lateral flow tests, the government says.", "Consultation begins on \"significant\" changes to Scotland's electoral map for Westminster elections.", "The Queen officially opens the Welsh Assembly saying it marked a \"further significant development in the history of devolution in Wales\".", "The artwork, which self-shredded when sold in 2018, fetched more than double its guide price.", "Her Majesty also spoke of the challenge of Covid as she opened the new session of the Scottish Parliament.", "The prince says great minds should focus \"on trying to repair this planet\" not exploring space.", "An official said in 1997 it would not be appropriate for the monarch to open Wales' new institution.", "Provides an overview of Norway, including key dates and facts about this north European country.", "The Queen opened the sixth term of the Senedd in her first visit to Wales for five years.", "Homeless Anthony Kemp walked into a police station to admit the 1983 killing as a way to get shelter.", "Sir Gerry Robinson presented the series Can Gerry Robinson Fix The NHS? for the BBC in 2007.", "Residents in Kongsberg react to the bow and arrow attack in their neighbourhood.", "Kenya's Agnes Tirop, a two-time World Athletics Championships medallist, has been found stabbed to death at her home.", "MP Ian Paisley says Boris Johnson promised to tear up the protocol before signing the Brexit deal.", "Emissions from the richest countries are going up again this year as the global economy rebounds.", "The government is to allow butchers into the UK on temporary visas after warnings of mass culls.", "The 23 houses will be demolished following months of delays after the work was delayed due to Covid.", "Police said even if climate summit protests are peaceful they can be unlawful and \"very unsafe\".", "Commissioner Philip Allott quits his role following a two-week storm of sustained criticism.", "The information commissioner will check a whistleblower's claims to see if Facebook has broken UK law.", "Our proposals to help fix Northern Ireland trade problems are unprecedented, the bloc's UK ambassador says.", "The climate protest group has blocked motorways and roads in the London area in the last five weeks.", "It has been a mixed reaction to the proposals for post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland.", "A lack of care staff in the community leaves hospitals struggling to discharge patients.", "Trains will run between 01:00 and 05:30 on the Central and Victoria lines from 27 November.", "The company will offer a jobs-only site with no social-media elements, instead.", "Doctors who came into the public eye during Covid received death threats and harassment.", "First Minister Paul Givan says it is in line with his party's position on north-south contacts.", "Lucy Dyer is charged with causing death by dangerous driving and drink driving following the crash.", "Gloria Cecilia Narváez was abducted by Islamist militants in 2017 while working as a missionary.", "The two largest power stations shut down, leaving Lebanon without electricity nationwide.", "It is believed he went in the wrong direction during the descent of a ramp and got trapped under it.", "It is \"not acceptable\" for protesters to intimidate people getting a Covid vaccine, says first minister.", "The BBC's Sarah Rainsford reflects on being barred from Russia and the assault on the country's freedoms.", "Milos Zeman is in intensive care the day after a surprise opposition win in parliamentary elections.", "AQ Khan is considered a national hero but was also called \"the greatest nuclear proliferator of all time\".", "Ian Blackford, the SNP's Westminster leader, says the UK government has a responsibility to provide short-term support.", "Miriam Groot scoops top prize at the World Porridge Making Championships with a savoury vegan recipe.", "Firms say consumers could face a \"huge cost\" from providers going out of business.", "Tsai Ing-wen's speech comes a day after China's President Xi vowed to complete \"reunification\".", "Four people, aged 18 to 44, are killed while a 15-year-old boy has life-threatening injuries.", "French authorities prevented 414 people from making the crossing, the Home Office says.", "The UK wants the European Court of Justice removed from oversight of the NI Protocol.", "The 300ft (90m) high structures in Eggborough were demolished as part of redevelopment plans.", "A domestic abuse victim says her experience of the system was harrowing and absolutely horrific.", "Jasmine Tetley retained her 2019 title after the 2020 event was cancelled due to Covid.", "Three fathers doing a charity walk receive a donation from film star Daniel Craig as they set out.", "Grace, 15, who uses a wheelchair after having Covid last year, was at a centre to receive a jab.", "The pontiff says he wants to hear from ordinary Catholics and for the Church to be open to change.", "The UK has an average of only 53% of its biodiversity left, well below the global average, study shows.", "Sebastian Kurz denies allegations he used government money for party political purposes.", "Ireland's foreign minister says the demands are a new \"red line\" that the EU cannot move on.", "The broadcaster vows to continue campaigning after a suspected arson attack outside his home.", "Scott McTominay sparks bedlam at Hampden as his stoppage-time winner against Israel keeps Scotland on course for the World Cup qualifying play-offs.", "A total outage of the country's electricity grid ends after the government secures fuel.", "Olivier Rousteing, creative director of Balmain, shared a picture of himself swathed in bandages.", "Catching both viruses at the same time puts people at a more significant risk of death, a health boss says.", "The boss of the food giant says rising prices are partly due to pandemic disruption.", "The business secretary says the consumer protection will be maintained despite soaring gas prices.", "Tyson Fury delivers 11th-round stoppage to beat Deontay Wilder and retain his WBC heavyweight title in a thrilling trilogy fight in Las Vegas.", "This is the twentieth day of eruptions coming from the Cumbre Vieja volcano.", "The meeting comes a day after Afghanistan suffered its deadliest attack since US forces withdrew.", "Paul Luttrell's family were warned he may not wake from a coma, but he has made a speedy recovery.", "The deal will allow the UK firm's Rotherham plant - which has been closed since spring - to reopen.", "Tyson Fury crowns himself the \"greatest heavyweight of my era\" after defending his WBC crown in a classic fight against Deontay Wilder.", "Police say the mainly Haitian migrants were left by smugglers paid to take them to the US.", "The business secretary says he is looking for a solution but does not set out new support for firms.", "High energy costs could put up goods prices, say firms, with households already facing bigger gas bills.", "Gaelic speakers of African and Caribbean descent have shared their experiences in a BBC Alba documentary.", "The US singer will be the festival's youngest ever solo headliner at the age of 20.", "Manchester City make a complaint to Liverpool after alleging a home fan spat at their backroom staff during the 2-2 draw at Anfield.", "A man who assaulted Jenna Pike in Edinburgh in 2012 went on to rape one woman and sexually assault another.", "Petrol problems are \"virtually over\" in Scotland, northern England, and the Midlands, say retailers.", "The Conservatives say they suspended the man from the party and are working with the police.", "Teething problems with the scheme have been fixed says Deputy First Minister John Swinney but club bosses claim it is still a \"shambles\".", "Children's author David Walliams has been criticised for using \"harmful stereotypes\" of a Chinese boy.", "But ITV says the actor and presenter will continue to host its All Star Musicals specials.", "Tyler Higgins is described as \"cold-blooded\" for the late-night attack.", "The announcement comes days after the firm shut down amid a scandal over its business practices.", "US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian share the 2021 prize in Physiology or Medicine.", "Firms still relying on the scheme, which has protected the wages of millions, call for support as it closes.", "Mohamed Salah's incredible solo goal lit up a thrilling draw between title-challengers Liverpool and Premier League champions Manchester City.", "Met chief Cressida Dick says the force's culture will be examined following Sarah Everard's murder.", "Grants for councils to fund healthy-lifestyle support have fallen by a quarter in six years.", "Some drivers have had to wait three months until a driving test has become available.", "It comes days after Kim Jong-un said he would restore communication as a conditional olive branch.", "A private plane has crashed into an empty building in Milan, killing all eight people aboard.", "Facebook says the outage, which lasted nearly six hours, was caused by a faulty configuration change.", "The spill has been described by one official as a potential ecological disaster.", "Daniel is the first victim of serial rapist Reynhard Sinaga to waive his right to anonymity.", "Dale Morgan will serve at least 21-and-a-half years in prison after bludgeoning his mother to death.", "The hope of reducing health inequalities for black people made it worth recommending, the regulator says.", "Will Renwick started his challenge to run up and down every peak over 2,000ft a month ago.", "PC David Carrick, 46, appears in court charged with raping a woman in Hertfordshire.", "As the supermarket's ownership is settled, its chairman says supply issues have been \"slightly overblown\".", "The chancellor says ministers are doing what they can to mitigate disruption to food and fuel supplies.", "Met chief Cressida Dick must investigate how Sarah Everard's murderer \"slipped through the net\", Alex Chalk says.", "What have been the major financial disclosures and what action has been taken?", "The scheme to protect jobs is coming to an end having cost nearly £70bn.", "The home secretary wants powers to stop people attending demos if they are likely to commit crime.", "The offshore dealings of presidents, prime ministers and royalty feature in the Pandora Papers.", "The 28-year-old man, who lost part of his finger while climbing a fence, is being treated in hospital.", "William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk, is set to become the oldest person to fly to space.", "The changes will make it easier and cheaper for people to travel abroad, industry groups say.", "Letters will be sent to all 12 to 15-year-olds by the end of half-term, the health minister says.", "Sir Iain Duncan Smith tells the BBC he was called \"Tory scum\" before someone tried to hit him in the head.", "At least 13 people died in the storm, which raged across parts of the Gulf region on Sunday.", "An investigation has been launched into Major General Matthew Holmes' death at the weekend.", "Emily Ratajkowski alleges Robin Thicke grabbed her breasts while filming the hit song's music video.", "A commission finds evidence of 2,900-3,200 abusers within the country's Catholic Church since 1950.", "Boris Johnson says all party donations are vetted - but campaigners say the rules are not strict enough.", "Russian President Vladimir Putin and the king of Jordan are among leaders linked to the leak.", "In his Tory conference speech, the chancellor says funding the Covid recovery \"comes with a cost\".", "As the military begins delivering supplies, retailers say conditions are \"still challenging\" in the South East.", "The private aircraft went down soon after take-off, killing a Romanian billionaire and seven others.", "Daniel Craig's final outing scores the biggest box office weekend ever for a Bond film in the UK.", "Facebook ex-product manager Frances Haugen says the company prioritises \"growth over safety\".", "The High Court in Belfast is hearing a second legal challenge over abortion laws in Northern Ireland.", "Economy Minister Gordon Lyons says Monday marks \"the next significant step\" of the Spend Local scheme.", "Lewis Hamilton is launching a scheme that aims to boost the recruitment of black teachers of science, technology and maths subjects.", "Morteza Ahmadi, 38, will appear in court after four people were injured in Soho on Friday night.", "Lucy Letby is accused of murdering five boys and three girls at the Countess of Chester Hospital.", "The controversial artist, who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, was under police protection when he died.", "Sarah, the first patient to try it, says it has allowed her to enjoy life again.", "Irish Olympian Mick Clohisey is first to finish while Fionnuala Ross wins the women's race.", "The ex-PM and his wife did not have to pay the tax as they bought the company that owned the house.", "A huge leak of financial documents puts the spotlight on the hidden assets of the rich and powerful.", "Microsoft's latest operating system is being offered as a free upgrade from Tuesday.", "The star looks set to release her first new music since 2015, after updating her website and socials.", "Victor Fedotov is awaiting government approval for a controversial energy link between UK and France.", "The businessman, politician, showman and sports mogul was one of France's most recognizable figures.", "Documents reveal the scale of the secret offshore financial wealth she shares with her husband.", "The Home Office say two Somali nationals are rescued while a search for a third person ends.", "The mayor orders people to stay at home as floods engulf the streets of Catania in southern Italy.", "A missing persons log was incorrectly closed by an inspector and inquiries were not progressed.", "Youmna Mouhamad hopes more young black women \"feel heard and accepted\" and get into engineering.", "The 95-year-old has been told by doctors to rest for two weeks and to only undertake light duties.", "Police are still questioning three men in connection with the deaths of two teenagers in Brentwood.", "Edward Vines is accused of attempting to breach a restraining order to not contact the presenter.", "A report says ex-minister Owen Paterson had used his position as MP to benefit two companies who paid him.", "The Hollywood film star wrote to the Edinburgh bookshop owner after finding out he was a typewriter \"geek\".", "US Open champion Emma Raducanu says \"everyone should be patient\" as she attempts this week to earn a first win since her Grand Slam success.", "Afghans are pressing the UK government to announce when its new resettlement scheme will open.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak is outlining further details of his spending plans to MPs in the Commons.", "A woman who said she was a covert officer asked Lowri Davies to supply information on protests.", "The new rules are expected to boost the prospects of the £20bn nuclear power station in Suffolk.", "Ramadan Abedi and his wife Samia Tabbal are under surveillance by Libyan authorities, the BBC confirms.", "Referrals of officers using their position for a sexual purpose have nearly doubled since 2016.", "Mohammed bin Salman discussed assassinating the late King Abdullah in 2014, Saad al-Jabri says.", "All foreign travellers to the US will be required to show proof of vaccination or a negative test.", "Buckingham Palace says the Queen, who has been advised to rest, is \"disappointed\" not to attend.", "Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says the court order covers the \"entire strategic road network\".", "The teenager set up a fake gift voucher website and bought a haul of Bitcoins which soared in value.", "A key pledge on climate funding has still not been met, and the money is not sure to be there before 2023.", "\"If we don't act now, it'll be too late,\" warns Sir David Attenborough ahead of the COP26 climate summit.", "Parliamentary staff and visitors have been told to cover their faces to combat the spread of Covid.", "The chancellor will use his Budget on Wednesday to confirm that the \"pay pause\" is being lifted.", "Cardinal Vincent Nichols will preside over the service on 23 November.", "Current carbon-cutting plans from nations would lead the world to climate catastrophe, says the UN.", "Astronomers have found hints of what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy.", "Defiant protesters stay on the streets despite soldiers opening fire on crowds opposed to the coup.", "The firefighters' union says there was an \"unjustified reliance\" on fire crews to evacuate the tower.", "Clive Watson, boss of City Pub Group, says the rise will be needed to pay for a higher minimum wage.", "Emma Raducanu fought back at the Transylvania Open to win her first game since becoming the US Open champion.", "Walter Smith, one of Rangers' most successful managers and who had spells in charge of Everton and Scotland, has died at the age of 73.", "The two sides have until 14 July 2022 to submit sworn testimony in the civil case, a US judge rules.", "Prevalence remains extremely high even if cases have fallen \"to a certain extent\", Downing Street says.", "Gen Burhan also said he had taken the deposed prime minister to his house \"for his own safety.\"", "Whitbread is paying millions in wage rises and bonuses to try to combat persistent shortages.", "The government must cut demand for flying and meat under plans to curb climate change, experts say.", "Police identify the remains of a man killed by notorious murderer John Wayne Gacy in the 1970s.", "Rishi Sunak's statement isn't until Wednesday, but several pledges have been announced.", "Infection rates are still on the increase in Wales, despite continued measures to combat Covid.", "Frances Haugen, who leaked thousands of documents, appeared before MPs working on online safety.", "The actress tells the BBC nations must start sharing jabs to help reach the WHO's vaccination goals.", "UK scientists are likely to be \"frozen out\" of EU research programmes, a committee of MPs warns.", "A photographer captures a pipe pumping filtered sewage into Langstone Harbour in Hampshire.", "The funding will be available to recent start-ups seeking to kick-start activity or established SMEs.", "The Queen's physician has to maintain privacy for a patient whose life is lived out in public.", "The firm posts strong profits as it continues to face negative press over leaked internal documents.", "Ministers say their priority's been helping charities during the pandemic, despite promising the cash two years ago.", "Young employees saw the biggest dip and rebound in wages but the gender pay gap has widened.", "Get extra climate news, analysis and in-depth reporting from the BBC direct to your smartphone.", "The target controversially omits new short-term goals and cuts to fossil fuel industries.", "\"I am not bending to anybody's demands,\" says the US comic of the transgender backlash he faces.", "The government says it will make utilities take action over waste dumped in rivers after pressure from peers.", "The Swedish activist invites rail and council workers who plan on striking during COP26 to join her.", "Poultry industry chief tells MPs the government's overseas workers scheme has come too late.", "The £378m deal for the Oxford Street site is part of the furniture giant's plan to open inner-city shops.", "PC Joseph Powell of West Midlands Police is accused of an historical offence between 2009 and 2011.", "The fire at the appliance manufacturer destroyed trailers and caused damage estimated at about £2m.", "Carl Davies admits sending intimidating comments to Louise Minchin and her daughter Mia.", "Tan Copsey was told he would have to pay more than agreed for his stay as prices had soared in Glasgow.", "The activists say they stayed at London's Science Museum for the \"victims\" of fossil fuel sponsors.", "Long queues and last-minute dashes put a \"downer\" on Stansted travellers' long-awaited trips.", "Cardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman says there is still \"a lot of work to be done\" in the Emiliano Sala case, two years after the footballer's death.", "The ex-US secretary of state, the first African-American in that role, dies of Covid complications.", "Two friends growing coral and the country of Costa Rica are among five winners receiving £1m each.", "Firefighters tunnel through debris to reach the car's occupants after the crash at Hythe Library.", "Tutt provided the backbeat for the King of Rock 'n' Roll's 1969 Taking Care of Business tour.", "Stormont's first and deputy first ministers call for an end to the abuse of public representatives.", "The Equality Commission says employers could end up \"on the wrong side of the law\".", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak will bring in new rules around environmental sustainability reporting.", "The 75-year-old had been receiving treatment for a blood infection in California.", "Two adults and two children are taken to hospital after four homes are caught up in an explosion in Ayrshire.", "Just three days after signing for Cardiff City, Emiliano Sala was on a light aircraft which disappeared on Monday night.", "MPs have been remembering Sir David Amess, who was killed in his Essex constituency.", "The rail operator was stripped of its franchise for failing to declare millions in taxpayer funding.", "The carmaking giant is investing £230m in its Halewood plant as it moves to electrify its vehicles.", "England are ordered to play one match behind closed doors as a punishment for the unrest at Wembley Stadium during the European Championship final.", "Mr Kennelly spent decades working as a professor of modern literature at Trinity College Dublin.", "The report in the Financial Times newspaper reportedly caught US intelligence by surprise.", "BBC newsreader George Alagiah says his doctors want to hit a new tumour \"hard and fast\".", "As Snowdonia National Park celebrates its 70th anniversary, a former warden shares his memories.", "The Balfour Hospital in Orkney points to the need for the NHS to cut emissions from its buildings.", "The Tory MP was a backbencher of the old school who fought for the causes he cared about.", "An MP says he was threatened after asking people to be kinder following Sir David Amess's death.", "MPs have been remembering their former colleague, who was stabbed to death in his Essex constituency.", "Blood results show it gets the body to mount an immune response to fight coronavirus.", "Emiliano Sala, known as the 'local Carlos Tevez', was a player who bloomed late, was teased by team-mates and loved detective novels.", "South Wales Police says it has made \"significant findings\" linking David Morris to the crime scene.", "The man arrested over the killing of Sir David Amess is named as Ali Harbi Ali, a Briton of Somali heritage.", "Boris Johnson announces the town will be awarded the coveted status that the MP campaigned for.", "UK university staff are being balloted on fresh strike action over pay, pensions and conditions.", "The deputy prime minister says such an award would be a fitting tribute to Sir David Amess.", "David Henderson admits a charge relating to the flight in which footballer Emiliano Sala died.", "Sir David, who was stabbed to death on Friday, had campaigned tirelessly for the town to be recognised.", "Nightclubs and large events can only allow entry to people who can show they have had two Covid jabs.", "\"We are absolutely broken, but we will survive and carry on for the sake of a wonderful and inspiring man,\" the family of Sir David Amess say.", "The family of missing footballer Emiliano Sala thank donors who helped raise £280,000 for a private search.", "Its collapse takes the number of customers affected by energy company failures to more than two million.", "Mark Zuckerberg is a leading voice on the metaverse - a virtual reality version of the internet.", "The justice minister says the chief constable has contacted MPs following the killing of Sir David Amess.", "A couple were sent a fine after a word on a woman's clothing was mistaken for their number plate.", "Union and council officials reach a provisional agreement after 13 days of industrial action.", "And in the Commons, MPs pay tribute to Sir David Amess saying they have lost a much-loved colleague.", "The teenager has been arrested and charged over the death of Justin McLaughlin, 14, in Glasgow on Saturday.", "Experts give hope to campaign for David Morris’s conviction to be re-examined.", "France, among other countries, does not recognise the president's claim to a sixth term.", "Cameron Norrie wins one of the biggest titles in tennis when he fights back to beat Nikoloz Basilashvili at Indian Wells.", "MPs have described their experience of threats to their safety as tributes are paid to Sir David Amess.", "Younger mothers opt for more modern names, according to official birth data in England and Wales.", "The trial of Dennis Hutchings, 80, had been adjourned when he tested positive for Covid-19.", "The online retail giant is trying to attract enough UK workers to fill 20,000 posts over Christmas.", "A doctor describes the moment he went to the aid of an elderly Newcastle United supporter who collapsed near him.", "The buy now, pay later firm announces changes in the UK, ahead of an expected crackdown on the market.", "Residents choke back tears on the streets of Leigh-on Sea as they remember their compassionate MP.", "Granting this to Southend, they say, would be a fitting tribute to the late Sir David Amess, who championed the cause.", "The US secretary of state whose support for George W Bush gave credibility to the 2003 Iraq invasion.", "The government has hired Dave Lewis to help it fix problems that led to petrol and other shortages.", "A tribunal case brought by former officer Rhona Malone found evidence of a \"boys' club culture\" in Scotland's armed policing.", "Eight places across the country are in the running to succeed 2021-winner Coventry.", "\"Swift, decisive action\" is needed in the face of soaring energy prices, the director general of UK Steel says.", "Students in Glasgow have complained to the provider about holes in floors, construction dust and flooding.", "A judge recommends that the civil rape case made against Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo in the United States is thrown out of court.", "David A Lindon recreates Munch's The Scream and van Gogh's The Starry Night, among others.", "The fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi says the Saudi Arabian-backed takeover of Newcastle United is \"heartbreaking\" for her.", "Farmers' livelihoods are at stake due to a shortage of abattoir workers, according to the farmers' union.", "The Chang'e-5 probe gathered rock from a volcanic eruption that occurred just two billion years ago.", "From Monday, arrivals to the UK from South Africa, Brazil and Mexico will no longer need to quarantine in hotels.", "Wales' enterprising display is not enough for victory against the Czech Republic as the two sides produce a thrilling 2-2 World Cup qualifying draw in Prague.", "Britons will no longer be advised against holidaying in 51 destinations including Cameroon and Jamaica.", "The Institute for Fiscal Studies says fees are over 90% higher than state-school per-pupil spending.", "Andy Murray says he is \"back in the good books\" after his \"stolen\" tennis shoes and wedding ring were found in Indian Wells.", "It follows controversy over the event which is timed to coincide with the centenary of NI's formation.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday evening.", "How do restrictions here compare to other parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland?", "Plans to boost building have angered many Tory MPs, but the ex-housing secretary says they must go ahead.", "Callum Wheeler, from Aylesham, Kent, is accused of murdering community support officer Julia James.", "Millions \"lost a lifeline\" when the temporary rise to universal credit ended, the footballer says.", "Stephen Port was jailed after he raped and murdered four men using fatal overdoses of the drug GHB.", "Police make 35 arrests in the group's 12th day of protest in the past four weeks.", "Some clinics have reopened after the ban was lifted, others have stayed shut due to lawsuit fears.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 1 and 8 October.", "Islamic State militants say they were behind the deadliest bombing since US forces left Afghanistan.", "The former president had previously claimed the hotel earned $150m during his four year term.", "Pre-workout powders should be diluted in water, but some gym-goers are eating it neat.", "West Lothian woman tells of how a dangerous medical condition turned her skin a golden yellow.", "Comments after her Question Time appearance make her \"more determined to speak out for minorities\".", "The legal requirement for social distancing in hospitality will be lifted from 31 October.", "Here's what you need to know about the journalist and presidential critic who won the Nobel Peace Prize.", "The fake consent forms contain false claims about possible side effects from Covid jabs.", "Harbour Police saw the seal in Belfast Lough on Wednesday and there are fears its life is at risk.", "New rules will be brought in on 11 October after a Senedd vote in favour of the passes.", "A £305m Saudi Arabian-backed takeover of Premier League club Newcastle United is completed.", "The group say they will reschedule the final four UK dates of its reunion tour.", "Experts are worried as this will be the first winter Covid and flu circulate fully at the same time.", "RBS report finds the second-fastest decline of applicants for permanent jobs since records began.", "The Foreign Office says the information could \"harm\" the UK's relations with Saudi Arabia.", "Pope Francis previously said he planned to attend COP26 but it would \"depend on how I feel\" following health issues.", "The brief outage comes just days after Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp went down for hours globally.", "Anonymous protesters called for Professor Kathleen Stock to be fired for her views on gender identity.", "A court hears of WhatsApp threats made by the father of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes.", "The England and Wales Cricket Board says it hopes to \"resolve these matters in the coming days\".", "The historic deal is designed to make big corporations pay a fairer share of tax around the world.", "Using new ways to heat six homes is equivalent to taking 60,000 cars off road, housing association says.", "David Fuller, 67, killed Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce at their Tunbridge Wells bedsits.", "The social network changes its policy following a BBC investigation.", "PC Chris Dwyer is alleged to have taken them from a charity tuck shop without paying in full.", "It will scrutinise culture and standards at the police force following Sarah Everard's murder.", "James Brokenshire, who has died of cancer, is remembered by colleagues for his kindness and decency.", "The pop superstar gives her first interviews for five years, ahead of the release of her new album.", "First Minister Mark Drakeford says he expects businesses to stay open and Christmas be more like we're used to.", "Households will again see big rises in energy bills next spring, warns regulator Ofgem.", "Following financial problems caused by the pandemic, Marston's took over the running of the pubs.", "One woman says she's been \"left in the dark\" during her 18 months with long Covid.", "The Conservatives say they suspended the man from the party and are working with the police.", "An actress and film director dock with the International Space Station in a first for Russia.", "Facebook says the outage, which lasted nearly six hours, was caused by a faulty configuration change.", "The Amazon 4-star shop in Kent will sell a range of products which are bestsellers on its website.", "Priti Patel has announced a policing inquiry during a Conservative conference focused on women's safety.", "Latest data suggest 86% of petrol stations nationally have both types of fuel.", "As the military begins delivering supplies, retailers say conditions are \"still challenging\" in the South East.", "The Foreign Office says they discussed women's rights and preventing terrorism in the country.", "Economy Minister Gordon Lyons says Monday marks \"the next significant step\" of the Spend Local scheme.", "The winter plan will fund more NHS support workers, cash for care at home services and a pay rise for care staff.", "Emma Raducanu says it has been \"pretty cool\" to receive the congratulations of other players at Indian Wells, but now is the time to get back to business.", "A huge leak of financial documents puts the spotlight on the hidden assets of the rich and powerful.", "\"They have put their immense profits before people,\" she told senators at a Washington hearing.", "Boris Johnson says there is \"abundant statute\" to tackle violence against women.", "Frances Haugen said Facebook researched youth addiction, yet did not act, in order to save profits.", "The first minister admits that the app had caused \"extreme frustration\" for users and businesses.", "The vigil is being held in the town where the murder suspect was arrested.", "Will there be long-term consequences for children born in the pandemic?", "The announcement comes days after the firm shut down amid a scandal over its business practices.", "Grants for councils to fund healthy-lifestyle support have fallen by a quarter in six years.", "Wooden barracks at the death camp were spray-painted with English and German phrases.", "Mark Zuckerberg denies claims, heard in the US Senate, that Facebook puts profits before people.", "The hope of reducing health inequalities for black people made it worth recommending, the regulator says.", "Wayne Couzens is jailed for life for his premeditated attack on a victim he chose at random.", "William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk, is set to become the oldest person to fly to space.", "Flooded roads cause disruption after heavy overnight rain lashes the capital.", "The pop star posts a 21-second clip of a black-and-white video for a song called Easy On Me.", "Ellen and William Craft's daring escape and campaigning is honoured at their former London home.", "Lewis Hamilton is launching a scheme that aims to boost the recruitment of black teachers of science, technology and maths subjects.", "James Oliver, who led the BBC Panorama investigation, and Fergus Shiel, ICIJ managing editor, answered your questions.", "The Scottish Police Federation union said officers were \"routinely\" helping out because an ambulance was not available.", "More policies cover the cost of behavioural treatment for pets as owners return to workplaces.", "Serial killer Stephen Port murdered four men between 2014-15 with fatal overdoses of the drug GHB.", "Letters and consent forms for the Covid vaccination will be issued to students mid-to-late October.", "A serious case review over Lilly Hanrahan's death criticises authorities' checks on her murderer.", "There is an air of crisis in British policing this weekend as it faces a great moment of reckoning.", "Trade body the SMMT says UK new car registrations fell 35% last month due to a computer chip shortage.", "Billions of users were affected by the outage - which also took down Whatsapp, Messenger and Instagram.", "The public have a right to know why he was allowed to continue as an officer, the home secretary says.", "The PM will promise a high-wage, high-skill economy, as he makes his Conservative conference speech.", "The home secretary wants powers to stop people attending demos if they are likely to commit crime.", "Matthew Boorman, a father-of-three, died during the attacks in Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire.", "A fresh deal is expected to be put to railway workers after six months of industrial action, the Scottish government says.", "Microsoft's latest operating system is being offered as a free upgrade from Tuesday.", "Hollywood's off-camera employees say they are being worked to death with long hours.", "Video-sharing platforms have a legal duty to enforce strict rules - or be fined or even suspended.", "Conservative chairman Oliver Dowden says civil servants must set an example by returning to the office.", "Arsenal lose a game for the first time since February as Barcelona's Asisat Oshoala haunts her old club in the Women's Champions League.", "What have been the major financial disclosures and what action has been taken?", "There is concern that No 10 is brushing away concerns about the economy too easily.", "Sir Iain Duncan Smith tells the BBC he was called \"Tory scum\" before someone tried to hit him in the head.", "French PM Jean Castex accuses the UK of not respecting its Brexit deal commitments on fishing.", "Russian President Vladimir Putin and the king of Jordan are among leaders linked to the leak.", "Deported Haitian migrants must now rebuild their lives in a crisis-hit nation they fled a decade ago.", "The High Court in Belfast is hearing a second legal challenge over abortion laws in Northern Ireland.", "Stephen Port murdered four men in 2014 and 2015 by giving them lethal doses of a date rape drug.", "An employment tribunal accepts evidence of a \"horrific\" culture in part of Police Scotland.", "The remains from South Wales are few and fragmentary but recall the dawn of dinosaur evolution.", "The Church asks for forgiveness as an inquiry says it treated victims with \"cruel indifference\".", "Documents reveal the scale of the secret offshore financial wealth she shares with her husband.", "The attack \"displayed significant stealth and malicious sophistication\", a review finds.", "The Foxes chairman and four others were killed in the crash outside the King Power Stadium in 2018.", "First minister calls for first-past-the-post system used in Westminster to be scrapped.", "The RMT accepts a new pay offer which will provide its ScotRail members with a 2.5% pay rise.", "The Duchess of Cornwall calls for change of culture to stop violence and sexual harassment against women.", "A ceremony was held at a Cambridge college to mark the official transfer of ownership.", "Many DJs lose audiences as the ratings body unveils the first figures under a new measurement system.", "The pedestrians were injured shortly after 15:00 and have been transferred to hospital in Glasgow.", "Serving police constable Adam Zaman, 28, is remanded into custody after appearing in court.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak is outlining further details of his spending plans to MPs in the Commons.", "Protesters were squirted with ink as they blocked roads connecting to the M25, despite an injunction.", "Stormont's finance minister plays down expectations of much extra cash from Wednesday's budget.", "Buckingham Palace says the Queen, who has been advised to rest, is \"disappointed\" not to attend.", "The teenager set up a fake gift voucher website and bought a haul of Bitcoins which soared in value.", "A group of 10 former rugby league players - including ex-Great Britain scrum-half Bobbie Goulding - are claiming the sport has left them with brain damage.", "A walk through the headlines of the announcements from the chancellor in his Budget.", "A US prosecutor says \"all options are on the table\" over the shooting involving actor Alec Baldwin.", "Several viewers got in touch to say they thought they had seen a lump under Shirley Ballas's arm.", "Sam Imrie was convicted on two charges of breaching the terrorism act at the High Court in Edinburgh.", "Parliamentary staff and visitors have been told to cover their faces to combat the spread of Covid.", "The ruling is the latest step in an escalating dispute over Poland's legal reforms.", "Lawyers for the US say a judge who blocked Julian Assange's extradition was misled by a psychiatrist.", "For the first time in 19 months, Australians will not need an exemption to travel overseas.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak is not seizing the moment to argue for a leaner state.", "The Brexit minister seeks \"urgent clarification\" after France says it will block ports to UK boats.", "Pubs and high streets also get a boost - but Labour says Chancellor Rishi Sunak is ignoring the cost of living crisis.", "A man is arrested following the discovery of a body at a property in Portadown, County Armagh.", "The firefighters' union says there was an \"unjustified reliance\" on fire crews to evacuate the tower.", "Clive Watson, boss of City Pub Group, says the rise will be needed to pay for a higher minimum wage.", "Rain continued to fall overnight and and nine flood warnings remain in place.", "Emma Raducanu fought back at the Transylvania Open to win her first game since becoming the US Open champion.", "The economy is set to return to pre-Covid levels at the end of the year, but rising costs could hamper recovery.", "His political satire spared no side and revolutionised how stand-up comedy is now performed.", "Borrowing was lower than a year earlier, but was still the second-highest number on record for September.", "The Chancellor pledged to return schools funding to 2010 levels with an extra £4.7bn investment.", "Rishi Sunak's statement isn't until Wednesday, but several pledges have been announced.", "Ronald Koeman is sacked as head coach of Barcelona after 14 months in charge at the Nou Camp following a defeat by Rayo Vallecano.", "In a new book, Huma Abedin says the senator made an unwelcome advance after inviting her into his home.", "A new chapter in physics is here, says a team that hunted for a key building block of the Universe.", "The actress tells the BBC nations must start sharing jabs to help reach the WHO's vaccination goals.", "The sectors worst hit by the Covid pandemic in England are given help with their business rates.", "The UK's new £200m research vessel is in Greenwich ahead of its first ocean voyage to the Antarctic.", "Sarah Everard's murderer Wayne Couzens applies to appeal against the length of his jail sentence.", "They meet 10 volunteer collectors for the Royal British Legion at a Clarence House event.", "The boss of the UK's forecaster says Brexit will be worse for the economy than Covid.", "Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves replaces the Labour leader to respond to Rishi Sunak's statement.", "England claim a second win in two games at the T20 World Cup thanks to an eight-wicket hammering of Bangladesh.", "One burglary at Tamara Ecclestone's home is thought to be the biggest of its kind in English legal history.", "A 52-year-old man is arrested in Halifax on suspicion of malicious communications.", "The funding will be available to recent start-ups seeking to kick-start activity or established SMEs.", "The UK is recovering faster than its major competitors from Covid says the chancellor.", "The teenagers were found fatally injured in Brentwood, Essex, on Sunday morning.", "The chancellor boosts science spending to £20bn a year by 2024 - £2bn less than previously pledged.", "Persistent rain could lead to flooding and travel disruption until Friday afternoon, warns Met Office.", "Holders Manchester City are knocked out of the Carabao Cup as West Ham United win 5-3 on penalties in front of an ecstatic sell-out crowd at London Stadium.", "The government says it will make utilities take action over waste dumped in rivers after pressure from peers.", "Some key decisions about tax and spending in Scotland are devolved - but the UK budget still has a big impact.", "US actor Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last week.", "A shake-up of alcohol duty is announced by the chancellor, with higher taxes for stronger drinks.", "The chancellor makes a change that will allow working claimants to keep more of their benefits but Labour says struggling families need more help.", "Ahead of COP26, a BBC World Service poll finds growing support for strong political leadership.", "The chancellor might be a reluctant taxman but by spending amid low borrowing, taxes must fill the gap.", "The Adelaide United footballer has become the only current top-flight male professional to do so.", "Moldova has made history by buying gas from somewhere other than Russia. How will the Kremlin react?", "Wrexham's Hollywood co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney choose a Tuesday evening in Maidenhead to watch their club in action for the first time.", "The activists say they stayed at London's Science Museum for the \"victims\" of fossil fuel sponsors.", "At least 750 allegations were made against serving officers across Britain over five years.", "Eighteen-year-old Frankie Morris was missing for a month after attending an illegal rave in May.", "Only end-of-life and critical care visits will be allowed, says Hywel Dda health board.", "Ian Blackford, the SNP's Westminster leader, says the UK government has a responsibility to provide short-term support.", "The Prince of Wales tells the BBC he sympathises with protesters - but any action must be constructive.", "Julian Smith MP says Philip Allott's comments following the Sarah Everard case were \"unacceptable\".", "A deal averting another carbon dioxide crisis in the food and drink industry will now run into 2022.", "The work by an Italian painter was gathering dust until its discovery in a house clearance.", "Ireland's Amy Hunter celebrates her 16th birthday by becoming the youngest player to hit an international century in Monday's game in Zimbabwe.", "Ten people are detained in London and Kent after an international investigation into false documents.", "Alun Michael says protests against the Covid-19 vaccination programme are \"crazy nonsense\".", "An investigation is launched into why Ohio officers pulled out the man as he called for help.", "Catching both viruses at the same time puts people at a more significant risk of death, a health boss says.", "Thomas Schreiber admits manslaughter but denies murdering Sir Richard Sutton.", "The DUP and Sinn Féin describe job losses at JMC Mechanical and Construction as \"devastating\".", "In a letter to parents, the health and education secretaries call vaccines \"our best defence against Covid\".", "Stephen Port went on to kill three more young men with overdoses of the date rape drug GHB.", "The BBC's Sarah Rainsford reflects on being barred from Russia and the assault on the country's freedoms.", "Firms say consumers could face a \"huge cost\" from providers going out of business.", "\"It was John who wanted a divorce,\" he says, setting the record straight on the band's break-up.", "The 300ft (90m) high structures in Eggborough were demolished as part of redevelopment plans.", "The pontiff says he wants to hear from ordinary Catholics and for the Church to be open to change.", "The footballer is accused of the rape and sexual assault of three women at his home in Cheshire.", "The Youth Sports Trust charity wants girls to have a greater say over PE in schools.", "David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens share the prestigious economics prize.", "John Atkinson's family say \"precious time was allowed to ebb away\" after the Manchester Arena bomb.", "The boss of the food giant says rising prices are partly due to pandemic disruption.", "The deal will allow the UK firm's Rotherham plant - which has been closed since spring - to reopen.", "A survey of firms finds a big rise in new business, with more staff being hired for the third month in a row.", "The business secretary says he is looking for a solution but does not set out new support for firms.", "But the new report by MPs fails to reflect the views of bereaved relatives, campaigners say.", "An RBS survey of recruiters suggests a shortage of candidates has \"placed upwards pressure\" on pay.", "Brexit minister says if the EU isn't \"ambitious\", the UK will trigger a mechanism to suspend the deal.", "Michael Rosen wins the CLiPPA prize following a year in which he battled Covid-19.", "Australia's biggest city passed a key vaccination target, allowing people to enjoy new freedoms.", "Four people, aged 18 to 44, are killed while a 15-year-old boy has life-threatening injuries.", "Marcus Rashford says the support he received after being targeted with racist abuse following the Euro 2020 final was a \"special moment\" for him.", "Police say work at the scene of the crash is \"highly complex\" and is likely to go on into Tuesday.", "Boris Johnson does not rule out triggering Article 16 if there is no movement on current problems.", "The broadcaster vows to continue campaigning after a suspected arson attack outside his home.", "The government's climate advisers warn the UK risks falling behind on efforts to reach net zero by 2050.", "While some are happy to use a pass to go to events, others say it causes division and is unfair.", "UK security agencies say most of these attacks on the UK come from cyber-criminals in Russia.", "A source close to the duke said it had \"come as no surprise\" the Met had decided to drop its probe.", "Fully vaccinated travellers from nations including the UK will no longer need to quarantine.", "Sami Jasim al-Jaburi was allegedly a deputy leader of the jihadist group under Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.", "The Irish foreign minister says this is \"more serious\" as EU prepares new package on NI Protocol.", "Wales scrape past Estonia with an unconvincing win in Tallinn to keep their hopes of finishing second in their World Cup qualifying group in their own hands.", "The business secretary says the consumer protection will be maintained despite soaring gas prices.", "\"Normalised\" levels of clothing returns are set to hit the online fashion giant's profits.", "The RMT says its ScotRail members will strike for the entire duration of the climate summit in Glasgow.", "Police say a man was arrested and a knife was recovered after the incident in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.", "Positive results from the widely-used rapid Covid tests should be trusted, say UCL researchers.", "Some people who took tests in Berkshire earlier this month may have wrongly been given the all-clear.", "The future of a statue of controversial explorer HM Stanley goes to a vote in his home town.", "Steve Bannon could face around one year in prison for not attending Capitol riot hearing.", "NHS Test and Trace suspends testing at a private lab amid fears of thousands of false negatives.", "Stephen Port was jailed after he raped and murdered four men using fatal overdoses of the drug GHB.", "Shares in the firm dive 20% as it delays first tourist flight to make upgrades.", "Women's education and independent media have been the success stories, but all this might change now.", "How constituents and authorities reacted to the tragic killing of Sir David Amess.", "Boris Johnson said Sir David Amess was one of the \"kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".", "Robert Durst was convicted of killing his best friend in 2000 and is a suspect in two other deaths.", "The air ambulance was deployed, with three of those hurt being treated as \"priority\" cases.", "The Amazon devices were found to invade privacy and break data laws in a landmark UK case.", "The US rolls back international travel restrictions, answering a major demand from allies.", "PC Chris Dwyer's actions harmed West Yorkshire Police's reputation, a misconduct trial finds.", "Scott Morrison had said he might skip the summit, reigniting criticism of Australia's climate vows.", "The fatal stabbing of Tory MP Sir David Amess has a potential link to Islamist extremism, say detectives.", "The BBC Nolan Investigates podcast says the charity's work raises questions of impartiality.", "Dr Iain Robertson-Steel has taken two people to hospital himself due to ambulance shortages.", "Easy On Me is the singer's first new material since 2015 - but what does it tell us about the star?", "The monarch appears to criticise people who \"talk\" but \"don't do\", ahead of the COP26 summit.", "Police in England and Wales are increasingly running out of time to bring charges, the BBC discovers.", "Fully vaccinated travellers will be allowed to enter the US for the first time since March 2020.", "The Tory MP was a backbencher of the old school who fought for the causes he cared about.", "The job of an MP is increasingly accompanied by abuse, intimidation and danger.", "New South Wales will allow vaccinated citizens and their relatives unrestricted entry from November.", "Nine Moscow restaurants have received Michelin stars for their food - a prestigious industry award.", "Wales' Chief Medical Officer Dr Frank Atherton says pregnant women should get a Covid jab.", "A Labour MP accuses the Welsh government of adopting Stonewall's interpretation of equality law.", "More than 20% of women admitted to intensive care for Covid since May were pregnant, a study finds.", "A lab in Wolverhampton is suspended as 43,000 people in England and Wales are potentially affected.", "People in England going away for half term will be able to book lateral flow tests, the government says.", "The RMT warned there will be no trains running anywhere in Scotland during COP26 if the strikes go ahead.", "Aged as young as seven or eight, they're risking their lives to smuggle small items over national borders.", "The artwork, which self-shredded when sold in 2018, fetched more than double its guide price.", "The site says \"sometimes we make the wrong call\" after being accused of attacking free speech.", "Residents choke back tears on the streets of Leigh-on Sea as they remember their compassionate MP.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 8 and 15 October.", "Health chief says it's not clear what went wrong as 43,000 in England and Wales potentially affected.", "Sir Gerry Robinson presented the series Can Gerry Robinson Fix The NHS? for the BBC in 2007.", "Friends and colleagues remember Essex MP David Amess's \"wonderful smile\" and \"photographic memory\".", "The DUP is refusing to attend most north-south ministerial talks over the NI Protocol.", "The government is to allow butchers into the UK on temporary visas after warnings of mass culls.", "The popular Islamic app was removed in the country, after an official request.", "Average petrol prices are just 2p off their record high from April 2012, says the RAC.", "Lewis Bloor is cleared as the prosecution admits it failed to disclose some evidence.", "The Swedish furniture giant says it will take another year before shipping and supplies return to normal.", "Stacey Dash has revealed how she \"lost everything\" due to taking 18-20 pills a day.", "Record-breaking long-distance runner Agnes Tirop was found stabbed to death at her home on Wednesday.", "Britain's Cameron Norrie beat Argentina's Diego Schwartzman to reach the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Masters.", "Ministers want to lift the limit on how many deliveries overseas lorry drivers can make in the UK.", "The home secretary says her \"dear and loyal friend\" Sir David Amess died doing the job he loved, as political leaders lay wreaths near where he was attacked in Essex.", "Police said the gun had been kept loaded in a children's backpack on the floor of the couple's room.", "Commissioner Philip Allott quits his role following a two-week storm of sustained criticism.", "David Wightman was found by a group of students after two nights alone in the Scottish mountain range.", "Police had launched a massive manhunt for Masten Wanjala, who confessed to killing several children.", "A man in his fifties died after the house collapsed in Clayton-le-Woods, near Chorley, police say.", "Plans to use ozone machines to disinfect classrooms from Covid are abandoned in Wales.", "Personnel will be sent to NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Borders to relieve \"significant pressure\" ahead of the winter period.", "The rock star tops the UK singles chart with Cold Heart, with the help of collaborator Dua Lipa.", "Land and ferry crossings with Mexico and Canada will reopen in November after 19 months of curbs.", "In the first instance, foreign tourists arriving on chartered flights will be allowed in from 15 October.", "Joel Souza, wounded by a gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin, grieves for lost friend Halyna Hutchins.", "Five officers have cases to answer over messages sent on WhatsApp and Signal, the police watchdog says.", "A statement from the veteran politician was read out in the Lords, backing a new assisted dying bill.", "The actor was handed the weapon by an assistant director before Halyna Hutchins was shot, a warrant says.", "The 24-year-old is detained at Manchester Airport on suspicion of a terrorism offence.", "Exam board AQA said publisher Hodder Education would remove the book from sale \"and review its content\".", "A network of \"family hubs\" is to be funded in England to provide support services in one place.", "The massive wheel was opened in Dubai with a lavish fireworks display to mark the occasion.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver his second Budget for 2021 next week. How will it affect you?", "Students were suspended and barred from school activities for wearing long hair, the lawsuit says.", "A director who worked with Halyna Hutchins in 2020 describes the gun safety protocols films tend to use.", "The home secretary wants to change the law after the BBC revealed a big rise in cases being dropped.", "Former student Whitney Dowler tried to run away from lecturer Kary Thanapalan as he pursued her.", "Tougher measures to stop the spread of coronavirus could be avoided with early action, advisers say.", "The controversial law will be tested next month when the court holds an expedited hearing.", "It may be more contagious than Delta, but there is no evidence yet that it causes worse illness, experts say.", "The climate activist speaks to the BBC about the COP26 conference, emissions targets and rickrolling.", "The chancellor will announce increased funding for tram, train and bus services in England.", "More than 1.7 million people were stopped in the past year, including 145,000 unaccompanied children.", "Doreen Lofthouse donates her fortune to a charity that strives to develop her hometown Fleetwood.", "The right-wing politician is charged with kidnapping and dereliction of duty, which he denies.", "Key routes near the SEC in Glasgow have closed as the city prepares for a major UN climate summit.", "England bowl West Indies out for 55 as they make a stunning start to their Men's T20 World Cup campaign with a six-wicket win in Dubai.", "President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declares them \"persona non grata\" for urging an activist's release.", "Halyna Hutchins, who has died on a film set, had been named an American Cinematographer rising star.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 15 and 22 October.", "A new law urges parents to allow children time for rest and exercise, and restrict time spent online.", "The arrests follow multiple reports of drinks being spiked and needles being used.", "A charity says animals that cannot be sold are disguised as strays so rescue centres take them.", "A government source says the EU has offered \"things that we can work with\" but gaps remain.", "Director of photography Halyna Hutchins was killed by a prop gun fired by the actor in New Mexico.", "The government sets out its package for new T-levels and boosting further education in England.", "Fully-jabbed people returning to England can now take lateral flow tests instead of PCR tests.", "Some lockdown pet owners pretend dogs are genuine strays after failing to sell them, rescuers say.", "Robin Swann says he \"will not be deterred\" from recommending more restrictions if cases rise.", "Quiñónez, one of the country's best known athletes, was shot in the city of Guayaquil.", "Many athletes turn out for the funeral of Agnes Tirop, who was found stabbed to death at her home.", "The mysterious sign appeared on the outskirts of Sandtoft in North Lincolnshire earlier this week.", "Dementia patient Esme Hanson was left stranded in hospital because of a lack of home care.", "Boris Johnson says the police do a \"wonderful job\" - but must do more to tackle violence against women.", "Rhian Horsey was \"completely transparent\" about what the cash was for, the court heard.", "A Turkish man joined a search party without realising he was the person they were looking for.", "Vaccinated Australians can start travelling abroad from November, ending an 18-month ban.", "Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay vow to make the party a serious electoral force across England and Wales.", "Development charities fear \"accounting tricks\" will be used to cut the amount spent directly on aid.", "Humza Yousaf says \"high demand\" is to blame for people being unable to access their vaccination status.", "There has been a huge drop in school exclusions since Maureen McKenna became Glasgow's education chief.", "Sentencing Wayne Couzens to a whole-life term, the judge said he had eroded confidence in the police.", "Opening day takings were 13% higher than Spectre but 26% below Skyfall, distributor Universal says.", "This is the highest reported rate for Covid for any age group since the pandemic began.", "The RAC says drivers are facing a \"bleak picture\" as rising wholesale costs push up pump prices.", "Halle lost three-and-and-a-half stone because the pain was so bad she stopped eating.", "\"The police service is very sexist and misogynistic,\" says former high-ranking Met officer Parm Sandhu.", "There are \"two few convictions\" in cases of rape and domestic violence, says Boris Johnson.", "Princess Beatrice and her husband reveal they have named their daughter Sienna Elizabeth.", "In lockdown Kathleen Edge could get through a litre of vodka and four bottles of wine in two days.", "The increased sales tax will be passed on to customers, say restaurant and bar bosses.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday evening.", "Commissioner Philip Allott said women \"need to be streetwise\" in the wake of the Sarah Everard case.", "Wayne Couzens is jailed for life for his premeditated attack on a victim he chose at random.", "A senior Met officer says checks in its vetting processes \"may not have been undertaken correctly\".", "Charities say they have been inundated with calls from worried immunosuppressed people.", "Opposition parties say new laws are needed to sort out emergency visas for HGV drivers.", "Many users say they have been unable to access their vaccination status through the new app.", "Policing Minister Kit Malthouse says the murder has struck a \"devastating blow\" to confidence in the Met.", "Dame Cressida Dick says she recognises a \"bond of trust has been damaged\", after facing calls to resign.", "People stopped by a lone plain-clothes officer should challenge their legitimacy, the Met Police says.", "The hip-hop stars will be joined by Kendrick Lamar and Mary J Blige in Los Angeles in February.", "Gwrych will be home to the show for a second year as its usual Australian base remains off-limits.", "The number of people trying to use it probably caused the issues, the Scottish government says.", "The Colombian singer was walking in a park in Barcelona, Spain, with her son when the animals struck.", "Sarah Everard's name became a rallying cry against men-on-women violence. It was not her choice.", "Natasha Ednan-Laperouse's parents said she would be \"very proud\" of the new law to protect allergy sufferers.", "The singer was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2016 and taken off treatment in August.", "Sarah Everard's killer is believed to have been in a chat with officers sharing \"discriminatory\" content.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 24 September and 1 October.", "The force seeks to reassure the public after the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer.", "It follows allegations that an executive deceived potential investors during a conference call.", "Panic buying of petrol has left some key workers unable to get fuel to travel to work.", "Grass fires and floods in Wales are becoming \"unbelievable\", says one front-line firefighter.", "In court, the family of Sarah Everard confront her murderer and lay bare their loss and anguish.", "Kate Wilson met the undercover officer while he was posing as an environmental campaigner in 2003.", "The singer reveals she was molested by a family member when she was a child at music school.", "Halle's family says they have lost faith in the NHS as the 14-year-old waits for jaw treatment.", "Police must do more to restore trust - and can't put the onus on women to change behaviour, says MP.", "Driver Johnny Anderson says about 20 vehicles followed him to a building site in Northamptonshire.", "Standard energy bills rise by £139 a year and prepayment meter bills see sharper rise under new price cap.", "Almost 200 servicemen and women will provide temporary support after a week of long queues for fuel.", "The British chart-topper and another man are both sentenced to 28 months in jail.", "Koci Selamaj appears in court accused of the \"premeditated\" killing of teacher Sabina Nessa.", "\"Ongoing tech issues\" caused it to repeat Wednesday's episode instead of the finale.", "Eighty women and girls were videoed by secret cameras, but a Spanish judge dismissed the case.", "Promising results mean a clinical trial has ended early and emergency authorisation is being sought.", "The charges follow alleged mistreatment of hospital patients following a BBC investigation.", "The Met chief previously ignored numerous calls for her resignation - what was the final nail in the coffin?", "But the situation is patchy across the UK, with smaller fuel stations in many areas still seeing big shortages.", "Jeremy Stansfield is awarded £1.6m after a Bang Goes The Theory stunt caused spine and brain injuries.", "The pub chain saw its sites closed for about 19 weeks under coronavirus-related restrictions.", "The former French president is found guilty of illegally funding his unsuccessful 2012 re-election.", "A lack of butchers has resulted in the supply chain between farm and supermarket becoming blocked.", "The historic deal is designed to make big corporations pay a fairer share of tax around the world.", "Lucy Dyer is charged with causing death by dangerous driving and drink driving following the crash.", "The service would track users but campaigners say the real problem is male violence against women.", "The England and Wales Cricket Board says it hopes to \"resolve these matters in the coming days\".", "Britain's Emma Raducanu loses on her return to court for the first time since her US Open triumph.", "Top-flight clubs complain to the Premier League after it cleared Newcastle's Saudi Arabian-backed takeover.", "Disadvantaged children miss out most from not being in school, the education secretary says.", "It comes two days after a lower court blocked the law, which bans abortions at six weeks of pregnancy.", "It is believed the doorman tried to \"engage\" with a driver who was thought to have been drinking.", "The two largest power stations shut down, leaving Lebanon without electricity nationwide.", "\"Swift, decisive action\" is needed in the face of soaring energy prices, the director general of UK Steel says.", "Students in Glasgow have complained to the provider about holes in floors, construction dust and flooding.", "It is believed he went in the wrong direction during the descent of a ramp and got trapped under it.", "Taiwan dismisses the Chinese leader's remarks, saying its future lies in the hands of its people.", "A petition urges the royals to conserve nature and reintroduce animals on their estates.", "Firms say consumers could face a \"huge cost\" from providers going out of business.", "Miriam Groot scoops top prize at the World Porridge Making Championships with a savoury vegan recipe.", "The UK wants the European Court of Justice removed from oversight of the NI Protocol.", "The move sets up a potential legal showdown over what documents an ex-president can keep secret.", "The island says it is easing Covid restrictions, and will allow vaccinated travellers from 11 countries.", "David Fuller, 67, killed Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce at their Tunbridge Wells bedsits.", "The social network changes its policy following a BBC investigation.", "Grace, 15, who uses a wheelchair after having Covid last year, was at a centre to receive a jab.", "Three fathers doing a charity walk receive a donation from film star Daniel Craig as they set out.", "Sebastian Kurz denies allegations he used government money for party political purposes.", "The UK has an average of only 53% of its biodiversity left, well below the global average, study shows.", "Letters will be sent to all 12 to 15-year-olds by the end of half-term, the health minister says.", "The former president had previously claimed the hotel earned $150m during his four year term.", "The answer to making coal tips safer could be out-of-this-world.", "Aimee, 29, struggled to cope even while on the school run.", "It will scrutinise culture and standards at the police force following Sarah Everard's murder.", "Aneurin Bevan health board is closing midwifery-led births at four hospitals for 11 days.", "James Brokenshire, who has died of cancer, is remembered by colleagues for his kindness and decency.", "Scott McTominay sparks bedlam at Hampden as his stoppage-time winner against Israel keeps Scotland on course for the World Cup qualifying play-offs.", "Residents described hearing screams and ran to comfort the toddler and his mother.", "Olivier Rousteing, creative director of Balmain, shared a picture of himself swathed in bandages.", "The group say they will reschedule the final four UK dates of its reunion tour.", "This is the twentieth day of eruptions coming from the Cumbre Vieja volcano.", "The meeting comes a day after Afghanistan suffered its deadliest attack since US forces withdrew.", "Paul Luttrell's family were warned he may not wake from a coma, but he has made a speedy recovery.", "Public Health Scotland says 551 people who tested positive for the virus were at the festival around the time of their illness.", "Police say the investigation into the \"alleged sonic weapon attack\" began in August.", "The brief outage comes just days after Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp went down for hours globally.", "Islamic State militants say they were behind the deadliest bombing since US forces left Afghanistan.", "High energy costs could put up goods prices, say firms, with households already facing bigger gas bills.", "Pyongyang confirmed the test a day after South Korea detected a ballistic missile had been fired.", "While some allegations against British troops are credible, others are not, defence secretary says.", "Agents are sweeping homes linked to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch who is under US sanctions.", "Warren Higgs speaks before and after having his kidneys, which weighed more than five stone (35kg), removed.", "New AI features such as \"magic\" photo editing and on-device voice processing come with the new chip.", "More than 17,000 children were waiting more than a year to see a hospital consultant for the first time.", "The ex-US secretary of state, the first African-American in that role, dies of Covid complications.", "Stormont's first and deputy first ministers call for an end to the abuse of public representatives.", "The Manchester Arena bomber's brother Ismail Abedi has been ordered to appear as a witness.", "The Equality Commission says employers could end up \"on the wrong side of the law\".", "Two adults and two children are taken to hospital after four homes are caught up in an explosion in Ayrshire.", "The rapper, who won BBC Music's Sound of 2019, was accused of abusive behaviour by an ex in 2020.", "MPs have been remembering Sir David Amess, who was killed in his Essex constituency.", "A catastrophic fault knocked out subtitles, signing and audio description more than three weeks ago.", "The new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips expand the firm's use of silicon it has designed.", "British supermarket group Morrisons says shareholders approve the US private equity group takeover.", "The supermarket's new GetGo format lets customers shop without scanning a product or using a till.", "England are ordered to play one match behind closed doors as a punishment for the unrest at Wembley Stadium during the European Championship final.", "Urgent track repairs are affecting services between Kent and Sussex, and London Charing Cross.", "Food and drink firms are seeing price rises of as much as 18% while manufacturers struggle with costs.", "The Tory MP was a backbencher of the old school who fought for the causes he cared about.", "It means secondary pupils must continue to cover their faces even when seated in the classroom.", "South Wales Police says it has made \"significant findings\" linking David Morris to the crime scene.", "Boris Johnson announces the town will be awarded the coveted status that the MP campaigned for.", "Det Con Lee Cunliffe is charged with 11 offences following a police investigation.", "A UK government minister says such a project could provide thousands of jobs on Anglesey.", "Scientists are studying it to better understand how much of a threat it may pose.", "The prime minister will announce 18 new foreign investment deals in low-carbon sectors worth £9.7bn.", "Zac Harvey died of smoke inhalation in the blaze in Ceredigion in January 2020.", "Its collapse takes the number of customers affected by energy company failures to more than two million.", "Two students report being injected with a mystery substance during nights out in Nottingham.", "The US climate envoy says decisions have to be made now to avoid the worst consequences of climate change.", "An inquiry finds police seemed \"reluctant to investigate\" claims against former MP Lord Janner.", "And in the Commons, MPs pay tribute to Sir David Amess saying they have lost a much-loved colleague.", "But Boris Johnson says the rollout of a Plan B to control the virus in England has not been discussed.", "It is thought to have been a submarine-launched ballistic missile which are harder to detect.", "He was the prolific creator of multiple movie hits such as Candyman, Feeling Good and Goldfinger.", "The teenager has been arrested and charged over the death of Justin McLaughlin, 14, in Glasgow on Saturday.", "Sixty eight percent of all Premier League players have now had both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, the league announces.", "Doctors booked a termination for Sharon Gorvett, but no-one discussed her options with her.", "From half-term, this group will be able to get vaccinated at national hubs, rather than at school.", "The BBC logo is updated for the first time in 24 years as services like iPlayer also get a revamp.", "Mateusz Morawiecki clashes with EU leaders over a Polish court ruling that rejected parts of EU law.", "Labour says a government plan to close a loophole in future cases should also apply retrospectively.", "A judge ruled Alta Fixsler's life support should be withdrawn in a hospice rather than at home.", "MPs have described their experience of threats to their safety as tributes are paid to Sir David Amess.", "The trial of Dennis Hutchings, 80, had been adjourned when he tested positive for Covid-19.", "Younger mothers opt for more modern names, according to official birth data in England and Wales.", "David Henderson, 67, denies the charge of endangering the safety of an aircraft.", "Police have escorted cabinet minister Michael Gove away from a crowd of anti-lockdown protesters.", "Potential hazards for ministers include sceptical Tory MPs and voters worried about rising bills.", "Footage gathered from a shop shows a man believed to be the suspect on the morning of the attack.", "The Duchess of Cambridge warns of the \"devastating impact\" of the pandemic on addiction rates.", "Dennis Hutchings, who was on trial over a fatal shooting in County Tyrone in 1974, died on Monday.", "One woman says she's been \"left in the dark\" during her 18 months with long Covid.", "The singer tells the BBC she is returning to the country of her birth after 30 years in the UK.", "The Home Office says a technical issue affecting self-service border checks has been resolved.", "Households in England could see bills jump within three years, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.", "It comes after the singer was found guilty of sex trafficking last month.", "The Amazon 4-star shop in Kent will sell a range of products which are bestsellers on its website.", "A labour shortage in abattoirs means some 600 pigs have already been shot and discarded.", "Ernest Johnson was executed despite pleas from Pope Francis and other advocates.", "A \"total\" disaster, a resident says, as the storm turns the sky orange in parts of São Paulo state.", "Emma Raducanu says it has been \"pretty cool\" to receive the congratulations of other players at Indian Wells, but now is the time to get back to business.", "Next boss Lord Wolfson says hiring overseas workers under a visa tax scheme is the solution to shortages.", "Mauro Restrepo alleges Sophia Adams told him his marriage was cursed and she could save it for $5,100.", "Boris Johnson told the annual Tory conference it is responsible for the government to raise taxes to fund healthcare.", "Exams have been cancelled in a bid to avoid a repeat of last summer's GCSE and A-Level \"fiasco\".", "Patsy Stevenson says \"about 50\" officers contacted her after her arrest at a vigil for Sarah Everard.", "Documents, shared in online forums appear to show records of payments made to streamers.", "Meet the families who have been spending their savings getting back to nature during the pandemic.", "Australia has controversially held migrants in PNG since 2013, and will continue to do so in Nauru.", "Gareth Davies missed a tight Senedd vote that saw Covid passes for nightclubs and events approved.", "Boris Johnson leader's speech at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.", "Mark Zuckerberg denies claims, heard in the US Senate, that Facebook puts profits before people.", "Wooden barracks at the death camp were spray-painted with English and German phrases.", "The justice secretary is accused of not understanding the definition of prejudice against women.", "A gross misconduct notice is issued to a police staff member over Jake Davison's shotgun certificate.", "Boris Johnson ends the Tory conference on a high, but many voters fear a difficult winter ahead.", "Wales will move in line with England to reduce grade inflation which occurred during the pandemic.", "Letters and consent forms for the Covid vaccination will be issued to students mid-to-late October.", "High energy costs could put up goods prices, say firms, with households already facing bigger gas bills.", "But Boris Johnson says an extra £3,000 will lure maths and science specialists to deprived areas.", "The public have a right to know why he was allowed to continue as an officer, the home secretary says.", "The PM will promise a high-wage, high-skill economy, as he makes his Conservative conference speech.", "Bradford Pretty's \"abhorrent\" Facebook post targeted Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka.", "The maker of Quality Street says it is \"working hard\" to make sure chocolates are available.", "The high costs of wholesale gas has collapsed a number of UK energy firms in recent weeks.", "Ronald Blake held a belt on John Atkinson's leg for nearly an hour after the Manchester Arena bomb.", "Matthew Boorman, a father-of-three, died during the attacks in Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire.", "The two-week trial involves flights of about 30 miles, from Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay.", "The £20-a-week top-up to universal credit was always meant to be temporary, the government says.", "The Brighton and Hove Albion player was arrested at a nightclub in the Sussex city.", "Offering to write essays for payment will be made a criminal offence in England, the government says.", "Video-sharing platforms have a legal duty to enforce strict rules - or be fined or even suspended.", "The lone insect found in Surrey may be a stowaway or part of an undiscovered population.", "There is concern that No 10 is brushing away concerns about the economy too easily.", "French PM Jean Castex accuses the UK of not respecting its Brexit deal commitments on fishing.", "The star hands over the rights to songs like The Best and Nutbush City Limits to music company BMG.", "Police Scotland has apologised to Rhona Malone after an employment tribunal found evidence of a sexist culture.", "However, Paul Givan says it is prudent to plan to manage health service pressures.", "Shami Chakrabati says the inquiry into failings after Sarah Everard's murder needs to be judge-led.", "An employment tribunal accepts evidence of a \"horrific\" culture in part of Police Scotland.", "The remains from South Wales are few and fragmentary but recall the dawn of dinosaur evolution.", "The PM promises higher wages, better transport and more training, as he gives his Tory conference speech.", "Britain's biggest supermarket shrugs off the impact of the pandemic and supply chain crisis.", "His legal team believes the sealed document will end a case brought by his accuser, Virginia Giuffre.", "Tamara Padi was stabbed multiple times in her bedroom by her estranged husband, who lay in wait.", "Joel Souza, wounded by a gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin, grieves for lost friend Halyna Hutchins.", "Shoppers had been locked out of the supermarket's website following an outage that began on Saturday.", "Exam board AQA said publisher Hodder Education would remove the book from sale \"and review its content\".", "The massive wheel was opened in Dubai with a lavish fireworks display to mark the occasion.", "Eluned Morgan apologises after MPs say early Covid response one of worst ever public health failings.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver his second Budget for 2021 next week. How will it affect you?", "Former student Whitney Dowler tried to run away from lecturer Kary Thanapalan as he pursued her.", "Molly, 14, died after viewing graphic content on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.", "A charity says urgent reform is needed to stop people going without support.", "NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde says patients should not turn up at A&E unless they are seriously ill.", "Covid left him waiting to pass the milestone after 25 years of enjoying the wooden rollercoaster.", "Two forces in Wales say they have been contacted about potential cases.", "Mohamed Salah scores a hat-trick and Paul Pogba is sent off as clinical Liverpool embarrass Manchester United 5-0 at Old Trafford.", "Brentwood's MP says it is a \"very dark day\" for the town after the suspected stabbings.", "Aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is distraught at the prospect of returning to jail, her husband says.", "Vanessa Bryant said she learned about the death of her husband by seeing \"RIP Kobe\" notifications.", "The climate activist speaks to the BBC about the COP26 conference, emissions targets and rickrolling.", "The new money is welcomed by health leaders, but they warn it will not solve staff shortages.", "One was taken to hospital after trouble erupted at Coventry City's ground on Saturday.", "Scotland's health secretary cannot rule out restrictions if the UN climate summit creates a Covid spike.", "But the chancellor says the data does not suggest \"immediately\" moving to government's back-up plan.", "Key routes near the SEC in Glasgow have closed as the city prepares for a major UN climate summit.", "President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declares them \"persona non grata\" for urging an activist's release.", "England bowl West Indies out for 55 as they make a stunning start to their Men's T20 World Cup campaign with a six-wicket win in Dubai.", "The chancellor says he will set out a plan for rebuilding the economy next week based on skills.", "Care homes in Wales could fill 20,000 vacancies \"by the end of the week\" if they could find staff.", "The changes will make it easier and cheaper for people to travel abroad, industry groups say.", "Andrew Marr is joined by Rishi Sunak and Rachel Reeves.", "Halyna Hutchins, who has died on a film set, had been named an American Cinematographer rising star.", "The singer-songwriter says he will be \"self-isolating and following government guidelines\".", "The cinematographer was fatally shot by a prop gun while filming for western movie Rust.", "Police said even if climate summit protests are peaceful they can be unlawful and \"very unsafe\".", "A government source says the EU has offered \"things that we can work with\" but gaps remain.", "A charity says animals that cannot be sold are disguised as strays so rescue centres take them.", "The government sets out its package for new T-levels and boosting further education in England.", "Fully-jabbed people returning to England can now take lateral flow tests instead of PCR tests.", "Jennifer Aniston says the show \"would not have been the same\" without the late James Michael Tyler.", "The 42-year-old, who will have surgery to remove a tumour on Monday, says the \"outlook is positive\".", "The prime minister believes new funds will tackle the Covid backlog - but refuses to set targets.", "The health board warns its hospitals are at maximum capacity and describes occupancy levels as \"critical.", "Quiñónez, one of the country's best known athletes, was shot in the city of Guayaquil.", "The government says the funding will \"unlock\" 160,000 greener homes on brownfield land.", "Dementia patient Esme Hanson was left stranded in hospital because of a lack of home care.", "Police are investigating a banner by Crystal Palace fans at their match on Saturday criticising the Saudi Arabian-led takeover of Newcastle.", "The former minister will become a special representative for a United Nations body in Africa.", "A Holocaust denier was buried in the former grave of a music professor outside Berlin.", "The spending budget for a minimum standard of living increases to £16,700 for a couple, the calculations suggest.", "The Queen, patron of the charity, attended a service at Westminster Abbey to mark the milestone.", "The Labour leader is warned to move to the left while visiting a HGV driver training centre and taking a lesson.", "Fully vaccinated travellers from nations including the UK will no longer need to quarantine.", "Shipping giant Maersk says it is diverting cargo from Port of Felixstowe due to congestion.", "Sami Jasim al-Jaburi was allegedly a deputy leader of the jihadist group under Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.", "The Environment Agency says hundreds could die in a flooding event at some point.", "Despite recent tax rises, there is limited scope to spend more on public services, says the IFS.", "The parents of six-month-old Eva Maria Nichifor say they are \"distraught\" by their loss.", "The business secretary says he is looking for a solution but does not set out new support for firms.", "Eluned Morgan apologises after MPs say early Covid response one of worst ever public health failings.", "Legal action, if successful, could radically change how player information and data is used.", "The Conservative denies saying \"they all look the same to me\" after mixing up two ethnic minority ministers at an event.", "Stephen Port went on to kill three more young men with overdoses of the date rape drug GHB.", "Former soldiers and police are among Afghans trying to evade a crackdown at the Turkey-Iran border.", "Jonathon Ramsbottom had cocaine and cannabis in his system when the crash happened, court hears.", "The chief scientific adviser says he does not just tell the government what it wants to hear.", "Julian Smith MP says Philip Allott's comments following the Sarah Everard case were \"unacceptable\".", "A deal averting another carbon dioxide crisis in the food and drink industry will now run into 2022.", "The driver, a 67-year-old man, was later arrested on suspicion of drink driving, police say.", "The work by an Italian painter was gathering dust until its discovery in a house clearance.", "A record £184m Euromillions prize will be up for grabs again on Friday after no ticket won on Tuesday.", "A major report by MPs says the March 2020 lockdown came too late - but praises the vaccine rollout.", "The auctioneer says the buyers \"seemed to think they are actually Egyptian\".", "Ten people are detained in London and Kent after an international investigation into false documents.", "Police say work at the scene of the crash is \"highly complex\" and is likely to go on into Tuesday.", "A teacher from a Wrexham secondary school is arrested in Bolton on suspicion of grooming.", "In an upcoming comic the new reiteration of Superman, Jon Kent, will be pictured in a same-sex kiss.", "The mayor's office blames \"uncertainty caused by the pandemic\", but other options will be planned.", "Weeks after a series of missile tests, Kim Jong-un says weapons are needed for defence, but not war.", "The UK's Brexit minister says the existing protocol cannot survive and warns the UK could still trigger Article 16.", "Her rejection of an Israeli company to translate her new book into Hebrew triggers anger and praise.", "Job vacancies rose by 35% compared to pre-pandemic levels due to a shortage of skilled workers.", "England's path to the 2022 World Cup hits an unexpected stumbling block are they are held by Hungary in a qualifier Gareth Southgate calls a \"big disappointment\".", "At its height, about 70 firefighters were involved in tackling the blaze at the flats in Battersea.", "The DJ says that when she reported the matter to police, officers laughed about what had happened.", "Wales scrape past Estonia with an unconvincing win in Tallinn to keep their hopes of finishing second in their World Cup qualifying group in their own hands.", "An investigation is launched into why Ohio officers pulled out the man as he called for help.", "John Atkinson's family say \"precious time was allowed to ebb away\" after the Manchester Arena bomb.", "Matthew Corrie hopes his customers will make deliveries for him because he cannot find staff.", "Some of the Tesco Max All-In-One Chesty Cough & Cold Lemon Sachets contain incorrect dosing information.", "The pair went on Instagram live to discuss the backlash to their song.", "The state has become the first in the US to pass the law, which aims to tackle gender stereotypes.", "Hungary fans fight with police in the opening minutes of Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against England at Wembley.", "The DUP and Sinn Féin describe job losses at JMC Mechanical and Construction as \"devastating\".", "Carbon emissions from making building materials - or embodied carbon - had led to calls to end demolitions.", "A woman says hospital restructuring has badly affected her husband's treatment.", "The migrants were struck by the train in a southern coastal town near Biarritz on Tuesday morning.", "But the new report by MPs fails to reflect the views of bereaved relatives, campaigners say.", "Public health boss says not only older people are at risk, as under-25s hit in Neath Port Talbot.", "His appointment to the UN's economic commission for Africa was announced earlier this week.", "The former US president is expected to meet young climate activists during his visit to the UN summit.", "Ten people were mistakenly killed by the US military in a drone strike on the Afghan capital.", "Police say a man was arrested and a knife was recovered after the incident in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.", "Sir David Amess has been described as \"one of the kindest, most gentle people in politics\".", "As well as his TV career, Alan Hawkshaw was in the Shadows and toured with the Rolling Stones.", "The 23-year-old was part of a crew operating an armoured vehicle on the UK's largest training area.", "Rising temperatures and desertification are forcing many Mauritanians to leave their ancestral homes.", "Artwork aiming to make Cardiff more \"vibrant and welcoming\" is removed in error by cleaning crews.", "Her family has told the BBC that they fear she could be returned to jail at any time.", "Roberto Firmino nets a hat-trick and Mohamed Salah scores another wonderful goal as Liverpool spoil Claudio Ranieri's first game as Watford boss.", "The monarch appears to criticise people who \"talk\" but \"don't do\", ahead of the COP26 summit.", "He is accused of overthrowing a democratically-elected government to assume power.", "Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert says medical science has transformed ambitions for new vaccines.", "Fully vaccinated travellers will be allowed to enter the US for the first time since March 2020.", "The Tory MP was a backbencher of the old school who fought for the causes he cared about.", "The job of an MP is increasingly accompanied by abuse, intimidation and danger.", "Friends and colleagues remember Essex MP David Amess's \"wonderful smile\" and \"photographic memory\".", "The opportunity comes under a scheme aimed at helping key workers and others on to the property ladder.", "The man arrested over the killing of Sir David Amess is named as Ali Harbi Ali, a Briton of Somali heritage.", "Watch as the head of Essex Police describes the immediate aftermath of the attack on Sir David Amess.", "Infections continue to soar as the Kremlin struggles to persuade people to get vaccinated.", "The day before Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is due for release, her husband talks of his hopes and fears.", "A man in his fifties died after the house collapsed in Clayton-le-Woods, near Chorley, police say.", "Police are treating the attack in Essex as a terrorist incident, which may be linked to Islamist extremism.", "The Lucy probe will visit swarms of asteroids called trojans to gain insights on planetary origins.", "The prime minister and Labour leader visit Leigh-on-Sea to pay tribute to MP Sir David Amess.", "Shares in the firm dive 20% as it delays first tourist flight to make upgrades.", "The president's administration will ask the Supreme Court to block a restrictive Texas abortion law.", "The protests come as tensions rise between civilian and military rulers.", "Average petrol prices are just 2p off their record high from April 2012, says the RAC.", "Stacey Dash has revealed how she \"lost everything\" due to taking 18-20 pills a day.", "Lewis Bloor is cleared as the prosecution admits it failed to disclose some evidence.", "The popular Islamic app was removed in the country, after an official request.", "A lab in Wolverhampton is suspended as 43,000 people in England and Wales are potentially affected.", "Constituents in Leigh-on-Sea mourn Sir David Amess as they try to make sense of what happened.", "How constituents and authorities reacted to the tragic killing of Sir David Amess.", "Hazrat Wali was found with knife injuries and died a short time later.", "The 1961 Paris massacre was denied or concealed by French governments for decades.", "Boris Johnson said Sir David Amess was one of the \"kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".", "Thomas Rainey is charged with killing Katrina Rainey, who died after being found in a burning car.", "The rock star tops the UK singles chart with Cold Heart, with the help of collaborator Dua Lipa.", "The 450kg-haul was concealed in a shipment of ceramic tiles sent to Melbourne from Malaysia.", "Police believe a bow-and-arrow attack that killed five may have been as a result of mental illness.", "A 14-year-old girl was stopped and searched by a stranger while on her way to school on Wednesday.", "Land and ferry crossings with Mexico and Canada will reopen in November after 19 months of curbs.", "The home secretary says her \"dear and loyal friend\" Sir David Amess died doing the job he loved, as political leaders lay wreaths near where he was attacked in Essex.", "Anti-abortion activists celebrate but a doctor who could be targeted by new law fears for the future.", "Former PCC Arfon Jones apologises after being slated for comments following Sir David Amess' death.", "Residents choke back tears on the streets of Leigh-on Sea as they remember their compassionate MP.", "The fatal stabbing of Tory MP Sir David Amess has a potential link to Islamist extremism, say detectives.", "The singer's daughter says MP Sir David Amess was the \"driving force\" behind the memorial's campaign.", "The government says consumers and businesses will benefit from deal, but it is unlikely to boost growth.", "Agents are sweeping homes linked to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch who is under US sanctions.", "More than 17,000 children were waiting more than a year to see a hospital consultant for the first time.", "A student who believes she was jabbed in a club says she has been left feeling \"violated\".", "Plans for legal rights to ensure Catholic priests can administer the last rites at crime scenes.", "Dame Cressida Dick announces a new system for the Met after the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard.", "Two other people had knife injuries after the attack on the bus outside Mile End Tube station.", "Police say \"significant damage\" was caused by the Rathenraw industrial estate blaze on Tuesday night.", "Laura Anderson shares her experience of hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) during her pregnancy two years ago.", "The CMA says the social media giant, which also may be changing its name, deliberately broke rules.", "MPs call the action by anti-vaccine protesters \"scandalous\" in the week after Sir David Amess's death.", "Police targeted county lines operations where gangs supply drugs via dedicated phone numbers.", "Buckingham Palace says she has \"reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days\".", "Ministers say the Environment Bill shows global leadership, but critics accuse them of \"inaction\".", "But the business secretary says it is not time for \"Plan B\" and he wants to avoid further lockdowns.", "Items owned by Gabby Petito's missing fiancé and apparent human remains have been found in Florida.", "Several airlines have been told by the Moroccan government that flights will be suspended.", "Steve Bannon could be prosecuted for refusing to give evidence on the Capitol riot.", "Northern Ireland households could see gas bills increase by another 50% in December warns regulator.", "Additional measures are not needed in England at this point, the health secretary says.", "The global health body says healthcare workers should be prioritised for vaccination.", "The New England shilling dates from 1652 and was found amongst a forgotten coin collection.", "The health secretary is asked whether MPs should wear face coverings in the House of Commons chamber.", "At least 14 people are reported to have died in the bloodiest attack in the Syrian capital in years.", "British supermarket group Morrisons says shareholders approve the US private equity group takeover.", "David Ibbotson was ordered to not fly the aircraft before the fatal crash, a court hears.", "The former batsman was arrested in Sydney over an alleged domestic violence incident.", "Sir Andrew Pollard warns against possible moves to reverse planned investment in science.", "An inquiry finds police seemed \"reluctant to investigate\" claims against former MP Lord Janner.", "The advertising watchdog says three Brewdog adverts for a gold can competition were \"misleading\".", "A Nottingham student who believes she was injected with a needle during a night out speaks to the BBC.", "The former soldiers are accused of trying to form a mercenary force to fight in Yemen's civil war.", "Footage gathered from a shop shows a man believed to be the suspect on the morning of the attack.", "Manager Steve Bruce leaves Newcastle United by mutual consent just 13 days after the Saudi Arabia-backed £305m takeover of the Premier League side was completed.", "A BBC investigation had previously exposed the occultist's influence on the killer of two sisters.", "The business secretary denies that individuals will have to pay more to have a greener lifestyle.", "Food and drink firms are seeing price rises of as much as 18% while manufacturers struggle with costs.", "Many care staff are struggling with an increased workload and want to quit, research suggests.", "Heavy rain triggers flash floods and landslides in parts of India and Nepal.", "The health secretary's warning comes after 49,139 new cases were recorded earlier today.", "The average amount Britons take out of cash machines rises by over £10, but there are fewer visits.", "Four houses in Kincaidston are likely to be demolished while 35 others are damaged or strewn with debris.", "But Boris Johnson says the rollout of a Plan B to control the virus in England has not been discussed.", "He was the prolific creator of multiple movie hits such as Candyman, Feeling Good and Goldfinger.", "Boris Johnson promises to push through \"tough\" online safety laws, at Prime Minister's Questions.", "Yat-Sen Chang attacked female students while working in London between 2009 and 2016.", "Pyongyang confirmed the test a day after South Korea detected a ballistic missile had been fired.", "Jonathan Goodwin says he was on \"the brink\" after an accident in rehearsals for US spin-off show.", "While some allegations against British troops are credible, others are not, defence secretary says.", "Nikolas Cruz could see life in prison or the death penalty over the 2018 Florida school shooting.", "The prime minister has led the tributes to former Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire.", "New AI features such as \"magic\" photo editing and on-device voice processing come with the new chip.", "The Manchester Arena bomber's brother Ismail Abedi has been ordered to appear as a witness.", "A research paper recommending people shift towards plant-based foods is not policy, the government says.", "Refugees are leaving their hotels as they 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World Health Organization (WHO) says.\n\nHealthcare workers must be prioritised for vaccines, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, and he criticised unfairness in the distribution of jabs.\n\nThe deaths occurred between January 2020 and May of this year.\n\nEarlier, another senior WHO official warned a lack of jabs could see the pandemic continue well into next year.\n\nThere are an estimated 135 million healthcare workers globally.\n\n\"Data from 119 countries suggest that on average, two in five healthcare workers globally are fully vaccinated,\" Dr Tedros said.\n\n\"But of course, that average masks huge differences across regions and economic groupings.\"\n\nFewer than one in 10 healthcare workers were fully vaccinated in Africa, he said, compared with eight in 10 in high-income countries.\n\nA failure to provide poorer countries with enough vaccines was highlighted earlier by Dr Bruce Aylward, a senior leader at the WHO, who said it meant the Covid crisis could \"easily drag on deep into 2022\".\n\nLess than 5% of Africa's population have been vaccinated, compared with 40% on most other continents.\n\nThe vast majority of Covid vaccines overall have been used in high-income or upper middle-income countries. Africa accounts for just 2.6% of doses administered globally.\n\nThe original idea behind Covax, the UN-backed global programme to distribute vaccines fairly, was that all countries would be able to acquire vaccines from its pool, including wealthy ones, writes BBC Global Affairs correspondent Naomi Grimley.\n\nBut most G7 countries decided to hold back once they started making their own one-to-one deals with pharmaceutical companies.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ros Atkins looks at the ethics of Western countries rolling out Covid booster jabs while millions globally remain unvaccinated\n\nDr Aylward appealed to wealthy countries to give up their places in the queue for vaccines so that pharmaceutical companies can prioritise the lowest-income countries instead.\n\nHe said wealthy countries needed to \"stocktake\" where they were with their donation commitments made at summits such as the G7 meeting in St Ives this summer.\n\n\"I can tell you we're not on track,\" he said. \"We really need to speed it up or you know what? This pandemic is going to go on for a year longer than it needs to.\"\n\nThe People's Vaccine - an alliance of charities - has released new figures suggesting just one in seven of the doses promised by pharmaceutical companies and wealthy countries are actually reaching their destinations in poorer countries.\n\nThe alliance, which includes Oxfam and UNAids, also criticised Canada and the UK for procuring vaccines for their own populations via Covax.\n\nOfficial figures show that earlier this year the UK received 539,370 Pfizer doses from Covax while Canada took just under a million AstraZeneca doses.\n\nOxfam's Global Health Adviser, Rohit Malpani, acknowledged that Canada and the UK were technically entitled to get vaccines via this route having paid into the Covax mechanism, but he said it was still \"morally indefensible\" given that they had both obtained millions of doses through their own bilateral agreements.\n\nThe UK government pointed out it was one of the countries which had \"kick-started\" Covax last year with a donation of £548m.\n\nThe UK has also delivered more than 10 million vaccines to countries in need, and has pledged a total of 100 million.\n\nThe Canadian government was keen to stress that it had now stopped using Covax vaccines.\n\nThe country's International Development Minister, Karina Gould, said: \"As soon as it became clear that the supply we had secured through our bilateral deals would be sufficient for the Canadian population, we pivoted the doses which we had procured from Covax back to Covax, so they could be redistributed to developing countries.\"\n\nCovax originally aimed to deliver two billion doses of vaccines by the end of this year, but so far it has shipped 371m doses.", "It is thought New Zealand will be able to sell more lamb to the UK under the deal\n\nThe UK has agreed a free trade deal with New Zealand which it says will benefit consumers and businesses.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the deal will cut costs for exporters and open up New Zealand's job market to UK professionals.\n\nThe government hopes it is a step towards joining a trade club with the likes of Canada and Japan.\n\nThe New Zealand deal itself is unlikely to boost UK growth, according to the government's own estimates.\n\nOverall, only a tiny proportion of UK trade is done with New Zealand, less than 0.2%.\n\nLabour and the National Farmers Union (NFU) said the deal could hurt UK farmers and lower food standards.\n\nBut International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said it \"affords opportunities in both directions for great sharing of produce\" and British farmers should not be worried.\n\nMr Johnson and New Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, agreed the pact in a video call on Wednesday after 16 months of negotiations.\n\nTariffs will be removed on UK goods including clothing, ships and bulldozers, and on New Zealand goods including wine, honey and kiwi fruits.\n\nProfessionals such as lawyers and architects will be able to work in New Zealand more easily, the government said.\n\nHowever, the deal is not likely to increase UK economic growth - or GDP - according to the UK government's own assessments. New Zealand will fare slightly better as it may be able to sell more lamb to the UK.\n\nBut, like the trade deal recently struck with Australia, the UK hopes this is a step towards joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) - a trade bloc that includes Australasia, Canada, Mexico and Japan among others.\n\nThe UK already has deals with many of the members, rolled over from when it was in the EU. But CPTPP membership would give it more access in terms of services and digital trade.\n\nIn a video of the deal being struck, Mr Johnson said: \"We've scrummed down, we've packed tight, and together we've got the ball over the line and we have a deal. And I think it's a great deal.\"\n\nMs Ardern said: \"I loved your use of rugby metaphors, but if we were going to continue that on, then naturally it would conclude with the All Blacks winning.\n\n\"And I know that New Zealand feels that way with this free trade agreement, but actually, it's good for both of us, as it happens.\"\n\nThe NFU said the deal, like the one with Australia, could have a \"huge downside\", especially for UK dairy and meat farmers.\n\nIts president, Minette Batters, said the Australia and New Zealand deals mean \"we will be opening our doors to significant extra volumes of imported food - whether or not produced to our own high standards - while securing almost nothing in return for UK farmers\".\n\n\"The fact is that UK farm businesses face significantly higher costs of production than farmers in New Zealand and Australia, and it's worth remembering that margins are already tight here due to ongoing labour shortages and rising costs on farm,\" she said.\n\n\"The government is now asking British farmers to go toe-to-toe with some of the most export-orientated farmers in the world, without the serious, long-term and properly funded investment in UK agriculture that can enable us to do so.\n\nEmily Thornberry, shadow trade secretary, said the government's own figures showed the deal would \"cut employment in our farming communities, produce zero additional growth, and generate just £112m in additional exports for UK firms compared to pre-pandemic levels\".\n\nShe added that the only winners were \"the mega-corporations who run New Zealand's meat and dairy farms\".\n\n\"As our economy recovers from the pandemic, we need trade deals that will boost jobs and growth, open up big new markets for UK exporters, and support our objectives to buy, make and sell more in Britain. This trade deal with New Zealand fails on every count,\" she said.\n\nThe international trade secretary said British farmers should not be concerned about increased lamb imports because the lambing seasons were different in the UK and New Zealand.\n\nAnne-Marie Trevelyan said: \"I'm very comfortable it's a complimentary - because of the seasons… consumers will have more choice.\"\n\nShe said trade with New Zealand was currently worth £2.3bn a year but had the potential to increase by up to 30% by 2030.\n\nA bottle of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc could cost 20p less as a result of this trade deal and other products like Manuka honey and kiwi fruits could also cost less.\n\nIn terms of overall trade, even by the UK government's own analysis a tariff free trade deal will make no difference at all to the country's GDP - the total value of the goods and services the UK produces.\n\nOverall the trade between the two countries is less than 0.2% of the UK total and in fact in 2018 New Zealand ranked as only our 53rd biggest trading partner.\n\nSo why does this deal matter?\n\nThe UK signed its first big post-Brexit deal with Japan last year and in June it also signed a draft agreement for a trade deal with Australia.\n\nBoth countries, as well as New Zealand, are members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership or CPTPP.\n\nThe combined GDP for the 11 nations that form the CPTPP in 2020 was £8.4trn - one of the key reasons given by the UK government when it formally applied earlier this year.\n\nThis deal is the first agreed during the tenure of Britain's new Secretary of State for International Trade, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, who took over from Liz Truss last month.\n\nShe believes that by getting this deal done the UK's application to the CPTPP will be looked upon more favourably.\n\nThat being said, the trade deal the UK really wants is with the US.\n\nBut with the recent change in administration in the White House that seems further away.", "The report pays tribute to care workers' professionalism and resilience\n\nThere will be \"a tsunami\" of people without the care they need this winter unless staff shortages are tackled, England's care watchdog is warning.\n\nSocial care staff are \"exhausted and depleted,\" says Care Quality Commission (CQC) chief executive, Ian Trenholm.\n\nIn a report, the CQC urges immediate work to address the problem of rising numbers of unfilled care sector jobs.\n\nOn Thursday, the government announced an extra £162.5m to boost the adult social care workforce.\n\nThis is in addition to £5.4bn earmarked for social care over the next three years from the government's health and social care levy, which already includes £500m to be spent on the workforce.\n\nThe CQC welcomes the money but has a warning: \"It must be used to enable new ways of working that recognise the interdependency of all health and care settings, not just to prop up existing approaches and to plug demand in acute care.\"\n\nIn its latest State of Health and Social Care in England report, the CQC confirms fears that social care providers are facing a staffing crisis, losing staff to better paid jobs in retail and hospitality, and unable to recruit replacements.\n\nAcross England, numbers of unfilled jobs are rising month on month, the researchers found, from 6% in April to more than 10% in September.\n\nLondon is worst affected with 11% of jobs vacant, followed by the East Midlands at 9.4% and the South West at 9.2%.\n\nThis means care providers are having to limit their services, the researchers found.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Care minister Gillian Keegan: \"We want to get more hours in the system\"\n\nIn Devon, Rebecca Marks, director of Ark Care Homes, says more than one in five of their beds are empty, because they cannot afford to staff them.\n\nShe says current staff are exhausted after the pandemic, and despite the company offering funding for training and qualifications, and paying joining bonuses, \"they are saying: 'You know, I'm going to go and work in a supermarket'\".\n\n\"We need help and we need it fast... whether it's funding to be able to pay our staff higher wages to represent the responsibility and the amazing job that they do, or something different.\n\n\"It's a very difficult place for care providers and care staff, and ultimately our residents.\"\n\nOona Goldsworthy, who oversees five care homes in the south-west of England, told BBC Breakfast she was \"literally throwing everything\" at the problem to try and fill vacancies - including increasing wages.\n\n\"We have to recognise paying carers the minimum wage is just not acceptable any more,\" she said.\n\nIn the measured tones of a regulator, this report makes it clear that a staffing crisis in the long overlooked care system has much broader consequences.\n\nA \"tsunami of unmet need\" is more than a striking phrase. It represents a lack of support that can leave someone who is disabled or in the later years of their life struggling - alone or with family, facing grinding daily difficulties and too often deterioration that ends in crisis.\n\nIt is distressing for those at the heart of it and pressure on an overstretched NHS that with the right support might have been avoided.\n\nThe extra money the government has announced will help, but councils and care organisations have been quick to say it won't be enough.\n\nAnd the suggestion it could lead to tens of thousands of new care staff is likely to be greeted with a wry smile coming just 18 months after the last government recruitment campaign failed to do that.\n\nUnpaid carers who look after relatives at home are among those hit hard by the staffing squeeze.\n\nDorothy Cook cares for her husband Melvin, at home in Bristol. Melvin is in the advanced stages of a degenerative brain disease which has left him unable to wash, dress, shower or feed himself without her help.\n\nFollowing a fall in February, he was in hospital for six weeks, and then spent four months in a rehabilitation unit.\n\nMelvin is meant to have a care package at home but the provider ended it after five weeks, as his condition was too complex for them to manage.\n\nThat was 12 weeks ago, and Dorothy is struggling.\n\n\"It all falls on my shoulders, and I'm on my knees with exhaustion,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"We both feel completely and utterly alone. We feel that nobody cares.\"\n\nCarers UK, which represents unpaid people like Dorothy, says a survey of 8,000 of its members suggests more than half (55%) have lost some or all of the support they need, since the pandemic.\n\nThe government says it will take steps to ensure that unpaid carers have the support, advice and respite they need, with more detail to be published later this year.\n\nCare companies say the main factors making it hard to find and keep staff are:\n\nIn its report, the CQC pays tribute \"to the professionalism and resilience of everyone that works in social care\", but according to chief executive Ian Trenholm: \"Those people cannot be expected to work any harder.\n\n\"If we're to get safely through this winter, there needs to be urgent action.\"\n\nHe says local leaders of health and social care services will need \"to make maximum use of everything they have at their disposal to get safely through the winter... If these things don't happen there is the genuine risk of a tsunami of unmet need, with many people not getting the care that they so desperately need this winter.\"\n\nHe believes the key is more collaboration between services and urges a rapid overhaul: \"We can't be in this position in a year's time. We need to be thinking about what systems will look like in the future.\n\n\"We are really clear, there are no silver bullets, there are no simple answers to what is a very, very complex problem.\"\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care official said: \"We appreciate the dedication and tireless work of health and social care staff throughout the pandemic.\n\n\"We have provided record levels of investment to support them and will provide £36bn over the next three years for health and social care across the UK.\n\n\"We are working on health and social care reform to ensure we can provide world-leading services and are committed to learning lessons from the pandemic, with a full public inquiry in the spring.\"\n\nShadow minister for social care, Liz Kendall, called the report \"devastating\", saying the government's recent social care announcement would not help.\n\n\"Labour is calling for a ten-year plan of investment and reform,\" to include a new deal to transform pay, training and conditions for care staff, and a shift in focus towards prevention and early intervention, said Ms Kendall.", "The Queen spent Wednesday night in hospital for preliminary medical checks and is now back at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nThe 95-year-old monarch returned from the private hospital in central London at lunchtime on Thursday and is \"in good spirits\", the palace added.\n\nThe Queen had cancelled a visit to Northern Ireland on Wednesday.\n\nShe was given medical advice to rest for a few days after a busy schedule of public engagements.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said \"everybody sends Her Majesty our very very best wishes\".\n\nHe added he was \"given to understand that actually Her Majesty is characteristically back at her desk at Windsor as we speak\".\n\nIn a statement on Thursday night, Buckingham Palace said: \"Following medical advice to rest for a few days, the Queen attended hospital on Wednesday afternoon for some preliminary investigations, returning to Windsor Castle at lunchtime today, and remains in good spirits.\"\n\nThe Queen travelled by car to the King Edward VII's Hospital in Marylebone, about 19 miles (32km) from Windsor, where she was seen by specialists. Her admittance is understood not to be related to coronavirus.\n\nThe overnight stay was said to be for practical reasons and the Queen was undertaking light duties back at Windsor on Thursday afternoon.\n\nIt is the first time the Queen has stayed in hospital since 2013, when she suffered symptoms of gastroenteritis.\n\nThe King Edward VII's is a private hospital used by senior royals - including the Queen's husband, the late Duke of Edinburgh, who received treatment there earlier this year.\n\nThe news on Wednesday that the Queen would have to cancel a trip to Northern Ireland was always going to cause concern.\n\nDespite looking very well and happy at the numerous events she has attended over the past week, it cannot be forgotten that she is 95 years old.\n\nIt is a tricky balance for the palace to release enough details about the Queen's health to keep the public informed while maintaining the privacy to which she is entitled.\n\nIt was for this reason that the news that she had been taken to hospital for tests was not announced, until a report on the Sun newspaper's front page forced the palace's hand.\n\nPeople will be concerned, but the reassuring guidance remains that she is in \"good spirits\" on her return from hospital and is well enough to undertake some light duties.\n\nIt has been a busy period of official engagements for the Queen.\n\nAn official record of the Queen's diary showed at least 16 formal events during October, and there had been the plans for her to embark on the two-day trip to Northern Ireland this week.\n\nShe was pictured hosting a Global Investment Summit at Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening alongside Mr Johnson.\n\nHowever, on Wednesday a Buckingham Palace spokesman said the monarch had \"reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days\".\n\nHe said the Queen was \"disappointed that she will no longer be able to visit Northern Ireland\" - which would have involved an overnight stay.\n\nThe Queen began the month in Scotland, planting a tree with the Prince of Wales at the Balmoral Estate on 1 October and attending the opening of the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh the following day.\n\nPrince Charles, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland, planted a tree with his mother to launch a tree-planting initiative\n\nThe following week, she met members of the Canadian military at Windsor Castle on 6 October and attended the launch of the Commonwealth Games baton relay at Buckingham Palace on 7 October.\n\nLast week, on 12 October, she attended a church service to mark the centenary of The Royal British Legion at Westminster Abbey.\n\nShe then travelled to Wales to open the sixth term of the Senedd on Thursday.\n\nBy Saturday she was back in England - attending Champions Day at Ascot racecourse in Berkshire.\n\nAnd on Tuesday evening she was back at Windsor Castle hosting the Global Investment Summit.\n\nThe Queen was pictured alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday\n\nThe Queen is expected to lead a royal delegation to the Glasgow COP26 climate change summit in two weeks' time.\n\nIn reported remarks overheard at an event last week, she appeared to suggest she was irritated by people who \"talk\" but \"don't do\" when it came to protecting the environment.\n\nEarlier this week, the Queen declined a magazine's award of Oldie of the Year, saying \"you are only as old as you feel\".\n\nShe \"politely but firmly\" turned down the award, but sent the Oldie magazine a message with her \"warmest best wishes\".", "Health Secretary Sajid Javid has agreed that MPs should set an example by wearing face coverings in the Commons.\n\nAsked at a Downing Street news conference about many Conservatives not doing so, he said politicians should \"set an example\".\n\nMPs have not been compelled to use face coverings since Parliament reduced limits on the number of them attending debates over the summer.\n\nBut unions representing Commons workers have called for the rules to change.\n\nMore Labour and SNP MPs than those on the Conservative benches have been seen wearing masks since full sittings returned.\n\nAt at the press conference, Mr Javid was asked whether there was a \"difference between what you're telling people to do and the behaviour of some senior public figures\" and reminded that \"nobody\" on the government front bench had been wearing a mask at Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nMPs in the House of Commons on Wednesday, hours before Mr Javid's news conference\n\n\"I think that's a very fair point,\" he replied.\n\n\"As I say, we've all got our role to play in this and we the people standing on this stage play our public roles as a secretary of state, as someone in the NHS, as the head of UKHSA (UK Health Security Agency).\n\n\"We also have a role to play to set an example as private individuals as well, I think that's a very fair point and I'm sure a lot of people will have heard you.\"\n\nLinda Bauld, a professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh, told the PA news agency the lack of mask-wearing among Conservative MPs was \"striking and very unfortunate\".\n\n\"Leaders need to lead by example and with these [coronavirus case] numbers and the concerns we have, absolutely, I think politicians from all parties should be wearing a face covering when they're in the chamber, when they can't distance etc,\" Prof Bauld said.", "Dozens of ambulances remain outside the emergency department on Thursday\n\nThe Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) has declared a critical incident due to the pressures it is facing.\n\nA critical incident allows all health and care organisations to work together and focus on resolving the situation.\n\nThe trust reported up to 100 people were waiting to be seen in the emergency department on Wednesday, with 25 ambulances waiting outside.\n\nManagers contacted staff asking them to work extra hours to help handle \"intense pressures\".\n\nThe trust said the emergency department is designed to accommodate up to 40 people at any one time.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the NHS in Cornwall, RCHT medical director, Dr Allister Grant said: \"There is unprecedented demand on health and care services in Cornwall, more so this week than at any point during the pandemic.\n\n\"As a result, we have escalated our operational level from OPEL4 to an internal critical incident.\n\n\"Pressure will always be most visible at the Emergency Department where ambulances are waiting, and our priority here is to move people into wards as soon as we can.\"\n\nAs part of the response, NHS staff are working in care homes where beds are available for patients, but there is a shortage of workers.\n\nDr Grant added: \"Families, friends and neighbours are urged to help us, too, by offering to support someone waiting for home care to leave hospital sooner, and we would ask them to contact the ward directly if they can help in any way.\n\n\"Getting someone home a day or two sooner will mean we can free up a vital hospital bed for someone else in urgent need.\"\n\nCollin Holloway said his wife waited nearly 12 hours for an ambulance\n\nColin Holloway said his wife was waiting nearly 12 hours for an ambulance that never arrived.\n\n\"You never think that it is going to be you and several hours later it was us and it was very real and it was very scary.\"\n\nMr Holloway and his wife Kay, were watching television on Tuesday evening when she felt chest pains.\n\nAfter a 111 call, an ambulance was ordered which resulted in a 12-hour wait, only to be told the ambulance was not coming.\n\nThe \"stress was making her chest feel even worse than it was\", he said.\n\n\"I think we're heading for a catastrophe unless something really happens and I want people to sit up and take notice of this.\n\n\"My experience is dreadful, fortunately we've got through, it but someone's not going to make it,\" said Mr Holloway.\n\nKay was seen by her GP and things have settled down, he told the BBC.\n\nThere have been recent repeated warnings about the pressures on the Emergency Department at Treliske, and on the ambulance service.\n\nLast night the trust issued an urgent plea to staff asking if anybody could come in and work extra hours.\n\nBBC Spotlight has been contacted by people from Cornwall who say they have called for an ambulance on the advice of 111 and it hasn't turned up.\n\nThe trust said on Wednesday there were 120 people in beds in its wards that could have been discharged out into the community but the care simply wasn't there.\n\nThis obviously leads to a build up in pressure within the whole system and the visible manifestation of that is ambulances queuing outside.\n\nSouth Western Ambulance Service (SWAS) recorded the longest response times for life-threatening and emergency incidents across England in September.\n\nWill Warrender, CEO of SWAS, said the service was under \"the most sustained period of pressure in its history\", adding \"the situation today is no better than it was in September\".\n\nIn August seven leaders of Cornwall's health and care system wrote an open letter describing an \"ongoing surge in demand\".\n\nAll planned and urgent surgeries were temporarily suspended at RCHT in September due to the pressure it was under.\n\nRoutine surgeries remain suspended, with urgent procedures reviewed daily and continuing where possible.\n\nThe trust said on Thursday it was treating 44 patients with Covid-19 - 10 more than the previous week.\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.", "The boss of one of the UK's biggest energy companies has called for the energy price cap to be abolished.\n\nKeith Anderson, chief executive of Scottish Power, said the recent energy crisis had exposed deep flaws in the way the energy market was structured.\n\nHe added there had been serious failures on the part of Ofgem.\n\nThe regulator said the price cap had helped to keep down costs for millions of households.\n\nMr Anderson said that the price cap was a popular idea politically but it has caused dozens of companies to go bust.\n\nAs wholesale prices soared six-fold this year, companies had to buy gas at a price miles more than the rate they were allowed to sell it.\n\n\"There was a fixation about trying to create more and more competition and get more and more companies into the energy sector,\" he said.\n\n\"But it went too far. We ended up with a raft of small, not particularly well-run organisations coming into the retail sector. This crisis has shown this is quite a risky business.\"\n\nHe said that the regulator asking well-run companies to take on millions of customers from poorly-run and resourced companies is placing a massive burden on the sector which will mean prices will have to rise for the next 12 to 18 months.\n\n\"Every customer taken on at the price cap means £1,000 of cost,\" he said.\n\n\"We estimate the total cost to the industry of between £4bn and £5bn.\n\n\"The risk is that you will end up going back to the big five or the big six.\"\n\nHe added that a one-size-fits-all cap was regressive, as it did not even succeed in protecting more vulnerable customers, who spend a disproportionate amount of household income on energy.\n\nHis solution would be the abolition of the cap while having a special tariff for people in fuel poverty.\n\nMore affluent customers would pay more but that would be a more progressive way to regulate the industry.\n\nMr Anderson was scathing about the competence of Ofgem saying the regulations were not fit for purpose.\n\n\"The regulator has not kept pace with what has been going on in the marketplace,\" he added.\n\nOfgem responded by saying that the price cap had played its part in cushioning millions of households from soaring gas prices.\n\nBut it acknowledged that regulations would need to change.\n\n\"Ofgem, with industry and the government, will need to build an energy market that is more resilient to shocks like this in the future.\n\n\"This is likely to mean an approach to regulation which is more focussed on the business models that enter and operate in our energy market, and on the risk they carry,\" it said.\n\nMr Anderson rejected the notion that he is advocating an oligopoly with no price controls in which profit margins were allowed to be higher and people were disinclined to switch because they have seen smaller suppliers go bust.\n\nHe said that a removal of the cap would not see profiteering as a market of 10 or 15 well-run companies in competition would provide good value for money.\n\nMr Anderson noted that would still be more market competitors than you see in banking or supermarkets.\n\nHe acknowledged the cost of transitioning to a net zero economy would be hundreds of billions which would end up on our bills or in taxes but said that it would ideally be spread over decades.\n\nThe economic activity it generated would ripple right across the UK economy creating thousands of jobs, he said.\n\nHis comments come the day after Scottish Power confirmed it was investing £6bn in three offshore wind projects.\n\nIt was the centrepiece of a raft of investments the government announced at a global investment summit in London followed by a reception for business leaders at Windsor Castle attended by the prime minister and the Queen.", "A Texas nurse has been found guilty of the murder of four patients who died after he injected them with air following heart surgeries.\n\nWilliam Davis, 37, was convicted of capital murder by a jury on Tuesday and could now face the death penalty.\n\nProsecutors said he targeted seven people from June 2017 to January 2018.\n\nChristus Mother Frances Hospital, where the attacks took place, said it hoped that the \"jury's verdict helps bring some closure to those harmed\".\n\nThe men, aged between 47 and 74, experienced \"seizure-like symptoms\" and died from fatal brain damage after the air was injected into their arterial lines.\n\nThe court heard that the four men killed by Mr Davis had initially been recovering well from their operations and that doctors had been at a loss as to how their conditions had deteriorated so rapidly.\n\nAuthorities said it was only once doctors saw CT scans that showed air in the patients' brains that they realised something was amiss.\n\nDr William Yarbrough, a Dallas based pulmonologist, told the jury that he had never observed such a case in his decades in medicine.\n\nDuring the trial, security footage was played of Davis entering the room of one of the patients, whose heart monitor alarm sounded just three minutes later. He later died from the injection.\n\nDavis' lawyer, Philip Hayes, claimed during the trial that there was no evidence that the men had died from foul play and suggested that Davis was being made a scapegoat for a hospital with serious procedural issues.\n\nSpeaking during the trial, Jacob Putman, the district attorney for Smith County in Texas, said that \"it turns out a hospital is the perfect place for a serial killer to hide\".\n\nProsecutors will now seek the death penalty for Davis, who they claim \"enjoyed\" carrying out the murders and \"liked to kill people\".\n\nDavis will remain in custody at the Smith County Jail on an $8.75 million bail bond.", "Mr Souli says he doesn't know what impact the summit will have on his business\n\nGlasgow businessman Mohsen Souli is in two minds about the COP26 summit.\n\nThe cafe and antiques shop owner is excited at the prospect of tens of thousands of people descending on Glasgow, potentially boosting his sales.\n\nBut he's also worried. His businesses are only a short distance away from the SEC Campus, where COP26 is due to take place from the end of this month.\n\nRoad closures around Finnieston, where he is based, have left him wondering if shop footfall will grow or slump.\n\nBut he's even more worried about security.\n\n\"I am concerned about what might happen if there are protests. I am hopeful that they will be very peaceful but if not, a broken window would cost me £5,000 to replace,\" he says.\n\n\"I also don't know what affect the closing of roads is going to have on my business - will it be good or bad?\"\n\nMr Souli says he plans to stock up on goods for his cafe ahead of the summit, in case deliveries are affected by security and traffic measures.\n\n\"I can't be sure whether I will be getting too many supplies - things are very uncertain at the moment.\n\n\"I have spoken to other businesses in the area and everyone has the same feeling of uncertainty. We will just have to see how it goes,\" he adds.\n\nThe climate summit is due to be held at the SEC Campus in Glasgow\n\nBusinesses in other sectors have widely welcomed COP26 - and its potential for future business - but some remain concerned over the impact on trading of road closures, traffic congestion and planned rail and bus strikes.\n\nRoad closures are due to come into effect in Glasgow from Saturday 23 October - more than a week before the start of the event - and last until 15 November.\n\nGet Ready Glasgow, the city's information site, has produced a congestion map showing how travel in the city will be \"significantly impacted\".\n\nHotels and other accommodation providers in central Scotland have reported high levels of occupancy for the duration of the UN climate summit, bringing in welcome business as they work to recover from the pandemic.\n\nBut Leon Thompson, executive director for Scotland of trade body UKHospitality, said the picture was less clear for bar and restaurant owners.\n\n\"They will be hoping to see greater footfall on the streets during the event, but road closures in the city may have an impact on that,\" he explains.\n\n\"Traffic congestion may also have an effect on the number of people going out and about during the summit.\"\n\nA further uncertainty, he added, was the amount of disruption road closures could have on deliveries of supplies to premises.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses in Scotland has also raised concerns about the potential disruption facing some members.\n\nPolicy chairman Andrew McRae explained: \"Like any global conference, COP26 was bound to cause some disruption to residents and businesses in Glasgow.\n\n\"While communications from the relevant authorities have mostly been good, the scale of the road closures has worried some in business as well as people who travel for work.\n\n\"And even if you know about a major diversion, that doesn't compensate you if, for example, it becomes more difficult for your customers to reach you for almost a month.\n\n\"On a more positive note, the high-end tourism and hospitality sector in Scotland looks likely to do well from the conference.\n\n\"And the event is an opportunity to show Glasgow and Scotland, as well as our business community, to some of the most important decision-makers on the planet.\"\n\nThe Glasgow Chamber of Commerce said \"inevitably\" there would be some disruption to businesses over the course of the summit, but added it was working closely with Glasgow City Council and the Scottish and UK governments to minimise the impact.\n\nChief executive Stuart Patrick said: \"COP26 will put Glasgow on the world stage and we will be working hard with our members to ensure there is a lasting economic and environmental legacy from the event.\"\n\nThe Scottish Retail Consortium said its industry had shown repeatedly over recent years that it was adept at coping with disruptions and ensuring shoppers could continue to have access to a good range of products.\n\nDirector David Lonsdale said: \"Most retailers in Glasgow have well-developed contingency plans in place to deal with a massive event like COP26, and to minimise any short-term impact on shoppers and deliveries to stores.\n\n\"Retailers continue to carefully monitor developments including road closures and industrial action with public transport.\n\n\"However, with trading conditions very tough at the moment, and with Glasgow's shopper footfall down by a fifth compared to pre-pandemic times, this will certainly put these plans to the test.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Government borrowing fell in September compared with a year earlier as the economy continued to recover from coronavirus lockdowns.\n\nBorrowing - the difference between spending and tax income - stood at £21.8bn, which was £7bn less than in September 2020.\n\nBut the figure was still the second-highest for September since monthly records began in 1993.\n\nThe government spent billions of pounds on emergency measures to protect wages, such as the furlough scheme, which wrapped up last month.\n\nAs a result, government debt has been pushed up to more than £2.2 trillion at the end of September this year - about 95.5% of the UK's gross domestic product (GDP), and the highest level recorded since the early 1960s.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that the government has borrowed a total of £108.1bn so far in the current financial year (April to September), although this is £101.2bn less than in the same period last year.\n\nAs well as higher spending on Covid measures, the government has collected less in tax receipts during the pandemic, having given some badly-affected firms tax holidays from VAT, for example.\n\nAs a result of a lower income from taxes and higher spending, the ONS now estimates that in the 2020-21 financial year the government borrowed £319.9bn. That amounted to 14.9% of GDP, the highest rate seen since the end of World War Two.\n\nSome government sources of income have started to recover more recently. In September, the amount it collected through Value Added Tax (VAT) rose by 4.5% in comparison with the same month a year earlier.\n\nFuel duty payments were also up by 6%, although alcohol and tobacco tax takes fell by 12.7% and 7% respectively.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak is due to deliver a new Budget and growth forecasts on 27 October, as well as new multi-year spending limits for individual government departments.\n\nThe monthly borrowing figure for September was lower than economists had expected. However, Paul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said that while the picture had improved for the government ahead of next week's Budget, he did not expect a \"major fiscal giveaway\".\n\n\"Borrowing has fallen much more quickly than almost everyone expected,\" he said.\n\n\"That said, the rumours are that the chancellor will still keep a very tight grip on the public finances in next Wednesday's Budget to try and bring down borrowing even quicker and build a fiscal war chest to deploy ahead of the 2024 election.\"\n\nIn response to the latest official figures, the chancellor said that although debt levels have risen, \"our recovery is well underway - with more employees on payrolls than ever before and the fastest forecast growth in the G7 this year\".\n\n\"At the Budget and Spending Review next week, I will set out how we will continue to support public services, businesses and jobs while keeping our public finances fit for the future.\"\n\nAndrew Bailey has warned the Bank of England \"will have to act\" over rising inflation\n\nProf David Miles, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee and professor of financial economics at Imperial College, warned that there could be \"a long struggle ahead\" for the chancellor.\n\nHe told the BBC's Today programme: \"The debt came down very rapidly after the end of the Napoleonic wars, the First World War, the Second World War.\n\n\"All those people who had been in the army and the other armed forces came back into employment, tax revenue went up, the government was spending less on armaments - that's not going to happen now, so I think it is considerably more difficult to bring down the stock of debt to GDP than it was in the aftermath of those earlier wars.\"\n\nIn recent years, the government has been able to borrow easily at very low interest rates, which makes its debt more affordable.\n\nBut rising inflation means that the Bank of England may increase interest rates soon, in an attempt to ensure the cost of living does not increase too quickly.\n\nThe Bank's governor, Andrew Bailey, warned on Sunday that it \"will have to act\" over rising inflation soon.\n\nAlthough he did not give any indication as to when it might increase rates from the current record low of 0.1%, investors are expecting rates to be raised later this year or early in 2022.\n\nWhat's striking in the public sector finance figures is not how big the borrowing or debt is in the financial year to date. That's the same story we've known for months: the second-highest borrowing in peacetime, second only to last year's even more extraordinary amounts.\n\nWhat's newer, and more eyebrow-raising, is what the figures show about how rapidly borrowing can fall, before any spending cuts or tax rises have taken effect, simply because the economy is growing.\n\nWith expected growth this year of 7% or more, tax money is flowing into the Exchequer far faster than was anticipated at the last Budget. And much of the emergency spending required in the more severe lockdown last year no longer has to be spent because the economy has, mostly, reopened. Public sector borrowing (the amount government has to borrow to plug the gap between its income and its spending) has nearly halved, dropping by more than £100bn.\n\nNot only that: all the borrowing accumulated over the years, also known as net debt, is also falling, down two percentage points, from 97.6% of gross domestic product in August to 95.5% in September.\n\nBoth borrowing and debt are falling, not because of any economic hairshirt the chancellor is requiring us all to wear, but because a successful vaccination programme has helped the economy to recover.", "A government research paper recommending people \"shift dietary habits\" towards plant-based foods has been hastily deleted.\n\nThe paper focuses on changing public behaviour to hit climate targets and also suggests promoting domestic tourism and portraying business travel as an \"immoral indulgence\".\n\nIt was deleted soon after publication by the Department for Business.\n\nBeis said the paper was academic research and not official policy.\n\n\"We have no plans whatsoever to dictate consumer behaviour in this way. For that reason, our Net Zero Strategy published yesterday contained no such plans,\" it said.\n\nThe Behavioural Insights Unit, also known as the Nudge Unit, wrote the document.\n\nThe unit is most known for its role in the design of the sugar levy and early comments on the pandemic \"herd immunity\" strategy.\n\nThe document was swiftly deleted and has been replaced with a note saying it was published in error, but BBC News obtained a copy.\n\nIt was also later put online by Alex Chapman, a researcher at the New Economics Foundation.\n\nThe Behavioural Insights Unit made a recommendation, following the example of the sugar levy, with a tax on producers or retailers of \"high-carbon foods\" to incentivise plant-based and local food diets.\n\nIt suggests \"building support for a bold policy\", such as a tax on producers of sheep and cattle meat.\n\nHowever, it states that an \"unsophisticated meat tax would be highly regressive\".\n\nThe research paper also says the government can begin to get people used to the idea of plant-based food through its spending at hospitals, schools, prisons, courts and military facilities.\n\nIt also states a \"timely moment to intervene\" in changing diets could be to target people attending university or first-time renters.\n\nThe document recognises that \"asking people to directly eat less meat and dairy is a major political challenge\", although a positive portrayal and \"smaller asks\" may be possible - for example, people learning one new recipe.\n\nWhen talking about flights, the paper suggests \"much stronger carbon taxes\".\n\nOne possibility discussed in the paper is trying to \"shift social norms\" to make in-person business meetings needing international flights a sign of \"immoral indulgence or embarrassment\" rather than a sign of \"importance\".\n\nMeanwhile, it says domestic tourism should be promoted to lessen consumer demand for international flights.", "Petrol station stock levels have recovered after a recent surge in demand for fuel, new figures suggest.\n\nFilling station storage tanks in Great Britain were 45% full on average at the end of the day on Sunday, statistics from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy show.\n\nThat was the highest level seen since May.\n\nA few weeks ago, many forecourts had run dry after people queued to fill up due to supply chain concerns.\n\nPanic-buying was sparked in late September after warnings that some petrol stations were having delivery problems due to a shortage of lorry drivers.\n\nStock levels dropped to a low of 15% on 25 September, after demand peaked the day before.\n\nIt led to military drivers being deployed to help deliver fuel to forecourts. A total of 151 personnel are still driving tankers to transport fuel.\n\nSupermarket chain Asda said on 13 October that it had not had any petrol supply problems for a week after demand eased, while the Petrol Retailers Association said supplies in London and the South East had improved.\n\nLondon and the South East were the slowest regions to recover from the shortage, but petrol station storage tanks in these areas were an average of 42% and 45% full on Sunday, according to the Department for Business.\n\nThe situation in the most populous parts of the country had been described as \"serious\" at one point.\n\nBut the latest numbers also show that UK sales of fuel have slowed from an average of 35,900 litres per filling station on 24 September to 11,800 litres on Sunday.\n\nDuring the supply crisis, motorway service stations were prioritised for deliveries.\n\nMany parts of the UK economy, including supermarkets, retailers, and ports, have been affected by shortage of HGV drivers.\n\nA Road Haulage Association (RHA) survey of its members estimated there was now a shortage of more than 100,000 qualified drivers in the UK.\n\nThe industry believes the existing shortage has been exacerbated by the pandemic, Brexit, tax changes, and a slowdown in driver testing.\n\nIn response, the government has introduced temporary visas for 5,000 lorry drivers to work in the UK, although only just over 20 of the 300 applications have been approved so far, according to Conservative Party chairman Oliver Dowden.\n\nA government statement said: \"Thanks to our interventions and the continuing deliveries made by the military, fuel levels across all regions returned to normal earlier this month.\n\n\"As the industry has said, we have ample fuel reserves and the return of normal buying habits by the public has reduced the exceptional demand seen in previous weeks.\"", "MPs bowed their heads in a minute's silence to remember their former colleague, Sir David Amess, who was killed in his Essex constituency.\n\nBoris Johnson said that Sir David \"simply wanted to serve the people of Essex\".\n\nFollowing sessions of remembrance in both Houses, members attended a memorial service at nearby St Margaret's Church.", "Major tax evasion and avoidance schemes have cost governments an estimated €150bn (£127bn) in lost revenues, research shows.\n\nSo-called cum-cum and cum-ex schemes are designed to exploit weaknesses in national tax laws.\n\nThey apply to the payments, or dividends, firms make to shareholders.\n\nThe new figures have been calculated by a team of experts at the University of Mannheim, in partnership with the German not-for-profit group Correctiv.\n\nEvidence from leaked documents and people involved in the schemes suggests UK taxpayers have also lost out, potentially to the tune of billions of pounds.\n\nThe research forms part of a joint investigation carried out by newsrooms worldwide, co-ordinated by Correctiv, known as the CumEx Files 2.0. It casts new light on a growing scandal which first came to public attention in 2018.\n\nSo-called cum-ex trades were transactions where shares were sold from one investor to another immediately before the payment of a dividend (cum, or with, dividend) but delivered afterwards (ex-dividend).\n\nThis tactic effectively created confusion over who owned the shares at the moment when the dividend was paid. It allowed both parties to claim rebates on withholding tax - a levy which had only been paid once, when the dividend was issued.\n\nThis practice became popular in Germany in the early years of the century and continued until 2012, when the law was changed. It also spread to other countries, notably Denmark, but also France, Belgium, Italy and Austria.\n\nIn Germany, prosecutors have launched a wave of criminal inquiries.\n\nSeveral individuals have already been found guilty of tax evasion. Some 1,000 people are currently under investigation, including junior and senior banking staff, lawyers and brokers.\n\nA list acquired by German broadcaster ARD's investigative programme Panorama contains the names of more than 700 of those under scrutiny, of whom 134 are known to be UK citizens.\n\nAlthough London has been widely identified as the place where many cum-ex trading strategies were conceived, the UK exchequer was not a target - because dividends here are not subject to withholding tax.\n\nBut documents show that bankers were able to carry out related trades to \"recycle\" otherwise unusable German tax credits and generate profits at UK taxpayers' expense.\n\nThe complex system relied on so-called \"manufactured overseas dividends\" (MODs), payments made between parties involved in so-called short sales of borrowed shares in foreign companies.\n\nIt allowed investors to generate liabilities which could be offset against German tax credits and at the same time, generate a credit against UK tax.\n\nEstimates vary as to how much this scheme actually cost the UK taxpayer. One individual who was involved in these kinds of trades in the past suggested it would have been several hundred million pounds a year until 2005 - and more than £100m per year thereafter.\n\nAnother whistleblower told the BBC that \"these were not small trades\", and that the practice \"must have been used on a significant scale\".\n\nIn 2014, HMRC changed the rules on taxation of MODs. It says this was done for a variety of reason, including to \"reduce the potential for tax avoidance\".\n\nWhile the fallout from the cum-ex affair has dominated media attention and prosecutor interest so far, the latest findings from Correctiv's investigation suggest an even bigger scandal may be brewing.\n\nCum-ex is understood to have cost governments nearly €10bn. But according to researchers at the University of Mannheim, that figure is dwarfed by losses stemming from another long-standing form of dividend arbitrage, known as cum-cum.\n\nThis strategy comes into play in countries where domestic and foreign investors are treated differently for tax purposes. A foreign investor will sell or loan shares just ahead of the dividend payment to a second investor resident in the country where the company is listed.\n\nThe second party is able to claim a dividend tax credit that would not have been available to the foreign investor. The shares can then be passed back to the original owner, and the benefits shared.\n\nThe Mannheim team has calculated that between 2000 and 2020, this practice cost 10 governments, including those of Germany, Spain, France and the US, a total of €141bn. It describes this estimate as \"very conservative\".\n\nWhether these losses will lead to prosecutions is less clear, however.\n\nWhile cum-ex involved generating multiple claims for withholding tax that had only been paid once, and its use has been described as a \"criminal act of tax fraud\" by Germany's Federal Court of Justice, experts say cum-cum sits in a legally grey area.\n\n\"It's not against the law,\" explains Christoph Spengel, a professor of international taxation and the leader of the Mannheim team.\n\n\"But in individual cases, in Germany it is against the law if the sole purpose of buying and repurchasing shares is to have a tax benefit.\"", "Jonathan Smith was described as a 'kind and considerate family man'\n\nA 60-year-old man from South Lanarkshire has died after saving his two grandsons from being swept out to sea off a Greek island.\n\nIt is understood Jonathan Smith, from Carluke, drowned in choppy waters after rescuing the two boys in Crete.\n\nThe incident happened at Gouves beach in the north of the island.\n\nMr Smith worked at North Lanarkshire Council for 34 years and after leaving last year had been working for NHS Lanarkshire.\n\nAnthee Carassava, a journalist based in Athens, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme he had been on holiday with his wife, daughter and two grandsons at the resort.\n\n\"They simply went off for a swim and the two young boys, aged seven and 10, ran into some choppy waters,\" she said.\n\n\"The grandfather got very upset and unnerved and he went in, tried to save them. He managed to pull them out of these choppy waters... but in his bid to actually reach these rocks along the beach, he simply got exhausted and it was impossible for him to get out.\"\n\nMs Carassava said that locals, including two waiters, had also jumped into the water to help Mr Smith and his grandsons.\n\nA life ring could be seen on the rocks following the incident\n\nShe added that the boys had been taken to hospital where they were treated for minor injuries.\n\n\"They saw their grandfather - a hero - effectively saving them but losing his life,\" she said.\n\nThe Cretapost website said life-saving aids were thrown out to Mr Smith and the boys.\n\nA local worker told the website: \"We tried to pull him ashore but the currents were very strong and we could not.\"\n\nDes Murray, chief executive of North Lanarkshire Council, said: \"The news about Jonathan has been a terrible shock to everyone who knew and worked with him at the council and beyond over many years.\n\n\"Jonathan was held in the highest regard, and the work he did to forge long-lasting links and friendships with communities and partners across North Lanarkshire is testament to the passion and tireless dedication he gave to everything he did.\"\n\nHe said Mr Smith was central in developing the council's Syrian Resettlement Programme in 2015, which has assisted a number of families who have fled conflict and provided them with a safe and secure future.\n\nMr Smith was central in developing the council's Syrian Resettlement Programme in 2015\n\n\"He was also pivotal in community engagement and participation, maintaining relationships with many of our local community groups and addressing local needs,\" Mr Murray added.\n\n\"He was a wonderful, kind and considerate family man, who will be deeply missed and all our thoughts are with his family at this time.\"\n\nMeghan Gallagher MSP formerly worked with Mr Smith at North Lanarkshire Council.\n\nShe said: \"This is really sad news. He was a lovely man and always did his best to help communities across North Lanarkshire.\n\n\"Thoughts are with his family friends and colleagues.\"\n\nThe UK Foreign Office said it was supporting the family of a British man who had died in Crete and was in contact with the Greek authorities.", "Further lockdowns are unlikely, Wales' health minister says\n\nFurther Covid restrictions in the run-up to Christmas are \"unlikely\" at the moment, Wales' health minister has said.\n\nHowever, Eluned Morgan pleaded with the Welsh public to \"play their part\" in keeping the virus at bay.\n\nIt comes as the Welsh NHS records its worst performance figures ever.\n\nThe Covid case rate in Wales is currently 651.9 per 100,000 people - and for a month it has been higher than any other UK nation.\n\nAsked whether Christmas would look more normal this year, Ms Morgan told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast: \"We certainly hope so.\"\n\n\"But in our Covid plan, there is a second scenario where we start to go back up through those levels of restrictions, and that is something we'll keep an eye on.\n\n\"But at the moment it's unlikely that we'll go down that path - but who knows what the winter will bring, we still don't know whether there'll be a new variant, so we just have to keep an eye on the situation. It's still something that we're living and learning about as we go along.\"\n\nHowever, she admitted cases were not reducing in Wales as hoped, compared to other parts of the UK such as Scotland.\n\n\"As the head of the NHS has said, it's going to be the toughest winter ever in the history of the NHS,\" Ms Morgan said.\n\n\"And I would plead with the Welsh public to take their responsibility in trying to lower that pressure in making sure that they take their level of responsibility through being Covid-safe.\n\n\"Making sure that they are washing their hands, that they're working from home where they can, but also that they're not using services that are inappropriate, and there are mechanisms for example to take the pressure off GPs, the pressure off the ambulance services and our accident and emergency services.\"\n\nLatest figures on Thursday showed Blaenau Gwent has the highest case rate in the UK - and its highest point yet during the pandemic - reaching 1,036.3 cases per 100,000.\n\nThere have been big rises in neighbouring local authorities too.\n\nThe cases in the Aneurin Bevan health board area are likely to have partly been driven by 1,000 positive lateral flow tests in the last week - the highest incidence rate in Wales of asymptomatic people being picked up through routine testing.\n\nThe daily average for the number of patients in hospital beds with confirmed Covid was the highest since 5 March - 506 patients - although there were three times as many on average at this point of the second wave in January.\n\nNurses are getting a 3% pay rise from the Welsh government\n\nMs Morgan also urged people to take their Covid booster jabs and winter flu jabs, if offered.\n\nShe said she was \"really concerned\" about the pressure NHS and social care workers are under.\n\n\"They are exhausted, they're also responding to Covid within the community,\" she said.\n\n\"We still have very high rates within our communities, as high as they've ever been, and of course some of those nurses are catching Covid too.\n\n\"That means they've got to get off work and that puts more pressure on the people who are already in work.\"\n\nThere were more patients in NHS acute beds in Wales on Wednesday than at any time during the pandemic - 5,887.\n\nThe number of vacant available beds - 538 - was the lowest and the bed occupancy - nearly 92% on Wednesday - was the highest.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is in dispute with the Welsh government over plans to increase pay by 3% - and will ask members if they are prepared to take industrial action.\n\nMs Morgan said it was \"not possible\" for the Welsh government to pay nurses more without more money from the UK government.\n\n\"The RCN are more than welcome to come back to the table - we've offered them lots of additional enhancements beyond the 3%,\" she added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS surgeons say they have successfully given a pig's kidney to a person in a transplant breakthrough they hope could ultimately solve donor organ shortages.\n\nThe recipient was brain-dead, meaning they were already on artificial life support with no prospect of recovering.\n\nThe kidney came from a pig that had been genetically modified to stop the organ being recognised by the body as \"foreign\" and being rejected.\n\nThe work is not yet peer-reviewed or published but there are plans for this.\n\nExperts say it is the most advanced experiment in the field so far.\n\nSimilar tests have been done in non-human primates, but not people, until now.\n\nUsing pigs for transplants is not a new idea though. Pig heart valves are already widely used in humans.\n\nAnd their organs are a good match for people when it comes to size.\n\nDuring the two-hour operation at the New York University Langone Health medical centre, the surgeons connected the donor pig kidney to the blood vessels of the brain-dead recipient to see if it would function normally once plumbed in, or be rejected.\n\nThe surgery took a couple of hours\n\nOver the next two-and-a-half days they closely monitored the kidney, running numerous checks and tests.\n\nLead investigator Dr Robert Montgomery told the BBC's World Tonight programme: \"We observed a kidney that basically functioned like a human kidney transplant, that appeared to be compatible in as much as it did all the things that a normal human kidney would do.\n\n\"It functioned normally, and did not appear to be undergoing rejection.\"\n\nThe surgeons transplanted a bit of the pig's thymus gland too, along with the kidney. They think this organ might help stop the human body rejecting the kidney in the long term by mopping up any stray immune cells that might otherwise fight the pig tissue.\n\nA heart transplant recipient himself, Dr Montgomery says there is an urgent need for finding more organs for people on waiting lists, although he acknowledges his work is controversial.\n\n\"The traditional paradigm that someone has to die for someone else to live is never going to keep up.\n\n\"I certainly understand the concern and what I would say is that currently about 40% of patients who are waiting for a transplant die before they receive one.\n\n\"We use pigs as a source of food, we use pigs for medicinal uses - for valves, for medication. I think it's not that different.\"\n\nHe said it was still early research and more studies were needed, but added: \"It gives us, I think, new confidence that it's going to be all right to move this into the clinic.\"\n\nThe family of the recipient, who had wanted to be an organ donor, gave permission for the surgery to go ahead.\n\nUS regulator the FDA has approved the use of the genetically modified pig organs for this type of research use.\n\nDr Montgomery believes that within a decade, other pig organs - hearts, lung and livers - could be given to humans needing transplants.\n\nThe team behind the surgery\n\nDr Maryam Khosravi, a kidney and intensive care doctor who works for the NHS in the UK, said: \"Animal to human transplantation has been something that we have studied for decades now, and it's really interesting to see this group take that step forward.\"\n\nOn the ethics, she said: \"Just because we can doesn't mean we should. I think the community at large needs to answer these questions.\"\n\nA spokesperson for NHS Blood and Transplant, said matching more human donors remained the priority for now: \"There is still some way to go before transplants of this kind become an everyday reality.\n\n\"While researchers and clinicians continue to do our best to improve the chances for transplant patients, we still need everyone to make their organ donation decision and let their family know what they want to happen if organ donation becomes a possibility.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Vaccination is 90% effective at preventing deaths from the Delta variant of Covid-19, researchers say.\n\nThe data, released by the University of Edinburgh, was gathered using a Scotland-wide Covid surveillance tool.\n\nFigures suggest the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 90% effective and the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab 91% effective at preventing deaths.\n\nIt looked at people who have been double-vaccinated but who have tested positive for Covid in the community.\n\nThe study is the first to show across an entire country how effective vaccines are at preventing death from the Delta variant, which is the most dominant form of Covid in the UK.\n\nResearchers defined death from Covid as anyone who died within 28 days of a positive PCR test, or with Covid recorded as a cause of death on their death certificate.\n\nThe study analysed data from 5.4 million people in Scotland between 1 April and 27 September this year.\n\nDuring this period, 115,000 people tested positive for Covid using a PCR test in the community, rather than in hospital, and there were 201 Covid-related deaths recorded.\n\nNo deaths have been recorded in those who have been double-vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine in Scotland, according to the data.\n\nResearchers said it is therefore not possible to estimate this particular vaccine's effectiveness in preventing Covid-related deaths.\n\nThe research team from the University of Edinburgh, University of Strathclyde and Public Health Scotland analysed the dataset as part of the EAVE II project - Early Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of Covid-19.\n\nIt uses anonymised, linked-patient data to track the pandemic and the vaccine rollout in real time.\n\nSo far, 87.1% of adults in Scotland have taken a second dose of the Covid vaccine.\n\nThird \"booster\" doses are being offered to everyone over 50, along with frontline medical staff and younger adults with some underlying health conditions.\n\nProf Aziz Sheikh, director of the University of Edinburgh's Usher Institute and EAVE II study lead, said: \"With the Delta variant now the dominant strain in many places worldwide, and posing a higher risk of hospitalisation than previous variants seen in the UK, it is reassuring to see that vaccination offers such high protection from death very shortly after the second dose.\n\n\"If you still have not taken up your offer to be vaccinated, I would encourage you to do so based on the clear benefits it offers.\"\n\nProf Chris Robertson, of the University of Strathclyde and Public Health Scotland, said: \"This study shows the value of carrying out analyses of routine healthcare data available in near real-time.\n\n\"Our findings are encouraging in showing that the vaccine remains an effective measure in protecting both ourselves and others from death from the most dominant variant of Covid-19.\"\n\nHe added that it was important to validate these early results with follow-up studies.\n\nThe team behind the study said due to the observational nature of the figures, data about vaccine effectiveness should be interpreted with caution and said it was not possible to make a direct comparison between both vaccines.", "Ricky Gervais has filmed the third series of his Netflix production After Life in Hemel Hempstead\n\nA council has received about £100,000 in the past six months as a result of a town being used for the filming of major TV series.\n\nHemel Hempstead has been the setting for shows including ITV's Grantchester, Ricky Gervais' After Life on Netflix and Apple TV+'s Masters of the Air.\n\nSome of the revenue will fund a new role to coordinate filming activities.\n\nDacorum Borough Council said it wanted to demonstrate it was a \"filming positive\" authority.\n\nSo far this year, locals have seen Marlowes in the town centre transformed into 1970s Huddersfield for a Sex Pistols biopic.\n\nIn September, Hemel Hempstead's Old Town was transformed into the setting for Masters of the Air, a new World War Two series from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.\n\nRobson Green was spotted in the Old Town in August while filming the latest series of detective drama Grantchester.\n\nIn May, Gervais was seen filming in Hemel Hempstead for the third series of After Life, when a funfair appeared in Gadebridge Park.\n\nRobson Green was seen filming episodes of the latest series of 1950s detective drama Grantchester\n\nA funfair appeared in Gadebridge Park for the filming of After Life\n\nAt the time of Gervais' filming, a council spokesman said crews were \"taking advantage of the many great filming locations that Dacorum has to offer\".\n\nHe said it had become more popular due to its proximity to London.\n\nA Freedom of Information request from the Local Democracy Reporting Service found that between April and October this year, £99,500 was brought in from filming charges on council-owned or managed land. This compares to £64,660 for the whole of the financial year of 2018/2019, the last full year not affected by lockdowns.\n\nThe authority could not reveal a breakdown for each project for commercial reasons, but confirmed Grantchester, After Life, Masters of the Air and BBC Three's Ladhood collectively generated £71,765 in 2021/22.\n\nParking was suspended and roads closed in the Old Town during filming for Master of the Air\n\nThe council has now employed an officer to facilitate filming projects and work with businesses to co-ordinate activities and develop filming protocols to address any local concerns.\n\n\"We want to demonstrate that Dacorum is a filming-positive council,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"Having one point of contact to manage these relationships will ensure that residents and businesses can be better informed going forward.\"\n\nThe council added that there were a \"range of benefits\" in supporting filming.\n\n\"Encouraging the use of local locations and using local businesses and services will bring economic benefit to the area,\" it said.\n\nThe Old Town is popular for filming due to the historic nature of the High Street\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion please email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teenager Sarah Buckle woke up in hospital after a suspected spiking incident\n\nA police force is investigating 15 reports of spiking where the victims believe they were injected with a needle.\n\nNottinghamshire Police said victims reported effects that were \"consistent with a substance being administered\".\n\nIn one case an injury was also sustained \"which could be consistent with a needle\", the force said.\n\nIt is planning to deploy more police officers to the city centre over the next few weekends.\n\nNottinghamshire Police said the majority of reports had been made by young women\n\nNottinghamshire Police said the first report of a person being spiked with \"something sharp\" was made on 2 October.\n\nThere have also been 32 reports of people being spiked by having their drink contaminated since 4 September.\n\n\"These figures have increased throughout October with the largest number of reports being made last weekend,\" the force added.\n\nPolice said the offences were believed to have happened on different days and at different venues.\n\nThe majority of reports are being made by young women, particularly students, but there have also been reports of young men being potentially spiked too, police said.\n\nA 20-year-old man was arrested as part of a wider investigation into spiking.\n\nIt followed a report of suspicious activity on Lower Parliament Street on 16 October.\n\nHe has been released on conditional bail.\n\nNottinghamshire Police said a meeting had been held to discuss a response to the issue.\n\nIt involved the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham City Council, East Midlands Ambulance Service and hospital trusts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe force said it would be deploying more officers to the city centre over the next few weekends.\n\nThere will be a planned operation with the force's police dogs on Saturday.\n\nSupt Kathryn Craner, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: \"I understand that these reports and those from other cities are concerning but want to reassure people that we have been working with our partner agencies and licensed premises throughout the city to help tackle any reports of spiking.\"\n\nSarah Buckle woke up in hospital after a suspected spiking incident in a Nottingham nightclub in September.\n\nThe 19-year-old told BBC Radio Nottingham she had to have a hepatitis test after a pin prick wound was found on her hand.\n\nShe said since she spoke about her experience, others have got in touch to share what happened to them, and said she still feels \"incredibly nervous\" when out at night.\n\n\"I've had numerous people reach out to me essentially saying 'this happened to me the week [before], but I thought I was going crazy because I hadn't heard of it',\" she said.\n\n\"This wasn't how I thought you got spiked - I thought it was just through your drink.\n\n\"I've been out a few times since and I haven't had much to drink at all, or I've been completely sober, and it actually hasn't made me feel any better.\n\n\"[Clubbing] is quite a physical experience, so you can't have eyes everywhere.\n\n\"There are people suspecting they've been spiked in so many different parts of their body - you can't look out for that, whether you're sober or not, and it's just really terrifying having no clue what's going on.\"\n\nMiss Buckle said she was left shaking for two days\n\nPeople in other parts of the country have come forward to report similar incidents in recent weeks, including a second-year Loughborough University student who said she was injected in the elbow at a student union bar.\n\n\"I don't remember actually getting spiked, I just remember going dizzy and collapsing in the smoking area,\" she said.\n\nThe student said a doctor later confirmed that she had been injected, and she went to hospital for monitoring after experiencing heart palpitations.\n\nHowever, she added she did not report the incident to police as she was not confident it would be properly looked into.\n\nPolice encouraged anyone who has been the victim of a similar offence to report it, while the university urged the student to come forward \"so we can fully investigate\".\n\nMeanwhile, Devon and Cornwall Police say they are investigating reports of a woman being attacked with a needle in Fever and Boutique in Exeter on Saturday.\n\nHannah Thomson's petition, which calls for compulsory nightclub searches, has been signed by more than 150,000 people\n\nMore than 150,000 have signed a petition calling for nightclubs to \"thoroughly\" search customers on entry, and Home Secretary Priti Patel has asked police forces to examine the issue.\n\nMike Kill, chairman of the Night Time Industries Association, said the government should hold an inquiry into spiking.\n\nHe said his members have \"definitely seen more cases\" being reported, adding clubs are \"taking our responsibilities here very seriously\" and are working to raise awareness about efforts to train staff and keep people safe.\n\n\"Without a doubt we're going to see a step up on people being searched on entry,\" he said.\n\n\"There is no [specific criminal] categorisation in terms of spiking, so I think there's some work that needs to be done in terms of the Home Office, the policing and the collaboration with the industry to ensure that we're starting to get convictions to send a very clear message to people who feel they can carry out this heinous crime.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Nottingham City Council said it would hold talks with door staff and nightclub managers to see what more can be done to keep customers safe.\n\nCouncillor Toby Neal, chairman of the authority's licensing committee, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: \"There is clearly a matter of concern here and we need to understand what is going on.\n\n\"It is really worrying. Are a group of blokes going around doing this stuff and what are we going to do to protect people?\"\n\nYvette Cooper has suggested police are not taking the matter seriously enough\n\nYvette Cooper, chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, urged police forces to work closer with hospitals, student groups and nightclubs to get a fuller picture of the scale of spiking.\n\n\"My concern is that they just don't have a proper assessment of the scale of the problem,\" she said.\n\n\"Partly it's because there's not proper work being done between police forces and A&Es, for example, to try and identify the scale of the problem, or proper work being done with nightclubs or with student groups and organisations.\n\n\"I think there's a big problem here that we don't even know or have the accurate figures, and that also is contributing to the police not, I think, taking this seriously enough.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The coin dates to 1894, the year a set of masts were installed on HMS Victory\n\nA 127-year-old farthing has been discovered under the mast of Lord Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory.\n\nThe Victorian-era coin, which was found when the mast was removed for restoration work, was placed there for good luck.\n\nIt dates to 1894, the year a set of masts were installed on the ship after the previous ones became rotten.\n\nIn its day it was worth a quarter of a penny, and now would have a value of 0.1p.\n\nThe now-corroded coin once showed Queen Victoria's head on one side, and Britannia on the other, with a lighthouse in the background.\n\nThe tradition of placing coins under ships' masts dates back to Roman times and still continues today.\n\nThe coin was found by Diana Davis, head of conservation at the National Museum of the Royal Navy\n\nIt was found by Diana Davis, head of conservation at the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN).\n\n\"I removed as much of the corrosion as possible without damaging the patinated copper alloy surface,\" she explained.\n\nShe added \"the impact of the mast with upwards of 21 tonnes resting on it\" caused damage but she said she was able to clean it enough to uncover the lighthouse on its surface.\n\n\"It's been one of the more unusual projects I've worked on - being the first person to see the coin in over 120 years,\" she added.\n\nHMS Victory is in dry dock in Portsmouth\n\nMs Thornber said: \"We had wondered if there would be a coin under the mast, to follow with naval tradition, and imagine our excitement when the coin was found and news rapidly spread through the team, who were sworn to secrecy whilst we conserved it and made plans to put it on display.\"\n\nShe added \"on paper it's not particularly rare\" but \"it occupied such an intriguing place for so many decades, and now its imprint is part of Victory's fabric\".\n\nThe coin is now on display to mark Trafalgar Day at the NMRN, next to Victory's dry dock at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe NHS in Wales has recorded its worst performance figures ever amid growing concerns on staff pressures ahead of a difficult winter.\n\nNearly 250,000 people have been waiting more than nine months for treatment, up from about 25,000 at the start of the pandemic, statistics show.\n\nNHS Wales chief executive Andrew Goodall said the system was running \"at the hottest we've seen\" due to Covid.\n\nIt comes as the Welsh government unveils its winter pressures plan.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives criticised the plan as a \"copy and paste failure\" from last year.\n\nRussell George MS, the party's health spokesman, said the party had called on the government to \"bring in rapid diagnostic centres to spot cancers earlier and deliver treatment to patients closer to home\", which would \"help address the backlog\".\n\nAlmost two-thirds of Welsh NHS staff surveyed said they felt tired or exhausted\n\nLatest Welsh NHS data shows accident and emergency waiting times were again the worst on record - only 66.8% were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours.\n\nThis was down from 68.7% in July, which was itself a record.\n\nCancer treatment waiting times have improved slightly since July - 63.2% of patients newly diagnosed with cancer started their first treatment within 62 days of first being suspected of cancer. This is one percentage point higher than August 2019.\n\nDr Goodall said: \"It does feel like this is the most challenging period... and we can see that in the data.\n\n\"Rather than just focusing on coronavirus we've got the NHS trying to restore a range of activities across all its settings.\"\n\nDr Goodall said there were 700 Covid patients in hospital beds - the equivalent of two medium-sized district general hospitals - alongside record ambulance calls, high levels of emergency demand and a busiest-ever primary care sector.\n\nWales' newest hospital, the Grange in Cwmbran, for a second month in a row recorded the worst A&E performance in a month for any Welsh emergency unit with just 38% of people dealt with within four hours. The target is 95%.\n\nAnd 8,484 people waited more than 12 hours in A&E when the target is that no-one should wait that long.\n\nRoutine surgeries have been delayed because of the pandemic\n\nWaiting lists also grew further to 657,539, a record which is equivalent to more than 20% of the Welsh population.\n\nDr Goodall said some planned operations would likely be postponed over the winter.\n\n\"Inevitably there will be some disruption and that will involve planned care, but the commitment of the NHS is to maintain as many of its activities in all of its settings for as long as possible,\" he said.\n\nHe said health boards would need to make decisions regarding the extent planned services could be protected in the face of other pressures.\n\nEarlier this week, Health Minister Eluned Morgan said it would be \"very tough\" to work through waiting lists, but health boards had been told to \"keep in touch\" and offer support, such as pain relief, to those waiting.\n\nThe Welsh government's winter pressures plan includes an extra £40m for social care, as well as extra funding for front-line services, to try and tackle delays discharging patients from hospital and cut readmissions of frail and vulnerable people.\n\nDr Andrew Goodall said he was concerned about the resilience of the care sector\n\nBut Dr Goodall said staff shortages in the care workforce were concerning.\n\nHe said: \"The resilience of the care system is a concern - it feels it is at its most fragile even with the support available.\n\n\"We've provided funding to make sure the care sector is further supported, but workforce elements is a problem, whether it's people choosing to enter a care career or the community prevalence of Covid, meaning staff have to self-isolate.\"\n\nDr Alice Groves is expecting it to be the hardest winter in the health service's history\n\nIn an effort to take pressure off emergency services, Aneurin Bevan Health Board has set up urgent care centres at Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital and Abergavenny's Nevill Hall Hospital.\n\nThis was after estimating that between 30% and 50% of those attending A&E could be seen in primary care settings.\n\nAlready, 5,500 patients have been seen and clinical director Dr Alice Groves said: \"The worry was patients would have waited ages at A&E or become unwell trying to access other services.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dr Matt Morgan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, 17 medical royal colleges and faculties have warned of a growing winter crisis and called for a national plan to deal with staff shortages.\n\nA recent survey by the Royal College of Physicians found 46% of respondents in Wales said their organisation was not at all prepared for winter, 37% felt personally unprepared, with 63% feeling tired or exhausted.\n\nAsked if the pressures of winter might \"break\" exhausted staff, Dr Goodall said: \"This [pandemic period] has been a much more sustained experience than many of us would have envisaged.\n\n\"When we usually talk of a major incident we talk of a matter of hours or days. We've been running a major incident situation for 20 months now.\n\n\"Everybody needs to do their bit including the public, but I know NHS staff will pull out all the stops.\"", "Nearly 1,500 people have been arrested in England and Wales in a week-long operation against so-called county lines drug dealing networks.\n\nPolice say they have started focusing on senior figures controlling phone numbers used to sell drugs.\n\nOfficers are also using modern slavery and human trafficking laws to prosecute gangs exploiting vulnerable children.\n\nSome 139 county lines were closed, and almost £2m of Class A drugs, including cocaine and heroin, seized.\n\nCounty line gangs are urban drug dealers who sell to customers in more rural areas via dedicated phone lines.\n\nThey have become central to the trade in illegal substances across Britain and the way they operate is often accompanied by serious violence.\n\nGangs in cities operate phone lines advertised in other towns and rural areas to supply drugs, while remaining at arm's length to reduce the risk of arrest.\n\nBut police changed tactics two years ago and now have a strategy of identifying the \"line holder\" by analysing phone records, meaning gang leaders can often be arrested in possession of the phone, proving their involvement.\n\nAs a result the number of arrests has been growing during regular week-long operations in which different police forces co-ordinate their efforts.\n\nA total of 85% of defendants are now pleading guilty and the conviction rate is 99%, said Graham McNulty, deputy assistant commissioner of the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC).\n\n\"We are making significant inroads into dismantling violent county lines.\n\n\"The figures speak for themselves. We're stopping abhorrent criminals abusing young people and lining their own pockets in the process,\" he said.\n\nAn assessment of county lines drug dealing produced by the NPCC suggests the number of active lines has fallen from around 2,000 in 2018 to 600.\n\nIn the latest police push, between 11 October and 17 October:\n\nPolice also visited 894 addresses used by drug gangs for their operations against the will of the resident, a practice known as \"cuckooing\".\n\nMost of the gangs operate from Merseyside, the West Midlands and London.\n\nCounty lines gangs groom children and vulnerable adults to get them moving drugs around the country, often using threatening and coercive behaviour.\n\nNearly £2m worth of class A drugs were seized during operations between 11 and 17 October\n\nPolice are pioneering the use of \"victimless prosecutions\" which aims to reduce the need for victims to give evidence in court.\n\nHowever, the Children's Society, a charity that works with young people facing abuse, neglect and exploitation, wants the government to boost the law on the criminal exploitation of children by adding a definition of the offence to the new Policing Bill.\n\nIryna Pona, Policy Manager at The Children's Society, said: \"This should also provide clarity for professionals in identifying young victims and would be strengthened further by a national strategy, supported by funding, to ensure more children get earlier help, ending the current postcode lottery in support.\"\n\n\"There needs to be a relentless focus among professionals upon identifying and supporting children at risk of exploitation as early as possible.\"\n\nThe Children's Society runs a campaign, Look Closer, designed to help people spot signs that children and vulnerable adults are involved with county lines.\n\nJames Simmonds-Read, from The Children's Society's prevention programme which has worked alongside police said: \"It's vital that professionals spot instances where children have been exploited by criminals, so we are pleased that many vulnerable people - including young people - have been identified as being in need of support.\"\n\n\"The public can also play a crucial role in spotting signs of exploitation and reporting them to the police and Look Closer highlights how everyone from commuters to transport and shop staff can help children to escape horrific exploitation.\"\n\n\"Young people may not ask for help themselves because they have been manipulated into thinking they are making a choice or because they have been subjected to terrifying threats.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hunting for children caught up in county lines drug gangs\n\nThe British Transport Police try to stop drugs being transported on trains.\n\nMeanwhile, the National Crime Agency is focusing on stopping drugs getting into the country in the first place.\n\nRecently the NCA has charged six men with importing 2.3 tonnes of cocaine worth £190m.\n\nOther seizures include 5.2 tonnes of cocaine being transported by sea, and the discovery of heroin and cocaine inside a British lorry.\n\nNCA Director of Investigations Nikki Holland said: \"It is a high priority for the NCA to build on the successes we have had in source countries and along the drugs supply routes, so that organised crime groups land fewer drugs in our towns and cities and prevent them being pushed further afield through county lines groups.\"", "The Queen was pictured on Tuesday evening, hosting a Global Investment Summit at Windsor Castle\n\nThe Queen has cancelled a trip to Northern Ireland and has \"reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days\", Buckingham Palace says.\n\nThe 95-year-old monarch will remain at Windsor Castle but is still expected to attend the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow later this month.\n\nThe Queen is in \"good spirits\" but \"disappointed\" that the visit cannot go ahead, the palace said.\n\nShe was due to begin the two-day trip on Wednesday.\n\nThe nation's longest-reigning monarch has attended a series of events in recent days, hosting a Global Investment Summit at Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening.\n\nEarlier in the day, she held two audiences via video link, greeting the Japanese ambassador Hajime Hayashi and the EU ambassador Joao de Almeida.\n\nOn Monday, she held a virtual audience with the new governor-general of New Zealand, and at the weekend, she attended the races at Ascot.\n\nIt was revealed on Tuesday that the Queen had declined the Oldie of the Year award, from the magazine of the same name, saying: \"You are only as old as you feel\".\n\nA Buckingham Palace spokesman said: \"The Queen has reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days.\n\n\"Her Majesty is in good spirits and is disappointed that she will no longer be able to visit Northern Ireland, where she had been due to undertake a series of engagements today and tomorrow.\n\n\"The Queen sends her warmest good wishes to the people of Northern Ireland and looks forward to visiting in the future.\"\n\nThe Queen's decision is understood to be unrelated to coronavirus.\n\nBuckingham Palace is keen not to cause any alarm and has stressed that the Queen has \"reluctantly accepted\" the advice of doctors to rest for the next few days.\n\nShe has had a busy schedule of engagements over the past couple of weeks that would test the resilience of many people far younger than her.\n\nI saw her last Tuesday at an event at Westminster Abbey.\n\nIt was the first time she had used a walking stick in public.\n\nShe also took a shorter route into the Abbey.\n\nWe were told this was \"for her own comfort.\"\n\nBut she still looked incredibly well and engaged for a 95-year-old.\n\nIt is clear though that getting older takes its toll on us all and the Queen's diary will be carefully managed going forward.\n\nThe Queen had been due to arrive in Hillsborough in County Down on Wednesday afternoon and attend a church service marking the centenary of the formation of Northern Ireland in Armagh tomorrow.\n\nAn advance team was already in Northern Ireland making preparations for the two-day visit.\n\nMeanwhile, the Prince of Wales was also at Windsor Castle on Wednesday for an investiture ceremony where the chef and TV presenter Mary Berry was made Dame Commander.\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, said on Twitter: \"We thank Her Majesty for her good wishes to the people of Northern Ireland and trust that she will keep well and benefit from a period of rest.\n\n\"It is always a joy to have Her Majesty in Royal Hillsborough and we look forward to a further visit in the near future.\"\n\nWishing her well, Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie said the Queen had been \"a source of great comfort during Northern Ireland's darkest days and provided lasting leadership as we moved into a new era for all our people\".\n\nPrince Charles held the investiture ceremony for Dame Mary Berry on Wednesday\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said he wished the Queen \"all the very best as she takes a few days' rest\".\n\nChurch leaders in Northern Ireland said in a joint statement that they were sorry she would not attend the Service of Reconciliation and Hope in Armagh, and acknowledged \"the significance of her commitment to the work of peace and reconciliation, which has meant a great deal to people throughout this island\".\n\nThe Queen first travelled to Northern Ireland in 1945, just after the end of World War Two, when she was a princess. If it had gone ahead, this week's trip would have been her 26th visit.\n\nRoyal visits to Northern Ireland during its centenary year have included the first in line to the throne, Prince Charles who went to Belfast in May, and Prince William who visited Londonderry in September.", "A huge leak of documents seen by BBC News shows how countries are trying to change a crucial scientific report on how to tackle climate change.\n\nThe leak reveals Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia are among countries asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels.\n\nIt also shows some wealthy nations are questioning paying more to poorer states to move to greener technologies.\n\nThis \"lobbying\" raises questions for the COP26 climate summit in November.\n\nThe leak reveals countries pushing back on UN recommendations for action and comes just days before they will be asked at the summit to make significant commitments to slow down climate change and keep global warming to 1.5 degrees.\n\nThe leaked documents consist of more than 32,000 submissions made by governments, companies and other interested parties to the team of scientists compiling a UN report designed to bring together the best scientific evidence on how to tackle climate change.\n\nThese \"assessment reports\" are produced every six to seven years by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN body tasked with evaluating the science of climate change.\n\nThese reports are used by governments to decide what action is needed to tackle climate change, and the latest will be a crucial input to negotiations at the Glasgow conference.\n\nThe authority of these reports derives in part from the fact that virtually all the governments of the world participate in the process to reach consensus.\n\nThe comments from governments the BBC has read are overwhelmingly designed to be constructive and to improve the quality of the final report.\n\nThe cache of comments and the latest draft of the report were released to Greenpeace UK's team of investigative journalists, Unearthed, which passed it on to BBC News.\n\nThe leak shows a number of countries and organisations arguing that the world does not need to reduce the use of fossil fuels as quickly as the current draft of the report recommends.\n\nAn adviser to the Saudi oil ministry demands \"phrases like 'the need for urgent and accelerated mitigation actions at all scales…' should be eliminated from the report\".\n\nOne senior Australian government official rejects the conclusion that closing coal-fired power plants is necessary, even though ending the use of coal is one of the stated objectives the COP26 conference.\n\nSaudi Arabia is the one of the largest oil producers in the world and Australia is a major coal exporter.\n\nA senior scientist from India's Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, which has strong links to the Indian government, warns coal is likely to remain the mainstay of energy production for decades because of what they describe as the \"tremendous challenges\" of providing affordable electricity. India is already the world's second biggest consumer of coal.\n\nA number of countries argue in favour of emerging and currently expensive technologies designed to capture and permanently store carbon dioxide underground. Saudi Arabia, China, Australia and Japan - all big producers or users of fossil fuels - as well as the organisation of oil producing nations, Opec, all support carbon capture and storage (CCS).\n\nIt is claimed these CCS technologies could dramatically cut fossil fuel emissions from power plants and some industrial sectors.\n\nSaudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, requests the UN scientists delete their conclusion that \"the focus of decarbonisation efforts in the energy systems sector needs to be on rapidly shifting to zero-carbon sources and actively phasing out fossil fuels\".\n\nArgentina, Norway and Opec also take issue with the statement. Norway argues the UN scientists should allow the possibility of CCS as a potential tool for reducing emissions from fossil fuels.\n\nThe draft report accepts CCS could play a role in the future but says there are uncertainties about its feasibility. It says \"there is large ambiguity in the extent to which fossil fuels with CCS would be compatible with the 2C and 1.5C targets\" as set out by the Paris Agreement.\n\nThe offshore Sleipner gas field in Norway has been using CCS since 1996\n\nAustralia asks IPCC scientists to delete a reference to analysis of the role played by fossil fuel lobbyists in watering down action on climate in Australia and the US. Opec also asks the IPCC to \"delete 'lobby activism, protecting rent extracting business models, prevent political action'.\"\n\nWhen approached about its comments to the draft report, Opec told the BBC: \"The challenge of tackling emissions has many paths, as evidenced by the IPCC report, and we need to explore them all. We need to utilise all available energies, as well as clean and more efficient technological solutions to help reduce emissions, ensuring no one is left behind.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tony Blair on climate change: \"Even though the challenge is immense, there really isn't an alternative to dealing with it\"\n\nThe IPCC says comments from governments are central to its scientific review process and that its authors have no obligation to incorporate them into the reports.\n\n\"Our processes are designed to guard against lobbying - from all quarters\", the IPCC told the BBC. \"The review process is (and always has been) absolutely fundamental to the IPCC's work and is a major source of the strength and credibility of our reports.\n\nProfessor Corinne le Quéré of the University of East Anglia, a leading climate scientist who has helped compile three major reports for the IPCC, has no doubts about the impartiality of the IPCC's reports.\n\nShe says all comments are judged solely on scientific evidence regardless of where they come from.\n\n\"There is absolutely no pressure on scientists to accept the comments,\" she told the BBC. \"If the comments are lobbying, if they're not justified by the science, they will not be integrated in the IPCC reports.\"\n\nShe says it is important that experts of all kinds - including governments - have a chance to review the science.\n\n\"The more the reports are scrutinised\", says Professor le Quéré, \"the more solid the evidence is going to be in the end, because the more the arguments are brought and articulated forward in a way that is leaning on the best available science\".\n\nChristiana Figueres, the Costa Rican diplomat who oversaw the landmark UN climate conference in Paris in 2015, agrees it is crucial that governments are part of the IPCC process.\n\n\"Everybody's voice has to be there. That's the whole purpose. This is not a single thread. This is a tapestry woven by many, many threads.\"\n\nThe United Nations was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2007 for the IPCC's work on climate science and the crucial role it has played in the effort to tackle climate change.\n\nBrazil and Argentina, two of the biggest producers of beef products and animal feed crops in the world, argue strongly against evidence in the draft report that reducing meat consumption is necessary to cut greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nThe draft report states \"plant-based diets can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50% compared to the average emission intensive Western diet\". Brazil says this is incorrect.\n\nBoth countries call on the authors to delete or change some passages in the text referring to \"plant-based diets\" playing a role in tackling climate change, or which describe beef as a \"high carbon\" food. Argentina also asked that references to taxes on red meat and to the international \"Meatless Monday\" campaign, which urges people to forgo meat for a day, be removed from the report.\n\nThe South American nation recommends \"avoiding generalisation on the impacts of meat-based diets on low-carbon options\", arguing there is evidence that meat-based diets can also reduce carbon emissions.\n\nOn the same theme, Brazil says \"plant-based diets do not for themselves guarantee the reduction or control of related emissions\" and maintains the focus of debate should be on the levels of emissions from different production systems, rather than types of food.\n\nBrazil, which has seen significant increases in the rate of deforestation in the Amazon and some other forest areas, also disputes a reference to this being a result of changes in government regulations, claiming this is incorrect.\n\nA significant number of Switzerland's comments are directed at amending parts of the report that argue developing countries will need support, particularly financial support, from rich countries in order to meet emission reduction targets.\n\nIt was agreed at the climate conference in Copenhagen in 2009 that developed nations would provide $100bn a year in climate finance for developing countries by 2020, a target that has yet to be met.\n\nAustralia makes a similar case to Switzerland. It says developing countries' climate pledges do not all depend on receiving outside financial support. It also describes a mention in the draft report of the lack of credible public commitments on finance as \"subjective commentary\".\n\nThe Swiss Federal Office for the Environment told the BBC: \"While climate finance is a critical tool to increase climate ambition, it is not the only relevant tool.\n\n\"Switzerland takes the view that all Parties to the Paris Agreement with the capacity to do so should provide support to those who need such support.\"\n\nA number of mostly eastern European countries argue the draft report should be more positive about the role nuclear power can play in meeting the UN's climate targets.\n\nIndia goes even further, arguing \"almost all the chapters contain a bias against nuclear energy\". It argues it is an \"established technology\" with \"good political backing except in a few countries\".\n\nThe Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia criticise a table in the report which finds nuclear power only has a positive role in delivering one of 17 UN Sustainable Development goals. They argue it can play a positive role in delivering most of the UN's development agenda.\n\nDo you have any questions about the leak of climate documents? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:\n\nOr use this form to get in touch:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your comment or send it via email to HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any comment you send in.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "The company behind brands such as PG Tips, Cornetto and Dove has said it will raise prices to cope with \"elevated levels\" of cost inflation which it expects to continue next year.\n\nConsumer goods giant Unilever said that it had already lifted its pricing.\n\nUnilever said this would continue across its global operations and within each of its product divisions.\n\nThe company reported a 2.5% rise in sales for the third quarter to 30 September.\n\nGrowth was supported by a 4.1% increase in prices while the volume of goods sold fell by 1.5%.\n\nOn Wednesday, the Office for National Statistics said that the UK consumer prices index (CPI) measure of inflation slowed to 3.1% in the year to September.\n\nHowever, inflation is expected to accelerate in the coming months due to a rise in energy costs as well as continuing disruption to UK and global supply chains.\n\nUnilever's chief financial officer, Graeme Pitkethly, said: \"We expect inflation to be higher next year than this year.\"\n\nIt is not yet clear how Unilever's price rises will affect consumers. The company sells to businesses such as retailers, supermarkets and wholesalers who may or may not pass on higher costs to shoppers.\n\nBut Danni Hewson, financial analyst at AJ Bell, said Unilever was facing a \"balancing act of not increasing prices so much that its products are no longer competitive\".\n\n\"It is a real test of the strength of the company's brands,\" she said. \"After all, will we really stick with branded soap at a materially higher price when there's an unbranded alternative sitting next to it on the shelf which is an order of magnitude cheaper?\n\n\"If enough consumers decide they can put up with a cheaper alternative then it would become a big problem for Unilever.\"\n\nUnilever's brands include Simple skin care, Sure deodorant and Vaseline. It also produces Marmite, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Hellmann's mayonnaise and Knorr stocks among many others.\n\nUnilever said it expected its full-year sales to grow between 3% and 5%, but that its profit margin would be unchanged.\n\nEarlier this week, the boss of the Food & Drink Federation warned that the hospitality industry, which includes restaurants and pubs, was seeing \"terrifying\" price inflation of between 14% and 18%.\n\nMark Derry, executive chairman of Brasserie Bar Co, which owns the Brasserie Blanc chain of restaurants and whose chef patron is Raymond Blanc, told the BBC that while trading was holding up well, costs were rising which means it would have to raise prices for diners.\n\nRaymond Blanc, who holds two Michelin stars, is chef patron of Brasserie Bar Co\n\n\"There is an inevitable effect of all of this inflation and that is that we will have to try and put prices up,\" he said\n\n\"At the moment, we've tried very hard to hold them because obviously we've come out of a very, very serious problem over the last year and a half and doing our best to control it, but I cannot see how it is possible not to put prices up, frankly.\"\n\nKraft Heinz, known for its tomato ketchup and baked beans, recently warned that people will have to get used to higher food prices.\n\nOn Wednesday, food giant Nestle revealed that it had also increased prices, which rose by 2.1% in the third quarter.\n\nThe maker of Kit-Kats, Nescafé and Purina pet products, said prices had risen on the back of higher energy and raw materials costs as well as transport.\n\nThe Financial Times reported that Nestle's chief executive, Mark Schneider, said \"inflation costs are rising faster than we can roll forward through pricing. The situation has not improved. If anything we are seeing further downsides compared to what we told you in the summer\".", "Ai-Da stands in front of one of 'her' artworks.\n\nA British-built robot that uses cameras and a robotic arm to create abstract art has been released after Egyptian authorities detained it at customs.\n\nAi-Da, named after mathematician Ada Lovelace, was seized by border agents last week who feared her robotics may have been hiding covert spy tools.\n\nOfficials held the robot for 10 days, imperilling plans to show her work at the Great Pyramid of Giza on Thursday.\n\nThe UK's Embassy in Cairo told the BBC that it is \"glad\" the case is resolved.\n\n\"The Embassy is glad to see that Ai-Da the artist robot has now been cleared through customs,\" the embassy said in a statement. \"Customs clearance procedures can be lengthy, and are required before importation of any artworks or IT equipment.\"\n\nAccording to creator Aidan Meller, border guards seized Ai-Da because they had been suspicious of her modem, before then raising issues with her camera.\n\nMr Meller offered to remove the modem, but said that he could not remove the cameras, which are essential to Ai-Da's ability to paint. The robot uses AI algorithms to turn what is recorded through its camera into works of art.\n\n\"I can ditch the modems, but I can't really gouge her eyes out,\" he told the Guardian.\n\nHe praised the work of the UK ambassador, who Mr Meller said had \"been working through the night to get Ai-Da released,\" but pointed out that her late release meant it would be difficult to get her ready for the display on Thursday. \"We're right up to the wire now,\" he said.\n\nThe work was due to be part of the first contemporary art exhibition at the Pyramids in Egypt for 4,500 years.\n\nBoth Ai-Da and her sculpture had been sent in specialised flight cases by air cargo to Cairo before the \"Forever Is Now\" exhibition, which will run until 7 November.\n\nHer clay sculpture is an interpretation of the Greek riddle of the sphinx: what goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon and three feet in the evening? A human going through the stages of being a baby, an adult and finally old age using a walking stick.\n\nHer interpretation of the famous Greek riddle is a sculpture of Ai-Da with three legs.\n\nAi-Da was completed in 2019 and her artwork, which includes the first \"self-portrait with no self\" has been displayed at the Design Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Our past has shaped and scarred us\"\n\nThe head of the Irish Catholic Church has said partition causes him \"a deep sense of loss and sadness\".\n\nArchbishop Eamon Martin was addressing a service to mark the centenary of Ireland being divided and the formation of Northern Ireland.\n\nIn 1921, the island was divided into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson joined 150 guests from both sides of the border at the event on Thursday.\n\nArchbishop Martin said for the past 100 years, partition had \"polarised people on this island\".\n\n\"It has institutionalised difference, and it remains a symbol of cultural, political and religious division between our communities,\" he said.\n\nHe told the service in Armagh's Church of Ireland Cathedral that he also felt churches could have gone further.\n\nNI Secretary Brandon Lewis and Prime Minister Boris Johnson were among those attending the centenary church service\n\n\"I have to face the difficult truth that, perhaps, we in the churches could have done more to deepen our understanding of each other and to bring healing and peace to our divided and wounded communities,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking afterwards, the prime minister said: \"It has been very moving to be here today and see the way in which people from very different perspectives have come together.\"\n\nMr Johnson said Northern Ireland was \"an incredible part of the country\" and had \"an amazing future\".\n\nThe prime minister added: \"I am a passionate unionist and, of course, I believe the future is within the United Kingdom.\"\n\nThe Queen had been due to attend the service but was unable to travel for medical reasons.\n\nThe Armagh church service was organised to \"mark the centenaries of the partition of Ireland and the formation of Northern Ireland\".\n\nPresident Higgins said the title of the service made it \"inappropriate\" for him to attend as head of state.\n\nSinn Féin, including Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, also decided not to attend.\n\nHowever, Colum Eastwood, the leader of Northern Ireland's other nationalist party, the SDLP, was present.\n\nAmong others at the service were Northern Ireland First Minister Paul Givan, of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP); DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson; Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie; Alliance leader Naomi Long; Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis and Northern Ireland's chief medical officer Sir Michael McBride.\n\nTwo representatives from the Irish government were also present - Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, from the Fine Gael party, and chief whip Jack Chambers, from Fianna Fáil.\n\nWith Assembly Speaker Alex Maskey, a Sinn Féin member, not attending, deputy speaker Roy Beggs formally represented the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nThe event, titled \"A Service of Reflection and Hope\", was organised by the leaders of the main Protestant and Catholic Churches.\n\nIt began with the ringing of the cathedral bell before the Dean of Armagh, Rev Shane Forster, sent his good wishes to the Queen.\n\nWelcoming the congregation in both English and Irish, he said: \"Our past has shaped us and scarred us, it has divided us. And, yet, it has also, on occasion, brought us together.\"\n\nThe leaders of Ireland's main churches delivered their personal reflections on the creation of Northern Ireland.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Dr David Bruce, said: \"I grieve the times when fear has held us back from building relationships with those with whom we differ.\n\n\"If we are to build a better future, then we must recognise our own woundedness and our responsibility to care for the wounds of one another.\"\n\nDr Ivan Patterson, the president of the Irish Council of Churches, said \"we need to learn\" from the example of young people.\n\n\"They are a generation who want to build peace, a generation who respect and care for this planet in solidarity with the poorest and most vulnerable here and around the world.\"\n\nChurch of Ireland Primate Rev John McDowell said: \"I am hopeful. Hopeful in a new generation who know that the big problems we've landed them with, especially climate change and economic inequality, can only be tackled together.\n\n\"I think there are already signs that the next generation will see the things that we obsessed about as secondary and place their priorities elsewhere.\n\n\"As we lament our failures, sorrows and pain, and recognise our wounded yet living history, may we with a united voice commit ourselves to work together for the common good, in mutual respect and with shared hope for a light-filled, prosperous and peaceful future.\"\n\nThe main sermon was given by Rev Dr Sahr Yambasu, the president of the Methodist Church in Ireland\n\nThe main sermon was given by the president of the Methodist Church in Ireland, Rev Dr Sahr Yambasu, who told the congregation: \"We have come a long way - not just a century but centuries.\n\n\"During that time people have cared for one another and made efforts to build community.\"\n\nBut he added: \"We have also been blighted by sectarian divisions, terrible injustices, destructive violence, and by win-lose political attitudes. And for this, we have cause to lament.\"\n\nDr Yambasu said Thursday's service was an opportunity \"to give thanks and, also, lament; to imagine what could be, and to choose the way forward that can be mutually beneficial\".\n\nThe service included an opening prayer in Irish led by Linda Ervine and Seán Coll.\n\nIntercessions were offered by Prof Mary Hannon-Fletcher and Robert Barfoot, both of whom were injured in the Troubles.\n\nChildren carried a lantern to the altar, a symbol of light and hope for the future.\n\nNorthern Ireland was established in May 1921 after the partition of Ireland.\n\nIt followed decades of turmoil between nationalists, who wanted independence from British rule, and unionists, who wanted to remain in the United Kingdom.\n\nThe border divided the 32-county island into two separate jurisdictions - six counties in the north-east became Northern Ireland, which is still part of the UK. The other 26-county territory became the Irish Free State, but is now the Republic of Ireland.\n\nNationalists, north and south of the border, were infuriated by partition and continued to campaign for independence for the whole island.\n\nMany unionists were also bitterly disappointed, especially those who lived on the southern side and woke up to find themselves in a new state on 3 May 1921.\n\nThe BBC News NI website has a dedicated section marking the 100th anniversary of the creation of Northern Ireland and partition of the island.\n\nThere are special reports on the major figures of the time and the events that shaped modern Ireland available at bbc.co.uk/ni100.\n\nYear '21: You can also explore how Northern Ireland was created a hundred years ago in the company of Tara Mills and Declan Harvey.\n\nListen to the latest Year '21 podcast on BBC Sounds or catch-up on previous episodes.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Floods are causing havoc in India and Nepal\n\nMore than 180 people have died after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods in Nepal and two Indian states - Uttarakhand and Kerala.\n\nHomes were submerged or crushed by rocks swept into them by landslides.\n\nAt least 88 people died in Nepal and 55 in Uttarakhand, including five from a single family, with dozens more missing in both nations.\n\nRains further south in India's Kerala state also triggered deadly floods, leaving another 42 dead there.\n\nIn Nepal the victims included a family of six, among them three children, whose house was buried in a sudden deluge of soil and debris.\n\nThe worst-affected areas are Panchthar district in east Nepal, and Ilam and Doti in west Nepal.\n\nRescuers were struggling to reach 60 people stranded for two days in the village of Seti in west Nepal, Reuters reported.\n\nNepal's government is giving $1,700 (£1,220) to the families of each victim of the floods.\n\nIn the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand schools have been closed and religious and tourist activities suspended.\n\nThe Ganges burst its bank in Rishikesh and the popular Nainital region was severely affected.\n\nUttarakhand, which normally sees up to 30.5mm (1.2in) of rain for the whole of October, recorded 328mm in a 24-hour period this week.\n\nBut the Indian Meteorological Department says the rainfall is now easing.\n\nUttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced a compensation of 400,000 rupees (£3,800; $5,300) for the families of those who have died and a further 190,000 rupees for those whose homes were destroyed.\n\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences on Twitter: \"I am anguished by the loss of lives due to heavy rainfall in parts of Uttarakhand. May the injured recover soon.\"\n\nOverflowing rivers have swept away bridges as here in Chalthi, Uttarakhand\n\nWhile attributing the heavy rains to the climate crisis, experts have also cited hydro-power projects in the higher reaches of the Himalayas, and excessive and often unchecked construction on steep slopes which cause damage to the region's fragile ecology.\n\nExperts also say higher temperatures have meant lesser snow in the Himalayas - and this, coupled with heavy rains, is pushing large volumes of water downstream, triggering flash floods.\n\nThe southern coastal state of Kerala has also seen heavy rain since Friday.\n\nThousands of people have been moved to safety, with more than 1,600 homes destroyed or damaged.", "Emiliano Sala had just signed with Cardiff City\n\nThe pilot of a plane that crashed into the English Channel, killing footballer Emiliano Sala, was ordered not to fly the aircraft, a court has heard.\n\nFay Keely said she asked that David Ibbotson not fly her plane after being told of previous infringements.\n\nDavid Henderson, 67, was the plane's operator and was responsible for choosing appropriate pilots.\n\nMr Henderson is on trial at Cardiff Crown Court accused of endangering the safety of an aircraft.\n\nSala, 28, was involved in a multimillion-pound transfer from French club Nantes to Cardiff City FC, when the plane crashed into the sea in January 2019, killing the striker and pilot Mr Ibbotson, 59.\n\nMr Henderson denies the charge of endangering the safety of an aircraft.\n\nHe has previously admitted a charge of attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation.\n\nDavid Henderson was the aircraft's operator since its purchase in 2015\n\nMs Keely said she had bought the Piper Malibu aircraft in 2015 through her family's trust, Cool Flourish Ltd, of which she is secretary and director.\n\nShe said that she had told Mr Henderson in 2018 that Mr Ibbotson should not fly the aircraft again after she was notified by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of two infringements that had happened while he was in the air.\n\nShe later found out that Henderson had hired Mr Ibbotson again, this time to pilot a flight carrying her sister a month later, in August 2018.\n\nSala's body was recovered, but Mr Ibbotson, 59, from Crowley, Lincolnshire, has never been found\n\nShe said: \"Later on in the year, in August, he tried to contact me while I was on holiday. He was due to fly my sister on a trip and was going to be piloting himself.\n\n\"I found out after the event that he was unavailable and had asked David Ibbotson to fly instead of him.\"\n\n\"He allowed that to happen without my permission,\" she added.\n\nAsked by defence counsel Stephen Spence QC if she had warned Henderson not to hire Mr Ibbotson again, she said: \"No. As far as I was concerned I had made my feelings clear that he shouldn't be flying the aircraft.\"\n\nThe Piper Malibu aircraft was bought under advice from Mr Henderson, Ms Keely told the court\n\nIn an text message exchange from August 2018, that was read to the jury, Mr Henderson had a conversation with someone who had flown with Mr Ibbotson.\n\nIt said: \"The Ibbotson experience was interesting! He was all over the place. Had to help him out coming into White Waltham [airfield].\"\n\nMr Henderson replied: \"His handling OK? Takes a lot to try and knock these new guys into shape.\"\n\n\"He's just not very quick and not thinking ahead,\" was the reply.\n\nIn another text message, found on Mr Henderson's phone from July 2018, Mr Ibbotson explained he had \"messed up a couple of times\" during a flight.\n\nJurors also heard that, hours after the night-time crash, Mr Henderson had messaged aircraft engineer David Smith telling him to \"keep very quiet\", adding \"need to be very careful. Opens up a whole can of worms\".\n\nThe Piper Malibu N264DB disappeared from radar near the Channel Islands on 21 January\n\nThe court has already heard that Mr Ibbotson did not hold a commercial pilot's licence, was not allowed to fly at night, and that his rating to fly the Piper Malibu had expired.\n\nDespite this, when Mr Henderson was unavailable to fly the plane carrying Sala between Nantes and Cardiff in January because he was away with his wife in Paris, he hired Mr Ibbotson again.\n\nMr Smith, an employee of aircraft maintenance company Eastern Air Executive, said he had become aware of some issues with the aircraft on January 21 before it was due to fly back from France to the UK and insisted it was checked by a French engineer.\n\nThe trial is expected to last until the end of next week.", "A California sheriff has said heat and possibly dehydration are to blame for the deaths of a family found on a remote hiking trail in August.\n\nJonathan Gerrish, 45, Ellen Chung, 30, their one-year-old girl Aurelia Miju Chung-Gerrish and dog Oski died due to hyperthermia in Devil's Gulch Valley.\n\nThe announcement comes over two months after rescue crews found their bodies in the Sierra National Forest.\n\nTheir unexplained deaths had puzzled summer hikers in the US West.\n\nIn a news conference on Thursday, the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office said that the family had been found with an empty 85oz (2.5-litre) water bladder, and did not have any other bottles or water filters with them.\n\nTemperatures on the day of their hike rose above 109F (42C), officials say.\n\nAccording to CBS News, the BBC's partner in the US, Mr Gerrish was from the UK and met Ms Chung in San Francisco before moving to the small town of Mariposa in 2020.\n\nTheir bodies were discovered by rescue crews on 17 August in an area south-west of Yosemite National Park after a friend called authorities to report them missing.\n\nThe Mariposa County Sheriff's Office has been working with FBI, environmental researchers and toxicologists to determine what killed the family.\n\nThey had already ruled out death by lightning, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, cyanide, illegal drugs, alcohol, gun \"or any other type of weapon\" or suicide.\n\nThe FBI is still attempting to access the mobile phone owned by Gerrish, Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese told reporters.\n\nHe added that there is no phone service in the area where they were hiking, and that an earlier fire had burned trees that would normally provide shade in some sections of the steep trail.\n\nConcerns over water quality in the nearby Merced River led to speculation that an algae bloom could have killed them, but officials say there is no evidence that the family drank the river water.\n\nOther dismissed theories included a leak that originated from abandoned gold mines that are common in the Gold Rush region.\n• None Poison algae may have killed family - US police", "The COP26 climate summit is under way in Glasgow - one of the biggest ever world meetings on how to tackle global warming.\n\nBBC News Reality Check correspondent Chris Morris answers some of your questions.\n\nYou can send a question using the form at the bottom of this page.\n\nHow is the average family going to find the extra £20,000 needed to buy an electric vehicle? Nicola Hippisley, London\n\nYou don't necessarily need an extra £20,000 to buy an electric vehicle.\n\nOverall, electric cars have been more expensive than petrol or diesel ones for some time, but the difference has been narrowing.\n\nThe average cost of an electric car in the UK is about £44,000, but you can buy a basic one for less than £20,000. That's partly because the price of the batteries which electric cars use has fallen sharply in recent years.\n\nAt the moment, the price of raw materials is threatening to push battery prices up again, but the industry expects that as electric car sales increase, economies of scale will kick in.\n\nExperts predict that new electric and petrol/diesel cars will cost the same within the next five years. It is also possible to lease an electric vehicle, and there's a growing second-hand market as well, where vehicles are much cheaper.\n\nThe UK government currently offers a grant of up to £2,500 as a discount on the price of certain brand new low-emission vehicles including some electric models.\n\nYou can also claim a grant of up to £350 to help meet the cost of installing a chargepoint at your house if you have dedicated off-street parking. This is available whether you lease your car or own it outright.\n\nSeparately, the Scottish government offers interest-free loans to help people buy brand new or used electric vehicles.\n\nHow will the decisions made at COP26 change our day-to-day lives? I want to know what I can do to help move these policies forward. Matthew Hadley, Harpenden\n\nThe decisions made at COP26 are part of the wider ambition to decarbonise our economies - and that will certainly have an impact on daily life.\n\nThe cars we drive and the way we heat our homes are going to change. Buying an electric vehicle, or getting a heat pump installed at home, is going to become more and more common. The hope - and for many the expectation - is that as these technologies become more established, the costs will come down.\n\nThere are also personal choices to be made about what we eat (the Climate Change Committee which advises the government recommends a 20% reduction per person by 2050 in the amount of beef, lamb and dairy we consume), and how often we fly.\n\nThen there are practical issues like recycling and cutting down on waste as much as possible.\n\nWhy are we still referring to 2050 as some sort of end goal, since very little has changed in the last two decades? Wouldn't 2040 or perhaps even 2030 put a little more urgency into every little step humanity takes? Jake Kettmann, Bega, NSW, Australia\n\nThe year 2050 is the target date set by many countries for reaching net zero emissions of greenhouse gases. But you're not alone in thinking that 2050 is much too far in the future to force some politicians or companies to take action now.\n\nThat's why there are also plenty of interim targets, and the 2020s have been identified as a critical decade for climate action - it can't all be delayed until the 10 years leading up to 2050.\n\nMany of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases have now set targets for 2030, and the UN says overall emissions need to fall by 45% [by that date]compared to 2010 levels, if the aim of limiting global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels is to remain realistic.\n\nAt the moment, though, the world is nowhere near achieving that, even with the new pledges made at COP26.\n\nIf scientists have already considered a 1.5C reduction goal will not be achieved, why don't we set up a new goal, which we may able to achieve? Ana, Vietnam\n\nQuite a few scientists think it may already be too late to restrict the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, but they'd rather have an ambitious target to aim for.\n\nThe Paris Agreement in 2015 set the goal of limiting global warming to well below 2C, and preferably to 1.5C. So \"well below 2C\" is already written into law as a secondary target.\n\nThere's also a growing awareness of the need to take action which will make a difference in the next five to 10 years. That's why many of the agreements made at COP26 - to reverse deforestation, for example, or to cut global methane emissions by 30% - set 2030 as their target date.\n\nThe challenge now of course is to turn those promises into practice, and to deliver urgent change.\n\nHow can we be sure the claims made about greenhouse gas emissions can be verified? What independent observer is measuring different countries' attempts to reduce their fossil fuel usage? Lee Gary, Spain\n\nChecking claims made about greenhouse gas emissions is one of the biggest issues for negotiators at COP26.\n\nAt the moment, countries only have to review and update their pledges for cutting emissions every five years. Many people argue that's not often enough, and some of the countries most vulnerable to climate change want to turn it into an annual process to keep the pressure on.\n\nThe role of independent observer is supposed to be filled by UN scientists. But a recent investigation by The Washington Post found multiple examples of flawed or inaccurate data submitted to the UN by individual countries. It is another example of climate promises falling short of what is required, as a process which relies so heavily on data needs to ensure that the data is accurate.\n\nLast month, a UN-backed body launched a scheme to verify net zero claims made by big companies, to ensure that corporate pledges can be easily compared and properly scrutinised.\n\nIs there a way to force countries in the UN, especially China and India, to cut back to net zero by 2050? Can sanctions or similar trade restrictions be used against them? Diana Butungi, Kampala\n\nOnly a few countries have made their net zero pledges legally binding. Many of the national pledges are non-binding targets, but there is a hope that as momentum towards net zero begins to accelerate it will provide an incentive for others to follow.\n\nIt would be possible in theory to impose trade or other sanctions on countries that are moving more slowly, but that could be counter-productive. The focus of meetings like COP26 is to try to encourage international cooperation.\n\nIt's also unfair to put all the blame on countries like India and China for the majority of carbon emissions, even though China is the largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world today and India is the third largest. China and India have huge populations, and much lower emissions per person than more developed countries.\n\nIn any case, it's important to consider the historical role played by European countries and the United States which are responsible for far more cumulative emissions than China or India.\n\nThe damaging effects of emitting CO2 into the atmosphere linger for hundreds of years, and the rich world has acknowledged that it has the primary responsibility for tackling climate change.\n\nAre there plans for governments and countries to invest in carbon-capture technologies on a very large scale? If not, why? Bernath Bence, Netherlands\n\nThe trouble with carbon capture and storage (CCS) is that the technology that does exist, won't be rolled out fast enough to make any significant difference this decade, when greenhouse gas emissions need to fall significantly.\n\nIn 2020, for example, the UK allocated £1bn to a CCS infrastructure fund, with the ambition of capturing the equivalent of 10m metric tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2030.\n\nThat target has already been increased to capturing 20-30m metric tonnes by 2030. But, to put that in perspective, the UK is estimated to have produced the net equivalent of more than 450m metric tonnes of CO2 in 2019.\n\nGovernment investment varies hugely around the world. Countries like Saudi Arabia and Australia are relying very heavily on CCS to allow them to continue producing fossil fuels for the foreseeable future, but that means scaling up the technology in a way which has not yet been proven to work effectively.\n\nHow do agricultural products like rice and sugar contribute to the increase of CO2? What can we do to help reduce emissions? Ng Wee Meng, Singapore\n\nMost forms of agriculture produce CO2 emissions in one way or another.\n\nBeef is widely agreed to be the most carbon-intensive food to produce globally, but there are emissions from sugar and rice - these are connected with factors such as deforestation, animal feed, energy used in processing and transport, and packaging.\n\nOne study estimates that rice, for example, produces the equivalent of 4kg of CO2 emissions for every 1kg of rice produced. Given that 755 million tonnes of rice are produced every year around the world, that is a lot of CO2. On the other hand, rice is an essential staple food feeding billions around the world.\n\nThe best way to help reduce emissions is to try to ensure you eat food which is produced as sustainably as possible - although many people may not have the luxury of that choice.\n\nWould enforcing quotas for meat consumption and flight travels be efficient and feasible? Anonymous, Geneva\n\nMeat eating (especially beef) and travelling by air both have a sizeable environmental impact.\n\nEating one or two hamburgers a week for a year creates the same amount of greenhouse gases as heating a UK home for 95 days.\n\nAnd a return economy flight from London to New York emits about 0.67 tonnes of CO2. That's 11% of the average annual emissions for someone in the UK.\n\nIn theory, enforced quotas for meat consumption or flying would make a difference, but there's little political appetite or support for that to happen. Instead, the focus is on encouraging behavioural change.\n\nThe UK Climate Change Committee - which advises the government - has recommended that people should consume 20% less meat and dairy by 2030, and 35% less by 2050. People are also being urged to think about flying less.\n\nUsing taxation to make certain things more expensive would probably be a more realistic solution than trying to enforce quotas.\n\nWhy can't we have an international fund to help poorer countries attain zero carbon emissions? Robert Patterson, Darlington\n\nThat is partly what the current debate on climate finance is all about.\n\nIn 2009, rich countries said they would provide $100bn (£73bn) every year to the developing world by 2020. But they have been unable to live up to their promise, and they are now suggesting they will only meet that target in 2023.\n\nPoorer countries need this money to help tackle the effects of climate change that they are already facing. But they also need it to make sure their economies become greener as they develop, on a path to net zero carbon emissions.\n\nIf it is people causing climate change, what is being done to stop over-population ? Gaye Schmidt, Perth, Australia\n\nOverpopulation isn't the root cause of climate change. Rather, it's the excessive emission of greenhouse gases that are heating the planet up. And the richest one per cent of the world's population is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest fifty per cent.\n\nIt is true to say the population of the planet can't keep increasing indefinitely, because there is a finite number of resources available. But excessive consumption has played a larger role in climate change than a growing global population.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nIs the global capitalist model not at odds with climate change and the need for a greener way of life? Andrew, Exeter\n\nAccording to some experts, such as the economist Lord Stern, climate change can be seen as the great failure of the market.\n\nThis is because businesses have not generally had to pay for the damage they have caused to the environment.\n\nGlobal efforts to tackle climate change over the past two decades have focused more on harnessing capitalism to limit warming - for instance, putting a price on carbon and making the polluter pay, to ensure that emissions are ultimately restricted.\n\nMeanwhile, it's also the case that if there's consumer demand for greener products and services, capitalism will try to meet that demand.\n\nBut there's evidently still a lot of work to be done to make these approaches work.\n\nDoes COP26 really need 25,000 people there? They will generate a lot of CO2, so why can't many elements be online? David, Birmingham\n\nThe pandemic might be seen as the perfect moment for the UN to use technology for negotiations, and it was attempted during a preparatory meeting for COP in June, which ran for three weeks.\n\nUnfortunately, it didn't go well - time-zone and technology challenges made it almost impossible for countries with limited resources, progress was limited and decisions were put off.\n\nAs a result, many developing nations have insisted on having an in-person COP. They feel that it is far easier for their voices to be ignored on a dodgy Zoom connection.\n\nThey also bring a lived experience of climate change that it is critical for rich countries to hear first-hand.\n\nThere's some evidence that this works. In 2015, the presence of island states and vulnerable nations was key to securing the commitment to limit temperature changes to 1.5C in the Paris Agreement.\n\nWhat questions do you have about changes in our climate?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Logan was found dead in the River Ogmore on 31 July\n\nThe mother of a five-year-old boy who was found dead in a river has been charged with his murder.\n\nAngharad Williamson, 30, from Sarn, becomes the third person to be charged with the murder of Logan Mwangi.\n\nA 14-year-old boy, who cannot be identified because of his age, has also appeared in court charged with murder.\n\nLogan Mwangi, also known as Logan Williamson, was discovered in the River Ogmore in Bridgend county on 31 July.\n\nLogan's stepfather John Cole, 39, from Sarn, has already been charged with the murder.\n\nAngharad Williamson and John Cole have both been charged over the death of Logan\n\nBoth John Cole and Logan's mother Angharad Williamson have also been charged with perverting the course of justice.\n\nThe 14-year-old has been remanded into care of the local authority.\n\nTeddies and balloons were left next to the River Ogmore in memory of Logan\n\nFollowing Logan's death, residents left floral tributes, teddies and cards near the part of the river where he was found.\n\nLogan's classmates have described him as a happy boy who liked Spiderman and playing hide and seek.\n\nHis friends were \"heartbroken\" by his death.", "Mayor Andy Preston said complaints cost taxpayers thousands of pounds in council time and resources\n\n\"Self-obsessed, selfish and not very bright\" councillors are costing Middlesbrough Council dear because they keep complaining about each other, the town's mayor has said.\n\nComplaints among council members have risen to 12 this year, compared with just four in 2020 and nine in 2019.\n\nMiddlesbrough's mayor Andy Preston said probing complaints was too costly.\n\nThe council's standards committee said it needed to tackle a \"low tolerance to the cut and thrust of debate\".\n\nIn total, there have been 29 complaints so far this year made to the council, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nThis includes the 12 from council members while the other 17 were made by council officers or the public.\n\nOf the 29, two have been withdrawn and 16 have been resolved informally.\n\nThe council's standards committee said it needed to tackle a \"low tolerance to the cut and thrust of debate\"\n\nMr Preston, who stood as an independent, said: \"There are some brilliant councillors here but there are also way too many self-obsessed, selfish and frankly not very bright people who seek to cause trouble for the good of their own self-promotion.\n\n\"Politics in Middlesbrough features a significant number of people who seek to cause trouble for others by making official complaints about them citing all sorts of false allegations - from bullying to pretty much anything they can dream up.\n\n\"Every single one of those complaints costs the tax-paying people of Middlesbrough thousands of pounds in council time and resources.\"\n\nIn 2020, there were 31 complaints, four from members and 27 from others - 16 of those were not progressed, 12 were rejected and two were resolved informally.\n\nThe mayor himself has not been immune to criticism from councillors.\n\nIn May, five senior councillors - including Mr Preston's deputy - resigned after complaining about \"consistent poor conduct and behaviour\" and called for him to quit.\n\nIn response, Mr Preston wrote on Facebook that allegations that he had spent £600,000 without official approval and appointed and paid a friend without following proper procedures were \"unfounded\".\n\nMr Preston added: \"I want to see a culture change in Middlesbrough Council that will end this outrageous waste of time and money and to get all councillors focused on putting Middlesbrough first.\"\n\nThe standards committee report added: \"We need to consider whether there is a culture that has developed within Middlesbrough to have a low tolerance to the usual cut and thrust of political debate.\n\n\"We also need to know whether some of the complaints have been of a retaliatory nature, with complaints being made from and against the same members in regards to the same issue.\"\n\nLabour group council leader Matt Storey said: \"Tolerance is a virtue in short supply these days in politics.\n\n\"Politics doesn't have to be poisonous or antagonistic.\"\n\nThe council report said that members' social media comments were responsible for a large number of the complaints, with online posts accounting for 12 grievances in 2019, 14 in 2020, and 14 in 2021 to date.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nConservative MPs don't need to wear masks during debates because they know each other, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said.\n\nThe Commons leader said the party's \"convivial, fraternal spirit\" meant they were acting in line with government Covid guidance.\n\nThis guidance says people in England should cover their faces around \"people you don't normally meet\".\n\nTory MPs have largely ditched masks in recent months, but are being urged by opposition parties to wear them.\n\nOn Thursday, Labour's shadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire said MPs should wear face coverings to set the \"best example to the public\".\n\nBut Mr Rees-Mogg responded that many Labour MPs had been pictured maskless at the the party's recent annual conference in Brighton.\n\nAnd he claimed they were more likely to cover up \"when there are television cameras around\".\n\nThe SNP's Pete Wishart told Mr Rees-Mogg all MPs should set an example by wearing masks - and that the difference between the Tory and opposition MPs on the issue had become \"comic\".\n\nMr Rees-Mogg joked that the SNP MP might not like \"mixing with his own side\" but the Conservatives \"have a more convivial, fraternal spirit and therefore are following the guidance of Her Majesty's government\".\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Question Time programme, Conservative vice chairman Andrew Bowie acknowledged that his fellow Tory MPs had been criticised for not wearing masks in Parliament but said the situation with Covid had looked \"very different\" in the first weeks of autumn.\n\nHe said MPs had \"a responsibility to set the tone and set an example\" and that he was \"encouraged\" to see more of his colleagues wearing masks in the House of Commons.\n\nConservative MPs and ministers have mainly stopped wearing masks in the Commons\n\nProfessor Robert West, a health psychologist advising the government as part of the Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (Spi-B), argued that MPs would set an example if they wore masks.\n\n\"Actually people who are ambivalent, it gives them a kind of excuse if you like, to say, 'If they're not doing it why should I do it?'\" he told BBC Radio 4's World at One.\n\n\"It's about leadership. And politicians often talk to members of the public and sports personalities and so on about setting a right example for the public and I do think it behoves them to do the same thing.\"\n\nMost MPs from opposition parties have been wearing masks in the Commons chamber since full in-person sittings resumed over the summer.\n\nIn contrast, MPs from Labour and other opposition parties are covering their faces during debate\n\nThe government is still encouraging people in England to wear face coverings in \"crowded and enclosed spaces\", although it is no longer mandatory.\n\nOn Wednesday, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said mask-wearing was one of several measures that could help lower Covid transmission over the winter.\n\nSpeaking at a Covid press conference in Downing Street, he warned restrictions were \"more likely\" to return if people \"don't wear masks when they really should\".\n\nHe said this included \"really crowded\" places \"with lots of people that they don't normally hang out with\".\n\nHis statement came just hours after MPs packed into the Commons chamber for Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nNearly all Conservative MPs, including government ministers, did not wear a face covering during the session.\n\nLiberal Democrat MP Layla Moran said: \"It is utter hypocrisy that the public are rightfully being advised to wear masks while Conservative MPs refuse to do so.\n\n\"Conservative MPs and ministers have a duty to lead by example and take precautions to protect themselves, their colleagues and staff.\"\n\nUnions representing parliamentary staff say their members have been told to wear masks in the chamber, and have called for Tory MPs to do the same.\n\nThe Prospect union has previously accused maskless MPs of \"recklessly undermining\" public health messaging, and urged mask-wearing to be more rigorously enforced.\n\nGMB and Unite have called on Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who enforces the parliamentary dress code, to refuse entry to maskless MPs.\n\nSir Lindsay has encouraged MPs to continue to wear masks during debates, but has said there is \"no meaningful way\" for him to enforce this as he does not have the right to stop elected MPs entering the Commons.", "Ismail Abedi left the UK rather than appear at the public inquiry\n\nThe elder brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has \"taken the coward's way out\" by leaving the country, families of the victims have said.\n\nIsmail Abedi had been ordered to attend the inquiry into the bombing but it emerged this week he had left the UK.\n\nHe has refused to answer questions from the public inquiry into the 2017 attack in case he incriminates himself.\n\nIn a statement read outside court, the victims' families said his \"absence speaks volumes\".\n\nTwenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nInquiry chairman Sir John Saunders had demanded Ismail Abedi appear as a witness but the 28-year-old left the UK on a flight to the Middle East, the BBC understands.\n\nIn a statement read outside the inquiry courtroom, the families of 11 of the victims said: \"Our lives were torn apart and changed forever when Salman Abedi carried out his murderous attack.\n\n\"Since then, we have sought nothing but the truth, to understand what happened that night and why.\"\n\nThe families said they wanted to put on record their \"horror\" that he was able to leave the country.\n\n\"A man who had genuinely rejected extremism would want to help the search for truth and would have been here today,\" they said in the statement read on their behalf by Shane Smith, a member of the legal team at Slater & Gordon.\n\n\"Ismail Abedi is clearly not such a person but has taken the coward's way out.\"\n\nTwenty-two people died in the bombing on 22 May 2017\n\nThe inquiry's solicitor wrote to Greater Manchester Police on 17 August asking to be told about anything that suggested Ismail Abedi might not comply with the order to appear as a witness, such as by leaving the country.\n\nThe inquiry heard Ismail Abedi was stopped trying to leave the UK on 28 August and questioned by police, which meant he subsequently missed his flight.\n\nHe told officers he intended to return to Britain but then returned to the airport the next day and was able to leave.\n\nThe inquiry only found out about his departure on 31 August, meaning it could not attempt to use legal powers to stop him leaving.\n\nPaul Greaney QC, counsel to the inquiry, said Ismail Abedi had been \"able to flee and effectively laugh in the face of the inquiry\" and said such a thing should not be able to happen again.\n\n\"No-one should think the story is over so far as Ismail Abedi is concerned,\" he added.\n\nMr Greaney said Ismail Abedi's lawyers had written to the inquiry with a \"self-serving and frankly quite disgraceful statement\" that made plain he had decided not to come and answer questions.\n\nSir John said he wanted to know from Greater Manchester Police in detail about what happened, but said he did not want to \"rush to judgement\".\n\n\"We all wanted him to be here to answer questions,\" he said.\n\nDuncan Atkinson QC, representing several bereaved families, said they \"have the very gravest of concerns and the most extreme sense of frustration that this has occurred\".\n\nHe added that the relevant powers under the inquiries act provisions may not be \"fit for purpose\".\n\nThe parents of bomb victims Liam Curry and Chloe Rutherford said they were \"incredibly frustrated\" that he had failed to attend.\n\nIn a statement, Caroline Curry and Mark and Lisa Rutherford said: \"Answers are urgently needed so that we can understand how this was allowed to happen.\"\n\nAhmed Taghdi said he was \"appalled and shocked\" by the bombing\n\nAhmed Taghdi, a close friend of Salman Abedi, has also denied that he tried to \"do a runner\" after being ordered to give evidence to the inquiry.\n\nThe 29-year-old told the hearing he was going on a \"little break\" hiking in Slovakia when he was arrested at Manchester Airport on Monday.\n\nHe denied trying to flee the UK to avoid questions about his close relationship with the bomber.\n\nMr Taghdi, who was brought to the inquiry in police custody, said he and his sister had intended to fly to Vienna then back to the UK via Palma in time for his court appearance.\n\nThe inquiry was shown photos from his laptop and phone, seized after his arrest in the days after the bombing, which the court heard depicted armed Islamist militants.\n\nBut he denied holding extremist views or that Salman Abedi ever spoke of his extremism.\n\nMr Taghdi also told the inquiry he made a prison visit to convicted terrorist Abdalraouf Abdallah with Salman Abedi as a \"social visit\" because he \"felt sorry\" for Abdallah.\n\nThe court has previously heard Abdallah is alleged to have radicalised the bomber.\n\nMr Taghdi also denied knowing that Salman and Hashem Abedi were going to use a car, which he helped them to buy, to store explosives.\n\nHe said the brothers told him they needed the car to carry out \"errands\" before they left the country and he had helped as a favour.\n\nNeither Mr Taghdi or Ismail Abedi have been charged with any offences.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sajid Javid said people should take up their offer of a jab, or risk more restrictions\n\nAn \"unacceptable\" level of Covid cases means ministers should trigger their Plan B for the pandemic in England, doctors say.\n\nThe British Medical Association (BMA) accused the government of being \"wilfully negligent\" for not reimposing rules such as mandatory face masks.\n\nDaily UK infections have been above 40,000 for eight days in a row.\n\nNo 10 said ministers are \"monitoring the usual metrics\" on coronavirus and \"won't hesitate to act if need be\".\n\nBoris Johnson's official spokesman said that, while the government listened to a variety of voices, including doctors, \"we don't always agree\".\n\nHe said reports that a harsher so-called Plan C for England was in the works were \"not accurate\". \"Neither ministers nor officials are working on those proposals,\" he added.\n\nHealth Minister Edward Argar earlier said the NHS was not under \"unsustainable pressure\" which would justify further restrictions.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast there were about 95,000 beds in NHS hospitals, with 7,000 occupied by Covid patients and 6,000 currently empty.\n\nUnder the government's plan for tackling Covid in England over the winter, the strategy currently in operation is Plan A.\n\nIt involves offering booster jabs to about 30 million people and offering a single vaccine dose to healthy 12 to 15-year-olds, as well as encouraging ventilation for indoor gatherings, hand-washing and face masks in crowded places.\n\nDr Chaand Nagpaul, the BMA's chairman, said doctors can \"categorically\" say that the \"time is now\" for starting Plan B.\n\nHe stressed that case numbers were comparable to March, when England was in lockdown, and were \"unheard of in similar European nations\".\n\n\"It is therefore incredibly concerning that [Mr Javid] is not willing to take immediate action to save lives and to protect the NHS,\" he said.\n\nBut Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Wednesday that \"at this point\" the government would not introduce its Plan B measures.\n\nThese include compulsory face coverings in certain places and Covid passports for entry to nightclubs and large events, as well as recommending working from home.\n\nMr Argar said Tory MPs should make their own minds up as to whether to wear a face covering while in the crowded Commons, after Mr Javid urged people in England to cover their faces in crowded places.\n\nBehavioural expert, Prof Robert West, who advises the government, told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme politicians should lead the public when it comes to mask wearing.\n\nHe said it gave those who are undecided \"a kind of excuse if you like to say, 'If they're not doing it why should I do it?'\"\n\nMr Javid also warned insufficient vaccine uptake would make restrictions in England more likely.\n\nOver the last seven days, the number of Covid patients admitted to hospital has risen by 11% and the number of deaths has increased by 21%, compared with the previous week, although the number remains far below the peak in January.\n\nPlan B would bring England effectively in line with restrictions still in place in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nIn Scotland, face coverings are still compulsory on public transport and in places such as shops; people are asked to continue working from home where possible; and people attending nightlife venues and large events must prove their vaccination status.\n\nAs well as an existing requirement for face masks indoors and a focus on working from home, Northern Ireland has plans to introduce Covid passports and mandatory social distancing if hospital pressures become unsustainable.\n\nThe UK reported another 49,139 cases on Wednesday, and a further 179 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nAround 14% of people in the UK aged 12 and over remain unvaccinated.\n\nHow have you been affected by the issues relating to coronavirus? Have you experienced problems getting a booster jab?", "Ali Harbi Ali was arrested at the scene of the stabbing\n\nA 25-year-old man has been charged with murder and the preparation of terrorist acts after the fatal stabbing of MP Sir David Amess.\n\nAli Harbi Ali was arrested following the attack at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on Friday.\n\nSir David, a Conservative MP since 1983, suffered multiple stab wounds and died at the scene.\n\nMr Ali is a British man whose father is a former adviser to Somalia's prime minister.\n\nNick Price, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: \"We will submit to the court that this murder has a terrorist connection, namely that it had both religious and ideological motivations.\"\n\nMr Ali is accused of visiting the home of one MP, the Houses of Parliament and the constituency surgery of another MP at various times this year as part of reconnaissance for a potential attack.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Ali, from north London, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court. Wearing a grey tracksuit and black-rimmed glasses, he spoke only to confirm his name, age and address.\n\nHe was remanded in custody and is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Friday.\n\nMetropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes sent his \"deepest condolences\" to the family, friends and colleagues of the MP.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Jukes, Assistant Commissioner for the Met Police, said their work continues with Sir David's family remaining in their thoughts\n\n\"Sir David's dedication to his family, his constituents and his community, and his positive impact on the lives of so many has been abundantly clear since his death,\" he said.\n\nSince the killing, a large team of detectives in the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command had been \"working around the clock\" to search several addresses in north London, analyse digital devices and review CCTV, Mr Jukes said.\n\nThere have been no other arrests and police are not seeking anyone else, he added.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police has been working with Parliament's security team and the Home Office to review the protection of MPs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage showing a man believed to be Ali Harbi Ali, accused of the fatal stabbing of Sir David Amess\n\nPolice forces across the country have also been working with individual MPs about their security in their constituencies.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"I hope that the family of David Amess and all those who love him will get the justice they deserve as fast as possible.\"\n\nHe praised the police outreach to MPs on security, but said MPs must not be \"intimidated by this appalling murder into changing the way we conduct our Parliamentary business or the way we work in our constituencies - which I think is the last thing David Amess himself would have wanted\".\n\nOn Tuesday, MPs paid emotional tributes to their colleague, with Mr Johnson saying the killing was a \"tragic and senseless death\" of one of the \"most gentle individuals\" to serve in Parliament.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer praised him as a \"dedicated constituency MP\" and fellow Essex MP Mark Francois called him \"the best bloke I ever knew\".\n\nFloral tributes to Sir David Amess were left outside Parliament", "One home was completely destroyed in the blast in Ayr\n\nDozens of people will spend a third night away from home after an explosion at a property in Ayr.\n\nFour houses in Gorse Park, Kincaidston, are likely to be demolished while 35 others are damaged or strewn with debris.\n\nA family of four remains in hospital after the blast on Monday, the cause of which is still being investigated.\n\nPolice Scotland said it was too early to determine whether it had been caused by gas.\n\nEngineers from Scottish Gas Networks (SGN) remained at the scene on Wednesday.\n\nA 43-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy are being treated for serious injuries at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.\n\nA 47-year-old man is in the city's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital while an 11-year-old boy is in the adjoining Royal Hospital for Children.\n\nOn Wednesday afternoon, South Ayrshire Council confirmed residents of 46 properties could safely return to their homes.\n\nWork is ongoing to re-establish gas supply in the wider area\n\nOf the properties that will be left standing, four have been \"significantly\" damaged and will need extensive repairs before householders can return, the council said.\n\nOthers were damaged by debris and some are not safe to access due to broken windows or debris strewn across gardens or inside properties.\n\nThe council said teams were working to remove debris, but that some people could return to their homes while their next-door neighbours could not.\n\nWork is ongoing to re-establish gas supply to the wider area.\n\nEmergency services will decide whether people can return to their homes\n\nCouncil leader Peter Henderson said: \"I know that council teams, the emergency services and partners have been working tirelessly to help as many people as possible to return to their homes.\n\n\"This is no easy task and I am relieved that their painstaking work has allowed some families to get back home today. Of course, it's still very early days and the devastation caused by this tragic event will take considerable time to rectify.\n\n\"We are committed to working alongside our communities and partners to support them through the aftermath of this terrible event.\"\n\nEarlier, the deputy leader of South Ayrshire Council, Brian McGinley, told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that some residents were back in their homes, some were staying with family and friends and others were in hotels.\n\n\"We need to realise that this has been a very major incident, it's a very demanding and technical situation,\" he said.\n\n\"Clearly we're working as fast and as hard as we can to make sure everybody is safe, that everyone's needs are met. But it's going to take a long time for this community to recover.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Aileen Clarke This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr McGinley added: \"Volunteers are providing rest and food for local people and emergency services - they have clothes, drinks and foodstuffs available. Some people have been a bit traumatised by it so they can come down, have a cup of tea and chat to people about it.\"\n\nThe council also said it had been overwhelmed by donations from the public and offers of help from local businesses.\n\nA hub for residents affected by the incident and emergency service workers has been set up at Kincaidston Community Pavilion.\n\nOne community worker told the BBC that about 120 residents were initially unable to return to their homes following the explosion.\n\n\"[They] had to register to say what location they were in approximate to the explosion and then they could get let back in their houses,\" he said. \"We had kids in getting their evening meals.\n\n\"As far as I'm led to believe one of the local hotels has put some of the residents up, that was [Tuesday] afternoon - I don't know what the situation is now.\"\n\nHe said the centre had received donations from local businesses, including takeaways, supermarkets, bakers and butchers to support displaced people.\n\n\"It's been quite hectic but the emergency services are very appreciative of what we've done for them - the community has rallied round.\"\n\nA total of 35 homes were damaged or strewn with debris\n\nScottish Fire and Rescue Service area commander Ian McMeekin described the aftermath of the explosion as \"extremely challenging\".\n\nAt its height, nine appliances responded to the explosion, which happened shortly after 19:00 on Monday, as well as urban search and rescue teams.\n\nMr McMeekin said: \"There is significant damage to the properties and the surrounding area.\"\n\nHe also thanked the local community for their \"support and understanding\".\n\nResidents needing support following the blast have been urged to contact 0300 123 0900.\n\nThe gas distribution company SGN said it would continue to work with \"expert parties\" in the coming days to establish the cause of the explosion.\n\nA temporary, above-ground gas pipeline has been installed for homes in Kincaidston.\n\nThe company said: \"We'd like to reiterate our reassurance to the local community that the gas network across the area remains safe and secure to use.\n\n\"Our engineers have carried out full safety checks in the area to ensure the safety of all the homes close to the damaged properties.\n\n\"We're aware some residents may have turned off their gas supply at the meter as a result of the incident.\n\n\"If this applies to you, then our engineers are available to visit your property and safely turn your gas supply back on.\"", "Investigators leading a search for the missing fiancé of a murdered US blogger have found apparent \"human remains\" in a Florida park, the FBI has said.\n\nAgents said items belonging to Brian Laundrie, who is a person of interest in Gabby Petito's death, were also found during the search.\n\nMr Laundrie has been missing for over a month after returning to Florida from a joint trip without his partner.\n\nHer body was later found in Wyoming, where the couple had been travelling.\n\nIn a news conference on Wednesday, FBI special agent Michael McPherson confirmed that investigators had found \"what appears to be human remains\" on a search in the Carlton Reserve area.\n\nHe said the remains were discovered along with personal items including a backpack and notebook belonging to Mr Laundrie.\n\n\"These items were found in an area that up until recently had been underwater,\" he added.\n\nOfficials say the remains have not yet been identified and a search of the area is ongoing.\n\nThe case of Ms Petito, 22, and Mr Laundrie, 23, has sparked widespread media attention.\n\nThe couple had spent their summer on a road trip through national parks, documenting their nomadic \"van life\" trip on social media.\n\nMs Petito's parents reported her missing on 11 September after they were unable to contact her since the end of August.\n\nIt eventually emerged that Mr Laundrie had returned to Florida without Ms Petito on 1 September. Her family repeatedly appealed for her fiancé and his family to cooperate with investigators, but he then went missing himself.\n\nHis parents told police they last saw him on 13 September - when he went hiking alone and never returned.\n\nMs Petito's body was eventually discovered in Wyoming on 19 September. A coroner ruled last week that she had been strangled to death and left for weeks before her body was found.\n\nMr Laundrie has not been charged with crimes relating to Ms Petito's killing, however, the FBI has issued a federal arrest warrant and charged him with fraudulently using her debit card after her death.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA lawyer for Mr Laundrie's parents confirmed they were in the area where the items were discovered on Wednesday.\n\n\"Chris and Roberta Laundrie were at the reserve earlier today when human remains and some of Brian's possessions were located in an area where they had initially advised law enforcement that Brian may be,\" Steve Bertolino said.\n\nHe added the couple would \"wait for forensic identification of the remains\" before commenting further.\n\nMr Bertolino earlier told reporters that \"some articles\" had been discovered on a trail frequented by Mr Laundrie within a park where a car driven by him was earlier discovered.\n\nThe FBI's Tampa field office tweeted after the discovery that the nature reserve was closed to the public.\n\nFBI special agent Michael McPherson said that officers would likely be processing the scene for several days.\n\n\"I know you have a lot of questions, but we don't have all the answers yet,\" he told the media.\n\nThe plight of Gabby Petito has captured global attention and triggered a debate over the amount of attention accorded to missing white women compared with other missing persons.", "Ruby Rose left The CW's Batwoman after appearing in just one season\n\nWarner Bros has hit back at Ruby Rose's claims that there were poor working conditions on the set of Batwoman.\n\nThe actress left the show, which began on the CW network in 2019 and airs on E4 in the UK, after just one series.\n\nWriting on her Instagram story on Wednesday, Rose posted a string of allegations of abuse, negligence and poor working conditions.\n\nWarner Bros said it did not hire Rose for a second season after receiving complaints about her behaviour.\n\nThe company described Rose's account as \"revisionist history... aimed at the producers, the cast and crew, the network, and the studio\".\n\n\"The truth is that Warner Bros Television had decided not to exercise its option to engage Ruby for season two of Batwoman based on multiple complaints about workplace behaviour that were extensively reviewed and handled privately out of respect for all concerned,\" a spokesperson told BBC News.\n\nRose previously indicated she left the series due to a combination of being injured on set and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on production.\n\nFor the second season, she was replaced by Javicia Leslie, who is also currently starring in the third.\n\nActor Dougray Scott said he \"completely refuted the defamatory and damaging claims\" Rose made against him\n\nHowever, Rose has now posted multiple allegations about the working conditions of Batwoman in a 10-page Instagram story, accusing several senior figures of poor or abusive behaviour.\n\nShe asked fans to \"stop asking\" if she would return to that \"awful show\", adding: \"I wouldn't return for any amount of money... nor did I quit.\n\n\"They ruined [the character] Kate Kane and they destroyed Batwoman, not me. I followed orders, and if I wanted to stay I was going to have to sign my rights away.\"\n\nShe alleged several people working on the production had sustained serious injuries, including herself, a personal assistant, and a crew member who sustained third-degree burns.\n\nRose acknowledged that she \"fought people on set\", but said this was because she \"wanted safety\".\n\nShe also accused her co-star Dougray Scott of yelling at women on set and \"hurting a female stunt double\".\n\nResponding to her claims in a statement, Scott told the BBC: \"I absolutely and completely refute the defamatory and damaging claims made against me by [Rose]; they are entirely made up and never happened.\n\n\"As Warner Bros Television has stated, they decided not to exercise the option to engage Ruby for season two of Batwoman based on multiple complaints about her workplace behaviour.\"", "As we've been reporting, cases of coronavirus are rising sharply, frontline doctors say they are under huge pressure and some healthcare staff report being burnt out. But the government in England says there's no reason to change tack right now.\n\nMoving to Plan B on tackling the pandemic would involve relatively small changes to people's lives. It would mean compulsory face masks on public transport and in shops, and/or advice to work from home.\n\nMinisters say the NHS is extremely busy but they don't believe the pressure is unsustainable. There is still headroom and the country is in a much more positive place than it was last autumn.\n\nEven as cases rise, the Covid vaccination programme is keeping a lid on hospital admissions and deaths - and that's why speeding up access to booster vaccines for the over 50s and jabs for young teens is a priority, as well as targeting the five million people who've so far refused a vaccine.\n\nThis will increase protection for the majority of the population over the next few months.\n\nAnd with infections rising, natural immunity from the virus is also helping that process.\n\nPredicting what will happen to cases is tricky. Cases could still flatten and come down or continue to rise to 100,000 as Health Secretary Sajid Javid warned on Wednesday.\n\nIn many countries in Europe, the picture is much rosier and that's causing some concern in the UK as a whole.\n\nThere is no precise trigger for Plan B - it's a wait-and-see judgement call, and the government in England is still biding its time.", "Morocco has banned flights to and from the UK due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nSeveral UK airlines and holiday companies have been told by the Moroccan government that flights will be suspended from 23:59 BST on Wednesday until further notice.\n\nFlights between Morocco and Germany and the Netherlands have also been suspended.\n\nThe BBC has contacted the Moroccan embassy and tourism office, as well as the UK Foreign Office for comment.\n\nLatest figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said that Morocco's weekly rate of reported coronavirus cases on 14 October stood at 10.4 per 100,000 people, compared with 445.5 per 100,000 people in the UK.\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK reported 43,738 new Covid-19 infections, with new cases above 40,000 for seven days in a row. The number of patients in hospital rose by 10% in a week to 7,749 on Monday.\n\nAnother 223 deaths were recorded, the largest number since March, although daily figures are often higher on Tuesdays.\n\nThe UK government updated its advice on travel to Morocco to state that the Moroccan government has suspended direct flights between the UK and Morocco for an unspecified period of time.\n\nUK passengers are not banned from travelling from the country, but must travel via a third country to do so.\n\nThe advice states that UK travellers will need to provide proof that they have been fully vaccinated for at least two weeks or a negative PCR test taken no more than 48 hours before boarding.\n\nThey will also be asked to present a Public Health Passenger form to the Moroccan authorities on arrival.\n\nEasyJet has said that it was told this morning. It has cancelled its outbound flights from the UK, Germany and Netherlands to Morocco until 30 November.\n\nThe airline had two flights operating from Manchester and Gatwick to Marrakech, which it will operate as \"ferry flights\" for return customers due to travel back to the UK today.\n\nIt said that, ahead of receiving further guidance from the Moroccan government, it intends to fly inbound flights in the coming days as repatriation flight options.\n\n\"We are contacting all customers whose flights are cancelled with their options, which include a free of charge transfer, receiving a voucher or a refund,\" an EasyJet statement said.\n\nBritish Airways has cancelled a flight from Heathrow to the same destination, meanwhile holiday operator Tui confirmed it had also been contacted by the Moroccan government.\n\nTui said: \"We are contacting customers in departure date order to discuss their options, which include amending to another destination or a full refund. We would like to thank our customers for their patience and understanding during this time.\"\n\nThe tour operator said it currently has about 2,000 UK travellers in Morocco, but hasnot yet confirmed whether it will need to bring these passengers back early.\n\nThe flight ban will affect families in England and Wales who booked half-term holidays in Morocco for next week.\n\nMorocco's National Office of Airports said the policy will remain in place \"until further notice\".\n\nThe UK's Foreign Office has updated its advice on travel to Morocco to include the latest development.\n\nIt says that passengers returning to the UK from Morocco should contact their airline or tour operator to arrange an alternative route via a third country, such as Spain or France, where flights are operating as normal.\n\nAlison Sedgewick says the changes to restrictions have put her off travelling until next spring at least\n\nAlison Sedgewick is currently on holiday in Agadir, off the south-western coast of Morocco, with her husband and son.\n\nOn Thursday, they were due to return from their first holiday in the two and a half years since her son was born.\n\n\"You couldn't write it… the one week we've chosen to go away and they've closed the borders while we're here,\" she said.\n\nHowever, Ms Sedgewick added she felt hopeful that because she booked a package holiday with Tui, things would get sorted out swiftly. She said she received a \"holding message\" from the tour operator, telling her she will hear more information within 24 hours.\n\n\"I'm hoping it'll be a bit sooner than that because the bus to the airport is supposed to be picking us at half six tomorrow evening,\" she added.\n\nWhile she joked that her main concern is ensuring she doesn't run out of nappies for her son, Ms Sedgewick said she did feel put off the idea of travelling during the upcoming winter months.\n\n\"We debated doing a city break in November or December but I don't feel confident travelling abroad over winter because things like this might become more common,\" she said.\n\nPeter Mercer said the ban will have a \"major impact\"\n\nMeanwhile, Peter Mercer, the owner of the Dar Zaman boutique hotel in Marrakech, said that several guests were \"rushing around\" and attempting to return to the UK on Wednesday before the ban came into place.\n\n\"It's going to have a major impact, not just from the UK but also the flights from Germany and the Netherlands,\" he said.\n\n\"It's not very encouraging because we're suddenly back to where we were in March 2020. In terms of our business model, it is worrying. People perhaps will lose faith in travel because restrictions can be imposed with little notice.\"\n\nWhile Mr Mercer said that he agrees with the Moroccan government's actions to reduce the spread of coronavirus, he hopes any restrictions on travel will be short-term.\n• None How are travel rules being relaxed?", "St Helena, pictured here is its capital Jamestown, has remained free of coronavirus\n\nAlasdair and Gill Maclean say they felt a bit guilty having spent much of the past year happily living on a beautiful, tropical island, untouched by Covid-19.\n\nThe English couple had been sailing around the world prior to the start of the pandemic, when they arrived at the British Overseas Territory island of St Helena, in the middle of the south Atlantic.\n\n\"We had been due to leave 10 days later, and we ended up spending just over eight months,\" says Mr Maclean.\n\nHe adds that he and his wife were conflicted about updating friends back in the UK about their good fortune. \"How do you tell them you're having a lovely time, freely going to restaurants, and partying when they're all in lockdown?\"\n\nAlasdair and Gill Maclean say they were very happy indeed on St Helena\n\nLocated some 1,200 miles (2,000 km) west of the African nation of Angola, and 2,500 miles east of Brazil, St Helena has a population of around 4,500 people, and is 47 sq miles (121 sq km) in size. To put that into context, it has about the same landmass as Jersey in the Channel Islands.\n\nSt Helena's claim to fame since March 2020, is that it remains one of only a handful of places on Planet Earth to have not reported a single case of coronavirus.\n\nThis meant that when the UK government introduced its Covid traffic light system back in May, for countries (and overseas territories) that people could visit, St Helena was always one of the few on the green list - meaning you wouldn't have to quarantine upon your return.\n\nThe island hopes that this spotlight has encouraged more potential tourists to visit.\n\nMatthew Joshua, the St Helena Government's head of visitor information services, says this already appears to be the case. \"We're getting an increase in inquiries. It has put St Helena on the map.\"\n\nSt Helena is part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, while South Georgia is the largest constituent of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands\n\nBut how exactly do you get to St Helena? Prior to the opening of the island's airport in 2016 the only way to reach the island was by sea.\n\nThen for the first year of the airport's operation it was unusable due to safety concerns about high winds over the approach to the runway. This led to the facility, which cost the UK government £285m, being dubbed \"the world's most useless\" airport.\n\nHowever, after a number of trial flights, the airport was eventually passed as safe to use, with the first commercial flights starting in October, 2017.\n\nMr Joshua says the issue got unfair press coverage. \"We don't have tropical storms like you do in the Caribbean, but there is wind.\"\n\nBefore the pandemic, St Helena was served by weekly flights from Johannesburg and Cape Town. But these routes are still on hold due to coronavirus restrictions in South Africa.\n\nInstead, St Helena is currently served by Titan Airways charter flights every three weeks to and from London Stansted Airport.\n\nFor many people, St Helena is best-known as the place where French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to, and where he died in 1821.\n\nVisitors to the rocky, steep-sided island can see the house where he lived, which is now a museum. Other attractions include sea fishing, diving, hiking, the colonial era streets of the capital Jamestown, the warm weather, and exploring the fauna and flora - the island is home to more than 500 species of plants and animals not found anywhere else.\n\nNew Economy is a new series exploring how businesses, trade, economies and working life are changing fast.\n\nBack in 2019, St Helena had 5,135 overnight visitors, plus the odd day-visit by cruise ships. This number then fell to 2,071 in 2020, mostly before the end of March, and then down to 696 from January to July of this year.\n\nCurrently all visitors have to quarantine for 10 days.\n\nThe island has just two hotels, which remain closed. Sasha Ella, communications manager for the largest - Mantis St Helena Hotel - says that times have been tough, and they will only return to normal when the world puts coronavirus behind it.\n\n\"It is our feeling that when access and frequency of the flights to the island, and relaxation to the quarantine restrictions, take place, only then will a positive effect be felt on the island,\" she says.\n\nSt Helena also has a number of private guest houses.\n\nAnother very remote, and Covid-19 free British island that was permanently on the UK government's green list, is South Georgia. Located in the south Atlantic, some 800 miles south east of the Falkland Islands, it is 1,362 sq miles (3,528 sq km) in size.\n\nOnly accessible by sea, the island has no permanent human population. Instead there are two government officers, and two dozen or so staff from the British Antarctic Survey, the UK's polar research institute.\n\nLike St Helena, South Georgia is now waiting for tourists to return. Prior to the pandemic, it would be visited by cruise ships going to and from the coast of Antarctica.\n\nIn the summer of 2019/2020 (its summer is during winter in the UK) it had 12,568 visitors, but this fell to just two people in 2020/21.\n\n\"In a normal year, tourism accounts for around 20% of our income,\" says Ross James, visitor management & bio-security officer for the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands.\n\nThe island has no overnight accommodation available for visitors, who instead only stay for a few hours, and have to follow strict rules during their visit designed to safeguard the natural habitat.\n\nPrior to their arrival people are also encouraged to watch a video guide to the region, narrated by David Attenborough.\n\nAll cruise firms that travel to South Georgia are members of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators. Amanda Lynnes, the organisation's director of environment & science coordination, has this advice for visitors: \"Use your experience to be an ambassador for South Georgia's continued protection.\"\n\nSouth Georgia has dramatic snow-topped mountains for visitors to see amid cold temperatures - even in its summer months it struggles to go above 6C.\n\nBy contrast, St Helena enjoys highs of 34C. Yet Mr Maclean says it is not just the pleasant weather that makes it special. \"St Helena is up there as one of the friendliest communities in the world,\" he says.", "Human remains found in a Florida park on Wednesday are those of Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of murdered blogger Gabby Petito, the FBI says.\n\nThe body of Mr Laundrie, who had been missing for over a month, was identified using dental records.\n\nMr Laundrie, who was a person of interest in Gabby Petito's death, returned to Florida last month from a joint road trip without his partner.\n\nHer body was later found in Wyoming, where the couple had been travelling.\n\n\"On October 21, 2021, a comparison of dental records confirmed that the human remains found at the T Mabry Carlton Jr Memorial Reserve and Myakkahatchee Creed Environmental Park are those of Brian Laundrie,\" the FBI said in a statement on Thursday.\n\nA lawyer representing Mr Laundrie's parents released a statement, saying: \"Chris and Roberta Laundrie have been informed that the remains found yesterday in the reserve are indeed Brian's.\n\n\"We have no further comment at this time and we ask that you respect the Laundries' privacy at this time.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, officials said that the remains had been discovered in a part of the park that until recently had been underwater. Other items, including a backpack and notebook belonging to Brian, were also found during the search.\n\nAccording to NBC News, bones and a skull were discovered during the search.\n\nIn a short news conference on Thursday, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno praised officials for working under \"treacherous conditions\" in the park.\n\nHe described the chest-deep water as being filled with rattlesnakes and alligators.\n\n\"It's not like you're searching a house or a car. These areas are huge and they are covered by water,\" he told reporters gathered outside the closed park.\n\nThe case of Ms Petito, 22, and Mr Laundrie, 23, sparked nationwide media attention.\n\nThe couple had spent their summer on a road trip through national parks, documenting their nomadic \"van life\" trip on social media.\n\nMs Petito's parents reported her missing on 11 September after they were unable to contact her since the end of August.\n\nIt eventually emerged that Mr Laundrie had returned to Florida without Ms Petito on 1 September. Her family repeatedly appealed for her fiancé and his family to co-operate with investigators, but he then went missing himself.\n\nHis parents told police they last saw him on 13 September - when he went hiking alone and never returned.\n\nThe parents, who have been condemned by the Petito family for not doing more to aid investigators, joined the search party on Wednesday. Chris Laundrie, the father, was the person who discovered a bag belonging to his son, the family lawyer told US media.\n\nThe rapid discovery of Mr Laundrie's remains and other evidence following the participation of his parents in the search has led some to speculate that they may have planted his remains or evidence.\n\nHowever, Steve Bertolino, the couple's attorney, told CNN that any suspicion that his clients planted evidence at the scene was \"hogwash\".\n\nHe added that Chris Laundrie had made a chance discovery.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Petito's body was eventually discovered in Wyoming on 19 September. A coroner ruled last week that she had been strangled to death and left for weeks before her body was found.\n\nMr Laundrie was not charged with crimes relating to Ms Petito's killing. However, the FBI issued a federal arrest warrant and charged him with fraudulently using her debit card after her death.", "The inquest heard how Anthony Rees did not want to wait for his son to help him move the stove\n\nA 78-year-old farmer died while trying to move a 74 stone (470kg) stove, an inquest has heard.\n\nAnthony Rees was moving the Aga cooker at his home in Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, near Ruthin, Denbighshire, when it fell and crushed him in June.\n\nHis wife Elizabeth Rees said she asked him to wait until their son could help but \"he wanted to get the job done\".\n\nShe said medication he was taking for cancer could have influenced his actions.\n\n\"The medication may have contributed to the accident... it was out of character,\" said Mrs Rees.\n\nThe former deep sea diver, who turned to farming after retiring as a marine operations manager, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer last April.\n\nIn a statement from Mrs Rees, read out at the inquest in Ruthin, she described how her husband had built a four-wheeled trolley to move the stove in June.\n\nShe said she told him to wait until their son Daniel could come to help but he moved it on his own.\n\nThe 470 kg log-burning Aga stove was being removed to be replaced with a new oil-fuelled model\n\n\"I couldn't understand why he had been so keen to go ahead,\" Mrs Rees said.\n\nThe cooker toppled over, pinning Mr Rees to the ground and she was unable to free him.\n\nAfter dialling 999 she called a neighbour, David Heller, who managed to move the cooker while she freed her husband.\n\nParamedics and doctors carried out CPR but he was declared dead at the scene, and the cause of death was given as crush injuries to the chest.", "A Conservative ex-minister has urged the government to \"tell people they must not eat so much\" in an effort to stop them getting \"grossly overweight\".\n\nLord Robathan said the current anti-obesity strategy for England was not working and there had to be more emphasis on personal responsibility.\n\nIt should not be \"socially acceptable\" to be very overweight, he added.\n\nBut the government said it was important not to create more anxiety for people with eating disorders.\n\nAccording to official figures, 28% of adults in England are obese - meaning fat accounts for more than 30% of body weight - with the rate almost doubling from 15% since 1993.\n\nAnd during the pandemic more than 40% of adults in England gained weight, according to a survey by Public Health England.\n\nBut the charity Beat estimates about 1.25 million adults in the UK have an eating disorder, such as anorexia, bulimia or binge eating disorder.\n\nThe government's anti-obesity strategy for England, published last year, says losing weight is \"not just about an individual's effort\", and calls for healthy food options, and better nutritional advice, to be made more widely available.\n\nSpeaking in the House of Lords, Lord Robathan, a former Conservative MP, responded: \"I'm glad the government recognises the huge problem this is and the dangers that being overweight bring, especially during Covid. But... the strategy, as good as it might be, is not actually working.\n\n\"Is it not time, perhaps, to revert to the situation when I was young, when it was not socially acceptable to be grossly overweight and push individual responsibility?\n\n\"The government's policy should tell people they must not eat so much.\"\n\nHealth minister Lord Kamall replied: \"One of the things we always have to be careful about with any strategy or programme is the unintended consequences.\"\n\nHe added that the government was also focusing on \"not creating more problems and concerns and anxiety for those who suffer from eating disorders\".\n\nLord Kamall said health officials had been looking in detail at policy on obesity and that \"further details will be made available\" at a later date.", "An innovative type of medicine - called gene silencing - is set to be used on the NHS for people who live in crippling pain.\n\nThe drug treats acute intermittent porphyria, which runs in families and can leave people unable to work or have a normal life.\n\nClinical trials have shown severe symptoms were cut by 74% with the drug.\n\nWhile porphyria is rare, experts say the field of gene silencing has the potential to revolutionise medicine.\n\nSisters Liz Gill and Sue Burrell have both had their lives turned around by gene silencing.\n\nBefore treatment, Liz, from County Durham, remembers the trauma of living in \"total pain\" and, at its worst, she spent two years paralysed in hospital. Younger sister Sue says she \"lost it all overnight\" when she was suddenly in and out of hospital, made redundant and did know whether her partner would stick with her (he did).\n\n\"It was scary,\" she tells me.\n\nBoth became used to taking potent opioid painkillers on a daily basis. But even morphine could not block the pain during a severe attack that needed hospital treatment.\n\nGene silencing gets to the root-cause of the sisters' disease rather than just managing their symptoms. Their porphyria leads to a build-up of toxic proteins in the body, that cause the physical pain. Gene silencing \"mutes\" a set of genetic instructions to block that protein production.\n\nBoth had been taking the therapy as part of a clinical trial and are still getting monthly injections.\n\n\"The difference is astronomical, we're not in pain anymore,\" Liz said.\n\n\"You're not dependent on opiate-based pain relief and that leads to things like being able to succeed in a job and being able to buy your own home.\"\n\nLiz and Sue hitting the beach last year\n\nSue, from Norfolk, said the therapy had transformed her life: \"[You're] able to do things that you couldn't do before, being able to be a mother better, being able to be a wife better… to just live life.\"\n\nClinical trials showed the gene silencing therapy, called givosiran, cut the number of severe attacks by 74%.\n\nThe National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which approves drugs for use in England, said the therapy \"would improve people's quality of life\" and was \"value for money\".\n\nYour DNA contains the instructions for running the human body\n\nProf David Rees, the director of the King's College Hospital National Acute Porphyria Service, told the BBC: \"To find a drug that really does transform people's lives is extraordinary.\"\n\nHowever, acute intermittent porphyria is rare. Only around 17 people are diagnosed in the UK each year.\n\n\"[But] if we can control genes and switch them on and off when we want to, then almost anything is possible in terms of treating diseases including Alzheimer's and cancer and everything else,\" Prof Rees said.\n\nGene-silencing has already proven effective in other rare genetic diseases such as amyloidosis. Its ability to tweak how DNA works in the human body, without permanently altering it, has already seen it used as a twice-a-year cholesterol busting jab.\n\nTara Moore, a professor of personalised medicine at the University of Ulster, said gene silencing had the potential to be as big as antibiotics.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's Inside Health: \"It will be, it's a very powerful tool, it is so specific, it's really phenomenal.\n\n\"There's really nothing to stop us targeting so many different diseases from cancer to cardiovascular disease to cholesterol problems.\"", "The government has laid out its plans to reduce emissions sharply by 2035 and take the UK towards being a zero carbon economy by 2050. These including more electric cars, planting trees and moving away from gas-powered central heating.\n\nBut what potential hazards are there ahead for ministers?\n\nSome in the prime minister's own party doubt the economic arguments in favour of moving towards what they consider an over-reliance on renewable energy sources.\n\nConservative MP John Redwood asked in the House of Commons what would happen when the sun stopped shining and the wind stopped blowing. Another, Steve Baker, said a lot of \"assumptions\" were involved and asked that ministers carry out a \"comprehensive audit\" of their plans.\n\nTory MP: What happens when the wind doesn't blow?\n\nOthers are concerned about the cost to the general public, particularly those on lower incomes, and the impact that, in turn, may have on their chances at the next election.\n\nCraig Mackinlay said it could become \"electorally difficult\" once people realised the plans \"cost them money\" or mean \"a lifestyle that's not as convenient\".\n\nGiven that the Conservatives have an 80-seat majority, this is unlikely to stop any plans becoming law, but if some of Mr Johnson's backbenchers are not persuaded, there could be some political turbulence.\n\nShadow business secretary Ed Miliband was scathing in his response to the government's announcement, saying there was nothing like \"the commitment we believe is required\", in terms of investment, to cut greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nLabour's commitment to borrow and invest £28bn per year in tackling climate change is a markedly different approach to the Conservatives. The Treasury has said borrowing heavily to cut greenhouse gases goes against the \"polluter pays\" principle and passes the costs on to future taxpayers.\n\nIt's not certain how this will play out in Parliament or whether this could become an important dividing line between the parties - and how it would play with voters.\n\nThe Treasury accepts there will be an overall cost to achieving net zero emissions in the short term, but sources stress the cost of inaction would also be significant.\n\nNo overall figure is given but officials admit new taxes will be needed to recoup the revenue lost from the move away from petrol and diesel fuelled cars, for example.\n\nThe government raised £37bn from fuel duty and vehicle excise duty in the 2019-20 financial year, or about 1.7% of GDP.\n\nA carbon tax could plug some of this, but the takings would dwindle as emissions fall, leaving a big shortfall.\n\nHow will voters feel if their bills go up to cover the costs?\n\nIn an assessment to go with the government's carbon-cutting plans, the Treasury said that \"as with all economic transitions, ultimately the costs and benefits of the transition will pass through to households through the labour market, prices and asset values\".\n\nThere is evidence of public support for stronger measures to tackle climate change, but if households end up having to spend a lot more money to go greener, there could be increased unease among voters that the government will not want ahead of a likely general election in the next couple of years.\n\nIn particular, it is feared this could go down badly in some of the former industrial areas of the the Midlands and northern England where the Conservatives made large gains from Labour in 2019.\n\n\"Any policies we bring in will be designed to be fair across the board,\" the PM's spokesman said.\n\nOne thing most governments agree on is that any effort to reduce emissions must be international if it is to succeed in limiting temperature rises.\n\nWith the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow fast approaching, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hope his plan prompts other countries to make similar commitments and boost the chances of the UK brokering a renewed global effort to cut greenhouse gases.\n\nIf the world's biggest CO2 producers - including the US, China and India - reach an agreement it could ease domestic political pressures and allow him to claim more of an environmental \"legacy\".\n\nUS President Jo Biden and Indian PM Narendra Modi are attending COP26, but China's Xi Jinping is not thought likely to do the same.", "David Henderson was the aircraft's operator since its purchase in 2015\n\nThe man accused of organising the flight carrying footballer Emiliano Sala was \"distressed\" once he knew it had crashed, a court has heard.\n\nDavid Henderson, 67, of Main Street, Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, said he had been monitoring the plane's trip between Nantes and Cardiff.\n\nSala and pilot David Ibbotson died in the crash in January 2019.\n\nMr Henderson denies endangering the safety of an aircraft and has begun giving evidence in his defence.\n\nHe told Cardiff Crown Court he \"was getting concerned\" when trying to monitor the aeroplane on the radar.\n\n\"I think I rang Cardiff to see what time it was expected, they didn't know,\" he said.\n\n\"Time was ticking on. I rang Exeter and then Guernsey and that's when they told me they had lost contact.\n\n\"I was very concerned and distressed. I feared the worst.\"\n\nThe single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft was carrying the 28-year-old striker and Mr Ibbotson when it went down 22 nautical miles north-west of Guernsey on the evening of 21 January 2019.\n\nAsked how he felt at the time, Mr Henderson said: \"The whole scenario - to lose an aeroplane and a person I know and a passenger - I was very badly affected by the news.\"\n\nHe added he had been suffering from \"anxiety\" since, and \"barely an hour goes by without it being in my mind\".\n\nSala's body was recovered, but Mr Ibbotson, 59, from Crowley, Lincolnshire, has never been found\n\nFay Keely, who owned the plane, told the court on she had informed Mr Henderson that Mr Ibbotson should not fly the aircraft again after she was notified by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of two infringements that had happened while he was in the air.\n\nMs Keely said: \"As far as I was concerned, I had made my feelings clear that he shouldn't be flying the aircraft.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Henderson said he phoned Ms Keely after receiving the order from her by email to explain the situation, and that he had changed her mind about Mr Ibbotson.\n\nHe told the court: \"I said he's [Mr Ibbotson] mortified by it and admitted his mistake and that it won't happen again.\"\n\nHe added: \"I believe I'd brought her around about David Ibbotson.\"\n\nStephen Spence, defending, asked Mr Henderson: \"If you thought there was a problem, would you have used him to fly her sister a month later?\"\n\nThe court heard how Henderson had got his private pilot's licence in 1983 after serving in the RAF for two years, later getting a commercial licence to fly in the UK and America.\n\nHe said he used this to co-pilot and travelled \"literally all over the world\".\n\nThe Piper Malibu N264DB disappeared from radar near the Channel Islands on 21 January\n\nEarlier, as the prosecution drew its case to a close, the court heard more about Mr Henderson's version of how the flight came about by means of a letter sent to the CAA in April 2020.\n\nThe letter was read to the jury by Stephen Hunt, from the CAA.\n\nIn the document, Mr Henderson said he had received a phone call from football agent Willie McKay asking for an aircraft between 18 and 21 January, 2019.\n\nMr Henderson was in France at the time but said Mr McKay was \"very persistent, so I offered to see if there were any other pilots who were available\".\n\nHe said he sent Mr Ibbotson a text message saying: \"Do you fancy a weekend in Nantes?\" Mr Ibbotson replied: \"Yes.\"\n\nMr Henderson said there was no discussion about payment at the time, and he had \"previously made it clear to Mr McKay that the flights were private\".\n\nThe letter also outlined his relationship with Ms Keely, the owner of the plane.\n\nHe said: \"I was never paid a fee by Miss Keely - she offered me the use of the aircraft on a fuel-only basis.\n\n\"She was happy for me to allow hire of the aircraft to suitable parties.\"\n\nPilot Mr Ibbotson raised concerns to Mr Henderson about the Piper Malibu aircraft, the court heard\n\nThe letter also said Mr Ibbotson had called Mr Henderson when he arrived in Nantes, and highlighted \"a soft pedal issue and an oil leak\", adding: \"He thought he had heard a bang on the descent into Nantes.\"\n\nMr Ibbotson said he \"was obviously concerned about the issue\", but the court heard he had spoken to engineer David Smith who \"was satisfied the aircraft remained air worthy\".\n\nResponding to a question asking whether he accepted being the organiser of the flight, Mr Henderson said: \"While I accept that I looked after the aircraft, at the relevant time the person who had control of the aircraft was Mr Ibbotson.\"\n\nHe added: \"At no time was there any reason for me to believe Mr Ibbotson was not qualified to fly the aircraft.\"\n\nThe court has previously heard Mr Ibbotson did not hold a commercial pilot's licence, was not allowed to fly at night and that his rating to fly the Piper Malibu had expired.", "The terror threat level currently facing MPs has been raised from \"moderate\" to \"substantial\" following a review, the government has announced.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel told the Commons that police and intelligence services would \"properly\" reflect the change in their security arrangements.\n\nBut she added there was no information on \"any credible or specific threat\".\n\nThe announcement comes after Conservative MP Sir David Amess was killed in his constituency on Friday.\n\nHis stabbing, while meeting constituents at a church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, came five years after the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.\n\nA 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack on Sir David and police are treating the killing as a terrorist incident.\n\nFollowing a security review by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, Ms Patel told the Commons: \"While we do not see any information or intelligence which points to any credible or specific or imminent threat, I must update the House that the threat level facing Members of Parliament is now deemed to be substantial.\"\n\nShe added: \"I can assure the House that our world-class intelligence and security agencies and counter-terror police will now ensure that this change is properly reflected in the operational posture.\"\n\nThe terror threat for the UK as a whole is currently also deemed to be \"substantial\", meaning an attack is \"likely\". At the \"moderate\" level, this is judged to be \"possible but not likely\".\n\nThe terror threat level is best understood as a shorthand that serves two purposes.\n\nFirst, it gives the public an insight into what security chiefs think. So while not as remotely revealing as local crime statistics - it gives us a bit of a clue as to the national picture and, in theory, helps keep the public aware.\n\nSecondly, it should help keep the UK's security and emergency agencies on their toes by making sure they have got the right plans and resources in place to minimise the likelihood or impact of an attack.\n\nFor 11 years, the level has been broken down publicly into three parts: The threat from international terrorism, the threat from Northern Ireland paramilitaries inside Northern Ireland - and the threat from those paramilitary groups to the rest of the UK.\n\nMy understanding is that until Wednesday there was not a formal assessment of the threat to Parliamentarians which had been kept secret.\n\nThe Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre - the body that analyses and assesses all available intelligence to come up with the rating would regularly discuss the safety of MPs in a similar way to how it would debate the threats to other potential targets in society.\n\nThat broad-brush assessment has now been formalised into an official rating of its own.\n\nAddressing the Commons, Ms Patel also called social media a \"cruel space\", saying: \"It has become far too permissive for too much cruelty and harm and it's not just levelled and leveraged towards elected Members of Parliament.\n\n\"We see children, different people of different races, religious groups being targeted and affected by some of the most awful, barbaric statements. That is what has to stop and change.\"\n\nFor Labour, shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called on the the government to outline what would be done to protect the staff of MPs.\n\nHe added: \"In order to stand firm in the face of these threats, we must do everything possible to guard against these violent positions, not least as we hear, as the home secretary has set out, that the threat level to MPs has been raised to substantial, and we accept the assessment made by the joint terrorism assessment centre that the threat has increased.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sajid Javid said people should take up their offer of a jab, or risk restrictions being reimposed\n\nIf not enough people get vaccinated, it is more likely restrictions will be reintroduced in England, the health secretary has said.\n\nSajid Javid said the government would not be bringing in its Plan B measures, which include mandatory face coverings and working from home, \"at this point\".\n\nHe added that he did not believe the current pressures on the NHS were unsustainable.\n\nBut he warned cases could rise to 100,000 a day.\n\nDaily Covid cases have been above 40,000 for eight days in a row, with 49,139 new infections reported on Wednesday.\n\nNHS leaders have said some restrictions must immediately be reintroduced if England is to avoid \"stumbling into a winter crisis\".\n\nUnder the government's plan for tackling Covid in England over the winter, restrictions will only be reintroduced if the NHS comes under \"unsustainable pressure\".\n\nMr Javid told a Downing Street news conference: \"If not enough people get their booster jabs, if not enough of those people that were eligible for the original offer... if they don't come forward, if people don't wear masks when they really should in a really crowded place with lots of people that they don't normally hang out with, if they're not washing their hands and stuff, it's going to hit us all.\n\n\"And it would of course make it more likely we're going to have more restrictions.\"\n\nHowever, No 10 earlier said there were no plans for another lockdown in England.\n\nAsked about the pressures on the NHS, Mr Javid said: \"Don't get me wrong, there are huge pressures, especially in A&E, in primary care. At this point we don't believe they're unsustainable.\"\n\n\"If we feel at any point it's becoming unsustainable… we won't hesitate to act,\" he added.\n\nProf Stephen Powis, national medical director of NHS England, said he expected the number of Covid patients in hospitals to continue to rise due to the high number of infections in the community.\n\n\"It undoubtedly feels exceptionally busy in the NHS and our NHS organisations are telling us that all the time,\" he said.\n\nProf Powis said there was \"no one number\" that the government would consider to trigger new restrictions - but it would look at factors including infection rates, vaccine effectiveness, hospital admissions, as well as flu and other viruses.\n\nAs of Tuesday, there were 7,891 patients in hospital. Another 179 people were reported to have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus on Wednesday.\n\nIt is important to remember that the situation is very different to 12 months ago.\n\nThe vaccination programme has transformed the situation, and has completely changed the calculation for ministers about the risks of coronavirus cases spreading, versus the many downsides of restrictions.\n\nBut there are nerves in Westminster about what might happen next. The health secretary warned the pandemic is not over, and the government's efforts to control it can't be either.\n\nAnd once again, at those famous three lecterns in Downing Street, ministers are asking all of us to think again about how we act.\n\nThe ultimate fear from the government's critics is that, in an echo of last autumn, their actions to control the disease could come too late.\n\nMr Javid also announced that people eligible for a Covid booster jab can book online if they have not received an invite from the NHS.\n\nBooster doses can be offered to people who are at least six months on from receiving their second dose.\n\nThe health secretary said boosters could be booked online if people had not been invited within a week of reaching the six month milestone.\n\nSeparately, around 14% of people in the UK aged 12 and over remain unvaccinated.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth accused Mr Javid of complacency, telling the BBC: \"The simple truth is that the so-called wall of defence we've built up with vaccination is now crumbling.\"\n\nHe said it was disappointing the health secretary did not give details on \"how he is going to grip this and drive up the vaccinations we need\".\n\nMeanwhile, the government has agreed deals for two new Covid treatments.\n\nThe Antivirals Taskforce has secured 480,000 courses of molnupiravir, which trials found cuts the risk of hospital admission or death by about half, as well as 250,000 courses of PF-07321332/ritonavir, which is currently undergoing clinical trials.\n\nIf approved by the UK's medicines regulator, the Department of Health said thousands of patients would be able to access the treatments this winter.", "Dua Lipa threw her support behind the idea\n\nThe team behind Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey will choose the UK's entrant for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest.\n\nTap management, which also looks after Ellie Goulding and Hailee Steinfeld, will take over the selection after the UK came last in this year's contest.\n\nJames Newman failed to score a single point with his song, Embers, extending an embarrassing run of failures at the contest.\n\nNo UK entrant has made the top 10 since Jade Ewen in 2009.\n\nTap's involvement means that record label BMG will no longer be involved in selecting the UK's entry.\n\nTap Management began in 2009 after Ben Mawson, then a practising lawyer, met Lana Del Rey and helped her escape unfavourable deals she'd signed early in her career.\n\nRealising her potential, he teamed up with Ed Millett, an experienced music manager, and together they helped establish the New York musician as one of the defining voices of her generation.\n\nTheir company has since expanded to London, Berlin, Sydney and Los Angeles, while also establishing its own record label.\n\nReacting to the news Mawson said: \"We're really excited to be teaming up with the BBC for this event and will use Eurovision to authentically reflect and celebrate the rich, diverse and world-class musical talent the UK is globally renowned for.\"\n\nIn an interview with BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat, Mawson said the process of choosing the artist and song was \"not simple\".\n\n\"I think our conclusion was [Eurovision] is not as political as people think,\" he said. \"And I think we should focus on getting some really special music and a really special artist that represents Britain in the best possible way.\n\n\"We don't want to see Eurovision as a boom or bust night for the artist. We want to see this as a platform for development for a career. We don't know yet if they'll be a new artist but if they are we want to make sure this is going to be a really positive experience.\"\n\nSpeaking to The Sun, Dua Lipa said: \"I'm a proud Brit whilst also being a proud Kosovan. I'm happy to lend my manager to the cause. I'll be cheering them on!\"\n\nRock band Måneskin were the victors at this year's Eurovision\n\nDespite the lack of success in recent years the appetite for Eurovision is clearly still strong for viewers in Britain.\n\nThis year's Eurovision Song Contest was won by Italian rock band Måneskin, whose song Zitti E Buoni became a top 20 UK hit. Their victory was watched by an average audience of 7.8 million on BBC One, making it the most watched final since 2014.\n\nSpeaking of the hook-up with Tap, BBC entertainment boss Kate Phillips said that the corporation has \"grand ambitions\" for the 2022 contest, and was \"really excited to announce this collaboration that will enable us to tap into some great music talent.\"\n\nThe competition will take place at Turin's PalaOlimpico Arena on May 10, 12 and 14, with the final landing on the latter date.\n\nThe European Broadcasting Union announced on Wednesday that all 39 countries that took part last time out are set to return next year, plus two additional ones - Montenegro and Armenia.\n\nItaly has previously hosted the contest in Naples and Rome.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Judi and Graziano had been due to dance to Physical by Olivia Newton-John\n\nLoose Women's Judi Love has been ruled out of Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe presenter is the second contestant to come down with the virus in this series, after Tom Fletcher caught it a day after the first live show.\n\nJudi and dance partner Graziano Di Prima have been in the dance-off for the past two weeks, but have been saved by the judges both times.\n\nThe pair will return next week, \"all being well\", a show spokesperson said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Judi Love This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Strictly statement said: \"Judi Love has tested positive for Covid-19 and is now self-isolating following the latest government guidelines.\n\n\"While Judi and Graziano will not be taking part in Strictly Come Dancing this weekend, Strictly Come Dancing protocols mean that all being well, they will return the following week.\"\n\nThey had been due to perform the Cha Cha Cha to Physical by Olivia Newton-John on this week's show.\n\nTom and his partner Amy Dowden missed one week after they both tested positive.\n\nMeanwhile, Robert Webb has withdrawn completely, saying he had \"bitten off way more than I could chew\", two years after having open heart surgery.\n\nFormer rugby star Ugo Monye is due back on the dancefloor this Saturday, however, after missing last week's show with back problems.\n\nBruno Tonioli is not among the judges on this year's series\n\nIt was also announced on Thursday that Bruno Tonioli will return to the judging panel for Strictly's 2022 UK arena tour after missing the current TV series due to difficulties travelling to and from America.\n\nThe US-based Italian has been replaced by Anton Du Beke for the TV show, but will be reunited with Craig Revel Horwood and Shirley Ballas next January and February.\n\nTonioli said he was \"absolutely delighted\" to be involved.\n\n\"I've missed my fellow judges, I've missed the glitz and glamour of the tour and I've missed the amazing audiences that come to see us all over the country - I hope you have missed me too,\" he said.\n\n\"I cannot wait to be back alongside Shirley [Ballas], Craig, the celebs and the pros.\"\n\nTonioli is also a judge on Strictly's US equivalent, Dancing with the Stars, and has previously flown back and forth between both shows. But this year he is appearing only on Dancing With The Stars.\n\nStrictly judges (left to right) Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Bruno Tonioli\n\nThe tour will feature performances from some of the celebrities and professional dancers from the current series of the BBC One show.\n\nCommenting on Tonioli's return, Revel Horwood, who will also direct the live shows, said: \"Next year is going to be bigger and better than ever before.\n\n\"With Bruno coming back to join us on the judging panel, this year will be just fab-u-lous.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Mr Bannon's lawyers say he will not co-operate with the inquiry\n\nThe US House of Representatives has voted to hold ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress, opening him up to a potential prosecution.\n\nMr Bannon had defied a summons from a congressional panel investigating the 6 January riot at the US Capitol.\n\nThe House select committee voted to hold him in contempt on Tuesday, before passing the matter to the full chamber.\n\nThursday's vote largely fell along party lines, with 229 voting in favour compared to 202 against the move.\n\nOnly nine Republicans in the Democratic-controlled chamber voted to hold Mr Bannon in contempt.\n\nHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi is now expected to certify the vote before it is referred to the US Department of Justice, which has the final say on charges.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When a mob stormed the US capitol\n\nA committee investigating the riot has been chasing testimony from Mr Bannon about his communications with Mr Trump before the invasion of the Capitol, as well as any knowledge he may have had of plans to overturn the results of the November 2020 election.\n\nSupporters of Mr Trump stormed the Capitol building and disrupted certification of President Joe Biden's electoral victory. More than 670 people have been arrested.\n\nAs Thursday's vote began, Representative Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the 6 January committee, said Mr Bannon was believed to have \"valuable\" information about the riot.\n\n\"What sort of precedent would it set for the House of Representatives if we allow a witness to ignore us flat out without facing any kind of consequences?\" said the Mississippi Democrat.\n\nIndiana Republican Jim Banks took to the floor of the House to slam the \"illicit criminal investigation into American citizens\" and said Mr Bannon had become a \"boogeyman\" for the Democratic party.\n\nUS Attorney General Merrick Garland, who leads the justice department, testified earlier on Thursday to Congress about the likelihood of criminal charges for Mr Bannon.\n\nMr Garland said that the department will \"apply the facts and the law and make a decision, consistent with the principles of prosecution\".\n\nContempt of Congress cases are notoriously difficult to litigate - the last time such a prosecution took place was in 1983 against a Reagan administration official.\n\nMr Trump has urged former aides and allies to reject requests to testify before the 6 January committee, claiming that his communications from the time are protected by executive privilege - a legal principle that shields many White House missives.\n\nMr Bannon has yet to comment on the proceedings. His attorney has previously said that he will only co-operate if Mr Trump's executive privilege claim is legally resolved.", "Boris Johnson went for a run in Manchester on Sunday morning\n\nBoris Johnson has pledged the Conservatives will \"change and improve\" the economy after the pandemic, as the party opens its annual conference in Manchester later.\n\nThe PM said the country cannot \"go back to how things were\" before Covid.\n\nHe has accused the haulage industry of being too reliant on low-paid immigration, amid shortages at petrol stations.\n\nThe military is due to begin delivering petrol across the UK from Monday.\n\nTwo hundred military servicemen and women, 100 of them drivers, will provide \"temporary\" support to ease pressure on forecourts.\n\nThe government has also announced 5,000 temporary visas for foreign lorry drivers to plug a shortage of lorry drivers worsened by Covid, Brexit and other factors.\n\nAlthough the industry and opposition parties have dismissed these figures as inadequate, Mr Johnson has said importing drivers is not a long-term solution.\n\nSpeaking on Saturday, he said: \"What we don't want to do is go back to a situation in which we basically allowed the road haulage industry to be sustained with a lot of low-wage immigration.\"\n\nHe added that a \"mass immigration approach\" had made the sector less attractive by reducing wages and \"the quality of the job\".\n\n\"People don't want that. They want us to be a well-paid, well-skilled, highly productive economy and that's where we're going.\"\n\nHowever, he did not rule out issuing more temporary visas, saying the situation would remain \"under review\".\n\nThe conference comes amid a backdrop of the Army preparing to drive petrol tankers\n\nAhead of the Conservative conference beginning on Sunday, the prime minister vowed to take \"big, bold decisions\" to rebuild after the pandemic.\n\n\"We didn't go through Covid to go back to how things were before - to the status quo ante. Build Back Better means we want things to change and improve as we recover.\"\n\nThe post-pandemic recovery is set to be a key theme of the four-day event in Manchester, along with the government's effort to \"level up\" regional inequalities.\n\nAround 10,000 delegates are expected in Manchester for the party's first in-person conference since Covid, and the first since its 2019 election victory.\n\nAs the conference begins, the party has promised £22m extra funding for councils to renovate tennis courts, and £30m for schools in England to repair sports facilities.\n\nThe party argues this will help equalise access to sport in poorer regions, with unplayable courts more likely to be found in deprived areas.\n\nThe prime minister has both a substantial Commons majority and leads a party that most recent opinion polls suggest is more popular than Labour.\n\nBut as the conference here begins the pressures on the government stack up: queues at some petrol stations, fears of further shortages on shop shelves, even staffing issues in abattoirs.\n\nPrices are rising just as both the furlough scheme and the uplift to universal credit end and an increase to National Insurance looms.\n\nBoris Johnson insists he is taking what he calls the \"big, bold decisions\" on the priorities people care about, such as social care and supporting jobs.\n\nExpect plenty of talk here in the next few days about the government's desire to \"level up\", as ministers call it.\n\nIt is a promise that collides for many with the reality that it's bills that are going up.\n\nThe government has made \"levelling up\" a priority ahead of the next election but is facing criticism from some of its own MPs that the concept remains vague.\n\nOn Sunday, 10 Tory MPs elected in 2019 became the latest set of backbenchers to make demands on the issue, calling for more power to be handed to local councils, and for tax breaks for community businesses and social enterprises.\n\nThere is also concern in the party over the effect of rising inflation and surging energy costs, combining with the withdrawal of a universal credit top-up of £20 a week, which was introduced during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nSome of the party's MPs, including former leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, have joined opposition MPs in warning about a squeeze on living standard for the poorest households.\n\nLabour, which has warned of a \"winter of discontent\", has urged the PM to recall Parliament to discuss the fuel crisis.\n\nThe party's leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on the government to issue \"enough visas\" to deal with the lorry driver shortage and give \"key workers\" priority access to fuel.\n• None Party conferences: What to expect this year", "United Airlines says it will fire staff who refuse a vaccine and don't qualify for an exemption\n\nThe boss of United Airlines has told the BBC that firing staff who refuse to get a coronavirus vaccine is \"just the right thing to do\".\n\nAround 300 of the airline's 67,000 US based staff are yet to comply with the strict policy, after an initial deadline of 27 September.\n\nVaccine hesitancy has been a hugely divisive issue in the US but President Biden recently made it easier for big companies to take a tougher line.\n\nCEO Scott Kirby says United's strict policy is \"about saving lives\".\n\nHe adds that \"when I retire someday, hopefully long in the future, I will look back at this and it will be one of the proudest moments of my career that we've made the tough decision, but the right decision to require vaccines.\"\n\nMore than 250 staff have complied with United's policy since last week's deadline. A further 2,000 employees have requested an exemption on medical or religious grounds. They haven't all been granted, but final numbers won't be clear until legal processes are resolved.\n\nAny dismissal process could take weeks or months as the company says it would follow agreements with trade unions.\n\nUnited CEO Scott Kirby says insisting that staff are vaccinated is \"just the right thing to do\"\n\nMr Kirby says his airline's experience holds a lesson for other companies too which has been applauded by an \"awful lot\" of customers.\n\n\"Despite all the rhetoric and all the challenges that business leaders may think they're going to have with the vaccine requirement, we did it. It was seven weeks from the time we announced it until we finished and we got to 99%.\"\n\nWhilst Mr Kirby is pleased about the influence he's been able to have over his staff there is frustration about the lack of a single global system for recognising the Covid vaccine and test status of passengers.\n\nThe airline trade body, the International Airline Transport Association, is amongst those who have tried to introduce a unified system.\n\n\"It's really complicated, and I don't blame governments\", says Mr Kirby. He points out that \"there's different vaccines in different parts of the world, every country has their own regulatory apparatus\".\n\nUnited's passengers numbers in the first half of 2021 were at only 48.8% of pre-pandemic levels\n\n\"I've never thought that we would get to a world where we had a single system that applied broadly, it'd be great if we could, just it was always impractical\".\n\nSo far the pandemic has led to losses of more than $8.7bn at United. Passenger numbers of 38.6m in the first six months of this year point to recovering demand. That is slightly higher than the same time last year, but is only 48.8% of pre-covid levels, when United was the world's fourth biggest airline.\n\nThe company had been predicting that autumn would bring a return to profitability, but \"the Delta variant caused a setback\", says Mr Kirby. He says that the forthcoming easing of travel restrictions that will essentially reopen transatlantic travel \"is really important for us\".\n\nThe hope is that the airline will reach \"at least a breakeven [point] at the start of the next year, particularly as we get vaccination rates up, and as Delta variant cases start to come down\".\n\nThe majority of United's staff have been vaccinated against coronavirus, including this pilot who was jabbed at United's onsite clinic at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport\n\n\"Widespread vaccine rollout is crucial to the recovery of the global aviation industry\", says the independent aviation consultant Andrew Charlton. Last year, passenger numbers fell 60% to 1.8 billion and the industry lost $126bn, according to IATA, which said it was the worst year on record. Further big losses are forecast for this year.\n\n\"United, like the other big American carriers, have generally coped pretty well with the pandemic\" says Mr Charlton. He explains this is because \"around 75% of their operations are domestic travel which hasn't been disrupted as badly as international flights. Assuming there are no more big shocks that has given them financial resilience to reshape and resize themselves for after the pandemic\".\n\nDespite getting more than $10bn of support from the US government to get through the pandemic, much of which has been repaid with private borrowing, the airline is still investing heavily in the future. As well as ordering 270 new aircraft it is planning to launch supersonic flights in 2029, they would be the first commercial flights that are quicker than the speed of sound since Concorde retired in 2003.\n\nBoeing 737's make up the majority of United's big recent order of new aeroplanes\n\nThe planes are being made by Boom Supersonic and are expected to reach speeds of 1,122mph (1,805km/h). Going that fast requires more fuel than conventional aeroplanes, which has led to criticism about their environmental impact.\n\nMr Kirby says \"it's been important that we've worked with Boom Supersonic to develop these aeroplanes in a sustainable way. This will be the first aeroplane, the first aircraft engines ever designed from scratch to run on 100% sustainable aviation fuel\".\n\nMr Kirby is adamant that there is a need to travel so quickly. \"It's much more productive for you as a business traveller or even as a leisure traveller to get there faster\".\n\nBut it is business travellers that the airline has in mind for the $200m aircraft. When it comes to the economics, Mr Kirby says \"an all-business class aeroplane at the kinds of business class fares that we charge today is profitable\".\n\nUnited Airlines hopes it will be able to start supersonic travel in 2029\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Archive This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe is resolute that business travel will return in the pandemic despite the rise of video calls. \"Business travel is about human relationships. It's not about the transaction\".\n\n\"I think zoom and technology like this is going to replace phone calls. But it is not going to replace the need to be there in person\".\n\nLeisure travel will also recover says Mr Kirby, but he agrees with a recent Boeing forecast that it will take until 2024 for global aviation to fully recover from the pandemic.\n\nHe predicts domestic US travel, the majority of his business, will lead the way. \"Certainly by 2023, probably by the end of next year, we're back to normal travel between the US and Europe\". But, he adds \"there are parts of the globe that are going to take longer\".\n\nYou can watch Scott Kirby's full interview on \"Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst\" this weekend on BBC World News at Saturday 23:30 GMT, Sunday 05:30 and 16:30 GMT, Monday 07:30 GMT and 16:30 GMT and Thursday at 07:30 GMT.", "Armed forces personnel will begin delivering petrol to garages across the UK from Monday, the government says.\n\nAlmost 200 servicemen and women, 100 of them drivers, will provide \"temporary\" support to ease pressure on stations.\n\nMinisters have also announced that up to 300 overseas fuel tanker drivers will be able to work in the UK immediately until the end of March.\n\nThere have been long queues at petrol stations this week after a shortage of drivers disrupted fuel deliveries.\n\nMinisters - who have maintained there is enough fuel if people buy at their normal rates - say the situation at petrol station forecourts is improving, with more fuel now being delivered than sold.\n\nBut they acknowledge some parts of the country are worse affected than others.\n\nBrian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association, which represents nearly 5,500 of the UK's 8,300 petrol stations said Scotland, the north of England and parts of the Midlands had seen a \"distinct improvement\" with fewer dry sites.\n\nBut he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it remained a \"big problem\" in London and south-east England, where \"if anything it had got worse.\"\n\nHe said the military drivers will be a \"large help\" but a \"prioritisation of deliveries to filling stations, particularly the independent ones, which are the neighbourhood sites\" was needed \"immediately\".\n\nMr Madderson warned drivers would see a rise in fuel prices next week, but because of \"global factors\" not because of profiteering.\n\nOn Friday, the RAC motoring group also said the disruption in deliveries was continuing to ease, though many areas were still experiencing supply issues.\n\nSmaller fuel stations were facing major supply problems as drivers filled up for the weekend, it said.\n\nMilitary personnel are currently training at haulier sites and will be on the road delivering fuel supplies across the country to \"help fuel stocks further improve\" from Monday, the government said.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said personnel would be seen working alongside drivers this weekend following training this week.\n\nIn addition to the 300 fuel tanker drivers being allowed to work temporarily in the UK, temporary visas are also being offered to 4,700 food haulage drivers who are able to arrive from late October and leave by 28 February 2022.\n\nVisas are being offered to a further 5,500 poultry workers who can come from late October and stay until 31 December.\n\nPreviously, the government said these temporary visas would last until Christmas Eve.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said there were \"continued signs that the situation at the pumps is slowly improving\".\n\n\"UK forecourt stock levels are trending up, deliveries of fuel to forecourts are above normal levels, and fuel demand is stabilising,\" he said.\n\n\"It's important to stress there is no national shortage of fuel in the UK, and people should continue to buy fuel as normal.\"\n\nMore than a week after queues started appearing on petrol station forecourts, just under 200 military personnel will take to the roads.\n\nMinisters say it takes time to train up servicemen and women to drive large tankers carrying highly flammable substances into built-up areas.\n\nWhile they will help with getting supplies to garages, there's been a concern inside government that falling back on the armed forces could be counter-productive.\n\nWhat message does it send to worried motorists to see soldiers driving petrol tankers? Could it lead to more panic buying?\n\nMinisters are confident the situation will continue to stabilise, but they've been under pressure to take more urgent action.\n\nIt's notable that alongside the decision to deploy the military, up to 300 tanker drivers will be allowed into the UK from overseas immediately - several weeks before the wider visa scheme comes into effect.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer called on the PM to recall Parliament from party conference recess, saying \"emergency action\" was needed to speed up the visas.\n\nBut Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused the haulage industry of being too reliant on low-paid migrant workers.\n\nHe added that he would not allow the UK to repeat the \"failures\" of the past, by allowing mass immigration to create a \"low-wage, low-skill economy\" for British workers.\n\nThe haulage industry says the driver shortage already existed, but has been made worse by factors including the pandemic, Brexit, an ageing workforce, low wages and poor working conditions.\n\nA survey from earlier this year suggests a number of reasons for the driver shortage\n\nIn addition to offering temporary visas, the government last week set out a number of other measures aimed at limiting disruption in the run-up to Christmas and beyond.\n\nThese include increasing HGV (heavy goods vehicle) testing capacity, sending nearly one million letters to drivers who hold an HGV licence, encouraging them back into the industry, and offering training courses for HGV drivers.\n\nMeanwhile, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned there is global disruption to supply chains in other industries, which could continue until Christmas.\n\n\"These shortages are very real,\" Mr Sunak told the Daily Mail. \"We're seeing real disruptions in supply chains in different sectors, not just here but around the world. We are determined to do what we can to try to mitigate as much of this as we can.\"\n\nAnd the Financial Times reports that turkeys will be imported to the UK from France and Poland in the run-up to Christmas after farmers reared about one million fewer birds.\n\nBritish Poultry Council chief executive Richard Griffiths told the paper that Brexit had cut off the industry's supply of cheap labour.", "The Speaker of the House of Commons has asked for an urgent meeting with the Met Police after it was confirmed that Wayne Couzens was on duty five times at Parliament last year.\n\nSir Lindsay Hoyle said it was \"extremely concerning\" and raised questions about police vetting policy.\n\nThe Met confirmed Couzens was on armed protection duties at Parliament between February and July 2020.\n\nCouzens was given a whole-life sentence on Thursday for Sarah Everard's murder.\n\nA serving Met police officer at the time, Couzens kidnapped the 33-year-old under the guise of an arrest in March as she was walking from a friend's house.\n\nIn a statement, Sir Lindsay said he had requested a meeting with police to discuss how Couzens, 48, was deemed suitable for deployment to the parliamentary estate.\n\n\"The security of members and staff has always been my number one priority, so I want to know how this man could ever have crossed the parliamentary threshold,\" Sir Lindsay said.\n\nThe parliamentary estate includes the House of Commons and the House of Lords.\n\nThe Met Police had previously said Couzens moved to the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command in February 2020 where his primary role was to patrol diplomatic premises, mainly embassies.\n\nBut a spokesman for the force said on Saturday that he was deployed to armed static protection duties on the estate on five occasions from February to July 2020.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is facing questions over its failure to stop Couzens, with calls for Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick to resign and an inquiry into police misogyny.\n\nCouzens is believed to have been in a WhatsApp group with five police officers who are now being investigated for gross misconduct.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct watchdog previously said he was linked to a flashing incident in 2015 and two more days before he killed Ms Everard.\n\nCouzens used his police warrant card to trick Ms Everard into being handcuffed, then drove her to Kent where he raped and murdered her. He later burnt her remains in what was a premeditated attack on a random victim.\n\nIn light of \"understandable public concern\" over what happened to Ms Everard, Police Scotland are introducing a new verification check for lone officers.", "Rosie Morgan (left) donated a kidney to her best friend Zoe (right) earlier this year\n\nA woman who donated a kidney to her best friend joined a man with Down's syndrome among the Welsh runners in this year's London Marathon.\n\nRosie Morgan, 27, from Bridgend, made the donation to her friend Zoe, who suffered kidney failure, in March.\n\nMeanwhile, Michael Beynon from Chirk was running again, having become the first Welsh man with Down's syndrome to do the race in 2020's virtual event.\n\nRunners took part both in London and virtually in this year's race.\n\nRosie was running for the charity Kidney Wales, just months after saving her friend Zoe's life.\n\nZoe was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in November 2019 and went into kidney failure in March 2020, just as the UK entered its first coronavirus lockdowns.\n\n\"We were given that news the day that the UK went into lockdown, and I remember sitting on her sofa and sobbing, knowing that once I left her house that night I wasn't going to be allowed back,\" Rosie said.\n\nRosie said she \"didn't hesitate\" to be tested to see if she was a match for Zoe, which she was.\n\nAfter a \"terrifying\" year of appointments and preparation, the transplant was scheduled for February, but was pushed back by a month, allowing Zoe to have her Covid vaccinations.\n\nThe pair have been recovering since, but despite this, Rosie took part in an 62-mile (100km) ultra-marathon just a few weeks after surgery.\n\nJust weeks after surgery, Rosie ran in the same ultra-marathon as her surgeon, Michael Stephens (left)\n\nSince donating a kidney, Rosie said she had to watch her salt and alcohol intake, but otherwise her day-to-day life had not really changed.\n\nShe said: \"Organ donation changes your life but it doesn't have to affect what you do.\n\n\"I know a lot of people that have said to me they didn't realise that they could donate and still carry on with life as it was before, and so that's my main goal... showing that you can still do things with one kidney.\"\n\nAlthough she has run longer races, Sunday was Rosie's first 26-mile marathon - unlike Michael.\n\nIn 2020, he became the first Welsh man with Down's syndrome to run the London Marathon, when he completed the virtual race in his former home of Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.\n\nBut this year, Michael, 26, was competing in the London race alongside thousands of other runners.\n\nHe said: \"I'm really proud to be an ambassador for Mencap to show what people with Down's syndrome like me can achieve if given an opportunity.\"\n\nMichael became the first Welsh man with Down's syndrome to run the London Marathon in 2020's virtual event\n\nOther differences with last year's virtual race include Michael's training, which has been taking place on the steep slopes surrounding Chirk Castle with his new puppy, Bella.\n\nMichael, who doctors thought would have to spend his whole life in a wheelchair, is also being joined this year by his girlfriend, Ffion Edwards, who also has a learning disability.\n\nMichael was running this year's marathon alongside his girlfriend Ffion\n\nMichael's mother, Erika Walker, said: \"It's a huge achievement and I know how hard it is to run 26 miles.\n\n\"I'm very proud. Very, very proud. Very proud of what he's achieved, very proud of what he wants to achieve in his life.\"\n\nChris Richards from Bridgend was running to raise funds for WellChild, a charity supporting seriously ill children.\n\nHis own son Geraint was left severely brain damaged and needing round-the-clock care after a near fatal asthma attack caused him to have a cardiac arrest.\n\n\"We as a family had to deal with so many changes whilst caring for his everyday needs,\" said Chris.\n\n\"We had to adapt to suddenly having a profoundly disabled 11-year-old, who couldn't walk, talk or do anything for himself.\n\n\"Our WellChild nurse Rhian Greenslade would visit daily on the ward and provide such a calming effect on us, we dreaded the weekends when we wouldn't see her... we all looked on Rhian as our guardian angel.\"\n\nDespite suffering a knee injury two weeks into training, Chris said he was going to give it \"everything I've got\" to get to the finish line.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nKevin de Bruyne's deflected late equaliser gave Manchester City a fully deserved point after a moment of genius by Mohamed Salah looked to have earned Liverpool victory in an Anfield thriller.\n\nReigning champions City and Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool were each hoping to take over from Chelsea at the top of the table, but this result means Thomas Tuchel's side stay clear at the Premier League summit.\n\nCity dominated the first half but wasted a host of chances and were punished when Sadio Mane was the beneficiary of more Salah brilliance to apply a clinical finish to put Liverpool ahead after 59 minutes.\n\nLiverpool's lead lasted just 10 minutes until Phil Foden, who tormented the struggling James Milner throughout, took a pass from Gabriel Jesus and fired a low, angled finish across Alisson at the Kop end.\n\nCity manager Pep Guardiola was nursing an understandable sense of injustice after Milner somehow escaped a second yellow card for blatantly upending Bernardo Silva, before Anfield exploded in joy after 76 minutes when Salah slalomed his way beyond a succession of City defenders to power home a stunning finish.\n\nCity's performance merited at least a point and secured it when De Bruyne's shot took a deflection off Joel Matip to beat Alisson with nine minutes left.\n\nThe Reds should have won it with five minutes remaining but Fabinho's goalbound shot was kept out by Rodri's sensational block.\n\nLiverpool have bullied City at Anfield in the past but the tables were turned here in the first half, the champions dominating possession and pinning the hosts back in a manner rarely seen under Klopp in recent seasons.\n\nKlopp's side needed a spark to return to at least something like their normal selves and it was talisman Salah who provided it with a virtuoso second-half performance.\n\nThe Egyptian first of all showed his class to set up Mane for a goal that was against the overall run of play but was the result of Liverpool increasing the pace at the start of the second half. Salah's run and pass was sheer perfection and his attacking partner gratefully accepted the invitation to finish in style.\n\nAnd after the excellent Foden drew City level, Salah scored a goal that will live long in the memory as he twisted and turned in between a host of City defenders before lashing an unstoppable finish past Ederson.\n\nIt was a goal worthy of winning any match, but in reality Liverpool could not complain at only getting a point as they struggled to exert their authority.\n\nSalah's masterclass, however, showed once again that he truly belongs among the game's elite.\n\nFoden's importance for City was also emphasised as he gave Milner a nightmare for the 78 minutes the Liverpool veteran was on the pitch, and scored a crucial equaliser just as The Kop sensed their side had finally established supremacy.\n\nMilner, in at right-back with Trent Alexander-Arnold injured, simply could not cope with Foden, escaping with a foul on the edge of the area that was not given then being booked for hauling the youngster down in desperate fashion.\n\nCity were clearly determined to probe the right-hand side of Liverpool's defence where Milner was not actually receiving too much assistance, and it was no surprise that Foden found himself in space to give Allison no chance with a fine finish to level.\n\nThis was a good response from City to their midweek Champions League loss to Paris St-Germain, although once against questions will be raised about the lack of a recognised striker when a host of first-half chances were not taken.\n\nCity's play was measured and, with Ruben Dias and Aymeric Laporte solid at the back, it took those two moments of rare skill by Salah to unlock them.\n\nIt would have been harsh on City had they not got at least a point and Guardiola's joy was obvious when De Bruyne got the leveller, albeit he was running hot with fury at the time after referee Paul Tierney decided against giving that second yellow card to Milner - earning one himself as his vociferous protests continued after Salah had restored Liverpool's lead.\n\nCity have performed impressively against the two teams widely regard as their closest Premier League title rivals in the last eight days, winning at Chelsea then coming away with a point at Anfield.\n\nGuardiola will regard four points as a reasonable return and will be highly satisfied that his team could have had the maximum, even pressing for a winner in the closing moments.\n\nThe most decisive contribution in this frantic finale, however, came from Rodri as he somehow blocked Fabinho in a packed goalmouth when he looked certain to score the match-winner.\n\nHe made a crucial intervention and Guardiola was all smiles again at the final whistle.\n• None Attempt blocked. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fabinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a cross.\n• None Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Kyle Walker (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.\n• None Fabinho (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 2, Manchester City 2. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 2, Manchester City 1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Curtis Jones. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "Many petrol stations in the South East that have had fuel - such as this one in Ashford, Kent - have seen long queues\n\nPetrol supplies are still not getting to London and south-east England, with more than a fifth of forecourts still dry, retailers have said.\n\nThe Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said it hoped the Army driving tankers would help increase fuel deliveries.\n\nBut it said the \"crisis is virtually at an end\" in Scotland, Wales, the North and Midlands.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson earlier did not rule out supply chain problems continuing until Christmas.\n\nBrian Madderson, chairman of the PRA, said: \"The fuel is still not going to the pumps that need it most in London and the South East.\"\n\nOn Sunday morning up to 22% of filling stations in the UK's most populous region were dry and only 60% had both grades of fuel available. The PRA said only 6% of stations were dry in the Midlands, northern England and Scotland.\n\nMr Madderson said the PRA, which represents nearly 5,500 of the UK's 8,000 filling stations, was \"disappointed that no concerted action is being taken to address the supply problems\" in the South.\n\nFilling stations need to get more information ahead of time about deliveries, he said.\n\nHowever, he said in the North there was a \"plentiful supply at filling stations\" and little queuing.\n\nMr Madderson added he hoped the army being deployed \"will help to increase fuel deliveries\".\n\nFrom Monday military personnel will start to be available for hauliers to use, with more than 65 drivers available initially.\n\nThere are plans for 200 members of the army to be deployed in total, including 100 drivers.\n\nA government spokesman said: \"Stocks in London and the South of England have been recovering at slightly slower rates than other parts of the UK, so we have begun deploying military personnel to boost supply in these areas.\"\n\n\"More than half of those who have completed training to make fuel deliveries are being deployed to terminals serving London and the South-East of England.\"\n\nSupermarket Sainsbury's said it was still seeing \"high demand\" for fuel at its petrol stations.\n\n\"We're working closely with our supplier to maintain supply and all our sites continue to receive fuel,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\nMany sectors of the UK economy, including food firms and petrol retailers, have been affected by a chronic shortage of lorry drivers, which the haulage industry has blamed on factors including Covid, Brexit, an aging workforce, and tax changes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: The \"big lever marked uncontrolled immigration\" will not be pulled to solve the driver shortage\n\nOn Sunday Boris Johnson told the BBC's Andrew Marr show that labour market problems would not be solved by pulling \"the big lever marked uncontrolled immigration\" to allow in large numbers of foreign workers.\n\nHe insisted the lack of lorry drivers was not just a problem for the UK, and claimed the US, China, and some countries in Europe were having similar issues.\n\nHowever, there have been no reports of fuel problems or interruptions to food supply linked to driver shortages in those countries.\n\nThe rush of people filling up their cars in the past week was triggered by reports that a shortage of tanker drivers was affecting deliveries.\n\nThe prime minister said the UK economy was going through a \"period of adjustment\" and the way to get more HGV drivers was for the industry to ensure they were \"decently paid\".\n\nHe added: \"We have got to make sure people come on stream as fast as we practically can.\n\n\"When people voted for change in 2016, when they voted for change again in 2019 as they did, they voted for the end of a broken model of the UK economy that relied on low wages and low skills and chronic low productivity. We are moving away from that.\"\n\nMore than a week on from the first forecourt queues and closures, what began as a problem mainly affecting Southern parts of the country has returned to being just that.\n\nFollowing limited supply issues caused by a tanker driver shortage, pleas not to panic buy were seemingly ignored. The resulting crisis has shown the impact a sudden hike in demand can have on the finely balanced supply chain.\n\nMeasures aimed at helping the distribution system cope have included temporarily relaxing competition laws, so oil firms could better share information and target fuel deliveries.\n\nThe situation appears to have improved markedly in many regions of the UK but less so in the densely-populated capital and the South East.\n\nBusinesses, the government and of course millions of motorists will hope the deployment of military drivers from Monday helps to plug remaining gaps.", "Thanks for joining us - stay tuned, there's plenty more to come\n\nWe’re going to leave our live coverage of the Pandora Papers here for the evening, but we’re only just getting started on this massive story – expect plenty more in the coming days. We’ll have more revelations tomorrow and from 07:00 BST we’ll bring you the latest throughout the day here on the live page. And if you just can’t get enough:\n• Read our main story to get all the headlines so far\n• Get up to speed with our simple guide\n• Watch BBC Panorama’s investigation in full on iPlayer (UK only)\n• See how the King of Jordan secretly amassed a £70m property empire\n• Read our story on how Tony and Cherie Blair did not have to pay £312,000 in tax on a new office Thanks for joining us, see you tomorrow.", "The furlough scheme closes on Thursday, with uncertainty ahead for people who have not yet fully returned to work.\n\nNearly one million workers were expected to be on the scheme at the end of September, according to research by the Resolution Foundation.\n\nOf those on furlough in late July, about half on the scheme were able to work some of the time, the HMRC says.\n\nSince the start of the pandemic, it has helped pay the wages of 11.6 million workers.\n\nBut many forecasters, including the Bank of England, are expecting a small rise in unemployment as it ends.\n\nThe chancellor said he was \"immensely proud\" of the near £70bn scheme, but now was the right time to close it, despite calls for further support from some badly-hit companies.\n\nThe travel sector has suffered more than most during the pandemic, with businesses being affected by changing restrictions and lower consumer confidence.\n\nMark Andrew, the director of Animal Aircare, which helps pets travel overseas via Gatwick Airport, said some of his staff may be made redundant if business does not improve.\n\nThe firm has not yet had to lay off staff, which Mr Andrew said was \"purely down to furlough\".\n\n\"Furlough ending means there's a real question mark for our business. We're still waiting for Gatwick to pick up... it seems the airline industry is not buoyant enough yet,\" he said.\n\nAlthough the end of the scheme comes amid a record number of job vacancies, Fidelity International's investment director, Maike Currie, told the BBC that \"no-one really knows what is next\".\n\n\"I think what we can be certain of is that we'll see under-employment, where employees return to work but possibly not on a full-time basis and that they might need to supplement their income.\"\n\nFurlough was introduced in March 2020 after Covid-19 forced large parts of the UK economy to close.\n\nOfficially known as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, it saw the government pay towards the wages of people who could not work, or whose employers could no longer afford to pay them, up to a monthly limit of £2,500.\n\nAt first it paid 80% of their usual wage, but in August and September it paid 60%, with employers paying 20%.\n\nThere have been big recruitment drives for hospitality staff, HGV drivers and warehouse workers as businesses get back on their feet.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Abi is finally back to work after 18 months on furlough and says it feels 'amazing'\n\nLatest official figures show the UK's economy grew by 5.5% between April and June - revised up from the initial estimate of 4.8%.\n\nThe uplift was largely driven by household spending rebounding after lockdowns, although many firms are now being held back by current labour shortages.\n\n\"Any hope that the end of the furlough scheme might be the magic wand to solve the supply chain crisis is likely to be wishful thinking,\" said Susannah Streeter, from Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\nThere is likely to be a big mismatch of skills and experience between those leaving the furlough scheme and the jobs on offer, she added.\n\nChief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke told the BBC: \"We think there are probably two million fewer people unemployed than would have been the case if this scheme hadn't been introduced.\n\n\"I think it's done an enormous amount to shield our economy and our society from the worst of Covid.\"\n\nThe scheme has also been praised by the Resolution Foundation think tank as a \"great success\".\n\nIts senior economist Dan Tomlinson said furlough had been \"as critical to fighting the Covid crisis as nationalising the banks was to fighting the global financial crisis\".\n\nBut the foundation's recent research suggested that a small rise in unemployment was a \"real risk\" for those still on the scheme as it ends, particularly older workers or those in the travel sector.\n\nWhen the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme started, it was described as a bridge over the pandemic uncertainty.\n\nIt has succeeded in keeping the official unemployment numbers at less than half pre-pandemic expectation. For that reason it has proven value for money, despite costing over £68bn.\n\nBut there is now some uncertainty over the fate of the million or so workers still having their wages subsidised.\n\nNew analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies points to regional differences, with London workers for example the most likely still to be furloughed. Older workers are also disproportionately still on the scheme.\n\nIndustries that are yet to return to normal, such as the airport sector, had called for the scheme to be kept in some form. Unions also argue that the UK should follow Germany in maintaining a form of the scheme for future crises.\n\nCertainly a precedent has been set in that the government is willing to spend billions on wage increases if large-scale increases in unemployment are avoided.\n\nAlthough a million vacancies do not map on to the same number still on furlough, it is clear that many industries are having to welcome back more furloughed workers. Partly out of fear of being caught out by worker shortages later down the line.\n\nFor many of those returning to work, conditions will not be the same as pre-pandemic.\n\nJess Pitman was furloughed from her job as marketing manager at a travel firm two weeks after the scheme was introduced.\n\nThe company she works for specialises in organising trips abroad to raise money for charities, but travellers cancelled their plans when Covid hit.\n\nThe firm's payroll has been reduced from 27 to just five and the 29-year-old will return to work part-time, topping up her income with freelance work.\n\nJess Pitman works for a travel firm, which organises fundraising trips for charity\n\n\"I feel really torn about the end of furlough, and I'm really sad for the travel industry as a whole,\" Jess said.\n\n\"I know a lot of people in the industry will be made redundant... I think we'll lose a lot of talented people, which is really disappointing.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) warned that companies in the sector still face \"extreme difficulties\" because of continued travel restrictions.\n\nAbta called for sector-specific support for smaller firms in particular, who have lost two summers of sales, as well as those which specialise in destinations still subject to red list rules.\n\n\"The government needs to look at how it can support these businesses... through a package of tailored financial support,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nElsewhere, the Federation of Small Businesses also cited concerns over a \"colder environment\" for business.\n\nEmployers and workers alike will have to cope with the end of the furlough scheme, as well as the scrapping of an incentive for hiring apprentices, rising energy bills and the planned cut to Universal Credit in October.\n\nHowever, the Treasury said generous support was being provided through its \"Plan for Jobs\", which it said was part of a £400bn spending package.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said he was \"immensely proud of the furlough scheme, and even more proud of UK workers and businesses whose resolve has seen us through an immensely difficult time\".\n\nAre you using the furlough scheme? How will you or your business be affected by the scheme ending? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Dame Cressida Dick has faced calls to resign after the murder of Sarah Everard\n\nThe home secretary will be watching the Metropolitan Police chief \"very closely\" over the vetting of officers in light of Sarah Everard's murder, Solicitor General Alex Chalk has said.\n\nMs Everard was killed by Wayne Couzens - a serving police officer - in March, leading to questions for the force over its failure to stop him.\n\nA number of politicians have called for Commissioner Cressida Dick to resign.\n\nMr Chalk warned Ms Patel would be keeping a close eye on the situation.\n\nCouzens was jailed for a full-life term on Thursday after details emerged of the brutal attack.\n\nHe abducted the 33-year-old as she walked home from a friend's house under the guise of an arrest, before raping and killing her.\n\nDame Cressida said she recognised that a \"precious bond of trust\" had been damaged by Couzens, who had \"brought shame on the Met\".\n\nBut she soon faced calls to resign, with Labour MP Harriet Harman saying women's confidence in the police \"will have been shattered\" by the case.\n\nMs Patel said she would \"continue to work with\" Dame Cressida, and continue to hold her and the Met to account \"as everybody would expect me to do\".\n\nSpeaking at a Conservative Young Women's event at the party's conference, Mr Chalk told the BBC that the police commissioner needed to look at the vetting issue that allowed Couzens to \"slip through the net\".\n\nHe said a lot of people would be concerned by the case, and \"want to be absolutely satisfied that things are about to improve\".\n\nBut he also issued a warning to Ms Dick that she may not keep the confidence of the home secretary if the issue was not sorted out.\n\n\"[Priti Patel] says she has confidence in her, but I suspect the home secretary will be watching very closely to see that the vetting issue is properly investigated and scrutinised,\" he added.\n\nMeanwhile, the Speaker of the House of Commons has asked for an urgent meeting with the Met after it was confirmed Couzens was on duty five times at Parliament last year.\n\nSir Lindsay Hoyle said it was \"extremely concerning\" and also raised questions about police vetting policy.\n\nThe Met confirmed Couzens was on armed protection duties at Parliament between February and July 2020.", "Thousands of videos, graphics and other images have been collected together to form a growing propaganda archive\n\nA Canadian citizen who allegedly narrated violent propaganda videos for the Islamic State group (IS) has been charged in the US.\n\nSaudi-born Mohammed Khalifa is accused of being \"the voice behind the violence\" by providing English narration on some 15 videos.\n\nMany of them encouraged supporters to join IS, while some showed the \"brutal execution\" of prisoners and hostages.\n\nIf convicted, the 38-year-old could face life in prison.\n\nMr Khalifa will appear before a US court next week on charges of providing \"material support to a terrorist organisation, resulting in death\". He denies the charges.\n\nProsecutors say he was also an IS fighter, and during one conflict shortly before being captured, threw a grenade at opposing forces.\n\n\"Through his alleged leading role in translating, narrating, and advancing IS's online propaganda, Khalifa promoted the terrorist group... and expanded the reach of videos that glorified the horrific murders and indiscriminate cruelty of IS,\" Raj Parekh, acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a statement.\n\nAmong the videos are two IS productions which the US justice department has described as \"the most influential and exceedingly violent\" videos that promoted violence against foreign citizens, showed various IS attacks, and the deaths of unarmed prisoners.\n\nAnother video includes a voice recording of Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people in the Pulse Nightclub attack in Florida in 2016, swearing allegiance to IS.\n\nMr Khalifa left Canada in 2013 to join IS in Syria where he became a key member of the group's propaganda team, the US justice department said.\n\nHe allegedly served in a number of prominent roles before becoming its lead translator due to his English and Arabic language skills.\n\nBy translating the videos into English, he played an integral role in the recruitment and radicalisation of Westerners which caused the deaths of numerous people at the hands of IS, prosecutors say.\n\nMohammed Khalifa was captured in January 2019 during a firefight between IS and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) - a US-backed Kurdish-led militia which spearheaded the fight against IS in northwest Syria.\n\nHe was later handed over to the FBI.\n\nIn a newspaper interview after his capture, he said he had been a low-level fighter and \"just the voice\" of IS. He insisted that he had played no role in filming or carrying out the gruesome scenes he narrated.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOnline videos showing beheadings and other atrocities were a key feature of IS's worldwide recruitment drive as the group extended its reach in Syria and Iraq.\n\nBut the propaganda effort dwindled as the militants began to lose territory from 2017.", "The force has asked for anyone with information to contact them\n\nTwo men have been arrested after a video was posted on social media purportedly showed a female nightclubber's drink being spiked.\n\nPolice have said two 18-year-olds from Gloucestershire have been arrested on suspicion of administering a noxious substance and are in custody.\n\nThe footage appears to show a man dropping a tablet into a woman's drink as he reaches to collect his drink.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police is continuing to investigate the incident in Bristol.\n\nThe video taken in Bristol nightclub Pryzm, has been removed from Twitter.\n\nOfficers warned adding substances to anyone's drink without their knowledge is a \"serious offence\".\n\nA police spokesman said doing so could also cause harm if the person was to have an allergic reaction.\n\n\"If you believe your drink has been tampered with on a night out, we'd recommend alerting bar or security staff at the venue, reporting the incident to police by calling 101 and seeking immediate medical advice,\" they said.\n\n\"The same applies if you're with someone and believe their drink has been tampered with.\"\n\nThe force has asked for anyone with information to come forward.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sunday's episode will feature special guests, favourite hymns, musical collaborations and a message from the Queen\n\nThe Queen has congratulated \"all those involved\" in BBC One's Songs of Praise as the show celebrates 60 years on air.\n\nNearly 3,000 episodes of the world's longest-running religious TV programme have aired since its first transmission, from Cardiff, in 1961.\n\nIn a message to be broadcast on Sunday's show in Westminster Abbey, the Queen applauded the series for showing Christianity as \"a living faith\".\n\nHosted by Aled Jones, the show will feature ex-presenters and star guests.\n\nIn a pre-recorded message, the Queen said: \"For 60 years Songs Of Praise has drawn together congregations and BBC viewers throughout the United Kingdom in collective worship.\n\n\"During that time, the programme has shown Christianity as a living faith, not only through hymns and worship songs, but also by featuring the many people who have put their faith at the centre of their lives.\n\n\"I congratulate Songs Of Praise and all those involved in the programme on its 60th anniversary.\"\n\nCommitted Christian and former star of The Goon Show, Sir Harry Secombe was a regular presenter in the 90s\n\nThe show, which continues to reach more than one million viewers each week, was the brainchild of TV producer Donald Baverstock, who - in 1961 - happened to see a test transmission of an outside broadcast of hymn-singing in Welsh from a Welsh chapel.\n\nHe later described the emotional draw of \"ordinary people, in their best hats, singing with their souls\".\n\nMr Baverstock suggested to Stuart Hood, then director of BBC TV programmes, that something similar might suit the designated \"closed period\", between 18.15-19.25 on a Sunday evening, which was - at the time - given over, by law, to religious programmes.\n\nThe first programme came from Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cardiff, from which a format developed of visiting cathedrals and parish churches all over Britain, with the focus on congregational hymn-singing.\n\nIt was an overnight success, reaching as many as 12 million viewers on some Sundays.\n\nThe original broadcasts went out live on Sundays from churches, many of which were chosen because they were near sports grounds, where the outside broadcast vehicles were in use on the previous Saturday afternoons.\n\nBy the time broadcasting restrictions were relaxed in 1972, the show had become a stalwart of the Sunday schedule.\n\nSir Cliff Richard performed at the show's 40th anniversary gala concert in London's Royal Albert Hall\n\nGloria Gaynor also performed at the gala concert in 2001\n\nSinger Charlotte Church presented the Christmas story from Jerusalem in 2000.\n\nOver the years, there have been 270 presenters on the programme, including Sir Cliff Richard, Charlotte Church and audience favourite singer Sir Harry Secombe - who crossed over to the show with the demise of ITV's hymn-themed show Highway in 1993.\n\nActress Dame Thora Hird went on to host spin-off show Praise Be! for 17 years.\n\nPam Rhodes, the programme's longest-serving presenter, has presented 386 episodes, having first appeared on the show in 1987.\n\nCurrent host, Aled Jones, has been with the show for 21 years, having made his Songs of Praise debut as a child in 1988.\n\nThe format of the show has changed over the years, reflecting the changing face of Christianity in the UK.\n\nInterviews were introduced in 1977, to complement the hymn-singing and viewers heard stories of faith from members of the local community.\n\nSongs of Praise hosts the Gospel Choir of the Year competition annually\n\nAs the years went by, there were increasingly ambitious outside broadcasts too.\n\nIn December 1982, Songs of Praise visited the Falklands to meet some of the islanders and armed forces stationed there. More recently, in 2015, an episode was filmed at the so-called \"Jungle\" migrant camp in Calais.\n\nTo mark the millennium, more than 65,000 singers performed live in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.\n\nThe show was relaunched in 2014 in a magazine format, and now features a range of churches, locations, congregations, and choirs - including gospel and Pentecostal churches - but remains firmly \"a Christian music show\".\n\n\"For 60 years, Songs of Praise has held a very special place on BBC One. Never has this been more important than the past year - when as churches had to close their doors, Songs Of Praise continued to bring together people of faith across the UK every Sunday,\" said Patrick Holland, director factual, arts and classical music.\n\nHe added: \"It is a great honour to pay tribute to the world's longest-running religious television programme - long may it continue.\"\n\nSongs of Praise: The 60th anniversary airs on Sunday at 2.45pm on BBC One", "Boris Johnson has said the \"big lever marked uncontrolled immigration\" would not be pulled in order to to solve the UK's shortage of skilled drivers.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr, the prime minister said some ''controlled'' immigration to address the problem was \"entirely sensible\".", "Sarah Everard was murdered after being abducted by a serving Met police officer\n\nA new verification check for lone police officers in Scotland has been introduced in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard.\n\nPolice Scotland said it wanted to reassure the public after she was abducted and killed by Metropolitan police officer Wayne Couzens.\n\nCouzens, 48, used his warrant card to abduct Ms Everard from a south London street before raping and murdering her.\n\nMembers of the public in Scotland can now request a control room check.\n\nPolice Scotland said there was \"understandable public concern\" about the \"horrendous murder of Sarah Everard\".\n\nThe force said its officers normally worked in pairs, but in future on the rare occasions a lone officer approached a member of the public they would \"proactively\" offer an identity check.\n\nUnder the new process, the officer's personal radio will be put on loudspeaker so that another officer or a member of control room staff can confirm they are who they say they are, that they are on duty and the reason the officer is speaking to them.\n\nThe control room will then create an incident number which can be displayed on the officer's mobile phone or radio to confirm the broadcast message details.\n\nIf a lone officer has become involved in an incident they will call 999 and allow the member of the public to speak directly to control room staff.\n\nWayne Couzens (right) is believed to have shown Sarah Everard his police warrant card\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Will Kerr said: \"The appalling circumstances of Sarah Everard's murder have deeply affected people and many are now understandably concerned about verifying an officer's identity.\n\n\"Police officers will, of course, continue to approach any member of the public who appears distressed or vulnerable, to offer support and assistance.\n\n\"However, although it is rare for a lone police officer to have to speak to a member of the public in Scotland, we absolutely recognise our responsibility to introduce an additional means of verification to provide further reassurance to anyone, in particular women who may feel vulnerable, and who might be concerned if they find themselves in this situation.\n\n\"The onus is on us, as a police service, to proactively offer this additional verification process to any member of the public who appears distressed, vulnerable or frightened.\"\n\nCouzens has been sentenced to a whole life sentence after targeting Ms Everard, 33, on a street in south London in March.\n\nHe used his police warrant card to trick her into being handcuffed, then drove her to Kent where he raped and murdered her. He later burnt her remains in what was a premeditated attack on a random victim.\n\nThe full details of his crimes only emerged during his sentencing last week, prompting national outrage and calls for more action to tackle violence against women.", "Last updated on .From the section Cycling\n\nBritain's Lizzie Deignan took a sensational breakaway win in the first edition of the women's Paris-Roubaix.\n\nThe Trek-Segafredo rider pulled away from the peloton with more than 80km to go, before rain affected the course.\n\nThe legendary race on the brutal 'pave' cobblestones returned this weekend after the coronavirus pandemic caused it to be postponed in 2020.\n\n\"I feel so incredibly proud - women's cycling is at a turning point and today is a part of history,\" Deignan said.\n\n\"I'm also proud to be part of a team making history, and even fans watching at home are making history to show there's an appetite for women's cycling - and that these athletes can do one of the hardest races in the world.\"\n\nDeignan, who becomes the first Briton ever to win Paris-Roubaix, powered clear just over halfway through the 116km race before the riders reached the unforgiving cobbled sections that permeate the race known as the 'hell of the north'.\n\nThe 32-year-old took cobbled corners carefully to stay on the bike and protect a lead of two minutes 30 seconds.\n\nShe then also revealed after the race that she was not the rider her team had initially selected for the victory.\n\n\"[Winning] was really not the plan,\" she said. \"I just needed to be at the front on the first section of cobbles to protect the leaders - today I was third rider.\n\n\"I looked behind after the first cobbles and there was no-one behind me, so I thought they have to chase me so, I just kept going.\"\n\nJumbo-Visma's Marianne Vos of the Netherlands broke away from a group of 19 riders chasing Deignan and halved her lead by 10km to go.\n\nHowever, Deignan brilliantly held on to the bike as her rear wheel slewed left and then right across the mud on the treacherous Caphin-en-Pevele sector.\n\nDeignan, who has won the road world championships, Tour of Flanders and the one-day women's Tour de France, beat the sport's greatest riders to lift the famous cobblestone trophy.\n\nShe crossed the line in the soaking wet Roubaix outdoor velodrome ahead of Vos in second and team-mate Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy third, to claim prize money of £1,300.\n\nDeignan will contest the Women's Tour of Britain from Monday, while the men contest a 259km edition of Paris-Roubaix on Sunday for a first place prize of £26,000.\n\nThe first men's race was in 1896.\n\nMeanwhile, Britain's Adam Yates of Ineos Grenadiers finished fourth in the Giro dell'Emilia one-day race in Italy.\n\nThe 29-year-old, who came fourth in this year's Vuelta a Espana, was 10 seconds behind winner Primoz Roglic of Jumbo-Visma.\n• None What's the worst that could happen? Possibly everything! The Goes Wrong Show is streaming now\n• None Ricky Gervais reveals behind-the-scenes facts and secrets of the comedy classic", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson on the Andrew Marr Show: \"We don't want to raise taxes\"\n\nBoris Johnson says the UK is in a \"period of adjustment\" after Brexit and Covid as the country faces petrol shortages and supply chain issues.\n\nA lack of HGV drivers and high demand plunged the UK into a fuel crisis last week, with lengthy queues and closures.\n\nWorries persist about the cost of living, as food and energy prices rise, alongside cuts to universal credit.\n\nBut the PM insisted his plan for a higher wage, higher skilled economy would offer a long-term solution.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr on the first day of Conservative Party conference, Mr Johnson said: \"There will be a period of adjustment, but that is what I think we need to see.\"\n\nHe would not say if supply issues would affect Christmas, but later told reporters he was \"very confident\" the festive season would be \"considerably better\" than last year.\n\nA few thousand people held an anti-government protest outside the event in Manchester on Sunday, where the Tories will be hosting party members until Wednesday.\n\nThe PM also refused to rule out raising taxes again just three weeks before Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces his annual Budget.\n\nHe said he was a \"zealous opponent of unnecessary tax rises\", but warned the pandemic had hit the UK's economy like a \"fiscal meteorite\".\n\nLast month, the government announced it would be raising National Insurance to pay for health and social care.\n\nAt the time, when asked whether he would rule out additional taxes, Mr Johnson said he could give an \"emotional commitment\" that he did not want to introduce further rises.\n\nEarlier this year Mr Sunak also froze income tax thresholds - leading to more people paying the levy - and the extra £20 weekly universal credit payment, brought in during the pandemic, is due to end this week.\n\nAsked on Sunday by Andrew Marr if he would raise taxes again, Mr Johnson replied: \"If I can possibly avoid it, I do not want to raise taxes again.\"\n\nThe PM added: \"I can tell you that you have no fiercer and more zealous opponent of unnecessary tax rises than me, but we have had to deal with a pandemic on a scale which this country has not seen before in our lifetimes and long before.\n\n\"We don't want to raise taxes, of course we don't, but what we will not do is be irresponsible with the public finances.\"\n\nCabinet members are warning against any further tax increases, with Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg telling a party conference fringe event that \"tax is about the highest level it has been since the war\" and \"we are at the upper reaches of the reasonableness of the tax burden\".\n\nHe added: \"We are [at] about the limit of what taxes we can raise.\"\n\nTees Valley Tory Mayor Ben Houchen also called on the PM to avoid further tax rises, saying they would not be \"helpful\" for businesses coming out of the pandemic.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News at the conference, he said: \"I appreciate it is a difficult job being the prime minister and chancellor [and] to balance the books.\n\n\"But if we want to support those businesses to create those jobs to put more money in people's pockets, I don't think tax rises are the way to go about it.\"\n\nForeign Secretary Liz Truss insisted the government did not want to put additional tax burden on working people, saying growing the economy would \"pay the bill from Covid\".\n\nShe told the BBC: \"None of us want to see taxes rise, we are a low tax party. We understand that it is enterprise that is going to deliver the opportunities and we need to keep the tax burden low at the same time as growing our economy.\"\n\nLiz Truss made her first conference speech as foreign secretary on Sunday\n\nAsked about job shortages and supply issues in shops and on petrol forecourts, the PM insisted the lack of lorry drivers - affecting the delivery of goods - was not just a UK issue, claiming the United States and China were seeing similar problems, as well as some countries in Europe.\n\nAnd he said the petrol shortages were \"very largely driven by demand\", adding: \"I understand people's frustrations and I understand how infuriating it is when you turn up and can't get any. But we are making sure we have the supplementary drivers where necessary.\"\n\nMr Johnson called out those who wanted to \"go back to the tired, failed old model\" of \"reaching for the lever called uncontrolled immigration\" to bring people into the country to fill the job gaps.\n\nBut he did not reject comments made by Mr Sunak, who told the Daily Mail the \"very real\" shortages could affect Christmas,\n\nInstead the PM said the country was going through a \"period of adjustment\" post-Brexit and needed to look to a future of \"better paid, better skilled jobs\" for British people.\n\nMr Johnson added: \"What we had for decades was a system whereby [sectors like] the road haulage industry... were not investing in the truck stops, not improving conditions, not improving pay and we relied on very hard working people who were willing to come in, largely from European accession countries, to do that work under those conditions.\n\n\"What you need to do is make sure that people now invest in basic equipment, such as truck stops, and better pay.\n\n\"When people voted for change in 2016 [over Brexit] and when people voted for change again in 2019...they voted for the end of a broken model of the UK economy that relied on low wages and low skill and chronic low productivity and we are moving away from that.\"\n\nAndrew Marr and Boris Johnson argued about what's happened to the average wage, with the prime minister saying we're finally seeing \"growth in wages, after more than 10 years of flat-lining\" but Andrew Marr saying that \"in real terms over the last three months wages have gone down, not up\".\n\nReal wages, a measure that takes account of rising prices, peaked just before the financial crash in 2008 and only returned to that level in August 2020.\n\nSo, there has been a decade of little improvement overall.\n\nRather than \"flatlining\" - as Mr Johnson claimed - it was actually roughly five years of falls followed by growth over most of the last five years.\n\nLast year saw record dips and jumps as the economy was shut down and then re-opened.\n\nBut the most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest that growth may be stalling, with real wages looking lower in July than they were in April.", "People who are immunosuppressed in Northern Ireland will be notified shortly about receiving a third dose of the vaccine.\n\nThe Department of Health told BBC News NI those classed as immunosuppressed have now been identified.\n\n\"They will be receiving a letter shortly advising them to book online to receive the third dose,\" it said.\n\n\"Those identified by GPs will be given a letter advising them to receive a third dose at a community pharmacy.\"\n\nVaccine experts recommended on 1 September that those affected should be given the extra dose to give them fuller protection.\n\nStudies have shown that people who are immunosuppressed, around 500,000 people in the UK, are unlikely to mount a strong defence against the virus, even after two doses of the vaccine.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, a small number of people have recently received their third dose but the department said it expected the bulk of vaccinations to happen over the next few weeks.\n\nThe announcement comes as one more death with coronavirus and another 992 positive cases were reported in Northern Ireland on Saturday.", "Actor and broadcaster Adam Pearson is among thousands of people to oppose a show where a replica of Joseph Merrick's body will be dissected.\n\nKnown as the Elephant Man, Mr Merrick grew up in Leicester and toured the East Midlands as a travelling exhibit before moving to London.\n\nDisability campaigners have likened the \"dinner and dissection\" event to a freak show, and more than 8,000 people have signed a petition against it.\n\nThe show is being held by Sam Piri, who secured funding for his business on the BBC programme Dragons' Den and insists the show is educational.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "Many bus companies cannot run services due to a lack of tourists\n\nAn industry body representing Northern Ireland's private bus and coach sector has said it is at its most vulnerable.\n\nBus and Coach NI said operators are at risk of collapse.\n\nCompanies have not been able to run services due to a lack of tourists. Some businesses have received grants from Stormont.\n\nKaren Magill, chief executive of Bus and Coach NI, told BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Business programme the future for some operators is uncertain.\n\n\"Our industry has been decimated by Covid-19 and at this point in time while other sectors of the economy are recovering, unfortunately we are not.\n\n\"We still have 75% of our fleet idle and we wont see any return to business until March or April next year,\" she said.\n\n\"Despite not being back to full capacity, with little or no income, and restricted demand, we have increased additional costs incurring every day.\n\n\"We have significant Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loans and those increasing Covid debts and restricted demand mean companies are seriously vulnerable.\n\n\"If you have a loan of £1.5m, your monthly repayment now is £16,000, and this is based on actual figures from some companies,\" she said.\n\nAsked if she expects all operators to survive the next few months, Ms Magill said: \"At this point in time, no I don't.\"\n\nCoach operators rely heavily on international visitors who book excursions to well-known tourist areas.\n\nThe pandemic has seen a drastic reduction in the amount of visitors arriving on our shores.\n\nFor Sean Logan, who owns Logan Executive Travel in Dunloy, County Antrim that means his fleet is parked up.\n\n\"We would normally have 50 touring vehicles and at this time of year we would expect our yard to be empty. At the minute we are lucky to get two vehicles on tour a week.\n\n\"There is some school work but it's not what we need, with the value of the fleet we have and the debt we have incurred to survive so far.\n\n\"My house overlooks my yard and the first thing I see when I pull the curtains back in the morning is a coach park. That's basically what we are.\n\n\"They cost me money while they are sitting parked, earning nothing,\" he told Inside Business.\n\nMore than 90 companies have been provided with grants totalling £5.7m\n\nMr Logan had to lay off some office staff as there was not enough work.\n\n\"The staff we have taken back off furlough are on reduced time, working two or three-day weeks.\n\n\"I cannot guarantee categorically that we will survive [the winter]. We have survived this far and we will do everything we can. It has taken over 40 years of my life and we will do the best we can. It's an impossible situation,\" he said.\n\nMs Magill said additional financial support would help the industry.\n\n\"We have had two previous schemes through the Department for Infrastructure… at this stage 50% of businesses out there were not eligible for support. There was a formula which should have made life simple but didn't.\n\n\"We had one operator who received £3,200. Out of that, which is what they were eligible for, they had to pay £1,500 out to their accountant as we had to have all figures backed by an accountancy firm.\n\n\"Other operators have benefited from the scheme,\" she said.\n\nThe Department for Infrastructure said more than 90 companies have been provided with grants totalling £5.7m through two schemes.\n\n\"Minister Mallon is committed to doing all she can where she has the powers within her department and working with executive colleagues to support the industry through recovery.\"", "The financial secrets of hundreds of world leaders, politicians and celebrities has been exposed in another huge leak of financial documents.\n\nDubbed the Pandora Papers it features almost 12 million files from companies providing offshore services in tax havens around the world.\n\nThe data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington DC, which has organised the biggest ever global investigation, spanning 117 countries and involving more than 600 journalists. In the UK the investigation has been led by BBC Panorama and the Guardian.\n\nThe files are the latest in a series of whistleblower-led investigations that have rocked the world of finance in recent years.\n\nSo let's round up the other major leaks of the past decade.\n\nIn September 2020 the FinCEN Files exposed the failure of major global banks to stop money laundering and financial crime. They also revealed how the UK is often the weak link in the financial system and how London is awash with Russian cash.\n\nThe files included more than 2,000 suspicious activity reports (SARs), filed by financial institutions to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Agency, or FinCEN, a part of the US Treasury Department. They also include 17,641 records obtained through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and other sources.\n\nThey were obtained by BuzzFeed News which shared them with the ICIJ and 400 journalists around the world, including BBC Panorama, which led the investigation in the UK.\n\nA huge batch of leaked documents mostly from offshore law firm Appleby, along with corporate registries in 19 tax jurisdictions, which revealed the financial dealings of politicians, celebrities, corporate giants and business leaders.\n\nWho leaked the data? The BBC does not know the identity of the source. The 13.4 million records were passed to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and then shared with the ICIJ. Panorama led research for the BBC as part of a global investigation involving nearly 100 other media organisations, including the Guardian, in 67 countries.\n\nA confidential settlement was later reached between the BBC, the Guardian and Appleby over the reporting of the leaked documents, which Appleby said were taken by hackers. The Guardian and BBC said the reports were in the public interest but did not give more detail about the settlement.\n\nUntil Pandora this leak was seen as the daddy of them all in data size. If you thought the Wikileaks dump of sensitive diplomatic cables in 2010 was a big deal, this carried 1,500 times more data.\n\nSüddeutsche Zeitung's \"brothers\". Despite surnames that sound exactly the same, these two leading lights of the Panama Papers investigation, Frederik Obermaier (L) and Bastian Obermayer, are not related\n\nThe Panama Papers came about after an anonymous source contacted reporters at German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung in 2015 and supplied encrypted documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. It sells anonymous offshore companies that help the owners hide their business dealings.\n\nOverwhelmed by the scale of the dump, which eventually grew to 2.6 terabytes of data, the Süddeutsche Zeitung called in the ICIJ, which led to the involvement of about 100 other partner news organisations, including the BBC's Panorama.\n\nAfter more than a year of scrutiny, the ICIJ and its partners jointly published the Panama Papers on 3 April 2016, with the database of documents going online a month later.\n\nWho was named? Where do we start? A few of the news partners focused on how associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin shuffled cash around the globe. Not that the Russians cared much. The prime ministers of Iceland and Pakistan came to far stickier ends, the former quitting and the latter being thrown out of office by the Supreme Court. Overall the financial dealings of a dozen current and former world leaders, more than 120 politicians and public officials and countless billionaires, celebrities and sports stars were exposed.\n\nWho leaked the data? John Doe. Yes, we know. It's not a real name. In US crime series it is mostly used to label anonymous victims but Mr (or Ms) Doe's manifesto, released a month after publication, reveals a self-styled revolutionary. The real identity is still unknown.\n\nFive months after the Panama Papers, the ICIJ published revelations from the Bahamas corporate registry. The 38GB cache revealed the offshore activities of \"prime ministers, ministers, princes and convicted felons\", it said. Former EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes admitted an \"oversight\" in failing to disclose her interest in an offshore company.\n\nThis ICIJ investigation, involving hundreds of journalists from 45 countries, including BBC Panorama, went public in February 2015.\n\nIt focused on HSBC Private Bank (Suisse), a subsidiary of the banking giant, and so lifted the lid on dealings in a country where banking secrecy is taken for granted.\n\nThe leaked files covered accounts up to the year 2007, linked with more than 100,000 individuals and legal entities from more than 200 countries.\n\nThe ICIJ said the subsidiary had served \"those close to discredited regimes\" and \"clients who had been unfavourably named by the United Nations\".\n\nHSBC admitted that the \"compliance culture and standards of due diligence\" at the subsidiary at the time were \"lower than they are today\".\n\nWho was named? The ICIJ said HSBC had profited from \"arms dealers, bag men for Third World dictators, traffickers in blood diamonds and other international outlaws\".\n\nIt also cited those close to the regimes of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, former Tunisian President Ben Ali and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.\n\nWho leaked the data? Actually, we know this one. The ICIJ investigation was based on data originally leaked by the French-Italian software engineer and whistleblower Hervé Falciani, though the ICIJ got it later from another source. From 2008 onwards he passed information on HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) to French authorities, who in turn passed them to other relevant governments. Mr Falciani was indicted in Switzerland. He was held in detention in Spain but was later released and now lives in France.\n\nOr LuxLeaks for short. Another extensive ICIJ investigation, which revealed its findings in November 2014.\n\nIt centred on how professional services company PricewaterhouseCoopers helped multinational companies gain hundreds of favourable tax rulings in Luxembourg between 2002 and 2010.\n\nThe ICIJ said multinationals had saved billions by channelling money through Luxembourg, sometimes at tax rates of less than 1%. One address in Luxembourg was home to more than 1,600 companies, it said.\n\nThe leak of documents was first exposed in 2012 after a joint investigation between Panorama and France2 which lifted the lid on the tax agreements of UK pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and media company Northern & Shell.\n\nWho was named? Pepsi, IKEA, AIG and Deutsche Bank were among those named.\n\nA second tranche of leaked documents said the Walt Disney Co and Skype had funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars in profits through Luxembourg subsidiaries. They and the other firms denied any wrongdoing.\n\nJean-Claude Juncker had been PM of Luxembourg when it enacted many of its tax avoidance rules. He had been appointed president of the European Commission just a few days before the leak came out. He said he had not encouraged avoidance.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jean-Claude Juncker says he is \"politically responsible for what happened\"\n\nEurosceptics went to town and pushed a censure motion against him and his commission. It was rejected. But the EU did investigate, and by 2016 had proposed a yet-to-be realised common tax scheme for the EU.\n\nWho leaked the data? Frenchman Antoine Deltour, a former PricewaterhouseCoopers employee, was the main man, saying he had acted in the public interest. Another PwC employee, Raphael Halet, helped him.\n\nThe pair, along with journalist Edouard Perrin, were all charged in Luxembourg after a PwC complaint. A first verdict was later revisited, watering down sentences, with Deltour given a six-month suspended jail term which was later quashed. Halet received a small fine and Mr Perrin was acquitted.\n\nThis was about a tenth of the size of the Panama Papers but was seen as the biggest exposé of international tax fraud ever when the ICIJ and its news partners went public in November 2012 and April 2013.\n\nSome 2.5 million files revealed the names of more than 120,000 companies and trusts in hideaways such as the British Virgin Islands and the Cook Islands.\n\nBBC Panorama exposed a flourishing tax evasion industry in the UK in an undercover investigation based on the files.\n\nWho was named? The usual suspects. A mix of politicians, government officials and their families, with the Russians notable, but also those in China, Azerbaijan, Canada, Thailand, Mongolia and Pakistan. The Philippines - in the form of the family of late strongman Ferdinand Marcos - get a dishonourable mention. To be fair, the ICIJ does point out that the leaks are not necessarily evidence of illegal actions.\n\nWho leaked the data? The ICIJ cites \"two financial service providers, a private bank in Jersey and the Bahamas corporate registry\" as the sources, but says nothing more other than it was \"data obtained\".\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC and has led to one of the biggest ever global investigations.\n\nMore than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app, or watch Panorama on the BBC iPlayer (UK viewers only)", "For the past 18 months the government has been subsidising the wages of employees hit by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe furlough scheme was the centrepiece of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's \"unprecedented\" intervention in the economy, designed to stave off a wave of job losses as the country closed down in the face of the virus.\n\nIt protected the incomes of millions of people across the UK working sectors that could no longer operate, such as live music, nightclubs, the travel industry, business events, hospitality and retail businesses.\n\nNow that scheme is ending, requiring firms to shoulder full responsibility for those employees again or let them go.\n\nDuring the lifetime of the scheme about 11.6 million jobs were supported, with a steep take-up in the first few months especially.\n\nThat doesn't mean the government was ever paying 11 million people's wages at the same time.\n\nAccording to data from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the number of people on furlough peaked at 8.9 million on 8 May last year. It then fell steadily until late 2020, when it picked up again, without ever hitting the heights of the first lockdown.\n\nSince then, numbers have continued to fall, although around 1.6 million were still relying on the scheme at the end of July, the last date for which figures are available from HMRC.\n\n\"To all those at home right now, anxious about the days ahead, I say this: you will not face this alone,\" the chancellor said, announcing the furlough scheme in March 2020.\n\nAlthough he has since become one of the country's best-known politicians, Mr Sunak was fairly new in his post at the time, and he had just kicked off his chancellorship with a Budget that included a jawdropping a £30bn package to boost the economy and get the country through the virus outbreak.\n\nBut it turned out to be nowhere near enough. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, to give furlough its official title, along with other support measures, would end up incurring a far bigger bill, requiring the government to borrow much more than it would in normal times, month after month.\n\nUnder the scheme, the government initially paid 80% of the wages of people who could not work, or whose employers could no longer afford to pay them, up to a monthly limit of £2,500.\n\nBut by the end of the scheme the government was contributing only 60%, with employers shouldering a 20% share themselves\n\nOverall it cost the government nearly £70bn, but has been praised by the Resolution Foundation think-tank as a \"great success\", protecting people's living standards and preventing what many feared would be a catastrophic rise in unemployment.\n\nWhile workers were furloughed in every age group it was younger workers who accounted for a large proportion of those on furlough.\n\nYounger people were more likely to be employed in the sectors of the economy worst hit by the coronavirus lockdown measures including hospitality and retail.\n\nSince March 2020, more women than men have been furloughed although according to the latest figures more men remained on furlough towards the end of the scheme.\n\nSome sectors of the economy made more use of the furlough scheme than others.\n\nWith pubs and restaurants particularly badly affected by coronavirus curbs, the hospitality industry saw a high number of workers furloughed.\n\nAnd non-essential shops were closed at the height of the lockdown, so retailers made big claims on the government's resources. However, some large employers in that sector, notably supermarkets - who remained open during lockdowns, have since repaid the cash.\n\nPeople working in the arts, entertainment and other leisure activities were also more likely to find themselves on furlough than those in other walks of life.\n\nThe scheme was designed to keep people connected to jobs that would return after the pandemic peak passed.\n\nHowever over the last 18 months some of those on furlough have been made redundant, especially during the period late last year when it looked as though the furlough scheme was coming to an end.\n\nIn recent months, as the economy reopened and continued to grow, the number of redundancies has fallen.\n\nThe Resolution Foundation has described the furlough scheme overall as \"a very successful and well-implemented policy intervention\".\n\nBut its recent research suggested there remained a \"real risk\" to the jobs of those still on the scheme as it ends, particularly for those in parts of the travel sector, which still hasn't returned to normal operation, and for older workers.\n\nAnd doubts have been voiced in other quarters over some aspects of the scheme.\n\nIt has drawn fire from the Commons Public Accounts Committee, which wants all firms benefiting from the scheme to be named publicly in the interests of transparency.\n\nThe committee has spoken dismissively of \"hastily drawn up economic support schemes\" that provided \"unacceptable room for fraud against taxpayers\".\n\nHMRC, which administered the furlough scheme, has suggested that up to 10% of the money delivered by the scheme to mid-August 2020 - £3.5bn - may have been paid out in fraud or error.\n\nApart from that, there is the question of whether it has delayed the process of people making the shift from jobs that are no longer viable to take up new opportunities.\n\nThe number of vacancies fell sharply during the early stages of the pandemic, but job vacancies are now considerably up on last year with staff shortages affecting several sectors.\n\nSome have blamed furlough for keeping workers out of action during the last few months, waiting to see if their old jobs will still be there for them, when some firms have been desperately trying to recruit new workers.\n\nAre you coming to the end of your furlough? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents.\n\nSome 35 current and former leaders and more than 300 public officials are featured in the files from offshore companies, dubbed the Pandora Papers.\n\nThey reveal the King of Jordan secretly amassed £70m of UK and US property.\n\nThey also show how ex-UK PM Tony Blair and his wife saved £312,000 in stamp duty when they bought a London office.\n\nThe couple bought an offshore firm that owned the building.\n\nThe leak also links Russian President Vladimir Putin to secret assets in Monaco, and shows the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis - facing an election later this week - failed to declare an offshore investment company used to purchase two villas for £12m in the south of France.\n\nIt is the latest in a string of leaks over the past seven years, following the FinCen Files, the Paradise Papers, the Panama Papers and LuxLeaks.\n\nThe examination of the files is the largest organised by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), with more than 650 reporters taking part.\n\nBBC Panorama in a joint investigation with the Guardian and the other media partners have had access to nearly 12 million documents and files from 14 financial services companies in countries including the British Virgin Islands, Panama, Belize, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Switzerland.\n\nSome figures are facing allegations of corruption, money laundering and global tax avoidance.\n\nBut one of the biggest revelations is how prominent and wealthy people have been legally setting up companies to secretly buy property in the UK.\n\nThe documents reveal the owners of some of the 95,000 offshore firms behind the purchases.\n\nIt highlights the UK government's failure to introduce a register of offshore property owners despite repeated promises to do so, amid concerns some property buyers could be hiding money-laundering activities.\n\nThe Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his family, who have been accused of looting their own country, are one example.\n\nThe investigation found the Aliyevs and their close associates have secretly been involved in property deals in the UK worth more than £400m.\n\nTap to see the UK offshore property empires of foreign heads of state The King of Jordan has luxury homes in Malibu and Washington DC, plus eight properties in London and south-east England In Malibu, California, he spent on three clifftop mansions The king’s property portfolio also includes apartments in Washington DC, where his son attended university And in the UK, King Abdullah’s properties include these two near Buckingham Palace. He owns the building on the left and three flats in the building on the right Azerbaijan’s ruling Aliyev family, , have built a vast offshore network to hide their money The files expose how the Aliyev family and close associates were involved in property deals in the UK This includes a £33m property in central London bought for the president’s 11-year-old son They also sold a property for £66m in 2018, having paid £35m for it 10 years earlier\n\nThe revelations could prove embarrassing for the UK government, as the Aliyevs appear to have made a £31m profit after selling one of their London properties to the Crown Estate - the Queen's property empire that is managed by The Treasury and raises cash for the nation.\n\nMany of the transactions in the documents involve no legal wrongdoing.\n\nBut Fergus Shiel, from the ICIJ, said: \"There's never been anything on this scale and it shows the reality of what offshore companies can offer to help people hide dodgy cash or avoid tax.\"\n\nHe added: \"They are using those offshore accounts, those offshore trusts, to buy hundreds of millions of dollars of property in other countries, and to enrich their own families, at the expense of their citizens.\"\n\nThe ICIJ believes the investigation is \"opening a box on a lot of things\" - hence the name Pandora Papers.\n\nThe leaked financial documents show how the King of Jordan secretly amassed a property empire in the UK and US worth more than £70m (over $100m).\n\nThey identify a network of offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands and other tax havens used by Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein to buy 15 homes since he assumed power in 1999.\n\nThey include £50m on three adjacent ocean view properties in Malibu, California, and properties in London and Ascot in the UK.\n\nHis property interests have been built up as King Abdullah has been accused of presiding over an authoritarian regime, with protests taking place in recent years amid austerity measures and tax rises.\n\nLawyers for King Abdullah said all the properties were bought with personal wealth, which he also uses to fund projects for Jordan's citizens.\n\nThey said it was common practice for high profile individuals to purchase properties via offshore companies for privacy and security reasons.\n\nAmong the other revelations in the Pandora Papers:\n\nThere is no suggestion in the Pandora Papers that Tony and Cherie Blair were hiding their wealth.\n\nBut documents show why stamp duty was not payable when the couple bought a £6.45m property.\n\nThe former Labour prime minister and his barrister wife Cherie acquired the building in Marylebone, central London, in July 2017 by buying the offshore company that owned it.\n\nIt is legal to acquire properties in the UK in this way and stamp duty does not have to be paid - but Mr Blair has previously been critical of tax loopholes.\n\nThe townhouse in Marylebone, central London, is now home to Mrs Blair's legal consultancy, which advises governments around the world, as well as her foundation for women.\n\nMrs Blair said the sellers had insisted they buy the house through the offshore company.\n\nShe said they had brought the property back under UK rules and will be liable to pay capital gains tax if they sell it in future.\n\nThe ultimate owners of the property were a family with political connections in Bahrain - but both parties say they did not initially know who they were dealing with.\n\nThis Mayfair building was sold to a front company in 2009\n\nOther documents show how Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family have secretly acquired UK property using offshore companies.\n\nThe files show how the family - long accused of corruption in the European nation - bought 17 properties, including a £33m office block in London for the president's 11-year-old son Heydar Aliyev.\n\nThe building in Mayfair was bought by a front company owned by a family friend of President Ilham Aliyev in 2009.\n\nIt was transferred one month later to Heydar.\n\nThe research also reveals how another office block owned by the family nearby was sold to the Crown Estate for £66m in 2018.\n\nThe Crown Estate said it carried out the checks required in law at the time of purchase but is now looking into the matter.\n\nThe UK government says it is cracking down on money laundering with tougher laws and enforcement, and that it will introduce a register of offshore companies owning UK property when parliamentary time allows.\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC and has led to one of the biggest ever global investigations. More than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app, or watch Panorama on the BBC iPlayer (UK viewers only)", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nBBC coverage: Watch live on BBC Two from 08:00 and BBC One from 10:00 with uninterrupted coverage and extra streams on the Red Button and online; live text from 08:00.\n\nThe London Marathon returns to the city's streets for the first full-scale staging of the race in more than two years on Sunday.\n\nMore than 40,000 runners will join some of the world's best on the usual course that starts in Blackheath and finishes 26.2 miles later in the shadow of Buckingham Palace on The Mall.\n\nThey will be joined by a similar number completing the distance 'virtually' via a tracking app on a course of their choosing.\n\nLast year, the race was shifted from it's usual April date as the coronavirus pandemic forced the suspension of sporting events worldwide.\n\nLast October, a small, elite field competed over 19 laps of a closed course around St James's Park, with the mass element of the event taking place remotely.\n\nLondon's race director Hugh Brasher said this year's event - 40 years on from the inaugural race in 1981 - \"could easily be the most memorable ever\".\n\n\"It will be a moment of joy, of true emotion,\" he added. \"It is more than just a marathon. It is about bringing people together and that is what we have missed so much in the last 18 months.\"\n\nThis is all you need to know about Sunday's race.\n• None 'This could be the most memorable London Marathon ever'\n• None Forty London Marathons and counting - the story of an 'EverPresent'\n• None BBC Sport coverage details- and how to contact us with your stories\n\nKenyan world record holder Brigid Kosgei is aiming for a third successive victory in the race after emphatic wins in 2019 and 2020. Germany's Katrin Dorre was the last athlete to complete such a treble in the women's race with wins between 1992 and 1994.\n\nShe will face stiff competition with Israel's Lonah Salpeter, the seventh-fastest woman over the distance, and Kenya's reigning New York City Marathon champion Joyciline Jepkosgei hunting a first London win.\n\nKosgei insists she is up for the challenge just eight weeks after winning Olympic silver in hot, humid conditions in Sapporo, Japan.\n\n\"After one week, I was well recovered,\" she told BBC Sport.\n\n\"The big reason is I like too much London. I love London. I like the course. The way they welcome us. Even the race organisers. I like the place and how they cheer us on the way.\"\n\nCharlotte Purdue and Natasha Cockram, the first Briton in the 2019 and 2020 races respectively, are aiming to qualify for next year's World Championships in Oregon.\n\nPurdue, the fourth-fastest British woman over the distance, was bitterly disappointed to miss out on selection for the Tokyo Olympics, feeling she was wrongly overlooked on medical grounds.\n\n\"I was really annoyed and angry but as soon as I had London as a focus I just channelled all my energy into London,\" she told BBC Sport.\n\n\"Now I'm all in on this race on Sunday.\"\n\nIn last year's men's race, Ethiopia's Shura Kitata explained how he had hit the breakfast buffet hard to power himself to a surprise victory over Kenyan great Eliud Kipchoge.\n\nHere's hoping the elite athletes' hotel has stocked up on pastries because Kitata is back to defend his crown.\n\n\"Last year's win had very great meaning because Eliud is such a famous, strong runner,\" said Kitata.\n\n\"It has brought me strength in my psychological and physical preparation, and also a lot of attention from the public as well.\"\n\nKipchoge, who had won four of the previous five London Marathons before 2020, is absent this time, with Britain's Mo Farah also missing after failing to qualify for Tokyo 2020 on the track and suffering a stress fracture in this foot.\n\nHowever, Ethiopia's Birhanu Legese, the third-fastest man of all time over the distance, is in the field along with compatriot and world silver medallist Mosinet Geremew.\n• None 'I'm running with the man who saved my life'\n\nGreat Britain's eight-time men's wheelchair winner David Weir competes in his 22nd London Marathon but is up against Switzerland's in-form Marcel Hug, who won four golds, including the marathon title, at Tokyo 2020.\n\nAmerican Daniel Romanchuk, a hugely impressive winner in 2019, is also in the field along with Canada's defending champion Brent Lakatos.\n\nWith more than 240,000 positive Covid tests across the United Kingdom in the seven days before race week, there are still precautions in place for the race.\n\nAll runners must provide a negative lateral flow test before they are allowed to line up in London and are being encouraged to bring only one other person to spectate and support them in person.\n\nStewards will ask people to move along the course if large crowds gather at any point.\n\nThe race will start with smaller waves of runners released over 90 minutes, and the usual baggage system, which takes warm-up kit from the start to the finish, has been streamlined to reduce the chance of transmission.\n\nOrganisers insist fuel supply problems should not be an issue, encouraging runners to use public transport for their journeys to the start and back home.\n\n\"Those services have been the best way for people to get to the event in its history and will remain that way,\" said Brasher.\n\nElectric lead vehicles at the front of the race, compostable drinks cups, goodie bags at the finish line made out of sugar cane instead of plastic.\n\nThe London Marathon has introduced a host of measures to mitigate the waste and carbon produced by the race.\n\nThe race has become a draw for runners all over the world with 84,125 overseas applications to run in the 2020 race.\n\nOrganisers have introduced a carbon levy to help offset those international runners' journeys to the start line. They have also helped fund tree-planting projects in east London and Kenya which absorb carbon dioxide.\n\nThere have also been changes to improve the experience of runners at the back of the field after some of 2019's slowest runners reported being insulted by officials and finding the clean-up operation taking place ahead of them.\n\nThere will be 50-strong team of 'tailwalkers' who will walk the course at eight-hour pace accompanied by a DJ providing motivational music. There will also be additional officials on hand about every 400m from 16 miles onwards to support any runners struggling to complete the course.\n• None What's the worst that could happen? Possible everything! The Goes Wrong Show is streaming now\n• None Ricky Gervais reveals behind-the-scenes facts and secrets on the comedy classic", "The man lost his finger while trying to climb a fence near a parking area in Lower Bannister Street, Southampton\n\nPolice have traced the owner of a severed finger found outside a block of flats.\n\nThe finger was discovered near a parking area in Lower Bannister Street, Southampton, on Saturday morning.\n\nPolice had appealed for the man to come forward after he lost the finger while trying to climb a fence after getting trapped in a courtyard area.\n\nHampshire Constabulary said the man was receiving treatment at hospital in Salisbury after seeking assistance.\n\nA force spokesman said he had wandered off following the incident, after being given a towel by a resident.\n\nEarlier the force said it feared he may have lost a lot of blood.\n\nBut the spokesman said: \"We are pleased to say that the man who lost part of his finger in Southampton has now been traced.\n\n\"The 28-year-old is receiving treatment at hospital in Salisbury for his injury after seeking medical assistance himself.\"\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson on the Andrew Marr Show: \"People should trust the police\"\n\nThe government \"will stop at nothing to make sure that we get more rapists behind bars\", Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe PM told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show that prosecutions for rape and sexual violence were \"going wrong\".\n\nHe added women should have confidence in the police, with the nation's officers \"overwhelmingly trustworthy\".\n\nThe jailing of Wayne Couzens for Sarah Everard's murder has raised questions about women's safety, and trust in the police and criminal justice system.\n\nCouzens was a police officer in London at the time of Ms Everard's murder, and the Metropolitan Police is facing questions over its failure to stop him.\n\nAsked by Andrew Marr whether he would launch an independent public inquiry into the case, Mr Johnson said he wanted the police watchdog to complete its review first.\n\nHe said: \"We do need to look systemically at not just the Wayne Couzens case, but the whole handling of rape, domestic violence, sexual violence and female complaints about harassment, all together.\"\n\nSpeaking later, he added: \"There are delays taking place at every stage in the process.\n\n\"You know the reasons - it's all the complexities to do with people's mobile phones, the evidence that's produced by the defence, and all that kind of stuff.\n\n\"But, in the end, that is no excuse. We have to have these complaints properly dealt with.\"\n\nOver the past five years, cases reported to police - and initially recorded as rape - have risen sharply.\n\nHowever, the proportion making it to court - known as prosecutions - in that time has more than halved, the BBC's Reality Check team found.\n\nFigures for 2019-20 show 1,439 suspects in cases when a rape had been alleged were convicted of rape or lesser offences in England and Wales, the lowest level since records began.\n\nThis was down from 1,925 the previous year, despite a rise in reports of rape.\n\nRape carries a penalty of between four and 19 years' custody, with a maximum of life imprisonment in limited circumstances, according to Sentencing Council guidelines.\n\nBoris Johnson responded to questions about whether funding cuts had had an impact on rape investigations, saying the government was \"investing massively in policing and crime and in all aspects of the justice system\".\n\nIn 2020-21, the budget of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) was £9.5bn - an increase on the previous couple of years but still below where it was in 2010.\n\nOverall, between 2010 and 2020, the MoJ had a cut of about 25% to its budget, according to official spending figures.\n\nAfter the last budget in March 2021, the Institute for Government projected that spending on areas including police and crime would only increase by 1% each year once you adjust for rising prices after 2021-22.\n\nIn the year to March 2021, just 1.5% of recorded rapes ended in a suspect being charged or issued with a summons - roughly half as many as five years ago.\n\nThis has been attributed to funding cuts, as well as a number of other things - such as big court backlogs and victims being more likely to withdraw their complaints rather than go through the often intrusive court process.\n\nForeign Secretary Liz Truss, who is also minister for women and equalities, said the criminal justice system and the culture within the police needed to change.\n\n\"It is wrong that women don't feel safe on our streets and I personally very much understand that,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"We will only have a truly equal society when women feel as safe as men on the streets.\"\n\nThe Met has been criticised over its safety advice to women after it emerged Couzens used his position as an officer to falsely arrest and kidnap Ms Everard.\n\nThe advice said women who were suspicious of lone plain-clothes police officers should shout out, flag down a bus, or knock on doors for help.\n\nMr Johnson said women who were suspicious about they way they were being treated by a police officer should follow this advice.\n\nBut he added: \"My view is that the police do - overwhelmingly - a wonderful job and what I want is the public, and women in particular, girls and young women, women of all ages, to trust the police.\n\nThe murder of Sarah Everard sparked calls for more action to tackle violence against women\n\nThe Met was facing further questions over its handling of vetting procedures after it confirmed Couzens stood guard within Parliament on five occasions last year.\n\nThe Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, requested an urgent meeting with the force's leadership \"to discuss how this person could have been deemed suitable for deployment here\".\n\nIt followed the revelation there were two separate allegations of indecent exposure linked to Couzens - with one in the days leading up to Ms Everard's murder.\n\nDame Lynne Owens, the outgoing director general of the National Crime Agency, said \"we, in policing, need to take a long hard look at ourselves\" after Couzens was jailed.\n\nShe wrote on Twitter: \"The many good people [in] policing, at all ranks & grades, need to be part of the solution though.\n\n\"They joined because they want to make a difference and they know the public needs confidence in them.\"", "Children aged between 12 and 15 will be offered vaccination by the end of term, Eluned Morgan says\n\nAll 12 to 15-year-olds in Wales will be offered a Covid vaccine by the end of the October half-term, the Welsh health minister has said.\n\nThe rollout is due to gather pace this week with all health boards providing jabs, mostly at mass vaccination centres and others in schools.\n\nSome of the most vulnerable children have already received the vaccine.\n\nFamilies have been encouraged to discuss the choice to help make an informed decision.\n\nLast month the UK's vaccine advisory body JCVI refused to give the green light to vaccinating healthy 12-15 year olds on health grounds alone.\n\nIt said children were at such a low risk from the virus that jabs would offer only a marginal benefit.\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers then said healthy children aged 12 to 15 should be offered one dose of a Covid vaccine as it would help reduce disruption to education.\n\nHealth Minister Eluned Morgan said studies showed children were at some risk of developing long Covid despite low hospital admission rates.\n\n\"Vaccines remain our strongest defence from the virus, helping prevent harm and stopping the spread of Covid-19,\" she said.\n\n\"Some studies show one in seven children who have been infected with the virus are thought to have also developed long Covid.\n\n\"We have provided resources and information to help this age group make an informed choice about vaccination. I encourage parents, guardians, children and young people to discuss the vaccination together,\" she said.\n\nGill Richardson, deputy chief medical officer for vaccines, said: \"We have seen the benefits that come from having as many people as possible vaccinated.\n\n\"After careful consideration of the evidence, the four UK chief medical officers recommended the vaccination of healthy 12 to 15-year-olds after consultation with experts, such as the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.\n\n\"They concluded that the health benefits, combined with the additional benefits of reducing educational disruption and effects on mental health meant that vaccination should be offered.\n\n\"Children and their families will be receiving links to information with their invitation letters so they can make an informed decision about whether or not to have the vaccine,\" she said.\n\nLast month the chief medical officers agreed a single dose would help to reduce disruption to education.\n\nThe recommendation that only one dose be given is related to the very rare risk of a condition called myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle.\n\nThe risk is tiny after one vaccine dose and slightly higher after two, with 12 to 34 cases seen for every one million second doses.\n\nTheir decision came after the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said there was not enough benefit to warrant it on health grounds alone for most children.\n\nEithne Hughes, director of the Association for School and College Leaders Cymru, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Claire Summers schools were already being targeted.\n\n\"There have been anti-vax campaigners, who are very, very well coordinated, who have made direct threats to head teachers by phone, by letter - confettis of letter with quasi-legal challenges threatening court action and huge fines, fake NHS consent letters to try and trick schools into sending those out to parents with misinformation.\"\n\nShe said it had caused a \"real upset in the system\".\n\n\"Let's be really clear about this, the virus is the enemy, not Public Health Wales, not the school, and college leaders are doing their very best to educate learners and get everything back on track again,\" she said.\n\n\"So it's deeply disappointing and if these people are listening, I would urge them to desist.\"\n\nTrefor Jones, head teacher at Ysgol Y Creuddyn in Penrhyn Bay, Conwy, said he had received letters from people opposed to children having a Covid vaccine.\n\nHe said: \"It is concerning... It does reference various legal processes they want to take, so yes, it is a challenge...\n\n\"To be targeted in this way is a little disappointing.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Specially designed barges were used in the construction of North Sea Link\n\nThe world's longest under-sea electricity cable, transferring green power between Norway and the UK, has begun operation.\n\nThe 450-mile (725km) cable connects Blyth in Northumberland with the Norwegian village of Kvilldal.\n\nAt full 1,400 megawatt capacity it will import enough hydro-power to supply 1.4 million homes, National Grid said.\n\nNational Grid Ventures president Cordi O'Hara said it was a \"remarkable feat of engineering\".\n\nShe added: \"We had to go through mountains, fjords and across the North Sea to make this happen.\n\n\"North Sea Link (NSL) is also a great example of two countries working together to maximise their renewable energy resources for mutual benefit.\"\n\nNational Grid said the €1.6bn (£1.37bn) joint venture with Norwegian power operator Statnett would help the UK reduce carbon emissions by 23 million tonnes by 2030.\n\nIt has four other power cables running to Belgium, France and the Netherlands and said 90% of energy imported in this way would be from zero carbon sources by 2030.\n\nThe link from Blyth in Northumberland to Kvilldal in Norway took six years to build\n\nHydropower in Norway and wind power in the UK are subject to weather conditions and fluctuations in demand.\n\nUsing NSL, renewable power can be exported from the UK when wind generation is high and electricity demand low, or be imported from Norway when demand is high and wind generation low.\n\nBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy minister Greg Hands said NSL enabled both countries to \"benefit from the flexibility and energy security that interconnectors provide\".\n\nHe added: \"This pioneering partnership shows first-hand how crucial international cooperation will be in helping us to deliver on our net zero ambitions.\"\n\nThe cable will allow the UK to swap wind energy for Norway's hydropower\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Thousands were evacuated from coastal areas in Oman\n\nAt least 13 people have been killed after tropical cyclone Shaheen battered parts of Oman and Iran.\n\nThere was widespread flooding along Oman's northern coast as the storm made landfall on Sunday, bringing heavy rain and winds of up to 150km/h (93 mph).\n\nOmani authorities reported the deaths of seven people in North al-Batinah province on Monday. Four others drowned or were killed in landslides on Sunday.\n\nIn Iran, state media said the bodies of two fishermen had been found.\n\nThree other fishermen remain missing off the coast of the south-eastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, near the border with Pakistan. Iran's deputy parliamentary speaker initially said that six people were killed.\n\nInfrastructure, including electrical facilities and roads, was also damaged.\n\nParts of the United Arab Emirates were placed on standby as the storm moved south-westwards over land on Monday and weakened. Residents of al-Ain were told to avoid leaving home except for emergencies.\n\nAt least 11 people were killed in Oman, as a result of flooding and landslides\n\nIt is rare for storms of this power to hit Oman's northern Arabian Sea coast.\n\nAuthorities said 369mm (14.5 inches) of rain fell on al-Khaboura, north-west of Oman's capital city, Muscat, while more than 200mm was recorded in Muscat itself.\n\nShaheen's high winds also caused waves of up to 10m (32ft) along the coast.\n\nBefore the cyclone made landfall on Sunday, the National Committee for Emergency Management (NCEM) reported that a child who had been swept away by water in Muscat province had been found dead.\n\nTwo Asian workers were also killed by a landslide in an industrial zone.\n\nOn Monday, the NCEM announced that the body of a missing person had been found in Wadi al-Silil, in South al-Batinah province, and that six others had died in North al-Batinah.\n\nStreets in Oman's capital, Muscat, and elsewhere on the coast were submerged\n\nOman's state news agency reported the armed forces were continuing to rescue people who had been trapped by floodwater.\n\nIt added that they were also restoring damaged roads to get aid into the areas that needed it.\n\nMore than 5,000 people were moved into some 80 shelters set up in affected provinces.\n\nThe National Multi Hazard Early Warning System had alerted residents that there was still a risk of thunderstorms as the bad weather moved inland. People were urged to avoid wadis - valleys and ravines found in the region - and other low-lying areas.", "Thousands of paedophiles have operated within the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of a panel investigating abuses by church members says.\n\nJean-Marc Sauvé told French media that the commission had found evidence of 2,900 to 3,200 abusers - out of a total of 115,000 priests and other clerics.\n\n\"That is a minimal estimate,\" he added.\n\nThe commission is to release a lengthy report on Tuesday. It is based on church, court and police archives, as well as interviews with victims.\n\nThe inquiry was commissioned by the French Catholic Church in 2018, following a number of scandals in other countries.\n\nMr Sauvé, a senior civil servant, told France's Le Monde newspaper that the panel had handed over evidence to prosecutors in 22 cases where criminal action could still be launched.\n\nHe added that bishops and other senior church officials had been told of other allegations against people who were still alive.\n\nCommission members included doctors, historians, sociologists and theologians. More than 6,500 victims and witnesses were contacted over two and a half years. The final report is 2,500 pages long.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brigitte, a survivor of child sex abuse by a chaplain, explains why she is ready to speak now (From 2019)\n\nChristopher Lamb, of the Roman Catholic publication The Tablet, told the BBC that abuse scandals had plunged the Church into \"its greatest crisis in... 500 years\".\n\nEarlier this year Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church's laws to explicitly criminalise sexual abuse, in its biggest overhaul of the criminal code for decades.\n\nThe new rules make sex abuse, grooming minors, possessing child pornography and covering up abuse an offence under Canon Law.", "Emily Ratajkowski appeared alongside Robin Thicke in the music video for Blurred Lines\n\nAmerican supermodel Emily Ratajkowski has alleged she was sexually assaulted on the set of the music video for the hit song Blurred Lines.\n\nIn her upcoming book, the 30-year-old accuses singer Robin Thicke of groping her without consent during filming of the 2013 video.\n\nThicke, 44, has not yet responded to the BBC's request for comment.\n\nThe allegations, first reported in the Sunday Times newspaper, feature in Ratajkowski's forthcoming book My Body.\n\nThe 30-year-old claims Thicke \"returned to the set a little drunk to shoot just with me\".\n\n\"Out of nowhere, I felt the coolness and foreignness of a stranger's hands cupping my bare breasts from behind. I instinctively moved away, looking back at Robin Thicke,\" she writes.\n\nThe model said she felt \"humiliation pump through [her] body\".\n\nRatajkowski appeared in the video alongside Thicke, singer Pharrell Williams and rapper TI.\n\nThe video's director, Diane Martel, told the Sunday Times that she recalled the alleged incident.\n\n\"I remember the moment that he grabbed her breasts. He was standing behind her as they were both in profile,\" she was quoted as saying.\n\nThe director said Thicke later apologised.\n\nRobin Thicke has not responded to the allegations made in the forthcoming book\n\nBlurred Lines topped charts around the world, becoming the UK's most-downloaded song of all time in 2014.\n\nBut its lyrics and music video have been criticised by some who claimed they referred to non-consensual sex. Pharrell later admitted he was \"embarrassed\" by the lyrics.\n\nThicke has defended the video, telling the BBC in 2013 his critics didn't \"get\" the song.\n\nAnd in 2015, he told the New York Times that the lyrics were not intended to have sexual connotations. \"I have never and would never write a song with any negative connotation like that,\" he said.", "Most children are expected to receive their jab in school\n\nYoung people aged 12 to 15 in Northern Ireland will be offered Covid vaccines, while all over-50s and healthcare staff will be offered booster jabs.\n\nThe changes to the vaccine programme were announced by Stormont's Department of Health, with the first boosters to be given within 10 to 15 days.\n\nPeople aged 16 to 49 with underlying health issues can also have boosters.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said it would protect young people and prolong protection for those most at risk.\n\nAn estimated 900,000 people will be eligible to receive a booster jab in Northern Ireland.\n\nCare home residents will be first on the list when the booster roll-out begins in late September, according to the head of Northern Ireland's Covid-19 vaccination programme, Patricia Donnelly.\n\nMs Donnelly also said 12 to 15-year-olds were likely to be offered their vaccines in October.\n\nThere are about 98,000 young people aged from 12 to 15 in Northern Ireland and the decision to vaccine that cohort comes after the UK's four chief medical officers recommended the step.\n\nThese young people will be offered a single dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine with parental consent sought prior to vaccination.\n\nMost school-aged children aged 12 to 15 are expected to primarily receive their Covid-19 vaccination in school.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Patricia Donnelly believes 12 to 15-year-olds will be offered jabs next month\n\nA schools-based vaccination programme is the model used for vaccinations including for human papillomavirus (HPV) and the annual flu programme.\n\nThey will be supported by GPs where necessary.\n\nConsent forms for vaccination will begin to be distributed via schools shortly, the department said.\n\nThere will be alternative provision for those who are home-schooled or in secure services.\n\nYoung people aged 12 to 15 who are part of an at-risk group will receive two doses, eight weeks apart, in line with advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).\n\n\"This move will help protect young people from catching Covid-19 and is expected to prevent disruption in schools by reducing transmission,\" the health minister said.\n\nVaccinations for children aged between 12 and 15 in the Republic of Ireland began in August.\n\nThe Covid-19 booster vaccine announcement followed advice from the JCVI.\n\nThey advised booster jabs should be offered to people who are more at-risk from serious disease and were vaccinated as priority groups during the first phase of the vaccination programme early this year.\n\nCare home residents will be the first to be offered booster vaccines\n\nThe Department of Health said this meant the booster jabs will be offered to:\n\nMr Swann said care home residents and front-line health and social care workers would be first on the list.\n\n\"By early October we expect to see GPs starting to invite their oldest patients in to receive their booster dose as they pass the six-month mark from receiving their second dose,\" he said.\n\nRegardless of which vaccine brand these patients received in the earlier stages of the programme, the JCVI has advised a \"preference\" for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the booster programme.\n\n\"This follows data from the Cov-Boost trial that indicates the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is well tolerated as a third dose and provides a strong booster response,\" the department said.\n\nIt added that a half dose of the Moderna vaccine may be offered as an alternative, and in cases where patients have certain allergies, an AstraZeneca vaccine may be considered for booster protection.\n\nAs many younger adults have only recently received their second vaccine jab, the benefits of boosters for under-50s who are at less risk from Covid-19 are to be considered at a later date.", "Will Renwick flies the Welsh flag on the summit of Snowdon\n\nWill Renwick's epic challenge to run up every mountain peak over 2,000ft (600m) in Wales has been fuelled by instant mash, noodles and chocolate bars.\n\nThey are easy to carry and eat when you cannot find shops or pubs when you get hungry while in the middle of nowhere.\n\nWill has been clocking up at least 24 miles a day since starting on the 500-mile run from Swansea on 10 September.\n\nHe is set to finish on Monday at Conwy Castle and it \"can't come soon enough\" since injuring his ankle on Thursday.\n\nIt was sustained \"pushing against the wind\" during bad weather in Snowdonia.\n\n\"I'll be hobbling to the finish,\" he said, during a quick phone chat while dodging yet another downpour in a café in Conwy county on Saturday morning.\n\n\"It is annoying because I have been feeling fit,\" he said.\n\n\"The finish line can't come soon enough.\"\n\nRed sky over Maesglase mountain in Snowdonia - and a curious sheep\n\nHe used the early part of the challenge as part of his training.\n\nHe said running over the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons helped to improve his stamina so some days he was able to do in excess of 30 miles.\n\n\"How can you train for this kind of thing? I've got fit during the challenge,\" said Will, 31, from Llancarfan in the Vale of Glamorgan.\n\nHe was a long-distance walker initially, having taken 63 days to navigate the 870-mile Wales Coast Path.\n\nAnd now he also runs ultra-marathon distances, such as completing a 100-mile route around the Isle of Man.\n\nBut he said the latest challenge to climb 189 peaks in Wales back-to-back, carrying everything needed, has taken its toll on his body.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Will Renwick This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Will Renwick\n\n\"I look famished, I feel worn out, cold and hungry but I'm still going to do it,\" he said.\n\nHe has been fuelling on pocket-size chocolate bars throughout the day and meals of mash or noodles because they are light to carry and quick to prepare.\n\nHe spent four days carrying his own supplies over the peaks in mid Wales before he could find somewhere to stock up so, by the end of the stint, he was rationing his food.\n\n\"It was lonely and isolated,\" he said.\n\nBut Will, a YouTuber, and editor of Outdoors Magic, has also received kindness from strangers along the route.\n\nThere was a hill farmer who insisted he stay overnight in his caravan, feeding him soup and cake, while at Aran Fawddwy near Bala, Gwynedd.\n\nWill Renwick takes a dip at Abergynolwyn, near Tywyn, Gwynedd\n\nHe said the mountain ranges in Snowdonia had been the most challenging - mainly because the peaks in the Snowdon Massif and Glyderau ranges follow in quick succession, leaving little recovery time between each one.\n\n\"It's been good but the weather gods have been throwing everything against me.\"\n\nWill, president of Ramblers Cymru, has been doing the run to raise funds for mental health charity Mind Over Mountains as he believes nature and the outdoors can help to improve people's sense of well-being.\n\nWill said as well as missing his girlfriend, he was most looking forward to taking a \"long bath\" as he has had to use rivers or streams to bathe when away from campsites.\n\nHowever, there have also been opportunities to shower thanks to \"plenty of rain\" along the route which is due to end at Conwy Castle on Monday at 11:00 BST, 24 days after he started.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jorja died on the day she was due to have her first Covid-19 vaccination, her mother said\n\nA 15-year-old girl has died from Covid-19 on the day she was due to be vaccinated.\n\nJorja Halliday, from Portsmouth, died at the Queen Alexandra Hospital on Tuesday, four days after she received a positive PCR test result.\n\nHer mother, Tracey Halliday, 40, said the GCSE student was a \"loving girl, talented kickboxer and aspiring musician\".\n\nJorja had cancelled her vaccine appointment because she was isolating.\n\nTracey Halliday said her daughter was \"very active\" and loved spending time with her friends and family\n\nMs Halliday said her daughter's death was \"heart-wrenching\" but she praised hospital staff who did \"everything they could to save her\".\n\nShe explained that Jorja developed flu-like symptoms the weekend before she died.\n\nShe took a PCR test which was positive so she began to isolate at home on Saturday 25 September.\n\nJorja's symptoms continued to worsen and by Monday she couldn't eat because her throat hurt, at which point she was given antibiotics.\n\nMs Halliday said her daughter's condition worsened and when she was seen by a doctor they admitted her to hospital because her heart rate was \"double what it should have been\".\n\nPaying tribute to her daughter, Ms Halliday said she was a \"loving girl\" and \"beautiful young lady\"\n\nShe said: \"They realised how serious it was and I was still allowed to touch her, hold her hand, hug her and everything else. They did allow me that.\n\n\"I'm at the point where I can't comprehend that it's happened. I was with her the whole time.\"\n\nHospital staff tried to put Jorja on a ventilator so her body could recover, but Ms Halliday said her heart rate didn't stabilise and \"couldn't take the strain\".\n\nMs Halliday confirmed her daughter had no underlying health conditions.\n\nPreliminary results after she was admitted to hospital indicated Jorja had Covid myocarditis, heart inflammation caused by the virus.\n\nJorja was the eldest of five siblings and \"loved spending time with her brothers and sisters\"\n\nJorja, the eldest of five siblings, was described by her mother as a \"loving girl\" who had lots of friends.\n\nMs Halliday added: \"Growing up she turned into a beautiful young lady, always wanting to help others, always there for everybody.\n\n\"It's heart-wrenching because your kids are always meant to outlive you, and that's the one thing I can't get over.\"\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.", "The home secretary will promise tougher powers to tackle demonstrators blocking motorways, after a string of protests by climate activists.\n\nAt the Tory party conference this week, Priti Patel will announce plans for longer sentences and new powers for police to seize protesters' equipment.\n\nClimate group Insulate Britain has blocked the M1, M4 and M25 in protests over the last three weeks.\n\nTheir campaign has already led to hundreds of arrests.\n\nOn Sunday, the government took out a fresh injunction aimed at preventing activists obstructing traffic on motorways and main roads around London.\n\nIt is the third such court order taken out by the National Highways agency in an attempt to stop demonstrations on major roads in south-east England.\n\nAnyone breaking the injunction faces imprisonment or an unlimited fine. However, previous injunctions have failed to stop the protests.\n\nMs Patel said the government would not \"tolerate guerrilla tactics that obstruct people going about their day-to-day business\".\n\nBoris Johnson told the Mail on Sunday that although the right to protest was \"sacrosanct\", there is \"no right to inflict chaos and misery on people trying to go about their lives\".\n\n\"This government will always stand on the side of the law-abiding majority, and ensure the toughest penalties possible for criminals who deliberately bring major roads to a standstill.\n\n\"We will give the police the powers they need to stop their reckless and selfish behaviour.\"\n\nInsulate Britain's protests have included occupying roundabouts on the M25\n\nHome Office sources said the government would seek to introduce the new powers by amending the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.\n\nThe wide-ranging legislation, which already includes new police powers over protests, is making its way through Parliament.\n\nMinisters want to make obstructing a highway punishable by an unlimited fine, six months imprisonment, or both. It currently carries a maximum fine of £1,000.\n\nThey also want to hand the police new powers to stop and search protesters suspected of carrying so-called \"lock-on\" equipment - such as glue or bike locks - used to secure themselves to protest sites.\n\nThis would add to existing police powers to stop and search individuals for offensive weapons and items intended for committing theft, burglary or damage to property.\n\nInsulate Britain's campaign, which has been going for more than three weeks, has seen more than 300 arrests.\n\nThe group, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, has previously vowed to continue campaigning despite arrests and injunctions.\n\nIn an open latter to Ms Patel last week it said: \"You can throw as many injunctions at us as you like, but we are going nowhere.\"\n\nThe campaigners want the government to insulate all homes across the UK by 2030 to help cut carbon emissions.\n\nThe government said it was investing £1.3bn to support people to install energy efficiency measures.", "It's one of the biggest document leaks ever, revealing hidden wealth, tax avoidance and, in some cases, money laundering by some of the world's rich and powerful people.\n\nMore than 600 journalists in 117 countries have been trawling through the files for months, finding stories which will be published over the coming days. The investigation is called the Pandora Papers.\n\nThe data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington DC. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nOn Tuesday, we will be answering your questions about the leak and our findings, in our live page. Send your questions using the form below.\n\nWhat questions do you have about the Pandora Papers?\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can use the form below.\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC and has led to one of the biggest ever global investigations. More than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app, or watch Panorama on the BBC iPlayer (UK viewers only)", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Firefighters and police attend the scene as plane hits Milan building\n\nA private plane has crashed into an empty office block in the northern Italian city of Milan, killing all eight people on board.\n\nThe plane, which was bound for the island of Sardinia, came down after taking off from Milan's Linate airport.\n\nThe pilot was Romanian billionaire Dan Petrescu, 68. He died alongside his wife and their son, Italian media say.\n\nThe crash set the office block and several parked cars on fire. No-one on the ground was injured.\n\nAn investigation into the cause of the crash has been launched.\n\nSome witnesses say the single-engine Pilatus PC-12 was already on fire when it went down.\n\n\"I heard the sound of a plane above me as if the plane was shutting down its engine,\" local man Giuseppe told Reuters news agency.\n\n\"Then I heard a very loud explosion, the windows of our house started to shake so I opened the window and saw a huge cloud of smoke rising,\" he added.\n\nPetrescu, a property developer, was one of Romania's richest men. Besides him, his wife and their 30-year-old son, a child is also reported to be among those killed.", "Drivers encountered lengthy queues at many forecourts on Saturday\n\nBoris Johnson should recall Parliament to pass new laws to sort out fuel and food shortages, says Labour's leader.\n\nSir Keir Starmer says \"emergency action\" is needed to speed up visas for 5,000 extra HGV drivers.\n\nThe prime minister - who will be in Manchester next week at the Tory conference - said the UK supply chain was \"very resilient\".\n\nAnd he accused the haulage industry of being too reliant on low-paid migrant workers.\n\nThere have been long queues at petrol stations this week after a shortage of drivers disrupted fuel deliveries.\n\nMinisters have announced a temporary visa scheme for three months until Christmas Eve to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.\n\nAsked in a BBC interview about the shortages, the prime minister said: \"This Christmas will be considerably more festive than last year.\"\n\nHe said the UK had \"very resilient supply chains\" and that he would not allow the UK to repeat the \"failures\" of the past, by allowing mass immigration to create a \"low-wage, low-skill economy\" for British workers.\n\nHe accused campaign groups representing the food sector of wanting go back to a system of \"unskilled, mass immigration\" that people \"had voted against\".\n\n\"The solution is to make sure these jobs are properly paid, that we attract people into them and that we invest in automation, facilities and plant because this country has lagged behind competitors for over a decade.\"\n\nDowning Street has been approached for a comment on calls for Parliament to be brought back from party conference recess to tackle the crisis.\n\nSir Keir told BBC News MPs should sit for \"one day, maybe next week\" to approve temporary visas for foreign lorry drivers.\n\nThe Labour leader said the prime minister was \"burying his head in the sand\"\n\nSpeaking outside a petrol station in north London, he said \"at this garage there's no fuel and it's typical of garages across the country.\"\n\n\"The government has said we need visas. There's no sign of any visas.\"\n\nHe accused Mr Johnson of \"burying his head in the sand\" over the crisis, adding that Labour would vote for whatever legislation is needed.\n\nThe Lib Dems are also urging a recall, with the party's business spokesperson Sarah Olney saying the country can not \"wait any longer for Boris Johnson to realise there is a problem to solve\".\n\n\"Care workers can't get to their patients, schools buses are being cancelled, and millions of drivers are left stranded in endless queues.\n\n\"Enough is enough. If the government can't do their job, then MPs should be able to do it for them.\"\n\nThe SNP did not rule out backing a recall. The party's Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, said: \"At the very least we there should be cross-party discussions this weekend.\n\n\"We're certainly in the teeth of a crisis and we would welcome an early opportunity to debate it.\"", "The protests come a year ahead of the country's elections\n\nThousands of people have taken to the streets in towns and cities across Brazil to protest against the country's president Jair Bolsonaro.\n\nThe protests were organised by opposition parties and trade unions and fall exactly one year ahead of the country's elections.\n\nMr Bolsonaro is currently falling behind in opinion polls.\n\nMany Brazilians are upset at the president's handling of the pandemic - more than 600,000 people have died.\n\nDemonstrations took place in more than 160 towns and cities on Saturday.\n\n\"This president who is there represents everything that is backward in the world - there is hunger, poverty, corruption and we are here to defend democracy,\" protester Valdo Oliveira told AFP news agency.\n\nProtests were held in over 160 cities and towns\n\nThere have been more than 100 requests filed with the Chamber of Deputies to impeach Mr Bolsonaro. However, its leader has refused to follow up on them.\n\nSaturday's protests come after a number of rallies in support of Mr Bolsonaro last month. They were seen as an attempt to demonstrate that he can still draw huge crowds of supporters after recent polls had him trailing his left-wing rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by nine percentage points.\n\nThe elections are not due to be held until next October but Mr Bolsonaro's approval ratings have dropped to an all-time low.\n\nA poll by the Atlas Institute suggested that 61% of Brazilians described his government's performance as bad or very bad, up from 23% when he first took office in January 2019.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Demonstrators march to US Supreme Court building in support of abortion rights\n\nTens of thousands of people have marched at rallies across all 50 US states in support of abortion rights.\n\nThey have been galvanised in opposition to a new Texas law that severely limits access to abortions in the state.\n\nPro-choice supporters across the country fear that constitutional rights may be rolled back.\n\nIn the coming months, the Supreme Court is set to hear a case that could overturn Roe v Wade - the 1973 decision that legalised abortion nationwide.\n\nIn Washington DC, demonstrators marched to the Supreme Court building, holding signs such as \"Make abortion legal\".\n\nProtests were held from here in Los Angeles, on the west coast, to Washington DC, on the east coast\n\nThe start of the rally was disrupted by some two dozen counter-demonstrators.\n\n\"The blood of innocent babies is on your hands!\" shouted one man, but he was drowned out by the singing and clapping of the crowd, the Washington Post newspaper reported.\n\nOne woman who attended a march said she was there to support a woman's right to choose.\n\n\"While I've never been faced with that choice fortunately, there are many women who have and our government and men have no say in the outcome when it comes to our bodies,\" Robin Horn told Reuters news agency.\n\nThe rallies were organised by those behind the annual Women's March\n\nThe rallies were organised by those behind the annual Women's March - the first of which drew millions of people to protest a day after the inauguration of former President Donald Trump in 2017.\n\n\"This is kind of a break-glass moment for folks all across the country,\" said Rachel O'Leary Carmona, the executive director of Women's March.\n\n\"Many of us grew up with the idea that abortion would be legal and accessible for all of us,\" she added. \"Seeing that at very real risk has been a moment of awakening.\"\n\nMany women turned out at the protest in Texas, weeks after abortion was all but declared unlawful\n\nIn New York state, Governor Kathy Hochul spoke at two rallies.\n\n\"I'm sick and tired of having to fight over abortion rights,\" she said. \"It's settled law in the nation and you are not taking that right away from us, not now not ever\".\n\nAnother of the rallies was in Austin, Texas, where the state's legislature on 1 September enacted a law banning terminations after the detection of what anti-abortion campaigners call a foetal heartbeat - a point when many women do not know they are pregnant.\n\nThe so-called Heartbeat Act also gives any individual the right to sue doctors who perform an abortion past the six-week point. Supporters say its aim is to protect the unborn.\n\nPoliticians in several other Republican-dominated states are considering similar restrictions.\n\nRights groups asked the Supreme Court to block the Texas law, but the justices ruled 5-4 against granting this.\n\nOn 1 December the court is set to hear a challenge to Mississippi's 15-week ban on abortion.\n\nThe verdict could upend the court's 1973 landmark Roe v Wade ruling, which protects a woman's right to an abortion until viability - the point at which a foetus is able to live outside the womb, generally at the start of the third trimester, 28 weeks into a pregnancy.", "Young protesters in Milan argue that ministers aren't doing enough\n\nRich countries' plans to curb carbon are \"smoke and mirrors\" and must be urgently improved, say poorer nations.\n\nMinisters meeting here in Milan at the final UN session before the Glasgow COP26 climate conference heard that some progress was being made.\n\nBut officials from developing countries demanded tougher targets for cutting carbon emissions and more cash to combat climate change.\n\nOne minister condemned \"selfishness or lack of good faith\" in the rich world.\n\nUS special envoy John Kerry said all major economies \"must stretch\" to do the maximum they can.\n\nAround 50 ministers from a range of countries met here to try to overcome some significant hurdles before world leaders gather in Glasgow in November.\n\nBut for extremely vulnerable countries to a changing climate the priority is more ambitious carbon reductions from the rich, to preserve the 1.5C temperature target set by the 2015 Paris agreement.\n\nScientists have warned that allowing the world temperatures to rise more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels is highly dangerous.\n\nAn assessment of the promises made so far to cut carbon suggests that the world is on track for around 2.7C.\n\nMinisters from developing countries say this is just not acceptable - they are already experiencing significant impacts on their economies with warming currently just over 1C.\n\nUS special envoy John Kerry called on all richer countries to step up\n\n\"We're already on hellish ground at 1.1C,\" said Simon Steill, Grenada's environment minister who argues that the plans in place just weren't good enough to prevent disaster for his island state.\n\n\"We're talking about lives, we're talking about livelihoods, they cannot apply smoke and mirrors to that.\"\n\n\"Every action that is taken, every decision that is taken, has to be aligned with 1.5C, we have no choice.\"\n\nSome delegates felt that richer countries aren't sufficiently engaged on the issue of 1.5C, because they are wealthy enough to adapt to the changes.\n\n\"They don't care about 1.5C because if there's sea level rise, they have the means to build sea walls, and they are just remaining there in their high walls of comfort,\" said Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, from the Democratic Republic of Congo.\n\n\"Some countries are willing to do things but they don't have the means, some have the means but are not willing to do things. Now how do we find the right choreography?\"\n\nOn this question of choreography, ministers were in agreement that the G20 group of countries should be leading the dance.\n\nAlok Sharma is the UK minister in charge of COP26\n\nMr Kerry called on India and China, who are part of the G20, to put new carbon plans on the table before leaders gather in Glasgow.\n\n\"All G20 countries, all large economies, all need to try to stretch to do more,\" he told the gathering.\n\n\"I'm not singling out one nation over another. But I am encouraging all of us to try to do the maximum we can.\"\n\nThe mood on the street in Milan could not have contrasted more sharply with the formal, political roundtable discussions inside the PreCOP26 conference.\n\nOn Friday, students and activists marched to the doors of the conference venue - banners waving and arms linked in a human wall to protect Greta Thunberg, who led the procession. There were cheers of: \"We are unstoppable, another world is possible\". And just one day after sharing the stage with world leaders, and after meeting the Italian prime minister, 18-year-old Greta told a cheering crowd: \"We are sick of their blah blah blah and sick of their lies.\"\n\nMeanwhile, behind the concrete walls of the conference hall on Saturday, ministers were cautiously optimistic that their discussions had laid crucial foundations for the UN climate meeting in November. As he brought the meeting to a close, Alok Sharma, president for the much-anticipated COP26 in Glasgow, assured me that there was now a tangible \"sense of urgency\".\n\n\"It's this set of world leaders that are deciding the future,\" he said. \"We're going to respond to what we've heard here from young people.\"\n\nOne of the biggest remaining hurdles to progress remains the question of finance. The richer world promised to pay developing nations $100bn a year from 2020.\n\nThat figure hasn't yet been met and while ministers here were confident it would be achieved in Glasgow, the failure to land the money is eroding trust.\n\n\"Everything we need to do, we know what that is, and now it's just a question of who's going to be paying for it, who is going to be willing to share their technology,\" said Tosi Mpanu Mpanu.\n\n\"And that's where the problem is. So there seems to be at times selfishness or lack of good faith.\"\n\nDespite these reservations, the UK minister tasked with delivering success in Glasgow was in positive mood after the meeting in Milan.\n\n\"I think we go forward to Glasgow with a spirit of co-operation,\" said Alok Sharma.\n\n\"I do not want to underestimate the amount of work that is required but I think there is a renewed urgency in our discussions.\"\n\nHowever there are significant hurdles to clear before leaders arrive in Glasgow and technical questions about carbon markets and transparency are still unresolved.\n\n\"We need to change. And we need to change radically, we need to change fast,\" said EU vice-president Frans Timmermans. \"And that's going to be bloody hard.\"", "Panorama investigates the Pandora Papers, one of the biggest offshore leaks in history, revealing the financial secrets of some of the most powerful people on the planet.\n\nPanorama investigates the Pandora Papers, one of the biggest offshore leaks in history, revealing the financial secrets of some of the most powerful people on the planet. Reporter Richard Bilton uncovers the hidden offshore deals that presidents, prime ministers and royalty don’t want you to know about.", "Tony and Cherie Blair did not have to pay £312,000 in stamp duty when buying a £6.45m London townhouse, leaked documents show.\n\nThe ex-Labour prime minister and his barrister wife bought the property as an office for her business in 2017 by buying the offshore firm that owned it.\n\nMrs Blair said the sellers had insisted the building was sold in this way but they had brought it under UK control.\n\nShe said they would be liable to pay capital gains tax if they sell it.\n\nWhen the property was put up for sale, the ultimate owners were a family with political connections in Bahrain - but both parties say they did not initially know who they were dealing with.\n\nMrs Blair said her husband's only involvement in the transaction was that the mortgage for the property used their joint income and capital.\n\nThe revelation is contained in the Pandora Papers, a leak detailing the work of companies offering offshore financial services in the British Virgin Islands, Singapore, Panama, Belize, Switzerland and other countries.\n\nBBC Panorama in a joint investigation with the Guardian and other media partners have had access to nearly 12 million documents and files.\n\nSince leaving Downing Street in 2007, the Blairs have built up a significant property portfolio. Altogether they are reported to have spent more than £30m on 38 residential properties before they bought the office.\n\nDocuments show how the way the property in Harcourt Street, Marylebone, was acquired in July 2017 saved the Blairs a bill for stamp duty.\n\nThe four-floor building is now home to Mrs Blair's legal advisory firm, Omnia Strategy, and her foundation for women.\n\nThe previous owner of Harcourt Street is listed in UK Land Registry records as Romanstone International Limited - a British Virgin Islands firm.\n\nRomanstone itself had been owned by another BVI company, whose shareholders were members of the Al Zayani family. Among them was a minister in Bahrain's government - Zayed Rashid Al Zayani, Bahrain's minister for industry, commerce and tourism.\n\nThe leaked documents show the Blairs bought the building by setting up a UK company to acquire Romanstone. Mr and Mrs Blair each held a 50% stake in the British company. They closed the offshore company after the purchase.\n\nBuying the property in this way meant the Blairs did not have to pay stamp duty.\n\nStamp duty is paid by the purchasers of a property or land over a certain price.\n\nThe tax is not paid when a company owning a property is acquired because the shareholder of a company is switching hands, rather than the actual ownership of the property.\n\nTony and Cherie Blair bought the four-floor building in 2017\n\nNo laws were broken in buying the Harcourt Street office but Mr Blair had previously been critical of tax loopholes, once saying \"the tax system is a haven of scams, perks, City deals and profits\".\n\nIn his first speech as Labour leader in 1994, Mr Blair said: \"Millionaires with the right accountant pay nothing while pensioners pay VAT on fuel.\n\n\"Offshore trusts get tax relief while homeowners pay VAT on insurance premiums. We will create a tax system that is fair which is related to ability to pay.\"\n\nRobert Palmer from campaign group Tax Justice UK told Panorama: \"It partly doesn't look great because most people cannot do the same thing… even if what the Blairs did was perfectly legal, perfectly legitimate in the business world, it feels instinctively really unfair because they got access to an advantage, a potential advantage that the rest of us don't have.\"\n\nMrs Blair stressed that Harcourt Ventures had been formed to bring Romanstone and its building under UK tax and regulatory rules.\n\nShe said: \"It is not unusual for a commercial office building to be held in a corporate vehicle or for vendors of such property not to want to dispose of the property separately.\"\n\nThe Blairs said \"the acquisition of a company comes with different tax consequences\" and they \"will of course be liable for capital gains tax on resale\".\n\nLawyers for the Al Zayani family say their companies have complied with all UK laws past and present.\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC and has led to one of the biggest ever global investigations. More than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app, or watch Panorama on the BBC iPlayer (UK viewers only)", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Scottish Justice Secretary Keith Brown says misogyny could become a 'stand-alone offence' in Scotland\n\nMisogynistic abuse could be come a separate crime in Scotland, the justice secretary has said.\n\nKeith Brown said men's attitude to low level sexism had to be challenged to make women safer.\n\nHis comments follow the sentencing of Wayne Couzens for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard while Couzens was a serving police officer in London.\n\nA working group led by Helena Kennedy QC on whether misogyny should be a distinct crime will report in February.\n\nThe full details of the Sarah Everard case, which emerged when he was sentenced last week, have reignited debate on what more can be done to tackle violence against women.\n\nIn March the Scottish government faced calls to include misogyny - prejudice against women - in its hate crime legislation when it was debated at Holyrood.\n\nProtests took place after the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard\n\nLabour MSP Johann Lamont tabled an amendment that would have included women as a protected group, giving the courts enhanced sentencing powers.\n\nThe amendment was defeated, however, with the government instead setting up a working group led by Baroness Kennedy to look at whether misogynistic abuse should be a separate crime.\n\nMr Brown told BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show the ministers would be guided by the group's findings - but he believed such a move would be a \"very important signal that these behaviours are not acceptable in society from men\".\n\n\"Her work is progressing very well and it may well be that we end up, depending on her recommendations, with a stand alone offence of misogyny,\" Mr Brown said.\n\nMr Brown welcomed Police Scotland's introduction of new verification checks for lone police officers as a \"very positive step\" after it emerged that Couzens used his police warrant card and handcuffs to abduct Ms Everard.\n\nNew procedures mean members of the public who encounter an officer working alone in Scotland can verify their identity with the police control room.\n\nThe justice secretary said the measures put \"the onus on the police not women to take action if somebody is in a vulnerable situation with one police officer\".\n\nExtra vetting procedures had also been put in place for trainee police officers in Scotland, he said.\n\nThe justice secretary said men of all ages had to change their attitudes to low level misogyny.\n\n\"I think it is very important that I have to say this, as a man to men, we have have to change our behaviour,\" he said.\n\n\"There are too many women that feel the justice system doesn't serve them well.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sandy Brindley says cultural change is needed to enable more people to challenge misogynistic attitudes\n\nSandy Brindley, from Rape Crisis Scotland, said one of the most \"chilling\" aspects of the Sarah Everard case was that Couzens was reportedly nicknamed \"the rapist\" by colleagues.\n\n\"What that says to me is that people knew that he behaved in a predatory way towards women and nobody held him accountable, and nobody challenged him - that's what we need to change,\" she said.\n\nAsked about a report last year from former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini that found evidence of a \"canteen culture\" and discrimination within Police Scotland, Ms Brindley said there was no doubt sexist and racist attitudes existed within the police as well as in many other institutions.\n\n\"I do think we need a clear commitment from the police to address these issues, but I don't think it's only for the police,\" she said.\n\n\"Time and time again we see a man convicted of a crime like rape where it turns out that people around them, people who worked with them were aware of their predatory behaviour, an institution was aware of it and took no steps to challenge it.\n\n\"We need zero tolerance of the type of behaviour that leads for example being called a rapist and still continue in their job.\"\n\nShe said a \"complete cultural change\" was needed, pointing out that rape had the lowest conviction rate of any crime type in Scotland.\n\nOnly 43% of rape cases brought before a court end in conviction, compared with 88% of other crimes.\n\n\"If you are serious about improving women's safety, the starting point has to be having a justice system we can have confidence in and also a justice system that does not systematically let men who are guilty of rape walk free,\" she said.", "Thousands of runners have taken part in this year's Belfast City Marathon.\n\nMore than 5,700 entered what was the first marathon to be held in the city since 2019, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe race began at 09:00 BST on Sunday on Prince of Wales Avenue in the Stormont Estate.\n\nIrish Olympian Mick Clohisey was the first across the line in Ormeau Park, while Fionnuala Ross was first in the women's race.\n\nThe 26.2 mile-long (42.1 km) race took runners across east, north, west and south Belfast, before finishing in Ormeau Park.\n\nRoads along the route closed at 06:00 and reopened again once all runners had passed.\n\nIt was the first time the marathon had been held in October. 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End of twitter post by Barra Best\n\nA relay and wheelchair race following the same route of the marathon also took place, along with a 2.5 mile (4km) fun run and an 8 mile (12.8km) walk.\n\nIt was Northern Ireland's largest mass participation sporting event since the pandemic began.\n\n\"It wasn't quite clear whether we could go ahead or not for quite a while and to some extent we took a little bit of a risk in deciding it could go ahead,\" Belfast City Marathon chairman John Allen said.\n\n\"It has been relatively more low-key because because of that slight risk.\"\n\nMr Allen said the record number of entrants this year was due to some people's entries being deferred from 2020.\n\n\"They entered originally about a year or so ago and we had to move their entries forward,\" he said.\n\nNo top international runners took part this year, according to Mr Allen.\n\nKenya's Joel Kositany won the event for the fourth time in 2019, crossing the finish line with a time of two hours 18 minutes and 40 seconds.\n\nMeanwhile Caroline Jepchirchir, also from Kenya, set the fastest ever women's time in Belfast, with a 2:36.38 clocking, as she repeated her 2018 win.\n\nOn Sunday morning, Belfast City Marathon apologised on social media \"for the lengthy waits experienced for many\" when picking up race packs on Saturday.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nAnger was voiced on social media on Saturday as a number of people booked to take part said they had to queue for several hours to pick up their race packs.\n\nMarathon organisers posted online that there were large queues and asked people to be patient.\n\nRace organisers were forced to apologise in 2019 after admitting the course was 0.3 miles longer than it should have been.\n\nIn a statement at the time, then chairman David Seaton said \"protocols will be put in place to ensure this never happens again\".", "BBC News NI understands that both patients and staff at the Ulster Hospital have been affected by the outbreaks\n\nTwo wards have been closed at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald, on the outskirts of east Belfast, due to outbreaks of Covid 19.\n\nOne of the wards provides care specifically for elderly patients.\n\nBBC News NI understands that both patients and staff are affected.\n\nIn a statement, a spokesperson for the South Eastern Health Trust confirmed that both wards were closed during the past two weeks.\n\nOver the past month, 96 patients tested positive for the virus on admission to the hospital and 16 others tested positive during their stay.\n\nAccording to the trust, it is their policy to admit Covid-positive patients to side rooms or bays, which are designated for patients with the virus.\n\nHowever, the trust also confirmed that at times non-Covid patients are admitted to these wards due to their clinical condition, such as when requiring respiratory treatment", "People who are immunocompromised have begun receiving third doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nIt marks the start of the \"booster\" programme, with older people to be offered third vaccination doses from next week.\n\nThese will be offered to everyone over 80, and people over 65 in residential settings.\n\nThe Health Service Executive (HSE) said there was a \"very good supply\" of vaccines in Ireland.\n\nProfessor Martin Cormican, who is HSE lead for infection control, said the additional dose for the immunocompromised will include anyone over the age of 12, but in the first instance it will be offered to those aged 16 and over.\n\n\"There will be a little delay for those between the ages 12 and 15,\" he told Irish broadcaster RTÉ.\n\nProf Cormican said this was because this group of people were vaccinated later and there is a need to wait two months.\n\n\"That is where you get the most benefit if you allow the interval of two months to go by,\" he added.\n\nProf Cormican the HSE would contact anyone eligible for a booster dose.\n\nIt is expected to take five to six weeks to administer third doses to all those who need one.", "Welcome to the One Million Pound Club.\n\nTo make the top ten donors to the Conservative Party since Boris Johnson became prime minister, you need to have stumped up a seven figure sum.\n\nAt the top of the chart, by a considerable margin, the providers of one of the most memorable political images of the last few years.\n\nBoris Johnson at the wheel of a JCB, a polystyrene wall smashed, his 'Get Brexit Done' slogan in the mechanical shovel.\n\nJC Bamford Excavators Limited has given just over £2.5m in the last two years. Lord Bamford, the chairman of the family owned company, has personally given £100,000 since 2010, when the Conservatives returned to government. He became a Conservative peer in 2013.\n\nI've been trying to find out what motivates people to give money to the Conservative Party, how do they choose how much to give and how do they measure if it is worth it?\n\nIncidentally, I put all these questions to JCB, but Lord Bamford didn't want to talk to me. That, of course, is his prerogative - what he chooses to do with his own money is his own business.\n\nBut collectively, these are important questions to explore - for they offer an insight into how our governing party is bankrolled, and by whom.\n\nIt is also a window into the world of the super-rich, what motivates them to donate, and the context of some stark and big numbers you might occasionally read about.\n\nSo who is willing to talk publicly?\n\n\"It is a perfectly reasonable thing to ask about.\"\n\nMeet Alasdair Locke, a veteran of the shipping and oil and gas industries, and a multimillionaire.\n\n\"They will put you in everything you want,\" he says, when I ask what he gets in return.\n\nMr Locke has agreed to talk to me on the record, where others said they would speak to me, but only if I protect their identity.\n\nMr Locke says as a donor he may get heard, but wouldn't expect it to be acted upon\n\nHe has donated £280,000 to the Conservative Party since Boris Johnson became prime minister.\n\nElectoral Commission rules mean any donation over £7,500 to a party has to be reported by that party, and the figure and the donor will be published.\n\n\"I can get access via the Leaders Group. It is usually senior ministers and 15 or 20 people. Sometimes in person. Sometimes on Zoom. The last thing I attended was a lunch with Michael Gove in July. It was all donors who were there.\"\n\nTo become a member of the Leaders Group, you have to have donated £50,000 in the last year.\n\nTwo to three lunches a week are arranged, to which around a dozen donors are invited.\n\nGroups don't tend to be bigger than this, to ensure all those who turn up get a chance to feel part of something that isn't impersonal.\n\nSome donors are very regular attendees, others don't come to any.\n\nDoes this amount to buying access, and influence?\n\n\"It is interesting, but I'm not sure we are that influential. Politicking doesn't really interest or excite me. I would reckon I do get heard, but I don't expect it to be acted upon,\" Mr Locke says.\n\n\"Politicians are always cautious, in any case. At the lunch with Michael Gove, I asked about trade relations with the US. There was no attempt by any of us to influence policy.\"\n\nMr Locke was drawn into political donations by a \"strong conviction\" for keeping Scotland in the United Kingdom.\n\nAlastair Locke said he became a Conservative donor to support the party's leader in Scotland Douglas Ross, and his predecessor Baroness Davidson.\n\n\"I started off with the Conservatives when they were facing oblivion in Scotland. I am an old fashioned One Nation Tory, there wouldn't be much between me and centrists in the Labour Party.\n\n\"I wanted to support the centre right unionist party. I wanted to move the Scottish Conservatives away from the patrician tweedy layered image, to involve people who people would vote for,\" he tells me.\n\nHe is a big fan of the Scottish Conservative Leader Douglas Ross, and Baroness Davidson, a predecessor.\n\nIt is not just the Leaders Group that donors can be a member of.\n\nThere is the Treasurers Group, for those who have given £25,000, although I am told plenty of prospective members can be tempted to upgrade to the Leaders Group, as those with a spare 25 grand rattling around can often afford to double it.\n\nThere is then the Advisory Board, for those who have given £250,000 or more in the last year.\n\nBut how transparent is this?\n\nThe short answer: not very.\n\nYes, there is the legal obligation for donors' names and how much they have given to be published.\n\nBut what they actually get for that money is much, much less clear, and less clear than it used to be.\n\nBack in 2012, there was a big row about the then Conservative co-treasurer, Peter Cruddas.\n\nHe resigned as party co-treasurer after The Sunday Times suggested he was offering access to then Prime Minister David Cameron for a donation of £250,000 a year.\n\nBut the following year he won £180,000 in damages in a libel victory against the newspaper.\n\nThe newspaper's appeal succeeded in part and the damages were later reduced to £50,000.\n\nPeter Cruddas is sixth in the league table of Conservative donors since Boris Johnson became prime minister, having given £1.1m.\n\nIn December last year, Mr Johnson nominated him for a peerage, against the advice of The Lords Appointments Commission, describing the earlier allegations as \"historic and untrue\".\n\nAfter the row in 2012, David Cameron decided greater transparency was the answer, even if some internally felt donors were already being told they would be named by the Electoral Commission and a further step was unnecessary.\n\nBut Mr Cameron pressed ahead, and the Tories began to publish a public register of donors who attended private dinners with the then-PM.\n\nBut then, in 2018, they stopped. And there has been nothing since.\n\nThe former housing secretary Robert Jenrick got caught up in one of the most awkward of political binds possible with a donor last year.\n\nHe found himself sitting next to businessman Richard Desmond at a Conservative fundraiser.\n\nMr Desmond then gave the party more money after one of his housing developments was given the go ahead.\n\nMr Jenrick said he regretted the contact and Downing Street supported him, at the time.\n\nHe was sacked from the cabinet this month; one minister telling me his dismissal was far too late - he should have been shown the door a year earlier.\n\nA Conservative spokesperson didn't address the question of the register straight on, but they did say: \"Donations and donors to the party are declared to and published by the Electoral Commission as required by the law and this is freely and openly available on the Electoral Commission's website.\"\n\nDavid Cameron pledged to publish a quarterly register of party donors who attended dinners at official residences.\n\nSo what do donors get for their money?\n\n\"It does give me the chance to speak to some people,\" a very significant donor tells me privately.\n\nThis includes chances to speak to the prime minister and chancellor, as the Financial Times reported over the summer.\n\nBut, when I ask if this represents value for money, I'm told: \"I'm not sure how you measure it, to tell you the truth. It doesn't amount to being involved in making policy.\"\n\nThis is where we get into a fascinating subtlety about very rich people and what they do with their money.\n\nThis same donor offers an insight that all of my conversations tacked back to: he said his - by any conventional metric - vast donations to the Conservative Party, amounted to \"barely a flicker\" compared to the sums involved in the charitable work he does.\n\nThis single example of giving is matched by the picture more broadly. The Conservative Party generates around £25m a year. Charities, collectively in the UK, are a multi billion pound sector, with around 50 generating more than £100m a year.\n\nSome inside the party ponder how giving money to any political party could be perceived to be more noble, as a contribution to public life, rather than so often raising awkward and, usually, unanswered questions.\n\nShould party political donations be treated like donations to charity, which are subject to tax relief, called Gift Aid?\n\nMaybe, argue some, while acknowledging it would look self serving and so politically awkward.\n\nBut let's get back to what motivates people to give money.\n\nBeyond access to ministers, and, for some, eventually, maybe a knighthood or a seat in the House of Lords (although their other work, in industry or for charity, might qualify them for this anyway), there is an X factor available here too.\n\nAuctioning off a weekend for two at a plush hotel in the Lake District doesn't tick any boxes for a donor who may just own that hotel anyway.\n\nBut offer them a dinner at which the prime minister is speaking and there is, perhaps, a near equivalent in terms of social cachet to said donor having spent vast sums having a stratospherically famous rock star play privately at their 60th birthday party.\n\nOr there might be an auction lot for something with next to no monetary value, but which offers a rich anecdote.\n\nI'm told of one such auction, where a speech the prime minister was yet to even give was to be sold off and might fetch around £1,500.\n\nThink this through: it's a pile of A4 paper with words printed on it, which, by the time you receive it, is already in the public domain, and has been merely garnished with a prime ministerial scrawl, his signature.\n\nIt might even turn out to be a speech which you barely agree with a word of. Or a complete dud.\n\nBut, to those for whom material purchases have little added value, because they have all they could ever want, something that can hang on the back of a toilet door and comes with a story, and a smiley picture of you and the prime minister, might just be tempting.\n\nQuestions will forever swirl about political parties and how they are funded.\n\nWhere does the money comes from, who is giving it, how much, and to whom? Who are the donors? Why are they doing it, what are they getting out of it?\n\nThe alternative, many people I spoke to said, was state funding of political parties: asking the taxpayer to pick up the tab for politics.\n\nIn the grand scheme of public spending, the cost of this would be minimal, but most political parties would probably think twice, or more than twice, before attempting to sell the merits of a potential voter picking up their tab.\n\nAs one donor said: \"It doesn't always look good. It really doesn't. But, intellectually, it is the least bad way of funding political parties.\"\n\nAnd a Conservative spokesperson points out that the party is funded by membership, fundraising and donation, which are properly and transparently declared to the Electoral Commission, published, and comply with the law.\n\n\"Fundraising is a legitimate part of the democratic process. The alternative is more taxpayer-funding of political campaigning, which would mean less money for frontline services like schools, police and hospitals.\"", "BBC News NI outlines the latest data on coronavirus and Covid-19 vaccinations across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nOne more coronavirus-related death has been reported in Northern Ireland on Saturday.\n\nDeaths are measured by recording those who died within 28 days of receiving a positive result in a test for coronavirus.\n\nThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland since the start of the pandemic is 2,565.\n\nAnother 992 cases of coronavirus were reported on Saturday, down from 1,039 on Friday.\n\nThat includes cases confirmed from samples taken in recent days, not necessarily just in the latest 24-hour reporting period.\n\nA total of 240,331 cases of the virus have been confirmed in Northern Ireland since the pandemic began.\n\nThe Department of Health's Covid-19 dashboard is not updated at the weekend.\n\nThe most recent figures from Friday showed there were 342 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals in Northern Ireland.\n\nThere was 33 Covid-19 patients being treated in hospital intensive care units on Friday, up from 29 on Thursday.\n\nA total of 2,528,747 vaccines have been administered in Northern Ireland.\n\nAnother 1,586 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the Republic of Ireland on Saturday, up from 1,059 on Friday.\n\nThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland since the start of the pandemic is 5,249.\n\nThat figure, which is subject to revision, is updated weekly and includes \"probable and possible\" Covid-19-linked deaths.\n\nThere are 298 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals, down from 308 on Friday.\n\nThere are 56 patients with Covid-19 in intensive care units, down from 59 on Friday.\n\nA total of 7,218,801 Covid-19 vaccines had been administered in the Republic of Ireland as of Thursday.\n\nOf those, 3,536,134 were first doses and 3,446,993 were second doses. Some 235,674 were single doses.", "Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool manager says vaccine is 'not a limit on freedom' Last updated on .From the section Liverpool\n\nJurgen Klopp says 99% of Liverpool players are vaccinated Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he does not understand why some people refuse the coronavirus vaccine. There have been concerns about the rate of vaccination in the Premier League with fewer than half of players jabbed at most clubs. Klopp says \"99%\" of his players have been vaccinated. Meanwhile Health Secretary Sajid Javid said it is \"disappointing\" at least five members of the England squad are reportedly refusing to be vaccinated. His comments came after The Sun reported five players have not had the jab despite organisers of next year's Qatar World Cup planning to ban all unvaccinated players. \"I would just appeal to these people, whether they are footballers, whoever it is... that the vaccines are working. Help protect yourself and protect those around you,\" Javid told Times Radio. \"They've made a conscious choice. It is disappointing, of course it is. \"They are role models in society. People, especially young people, I think will look up to them and they should recognise that and the difference that can make in terms of encouraging others.\" Klopp said he has not had to convince any players to be vaccinated. The German says he was jabbed to protect not just himself but \"all the people around me\". \"I don't understand why that is a limitation of freedom,\" he said. \"Because if it is, then not being allowed to drink and drive is a limitation of freedom as well - but we accept that. \"I got the vaccination because I was concerned about myself but even more so for everyone else around me. \"If I get it and suffer - my fault. If I get it and spread it around to everyone else - my fault and not their fault.\" This week it was revealed the Premier League is considering whether to \"reward\" clubs whose coronavirus vaccination rates are high. In an email to top-flight clubs last week, the Premier League said: \"Only seven clubs' squads are more than 50% fully vaccinated, so we have a way to go.\" On Friday, it was announced that Premier League players will be allowed to travel to red-list nations to represent their countries in this month's World Cup qualifiers - but only if they are fully vaccinated. \"I think we can say we have 99% vaccinated,\" added Klopp. \"I didn't have to convince the players, it was more a natural decision from the team. \"I can't remember really talking to a player and convincing him why he should because I'm not a doctor. \"What I would give, like in a lot of other situations, would be my advice - but it was not necessary.\" As of 2 October, almost 49 million people in the UK had received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, while almost 45 million had received a second - an uptake of 89.9% and 82.5% of over-16s respectively. However, some people choose not to be vaccinated citing a number of factors, including their lack of confidence in the vaccine, concerns about side-effects, or a fear of needles. Others - a minority - opt out of vaccination because of their consumption of misinformation and conspiracy theories online, particularly on social media.\n• None Our coverage of Liverpool is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Liverpool - go straight to all the best content", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak at the Conservative conference in Manchester\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has said there is no \"magic wand\" to make disruption to fuel and food supplies disappear overnight.\n\nHe told the BBC supply problems were global, and ministers were doing everything they can to mitigate them.\n\n\"Pragmatic controlled immigration\" could be part of the short-term solution, he said.\n\nHe was speaking ahead of addressing the Conservative party conference amid concerns over living standards.\n\nThe Chancellor's first in-person speech to Tory members comes against a backdrop of rising food and energy prices, alongside cuts to universal credit benefits and tax rises to fund the NHS and social care.\n\nSupply chain issues are continuing to affect several sectors, with the military due to begin driving fuel to petrol stations.\n\nSpeaking on Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Sunak said \"challenges\" to supply chains are not unique to the UK but were a problem across the world as a result of lockdowns and the rapid re-opening of economies.\n\nBut he said the government was doing \"everything we can to mitigate the bits of that that we can\".\n\n\"There are things that we can do and should do and it is reasonable that people expect us to do what we can,\" he said.\n\n\"Whether it's short-term visas, speeding up testing capacity for HGV drivers, of course we should do all those things and we are doing all those things, but we can't wave a magic wand and make global supply chain challenges disappear overnight.\"\n\nBut he said the problems \"we are seeing at the moment will be transitory and will pass through the system\".\n\nPM Boris Johnson also insisted supply problems were part of an international trend, telling reporters they were due to the global economy \"coming back to life\" after Covid shutdowns.\n\n\"There's a shortage of lorry drivers actually around the world,\" he added.\n\nThe prime minister tried on Sunday to present this as short-term pain as part of what he believes will be very significant long-term gains because of Brexit.\n\nNow, the prime minister and other ministers would not say, 'oh, suck it up, enjoy the fact that you have to queue for petrol'.\n\nBut they have, in the last few days, woven this narrative: to take some of the things that we see happening, acutely, whether in agriculture, whether in fuel supply - and to turn them into this story of short-term pain for a long-term gain.\n\nThat was not Rishi Sunak's language.\n\nHe talked rather soberly about global supply shortages, things that the government can mitigate, clearly he believes the government does have a role.\n\nBut he was very different in tone, which was something on the day of a big chancellor's speech at this conference, very well worth noting.\n\nIn his speech later, Mr Sunak will say the best protection against cost of living challenges is to give people the skills and opportunities to get better paid work.\n\nThe chancellor will commit £500m to renew job support programmes and promise to \"double down\" on help for the jobs market after Covid.\n\nHe will also promise to reshape the economy around technology and scientific innovation.\n\nAhead of his speech, Mr Sunak praised the UK's economic recovery but warned the \"job is not done yet\".\n\n\"At the start of this crisis I made a promise to do whatever it takes, and I'm ready to double down on that promise now as we come out of this crisis,\" he said.\n\nHe will also promise to make the UK the \"the most exciting place on the planet\" through better infrastructure and improved skills.\n\nActivists queued earlier for a space to watch Rishi Sunak's speech, the biggest of the conference so far\n\nHis speech will come on the second day of conference, and he will say the Kickstart Scheme - which subsidises eligible jobs for young people on universal credit - will be extended by three months to March 2022.\n\nThe scheme, launched in September last year, was allocated £2bn in funding to create 250,000 jobs by the end of 2021.\n\nHowever, only 76,900 have actually started Kickstart roles, according to latest figures, with 196,300 roles in total made available for youngsters to apply for.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses had been calling for the scheme to be extended, amid reports that firms had encountered delays and found the scheme slow.\n\nMr Sunak will also announce the extension of the JETS scheme to help long-term unemployed people on universal credit until September 2022.\n\nA separate scheme paying employers £3,000 per apprentice they take on will also be prolonged by four months until the end of January.\n\nAnd the government is promising more help finding work for those coming off the furlough scheme, which closed last week, having paid the wages of 11.6 million workers during the pandemic.\n\nThe various extensions will be paid for with £500m of funding, with the Treasury saying that details will be confirmed at the Spending Review on 27 October.\n\nLabour's shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the government's plan to support jobs was \"struggling\" and had \"failed to hit its original targets\".\n\n\"An extended deadline will do nothing to compensate for the chancellor's tax rises, cost of living crisis and cuts to universal credit,\" he added.", "More than 40,000 people took part in the marathon through London's streets\n\nRunners in a range of costumes pounded the capital's streets in a record-breaking London Marathon.\n\nThe 26.2-mile race returned to London's streets for its first full-scale staging in more than two years, following the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nAn estimated 80,000 runners took part in person and virtually via an app.\n\nMarcel Hug and Manuela Schar won the wheelchair races in course-record times, and Sisay Lemma and Joyciline Jepkosgei won the elite races.\n\nIn a dominant performance Hug finished in 1:26.27. beating the previous course record by more than two minutes.\n\nEight-time winner David Weir took third place, competing in the wheelchair race for the 22nd consecutive year.\n\nHug's fellow Swiss athlete Schar finished in 1:39.52, shaving five seconds off her old record set in 2017.\n\nMen's wheelchair race winner Marcel Hug beat the previous course record by more than two minutes\n\nJepkosgei won the women's elite race with a comfortable lead in a time of 2:17.42.\n\nWorld record holder Brigid Kosgei finished just outside the podium places, after winning the two previous races.\n\nCharlotte Purdue crossed the line in 10th place, setting the third-fastest time ever for a British woman with 2:23.26.\n\nAfter the race Purdue spoke about the safety of women while out running after the sentencing of Sarah Everard's murderer this week.\n\nShe said: \"My parents have always told me never to run outside alone at night. My dad used to drive the car with me when I was younger.\n\n\"Even now I wouldn't run outside alone. I've never felt safe doing it. It is sad.\"\n\nEthiopian Sisay Lemma collapsed after crossing the finish line in the course's sixth fastest ever time\n\nLemma won the men's elite race after finishing third last year. His time of 2:04.01 was the sixth-fastest ever for the course.\n\nKenya's Vincent Kipchuma was second in 2:04.28 and Mosinet Geremew third in 2:04.41.\n\nRunners in an array of colourful costumes took part in this year's race\n\nOlympic BMX silver medallist Kye Whyte got the race started just after 10:00 BST.\n\nIt is 889 days since the colourful charity spectacular in front of cheering crowds last took place.\n\nA number of changes were in force this year to try to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus.\n\nThose running in central London had to show a negative lateral flow test for Covid-19.\n\nThe full London Marathon race was last held in the capital on 28 April 2019\n\nSeveral world records have been broken in this year's race, including fastest marathon wearing Wellington boots and fastest dressed in rugby kit.\n\nSarah Dudgeon and Max Livingstone-Learmonth, dressed as a dog, set the fastest time in a two-person costume with a time of 03:17.12.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA group of friends recorded the fastest time for a six-person costume, dressing as a Colin the Caterpillar cake.\n\nBenjamin Taylor, Edward Holderness, Oli Tipping, Guy Dixon, Charlie Mason and Digby Walker completed the race in 04:34.52.\n\nMr Dixon, who ran at the tail end of the costume, said the race \"tested our friendship\" but they were \"incredibly proud of their achievement\".\n\nThe group, who met at Durham University, raised £30,000 for six different charities.\n\nThe Colin the Caterpillar team beat the previous record for a marathon run in a six-person costume by nearly 90 minutes\n\nDavid McGillan a veteran of 30 previous marathons, described this year's race as \"the most special one\".\n\nHe said: \"Seeing the crowds today really restores my faith in humanity - people cheering you on when they don't know you from Adam.\"\n\nMr McGillan ran alongside his son, who was running his first marathon, \"which was a source of pride\", he added.\n\nDavid McGillan and his son Conor ran to support Blueprint for All, formerly the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust\n\nPaul McGregor ran the race remotely in Glasgow - first of eight marathons he plans to run in eight days across eight cities.\n\nHe said: \"I would have loved to have been there today, but it's really nice to know there's a lot of people out there running coming together to raise some money, particularly given the last 18 months.\"\n\nMr McGregor will complete his challenge, raising money for mental health charity Beyond, on 10 October - which is World Mental Health day. His final route will finish at the memorial bench in Hadley, Essex, dedicated to his father, who took his own life.\n\nOlympic gold medallist James Cracknell called the marathon \"a real testament to what people have done over the last year\" when runners were forced to do \"most of their training on their own\".\n\nCracknell, who completed the race in under 2:50, said: \"It really is the best thing about being British; people coming and supporting their mate, their partner, their charity, then staying and clapping everyone else. It's really good.\"\n\nFurther coverage of the race is on the Red Button and the BBC Sport website app.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bernard Tapie faced great highs and lows in his colourful career\n\nOne of France's most recognisable figures, the businessman, sports club owner and politician Bernard Tapie, has died at the age of 78.\n\nTapie, who had battled stomach cancer for the past four years, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, they said in a statement.\n\nAt one time he owned Adidas, Olympique Marseille and was a minister under President Francois Mitterrand.\n\nHe also had a string of legal problems and served time in jail.\n\nTapie's wife Dominique and his family announced his death with \"immense sadness\". They said he wished to be buried in Marseille, \"the city of his heart\".\n\nPresident Emmanuel Macron was among the many to pay tribute to him, saying his \"ambition, energy and enthusiasm... were a source of inspiration for generations of French people\".\n\nOlympique de Marseille won the French Championship five times while Tapie was president, and took home the UEFA Champions League in 1993\n\nBernard Tapie grew up in the working class suburbs of Paris.\n\nHe began his career as a singer, then a race car driver - before discovering a talent for buying up failing businesses and selling them on, the BBC's Hugh Schofield reports from Paris.\n\nHe demonstrated his wealth by buying the Olympique de Marseille football club, which won the French championship while he was their owner. However, he was accused of match-fixing and the club was stripped of its league championship title and later relegated to a lower division.\n\nHe also bought a cycling team that twice won the Tour de France, was the majority shareholder of the sportswear brand Adidas and owned a number of newspapers.\n\nIn the 1990s, he dabbled in politics, briefly became urban affairs minister and later elected as a leftist French and European parliament MP in Marseille.\n\nIn 1984, Tapie (right) sang one of his old songs on a TV show hosted by Sacha Distel (left)\n\nHe also had a lifelong interest in entertainment. In 1966, aged 23, he recorded songs under the name Bernard Tapy, but failed to make much of impact.\n\nHe returned to singing in the 1980s, after making his name as a corporate raider, and collaborated with acclaimed songwriter Didier Barbelivien.\n\nIn the 1990s, he appeared in major films including Claude Lelouch's Men, Women: A User's Manual, as well as plays. Over the past 20 years he has starred as a police inspector in a TV drama and hosted a number of chat shows.\n\nBernard and Dominique Tapie at the unveiling of a new theatre in Paris in 2007\n\nTapie's late career as a showman took off as his empire crumbled amid a string of legal problems from the late 1990s.\n\nHe served time in jail for match fixing and other charges concerning corruption, tax fraud and misuse of corporate assets.\n\nEarlier this year, he and his wife were attacked in a violent burglary at their home.\n\nBernard Tapie faced the ups and downs of his life always with panache, our correspondent notes, and he was an admired and fascinating figure until the end.", "Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has had a job offer from the United Nations withdrawn.\n\nMr Hancock announced this week that he had been given a role helping Africa's economy recover from Covid.\n\nThe UN said he would bring valuable experience - but Mr Hancock now says a rule has come to light that prevents him from taking the job while an MP.\n\nLeading figures across Africa and UK opposition parties had criticised the UN's choice of the MP for the role.\n\nOn Tuesday, the former health secretary tweeted a copy of the letter from UN Under-Secretary General Vera Songwe offering him the unpaid role.\n\nHe was congratulated by former cabinet colleagues, including Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Housing Secretary Michael Gove and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries.\n\nBut the West Suffolk MP faced a backlash from critics on social media, who pointed to the fact that a highly critical report from MPs on the UK government's handling of the pandemic had been released on the same day.\n\nMr Hancock's new role came four months after he resigned from his cabinet post for breaking social distancing guidelines by kissing a colleague.\n\nHe had been planning to continue as a Conservative MP while working as the UN special representative on financial innovation and climate change for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.\n\nThe UN has now told him the appointment \"is not being taken forward\".\n\nMr Hancock said he had been \"honoured to be approached by the UN\" but it later wrote to him to explain that UN rule \"has subsequently come to light\".\n\nHe added: \"Since I am committed to continuing to serve as MP for West Suffolk, this means I cannot take up the position.\n\n\"I look forward to supporting the UN ECA in their mission in whatever way I can in my parliamentary role.\"\n\nThis is undoubtedly an embarrassment for the former health secretary who was looking to resuscitate his political career.\n\nThe first step in doing so appeared to come with the announcement about the unpaid role.\n\nIt was not a UK government one - but there was glowing support from many senior former cabinet colleagues.\n\nMatt Hancock says a technical rule has now come to light which prevents him from taking the job as he is a sitting MP.\n\nBut the appointment attracted anger too, coming on the day a group of MPs had been highly critical of the government's handling of the pandemic. And some in the international community questioned the MP's expertise, past mistakes, and his suitability for such a challenging role.\n\nIt appears that added to pressure on the UN to withdraw the invitation - and three days later a spokesman confirmed it was not being taken forward.\n\nUN sources say the appointment should never have been made in the first place.\n\nGordon Brown was a sitting MP when he took a similar role. He was appointed in 2012, two years before he announced his intention to stand down as an MP.\n\nIn her letter to Mr Hancock offering him the job, Ms Songwe said his \"success\" in handling the UK's pandemic response was a testament to the strengths he would bring to the role.\n\nIn his reply, the MP said: \"As we recover from the pandemic so we must take this moment to ensure Africa can prosper.\"\n\nThe withdrawal of the offer was welcomed by campaign group Global Justice Now.\n\nThe group's director Nick Dearden said: \"If Matt Hancock wants to help African countries recover from the pandemic, he should lobby the prime minister to back a patent waiver on Covid-19 vaccines.\n\n\"If he'd done that when he was in government, tens of millions more people could already have been vaccinated.\n\n\"The last thing the African continent needs is a failed British politician. This isn't the 19th Century.\"", "Firefighters brought the small blaze on the first floor under control\n\nWestfield in east London was closed due to a fire inside a shop.\n\nWitnesses said the concourse of the shopping centre, in Stratford, \"filled with smoke\" as the centre was evacuated just after 10:00 BST.\n\nThe small fire, within a shop on the first floor, had been brought under control by about 11:45 BST.\n\nThe centre was closed to staff and shoppers for five hours but has since reopened. Car park users would not be charged for the morning, bosses said.\n\nAbout 60 firefighters were at the scene at one point, the London Fire Brigade said.\n\nCrews from a number of stations were sent to the scene, fire bosses said\n\nCrews from Stratford, Leytonstone, Leyton, Plaistow and other surrounding fire stations went to the scene.\n\nOnly \"a small part\" of a shop was damaged, the brigade said, and the cause of the fire is not yet known. No-one was injured.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nShakib Al Hasan became the leading wicket-taker in Twenty20 internationals but Scotland successfully defended 140 against Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup in Muscat, Oman.\n\nShakib took 2-17, as he moved to 108 wickets and overtook Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga, during Scotland's 140-9.\n\nChris Greaves made 45, and then took 2-19 as Bangladesh finished 134-7, six runs adrift.\n\nEarlier, Oman thrashed Papua New Guinea by 10 wickets in the opening game.\n• None Everything you need to know about the T20 World Cup\n• None Eight players to look out for\n• None Quiz: Who has played for England in men's T20 World Cups?\n\nAfter being put in to bat Scotland made a slow start and lost captain Kyle Coetzer for a duck, but recovered to 45-1, before losing five wickets for just eight runs in 25 balls, to slip to 53-6.\n\nGreaves then shared 51 with Mark Watt, who made 22, and 27 with Josh Davey to work Scotland up to a defendable total.\n\nScotland removed both openers to leave Bangladesh 18-2, before a 47-run partnership between Shakib (20) and Mushfiqur Rahim (38) gave the Tigers a platform.\n\nBut both fell in the space of two overs, meaning the run-rate started to rise sharply, and despite conceding 17 from the final over some earlier good bowling and catching was enough for Scotland to pick up the win.\n\nHampshire's Brad Wheal was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3-24.\n\nIn the tournament's first game Papua New Guinea - who had lost their previous 10 games in white-ball cricket and were making their World Cup debut, resulting in tears during the national anthems - were 0-2 before recovering to 102-3, but another collapse restricted them to 129-9, with captain Assad Vala top scoring with 56.\n\nOman captain and spinner Zeeshan Maqsood claimed 4-20, the best figures by an Oman bowler in T20 cricket, before his openers Jatinder Singh and Aqib Ilyas - who had never batted together for Oman - hit 12 fours and five sixes as Oman won with 38 balls to spare and became just the third men's team to win a T20 World Cup game by 10 wickets.\n\nThe next Group B games are on Tuesday, with Scotland facing Papua New Guinea (11:00 BST) and Bangladesh taking on Oman (15:00).\n\nListen to ball-by-ball commentary on Ireland v Netherlands (11:00 BST) and Sri Lanka v Namibia (15:00) on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app on Monday, 18 October.\n• None 'You don't wanna be like me': The brand new series of hit comedy Dave is streaming now\n• None Paris is at breaking point in this tense crime drama", "The queues snaked around the Essex terminal building on Sunday morning\n\nPassengers at Stansted Airport missed flights when a baggage system failure plunged departures into \"chaos\".\n\nTravellers hoping to depart on Sunday said they were faced with long queues around the terminal as staff raced to manually process luggage.\n\nStansted said its system, which recently underwent a £70m upgrade, was thought to have suffered a power issue.\n\nAn airport spokesman apologised for disruption and said the problem had been fixed.\n\nSeveral families who spoke to the BBC at Stansted described chaotic scenes that had put a downer on long-awaited holidays.\n\nNeil and Gemma Jackson arrived at Stansted at 04:30 BST after travelling from Kent with their children. The trip to Lanzarote is their first in two years.\n\n\"It started off ordinarily, we queued up to check in and that progressed quite quickly,\" said Mrs Jackson.\n\n\"But where it really went off the rails was we were all advised to drop our bags at a particular zone. There was absolute chaos.\n\n\"Every single passenger from every airline seemed to be in the same queue. There was no crowd control, it snaked around the entire airport, people were pushing in.\n\n\"We waited politely at security control. Then our gate closed and we were turned away.\"\n\nNeil and Gemma Jackson and their children missed their 07:05 flight to Lanzarote\n\nEllie Winstanley, 27, who was flying with Ryanair, also said she was advised to join a queue that \"circled the entire airport\".\n\n\"Then the conveyor belt stopped working,\" she said. \"We rushed through security which was fairly quick and then we sprinted and they closed the gate on time.\n\n\"I've got asthma so I was just trying to get a break. I felt for this other woman with two kids who looked teary and so incredibly stressed.\"\n\nEllie Winstanley was hoping to fly to Malaga for a 10-day break with her father and brother\n\nTrinity Hammatt, 21, from Haverhill, and Thomas Hammond, 21, from Saffron Walden, were heading to Valencia and said they arrived at the airport three hours in advance - as advised by Ryanair.\n\n\"We had to wait in that awful long queue because the belts are down,\" Ms Hammatt said. \"It's completely put a downer on the whole thing.\n\n\"Everyone we spoke to brushed us off. I understand it's busy and manic, but it's been overwhelming.\n\nThe new £70m baggage system has operated at Stansted since May\n\nThe baggage system upgrade in May involved replacing ageing conveyor belts and chutes with 2.4km (7,874ft) of track and 180 automated carts.\n\nAn airport spokesman said he believed the system had suffered a power issue.\n\n\"Contingency measures were immediately put in place with our airlines to mitigate disruption and manually process baggage while engineers worked to fix the issue.\" he said.\n\n\"The system is now operating as normal but passengers are still asked to arrive at the airport at least three hours before their flight departs in accordance with their airline's latest advice.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attend the first Earthshot Prize awards ceremony, held in London\n\nTwo best friends who grow coral and the country of Costa Rica are among the winners of the first ever Earthshot Prizes.\n\nThe annual awards were created by the Duke of Cambridge to reward people trying to save the planet.\n\nThere were five winners announced in London, each receiving £1m.\n\nPrince William was joined by stars including Emma Watson, Dame Emma Thompson and David Oyelowo for the ceremony at Alexandra Palace.\n\nEd Sheeran, Coldplay and KSI were among the acts that performed - and in keeping with the eco message, the music was powered by 60 cyclists pedalling on bikes.\n\nNo celebrities flew to London for the ceremony, no plastic was used to build the stage and guests were asked to \"consider the environment\" when choosing an outfit - with Watson wearing a dress made from 10 different dresses from Oxfam.\n\nHarry Potter actress Emma Watson has previously used her platform to call for climate change action\n\nThe Earthshot prize's name is a reference to the \"Moonshot\" ambition of 1960s America, which saw then-President John F Kennedy pledge to get a man on the Moon within a decade.\n\nEach year for the next decade, the prize is awarding £1m each to five projects that are working to find solutions to the planet's environmental problems.\n\nThe inaugural winners were selected from five different categories, and were chosen from a shortlist of 15 by judges including broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, actress Cate Blanchett and singer Shakira.\n\nThe Republic of Costa Rica won the Protect and Restore Nature award\n\nEmma Watson (left) announces the AEM Electrolyser as the winner of the Fix Our Climate award\n\nIn a recorded message played at the ceremony - which was broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer at 20:00 BST - Prince William said the next 10 years was a \"decisive decade\" for the planet.\n\n\"Time is running out,\" he said. \"A decade doesn't seem long enough, but humankind has an outstanding record of being able to solve the unsolvable.\"\n\nEarlier this week, the duke suggested that rather than the world's top minds setting their sights on space tourism, they should instead focus on saving Earth.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Prince William says the world's greatest minds are needed to \"repair this planet, not find the next\"\n\nWith stars from the worlds of football and music arriving on a green carpet, the message was that environmental challenges deserve the same kind of attention as the Oscars.\n\nAnd the winning teams were obviously thrilled to get such high-profile recognition.\n\nThe test now is whether their projects will be scaled up in a way that makes a difference worldwide.\n\nWhether it's restoring corals and forests or reducing waste and carbon emissions, the plan is for big name companies to support these mostly small-scale schemes and help them to become global.\n\nIt may well be years before we see how well that works out in practice, and inevitably some projects may prove more effective than others.\n\nIn any event, in the countdown to the vital COP26 climate summit in Glasgow next month, the winners offer something that's been in short supply recently: a sense of optimism.\n\nAmong the celebrities at Sunday night's ceremony was Love Actually actress Dame Emma, who criticised throwaway culture as she made her way to the event.\n\n\"If we had shown my parents how people live (today), how they will wander down the streets with a coffee cup, immediately throw it away, eat, throw away, everything throw away, they would've gone, 'what's going on?'\" said Dame Emma.\n\nNigerian Afro-pop singer Yemi Alade performed on stage during the ceremony", "The car ploughed through a wall and ended up in Hythe library on Sunday morning\n\nA car has crashed through a wall and into a library in Hampshire.\n\nThe car became wedged half in, half out of Hythe Library, having ploughed through the wall from a car park in New Road shortly after 11:15 BST.\n\nHampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service said crews tunnelled through the debris to get to the two people inside the car and stabilise the vehicle.\n\nBoth occupants had escaped without any serious injuries, the service said.\n\nHampshire Constabulary said the crash was not being treated as suspicious and no arrests were made.\n\nThe car had been in a car park next to the library in New Road\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Listen live on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and on the BBC Sport website and app\n\nBritain's Cameron Norrie reached his first Masters 1,000 final at Indian Wells as he breezed past Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets.\n\nThe world number 26 dominated the semi-final to win 6-2 6-4 in California.\n\nNorrie's run means he will replace Dan Evans as British number one and on Sunday he will challenge for the biggest title of his career.\n\nThe 26-year-old will face world number 36 Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final, after he beat American Taylor Fritz.\n\nThe Georgian won 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 to progress to his first final at this level.\n\n\"I'm becoming more and more comfortable in Indian Wells and it is the biggest win of my career for sure,\" Norrie told Amazon Prime.\n\n\"He made it difficult in the second set. I managed to serve well in those games and get through them. I think I had a very good gameplan today.\"\n\nSuccess in the prestigious Indian Wells tournament comes three months after Norrie claimed his first ATP singles title at Mexico's Los Cabos Open.\n\nThis is the sixth final Norrie has reached on tour this year and the match against world number 28 Dimitrov was the 46th he has won in an impressive season.\n\nNorrie also made it to the third round of every Grand Slam except the US Open in 2021 and is now set to break into the world's top 20 for the first time when the latest rankings are published on Monday.\n\nAfter battling his way through a demanding opening game to break Dimitrov's serve, Norrie grew in confidence.\n\nTwo swift holds and another break put the Briton 4-0 up before the momentum briefly changed hands.\n\nDimitrov won two games in a row but the 30-year-old swung a forehand wide to immediately hand another break to Norrie, who wrapped up the opening set in 31 minutes.\n\nA lengthy opening game in the second set eventually went to the indefatigable Norrie as he claimed an early break.\n\nDimitrov put up more resistance as the set went on but Norrie showed grit to save break point and from there stayed composed to hold serve and close out the win.\n\nShould Norrie come out victorious in Sunday's final (00:00 BST on Monday), he may give himself a chance of qualifying for the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin.\n\nThe women's final will also take place on Sunday and features Paula Badosa and Victoria Azarenka.\n\n'It was nice to show Laver I can play decent tennis'\n\nRod Laver was in the crowd watching the semi-final and Norrie said he was grateful to have the chance to prove himself in front of the Australian tennis great.\n\nThe Briton explained that the last time Laver watched him play was in the final of the San Diego Open earlier this month, when he lost 6-0 6-2 to Norway's Casper Ruud.\n\n\"It is so special to have him here, \" Norrie said.\n\n\"I was destroyed by Casper in that one [in San Diego] and I was thinking, 'he must think I'm awful at the game'. It was nice to come out here and show him that I could actually play some decent tennis.\"\n\nThere were flashes of brilliance from Dimitrov, but he was far too erratic, and was rarely offered any respite by Norrie.\n\nA class apart in the first four games, Norrie continued to serve well and attack when he could. He ran out a comfortable winner on a very hot desert day.\n\nNo British man has ever won the Indian Wells title. If Norrie is successful, he will climb into the world's top 16 and give himself a realistic chance of qualifying for the end-of-season ATP Finals.\n\nThis will be his sixth final of the season: a club in which he only has world number one Novak Djokovic for company.\n• None 'You don't wanna be like me': The brand new series of hit comedy Dave is streaming now\n• None Paris is at breaking point in this tense crime drama", "The aftermath of the drone strike in the Afghan capital, Kabul\n\nThe US government has offered financial compensation to the relatives of 10 people mistakenly killed by the American military in a drone strike on the Afghan capital, Kabul, in August.\n\nAn aid worker and nine members of his family, including seven children, died in the strike.\n\nThe Pentagon said it was also working to help surviving members of the family relocate to the US.\n\nThe strike took place days before the US military withdrew from Afghanistan.\n\nIt came amid a frenzied evacuation effort following the Taliban's sudden return to power and only days after a devastating attack close to Kabul's airport by IS-K, a local branch of the Islamic State (IS) group.\n\nUS intelligence had tracked the aid worker's car for eight hours on 29 August, believing it was linked to IS-K militants, US Central Command's Gen Kenneth McKenzie said last month.\n\nThe investigation found the man's car had been seen at a compound associated with IS-K, and its movements aligned with other intelligence about the terror group's plans for an attack on Kabul airport.\n\nAt one point, a surveillance drone saw men loading what appeared to be explosives into the boot of the car, but these turned out to be containers of water.\n\nGen McKenzie described the strike as a \"tragic mistake\" and added that the Taliban had not been involved in the intelligence that led to the strike.\n\nThe strike happened as the aid worker - named as Zamairi Ahmadi - pulled into the driveway of his home, 3km (1.8 miles) from the airport.\n\nThe explosion set off a secondary blast, which US officials initially said was proof that the car was indeed carrying explosives. However, an investigation found it was most likely caused by a propane tank in the driveway.\n\nOne of those killed, Ahmad Naser, had been a translator with US forces. Other victims had previously worked for international organisations and held visas allowing them entry to the US.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emal Ahmadi: \"Ten people died here... including my daughter, she was two years old\"\n\nThe compensation offer was made on Thursday in a meeting between Colin Kahl, the under-secretary of defence for policy, and Steven Kwon, the founder and president of an aid group active in Afghanistan called Nutrition and Education International, the Pentagon said in a statement.\n\nMr Kahl noted Mr Ahmadi and others who were killed \"were innocent victims who bore no blame and were not affiliated with ISIS-K or threats to US forces\", said a statement attributed to Defence Department spokesman John Kirby.\n\nHe reiterated Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin's commitment to the families, including \"condolence payments\".\n\nMr Austin has apologised for the attack, but Mr Ahmadi's 22-year-old nephew Farshad Haidari said that was not enough.\n\n\"They must come here and apologise to us face-to-face,\" he told the AFP news agency in Kabul.\n\nWhen the US started to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban managed to seize control of the country within about two weeks in a rapid offensive. Kabul fell on 15 August.\n\nIt sparked a mass evacuation effort from the US and its allies, as thousands of people tried to flee. Many were foreign nationals or Afghans who had worked for foreign governments.\n\nThe security situation was further heightened after the IS-K attack on the airport. A suicide bomber killed up to 170 civilians and 13 US troops outside the airport on 26 August.\n\nMany of those killed had been hoping to board evacuation flights leaving the city.\n\nThe last US soldier left Afghanistan on 31 August - the deadline President Joe Biden had set for the US withdrawal.\n\nMore than 124,000 foreigners and Afghans were flown out of the country beforehand. But some people were unable to get out in time, and evacuation efforts are ongoing.", "Alan Hawkshaw - pictured backstage at Top of the Pops while in The Shadows - composed the music for 35 films and \"countless\" television shows\n\nThe musician who wrote the theme tunes for Grange Hill, Countdown, and Channel 4 News has died aged 84.\n\nAlan Hawkshaw was also a member of The Shadows, toured with the Rolling Stones, and was sampled by Jay-Z.\n\nHe was admitted to hospital this week with pneumonia and died in the early hours of Saturday, his agent said.\n\nHis wife Christiane said: \"It was heartbreaking to say goodbye to Alan, my husband of 53 years and the love of my life.\"\n\nShe added: \"We spent the last few hours gazing at each other with love, holding hands, no need for words.\n\n\"I told him he and I were forever, and even though he has been unable to speak for the past two months, he managed a few 'forevers' and I knew he was at peace.\"\n\nHawkshaw wrote the music for more than 35 films and \"countless\" television programmes, his website said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Tom Hourigan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the 1960s Hawkshaw was in rock'n'roll group Emile Ford & The Checkmates, which toured with the Rolling Stones.\n\nHe joined The Shadows in the 1970s and worked as Olivia Newton-John's musical director, arranger and pianist.\n\nHe was awarded best arrangement by The American Academy of Arts and Sciences for Newton-John's \"I Honestly Love You\".\n\nHawkshaw was instrumental in a host of hits and worked with artists including Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones, Lulu and David Bowie.\n\nA statement from talent agency DNA Music Limited called Hawkshaw \"one of the most sampled musicians in the world\".\n\n\"Hip hop producers in particular have plundered Alan's catalogue of works including the biggest of them all, Jay-Z with Pray which featured on the American Gangster album,\" it said.\n\n\"Alan would often joke, 'I'm one of the oldest rap artists in the world.'\n\n\"He also famously said of Streisand, 'Barbara held this song of mine eight years until I sent her a note via one of her lawyers saying please record it before one of us dies.'\"\n\nShe went on to record his song Why Let It Go.\n\nIn 2004, in association with the Performing Rights Society, he set up The Alan Hawkshaw Foundation.\n\nThe scholarship programme funded over 70 scholarships at the Leeds College of Music, now the Leeds Conservatoire, and the National Film & Television School.\n\nHawkshaw, who was from Leeds, also underwrote the Radlett Junior Tennis Tournament, in the Hertfordshire town where he lived and, according to his website, donated 10% of his income to less well-off people.", "Saab was charged with money laundering in the US\n\nOne of President Nicolás Maduro's closest aides has been extradited from Cape Verde to the United States, where he's been charged with money laundering.\n\nThe US Treasury says Alex Saab worked as a front man for Mr Maduro's regime.\n\nThe Venezuelan government suspended talks soon afterwards with the US-backed opposition.\n\nThe talks were to resolve a political crisis that has led to violence and the collapse of the economy.\n\nThe discussions had been due to resume this weekend in Mexico.\n\nThe US Treasury accuses Mr Saab - a Colombian-born businessman and Venezuelan envoy - of using his accounts in American banks to launder the proceeds of corruption.\n\nHe was detained in June last year as his plane made a stopover to refuel in Cape Verde.\n\nMr Saab said he was travelling on an official mission to obtain medical supplies to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. He denies all the charges and says they are politically motivated.\n\nThe Venezuelan government has accused the US of kidnapping diplomatic personnel and announced the suspension in negotiations with the opposition that were set to resume this weekend.\n\nMr Saab was due to be a member of the government's negotiating team in talks with the opposition in Mexico.\n\nThe suspension of talks was announced by ruling Socialist party legislator Jorge Rodriguez, who heads the government's negotiating team.\n\nMr Rodriguez called the decision \"an expression of our deepest protest against the brutal aggression\" against Mr Saab.\n\nMr Saab is accused of making large amounts of money from overvalued contracts, as well as from Venezuela's government-set exchange rate and centralised system of import and distribution of basic foods.\n\nVenezuela has faced chronic shortages of food and medicine as a result of years of political and economic crisis.\n\nVenezuela's opposition has described Mr Saab as a front man doing shady deals for the populist socialist regime of Mr Maduro.\n\nColombian President Ivan Duque tweeted that Mr Saab's extradition was \"a triumph in the fight against drug trafficking, money laundering and corruption by the dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From 2018: Families have resorted to eating rotten meat in Zulia state", "The army has barracks at locations including Tidworth, Bulford and Larkhill\n\nA soldier has died in a training exercise on Salisbury Plain.\n\nThe 23-year-old was part of a crew operating an armoured vehicle in a training area near Enford, Wiltshire, on Friday.\n\nA source said the vehicle overturned and hit a tree, trapping several survivors and the dead man inside.\n\nThe presence of live ammunition meant firefighters could not use cutting equipment, so Army engineers rescued those inside, the source added.\n\nIt took several hours for the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers to free the soldiers.\n\nAn Army spokesman said: \"It is with sadness that we can confirm the death of a soldier on Salisbury Plain Training Area.\"\n\nWiltshire Police said it was investigating alongside the Health and Safety Executive and the Army.\n\nOffering condolences to the man's family, Devizes MP Danny Kruger said: \"While thankfully rare, it is vital that all serious accidents that take place during military training exercises are comprehensively investigated.\n\n\"We owe so much to the young men and women who risk their lives for our safety and we must do everything we can to keep them safe as well.\"\n\nSoldiers have been testing out new kit as part of their training exercises on Salisbury Plain\n\nA spokesperson for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue said crews were called to the scene at 11:57, along with a heavy rescue unit. The patient was taken to Salisbury Hospital, the ambulance service added.\n\nMost recently, Salisbury has been the base for the Army Warfighting Experiment with troops testing out new kit as the Army adapts to digital warfare which is increasingly becoming more prominent across the world.\n\nThis week, private companies have also been pitching their latest gear, with soldiers testing out equipment and giving them feedback.\n\nThe British Army currently has about 76,500 soldiers, with about 15,000 based around the West Country.\n\nSalisbury Plain is the UK's largest training area for the British Army\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch Bill Clinton give a thumbs up after he's asked: \"How are you feeling?\"\n\nFormer US President Bill Clinton has been discharged from a Californian hospital after spending five nights under care.\n\nMr Clinton had been receiving treatment for a urinary tract infection that developed into sepsis.\n\nThe 75-year-old gave a thumbs up to waiting news crews as he walked out of hospital with his wife, former presidential candidate Hillary.\n\nMr Clinton will return home to New York to complete his recovery, doctors said.\n\nDr Alpesh Amin, who oversaw the team of medics treating Mr Clinton, said in a statement: \"His fever and white blood cell count are normalised and he will return home to New York to finish his course of antibiotics.\"\n\nThe 42nd president, who served from 1993 to 2001, shook hands with waiting medical staff as he left the facility with his wife of 46 years.\n\nAccording to US media, Mr Clinton - who was in California to attend a private event for his foundation - had felt fatigued on Tuesday and underwent tests before being admitted to the hospital.\n\nPresident Biden said on Friday night that he had spoken with Mr Clinton and told reporters that he was \"not in any serious condition\".\n\nThe infection is the latest health scare for Mr Clinton. In 2004, aged 58, he had a quadruple bypass surgery after doctors found signs of extensive heart disease and, ten years later, he had a clogged artery opened after complaining of chest pains.\n\nNot long after his second surgery, the ex-president - known for his love of fatty foods - went vegan. He told Politico in 2016, \"I might not be around if I hadn't become a vegan. It's great.\"", "A 14-year-old boy has died after an incident at a railway station in Glasgow.\n\nOfficers were called to High Street station in the city centre at about 15:45 on Saturday.\n\nHe was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.\n\nDetective Inspector Iain Nelson said: \"This has been a shocking loss of a young life and a significant investigation is under way.\"\n\nHe added: \"Specialist officers are supporting the boy's family at this incredibly difficult time.\n\n\"Enquiries continue to establish the full circumstances and anyone who can help is urged to get in touch as soon as possible.\"\n\nScotRail said High Street station would remain closed on Sunday while the police investigation was ongoing, with no trains running between Bellgrove and Partick stations.\n\nThe area around the station was cordoned off by police on Sunday\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "About 16,000 runners have taken part in the event\n\nMore than 16,000 people have taken part in the 10-mile (16km) Great South Run.\n\nElite male, elite female and fast-paced club runners led the the first wave of the event, held in Portsmouth, from 10:00 BST.\n\nBritish 5,000m record holder Eilish McColgan clocked a time of 50 minutes and 43 seconds to take victory and claim a new course record time.\n\nJack Rowe crossed the finish line to win the men's elite race with a time of 47 minutes and 20 seconds.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Great Run This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe route takes runners past the Historic Dockyard and HMS Victory to the finish line at the seafront.\n\nIn recognition of the efforts of all NHS staff during the pandemic four local members of NHS staff were the official starters of this year's race.\n\nA Great South Run 5km (3 mile), junior and mini runs were held on Saturday as part of the weekend event.\n\nIt has been held in the city since 1991. The event was cancelled last year due to the pandemic.\n\nRoad closures in place for the race were expected to lifted along the route by 16:00 BST.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after she was released from house arrest in Tehran in March 2021\n\nThe British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has lost an appeal against a second jail sentence in Iran.\n\nHer family said on Saturday that there had been no court hearing, but her lawyer was informed of the outcome.\n\nFirst jailed for five years in 2016 after being accused of plotting against the regime, she was sentenced to another year's confinement in April on charges of \"spreading propaganda\".\n\nShe spent the final year of her term on parole at her parents' home in Tehran.\n\nBut concerns have been raised that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe may now be sent back to prison.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, said that his wife was \"waiting for the call to summon her back\" and said that she was \"traumatised at the thought of having to go back to jail\".\n\nShe had called her daughter several times over the course of the day to tell her she loves her, such is her fear that her return to confinement may be imminent, he said.\n\nMr Ratcliffe has not seen his wife in person since her imprisonment in 2016. Their daughter, Gabriella, who was with her mother in Tehran when she was arrested, has been with him in the UK since 2019.\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss denounced the Iranian decision as \"an appalling continuation of the cruel ordeal\" Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is going through.\n\n\"We are doing all we can to help Nazanin get home to her young daughter and family and I will continue to press Iran on this point,\" Ms Truss said.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was a project manager for the charity Thomson Reuters Foundation when she was was arrested in April 2016 after having taken her daughter to Iran to celebrate the Iranian new year and to visit her parents.\n\nIranian authorities alleged that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was plotting to topple the government in Tehran and Iran's Revolutionary Guards accused her of leading a \"foreign-linked hostile network\" when she visited.\n\nShe completed a five-year sentence in March this year, only to be slapped with a fresh one-year jail term for \"propaganda against the system\".\n\nShe is one of a number of Western passport holders being held by Iran in what human rights groups condemn as a policy of hostage-taking aimed at winning concessions from foreign powers.\n\nHer husband has alleged that she is being held hostage over a long-standing debt of £400m ($550m) that Britain owes Iran for a tank deal that was never fulfilled.\n\nOver the five and a half years since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's arrest, it has become increasingly clear that she's a chess piece in a geopolitical game, and that political calculations lie behind Iran's legal moves against her.\n\nThe UK government repeatedly says it's doing all it can to get her home. But Iran has made it abundantly clear that her freedom - and that of other dual nationals - will come at a price.\n\nIn particular, it wants the UK to repay the debt owed since before Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was born, when Iran bought tanks that were not delivered after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe sees the failure of her appeal - without even a court hearing - as merely a \"judicial figleaf\" for continuing to hold her hostage. And he fears that unless the debt is paid she is \"never coming home\".", "Southeastern has handed over the running of its services to the Operator of Last Resort\n\nSoutheastern's train services have been taken over by the government.\n\nFranchise holder Govia was informed of the decision last month after failing to declare more than £25m of taxpayer funding.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the Operator of Last Resort would take over the running to protect taxpayers' interests.\n\nPassengers are unlikely to see any immediate changes as trains, timetables and fares will stay the same.\n\nThe franchise was owned by Govia - a joint venture between Go-Ahead Group and Keolis.\n\nThe government stepped in after an investigation by the Department for Transport (DfT) identified Govia had not declared millions of pounds of historic taxpayer funding.\n\nThe DfT said the money had since been reclaimed.\n\nFurther investigations are being conducted and the government is considering more action, including financial penalties.\n\nAnthony Smith, chief executive of passenger watchdog Transport Focus, said: \"Passengers will want a punctual, reliable, clean train, with enough room to sit and stand, and value for money fares.\"\n\nCat Hobbs, director of public ownership campaign group We Own It, said \"privatisation is failing our railway\" and called for the whole rail network to be brought into public hands \"where it belongs\".\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Father Jeff Woolnough asked to administer last rites to Sir David Amess\n\nA Catholic priest has told how he tried to administer last rites to his friend Sir David Amess.\n\nFr Jeffrey Woolnough said he rushed to Belfairs Methodist Church on Friday when he heard the MP - a devout Catholic - had been stabbed.\n\nHe said he asked a police officer if he could deliver the sacrament but was unable to enter as it was crime scene.\n\nHe added he respected the police's decision and an officer had asked colleagues if he could go inside.\n\nInstead, he prayed the rosary outside the police cordon with a fellow parishioner.\n\nFr Woolnough is the parish priest at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Eastwood, Southend, close to where Sir David was killed.\n\n\"A Catholic when they're dying would want a priest there, and for reasons that only the police know, I was not allowed in,\" he told the PA news agency.\n\n\"I got my clerics on, and got the holy oils, sort of expecting that I might be allowed on the crime scene to administer the oil of the sick,\" he said.\n\n\"I didn't know at that time what kind of condition he was in,\" Fr Woolnough said. \"It was a just-in-case matter.\"\n\nHe said it was important to respect the police's decision and that the officer he approached had radioed colleagues inside the church to relay his request.\n\n\"It would've been a great thing to do if I'd have had the chance, but it wasn't to be,\" he added.\n\nA constituent who saw Sir David Amess minutes before his murder has also spoken of his disbelief.\n\nRichard Hillgrove said the MP had been \"in fine form\" during a Zoom meeting before his weekly constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea.\n\nRichard Hillgrove, pictured with his daughter Lola, 11, spoke to Sir David Amess moments before his death\n\nHe told the BBC his video call had overrun until 12:02 GMT, three minutes before the attack took place.\n\n\"It is just senseless, shocking,\" he said.\n\nMr Hillgrove said Sir David had championed the Children's Parliament, a project that partners youngsters with sitting MPs, and his daughter, Lola, 11, was matched with Sir David.\n\n\"It was something that was so important to him, he said when he was the same age at his school they had mock parliaments, and he set up his own political party,\" he said.\n\n\"He had been in such fine form, talking about meeting next week up in Westminster - we were going to get a picture with Sir Lindsay Hoyle. He said 'leave it with me'.\n\n\"He's one of the great ones, he made sense of a crazy world.\"\n\nMr Hillgrove, who attended a special church service at St Alban the Martyr church in Westcliff-on-Sea on Sunday, said his friend had a strong faith and that prayers would be said at services across the borough.\n\n\"This is uniting everyone,\" he said. \"He stood for democracy, he was a libertarian and a Christian.\"\n\nCllr John Lamb said the Conservative office at Iveagh hall would remain open to offer support\n\nCouncillor John Lamb, chairman of Southend West constituency, said he had offered support to Sir David's family and to two parliamentary assistants who witnessed the attack on Friday.\n\n\"They are very distressed,\" he said, \"but they are coping quite well. It will hit home later.\n\n\"[Sir David] loved canvassing, and his actual work through the surgery where he could go out, meet people, listen to their problems and try and help them,\" he said.\n\n\"All the different events in Southend, he would be there, supporting young and old, whatever religion.\n\n\"He was very much a community politician.\"\n\nHe said the Conservative office will stay open to offer support to any constituent who needs it.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nNewcastle manager Steve Bruce said he will \"carry on as best I can\" after the club's new era under its Saudi Arabian owners got off to a losing start at home to Tottenham.\n\nWatched by new non-executive chair Yasir Al-Rumayyan and part-owner Amanda Staveley, Newcastle led after two minutes as Callum Wilson returned from injury to head in.\n\nThe home fans went wild with delight, a continuation of carnival-esque scenes before the match.\n\nBruce, marking his 1,000th game in management, might have felt a sense of optimism while clinging to hope he may continue in the job.\n\nBut then reality struck for a team yet to win in eight Premier League games this season as Spurs scored twice in five minutes.\n\nFirst, Tanguy Ndombele fired in a right-footed drive, before Harry Kane scored his first league goal of the season when he beat the Newcastle offside trap to dink in, the goal awarded by the video assistant referee after initially being ruled out.\n\nThe game was then halted when a fan suffered a medical emergency in the stands.\n\nSupporters and players - including Eric Dier - played their part in alerting medics to the seriousness of the situation before the game was suspended.\n\nPlay resumed with five minutes of the first half remaining, and Tottenham extended their lead when Son Heung-min slid in at the back post for his fourth of the season.\n\nNuno Espirito Santo's side, who moved up to fifth in the table, looked comfortable in the second half as the mood turned sour towards Bruce, with home fans calling for him to be sacked.\n\nA poor audition to stay in the job was made worse when substitute Jonjo Shelvey received a second yellow card for a rash challenge on Sergio Reguilon after 83 minutes.\n\nAnd despite a brief response when Dier's own goal made it 3-2, the result left Newcastle next-to-bottom of the table with a huge transformation needed to turn the club into the superpower that the new owners want them to be.\n\nAsked if he will remain in the job, Bruce said: \"That is for other people to decide. Ever since I have walked into this club, it is difficult. I knew how difficult it was going to be with the frustrations.\n\n\"I will carry on as best I can until I hear otherwise. The owners have conducted themselves respectfully since they came in. As long as I don't hear otherwise, I will go into work tomorrow.\"\n• None What Newcastle need to do to stay up - analysis\n• None Fan 'stable' after game halted because of medical emergency\n• None Go to the Newcastle page\n• None Go to the Spurs page\n\nPrior to kick-off, there was a unique atmosphere outside St James' Park and around the city.\n\nThere were some fans who celebrated the Saudi Arabian-backed takeover by wearing headdresses and draping themselves in Saudi flags, but the overwhelming majority answered the call to wear black and white as they celebrated a new era after Mike Ashley's 14-year reign came to an end.\n\nInside the stadium, the Gallowgate End was a sea of black and white as supporters waved flags and unveiled a banner quoting lyrics from Newcastle-born performer Jimmy Nail's 1995 song Big River, about the city and rebuilding hope for the future.\n\nIt must have been an uplifting sight for Al-Rumayyan, who was attending his first game in his capacity as the governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which now owns 80% of the club.\n\nHe broke out into a huge grin as Wilson scored early on from Javier Manquillo's cross, while Staveley hugged her husband Mehrdad Ghodoussi.\n\nBut the way Tottenham opened up the Newcastle defence showed how much work is needed to take the club to the top end of the Premier League, let alone into contention to win the title. The priority this season is to avoid relegation.\n\nAnd the result will not have given Bruce any further security about his job.\n\nAfter reports last week that he would be sacked, with the club then saying he would remain in charge for this game 45 minutes before his pre-match press conference on Friday, his future remains unclear.\n\nBut this was a demonstration of a team struggling for form, and with little chance of the game turning Newcastle's way, chants of \"We want Brucey out\" came from the Gallowgate End after 74 minutes and continued until the end, when the final whistle was met with boos.\n\nIt was a message that would have been heard loud and clear by the new owners.\n\nOn a day when the visitors might have been distracted by the atmosphere, this was a welcome boost to Spurs boss Nuno, whose side have earned successive wins after a derby defeat by Arsenal that led to many questions about the club's direction.\n\nTottenham's front four of Ndombele, Son, Lucas Moura and Kane were a menace to the hosts, who need to prioritise a defensive midfielder among their spending plans.\n\nPrior to the game being stopped and with Spurs already leading 2-1, Moura headed on to the bar, and they looked far more likely to score in the second half than their opponents before Dier's late own goal.\n\n\"We knew we had to ignore the noise and do our job,\" said Nuno. \"We did not start well but did an amazing job after. I'm really proud of them.\n\n\"I would like to score more, the boys would also, but Newcastle are a good team with good defenders.\"\n\nCredit must also go to Reguilon and Dier for the part they played in alerting medics to the stricken supporter and to midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, who continued after the incident, having also played when Denmark team-mate Christian Eriksen had a cardiac arrest during their Euro 2020 match against Finland in June.\n\nAfter a day when there were conflicting emotions and no end of drama, it put the result into perspective.\n• None Joelinton (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Joelinton (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Second yellow card to Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamaal Lascelles.\n• None Attempt blocked. Ryan Fraser (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Allan Saint-Maximin. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "The courthouse in Khartoum was crowded for the start of the trial\n\nSudan's ousted long-serving leader Omar al-Bashir has gone on trial in the capital, Khartoum, in connection with the military coup that brought him to power more than three decades ago.\n\nThe 76-year-old, who has already been convicted for corruption, could face the death penalty if found guilty over his role in the 1989 coup.\n\nMore than 20 former officials are on trial alongside him.\n\nBashir was forced from power in 2019 following popular protests.\n\nThe civilian uprising started in late 2018 as anti-austerity demonstrations but quickly morphed into a call to end President Bashir's rule.\n\nOn 11 April 2019, the military announced that he had been ousted and arrested.\n\nA joint transitional government made up of the top army officials and civilians was later formed in August.\n\nOmar al-Bashir took power in a 1989 coup and was toppled by the military in 2019\n\nBashir is also wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes and genocide in the western Darfur region.\n\nThe authorities in Sudan said in February they were are ready to hand the former leader over to the ICC.\n\nThe defendants including former vice presidents Ali Osman Taha and Bakri Hassan Saleh were in a caged off area in the courtroom, the AFP news agency reports.\n\n\"This court will listen to each of them and we will give each of the 28 accused the opportunity to defend themselves,\" it quotes court president Issam al-Din Mohammad Ibrahim, as saying.\n\nOne of the country's former Vice-Presidents, Ali Osman Taha, was pictured in the court room alongside other defendants\n\nIt adds that one of Bashir's 150 defence lawyers, Hashem al-Gali, said in court that their client and other defendants were facing \"a political trial\" being held \"in a hostile environment\".\n\nThe court adjourned the trial until 11 August before any statements or evidence could be given, the Reuters news agency reports.\n\nThe decision was reached to allow more lawyers and family members of defendants to attend, it adds.\n\nBashir seized power in a military coup on 30 June against the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadek al-Mahdi.\n\nAlong with other officials who served in his government Bashir is accused of having plotted the coup in which the army arrested Sudan's political leaders, suspended parliament, closed the airport and announced the overthrow on the radio.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Russia's ambassador to the UK denies Russia is withholding gas for political reasons\n\nRussia is not withholding gas supplies to Europe for political reasons, the country's ambassador to the UK has said.\n\nAndrei Kelin said that commitments to increase supply would take time to take effect.\n\nGas prices globally have soared as economies start to recover from the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe US has expressed concern that Russia may be using gas as a political weapon as household bills rise.\n\nRussia only provides about 5% of the UK's gas usage, but it accounts for about half of the EU's natural gas imports, with most of the rest coming from Norway and Algeria.\n\nSome analysts have suggested Russia could be holding back supplies to Europe to speed up approval of the newly built Nord Stream 2 pipeline running directly from Russia to Germany.\n\nThis bypasses Ukraine, and has been met with objections on geo-political as well as environmental grounds, although Russia is keen for it to come on stream.\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is not aware of any instances where Russia has not met contractual obligations on gas supply.\n\n\"Russia can only deliver gas on the basis of contractual obligations and not just like that,\" she has been quoted as saying.\n\nGazprom, Russia's majority state-owned energy company, supplies gas to Europe under two different arrangements: long-term contracts often lasting from 10 to 25 years, and \"spot\" deals or one-off purchases for a fixed amount of gas.\n\nData from Gazprom's own electronic sales platform suggests very few \"spot\" sales are currently taking place - which would result in little gas being supplied to Europe under this mechanism.\n\nHowever, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said claims Russia is withholding gas to put pressure on Germany over Nord Stream 2 are \"complete rubbish... and politically motivated tittle-tattle\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, Mr Kelin echoed Mr Putin.\n\n\"Certainly, we do not withhold it for political reasons. But gas problems, this is at the pump stations, of course,\" he said.\n\nMr Putin has described the gas allegations as \"blather\", and yet the Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that German Nord Stream 2 approval \"would give a positive signal and cool off the current situation\".\n\nMr Kelin said he didn't see \"any contradiction\" with that.\n\nHe said the pipeline was ready and that \"we expect final go-ahead from Germany. So as soon as it will happen then of course new gas supplies will come from this pipeline\".\n\nAsked whether Russia would carry on increasing the amount of gas for western Europe if Germany did not approve the pipeline quickly, Mr Kelin said: \"As much as we can do that.\n\n\"We have increased supplies via Ukraine pipeline by 10%, but as we understand [it] we cannot do more because the equipment at this pipeline has never been modernised and has never been reconstructed so it is simply dangerous to use it.\"\n\nWhen challenged about a lack of evidence that Russia has increased supply through the Ukraine by 10%, Mr Kelin said he was not a specialist in that area.\n\nHe added that supply would not increase so soon after Mr Putin announcing that it would.\n\nHe said: \"Gas travels at not the speed of light of course, it goes very slowly by that.\"\n\n\"So what do you expect - once the president has said, tomorrow prices will go down? This is not possible.\"\n\nWhen asked whether Russia was doing everything it could to get more and cheaper gas to Western Europe, Mr Kelin said Nord Stream 2 would help.\n\nThe Russian ambassador to the UK said he could not say if gas supplies would rise from November, but said there had already been a 15% increase.\n\nAddressing whether Nord Stream 2 would give Russia huge powers over western Europe just by \"using a tap\", Mr Kelin dismissed those suggestions as \"nonsense\" and joked whether such a tap might be in the basement of his embassy.\n\n\"Of course, it is nonsense,\" he said.\n\nAsked if gas supplies would increase from 1 November whether or not Nord Stream 2 was granted approval, Mr Kelin said: \"I simply do not know. But we have, as I said, we increase it by 15% right now.\"\n\nMr Kelin also questioned the effect of Russian gas supply on price increases in the UK, saying: \"We watch what is happening in the UK, but the UK as far as I understand has only this year from Gazprom has about 3% - it is just nothing.\"\n\nHe added that if there was an opportunity for \"rescue we will do what we can of course to alleviate difficult conditions which are now being created through [the] crisis\".", "Medical science has transformed the pandemic, and the experimental technologies that helped develop vaccines in record time have strapped rocket boosters to scientific ambitions. Could we be entering a golden age of new vaccines?\n\nIf you head to the cutting edge of vaccinology you will find Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert, from the Jenner Institute and the architect of the Oxford vaccine.\n\nUsing a revolutionary technology, the team at Oxford had a vaccine ready to start clinical trials in just 65 days. In partnership with pharma giant AstraZeneca, more than 1.5 billion doses have been distributed around the world.\n\nYou might assume that once you had reached the top of your professional tree you would be free to think profound thoughts that push the boundaries of human knowledge. Yet nearly every time I interview Prof Gilbert, I get the sense that a huge chunk of her time is taken up buying fridges and freezers. After all, if you can't keep viral samples and prototype vaccines cold then you can't do vaccine research.\n\n\"I'm still being asked for more,\" Prof Gilbert tells me.\n\nBut the kitchen, where such appliances are most commonly found, is not a bad place to build an understanding of the leap in vaccine science achieved by Prof Gilbert and her contemporaries.\n\nThe new generation of vaccines are quick to make and highly flexible. \"It's like decorating a cake,\" says Prof Gilbert.\n\nThe old-school method of developing vaccines means you must go back to the raw materials and start from scratch for every vaccine you make. It is like starting with a bench of flour, sugar, eggs and butter. The next step is to take the offending virus, or other disease-causing microbes, and either kill it or weaken it to make a vaccine.\n\nTake the two seasonal flu vaccines that are given each year. The adult jab is made by growing influenza viruses inside eggs. The viruses are then purified and killed to make the vaccine. The nasal spray for children has live viruses, but these are made weak and unstable so they can grow in the cooler temperatures of the nose, but not in the warmth of the lungs.\n\nBut it takes a lot of work to start from scratch for every new disease and there is plenty that can go wrong. You can end up with the vaccine-equivalent of a soggy bottom.\n\nThe development of Oxford's coronavirus vaccine used a completely different approach known as \"plug-and-play\".\n\nWith this type of vaccine most of the work has already been done - the cake has been pre-baked, it just needs to be \"decorated\" in order to match its target.\n\n\"We've got the cake and we can put a cherry on top, or we can put some pistachios on top if we want a different vaccine, we just add the last bit and then we're ready to go,\" Prof Gilbert tells Inside Health.\n\nThe Oxford vaccine's \"cake\" - or platform, to employ the scientific term - is a virus that causes the common cold in chimpanzees. It has been genetically modified to make it safe so that it cannot cause an infection in people. The \"decoration\" is whichever genetic blueprint is needed to train the immune system to attack. Such a blueprint is added to the cake and job done.\n\nIt was this work, applied to the Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus, that led to Prof Gilbert's many accolades which range from a damehood to a Barbie doll made in her image. \"Barbie's comfortably ensconced in my office, but yeah I am thinking of sending Barbie as a stand-in.\n\n\"It would be useful to have a double who could go and do interviews for me,\" she says.\n\nIt would be useful to have a double...I am thinking of sending Barbie as a stand-in\n\nTwo of the other big Covid vaccines - one made by Pfizer-BioNTech and the other by Moderna - use another style of highly adaptable plug-and-play vaccine technology. And all these technologies should make it quicker and easier to develop the vaccines of the future.\n\n\"There's a lot of vaccine development that we need to do now that we can do it,\" says Prof Gilbert.\n\nTop of her list of targets are the official \"priority pathogens\". While Covid was a surprise, these are the deadly known threats that are bubbling away. They have the potential to cause large outbreaks and could be the pandemics of the future. Vaccines against them would save lives.\n\nSome of this work is already under way. Oxford has started clinical trials of a plague vaccine using its plug-and-play technology. Plague infamously caused the Black Death pandemic killing hundreds of millions of people. Separately Moderna is already looking at using its own mRNA technology to make a Nipah vaccine. The virus kills up to three-quarters of infected people.\n\nYet, the big barrier for tackling these diseases will be the same as it has always been - money. They affect some of the poorest parts of the world and there is concern that, even in the wake of pandemic, research won't be funded.\n\nAnd, while vaccine technology has leapt forward - the old enemies are still the same and some have tricksy quirks that mean they pose monumental challenges.\n\nAll vaccines need a target - called an antigen - that they train the immune system to attack.\n\nFor all the problems Covid has caused, the virus was a pretty simple beast and the target antigen was blatantly obvious. The outer surface of the virus is covered in spike proteins. So all researchers had to do was plug in the genetic blueprints for the spike protein, train the body to recognise it and be pretty confident that the vaccine was going to work.\n\nHowever, the target antigen is not obvious in other more complex microbes such as the three big killers - malaria, HIV and tuberculosis. HIV is a constantly moving target. It is a shape-shifter that rapidly mutates in order to alter its appearance and outwit our immune system. It is hard to know how to pin it down.\n\nWe already have vaccines against malaria and tuberculosis, but they are far from perfect.\n\nThe world rightly celebrated the rollout of the first malaria vaccine in Africa, this month, but it is only about 30% effective at preventing severe disease. That's because the malaria parasite has a complex life-cycle, during which it morphs into a variety of forms, across two species. A tuberculosis bacterium is also far more complex than a coronavirus.\n\nThere's a long list of antigens to choose from in TB and malaria, and the right one has remained frustratingly elusive.\n\n\"There's such a huge range of choices, and it's not obvious what we should be using,\" Prof Gilbert tells me. \"It's taking a long time to find the right antigen, so that's much more difficult. They are much more difficult than with these outbreak pathogens, which are fairly simple viruses.\"\n\nHowever, BioNTech is using its tech to try to develop an HIV vaccine.\n\nSo, if plug-and-play was the revolution that was proven during the pandemic, what's next on the horizon?\n\n\"I think the next big leap in vaccines, rather than totally new technologies, is making the technologies we've got more stable, that will be great,\" says Prof Gilbert.\n\nVaccines are a bit like Goldilocks - they need to be kept at just the right temperature from the moment they're made to the moment they're given. It means there's a global network of freezers, fridges, cold boxes and so on, known as the cold chain. But it is hard to get vaccines to some of the remotest and poorest parts of the world, particularly where there is no electricity.\n\nShe also says it would be \"really good\" if we could get vaccines that don't require needles.\n\nIt might be better to stop giving some vaccines as injections. You may get a better immune response to some lung infections (such as Covid) by giving them as a spray. \"Because that's where the virus itself would normally go, it's different if you've got a blood-borne infection like Dengue fever.\"\n\n\"But this is something that we can't do very quickly, there is quite a lot of vaccine testing to be done\".\n\nInside Health is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 21:00 BST on Tuesdays and 15:30 BST on Wednesdays, and is available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.", "Staff at University of Leicester joined the strike in 2019\n\nStudents could face more strike action at universities this term after the academics' union opened a ballot over pay, pensions and conditions.\n\nUniversity and College Union (UCU) general secretary Jo Grady said the UK's flagship university sector was built on the \"exploitation of staff\".\n\nThey had experienced a decade of pension cuts, collapsing pay and insecure contracts, she said.\n\nUniversity employers said the prospect of disruption was \"disappointing\".\n\nThe ballot represents a ramping up of the long-running dispute between UCU members and university employers, with staff at 152 institutions being balloted.\n\nA total of 78 of these are being consulted during the next three weeks over pay and working conditions, with another 68 facing two ballots - over pay and conditions, plus the USS pensions scheme.\n\nThe dispute over pensions has been rumbling on for nearly a decade, and has been kicked into action again after what the UCU describes as a \"flawed valuation of the USS pension fund\" wiped \"an estimated 35% off the value of a typical pension\".\n\nThe pay dispute has led to numerous strike days over the past two years, and was only paused during the pandemic.\n\nMs Grady said: \"There is a sense that we are at a breaking point and a sense that this is a sector that needs saving. I don't think I can over-articulate that enough.\n\n\"The idea that staff would want to go out on strike again could not be further from the truth.\"\n\nShe accused institutions of spending their increased fee and research income on extravagant building projects, advertising and advice from consultants, rather than the staff who are teaching young people.\n\nAnd she added that \"exploitative contracts\" were the \"dirty secret\" of a higher education sector which requires students to pay £9,000-plus fees a year for tuition.\n\nThe union estimates that there are some 74,000 staff working on such temporary contracts.\n\nThe UCU says pay for university staff fell by 17.6% relative to inflation between 2009 and 2019.\n\nSince then employers made further below-inflation offers, despite university income from tuition fees growing by a third in the last five years, it said.\n\nThe University and Colleges Employers Association has offered guaranteed increases of at least 1.5% to the pay spine.\n\nHigher percentage rises were pledged for lower-paid staff, up to a maximum of 3.6%.\n\nChief executive Raj Jethwa said: \"We are disappointed that UCU is encouraging its members to ballot for action which is specifically designed to disrupt teaching and learning for students who have endured so many recent upheavals.\"\n\nMr Jethwa continued: \"The final offer from employers was fair and meaningful in the context of the sector's ongoing delicate financial situation.\n\n\"We very much hope the trade union members understand the considerable pressures which continue to face their HE [higher education] institutions. The financial impact of Covid-19 continues to affect these HE institutions, alongside declines in other income sources.\"\n\nHe added that most staff understood the \"financial realities facing their institutions\".", "Tim Perry and Aaron Parsons are among the first batch of tenants who have moved into 12 new houses\n\nA formerly homeless couple have a chance to buy a house for £1 under a scheme to help key workers and others on to the property ladder.\n\nTim Perry and Aaron Parsons are among the first tenants who have moved into 12 new houses at a development in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton.\n\nThey become eligible for the £1 purchase on the 25th anniversary of moving in.\n\nMr Perry, a machine press operator, said he felt \"ecstatic\", adding: \"[I'm] still pinching myself over it. It feels so weird and [I'm] so blissfully happy.\"\n\nHelp to Own was set up by the city council, West Midlands Combined Authority, and fund management business Frontier Development Capital Ltd, for \"working families struggling to save enough deposit to fulfil their dream of home ownership\".\n\nThe council said the scheme provided long-term rent security and enabled tenants to build up a \"loyalty premium\" as they made their monthly payments.\n\nThis can be taken as cash if they leave the scheme within 20 years, or they can buy the home for just £1 a quarter of a century after joining.\n\nThe 100 properties, being built on Lakefield Road at The Marches development, are a mix of two, three and four-bedroom houses.\n\nSo far, 86 of the houses have been offered to successful applicants\n\nMr Perry said the lack of a deposit had appealed, adding \"it's pretty much you can move in after just paying application fees and solicitors' fees\".\n\nHe said previously he had been \"sofa surfing on friends' couches and stuff\".\n\nNHS staff and other key workers are also among the first 32 tenants to receive the keys to their new homes under the initiative.\n\nSo far, 86 of the houses have been offered to successful applicants, and more than 41% of the homes will go to a key worker, according to those behind the scheme.\n\nTim Perry said he was \"still pinching\" himself\n\nHelp to Own is not a social housing scheme, but is available to anyone struggling to get on the property ladder, subject to credit checks.\n\nThe council has put £5.7m into the project, while the combined authority has contributed £4.7m.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk", "The man arrested by police following the killing of the MP Sir David Amess has been named as Ali Harbi Ali.\n\nThe 25-year-old is being held under the Terrorism Act and officers have until Friday to question him.\n\nWhitehall officials confirmed the man's name to the BBC, and said he was a British man of Somali heritage.\n\nThe BBC understands Mr Ali was referred to the counter-terrorist Prevent scheme some years ago, but was never a formal subject of interest to MI5.\n\nIt also understands that his father, Harbi Ali Kullane, who was previously an adviser to Somalia's prime minister, has been visited by police who have taken his phone for analysis.\n\nPolice officers have spent the weekend searching three addresses in the London area.\n\nIt is thought a converted Victorian property in Lady Somerset Road in north-west London is linked to the investigation. Neighbours said officers started searching it late on Friday night.\n\nFurther searches, also believed to be part of the inquiry, have been taking place at a property in Bounds Green Road, north London, and another in Cranmer Road, Croydon.\n\nA police search at a house in north London is thought to be linked to the inquiry\n\nSir David, who had been a Conservative MP since 1983, was stabbed multiple times during a regular Friday meeting with his Southend West constituents at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.\n\nSouthend councillor John Lamb said he has since spoken to two of Sir David's assistants who were at the constituency surgery with Sir David at the time of the attack.\n\nHe described how one was in the room with Sir David taking notes. \"All of a sudden there was a scream from her, because the person deliberately whipped out a knife and started stabbing David,\" he said.\n\n\"The other lady who was getting names from people outside, she came running in and saw poor David had been stabbed.\"\n\nHe said both were quite distressed but were \"coping quite well\" under the circumstances.\n\nCatholic priest Father Jeff Woolnough said he tried to administer last rites to Sir David shortly after the stabbing but police told him he could not enter a crime scene. Instead, he prayed for his friend on the street behind a police cordon.\n\nAli Harbi Ali was initially arrested on suspicion of murder and held in Essex.\n\nHe has since been transferred to a London police station where he was further detained under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act.\n\nPolice say they are not looking for anyone else for now.\n\nIt is thought Ali Harbi Ali did not spend long in the Prevent programme - which aims to stop people becoming radicalised.\n\nTeachers, members of the public, the NHS and others can refer individuals to a local panel of police, social workers and other experts who decide whether and how to intervene in their lives.\n\nEngagement in the scheme is voluntary and it is not a criminal sanction.\n\nSir David, 69, who was married with four daughters and a son, is the second MP to be killed in recent years following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in June 2016.\n\nThe latest attack has raised concerns for the safety of MPs, many of whom hold constituency surgeries which anyone can attend.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said MPs had access to a \"panoply\" of security measures - many of which were put in place after Ms Cox's murder - but said changes could be made to constituency surgeries.\n\nAny measures needed to be proportionate, she told the BBC's Andrew Marr show. \"We're here to serve, we're here to be accessible to the British public.\"\n\nMs Patel described hearing the news that Sir David had died, saying \"our worlds were shattered\".\n\nA post-mortem examination of Sir David took place on Saturday, police said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Home Secretary Priti Patel says security measures for MPs are \"being looked at\"\n\nMeanwhile, Tory MP Andrew Rosindell said the killing of his friend and fellow Essex MP \"shouldn't change things in a way that stops us going about our democratic role\".\n\n\"There's got to be some balance to this. I don't have an answer,\" he told BBC Breakfast on Sunday. \"This is not the Britain I want, this is not the country that we're used to.\"\n\nLabour's Diane Abbott MP said she would prefer to meet constituents behind a screen to prevent possible stabbing attacks.\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he wanted to avoid a knee-jerk reaction but insisted \"the best had to come out of this hideous killing\".\n\nHe said security measures would be reviewed to improve MPs' safety and urged MPs to take up measures already available to them.\n\nPeople in Leigh-on Sea have been remembering Sir David\n\nConservative MP Mark Francois described his colleague as his \"oldest and best friend\" as he laid flowers\n\nTributes to Sir David have been pouring in from politicians and constituents, with the home secretary saying his \"infectious personality\" meant he \"touched so many lives\".\n\nOver the weekend, people have gathered for a candlelit vigil in Leigh-on-Sea to mark Sir David's life and attended a church service to share their memories of him.\n\nMany constituents have reflected on his gentle nature and willingness to listen and to help.\n\nSir David had long campaigned for Southend to be given city status. On Sunday, Sir Lindsay Hoyle said that would be \"a good thing to do\" in his memory.", "Conservative MP Sir David Amess was speaking to voters at a church in the town of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, when he was stabbed to death on Friday. Here's how the emergency services responded in the initial aftermath of the attack.", "A patient is taken to a specialist hospital for Covid treatment in Moscow\n\nRussia on Saturday recorded 1,000 Covid-related deaths in a single day for the first time since the pandemic began.\n\nThe figure had been rising all week, with the Kremlin blaming the Russian people for not taking up vaccination.\n\nOnly about a third of the population has had a jab, amid wide distrust of the vaccines.\n\nRussia's figure of 222,000 Covid deaths is the highest in Europe, with another 33,000 infections reported on Saturday.\n\nThe government has avoided bringing in strict restrictions because it says it needs to keep the economy working.\n\nThe Kremlin has instead focused on public apathy on vaccination.\n\nThis week, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: \"In a situation where infections are growing, it is necessary to continue to explain to people that they must get vaccinated.\n\n\"It is really irresponsible not to get vaccinated. It kills,\" he said.\n\nThe government insists the health system has not been overwhelmed and can cope with the rising number of patients.\n\nHowever, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko urged doctors who had left practices because of Covid fears to get vaccinated and come back to work.\n\nThe number of active cases of infected people in Russia is around 750,000 - also the highest it has been since records started in February 2020.\n\nOverall infections since the outbreak began are now closing in on 8 million.\n\nPlease upgrade your browser to see the full interactive\n\nThe figures for the percentage of Russians who have had single and full vaccination are surprisingly close together - both just short of a third of the population.\n\nThis suggests a large number of people do not want to be vaccinated at all. Recent opinion polls suggested that figure could be more than 50%.\n\nRussia has not been slow in developing vaccines. Its Sputnik V was rolled out quickly last year and it has approved three others.\n\nBut it appears to have failed to convince many at home they are either necessary or reliable.\n\nIt has had more success selling Sputnik V around the world. But although the vaccine was made available for other countries quickly, it also ran into delivery issues, with some nations unable to get their doses on time.\n\nAbout 70 nations have authorised the use of Sputnik V but, like Russia's other vaccines, it has yet to be approved by the World Health Organization.\n\nThis, along with the lack of international vaccines inside Russia, has led some Russians to take advantage of vaccination tour packages.\n\nSerbia - which Russians can enter without a visa - is one nation where visitors can get a jab of a vaccine such as Pfizer, and open up the possibility of travelling around the world.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer have visited Leigh-on-Sea to pay tribute to Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who was stabbed to death on Friday.", "People in Leigh-on Sea have been remembering Sir David\n\nThe family of MP Sir David Amess have said their hearts are shattered as they called on people to \"set aside hatred and work towards togetherness\".\n\nThe Conservative MP was stabbed multiple times during a meeting with his constituents in Essex on Friday.\n\nA 25-year-old British man is being held under the Terrorism Act.\n\nIn a statement, his family said they were trying to understand \"why this awful thing has occurred... nobody should die in that way. Nobody\".\n\nSir David, 69, was married with four daughters and a son.\n\nThe family said the \"wonderful\" tributes paid to him by friends, constituents and the public had given them strength.\n\n\"We have realised from tributes paid that there was far, far more to David than even we, those closest to him, knew,\" they added.\n\n\"We are enormously proud of him. Our hearts are shattered.\"\n\nOn Monday afternoon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will lead MPs in paying tribute to their late colleague in the House of Commons.\n\nPoliticians will have at least two hours from 15:30 BST to share their memories of Sir David, after prayers and a minute's silence. The tributes will be followed by a service at St Margaret's Church, next to Parliament.\n\nA Conservative MP since 1983 - first in Basildon and, from 1997, in Southend West - he was a champion for the town he represented, particularly in his long-running campaign to make Southend a city.\n\nHis family have asked people to support campaigns that he was involved in, including fundraising for a memorial to Dame Vera Lynn, who he thought \"epitomised the strength of the nation\" - and to help Southend gain city status.\n\nThey described Sir David as strong and courageous, a patriot and a man of peace.\n\n\"We ask people to set aside their differences and show kindness and love to all. Please let some good come from this tragedy.\n\n\"We are absolutely broken, but we will survive and carry on for the sake of a wonderful and inspiring man.\"\n\nRaised as a Roman Catholic, Sir David was known politically as a social conservative and a prominent campaigner against abortion.\n\nHe was also a committed campaigner on animal welfare issues, and supported a ban on fox hunting.\n\nDavid and his wife Julia, pictured in 1990, with three of their five children\n\nTributes to Sir David have been pouring in from politicians and constituents, with Home Secretary Priti Patel saying his \"infectious personality\" meant he \"touched so many lives\".\n\nOver the weekend, people gathered for candlelit vigils in Leigh-on-Sea to mark Sir David's life and attended a church service to share their memories of him.\n\nMany constituents have reflected on his gentle nature and willingness to listen and to help.\n\nA police search at a house in north London is thought to be linked to the inquiry\n\nDetectives are continuing to hold the 25-year-old man at a London police station and have until Friday to question him.\n\nWhitehall officials confirmed the man's name as Ali Harbi Ali, and said he was a British man of Somali heritage.\n\nThe BBC understands he was referred to the counter-terrorist Prevent scheme some years ago, but was never a formal subject of interest to MI5.\n\nIt also understands that his father, Harbi Ali Kullane, who was previously an adviser to Somalia's prime minister, has been visited by police who have taken his phone for analysis.\n\nPolice officers have spent the weekend searching three addresses in London.\n\nIt is thought a converted Victorian property in Lady Somerset Road in north-west London is linked to the investigation. Neighbours said officers started searching it late on Friday night.\n\nFurther searches, also believed to be part of the inquiry, have been taking place at a property in Bounds Green Road, north London, and another in Cranmer Road, Croydon, south London.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nThe supporter who collapsed, prompting Newcastle United's Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur to be halted, is \"stable and responsive\" in hospital.\n\nFans in the East Stand at St James' Park alerted players and officials to the incident in the 40th minute.\n\nTottenham's Sergio Reguilon spoke to the referee and Eric Dier raced to the touchline to urge medical staff to attend with a defibrillator.\n\nBoth teams were told to leave the pitch as the game was suspended.\n\nTottenham were leading 2-1 and had been about to take a corner when Reguilon reacted quickly to a commotion in the crowd and told referee Andre Marriner that a section of fans were calling for assistance.\n\nPlayers from both teams then signalled the need for medical staff, including Tottenham defender Dier, before the sides left the pitch while the fan received help.\n\nAfter a delay of more than 20 minutes the rest of the half plus seven minutes of added time were played, with Tottenham scoring a third goal before the delayed interval through Son Heung-min.\n\nIn a statement, Newcastle confirmed the supporter's condition and added: \"The club would like to thank fans for their swift actions in raising the alarm and praise those who provided immediate chest compressions, as well as thanking the on-site medical professionals who swiftly administered emergency treatment using a defibrillator located close to the incident.\n\n\"Newcastle United club doctor, Dr Paul Catterson, also attended the incident to offer additional support with an additional defibrillator.\n\n\"Our best wishes go to the supporter and their loved ones and we hope for a swift and full recovery.\"\n\nReguilon told BBC Sport: \"I saw the fans waving and I saw a guy lying down. I saw something wrong had happened. I looked at the gaffer and he stopped the match. I think now everything is OK and 100% happiness.\n\n\"It was very strange. We went to the dressing room and I was looking at the man lying down. I was nervous because I don't like to watch that.\"\n\nNewcastle forward Callum Wilson spoke of the importance of the crowd relaying the message that there was a problem.\n\n\"I think it was massive really - the crowd were fantastic and they alerted everyone,\" he told Sky Sports.\n\n\"You could hear fans whistling, shouting, then we saw the space clear where this guy was receiving CPR and then you know how serious it is.\n\n\"It was disturbing to see the guy like that. We wish him well and wish him a speedy recovery.\"\n\nSpurs striker Harry Kane added: \"Firstly, we want to say best wishes to the guy in the stands - it was not a good sight to see. We hear that he might be stable now, so we're thankful to the medical teams and the fans who were doing the CPR.\n\n\"Hopefully he's OK and we wish him all the best from all the players at Tottenham.\"\n\nFabrice Muamba, who collapsed on the pitch at White Hart Lane during Bolton's game against Tottenham in 2012, said: \"Once again today shows how important it is to have a defibrillator nearby and how the quick response of people ensures a better chance of survival. I really hope the person makes a speedy recovery.\"\n• None 'You don't wanna be like me': The brand new series of hit comedy Dave is streaming now\n• None Paris is at breaking point in this tense crime drama", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Thousands join a protest to back the military and oppose the government\n\nOpponents of Sudan's transition to democracy took to the streets of Khartoum on Saturday to call on the army to take control of the country.\n\nSeveral thousand demonstrators gathered outside the presidential palace as the country's political crisis deepens.\n\nMilitary and civilian groups have been sharing power since the toppling of President Omar al-Bashir in 2019.\n\nHowever, tensions have grown since a coup attempt attributed to followers of Mr Bashir was foiled in September.\n\nSince then, military leaders have been demanding reforms to the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition, a civilian alliance which led the anti-Bashir protests and formed a key part of the transitional government. The armed forces have also called for the replacement of the cabinet.\n\nHowever, civilian leaders say that the demands are part of a power grab from the armed forces.\n\nSupport for the transitional government has slumped in recent months amid economic woe\n\nOn Saturday, pro-military demonstrators chanted \"down with the hunger government\" and called for General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the armed forces and Sudan's joint military-civilian Sovereign Council, to instigate a coup and seize control of the country.\n\n\"We need a military government, the current government has failed to bring us justice and equality,\" one protester told AFP.\n\nUnlike previous demonstrations in the country, protesters were allowed to reach the gates of the presidential palace and there was little police presence.\n\nPro-government protesters have also called a rally on Thursday in response to Saturday's demonstrations.\n\nOn Friday, Sudan's civilian Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdok, unveiled a plan to tackle what he called the country's \"worst and most dangerous\" political crisis in its two-year transition.\n\n\"I am not neutral or a mediator in this conflict. My clear and firm position is complete alignment to the civilian democratic transition,\" he said.\n\nMr Hamdok was sworn in as Prime Minister in August 2019, after mass protests saw the military step in and end the 30-year-rule of Omar al-Bashir in April.\n\nBut support for the transitional government has slumped in recent months as economic reforms spearheaded by Mr Hamdok have seen fuel subsidies slashed and inflation soar.", "People have been leaving tributes in Leigh-on-Sea in memory of Sir David Amess\n\nThe government's Prevent scheme - which aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting them - needs urgent work, the former justice secretary has said.\n\nRobert Buckland said there needs to be more of a \"joined up\" approach to monitor individuals.\n\nIt has emerged that the man suspected of killing Sir David Amess had been referred to Prevent some years ago.\n\nThe scheme is already being reviewed to ensure it is \"fit for purpose\", Home Secretary Priti Patel said.\n\nThe Prevent scheme is part of the government's overall counter-terrorism strategy. It aims to reduce the terror threat to the UK by stopping people from being drawn into terrorism.\n\nIn the year to March 2020, just over 6,000 people were referred to the Prevent scheme in England and Wales, because of concerns they were at risk of radicalisation.\n\nOnce someone is referred to the scheme, an assessment is made about whether further action is needed.\n\nIn some cases - about 11% of referrals - the person is placed on the government's Channel scheme for support such as mentoring. The most common referrals to Channel were for right-wing radicalisation (43%), followed by Islamist radicalisation (30%), in the year to March 2020.\n\nEngagement in the Prevent scheme is voluntary and it is not a criminal sanction.\n\nThe BBC understands that Ali Harbi Ali, the man arrested by police following the murder of MP Sir David on Friday, had been referred to Prevent some years ago.\n\nHowever, it is thought Mr Ali, 25, did not spend long in the Prevent programme, and he was never a formal subject of interest to MI5.\n\nSpeaking to Times Radio on Sunday, Mr Buckland - who was the government's justice secretary until September - said he thought there needed to be more cooperation between agencies.\n\n\"I very much hope that when it comes to community supervision and community involvement with people like this particular individual, that it is much more joined-up between health services, education, whatever it might be, who have had some involvement with that individual in the past,\" he said.\n\n\"And I think that that element of being joined-up is what we really need to work on urgently.\"\n\nRobert Buckland was justice secretary until he was replaced last month\n\nAsked how agencies might work more closely, Mr Buckland said: \"There may be records or information from schools or colleges or from the health service which can tell us much more about individuals and their activities.\n\n\"I think we need to join this up much more effectively because what we're talking about here is community prevention.\n\n\"We've got to make sure that every arm of the state is absolutely working together in order to understand as much as possible about these individuals.\"\n\nEarlier, Home Secretary Ms Patel said that Prevent was being independently reviewed \"right now\".\n\nThe independent review began earlier this year and is being led by William Shawcross, the former head of the charity watchdog the Charity Commission.\n\n\"It's timely to do that, we have to learn, we obviously constantly have to learn, not just from incidences that have taken place but how we can strengthen our programmes.\"\n\nShe added: \"We want to ensure that it is fit for purpose, robust, doing the right thing. But importantly learning lessons, always building upon what is working and addressing any gaps or issues where the system needs strengthening.\"", "A third party has been appointed by the council to clear the worst of the rubbish\n\nA last-ditch deal could bring an end to Brighton's bin strike, a union has said.\n\nGMB and council officials spent most of Sunday thrashing out a new agreement amid the increasingly bitter row over bin lorry drivers' pay.\n\nIf members approve the deal, 30 days of industrial action due to launch on Thursday would be cancelled.\n\nAs both sides met, private firms were called in to tackle piles of street rubbish dumped in the past fortnight.\n\nGary Palmer, GMB organiser, said the agreement between Brighton & Hove City Council and the union could take effect from Tuesday if it is signed off.\n\n\"If the agreement is passed by both parties, GMB will immediately suspend 30 days of strike action due to start on October 21.\"\n\nMountains of waste have accumulated around the city for almost two weeks amid attempts to end the dispute.\n\nBrighton & Hove City Council said it had only called in third parties as blocked pavements and vermin became a \"growing and serious\" health issue.\n\nIt said fires had been started in some communal bins over recent days, and pedestrians were increasingly at risk as more waste was dumped on pavements.\n\nThe council said the rubbish was now a serious health and safety issue\n\nThe Green-led authority met union officials as both sides attempted to agree a formal resolution in the row over changes to driver rounds and pay.\n\nA spokesperson said the council respected the decision by some of its Cityclean staff to strike, and it was \"keen to address the issues raised\" in order to \"get the city clean as soon as possible\".\n\nThe council said it was putting forward a \"significant and generous pay offer, benefiting some of the lowest paid staff across the whole council, as well as the Cityclean service\".\n\nGMB organiser Mr Palmer had previously said Sunday's talks could usher in the start of city-wide rubbish clearance.\n\nA planned break in the strike is due to take place between Monday and Wednesday, allowing some rubbish to be collected.\n\nRubbish continues to pile up around Brighton as the strike enters its 13th day\n\nMeanwhile, GMB General Secretary Gary Smith has called for a Brighton City Councillor to be sacked for comparing striking workers to terrorists.\n\nIn a meeting last week, Conservative councillor Joe Miller said: \"I hate to refer to Maggie Thatcher, but this is a similar situation - you can't negotiate with terrorists.\"\n\nMr Smith has written to the joint chairmen of the Conservative Party - Ben Elliot and Oliver Dowden MP - calling for Councillor Miller to be removed from the party.\n\nMr Miller previously said he would not be \"bullied\" by the GMB.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Carl Whalley, 57, died in the house collapse on Friday\n\nA man killed in a house collapse was \"the centre of our world\", his family has said.\n\nCarl Whalley, 57, died amid reports of a suspected explosion in Clayton-le-Woods on Friday.\n\nLancashire Police said officers continued attempts to establish the cause of a house fire that destroyed the Kirkby Avenue property.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Whalley's family said they were \"devastated\" by the loss of a \"much-loved family member\".\n\n\"No amount of time will lessen the pain that we are all going through,\" they said.\n\n\"He was the centre of our world and it has been ripped apart.\"\n\nPolice and the fire service have launched a joint investigation\n\nHis daughter Charlotte added: \"Everything I do in my life I do to make my Mum and Dad proud.\n\n\"I want to carry on in my Dad's footsteps and make sure that his legacy lives on forever. He taught me everything I know and my life will never be the same without him.\"\n\nNeighbours have been returning to their homes after the area was evacuated following the blast at about 13:30 BST on Friday.\n\nOne resident said: \"My wife thought a washing machine had blown up until we went outside and the whole of the front of the house had blown out completely.\"\n\nDet Con Insp Zoe Russo, from Lancashire Police, said: \"Our investigation into the incident, which we now know was a house fire, is in its early stages and we are working with Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and associated partner agencies to establish the cause of the incident.\n\n\"I would like to thank the nearby residents for their patience, especially those who have had to be evacuated from their houses.\"\n\nPolice are appealing for anyone with information or CCTV footage of the surrounding area to contact them.\n\nWhile a cordon remains around the property, a number of the surrounding roads have reopened.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A number of floral tributes have been left near the scene where Sir David Amess was stabbed\n\nThe killing of Sir David Amess has shocked the country. But news of the MP's death has perhaps been felt most keenly in his Essex constituency, where he was known to and beloved by many. A day after he was attacked while serving the public, as he had done for almost 40 years, the local community tries to make sense of what happened.\n\nThe mood in Leigh-on-Sea is one of bewilderment. Sir David Amess had represented the area for decades and his constituents speak warmly of a man who dedicated his life to serving them.\n\nAs detectives attempt to piece together possible motives for his fatal stabbing, a thick gathering of police and global media has descended upon the usually quiet Essex town.\n\nPeople have gathered to pay tributes outside the Belfairs Methodist Church, on Eastwood Road North, where Sir David was attacked.\n\nSir David died at the scene after being stabbed multiple times\n\nResident Audrey Martin remembered her MP as \"an absolute gentleman\" who \"dedicated his whole life to his constituents here\".\n\n\"For many, many years he's just been a pillar of society, helping out all different people,\" she said.\n\nShe told the BBC how Sir David had \"taken time out\" to speak to her when she first moved to the area from Scotland.\n\n\"I just wanted to talk and just tell him how I was feeling at that moment in time, moving to Leigh-on-Sea, leaving my friends behind in Scotland and not having friends here.\n\n\"He just had this aura about him.\"\n\nAbigail Mkhize held back tears as she recalled how Sir David had helped her with her Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).\n\n\"Six years ago I was having chemotherapy and because I was working as an agency nurse, I had problems with getting the help with ESA, so I went and saw him,\" she said.\n\n\"He said, 'This is not right, you've been here for so long and you don't deserve this - I will sort it out' and he did.\"\n\nMs Mkhize has lived in Southend for 20 years and said she \"always felt comfortable\" knowing Sir David was around to help.\n\n\"He was the father of all nations, that's how we can describe him,\" she said. \"Whether you were black, white, irrespective of where you come from he gave that love, affection, kindness, caring.\"\n\nAbigail Mkhize, pictured on the left, with her sister Ntombi, said Sir David was \"an amazing man\"\n\nA steady trickle of locals have been slowly edging to the cordon tape to lay flowers and stand for a moment, remembering their MP.\n\nClusters of bouquets have been laid near the scene of the attack, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer among those to have paid their respects.\n\nResidents said they were touched that Mr Johnson had paid a visit so soon and felt he seemed clearly affected by what had happened.\n\nThose who knew Sir David have remembered him as \"universally liked\" regardless of their politics.\n\n\"What he was was a thoroughly decent man: he believed in right and wrong. He was always a positive person, always had a smile on his face,\" said Councillor Tony Cox, of Southend Borough Council.\n\nLocal people have \"lost a great man, they've lost a great MP, they've lost a respected parliamentarian and they've lost a good constituency advocate,\" he said.\n\nBoris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer laid tributes at the scene where Sir David was stabbed\n\nConstituent Lorraine Migliorini highlighted Sir David's work for children and young people with special educational needs.\n\n\"He was genuinely interested and listened to them which was fantastic,\" she said.\n\n\"He got things done and I think all of the special needs groups around here are very very grateful for what he's done.\"\n\nJulie Everitt, a constituent, said she would \"always remember him for his genuine smile\" and his passion for animal rights.\n\n\"He would go on campaigns, he was against the badger cull, he was against trophy hunting and fox hunting,\" she said.\n\nMs Everitt has co-ordinated a vigil for people to \"pay our respects to Sir David and our heartfelt sympathies to his loved ones\".\n\n\"I wrote to him on several occasions and he would always reply.\n\n\"He was a good gentleman, he had a good heart,\" she said.\n\nSome said they were especially shocked to hear police were investigating a possible terrorism link to Sir David's killing.\n\n\"For it to be classed as a terrorist attack is scary, very scary,\" said Tara Wilkinson.\n\nShe said Leigh-on-Sea was a close-knit community and one where you would \"never\" expect a terrorist attack to occur.\n\n\"It's just such a small community, to hear this here is just awful.\"\n\nTara Wilkinson said her community was \"devastated\" by the death of MP Sir David\n\nA 25-year-old man arrested on suspicion of Sir David's murder remains in custody.\n\nA vigil to mark Sir David's life will take place in Leigh on Sea at 19:00 BST.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "The day started out much like every other Friday morning for Sir David Amess. One of Essex's most longstanding MPs, he held meetings with his Southend constituents every second week, in recent years varying the location to meet more of the local residents that relied upon his help.\n\nThis week he was at the Belfairs Methodist Church in his home town of Leigh-on-Sea. He tweeted on Tuesday about the upcoming event inviting constituents to join him.\n\nSir David was known for being passionate about his job - and constituents and colleagues spoke of his boundless enthusiasm for his role. These constituency surgeries were at the heart of his political life.\n\nJust 15 minutes before the attack, the 69-year-old father of five was spotted standing on the church steps, chatting and laughing with locals.\n\nAt around 12.05pm, accompanied by two female members of his staff and nearing the end of the drop-in event, Sir David entered the church to meet some more constituents, where he may have noticed the inscription: \"All are welcome here: where old friends meet and strangers feel at home.\"\n\nLocal councillor John Lamb said that it was at this point that the attacker emerged from a small group of waiting constituents and attacked Mr Amess, stabbing him several times.\n\n\"I'm told that when he went in for his surgery there were people waiting to see him, and one of them literally got a knife out and just began stabbing him,\" Mr Lamb said.\n\nLee Jordison, who works at the nearby Hicks Butchers, told the PA news agency: \"We could see a police cordon set up... (someone outside) told me a woman had come out screaming on the phone, saying 'someone's been stabbed, please get here soon', he's not breathing'.\"\n\nPolice arrived on the scene shortly after the stabbing, and arrested a 25-year-old man and recovered the knife used in the attack. At 1.50pm, Essex police confirmed that the man had been arrested in connection with the stabbing.\n\nOne witness, electrician Anthony Fitch, told Sky News that he had witnessed the man being led from the church and being put in the back of a police car.\n\n\"We arrived to do some work on the adjacent building... and at the point when I was crossing the road I saw an upset lady on the phone saying 'you need to arrive quickly, he's still in the building,'\" he said.\n\n\"There were loads of armed police, overhead there was an air ambulance as well as a police helicopter. Obviously wondered what the hell was going on, you don't often see armed police around the local area.\n\n\"I saw the suspect get put into a police van, get taken away and then they cordoned the whole road and pushed us all down the road.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch how emergency services responded in the initial aftermath of the attack on Sir David Amess\n\nAt 2.13pm, an air ambulance arrived at the nearby Belfairs sports ground to move Sir David to a hospital.\n\nHowever, members of his team began to fear the worst, as paramedics remained at the scene rather than moving towards the helicopter. For almost two-and-a-half hours they battled to save his life.\n\nBut just before 3pm, Essex police confirmed that Mr Amess had died at the scene.\n\nAs news of his death filtered through, tributes began to pour in from friends, constituents and fellow MPs.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said that Amess was \"one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".\n\nLocal councillor Dan Nelson told the BBC that Sir David had died \"doing what he loved best, and that was to help residents of Southend West\".\n\nRofique Ali, a local Conservative Party member, described the MP as his best friend in the world.\n\n\"I have known him for many years, and he was so kind to everyone,\" he said. \"I can't forget David.\"\n\nAnd resident Melanie Harris left a card at the scene that read: \"What has the world come to? What a senseless waste of a charming, witty and kind and gentle soul who deserved a lot more than to be snatched from life.\"\n\n\"You were always a pleasure to speak to. Thank you for restoring my faith in politicians.\"\n\nA member of the public leaves flowers at the scene\n\nBy mid-afternoon a full \"Gold\" command meeting was activated by police chiefs back in London - meaning some of the most senior and experienced leaders of major incidents were sitting around the table to work out how to respond.\n\nJoining the discussions were representatives from the security service, more commonly known as MI5, whose investigators sit side-by-side with detectives on many investigations.\n\nAnd watching on from government was Home Secretary Priti Patel - a close personal friend of Mr Amess. She said later on Twitter that she was devastated to learn of his death.\n\nThe conference was an inevitable decision: the killing of an MP is not an everyday occurrence - and the last time it happened, when Jo Cox was murdered in 2016 - it was an act of terrorism by a far-right extremist.\n\nAs daylight faded, members of the press gathered to hear police announce that an investigation was under way. Senior officers appealed to the public for information.\n\n\"This is a shocking and utterly despicable attack against somebody who was an outstanding MP and has worked tirelessly for their community for many, many years,\" said police commissioner Roger Hirst.\n\nHe added that members of Metropolitan Police's specialist Counter Terrorism Command would now try to make sense of an utterly senseless killing.\n\nBy early evening, investigators - still seeking a motive - had at least established the suspect's identity. A government source told the BBC the man arrested was a British national who, according to initial inquiries, was of Somali heritage.\n\nMeanwhile, at St Peter's Roman Catholic Church, locals gathered together to remember the man who, for many, was the only MP they had ever known.\n\nA mass is held at Saint Peter's Catholic Church, following the stabbing of UK Conservative MP Sir David Amess\n\nFather Jeffrey Woolnough told the service: \"Have you ever known Sir David Amess without that happy smile on his face? Because the greeting he would always give you was always that happy smile.\"\n\nAnd he paid tribute to Sir David as a man who carried with him \"that great east-London spirit of having no fear, and being able to talk to people and the level they're at\".\n\nShortly after midnight, police formally declared the attack a terrorist incident, explaining that their early investigations had revealed a \"potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism\".\n\nOfficers continued to search two London addresses in connection with the attack, while the suspect remained in custody at an Essex police station.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The moment Durst is sentenced to life in prison\n\nUS real estate heir Robert Durst, subject of HBO crime documentary series The Jinx, has been hospitalised with Covid-19 just days after he was sentenced to life in prison.\n\nDurst was found guilty on Thursday of killing his best friend Susan Berman in 2000.\n\nHe murdered her to stop her talking to police about his wife's disappearance. Police believe he killed two others.\n\nDurst, who has numerous medical issues, is on a ventilator, his lawyer said.\n\nHe \"looked worse than I've ever seen him,\" Dick DeGuerin told the Los Angeles Times.\n\nIt is not clear where the 78-year-old is being treated.\n\nHis sentence for first-degree murder excludes any possibility of parole.\n\nDurst's wife Kathleen McCormack, a medical student, went missing in 1982 and is presumed dead. He was never charged over her disappearance.\n\nProsecutors have argued that Durst actually murdered three people - the third being an elderly neighbour, Morris Black.\n\nBlack had discovered Durst's identity in 2001 while Durst was hiding in Texas and pretending to be a mute woman.\n\nDurst was acquitted of murdering Black, successfully arguing he had killed him on the grounds of self-defence before cutting up the body.\n\nDurst is an estranged member of one of New York's wealthiest and most powerful real estate dynasties. His brother Douglas Durst, who testified at the trial, told the court: \"He'd like to murder me.\"\n\nAt the end of The Jinx series, Durst is heard muttering to himself: \"What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.\"\n\nHours before the last episode aired in March 2015, authorities arrested Durst in New Orleans for Ms Berman's murder. Jurors were played the clip during the trial.", "French President Emmanuel Macron has called a bloody crackdown on Algerian protesters by police in Paris 60 years ago an \"unforgivable crime\".\n\nOn 17 October 1961, French police turned on Algerian demonstrators. Some were shot, others were drowned.\n\nThe precise number of victims is not known, but some say several hundred could have lost their lives.\n\nMr Macron is the first French president to attend a memorial for those killed that day.\n\nHe joined a commemoration beside the bridge over the River Seine which was the starting point in 1961 for a march against a night curfew imposed only on Algerians.\n\nMr Macron told relatives of victims on the 60th anniversary of the bloodshed that \"crimes\" were committed under the command of the notorious Paris police chief Maurice Papon. Papon was revealed in the 1980s to have collaborated with occupying Nazi forces in World War Two in transferring Jews to Nazi death camps.\n\nThe 1961 march was repressed \"brutally, violently and in blood\", Mr Macron's office said in a statement. Some 12,000 Algerians were arrested, many were wounded and dozens killed, it added.\n\nBut activists hoping for an even stronger recognition of responsibility were left disappointed.\n\nMr Macron stopped short of an apology and did not give a public speech, with the Élysée Palace issuing only the written statement.\n\nThe president's statement \"is progress but not complete. We hoped for more\", Mimouna Hadjam of the Africa93 anti-racism association told the AFP news agency.\n\n\"Papon did not act alone. People were tortured, massacred in the heart of Paris and those high up knew,\" Hadjam added, calling for recognition of a \"state crime\".\n\nSome say several hundred could have lost their lives in the massacre\n\nHistorian Emmanuel Blanchard said that Mr Macron's comments represented \"progress\" and had gone \"much further\" than his predecessors.\n\nThe massacre, which happened during the war against French rule in Algeria, was denied or concealed by French governments for decades.\n\nThe first commemorations of the event were organised in 2001 by the mayor of Paris.\n\nIn 2012, then-President François Hollande said the Republic recognised that Algerians had been killed that day in a \"bloody repression\", and he paid tribute to the victims.", "The Yorkshire Regiment said its thoughts were with Pte Jethro Watson-Pickering's family\n\nA soldier who died during an Army training exercise on Salisbury Plain has been named.\n\nPte Jethro Watson-Pickering of the 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, was part of a crew operating an armoured vehicle in Wiltshire on Friday.\n\nThe vehicle overturned near Enford and hit a tree, trapping several soldiers inside, a source told the BBC.\n\nThe Yorkshire Regiment said on Facebook that its thoughts and prayers were with Pte Watson-Pickering's family.\n\nIt also confirmed the 23-year-old was from the village of Boosbeck, near Redcar on Teesside.\n\nThe presence of live ammunition meant firefighters could not use cutting equipment, so Army engineers rescued those inside, the source said.\n\nIt took several hours for the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers to free the soldiers.\n\nWiltshire Police said a joint investigation with the Health and Safety Executive and the Army has been launched.\n\nAn Army spokesperson added: \"It is with sadness that we can confirm the death of Private Jethro Watson-Pickering in an incident on Salisbury Plain Training Area.\n\n\"The thoughts and sympathies of the Army are with the family and friends of Pte Watson-Pickering at this very sad time.\"\n\nThe British Army currently has about 76,500 soldiers, with about 15,000 based around the West Country.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson has paid tribute to Conservative MP Sir David Amess who has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex.\n\nThe PM said he was one of the \"kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".\n\nSir David, 69, had been an MP since 1983 and was married with five children.\n\nPolice said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea.", "Part of the seizure made by Australian police.\n\nAustralian police have announced the seizure of the largest heroin shipment ever recorded in the country, worth around A$140 million (£76m; $104m).\n\nAuthorities said the shipment, which weighed 450kg, included 1,290 packages of heroin with unique red branding.\n\nThe seizure was made at the Port of Melbourne - Australia's largest port - on September 29.\n\nOffices said they arrested a Malaysian man after the huge haul was discovered in a container of ceramic tiles.\n\nHe was later charged with the import and attempted possession of a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug. He could face a sentence of up to life in prison.\n\nTesting of the substance in the packages showed it was heroin.\n\nThe shipment originated in Malaysia and was bound for a business located in Melbourne. Several locations were later raided in the Victorian state capital.\n\nSpeaking following the announcement, Acting Assistant Commissioner Krissy Barrett of the Australian Federal Police said the discovery had been made thanks to close co-operation between international police forces.\n\n\"We have a strong relationship with the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) and in particular the RMP Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department,\" she said. \"We continue to work together in identifying and disrupting transnational organised crime syndicates that seek to harm both our nations and generate millions of dollars of profits from criminal activity.\"\n\nCommissioner Barrett added that police estimated that they had saved one life for every two kilograms of the drug removed from circulation in Australia's communities.\n\n\"It is important to note that in addition to the arrests made, the primary outcome of this operation is the preservation of an estimated 225 lives\" she said.\n\nIn 2019, authorities made an even bigger bust, when they discovered an enormous haul of methamphetamine worth around A$1.2bn (£660m, $840m) hidden inside stereo speakers at a Melbourne port. Around 37kg of heroin was also found in that raid.", "Justin McLaughlin was rushed to hospital but was later pronounced dead\n\nPolice have launched a murder inquiry following the death of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed at a railway station in Glasgow.\n\nJustin McLaughlin was found seriously injured at High Street station at about 15:45 on Saturday.\n\nHe was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.\n\nPolice Scotland said an extensive investigation was under way and appealed for witnesses to come forward.\n\nThe attack, which police described as \"a shocking act of violence in broad daylight\" is believed to have taken place on a platform at the station.\n\nAt least some of the incident was captured on CCTV, while detectives are also studying earlier footage from on board a train.\n\nDet Ch Insp Brian Geddes, of Police Scotland's Major Investigation Team, said a number of young people were believed to have been involved in an \"altercation\".\n\nHe said: \"At this stage of the investigation, it is too early to say how many people we are looking for. There are certainly a number of witnesses we need to speak to first.\n\n\"It's very difficult to comment on whether it was a targeted attack or not. But we will keep an open mind all the way through until we know exactly what happened.\"\n\nJustin was found seriously injured at High Street station in Glasgow\n\nThe teenager was a pupil at St Ambrose High School in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire.\n\nThe school's head teacher, James McParland, said he was \"a valued member of our community and his loss will be felt by staff and pupils alike\".\n\nMr McParland added that additional pastoral support would be available to pupils at the school when they return on Monday morning.\n\nFlowers and tributes were left at the railway station on Sunday\n\nPolice Scotland said Justin McLaughlin's family were being supported by specialist officers.\n\nDet Ch Insp Geddes added: \"Our thoughts very much remain with Justin's family and friends. His family have asked for their privacy to be respected at this very difficult time.\n\n\"Although inquiries are at an early stage, we are sure that there will be people who may have witnessed something in the lead up to this.\n\n\"The needless loss of a 14-year-old boy is pretty shocking and I can imagine that will be felt across the communities in Glasgow and far wider.\n\n\"It's really up to us, with the help of the public, to establish the full circumstances of what happened for Justin's family.\"\n\nBritish Transport Police said it would be increasing uniformed patrols in the local area in the coming days \"to help reassure the travelling public\".\n\nDetectives have set up an online portal to encourage members of the public to submit information.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Klarna has over 15 million customers in the UK and was recently valued at $46.5bn\n\nBuy now, pay later firm Klarna is planning changes ahead of an expected Treasury crackdown on the UK market.\n\nThey include a \"pay now\" option, to let people pay for items in full, immediately.\n\nThe boom in the use of buy now, pay later has fuelled fears that it encourages people into debt.\n\nKlarna's boss, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, told the BBC that retailers using its service see the average value of an order increase by 40%.\n\nThe company said it wanted to \"drive up standards\" in the sector by improving the way it operates and communicates as well as introducing the choice of paying for items in full, immediately.\n\nKlarna said the \"pay now\" option and other changes it was making would give customers more clarity and control.\n\nIt also said it would perform more thorough checks on how much users could afford to borrow, and use clearer language during the checkout process to ensure customers understood they were taking on debt.\n\nThe \"pay now\" option for customers is already available in several of the 20 other countries where Klarna operates.\n\nLike other buy now, pay later services, Klarna offers shoppers the opportunity of delaying or spreading the cost of a purchase without being charged fees or interest.\n\nInstead Klarna charges retailers a small percentage of the transaction cost in exchange for providing the payment service.\n\nThe opportunity to pay in instalments appeals in particular to younger and low-income shoppers.\n\nIt allows customers to order several sizes of a clothing item, for example, in the expectation that those which do not fit will have been returned and refunded before they are charged the full amount.\n\nBut such schemes have been widely criticised for encouraging shoppers to buy more than they can afford, with charities warning it can be a \"slippery slope into debt\".\n\nCritics say customers are bombarded with messages urging them to use buy now, pay later credit without a clear enough explanation of what it involves.\n\nIn particular, buy now, pay later firms have been accused of failing to explain that customers could be referred to debt collectors and that their credit scores could be affected if they miss payments.\n\nConsumer group Which? recently found that although Klarna and other firms shared their guidelines with retailers about how their service should be presented, some retailers did not adhere to those guidelines.\n\nKlarna is the largest buy now, pay later platform but many other firms offer a similar service, including Clearpay, LayBuy and Paypal.\n\nBuy now, pay later services were used by five million people in the UK for total sales of £2.7bn in 2020. However, one in 10 people using them already had debt arrears elsewhere, a review by the Financial Conduct Authority found.\n\nThe review, led by Chris Woolard, found that three quarters of buy now, pay later users were under the age of 36 and the vast majority of transactions related to clothing purchases.\n\nThe Citizens Advice charity said it had found shoppers did not view buy now, pay later services as \"proper borrowing\" and many did not understand fully what they were signing up for.\n\nThe charity warned that four-in-10 of those who had used this type of credit in the previous 12 months were struggling to repay.\n\nKlarna's boss said he believed there was a place for this kind of affordable credit offering.\n\n\"We firmly believe that most of the time, people should pay with the money they have, but there are certain times where credit makes sense,\" Mr Siemiatkowski said.\n\n\"In those cases, our [buy now, pay later] products offer a sustainable and no-cost healthy form of credit - and a much needed alternative to high-cost credit cards.\"\n\nKlarna said it had worked with consumer group Fairer Finance to ensure its terms and conditions were \"clear, simple and easy to understand\", and that the language during the checkout process made it \"absolutely clear\" there would be \"consequences for missed payments\".\n\nIt had also improved its complaints procedure for dissatisfied customers, it said.\n\nIn February, the government announced that buy now, pay later products would be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).\n\nThe Treasury's consultation on the sector is expected before the financial watchdog sets out its rules on regulation later.\n\nThe government said that giving the FCA oversight of firms like Klarna, Clearpay or Laybuy would mean that customers would be able to complain to the Financial Ombudsman if they were not happy with the service.", "Arfon Jones posted the tweet shortly after the death of Sir David Amess was confirmed\n\nA former police and crime commissioner has faced a backlash for a tweet posted after the killing of Sir David Amess.\n\nIn the now deleted tweet Arfon Jones, PCC for north Wales between 2016-2021, said \"this is what happens\" when you have a government that \"sows hate\".\n\nBrecon and Radnorshire Conservative MP Fay Jones replied that Mr Jones was \"not fit for public office\".\n\nThe former Plaid Cymru member has since apologised for the tweet, adding that it was \"untimely and offensive\".\n\nMr Jones has since deleted and apologised for the tweet\n\nMP Sir David Amess died after being stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex on Friday.\n\nPolice said the killing was being treated as a terrorist incident.\n\nFay Jones said Mr Jones's comments were \"completely out of line\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Jones has been asked to comment.", "Making Southend a city would be the \"perfect tribute\" to Sir David Amess, colleagues said.\n\nSir David, who represented the Southend West constituency, was stabbed as he held a regular Friday meeting with constituents in Leigh-on-Sea.\n\nHe had championed Southend's bid for city status as part of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel described him as Mr Southend and said his passion for the town warmed hearts.\n\n\"When David's name is mentioned going forward he will bring great cheer and smiles,\" she told The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday.\n\n\"He was Mr Southend, he was Mr Essex, he would always put Southend front and centre of his work and that was David through and through.\"\n\nAmong the many floral tributes to Sir David - a nod to his biggest passion\n\nIn December 2019, Sir David secured an adjournment debate in the Commons specifically on the campaign and he told MPs: \"I am not messing around.\n\n\"We have got it from the prime minister that Southend is going to become a city - and it will become a city.\"\n\nAfter the most recent Cabinet reshuffle in September, Sir David joked to the House that he was left disappointed not to be made \"minister with responsibility for granting city status to Southend\".\n\n\"I think it would be a very fitting tribute to Sir David, particularly as it was something he had campaigned for, for a long time,\" Conservative councillor for Southend Borough Council James Courtenay said.\n\n\"I suspect local politicians from across the political divide will actively support it.\n\n\"I wouldn't be surprised if a number of his Westminster colleagues were to do so as well, given that every time - well it felt like it anyway - he stood up in Parliament, he would ask if Southend could be made a city.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat Carole Mulroney, council member for tourism and culture, told the BBC: \"Sir David was a figurehead, he was incredibly passionate about it.\n\n\"Southend welcomes millions of people every year, it has a really successful arts festival and a huge wealth of talent. You name it - there's a club for it.\"\n\nShe said Sir David's killing was \"a true tragedy\", describing him as a \"jolly chap, very witty, above all a constituency MP who reached out to an enormous amount of people.\"\n\nSir David said at the time of the bid launch: \"Southend is unique and city status would provide long overdue recognition of what we have to offer.\n\n\"The longest pleasure pier in the world, a huge wealth of local talent in the arts and culture industries and a centre of educational excellence, are just a few of the things that make Southend special.\"\n\nSouthend is a tourist hotspot and has a thriving creative arts scene\n\nSouthend Borough Council is currently led by a coalition of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Independent councillors - while the Conservatives have the most councillors.\n\nIt became a unitary authority in 1998 and has a population of more than 183,000.\n\nChelmsford became Essex's first city in 2012 as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.\n\nJust an hour up the A12, Colchester - once the capital of Roman Britain - has just submitted its bid to become a city at the fourth attempt, as has Milton Keynes.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sarah Everard's murder has led to a closer look at the culture within the police - and now two inquiries have been announced to see what needs to change. Sarah Everard was killed by a serving police officer who falsely detained her in order to abduct her.\n\nBBC Newsnight's Sima Kotecha spoke to five female police officers - two retired and three currently serving - to hear about their experiences in a male-dominated working environment.", "A law firm is seeking to launch a group action against Amazon over employee rights for delivery drivers.\n\nLeigh Day is claiming drivers hired via third party delivery companies to make deliveries for the online giant should be given rights enjoyed by employees.\n\nThe drivers are classed as being self-employed, meaning they are not entitled to minimum wage and holiday pay.\n\nAmazon said it was committed to ensuring drivers were fairly paid by the delivery companies they work with.\n\nDrivers making deliveries on behalf of Amazon for its \"Delivery Service Partners\" are not entitled to National Minimum Wage or an employment contract, Leigh Day said.\n\nThe law firm says it has already begun legal action on behalf of two drivers and is seeking others to join a group action.\n\nLeigh Day, which brought, and won, a landmark case on behalf of Uber drivers for workers' rights in February, claims at least three thousand drivers could potentially be owed more than a hundred million pounds in compensation.\n\nIt believes that because Amazon tells drivers how they should work, and how they fit into the business, they should have more rights.\n\nThe law firm claims drivers are given estimated timings between deliveries via an app which they have to meet. However, according to Amazon, the routing app provides guidance and it is up to drivers whether to follow the suggested route.\n\nKate Robinson, a Leigh Day employment solicitor, said: \"It appears that Amazon is short-changing drivers making deliveries on their behalf.\n\n\"Drivers delivering for Amazon have to work set shifts and book time off, yet Amazon claim they are self-employed.\"\n\nShe added that that millions of pounds of compensation would be \"a drop in the ocean\" to Amazon.\n\n\"For drivers on the other hand, earning at least National Minimum Wage, getting holiday pay and being under a proper employment contract could be life-changing,\" she added.\n\nMs Robinson stressed that it was \"time for Amazon to stop putting profit above people\".\n\nLeigh Day is bringing similar claims against Uber, Addison Lee, delivery company Stuart and used vehicle marketplace BCA.\n\nThe law firm has been pursuing an equal pay claim on behalf of thousands of Asda staff. It is also representing clients from Sainsbury's, Tesco, Morrisons and the Co-op.\n\nAmazon capitalised on a surge in demand for online shopping during the Covid pandemic, with sales rising 50% to £20.63bn in 2020.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nLyndon Dykes' 86th-minute effort salvaged a vital Scotland win over the Faroe Islands and kept their World Cup qualifying bid on track.\n\nSteve Clarke's side were often tepid and impotent, but the late victory ensures they retain a four-point cushion in second place in group F.\n\nScotland were lucky to be level at half-time after their unfancied hosts missed a series of good chances.\n\nBut Dykes' fourth straight goal spared them the ignominy of dropped points.\n\nThe striker's intervention was the subject of a long VAR check as officials determined whether the ball had struck his arm en route to the net.\n• None Reaction and as it happened\n\nCrucially, the win preserved Scotland's lead over third-placed Israel with two games remaining. Maximum points in Moldova next month would seal second and a berth in the play-offs, with Denmark having already secured top spot.\n\nYou have to swipe along to page three of Fifa's world rankings before catching sight of the Faroe Islands, perched in 114th place, nearly 70 spots below Scotland.\n\nBut under Hakan Ericson, they no longer represent the gimme fixture in world football they once were. Ericson's men beat Moldova last month and Denmark only emerged from Torshavn with a similarly late 1-0 triumph.\n\nPerhaps burdened by the weight of history, talk of the heinous 2-2 draw in 2002, or the magnitude of the fixture, Scotland seemed spooked in the early throes.\n\nTheir attacking play was too soporific against a diligent and determined opposition, whose confidence only grew with every foray downfield.\n\nClarke's defence was bolstered by the return of Grant Hanley, yet bamboozled by a flurry of Faroese raids which, at least one, should have delivered a goal.\n\nScotland were having palpitations when Brandur Hendriksson spooned a glorious chance astray.\n\nA full-blown cardiac arrest was in the offing soon after. Goalkeeper Teitur Gestsson's hopeful thump downfield bounced into the away box and was squared for Ari Jonsson, whose point-blank shot was clawed clear fabulously by Craig Gordon.\n\nAnother chance was spurned seconds later, Sonni Nattestad heading Hendriksson's vicious, swerving delivery over.\n\nEven centre-back Odmar Faero, who had spells in the Highland League and with Forfar Athletic while a student in Aberdeen, came closer with a deadlock-shattering effort than anything Scotland could muster. His rasping 25-yard drive deflected wide off Hanley though.\n\nIn amongst the strife for the visitors, Scott McTominay, whose stoppage-time winner against Israel sent Hampden berserk, and Ryan Christie offered signs of an attacking pulse and threat to the home goal.\n\nBournemouth's Christie was booked, though, for a dangerous aerial challenge, ruling him out of the Moldova clash.\n\nCome half-time, the hosts had mustered four shots on target to Scotland's two and Clarke's side needed an infusion of tempo and accuracy.\n\nThey were a little sharper in the second period as they looked to take a grip of the contest.\n\nChristie, down the left again, was felled by a clumsy challenge in the box, but had already been flagged offside. McTominay, breaking in from the right, lashed an effort into the side-netting.\n\nStill, fluency and ruthlessness eluded the Scots and Gestsson remained largely unflustered. The home fans, clapping and bouncing along to their jaunty chants, grew ever emboldened.\n\nThe roof nearly came off Torsvollur when Gilli Rolantsson turned Andy Robertson inside out before cutting back to Hallur Hansson, who whipped just wide from 18 yards.\n\nThen Dykes, another walking the disciplinary tightrope, was cautioned and he too will be unavailable in Chisinau. How Clarke will miss him.\n\nWith 15 minutes remaining, Billy Gilmour side-footed a shot straight at Gestsson after breaking into the box.\n\nFraser then floated a wonderful ball in from the right, only for John McGinn to nod straight at the keeper, and Gilmour shifted beautifully onto his left foot and rifled inches wide from the edge of the area.\n\nSalvation arrived - as it so often has in this nerve-shredding campaign - through combative striker Dykes.\n\nWith normal time almost up, he galloped into the box, and when Nathan Patterson whipped in a cross from the right, Horour Askham cannoned the ball off Dykes' chest and into the net.\n\nMore drama was to follow. Clarke, his players, and virtually the whole nation faced an agonising wait as VAR intervened, examining whether Dykes had diverted home with an arm. Eventually, the goal was given.\n\nA night which threatened to end in anguish for so long yielded another whale of a win and how thrilled Scotland will be to escape the Faroes three precious points richer. The Scottish rollercoaster hurtles on apace.\n\nWhat did we learn?\n\nLight years from their best, Scotland found a way to win this tricky game, registering a fourth consecutive victory for the first time in 14 years. The persistence, spirit and sheer stubbornness cultivated among this squad cannot be questioned.\n\nDeploying Fraser at right wing-back was a worthwhile experiment, but one yielding limited success. Too many key players were unable to exert a telling influence.\n\nAnd Scotland's reliance on Dykes was again underlined. Not since Colin Stein in 1969 has a Scot scored in four straight competitive matches. His absence next month is a huge blow.\n\nScotland's fate remains in their own hands. Win against Moldova on 12 November and second place is theirs regardless of how Israel fare in Austria.\n\nDropped points, combined with a draw or victory for Israel, and the race for a play-off will come down to the final round of fixtures three days later.\n\nWhile the Israelis host the Faroe Islands, already-qualified Denmark await Clarke's men at Hampden.\n• None Scotland are unbeaten in all 11 encounters against the Faroe Islands (W9 D2), winning their last six by an aggregate score of 19-1 - they've never faced a side more often without ever losing.\n• None Scotland have won four consecutive international matches for the first time since October 2007 (6 wins under Alex McLeish).\n• None Faroe Islands have failed to keep a clean sheet in 18 of their last 19 qualifying matches for major tournaments (Euros and World Cups), only doing so against Malta in October 2019 (1-0).\n• None Lyndon Dykes became the first Scotland player to score in four consecutive appearances for the senior national side since Colin Stein in May 1969.\n• None Scotland had 19 shots at goal against Faroe Islands, the most they've attempted in a World Cup qualifying match since October 2017, against Slovakia (20).\n• None Attempt saved. Callum McGregor (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott McTominay.\n• None Kevin Nisbet (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! Faroe Islands 0, Scotland 1. Lyndon Dykes (Scotland) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom right corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Hundreds of people could die in floods in the UK, the Environment Agency has warned in a hard-hitting report that says the country is not ready for the impact of climate change.\n\nEarlier this year in Germany, dozens of people died in floods.\n\n\"That will happen in this country sooner or later\" unless the UK becomes more resilient to increasingly violent weather, the agency concludes.\n\nEmma Howard Boyd, chair of the agency, said: \"It is adapt or die.\"\n\nThe apocalyptic tone is deliberately intended to startle governments, companies and communities into preparing for global warming effects such as higher sea levels and more extremes of rainfall and drought.\n\nThe new report, seen by the BBC ahead of its publication on Wednesday, assesses the country's readiness to cope with the many different risks of climate change.\n\nIn its response, environment department Defra said it was taking key measures to protect the UK from the effects of global warming.\n\nWe are currently heading for an increase in the global average temperature of just under 3C by the end of the century.\n\nBut the agency projects that even a smaller rise of 2C would have severe consequences:\n\nAccording to Ms Howard Boyd: \"We can successfully tackle the climate emergency if we do the right things, but we are running out of time to implement effective adaptation measures.\n\n\"Some 200 people died in this summer's flooding in Germany. That will happen in this country sooner or later, however high we build our flood defences - unless we also make the places where we live, work and travel resilient to the effects of the more violent weather the climate emergency is bringing.\"\n\nThe agency calls for new thinking on flood protection, closer partnerships between government and businesses, and projects to restore natural systems that absorb carbon and hold back rainwater.\n\nMs Howard Boyd added: \"With the right approach we can be safer and more prosperous. So let's prepare, act and survive.\"\n\nThe loss of life in Germany last July is a reminder of the last time flooding led to a massive death toll in the UK.\n\nBack in 1953, a storm surge killed 307 people in England and 19 in Scotland.\n\nThat tragedy forced a radical rethink about flood protection and a massive investment in coastal defences that eventually led to the Thames Barrier in London.\n\nNow, as officials across the UK weigh up future phases of flood defence, the report identifies what it calls five \"reality checks\" about climate change:\n\nThe agency calls for new thinking on flood protection, saying that \"business as usual\" approaches are no longer adequate.\n\nIn practical terms, that means better co-ordination between companies, national agencies and local authorities, with businesses and homeowners encouraged to take basic steps to flood-proof their own properties.\n\nIt wants more investment in natural ways of reducing flood risk, such as restoring upland areas that can retain rainwater upstream and improving management of the soil so there's less run-off.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nThe agency also suggests trialling new arrangements and technologies for warning local communities about flood risks, and having closer coordination with other emergency services.\n\nThe agency acknowledges that billions of pounds have been spent on flood defences - and that more is earmarked.\n\nAnd it recognises that the UK, as host of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow next month, is highlighting the importance of helping communities and nature adapt to climate change.\n\nIn response, Defra highlighted several key measures designed to adapt to a changing climate: £5.2bn to protect 336,000 properties from flooding and coastal erosion better; a national framework to manage water supplies; and a £640m Nature for Climate Fund to tackle climate change and adaptation together.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"We are taking robust action to improve resilience to climate change across the whole country and economy, and adaptation to climate change is integrated in policies throughout government.\n\n\"We're also using our COP26 presidency to drive climate adaptation around the world, protecting communities and natural habitats.\"\n\nDo you have any questions about the forthcoming COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The MS Romantika arrives in Scotland to provide accommodation for the COP26 conference\n\nThe first of two cruise ships that will provide accommodation for people attending the COP26 summit has arrived in Scotland.\n\nThe Latvian-flagged Romantika has berthed at King George V dock, next to Braehead Shopping Centre in Renfrew.\n\nA second vessel, the MS Silja Europa, will arrive from Estonia in the coming days.\n\nUp to 25,000 government representatives, media and campaigners are expected to be in Glasgow.\n\nConcerns have been raised about the cost and availability of accommodation in the city for the climate summit, which takes place from 31 October until 12 November.\n\nPaavo Nõgene, chief executive of the ship owner Tallink, described the decision to bring a second ship to Scotland as a \"last-minute agreement\".\n\nEach member of the United Nations has been invited to Glasgow, meaning nearly 120 heads of state are expected to attend along with around 20,000 accredited delegates.\n\nLast Friday, it emerged Pope Francis will not travel to Scotland but US President Joe Biden has said he is \"anxious\" to be there and the Queen has confirmed she will attend.\n\nMeanwhile, BBC Scotland has found evidence that a squeeze on available accommodation has sent prices soaring in Glasgow.\n\nOne room in the city advertised as £42 per night on Monday is being advertised as costing £1,400 per night during the summit.\n\nFiona Hooker, of the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland campaign, said the cost and availability of accommodation was \"a huge concern\" for activists attending the summit.\n\nShe said: \"It's incredible that they can charge so much.\n\n\"What people are looking for is a place to stay with a local person and the chance to feel part of the event.\"\n\nDelegates will take shuttle buses between the King George V dock and the summit venue at the Scottish Event Campus\n\nRestaurateur and property owner Charan Gill, who became known as Glasgow's \"Curry King\" and is one of the country's top entrepreneurs, called the practice \"opportunistic\".\n\nHe told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime with John Beattie that he would not increase rents because it was damaging to the city's reputation.\n\n\"Sometimes you have to pay a premium,\" he said. \"But there has to be some sort of moral compass where we say surely this is wrong.\n\n\"You will not live off this money forever - fine, you might make an extra few hundred or thousand pounds here and there. At the end of the day you have to go back to your normal people, your normal market, your normal tenants who keep your bread buttered.\"\n\nAirbnb told the BBC they would donate all revenue from stays in Glasgow during the summit to Zero Waste Scotland.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"We are offering Glaswegians an incentive to start hosting in an effort to provide more accommodation during a unique event and to address a significant accommodation shortage.\n\n\"The expected attendance for COP26 is double that of local hotel capacity and hosting helps cities like Glasgow use existing space to scale up and welcome major events.\"\n\nNearly 700 households have signed up to the COP26 Homestay Network.\n\nOperated by the third sector, the initiative is asking people to open their doors and provide affordable or free accommodation to COP26 attendees.\n\nBut Jillian Evans, the head of health intelligence at NHS Grampian, told BBC Scotland she had some concerns about this plan.\n\nShe said: \"People coming from different parts of the world, some where the vaccination programme is not the same as ours, there are risks associated with that.\n\n\"Then you put people in touch with one another, in folk's homes, and that increases the risk even more.\"\n\nA COP26 spokesperson told the BBC: \"As hosts of COP26 it is of huge importance to the UK there are a wide range accommodation options available which suit the requirement of delegates attending from around the world.\n\n\"We have been working with our hotel provider, MCI, to make sure this is the case.\"\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After landing, William Shatner tearfully said the experience had been \"unbelievable\"\n\nHollywood actor William Shatner has become the oldest person to go to space as he blasted off aboard the Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule.\n\nThe 90-year-old, who played Captain James T Kirk in the Star Trek films and TV series, took off from the Texas desert with three other individuals.\n\nMr Shatner's trip on the rocket system - developed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos - lasted about 10 minutes.\n\nThe craft safely landed just after 10:00 local time (16:00 BST).\n\nThose aboard got to experience a short period of weightlessness as they climbed to a maximum altitude just above 100km (60 miles). From there they were able to see the curvature of the Earth through the capsule's big windows.\n\n\"Everybody in the world needs to do this,\" the Canadian actor told Mr Bezos after landing back on Earth. \"It was unbelievable.\"\n\nIn tears, he added: \"What you have given me is the most profound experience. I'm so filled with emotion about what just happened. I hope I never recover from this. I hope I can retain what I feel now. I don't want to lose it.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Blue Origin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Shatner was joined on the flight by Audrey Powers, a Blue Origin vice president; Chris Boshuizen, who co-founded the Earth-imaging satellite company Planet; and Glen de Vries, an executive with the French healthcare software corporation Dassault Systèmes.\n\nThey were given a couple of days' training, although there was nothing really major for them to do during the flight other than enjoy it. The rocket and capsule system, known as New Shepard, is fully automatic.\n\nWhen the capsule touched down in the Texan desert, it was quickly surrounded by ground teams. Mr Bezos himself opened the hatch to check everyone inside was OK.\n\nAfter the immediate celebrations with family and friends, the crew then lined up to receive their Blue Origin astronaut pins.\n\nWilliam Shatner: \"I hope I never recover from this\"\n\nThis was only the second crewed outing for New Shepard. The first, on 20 July, carried Mr Bezos, his brother Mark, Dutch teenager Oliver Daemen; and famed aviator Wally Funk.\n\nAfterwards, Ms Funk, being 82, was able to claim the record for the oldest person in space - a title she has now relinquished to Mr Shatner.\n\nThe launch comes amid claims that Blue Origin has a toxic work culture and failed to adhere to proper safety protocols. The mostly anonymous accusations made by former and present employees have been strenuously denied.\n\n\"That just hasn't been my experience at Blue,\" countered Audrey Powers, who is responsible for mission and flight operations.\n\n\"We're exceedingly thorough, from the earliest days up through now as we've started our human flights. Safety has always been our top priority.\"\n\nWilliam Shatner may have been the first person to go from Star Trek's version of space to the real thing - but three Nasa astronauts have made the opposite journey.\n\nMae Jemison appeared in an episode of TV sequel Star Trek: The Next Generation, while Mike Fincke and Terry Virts turned up in the final episode of Enterprise, the Star Trek prequel series.\n\nAlso providing a link are Gene Roddenberry, the franchise creator, and James Doohan, the actor who played Montgomery \"Scotty\" Scott in the original 1960s series and subsequent films. Both men had their ashes sent into space.\n\nSpace tourism is going through something of a renaissance, currently.\n\nThroughout the 2000s a number of high-value individuals paid to visit the International Space Station (ISS). But these flights, organised under the patronage of the Russian space agency, ceased in 2009.\n\nNow, the sector is being rekindled, and this time it looks more resilient, simply because there are many more private space companies chasing the business, and this should bring down prices for a wider pool of customers.\n\nAs well as the New Shepard trips organised by Jeff Bezos, the British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is offering rides in his Virgin Galactic rocket plane.\n\nAnd then, of course, there's Elon Musk, whose Dragon capsule will send people orbital, to circle the Earth for several days - as it did for the privately funded Inspiration4 crew last month.\n\nWhile Mr Bezos simply invites some people to fly on New Shepard, he is selling other seats. And whereas Sir Richard Branson puts a ticket price (from $450,000; £330,000) against the journey, the Amazon founder does not disclose the fees paid by the likes of Mr Boshuizen and Mr de Vries.\n\nBlue Origin is planning one more crewed flight this year, with several more crewed flights planned for 2022.\n\nThe crew went to inspect their rocket booster after landing\n• None Shatner in space: 'The most profound experience' Video, 00:01:35Shatner in space: 'The most profound experience'", "Two more UK energy firms have ceased trading amid soaring wholesale energy prices.\n\nPure Planet, which is backed by oil giant BP, and Colorado Energy join a number of small energy firms that have gone bust recently.\n\nPure Planet said it had been caught between rising costs and the UK's energy price cap, which limits what companies can charge consumers.\n\nThis had left its business \"unsustainable\", it said.\n\nCustomers of both companies will be moved to new suppliers.\n\nPure Planet and Colorado Energy are the latest casualties of a global spike in gas prices.\n\nPure Planet supplies gas and electricity to around 235,000 domestic customers, while Colorado Energy has around 15,000 domestic customers.\n\nEnergy regulator Ofgem will now find a new supplier for those customers, who are asked to do nothing until the transfer takes place in the coming weeks.\n\nThe demise of Pure Planet and Colorado Energy takes the number of customers affected by the current wave of energy company collapses across the UK to around two million.\n\nOfgem said on Wednesday that the unprecedented increase in global gas prices in recent weeks was putting financial pressure on suppliers.\n\n\"Ofgem's number one priority is to protect customers,\" said Neil Lawrence, director of retail at Ofgem.\n\n\"I want to reassure affected customers that they do not need to worry: under our safety net we'll make sure your energy supplies continue.\"\n\nMr Lawrence added that if customers have credit, the funds are protected, so customers will not lose the money that is owed to them.\n\nPure Planet said that the government and Ofgem expect it \"to sell energy at a price much less than it currently costs to buy\".\n\n\"This is unsustainable, and therefore, sadly we have had to make the difficult decision to cease trading,\" it said.\n\nPure Planet said it had lost its backing from oil giant BP\n\n\"In our case, despite being hedged until next spring, and having had the backing of BP, Pure Planet faced increasing risks and large potential losses by continuing to operate in this market,\" Pure Planet said.\n\n\"Sadly, this led to BP taking a decision to withdraw its support and we are no longer able to continue.\"\n\nBP said it had worked to support Pure Planet and give financial support through wholesale supply and other funding arrangements.\n\n\"However, despite considerable work over an extended period, we concluded it is no longer commercially viable for BP to continue this relationship and took this difficult decision,\" a BP spokesperson said.\n\nNine suppliers collapsed in September, but business and energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng has ruled out supporting struggling energy firms. Last week, he said more companies could collapse.\n\nThe regulator's price cap, which covers 15 million households across England, Wales and Scotland, protects customers on default tariffs by limiting charges including how much customers pay per unit of energy.\n\nBut providers say they can't pass on rising wholesale gas prices to customers because of the cap.\n\nSuppliers that have recently gone bust include Avro Energy, People's Energy and Green Supplier Limited.\n\nRising prices have had reverberations throughout the supply chain.\n\nBBC Newsnight reported on Wednesday evening that gas shipping firm CNG has written to its energy supplier customers saying that it will no longer supply the wholesale market.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ben Chu This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNewsnight economics editor Ben Chu tweeted that CNG had recently had to supply gas to households without being paid by suppliers that have failed, including Utility Point and Avro Energy.\n\nThis has caused a significant amount of financial damage to CNG, Mr Chu said.\n\nCNG leaving the market will put further pressure on small UK energy firms and could speed up their collapse, he added.\n\nHave you been affected by issues covered in this story? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "\"I suppose you've rung me to talk about the Northern Ireland Protocol...\", comes the weary voice down the phone.\n\nIt's not diplomats or politicians from any particular EU country who greet me like that these days. It's the reaction I get pretty much across the board.\n\nFour years of Brexit negotiations before the UK's final departure in January last year have left the EU with no appetite for more.\n\nMember states are far more focused on struggling with post-Covid economic challenges, soaring gas prices and smouldering intra-EU strife with Poland and Hungary. The last thing EU capitals say they need or want right now is a trade war with the UK.\n\nBut tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol are real.\n\nBrussels and London agree - though to differing degrees - that the protocol isn't working well for the people of Northern Ireland.\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK's Brexit Minister Lord Frost called for far-reaching changes to the text.\n\nBrussels views this as a demand for a rewrite, and the EU is refusing to renegotiate the protocol's framework.\n\nIt was drawn up as part of the Brexit divorce deal, known as the Withdrawal Agreement. The result of an effort by EU and UK negotiators to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland - dividing Northern Ireland, which is part of post-Brexit UK, from EU member state Ireland.\n\nThe fear was that a customs border between them might endanger the peace process.\n\nAnd that's how Northern Ireland - which is legally part of the UK customs union - ended up also remaining in the EU customs union and single market for goods after Brexit, as set out in the protocol.\n\nThis \"exceptional solution\" as the negotiators saw it, was an attempt to recognise the exceptional case of Northern Ireland, to avoid that hard border with the Republic of Ireland and to safeguard the peace process after Brexit.\n\nBut, to protect the EU's single market from goods potentially flooding in unchecked from the UK, Brussels insisted customs checks needed to be carried out between Great Britain and Northern Ireland - if they weren't going to take place on the island of Ireland.\n\nThis has angered unionists in the North, who feel they are being severed from the United Kingdom.\n\nLord Frost and others in the UK government warn the Protocol is upsetting the delicate political balance in Northern Ireland, thereby endangering the peace process the agreement was supposed to protect.\n\nBut Brussels insists this is an international treaty signed knowingly at the time by the UK government.\n\nIt says it is happy to work on ironing out any day-to-day practical difficulties of the protocol, raised by businesses and civil society in Northern Ireland. But the EU wants to make clear this week that it is not bowing to \"attempts at bullying\" by London, in the words of one European diplomat I spoke to.\n\nThe EU describes its new proposals as \"practical steps to solve concrete problems\".\n\nIt says it wants to ensure the smooth arrival of medicines from Great Britain into Northern Ireland.\n\nBecause it has heard complaints in Northern Ireland that regulations are being made concerning life there, without local involvement, Brussels will undertake this week to consult more with the authorities and businesses there.\n\nLord Frost said on Tuesday that British people \"voted for change and that's what they expect\"\n\nAnd while the EU insists that waiving customs checks altogether would endanger its single market, EU insiders say new measures being suggested this week to reduce the number of checks on goods and animal products travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland (and therefore potentially onwards into the EU single market) already go too far for some EU member states.\n\nHowever, for now, Brussels is refusing to engage with Lord Frost's demand to remove the role of the European Court of Justice in the protocol.\n\nThe ECJ is a red rag to many Brexit supporters including in the governing Conservative party.\n\nDavid Frost said on Tuesday he wanted to see the Protocol changed to become \"like a normal treaty in the way it is governed, with international arbitration instead of a system of EU law ultimately policed in the court of one of the parties, the European Court of Justice\".\n\nBut again the EU insists the protocol is no normal treaty.\n\nIt says that Northern Ireland's ongoing participation in the EU customs union and single market means in those areas it is subject to EU regulations and those, in turn, are always policed by the European Court of Justice.\n\nYet there is some wiggle room here.\n\nIn its agreements with sovereignty-minded Switzerland, the EU has an additional layer of oversight - placing the ECJ very much at arm's length.\n\nBut even if Brussels eventually suggested this, would the UK government go for it?\n\nOn Tuesday, Baroness Chapman, shadow Brexit Minister in the Labour Party, accused senior Conservatives of being \"desperate to use a tussle with Brussels\" to distract from what she described as the government's domestic failures - whether on Covid or the current energy crisis.\n\nA number of EU diplomats I've spoken to have echoed this sentiment. They're not convinced the government wants to resolve the protocol situation with Brussels, they say. At least not right away.\n\nThat is an accusation denied by the UK government.\n\nDetails of the proposed changes will be given by European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic later on Wednesday\n\nIn fact, Lord Frost says he's put together the legal text of a \"forward-looking\" new protocol which he has passed to the European Commission for consideration.\n\nFor now, despite some barbed exchanges by individual politicians (take a look at this weekend's Twitter spat between Ireland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney and Lord Frost) both the EU and the UK insist theirs are not take-it-or-leave-it positions.\n\nBoth sides say they're open to discussion over the coming weeks. Lord Frost called on Brussels to be \"ambitious\" and to work together with the UK to agree \"a better way forward\". The EU is calling for \"constructive dialogue\".\n\nThe UK government has threatened to suspend parts of the protocol if it deems that to be necessary.\n\nThe EU assumption is that, even if talks go badly, the UK would be unlikely to take such action before mid-November when the international COP26 climate summit in Glasgow comes to an end.\n\nThis would avoid a big UK moment on the global stage being dominated by headlines about a row with Brussels and the possible endangering of the Northern Ireland peace process.\n\nBut Brussels is readying itself for every eventuality. Key EU member states say they've asked the European Commission to prepare \"targeted retaliation\" if, for example, the UK suddenly stops customs checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nOne possibility you hear mentioned is that the EU could start new legal proceedings against the UK and/or suspend parts of its post-Brexit \"zero tariff zero quota\" trade agreement with the UK. The idea would be to target strategic UK markets like whisky or cars \"to send a clear message to London\", according to EU diplomats I've spoken to.\n\nAs bilateral discussions start again in earnest over the Northern Ireland Protocol, there's definite potential for things to get a lot messier.", "Luna has scored a victory for oat milk drinkers after convincing Lidl to recall a batch of the drink\n\nA Scottish TikToker has won a victory against one of the UK's biggest food retailers after using her platform to campaign for a batch of \"lumpy\" oat milk to be removed.\n\nLuna, known as @lunahtic, wanted Lidl to act on her concerns about its oat milk, and after a one-woman campaign, succeeded in having it recalled.\n\nHer videos highlighting the problem won millions of views.\n\nLidl has now recalled all its oat milk with a use-by date in the next year.\n\nIt said fresh batches would be available in stores soon.\n\nThe 23-year-old student started monitoring the Lidl Just Free oat milk situation in August when she noticed a carton she had purchased was \"lumpy\" and \"smelly\".\n\nIn one video, Luna put the Lidl milk through a blender after comments from followers which suggested the milk just needed \"a good shake\"\n\n\"It's good milk and I've used it for years,\" she said. \"I use four cartons every week and I had bought a big batch of it with the sell by date of 2022. But I noticed when I opened it it was full of lumps and really smelly.\n\n\"I thought it was just the one carton but tried a few more and they were all like that. On 15 August I contacted Lidl HQ and asked for a refund for the £11.20 I had spent on the milk.\n\n\"They never gave me a refund, but said their quality assurance team were looking into it. This went on for ages and I eventually got a refund for one carton.\"\n\nBy this point, Luna was concerned that the milk was still on sale. She took to her TikTok account to vent her frustration.\n\n\"Lots of people agreed with me and it got lots of views. But some people said I was storing it wrong, or it was lumps of oat, or I just needed to shake the carton, so I kept going back to buy the milk to show that it was off.\"\n\nOne of her videos went viral, racking up more than three million views in just a few days. To illustrate her concern, she dashes into the store, buys the milk and then pours out the carton outside to show the lumps.\n\nShe filmed herself cleaning up the mess afterwards.\n\nLuna recorded an uncut video to illustrate her point\n\nLuna said: \"I did it to hopefully prove to people who were sceptical. Across the country people were tagging me in their videos of this milk and I thought they shouldn't be selling that.\"\n\nThe oat milk mission continued, with Luna contacting Lidl again.\n\nShe was sent £50 in vouchers for the store as a gesture to say the company was taking her concerns seriously, which she spent on items for a food bank.\n\nMore TikTok videos followed and more calls to Lidl HQ. Luna said she was told that the product would not be recalled because it was \"not a health hazard\".\n\nThe next step was to refer the issue to her local environmental health department. They agreed to investigate.\n\nHowever, Monday brought a breakthrough - Luna revealed to her 57,000 followers that she had been sent paperwork which suggested the milk was finally being removed from stores.\n\nOne Lidl employee sent her a recall notice and gave her permission to share it.\n\nShe said: \"This document shows that all Lidl oat milk in the UK up to the date stated on the letter has to be recalled.\n\n\"I spoke to my local Lidl store manager who did tell me the oat milk had been recalled. I was told that new batches of the same oat milk will be back on the shelves really soon and you can guarantee I'll be first in line.\"\n\nThen, on Tuesday, her report to her local authority environmental health team brought results.\n\nThe reply said that they had spoken to colleagues at the London Borough of Bexley, which is the primary authority for Lidl UK stores, and they would look into the complaints.\n\nLidl told the local authority: \"Our latest oat milk withdrawal was last Wednesday which was sent to all regions. This was due to a number of complaints we had relating to the product being lumpy/white floating bits. Was confirmed not to be a health and safety risk.\"\n\nA spokesman for Lidl told the BBC on Tuesday: \"At Lidl, it is never our intention for a customer to be dissatisfied in any way and we work very closely with our suppliers to ensure that the products in our stores are of the highest possible quality.\n\n\"Following customer feedback we have recalled the affected batch and the product will be back in stores very soon.\"\n\nLuna said she was delighted her efforts had paid off.\n\n\"It's not very often you can get the attention of big company to do things and it might seem like a small thing but a lot of people had experienced the same issue.\"", "A light show replaced the traditional fireworks to see in 2021\n\nLondon's famous riverside New Year's Eve fireworks display has been cancelled for a second year because of \"uncertainties caused by Covid\".\n\nEngland was under strict lockdown last year, but despite all restrictions having been lifted, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has again called the event off.\n\nNormally about 100,000 people pack the streets around Victoria Embankment.\n\nThere will still be a celebration in Trafalgar Square, with details to be announced \"in due course\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. London's new year celebrations featured a message of hope from David Attenborough\n\nThe beginning of 2021 was rung in by millions of viewers watching a light show on television.\n\nExplaining why this year's event was also being cancelled, a spokesperson for the mayor said: \"Due to the uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, our world-famous New Year's Eve display will not be held on the banks of the Thames this year.\n\nLondon's light show which started 2021 was watched by millions of viewers on TV\n\n\"Last year's successful show took place in a slightly different way due to the pandemic, and this year a number of exciting new options are being considered as part of our New Year's Eve celebrations in London.\"\n\nCity Hall added that \"as always, London will be welcoming the New Year in a spectacular way\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Wales\n\nWales and Bournemouth midfielder David Brooks has revealed he has been diagnosed with cancer.\n\nThe 24-year-old said he has Stage 2 Hodgkin lymphoma but that \"the prognosis is a positive one\" and will start treatment next week.\n\nBrooks, who has won 21 Wales caps, was on international duty last week and credits the Wales medical team for helping detect the illness.\n\n\"This is a very difficult message for me to write,\" said Brooks.\n\n\"I have been diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin lymphoma and will begin a course of treatment next week.\n\n\"Although this has come as a shock to myself and my family, the prognosis is a positive one and I am confident that I will make a full recovery and be back playing as soon as possible.\"\n\nHodgkin lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system, an important part of the immune system.\n\n\"I'd like to show my appreciation to the doctors, nurses, consultants and staff who have been treating me for their professionalism, warmth and understanding during this period,\" Brooks said.\n\n\"I want to thank everyone at the Football Association of Wales because without the swift attention of their medical team we may not have detected the illness.\n\n\"I'd also like to say thank you to AFC Bournemouth for all of their support and assistance this past week.\"\n\nBrooks has played nine times for Championship side Bournemouth this season, scoring three goals, but his football career will now be on hold as he begins treatment.\n\n\"Although I appreciate that there will be media attention and interest, I would like to ask that my privacy is respected in the coming months and I will share updates on my progress when I am able to do so,\" Brooks added.\n\n\"In the meantime, thank you to everyone for their messages of support - it means so much and will continue to do so in the months ahead.\n\n\"I look forward to seeing you all again and playing the sport I love very soon.\"\n\nBoth Wales and Bournemouth have offered their support and best wishes to Brooks during his treatment.\n\nBrooks, who made three appearances for Wales at Euro 2020, last played in the Cherries' goalless draw against Peterborough on 29 September, when he came off after 69 minutes.\n\nWales announced on 6 October that he had withdrawn from their latest squad through illness.\n• None Listen to the mystery surrounding a toxic new political conspiracy\n• None Which player's homecoming was the greatest in Premier League history?", "Lord Frost warned the UK could still trigger Article 16 if the EU did not agree on changes to the existing protocol\n\nBrexit Minister Lord Frost has proposed plans for an entirely new protocol to replace the existing Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nIn a speech to diplomats in Portugal on Tuesday, he described his new legal text as \"a better way forward\".\n\nThe protocol is the special Brexit deal agreed for Northern Ireland to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland.\n\nUnionists argue it undermines Northern Ireland's constitutional position in the UK and creates a trade barrier.\n\nIn a plea to the European Union to allow for \"significant change\" to post-Brexit rules governing trade with Northern Ireland, Lord Frost said his proposed text would support the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nHe said it was forward-looking, improved on the current \"excessively rigid\" protocol, and would allow the EU and UK to \"get back to normal\" by removing \"the poison\" from their relationship.\n\nWith the EU expected to put forward proposals on Wednesday, Lord Frost again warned Brussels London could unilaterally waive some of the terms of its agreement if the bloc failed to budge.\n\n\"We have a short, but real, opportunity to put in place a new arrangement, to defuse the political crisis that is brewing, both in Northern Ireland and between us,\" Lord Frost said.\n\nHowever, Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Louise Haigh said the move to replace the protocol was \"stoking tension while solving nothing\".\n\nIn a tweet, the Labour MP said Lord Frost's speech \"sets the stage for another destabilising stand-off, with the agreement businesses and communities need further away than ever\".\n\n\"Stability, jobs and livelihoods depend on real progress in Northern Ireland in the coming weeks,\" she said.\n\n\"It would be a serious abdication of responsibility to block a pragmatic way forward and provoke more poisonous instability.\"\n\nLord Frost urged the EU to look carefully at the UK's new legal text, and said the existing protocol could not survive, as it did not have support right across Northern Ireland.\n\nHe also warned the UK could still trigger Article 16 - which allows either side to effectively override large parts of the agreement - if the EU and UK could not agree on changes to the existing protocol.\n\n\"We would not go down this route gratuitously or with any particular pleasure but it is our fundamental responsibility to safeguard peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland and that is why we cannot rest until this situation is addressed,\" said Lord Frost.\n\nThere are two schools of thought about how this latest negotiation is shaping up.\n\nThe first is that Lord Frost's hard line on the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is standard pre-negotiation tactics, aimed at grinding out another concession or two.\n\nAfter all the Brexit process has always delivered a deal, even at times when it seemed improbable.\n\nThe UK government wants to remove the ECJ from its oversight role as part of the Northern Ireland Protocol, saying as long as it continues the protocol will never survive.\n\nThe EU, on the other hand, has said it would be very hard for the protocol to continue without the court's oversight.\n\nIrish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has warned that the UK's demands on the protocol could cause \"a breakdown in relations\" with the EU.\n\nHe has hinted that maybe the UK doesn't want a deal unless it's total victory.\n\nUnder that scenario, the UK would go through the motions before triggering Article 16.\n\nIt would use this to gut the protocol while calculating that the EU's ability to retaliate is limited or or at least would take a long time to amount to anything.\n\nWe should find out which view is right by the end of this year.\n\nThe Brexit minister said the protocol represented \"a moment of EU overreach when the UK's negotiating hand was tied\" and that it could not \"reasonably last in its current form\".\n\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed up to the protocol as part of his Brexit agreement in 2020, but has since argued it was agreed in haste and was no longer working for the people of Northern Ireland.\n\nThe EU has repeatedly said it would not renegotiate the protocol, criticising the UK for reneging on an agreement that both sides signed in good faith.\n\nThe UK government also wants to reverse its previous agreement on the oversight role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which is the EU's highest court.\n\nLord Frost said his new text proposed reliance on \"international arbitration instead of a system of EU law ultimately policed in the court of one of the parties\".\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson has threatened to pull his party out of Stormont\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - Northern Ireland's largest unionist party - said if the current protocol was not replaced with a long-term solution Northern Ireland would be exposed to \"further harm and instability\".\n\nThe DUP leader has previously warned his party may quit Stormont if its demands over the protocol are not met.\n\nBut Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the protocol was an international treaty that \"recognises the special status of this island.\"\n\nIts implementation, the Sinn Féin vice-president added, was \"not negotiable\".\n\n\"The conduct of the British government throughout these negotiations has been duplicitous and disgraceful and is an effort to break yet another international agreement\".\n\nShe said: \"The attempts by the Tories and the DUP to undermine the protections and opportunities of the Protocol and impose a hard border must be opposed\".\n\nUlster Unionist assembly member Steve Aiken said it was \"self-evident\" the existing protocol was not working.\n\nHe said the party would consider the UK government's legal text and the EU proposals due on Wednesday.\n\nThese will focus on easing practical problems, rather than changing oversight arrangements.\n\nBut Alliance deputy leader Stephen Farry MP said Lord Frost had \"chosen to enter into another layer of delusion\".\n\nMr Farry said short of the UK \"rejoining the Customs Union and Single Market, there is no alternative than for the UK to work with the EU in a spirit of partnership to achieve as many mitigations and flexibilities as possible.\"\n\nSDLP MLA Matthew O'Toole said Lord Frost's remarks represented a \"deliberate distortion of facts and contempt for people here\".\n\nHe said Lord Frost had negotiated the protocol, agreed to its terms and \"backed Boris Johnson's campaign to sell it during the last general election\".\n\nTraditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister said: \"If, as Lord Frost says, it is the UK that governs Northern Ireland, then, there must be an end to the European Union's writ in this part of the United Kingdom.\n\n\"Put simply, it requires an end to the Protocol in all its parts.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIrish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said he hoped the UK government was \"serious about moving on in partnership\".\n\nHe said Wednesday's EU proposals \"will deliver practical solutions to make the Protocol work better\".\n\nOn Monday, Mr Coveney accused the UK of repeatedly dismissing EU proposals for the protocol ahead of their publication.", "Ronnie Wood, Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards recently resumed their tour without late drummer Charlie Watts\n\nThe Rolling Stones have dropped Brown Sugar, one of their biggest hits, from their US tour.\n\nIt follows unease with the depictions of black women and references to slavery in the song, which reached number one in the US in 1971.\n\nThe band's veteran guitarist Keith Richards confirmed the decision to the LA Times but said he was confused by people who wanted to \"bury\" the track.\n\n\"Didn't they understand this was a song about the horrors of slavery?\" he said.\n\nThe 77-year-old musician concluded that he's \"hoping that we'll be able to resurrect the babe in her glory somewhere along the track\".\n\nSinger and co-writer Sir Mick Jagger, meanwhile, told the paper the reason for not playing the song was that it was \"tough\" to compile a set list for stadium shows.\n\n\"We've played Brown Sugar every night since 1970, so sometimes you think, we'll take that one out for now and see how it goes,\" he said. \"We might put it back in.\"\n\nOver the years, Brown Sugar has been the band's second most-played song live after Jumpin' Jack Flash, according to Setlist.fm.\n\nThe rock band last performed it in Miami, Florida, in 2019 - the final date of that leg of their North American tour, which resumed last month.\n\nThe catchy opening riff and melody propelled the song to mainstream success and often overshadowed the song's problematic references to slavery, sex, sadomasochism and heroin.\n\nDiscussing the song in a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Jagger said: \"I never would write that song now.\n\n\"I would probably censor myself. I'd think, 'Oh God, I can't. I've got to stop'. God knows what I'm on about on that song. It's such a mishmash. All the nasty subjects in one go.\"\n\nBut criticism of its lyrics, rumoured to be inspired by one of the singer's girlfriends, has intensified in recent times.\n\nLast year producer Ian Brennan criticised the band's decision to continue to \"play and profit\" from the song, which he said glorifies slavery, rape, torture and paedophilia.\n\n\"The call is not for censorship or 'record burning,' but greater consciousness and sensitivity,\" Brennan told Rolling Stone.\n\n\"This particular case is far from nitpicking or searching into the furthest corners of someone's history for any misstep. Brown Sugar is not some obscure B-side.\"\n\nThe song reached number two in the UK charts when it was released, and has been streamed almost 170 million times on Spotify.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A campaign to stop many BTec vocational qualifications being scrapped within two years has won the backing of MPs and Lords from across the parties.\n\nSome 118 have written to Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi asking him to re-think plans to use T-levels to replace them in England.\n\nPeers voted on Tuesday to amend the Skills Bill to demand a four-year transition before funding is removed\n\nThe government said T-levels offer students a route to university or work.\n\nAlthough they are at the same level as BTecs, T-levels are different in their design and include a work placement, which college principals say reduces the time available to re-take core GCSEs such as maths and English.\n\nColleges offering T-levels are likely to make GCSEs in English and maths an entry requirement, which means colleges are unlikely to offer places to those who need to do re-takes.\n\nIf a student does not have the GCSE grades to do A-levels or Btecs, then the entry requirements for the new T-levels will mean they have fewer options.\n\nThe letter to Mr Zahawi is in support of the Protect Student Choice campaign by a coalition of education organisations including many colleges and universities.\n\nBill Watkins, chief executive of the Sixth Form Colleges Association, said the shake-up was far from \"levelling up\".\n\n\"This is a hammer blow for social mobility,\" he said.\n\nCollege principal Graham Pennington worries that some students will not be able to advance in their careers\n\nGraham Pennington, chief executive of Sandwell College Group - which presently offers A-levels, BTecs and T-levels - said if many BTecs are scrapped \"possibly tens of thousands of young people would not have a clear route\".\n\n\"They're going to find it very difficult to come to college and gain qualifications that will help them get further in their life.\n\n\"It's a very risky scenario,\" he added.\n\n\"Lots of young people will find themselves with no real pathway to fulfil their goals and dreams, and that's incredibly sad.\"\n\nT-levels are the government's flagship new technical qualification being phased in over three or four years from 2020.\n\nDesigned with business, they require a minimum of 45 days of work placement.\n\nThree were launched in 2020 and a further seven have started this term.\n\nCadbury College in Kings Norton, Birmingham, offers students a choice of A-levels, BTecs or T-levels - which are equivalent to three A-levels.\n\nJess Cartmell is on a T-level childcare and education course at the college.\n\n\"I like the fact that it's something I definitely want to do and it will definitely take me to where I want to be,\" she said.\n\nAs well as learning about child development and childcare in college, Jess is spending two days a week on a placement in a nursery.\n\nBut she says she was unusual in knowing what she wanted to do at the age of 16.\n\n\"Less than half knew what they wanted to do, I think that's why most people chose BTecs and A-levels.\"\n\nYasna Rezael, who is doing two BTecs in Applied Science and Psychology, said: \"At the beginning of the year I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, so I chose applied science which means I can have a variety of choices at university.\"\n\nWithin a couple of years most 16-year-olds in England will be asked to choose between traditional A-levels or T-levels.\n\nThe letter to Mr Zahawi has been signed by three former Education Secretaries - Lord Baker of Dorking, Baroness Morris of Yardley and Lord Blunkett.\n\nThey argue the move \"will leave many students without a viable pathway after their GCSEs, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds\".\n\nThey are concerned that \"removing the vast majority of BTecs will lead to students taking courses that do not meet their needs, or dropping out of education altogether\".\n\nHigher and further education minister Michelle Donelan said the government would ensure there was a good range of high quality courses.\n\nShe said: \"T-levels are a route to university. They are a highly academic courses that focus on on certain skill levels and they're going to be highly respected not just by business, but by universities.\n\n\"We will ensure there's a good range of courses overall and ensure there is quality.\"", "The source of the noise is being investigated with it currently being a mystery\n\nVillagers plagued by a mystery low-level humming sound for a year say they have felt \"tortured\" in their homes.\n\nResidents in Holmfield, Halifax, say the unwelcome noise has left them unable to sleep and damaged their health.\n\nThey believe local industrial units could be to blame but a Calderdale Council investigation identified \"lots of potential sources\".\n\nVillagers have urged the authority to continue its hunt for the cause.\n\nA recent petition launched amid fears investigations were being stood down has gathered 400 signatures.\n\nCommenting on the online petition to Calderdale Council and Bradford Metropolitan Council, resident Yvonne Conner said the low-frequency noise was affecting her health.\n\nShe said others had to change their working hours because of a lack of rest, with others booking into hotels for the weekend to get respite.\n\n\"It's causing issues for people such as lack of sleep, headaches and pressure to the front of the head, foggy brain, painful ears, stress and anxiety which has led to me having a case of shingles.\n\n\"Residents have been unable to relax in their own home for nearly a year. The noise is continuous day and night.\"\n\nIn a recent cabinet meeting Calderdale Council councillor Scott Patient said investigations would continue, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.\n\n\"The service is convinced there is not one single source of noise and some have been discounted.\n\n\"They are still making tenable inquiries and as long as this exists will continue to investigate,\" he said.\n\nThe council was working with neighbouring authorities, he added.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Incidents have been reported at the US embassy in Bogota\n\nUS officials are investigating possible cases of Havana syndrome illness in Colombia, days before a visit by the Secretary of State, US media say.\n\nUS embassy staff in Bogota may have been injured by the mysterious illness, which causes a painful sound in the ears, fatigue and dizziness.\n\nFirst reported in Cuba in 2016, US diplomats around the world have since reported cases of the syndrome.\n\nIts origins are unknown, with some speculating it is a type of weapon.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal first reported that emails sent by US Ambassador to Colombia Philip Goldberg confirmed a number of \"unexplained health incidents\" or UHIs - the term used for Havana syndrome by the US government - since mid-September.\n\nColombian President Iván Duque told the New York Times that the country is investigating the reports. He added that the US is leading the inquiry.\n\nAmericans who have been hit by Havana syndrome have described an intense and painful sound in their ears. Some of the estimated 200 affected have been left with dizziness and fatigue for months.\n\nMore than half of those impacted were CIA employees, according to the Times.\n\nOn Friday, reports of Havana syndrome emerged at the US embassy in Berlin. President Joe Biden released a statement vowing to find \"the cause and who is responsible\".\n\nIt came hours after he signed a new law that entitles the heads of the CIA and State Department to provide financial compensation to those US government employees who have been harmed by the syndrome.\n\nA State Department official refused to confirm the reports to BBC News on Tuesday.\n\nIn a statement, the official said \"we are vigorously investigating reports of AHIs wherever they are reported,\" and that they are \"actively working to identify the cause of these incidents and whether they may be attributed to a foreign actor\".\n\nThe news comes ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's scheduled travel to Bogota next week.\n\nIn August, Vice-President Kamala Harris delayed travel to Vietnam after two US officials were medically evacuated from the country after falling ill.", "Esyllt Calley claims moving vascular services away from Ysbyty Gwynedd has been detrimental to her husband Pete's treatment\n\nA distraught wife says her husband faces losing both his legs due to flawed restructuring by a health board.\n\nVascular services were centralised by Betsi Cadwaladr health board at Glan Clwyd hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, in April 2019.\n\nBut it was controversial, and resulted in several high profile resignations.\n\nThe health board says it remains \"committed to providing a stable, high quality vascular service for north Wales\".\n\nIt says it has \"invested £2.3m in a state-of-the art hybrid vascular theatre\" at Glan Clwyd hospital.\n\nEarlier this year, Arfon MS Sian Gwenllian called for the overhaul of vascular services to be undone.\n\nThe vascular system is made up of arteries and veins, and is the body's way of circulating blood between the heart and different organs.\n\nEsyllt Calley from Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, is adamant that removing specialist services from her local hospital in Bangor has been detrimental to patients like her husband.\n\nSince 2019, people from around north Wales have had to travel to access a centralised vascular service in Bodelwyddan.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pete Calley: 'He was such a jolly person... but that's gone'\n\nPete Calley, 51, is currently a patient at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, awaiting an operation to amputate his second leg because of complications originating from diabetes he has lived with for 22 years.\n\nSix years ago he had toes amputated at Glan Clwyd hospital, but Mrs Calley claims the surgery was not conducted properly which she said led to a further operation and months of rehabilitation.\n\nHe returned to Glan Clwyd 18 months ago needing to have his leg amputated. Mrs Calley said they had to operate three times within a week.\n\nMrs Calley said her husband now has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after undergoing several operations at the Glan Clwyd site, where vascular services are now centralised. He is refusing to return there for treatment.\n\n\"He's been affected so badly. Just saying the name 'Glan Clwyd' is enough to send him into a panic attack. I feel I've lost the man I married. I love my husband, but he's changed.\"\n\nShe said Betsi Cadwaladr health board had now agreed to fund his treatment at a Liverpool hospital.\n\nPete Calley is due to become a father for the fifth time next year, his second child with Esyllt Calley\n\nBreaking down in tears, Mrs Calley was adamant the restructuring of the vascular services in north Wales had affected her husband's health.\n\n\"I know Pete would still have his leg if it wasn't for Glan Clwyd. And he certainly wouldn't be a double amputee,\" she said.\n\n\"Within two years of having the vascular unit at Glan Clwyd, he's facing becoming a double amputee. In six years as a patient at Ysbyty Gwynedd, he lost no more than two toes.\n\n\"I just don't understand why they moved a unit that was so good.\"\n\nProfessor Dean Williams, who resigned from his position as head of the vascular unit in Ysbyty Gwynedd in 2019, said he had helped develop a world-class limb salvage unit at the hospital.\n\nHe said he had received assurances from senior staff at Betsi Cadwaladr health board that this service would remain at the Bangor site, despite centralisation at Glan Clwyd.\n\nProfessor Dean Williams said the 'world class' limb salvage unit he helped build at Ysbyty Gwynedd has been 'dismantled'\n\n\"When the centralisation went ahead, all major vascular surgery and emergency admissions were removed from Bangor,\" said Prof Williams.\n\n\"To have agreements thrown away, see a world-class service dismantled and then see the predicted consequences of that decision unfold in front of us was difficult and is still difficult to witness.\"\n\nBethan Russell-Williams, who was an independent board member at Betsi Cadwaladr, also resigned over the plans to reform vascular services, and said she had no regrets.\n\n\"Patient outcomes are much worse now than they were when services were available at Ysbyty Gwynedd,\" she said.\n\n\"More patients are having major lower limb amputations, and more patients are dying following major lower limb amputations.\"\n\nResponding to the allegations, Dr Nick Lyons, executive medical director of Betsi Cadwaladr, said: \"Even in this large health board area, we do not have the volume of complex vascular cases for teams to keep their skills and expertise up at each of the three acute hospitals.\"\n\nDr Lyons said a review conducted last year by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) found \"that the service has a robust surgical on-call arrangement and appropriate pathways for emergency and complex vascular intervention\".\n\n\"The RCS noted the commitment from all involved to improve the service and that 'an excellent foundation' is in place to continue the development and improvement of the vascular service in north Wales,\" he added.\n\nThe Welsh government said: \"We cannot comment on individual cases and this is a matter for the health board. We are in regular dialogue with the health board and will continue to monitor progress within the vascular service.\"", "Boris Johnson fought the 2019 election on a promise to get a deal with Brussels\n\nIreland's deputy PM has warned governments doing trade deals with the UK that it is a nation that \"doesn't necessarily keep its word\".\n\nLeo Varadkar made the comment after Dominic Cummings suggested the UK had always intended to tear up the Brexit deal it signed with the EU in 2019.\n\nBoris Johnson's ex-adviser said the plan had been to \"ditch the bits we didn't like\" after winning power.\n\nThe government said the deal had not worked as intended and must be changed.\n\nAnd it accused the EU of failing to protect the Good Friday peace agreement in its implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nMr Johnson fought the 2019 election on a \"Get Brexit done\" platform.\n\nDuring the campaign, he repeatedly claimed the withdrawal agreement he had negotiated with Brussels - including the Northern Ireland Protocol - was a \"great\" deal that was \"oven ready\".\n\nThe UK now wants to change the deal to allow goods to circulate more freely between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nEU officials are travelling to London later to present their proposals for the border - but they are unwilling to rewrite the protocol and their proposals are unlikely to satisfy Brexit minister Lord Frost, who laid out the UK's plans for an entirely new protocol on Tuesday.\n\nMr Cummings - who has turned against Mr Johnson since being removed from Downing Street at the end of 2020 - claims the prime minister never understood what the withdrawal agreement really meant.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Leo Varadkar casts doubt on the trustworthiness of the British government.\n\nHe tweeted: \"What I've said does NOT mean 'the PM was lying in General Election 2019', he never had a scoobydoo [a clue] what the deal he signed meant.\n\n\"He never understood what leaving Customs Union meant until November 2020.\"\n\nWhen the prime minister did finally comprehend, said Mr Cummings, \"he was babbling 'I'd never have signed it if I'd understood it' (but that WAS a lie)\".\n\nAsked if Mr Cummings was correct in his assessment, Lord Frost said: \"We all understood extremely well what the deal meant, it delivered on democracy, took the UK out of the EU whole and entire, and it was a very good deal.\"\n\nBut he said it now had to be changed because it was \"undermining the Belfast Good Friday Agreement, not supporting it\".\n\n\"The problem with the protocol at the moment is that EU law, with the European Court of Justice as the enforcer, is applied in Northern Ireland without any democratic process. That has to change if we are to find governance arrangements people can live with,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lord Frost says the NI Protocol is “not being implemented with the necessary sensitivity\" and it has to be \"redone\".\n\nIn a statement, the UK government said the protocol needed \"significant change\" to avoid further severe \"economic, political and societal\" disruption in Northern Ireland and to make it \"sustainable for the future\".\n\nMr Cummings - the former Vote Leave campaign chief - said that when Boris Johnson entered Downing Street in 2019, the country was facing the \"worst constitutional crisis in a century\" with much of what he called the \"deep state\" angling for \"Brino\" [Brexit in name only] or a second referendum.\n\n\"So we wriggled through with best option we could and intended to get the trolley [his nickname for Boris Johnson] to ditch bits we didn't like after whacking [Labour leader Jeremy] Corbyn. We prioritised,\" he said.\n\nIn July this year, Mr Cummings told the BBC's Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg the Irish government had also wanted to \"fudge things\" and \"it suited both sides to sign up to something that was not what either side had really wanted and which punted difficult questions into the future\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Brexit divorce deal was \"inherently self-contradictory in various ways\" says the PM's former chief adviser.\n\nIn his latest tweets, Mr Cummings dismissed suggestions that abandoning elements of the deal would mean breaking international law.\n\n\"Our priorities meant e.g. getting Brexit done is 10,000 times more important than lawyers yapping re international law in negotiations with people who break international law all the time,\" he said.\n\nMr Varadkar told RTE television: \"I hope Dominic Cummings is speaking for himself and not for the British government.\n\n\"But those comments are very alarming because that would indicate that this is a government, an administration, that acted in bad faith and that message needs to be heard around the world.\n\n\"If the British government doesn't honour its agreements, it doesn't adhere to treaties it signs, that must apply to everyone else too.\n\n\"At the moment they're going around the world, they're trying to negotiate new trade agreements...\n\n\"Surely the message must go out to all countries around the world that this is a British government that doesn't necessarily keep its word and doesn't necessarily honour the agreements it makes.\n\n\"And you shouldn't make any agreements with them until such time as you're confident that they keep their promises, and honour things, for example, like the protocol.\"\n\nThe Taoiseach (Ireland's PM) Micheál Martin has given his backing to EU proposals for changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol, but he urged both sides to work \"in good faith\" and focus on \"addressing disruption in trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain\".\n\nTheresa May's former chief of staff, Lord Gavin Barwell, has, meanwhile, warned the UK's proposal for changing the Northern Ireland protocol has \"no chance of success and is going to do even further damage to our relationship with our nearest neighbours\".\n\n\"My problem is if you agree something and fight an election saying what a fantastic deal this is - and then almost immediately afterwards you start to try and unpick the thing - the danger is the people you negotiating with think you didn't agree it in good faith in first place, and that makes it much more challenging when you try to renegotiate it,\" he told an Institute for Government event.\n\nHe said he did not like the current Northern Ireland Protocol - but argued that the UK government had to meet the EU \"half way\".", "An arrow could be seen sticking out of a wall after the attack\n\nFour women and a man were killed and two others wounded when a man used a bow and arrow to attack them in Norway.\n\nPolice first received word of an attack in the town of Kongsberg, south-west of the capital Oslo, at 18:12 local time (16:12 GMT).\n\nA Danish man aged 37 has been arrested and questioned for hours overnight.\n\nPolice said they had previously been in contact with him over fears of radicalisation after he converted to Islam.\n\nThe victims were all aged between 50 and 70, regional police chief Ole Bredrup Saeverud told reporters on Thursday morning.\n\nHe said they were most likely killed after the police first confronted the attacker at 18:18.\n\nReports of the incident were \"horrifying\", said Prime Minister Erna Solberg, hours before she was due to leave office.\n\n\"I understand that many people are afraid, but it's important to emphasise that the police are now in control,\" she said.\n\nThe attacker is said to have launched the assault inside a Coop Extra supermarket on Kongsberg's west side. One of those injured was an off-duty police officer who was in the shop at the time.\n\nA spokesperson for the chain later confirmed a \"serious incident\" at their store, adding that none of their staff were physically injured.\n\nLocal police chief Oyvind Aas confirmed that the attacker had managed to escape an initial confrontation with police before an arrest was finally made at 18:47 local time, 35 minutes after the attack began.\n\nOne witness told local outlet TV2 she had heard a commotion and seen a woman taking cover, then a \"man standing on the corner with arrows in a quiver on his shoulder and a bow in his hand\".\n\n\"Afterwards, I saw people running for their lives. One of them was a woman holding a child by the hand,\" she added.\n\nPolice have told Norwegian news agency NTB that the attacker also used other weapons during the incident, without giving more details on what they were.\n\nThe suspect moved over a large area, and authorities cordoned off several parts of the town. Residents were ordered to stay indoors so authorities could examine the scene and gather evidence. Surrounding gardens and garages were searched with the help of sniffer dogs.\n\nThe attack was Norway's deadliest since far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 people, most of them at a children's Labour Party summer camp on the island of Utoya in July 2011.\n\nKongsberg Mayor Kari Anne Sand said it was a shocking attack that had taken place in an area where many people lived, and that a crisis team would help anyone affected.\n\nDescribing the town as \"a completely ordinary community with completely ordinary people\", Ms Sand said everyone had been deeply shaken by \"this very tragic situation.\"\n\nPolice have cordoned off large parts of the town\n\nThe suspect was taken to a police station in the town of Drammen, where his defence lawyer, Fredrik Neumann, said he was questioned for more than three hours and was co-operating with authorities.\n\nThe suspect had a Danish mother and Norwegian father, he explained.\n\nNorway's outgoing justice minister Monica Maeland told reporters the police did not yet know whether or not it was act of terrorism and could not comment on details emerging about the suspect.\n\nPolice prosecutor Ann Irén Svane Mathiassen told TV2 that the man had lived in Kongsberg for several years and was known to police.\n\nThe attack came on the final day of Erna Solberg's conservative government, and a new justice minister takes over the case on Thursday under a centre-left coalition led by Labour leader Jonas Gahr Store.\n\nMr Store said it was a \"gruesome and brutal act\", hours before announcing his new cabinet.\n\nNorwegian police are not usually armed and after the attack the police directorate ordered all officers nationwide to carry firearms as an extra precaution.\n\nPolice were searching the Huseby area of north-western Oslo on Thursday following reports of a man being seen carrying a bow and arrow. Police stressed no-one had been hurt and there was no threat.\n\n\"The police have no indication so far that there is a change in the national threat level,\" the directorate said in a statement (in Norwegian).", "Bishop Christian Stäblein broke off his holiday to visit the grave and issue a statement, the Church said\n\nGermany's Protestant Church and other authorities have condemned the reuse of the vacant burial plot of a Jewish music professor for a neo-Nazi.\n\nThe remains of Prof Max Friedlaender were moved to another site in 1980, but a tombstone still commemorates him at the cemetery outside Berlin.\n\nA Holocaust denier was buried there on Friday after the grave's reuse was approved.\n\nThe burial plot is in one of Germany's largest Protestant cemeteries, in Stahnsdorf near Potsdam.\n\nProf Friedlaender, who died in 1934, was from a Jewish family but was a member of the Protestant Church. He was a bass singer and musicologist who specialised in the songs of Franz Schubert.\n\nGerman media report that Henry Hafenmayer, the man now buried in the plot in Stahnsdorf, was a Holocaust denier and blogger linked to several neo-Nazi groups.\n\nNeo-Nazi supporters laid wreaths on the grave, with nationalist messages and ribbons adorned with the Nazi-era iron cross symbol. They placed a portrait of Hafenmayer in front of Prof Friedlaender's shrouded tombstone.\n\nThe memorial was covered by the cemetery officials as is usual practice when a grave site is reused, the Church said.\n\nAmong the mourners was Horst Mahler, a neo-Nazi who has spent years in jail for racist incitement, German media report.\n\nIn an apologetic statement, Bishop Stäblein said the burial was \"a terrible mistake and shocking occurrence, in view of our history\". The bishop, who leads the Church in that part of Germany, said \"we must immediately see whether and what we can undo\".\n\nPictures of the funeral were posted on Flickr by RechercheNetzwerk.Berlin, an organisation campaigning against anti-Semitism.\n\nThe organisation says Hafenmayer published anti-Semitic propaganda on his blog, called \"End of the Lie\", and glorified Nazism.\n\nThe Church said that Hafenmayer's representative had originally requested a more central burial plot, which had been refused by the cemetery authorities as there were many Jewish graves in that area.\n\nThe selection of Prof Friedlaender's former plot appears not to have been turned down because the cemetery records recorded him as Protestant.\n\nPolice and officers from the department of state protection were present at the funeral, the Church said, and the cemetery authorities were aware of the dead man's neo-Nazi links.\n\nThe president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany said that he was shocked at what had happened.\n\nJosef Schuster said it was unbearable that right-wing extremists should \"haunt\" the grave of Prof Friedlaender, and in doing so they had desecrated his memory.\n\nThe Protestant Church itself had approved Hafenmayer's being given a plot (though not this specific one) despite his neo-Nazi connections, on the principle that everyone had the right to a final resting place, it said, but there were no Protestant ministers at the ceremony.\n\nJewish graves and Holocaust memorials have been vandalised previously by neo-Nazis in Germany and elsewhere in Europe.\n\nThe Berlin official in charge of combating anti-Semitism, Samuel Salzborn, has launched a legal action against the mourners for allegedly disturbing the peace of the dead and for racial incitement.", "The NHS Covid Pass, used to show a person's vaccine status for travel and events, stopped working on Wednesday.\n\nThe feature, contained in the NHS smartphone app, usually allows users to access a barcode or text records about which vaccine doses they have had.\n\nInstead, users received error messages or a notice saying that high traffic volumes are \"limiting access to the service\".\n\nNormal access to vaccine records was restored after more than three hours.\n\n\"The NHS Covid Pass service was temporarily unavailable between 11:45 and 15:15 today as a result of a technical issue with a global service provider that affected many different organisations,\" NHS Digital said in a statement.\n\nOnline, many travellers expressed concern that they might not be able to prove their vaccinated status at airports or other departure points without the app.\n\nSome claimed they missed their flight because of the problem, while others reported being \"stranded\" at an airport unable to fly.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJournalist Caroline Frost was among those affected, tweeting that she was \"kindly offered a later flight for £250 and an express PCR test at Heathrow for £119 - not happening.\"\n\nChuck Adolphy, a 24-year-old from Surrey, was at Gatwick Airport waiting to fly to Slovenia on holiday when he found the app was no longer working.\n\nHe told the BBC he tried to show staff working for EasyJet his paper vaccine card - which is not widely accepted a proof of vaccination - but that they were \"having none of it\".\n\nHe said he was turned away and missed his flight - and that EasyJet has refused to give him a refund.\n\nMr Adolphy said he did not know if the airline employees knew the outage was widespread at the time. But he described the situation as a \"shambles\".\n\nHe is now hoping to book a flight tomorrow instead.\n\nEasyJet later said in a statement that it was \"not aware of any significant impact\" due to the outage, but was offering passengers who could not board a free transfer to an alternative flight.\n\nIt is possible to save an offline version of the Covid Pass, which remains valid for 30 days. Some users simply screenshot their barcode, and iPhone users can also save a version to their Apple Wallet.\n\nBut those methods needed to have been done before the system went down.\n\nOther elements of the general-purpose NHS app, such as subscriptions, appeared to be working during the outage.\n\nThe Covid Pass is also required for entry to some events and locations in England, though that has become less common as restrictions have been relaxed at most entertainment venues.\n\nThe digital version is available for those over 16 years old who were vaccinated in England, Wales, or the Isle of Man.\n\nA paper version of the pass is also available as a letter for fully-vaccinated people in England. The letter is sent to the address on file with a patient's local GP surgery, but can take up to five working days to arrive, the NHS says.\n\nThe vaccine record in the NHS app is separate to the NHS Covid-19 app, which was widely used earlier in the pandemic to estimate exposure to those who tested positive to the virus, and \"pinged\" many people with self-isolation alerts.", "The pair performing on the first episode of this year's show\n\nComedian Robert Webb and his dance partner, Dianne Buswell, are withdrawing from Strictly Come Dancing.\n\nPeep Show star Webb, who had open heart surgery two years ago, made the decision due to ill health.\n\nHe said he had an urgent consultation with his heart specialist after experiencing symptoms and she recommended he pull out of the series.\n\nA Strictly spokeswoman said the BBC One show would continue as normal this weekend, despite Webb's departure.\n\nWebb, 49, said he was \"extremely sorry\" to have to leave the competition, adding: \"It became clear that I had bitten off way more than I could chew for this stage in my recovery.\"\n\n\"I'm proud of the three dances that Dianne Buswell and I managed to perform and deeply regret having to let her down like this,\" he said.\n\n\"I couldn't have wished for a more talented partner or more patient teacher, and it's a measure of Dianne's professionalism and kindness that I was able to get as far as I did.\"\n\nHe thanked everyone who had voted for him and his dance partner, saying he was \"especially touched\" by the support from fellow heart patients - and that he had perhaps been \"too eager to impress them\".\n\nHe said they would know \"that recovery doesn't always go in a straight line\", adding that \"it was always going to be a difficult mountain to climb\".\n\n\"I leave knowing that Strictly viewers are in very safe hands and I'll be cheering for my brother and sister contestants all the way to Christmas,\" he said. \"Despite this sad ending, it has been a genuine honour to be part of this huge, joyful and barking mad TV show.\"\n\nIn a video played on BBC Two's It Takes Two, which announced the news, he said he would \"miss learning new dances and being able to do new dances... it's been a ride\".\n\nRobert Webb, fifth from left, with some of the other stars of this year's show\n\nBuswell said she was a \"massive fan\" of Webb's, had been delighted to learn he was joining the show and being partnered with him was the \"icing on the cake\". She said they had worked hard \"and had a good laugh along the way\".\n\nShe added: \"I know Robert had a lot more to give to the competition but his health of course comes first and I wish him a speedy recovery. I feel lucky to have danced with him and to call him a friend.\"\n\nFellow contestants also sent their best wishes, with BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker saying it had \"been wonderful to watch them enjoying every dance each week\".\n\nStrictly's executive producer Sarah James thanked the pair for the \"commitment, creativity and joy they brought to the show\".\n\nShe said they were \"so sad\" but completely understood and supported his decision, adding that everyone on Strictly sent \"love and best wishes for his continued recovery\".\n\nWebb and Buswell had performed three dances together, most recently as Kermit and Miss Piggy in last weekend's Movie Week show.\n\nThey danced a quickstep to The Muppet Show theme, from The Muppets Movie, on Saturday night and scored 25 points from the judges. Viewers gave them enough votes to avoid the dance off, broadcast on Sunday.\n\nWebb, who previously became a fan favourite with a Flashdance routine on Let's Dance for Comic Relief, had said it was his health condition that made him want to sign up for Strictly.\n\n\"It's partly my age, and it's partly that nearly two years ago I had quite a big-deal health thing,\" he told the BBC before the live shows began. \"I had to have open heart surgery, so since then I think my attitude is basically, this is no time to be cool, sitting at the edges watching the other people do the dancing.\"", "Rich Myers said he would have to stop selling his \"best-selling\" raspberry glazed donut cookies\n\nA bakery has had to stop producing its bestselling biscuit after officials found the treats were topped with illegal sprinkles.\n\nGet Baked in Leeds withdrew its raspberry glazed donut cookies, which contained a banned food colouring.\n\nOwner Rich Myers branded the decision \"ridiculous\" and said alternative sprinkles on the market were \"rubbish\".\n\nWest Yorkshire Trading Standards said the imported decoration had fallen foul of UK regulations.\n\nMr Myers said: \"I know it sounds like a small thing but it is a big deal for my business - we used them a lot.\n\n\"Our best-selling cookie, we're not going to be able to sell them any more. For a small independent business that only has a small menu, it's a problem.\"\n\nTrading Standards said the E127 food colouring, also know as Erythrosine, is only approved for use in the UK and EU in cocktail cherries and candied cherries.\n\nThe ingredient has been linked to problems with hyperactivity and behavioural issues in children and a US study suggested an increased risk of thyroid tumours when tested on male rats.\n\n\"[The inspector] said they'd had reports of us using illegal sprinkles and I actually laughed by mistake, then realised he was being serious,\" Mr Myers said.\n\n\"To whoever reported us to Trading Standards, all I have to say is: 'Dear Lord, what a sad little life Jane'.\"\n\nHe said he sourced the US-made cake toppers from a UK-based wholesaler, adding that other products on the market were not as good.\n\n\"British sprinkles are rubbish,\" he said.\n\n\"They run and aren't bake-stable. The colours aren't vibrant and they just don't look very good.\"\n\nThe bakery uses the decorations on a number of products\n\nMr Myers' plight was recognised by two former Great British Bake Off contestants, who sympathised with his desire to obtain suitable ingredients.\n\nEdd Kimber, 2010 winner, agreed supermarket sprinkles were \"not as good\".\n\n\"It is what he's designing his product around, so I feel his pain,\" he added.\n\nFellow contestant Hermine Dossou, who was a semi-finalist in the 2020 show, called on sprinkle makers in the UK to \"step up their game\".\n\n\"I get where Trading Standards is coming from, but it comes back to the everything in moderation argument,\" she said.\n\nA spokesperson for West Yorkshire Trading Standards said: \"We can confirm that we have advised the business concerned the use of E127 is not permitted in this type of confectionery item.\n\n\"We stand by this advice and would urge all food business operators, when seeking to use imported foods containing additives, to check that they are permitted for use in the UK.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Restocking popular Barbie dolls is likely to be a problem, says The Entertainer.\n\nOne of the UK's biggest toy retailers is warning delays at UK ports will result in shortages this Christmas.\n\nGary Grant, boss of The Entertainer, said it would get harder to get stock to the right places at the right time.\n\nBarbie dolls and Paw Patrol toys are among the children's favourites he expects to run out fast.\n\nThe government said that Felixstowe had reported \"improved capacity over the past few days\".\n\nA container logjam at ports, including Felixstowe, and a shortage of HGV lorry drivers has sparked widespread concern among retailers about future stocks.\n\nMr Grant said his 170 shops are looking \"very full right now\". But he added that demand \"will outstrip availability\" because there aren't enough drivers to move the company's stock.\n\n\"There'll never be toy shops with no toys. There will be toy shops without all the toys that they would normally expect to have due to the shortages, and that is largely down to transportation and warehouse issues, rather than there being a shortage of toys.\"\n\nThe shortage of drivers means that shipment containers are being offloaded but left stacked on the quayside waiting for collection. The dearth of drivers also means there is a delay in returning empty containers for re-use.\n\nThe problems come at the busiest time of the year for retailers, when most goods are imported from Asia to sell during Christmas trading.\n\nThomas O'Brien, managing director of Leeds-based toy designer Boxer Gifts, which manufacturers its products in China, said there's \"plenty of stock\" but the real problem is that \"everything takes longer and is horrendously more expensive\" which means the company \"will be struggling to keep price increases to anything lower than 10%\".\n\nItems that are in short supply include a sloth soft toy and the moody cow stress ball.\n\n\"Ironically the moody cow which we're short of is almost a nice acronym for how feel at the moment,\" he added.\n\nThe 'Moody Cow' stress ball is in short supply at the moment.\n\nWhile there are alternative toys, Mr O'Brien said the firm has lost six weeks of \"planning time\" to be able to re-stock at short notice.\n\nHe said containers shipped from Qingdao, China to Felixstowe are costing him $15,000 (£11,003) rather than the normal rate of $2,500 in 2020.\n\nEntrepreneur Jack Griffiths, co-founder of loungewear company Snuggy, said he is expecting containers on five different ships, holdings £1m worth of Christmas items, to arrive over the next week but they will now be delayed by three weeks.\n\n\"We're seasonal and we have to make the most of these months, 80% of our turnover comes from October to February.\"\n\nIn November, the business usually takes £500,000 worth of sales which Mr Griffiths said he \"probably won't be able to get in if we don't get that stock in time\".\n\nThe company has already run out of the SnuggyPod product which was due to arrive two weeks ago. Mr Griffiths said the product \"probably won't arrive for three weeks at Felixstowe and then it'll take three weeks to get them out of the port due to the driver issues\". He added that because the SnuggyPod is the firm's original design, there aren't any alternatives.\n\n\"As the weeks go by I can only see it getting worse which is just something we don't want to think about\".\n\nMr Griffiths anticipates he will have to get products shipped by railway and air rather than sea. It comes after £400,000 worth of his stock was delayed earlier in the year when it got stuck on the Ever Given ship which blocked the Suez Canal.\n\nMr Griffiths said that because the SnuggyPod is an original design, there aren't any alternatives.\n\nSteve Parks, director at Seaport Freight which deals with food shipments from overseas as well as other goods, says moving products from Rotterdam port to Felixstowe is delaying goods by two to three weeks.\n\n\"So things like coconut milk, frozen fish and carpets are being delayed from China.\"\n\nWhile Mr Parks said Britain's shortfall in HGV drivers is \"largely\" to blame for the congestion at the port, other countries are experiencing problems, including the US and China.\n\n\"This is absolutely the worst period I have known, ever,\" he said. \"We can't get space on ships coming out of the Far East.\"\n\nA Department for Transport spokesperson said that fluctuating capacity at ports \"has been exacerbated by the ongoing global container and HGV driver shortages\".\n\n\"All ports across the UK remain open to shipping lines with Felixstowe reporting improved capacity over the past few days and the government continues to work closely with the freight industry, to tackle the challenges faced by some ports this autumn,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nAndrew Goodacre, chief executive of the British Independent Retailers Association, said there was \"no need to panic buy\" but advised customers to start their normal shopping process earlier.\n\n\"If you see something you want, now is the time to buy as retailers have most of their Christmas stock, but we can't guarantee having supplies of everything over the next few weeks\".\n\n\"It's a challenge for small retailers because they don't have the cash to stockpile,\" he added.\n\nThe UK's biggest commercial port Felixstowe told the BBC that it currently had 50,000 containers which were waiting to be collected, due to a shortage of HGV lorry drivers.\n\nOfficials at the port have asked the shipping lines to reduce their empty container stocks as \"quickly as possible\".\n\n\"It's not the port of Felixstowe affecting the supply chain, it's the supply chain affecting the port of Felixstowe,\" it said, adding that the problems are \"similar at all major UK ports\".\n\nDanish shipping giant Maersk has been forced to divert some of its larger ships from Felixstowe to ports in the Netherlands and Belgium to avoid delays. Smaller ships are then transporting the goods to the UK.\n\nA spokesman for the port of Rotterdam said it has been busy over the last couple of weeks, but said: \"It's more to do with Covid than anything else because of the balance of empty and full containers being in the wrong place.\"\n\nThe pandemic is also being blamed in part for bottlenecks at US ports. President Joe Biden will meet with major US retailers as well as the bosses of ports on Wednesday to address the issues.\n\nSultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chief executive Dubai-based DP World, the global logistics giant which operates out of Southampton and London Gateway, said \"nobody knows how long it's going to take\" to resolve the congestion and shipping container shortages.\n\n\"I think it's going to take a long time,\" he said, adding: \"The problem is complicated because you have a backlog of cargo.\"\n\nThe UK Ports Association trade group, said most UK ports were operating normally but that the shortage of drivers meant \"some delays\".\n\n\"This has meant that some freight is not being collected as rapidly as it would normally. The situation is impacting all types of ports, not just container terminals.\n\nIndustry bodies estimate there is a shortage of about 100,000 drivers. It has been caused by several factors, including European drivers who went home during the pandemic, Brexit and a backlog of HGV driver tests.\n\nThe government recently drafted in military personnel to help with the driver shortages and deliver fuel. Emergency temporary visas have also been issued to foreign drivers.\n\nConservative Party chair Oliver Dowden told the BBC that the government was increasing the number of people having tests and that he would \"expect that number to increase as we approach Christmas\".\n\nAsked about potential Christmas shortages, he told Sky news: \"The situation is improving, I'm confident that people will be able to get their toys for Christmas.\"", "Claudia Webbe was found guilty of using a misogynistic insult and threatening a woman with acid\n\nAn MP who made threatening phone calls to a woman because she was jealous of her relationship with her partner has been found guilty of harassing her.\n\nClaudia Webbe, 56, a former Labour MP for Leicester East, who is now independent, was found guilty of one charge of harassment.\n\nWestminster Magistrates' Court heard she made several calls over two years and threatened the woman with acid.\n\nAfter the verdict, Webbe said she was \"deeply shocked\" and would appeal.\n\nThe prosecution said Webbe, of Islington, north London, made 16 calls to 59-year-old Michelle Merritt, a friend of her partner Lester Thomas, between September 2018 and April last year.\n\nThe court heard on one occasion she made an \"angry\" call, used a derogatory term and added: \"You should be acid.\"\n\nIn another she threatened to send naked photos and videos of Ms Merritt to her family and made silent calls from a withheld number, the hearing was told.\n\nDuring cross-examination on Wednesday, Webbe, who was suspended by the Labour party, said she had never met Ms Merritt and \"there was no reason for any falling out\".\n\nShe claimed a recorded phone call on 25 April in which Webbe was heard saying \"get out of my relationship\" 11 times was taken out of context.\n\nWebbe said it had been during a heated argument with Mr Thomas over breaching the Covid-19 lockdown with Ms Merritt.\n\n\"I simply called her and asked her not to break lockdown with Lester,\" she said.\n\n\"She was breaking the rules and I was just pointing it out. I'm the victim.\"\n\nWebbe claimed she was a victim of \"domestic abuse and coercive control\" and was being \"goaded and gaslighted\" during the row, which resulted in police being called after a neighbour reported her screams.\n\nShe confirmed she was still in a relationship with Mr Thomas and they were engaged.\n\nWebbe told the court she was still with her partner Lester Thomas\n\nWebbe previously said: \"I have spent my lifetime campaigning for the rights of women, for challenging this type of behaviour and this is not something that is in my character and not something I would ever do.\"\n\nPaul Hynes QC representing Webbe read out character references from former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott.\n\nMs Abbott said the defendant was \"very committed to working to support women\", describing her \"warm, empathetic manner\" and added: \"I regard her as a very honest woman.\"\n\nWhile Mr Corbyn said she was \"very committed to ensuring the administration of justice is done\" and prepared to \"state uncomfortable truths when it matters\".\n\nHowever, District Judge Paul Goldspring said he had found Webbe \"untruthful\" in her evidence.\n\n\"Some of the things she said I believe were made up on the spur of the moment,\" he said.\n\n\"Some things she said in the witness box just don't bear scrutiny.\n\n\"In short, I find Ms Webbe to be vague, incoherent and at times illogical.\"\n\nHe released Webbe on unconditional bail but warned her that she could face prison when she is sentenced on 4 November.\n\n\"Threatening to throw acid at somebody and to send intimate photographs to family members crosses the custody threshold,\" he added.\n\nAfter the verdict, Webbe said: \"I am innocent and will appeal this verdict. As I said in court and repeat now, I have never threatened violence nor have I ever harassed anyone.\"\n\nHer lawyer, Raj Chada, added: \"The recording of the call Ms Webbe made has been taken out of context. We are sure that Ms Webbe will be vindicated at an appeal.\"\n\nLisa Rose from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Webbe's \"persistent nuisance behaviour caused considerable distress and alarm to her victim who became genuinely concerned for her safety\".\n\n\"No-one should have to endure this sort of harassment,\" she added.\n\nThe Labour Party called on Webbe to step down after the verdict.\n\nA spokesperson added: \"The Labour Party strongly condemns Claudia Webbe's actions and she should now resign.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gwent Police officer Dean Burnett said you can only imagine what the swerving drivers were thinking\n\nA wave of desperate 999 calls reported a car travelling the wrong way along the M4 motorway one February night.\n\nHelp wasn't able to arrive in time to stop it ending with one driver dead and another seriously injured.\n\nThe BBC Crash Detectives series producer describes how one driver's actions can have a far reaching and lasting impact on numerous lives.\n\nIt was edging close to 22:30 on a Friday night in 2019, with traffic flow on the M4 busier than normal.\n\nPenny Roberts and her family had spent the week in London and were now among that traffic, heading home to west Wales.\n\nPenny Roberts believes her decision to ask partner Mark to drive may well have saved their lives\n\nIt was such a regular journey that she, and her partner Mark, had an established routine to share the driving.\n\nAs they neared Newport it would normally be her turn to drive, but that night Mark was at the wheel.\n\n\"We'd stopped at junction 24 to get coffee, I just didn't feel like driving so asked Mark to carry on instead,\" she recalls.\n\n\"I'm just so relieved that he did. I'm not sure we'd still be here if it wasn't for him.\"\n\nThey finished their coffees and rejoined the westbound carriageway, cruising at about 65mph.\n\nPenny rode in the passenger seat of her small Mercedes A class car. Her 23-year-old daughter, boyfriend and the family dog squeezed in the back seat; the boot crammed full of luggage.\n\nThey passed the slip road for junction 26 at Malpas, and were gaining steadily on the car in front when Mark indicated and moved out to the middle lane to overtake.\n\n\"At that point we were heading uphill, and all I could see ahead of me was red tail lights,\" he said.\n\nAnd then he did a double take.\n\n\"Amongst all the red, I saw the glare of white headlights, moving across from the left. I then realised very quickly that a car was on the wrong side of the road and it was coming towards us, at speed.\"\n\nHe stayed calm and planned a course of action.\n\n\"I decided to stay in the middle lane and just concentrate totally on the vehicle coming at us, on the grounds that if they swerved I would have to take evasive action,\" he said.\n\nA tense five or six seconds ticked by, before the silver Vauxhall Astra careered past in the outside lane, just half a metre from the driver side of their car.\n\nMark recalls looking in his rear view mirror to see the car behind them veering across all three lanes as its driver desperately avoided a collision.\n\n\"It all happened in a split second, but it was absolutely terrifying,\" said Penny.\n\n\"Mark's a very good driver - he saw the car and kept his nerve.\n\n\"I don't know how he had time to comprehend all of that, but he did. I can't be sure that I would have done the same.\"\n\nPenny, a former BBC Wales journalist, took out her phone and joined the flurry of motorists frantically dialling 999.\n\nThe Vauxhall Astra continued driving the wrong way on the M4 before colliding with a BMW\n\nAt the same time, Shifa Begum and her husband Walie were on the eastbound carriageway, travelling home to Weston-super-Mare.\n\nTheir three children, aged 10, six and 15 months, were all fast asleep in the back.\n\nHer husband, who was driving, suddenly asked: \"Can you see that? There's a car - it's going the wrong way!\"\n\nShe looked to her right, and saw they were keeping pace with a car as it travelled along the opposite carriageway.\n\n\"I grabbed my phone and called the police, but I was just so shocked that nothing was coming out of my mouth,\" she said.\n\nShe put her phone on speaker and let her husband do the talking.\n\n\"He was trying to stay calm, because we didn't want to wake the kids and scare them. All I could think was that I hope that person manages to get off the road.\"\n\n\"It's a Vauxhall Astra I think,\" Walie tells the operator. \"They're still going, they're not stopping.\"\n\n\"Are they going fast?\" asks the operator.\n\n\"Well, we're doing 50 now, and ... oh! There's been a crash! They've hit a car!\"\n\n\"Seeing the moment they crashed like that was just horrendous, I couldn't breathe, I felt physically sick,\" said Shifa.\n\n\"We slowed right down and Walie asked me should he go and help? He really wanted to stop, but we had kids in the car. I said there was no way he could just run across the motorway.\"\n\nRealising they had done all they could, they carried on.\n\n\"I was literally shaking, all the way home. My legs were like jelly. I just couldn't stop thinking about it,\" she said.\n\nThe silver Vauxhall Astra, which the callers had seen travelling in the wrong direction, had crashed head-on into a black one series BMW, in lane three of the westbound carriageway.\n\nAs Gwent Police forensic collision investigator Dean Burnett arrived at the scene, fire crews were working to free the 21-year-old driver of the BMW, who was seriously injured.\n\nThe 38-year-old woman at the wheel of the Astra had died.\n\nCollision investigator Dean Burnett at the junction where witnesses saw the Vauxhall Astra turn left and drive up the slip road\n\nAs Mr Burnett carried out a painstaking analysis of the scene evidence, he needed to find out why the woman was travelling on the wrong carriageway.\n\nInquiries revealed how horrified witnesses saw her make a left-hand turn from the intersection at junction 28 in Newport.\n\nShe lived locally, and was thought to be familiar with the junction lay out - yet still drove up the wrong slip road, towards oncoming traffic.\n\nShe then continued for 2.8 miles before crashing into the BMW - but not without numerous close calls with other vehicles in the minutes beforehand.\n\nAt an inquest into the woman's death, the coroner said it was hard to understand why the driver did not realise her mistake and pull over on to the hard shoulder.\n\nBut blood tests revealed she was two-and-a-half times the legal alcohol limit to drive and she had also taken cocaine.\n\nMr Burnett said: \"I was under no illusions at all that that level of intoxication was a significant, if not the main contributory factor in this collision.\"\n\nThe 21-year-old BMW driver had life-changing injuries, but the terrifying reality faced by numerous other unsuspecting motorists that night, was captured on motorway CCTV.\n\nWith more than 20 years' experience investigating serious and fatal collisions, the impact of what he saw in the footage was not lost on Mr Burnett.\n\n\"There's some serious near misses. You can only imagine what those drivers are going through. It's horrific.\n\n\"Motorways are statistically our safest roads - because we're all going in the same direction, so the last thing you expect is something travelling towards you,\" said Mr Burnett.\n\nThe natural instinct for most drivers faced with that scenario, is to brake and swerve - and this is seen numerous times in the CCTV.\n\nAmongst all the red lights there was the glare of white headlights\n\nBut he added that there are ways to be on guard to deal with such unexpected issues on the road - and that is to stay alert, and always be looking well ahead.\n\n\"Motorways especially are where drivers tend to switch off more, because the traffic is going in the same direction. Extend your observations at all times, so you can see any changes in road circumstances in front of you.\n\n\"It's more of an effort to do this at night, when you're tired and it's dark and you're less likely to be alert, but this is a good example of why, even when you're tired, you still need to have your wits about you.\"\n\nAs soon as she got home, Shifa Begum began searching online, desperate to know the outcome.\n\n\"When I saw that the woman had died, I just felt numb, I've never seen anything like that before and wouldn't like to see it again.\"\n\nAnd she pledged that from that day on, she would never drive on the motorway again.\n\n\"All these different scenarios just go through your head. I'm so scared now.\"\n\nPenny Roberts is still regularly travelling between west Wales and London - but two years on, the experience is never far from her mind.\n\n\"I can't drive down that stretch of road without thinking about how we could have all been killed, and how my other daughter would have been left alone.\n\n\"I feel desperately sorry for the man who was injured, as well as the woman's family and her children. But I'm also very angry. Cars are lethal weapons, and can destroy lives.\n\n\"A matter of seconds could have been the difference between life and death for the four of us.\"\n\nThe story of how police pieced together what happened was shown in The Crash Detectives on BBC One Wales.\n\nIf you or someone you know has been affected by the issues raised in this article, information on available support can be found on the BBC Action Line website.", "Customers who have recently bought Tesco Max All-In-One Chesty Cough & Cold Lemon Sachets are being asked to check the dosing information on the packaging because some batches have been incorrectly labelled.\n\nThe medicine should not be given to those under the age of 16, but some of the sachets being recalled say children aged 12 and over can take them.\n\nTesco has taken the product off shelves for now.\n\n\"We would like to reassure patients and parents that if you or someone under the age of 16 have used recently these sachets and have suffered no ill effects there is no cause for concern. If anyone has any questions please speak to your healthcare professional and report any adverse reactions via the Yellow Card scheme.\"\n\nThe Yellow Card Scheme is a website for reporting suspected adverse drug reactions.\n\nThe packs involved each contain 10 sachets that have the drug paracetamol in them. Other ingredients include an expectorant (intended to help clear phlegm) called Guaifenesin and decongestant called Phenylephrine.\n\nParacetamol is an everyday medicine that children can take, but, like other medicines it can be dangerous if your child takes too much.\n\nThe affected sachets, which contain 1000mg of paracetamol, incorrectly state that children aged 12 years and over can take 4 sachets (diluted in water) over a 24-hour period, which would deliver the equivalent of 4000mg of paracetamol in total.\n\nThe recommended dose by age, however, is:\n\nIt means someone who is 12-15 might potentially take 1000mg more than they should.\n\nChair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Thorrun Govind said parents should not panic if this has happened, but should follow the advice to monitor their child for any potential side effects.\n\n\"Nausea and vomiting or drowsiness are some of the things to look out for,\" she said.\n\nThe NHS says if your child has an extra dose of paracetamol by mistake, wait at least 24 hours before giving them any more.\n\nIf they have taken two extra doses or more, they may need treatment.\n\nThe recall does not affect any other products that share the same product licence number (PL 12063/0104) but are distributed by other retail stores.", "The UK's failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the country's worst public health failures, a report by MPs says.\n\nThe government approach - backed by its scientists - was to try to manage the situation and in effect achieve herd immunity by infection, it said.\n\nThis led to a delay in introducing the first lockdown, costing thousands of lives, the MPs found.\n\nBut their report highlighted successes too, including the vaccination rollout.\n\nIt described the approach to vaccination - from the research and development through to the rollout of the jabs - as \"one of the most effective initiatives in UK history\".\n\nBut campaigners criticised the report for failing to focus on those who had died, saying references to practical issues, including problems with laptops, was \"laughable\".\n\nThe 150-page document, Coronavirus: Lessons learned to date, is from the Health and Social Care Committee and the Science and Technology Committee, and MPs from all parties.\n\nIt predominantly focused on the response to the pandemic in England. The committees did not look at steps taken individually by Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.\n\nThe MPs called the pandemic, which has claimed more than 150,000 lives in the UK and nearly five million worldwide so far, the \"biggest peacetime challenge\" for a century.\n\nSome early failings, the report suggested, resulted from apparent \"group-think\" among scientists and ministers.\n\nIt meant the UK was not as open to different approaches on earlier lockdowns, border controls and test and trace as it should have been.\n\nA woman whose twin sisters died within three days of one another after testing positive for Covid says the report from MPs uses the success of the vaccine programme to deflect from earlier failures.\n\nZoe Davis' sisters Katy and Emma, who were both nurses, died in April 2020.\n\nShe says: \"Nobody is saying that the vaccine programme hasn't been phenomenal but the frustrating thing is that's a deflection of what is actually being brought to attention and the overall message is that Covid failures have cost lives.\"\n\nLindsay Jackson, from Derbyshire, whose mother died with Covid, said the report confirmed her fears she had about care home visits in March 2020.\n\n\"I knew in my own mind the lockdown was too slow, I knew the social care sector wasn't being looked after, I knew people shouldn't have been released from hospital without tests, and this just confirms that.\"\n\nShe is calling for the government to move to a public inquiry now to see if anyone is culpable.\n\nConservative MPs Jeremy Hunt and Greg Clark, who chair the committees, said the nature of the pandemic meant it was \"impossible to get everything right\".\n\n\"The UK has combined some big achievements with some big mistakes. It is vital to learn from both,\" they said.\n\nCabinet Office minister Stephen Barclay said scientific advice had been followed and the government had made \"difficult judgements\" to protect the NHS.\n\nHe said the government took responsibility for everything that happened - saying the government would not shy away from any lessons to be learned at the full statutory public inquiry, expected next year.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the report was a \"damning indictment\" and showed the errors and failures of running down the NHS before the pandemic.\n\nHe called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to apologise to the bereaved and hold the public inquiry as soon as possible.\n\nWhen Covid hit, the government's approach was to manage its spread through the population rather than try to stop it - or herd immunity by infection as the report called it.\n\nThe MPs said this was based on dealing with a flu pandemic, and was done on the advice of its scientific advisers on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage).\n\nBut the idea was not challenged enough by ministers in any part of the UK. Although other parts of Europe were guilty of this too, the MPs added.\n\nToo little was done in the early weeks to stop Covid spreading, the MPs said, despite evidence from China and then Italy that it was a virus that was highly infectious, caused severe illness and had no cure.\n\n\"The veil of ignorance through which the UK viewed the initial weeks of the pandemic was partly self-inflicted,\" the report said.\n\nAsked whether herd immunity had been a policy in the early days, Mr Hunt said he did not think there was any desire for the whole population to be infected.\n\nHowever, he said there was a \"fatalism that it was likely that in the end, that will be the only way that we will stop the progress of the virus\".\n\nDecisions on lockdowns and social distancing during those early weeks - and the advice that led to them - were described as \"one of the most important public health failures the UK has ever experienced\".\n\nThe advice from scientists changed on 16 March 2020 - with a lockdown announced a week later.\n\n\"This slow and gradualist approach was not inadvertent, nor did it reflect bureaucratic delay or disagreement between ministers and their advisers,\" the report said, describing it as a \"deliberate policy\".\n\n\"It is now clear that this was the wrong policy, and that it led to a higher initial death toll than would have resulted from a more emphatic early policy. In a pandemic spreading rapidly and exponentially, every week counted.\"\n\nA Liverpool FC and Atletico Madrid football match on 11 March - as a pandemic was declared by the WHO - and the Cheltenham Festival of Racing between 10 and 13 March, may have spread the virus.\n\nMr Barclay said hindsight was \"an issue\". Had the government known how much the country would be willing to endure, lockdown may have come sooner, the minister added.\n\nThe MPs also highlighted how ministers in England rejected scientific advice to have a two-week \"circuit-breaker\" in the autumn.\n\nThey said it was impossible to know whether that would have prevented the second lockdown in November, although they pointed out it had not in Wales.\n\nThe UK was one of the first countries in the world to develop a test for Covid in January 2020, but failed to translate that into an effective test-and-trace system during the first year of the pandemic, the report said.\n\nTesting in the community stopped in March 2020 and for weeks during the first peak only those admitted to hospital were tested.\n\nIt was not until May that the NHS Test and Trace system was launched in England, but the report described its start as \"slow, uncertain and often chaotic\".\n\nIt said the system was too centralised, only later making use of the expertise in local public health teams run by councils.\n\nBut it praised the target set by then Health Secretary Matt Hancock to get to 100,000 tests a day by the end of April, saying it played an important part in galvanising the system.\n\nThe greatest praise though was reserved for the vaccination programme and the way the government supported the development of a number of vaccines, including the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.\n\nIt said the whole programme was one of the most effective initiatives in history, and will ultimately help to save millions of lives here and across the world.\n\nA key step, taken early on following a suggestion from chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance, was to set up a task force that combined the talents of scientists, the NHS and the private sector, led by the \"bold leadership\" of venture capitalist Kate Bingham.\n\nThe development of treatments, such as dexamethasone, for Covid through the UK Recovery Trial was another area where the UK's response was genuinely world-leading, the report said.\n\nAnd the NHS and government were also credited with the way hospital intensive care capacity was increased to ensure the majority who needed hospital treatment received it.\n\nThe report's recommendations include comprehensive government plans for future emergencies, a bigger role for the armed forces in emergency response plans, and considering a government and NHS volunteer reserve database.\n\nThe MPs said the pandemic had also exacerbated existing social, economic and health inequalities which would need addressing.\n\nThe report highlighted \"unacceptably high\" death rates in ethnic minority groups and among people with learning disabilities and autism.\n\nFor ethnic minorities, there were a variety of factors, including possible biological reasons and increased exposure because of housing and working conditions.\n\nFor people with learning disabilities, not enough thought was given to how restrictions would have a detrimental impact on them - particularly in terms of accessing health care more generally. Do not resuscitate orders were also used inappropriately.\n\nThere was a lack of priority attached to care homes too at the start of the pandemic.\n\nThe rapid discharge of people from hospital into care homes without adequate testing or isolation was a prime example of this.\n\nThis, combined with untested staff bringing infection into homes from the community, led to many thousands of deaths which could have been avoided.\n\nScience minister George Freeman said it was too early for any proper discussion about blame or fault.\n\nAsked about the higher UK death toll, he said: \"A lot of that is actually to do with the very, very heavy obesity-related cardiometabolic chronic disease cohort that we've been carrying for years - that's a failure of public health in this country over decades.\"\n\nLobby Akinnola, of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaign group, said Mr Freeman's comments were \"grossly offensive\", adding that \"the statutory inquiry cannot come soon enough\".", "The Columbus statue will be replaced by a replica of the so-called Young Woman of Amajac\n\nMexico City's governor has confirmed that a statue of an indigenous woman will replace the capital's Christopher Columbus monument.\n\nThe statue was removed last year after indigenous rights activists threatened to tear it down.\n\nClaudia Sheinbaum said it will be replaced by a replica of a pre-Columbian statue known as the Young Woman of Amajac.\n\nProtesters have toppled Columbus statues in Latin America and the US.\n\nColumbus, an Italian-born explorer who was financed by the Spanish crown to set sail on voyages of exploration in the late 15th Century, is seen by many as a symbol of oppression and colonialism as his arrival in America opened the door to the Spanish conquest.\n\nMs Sheinbaum's latest announcement was made on 12 October - the anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the Americas.\n\nIn the US it is widely celebrated as Columbus Day. But in Mexico and other Latin American countries it is known as Día de la Raza (Spanish: Day of the Race). Many view it as a commemoration to native resistance against European conquest.\n\nThe previous statue of Columbus was daubed with paint during protests last year\n\nMs Sheinbaum said she wanted to make the change as part of the \"decolonisation\" of the famous Reforma Avenue, where an empty plinth currently stands.\n\nShe added that the new monument - set to to be three times as tall as the Columbus statue - was in recognition that \"indigenous women had been the most persecuted\" during and after the colonial period.\n\nThe original Young Woman of Amajac was discovered in January in Veracruz.\n\nIt is believed that the sculpture depicts a leading female member of the Huastec people at the time of its creation.\n\nThe original currently sits in Mexico City's Anthropology Museum, which is going to create the replica.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Columbus is viewed by some as a symbol of colonialism and oppression\n\nAfter the city government decided to remove the Columbus statute from its plinth, a number of proposals were put forward including a statue inspired by a pre-Hispanic Olmec head.\n\nHowever, it was derided as a token gesture for its lack of authenticity, prompting Ms Sheinbaum to cancel it and opt instead for the Young Woman of Amajac.\n\nThe statue of Christopher Columbus will be moved to a park in another area of Mexico City.", "Some of the items on sale included furniture and artwork that belonged to Capone\n\nA sale of items belonging to the notorious US gangster Al Capone has raked in $3m (£2.2m) at an auction held over the weekend in California.\n\nSome 174 items were featured, including firearms and personal photographs as well as jewellery and furniture.\n\nThe event, called A Century of Notoriety: The Estate of Al Capone, was held at a private club and attracted nearly 1,000 bidders.\n\nThe most popular item was Capone's favourite gun, which sold for $860,000.\n\nOne of the items on sale was said to be the gangster's favourite gun, a Colt .45-calibre semi-automatic pistol\n\nThe gun is believed to have reached the highest selling price for a 20th-Century firearm sold at auction, according to the Chicago Tribune.\n\nAl Capone was a Chicago mobster known as Public Enemy Number One for his relatively brief reign as crime boss in the 1920s during the Prohibition era. He was eventually imprisoned for tax evasion, and spent several years locked up in Alcatraz - the infamous island prison in San Francisco Bay.\n\nGuns and glassware that belonged to the gangster and his son Sonny also went on sale\n\nThe belongings remained in the possession of his family for almost 75 years after his death in 1947.\n\nThere were also photographs on sale, displayed here ahead of the auction\n\nDiane Capone - one of of Al Capone's three surviving granddaughters, who lives in California - said the decision to sell the items was based on her and her sisters getting older, Reuters reports.\n\nAl Capone's granddaughter Diane stands next to a painting of her grandfather and father, Sonny Capone, from the 1920s\n\nShe also said the increasing threat of wildfires to their homes in northern California had been a factor.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The gun could fetch over £50,000 ($81,000)", "Covid-19 restrictions led to the sharpest fall in violent crime for at least 20 years, a report suggests.\n\nViolence was down by a third in England and Wales in 2020 compared with the previous year, according to research by Cardiff University.\n\n\"From a violence perspective, 2020 was the safest year on record,\" said co-author Prof Jonathan Shepherd.\n\nBut the report also found that the easing of restrictions was \"accompanied by rapid increases\" in violence.\n\nCardiff University's Violence Research Group analysed data for the whole of 2020 from 133 NHS hospital emergency departments, minor-injury units and walk-in centres, across England and Wales.\n\nThe number of people who attended for treatment of violence-related injuries in 2020 was 119,111 - 56,653 fewer than in the previous year.\n\nThe reductions were across all age groups but were most marked among children under the age of 11, where violence levels were down by 66%.\n\nThe report concluded that this was \"likely to reflect the unprecedented restrictions imposed on free movement of citizens and businesses to limit the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic\".\n\nWhen restrictions were eased in May 2020 to include the phased re-opening of pubs and bars, violence rose again, and by August it had reached pre-pandemic levels.\n\nDuring the second lockdown in the autumn, which included a 22:00 curfew, there was another sharp fall in the number of people needing hospital treatment for injuries.\n\nThe data highlights a clear link between violence and late-night drinking.\n\n\"Efforts to prevent serious violence should be concentrated in night-time economies where pubs, clubs and other licensed premises are located,\" says the report.\n\nAnother encouraging conclusion is that there has been a gradual reduction in serious violence over most of the past 20 years.\n\nThis is because of \"advances in inter-agency collaboration, data sharing and analysis, targeted policing and real-time CCTV surveillance,\" said Prof Shepherd.\n\n\"These factors are all vulnerable when the economy is stretched; they need constant attention.\"\n\nBut while the figures are clearly welcome, they do not tell the whole picture.\n\nHomicide in England and Wales has been rising since 2015, as has knife crime.\n\nAlso, not all violence ends with a visit to hospital.\n\nStatistics for the year ending March 2020 revealed that fewer than half of all violent incidents resulted in physical injury.\n\nThe effects of lockdown on domestic violence are still unclear because few of the hospitals in this survey were able to provide information on the location of violence.\n\nData from Cardiff A&E shows levels of violence in the home in the city were unchanged in 2020.\n\nHowever, other figures have shown an increase in demand for domestic abuse services across England and Wales.\n\nA 10% rise in domestic violence-related offences was recorded by the police in the year ending September 2020, which may reflect improved levels of police recording.\n\nThe picture is further complicated because a large number of domestic offences are never reported.\n\nOn Thursday the Office of National Statistics will publish annual figures on crime patterns, which will shed more light on what happened to violence during the pandemic.", "Billy Hood claims he was forced to sign a confession written in Arabic despite not speaking the language\n\nA British football coach has been jailed for 25 years in Dubai after four bottles of vape liquid containing cannabis oil were found in his car.\n\nBilly Hood from Notting Hill, west London, was arrested on 31 January, shortly after moving to the country.\n\nThe 24-year-old claims he was forced to sign a confession written in Arabic despite not speaking the language.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was \"giving consular support to a British man who has been imprisoned\" in Dubai.\n\nMr Hood, who played semi-professional football for Kensington and Ealing Borough FC, told campaign group Detained in Dubai police had unexpectedly turned up and demanded to search his home and car.\n\nHe told the group he was taken to a \"police station and kept in an isolation cell for 14 days without any hygiene products\".\n\nMr Hood claimed the oil was left by a friend who had been visiting from England two weeks earlier.\n\nBut he claimed he was forced to sign a confession after being pressured by local law enforcement.\n\nThis month he was convicted by a court of drug trafficking with intent to supply.\n\nVaping cannabidiol (CBD) oil is legal in the UK and has become extremely popular - typically used to relieve pain, anxiety or stress.\n\nThe Foreign Office advise there is a \"zero-tolerance for drugs-related offences\" in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).\n\n\"Forced and coerced confessions are commonplace in Dubai,\" said Radha Stirling, chief executive of Detained in Dubai, who are representing the family.\n\nSentences for drug trafficking can include the death penalty and possession of even the smallest amount of illegal drugs can lead to a minimum four-year jail sentence.\n\nBilly Hood's family are appealing to the UK and UAE government to intervene\n\nIn a statement to his lawyers Mr Hood said: \"I have always had a zero-tolerance on any drugs or illegal substances.\n\n\"For me to be accused of promoting and selling drugs in a country that has the same beliefs and values as me is very upsetting as it affects my future.\"\n\nMr Hood's family are appealing to the UK and UAE government to intervene in the case.\n\nMr Hood's mother Breda said: \"I have hidden myself away, crying and crying when I imagine what our sweet boy is going through.\n\n\"It is the worst stress I've ever been through and I feel helpless.\"\n\nThe UAE embassy has been approached for comment.", "Euromillions winners can expect to meet Andy Carter, or one of his colleagues, after confirming their success\n\nA record Euromillions jackpot will roll over after no ticket holder won in Tuesday's draw.\n\nBut the £184m prize will not be added to for the next draw on Friday as it has reached its maximum level.\n\nThe previous largest UK prize was in 2019 when an anonymous ticket-holder won the £170m Euromillions jackpot.\n\nCamelot's Andy Carter said \"any money that would have gone into the jackpot will now boost prizes in the next winning prize tier\".\n\nTuesday's winning numbers were 06, 13, 22, 45, 49 with Lucky Stars 10, 11. The Millionaire Maker Selection was ZKZF66866.\n\nThe National Lottery said a \"huge influx of players\" before the 19:30 BST cut-off time caused its website and app to run slower than normal - although some customers said they were unable to access the website at all.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the draw, Mr Carter said he had seen a wide range of reactions from winners over the years.\n\n\"I've seen people be sick with excitement, I've seen people resign their job on the spot, I've seen people jumping up and down.\n\n\"I've known husbands who haven't told wives and wives who haven't told husbands, I've been to homes where there's literally a party going on already,\" said Mr Carter, whose job it is to advise winners.\n\nThe jackpot for Euromillions - which is played in nine European countries - is currently capped at €220m, meaning that once it reaches that point it cannot roll over again and add extra prize money.\n\nThat cap was reached on Friday and the jackpot will stay at the same level for five draws unless it is won.\n\nBut on the fifth occasion the jackpot amount must be won - even if that means sharing it among all those ticket-holders who are just one number short.\n• None £170mBritain's richest ever lottery winner stayed anonymous after their win in October 2019.\n• None £161mColin and Chris Weir (pictured) from North Ayrshire, Scotland in 2011.\n• None £148mAdrian and Gillian Bayford, from Suffolk, in 2012.\n\nThe Euromillions jackpot cap rises by €10m whenever it is won somewhere in one of the nine countries. The cap was most recently raised in February this year. It can keep rising until a maximum of €250m.\n\nMr Carter or one of his colleagues would be among the first people to speak to any winner, to provide them with advice and put them in touch with previous winners.\n\n\"If you've won a large amount of money, the best thing you can do is go and have a cup of tea with another winner, because they're the people that will truly understand,\" Mr Carter said.\n\nWith £184m under their belt, a UK winner could buy a house in each of the top 10 priciest streets in the UK, including in Kensington Palace Gardens in London, where the average house price is nearly £30m.", "Denis Law is pictured next to an earlier statue tribute in Aberdeen\n\nOne of the proposed locations for a 4.5-tonne (4,500kg) statue of footballer Denis Law has been ruled out because of its weight.\n\nAberdeen City Council had agreed the tribute would be set near the newly-refurbished Provost Skene's House.\n\nBut Councillor Marie Boulton said it could not go directly outside because it was too heavy to be placed on top of an underground carpark.\n\nBBC Scotland understands it will now be placed in a nearby pedestrianised area.\n\nThe statue will be in view of Provost Skene's House\n\nThis will be just off Broad Street, in between the Marischal Square office buildings and in view of Provost Skene's House.\n\nSculptor Alan Herriot's bronze statue and granite base is due to be unveiled there next month.\n\nCouncillor Boulton, lead of the city centre masterplan, said: \"We have looked at a couple of sites and unfortunately the weight bearing on top of the car park underneath, there was an issue over that.\"\n\nThe statue, entitled Legend, is already built and is currently in storage in Aberdeen. It shows the footballing great with his arm raised.\n\nLaw, now 81, was born and raised in the Granite City.\n\nThe former European footballer of the year went to Powis Academy, before moving away to play for Huddersfield when he was 16.\n\nHe went on to play for clubs including Manchester United, Torino and Manchester City.\n\nHe was one third of what became known as Manchester United's Holy Trinity, when he played alongside George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton during his 11-year stint with the Red Devils.\n\nDenis Law played for Manchester United and scored 30 goals for Scotland\n\nKnown affectionately as The Lawman, he scored 30 goals for Scotland.\n\nIn August, it was revealed he had been diagnosed with dementia.\n\nHe received the Freedom of Aberdeen in 2017, and features in a new hall of heroes in Provost Skene's House, which reopened on Saturday.\n\nThe building, which dates back to 1545, has undergone a £3.8m transformation into an attraction celebrating achievements of people with links to north-east Scotland.", "The UK economy grew by 0.4% in August as more people dined out, went on holiday and attended music festivals.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the services sector made the biggest contribution to economic growth in the first full month after all Covid restrictions were lifted in England.\n\nIt said arts, entertainment and recreation grew 9%, boosted by sports clubs, amusement parks and festivals.\n\nThere was also more demand for hotels and campsites.\n\nRestrictions on social distancing were eased from 19 July.\n\nThe ONS said the economy is now 0.8% smaller than it was before the pandemic.\n\n\"The economy picked up in August as bars, restaurants and festivals benefited from the first full month without Covid-19 restrictions in England,\" said Darren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the ONS.\n\n\"However, later and slightly weaker data from a number of industries now mean we estimate the economy fell a little overall in July.\"\n\nThe ONS said economic growth fell by 0.1% in July compared with initial estimates of 0.1% growth.\n\nActivity in accommodation and food services rose by 10.3% in August, within which hotels and campsites recorded 22.9% growth.\n\nIn travel, air transport and rail both grew in August as Covid-related measures eased, however both industry are still trading far below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nEmma-Lou Montgomery associate director at Fidelity International, said that while August's growth \"marks a small rebound\" on July, \"the worry remains that economic growth won't even be in touching distance of pre-pandemic levels until well into next year\".\n\n\"This all comes in the crucial lead up to Christmas, when suppliers and retailers should be firing on all cylinders,\" Ms Montgomery said.\"But with households facing steep price rises for everyday items, from the food shop through to the gas bill, there will be little desire - or capacity - to spend, spend, spend.\"\n\nGrowth in the economy - everything produced, from new cars to haircuts to restaurant meals - isn't at all slow by normal standards at 0.4% in a month. But we're supposed to be bouncing back with growth of 7% this year.\n\nWhat's becoming increasingly clear, is that it's not a lack of demand for goods and services that's holding the recovery back but the inability of firms to supply that demand.\n\nA big part of the reason? Shortages. In construction, for example, where business is not growing but shrinking, firms reported to the ONS that they've got healthy order books. But they can't meet more orders, partly because of a shortage of materials in August (for example, wood and steel) and partly because of a shortage of skilled staff.\n\nThe ONS reports evidence that the shortage of haulage drivers is slowing down industries from pharmaceuticals to electric lighting. Exports of goods, too, are down by 13% compared with 2018.\n\nSome of these shortages may be due to supply bottlenecks related to the post-pandemic global surge in activity. But without doubt some, notably the ongoing shortage of lorry drivers, are in large part related to Brexit.\n\nElsewhere, economic growth was uneven with some sectors hit by shortages of materials. Output in construction fell by 0.2% in August and the sector remains 1.5% below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nThe ONS said: \"This reflects recent challenges faced by the construction industry from rising input prices and delays to the availability of construction products - notably steel, concrete, timber and glass.\"\n\nThe manufacturing sector expanded by 0.5% in August following a 0.6% in July. The ONS said growth was led by an increase in vehicle production \"as it continues to recover following supply side challenges predominantly caused by the global microchip shortage disrupting car production\".\n\nBut it said the output in the manufacture of motor vehicles remains 14.5% below a peak in February this year.\n\nPaul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said: \"Such drags may have become more widespread and significant in September and October, with the fuel crisis preventing some people from getting to work.\"\n\nHe said Capital Economics' activity indicator \"suggests that GDP may not have increased at all in September\".\n\nMartin Beck, economist at professional services firm, EY,said: \"The recovery is certainly facing more headwinds.\n\n\"Rising inflation, driven by significant increases in energy prices, and the recent cut in Universal Credit are squeezing consumers' spending power.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nEngland's path to the 2022 World Cup hit an unexpected stumbling block when they were held to a draw by Hungary in a qualifier Gareth Southgate called a \"big disappointment\".\n\nThe game was marred by crowd violence between Hungary fans and stewards and police.\n\nSouthgate's side are still in pole position to reach Qatar but this was a disjointed display despite England taking on the Hungarians with an attacking line-up.\n\nThe early stages at Wembley were overshadowed by ugly scenes involving Hungary fans, who jeered England's players while holding up a banner protesting against taking the knee before clashing with police and stewards.\n\nIn a subdued atmosphere and after a semblance of order had been restored, Hungary took the lead in the 24th minute when Luke Shaw was penalised for a high challenge on Loic Nego and Roland Sallai sent Jordan Pickford the wrong way from the spot.\n\nEngland were level before half-time, John Stones turning in at the far post after Tyrone Mings and Declan Rice touched on Phil Foden's free-kick.\n\nHungary then survived in relative comfort, Harry Kane's struggles for form summed up when England's captain was substituted even though they were searching desperately for a winner.\n• None Follow reaction to the game here\n\n\"I don't think we played at the level we have done and Hungary defended very well. We didn't do enough to win the game,\" Southgate told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"I don't know if subconsciously we thought this was going to be an easier game because we beat them comfortably [4-0] in September but they've been very good defensively right through the summer.\n\n\"In the first few minutes we were taking heavy touches and colliding into tackles. We didn't show the composure and quality that we have done generally.\"\n\nKane's search for form goes on\n\nThe notion of Kane being taken off as they pressed for a winning goal might have been unthinkable at one point but he could have no complaints here when he was replaced by Tammy Abraham with 14 minutes left.\n\nIt came just after he had snatched at a chance in a manner which reflected a striker searching in vain for form and confidence.\n\nThis was the first time he failed to score in a qualifier for England since September 2017, a run of 15 goalscoring games in a row.\n\nKane's performance was very average throughout, a shadow of the player who has been a spearhead for England for so long.\n\nHe had set up a chance for Raheem Sterling just before he was taken off. Sterling, one of a record five Manchester City players in England's starting line-up, could not cash in and was also taken off at the same time as Kane. He is another who is currently nowhere near his best.\n\nKane will surely bounce back but it was a display that once again poses the questions about how much he has been affected by a summer of speculation when he wanted to leave Tottenham for Manchester City but eventually had to stay in north London.\n\nHe does not look himself and the sooner the old spark returns the better for England and Spurs.\n\nSouthgate gave the public what they wanted by fielding an England team with just one holding midfielder in Declan Rice and letting the talented triumvirate of Foden, Mason Mount and Jack Grealish loose on Hungary.\n\nFoden and Grealish had their moments although Mount was quiet as England lacked the attacking thrust to apply serious pressure and break down a well-organised Hungary defence.\n\nIt was a surprise when Grealish was replaced by Bukayo Saka just after the hour. It certainly came as a surprise to many in the Wembley crowd who loudly registered their disapproval, although Saka was given a rapturous welcome.\n\nWith Kalvin Phillips injured and Jordan Henderson on the bench, England's attack-minded selection left them more open to a counter-attack. Hungary did threaten on occasions but they were not good enough to accept the invitation. Better teams might so Southgate has certainly been given food for thought and will learn lessons from this.\n\nEngland are still on course to go to Qatar but this was a disappointing performance in what was a largely dull encounter, with most of the attention sadly focusing on the clashes between Hungarian fans and police and stewards moments after the kick-off.\n\nThis was a highly unsatisfactory night all round, although Hungary celebrated their hard-earned point after the final whistle.\n\nEngland are three points above second-placed Poland with two qualifiers to go next month.\n\n\"We're in a very strong position in the group but tonight is a big disappointment,\" said Southgate. \"We have to make sure we get it right next month.\"\n\nEngland need four points from a home game with Albania and trip to San Marino.\n• None Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (England) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.\n• None Attempt missed. Phil Foden (England) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.\n• None Substitution, England. Ollie Watkins replaces Tammy Abraham because of an injury.\n• None Offside, England. Luke Shaw tries a through ball, but Tammy Abraham is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Luke Shaw (England) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.\n• None Attempt missed. Filip Holender (Hungary) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Zsolt Nagy. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Magic FM DJ Emma Wilson believes Wayne Couzens exposed himself to her 13 years ago\n\nRadio presenter Emma Wilson has said Sarah Everard's murderer Wayne Couzens flashed her and that Met Police officers laughed when she reported it.\n\nThe Magic FM DJ - who is also known as Emma B - said he exposed himself to her when she walked past an alleyway in Greenwich, south-east London, in 2008.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour she recognised him when she saw his photo in news reports.\n\nThe Met Police is investigating the presenter's complaint.\n\nMs Wilson told the programme she was \"so very sure\" it was Couzens - who at the time was a volunteer officer with Kent Police - and that it \"adds to the clamour of chances there were to stop this man\".\n\nCouzens - who went on to become a Met Police officer - was given a whole-life term last month for the kidnap, rape and murder of Ms Everard.\n\nThe police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), is looking into the Met's handling of three other alleged indecent exposure incidents involving Couzens, including two said to have taken place in south London three days before he murdered Ms Everard.\n\nThe other allegation centres around a report of how Kent Police investigated a claim in 2015. Details of a car linked to Couzens had been passed on to police but he was not identified.\n\nA Met Police review found that an allegation Couzens exposed himself outside a fast-food restaurant in the days before he murdered Ms Everard had been allocated for investigation, but by the time of the marketing executive's abduction it was not concluded.\n\nThe IOPC said two Met officers had been served with misconduct notices for possible breaches of professional standards in relation to the incident.\n\nSarah Everard was murdered after being tricked into Couzens' car as she walked from Clapham to Brixton\n\nMs Wilson said she knows it was Couzens who exposed himself to her as he had a \"face that doesn't go anywhere, it stays with you\".\n\nShe explained how she ran into a nearby shop to alert police who then visited her to take a statement.\n\n\"They were asking me what I could see... he was playing with himself and there were specifics about his state of arousal that they thought were quite amusing. It was really humiliating,\" Ms Wilson said.\n\n\"I remember clearly saying to them, 'I really hope this is all he needs to do' and I said that at the time because I was so struck by how feeble their response was.\"\n\nThe presenter said the incident was \"aggressive, it was purposeful, it was calculated\" and that \"it wasn't this comic character that we have of this local peeping Tom or the local flasher in the flasher mac\".\n\n\"There's a really big part of me that hopes it wasn't him because if it was, this is horrific that it could have gone on for so very, very long.\"\n\nThe Met Police said at the time, that a search of the area was conducted but the suspect could not be found. CCTV inquiries were unsuccessful and the matter was passed on to the local safer neighbourhoods team for intelligence.\n\nThe force added that to the best of its knowledge, it was \"not aware\" of any reports before his March arrest where he had been named as a suspect.\n\nIt said if it received any allegations it would investigate.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Met Police Deputy Commissioner Bas Javid acknowledged there was a \"crisis\" of confidence in policing in the wake of Ms Everard's murder.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said: \"We want women and girls particularly to feel safe in communities.\n\n\"There's a lot of work to be done to rebuild that trust and give people the confidence to come forward.\"\n\nHe said as well as the independent review into the force's standards and culture, the Met Police was taking other steps to be \"proactive\".\n\nThose measures include undertaking an examination of all ongoing sexual and domestic abuse allegations against officers and staff, and significantly boosting the number of officers who investigate police misconduct.", "A potentially risky laser treatment offered to menopausal women to rejuvenate the vagina is no better than sham or fake therapy, researchers say.\n\nThey tested it in a trial to see if it might ease vaginal dryness and painful sex linked to going through the change.\n\nNHS advisory body the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence says the therapy should only be used for research.\n\nSome private clinics in the UK and the US, however, continue to offer it.\n\nLaser rejuvenation involves a probe being inserted into the vagina to heat and change or remodel the surrounding tissue.\n\nClinics claim kick-starting the body's healing process by purposefully injuring the tissue can increase natural lubrication and restore sexual gratification.\n\nThe non-surgical treatment can be completed within a lunch hour but is not entirely risk free, officials say.\n\nThe US regulator has already said it is \"deeply concerned\" women can be harmed by the procedure.\n\nSome who have had it have experienced vaginal burns and scarring.\n\nThe research, described in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is one of the largest studies to independently scrutinise the therapy using the \"gold standard\" design of a clinical trial.\n\nNICE has been calling for this type of work, to determine if the therapy is safe and beneficial enough to recommend for wider use in the NHS.\n\nThe Australian researchers, not funded by the industry, randomised 85 women to receive either the laser treatment or a placebo procedure - where the probe was inserted but the required \"dose\" of the laser energy not delivered.\n\nNo serious side-effects were recorded - but during the year of follow-up, there was no discernible difference between the two groups in terms of symptom improvement either.\n\nAn accompanying editorial in JAMA likened the laser-therapy situation to the recent vaginal-mesh scare, when some women were harmed by a procedure later halted amid safety concerns.\n\nThe authors, Drs Marisa Adelman and Ingrid Nygaard, from the University of Utah School of Medicine, said: \"The widespread clinical use of vaginal laser therapy, followed by burgeoning reports of adverse events and FDA [US Food and Drug Administration] warnings, brought an unfortunate sense of deja vu.\n\n\"After a rush to market vaginal mesh products for the management of pelvic organ prolapse prior to the completion of rigorous randomised trials, these products are no longer marketed in the US.\n\n\"Although marketing prior to the availability of evidence demonstrating efficacy and safety may be associated with short-term profits for companies and clinicians, this approach closes any window of opportunity to actually learn what individuals, if any, benefit from the treatment, as well as those at increased risk for harms.\"\n\nBritish Menopause Society past-president and spokesman Tim Hillard, a consultant gynaecologist in Dorset, said: \"This is the type of study we have been waiting for.\n\n\"It's one of the biggest randomised trials and isn't industry funded.\n\n\"It really reinforces that doctors should only be offering this therapy in clinical trials to gather more evidence.\"\n\nNew treatments for menopause symptoms were very much needed and worth researching, Mr Hillard said.\n\n\"Symptoms like vaginal dryness, itching and discomfort or pain during intercourse are very common and can be very distressing for women,\" he said.\n\n\"It can be difficult to talk about them.\n\n\"Many women put up with it and don't seek advice - but there are some treatments that may help and there are specialists who can advise.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Menopause: what are the symptoms and why does it happen?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kerry Roberts and Tammy Kirkwood shared their experiences at an emotional meeting\n\nA mum whose daughter died after taking ecstasy has struck up an \"unlikely\" friendship with the mother of the teenager who supplied the fatal drug.\n\nAfter agreeing to meet his mother, Tammy, Ms Roberts said she realised both had \"lost something\" as a result of the drug.\n\nThey are campaigning together to raise drugs awareness among young people.\n\nLeah died in May 2019 after she took the Class A drug with a group of friends in a car park in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.\n\nThe drugs were brought into the town by Connor, then 17, with another boy, Mitchell Southern, handing them over to Leah.\n\nConnor, from Dishforth, was jailed for 21 months last year but was released after serving six months of his sentence.\n\nThe mothers were introduced to each other through restorative justice - a process in which victims of crime can meet those who committed the offence against them.\n\nAlthough Ms Roberts did not want to meet Connor, it was suggested that by meeting his mother they would be able to share and understand each other's stories.\n\nKerry Roberts said she and daughter Leah had the \"best relationship\"\n\nIt gave Ms Kirkwood the opportunity to explain how she had been struggling for years to get help for Connor.\n\nHe had become involved in county lines gangs, which target vulnerable teenagers and use them to supply drugs.\n\nMs Roberts said: \"People will look at us and think it's an unlikely friendship.\n\n\"People will see us as two separate things but we are both grieving. They are both our children.\"\n\nConnor Kirkwood and Mitchell Southern both admitted supplying ecstasy and were jailed last year\n\nMs Kirkwood described how, from the age of 15, Connor went from being a \"presentable young man\" to \"wearing trackies and not speaking to anyone\".\n\nShe knew he was involved in drugs and had reported him to police, but when questioned he would refuse to give any information about the gangs.\n\nDespite police involvement and her constant requests for help, Ms Kirkwood said they were never offered a drug referral or other support.\n\nShe said she had struggled with \"guilt and shame\" over whether she could have prevented Leah's death.\n\n\"I thought where have I gone wrong? How did this happen? What did I do?\" she said.\n\n\"And there's the guilt of my child being involved in someone else's child losing their life.\n\n\"I lost the child that had a passion for sport, was always smiling. I don't see a smile anymore.\n\n\"I have this 19-year-old man. I don't know who he is. I get to see him in bed and why do I get that?\n\n\"That's my guilt because that's not fair.\"\n\nLeah's mum said they had spoken about drugs together but neither of them had heard of MDMA\n\nLeah's mum, who described her daughter as her \"best friend\" said she had felt \"a lot of hatred\" and was initially against the meeting.\n\n\"There was hatred for Connor, for the situation. I thought how is it going to do me any good? I have nothing to say to her,\" she said.\n\nBut she said hearing the other side of the story had helped ease those emotions.\n\n\"I've read about county lines and there's more of an understanding and I'm thinking he was a child, he was 15. He wasn't a 21-year-old dodgy drug dealer.\n\n\"I get how my friends and my family were like: 'why are you meeting her?', but I think it's done us both some good.\"\n\nShe added: \"People who didn't know Leah would probably think she came from a rough family, that her mum didn't care.\n\n\"People have their own thoughts and I had those thoughts about Connor's mum. I didn't realise the story.\"\n\nThe two mothers said they had both been affected by the devastating impact of the drug\n\nBoth women are working together on a campaign called Do You Know MDMA? to get the message out that drugs kill. Ms Roberts has also launched a petition urging the government to make supplying drugs to under-16s a specific criminal offence.\n\nShe said: \"I feel like if we've told our story and tried to educate people then we can't do much more.\n\n\"Leah died and I can't let that be for no reason.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.", "Wales' health minister says hospitals and GP surgeries are under \"huge pressure\"\n\nPressures on Welsh hospitals are expected to continue until at least mid-October, Wales' health minister has said.\n\nEluned Morgan has asked people to only use A&E services and GP surgeries if absolutely necessary.\n\nSome health boards have already postponed routine surgery and suspended some visits.\n\nIt comes as Public Health Wales reports eight further deaths with Covid, and 2,317 new cases.\n\nIt brings the total in Wales throughout the pandemic to 5,734 deaths and 306,060 cases.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said on Friday that modelling suggested there could be \"100 new Covid-19 hospital admissions\" every day in Wales by the end of September as that is when experts expect the Delta-variant infection to peak.\n\nThe Covid infection rate in Wales has risen to 557 cases for every 100,000 people - the highest since December last year.\n\nMs Morgan said case numbers \"are likely to continue... until at least the end of September and then we're likely to see a levelling off\".\n\nBecause of the lag between people catching Covid and potentially ending up in hospital, Ms Morgan said this suggests the pressure on hospitals will \"continue at least until about mid-October\".\n\nMs Morgan told BBC's Politics Wales there were many issues to consider regarding vaccination passports\n\nMs Morgan added a \"really difficult\" decision must be made on whether to introduce vaccination passports, as England scraps their plans to do so.\n\nA decision is expected by next Friday on whether the passports will be made mandatory in order to gain entry to some events in Wales. They are being introduced in Scotland from 1 October.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sajid Javid announced on Sunday that the vaccine passports would not be going ahead in England\n\n\"There are lots of practical and ethical issues we've got to consider around vaccine passports,\" Ms Morgan told BBC Politics Wales.\n\n\"Clearly, there's a hope that suggestions that we may need vaccine passports for nightclubs, for example, may help drive the numbers of young people who may want to take the vaccine up.\"\n\nMore than a fifth of young people aged 16-39 in Wales have yet to receive one dose of the vaccine.\n\n\"We know the [case] rates are incredibly high at the moment amongst young people and so that's why we're very anxious to drive those numbers up,\" Ms Morgan said.\n\nRoutine surgeries have been delayed and many hospitals have limited or cancelled visits\n\nThe Betsi Cadwaladr health board in north Wales announced on Friday it was suspending routine operations and halted most hospital visits.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg health board has also suspended most patient visits for \"the safety of our patients and staff\" at its facilities in Merthyr Tydfil, Bridgend and Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nAt its height back in January, there were 1,643 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Welsh hospitals, compared to 441 cases earlier this week.\n\nBut the total number of people in Welsh hospitals because of Covid or other reasons is at its highest level since the start of the pandemic.\n\nThe health minister said there were \"difficulties getting people out of hospital\" because of a lack of social care staff.\n\nShe said she was having weekly meetings with councils and the health boards to deal with a \"quite critical\" situation.\n\nShe blamed Brexit, \"because we did have a lot of eastern European workers\", and people moving to work in the tourism sector over the summer.\n\nWelsh labour made a manifesto commitment to paying all social care staff the £9.50 an hour real living wage\n\nFewer than half of social care workers earn a \"real living wage\", according to research published by Cardiff University in August 2020.\n\nPaying social care staff the real living wage of £9.50 an hour was a key Welsh Labour manifesto commitment, so Ms Morgan said the government was \"in the process of working with the trade unions to make sure that when we give that living wage that the money actually gets to the people on the frontline\".\n\nIn terms of changing the social care system, she said ministers have \"a long-term ambition\" to introduce free personal care \"but it is going to take us a while to get to that point\".\n\nAn independent report published in 2018 suggested an income tax rise in Wales of between 1% and 3% could be used to fund elderly social care.\n\nAsked if a social care levy was off the table in light of the UK government's National Insurance hike, Ms Morgan said: \"I think it would be very difficult for us to be taxing people twice for the same service.\"", "A friend of the first victim of the serial killer Stephen Port told the police she knew he was responsible, an inquest has heard.\n\nChina Dunning, who went to college with Anthony Walgate, said: \"I was convinced it was the actions of Stephen Port, who I knew at the time as Joe Dean.\"\n\nMr Walgate was found outside Port's flat in Barking, dead from an overdose of the \"date rape\" drug GHB.\n\nPort went on to kill a further three young men.\n\nMs Dunning told the inquest at Barking Town Hall that she raised her concerns with police but felt that because Mr Walgate was young, gay and sometimes worked as an escort, officers might not be convinced.\n\n\"I think they probably assume 'Yeah, he takes drugs as well'. I just wanted to convince them that they shouldn't hold that stereotype. That wasn't what his character was.\"\n\nMr Walgate was found dead by medics outside Stephen Port's flat in Cooke Street\n\nShe said that nine months after Anthony's death she went to Snaresbrook Crown Court to see Stephen Port being sentenced for lying to the police.\n\n\"I knew this person was responsible for my friend's death and I wanted to see who it was and what was going to happen.\"\n\nMs Dunning told the jury she met Det Sgt Martin O'Donnell - one of the officers in charge of investigating the death - and told him Stephen Port's account of what happened was still untrue and that police needed to look at Port's computer.\n\nShe said that Det Sgt O'Donnell told her there were only two people who knew what happened that night and that it was a long and expensive process to seize and analyse a computer.\n\nShe alleges he told her: \"You need to let it go. You are not going to find out\".\n\nThe jury has already heard that by this time the police had had Stephen Port's computer for nearly a year - and they could have seen Stephen Port's browser history, including searches for raping and drugging boys.\n\nAfter killing Mr Walgate, Port went on to kill Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth, and Jack Taylor.\n\nFollowing a trial at the Old Bailey in 2016, Port was found guilty of all four murders and sentenced to a whole-life term.\n\nThe inquest at Barking Town Hall is examining whether police mistakes cost the lives of some of the victims by failing to stop Port sooner.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sixteen arrests were made at junction 31 of the M25 in Essex, near the Dartford Crossing and Lakeside shopping centre\n\nAngry motorists confronted Insulate Britain activists who blocked traffic on two roads in the latest in a series of protests.\n\nEssex Police arrested 35 people at two locations, including at an M25 junction to the east of London.\n\nOfficers detained 16 people after being called to a slip road at junction 31 for Thurrock, just after 08:25 BST.\n\nPolice then arrested 19 people after reports of a further blockade nearby at Stonehouse Lane, Purfleet.\n\nOn what was a 13th day of protests by the group in the past five weeks, the M25 slip road blockage, near the Dartford Crossing, led to many HGV drivers turning around, causing clashes between protesters and angry motorists.\n\nLorry drivers blasted their horns and multiple confrontations occurred, with one protester nearly run over after stopping in front of a blue Hyundai car, whose frustrated driver called out \"this is stupidity\".\n\nMotorists ripped banners out of the hands of demonstrators as they sat or lay down in the road while other protesters glued themselves to the carriageway.\n\nEssex Police removed the protesters and said all the affected roads had reopened by lunchtime\n\nThe force said it had been working to resolve the situation \"quickly and safely\"\n\nSome members of the group were repeatedly dragged off the road by drivers who were pulling on their clothes and backpacks, but they returned to their spots and sat down again.\n\nSome HGV drivers warned that the protests could cause fuel supply problems as tankers would be unable to reach filling stations.\n\nOne driver told LBC news: \"If this protest stays here for much longer, I'm afraid the nightshift driver will not be able to deliver fuel for any garages or anyone.\"\n\nEssex Police removed the protesters and said all the affected roads reopened by lunchtime. The force thanked members of the public for their \"patience and understanding\".\n\nInsulate Britain said about 40 people were at junction 31 and at the nearby A1090 London Road in Purfleet.\n\nInsulate Britain admitted its latest action was in breach of an injunction obtained by the government last month\n\nThe action was Insulate Britain's 13th day of road protests\n\nThe protest group, which has been regularly blocking highways since 13 September, has been calling for the installation of heat-saving measures in social housing by 2025, and all homes by 2030.\n\nIt admitted its latest action was \"in breach\" of an injunction obtained by the government last month.\n\nA spokesman, Liam Norton, said: \"In 10 years' time when fuel crises are catastrophic, when the food has run out and when people are experiencing unsurvivable heatwaves, what would you be wishing you had done now?\"\n\nThe protest caused many vehicles, including HGVs, to stop and turn round\n\nThe government has said it is investing £1.3bn to support people to install energy efficiency measures.\n\nOn Thursday, 35 protesters were arrested after blocking Old Street roundabout in central London and junction 25 of M25 at Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire.\n\nOn 5 October, drivers clashed with protesters at the entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel, which goes under the Thames to the east of the Isle of Dogs, and 38 people were arrested.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protesters clashed with motorists who blocked the Blackwall Tunnel on 5 October\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "The UK has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Net zero means a country takes as much of these planet-warming gases - such as carbon dioxide - out of the atmosphere as it puts in.\n\nIn March, the government released a new net zero strategy, after a court ruled its previous plan did not contain enough detail about how its climate targets would be met.\n\nBut the government's independent advisers, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), have called the UK's efforts \"worryingly slow\".\n\nThe cost of delivering net zero - and who pays for it - has sparked a political debate. The CCC estimates it will require an extra £50bn of investment per year, by 2030.\n\nWhat progress is being made?\n\nThe UK has been successful in cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation so far. These have fallen by around three-quarters since 1990.\n\nThis is due to a declining use of fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas - for electricity.\n\nMeanwhile the proportion of electricity generated by renewables - like wind and solar - has grown to around 40% in the last few years, up from just over 10% a decade ago.\n\nThe government has pledged that all of the UK's electricity will come from low carbon sources (renewables and nuclear) by 2035.\n\nHowever, reports by the CCC, the National Audit Office and a cross-party group of MPs have warned that the UK risks missing its target, without clearer planning and much faster action.\n\nDespite the push for more renewable energy, the government is granting 100 oil and gas production licences for the North Sea.\n\nIt says it wants to reduce the UK's reliance on imported energy - such as gas - from \"hostile states\" and says some fossil fuels will still be needed when net zero is reached.\n\nBut the CCC says investing in renewables would be a better way to reduce reliance on imports and bring bills down for consumers.\n\nIt says the expansion of fossil fuel production \"is not in line with net zero\".\n\nThe UK still relies heavily on fossil fuels for its total energy needs. Total energy use includes electricity, but also things like petrol cars and gas heating.\n\nBuildings account for about 17% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, mainly due to burning fossil fuels for heating.\n\nThe government has committed to installing 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028 to replace gas boilers.\n\nHeat pumps use electricity rather than gas, and are around three times more efficient than a boiler. The government is offering grants of £5,000 to help homeowners in England and Wales install a heat pump.\n\nIn 2022, around 70,000 heat pumps were installed in the UK, leaving the government's 600,000 target \"significantly off track\", according to the CCC.\n\nThe UK has some of the least energy-efficient homes in Europe. Insulation is one of the most effective ways to reduce emissions from housing.\n\nThe government has introduced the Great British Insulation Scheme to help insulate around 300,000 of the poorest-performing homes but the CCC says it needs to go further.\n\nTransport (not including aviation and shipping) accounted for just under a quarter of UK emissions in 2022, making it the largest emitting sector.\n\nThe government says no new fully petrol and diesel cars will be sold from 2030.\n\nBy 2028, it wants 52% of car sales to be electric. In 2022, nearly 17% of car sales were electric. This is ahead of schedule, according to the CCC.\n\nThe government wants 300,000 publicly-accessible charging points for electric cars by 2030.\n\nThe number of public charging points increased to around 37,000 in 2022 - up by nearly a third from 2021. But the rate of deployment will have to rise further, the CCC says.\n\nThe government has allocated nearly £300m for up to 1,400 zero-emission buses through regional schemes, but the CCC says it needs to confirm when it will end the sale of diesel buses.\n\nThe government aims to remove all diesel-only trains by 2040, but the CCC says it needs a clearer plan to achieve this.\n\nOverall, the CCC says there has been \"little progress\" switching to lower carbon modes of travel, such as public transport and active travel, to reduce car demand.\n\nFlying makes up about 7% of overall UK emissions, and shipping about 3%.\n\nThe UK has a strategy for delivering net zero aviation by 2050.\n\nIt has been criticised for relying too much on technologies such as sustainable fuels and zero emissions aircraft that do not yet exist.\n\nAs a result, the CCC says that the government should be looking at how to manage demand rather than allowing it to grow - for example addressing private jet use and providing lower cost rail travel.\n\nIt says there should be no net airport expansion across the UK.\n\nProgress has also been slow to establish a strategy to decarbonise shipping, the CCC says.\n\nAgriculture and land use produce 11% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nThe government released its food strategy in June 2022, but the CCC criticised it for failing to deliver action to drive down emissions from agriculture at the required scale or pace.\n\nIt has also been criticised for not doing more to encourage a switch to a more sustainable diet - eating plant-based foods, for example.\n\nMeat consumption in the UK has been falling though - down 17% in the last decade.\n\nIn February 2023, the government released details of its long-awaited environmental land management schemes for England, replacing the EU common agricultural policy.\n\nThe schemes mean farmers can apply for public money to support activities that benefit the environment.\n\nTrees and peatlands play important roles in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.\n\nUK forest cover is 13%, among the lowest in Europe.\n\nThe government has a target to plant 30,000 hectares of trees a year by 2025.\n\nHowever, annual UK tree planting has not risen above 15,000 hectares since 2001.\n\nThe UK forestry body has warned that there is \"zero chance\" of the UK meeting its target.\n\nIt is estimated that only around 20% of UK peatlands are in a near-natural state, including only 1.3% in England.\n\nThese damaged peatlands are responsible for around 5% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, whereas healthy peatlands would take up carbon dioxide.\n\nThe government aims to restore around 29,000 hectares of peatland a year across England, Scotland and Wales by 2025. But current levels are less than half this, leaving peatland restoration \"significantly off track\", the CCC says.\n\nHydrogen is a low-carbon fuel that could be used for transport, heating, power generation or energy storage.\n\nThe government says it considers hydrogen to be a critical part of future energy security and decarbonisation. It wants to have a 10GW hydrogen production capacity by 2030.\n\nThe industry is in its infancy, and the government admits it will need \"rapid and significant scale-up\" in the coming years.\n\nThe government has promised a decision on the role of hydrogen in heating by 2026, but the CCC says this delay is holding back potential investment.\n\nIn March 2023 the government announced the first winning projects from the £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund.\n\nThe ability to capture carbon before it is released - or take it out of the atmosphere and store it - will be important if the UK is to reach net zero.\n\nThe government is aiming to capture and store between 20 and 30 million tonnes of CO2 a year by 2030.\n\nThe Chancellor recently announced £20bn in investment in carbon capture over the next 20 years, and several projects have been announced.\n\nBut the technology is still emerging and is expensive, and can only capture a portion of emissions.\n\nIndustrial emissions represent about 14% of the UK total.\n\nThe government aims to cut emissions from manufacturing by about two-thirds by 2035.\n\nIt has a scheme to cap the amount of emissions allowed by individual sectors each year, reducing that amount over time.\n\nBut the scheme risks companies shifting production to other countries and therefore not actually reducing their emissions. Small facilities, representing around 40% of industrial emissions, are not included in the scheme.\n\nThe government is also under pressure to respond to the green investment packages announced by the US and EU over the past year.", "Matt Hancock resigned from government in July but remains an MP\n\nFormer Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been given a role with the United Nations as a special representative.\n\nWriting on Twitter, the ex-minister said the job would focus on helping Africa's economy recover from Covid.\n\nIt comes four months after Mr Hancock resigned from his cabinet post for breaking social distancing guidelines by kissing a colleague.\n\nThe Under Secretary General of the UN, Vera Songwe, praised his \"success\" in tackling the UK's pandemic response.\n\nIn a letter posted online by Mr Hancock, Ms Songwe said the \"acceleration of vaccines that has led the UK move faster towards economic recovery is one testament to the strengths that you will bring to this role, together with your fiscal and monetary experience\".\n\nThe announcement also comes on the day a report from MPs was published, claiming the government and its scientists' failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the country's worst public health failures.\n\nMr Hancock's official title will be \"UN special representative on financial innovation and climate change for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa\".\n\nHis new role will be unpaid and he will continue as a Conservative MP.\n\nMr Hancock said he was \"honoured\" to be appointed and would help \"promote sustainable development\", alongside working on the economic recovery.\n\nMs Songwe said the UN had been working with people across the world on Africa's climate actions and resilient recovery - and that she wanted to appoint Mr Hancock \"given your global leadership, advocacy reach and in depth understanding of government processes through your various ministerial cabinet roles\".\n\nShe added: \"The role will support Africa's cause at the global level and ensure the continent builds forward better, leveraging financial innovations and working with major stakeholders like the G20, UK government and COP26.\"\n\nIn his acceptance letter, which he also posted on Twitter, Mr Hancock wrote: \"As we recover from the pandemic so we must take this moment to ensure Africa can prosper.\"\n\nThe chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, said it was a \"fascinating and important appointment\".\n\nHe added: \"Boosting the economies of Africa is one of the most essential tasks of this generation.\"\n\nMr Hancock announced his resignation in June after the Sun newspaper published pictures and a video of him and Gina Coladangelo - who were both married at the time with three children - kissing.\n\nThe newspaper said the images had been taken inside the Department of Health and Social Care on 6 May.\n\nMatt Hancock resigned as health secretary after pictures were published of him kissing Gina Coladangelo - pictured here with him on 1 May\n\nFollowing the revelations, a number of Conservative MPs, as well as Labour and the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group, had called for Mr Hancock to go.\n\nMs Coladangelo also left her role as a non-executive director at the DHSC.\n\nMr Hancock ended his 15-year marriage to his wife, Martha, and the relationship with Ms Coladangelo is understood to be a serious one.", "A \"relentless tirade of racist and homophobic abuse\" aimed at a police officer has been revealed in footage release by the police.\n\nThe blurred footage shows an officer being sworn at, and threatened by a suspect in custody.\n\nSouth Wales Police released the footage as part of Hate Crime Awareness week.\n\nIt said the officer was subjected to the abuse after trying to help a member of the public during a medical emergency.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Jenny Gilmer said the clip was \"unbelievably difficult to listen to\" and was only a 25-second snippet of a three-hour ordeal.", "The UK's largest commercial port says the supply chain crisis has caused a logjam of shipping containers.\n\nThe Port of Felixstowe, which handles 36% of the UK's freight container traffic, blamed the busy pre-Christmas period and haulage shortages.\n\nHowever, it said the situation has been improving over the last few days.\n\nShipping giant Maersk told the BBC it is re-routing some of its biggest ships away from the port.\n\nThe Financial Times first reported on Tuesday that Maersk was re-routing ships away from Felixstowe to other European ports, where smaller vessels will be used for UK deliveries.\n\nLars Mikael Jensen, head of global ocean network at Maersk, told BBC Radio 5 Live's Drive programme that some of its largest 20,000-container ships were waiting outside Felixstowe for between four to seven days.\n\n\"We've taken those measures because we saw, because of the big ships, there is a limit to how many berths they can call in Felixstowe, and because its slower, it took longer to handle every ship,\" he said.\n\n\"Instead of wasting time waiting, we progressed to the next stop, and arranged that the boxes are relayed from that port rather than wait for a week and then discharge.\"\n\nProblems at Felixstowe come as retailers and other groups warn of mounting concern about stocks in the run-up to Christmas trading.\n\nThe port has blamed several factors for the build-up of shipping containers, including the busy pre-Christmas peak, haulage shortages, poor vessel scheduling, and the impact of the pandemic.\n\nOn top of this, there are a high number of empty containers currently sitting at the port. Felixstowe said it is asking shipping lines to remove them as quickly as possible.\n\n\"The vast majority of import containers are cleared for collection within minutes of arriving and there are over 1,000 unused haulier bookings most days,\" the port stressed.\n\n\"However, the situation is improving and there is more spare space for import containers this week, than at any time since the beginning of July, when supply chain impacts first started to bite.\"\n\nIndustry bodies estimate there is a shortage of about 100,000 drivers with several sectors from retailers to domestic refuse collection affected. The government recently drafted in military personnel to help deliver fuel and to issue emergency temporary visa to foreign drivers.\n\nThe shortage has been caused by several factors, including European drivers who went home during the pandemic, Brexit, tax changes and a backlog of HGV driver tests.\n\nTim Morris, head of the Major Ports Group, which represents port operators, said the industry had been had been hit by a whole host of issues, including Brexit border changes, global demand for goods travelling by sea, and the pandemic.\n\n\"It has not been easy and there have been times of real stress on the ports system,\" he said. \"Ports have taken significant action to respond to the challenges and build resilience.\"\n\nThe problem is not just confined to the UK. Ports across the world have also suffered significant delays. Retailers have highlighted particular issues in China and east Asia, where pandemic restrictions and poor weather conditions have affected shipping.\n\nSarah Treseder, chief executive of the trade group UK Chamber of Shipping, said there are reports of dozens of ships forced to wait outside ports in America and Asia.\n\n\"We anticipate the disruption will continue while the underlying market volatility stabilises,\" she said.", "Ireland's foreign minister has accused the UK of repeatedly dismissing EU proposals on the Northern Ireland Protocol before they are published.\n\nThis is happening again this week but it is now \"more serious\", Simon Coveney has warned.\n\nThe protocol is the special Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, which the UK and EU agreed in 2019.\n\nUnionists argue it creates a trade border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nThey say it undermines Northern Ireland's constitutional position as part of the UK.\n\nThe EU will bring forward proposals on Wednesday for reforming the protocol.\n\nThe proposals will focus on easing practical problems with the movement of goods from Britain to Northern Ireland, rather than changing oversight arrangements.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who has threatened to pull his party out of Stormont over the protocol, said on Monday that this week was important.\n\n\"Let's see what people have to put on the table,\" he said.\n\n\"Let's see that intensive negotiation take place and then we'll make our judgements on the outcome against the tests that we have set and determine what action we should take.\"\n\nMr Coveney told RTÉ's Morning Ireland programme that the UK's dismissals were now \"more serious\", given the comprehensive compromise proposals the EU is bringing forward.\n\n\"Each time the EU comes forward with new ideas, new proposals to try to solve problems, they are dismissed before they are released and that is happening again this week,\" Mr Coveney said.\n\nMaros Šefčovič told an event in Dublin that he hoped talks would begin before the end of October\n\nHe said dismissals were being seen across the EU as \"the same pattern, over and over again\" by the UK.\n\nAt the weekend, Mr Coveney warned UK demands on the Northern Ireland Protocol could cause \"a breakdown in relations\" with the EU.\n\nHe made the comments after the UK reiterated that it wants the European Court of Justice (ECJ) removed from oversight of the deal.\n\nMr Coveney said this was the creation of a new \"red line\" which the EU cannot move on.\n\nThe European Commission said the ECJ's role in the protocol was ground that has been covered \"a million times\".\n\nIts chief spokesperson, Eric Mamer, told a briefing on Monday that the EU's position on this issue remained \"extremely clear\".\n\nHe said it was looking for solutions to the practical issues that affect the daily lives of people.\n\nMr Mamer said the commission wanted to be constructive and open, \"but in the framework of the agreement as it has been signed\".\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK's Brexit Minister Lord Frost will give a speech in which he is expected to tell diplomats that removing the ECJ's role in dispute settlement is necessary to sustain the protocol.\n\nLord Frost is due to give his speech on Tuesday\n\nHe is due to say: \"Without new arrangements in this area the protocol will never have the support it needs to survive.\n\n\"The role of the ECJ in Northern Ireland and the consequent inability of the UK government to implement the very sensitive arrangements in the protocol in a reasonable way has created a deep imbalance in the way the protocol operates.\"\n\nThere are two schools of thought about how this latest negotiation is shaping up.\n\nThe first is that Lord Frost's hard line on the ECJ is standard pre-negotiation tactics, aimed at grinding out another concession or two.\n\nAfter all the Brexit process has always delivered a deal, even at times when it seemed improbable.\n\nThere is another view, hinted at by Simon Coveney, that maybe the UK doesn't want a deal unless it's total victory.\n\nUnder that scenario the UK would go through the motions before triggering Article 16.\n\nIt would use this to gut the protocol while calculating that the EU's ability to retaliate is limited or or at least would take a long time to amount to anything.\n\nWe should find out which view is right by the end of this year.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said on Monday that his party had concerns around the jurisdiction of the ECJ.\n\n\"We do not believe they are fully independent when it comes to arbitrating on issues related to trade between the United Kingdom and the European Union,\" he told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"We recognise why the government has that concern, but the government in the end, they are the negotiating party and they have to press these issues.\"\n\nHowever, the chief executive of Manufacturing NI, Stephen Kelly, said business needed clarity and certainty, not \"spats and ultimatums\".\n\nResponding to the UK's call to have the ECJ removed from oversight of the deal, Mr Kelly said that many businesses across Northern Ireland relied upon single market access enforced by the court to ensure their goods travelled freely and legally right across the EU.\n\nFormer Ulster Unionist Party leader and UUP MLA Steve Aiken said there were concerns particularly around governance of the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nHe said the implications of issues concerning the ECJ, which he said differentiates VAT and state aid rules and regulations, had not yet been seen.\n\n\"Those are real concerns for us,\" he told Radio Ulster's The Nolan Show.\n\nSinn Féin assembly member Declan Kearney said \"we are seeing the goal posts shift once more\" in relation to the UK's negotiation strategy.\n\n\"This may well be a negotiation tactic.\n\n\"We are now approaching the point where hopefully all of these issues can be successfully covered off and that we can in fact see the difficulties with the protocol finally eliminated, and that David Frost is simply trying to up the ante and bring some more heat into the talks process that will follow publication of the European Union proposals.\"\n\nSDLP assembly member Matthew O'Toole said from initial reports it appeared that the EU proposals would go \"further than most people in the UK government and even some in unionism and indeed in business were asking for earlier this year\".\n\n\"That is encouraging, there then needs to be a period of engagement between the UK and the EU to make those work,\" he told Radio Ulster's the Nolan Show.\n\n\"It is deeply disappointing, however, that the UK government has chosen to pick a fight already over proposals that have not yet been published and proposals that by all accounts are going to be substantial.\"\n\nTraditional Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister said the \"big issue\" was \"the destruction\" of Northern Ireland's links \"with GB and our supply chain\".\n\n\"The people in the Irish Republic wouldn't accept it if two thirds of their economy laws were made in London,\" he said.\n\n\"Northern Ireland shouldn't have to accept the fact that two thirds of the laws governing their economy are made in Brussels. That's the constitutional issue.\"", "Deborah Illman-Roberts now needs crutches to walk after developing long Covid\n\nLong Covid patients in north Wales are helping the area's health board tailor a wide range of treatments to help fellow sufferers.\n\nLong Covid is defined as symptoms continuing for more than 12 weeks after an initial infection.\n\nOne 38-year-old health worker now needs crutches to walk nearly 18 months after she first contracted Covid.\n\nAbout 15% of Covid patients are thought to be affected and, while not all will need ongoing treatment, many will.\n\nThe Long Recovery Programme Group will feature regular meetings between staff and patients at Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board to hear first-hand accounts of health problems.\n\nThey will be able to access treatments and learn how to manage some symptoms themselves.\n\nClaire Jones, therapy lead for long Covid at Betsi, said: \"We've been listening to patients and what their experience is and focussing on what's important to them.\n\n\"What we want is to provide care for patients close to home so they're not travelling here, there and everywhere and going to numerous different appointments. We want to provide that in the community.\n\n\"We're very grateful. They've given up a lot of time, been very open and honest at a time when a lot of them were feeling very unwell themselves and we hope it'll result in a very good service for them.\n\n\"Because of the varying nature of the condition, we need a multidisciplinary team of professionals, such as occupational therapy, dietetics, psychology, speech and language therapy, to make sure we can tailor care to individual needs.\"\n\nDeborah Illman-Roberts, from Prestatyn, is 38 and was working as a healthcare support worker for Denbigh District Nurses in March 2020 when she fell ill with Covid but didn't need hospital treatment.\n\nShe gradually got more tired throughout the year and was diagnosed with long Covid in October 2020, after her mobility started to deteriorate.\n\nBy January 2021, she was getting around with crutches and now also experiences severe fatigue, breathlessness and what she calls \"brain fog\", which sees her struggles to find the right words to say.\n\nShe said: \"Previously I was working full-time; I lived an outdoor life. Now, I can't mobilise without crutches. If I go out, I use my mobility scooter. I was an active working mum and it's destroyed that.\"\n\n\"Day to day, I rely on my wife to care for me. There's a lot of jobs I can't do, we've got aids around the house.\n\n\"There's some support groups on Facebook but nobody knows. You need answers, you want answers, you go to GPs, but they don't know the answers and can't help you.\n\n\"You might go for scans and blood tests, but they all come back normal. It's such an unknown.\"\n\nGuidance for UK health workers describes long Covid as symptoms continuing for more than 12 weeks after an infection - severe or mild - and can't be explained by another cause.\n\nAccording to the NHS, symptoms include:\n\nMs Illman-Roberts said she cried with relief when she heard about the health board's long Covid pathway and was invited to be part of it.\n\n\"I couldn't miss it; it's been such a long and lonely road for me and many others I speak to. To know we could maybe help future sufferers and highlight the condition is massive, it gives us hope for the future that there is help out there,\" she said.\n\n\"The professionals might be saying this is going to be me for good, but at my age and as a mum that's really hard to accept.\n\n\"So, to know there's going to be help out there to look into the condition and find out what's causing all the different symptoms, that's going to be massive for everyone and, hopefully for people that are unfortunate to have the condition, they know there's somewhere they can go for help now.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eluned Morgan says she has never understood politicians who refuse to apologise where it's due\n\nWales' Health Minister Eluned Morgan has apologised for the mistakes made by the Welsh government in its initial handling of the pandemic.\n\nShe was responding to a report by MPs which said the UK's early response to the pandemic is one of the worst ever public health failures.\n\n\"I'm prepared to apologise to all of those who have suffered,\" she said.\n\nThe report said the slow move to lockdown led to a higher initial death toll than if ministers acted sooner.\n\nIt said the slow move into restrictions - backed by UK government scientists and adopted by the UK's central and devolved governments - was \"wrong\" and \"deliberate\".\n\nThe study, written by two House of Commons committees, claimed scientific advisers and government suffered \"a degree of group think\".\n\nWales and the rest of the UK went into lockdown on 23 March - while the policy was controlled by ministers in Cardiff, early on they acted alongside the Westminster government.\n\nThere were 2,289 deaths in Wales due to Covid, and 2,512 deaths involving Covid, in the first wave of the pandemic up to the end of July 2020.\n\nWales went into lockdown on 23 March 2020\n\nOpposition parties reiterated calls for a Wales-only public inquiry, with Plaid Cymru saying the Welsh government \"must take responsibility for its actions\".\n\nIn the Senedd, First Minister Mark Drakeford declined to say whether he agreed the early response was one of the worst ever public health failures in the UK, and said he had not read the report.\n\n\"I've been asked the question many times, 'Were there things that you would have done differently had you known then what you know now?' \" he said.\n\n\"We didn't know those things then, we were following the advice that we had at the time.\"\n\nHe said as \"our knowledge grew\" ministers have \"not hesitated to take our own decisions where we thought that was in the best interests of Wales\".\n\nThere have been a total of 8,262 deaths where Covid was mentioned on the death certificate up to 24 September this year.\n\nSpeaking at a press briefing, Ms Morgan said: \"Of course I'm prepared to apologise to all of those who have suffered during the pandemic.\n\n\"This was a new disease that we'd never seen before. None of us knew how it was going to impact, none of us knew how it was going to spread, none of us had any idea that it could be spread even without showing any symptoms.\"\n\nShe added: \"Of course we made mistakes at the beginning of that process, because of the lack of information and data and knowledge that we have now learned.\n\n\"I think we have a duty and responsibility to say sorry to people where we've made mistakes.\"\n\nBut the minister argued it would have been \"extremely difficult\" to have locked down Wales before England, because of the border and \"because furlough was not available\".\n\nShe said since then, the Welsh government has taken a \"far more cautious approach compared to that of the rest of the United Kingdom\".\n\nBut Ms Morgan denied that the Welsh government had suffered from group think - when a group of individuals reaches a consensus without critical reasoning.\n\nA decision to scrap community testing for coronavirus early in the pandemic was described by the report as a \"serious mistake\".\n\nWales, in common with the rest of the UK, took the same approach. Ms Morgan partly blamed this on a limitation on the number of tests available at the time.\n\nCatherine Griffiths's father Harry died with Covid in his Aberystwyth care home\n\nFigures showed that there were 157% more care home deaths from all causes than there would be normally in April 2020, with 1,171 in total.\n\nThe daughter of a man who died from Covid last year said it was \"good to have an apology\" but said it was \"slightly qualified\".\n\nCatherine Griffiths, whose father Harry Griffiths died with Covid in his Aberystwyth care home, told BBC Wales: \"They didn't know what was happening in the first wave but they knew what was happening in the second wave, my father died in the second wave.\n\n\"They should have protected people they should have acted and learned from countries in the Far East. While we were going into the second wave they were asking people to do quick tests before they enter care facilities, and we weren't doing that.\"\n\nMs Griffiths is part of the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru group, which is calling for a dedicated public inquiry for Wales into decisions made about the pandemic.\n\nThere are calls for a Wales-only public inquiry into the Covid response\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price said the report showed the \"fatalistic approach at the heart of this Westminster government\" but also called for a Welsh public inquiry.\n\nPlaid health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said: \"The Welsh government must take responsibility for its actions - good and bad, and there should be no avoidance of detailed scrutiny.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative health spokesman Russell George said: \"The pandemic was an unprecedented crisis and as these reports show decision-makers in government followed the science and evidence provided by experts.\"\n\nHe added the report shows \"why we need a Wales-specific Covid inquiry\".\n\nHowever Mark Drakeford argued in the Senedd that the report strengthens the argument for the Welsh \"experience to be properly investigated within the wider UK context\".\n\nThe first minister has backed a UK government inquiry, but has not ruled out a Wales-only effort if he is not satisfied with what is set up by the UK government.\n\nMr Drakeford told the Senedd he was yet to receive a reply to a letter to Communities Secretary Michael Gove on the 10 September setting out a \"series of tests\" the Welsh government would apply \"to give us confidence\".\n\nThe first minister said he was hoping to have a meeting with the prime minister in the coming days, and added he expects devolved governments to be \"properly involved\" in the appointment of the UK government's inquiry chair.\n\nDuring the press conference it was announced that the Welsh government had set a target of offering all 12 to 15-year-olds a Covid vaccine by the end of October.\n\nThe government also said all residents of care homes will have been offered a booster by the same date.\n\nDr Gill Richardson, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Vaccines, said she expected the majority of people over 50 or who have an underlying health condition to have been offered their booster by the end of the year.\n\nA Welsh government statement said the committees' report \"does not scrutinise decisions made by any of the devolved governments in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"Some actions and decisions in the pandemic response were taken at a UK level on a four-nations basis - we have always been open to working together where there are shared decisions and shared responses.\n\n\"We have followed the advice of our medical and scientific advisers and have taken a more cautious approach. Independent reports, by Audit Wales, have shown our approach to testing, for example, was less costly and more efficient than that taken by the UK government.\"", "Mr Mills was 'dumped' by the roadside after being treated with 'no dignity or respect'\n\nA taxi driver who ordered a blind man and his guide dog out of a cab in a row over £2 has been ordered to pay nearly £2,000.\n\nZafar Ali, 68, left Nicholas Mills \"distressed and disorientated\" in an unfamiliar area two miles from his home, magistrates heard.\n\nMr Mills, 59, said he had been quoted £6 for the fare, but during the journey Ali told him it was £2 extra for taking the dog.\n\nAli's taxi licence is to be reviewed.\n\nThe incident happened in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in 2019.\n\nAli, of Vicarage Road, Lye, had denied failing to carry out a booking accepted by his operator, with the reason for that failure being a disabled person was accompanied by an assistance dog.\n\nHe was found guilty in his absence at Dudley Magistrates' Court on Friday.\n\nMr Mills, who is registered blind and relies on his guide dog Percy to get around, booked a taxi to take him home from a pub on 8 August two years ago.\n\nWhen Mr Mills disputed the fare increase during the journey, Ali ordered his passenger to get out near Stourbridge Golf Club.\n\nThe court heard a club member responded to his calls for help and found him in a \"distressed and disorientated\" state, and drove him home.\n\nMr Mills said he had experienced similar problems with taxi firms and believed Ali should have found him another driver if he did not want the fare.\n\n\"It gets to the stage you don't use a taxi unless you have to,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"Whatever firms you use, lots don't really want to take guide dogs.. or they take the carpets out in bigger vehicles and the dogs slide around.\"\n\nAli was fined £1,000 and told to pay court costs of £595. He must also pay £200 compensation and a £100 victim surcharge, totalling £1,895.\n\nKaren Shakespeare, cabinet member for taxi licensing at Dudley Council which is set to review Ali's licence, said: \"Ali treated a vulnerable blind man with no dignity or respect and effectively dumped him on the side of the road, in the dark, with no idea where he was or how he was to get home.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Political and business leaders in Northern Ireland, and further afield, have been giving their reaction to the EU's plan to reduce post-Brexit checks on goods arriving into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.\n\nThe proposals include scrapping checks on most food products being shipped to, and remaining in, Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nThe EU has also said the plan will cut customs paperwork by 50%.\n\nThe new plan, which seeks to calm a long-running dispute over a key part of the Brexit agreement, would remove about 80% of spot checks, the EU said.\n\nMichelle O'Neill said the EU are living up to commitments made to business and political leaders\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the proposals were \"a good mark of progress\".\n\nThe party is seeking to recall the Northern Ireland Assembly to demonstrate support for the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nMs O'Neill said the publication demonstrates \"both in word and deed\" that the EU are living up to commitments made to business and political leaders.\n\nHowever, Ms O'Neill said it is now \"up to others whether or not they engage with this process\".\n\n\"The British government and the DUP have dishonestly promoted a false narrative that the protocol does not enjoy the support or consent of the people of the north. That is untrue.\n\n\"The reality is that Brexit does not command the support or consent of the assembly,\" she said.\n\nJeffrey Donaldson said the DUP will \"take time to study the detail of the papers produced\"\n\nThe proposals are a \"starting point\", but appear to fall \"far short of the fundamental change needed\", Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said.\n\nMr Donaldson said the party will \"take time to study the detail of the papers produced\".\n\nHowever, he said there was \"no escaping the reality that the Northern Ireland Protocol has harmed Northern Ireland, both in economic and constitutional terms\".\n\n\"The imposition of the protocol has harmed the balances created by the Belfast Agreement and subsequent agreements and were the situation to remain unaltered would undo the political progress of the last 20 years,\" he said.\n\nColum Eastwood said the proposals present \"a clear landing zone\" to address challenges around the NI Protocol\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood has urged political leaders to embrace the new proposals.\n\nThe Foyle MP said the measures \"go further than expected\" and demonstrate that EU leaders are \"stretching themselves in the interests of people and businesses in Northern Ireland\".\n\nHe said political leaders, particularly those of unionist parties, should \"reflect on the very serious efforts made by the European Commission\" in easing challenges to trade and \"addressing their concerns about democratic deficits\".\n\n\"The DUP, in particular, need to decide if they're on the side of people and businesses here or in the pocket of Boris Johnson,\" he said.\n\n\"There is now a clear landing zone that will address the protocol challenges, allow us to maximise the opportunities and most importantly, expend political energy dealing with the crisis in our health service, our crumbling schools estate and managing the pandemic.\n\n\"We need to grasp that opportunity.\"\n\nStephen Farry said he hoped the proposals could form the basis for an agreement between the UK and EU\n\nIt would be an \"act of folly\" for opponents of the NI Protocol to \"squander the opportunity to provide certainty and stability given by the EU's proposals\", Alliance deputy leader Stephen Farry MP has said.\n\nDr Farry said he hoped the EU's proposals could form the basis for an agreement between the UK and EU which \"addresses practical issues around the protocol in a pragmatic way\".\n\n\"The challenges facing Northern Ireland come from Brexit,\" he said, adding that the protocol is \"the symptom of the problem, not the cause\".\n\n\"It would be an act of supreme folly to squander this chance to move on and indeed to impose even more delusional red-lines,\" he said.\n\nDoug Beattie said he was \"genuinely disappointed\" by what he heard from Maros Šefčovič\n\nIt is \"a step forward but there remains a long way to go\", according to UUP leader Doug Beattie.\n\n\"We were told the protocol negotiations could not be reopened, but we have now proven otherwise. This has been achieved through negotiation, not threats; through engagement not disengagement.\n\n\"The fact that the EU recognises that the protocol isn't working and needs substantial change is a positive development.\n\n\"However, I am genuinely disappointed by what I heard from European Commission Vice-President Maros Šefčovič and the supporting non-papers.\n\n\"Expectations were raised, but the proposals do not match them.\"\n\nJim Allister said the proposals \"can never be acceptable\"\n\nThe EU's latest proposals \"utterly fail the sovereignty test\", TUV leader Jim Allister has said.\n\nMr Allister described the protocol as \"an instrument delivering both economic dislocation and constitutional dislocation within the UK\".\n\nHe said the proposals \"retain us in a foreign single market for goods, under a foreign customs code and VAT regime, ruled by foreign laws and adjudicated upon by a foreign court.\"\n\n\"GB would continue to be decreed a 'third country' vis-a-vis Northern Ireland's trade,\" he said, adding that this \"can never be acceptable\".\n\nThe CBI said it is now time for both sides to find a long-term solution that protects NI-GB trade\n\nThe Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said both the UK and EU had listened to businesses and are aware of the technical solutions needed to protect trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.\n\n\"Both sides must now grasp this opportunity to get back round the table - and agree sustainable long-term solutions that work for businesses and communities in Northern Ireland,\" CBI Europe Director Sean McGuire said.\n\nThe NIRC said the proposals must provide \"stability, certainty, simplicity and affordability\"\n\nThe Northern Ireland Retail Consortium (NIRC) has welcomed \"signs of movement from both sides\".\n\nHowever, a spokesperson said if the proposals are to work they must provide \"stability, certainty, simplicity and affordability\" to Northern Ireland's business community.\n\nThey said the NIRC will \"reserve judgement\" on whether these requirements have been met \"until both legal and technical texts have been seen\".\n\n\"As an umbrella group for business, we will have meetings with both the UK Government and the European Commission to discuss these proposals in full and we look forward to understanding how they would keep NI business competitive and ensure choice and affordability for consumers,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nNI businesses would like to see new trade arrangements in place by the end of the year, the FSB says\n\nThe FSB in NI's Roger Pollen said there is now an onus on both sides to negotiate a new trade solution relatively quickly.\n\n\"In terms of the timescale as to when we need to get this sorted, yesterday would have been very nice,\" he said\n\nMr Pollen said under current arrangements many businesses in Northern Ireland are faced with \"vast amounts of bureaucracy\" when bringing goods across from GB.\n\nShould new arrangements be agreed by the UK and EU before Christmas, \"businesses would heave a fairly big sigh of relief\".\n\nLogistics UK have 18,000 members across the UK\n\nSeamus Leheny, a representative of trade body Logistics UK, said companies across the UK are not concerned about the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) role in the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThe UK Government has demanded that the ECJ is removed from its role in the protocol as the arbitrator of trade disputes.\n\nBut Logistics UK policy manager Mr Leheny told BBC News: \"We have got 18,000 members across the UK and we haven't had any representation from any member regarding the ECJ.\n\n\"What people want is solutions to the protocol, they want the protocol to work and that is what we are interested in.\"\n\nHe added: \"What people are looking for, we are in solution mode here, and the logistics industry, we are solution seekers. We want to get these fixes that the EU have proposed.\n\n\"We need to see the legal text obviously to make sure the safeguards are there but people just want to build on this because they see the best way for peace in Northern Ireland is improve people's prospects and livelihoods. That's when I speak to businesses, that's what they want.\"\n\nMairead McGuinness said a deal before Christmas would be \"very desirable\"\n\nEuropean Commissioner and former MEP Mairead McGuinness said the offer was a \"significant step forward\" by the EU and a \"huge opportunity\" for people in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"Of course there will be difficult issues and there will be a lot of debate and commentary around this,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"However, I do believe that the idea of getting this resolved by Christmas is attainable and it would be very desirable.\"\n\nBaroness Chapman said Labour would not get rid of the NI Protocol\n\nThe Shadow Minister for Task Force Europe Baroness Jenny Chapman said that \"today could be a day where we take a step forward\" in the process to achieve stability to people in NI and across the UK.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Baroness Chapman said the Labour Party would not get rid of the protocol entirely, but would instead look at the proposals \"in good faith\" and talk to businesses, leaders and elected politicians in Northern Ireland to see if they were sufficient.\n\n\"What isn't the right way is to be antagonistic and pick a fight,\" she added.", "The World Health Organization (WHO) has put forward a list of 26 experts to advise on high-threat pathogens that could jump from animals to humans, sparking the next pandemic.\n\nSeveral of those named served on the WHO mission to Wuhan, China, to try to find out how coronavirus started.\n\nThe WHO made a public call for experts to join the new Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (Sago) last August. There will now be a two-week period of public consultation before the members are confirmed.\n\nDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general, says that while Covid-19 is \"the latest such virus, it will not be the last”.\n\n“Understanding where new pathogens come from is essential for preventing future outbreaks with epidemic and pandemic potential, and requires a broad range of expertise,\" he adds.\n\nSelected from over 700 applications, the 26 proposed Sago members have expertise in areas ranging from epidemiology to biosecurity and public health.\n\nThey reflect “geographic and gender diversity”, says the WHO.", "Care supervisor Charlotte Backhouse supports an elderly client in her own home\n\nShortages of care staff, who support older or disabled people in the community, are causing major problems for hospitals, the BBC has learned.\n\nNHS chief executives say rising numbers of patients are stuck in hospitals in England due to a lack of care staff.\n\nThe situation is \"dire\", according to NHS Providers, which represents health service trusts.\n\nThe government says extra funding and a regular recruitment drive will help boost the care workforce.\n\nCare companies are facing acute problems in recruiting and retaining staff, according to a report which suggests there are now more unfilled care jobs than before the pandemic.\n\nThe annual Skills for Care workforce report is based on data provided by a representative sample of employers of England's 1.54 million care workers.\n\nThe researchers calculate that employers were failing to fill 8% of posts before the pandemic.\n\nFigures obtained since suggest this had fallen to below 6% by June 2020 - but by August this year the trend had reversed with 8.2% of care sector roles unfilled.\n\nThis amounts to more than 100,000 posts with no-one to fill them, says Skills for Care.\n\nIncreasingly, care companies are forced to turn down work supporting patients as they move from hospital back to their own homes or care homes.\n\nThose patients have to stay in hospital longer, putting more pressure on an NHS already struggling with Covid-19 and the waiting list backlog.\n\n\"We've just tipped over the point where delayed discharges are a bigger problem than Covid,\" said one hospital boss who asked not to be named.\n\n\"Roughly 100 beds blocked and domiciliary care providers are handing dozens of [patient care] packages back to the council as they don't have staff to deliver them,\" said another.\n\nA third manager had 140 patients ready to leave hospital, but the carer shortage meant \"patients are dying in hospital when their choice was home, a hospice or nursing home\".\n\nThe anonymous comments from more than 20 hospital bosses were gathered by NHS Providers, in response to a BBC request for information.\n\nThe organisation's deputy chief executive, Saffron Cordery, said the delays are particularly worrying as winter is about to put extra pressure on services.\n\nNot being able to leave hospital when they are ready can delay a patient's recovery and rehabilitation, said Ms Cordery, while those waiting for treatment face backlogs.\n\n\"It's vital that government delivers its commitment to place vital social care services onto a sustainable footing.\"\n\nShe also highlighted the need for \"crucially - a sustainable workforce, properly valued and respected for this vitally important work\".\n\nCare companies say the main factors making it hard to find and keep staff are:\n\nCare manager Tracey Hobson says recruitment agencies are bombarding her with job offers\n\nIn Sheffield, Tracey Hobson, a clinical manager at Northfield Nursing Home, says: \"Recruitment is an absolute nightmare\".\n\n\"You wake up in the morning and you're thinking, you know, I'm not going to be able to ensure that these people get the care that they deserve, and have enough staff to do it.\"\n\nTracey says the sector faces a national staff shortage. She personally receives about 20 messages each day from recruitment agencies, desperate to hire her.\n\n\"You know, I've got a job. I'm looking after people to the best of my ability.\"\n\nIn Buckinghamshire, Dr Kris Owden runs Caremark Aylesbury and is also a doctor who worked on hospital wards during the pandemic.\n\nThe firm pays relatively well and has managed to recruit enough new staff to replace most of those leaving but Dr Owden says they are still overstretched and have to refuse up to eight new people needing care each day.\n\nDr Kris Owden worries about the effect of care worker shortages on the NHS\n\n\"For us to be in this position before the winter, before the Christmas period is terrifying,\" he said.\n\nHe says a properly resourced care system would take pressure off the NHS and wants to see carers paid better, with a proper career structure and recognition of their skills.\n\nAmong his senior staff, supervisor Charlotte Backhouse and manager Vicky Hartgill - who are both normally office-based - are having to step in and do front-line work.\n\nOn top of her regular job, Vicky worked through the weekend and on Monday had an 05:00 start. Although she loves seeing clients, she says she is \"shattered\".\n\nCharlotte Backhouse and her colleague Vicky Hartgill (l) are having to do extra work\n\nShe added: \"We need to be able to recruit, we need to be able to recruit in a safe way and just have a bigger workforce.\n\n\"We do have to pick up the phone and change times. We do have to be creative with the care that we provide - and until we can get some more people through the door to support us, that's the way things will have to stay.\"\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said: \"We appreciate the dedication and tireless efforts of care workers throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.\n\n\"We are providing at least £500m to support the care workforce as part of the £5.4bn to reform social care.\n\n\"We are also working to ensure we have the right number of staff with the skills to deliver high quality care to meet increasing demands.\n\n\"This includes running regular national recruitment campaigns and providing councils with over £1bn of additional funding for social care this year.\"", "Police were called to the scene at Quarry Road, Knockloughrim, at 05:40 BST on Tuesday\n\nA murder investigation is under way after a woman was found in a burning car in Knockloughrim, County Londonderry.\n\nPolice were called to a house at Quarry Road after a car was reported on fire at 05:40 BST on Tuesday.\n\nThe woman, who was in her 50s, died in hospital on Tuesday evening.\n\nA 59-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. He was also taken to hospital for treatment for burn injuries.\n\nDUP assembly member for the area Keith Buchanan said Knockloughrim was a \"very, very small idyllic place and this sort of thing does not happen.\n\n\"So there's a severe sense of shock in that small rural place - everybody knows everybody else.\"\n\nSinn Féin MLA Emma Sheerin urged anyone with information to contact the police.", "The Covid-19 pandemic has made celebrities out of scientists, who have graced the daily news headlines and gained large social-media followings.\n\nBut this rise in prominence has come with online abuse and even physical harassment.\n\nThe journal Nature surveyed scientists, who described receiving threats of violence after media appearances.\n\nDiscussions about vaccines or the drug ivermectin were common triggers for harassment.\n\nIn the past, scientists have faced abuse when discussing climate change or previous vaccination campaigns.\n\nThe self-selecting survey of 321 people working in fields relevant to Covid found more than a fifth had received threats of physical or sexual violence.\n\nWhile this is not representative of all scientists and cannot accurately reveal the scale of abuse, it provides a glimpse into some of the personal experiences of those who came into the public eye to give information during the global disease outbreak.\n\nSix people who responded to the questionnaire said they had been physically attacked following media appearances.\n\nSome of the more extreme cases have been widely reported. Leading Belgian virologist Prof Marc Van Ranst ended up in a safehouse after being targeted by a far-right trained sniper (since found dead) who despised lockdowns and threatened to kill health professionals.\n\nThe UK’s chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, was assaulted in a park by a 24-year-old estate agent, while two prominent German scientists were posted bottles of clear liquid labelled \"positive\" and a note telling them to drink it.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS infectious-diseases doctor Krutika Kuppalli, who gave national media interviews and testified to a congressional committee, told Nature she had received a death threat via a phone call to her home.\n\nAustralian virologist Danielle Anderson, who worked at the Wuhan Institute for Virology and was critical of the theory it might be where the virus had escaped from, received an email telling her to \"eat a bat and die\".\n\nProf Andrew Hill wrote a positive review of anti-parasite drug ivermectin for treating Covid but reversed his stance once he discovered data he had been basing his conclusions on was untrustworthy.\n\nCurrent available evidence suggests ivermectin is unlikely to be very effective for Covid - but Prof Hill has received a barrage of abuse, including accusing him of genocide, which has driven him off social media.\n\n\"I was sent images of Nazi war criminals hanging from lampposts, voodoo images of swinging coffins, threats that my family were not safe, that we would all burn in hell,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"This was happening most days - I opened my laptop in the morning to be confronted with a sea of hate and disturbing threats.\n\n\"There were also threats to my scientific reputation on email.\n\n\"I know many other scientists who have been threatened and abused in similar ways after promoting vaccination or questioning the benefits of unproven treatments like ivermectin.\"\n\nUniversity of Southampton senior research fellow in global health Dr Michael Head said there had been \"a huge amount of abuse aimed at everyone contributing to the pandemic response... includ[ing] NHS front-line staff\".\n\nUniversity College London behavioural scientist Prof Susan Michie said \"disturbing\" online abuse would happen \"most intensively after media engagements and especially after those that address restrictions to social mixing ,the wearing of face masks or vaccination\".\n\nOther scientists surveyed mentioned emails being sent to their employers or their professional reputations being challenged.\n\nBut of those being harassed on their own social media, almost half said they did not tell their employer.\n\nThe Nature survey also found those targeted with the most frequent harassment were most likely to say it had affected their willingness to give media interviews in the future.\n\nFiona Fox, chief executive of the UK Science Media Centre, which provides scientific comment and briefings to journalists, said it was a \"great loss if a scientist who was engaging with the media, sharing their expertise, is taken out of a public debate at a time when we've never needed them so badly\".", "A review of the work of a former locum consultant radiologist in the Northern Trust has identified major discrepancies in 66 images.\n\nThe trust has concluded a review of 13,030 scans and x-rays.\n\nThe review was launched in June after the General Medical Council raised concerns about the locum consultant radiologist's work.\n\nThe highest level of hospital investigation will be carried out into the cases of 17 patients.\n\nThe doctor worked at hospitals run by the Northern Health Trust between July 2019 and February 2020.\n\nMore than 9,000 patients were contacted as part of the review.\n\nThe trust's medical director, Dr Seamus O'Reilly, has said that of the 17 patients, 10 have died since their images were taken.\n\n\"I think it's important to say that patients die for a variety of reasons and it would be entirely wrong at this time to link those deaths to the inaccurate image reporting,\" he said.\n\n\"It is a possibility and the SAI will look very closely at that.\"\n\nThe review identified six images at level one - a major discrepancy where errors or omissions in reporting could have had an immediate and significant clinical impact for the patients concerned.\n\nA further 60 images were level two - a major discrepancy with a probable clinical impact.\n\n\"Most of the images categorised as having Level 1 and Level 2 discrepancies are CT scans but some are MRI scans, chest x-rays and other x-rays,\" said Dr O'Reilly.\n\nHe said images where concerns were classed as level one and level two were reviewed on a weekly basis by a group of experts.\n\nThey also considered some images categorised as level three, where a clinical impact is unlikely.\n\n\"That detailed clinical assessment, which has resulted in 69 patients being called back, was to determine whether any clinical harm occurred as a result of the discrepancies found in the lookback review,\" said Dr O'Reilly.\n\n\"I can confirm that following careful consideration, the clinical assessment group has determined that 17 patients should now be part of a Level 3 Serious Adverse Incident (SAI) review.\"\n\nDr O'Reilly said an independent panel will provide individual case reports for each patient determined to be an SAI, explaining what happened, why it happened, and how this may have had an impact on the patient/relative and if the patient's outcome would have been different had the discrepancy not occurred.\n\nHe added that the panel is expected to make recommendations on how radiology reporting processes may be strengthened to minimise the possibility of similar adverse events occurring in the future.\n\nThe trust said it will now contact affected patients and families to inform them of the pending SAI review and to seek their participation throughout the process.", "Life expectancy has increased in some parts of London, but has fallen elsewhere\n\nMany areas in the north of England have seen life expectancy fall within the last decade, a new study suggests.\n\nDifferences across England have now become stark, say researchers - such as a 27-year gap in life expectancy for a man living in Kensington and Chelsea, compared with Blackpool.\n\nAlthough Covid caused life expectancy to drop, this research suggests it was already in decline in many areas.\n\nResearchers described the trend as \"alarming\".\n\n\"There has always been an impression in the UK that everyone's health is improving, even if not at the same pace,\" said Prof Majid Ezzati from Imperial College London which carried out the study.\n\n\"These data show that longevity has been getting worse for years in large parts of England.\"\n\nThe study, which has been published in The Lancet Public Health journal, analysed all deaths in England between 2002 and 2019. It then worked out the life expectancy for different communities, based on the death records in those places.\n\nIt found that while life expectancy rose in most places during the first decade of the millennium, from 2010 it began to decline in some places.\n\nAreas in London and the home counties still continued on the path of living longer - but life expectancy fell in some urban parts of Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool and Blackpool where life expectancy was below 70 for men and 75 for women.\n\nBy 2019, the researchers say there was a 20-year gap in life expectancy between a woman living in Camden (95.4 years) versus a woman living in one area of Leeds (74.7 years).\n\nAnd for men, there was a 27-year gap in life expectancy between areas in Kensington and Chelsea (95.3 years) and parts of Blackpool (68.3 years)\n\nAverage life expectancy in the UK is 79 years for men and just below 83 years for women, according to estimates from the Office for National Statistics.\n\n\"Declines in life expectancy used to be rare in wealthy countries like the UK, and happened when there were major adversities like wars and pandemics,\" said Prof Ezzati.\n\n\"For such declines to be seen in 'normal times' before the pandemic is alarming,\" he said - and he called for action to be taken.\n\nThe researchers say the differences are down to poverty, insecure employment as well as reductions in welfare support and healthcare.\n\nThey are calling on the government to increase investments in public health in areas with lower life expectancy.\n\nThe government has previously pledged to tackle regional inequalities in health as part of its \"levelling-up\" agenda.\n\nIn a speech earlier this year, Boris Johnson addressed the differences in life expectancy, and called it an \"an outrage\".", "A domestic abuse charity has called for an amendment to a new policing bill to recognise the seriousness of violence against women and girls.\n\nRefuge wants sexual violence, domestic homicide and domestic abuse specifically named as crimes that police and other public bodies must develop strategies to prevent.\n\nIt wants the bill's \"serious violence duty\" to include those crimes.\n\nThe Home Office said protecting women and girls was its top priority.\n\nA spokesman said it would consider any amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - which is currently going through Parliament - as they are raised.\n\nRefuge launched its campaign for the amendment with an event at New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.\n\nIt brought 16 silhouettes to represent the 16 women said by the Femicide Census to have been killed by former and serving police officers since 2009.\n\nThe charity unveiled its campaign for the amendment with 16 silhouettes for the 16 women it says were killed by former and serving police officers since 2009\n\nIt comes days after Home Secretary Priti Patel said there would be an inquiry into the \"systematic failures\" that allowed Wayne Couzens to continue to be a police officer, despite concerns over his behaviour.\n\nCouzens was sentenced to a whole-life prison term earlier this week after he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard while he was a serving officer, using his police warrant card.\n\nThe case has reignited debate over women's safety and further scrutiny of policing of crimes against them.\n\nSpeaking at the event, the charity's chief executive Ruth Davison said there was an \"enormous opportunity\" for the home secretary to bring about real change for women and girls by amending the policing bill.\n\nMaking sexual violence, domestic homicide and domestic abuse part of the serious violence duty would give police and other bodies \"the ability to act differently\" to address these crimes, she added.\n\nThe duty requires police, councils, criminal justice and health agencies to work together to prevent and tackle serious violence.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"As Refuge, we've been working on the frontlines of violence against women and girls for years, so we have known it's an epidemic, but it's been hidden behind closed doors.\n\n\"We're saying today enough is enough. These are the words of our own home secretary who said she's going to do everything in her power to end this epidemic.\n\n\"We say these words are really encouraging but they're not enough, what we need now is action.\"\n\nLabour peer Baroness Helena Kennedy QC and the comedian Jo Brand attended the event at New Scotland Yard\n\nBaroness Kennedy, a patron of Refuge, said she intended to table an amendment to the bill in the House of Lords, adding such a change was needed to put violence against women and girls \"at the top level of the commitments and priorities of policing in Britain\".\n\nComedian Jo Brand, who is an ambassador for the charity, called on police to take more seriously the \"hidden epidemic of domestic violence\".\n\nCampaigners say misogyny - prejudice against women - is one of the \"root causes\" of violence against women and have called for it to be made a hate crime in England and Wales.\n\nBut earlier this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he did not support calls to make misogyny a hate crime, insisting there was \"abundant\" existing legislation to tackle violence against women.\n\nIn July, the government unveiled its strategy for tackling violence against women and girls - with measures such as a 24-hour rape and sexual assault helpline, £5m of funding to tackle violence in public places at night, and an online tool on which women and girls can log areas where they have felt unsafe.\n\nIt also saw Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth appointed to the role of a new national policing lead for tackling violence against women and girls.\n\nA Home Office spokesman added: \"Protecting women and girls from violence and abuse is a top priority for this government.\n\n\"That is why the violence against women and girls strategy...sets out the government's ambition to increase support for survivors, bring perpetrators to justice, and, ultimately, reduce the prevalence of violence against women and girls.\"", "Andrew RT Davies took over as leader of the Welsh Conservatives for the second time in January\n\nOne of Wales' most senior Tories is taking a break from front-line politics to deal with mental health issues.\n\nWelsh Conservative Senedd group leader Andrew RT Davies said suffering from flu and Covid \"had an impact on my mental well-being\".\n\nHe said he wanted to be \"open and honest\" about the matter as \"I know many people have struggled, and will do, with their mental health\".\n\nFormer leader Paul Davies will deputise in Mr Davies's absence.\n\n\"Like many men, I've always believed I had a shield of invincibility and like many who have struggled, I've contemplated whether I should make this public,\" Andrew RT Davies said in a statement.\n\n\"However, as a leader, I believe you should set an example and I want to be open and honest - in the good times and the bad - as I know many people have struggled and will do with their mental health.\"\n\nThe statement prompted warm messages of support from party colleagues and political opponents alike, with Paul Davies tweeting: \"Wishing you all the best for a speedy recovery. Get well soon!\"\n\nFirst Minister and Welsh Labour leader Mark Drakeford said: \"I wish Andrew RT Davies all the best for a full and speedy recovery, and thank him for his openness.\n\n\"It's so important we reach out for support when we need it - I hope others are able to follow your example and do the same. There's always room for more kindness in our lives.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price said: \"We heard powerful personal accounts of mental health struggles in the Senedd yesterday.\n\n\"Speaking out is brave and should be applauded. My best wishes to you, Andrew.\"\n\nAndrew RT Davies campaigned with Boris Johnson in 2016 when the prime minister was Mayor of London\n\nWelsh Parliament Presiding Officer Elin Jones urged him to \"take your time to get better, that's your priority for now.\n\n\"You'll be missed in your absence by all sides in the Senedd and we'll be glad to see you back and well,\" she added.\n\nIn her message, Tory Member of the Senedd (MS) Janet Finch-Saunders said: \"Hope to see you fully recovered and back when you are good and ready Andrew.\"\n\nSouth Wales Central MS Andrew RT Davies, first elected to Cardiff Bay in 2007, returned as the leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Welsh Parliament for a second time in January.\n\nHe took over from Paul Davies, who resigned from his post after drinking with other politicians in the Senedd, four days into a Wales-wide alcohol ban in licensed premises.", "Brighton and Hove Albion FC said it was helping police with the investigation\n\nA Premier League footballer who was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman has been bailed.\n\nThe Brighton and Hove Albion player, in his 20s, was held at a nightclub in Brighton early on Wednesday.\n\nOn Thursday morning he was released on conditional bail until 3 November while inquiries continue.\n\nA man in his 40s was also questioned and bailed to the same date, Sussex Police said. The woman is receiving specialist support from officers.\n\nBrighton and Hove Albion FC said it was helping police with the investigation.\n\n\"The matter is subject to a legal process and the club is therefore unable to make further comment at this time,\" it added.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Stirling in Scotland is among the eight longlisted locations (Stirling Castle pictured)\n\nBradford, Stirling, County Durham and Wrexham are among the places in the running for the title of the UK's City of Culture 2025.\n\nThe longlist, unveiled by new Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, also includes Cornwall, Southampton, Derby and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon.\n\nThe winning city, which will succeed Coventry, will be announced in spring next year.\n\nFor the first time, each listee will receive £40,000 worth of investment.\n\nThey will all work with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to finalise their bids before the shortlist is announced early next year.\n\n\"Winning the UK City of Culture competition has a hugely positive impact on an area, driving investment, creating jobs, and highlighting that culture is for everyone, regardless of their background,\" said Ms Dorries in a statement on Friday.\n\n\"This year's focus is on levelling up access to culture across the country and making sure there is a legacy that continues for generations to come.\"\n\nShe added: \"I look forward to seeing what this brilliant longlist has in store as they continue in the competition.\"\n\nMore places than ever before put in bids to become the next UK City of Culture. An initial list of 20 places was whittled down to eight potential winners by an independent advisory panel.\n\nAll bidders were asked to explain how they would use culture to grow and strengthen their local area, and how they would use it to recover from the impact of Covid.\n\nAs well as Coventry, other previous winners have included Hull and Londonderry.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Scott Morrison (right) did not warn Emmanuel Macron of Australia's plans during a meeting in June\n\nFrance will send its ambassador back to Australia to \"redefine\" relations, after Canberra reneged on a deal to buy French submarines and sparked a row.\n\nLast month, Australia formed the Aukus security pact with the US and the UK - aimed at maintaining Western influence in the Asia-Pacific.\n\nThat saw Australia end a $65bn (£48bn) deal with France to instead access US nuclear-powered submarine technology.\n\nParis called the deal a \"stab in the back\".\n\nSoon after the shock announcement, France recalled its ambassadors from Canberra and Washington DC in protest.\n\nBut while it has sought to mend the rift with the US, France has continued to freeze out Australia.\n\nAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said French President Emmanuel Macron has refused to take his calls. Australia's trade minister has also been shunned by his French counterpart.\n\nLast week, negotiations over an Australia-EU trade deal were also pushed back, in what was widely interpreted as a result of the row.\n\nFrench officials have said they were blindsided by Canberra, which had maintained talks about the French submarines while working to secure an alternative deal.\n\nFrance's contract to build a fleet of conventionally powered submarines for Australia, dating to 2016, was to be a key part of France's regional engagement.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Australia’s ‘risky bet’ to side with US over China\n\nForeign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday that while his country would \"start afresh\" with Australian relations, it would \"not have an impact in our determination to remain engaged in the Pacific\".\n\nThe returning ambassador to Australia would also \"defend our interests\" over the scrapped submarine contract.\n\nCanberra has already spent over $900m on the French programme and is expected to pay a minimum $288m exit fee for breaking the contract.\n\nAustralia has said it understands France's \"deep disappointment\".\n\n\"Australia values its relationship with France, which is an important partner and a vital contributor to stability, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. This will not change,\" Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said last month.\n\nAukus is widely seen as a response to the growing power of China.", "Minogue said she \"couldn't believe\" the public reaction to the news\n\nSinger Kylie Minogue has confirmed she is moving back to Australia after 30 years of living in the UK.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 2's Zoe Ball she \"couldn't believe\" the public reaction to the news.\n\nBut Minogue said she will \"always\" want to regularly visit the UK after she moves back to the country of her birth.\n\nShe said: \"I've had friends call me, my friend at my local restaurant was like: 'Kylie, what do you mean? You can't go'.\"\n\n\"I said: 'I'm not really going. I've lived here for 30 years, I'm always going to be back.\"'\n\nThe 53-year-old said she does not think \"too much will change\" after her move as she will come back often.\n\n\"I can't not be here, are you kidding?\" she said. \"I have spent a lot of time with my family this year in Australia and it felt really good and I have been talking about that for a while. Don't worry, I will not be a stranger.\"\n\nMinogue's new single is a collaboration with Years & Years singer Olly Alexander\n\nMinogue also discussed the possibility of going on tour again. \"I'm dreaming of doing dates,\" she told the Radio 2 breakfast show host.\n\n\"We are inching closer to being able to do something like that. Patience. I can't wait.\"\n\nMinogue added: \"Keep your disco outfit not too far away. Not at the back of the cupboard.\"\n\nThe singer's new single A Second To Midnight, is a collaboration with Years & Years star Olly Alexander, who recently starred in Channel 4 drama It's a Sin.\n\n\"We shot the video a couple of weeks ago, which was super fun and I just can't wait for people to hear this,\" she said. \"[Alexander is] so sweet and gorgeous\".\n\nMinogue, who shot to fame after appearing in soap opera Neighbours, has had a hugely successful pop career with hits including Love At First Sight, Can't Get You Out of My Head, Slow, I Should Be So Lucky and Spinning Around.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Firms and business groups have criticised the government for what they see as a lack of action to help fix supply chain shortages.\n\nDuring his speech at the Conservative Party, Boris Johnson said a high-wage, high-skilled economy was being created in the wake of Brexit and the pandemic.\n\nBut one business group said firms had been \"left wanting\" on details of a clear plan.\n\nRetailer Iceland said it was \"not helpful\" to make firms the bogeymen.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Today programme, Iceland's managing director, Richard Walker, said ambitions on wages \"need to be backed up by action\" to help firms with wider cost increases.\n\n\"It's inevitable that we will see price rises... our margins are very tight and we're not just an endless sponge.\n\n\"Pointing the finger and choosing us as the bogeymen for issues such as HGV driver shortages... is simply not helpful.\"\n\nResponding to Mr Johnson's conference speech, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) national chair Mike Cherry said that the prime minister's vision did not \"match the current lived realities of small businesses and sole traders\".\n\nMr Cherry said that \"ambitious\" policies to drive growth and reduce tax at the autumn Budget were needed.\n\nSmall firms who face supply chain disruptions, staff shortages and business taxes, Mr Cherry said, had been hoping to hear a \"practical, clear action plan\" from the government, but \"been left wanting\".\n\n\"You have to start with reducing upfront business taxes and costs to unlock investment in training, recruitment and innovation. If you think that process works in reverse, you're putting the cart before the horse\", Mr Cherry added.\n\nShevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, agreed that what businesses \"urgently\" needed were answers to the problems they are facing \"in the here and now\".\n\n\"The economic recovery is on shaky ground and if it stalls then the private sector investment and tax revenues that the prime minister wants to fuel his vision will be in short supply.\"\n\nAddressing the issue of staff shortages, Ms Haviland said firms \"need much more flexibility\" for people to access training and qualifications.\n\nTony Danker, the head of the CBI business lobby group, said that while the prime minister set out a \"compelling vision\" for the country's economic future, \"ambition\" on wages \"without action on investment and productivity is ultimately just a pathway for higher prices\".\n\nHe added that at a \"fragile moment\" for the economy, companies need \"action on skills, on investment and on productivity\".\n\n\"It's time to get around the table, roll up our sleeves and get things done.\"\n\nBoris Johnson's alleged four-lettered response to those businesses which had concerns about his plans for Brexit is pretty infamous.\n\nHis Conservative Party conference speech was much longer (and expletive-free) but it seems that for some business leaders, it amounted to the same message.\n\nStrikingly, bosses who backed Brexit are now among those most loudly criticising the PM's approach.\n\nMr Johnson is a politician who really doesn't mind ruffling feathers and clearly believes he has the voters on his side.\n\nIt is a risky strategy though for a party which sees itself as the natural home for enterprise and for a government which is likely need private business on side to deliver much of the change it is promising.", "Council tax in England could rise by as much as £220 per year within three years, researchers have said.\n\nThis is to keep local services running and help pay for social care reforms, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think tank said.\n\nIt comes amid warnings that councils continue to face severe funding pressures due to the pandemic and must find new sources of income.\n\nThe government said it had given them £12bn since the start of the crisis.\n\nUnder current government spending plans, council tax bills will need to rise by at least 3.6% a year just to keep services running at pre-pandemic levels, the IFS said.\n\nThat would mean bills would have to rise by £160 by 2024-25, it said.\n\nBut extra cost pressures that eat into central government grants could easily push up council tax by 5% a year, or £220 by 2024-25, it said.\n\nIn addition, the government's plans for social care, which include capping costs, won't be completely paid for by a planned rise in National Insurance contributions, the IFS said.\n\nThe plans are likely to cost £5bn per year eventually, it said, nearly three times the funding currently allocated.\n\nThe government has made much of the idea that after decades of governments neglecting the increasingly pressing issue of underfunded social care, this was a nettle it was determined to grasp.\n\nWhat's concerning in the IFS report is who might get stung.\n\nA large part of the goal of the social care reforms was to address unfairness in the means-testing system.\n\nBut the IFS report highlights the risk that, without further funding, it could create new unfairness elsewhere.\n\nTo extend publicly-funded care to those who've spent £86,000 of their own money on fees will cost extra, and local authorities may only be able to recoup that by tightening eligibility criteria - so many poorer people lose access.\n\nSecond, the way the funds are allocated to local authorities dates back to 2013.\n\nBecause some areas like Blackpool have seen their populations fall, but others, like Tower Hamlets have seen them jump since then, the risk is that the money won't go where it needs to.\n\nIFS research economist Kate Ogden said: \"The government has stepped up with billions in additional funding for councils to support them through the last 18 months.\n\n\"It is likely to have to find billions more for councils over the next couple of years if they are to avoid cutting back on services, even if they increase council tax by 4% a year or more.\"\n\nShe said that the coming financial year is \"likely to be especially tough\", with ongoing Covid-19-related pressures and squeezes on budgets\n\nShe added that the local government funding system was \"hopelessly out of date\", being based on 2013 population levels, leading to \"unfairness\" in the distribution of resources between councils.\n\nCouncil tax goes towards funding local services such as policing, the fire service and street cleaning. The funding is topped up with grants from central government and business taxes.\n\nHowever, these central government grants were slashed between 2009-10 and 2019-20, especially in areas such as public transport, housing and planning.\n\nThe Local Government Association said councils \"continue to face severe funding and demand pressures that will stretch the local services our communities rely on to the limit\".\n\n\"The significant financial pressures facing local services cannot be met by council tax income alone,\" said LGA chairman James Jamieson. \"Councils are particularly alarmed that the government's solution for tackling social care's core existing pressures appears to be solely through the use of council tax, and the social care precept.\"\n\nMr Jamieson called for local services to be \"the top priority\" in the upcoming Spending Review.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"The government has allocated more than £12bn directly to councils since the start of the pandemic - with more than £6bn available to spend as they see fit - recognising that councils are best placed to deal with local issues.\n\n\"We have also taken historic action to fix the social care crisis - the Health and Social Care Levy will raise £12bn a year to fund the NHS and social care.\n\n\"The Spending Review will continue to focus on supporting jobs and delivering the public's key priorities.\"", "Children were among the injured in the earthquake in Balochistan\n\nA powerful earthquake has hit Pakistan's south-western Balochistan province, officials say, killing about 20 people.\n\nThe shallow 5.9-magnitude quake shook sleeping residents at around 03:00 local time (22:00 GMT Wednesday), bringing down dozens of mud houses.\n\nScores of people were injured, most of them in Harnai district, east of the provincial capital, Quetta.\n\nPM Imran Khan has sent condolences and offered aid and compensation.\n\nA number of the dead were reportedly women and children.\n\nThe US Geological Survey said the quake had struck at a shallow depth of 9km, making it potentially more damaging.\n\nRescue operations are under way, and local media reported that military doctors and paramedics had reached the worst-hit areas.\n\nMuch of the damage appears to have affected Harnai district, which is about 100km (60 miles) east of Quetta.\n\nHarnai farmer Rafiullah told Agence France-Presse the quake had knocked him unconscious.\n\n\"When I regained consciousness, I pulled out two of my sons,\" he said, but his youngest boy, aged about one, had been struck by a wooden beam and had died.\n\nThe area also has a large number of coal mines which are vulnerable to collapse and there are reports at least one was badly affected.\n\nLocal officials told BBC Urdu that about 150 people were thought to have been injured, with some rushed to hospital in Quetta in critical condition by army helicopters.\n\nInjured people in Quetta are taken for treatment\n\nOthers were treated on stretchers by medics using phones as torches, Reuters reported.\n\nHundreds of people have been left homeless following the collapse of the mud houses.\n\nVillager Rahamatullah told AFP an aftershock struck around two hours after the main quake and \"nobody dared to go inside his home... people stayed out of their house for the rest of the night\".\n\nZaman Shah said: \"I am 65 years old, but I haven't experienced this kind of a jolt before. It was so destructive, everyone ran out of their houses praying to God.\"\n\nSending his condolences via Twitter, Mr Khan said he had ordered immediate emergency assistance and would provide \"timely relief and compensation\".\n\nFunerals were already taking place on Thursday in small mountain villages and it is unclear if the death toll could rise further.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Malik Ali Raza This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Livestreaming site Twitch says an \"error\" caused the unprecedented leak that posted vast amounts of sensitive data online this week.\n\nThe data appeared to include Twitch's internal code and documents, as well as the payments made to thousands of top streamers.\n\nTwitch now says the breach was caused by a \"server configuration change\" that \"exposed\" some data.\n\nBut it has not confirmed if all the data posted online is genuine.\n\nThe Amazon-owned company said the breach had involved \"a Twitch server configuration change that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party\".\n\n\"As the investigation is ongoing, we are still in the process of understanding the impact in detail,\" it said.\n\nBut as Twitch streamers and viewers alike scrambled to change passwords, the company also said it:\n\nTwitch's short statement shows the company is in full crisis mode.\n\nInformation-technology (IT) teams and security experts are still trying to understand just how bad the data leak is.\n\nThe explanation for the hack is there was some sort of human error with a \"server configuration\".\n\nIn other words, someone set up the computers that store Twitch's private data incorrectly, making it findable and downloadable to hackers.\n\nWhat the company has not said is when this mistake was made.\n\nSome of the stolen data goes back three years, so there is a chance the servers could have been sitting ducks for some time - or the mistake could have left the door open for only a few days or weeks.\n\nHackers are always searching and scanning for open databases online - or it is even possible someone may have tipped off hackers about the internal IT blunder.\n\nBut making these sorts of mistakes is costly - particularly when you are a target as big as Twitch.\n\nWednesday's leak took the form of a torrent file posted to online forums by an anonymous user.\n\nIts file structure contains folders labelled as containing payout information, business documents, under-the-hood software files and code, and even details of unreleased projects.\n\nAnd the payouts folder contains what appear to be records of payments made to thousands of the biggest streamers on the platform over two years - showing many of the biggest brands are earning millions of dollars.\n\nSeveral streamers told BBC News the payment data was accurate for their own earnings.\n\nAnd that poses problems for the company.\n\n\"A lot more damage is now in store for Twitch,\" Candid Wuest from cyber-security company Acronis, said.\n\n\"The breach is already harming Twitch on all the fronts that count.\"\n\nThe leaked data \"could contain nearly the full digital footprint of Twitch, making it one of the most severe data breaches of late\", he said.\n\n\"Releasing payout reports for streaming clients will not make the influencers happy either,\" Mr Wuest added.\n\nThe download released online is also labelled \"part one\" - suggesting there may be more material yet to be posted to the internet.", "Scotland is facing a \"student housing emergency\" driven by a shortage of available accommodation and soaring rents.\n\nNUS Scotland has warned unprecedented demand has left some homeless and others considering dropping out.\n\nAnecdotal evidence suggests some landlords are asking for six months' rent upfront while others are holding off to make a profit from COP26.\n\nThe Scottish government said it was concerned by the reports.\n\nA spokesman also confirmed it was carrying out a review of purpose-built student accommodation.\n\nStudents returned to campuses across the country last month after a year in which many subjects were taught entirely online due to the pandemic.\n\nKyle MacKinnon has been struggling to find a new property with his old flatmate since he returned to Edinburgh from Harris last month.\n\nThe final year student at Edinburgh Napier University told BBC Scotland: \"So far it has been an absolute nightmare.\n\n\"There has been very few people getting back to us and even fewer viewings.\"\n\nKyle MacKinnon is in the final year of his degree course at Napier University in Edinburgh\n\nMr MacKinnon said when he does get a reply it is to inform him viewings are fully booked or the property is no longer available.\n\nAsked about his current situation, he said: \"Right now I am on my friend's sofa in the west end of Edinburgh.\n\n\"It is a nice area but not very comfortable and not very good for the long term for studying.\"\n\nMr MacKinnon said a lot of his friends and fellow undergraduates have struggled as well.\n\nHe said: \"I have seen jokes on Facebook groups that finding a flat has been harder than their degrees so far.\"\n\nMany find themselves priced out of the market which currently offers, for example, a two-bedroom flat in the Dalry area for £1,300 a month.\n\nMr MacKinnon said students are either targeting private halls as a solution or turning to more affordable areas, such as Leith, despite the longer commute involved.\n\nLast year was a write-off for most when it came to the full \"university experience\".\n\nOnline learning was the norm and there was limited socialising.\n\nNow things are getting slightly closer to normal, this situation with housing is causing concern.\n\nStudents unions say they have never had this many requests for support to help people find places to live.\n\nWe are hearing stories of students sofa-surfing and of those who have nowhere to go at all.\n\nThe long-term plan is to build more accommodation but the short-term solution is less clear.\n\nNUS Scotland president Matt Crilly said he was \"deeply concerned\" about reports students are struggling to find accommodation for the current academic, year.\n\nHe has written to the Scottish government to highlight his concerns.\n\n\"For many students, particularly those studying in the central belt of Scotland, there is currently a lack of safe and affordable accommodation,\" Mr Crilly said.\n\n\"With purpose-built student accommodation full, shortages in the private rented sector, and landlords holding off to make a profit from COP26, I am concerned we have a student housing emergency.\"\n\nMr Crilly said he was aware of some landlords increasing rent for new tenants by hundreds of pounds extra per month.\n\nAnecdotal evidence also suggests some students are being expected to pay six months of rent upfront.\n\nMatt Crilly, president of the National Union of Students in Scotland, wants the Scottish government to intervene\n\nThe NUS president added: \"It is completely unacceptable that any student would be experiencing homelessness and left without accommodation when classes have already started.\n\n\"However, this issue is not unique to the current academic year. Scotland has been dragging its heels on providing adequate and affordable accommodation for students for years, which is why we see large areas with substandard housing dominated by intimidating landlords.\"\n\nMr Crilly urged ministers to \"urgently intervene\" to address the situation and introduce a student housing strategy to ensure no student is left without a roof over their head.\n\nHe also called for rents to be brought under control and for a points-based rent controls system, which is tied to the property rather than the lease, in a bid to stop landlords being able to hike rents between tenancies.\n\nThe Scottish Green's education spokesman Ross Greer described the current situation as \"really grim\".\n\nHe told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime programme: \"I am aware of one case of a mature student who, with her child at the moment, is in a homeless shelter because she has been unable to find accommodation.\"\n\nMr Greer said it was the result of a \"perfect storm\" of factors including house in multiple occupation (HMO) licence delays in Scotland, the popularity of short-term Airbnb-style lets and rent increases that have far outstripped the growth in wages.\n\nEarlier this week the programme heard from the parents of students who are struggling to find accommodation.\n\nOne said his son spoke to an estate agent who revealed one flat attracted 600 inquiries.\n\nAnd a mother said her son was currently commuting from Edinburgh to Glasgow for lectures as flat viewings in the city are typically full \"within five minutes.\"\n\nJohn Blackwood, chief executive of the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL), said: \"We are seeing a chronic shortage of private rented accommodation across Scotland, partly as a result of landlords leaving the sector over the past couple of years which has reduced supply.\n\n\"In addition, landlords warned in 2017 that an unintended consequence of the Private Residential Tenancy (PRT) could be a reduction in accommodation available to students as landlords were no longer able to offer fixed-term leases which matched with term times.\n\n\"As a result, properties which landlords would hold back and market specifically for students are now rented by people as their primary home on a longer-term basis. One of the key aims of the PRT has been achieved but it is students who are suffering.\"\n\nJamie Hepburn, the minister for higher and further education, said the government was concerned about the issues raised by NUS Scotland.\n\n\"While the Scottish Government has no direct role in the provision of student residential accommodation, we would strongly encourage students with those concerns to speak with their college or university,\" he added.\n\n\"We are determined to improve accessibility, affordability and standards across the rented sector and are carrying out a review of purpose built student accommodation.\n\n\"We are also working to deliver a new deal for tenants giving them more secure, stable, affordable tenancies with improved standards of accommodation, new controls on rent and more flexibility to personalise homes.\"", "A stink bug that can spoil crops and infest homes has been trapped in Surrey as part of a monitoring study.\n\nThe brown marmorated stink bug is native to Asia, but has spread to parts of Europe and the US, where it can destroy fruit crops.\n\nA lone stink bug was caught at RHS Garden Wisley this summer within weeks of the setting up of a pheromone trap.\n\nThe adult may be a stowaway brought in on imported goods or part of an undiscovered local population.\n\nDr Glen Powell, head of plant health at RHS Garden Wisley, said the stink bug may become commonplace in gardens and in homes within a decade.\n\n\"This isn't a sudden invasion but potentially a gradual population build-up and spread, exacerbated by our warming world,\" he said.\n\nIt's not yet clear if stink bugs are living undetected in parts of England or are rare visitors that hitch-hike in on imported goods or passenger luggage and survive for only a short time. So far, no eggs or immature bugs have been found that would suggest the bug is breeding and has set up home.\n\nThe bug has been caught only twice before in pheromone traps set up to lure it in by means of a natural chemical - in all cases as lone instances. The previous finds were at Rainham Marshes in Essex and in the wildlife garden of London's Natural History Museum.\n\nAccording to the department for the environment, Defra, the bug has been intercepted in the UK on several occasions - in passenger luggage flown in from the US, clothing and wood imports from the US, and stone imported from China.\n\nThe trap at Wisley is part of a national monitoring project led by a plant science research company, NIAB EMR, in Kent, and funded by Defra.\n\nDr Michelle Fountain, head of pest and pathogen ecology at NIAB EMR, said: \"[The] brown marmorated stink bug represents a significant threat to food production systems in the UK so it is crucial that we continue to monitor any establishment and spread of the pest.\"\n\nA single male stink bug was trapped at Wisley in Surrey this summer\n\nThere are more than 40 species of stink bugs, also known as shield bugs, already present in the UK. Most pose no threat to plant health and are not considered pests.\n\nBrown marmorated stink bugs, which have a distinctive rectangular-shaped head, get their name from the odour they emit when threatened.\n\nIn the US, they can invade houses, clustering in their hundreds, and can be devastating for farmers, destroying fruit such as nectarines and peaches and feeding on a wide range of ornamental trees, vegetables and other plants.\n\nInvasive species cost the UK economy over £1.8bn a year and can threaten the survival of other plants and animals. A Defra spokesperson said: \"The brown marmorated stink bug is not a significant threat to our crops - but as with all pests and diseases we will continue to monitor any threats closely.\"\n\nAnyone finding what they believe to be a brown marmorated stink bug is asked to take a picture and report the sighting at BMSB@niab.com or via email to Entomology@rhs.org.uk.\n\nThe insect can be confused with other species - more information can be found here.", "Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary always insisted the airline acted within the law over refunds\n\nRyanair and British Airways customers who say they are owed refunds because of Covid restrictions on travel could miss out because the competition regulator says the law is unclear.\n\nThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has closed an investigation into the two airlines, saying there is a \"lack of [legal] clarity\".\n\nInstead of offering refunds, the carriers offered vouchers or rebooking.\n\nThis, the CMA believed, probably broke the law, and a probe was launched.\n\nAlthough some flights went ahead, many customers were prevented from taking them because of restrictions. The CMA said the law needed clarifying.\n\n\"After a thorough examination of relevant law, and the evidence it had gathered during its investigation, the CMA has concluded that the law does not provide passengers with a sufficiently clear right to a refund in these unusual circumstances to justify continuing with the case,\" the regulator said.\n\n\"Consumer protection law sets out that passengers are entitled to refunds when an airline cancels a flight, because the firm cannot provide its contracted services. However, it does not clearly cover whether people should be refunded when their flight goes ahead but they are legally prohibited from taking it.\"\n\nGlobal lockdown restrictions on air travel left many customers claiming ticket refunds and looking to the law for the protection.\n\nBut the CMA said prolonging the case through the courts \"could not be justified given the length of time it would take\".\n\nCMA chief executive Andrea Coscelli has now called for a change in the law, adding he strongly believes people prevented from taking flights due to lockdown should get a full refund.\n\n\"Given the importance of this to many passengers who have unfairly lost out, we hope that the law in this area will be clarified,\" he said.\n\nThe CMA's statement highlighted it had already secured commitments to refund hundreds of millions of pounds for people whose holidays were cancelled due to the pandemic, including from LoveHolidays, Lastminute.com, Virgin Holidays, TUI UK, Sykes Cottages, and Vacation Rentals.\n\nBoth Ryanair and BA welcomed the CMA's move and defended their actions.\n\nRyanair said: \"We operated a limited schedule during UK lockdowns for customers who travelled for essential reasons. Passengers had the option to change their bookings without paying the flight change fee and many availed of this option.\"\n\nAnd BA said: \"During this unprecedented crisis we have acted lawfully at all times, issuing nearly 4 million refunds and offering highly flexible booking policies enabling millions of our customers to change their travel dates or destinations.\"\n\nWere you hoping for a refund from BA or Ryanair? How do you feel about this decision? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "New parents are struggling to access health and family support services for their children a year-and-a-half after the Covid pandemic started, MPs say.\n\nA Commons Petitions Committee report called on the government to urgently put support in place for parents who missed out during lockdown.\n\nThe committee urged the government to publish a \"dedicated Covid-19 recovery strategy for new parents\".\n\nThe government says it recognises the challenges and has increased support.\n\nThe report, the second on the issue from the committee, found the Covid-19 pandemic \"continues to have a significant impact\" on new parents' access to support services and childcare availability.\n\nThe report is called Impact of Covid-19 on new parents: one year on. It said that rather than implementing the committee's recommendations from its first report a year ago - the government \"refused to act on nearly all of them\".\n\nCommittee chair Catherine McKinnell said: \"We have continued to receive petitions highlighting the difficulties new parents, and the services they rely on during the vital early months of their child's life, have continued to face over the last year.\n\n\"It is clear that the impact of the pandemic is still being felt.\n\n\"The government must now reconsider its response and urgently take action to put in place support.\"\n\nShe said it was particularly concerning that no extra funds had been made available to help new parents with mental health issues.\n\nShe added: \"It has been incredibly valuable to hear from petitioners and experts on this subject, and the committee will continue to challenge the government to bring forward the changes we have concluded need to be made.\"\n\nThe committee also sought the views of 8,700 new parents and childcare providers.\n\nThe vast majority of respondents, 93%, said they had not been able to access crucial baby and toddler groups over the past year.\n\nAnd three-quarters said they had not been able to find childcare they could afford.\n\nStacey, a mum from Kent, struggled when health visitor appointments for her newborn baby were mainly held online during lockdown.\n\nStacey says she found it difficult during lockdown with her son, Bellamy\n\nShe had one appointment on the phone but says: \"That level of support I think is severely diminished because you can't physically be there. What if it then leads to problems?\"\n\nSpeaking to BBC Newsbeat, she said: \"All of that on top of new mum stress and figuring out this baby who you thought you knew and at every step changes. That was really difficult.\"\n\nStacey thinks there should have been more support for young mums including seminars online to watch if there is a problem, but says they're still not widely available.\n\n\"It's like they haven't learnt from those past 18 months, how difficult it is.\"\n\nRos Bragg, director of charity Maternity Action, commented: \"The situation for new and expectant mothers is really quite desperate in the aftermath of Covid.\n\n\"It's clear from the Petitions Committee report that this group has been disproportionately affected by the fallout from the pandemic - but the government has consistently failed to act.\n\n\"Our helplines are struggling to cope with the volume of calls from pregnant women and new mothers facing unfair redundancies, as maternity discrimination continues to increase sharply.\"\n\nNeil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance which represents childcare providers, says the committee is right to call for a review into early years funding.\n\n\"Substantial further investment into the early years is needed to ensure that providers can deliver affordable, accessible - and crucially, sustainable - early care and education,\" he said.\n\n\"If the government is truly committed to helping families recover from the impact of Covid-19, it must ensure that this includes helping parents of babies and young children to access the services and support they need.\"\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We recognise the challenges faced by new parents during the pandemic, which is why we have increased support for them.\n\n\"This includes expanding specialist mental-health services, making an unprecedented investment in childcare, and introducing parental bereavement leave.\n\n\"We will respond to the committee's recommendations in full in due course.\"", "Pig farmers are facing a \"human disaster\" due to a shortage of abattoir workers, the National Farmer's Union has said.\n\nFarmers are already having to destroy healthy pigs due to a backlog on farms, the union said.\n\nTime is running out for the UK pig sector, the National Pig Association (NPA) warned.\n\nBut a government minister said businesses should pay higher wages and invest in skills.\n\nThe industry blames the shortage of people to slaughter pigs in abattoirs on factors including Covid and Brexit.\n\nThe chronic labour shortage has led to an estimated backlog of 85,000 pigs on farms, with an extra 15,000 being added per week, according to NPA figures.\n\nThe industry association warned on Thursday that \"empty retail shelves and product shortages are becoming increasingly commonplace and Christmas specialities, such as pigs in blankets are already under threat\".\n\n\"The knock-on effect of the staff shortages is having a devastating effect on the country's pig farmers,\" the NPA said.\n\n\"We are already seeing producers up and down the country getting out of pigs or cutting down on numbers because they cannot sustain these losses any longer,\" NPA chief executive Zoe Davies said.\n\n\"Without immediate government intervention, more producers will be pushed over the edge.\"\n\n\"Sadly we are expecting a serious contraction of the UK pig industry,\" she added, saying mainly smaller independent farmers were affected.\n\nAround 600 pigs have already been killed to deal with overcrowding, and a mass cull is the next stage, the industry association has said.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Question Time, National Farmers Union president Minette Batters said the UK is the \"first country in the world facing a cull of healthy livestock\".\n\nShe said pigs were having to be destroyed using either a bolt gun or lethal injection, and added: \"As far as I'm concerned this is the start and it has to be resolved.\n\n\"This is livelihoods and this is people's businesses.\n\n\"This has been a human disaster for those pig farmers who are absolutely distraught.\"\n\nShe said that the government must address labour shortages unless we \"don't want a pig industry in this country\" which she argued would mean \"we will import pig meat that is produced to lower standards.\"\n\nMs Batters said Environment Secretary George Eustice and Cabinet Office minister Stephen Barclay were doing \"everything\" they can, but said she had not been able to see Home Secretary Priti Patel to discuss more migrant visas to address shortages.\n\nBut Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said the government was working with the industry to find sustainable solutions and that issuing temporary visas was \"not enough\".\n\nHe also said shortages were happening elsewhere in the world.\n\nMr Zahawi added that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was \"right\" to challenge businesses to pay higher wages and invest in skills.\n\nBut a top vet said on Wednesday that Mr Johnson was not taking the prospect of a national pig cull seriously.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. NI Protocol: \"We have to move from the tough political rhetoric\"\n\nThe EU will bring forward new proposals for the Northern Ireland Protocol next week, European Commission Vice President Maros Šefčovič has said.\n\nHe said he hopes they would form the basis for intensive talks with the UK.\n\nThe protocol avoids a hard border on the island of Ireland by keeping Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods.\n\nBut unionists argue it creates a trade border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nThey say it undermines Northern Ireland's constitutional position as part of the UK.\n\nMr Šefčovič told an event in Dublin that he hoped talks would begin before the end of October.\n\nHe said his proposals would be \"very far reaching\" and that he hoped they would be seen as such.\n\nA UK government spokesperson said: \"Significant changes are needed to the Protocol in order to protect the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement and the peace process.\n\n\"We await a formal response from the EU to the proposals set out in our command paper. Any proposals must be subject to genuine negotiation and the commission mustn't take a 'take it or leave it' approach.\n\n\"If solutions cannot be agreed soon, we will need to act using the Article 16 safeguard mechanism to address the disruption that the protocol is causing on the ground\".\n\nTriggering Article 16 would suspend part of the protocol.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC in Brussels, United States national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned the British government that suspending the protocol would be a \"serious risk to stability\".\n\nHe said any possibility of a return to a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland was \"of serious concern to the United States\".\n\nMr Sullivan said both the UK and the EU should work together \"in a constructive way to find a deal and a way forward\".\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - Northern Ireland's largest unionist party - had warned that it may quit Stormont if its demands over the protocol were not met.\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, the DUP leader said he was \"pleased\" that the EU was to table new proposals, adding that he believed pressure from unionists had \"opened up the protocol\".\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), warned that it may quit Stormont if its demands over the protocol were not met\n\n\"We were told weeks ago that the EU were not in a position where they were ever going to reopen negotiations, so I think we've breached the first wall,\" Sir Jeffrey said.\n\n\"And I think that is the result of unionists standing together and saying: 'Look, we cannot support this protocol; we cannot support an Irish Sea border'.\"\n\nThe DUP leader added: \"I think the pressure we have brought to bear and the steps that have been taken in the last few weeks have focused minds both in London and Brussels and I'm pleased that we've made this level of progress, but we still have a long way to go.\"\n\nMr Šefčovič said the EU was going to \"enormous lengths\".\n\n\"I believe the package of practical solutions that we are putting on the table would be attractive for Northern Ireland and would be, I hope, supported by a majority of stakeholders in Northern Ireland,\" he told the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) in Dublin.\n\nHe said the commitment of the EU to the Good Friday Agreement was \"absolute\" and that the avoidance of a hard border on the island was a \"prerequisite\".\n\nEarlier this week UK Brexit Minister Lord Frost said he was expecting a short, intense negotiation with the EU.\n\nHe told the Conservative party conference that the protocol was \"not working and needs to change\".\n\nIn July, Lord Frost put forward radical proposals for changes to the protocol.\n\nTriggering Article 16, may end up as \"the only way\" forward, he warned.\n\nMr Šefčovič said threats to trigger Article 16 were not helpful.\n\nHe said his proposals were not presented on a \"take it or leave it\" basis and that both the UK and EU would need to get out of their comfort zones.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: How Chang'e-5 grabbed rock samples from the lunar surface\n\nThe rock samples brought back from the Moon in December by China's Chang'e-5 mission were really young.\n\nIt's all relative, of course, but the analysis shows the basalt material - the solidified remnants of a lava flow - to be just two billion years old.\n\nCompare this with the samples returned by the Apollo astronaut missions. They were all over three billion years of age.\n\nThe findings are reported in the journal Science.\n\nChina's robotic Chang'e-5 mission was sent to a site on the lunar nearside called Oceanus Procellarum.\n\nIt was carefully chosen to add to the sum of knowledge gained from previous sample returns - the last of which was conducted by a Soviet probe in 1976.\n\nThe laboratory analysis of the basaltic rock gives an age of 1,963 (plus or minus 57) million years\n\nXiaochao Che and colleagues at the Sensitive High Resolution Ion MicroProbe (SHRIMP) Center in Beijing led the Chang'e-5 dating analysis, but worked with a broad international consortium.\n\nThe age data they've produced is fascinating because it proves volcanism continued on the Moon long after one might have expected such a small body to have cooled down and given up the activity.\n\nTheorists will now be thinking through new ideas for what kind of heat source might have sustained the late-stage behaviour.\n\nIt doesn't appear to have been driven by concentrated radioactive decay because the Chang'e-5 samples don't contain a lot of the kind of chemical elements associated with this effect.\n\n\"One of the other options we discuss in the paper is maybe the Moon was able to stay active longer because of its orbital interactions with Earth,\" speculated Dr Katherine Joy, a co-author from the University of Manchester, UK.\n\n\"Maybe the Moon wobbled back and forth on its orbit, resulting in what we call tidal heating. So, a bit like the Moon generates ocean tides on Earth, maybe the gravitational effect of the Earth could stretch and flex the Moon to generate frictional melting,\" she told BBC News.\n\nNothing like Chang'e-5 had been tried since the Soviet Luna-24 mission in 1976\n\nOne really important outcome from the study is the way it helps calibrate the crater-counting technique that is used for dating planetary surfaces.\n\nScientists assume that the more craters they see on a surface, the older that terrain must be; and also, obviously, in the reverse: the presence of very few craters is suggestive of a surface that has only recently been laid or remodelled.\n\nBut this technique has to be anchored in some absolute dates that are derived from measured samples, and for the Moon the chronology was not well constrained between one and three billion years ago.\n\nThe Chang'e-5 material now provides a precise waypoint in the middle of this time period.\n\nProf Brad Jolliff, from Washington University in St Louis, US, is another co-author in the consortium. He's now hoping China will send its next sample return mission to a region on the Moon's farside called South Pole Aitken Basin.\n\nThis vast depression, some 2,500km wide and up to 8km deep, was created by a spectacular impactor very early in lunar history.\n\n\"If Chang'e-6 goes to South Pole Aitken it will give us the age of the oldest big impact basin on the Moon, and that provides a very different part of the calibration, in the range of four to four-and-a-half billion years ago. We don't know what the flux of big impactors was back then, and a sample from the South Pole Aitken Basin region has the potential to answer the question.\"\n\nChang'e-5 marked the start of an astonishing few months for China's national space programme.\n\nWithin six months of the lunar probe returning home with its rock samples on 16 December, another spacecraft had successfully entered orbit around Mars to place a rover on its surface; and Chinese astronauts had begun the occupation of a new space station at Earth.", "Nightclubs have been closed in Northern Ireland since March 2021\n\nThe legal requirement for social distancing in bars and restaurants is to be removed.\n\nNightclubs are also to be allowed to reopen, meaning legal restrictions on dancing in venues will be scrapped.\n\nRestrictions will be lifted from 31 October.\n\nA number of mitigations have been agreed and it is thought businesses will be asked to check for vaccine certificates, but this will not be a legal requirement.\n\nMinisters have also agreed to retain the mandatory wearing of face coverings in certain settings.\n\nIt is understood ministers were advised that moving legal regulations on face coverings into guidance would lead to a 30% decline in their use.\n\nThe industry had argued that social distancing requirements were damaging trade.\n\nThe new rules mean people will be able to move around pubs and restaurants and to eat and drink while standing up.\n\nChanges were also announced to the UK travel red list, which has been cut from 54 countries to seven.\n\nMichelle O'Neill and Paul Givan announced the rule changes at Stormont\n\nFirst Minister Paul Givan welcomed the easing of restrictions, particularly for the the hospitality sector, which he said had been hit hard during the pandemic.\n\n\"I'm pleased that at the end of this month they will be able to operate in a much more sustainable and viable way,\" he said.\n\nMr Givan said the sector benefitted from \"a high level of adherence\" to coronavirus restrictions, adding that he believed this would continue.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she was pleased progress had been made at Thursday's executive meeting, but that people should remain cautious.\n\n\"We're in for an uncertain period ahead and we have to work our way through that as best we can,\" she said.\n\nMs O'Neill said continuing increasing vaccination rates would also be a \"crucially important\" part of the executive's winter planning.\n\nUnder existing rules, social distancing of at least 1m (3ft) remains a legal requirement in pubs, bars and restaurants in Northern Ireland.\n\nFrom Thursday 14 October the restrictions on the number of people allowed to meet inside a home is to be increased from 15 from four households to 30 from an unlimited number of households.\n\nFrom that date, people attending performances at indoor venues will not have to be seated during the performance.\n\nThe executive is now moving to unlock the final stage of pandemic recovery.\n\nNightclubs will finally get to reopen on Halloween and social distancing - something we've lived with as the norm for the past 18 months - will be scrapped.\n\nIt's perhaps no surprise given how that's already the case in Great Britain and the rules south of the Irish border will end this month too.\n\nBut not everything is changing - face coverings will remain - a sign that for some, caution is still needed with Covid.\n\nThe executive has also warned that if things begin to go in the wrong direction again, vaccine passports could then be deployed.\n\nThe Department of Health will now progress work on the system after agreement with Executive Office officials - but the onus on hospitality businesses will be to prove that a mandatory scheme isn't needed.\n\nJohn Leighton, owner of Bennigan's Bar, Londonderry, said easing restrictions for hospitality was fantastic news, which the sector \"had been waiting on for some time\".\n\nHe said it had been a challenging and stressful time for the sector and that the timing to ease restrictions on 31 October was particularly good for Derry's annual Halloween festival.\n\n\"It means we can get back to enjoying ourselves and not having so many things to think about,\" he said.\n\n\"We can get back to a bit more normality.\"\n\nJanice Gault from the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation said the restrictions which are being removed had presented \"significant challenges\" for businesses which were trying to become fully operational again.\n\nShe said: \"The industry has traded well to date and our primary focus remains the health and well-being of our staff and customers.\n\n\"Winter trade, in a viable manner within a sustainable framework and without further lockdown, is our aim.\"\n\nIn September, the executive agreed to end social distancing restrictions for shops, theatres and a number of other indoor settings.\n\nThey asked some sectors to put in place mitigations including proof of double vaccination or a negative lateral flow test.\n\nBut this is advice and is not legally enforceable.\n\nRobin Swann is frustrated over plans to introduce a vaccine passport\n\nLast week, Health Minister Robin Swann warned that a delay by the executive in agreeing a vaccine passport policy had limited options for easing more restrictions.\n\nThe Department of Health will now progress work to develop the digital scheme, but ministers will have to decide whether to deploy it.\n\nMs O'Neill said she did not want things to reach that point and hoped businesses would voluntarily comply with executive advice and demonstrate they could work safely.\n\nMinisters also discussed a bid from Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey for £55m in funding to mitigate the end of a £20 weekly uplift for people claiming universal credit.\n\nStormont received an extra £180m from the Treasury in September and that money has yet to be distributed.\n\nThe expectation was that most if not all of that money would go on health spending.\n\nMr Givan and Ms O'Neill made clear that Stormont would face major difficulties - both financially and logistically - of stepping in to top up payments\n\nMr Givan said the Executive had to be \"honest\" with the public about the financial position.\n\n\"Now is not the time to be removing this uplift,\" he said.\n\n\"That is happening though this week and the ability, even if the executive had the funding, to do this [top up the payments] isn't there because we don't have the systems, this is administered directly through the Department for Work and Pensions in London.\n\n\"So we don't have the system. And the ability to finance it - we have to be honest with the public.\"", "Chief executive Alison Rose said NatWest took financial crime extremely seriously\n\nNatWest bank has pleaded guilty to failing to prevent alleged money laundering of nearly £400m by one customer.\n\nNatWest said \"we deeply regret\" failing to \"adequately monitor and therefore prevent money laundering by one of our customers between 2012 and 2016\".\n\nThe state-backed bank, formerly Royal Bank of Scotland, is the first British lender to admit such an offence.\n\nThe case was brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which alleged the bank failed to monitor suspect activity by a client that deposited about £365m in its accounts over five years, of which £264m was in cash.\n\nThe criminal action, first announced by the FCA in March, was the first against a bank under a 2007 money laundering law.\n\nThe FCA said NatWest failed to adhere to the requirements of anti-money laundering legislation in relation to Fowler Oldfield Ltd's account between 7 November 2013 and 23 June 2016.\n\nFowler Oldfield was a century-old jeweller based in Bradford, and was shut down following a police raid in 2016.\n\nFCA prosecutor Clare Montgomery QC told Westminster magistrates that when Fowler Oldfield was taken on as a client by NatWest, its predicted turnover was said to be £15m per annum.\n\nHowever, it deposited £365m over the space of almost five years.\n\nShe said: \"It was agreed that the bank would not handle cash deposits. However, it deposited £365m, with around £264m in cash.\"\n\nShe said that at its height, Fowler Oldfield deposited up to £1.8m a day.\n\nThe court was told the \"likely sentence is a very large fine\".\n\nNatWest remains 55% taxpayer-owned after receiving a £45bn bailout at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.\n\nChief executive Alison Rose said: \"NatWest has a vital part to play in detecting and preventing financial crime and we take extremely seriously our responsibility to prevent money laundering by third parties.\n\n\"In the years since this case, we have invested significant resources and continue to enhance our efforts to effectively combat financial crime.\"\n\nJonathan Fisher, a senior lawyer at Bright Line Law specialising in money laundering cases, said the FCA had claimed \"a big scalp\".\n\n\"The message sent to financial institutions is clear. If there are failings in your money laundering systems, criminal prosecution may follow. NatWest was sensible to take the hit, and it must now move on.\"", "Environmental group Greenpeace has lost its case against the UK government over a North Sea oil field permit.\n\nPermission to drill the Vorlich site off Aberdeen was given to BP in 2018.\n\nGreenpeace argued in Scotland's highest civil court there had been \"a myriad of failures in the public consultation\" and the permit did not consider the climate impacts of burning fossil fuel.\n\nThe Court of Session ruling means operations will continue at the field. Greenpeace plans to appeal.\n\nIt follows a two-day hearing into the case last month.\n\nProduction from the development started in November after BP was granted approval by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) in 2018.\n\nGreenpeace said it was the first time an offshore oil permit had ever been challenged in court and that if it had won, the case would have had huge ramifications for other sites, such as the planned Cambo field off Shetland.\n\nRuth Crawford QC for Greenpeace said UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng had been \"deprived\" of information about the environmental impact of the development.\n\nMs Crawford said Greenpeace wanted proper public participation in important developments such as the Vorlich oilfield.\n\nGreenpeace has campaigned against the Vorlich development\n\nRoddy Dunlop QC, representing the UK government, said the challenges advanced by Greenpeace were \"largely procedural and opportunistic\".\n\nJim Cormack, representing oil firms BP and Ithaca, had previously told hearing that the challenge was \"highly significant\" and if the original decision was overturned, production from the field would have to stop until new consent could be obtained.\n\nHe said the works for which consent was granted had been implemented by BP and Ithaca at a cost of about £230m and the project was fully operational and in the production phase.\n\nThree judges at the Court of Session - Lord President Lord Carloway, Lord Menzies and Lord Pentland - rejected Greenpeace's case.\n\nThe UK government said in a statement: \"We welcome today's judgment which upholds the environmental decisions made by the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning.\n\n\"While we are working hard to drive down demand for fossil fuels, there will continue to be ongoing demand for oil and gas over the coming years as we transition to lower carbon, more secure forms of energy generated in this country.\"\n\nJohn Sauven, Greenpeace UK executive director, said: \"We will not give up the fight for the climate. Our intention is to appeal this ruling before the Supreme Court.\"\n\nIthaca said in a statement that it welcomed the decision handed down by the Court of Session to dismiss the appeal raised by Greenpeace.", "Armed Forces minister James Heappey and Major General Gerald Strickland lay wreaths during the service in Staffordshire\n\nCommemorations have been held to mark the 20th anniversary of the start of UK military operations in Afghanistan.\n\nWreaths were laid in the UK at exactly 11:00 in Afghan time in remembrance of 457 British personnel killed there.\n\nUK troops left Afghanistan at the end of August, bringing an end to the 20-year war.\n\n\"The hurt never goes away,\" said Claire Hill, whose only son James was killed in 2009. \"We have to believe he did make a difference.\"\n\nThe war in Afghanistan began on 7 October 2001, with American-led coalition airstrikes against airports and terrorist training camps in response to the 11 September terror attacks in the US.\n\nTwo small wreath-laying ceremonies took place place in the UK at 07:30 BST - which was 11:00 in Afghanistan, the traditional time for military remembrance.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said the ceremonies were planned to honour \"the courage and commitment of its people\" during the two decades of conflict.\n\nWreaths dedicated to those who lost their lives in combat in Afghanistan were laid at the Bastion Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.\n\nAt the same time, another wreath was laid at the Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial near the Ministry of Defence in central London.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Claire and Brian Hill's only son, L/Cpl James Hill, was killed serving in Afghanistan in 2009\n\nPipe Major Colour Sgt Peter Grant, who led the procession in Staffordshire, said the service was an important moment to reflect on what had happened in Afghanistan.\n\nSpeaking before the service, he told the BBC that having served in Afghanistan, it was \"quite emotional\" to see the names of people he knew on the wall of the Bastion memorial.\n\nC Sgt Grant, who also served as the lone piper at the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral, said: \"It gives me the opportunity to reflect on my time out there, think about the people who have lost their lives, the soldiers who are living with life-changing injuries and also the families who are living through the pain and hardship of losing people out there.\"\n\nThe commemoration comes as veterans and their families try to reckon with the legacy of the war, having watched the Taliban swiftly regain control of Afghanistan as UK and US forces withdrew.\n\nNearly 12 years to the day since L/Cpl James Hill died, his parents Claire and Brian are proud of his service and sacrifice, but also acknowledge the pain of seeing the Taliban return.\n\nRAF trumpeter Sgt Matt Peck, who served in Afghanistan, said it \"meant the world\" to him to be able to play The Last Post at the ceremony\n\nMr Heappey reflected at the Bastion memorial, which mirrors the memorial wall at Camp Bastion in Helmand province, in Afghanistan\n\nPiper Major Colour Sgt Peter Grant led the procession at the service\n\n\"If we were to say that James' life is wasted then that would hurt us all over again, because we have to believe he did make a difference,\" said Mrs Hill. \"They all gave so much. Not just the ones who died but the ones who carry on with injuries.\"\n\nJames was 23 and about to get married when he was killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan's Helmand province.\n\n\"It never leaves us, we don't have a son anymore. We don't have any other children. There's an emptiness, there's a hole here that nothing can fill,\" Mrs Hill said. \"The hurt never goes away.\"\n\n\"Remembrance Day for most people is 11 November, but for the likes of us Remembrance Day is every day,\" said Mr Hill.\n\nStuart Tootal - a former colonel who commanded 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment - saw the first serious casualties of the war when he led British troops into Helmand in 2006, and a simple peace support operation became a bloody counter-insurgency conflict.\n\n\"There is no victory here, \" says Stuart Tootal, whose battalion suffered 15 deaths in the first major casualties of the war\n\nHis view of the war now is very clear: \"The intent of what we were trying to do was always right. The concept was flawed: too little, too late. And we quit far too soon.\n\n\"And that is the great tragedy of Afghanistan.\"\n\nWhile Afghanistan had 20 years to see how life could be different, Mr Tootal adds that the opportunity was never fully realised because the Taliban regained power.\n\n\"I don't think we can be very proud of the outcome. We can be proud of what we tried to do as soldiers,\" he said.\n\n\"But in terms of those responsible for the strategic decisions, I don't think there's a great deal to crow about... There is no victory here. You know, we did not win that conflict.\"", "Josef S, who was 21 when he first became a guard at Sachsenhausen in 1942, appears in court\n\nSeventy-six years after the end of World War Two, a former concentration camp guard has gone on trial for assisting in the murder of 3,518 prisoners at Sachsenhausen near Berlin.\n\nJosef S is accused of complicity in the shooting of Soviet prisoners of war and the murder of others with Zyklon B gas.\n\nTime is running out for Nazi-era criminals to face justice and he is the oldest defendant so far to stand trial.\n\nIt was only in recent years that lower-ranking Nazis were brought to trial.\n\nTen years ago, the conviction of former SS guard John Demjanjuk set a precedent enabling prosecutors to charge people for aiding and abetting Nazi crimes in World War Two. Until then, direct participation in murder had to be proven.\n\nIdentified as Josef S, because of German privacy laws, the defendant was led into a specially adapted sports hall at a prison in Brandenburg an der Havel, where the trial began amid strict security.\n\nHe arrived outside the court in a wheelchair, clutching a briefcase, and entered with the aid of a walking frame. He shielded his face with a blue file to stop photographers getting a view.\n\nJosef S has lived in the Brandenburg area for years, reportedly as a locksmith, and has not spoken publicly about the trial.\n\nHis lawyer, Stefan Waterkamp, told the court that the defendant would make no comment at the trial on the allegations against him. He would, however, speak about his personal circumstances at Friday's hearing.\n\nJosef S was 21 when he first became a guard at Sachsenhausen in 1942. Now almost 101, he is considered able to appear in court for up to two and half hours a day. The trial is due to continue until January.\n\nPublic prosecutor Cyrill Klement told the court of the systematic killings at Sachsenhausen between 1941 and 1945. \"The defendant supported this knowingly and willingly - at least by conscientiously carrying out guard duty, which was perfectly integrated into the killing regime.\"\n\nTens of thousands of people died at the camp in Oranienburg, north of Berlin, including resistance fighters, Jews, political opponents, homosexuals and prisoners of war.\n\nA gas chamber was installed at Sachsenhausen in 1943 and 3,000 people were massacred at the camp as the war drew to a close because they were \"unfit to march\". The prosecutor gave details of mass shootings and murders by gas, as well as through disease and exhaustion.\n\nLeon Schwarzbaum survived Sachsenhausen as well as Auschwitz and Buchenwald\n\nThursday's trial was especially important for 17 co-plaintiffs, who include survivors of Sachsenhausen.\n\nChristoffel Heijer was six years old when he last saw his father: Johan Hendrik Heijer was one of 71 Dutch resistance fighters shot dead at the camp.\n\n\"Murder isn't destiny; it's not a crime that can be legally erased by time,\" he told Berliner Zeitung.\n\nLeon Schwarzenbaum, who is a 100-year-old survivor of Sachsenhausen, said this was the \"last trial for my friends and acquaintances and my loved ones who were murdered\" and he hoped it would end in a final conviction.\n\nThere was widespread frustration at Josef S's refusal to give evidence.\n\n\"For the survivors this is yet another rejection, just like it was in the camp. You were vermin,\" said Christoph Heubner of the International Auschwitz Committee.\n\nThomas Walther, the lawyer acting for the co-plaintiffs, said he was not surprised but hoped he would change his mind.\n\nMost Nazi camp guards will not face trial.\n\nNazi SS guard Bruno Dey was convicted last year of complicity in 5,000 murders\n\nThere were 3,000 guards at Stutthof concentration camp alone, and only 50 were convicted. Bruno Dey was convicted of complicity in mass murder there last year and given a suspended sentence,\n\nOnly last week, a Nazi secretary at the Stutthof camp, Irmgard Furchner, was due to go on trial north of Hamburg but escaped from a nursing home hours beforehand.\n\nShe was eventually caught in Hamburg and her trial was rescheduled for 19 October. She was released from custody earlier this week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Holocaust survivors: The families who weren’t meant to live", "Healthcare Inspectorate Wales report found handover delays are increasing the risk to patient safety\n\nLong delays outside hospitals are costing ambulance crews thousands of hours when they are unable to respond to other calls, a new report has found.\n\nIt found frequent delays were having a \"detrimental\" impact on the NHS's ability to care for patients.\n\nA Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) report looked at patient delays between April 2020 and March 2021.\n\nDuring this period, crews had to wait more than an hour to transfer patients on no fewer than 32,699 occasions.\n\n\"It's an entire system issue. I'm not under any illusion that's an easy fix for anyone, but we do need the system to work closely together,\" said Alun Jones, interim chief executive of HIW.\n\nThey key findings of the report include:\n\nThe review was based on assessment, interviews and surveys with more than 400 NHS staff and more than 100 patients.\n\nDelays are causing a risk to patients waiting in ambulances, but also people in need of an ambulance\n\nHIW makes clear that handover delays are not directly an ambulance service problem, but symptomatic of problems across the entire health and social care system.\n\nA&Es become overcrowded when hospital wards are full and hospital wards become full when there are delays in discharging patients.\n\nThe report makes 20 recommendations and says the ambulance service, health boards and Welsh government need to work together to make improvements.\n\nThe ambulance service's Claire Roche said some crews spent entire shifts with the same patient in the back of their vehicle\n\nClaire Roche of the Welsh Ambulance Service said: \"Our emergency ambulance service exists to deliver life-saving immediate care and to take patients promptly to hospital for the necessary treatment.\n\n\"For the Welsh Ambulance Service, this is about getting to the root cause of the issue in order to resolve it, rather than adapting to a situation so that it becomes the new normal.\n\n\"We welcome the fact that Health Inspectorate Wales is shining a light on this issue, and we will continue to work with colleagues in health boards and Welsh government to make improvements.\"\n\nDarren Hughes, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation said the review \"demonstrates the impact that the enormous pressures on the NHS are having\".\n\n\"The NHS in Wales is working relentlessly to cope with current levels of demand and to ensure everyone waiting for care is seen as soon as possible,\" he added.\n\n\"Staff are doing all they can to continue delivering care for those who need it. We thank them and the public for doing all they can to support the NHS.\"\n\nSome ambulance staff have previously told BBC Wales that the pressure has left them \"broken\"\n\nThe Welsh government said: \"Health boards are responsible for improving ambulance patient handover times and we expect to see them deliver improvement in this area.\n\n\"A broad range of actions are already in place, including recruitment of additional ambulance clinicians, creation of urgent primary care centres and a new national programme to support people to return home from hospital when ready.\"\n\n\"We will continue to work with the chief ambulance services commissioner, WAST and Wales' wider health and care system to improve quality of care, patient experience and staff wellbeing.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chris Williams-Ellis waited two hours for an ambulance after \"life-changing\" burns\n\nChris Williams-Ellis was left with 45% burns after a car he was working beneath caught fire.\n\nHe waited an hour and 18 minutes for an ambulance despite eight 999 calls being made from his home in Brynsaithmarchog, Denbighshire, on 8 September last year.\n\nThe first was made at 14:51 by Mr Williams-Ellis's partner Catherine, followed by seven more from the fire service, the final one being at 16:04.\n\nHis mother, Philomene Williams-Ellis, said on Thursday: \"The ambulance was called and it didn't come.\n\n\"The time it took between when the call was made and when the helicopter landed at Liverpool was just a minute off three hours.\"\n\nChris Williams-Ellis's mother said his flesh was coming off his body as he waited for an ambulance\n\nAs he waited he was looked after by fire crews who were attending.\n\n\"The flesh was coming off his body, he was in absolute agony,\" Ms Williams-Ellis said.\n\n\"All the time Christopher waited he was fully aware of what was happening to him and what was happening around him.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service has met Ms Williams-Ellis to discuss what went wrong.\n\n\"There were 36 ambulances supposed to be on call that day,\" she said.\n\nFour were off \"for various reasons\", she said.\n\n\"Thirty-two were in car parks at various hospitals and they were there for hours and hours.\"\n\nThe reason, she said, was because patients were waiting in the vehicles until there was space for them to be seen in the hospitals.\n\n\"For almost an hour there was not one emergency vehicle available.\"\n\nPhilomene Williams-Ellis says the NHS in Wales is \"not fit for purpose\"\n\nShe said the NHS in Wales was \"not for purpose.\"\n\n\"The person who needs to answer is the minister for health in Wales and the trusts who are running the hospitals.\"\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service NHS trust offered a \"sincere apology\" last year for \"errors\" that contributed to an \"unacceptable\" delay.\n\nMs Williams-Ellis said her son was \"doing really well\".\n\n\"He has life-changing injuries but he is a very positive person with a good attitude.\n\n\"He gets on with it. But there is a lot of anger.\"", "Kate Stradling daughters are still taught at Llanbedr School but her son has since left\n\nParents whose children attend a village school have pledged to take a council to court if it decides to shut it.\n\nLlanbedr school in Powys, founded in 1728, is one of several rural primaries under threat of closure due to council plans to overhaul local education.\n\nKate Stradling, whose two daughters attend with 50 other pupils, said she \"felt sick\" about the proposals.\n\nPowys council said \"difficult decisions\" had to be made and its plans would \"allow learners to thrive\".\n\nIt has decided to press ahead with the closure of the 200-year-old Castle Caereinion school, near Welshpool, which has 25 pupils, and a 37-pupil school at Llanfihangel Rhydithon, near Knighton, which dates back 170 years.\n\nThe future of Llanbedr Primary School, just north of Crickhowell, and seven other schools - whose pupil populations range from 23 to 109 - are also in doubt.\n\nBut a lawyer representing parents at several of the schools has told BBC Wales Live he believed the plans were a breach of a Welsh government policy designed to protect rural schools.\n\nIn 2018, the-then Education Minister Kirsty Williams changed the School Organisation Code to bring in a \"presumption against closure\" of listed rural schools.\n\nMichael Imperato said if Powys went ahead with the closures, the matter would be \"played out in the High Court\" in what would be the first legal test of the revised code.\n\nIt states that the case for closing a rural school must be \"strong\" and all viable alternatives must be \"conscientiously considered\".\n\nPowys council said it had sought independent legal advice to ensure its proposals were robust and said its consultations were held \"in accordance\" with the code.\n\nIt said its smallest schools generally have higher per-pupil budgets than the average, and estimated closing Llanbedr primary would save about £100,000 by 2024.\n\nIn April, Powys council chief executive Caroline Turner said that if the school closed, children would attend schools \"better equipped to meet the requirements of the new national curriculum and that could provide a wider range of educational and extra-curricular opportunities\".\n\nBut Mr Imperato said people felt communities would become unsustainable without these schools.\n\n\"Ways of life in Wales could change forever if good rural schools are allowed to disappear,\" he said.\n\nFi Loftus said it \"would mean the world\" for her children if the school's future was assured\n\nFi Loftus, who has three children at Llanbedr school, said: \"It would mean the world for them to stay open.\n\n\"Also, being a military family, they already have enough disruption in their life, why disrupt a perfect, thriving rural school?\"\n\nParent Kate Stradling, who has two daughters at the school and a son who went there previously, said: \"When I first heard the school was going to close I felt sick.\n\n\"I felt like someone had punched me in the stomach and I just had this sense of fear.\n\n\"And then my second thought was, if that's how I feel as an adult, how's my eight-year-old daughter going to feel?\n\n\"She was distraught, really confused, scared, worried. It really affected her and it even still has affected her to this day - nine months on.\"\n\nMatt Beecham is concerned his daughter may have to return to a school she had already attended\n\nMatt Beecham, who has a daughter in Year 2, said: \"I can't comprehend or put into words how devastated our daughter would be if the school was to close.\n\n\"She loves coming to school and the thought the school might close and she might have to go to another school, quite possibly the school she left previously, is a massive concern to us.\"\n\nPowys council is run by a coalition of independent and Conservative councillors.\n\nPhyl Davies, cabinet member for education, said the council's education strategy would \"help transform the learner experience\" and address the \"significant challenges facing our education in Powys\".\n\n\"These challenges include a high proportion of small schools in the county, decreasing pupil numbers, high number of surplus places, inequality in access to Welsh-medium education, limited post-14 and post-16 offer and inequality in access to special education needs, additional learning needs provision,\" he said.\n\n\"We want the best for all our learners and I believe that this strategy will see us deliver a legacy that will allow learners to thrive and reach their potential and compete with the rest of the world.\"\n\nThe school in Llanbedr dates back almost 300 years\n\nRussell George, Conservative Member of the Senedd for Montgomeryshire, said the Welsh government must ensure \"appropriate funding\" went to councils.\n\n\"If there's going to be a difficulty in delivering the curriculum and the Welsh government aren't appropriately funding schools and local authorities to deliver that curriculum, then the council's got very little choice but to look at altering the way they configure education and having to close smaller schools.\"\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said it had taken \"a number of actions\" to help give children in rural and remote areas \"the best start to their educational journey\".\n\nHe added: \"In recognition of the challenges small and rural schools can face, we also introduced a Small and Rural Schools grant - worth £2.5m per year - which provides funding to encourage innovation, support greater school-to-school working and raise standards.\"", "The government should find £10bn a year to boost universal credit, former Tory minister Steve Baker has said.\n\nThe £20-a-week increase to the benefit officially ended on Wednesday despite warnings about a squeeze on living standards and rising prices.\n\nMr Baker said it should be an \"absolute priority\" to find extra funds as part of the upcoming spending review.\n\nThe government says the benefit boost was always meant to be temporary and it is helping the most needy.\n\nClaims the government is out of touch with the plight of low-income families were fuelled by an interview with the New Statesman on Wednesday by Tory grandee, Sir Peter Bottomley.\n\nHe said MPs need a pay rise as some were struggling financially to cope on an annual salary of just over £80,000.\n\n\"I don't know how they manage. It's really grim,\" he said, arguing that a salary of around £110-£115,000 a year was needed to bring them in to line with GPs.\n\nSpeaking to LBC radio, Mr Bottomley explained he was not arguing for pay rises.\n\nHe said he was trying to make the point that increasing MPs' salaries would make it easier to widen the pool of people interested in switching their careers to become parliamentarians.\n\nHigher wages would make it possible for headteachers and senior executives in nursing to come to sit in Parliament rather than it being the preserve of the independently wealthy, he said.\n\nHis comments come as a social media film emerged of Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey singing (I've Had) The Time of My Life at this week's Conservative conference in Manchester.\n\nLabour called the timing of her karaoke performance, as benefits are cut for millions of people, \"an insult and a disgrace\".\n\nBut Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said it was \"unfair\" to link the two.\n\nHe told ITV's Good Morning Britain that \"parties and dance-offs and singing is a feature of all party conferences\", and Ms Coffey had also announced the hardship fund at Manchester.\n\nMinisters have admitted that many UK households could face \"a very difficult winter\".\n\nEnergy prices are surging at the same time as the universal credit top-up being withdrawn and taxes are rising to fund the NHS and social care.\n\nBut asked during the Conservative Party conference about the pressure on family incomes, the prime minister told the BBC he was \"not worried\" because supply chain issues will sort themselves out \"rapidly\".\n\nAnd he said the economy was facing the \"stresses and strains\" of a post-Covid recovery as it moves to a \"new approach\" with higher wages and lower immigration.\n\nHe said government schemes, such as a £500m hardship fund, would help those on the lowest incomes.\n\nSpeaking to ITV's Peston, Mr Baker - an influential figure on the right of the Conservative Party - said the government should find £10bn a year to improve universal credit.\n\nSteve Baker says universal credit needs to be reformed\n\nHe said the £20-a-week top-up, which was introduced to help people on low incomes through the pandemic, should be retained.\n\nHe also said he had urged the government to improve the taper rate, which reduces the amount individuals can claim for every extra pound they earn, as an \"absolute priority\".\n\nBut he added that he will vote for whatever the government decides in its Spending Review at the end of this month.\n\nCurrently for every £1 claimants earn over their work allowance their benefit is reduced by 63p.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC News Channel, Shadow Business Secretary, Ed Miliband said Labour was \"not giving up\" on attempts to reverse the cut to universal credit.\n\n\"It beggars belief\" he said ,that in the context of escalating energy prices and tax rises, \"the government is ploughing ahead\" with the cut to the benefit.\n\nPeople are facing a \"double whammy\" and the situation is going to be \"unbearable for so many families\" he added and targeting support through the social security system is the best way to help them.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rashford told BBC Breakfast the situation many now found themselves in \"reminds me of... when I was younger\"\n\nManchester United star Marcus Rashford said receiving an honorary doctorate for his work to tackle child poverty was \"bittersweet\" as it came as the £20 top-up to universal credit ended.\n\nAccepting the award from the University of Manchester, he said removing the temporary increase \"could see child poverty rise to one-in-three children\".\n\nMr Rashford called for an end to what he said was a \"child hunger pandemic\".\n\nNo 10 said the top-up was designed to help in the pandemic's toughest times.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer praised Mr Rashford's \"very, very powerful\" comments and said the government was now \"effectively turning on the poorest\".\n\nHe promised a Labour government would retain the £20 uplift pending an overhaul of the benefits system, including the abolition of universal credit.\n\n\"It would stay, we wouldn't make the cut, we would then replace it with something better,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer: \"This is going to drive families and children into poverty\"\n\nMr Rashford, 23, became the university's youngest recipient of an honorary award at a special ceremony at his club's Old Trafford stadium on Thursday.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, he said the situation many now found themselves in \"reminds me of... when I was younger\".\n\nThe England forward added: \"You've got to decide between - are you going to eat or are you going to be warm in the house?\n\n\"These are decisions that you don't want people to go through, never mind children.\n\n\"And there's other stuff, the price of fuel and electricity and there's actually a shortage of food at the moment... as some of the food banks I work with are experiencing.\n\n\"So there's other things that people are worrying about and, if we can take one less stress off them, it's important.\"\n\nMr Rashford said receiving the honorary doctorate was \"bittersweet\" since it came as \"millions of families across the UK lost a lifeline and a means of staying afloat\".\n\nThe £20-a-week increase to universal credit, which was brought in to support those on low incomes during the pandemic, was withdrawn on Tuesday.\n\nMr Rashford urged MPs to meet those who had been receiving the increased benefit.\n\n\"It's time that representatives got out into communities like mine,\" he said. \"It's time they saw first-hand the true measure of struggle.\n\n\"Covid-19 can no longer be used as an excuse.\"\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps told BBC Breakfast: \"If you want to carry on with that uplift you need to find £6bn from somewhere.\n\n\"Inevitably that means taxing people on their PAYE, maybe putting the cost of fuel up even more, even though it's at record levels or something else.\n\n\"Nothing is free when you're making these decisions.\"\n\nManchester United's chief operating officer Collette Roche said the club was \"so proud\" of Rashford\n\nIn June 2020, Mr Rashford called on the government to reverse a decision not to provide free school meal vouchers, saying that \"the system isn't built for families like mine to succeed\".\n\nHe was later made an MBE for services to vulnerable children.\n\nIn September, it was announced pupils starting media studies GCSEs would study the impact of his campaigning.\n\nAuthor and broadcaster Lemn Sissay, the university's chancellor, said Mr Rashford being honoured was a \"highlight\" of his tenure.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nManchester United's former manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who was previously honoured by the university, joined Mr Rashford's family and friends at the ceremony.\n\nThe striker said \"to be in the presence of a great such as Sir Alex\", and the people who had \"played a huge role in my journey\" was \"special\".\n\nManchester United's chief operating officer Collette Roche said the club was \"so proud\".\n\n\"He is a young man who embodies everything which this club stands for,\" she said.\n\n\"He is humble, he is passionate and he is driven to succeed in everything he does.\"\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said the universal credit top-up was always a \"temporary measure, designed to help claimants through the toughest stages of the pandemic\".\n\n\"But we are now seeing our economy starting to bounce back so our focus is rightly on helping people back into high-quality, well-paid jobs,\" they said.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The PHA has told schools the email contains \"a number of important inaccuracies\" about the vaccine.\n\nThe Public Health Agency (PHA) has warned post primary schools in Northern Ireland about hoax Covid vaccine consent letters.\n\nSome schools have received emails claiming to come from the NHS, which contain a \"consent checklist\" for vaccination.\n\nThe email asks them to share the checklist with parents and pupils.\n\nBut the PHA said \"the false email and 'consent form' content contains a number of important inaccuracies\".\n\nIt should \"not be forwarded to parents,\" the PHA said.\n\nBBC News NI has been contacted by some principals in Northern Ireland whose schools have received the hoax consent forms.\n\nThey are presented as a form with information to be sent to parents ahead of pupils being given Covid vaccinations.\n\nBelow an \"NHS Vaccines\" logo, the consent form includes claims such as the vaccine being a risk for \"strokes, blindness, deafness, clotting, miscarriages, anaphylaxis and cardiovascular disorders\".\n\nAbout 100,000 12 to 15 year olds in Northern Ireland will be offered a jab by the start of December\n\nAs a result, the PHA has written to schools in Northern Ireland warning them that the material is false.\n\n\"Materials include a branded 'consent form' has the look and feel of authoritative NHS communications using a made up NHS vaccines logo,\" the PHA letter said.\n\nThe agency said that some schools elsewhere in the UK had mistakenly circulated the hoax checklist to parents.\n\n\"Please only forward to parents materials that have come from the PHA or your own Trust school nursing teams,\" the PHA told principals.\n\nThe agency has published guidance on the imminent rollout of the vaccine to 12 to 15 year olds in Northern Ireland.\n\nAbout 100,000 children and young people in Northern Ireland will be offered a jab by the start of December.\n\nThe PHA said that information packs for children and parents would \"be delivered to schools in the second to third week of October to make sure that individuals, or those giving consent on their behalf, have enough information to enable them to make a decision before they give consent\".\n\n\"In Northern Ireland, Covid-19 vaccine for school children is being offered at school by the usual Trust school health nursing arrangements,\" the PHA letter to principals said.\n\n\"Schools will be receiving an information pack with more details from the PHA via the Education Authority school systems very shortly.\"", "New simplified travel rules have come into force in the UK, with the traffic light system replaced by a single red list.\n\nMost fully vaccinated travellers arriving from non-red list countries will no longer have to take a test before setting off for the UK.\n\nAirlines UK said it would make travelling abroad easier and cheaper.\n\nBut those coming from red list destinations must still pay to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days.\n\nUnder the changes, which came into force at 04:00 BST, the green and amber lists have been scrapped.\n\nTesting rules are also being eased for people travelling from non-red list destinations who have been vaccinated in the UK, the EU, the US, or any of 18 other recognised countries.\n\nAnyone under 18 who is resident in those countries can also travel to the UK without testing.\n\nThese groups were already able to avoid self-isolating on their arrival back in the UK.\n\nAll travellers - except children under five years old - will still have to pay for a PCR test two days after arrival.\n\nPeople who are not fully vaccinated will need a pre-departure test and a PCR test on days two and eight after they return, and must self-isolate for 10 days at home.\n\nAnd those arriving from red list countries, including Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines and South Africa, must quarantine for 10 days in a government-approved hotel, at a cost of £2,285 for one adult. Only UK or Irish nationals, or UK residents, are allowed to enter the UK if they have been in a red country in the previous 10 days.\n\nThe red list is due to be updated later this week.\n\nThe government may also announce additions to the list of countries whose vaccination certificates are recognised by the UK.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said: \"We are accelerating towards a future where travel continues to reopen safely and remains open for good, and today's rule changes are good news for families, businesses and the travel sector.\n\n\"Our priority remains to protect public health but, with more than eight in 10 people now fully vaccinated, we are able to take these steps to lower the cost of testing and help the sector to continue in its recovery.\"\n\nThere was a surge in holiday bookings after the government announced the changes last month and the travel sector has welcomed the move.\n\nThe industry previously criticised the government for being too slow to ease and simplify rules on testing and quarantine.\n\nFrom later in October, the government has said fully vaccinated people coming to England will no longer have to take a PCR test two days after arrival and can take a cheaper lateral flow test instead.\n\nNo date has been set for this change but ministers are aiming to have it in place for the half-term school break.\n\nSo far, no other UK nation has followed suit.\n\nScotland has said it will \"align with the UK post-arrival testing regime\" but has not announced further details. The Welsh government said it had \"concerns\" about easing its testing regime.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, which represents UK carriers, said: \"Things are moving in the right direction and the removal of these restrictions will make it easier and cheaper for people to travel.\"\n\nHowever, he said the UK remained \"an outlier on arrivals testing for vaccinated passengers\".\n\nAirlines UK hopes to see more countries removed from the red list at the next update and further mutual recognition of vaccine status for those jabbed in other countries, he added.\n\nWillie Walsh, head of industry body the International Air Transport Association, welcomed the change as a \"positive step\", saying the government's testing and quarantine restrictions had been both unscientific and costly.\n\n\"People have been led to believe that the risk is people flying into the country. The risk was inside the country,\" he said.\n\nAlan French, chief executive at Thomas Cook, said more options would now be available for travellers.\n\n\"They will be more confident if they book the holiday, they can travel safely there and be able to return in a transparent way, which is something they've not been able to do,\" he said.\n\nMr French said since the government announced the changes, three weeks ago, his company had seen bookings more than double.\n\nThe UK recorded 30,439 cases on Sunday, with the total number of cases in the past seven days up one per cent on the previous week.\n\nHowever, the number of Covid deaths and hospital admissions are falling, with 43 deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported on Sunday.\n\nHow will the new system affect you? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The number of countries on the UK Covid travel red list will be cut from 54 to seven, the government says.\n\nSouth Africa, Brazil and Mexico come off the red list, which requires travellers to quarantine in an approved hotel at their cost for 10 full days.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the changes begin on Monday and \"mark the next step\" in opening travel.\n\nThis latest move will be seen as a boost to the airline industry and families separated during the pandemic.\n\nPanama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Haiti and the Dominican Republic remain on the red list.\n\nPandemic travel rules in the UK have recently been simplified, with the amber list cut, and advice against holidays changed for 32 countries.\n\nBut consumer group Which? warned the changes only reflect requirements for arriving back in the UK.\n\n\"Travellers should be aware that they may still face restrictions on entry to many destinations, especially those under 18 who are not yet vaccinated,\" it said.\n\nArrivals from 37 more destinations will have their vaccination status certificates recognised, meaning they can avoid more expensive post-arrival testing requirements.\n\nVaccinated travellers from Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, South Africa and Turkey will be treated the same as returning fully-vaccinated UK residents so long as they have not visited a red-list country in the 10 days before arriving in England.\n\nAll arrivals will still complete a passenger locator form.\n\nThe Scottish government said the changes were \"agreed on a four-nation basis\".\n\nThe Welsh government said that they increased opportunities for new infections and variants, but it was adopting them because it was not practical to have its own border policy.\n\nFor British expats Matt and Hannah Pirnie, who have lived in South Africa for a decade, the country's removal from the red list will mean it is easier to see family again.\n\n\"It's been a long pandemic for us. Not seeing family, not being allowed to go back, but more importantly grandparents not being able to come here and see their grandkids. It's been a long two years,\" Matt says.\n\n\"First of all when all the aeroplanes stopped initially - that was quite anxiety provoking - and then to be put on the red list for so long has just been quite hard to wrap your head around why,\" Hannah adds.\n\n\"Taking three children into a prison-like mentality was just a no-go, plus the cost. It's been quite hard really.\"\n\nAnnouncing the latest changes, Mr Shapps said the government was \"making it easier for families and loved ones to reunite\".\n\nHe said that with fewer restrictions \"and more people travelling, we can all continue to move safely forward together along our pathway to recovery\".\n\nIn addition to the shorter red list, the government said passengers would soon be able to use a photograph of a lateral flow test as a minimum requirement to verify a negative result.\n\nThis change - affecting tests taken by eligible fully-vaccinated people from non-red list countries two days after arrival in England - would come into effect in \"late October\", the Department for Transport (DfT) said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA UK government source said the government still aimed to replace the so-called day two \"PCR test on arrival\" with a cheaper lateral flow test by the half-term break, for many schools in England after 22 October.\n\nBut they said the government was still working on a date for when the new testing rule would be introduced.\n\nUnder current rules, travellers must use more expensive PCR tests for their post-arrival day two screening. People who are not fully vaccinated must provide a further PCR test on day eight.\n\nThe DfT said NHS lateral flow devices cannot be used for the purpose of international travel. \"Both pre-departure tests and on arrival tests must be bought from private providers,\" it said.\n\nAirlines and the travel industry praised a \"much-improved system\" but called on ministers to implement changes to testing as soon as possible and consider scrapping tests for passengers arriving from low-risk countries.\n\nA spokesperson for London's Heathrow Airport said the announced changes would \"kick start a global Britain\".\n\n\"However, the missing piece to this is clarity on when cheaper lateral flow tests will be accepted, which is now critical in order to save the half-term getaway for many,\" they said.\n\nA further 40,701 new coronavirus cases were reported in the UK on Thursday, alongside another 122 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nThe following destinations will be removed from the red list from 04:00 BST on Monday:", "For British expats Matt and Hannah Pirnie, who have lived in South Africa for a decade, the country's removal from the red list will mean it is easier to see family again.\n\n\"It's been a long pandemic for us. Not seeing family, not being allowed to go back, but more importantly grandparents not being able to come here and see their grandkids. It's been a long two years,\" Matt says.\n\n\"First of all when all the aeroplanes stopped initially - that was quite anxiety provoking - and then to be put on the red list for so long has just been quite hard to wrap your head around why,\" Hannah adds.\n\n\"Taking three children into a prison-like mentality was just a no-go, plus the cost. It's been quite hard really.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Newcastle\n\nAmnesty International has urged the Premier League to change its owners' and directors' test \"to address human rights issues\" amid the Saudi Arabian-backed takeover of Newcastle United.\n\nApproval for the takeover from the Premier League could come on Thursday.\n\nA consortium would be in control of the club, not the Saudi state.\n\nThe state has been accused of human rights abuses, which Amnesty International says must be a factor in deciding whether the takeover proceeds.\n\n\"Instead of allowing those implicated in serious human rights violations to walk into English football simply because they have deep pockets, we've urged the Premier League to change their owners' and directors' test to address human rights issues,\" said Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International chief executive.\n\n\"The phrase 'human rights' doesn't even appear in the owners' and directors' test despite English football supposedly adhering to Fifa standards. We've sent the Premier League a suggested new human rights-compliant test and we reiterate our call on them to overhaul their standards on this.\n\n\"As with Formula One, elite boxing, golf or tennis, an association with top-tier football is a very attractive means of rebranding a country or person with a tarnished reputation. The Premier League needs to better understand the dynamic of sportswashing and tighten its ownership rules.\"\n\nThe Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is set to provide 80% of funds for the £300m deal and would be the majority owner, will be seen as separate to the state and therefore allow the takeover to pass the Premier League owners' and directors' test.\n\nHowever, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is also the chair of PIF - he was accused of ordering the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which the Kingdom's leader denies.\n\nKhashoggi's fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, has also urged the Premier League not to allow the move to go through, citing the involvement of the crown prince.\n\nIt is believed a resolution came after Saudi Arabia settled an alleged piracy dispute with Qatar-based broadcaster beIN Sports, which owns rights to show Premier League matches in the Middle East.\n\nBut sources have told BBC Sport that an agreement between the Premier League and the consortium was found prior to the news emerging on Wednesday.\n\nWith PIF deemed a separate entity, that, and any piracy issues, are no longer an impediment to the takeover in the Premier League's view.\n\nMany Newcastle fans want current owner Mike Ashley to leave the club after a 14-year reign, which they believe has been plagued by a lack of investment and ambition.\n\nThe Premier League and Newcastle have declined to comment.\n• None 'Why do people have to do that?!' Ricky Gervais reveals all of his everyday frustrations\n• None Is it time for football to phase out heading?", "In 2007, Spencer Beynon spoke with BBC Wales about his experiences in Iraq\n\nAn ex-soldier who died after being Tasered by officers \"suffered a campaign of harassment\" by police in the years leading up to his death, his father has told an inquest.\n\nPlatoon Sgt Spencer Beynon, 43, from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, died after officers were called in June 2016 over concerns about his behaviour.\n\nHe was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after tours of Afghanistan and Iraq.\n\nAn inquest is taking place in Llanelli.\n\nThe jury was told he had been discharged from the Royal Welsh Regiment on medical grounds.\n\nDyfed-Powys Police officers responded to a report from a neighbour on 14 June 2016 of a man walking down a road barefoot holding a cannabis pipe, and found Mr Beynon in a nearby street with a neck wound.\n\nHe collapsed after being hit with a Taser, with officers claiming they had deployed the weapon after he had shown \"aggression\" towards them.\n\nMr Beynon died near his home in Llanelli\n\nChristopher Beynon, his father, said in the 18 months prior to his death, officers had repeatedly searched his son's home, causing severe damage to the windows and doors of the property on one occasion.\n\nMr Beynon said he believed his son's mental health was improving, and that he had become interested in Buddhism and was \"more placid\".\n\nBut on the day he died, Christopher Beynon said he arrived home at about 09:30 to find his son behaving \"absolutely nuts\".\n\n\"He was shouting at the top of his voice: 'I love you, I love you, I'm going to make you proud',\" he said.\n\n\"He got down into a prayer then got up and tried to exorcise the devil from me. His mood changed, and a blackness came over him.\"\n\nAfter his son left, Mr Beynon said he called 999 asking for him to be detained under the Mental Health Act while his wife went out to look for him.\n\nHe said he believed the police then told \"a catalogue of lies\" about what had happened, including saying his body had already been taken by an ambulance when it remained under a sheet in the road.\n\nDescribing his son's problems following his return from the war zones, Mr Beynon said: \"Anyone who has lived with PTSD knows it's a horror show. It was for him, and for me, his mother and sister.\n\n\"He was screaming, crying, punching the walls, and locking himself in his room for days on end.\"\n\nA statement from Mr Beynon's girlfriend Victoria Key, who has since died, was also read out.\n\nIn it, she said he began acting strangely a couple of days before he died, saying he saw the devil in people, as well as their dog.", "Prof David MacMillan was awarded the prize for developing a new way of building molecules\n\nA Nobel Prize-winning scientist says his success is down to being Scottish and knowing how to get to a punchline.\n\nProf David MacMillan, who is from North Lanarkshire, told the BBC that growing up in Scotland meant he learned how to convey ideas quickly.\n\nThe professor said he was \"very, very proud\" of his \"working class\" upbringing in New Stevenston.\n\nHe was jointly awarded a Nobel Prize for chemistry with German Scientist Benjamin List earlier this week.\n\nThey were honoured by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which organises the awards, after developing a new way of building molecules.\n\nProf MacMillan, of Princeton University in the United States, said the concept has been used to make medicines faster and has helped with the development of drugs for Alzheimer's, cancer and heart disease.\n\nHe grew up in New Stevenston, near Bellshill, and gained his undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of Glasgow before moving to the US for postgraduate studies.\n\nThe scientist said his Scottish upbringing helped him learn how to tell a story and explain concepts quickly.\n\n\"Growing up in Scotland, you learn how to talk and you learn how to tell a joke and you can get to a punchline,\" he said.\n\n\"You can convey ideas quickly from growing up in Scotland - you're good at it.\n\n\"So we were able to convey to people that this was actually a pretty interesting and valuable concept that people could use in science and it certainly helped my career and certainly helped the science move forward, but it wouldn't have happened if I was not Scottish.\"\n\nProf MacMillan moved to the United States after completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Glasgow\n\nProf MacMillan attended New Stevenston Primary School and Bellshill Academy and he praised the \"brilliant\" education he received.\n\nHe said: \"I am one of those people who's incredibly lucky to have come through that system.\"\n\nThe scientist gained his undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of Glasgow in 1991, before being awarded a PhD in organic chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, in 1996.\n\nHe studied at Harvard University before beginning his career at the University of California, Berkeley, moving to Caltech and then Princeton in 2006.\n\nAsked to explain his discovery in layman's terms, he told BBC Radio Good Morning Scotland programme: \"If you look around yourself right now, in the studio or at home, everything around you, stuff, is all made by chemical reactions, and how those chemical reactions work is based on this thing called catalysis.\n\n\"We invented these new types of catalysis that allowed you to do things you couldn't do before, to make new materials, new stuff around you.\n\n\"But probably the most important thing immediately is how to make medicines even faster so that's been a great thing.\"\n\nThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Wednesday: \"Building molecules is a difficult art. Benjamin List and David MacMillan are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction: organocatalysis.\n\n\"This has had a great impact on pharmaceutical research, and has made chemistry greener.\"\n\nProf List and Prof MacMillan, who are both 53, will share the prize money of 10 million krona (£842,611).", "UK wholesale gas prices hit a record high before falling after Russia said it was boosting supplies to Europe.\n\nRussia President Vladimir Putin appeared to calm the market after gas prices had risen by 37% in 24 hours to trade at 400p per therm on Wednesday.\n\nUK gas was 60p per therm at the start of the year, but high global demand and reduced supply has driven prices up.\n\nThe high cost of wholesale gas has seen several UK energy firms collapse and halted production across industries.\n\nFollowing Mr Putin's comments on supplies, gas prices dropped to about 257p a therm later on Wednesday.\n\nSusannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the changing gas prices underlined the \"volatility in the market and the nervousness amongst investors about low stockpiles of gas across Europe\".\n\n\"When Putin's promises help calm the storm of rising prices which was pummelling financial markets, it's clear investors are desperate for any gust of good news blowing in,\" she said.\n\nThe surge in prices led to Energy Intensive Users Group, which represents steel, chemical and fertiliser firms, calling on the government to help keep businesses and industries running.\n\nIndustry leaders said surging costs had already resulted in steel production halting \"at times of peak demand\".\n\nLast month, US-owned CF Industries shut two UK sites that produce 60% of the country's commercial carbon dioxide supplies because of the rise in gas prices, before the government stepped in to meet its operating costs for its Teesside plant for three weeks.\n\nThe shut down led to a shortage of carbon dioxide - a by-product of the fertiliser factories - which sparked warnings from food producers and supermarkets of shortages in the supply of fresh produce. The gas is to stun animals for slaughter and in packaging to prolong shelf life.\n\n\"We have already seen the impact of the truly astronomical increases in energy costs on production in the fertiliser and steel sectors,\" said Richard Leese, chairman of the Energy Intensive Users Group.\n\n\"Nobody wants to see a repeat in other industries this winter, given that UK EIIs [energy intensive industries] produce so many essential domestic and industrial products and are intrinsically linked with many supply chains.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said: \"We are determined to secure a competitive future for our energy intensive industries and in recent years have provided them with extensive support, including more than £2bn to help with the costs of energy and to protect jobs.\n\n\"Our exposure to volatile global gas prices underscores the importance of our plan to build a strong, home-grown renewable energy sector to further reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.\"\n\nBesides industry struggles, a total of nine energy suppliers have collapsed in recent weeks, which has affected nearly 1.73 million customers in September alone.\n\nThe companies that have gone bust have been mostly smaller firms, which have been unable to deliver price promises to customers because of the surge in gas prices.\n\nFirms going bust has also had a knock on effect to auto-switching services, with Look After My Bills, famous for its popularity on BBC Two's Dragon's Den, \"pausing\" its operations, and fellow auto-switching company Flipper closing down completely.\n\nFlipper said in a statement that it had withdrawn from the market and was closing because it could \"no longer sustain the great savings\" its customers had \"come to expect\".\n\nMeanwhile, Look After My Bills said it was \"temporarily pausing\" its switching service, but would be \"back as soon as we can\" access energy deals \"right\" for customers.\n\nAffected customers have been told they will be switched to a new tariff by energy regulator Ofgem and be contacted by their new supplier.\n\nIt has advised people to take a meter reading and to wait until a new supplier has been appointed before looking to switch to another energy firm.\n\nJonathan Brearley, the boss of Ofgem, has warned that the cost of protecting customers from failing energy providers could lead to higher bills.\n\nA higher energy price cap came into force on Friday, with those on standard tariffs, with typical household levels of energy use, seeing bills go up by £139 to £1,277 a year.\n\nCustomers are protected from sudden hikes in gas prices through the energy price cap, which sets maximum prices and charges for those on a standard or default tariff.\n\nHowever, the next revision of the cap, which will affect bills from the start of April, is likely to rise significantly to reflect the greater costs faced by suppliers.\n\nAnalysts at energy consultancy Cornwall Insight have predicted the next cap will mean the typical household will have an annual bill of £1,600 and the impact of the crisis could be felt into 2023.\n\n\"The explosion of choice and innovation seen in the sector in the last decade by challenger suppliers has been fundamentally altered in a matter of months, and while all eyes will inevitably be on this winter, the need for an enduring solution to ensure that the gains experienced by almost three decades of competition are not lost,\" said its senior consultant, Craig Lowrey.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Islamic State mother Nicole Jack says she would like UK politicians to \"at least try to understand\"\n\nA British woman who joined the Islamic State group with her young children has said UK politicians should \"open your minds\" to allowing them to return.\n\nNicole Jack and her three daughters are currently being held in a detention camp in Syria alongside thousands of wives and children of IS fighters.\n\nShe said they are \"out of sight, out of mind\" and the UK government must not sweep them \"under the carpet\".\n\nThe Home Office said its priority is to ensure the UK's safety and security.\n\nMs Jack and her daughters - aged 12, 9 and 7 - are currently in Syria's Roj camp, where Shamima Begum is also being held.\n\nSpeaking publicly for the first time, the 34-year-old told the BBC that despite living under IS rule for three years, she was not a security risk to the UK.\n\nThe UK government has been unwilling to let those who joined IS - a group that committed genocide and murder around the world - back to the UK, viewing them as potential national security threats.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicole Jack's daughter: \"I don't like how the camp is dirty\"\n\nMs Jack left London with her husband and her then four young children to join IS in October 2015. She had told relatives her family was leaving for Somalia to start a new life.\n\nIS had already become notorious for its brutality, including public beheadings, before she joined the group. And unlike some recruits from the UK, who joined as teenagers, she was an adult when she left.\n\nShe told the BBC few people will understand her decision to take her children to a dangerous warzone and live under IS rule.\n\nWhen pressed for an answer, she said her husband, Hussein Ali, threatened to split the family up if she refused to travel with him. \"It was about my family being together\", she claimed.\n\nBut the following year her husband died fighting for the militant group.\n\nShe then remarried, to another foreign IS recruit - Trinidadian fighter, Adil de Montrichard - who went on to die in an airstrike, which also killed her 10-year-old son, Isaaq.\n\nShe says she coped with the death of her son by \"knowing that he's in a better place\". \"Anything else can put us on the verge of a breakdown and this is what I can't risk,\" she added.\n\nWhen asked about the group's brutality, she says she was not witness to its worst crimes. She told the BBC: \"I haven't seen a beheading in my life.\"\n\nNicole Jack and her daughters - aged 12, 9 and 7 - are in Syria's Roj camp, where Shamima Begum is also being held\n\nThe BBC also spoke to her 12-year-old daughter, who we are not naming. She said she \"misses her grannies and aunties\" and hopes to return to the UK so she can \"go to school and make friends\".\n\nThe children, who were born in London, attend a makeshift school in the camp, run by Save the Children.\n\n\"I like learning different things, like different languages,\" the 12-year-old said. \"When you learn more things, your brain becomes better and all these kind of things. I want to be smart when I grow up.\"\n\nThere are estimated to be at least 16 British women and between 35 and 60 British children detained in Syrian camps, according to international advocacy groups.\n\nMany of the women in the camp - including Shamima Begum, who left the UK aged 15 with two other east London schoolgirls - have been stripped of their British citizenship.\n\nHowever, international charities are pushing governments to take back more of the children. Ms Jack, who has British and Trinidadian nationality, says she does not know if her citizenship has been removed.\n\nBut she insists she is not prepared to allow her children to return to Britain without her. \"I know for sure if my kids are separated from me they will not be in a stable situation, because we are a unit.\"\n\nThousands of miles away in London, the children's grandmother, hospital nurse Charleen Jack Henry, says the children should be allowed to return.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Charleen Jack Henry, Nicole Jack's mother: \"Let her come and face the consequences\"\n\n\"It is not fair and it is not right for these children to be languishing in this place,\" she said, adding that Ms Jack should also be allowed back to \"face the consequences\" in the UK.\n\nBritain has said it is willing to repatriate orphans and unaccompanied children.\n\nKurdish authorities responsible for managing prisons and camps in north-east Syria have repeatedly urged Western governments for support in dealing with foreign IS fighters, as well as their wives and children. They want countries to repatriate their own citizens.\n\nSome countries, like Sweden, Finland, Belgium and Germany, have brought back children and their mothers.\n\nMeanwhile, Save the Children says violence and illness are a daily risk for children living in Syrian camps.\n\n\"These children are experiencing traumatic events that no child should have to go through - and this is after years of living in conflict zones,\" Sonia Khush, director of the charity's Syria response team said. \"It is incomprehensible that they are condemned to this life.\"\n\nThe UK government wouldn't comment specifically on Nicole Jack's case, but said: \"Our priority is to ensure the safety and security of the UK.\"\n\nIt said those who remain in Syria \"include dangerous individuals\" adding: \"It's important that we do not make judgements about the national security risk someone poses based on their gender and age.\"", "The maker of Quality Street and Lion bars has said it is experiencing some supply chain problems ahead of the Christmas period.\n\nBut Mark Schneider, the chief executive of Nestle, told the BBC that it was working hard to make sure products made it on to shelves this winter.\n\nA number of sectors have had problems with their supply chains due to a chronic shortage of HGV drivers.\n\nFactors including global bottlenecks with shipping have also played a part.\n\n\"Like other businesses, we are seeing some labour shortages and some transportation issues but it's our UK team's top priority to work constructively with retailers to supply them,\" he said.\n\nWhen asked whether he could guarantee Quality Street would be in the shops this Christmas he replied: \"We are working hard.\"\n\nNestle, which also makes Aero and KitKat, is the world's largest producer of dairy products - and works with hundreds of thousands of farmers around the world with millions of cows.\n\nAhead of a major climate summit in Glasgow next month, chief executive Mark Schneider was in the UK to launch a range of non-dairy, plant-based alternatives to its milk and chocolate in an attempt to further reduce the company's greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nAgriculture accounts for 20% of the world's greenhouse emissions and methane from belching cows is a major contributor.\n\nAlong with new non-dairy products, Nestle is also working with new types of feed for cattle that produce less methane per litre of milk produced.\n\nMark Schneider said Nestle was working hard to overcome supply chain issues ahead of Christmas\n\nMr Schneider also admitted it was responding to the commercial reality of a market that has seen consumers - particularly those who are younger and more affluent - move away from dairy products to oat and soya-based alternatives.\n\n\"We think less meat and dairy is good for the planet, but it's also good for diet and health, and it is also a big commercial opportunity,\" Mr Schneider said.\n\nHe said that these alternative products would cost more than their dairy equivalents at first but that the cost would come down over time.\n\n\"The first unit is always going to be a little more expensive, this is a hump you have to get over, and then at some point economies of scale kick in making them more affordable as we have seen in electric cars.\n\n\"Some consumers are willing to pay a premium now for products that pave the way for that,\" he said.", "Spencer Beynon's father called 999 on the morning of his son's death, saying he had gone \"absolutely insane\"\n\nA father's plea in a 999 call for his son to be sectioned was not passed to police, an inquest has heard.\n\nIn June 2016, Platoon Sgt Spencer Beynon, 43, from Llanelli, was hit by a Taser fired by officers called over concerns about his behaviour.\n\nHe had been medically discharged from the Army with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after tours of Afghanistan and Iraq.\n\nAn inquest into his death is taking place in Llanelli.\n\nMr Beynon's father Christopher Beynon phoned Dyfed-Powys Police on the morning of his death, saying his son had gone \"absolutely insane\", the inquest heard.\n\nHe told the call handler his son had \"PTSD compounded by constant use of cannabis\" and should be \"sectioned\".\n\nHowever, the call handler did not relay that information to the police, and categorised the report as low priority and drugs-related because Mr Beynon was said to be in possession of cannabis.\n\nMr Beynon died near his home in Llanelli after a neighbour phoned the police\n\nDuring the call, a transcript of which was read to the jury, Christopher Beynon described how he had found his son \"shouting at the top of his voice, 'I love you, I love you, I'm going to make you proud'\".\n\nHe also said his son had tried to exorcise the devil from him, claiming to be a Buddhist monk and that he saw his \"mood change, and a blackness come over him\".\n\nBased on the information that was recorded in the log, officers at Llanelli Police Station chose to take no further action, the inquest was told.\n\nAsked if a different decision should have been taken that day, Sgt Dylan Davies, who was on duty that morning, said: \"No, not based on the intelligence we had.\"\n\nBut he later admitted that had he been aware of all of what Christopher Beynon had told the call handler, he would have sent officers to visit the father.\n\nThe court heard how previous calls made by the family about Spencer Beynon's mental health had resulted in armed police officers being called and him being sectioned under the Mental Health Act.\n\nLater on the day of his death, 14 June 2016, the force responded to a report from a neighbour concerned about a man walking down a road barefoot holding a cannabis pipe.\n\nWitnesses at the time claimed they saw Mr Beynon stab his dog and then himself.\n\nOfficers found him in Maes y Bwlch, an estate near his home, with a neck wound.\n\nHe later collapsed after being hit with a Taser, with officers claiming they had deployed the weapon after he had shown \"aggression\" towards them.", "The armed forces will help the ambulance service from next week\n\nMore than 100 military personnel will help the Welsh Ambulance Service as drivers from 14 October until the end of November.\n\nSupport was sought by the service last month amid rising pressure from Covid.\n\nIt is hoped the assistance will ease this so the ambulance trust can keep providing essential services.\n\nAmbulance chief executive Jason Killens said he was \"proud and grateful\" to be working with the military for the third time since the pandemic began.\n\nA total of 110 personnel will be deployed across Wales from the Army, Navy and RAF.\n\nThey will work as non-emergency drivers to attend lower priority calls to free up ambulance resources for emergency calls where there is an immediate risk to life.\n\nMr Killens said: \"We're proud and grateful to be working alongside the military once again, who did a superb job of assisting us on two occasions previously last year.\n\n\"The pandemic has presented a challenge like no other, but the last couple of months in particular have meant significant and sustained pressures on our ambulance service, including high levels of demand and an increase in Covid-19 related activity.\n\n\"Winter is our busiest time, and having military colleagues on board once more will bolster our capacity and put us in the best possible position to provide a safe service to the people of Wales.\"\n\nAssistance was granted after a Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) request was made.\n\nWelsh Secretary Simon Hart said: \"Once again the UK's armed forces are playing a key role in the fight against Covid-19 by supporting the critical work of the Welsh Ambulance Service.\n\n\"I am hugely grateful for their commitment and expertise.\n\n\"I would like to extend my gratitude to all those who have worked incredibly hard to ensure our public services deliver for the people of Wales throughout the pandemic.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chris Williams-Ellis waited two hours for an ambulance after \"life-changing\" burns\n\n\"The deployment of 110 personnel to support the ambulance service will ensure WAST (Welsh Ambulance Service Trust) can continue to deliver their life-saving services,\" he said.\n\nAs well as drivers, three members of the military will help support planning at NHS Wales.\n\nWelsh Secretary Simon Hart said the armed forces would play a key role\n\nIt was revealed on Thursday that delays outside hospitals are costing ambulance crews thousands of hours as they are unable to respond to other calls.\n\nThe armed forces also helped the Welsh Ambulance Service by providing 68 personnel in April 2020 and 120 emergency service staff in December 2020, including medics.\n\nThey supported Wales' vaccine rollout in this year and gave planning advice, delivered PPE and helped with testing in Merthyr Tydfil.", "Last updated on .From the section Newcastle\n\nA Saudi Arabian-backed £305m takeover of Newcastle United has been completed.\n\nThe Premier League has approved the takeover after receiving \"legally binding assurances\" that the Saudi state would not control the club.\n\nInstead the Public Investment Fund (PIF), which will provide 80% of funds for the deal, is seen as separate to the state.\n\nThis is despite the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, being listed as chair of PIF.\n\nThe sale went through after the deal passed the Premier League owners' and directors' test.\n\nThe takeover brings to an end Mike Ashley's 14-year spell as Newcastle United owner.\n\nFans gathered outside Newcastle's St James' Park stadium on Thursday to celebrate the takeover being approved.\n\nPIF have assets of £250bn, making Newcastle one of the richest clubs in the world.\n\nFinancier Amanda Staveley, who fronted the consortium, said the new owners are making a \"long-term investment\" to ensure Newcastle are \"regularly competing for major trophies\".\n\nNewcastle's last major domestic trophy was the 1955 FA Cup.\n• None What's next for Newcastle after £305m takeover?\n\nA Premier League statement said: \"The Premier League, Newcastle United Football Club and St James Holdings Limited have today settled the dispute over the takeover of the club by the consortium of PIF, PCP Capital Partners and RB Sports & Media.\n\n\"The legal disputes concerned which entities would own and/or have the ability to control the club following the takeover. All parties have agreed the settlement is necessary to end the long uncertainty for fans over the club's ownership.\n\n\"The Premier League has now received legally binding assurances that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will not control Newcastle United Football Club.\n\n\"All parties are pleased to have concluded this process which gives certainty and clarity to Newcastle United Football Club and their fans.\"\n\nEverything you need to know - all in one place Scroll through our Newcastle page for all the latest content on the takeover\n\nA deal was initially agreed in April 2020, but the buyers walked away four months later when the Premier League offered arbitration to settle a disagreement on who would control the club.\n\nIt is believed that a resolution came after Saudi Arabia settled an alleged piracy dispute with Qatar-based broadcaster beIN Sports, which own rights to show Premier League matches in the Middle East.\n\nBut sources have told BBC Sport that an agreement between the Premier League and the consortium was reached prior to news emerging on Wednesday that the piracy dispute had been resolved.\n\nThe Saudi Arabian state has been accused of human rights abuses, but with the majority owner PIF deemed a separate entity, that, and any piracy issues, were no longer an impediment to the takeover, in the Premier League's view.\n\nWestern intelligence agencies believe the crown prince ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 - which he denies.\n\nPCP Capital chief executive Amanda Staveley will take a seat on Newcastle's board, while Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of PIF, will act as the club's non-executive chairman.\n\nStaveley told BBC sports editor Dan Roan that PCP Capital took concerns over Saudi Arabia's human rights record \"very seriously\" but reiterated that their partner \"is not that Saudi state, it's PIF\".\n\nWhen asked if this was a case of 'sportswashing' by Saudi Arabia, she said: \"No, not at all, this is very much about the PIF's investment into a fantastic football team and we look forward to growing the club.\"\n\nSaudi Arabia has been accused of human rights abuses and women's rights campaigners have been imprisoned, despite some reform under Mohammed bin Salman, such as an end to the ban on women driving.\n\nHomosexuality is outlawed in the country and the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association says the death penalty is the legally prescribed punishment for same-sex sexual acts in Saudi Arabia.\n\nAmnesty International UK said the takeover is \"an extremely bitter blow for human rights defenders\".\n\n\"We can understand that this will be seen as a great day by many Newcastle United fans,\" said chief executive Sacha Deshmukh.\n\n\"But it's also a very worrying day for anyone who cares about the ownership of English football clubs and whether these great clubs are being used to sportswash human rights abuse.\"\n\nDeshmukh reiterated Amnesty International's call for the Premier League to \"change their owners' and directors' test to address human rights issues\".\n\nKhashoggi's fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, previously urged the Premier League not to allow the move to go through, citing the involvement of the crown prince.\n\nSports Direct chief executive Ashley bought Newcastle for £134m in May 2007.\n\nHe first put the club up for sale in September 2008 amid a series of protests from fans following the resignation of popular manager Kevin Keegan.\n\nNewcastle were relegated from the Premier League that season and again in 2015-16, although returned to the top flight at the first opportunity both times by winning the Championship.\n\nThe Magpies' highest Premier League finish during Ashley's ownership was fifth in 2011-12 under Alan Pardew.\n\nAshley put Newcastle up for sale again in October 2017.\n\nThe club are 19th and winless after seven games this season, with boss Steve Bruce under pressure - a Newcastle United Supporters' Trust (NUST) survey said this week 94% of fans want Bruce to leave.\n\nThe same survey said 93.8% of its members are in favour of the takeover and NUST said in a statement that the sale brought \"the first real hope\" of success to the club \"for many years\".\n\nNUST added it looked forward to working with the owners to \"rejuvenate one of the greatest football clubs in England\".\n• None Our coverage of Newcastle United is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Newcastle - go straight to all the best content", "Tory MP Peter Bottomley has stood by comments he made about MPs struggling to get by and needing more pay.\n\nThe MP faced an angry backlash over the claims, with Labour accusing him of being out of touch.\n\nBut Sir Peter said the comments were part of a broader interview in which he also expressed concern about universal credit cuts.\n\nThe £20-a-week top up to the benefit officially ended on Wednesday, despite warnings about rising living costs.\n\nLabour's shadow child poverty secretary Wes Streeting said he was \"genuinely infuriated\" by Sir Peter's comments.\n\n\"We are perfectly well paid, and unfortunately too many MPs on the Conservative side, at the same time as whingeing about very high - relatively high - levels of pay that MPs get in this country, at the same time they are clobbering people who are losing over £1,000 a year, which is 10% of their income in some cases,\" he told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\nHe added: \"This is my problem with the Tories - it's not that they're evil, bad people who go into work every day thinking 'How can we plunge more kids into poverty?'\n\n\"But, as Peter Bottomley's comments show, they just don't know what life is like for a hell of a lot of people in this country and they make policies that are actively hurting people who are going out, working hard, trying to make the best for their family and are really struggling.\"\n\nBut Sir Peter told the BBC he was not arguing for MP pay rises until after the next general election \"which is probably in three years' time\".\n\nHe said he was trying to make the point that increasing MPs' salaries from the current average of just over £80,000 a year would make it easier to widen the pool of people interested in changing careers to become parliamentarians, without having to take a pay cut.\n\n\"If people can't switch across to being an MP, you're going to exclude a whole lot of people\" he said, such as headteachers and public sector executives.\n\nThe 77-year-old Worthing West MP - the longest serving MP in the Commons - said he also shared concerns expressed by other Tory MPs about the government's benefit cuts although he is not arguing for the universal credit uplift to be made permanent.\n\nHe \"would have agreed to increase universal credit temporarily\" as Chancellor Rishi Sunak did, he said, because it was a way to \"support those hurt most by the pandemic\".\n\nBut he expressed concern at the speed with which it has been removed and said it would have been better to taper the extra money down to \"avoid cutting it off at a cliff-edge\".\n\nConcerns are growing over cost of living rises\n\nConservative peer, Philippa Stroud, a former adviser to Iain Duncan Smith when he was work and pensions secretary, has threatened to force a vote on the universal credit cut in the House of Lords.\n\nAnd speaking on the BBC News Channel, Shadow Business Secretary, Ed Miliband said Labour was \"not giving up\" on attempts to reverse the reduction.\n\n\"It beggars belief\" he said ,that in the context of escalating energy prices and tax rises, \"the government is ploughing ahead\" with the cut to the benefit.\n\nPeople are facing a \"double whammy\" and the situation is going to be \"unbearable for so many families\" he added and targeting support through the social security system is the best way to help them.", "The woman was approached in the Greengate Street car park in Barrow by Gary Shepherd, who was wearing a police-branded lanyard\n\nA man who pretended to be a police officer and attempted to arrest a woman has been jailed.\n\nGary Shepherd was wearing a lanyard with the word \"police\" emblazoned on it when he spoke to the woman in a car park in Barrow on Tuesday evening.\n\nHe said he was arresting her for drug dealing, but she challenged him with the help of a passer-by.\n\nAt Barrow Magistrates' Court Shepherd, 44, admitted impersonating a police officer and was jailed for 22 weeks.\n\nCumbria Police said he approached the woman in Greengate car park at about 18:30 BST but she did not believe he was a genuine police officer.\n\nShepherd fled the scene but was arrested later on Tuesday.\n\nSupt Matt Pearman said it was a \"gravely concerning incident\" especially given the recent case of Sarah Everard, who was murdered by a police officer who detained her under false pretences.\n\nSupt Pearman said: \"To be approached in this way by someone falsely claiming to be a police officer must have been extremely frightening for the victim, particularly coming so soon after the sentencing of Wayne Couzens last week.\"\n\nShepherd initially denied the incident had happened then later said it had been a \"joke\", a police spokesman said.\n\nMagistrates immediately invoked a four-week suspended sentence that Shepherd, of Abbey Road, Barrow, had previously been given for another offence.\n\nHe was sentenced to a further 18 weeks in prison for impersonating a police officer and common assault, which he also admitted.\n\nHis jailing came as Cumbria Police announced a new process for members of the public to confirm the identities of lone officers.\n\nOfficers will provide their collar number to anyone who asks and will contact the control room on the police radio to confirm their identity, location, that they are on duty and the reason they are speaking to someone.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "For the first time, patients with secondary breast cancer in England and Wales are going to be counted in a special audit funded by the NHS.\n\nSecondary breast cancer is when the cancer has already spread to other parts of the body. The condition reached the headlines in September after the death of the singer Sarah Harding.\n\nCampaigners have fought for a decade for this information, which they say will improve patient treatment and support. 11,000 people die each year from breast cancer.\n\nThe BBC met Alina who was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer two years ago.\n\nIf you've been affected by cancer, help and support is available at BBC Action Line.", "Ivermectin has been called a Covid \"miracle\" drug, championed by vaccine opponents, and recommended by health authorities in some countries. But the BBC can reveal there are serious errors in a number of key studies that the drug's promoters rely on.\n\nFor some years ivermectin has been a vital anti-parasitic medicine used to treat humans and animals.\n\nBut during the pandemic there has been a clamour from some proponents for using the drug for something else - to fight Covid and prevent deaths.\n\nThe health authorities in the US, UK and EU have found there is insufficient evidence for using the drug against Covid, but thousands of supporters, many of them anti-vaccine activists, have continued to vigorously campaign for its use.\n\nIvermectin was approved for Covid treatment in Peru in May 2020\n\nMembers of social media groups swap tips on getting hold of the drug, even advocating the versions used for animals.\n\nThe hype around ivermectin - based on the strength of belief in the research - has driven large numbers of people around the world to use it.\n\nCampaigners for the drug point to a number of scientific studies and often claim this evidence is being ignored or covered up. But a review by a group of independent scientists has cast serious doubt on that body of research.\n\nThe BBC can reveal that more than a third of 26 major trials of the drug for use on Covid have serious errors or signs of potential fraud. None of the rest show convincing evidence of ivermectin's effectiveness.\n\nDr Kyle Sheldrick, one of the group investigating the studies, said they had not found \"a single clinical trial\" claiming to show that ivermectin prevented Covid deaths that did not contain \"either obvious signs of fabrication or errors so critical they invalidate the study\".\n\nThe scientists in the group - Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, Dr James Heathers, Dr Nick Brown and Dr Sheldrick - each have a track record of exposing dodgy science. They've been working together remotely on an informal and voluntary basis during the pandemic.\n\nThey formed a group looking deeper into ivermectin studies after biomedical student Jack Lawrence spotted problems with an influential study from Egypt. Among other issues, it contained patients who turned out to have died before the trial started. It has now been retracted by the journal that published it.\n\nThe group of independent scientists examined virtually every randomised controlled trial (RCT) on ivermectin and Covid - in theory the highest quality evidence - including all the key studies regularly cited by the drug's promoters.\n\nRCTs involve people being randomly chosen to receive either the drug which is being tested or a placebo - a dummy drug with no active properties.\n\nSome South Africans took to the streets to demand that the authorities allow ivermectin to be used\n\nThe team also looked at six particularly influential observational trials. This type of trial looks at what happens to people who are taking the drug anyway, so can be biased by the types of people who choose to take the treatment.\n\nOut of a total of 26 studies examined, there was evidence in five that the data may have been faked - for example they contained virtually impossible numbers or rows of identical patients copied and pasted.\n\nIn a further five there were major red flags - for example, numbers didn't add up, percentages were calculated incorrectly or local health bodies weren't aware they had taken place.\n\nOn top of these flawed trials, there were 14 authors of studies who failed to send data back. The independent scientists have flagged this as a possible indicator of fraud.\n\nThe sample of research papers examined by the independent group also contains some high-quality studies from around the world. But the major problems were all in the studies making big claims for ivermectin - in fact, the bigger the claim in terms of lives saved or infections prevented, the greater the concerns suggesting it might be faked or invalid, the researchers discovered.\n\nWhile it's extremely difficult to rule out human error in these trials, Dr Sheldrick, a medical doctor and researcher at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, believes it is highly likely at least some of them may have been knowingly manipulated.\n\nA recent study in Lebanon was found to have blocks of details of 11 patients that had been copied and pasted repeatedly - suggesting many of the trial's apparent patients didn't really exist.\n\nThe study's authors told the BBC that the \"original set of data was rigged, sabotaged or mistakenly entered in the final file\" and that they have submitted a retraction to the scientific journal which published it.\n\nAnother study from Iran seemed to show that ivermectin prevented people dying from Covid.\n\nBut the scientists who investigated it found issues. The records of how much iron was in patients' blood contained numbers in a sequence that was unlikely to come up naturally.\n\nAnd the patients given the placebo turned out to have had much lower levels of oxygen in their blood before the trial started than those given ivermectin. So they were already sicker and statistically more likely to die.\n\nBut this pattern was repeated across a wide range of different measurements. The people with \"bad\" measurements ended up in the placebo group, the ones with \"good\" measurements in the ivermectin group.\n\nThe likelihood of this happening randomly across all these different measurements was vanishingly small, Dr Sheldrick said.\n\nDr Morteza Niaee, who led the Iran study, defended the results and the methodology and disagreed with problems pointed out to him, adding that it was \"very normal to see such randomisation\" when lots of different factors were considered and not all of them had any bearing on participants' Covid risk.\n\nBut the Lebanon and Iran trials were excluded from a paper for Cochrane - the international experts in reviewing scientific evidence - because they were \"such poorly reported studies\". The review concluded there was no evidence of benefit for ivermectin when it comes to Covid.\n\nThe largest and highest quality ivermectin study published so far is the Together trial at the McMaster University in Canada. It found no benefit for the drug when it comes to Covid.\n\nIvermectin is generally considered a safe drug, though there have been some reports of side effects.\n\nCalls over suspected ivermectin poisonings in the US have increased a lot but from a very small base (435 to 1,143 this year) and most of these cases were not serious. Patients have had vomiting, diarrhoea, hallucinations, confusion, drowsiness and tremors.\n\nBut indirect harm can come from giving people a false sense of security, especially if they choose ivermectin instead of seeking hospital treatment for Covid, or getting vaccinated in the first place.\n\nDr Patricia Garcia, a public health expert in Peru, said at one stage she estimated that 14 out of every 15 patients she saw in hospital had been taking ivermectin and by the time they came in they were \"really, really sick\".\n\nLarge pro-ivermectin Facebook groups have turned into forums for people to find advice on where to buy it, including preparations meant for animals.\n\nSome groups regularly contain posts about conspiracy theories of ivermectin cover-ups, as well as pushing anti-vaccine sentiment or encouraging patients to leave hospital if they aren't getting the drug.\n\nThe groups often provide a gateway to more fringe communities on the encrypted app Telegram.\n\nThese channels have co-ordinated harassment of doctors who fail to prescribe ivermectin and abuse has been aimed at scientists. Dr Andrew Hill, from the University of Liverpool, wrote an influential positive review of ivermectin, originally saying the world should \"get prepared, get supplies, get ready to approve [the drug]\".\n\nNow he says the studies don't stand up to scrutiny - but after he changed his view, based on new evidence emerging, he received vicious abuse.\n\nA small number of qualified doctors have had an exaggerated influence on the ivermectin debate. Noted proponent Dr Pierre Kory's views have not changed despite the major questions over the trials. He criticised \"superficial interpretations of emerging trials data\".\n\nDr Tess Lawrie - a medical doctor who specialises in pregnancy and childbirth - founded the British Ivermectin Recommendation Development (Bird) Group.\n\nShe has called for a pause to the Covid-19 vaccination programme and has made unsubstantiated claims implying the Covid vaccine had led to a large number of deaths based on a common misreading of safety data.\n\nWhen asked during an online panel what evidence might persuade her ivermectin didn't work she replied: \"Ivermectin works. There's nothing that will persuade me.\" She told the BBC: \"The only issues with the evidence base are the relentless efforts to undermine it.\"\n\nAround the world it was originally not opposition to vaccines but a lack of them that led people to ivermectin.\n\nThe drug has at various points been approved, recommended or prescribed for Covid in India, South Africa, Peru and much of the rest of Latin America, as well as in Slovakia.\n\nHealth authorities in Peru and India have stopped recommending ivermectin in treatment guidelines.\n\nIn February, Merck - one of the companies that makes the drug - said there was \"no scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against Covid-19\".\n\nIn South Africa, the drug has become a battleground - doctors point out the lack of evidence but many patients desperately want access as the vaccine rollout has been patchy and problematic. One GP in the country described a relative, a registered nurse, who didn't book a coronavirus vaccine she was eligible for and then caught the virus.\n\n\"When she started getting worse, instead of getting proper assessment and treatment, she treated herself with ivermectin,\" she said.\n\n\"Instead of consulting a doctor, she continued with the ivermectin and got home oxygen. By the time I heard how low her oxygen saturation levels were (66%), I begged her daughter to take her to casualty.\n\n\"At first they were reluctant, but I convinced them to go. She passed away a few hours later.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDaniel Craig has capped the launch week of his final James Bond movie by becoming the 2,704th celebrity to be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California.\n\nIt was unveiled outside 7007 Hollywood Boulevard, in honour of the fictional British spy's code number.\n\nJust yards away is the star of his predecessor as Bond, Sir Roger Moore.\n\nCraig, who has played 007 since 2006, said it was an \"absolute honour to be walked all over in Hollywood\".\n\nThe 53-year-old was introduced by Bond producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, along with his co-star in the latest 007 outing No Time To Die, Rami Malek.\n\nBefore his star was unveiled, Craig said: \"To Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, I thank you from the depth of my heart, without you I would not be here today - thank you for those lovely words. Thank you to Rami for those beautiful, beautiful words.\n\n\"I never thought I would hear myself say this, but it's an absolute honour to be walked all over in Hollywood.\"\n\nNo Time To Die won critical praise and earned the highest opening weekend takings of any Bond movie in the UK - after repeated delays to its release date because of the coronavirus pandemic. The film opens in the US on Friday.\n\nCraig said: \"If happiness was measured by the company we keep, then me being on this pavement surrounded by all of these legends makes me a very, very, very happy man. So thank you very much.\"\n\nMalek, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Queen singer Freddy Mercury in the movie Bohemian Rhapsody, plays supervillain Safin in the latest instalment of Bond's adventures.\n\nSpeaking at the ceremony, he praised Craig as an actor and a colleague.\n\n\"We all know he's a superb actor, he's dedicated, he can handle all his own stunts with one hand tied behind his back and the other holding a Negroni,\" Malek said.\n\nStars on the Walk of Fame are awarded each year by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce\n\n\"But he's as fastidious about his craft as he is about his empathy for everyone around him.\n\n\"He has this ability to hold these two potentially opposing things at the same time - an incredible amount of talent and responsibility and an incredible warmth and acute awareness of what those around him need.\"\n\nCraig also joins fellow Bond actors Pierce Brosnan, David Niven and Barry Nelson on the Walk of Fame, although the late Sir Sean Connery does not have a star.\n\nNiven played Bond in a 1967 version of Casino Royale, a send-up of the spy films, which sees his peacefully retired 007 dragged back into action. Barry Nelson was the first actor to play James Bond on screen in a one-hour TV adaptation of Casino Royale in 1954.\n\nAnti-vaccine demonstrators also attended the ceremony, to protest against Los Angeles passing one of the strictest vaccine mandates in the US.\n\nStars on the Walk of Fame are awarded each year by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, chosen from hundreds of applications.\n\nRecipients also pay a sponsorship fee of $50,000, which pays for the creation and installation of their star, along with the maintenance of the entire attraction.", "The public are being reminded to come forward for their flu jab to maximise their protection ahead of winter.\n\nHealth officials are worried because this will be the first winter Covid and flu circulate fully at the same time.\n\nResearch shows those infected with both viruses are more than twice as likely to die as someone with Covid alone.\n\nMore than 40 million people across the UK - 35 million in England - are being offered a jab this year in the biggest flu vaccination campaign so far.\n\nAnd this includes, for the first time, all secondary-school children up to the age of 16.\n\nAlongside the extended flu campaign, the over-50s and younger adults with health conditions are also being offered a Covid booster jab this autumn and winter.\n\nDr Jenny Harries, head of the newly formed UK Health Security Agency, warned the level of immunity to flu was likely to be lower this winter because very little of the virus had been circulating last year, because of social distancing and lockdown.\n\n\"It is really important people get vaccinated,\" she said.\n\n\"This is the first winter where we will have seasonal flu and Covid co-circulating.\"\n\nProf Wendy Barclay, professor of virology at Imperial College London, told the BBC's Today Programme that it had been trickier to gauge which flu strains to cover with this year's vaccine because cases had been so low last year.\n\n\"The vaccine this year is updated to match what we predict will be the circulating strains,\" she said.\n\nEngland's deputy chief medical officer Prof Jonathan Van-Tam said \"we need to take this seriously and defend ourselves\" by taking the vaccines when offered.\n\n\"Both these viruses are serious: they can both spread easily, cause hospitalisation and they can both be fatal,\" he said.\n\nFlu kills about 11,000 people on average every winter in England and during the last bad flu winter of 2017-18 the toll was more than double that - with more than 300 deaths a day during the peak.\n\nFlu and the other winter viruses also lead to more than 1,000 hospital admissions a day in winter months - more, currently, than is being seen for Covid.\n\nAnd this winter, respiratory illness could hit very high levels, causing severe strain on the NHS and up to 60,000 deaths, according to a report from the Academy of Medical Sciences.\n\nRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the leading cause of hospital admission in the under-fives, is already circulating at much higher levels than normal.\n\nThe winter warning comes as the government launches an advertising campaign, featuring TV medics Dr Amir Khan, Dr Dawn Harper and Dr Karan Ranj, to encourage those eligible to come forward for both the flu and Covid boosters.\n\nThe following groups are among those eligible for winter vaccines:\n\nGP surgeries will contact patients eligible for the free NHS flu vaccine or eligible patients can book an appointment at a pharmacy.\n\nPeople who qualify for the coronavirus booster are being told to wait until they are contacted.\n\nAnyone who is not eligible for a free flu jab can pay for it privately at many pharmacies, at a cost of about £15.\n\nWhat questions do you have about the flu vaccine?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Come on, get out of here! Leave me alone\" – why Abdulrazak Gurnah didn't believe the news at first\n\nTanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has said he was \"surprised and humbled\" to be awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature.\n\nThe Swedish Academy praised Gurnah for his \"uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism\".\n\nThe prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy and is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.14m / £840,000).\n\nGurnah, 73, is the author of 10 novels, including Paradise and Desertion.\n\nHe said how grateful he was to the academy, adding: \"It's just great - its just a big prize, and such a huge list of wonderful writers - I am still taking it in.\n\n\"It was such a complete surprise that I really had to wait until I heard it announced before I could believe it.\"\n\nParadise, published in 1994, told the story of a boy growing up in Tanzania in the early 20th Century and was nominated for the Booker Prize, marking his breakthrough as a novelist.\n\n\"Abdulrazak Gurnah's dedication to truth and his aversion to simplification are striking,\" the Nobel Committee for Literature said in a statement.\n\n\"His novels recoil from stereotypical descriptions and open our gaze to a culturally diversified East Africa unfamiliar to many in other parts of the world.\"\n\n\"[His] characters find themselves in a hiatus between cultures and continents, between a life that was and a life emerging; it is an insecure state that can never be resolved.\"\n\nBooks written by Gurnah were displayed as the Academy announced him as the winner in Stockholm\n\nBorn in Zanzibar in 1948, Gurnah arrived in England as a refugee in the late 1960s.\n\nHe was Professor of English and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent, Canterbury, until his recent retirement.\n\nGurnah is the first black African author to have won the award since Wole Soyinka in 1986.\n\nHe said his award would mean issues such as the refugee crisis and colonialism, which he has experienced, will be \"discussed\".\n\n\"These are things that are with us every day. People are dying, people are being hurt around the world - we must deal with these issues in the most kind way,\" he said.\n\n\"I came to England when these words, such as asylum-seeker, were not quite the same - more people are struggling and running from terror states.\n\n\"The world is much more violent than it was in the 1960s, so there is now greater pressure on the countries that are safe, they inevitably draw more people.\"\n\nIn an interview in 2016, when asked if he would call himself an \"author of postcolonial and/or world literature\", Gurnah replied: \"I would not use any of those words. I wouldn't call myself a something writer of any kind.\n\n\"In fact, I am not sure that I would call myself anything apart from my name. I guess, if somebody challenges me, that would be another way of saying, 'Are you a... one of these...?' I would probably say 'no'. Precisely, I don't want that part of me having a reductive name.\"\n\nThe Nobel Prizes, which have been awarded since 1901, recognise achievement in literature, science, peace and latterly economics.\n\nPast winners have included novelists such as Ernest Hemingway, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Toni Morrison, poets such as Pablo Neruda, Joseph Brodsky and Rabindranath Tagore, and playwrights including Harold Pinter and Eugene O'Neill.\n\nLast year's award was won by American poet Louise Gluck.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The new law has faced opposition both in the courts and on the streets\n\nA US judge has temporarily blocked a new law in Texas that effectively bans women from having an abortion.\n\nDistrict Judge Robert Pitman granted a request by the Biden administration to prevent any enforcement of the law while its legality is being challenged.\n\nThe law, which prohibits women in Texas from obtaining an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, was drafted and approved by Republican politicians.\n\nThe White House praised the latest ruling as an important step.\n\n\"The fight has only just begun, both in Texas and in many states across this country where women's rights are currently under attack,\" White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.\n\nTexan officials immediately appealed against the ruling, setting the stage for further court battles.\n\nJudge Pitman, of Austin, wrote in an 113-page opinion that, from the moment the law came into effect on 1 September, \"women have been unlawfully prevented from exercising control over their lives in ways that are protected by the Constitution\".\n\n\"This court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right,\" he said on Wednesday.\n\nWhole Woman's Health, which runs a number of clinics in Texas, said it was making plans to resume abortions \"as soon as possible\".\n\nBut the anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life, accused judges of \"catering to the abortion industry\" and called for a \"fair hearing\" at the next stage.\n\nThis is the first legal setback for Texas since the law was implemented.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The impact of the strictest anti-abortion law in the US\n\nPresident Joe Biden's administration took legal action after the conservative-majority Supreme Court declined to prevent Texas from enacting the law. The justice department filed an emergency motion to block enforcement of the law while it pursues legal action.\n\nMr Biden, a Democrat, has described the law as an \"unprecedented assault\" on women's rights, but Texas Governor Greg Abbott has defended it, saying: \"The most precious freedom is life itself.\"\n\nThe \"Heartbeat Act\" bans terminations after the detection of what anti-abortion campaigners call a foetal heartbeat, something medical authorities say is misleading. This effectively bans abortions from as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, at a time when most women will not be aware they are pregnant.\n\nIt is enforced by giving any individual - from Texas or elsewhere - the right to sue doctors who perform an abortion past the six-week point. However, it does not allow the women who get the procedure to be sued.\n\nOne doctor who admitted breaking the state's new abortion legislation has already been sued.\n\nWriting for the Washington Post, Dr Alan Braid said he \"acted because I had a duty of care to this patient, as I do for all patients, and because she has a fundamental right to receive this care\".\n\nDespite the injunction, some clinics remain hesitant to resume procedures as there is some uncertainty over whether they could be sued retroactively during the ban.\n\nThe law itself includes a provision that stipulates clinics and doctors may still be liable for abortions carried out while an emergency injunction is in place, legal experts say.\n\nBut whether that provision will be enforceable is unclear, and Judge Pitman said in his ruling that it was \"of questionable legality\".\n\n\"The threat of being sued retroactively will not be completely gone until [the law] is struck down for good,\" Nancy Northup, the president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement.", "Almost 40% of properties in Abersoch are now second homes\n\nThere are calls for a housing association to build affordable homes on land it owns in an area where almost 40% of properties are second homes.\n\nGwynedd councillor Dewi Roberts said North Wales Housing Association could build up to 15 houses on land it owns near Bryn Garmon, in Abersoch.\n\nHe said house prices in Abersoch were a \"huge issue\" for locals.\n\nNorth Wales Housing said it had previously explored developing the site but there were \"a number of barriers\".\n\nBut spokeswoman Lauren Eaton-Jones said it remained \"open to re-exploring options for the best use of that land\".\n\nIn Abersoch, a coastal village on the Llŷn Peninsula, about 39% of homes are second homes.\n\nLocal resident Arthur Roberts, who has lived in the area all his life, said it was \"extremely hard\" for local people to buy homes.\n\n\"For the price of houses, you've got to be talking almost half a million pounds at least, and upwards,\" he explained.\n\n\"Young people, although they're working people, they still haven't got a hope in hell of buying a local home. No chance… it's very sad.\"\n\nCouncillor Dewi Roberts says up to 15 homes could be built on the land owned by the housing association, which is seen in the background\n\nDewi Roberts said there was plenty of land available to build homes on for local people, but nothing was being built.\n\n\"It's really difficult for local people to afford to buy due to the price of homes, which are way beyond the capability of the normal person in Abersoch,\" he said.\n\n\"Here in Bryn Garmon, we have a plot of land with the capacity to build possibly 10 to 15 homes, my concern is we seem to be slow moving on that.\n\n\"There is another small plot down at the entrance of the estate where there are plans, which have been already drawn up, for two houses. Clearly nothing seems to be moving and I'm concerned about that.\"\n\nLocal people have \"no chance\" of buying a home in Abersoch, one resident says\n\nMs Eaton-Jones, of North Wales Housing Association, said: \"We are committed to providing more homes across north Wales and welcome discussions with Gwynedd council and councillor Roberts on the housing challenges in Abersoch.\n\n\"We have previously considered the corner plot site identified by councillor Roberts but there were a number of barriers at the time.\n\n\"In consultation with local people and our partners we remain open to re-exploring options for the best use of that land.\"", "Salma Bi, one of the Hometown Heroes said she really enjoyed being part of the ceremony this morning.\n\nShe promotes grassroots cricket in Birmingham and was one of 14 local heroes to arrive with the baton.\n\nThe dialysis nurse said her daughters would be proud to see her \"be part of history\" and she said it was inspiring to be among so many world-class athletes.", "The gap between private-school fees and state-school per-pupil spending in England has more than doubled over the past decade, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says.\n\nAverage fees, of £13,600, were more than 90% higher than the £7,100 spent on state-school pupils in 2020-21, compared with a gap of 39% in 2009-10.\n\nFor sixth-formers, fees are about three times higher than per-student funding.\n\nThe government says schools are having the biggest funding uplift in a decade.\n\nWhile private-school fees have grown by more than 20% above inflation since 2009-10, state-school per-pupil spending has fallen by 9% in real terms.\n\nAnd the gap in resource levels is probably even larger, the IFS researchers say, as the figures do not include other forms of income for private schools, such as account investment and endowments or gifts.\n\n\"Longstanding concerns about inequalities between private- and state-school pupils, which have come into sharp focus during the pandemic, will not begin to be easily addressed while the sectors enjoy such different levels of resourcing,\" Luke Sibieta said.\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary, Kate Green, said: \"School budgets have been hammered over the last decade, which is holding children back.\n\n\"As state-school class sizes have soared and enriching activities - art, sport, music, drama - have been cut back, the gap with private schools has grown ever wider.\"\n\nAssociation of School and College Leaders general secretary Geoff Barton said: \"It is pretty outrageous that the government has cut funding in real terms to schools and colleges over the past decade, while independent school fees have increased over the same period.\n\n\"The funding gap between the two sectors has always been there of course but the fact it has widened to such a huge extent does stick in the throat.\n\n\"Surely the government should want the same opportunities for all children and young people.\n\n\"It may be naive to think that state education funding could match the independent sector but it surely shouldn't actually go into reverse.\"\n\nA Department for Education spokesman said: \"This government is providing the biggest uplift to school funding in a decade - £14bn in total over the three years to 2022-23.\n\n\"This includes a £7.1bn increase in funding for schools by 2022-23, compared to 2019-20 funding levels.\n\n\"Next year, funding through the schools national funding formula (NFF) is increasing by 2.8% per pupil compared to 2021-22.\n\n\"The NFF continues to distribute this fairly, based on the needs of schools and their pupil cohorts.\"", "Admiral Sir Tony Radakin will take over the position on 30 November\n\nThe head of the navy has been selected as the next chief of Britain's armed forces - the first in 20 years.\n\nBoris Johnson has chosen Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, 55, to take over the position from General Sir Nick Carter.\n\nThe prime minister said the new Chief of Defence Staff had proved himself as an \"outstanding military leader\".\n\nHe is credited with \"overseeing a period of transformation\" in the navy, that has seen \"more ships deployed, for longer, all over the world\".\n\nSir Tony will be responsible for leading and setting strategy for defence, as well as conducting operations and maintaining relationships with other military leaders.\n\nThis year, he oversaw the deployment of the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and a string of supporting vessels into the Pacific as part of a more aggressive posture towards China.\n\nSir Tony was appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in June 2019\n\nMr Johnson said: \"Admiral Tony will lead the armed forces at a time of incredible change while upholding the values and standards that they are respected for around the world.\n\n\"I know he will bring drive and dedication to the job and I look forward to working with him.\"\n\nThe PM thanked Sir Nick, whose term had come to an end, for his \"decades of steadfast duty spent keeping the UK, its citizens and our allies safe\".\n\nHe added: \"I have valued his wisdom and support through moments of national crisis, including the Covid pandemic.\n\n\"He leaves his post at the end of November with the armed forces in excellent health, ready to face whatever challenges tomorrow brings.\"\n\nWhen Boris Johnson announced extra investment in defence last November, he promised to restore Britain's position as the \"foremost naval power in Europe\".\n\nThe Integrated Defence Review also signalled a \"tilt\" to the Indo Pacific region in recognition of the rising power of China. Maritime power is seen as key to that.\n\nHence the current deployment of the Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to the region.\n\nSir Tony was also involved in the early discussions that led to the Aukus agreement - the commitment by the US and UK to help Australia build a new fleet of nuclear powered submarines.\n\nUK defence is also investing heavily in its two new aircraft carriers; four new nuclear armed submarines and a fleet of new frigates.\n\nThe fact that Sir Tony is politically and media savvy has helped.\n\nSome question his lack of operational experience - he's spent more time behind a desk than driving ships.\n\nBut he has delivered for the navy, cutting the number of admirals and increasing the navy's days at sea.\n\nThe prime minister believes he's the man who can help transform the armed forces, and just as important to Boris Johnson, help boost British defence exports.\n\nSir Tony was appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in June 2019.\n\nCommissioned in 1990, his operational service has included responding to tanker disputes in Gulf, security duties in the Falklands, countering smuggling in Hong Kong and the Caribbean, and three command tours in Iraq.\n\nSir Tony said he was \"humbled\" to be selected as the new head of the armed forces.\n\n\"It will be an immense privilege to lead our outstanding people who defend and protect the United Kingdom,\" he added.", "The families outside the Welsh government offices\n\nCampaigners who lost loved ones in the pandemic say they have had an \"incredibly positive\" meeting with the first minister over their call for a Wales-specific public inquiry.\n\nMembers of Covid Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru were invited to the meeting by Mark Drakeford.\n\nThey also discussed topics such as care home deaths and hospital infections.\n\nThe Welsh government said the families agreed to meet Mr Drakeford again and it was the start of \"ongoing dialogue\".\n\nGroup founder Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees believes Wales' handling of the coronavirus pandemic should not be a \"footnote\" in a UK-wide inquiry. But Mr Drakeford has previously said he was \"not in favour of rival inquiries\".\n\nAfter the meeting, Ms Marsh-Rees said it had gone \"really, really well\", and was \"very productive\".\n\n\"He spent an hour and a half with us. It was incredibly positive. The key thing for him now is to get a response to the letter he wrote to [UK cabinet minister] Michael Gove about the shape of the inquiry.\n\n\"The next milestone in his decision-making will be regarding when the chair [of the UK inquiry] is appointed and how involved Wales will be in that decision-making. He listened and was quite emotional.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees said she had to get answers for her dad and other families in Wales\n\nGroup members said they had given Mr Drakeford \"a tough time\" and \"we didn't let him off the hook\". They said this was \"the beginning of the dialogue\", and he had given them \"confidence\".\n\nMs Marsh-Rees said: \"It was a very productive meeting and we were properly listened to.\"\n\nA second meeting with Mr Drakeford will be held before Christmas.\n\nMs Marsh-Rees lost her father Ian to Covid last October after he was admitted to Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, for a gall bladder infection.\n\nShe previously said it was \"awful\" to watch her father, who had been shielding at home for months to protect himself, \"die gasping for breath\".\n\nShe believes he caught the virus while in hospital and began campaigning for an inquiry after not being satisfied with answers from the health board.\n\nNearly a quarter of people who have died with Covid-19 in Wales were infected in hospital.\n\nMark Drakeford has said a UK probe is more appropriate, but Welsh ministers are considering a Wales-specific inquiry\n\nThe Welsh government has previously stated a UK-wide inquiry was the best option for understanding the experiences of people in Wales.\n\nBut Ms Marsh-Rees said, because the pandemic had raised questions about health and social care, Wales should have its own inquiry because that is where those types of decision were made.\n\n\"We basically want what Scotland is doing - a judge-led inquiry and a human rights-based inquiry,\" she added.\n\nThe Scottish government has confirmed it will hold its own inquiry into the pandemic, despite First Minister Nicola Sturgeon previously stating her preference was for it to be UK-wide.\n\nMs Sturgeon said that inquiry would look at \"all matters related to the handling of the pandemic that are within our devolved competence\".\n\nThe UK public inquiry will not begin until spring 2022, whereas Nicola Sturgeon had called for it to begin this year\n\nThe Welsh government spokesperson said Mr Drakeford had thanked the families for being \"open and honest\" in the meeting.\n\n\"The first minister welcomed the opportunity to meet the families and to listen to their concerns and experiences,\" they said.\n\nPlaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said the Welsh government had \"no excuse\" not to follow suit.\n\n\"We need to look at what happened in detail, and in public, to learns lessons for the future,\" he said.\n\nHowever, Prof Hugh Pennington, who chaired Wales' E. coli inquiry in 2005, has warned that a Wales-specific probe would lead to \"an enormous degree of overlap\".\n\nProf Pennington said focusing solely on decision-making in Wales could result in \"ignoring important information\".\n\nHe also argued that a Welsh inquiry would have more limited powers to make people give evidence.", "The executive is meeting on Thursday to look at the remaining Covid-19 rules\n\nFirst Minister Paul Givan has said he hopes Northern Ireland's government will not have to deploy contingency coronavirus plans to help manage health pressures this winter.\n\nThe executive will meet on Thursday to look at the remaining Covid-19 rules.\n\nThose include social distancing in hospitality venues and mandatory wearing of face coverings.\n\nMr Givan said he hoped there would be the \"headspace\" to approve more relaxations.\n\nThe executive previously agreed that decisions taken at its meeting on 7 October will take effect on 14 October.\n\nThe first minister said officials were continuing to monitor rates of transmission, and that there had been a \"marked decrease\" in the number of hospital admissions.\n\n\"In that context I would hope we can take further steps forward,\" he said.\n\n\"We'll then look to contingency plans should it become necessary - but I hope it isn't.\n\n\"I believe people in our society have the power to take sensible decisions, take their own personal responsibility seriously - all of that will help us avoid having to ever deploy a contingency plan over that winter period.\n\n\"But it is prudent that the executive makes plans for that and has tools at its disposal, should it be required.\"\n\nThe issue of so-called vaccine passports is also likely to be raised again at Thursday's meeting.\n\nLast week, Health Minister Robin Swann warned that a delay by the executive in agreeing a vaccine passport policy had limited options for easing more restrictions.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says he wants a \"high-wage, high-skill, high-productivity, and low tax economy\"\n\nBoris Johnson has promised to \"get on with the job\" of uniting and levelling up the UK, in a speech to the Conservative Party conference.\n\nIn an upbeat address peppered with jokes, but light on new policy, the prime minister claimed a high-wage, high-skilled economy was being created in the wake of Brexit and the pandemic.\n\nHe also defended tax rises to pay for the NHS and vowed to fix social care.\n\nThe 45-minute speech was his first to a conference since the pandemic began.\n\nIn it, the prime minister said the overwhelming Conservative general election victory in 2019 placed an onus on his government to deliver change demanded by voters.\n\nThe main theme of his speech was \"levelling up\", with the PM saying that reducing gaps between regions would ease pressure on south-eastern England, while boosting places that felt left behind.\n\nHe also repeated pledges set out at during his party's conference this week in Manchester to crack down on crime, improve transport links and broadband, and reform the housing market.\n\nAnd he sought to reassure Tories anxious about plans to increase National Insurance to pay for the NHS and social care by claiming it was what predecessor Margaret Thatcher would have done, if the economy had been hit by a \"meteorite\" like the pandemic.\n\n\"She would have wagged her finger and said that more borrowing now is just higher interest rates and even higher taxes later,\" he said.\n\nThe prime minister wants a new economic model with better pay and conditions. He wants to persuade voters his is the party to distribute wealth and opportunity more evenly across the UK. He wants people to feel good about the future.\n\nLevelling up has been the slogan repeated by ministers at this conference. We only got a sliver of meat on the bones today. This was a speech thin on policy, big on jokes and rhetorical flourishes.\n\nConservatives love Mr Johnson because he makes them feel good - it's a strategy that is key to understanding his success as a politician.\n\nBut will it be enough? There are some difficult months ahead for many people.\n\nRising prices, supply chain issues, the end of the universal credit top-up and furlough.\n\nMany Conservatives acknowledge the cost of living squeeze - and are worried about the impact.\n\nCritics will accuse the prime minister of ignoring those big issues in favour of what they see as vague promises for the future.\n\nBut the hope in Manchester was that Boris Johnson's unflinchingly upbeat vision of a post-Brexit, post-pandemic Britain is as popular with voters as it is with Tory activists.\n\nThe Conservative conference has taken place amid concerns over rising inflation, supply chain problems, and petrol and worker shortages.\n\nBut Mr Johnson insisted that the present problems were the result of an economic rebound in the wake of Covid shutdowns.\n\nHe added that controls on immigration represented the \"change that people voted for\" in the 2016 Brexit referendum, while also promising to end declining home ownership among young people by building more housing.\n\nHe announced a £3,000-a-year bonus for teachers, as an incentive for struggling areas of England to recruit maths and science specialists. The policy replaces a similar nationwide scheme that has recently been phased out.\n\nDowning Street said the new \"levelling up premium\" would cost £60m, but no details have yet been given over which areas will qualify.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"There is no reason why the inhabitants of one part of the country should be geographically fated to be poorer than others,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"You will find talent, genius, flair, imagination, enthusiasm - all of them evenly distributed around this country. But opportunity is not.\"\n\nMr Johnson referred to Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove, who was recently photographed dancing in an Aberdeen nightclub, as \"Jon Bon Govi\" - an allusion to the rock star Jon Bon Jovi.\n\nHe also mocked Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, whom he has frequently dubbed \"Captain Hindsight\".\n\n\"If Columbus had listened to Captain Hindsight, he'd be famous for discovering Tenerife,\" he joked.\n\nBut Sir Keir accused Mr Johnson of \"playing this game where he's pretending that he's just sort of just landed from the Moon and he's looking around and saying, 'Things look pretty awful around here, we need a bit of levelling up, things are so awful'\".\n\nHe told ITV's Peston programme: \"He and the Tories have been in government for 11 years, so we're in this state because of the way that they have governed the country.\"\n\nThe CBI business lobby group said Mr Johnson said set out a \"compelling vision\" but had so far \"only stated his ambition\" on raising wages.\n\nShevaun Haviland, who heads the British Chambers of Commerce, said firms supported the aim of a higher-wage, higher-skill economy but warned: \"This will not happen overnight.\"\n• None Five things we learned at Tory conference\n• None Have these pledges been met?", "Nationwide protests against the Texas ban took place last week\n\nSome Texas abortion clinics have reopened amid fears that a legal ruling which halted the state's near-total abortion ban may be short-lived.\n\nOther clinics have reported that concerns over lawsuits have prevented them from reopening.\n\nOn Wednesday, a US judge temporarily blocked the new law, which effectively bans women from having an abortion.\n\nTexas officials appealed against the ruling, setting the stage for further court battles in the coming months.\n\nAbortion care provider Whole Woman's Health, which runs four clinics across Texas, said it had already resumed offering abortion care on Thursday.\n\nSpeaking to reporters, Amy Hagstrom Miller, the firm's founder, said there had been an immediate spike in inquiries from patients seeking abortions in the wake of the judge's decision.\n\n\"Phone call volume has increased. There's actually hope from patients and staff,\" she said. \"There's a little desperation in that hope. Folks know this opportunity could be short-lived.\"\n\nDistrict Judge Robert Pittman's 113-page ruling earlier this week granted a request from the Biden administration to prevent enforcement of the law while its legality was being challenged.\n\nThis is the first legal setback for Texas since the law - which was drafted and approved by Republican politicians - was implemented.\n\nThe law effectively bans abortions from as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, at a time when most women will not be aware they are pregnant.\n\nDespite the injunction, some clinics remain hesitant to resume procedures as there is uncertainty over whether they could be sued retroactively if the law is re-instated.\n\nThe controversial law can be enforced by any individual from Texas or elsewhere, giving people the right to sue doctors who perform an abortion past the six-week point. Women who get the procedure, however, cannot be sued.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The impact of the strictest anti-abortion law in the US\n\nThe law includes a provision that stipulates clinics and doctors may still be liable for abortions carried out while an emergency injunction is in place, legal experts say.\n\nIt remains unclear whether such a provision can be enforced, with Judge Pittman saying in his ruling that it is \"of questionable legality\".\n\nMs Miller said that both patients and staff at Whole Woman's Health were worried about the possibility of retroactive lawsuits.\n\nOther abortion clinics said they were taking a cautious approach to resuming abortion care services.\n\nSources within Planned Parenthood's affiliate South Texas - which operates seven clinics in San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley - said that it remained unclear when they would resume providing abortion care.\n\nAmong the factors preventing an immediate restart of services, sources said, are concerns about retroactive lawsuits along with the possibility of trauma for patients who may get an appointment while the emergency injunction is in place but are forced to cancel later.\n\nAn abortion doctor working at an independent facility in Texas - who asked to remain anonymous - told the BBC he and other reproductive specialists were \"not optimistic\" about the possibility of the appeal from Texas officials.\n\n\"We're going right back to where the law was on 1 September. This will be the most conservative appeals court in the US,\" he said, referring to the conservative-leaning Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, where Texas intends to appeal the ruling.\n\n\"They're going to overrule the federal judge, and it's going to go back to where it was, and we're going to be in the same boat.\"\n\nSupporters of the law have harshly criticised the judge's decision.\n\nThe anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life, for example, accused judges of \"catering to the abortion industry\" and called for a \"fair hearing\" at the next stage.", "The requirement for pupils to wear masks in secondary schools was removed earlier this year but schools can reintroduce them\n\nSchools in Cambridgeshire have been asked to reintroduce face masks after a rise in Covid-19 cases.\n\nPublic health officials said more than 50% of recent infections in the county were in the 0 to 17-year-old age group.\n\nCambridgeshire has three areas in the top 50 case rates in England, including Peterborough, which had a 32% week-on-week rise in cases.\n\nJyoti Atri, director of public health for the area, said masks were a \"sensible precautionary measure\".\n\nHealth and education officials in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have also recommended social distancing for staff within school buildings.\n\nThey also said staff meetings and non-essential events where parents visit schools should be held virtually, if possible.\n\nPeterborough had one of the highest rises of Covid-19 cases in England\n\nIn the week to 2 October, Fenland had the highest rate in Cambridgeshire with 495 cases per 100,000 people, a 6% week-on-week increase, and the 38th highest rate in England.\n\nPeterborough had the 46th highest rate in England with 482 cases per 100,000 people, and Huntingdonshire was one place behind it with 480 cases per 100,000 people, but that was a 2% week-on-week fall.\n\nEast Cambridgeshire had 444 cases per 100,000 people, a 6% rise, while South Cambridgeshire had 351 cases per 100,000 people, a 23% rise.\n\nCambridge had a 30% week-on-week fall in case rates to 187 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nMs Arti said: \"We know that younger children are less likely to have a poor outcome after being affected by the virus, but they live in families within communities where there are others who may be more clinically vulnerable.\"\n\nShe said the rollout of the vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds would \"offer school children, teachers and families greater protection\".\n\nDirector of education for Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, Jonathan Lewis, said the \"aim at all times is to keep schools open and to continue normal education wherever we can\".\n\nAt the start of term, schools in England were advised face coverings were no longer routinely needed for staff or pupils, although they were still recommended in crowded spaces such as on school buses.\n\nBut the Department for Education also said schools could temporarily reintroduce bubble groups and face masks in communal spaces in areas with higher Covid rates.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "High energy costs are forcing manufacturers to warn of higher prices for their goods as they pass on increases to consumers.\n\nIceland boss Richard Walker said higher energy bills and other costs meant price rises were now \"inevitable\".\n\nThe warning came as analysts predicted that household energy bills could rise by hundreds of pounds next year.\n\nThey said the energy price cap, which protects domestic consumers, could soar by £400 in the spring.\n\nCornwall Insight forecasts that the energy price cap will rise to about £1,660 by next summer.\n\nThat is about 30% higher than the record £1,277 level for the cap set for winter 2021-22, which began at the start of October.\n\n\"With wholesale gas and electricity prices continuing to reach new records, successive supplier exits during September 2021 and a new level for the default tariff cap, the Great British energy market remains on edge for fresh volatility and further consolidation,\" said Craig Lowrey, senior consultant at Cornwall Insight.\n\nEnergy regulator Ofgem said the price cap \"will ensure that consumers don't pay more than is absolutely necessary this winter\".\n\nBut if gas prices stay high, the price cap will rise, Ofgem said.\n\nThe regulator said its \"number one priority is to protect customers\", but acknowledged \"this is a worrying time for many people\".\n\nBut while the price cap helps households, there is no such safeguard for businesses, which have to absorb the full impact of rising global energy prices.\n\nMr Walker warned that Iceland's energy bill would go up by £20m next year. Alongside higher salaries to address lorry driver shortages and other new costs, he said grocery prices would have to increase.\n\n\"It's inevitable that we will see price rises,\" he told the BBC. \"The UK supermarket industry is one of the most competitive in the world.\n\n\"Our margins are very very tight and we're not an endless sponge that can just absorb all of these different cost increases.\"\n\nAndrew Large, director general of the Confederation of Paper Industries, said: \"This is a highly inflationary situation for the British economy and members will clearly be in a position where they do try to pass those costs on to consumers where they can.\"\n\nOne paper manufacturer, the Northwood Group, said the industry had been \"left to fend for itself\" in the face of \"horrendous\" knock-on effects from the gas price rise.\n\n\"The spike [in gas prices] that we have seen since January is equivalent to a 550% price increase, which of course destroys any industrial planning,\" said chairman Paul Fecher.\n\nLaura Cohen, chief executive of the British Ceramic Confederation, said many of her member firms could even be forced to stop production \"due to uneconomic higher energy costs\".\n\nThis could cause \"severe damage\" to production facilities such as brick kilns, which could not easily be turned off at short notice, she said.\n\nMeanwhile, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said that by decarbonising the UK's power supply, the country will protect customers from volatile fossil fuel prices.\n\n\"The UK so far, as many of you know, has made great progress in diversifying our energy mix. But we are still very dependent, perhaps too dependent, on fossil fuels and their volatile prices,\" he told a conference organised by trade body Energy UK.\n\nHe said that the government's recent pledge to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2035 - 15 years ahead of the previous target - would help.\n\n\"Our homes and businesses will be powered by affordable, clean and secure electricity generated here in the UK, for people in the UK,\" Mr Kwarteng said.\n\nThe Energy Shop - a price comparison site - warned people to prepare themselves for even greater increases in household bills.\n\nIt said that the next increase in the price cap, due to come in from 1 April 2022, could be £500 or even higher.\n\nFounder Joe Malinowski warned: \"If things don't settle down soon, increases of £600, £700 or even £800 cannot be ruled out.\"\n\nNine energy suppliers have already collapsed in recent weeks and more could be facing the same fate.\n\nThey were unable to keep their price promises as the wholesale price of gas soared.\n\nTheir customers have already seen annual bill increases of hundreds of pounds when they moved to a new provider and away from whichever low-rate fixed deal their supplier had offered.\n\nSome of the heat was drawn from the crisis on Wednesday when Russia said it would increase gas supplies to Europe.\n\nUK wholesale gas prices hit a record high during the day before falling after the Russian intervention.\n\nBut price volatility could continue as investors remain nervous about low stockpiles of gas across Europe.\n\nIf you feel powerless against international business and politics when watching your domestic energy bill go up, you are in good company.\n\nNormally, customers are urged to get active, search and switch to save money - but not now.\n\nUntil recently, the energy price cap was a backstop, protecting the vulnerable. Now it is the most competitive tariff available.\n\nThe cap is shielding households from the wild fluctuation in prices seen on the wholesale markets, but that is only a crumb of comfort when bills and prices across the board are still expected to see a sharp increase.\n\nSo for now, experts simply advise customers to find ways to save energy, brace themselves and budget for bigger bills. Wrap up for a financial chill that could last longer than the winter.\n\nThe energy price cap sets the maximum price suppliers in England, Wales and Scotland can charge customers on a standard - or default - tariff.\n\nThat includes the fixed daily amount customers pay, plus the price per unit they pay for electricity and gas.\n\nThe cap was increased on 1 October, with about 15 million households facing a 12% rise in energy bills, the biggest jump, to the highest amount, seen since the backstop was introduced in January 2019.\n\nThose on standard tariffs, with typical household levels of energy use, saw an increase of £139 - from £1,138 to £1,277 a year.\n\nPrepayment meter customers with average energy use saw a £153 increase.\n\nThat's a far cry from a year previously when on 1 October 2020, the energy price cap was cut by £84, to £1,042.\n\nWill you be affected by rising energy prices? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Anyone using a fake pass or test result will be fined, says the Welsh government\n\nAnyone caught using a fake Covid pass or lateral flow test result in Wales will be fined from Monday, the Welsh government has confirmed.\n\nFollowing a Senedd vote, anyone attending a nightclub or large-scale event must carry a Covid pass.\n\nProof of being double-vaccinated or a negative lateral flow test within the last 48 hours will be needed to download the NHS Covid pass.\n\nIt will be an offence to fake a test result or use a counterfeit pass.\n\nThe fixed penalty notice can be reduced to £30 if paid within 14 days. However, if it is not a first offence then the fine will double.\n\nThe fine will double if the person caught with a fake pass is not a first-time offender\n\nThere is no charge to obtain a Covid pass or a lateral flow test - but some people in Wales have been caught out by scams.\n\nThe Welsh government warned people to be on the look out for scams related to Covid passes in a tweet last month.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Welsh Government #KeepWalesSafe This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlison Farrar, lead officer for Trading Standards Wales, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast: \"Scammers are so quick these days at getting onto anything that sounds legitimate.\n\n\"Because this is so new, no-one knows what the real thing looks like and therefore, if you do get a text or an email of some kind of communication saying this is how you do it, most of us aren't going to be able to tell the difference between the scam and the real thing.\"\n\nMs Farrar said people had already been scammed into paying for a pass after receiving a text or email from a scammer.\n\n\"The warning signs are when they look like they're going to start asking you for your card details, even if they claim they're not going to take any money. Why would they need your banking details otherwise?\"\n\nShe urged people to \"think it through properly\" before clicking links and responding to \"urgent\" requests received from unknown senders.\n\nEight deaths with Covid and 3,400 new cases were reported by Public Health Wales on Thursday.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths in Wales to 5,942, and cases to 372,029.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nAndy Murray says he is \"back in the good books\" at home after his \"stolen\" tennis shoes and wedding ring were found in Indian Wells.\n\nThe British three-time Grand Slam champion had left his shoes with his wedding ring attached under the car his team are using in California in order to dry out after practice.\n\nAfter discovering they were missing the next day, Murray put out an appeal for their return on Instagram, saying he was \"in the bad books at home\".\n\nBut Murray didn't stay there too long, posting another video later on Thursday to celebrate being reunited with his missing items - even if the trainers were no fresher.\n\n\"Huge thanks for all the messages and to everyone for sharing the story,\" said the 34-year-old.\n\n\"I had to make a few calls and chat to the security at the hotel but would you believe it?\n\n\"They still absolutely stink but the shoes are back, the wedding ring is back and I'm back in the good books - let's go!\"\n\nMurray, who is preparing to play at Indian Wells for the first time since 2017, earlier admitted the fact that he ties his wedding ring to his laces while training and playing had completely slipped his mind as he went to buy replacement shoes.\n\n\"My physio said to me 'where's your wedding ring?' I was like 'oh no',\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile, Murray says he does not feel bad about accepting wildcards as he returns to Indian Wells for the first time since he was world number one.\n\nHe will headline Friday's night session in the Californian desert alongside new US Open champion Emma Raducanu.\n\n\"I'm grateful that they have given me the opportunity to play here,\" he said.\n\n\"But do I feel bad about it? No, I don't feel bad about it.\"\n\nHe is currently outside the world top 100 and has therefore frequently needed wildcards to access tournaments this season.\n\n\"I'd rather get in by right, obviously,\" Murray added.\n\n\"But then I could also argue that the three years I was out injured, I would have rightfully been entered in all of these tournaments.\n\n\"I think after what I have gone through the last three or four years, and what I had achieved in the game beforehand, I don't feel like I need to justify the reasons for why I should get wildcards.\"\n\nMurray, who is yet to beat a top-20 player this season, has lost recently to Stefanos Tsitsipas, Casper Ruud and Wimbledon semi-finalist Hubert Hurkacz.\n\n\"I have also had a number of opportunities in those matches and not quite taken them,\" said Murray, whose fitness has improved markedly since Wimbledon.\n\n\"They are going to snuff out some opportunities that you create, but also there's been some stuff in those matches that I certainly feel I could have done better.\n\n\"I really don't feel like I've been outclassed, or that I have had no chances against them, so there are some positives to take from those losses.\"\n• None Raducanu says it has been a 'very cool three weeks'\n• None 'Why do people have to do that?!': Ricky Gervais reveals all of his everyday frustrations\n• None Is it time for football to phase out heading?", "Virginia Giuffre, then Roberts, was pictured with Prince Andrew in London in 2001\n\nPrince Andrew has been granted access to a sealed document his lawyers believe could help end the sexual abuse case being brought by Virginia Giuffre.\n\nA US judge gave permission for the agreement between Ms Giuffre and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to be shared with the prince's lawyers.\n\nMs Giuffre's lawyers had made the offer to release the document but believe it will be \"irrelevant\" to the civil case.\n\nThe Duke of York, 61, has consistently denied Ms Giuffre's allegations.\n\nMs Giuffre, 38, claims she was sexually assaulted by the prince at three locations including New York City.\n\nAndrew B Brettler, who represents Prince Andrew, had argued at a previous hearing that Ms Giuffre had entered into a \"settlement agreement\" with Epstein that would end her current legal action,\n\nDuring the first pre-trial hearing of the case last month, Prince Andrew's lawyer said the agreement \"releases the duke and others from any and all potential liability\".\n\nThe prince's lawyers have said in court that Ms Giuffre agreed in 2009 not to sue anyone else connected to Epstein when she settled her damages claim against the billionaire sex offender, who died in prison in 2019.\n\nThe precise wording of that deal is currently confidential - sealed by a court.\n\nIn a court document filed on Wednesday, US Judge Loretta Preska agreed to a request from Ms Giuffre's lawyer, David Boies, to provide the duke's legal team with the document.\n\nMr Boies previously said about the document: \"Although we believe that the release is irrelevant to the case against Prince Andrew, now that service has been accepted and the case is proceeding to a determination on the merits, we believe that counsel for Prince Andrew have a right to review the release and to make whatever arguments they believe appropriate based on it.\"\n\nThen known as Virginia Roberts, Ms Giuffre claims she was assaulted by the prince at the London home of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and at Epstein's homes in Manhattan and Little Saint James, in the US Virgin Islands.\n\nHer case claims Prince Andrew engaged in sexual acts without Ms Giuffre's consent, including when she was 17, knowing how old she was, and \"that she was a sex-trafficking victim\".\n\nThe prince has consistently denied the claims and, in 2019, told BBC Two's Newsnight programme: \"It didn't happen.\"\n• None Prince accepts being served with US lawsuit papers", "Sisters Bibaa Henry (left) and Nicole Smallman were found in bushes by friends\n\nThe Met Police has apologised to the family of two murdered sisters for failings in the way it responded when they were reported missing.\n\nDanyal Hussein, 19, killed Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, at Fryent Country Park in Wembley, north-west London, on 6 June 2020.\n\nA missing persons log was incorrectly closed and inquiries were not progressed, an investigation has found.\n\nThe sisters' mother said the apology was 10 months too late.\n\nTheir bodies were found by Ms Smallman's boyfriend the day after they had been reported missing to police.\n\nAn investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) found the Met's response following calls from worried friends and family of the missing sisters was \"below the standard that it should have been\".\n\nMina Smallman, the sisters' mother, said the Met had shown \"incompetent, reprehensible and blatant disregard of agreed procedures regarding missing persons\" during its investigation.\n\nCommissioner Dame Cressida Dick said a better response would have saved their family and friends \"immeasurable pain\".\n\n\"While we know that very sadly Nicola and Bibaa had been murdered in the early hours of Saturday 6 June 2020, before they were reported missing, if we had responded better we may have saved their friends and family immeasurable pain,\" she said.\n\n\"I am very sorry that the level of service we provided fell short.\"\n\nThe pair were reported missing on Saturday, 7 June after attending a birthday celebration the previous evening but an inspector closed the logs after receiving information that was not accurately recorded.\n\nThe pair had been celebrating a birthday before they were killed\n\nThe IOPC said a search by the sisters' families and friends of their last known location led to the discovery of their bodies in Fryent Country Park, Wembley on Sunday - 36 hours after the party.\n\nSpeaking about the apology, the sister's mother said: \"We're not the only parties who suffered mental anguish at the hands of the Met's incompetent, reprehensible and blatant disregard of agreed procedures regarding missing persons.\"\n\nMs Smallman added that the on-duty call handler had made \"inappropriate and manipulating assertions, which led to cancellation of the missing persons report.\n\n\"We're also of the view that his unprofessional comments about the picnic suggests racial profiling, misogyny or classism.\"\n\nDame Cressida said she contacted the family to ask if they would allow her or another senior officer to visit to apologise in person.\n\nHowever, Ms Smallman said: \"Sorry is something you say when you comprehend the wrong you do and take full responsibility for it. Demonstrating that by taking appropriate proportionate action which to our minds is not going to happen.\n\n\"The investigation was not handled appropriately. The apology should have been done face-to-face and not nearly 10 months later.\"\n\nThis is one of the last photographs taken of the sisters, only moments before they were attacked\n\nThe IOPC investigation found an inspector closed the police logs after receiving information about the sisters' possible whereabouts from a family member.\n\nHowever, that information was \"inaccurately\" recorded by a communications supervisor, so the inquiries were not progressed properly.\n\nThe inspector told the IOPC it had been one of \"the most challenging shifts of his career\" with 16 missing persons reports and an under-capacity unit due to the pandemic.\n\nThe force said it agreed its service the weekend the sisters went missing was \"below the standard it should have been\".\n\nIt said no misconduct was found by an officer and two members of police staff but there would be action taken over their performance, which was found to be inadequate.\n\nThere was no suggestion racial bias played any part in how the missing persons reports were dealt with, it said.\n\nResponding to the IOPC report, Barry Gardiner, MP for Brent North, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"The Met really does need to have a root and branch reform in the way in which it operates, the way in which it treats people and it needs to ground itself much better in the community.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Should more Covid restrictions be brought back in Wales?\n\nSome people behaving as if the Covid pandemic is over by ignoring Wales' face mask laws and not social distancing is worrying health chiefs.\n\nWales' case rate is at a record high 716.9 per 100,000 people - the highest of all the UK nations.\n\nIt has led ministers to look at extending Covid passes to more venues.\n\nWales' chief medical officer accepted people had tired of Covid, but warned being tired was \"better than being dead\".\n\nDr Frank Atherton thought extending passes may be of marginal help and urged the public to do their bit.\n\n\"A very significant proportion of the Welsh population is still behaving with extreme caution and realises that we are not out of the woods with this yet, but there is a sense in other places that it is all over,\" he told BBC Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"When we see people not using face coverings, even though it's a legal requirement to do so, that worries me.\n\n\"When we see people crowding into taxis - as I saw down in Cardiff Bay last night - without face coverings and not being challenged, that worries me.\n\n\"When I see leisure centres which are overcrowded and people not social distancing, that really worries me.\n\n\"This is how the virus is spreading and, unless we can, as a society, organise ourselves in a way that we follow the guidance that we know will stop transmission of the virus, then unfortunately some of those more draconian measures and the legislative requirements may have to be brought back in. But that's for ministers.\"\n\nCovid passes have been introduced for large events in Wales but they have split opinion\n\nDr Atherton accepted people were \"really tired\" of the pandemic, but added: \"We're all sick to the back teeth of coronavirus let's be honest, so that's probably a factor, but you know the reality is that, you know, being tired is better than being dead.\"\n\nCompulsory NHS Covid passes were introduced this month for people to legally attend big events or nightclubs in Wales.\n\nHealth Minister Eluned Morgan said the Welsh government would be \"thinking about\" extending to other venues, such as cafes, bars and restaurants, because they were \"hugely\" concerned about the high levels of Covid.\n\nDr Atherton said the move \"may have some marginal benefits\" but added the public could help the situation.\n\nDr Richard Pugh, intensive care consultant at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, and chairman of the Welsh Intensive Care Society, agreed people needed reminding the pandemic has not gone away.\n\n\"It certainly hasn't from a hospital perspective, from a critical care perspective, it's not gone away at all,\" he said.\n\n\"It feels relentless at the moment - the stress on our healthcare system and heading into what inevitably is going be a very difficult winter ahead of us.\n\n\"This is going to have an impact on all of us, and not necessarily strictly related to Covid, this will have implications for access to healthcare across the system.\"\n\nCovid passes are compulsory for anyone over 18 to enter certain venues and events\n\nCovid passes show people have either tested negative on a lateral flow test, are fully vaccinated against Covid or have had confirmation of a positive test within the last six months which has been followed by the appropriate period of isolation. They are currently compulsory for over-18s to enter:\n\nPHW has started publishing data on the rollout of the vaccine booster programme, with 61% of NHS staff and 58.1% of care home workers having received a third jab.\n\nThe health minister said the booster rollout was \"going according to schedule but we are seeing if there's anything we can do to increase the pace on that\".\n\nLinda Hodges said hardly anyone was wearing masks any longer\n\nThe BBC took to the streets of Rhyl to ask people what they thought about whether people were following the rules.\n\nLinda Hodges, from St Helen's, Merseyside, said: \"There's hardly anyone wearing masks now. They don't mind crowds and standing together.\"\n\nHolly McDonald, from Tamworth, said: \"It does look as though there's more people wearing masks from what we've seen here, it's quite poor in England at the moment.\"\n\nAngela McDonald, also from Tamworth, added: \"I think if people did the basics, sanitising and wearing masks, keeping a distance, then we'd be in the best position to have a normal-ish Christmas, but at the minute it's on a bit of a slippery slope.\"\n\nKathleen Winter said she was looked at \"like I'm weird\" when she wore a mask\n\nKathleen Winter, from Crewe, said: \"You can go in a shop and they've got no mask on, nothing, touching.\n\n\"And I just stand aside and they look at me like I'm weird. I've got my hand sanitiser, the lot, it's not worth it is it?\"\n\nIan Moncrieff, from Liverpool, said: \"A few weeks ago I went to a concert in Liverpool and it was really packed and a single sneeze can go everywhere, so I do think the restrictions need tightening.\n\n\"For outdoor events maybe not so much, but definitely indoor events.\n\n\"I've got vulnerable children, so I do hand washing and I do wear masks when I take them to hospital.\"", "Prince Charles is restarting royal tours, which stopped during the pandemic\n\nThe Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will go on their first royal tour for two years, with a visit to Jordan and Egypt next month.\n\nThe trip will visit holy sites and interfaith events that will promote tolerance between different religions.\n\nClimate change and the importance of girls' education will also be highlighted in the visits to the two Middle Eastern countries.\n\nThis marks the return of overseas royal tours, which stopped in the pandemic.\n\nSuch royal visits are made at the request of the UK government - and this will be to two strategically important countries, where a series of official events will highlight the importance of building bridges between different faiths and cultures.\n\nThe prince will take part in conversations about the value of religious freedom and respect for other people's belief, in countries with holy sites for Muslims, Christians and other religions.\n\nPrince Charles has previously warned against the dangers of religious persecution and extremism - and the threat to Christian communities in the Middle East.\n\nThere will also be a recognition of Jordan's role in taking in so many refugees, including Palestinians and Syrians, in a region that has faced conflict and instability.\n\nThis visit will be in the wake of the United Nations climate change summit, COP26, in Glasgow - and environmental projects will be highlighted, as Egypt has been nominated for the next summit presidency, with COP27 next year.\n\nCamilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will see work in Jordan to keep girls in education and protect vulnerable children and mothers.\n\nAs well as visits to historic places, there will also be a focus on the importance of teaching craft skills necessary to maintain such cultural sites.\n\nAnd the royal tour will include a showcasing of monuments built for another royal dynasty, with a reception overlooking the Egyptian pyramids.", "The signed trainers were bought by Nick Fiorella, a well-known collector\n\nA pair of trainers worn by the US basketball star Michael Jordan have sold for a record $1.47m (£1.1m) at auction.\n\nJordan used the pair of red and white Nike Air Ships during his first season with the Chicago Bulls in 1984.\n\nThat was the year he and Nike began their collaboration to create his signature brand of clothes and shoes.\n\nThe price is the highest ever paid for game-worn footwear from any sport.\n\nJordan is seen by many as the best player in the history of basketball.\n\nThe shooting guard, who spent most of his career with the Chicago Bulls, became a global icon and helped raise the NBA's profile around the world.\n\nJordan, who retired in 2003, also became the first billionaire player in NBA history.\n\nMichael Jordan - seen here in 1998 - is considered the greatest basketball player of all time\n\n\"This record-breaking result for the Jordan Nike Air Ships affirms the place of Michael Jordan and the Air Jordan franchise at the pinnacle of the sneaker market,\" said Sotheby's Brahm Wachter after Sunday's auction in Las Vegas.\n\nThe signed trainers were bought by Nick Fiorella, a well-known collector.\n\nBefore the auction, they had been estimated to sell for between $1m and $1.5m.\n\nThey are, however, not the most expensive trainers ever sold. That record belongs to the rapper Kanye West, whose Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototypes fetched $1.8m via a private sale in April.\n\nThe record price for trainers has been broken several times in recent years, and the market now attracts interest from general buyers as well as leading collectors.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Killer Kicks: the secret in your sneakers", "Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will give evidence to MPs on Monday as part of government plans for social media regulation.\n\nMs Haugen, an American data scientist, worked at Facebook for two years and leaked documents that she said proved Facebook repeatedly prioritised growth over users' safety.\n\nShe met the campaigner Ian Russell, whose 14-year-old daughter died by suicide after viewing disturbing content on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool humiliated Manchester United and their under-pressure manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as they handed out a thrashing in front of a stunned Old Trafford. On a day of acute embarrassment for United and Solskjaer, 10 years and one day since they lost 6-1 at home to Manchester City, Liverpool emphasised the vast gulf between the sides in brutal fashion. Mohamed Salah was predictably their main tormentor as the Egypt forward claimed a hat-trick, the first of which meant he had scored for the 10th successive game. Solskjaer cut a dejected figure as he and his players faced the full fury of their own fans, especially at half time, after an insipid and disorganised performance. The worrying signs were there for United after five minutes as Liverpool sliced them open when Salah set Naby Keita through to score at the Stretford End. Diogo Jota then slid in at the back post unmarked to add a second from Trent Alexander-Arnold's delivery eight minutes later. Liverpool were tearing United apart and the irresistible Salah got his first when he thumped the ball into the roof of the net from Keita's cross then beat David de Gea with a low effort to give Jurgen Klopp's side a four-goal half-time lead. Many Manchester United fans left at the break and Solskjaer's response was to send Paul Pogba on for Mason Greenwood, but on a day when nothing went right for United even that mainly cosmetic move backfired horribly. Salah raced on to Jordan Henderson's superb pass to complete his treble five minutes after the break then Pogba was sent off for a reckless lunge at Keita that saw Liverpool's midfielder taken off on a stretcher. The rest was a formality as Liverpool cruised to victory in front of thousands of empty red seats deserted by the home supporters.\n• None Solskjaer 'won't give up' after thrashing by Liverpool\n• None 'Liverpool are light years ahead of embarrassing Man Utd - and Solskjaer has to take blame'\n• None How social media reacted to Old Trafford rout Liverpool back to their ruthless best Mohamed Salah is now the top-scoring African in Premier League history with 107 goals Liverpool were always going to come back stronger from the suffering of last season, when injuries and the worst run of home form in the club's history saw them drawn into a dogfight for a place in the Champions League. They rallied superbly to finish third and carried that good form into this new campaign, with an ominous composure about Klopp's side from the first day. With Virgil van Dijk back in defence and Salah playing at a level that suggests he is the world's best player, they are a ruthless machine and how United felt that power. Bruno Fernandes actually missed a very good chance to put United ahead before Keita opened the scoring but once Liverpool got ahead, Solskjaer's side had no answer. With Salah as the main weapon, they cut through United at will, reducing both their players and the crowd to nervous agitation every time they went forward. Salah is in the form of his life and this United defence was an open invitation to him and Liverpool's range of attacking options. In the last eight days alone, Liverpool have scored 13 goals in three games on their travels, taking in the 5-0 win at Watford and the 3-2 victory against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. This was Liverpool looking as formidable, confident and dangerous as they did when they won the title in 2019-20. It is shaping up to be a three-horse race along with Chelsea and Manchester City for the title and this was the performance of true thoroughbreds. The only downside to their day was the injury to Keita, injured in a two-footed challenge by Pogba in what is a cruel blow to the midfielder given he has been showing the best form of his stop-start Liverpool career. What now for Solskjaer? Manchester United have lost by a margin of five or more goals at Old Trafford without scoring themselves for the first time since a 5-0 defeat at home to Manchester City in 1955 under Matt Busby Solskjaer was in defiant mood after United came from two goals down to beat Atalanta in the Champions League but there is a frailty and confusion about this team that means they will constantly fall short - and this inevitably puts further pressure on the manager. There are defeats that carry greater significance than others and the sight of United chasing shadows five goals down while Solskjaer stood helplessly on the touchline being taunted for long periods by joyous Liverpool fans made this one of those days. Any defeat to Liverpool is painful for United fans. When the defeat is as comprehensive as this one and in front of their own supporters, it is a day that will cut deeply to every part of Old Trafford. It was a defensive shambles, with poor communication and lack of understanding about what the team is trying to do cruelly exposed by Liverpool. As a result, this game was effectively over within 13 minutes. Solskjaer has praised the backing of United's fans and the Stretford End largely stuck with him and the team but there is no disguising the fact there were loud jeers at half time and by the time the final whistle sounded, huge sections of the stadium were deserted. There was also a lack of discipline in the United performance, Cristiano Ronaldo perhaps fortunate to escape a red card for kicking out at Curtis Jones while he was on the floor then Pogba - presumably sent on to restore some slight semblance of order - getting one for his challenge on Keita. United have been steadfast in their backing for Solskjaer but the shock waves of this result will have questions being asked more strongly than ever about his position by everyone from the club's hierarchy to their fans.\n• None Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Scott McTominay with a headed pass.\n• None Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diogo Dalot with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Fred tries a through ball, but Edinson Cavani is caught offside.\n• None Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.\n• None Attempt blocked. Edinson Cavani (Manchester United) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Scott McTominay with a headed pass.\n• None Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "Many councils are not paying homecare companies a high enough hourly rate to cover basic costs like travel time between clients, says a report.\n\nIt means, despite losing staff faster than they can be replaced, companies are unable to raise wages, says the Homecare Association.\n\nLow wages and feeling undervalued are key factors leading care staff to quit, says the report.\n\nCouncils say they do not have enough money to pay companies more.\n\nThe Homecare Association, which represents some 2,340 care providers, calculates the true minimum cost of providing an hour of homecare in the UK is £21.43.\n\nThis covers the minimum wage, travel time, pensions, holidays, training, PPE, office staff and 60p for profit or reinvestment in services.\n\nPrivate clients who hire care direct from providers pay an average £24.94 for an hour of homecare, according to separate analysis by software company The Access Group.\n\nBut private clients are a minority, with the bulk of homecare (about 70%) funded by the state, says the Homecare Association.\n\nFreedom of Information data collected for the Association shows the average paid by councils in Great Britain and health boards in Northern Ireland is £18.45.\n\nThe report found that areas with some of the highest levels of deprivation also had the lowest average fee rates for homecare.\n\nSorry, this content does not appear to be working\n\nThe Homecare Association says with some local authorities still buying homecare by the minute, and little or no funding for better pay, it makes it very difficult to compete with other sectors for staff.\n\nRichard Walker, chief executive of Optimo Care Group in South Yorkshire, has tried to improve pay and conditions for staff, but says his efforts are limited by local authority funding levels.\n\n\"We're simply not competing... so I think people go elsewhere...\n\n\"It feels like we're in a harder position now than we've ever been before.\"\n\nRichard estimates that, overall, Optimo's costs outstrip council funding by about 25%, although this varies according to local authority.\n\n\"We're miles away at the moment in terms of the rates that have been paid.\"\n\nThe staff shortage means the company is having to turn away referrals - and he finds not being able to give people the help they require when they need it \"really tough... quite demotivating\".\n\nPay is not \"level with the job you do out there\", says Denise Wickson\n\nAmong his staff is Denise Wickson, a home carer for 16 years.\n\n\"I love the job,\" she says.\n\nBut sometimes she can be up at 05:00 and not finish until 23:00.\n\n\"You never get to switch off, you're always worried, 'Is it covered?'. You get called and they say you're needed to go out. I never say no.\"\n\nDenise says the money is not \"level with the job you do out there\", and some people \"just go elsewhere where it's more money and it's not unsociable hours\".\n\nThe Homecare Association says lack of support in the community can lead to:\n\n\"It makes little sense to neglect people at home in the community, wait until they reach crisis point, then admit them to the most expensive setting of care in an acute hospital,\" says the report.\n\nThe Association wants central government to \"invest properly\" in homecare, raising pay to £11.20 per hour, at a cost of £1.6bn a year across the UK, plus:\n\nThe Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) said: \"Councils may want to pay more for care, but their hands are tied, because they simply do not have the money to do so.\"\n\nAn ADASS spokesperson urged ministers to use Wednesday's Spending Review to invest in care and support at home to \"lift the pressure on family carers, ensure the viability of high quality home care providers, and properly reward the committed, courageous and compassionate people working in social care\".\n\nThe Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils in England, said: \"Councils work closely with care providers, and understand their concerns about paying a fair price for the cost of care.\n\n\"Such is the scale of funding pressures, this is proving harder to achieve and we urgently need new national funding to meet immediate pressures in the social care system.\"\n\nThe government says a new £162.5m fund will help \"bolster\" the homecare workforce, while the social care levy, announced last month, includes £5.4bn earmarked for social care over the next three years, with £500m to be spent on the workforce.\n\nBut the LGA questions whether the levy will raise enough money to fund crucial reforms, and wants to see a greater share of it go to front-line social care.", "Richard Ratcliffe says his family have been \"caught in a dispute between two states\"\n\nThe husband of the detained British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is beginning a hunger strike in Whitehall, demanding the government does more to secure her release.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in Iran for five years on spying charges, recently lost her appeal against a second prison sentence.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe said his wife was \"increasingly distraught\".\n\nThe Foreign Office says it will \"continue to press Iran\" on the issue.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a 43-year-old mother-of-one from London, has been detained in Iran since 2016 and has not seen her daughter for two years.\n\nShe has been serving the second of two prison sentences, this one on parole for a conviction of propaganda against the Iranian regime. She is staying with her mother in Iran - but is not allowed to leave the country.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has always denied any wrongdoing.\n\nBut now she faces a return to prison, after losing an appeal against the most recent sentence. Mr Ratcliffe said it was only a matter of time before she would be summoned back to jail.\n\nThe hunger strike began on Sunday near to the Foreign Office and Downing Street in London. It is the second time Mr Ratcliffe has used the tactic, after a 15-day hunger strike outside the Iranian embassy in London in 2019.\n\n\"Two years ago I went on hunger strike in front of the Iranian embassy, on the eve of Boris Johnson taking over as prime minister,\" said Mr Ratcliffe in a statement online.\n\n\"We are now giving the UK government the same treatment. In truth, I never expected to have to do a hunger strike twice. It is not a normal act. It seems extraordinary the need to adopt the same tactics to persuade government here, to cut through the accountability gap.\"\n\nHe said that although Iran remained the main country responsible, \"the UK is also letting us down\".\n\n\"It is increasingly clear that Nazanin's case could have been solved many months ago - but for other diplomatic agendas. The PM needs to take responsibility for that.\"\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after she was released from house arrest in Tehran in March 2021\n\nHe added: \"It can be difficult to capture the feeling of a life wasting away, watching prison creep closer while we sit in the PM's in-tray.\"\n\nMr Ratcliffe said he was making four demands from Mr Johnson, including recognising Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe as a hostage, and for the UK to push for an end to hostage-taking when negotiating the Iran nuclear deal.\n\nHe also called for the government to pay the £400m debt that the UK owes Iran, dating back from a deal between the two sides over tanks in the 1970s.\n\nMr Ratcliffe believes his wife has been imprisoned as leverage for the debt.\n\nHe spoke to the new Foreign Secretary Liz Truss earlier this month, but said he was told the government's response was to do nothing yet until Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was returned to prison.\n\n\"For us, reimprisonment is too late, it would mean not seeing Nazanin until 2023,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Ratcliffe: Nazanin speaks to her daughter most days, while under house arrest in Iran\n\nThe MP Tulip Siddiq - who represents the constituency where the Zaghari-Ratcliffes live - called on the government to listen to Mr Ratcliffe.\n\n\"It breaks my heart that my constituent Richard Ratcliffe has once again been forced to go on hunger strike to protest against the government's failure to free Nazanin,\" she said.\n\n\"It should never have come to this. It's time for the government to listen to the demands of Nazanin's family, including paying the debt we owe to Iran, and finally bring her home.\"\n\nAnd the boss of charity Amnesty International called the situation \"incredibly upsetting\".\n\n\"Like Richard, we've grown tired of hearing ministers saying they're 'doing all they can' for Nazanin and other arbitrarily-detained Britons in Iran - it doesn't look like that to us, and it certainly hasn't produced results,\" said Sacha Deshmukh.\n\nHe demanded the government sets out a strategy for getting Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe home, and added: \"We call on Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and other ministers to take the time to come out of their offices to visit Richard at his tent. Ministers need to hear first-hand how desperate this situation is.\"\n\nOn Sunday, a Foreign Office spokesperson said: \"Iran's decision to proceed with these baseless charges against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is an appalling continuation of the cruel ordeal she is going through.\n\n\"Instead of threatening to return Nazanin to prison, Iran must release her permanently so she can return home.\n\n\"We are doing all we can to help Nazanin get home to her young daughter and family and we will continue to press Iran on this point.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Javid says £5.9bn for the NHS is \"new money\" to tackle waiting lists\n\nThe NHS in England is to receive an extra £5.9bn in this week's Budget, the government has announced.\n\nThe money will be used to help clear the record backlog of people waiting for tests and scans, which has been worsened by the pandemic, and also to buy equipment and improve IT.\n\nHealth bodies welcomed the latest pledge but said it would not solve the problem of staff shortages.\n\nSajid Javid, the health secretary, said the funding was \"new money\" and that Mr Sunak would set out exactly where it was coming from during Wednesday's Budget and Spending Review.\n\nMore than five million people are waiting for NHS hospital treatment in England, with hundreds of thousands waiting more than a year.\n\nThe £5.9bn is on top of the £12bn a year that was announced in September..\n\nThat money will be raised through tax increases - the rise in National Insurance and, from 2022, the Health and Social Care Levy - and will be spent on resources such as staffing.\n\nThe £5.9bn will be used to pay for physical infrastructure and equipment - not day-to-day spending.\n\nSome of the £5.9bn - £2.3bn - will be used to fund more diagnostic tests, like CT, MRI and ultrasound scans, the government said.\n\nMore clinics in shopping centres for scans and tests - which the government had already announced - will be opened.\n\nThese will help clear the backlog of tests by the end of this Parliament, the government said.\n\nAlso included in the £5.9bn total is:\n\nA proportionate amount will also go to the health services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nAccess to tests and scans is a real bottleneck in the system at the moment, slowing down the ability of the NHS to work its way through the backlog in routine care and, sometimes, delaying the diagnosis of cancer.\n\nIt has been known for years the NHS does not have enough equipment to carry out tests and scans. And the machines it has are ageing.\n\nThe problems mean as demand has increased, performance has deteriorated.\n\nThe aim is to get these tests done within six weeks of referral, unless it is an urgent cancer case.\n\nBut currently around a quarter of patients wait longer than that. Before the pandemic fewer than 5% did.\n\nThe funding will help, in time, improve the situation.\n\nBut the big issue that it does not tackle is staffing - there is a shortage of specialists to carry out these tests.\n\nAround one in 10 posts are currently vacant.\n\nThere are various reasons for this, including more part-time working, the numbers retiring and problems recruiting internationally because of the pandemic.\n\nBuying new machines is much easier than training, recruiting and retaining staff. Until that is resolved, many are sceptical about what this announcement will actually achieve.\n\nWaiting lists have grown as routine operations were cancelled throughout the pandemic and people who put off seeking help for symptoms come forward.\n\nSome of those in the healthcare sector warned it was not enough to keep up with costs and demand.\n\nChristopher Rigby, an NHS radiographer from Yorkshire, said: \"We haven't got the workforce to staff the hospitals we have now let alone all these new centres.\"\n\nNHS Providers - which speaks for hospital and other NHS trusts - warned the health service needed more staff to deliver services.\n\nA body representing healthcare leaders, the NHS Confederation, said the funding \"falls short of what is needed to get services completely back on track\".\n\nThe NHS is sending out a further two million invites for Covid booster jabs this week.\n\nThe health secretary said \"we should actively be looking at\" making jabs mandatory for NHS staff, as they are for care workers.\n\nMr Javid told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he would wear a face covering during Wednesday's Budget announcement in the Commons.\n\nBut he said now was not time to activate England's \"Plan B\", that would make face masks mandatory in many places.\n\nAre you an NHS professional or patient affected by the NHS backlog? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nUS Open champion Emma Raducanu says \"everyone should be patient\" as she attempts this week to earn a first win since her Grand Slam success.\n\nThe 18-year-old Briton stunned the sport by lifting the title in New York last month, despite never having won a WTA match in her fledgling career.\n\nIn her only game since, she lost in the second round at Indian Wells and on Tuesday plays in the Transylvania Open.\n\n\"I am going to find my tennis, I just need a little bit of time,\" she said.\n\nRaducanu, seeded third in the event, plays Slovenia's world number 124 Polona Hercog at about 17:00 BST on Tuesday.\n\nStill without a coach after parting ways with Andrew Richardson, who helped her triumph in New York, she is aiming for a first victory in a WTA event.\n\nRaducanu has lost in the opening round at previous tournaments in Nottingham, San Diego and Indian Wells.\n\n\"I don't think there is any pressure on me,\" said the world number 23. \"I feel like everyone should just be a little patient with me.\n\n\"I feel like I am the same person. I still go out there, approaching the same as before.\n\n\"I am really enjoying my tennis right now. I feel it will be in a great place. In the long term, I know it will be up and down, the past few weeks I have learned a lot about myself.\"\n\nRaducanu hopes to appoint a new coach before the 2022 season and has been training with Johanna Konta's former coach Esteban Carril this month.\n\nThe Spaniard, who helped Konta climb into the world's top 20, is not with Raducanu in Cluj-Napoca this week.\n\nInstead she says she is learning to coach herself in Romania, which is where her father Ian was born.\n\nRaducanu's grandmother lives in Bucharest and the teenager got a warm welcome in Cluj-Napoca, where she spoke in Romanian to the crowd after a practice session at the weekend.\n\n\"I am really excited for the next chapter. This end of the season and the next year I can play on the tour, like a full year, and that is the most exciting thing,\" she added.\n\n\"Patience is key. Because, as I said, there are a lot of lows, where you learn about your game. You adjust to each level gradually.\n\n\"I kind of went from zero to the top of the game. So, it's obviously going to take some time to adjust and adapt but hopefully with some good work I will be able to do that.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Greg Jenner and guests examine the man credited with Britain's first curry house\n• None Besides Gary Neville what frustrates Jamie Carragher most?", "David Henderson was the aircraft's operator since it was bought in 2015\n\nA football agent may have let the flight in which Emiliano Sala died go ahead, even if he knew the pilot was unqualified, Cardiff Crown Court heard.\n\nPlane operator David Henderson told a jury agent William \"Willie\" McKay had a \"preoccupation\" with getting a pilot for the Cardiff-Nantes journey.\n\nSala, 28, and pilot David Ibbotson, 59, died when the private plane crashed.\n\nThe plane plunged into the English Channel in January 2019.\n\nArgentine striker Sala was involved in a multimillion-pound transfer to Cardiff City from Nantes and was travelling between the two clubs at the time of his death.\n\nThe court previously heard Mr McKay - who helped arrange Sala's flight - and Mr Henderson had a working relationship, and Mr McKay got in touch to hire the plane.\n\nMr Henderson, a pilot himself, could not fly the plane as he was holidaying in Paris with his wife.\n\nMr Ibbotson, who Mr Henderson hired, did not hold a commercial pilot's licence, was not allowed to fly at night, and had an expired rating to fly the single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft.\n\nEmiliano Sala's body was recovered, but Mr Ibbotson, 59, from Crowle, Lincolnshire, has never been found\n\nOn Monday, Stephen Spence, defending, asked Mr Henderson if he believed Mr McKay would have cared about Mr Ibbotson's lack of qualifications.\n\nMr Henderson said: \"His preoccupation was to get where he wanted to go.\n\n\"I don't know if he wouldn't have cared, but as I say, his preoccupation was to get a pilot. I think he would have gone ahead with the flight anyway.\"\n\nOn Friday, Martin Goudie QC, prosecuting, asked Mr Henderson whether he thought Mr McKay and Sala had a right to know if the pilot was qualified.\n\nMr Goudie accused Mr Henderson of running a \"cowboy outfit\" after he admitted not keeping basic information on the pilots he employed.\n\nThe Piper Malibu aircraft in which the two men died\n\nThe defendant is said to have been the plane's operator because he was in charge of its maintenance and hiring out for the aircraft's owner, Fay Keely.\n\nHe has already pleaded guilty to another charge of attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation.", "The event took place at Fryent Country Park in Wembley\n\nFamily and friends have gathered at a vigil in the north-west London park where two sisters were murdered.\n\nBibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, were stabbed at Ms Henry's birthday party last June by a man who thought he may win the lottery if he killed them.\n\nPeople lit candles and laid flowers at the event, organised by campaign group Reclaim These Streets, on what would have been Ms Smallman's 29th birthday.\n\nMPs and the Mayor of London also attended the vigil.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMother Mina Smallman, a retired Church of England cleric, said she wanted it to be a celebration of her daughters' lives and proceedings began with Brent North MP Barry Gardiner singing Amazing Grace.\n\nIn a speech to the gathered crowds, Ms Smallman said: \"As a teacher and a priest I have given my life over to raising boys and girls that people looked down on and didn't think that they could be anybody.\n\n\"Now I'm doing it for my girls and I'm doing it for every one of the girls here.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Helen Hayes 💙🌹 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I am so tired of old, grey, boring white men telling us how to live our lives.\n\n\"You know nothing changes because they still have the power, they still call the shots.\n\n\"We haven't really gone through the glass ceiling, they've just put a concrete one up. Well, we're bringing in the bulldozers. We're calling it out.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by henny beaumont This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe vigil was also attended by Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and MPs Dawn Butler and David Lammy.\n\nSteve Selley, a family friend of Ms Smallman, praised the support shown at the vigil.\n\nHe said: \"This is exactly what it should have been like at the start.\n\n\"Exactly where we are today with this now should have been done last year and that's what hurts.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Reclaim These Streets This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 4 by Reclaim These Streets\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police have arrested 52 people, dragging some from the road\n\nInsulate Britain has targeted Canary Wharf in east London as it resumes its roadblock campaign after a pause.\n\nDemonstrators from the environmental group obstructed Limehouse Causeway at 08:20 BST.\n\nAbout 60 protesters have also targeted nearby Liverpool Street, Bishopsgate and Upper Thames Street.\n\nPolice have arrested 52 people, dragging some from the road. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps previously branded activists \"glued fools\".\n\nInsulate Britain blocked roads on 14 days over five weeks to 14 October, with some protesters gluing their hands to the carriageway to increase the length of time it took for police to remove them.\n\nThe Department for Transport has applied for more than 100 court injunctions covering the national highway network around London and the South East. Breaches of the injunctions could lead to jail terms.\n\nPolice are removing protesters who have glued themselves to the ground on Bishopsgate\n\nDemonstrators who superglued their hands to the ground on Monday were removed from the road by officers before being arrested and led to police vehicles.\n\nAs she was unglued, one woman said she was \"in agony\".\n\nMembers of the public approached the protesters, with some saying they were \"doing a good job\".\n\nOne of the protesters, Emily, said she had been arrested 14 times for her involvement in demonstrations.\n\nAnother, Tony Hill, 71, said he had travelled from near Kendal in Cumbria to the capital to take part.\n\nHe said: \"I'm here today out of anger, fear and determination. The anger that my government is failing the people of our country.\n\n\"The governments of the world are failing everyone. Everyone says we're at the 11th hour but we're at midnight and nothing substantial is being done by our government and the governments across the world.\"\n\nIn a statement, Insulate Britain said: \"We won't stand by while the government kills our kids.\"\n\nActivist Liam Norton branded the government \"treasonous\", claiming it had \"betrayed\" citizens and was leading the country on a path to \"genocide\".\n\nInsulate Britain, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, wants the government to insulate all UK homes by 2030 to cut carbon emissions.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Since 2016 more than 600 reports of officers abusing their powers for sexual purposes have led to over 200 investigations by the IOPC\n\nPolice officers and staff who abuse their position for a sexual purpose have \"no place in policing and will be found out\", a watchdog has warned.\n\nFigures from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for referrals made in England and Wales last year were nearly double the 2016 numbers.\n\nAbuse of Powers for a Sexual Purpose (APSP) referrals are the largest form of police corruption, the IOPC said.\n\nBetween 2016 and 2020, there were 643 referrals for abuse of position.\n\nThe National Police Chiefs Council defines APSP as: \"Any behaviour by a police officer or police staff member, whether on or off duty, that takes advantage of their position as a member of the police service to misuse their position, authority or powers in order to pursue a sexual or improper emotional relationship with any member of the public.\"\n\nLast year there were 131 referrals and 70 investigations. That compares to 74 referrals in 2016, which led to 10 investigations.\n\nBetween April 2018 and March 2021, 66 police officers and members of staff have faced disciplinary proceedings. Misconduct was proven in 63 cases.\n\nOf the 52 who faced the more serious charge of gross misconduct, 38 are no longer serving and barred from policing for life - six were later convicted of criminal offences.\n\nNot all APSP allegations will be covered by these figures as many incidents will be investigated by the police forces themselves.\n\nIOPC deputy director general Claire Bassett described these cases as an \"appalling abuse of the public's trust\", which has a \"devastating impact on the people involved, who are often in a vulnerable situation\".\n\nShe said: \"The police are there to help them, not exploit them.\n\n\"Recent events we have seen, including the horrific actions of Wayne Couzens, remind us that policing must act to root out this kind of behaviour once and for all.\"\n\nIn 2017 legislation was introduced setting out the criteria in which mandatory referrals to the watchdog should be made, including an explicit reference to APSP, which has led to the steep rise in the number of cases being reported, the IOPC said.\n\nAPSP is the \"single largest form of police corruption\" the watchdog explained, accounting for around a quarter of all referrals and almost 60% of investigations last year.\n\nChief Constable Lauren Poultney from the National Police Chiefs' Council said: \"There is no place in policing for those who abuse their position for a sexual purpose.\"\n\n\"Any case of such abuse is one too many, it is a serious betrayal of what policing stands for and its duty to protect the public.\"\n\nSeparate figures obtained after a Freedom of Information Request by BBC Newsnight show the number of complaints made about police officers accused of sexual misconduct across the UK.\n\nOf the 44 out of 46 UK forces who responded, 2,702 police officers have been accused of sexual misconduct in the last five years.\n\nDisciplinary action taken from these allegations ended with three per cent of cases in criminal court, eight per cent with an officer dismissed and a further eight per cent issued with a reprimand.\n\nNewsnight spoke to a victim of domestic violence who was exploited by a serving officer.\n\nJessica (not her real name) reported she had been blackmailed about sexually explicit images of her being posted on the internet.\n\nAn officer she believed to be investigating repeatedly asked her for the explicit videos and images and sent explicit images of himself in return - including while in uniform.\n\nHe had previously contacted another woman in a similar way and received training about forming inappropriate relationships.\n\nThe officer was dismissed after a police misconduct hearing and barred for five years.\n\nCaroline Nokes MP, chairwoman of the women and equalities committee, told Newsnight officers who exploit vulnerable people should be \"barred forever\".\n\n\"It shouldn't be the case that they can serve a five-year bar and come back. That simply isn't protecting the vulnerable,\" the Conservative MP added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A coal fired power station like this one in Poland are major sources of CO2\n\nThe build-up of warming gases in the atmosphere rose to record levels in 2020 despite the pandemic, according to the World Meteorological Organization.\n\nThe amounts of CO2, methane and nitrous oxide rose by more than the annual average in the past 10 years.\n\nThe WMO says this will drive up temperatures in excess of the goals of the Paris agreement.\n\nThey worry that our warmer world is, in turn, boosting emissions from natural sources.\n\nThe news comes as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was \"touch and go\" whether the upcoming COP26 global climate conference will secure the agreements needed to help tackle climate change.\n\n\"It is going to be very, very tough this summit. I am very worried because it might go wrong and we might not get the agreements that we need and it is touch and go, it is very, very difficult, but I think it can be done,\" he said on Monday.\n\nThe restrictions imposed around the world during the Covid pandemic saw an overall decline in emissions of CO2 of 5.6%.\n\nSo why hasn't that fall been echoed in atmospheric concentrations - which are the subject of this latest data from the WMO?\n\nThere are a number of factors involved.\n\nAround half of emissions from human activity are taken up by trees, lands and oceans. But the absorbing ability of these sinks can vary hugely, depending on temperatures, rainfall and other factors.\n\nMethane is emitted from natural sources such as wetlands and from human activities such as flaring from oil and gas wells\n\nAnother issue is that over the past decade, emissions of CO2 have increased progressively.\n\nSo even though carbon output was down last year, the increase in the level in the atmosphere was still bigger than the average between 2011-2020.\n\nAccording to the WMO's annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, CO2 reached 413.2 parts per million in the atmosphere in 2020 and is now 149% of the pre-industrial level.\n\nThis is bad news for containing the rise in Earth's temperature.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\n\"At the current rate of increase in greenhouse gas concentrations, we will see a temperature increase by the end of this century far in excess of the Paris Agreement targets of 1.5 to 2C above pre-industrial levels,\" said WMO Secretary-General Prof Petteri Taalas. \"We are way off track.\"\n\n\"This is more than just a chemical formula and figures on a graph. It has major negative repercussions for our daily lives and well-being, for the state of our planet and for the future of our children and grandchildren,\" said Prof Taalas.\n\nThe authors say the last time the Earth experienced a comparable concentration of CO2 was 3-5 million years ago, when temperatures were 2-3C warmer and sea level was 10-20 metres higher than it is today.\n\nThe use of nitrogen fertiliser is a major source of nitrous oxide in the atmosphere\n\nOne of the big concerns for researchers is that the ongoing rise in temperatures may actually cause a rise in warming gases from natural sources.\n\nScientists are concerned that this is already happening with methane.\n\nAlthough it has a shorter lifespan than CO2, methane is far more potent as a warming chemical.\n\nAround 60% of the CH4 that ends up in the atmosphere comes from human sources such as agriculture, fossil fuels, landfills and biomass burning.\n\nThe other 40% comes from the activities of microbes in natural sources such as wetlands.\n\nLast year's rise was the biggest increase since global methane levels started rising again in 2007.\n\nThe majority of it was from natural sources.\n\n\"If you increase the amount of precipitation in the areas of the wetlands, and if you increase the temperature, then these methane producing bacteria, produce more methane,\" said Dr Oksana Tarasova from the WMO.\n\n\"So this will only increase in the future because the temperature is going to rise. It's a big concern,\" she told BBC News.\n\nEmpty roads saw carbon emissions from transport plummet during lockdown but atmospheric concentrations still rose\n\nScientists describe these vicious cycles as feedback loops. They are also being observed in the Amazon where researchers earlier this year reported that parts of the rainforest were now emitting more CO2 than they were absorbing.\n\n\"The higher the temperature, the less the precipitation, the more stress goes into the trees,\" said Dr Tarasova.\n\n\"So, trees have increased mortality, they stop taking up CO2. In addition to our own emissions, we will have emissions from our forests.\"\n\nThe WMO is also concerned about the rise in nitrous oxide, which comes from human activities such as the use of nitrogen fertiliser but also from natural sources.\n\nIt has also risen by more than the average over the last ten years.\n\nWith just days left before world leaders gather in Glasgow for COP26, the news on the level of warming gases in the atmosphere is stark.\n\n\"Greenhouse gas measurements are like skidding into a car crash. The disaster gets closer and closer but you can't stop it,\" said Prof Euan Nisbet from Royal Holloway, University of London.\n\n\"You can clearly see the crash ahead, and all you can do is howl.\"", "A joint group of unions is calling for targeted industrial action as part of a long-running dispute\n\nUnions representing rail and council workers have confirmed plans for strike action during the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.\n\nCleaners, refuse and recycling workers are among staff who could take industrial action from 8 November.\n\nScotRail could also be hit by strikes from 1 November after the RMT's AGM in Leeds rejected the latest pay offer.\n\nThe Scottish government has set a deadline of Wednesday for the rail union to accept its pay offer.\n\nMinisters also said ScotRail will now go ahead and implement the pay rise for members of three other trade unions which accepted its offer, as well as non-unionised ScotRail workers.\n\nTransport Minister Graeme Dey said the government was \"utterly perplexed\" at the RMT position while the union hit back at the \"arbitrary\" Wednesday deadline.\n\nAbout 120 world leaders are expected to attend the crucial United Nations summit from 31 October to 12 November.\n\nA joint trade union group, including Unison, Unite and the GMB, is seeking a £2,000 flat rate pay increase or 6%, whichever is greater, from Scotland's local authority umbrella body Cosla.\n\nIt has now notified councils that it will call on some school cleaners, caterers and janitors along with waste, recycling and maintenance staff to take \"targeted\" strike action during the second week of the summit.\n\nWendy Dunsmore, of Unite, said: \"The incredible professionalism and sacrifice by local government workers has not been recognised during the Covid-19 pandemic.\"\n\nJohanna Baxter, of Unison, said more than half of local government workers earned under £25,000 a year and many were at \"breaking point\".\n\nDrew Duffy, of the GMB union, added: \"It's been over 18 months since any of these key workers had a pay rise and that is a disgrace given the work they have done over the last 18 months.\"\n\nCosla has offered an £850 flat rate rise for the lowest paid staff and 2% for those paid less than £40,000 a year.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We appreciate everything that local government workers have been doing, and continue to do, to support people and communities during the pandemic and as we begin to recover. We continue with ongoing constructive negotiations.\"\n\nEarlier, the AGM of the RMT union confirmed plans for strike action by ScotRail staff from 1 to 12 November, almost the entire duration of the summit.\n\nThe union described the offer of a 2.5% increase this year, 2,2% in 2022 and a one-off £300 bonus for staff working during the summit as \"pitiful\".\n\nThree other rail unions, Unite, Aslef and the TSSA have already accepted the offer.\n\nTransport Minister Graeme Dey said: \"We remain utterly perplexed at the position the RMT leadership is taking here. While we think their action is misguided and does their members no favours, we, of course, respect the right of trade unions to do what they think is appropriate for their membership.\n\n\"But we are clear that this is a fair and good offer that will put cash in the pockets of rail workers who have worked hard during the pandemic. This is evidenced by the fact that the three other rail unions (Aslef, Unite and TSSA) have accepted it.\n\n\"ScotRail, with the full support of the Scottish government, has tried a number of times to reach a deal with the RMT leadership - as of yesterday, the offer being made to its members consisted of a 4.7% pay increase over this and next year, a £300 payment for COP26, an additional payment equivalent to three hours salary for booking on for a Rest Day shift for the rest of the year.\n\n\"That last enhancement was offered just yesterday, and we understood that we were close to agreement with negotiators apparently happy with the offer, RMT leaders have then moved the goalposts.\"\n\nThe RMT said it had been given an \"arbitrary\" deadline to accept the pay offer by Wednesday, but said strikes on both ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper services could still be avoided.\n\nGeneral secretary Mike Lynch said: \"Our message to Nicola Sturgeon, Transport Scotland, Abellio and Serco is that there is still time to resolve the pay disputes but it requires some serious movement, the lifting of bogus deadlines and genuine talks.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has invited Glasgow workers who plan on striking during COP26 to join her in a protest march through the city.\n\nShe said she would be taking part in the Climate Strike march from Kelvingrove Park to George Square.\n\nShe wrote on Twitter: \"On Friday Nov 5 I'll join the climate strike in Glasgow - during #COP26 Climate justice also means social justice and that we leave no one behind.\n\n\"So we invite everyone, especially the workers striking in Glasgow, to join us. See you there!\"\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. An exiled officer says the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman is a \"psychopath\".\n\nSaudi Arabia's crown prince suggested using a \"poison ring\" to kill the late King Abdullah, a former top Saudi intelligence official has alleged.\n\nIn an interview with CBS, Saad al-Jabri said Mohammed bin Salman told his cousin in 2014 that he wanted to do so to clear the throne for his father.\n\nThere were tensions within the ruling family at the time over the succession.\n\nThe Saudi government has called Mr Jabri a discredited former official with a long history of fabrication.\n\nIn his interview with CBS's 60 Minutes programme Mr Jabri warned that Crown Prince Mohammed - Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler and the son of King Salman - was a \"psychopath, killer, in the Middle East with infinite resources, who poses threat to his people, to the Americans and to the planet\".\n\nHe alleged that at a 2014 meeting the prince suggested to his cousin Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the then interior minister, that he could arrange the killing of King Abdullah.\n\n\"He told him: 'I want to assassinate King Abdullah. I get a poison ring from Russia. It's enough for me just to shake hand with him and he will be done,'\" Mr Jabri said.\n\n\"Whether he's just bragging... he said that and we took it seriously.\"\n\nHe said the matter was settled privately within the royal court. But he added that the meeting was secretly filmed and that he knew where two copies of the video recording were.\n\nAbdullah died at the age of 90 in 2015 and was succeeded by his half-brother Salman, Mohammed bin Salman's father, who named Mohammed bin Nayef as crown prince.\n\nIn 2017, Mohammed bin Nayef was replaced as heir to the throne by Mohammed bin Salman. He also lost his role as interior minister and was reportedly placed under house arrest before being detained last year on unspecified charges.\n\nMr Jabri fled to Canada after Mohammed bin Nayef was ousted.\n\nHe said in the interview that he was warned by a friend in a Middle Eastern intelligence service that Mohammed bin Salman was sending a hit team to kill him in October 2018, just days after Saudi agents murdered the dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey.\n\nHe alleged that a six-person team landed at an airport in Ottawa but were deported after customs found they were carrying \"suspicious equipment for DNA analysis\".\n\nLast year, Mr Jabri accused the crown prince of attempted murder in a civil suit filed in a US federal court.\n\nThe prince rejected the allegations. He has also denied any involvement in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, although US intelligence agencies assessed that he approved the operation.\n\nKing Abdullah (front left) was succeeded by his half-brother Salman (R) after he died in 2015 at the age of 90\n\nThe BBC has contacted the Saudi government for comment on the allegations.\n\nIn a statement sent to CBS, the Saudi embassy in Washington labelled Mr Jabri as \"a discredited former government official with a long history of fabricating and creating distractions to hide the financial crimes he committed, which amount to billions of dollars, to furnish a lavish life-style for himself and his family\".\n\nMr Jabri is being sued for corruption by various Saudi entities and a Canadian judge has frozen his assets saying there is \"overwhelming evidence of fraud\".\n\nHe denies stealing any government money, saying his former employers rewarded him generously.\n\nIn March 2020, Saudi authorities detained Mr Jabri's son Omar and daughter Sarah in what human rights groups said was an apparent effort to coerce him to return to Saudi Arabia.\n\nLast November, two months after their father sued the crown prince, the siblings were sentenced to nine and six-and-a-half years in prison respectively by a Saudi court after being convicted of money laundering and \"attempting to escape\" the country. They denied the charges.\n\nAn appeals court upheld their sentences in a secret hearing at which they were not present.", "The White House has outlined new rules for foreign travellers to the US, as flight restrictions lift for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020.\n\nThe plan to reopen the US border next month to foreign flights includes a requirement that almost all foreign visitors be vaccinated against Covid.\n\nThe US travel ban has grown to include dozens of countries, including the UK, much of Europe, China and India.\n\nThe travel industry has been asking for US President Joe Biden to lift the ban.\n\nOriginally imposed by Donald Trump, the ban on flights from most foreign countries was extended when Mr Biden took power in January 2021.\n\nThe rule bans most visitors from Brazil, China, South Africa, the UK, the 26 Schengen countries in Europe, Ireland, India and Iran.\n\nThe proclamation signed by Mr Biden on Monday says that airlines will be required to check travellers' vaccination status before they can board departing planes.\n\n\"It is in the interests of the United States to move away from the country-by-country restrictions previously applied during the Covid-19 pandemic and to adopt an air travel policy that relies primarily on vaccination to advance the safe resumption of international air travel to the United States,\" Mr Biden's proclamation says.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The mystery of how Long Covid damages our memory\n\nAirlines must confirm that the proof of vaccination comes from an \"official source\" and was received at least two weeks prior. Any vaccines approved by US health regulators will be accepted.\n\nUnvaccinated travellers, including Americans, will have to show a negative Covid test taken within one day of departure.\n\nChildren under the age of 18 will be exempt from the vaccination requirement but must still provide a negative test taken within three days of travel.\n\nThe new restrictions take effect on 8 November.", "A new temporary injunction has been granted against environmental group Insulate Britain after protesters brought parts of London to a standstill.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the injunction covered the \"entire strategic road network\".\n\n\"Tonight this has been granted on a temp basis by the High Court,\" he tweeted on Monday evening.\n\nEarlier police arrested more than 50 people, some glued to the road.\n\nIn a post on Twitter, Mr Shapps accused Insulate Britain, who blocked roads on 14 days over the five weeks to 14 October, of \"risking lives and ruining journeys\".\n\nThere are already three specific injunctions in place against the group.\n\nThe transport secretary tweeted: \"The long term solution lies in changes to the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill, giving additional powers against disruptive protests which target critical national infrastructure.\"\n\nInsulate Britain, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, wants the government to insulate all UK homes by 2030 to cut carbon emissions.\n\nMembers of the group targeted London's financial district in Canary Wharf and the City of London during Monday's rush hour, obstructing Limehouse Causeway as well as nearby Liverpool Street, Bishopsgate and Upper Thames Street.\n\nDemonstrators who glued their hands to the ground on Monday were removed from the road by officers before being arrested and led to police vehicles.\n\nProtesters blocked roads in London's financial district on Monday\n\nThe previous injunctions obtained by the government ban the group from demonstrations on the M25, around the Port of Dover and on major roads around London. These orders were granted to National Highways.\n\nIn addition, Transport for London was granted a civil banning order earlier this month to prevent activists obstructing traffic on the city's roads - an order which was extended last week.\n\nBreaches of the injunctions could lead to jail terms. However, so far, the injunctions have failed to put a stop to the protests.\n\nInsulate Britain have also targeted motorways, including the M25\n\nEarlier this month, the group, whose actions have led to angry exchanges with members of the public caught up in traffic disruption, suspended its campaigning for 11 days, from 14 October.\n\nBut protesters vowed to restart its action if Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not deliver \"a meaningful or trustworthy statement\" on improving the insulation in some British homes.\n\nIn a statement following the most recent arrests on Monday, Insulate Britain said: \"We won't stand by while the government kills our kids.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A radio presenter who called Tilly Ramsay a \"chubby little thing\" live on air has apologised to the Strictly Come Dancing star.\n\nNewsbeat's been told Steve Allen got in touch with her last week to say sorry.\n\nIt's after the CBBC presenter, 19, posted a statement on Instagram calling the comments a \"step too far\".\n\nShe was supported online from her Strictly co-stars and other celebrities.\n\nAllen had read out a comment from a listener telling him Tilly - who is the daughter of TV chef Gordon Ramsay - was taking part in Celebrity MasterChef Australia as well as Strictly.\n\nHe responded: \"Is she? Well, she can't blimming well dance, I'm bored with her already.\n\n\"She's a chubby little thing, isn't she? Have you noticed? Probably her dad's cooking, I should imagine.\"\n\nThe 19-year-old directly addressed Allen's comments in an Instagram post saying she \"won't tolerate people that think it's okay to publicly comment and scrutinise anyone's weight and appearance\".\n\nShe said she tries not to pay attention to what's written or said about her, but being \"called out on a national radio station by a 67-year-old man is a step too far\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by tillyramsay This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFormer Love Island star Dr Alex George - now a government youth mental health ambassador - said he was \"absolutely horrified\".\n\nIn a letter posted on his Instagram to Allen's employer LBC, he called on the broadcaster to \"recognise just how damaging such comments about someone's weight are\".\n\nContinuing \"the discussion about a young person's weight live on air is not acceptable\".\n\nRamsay says she's faced comments about her appearance in the past and that although she is learning to accept herself, words can still hurt.\n\nShe and dance partner Nikita Kuzmin came third on the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard on Saturday, scoring 36 points.\n\nShe took to Instagram, to thank her followers for \"all the amazing support this past week\".\n\nNewsbeat have contacted her management for a comment.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "The bank on St Mary's will close in April 2022\n\nThe only bank on the Isles of Scilly is set to close next year.\n\nLloyds Bank will close its branch on St Mary's on 25 April, 2022.\n\nPhil Moon, who runs a restaurant and takeaway on the island, said the closure had come as a \"shock\" and would make running his business \"more complicated\".\n\nLloyds Bank said the decision was due to changes in customer behaviour meaning the branch was used less often.\n\nMr Moon said: \"We obviously lost Barclays a couple of years ago and Lloyds became the only bank on the island so we never saw this coming.\"\n\nHe said his business regularly used the bank for change stock and for taking cash off the premises for security.\n\n\"It was a shock, and quite an unpleasant one at that, I'm pretty disappointed to be honest; it's going to affect all of us and businesses especially.\"\n\nSteve Sims, the Isles of Scilly councillor for economy, tourism and transport, said: \"It's really sad... and it's another blow against the high street\".\n\nHe added: \"We've got three properties right on the high street really which are now vacant.\"\n\nLloyds Bank said staff would be on hand to advise and support customers.\n\nA spokesperson added: \"A new community banker will be made available to help customers with their everyday banking and customers can also continue to bank locally by visiting the nearby Post Office, which is a short walk away from the branch.\"\n\nMr Moon said using the Post Office would see people \"who just want to do bank transactions\" having to join the queue with those wanting stamps or postal services.\n\n\"It's just going to slow things down and make things more complicated,\" he said.\n\nPostmaster Lindsay Rodger says she is working to find solutions to help customers affected by the closure\n\nLindsay Rodger, Postmaster of the St Mary's Post Office said they were working on finding solutions to help those affected, and making sure there was a \"smooth transition\" for customers.\n\nShe said: \"With the bank closing it will mean the loss of the only ATM on the Isles of Scilly and that is a great area of concern for me.\n\n\"Without that we will struggle to allow cash to foreign visitors, to people with cash point cards, people with independent banks who do not have the banking facilities through the Post Office.\n\n\"And for the vulnerable and the elderly that do not access online.\"\n\nMs Rodgers said she was in the process of looking into the possibility of installing an ATM at the Post Office.\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk", "The fund was meant to help developing countries tackle and adapt to the effects of climate change\n\nA key pledge ahead of an upcoming climate change conference has still not been met and the money is not sure to be available before 2023.\n\nThe UK government has set out a new financing plan ahead of next week's climate change conference - COP26.\n\nIt talks of how developed countries hope to deliver $100bn a year in climate finance to developing countries.\n\nThe original aim was for that target to be reached by 2020.\n\nBut the financing plan said the target looked \"unlikely\" to be met but that it was \"confident\" the target would be hit by 2023.\n\nSome environmentalists say the new plan is too little, too late.\n\nCOP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma said: \"This plan recognises progress, based on strong new climate finance commitments. There is still further to go, but this delivery plan, alongside the robust methodological report from the OECD, provides clarity, transparency and accountability.\n\n\"It is a step towards rebuilding trust and gives developing countries more assurance of predictable support.\"\n\nClimate finance plays a critical role in helping developing countries tackle climate change and adapt to its impacts.\n\nIn 2009, developed countries agreed to mobilise $100bn in climate finance per year by 2020, and in 2015 agreed to extend this goal through to 2025.\n\nHowever, the UK COP26 Presidency now says the $100bn goal is likely to fall short in 2021 and 2022 - though is confident it will be met in 2023.\n\nMohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives, said: \"To provide confidence and momentum going into COP26, the $100bn climate finance goal must be met immediately, not in 2023.\n\n\"The financing announcement is extremely disappointing in that it asks us as developing countries to wait even longer for the delivery of a promise that was first made more than a decade ago. I know the UK presidency has worked very hard for this, and I appreciate their efforts, but this is not sufficient to lay the groundwork for a successful outcome at COP26.\n\n\"Unless more progress is made in the next fortnight, we will all be in trouble. \"\n\nThe finance delivery plan was produced by Jonathan Wilkinson and Jochen Flasbarth, environment ministers from Canada and Germany, respectively, at the request of Mr Sharma.\n\nCanadian finance minister Jonathan Wilkinson was keen to stress that in his view the plan would achieve the $100bn goal per year over the 2020-2025 period.\n\nIn some areas of the world, dry conditions will become more frequent in future\n\n\"We have much greater confidence that the goal that was agreed upon will in fact, be achieved, and in fact, it will be overachieved beyond 2023 so I think that's very good news.\n\n\"And I think that, perhaps through this process, we've moved the bar in terms of how we can provide greater confidence and transparency going forward.\"\n\nOn Monday, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson also said it was \"touch and go\" whether the upcoming COP26 global climate conference will secure the agreements needed to help tackle climate change.\n\n\"It is going to be very, very tough this summit. I am very worried because it might go wrong and we might not get the agreements that we need and it is touch and go, it is very, very difficult, but I think it can be done,\" he said.\n\nIn the meantime, the climate crisis continues to deepen: the World Meteorological Organization has said the build-up of warming gases in the atmosphere rose to record levels in 2020 despite the pandemic.\n\nThe amounts - or concentrations - of CO2, methane and nitrous oxide rose by more than the annual average in the past 10 years.\n\n\"Developing countries have been rightfully disappointed that so far developed countries have not delivered on the $100bn pledge that was already given in 2009,\" said the one of the plan's authors, Jochen Flasbarth, Germany's secretary of state for the environment.\n\n\"Hence, I am glad that the process I was honoured to lead jointly with minister Jonathan Wilkinson has created momentum to help complying with the finance commitment overall in the period up to 2025. We are very aware that also after today's release of the Delivery Plan, a lot of work remains.\"\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC goes behind the scenes with Sir David Attenborough on the set of his new documentary, The Green Planet\n\n\"If we don't act now, it'll be too late.\" That's the warning from Sir David Attenborough ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.\n\nThe broadcaster says the richest nations have \"a moral responsibility\" to help the world's poorest.\n\nAnd it would be \"really catastrophic\" if we ignored their problems, he told me in a BBC News interview.\n\n\"Every day that goes by in which we don't do something about it is a day wasted,\" he said.\n\nSir David and I were speaking at Kew Gardens in London during filming for a new landmark series, The Green Planet, to be aired on BBC1 next year.\n\nOur conversation ranged from the latest climate science to the importance of COP26 to the pace of his working life.\n\nThe UN climate science panel recently concluded that it is \"unequivocal\" that human activity is driving up global temperatures.\n\nAnd Sir David said that proved that he and others had not been making \"a fuss about nothing\", and that the risks of a hotter world are real.\n\nExtreme weather such as drought will increase as the world gets warmer\n\n\"What climate scientists have been saying for 20 years, and that we have been reporting upon, you and I both, is the case - we were not causing false alarms.\n\n\"And every day that goes by in which we don't do something about it is a day wasted. And things are being made worse\".\n\nBut he said the report had not convinced everyone and that they are acting as a brake on efforts to tackle climate change.\n\n\"There are still people in North America, there are still people in Australia who say 'no, no, no, no, of course it's very unfortunate that there was that forest fire that absolutely demolished, incinerated that village, but it's a one-off'.\n\n\"Particularly if it's going to cost money in the short term, the temptation is to deny the problem and pretend it's not there.\n\n\"But every month that passes, it becomes more and more incontrovertible, the changes to the planet that we are responsible for that are having these devastating effects.\"\n\nHis call for an urgent response reflects the latest scientific assessment that to avoid the worst impacts of rising temperatures, global carbon emissions need to be halved no later than 2030.\n\nThat's why the coming years are described as \"the decisive decade\" and why the COP26 talks are so crucial for getting the world on a safer path now.\n\nAs things stand, emissions are projected to continue rising rather than starting to fall, and Sir David was sounding more exasperated than I've heard before.\n\n\"If we don't act now, it will be too late,\" he said. \"We have to do it now.\"\n\nWe turned to the question of responsibility, a highly contentious issue which will loom large at the conference. Developing countries have for years accused the richest nations, which were the first to start polluting the atmosphere, of failing to shoulder their share of the burden.\n\nThe argument is that they should be making the deepest cuts in carbon emissions and providing help to those who need it most. A long-standing promise of $100bn a year for low carbon development and to build stronger defences against more violent weather has yet to be fulfilled - reaching that total will be a key test of whether COP26 succeeds or fails.\n\nBangladesh, on the UN's list of Least Developed Countries, is battling river erosion due to climate change\n\nFor Sir David, this is one of the most worrying challenges, and he says it would be \"really catastrophic\" if threats to the poorest nations were ignored.\n\n\"Whole parts of Africa are likely to be unliveable - people will simply have to move away because of the advancing deserts and increasing heat, and where will they go? Well, a lot of them will try to get into Europe.\n\n\"Do we say, 'Oh, it's nothing to do with us' and cross our arms?\n\n\"We caused it - our kind of industrialisation is one of the major factors in producing this change in climate. So we have a moral responsibility.\n\n\"Even if we didn't cause it, we would have a moral responsibility to do something about thousands of men, women and children who've lost everything, everything. Can we just say goodbye and say this is no business of ours?\"\n\nFinally I asked about his own hectic workload at the age of 95 - from filming documentaries to addressing the G7 summit, the UN Security Council and the Duke of Cambridge's Earthshot Prize.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\n\"I don't plan very far ahead - as you say, I'm 95. How long can you go on? It isn't within our gift to say those things or to know those things.\n\n\"All I know is that if I get up tomorrow and I feel that I'm able to do a decent day's work, then I shall jolly well do it and be grateful.\n\n\"And the day is going to come when I'm going to get out of bed and say, I don't think I can do that. When that's going to be, who knows? I don't.\"\n\nHaving watched him filming for five hours straight, and remaining not only focused but also good-humoured, I suggested that he still loved what he was doing.\n\n\"At the moment, I feel it would be a waste of an opportunity just to back out and not do the things I think are very important to do in which I am well placed to do.\"\n\nAnd the next major engagement in the Attenborough diary? Nothing less than speaking, virtually or in-person, to what's set to be the largest ever gathering of global leaders on British soil: COP26, in a few days' time.", "Millions of public sector workers are set to see their wages rise next year, after the government confirmed a pay freeze is being lifted.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak will use his Budget on Wednesday to say nurses, teachers and members of the armed forces are among those set to benefit.\n\nA \"temporary pause\" in salary progression was introduced last November as a response to the pandemic.\n\nLabour says tax and price rises mean families face a cost of living crisis.\n\nThe public sector pay freeze was part of the government's response to what it described as the \"economic emergency\" caused by Covid, with only the lowest-paid excluded.\n\nIn his spending review in November 2020, Mr Sunak said he could not justify an across-the-board increase when many in the private sector had seen their pay and hours cut in the crisis.\n\nThe Treasury said exactly how much of a pay rise public sector workers receive depends on the recommendations from the independent pay review bodies, who set the pay for most frontline workforces - including nurses, police officers, prison officers and teachers.\n\nBut asked if public sector pay would rise above inflation, a Downing Street spokesperson said the independent pay review body would consider what the rise should be and that No 10 couldn't \"pre-judge that process\".\n\nSeparately, campaigners for a freeze in fuel duty have been told to expect the tax to be frozen for a twelfth year in a row at Wednesday's Budget.\n\nThe BBC has also been told VAT on household energy would not be cut with the Treasury arguing it would be poorly targeted and that lower income households could be better helped through other schemes.\n\nIn an announcement on Monday, the Treasury said the chancellor would use his forthcoming Budget to say \"the solid economic recovery and encouraging signs in the labour market\" mean the \"pay pause\" can be lifted.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Sunak said: \"The economic impact and uncertainty of the virus meant we had to take the difficult decision to pause public sector pay.\n\n\"And now, with the economy firmly back on track, it's right that nurses, teachers and all the other public sector workers who played their part during the pandemic see their wages rise.\"\n\nBusiness Minister Paul Scully said it was \"important public sector workers are recognised for what they do and are rewarded fairly\".\n\nHe said it was part of a number of measures to help people on low incomes, which also included the rise in the national living wage announced on Monday.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast: \"We know there are pressures. We know this is a difficult time for the economy, for people in the country in terms of the cost of living.\"\n\nThe Treasury said the \"temporary pause\" had helped ensure the gap between public and private sector pay did not widen further during the height of the pandemic.\n\nIt said public sector average weekly earnings rose by 4.5% in 2020/21 whilst private sector wage increases were a third lower than they were pre-crisis, at 1.8%.\n\nOn Tuesday figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that workers and occupations hardest hit by the pandemic saw the biggest rebound in pay in 2021, with employees aged under 21 and those in low-paid work seeing the sharpest dip and recovery.\n\nIt comes at a time of fierce debate about the pressure families are under amid soaring energy bills and price rises for goods in shops.\n\nOpposition MPs have accused the Conservatives of presiding over a cost of living crisis with cuts to universal credit and tax rises to fund the NHS and social care.\n\nThere is disquiet among some Conservative backbenchers too about whether ministers should be doing more to help struggling households.\n\nThere may be an element of relief for some public sector workers that their pay will at at least not be frozen for another year.\n\nBut it may not be enough to lift the bitterness many feel that in the year when many of them were key workers, often risking their health on the frontlines of the pandemic, they're coping with a real terms pay cut.\n\nEven nurses, who've received more than most, have seen their spending power shrink as inflation gets above 3%. And that renewed squeeze on living standards is getting worse with record petrol prices and energy bills driving up the cost of living.\n\nWhat shouldn't be taken at face value is the notion that the government \"can't afford\" to pay more. What a government that issues its own currency decides it can or cannot \"afford\" has no objective economic basis, but is a matter of political choice.\n\nFor example, as the IFS points out, the cost of servicing debt is lower than it was pre-pandemic. In fact, it's the second lowest it's been since the 1950s.\n\nEven if official interest rates rise to 1.25%, they will still be historically low - and that is manageable as long as tax receipts are rising faster than the debt servicing cost.\n\nWith teachers' pay in real terms 8% lower than a decade ago, hospital consultants 9% lower, NHS dentists 32% down, a reality is coming home: you can't get the work done if you can't attract the staff to do it.\n\nThe cost of not allowing pay rises - in the harm it could to the government's other goals such as better public health and education - could have been higher than any pay rise.\n\nThe UK's largest union, Unison, said the pay freeze would continue \"in all but name\" unless government departments get extra money.\n\nIts general secretary Christina McAnea said while there was \"never a good time to freeze public sector pay\", to do so \"at the peak of a pandemic was the height of folly\" while \"staff were doing their all to keep under-pressure services running\".\n\nShe added: \"There can be no decent public services without the people to run them.\n\n\"Pay freezes don't help employers hold on to experienced staff, nor attract new recruits.\n\n\"But if the chancellor doesn't allocate extra money to government departments to fund the much-needed wage rises, the pay freeze will continue in all but name.\"\n\nTorsten Bell of the Resolution Foundation described the announcement as \"blindingly obvious\" adding that it was \"totally inevitable\" the pay freeze would be lifted.\n\n\"What we don't know, is what is going to happen to public sector pay - lifting the freeze is one thing, but a rise could be anything between 0 to a million per cent pay rise.\"\n\nLabour says many of those working on the frontline dealing with Covid are among those being hit by the government's choices.\n\nShadow chief secretary to the Treasury Bridget Phillipson said: \"This Conservative government's choice last year to freeze pay for so many frontline workers, who have been among the real heroes of the pandemic, was damaging and unsustainable.\n\n\"The government must work to ensure a fair settlement and reflect the vital work of all key workers including many who have been burnt out over the course of the pandemic.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has told MPs it was \"not acceptable\" to brief the media ahead of MPs about the Budget.\n\nSir Lindsay said that ministers used to \"walk\" if they briefed about a Budget.", "Medical equipment was visible in the road outside Regency Court\n\nEight men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two teenage boys died.\n\nEssex Police said officers found three people injured after it had received a number of calls to Regency Court, Brentwood, at about 01:30 BST.\n\nTwo of those have since died, the force said, while the third was treated for non-life threatening injuries.\n\nBrentwood and Ongar's Conservative MP, Alex Burghart, called it a \"very dark day for our town\".\n\nPolice said they were \"working to establish how the boys died\" and post-mortem examinations would take place.\n\nThe BBC understands the boys are suspected to have suffered stab wounds.\n\nPolice were called to an area of Brentwood, Essex, in the early hours of Sunday\n\nDet Ch Insp Andy Clarkson, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: \"We understand there will naturally be shock and concern within the community after such a tragic loss of life.\n\n\"But, at this stage, we do not believe there is any wider threat to the public.\"\n\nForensics officers have been working in a tent beside Regency Court\n\nA neighbour said he had tried to warn police about anti-social behaviour in the area in recent weeks.\n\nMark MacIntosh told the PA news agency he had only just arrived home before he heard shouting and screaming coming from a nearby residence.\n\n\"I realise that what I heard was somebody yelling out in pain who may have lost his life shortly thereafter,\" he said.\n\nHe claimed the area had been dealing with problems which stemmed from a multi-storey car park that overlooks the scene.\n\n\"There's constant anti-social behaviour, drinking, drugs, shouting, fighting,\" he said.\n\n\"I've heard people saying 'I'm going to kill him' up there. I've come down and broken up a knife fight down at the bottom here before.\"\n\nMr MacIntosh said he had warned police \"three weeks ago\" that something bad would happen if they did not arrange \"constant patrols\" of the area.\n\nPolice said two of the three injured boys died\n\nCh Insp Mark Barber, of Essex Police, had earlier said there would be a \"highly-visible police presence\" in Brentwood following the deaths.\n\n\"I am acutely aware that this incident will shock many within the community,\" he said. \"My officers will be there throughout the day - they will be there to reassure you and keep you safe.\n\n\"If you have any concerns or information on the incident then, please, do not hesitate to come forward and speak to them.\"\n\nPolice urged witnesses from Regency Court and central Brentwood to speak to them\n\nMr Burghart said: \"This a very dark day for our town. My deepest condolences to the families of the boys who have so dreadfully lost their lives.\n\n\"I must urge anyone with any information to immediately share it with the police so that justice can be done as swiftly as possible.\"\n\nFlowers have been left at nearby Coptfold Road\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Greta Thunberg says she's 'completely different' in private\n\nClimate activist Greta Thunberg has told the BBC that summits will not lead to action on climate goals unless the public demand change too.\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview ahead of the COP26 climate summit, she said the public needed to \"uproot the system\".\n\n\"The change is going to come when people are demanding change. So we can't expect everything to happen at these conferences,\" she said.\n\nShe also accused politicians of coming up with excuses.\n\nThe COP26 climate summit is taking place in Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, from 31 October to 12 November.\n\nIt is the biggest climate change conference since landmark talks in Paris in 2015. Some 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, which cause global warming.\n\nMs Thunberg, who recently launched a global series of concerts highlighting climate change called Climate Live, confirmed she would be attending COP26. She said her message to world leaders was to \"be honest\".\n\n\"Be honest about where you are, how you have been failing, how you're still failing us... instead of trying to find solutions, real solutions that will actually lead somewhere, that would lead to a substantial change, fundamental change,\" she told the BBC's Rebecca Morelle.\n\n\"In my view, success would be that people finally start to realise the urgency of the situation and realise that we are facing an existential crisis, and that we are going to need big changes, that we're going to need to uproot the system, because that's where the change is going to come.\"\n\nMs Thunberg did not believe that UK plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions to reach a target of net zero by 2050 were sufficient, or that the UK was a climate leader.\n\n\"Unfortunately there are no climate leaders today, especially not in the so-called global north. But that doesn't mean that they can't suddenly decide that now we're going to take the process seriously,\" she said.\n\nSpeaking about the targets for reaching net zero - which means not adding to the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere - she said that it was a \"good start\", but cautioned that it \"doesn't really mean very much in practice\" if people continued to look for loopholes.\n\nKevin Mtai will be one of many activists attending COP26\n\nCOP26 will be attended by climate activists from across the world.\n\nKevin Mtai, a climate justice campaigner from Kenya, told the BBC that inclusivity at the summit was important.\n\n\"I hope this climate conference is going to be an inclusive conference, to include all voices in the talks. They need to use indigenous people in the talks, marginalised people in the talks, people from the most affected areas,\" he said.\n\n\"It's very important for people from the global south to speak for themselves, not other parts of the globe to speak on their behalf. Because we are the ones who have been affected by climate change, so it's very important we can hear from our own people, with our own ideas, our own voice.\"\n\nFrom her home in Sweden, Ms Thunberg also spoke about her own role as a campaigner.\n\n\"I don't see myself as a climate celebrity, I see myself as a climate activist... I should be grateful because there are many, many people who don't have a platform and who are not being listened to, their voices are being oppressed and silenced.\n\n\"I'm a completely different person when I'm in private. I don't think people would recognise me in private. I'm not very serious in private. I appear very angry in the media, but I am silly in private.\"\n\nWhen asked about why she sang a Rick Astley hit at the launch of Climate Live, she said that it was a climate movement in-joke. She has previously taken part in the internet phenomenon \"rick-rolling\" by tweeting out what she said was a link to a new speech, but actually linked to the music video for the song.\n\n\"Why not? I mean we have internal jokes within the climate movement, where we always rickroll each other.\"", "The finding comes from observation of an X-ray binary - a neutron star or black hole pulling in gas from a companion star\n\nAstronomers have found hints of what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy.\n\nNearly 5,000 \"exoplanets\" - worlds orbiting stars beyond our Sun - have been found so far, but all of these have been located within the Milky Way galaxy.\n\nThe possible Saturn-sized planet discovered by Nasa's Chandra X-Ray Telescope is in the Messier 51 galaxy.\n\nThis is located some 28 million light-years away from the Milky Way.\n\nThis new result is based on transits, where the passage of a planet in front of a star blocks some of the star's light and yields a characteristic dip in brightness that can be detected by telescopes.\n\nThis general technique has already been used to find thousands of exoplanets.\n\nDr Rosanne Di Stefano and colleagues searched for dips in the brightness of X-rays received from a type of object known as an X-ray bright binary.\n\nThese objects typically contain a neutron star or black hole pulling in gas from a closely orbiting companion star. The material near the neutron star or black hole becomes superheated and glows at X-ray wavelengths.\n\nBecause the region producing bright X-rays is small, a planet passing in front of it could block most or all of the rays, making the transit easier to spot.\n\nThe team members used this technique to detect the exoplanet candidate in a binary system called M51-ULS-1.\n\n\"The method we developed and employed is the only presently implementable method to discover planetary systems in other galaxies,\" Dr Di Stefano, from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, US, told BBC News.\n\n\"It is a unique method, uniquely well-suited to finding planets around X-ray binaries at any distance from which we can measure a light curve.\"\n\nThe Chandra telescope was launched in 1999 to study X-ray emission from hot regions of the Universe\n\nThis binary contains a black hole or neutron star orbiting a companion star with a mass about 20 times that of the Sun. A neutron star is the collapsed core of what had once been a massive star.\n\nThe transit lasted about three hours, during which the X-ray emission decreased to zero. Based on this and other information, the astronomers estimate that the candidate planet would be around the size of Saturn, and orbit the neutron star or black hole at about twice the distance Saturn lies from the Sun.\n\nDr Di Stefano said the techniques that have been so successful for finding exoplanets in the Milky Way break down when observing other galaxies. This is partly because the great distances involved reduce the amount of light which reaches the telescope and also mean that many objects are crowded into a small space (as viewed from Earth), making it difficult to resolve individual stars.\n\nWith X-rays, she said, \"there may be only several dozen sources spread out over the entire galaxy, so we can resolve them. In addition, a subset of these are so bright in X-rays that we can measure their light curves.\n\n\"Finally, the huge emission of X-rays comes from a small region that can be substantially or (as in our case) totally blocked by a passing planet.\"\n\nMessier 51 is also called the Whirlpool Galaxy because of its distinctive spiral shape\n\nThe researchers freely admit that more data is needed to verify their interpretation.\n\nOne challenge is that the planet candidate's large orbit means it would not cross in front of its binary partner again for about 70 years, quashing any attempts to make a follow-up observation in the near-term.\n\nOne other possible explanation that the astronomers considered is that the dimming has been caused by a cloud of gas and dust passing in front of the X-ray source.\n\nHowever, they think this is unlikely, because the characteristics of the event do not match up with the properties of a gas cloud.\n\n\"We know we are making an exciting and bold claim so we expect that other astronomers will look at it very carefully,\" said co-author Julia Berndtsson of Princeton University, New Jersey.\n\n\"We think we have a strong argument, and this process is how science works.\"\n\nDr Di Stefano said that the new generation of optical and infrared telescopes would not be able to compensate for the problems of crowding and dimness, so observations at X-ray wavelengths would likely remain the primary method for detecting planets in other galaxies.\n\nHowever, she said a method known as microlensing might also hold promise for identifying extra-galactic planets.\n\nThe study has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Astronomy.", "Baldwin was told the weapon was a \"cold gun\" which means the gun is unloaded\n\nActor Alec Baldwin was drawing a revolver across his body and pointing it at a camera during a rehearsal on a US film set when it fired with tragic results, legal documents have revealed.\n\nCinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was injured while filming Rust on Thursday.\n\nAffidavits containing statements from Souza and camera operator Reid Russell have shed more light on what happened.\n\nBaldwin was handed a prop gun and told it was unloaded, court documents said.\n\nSouza was standing behind Hutchins when they were both hit, according to the affidavit.\n\n\"Joel stated that they had Alec sitting in a pew in a church building setting, and he was practicing a cross draw,\" it said.\n\n\"Joel said he was looking over the shoulder of [Hutchins], when he heard what sounded like a whip and then loud pop.\"\n\nThe document said 42-year-old Hutchins was shot in the chest area.\n\n\"Joel then vaguely remembers [Hutchins] complaining about her stomach and grabbing her mid-section. Joel also said [Hutchins] began to stumble backwards and she was assisted to the ground.\"\n\nRussell, who was standing next to Hutchins at the time of the shooting, told officials she said she could not feel her legs.\n\nWhen asked how Baldwin treated firearms on the set, Russell said the actor was very careful, citing an instance when the star made sure a child actor was not near him when a gun was being discharged.\n\nOn Friday, authorities said assistant director Dave Halls had handed the weapon to Baldwin and announced \"cold gun\", indicating it was safe to use.\n\nMeanwhile, Serge Svetnoy, chief electrician for Rust, said in a Facebook post on Sunday he held Hutchins in his arms while she was dying and blamed \"negligence and unprofessionalism\" for her death.\n\nOn Sunday, a crew member who worked with Halls on another project said she had raised safety concerns about him in 2019.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The director who worked with Ms Hutchins on the 2020 action film Archenemy says her death is \"unfathomable\"\n\nMaggie Goll, a prop maker and licensed pyrotechnician, told the Associated Press (AP) he disregarded safety protocols for weapons and pyrotechnics on the set of a TV show and tried to continue filming after the supervising pyrotechnician lost consciousness.\n\nHalls has not returned AP's requests for comment. Goll added: \"This situation is not about Dave Halls... It's in no way one person's fault. It's a bigger conversation about safety on set and what we are trying to achieve with that culture.\"\n\nBoth Souza and Russell also described a walkout by a camera crew shortly before last week's accident in New Mexico.\n\n\"Reid stated that the camera crew was having issues with production involving payment and housing,\" the affidavit said, explaining that six of the crew had left.\n\nThe Santa Fe Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation into the incident, while the producers are also carrying out an internal investigation.\n\nThe producers have halted work on the set \"at least until investigations are complete\".\n\nThe fatal shooting happened on the set of the Western film Rust in New Mexico\n\nIn a statement read at a candlelight vigil on Saturday, Hutchins's husband Matthew called his wife's death \"an enormous loss\".\n\nHe also posted photos of the pair with their nine-year-old son.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by mhutchins777 This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn an Instagram post, Baldwin's wife Hilaria said \"my heart is with Halyna\".\n\n\"It's impossible to express the shock and heartache of such a tragic incident,\" she wrote.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 2 by hilariabaldwin This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I'm not even sure where to start,\" he wrote. \"This has been a tragedy of epic proportions that we are all still processing.\n\n\"There just aren't enough words to express what an immense loss this is. She will be incredibly missed by all of us who knew and admired her.\"", "Logan was found dead in the River Ogmore on 31 July\n\nThe mother of a boy, five, who was found dead in a river has been remanded in custody charged with his murder.\n\nLogan Mwangi, also known as Logan Williamson, was discovered in the River Ogmore in Bridgend county on 31 July.\n\nHis mother Angharad Williamson, 30, from Sarn, appeared via video link at Newport Crown Court where she spoke to confirm her name before the case was adjourned to a later date.\n\nTwo other people have also been charged with Logan's murder.\n\nLogan's stepfather John Cole, 39, also from Sarn, has previously been charged with Logan's murder, as has a 14-year-old boy, who cannot be identified because of his age.\n\nAll three defendants have also been charged with perverting the course of justice.\n\nAngharad Williamson and John Cole have both been charged with Logan Mwangi's murder", "World leaders and negotiators are meeting later this month at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow to set out their latest plans to curb climate change.\n\nMillions of lives could be affected by those large-scale decisions, but how can you play your part at home, and what changes would have the most impact?\n\nThere have been lots of studies on how individual actions can cut help cut greenhouse gases - and many of them differ - but we've based the questions below on research from University of Leeds.\n\nIf you cannot see the quiz, follow this link.\n\nWhat information do we collect from this quiz? Privacy notice.\n\nCorrection 27 October: Question 3 was updated to say that the first option should be switching from a petrol car to an electric car rather than buying an electric car if you were not a car owner already, and that the reference to using public transport as much as possible is in addition to owning a petrol car.\n\n13 December: Several averages were adjusted, including the amount of CO2 equivalent that could be cut by using public transport more frequently, which was increased from 0.6 to one tonne.", "Ed Sheeran attended the Earthshot Prize Awards in London last week\n\nEd Sheeran says he is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe chart-topping musician said in a post on his Instagram page that he would continue to give planned interviews and performances from home.\n\nSheeran, who lives near Framlingham in Suffolk, said: \"Apologies to anyone I've let down, be safe everyone x.\"\n\nLast week he performed in London as part of the inaugural Earthshot Prize awards, hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nIn his post, Sheeran said: \"Hey guys, quick note to tell you that I've sadly tested positive for Covid, so I'm now self-isolating and following government guidelines.\n\n\"It means that I'm now unable to plough ahead with any in-person commitments for, so I'll be doing as many of my planned interviews/performances I can from my house.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by teddysphotos This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHis new album, titled =, is due to be released on Friday.\n\nAs part of the promotion, Sheeran was due to join Apple Music's Zane Lowe next week to play songs from his album and take questions from fans.\n\nSheeran's latest singles Shivers and Bad Habits have both topped the UK chart\n\nLast week it was announced Sheeran would read a CBeebies Bedtime story, telling a story about a boy who has a stutter.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Campaigners are concerned about the impact of sewage discharges on many rivers\n\nTory MPs have been defending themselves from accusations they have given the go-ahead to water companies to dump raw sewage in rivers.\n\nA proposal from the Lords to the Environment Bill that would have placed legal duties on the companies to reduce discharges was defeated by 265 MPs' votes to 202 last week.\n\nThe MPs say safeguards already exist and new measures would cost billions.\n\nCritics say the UK is \"lecturing\" the world while its rivers are polluted.\n\nWith just over a week to go until the UK hosts the COP26 climate summit, there is intense focus on ministers' green credentials.\n\nLast Wednesday, 265 MPs voted with the government to reject an attempt by the House of Lords to toughen up the approach to the discharge of sewage, while 22 Conservative MPs rebelled and voted against the government.\n\nThe move has sparked an uproar on social media.\n\nPeers had tabled an amendment to the Environment Bill that would have forced water companies and the government to demonstrate progressive reductions in discharges of untreated sewage and required them to \"take all reasonable steps\" to avoid using combined sewer overflows.\n\nBut ministers said the changes were unnecessary because safeguards are already contained in the bill.\n\nSpeaking on Radio 4's Today programme, former singer Fergal Sharkey, who now campaigns to clean up the nation's waterways, said it was a \"disgrace\".\n\n\"We're lecturing the rest of the planet on climate change yet the reality is there is not a single river in England that makes good overall environmental health,\" he said.\n\nHe said \"every single river\" in England is polluted and \"a major cause is the water industry dumping sewage\".\n\nHe added: \"The truth is what we are looking at is the result of a massive under-investment in infrastructure for the last 30 years and a complete failure of oversight and regulation of the industry by Ofwat, the environment agency and the government itself.\"\n\nHe said ministers were \"unwilling and incapable\" of dealing with the situation.\n\nConservative Huw Merriman, who voted against the government and for the amendment, said \"what was being proposed by the government wasn't enough\" and he hoped ministers would \"be persuaded\" it was the right way to go.\n\nHe said: \"To have sewage being discharged down streets, when there is too much rain, into the sea\" is \"just absolutely shocking\".\n\n\"It does mean more investment. That may ultimately mean more expensive bills, but we're talking about decades of investment and it's got to happen,\" he said.\n\nBut fellow Conservative, Julie Marson, who voted against the amendment, said \"there is a lot of misinformation floating about\" on the issue and while the proposal itself was \"sound\", its \"fundamental flaw\" was that it \"had no plan as to how this can be delivered and no impact assessment whatsoever\".\n\nShe wrote: \"The preliminary cost of the required infrastructure change was estimated to be between £150bn and £650bn.\n\n\"Unless we asked taxpayers to contribute, most of the water companies who would be carrying out this work would go bankrupt, meaning the work could not be completed anyway.\n\n\"The cost works out at between about £5,000 and £20,000 per household.\n\n\"I felt it would be unfair to sting local people with a bill of this size.\"\n\nShe said the existing legislation already placed a new duty on water companies to continuously monitor the water quality upstream and downstream of a storm overflow and of sewage disposal works.\n\nAnother Conservative, Fay Jones, tweeted that the criticisms of MPs were \"deeply misleading\".\n\nShe wrote: \"It ignores the massive flaw in the amendment (i.e forcing taxpayers to pay up to £600bn to dig up Victorian sewerage system) and the work the government is already doing to reduce discharge from storm overflows.\"\n\nAnd Conservative, John Howell, said in a statement he voted against the amendment because \"it is necessary to be realistic\" given the age of the sewerage systems and the potential disruption to homes and businesses.\n\nThe accusation that he voted to allow water companies to pump raw sewage into rivers \"is far from the truth\", he said.\n\n\"It would be just as fair to say that Liberal Democrat and Labour MPs voted to pump raw sewage into your home given that resolving the problem by their half-baked proposal of sewage discharges would require rebuilding the sewage system and could cost up to £600bn and take many years,\" he added.\n\nWater companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England more than 400,000 times last year, according to figures published by the Environment Agency.\n\nUntreated effluent, including human waste, wet wipes and condoms, was released into waterways for more than three million hours in 2020.\n\nThe Environment Agency allows water utilities to release sewage into rivers and streams after extreme weather events such as prolonged heavy rain.\n\nThis protects properties from flooding and prevents sewage from backing up into streets and homes.\n\nThe agency says that overflows are \"not a sign that the system is faulty\", and that they are \"a necessary part of the existing sewerage system\".\n\nA government spokesperson said the amount of sewage discharge by water companies into rivers was \"not acceptable\".\n\nThe spokesman added: \"We have made it crystal clear to water companies that they must significantly reduce sewage discharges from storm overflows as a priority.\n\n\"If we do not start to see significant improvements, we will not hesitate to take action through the new measures directly on water companies in the Environment Bill.\n\n\"We have provided over £3bn of investment to tackle pollution in rivers and we expect to see results.\"\n\nThe Environment Bill will return to the Lords on Tuesday, where peers are expected to re-insert the measures before it goes back to the House of Commons later this week.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Demonstrators take to the streets of Khartoum to protest against the arrests\n\nDefiant protesters remain on the streets of Sudan after the country's armed forces launched a military coup.\n\nChanting and waving flags, they have blocked roads in the capital Khartoum and around the country following the takeover.\n\nOn Monday coup leader Gen Abdel Fattah Burhan dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders and called a state of emergency.\n\nAccording to Reuters, Gen Burhan has said Monday's coup was justified to avoid \"civil war\" and that the detained prime minister will be returned to his home on Tuesday. Earlier, he sought to justify the takeover by blaming political infighting.\n\nThe coup has drawn global condemnation. Diplomats told AFP news agency the UN Security Council is due to meet on Tuesday to discuss the crisis.\n\nTroops are reported to have been going house to house in Khartoum arresting local protest organisers.\n\nThe city's airport is closed and international flights are suspended. The internet and most phone lines are also down.\n\nCentral Bank staff have reportedly gone on strike, and across the country doctors are said to be refusing to work in military run hospitals except in emergencies.\n\nCivilian leaders and their military counterparts have been at odds since long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in 2019.\n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the military's actions \"are a betrayal of Sudan's peaceful revolution\". The US has halted $700m (£508m) in aid.\n\nAfter a night of protests, demonstrators remained on the streets on Tuesday morning, demanding the return of civilian rule.\n\n\"Civilian rule is the people's choice,\" they chanted as they set up barricades of burning tyres. Many women are also taking part, shouting \"no to military rule\".\n\nThe protests continue despite troops opening fire on demonstrators on Monday.\n\nOne wounded protestor told reporters he was shot in the leg by the army outside the military headquarters, while another man described the military firing first stun grenades, then live ammunition.\n\n\"Two people died, I saw them with my own eyes,\" said Al-Tayeb Mohamed Ahmed. Sudan's doctors' union and the information ministry also wrote on Facebook that the fatal shootings had happened outside the military compound.\n\nPictures from a hospital in the city showed people with bloodied clothing and various injuries.\n\nThousands of people, including many women and children, protested outside the military compound in Khartoum\n\nWorld leaders have reacted with alarm to news of the military takeover.\n\nThe US has joined the UK, EU, UN and African Union, of which Sudan is a member, in demanding the release of political leaders who are now under house arrest.\n\nAmong them are Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his wife, along with members of his cabinet and other civilian leaders.\n\nBBC Arabic's Mohamed Osman reported from the capital that a special security unit of the military went to the prime minister's home early on Monday morning, and tried to persuade Mr Hamdok to agree to the coup, but he refused.\n\nThe agreement between civilian and military leaders signed in 2019 was designed to steer Sudan towards democracy but has proven fragile with a number of previous coup attempts, the last just over a month ago.\n\nGen Burhan, who was head of the power-sharing council, said Sudan was still committed to the transition to civilian rule, with elections planned for July 2023.\n\nAre you in Sudan? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Major phone networks have agreed to automatically block almost all internet calls coming from abroad if they pretend to be from UK numbers, Ofcom has confirmed.\n\nCriminals have been using internet-based calling technology to make it look like a phone call or text is coming from a real telephone number.\n\nAlmost 45 million consumers were targeted by phone scams this summer.\n\nOfcom said it expected the measures to be introduced at pace as a \"priority\".\n\nSo far, only one operator - TalkTalk - has implemented the new plans. Other phone networks are still exploring methods of making it work.\n\n\"We've been working with telecoms companies to implement technical solutions, including blocking at source, suspicious international calls that are masked by a UK number,\" said Lindsey Fussell, Ofcom's networks and communications group director.\n\n\"We expect these measures to be introduced as a priority, and at pace, to ensure customers are better protected.\"\n\nShe added tackling the phone scams issue was a \"complex problem\" that required a coordinated effort from the police, government, other regulators and industry.\n\nThe move follows months of discussions between Ofcom and the UK telecoms industry.\n\nInternet-based calling technology, also known as Voice Over Internet Protcol (VoIP), is used by millions of consumers globally to make phone calls free or cheaply every year.\n\nPopular services that use this technology include WhatsApp, Skype, Zoom and Microsoft Teams.\n\nThe Sunday Telegraph, which first reported the story, cited Whitehall sources that have cast doubt on Ofcom's plans.\n\nThey say blocking traffic from foreign VoIP providers will not work to stop scam texts and calls, because much of the UK still relies on old copper-based networks dating back to the 1970s.\n\nBut some experts the BBC spoke to disagree.\n\nApart from consumers, many businesses also use the VoIP technology for internal corporate phone networks.\n\nWhenever a corporate phone network makes a call, a VoIP provider hands over the call from the internet to the phone networks.\n\nGabriel Cirlig, of US cyber-security company Human, said telecoms companies were not inspecting the traffic they received from VoIP providers, they just let it through on to the network.\n\n\"Recently, because of the ease in implementing your own private-enterprise telephone system, everybody can have access to critical telephone infrastructure,\" Mr Cirlig said.\n\n\"Because of this lower barrier of entry, it is very easy for scammers to build their own systems to spoof mobile numbers - the cyber-criminals are essentially pretending to be legitimate corporate telephone networks in order to have access to legitimate telco infrastructure.\"\n\nHe adds that right now, it is up to the VoIP provider to check whether the calls it is handing over to telecoms networks are actually legitimate.\n\n\"This is not a regional problem or restricted to one type of infrastructure, this is a systemic issue that allows crime to cross any borders,\" said Mr Cirlig.\n\n\"This feature is enabling the VoIP business model so they don't want to stop it.\"\n\nMatthew Gribben, a former consultant to GCHQ, the UK government intelligence agency, agrees. He used to see many scams while monitoring networks for GCHQ.\n\n\"It's fundamentally the foreign VoIP providers that are technologically enabling these gangs to operate, so it will make a huge dent in this,\" he said. \"It doesn't fix everything but it's an excellent step in the right direction.\"\n\nExperts agree that the only way to completely fix the problem is to implement new telephone identification protocols that enable phone networks to authenticate that all calls and text messages actually come a real telephone number.\n\nThe new protocols, known as \"Stir and Shaken\" in a nod to James Bond, were developed by an international standards body, the US-based Internet Engineering Task Force.\n\nUS authorities have ordered mobile operators to implement the protocols by the end of 2021, but Ofcom told the BBC in August that introducing full authentication in the UK would only be possible when the technology that supports voice services is upgraded, which is due to be completed by 2025.\n\nThe Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications said that it cannot impose Stir and Shaken on EU phone networks.\n\nIt is only able to ask mobile operators to block, on a case-by-case basis, access to numbers or services in case of fraud.\n\nHowever, it said it was now discussing whether to implement the protocols.", "Twenty-two people died in the bombing on 22 May 2017\n\nThe decision not to question the Manchester Arena bomber after he returned to the UK from Libya four days before the attack was a mistake, a senior MI5 officer has conceded.\n\nThe officer, referred to as Witness J, told the Manchester Arena Inquiry Salman Abedi was assessed in the months before the 22 May 2017 bombing.\n\nHe said \"no intelligence\" indicating a threat to national security was found.\n\nBut he conceded it was an error not to ask police to question Abedi on 18 May.\n\nThe inquiry has begun looking at what was known about the 22-year-old before the attack, which saw 22 people die and hundreds more suffer injuries in a bombing at the venue on 22 May 2017.\n\nThe hearing was told that from December 2013 to January 2017, Abedi was identified as being in direct contact with three \"subjects of interest\", one who was suspected of planning travel to Syria, one who had links to al-Qaeda and a third who had links to extremists in Libya.\n\nBetween April 2016 and April 2017, he was identified as a second-level contact with three more \"subjects of interest\", all with suspected links to the Islamic State terror group.\n\nWitness J, appearing in court inside a bespoke wooden box and shielded from victims' families to maintain his anonymity, was asked by Paul Greaney QC, counsel to the inquiry, if increased contact with \"a person of an extremist mindset\" would increase \"the concern [someone] might share their mindset?\"\n\nWitness J said it did not \"necessarily follow\" that having contact was \"a cumulative risk\".\n\n\"We have to make very fine judgments about whether someone meets the threshold of investigation,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm not sure that... indicates a cumulative risk developing.\"\n\nThe inquiry was told Abedi had himself been made a \"subject of interest\" for five months, but his file was closed in July 2014, due to a \"lack of engagement\" with extremists.\n\nWitness J was asked about two prison visits by Abedi, the second of which was in January 2017.\n\nMr Greaney asked him if the visits, along with the other intelligence, should have led to Abedi being designated a \"subject of interest\" once again.\n\nWitness J said there was \"no intelligence to indicate that the contact was related to Abedi posing a threat to national security\".\n\n\"The decision to not open [an investigation] was a reasonable one,\" he added.\n\nThe hearing was also told that twice in the months prior to the attack, intelligence was received by MI5 about Abedi which was highly relevant to the planned attack but was assessed at the time to relate to non-terrorist criminality.\n\nAbedi's name also hit a \"priority indicator\" during a separate \"data-washing exercise\" as falling within a small number of former subjects of interest who merited further consideration.\n\nThe hearing was also told an assessment on 1 May 2017 had concluded Abedi should be considered for further investigation and a meeting to consider that conclusion was scheduled for 31 May.\n\nWitness J conceded it was a mistake not to ask police to stop and question Abedi on his return to the UK on 18 May.\n\nThe bomber immediately took a taxi to a store of explosives and set about making his final attack preparations.\n\nAsked by Mr Greaney if it had been a missed opportunity, Witness J said stopping him \"would have been the better course of action\".\n\nInquiry chairman Sir John Saunders said MI5 had known Abedi was in contact with terrorist suspects and his father had been involved in such activities in Libya, adding that he looked like an \"obvious candidate\" to be involved in terrorism himself.\n\nWitness J had earlier told the inquiry Abedi's extremist views were \"likely to have been influenced by his father Ramadan Abedi\".\n\nThe court has previously heard Ramadan Abedi has refused to help the inquiry and remains a suspect in the police investigation into the atrocity.\n\nSir John asked Witness J about why Salman Abedi had not been referred to the Prevent counter-extremism scheme when he was closed as a subject of interest in July 2014.\n\nThe witness said consideration of a Prevent referral was not \"policy\" at the time and that it was a \"reasonable\" decision not to refer Abedi.\n\nSir John said it was a government de-radicalisation scheme and \"MI5 didn't take advantage of it\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Tesco's website and app are now up and running again, following a service outage that began on Saturday.\n\nThe retail giant's services had crashed after what Tesco said were attempts \"to interfere with our systems\".\n\nThe possible hack at Britain's biggest supermarket began with shoppers unable to order goods and track deliveries.\n\nTesco initially said there was \"an issue\", but in a Sunday update said there had been deliberate disruption.\n\nThe supermarket later confirmed on Twitter that its groceries website and app were back up and running, but it was temporarily using a \"virtual waiting room\" to manage the high volume of traffic.\n\nTesco said the attempts to compromise its systems were made overnight from Friday to Saturday, but was not more specific.\n\nAccording to Downdetector, which monitors website outages, shoppers began reporting issues early on Saturday morning.\n\nThe scale of the problem, and whether the issue was nationwide or only in certain areas, remained unclear on Sunday night.\n\nShoppers complained over the weekend about a lack of information, with many wanting to know how to cancel orders and whether they can get money back.\n\nEarlier on Sunday, a Tesco spokesperson said: \"There is no reason to believe that this issue impacts customer data and we continue to take ongoing action to make sure all data stays safe.\n\n\"Since yesterday, we've been experiencing disruption to our online grocery website and app.\n\n\"An attempt was made to interfere with our systems which has caused problems with the search function on the site. We're working hard to fully restore all services and apologise for the inconvenience.\"\n\nMeanwhile, shoppers were trying to change or cancel deliveries, or switch to other supermarkets.\n\nTesco customer Chris Hodgson, who lives in Stoke-on-Trent, told the BBC the app had not been working properly for \"a couple of days\".\n\nHe picked up his click-and-collect order on Sunday, but had only managed to do half his weekly shopping before the website went down. \"The collection member of staff hadn't been informed of any issues,\" Mr Hodgson said. \"After I showed him the website, he said it was an unusually quiet day.\n\n\"I asked if I could reject the whole order and was informed I could only reject substituted items. I'll have to go out again this afternoon. If you're on a budget it's annoying, it's an inconvenience.\n\n\"Nothing from Tesco, no way of contacting them. Really poor by Tesco,\" he said.\n\nTesco has opened a check-out free store where customers use the app to choose groceries and leave with them\n\nAnother customer, Rebecca, from North Wales, got a delivery of 120 Pepsi drinks on Sunday instead of her order.\n\n\"We were meant to get a week's shop this morning,\" she told the BBC. \"The website was down all yesterday so we couldn't amend or cancel. All we received was 120 cans of Pepsi Max.\"\n\nRebecca, who asked for her surname not to be used, added: \"I'd been going in to the order over and over yesterday, right up until the 11.45 deadline. I didn't try calling, there must be thousands in the same boat.\n\n\"Fortunately someone suggested that Asda had delivery slots for today so I managed to place an order last night (just before their deadline) for enough food for the next few days.\"\n\nTesco initially said on Saturday it was \"working hard to get things back up and running\", and apologised for the inconvenience.\n\nThe firm's online sales have soared recently, especially during lockdown, with the supermarket ramping up capacity.\n\nIts latest financial results say the scale and reach of its online operations are \"unmatched in the UK\", with total sales topping £6bn. Tesco said it had 6.6 million app users.\n\nTesco has faced previous hacks. In 2014 about 2,000 customer accounts were deactivated amid fears login details were compromised, and there was also a cyber attack on the supermarket's bank arm.\n\nBut the problem is becoming more common globally. Earlier this year, international meat manufacturer JBS had to shut down about 25% of its operation. And large swathes of US fuel supply were closed after a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline.\n\nFew sectors have escaped the attention of cyber-criminals, with airlines, banks, universities, local authorities, utilities and tech giants such as Microsoft all having faced attacks on their computer systems.\n• None Why does the internet keep breaking?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland's industrial past is a source of pride, but it should also be a \"real cause for reflection\"\n\nNicola Sturgeon has called for \"credible action, not face-saving slogans\" to come from next week's COP26 summit in Glasgow.\n\nThe talks have been billed as the \"last best chance\" to limit the rise in the earth's temperature to 1.5C.\n\nIn a speech ahead of the conference, the first minister said concrete action is needed to \"keep 1.5 alive\".\n\nThe UK government said the first minister would play an \"important role\" at COP26.\n\nIt has insisted the summit must \"stick with the goal\" of limiting temperature rises to 1.5C.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the conference can lead the world into a \"green revolution\" and that Scotland can act as a bridge between large and small nations.\n\nAnd she said her government would set out details later this week about how it would \"catch up\" with its own emissions reduction targets, having \"fallen short\" of its last three annual milestones.\n\nShe said: \"Governments at all levels have a responsibility and Scotland is determined to play our full part.\n\n\"Our ability to do that depends on our own climate credibility - Scotland cannot urge other countries to set and meet ambitious targets if we fail to do that ourselves.\"\n\nAs final preparations take place at the SEC, the first minister hopes Glasgow will act as a bridge across the climate divide\n\nMore than 120 world leaders will attend the summit, which takes place at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November.\n\nIn her speech to an audience of young people and students in Glasgow, the first minister called for a \"significant uplift in ambition\" from world leaders - particularly those of the \"biggest emitting countries\" - to act to limit global temperature increases and deliver a fair financial package for developing countries.\n\nShe said: \"We take seriously the responsibility of all governments - at all levels - to show ambition, and to galvanise action. If we do that, we can all contribute towards a successful summit.\n\n\"I have said that small countries can lead the way in this, and they can, but in the coming days, it is the countries which emit the most, who most need to step up. They need to make ambitious pledges to achieve net zero. And those pledges must be backed by credible actions.\"\n\n\"The idea of 'keeping 1.5 alive', cannot simply be a face-saving slogan. It must be real. And there must be progress in Glasgow which makes that outcome more likely.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon also encouraged national governments to match the ambition of cities, regions and state governments, and she said her government would \"help those around the negotiating table to hear from activists in the developed world and from the global South\".\n\nThousands of delegates and hundreds of world leaders will descend on Glasgow for the climate summit\n\nThe Scottish government has set what it describes as world leading targets to cut carbon emissions.\n\nIt has committed to achieving net zero by 2045 with an interim goal of reducing emissions by 75% by 2030.\n\nThese targets have been put into law in Scotland, with ministers describing it as the \"toughest, most ambitious legislative framework on climate change in the world\".\n\nThe snag is the annual progress required to hit these targets has not yet been achieved.\n\nThe latest emissions figures for 2019 suggested Scotland had reduced the amount of carbon it was releasing into the atmosphere by 51.5% compared to 1990 levels. The target for 2019 was 55%.\n\nThe Scottish government has more to do to live up to its ambitions on tackling climate change, and is promising a \"catch up\" plan later this week.\n\nLast week, COP26 President Alok Sharma told the BBC's No Hot Air podcast the aim was to get countries to \"stick with the goals\" of holding the rise in the earth's temperature to 1.5C, as agreed at a COP summit in Paris in 2015.\n\nHe said: \"World leaders came together and said that they would act to limit global temperature rises to well below 2C, aiming for 1.5C and that's what we want to try and achieve.\n\n\"I think Glasgow has to be the moment that the world acts. We've got some commitments but we need to go further.\"\n\nMr Sharma added: \"We need to make sure that we can say with credibility that we've kept 1.5C in reach.\n\n\"Now is the time for all of us to act, but particularly for the biggest emitters - the G20 nations and the developed countries who promised finance to support developing countries - they also need to step up.\"\n\nA spokesman for the UK government said: \"The prime minister has been clear [that] the first ministers will play an important role at COP26.\n\n\"We are working with the Scottish government, Welsh government and Northern Ireland executive to ensure an inclusive and ambitious summit for the whole of the UK.\"\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "Francis Wayne Alexander would have been 21 or 22 when he was murdered\n\nA man from North Carolina who vanished in the 1970s has been identified as one of dozens of victims murdered by serial killer John Wayne Gacy.\n\nFrancis Wayne Alexander's remains were among those found in the crawl space of Gacy's Chicago-area home in 1978.\n\nCook County Sheriff Tom Dart ordered eight unidentified victims' bodies to be exhumed in 2011 in an effort to identify them through DNA testing.\n\nAlexander is the third Gacy victim to be identified in the last decade.\n\nHe would have been 21 or 22 when Gacy killed him between 1976 and 1977, Mr Dart's office said.\n\nGacy was convicted of killing 33 young men between 1972 and 1978 and burying them on his property. He was executed in 1994.\n\nHe often lured young men to his home for sex by pretending to be a police officer or promising them construction work.\n\nIn reopening the investigation, Sheriff Dart asked families of youngsters who had vanished between 1970 and Gacy's 1978 arrest to submit saliva samples to compare DNA with the eight victims who were buried without being identified.\n\nMonths later, William George Bundy, a 19-year-old construction worker, was identified as a Gacy victim.\n\nIn 2017, James Byron Haakenson - a missing teenager from Minnesota - was named as another victim.\n\nInvestigators matched DNA samples from Mr Alexander's mother and half-brother to his remains.\n\nAlexander's sister, Carolyn Sanders, thanked the sheriff's office for giving the family \"closure\".\n\n\"It is hard, even 45 years later, to know the fate of our beloved Wayne. He was killed at the hands of a vile and evil man,\" Ms Sanders said.\n\n\"We can now lay to rest what happened and move forward by honouring Wayne.\"\n\nAuthorities say they are unsure how Mr Alexander crossed paths with Gacy, one of America's most infamous serial killers.\n\nHe had moved to Chicago, where he was married for around three months before divorcing in 1975.\n\nIn January 1976, he received a traffic ticket in Chicago. After this, officers found no record of him being alive.\n\nMr Alexander \"lived in an area that was frequented by Gacy and where other identified victims had previously lived\", the sheriff's office said.\n\nPolice say their efforts to identify the other remains are ongoing.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lindsay Hoyle says it is “not acceptable\" for ministers to give briefings to the media before Parliament.\n\nThe Treasury has released a deluge of funding announcements, days before the chancellor delivers his Budget on 27 October.\n\nStatements from the government setting out spending for transport, health and education have been put out in the past few days.\n\nCommons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is furious, telling MPs on Monday it was \"not acceptable\" to brief the media ahead of MPs and on Tuesday that the government was behaving in a \"discourteous manner\".\n\nHe thundered that ministers used to \"walk\" if they briefed about a Budget.\n\nIndeed, in 1947, then-Chancellor Hugh Dalton resigned after he leaked details of his budget to a journalist.\n\nDefending pre-Budget announcements, Treasury Minister Simon Clarke said the government had not commented on the \"substantive tax measures\" that would appear in the Budget.\n\nRishi Sunak's Budget won't all be about displays of generosity. The Treasury has asked departments to identify \"at least 5% of savings and efficiencies from their day-to-day budgets\" and we may hear more about those plans on Wednesday.\n\nThe government has already committed to spending for health, schools, defence and overseas aid so other areas such as local government, justice and further education may face a squeeze on their budgets.\n\nAnd there may be more to some of the seemingly lavish spending pledges than meets the eye.\n\nBeware what you are reading! They sound good, all these announcements in the run up to Budget and Spending Review.\n\nBut they need to be taken with caution. This is the PR blitz seeking good headlines. We don't yet know the detail of exactly what the government is planning.\n\nThe raft of investments will make a difference. But there are questions.\n\nAre the transport links, treatment centres and other projects entirely new or have some parts been announced (with equal fanfare) before now?\n\nCrucially what is happening more broadly to the budgets of the departments getting cash?\n\nA shiny investment in something is great, but is that department's day-to-day spending being squeezed? And what of those areas that aren't getting the handouts?\n\nBest to wait until Wednesday to truly judge the chancellor's largesse.\n\nThe government has announced that England's city regions will receive £6.9bn to spend on train, tram, bus and cycle projects.\n\nThis includes £1.07bn for Greater Manchester, £1.05bn for the West Midlands and £830m for West Yorkshire.\n\nHowever, the figure of £6.9bn only includes £1.5bn of additional spending because the government is including the £4.2bn promised in 2019 alongside funding for buses announced by the prime minister last year.\n\nThe chancellor has refused to be drawn on the future of the eastern leg of High Speed Two, which could be delayed or cancelled to save an estimated £40bn. If built, the extension would cut journey times between London and the North East by 31 minutes. It would also shave 52 minutes off trips between London and Leeds.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will also receive extra funding through the Barnett formula - a mechanism the UK government uses to allocate additional money to the devolved nations when it spends more in England.\n\nNHS England will get £5.9bn to tackle the backlog of people waiting for tests and scans. That covers £2.3bn for diagnostic tests including clinics in shopping centres for scans; £1.5bn on beds equipment and new \"surgical hubs\"; and £2.1bn to improve IT.\n\nHealth bodies welcomed the money but warned it would not solve the problem of staff shortages. According to data published by NHS digital, in June there were 93,806 full-time vacancies across the NHS in England.\n\nMr Sunak is set to announce a rise in the National Living Wage from £8.91 per hour to £9.50, to come into effect from 1 April next year.\n\nThis is a 6.6% increase in the minimum wage for all those aged 23 and over - more than twice the current 3.1% rise in the cost of living.\n\nAssuming a 40 hour week, the new minimum wage amounts to a salary of £1,646 per month or £19,760 a year.\n\nThe increases to the wage rates follow recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission, an independent advisory board.\n\nThe Treasury has also announced it will be lifting a pay freeze imposed on millions of public sector workers last year as a result of the pandemic.\n\nIndependent pay review bodies will recommend how much extra money workers will get early next year.\n\nThe government's major tax change has already been announced, as earlier this year the prime minister told MPs he would introduce a tax in England designed to tackle the NHS backlog caused by the Covid pandemic and later to pay for social care.\n\nHowever, we know a few other changes (or rather lack of changes) that will be announced on Wednesday.\n\nCampaigners for a freeze in fuel duty have been told to expect the levy to be frozen for a twelfth year in a row.\n\nAnd separately, the BBC has been told VAT on household energy would not be cut.\n\nThe health department will get £5bn over the next three years for research and development.\n\nThis includes £95m which will go towards researching methods for treating cancer, obesity and mental health.\n\nThe money will also be spent on developing genome technology which could detect more than 200 conditions in newborn babies.\n\n£2.6bn will be spent on creating 30,000 new school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities.\n\nThe money will also go towards improving school buildings' accessibility and funding new, special provision in free schools England.\n\nThe Budget will also include £1.6bn over three years to roll out new T-levels for 16 to 19-year-olds plus £550m for adult skills in England.\n\nCurrently there are over 6,000 on T-level courses, but the government hopes to ramp up those numbers.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, warned that the extra money was a \"gamble\" as it was unclear how many would want to take the qualification.\n\nThe government will also spend a further £830m modernising colleges in England.\n\nThe Treasury is allocating £1.8bn for building around 160,000 new homes on derelict or unused land - also known as brownfield sites - in England.\n\nAn extra £9m will also go towards allowing councils to turn neglected urban spaces into \"pocket parks\" roughly the size of a tennis court.\n\nThe chancellor is also expected to confirm £65m for digitising England's planning system.\n\nGrants worth £1.4bn will be given to \"internationally mobile\" companies to invest in UK infrastructure.\n\nThis includes £345m aimed at increasing resilience for future pandemics and £800m for the production of electric vehicles in north-east England and the Midlands.\n\nAs part of the package, a talent network team will aim to attract high-skilled workers to the UK, through \"innovation hotspots\" initially based in San Francisco and Boston in the US and Bengaluru in India.\n\nThe government has announced £500m to support parents and children in England.\n\nThis includes £200m to support families with complex issues; £82m to fund centres in 75 different areas to provide advice for parents; £100m for mental health support for expectant parents; and £50m for breastfeeding support.\n\nLabour has argued that the government previously closed over 1,000 children's centres - known as Sure Start centres - and that this new announcement \"rings hollow\".\n\nMr Sunak defended past cuts, arguing that the new funding would \"create a network of family hubs which are broader than the Sure Start centres\".\n\nAre you affected by issues covered in this story? Do you have any questions for our experts? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A teenager with a passion for cleaning has turned his love of car washing into a successful business with a celebrity client list.\n\nZykiah, 15, got into car valeting when his family bought him a kit for Christmas after he was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).\n\nHe said he started on family cars, but \"I realised it was something I really loved doing\" and it grew from there.\n\nOCD is a common mental health condition which causes obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours.\n\nIt can affect all ages, but it usually starts during early adulthood, and can be distressing and significantly interfere with people's lives, though treatment can help keep it under control.\n\nZykiah told BBC Breakfast that he first started by cleaning the cars of family and friends at the weekend before asking if he could clean neighbours' cars.\n\nHours after his mother posted in a local residents' group about her son's love of car cleaning, a queue of cars had formed outside the family home.\n\nZykiah now counts Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs as clients after setting up Dirt2Clean Manchester\n\n\"I realised it was something I really loved doing,\" he said.\n\n\"I thought I would start a business and I thought it would just be family and friends' cars at the weekends.\n\n\"It was mad. I got one famous car and it went from there.\"\n\nHe added that he had found car cleaning therapeutic after setting up the business two years ago.\n\nIf you're affected by the issues in this piece, you can find support from BBC Action Line.\n\nHis client list now also includes boxer Tommy Fury and Manchester United footballer Scott McTominay, who Zykiah said was \"a top lad\".\n\nJo said Zykiah had been \"constantly cleaning\" from a young age.\n\n\"I would buy him Hoovers, little cleaning kits when he was six, seven, eight,\" she said.\n\n\"At 13, he got diagnosed with OCD and I said... he is going to turn it into something positive and that's what he has done.\"\n\nA spokesman for OCD Action said: \"We are pleased that Zykiah found his diagnosis of OCD to be a catalyst to starting a successful business.\n\n\"However, we know that for the majority of people who live with OCD, it is a debilitating condition which can cause huge distress. It is also important to know that OCD can get better with the right treatment and support, and we would encourage anybody who is struggling to seek this.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The UN conference will bring 25,000 delegates to Glasgow\n\nScotland's health secretary says there is \"absolutely a risk\" of Covid cases rising after the COP26 summit in Glasgow.\n\nHumza Yousaf said he expects to see a spike in cases after 25,000 delegates descend on the city in a week's time.\n\nMr Yousaf said the Scottish government was not currently considering imposing more restrictions.\n\nHe also stressed that there were many mitigations in place to prevent Covid being transmitted at the conference.\n\nSpeaking on BBC One's The Sunday Show Mr Yousaf said that the Scottish government was doing everything it could to limit transmission of the virus during the 12 days of the summit.\n\nHe said: \"We have been working with the UK government and the United Nations (UN) to make COP as safe as we possibly can.\n\n\"Mitigations like daily testing in the blue zone, very strict isolation protocols in place, face coverings being worn in the blue zone and so on. We will do everything we possibly can to make the event because we recognise the climate emergency itself is the biggest public health emergency and crisis that we face globally.\"\n\nHe said: \"There is no public health expert in the world who would say there is no risk in the midst of a global pandemic to have tens of thousand of people descending onto largely one city so there is absolutely a risk of Covid cases rising thereafter but we will do everything we can to mitigate that.\n\n\"Of course we would expect there to be positive cases linked to COP but we are also very, very assured by the protocols we have got in place to be able to isolate those cases as best as we possibly can.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Humza Yousaf said he would expect a rise in coronavirus cases following an event as large as COP26\n\nThe UK government has insisted every measure is being taken to mitigate risk.\n\nCOP President Alok Sharma told BBC Scotland's No Hot Air podcast: \"People want to know we are taking every measure to ensure that COP26 is safe for the participants and also, really importantly, for the people of Glasgow. That is why we have a detailed regime in terms of safety.\n\n\"People will be tested every day before they come into the venue. If they are found to be positive they will have to self-isolate.\n\n\"They will be wearing masks moving around the venue, we will have rigorous cleaning regimes in place and social distancing.\n\n\"We also made an offer to any accredited delegate who wasn't able to get vaccinated in their home nation to say we would support them in that vaccination process.\"\n\nCases in Scotland were on the rise throughout the summer as coronavirus restrictions were relaxed, but began to fall in September as the vaccination programme reached its end with young people included, but the drop has levelled off, with cases in October rarely falling below 2,000 per day.\n\nExperts, including government adviser Prof Devi Sridhar, have raised concerns over a potential increase in cases associated with so many people being in a relatively small area.\n\nResponding to a tweet from a member of the public last week, Prof Sridhar said: \"I could be wrong (and hope I am) but yes. A mass event with major movement of people in and out with an infectious virus will cause an increase in cases.\n\n\"While in the case of Covid will put stress on limited health services. Which triggers need for further restrictions.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Prof. Devi Sridhar This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe health secretary said that the Scottish government was not actively considering bringing back restrictions.\n\nBut he did not rule out any measures later in the year. He said restrictions would continue to be reviewed every three weeks but said it would be \"foolish\" to pretend he knew what was going to happen in two or three months' time.\n\nMr Yousaf admitted he was concerned about the months ahead.\n\n\"We can't get away from the fact that this will be the most challenging winter in the NHS's 73-year existence and this is the case across the entire UK,\" he said.\n\nScottish Labour's deputy leader Jackie Baillie called for more action ahead of the summit and before winter pressures increase.\n\nShe said: \"The health secretary simply had no answers to the potential impact of COP26 on our NHS.\n\n\"We are looking down the barrel at a winter of extreme pressure on our NHS and potentially surging levels of Covid.\n\n\"We need action from the health secretary to avoid this, not warm words.\"\n\nScottish Conservative MSP Dr Sandesh Gulhane said that Mr Yousaf was \"unable to provide any confidence that our NHS is prepared\" as delegates started to arrive for COP26.\n\nHe said: \"This event is unlike anything that Scotland has previously hosted, and under the backdrop of Covid there needs to be reassurance that every mitigation is being taken, so health services are not overwhelmed by a surge in cases.\n\n\"The minster needs to focus on stepping up testing and the booster programme to protect capacity within our NHS and those most vulnerable.\n\n\"Humza Yousaf needs to take action if the SNP are serious about managing the potential impact COP26 could have on our NHS.\"\n\nMr Yousaf also strongly denied claims that Scotland's Covid-19 booster vaccine programme was lagging behind.\n\nHe said the rollout started as soon as the Joint Committee on Vaccine and Immunisation (JCVI) had authorised the move.\n\n\"I completely reject the suggestion the booster programme is failing. We are on track to meet the targets I laid out to parliament previously.\n\n\"Groups 1-4, the JCVI priority groups, we are confident of getting vaccinated by mid November. Then groups 5-9 in the months thereafter and absolutely by early next year. Those aged 60-69 can expect letters to be received very soon.\"", "The public spending watchdog will investigate the Financial Conduct Authority over the British Steel pension scandal.\n\nAbout 8,000 steelworkers, many from Wales, collectively transferred about £2.8bn from the firm's scheme when it was restructured in 2017.\n\nA Commons select committee said they were prey to \"vulture\" financial advisors in a \"misselling scandal\".\n\nThe FCA said it was looking forward to working with the National Audit Office.\n\nThe NAO will examine the FCA's plans for supporting steelworkers who may be entitled to redress, and the extent to which compensation is being delivered.\n\nThe NAO said many steelworkers had been given bad advice and may have made poor choices, which could have seen them lose \"significant sums\".\n\nRichard Pugh said the Financial Conduct Authority \"have let steelworkers down\"\n\nPort Talbot steel worker Richard Pugh said the value of his pension had plummeted £20,000 in the past two weeks.\n\nThe 47-year-old said he and other workers \"did not have a clue\" what they were doing when they had to decide on the next steps for their pension arrangements.\n\nThey were given assorted options, including transferring their funds from the British Steel pension scheme altogether.\n\n\"Realistically, a lot of us are financially illiterate when it comes to pensions,\" he said, meaning many steelworkers had been left in an \"extremely vulnerable\" position.\n\n\"We were in the Tata Steel final pension which was gold,\" he said, with some pension pots worth up to £500,000.\n\nHe called the FCA an \"absolute disgrace\".\n\nBlaenau Gwent MP Nick Smith said more than £20m had been paid out to steelworkers by the financial services compensation scheme\n\nThe NAO encouraged people to examine advice they had received and complain if they had any concerns.\n\n\"This investigation will set out the activities the FCA has undertaken to regulate financial advice in the British Steel pension scheme case, its plans for supporting steelworkers who may be entitled to redress, and the extent to which compensation is being delivered,\" it said.\n\nPort Talbot financial advisor Alastair Rush, who has been helping some of those who have suffered, called the investigation \"incredible\" and a \"deal changer\".\n\nHe added: \"The regulator should have been here four-and-a-half years ago, when it was pointed out to them the problems that were unfolding.\"\n\nWhile there was \"light at the end of the tunnel\" for some, it was not the case for all.\n\n\"Many will have died not knowing whether there loved ones would have compensation or whether they would be looked after in their retirement.\"\n\nBlaenau Gwent MP, Nick Smith, who had asked the NAO to look into how the regulator handled the scandal, said: \"Justice is needed after one of the biggest financial rip-offs of working people in south Wales and other steel-making areas across the UK.\n\n\"We are now four years into this sad story and still IFA (independent financial advisors) sharks and their introducer cronies are evading criminal penalties.\"\n\nHe said just 1,200 out of the 8,000 steelworkers likely to be affected had complained so far.\n\n\"Furthermore, 85% to 90% of their complaints have been upheld, so a big pool of steelworkers with likely good cause are being left behind.\"\n\nThe results of the NAO inquiry will be published in the spring.\n\nAn FCA spokeswoman said: \"We've introduced new rules to raise the standard of pension transfer advice and we're taking action, both with individual firms and across the sector, to ensure that where consumers lost out because of unsuitable advice they receive compensation.\"", "Forensics officers were working at the Regency Court site on Sunday\n\nTwo boys whose deaths are at the centre of a murder investigation are understood to have been 16, an MP has said.\n\nThree people were found injured in Regency Court, Brentwood, Essex, at about 01:30 BST on Sunday, but two of them died.\n\nEight men were arrested on suspicion of murder, and police remain at the scene.\n\nBrentwood and Ongar's Conservative MP, Alex Burghart, said the teenagers' deaths had \"shaken\" the community.\n\nThe BBC understands the boys are suspected to have suffered stab wounds but police have not yet confirmed this.\n\nEssex Police said post-mortem examinations of the victims would take place \"in the coming days\".\n\nFloral tributes have mounted up at the scene\n\nThe eight arrested men remain in custody and are still being questioned, officers said.\n\nFive of the men arrested - two aged 19, two aged 20 and one aged 49, are from Grays.\n\nTwo men, aged 20 and 21, are from South Ockendon. One man, aged 40, is from Brentwood.\n\nFloral tributes have been building up in the area and a book of condolence was opened at St Thomas's Church.\n\nMP Mr Burghart said: \"We're all pretty shaken in Brentwood after the events of the weekend.\n\n\"We don't really have too many events like this in our town so to lose two 16-year-olds so needlessly and senselessly... has left us all very upset.\n\n\"These incidents are still relatively rare in our town but knife crime is an issue across the country and one that the government takes extremely seriously - but I don't want to speculate too much at the moment as there is a police inquiry going on.\"\n\nMr Burghart said there were \"a lot of questions to be asked\" about the incident.\n\n\"I hope people will take some solace from the fact that police have said they believe this was an isolated incident and that they will be increasing the police presence on the streets in the next few days.\"\n\nInvestigations are continuing into how the two boys lost their lives\n\nFirst light revealed there's still a big police cordon in Brentwood. It's on and around Crown Street, which leads at one end to the High Street with all its nightlife, and down to the junction of Regency Court, which is a cul-de-sac of houses.\n\nAt the cordon this morning bunches of flowers have been building up, some chocolates have been left, as well as tributes and candles.\n\nThere really is a sense of shock in the air here.\n\nOne of the local churches has opened for people to also light candles and last night special prayers were said for the boys who've been killed.\n\nThe Church of England parish church for the area, St Thomas of Canterbury, said on Facebook it would be holding a sung requiem Mass at 19:00 BST on Monday \"to pray for the two teenagers\".\n\nDet Ch Insp Andy Clarkson, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said on Sunday: \"At this stage, we do not believe there is any wider threat to the public.\"\n\nDetectives said they were working to establish how the boys died.\n\nDet Ch Insp Stuart Truss, said: \"At the moment, we are exploring numerous lines of inquiry which include assessing hours of CCTV which show the area in question.\n\n\"We also have specially trained family liaison officers in place who are continuing to support the boys' families.\"\n\nPolice were called to the area in the early hours of Sunday\n\nHe re-appealed to \"anyone who was in the Crown Street area of Brentwood between 22:00 on Saturday and 05:00 on Sunday morning to come forward and speak to us if they have not already done so\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n• None Eight murder arrests after two teenage boys die\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhistleblower Frances Haugen has told MPs Facebook is \"unquestionably making hate worse\", as they consider what new rules to impose on big social networks.\n\nMs Haugen was talking to the Online Safety Bill committee in London.\n\nShe said Facebook safety teams were under-resourced, and \"Facebook has been unwilling to accept even little slivers of profit being sacrificed for safety\".\n\nAnd she warned that Instagram was \"more dangerous than other forms of social media\".\n\nWhile other social networks were about performance, play, or an exchange of ideas, \"Instagram is about social comparison and about bodies... about people's lifestyles, and that's what ends up being worse for kids\", she told a joint committee of MPs and Lords.\n\nShe said Facebook's own research described one problem as \"an addict's narrative\" - where children are unhappy, can't control their use of the app, but feel like they cannot stop using it.\n\n\"I am deeply worried that it may not be possible to make Instagram safe for a 14-year-old, and I sincerely doubt that it is possible to make it safe for a 10-year-old,\" she said.\n\nThe committee is fine-tuning a proposed law that will place new duties on large social networks and subject them to checks by the media regulator Ofcom.\n\nAsked if the law was \"keeping Mark Zuckerberg awake at night\", Ms Haugen said she was \"incredibly proud of the UK for taking such a world-leading stance\".\n\n\"The UK has a tradition of leading policy in ways that are followed around the world.\n\n\"I can't imagine Mark isn't paying attention to what you're doing.\"\n\nMs Haugen also warned that Facebook was unable to police content in multiple languages around the world - something which should worry UK officials, she said.\n\n\"UK English is sufficiently different that I would be unsurprised if the safety systems that they developed primarily for American English were actually under-enforcing in the UK,\" she said.\n\nAnd she said that dangerous misinformation in other languages affects people in Britain.\n\n\"Those people are also living in the UK, and being fed misinformation that is dangerous, that radicalises people,\" she warned.\n\nMs Haugen also urged the committee to include paid-for advertising in its new rules, saying the current system was \"literally subsidising hate on these platforms\" because of their algorithmic ranking.\n\n\"It is substantially cheaper to run an angry hateful divisive ad than it is to run a compassionate, empathetic ad,\" she said.\n\nAnd she also urged MPs to require a breakdown of who is harmed by content, rather than an average figure - suggesting Facebook is \"very good at dancing with data\", but pushes people towards \"extreme content\".\n\nMs Haugen appeared at a joint committee of MPs and Lords\n\n\"The median experience on Facebook is a pretty good experience,\" she said.\n\n\"The real danger is that 20% of the population has a horrible experience or an experience that is dangerous,\" she said.\n\nShe warned that employees were unable to report internal concerns at Facebook - something she called a \"huge weak spot\".\n\n\"When I worked on counter-espionage, I saw things where I was concerned about national security, and I had no idea how to escalate those because I didn't have faith in my chain of command at that point,\" she told the committee.\n\nAnd she warned: \"We were told to accept under-resourcing.\"\n\nSimilar problems plague Facebook's Oversight Board, which can overturn the company's decisions on content, she said. She repeated her claim that Facebook has repeatedly lied to its own watchdog, and said this is a \"defining moment\" for the Oversight Board to \"step up\".\n\n\"I don't know what the purpose of the Oversight Board is,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Facebook's Monika Bickert: \"It's in our financial interest to make sure that people have a good experience on our site\"\n\nIt comes as several news outlets published fresh stories based on the thousands of leaked documents Ms Haugen took with her when she left Facebook.\n\nFacebook has characterised previous reporting as misleading, and at one point referred to the leaked documents as \"stolen\".\n\n\"Contrary to what was discussed at the hearing, we've always had the commercial incentive to remove harmful content from our sites,\" a spokesperson said, after Ms Haugen finished giving evidence.\n\n\"People don't want to see it when they use our apps, and advertisers don't want their ads next to it. That's why we've invested $13bn (£9.4bn) and hired 40,000 people to do one job: keep people safe on our apps. \"\n\nThe company said that over the last three quarters it has halved the amount of hate speech seen on Facebook, which it claims now accounts for only 0.05% of all content viewed.\n\n\"While we have rules against harmful content and publish regular transparency reports, we agree we need regulation for the whole industry so that businesses like ours aren't making these decisions on our own,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"The UK is one of the countries leading the way and we're pleased the Online Safety Bill is moving forward.\"\n\nAn avalanche of information emerged on Monday from leaked Facebook documents - and it was hard to keep up.\n\nAllegations include that the social media giant is aware of its role in inciting violence all around the world, or causing harm to its users from US and UK to India and Ethiopia.\n\nA common theme runs through each of the stories. They all suggest a tension between employees raising the alarm about their concerns and a corporate machine that does not appear to be using this to inform its policies.\n\nReporters and journalists have been highlighting many of these same concerns, especially for the past 18 months. I've investigated the human cost of online disinformation and abuse again and again and exposed the damage being done to real people offline using these sites.\n\nBut until these documents were released by Ms Haugen, it was very difficult to know how aware Facebook was of that damage.\n\nThese latest leaks reinforce the idea that it is conscious of it - although it refutes a number of the claims.\n\nAnd it means pressure is mounting on policymakers around the world to do something about it.", "Councils should be able to stop anti-vaccination protesters from demonstrating outside schools by using exclusion orders, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said.\n\nSir Keir said it was \"sickening\" that protesters were spreading \"dangerous misinformation\" to children.\n\nHe urged the government to \"urgently\" update the law so exclusion zones can be rapidly set up around school gates.\n\nMinisters have also expressed concern about such protests.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said freedom to protest was a fundamental part of democracy, but told the Daily Telegraph: \"It is completely unacceptable for children, teachers, or parents to be intimidated and harassed outside their school by protesters peddling misinformation and dangerous lies about the life-saving vaccine programme.\"\n\nAlmost eight in 10 schools said they had been targeted by anti-vaccine protesters in a recent survey by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) union.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Sir Keir Starmer explains why he believes schools need exclusion zones for anti-vax protesters\n\nMost of this had been through emails threatening legal action, but the ASCL said in some cases staff had been threatened with physical harm and on other occasions protesters had gained access to school sites.\n\nEarlier this month, a head teacher at a school in Gateshead said anti-vaccine protesters had left students distressed after showing them pictures of what appeared to be dead children.\n\nSir Keir, who is a former director of public prosecutions, said local authorities should have the power to impose public spaces protection orders immediately, if agreed by the school, leader of the council, and local police chief constable.\n\nSuch orders have been used previously to move on protesters outside abortion clinics, but often are time-consuming to set up.\n\nLabour said the fast-track orders could be in place within five days and stay in place for six months.\n\nSir Keir said: \"The uptake of vaccines among children is far too low and the government's rollout is painfully slow. Everything must be done to get those eligible jabbed as quickly as possible in this public health emergency.\"\n\nAnti-Covid vaccine protests have been reported across Britain - from Glasgow, Cardiff, London and Manchester to Dorset, Telford and Leicester.\n\nThose gathering outside schools think it's wrong to vaccinate children, while some hold wilder unfounded beliefs - such as that the whole pandemic is a hoax.\n\nThe ASCL found at least 420 schools had experienced protests, showing it's not a fringe concern.\n\nBut a large number of protests appear to stem from just a couple of groups on the encrypted messaging app Telegram.\n\nOne organiser said she had visited every secondary school in Hartlepool, while another group can be seen coordinating multiple school visits a day from Kent to Cheshire.\n\nAs well as targeting teachers with sham legal documents, groups organise to hand leaflets out to children featuring QR codes which lead to extremist and conspiracy content.\n\nAs pressure mounts to protect pupils from being harassed outside schools, there is growing discussion on some of these platforms of strategies to intercept children further away from school, walking home or on their way to the bus stop.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the ASCL union, said schools were already \"under great pressure\" because of disruption from the pandemic and \"the last thing they need is the additional problem of protesters outside their gates\".\n\nCovid vaccines were key to keeping students at school, he said, adding: \"If protesters think otherwise, there are plenty of outlets for them to express their views without resorting to targeting schools.\"\n\nThe ASCL previously said that of the 526 responses from schools eligible for the Covid vaccine programme for 12 to 15-year-olds, 13% had reported seeing demonstrators immediately outside their school. One in five reported protesters in the local area.\n\nSome 18 schools said demonstrators had gained access to the school and protested inside the premises, and 20 said they had received communications threatening physical harm to staff.", "Friends stars including Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Matt LeBlanc have paid tribute to James Michael Tyler, who starred as Gunther in the sitcom, after he died at the age of 59.\n\nTyler was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 2018.\n\nAniston said the show \"would not have been the same\" without Tyler's performance as the Central Perk waiter.\n\n\"Thank you for the laughter you brought to the show and to all of our lives. You will be so missed,\" she said.\n\nTyler's much-loved character worked in the show's coffee house and had a crush on Aniston's character Rachel, who also worked there as a waitress in the show's early seasons.\n\nShe shared an Instagram post which included a photo of Tyler from the set and a clip of the pair in the final episode as Gunther declared his love for the departing Rachel, who turned him down gently.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by jenniferaniston This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCo-star Cox, who played Monica, added her own tribute. \"The size of gratitude you brought into the room and showed every day on set is the size of the gratitude I hold for having known you,\" she wrote.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 2 by courteneycoxofficial This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe on the show, offered: \"James Michael Tyler, we will miss you.\" Referencing a line from the show's there tune, she added: \"Thank you for being there for us all.\"\n\nLeBlanc, meanwhile, shared a photo of his character Joey chatting to Gunther in Central Perk.\n\n\"We had a lot of laughs buddy,\" LeBlanc posted. \"You will be missed. RIP my friend.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 3 by mleblanc This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDavid Schwimmer, aka Ross, thanked Tyler \"for playing such a wonderful, unforgettable role\" and \"for being such a big hearted gentleman and all around mensch off screen\".\n\n\"You will be missed, buddy,\" he went on.\n\nTyler appeared in almost 150 episodes of the comedy, which ran from 1994 to 2004. Gunther was and remains a hugely popular character among fans.\n\nTyler's manager said the actor \"passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday morning\".\n\nA statement added: \"The world knew him as Gunther (the seventh Friend)... but Michael's loved ones knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate, and loving husband. If you met him once you made a friend for life.\n\n\"Wanting to help as many people as possible, he bravely shared his story and became a campaigner for those with a prostate to get a... blood test as early as 40-years-old.\"\n\nDavid Crane, who co-created Friends, told the BBC that Tyler started as an extra on the show and was given the role because he could work the coffee machine.\n\n\"As time went on, I think we realised he's funny - a really good actor,\" Crane said.\n\n\"We just kept giving him more and more, and when we realised there was a storyline about his secret love for Rachel, it was just the gift that kept on giving.\"\n\nOn Tyler's comedic timing, Crane added: \"His delivery was impeccable, he was so good that we found ourselves going to him for the punchline for a whole scene or for a whole episode.\n\n\"With just the littlest opportunity he created this indelible character.\"\n\nTyler revisited the Central Perk in 2015 as part of a Warner Bros studio tour\n\nIn May, Tyler made a brief appearance on the Friends reunion special via Zoom.\n\n\"It was the most memorable 10 years of my life, honestly,\" the actor said at the time.\n\n\"I could not have imagined just a better experience. All these guys were fantastic and just a joy to work with. It felt very, very special.\"\n\nWarner Bros Television, one of the co-producers of the sitcom, said Tyler was \"a beloved actor and integral part of our Friends family\".\n\nHe continued to perform in recent years while undergoing treatment for cancer.\n\nHe also starred in two short films - The Gesture and the Word, and Processing - winning best actor awards at film festivals.\n\nIn 2021, his spoken word performance of Stephen Kalinich's poem If You Knew was adapted into a short video to raise awareness for the Prostate Cancer Foundation.\n\nTyler is survived by his wife Jennifer Carno, whom his manager described as \"the love of his life\".", "Petrol prices have hit 142.94p a litre, their highest level to date, according to the RAC motoring organisation.\n\nFuel prices were last around this level in April 2012.\n\nIt is now £15 more expensive to fill up an average family car than a year earlier, said the RAC, which called the new high a \"dark day for drivers\".\n\nThe RAC said the increase was partly due to a doubling of the oil price since last year. Some analysts believe the oil price could rise further.\n\nThe price of unleaded petrol has jumped by 28p a litre since last October, the RAC said, meaning it now costs £78.61 to fill a family car.\n\n\"This will hurt many household budgets and no doubt have knock-on implications for the wider economy,\" a spokesman for the RAC said.\n\nThe organisation said that other costs, aside from oil, had also pushed up fuel prices.\n\nRetailers had increased their profit margins by 2p a litre from around 5.5p in April last year to 7.5p a litre.\n\nThe RAC said retailers, particularly the smaller, independent ones, were trying to rebuild their profits after the steep fall in sales prompted by the first UK lockdown in spring last year.\n\nIn addition to this, the ethanol component of unleaded petrol was doubled to 10% last month in the more eco-friendly E10 fuel, but as ethanol is more expensive than petrol, that added about 1p a litre.\n\nDuty paid on fuel is currently 57.95p a litre, more than the cost of the combined bio and petrol components, which amount to around 50p.\n\nVAT, currently around 24p a litre, is applied on top of all other elements of the petrol price, including duty and the retailer's profit margin.\n\nPetrol and diesel cars are slowly being phased out as part of pledges to tackle climate change.\n\nThe government says it will ban the sale of these from 2030.\n\nThe introduction of the E10 fuel as standard this summer is also part of that drive.\n\nThe Department for Transport says bringing in this new fuel could cut carbon emissions by 750,000 tonnes a year, the equivalent of taking 350,000 cars off the road.", "BBC Radio 1 presenter Adele Roberts has announced she is to undergo surgery for bowel cancer.\n\nRoberts, 42, who hosts Weekend Breakfast, said she was diagnosed at the start of the month and would have surgery to remove a tumour on Monday.\n\n\"So far the outlook is positive and I feel so lucky I can be treated. It's just the start of my journey but I'm going to give it everything,\" she said.\n\nThe former Big Brother star missed both her radio shows this weekend.\n\nThe radio DJ, from Southport, Merseyside, revealed her diagnosis in an Instagram post, saying she had sought medical advice after struggling with her digestion \"for a while\".\n\nShe wrote: \"It's all happened so quickly and I'm so sorry to post something like this on here but I hope it helps anyone who might be worrying, or suffering in silence.\n\n\"As I've learned over the last few weeks, there's no 'normal' with cancer. Sadly it can affect anyone, at any age, anytime. It doesn't discriminate. Early detection can save your life.\"\n\nShe added: \"I'm going to have surgery [on Monday] to remove the tumour and then see if I need anymore treatment or if the cancer has spread.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by adeleroberts This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn her post, she finished by saying: \"The hardest thing wasn't even finding out I had cancer, it was telling my family. It broke my heart.\n\n\"If you know any of them please look after them for me until I can see them again. Especially my Katie (her girlfriend). I worry about her being on her own while I'm away.\"\n\nHer girlfriend, Kate Holderness, also wrote an emotional post on Sunday evening, calling Roberts \"my hero, my world, my love\".\n\nShe explained that she couldn't go with Roberts to the hospital or be there when she wakes up after her operation. \"It's the most horrible feeling desperately wanting her to get in that hospital ASAP but desperately not wanting to be without her.\"\n\nShe said it had been hard to get her head around how \"unfair\" the diagnosis was as Roberts did \"all the things they say help you prevent cancer\" and didn't do the things that were supposed to put you at higher risk.\n\n\"But I now understand it can happen to anyone. Cancer's never fair is it?\"\n\nA Radio 1 statement said: \"Our love and support is with Adele, Kate and their families at this very difficult time.\n\n\"Everyone at Radio 1, along with millions of listeners, wishes her a speedy recovery and we look forward to welcoming Adele back on air soon.\"\n\nSinger Jessie Ware and actress Suranne Jones were among those to send their support to Roberts on Instagram, along with some of her BBC colleagues.\n\nRadio presenter Scott Mills wrote: \"We all love you Adele. It's amazing you posted this. You're awesome and you've got this.\"\n\nRadio 2 broadcaster Sara Cox said Roberts was \"brilliant and brave to share this to help people\", adding that she was sending her \"a thousand gentle hugs\".\n\nAdele Roberts, who was part of the BBC's presenting team for the London Marathon in 2019, has competed twice in the event\n\nRoberts rose to fame after appearing on the third series of Channel 4's Big Brother series in 2002. Contestants that year included ITV's This Morning presenter Alison Hammond, and Jade Goody, who died in 2009 after being diagnosed with cervical cancer.\n\nShe joined the BBC in 2012 as part of the Radio 1Xtra team, before moving to Radio 1 in 2015 to host the Early Breakfast Show. She took over the Weekend Breakfast programme earlier this year.\n\nShe also appeared on ITV's I'm a Celebrity in 2019, and was the first person in that series to be eliminated from the jungle.\n\nMost people with these symptoms do not have bowel cancer, but the NHS advice is to see your GP if you have one or more of the symptoms and they have persisted for more than four weeks.\n\nAnd if you, or someone you know, have been affected by cancer, information and support is available on the BBC's Action Line page.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"We want the NHS backlogs to be cleared as fast as possible\"\n\nBoris Johnson chose to visit a hospital he knows only too well to highlight the new funding package for the NHS in England.\n\nHe spent anxious days in intensive care at St Thomas' Hospital in central London in April 2020, seriously ill with Covid.\n\nThe pandemic continues to cast a long shadow over the NHS and that's because of uncertainty over how case numbers and hospital admissions will develop next year.\n\nHospitals have to maintain infection control measures and contingency plans to deal with any further surge in patient numbers.\n\nAnd that has a bearing on how much non-urgent work they can do.\n\nSo that makes it hard to tell how much money will be needed to make inroads on the backlog of operations cancelled at the height of the pandemic.\n\nBreaking down the figures shows that NHS England is getting an extra £6.6bn in the next financial year for day-to-day services, which falls to £3.6bn the following year and then is set at £5.6bn in the next 12 months. This is on top of the five-year settlement announced in 2018 which increased NHS funding by £20.5bn a year in real terms.\n\nThe new funding is intended to cover not only costs of reducing waiting lists but also additional spending linked to Covid.\n\nThere seems to be an underlying assumption that the overall burden on the NHS will be lighter after next year with less virus-related pressure.\n\nMr Johnson was visiting a training centre at St Thomas' and there were no patients being cared for so masks were not required when we sat down for an interview.\n\nHe talked of the nine million extra treatments which, in his view, the NHS could do as a result of the higher funding.\n\nBut there was no attempt to sugar the pill as he added that scale of the challenge could not be underestimated.\n\nI pressed him on whether the number waiting more than a year for a routine operation, at more than 300,000, would come down significantly following the new investment.\n\nHe would not be drawn on a target either on that measure or the waiting list number.\n\nHe acknowledged that \"things may well get more difficult before they get better\".\n\nJudging by the prime minister's responses there is no clear view in Downing Street what will happen to waiting lists.\n\nHe was anxious not to give a hostage to fortune by making predictions on numbers of the direction of travel.\n\nWhitehall officials will have drawn up a range of scenarios with widely varying outcomes.\n\nThe documents accompanying the health and care announcement refer to a 30% increase in hospital activity from pre-pandemic levels, but note that this is an aim rather than a pledge.\n\nMr Johnson seems to be putting his faith in social care investment taking the pressure off hospitals by getting older and frail patients discharged more swiftly.\n\nBut a rapid improvement in outcomes seems highly unlikely with the new social care funding taking time to kick in.\n\nRepresentatives of health service organisations are clear that what has now been promised to the NHS frontline is not sufficient to meet the demands on the service.\n\nThey had called for £10bn more in the next financial year for day-to-day running costs in England.\n\nMatthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: \"The NHS is grateful for this extra investment and it will help reduce the backlog - the problem is that its only enough to address that backlog and if the costs of Covid continue it won't be enough.\"\n\nWorkforce is another longer term issue which isn't fully addressed in the new policy statement.\n\nMany staff are exhausted and, while willing to work extra hours to get through more operations and procedures, may struggle to keep up the increased workload for a sustained period.\n\nVacancies and rota gaps can't be resolved overnight as training new staff takes several years.\n\nAs the Institute for Fiscal Studies has noted the NHS has historically needed more money than original plans and allocations with patient demand growing more rapidly than expected.\n\nIt is unlikely this time that there will be a departure from precedent.", "Afghanistan is facing the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world, with the country seeing a sharp deterioration in the situation since the Taliban seized power in August.\n\nInternational funds which propped up the country’s fragile economy have been stopped as the world debates how to deal with the Taliban regime.\n\nThe United Nations has issued a stark warning – that millions will die if urgent aid does not reach the country soon.\n\nIn this video, the BBC's Yogita Limaye travels to a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Herat, in the west of the country, and rural areas out of the city, and witnesses first-hand the dire situation on the ground.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The £1.7bn third proposal to built a tidal lagoon in Swansea bay\n\nA Bridgend company is leading plans to build a £1.7bn renewable energy project on Swansea's waterfront.\n\nThis is the third proposal to develop a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, and would include a battery factory and a data centre run on renewable energy.\n\nNo tax payers' money would be needed, according to the consortium, but consent will be required from the Welsh government for the energy projects.\n\nThe international consortium is led by DST Innovations, which makes industrial batteries in the United States.\n\nBlue Eden would be developed in three phases over twelve years, starting in 2023 with 1,000 jobs making high tech batteries for energy storage.\n\nThat would be followed by construction of a floating solar energy farm in the Queens Dock area and large data centre powered by an uninterruptable source of renewable energy, which would be a UK first.\n\nThe heat generated by the computer servers in the centre would then heat 5,000 new eco-homes along the waterfront.\n\nThere would also be an oceanic and climate change research centre and 150 floating houses, as seen in the Netherlands.\n\nThe project hopes to support 16,000 jobs across the Swansea Bay city region in the long term.\n\nSwansea council's leader Rob Stewart said: \"I'm delighted that an international consortium led by a Welsh company has developed our Dragon Energy Island vision into a ground-breaking project that delivers so many benefits and builds on the council's ambition to become a net zero city by 2050.\n\n\"Cooperation and support will be required, trying to make sure the permissions and the consents that are needed are in place.\"\n\nFloating eco-homes like this one could be seen on Swansea's waterfront if the plans go ahead\n\nMr Stewart explained that Blue Eden had signed a memorandum of understanding with Associated British Ports and were in discussions with them about acquiring land.\n\nThe projected energy output of the tidal lagoon and floating solar panels are just under 320 megawatts each, which means Welsh government would be responsible for giving consent to these elements.\n\nSwansea council supports the project but Mr Stewart said no public money would be given to it: \"Blue Eden will put Swansea and Wales at the cutting-edge of global renewable energy innovation, helping create thousands of well-paid jobs, significantly cut our carbon footprint and further raise Swansea's profile across the world as a place to invest.\"\n\nAn image by DST of the proposed tidal lagoon including turbines\n\nDST's co-founder and chief executive Tony Miles said: \"Blue Eden is an opportunity to create a template for the world to follow - utilising renewable energy and maximising new technologies and thinking to develop not only a place to live and work, but also to thrive.\"\n\nThe company added it did not any need money from either the UK or Welsh government, or a guaranteed price for the electricity, since all the electricity produced will be used within the Blue Eden development.\n\nMr Miles said he hoped to start building work in two years' time: \"We'd like to break ground in a couple of years, once we've finalised all the studies, and some fairly major investors have injected a lot of capital into this already.\n\n\"We're hoping without too many bad statistics for future sea rises and weather forecasts, it has 120 years of life before somebody comes up with a new version.\"\n\nThe latest project for Swansea Bay differs widely from previous attempts to generate renewable energy there.\n\nIn contrast this is entirely privately funded, does not feed electricity into the National Grid and is different in the way it develops two industries - batteries for the renewable sector and a data centre, saving time and producing an income while the lengthy planning process for the lagoon takes place.\n\nHowever, it is still early days for the project. The battery production is still at the pilot stage and involves using, but not burning, anthracite coal - a sodium solution. DST said it would be less affected by extreme weather than batteries made from lithium.\n\nBlue Eden's plans also depend on customers for the data centre and the company says it has already been contacted by people who are interested.\n\nThe biggest hurdles to the project are permissions from four public sector organisations.\n\nIt needs a license from the Crown Estate to construct the lagoon wall on the sea bed, planning permission for the battery factory, data centre and housing from Swansea Council, permission to generate electricity from Welsh government and a license from Natural Resources Wales.\n\nThe first proposals for a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay faced detailed criticism from groups that were concerned about its impact on ecology and fish migration from the sea into rivers to spawn.\n\nThe lagoon would produce 320 megawatts of electricity which would power more than 5,000 homes on site, a data centre, an oceanographic and climate change research centre and battery manufacturing plant.\n\nThat size means that it is not big enough to need permission from the UK government.", "The mood of this remarkable day was captured to perfection by the sight of Sir Alex Ferguson puffing out his cheeks with a face like thunder, while Sir Kenny Dalglish sat a few seats away sporting a smile that looked like it might have to be surgically removed.\n\nTwo knights, two old adversaries, two legendary figures at Manchester United and Liverpool epitomising the contrasting emotions of the two clubs and their different directions of travel.\n\nThe meeting between Manchester United and Liverpool, and this was the 208th, carries consequences.\n\nAs the shockwaves of this match reverberated around Old Trafford, the question is whether this result will carry more than most.\n\nThere was a sense of reckoning about this 5-0 Liverpool victory. It was on such a scale and such an embarrassment that it means Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's sympathisers will have an even tougher job claiming the Norwegian manager is up to the task of making Manchester United a serious force once again.\n• None Man Utd thrashed as Liverpool score five at Old Trafford\n• None 'We are rock bottom but too close to give up' - Solskjaer\n• None Who did you rate just 1.75 in our player rater?\n• None How social media reacted to Old Trafford rout\n\nSolskjaer, sadly, looked out of his depth as a United manager alongside Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp.\n\nKlopp stalked the touchline constantly, never satisfied for a second as he delivered regular verbal volleys to his players even when they were five up, while Solskjaer sat in his seat looking shell-shocked and lost.\n\nLiverpool looked light years ahead of United in every aspect of the game. Management. Coaching. Organisation. Tactics.\n\nKlopp has fashioned a formidable unit during his six years in charge while winning the Champions League and the title - while United are a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants affair.\n\nThe gap is vast. Liverpool will be right in the title fight along with Chelsea and Manchester City while United will just have to hope to finish in the top four.\n\nAnd yet should it actually be like this? Should the gap be as wide as it looked at Old Trafford?\n\nUnited's team is full of talented players, as it should be given that Solskjaer has spent £400m, but do they look any closer to Liverpool? Not on this evidence.\n\nUnited's tactical plan, and thus Solskjaer's, looks very much a case of hoping one of his selection of attacking riches comes up with something. Hope and pray. There is no obvious structure or shape.\n\nSolskjaer's team is a collection of talented parts which he shows no sign of bolting together into a coherent unit. In opposition at Old Trafford was the very definition of what United are not.\n\nIt all came together horrendously for United when Diogo Jota made it 2-0 to Liverpool. Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw crashed into each other, allowing Trent Alexander-Arnold to deliver the perfect cross for the Portuguese. The pair have proved reliable for England but this is not the case with United.\n\nSolskjaer has had backing from United's hierarchy. Here £73m Jadon Sancho was on the bench while £89m Paul Pogba appeared fleetingly as a half-time substitute before getting himself sent off 15 minutes later for a very poor challenge on Naby Keita.\n\nThis was a terrible mismatch, Liverpool's ruthless streak sensing instantly that here was an opportunity to rub their great rivals' noses in it. And they did it quite magnificently, unforgivingly.\n\nIt was the first time United have lost by five goals at home without scoring themselves since defeat to Manchester City in February 1955 under Matt Busby.\n\nLiverpool are back to their best after the trauma of injuries and loss of form last season. This was the Liverpool that won the title at a canter in 2019-20. They will not win it at a canter this time - Chelsea and Manchester City are too good for that - but what a threat they will be.\n\nAnd at the head of it, on the pitch at least, is the peerless Salah, now on a par with any player on the planet, a seemingly unstoppable force with his hat-trick meaning he scored for the 10th consecutive game.\n\nIt is that sense of team, however, that sets Liverpool apart. They have the individual brilliance of Salah and so many others but they are welded together tightly.\n\nUnited have plenty of talent but nothing that pulls it all together. This is the job of the manager and at the moment it is beyond Solskjaer.\n\nKlopp, on the other hand, seems to get every big decision right.\n\nWhen Liverpool's teamsheet landed before kick-off, it was missing the influential Fabinho through injury while Klopp left out Sadio Mane to bring in Jota and £35m summer signing Ibrahima Konate was selected ahead of Joel Matip.\n\nEyebrows raised? Yes, but not for long as Jota scored and was a menace throughout while Konate looked perfectly at home alongside Virgil van Dijk, although he will have harder days than this.\n\nFor all the deserved praise delivered in the direction of Klopp and Liverpool, the hot topic with supporters in and around Old Trafford was the future of Solskjaer and whether this was the sort of result a Manchester United manager can come back from.\n\nIt was so chastening that many fans left at half-time and they were swiftly joined by the second shift when Salah made it 5-0 five minutes after the break.\n\nUnited were dreadful when they lost 4-2 at Leicester City eight days ago but this was far worse, far more damaging. It will take a long time for anyone at the club to forget this - and if they do Liverpool fans will be there to gleefully remind them.\n\nThere was optimistic pre-game talk that the sight of Liverpool would inspire Solskjaer and United's players to offer something in the way of serious substance. Instead, they shrunk in front of the challenge. It was an embarrassment.\n\nSolskjaer, in his third full season, is now under more pressure and scrutiny than ever. United's hierarchy have been emphatic in their backing but, after the harrowing 90 minutes they suffered at Liverpool's hands, would it be such a surprise if the thinking changed?\n\nOf course, sacking Solskjaer is easily done but finding a quality replacement is not.\n\nAntonio Conte is available but comes expensively and is high maintenance while the best of the rest are pretty much taken. The much-admired Mauricio Pochettino is at Paris St-Germain.\n\nAnd to inflict a further wound on United, the best are taken by Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea - both Klopp and Guardiola were somehow allowed to escape their grasp and end up in the arms of their fiercest rivals with devastating effect. Thomas Tuchel has already won the Champions League at Chelsea in less than a year.\n\nThis looks like a United management and team that has lost its way.\n\nLiverpool's thrashing put it all into sharp relief and now the question is how long Solskjaer will be allowed to stay at the wheel in the hope of finding a direction.\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "Almost £2bn will be invested by the government into building new homes on derelict or unused land in England, the chancellor is expected to announce in Wednesday's Budget.\n\nThe government said 160,000 greener homes could be built on brownfield land the size of 2,000 football pitches.\n\nIt also pledged to invest £9m towards 100 urban \"pocket parks\" across the UK.\n\nHowever, concerns have been raised that not enough affordable homes are being built.\n\nNigel Wilson, chief executive of Legal and General, told the BBC's Today programme the £1.8bn investment was the \"right direction of travel\", but was \"not enough scale right now\".\n\nHe warned people living in smaller cities and towns were being \"left behind\" due to not enough homes being constructed.\n\n\"You shouldn't have to be rich to be green,\" he said. \"It's very difficult for poorer people to get on the green (housing) ladder.\n\n\"There's a lot of active listening going on (by the government), but we don't just want CGI housing - we want real housing built across the UK.\"\n\nThe government said the funding was part of its efforts to meet the UK's net zero target by 2050.\n\nIt hopes the plans will help regenerate parts of England and support 50,000 new jobs.\n\nThe proposals also include creating so-called \"pocket parks\" - measuring the size of a tennis court - to create more green spaces.\n\nMore than 2.5 million people across the UK currently live further than a 10 minute walk from their closest green space.\n\nTim Farron, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for housing, said people buying new homes would be \"forced to fork out thousands to upgrade their homes in the future to cut their bills and reduce emissions\".\n\n\"In his Budget, the chancellor should bring forward new standards for greener homes to ensure all new homes are cheap to heat and produce minimal emissions,\" he said.\n\nZoe Nicholson, Green Party leader of Lewes District Council, said building on brownfield sites made sense, but added the government's investment was an \"absurdly small amount of money\".\n\n\"It would be more effective if they handed this £2bn of funding to local authorities, which would allow them to build net zero council homes,\" she said,.\n\n\"This announcement seems to be little more than a gimmick intended to distract us from the fact that their agenda is to simply 'build, build, build' on our countryside to the benefit of greedy developers.\"\n\nThe Labour Party has not responded to requests for comment.\n\nAs well as funding for new housing developments, the chancellor is expected to confirm £65m to develop new software to help with the digitisation of the town planning system.\n\nThe first phase will see the system rolled out to up to 175 local authorities in England.", "Bibaa Henry (left) and Nicole Smallman pictured at Ms Henry's birthday gathering at about 8pm - at which time their killer was on his way to the park\n\n\"Mina. Mina, we found a knife. Mina, I'm going to need you to sit down. I found them. I found them but they've gone.\"\n\nWith those words, Adam Stone extinguished Mina Smallman's last spark of hope that this story could have a happy ending.\n\nOver the previous two days she had become increasingly concerned about the oldest and youngest of her three daughters, unable to reach either Bibaa Henry or Nicole Smallman - the partner of Mr Stone.\n\nThe police had seemed uninterested; Mrs Smallman felt there was a frustrating lack of urgency in searching for the sisters, who had been celebrating Ms Henry's 46th birthday at a country park.\n\n\"I said to the police: 'We don't know if there's been foul play here - we have no idea. We are now 36 hours on and they haven't turned up.'\n\n\"I knew instantly why they didn't care. They didn't care because they looked at my daughter's address and they thought they knew who she was.\n\nMina Smallman, a former archdeacon, believes the police handled the disappearance of her daughters with a lack of urgency\n\nThe news of the murders of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman hit the headlines on Monday 8 June 2020.\n\nThe two sisters had been repeatedly stabbed. Their bodies had been lying behind a line of trees at Fryent Country Park in Wembley, north-west London, since the very early hours of Saturday.\n\nMr Stone and friends who had been with the women at the birthday gathering had already tried to raise the alarm.\n\nHe knew something was wrong when neither woman could be contacted on Saturday. He knew it when Ms Smallman's flatmate said she had not come home, and when he couldn't trace his girlfriend with a phone-finding app, and when he saw that her bank account had not been accessed. He knew it when there was no answer to his frantic knocks at Ms Henry's front door.\n\nHe had telephoned anyone he thought could shed light on the disappearance, including the police. Nothing. The two women had seemingly just vanished.\n\nMs Henry and Ms Smallman were close despite an age gap of nearly 20 years\n\nNina Esmat, a nurse who had been friends with Ms Henry since they were 16, was equally as convinced that something terrible had happened. And so, on Sunday 7 June Ms Esmat and Mr Stone made their separate ways to Fryent Country Park, where Ms Esmat found a pair of Ms Henry's sunglasses.\n\n\"I saw them glinting in the sun and my heart sank. I just knew she would not have left them behind.\" She called the police who told her to take them to a local police station.\n\nMr Stone and his parents continued to search.\n\nHe found another pair of sunglasses, these belonging to Ms Smallman. He left them where they lay, in case the park became acknowledged as the crime scene it was.\n\nMr Stone saw shoes in the undergrowth.\n\nHe had found his girlfriend. The woman he had been with for six years, who had lived with him at his parents' house. The co-owner of their pet bearded dragon.\n\nThe last text message he received from her said: \"I'm dancing in a field.\"\n\nThe blue cushion in this photograph was later found bloodstained at a refuse centre\n\nNow, lifeless, she had been left intertwined with her equally motionless older sister. Their eyes were open, blank and dull. Stab wounds were visible on their bodies.\n\nMr Stone dropped to his knees and screamed.\n\n\"It was like the whole world stopped at that point,\" his mother said.\n\nMr Stone had to break the news to the others. He telephoned Mrs Smallman. He texted Ms Esmat. He used the same phrase: \"I found them. They're gone.\"\n\nThe bodies of Ms Henry and Ms Smallman had been concealed by a treeline at Fryent Country Park\n\nThe events leading up to the attack were pieced together. Detectives soon determined the perpetrator was a stranger. There was no logic to the killing of Ms Henry and Ms Smallman. They were chosen because they were there.\n\nThe evening had started so well. The picnic area had been decked out with blankets and cushions. Ms Esmat was the first to arrive and joined the sisters at the top of the hill.\n\n\"It was a beautiful evening, amazing view, amazing sunset. We were all taking pictures remarking on the sky at night.\"\n\nThey were only there because they had been following the rules. Social distancing meant Ms Henry could not celebrate her birthday indoors. She arranged a small gathering in the open air.\n\nThere was food and drink, music and laughter, fairy lights and friends; and selfies that should have preserved memories of people doing their best to enjoy life during a strange summer of lockdown.\n\nMs Henry \"had the heart of a lion\", her family said\n\nThe sisters, thanks to the senseless actions of an insignificant teenager who thought he could do a deal with a demon, are at risk of being remembered as murder victims, forever associated with something that was done to them rather than by them, something out of their control.\n\nBut Bibaa Henry was a strong woman. She was a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend and a colleague.\n\nShe fought for what was right; she was a fierce exponent for the more vulnerable members of society.\n\nShe was \"a force of nature\" who lived in Brent in north-west London, an \"exceptional\" senior social worker at Buckinghamshire Council, \"just fantastic to be around\", had \"the biggest personality in the room\" and was a fervent advocate in safeguarding at-risk children and families.\n\nA \"lovely woman who was both serious and fun\", her luminous love for life drew people to her \"like a beacon in the darkness\".\n\nBefore qualifying in social work Ms Henry had a job driving disabled children to their activities. Baby daughter beside her, she would get her young passengers singing and enjoying the journey.\n\nShe was proud of her father, Herman Henry, the ABA featherweight champion of 1982 who set up his own building contracting company.\n\nShe was proud of her mother Mina, who gave up office work to train as a teacher and later joined the priesthood, becoming the Church of England's first black female archdeacon.\n\nShe was barely 5ft tall yet \"had the heart of a lion\" and \"a smile that would put the Blackpool Illuminations to shame\".\n\nNicole Smallman was passionate about her work in documentary-making and theatre\n\nNicole Smallman, 19 years younger than her elder sister, shared many of the same interests, especially in the arts.\n\nLaid-back and approachable, Ms Smallman was a photographer, a University of Westminster graduate and \"a joy to be around\".\n\nIn comparison to Ms Henry's blinding incandescence Ms Smallman's personality was more diffuse; mellow and all-encompassing.\n\nLong-time family friend Ieuan Ledger said: \"You hear about people 'lighting up a room' when they walk in. But that description is almost too harsh for Nikki.\n\n\"When she walked into a room she was like a nightlight. It was subtle, protective, warm.\"\n\nA talented artist, she was passionate about her work in documentary-making and theatre. She was also a singer and an actor with a speaking voice so \"silky smooth\" her teacher said she should do radio or TV presenting.\n\nShe \"saw beauty in everything\", was friendly, enthusiastic and much-loved. Calm and positive, she was a strong supporter of humanitarian and environmental causes.\n\nHer parents, Mina and Christopher, would laughingly agree the baby of the family \"was a child of the '60s\", and beautiful both inside and out.\n\nMs Smallman was \"like a nightlight - subtle, protective and warm\"\n\nMr Ledger's godmother is Mina Smallman. His mother, who went to university with Mrs Smallman, is Nicole's godmother. Mr Ledger and Ms Smallman called themselves \"godsiblings\".\n\n\"We were very close as children - as we became adults it was harder and harder to be as involved but she was still very much in my heart. I had a stuffed tiger she gave me, it was on my shelf well into my 20s.\n\n\"It really didn't sink in until a couple of months later when something snapped inside me and I realised that I was never going to see Bibaa or Nikki again. That was the hardest part.\n\n\"I have moments of blinding realisation. It felt like every bit of news got progressively more traumatic. Police taking selfies.\" (Two officers have been charged with misconduct in public office).\n\nHe added: \"Every single moment there was something new that made it even worse than it was.\"\n\nWhen Mr Ledger heard of the killer's efforts to secure a big lottery win, \"there was a moment of sheer disbelief. To find out it was to do with just trying to win the lottery... it was beyond tragic.\n\n\"It's insulting. If it wasn't bad enough already, such a banal reason - it was insulting and offensive.\"\n\nBibaa Henry celebrated her 46th birthday with a small group of friends. It was her last\n\nMs Smallman arranged the picnic with her big sister\n\nMrs Smallman, who said the greatest fear of any parent is that they will outlive their children, described herself as \"broken beyond words\".\n\n\"The grief we feel is palpable, our beautiful and talented daughters gone.\"\n\nShe later said: \"I think the notion of 'all people matter' is absolutely right, but it's not true. Other people have more kudos in this world than people of colour.\n\n\"That's what gives me purpose - if their lives make a change in the way women are viewed, and black women in particular.\n\n\"In the pecking order of things we are the lowest on the ladder.\"\n\nThis is one of the last photographs taken of the sisters, only moments before they were attacked\n\nThe final images Mrs Smallman's daughters captured on their phones are both haunting and poignant.\n\nWhirling lights and grinning, spinning sisters laughing at each other; stars wheeling overhead as they dance, and the soft apricot glow of London's night sky throwing the trees into gentle silhouette.\n\nBut a teenager lurking just out of shot had also planned his evening - one of spilled blood, horrific violence and pointless sacrifice.\n\nThe very last photograph was taken by the sisters at 01:13. It shows the two women looking distracted and glancing to their left.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The COP26 summit is being held at the SEC in Glasgow\n\nGlasgow's council leader has insisted the city is ready for the COP26 conference - but \"with caveats\".\n\nSusan Aitken denied the city was a mess and said cleansing staff were \"working round the clock\" for the UN summit.\n\nIn a meeting with the Scottish Affairs Committee, she addressed accusations that bins were overflowing and rubbish collectors had suffered rat attacks.\n\nThe SNP councillor told MPs that other cities were dirtier than Glasgow and insisted she was \"not embarrassed\".\n\nMs Aitken said: \"The Cop26 board met last week and the verdict was that we are ready, with caveats.\n\n\"The caveats are mainly technical, some of them have already been resolved\n\n\"None of them were massive, none of them were enough to cause panic.\"\n\nScottish Conservative leader, Douglas Ross, asked Ms Aitken whether the \"technical issues\" included cleansing staff being attacked by rats.\n\nHis comments came after the GMB union said it was aware of four binmen being taken to hospital after such attacks.\n\nSusan Aitken said cleansing staff were \"working round the clock\"\n\nMs Aitken admitted that there had been \"small incidents\" after \"very minor contact with a rat\".\n\n\"It's also not something that is unique to Glasgow, it's something that's happening right across the UK - all cities have rats.\"\n\nThe city council leader was giving evidence to the Westminster committee about preparations for the climate summit, which begins on Sunday.\n\nLast week, cleansing staff in Glasgow said they would strike for a week during the conference.\n\nMs Aitken told MPs that 12,000 additional hours had been worked to clean Glasgow ahead of Cop26, with 150 new bins deployed across the city.\n\nThe UN conference will bring 25,000 delegates to Glasgow\n\nShe denied there was a rubbish problem in the city that was \"unique to Glasgow\".\n\nMs Aitken added: \"I reject entirely suggestions that Glasgow is somehow particular in this.\"\n\n\"We are, as are other cities globally, working to address the very serious challenges and impacts that were caused by the pandemic, but we were never going to be able to recover overnight.\n\n\"We are making considerable progress, we're working round the clock to address those issues - particularly in the Cop26 zones in the city - but actually right across the city.\"\n\nMs Aiken said the city's efforts were not just for \"VIPs coming to Glasgow\", but to improve services for residents.\n\nShe added: \"I'm not embarrassed. I'm confident that the visitors coming to Glasgow will see - as they always see - an incredibly vibrant, diverse, and welcoming urban space.\"\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has also said she believes Glasgow \"is ready for Cop26\".\n\nShe said: \"I think there are challenges in Glasgow and challenges in cities across Scotland, the UK, the world - some of them related to Covid, some of them more fundamental than that.\n\n\"I'm not going to stand here and say they don't exist in Glasgow.\n\n\"Glasgow - as it has been with big events in past years - will be an excellent host for Cop26, and that's important.\"\n\nSkip image gallery Tap or click to go through the gallery\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak will lay out the government's latest tax and spending plans on Wednesday 27 October.\n\nIt's the government's second Budget of the year, after one in March, and will coincide with the conclusions of the 2021 Spending Review, which will give details of how government will fund public services for the next three years.\n\nResponding to the most recent public sector finance data this week, the chancellor said: \"At the Budget and Spending Review next week, I will set out how we will continue to support public services, businesses and jobs while keeping our public finances fit for the future.\"\n\nWhat are his options? Here we look at six things to watch out for in the Budget that could affect your personal finances.\n\nEnergy bills are set to rise this winter\n\nThe chancellor is reportedly considering a cut to the 5% rate of value added tax on household energy bills.\n\nThe move would be popular and timely against the background of soaring energy bills this winter and is something the government is now able to do because of Brexit.\n\nBut the move could attract criticism as it would - in effect - mean subsidising fossil fuels ahead of the climate summit.\n\nAlso, a VAT cut on domestic energy bills would cost about £1.5bn a year, which may just be too much for the chancellor.\n\nExtra tax on sparkling wine could be cut\n\nThere are rumours the chancellor is planning to simplify the way that alcohol is taxed in the UK.\n\nThe 2019 Conservative election manifesto promised to review it, so now could be the time.\n\nOne suggestion is to reduce the premium on sparkling wine to the same level as still wine, which could knock 83p off a bottle of Champagne or Prosecco.\n\n\"The government should stop trying to favour certain parts of the industry, instead focusing on removing distortions and creating a simpler system of alcohol taxes targeted at socially costly drinking,\" said Kate Smith, associate director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.\n\nThe drinks levies have been in place since the 1600s and raise £12bn a year for the government.\n\nIf you sell a second home, you'll pay capital gains tax\n\nThere are rumours that the current Capital Gains Tax rates may be tinkered with.\n\nThe tax is paid when people sell assets such as shares or a second home.\n\nIt's been suggested that rates could be aligned more closely with income tax rates, which could mean scrapping the current tax rates of 10% and 20% (or 18% and 28% for property) and instead making everyone pay income tax rates on their gains.\n\nA report by the Office of Tax Simplification, published in November 2020, recommended that CGT rates should be increased to bring them into line with income tax.\n\nBut it would be unlikely to raise significant extra amounts of tax, as it is typically paid by only about 275,000 taxpayers and raises less than £10bn a year.\n\nStudents could be asked to repay their loans sooner\n\nThere are reports that graduates may be asked to start paying back student loans earlier.\n\nThe chancellor could do that by lowering the threshold at which people start repaying their student loans, a move that could save the Treasury about £2bn a year.\n\nCurrently, English and Welsh students who enrolled at university after 2012 pay 9% of everything they earn above £27,295 per year. They repay the same 9% until the loan is fully repaid or until 30 years after graduating.\n\nIf the threshold were reduced to £25,000, it would cost anyone earning more than the current limit an extra £206 a year, while if it were slashed to £20,000, it would cost an extra £656 a year.\n\nMinisters are rumoured to have proposed cutting the threshold to as low as £23,000 and giving graduates 40 years as opposed to 30 to repay their debt.\n\nA worker washing dishes could see their minimum wage rise\n\nIn his March Budget, Mr Sunak announced that the National Living Wage (what the governments call the minimum wage) would increase for workers over the age of 23.\n\nSince then, the government has come under pressure to help employees further - especially as younger workers have been some of the worst hit by the economic downturn.\n\nOne solution the chancellor has been reportedly looking at is to increase the National Living Wage by 5.7% to £9.42 per hour from its current rate of £8.91.\n\nThat would bring it close to the Living Wage Foundation's current recommendation of £9.50 an hour.\n\nThe government could raise cash by cutting tax relief on pension savings for those on high salaries.\n\nBut pension experts warn such a move would not be as simple as it sounds, Steven Cameron, pensions director at Aegon, said: \"A move to a flat rate of pensions tax relief, rather than the current system where relief is based on the rate of income tax paid, would be far from simple to implement.\"\n\nHe said it would be particularly difficult for defined-benefit schemes and could mean medium to high earners, including doctors in public sector schemes, facing big tax bills.\n\n\"Removing higher-rate relief would be a direct attack on middle Britain, leading to people who do the right thing and save for their future being hit with extra tax costs,\" said Tom Selby, head of retirement policy at AJ Bell.\n• None Why is UK inflation so high?", "This year's event will have a reduced capacity of 30,000\n\nEdinburgh's Hogmanay street party will return this year after Covid forced the cancellation of the 2020 event.\n\nThe event, which also will feature the return of the Edinburgh Castle fireworks display, has a reduced capacity of 30,000.\n\nArtists, who have yet to be announced, will perform on the Ross Bandstand to a crowd of 3,500, with the show streamed to the Princes Street audience.\n\nTickets for the event will go on sale on Tuesday.\n\nOrganisers Underbelly said that 7,500 tickets for this year's event will be available at a discounted price for those with an EH postcode.\n\nA four-day programme of events also includes a torchlight procession and concerts at Greyfriars Kirk, including shows by Eddi Reader and Dougie Maclean.\n\nThe last time the event was held in-person, in 2019, the street party was attended by 75,000 people.\n\nLast year's programme of events was held online due to the pandemic.\n\nCity of Edinburgh Council depute leader Cammy Day said: \"Edinburgh is the home of Hogmanay and it is fantastic that this year, as we mark its 29th year, we see the return of in-person events and that celebrations will return to the streets of the capital.\"", "Vanessa Bryant, the widow of Kobe Bryant, said she learned about the death of her husband by seeing \"RIP Kobe\" notifications on her phone.\n\nBasketball star Bryant died with his daughter, 13-year-old Gianna, and seven others in the January 2020 crash.\n\nMs Bryant is suing the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for negligence and invasion of privacy.\n\nShe alleges that officers shared graphic photos of the crash scene, including Kobe and Gianna's bodies.\n\nDuring a deposition, a county attorney asked Ms Bryant when she was first made aware of the crash.\n\nMs Bryant said that she was informed by a family assistant that her husband and daughter had been in a helicopter accident, but that five people had survived. She thought that they were likely among the survivors.\n\nBut then messages started popping up on her phone.\n\n\"I was holding onto my phone, because obviously I was trying to call my husband back, and all these notifications started popping up on my phone, saying 'RIP Kobe. RIP Kobe. RIP Kobe',\" Ms Bryant said, according to a transcript of the deposition.\n\n\"My life will never be the same without my husband and daughter,\" she added.\n\nKobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others died when a helicopter crashed in California last year\n\nIn March, Ms Bryant published the names of Los Angeles County police officers who she said shared graphic photos of the scene of the crash.\n\nShe alleges that one of the officers shared with a bartender photos of Kobe Bryant's body and the others distributed \"gratuitous photos of the dead children, parents, and coaches\".\n\nThe Los Angeles Times newspaper reported in February last year that an internal police investigation found officers shared photos of victims' remains.\n\n\"I don't think it's fair that I'm here today having to fight for accountability,\" Ms Bryant said.\n\n\"Because no one should ever have to endure this type of pain and fear of their family members. The pictures getting released, this is not okay.\"\n\nMs Bryant said that she had asked Sheriff Alex Villanueva to make sure nobody took photos at the scene.\n\nThe sheriff's department has declined to comment on the pending lawsuit.\n\nMs Bryant said that she has kept the clothes her husband and daughter were wearing when they died.\n\n\"And if their clothes represent the condition of their bodies, I cannot imagine how someone could be so callous and have no regard for them or our friends, and just share the images as if they were animals on a street,\" she said.\n\nYou may also be interested in...\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. African basketball stars discuss Kobe Bryant's legacy one year since his death in a helicopter crash.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rachel Reeves wants to see the government's Plan B implemented now, alongside Plan A\n\nLabour is calling on the government to bring in its Plan B measures to tackle Covid in England, including advice to work from home and compulsory masks.\n\nShadow chancellor Rachel Reeves also told the BBC the vaccine programme was \"stalling\" and needed to work better.\n\nBut Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the data did not currently suggest \"immediately moving to Plan B\".\n\nThe measures, which aim to protect the NHS from \"unsustainable pressure\", also includes mandatory Covid passports.\n\nPlan A, which is currently in place, involves offering booster jabs to the most vulnerable, a single dose to healthy 12 to 15-year-olds and encouraging unvaccinated people to get jabbed.\n\nThe NHS Confederation and the British Medical Association are among the groups who have called for some restrictions to be reintroduced in England, amid rising cases.\n\nMeanwhile in Wales, ministers are to consider whether to extend the use of Covid passes for a wider range of venues.\n\nMs Reeves told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: \"I think the first thing is the government have got to do more to make Plan A work.\n\n\"If the scientists are saying work from home and masks, we should do that. So get A working better because the vaccination programme has been stalling, and introduce those parts of Plan B.\n\n\"But there are also things not in A or B that need to be done, like paying statutory sick pay from day one and also better ventilation in public spaces.\"\n\nAsked whether Plan B should be introduced now, she said: \"Yes, but let's not let the government off the hook with Plan A either.\"\n\nA Conservative Party spokesman said it was the third time Labour had changed its position on Plan B in four days.\n\nAppearing on the same programme, Mr Sunak was also asked whether it was time to bring in the government's back-up plan.\n\n\"We're monitoring everything, but at the moment the data does not suggest that we should be immediately moving to Plan B, but of course we will keep an eye on that and the plans are ready,\" he said.\n\nThe chancellor also said reintroducing the furlough scheme was \"not on the cards because we don't envisage having to impose significant economic restrictions in the way that we had to over the last year\".\n\nHe added that the vaccine rollout was the \"first line of defence\" and the booster campaign was the best way to protect people through the winter.\n\nMore than 325,000 booster jabs were given in England on Saturday - the biggest daily figure for boosters yet, NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard tweeted.\n\nProf Adam Finn, a member of the government's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said the vaccination programme by itself was not enough \"to bring things under control\".\n\n\"We do need to have people using lateral flow tests, avoiding contact with large numbers of people in enclosed spaces, using masks, all of those things now need to happen if we're going to stop this rise and get things under control soon enough to stop a real meltdown in the middle of the winter,\" he told Sky News' Trevor Phillips On Sunday.\n\nAsked if the government should move to Plan B now, he said: \"Well, some kind of Plan B.\"\n\nThe Liberal Democrats said it looked \"increasingly likely\" Covid restrictions would have to be reintroduced because of the \"government's bungling and inaction\".\n\nDr Katherine Henderson, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, told the programme emergency departments were \"already struggling to cope\", with large queues of ambulances waiting outside hospitals.\n\nOne in 55 people in England had Covid last week, according to the latest ONS figures, the highest rate since the end of January.\n\nDemands for compulsory mask wearing, vaccine passports and more working from home have been growing - backed by many doctors and people representing NHS trusts.\n\nLabour's position has not been altogether clear on this.\n\nWhen asked by Andrew Marr whether Plan B should be introduced \"now\", shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves agreed. But she also suggested the priority should be accelerating the rollout of booster vaccines to the over-50s and first jabs to teenagers.\n\nOn the same programme, Chancellor Rishi Sunak repeatedly ruled out reimposing stricter measures \"immediately\" - perhaps suggesting a slight change of tone from senior ministers.\n\nThe key measure to watch for is pressure on hospitals.\n\nAs things stand, there are currently 6,405 people being treated for Covid on wards in England. The number has been rising but is still no higher than it was in mid-September - and well below the 34,000 seen in January.\n\nIn minutes of a meeting of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) on 14 October, which were published on Friday, the scientists said restrictions should be prepared for \"rapid deployment\" and that acting earlier could reduce the need for stricter measures over a longer time period.\n\nThey said that out of the government's back-up measures, advising people to work from home was likely to have the most impact on the spread of Covid.\n\nStricter rules are already in place in other parts of the UK, with masks compulsory in some settings in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nOn Sunday, the UK reported 39,962 new cases - the first time in 12 days that cases have dropped below 40,000.\n\nThere were also another 72 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test.", "Police have cordoned off the scene of the blast in Kampala\n\nOne person has been killed and three others injured in a bomb attack in Uganda's capital, Kampala.\n\nThe explosion happened at a bar on Saturday night, killing a 20-year-old waitress and scattering panicked revellers on to the street outside.\n\nThree suspected bombers disguised themselves as customers before planting the explosives under a table, police say.\n\nThe Islamic State group (IS) later said it was behind the attack.\n\nThe explosion comes one week after the UK government issued an alert about terrorism in Uganda.\n\nIt warned British citizens in the East African country - where attacks of this kind are rare - that \"terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks\". It advised them to be vigilant at public places, including restaurants and bars.\n\nPolice have cordoned off the scene of the blast - a venue popular for roasted pork and beer in a largely residential area on the city's outskirts.\n\nForensic teams have been scouring the site for evidence\n\nA local mayor told the BBC the community were fearful and wondered why anyone would target their neighbourhood.\n\nPolice spokesman Fred Enanga said the bombers ordered food and drinks at the bar, before placing a plastic bag under a table. The explosion went off moments after they left.\n\nInvestigators have found nails, ball bearings and other metal fragments, Mr Enanga added, suggesting the explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device.\n\nUganda's President Yoweri Museveni said on Twitter that the blast was a terrorist act and promised to catch the perpetrators.\n\n\"The public should not fear, we shall defeat this criminality like we have defeated all the other criminality committed by the pigs who don't respect life,\" he said.\n\nIn 2010, 74 people were killed in bomb blasts that went off at venues in Kampala where football fans were watching the screening of the World Cup final. The masterminds of the attacks, from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, are serving life sentences.", "There was no legal requirement for fans at this Manic Street Preachers gig in Cardiff to social distance Image caption: There was no legal requirement for fans at this Manic Street Preachers gig in Cardiff to social distance\n\nWales' top doctor has expressed concern that some people are behaving as if the pandemic is over by ignoring Welsh laws on face coverings and not social distancing.\n\nWales' case rate is at a record high of 716.9 cases per 100,000 people - the highest of all the UK nations.\n\nIt has led ministers to look at extending the use of NHS Covid passes for a wider range of venues, such as cafes, bars and restaurants.\n\nWales' chief medical officer Dr Frank Atherton tells BBC Wales: \"A very significant proportion of the Welsh population is still behaving with extreme caution and realises that we are not out of the woods with this yet, but there is a sense other places that it is all over.\"\n\nHe says he worries when he sees people not wearing face coverings or crowding into indoor spaces without observing social distancing.\n\nDr Atherton warns that unless people follow Covid rules, some of the \"more draconian\" measures and laws may have to return.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Demonstrators take to the streets of Khartoum to protest against the arrests\n\nA coup is under way in Sudan, where the military has dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders and declared a state of emergency.\n\nProtests have erupted in several cities including the capital Khartoum. Three people are said to have died after being shot by the armed forces.\n\nMilitary and civilian leaders have been at odds since long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir was overthrown two years ago.\n\nLarge numbers of protesters are on the streets of the capital demanding the return of civilian rule, BBC Arabic's Mohamed Osman reports from Khartoum.\n\nMore protesters are expected to join the crowds after calls for action by political parties and professional unions, our correspondent says. Doctors have refused to work at hospitals and institutions under military rule, except in emergencies, he adds.\n\nOne demonstrator, Sawsan Bashir, told AFP news agency: \"We will not leave the streets until the civilian government is back and the transition is back.\"\n\n\"We are ready to give our lives for the democratic transition in Sudan,\" fellow protester Haitham Mohamed said.\n\nArmy and paramilitary troops have been deployed across Khartoum, the city's airport is closed and international flights are suspended. The internet is also down.\n\nAt least three people have been killed and 80 have been injured, the Sudan Central Doctor's Committee wrote on its Facebook page. Those who died had been shot by soldiers, it said.\n\nVideo footage from Khartoum on Monday showed large groups in the streets, including many women. Barricades of burning tyres can be seen, with plumes of black smoke rising in various parts of the city.\n\n\"There is tension and also violence because people tried to go to the army headquarters… they were met with gunshots\", human rights defender Duaa Tariq told the BBC. She added there was fear and confusion in the streets, but also solidarity between the protesters.\n\nWorld leaders have reacted with alarm to the military's move.\n\nPrime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and his wife are among those reported to have been detained and put under house arrest, along with members of his cabinet and other civilian leaders. Their whereabouts are unknown.\n\nThey are part of a transitional government designed to steer Sudan towards democracy after the rule of former president, Omar al-Bashir.\n\nMr Hamdok was reportedly being pressed to support the coup but was refusing to do so, and instead he urged people to continue with peaceful protests to \"defend the revolution\".\n\nProtesters in Khartoum were chanting \"no to military rule\"\n\nGen Burhan had been leading the power-sharing arrangement between military and civilian leaders, known as the Sovereign Council.\n\nIn a televised address, he said infighting between politicians, ambition and incitement to violence had forced him to act to protect the safety of the nation and to \"rectify the revolution's course\".\n\nHe said Sudan was still committed to \"international accords\" and the transition to civilian rule, with elections planned for July 2023.\n\nBut a senior official from the prime minister's office, Adam Elhiraika, told the BBC the coup could lead Sudan back into a civil war, adding the risk was \"extremely high\".\n\nAlthough Sudan remains in a deep economic crisis, it had been receiving more international support. A military takeover will put that at risk.\n\nThe UK's special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Robert Fairweather, tweeted that military arrests of civilian leaders were \"a betrayal of the revolution, the transition and the Sudanese people\".\n\nThe African Union, of which Sudan is a member, said it had learned with \"deep dismay\" of the situation, and called for the \"strict respect of human rights\".\n\nThe US, EU, UN and Arab League have also expressed deep concern.\n\nThe military and civilian transitional authorities have ruled together since 2019, when President Bashir was toppled after months of street protests.\n\nThe power-sharing deal between the military and a loose coalition of groups - the Forces for Freedom and Change - saw the launch of the Sovereign Council.\n\nIt was scheduled to rule the country for another year - with the aim of holding elections and transitioning to civilian rule.\n\nBut the deal was always fractious, with a large number of rival political groups - and divisions within the military too.\n\nTensions grew further after a coup attempt attributed to followers of Mr Bashir was foiled in September.\n\nSudan has been unable to find a workable political system since independence in 1956 and has seen numerous coups and coup attempts.\n\nRecent weeks have seen a rapid build-up of tension in Khartoum. A hostile takeover of power is what many in Sudan and beyond have feared could happen anytime. The signs have been all too clear.\n\nA pro-military sit-in right in front of the presidential palace in Khartoum was seen as choreographed to lead to a coup. No attempt was made to disguise its purpose. The protesters demanded that the military overthrow \"failed\" civilian leaders. It was an unusual attempt at legitimising a military takeover, using the guise of a popular protest.\n\nNearly a week later, a counter-protest was held. This time, huge crowds came out in support of the civilian government.\n\nWith more protests called by pro-democracy groups to \"counter a military coup\", Sudan could be set for yet another period of showdown between the armed forces and the people.\n\nThe country has made huge strides in normalising ties with the West and unlocking much-needed funding streams. The promise of transition to democracy has kept many Sudanese and the country's allies hopeful. But all that could be at risk now.", "Near the darkened entrance of Hospital Number One in the city of Vologda in Russia's north-west, an ambulance crew delivers yet another Covid patient, an elderly man struggling to breathe and barely alive.\n\nInside the hospital, the wards are teeming with the sick and the dying. Doctors here say out of 750 patients currently in the hospital with Covid, 700 of them had not been vaccinated.\n\nAcross the country, more than 1,000 people are dying each day, with a total of more than 220,000 deaths so far. These are record numbers for Russia, the worst-hit in Europe.\n\nOne of the key explanations for this record number of cases and deaths is a lack of trust in the Sputnik V and other Russian-made coronavirus vaccines among many in the population.\n\nThis, in part, is the result of many years of scepticism of what the authorities say or do.\n\nIn Vologda just 26% of the population has been vaccinated, one of the lowest levels in the country.", "Sarah Everard was a talented and much-loved young woman, the judge said at Couzens' sentencing\n\nFive police officers are facing misconduct proceedings over messages sent about Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens.\n\nThe police watchdog said it had carried out two investigations into messages sent on WhatsApp and Signal.\n\nThe officers are from four forces: the Metropolitan Police as well as Sussex, Dorset, and Avon and Somerset.\n\nIf proven, the claims could further undermine people's confidence in policing, the watchdog warned.\n\nCouzens, a former Met Police officer, was given a whole life sentence for Ms Everard's murder last month. He abducted her as she walked home from a friend's house in March.\n\nThe murder sparked a discussion over trust in the police, with the Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick saying she was determined to rebuild public confidence.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct - which handles complaints about forces in England and Wales - said it had run two separate investigations into social media messages, and found that a total of five police officers had cases to answer.\n\nIn the first investigation, it looked at claims that a probationary Met officer had shared an \"inappropriate graphic depicting violence against women\" with colleagues on WhatsApp.\n\nThe IOPC said the graphic was intended to refer to Ms Everard's kidnap and murder. Although the officer was off duty at the time, they later worked at a police cordon as part of the search.\n\nThe image was \"highly offensive\" and the officer will now face a misconduct meeting, the IOPC said.\n\nAnother probationary officer, also from the Met, will also face a misconduct meeting for allegedly sharing the graphic and not challenging it.\n\nA misconduct meeting is for cases which could result in a final written warning. It is different to a misconduct hearing, which is for more serious cases of gross misconduct which could result in the officer being dismissed from the force.\n\nThe IOPC also carried out a second investigation, looking at claims that seven officers from different forces shared information about Couzens' prosecution in a chat on the encrypted messaging app Signal.\n\nOne officer from Dorset Police was accused of sharing details of an interview given by Couzens under caution, which was not yet allowed to be reported. That officer will face a gross misconduct hearing.\n\nTwo other officers - from Sussex Police, and Avon and Somerset Constabulary - were also in the Signal conversation and were accused of making unprofessional remarks about Couzens and endorsing comments made by others.\n\nThe Sussex officer had a meeting this week and misconduct was not proven - although the officer was told to undergo \"the reflective practice review process\", the IOPC said.\n\nThe officer from Avon and Somerset Constabulary will face a misconduct meeting in due course.\n\n\"In April this year we warned about the unacceptable use of social media by officers based on a number of cases involving the posting of offensive and inappropriate material,\" said Sal Naseem from the IOPC.\n\n\"We wrote to the National Police Chiefs Council, asking them to remind forces and officers of their obligations under the police Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Behaviour.\n\n\"The allegations involved in these two investigations, if proven, have the capacity to further undermine public confidence in policing. They also once more illustrate the potential consequences for officers and come at a time when policing standards and culture have never been more firmly in the spotlight.\"\n\nThe IOPC said it was continuing to investigate the conduct of five other officers relating to messages sent in a WhatsApp chat group in 2019. The messages were recovered from an old mobile phone discovered during the police investigation into Ms Everard's murder, the IOPC said.\n\nThe IOPC is also still looking into how Kent Police in 2015, and the Met this year, handled allegations of indecent exposure which have been linked to Couzens.", "Bernard Haitink performed at the London Proms in 2019\n\nRenowned Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink has died at his home in London aged 92.\n\nHe led the world's top orchestras in London, Amsterdam, Chicago and Dresden, in a career spanning 65 years.\n\nBorn in Amsterdam in 1929, Haitink won many awards and was a major figure in the UK's classical music scene.\n\nEven in his final months at the podium his performances with the London Symphony Orchestra were described as \"ravishing\".\n\nHaitink made more than 450 recordings and saw his job as to embrace the orchestra without suffocating them.\n\nHis management company announced his death late on Thursday night, saying that one of the most celebrated conductors of his generation had died peacefully at his home.\n\nIt was in the Netherlands where Bernard Haitink forged his reputation as a conductor, starting his musical career as a violinist after spending much of his childhood under Nazi occupation.\n\nHis big break came with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and within six years he was asked to take charge of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.\n\nFor 27 years he was chief conductor, famed for his performances of Mahler and Bruckner. The Concertgebouw said on Friday it mourned the loss of its \"beloved, honorary conductor\".\n\n\"When he takes up the baton it's as though the electricity is switched on,\" his wife Patricia once said. \"When it's over he's confronted with himself again.\"\n\nHaitink performed with almost all of the world's big orchestras, notably in the UK with the London Philharmonic, Royal Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera.\n\nThe Royal Opera House said he was best known during his period there from 1987-2002 for his interpretation of Wagner. Chief Executive Alex Beard spoke of a true gentleman whose \"quiet authority and profound care and respect for his fellow artists inspired and moved beyond words\".\n\nHaitink's first Prom at the Royal Albert Hall was Bruckner's 65-minute Seventh Symphony in 1966, and 53 years later he performed the same symphony there for the last time.\n\nHaitink was well known in the US for his time at the Chicago and Boston Symphony orchestras and in Germany for leading the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Berlin Philharmonic.\n\nStaatskapelle chief conductor Christian Thielemann said on Friday he was \"one of the most important conductors of our time\".\n\nThe Dutch royal family said in a statement that Haitink's \"drive and musical finesse are unforgettable\", revealing the soul of composers such as Mahler, Bruckner, Beethoven and many others.", "Logan was found dead in the River Ogmore on 31 July\n\nThe mother of a five-year-old boy who was found dead in a river has appeared in court charged with his murder.\n\nLogan Mwangi, also known as Logan Williamson, was discovered in the River Ogmore in Bridgend county on 31 July.\n\nHis mother Angharad Williamson, 30, from Sarn, appeared at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on Friday.\n\nEarlier, a 14-year-old boy, who cannot be identified because of his age, appeared at Newport Crown Court charged with murder.\n\nLogan's stepfather John Cole, 39, also from Sarn, has previously been charged with Logan's murder.\n\nAngharad Williamson and John Cole have both been charged with Logan Mwangi's murder\n\nAppearing via video link and wearing a black top, she was remanded in custody and is due to appear at crown court next week.\n\nThe teenage defendant was remanded into the care of the local authority ahead of a plea hearing in November.\n\nAll three have also been charged with perverting the course of justice.\n\nTeddies and balloons were left next to the River Ogmore in memory of Logan\n\nFollowing Logan's death, residents left floral tributes, teddies and cards near the part of the river where he was found.\n\nLogan's classmates have described him as a happy boy who liked Spiderman and playing hide and seek.\n\nHis friends were \"heartbroken\" by his death.", "Robin Swann says the hospital system has consistently been operating above capacity\n\nNorthern Ireland is \"facing into the most difficult winter ever experienced\", Robin Swann has warned.\n\nThe health minister said there were \"unscheduled pressures\" facing the health and social care system.\n\nEarlier, Naomi Long said she feared relaxing rules on face coverings in nightclubs may cause a \"significant\" rise in the transmission of Covid-19.\n\nThe justice minister said she was concerned about a \"lack of clarity\" in health advice.\n\nOn Thursday, the executive agreed people will not need to wear masks while dancing in nightclubs when they reopen next Sunday.\n\nSocial distancing laws in hospitality venues will also be scrapped.\n\nHowever, Northern Ireland will not be following England and Wales in easing rules around testing for Covid-19 after international travel.\n\nFrom Sunday, those returning to England will only be required to take a lateral flow test after their arrival but those returning to Northern Ireland will still be required to pay for a more expensive PCR test.\n\nAny decision to move to lateral flow tests will require executive consideration and agreement.\n\nIn a written ministerial statement on Friday, Mr Swann updated assembly members on the pressures facing the health service.\n\n\"Over this summer and into the autumn, the Northern Ireland hospital system has consistently been operating above capacity, with many patients waiting on trollies for admission,\" he said.\n\n\"This situation is unheard of during the summer months and is an indication of the scale of unscheduled pressures likely facing the HSC system this winter.\"\n\nMr Swann detailed funding he had assigned to help support the system, saying he had tabled a bid for an additional £30m from the October monitoring round to add to the £31.5m secured in the June round.\n\nNaomi Long said the impact on messaging around the wearing of face coverings could have \"potential unintended consequences\"\n\nIt is understood Ms Long and Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon both raised concerns about the changes to Covid restrictions at Thursday's executive meeting.\n\nIn a letter to her executive colleagues, obtained by BBC News NI, the justice minister warned that the impact on messaging around the wearing of face coverings could have \"potential unintended consequences\".\n\nShe added: \"Given the extent of Covid transmission in the community, the risk posed by new variants and the high risk nature of nightclub settings, I fear that further relaxation in the wearing of face coverings, particularly when dancing, may lead to a significant increase in transmission.\"\n\nMs Long said she recognised making changes to allow people to stand to eat or drink without masks was \"necessary\", but said that with such relaxations it would be \"practically impossible to maintain high levels\" of enforcement.\n\nThe justice minister said she believed that as a result of the changes, it would be hard to justify \"continued requirements to wear masks in other lower risk settings as a consequence\".\n\nShe also repeated her view that proof of full vaccination and testing should be \"mandatory\" requirements in high-risk environments such as nightclubs.\n\nNightclubs are due to reopen in Northern Ireland on 31 October\n\nIt is understood that work by Stormont's Department of Health on developing a vaccine passport digital system is \"well advanced\".\n\nBut Ms Mallon has said the executive was told if ministers agree to make the scheme mandatory, it could take five to six weeks to put in place the legislation enforcing it.\n\nShe said she was concerned that action from the executive would again be \"too little, too late\".\n\n\"We don't have five to six weeks, we need to be implementing it quickly so that when we need to, we can move on this,\" she said.\n\n\"I voted against reopening hospitality and nightclubs without mandatory passports… we should have this in place, we know vaccines help to protect us.\n\n\"You need to ask other ministers why they don't share that viewpoint in the face of overwhelming evidence.\"\n\nDr David Farren, the chair of the British Medical Association's (BMA) Consultants Committee said the the Executive's decision is \"madness\".\n\n\"I was quoted earlier this week as saying that I haven't seen a health service as busy as this in my 20 years of practice. I stand by that,\" he told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback.\n\n\"I don't care if people think we are scaremongering. The reason we are highlighting the data and the cases that are there at the minute is because we don't want to see this fall over.\n\n\"What happens if the health service gets overwhelmed, frankly, is that people will die.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn Thursday, First Minister Paul Givan said Northern Ireland was going to be able to \"move forward\" with further easing.\n\n\"We continue to monitor the way in which transmission is spreading, but also the way in which it is spreading in hospitals,\" he said.\n\n\"But nobody wants to go back to what we had before. There are consequences with lockdown, people's mental health and cases of domestic violence that took place.\n\n\"Lockdown is not a solution without consequences - it has very serious consequences, and we all want to avoid that.\"", "The government has blocked a new law to curb businesses' ability to lay staff off and take them back on different - often worse - pay and terms.\n\nThe practice - known as \"fire-and-rehire\" - has caused several industrial disputes.\n\nLabour's Barry Gardiner said the government was \"cowardly\" for using Parliamentary tactics to stop his bill in its tracks.\n\nBut No 10 said it wanted new guidance for companies, rather than a law.\n\nA spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"Using threats of firing and rehiring is completely unacceptable as a negotiating tactic. We expect companies to treat their employees fairly.\n\n\"However, there is insufficient evidence to show legislation will stop the practice or will be effective.\"\n\nInstead, the government says it will ask the arbitration service Acas to \"produce more comprehensive clearer guidance to help all employers explore all the options before considering fire and rehire\".\n\nThe government ordered Conservative MPs to oppose the legislation.\n\nBut union chiefs said that amounted to siding with \"bad\" and \"bullying\" bosses.\n\nThe Labour Party ordered its MPs to support the bill, even though the party has said it would go further if it won power and ban fire-and-rehire completely.\n\nBefore voting on the bill itself, MPs voted on a closure motion - essentially a vote on whether to vote on the bill - and due to the government's opposition, it failed to get enough support by 188 votes to 251.\n\nAfter that, MPs were able to resume the debate but \"talked it out\" - meaning members opposing the bill stopped another vote happening by continuing to speak right up to the allotted finishing time for discussion.\n\nThis included 40 minutes at the dispatch box by Business Minister Paul Scully, who said legislation agreed in the context of a pandemic was not \"the right way to reflect the concerns for the long-term issue about workers' rights\", adding: \"We will legislate if we need to, but we'll do it as a last resort, not as a first resort.\"\n\nThe government also came under from its own MPs fire for scheduling a statement on health policy as Fridays are normally reserved for backbench members to put forward their bills.\n\nMr Gardiner's bill now falls to the bottom of the list and is unlikely to progress any further.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, the Labour MP said: \"In politics, it's rare to find something that absolutely everyone agrees on and yet all the way from [former union leader] Len McCluskey to the prime minister himself, everyone agrees fire and rehire is wrong - so why is the government determined to block this Bill?\n\n\"The tactic of filibustering to talk the bill out is cowardly. It seems the government do not wish to be seen actually to vote against the bill itself.\n\n\"They would rather pretend under the cloak of a closure motion that they want to go on talking about it so it simply runs out of time.\"\n\nFire-and-rehire has existed for decades, but the practice has come under more scrutiny recently as more firms hit by the pandemic have used it to reduce their staffing costs.\n\nMr Gardiner's private member's bill said employees should be fully consulted on any fire-and-rehire plans.\n\nIf the employees agreed to it, they could be taken on under new terms, under the proposed new law.\n\nBut if a dispute occurred between staff and a company, an independent committee would decide on whether the fire-and-rehire could go ahead, the bill said.\n\nMr Gardiner told the BBC his plan was a \"practical\" way to deal with the \"worst excesses\" of fire-and-rehire - and said the proposals could become law quickly if supported by the government.\n\nOne Tory MP, Christian Wakeford, supported it in the Commons, telling the House: \"This policy isn't anti-business, it is anti-bad business leaders.\"\n\nBut others on the government benches criticised the bill, with Kevin Hollinrake warning: \"The road to hell is paved with good intentions.\"\n\nTory MP Laura Farris said the rules on fire and rehire needed to be tightened up, but it had to be available as \"an option of last resort\" for companies facing insolvency.\n\nThe government move has led to criticism outside the chamber, with the TUC's general secretary Frances O'Grady saying: \"The government has chosen to side with bad bosses by failing to take action to tackle fire and rehire today.\"\n\nUnite general secretary Sharon Graham added: \"The antics of the Conservative Party today have been a disgrace.\n\n\"They have colluded to stand on the side of bullying bosses and against the interests of workers, showing their real colours, so the hypocrisy of the Tory party was on full display for all to see. They say one thing but do another.\"\n\nThe Department for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy has been asked for a comment.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could cooling make survival more likely after cardiac arrest?\n\nTens of thousands of defibrillators across the UK risk being unusable because 999 call handlers do not know about them.\n\nWhen someone has a cardiac arrest, ambulance staff can only direct bystanders to the nearest defibrillator if it is on a central register.\n\n\"That could be the difference between life and death,\" said Adam Fletcher, head of British Heart Foundation Cymru.\n\nA campaign to register defibrillators on The Circuit has now been launched.\n\nSales of defibrillators rose after footballer Christian Eriksen's cardiac arrest during Denmark's opening game of the European Championships in the summer.\n\nThe device - which gives a high-energy electric shock to the heart - was used as part of the emergency action that saved Eriksen's life after he collapsed on the pitch.\n\nOne was also used to help save a football fan who collapsed in the stands during Sunday's Premier League match between Newcastle United against Tottenham Hotspur at St James' Park.\n\nSurvival rates are low in the more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each year in the UK, according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF) - with fewer than one in 10 people surviving.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to use a defibrillator and save a life\n\nAndrew Barnett was 46 when he had a cardiac arrest in 2018 while playing in a parents v children football match.\n\nWhen he collapsed, leisure centre staff ran to his aid, with a defibrillator, including Sheila Mott, who opened the defibrillator box while her colleague started mouth to mouth on Andrew.\n\n\"The pads went on him and Ben [her colleague] started to do compressions - then the machine said to halt and it was analysing his body, so we stopped,\" said Sheila.\n\nAndrew Barnett feels lucky he had a cardiac arrest where a defibrillator was available\n\nSheila explained the machine then signalled that a \"shock\" was required.\n\n\"I just pushed the shock button, then it analysed the body again and said to start CPR, which Ben did and we didn't have to shock him again,\" she said.\n\nAndrew, who is involved in the BHF's campaign, added: \"I was really lucky - I was in the right place at the right time, with trained staff who knew where the defibrillator was and it was working.\n\n\"It's a bit of a lottery at the moment. You feel that you were the lucky one, and then you feel really sorry when other people aren't in that position.\"\n\nSheila has been doing first aid training for more than 30 years, and now trains others to use defibrillators, both with Girlguiding and the Royal Life Saving Society.\n\nSheila Mott says the machine expains what needs to be done to help save a person's life\n\n\"I feel quite proud of myself. That's the first time I've used it for life - to save somebody,\" she said. \"But I've always practised every month with them.\n\n\"We do CPR training with Brownies and the older children learn to use the defib. I think it's very, very important it gets across to all age groups - if they cannot manage the compressions on an adult, they might be able to tell somebody how to do it.\"\n\nThe charity, the Resuscitation Council UK, St John Ambulance and Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, said the UK's low survival rate was partly because defibrillators are used in fewer than one in 10 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.\n\nBHF said early CPR and defibrillation could double the chances of surviving and it was often down to 999 call handlers being aware that a defibrillator was nearby.\n\n\"If we don't know a defibrillator is there, we can't send somebody to get it, to potentially save somebody's life,\" said Carl Powell, the clinical support lead for cardiac care with the Welsh Ambulance Service.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Shakin' Stevens said he nearly died after a cardiac arrest and now campaigns for more CPR to be taught\n\nWhile the 14 UK ambulance services previously had their own databases, The Circuit will eventually replace these with a new national database.\n\nBut of the 5,500 in Wales that are registered, there is another challenge - more than half risk being redundant without a \"local guardian\" who looks after the defib and makes sure it works.\n\n\"We can't be 100% certain those defibrillators are rescue ready at any one time,\" Mr Powell said.\n\n\"If we deploy one of those defibrillators that doesn't have a guardian, we take it off the system until a guardian checks it.\"\n\nHe explained ambulance staff would make those physical checks when possible, but it was a resource-intensive task for a service already under pressure.\n\n\"It's a question of communities who have worked so hard to get public-access defibrillators, to actually look after them - to make sure the batteries are still functioning or the pads are within date - so that if they're needed in a medical emergency, they're ready to go,\" he said.\n\n\"Unfortunately we hear these stories, where it's turned out there was a defib maybe 100 yards round the corner,\" said Mr Fletcher.\n\n\"But because it wasn't registered, the call handler at the ambulance service couldn't direct that bystander to get it. And that's what we want to end.\n\n\"The current situation is tens of thousands of defibrillators are not currently registered, and the ambulance service don't know where they are which is obviously a big problem.\"\n\nThe Welsh government recently announced £500,000 additional funding for the Welsh Ambulance Service and Save a Life Cymru to buy nearly 500 defibrillators - a condition of which is that they must be registered on The Circuit, with a local guardian.", "The number of rape and sexual assault victims who have waited more than a year for their trial to go through the courts has soared, a report shows.\n\nThe number of such cases rose from 246 to 1,316 - a 435% rise - between March 2020 and June this year, figures in a National Audit Office report suggest.\n\nThe spending watchdog said the crown court backlog could remain a problem for years, severely affecting victims.\n\nThe government said the backlog in England and Wales was stabilising.\n\nIn a highly critical report, the National Audit Office (NAO) said neither the Ministry of Justice nor its courts agency were working together properly to solve the problems which had their roots in pre-pandemic cuts.\n\nLast week Justice Secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC he did not know when the backlog would drop below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAs of June, it was at a record high of nearly 61,000 cases. The NAO is warning there could still be significant delays in 2024.\n\nThe report says that keeping rape and sexual assault victims, witnesses and defendants waiting for more than a year for their cases to be heard puts them at risk of collapse if people withdraw their support.\n\nEarlier this month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said prosecutions for rape and sexual violence were \"going wrong\" and he would \"stop at nothing to get more rapists behind bars\".\n\nHis comments came after the jailing of Wayne Couzens for Sarah Everard's kidnap, rape and murder raised questions about women's trust in the police and the criminal justice system.\n\nThis NAO report is a black-and-white explanation of the problem now facing criminal justice - and how there is a complete lack of certainty over whether the backlogs and delays can be reduced.\n\nWhen the spending watchdog spoke to judges, they said that defendants were more likely to plead not guilty if their trial was to be delayed.\n\nThat may be because they're gambling they're more likely to get off: the longer it takes a case to be heard, the more likely it is that memories fade, evidence is lost or becomes less credible and victims withdraw support.\n\nOne solution is to enlist more part-time judges, also known as Recorders. These are experienced lawyers who for years have been the backbone of a lot of Crown Court business - but their funding was massively cut before the pandemic.\n\nBut there is no guarantee that enough part-time judges are going to be available from next April to make inroads into the backlogs.\n\nWaiting times rose most in London, with the average age of a case increasing by 63% from 164 days to 266 days, the report said.\n\nHead of the NAO Gareth Davies said: \"Despite efforts to increase capacity in criminal courts, it looks likely that the backlog will remain a problem for many years.\n\n\"The impact on victims, witnesses and defendants is severe and it is vital that the Ministry of Justice works effectively with its partners in the criminal justice system to minimise the delays to justice.\"\n\nCrown court capacity was increased by 30% between September 2020 and July 2021 by opening temporary Nightingale courts and modifying existing buildings.\n\nAnd another Nightingale court is to open at a hotel in Warwick, taking the total in England and Wales to 23.\n\nBut the long-term recovery plan relies on funding from the Treasury, said the report, with the Ministry of Justice estimating it needs about £500m more for criminal courts and an extra £1.7bn for legal aid, prisons and probation services.\n\nThe Bar Council, which represents barristers, said the findings were alarming and showed criminal justice was \"at breaking point\".\n\nIn response to the NAO report, David Lammy, shadow justice secretary, said the Tories were \"weak on law and order\" and \"offenders are getting away with it\".\n\nMr Lammy said \"the justice system is on the brink of collapse, and victims are paying for the price\".\n\n\"This report confirms that the Conservatives have no real plan to tackle the record backlog they have created,\" he added.\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokesman said the report recognised the speed of the government's response to Covid.\n\n\"This meant that - in a matter of months - our buildings were made safe, remote technology was rolled out across all courts, and Nightingale courtrooms opened up and down the country to increase the space available for trials,\" he said.\n\n\"We are already seeing the results, with outstanding cases in the magistrates' courts falling, and in the crown court the backlog stabilising.\"", "“Who are we to tell him what a boy should look like?” parent Stanley Burkhead asked at a board meeting in August\n\nSeven students are suing a Texas school district over its dress-code policy banning boys from having long hair.\n\nSchool officials suspended a 9-year-old boy for a month, barred him from recess and normal lunch breaks as punishment for long hair, the lawsuit claims.\n\nHe and the other students, aged 7 to 17, say the policy violates the constitution and Title IX - a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination.\n\nThe school district said on Thursday it was reviewing the lawsuit.\n\nMagnolia Independent School District \"respects varying viewpoints, and we respect the rights of citizens to advocate for change,\" spokeswoman Denise Meyers said in an email to US media.\n\nThe district, which serves roughly 13,000 students about 40 miles (64km) northwest of Houston, did not return a request for comment from the BBC.\n\nAccording to its dress code policy, boys cannot wear their hair over their eyes, past the bottom of their ears, or past the bottom of a dress shirt collar. Facing backlash this summer, Magnolia defended the policy, saying it \"reflects the values of our community at large\".\n\nThe suit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (ACLU) on Thursday on behalf of the students, argues the school district \"imposed immense and irreparable harm... solely because of these students' gender\".\n\nIt details a number of punishments given to the students - six boys and one non-binary child - for wearing long hair.\n\nOne, a nine-year-old identified as AC, is Latino, and wears his hair long like his father and uncle as a part of his family's heritage, the suit says. Another, an 11-year-old identified as TM, is non-binary and has worn long hair as a \"critical component\" of their gender expression.\n\nBoth have been subjected to punishments including suspension, denial of extracurricular activities and separation from their peers.\n\n\"This rule is a complete and utter dinosaur,\" said parent Stanley Burkhead, whose son has long hair, at a school board meeting in August.\n\n\"Who are we to tell him who he can't be? Who are we to tell him what a boy should look like?\" he said. A survey by the ACLU of Texas last year found that nearly 500 public school districts in the state have some type of a hair-length policy only for boys.", "One home was completely destroyed in the blast in Ayr\n\nA 16-year-old boy and a 43-year-old woman are in a critical condition after the explosion that destroyed a home in Ayr on Monday.\n\nThey were taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary after the blast while two other members of their family went to other hospitals.\n\nA man, 47, is in a stable condition in Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.\n\nAnd an 11-year-old boy, who is also stable, is being treated at the Royal Hospital for Children.\n\nPolice Scotland said a multi-agency investigation was continuing into the cause of the explosion in the Kincaidston area, which happened at about 19:00.\n\nCh Insp Derrick Johnston, area commander for South Ayrshire, said: \"Our thoughts are very much with those injured in the explosion, their families and people in the community who have been displaced from their homes. I would like to thank everyone for their patience.\n\n\"All partner agencies are working together to find out the cause but this is a complex incident and finding answers will take time. I can assure the public that we are working hard to establish the full circumstances.\"\n\nPolice Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, South Ayrshire Council, the Health and Safety Executive and SGN are all involved in the response.\n\nEmergency services at the scene on Tuesday\n\nAnyone with information which can help the investigation is asked to contact the police via 101.\n\nPhone footage or private CCTV can be submitted to Police Scotland.\n\nSouth Ayrshire Council said 35 properties remained cordoned off as off 15:30 on Thursday.\n\nThe council said some of the homes had been cordoned off because they had been damaged, while others had varying degrees of debris on or around the property and some were in close proximity to the blast site which is under the control of the emergency services and the utility companies.\n\nHowever, 386 properties had been deemed to be safe following inspections and residents were allowed to return.\n\nThe council said the emergency services were in contact with the residents of the four homes at the epicentre of the blast which have been, or may still have to be, demolished.\n\nOver the next few days, the council will provide a letter to households in the affected area detailing advice and further information in relation to any repairs their homes need.", "The Queen has been told by her doctors to rest for two weeks and only undertake light duties until mid-November.\n\nEarlier this month, she spent a night in hospital for some medical investigations - her first overnight hospital stay in eight years.\n\nBut that followed a particularly busy few weeks of public engagements across the UK for the 95-year-old monarch.\n\nThe Queen began the month at her Balmoral Estate in Scotland, where she helped to plant a tree with the Prince of Wales.\n\nThe pair were promoting their campaign urging people across the UK to plant a tree ahead of the Platinum Jubilee next year. She and Prince Charles met primary school children during the event.\n\nPrince Charles, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland, planted a tree with his mother for the Queen's Green Canopy campaign\n\nThe monarch spoke with schoolchildren from Crathie Primary at the event\n\nThe following day, the Queen was more than 100 miles away in Edinburgh for the opening of the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament.\n\nIt was the first time she had attended the ceremony without Prince Philip, who died this year aged 99. During her speech, she spoke of her deep affection for Scotland.\n\nA few days later, the Queen held audiences with diplomats from Belize and Greece over video call.\n\nThe same day, she met members of the Canadian Army at Windsor Castle at an event to mark the 150th anniversary of the A and B batteries of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. She later had a telephone call with Boris Johnson.\n\nThe Queen presented the Captain General's Sword to representatives of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery\n\nThe Queen then travelled to London to attend the launch of the Commonwealth Games baton relay at Buckingham Palace.\n\nIt was her first major event at Buckingham Palace since the Covid pandemic began and she was joined by her youngest son, Prince Edward.\n\nThe Queen placed a message in the baton, which will travel through 72 Commonwealth nations and territories ahead of the Games in 2022\n\nA few days later she attended a church service at Westminster Abbey to mark the centenary of The Royal British Legion.\n\nAccompanied by the Princess Royal, she was seen using a walking stick as she arrived via the Poet's Yard entrance.\n\nThe Westminster Abbey service was thought to be the first time the Queen had used a stick at a major public event\n\nThe Queen welcomed pianist Dame Imogen Cooper to Buckingham Palace, presenting her with The Queen's Medal for Music for 2019.\n\nShe also held three other audiences.\n\nThe Queen's Medal for Music is awarded each year and 2019's went to English classical pianist Imogen Cooper\n\nThe following day, the Queen travelled to Cardiff to open the sixth term of the Senedd.\n\nIt was her first visit to Wales in five years, and she praised the spirit of the Welsh people during the pandemic.\n\nWhile there, she was overheard appearing to say she was irritated by people who \"talk\" but \"don't do\" anything on climate change.\n\nA 21-gun salute in Cardiff Bay marked the Queen's arrival in the city\n\nBy Saturday she was back in England - attending Champions Day at Ascot racecourse in Berkshire.\n\nThe Queen has a lifelong love of horseracing\n\nThe Queen held a virtual audience with the new governor-general of New Zealand Dame Cindy Kiro. The governor-general's role is to act as the Queen's representative in New Zealand.\n\nOn Tuesday she had two virtual audiences during the day with the Japanese ambassador and the EU ambassador.\n\nThen in the evening she was back at Windsor Castle hosting a reception for guests attending the Global Investment Summit, including billionaire business leaders like Microsoft's Bill Gates.\n\nThe Queen was joined by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge at the reception", "The US Supreme Court will allow Texas to maintain a near-total ban on abortions, but will take up the case next month in a rare sped-up process.\n\nThe law, known as SB8, gives any person the right to sue doctors who perform an abortion past six-weeks - before most women know they are pregnant.\n\nThe Supreme Court said it will focus on how the law was crafted and whether it can be legally challenged.\n\nIt is considered extraordinarily rare for the top US court to expedite cases.\n\nLower courts have yet to issue final rulings on the so-called Texas Heartbeat Act.\n\nThe controversial law - which makes an exception for a documented medical emergency but not for cases of rape or incest - bans abortion after what some refer to as a foetal heartbeat.\n\nThe American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says that at six weeks a foetus has not yet developed a heartbeat, but rather an \"electrically induced flickering\" of tissue that will become the heart.\n\nThe Texas law is enforced by giving any individual - from Texas or elsewhere - the right to sue doctors who perform an abortion past the six-week point. However, it does not allow the women who get the procedure to be sued.\n\nThe Biden administration has previously said it would ask the court to block the law. Since 1973's landmark Roe v Wade Supreme Court case, US women have had a right to abortions until a foetus is able to survive outside the womb - usually between 22 and 24 weeks into pregnancy.\n\nThe US is one of seven out of 198 countries to allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, according to the Washington Post.\n\nLawyers for the state of Texas asked the justices on the court to consider overruling the landmark Roe decision, as well as a separate case that affirmed the constitutional right to an abortion. The court did not accept that request.\n\nOral arguments in the case have been set for 1 November. The Supreme Court said that it would wait for those arguments to take place before taking any action.\n\nIn a written dissent, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that the expedited timeframe would offer \"cold comfort\" for women in Texas who are hoping for abortion treatment.\n\nShe was the only one of the Supreme Court's nine judges to advocate blocking the law in the short-term.\n\n\"Women seeking abortion care in Texas are entitled to relief from this court now,\" she wrote. \"Because of the court's failure to act today, that relief, if it comes, will be too late for many.\"\n\nThe law came into effect in Texas on 1 September.\n\nAbortion providers and opponents of the law had called for it to be lifted until the Supreme Court took up the case.\n\nWhole Woman's Health, which operates four clinics in Texas, tweeted that \"the legal limbo is excruciating for both patients and our clinic staff\".\n\nExperts believe that the oral arguments may provide a glimpse into how the Supreme Court will approach other abortion cases.\n\nIn December, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a separate case regarding a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The abortion battle explained in three minutes", "Senior government climate change advisers have warned Boris Johnson against more foreign aid cuts ahead of the COP26 summit, the BBC has learned.\n\nIn a letter to the PM, they expressed \"deep concern\" at the cuts planned by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak next week.\n\nThe experts said the cuts would show the UK was \"neither committed to nor serious about\" helping countries vulnerable to climate change.\n\nThe Treasury said the UK was a \"world leader\" in international development.\n\nThe panel - known officially as the Friends of COP - was appointed by Alok Sharma, the Cop president, to advise the government ahead of next month's summit in Glasgow - and includes some of the most experienced climate experts in the world.\n\nTheir letter - which has been seen by the BBC - said: \"As 'Friends of COP' we are writing to you to express our deep concern at the prospect of further UK aid cuts in the final few days before COP26.\"\n\nIt went on: \"The ability of the UK to act as a genuine, trusted partner for developing countries is of crucial importance to COP26's success. Further implied cuts to overseas aid at the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) would send a signal that the UK is neither committed to, nor serious about, enabling a green global recovery from the pandemic, nor improving the resilience of the most vulnerable to climate change.\"\n\nThe cuts would come as the result of complicated accounting changes planned by the Treasury for next week's Spending Review.\n\nOfficials want to broaden the definition of what counts as overseas aid. Specifically, they want to include complex currency handouts from the International Monetary Fund known as Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), and Covid vaccine donations for poorer countries.\n\nIf these counted towards the government's current overseas aid target of 0.5% of national income, it could mean more than £1bn less is spent on humanitarian and development support.\n\nThe letter says the UK would \"maintain its credibility and maximise the chances of a successful summit\" if it did not classify SDRs and Covid vaccines as foreign aid.\n\nThe fear among climate campaigners is that developing countries will lose trust in the financial promises made by the UK - and other richer nations - to help them adapt their economies to climate change.\n\nMany poorer countries have already voiced their concerns about the UK's previously announced decision to cut aid by more than £4bn this year.\n\nIn a recent report, the Overseas Development Institute warned a \"sleight of hand\" with foreign aid risked sabotaging negotiations in Glasgow.\n\n\"If the Treasury slashes budgetary commitments to climate finance days before COP26 starts, developing countries - which have typically contributed fewer per capita emissions - will rightly question why they should bear the costs of climate action and whether they can trust the pledges of developed countries.\"\n\nThe Friends of COP who have signed the letter include:\n\nA Treasury spokesman said the UK \"is and will remain a world leader in international development\".\n\n\"This year we provided over £10bn towards poverty reduction, climate change and global health security - a greater proportion of our national income than the majority of the G7,\" he said, adding \"we will return to the 0.7% target when the fiscal situation allows\".", "Belarus has been accused of taking revenge for EU sanctions by offering migrants tourist visas, and helping them across its border. The BBC has tracked one group trying to reach Germany.\n\nThe mobile phone camera pans left and right, but no-one moves. The exhausted travellers lie scattered among the trees.\n\nJamil has his head in his hands, his wife Roshin slumped forward next to him. The others look dead.\n\nLate afternoon light slants through the forest, the pine trees forming a dense natural prison. They've been walking since four in the morning.\n\nThe Syrian friends have fought through thickets and waded through foul-smelling swamps to get here. They've already missed their first rendezvous with a smuggler, and they've run out of food and water.\n\nThe Syrians are numb with cold but don't dare light a fire. They've crossed from Belarus into Poland, so have finally made it to the EU. But they're not safe yet. Thousands of others, encouraged by Belarus to cross into Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, have ended up in detention instead. At least seven have died of hypothermia in the Polish forest.\n\nIdris - his head covered to keep warm - records a video in the forest\n\nWe've been tracking Idris and his friends since they left northern Iraq in late September. Idris has recorded their progress on his phone and sent us a series of videos along the way.\n\nThe group are Syrian Kurds, in their 20s, looking to Europe for a better future. They are all from Kobane, the scene of ferocious fighting between Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants in late 2014.\n\nBut while their motives - political instability at home, fear of conscription, lack of employment - are the familiar refrain of migrants the world over, the route they have taken is new.\n\nIdris admits he might not have tried to leave Syria if Belarus's autocratic leader, Alexander Lukashenko, had not offered a new, apparently safer route.\n\n\"Belarus has an ongoing feud with the EU,\" he told me, when I asked him why he had decided to attempt the journey to Europe. \"The Belarus president decided to open its borders with the EU.\"\n\nIdris was referring to Mr Lukashenko's warning earlier this year, that he would no longer stop migrants and drugs from crossing into EU member states.\n\nThe Belarus president had been infuriated by successive waves of EU sanctions, imposed following his country's disputed 2020 presidential election, the subsequent hounding of political opponents, and the forced diversion of a RyanAir jet carrying an opposition journalist and his girlfriend.\n\nWe used to catch migrants in droves here - now, forget it, you will be catching them yourselves\n\nOfficials in neighbouring Lithuania say they saw warning signs as early as March.\n\n\"It started as indications from the Belarusian government that they are ready to simplify visa proceedings… for 'tourists' from Iraq,\" Lithuania's Deputy Minister of Interior, Kestutis Lancinskas tells us.\n\nInstead of taking hazardous journeys by boat across the Mediterranean, all migrants now need to do is fly to Belarus, drive for several hours to the border, and then simply cross on foot into one of the three neighbouring EU countries - Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.\n\nIn July and August, Lithuania saw 50 times more asylum seekers than in the whole of 2020.\n\n\"The route is obviously a lot easier than going through Turkey and North Africa,\" Idris said.\n\nHe and his friends had started out from Irbil in northern Iraq on 25 September. Idris had been working there and left his wife and twin baby daughters in Kobane, promising they could eventually join him in Europe if he made it.\n\nCollapsed building in Kobane - the scene of ferocious fighting in 2014\n\nThey are part of a generation of Syrians whose lives have been blighted by 10 years of civil war. Idris has already spent time as a refugee in neighbouring Turkey.\n\n\"It's a long story, my friend, and I regret many things,\" Idris told me over the phone when I asked him what motivated him.\n\n\"But nothing's in our control. There's no future for me in Syria.\"\n\nIn one of Idris's first videos, recorded outside Irbil airport, he is clearly upbeat about the journey ahead. They've got their tickets, and seven-day tourist visas for Belarus. They're ready to go.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe process so far had been relatively simple. To find out just how simple, we flew to northern Iraq to meet the people involved.\n\nIrbil is the bustling capital of the country's autonomous Kurdish region. A city of more than one-and-a-half million people, it's home to hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Syria, as well as other parts of Iraq.\n\nFor many, it's also where the journey to Europe begins.\n\nNot that you'd know that immediately. There are travel agents, to be sure. Lots of them. But this is a word of mouth business, with travel tips disseminated online in Facebook and chat groups.\n\nIn an office strewn with passports - mostly Syrian - Murad took me through the process. Murad is not his real name. Even though his role is not illegal - all he does is arrange the visas and flights to the Belarusian capital Minsk - he doesn't want to be identified.\n\nBack in the summer, with news of Mr Lukashenko's threat to the EU bouncing all over social media, Murad contacted friends in Belarus, asking about the new visa rules.\n\n\"They said 'yes, it's easy now',\" Murad recalled.\n\n\"I knew it's going to be the same as what happened in 2015 with Turkey.\"\n\nIn 2015, Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was also in dispute with the EU. He allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants to pass through his country, until the EU agreed to a €6bn (£5bn) deal to help Ankara meet the cost of the influx.\n\nFor migrants now looking for safe passage via Minsk, Belarusian travel companies initially issued electronic invitations to allow people to board flights for the capital.\n\nBut as cowboy operations started to make money from fake invitations, the rules changed. Now, migrants need a physical visa stamp in their passport before they can book a flight. It takes longer, but still isn't complicated.\n\nNext, a smuggler. This is where it gets expensive.\n\nMurad said he didn't work with smugglers, advising his clients that it's actually cheaper and more reliable to find one when they reach Minsk. But when we met one ourselves, it was on the street outside Murad's office and the two men clearly knew each other.\n\nWe were told that Jouwan - again not his real name - was a veteran smuggler, having arranged trips through Turkey and Greece during the 2015 migration crisis.\n\n\"If you're using a smuggler,\" said Jouwan, \"it's going to cost you a lot. Between $9,000 and $12,000.\"\n\nAfter all, it was an unpredictable journey, Jouwan said.\n\n\"You're going through unknown woods, in a foreign country. Robbers are waiting to snatch your money. The mafia is watching you. There are wild animals on the loose, rivers and swamps to cross. You're leaping into the unknown, even if you're using GPS.\"\n\nAsked about the authorities in Belarus, Jouwan was clear about their role.\n\nWhen Idris and his friends reached the Belarusian capital Minsk, they found it teeming with migrants all beating the same path to Europe. Idris's footage from Minsk airport shows a crammed arrivals hall - passengers sprawled out across the floor waiting to be processed.\n\nIn August, Iraqi Airways bowed to pressure from the EU and cancelled direct flights from Baghdad to Minsk. But migrants continue to arrive on flights from Istanbul, Dubai and Damascus.\n\nLike many who pass this way, Idris and his friends had reservations at Minsk's Sputnik Hotel, which advertises itself as \"ideal for business trips and family holidays\".\n\nOthers have been less fortunate. Footage shared on social media claims to show migrants in sleeping bags, sheltering in a nearby underpass.\n\nWhen I reached Idris by phone, he told me they were in touch with smugglers to take them across the Polish border and on to Germany. Their departure was imminent. Idris acknowledged the challenges ahead.\n\n\"We're crossing the borders illegally. We don't know what will happen. We can't trust anyone, not even our smuggler. We're putting our fate in God's hands.\"\n\nThe trip from Irbil to Belarus, he said, had already cost $5,000 (£3,600) per person, including airfare, hotel reservations and tourist visas. They were still haggling with smugglers about the onward journey.\n\nA day later, we spoke again. There had been a setback. The group had left Minsk too late to meet a smuggler and make it into Poland. They were now at another hotel, close to the border. The costs were piling up. The group had to take two private cars from Minsk, paying $400 for each.\n\nTrepidation was setting in, because for all the expense, the outcome could still be disastrous.\n\n\"We don't know whether we're going to make it or not,\" he told me. \"Are we going to get stuck in the woods, or will it just be a matter of four or five hours [walking], just like the smuggler told us?\"\n\nAnother short video arrived before they set off.\n\n\"Pray for us,\" Idris says into the camera.\n\nAcross Belarus's north-western border, in Lithuania, we found that the prayers and dreams of thousands of migrants like Idris had been shattered. By August, more than 4,000 had made it across a largely unfenced border.\n\nSome made the onward journey to Western Europe, but many were caught. They're now being held in detention centres across the country while Lithuania figures out what to do with them. While some have been granted asylum, so far this has not included any Syrians or Iraqis.\n\nAt Kybartai, in the west, more than 670 migrants have been moved to a converted prison. The authorities are trying to make it as habitable as possible. The warm cells are a definite improvement on the tented camps near the border where the migrants were being accommodated until recently.\n\nBut when we visited, the high walls, razor wire and watchtowers created an unmistakably grim atmosphere. \"I need freedom,\" several people shouted from their cells.\n\nThe inmates were all single men, from more than 20 different countries. Most were Iraqis and Syrians, but others had come from as far afield as Yemen, Sierra Leone and even Sri Lanka.\n\nThe detention centre for migrants at Kybartai in Lithuania\n\nAbbas, from Iraq, said conditions were terrible and the migrants were being treated like criminals.\n\n\"Is it our fault Belarus opened its borders to the EU?\" he asked.\n\nAt the end of his journey he was briefly detained by the Belarusian border guards. But it seemed all they had wanted was a souvenir.\n\n\"They took selfies with us and showed us the way,\" he said.\n\nFed up with his treatment and aware that his $11,000 journey had come to an abrupt, humiliating end, Abbas said he was thinking of going back.\n\n\"But I'm not going to live in Iraq. I'll live in Turkey. I have no idea what's going to happen though. I don't have any money.\"\n\nBut even though the detainees recognised they were pawns in a geopolitical tussle between Belarus and the EU, they mostly thanked Mr Lukashenko for giving them this chance.\n\n\"When I get out, I'm going to get his name tattooed on my arm,\" Azzal, another Iraqi, told me.\n\nThe flow of migrants into Lithuania has now been stemmed, thanks in part to the country's increased border security, assisted by the EU's border management agency, Frontex. But guards also showed us places where the border was still poorly protected, sometimes little more than a gap in the forest.\n\nA section of open border between Lithuania and Belarus\n\nAt one such spot, Belarusian border guards and soldiers sauntered past on the other side, filming us on a mobile phone but avoiding eye contact.\n\n\"In old times we had really good communication about illegal immigrants,\" Vytautas Kuodis, of Lithuania's State Border Guard Service, told me.\n\nAll that ended over the summer. Calls from the Lithuanian side now go unanswered.\n\n\"Mostly they ignore us,\" Mr Kuodis said.\n\nAlthough dozens of migrants still try to cross into Lithuania each day from Belarus, most are now heading for Poland.\n\nIdris and his friends' second attempt to cross the Polish border ended - like their first - in failure.\n\nVideos, shot furtively on Idris's mobile phone, show tense roadside conversations, with voices in Russian, English and Arabic. There was a scary encounter with Belarusian police, who stopped the group, took their passports and told the drivers to return the migrants to Minsk.\n\nThey drove back to the Sputnik Hotel, where the drivers then demanded a fee to recover the group's passports from the police. At the hotel, Idris and his friends now discovered a growing network of smugglers, sorting out accommodation and logistics. And the hotel was full of new arrivals - Syrians, Iraqis and Yemenis.\n\n\"The numbers are increasing every day,\" Idris says in a video shot outside the Sputnik.\n\nTo add to the group's complications, their tourist visas expired, forcing them to check out of the hotel and into a flat.\n\nFinally, 11 days after arriving in Minsk, they tried for a third time to reach Poland, travelling to Brest in the far south-west of Belarus. This time they managed to get to the Polish border, arriving just after midnight. At this point, Belarusian soldiers made a crucial intervention.\n\nJust like Ammar, the teacher detained in Lithuania, and others who have posted on social media over the summer, the Syrians found the Belarusian military eager to assist.\n\nAs the group stood close to the border, soldiers appeared and told them to wait. Minutes later, an armoured car arrived and took them to a military truck, where Idris and his friends found 50 other migrants huddled inside.\n\nThe truck drove for a short while, said Idris. \"Then the soldier asked us to wait, so they could make sure the road to the Polish border was open.\"\n\nThere are fences being put up along the Polish border, though migrants head for places where they are low or non-existent\n\nHe then escorted the entire group for 200m (656ft) and, says Idris, showed them the way to Poland. Idris said the soldier even helped them cross the border.\n\n\"I believe he cut the wire for us.\"\n\nSplitting up into smaller groups, and with a GPS reference to guide them to a rendezvous a few miles inside Poland, the travellers plunged into the forest.\n\nThe videos Idris sent over the next two days show the friends at their lowest ebb, the journey finally taking its toll. The distance they travelled on foot was no more than a dozen miles. But the two-day hike through swamps and dense forest brought them to the edge of exhaustion. At one point, Idris fell into a ditch and hurt his leg, losing the group precious time.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFinally, on 9 October, they reached their pick-up point near the Polish town of Milejczyce, where a car was waiting. By dawn they were in Germany, and they split up soon afterwards to go their separate ways. Jamil and Roshin to Frankfurt, Zozan to Denmark to meet her fiancé.\n\nIdris carried on to the Netherlands, where he plans to report to the authorities. He's heard that if he is granted asylum, Dutch family reunification rules will make it possible to bring his wife and twin daughters from Kobane.\n\nBut it's going to take time.\n\n\"I've been researching refugee status in Europe,\" he says. \"I think it will take a year or two.\"\n\nIt's hard to know how many people have made it to their intended destinations since Mr Lukashenko opened his country's doors.\n\nBelarus has denied allegations of inducing migrants to fly there on the false promise of legal entry to the EU, and it blames Western politicians for the situation on the border.\n\nAt least 10,000 migrants are now in detention - in the Baltics, Poland and Germany. For many, it has been a harrowing ordeal. A costly waste of time and money - and in some cases - lives.\n\nAcross affected countries, calls for stricter controls are mounting.\n\nBut so far, there's no sign that Mr Lukashenko is backing down.\n\nRemembering six of the refugees who died trying to cross between Belarus and Poland - outside the Polish embassy in the Netherlands", "The Queen was pictured on Tuesday evening, hosting a Global Investment Summit at Windsor Castle\n\nThe Queen has cancelled a trip to Northern Ireland and has \"reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days\", Buckingham Palace says.\n\nThe 95-year-old monarch will remain at Windsor Castle but is still expected to attend the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow later this month.\n\nThe Queen is in \"good spirits\" but \"disappointed\" that the visit cannot go ahead, the palace said.\n\nShe was due to begin the two-day trip on Wednesday.\n\nThe nation's longest-reigning monarch has attended a series of events in recent days, hosting a Global Investment Summit at Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening.\n\nEarlier in the day, she held two audiences via video link, greeting the Japanese ambassador Hajime Hayashi and the EU ambassador Joao de Almeida.\n\nOn Monday, she held a virtual audience with the new governor-general of New Zealand, and at the weekend, she attended the races at Ascot.\n\nIt was revealed on Tuesday that the Queen had declined the Oldie of the Year award, from the magazine of the same name, saying: \"You are only as old as you feel\".\n\nA Buckingham Palace spokesman said: \"The Queen has reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days.\n\n\"Her Majesty is in good spirits and is disappointed that she will no longer be able to visit Northern Ireland, where she had been due to undertake a series of engagements today and tomorrow.\n\n\"The Queen sends her warmest good wishes to the people of Northern Ireland and looks forward to visiting in the future.\"\n\nThe Queen's decision is understood to be unrelated to coronavirus.\n\nBuckingham Palace is keen not to cause any alarm and has stressed that the Queen has \"reluctantly accepted\" the advice of doctors to rest for the next few days.\n\nShe has had a busy schedule of engagements over the past couple of weeks that would test the resilience of many people far younger than her.\n\nI saw her last Tuesday at an event at Westminster Abbey.\n\nIt was the first time she had used a walking stick in public.\n\nShe also took a shorter route into the Abbey.\n\nWe were told this was \"for her own comfort.\"\n\nBut she still looked incredibly well and engaged for a 95-year-old.\n\nIt is clear though that getting older takes its toll on us all and the Queen's diary will be carefully managed going forward.\n\nThe Queen had been due to arrive in Hillsborough in County Down on Wednesday afternoon and attend a church service marking the centenary of the formation of Northern Ireland in Armagh tomorrow.\n\nAn advance team was already in Northern Ireland making preparations for the two-day visit.\n\nMeanwhile, the Prince of Wales was also at Windsor Castle on Wednesday for an investiture ceremony where the chef and TV presenter Mary Berry was made Dame Commander.\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, said on Twitter: \"We thank Her Majesty for her good wishes to the people of Northern Ireland and trust that she will keep well and benefit from a period of rest.\n\n\"It is always a joy to have Her Majesty in Royal Hillsborough and we look forward to a further visit in the near future.\"\n\nWishing her well, Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie said the Queen had been \"a source of great comfort during Northern Ireland's darkest days and provided lasting leadership as we moved into a new era for all our people\".\n\nPrince Charles held the investiture ceremony for Dame Mary Berry on Wednesday\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said he wished the Queen \"all the very best as she takes a few days' rest\".\n\nChurch leaders in Northern Ireland said in a joint statement that they were sorry she would not attend the Service of Reconciliation and Hope in Armagh, and acknowledged \"the significance of her commitment to the work of peace and reconciliation, which has meant a great deal to people throughout this island\".\n\nThe Queen first travelled to Northern Ireland in 1945, just after the end of World War Two, when she was a princess. If it had gone ahead, this week's trip would have been her 26th visit.\n\nRoyal visits to Northern Ireland during its centenary year have included the first in line to the throne, Prince Charles who went to Belfast in May, and Prince William who visited Londonderry in September.", "Adele has gone back to number one in the UK with the biggest chart figures for almost five years.\n\nHer new single Easy On Me had a record 24 million streams in the UK in its first week as well as 23,500 downloads.\n\nUsing the Official Charts Company's formula, that is equivalent to 217,300 sales - the highest since Ed Sheeran's Shape of You in January 2017.\n\nEasy On Me is the first track from the singer's hotly-anticipated fourth album 30, which will be released next month.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Adele describes the emotions she went through making her new track Easy On Me\n\nThe pop superstar recently told Vogue magazine that the album was recorded to help her eight-year-old son understand why she and his father got divorced.\n\nExplaining the lyrics of the first single, in which she sings \"Go easy on me...\", Adele said: \"It's not like anyone's having a go at me, but it's like, I left the marriage. Be kind to me as well.\n\n\"It was the first song I wrote for the album and then I didn't write anything else for six months after because I was like, 'OK, well, I've said it all.\"\n\nThe song is her third UK number one, following Someone Like You in 2011 and Hello in 2016.\n\nIn the album chart, Coldplay's Music of the Spheres became the fastest-selling record of the year so far, with 101,000 chart sales.\n\nIt is Coldplay's ninth UK number one album in a row. Meanwhile My Universe, their collaboration with South Korean boy band BTS has jumped 10 places to number five in the singles rundown.\n\nColdplay recently told the BBC their next tour will partly be powered by a dancefloor that generates electricity when fans jump up and down, and pedal power at the venues.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 15 and 22 October.\n\nSend your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs that can be found here.\n\nPlease also ensure you follow current coronavirus guidelines and take your pictures safely and responsibly.\n\nConditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions.\n\nIt dawned on me: Gary Ward left at 03:30 to hike up Stob Dubh and Stob Coire in Glencoe to see the sunrise.\n\nMonster view: Gordon Page said he took this picture of 'beautiful Loch Ness from Fort Augustus'.\n\nWatered down: Niall Fraser The beautifully picturesque Invermoriston Falls on a moody autumn morning.\n\nMushrooming out of control: Audrey Macdonald spotted this stunning array of fungi on an early morning autumnal walk in Nairn.\n\nThe calm before the storm: Heidi Muir took this photo of Ardvasar Marina on Skye looking over to the mainland.\n\nFish supper: Derek Brown took this photograph of a grey heron feeding\n\nEdin-brrrr Castle: Rachel MacSween took this picture of Edinburgh Castle on a cold but clear and beautiful day.\n\nPigment of your imagination: Marianne Mann said the colours were very impressive at Tobermory on the Isle of Mull.\n\nGrave danger: Alistair Stevenson took this picture of a plant taking over a gravediggers hut at St Mungo in Lockerbie.\n\nIn plane sight: Rob Young took this photograph of a low flying USAF MC130 just skimming the trees in the Great Glen near Laggan dam.\n\nOutstanding in your field: Alan Bond took this drone picture of a combine harvester, harvesting the wheat from just behind his house in Stuartfield.\n\nBeak-a-boo: Freck Fraser took a picture of the often shy and reclusive Eurasian Jay, taken in his garden at Belladrum.\n\nEwe funny sheep: Jillian Neil took a picture of her friendly neighbours during a stay in Lindores\n\nSoaperstar: Gayle McIntyre took this picture of a student being hosed down after the Raisin Monday foam fight at the University of St Andrews – the first to be held in two years.\n\nThe fountain of youth: Ryan Laverty's daughter Aria, taking full advantage of the water fountains just recently opened next to the V&A Dundee, as part of the Waterfront renovation project.\n\nOrange you glad it's autumn? Victor Tregubov saw the beautiful colours of the changing leaves near Pitlochry.\n\nLiving on the edge: Pamela MacQueen took this picture on a \"journey to the edge of the world\" to the archipelago of St Kilda.\n\nLamborghini: Lyndsay Saunders took this snap of a Hebridean 'taxi' on the Isle of Harris whilst travelling in her campervan\n\nLittle shredder: Kirsty Brien took this picture of her seven-year-old son, Seth, on Harris where she has moved with her family.\n\nCatch of the day: Chris Boyle took this picture of a salmon leaping at Buchanty Spout, Perthshire.\n\nI have so mushroom in my heart for you: Howard Dodds took this photo of a fly agaric at Carron Valley Reservoir.\n\nGo with the flow: Glenys Norquay said her visit to the Birks of Aberfeldy in Perthshire was full of autumn colour.\n\nFeet first: Lindsey Harper said her son Rory was having so much fun on the zip wire at Crieff Hydro.\n\nSwan Lake: Patrick Hutton said this young swan was dipping its feet in the Musselburgh Lagoon.\n\nThe ghostess with the mostest: Mark Reynolds took this spooky snap of the ruined Jedburgh Abbey and its ghastly face in the windows.\n\nTime to reflect: Seria Hogg took this photo at the start of the Caledonian Canal in Fort William during a cycling trip around Scotland.\n\nHailey Beaupre said this photo of the Quiraing on the Isle of Skye is the best she has ever taken.\n\nDuck giving itself a quack: Shona Finlayson thought it looked like this duck was clapping at at Biggar boating pond.\n\nSquirrel Nutkin: John Kerr took this picture of squirrels looking for nuts at Argaty near Doune on a beautiful calm day.\n\nUnbeleafable: Elaine Malone took this picture of one of the \"new helpers\" at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital community garden.\n\nPeak preview: Richard Cooper waited for 20 minutes for the cloud to clear to reveal a light dusting of snow on the pinnacles of An Teallach.\n\nFairy umbrellas: Liz Hamilton took this picture of these porcelain mushrooms growing on a beech tree at Haddo Country Park, Aberdeenshire.\n\nRed flag: Marianne McKiggan took this picture on Portobello Beach in Edinburgh showing Kinetika Beach of Dreams, an installation of 500 pennant flags.\n\nView from above: Danny McCafferty took this picture of Hope street in Glasgow from his office window.\n\nGood mood: Curtis Welsh took this picture of Armanda, the Highland Cow, quietly chewing her cud and admiring the peaceful and empty golden sands at Hushinish on the Island of Harris.\n\nGo ahead: Margaret Winton said she was \"intrigued\" by the Floating Heads installation at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum in Glasgow.\n\nI'm hearing what you sea: Charlie Scott took this picture of the \"impressive\" waves at Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire.\n\nLeap of faith: Scott Renton took this picture of his daughter, Elspeth, during a trip to Nairn in the October holidays.\n\nPlease ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child featured (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice).\n\nIn contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way, including in any media worldwide.\n\nHowever, you will still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News.\n\nAt no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe the law.\n\nYou can find more information here.\n\nAll photos are subject to copyright.", "Although most adults agree measures such as social distancing and mask-wearing to slow the spread of Covid are important, fewer adults in Britain are still doing it, latest figures reveal.\n\nThe percentage of adults who say they always or often maintain social distancing has fallen - from 63% in mid-July to 39% in mid-October.\n\nAnd 82% say they wear a face covering now, down from 97% in mid-June.\n\nMore than half of working adults are travelling to work, the survey found.\n\nThis is the highest rate for a year.\n\nAcross the four \"hands, face, space\" measures - hand washing, face coverings, social distancing and ventilation - young people saw them as less important than older age groups.\n\nMen were less likely than women to view them as important or very important.\n\nWhile concerns about the effect of coronavirus on people's lives are falling, the percentage of adults thinking that life will never return to normal is rising - up from 3% at the start of 2021 to 12% now.\n\nAnd 30% are not sure when things will return to normal, up from 16% at the beginning of the year.\n\nAt the No 10 press conference on coronavirus this week, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said people \"should\" continue wearing face coverings in some enclosed spaces, despite many Conservative MPs not doing so in the Commons chamber.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhen challenged on this apparent double-standard, he said: \"That is a very fair point. As I say, we've all got our role to play in this and we, the people standing up on this stage, we've got our public roles, as secretary of state, as someone in the NHS, as head of UKSHA [UK Health Security Agency], we've got big roles to play.\n\n\"But we've all got a role to play and set an example to set as private individuals as well. It's a very fair point and I'm sure a lot of people have heard you.\"\n\nHe warned: \"With winter soon upon us, these little steps make a big difference and they are more important now than they've ever been.\"\n\nHe said restrictions may need to return if mitigations were too lax: \"If people don't wear masks when they really should in a really crowded place with lots of people they don't normally hang out with.\n\n\"If they're not washing their hands and stuff - it's going to hit us all and it would of course make it more likely we're going to have more restrictions.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Piers Morgan has announced he is to stop hosting his ITV show Life Stories.\n\nIn a tweet on Thursday, the presenter revealed that his former Good Morning Britain colleague Kate Garraway will take over the programme.\n\nThe news comes seven months after Morgan left GMB after controversially criticising the Duchess of Sussex.\n\nLife Stories was his last remaining ITV project. He will now move to host a new global TV show for the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp and Fox News Media.\n\nPiers Morgan's Life Stories began in 2009 and has seen him interview celebrities ranging from Sharon Osbourne and singer Cheryl to then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Piers Morgan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I'm quitting Life Stories after 12 years and 100 shows,\" he posted of the programme, which has also featured Captain Sir Tom Moore, Katie Price, Sir Richard Branson and Sir Keir Starmer.\n\n\"My final one will be with my fabulous friend Kate Garraway and she will then present the remaining three planned shows of the next series as I leave ITV to host my new global daily show. It's been a blast!\"\n\nIn March, Morgan caused a stir by storming off and then permanently leaving Good Morning Britain following a row over comments he made about the Duchess of Sussex.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Piers Morgan: Ofcom decision says \"I was entitled to not believe them\"\n\nMedia regulator Ofcom received a record 58,000 complaints about Morgan's comments that he \"didn't believe a word\" Meghan had told Oprah Winfrey about her mental health in an interview.\n\nBut ITV was cleared by Ofcom, with Morgan saying it was \"ridiculous\" that he had lost his job, and that the ruling was \"a resounding victory for free speech\".\n\nThe presenter's new show will air on the newly-announced talkTV in the UK, Fox Nation in the US, and Sky News Australia.\n\nAn ITV spokeswoman said: \"We would like to thank Piers for over a hundred engaging, compelling and insightful Life Stories over the past 12 years where his interviewees have included the very best names in showbiz, business and politics.\n\n\"We wish him the very best of luck with all of his future ventures. Kate is a brilliant journalist and inquisitive interviewer and we look forward to her forthcoming three shows.\"\n\nKate Garraway is one of the co-anchors of Good Morning Britain\n\nGarraway, who has recently documented her husband's long battle with coronavirus, said she was looking forward to taking over the reins.\n\n\"It's a big job, but I've always loved having the chance to talk to people, both on air and off,\" she said.\n\n\"Everyone has a story to tell and the wonderful thing about this show is that you have the airtime to delve into the areas of guests' lives that the viewers might not know about already.\n\n\"It's also a chance to understand more about the bits we do already know about (both good and bad) and hear it in their own words.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Last Leg host Adam Hills addressed the ongoing problems on 8 October\n\nChannel 4 has said subtitles will be restored to several platforms and high-profile programmes after weeks-long disruption.\n\nIt said \"intensive engineering work\" meant live text descriptions would begin to return for viewers on Sky, Virgin Media and Freeview.\n\nThe Great British Bake Off and The Last Leg will gain subtitles initially.\n\nDeaf charities had called for urgent action after a fire at a broadcast centre affected transmissions.\n\nBroadcasting watchdog Ofcom said it had received around 500 complaints about Channel 4's outage, which cut off subtitles, audio description and sign language services.\n\nChannel 4 said viewers on Freesat would still be unable to access subtitles, as it distributes content to that platform \"in a different way that is not resolved by this change\".\n\nViewers of its website and on demand service All 4 should now begin to see subtitles on flagship programmes after a switch to a back-up system, the channel said.\n\nHundreds of hours of Channel 4 programming have been affected by the outage, which began when fire suppression devices destroyed hard disks at a west London broadcast centre on 25 September.\n\nThe incident at the centre, owned by Red Bee Media, affected other broadcasters like the BBC and Channel 5, although their services were restored sooner.\n\nHearing loss charity RNID warned this week that \"12 million people in the UK who are deaf or have hearing loss have felt excluded and increasingly angry, because the system to provide subtitles and signed content is broken\".\n\nOn Friday, the National Deaf Children's Society said it had written to Ofcom \"asking them to intervene to resolve this completely unacceptable delay\".\n\nChannel 4 said it had been working with RNID to keep deaf viewers updated.\n\nDespite the switch to a back-up system, Channel 4 said audio description and sign-language services \"will remain unavailable until we move to the new system that is being built and tested\".\n\nAlongside issues with accessibility services, other problems have plagued Channel 4's network since the 25 September incident.\n\nThe wrong episode of reality show Married at First Sight UK was played out on E4 by mistake, prompting criticism from loyal fans who had expected to watch the series finale.", "Many French citizens are struggling with record prices at the pump\n\nThe French government has announced a one-off payment of €100 (£84; $116) for each citizen whose monthly net income is €2,000 or less, to help counter the surge in fuel and energy prices.\n\nThe \"inflation allowance\" will go to about 38 million French people automatically, including those who do not drive a car or ride a motorbike.\n\nThe first payments will go to business employees in late December.\n\nCivil servants, students and pensioners will get theirs in early 2022.\n\nThe €100 payment will be tax-free and Prime Minister Jean Castex said it would cost the government €3.8bn (£3.2bn; $4.4bn). That would be far less than the cost of cutting fuel duty, he said.\n\nEurope is facing widespread discontent after world energy prices spiked, largely a result of huge demand from businesses recovering from the long Covid paralysis. The energy market turmoil has had a knock-on effect, disrupting supply chains and causing some shortages of fuel and other consumer goods.\n\nPresident Emmanuel Macron is six months away from a presidential election and the spike in energy prices threatens to trigger a new wave of mass protests.\n\nThe \"gilets jaunes\" (yellow vest) protests in 2018 escalated from protests over fuel duty to a much wider anti-government movement.\n\nMr Castex said a cap on household gas prices would remain in place until the end of 2022, as world energy prices were expected to fall only gradually.\n\nSome 13 million pensioners and two-thirds of students will be among those who receive the €100. It will also go to about half of all workers, as €2,000 is the average net monthly income.\n\nMotorists have been hit by soaring fuel prices: diesel has risen to a record €1.56 per litre on average in France, and unleaded petrol to €1.62 per litre, the daily Le Monde reports.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Actor Alec Baldwin seen outside the Santa Fe County Sheriff's office after he was interviewed by police\n\nA woman has died and a man has been injured after actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a New Mexico film set for the 19th Century western Rust.\n\nHalyna Hutchins, 42, was shot while working on the set as director of photography. She was flown to hospital by helicopter but died of her injuries.\n\nThe man, 48-year-old director Joel Souza, was taken from the scene at Bonanza Creek Ranch by ambulance.\n\nPolice said they were investigating and that no charges had been filed.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Baldwin, best known for his role as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and for his portrayal of Donald Trump on sketch show Saturday Night Live, said the incident had involved the misfiring of a prop gun with blanks.\n\nIn a statement to AFP news agency, a Santa Fe sheriff spokesman said Mr Baldwin had spoken to detectives.\n\n\"He came in voluntarily and he left the building after he finished his interviews,\" the spokesman said.\n\nPolice are trying to establish what type of projectile left the prop gun and how. Mr Baldwin was seen outside the sheriff's office in tears, local media reported.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The director who worked with Halyna Hutchins on the 2020 action film Archenemy says her death is \"unfathomable\"\n\nThe actor is a co-producer of the film and plays its namesake, an outlaw whose 13-year-old grandson is convicted of manslaughter.\n\nThe eldest of four brothers, all actors, Mr Baldwin has starred in numerous TV and film roles since the 1980s.\n\nMs Hutchins was from Ukraine and grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle, according to her personal website. She studied journalism in Kyiv, and film in Los Angeles, and was named a \"rising star\" by the American Cinematographer magazine in 2019.\n\nShe was the director of photography for the 2020 action film Archenemy, directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer.\n\n\"I'm so sad about losing Halyna. And so infuriated that this could happen on a set,\" Mr Mortimer said in a tweet.\n\nIn a statement, the International Cinematographer's Guild said Ms Hutchins' death was \"devastating news\" and \"a terrible loss\".\n\n\"The details are unclear at this moment, but we are working to learn more, and we support a full investigation into this tragic event,\" said guild president John Lindley and executive director Rebecca Rhine.\n\nPolice say sheriff's deputies were dispatched to Bonanza Creek Ranch, a popular filming location, at around 13:50 local time (19:50 GMT) after receiving an emergency call about a shooting on the set of Rust.\n\nIncidents such as Thursday's fatal shooting on the Rust film set are extremely rare, but not unheard of.\n\nReal firearms are often used in filming, and are loaded with blanks - cartridges that create a flash and a bang without discharging a projectile.\n\nIn 1993, Brandon Lee - the 28-year-old son of the late martial-arts star Bruce Lee - died on set after being accidentally shot with a prop gun while filming a death scene for the film The Crow. The gun mistakenly had a dummy round loaded in it.\n\nResponding to Thursday's news, Brandon Lee's sister Shannon tweeted: \"Our hearts go out to the family of Halyna Hutchins and to Joel Souza and all involved in the incident on 'Rust'. No-one should ever be killed by a gun on a film set. Period.\"", "The inquest heard how Anthony Rees did not want to wait for his son to help him move the stove\n\nA 78-year-old farmer died while trying to move a 74 stone (470kg) stove, an inquest has heard.\n\nAnthony Rees was moving the Aga cooker at his home in Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, near Ruthin, Denbighshire, when it fell and crushed him in June.\n\nHis wife Elizabeth Rees said she asked him to wait until their son could help but \"he wanted to get the job done\".\n\nShe said medication he was taking for cancer could have influenced his actions.\n\n\"The medication may have contributed to the accident... it was out of character,\" said Mrs Rees.\n\nThe former deep sea diver, who turned to farming after retiring as a marine operations manager, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer last April.\n\nIn a statement from Mrs Rees, read out at the inquest in Ruthin, she described how her husband had built a four-wheeled trolley to move the stove in June.\n\nShe said she told him to wait until their son Daniel could come to help but he moved it on his own.\n\nThe 470 kg log-burning Aga stove was being removed to be replaced with a new oil-fuelled model\n\n\"I couldn't understand why he had been so keen to go ahead,\" Mrs Rees said.\n\nThe cooker toppled over, pinning Mr Rees to the ground and she was unable to free him.\n\nAfter dialling 999 she called a neighbour, David Heller, who managed to move the cooker while she freed her husband.\n\nParamedics and doctors carried out CPR but he was declared dead at the scene, and the cause of death was given as crush injuries to the chest.", "Covid has severely affected healthcare staff and may have killed between 80,000 and 180,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.\n\nHealthcare workers must be prioritised for vaccines, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, and he criticised unfairness in the distribution of jabs.\n\nThe deaths occurred between January 2020 and May of this year.\n\nEarlier, another senior WHO official warned a lack of jabs could see the pandemic continue well into next year.\n\nThere are an estimated 135 million healthcare workers globally.\n\n\"Data from 119 countries suggest that on average, two in five healthcare workers globally are fully vaccinated,\" Dr Tedros said.\n\n\"But of course, that average masks huge differences across regions and economic groupings.\"\n\nFewer than one in 10 healthcare workers were fully vaccinated in Africa, he said, compared with eight in 10 in high-income countries.\n\nA failure to provide poorer countries with enough vaccines was highlighted earlier by Dr Bruce Aylward, a senior leader at the WHO, who said it meant the Covid crisis could \"easily drag on deep into 2022\".\n\nLess than 5% of Africa's population have been vaccinated, compared with 40% on most other continents.\n\nThe vast majority of Covid vaccines overall have been used in high-income or upper middle-income countries. Africa accounts for just 2.6% of doses administered globally.\n\nThe original idea behind Covax, the UN-backed global programme to distribute vaccines fairly, was that all countries would be able to acquire vaccines from its pool, including wealthy ones, writes BBC Global Affairs correspondent Naomi Grimley.\n\nBut most G7 countries decided to hold back once they started making their own one-to-one deals with pharmaceutical companies.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ros Atkins looks at the ethics of Western countries rolling out Covid booster jabs while millions globally remain unvaccinated\n\nDr Aylward appealed to wealthy countries to give up their places in the queue for vaccines so that pharmaceutical companies can prioritise the lowest-income countries instead.\n\nHe said wealthy countries needed to \"stocktake\" where they were with their donation commitments made at summits such as the G7 meeting in St Ives this summer.\n\n\"I can tell you we're not on track,\" he said. \"We really need to speed it up or you know what? This pandemic is going to go on for a year longer than it needs to.\"\n\nThe People's Vaccine - an alliance of charities - has released new figures suggesting just one in seven of the doses promised by pharmaceutical companies and wealthy countries are actually reaching their destinations in poorer countries.\n\nThe alliance, which includes Oxfam and UNAids, also criticised Canada and the UK for procuring vaccines for their own populations via Covax.\n\nOfficial figures show that earlier this year the UK received 539,370 Pfizer doses from Covax while Canada took just under a million AstraZeneca doses.\n\nOxfam's Global Health Adviser, Rohit Malpani, acknowledged that Canada and the UK were technically entitled to get vaccines via this route having paid into the Covax mechanism, but he said it was still \"morally indefensible\" given that they had both obtained millions of doses through their own bilateral agreements.\n\nThe UK government pointed out it was one of the countries which had \"kick-started\" Covax last year with a donation of £548m.\n\nThe UK has also delivered more than 10 million vaccines to countries in need, and has pledged a total of 100 million.\n\nThe Canadian government was keen to stress that it had now stopped using Covax vaccines.\n\nThe country's International Development Minister, Karina Gould, said: \"As soon as it became clear that the supply we had secured through our bilateral deals would be sufficient for the Canadian population, we pivoted the doses which we had procured from Covax back to Covax, so they could be redistributed to developing countries.\"\n\nCovax originally aimed to deliver two billion doses of vaccines by the end of this year, but so far it has shipped 371m doses.", "The report pays tribute to care workers' professionalism and resilience\n\nThere will be \"a tsunami\" of people without the care they need this winter unless staff shortages are tackled, England's care watchdog is warning.\n\nSocial care staff are \"exhausted and depleted,\" says Care Quality Commission (CQC) chief executive, Ian Trenholm.\n\nIn a report, the CQC urges immediate work to address the problem of rising numbers of unfilled care sector jobs.\n\nOn Thursday, the government announced an extra £162.5m to boost the adult social care workforce.\n\nThis is in addition to £5.4bn earmarked for social care over the next three years from the government's health and social care levy, which already includes £500m to be spent on the workforce.\n\nThe CQC welcomes the money but has a warning: \"It must be used to enable new ways of working that recognise the interdependency of all health and care settings, not just to prop up existing approaches and to plug demand in acute care.\"\n\nIn its latest State of Health and Social Care in England report, the CQC confirms fears that social care providers are facing a staffing crisis, losing staff to better paid jobs in retail and hospitality, and unable to recruit replacements.\n\nAcross England, numbers of unfilled jobs are rising month on month, the researchers found, from 6% in April to more than 10% in September.\n\nLondon is worst affected with 11% of jobs vacant, followed by the East Midlands at 9.4% and the South West at 9.2%.\n\nThis means care providers are having to limit their services, the researchers found.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Care minister Gillian Keegan: \"We want to get more hours in the system\"\n\nIn Devon, Rebecca Marks, director of Ark Care Homes, says more than one in five of their beds are empty, because they cannot afford to staff them.\n\nShe says current staff are exhausted after the pandemic, and despite the company offering funding for training and qualifications, and paying joining bonuses, \"they are saying: 'You know, I'm going to go and work in a supermarket'\".\n\n\"We need help and we need it fast... whether it's funding to be able to pay our staff higher wages to represent the responsibility and the amazing job that they do, or something different.\n\n\"It's a very difficult place for care providers and care staff, and ultimately our residents.\"\n\nOona Goldsworthy, who oversees five care homes in the south-west of England, told BBC Breakfast she was \"literally throwing everything\" at the problem to try and fill vacancies - including increasing wages.\n\n\"We have to recognise paying carers the minimum wage is just not acceptable any more,\" she said.\n\nIn the measured tones of a regulator, this report makes it clear that a staffing crisis in the long overlooked care system has much broader consequences.\n\nA \"tsunami of unmet need\" is more than a striking phrase. It represents a lack of support that can leave someone who is disabled or in the later years of their life struggling - alone or with family, facing grinding daily difficulties and too often deterioration that ends in crisis.\n\nIt is distressing for those at the heart of it and pressure on an overstretched NHS that with the right support might have been avoided.\n\nThe extra money the government has announced will help, but councils and care organisations have been quick to say it won't be enough.\n\nAnd the suggestion it could lead to tens of thousands of new care staff is likely to be greeted with a wry smile coming just 18 months after the last government recruitment campaign failed to do that.\n\nUnpaid carers who look after relatives at home are among those hit hard by the staffing squeeze.\n\nDorothy Cook cares for her husband Melvin, at home in Bristol. Melvin is in the advanced stages of a degenerative brain disease which has left him unable to wash, dress, shower or feed himself without her help.\n\nFollowing a fall in February, he was in hospital for six weeks, and then spent four months in a rehabilitation unit.\n\nMelvin is meant to have a care package at home but the provider ended it after five weeks, as his condition was too complex for them to manage.\n\nThat was 12 weeks ago, and Dorothy is struggling.\n\n\"It all falls on my shoulders, and I'm on my knees with exhaustion,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"We both feel completely and utterly alone. We feel that nobody cares.\"\n\nCarers UK, which represents unpaid people like Dorothy, says a survey of 8,000 of its members suggests more than half (55%) have lost some or all of the support they need, since the pandemic.\n\nThe government says it will take steps to ensure that unpaid carers have the support, advice and respite they need, with more detail to be published later this year.\n\nCare companies say the main factors making it hard to find and keep staff are:\n\nIn its report, the CQC pays tribute \"to the professionalism and resilience of everyone that works in social care\", but according to chief executive Ian Trenholm: \"Those people cannot be expected to work any harder.\n\n\"If we're to get safely through this winter, there needs to be urgent action.\"\n\nHe says local leaders of health and social care services will need \"to make maximum use of everything they have at their disposal to get safely through the winter... If these things don't happen there is the genuine risk of a tsunami of unmet need, with many people not getting the care that they so desperately need this winter.\"\n\nHe believes the key is more collaboration between services and urges a rapid overhaul: \"We can't be in this position in a year's time. We need to be thinking about what systems will look like in the future.\n\n\"We are really clear, there are no silver bullets, there are no simple answers to what is a very, very complex problem.\"\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care official said: \"We appreciate the dedication and tireless work of health and social care staff throughout the pandemic.\n\n\"We have provided record levels of investment to support them and will provide £36bn over the next three years for health and social care across the UK.\n\n\"We are working on health and social care reform to ensure we can provide world-leading services and are committed to learning lessons from the pandemic, with a full public inquiry in the spring.\"\n\nShadow minister for social care, Liz Kendall, called the report \"devastating\", saying the government's recent social care announcement would not help.\n\n\"Labour is calling for a ten-year plan of investment and reform,\" to include a new deal to transform pay, training and conditions for care staff, and a shift in focus towards prevention and early intervention, said Ms Kendall.", "Home Secretary Priti Patel has backed calls to change the law to give victims of domestic abuse more time to report a crime, the BBC has been told.\n\nThere is currently a six-month time limit for a charge to be brought against someone for common assault.\n\nBut Ms Patel has agreed to extend the timeframe to up to two years.\n\nIt comes after the BBC revealed 13,000 cases in England and Wales had been dropped in five years because the six month limit had been breached.\n\nThe change is expected to come as part of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament.\n\nCampaigners have said the move would be very welcome, but they are waiting to see an official announcement.\n\nCommon assault cases include things like a push, threatening words or being spat at and are normally dealt with at magistrates court.\n\nThe clock starts from the date of the incident, and within the next six months, a victim needs to have come forward and the police have to have carried out their work to secure a charge against the alleged perpetrator, or the case will be dropped.\n\nVictims of domestic common assault are sometimes reluctant to report incidents and the cases can be complex - which is why campaigners say the police should be given more time before having to bring charges.\n\nThe argument for the time limit was to keep the criminal justice system moving, especially when there is now such a backlog of cases to be heard following Covid.\n\nBut Labour MP Yvette Cooper, who chairs the Commons Home Affairs Committee, said the number of incidents being \"timed out\" because of the six month factor was \"shocking\".\n\nThe BBC has been told this time limit will now be extended to two years, and there will be a renewed push to ensure police and prosecutors are alive to incidents of coercive control, which are often linked with incidents of domestic abuse.\n\nMs Cooper said the change would be \"excellent news\", adding: \"Making this simple and practical change would give domestic abuse victims more time to report assault and means stronger action to tackle violence against women and girls - something that is badly needed right now.\"\n\nThree-quarters of all domestic abuse cases - including sexual assaults - are closed early without the suspect being charged, according to a report by HM inspector of constabulary.\n\nAnd just 1.6% of rape allegations in England and Wales result in someone being charged - something the government has said it is \"deeply ashamed\" about.\n\nFigures obtained by the BBC using Freedom of Information from 30 of the 43 police forces in England and Wales, revealed a huge increase in allegations of common assault involving domestic abuse - but a fall in the number of charges being brought.\n\nFrom 2016-17 to 2020-21 there were at least 12,982 cases of common assault that were flagged as involving domestic abuse in which no-one was charged due to the time limit.\n\nIn the same time period, the total number of common assaults flagged as instances of domestic abuse increased by 71% from 99,134 to 170,013.\n\nBut the number of these common assaults that resulted in charges being brought fell by 23%.\n\nA government spokesman said all allegations should be investigated and pursued where possible, and money had been invested into supporting victims of such crimes during the pandemic.", "A new mutated form of coronavirus that some are calling \"Delta Plus\" may spread more easily than regular Delta, UK experts now say.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has moved it up into the \"variant under investigation\" category, to reflect this possible risk.\n\nThere is no evidence yet that it causes worse illness.\n\nAnd scientists are confident that existing vaccines should still work well to protect people.\n\nAlthough regular Delta still accounts for most Covid infections in the UK, cases of \"Delta Plus\" or AY.4.2 have been increasing.\n\nLatest official data suggests 6% of Covid cases are of this type.\n\nExperts say it is unlikely to take off in a big way or escape current vaccines. But officials say there is some early evidence that it may have an increased growth rate in the UK compared to Delta.\n\n\"This sub-lineage has become increasingly common in the UK in recent months, and there is some early evidence that it may have an increased growth rate in the UK compared to Delta,\" the UKHSA said.\n\nUnlike Delta, however, it is not yet considered a \"variant of concern\" - the highest category assigned to variants according to their level of risk.\n\nThere are thousands of different types - or variants - of Covid circulating across the world. Viruses mutate all the time, so it is not surprising to see new versions emerge.\n\nAY.4.2 is an offshoot of Delta that includes some new mutations affecting the spike protein, which the virus uses to penetrate our cells.\n\nThe mutations - Y145H and A222V - have been found in various other coronavirus lineages since the beginning of the pandemic.\n\nA few cases have also been identified in the US. There had been some in Denmark, but new infections with AY.4.2 have since gone down there.\n\nThe UK is already offering booster doses of Covid vaccine to higher risk people ahead of winter, to make sure they have the fullest protection against coronavirus.\n\nThere is no suggestion that a new update of the vaccine will be needed to protect against any of the existing variants of the pandemic virus.\n\nDr Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of the UKHSA, said: \"The public health advice is the same for all current variants. Get vaccinated and, for those eligible, come forward for your third or booster dose as appropriate as soon as you are called.\n\n\"Continue to exercise caution. Wear a mask in crowded spaces and, when meeting people indoors, open windows and doors to ventilate the room. If you have symptoms take a PCR test and isolate at home until you receive a negative result.\"", "Twenty-two people were killed in the May 2017 bombing\n\nA man whose British citizenship was removed due to alleged links to the Manchester Arena bombing has had it returned to him by Home Secretary Priti Patel, the BBC can reveal.\n\nThe man's citizenship was removed in the aftermath of the attack in 2017.\n\nThe original decision was taken by Amber Rudd when she was home secretary.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed and hundreds were injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nThe mother of one of those murdered said bereaved families \"need answers\" from the home secretary.\n\nThe man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had appealed against the original decision to remove his citizenship at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), but the case has not proceeded to a full hearing.\n\nA SIAC document, provided to the BBC, reveals Ms Patel instead \"decided to withdraw the decision to deprive the appellant of his British citizenship\".\n\nIt was decided in July 2017 that stripping his British citizenship was conducive to the public good.\n\nIt was alleged the man was an associate of Salman Abedi, might have known about the bombing beforehand, and might have helped in its preparation.\n\nThe man contended that he was subjected to ill treatment outside the UK.\n\nMs Patel informed the court by letter on 25 June this year of her decision, with the move confirmed the following month.\n\nNo reasons have been publicly given.\n\nA Home Office spokesperson said: \"The government, working with our world-class police and security and intelligence agencies, will always take the strongest action possible to protect national security and public safety.\"\n\nSalman Abedi in the foyer of the Manchester Arena just seconds before he blew himself up\n\nFamilies of the 22 people murdered in the bombing were not informed of the development.\n\nCaroline Curry, whose 19-year-old son Liam was killed in the attack, told the BBC that \"the secrets have got to stop\".\n\nShe said \"we need answers from Priti Patel\".\n\nSIAC is a semi-secret court and is the venue of appeal for foreign nationals (or those deprived of British citizenship who are deemed also to have foreign nationality) who face detention, deportation or exclusion from the UK on grounds of national security.\n\nMany of the court's hearings and rulings are never made public, even to the appellants themselves, because they include sensitive evidence which the government says it cannot divulge.\n\nThis week, at the public inquiry into the bombing, it emerged that:\n\nNext week, evidence will be heard from MI5 before the inquiry enters three weeks of secret hearings about what the security service knew in advance about the bomber. The victims' families are excluded from the hearings.", "Hutchins was a \"wonderful mother, first and foremost\", a former colleague told the BBC\n\nHalyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who died when actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a film set, has been remembered as \"an incredible artist\".\n\nHutchins had been working as director of photography on the set of Rust.\n\nAmerican Cinematographer magazine had named her one of its rising stars in 2019, and she previously worked on 2020 independent superhero film Archenemy.\n\nArchenemy director Adam Egypt Mortimer told BBC News the fact she had died on a set was \"really unbelievable\".\n\nHe said: \"Halyna was an incredible artist who was just starting a career I think people were really starting to notice.\n\n\"The fact that she would be killed on a set in an accident like this is unfathomable. It just seems inconceivable.\"\n\nHutchins' most recent post on Instagram, from Tuesday, showed her riding horses on set.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by halynahutchins This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Twitter, Alec Baldwin said \"there are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours.\"\n\n\"My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFellow cinematographer Catherine Goldschmidt described Hutchins as \"lovely, warm, funny, charming, outgoing\", and praised her for being \"so talented\".\n\n\"What's so tragic is she's made beautiful films already but when you think about what was ahead of her, that is also so sad,\" she told BBC News.\n\n\"She was also a mum, which I think is very difficult,\" Goldschmidt added. \"When I first met her I remember being really impressed, shocked even that this beautiful, creative, outgoing, enthusiastic talented cinematographer also is raising the child.\n\n\"I think for women in this industry it is very difficult. So I was very impressed that she was able to do that.\"\n\nHutchins was described by a friend as a \"rockstar cinematographer\"\n\nAlex Fedosov, who like Hutchins is a Ukrainian film-maker working Hollywood, said she was \"rising fast in her career\" and was \"an artist and a visionary\".\n\n\"She was so talented, a photography director with her own vision, her own strong ideas,\" he told BBC News Ukrainian.\n\n\"When we worked together on set, I was assistant director, I would rush her and say, 'Hurry up, we need to film this'. She would smile calmly but carry on in her own rhythm because she knew what she wanted to achieve.\"\n\nInnovative Artists, the agency that represented her, described her as \"a ray of light\" in a statement.\n\n\"Her talent was immense, only surpassed by the love she had for her family,\" the agency wrote. \"All those in her orbit knew what was coming; a star director of photography, who would be a force to be reckoned with.\"\n\nFedosov added Hutchins was a \"wonderful mother, first and foremost\".\n\nHe also questioned how her death could have happened, saying: \"Standards of safety in the US are very high. There is always an expert on set. There are always checks ahead of filming. Blanks are used sometimes to achieve a better effect on camera but it is always done with high degree of safety.\"\n\nDirector Adam Egypt Mortimer told the BBC that safety on movie sets is paramount. \"The fact that a gun went off and killed Halyna is both shocking from an industry point of view and just absolutely tragic from the point of view of knowing this amazing artist who suddenly not with us.\"\n\nJames Gunn, director of The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy, said: \"My greatest fear is that someone will be fatally hurt on one of my sets. I pray this will never happen. My heart goes out to all of those affected by the tragedy today on Rust, especially Halyna Hutchins and her family.\"\n\nDirector and cinematographer Elle Schneider wrote a thread on Twitter about the death of her \"friend and rockstar cinematographer\".\n\n\"I don't have words to describe this tragedy. I want answers. I want her family to somehow find peace among this horrific, horrific loss,\" she said.\n\n\"Women cinematographers have historically been kept from genre film, and it seems especially cruel that one of the rising stars who was able to break through had her life cut short on the kind of project we've been fighting for.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by AFI Conservatory This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHutchins was born in Ukraine in 1979 and grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle.\n\nHer website said she spent her upbringing \"surrounded by reindeer and nuclear submarines\".\n\nShe entered the film industry after gaining a degree in international journalism from Kyiv State University. After working on documentaries in the UK, she moved to Los Angeles, where she graduated from the American Film Institute conservatory in 2015.\n\nShe began working her way up in Hollywood, with credits on films including Blindfire, which she described as a \"racially charged cop drama\" written and directed by Mike Nell.\n\nShe also worked on horror feature Darlin', directed by Pollyanna McIntosh, which debuted at the SXSW film festival 2019.\n\nAmerican Cinematographer, a monthly magazine published by the American Society of Cinematographers, interviewed Hutchins in 2019.\n\nShe explained to them why she moved from journalism to cinematography, saying: \"My transition from journalism began when I was working on British film productions in eastern Europe, travelling with crews to remote locations and seeing how the cinematographer worked.\n\n\"I was fascinated with storytelling based on real characters.\"\n\nHer early life as a self-described \"army brat\" meant she was \"already a movie fan because 'there wasn't that much to do outside'\", the magazine added.\n\nIt said she gained \"hands-on shooting experience from documenting her forays into such extreme sports as parachuting and cave exploration\".\n\nAfter her death, the magazine paid tribute to the film-maker, saying: \"We're deeply saddened by the news from Santa Fe regarding the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Safety on the set should always be of paramount concern to everyone, especially when working with firearms.\"", "Logan was found dead in the River Ogmore on 31 July\n\nThe mother of a five-year-old boy who was found dead in a river has been charged with his murder.\n\nAngharad Williamson, 30, from Sarn, becomes the third person to be charged with the murder of Logan Mwangi.\n\nA 14-year-old boy, who cannot be identified because of his age, has also appeared in court charged with murder.\n\nLogan Mwangi, also known as Logan Williamson, was discovered in the River Ogmore in Bridgend county on 31 July.\n\nLogan's stepfather John Cole, 39, from Sarn, has already been charged with the murder.\n\nAngharad Williamson and John Cole have both been charged over the death of Logan\n\nBoth John Cole and Logan's mother Angharad Williamson have also been charged with perverting the course of justice.\n\nThe 14-year-old has been remanded into care of the local authority.\n\nTeddies and balloons were left next to the River Ogmore in memory of Logan\n\nFollowing Logan's death, residents left floral tributes, teddies and cards near the part of the river where he was found.\n\nLogan's classmates have described him as a happy boy who liked Spiderman and playing hide and seek.\n\nHis friends were \"heartbroken\" by his death.", "Two men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to administer poison with intent to injure, annoy or aggrieve\n\nPolice say two men have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into spiking incidents in Nottingham.\n\nNottinghamshire Police has received 15 reports of spiking where the victims believe they were injected with a needle on a night out.\n\nThe force said there had also been 32 reports of people being spiked by having their drink contaminated since 4 September.\n\nThe men, aged 18 and 19, have been released under investigation.\n\nThey were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to administer poison with intent to injure, annoy or aggrieve following information received by police on Wednesday.\n\nA 20-year-old man, arrested earlier this week as part of the investigation, has been released on bail.\n\nEarlier, Lincolnshire Police said it had arrested a 35-year-old man in the early hours of Friday in connection with an attempted drink-spiking at a Lincoln nightclub.\n\nThe suspected offence \"doesn't involve a needle\", the force said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teenager Sarah Buckle woke up in hospital after a suspected spiking incident\n\nThroughout the week, people in Nottingham and other parts of the country have been sharing their experiences of suspected spiking incidents - with some reporting waking hours later to discover evidence of having been injected.\n\nNottinghamshire Police said its investigation had seen officers working \"positively\" with venues and reviewing CCTV footage over the past few days.\n\nSupt Kathryn Craner urged anyone who believed they had been a victim of spiking to come forward.\n\nA boycott of nightclubs is being planned for Wednesday to put pressure on venue owners to tackle the problem.\n\nZara Owen believes she was injected with a needle during a night out in Nottingham\n\nSeveral bars in Nottingham have pledged to give female staff the night off to support the boycott and at least six said they planned to close at 22:00 BST.\n\nEzra Watson, manager of Six Barrel Drafthouse in Hockley, said: \"We've swapped shifts so all our female members of staff can stay in and show their support.\n\n\"It's just solidarity. You can't and shouldn't ignore it.\"\n\nHannah Foxton, a 20-year-old supervisor at The Angel Microbrewery in Hockley - which is also taking part - said: \"We have a lot of young female staff who work here and it's hit home for us quite deeply.\n\n\"I've gone through being spiked before. It is absolutely terrifying - I can't wrap my head round it.\n\n\"It feels like a no-brainer to add our support and our voice to something really important.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Retail sales fell for the fifth month in a row in September, with people spending less in shops despite Covid restrictions easing in the summer.\n\nSales dipped by 0.2% in September, following a 0.6% drop in August, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nNon-food stores were hit hardest by the decline in sales, with customers buying fewer household goods and furniture.\n\nIn contrast, fuel sales rose by 2.9%, pushed up by a spike in demand.\n\nDarren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the ONS, said: \"Household goods were the main driver of this month's decline, with a fall of nearly 10%, while food sales ticked back up after falling last month.\"\n\nHe added that petrol sales exceeded their pre-pandemic levels for the first time in September. Petrol stations reported strong sales during the last week of the month after warnings over delivery problems due to a shortage of lorry drivers.\n\nDespite coronavirus-related restrictions being lifted in the summer, shopping in-store remained subdued.\n\nHelen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), said that shop owners would be \"concerned\" by the slump in sales in the run-up to the key Christmas trading period.\n\n\"For the sake of the UK's economic recovery, it is vital that retail sales bounce back as we near the festive season,\" she said.\n\nShe added that labour shortages across supply chains, warehouses, and factories were all putting pressure on retailers ahead of the festive season.\n\nThe proportion of online sales, however, rose to 28.1% in September, from 27.9% the month before - substantially higher than pre-pandemic levels.\n\nDepartment stores also reported an increase in sales of 4.3%.\n\nTony Brown, chief executive of New Start 2020, which owns Beales department stores, told the BBC's Today programme that people's shopping habits had changed since restrictions had eased.\n\n\"There is not much browsing anymore - people come out, they know what they want, they spend and then they go. It is a different dynamic than what it used to be,\" he said.\n\nThe retailer also warned of a \"perfect storm\", saying that high shipping costs, additional customs checks because of Brexit, inflation and the cost of fuel increasing meant that additional costs had to be passed on to customers.\n\nBethany Beckett, UK economist at Capital Economics, said the latest figures suggested the \"economic recovery is fast running out of steam\".\n\nThe fifth monthly fall in sales in September marks the longest continuous drop since records began in 1996, although they remain about pre-pandemic levels.\n\nBut Ms Beckett added: \"Given the backdrop of continued shortages and rising Covid-19 infections, we suspect that retail sales growth will continue to be weak in the coming months.\"\n\nIn the run-up to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget next week, trade organisations recently called for additional support.\n\nThe BRC, in a joint letter also signed by the CBI and UK Hospitality, called for the reform of business rates charged on non-domestic properties, saying that businesses needed help to rebuild after Covid.", "Second-hand car prices are rising at \"unprecedented rates\", the AA has said, as more people consider buying used cars amid a low supply of new vehicles.\n\nResearch by the motoring group suggests the price of the UK's most popular cars have increased up to 57% since 2019.\n\nThree to five-year-old Ford Fiestas, the most popular on its AA Cars website, were now valued at £9,770 compared to £7,448 two years ago.\n\nIndustry figures said \"nearly new\" used cars were in particular high demand.\n\nPrice rises have been driven by a number of factors.\n\nA global shortage of computer chips used in car production, as well as other materials such as copper, aluminium and cobalt, has led to fewer new vehicles rolling off production lines.\n\nThat has meant more buyers turning to the used-car market.\n\nAA Cars, which compared the prices of three, four and five year-old cars between 2019 and 2021, said demand for some models was so strong that they are increasing in value with age.\n\nAnalysis from the motoring group's website found the price of a three-year-old Mini Hatch in 2021 was 57% higher (£15,367) than a model of the same age in 2019 (£9,811).\n\nMeanwhile, research said the price of a five-year-old Mini Hatch had jumped 15% compared to what a three-year-old model was worth in 2019, meaning the car gained in value despite getting two years older.\n\nAudi A3s saw the biggest jump in prices since 2019 (46.09%), followed by Ford Focuses (43.11%), which were the second most popular car on the AA's website.\n\nThe motoring group said the first easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in summer 2020 had \"unleashed demand\" that had been \"pent up\" during the early stages of the pandemic.\n\nIt said a shortage of new cars for sale led many drivers to buy used rather than new, with \"demand pressures pushing up second-hand prices at unprecedented rates\".\n\nJames Fairclough, chief executive of AA Cars, said some popular cars were growing in value \"even as they sit on the driveway\".\n\n\"With the exception of houses and some classic cars, things rarely go up in value as they age,\" he said.\n\nMr Fairclough said despite the price growth in used cars, it was \"still possible to get a good deal\" if people shopped around.\n\nBesides new car supply issues, used-car dealerships have also experienced a shortage of stock as trade-ins have been reduced, according industry figures.\n\nThe rise of online dealers with large advertising budgets such as Cinch, Cazoo and We Buy Any Car has also changed the market.\n\nThe used-car price surge along with rising energy, grocery and transport costs has contributed to the UK's higher inflation rate.\n\nIt has led to the Bank of England warning it \"will have to act\", suggesting interest rates may rise soon.\n\nPeter Smyth, director of family business Swansway Car Dealers, told the BBC \"nearly-new cars\" were now a \"desirable product\" because of the slow supply of new ones.\n\nHe said \"the more expensive cars\" on his forecourts such as Audi Q7s and Land Rovers, were \"selling the fastest\".\n\n\"We are selling less cars for more money,\" he said. \"You cannot replace the stock you have got.\"\n\n\"We look at our prices of our cars on a daily basis and we move them with the market place.\"\n\nMr Smyth said he expected prices to remain high for the next six to 12 months. He added he had been told by manufacturers that next year was going to be \"tight\" due to the shortage of materials such as computer chips.\n\n\"What you will find is manufacturers will have more supply of luxury cars next year than lower end stuff,\" he said. \"They are going to put the chips in the high-value cars where they make the most margin.\"\n\nIn August, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said second-hand car sales in the UK had more than doubled.\n\nPetrol cars made up most of the sales, with Ford Fiestas, Vauxhall Corsas, Ford Focuses and Volkswagen Golfs being the most popular models.\n\nMike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said that while a buoyant used-car market was \"important, as strong residual values support new car transactions\", it was \"critical we have a healthy new car market to help accelerate fleet renewal by allowing motorists to replace older, less efficient vehicles with the latest, cleanest models\".", "Alec Baldwin said he was fully co-operating with the police\n\nActor Alec Baldwin has expressed his shock and sadness after fatally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with a prop gun on a New Mexico film set.\n\nHe tweeted that he was in touch with her husband and had offered support.\n\n\"My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna,\" he wrote.\n\nMs Hutchins, 42, was shot on the set of the western Rust while working as director of photography.\n\n\"There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours,\" he tweeted.\n\n\"I'm fully co-operating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred.\"\n\nMs Hutchins was flown to hospital by helicopter after the shooting on Thursday afternoon but died of her injuries.\n\nDirector Joel Souza, 48, was injured and taken from the scene at Bonanza Creek Ranch by ambulance.\n\nAn actress in the film, Frances Fisher, tweeted on Friday that Mr Souza had told her that he had been released from the hospital, which was also reported by US media. The hospital declined to comment on Mr Souza's condition, citing privacy laws.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Baldwin, best known for his role as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and for his portrayal of Donald Trump on sketch show Saturday Night Live, said the incident involved the misfiring of a prop gun with blanks.\n\nPolice are trying to establish what type of projectile left the prop gun and how. Local media reported that Mr Baldwin was seen outside the Santa Fe County sheriff's office in tears.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The director who worked with Halyna Hutchins on the 2020 action film Archenemy says her death is \"unfathomable\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the local district attorney's office told BBC News that the investigation is still its \"preliminary\" stage.\n\n\"At this time, we do not know if charges will be filed,\" said First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies.\n\nThe actor is a co-producer of Rust and plays its namesake, an outlaw whose 13-year-old grandson is convicted of manslaughter.\n\nThe eldest of four brothers, all actors, Mr Baldwin has starred in numerous TV and film roles since the 1980s.\n\nMs Hutchins was from Ukraine and grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle, according to her personal website. She studied journalism in Kyiv, and film in Los Angeles, and was named a \"rising star\" by the American Cinematographer magazine in 2019.\n\nShe was the director of photography for the 2020 action film Archenemy, directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer.\n\n\"I'm so sad about losing Halyna. And so infuriated that this could happen on a set,\" Mr Mortimer said in a tweet.\n\nIn a statement, the International Cinematographer's Guild said Ms Hutchins' death was \"devastating news\" and \"a terrible loss\".\n\n\"The details are unclear at this moment, but we are working to learn more, and we support a full investigation into this tragic event,\" said guild president John Lindley and executive director Rebecca Rhine.\n\nMs Hutchins' talent agency, Innovative Artists, wrote in an Instagram post on Friday that she was \"a ray of light\".\n\n\"Her talent was immense, only surpassed by the love she had for her family.\"\n\nThe agency's statement added it hopes that the fatal incident \"will reveal new lessons for how to better ensure safety for every crew member on set.\"\n\nPolice said sheriff's deputies were dispatched to Bonanza Creek Ranch, a popular filming location, at around 13:50 local time (19:50 GMT) on Thursday after receiving an emergency call.\n\nSuch incidents on film sets are extremely rare, but not unheard of.\n\nReal firearms are often used in filming, and are loaded with blanks - cartridges that create a flash and a bang without discharging a projectile.\n\nIn 1993, Brandon Lee - the 28-year-old son of the late martial-arts star Bruce Lee - died on set after being accidentally shot with a prop gun while filming a death scene for the film The Crow. The gun mistakenly had a dummy round loaded in it.\n\nResponding to Thursday's news, Brandon Lee's sister Shannon tweeted: \"Our hearts go out to the family of Halyna Hutchins and to Joel Souza and all involved in the incident on 'Rust'. No-one should ever be killed by a gun on a film set. Period.\"", "Najin is one of two northern white rhinos left in the world\n\nScientists have retired one of the world's last two northern white rhinos from a breeding programme trying to save the species from extinction.\n\nThe decision to stop harvesting 32-year-old Najin's eggs followed an \"ethical risk assessment\" that considered her age and other factors.\n\nNeither Najin nor her daughter Fatu are able to carry a rhino calf to term.\n\nThe last male of the species died in 2018, but its sperm was collected and has been used to fertilise eggs.\n\nThe procedure involves a team of vets extracting the rhino's eggs, using techniques developed through years of research. The eggs are then sent to an Italian lab for fertilisation, using sperm from two deceased males.\n\nTwelve embryos have been created so far, and scientists hope to implant them into surrogate mothers selected from a population of southern white rhinos.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How technology could help save the northern white rhino\n\nBioRescue, the scientific group leading the scheme, said it had weighed up several risks before deciding to stop harvesting Najin's eggs.\n\n\"Retiring one individual from a conservation programme because of animal welfare considerations is usually not a question to think about for long... but when one individual is 50 percent of your population, you consider this decision several times,\" said head veterinarians Frank Göritz and Stephen Ngulu.\n\nAs well as her advanced age, ultrasound scans had revealed several small, benign tumours on Najin's cervix and uterus, and a cyst on her left ovary.\n\nBut BioRescue said she would remain part of the scheme in other ways, like providing tissue samples for stem cell research.\n\nIt's hoped she can also \"transfer her social knowledge and behaviour\" to future offspring.\n\nNorthern white rhinos been brought to the brink of extinction by poaching and loss of habitat.\n\nNajin was born in a Czech zoo but was moved a decade later to Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, where she has been living under armed protection.\n\nMade of two subspecies: Northern white rhinos and southern white rhinos\n• None Northern:Population two, under armed guard in Kenya\n• None Differences:Northern are slightly smaller and less hairy than southern\n• None Poachers:Target them for their horns to smuggle to Asia for remedies\n• None Rhino horns:Made of keratin - the same substance as fingernails", "Human remains found in a Florida park on Wednesday are those of Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of murdered blogger Gabby Petito, the FBI says.\n\nThe body of Mr Laundrie, who had been missing for over a month, was identified using dental records.\n\nMr Laundrie, who was a person of interest in Gabby Petito's death, returned to Florida last month from a joint road trip without his partner.\n\nHer body was later found in Wyoming, where the couple had been travelling.\n\n\"On October 21, 2021, a comparison of dental records confirmed that the human remains found at the T Mabry Carlton Jr Memorial Reserve and Myakkahatchee Creed Environmental Park are those of Brian Laundrie,\" the FBI said in a statement on Thursday.\n\nA lawyer representing Mr Laundrie's parents released a statement, saying: \"Chris and Roberta Laundrie have been informed that the remains found yesterday in the reserve are indeed Brian's.\n\n\"We have no further comment at this time and we ask that you respect the Laundries' privacy at this time.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, officials said that the remains had been discovered in a part of the park that until recently had been underwater. Other items, including a backpack and notebook belonging to Brian, were also found during the search.\n\nAccording to NBC News, bones and a skull were discovered during the search.\n\nIn a short news conference on Thursday, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno praised officials for working under \"treacherous conditions\" in the park.\n\nHe described the chest-deep water as being filled with rattlesnakes and alligators.\n\n\"It's not like you're searching a house or a car. These areas are huge and they are covered by water,\" he told reporters gathered outside the closed park.\n\nThe case of Ms Petito, 22, and Mr Laundrie, 23, sparked nationwide media attention.\n\nThe couple had spent their summer on a road trip through national parks, documenting their nomadic \"van life\" trip on social media.\n\nMs Petito's parents reported her missing on 11 September after they were unable to contact her since the end of August.\n\nIt eventually emerged that Mr Laundrie had returned to Florida without Ms Petito on 1 September. Her family repeatedly appealed for her fiancé and his family to co-operate with investigators, but he then went missing himself.\n\nHis parents told police they last saw him on 13 September - when he went hiking alone and never returned.\n\nThe parents, who have been condemned by the Petito family for not doing more to aid investigators, joined the search party on Wednesday. Chris Laundrie, the father, was the person who discovered a bag belonging to his son, the family lawyer told US media.\n\nThe rapid discovery of Mr Laundrie's remains and other evidence following the participation of his parents in the search has led some to speculate that they may have planted his remains or evidence.\n\nHowever, Steve Bertolino, the couple's attorney, told CNN that any suspicion that his clients planted evidence at the scene was \"hogwash\".\n\nHe added that Chris Laundrie had made a chance discovery.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Petito's body was eventually discovered in Wyoming on 19 September. A coroner ruled last week that she had been strangled to death and left for weeks before her body was found.\n\nMr Laundrie was not charged with crimes relating to Ms Petito's killing. However, the FBI issued a federal arrest warrant and charged him with fraudulently using her debit card after her death.", "Three fire crews used two hose reel jets and six sets of breathing apparatus to put the fire\n\nThree adults and two children have been taken to hospital after a house fire.\n\nThe cause of the blaze on Burrows Road, Sandfields, Swansea, is now being investigated.\n\nIt broke out at about 23:20 BST on Thursday, with three fire crews using two hose reel jets and six sets of breathing apparatus to put it out.\n\nThe fire at the mid-terrace property was put out in just over an hour, with the condition of the five people unknown.\n\nThe blaze was put out in just over an hour on Burrows Road", "The man accused of killing the MP Sir David Amess will face trial next year.\n\nAli Harbi Ali, 25, is charged with murder and the preparation of terrorist acts, following the attack a week ago.\n\nHe appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday via video-link from Belmarsh prison. A provisional trial date was set for 7 March 2022.\n\nMr Ali, from Kentish Town in north London, wore a grey sweatshirt and lifted up his face mask to confirm his name and date of birth.\n\nSir David, 69, the Conservative MP for Southend West, was stabbed to death during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex.\n\nThe judge, Mr Justice Sweeney, told the Old Bailey the next preliminary hearing in the case would be on 5 November.\n\nMr Ali - who also appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday - was remanded in custody.\n\nThe charges against him allege he murdered Sir David, 69, and prepared acts of terrorism between 1 May 2019 and September this year.", "Lord Field was too unwell to attend the debate in the House of Lords\n\nEx-Labour MP Frank Field has announced his support for assisted dying and revealed that he is dying himself.\n\nLady Meacher read out a statement from Lord Field in the House of Lords, where peers are debating a new bill to legalise terminally ill adults seeking assistance to end their lives.\n\nIt said that he had recently spent time in a hospice and that he was not well enough to attend debates.\n\nLord Field urged other members to back the bill in his absence.\n\nThe 79-year-old spent 40 years as the MP for Birkenhead, and briefly served as minister for welfare reform in Tony Blair's first term in government.\n\nHe built a reputation as one of the most effective backbenchers in the House of Commons, with campaigns against poverty and for curbs on EU immigration.\n\nHe quit Labour's group in Parliament in 2018, saying Jeremy Corbyn's leadership had become \"a force for anti-Semitism in British politics\".\n\nHe was made a non-affiliated, crossbench peer by the Conservative government in 2020, after campaigning in favour of Brexit.\n\nA number of MPs have sent their best wishes to Lord Field, with Health Secretary Sajid Javid calling him \"an amazing, compassionate man\".\n\nHis sentiments were echoed by Tory peer and minister Zac Goldsmith, who described Lord Field as \"a man of immense courage and integrity\", as well as \"an extraordinarily effective and independent-minded parliamentarian\".\n\nLady Meacher told peers: \"Our colleague, Lord Field, who is dying, asked me to read out a short statement.\"\n\nIn the statement, he said he \"had just spent a period in a hospice and I am not well enough to participate in today's debate. Had I been, I would have spoken strongly in favour\".\n\nIt also explained his change of heart on the issue, saying: \"I changed my mind on assisted dying when an MP friend was dying of cancer and wanted to die early before the full horror effects set in, but was denied this opportunity.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The words of the peer, and former Labour MP, are said in the Lords by Lady Meacher.\n\nLord Field said one particular argument against the bill was \"unfounded\", adding: \"It is thought by some the culture would change and people would be pressured into ending their lives.\n\n\"[But] the number of assisted deaths in Australia and the US remains very low - under 1% - and a former supreme court judge in Victoria, Australia, [talking] about pressure from relatives has said it just hasn't been an issue.\"\n\nHe concluded: \"I hope the house will today vote for the assisted dying bill.\"\n\nThe new bill has been proposed by Lady Meacher - a crossbench peer - and would give patients of sound mind, with six months or less left to live, the right to die by taking life-ending medication.\n\nThe person wanting to end their life would have to sign a declaration that was approved by two doctors and signed off by the High Court.\n\nThe bill passed its first stage - known as its second reading - unopposed and will undergo further scrutiny in the House of Lords at a later date.\n\nBut even if it was passed in the Lords, it would not become law unless it was backed by MPs in the Commons, and the government.\n\nLady Meacher and Lord Field are among the peers in favour of the changes, but others have spoken out against the bill, including the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who told BBC Breakfast vulnerable people could face \"intangible\" pressure to end their lives.\n\nSpeaking in Friday's debate, another crossbench peer Lord Curry, also opposed the bill, describing how it would have been a \"tragedy\" if his daughter - who had a learning disability and died aged 42 - had had her life cut short.\n\n\"She breathed her last while we held her hands, a very emotional and precious moment for us,\" he said.\n\n\"If someone at that time had offered an assisted dying, assisted suicide option, I firmly believe that in that heightened emotional state we were in, not thinking rationally, we may have been tempted to agree to her premature death. Had we done that, it'd have troubled us for the rest of our lives.\"", "A new study suggests that severe ivory poaching in parts of Mozambique has led to the evolution of tuskless elephants.\n\nThe study published in Science magazine found that in Gorongosa National Park a previously rare genetic condition had became more common as ivory poaching used to finance a civil war pushed the species to the brink of extinction.\n\nBefore the war, about 18.5% of females were naturally tuskless.\n\nBut that figure has risen to 33% among elephants born since the early 1990s.\n\nSome 90% of Mozambique's elephant population was slaughtered by fighters on both sides of the civil war that lasted from 1977 to 1992. Poachers sold the ivory to finance the vicious conflict between government forces and anti-communist insurgents.\n\nAs in eye colour and blood type in humans, genes are responsible for whether elephants inherit tusks from their parents.\n\nElephants without tusks were left alone by hunters, leading to an increased likelihood they would breed and pass on the tuskless trait to their offspring.\n\nResearchers have long suspected that the trait, only seen in females, was linked to the sex of the elephant. After the genomes of tusked and tuskless elephants were sequenced, analysis revealed that the trend was linked to a mutation on the X chromosome that was fatal to males, which did not develop properly in the womb, and dominant in females.\n\nThe study's co-author, Professor Robert Pringle of Princeton University, pointed out that the discovery could have a number of long-term effects for the species.\n\nHe noted that because the tuskless trait was fatal to male offspring, it was possible that fewer elephants would be born overall. This could slow the recovery of the species, which now stands at just over 700 in the park.\n\n\"Tusklessness might be advantageous during a war,\" Professor Pringle said. \"But that comes at a cost.\"\n\nAnother potential knock-on is changes to the broader landscape, as the study has revealed that tusked and tuskless animals eat different plants.\n\nBut Professor Pringle emphasised that the trait was reversible over time as populations recovered from the brink of elimination.\n\n\"So we actually expect that this syndrome will decrease in frequency in our study population, provided that the conservation picture continues to stay as positive as it has been recently,\" he said.\n\n\"There's such a blizzard of depressing news about biodiversity and humans in the environment and I think it's important to emphasise that there are some bright spots in that picture.\"", "Alison used to be taller than her daughter, Vicci\n\nAlison McDonald had always been taller than her daughter - so when she suddenly shrank below her height, the family knew something was wrong.\n\nThe mother-of-four had spent weeks with an \"excruciatingly painful\" back, but hospital doctors had put it down to nothing more than muscle aches.\n\nThen one day her daughter Vicci Hughes noticed she was \"towering over\" her mother.\n\nWhen they realised Alison was now about four inches shorter than before, she returned to hospital - and was eventually diagnosed with myeloma, an incurable blood cancer.\n\nThe 56-year-old, who lives in Edinburgh, told BBC Scotland how Vicci had noticed the height difference on Alison's birthday.\n\nAlison said: \"It was really weird. I was standing beside my daughter and she said: 'Mum you've shrunk... there is something not right.'\n\n\"So we got a measuring tape against the wall and sure enough I had dropped from 5ft 6in to 5ft 2in. My daughter is 5ft 5in.\n\n\"I got a pang of fright and then noticed part of my spine was sticking out of the middle of my back.\n\n\"I thought, this isn't muscular like they have been telling me, and I need to get help.\"\n\nAlison's hair has been falling out due to chemotherapy so she has now had it shaved off\n\nBack at the hospital, an x-ray showed Alison had several breaks in her spine. She was walking with a stoop and had lost a stone in weight.\n\nShe was given a back brace, but pain in her ribs meant she had to take it off.\n\nIt was not until three months later that a GP intervened and said Alison needed more scans.\n\nAfter a CT scan in April and bone marrow tests, doctors discovered Alison had myeloma.\n\nShe has since had chemotherapy and is now undergoing stem cell treatment in an attempt to double her remission time.\n\nMyeloma eats away at the bone, causing it to fracture - on the spine this then causes it to compress and the person shrinks in size\n\nA spokeswoman for Myeloma UK said the condition was the third most common type of blood cancer, affecting more than 24,000 people in the UK.\n\nBut is it difficult to detect because the symptoms, which include back pain, easily broken bones, fatigue, weight loss and recurring infection, are often linked to ageing or minor conditions.\n\nThe spokeswoman said: \"While it is incurable, myeloma is treatable in the majority of cases.\n\n\"Treatment is aimed at controlling the disease, relieving the complications and symptoms it causes, and extending and improving patients' quality of life.\n\n\"More than half of patients face a wait of more than five months to receive the right diagnosis and around a third are diagnosed through an emergency route. By that point, many of them are experiencing severe or life-threatening symptoms.\"\n\nAlison said she had three unexplained rib fractures 18 months ago, but had not realised that this could have been the start of myeloma.\n\n\"I'm very fortunate my daughter pointed out to me that I had shrunk, or I would have carried on thinking this very painful back was just muscular and I wouldn't have started on any treatment,\" she added.\n\nAlison with two of her four grandchildren, Georgia and Amber\n\nVicci, a police detective who lives in West Lothian, said: \"When I noticed my mum had shrunk I pushed for an x-ray because I could see it was something more than muscular.\n\n\"The x-ray showed breaks in her spine that were akin to something like a horse riding accident, they were severe fractures like in an accident.\n\n\"She then said she had been told her bones had lots of holes in them like Swiss cheese.\n\n\"I felt horrible that she had been carrying on and doing things when she had this. I couldn't believe it.\"\n\nVicci, who is going to have her hair shaved off on Sunday in support of her mum, added: \"My mum doesn't expect a lot out of life. She's not the big adventurer and doesn't go on big holidays.\n\n\"She's quite happy living a simple life with her family. I hope she has a long time left.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Climate change is contributing to extreme weather including storms and flooding in the UK\n\nOn Tuesday, the government set out a number of plans aiming to put the UK on course to achieve its climate goals. Funding for green cars, an end to gas boilers and tree-planting are some of the key announcements. But are they enough?\n\nLet's not be ungenerous: the government's great over-arching green strategy is, on the face of, it a remarkable achievement.\n\nPrevious governments have theoretically espoused the need to live in harmony with the planet - but none has laid down a roadmap as to how that would be achieved.\n\nIt is especially important as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to welcome world leaders to Glasgow for the vital climate conference known as COP26.\n\nMr Johnson will brandish his sheaf of eco-documents at delegates and offer a challenge: My friends - if we can do it, you can do it.\n\nLet's tackle one and two because they're both sides of the same question.\n\nMr Johnson, for instance, has gained widespread credit for his global leadership in calling a halt to petrol and diesel cars and to gas boilers for home heating.\n\nThe cars announcement has triggered a competitive rush in international car makers who've been preparing for this moment for decades. Motorists can just slip behind the wheel and drive away.\n\nBoilers is a different issue. Heat pumps are expensive and a hassle to fit. The Treasury has agreed to subsidise them at £5,000 a time but the total pot for installations is far too low to make a difference - just 30,000 boilers a year for three years, a trifling number that's not remotely high enough to kick-start an entire industry.\n\nThe business department BEIS wanted to offer more support, but the Treasury ruled it out.\n\nWhat's even worse, from an environmental standpoint, is the lack of funding to help people insulate their homes - because heat pumps simply won't work unless homes are well-coddled.\n\nSo, the heat pumps policy looks like an illusion unless someone sorts out the finances.\n\nThat brings us on to question number two - who will pay for the strategy overall?\n\nThe Chancellor's own document, the Net Zero Review, accepts that the costs of inaction on climate change outweigh the costs of action. This is a significant conclusion.\n\nBut there's a sharp warning from the Treasury about the knock-on effect of the electric car revolution: it leaves an annual £37 billion black hole in its finances because fuel duty will evaporate.\n\nSubstitute taxes such as road pricing would not fill the gap, Chancellor Rishi Sunak warned, saying that people might face additional taxes or spending cuts.\n\nNext year the Treasury will launch a review of how the green revolution can be funded fairly across society - this theme is regularly raised by members of the public.\n\nThe report warned that additional borrowing would be ruled out because it would be unfair to the future generations saddled with the bill.\n\nThat means innovative sorts of financing will be needed to fund that difficult but essential work to upgrade homes.\n\nThat could include loans from energy firms or conditions on mortgage lending. No details are provided.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: The BBC's Nick Beake meets young climate activists trying to stop Norway drilling for oil and gas\n\nAnd finally the third question - are the new policies tough enough to help rein back climate change? The prime minister hopes to persuade others to help him freeze temperature rise at 1.5C.\n\nWhen that target was first mooted, scientists considered it the threshold to dangerous climate change. After a year of freak weather events with just 1.1C warming the climate is heating faster than our attempts to control it.\n\nThat's what infuriates environmentalists so much. They say every lever in society must be pulled to face a global threat.\n\nAnd they are contemptuous of a clutch of government policy areas that will allow emissions to actually grow.\n\nThese include building the £120bn rail project HS2, with all its energy-intensive concrete; construction of £27bn worth of roads; allowing the continued sale of gas guzzling SUVs; allowing aviation to grow even though the public wants it curbed; and allowing mining for oil, gas and coal drilling in defiance of international advice.\n\nAny one of these issues could undermine the PM as he touts his green revolution in Glasgow.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "Police in the US state of New Mexico are investigating after a woman died and a man was injured after the actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a film set.\n\nHalyna Hutchins, who was working on the movie Rust as director of photography, was airlifted to hospital but was pronounced dead by medical staff.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Baldwin said the incident involved the misfiring of a prop gun with blanks.\n\nAdam Egypt Mortimer is a film director who worked with Ms Hutchins on the 2020 action film Archenemy.\n\nDescribing the weapon safety procedures films tend to use, he told the BBC what happened is \"unfathomable\".", "Advising people to work from home is likely to have the most impact on stopping Covid spreading this winter, scientists advising the government say.\n\nStricter virus restrictions should now be prepared for \"rapid deployment\", the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) said.\n\nIt said \"presenteeism\" - or pressure to be in work - could become an increasing cause of infections in workplaces.\n\nAsked about working from home, the PM said all measures were under review.\n\nBoris Johnson added: \"We do whatever we have to do to protect the public but the numbers that we're seeing at the moment are fully in line with what we expected in the autumn and winter plan.\"\n\nMinisters in England are resisting calls to switch to their winter Plan B that would see measures like compulsory face coverings in certain places.\n\nCovid hospital admissions and deaths across the UK are rising slowly, and the UK has recorded over 40,000 new daily Covid cases for the past ten days.\n\nOn Friday, a further 49,298 coronavirus cases were reported in the UK, alongside 180 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nAny advice to work from home would only apply to those who are able to do their job away from the workplace.\n\nIn April 2020, at the height of the first pandemic lockdown, less than half of people in employment, some 46.6%, did some work at home, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nIn minutes of a meeting of scientific advisers on 14 October, published on Friday, they warn that acting earlier rather than later could reduce the need for stricter measures over a longer timeframe \"to avoid an unacceptable level of hospitalisations\".\n\nThey added that any measures introduced must be clearly communicated.\n\nThe advisers, led by Sir Patrick Vallance, say models forecasting the coming winter suggest Covid hospital admissions are \"increasingly unlikely\" to rise above the levels of January 2021 peak.\n\nBut they say they are unsure of the impact of \"waning immunity and people's behaviour\".\n\nThere has been a noticeable dip in people saying they are wearing face coverings and latest figures from the ONS suggest more than half of British working adults are now travelling to work.\n\nSage says making face coverings compulsory in some places is likely to help reduce the spread of Covid as well as other winter viruses, such as flu.\n\nIt also notes the risks of high levels of the virus circulating in the UK, compared with other countries.\n\n\"Cases and admissions are currently at much higher levels than in European comparators, which have retained additional measures and have greater vaccine coverage, especially in children,\" the scientists say.\n\n\"Reducing prevalence from a high level requires greater intervention than reducing from a lower level.\"\n\nAnother worry is the emergence of a new variant that becomes \"dominant globally\", which they call \"a very real possibility\".\n\nThe great Plan B debate for England has moved up another gear.\n\nDemands for more widespread mask wearing, more working from home and vaccine passports have been growing - with the NHS Confederation and the British Medical Association throwing their weight behind measures which the government has branded its Plan B.\n\nMembers of the expert committee Sage, according to minutes of recent meetings, seem to favour acting sooner rather than later - \"earlier intervention may reduce the need for more stringent, disruptive and longer-lasting measures\".\n\nThey pointedly note that cases are much lower in European countries which have tougher rules on masks and vaccine passports.\n\nBoris Johnson said all measures were being kept under review but the focus was still on getting more people vaccinated.\n\nThe government then is resisting pressure for Plan B in England.\n\nBut the notably more cautious tone from Health Secretary Sajid Javid recently suggests that the views of official experts and advisers are having an impact.\n\nThe advisers warn that the prospect of people being infected with Covid, flu and other respiratory viruses this winter could be \"a significant challenge\".\n\nThey say people who show symptoms of an infection should stay at home to stop it spreading to others.\n\nThis message needs to come from government, employers, universities and schools to be most effective, they say.\n\nOne in 55 people in England was infected with coronavirus in the week ending 16 October, according to latest estimates from the ONS - more than at any time since the end of January.\n\nInfections continue to fall in Scotland, and remain flat in Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe percentage of people testing positive remained highest for those in school years seven to 11, the ONS estimates showed, ahead of half term for many pupils in England.\n\nIn the week ending 16 October, 7.8% of people in that age group were infected - compared to less than 2% of people in all older age groups.\n\nOfficial government data, which tracks people testing positive, shows that nearly 1,000 people a day are being admitted to UK hospitals with Covid and more than 8,000 in total are in hospital with the illness.\n\nThese figures are way below where they were in January because of protection from the vaccines, but doctors and health leaders have voiced concerns over the lack of curbs to control any further rises.\n\nWhen Mr Johnson was asked on Friday whether a full lockdown, with \"stay at home\" advice and shops closing, was out of the question this winter, he replied: \"I've got to tell you at the moment that we see absolutely nothing to indicate that that's on the cards at all.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS surgeons say they have successfully given a pig's kidney to a person in a transplant breakthrough they hope could ultimately solve donor organ shortages.\n\nThe recipient was brain-dead, meaning they were already on artificial life support with no prospect of recovering.\n\nThe kidney came from a pig that had been genetically modified to stop the organ being recognised by the body as \"foreign\" and being rejected.\n\nThe work is not yet peer-reviewed or published but there are plans for this.\n\nExperts say it is the most advanced experiment in the field so far.\n\nSimilar tests have been done in non-human primates, but not people, until now.\n\nUsing pigs for transplants is not a new idea though. Pig heart valves are already widely used in humans.\n\nAnd their organs are a good match for people when it comes to size.\n\nDuring the two-hour operation at the New York University Langone Health medical centre, the surgeons connected the donor pig kidney to the blood vessels of the brain-dead recipient to see if it would function normally once plumbed in, or be rejected.\n\nThe surgery took a couple of hours\n\nOver the next two-and-a-half days they closely monitored the kidney, running numerous checks and tests.\n\nLead investigator Dr Robert Montgomery told the BBC's World Tonight programme: \"We observed a kidney that basically functioned like a human kidney transplant, that appeared to be compatible in as much as it did all the things that a normal human kidney would do.\n\n\"It functioned normally, and did not appear to be undergoing rejection.\"\n\nThe surgeons transplanted a bit of the pig's thymus gland too, along with the kidney. They think this organ might help stop the human body rejecting the kidney in the long term by mopping up any stray immune cells that might otherwise fight the pig tissue.\n\nA heart transplant recipient himself, Dr Montgomery says there is an urgent need for finding more organs for people on waiting lists, although he acknowledges his work is controversial.\n\n\"The traditional paradigm that someone has to die for someone else to live is never going to keep up.\n\n\"I certainly understand the concern and what I would say is that currently about 40% of patients who are waiting for a transplant die before they receive one.\n\n\"We use pigs as a source of food, we use pigs for medicinal uses - for valves, for medication. I think it's not that different.\"\n\nHe said it was still early research and more studies were needed, but added: \"It gives us, I think, new confidence that it's going to be all right to move this into the clinic.\"\n\nThe family of the recipient, who had wanted to be an organ donor, gave permission for the surgery to go ahead.\n\nUS regulator the FDA has approved the use of the genetically modified pig organs for this type of research use.\n\nDr Montgomery believes that within a decade, other pig organs - hearts, lung and livers - could be given to humans needing transplants.\n\nThe team behind the surgery\n\nDr Maryam Khosravi, a kidney and intensive care doctor who works for the NHS in the UK, said: \"Animal to human transplantation has been something that we have studied for decades now, and it's really interesting to see this group take that step forward.\"\n\nOn the ethics, she said: \"Just because we can doesn't mean we should. I think the community at large needs to answer these questions.\"\n\nA spokesperson for NHS Blood and Transplant, said matching more human donors remained the priority for now: \"There is still some way to go before transplants of this kind become an everyday reality.\n\n\"While researchers and clinicians continue to do our best to improve the chances for transplant patients, we still need everyone to make their organ donation decision and let their family know what they want to happen if organ donation becomes a possibility.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Businesswoman Doreen Lofthouse was known as the \"mother of Fleetwood\"\n\nA coastal town has received a £41m donation from a woman who was involved in the success of Fisherman's Friend cough sweets.\n\nBusinesswoman Doreen Lofthouse, who died in March aged 91, has left her fortune to a charity that aims to develop her Fleetwood hometown.\n\nSince the 1990s, Mrs Lofthouse and her family have given millions of pounds to community projects in Lancashire.\n\nFleetwood Town Council described the donation as \"unbelievable\".\n\nA total of £41.4m was bequeathed to the Lofthouse Foundation, which was set up by Mrs Lofthouse and her family in 1994 to revitalise the town.\n\nThe famous remedy was originally made by Fleetwood pharmacist James Lofthouse in 1865 after three croaky fishermen tried but failed to tell him about their catch of the day.\n\nSince then, the family business has grown to produce about 5 billion lozenges a year, the firm says.\n\nThe current typical look of the sweets is based on the buttons of a dress worn by Mrs Lofthouse, who married one of James Lofthouse's descendants.\n\nKnown as \"the mother of Fleetwood\", she helped spread the word of the menthol and eucalyptus lozenges around the world in the 1960s.\n\nShe was also remembered by her many contributions over the years, including helping to fund floodlights at the local football club, a lifeboat for the RNLI and public artworks such as the \"welcome home\" statue for the families of fishermen.\n\nShe was later awarded an MBE and an OBE for her charity work.\n\nThe Lofthouse family started selling the fiery lozenges to local shops more than 150 years ago\n\nFleetwood Town Council's vice chairman Mary Stirzaker told BBC North West Tonight that Mrs Lofthouse was \"an incredible woman\" and that it was \"overwhelmed by the generosity\".\n\n\"It is an unbelievable amount of money,\" she said.\n\n\"We are hoping the foundation works alongside us to identify projects that will benefit the town for years to come.\n\n\"We have got to keep Fleetwood on the map. I hope that this brings more visitors to our town.\"\n\nSince Mrs Lofthouse's death, people have called for a permanent memorial to be built in her honour.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSuperTed and Fireman Sam would never have been made without cash help from the government, the driving force behind the popular cartoons has said.\n\nIt comes as UK ministers consider if they will continue subsidising children's TV shows for Channel 5, E4 and the Welsh language channel S4C.\n\nSuperTed and Fireman Sam started on S4C before being broadcast in English.\n\n\"They would not have been made without subsidies,\" said Fireman Sam producer and SuperTed creator Mike Young.\n\nLeading presenters, including former Play School anchor Baroness Floella Benjamin, now a House of Lords peer, and former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq have expressed their concern for the future of children's programming if the UK government cut their Young Audiences Content Fund.\n\nIt was set up in 2018 and helps cover the cost of making children's shows for public service broadcasters and it has allocated more than £44m over a three-year trial to support the production of shows on public serving broadcasting channels.\n\nBut there are fears future funding could affected by the UK government's ongoing spending review although the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said no decision had been made.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How the singer of the famous Fireman Sam theme tune got just £250!\n\nMike Young, now a Hollywood-based Emmy and Bafta award-winning animator, said he was \"flabbergasted\" that cash for children's content could be cut because, although animation \"is there to be fun, it is at the same time incredibly educational\".\n\n\"It would be a very short-sighted decision and it's a minor investment when compared to some of the money that governments tend to waste in other areas.\"\n\nMr Young, who still makes animations and runs a Los Angeles-based production company, said children's shows were attractive to TV channels and streaming services because \"kids watch content more than adults\".\n\n\"A child will watch the same programme over and over again as part of their learning process,\" he said.\n\n\"Whereas adults will watch, say The Crown once and never watch it again.\"\n\n\"So children's TV shows have a new generation every three years or so, especially in the younger demographics.\n\n\"Plus they're long lasting and earn money from merchandising. I can go down the road now in LA and buy a Fireman Sam toy.\n\n\"If they [UK government] take these grants and subsidies away, it'll put the UK at a tremendous disadvantage to the rest of the world. It'll really set back an industry if this happens.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Potato, Mr Fox, Mr Rabbit - and even Naughty Norman: John Sparkes gets into character\n\nMy Young started his career creating SuperTed, which was broadcast as S4C's first programme when the channel launched in November 1982.\n\n\"In the case of S4C, it's not just making shows for children, it's actually retaining a language and a culture - it goes beyond children's TV programmes,\" he added.\n\nMr Young also played an integral role in making Fireman Sam - Sam Tan in Welsh - a hit on S4C before both animations were translated into English.\n\nDespite both being TV staples for millions of children in the 1980s, well before the creation of the Young Audiences Content Fund, he said both were partly funded by government subsidies of the day.\n\nThe body representing independent TV companies in Wales said, without the government fund, it was \"very doubtful\" that dramas for young people and new animation series would have been commissioned.\n\n\"It is really short-sighted now when we are seeing some really good evidence from dozens of programmes who have been commissioned though this fund and to now look at stopping it is doesn't make sense to me,\" said Gareth Williams, chairman of Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOne of the beneficiaries of the government fund is producer Nia Ceidiog, Fireman Sam's original scriptwriter, who is making a children's drama with a focus on mental health.\n\n\"It would have been impossible to produce this in the Welsh language had it not been for an award from the YAC fund,\" she said.\n\n\"Drama is expensive and S4C would not have been able to produce drama for children of that standard so having this award - 50% of the budget - is crucial\".\n\nS4C said the fund has helped the Welsh language channel \"invest in productions that otherwise would not have seen the light of day,\" including cult Welsh hit Sali Mali.\n\n\"Whilst S4C has done well from the YAC fund, and whilst S4C would not like to see the end of this important source of money for original content from Wales, its end would not have a negative impact on S4C's wider children's offering,\" it said.\n\n\"Even without the contribution of the YAC fund, S4C is the second biggest commissioner of children's TV programmes.\"", "A California sheriff has said heat and possibly dehydration are to blame for the deaths of a family found on a remote hiking trail in August.\n\nJonathan Gerrish, 45, Ellen Chung, 30, their one-year-old girl Aurelia Miju Chung-Gerrish and dog Oski died due to hyperthermia in Devil's Gulch Valley.\n\nThe announcement comes over two months after rescue crews found their bodies in the Sierra National Forest.\n\nTheir unexplained deaths had puzzled summer hikers in the US West.\n\nIn a news conference on Thursday, the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office said that the family had been found with an empty 85oz (2.5-litre) water bladder, and did not have any other bottles or water filters with them.\n\nTemperatures on the day of their hike rose above 109F (42C), officials say.\n\nAccording to CBS News, the BBC's partner in the US, Mr Gerrish was from the UK and met Ms Chung in San Francisco before moving to the small town of Mariposa in 2020.\n\nTheir bodies were discovered by rescue crews on 17 August in an area south-west of Yosemite National Park after a friend called authorities to report them missing.\n\nThe Mariposa County Sheriff's Office has been working with FBI, environmental researchers and toxicologists to determine what killed the family.\n\nThey had already ruled out death by lightning, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, cyanide, illegal drugs, alcohol, gun \"or any other type of weapon\" or suicide.\n\nThe FBI is still attempting to access the mobile phone owned by Gerrish, Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese told reporters.\n\nHe added that there is no phone service in the area where they were hiking, and that an earlier fire had burned trees that would normally provide shade in some sections of the steep trail.\n\nConcerns over water quality in the nearby Merced River led to speculation that an algae bloom could have killed them, but officials say there is no evidence that the family drank the river water.\n\nOther dismissed theories included a leak that originated from abandoned gold mines that are common in the Gold Rush region.\n• None Poison algae may have killed family - US police", "The COP26 climate summit is under way in Glasgow - one of the biggest ever world meetings on how to tackle global warming.\n\nBBC News Reality Check correspondent Chris Morris answers some of your questions.\n\nYou can send a question using the form at the bottom of this page.\n\nHow is the average family going to find the extra £20,000 needed to buy an electric vehicle? Nicola Hippisley, London\n\nYou don't necessarily need an extra £20,000 to buy an electric vehicle.\n\nOverall, electric cars have been more expensive than petrol or diesel ones for some time, but the difference has been narrowing.\n\nThe average cost of an electric car in the UK is about £44,000, but you can buy a basic one for less than £20,000. That's partly because the price of the batteries which electric cars use has fallen sharply in recent years.\n\nAt the moment, the price of raw materials is threatening to push battery prices up again, but the industry expects that as electric car sales increase, economies of scale will kick in.\n\nExperts predict that new electric and petrol/diesel cars will cost the same within the next five years. It is also possible to lease an electric vehicle, and there's a growing second-hand market as well, where vehicles are much cheaper.\n\nThe UK government currently offers a grant of up to £2,500 as a discount on the price of certain brand new low-emission vehicles including some electric models.\n\nYou can also claim a grant of up to £350 to help meet the cost of installing a chargepoint at your house if you have dedicated off-street parking. This is available whether you lease your car or own it outright.\n\nSeparately, the Scottish government offers interest-free loans to help people buy brand new or used electric vehicles.\n\nHow will the decisions made at COP26 change our day-to-day lives? I want to know what I can do to help move these policies forward. Matthew Hadley, Harpenden\n\nThe decisions made at COP26 are part of the wider ambition to decarbonise our economies - and that will certainly have an impact on daily life.\n\nThe cars we drive and the way we heat our homes are going to change. Buying an electric vehicle, or getting a heat pump installed at home, is going to become more and more common. The hope - and for many the expectation - is that as these technologies become more established, the costs will come down.\n\nThere are also personal choices to be made about what we eat (the Climate Change Committee which advises the government recommends a 20% reduction per person by 2050 in the amount of beef, lamb and dairy we consume), and how often we fly.\n\nThen there are practical issues like recycling and cutting down on waste as much as possible.\n\nWhy are we still referring to 2050 as some sort of end goal, since very little has changed in the last two decades? Wouldn't 2040 or perhaps even 2030 put a little more urgency into every little step humanity takes? Jake Kettmann, Bega, NSW, Australia\n\nThe year 2050 is the target date set by many countries for reaching net zero emissions of greenhouse gases. But you're not alone in thinking that 2050 is much too far in the future to force some politicians or companies to take action now.\n\nThat's why there are also plenty of interim targets, and the 2020s have been identified as a critical decade for climate action - it can't all be delayed until the 10 years leading up to 2050.\n\nMany of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases have now set targets for 2030, and the UN says overall emissions need to fall by 45% [by that date]compared to 2010 levels, if the aim of limiting global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels is to remain realistic.\n\nAt the moment, though, the world is nowhere near achieving that, even with the new pledges made at COP26.\n\nIf scientists have already considered a 1.5C reduction goal will not be achieved, why don't we set up a new goal, which we may able to achieve? Ana, Vietnam\n\nQuite a few scientists think it may already be too late to restrict the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, but they'd rather have an ambitious target to aim for.\n\nThe Paris Agreement in 2015 set the goal of limiting global warming to well below 2C, and preferably to 1.5C. So \"well below 2C\" is already written into law as a secondary target.\n\nThere's also a growing awareness of the need to take action which will make a difference in the next five to 10 years. That's why many of the agreements made at COP26 - to reverse deforestation, for example, or to cut global methane emissions by 30% - set 2030 as their target date.\n\nThe challenge now of course is to turn those promises into practice, and to deliver urgent change.\n\nHow can we be sure the claims made about greenhouse gas emissions can be verified? What independent observer is measuring different countries' attempts to reduce their fossil fuel usage? Lee Gary, Spain\n\nChecking claims made about greenhouse gas emissions is one of the biggest issues for negotiators at COP26.\n\nAt the moment, countries only have to review and update their pledges for cutting emissions every five years. Many people argue that's not often enough, and some of the countries most vulnerable to climate change want to turn it into an annual process to keep the pressure on.\n\nThe role of independent observer is supposed to be filled by UN scientists. But a recent investigation by The Washington Post found multiple examples of flawed or inaccurate data submitted to the UN by individual countries. It is another example of climate promises falling short of what is required, as a process which relies so heavily on data needs to ensure that the data is accurate.\n\nLast month, a UN-backed body launched a scheme to verify net zero claims made by big companies, to ensure that corporate pledges can be easily compared and properly scrutinised.\n\nIs there a way to force countries in the UN, especially China and India, to cut back to net zero by 2050? Can sanctions or similar trade restrictions be used against them? Diana Butungi, Kampala\n\nOnly a few countries have made their net zero pledges legally binding. Many of the national pledges are non-binding targets, but there is a hope that as momentum towards net zero begins to accelerate it will provide an incentive for others to follow.\n\nIt would be possible in theory to impose trade or other sanctions on countries that are moving more slowly, but that could be counter-productive. The focus of meetings like COP26 is to try to encourage international cooperation.\n\nIt's also unfair to put all the blame on countries like India and China for the majority of carbon emissions, even though China is the largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world today and India is the third largest. China and India have huge populations, and much lower emissions per person than more developed countries.\n\nIn any case, it's important to consider the historical role played by European countries and the United States which are responsible for far more cumulative emissions than China or India.\n\nThe damaging effects of emitting CO2 into the atmosphere linger for hundreds of years, and the rich world has acknowledged that it has the primary responsibility for tackling climate change.\n\nAre there plans for governments and countries to invest in carbon-capture technologies on a very large scale? If not, why? Bernath Bence, Netherlands\n\nThe trouble with carbon capture and storage (CCS) is that the technology that does exist, won't be rolled out fast enough to make any significant difference this decade, when greenhouse gas emissions need to fall significantly.\n\nIn 2020, for example, the UK allocated £1bn to a CCS infrastructure fund, with the ambition of capturing the equivalent of 10m metric tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2030.\n\nThat target has already been increased to capturing 20-30m metric tonnes by 2030. But, to put that in perspective, the UK is estimated to have produced the net equivalent of more than 450m metric tonnes of CO2 in 2019.\n\nGovernment investment varies hugely around the world. Countries like Saudi Arabia and Australia are relying very heavily on CCS to allow them to continue producing fossil fuels for the foreseeable future, but that means scaling up the technology in a way which has not yet been proven to work effectively.\n\nHow do agricultural products like rice and sugar contribute to the increase of CO2? What can we do to help reduce emissions? Ng Wee Meng, Singapore\n\nMost forms of agriculture produce CO2 emissions in one way or another.\n\nBeef is widely agreed to be the most carbon-intensive food to produce globally, but there are emissions from sugar and rice - these are connected with factors such as deforestation, animal feed, energy used in processing and transport, and packaging.\n\nOne study estimates that rice, for example, produces the equivalent of 4kg of CO2 emissions for every 1kg of rice produced. Given that 755 million tonnes of rice are produced every year around the world, that is a lot of CO2. On the other hand, rice is an essential staple food feeding billions around the world.\n\nThe best way to help reduce emissions is to try to ensure you eat food which is produced as sustainably as possible - although many people may not have the luxury of that choice.\n\nWould enforcing quotas for meat consumption and flight travels be efficient and feasible? Anonymous, Geneva\n\nMeat eating (especially beef) and travelling by air both have a sizeable environmental impact.\n\nEating one or two hamburgers a week for a year creates the same amount of greenhouse gases as heating a UK home for 95 days.\n\nAnd a return economy flight from London to New York emits about 0.67 tonnes of CO2. That's 11% of the average annual emissions for someone in the UK.\n\nIn theory, enforced quotas for meat consumption or flying would make a difference, but there's little political appetite or support for that to happen. Instead, the focus is on encouraging behavioural change.\n\nThe UK Climate Change Committee - which advises the government - has recommended that people should consume 20% less meat and dairy by 2030, and 35% less by 2050. People are also being urged to think about flying less.\n\nUsing taxation to make certain things more expensive would probably be a more realistic solution than trying to enforce quotas.\n\nWhy can't we have an international fund to help poorer countries attain zero carbon emissions? Robert Patterson, Darlington\n\nThat is partly what the current debate on climate finance is all about.\n\nIn 2009, rich countries said they would provide $100bn (£73bn) every year to the developing world by 2020. But they have been unable to live up to their promise, and they are now suggesting they will only meet that target in 2023.\n\nPoorer countries need this money to help tackle the effects of climate change that they are already facing. But they also need it to make sure their economies become greener as they develop, on a path to net zero carbon emissions.\n\nIf it is people causing climate change, what is being done to stop over-population ? Gaye Schmidt, Perth, Australia\n\nOverpopulation isn't the root cause of climate change. Rather, it's the excessive emission of greenhouse gases that are heating the planet up. And the richest one per cent of the world's population is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest fifty per cent.\n\nIt is true to say the population of the planet can't keep increasing indefinitely, because there is a finite number of resources available. But excessive consumption has played a larger role in climate change than a growing global population.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nIs the global capitalist model not at odds with climate change and the need for a greener way of life? Andrew, Exeter\n\nAccording to some experts, such as the economist Lord Stern, climate change can be seen as the great failure of the market.\n\nThis is because businesses have not generally had to pay for the damage they have caused to the environment.\n\nGlobal efforts to tackle climate change over the past two decades have focused more on harnessing capitalism to limit warming - for instance, putting a price on carbon and making the polluter pay, to ensure that emissions are ultimately restricted.\n\nMeanwhile, it's also the case that if there's consumer demand for greener products and services, capitalism will try to meet that demand.\n\nBut there's evidently still a lot of work to be done to make these approaches work.\n\nDoes COP26 really need 25,000 people there? They will generate a lot of CO2, so why can't many elements be online? David, Birmingham\n\nThe pandemic might be seen as the perfect moment for the UN to use technology for negotiations, and it was attempted during a preparatory meeting for COP in June, which ran for three weeks.\n\nUnfortunately, it didn't go well - time-zone and technology challenges made it almost impossible for countries with limited resources, progress was limited and decisions were put off.\n\nAs a result, many developing nations have insisted on having an in-person COP. They feel that it is far easier for their voices to be ignored on a dodgy Zoom connection.\n\nThey also bring a lived experience of climate change that it is critical for rich countries to hear first-hand.\n\nThere's some evidence that this works. In 2015, the presence of island states and vulnerable nations was key to securing the commitment to limit temperature changes to 1.5C in the Paris Agreement.\n\nWhat questions do you have about changes in our climate?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Sean Flynn was cleared of murder after a trial in 2005\n\nA man who was set to stand trial for the second time accused of murdering his mother has been found dead in Spain.\n\nSean Flynn was cleared of killing Louise Tiffney after a trial in 2005.\n\nMs Tiffney, who was 43, was last seen outside her flat in the Dean Village area of Edinburgh in May 2002.\n\nFollowing extensive searches and repeated appeals from her family, her body was eventually found in 2017 in Longniddry, East Lothian.\n\nLast year prosecutors were given permission to bring fresh prosecution under double jeopardy laws, which mean someone can be tried again on the same charges.\n\nFlynn was accused of murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice by concealing his mother's body in the boot of a car before driving to woods and disposing of it.\n\nA warrant for his arrest was issued earlier this week when he failed to appear in court.\n\nHis lawyer Aamer Anwar said he had been advised by police in Spain that Flynn, 37, had been found dead after taking his own life.\n\nHe said: \"Any loss of life is a tragedy. Sean Flynn's next of kin has been informed and there will be no further comment.\"\n\nThe body of Louise Tiffney was only found 15 years after she went missing from her home in Edinburgh\n\nPolice Scotland said it had been notified by Spanish police on Thursday about the death of a 38-year-old man in the Alicante region.\n\n\"Formal identification is still to be carried out. However, the family of Sean Flynn have been informed,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"We will continue to work with the Spanish police to establish the full circumstances, but at this time the death is not believed to be suspicious.\"\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was supporting the family of a British man who had died in Peniscola.\n\nLouise Tiffney's disappearance in 2002 sparked a murder hunt that become one of Scotland's most notorious unsolved cases.\n\nHer 18-year-old son Sean Flynn reported her missing the next day, and the search that followed was one of the largest in Scottish police history.\n\nMs Tiffney disappeared four days before Flynn was due to appear in court accused of causing the deaths of a cousin and friend by dangerous driving.\n\nHe admitted crashing a high-powered BMW while speeding through West Lothian and was sentenced to three years and nine months in a young offenders institution.\n\nBack seat passengers Paul Ross and Christopher Magee were killed, but Flynn and his front seat passenger, Mario Gagliardini, escaped with cuts and bruises.\n\nIt was initially thought that Ms Tiffney may have fled her home under the pressure of Flynn facing imprisonment and her sister Lulu grieving for her son.\n\nBut in the investigation that followed, it emerged that Flynn and his mother argued frequently - and had done so on the night that Ms Tiffney was last seen.\n\nFlynn claimed she had \"stormed out\" of their home, but she had not taken her keys, bank cards or cash, or made childcare arrangements for her six-year-old daughter.\n\nDuring their investigation, officers found blood matching Ms Tiffney's DNA in the boot of a car that Flynn drove, along with mud and vegetation.\n\nMobile phone records also showed he was in East Lothian when he claimed to be in Edinburgh.\n\nLouise Tiffney's body was found near Gosford House in East Lothian in 2017\n\nFlynn was still in Polmont Young Offenders' Institution in February 2004, serving his sentence for the fatal car crash, when he was charged with his mother's murder.\n\nDuring a 22-day trial at the High Court in Perth the following year, prosecutors alleged that Flynn snapped and killed Ms Tiffney after arguing with her over the driving case and over his relationship with an older woman.\n\nNeighbours told how they had heard noises on the night Ms Tiffney went missing.\n\nProfessional gambler Brian Rockall, 39, said he heard the sound of someone running across the floor of the flat above him.\n\nHe said: \"It seemed fairly loud, startling. It seemed like someone finally losing it at the end of an argument. It didn't sound like someone was being hurt.\"\n\nFlynn's defence team argued that Ms Tiffney could have taken her own life, and the jury found the charges against him not proven.\n\nPolice had previously searched the 60,000-acre estate in East Lothian\n\nAfter Ms Tiffney's body was found in April 2017, prosecutors sought permission to set aside the acquittal and prosecute Flynn again for her murder.\n\nThe discovery was made by a cyclist near Gosford House in East Lothian.\n\nPolice confirmed that the area around the stately home had been searched by officers during the original inquiry, but the specific area where the body was found had never previously been searched.\n\nOfficers had a theory that the killer had driven to Gosford House to bury Ms Tiffney's body in a shallow grave.\n\nMinute traces of leaves and flowers had been found in a car linked to the investigation, and officers enlisted botanical experts to try and establish where they came from.\n\nDespite an extensive search at Gosford House, the sheer size of the 60,000-acre estate prevented police from finding the body.\n\nAfter the discovery in 2017, Flynn was tracked down in Berlin, where he had made a new home, and he was returned to Scotland.\n\nThe laws on double jeopardy had been changed in 2011 to allow someone to be tried again on the same charges.\n\nIn January last year, three judges agreed to set aside the previous verdict and allow a fresh prosecution to take place.\n\nThat trial had been due to start earlier this week, but Flynn - who had denied the charges - failed to appear at the High Court in Livingston.\n\nThere is an incredible coincidence at the heart of this tragic case.\n\nLouise Tiffney's remains were found very close to a beach where the body of another murder victim was discovered 30 years previously.\n\nThat earlier crime led to a change in Scotland's law on double jeopardy, and that change paved the way for Sean Flynn's second trial over the murder of his mother.\n\nTwo teenage friends, Christine Eadie and Helen Scott, had vanished after a night out in the World's End pub in Edinburgh's Old Town, in October 1977. Their bodies were found the next day.\n\nDecades passed before DNA and dogged police work linked their killings to a convicted murderer, Angus Sinclair, but the first attempt to bring him to justice in 2007 collapsed when a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence and brought the trial to a halt.\n\nThe outcome caused uproar and the ancient law on double jeopardy was changed, allowing a retrial if there was compelling new evidence which substantially strengthened the original case against the accused.\n\nNew DNA evidence put Sinclair back in the dock a second time, in 2014. He was found guilty, handed a 37 year jail sentence and died in prison.\n\nBoth Christine Eadie and Louise Tiffney were last seen alive in Edinburgh. They were found, thirty years apart, within a mile or two of each other, on the coast of East Lothian.\n\nSinclair had left Christine Eadie on the beach at Gosford Bay. Louise Tiffney was discovered in woods beside the road that runs alongside the beach.\n\nIt is just a coincidence, a twist of fate, but if the law had not been changed following the first trial over the World's End murders, Sean Flynn would not have faced a retrial.\n\nUnder the new rules on double jeopardy, the courts judged that the discovery of Louise's remains had substantially strengthened the case against him.\n\nThe World's End murders were solved nearly four decades after Christine and her friend were killed. We don't know what the outcome of Sean Flynn's trial would have been, but there will be no such resolution over the disappearance and death of Louise Tiffney.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer: There is nowhere Green Party can't win\n\nEvery household should be given £320 to help with \"spiralling energy bills\", the Green Party of England and Wales have said at the start of their annual conference in Birmingham.\n\nIn a speech, the party's new leaders said the £9bn plan could be paid for with a windfall tax on all landlords of private rented properties.\n\nCo-leader Adrian Ramsay argued this could help people avoid fuel poverty.\n\nEarlier this month, around 15 million households saw their bills climb by 12%, as the energy cap was raised.\n\nThe energy regulator Ofgem has warned that the cap will go up again next April.\n\nAddressing Green Party activists in Birmingham, Mr Ramsay said their proposal was \"about keeping people safe\".\n\n\"It's about the state responding to market failure, it's about human dignity.\n\n\"Our proposal is what government should be doing to show leadership - it's an issue which shows how climate justice and social justice go hand in hand.\"\n\nThe party says it also wants to introduce a Green New Deal programme, spending £100bn on getting the UK to net zero carbon emissions by 2030 through insulation schemes and renewable energy.\n\nThe Green Party have reasons to be optimistic - they have a record number of councillors, their sister party is in power in the Scottish government, and they're feeling positive about their polling.\n\nRising energy bills and COP26 have got all parties talking about the need to move away from relying on fossil fuels too.\n\nBut they still have only one MP, Caroline Lucas, in Parliament. And more radical green groups like Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain - who the new leaders have actively distanced themselves from - have been making more front pages than the party in the last few months.\n\nThe new leaders are adamant they want to be seen as a party not a pressure group - but with every major party now trumpeting green policies, standing out is a key challenge.\n\nShe said people had \"grown tired of choosing the 'least worst' option, of being patronised, ignored and told what to think\".\n\n\"We are tired of a Tory government playing divide and rule, tired of out of touch policies which ride roughshod over people, tired of politics which amount to little more than an old boys' club serving the interests of its pals,\" she added.\n\nAnd she accused Labour of failing the public and failing to \"take a stand on the biggest issues of the day\".\n\nMs Denyer, a former engineer, said the Greens were committed to a pay rise for key workers, a universal basic income and ending the sale of arms to \"oppressive regimes\".\n\nSetting out her party's strategy, she told the conference the Greens could \"win elections in every corner of England and Wales... there is nowhere we can't win\".\n\nCaroline Lucas is the Green Party's only MP in Westminster\n\nMr Ramsay said he wanted to be part of the team that \"gets our second MP elected, and our fourth and our fifth\".\n\nThe pair concluded their speech by telling the audience this was \"the last chance for serious climate action\" and that \"we and only we have what it takes\".\n\nThe Greens are in government in Scotland with the SNP, but their sister party in England and Wales remains a minor voice at Westminster with just one MP.\n\nHowever they have had more success at the local level winning 80 more council seats during elections earlier this year.\n\nThey currently hold 447 seats on 141 different councils.", "Ali Harbi Ali was arrested at the scene of the stabbing\n\nA 25-year-old man has been charged with murder and the preparation of terrorist acts after the fatal stabbing of MP Sir David Amess.\n\nAli Harbi Ali was arrested following the attack at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on Friday.\n\nSir David, a Conservative MP since 1983, suffered multiple stab wounds and died at the scene.\n\nMr Ali is a British man whose father is a former adviser to Somalia's prime minister.\n\nNick Price, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: \"We will submit to the court that this murder has a terrorist connection, namely that it had both religious and ideological motivations.\"\n\nMr Ali is accused of visiting the home of one MP, the Houses of Parliament and the constituency surgery of another MP at various times this year as part of reconnaissance for a potential attack.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Ali, from north London, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court. Wearing a grey tracksuit and black-rimmed glasses, he spoke only to confirm his name, age and address.\n\nHe was remanded in custody and is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Friday.\n\nMetropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes sent his \"deepest condolences\" to the family, friends and colleagues of the MP.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Jukes, Assistant Commissioner for the Met Police, said their work continues with Sir David's family remaining in their thoughts\n\n\"Sir David's dedication to his family, his constituents and his community, and his positive impact on the lives of so many has been abundantly clear since his death,\" he said.\n\nSince the killing, a large team of detectives in the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command had been \"working around the clock\" to search several addresses in north London, analyse digital devices and review CCTV, Mr Jukes said.\n\nThere have been no other arrests and police are not seeking anyone else, he added.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police has been working with Parliament's security team and the Home Office to review the protection of MPs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage showing a man believed to be Ali Harbi Ali, accused of the fatal stabbing of Sir David Amess\n\nPolice forces across the country have also been working with individual MPs about their security in their constituencies.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"I hope that the family of David Amess and all those who love him will get the justice they deserve as fast as possible.\"\n\nHe praised the police outreach to MPs on security, but said MPs must not be \"intimidated by this appalling murder into changing the way we conduct our Parliamentary business or the way we work in our constituencies - which I think is the last thing David Amess himself would have wanted\".\n\nOn Tuesday, MPs paid emotional tributes to their colleague, with Mr Johnson saying the killing was a \"tragic and senseless death\" of one of the \"most gentle individuals\" to serve in Parliament.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer praised him as a \"dedicated constituency MP\" and fellow Essex MP Mark Francois called him \"the best bloke I ever knew\".\n\nFloral tributes to Sir David Amess were left outside Parliament", "People gathered on the streets of Southend to pay their respects to Sir David, who had been an MP in Essex since 1983\n\nSouthend has remembered Sir David Amess, a week after he was killed at a constituency surgery.\n\nSir David, 69, was stabbed to death shortly after midday last Friday, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.\n\nResidents and shopkeepers bowed their heads in silence, broken by applause and the release of blue balloons in memory of the Southend West MP.\n\nAli Harbi Ali, 25, is due at the Old Bailey charged with murder and preparing terrorist acts.\n\nPeople on Eastwood Road released blue balloons at the end of the silence\n\nJames Duddridge, the MP for Rochford and Southend East, said: \"It is going to be very difficult not just for the family but for the whole community.\"\n\nAfter the silence, he told mourners: \"Speaking to Jo Cox's family, it took them a long time to recover and we must spend time together as a community and not be afraid to cry and share a cuddle, share a story, to share a funny story as well as a sensible story.\n\n\"I think that is one of the things that the Cox family said was really important - to remember a person and spend time together as a community.\n\nSouthend was granted city status in honour of Sir David, who had lobbied for the title for more than 20 years.\n\nIan Gilbert, leader of Southend Borough Council, said heartwarming stories of Sir David were shared at an \"emotional\" full council meeting on Thursday night.\n\nSir David Amess had campaigned for Southend to be a city for more than 20 years\n\n\"Pretty much everybody who has lived in Southend for some time has a story to share about him, he was part of the fabric of the town and touched many, many people,\" he said.\n\n\"I've been heartened by the way the community, quite spontaneously, has come together to support one another at this difficult time.\n\n\"I hope the honour of being accorded city status, which is something Sir David campaigned on tirelessly for many years, will be something that can help bring the community together and honour his memory.\"\n\nFather Jeffrey Woolnough (left), who had attempted to administer last rites to his friend Sir David, was among those gathered in Leigh-on-Sea\n\nThe silence was organised by local businesses who wanted to pay their respects\n\nA week ago, Sir David was meeting constituents, as he loved to do, at Belfairs Methodist Church. He'd been chatting and laughing with locals outside the church before he was killed.\n\nHe died as he had lived, serving people, for nearly 40 years. He had known five prime ministers.\n\nSo many people I have met in the past few days have stories of how he had helped them. So many here considered him a friend.\n\nThis silence is the idea of businesses from the Belfairs area. There is a parade of shops here where he was so well known, just as he was across the town and the borough, and beyond.\n\nThere is sadness, and a deep shared sympathy with Sir David's wife and children.\n\nPeople in Leigh-on Sea have been remembering Sir David\n\nAmong those gathered was Father Jeffrey Woolnough, who had rushed to the church when he heard that Sir David, a devout Catholic, had been stabbed in the hope of giving him the last rites.\n\nHe was unable to deliver the sacrament as the area had become a crime scene.\n\nHe said Sir David spoke to people from all parties, races and religions, and \"it was such a great gift and it was tireless because it was sincere\".\n\nButcher Tony Phillips, who closed up his shop for the tribute, said: \"We are all just so very sad that he is no longer with us.\n\n\"We used to see him quite regularly. He used to come in to the shop every now and then to see if we had any problems. He will be sadly missed.\"\n\nEstate agent Rob Cooke said: \"Sir David was very much part of the community and obviously we are just gutted with what has happened. I just wanted to pay my respects and to think about him and his family.\n\n\"I think it is going to take quite a long time for the community to recover from what has happened.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "A member of staff at University Hospital Monklands attends to a Covid patient on the ICU ward earlier this year\n\nNHS Lanarkshire has moved to the \"highest risk level\" as its three hospitals are at maximum capacity.\n\nThe military is already providing additional support at University hospitals Hairmyres, Monklands and Wishaw.\n\nBut the health board described occupancy levels as \"critical\" and said the \"sustained pressure\" shows no signs of easing.\n\nIt also confirmed some elective cancer procedures have been cancelled.\n\nEarlier this week, NHS Grampian became the latest Scottish health board to ask for military help amid the pandemic after NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Borders.\n\nNHS Lanarkshire deputy chief executive Laura Ace said: \"We are facing relentless pressures, bed shortages and staff shortages due to sickness, stress and self-isolation and University hospitals Hairmyres, Monklands and Wishaw are all at maximum capacity\n\n\"The safety of our patients and staff is our top priority and we are working through short and medium term actions to increase staffing and also improve the flow of patients out of hospital.\n\n\"The military are providing additional support within our hospitals.\"\n\nThe health board temporarily postponed the majority of non-urgent planned care procedures at the end of August.\n\nBut it has now confirmed the current pressures mean it is having to further stand down elective planned procedures, including some cancer services.\n\nIt added these will be rescheduled \"as soon as possible\".\n\nMs Ace added: \"The current situation is unprecedented and marks a different level of risk for NHS Lanarkshire as a whole and moves our current status to the highest level of risk.\"\n\nEarlier this week the board warned patients on social media to expect long waits at A&E as its hospitals were being overwhelmed by the numbers attending and requiring admission.\n\nMs Ace said: \"To help free up hospital beds, we have also asked for any assistance from family members to allow us to discharge people home or to interim care placements as soon as possible.\n\n\"We know the impact of the current pressures are being felt right across the health and social care system, including GP practices which remain extremely busy.\n\n\"We recognise that our staff are doing everything they can and showing the highest levels of professionalism, commitment and resilience.\"\n\nShe added that it is hoped the move to the highest risk level will help reduce the pressures on our staff and services.", "Mr Bannon's lawyers say he will not co-operate with the inquiry\n\nThe US House of Representatives has voted to hold ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress, opening him up to a potential prosecution.\n\nMr Bannon had defied a summons from a congressional panel investigating the 6 January riot at the US Capitol.\n\nThe House select committee voted to hold him in contempt on Tuesday, before passing the matter to the full chamber.\n\nThursday's vote largely fell along party lines, with 229 voting in favour compared to 202 against the move.\n\nOnly nine Republicans in the Democratic-controlled chamber voted to hold Mr Bannon in contempt.\n\nHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi is now expected to certify the vote before it is referred to the US Department of Justice, which has the final say on charges.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When a mob stormed the US capitol\n\nA committee investigating the riot has been chasing testimony from Mr Bannon about his communications with Mr Trump before the invasion of the Capitol, as well as any knowledge he may have had of plans to overturn the results of the November 2020 election.\n\nSupporters of Mr Trump stormed the Capitol building and disrupted certification of President Joe Biden's electoral victory. More than 670 people have been arrested.\n\nAs Thursday's vote began, Representative Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the 6 January committee, said Mr Bannon was believed to have \"valuable\" information about the riot.\n\n\"What sort of precedent would it set for the House of Representatives if we allow a witness to ignore us flat out without facing any kind of consequences?\" said the Mississippi Democrat.\n\nIndiana Republican Jim Banks took to the floor of the House to slam the \"illicit criminal investigation into American citizens\" and said Mr Bannon had become a \"boogeyman\" for the Democratic party.\n\nUS Attorney General Merrick Garland, who leads the justice department, testified earlier on Thursday to Congress about the likelihood of criminal charges for Mr Bannon.\n\nMr Garland said that the department will \"apply the facts and the law and make a decision, consistent with the principles of prosecution\".\n\nContempt of Congress cases are notoriously difficult to litigate - the last time such a prosecution took place was in 1983 against a Reagan administration official.\n\nMr Trump has urged former aides and allies to reject requests to testify before the 6 January committee, claiming that his communications from the time are protected by executive privilege - a legal principle that shields many White House missives.\n\nMr Bannon has yet to comment on the proceedings. His attorney has previously said that he will only co-operate if Mr Trump's executive privilege claim is legally resolved.", "The Queen spent Wednesday night in hospital for preliminary medical checks and is now back at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nThe 95-year-old monarch returned from the private hospital in central London at lunchtime on Thursday and is \"in good spirits\", the palace added.\n\nThe Queen had cancelled a visit to Northern Ireland on Wednesday.\n\nShe was given medical advice to rest for a few days after a busy schedule of public engagements.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said \"everybody sends Her Majesty our very very best wishes\".\n\nHe added he was \"given to understand that actually Her Majesty is characteristically back at her desk at Windsor as we speak\".\n\nIn a statement on Thursday night, Buckingham Palace said: \"Following medical advice to rest for a few days, the Queen attended hospital on Wednesday afternoon for some preliminary investigations, returning to Windsor Castle at lunchtime today, and remains in good spirits.\"\n\nThe Queen travelled by car to the King Edward VII's Hospital in Marylebone, about 19 miles (32km) from Windsor, where she was seen by specialists. Her admittance is understood not to be related to coronavirus.\n\nThe overnight stay was said to be for practical reasons and the Queen was undertaking light duties back at Windsor on Thursday afternoon.\n\nIt is the first time the Queen has stayed in hospital since 2013, when she suffered symptoms of gastroenteritis.\n\nThe King Edward VII's is a private hospital used by senior royals - including the Queen's husband, the late Duke of Edinburgh, who received treatment there earlier this year.\n\nThe news on Wednesday that the Queen would have to cancel a trip to Northern Ireland was always going to cause concern.\n\nDespite looking very well and happy at the numerous events she has attended over the past week, it cannot be forgotten that she is 95 years old.\n\nIt is a tricky balance for the palace to release enough details about the Queen's health to keep the public informed while maintaining the privacy to which she is entitled.\n\nIt was for this reason that the news that she had been taken to hospital for tests was not announced, until a report on the Sun newspaper's front page forced the palace's hand.\n\nPeople will be concerned, but the reassuring guidance remains that she is in \"good spirits\" on her return from hospital and is well enough to undertake some light duties.\n\nIt has been a busy period of official engagements for the Queen.\n\nAn official record of the Queen's diary showed at least 16 formal events during October, and there had been the plans for her to embark on the two-day trip to Northern Ireland this week.\n\nShe was pictured hosting a Global Investment Summit at Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening alongside Mr Johnson.\n\nHowever, on Wednesday a Buckingham Palace spokesman said the monarch had \"reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days\".\n\nHe said the Queen was \"disappointed that she will no longer be able to visit Northern Ireland\" - which would have involved an overnight stay.\n\nThe Queen began the month in Scotland, planting a tree with the Prince of Wales at the Balmoral Estate on 1 October and attending the opening of the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh the following day.\n\nPrince Charles, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland, planted a tree with his mother to launch a tree-planting initiative\n\nThe following week, she met members of the Canadian military at Windsor Castle on 6 October and attended the launch of the Commonwealth Games baton relay at Buckingham Palace on 7 October.\n\nLast week, on 12 October, she attended a church service to mark the centenary of The Royal British Legion at Westminster Abbey.\n\nShe then travelled to Wales to open the sixth term of the Senedd on Thursday.\n\nBy Saturday she was back in England - attending Champions Day at Ascot racecourse in Berkshire.\n\nAnd on Tuesday evening she was back at Windsor Castle hosting the Global Investment Summit.\n\nThe Queen was pictured alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday\n\nThe Queen is expected to lead a royal delegation to the Glasgow COP26 climate change summit in two weeks' time.\n\nIn reported remarks overheard at an event last week, she appeared to suggest she was irritated by people who \"talk\" but \"don't do\" when it came to protecting the environment.\n\nEarlier this week, the Queen declined a magazine's award of Oldie of the Year, saying \"you are only as old as you feel\".\n\nShe \"politely but firmly\" turned down the award, but sent the Oldie magazine a message with her \"warmest best wishes\".", "Twenty-two people died in the bombing on 22 May 2017\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence in connection with the Manchester Arena attack.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of a concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nA 24-year-old man, from Manchester, is being held on suspicion of engaging in the preparation of acts of terrorism or assisting others in acts of preparation.\n\nHe was arrested at Manchester Airport after arriving back in the UK.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said the man, from Fallowfield, remained in custody for questioning.\n\nDet Ch Supt Simon Barraclough said the force remained \"committed to establishing the truth surrounding the circumstances of the terror attack\".\n\n\"Over four years have passed since the atrocity took place but we are unwavering in our dedication to follow each line of inquiry available so that we can provide all those affected by the events at the arena with the answers they rightly deserve,\" he added.\n\nHundreds of people were also injured when Abedi, who died in the bombing, detonated his device in the arena foyer at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nHis younger brother Hashem Abedi was jailed for at least 55 years in August last year after being found guilty of murdering the 22 victims.\n\nHe was also convicted of attempted murder - encompassing the injured people - and conspiring to cause explosions.\n\nThe brothers spent months ordering, stockpiling and transporting the deadly materials required for the attack.\n\nA public inquiry into the attack started in September last year to explore the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the bombing.\n\nThis includes whether the attack could have been prevented, what happened on 22 May 2017, the security arrangements around the arena, the emergency response to the bombing and the radicalisation of Salman Abedi.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Venues are also planning to train their staff about sexual harassment and public protection\n\nBars in a city are giving their female staff a night off as part of a nightclub boycott following multiple reports of spikings by needle.\n\nAt least five bars in Nottingham confirmed they would also be closing at 22:00 BST on 27 October.\n\nThis is to coincide with a planned boycott in a bid to force nightclubs to take action to tackle the problem.\n\nIt comes as Nottinghamshire Police said they had received 15 reports of spikings by needle since 2 October.\n\nOfficers will be stepping up patrols in the city centre over the weekend, and said there would be more searches at clubs.\n\nEzra Watson, manager of Six Barrel Drafthouse in Hockley, said: \"Following the sad news, as a group of managers we've decided to show our support to the campaign.\n\n\"We've swapped shifts so all our female members of staff can stay in and show their support.\n\n\"It's just solidarity. You can't and shouldn't ignore it.\"\n\nHe added venues would also be training staff on sexual harassment and public protection, and have ordered drink covers.\n\nPolice said the first report of a person being spiked with \"something sharp\" was made on 2 October.\n\nThere have also been 32 reports of people being spiked by having their drink contaminated since 4 September.\n\nThe majority of reports are being made by young women, particularly students, but there have also been reports of young men being potentially spiked too, the force added.\n\nSarah Buckle, 19, came round in hospital to find a pin prick and bruising in her hand\n\nHe told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: \"I am determined to get to the bottom of it and I am still keeping an open mind.\n\n\"I want to provide a message that says 'come to town, it is safe, there are lots of places to entertain you'. Nottingham is a good, safe, night out.\"\n\nMike Kill, chairman of the Night Time Industries Association, said the government should hold an inquiry into spiking.\n\n\"My experience of clubs is that there are some fantastic operators that do things very very well,\" he said. \"But as with every industry there are businesses that are not as effective.\n\n\"We want to lift the standard and the consistency.\"\n\nHe said his members had \"definitely\" seen more cases being reported, adding clubs were \"taking our responsibilities here very seriously\" but they cannot solve the problem alone.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has asked police forces for an update on the issue.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "Ros Atkins looks at how Europe is getting to grips with its emissions problem.\n\nMore on the climate summit\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "US real estate heir Robert Durst has been charged in the 1982 disappearance of his ex-wife, authorities have said.\n\nKathie McCormack Durst's body was never found, and she was legally declared dead in 2017.\n\nA new criminal complaint accuses Durst of second-degree murder in connection with the case.\n\nLast week Durst, 78, was sentenced to life in prison for the 2000 murder of his best friend to stop her talking about his wife's disappearance.\n\nThe new criminal complaint against Durst - the subject of HBO crime documentary series The Jinx - was filed by a state police investigator in Lewisboro, New York.\n\nCiting sources familiar with the matter, the Associated Press has reported that a grand jury has begun hearing witness testimony.\n\nIn a statement sent to the BBC, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office confirmed that a complaint had been filed but provided no further comment.\n\nKathie McCormack Durst was 29 when she vanished in January 1982 following an argument with Durst, who had long claimed that he took her to a train station so that she could return to their Manhattan apartment.\n\nWhile he initially claimed that he spoke with her once she returned, he later admitted that was a lie. Durst divorced McCormack in 1990, citing abandonment.\n\nThe new complaint is based on \"conversations with numerous witnesses and observations of defendants, recorded interviews and observations of Durst's recorded interviews and court testimony in related proceedings\".\n\nThe BBC has reached out to attorneys representing Durst for comment.\n\nRobert Abrams, a spokesman for Kathie McCormack Durst's family, was quoted by the New York Times as saying they were \"unaware\" of the latest criminal complaint, but grateful for the work of the district attorney's office, and told the BBC that they \"are very happy with this development\".\n\nOn 14 October, Durst was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Susan Berman, who was found shot in the head in her Beverly Hills home. Authorities believe she was murdered to prevent her from talking to police about the McCormack case. Durst has denied killing his friend and his lawyers have said he intends to appeal.\n\nProsecutors believe that Durst has murdered three people: Berman, McCormack and Morris Black, an elderly neighbour who discovered Durst's identity in 2001 while he was hiding out in Texas. Durst was later acquitted in the Black case.\n\nJust days after his sentencing in the Berman case, Durst was hospitalised with Covid-19.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak will lay out the government's latest tax and spending plans on Wednesday 27 October.\n\nIt's the government's second Budget of the year, after one in March, and will coincide with the conclusions of the 2021 Spending Review, which will give details of how government will fund public services for the next three years.\n\nResponding to the most recent public sector finance data this week, the chancellor said: \"At the Budget and Spending Review next week, I will set out how we will continue to support public services, businesses and jobs while keeping our public finances fit for the future.\"\n\nWhat are his options? Here we look at six things to watch out for in the Budget that could affect your personal finances.\n\nEnergy bills are set to rise this winter\n\nThe chancellor is reportedly considering a cut to the 5% rate of value added tax on household energy bills.\n\nThe move would be popular and timely against the background of soaring energy bills this winter and is something the government is now able to do because of Brexit.\n\nBut the move could attract criticism as it would - in effect - mean subsidising fossil fuels ahead of the climate summit.\n\nAlso, a VAT cut on domestic energy bills would cost about £1.5bn a year, which may just be too much for the chancellor.\n\nExtra tax on sparkling wine could be cut\n\nThere are rumours the chancellor is planning to simplify the way that alcohol is taxed in the UK.\n\nThe 2019 Conservative election manifesto promised to review it, so now could be the time.\n\nOne suggestion is to reduce the premium on sparkling wine to the same level as still wine, which could knock 83p off a bottle of Champagne or Prosecco.\n\n\"The government should stop trying to favour certain parts of the industry, instead focusing on removing distortions and creating a simpler system of alcohol taxes targeted at socially costly drinking,\" said Kate Smith, associate director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.\n\nThe drinks levies have been in place since the 1600s and raise £12bn a year for the government.\n\nIf you sell a second home, you'll pay capital gains tax\n\nThere are rumours that the current Capital Gains Tax rates may be tinkered with.\n\nThe tax is paid when people sell assets such as shares or a second home.\n\nIt's been suggested that rates could be aligned more closely with income tax rates, which could mean scrapping the current tax rates of 10% and 20% (or 18% and 28% for property) and instead making everyone pay income tax rates on their gains.\n\nA report by the Office of Tax Simplification, published in November 2020, recommended that CGT rates should be increased to bring them into line with income tax.\n\nBut it would be unlikely to raise significant extra amounts of tax, as it is typically paid by only about 275,000 taxpayers and raises less than £10bn a year.\n\nStudents could be asked to repay their loans sooner\n\nThere are reports that graduates may be asked to start paying back student loans earlier.\n\nThe chancellor could do that by lowering the threshold at which people start repaying their student loans, a move that could save the Treasury about £2bn a year.\n\nCurrently, English and Welsh students who enrolled at university after 2012 pay 9% of everything they earn above £27,295 per year. They repay the same 9% until the loan is fully repaid or until 30 years after graduating.\n\nIf the threshold were reduced to £25,000, it would cost anyone earning more than the current limit an extra £206 a year, while if it were slashed to £20,000, it would cost an extra £656 a year.\n\nMinisters are rumoured to have proposed cutting the threshold to as low as £23,000 and giving graduates 40 years as opposed to 30 to repay their debt.\n\nA worker washing dishes could see their minimum wage rise\n\nIn his March Budget, Mr Sunak announced that the National Living Wage (what the governments call the minimum wage) would increase for workers over the age of 23.\n\nSince then, the government has come under pressure to help employees further - especially as younger workers have been some of the worst hit by the economic downturn.\n\nOne solution the chancellor has been reportedly looking at is to increase the National Living Wage by 5.7% to £9.42 per hour from its current rate of £8.91.\n\nThat would bring it close to the Living Wage Foundation's current recommendation of £9.50 an hour.\n\nThe government could raise cash by cutting tax relief on pension savings for those on high salaries.\n\nBut pension experts warn such a move would not be as simple as it sounds, Steven Cameron, pensions director at Aegon, said: \"A move to a flat rate of pensions tax relief, rather than the current system where relief is based on the rate of income tax paid, would be far from simple to implement.\"\n\nHe said it would be particularly difficult for defined-benefit schemes and could mean medium to high earners, including doctors in public sector schemes, facing big tax bills.\n\n\"Removing higher-rate relief would be a direct attack on middle Britain, leading to people who do the right thing and save for their future being hit with extra tax costs,\" said Tom Selby, head of retirement policy at AJ Bell.\n• None Why is UK inflation so high?", "Sheeran's latest singles Shivers and Bad Habits have both topped the UK chart\n\nEd Sheeran will become the latest star to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story, telling a story about a boy who has a stutter, much like he did as a child.\n\nThe musician will read I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith.\n\nThe book tells the story of a boy whose father helps him by explaining that the flow of his words is like a river.\n\nSheeran said he was \"delighted\" to read the tale, adding: \"I hope the story helps inspire and support other children who stutter.\"\n\nHe said: \"Growing up, I had a stutter like the boy in I Talk Like a River, so I'm delighted to be reading this story for CBeebies Bedtime Stories, especially as I'm a new dad myself.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nCBeebies Bedtime Stories are broadcast weekdays at 18:50 BST on the CBeebies channel and are also available on BBC iPlayer.\n\nNME reported that Sheeran told a New York fundraiser for the American Institute Of Stuttering in 2015 that learning to rap like Eminem helped him get rid of his childhood stutter.\n\nHe said: \"My Uncle Jim told my dad that Eminem was the next Bob Dylan - it's pretty similar, it's all just storytelling - so my dad bought me The Marshall Mathers LP when I was nine years old, not knowing what was on it.\n\n\"I learned every word of it, back to front, by the time I was 10. He raps very fast and melodically and percussively, and it helped me get rid of the stutter.\"\n\nSheeran's story will air on Friday 5 November, following the release of his new album = (Equals).\n\nThe record, which follows his previous albums + (Plus), x (Multiply) and ÷ (Divide), will include Shivers and Bad Habits, both of which reached number one in the UK singles chart earlier this year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "David Henderson was the aircraft's operator since its purchase in 2015\n\nThe organiser of the flight in which footballer Emiliano Sala died ran a \"cowboy outfit\", a court heard.\n\nDavid Henderson, 67, of Main Street, Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, denies endangering the safety of an aircraft.\n\nSala and pilot David Ibbotson died in the crash in the English Channel in January 2019.\n\nMr Henderson told Cardiff Crown Court he did not know which flight qualifications his pilots had.\n\nDuring cross-examination, Mr Henderson was asked why.\n\n\"What sort of cowboy outfit were you running at this time that you didn't know if your pilot had his ratings or not?\" asked Martin Goudie QC, prosecuting.\n\nIn a message to Mr Ibbotson at the time, Mr Henderson advised the pilot they did not want to \"draw the attention of the [Civil Aviation Authority] CAA\".\n\nReferring to this message, Mr Goudie asked: \"Isn't the true situation that you didn't want anyone looking at how you were running these flights because you knew you were running them illegally?\"\n\nMr Henderson replied: \"There's probably some element of that, yes.\"\n\nRead more on this court case:\n\nEarlier on Friday, Mr Henderson told the jury he had \"definitely not\" pressurised the pilot to fly from Nantes to Cardiff.\n\nWhen it was put to him that he knew that Mr Ibbotson didn't have the qualifications to fly at night, Mr Henderson said: \"I made every attempt to persuade him to get one, but he would have told me if he'd got one.\"\n\nThe prosecution alleges Henderson was \"reckless and negligent\" in allowing Mr Ibbotson to fly because he was not qualified to fly at night and did not have a commercial pilot's licence.\n\nIn a statement made after he was arrested, Mr Henderson said the flights were due to take place during the day and that he expected Mr Ibbotson to comply with his obligations, the court heard.\n\nHe told the jury: \"If he didn't have the rating to fly, I would have expected him not to do so.\"\n\nSala's body was recovered, but Mr Ibbotson, 59, from Crowley, Lincolnshire, has never been found\n\nMr Henderson said he accepted David Ibbotson only had a private pilot's licence rather than a commercial pilot's licence, which would have allowed him to accept money to fly.\n\nHe said Mr Ibbotson was the only one of his pilots who was in that position, but he was a pilot with significant experience of over 20 years.\n\nHe said he did not tell the football agent who had asked him to fly Sala from Nantes that Mr Ibbotson was not qualified to fly because he was confident he was an \"experienced pilot who was keen and enthusiastic and wanted to fly\".\n\nBut Mr Henderson also accepted he knew he was flying in breach of regulations every time Mr Ibbotson was flying as he was being paid when he didn't have a commercial licence.\n\nThe jurors have heard that messages sent by Mr Henderson after the crash included telling aircraft engineer David Smith to \"keep very quiet\", adding: \"Need to be very careful. Opens up a whole can of worms.\"\n\nMr Goudie said: \"We know why you said that, because Mr Ibbotson should never have been on that flight. This is about a cover-up, this text message, isn't it?\"\n\nMr Henderson told the court he was concerned with the wrong information being leaked to the press, and said: \"I was not covering up.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Our past has shaped and scarred us\"\n\nThe head of the Irish Catholic Church has said partition causes him \"a deep sense of loss and sadness\".\n\nArchbishop Eamon Martin was addressing a service to mark the centenary of Ireland being divided and the formation of Northern Ireland.\n\nIn 1921, the island was divided into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson joined 150 guests from both sides of the border at the event on Thursday.\n\nArchbishop Martin said for the past 100 years, partition had \"polarised people on this island\".\n\n\"It has institutionalised difference, and it remains a symbol of cultural, political and religious division between our communities,\" he said.\n\nHe told the service in Armagh's Church of Ireland Cathedral that he also felt churches could have gone further.\n\nNI Secretary Brandon Lewis and Prime Minister Boris Johnson were among those attending the centenary church service\n\n\"I have to face the difficult truth that, perhaps, we in the churches could have done more to deepen our understanding of each other and to bring healing and peace to our divided and wounded communities,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking afterwards, the prime minister said: \"It has been very moving to be here today and see the way in which people from very different perspectives have come together.\"\n\nMr Johnson said Northern Ireland was \"an incredible part of the country\" and had \"an amazing future\".\n\nThe prime minister added: \"I am a passionate unionist and, of course, I believe the future is within the United Kingdom.\"\n\nThe Queen had been due to attend the service but was unable to travel for medical reasons.\n\nThe Armagh church service was organised to \"mark the centenaries of the partition of Ireland and the formation of Northern Ireland\".\n\nPresident Higgins said the title of the service made it \"inappropriate\" for him to attend as head of state.\n\nSinn Féin, including Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, also decided not to attend.\n\nHowever, Colum Eastwood, the leader of Northern Ireland's other nationalist party, the SDLP, was present.\n\nAmong others at the service were Northern Ireland First Minister Paul Givan, of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP); DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson; Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie; Alliance leader Naomi Long; Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis and Northern Ireland's chief medical officer Sir Michael McBride.\n\nTwo representatives from the Irish government were also present - Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, from the Fine Gael party, and chief whip Jack Chambers, from Fianna Fáil.\n\nWith Assembly Speaker Alex Maskey, a Sinn Féin member, not attending, deputy speaker Roy Beggs formally represented the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nThe event, titled \"A Service of Reflection and Hope\", was organised by the leaders of the main Protestant and Catholic Churches.\n\nIt began with the ringing of the cathedral bell before the Dean of Armagh, Rev Shane Forster, sent his good wishes to the Queen.\n\nWelcoming the congregation in both English and Irish, he said: \"Our past has shaped us and scarred us, it has divided us. And, yet, it has also, on occasion, brought us together.\"\n\nThe leaders of Ireland's main churches delivered their personal reflections on the creation of Northern Ireland.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Dr David Bruce, said: \"I grieve the times when fear has held us back from building relationships with those with whom we differ.\n\n\"If we are to build a better future, then we must recognise our own woundedness and our responsibility to care for the wounds of one another.\"\n\nDr Ivan Patterson, the president of the Irish Council of Churches, said \"we need to learn\" from the example of young people.\n\n\"They are a generation who want to build peace, a generation who respect and care for this planet in solidarity with the poorest and most vulnerable here and around the world.\"\n\nChurch of Ireland Primate Rev John McDowell said: \"I am hopeful. Hopeful in a new generation who know that the big problems we've landed them with, especially climate change and economic inequality, can only be tackled together.\n\n\"I think there are already signs that the next generation will see the things that we obsessed about as secondary and place their priorities elsewhere.\n\n\"As we lament our failures, sorrows and pain, and recognise our wounded yet living history, may we with a united voice commit ourselves to work together for the common good, in mutual respect and with shared hope for a light-filled, prosperous and peaceful future.\"\n\nThe main sermon was given by Rev Dr Sahr Yambasu, the president of the Methodist Church in Ireland\n\nThe main sermon was given by the president of the Methodist Church in Ireland, Rev Dr Sahr Yambasu, who told the congregation: \"We have come a long way - not just a century but centuries.\n\n\"During that time people have cared for one another and made efforts to build community.\"\n\nBut he added: \"We have also been blighted by sectarian divisions, terrible injustices, destructive violence, and by win-lose political attitudes. And for this, we have cause to lament.\"\n\nDr Yambasu said Thursday's service was an opportunity \"to give thanks and, also, lament; to imagine what could be, and to choose the way forward that can be mutually beneficial\".\n\nThe service included an opening prayer in Irish led by Linda Ervine and Seán Coll.\n\nIntercessions were offered by Prof Mary Hannon-Fletcher and Robert Barfoot, both of whom were injured in the Troubles.\n\nChildren carried a lantern to the altar, a symbol of light and hope for the future.\n\nNorthern Ireland was established in May 1921 after the partition of Ireland.\n\nIt followed decades of turmoil between nationalists, who wanted independence from British rule, and unionists, who wanted to remain in the United Kingdom.\n\nThe border divided the 32-county island into two separate jurisdictions - six counties in the north-east became Northern Ireland, which is still part of the UK. The other 26-county territory became the Irish Free State, but is now the Republic of Ireland.\n\nNationalists, north and south of the border, were infuriated by partition and continued to campaign for independence for the whole island.\n\nMany unionists were also bitterly disappointed, especially those who lived on the southern side and woke up to find themselves in a new state on 3 May 1921.\n\nThe BBC News NI website has a dedicated section marking the 100th anniversary of the creation of Northern Ireland and partition of the island.\n\nThere are special reports on the major figures of the time and the events that shaped modern Ireland available at bbc.co.uk/ni100.\n\nYear '21: You can also explore how Northern Ireland was created a hundred years ago in the company of Tara Mills and Declan Harvey.\n\nListen to the latest Year '21 podcast on BBC Sounds or catch-up on previous episodes.", "It has been warned that schools are facing a \"perfect storm\"\n\nSubstitute teachers have been asked to provide emergency cover in special schools due to a staffing crisis.\n\nThe appeal was made in an email from the Northern Ireland Substitute Teacher Register (NISTR).\n\nOne principal of a special school said a \"perfect storm\" of staff absences meant it had to close early for half-term.\n\nSome special schools have had to cancel classes and ask pupils to stay at home at short notice due to lack of staff.\n\nThe Education Authority (EA) said special schools were facing \"increased challenges in sourcing and recruiting staff\".\n\nNISTR is a database of all substitute teachers in Northern Ireland, which schools use to book staff to cover teaching absences.\n\nAn email to substitute teachers from NISTR earlier this week - obtained by BBC News NI - said there was \"currently a very high demand for qualified teachers to provide emergency cover in special schools\".\n\n\"If you have experience of working with pupils with complex needs OR have an interest in gaining experience in this area AND you have some immediate availability (ie in the next few weeks/months), we would like to hear from you,\" it said.\n\n\"We would also ask substitute teachers who remain registered but have not been actively working at this time to respond if willing to provide short-term emergency support to special schools.\"\n\nThe email asked teachers to contact the emergency resourcing team at the Education Authority (EA) if they were available.\n\nArvalee Special School in Omagh, County Tyrone, closed for the half-term break on Wednesday, two days earlier than planned.\n\nClifton Special School in Bangor, County Down, also told parents in a letter on 11 October that the school was experiencing \"high levels of staff absence due to a number of reasons: sick leave, bereavement, vacancies arising from late confirmation of staffing allocations, injury at work and Covid-related matters\".\n\n\"Until these staff recruitment issues are resolved, it will unfortunately be necessary to close some classes,\" said the letter.\n\nJonathan Gray said on some days almost half of the school's staff had been off\n\nThe principal of Arvalee Special School, Jonathan Gray, told BBC News NI he was devastated that the school had to close early for half-term.\n\n\"We've stayed open for our pupils through two lockdowns and were open for them over some of the summer,\" he said.\n\n\"We have over 80 staff and on some days recently, almost half have been out of school.\n\n\"It's not just our teachers, our classroom assistants are also vital.\n\n\"We need staff who are trained to work in a special school, who can provide intimate care to a child if it's needed or who can recognise when a child might need medical help.\n\n\"I'm standing here in the school and there should be children here too.\n\n\"It's more than Covid, it's things like other staff sickness and reasons for absence but it's created a perfect storm.\"\n\nClaire Smyth said her son Daniel, who has learning difficulties, accesses \"all his main therapies in school\", including physiotherapy and speech and language therapy.\n\nHowever, on a number of days recently he has been informed he cannot go to his school, because it does not have enough staff.\n\n\"It has a huge impact on Daniel, we can see that his behaviour starts to worsen, he is very upset, difficult to settle at home,\" Ms Smyth told BBC Newsline.\n\n\"That poses huge challenges for us in terms of being able to continue to work and also to meet Daniel's needs at home.\"\n\nClaire Smyth said her son Daniel accessed a number of therapies through his school\n\nOne parent of a special school pupil told BBC News NI her son had been told to stay at home for more than a week this term due to school staff shortages.\n\n\"We don't know each day if he'll be going in the next,\" she said.\n\n\"I struggle to understand why a longer term plan can't be put in place.\n\n\"There's also always an underlying feeling that this simply would not be tolerated in mainstream schools.\n\n\"Time and time again, we're told all schools are facing a similar situation - but on the ground we've yet to hear of any other children not being able to go to school because their school doesn't have enough staff.\"\n\nIn a statement, a spokesperson for the EA said \"special schools are currently facing increased challenges in sourcing and recruiting staff\".\n\n\"The limited availability of substitute teaching and non-teaching staff has, in some cases, resulted in a number of class closures,\" they said.\n\n\"Any decision to close a class is a difficult one for schools but it is done in an attempt to mitigate risk.\"\n\n\"EA recognises the difficulty for schools and families in this situation and has taken a range of measures to address the staffing deficit.\"\n\nJustin McCamphill, from NASUWT, said younger teachers were being attracted to other jobs with better salaries\n\nBut Justin McCamphill, national official of the teaching union NASUWT, said it was not only special schools that were affected by staff shortages.\n\n\"We are receiving regular reports from principals that they cannot get substitute teacher cover for absent teachers,\" he said.\n\n\"The main factors are increased demand due to Covid absence, older teachers not wanting to return to the workplace due to fear of catching Covid, but increasingly the reason is that younger teachers are being attracted by secure jobs with better salaries elsewhere.\"\n\n\"The minister of education needs to get a handle on this situation to ensure that the education system can continue to function.\"\n\nNational Association of Head Teachers NI President Graham Gault said he had been warning of a staffing crisis for some time.\n\n\"We predicted a perfect storm of circumstances that would come together to contribute to the serious difficulties that our schools are now facing: staff illness or isolation compounded by other factors, including the unavailability of substitute teachers,\" he said.\n\n\"Special schools will be the first affected, given the very limited numbers of specialist staff available to meet the needs of the children.\n\n\"The problem will, however, impact all schools.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nConservative MPs don't need to wear masks during debates because they know each other, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said.\n\nThe Commons leader said the party's \"convivial, fraternal spirit\" meant they were acting in line with government Covid guidance.\n\nThis guidance says people in England should cover their faces around \"people you don't normally meet\".\n\nTory MPs have largely ditched masks in recent months, but are being urged by opposition parties to wear them.\n\nOn Thursday, Labour's shadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire said MPs should wear face coverings to set the \"best example to the public\".\n\nBut Mr Rees-Mogg responded that many Labour MPs had been pictured maskless at the the party's recent annual conference in Brighton.\n\nAnd he claimed they were more likely to cover up \"when there are television cameras around\".\n\nThe SNP's Pete Wishart told Mr Rees-Mogg all MPs should set an example by wearing masks - and that the difference between the Tory and opposition MPs on the issue had become \"comic\".\n\nMr Rees-Mogg joked that the SNP MP might not like \"mixing with his own side\" but the Conservatives \"have a more convivial, fraternal spirit and therefore are following the guidance of Her Majesty's government\".\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Question Time programme, Conservative vice chairman Andrew Bowie acknowledged that his fellow Tory MPs had been criticised for not wearing masks in Parliament but said the situation with Covid had looked \"very different\" in the first weeks of autumn.\n\nHe said MPs had \"a responsibility to set the tone and set an example\" and that he was \"encouraged\" to see more of his colleagues wearing masks in the House of Commons.\n\nConservative MPs and ministers have mainly stopped wearing masks in the Commons\n\nProfessor Robert West, a health psychologist advising the government as part of the Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (Spi-B), argued that MPs would set an example if they wore masks.\n\n\"Actually people who are ambivalent, it gives them a kind of excuse if you like, to say, 'If they're not doing it why should I do it?'\" he told BBC Radio 4's World at One.\n\n\"It's about leadership. And politicians often talk to members of the public and sports personalities and so on about setting a right example for the public and I do think it behoves them to do the same thing.\"\n\nMost MPs from opposition parties have been wearing masks in the Commons chamber since full in-person sittings resumed over the summer.\n\nIn contrast, MPs from Labour and other opposition parties are covering their faces during debate\n\nThe government is still encouraging people in England to wear face coverings in \"crowded and enclosed spaces\", although it is no longer mandatory.\n\nOn Wednesday, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said mask-wearing was one of several measures that could help lower Covid transmission over the winter.\n\nSpeaking at a Covid press conference in Downing Street, he warned restrictions were \"more likely\" to return if people \"don't wear masks when they really should\".\n\nHe said this included \"really crowded\" places \"with lots of people that they don't normally hang out with\".\n\nHis statement came just hours after MPs packed into the Commons chamber for Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nNearly all Conservative MPs, including government ministers, did not wear a face covering during the session.\n\nLiberal Democrat MP Layla Moran said: \"It is utter hypocrisy that the public are rightfully being advised to wear masks while Conservative MPs refuse to do so.\n\n\"Conservative MPs and ministers have a duty to lead by example and take precautions to protect themselves, their colleagues and staff.\"\n\nUnions representing parliamentary staff say their members have been told to wear masks in the chamber, and have called for Tory MPs to do the same.\n\nThe Prospect union has previously accused maskless MPs of \"recklessly undermining\" public health messaging, and urged mask-wearing to be more rigorously enforced.\n\nGMB and Unite have called on Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who enforces the parliamentary dress code, to refuse entry to maskless MPs.\n\nSir Lindsay has encouraged MPs to continue to wear masks during debates, but has said there is \"no meaningful way\" for him to enforce this as he does not have the right to stop elected MPs entering the Commons.", "Extra funding to deal with the coronavirus pandemic boosted the average spend in Scotland\n\nScotland has the highest spending on schools per pupil of any UK nation, analysis has found.\n\nTeacher pay rises and extra Covid funding reversed spending cuts during the past decade, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said.\n\nIts research found spending per pupil in 2021-22 was estimated to be £7,600 per pupil - more than £800 higher than in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nSpending between 2009-10 and 2014-15 fell by 7% in real terms.\n\nIt then increased by the same percentage over the following five years.\n\nThe biggest increase in the Scottish government's funding for schools was a 6% real terms rise in 2019-20, amounting to an additional £400 per pupil.\n\nThis was driven by a 7% increase of teacher pay scales and a further backdated 3% rise.\n\nIn England, total spending grew by 12% but coincided with a 13% rise in pupil numbers. Spending per pupil was lowest in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Scottish figures include extra Covid spending, not included for other nations, but the IFS said \"even after making plausible adjustments\", core spending per pupil was more than £800 higher in Scotland.\n\nFigures relate to total day-to-day school spending on children aged three to 19 by schools, local authorities and funding agencies.\n\nLuke Sibieta, author of the research at the IFS, said it was important to remember \"higher spending need not automatically translate into better educational outcomes\".\n\nHe added: \"Indeed, international comparisons of test scores suggest numeracy and science scores were declining in high-spending Scotland relative to the OECD average up to 2018.\n\n\"It remains to be seen whether extra spending in Scotland since 2018 will arrest this trend.\"\n\nJosh Hillman, director of education at the Nuffield Foundation that funded the study, said the IFS analysis showed the \"increasing divergence in education policy\" between the UK nations extended to school spending per pupil.\n\nHe added: \"A major cause for concern is that funding for education recovery programmes in response to the pandemic is much lower across all four nations than those being implemented in comparable countries.\"\n\nSNP MSP, and former teacher, Kaukab Stewart said the Scottish government's investment was \"paying off\".\n\n\"School buildings are in the best condition since records began, teacher numbers are higher than they've been since 2008, this year the number of Higher passes was at its highest since devolution, the number of Scottish students accepted to university is at a record high, and much more,\" she said.\n\n\"As we move out of the pandemic and into recovery, it is vital that our schools are put on a footing to continue to get the best for Scotland's young people.\"\n\nClosing the \"poverty-related attainment gap\" was an SNP priority and a further £1bn would be invested in the Scottish Attainment Challenge during this parliament, she added.", "Hannah's father Jeff Royle said his life has been \"agony\" since her death\n\nFailings by NHS 111 contributed to the death of an autistic teenager, a coroner has ruled.\n\nHannah Royle, 16, suffered a cardiac arrest as she was driven to hospital by her parents after a 111 algorithm failed to notice she was seriously ill.\n\nA coroner said her death had exposed a risk people were being misled about the capability of the system and its staff.\n\nAn NHS spokesperson said it would act on the findings and learnings \"where necessary\".\n\nHannah's father Jeff Royle said he regretted dialling 111 and wished he had taken his daughter straight to hospital.\n\n\"I feel so dreadful, that I have let her down and she has been let down by the NHS,\" he said.\n\nHannah with her mother Anne Royle, who administered CPR in the car\n\nOn 20 June 2020, Hannah became unwell with vomiting and diarrhoea. Her parents phoned 111 but were not advised to go to hospital.\n\nThree hours later her condition worsened considerably and her parents phoned again.\n\nThe call handler took advice from a clinical adviser who opted not to call an ambulance and instead told her parents to make their own way to hospital.\n\nHannah went into cardiac arrest on the way to East Surrey Hospital. Despite her mother Anne's CPR efforts, it was too late to save Hannah by the time she arrived.\n\nMr Royle, 56, from Horsham, West Sussex, said: \"I have been in agony knowing that she could have been saved. I live it 24 hours a day. It literally is every waking moment.\"\n\nThe NHS said it will learn lessons \"where necessary\" following Hannah Royle's death\n\nIt was later established Hannah had suffered a gastric volvulus - a rare condition caused by twisted stomach.\n\nCoroner Karen Henderson ruled Hannah died of natural causes, contributed to by neglect.\n\nShe said NHS 111 failed to properly triage Hannah's case, leading to an \"avoidable delay\".\n\nThe coroner warned there was a \"real risk\" that people who phone 111 looking for medical help \"are being misled over the role and capability of the 111 service\".\n\nCall handlers had been renamed health advisers, which \"implies professionalism which is untrue given their underlying skills and unsubstantiated given it is their role to complete an algorithm,\" she added.\n\nAn NHS spokesperson said: \"The NHS expresses its condolences to the family and friends of Hannah and is in the process of answering the coroner's report and will respond within the timeframe set by the coroner.\n\n\"We will now take away the findings and learnings and where necessary act on them with local or national services.\"\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Judi and Graziano had been due to dance to Physical by Olivia Newton-John\n\nLoose Women's Judi Love has been ruled out of Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe presenter is the second contestant to come down with the virus in this series, after Tom Fletcher caught it a day after the first live show.\n\nJudi and dance partner Graziano Di Prima have been in the dance-off for the past two weeks, but have been saved by the judges both times.\n\nThe pair will return next week, \"all being well\", a show spokesperson said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Judi Love This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Strictly statement said: \"Judi Love has tested positive for Covid-19 and is now self-isolating following the latest government guidelines.\n\n\"While Judi and Graziano will not be taking part in Strictly Come Dancing this weekend, Strictly Come Dancing protocols mean that all being well, they will return the following week.\"\n\nThey had been due to perform the Cha Cha Cha to Physical by Olivia Newton-John on this week's show.\n\nTom and his partner Amy Dowden missed one week after they both tested positive.\n\nMeanwhile, Robert Webb has withdrawn completely, saying he had \"bitten off way more than I could chew\", two years after having open heart surgery.\n\nFormer rugby star Ugo Monye is due back on the dancefloor this Saturday, however, after missing last week's show with back problems.\n\nBruno Tonioli is not among the judges on this year's series\n\nIt was also announced on Thursday that Bruno Tonioli will return to the judging panel for Strictly's 2022 UK arena tour after missing the current TV series due to difficulties travelling to and from America.\n\nThe US-based Italian has been replaced by Anton Du Beke for the TV show, but will be reunited with Craig Revel Horwood and Shirley Ballas next January and February.\n\nTonioli said he was \"absolutely delighted\" to be involved.\n\n\"I've missed my fellow judges, I've missed the glitz and glamour of the tour and I've missed the amazing audiences that come to see us all over the country - I hope you have missed me too,\" he said.\n\n\"I cannot wait to be back alongside Shirley [Ballas], Craig, the celebs and the pros.\"\n\nTonioli is also a judge on Strictly's US equivalent, Dancing with the Stars, and has previously flown back and forth between both shows. But this year he is appearing only on Dancing With The Stars.\n\nStrictly judges (left to right) Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Bruno Tonioli\n\nThe tour will feature performances from some of the celebrities and professional dancers from the current series of the BBC One show.\n\nCommenting on Tonioli's return, Revel Horwood, who will also direct the live shows, said: \"Next year is going to be bigger and better than ever before.\n\n\"With Bruno coming back to join us on the judging panel, this year will be just fab-u-lous.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Sarah Everard's murder has led to a closer look at the culture within the police - and now two inquiries have been announced to see what needs to change. Sarah Everard was killed by a serving police officer who falsely detained her in order to abduct her.\n\nBBC Newsnight's Sima Kotecha spoke to five female police officers - two retired and three currently serving - to hear about their experiences in a male-dominated working environment.", "The Scottish government will take over ScotRail from Abellio in March of next year\n\nScotland's rail network will be hit by strikes during the UN climate summit in Glasgow, a union has confirmed.\n\nThe RMT said members who work for ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper will stage industrial action during COP26 in an ongoing row over pay.\n\nScotRail staff will strike from 00:01 on Monday 1 November until 23:59 on Friday 12th November.\n\nThe summit, which is expected to draw thousands of people to Glasgow, runs from 31 October until 12 November.\n\nSleeper staff will strike on Sunday 31 October from 11:59 until 11:58 hours on Tuesday 2 November and again for 48 hours on Thursday 11 November from 11:59.\n\nGMB cleansing workers in Glasgow and Unite's Stagecoach staff have also voted to strike during COP26.\n\nA spokesman for ScotRail said the \"highly damaging\" strike action was \"extremely disappointing\" as it faced a serious financial crisis in the wake of the pandemic.\n\nTransport Minister Graeme Dey told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the RMT was in receipt of a \"very fair\" pay proposal.\n\nBut he added many of its members will have voted for strike action \"unaware of the offer that is now on the table\".\n\nMr Dey also described the two-year deal, which he said has been backed by the three other unions involved, was \"the best offer that can be made in the circumstances\".\n\nIt is the latest stage in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions and proposed cuts to services at the rail operator, which wants to reduce the number of services across Scotland by 300 a day from next May.\n\nReacting to Mr Dey's comments, Michael Hogg from the RMT union said they would not ballot ScotRail workers on the new deal because \"it is not worthy of consideration\".\n\nHe said the new pay offer was 4.7% over two years, but there have to be efficiency savings. That would mean workers having to give up some current terms and conditions in order to get a pay rise, a caveat Mr Hogg branded \"unacceptable\".\n\nThere will be no trains running anywhere in Scotland during COP26 if the strikes go ahead, he confirmed.\n\nThe climate summit will be held at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow\n\nScotRail is currently run by Dutch firm Abellio - but will be taken over by a company owned and controlled by the Scottish government in March next year.\n\nThe move was announced by the government earlier this year after Abellio was stripped of its contract three years early amid concern over its performance.\n\nScotRail has been in talks for several weeks with trade unions about pay and conditions. A formal written offer was made to four rail trade unions - Aslef, RMT, TSSA, and Unite the union.\n\nThe company said it had only survived the pandemic due to emergency taxpayer support of more than £400m in \"the most serious financial crisis in our history\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"It's extremely disappointing that the RMT have opted to continue with this highly damaging strike action, particularly when a pay offer, negotiated over several weeks, has been made to the trade unions.\n\n\"We're seeing customers gradually return to Scotland's Railway, but the scale of the financial situation ScotRail is facing is stark.\n\n\"To build a more sustainable and greener railway for the future and reduce the burden on the taxpayer, we need to change. All of us in the railway - management, staff, trade unions, suppliers, and government - need to work together to modernise the railway so that it is fit for the future.\"\n\nTransport Scotland said it welcomed constructive talks between all parties and that a \"significant offer\" has been made by employers since the RMT ballot opened.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"We understand that the RMT will now ballot its membership again on the substance of this offer. We hope that RMT members and the other unions will agree and accept this offer, putting to an end existing and proposed industrial disputes and action.\n\n\"Rail workers have played their part in keeping the country moving through the pandemic and we are sure that they will see the importance of the moment and the role they can play in showing the best Scotland's Railway has to offer as we welcome world leaders from across the globe to COP26.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Chris Mitchell of the GMB denied cleansing workers in Glasgow were using the global climate conference as a bargaining chip.\n\nMr Mitchell claimed his members have been \"put in a corner\" by Cosla despite their heroic efforts during the pandemic.\n\nAnd he told Good Morning Scotland the current pay offer of £850 a year would only amount to an extra £6.50 a week, after tax and National Insurance.\n\nMr Mitchell said he acknowledged the importance of COP26 but added: \"Cosla need to realise there is an emergency on their own door step.\"\n• None Why are ScotRail workers striking during COP26?", "How long do you wait to see your GP?\n\nMembers of the BBC NHS Health Check Facebook group report waits of three weeks or more are common.\n\nLisa Johns said: \"Ours book five weeks ahead. For the last three weeks, I've been trying to book a standard appointment and can't get one, as they go in seconds.\"\n\nAnother member posted: \"I booked a non-urgent appointment with my GP last week.... for 22 January 2019.\"\n\nTheir experiences are backed up by statistics.\n\nEarlier this month, NHS Digital published figures showing that, while 40% of patients were seen on the day they booked, just under a fifth waited longer than a fortnight for a routine appointment with a GP or practice nurse.\n\nBut what's the story behind these figures?\n\nHave waits actually got longer?\n\nThe NHS Digital figures show of 307 million appointments booked at practices in England between November 2017 and October 2018:\n\nIt is the first time such figures has been published - so there aren't similar figures to compare them with. But plenty of previous research has found demand on GP services has grown. And experts say they do see waits increasing.\n\nProf Helen Stokes-Lampard, head of the Royal College of GPs, said: \"This is a real problem. It's something we predicted. Unfortunately, it's the inevitable consequence of a shortage of GPs.\"\n\nA 2016 Lancet paper said GPs' workload had risen by 16% in the seven years up to 2014, with more frequent and longer GP consultations.\n\nIs it because demands on GPs have increased?\n\nFactors including an ageing population and an increasing number of people with complex medical needs mean the standard appointment often isn't long enough.\n\nDr Kamal Mahtani, a GP and an associate professor in primary care at the University of Oxford, said: \"You've got 10 minutes to talk about their diabetes, their high blood pressure, their mood and look at the patient more holistically.\n\n\"So a GP might end up having to say, 'We've dealt with X and Y today but I'll need to see you again.' And that has a knock-on effect.\n\nPeople were directed to their GP for lots of different things, he said. \"If you're not feeling well, go and see the GP. If you need a flu jab, go and see a GP - as if we're a one-stop shop.\"\n\nBut the RCGP said a lack of GPs was also affecting availability.\n\n\"We're now 1,000 short of the number of GPs we had when they promised 5,000 more - so now we're looking for 6,000,\" an RCGP official said.\n\nIs it safe to wait weeks for an appointment?\n\nSome patients are happy to wait. They might want to see a particular GP whom they know or someone who is familiar with their long-term health problem - it might be something that isn't going to alter over a few weeks.\n\nBut there are fears that others might be at risk from waiting.\n\nCatherine Churcher, another member of the BBC NHS Health Check Facebook group, was concerned that the most vulnerable would be least able to negotiate the system and so be worst affected,\n\n\"There must be lots of people out there who are falling through the net and not being seen because they don't have the strength or fight in them to go up against the current system,\" she said.\n\nProf Stokes-Lampard said: \"There's no hard data that shows patients are coming to harm. But that's my profound concern - that there are things that will be missed.\"\n\nAnd Dr Mahtani said: \"How do you know if the patient's condition isn't getting worse if patients are waiting three weeks? I can't tell you that they're not suffering until I see them.\n\n\"And there's always that risk that the longer waits are causing harm.\"\n\nNo - but Prof Stokes-Lampard warned that even if your practice seemed OK, it was still vulnerable to events at neighbouring GPs.\n\n\"All you need is for the practice down the road to close and then patients would be moved and your practice would be under pressure,\" she said.\n\n\"There is a domino effect. And then it's phenomenally stressful for the doctors at that practice.\"\n\nIs there anything that will help?\n\nGPs say patients can help - by calling in if they can't make an appointment, so it can be freed up for someone else, and by thinking whether they could get the advice they need somewhere else, such as the chemist's or dentist.\n\nThere are various ideas being tried out across general practice too, experimenting with taking some of the administration away from GPs and bringing in other professions, physiotherapists and social workers, into primary care in addition to the specialist nurses that many people are already familiar with.\n\nTechnology can also help - some practices have online systems where patients can book directly.\n\nBut Dr Mahtani said there was no single solution - because each practice had a different mix of patients and different skills among its staff.\n\nBetter funding was key though. \"If you invest in primary care, you will reduce your costs in secondary care - 90% of first contacts are in primary care,\" he said.\n\n\"We need to embrace general practice.\"\n\nWhat's your experience of booking a routine appointment with your GP or practice nurse? Join our group and let us know.", "Since July, infection rates have been bobbling around – with periods of increases followed by drops.\n\nThat is a sign we have reached an equilibrium whereby the amount of immunity in the population keeps the virus in check.\n\nHowever, it is now clear we are seeing the most sustained rise since July, with more than 45,000 new cases reported in the UK today.\n\nThere was always a concern the autumn could prompt a significant rise.\n\nA combination of an increase in mixing with waning immunity could unbalance that equilibrium.\n\nWhat is noticeable about the latest figures is that there are signs infection rates are going up in older age groups and not just in teenagers, certainly in England. That is a worry because of the impact it will have on hospital cases.\n\nBut what remains to be seen is how long this rise lasts – and what the consequences will be.\n\nThe roll-out of boosters will offer more protection to those at highest risk of serious illness.\n\nThe vaccination of children may help drive down overall infection levels.\n\nWith flu just beginning to take-off and a virus called RSV, the leading cause of hospitalisation for respiratory illness among the under fives, at high levels, it is easy to see why there is such concern about what the coming months will bring.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Laura Foster explains how lateral flow tests work and how to do one\n\nLateral flow tests (LFTs) are very good at detecting people most likely to spread Covid-19 and positive results should be trusted, say University College London researchers.\n\nWhen LFTs were introduced, they were criticised for being less accurate than PCR tests, which are analysed in a lab.\n\nBut the study found rapid tests were \"a very useful public health tool\" for stopping the spread of the virus.\n\nOne third of people with Covid can spread it while showing no symptoms.\n\nBased on the UCL research, Prof Irene Petersen, lead study author, said people who get a positive LFT result \"should trust them and stay at home\".\n\nBut government guidance says people must get a follow-up PCR test after a positive LFT to confirm they have Covid - and they can end their self-isolation when they get a negative result in a PCR test.\n\nThere have been recent reports of this happening in south-west England, leaving people unsure whether to isolate or not.\n\nThe UK's Health Security Agency said it was looking into the cause, but there was no evidence of any technical issues with test kits.\n\nProf Petersen said: \"When [Covid is] more common, there is no need to confirm it with a PCR - it's more likely it is a positive,\" she said.\n\nWhen the researchers used a new formula for calculating the rapid test's accuracy, they found LFTs were more than 80% effective at detecting any level of Covid-19 infection and likely to be more than 90% effective at detecting who is most infectious when they use the test.\n\nThis is much higher than previously thought, they say.\n\nProf Michael Mina, from Harvard School of Public Health, also part of the research team, said the LFTs could \"catch nearly everyone who is currently a serious risk to public health\" when viral loads are at their peak.\n\n\"It is most likely that if someone's LFT is negative but their PCR is positive, then this is because they are not at peak transmissible stage,\" he said.\n\nThe rapid tests are widely used in schools, workplaces and for allowing entry to large events to test those with no symptoms.\n\nSince they were introduced in secondary schools in England in March, NHS Test and Trace figures show 103,409 LFT tests have come back positive, 79,000 were matched with a confirmatory PCR and 69,500 of those were confirmed positive (and 7,647 came back negative).\n\nThere was much criticism of the rapid tests when they were first trialled in Liverpool last year because they were directly compared to PCR tests, which were often described as the gold standard.\n\n\"This is like comparing apples and oranges,\" Prof Petersen said.\n\nLateral flow tests and PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests do different things:\n\nThe UCL peer-reviewed study concludes that criticism of LFTs for low sensitivity \"have reached the wrong conclusions\", \"confused policy-making\" and \"damaged public trust in LFTs\".\n\nHealth professionals and the public should be aware of what the tests do, said the researchers, writing in Clinical Epidemiology.\n\nAnd they acknowledge that errors in the way people take the tests or in the way they are processed in the lab could affect results - and these factors were not taken into account in their study.\n\nThe current government guidance says that if you receive a negative follow-up PCR test result, and this PCR test was taken within two days of the positive LFT, you will be told by NHS Test and Trace that you can stop self-isolating.\n\nHowever, it states that you must continue to self-isolate if the PCR result is positive, you choose not to take a follow-up PCR or the test was taken more than two days after the positive LFT.\n\nDr Sophia Makki, incident director for Covid-19 at the UK Health Security Agency, said: \"Around one in three people who have Covid-19 never show any symptoms.\n\n\"Using LFDs (lateral flow devices) help to find asymptomatic cases who have a high viral load and are most likely to pass on the virus to others.\"\n• None Stay at home- guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection - GOV.UK The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Shoppers can be reassured ministers are doing \"absolutely everything we can\" to fix supply chain issues in the UK, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said.\n\nIn recent days, several retailers have warned of potential shortages during the Christmas shopping season.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC at the end of G7 meetings in Washington, Mr Sunak blamed global factors for delays seen at ports such as Felixstowe.\n\nIt comes as G7 finance ministers agreed to work together to address the issues.\n\nMr Sunak said: \"I'm confident there'll be a good amount of Christmas presents available for everyone to buy.\"\n\nHis comments came after a container logjam at ports, including Felixstowe, and a shortage of HGV lorry drivers has sparked concerns among businesses, ahead of the most important period of the year for retail spending.\n\nOn Wednesday, the UK's largest commercial port said the supply chain crisis has caused a logjam of shipping containers.\n\nThe Port of Felixstowe, which handles 36% of the UK's freight container traffic, blamed the busy pre-Christmas period and haulage shortages.\n\nHowever, it said the situation has been improving over the last few days.\n\nMeanwhile, shipping giant Maersk told the BBC it was rerouting some of its biggest ships away from the port.\n\nShipping giant Maersk has rerouted some ships away from Felixstowe\n\nAt the same time, one of biggest ports in the US will start operating 24 hours a day to try to clear long queues of cargo ships.\n\nThe Port of Los Angeles in California said it will handle more goods at night after a similar move by nearby Long Beach port.\n\nThe ports - which handle 40% of all cargo containers entering the US - have faced months of problems.\n\nMajor US firms such as Walmart and FedEx have also committed to increasing their round-the-clock operations to help clear the jam, the White House said on Wednesday.\n\nMr Sunak was speaking after the G7 agreed to work more closely together to monitor issues facing the movement of goods around the world.\n\nThe meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors discussed the importance of global co-operation to ensure that supply chains are more resilient as the world emerges from the pandemic.\n\nThe G7 (Group of Seven) is an organisation of the world's seven largest so-called advanced economies. They are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US. Ministers and officials from the member countries hold meetings, form agreements and publish joint statements on global events.\n\nShops have been hit by shortages in recent weeks\n\nIn the BBC interview, Mr Sunak largely focused on the situation for industry in the UK - and he said he completely rejected the assertion of the head of UK Steel that the government had created a \"hostile environment\" for industrial investment and levelling up.\n\nBut when asked if he, as chancellor, was prepared to accept that high gas prices would put some heavy industry out of business he said he had to make sure taxpayers' money was protected and that \"it's not the government's job to come in and start managing the price of every individual product\".\n\nMr Sunak said the government would work constructively with businesses after Prime Minister Boris Johnson blamed shortages on UK firms \"mainlining\" migrant labour, pointing to the appointment of the former Tesco boss Sir Dave Lewis as a supply chain tsar.\n\nHowever, the chancellor also said \"everyone\" including Mr Johnson accepts that increasing wages without increasing productivity would be inflationary.\n\nHe said the move to a high wage, high-skill economy advocated by Mr Johnson would \"obviously take time\".", "A committee investigating the 6 January Capitol riot has said it will pursue criminal charges against former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon next week.\n\nMr Bannon had been summoned to testify before the congressional panel investigating the riot on Thursday.\n\nHe did not appear, prompting the head of the committee to schedule a Tuesday vote to hold him in criminal contempt.\n\nIf convicted, Mr Bannon faces a fine and up to one year in prison. Democrats say he is trying to delay the probe.\n\nMr Bannon - a former right-wing media executive who became Mr Trump's chief strategist - was fired from the White House in 2017 and was not in government at the time of the January riot.\n\nBut he has been asked to testify regarding his communication with Mr Trump a week before the incident - as well as his involvement in discussing plans to overturn the election results that saw Joe Biden win the White House.\n\nMr Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, DC on 6 January in a failed bid to overturn the certification of Mr Biden's victory. Hundreds of Mr Trump's supporters have since been arrested for their actions that day.\n\nSubpoena documents quoted Mr Bannon as saying \"all hell is going to break loose tomorrow\" on the eve of the riot, which left five dead.\n\nMr Bannon has repeatedly said he has no plans to appear before the committee.\n\nHe has argued that executive privilege, which shields some presidential communications, protects his discussions with Mr Trump. Mr Bannon's lawyers say he will continue to resist until a court has ruled on the matter.\n\nDemocrats argue that Mr Bannon is employing a delaying tactic in an attempt to push back proceedings until after the midterm elections in November 2022, which may change the balance of power in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Democratic-led investigative committee will decide whether to refer the contempt charge for a full House vote.\n\nHouse lawmakers would then have to rule on whether Mr Bannon is in contempt. If the Democratic-majority House votes yes, the case will be referred to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.\n\nWhile this latest development is not surprising, with Democrats controlling both Congress and the presidency, this may be a rare instance where a congressional contempt charge has some teeth.\n\nIt also comes as the Democratic base demand accountability for the Trump administration's actions, calling on their members in Congress to flex their oversight muscles.\n\nIn August, the House investigating committee asked for records relating to the day's events, including communications from Mr Trump, members of his family, his top aides, his lawyers and other former members of his administration.\n\nThe committee has also ordered the testimony of Mr Trump's ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows; Dan Scavino, Mr Trump's social media manager; and Kash Patel, a former Pentagon chief of staff.\n\nMr Meadows and Mr Patel were co-operating with the inquiry, committee leaders Democrat Bennie Thompson and Republican Liz Cheney said last week.\n\nUS media report Mr Trump has asked all four former officials to refuse to comply with the inquiry.\n\nOn Friday Mr Trump - who has never conceded losing the election to Mr Biden - accused Democrats in Congress of using the committee to \"persecute their political opponents\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After landing, William Shatner tearfully said the experience had been \"unbelievable\"\n\nHollywood actor William Shatner has become the oldest person to go to space as he blasted off aboard the Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule.\n\nThe 90-year-old, who played Captain James T Kirk in the Star Trek films and TV series, took off from the Texas desert with three other individuals.\n\nMr Shatner's trip on the rocket system - developed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos - lasted about 10 minutes.\n\nThe craft safely landed just after 10:00 local time (16:00 BST).\n\nThose aboard got to experience a short period of weightlessness as they climbed to a maximum altitude just above 100km (60 miles). From there they were able to see the curvature of the Earth through the capsule's big windows.\n\n\"Everybody in the world needs to do this,\" the Canadian actor told Mr Bezos after landing back on Earth. \"It was unbelievable.\"\n\nIn tears, he added: \"What you have given me is the most profound experience. I'm so filled with emotion about what just happened. I hope I never recover from this. I hope I can retain what I feel now. I don't want to lose it.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Blue Origin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Shatner was joined on the flight by Audrey Powers, a Blue Origin vice president; Chris Boshuizen, who co-founded the Earth-imaging satellite company Planet; and Glen de Vries, an executive with the French healthcare software corporation Dassault Systèmes.\n\nThey were given a couple of days' training, although there was nothing really major for them to do during the flight other than enjoy it. The rocket and capsule system, known as New Shepard, is fully automatic.\n\nWhen the capsule touched down in the Texan desert, it was quickly surrounded by ground teams. Mr Bezos himself opened the hatch to check everyone inside was OK.\n\nAfter the immediate celebrations with family and friends, the crew then lined up to receive their Blue Origin astronaut pins.\n\nWilliam Shatner: \"I hope I never recover from this\"\n\nThis was only the second crewed outing for New Shepard. The first, on 20 July, carried Mr Bezos, his brother Mark, Dutch teenager Oliver Daemen; and famed aviator Wally Funk.\n\nAfterwards, Ms Funk, being 82, was able to claim the record for the oldest person in space - a title she has now relinquished to Mr Shatner.\n\nThe launch comes amid claims that Blue Origin has a toxic work culture and failed to adhere to proper safety protocols. The mostly anonymous accusations made by former and present employees have been strenuously denied.\n\n\"That just hasn't been my experience at Blue,\" countered Audrey Powers, who is responsible for mission and flight operations.\n\n\"We're exceedingly thorough, from the earliest days up through now as we've started our human flights. Safety has always been our top priority.\"\n\nWilliam Shatner may have been the first person to go from Star Trek's version of space to the real thing - but three Nasa astronauts have made the opposite journey.\n\nMae Jemison appeared in an episode of TV sequel Star Trek: The Next Generation, while Mike Fincke and Terry Virts turned up in the final episode of Enterprise, the Star Trek prequel series.\n\nAlso providing a link are Gene Roddenberry, the franchise creator, and James Doohan, the actor who played Montgomery \"Scotty\" Scott in the original 1960s series and subsequent films. Both men had their ashes sent into space.\n\nSpace tourism is going through something of a renaissance, currently.\n\nThroughout the 2000s a number of high-value individuals paid to visit the International Space Station (ISS). But these flights, organised under the patronage of the Russian space agency, ceased in 2009.\n\nNow, the sector is being rekindled, and this time it looks more resilient, simply because there are many more private space companies chasing the business, and this should bring down prices for a wider pool of customers.\n\nAs well as the New Shepard trips organised by Jeff Bezos, the British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is offering rides in his Virgin Galactic rocket plane.\n\nAnd then, of course, there's Elon Musk, whose Dragon capsule will send people orbital, to circle the Earth for several days - as it did for the privately funded Inspiration4 crew last month.\n\nWhile Mr Bezos simply invites some people to fly on New Shepard, he is selling other seats. And whereas Sir Richard Branson puts a ticket price (from $450,000; £330,000) against the journey, the Amazon founder does not disclose the fees paid by the likes of Mr Boshuizen and Mr de Vries.\n\nBlue Origin is planning one more crewed flight this year, with several more crewed flights planned for 2022.\n\nThe crew went to inspect their rocket booster after landing\n• None Shatner in space: 'The most profound experience' Video, 00:01:35Shatner in space: 'The most profound experience'", "Two more UK energy firms have ceased trading amid soaring wholesale energy prices.\n\nPure Planet, which is backed by oil giant BP, and Colorado Energy join a number of small energy firms that have gone bust recently.\n\nPure Planet said it had been caught between rising costs and the UK's energy price cap, which limits what companies can charge consumers.\n\nThis had left its business \"unsustainable\", it said.\n\nCustomers of both companies will be moved to new suppliers.\n\nPure Planet and Colorado Energy are the latest casualties of a global spike in gas prices.\n\nPure Planet supplies gas and electricity to around 235,000 domestic customers, while Colorado Energy has around 15,000 domestic customers.\n\nEnergy regulator Ofgem will now find a new supplier for those customers, who are asked to do nothing until the transfer takes place in the coming weeks.\n\nThe demise of Pure Planet and Colorado Energy takes the number of customers affected by the current wave of energy company collapses across the UK to around two million.\n\nOfgem said on Wednesday that the unprecedented increase in global gas prices in recent weeks was putting financial pressure on suppliers.\n\n\"Ofgem's number one priority is to protect customers,\" said Neil Lawrence, director of retail at Ofgem.\n\n\"I want to reassure affected customers that they do not need to worry: under our safety net we'll make sure your energy supplies continue.\"\n\nMr Lawrence added that if customers have credit, the funds are protected, so customers will not lose the money that is owed to them.\n\nPure Planet said that the government and Ofgem expect it \"to sell energy at a price much less than it currently costs to buy\".\n\n\"This is unsustainable, and therefore, sadly we have had to make the difficult decision to cease trading,\" it said.\n\nPure Planet said it had lost its backing from oil giant BP\n\n\"In our case, despite being hedged until next spring, and having had the backing of BP, Pure Planet faced increasing risks and large potential losses by continuing to operate in this market,\" Pure Planet said.\n\n\"Sadly, this led to BP taking a decision to withdraw its support and we are no longer able to continue.\"\n\nBP said it had worked to support Pure Planet and give financial support through wholesale supply and other funding arrangements.\n\n\"However, despite considerable work over an extended period, we concluded it is no longer commercially viable for BP to continue this relationship and took this difficult decision,\" a BP spokesperson said.\n\nNine suppliers collapsed in September, but business and energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng has ruled out supporting struggling energy firms. Last week, he said more companies could collapse.\n\nThe regulator's price cap, which covers 15 million households across England, Wales and Scotland, protects customers on default tariffs by limiting charges including how much customers pay per unit of energy.\n\nBut providers say they can't pass on rising wholesale gas prices to customers because of the cap.\n\nSuppliers that have recently gone bust include Avro Energy, People's Energy and Green Supplier Limited.\n\nRising prices have had reverberations throughout the supply chain.\n\nBBC Newsnight reported on Wednesday evening that gas shipping firm CNG has written to its energy supplier customers saying that it will no longer supply the wholesale market.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ben Chu This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNewsnight economics editor Ben Chu tweeted that CNG had recently had to supply gas to households without being paid by suppliers that have failed, including Utility Point and Avro Energy.\n\nThis has caused a significant amount of financial damage to CNG, Mr Chu said.\n\nCNG leaving the market will put further pressure on small UK energy firms and could speed up their collapse, he added.\n\nHave you been affected by issues covered in this story? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "\"I suppose you've rung me to talk about the Northern Ireland Protocol...\", comes the weary voice down the phone.\n\nIt's not diplomats or politicians from any particular EU country who greet me like that these days. It's the reaction I get pretty much across the board.\n\nFour years of Brexit negotiations before the UK's final departure in January last year have left the EU with no appetite for more.\n\nMember states are far more focused on struggling with post-Covid economic challenges, soaring gas prices and smouldering intra-EU strife with Poland and Hungary. The last thing EU capitals say they need or want right now is a trade war with the UK.\n\nBut tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol are real.\n\nBrussels and London agree - though to differing degrees - that the protocol isn't working well for the people of Northern Ireland.\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK's Brexit Minister Lord Frost called for far-reaching changes to the text.\n\nBrussels views this as a demand for a rewrite, and the EU is refusing to renegotiate the protocol's framework.\n\nIt was drawn up as part of the Brexit divorce deal, known as the Withdrawal Agreement. The result of an effort by EU and UK negotiators to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland - dividing Northern Ireland, which is part of post-Brexit UK, from EU member state Ireland.\n\nThe fear was that a customs border between them might endanger the peace process.\n\nAnd that's how Northern Ireland - which is legally part of the UK customs union - ended up also remaining in the EU customs union and single market for goods after Brexit, as set out in the protocol.\n\nThis \"exceptional solution\" as the negotiators saw it, was an attempt to recognise the exceptional case of Northern Ireland, to avoid that hard border with the Republic of Ireland and to safeguard the peace process after Brexit.\n\nBut, to protect the EU's single market from goods potentially flooding in unchecked from the UK, Brussels insisted customs checks needed to be carried out between Great Britain and Northern Ireland - if they weren't going to take place on the island of Ireland.\n\nThis has angered unionists in the North, who feel they are being severed from the United Kingdom.\n\nLord Frost and others in the UK government warn the Protocol is upsetting the delicate political balance in Northern Ireland, thereby endangering the peace process the agreement was supposed to protect.\n\nBut Brussels insists this is an international treaty signed knowingly at the time by the UK government.\n\nIt says it is happy to work on ironing out any day-to-day practical difficulties of the protocol, raised by businesses and civil society in Northern Ireland. But the EU wants to make clear this week that it is not bowing to \"attempts at bullying\" by London, in the words of one European diplomat I spoke to.\n\nThe EU describes its new proposals as \"practical steps to solve concrete problems\".\n\nIt says it wants to ensure the smooth arrival of medicines from Great Britain into Northern Ireland.\n\nBecause it has heard complaints in Northern Ireland that regulations are being made concerning life there, without local involvement, Brussels will undertake this week to consult more with the authorities and businesses there.\n\nLord Frost said on Tuesday that British people \"voted for change and that's what they expect\"\n\nAnd while the EU insists that waiving customs checks altogether would endanger its single market, EU insiders say new measures being suggested this week to reduce the number of checks on goods and animal products travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland (and therefore potentially onwards into the EU single market) already go too far for some EU member states.\n\nHowever, for now, Brussels is refusing to engage with Lord Frost's demand to remove the role of the European Court of Justice in the protocol.\n\nThe ECJ is a red rag to many Brexit supporters including in the governing Conservative party.\n\nDavid Frost said on Tuesday he wanted to see the Protocol changed to become \"like a normal treaty in the way it is governed, with international arbitration instead of a system of EU law ultimately policed in the court of one of the parties, the European Court of Justice\".\n\nBut again the EU insists the protocol is no normal treaty.\n\nIt says that Northern Ireland's ongoing participation in the EU customs union and single market means in those areas it is subject to EU regulations and those, in turn, are always policed by the European Court of Justice.\n\nYet there is some wiggle room here.\n\nIn its agreements with sovereignty-minded Switzerland, the EU has an additional layer of oversight - placing the ECJ very much at arm's length.\n\nBut even if Brussels eventually suggested this, would the UK government go for it?\n\nOn Tuesday, Baroness Chapman, shadow Brexit Minister in the Labour Party, accused senior Conservatives of being \"desperate to use a tussle with Brussels\" to distract from what she described as the government's domestic failures - whether on Covid or the current energy crisis.\n\nA number of EU diplomats I've spoken to have echoed this sentiment. They're not convinced the government wants to resolve the protocol situation with Brussels, they say. At least not right away.\n\nThat is an accusation denied by the UK government.\n\nDetails of the proposed changes will be given by European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic later on Wednesday\n\nIn fact, Lord Frost says he's put together the legal text of a \"forward-looking\" new protocol which he has passed to the European Commission for consideration.\n\nFor now, despite some barbed exchanges by individual politicians (take a look at this weekend's Twitter spat between Ireland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney and Lord Frost) both the EU and the UK insist theirs are not take-it-or-leave-it positions.\n\nBoth sides say they're open to discussion over the coming weeks. Lord Frost called on Brussels to be \"ambitious\" and to work together with the UK to agree \"a better way forward\". The EU is calling for \"constructive dialogue\".\n\nThe UK government has threatened to suspend parts of the protocol if it deems that to be necessary.\n\nThe EU assumption is that, even if talks go badly, the UK would be unlikely to take such action before mid-November when the international COP26 climate summit in Glasgow comes to an end.\n\nThis would avoid a big UK moment on the global stage being dominated by headlines about a row with Brussels and the possible endangering of the Northern Ireland peace process.\n\nBut Brussels is readying itself for every eventuality. Key EU member states say they've asked the European Commission to prepare \"targeted retaliation\" if, for example, the UK suddenly stops customs checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nOne possibility you hear mentioned is that the EU could start new legal proceedings against the UK and/or suspend parts of its post-Brexit \"zero tariff zero quota\" trade agreement with the UK. The idea would be to target strategic UK markets like whisky or cars \"to send a clear message to London\", according to EU diplomats I've spoken to.\n\nAs bilateral discussions start again in earnest over the Northern Ireland Protocol, there's definite potential for things to get a lot messier.", "Philip Allott was told he should \"consider his position\" by the panel he reports to\n\nA vote of no confidence has been passed in a police boss whose comments about the Sarah Everard case sparked outrage.\n\nNorth Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Philip Allott said women needed to be \"streetwise\" following Ms Everard's murder by a police officer.\n\nAt a meeting of the panel he reports to, members took turns to urge him to resign and unanimously backed the no-confidence motion.\n\nMr Allott apologised again but insisted he could \"regain people's trust\".\n\nThe county's Police, Fire and Crime panel - made up of nine local politicians and two independent members of the public - has no power to remove Mr Allott.\n\nBut the group urged him to step down following his \"damaging\" remarks.\n\nSelby District Councillor Tim Grogan, a former police officer, said the commissioner's comments would have been \"lamentable\" regardless of who said them.\n\nBut, given Mr Allott's position they were \"frankly... unforgivable, at best naive, crass even, at worst wrong-headed, misguided\", he said.\n\n\"I believe your position is unsustainable. Go - and go now,\" he added.\n\nPanel chairman Councillor Carl Les added: \"Only you can judge the damage done, only you can resign.\n\n\"We cannot make you, we can only make recommendations, and there is a frustration in that.\n\n\"But I think you should consider your position now.\"\n\nMr Allott told the meeting that nothing would ever get done if everyone resigned and he believed he could regain people's trust.\n\nThis was one of the more compelling local government meetings I've watched over the years.\n\nOver the course of a couple of hours, councillors from across North Yorkshire unmuted to have their say on Philip Allott's comments. They roundly condemned them.\n\nA unanimous vote of no confidence and the panel's request for Philip Allott to resign does not mean he has to. The panel does not have that power. In fact, no-one does.\n\nThe panel is now writing to the Home Office to ask for powers of recall for police commissioners to be introduced.\n\nAs it stands, the decision is firmly in Mr Allott's hands.\n\nAttending the meeting remotely from his office, he accepted that his answer to a BBC Radio York interview question was \"a car crash\".\n\n\"I would like to apologise for the impact of that answer to Sarah Everard's family and all the victims of violence,\" he said.\n\nMr Allott said tensions had been high since the furore over his remarks, and accused the media of \"raking over a major mistake\" with continued coverage.\n\nHe told the panel he was undertaking training to help him better understand issues around women's safety and the reaction to his comments.\n\n\"As all of North Yorkshire knows, it was wrong, entirely misconceived (and) grossly insensitive,\" he said.\n\n\"It is not for women or girls to protect themselves, it's for men not to harass, intimidate, assault and murder women.\n\nMore than 800 complaints were made to his office after he told BBC Radio York women should know \"when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested\". The panel also received 121 complaints.\n\nConservative Mr Allott made the comments after it emerged serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens had used his warrant card to falsely arrest Ms Everard for breaching coronavirus guidelines.\n\nSarah Everard, originally from York, was killed by serving police officer Wayne Couzens after he falsely arrested her\n\nThe vote follows a letter from almost all of the commissioner's staff saying he had brought the office into \"disrepute\" with his \"misogynistic\" remarks.\n\nIn the letter, staff said they were \"shocked\" a person holding his office \"could hold, let alone voice, such misogynistic views\".\n\nEmployees said his words had undermined their work and impacted upon their relationships with colleagues working for the county's police force and fire service.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An investigation has been launched into \"organised abuse\" at a special school in London after CCTV was discovered of pupils being physically assaulted and neglected, BBC News has learned.\n\nThe videos, found by staff, show pupils being mistreated in padded seclusion rooms between 2014 and 2017.\n\nOne parent said he didn't know the rooms existed until he collected his \"distressed\" autistic son from one.\n\nThe school said it was working with the police and supporting families.\n\nWhitefield School in Walthamstow, north-east London, has over 300 pupils aged between three and 19, many of whom have severe or complex needs and are unable to communicate verbally.\n\nBBC News has learned that in May a staff member found a significant number of videos showing children in the school's seclusion rooms. In some of the footage, pupils are physically assaulted and neglected.\n\nSecure or seclusion rooms are used in schools when it is thought a pupil needs to be isolated from a classroom during the school day.\n\nIn July, the school wrote to parents about the discovery of evidence of \"alleged child neglect\".\n\nThe Metropolitan Police has now reviewed a significant amount of CCTV footage and the local authority has launched an investigation into \"organised and complex abuse\" at the school, BBC News has learned.\n\nThis is defined as \"abuse involving one or more abusers and a number of related or non-related abused children\".\n\nIn January 2017 the school was rated inadequate after an Ofsted inspection found a small number of pupils had been placed in secure rooms \"for repeated and prolonged periods of time\".\n\nThe report said while the school referred to them as \"calming rooms\" this was \"not an accurate description of the three secure, padded and bare spaces that are used\".\n\nAll three rooms at Whitefield School were poorly ventilated with doors that could not be opened from the inside, while two had no natural light and children were unable to see outside or hear clearly, according to Ofsted.\n\n\"In a significant number of cases, pupils are placed in the rooms more frequently or for longer periods of time, as their behaviour worsens,\" the report said. It added there was no evidence parents had been told when their child had been placed in the room.\n\nFollowing the inspection, the school wrote to parents telling them it was ending use of the rooms. Later that year the school was inspected again and given an outstanding rating.\n\nOne parent told the BBC he didn't know the rooms existed until he was taken to collect his autistic son from one of the them, following problems with his behaviour.\n\nHe said his son appeared agitated and his shirt was ripped.\n\n\"He was very upset, very distressed\", he added. \"I thought it was diabolical.\"\n\nThe boy's mother said her son would not have been able to communicate any experiences in the rooms because of the nature of his disability. She said she was frequently called by the school about ways to manage his behaviour but use of the rooms was never mentioned.\n\n\"You send your child to school because you expect that they're going to be treated with dignity and respect,\" she said.\n\n\"I think of a 'calming room' as a safe space: beanbags, soft lighting, bubble machines - not padded cells.\"\n\nParents of some pupils at the school who may have spent time in the rooms have been contacted by the London Borough of Waltham Forest, but not been told whether their children have been identified in videos.\n\nBBC News has seen a letter written by the school's head teacher in May 2017 outlining the steps it was taking to address the Ofsted inspection.\n\nIt said it was closing the \"calming rooms\" but no mention was made of footage documenting their use.\n\nThat month a teacher at the school was sacked after a member of the public saw him kick a 17-year-old pupil with autism on a school trip.\n\nA BBC News investigation in 2018 discovered the use of isolation and seclusion rooms varied widely in schools.\n\nIt found some children spent consecutive weeks in isolation booths and more than 5,000 children with special educational needs had attended them.\n\nSeclusion rooms are used in many schools across the country to tackle challenging behaviour and disruption.\n\nBut government guidance says \"a separate room\" should only be used when it is in the best interests of the child and other pupils, and locked rooms should only be considered in \"exceptional circumstances\".\n\nRules around use of seclusion rooms are not strong enough, according to Paul Dix, who has campaigned to ban isolation rooms.\n\nAn example of a padded seclusion room inside a mainstream primary school\n\n\"I don't think they could be more lax\", he said. \"It seems to just rest with the culture and leadership of the individual organisation and nobody really seems too concerned about legislating.\n\n\"It's just ludicrously Victorian to think that putting a child in a locked room is going to do anything but exacerbate the problem.\"\n\nIn response to the BBC, the academy trust which runs the school said it had new leadership since the rooms were used who \"promptly\" reported the videos to the police and local authority after they found them.\n\nIt said it had appointed a new head teacher following the discovery and met with parents of those children who may have been affected.\n\nIt declined to say if the CCTV had been disclosed to Ofsted during its inspection.\n\nOfsted also declined to say if it had observed CCTV cameras during its inspection or asked to review footage.\n\nIn a statement it said it had shared some of its inspection evidence with the police at their request and could not comment further.\n\nThe London Borough of Waltham Forest said it visited the school after Ofsted's January 2017 inspection \"to ensure the safeguarding concerns raised were acted upon immediately\" but only learned pupils had been filmed in the seclusion rooms when the footage was discovered in May 2021.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it was investigating \"several allegations of child cruelty\" at the school between 2014 and 2017 but there have been no arrests.\n\nThe government said it was aware of the allegations but could not comment further while a police investigation was under way.", "The UK's largest poultry seller has warned that the price of chicken is set to rise because of supply chain problems.\n\nThe chief executive of 2 Sisters Food Group, Ronald Kers, said that \"in reality food is too cheap\".\n\nMr Kers told the BBC that the price of chicken, the UK's most popular meat, should be higher to reflect the extra costs the business is facing.\n\nThe firm has 600 farms and 16 factories across the UK.\n\nMr Kers told the BBC's Today programme that the company has had to cope with additional costs because of Brexit, Covid, labour shortages and logistics issues.\n\nHe added that the \"significant\" inflated costs of packaging, energy and CO2 were also \"bulking up the price of food\".\n\nOn Wednesday, the founder of 2 Sisters Food Group, Ranjit Boparan, warned that chicken prices would rise by 10%.\n\n\"How can it be right that a whole chicken costs less than a pint of beer?\" he said.\n\nMr Boparan said the days of low prices were \"coming to an end\" and that \"transparent, honest pricing\" was needed because of mounting costs.\n\nThe company has seen its CO2 costs rise by more than 500% in three weeks, while energy costs have increased by more than 450% from a year earlier.\n\nIt also said feed costs at farms have risen by 15%, with commodity costs in the farming process also up by around 20%.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Mr Kers said: \"If you look at the price of chicken now it is £3.50, while a decade ago it was £5 - it should have gone up.\n\n\"People on farms are struggling - we don't have enough people on our factories, farms or enough HGV drivers and as a result we're seeing empty shelves and reduced choice,\" he continued.\n\n\"There's no margin in the whole supply chain\".\n\nThe government's visa scheme for short-term workers meant the company was able to bring in an additional 700 people to secure the volume they needed for Christmas, but Mr Kers said the scheme came \"a little too late and a little too short\".\n\n2 Sisters sells 60% of all turkeys in the country and while Mr Kers said the overall supply chain was \"clearly very fragile\", he advised shoppers to buy \"normally\".\n\nThe firm produces about a third of all the poultry products consumed in the UK and processes more than 10 million birds each week.\n\nRod Adlington at the farm in Coventry\n\nChicken and turkey farmer Rod Adlington, owner of Adlington Ltd, shares Mr Boparan's concerns and has already had to raise the price of his chickens by 8%.\n\n\"We've never ever had to put through a price rise before, but if we don't make these changes we just won't be here in six months,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThe company, based in Coventry, sells premium free range chickens retailing at between £15-£20. It sells about 2,000 chickens a week and 10,000 turkeys each Christmas.\n\nThe price of chicken feed has gone up by 20%, and the business has also been hit by higher energy bills and CO2 prices.\n\nTo help deal with the labour shortage, the firm has put up wages by 10-15%. But Mr Adlington says there is still not enough staff.\n\n\"The labour issue is catastrophic at the moment, we just have no people for the factories,\" he says.\n\n\"There's an awful lot of pressure on us and we just can't take it. We need to find a way out of the labour problems.\"\n\nEdward Cayton owns Peck and Yard chicken shop, which has two branches in Manchester and sells 550 kilo of chicken per week.\n\nHe said prices rises have \"already had a knock-on effect\". The firm, which was Manchester's first Asian chicken shop, has had to pay £4-£4.5 per kilo of chicken breast that would have usually cost £2.\n\nMr Cayton said thigh pieces are also up by a third and wings, which usually cost £2.5 from his supplier, have risen to £3.5 per kilo.\n\n\"We can't raise menu prices because no one would pay much more for chicken and I can't reduce staff so the cost is having to come out of our margins\".\n\n\"We just have to do more marketing and encourage people to go out to absorb the increases\".\n\nOne of the key factors affecting the supply chain recently has been the shortage of HGV drivers.\n\nThe shortage has been blamed on a combination of factors, including the coronavirus pandemic, Brexit and tax changes.\n\nAt the end of September, the government announced that it would allow 4,700 visas for HGV drivers to deliver food.\n\nHowever, the first foreign HGV food drivers might not be in the country for another month, according to a source with close knowledge of the process.\n\nUnder the scheme - which is separate to that for HGV fuel drivers - drivers can work in the UK until 28 February.\n\nThe visa scheme opened for applications on Monday. The Home Office has not confirmed the number of visas that have been applied for so far, but several agencies that are recruiting the drivers told the BBC that they were yet to apply for them.\n\nWhen the visa was announced there was concern from some in the industry that it was too short and would not attract drivers.\n\n\"The issue is the shortage of HGV drivers across Europe,\" said one source. \"Offers need to be attractive to encourage drivers to come.\"", "Walruses are a keystone species of the Arctic\n\nA new project aims to get a better idea of the number of walruses on Earth by counting them from space.\n\nVolunteers are being sought to search through thousands of satellite images to see how many of the tusked animals they can spot.\n\nScientists need improved population data as they try to asses how this polar keystone species will be affected by climate change.\n\nWalruses are heavily dependent on sea-ice, which has been in sharp retreat.\n\nThe marine mammals will haul out on to the floes, to use them as a platform on which to rest and raise their young, and as a base from which to launch foraging trips.\n\nA walrus will drop to the seabed to hunt in the muds for clams and other invertebrates, such as snails, soft shell crabs and shrimp.\n\nAll this is being made more difficult as the extent of the seasonal sea-ice declines.\n\nAvailable satellite images can now see features as small as 30cm across\n\n\"We're seeing about a 13% loss in summer sea-ice per decade,\" said Rod Downie, chief polar adviser at environmental campaign group WWF.\n\n\"One of the implications of not having the sea-ice to haul out on is that we're increasingly seeing walruses spend longer on land. And that comes with a number of impacts, which include overcrowding with the potential for calves to be crushed in stampedes. This happens. But also for local food sources to be depleted,\" he told BBC News.\n\nWWF is running the \"Walrus From Space\" project jointly with the British Antarctic Survey, which has expertise in satellite surveys of polar wildlife.\n\nBAS has long counted penguins from orbit, and is also now tracking seals, albatross, and even whales under the water.\n\n\"It's only recently that satellites have had high enough resolution to allow us to count walruses accurately,\" said BAS remote-sensing specialist Peter Fretwell.\n\n\"We'll be using Maxar's WorldView satellite which has a resolution where each pixel is only about 30cm on the ground. That's about the size of an A4 sheet of paper and we can easily count individual animals at that resolution.\"\n\nVolunteers are being directed to an online portal where they'll be shown images and asked, in the first instance, merely to state whether or not the view contains one or more of the tusked pinnipeds.\n\nA second phase, once all \"empty\" pictures have been excluded, will then ask the volunteers to put a dot on every walrus they see.\n\nThe survey, which will run for at least five years, is concentrating on the Atlantic sub-species, and a somewhat isolated group of animals in the Laptev Sea area.\n\nToday's estimate is that these mammals in total probably number around 30,000. The project hopefully will narrow the uncertainties.\n\nSurveys of this kind naturally come with some caveats. For example, the type of satellite being used can't see the Earth's surface when it's cloudy; and walruses aren't static, they move around. But such confounding factors are all taken into account by the methodologies and models used to build population data-sets.\n\nAnd, of course, they're underpinned by the knowledge of indigenous communities who live side-by-side with the walruses.\n\nThe Walrus From Space project is receiving funding support from the People's Postcode Lottery, the Royal Bank of Canada and directly from WWF supporters.\n\nCub scouts have been helping to test the counting portal\n\nThe goal is to recruit more than 500,000 citizen scientists over the next five years. Early volunteers have included cub scouts, who've been testing the counting portal ahead of its live launch.\n\nPhoebe Overton, from the 1st Molesey scout group in Surrey, acknowledged it was tricky to identify the walruses even with the super-sharp pictures.\n\n\"It's quite hard because there are rusty barrels and rocks that look really similar,\" she said.\n\nBut Charlotte Guise, from the nearby 9th Walton-on-Thames group, added, \"it's fun to see the way they live and how many there are, and they are kind of really cool creatures\".\n\nThere is no plan at the moment for the project to try to count the Pacific sub-species of walrus, which may number some 200,000 individuals. Again, this estimate is uncertain.\n\n\"Whilst the Pacific walruses are a lot more numerous, Atlantic walruses are probably spread out over a larger area,\" Dr Downie said. \"And if you include both Atlantic and Laptev, then you're talking about a vast area with many more haul-out sites. So, we're focussing on them, but there'll be other research groups in the Arctic working on the Pacific sub-species.\"\n\nWhen walruses can't haul out on ice they will haul out on land", "A campaign to stop many BTec vocational qualifications being scrapped within two years has won the backing of MPs and Lords from across the parties.\n\nSome 118 have written to Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi asking him to re-think plans to use T-levels to replace them in England.\n\nPeers voted on Tuesday to amend the Skills Bill to demand a four-year transition before funding is removed\n\nThe government said T-levels offer students a route to university or work.\n\nAlthough they are at the same level as BTecs, T-levels are different in their design and include a work placement, which college principals say reduces the time available to re-take core GCSEs such as maths and English.\n\nColleges offering T-levels are likely to make GCSEs in English and maths an entry requirement, which means colleges are unlikely to offer places to those who need to do re-takes.\n\nIf a student does not have the GCSE grades to do A-levels or Btecs, then the entry requirements for the new T-levels will mean they have fewer options.\n\nThe letter to Mr Zahawi is in support of the Protect Student Choice campaign by a coalition of education organisations including many colleges and universities.\n\nBill Watkins, chief executive of the Sixth Form Colleges Association, said the shake-up was far from \"levelling up\".\n\n\"This is a hammer blow for social mobility,\" he said.\n\nCollege principal Graham Pennington worries that some students will not be able to advance in their careers\n\nGraham Pennington, chief executive of Sandwell College Group - which presently offers A-levels, BTecs and T-levels - said if many BTecs are scrapped \"possibly tens of thousands of young people would not have a clear route\".\n\n\"They're going to find it very difficult to come to college and gain qualifications that will help them get further in their life.\n\n\"It's a very risky scenario,\" he added.\n\n\"Lots of young people will find themselves with no real pathway to fulfil their goals and dreams, and that's incredibly sad.\"\n\nT-levels are the government's flagship new technical qualification being phased in over three or four years from 2020.\n\nDesigned with business, they require a minimum of 45 days of work placement.\n\nThree were launched in 2020 and a further seven have started this term.\n\nCadbury College in Kings Norton, Birmingham, offers students a choice of A-levels, BTecs or T-levels - which are equivalent to three A-levels.\n\nJess Cartmell is on a T-level childcare and education course at the college.\n\n\"I like the fact that it's something I definitely want to do and it will definitely take me to where I want to be,\" she said.\n\nAs well as learning about child development and childcare in college, Jess is spending two days a week on a placement in a nursery.\n\nBut she says she was unusual in knowing what she wanted to do at the age of 16.\n\n\"Less than half knew what they wanted to do, I think that's why most people chose BTecs and A-levels.\"\n\nYasna Rezael, who is doing two BTecs in Applied Science and Psychology, said: \"At the beginning of the year I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, so I chose applied science which means I can have a variety of choices at university.\"\n\nWithin a couple of years most 16-year-olds in England will be asked to choose between traditional A-levels or T-levels.\n\nThe letter to Mr Zahawi has been signed by three former Education Secretaries - Lord Baker of Dorking, Baroness Morris of Yardley and Lord Blunkett.\n\nThey argue the move \"will leave many students without a viable pathway after their GCSEs, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds\".\n\nThey are concerned that \"removing the vast majority of BTecs will lead to students taking courses that do not meet their needs, or dropping out of education altogether\".\n\nHigher and further education minister Michelle Donelan said the government would ensure there was a good range of high quality courses.\n\nShe said: \"T-levels are a route to university. They are a highly academic courses that focus on on certain skill levels and they're going to be highly respected not just by business, but by universities.\n\n\"We will ensure there's a good range of courses overall and ensure there is quality.\"", "A judge has ruled that security cameras and a Ring doorbell installed in a house in Oxfordshire \"unjustifiably invaded\" the privacy of a neighbour.\n\nDr Mary Fairhurst claimed that the devices installed on the house of neighbour Jon Woodard broke data laws and contributed to harassment.\n\nThe judge upheld both these claims.\n\nMr Woodard now faces a substantial fine. He claimed he installed the devices in good faith as a deterrent against burglars.\n\nThe origin of the row stems from an invitation from Mr Woodard to his neighbour Dr Fairhurst to have a tour of his home renovations, during which she claimed he showed off his new security system.\n\nThe judgment reads that Dr Fairhurst was \"alarmed and appalled\" to notice that he had a camera mounted on his shed and that footage from it was sent to his smartphone.\n\nA series of disputes about the cameras followed, which resulted in Dr Fairhurst moving out of her home.\n\nIn the judgement it was found that the Ring doorbell captured images of the claimant's house and garden, while the shed camera covered almost the whole of her garden and her parking space.\n\nJudge Melissa Clarke found that audio data collected by cameras on a shed, in a driveway and on the Ring doorbell was processed unlawfully. She noted that at the time it was not possible to turn off the audio recording facility - that happened in an update in 2020.\n\nShe said that she found the audio data that could capture conversations \"even more problematic and detrimental than video data\".\n\n\"Personal data may be captured from people who are not even aware that the device is there, or that it records and processes audio and personal data,\" she said in her judgement.\n\nThat, she said, was in breach of UK data laws - both the UK Data Protection Act and UK GDPR.\n\nAmazon, which made both the doorbell and the cameras, said that customers must \"respect their neighbours' privacy, and comply with any applicable laws when using their Ring device.\"\n\n\"We've put features in place across all our devices to ensure privacy, security and user control remain front and centre - including customisable privacy zones to block out 'off-limit' areas, motion zones to control the areas customers want their Ring device to detect motion, and Audio Toggle to turn audio on and off.\"\n\nBut the judge added: \"Even if an activation zone is disabled so that the camera does not activate to film by movement in that area, activation by movement in one of the other non-disabled activation zones will cause the camera to film across the whole field of view.\"\n\nThe Information Commissioner's Office told the BBC: \"Lots of people use domestic CCTV and video doorbells. If you own one, you should respect people's privacy rights and take steps to minimise intrusion to neighbours and passers-by.\"\n\nBut it added: \"In the vast number of cases, there are no issues.\"\n\nHannah Hart, a digital privacy expert at ProPrivacy, said: \"Whilst this case doesn't set a legal precedent, it does continue an ongoing conversation about our changing attitude towards domestic surveillance - and how normalised it has become in our communities.\n\n\"The fact remains that anyone with a Ring doorbell can turn their area of the neighbourhood into a surveillance space due to its video recording functionality and audio processors which are able to pick up sound 40 feet away.\n\n\"This means a small number of residents can effectively transform public spaces into surveillance hotbeds, and even share their recordings with police.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The moment Durst is sentenced to life in prison\n\nUS real estate heir Robert Durst, subject of HBO crime documentary series The Jinx, has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend.\n\nDurst was found guilty of killing Susan Berman in 2000 to stop her talking to police about his wife's disappearance.\n\nThen aged 55, she was found shot in the head in her Beverly Hills home. Police believe he killed two others as well.\n\nIn a victim impact statement in court, Berman's son told Durst \"you murdered the person I was\" when he killed her.\n\nProsecutors called Durst, 78 - who appeared in the Los Angeles court for his sentencing - a \"narcissistic psychopath\". Durst has denied killing his friend.\n\nHis sentence for first-degree murder excludes any possibility of parole, meaning he will now very likely die in prison.\n\nThe crime carries special circumstances, the jury decided, including murder while lying in wait, and murder of a witness.\n\nDurst's lawyers told the judge on Thursday that he intends to appeal his conviction. Durst himself spoke to the judge only once to say \"yes\" when asked if he was waiving his right to appear at a future hearing.\n\nSusan Berman was a crime writer and daughter of a Las Vegas mobster, and had acted as a spokeswoman for Durst when he became a suspect in his wife's disappearance.\n\nBerman's cousin, Denny Marcus, told the judge on Thursday: \"I was robbed… of an absolutely extraordinary, unforgettable brilliant person whose life was savagely taken from her.\"\n\nSareb Kaufman, who considers Berman his mother as she had been dating his father, said: \"I have not had one day off in 21 years from the absolute destruction, grief and pain this has caused me.\"\n\n\"I have lost everything many times over because of him... I have lost and sacrificed more than anyone could possibly know,\" he continued.\n\n\"My mother's murder and the events of the last 40 years will never leave me. Are you satisfied, Bob?\"\n\nDurst's wife Kathleen McCormack, a medical student, went missing in 1982 and is presumed dead.\n\n\"The only hope of redemption you have is to help find Kathy,\" Mr Kaufman added, calling on Durst to reveal the location of McCormack's body.\n\nNew York prosecutors are considering pressing new charges against him in her case, according to US media.\n\nProsecutors have argued that Durst actually murdered three people - the third being an elderly neighbour, Morris Black, who discovered Durst's identity in 2001 while he was hiding out in Texas and pretending to be a mute woman.\n\nDurst was acquitted of murdering Mr Black, successfully arguing he had killed him on the grounds of self-defence before cutting up the body.\n\nDurst is an estranged member of one of New York's wealthiest and most powerful real estate dynasties. His brother Douglas Durst, who testified at the trial, told the court: \"He'd like to murder me.\"\n\nAt the end of The Jinx series, Durst is heard muttering to himself: \"What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.\"\n\nHours before the last episode aired in March 2015, authorities arrested Durst in New Orleans for Ms Berman's murder. Jurors were played the clip during the trial.", "PC Dwyer was found to have breached multiple standards of professional behaviour\n\nA police constable who took two packets of Jaffa Cakes from a charity stall without paying full price has been sacked from West Yorkshire Police.\n\nPC Chris Dwyer paid just 10p for two packets of the snacks from Halifax police station's canteen instead of the correct amount of £1.\n\nThe 51-year-old also tried to \"change and embellish\" his story when quizzed about it, a misconduct hearing found.\n\nHe was found guilty of gross misconduct and given an instant dismissal.\n\nThe misconduct trial had heard the confectionery stall at Halifax police station - set up in aid of a charity trip to Uganda - sold crisps, chocolate and fizzy drinks priced at 50p each.\n\nPC Dwyer went to the tuck shop on 21 January and after putting some money in the cash tin, removed two packets of Jaffa Cakes, the panel heard.\n\nAfterwards, a colleague raised concerns about a potential underpayment by the officer and, when checked, the cash float was found to be only up by 10p.\n\nWhen questioned about the matter, PC Dwyer gave dishonest accounts and his evidence was \"evasive and an attempt to reduce his culpability\", the panel found.\n\nThe officer, who joined West Yorkshire Police in 2017, had denied breaching police standards.\n\nHe initially claimed he had put in five 20p pieces into the cash tin, but later said he could not remember the \"exact denomination\".\n\nPanel chairman Akbar Khan said PC Dwyer's actions were an \"abuse of trust\" and had brought \"discredit on the police and the service\".\n\nHe added: \"The officer is solely to blame for his own conduct, which was dishonest and of a criminal nature.\n\n\"The nature of his dishonesty related to underpaying for items which proceeds were to support a charity to which he was fully aware.\"\n\nPC Dwyer was found to have breached West Yorkshire Police's professional standards in regard to integrity, honesty and discreditable conduct.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: People run for cover as gunfire sounds in Beirut\n\nAt least six people have been killed and 32 others injured by gunfire in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.\n\nIt began during a protest by the Shia Muslim groups Hezbollah and Amal against the judge investigating last year's huge blast at the city's port.\n\nThey said Christian snipers from the Lebanese Forces (LF) faction fired at the crowd to drag Lebanon into strife - a claim denied by the LF.\n\nHuge tension surrounds the probe into the port explosion that killed 219.\n\nHezbollah and its allies claim the judge is biased, but the victims' families support his work.\n\nNo-one has yet been held accountable for the August 2020 disaster, in which swathes of the city were devastated.\n\nIn response to Thursday's shooting, some of Lebanon's worst violence in years, Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced a day of mourning on Friday.\n\nMeanwhile, President Michel Aoun said: \"We will not allow anyone to take the country hostage to their own interests.\"\n\nWhat began as a protest outside the Palace of Justice - the main court building - by hundreds of people arguing the investigation had become politicised and demanding the removal of Judge Tarek Bitar escalated remarkably quickly, reports the BBC's Anna Foster in Beirut.\n\nHeavy gunfire erupted in the streets as the crowd passed through a roundabout in the central Tayouneh-Badaro area.\n\nResidents fled as Shia and Christian militia fighters exchanged fire in the streets\n\nLocal residents had to flee their homes and schoolchildren ducked for cover under their desks as men armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers - believed to have been members of Shia and Christian militias - exchanged fire in the streets.\n\nThe clashes continued for several hours before calm was restored.\n\nAt a nearby school, teachers instructed young children to lie face down on the ground with their hands on their heads, a witness told Reuters news agency.\n\nHospital and military sources said some of those killed were shot in the head. They included a woman who was hit by a stray bullet while inside her home.\n\nHezbollah and Amal accused a staunch opponent, the Christian Lebanese Forces party, of being behind the attack on the protesters.\n\nLebanese army soldiers and ambulances rushed to the scene after the gunfire erupted\n\nThe two Shia organisations said demonstrators were \"subject to an armed attack by groups from the Lebanese Forces party that deployed in neighbouring streets and on rooftops, and engaged in direct sniping activity and intentional killing\".\n\nLebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea condemned the violence and appealed for calm.\n\n\"The main cause of these developments lies in the presence of uncontrolled and widespread weapons that threaten the citizens at any time and in any place,\" he tweeted.\n\nMr Mikati called on everyone to \"calm down and not be drawn into sedition for any reason whatsoever\".\n\nThe army said it had deployed troops to search for the assailants, and warned that they would \"shoot at any gunman on the roads\".\n\nHezbollah and Amal supporters had gathered earlier to demand the removal of Judge Tarek Bitar\n\nEarlier on Thursday, a court dismissed a legal complaint brought by two former government ministers and Amal MPs - Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zaiter - whom Judge Bitar has sought to question on suspicion of negligence in connection with the port explosion.\n\nThe two men, who deny any wrongdoing, accused the judge of bias.\n\nFamilies of the victims had condemned the complaint, which caused the probe to be suspended for the second time in three weeks.\n\nThey have accused the country's political leadership of trying to shield itself from scrutiny.\n\n\"Keep your hands off the judiciary,\" they warned the cabinet on Wednesday after ministers allied to Hezbollah demanded that Judge Bitar be replaced.\n\nThe port blast happened after a fire detonated 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a combustible chemical widely used as agricultural fertiliser, that had been stored unsafely in a port warehouse for almost six years.\n\nSenior officials were aware of the material's existence and the danger it posed but failed to secure, remove or destroy it.", "An arrow could be seen sticking out of a wall after the attack\n\nFour women and a man were killed and two others wounded when a man used a bow and arrow to attack them in Norway.\n\nPolice first received word of an attack in the town of Kongsberg, south-west of the capital Oslo, at 18:12 local time (16:12 GMT).\n\nA Danish man aged 37 has been arrested and questioned for hours overnight.\n\nPolice said they had previously been in contact with him over fears of radicalisation after he converted to Islam.\n\nThe victims were all aged between 50 and 70, regional police chief Ole Bredrup Saeverud told reporters on Thursday morning.\n\nHe said they were most likely killed after the police first confronted the attacker at 18:18.\n\nReports of the incident were \"horrifying\", said Prime Minister Erna Solberg, hours before she was due to leave office.\n\n\"I understand that many people are afraid, but it's important to emphasise that the police are now in control,\" she said.\n\nThe attacker is said to have launched the assault inside a Coop Extra supermarket on Kongsberg's west side. One of those injured was an off-duty police officer who was in the shop at the time.\n\nA spokesperson for the chain later confirmed a \"serious incident\" at their store, adding that none of their staff were physically injured.\n\nLocal police chief Oyvind Aas confirmed that the attacker had managed to escape an initial confrontation with police before an arrest was finally made at 18:47 local time, 35 minutes after the attack began.\n\nOne witness told local outlet TV2 she had heard a commotion and seen a woman taking cover, then a \"man standing on the corner with arrows in a quiver on his shoulder and a bow in his hand\".\n\n\"Afterwards, I saw people running for their lives. One of them was a woman holding a child by the hand,\" she added.\n\nPolice have told Norwegian news agency NTB that the attacker also used other weapons during the incident, without giving more details on what they were.\n\nThe suspect moved over a large area, and authorities cordoned off several parts of the town. Residents were ordered to stay indoors so authorities could examine the scene and gather evidence. Surrounding gardens and garages were searched with the help of sniffer dogs.\n\nThe attack was Norway's deadliest since far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 people, most of them at a children's Labour Party summer camp on the island of Utoya in July 2011.\n\nKongsberg Mayor Kari Anne Sand said it was a shocking attack that had taken place in an area where many people lived, and that a crisis team would help anyone affected.\n\nDescribing the town as \"a completely ordinary community with completely ordinary people\", Ms Sand said everyone had been deeply shaken by \"this very tragic situation.\"\n\nPolice have cordoned off large parts of the town\n\nThe suspect was taken to a police station in the town of Drammen, where his defence lawyer, Fredrik Neumann, said he was questioned for more than three hours and was co-operating with authorities.\n\nThe suspect had a Danish mother and Norwegian father, he explained.\n\nNorway's outgoing justice minister Monica Maeland told reporters the police did not yet know whether or not it was act of terrorism and could not comment on details emerging about the suspect.\n\nPolice prosecutor Ann Irén Svane Mathiassen told TV2 that the man had lived in Kongsberg for several years and was known to police.\n\nThe attack came on the final day of Erna Solberg's conservative government, and a new justice minister takes over the case on Thursday under a centre-left coalition led by Labour leader Jonas Gahr Store.\n\nMr Store said it was a \"gruesome and brutal act\", hours before announcing his new cabinet.\n\nNorwegian police are not usually armed and after the attack the police directorate ordered all officers nationwide to carry firearms as an extra precaution.\n\nPolice were searching the Huseby area of north-western Oslo on Thursday following reports of a man being seen carrying a bow and arrow. Police stressed no-one had been hurt and there was no threat.\n\n\"The police have no indication so far that there is a change in the national threat level,\" the directorate said in a statement (in Norwegian).", "NHS nurses now feel \"undervalued, disenfranchised and angry\", says the RCN\n\nA nurses' trade union has lodged a formal dispute with the Welsh government over a 3% NHS pay rise.\n\nWales' health minister previously announced the rise recognised \"the dedication and commitment of hardworking NHS staff\".\n\nBut the Royal College of Nursing Wales' (RCN) director said nurses now felt \"undervalued\".\n\nThe Welsh government said it followed recommendations from the NHS Pay Review Body and Dentist Review Body.\n\nRCN Wales director Helen Whyley said a formal trade dispute would warn the government that if it would not open pay negotiations, the trade union body would begin steps towards industrial action.\n\n\"For the past 18 months nursing staff have gone above and beyond in their response to the Covid-19 pandemic, but now they feel undervalued, disenfranchised and angry,\" she said.\n\nMs Whyley said 94% of the trade union body's members who voted in a consultative ballot, voted that a 3% pay rise was \"totally unacceptable\".\n\n\"Despite the first minister announcing £991m of new funding available for NHS Wales, none of it has been earmarked for nurses' pay,\" she said.\n\n\"Patients are waiting for treatment and care and nursing staff are needed to deliver that.\"\n\nShe added on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast: \"Nobody wants to rush into any form of industrial action, but my members and nurses, they're really clear: 94% of them voted to say that 3% is not acceptable.\n\n\"We want the government to get back round the table, we want to get this sorted out, we want more nurses to be better valued and stay in our NHS so we can get on with doing what we do well as nurses - caring for patients.\"\n\nShe also called on the Welsh government to address \"over 1,700 vacancies for registered nurses\" in NHS Wales.\n\nRCN Wales board chair Richard Jones said: \"We do not wish to take steps towards industrial action, but the anger and frustration of our members is clear.\"\n\nIn response, the Welsh government said the 3% for NHS staff was a recommendation \"based on evidence submitted by all parties including trade unions\".\n\n\"We hope NHS workers understand how much we value their work and appreciate everything they have done.\"\n\nIt said it has had \"a number of constructive meetings\" on how to \"enhance the pay award for NHS Wales\".\n\n\"While it is disappointing that the RCN felt unable to participate in these discussions, we remain committed to offering a package of enhancements within the funding available.\n\n\"While we want to invest in our workforce we also need to invest in delivering vital NHS services.\"\n\nIt added that on top of the pay rise, it had awarded NHS staff a one-off payment of £735 per person - which after deductions, would be £500 for most.", "The Block Island Wind Farm, located off the Rhode Island coast\n\nThe Biden administration has unveiled plans to expand offshore wind energy in a move that could see turbines built along much of the US coastline.\n\nSeven areas on both coasts and the Gulf of Mexico will be auctioned for wind farms in the next few years, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said on Tuesday.\n\nIt comes as President Joe Biden pushes to reduce US fossil fuel use and expand the green energy economy.\n\nExperts say dramatic action is needed to meet Mr Biden's climate goals.\n\nThe wind farms are part of Mr Biden's plan to generate 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy - enough to power 10m homes - by 2030.\n\nThat goal falls short of the 40GW that the UK is planning. China is aiming to achieve around 73GW by the same date.\n\nThe White House approved the first commercial wind farm in the US off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts this summer.\n\n\"The Interior Department is laying out an ambitious road map as we advance the administration's plans to confront climate change, create good-paying jobs, and accelerate the nation's transition to a cleaner energy future,\" said Ms Haaland.\n\nThe plan is expected to meet a backlash from some coastal and fishing communities - and it needs approval from state, local and environmental groups before any construction begins.\n\nCommercial fishing companies have argued such offshore wind projects would make it difficult to harvest valuable seafood species, like lobsters. Some conservation groups also fear the large turbines will kill thousands of birds and affect marine life.\n\nPotential building sites could be crossed off the list if they are found to have a negative impact on wildlife, tourism, military activities or other commercial services.\n\nThe announcement comes ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference - Cop26 - which is due to begin in Glasgow on 31 October.\n\nThe world has already warmed by about 1.2C since the industrial era began, and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.\n\nIn a related announcement, the Department of Energy said it would increase research into any harmful affects that wind turbines could have on wildlife.\n\n\"In order for Americans living in coastal areas to see the benefits of offshore wind, we must ensure that it's done with care for the surrounding ecosystem,″ said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ros Atkins on... The US climate conundrum", "The extent of the influence of LGBTQ charity Stonewall in public bodies across the UK has been revealed in a BBC investigation.\n\nGovernments, Ofcom and the BBC have had their impartiality questioned after involvement in the lobby group's diversity schemes.\n\nA number of high profile organisations have left Stonewall's schemes in recent months amid growing controversy about the influence of the group on public policy.\n\nStonewall says it works for LGBTQ equality and that it is \"deeply disappointing\" that this can still be thought of as controversial.\n\nStonewall operates two schemes which have come under scrutiny in recent months. The \"Diversity Champions\" programme is a service Stonewall provides to employers for a fee, to advise them on diversity and inclusion. The Workplace Equality Index is a public ranking of organisations, which is scored by Stonewall, and does not require a fee to enter.\n\nThe Nolan Investigates podcast sought information on the schemes under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws. The information contained within the documents revealed what the lobby group was asking organisations to do to improve their ranking on the Workplace Equality Index.\n\nSome organisations, including the BBC, refused to release the information on the grounds that it could \"have a detrimental impact on the commercial revenue of Stonewall\".\n\nStonewall declined to take part in the series.\n\nThe documents reveal that the media regulator Ofcom submitted rulings it had made against broadcasters to Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index, which awards points to organisations based on how well they are performing on LGBTQ equality.\n\nOfcom had initially defended the relationship with Stonewall, saying it only related to internal staffing issues, before leaving the Diversity Champions Scheme in August.\n\nHowever, Ofcom continues to submit information to the Workplace Equality Index. Stonewall scores companies and public bodies based on how well they believe they are performing on LGBTQ equality.\n\nFor three consecutive years, the lobby group asked Ofcom to show evidence of work they had done to \"promote LGBT equality in the wider community\". Ofcom cited examples of action they had taken in response to complaints about TV programmes including Harry Hill's TV Burp and local radio stations.\n\nIn 2019, Ofcom told Stonewall \"we have ruled on two instances where transphobic comments made in programmes breached the code\". One such case referred to a radio presenter who said he would be uncomfortable with his six-year-old daughter changing in an environment where the changing rooms were not segregated based on sex, and described a \"transfeminine person\" as \"him, her, him, it\" - for which he had apologised on air.\n\nThe regulator also cited a 2016 judgement on a re-run of Harry Hill's TV Burp on the UKTV television channel Dave, in which the programme parodied a Channel 4 documentary called The Pregnant Man. Ofcom had found the programme was in breach of its broadcasting code.\n\nAn extract from Ofcom's submission to Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index\n\nOfcom did not release the feedback it received from Stonewall.\n\nOfcom told the Nolan Investigates podcast that there was no conflict of interest in its relationship with Stonewall, despite \"stepping back\" from Stonewall's Diversity Champions Scheme after considering whether there was a conflict of interest.\n\nOfcom said: \"Broadcast standards decisions are made by the Broadcast Standards team within Ofcom, wholly independently from any third parties. Our participation in the Stonewall Equality Index has no bearing whatsoever on any of our broadcasting standards decisions.\"\n\nOfcom will continue to submit to Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index scheme, saying it \"is an effective way for employers to measure their progress on LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace\".\n\nThe BBC did not release the information requested by Nolan Investigates around its submission to Stonewall's schemes.\n\nHowever, the programme has raised questions about how close the BBC's Diversity and Inclusion department was to Stonewall. Diversity and Inclusion deals with internal staffing issues at the BBC.\n\nConcerns have been raised for some time from senior BBC editorial figures about the risks of the relationship with Stonewall.\n\nStonewall played a central role in an internal BBC \"LGBT Culture and Progression report\" by \"identifying strengths and weaknesses\" for the BBC with regards to LGBT diversity and practices. \"Weaknesses\" included the absence of an Allies programme. Allies programmes are set up with training from Stonewall when the organisations are Diversity Champions.\n\nIn January 2020 the BBC told staff they would \"be working closely with Stonewall over the coming months in preparation for next year's [Stonewall] index\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nancy Kelley: \"I’m comfortable with our direction as an organisation\"\n\nThe podcast reveals that a senior figure in the Diversity and Inclusion department described Stonewall as \"the experts in workplace equality for LGBTQ+ people\" in internal correspondence, in response to questions about the BBC's Allies scheme.\n\nConcerns have been expressed about Stonewall being regarded as \"the\" experts, given the diversity of opinion among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people over Stonewall's policies.\n\nThe department runs an \"Allies training\" course, which was set up in conjunction with Stonewall, to provide guidance to staff. In an Allies training meeting, BBC trainers used language and material around sex and gender which is contested. The \"genderbred person\" - a graphic used by groups like Stonewall to explain sex and gender issues - was presented to staff, with no alternate views presented.\n\nThe Nolan Investigates podcast understands that the Diversity and Inclusion department had a role in the drafting of the latest BBC News style guide around issues of sexuality and gender. The style guide sets a standard for the language used by BBC News, often in contested areas.\n\nThe document defines homosexuality as \"people of either sex who are attracted to people of their own gender\". This is similar to the definition used by Stonewall, and different from the standard dictionary definition, in that it defines attraction as based on gender rather than sex.\n\nThese definitions are at the centre of a fierce debate over sex and gender issues. The document was ultimately signed off by BBC News.\n\nSam Smith, an investigative journalist who left the BBC recently after working there for 25 years, told the podcast she thinks that some people within the BBC are frightened to speak out to say what they really think about Stonewall.\n\nShe also believes the relationship has had an effect on the corporation's output.\n\n\"How can it not have a chilling effect when it is writ large across the BBC that we are a [Stonewall] champion. I can't think of anything else that the BBC has done that's in the same ball park.\"\n\nThe charity has campaigned for trans equality since 2015\n\nShe says: \"The trouble is the impartiality element of this, for people who do not agree with Stonewall's campaigning position on the gender identity issue, it is not nice for an organisation to align itself with Stonewall and Stonewall's mission\".\n\nShe said she had queried the BBC's use of \"political\" and \"campaigning\" language but was told \"the BBC had checked this with Stonewall and Stonewall were fine they were fine with it and therefore the BBC was fine with it\".\n\nThe BBC did not take part in the podcast. In a statement, they said that the BBC \"acts independently in all our aspects of our operations, from HR policy to editorial guidelines and content\".\n\n\"We are not a member of Stonewall, we do not take legal advice from Stonewall and we do not subscribe to Stonewall's campaigning. The charity simply provides advice that we are able to consider.\n\n\"As a broadcaster, we have our own values and editorial standards - these are clearly set out and published in our editorial guidelines. We are also governed by the Royal Charter and the Ofcom broadcasting code.\"\n\nIn a statement, Stonewall told the Nolan Investigates podcast: \"It is completely normal and appropriate for charities to engage with public sector organisations to advocate for their beneficiaries to improve public policy. It is also completely normal and appropriate for charities to support public sector organisations through service provision.\n\n\"We are proud of work to support public sector organisations to create an inclusive workplace for their LGBTQ+ employees. Our guidance to employers supports them to understand the needs of their LGBTQ+ employees and create an inclusive workplace culture through their policies and wider activity.\"\n\nThe Nolan Investigates podcast also examines changes in the language used by governments across the UK after Stonewall requested changes, and looks at the advice provided by Stonewall to public bodies.\n\nCorrection 18th October 2021: An earlier version of this article included a picture caption which said that Stonewall had been campaigning for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights since 1989, which we have amended to make clear that Stonewall has campaigned for trans equality since 2015.\n\nThe Nolan Investigates podcast is available on BBC Sounds", "Dominic Raab became justice secretary in last month's cabinet reshuffle\n\nNew Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has told the BBC he can't promise when unprecedented delays in prosecuting and jailing criminals will be solved.\n\nIn an exclusive interview, Mr Raab said he hoped Crown Court backlogs in England and Wales would fall within 12 months.\n\nBut he could not say when they would reach pre-pandemic levels.\n\nMore than 60,000 Crown Court trials waiting to be heard with many serious cases being listed now in late 2023.\n\nMr Raab, who is also the deputy prime minister, said he acknowledged that some victims faced agonising waits for justice.\n\nHis comments about the challenges the government faces came during a visit to HM Prison High Down, to inspect body scanners.\n\nAcross the entire male prison estate, scanners have intercepted 10,000 attempts to smuggle phones, drugs and other contraband in just over a year.\n\nThe former foreign secretary was made justice secretary last month amid what critics say is an unprecedented crisis in criminal justice.\n\nThat caseload is approximately 22,000 higher than before the pandemic - when the backlogs had already been rising, following cuts to prosecutions and \"sitting days\", which reduces the number of Crown Courts that can operate at any one time.\n\nAbout a quarter of victims have been withdrawing from investigations and prosecutions - a figure that rises to 42% for rape. Critics say delays mean they have lost trust in the system.\n\nFormer justice secretary Robert Buckland said earlier this year that cuts as well as Covid had contributed to the backlog - but his successor told the BBC that he hoped a corner was now being turned.\n\n\"In the Crown Court ... we are just starting to see the backlog flattening,\" said Mr Raab.\n\nAsked if the backlog would be below pre-pandemic levels a year from now, he replied: \"I don't think we will be that far forward.\n\n\"We need to drive down, we have got the plan working with the judiciary to drive this forward as quickly as we conceivably can.\n\n\"We're going to reduce the backlog within six to 12 months, I can't give you a precise figure... it depends on lots of moving parts but I am confident we will make progress.\"\n\nThe government has repeatedly promised since 2014 to introduce a \"Victims' Law\" that would set minimum standards of treatment for them in the criminal justice system.\n\nThat legislation had been expected this Autumn but Mr Raab said he would be reviewing the work before final proposals were put out to consultation.\n\n\"I totally understand if on top of the injury you have suffered you have to wait agonisingly for a trial.\n\n\"The only reassurance we can give is to demonstrate that we are on the case.\"\n\nOn Thursday, the justice secretary was told of another problem in criminal justice - when inspectors gave him 28 days to come up with an urgent plan to improve Oakhill secure training centre, which holds some of the most serious child offenders.\n\nDavid Lammy, shadow justice secretary, said: \"The Tories allowed this backlog to build up even before the pandemic. It's now clear the Justice Secretary has no idea when these delays will be cleared and no plan to make that happen. [He] needs to get a grip, stop making excuses, and set out a timetable for clearing the backlog.\"", "Liverpool and England legends led the tributes to Roger Hunt at the funeral of the club's record league goalscorer.\n\nKnown as \"Sir Roger\" to Reds fans, he died at the age of 83 in September.\n\nHundreds of Liverpool fans gathered at Anfield as the funeral cortege paused outside the ground ahead of a service at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral at 11:00 BST.\n\nHunt scored 244 goals for the club and the striker was part of England's 1966 World Cup-winning side.\n\nHis wife Rowan, children David and Julie, stepchildren Katie and Wayne and extended family were joined by about 400 mourners.\n\nLiverpool legends Roy Evans, Kevin Keegan, Ian Callaghan and Ian Rush also joined senior executives from the club for the hour-long service of celebration.\n\nThe coffin, draped in a red Liverpool flag, left the cathedral as the club's anthem You'll Never Walk Alone played before departing for a private ceremony at Anfield Crematorium.\n\nEx-England manager Keegan said Hunt was part of the \"exclusive\" club of players who had scored more than 200 league goals for Liverpool.\n\n\"He was a World Cup winner in 1966. He was Liverpool's top scorer for eight years. He scored the first goal on Match of the Day. He scored five hat-tricks in a season. I could go on and on,\" he told the congregation.\n\nHunt's England World Cup strike partner Sir Geoff Hurst was not present at the service but his eulogy was read by Liverpool's club chaplain Bill Bygroves.\n\n\"Roger was a great player, a very special person and a class act who I was privileged to have as my strike partner but - more importantly - my friend,\" he said.\n\nComedian and Liverpool fan Jimmy Tarbuck, who was friends with Hunt, also paid tribute at the service.\n\n\"To be born a gentleman is an accident, to die one is an achievement,\" he said.\n\n\"Thanks for all the pleasure I got from watching you, it was just a joy. I am honoured to be called a friend of yours.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLiverpool fan Vince Tolley said he travelled from Southend in Essex to pay tribute to his \"idol\" Hunt.\n\n\"I used to have a Liverpool shirt in those days in the 60s it was just an ordinary red shirt with a white cuff and my mum actually put the number eight on the back for me,\" he said.\n\nPaying tribute last month, Reds manager Jurgen Klopp said Hunt \"comes second to no-one in his importance in the history of Liverpool FC\".\n\n\"I am told the Kop christened him 'Sir Roger' for all his achievements. A goalscorer who never stopped working to help his team-mates, I believe he would have fitted well within our current team,\" he said.\n\nFormer Liverpool players Ian Rush and Roy Evans were among the mourners\n\nScores of Liverpool fans have joined former players and family members at the funeral.\n\nAmong those paying tribute at the service was his England World Cup strike partner Sir Geoff Hurst.\n\nIn a message, he said: \"What a player he was. Up there with Kenny Dalglish, Ian Rush, Kevin Keegan and Mo Salah.\"\n\nComedian and Reds fan Jimmy Tarbuck told me: \"He was our Bobby Moore. I loved him.\"\n\nEx-Liverpool striker David Johnson said Hunt was his hero when he was growing up, adding: \"If I scored it wasn't me scoring, it was Roger.\"\n\nFormer Liverpool player and England manager Kevin Keegan said the striker was one of his two favourite players of all time.\n\nAt the start of the funeral Rev Dr Neil Barnes described Hunt as a \"national icon\".\n\nOne fan said although he was never officially knighted, the Kop called him \"Sir\" Roger Hunt, and that probably meant more to him.\n\nBorn in Golborne in Cheshire on 20 July 1938, Hunt signed for Liverpool in 1958 and made his 492nd and final appearance for the club in 1969.\n\nUnder legendary manager Bill Shankly he helped the club out of the Second Division in 1962 by scoring 41 goals in as many games.\n\nLiverpool then won the First Division in 1964 and 1966 either side of a first FA Cup win in 1965.\n\nLiverpool anthem You'll Never Walk Alone was played at the service\n\nHunt also had a successful three seasons with Bolton Wanderers after leaving Anfield in 1969.\n\nThe forward won 34 England caps, scoring 18 international goals after making his debut in 1962 when Liverpool were in English football's second tier.\n\nHe played in every game of the 1966 World Cup and scored three times to help England out of their group.\n\nThe funeral took place at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Domino's Pizza says it intends to hire more than 8,000 drivers in the UK and Ireland in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nThe fast-food chain has already recruited thousands of workers in the past year or so to keep up with demand.\n\nThe latest move comes as a nationwide shortage of goods vehicle drivers continues to plague the UK economy.\n\nDomino's said it offered good long-term prospects, as more than 90% of store managers had started in the kitchen or as delivery drivers.\n\nIt also stressed that most of the jobs on offer were permanent and not just for Christmas.\n\nHowever, it may still have a struggle recruiting the workers it needs, according to analysis by job site Indeed.\n\nAt the start of this month, the share of searches being made for seasonal roles by jobseekers was 27% lower than in the same period in 2019 and down 33% on its 2018 level.\n\nIn June, Domino's said it was hiring 5,000 cooks and delivery drivers, as staff who joined during the pandemic headed back to former roles after Covid restrictions eased.\n\nDomino's operations director Nicola Frampton said 2021 had been a busy year for the firm so far, but the busiest period was \"just around the corner\".\n\n\"Our delivery drivers are vital to the service we provide our customers and the success of our business, so we're really keen to hear from those wanting to join.\"\n\nAt the same time, Domino's said sales in the 13 weeks to 26 September were up 8.8% on a like-for-like basis to £375.8m.\n\nOrders collected from stores rose 40.3% and are now at 82% of pre-pandemic levels.\n\nThe chain said it was still on target to open 30 new stores this year, having opened five in the latest trading period.\n\nThe company said it sold seven pizzas each second over the 13 weeks, with online orders peaking at 13 a second on 3 July during England's match against Ukraine in the Euro 2020 football tournament.\n\nBut it also warned that supply chain problems and rising staff wages were starting to have an effect.\n\n\"We have seen some impact from the well-publicised pressures on labour availability and food cost inflation, which we expect to extend into next year, but continue to take proactive, preventative measures to ensure our world-class supply chain service levels are maintained and that cost increases are constrained.\"", "Hazrat Wali died in hospital following the attack on Craneford Way\n\nA 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a teenager was stabbed to death on a playing field in south-west London.\n\nPolice found Hazrat Wali, 18, fatally injured in Craneford Way, Twickenham, at 16:45 BST on Tuesday.\n\nThe Richmond upon Thames College student was taken to hospital but died an hour later.\n\nThe Met said the 16-year-old boy had been arrested on suspicion of murder and remained in custody.\n\nMr Wali was found with stab injuries at the park on Tuesday afternoon\n\nThe principal of the college Jason Jones has paid tribute to Mr Wali, who was from Notting Hill, saying he would be remembered \"fondly as a bright and polite young man, well liked by staff and his close-knit group of friends\".\n\nDr Jones added: \"This loss is sure to raise many emotions, concerns, and questions for our students, parents, staff and local community.\n\n\"Safety remains our number one priority and we will continue to do all we can to keep our students safe at college.\"\n\nScotland Yard said a post-mortem examination was set to take place on Friday.\n\nThe force has appealed for anyone with information or footage of the attack to get in touch.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The pair performing on the first episode of this year's show\n\nComedian Robert Webb and his dance partner, Dianne Buswell, are withdrawing from Strictly Come Dancing.\n\nPeep Show star Webb, who had open heart surgery two years ago, made the decision due to ill health.\n\nHe said he had an urgent consultation with his heart specialist after experiencing symptoms and she recommended he pull out of the series.\n\nA Strictly spokeswoman said the BBC One show would continue as normal this weekend, despite Webb's departure.\n\nWebb, 49, said he was \"extremely sorry\" to have to leave the competition, adding: \"It became clear that I had bitten off way more than I could chew for this stage in my recovery.\"\n\n\"I'm proud of the three dances that Dianne Buswell and I managed to perform and deeply regret having to let her down like this,\" he said.\n\n\"I couldn't have wished for a more talented partner or more patient teacher, and it's a measure of Dianne's professionalism and kindness that I was able to get as far as I did.\"\n\nHe thanked everyone who had voted for him and his dance partner, saying he was \"especially touched\" by the support from fellow heart patients - and that he had perhaps been \"too eager to impress them\".\n\nHe said they would know \"that recovery doesn't always go in a straight line\", adding that \"it was always going to be a difficult mountain to climb\".\n\n\"I leave knowing that Strictly viewers are in very safe hands and I'll be cheering for my brother and sister contestants all the way to Christmas,\" he said. \"Despite this sad ending, it has been a genuine honour to be part of this huge, joyful and barking mad TV show.\"\n\nIn a video played on BBC Two's It Takes Two, which announced the news, he said he would \"miss learning new dances and being able to do new dances... it's been a ride\".\n\nRobert Webb, fifth from left, with some of the other stars of this year's show\n\nBuswell said she was a \"massive fan\" of Webb's, had been delighted to learn he was joining the show and being partnered with him was the \"icing on the cake\". She said they had worked hard \"and had a good laugh along the way\".\n\nShe added: \"I know Robert had a lot more to give to the competition but his health of course comes first and I wish him a speedy recovery. I feel lucky to have danced with him and to call him a friend.\"\n\nFellow contestants also sent their best wishes, with BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker saying it had \"been wonderful to watch them enjoying every dance each week\".\n\nStrictly's executive producer Sarah James thanked the pair for the \"commitment, creativity and joy they brought to the show\".\n\nShe said they were \"so sad\" but completely understood and supported his decision, adding that everyone on Strictly sent \"love and best wishes for his continued recovery\".\n\nWebb and Buswell had performed three dances together, most recently as Kermit and Miss Piggy in last weekend's Movie Week show.\n\nThey danced a quickstep to The Muppet Show theme, from The Muppets Movie, on Saturday night and scored 25 points from the judges. Viewers gave them enough votes to avoid the dance off, broadcast on Sunday.\n\nWebb, who previously became a fan favourite with a Flashdance routine on Let's Dance for Comic Relief, had said it was his health condition that made him want to sign up for Strictly.\n\n\"It's partly my age, and it's partly that nearly two years ago I had quite a big-deal health thing,\" he told the BBC before the live shows began. \"I had to have open heart surgery, so since then I think my attitude is basically, this is no time to be cool, sitting at the edges watching the other people do the dancing.\"", "Nine Moscow restaurants have received prestigious Michelin stars for their food\n\nIt's been described as one of the Russian capital's best-kept secrets: Moscow's restaurants are excellent.\n\nMichelin has published a Moscow Guide, heaping praise on Russian chefs and serving up its prestigious awards. Seven restaurants received one star. Two were awarded two stars.\n\n\"Inspectors have been particularly seduced by the high-quality local produce,\" said Gwendal Poullennec, Michelin Guide International Director.\n\n\"I'm super happy,\" chef Ivan Berezutsky told the BBC. \"It's the favourite moment of my professional life. It's a fantastic moment for Moscow and for Russia.\"\n\nIvan and his brother Sergey are the twin chefs of Twins Garden. Their restaurant received two stars, plus an extra Green star award for sustainable practices.\n\nHow times have changed. When I lived in Moscow in the 1980s, eating out was a chore and a challenge. Restaurants had a reputation for surly service, poor choice and less than appetizing fare. I'll never forget the \"Closed for Lunch\" sign often hung on restaurant doors.\n\nToday the choice of cuisine is mindboggling. Moscow has everything from gastropubs to kosher cafes. Ethiopian, Brazilian, Vietnamese - you name it, you can find it here. Soviet service (thank goodness) is a thing of the past. And food quality is generally very good.\n\nMoscow authorities hope the new Michelin Guide will project a more positive image of the Russian capital\n\nMichelin believes that Moscow could become a new culinary destination for tourists and travellers. And if it does? Some think that foreigners flocking here for the food might somehow ease political tensions between Russia and the West.\n\n\"We are so separate right now, unfortunately,\" says chef Vladimir Mukhin of the White Rabbit restaurant, which received a Michelin star. \"It's like if you have a problem with your wife, but you have breakfast with her at the same table, then you have a future. The table can unite everyone.\"\n\nThe authorities here are hoping that the Michelin Moscow Guide 2022 will project a more positive image of the Russian capital.\n\n\"I am proud that Moscow's restaurants have become a calling card for our wonderful city,\" said Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin at a ceremony near the Kremlin.\n\nBut while the belief is that a gastronomic calling card can bring in more tourists, there's just one problem.\n\nAlthough Russia has taken a great leap forward in terms of cafes and restaurants, the picture is less positive in other areas: like the state of democracy and the high level of anti-western rhetoric here.\n\nIt's things like that which may reduce the appetite of foreign tourists to visit Russia.", "Rich Myers said he would have to stop selling his \"best-selling\" raspberry glazed donut cookies\n\nA bakery has had to stop producing its bestselling biscuit after officials found the treats were topped with illegal sprinkles.\n\nGet Baked in Leeds withdrew its raspberry glazed donut cookies, which contained a banned food colouring.\n\nOwner Rich Myers branded the decision \"ridiculous\" and said alternative sprinkles on the market were \"rubbish\".\n\nWest Yorkshire Trading Standards said the imported decoration had fallen foul of UK regulations.\n\nMr Myers said: \"I know it sounds like a small thing but it is a big deal for my business - we used them a lot.\n\n\"Our best-selling cookie, we're not going to be able to sell them any more. For a small independent business that only has a small menu, it's a problem.\"\n\nTrading Standards said the E127 food colouring, also know as Erythrosine, is only approved for use in the UK and EU in cocktail cherries and candied cherries.\n\nThe ingredient has been linked to problems with hyperactivity and behavioural issues in children and a US study suggested an increased risk of thyroid tumours when tested on male rats.\n\n\"[The inspector] said they'd had reports of us using illegal sprinkles and I actually laughed by mistake, then realised he was being serious,\" Mr Myers said.\n\n\"To whoever reported us to Trading Standards, all I have to say is: 'Dear Lord, what a sad little life Jane'.\"\n\nHe said he sourced the US-made cake toppers from a UK-based wholesaler, adding that other products on the market were not as good.\n\n\"British sprinkles are rubbish,\" he said.\n\n\"They run and aren't bake-stable. The colours aren't vibrant and they just don't look very good.\"\n\nThe bakery uses the decorations on a number of products\n\nMr Myers' plight was recognised by two former Great British Bake Off contestants, who sympathised with his desire to obtain suitable ingredients.\n\nEdd Kimber, 2010 winner, agreed supermarket sprinkles were \"not as good\".\n\n\"It is what he's designing his product around, so I feel his pain,\" he added.\n\nFellow contestant Hermine Dossou, who was a semi-finalist in the 2020 show, called on sprinkle makers in the UK to \"step up their game\".\n\n\"I get where Trading Standards is coming from, but it comes back to the everything in moderation argument,\" she said.\n\nA spokesperson for West Yorkshire Trading Standards said: \"We can confirm that we have advised the business concerned the use of E127 is not permitted in this type of confectionery item.\n\n\"We stand by this advice and would urge all food business operators, when seeking to use imported foods containing additives, to check that they are permitted for use in the UK.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A community hoping to take over Britain's remotest mainland pub has won more than £500,000 in funding.\n\nThe Old Forge in Inverie is on the Knoydart Peninsula in Lochaber.\n\nThe only way of reaching the village - and its pub - is by walking 18 miles (29km) or making a seven-mile (11km) sea crossing.\n\nThe Old Forge went up for sale earlier this year for offers over £425,000, and the community has now won £508,000 from the Scottish Land Fund.\n\nKnoydart's coast and mountains have been described as mainland Britain's last wilderness.\n\nThe pub's Belgian owner Jean-Pierre Robinet revealed in January he was selling up after running the business for 10 years.\n\nThe small community of just over 100 people held a consultation on a community buyout.\n\nSeventy took part, with almost all backing the idea, and The Old Forge Community Society was set up.\n\nAlthough the group has secured the funding it does not mean it will be the winning bidder.\n\nThe award is part of more than £1.1m of funding for eight groups, aimed at putting local assets in the hands of local communities.\n\nThe list was announced by the Scottish government's land reform minister, Mairi McAllan, during Community Land Week.\n\nShe said: \"All across Scotland, communities are taking ownership of the land and buildings that matter to them with the support of the Scottish Land Fund.\n\n\"I know how hard people will have worked to develop their projects and to achieve this success, and I look forward to seeing the benefits for their communities.\"\n\nOther projects awarded funding were in Port Bannatyne, Canna, Easter Breich, the Western Isles, Shetland, Stirling and Renfrewshire.\n\nThe only way of reaching Inverie - and its pub - is by walking 18 miles or making a seven-mile sea crossing", "Restocking popular Barbie dolls is likely to be a problem, says The Entertainer.\n\nOne of the UK's biggest toy retailers is warning delays at UK ports will result in shortages this Christmas.\n\nGary Grant, boss of The Entertainer, said it would get harder to get stock to the right places at the right time.\n\nBarbie dolls and Paw Patrol toys are among the children's favourites he expects to run out fast.\n\nThe government said that Felixstowe had reported \"improved capacity over the past few days\".\n\nA container logjam at ports, including Felixstowe, and a shortage of HGV lorry drivers has sparked widespread concern among retailers about future stocks.\n\nMr Grant said his 170 shops are looking \"very full right now\". But he added that demand \"will outstrip availability\" because there aren't enough drivers to move the company's stock.\n\n\"There'll never be toy shops with no toys. There will be toy shops without all the toys that they would normally expect to have due to the shortages, and that is largely down to transportation and warehouse issues, rather than there being a shortage of toys.\"\n\nThe shortage of drivers means that shipment containers are being offloaded but left stacked on the quayside waiting for collection. The dearth of drivers also means there is a delay in returning empty containers for re-use.\n\nThe problems come at the busiest time of the year for retailers, when most goods are imported from Asia to sell during Christmas trading.\n\nThomas O'Brien, managing director of Leeds-based toy designer Boxer Gifts, which manufacturers its products in China, said there's \"plenty of stock\" but the real problem is that \"everything takes longer and is horrendously more expensive\" which means the company \"will be struggling to keep price increases to anything lower than 10%\".\n\nItems that are in short supply include a sloth soft toy and the moody cow stress ball.\n\n\"Ironically the moody cow which we're short of is almost a nice acronym for how feel at the moment,\" he added.\n\nThe 'Moody Cow' stress ball is in short supply at the moment.\n\nWhile there are alternative toys, Mr O'Brien said the firm has lost six weeks of \"planning time\" to be able to re-stock at short notice.\n\nHe said containers shipped from Qingdao, China to Felixstowe are costing him $15,000 (£11,003) rather than the normal rate of $2,500 in 2020.\n\nEntrepreneur Jack Griffiths, co-founder of loungewear company Snuggy, said he is expecting containers on five different ships, holdings £1m worth of Christmas items, to arrive over the next week but they will now be delayed by three weeks.\n\n\"We're seasonal and we have to make the most of these months, 80% of our turnover comes from October to February.\"\n\nIn November, the business usually takes £500,000 worth of sales which Mr Griffiths said he \"probably won't be able to get in if we don't get that stock in time\".\n\nThe company has already run out of the SnuggyPod product which was due to arrive two weeks ago. Mr Griffiths said the product \"probably won't arrive for three weeks at Felixstowe and then it'll take three weeks to get them out of the port due to the driver issues\". He added that because the SnuggyPod is the firm's original design, there aren't any alternatives.\n\n\"As the weeks go by I can only see it getting worse which is just something we don't want to think about\".\n\nMr Griffiths anticipates he will have to get products shipped by railway and air rather than sea. It comes after £400,000 worth of his stock was delayed earlier in the year when it got stuck on the Ever Given ship which blocked the Suez Canal.\n\nMr Griffiths said that because the SnuggyPod is an original design, there aren't any alternatives.\n\nSteve Parks, director at Seaport Freight which deals with food shipments from overseas as well as other goods, says moving products from Rotterdam port to Felixstowe is delaying goods by two to three weeks.\n\n\"So things like coconut milk, frozen fish and carpets are being delayed from China.\"\n\nWhile Mr Parks said Britain's shortfall in HGV drivers is \"largely\" to blame for the congestion at the port, other countries are experiencing problems, including the US and China.\n\n\"This is absolutely the worst period I have known, ever,\" he said. \"We can't get space on ships coming out of the Far East.\"\n\nA Department for Transport spokesperson said that fluctuating capacity at ports \"has been exacerbated by the ongoing global container and HGV driver shortages\".\n\n\"All ports across the UK remain open to shipping lines with Felixstowe reporting improved capacity over the past few days and the government continues to work closely with the freight industry, to tackle the challenges faced by some ports this autumn,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nAndrew Goodacre, chief executive of the British Independent Retailers Association, said there was \"no need to panic buy\" but advised customers to start their normal shopping process earlier.\n\n\"If you see something you want, now is the time to buy as retailers have most of their Christmas stock, but we can't guarantee having supplies of everything over the next few weeks\".\n\n\"It's a challenge for small retailers because they don't have the cash to stockpile,\" he added.\n\nThe UK's biggest commercial port Felixstowe told the BBC that it currently had 50,000 containers which were waiting to be collected, due to a shortage of HGV lorry drivers.\n\nOfficials at the port have asked the shipping lines to reduce their empty container stocks as \"quickly as possible\".\n\n\"It's not the port of Felixstowe affecting the supply chain, it's the supply chain affecting the port of Felixstowe,\" it said, adding that the problems are \"similar at all major UK ports\".\n\nDanish shipping giant Maersk has been forced to divert some of its larger ships from Felixstowe to ports in the Netherlands and Belgium to avoid delays. Smaller ships are then transporting the goods to the UK.\n\nA spokesman for the port of Rotterdam said it has been busy over the last couple of weeks, but said: \"It's more to do with Covid than anything else because of the balance of empty and full containers being in the wrong place.\"\n\nThe pandemic is also being blamed in part for bottlenecks at US ports. President Joe Biden will meet with major US retailers as well as the bosses of ports on Wednesday to address the issues.\n\nSultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chief executive Dubai-based DP World, the global logistics giant which operates out of Southampton and London Gateway, said \"nobody knows how long it's going to take\" to resolve the congestion and shipping container shortages.\n\n\"I think it's going to take a long time,\" he said, adding: \"The problem is complicated because you have a backlog of cargo.\"\n\nThe UK Ports Association trade group, said most UK ports were operating normally but that the shortage of drivers meant \"some delays\".\n\n\"This has meant that some freight is not being collected as rapidly as it would normally. The situation is impacting all types of ports, not just container terminals.\n\nIndustry bodies estimate there is a shortage of about 100,000 drivers. It has been caused by several factors, including European drivers who went home during the pandemic, Brexit and a backlog of HGV driver tests.\n\nThe government recently drafted in military personnel to help with the driver shortages and deliver fuel. Emergency temporary visas have also been issued to foreign drivers.\n\nConservative Party chair Oliver Dowden told the BBC that the government was increasing the number of people having tests and that he would \"expect that number to increase as we approach Christmas\".\n\nAsked about potential Christmas shortages, he told Sky news: \"The situation is improving, I'm confident that people will be able to get their toys for Christmas.\"", "Claudia Webbe was found guilty of using a misogynistic insult and threatening a woman with acid\n\nAn MP who made threatening phone calls to a woman because she was jealous of her relationship with her partner has been found guilty of harassing her.\n\nClaudia Webbe, 56, a former Labour MP for Leicester East, who is now independent, was found guilty of one charge of harassment.\n\nWestminster Magistrates' Court heard she made several calls over two years and threatened the woman with acid.\n\nAfter the verdict, Webbe said she was \"deeply shocked\" and would appeal.\n\nThe prosecution said Webbe, of Islington, north London, made 16 calls to 59-year-old Michelle Merritt, a friend of her partner Lester Thomas, between September 2018 and April last year.\n\nThe court heard on one occasion she made an \"angry\" call, used a derogatory term and added: \"You should be acid.\"\n\nIn another she threatened to send naked photos and videos of Ms Merritt to her family and made silent calls from a withheld number, the hearing was told.\n\nDuring cross-examination on Wednesday, Webbe, who was suspended by the Labour party, said she had never met Ms Merritt and \"there was no reason for any falling out\".\n\nShe claimed a recorded phone call on 25 April in which Webbe was heard saying \"get out of my relationship\" 11 times was taken out of context.\n\nWebbe said it had been during a heated argument with Mr Thomas over breaching the Covid-19 lockdown with Ms Merritt.\n\n\"I simply called her and asked her not to break lockdown with Lester,\" she said.\n\n\"She was breaking the rules and I was just pointing it out. I'm the victim.\"\n\nWebbe claimed she was a victim of \"domestic abuse and coercive control\" and was being \"goaded and gaslighted\" during the row, which resulted in police being called after a neighbour reported her screams.\n\nShe confirmed she was still in a relationship with Mr Thomas and they were engaged.\n\nWebbe told the court she was still with her partner Lester Thomas\n\nWebbe previously said: \"I have spent my lifetime campaigning for the rights of women, for challenging this type of behaviour and this is not something that is in my character and not something I would ever do.\"\n\nPaul Hynes QC representing Webbe read out character references from former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott.\n\nMs Abbott said the defendant was \"very committed to working to support women\", describing her \"warm, empathetic manner\" and added: \"I regard her as a very honest woman.\"\n\nWhile Mr Corbyn said she was \"very committed to ensuring the administration of justice is done\" and prepared to \"state uncomfortable truths when it matters\".\n\nHowever, District Judge Paul Goldspring said he had found Webbe \"untruthful\" in her evidence.\n\n\"Some of the things she said I believe were made up on the spur of the moment,\" he said.\n\n\"Some things she said in the witness box just don't bear scrutiny.\n\n\"In short, I find Ms Webbe to be vague, incoherent and at times illogical.\"\n\nHe released Webbe on unconditional bail but warned her that she could face prison when she is sentenced on 4 November.\n\n\"Threatening to throw acid at somebody and to send intimate photographs to family members crosses the custody threshold,\" he added.\n\nAfter the verdict, Webbe said: \"I am innocent and will appeal this verdict. As I said in court and repeat now, I have never threatened violence nor have I ever harassed anyone.\"\n\nHer lawyer, Raj Chada, added: \"The recording of the call Ms Webbe made has been taken out of context. We are sure that Ms Webbe will be vindicated at an appeal.\"\n\nLisa Rose from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Webbe's \"persistent nuisance behaviour caused considerable distress and alarm to her victim who became genuinely concerned for her safety\".\n\n\"No-one should have to endure this sort of harassment,\" she added.\n\nThe Labour Party called on Webbe to step down after the verdict.\n\nA spokesperson added: \"The Labour Party strongly condemns Claudia Webbe's actions and she should now resign.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "New rules allowing travellers returning to England to take lateral flow tests instead of more expensive PCR tests will come into force on 24 October.\n\nThe government says the changes will take effect in time for families returning from half term breaks.\n\nFully vaccinated passengers will be told to upload photos of their Covid-19 tests for verification.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said it would make travel easier and simpler.\n\nThe travel industry had said it was vital to make the changes to the Covid travel tests in time for the half term holiday.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, said: \"This is great news and we're pleased to get it over the line in time for the crucial half term period, which will be a massive relief to families desperate to get away this autumn.\"\n\nAlong with last week's reduction of the travel red list and the recognition of vaccinations administered in more foreign countries, the change is \"a major step forward that will support the desperately needed recovery of our sector,\" he said.\n\nThe changes come as the UK continues to record the highest level of Covid-19 infections and deaths in western Europe, with another 45,066 cases recorded on Thursday - the largest number since late July.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Laura Foster explains how lateral flow tests work and how to do one\n\nA further 157 deaths were also recorded.\n\nPolicy on travel is devolved, but Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have previously aligned with policy in England, citing the practicalities of the shared border.\n\nBut Wales criticised replacing PCR tests, which are often described as the gold standard for Covid testing, with lateral flow tests, saying that along with other relaxed measures it would \"considerably increase\" the risk of new variants coming into the country.\n\nUnder the existing system, PCR tests taken on day two after returning to England can cost about £75 per person.\n\nWhen the changes come into effect, anyone who receives a positive result from their lateral flow test will be required to self-isolate and to take a free PCR test to confirm it.\n\nTravellers due to arrive in England from 24 October onwards will be able to order their lateral flow tests from 22 October, when a list of approved providers will be published on the gov.uk website.\n\nNHS Test and Trace tests - which can be ordered for free - cannot be used for international travel, the government said.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"We want to make going abroad easier and cheaper, whether you're travelling for work or visiting friends and family.\"\n\nHe said the change was made possible by the high levels of vaccination, which means \"we can safely open up travel as we learn to live with the virus\".\n\nMr Shapps said: \"Taking away expensive mandatory PCR testing will boost the travel industry and is a major step forward in normalising international travel and encouraging people to book holidays with confidence.\"\n\nDoes this change come in time for your holiday? Did you decide not to travel this year due to the cost of testing? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A consultation has opened on a \"significant\" redrawing of Scotland's electoral map, with widespread changes to Westminster constituencies.\n\nPopulation changes mean Scotland is due to lose two MPs as part of the review, while England will gain ten.\n\nMajor alterations are to be made to boundaries across the country to ensure seats are roughly equal.\n\nA series of consultations and public hearings will be held, and the plans will need to be confirmed by MPs.\n\nMore sweeping changes which would have seen the House of Commons reduced from 650 seats to 600 were considered in 2017, but were ultimately scrapped.\n\nBy law, the electoral map needs to be reviewed on a regular basis to keep it up to date with demographic changes - for example, so that fast-growing urban areas have enough representatives, and so that MPs all represent a similar number of voters.\n\nThe current set of Westminster boundaries have been in place since 2005, when Scotland dropped from 72 constituencies down to 59.\n\nThe review is carried out by independent boundary commissioners in each part of the country according to a strict set of rules based on how big each seat should be in terms of population and geographical size.\n\nAside from island constituencies like Orkney and Shetland, which are protected, each seat should comprise between 69,724 and 77,062 voters.\n\nOnly 18 of Scotland's current constituencies fit this quota, and only nine will be untouched by the review.\n\nConstituencies in mainland Scotland would see major alterations to electoral map boundaries\n\nIt was announced in January that the quota for constituency size meant Scotland would have two fewer MPs than under previous boundaries. England would gain ten, while Wales would lose eight.\n\nThe proposals from the Boundary Commission for Scotland underline how this could work in practice, with one seat taken from the Glasgow area and another from the area covering Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Highlands.\n\nThese are not the only changes planned, however, with \"significant\" alterations needed to adhere to the strict limits on the number of electors in each area and ensure fairness at the ballot box.\n\nProf Ailsa Henderson - one of the boundary commissioners - pointed out that Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross currently has almost 47,000 voters - while Linlithgow and East Falkirk has 88,000.\n\nShe said this meant that \"votes in small constituencies can be worth the equivalent of two votes in the larger constituency\", adding: \"If everyone is selecting representatives to the same legislature, but their votes are worth more based purely on where they live, then that is obviously a problem.\"\n\nThe boundary commissioners have to sketch out new constituency lines across an incredibly nuanced framework of geographical features, population centres, council wards and historical communities.\n\nAnd, as the eight-week consultation will underline, they also have to think about people.\n\nPast reviews have elicited a vast range of responses, from fury to incomprehension. People invest part of their personal identity into where they're from and indeed where they're not from, and are often suspicious of change.\n\nFor example, the ultimately binned 2017 review attracted a deluge of comments from people in Perthshire and Fife who really didn't like the idea of sharing a constituency - one of whom threatened to leave the country altogether if the changes went through.\n\nThere will also be the usual predictable political posturing from parties seeking to paint the non-partisan exercise as some kind of gerrymandering.\n\nBut at the end of the day, times change and populations are not static. At times the commissioners might have a difficult and seemingly thankless task on their hands - but they argue it is a necessary one to ensure our elections are fair.\n\nThe commission is carrying out an eight-week consultation on the proposals, before a series of public hearings are held in early 2022.\n\nThe plans will be refined ahead of a further consultation later that year, with recommendations to be submitted to parliament by July 2023.\n\nThe next Westminster election is expected the following year, although that could still change.\n\nThe Boundary Commissions for England and Wales have already begun initial consultations, while another will get underway in Northern Ireland later this year.\n\nLord Matthews - a senior judge and deputy chairman of the Boundary Commission for Scotland - said: \"I believe this is a promising start to delivering the requirements of the new rules that mean the number of constituencies in Scotland will reduce from 59 to 57, and that each mainland constituency must have broadly the same number of electors.\n\n\"Today is the beginning of a process, and we now want to hear the views of the public. We strongly encourage voters to make their views heard.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Highlights from the Queen's visit to the Senedd\n\nThe Queen has officially opened the Welsh Assembly saying it marked a \"further significant development in the history of devolution in Wales\".\n\nShe was greeted with music and poetry as she arrived at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay at about 11:30 BST on Tuesday.\n\nThe Only Boys Aloud choir, harpist Anne Denholm and the National Youth Choir of Wales were among the performers.\n\nFirst Minister Carwyn Jones said all AMs had a duty to work together to \"deliver for the people we serve\".\n\nAddressing politicians in the Senedd as she opened the fifth Welsh Assembly, the Queen said the institution was \"an achievement in which all who care about Wales can take pride\".\n\n\"Your responsibilities are great and the expectations are high, but I have no doubt you will continue to succeed as you discharge these new duties,\" she said.\n\nThe Queen and Duke of Edinburgh arrived at the Senedd followed by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall\n\n\"I wish you every success as you prepare to meet the challenges of these constitutional changes, and to help realise the potential of the assembly for future generations.\"\n\nFirst Minister Carwyn Jones emphasised that \"no single party\" had a majority in the assembly chamber.\n\n\"No individual has a monopoly on good ideas and no person should feel excluded from out work,\" he said.\n\n\"It's required of us all, a duty, to be true to our values and to respect the mandate on which we were elected but ultimately to work together.\n\n\"To discuss, to compromise and to act in a respectful way that allows us all, collectively, to deliver for the people we serve.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Queen praises the 'remarkable record of achievement' of the assembly\n\nThe Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall also attended the royal opening.\n\nChildren and young people from a range of schools and organisations across Wales gathered on the steps of the Senedd to welcome them.\n\nA new poem by the National Poet of Wales, Ifor ap Glyn was also presented to mark the Queen's 90th birthday.\n\nPresiding Officer Elin Jones urged AMs to show \"passion in our debate, prudence in conciliation\".\n\n\"We have been elected by the people of this country, and we commit to being their voice and to providing the standard of service and leadership they deserve and demand of us,\" she added.\n\nThe mace was carried into the Senedd chamber by assembly security manager Chetan Patel, before Ms Jones officially welcomes the royal visitors.\n\nA large screen outside the Senedd relayed proceedings to members of the public, who were invited inside for free Welsh cakes and tours of the building after the ceremony.\n\nThe Queen's arrival in Cardiff was marked by a 21-gun salute\n\nPrince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall later attended a reception with AMs at the Wales Millennium Centre, and viewed the field of poppies outside its entrance which commemorates soldiers who died in World War One.\n\nThe Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh also opened a new £44m brain research centre at Cardiff University.\n• None BBC One Wales: Royal Opening of the Assembly\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Oliver Barker brought down the hammer on the record sale\n\nA Banksy artwork which shredded itself at a previous auction has sold for a record £16m.\n\nLove is in the Bin was what remained of the artist's live destruction of his piece Girl with Balloon, which sold for £1m in 2018.\n\nIt went under the hammer at Sotheby's in London on Thursday, selling for £16m - vastly over its £4-6m guide price.\n\nThe sale, which saw nine bidders battle for around 10 minutes, beats the previous record of £16.8m set for Banksy in March.\n\nAfter closing bidding, auctioneer Oliver Barker joked he was relieved that the artwork was \"still there\".\n\nBefore opening the bidding, Mr Barker said that the painting became an \"unexpected piece of performance art\" when it shredded in the same auction room after being sold to a \"private European investor\" three years ago.\n\nOpening bids at £2.5m, its price tag hit £10m within minutes as numerous offers were placed.\n\nBidding then gradually climbed to a record £15m as the race progressively narrowed down between fewer bidders.\n\nThere were a few tentative moments after bidder Nick Buckley Wood, representing a private investor, waited to see if anyone would outdo his client's £16m offer.\n\nA shake of the head from his rival finally indicated they were out of the running.\n\nMr Barker said: \"At £16m ladies and gentlemen we are selling the Banksy at Sotheby's.\n\n\"You were here for this fantastic moment.\"\n\nHe then drew laughter from the audience after saying: \"I can't tell you how terrified I am to bring down this hammer.\"\n\nIn keeping with his irreverent guerrilla style, Love is in the Bin saw Banksy poke fun at the art world.\n\nSotheby's contemporary art chairman Alex Branczik said the stunt \"did not so much destroy an artwork by shredding it, but instead created one\".\n\n\"Today, this piece is considered heir to a venerated legacy of anti-establishment art,\" he added, labelling it as \"the ultimate Banksy artwork and a true icon of recent art history\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The anonymous artist uploaded a video of the destruction onto Instagram but soon deleted the post\n\nBack in 2018, moments after the hammer fell at the auction, alarms sounded and the canvas dropped through a hidden shredder built into the bottom.\n\nThe unnamed European woman who bought the piece said: \"At first I was shocked, but I realised I would end up with my own piece of art history.\"\n\nFormer BBC arts editor Will Gompertz wrote at the time that he believed Love is in the Bin would go on to be seen as \"one of the most significant artworks of the early 21st Century\".\n\n\"It is not a great painting that can be compared to a late Rembrandt, or a sculpture to sit alongside Michelangelo's David, but in terms of conceptual art emanating from [Marcel] Duchamp's Dadaist sensibility, it is exceptional,\" he added.\n\n\"It was brilliant in both conception and execution.\"\n\n\"What is Love is in the Bin?\" he asked. \"Is it a painting? Or, is it now a piece of conceptual art? Or should it be classified as a sculpture? Or is it rubbish?\n\n\"Who decides? Who knows? Duchamp would say it is up to you to decide.\"\n\nThe piece had been on permanent loan to the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart museum in Germany since March 2019.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Queen spoke about her affection for Scotland and the challenges of Covid\n\nThe Queen has spoken of her \"deep and abiding affection\" for Scotland as she officially opened the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood.\n\nHer Majesty was joined at the ceremony by Prince Charles and Camilla, The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay.\n\nIt was the first time she had attended the ceremony without Prince Philip, who died this year aged 99.\n\nAs at the last opening in 2016, The Queen was greeted by Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon.\n\nAfterwards she met people nominated as \"local heroes\" for their work in the community during the Covid pandemic.\n\nAt the start of the ceremony, Her Majesty addressed MSPs gathered in the debating chamber.\n\nShe congratulated the parliament for being able to mark the new session safely in a \"very trying period\", and noted that it had been at the heart of Scotland's response to the pandemic.\n\n\"As we all step out from adverse and uncertain times, occasions such as this today provide an opportunity for hope and optimism,\" Her Majesty said.\n\n\"Marking this new session does indeed bring a sense of beginning and renewal.\"\n\nShe urged MSPs to work together despite their differences of opinion.\n\nCelebrating people who have made an \"extraordinary contribution\" during the pandemic, The Queen noted the \"countless examples of resilience and goodwill\" that have made a difference to others.\n\nShe told the chamber: \"I have spoken before of my deep and abiding affection for this wonderful country and of the many happy memories Prince Philip and I always held of our time here.\n\n\"It is often said that it is the people that make a place and there are few places where this is truer than it is in Scotland, as we have seen in recent times.\"\n\nThe monarch, who has been on her annual break at Balmoral Castle, will return to Scotland next month for COP26, when the \"eyes of the world\" will be on Glasgow.\n\nThe Scottish Parliament has a key role to \"help create a better, healthier future for us all and engage with the people they represent, especially our young people\", The Queen added.\n\nThe Queen was greeted at the Scottish Parliament by Edinburgh Lord Provost Frank Ross\n\nMs Sturgeon and the Scottish Parliament's presiding officer Alison Johnstone both reflected on the new diverse nature of the new parliament.\n\n\"I'm heartened that this parliament is the most diverse that we have ever returned,\" Ms Johnstone said in her opening remarks, noting the first women of colour elected to the chamber.\n\n\"I wish it hadn't taken so long,\" she added.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the chamber better reflected Scotland as a nation \"proud to call itself simply home for everyone who chooses to live here\".\n\nShe said all parties had more to do but there were more women, people of colour and people with disabilities in the Parliament than ever before.\n\nResponding to the Queen's speech, the First Minister offered the parliament's \"deep sympathy and shared sorrow at your loss\" and thanked her for being a \"steadfast friend of our parliament since its establishment in 1999\".\n\nMs Sturgeon continued: \"As we battle through the storm of a global pandemic, hope and the hankering for change is perhaps felt more strongly by more people than at any time in our recent history.\n\n\"That gives this Parliament a momentous responsibility and a historic opportunity.\n\n\"Covid has been the biggest crisis to confront the world since the Second World War - it has caused pain and heartbreak, it has exposed and exacerbated the inequalities within our society.\n\n\"But it has also revealed humankind's boundless capacity for inventiveness, solidarity and love.\n\n\"And for those of us in public service, it has reminded us that with collective political will, changes that we might previously have thought impossible or just too difficult can indeed be achieved.\n\n\"In the months ahead, we must take the same urgency and resolve with which we have confronted this pandemic and apply it to the hard work of recovery and renewal, to the task of building a fairer and greener future for this and the generations who come after us.\"\n\nDue to ongoing Covid restrictions, only invited guests were able to attend.\n\nThey watched a recorded programme of music and entertainment which organisers said reflected \"the rich diversity of Scotland's communities\".\n\nThe newly-appointed Makar, or national poet, Kathleen Jamie recited a poem specially written for the event.\n\nThe Royal Conservatoire Brass performed Fanfare for the Opening of Parliament 2021 from Glasgow Cathedral.\n\nMichael Biggins, BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2021, also performed Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns from the BBC Pacific Quay building in Glasgow.\n\nScottish Parliament clerk Rea Cris carried the mace ahead of The Queen as she entered the debating chamber.\n\nMs Cris said: \"It is an honour for me to take on this role within the parliament.\n\n\"The mace is part of the parliament's history and tradition, but the principles engraved on the mace continue to inspire our work today. Compassion is one that inspires me the most.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Prince William says the world's greatest minds are needed to \"repair this planet, not find the next\"\n\nPrince William has suggested entrepreneurs should focus on saving Earth rather than engaging in space tourism.\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge said great brains and minds should be \"trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live\".\n\nHe also warned about a rise in \"climate anxiety\" among younger generations.\n\nWilliam spoke to the BBC's Newscast ahead of the first Earthshot Prize to reward those trying to save the planet.\n\nThe prize's name is a reference to the \"moonshot\" ambition of 1960s America, which saw then-President John F Kennedy pledge to get a man on the moon within a decade.\n\nSpeaking about the current space race and the drive to promote space tourism, William said: \"We need some of the world's greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live.\n\n\"I think that ultimately is what sold it for me - that really is quite crucial to be focusing on this [planet] rather than giving up and heading out into space to try and think of solutions for the future.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, Hollywood actor William Shatner became the oldest person to go to space as he blasted off aboard the Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule developed by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.\n\nSir Richard Branson and Elon Musk are also building up space businesses.\n\nWilliam told Newscast's Adam Fleming he had \"absolutely no interest\" in going as high as space, adding there was a \"fundamental question\" over the carbon cost of space flights.\n\nThe BBC's Adam Fleming interviewed Prince William on the Newscast podcast\n\nHe warned there was \"a rise in climate anxiety\" among young people who whose \"futures are basically threatened the whole time\".\n\n\"It's very unnerving and it's very, you know, anxiety making,\" he said.\n\nThe father-of-three challenged adults to channel their inner child to \"remember how much it meant to be outdoors and what we're robbing those future generations of\".\n\nWilliam also said his father, Prince Charles, had a \"rough ride\" when warning about climate change, adding: \"It's been a hard road for him.\"\n\nHe said Charles, inspired by his father, the late Duke of Edinburgh, \"talked about climate change a lot more, very early on, before anyone else thought it was a topic\".\n\nThe duke added that \"it would be an absolute disaster if [Prince] George is sat here talking\" about saving the planet in 30 year's time.\n\nFive winners of the Earthshot Prize, each receiving £1m, will be announced in a ceremony later this month.\n\nPrince William does Newscast is broadcast on Thursday 14 October. You can watch it on BBC One and the News Channel. You can listen to it BBC Radio 5 Live and on BBC Sounds from 12:00 BST.", "The Queen has visited the Cardiff Bay parliament several times since its formation\n\nThe Home Office advised against the Queen opening the future Welsh Assembly ahead of the devolution referendum in 1997, newly released papers show.\n\nAn official wrote such an event would not be appropriate, with the body not able make new laws at the start.\n\nAs it would be \"wholly subordinate\" to Westminster \"no question of direct relations with the sovereign would arise\", she wrote.\n\nThe monarch went on to attend the official opening of the body in 1999.\n\nThe 1997 files from the National Archives files also show that former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair was urged to visit Wales to bolster support in the vote on whether to set up the Welsh Assembly.\n\nAfter the referendum took place a senior official blamed what he called the Welsh \"language mafia\" for the narrow result.\n\nThe assembly changed its name to the Welsh Parliament/Senedd Cymru in 2020.\n\nIt was established in 1999 following the referendum in September 1997, with 50.3% of voters supporting Yes and 49.7% voting No, on a turnout of 50.22%.\n\nWhen it was created it could not pass its own bills into law, but that changed in 2011 following a further referendum.\n\nA letter from a senior civil servant to the then Wales Office, dated 19 June 1997, said: \"Although it is intended that The Queen or Her representative should formally open the Scottish Parliament, we do not think that the same treatment would be appropriate for the Welsh Assembly, which has no primary legislative functions.\"\n\nIt added that there had been no discussion about it at a cabinet sub-committee on devolution, \"presumably because it was assumed that as a body wholly subordinate to the Westminster Parliament no question of direct relations with the sovereign would arise\".\n\nThe monarch, together with the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles, opened the Assembly on 27 May 1999.\n\nShe has visited the Cardiff Bay parliament on several occasions since, including the official opening of the Senedd building in 2007, and at the start of the last term in 2016.\n\nWelsh ministers also became appointees of the Crown in 2007.\n\nThe Queen officially opened the Senedd building in 2007\n\nThe papers also show that a Downing Street official had urged Tony Blair to visit Wales ahead of the 1997 referendum to campaign for the assembly's creation.\n\nThe official said Welsh public opinion was \"finely balanced\" and Mr Blair should do his \"July regional tour there\".\n\nHowever, the official added: \"Watch out for the Welsh National Show. This is a ghastly cows and National Costume affair.\"\n\nThe former prime minister went on to take part in the pro-devolution campaign, visiting south Wales in July 1997.\n\nThe documents released by the National Archives also included a confidential memo which identified a number of issues with the Yes campaign, proffering suggestions on why the result was not more clear cut.\n\nIt highlighted an \"absence of clear political direction\" and \"no clear campaign strategy\".\n\nThe memo also suggested the campaign failed to adequately counter the accusation from the \"no\" campaign that people \"will be forced to speak Welsh\".\n\nPeter Hain, the parliamentary under-secretary for Wales, was said to be \"particularly concerned about the need to reform Wales' Labour Party\" to ensure it was both \"better at campaigning\" and offered \"proper opportunities for women candidates\".\n\nAnd Pat McFadden, a Downing Street aide who would become a Labour MP in 2005, agreed attacks over cost and allegations of an assembly creating \"jobs for the boys\" were successful \"because we could not advance a good positive reason for having an Assembly\".\n\nHe said: \"In other words, the cost would have been more defensible if it was for something people thought was worth having.\"\n\nHe added, in his note to Jonathan Powell, Mr Blair's chief of staff: \"On the Welsh language you know my view - this scared people in much of Wales who already resent the language mafia.\"\n\nMr Blair later said he \"steamrolled\" devolution into being in Wales despite objections from many within his party.", "Europe's northernmost country, the Kingdom of Norway is famed for its mountains and spectacular fjord coastline, as well as its history as a seafaring power.\n\nIt also enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, in large part due to the discovery in the late 1960s of offshore oil and gas.\n\nIt is a major oil exporter and has resisted the temptation to splurge its windfall, choosing instead to deposit the surplus wealth into its oil fund - now the world's largest sovereign wealth fund.\n\nWhat to do with the money is a hot political issue: whether to use more of it to improve infrastructure or keep it for a rainy day and future generations.\n\nNorway plays an active international role. It has mediated between Israel and the Palestinians as well as in the Sri Lankan conflict, and has participated in military action in Afghanistan and Libya. Ex-premier Jens Stoltenberg is Nato's secretary general.\n\nIt defies a global ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Iceland.\n\nCrown Prince Harald became king on the death of his father Olav V in 1991. Born in 1937, he fled with his mother and siblings to the United States after the German invasion in 1940, while his father and grandfather, the then King Haakon VII, joined the government in exile in London.\n\nKing Harald is a keen sportsman, and represented Norway with distinction as a yachtsman at the Tokyo, Mexico and Munich Olympics. He caused some controversy by marrying a commoner, rather than a royal princess.\n\nThe king has clearly defined constitutional duties. Apart from being head of the armed forces and Church of Norway, he chairs the Council of State once a week. He appoints the government according to which party commands the largest number of seats in parliament, or else on the advice of the head of parliament and the prime minister of the day.\n\nKing Harald has continued the royal family's tradition of unpretentious public duty, and serves as a symbol of the country's strong sense of national identity.\n\nJonas Gahr Store's centre-left Labour Party won the greatest number of seats in the September 2021 general election, but not enough to form a majority government.\n\nIn alliance with the agrarian Centre Party, he leads a minority coalition government, which are common in Nordic countries..\n\nErna Solberg, who had been prime minister since 2013 resigned after her Conservative party ended up with the second-largest number of seats.\n\nStore, like his political mentors Gro Harlem Brundtland and Jens Stoltenberg, is associated with the business-friendly right wing of the Labour Party.\n\nThe media are free and journalists do not face censorship or political pressure, says Reporters Without Borders.\n\nSailors on a replica Viking boat recall an era when their forebears traded and raided across Europe\n\nCirca 800-1050 - Viking Age, in which Scandinavians go on plundering expeditions abroad. Some Norwegians settle at their destinations, including Scotland and Greenland.\n\n1905 - Norwegian parliament, the Storting, proclaims independence from Sweden. Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King.\n\n1940 - German forces invade Norway in April, attacking important ports. fighting lasts for two months.\n\nThe Royal Family and the government flee to Britain in June. A government-in-exile is set up in London. Vidkun Quisling proclaims himself head of government in Norway.\n\n1941 - Quisling introduces martial law due to widespread resistance and acts of sabotage by the Norwegian people.\n\n1945 - German forces in Norway surrender in May. The King returns to Norway in June. Quisling is tried and executed for treason. Norway becomes a charter member of the United Nations.\n\n1959 - Norway becomes founder member of the European Free Trade Association (Efta).\n\nLate 1960s - Oil and gas deposits discovered in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. By the early 1980s they constitute nearly one-third of Norway's annual export earnings.\n\n1970s - Exploitation of oil and gas deposits begins. By the early 1980s they constitute nearly one-third of Norway's annual export earnings.\n\n1994 - Norwegians for the second time reject membership of the European Union in a referendum, by a margin of about 5%.\n\n2011 - Extreme right-winger Anders Behring Breivik carries out a bomb attack and mass shooting, killing more than 70 people in the worst massacre in Norway's modern history.\n\n2016 - The Lutheran Church - to which three-quarters of Norwegians belong - adopts a new liturgy allowing gay couples to marry in church weddings.\n\nThe Northern lights over Tromso in northern Norway\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Queen has officially opened the sixth term of the Senedd - Welsh Parliament, but ahead of the devolution referendum in 1997, she was advised against opening the future Welsh Assembly, recently released papers show.\n\nAn official wrote such an event would not be appropriate, with the body not able make new laws at the start.\n\nAs it would be \"wholly subordinate\" to Westminster, \"no question of direct relations with the sovereign would arise\", she wrote.\n\nThe monarch went on to attend the official opening of the body in 1999.\n\nThe 1997 files from the National Archives also show that former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair was urged to visit Wales to bolster support in the vote on whether to set up the Welsh Assembly.\n\nAfter the referendum took place, a senior official blamed what he called the Welsh \"language mafia\" for the narrow result.\n\nThe assembly changed its name to the Welsh Parliament - Senedd Cymru in 2020.\n\nIt was established in 1999 following the referendum in September 1997, with 50.3% of voters supporting Yes and 49.7% voting No, on a turnout of 50.22%.", "Anthony Kemp told police he would rather spend his last years in prison than sleep on the streets\n\nA homeless man who walked into a police station to admit to a killing he committed almost 40 years ago has been jailed for life for murder.\n\nAnthony Kemp was 21 when he bludgeoned Christopher Ainscough with a marble ashtray after they met on a night out in London in December 1983.\n\nNow aged 59, Kemp confessed to the killing in July, telling police \"I'm not going to sleep on the streets.\"\n\nHe was sentenced at the Old Bailey to a minimum of 15 and a half years in jail.\n\nThe court previously heard Mr Ainscough, 50, had invited Kemp back to his home in Kilburn in the early hours of the morning and was on the sofa when he was attacked.\n\nHis body was found after the head waiter failed to turn up for work at a restaurant in the City.\n\nChristopher Ainscough moved to London from Ireland in the 1950s\n\nThe original murder investigation was closed in 1985 when no leads were found, but was reopened after Kemp confessed to the killing.\n\nOn 28 July he turned up at Chiswick police station and began throwing stones at the window.\n\nHe then told an officer he had murdered someone 40 years ago, explaining that: \"I'd rather do the last few years of my life in bang-up than sleep on the streets.\"\n\nThe court heard that Kemp told police he \"bashed\" his victim's \"brains in\" during an argument, but he did not know what had sparked the row.\n\nHe retracted his confession three days later after being released on bail and blamed the murder on his accomplice from an aggravated burglary in 1988, who had killed himself in prison.\n\nHowever, police matched Kemp's DNA to that left on a cigarette butt in Mr Ainscough's sitting room and he later pleaded guilty to murder.\n\nSentencing Kemp, Judge Mark Dennis QC said: \"This was a wholly unjustified, brutal killing that led to the death of a harmless, well respected, good-natured man who had befriended you and caused you no harm.\"\n\nIn a victim statement read in court, a close friend of Mr Ainscough, who asked not to be named, described him as \"a kind, generous, caring and funny man\" who \"had the extraordinary ability to get on with anybody and everybody\".\n\n\"The brutality of what was done has haunted me,\" she said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sir Gerry Robinson was knighted in 2003 for services to the arts and business\n\nBusinessman and broadcaster Sir Gerry Robinson has died at the age of 72.\n\nSir Gerry, a former chairman and chief executive of Granada TV, died at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland on Thursday.\n\nHe was knighted in 2003 for services to the arts and business.\n\nAs a broadcaster, he presented a number of series for the BBC including I'll Show Them Who's Boss in 2004 and Can Gerry Robinson Fix The NHS? in 2007.\n\nIn 2011, he presented the BBC television show Can't Take It with You, which helped people to write their wills.\n\nOne of 10 siblings, Sir Gerry was born in October 1948.\n\nHe grew up in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, before moving to England as a teenager.\n\nSir Gerry Robinson was chairman of Granada TV from 1996 until 2001\n\nDuring a career which began in 1965, when he joined Matchbox Toys as an accounting clerk, Sir Gerry went on to serve as chairman of drinks giant Allied Domecq, BSkyB and ITN as well as the Arts Council England.\n\nHe joined Granada in 1991 as chief executive and was chairman from 1996 until 2001.\n\nIn 2010, he accused politicians in Northern Ireland of lacking the will to make tough decisions to improve the health service.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSir Gerry and his wife Lady Heather Robinson have lived on Oakfield Park Estate in Raphoe, County Donegal, since 1998, where they opened a botanical garden and a narrow gauge railway.", "Residents in the small Norwegian town of Kongsberg have given their reaction to a bow and arrow attack that left five people dead.\n\nThe suspect, a 37-year-old Danish citizen named Espen Andersen Brathen, is accused of killing four women and a man on Wednesday night.\n\nNorway's security service (PST) said it appears to have been an act of terror.\n\nRead more: Norway attack appears to be terrorism - officials", "Last updated on .From the section Sport Africa\n\nKenyan world record holder Agnes Tirop has been found stabbed to death at her home in the western town of Iten, with police treating her husband as a suspect.\n\nThe two-time World Athletics Championships bronze medallist, who finished fourth in the Olympic 5,000m final two months ago, was 25.\n\nLast month, Tirop set the world record for a women's only 10km road race in Germany.\n\nA criminal investigation is now underway into her death, with police saying her husband has gone missing.\n\nOn Wednesday, crime scene investigators were at the house of Tirop, who police say was reported missing by her father on Tuesday night.\n\n\"When [police] got in the house, they found Tirop on the bed and there was a pool of blood on the floor,\" Tom Makori, head of police for the area, said.\n\n\"They saw she had been stabbed in the neck, which led us to believe it was a knife wound, and we believe that is what caused her death.\n\n\"Her husband is still at large, and preliminary investigations tell us her husband is a suspect because he cannot be found. Police are trying to find her husband so he can explain what happened to Tirop.\"\n\nMakori added that police believe that CCTV in the house may be able to help with their investigation.\n\nTirop was also found dead with a stab wound to her stomach, sources have told the BBC.\n\n\"Athletics Kenya are distraught to learn about the untimely death of World 10,000m bronze medallist Agnes Tirop,\" the country's athletics body said in a statement.\n\n\"We are still working to unearth more details surrounding her demise. Kenya has lost a jewel who was one of the fastest-rising athletics giants on the international stage, thanks to her eye-catching performances on the track.\"\n\nTirop's first taste of international success saw her win the world junior 5,000m bronze in 2012 and 2014, as well as a world junior cross country silver in 2013.\n\nTwo years later, during a rapid ascent, she won the senior World Cross Country championships in China, becoming the second-youngest woman after Zola Budd to claim gold.\n\nAt the 2020 Olympic Games in August, Tirop finished just outside the medal places for the women's 5,000m, trailing Ethiopia's bronze medallist Gudaf Tsegay by 0.75 seconds.\n\n\"It is unsettling, utterly unfortunate and very sad that we've lost a young and promising athlete who, at a young age of 25 years, had brought our country so much glory,\" Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta said.\n\n\"It is even more painful that Agnes, a Kenyan hero by all measures, painfully lost her young life through a criminal act perpetuated by selfish and cowardly people.\"\n\n\"I urge our law enforcement agencies to track down and apprehend the criminals responsible for the killing of Agnes so that they can face the full force of the law,\" the head of state added.\n\nAs well as her 10,000m bronze medals at both the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships, Tirop also impressed off the track.\n\nIn September, she set a time of 30 minutes and one second in Herzogenaurach, Germany, as she took 28 seconds off the old 10km road race record set in 2002.\n\nFormer double Olympic champion and World Athletics president Sebastian Coe led tributes from the sport, describing Tirop as \"one of the world's best female distance runners over the past six years\".\n\nHe added: \"Athletics has lost one of its brightest young stars in the most tragic circumstances. This is a terrible blow to the entire athletics community, but especially to her family, her friends and Athletics Kenya and I send them all our most heartfelt condolences.\"\n\nInternational Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach called her \"a young and bright talent,\" who \"gave hope and inspiration to so many people,\" while the athlete's sponsor Adidas said Tirop's \"legacy will forever live on in our memory\".\n\nMichel Boeting, who has acted as a sports agent for many of Kenya's leading runners, tweeted : \"We will never again see that majestic running style. We will never again see you raising your arms in celebration.\n\n\"But the worst is we will never see your beautiful smile again. You were Royal. It was a pleasure knowing you.\"", "Ian Paisley, seen here with Boris Johnson on a visit to a bus factory in 2016, said the PM had agreed tot he protocol 'for the semantics'\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said he would tear up the Northern Ireland Protocol shortly after he made the EU deal, DUP MP Ian Paisley has claimed.\n\nThe PM reportedly made the remarks before MPs voted on the deal in 2019.\n\nThe claims followed comments from Boris Johnson's ex-adviser who said the plan was to \"ditch the bits we didn't like\".\n\nThat prompted the Irish deputy PM to warn countries considering trade deals with the UK that it is a nation that \"doesn't necessarily keep its word\".\n\nThe protocol, agreed by the EU and UK in the Brexit deal, keeps Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods and allows free-flowing trade with the EU.\n\nBut the UK now says the arrangement imposes too many barriers, as it means goods arriving in Northern Ireland from Britain face checks and controls.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM told me he planned to 'tear up' NI Protocol\n\nOn Wednesday, the EU revealed its plan to reduce checks on those goods.\n\nThe proposals include scrapping checks on most food products being shipped to, and remaining in, Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nThe EU said their new plan would remove about 80% of spot checks and cut customs paperwork by 50%.\n\nHowever, the measures fall short of UK demands to fundamentally change the protocol by removing the European Court of Justice (ECJ) from an oversight role.\n\nThe UK government said it was studying the detail of the EU's proposals.\n\n\"Boris Johnson did tell me personally that he would, after agreeing to the protocol, he would sign up to changing that protocol and indeed tearing it up, that this was just for the semantics,\" Mr Paisley told the BBC's Newsnight programme.\n\n\"Now that comment has been verified by another source [Dominic Cummings] much closer to Boris Johnson within his own government,\" added the North Antrim MP.\n\nThe conversation between Mr Johnson and Mr Paisley allegedly took place just before the first House of Commons vote on the Brexit withdrawal agreement in October 2019.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Leo Varadkar casts doubt on the trustworthiness of the British government.\n\nOn Tuesday, Downing Street's former strategy chief Dominic Cummings tweeted that he had planned in the autumn of 2019 to get the prime minister to \"ditch bits\" of the Brexit deal.\n\nIn a series of tweets, Mr Cummings - who has turned against Mr Johnson since being removed from Downing Street at the end of 2020 - claimed the prime minister never understood what the withdrawal agreement really meant.\n\nHe also dismissed suggestions that abandoning elements of the deal would mean breaking international law.\n\n\"Our priorities meant e.g. getting Brexit done is 10,000 times more important than lawyers yapping re international law in negotiations with people who break international law all the time,\" he said.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Protocol is part of the Brexit deal: It is an agreement that means goods can pass freely across the Irish border. Basically, lorries don't have to stop and prove their goods follow EU rules when they go between Northern Ireland (in the UK) and the Republic of Ireland (in the EU).\n\nIt means Northern Ireland still follows some EU rules: As the rest of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales) no longer follow EU trade rules, some goods from there have to be checked when they arrive in Northern Ireland.\n\nBut some goods from Britain can't enter Northern Ireland at all: EU rules don't allow certain products, like chilled sausages, to enter its market. A grace period, where the rules don't apply, has been in place since January but no long-term solution has been found.\n\nThe tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister), Leo Varadkar, said Mr Cummings' claims \"must resonate around the world\".\n\n\"Essentially now what Dominic Cummings is saying is that this is a country that makes treaties, that strikes agreements and then intends to renege on them,\" he added.\n\n\"Don't make any agreement with the British government; don't sign any treaty with the United Kingdom, until you can be confident that this is a country that can honour its promises.\"\n\nHowever, when asked about Mr Cummings claims, Brexit negotiator Lord Frost said: \"We all understood extremely well what the deal meant, it delivered on democracy, took the UK out of the EU whole and entire, and it was a very good deal.\"\n\nBut he said it now had to be changed because it was \"undermining the Belfast Good Friday Agreement, not supporting it\".\n\n\"The problem with the protocol at the moment is that EU law, with the European Court of Justice as the enforcer, is applied in Northern Ireland without any democratic process. That has to change if we are to find governance arrangements people can live with,\" he said.\n\nSinn Féin's deputy leader Michelle O'Neill has urged a recall the Northern Ireland Assembly to demonstrate support for the NI Protocol, following the EU's proposal.\n\nThe European Commission's Maros Šefčovič will speak with Stormont's political leaders about the plan later.", "Carbon emissions are rebounding strongly and are rising across the world's 20 richest nations, according to a new study.\n\nThe Climate Transparency Report says that CO2 will go up by 4% across the G20 group this year, having dropped 6% in 2020 due to the pandemic.\n\nChina, India and Argentina are set to exceed their 2019 emissions levels.\n\nThe authors say that the continued use of fossil fuels is undermining efforts to rein in temperatures.\n\nWith just two weeks left until the critical COP26 climate conference opens in Glasgow, the task facing negotiators is stark.\n\nOne of the key goals of the gathering is to take steps to keep the important 1.5C temperature threshold alive and within reach.\n\nFlooding has taken place in many parts of China across 2021\n\nWith the world currently around 1.1C warmer than pre-industrial times, limiting future incremental increases is extremely challenging.\n\nIf Glasgow is going to succeed on this question, then the countries that create the most carbon will have to put ambitious policies into place.\n\nThe evidence from this new report is that it isn't happening fast enough.\n\nThe G20 group is responsible for around 75% of global emissions, which fell significantly last year as economies were closed down in response to Covid-19.\n\nBut this year's rebound is being powered by fossil fuel, especially coal.\n\nAccording to the report, compiled by 16 research organisations and environmental campaign groups, coal use across the G20 is projected to rise by 5% this year.\n\nThis is mainly due to China who are responsible for around 60% of the rise, but increases in coal are also taking place in the US and India.\n\nCoal use in China has surged with the country experiencing increased demand for energy as the global economy has recovered.\n\nCoal prices are up nearly 200% from a year ago.\n\nThis in turn has seen power cuts as it became uneconomical for coal-fired electricity plants generate electricity in recent months.\n\nWith the Chinese government announcing a change in policy this week to allow these power plants to charge market rates for their energy, the expectation is that this will spur even more coal use this year.\n\nWhen it comes to gas, the Climate Transparency Report finds that use is up by 12% across the G20 in the 2015-2020 period.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nWhile political leaders have promised that the global recovery from Covid should have a green focus, the financial commitments made by rich nations don't bear this out.\n\nOf the $1.8tn that has been earmarked for recovery spending, just $300bn will go on green projects.\n\nTo put that figure into context, it almost matches the $298bn spent by G20 countries in subsidising fossil fuel industries in the eighteen months up to August 2021.\n\nThe report also points to some positive developments including the growth of solar and wind energy in richer countries, with record amounts of new capacity installed across the G20 last year.\n\nRenewables now supply around 12% of power compared to 10% in 2020.\n\nPolitically, there has been significant progress as well with the G20 group as the majority recognise that net zero targets are needed for around the middle of this century.\n\nAll members of the group have agreed to put new 2030 carbon plans on the table before the Glasgow conference.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Reality Check explains how to cut your carbon footprint\n\nHowever, China, India, Australia and Saudi Arabia have not yet done so.\n\n\"G20 governments need to come to the table with more ambitious national emission reductions targets. The numbers in this report confirm we can't move the dial without them - they know it, we know it - the ball is firmly in their court ahead of COP26,\" said Kim Coetzee from Climate Analytics, who coordinated the overall analysis.\n\nThere are expectations that both India and China will submit new national plans before the meeting in Glasgow, which could give a significant boost to attempts to keep the 1.5C target in view.\n\nThe G20 group will meet in Rome in the days leading up to COP26 and the UK minister who will lead the talks has in recent days urged the leaders of these countries to now step up.\n\n\"It is leaders who made a promise to the world in Paris six years ago, and it is leaders that must honour it,\" said Alok Sharma.\n\n\"Responsibility rests with each and every country, and we must all play our part. Because on climate, the world will succeed, or fail, as one.\"", "The government is to allow 800 foreign abattoir workers into the UK on temporary visas, after warnings from farmers of mass culls.\n\nIt previously said businesses should pay higher wages and invest in skills.\n\nThe shortage of butchers has already seen farmers destroy 6,600 healthy pigs due to a backlog on farms, the National Pig Association (NPA) said.\n\nThe government also announced plans to allow thousands more HGV deliveries to address a chronic driver shortage.\n\nThe meat industry blames the butcher shortage on factors including Covid and Brexit.\n\nThousands of healthy pigs have been culled since last week, when the tally was about 600.\n\nLast week, the National Farmer's Union (NFU) warned that pig farmers were \"facing a human disaster\" due to the shortage of butchers.\n\nIt said that \"empty retail shelves and product shortages are becoming increasingly commonplace and Christmas specialities such as pigs in blankets are already under threat\".\n\nThe government is temporarily extending its seasonal workers scheme to pork butchers, it said.\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice said the new measures were only temporary, not a long term solution\n\nUp to 800 pork butchers will be eligible to apply until the end of the year for six-month visas.\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice said: \"A unique range of pressures on the pig sector over recent months, such as the impacts of the pandemic and its effect on export markets, have led to the temporary package of measures we are announcing.\n\n\"This is the result of close working with industry to understand how we can support them through this challenging time.\"\n\nThe government added that the temporary visas \"are not a long term solution and businesses must make long term investments in the UK domestic workforce to build a high-wage, high-skill economy, instead of relying on overseas labour\".\n\nAlongside the temporary visas, the government announced a package of measures for the industry, including:\n\nIt said there had been \"a suspension of approval to export to China for some UK pork establishments\" and that it was working with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board to identify other export markets.\n\nThe extension of visa requirements for butchers follows the announcement of temporary visas for lorry drivers and poultry workers, as the government seeks to limit disruption in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nBut the first foreign HGV drivers brought in on the new visa scheme may not arrive for another month, sources told BBC transport correspondent Carrie Davies.\n\nThe visa scheme for HGV drivers to deliver food, opened for applications on Monday.\n\nThe Home Office has not confirmed the number of visas that have been applied for so far, but several agencies that are recruiting the drivers told the BBC that they were yet to apply for them.\n\nMore heavy good vehicle drivers are being trained after the government simplified the qualification process in September\n\nA chronic shortage of lorry drivers, which the haulage industry has said is due to factors that include Covid and Brexit, has affected businesses including petrol stations and supermarkets.\n\nThe government announced on Thursday that it planned to temporarily allow lorries from the EU to make more deliveries, as part of efforts to address the shortage.\n\nAt the moment, EU lorries can only make two \"cabotage\" trips per week.\n\nCabotage refers to loading or unloading goods in one country when a vehicle is registered in another country.\n\nThe government wants to relax this rule to temporarily allow EU lorries to make unlimited pick-ups and drop-offs within a two week period.", "Demolition has begun of a block of houses on Wales' most polluted street.\n\nNitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels on Hafodyrynys Road, near Crumlin, Caerphilly county, have been the highest in the UK outside central London.\n\nCaerphilly council bought the 23 homes after price agreements with the owners.\n\nThe work had been due to begin in May but the council said it had to be postponed twice due to the pandemic.\n\nThe site was prepared for demolition to start after gas supplies were removed.\n\nMartin Brown, who lived at Woodside Terrace on Hafodyrynys Road for 50 years, said: \"My wife Patricia's crying her eyes out at home but I'm happy it's finally happening.\n\n\"The houses might be going, but we've got memories of our time here, good and bad.\n\n\"But they did need to come down.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"It's just upsetting to see people in, what I still call my house, people going in there, without permission...\"\n\nHafodyrynys Road was named the UK's most polluted street outside central London in 2016 due to recorded nitrogen dioxide levels.\n\nPollution gets trapped between the houses and trees opposite from vehicles travelling between Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent and parts of Caerphilly county.\n\nThe purchase of the properties was agreed by the council's cabinet in 2019.\n\n\"It's been a long time coming and it's been a difficult process to get here but we need to improve air quality in the area, and this is the best way to do that,\" said Philippa Marsden, leader of Caerphilly council.\n\nWales' most polluted stretch of road is on the main route between Pontypool and Newbridge\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Insulate Britain protesters blocked the M25 in Essex in September\n\nProtesters who block major roads during the UN climate conference in Glasgow will be moved and may face arrest, police have said.\n\nPolice Scotland said this would apply even if the COP26 protests are peaceful as they could be unlawful and unsafe.\n\nDep Ch Con Will Kerr told BBC Scotland officers have a \"whole range of tactics\" to use in such circumstances.\n\nAlthough disruption is expected, DCC Kerr insisted emergency services would still respond to those who need them.\n\n\"Some protesters will inevitably try and block some roads. If it's not a main arterial route, we'll take a sensible proportionate approach to it,\" he said.\n\n\"If it's a main route, if it involves movement plans for the world leaders, if it involves major disruption to the life of the city, then we will move in and if the protesters won't move, we will remove them.\"\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Will Kerr said police will move protesters who block major routes\n\nAsked how quickly the police would move people, he said: \"It depends on how many people, what the environment is, but it also depends on how quickly we need to move for the safety of the protesters themselves.\n\n\"Running on to major roads to try and block it is a very unsafe thing to do. If we need to step in quickly, we will step in quickly.\"\n\nThe force said that because the UN actively encourages protest, certain groups have been accredited and assigned a time and venue to gather.\n\nPolice Scotland has met with a number of groups to discuss how the event will be policed, including Extinction Rebellion.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Bernie Higgins said there was \"no one size fits all to protest\".\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Bernie Higgins (left) and Deputy Chief Constable Will Kerr (right) briefed the media on policing plans for COP26\n\n\"Some groups will do a lie in,\" he said. \"If people want to go to George Square and lie down, crack on, because you're really not going to have much impact on the conference.\n\n\"If however you decide to try and shut the Kingston Bridge then that's really, really dangerous for yourself, it's really, really dangerous to other road users and potentially it would prevent ambulances responding to calls so we would move very swiftly to clear that area and it would result in arrests.\"\n\nHe added that police could put diversions in place if protesters block minor routes.\n\nA number of roads will already be closed during the climate summit\n\nAbout 10,000 officers will be deployed each day to the conference in Glasgow next month, where around 120 world leaders and heads of state are expected to attend.\n\nEvery force in the UK will assist Police Scotland with operations, including British Transport Police, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and Ministry of Defence police.\n\nSpecialist resources such as firearms officers, dog handlers, mounted branch, search teams and the marine unit will be used.\n\nSignificant events during the conference, running from 31 October to 12 November, include the two-day world leaders summit on 1-2 November and the youth event on 5 November.\n\nPolice Scotland also expect 100,000 people to attend a climate rally on 6 November in the city centre.\n\nThe style of policing throughout the event will be \"friendly, fair and accommodating\", according to the force.\n\nIn addition to road closures, DCC Kerr said there was potential for \"further disruption\" if pressure on agencies and services becomes \"more acute\".\n\nHowever he stressed: \"I can reassure the public that if they need an emergency response from us they will get it.\"\n\nDCC Kerr added: \"There's no straightforward, simple or single answer to the complex problem of tens of thousands of people and well over 100 world leaders moving about a city over a compressed period of time.\n\n\"Our principal and simple objective is relatively straight forward, to run a safe and secure environment in which the conference can take place. We are very confident the conference will take place in that secure environment.\"\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n• None What was agreed at COP26?", "The Police, Fire and Crime panel had urged him to consider his position\n\nA police boss whose comments on the Sarah Everard case sparked outrage has resigned hours after a no-confidence vote.\n\nNorth Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Philip Allott had faced sustained criticism for urging women to be \"streetwise\" in a radio interview.\n\nThe backlash culminated in the unanimous vote passed by the county's Police, Fire and Crime panel.\n\nIn response Mr Allott said he would \"do the decent thing\" and leave his post.\n\nThe Conservative commissioner had faced multiple calls to stand down since 1 October, when he told BBC Radio York that women should educate themselves about powers of arrest, saying they should know \"when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested\".\n\nHe made the comments after it emerged serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens had used his warrant card to falsely arrest Ms Everard for breaching coronavirus guidelines.\n\nMembers of North Yorkshire's Police, Fire and Crime panel had echoed calls for Mr Allott to quit and urged him to \"go now\" at a meeting prior to Thursday's no-confidence vote.\n\nIn an open letter issued hours later, Mr Allott said he had spent the past two weeks trying \"to rebuild trust and confidence in my work as commissioner\".\n\nAnnouncing his resignation, he wrote: \"Following this morning's meeting of the Police and Crime Panel it seems clear to me that the task will be exceptionally difficult, if it is possible at all.\n\n\"It would take a long time and a lot of resources of my office and the many groups who do excellent work supporting victims.\"\n\nCarl Les, the Conservative leader of North Yorkshire County Council and chair of the panel, said Mr Allott had done the right thing.\n\n\"Clearly the remarks he made had a catastrophic effect on trust and confidence in his role and him personally,\" he said.\n\nSarah Everard, originally from York, was killed by serving police officer Wayne Couzens after he falsely arrested her\n\nMr Allott, in his resignation letter, said he apologised \"unreservedly\" for his remarks, which did not reflect his views.\n\n\"I misspoke and I am devastated at the effect that this has had on victims of crime and the groups that support them,\" he said.\n\n\"I have tried to say this again and again but I recognise that what I have said has not always been heard as I intended.\"\n\nThe letter will be submitted to officials, kicking off the process of installing a temporary replacement for Mr Allott.\n\nAfter his resignation letter was made public, Mr Allott tweeted that he had \"become the story\" and was a \"distraction\" to protecting victims of violence.\n\nHe added: \"Doing what's right is hard!\"\n\nHis resignation has highlighted the difficulties of removing a commissioner from office.\n\nMr Les said he thought it was \"perverse\" that the commissioner could remove a chief police officer, but could not himself be removed.\n\n\"I think in the same way that MPs are subject to a recall mechanism I think commissioners should be subject to something similar.\"\n\nLabour's Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said it was \"absolutely right\" that Mr Allott had resigned.\n\nMr Thomas-Symonds added: \"His awful comments show that misogyny needs tackling and the community response to them shows it will no longer be tolerated.\"\n\nHe said there was a lack of leadership from the Conservative Party which should have pushed him to resign earlier.\n\nThe Women's Equality Party said Mr Allott's resignation showed the \"power of protest\", but added he should have resigned earlier after making the remarks.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Women's Equality Party This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nYork Central Labour MP Rachael Maskell said the government had been too slow to respond to the furore that had engulfed Mr Allott following his remarks. She tweeted: \"Women must be listened to.\"\n\nMeanwhile, West Yorkshire's Labour mayor Tracy Brabin said her thoughts were with Ms Everard's family, who live in York and were Mr Allott's constituents. She tweeted: \"Finally. The right decision.\"\n\nThe North Yorkshire branch of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), which had earlier said members were \"outraged\" by Mr Allott's comments, also welcomed his resignation.\n\nIn a tweet, the FBU said: \"Hopefully his resignation will offer some comfort for Sarah Everard's Family and friends and all those affected by his disgraceful comments.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Whistleblower Frances Haugen warned about the risks to children from Facebook's products\n\nThe data-privacy watchdog has written to a Facebook whistleblower, requesting her full evidence to see whether the technology company has broken UK law.\n\nThe information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, says she wants to analyse the documents from a UK perspective, particularly relating to children.\n\nFormer Facebook employee Frances Haugen claimed the social-media company hid \"behind walls\" about how it used data.\n\n\"Most of us just don't recognise the false picture of the company that is being painted,\" he said.\n\nMs Denham, who is stepping down next month, told BBC News: \"We're looking very closely about what is publicly available right now from Frances's testimony - but I've also written to her to ask for access to the full reports of her allegations.\n\n\"Because what I want to do with that information is analyse it from the UK's perspective - are these harms applicable in the UK, especially through the lens of children?\n\n\"We have rolled out a new children's code, which specifies design consideration to protect kids online.\n\n\"I want to see if these allegations point to any contravention of UK law and then I will take action.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Elizabeth Denham promised to take action if the evidence showed Facebook had contravened UK law\n\nThe whistleblower claimed Facebook's products could pose a risk to children's mental health and stoke divisions in society.\n\n\"Facebook's closed design means it has no real oversight,\" Ms Haugen, who used to work on the company's algorithmic products, told a US Senate committee.\n\n\"Only Facebook knows how it personalises your feed for you.\n\n\"Facebook hides behind walls that keep researchers and regulators from understanding the true dynamics of their system.\"\n\nMs Haugen is to give evidence to the UK Parliament's online safety bill committee on 25 October.\n\nElizabeth Denham has done far more than most to rein in big tech. But she is alarmed at the mismatch in power between democracies and Silicon Valley - and efforts to politicise the regulator she leaves.\n\nFor the past five years, stories about the harms caused by social media giants have followed a wearisome and familiar pattern.\n\nFirst, scandal erupts. Next, the cry goes up: Something Must Be Done! (See also: Up With This We Will Not Put!)\n\nThen, reflecting headlines and noise on (ironically) social media, a meeting is convened, for which ambassadors of the tech giants are summoned.\n\nFinally… not much happens.\n\nThis pattern has been seen over and over and over again.\n\nAnd the common theme in these stories is how some big societal harm often falls between regulators, with Ofcom, the Advertising Standards Authority, and the Competition and Markets Authority, all sticking understandably to their remits.\n\nElizabeth Denham, the information commissioner who steps down next month, has been something of an antidote to this pattern.\n\nRead more from Amol Rajan here.", "Diplomat João Vale de Almeida was previously the EU's ambassador to the US and UN\n\nThe EU has gone the extra mile by offering a fix to the row about trade in Northern Ireland, a senior EU official has said.\n\nJoão Vale de Almeida - who is the EU's ambassador to the UK - told the BBC the bloc's proposals were \"unprecedented\".\n\nThe EU has suggested changing part of the Brexit deal that specifically covers Northern Ireland. Both sides agree it has problems.\n\nThe UK and EU will now hold three weeks of talks to discuss the suggestions.\n\nWhen the Brexit deal was agreed less than two years ago, the two sides signed up to the Northern Ireland Protocol - the part that aimed to stop checks along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nInstead, the trade checks take place when goods arrive into Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nBut two years on, both sides admit there are problems with the protocol. The UK says the current arrangement imposes too many barriers, and the EU recognises it has caused problems for businesses in Northern Ireland.\n\nTheir suggested solutions differ, however, with the UK wanting a completely new protocol, while the EU wants to adapt the current one.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch the lorry journey from England to NI\n\nOn Wednesday, the EU published its plan of how the protocol could be amended - cutting the number of spot checks by 80% and also halving the amount of customs paperwork.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Two's Newsnight, Mr Vale de Almeida, who became the ambassador to the UK last year, said: \"What we have presented in Brussels today is unprecedented. And I have been working for the EU for almost 40 years now.\n\n\"What we have done today goes very far. We went the extra mile to address the problems that were created by Brexit in Northern Ireland, which the protocol tries to mitigate.\"\n\nHe insisted that the EU's suggestions did not represent it giving way to the UK government. \"These are not concessions, these are proposals that we make out of our own initiative,\" he said.\n\n\"Why should they be concessions? We're not forced to propose this, we proposed this because we realised that there are problems in Northern Ireland and we care about Northern Ireland, we want the protocol to work.\"\n\n\"We are not renegotiating the protocol, we are adapting the protocol,\" he said.\n\nAfter the EU set out its plans on Wednesday, the UK said it would study the detail and the next step should involve rapid and intensive talks to see if a solution could be found.\n\nBut disagreements could still remain, including over the role of the European Court of Justice - the EU's highest court - in Northern Ireland.\n\nBoth sides previously agreed that the ECJ can police matters of EU law in Northern Ireland, as Northern Ireland will be staying in the EU's single market for goods. So, for example if there was a dispute around complying with applicable EU law, the EU could take the UK to the ECJ.\n\nBut the UK's Brexit minister Lord Frost previously said he wants the ECJ's role to be removed.\n\nMr Vale de Almeida said the EU had gone to the limits of what it could offer.\n\nAsked about the ECJ issue on Newsnight, Mr Vale de Almeida - who is Portuguese - said: \"There is no single market without the European Court of Justice.\n\n\"It's the referee of the single market.\n\n\"So if Northern Ireland wants to have access to single market for goods... and at same time have access to the British market, it's a unique position in the world... there has to be a European Court of Justice. One does not go without the other.\"\n\nTalks between the EU and UK on the new proposals are now likely to go on for several weeks.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Protocol is part of the Brexit deal: It is an agreement that means goods can pass freely across the Irish border. Basically, lorries don't have to stop and prove their goods follow EU rules when they go between Northern Ireland (in the UK) and the Republic of Ireland (in the EU).\n\nIt means Northern Ireland still follows some EU rules: As the rest of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales) no longer follow EU trade rules, some goods from there have to be checked when they arrive in Northern Ireland.\n\nBut some goods from Britain can't enter Northern Ireland at all: EU rules don't allow certain products, like chilled sausages, to enter its market. A grace period, where the rules don't apply, has been in place since January but no long-term solution has been found.", "Climate protest group Insulate Britain, which has caused disruption to major roads during the last five weeks, is to suspend its campaigning for 11 days.\n\nThe activists have blocked motorways and roads in the London area, including the M1 and M25, and Thames crossings.\n\nIn an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the group says it will halt its \"campaign of civil resistance\" until 25 October.\n\nInsulate Britain said it \"profoundly\" acknowledges the disruption caused.\n\nAfter a member of the group attempting to deliver the letter was turned back from the gates in Downing Street, Insulate Britain said it would post it to Mr Johnson.\n\nInsulate Britain is a recently-launched group that calls for a national programme to ensure homes are insulated by 2030, which government experts on climate change say is essential to meet targets on reducing carbon emissions.\n\nHundreds of members of the group have been arrested and there have been angry exchanges with some drivers caught up in 14 separate days of protests.\n\nIn the latest incident, Essex Police arrested a number of the group's supporters after they blocked a slip road at junction 31 of the M25 on Wednesday, near the Dartford Crossing.\n\nThe government has taken out court injunctions to try to prevent further action and new powers targeting such protests have been announced.\n\n\"Sitting on roads & preventing everyone else from going about their lawful business is downright dangerous & counterproductive. Rather than apologising to the motorist now and returning in a week & a half, they must call off their reckless campaign forever, \" he tweeted.\n\nMembers of the group attempted to hand in their letter to the prime minister at Downing Street\n\nInsulate Britain says its protests were being suspended ahead of the United Nations COP26 climate conference. The UK is hosting the summit in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November, where 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions by 2030.\n\nReferring to the disruption caused in the past five weeks, the group says in its letter to the prime minister: \"We cannot imagine undertaking such acts in normal circumstances. But the dire reality of our situation has to be faced.\"\n\nInsulate Britain said it will restart its action if Mr Johnson does not deliver \"a meaningful or trustworthy statement\" on improving the insulation in some British homes.\n\nBiff Whipster, a retail worker and member of the group who was turned away from the gates at Downing Street, said: \"We want to now give the government a bit of breathing space so they don't feel under pressure.\"\n\nHe said they had \"made our voices heard\" but unless they heard from the prime minister in the next 10 days, they would would resume \"blocking roads, blocking motorways and breaking court injunctions\".", "Political and business leaders in Northern Ireland, and further afield, have been giving their reaction to the EU's plan to reduce post-Brexit checks on goods arriving into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.\n\nThe proposals include scrapping checks on most food products being shipped to, and remaining in, Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nThe EU has also said the plan will cut customs paperwork by 50%.\n\nThe new plan, which seeks to calm a long-running dispute over a key part of the Brexit agreement, would remove about 80% of spot checks, the EU said.\n\nMichelle O'Neill said the EU are living up to commitments made to business and political leaders\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the proposals were \"a good mark of progress\".\n\nThe party is seeking to recall the Northern Ireland Assembly to demonstrate support for the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nMs O'Neill said the publication demonstrates \"both in word and deed\" that the EU are living up to commitments made to business and political leaders.\n\nHowever, Ms O'Neill said it is now \"up to others whether or not they engage with this process\".\n\n\"The British government and the DUP have dishonestly promoted a false narrative that the protocol does not enjoy the support or consent of the people of the north. That is untrue.\n\n\"The reality is that Brexit does not command the support or consent of the assembly,\" she said.\n\nJeffrey Donaldson said the DUP will \"take time to study the detail of the papers produced\"\n\nThe proposals are a \"starting point\", but appear to fall \"far short of the fundamental change needed\", Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said.\n\nMr Donaldson said the party will \"take time to study the detail of the papers produced\".\n\nHowever, he said there was \"no escaping the reality that the Northern Ireland Protocol has harmed Northern Ireland, both in economic and constitutional terms\".\n\n\"The imposition of the protocol has harmed the balances created by the Belfast Agreement and subsequent agreements and were the situation to remain unaltered would undo the political progress of the last 20 years,\" he said.\n\nColum Eastwood said the proposals present \"a clear landing zone\" to address challenges around the NI Protocol\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood has urged political leaders to embrace the new proposals.\n\nThe Foyle MP said the measures \"go further than expected\" and demonstrate that EU leaders are \"stretching themselves in the interests of people and businesses in Northern Ireland\".\n\nHe said political leaders, particularly those of unionist parties, should \"reflect on the very serious efforts made by the European Commission\" in easing challenges to trade and \"addressing their concerns about democratic deficits\".\n\n\"The DUP, in particular, need to decide if they're on the side of people and businesses here or in the pocket of Boris Johnson,\" he said.\n\n\"There is now a clear landing zone that will address the protocol challenges, allow us to maximise the opportunities and most importantly, expend political energy dealing with the crisis in our health service, our crumbling schools estate and managing the pandemic.\n\n\"We need to grasp that opportunity.\"\n\nStephen Farry said he hoped the proposals could form the basis for an agreement between the UK and EU\n\nIt would be an \"act of folly\" for opponents of the NI Protocol to \"squander the opportunity to provide certainty and stability given by the EU's proposals\", Alliance deputy leader Stephen Farry MP has said.\n\nDr Farry said he hoped the EU's proposals could form the basis for an agreement between the UK and EU which \"addresses practical issues around the protocol in a pragmatic way\".\n\n\"The challenges facing Northern Ireland come from Brexit,\" he said, adding that the protocol is \"the symptom of the problem, not the cause\".\n\n\"It would be an act of supreme folly to squander this chance to move on and indeed to impose even more delusional red-lines,\" he said.\n\nDoug Beattie said he was \"genuinely disappointed\" by what he heard from Maros Šefčovič\n\nIt is \"a step forward but there remains a long way to go\", according to UUP leader Doug Beattie.\n\n\"We were told the protocol negotiations could not be reopened, but we have now proven otherwise. This has been achieved through negotiation, not threats; through engagement not disengagement.\n\n\"The fact that the EU recognises that the protocol isn't working and needs substantial change is a positive development.\n\n\"However, I am genuinely disappointed by what I heard from European Commission Vice-President Maros Šefčovič and the supporting non-papers.\n\n\"Expectations were raised, but the proposals do not match them.\"\n\nJim Allister said the proposals \"can never be acceptable\"\n\nThe EU's latest proposals \"utterly fail the sovereignty test\", TUV leader Jim Allister has said.\n\nMr Allister described the protocol as \"an instrument delivering both economic dislocation and constitutional dislocation within the UK\".\n\nHe said the proposals \"retain us in a foreign single market for goods, under a foreign customs code and VAT regime, ruled by foreign laws and adjudicated upon by a foreign court.\"\n\n\"GB would continue to be decreed a 'third country' vis-a-vis Northern Ireland's trade,\" he said, adding that this \"can never be acceptable\".\n\nThe CBI said it is now time for both sides to find a long-term solution that protects NI-GB trade\n\nThe Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said both the UK and EU had listened to businesses and are aware of the technical solutions needed to protect trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.\n\n\"Both sides must now grasp this opportunity to get back round the table - and agree sustainable long-term solutions that work for businesses and communities in Northern Ireland,\" CBI Europe Director Sean McGuire said.\n\nThe NIRC said the proposals must provide \"stability, certainty, simplicity and affordability\"\n\nThe Northern Ireland Retail Consortium (NIRC) has welcomed \"signs of movement from both sides\".\n\nHowever, a spokesperson said if the proposals are to work they must provide \"stability, certainty, simplicity and affordability\" to Northern Ireland's business community.\n\nThey said the NIRC will \"reserve judgement\" on whether these requirements have been met \"until both legal and technical texts have been seen\".\n\n\"As an umbrella group for business, we will have meetings with both the UK Government and the European Commission to discuss these proposals in full and we look forward to understanding how they would keep NI business competitive and ensure choice and affordability for consumers,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nNI businesses would like to see new trade arrangements in place by the end of the year, the FSB says\n\nThe FSB in NI's Roger Pollen said there is now an onus on both sides to negotiate a new trade solution relatively quickly.\n\n\"In terms of the timescale as to when we need to get this sorted, yesterday would have been very nice,\" he said\n\nMr Pollen said under current arrangements many businesses in Northern Ireland are faced with \"vast amounts of bureaucracy\" when bringing goods across from GB.\n\nShould new arrangements be agreed by the UK and EU before Christmas, \"businesses would heave a fairly big sigh of relief\".\n\nLogistics UK have 18,000 members across the UK\n\nSeamus Leheny, a representative of trade body Logistics UK, said companies across the UK are not concerned about the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) role in the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThe UK Government has demanded that the ECJ is removed from its role in the protocol as the arbitrator of trade disputes.\n\nBut Logistics UK policy manager Mr Leheny told BBC News: \"We have got 18,000 members across the UK and we haven't had any representation from any member regarding the ECJ.\n\n\"What people want is solutions to the protocol, they want the protocol to work and that is what we are interested in.\"\n\nHe added: \"What people are looking for, we are in solution mode here, and the logistics industry, we are solution seekers. We want to get these fixes that the EU have proposed.\n\n\"We need to see the legal text obviously to make sure the safeguards are there but people just want to build on this because they see the best way for peace in Northern Ireland is improve people's prospects and livelihoods. That's when I speak to businesses, that's what they want.\"\n\nMairead McGuinness said a deal before Christmas would be \"very desirable\"\n\nEuropean Commissioner and former MEP Mairead McGuinness said the offer was a \"significant step forward\" by the EU and a \"huge opportunity\" for people in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"Of course there will be difficult issues and there will be a lot of debate and commentary around this,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"However, I do believe that the idea of getting this resolved by Christmas is attainable and it would be very desirable.\"\n\nBaroness Chapman said Labour would not get rid of the NI Protocol\n\nThe Shadow Minister for Task Force Europe Baroness Jenny Chapman said that \"today could be a day where we take a step forward\" in the process to achieve stability to people in NI and across the UK.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Baroness Chapman said the Labour Party would not get rid of the protocol entirely, but would instead look at the proposals \"in good faith\" and talk to businesses, leaders and elected politicians in Northern Ireland to see if they were sufficient.\n\n\"What isn't the right way is to be antagonistic and pick a fight,\" she added.", "Care supervisor Charlotte Backhouse supports an elderly client in her own home\n\nShortages of care staff, who support older or disabled people in the community, are causing major problems for hospitals, the BBC has learned.\n\nNHS chief executives say rising numbers of patients are stuck in hospitals in England due to a lack of care staff.\n\nThe situation is \"dire\", according to NHS Providers, which represents health service trusts.\n\nThe government says extra funding and a regular recruitment drive will help boost the care workforce.\n\nCare companies are facing acute problems in recruiting and retaining staff, according to a report which suggests there are now more unfilled care jobs than before the pandemic.\n\nThe annual Skills for Care workforce report is based on data provided by a representative sample of employers of England's 1.54 million care workers.\n\nThe researchers calculate that employers were failing to fill 8% of posts before the pandemic.\n\nFigures obtained since suggest this had fallen to below 6% by June 2020 - but by August this year the trend had reversed with 8.2% of care sector roles unfilled.\n\nThis amounts to more than 100,000 posts with no-one to fill them, says Skills for Care.\n\nIncreasingly, care companies are forced to turn down work supporting patients as they move from hospital back to their own homes or care homes.\n\nThose patients have to stay in hospital longer, putting more pressure on an NHS already struggling with Covid-19 and the waiting list backlog.\n\n\"We've just tipped over the point where delayed discharges are a bigger problem than Covid,\" said one hospital boss who asked not to be named.\n\n\"Roughly 100 beds blocked and domiciliary care providers are handing dozens of [patient care] packages back to the council as they don't have staff to deliver them,\" said another.\n\nA third manager had 140 patients ready to leave hospital, but the carer shortage meant \"patients are dying in hospital when their choice was home, a hospice or nursing home\".\n\nThe anonymous comments from more than 20 hospital bosses were gathered by NHS Providers, in response to a BBC request for information.\n\nThe organisation's deputy chief executive, Saffron Cordery, said the delays are particularly worrying as winter is about to put extra pressure on services.\n\nNot being able to leave hospital when they are ready can delay a patient's recovery and rehabilitation, said Ms Cordery, while those waiting for treatment face backlogs.\n\n\"It's vital that government delivers its commitment to place vital social care services onto a sustainable footing.\"\n\nShe also highlighted the need for \"crucially - a sustainable workforce, properly valued and respected for this vitally important work\".\n\nCare companies say the main factors making it hard to find and keep staff are:\n\nCare manager Tracey Hobson says recruitment agencies are bombarding her with job offers\n\nIn Sheffield, Tracey Hobson, a clinical manager at Northfield Nursing Home, says: \"Recruitment is an absolute nightmare\".\n\n\"You wake up in the morning and you're thinking, you know, I'm not going to be able to ensure that these people get the care that they deserve, and have enough staff to do it.\"\n\nTracey says the sector faces a national staff shortage. She personally receives about 20 messages each day from recruitment agencies, desperate to hire her.\n\n\"You know, I've got a job. I'm looking after people to the best of my ability.\"\n\nIn Buckinghamshire, Dr Kris Owden runs Caremark Aylesbury and is also a doctor who worked on hospital wards during the pandemic.\n\nThe firm pays relatively well and has managed to recruit enough new staff to replace most of those leaving but Dr Owden says they are still overstretched and have to refuse up to eight new people needing care each day.\n\nDr Kris Owden worries about the effect of care worker shortages on the NHS\n\n\"For us to be in this position before the winter, before the Christmas period is terrifying,\" he said.\n\nHe says a properly resourced care system would take pressure off the NHS and wants to see carers paid better, with a proper career structure and recognition of their skills.\n\nAmong his senior staff, supervisor Charlotte Backhouse and manager Vicky Hartgill - who are both normally office-based - are having to step in and do front-line work.\n\nOn top of her regular job, Vicky worked through the weekend and on Monday had an 05:00 start. Although she loves seeing clients, she says she is \"shattered\".\n\nCharlotte Backhouse and her colleague Vicky Hartgill (l) are having to do extra work\n\nShe added: \"We need to be able to recruit, we need to be able to recruit in a safe way and just have a bigger workforce.\n\n\"We do have to pick up the phone and change times. We do have to be creative with the care that we provide - and until we can get some more people through the door to support us, that's the way things will have to stay.\"\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said: \"We appreciate the dedication and tireless efforts of care workers throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.\n\n\"We are providing at least £500m to support the care workforce as part of the £5.4bn to reform social care.\n\n\"We are also working to ensure we have the right number of staff with the skills to deliver high quality care to meet increasing demands.\n\n\"This includes running regular national recruitment campaigns and providing councils with over £1bn of additional funding for social care this year.\"", "More than 140,000 people signed a petition calling for the return of the Night Tube\n\nThe Night Tube is to reopen on two London Underground lines.\n\nServices between 01:00 and 05:30 will begin on the Central and Victoria lines from 27 November.\n\nThousands signed a petition demanding its resumption in the wake of Sarah Everard's murder, which highlighted the issue of women's safety.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said the Night Tube would \"make a huge difference to people travelling around our city at night\".\n\n\"I know how important this is to London's thriving night-time economy, to London's recovery and to the confidence and safety of everyone travelling home at night, particularly women and girls,\" he added.\n\n\"I am determined to make our city as safe as possible for all Londoners.\"\n\nLast trains in central London currently leave at 01:00 BST and restart at 05:30\n\nMr Khan said the Central and Victoria lines were selected \"because they're the busiest\" and \"people have more confidence using the busiest lines\".\n\nOther lines will reopen once enough staff are available, he added.\n\nThe Night Tube, which first began in August 2016 and ran on selected lines on Fridays and Saturdays, was halted when lockdown began last year.\n\nServices were suspended because drivers were needed for daytime services.\n\nElla Watson says the recent killings of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa on London's streets have highlighted why some women fear walking alone\n\nLast trains in central London currently leave at 01:00 and restart at 05:30.\n\nElla Watson, whose petition to reinstate the Night Tube has more than 140,000 signatures, said she had started her campaign as the recent killings of Ms Everard and Sabina Nessa had highlighted why some women fear walking alone.\n\nWhile both were out at a time when regular Tube services were running, the issue of women's safety at night has been heightened in the wake of their deaths.\n\nMs Watson described the reopening of the service as a \"testament to the fact petitions do work, as if enough people get behind them they can't be ignored\".\n\n\"This is really positive,\" she said. \"It's a great start to enhancing women's safety but we need to ensure that more lines open across the whole capital.\n\n\"The goal of the petition was to reinstate the Night Tube for everyone, whether they're on the Northern line or the Jubilee, so I'm not ready to give up the campaign just yet.\"\n\nThe Night Tube was suspended during the pandemic as passenger numbers fell\n\nMared Parry, a journalist who launched a separate petition calling for the return of the Night Tube, said she was \"over the moon about\" about the return of the service.\n\n\"I knew this was something that people all across London were frustrated about - we were being urged to go out and help the economy get back on its feet but were ultimately left out in the cold and to our own devices.\"\n\nTransport for London (TfL) said the pandemic limited its ability to train new drivers.\n\nRail bosses recently offered Night Tube drivers the opportunity to convert from their part-time roles to permanent full-time positions.\n\nMick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, said it was vital that TfL reached an agreement with union reps on rosters which \"don't leave staff burnt out and exposed to intolerable pressures\".\n\nMr Lynch also said that prior to its suspension, the Night Tube was \"a magnet for violent, abusive and anti-social behaviour\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Microsoft is shutting down its social network, LinkedIn, in China, saying having to comply with the Chinese state has become increasingly challenging.\n\nIt comes after the career-networking site faced questions for blocking the profiles of some journalists.\n\nLinkedIn will launch a jobs-only version of the site, called InJobs, later this year.\n\nBut this will not include a social feed or the ability to share or post articles.\n\nLinkedIn senior vice-president Mohak Shroff blogged: \"We're facing a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China.\"\n\nAnd the firm said in a statement: \"While we are going to sunset the localised version of LinkedIn in China later this year, we will continue to have a strong presence in China to drive our new strategy and are excited to launch the new InJobs app later this year.\"\n\nLinkedIn had been the only major Western social-media platform operating in China.\n\nWhen it launched there, in 2014, it had agreed to adhere to the requirements of the Chinese government in order to operate there, but also promised to be transparent about how it conducted business in the country and said it disagreed with government censorship.\n\nRecently, LinkedIn blacklisted several journalist accounts, including those of Melissa Chan and Greg Bruno, from its China-based website.\n\nMr Bruno, who has written a book documenting China's treatment of Tibetan refugees, told Verdict he was not surprised the Chinese Communist Party did not like it but was \"dismayed that an American tech company is caving into the demands of a foreign government\".\n\nUS senator Rick Scott called the move a \"gross appeasement and an act of submission to Communist China\", in a letter to LinkedIn chief executive Ryan Roslansky and Microsoft boss Satya Nadella.\n\nIt's hard to pinpoint whether LinkedIn's move was driven by the pressure from China, or that from the US. It could be both, as the Chinese government has been tightening its grip over the internet, and meanwhile, LinkedIn has drawn growing criticism in America for bowing to Beijing's censorship rules.\n\nLinkedIn launched its Chinese version in 2014, hoping to tap into the country's huge market.\n\nSeven years on, it has struggled against local competitors and run into regulatory problems. In March, LinkedIn was reportedly punished by the Chinese regulator for failing to censor political content, resulting in a suspension of new user registration for 30 days. Other than controversy over censorships, the platform has been used by Chinese intelligence agencies as a recruitment tool.\n\nIn a letter to the platform's users in China today, President of LinkedIn China Lu Jian pledges that the site will continue to \"connect global business opportunities\".\n\nBut LinkedIn's shutdown in China shows an opposite trend. The country's heavily controlled internet has drifted further away from the rest of the world, and it's increasingly challenging for global business operating in China to bridge the deep divide.", "The Covid-19 pandemic has made celebrities out of scientists, who have graced the daily news headlines and gained large social-media followings.\n\nBut this rise in prominence has come with online abuse and even physical harassment.\n\nThe journal Nature surveyed scientists, who described receiving threats of violence after media appearances.\n\nDiscussions about vaccines or the drug ivermectin were common triggers for harassment.\n\nIn the past, scientists have faced abuse when discussing climate change or previous vaccination campaigns.\n\nThe self-selecting survey of 321 people working in fields relevant to Covid found more than a fifth had received threats of physical or sexual violence.\n\nWhile this is not representative of all scientists and cannot accurately reveal the scale of abuse, it provides a glimpse into some of the personal experiences of those who came into the public eye to give information during the global disease outbreak.\n\nSix people who responded to the questionnaire said they had been physically attacked following media appearances.\n\nSome of the more extreme cases have been widely reported. Leading Belgian virologist Prof Marc Van Ranst ended up in a safehouse after being targeted by a far-right trained sniper (since found dead) who despised lockdowns and threatened to kill health professionals.\n\nThe UK’s chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, was assaulted in a park by a 24-year-old estate agent, while two prominent German scientists were posted bottles of clear liquid labelled \"positive\" and a note telling them to drink it.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS infectious-diseases doctor Krutika Kuppalli, who gave national media interviews and testified to a congressional committee, told Nature she had received a death threat via a phone call to her home.\n\nAustralian virologist Danielle Anderson, who worked at the Wuhan Institute for Virology and was critical of the theory it might be where the virus had escaped from, received an email telling her to \"eat a bat and die\".\n\nProf Andrew Hill wrote a positive review of anti-parasite drug ivermectin for treating Covid but reversed his stance once he discovered data he had been basing his conclusions on was untrustworthy.\n\nCurrent available evidence suggests ivermectin is unlikely to be very effective for Covid - but Prof Hill has received a barrage of abuse, including accusing him of genocide, which has driven him off social media.\n\n\"I was sent images of Nazi war criminals hanging from lampposts, voodoo images of swinging coffins, threats that my family were not safe, that we would all burn in hell,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"This was happening most days - I opened my laptop in the morning to be confronted with a sea of hate and disturbing threats.\n\n\"There were also threats to my scientific reputation on email.\n\n\"I know many other scientists who have been threatened and abused in similar ways after promoting vaccination or questioning the benefits of unproven treatments like ivermectin.\"\n\nUniversity of Southampton senior research fellow in global health Dr Michael Head said there had been \"a huge amount of abuse aimed at everyone contributing to the pandemic response... includ[ing] NHS front-line staff\".\n\nUniversity College London behavioural scientist Prof Susan Michie said \"disturbing\" online abuse would happen \"most intensively after media engagements and especially after those that address restrictions to social mixing ,the wearing of face masks or vaccination\".\n\nOther scientists surveyed mentioned emails being sent to their employers or their professional reputations being challenged.\n\nBut of those being harassed on their own social media, almost half said they did not tell their employer.\n\nThe Nature survey also found those targeted with the most frequent harassment were most likely to say it had affected their willingness to give media interviews in the future.\n\nFiona Fox, chief executive of the UK Science Media Centre, which provides scientific comment and briefings to journalists, said it was a \"great loss if a scientist who was engaging with the media, sharing their expertise, is taken out of a public debate at a time when we've never needed them so badly\".", "Stormont politicians have joined a North-South Ministerial Council (NSMC) meeting, the first since the Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) boycott was ruled unlawful.\n\nIt went ahead after First Minister Paul Givan agreed to the agenda.\n\nHe said it was in line with his party's position, which allows for meetings on health issues.\n\nThe DUP refuses to attend north-south talks in protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThe protocol is part of the Brexit deal agreed in 2019 and was introduced to help prevent checks along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nThe DUP boycott, announced by party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson last month, was ruled unlawful by a high court judge on Monday.\n\nWhen asked on Thursday whether the DUP would continue their boycott, Sir Jeffrey told BBC Radio Foyle \"our position remains as it has been\".\n\nFirst Minister Paul Givan has rejected criticism of the DUP for not attending previous north-south meetings\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann is due to meet his Republic of Ireland counterpart, Stephen Donnelly at the meeting.\n\nWhile Sir Jeffrey had promised health meetings would go ahead, other meetings have been cancelled.\n\nThe DUP has said it is considering Monday's judgement.\n\n\"We will take a view on how we respond to that [court ruling] and I will speak to my senior leadership team,\" he added.\n\nMeanwhile a €1bn (£849m) peace funding package has been approved by the NSMC after the executive.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Dept of Finance\n\nFinance Minister Conor Murphy welcomed the approval of the Peace Plus Programme.\n\nHe said it would provide fund for various projects.\n\n\"This will include our health sector, with significant investment in supporting healthy and inclusive communities - which is particularly important in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic,\" he said.\n\n\"Today's approval marks a key milestone in the Peace Plus Programme which will help deliver economic regeneration, investment in young people, the environment and further support peace and reconciliation initiatives,\" he added.\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis also welcomed the funding, saying, in a tweet, that it was \"great progress\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Brandon Lewis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Flowers and tributes to the child have been left at the roadside in Llanelli\n\nA 23-year-old woman has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a child was killed in a crash.\n\nThe car crash happened at Heol Goffa crossroads in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, at about 21:00 BST on Friday.\n\nLucy Dyer, of Heulwen Terrace, Llanelli, was also charged with drink driving and has been remanded in custody.\n\nFlowers, toys and tributes have been left at the scene of the crash.\n\nThe crash involved a blue BMW 3 Series and a blue Vauxhall Vectra. The woman and the child were in different cars.\n\nDyfed-Powys Police said specially trained officers were supporting the child's family.\n\nOfficers are supporting the child's family, police say\n\nThe crash happened at the Heol Goffa crossroads in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire", "Archbishop of Bamako Jean Zerbo thanked Malian authorities for helping to free Sister Gloria\n\nPope Francis has met a Colombian nun who was freed on Saturday by Islamists in Mali after more than four years as a hostage, a Vatican spokesman has said.\n\nAfter travelling to Rome, Gloria Cecilia Narváez met the Pope on Sunday before the celebration of a Mass.\n\nThe nun was taken hostage in 2017 while working as a missionary in Koutiala, about 400km (248 miles) east of Mali's capital Bamako.\n\nIt is not clear whether a ransom was paid to secure her release.\n\nThe office of Mali's president said the nun's release had come after more than four-and-a-half years of \"combined effort of several intelligences services\".\n\nIt also praised her for \"courage and bravery\".\n\nSister Gloria, 59, said on state TV she was grateful to Malian authorities \"for all the efforts you've made to liberate me\".\n\nShe added: \"I am very happy, I stayed healthy for five years, thank God\".\n\nThe Archbishop of Bamako, Jean Zerbo, also thanked \"Malian authorities and other good people who made this release possible.\"\n\nSister Gloria appeared on state TV with the archbishop of Bamako Jean Zerbo (C) and and Mali's interim president Colonel Assimi Goita\n\nThere had been irregular reports of her safety over the years. Earlier this year, two Europeans who managed to escape captivity reported that she was well.\n\nIn March, her brother received a letter from her confirming she was still alive. He told AFP news agency earlier this year that the note had been written in block capitals \"because she always used capital letters\", and contained the names of their parents, ending with her signature.\n\nMali has been struggling to contain a growing Islamist insurgency that first emerged in the north of the country in 2012. Kidnappings in particular have become more common in the former French colony as the security crisis has deepened.\n\nAccording to a non-governmental organisation, Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, more than 935 people have been abducted in the country since 2017.\n\nHowever, Colonel Assimi Goita, who led a military coup that removed the country's civilian government last year, has sought to assure Malians and the international community that efforts are under way to secure the release of all those still being held.\n\nFrench troops have been leading operations against Islamist groups in the region since 2014, however President Emmanuel Macron announced in June that operations would be reduced over the coming year.\n\nThis has reportedly led to the Malian government turning to the Russian mercenary collective, the Wagner group, for assistance. The secretive group has been involved in conflicts across Africa, including fighting with a rebel general, Khalifa Haftar, in Libya.", "The country is now dependent on personal generators after the grid shut down\n\nLebanon has been left without electricity, plunging the country into darkness amid a severe economic crisis.\n\nA government official told Reuters news agency the country's two largest power stations, Deir Ammar and Zahrani, had shut down because of a fuel shortage.\n\nThe power grid \"completely stopped working at noon today\" and was unlikely to restart for several days, they said.\n\nFor the past 18 months Lebanon has endured an economic crisis and extreme fuel shortages.\n\nThat crisis has left half its population in poverty, crippled its currency and sparked major demonstrations against politicians.\n\nA lack of foreign currency meanwhile has made it hard to pay overseas energy suppliers.\n\nMany Lebanese people already depend on private diesel-powered generators for power. These however have become increasingly expensive to run amid the lack of fuel, and cannot cover for the lack of a nationwide power grid.\n\nPeople were often receiving just two hours of electricity a day in the country before this latest shutdown.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Anna Foster This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a statement, Lebanon's state electricity company also confirmed the shutdown of the two power plants, which together provide some 40% of the country's electricity.\n\nTheir closure led to the \"complete outage\" of the power network, the statement reportedly said, \"with no possibility of resuming operations in the meantime\".\n\nAl Jazeera reports protests in the northern town of Halba, outside the offices of the state power company, as well as residents blocking roads with burning tyres in the city of Tripoli.\n\nThe country is also grappling with the aftermath of the Beirut blast in August 2020, which killed 219 people and injured 7,000 others.\n\nAfter the explosion its government resigned, leaving political paralysis. Najib Mikati became prime minister in September, more than a year after the previous administration quit.\n\nLast month the militant group Hezbollah brought Iranian fuel into the country to ease shortages. Its opponents say the group is using the fuel delivery to expand its influence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre is one of the world's most prestigious theatres.\n\nA Russian actor has been crushed to death during a set change at Moscow's world famous Bolshoi Theatre as it performed the opera Sadko.\n\nIt is believed Yevgeny Kulesh went in the wrong direction during the descent of a ramp and was trapped under it.\n\nFootage appeared to show panicked performers pleading with staff to lift the prop. Onlookers attempted to revive Mr Kulesh, but were unsuccessful.\n\nInvestigators say they are probing the circumstances surrounding the death.\n\nIn a statement issued on Saturday evening, the Bolshoi said: \"The performance was immediately stopped, the audience was asked to leave the hall.\"\n\nShocked spectators said on social media that they had initially believed that the accident was a staged trick.\n\nHowever, the reality of the incident quickly became apparent when performers reacted in horror and some on stage shouted \"call an ambulance, there is blood\".\n\nLocal media said Mr Kulesh had been a performer at the theatre since 2002.\n\nIt is not the first tragic incident to hit the world-renowned theatre.\n\nIn July 2013, a senior violinist died after falling into the orchestra pit. Viktor Sedov was a veteran of the opera house's orchestra, having played there for four decades,\n\nAnd in 2011 a Moscow court jailed Ballet soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko for six years after he was found to have organised an acid attack on the company's artistic director, Sergei Filin, outside his Moscow flat, badly damaging his eyesight.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Anti-vaxxers told me I was wrong to get jab'\n\nIt is \"not acceptable\" for anti-vax protesters to intimidate people outside Covid vaccination centres, the first minister has said.\n\nMark Drakeford was speaking after a 15-year-old girl and her mum were confronted by protesters in Cardiff while going for a jab on Saturday.\n\nGrace Baker-Earle said the experience \"hit a spot\" as she uses a wheelchair since contracting Covid.\n\nOther parents said they felt \"shaken up\" by protesters.\n\nSouth Wales Police said officers attended and one arrest was made.\n\nMr Drakeford said: \"People are entitled to protest, people are entitled to express their view.\n\n\"They're not entitled to do it in a way that intimidates others.\n\n\"It has been lifechanging for Grace, we are hoping she will get better,\" her mother says\n\n\"When you're talking about harassment, it's not what the person who is making the protests thinks about it, it's the impact that has on the individual.\n\n\"Very clearly in this case, that young woman felt intimidated.\"\n\nMr Drakeford told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement that the \"enforcement authorities... need to be prepared to step in\".\n\n\"They are right to say that people have a right to protest and so on, but they need to think about it in terms of the impact that will have on the individual who is being, in this case, directly approached by a group of people.\"\n\nGrace now needs a wheelchair to go more than 50 yards, since she had Covid last year\n\nGrace's mother, Angela, said \"it was incredibly unpleasant\" experience when the protesters accused her of using her daughter \"as a lab rat\" at Cardiff's Bayside mass vaccination centre.\n\nMs Baker-Earle, from Cowbridge, in the Vale Glamorgan, said 15 protesters walked in front of her car and she had to tell one man to \"step back\".\n\nGrace had vomiting and diarrhoea for 10 days and lost half a stone after catching Covid-19\n\n\"He was within two feet of me, looked at me as if I was stupid. I told them: 'You have literally surrounded my car'.\"\n\nShe said a vaccination centre steward then came out and checked she and her daughter were safe.\n\nMeanwhile, another parent, Melissa Ringham has called for more protection for people entering vaccination centres.\n\nShe said her 15-year-old daughter and herself felt \"shaken up\" after being targeted by protesters yesterday at the Bayside vaccination centre.\n\nThe 42-year-old mother, from Barry, said they were followed by a protester \"walking behind us\" and \"wouldn't leave us be\" as they walked up to the vaccination centre entrance.\n\n\"He got into my daughter's personal space and started shouting at her. I said: 'Stop, please don't speak to her like that.' I also raised my hand out to say stop,\" she said.\n\n\"It was very upsetting to see how upset my daughter was, she didn't have to witness that.\n\n\"As we walked out, we had one woman screaming at us: 'Shame on you - you're killing your daughter'.\"\n\nMs Ringham also said a nurse inside the vaccination centre told her \"many were too scared to walk into the building\".\n\nCardiff and Vale health board has be asked to comment.\n\nOn Sunday, South Wales Police confirmed a 61-year-old man from Newport was arrested, and released on bail, for racially aggravated offences.\n\nThe vaccine has been offered to 12 to 15 year olds in Wales since 4 October.", "The BBC's Moscow correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, was recently expelled from Russia, a country she first began visiting in her teens as a student and has reported on since the start of Vladimir Putin's presidency.\n\nNow she's been barred for life, declared a 'security threat'.\n\nThe move comes during an unprecedented assault on rights and freedoms in Russia, where critics of the Kremlin are increasingly being labelled as hostile 'agents' of the West.", "A ballot box had to be brought to Mr Zeman so he could vote in the election due to his ill health\n\nCzech President Milos Zeman has been taken to hospital amid political upheaval after a surprise opposition win in parliamentary elections.\n\nThe 77-year-old is a heavy smoker and former heavy drinker who uses a wheelchair and suffers from diabetes.\n\nHe was due to lead talks on forming a new government after Saturday's vote.\n\nPrague's Central Military Hospital director said Mr Zeman was in intensive care for complications from a known condition.\n\n\"We know the diagnosis precisely, which allows us to target treatment,\" director Miroslav Zavoral said, but added that he would not give any further details per the president's request.\n\nMr Zeman's office has previously said he is suffering from exhaustion and dehydration, after spending eight days in hospital last month.\n\nThe president was taken to hospital from the presidential chateau outside the capital Prague on Sunday morning, shortly after a meeting with Prime Minister Andrej Babis.\n\nFootage broadcast by Czech media show staff holding up his head as he entered the hospital.\n\nWhen President Zeman spent eight days in hospital in September, journalists asked the president's mercurial spokesman Jiri Ovcacek for an official explanation. For two days there was no response. Finally, the silence was broken with the following cryptic tweet:\n\n\"I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about\": Psalm 3, 5-7.\n\nIt is fair to say that the Czech journalistic community - some of whom are blacklisted by the president's office - has developed a certain degree of scepticism at the official statements emanating from Prague Castle.\n\nFor weeks we have been told September's visit was a scheduled one, to treat exhaustion and dehydration.\n\nBut last week several media outlets - including the country's public broadcaster, Czech Radio - quoted seven independent sources familiar with his condition who said he was suffering from ascites, a build-up of abdominal fluid usually associated with cirrhosis of the liver. Mr Zeman has been a heavy drinker throughout his life.\n\nMr Ovcacek released a statement dismissing the claims as lies and disinformation, motivated by political activism and hatred of Mr Zeman.\n\nBut distressing footage of the president being wheeled into hospital - apparently unconscious, his head held up by a bodyguard and his wife and daughter with him - will do nothing to allay public concerns, at a time of political vacuum.\n\nPrime Minister Babis and his populist ANO party had sought re-election on Saturday after four years in power. But they were beaten in the poll by the centre-right coalition Spolu (meaning Together), which took 27.8% of the vote compared to ANO's 27.1%.\n\nSpolu has announced talks with the liberal Pirates/Mayors coalition known as PirStan to form a government. Together the two groups control 108 of the parliament's 200 seats.\n\nHowever President Zeman said before the election he would pick the winner of the largest individual party, not coalition, to form the next government.\n\nBecause ANO took the most votes of any one party, this would be Prime Minister Babis - an ally of President Zeman's.\n\nThe president announced his plan to vote for the billionaire prime minister ahead of the poll. Due to his ill health however, a ballot box had to be brought to him so he could take part in Saturday's election.\n\nAccording to Reuters news agency, the Czech constitution grants the lower house of the parliament the authority to appoint the prime minister if the presidential position is vacated.\n\nA controversial figure, Mr Zeman is known for making divisive remarks and using strong language. In June he was sharply criticised for calling transgender people \"disgusting\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A video from 2017 asks whether Andrej Babis is the Czech Donald Trump", "Abdul Qadeer Khan was put under house arrest until 2009\n\nThe man regarded as the \"father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb\", Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, has died aged 85 after being hospitalised with Covid-19.\n\nDr Khan was hailed as a national hero for transforming his country into the world's first Islamic nuclear power.\n\nBut he was also notorious for having smuggled nuclear secrets to states including North Korea and Iran.\n\n\"He was loved by our nation bec[ause] of his critical contribution in making us a nuclear weapon state,\" the prime minister tweeted.\n\nKnown as AQ Khan, the scientist was instrumental in setting up Pakistan's first nuclear enrichment plant at Kahuta near Islamabad. By 1998, the country had conducted its first nuclear tests.\n\nComing shortly after similar tests by India, Dr Khan's work helped seal Pakistan's place as the world's seventh nuclear power and sparked national jubilation.\n\nBut he was arrested in 2004 for illegally sharing nuclear technology with Iran, Libya and North Korea.\n\nThe revelations that he had passed on nuclear secrets to other countries shocked Pakistan.\n\nIn a televised address, Dr Khan offered his \"deepest regrets and unqualified apologies\".\n\nDr Khan was pardoned by Pakistan's then-president, Pervez Musharraf, but he was held under house arrest until 2009.\n\nThe leniency of his treatment angered many in the West, where he has been dubbed \"the greatest nuclear proliferator of all time\".\n\nBut in Pakistan he remained a symbol of pride for his role in boosting its national security.\n\n\"He helped us develop nation-saving nuclear deterrence and a grateful nation will never forget his services,\" President Arif Alvi said.\n\nThe fact AQ Khan could be described as one of the most dangerous men in the world by Western spies but also be lauded as a hero in his homeland tells you much about not just the complexity of the man himself but also how the world views nuclear weapons.\n\nAQ Khan was responsible, perhaps, more than any other individual for aiding the spread of nuclear weapons technology. He helped his own country's nuclear programme but then spread some of the know-how to others, including Iran, North Korea and Libya. The extent to which this was motivated by money, ideology or orders from Pakistan's leadership has always been murky.\n\nFor Western countries stopping the spread of nuclear weapons has been a top priority, and the CIA and MI6 helped take down Khan's network.\n\nBut within Pakistan he was a revered figure, seen as having helped build his country's defences against India.\n\nAnd more broadly, he and others would question why Western countries should be allowed to have nuclear weapons for their security while denying the same ability to others.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ian Blackford calls on UK government to \"nurse\" businesses through the energy crisis\n\nIan Blackford, the SNP's Westminster leader, has called on the UK government to \"nurse\" businesses through the energy crisis.\n\nHe described the situation facing the UK as a \"perfect storm\".\n\nWholesale gas prices have risen 250% since January and there are warnings some industrial sectors may have to shut down operations.\n\nUK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has defended the government's handling of the crisis.\n\nSpeaking to Sky News' Trevor Phillips on Sunday, he would not rule out a price cap for businesses and said his department was talking to industry to see what solutions would work.\n\nBut he denied reports he asked for \"billions\" from the Treasury to subsidise energy intensive industries.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show, Mr Blackford warned that energy prices could go up further.\n\nOfgem has already warned that householders face \"significant rises\" in energy prices next spring when the price cap, which limits how much energy providers can charge per unit, is due to be changed.\n\nTwelve domestic energy supply firms have failed in the last 13 months as they paid more for their gas then they were able to charge. Their customers have been moved to alternative providers.\n\n\"Now we know this is not going to go away quickly and actually if you end up in a situation that more energy providers have to hedge by buying additional supplies, all we are actually doing is forcing energy prices up even more and more,\" Mr Blackford said.\n\n\"There's a real issue about some larger providers being in quite a delicate situation and the impact that it's going to have. Government can't walk away from its responsibilities.\"\n\nHe said that if factories closed, it would have wider repercussions on the supply chain and unemployment levels.\n\nThe Energy Intensive Users Group - which represents firms which use a lot of energy - has said measures were needed \"right now\" to stop shut downs having a wider impact.\n\nAnd businesses in the ceramics industry have said they may be forced to scale back or stop production due to the rise in gas prices.\n\n\"Government has to recognise we have a responsibility to nurse businesses through this to provide short term support,\" Mr Blackford said.\n\n\"If we end up in a situation where steel production stops in the west coast of Scotland, that helps nobody.\n\n\"We have got to make sure that companies have got the assistance they need in the short term while we get through this. If not we are going to pay the price because we're going to end up with high unemployment, we are going to end up with supply constraints.\"\n\nEarlier, Mr Kwarteng, asked on the BBC's The Andrew Marr Show if he was going to give extra help to energy-intensive industries, like steel, said: \"We're looking to find a solution.\"\n\nTold that that sounds like a yes, the minister replied: \"No, that doesn't sound like yes at all. We already have existing support and we're looking to see if that's sufficient to get us through this situation.\"\n\nHe added: \"I've been very clear we're not going to bail out failing energy suppliers.\"\n\nOn being informed of the Business Secretary's position, Mr Blackford said: \"This is like Thatcher all over again, isn't it?\"\n\nAsked whether the Scottish government would support those affected by rising energy crisis, he said: \"The Scottish government is already doing what it can and in particular we are making sure that we are trying to react against fuel poverty, we are trying to make sure vulnerable families, children with disabilities and so on are being supported.\n\n\"We can't fix every problem that emerges from Westminster.\"\n\nHe added: \"I want to do as much as we can but our budget is constrained and let's remember that we don't have the borrowing powers that Westminster has. We would fix this - give us the powers to do it and we would make sure we would give businesses the necessary support.\"", "Miriam Groot is a food blogger known as The Veggie Reporter\n\nA vegan food blogger from the Netherlands has won the World Porridge Making Championships.\n\nMiriam Groot, 25, who runs a blog call The Veggie Reporter, beat competitors from around the world.\n\nShe used pinhead oatmeal, mushrooms and vegan cheese to create Oatmeal Arancini - deep fried balls of risotto, rolled in breadcrumbs and deep fried in oil.\n\nThe annual competition, traditionally held in Carrbridge in the Highlands, has been run online since last year.\n\nCompetitors were asked to submit a video of themselves making their favourite oaty dish.\n\nThey were judged on appearance, execution, originality, flair and virtual taste - reflecting which dishes the judging panel most wanted to try.\n\nCoinneach MacLeod - better known as the Hebridean Baker - and Aaron Leung, a video producer from New Jersery, were joint runners up.\n\nMr MacLeod's Baked Oat Alaska was made with honey, oat and raspberry sponge, topped with pinhead oatmeal brittle ice cream and chocolate ice cream, all encased in a baked meringue.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Leung's savoury Japanese fusion Golden Omuoats dish included a spicy pork and oatmeal mince, served under an omelette and topped with a curry sauce which included chocolate.\n\nCoinneach MacLeod, from the Isle of Lewis, made Baked Oat Alaska\n\nCharlie Miller, from Carrbridge Community Council which organises the competition, said: \"While we were disappointed that we couldn't have the competition in person again this year, the response was amazing, with the highest level of international interest we've ever had.\n\n\"The judging was very close, with only six points separating the top 10. Congratulations to our top 10, and especially to Miriam, Aaron and Coinneach for your excellent entries. We hope to see you all in Carrbridge this time next year.\"\n\nThe top 10 included two Americans, one Canadian, two Australians, one each from Germany and the Netherlands, two from England and one from Scotland.\n\nOther dishes included a cranachan ice cream sundae, banana oat pancakes, an oatmeal banana split, and a dessert porridge inspired by the Sacher Torte chocolate cake.", "The energy price cap protecting households from sharp rises in gas prices is \"not fit for purpose\", suppliers have said.\n\nNatural gas prices are at record highs, which has led to some domestic energy firms failing as they are paying more for gas than they are able to charge.\n\nSuppliers have warned that consumers could face a \"huge cost\" from these firms going out of business.\n\nThere are also calls for an energy price cap to help small businesses.\n\nGas prices are at record highs as economies around the world begin to recover from the Covid pandemic.\n\nDomestic customers are partly protected from sharp rises by a price cap - which sets the maximum price suppliers in England, Wales and Scotland can charge customers on a standard tariff - although energy regulator Ofgem has warned that households will see further \"significant rises\" in the spring, when the cap is reviewed.\n\nLast month, nine energy companies went out of business, forcing 1.7 million customers to move to new suppliers and on to higher rates.\n\nPaul Richards, chief executive of Together Energy, which he said is currently making losses, told the BBC that while he supported a price cap to protect customers, the current mechanism \"is not fit for industry, nor is it fit for customers\".\n\n\"Crazy, just crazy\" is how the nursery and soft play owner Gordon Foster describes the sharp rise in energy prices, shaking his head in dismay.\n\nBusinesses typically fix their energy bills a few years in advance, known as \"hedging\".\n\nMr Foster is one of the unlucky ones whose energy contract is up for renewal, and at the moment he's looking at paying eight times his current rate, taking up a contract that would tie him in for years.\n\nThe alternative is paying sky high prices now without a contract, and keeping his fingers crossed that prices will stabilise.\n\nFor him, as for others, this sudden jump in costs makes parts of the business unviable, and certainly means he has to put his prices up for his customers.\n\nWhile households might have an energy cap in place to protect them from such eye-watering spikes in global markets, we are all exposed to the impact of such costs for businesses. Ultimately they feed through to everyone.\n\nHe said while the cap protected customers in the short term, he thought there was somewhere between £1bn and £3bn in costs which would be spread back across business and households as a result of failed suppliers.\n\nDerek Lickorish, chairman of Utilita Energy, which has more than 800,000 customers, said there was no doubt there would be a cost paid by consumers for failed firms.\n\n\"The government has to look at the means by which they can support not only energy suppliers, but also big industry,\" he said.\n\nMr Lickorish said he would like to see the price cap reviewed four times a year, rather than the current two, and for a longer period of gas prices to be considered in setting it.\n\nStephen Murray, head of energy, commercial and partners at Moneysupermarket.com, said that while the usual advice for consumers was to shop around, for now it was to stay put, with those on a fixed deal likely to be better off.\n\nThe price cap provided \"some level of protection\", he said, but \"that comes at a cost and we've seen that through failed suppliers\".\n\nBusiness group the British Chambers of Commerce has called for a similar cap to be introduced for the energy bills of small and medium sized businesses - those with 250 employers or fewer.\n\nThese firms mostly buy their energy several years in advance, so those whose contracts are due for renewal now are facing a \"difficult time\", it said.\n\nThe group's co-executive director Claire Walker said the increasing pressure on these sized businesses was \"becoming dire\" and said that a price cap would give them the confidence to maintain normal business activities.\n\nDave Dalton, chief executive of British Glass, said he thought a cap would help but was probably \"too little, too late\" and that an \"immediate intervention\" was needed.\n\nThe government said it was in regular contact with business groups to explore ways to manage the impact of global prices.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng met leaders from heavy industry on Friday amid warnings that some sectors could have to shut down, but they failed to find any solutions.\n\nLabour has accused the government of being in denial about gas prices, with wholesale prices rising 250% since January.\n\nA number of Conservative MPs have called for the government to take action, and the Energy Intensive Users Group - which represents firms that use a lot of energy - said measures were needed \"right now\".\n\nThe group's chair Dr Richard Leese said that energy-heavy industries were \"intrinsically linked\" and if some sectors were forced to shut down, it would have a knock-on impact.\n\n\"We've seen the curtailment in production in the steel and fertiliser sector - that's had a knock-on impact into the supply chains in the industrial supply chains and domestic supply chains,\" he said.\n\nUK Steel boss Gareth Stace said he was \"baffled\" that the UK government had failed to find solutions because governments in the rest of Europe had stepped in to support industry - although they faced lower energy costs than in the UK.", "Tsai Ing-wen was speaking at Taiwan's National Day celebrations in its capital Taipei\n\nTaiwan will not bow to pressure from China and will defend its democratic way of life, President Tsai Ing-wen has said in a defiant speech amid heightened tensions over the island.\n\nHer remarks on Taiwan's National Day came after China's President Xi Jinping vowed to \"fulfil reunification\".\n\nTaiwan considers itself a sovereign state, while China views it as a breakaway province.\n\nBeijing has not ruled out the possible use of force to achieve unification.\n\nChina has sent a record number of military jets into Taiwan's air defence zone in recent days. Three Chinese planes, including two fighter jets, crossed into the zone on Sunday, Taiwan's defence ministry said.\n\nMs Tsai was re-elected by a landslide last year on a promise to stand up to Beijing. In her speech on Sunday, she said Taiwan was \"standing on democracy's first line of defence\".\n\nShe said the island would not \"act rashly\" but would bolster its defences to \"ensure that nobody can force Taiwan to take the path China has laid out for us\".\n\nThat path, she said, offered \"neither a free and democratic way of life for Taiwan nor sovereignty\" for its 23 million people.\n\n\"The more we achieve, the greater the pressure we face from China,\" she said.\n\nShe added that China's military flights into Taiwan's air defence zone had seriously affected national security and aviation safety, and described the situation as being \"more complex and fluid than at any other point in the past 72 years\".\n\nMs Tsai also repeated an offer to talk with Chinese leaders on an equal footing, a suggestion Beijing - which brands her a \"separatist\" - has so far rejected.\n\nHer speech was followed by a flypast of Taiwanese fighter jets.\n\nOne man watching Ms Tsai's speech told AFP news agency Taiwanese people could not accept unification with China.\n\n\"China is presently rather authoritarian. Especially under Xi Jinping, its gotten worse. Reunification is not appropriate now,\" another said.\n\nOn Saturday, China's President Xi said unification should be achieved peacefully, but warned that the Chinese people had a \"glorious tradition\" of opposing separatism.\n\n\"The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland... will definitely be fulfilled,\" he added.\n\nFollowing Ms Tsai's speech on Sunday, China's Taiwan Affairs Office said she had \"advocated Taiwan independence, incited confrontation, cut apart history and disputed facts\".\n\nDespite the recent heightened tensions, relations between China and Taiwan have not deteriorated to levels last seen in 1996 when China tried to disrupt presidential elections with missile tests and the US dispatched aircraft carriers to the region to dissuade them.\n\nThe US has a longstanding \"One China\" policy under which it recognises China rather than Taiwan.\n\nBut this agreement also allows Washington to maintain a \"robust unofficial\" relationship with Taiwan. The US sells arms to Taiwan as part of Washington's Taiwan Relations Act, which states that the US must help Taiwan defend itself.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC this week, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the US would \"stand up and speak out\" over any actions that might \"undermine peace and stability\" across the Taiwan Strait.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jake Sullivan tells the BBC that the US will \"stand up for our friends\"", "Police said the collision, involving a bronze Toyota Hilux, took place in Lenham Road, Headcorn\n\nFour people have been killed and a teenage boy seriously injured in a crash on a country lane.\n\nKent Police said a bronze Toyota Hilux crashed in Lenham Road, Headcorn, at about 00:55 BST on Sunday.\n\nFour people, aged 18, 19, 25 and 44, who were inside the vehicle, were declared dead at the scene.\n\nA 15-year-old boy, who was a passenger in the car, was taken to a London hospital with life-threatening injuries, the force added.\n\nAnyone who witnessed the crash, or has CCTV, mobile phone or dashcam footage, is asked to contact Kent Police.\n\nA 15-year-old boy was taken to hospital after the crash\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Border Force intercepted more than 160 boats off Dover in Kent in September\n\nForty small boats with 1,115 migrants on board have crossed the Channel in two days, the Home Office has said.\n\nOn Saturday, Border Force picked up 491 migrants on 17 boats, while the French authorities prevented 114 people from making the crossing.\n\nOn Friday 624 people crossed on 23 boats, with 300 more being stopped by the French authorities.\n\nIn September, more migrants crossed than in any other previous month since the crisis began.\n\nSome 3,879 migrants made the crossing in September.\n\nMore than 18,000 people have made the crossing from France to England in small boats so far this year, compared to just over 8,460 in 2020, according to Home Office figures.\n\nOn Saturday the French interior minister, Gerald Darmanin, visited Calais to see what was being done to try and stop migrants crossing the English Channel by boat.\n\nIn July, a £54m deal was announced between the UK and France which would see France doubling the number of police patrolling its beaches to stem the number of migrant crossings.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel recently threatened to withhold the funding unless more people were stopped from reaching the UK.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said 89 people on board five boats had also made the crossing on Thursday.\n\nHe said: \"This year record numbers of people have put their lives in the hands of ruthless people smugglers and risked perilous channel crossings from French beaches.\n\n\"Joint cooperation with the French has led to nearly 300 arrests, 65 convictions and prevented more than 13,500 crossings. But with hundreds still risking their lives and making the crossing, all sides must do more.\"\n\nThe English Channel is one of the most dangerous and busiest shipping lanes in the world.\n\nMany migrants come from some of the poorest and most chaotic parts of the world, and many ask to claim asylum once they are picked up by the UK authorities.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lord Frost will use a speech next week to reiterate that the UK wants the European Court of Justice (ECJ) removed from oversight of the NI Protocol.\n\nThe EU will bring forward proposals on Wednesday for reforming the protocol.\n\nThey will focus on easing practical problems, rather than changing oversight arrangements.\n\nBut the Brexit minister will say: 'Without new arrangements in this area the protocol will never have the support it needs to survive\".\n\nThe protocol is a special Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, agreed by the UK and EU in 2019.\n\nIt avoids a hard border on the island of Ireland by keeping Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods.\n\nThat creates a new trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.\n\nThis has caused practical difficulties for some businesses while unionists say it undermines Northern Ireland's constitutional position as part of the UK.\n\nThe UK government also wants to reverse its previous agreement on the oversight role of the ECJ, which is the EU's highest court.\n\nIn a paper published in July, the government said it had only agreed to the ECJ's role because of the \"very specific circumstances\" of the protocol negotiation.\n\nIt now wants a new governance arrangement in which disputes should be \"managed collectively and ultimately through international arbitration.\"\n\nThe ECJ is the supreme interpreter of the rules of the single market.\n\nAs the protocol works by keeping Northern Ireland in the single market for goods, the EU says removing the ECJ would simply unravel the protocol.\n\nSpeaking last week, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said: \"I find it hard to see how Northern Ireland would stay or would keep the access to the single market without oversight of the European Court of Justice.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson said he believes the Northern Ireland Protocol could \"in principle work\" if it was \"fixed\".\n\nLord Frost is expected to address that issue when he makes a speech to diplomats in Portugal on Tuesday.\n\nHe will say: \"The commission have been too quick to dismiss governance as a side issue. The reality is the opposite.\n\n\"The role of the ECJ in Northern Ireland and the consequent inability of the UK government to implement the very sensitive arrangements in the protocol in a reasonable way has created a deep imbalance in the way the protocol operates.\"\n\nWhen the EU publishes its proposals next week that is expected to lead to a new round of negotiations.\n\nBoth sides have suggested there will be short, intense talks process beginning in late October or early November.\n• None PM says NI Protocol could work if it was 'fixed'", "The last four remaining cooling towers at the former Eggborough Power Station in North Yorkshire have been demolished.\n\nThey were brought down just after 09:00 BST on Sunday.\n\nFour of the eight concrete structures, which stood 300ft (90m) high, were demolished in August as part of plans to redevelop the site after the plant closed in 2018.\n\nThe towers have been a landmark for more than 50 years in an area where all four Yorkshire counties - North, South, East and West - meet.", "Abby, not her real name, called the system \"harrowing\"\n\nA traumatised domestic abuse victim has said her experience of the justice system was so bad it was \"like the abuse has continued\".\n\nAbby, not her real name, branded the system \"harrowing\" and felt she had to \"constantly prove that I'm innocent\".\n\nA rape charity said some victims waited years for their cases to reach court.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said it had invested hundreds of millions of pounds to \"restore swift access to justice in Wales\".\n\nAbby alleges her partner beat her, left her with broken bones, abused her emotionally and controlled her finances. The Crown Prosecution Service decided not to prosecute.\n\nThe experience of pressing charges was \"emotionally draining,\" she said, adding that constantly being asked to recount the abuse was \"traumatic\".\n\nShe said she felt she had to \"constantly prove that I'm innocent\"\n\n\"It was absolutely horrific,\" Abby, from south-west Wales, said.\n\n\"I could feel myself shaking because I didn't know what was going to happen.\n\n\"Not once have I felt that I've been treated like a survivor, I've felt I've had to constantly prove that I'm innocent,\" she said.\n\n\"I don't feel safe. And I don't have the confidence in the courts to put my children's safety first.\n\n\"The issue was male violence, not female behaviour, and that needs to be recognised.\"\n\nSarah Thomas, of Merthyr Tydfil-based rape charity New Pathways, said delays in getting justice is one of the biggest challenges for survivors.\n\nSarah Thomas, of charity New Pathways, said there were the \"significant\" delays in getting justice\n\n\"They feel forgotten, they feel lost in the system, that they're not important, and that the system is set up for their perpetrator,\" she said.\n\nShe said some women wait three years for their case to get to court, leaving some feeling unable to continue with the case.\n\nGwendolyn Sterk, of Welsh Women's Aid, said she wanted a system that prioritised survivors and implemented restraining orders better.\n\nShe said many did not report abuse as it was easy for perpetrators to \"continue the harassment of the woman\" during court cases.\n\nVictim's Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC said violent crimes against women and girls were prosecuted \"extraordinarily weakly\" in England and Wales.\n\nDame Vera Baird QC says violent crimes against women are prosecuted \"extraordinarily weakly\"\n\nThe crime survey for England and Wales, considered an accurate assessment of crimes committed, estimated just 16% of raped or sexually assaulted women report it to police.\n\nHome Office figures show just 1.6% of such cases that get to court result in a conviction.\n\nDame Vera said she wanted abuse given the same priority as terrorism.\n\n\"There needs to be an urgent, a powerful and a relentless drive to change, not only police attitudes, but criminal justice attitudes and indeed public attitudes,\" she said.\n\nIn Wales, 22 magistrates' courts have closed and there are currently 17,726 cases outstanding as Covid puts extra pressure on the system.\n\nThe Magistrates' Association has prioritised cases such as domestic violence where people are in danger, and the courts have been holding remote hearings to clear the Covid-induced backlog.\n\nRape prosecutions have fallen 59% in the last five years.\n\nIn June the UK government published a plan to improve that.\n\nVictims and youth justice shadow minister Anna McMorrin, Labour MP for Cardiff North, said the criminal justice system was failing women and girls \"at every turn\", and labelled it a \"national scandal\".\n\nAnna McMorrin has called for cross-party co-operation to improve women and girls' experience with the justice system\n\nShe called for cross-party co-operation on the issue, and for the Victim's Bill, a proposed law currently being debated in Parliament, to be brought forward.\n\nLast week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said targets to return to 2016 levels of prosecutions would be \"incredibly tough\" to meet.\n\nThe MoJ said it planned to spend £151m on victims, including an extra £50m to increase support for victims of rape and domestic abuse.\n\nA pilot scheme for rape and sexual violence survivors to have their cross-examinations recorded before trial has also recently been extended.\n\nAn MoJ spokesman said: \"The impact of the pandemic was vast and unprecedented but we are already cutting backlogs in magistrates' and crown courts across Wales.\n\n\"We are investing hundreds of millions to restore the swift access to justice that victims deserve, while building back faith in the system by introducing a new victims' law and boosting vital support services.\"", "The World Conker Championships first took place in Ashton, Northamptonshire, in 1965\n\nAbout 2,000 people flocked to watch the return of the World Conker Championships.\n\nThe event was cancelled last year due to Covid-19, but returned to see 2019 champion Jasmine Tetley retain her title.\n\nThe championships, which took part in Southwick, Northamptonshire, have been running since 1965.\n\nOrganiser Charles Whalley, from Ashton Conker Club, said the day out had been \"a real treat\" for people.\n\nAs well as retaining her overall title, Ms Tetley also headed up the event's winning team, named 'We Came, We Saw, Jasmine Conkered'.\n\nAdy Hurrell won the men's event. In all, 250 people competed in the championship.\n\nJasmine Tetley led 'We Came, We Saw, Jasmine Conkered' to the team championship title\n\nMr Whalley said extra measures had been put in place to mitigate against coronavirus.\n\n\"It's outside, we had more space and more places for people to sit down, away from the competitors, hand sanitisers everywhere, we've done as much as we can,\" he said.\n\n\"Competitors have to be a metre apart, anyway. We're meeting all the guidelines.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Mr Airey said he was happy the actor had allowed them to share details of his donation\n\nFilm star Daniel Craig has donated £10,000 to three fathers who have set out on a 300-mile walk to raise funds for a suicide prevention charity after their daughters took their own lives.\n\nAndy Airey, Mike Palmer and Tim Owen's \"Three Dads Walking\" trek will see them walk between their homes in Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Norfolk.\n\nThey are raising money for the Papyrus charity.\n\nThey said the donation from the James Bond actor was \"amazing\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Three dads united by daughters' suicides take on challenge\n\nMr Airey said he was happy that the actor had let them share the news of his generosity.\n\n\"Allowing us to shout about it is fantastic news, especially as he's just about the most famous film actor in the world at the moment, isn't he?\" he said.\n\nThe trio, who set out earlier, will be walking about 20 miles a day between Mr Airey's home, near Cumbria, Mr Palmer's house in Sale, Greater Manchester, and Mr Owen's property in Shouldham, Norfolk.\n\nThey expect to complete the challenge on 23 October.\n\nMr Airey, whose 29-year-old daughter Sophie took her own life in 2018, said they had \"three different stories to tell, but each has the same tragic ending; the devastating loss of a daughter to suicide\".\n\n\"Daniel Craig has clearly been moved by the indescribable pain we and our families are suffering and wants to help us to bring something positive out of the utter devastation,\" he added.\n\nMr Palmer, whose daughter Beth died in 2020, said being part of the challenge was \"not a club I want to belong to, but [it gives us] an opportunity to fight back and maybe make a difference.\n\n\"We hope that by linking our three homes and telling our three daughters' very different stories, we will put a spotlight on young mental health.\"\n\nAs well as fundraising, the trio want to raise awareness of the help and support available\n\nMr Owen added that \"strongly\" believed that \"in a moment of darkness\", his 19-year-old daughter Emily \"made a wrong decision\" last year.\n\n\"Had she just taken time to think or to speak to someone, her decision and my family's lives would be on another path,\" he said.\n\n\"Instead, she decided she could no longer go on, leaving behind a devastating ripple effect on her family and friends.\"\n\nIf you're affected by the issues in this piece, you can find support from BBC Action Line.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n• None The three dads united by their daughters' suicides. Video, 00:04:00The three dads united by their daughters' suicides\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Anti-vaxxers told me I was wrong to get jab'\n\nA 15-year-old girl and her mum say they were intimidated by anti-vax protesters outside a Covid vaccination centre.\n\nGrace Baker-Earle, who uses a wheelchair after contracting Covid, was confronted after receiving the jab at Cardiff's Bayside mass vaccination centre.\n\nHer mum Angela said protesters accused her of using Grace \"as a lab rat\".\n\nSouth Wales Police said officers attended a protest in the area at 10:50 BST and remained in attendance.\n\nThe force said no arrests had been made.\n\nThe vaccine has been offered to 12 to 15-year-olds in Wales since 4 October.\n\nGrace now needs a wheelchair to go more than 50 yards after she had Covid last year\n\nMs Baker-Earle said the confrontation was \"just horrible\" and \"incredibly intimidating\", and happened while getting her daughter's wheelchair into her car - something she needs since developing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).\n\nThe 44-year-old said a protester claimed it was \"ridiculous\" to get the jab.\n\n\"I said my daughter is using a wheelchair because of Covid,\" Ms Baker-Earle said.\n\n\"[A protestor] said: 'She'll have immunity, you shouldn't be getting the vaccine since you have natural immunity. You shouldn't be using her as a lab rat'.\n\n\"It has been lifechanging for Grace, we are hoping she will get better,\" her mother says\n\nMs Baker-Earle, from Cowbridge, in the Vale Glamorgan, said the 15 protesters walked in front of her car and she had to tell one man to \"step back\".\n\n\"He was within two feet of me, looked at me as if I was stupid. I told them: 'You have literally surrounded my car'.\"\n\nShe said a vaccination centre steward then came out and checked she and her daughter were safe.\n\nGrace said the confrontation \"hit a spot\" because of how much Covid has affected herself and family.\n\n\"I think I was sad more than anything because it's something I still live with, it takes up every second of my day,\" she said.\n\n\"I was excited to have it done - to have people tell you as you come out that what you're doing is wrong and to have people invading your personal space, it wasn't nice.\"\n\nAngela Baker-Earle was in hospital with Covid and pneumonia last year, while Grace was \"very poorly\"\n\nMs Baker-Earle said she was in hospital with Covid and pneumonia last November, around the same time Grace also had the virus.\n\n\"Grace was very unwell for a couple of weeks, she lost half a stone and was really poorly - she weighed 6.5 stone (41kg) to begin with.\n\n\"A cardiologist has said although Grace had a virus earlier in March, having Covid pushed it over into having ME.\"\n\nME is a chronic neurological condition which means day-to-day tasks can be \"exhausting\" for Grace, she added.\n\n\"People were so dismissive of such a serious thing we are dealing with, which makes my blood boil,\" she added.\n\n\"There are 12-year-olds going down there to be faced with that - a whole line of people, it is disgusting.\"\n\nGrace had vomiting and diarrhoea for 10 days and lost half a stone after catching Covid-19\n\n\"Now she has to use a wheelchair to go more than 50 yards, and has an extremely elevated heart rate,\" she said.\n\n\"It has been lifechanging for Grace, we are hoping she will get better. This is all off the back of Covid in November.\"\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers (CMOs) have said healthy children aged 12 to 15 should be offered one dose of a Covid vaccine.\n\nThe advice, they say, reflects evidence on the mental health and long-term prospects for young people, the effect on education and the marginal benefit to health.\n\nThe Welsh government has emphasised that the vaccine is a choice for each individual to make.\n\nIt said all children aged 12 to 15 in Wales will be offered a Covid vaccine by the end of October.\n\nWales' Health Minister Eluned Morgan said studies showed children were at some risk of developing long Covid despite low hospital admission rates.", "Pope Francis officially launched the process at a Mass in the Vatican\n\nPope Francis has launched what some describe as the most ambitious attempt at Catholic reform for 60 years.\n\nA two-year process to consult every Catholic parish around the world on the future direction of the Church began at the Vatican this weekend.\n\nSome Catholics hope it will lead to change on issues such as women's ordination, married priests and same-sex relationships.\n\nOthers fear it will undermine the principles of the Church.\n\nThey say a focus on reform could also distract from issues facing the Church, such as corruption and dwindling attendance levels.\n\nPope Francis urged Catholics not to \"remain barricaded in our certainties\" but to \"listen to one another\" as he launched the process at Mass in St Peter's Basilica.\n\n\"Are we prepared for the adventure of this journey? Or are we fearful of the unknown, preferring to take refuge in the usual excuses: 'It's useless' or 'We've always done it this way'?\" he asked.\n\nThe consultation process, called \"For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission\", will work in three stages:\n\nThe Pope is expected then to write an apostolic exhortation, giving his views and decisions on the issues discussed.\n\nDiscussing his hopes for the Synod, Pope Francis warned against the process becoming an intellectual exercise that failed to address the real-world issues faced by Catholics and the \"temptation to complacency\" when it comes to considering change.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?\"\n\nThe initiative has been praised by the progressive US-based National Catholic Reporter newspaper, which said that while the process might not be perfect \"the Church is more likely to address the needs of the people of God with it than without it\".\n\nHowever, theologian George Weigel wrote, in the conservative US Catholic journal First Things, it was unclear how \"two years of self-referential Catholic chatter\" would address other problems the Church such as those who are \"drifting away from the faith in droves\".\n\nMuch of the reporting of this two-year consultation has focused on some of the issues that often appear to dominate reporting on the Catholic Church: the role of women for example, and whether they will ever be ordained as priests (the Pope says \"no\").\n\nWhile those topics are often of concern to some Catholics, other areas which traditionally dominate Catholic social teaching, such as alleviating poverty, and increasingly, climate change, will likely play a greater part, as will how the Church is run. In reality, any issue can be raised.\n\nDon't expect any sudden changes to Church rules though. It's true that some Catholics do want to see a different kind of institution, but for Pope Francis, allowing ordinary worshippers to have their concerns (eventually) raised at the Vatican - even if their bishops disagree with them - is a huge step change for this 2000 year-old religion.", "Researchers say the UK has little room for nature due to development and agriculture\n\nThe UK is one of the world's most nature-depleted countries - in the bottom 10% globally and last among the G7 group of nations, new data shows.\n\nIt has an average of about half its biodiversity left, far below the global average of 75%, a study has found.\n\nA figure of 90% is considered the \"safe limit\" to prevent the world from tipping into an \"ecological meltdown\", according to researchers.\n\nThe assessment was released ahead of a key UN biodiversity conference.\n\nBiodiversity is the variety of all living things on Earth and how they fit together in the web of life, bringing oxygen, water, food and countless other benefits.\n\nProf Andy Purvis, research leader at the Natural History Museum in London, said biodiversity is more than something beautiful to look at.\n\n\"It's also what provides us with so many of our basic needs,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"It's the foundation of our society. We've seen recently how disruptive it can be when supply chains break down - nature is at the base of our supply chains.\"\n\nThe new tool uses the Biodiversity Intactness Index to estimate the percentage of natural biodiversity that remains across the world and in individual countries.\n\nThe UK's low position in the league table is linked to the industrial revolution, which transformed the landscape, the researchers said.\n\nThe UK has seen relatively stable biodiversity levels over recent years, albeit at a \"really low level,\" team researcher Dr Adriana De Palma explained in a news briefing.\n\nThe assessment was released on the eve of the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP 15, hosted by China, a mega-diverse country with nearly 10% of plant species and 14% of animals on Earth.\n\nWorld leaders are attending week-long virtual talks seen as pivotal in raising ambition for slowing the loss of nature ahead of face-to-face talks in Kunming, China, in April next year and the climate conference in Glasgow at the end of the month.\n\nAndrew Deutz, global policy lead of international conservation charity, the Nature Conservancy, said the gathering momentum behind nature had not come a moment too soon.\n\n\"As with the accelerating climate emergency, what happens over the next year will - to a large extent - set humanity's course for the rest of the decade; and what happens this decade is likely to define our prospects for the rest of this century,\" he said.\n\nAt the summit in Kunming - taking place in a two-part format due to pandemic disruption - world leaders will negotiate a framework for protecting nature and species for the next decade.\n\nThe draft agreement aims to conserve at least 30% of the world's lands and oceans, and increase funding for the conservation of nature.\n\nBut elements of the draft lack ambition, according to a report by MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee.\n\nThe global biodiversity framework replaces the plan for the last decade, which missed all 20 targets.\n\n\"To play our part, we need the UK to step up and turn our global promises into action at home, to show that we are not going to let another lost decade for nature slip past,\" said Beccy Speight, chief executive of the RSPB.\n\nBiodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history. Since 1970, there has been on average almost a 70% decline in the populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.\n\nIt is thought that one million animal and plant species - almost a quarter of the global total - are threatened with extinction.", "Sebastian Kurz said he would fight the charges against him\n\nAustria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has stepped down, after pressure triggered by a corruption scandal.\n\nHe has proposed Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg as his replacement.\n\nMr Kurz and nine others were placed under investigation after raids at a number of locations linked to his conservative People's Party (ÖVP).\n\nHe denies claims he used government money to ensure positive coverage in a tabloid newspaper.\n\nThe allegations this week took his coalition government to the brink of collapse after its junior partner, the Greens, said Mr Kurz was no longer fit to be chancellor.\n\nThe Greens began talks with opposition parties, who were threatening to bring a vote of no confidence against the chancellor next week.\n\nGreens leader and Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler welcomed Mr Kurz's resignation and indicated he would be willing to work with Mr Schallenberg, saying they had a \"very constructive\" relationship.\n\n\"What's required now is stability. To resolve the impasse I want to step aside to prevent chaos,\" Mr Kurz said as he announced his resignation.\n\nHe said he would remain leader of his party, and continue to sit in parliament.\n\n\"First and foremost, however, I will of course use the opportunity to disprove the allegations against me,\" he added.\n\nAlthough he is no longer chancellor, Mr Kurz will still be a major figure in Austrian politics.\n\nAs leader of his party, he will be present at cabinet meetings. The head of the opposition Social Democrats says he will be pulling the strings as a shadow chancellor.\n\nOther observers point to his close relationship with Alexander Schallenberg, a career diplomat who worked with Mr Kurz when he first entered government as foreign minister.\n\nSome members of Mr Kurz's party are hoping his resignation will be temporary and he will be able to stage a comeback.\n\nOther Austrians say the two corruption investigations, and the collapse of his last coalition government with the far-right Freedom Party in 2019, mean it is time for Mr Kurz to leave politics altogether.\n\nMr Kurz became leader of the ÖVP in May 2017 and led his party to victory in elections later that year - becoming, at the age of 31, one the world's youngest ever democratically elected heads of government.\n\nThe corruption allegations relate to the period between 2016 and 2018, when finance ministry funds were suspected to have been used to manipulate opinion polls in favour of the ÖVP that were then published in a newspaper.\n\nWhile no newspaper was named by prosecutors, the tabloid daily Österreich put out a statement on Wednesday denying media reports it had taken taxpayers' money for advertising in exchange for publishing the favourable polls.\n\nMr Kurz, nine other individuals and three organisations have been placed under investigation \"on suspicion of breach of trust ... corruption ... and bribery ... partly with different levels of involvement\", the Prosecutors' Office for Economic Affairs and Corruption said on Wednesday.\n\nEarlier in the day, prosecutors carried out raids at the chancellery, the finance ministry and homes and offices of senior aides to the chancellor.\n\nMr Kurz has called the allegations against him \"baseless\".\n\nHe also denies wrongdoing in a separate investigation he was placed under in May over allegations he had made false statements to a parliamentary commission.", "UK demands on the Northern Ireland Protocol could cause \"a breakdown in relations\" with the EU, Ireland's foreign minister has warned.\n\nSimon Coveney made the comments after the UK reiterated that it wants the European Court of Justice (ECJ) removed from oversight of the deal.\n\nMr Coveney said this was the creation of a new \"red line\" which the EU cannot move on.\n\nThe EU will bring forward proposals on Wednesday for reforming the protocol.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Protocol is the special Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, which the UK and EU agreed in 2019.\n\nThe EU proposals will focus on easing practical problems with the movement of goods from Britain to Northern Ireland, rather than changing oversight arrangements.\n\nHowever, on Tuesday, the UK's Brexit Minister Lord Frost will give a speech in which he is expected to tell diplomats that removing the ECJ's role in dispute settlement is necessary to sustain the protocol.\n\nLord Frost is due to give his speech on Tuesday\n\nHe is due to say: \"Without new arrangements in this area the protocol will never have the support it needs to survive.\n\n\"The role of the ECJ in Northern Ireland and the consequent inability of the UK government to implement the very sensitive arrangements in the protocol in a reasonable way has created a deep imbalance in the way the protocol operates.\"\n\nThe protocol keeps Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods and the ECJ acts as the supreme interpreter of the single market's rules.\n\nIn 2019, the UK agreed to the ECJ's role, but in July this year the government said it had only done that because of the \"very specific circumstances\" of the protocol negotiation.\n\nIt now wants a new governance arrangement in which disputes would ultimately be resolved by an independent arbitrator.\n\nWriting on Twitter, Mr Coveney suggested the UK position would not help resolve practical problems.\n\nHe said: \"EU working seriously to resolve practical issues with implementation of Protocol - so UKG creates a new \"red line\" barrier to progress, that they know EU can't move on…. are we surprised?\"\n\nHe added that the \"real question\" was: \"Does UKG actually want an agreed way forward or a further breakdown in relations?\"\n\nLord Frost later responded to Mr Coveney on social media, saying he would prefer \"not to do negotiations on Twitter\" but that \"the issue of governance and the ECJ is not new\".\n\n\"We set out our concerns three months ago in our 21 July Command Paper. The problem is that too few people seem to have listened.\"\n\nAs the protocol works by keeping Northern Ireland in the single market for goods, the EU has said removing the ECJ would simply unravel the whole arrangement.\n\nMr Šefčovič told an event in Dublin that he hoped talks would begin before the end of October\n\nSpeaking last week, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said: \"I find it hard to see how Northern Ireland would stay or would keep the access to the single market without oversight of the European Court of Justice.\"\n\nWhen the EU publishes its proposals next week that is expected to lead to a new round of negotiations.\n\nBoth sides have suggested there will be short, intense talks process beginning in late October or early November.", "Packham said \"two masked men\" drove a vehicle to his gates and set it on fire in the early hours of Friday\n\nWildlife expert Chris Packham has vowed that intimidation will not stop him from campaigning after a suspected arson attack at his home.\n\nThe broadcaster said two masked men set a vehicle on fire at the gate of his New Forest home at about 00:30 BST on Friday, causing extensive damage.\n\nHe said the attack was the \"cost\" of online abuse he receives, but added it would not sway him from his causes.\n\nHampshire Police said it was investigating the fire.\n\nIn a video on Twitter, Packham questioned if the men were members of one of a number of conservation organisations and rural groups \"or some of my internet trolls, who fill my timeline with hate?\"\n\nHe said he received many defamatory and libellous comments online, but those who posted them were getting away with it because the law, \"as it stands, means that I am unable to take any action against this form of harassment\".\n\nHe said it was a frustrating situation, which came at a cost.\n\n\"Perhaps the cost is having my gate burned down, causing thousands of pounds' worth of damage,\" he added.\n\nThe fire came a day before Packham delivered a 100,000 signature petition to Buckingham Palace\n\nHe said he had previously had dead animals left at his home, including foxes and badgers, but actions against him had now escalated \"to damaging that property\".\n\nHowever, he said he would not bow to the pressure to support activities he did not agree with, such as \"illegal shooting\" and trail hunting.\n\n\"If you think that by burning down those gates that I'm suddenly going to become a supporter... then you're wrong,\" he said.\n\n\"I will just carry on, because I have no choice. I cannot and will not let your intimidation sway me from my cause.\"\n\nIn 2019, the BBC Springwatch presenter spoke about a \"very calculated\" death threat he received after campaigning for measures to protect birds from being shot.\n\nThe fire at his property came a day before he delivered a 100,000 signature petition to Buckingham Palace, which called on the Royal Family to conserve nature on their estates and reintroduce animals like beavers and wild boar.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Scotland\n\nScott McTominay sparked bedlam at Hampden as his stoppage-time winner against Israel kept Scotland on course for the World Cup qualifying play-offs.\n\nThe Manchester United midfielder bundled in his first Scotland goal after Eran Zahavi's brilliant free-kick and a Munas Dabbur finish twice had the visitors ahead in a thrilling contest.\n\nJohn McGinn briefly levelled with a superb strike before Lyndon Dykes - having had a weak penalty saved - volleyed an equaliser belatedly awarded after a VAR check after the break.\n\nScotland's concerted pressure looked set to fall short until McTominay pounced to leave his side two wins from a play-off spot, with trips to the Faroes Islands and Moldova up next.\n\nVictory moves Steve Clarke's men four points clear of Israel with three games to play in the battle to finish runners-up to Denmark.\n• None Podcast: 'I don't care if it went off McTominay's Adam's apple'\n\nThe unbridled elation at full-time was befitting of Scotland's first full house at Hampden since England's visit in June 2017. It was also in marked contrast to the despondency felt by those fans after a dreadful and error-strewn first 45 minutes.\n\nThe pre-match air of optimism and expectation was quickly doused when Zahavi bent a terrific free-kick into the top corner after just five minutes for his 26th goal in his last 28 caps.\n\nThe PSV Eindhoven attacker's finishing prowess should have been no surprise to Scotland in their seventh meeting with Israel in three years. Yet the free-kick was a needless concession from Jack Hendry, and the mistakes kept piling up before the break.\n\nThe damage could have been doubled when McTominay - back from injury to replace the suspended Grant Hanley in the back three - was caught out by a long ball and only Manor Solomon's poor touch when clean through let Scotland off the hook.\n\nThe goal stunned Scotland, who had threatened through Che Adams in the opening minute before completely losing momentum. Simple passes were going astray and the hosts struggled to put coherent attacks together.\n\nScotland needed something special - and McGinn provided it, giving former Hibernian goalkeeper Ofir Marciano no chance with a sublime curled finish from 20 yards after a flowing move driven by Andy Robertson.\n\nHowever, within two minutes, Scotland were trailing again. Another needless free-kick proved their undoing, this time McTominay the culprit, with Dabbur stabbing home after Craig Gordon had kept out Dor Peretz's effort.\n\nDykes should have ensured the sides went in level at the break, after Bibras Natkho slid in on Billy Gilmour as the midfielder latched on to Marciano's punched clearance just inside the box.\n\nBut the QPR striker - Scotland's match-winner in their previous two games - sent his penalty straight down the middle, where Marciano stayed put and saved with his foot.\n\nScotland - knowing how costly a draw would be to their qualification hopes - were much improved after the break and got a quick reward as Dykes made amends when he volleyed in Robertson's cross.\n\nEven that was fraught with worry for the Tartan Army, though, as referee Szymon Marciniak initially disallowed the goal for a high challenge on Ofri Arad, who had attempted to head clear, before reversing the decision after consulting the pitchside monitor.\n\nScotland were indebted to Gordon for preventing them falling behind again, the goalkeeper denying Zahavi, but Clarke's side had the momentum and Tierney planted a cross on to Dykes' head eight yards out, with Marciano shovelling clear.\n\nThe Israel keeper was then fortunate to be given a free-kick for a challenge by Dykes after his spill from a cross was knocked into the net by Tierney.\n\nScotland kept piling on the pressure but agony beckoned when McGinn was foiled in the closing stages by Marciano, before McTominay chose an opportune moment to open his international account.\n\nJack Hendry glanced on a corner in the Israel box and McTominay did the enough from a yard or two out to edge his side closer to the play-offs as Hampden erupted in delight.\n\nWhat did we learn?\n\nScotland's ability to put their supporters through the mill knows no bounds, yet the scenes at the end made all the suffering worthwhile.\n\nIt was a comeback of sheer tenacity from Clarke's side, whose first-half display was as bad as they've played under him.\n\nTo turn it around took plenty of guts and sheer doggedness. With Robertson rampaging forward and Billy Gilmour much more prominent in midfield, the hosts turned the screw on an Israel side who had been given far too much freedom.\n\nDefensive issues remain - is McTominay best suited at centre-back? - but those are for another day.\n\nWhat they said\n\nScotland head coach Steve Clarke: \"I told them at half-time - if you do want to lose the game, you're doing it in the perfect fashion.\n\n\"The talk at half-time was really just - we have to play it our way. We have to play with more tempo, a little bit more ambition, control the game better and we did that from the start of the second half more or less to the 96th minute. We got our reward.\"\n\nScotland midfielder John McGinn: \"The fans played a huge part. They could have easily went to the pub last five but they decided to stick with us. It was probably as good an atmosphere as I've heard here for years.\n\n\"I didn't think it would take me 39 caps to play in front of a full house at Hampden but certainly a night I will never forget and it was made extra special with a goal and three points.\"\n• None McTominay's 94th-minute goal was Scotland's first stoppage-time winner since Stephen McManus netted against Liechtenstein in September 2010.\n• None Dykes is only the second Scotland player to score in three consecutive World Cup qualifiers after Mo Johnston, who netted in five between September 1988 and April 1989.\n• None Scotland have won three consecutive home World Cup qualifiers for the first time since winning all five leading up to the 1998 finals.\n• None McGinn (10) has scored more home goals in qualifying matches (World Cup/Euros) than any other Scotland player.\n• None No player has scored more goals in the European World Cup 2022 qualification process than Israel's Eran Zahavi (seven). He has also scored in three of his four previous appearances against Scotland at Hampden.\n\nScotland will go for the two wins they need against the Faroe Islands in Torshavn on Tuesday (19:45 BST) and Moldova away next month. Should they slip up, another chance comes when they end the campaign at home to Denmark.\n• None Goal! Scotland 3, Israel 2. Scott McTominay (Scotland) with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jack Hendry following a corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Jack Hendry (Scotland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt missed. John McGinn (Scotland) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. John McGinn (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Christie.\n• None Attempt blocked. Lyndon Dykes (Scotland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by John McGinn.\n• None Nathan Patterson (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. John McGinn (Scotland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.\n�� None Billy Gilmour (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The outage forced many people to switch to generators\n\nPower has been restored in Lebanon, officials say, after a 24-hour shutdown of the country's energy supply.\n\nThe energy ministry says the central bank has granted it $100m (£73m) of credit to buy fuel and keep its power stations operating.\n\nThe power grid shut down yesterday and officials said it was unlikely to restart for several days.\n\nFor the past 18 months Lebanon has endured an economic crisis and extreme fuel shortages.\n\nThat crisis has left half its population in poverty, crippled its currency and sparked major demonstrations against politicians.\n\nA lack of foreign currency has made it hard to pay overseas energy suppliers.\n\nZahrani is one of Lebanon's largest power plants (file image)\n\nThe total outage began at midday on Saturday when Lebanon's two biggest power stations shut down because of fuel shortages.\n\nBut in a statement on Sunday, the state electricity provider said it is now delivering the same level of power as it was before the outage.\n\nBut even before the latest shutdown people were often receiving just two hours of electricity a day.\n\nSaturday's blackout meant the whole of Lebanon was depending on private diesel-powered generators for power.\n\nThese however have become increasingly expensive to run amid the lack of fuel, and cannot cover for the lack of a nationwide power grid.\n\nThe army has agreed to hand over some of its fuel to get the power stations working again until more can be imported.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Olivier Rousteing's Instagram photo showed injuries he suffered last year, he said\n\nCelebrated French fashion designer Olivier Rousteing has revealed he was injured following an accident at his home last year, sharing a picture of himself in heavy bandages.\n\nRousteing, the creative director of fashion house Balmain, shared the news in an Instagram post on Saturday.\n\n\"Exactly a year ago, the fireplace inside my house exploded,\" he wrote.\n\nHe woke the next day at the Hôpital Saint Louis in Paris, and has since been recovering from his injuries.\n\nRousteing said his insecurities and fashion's \"obsession with perfection\" had stopped him from revealing all before now.\n\n\"To be honest I am not really sure why I was so ashamed,\" he wrote. As he recovered he had hidden his injuries with long sleeves and jewellery during interviews.\n\n\"Now, a year later - healed, happy and healthy,\" he wrote. He thanked the medical staff who had treated him despite \"dealing with an incredible number of Covid cases at that same time\", and spoke about how lucky he now felt.\n\n\"There is always the sun after the storm.\"\n\nThe designer, pictured here at Paris Fashion Week earlier this month, says he is \"healed, happy and healthy\"\n\nFellow fashion designers, models and other celebrities were among those to offer their support in response to Rousteing's post.\n\nThe designer Donatella Versace wrote she was \"so glad\" he was safe. \"Let love rule,\" said musician Lenny Kravitz.\n\nKim Kardashian West wrote \"I love you\", while her mother Kris Jenner said she was \"beyond proud\" of Rousteing, adding that his \"message of hope and strength and focus and love will always inspire everyone who you come in contact with\".\n\nRousteing took up his post as Balmain's creative director in 2011 at the age of just 25. According to a profile in Out Magazine the brand grew between 15% and 20% between 2012 and 2015.\n\nHe has opened boutiques in London and New York, the company's first outside Paris.\n\nA 2019 Netflix documentary, Wonder Boy, looked at his career and followed him as he searched for his biological mother.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK is facing an uncertain winter with the spread of coronavirus and the flu, the head of the Health Security Agency Jenny Harries has said.\n\nPeople are at \"more significant risk of death and of serious illness if they are co-infected\" with both viruses, she told the BBC.\n\nShe said: \"It's a more uncertain year but I certainly would be encouraging everybody to go and get their vaccine.\"\n\nMore than 40 million people in the UK are being offered a flu jab this year.\n\nFor the first time this includes all secondary school children up to the age of 16.\n\nThe over-50s and younger adults with health conditions are also being offered a Covid booster jab this autumn and winter.\n\nDr Harries, former deputy chief medical officer for England, told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: \"This is probably the first season where we will have significant amounts of Covid circulating as well as flu.\n\n\"People's behaviours have changed, we are mixing more, winter weather is coming along, everybody is going into enclosed spaces.\"\n\nShe said because of social distancing and other measures during the pandemic the public has not had the flu exposure they usually would, \"so people are susceptible\".\n\nFlu kills about 11,000 people on average every winter in England and during the last bad flu winter of 2017-18 the toll was more than double that - with more than 300 deaths a day during the peak.\n\nResearch shows those infected with both viruses are more than twice as likely to die as someone with Covid alone.\n\nA report from the Academy of Medical Sciences suggests that respiratory illness could hit very high levels this winter, causing severe strain on the NHS and between 15,000 and 60,000 deaths.\n\nThe latest government figures released on Sunday show the UK recorded new 34,574 Covid cases.\n\nThere were also 38 deaths recorded within 28 days of a positive test, taking the total number of people to die in the past week to 785.\n\nDr Harries said the current number of deaths from Covid was not seen as \"acceptable\" officials were still \"taking it extremely seriously\".\n\nShe told the Andrew Marr show: \"We are starting to move to a situation where, perhaps Covid is not the most significant element and many of those individuals affected will of course have other comorbidities which will make them vulnerable to serious illness for other reasons as well.\"\n\nShe said the \"extremely good vaccine uptake\" was preventing \"very significant amounts of hospitalisation and death\".\n\nBut Dr Harries said it was now \"one of the most difficult times to predict what will come\" with coronavirus.\n\n\"We have different levels of vaccination, we have a little bit of immunity waning in older individuals, which is why we're now starting to put in a Covid booster vaccine,\" she said.\n\n\"We have slightly different effectiveness in different vaccinations that have been provided.\"\n\nShe added that it appeared the global dominance of the Delta variant had seen other coronavirus variants \"become extinct\".\n\nBut the public needed to \"stay alert\" as it was \"still very early days of a new virus\".\n\nThe following groups are among those eligible for winter vaccines:", "People will have to get used to higher food prices, the boss of Kraft Heinz has told the BBC.\n\nMiguel Patricio said the international food giant, which makes tomato sauce and baked beans, was putting up prices in several countries.\n\nUnlike in previous years, he said, inflation was \"across the board\".\n\nThe cost of ingredients such as cereals and oils has pushed global food prices to a 10-year high, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.\n\nKraft Heinz has increased prices on more than half its products in the US, its home market, and Mr Patricio admitted that is happening elsewhere too.\n\n\"We are raising prices, where necessary, around the world,\" he said.\n\nDuring the pandemic, many countries saw production of raw materials, ranging from crops to vegetable oils, fall. Measures to control the virus, as well as illness, limited output and delivery.\n\nAs economies have restarted, the supply of these products hasn't been able to keep up with returning demand, leading to higher prices. Higher wages and energy prices have also added to the burden for manufacturers.\n\nMr Patricio said this broad range of factors was contributing to the rising cost of food.\n\n\"Specifically in the UK, with the lack of truck drivers. In [the] US logistic costs also increased substantially, and there's a shortage of labour in certain areas of the economy.\"\n\nKraft Heinz chief executive, Miguel Patricio, says consumers need to get used to higher food prices\n\nMr Patricio said that consumers would need to get used to higher food prices, given that the world's population was rising whilst the amount of land on which to grow food was not.\n\nIn the longer term \"there's a lot to come in technology to improve the effectiveness of farmers\" that will help, he said.\n\nNot all cost increases should be passed on to consumers, Mr Patricio said. Firms would have to absorb some of the rise in costs.\n\n\"I think it's up to us, and to the industry, and to the other companies, to try to minimise these price increases,\" he said.\n\nBut big food producers like Kraft Heinz, Nestle and PepsiCo \"will most likely have to pass that cost on to consumers\" according to Kona Haque, head of research at the agricultural commodities firm ED&F Man.\n\n\"Whether it's corn, sugar, coffee, soybeans, palm oil, you name it, all of these basic food commodities have been rising,\" she said.\n\n\"Poor harvests in Brazil, which is one of the world's biggest agricultural exporters, drought in Russia, reduced planting in the US and stockpiling in China have combined with more expensive fertiliser, energy and shipping costs to push prices up.\"\n\nBut she said food producers would all be affected and would therefore all be raising prices in similar ways: \"because it's so widespread that everyone will do it, meaning they probably won't lose customers\".\n\nThis week PespsiCo warned it was also facing rising costs on everything from transport to raw ingredients, and said that further prices rises were likely at the start of next year.\n\nHowever, as well as pushing up costs, the pandemic did help boost sales for some Kraft Heinz brands, Mr Patricio said, because staying in meant \"people are cooking far more than they were before\".\n\nCustomers in the UK bought more Heinz Baked Beans, while customers in the US bought more Kraft Mac & Cheese. Overall sales rose 1.6% to $13bn in the first half of this year, representing a slight slowdown. The results were described by Erin Lash, at the investment firm Morningstar, as \"still quite impressive relative to the comparable pre-pandemic period in 2019\".\n\nThe company is also undergoing an extensive restructuring under Mr Patricio, involving selling some old, and buying some new brands, which Ms Lash said was \"narrowing its focus and increasing its spending on innovation and marketing\" which would support future sales.\n\nMr Patricio said the firm was also spending significant sums on developing new packaging to meet its aims on reducing plastic waste.\n\nMost of the 650 million bottles of ketchup the firm sells every year are plastic, for example. But Mr Patricio said the firm was \"encouraging\" customers to buy glass bottles even though they are less convenient \"because you have to tap on the bottom\".\n\nHe added: \"We are working hard, not only on the plastic bottles, but everywhere in our footprint that has plastic.\"\n\nThe pandemic led to a shortage of ketchup sachets as demand for takeaways soared\n\nCampaigners against plastic waste would like to see a reduction in the use of single serving sachets.\n\nHowever following a shortage of sachets during the pandemic, as consumers bought more takeaways from restaurants, Kraft Heinz has invested in expanding production of them by 30%.\n\n\"Thanks God we did that, because now we don't have that [shortage] problem anymore\", said Mr Patricio. But he said the company was working on a solution \"to cutting the amount of plastic they use\".\n\nYou can watch Miguel Patricio's full interview on \"Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst\" on BBC World News on Sunday 10 October at 05:30 and 16:30 GMT, Monday 07:30 GMT and 16:30 GMT and Thursday at 07:30 GMT.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 2017: The BBC's Pallab Ghosh reports on an invention that means the ketchup \"just glides out\"", "Kwasi Kwarteng has said that the energy price cap will stay, despite calls from suppliers for the cap to be scrapped amid soaring gas prices.\n\nSpeaking to Andrew Marr, the business secretary said that energy supply was a global issue but consumers would continue to be protected with the cap.", "Tyson Fury delivered a thrilling 11th-round knockout of Deontay Wilder to retain his WBC heavyweight crown as their trilogy bout produced another classic on an electric night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.\n\nTwenty months since Fury dethroned the American, the 33-year-old had to show all his resolve and resilience to extend his undefeated professional record to 32 fights after twice being floored in the fourth round.\n\nFury sent his opponent sprawling in an explosive third only to see Wilder recover, and the Briton found himself on the end of the Bronze Bomber's huge right hand twice in quick succession.\n\nWilder was hanging on by the end of the seventh but was still in a gruelling fight come the 10th, when Fury knocked him down once more, before delivering the final blow in the 11th to bring this particular chapter of heavyweight boxing to a close.\n\n\"I was down a couple of times, I was hurt. Wilder is a strong puncher,\" said Fury of his opponent, who was taken to hospital as a precaution after the fight.\n\n\"It was a great fight. I will not make any excuses. Wilder is a top fighter, he gave me a run for my money. I always say I am the best fighter in the world and he is the second best.\n\n\"Don't ever doubt me. When the chips are down I can always deliver.\"\n• None I am greatest heavyweight of my era - Fury\n\nFury shows he is never beaten\n\nThis might not have been the fight Fury wanted but, after a controversial draw in their first meeting in 2018 and seventh-round stoppage from Fury last time out, it again delivered the blockbuster battle the Las Vegas crowd was craving.\n\nTensions had been simmering throughout fight week and only continued to bubble as Wilder's delayed entrance left the arena waiting, before the lights finally went down and the American, who listed his elaborate and heavy ring-walk outfit as one of the excuses for his loss to Fury last year, emerged in a more understated fur-lined gown.\n\nBut what's a few minutes when a classic tussle is more than a year in the making?\n\nFury, dressed as a Roman centurion, followed to a backdrop of AC/DC as both fighters stepped inside the ropes for the first time since their explosive meeting at the MGM Grand in February 2020.\n\nThat was pre-pandemic and the Morecambe-based boxer was buoyed by the thousands of UK fans who had flooded to Las Vegas to support their charge, although travel restrictions meant there was never going to be the boisterous following for the British hopeful this time.\n\nBut the local support could not help but be wowed by Fury once more as he again proved that, despite finding himself on the canvas, you can never write this man off.\n\nWilder came out looking to dictate from the opening bell with a series of jabs to the body as Fury took his time to size up a remodelled opponent, one new trainer Malik Scott says has more in his toolbox than previously shown.\n\nWilder's new regime came amid question marks around Fury's own preparation - the original summer fight date was scrapped when he contracted Covid-19 and quickly rescheduled for October, and Fury then had to rush home to the UK to be with wife Paris for the birth of their sixth child, Athena.\n\nThe American had also closed the gap in terms of weight, and despite Fury carrying 39lbs more than his opponent both were the heaviest of their professional careers - Fury at 19st 11lbs and Wilder 17st.\n\nIt was Fury who began to dominate after Wilder's brisk opening exchange and a huge left-right combination sent the Alabaman to the ground.\n\nThe 35-year-old survived the count and, rejuvenated by the bell, felled Fury with a mammoth right of his own in the fourth and followed with another to send the champion tumbling twice in the same round for the first time in his career, as the anticipation of an upset grew.\n\nFury, though, rose and a determined Wilder had been hanging on for several rounds when he was knocked down again in the 10th, before the champion finally landed a right that ended the fight after 11 enthralling rounds.\n\nFury climbed on to the ropes in celebration and was not done entertaining there, taking the mic in what has become his customary style to serenade the crowd with a victory song.\n\n'I am the greatest heavyweight champion of my era'\n\nFury has passed every challenge thrown his way but to become the first undisputed heavyweight world champion since Lennox Lewis in 2000 he will need to take the titles held by Oleksandr Usyk.\n\nThe Ukrainian looks set to face Anthony Joshua in a rematch first to see if the Briton can win back his WBF, IBF and WBO crowns, but in Fury's mind there is no doubt as to who is the greatest heavyweight of this enticing era.\n\n\"I have proved time and again that I can never be written off,\" he said. \"I didn't have my best performance but I pulled it out of the bag when it needed to be done.\n\n\"He did keep getting up but it was that final right hand to the side of the head that finished him.\n\n\"I wasn't hurt. You get hit, you wake up on the floor. I got up and was very conscious the whole time. I was one punch away from knocking him out in the whole fight.\n\n\"I am the greatest heavyweight champion of my era, without a doubt. Number one. If you play with fire long enough you will get burned.\"\n• None David Olusoga looks at an enduring relationship and forgotten history", "Lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which has been erupting since 19 September, has destroyed more homes and buildings.\n\nEarlier this week, two new vents that opened up in the volcano caused further eruptions. One local volcano expert has said the newly opened fissures have partially collapsed, causing the lava to flow in multiple directions.\n\nAuthorities have closed the local airport for the second time since the volcano started to erupt.", "Funerals were held on Saturday for victims of a suicide attack\n\nUS officials have met Afghanistan's ruling Taliban for their first face-to-face talks since Washington pulled its troops from the country in August.\n\nThe talks in Qatar are focusing on issues including containing extremist groups, the evacuation of US citizens and humanitarian aid, officials say.\n\nThe US insists the meeting does not amount to recognition of the Taliban.\n\nIt comes a day after Afghanistan suffered its deadliest attack since US forces withdrew.\n\nThe suicide bombing at a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 100 others.\n\nThe Said Abad mosque was used by the minority Shia Muslim community in the Sunni Muslim-majority country. The Islamic State group said it was behind the attack.\n\nSpeaking after the talks with the US opened in Qatar, Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said the two sides had agreed to uphold the terms of the Doha agreement signed in 2020.\n\nThe deal includes broad obligations on the Taliban to take steps to prevent groups such as al-Qaeda from threatening the security of the US and its allies.\n\nMr Muttaqi said US officials had also told the Taliban they would help in delivering Covid vaccines and humanitarian aid.\n\nThe US has not yet commented on the details of Saturday's talks, but a state department spokesperson previously said officials would use the meeting to press the Taliban to respect women's rights, form an inclusive government and allow humanitarian agencies to operate.\n\nThe meeting is set to continue on Sunday.\n\nMr Muttaqi told reporters that the Islamist group wanted to improve relations with the international community but also warned that nobody should interfere with any country's internal policies.\n\nAmerican officials have said the talks are a continuation of engagement with the Taliban on matters of national interest, not about giving legitimacy to the group's government.\n\nAs the talks were taking place in the Qatari capital Doha, in Afghanistan funeral ceremonies were being held for the victims of Friday's attack.\n\n\"[We] bury the bodies next to each other because we have no choice, and we have to prepare mass graves,\" one mourner said.\n\nThe United Nations said Friday's bombing was a \"third deadly attack this week apparently targeting a religious institution\" and was part of a \"disturbing pattern of violence\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pictures show the scene at the mosque after the suicide bomb attack", "Mrs Luttrell was only able to see her husband via a video-link while he was being treated\n\nA cancer patient whose wife was told he might not wake from a coma he was put in while being treated for Covid-19 has been called \"a cat with nine lives\" by doctors after making a speedy recovery.\n\nPaul Luttrell, who has myeloma cancer, went to Bristol's Southmead Hospital on 27 July and was placed in a coma.\n\nHis wife Dalma said she was \"very much prepared for the worst\", but the 52-year-old woke after 11 days and left hospital a month after arriving.\n\nShe said it was \"unbelievable\".\n\nMr Luttrell, from Frome, was sent to the hospital after nurses noticed he was \"very unwell\" and had to put him on oxygen whilst on a routine dialysis visit.\n\n\"They put me into an induced coma for 11 days and it took me a week to fully wake up,\" he said.\n\n\"When I did, I asked doctors to call Dalma.\n\n\"They couldn't believe it.\"\n\nMr Luttrell said he hoped his story will show that the dangers of Covid-19 still exist\n\nMrs Luttrell said following conversations with her husband's doctors, she had \"very much prepared for the worst\".\n\nShe also said the medical team had warned her that as he was in a coma, he would probably need a long recovery time if he survived.\n\nHowever, within two weeks ,she said she \"had a call from him\", adding: \"It was unbelievable.\"\n\nMr Luttrell, who had been double vaccinated, said though he had had lucid dreams whilst in the coma of \"terrible things\", after he woke, he could walk \"my stairs at home to go to dialysis\" within a week.\n\n\"My haematologist and doctors said I was a cat with nine lives,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he said he felt lucky to be alive and was worried that about \"people still not taking [coronavirus] seriously\".\n\n\"Get vaccinated,\" he said, adding: \"Covid is very real.\"\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk", "Liberty Steel has secured a £50m cash injection which it says will safeguard 660 jobs at its plant in Rotherham.\n\nThe deal is part of a wider restructure of GFG Alliance, Liberty's owner, which was forced to seek funding when its key lender, Greensill Capital, collapsed.\n\nGFG Alliance said the cash would allow the Rotherham plant to reopen this month after being closed since spring.\n\nCommunity, the steelworkers' union, said it was \"overdue\" but was \"an important step in the right direction\".\n\nJeffrey Kabel, GFG's chief transformation officer, said: \"The injection of £50m of shareholder funds into Liberty Steel UK is an important step in our restructuring and transformation.\n\n\"It will help to create sustainable value, ensure that Liberty has the ability to raise and deploy capital quickly in the UK and enable our businesses to demonstrate their potential and agree long-term debt restructuring.\"\n\nAt the beginning of the year, Liberty Steel employed 3,000 steelworkers in the UK.\n\nBut its future was thrown into doubt when Greensill collapsed in early March. GFG has been struggling to raise new financing since then, while the majority of its workers have been on furlough.\n\nIn April, GFG approached the government for help, but the request was rejected by Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.\n\nGFG, one of the UK's largest industrial groups, is owned by businessman Sanjeev Gupta.\n\nA further 2,000 people work at other GFG steel sites in the UK.\n\nGFG said the cash injection would allow Liberty Steel (LSUK) to restart its electric arc furnace at Rotherham.\n\n\"Production ramp-up will commence in October 2021 with a plan to reach 50,000 tonnes per month as soon as possible,\" it added.\n\n\"The restart of operations will enable colleagues to return to work, setting the platform for LSUK's longer-term refinancing and delivery of its plan to expand Rotherham's capacity, creating a two million tonnes per annum green steel plant.\"\n\nNews of the move was welcomed by industry body UK Steel.\n\nA spokesperson said it was \"really good news for not only the company, but those many thousands of workers and their families, the communities where those jobs a located and of course the whole of the UK steel sector\".\n\n\"Our friends at Liberty Steel can now fire up those furnaces, make the steel that this economy needs and most importantly give some certainty to the well-paid and highly-skilled workforce.\"\n\nBut the spokesperson added: \"The last thing the sector needs now is for government to merely sit on its hands and risk an energy crisis becoming a steel industry crisis.\"\n\nUK Steel called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to intervene on the industry's behalf \"before it is too late\".\n\nRoy Rickhuss, general secretary of Community, said the deal \"demonstrates that GFG can raise funds for the UK\".\n\n\"Huge challenges remain,\" Mr Rickhuss said. \"But the workforce is ready to get back to making the best steels money can buy and the £50m injection will enable us to restart steelmaking.\"\n\nMeanwhile, plans are proceeding to sell off GFG's Speciality Steel business, which employs about 750 staff at plants in South Yorkshire.\n\nGFG said the cash lifeline would help Speciality Steel to \"establish a stable operating environment and create an attractive asset\".\n\nFurther afield, GFG said it had also agreed a debt restructuring for Liberty's Australian division with Credit Suisse Asset Management.\n\nGreensill's heavy exposure to Mr Gupta's business had prompted Credit Suisse to freeze withdrawals from up to £10bn worth of funds held as security.", "Britain's Tyson Fury crowned himself the \"greatest heavyweight of my era\" after retaining his WBC crown in a classic fight with Deontay Wilder.\n\nThe 33-year-old stopped Wilder in the 11th round after twice being knocked down himself in a thrilling third meeting between the pair.\n\nIt followed a heated build-up during fight week as both fighters goaded one another in a vicious war of words.\n\n\"I have proved time and again that I can never be written off,\" said Fury.\n\n\"I didn't have my best performance but I pulled it out of the bag when it needed to be done.\n\n\"I am the greatest heavyweight champion of my era, without a doubt. Number one. If you play with fire long enough you will get burned.\"\n\nThe first fight in 2018 finished in a controversial draw, before the unbeaten Fury won their second outing with a seventh-round stoppage 20 months ago.\n\nAfter inflicting just the second defeat of Wilder's career on Saturday, Fury said the American did not want to engage with him afterwards and promptly left the arena.\n\n\"I went over and said well done and he said he didn't want to show any sportsmanship or respect,\" said Fury. \"Very surprised by that. He's an idiot.\n\n\"I pray for him. I am thankful that we all get out of the fight in one piece and get to go to our families.\"\n\nWilder, who was taken to hospital as a precaution after the fight, confessed he \"wasn't good enough\" on the night.\n\n\"I'm not sure what happened,\" he added. \"I know that in training he did certain things, and I also knew that he didn't come in at 277lbs to be a ballet dancer.\n\n\"He came to lean on me, try to rough me up and he succeeded.\"\n\nBoth fighters weighed in at the heaviest in their careers and, although Fury had 39lbs on his opponent, the Morecambe fighter said he believed Wilder, at 17st, was too heavy.\n\n\"It was a great fight,\" said Fury. \"I will not make any excuses. Wilder is a top fighter, he gave me a run for my money.\n\n\"I always say I am the best fighter in the world and he is the second best. Don't ever doubt me. When the chips are down I can always deliver.\"\n\nFury added: \"Before I start thinking about fighting other men I will bask in this victory.\n\n\"This was one of my greatest wins. I got off the floor to do it. I am the big dog in the division.\"\n\nFury leapt onto the ropes when Wilder went down in the 11th, knowing he had won the fight, and the British fighter sad he was \"proud\" of his performance.\n\n\"There were some shaky moments in there but I never lost faith,\" he told BBC Sport.\n\n\"I continued on and persevered and got that single punch knockout. As soon as I landed it I jumped on the ropes. I knew he was not getting back up from that.\n\n\"It was a great trilogy and you need a good dance partner for trilogies and he has been a good dance partner but there is no rematch clause, it is done. Wilder is done. There is no more Deontay Wilder.\"\n\nBoxing expert Steve Bunce added: \"When he is determined, he is untouchable. When he went down in the fourth those were heavy knockdowns. His eyes were glazed in the fifth but he managed to turn it around. He is an extraordinary human.\n\n\"It was a rollercoaster and the reason it got to the 11th round was because of Wilder's guts, heart and desire. He might not be everyone's cup of tea but he is brave and he is fearless.\"\n\nFury's promoter Bob Arum has seen it all in his long career in boxing, but he described this fight as the best he has seen.\n\n\"I've been in this business 57 years promoting fights and I truly have to say I have never seen a heavyweight fight as magnificent as this,\" he said.\n\n\"I am so proud of the man on my right. He's showed heart, ability, he is truly a fighting man.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, Bunce added: \"It is the best fight I have seen in the flesh and the best I have ever watched on film.\n\n\"I am not sure how to describe it. I was maybe five feet from the ring. I sat there with my jaw on my chin. Rocky is like the Teletubbies compared to what you witnessed tonight!\"\n• None David Olusoga looks at an enduring relationship and forgotten history", "The migrants rescued by Guatemalan police on Saturday.\n\nPolice in Guatemala have rescued 126 migrants who were abandoned inside a shipping container at the side of a road.\n\nThey were found at dawn between the towns of Nueva Concepción and Cocales after locals reported hearing screams inside the trailer.\n\nAuthorities believe they were abandoned by smugglers who had been paid to take them to the US via Mexico.\n\nMore than 100 of those discovered are from the crisis-hit nation of Haiti.\n\nThere were also people from Nepal and Ghana.\n\nSpeaking after the discovery, a police spokesperson said: \"We heard cries and knocks coming from inside the container. We opened the doors and found inside 126 undocumented people.\"\n\nOfficers gave the migrants first aid before escorting them to a shelter run by the Guatemalan Migration Institute.\n\nA spokeswoman for Guatemala's migration authority, Alejandra Mena, said that the migrants had arrived in Central America in Honduras and from there begun to make the treacherous journey north to the US.\n\nThey will now be transported back to the border with Honduras and handed over to authorities.\n\nThe discovery comes just a day after Mexican authorities detained 652 migrants, including some 350 children, travelling in three refrigerated double-trailer trucks near the US southern border.\n\nSoldiers at a military checkpoint in Tamaulipas searched the trucks after hearing voices inside.\n\nThe incident reflects growing concerns over the amount of migrants, among them large numbers of Haitians, taking significant risks in their attempts to reach the US.\n\nSince the start of 2021, more than 50 migrants have died while trying to cross a jungle corridor called the Darien Gap in Panama, on the border with Colombia, according to the Panamanian prosecutor's office.\n\nHaiti has suffered from years of instability, culminating in the assassination of President Jouvenal Moïse in July. The following month, the country was hit by a deadly earthquake.\n\nThousands of Haitians had already left the country, seeking work in countries across Latin America.\n\nMany have begun attempting to reach the US in the belief that they qualify for Temporary Protected Status, a temporary right to remain in the country which has been extended to Haitians already living in the US but not to new arrivals.\n\nLast month about 13,000 Haitians gathered under a bridge connecting Del Rio in Texas to Ciudad Acuña in Mexico. Since then the US has deported more than 7,500 people to Haiti, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).\n\nThe US special envoy for Haiti, Daniel Foote, resigned in protest over the deportations, saying that returning people fleeing an earthquake and political instability was \"inhumane\".\n\nBut the US Department of Homeland Security's Marsha Espinosa reiterated that \"our borders are not open, and people should not make the dangerous journey\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has not committed to any additional government help for businesses struggling amid record gas prices.\n\nSome industries have warned firms could be forced to shut down operations.\n\nMr Kwarteng said he was working closely with the chancellor over possible support for energy intensive sectors - but a Treasury source denied this.\n\nThe business secretary said domestic customers would not see a change to the energy price cap this winter.\n\nAsked on BBC One's Andrew Marr programme whether there would be additional government help for energy-intensive companies, Mr Kwarteng described the situation as \"critical\" and said he was \"looking to find a solution\".\n\nWhen Andrew Marr suggested this sounded like a \"yes\" the business secretary said: \"No, it doesn't sound like yes at all.\n\n\"We already have existing support and we're looking to see whether that's sufficient to get us through this situation.\"\n\nSpeaking to Times Radio Mr Kwarteng, who met leaders from heavy industry on Friday, said he was not going to commit to \"any firm figure or subsidy\" for companies.\n\nAsked about whether the government would ensure factories would not have to close if they could not pay for gas he said it was a commercial decision and \"up to them\".\n\nHe added: \"We are not in the business of bail-outs. What we are in the business of is ensuring security of supply and that is what I am focused on.\"\n\nCEO of British Glass Dave Dalton, who was at Friday's meeting with Mr Kwarteng, said some of the confederation's \"significant\" members were \"teetering on the edge\".\n\n\"I think some companies are staring down the ability to survive, absolutely - ultimately that obviously cascades on to jobs and impacts on the consumer,\" he told the BBC.\n\nGareth Stace, director general of UK Steel, said he was frustrated by the lack of action to support businesses.\n\nHe told the BBC that without help in the next week or so, there would be \"significant and permanent damage to the UK steel sector\".\n\nUnite leader Sharon Graham said the country was \"contemplating factory shutdowns across viable manufacturing and businesses\" and that workers were \"worried sick\".\n\nBusinesses have been shouting louder and louder for support through this period of soaring energy prices.\n\nThis morning, the business secretary told the BBC he was listening to their concerns - but would not commit to any extra support.\n\nThose industries that use a lot of energy for manufacturing say that the time for working out a way forward has long gone.\n\nThe director general of UK Steel, Gareth Stace, expressed his frustration, saying pauses in steel production will only increase.\n\nThe government says the current situation emphasises the need for a revolution in how we generate energy, moving towards home-grown renewables.\n\nBut that's little comfort for those businesses dependent on energy from fossil fuels now, competing with intense demand in a global market.\n\nOn the Andrew Marr show, Mr Kwarteng denied asking for \"billions\" from the Treasury to subsidise energy-intensive businesses and said supply itself was \"not an issue\".\n\nA Treasury source said the business secretary had been \"mistaken\" to say that he had been working on possible support measures with the Chancellor Rishi Sunak.\n\nBridget Phillipson, Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said the government \"needs to get a grip\" and called for \"urgent answers on who exactly is running the show\".\n\n\"The two key government departments responsible for the current cost of living crisis have spent this morning infighting about whether they were in talks with each other. What a farce,\" she said.\n\nShe also accused the government of having \"put its out of office on\", referring to reports that the prime minister is on holiday in Spain.\n\nA number of Conservative MPs have called for the government to take action to support heavy industry.\n\nThe SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford called on the UK government to \"nurse\" businesses through the crisis, describing it as a \"perfect storm\".\n\nThe domestic consumer energy price cap, which is reviewed every six months, sets the maximum level a supplier can charge a consumer on a standard tariff in England, Wales and Scotland.\n\nMr Kwarteng told Marr that protecting consumers was his \"first and foremost objective\" and as such the price cap would stay at its current level until its next update which is due to in April.\n\nSome suppliers say the cap is just delaying an inevitable increase in consumer prices and should be reviewed more regularly.\n\nEnergy regulator Ofgem has warned households will see further \"significant rises\" in the spring, when the cap is reviewed.\n\nAsked by Marr if he was sure the lights would stay on this winter, Mr Kwarteng said \"yes, I am\".\n\nDue to high gas prices household energy suppliers have been forced to sell gas for less than they can buy it due to the price cap, leading some to fail.\n\nLast month, nine domestic energy supply companies went out of business, forcing 1.7 million customers to move to new suppliers and on to higher rates.\n\nPaul Richards, chief executive of Together Energy, which he said is currently making losses, said while he supported a price cap to protect customers, the current mechanism \"is not fit for industry, nor is it fit for customers\".\n\nHe said it protected customers in the short term but somewhere between £1bn and £3bn in costs would be spread back across business and households as a result of suppliers going bust.\n\nThe founder of OVO Energy Stephen Fitzpatrick told Marr that it has been \"too easy\" for companies to enter the energy market and that there will be more companies in difficulty.\n\nHe said the market was a complicated one, and he thought some people had not understood the risks.", "High energy costs are forcing manufacturers to warn of higher prices for their goods as they pass on increases to consumers.\n\nIceland boss Richard Walker said higher energy bills and other costs meant price rises were now \"inevitable\".\n\nThe warning came as analysts predicted that household energy bills could rise by hundreds of pounds next year.\n\nThey said the energy price cap, which protects domestic consumers, could soar by £400 in the spring.\n\nCornwall Insight forecasts that the energy price cap will rise to about £1,660 by next summer.\n\nThat is about 30% higher than the record £1,277 level for the cap set for winter 2021-22, which began at the start of October.\n\n\"With wholesale gas and electricity prices continuing to reach new records, successive supplier exits during September 2021 and a new level for the default tariff cap, the Great British energy market remains on edge for fresh volatility and further consolidation,\" said Craig Lowrey, senior consultant at Cornwall Insight.\n\nEnergy regulator Ofgem said the price cap \"will ensure that consumers don't pay more than is absolutely necessary this winter\".\n\nBut if gas prices stay high, the price cap will rise, Ofgem said.\n\nThe regulator said its \"number one priority is to protect customers\", but acknowledged \"this is a worrying time for many people\".\n\nBut while the price cap helps households, there is no such safeguard for businesses, which have to absorb the full impact of rising global energy prices.\n\nMr Walker warned that Iceland's energy bill would go up by £20m next year. Alongside higher salaries to address lorry driver shortages and other new costs, he said grocery prices would have to increase.\n\n\"It's inevitable that we will see price rises,\" he told the BBC. \"The UK supermarket industry is one of the most competitive in the world.\n\n\"Our margins are very very tight and we're not an endless sponge that can just absorb all of these different cost increases.\"\n\nAndrew Large, director general of the Confederation of Paper Industries, said: \"This is a highly inflationary situation for the British economy and members will clearly be in a position where they do try to pass those costs on to consumers where they can.\"\n\nOne paper manufacturer, the Northwood Group, said the industry had been \"left to fend for itself\" in the face of \"horrendous\" knock-on effects from the gas price rise.\n\n\"The spike [in gas prices] that we have seen since January is equivalent to a 550% price increase, which of course destroys any industrial planning,\" said chairman Paul Fecher.\n\nLaura Cohen, chief executive of the British Ceramic Confederation, said many of her member firms could even be forced to stop production \"due to uneconomic higher energy costs\".\n\nThis could cause \"severe damage\" to production facilities such as brick kilns, which could not easily be turned off at short notice, she said.\n\nMeanwhile, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said that by decarbonising the UK's power supply, the country will protect customers from volatile fossil fuel prices.\n\n\"The UK so far, as many of you know, has made great progress in diversifying our energy mix. But we are still very dependent, perhaps too dependent, on fossil fuels and their volatile prices,\" he told a conference organised by trade body Energy UK.\n\nHe said that the government's recent pledge to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2035 - 15 years ahead of the previous target - would help.\n\n\"Our homes and businesses will be powered by affordable, clean and secure electricity generated here in the UK, for people in the UK,\" Mr Kwarteng said.\n\nThe Energy Shop - a price comparison site - warned people to prepare themselves for even greater increases in household bills.\n\nIt said that the next increase in the price cap, due to come in from 1 April 2022, could be £500 or even higher.\n\nFounder Joe Malinowski warned: \"If things don't settle down soon, increases of £600, £700 or even £800 cannot be ruled out.\"\n\nNine energy suppliers have already collapsed in recent weeks and more could be facing the same fate.\n\nThey were unable to keep their price promises as the wholesale price of gas soared.\n\nTheir customers have already seen annual bill increases of hundreds of pounds when they moved to a new provider and away from whichever low-rate fixed deal their supplier had offered.\n\nSome of the heat was drawn from the crisis on Wednesday when Russia said it would increase gas supplies to Europe.\n\nUK wholesale gas prices hit a record high during the day before falling after the Russian intervention.\n\nBut price volatility could continue as investors remain nervous about low stockpiles of gas across Europe.\n\nIf you feel powerless against international business and politics when watching your domestic energy bill go up, you are in good company.\n\nNormally, customers are urged to get active, search and switch to save money - but not now.\n\nUntil recently, the energy price cap was a backstop, protecting the vulnerable. Now it is the most competitive tariff available.\n\nThe cap is shielding households from the wild fluctuation in prices seen on the wholesale markets, but that is only a crumb of comfort when bills and prices across the board are still expected to see a sharp increase.\n\nSo for now, experts simply advise customers to find ways to save energy, brace themselves and budget for bigger bills. Wrap up for a financial chill that could last longer than the winter.\n\nThe energy price cap sets the maximum price suppliers in England, Wales and Scotland can charge customers on a standard - or default - tariff.\n\nThat includes the fixed daily amount customers pay, plus the price per unit they pay for electricity and gas.\n\nThe cap was increased on 1 October, with about 15 million households facing a 12% rise in energy bills, the biggest jump, to the highest amount, seen since the backstop was introduced in January 2019.\n\nThose on standard tariffs, with typical household levels of energy use, saw an increase of £139 - from £1,138 to £1,277 a year.\n\nPrepayment meter customers with average energy use saw a £153 increase.\n\nThat's a far cry from a year previously when on 1 October 2020, the energy price cap was cut by £84, to £1,042.\n\nWill you be affected by rising energy prices? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Cass Ezeji says felt \"lost\" at Gaelic school but has since gained an appreciation of her education\n\nGaelic speakers of African and Caribbean descent have shared their experiences of the language in a new BBC Alba documentary.\n\nGlaswegian student and musician Cass Ezeji says some people she meets think it is unusual she is fluent in Gaelic and also has African heritage. Her paternal grandfather is Nigerian.\n\nGrowing up, Cass went to the Glasgow Gaelic School, Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu, which teaches at both primary and secondary school levels.\n\nCass' parents, who do not speak Gaelic, chose the school because they thought she would get a good education there.\n\nBut Cass says she felt \"a little lost\" in immersive Gaelic-medium education, and among peers whose families were from the Highlands and Islands - the Western Isles are Gaelic's \"heartland\".\n\nShe says she argued with her mum about having to go to the school, and even felt angry about it.\n\nThe 27-year-old says: \"The impression I had when I left school was that I didn't feel part of the Gaelic world.\n\n\"I didn't see myself represented in the culture so there was something of a disconnect.\"\n\nBut she says she has since gained an appreciation of her education and describes herself as an Afro-Gael.\n\nThrough making the documentary, which also examines racism and Scotland's historical links with the slave trade, Cass met other women of African and Caribbean descent who are also Gaelic speakers.\n\nAmina Davidson says she loves being part of Scotland's traditional music scene\n\nThey include Amina Davidson, a traditional musician who lives in the Partick area of Glasgow.\n\nDuring the first lockdown last year, she joined her neighbour Robert Robertson - singer with the Scottish band Tide Lines - in singing the Gaelic song Teann a-Nall from the windows of their tenements to entertain other residents. A video of the performance on social media went viral.\n\n\"It now has 1.5 million views,\" says Amina.\n\nThe singer says she enjoys being part of the traditional Scottish and Gaelic music scene, adding: \"It's a small, friendly world which I enjoy.\n\n\"Everyone knows one another and there are lots of traditional musicians in this area where I live.\"\n\nCarrie Prescott says people sometimes find it unusual that she speaks Gaelic\n\nCarrie Prescott, of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, started learning Gaelic as an adult as part of a degree and is actively involved in the language and culture.\n\nShe says: \"Sometimes when I'm at Gaelic events, or I'm speaking to somebody, and it transpires that I speak Gaelic they find it very unusual.\n\n\"They're not expecting us to be able to speak Gaelic.\"\n\nTawana Maramba, of Tranent, East Lothian, is a student and Gaelic singer.\n\nHer parents are from Zimbabwe and they raised her to speak their Shona language, but also encouraged her interest in other languages and placed her in a Gaelic-medium education primary school.\n\nCass and Tawana Maramba, second right, and the Maramba family\n\nShe says: \"In high school the only Gaelic-medium subject was Gaelic language, but in primary school every subject was in Gaelic.\n\n\"That was so good in primary school because it meant that we spoke Gaelic every day.\"\n\nTawana now teaches Gaelic singing and participates at the Royal National Mod, an annual celebration of the language and culture.\n\nLast year, she appeared in a Gaelic short film about Eliza Junor, a girl from Guyana and the descendant of slaves who grew up in Fortrose in the Highlands in the early 19th Century.\n\nTawana says: \"I feel some people react like: 'Oh you speak Gaelic?'\n\n\"But I'm quite proud of that. It plays a huge part in my life.\"\n\nThe documentary, Trusadh: Afro-Gàidheil - Afro-Gaels, will be shown on BBC Alba on Monday at 21:00 and will later be available on iPlayer.", "Eilish would be Glastonbury's first female headliner since Adele in 2016\n\nBillie Eilish has been announced as the first headliner for the 2022 Glastonbury Festival.\n\nThe pop star first hinted at the news on Instagram, where she posed in a Glastonbury hoodie, with the caption \"2022\".\n\nGlastonbury organiser Emily Eavis later confirmed the booking, and said the 20-year-old would be \"the youngest solo headliner in our history.\"\n\n\"This feels like the perfect way for us to return and I cannot wait!\"\n\nEilish will also be the first female headliner since 2016 - although Taylor Swift was booked to play in 2020, before the Covid pandemic put an end to the summer festival season.\n\nGlastonbury was also cancelled this year, although organisers staged a virtual event with artists including Coldplay, Wolf Alice and Jorja Smith.\n\nThe star dropped the hint in a not-so-cryptic post to her Instagram Story\n\nEilish's first appearance at Glastonbury in 2019 was hailed as a triumph by critics.\n\nThe NME called it a \"once-in-a-generation\" show, while Variety called it a \"mesmerising\" and \"life-affirming\" performance.\n\nDressed in a Stella McCartney outfit, the singer bounded around the stage as fans sang back every word of songs like Bad Guy, All The Good Girls Go To Hell and You Should See Me In A Crown.\n\nDuring Ocean Eyes, she sat cross-legged on the stage and asked fans to give the show their full attention.\n\n\"If you want to film me, that's OK - but put the phone next to your face and look me in the eye.\n\n\"Because we're right here now together and this is the only moment we ever get together, ever.\"\n\nShe needn't have worried. Approximately 40,000 rapt fans watched her every move. Not bad, when you consider her set had been upgraded from the 10,000-capacity John Peel tent just weeks before the festival.\n\nThe festival revealed its first poster for 2022\n\nSince then, Eilish has gone on to win multiple Brit and Grammy Awards for her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go, and recently topped the charts with the follow-up, Happier Than Ever.\n\nLast week, the star was in London for the premiere of the James Bond film, No Time To Die, for which she wrote the theme song.\n\nEavis, who made a point of watching Eilish at the side of the stage in 2019, said she \"couldn't be happier\" to welcome the star back to Worthy Farm.\n\nThe festival also posted its first line-up poster for 2022... featuring just one name.\n\nEilish will be 20 years and six months old when she hits the Pyramid stage next June - just three months older than Mark Hamilton of the Northern Irish band Ash when they headlined in 1997.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nManchester City have made a complaint to Liverpool after alleging a home fan spat at their backroom staff in the first half of the 2-2 draw at Anfield.\n\nManager Pep Guardiola said he was not aware of the incident at the time but was subsequently notified.\n\n\"[The staff] told me but I didn't see it,\" he said after a game in which his side twice came from behind to draw.\n\n\"I'm pretty sure Liverpool FC will take measures against this person. I know they are greater than this behaviour.\"\n\nIt is understood Liverpool are investigating the incident and are looking at CCTV footage from that area of the ground.\n\nIn a thrilling game on Merseyside, City twice came from behind to claim a point, with Kevin de Bruyne levelling the second time after Mohamed Salah's superb solo goal had put the Reds ahead.\n\nIt was not without on-field controversy, though, with Guardiola furiously remonstrating with the officials for what he felt should have been a second yellow card and dismissal for Liverpool full-back James Milner.\n\nMilner's foul on Bernardo Silva, just before Salah's goal, went unpunished, with Guardiola later booked for his protests.\n\nThe draw leaves City third in the table on 14 points, a point and a place worse off than Liverpool and two points behind leaders Chelsea.\n• None Our coverage of Manchester City is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything City - go straight to all the best content", "An Edinburgh woman who was assaulted in the street when she was a teenager has discovered her assailant went on to attack two others.\n\nJenna Pike was 16 when a man approached her from behind, attacked her and squeezed her throat until she started to black out.\n\nNine years later, advances in DNA technology have linked her attack to two others.\n\nThe man went on to sexually assault one woman and rape another in 2015.\n\nMs Pike has waived her anonymity in a bid to help trace the man responsible for the attacks.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland she was coming home from a party in the early hours of 28 October 2012 when she heard someone behind her.\n\nShe said: \"It was the road I walk home all the time. I became aware of a man about six feet behind me.\n\n\"Thinking I was just blocking the road, I stepped aside and I guess I ruined his plan to surprise me.\n\n\"The next thing I knew he had spun me round, pulled me to the ground and put his hands around my throat trapping my arms and my hands so I couldn't pull him off me and started putting pressure on my neck to the point where I was blacking out.\"\n\nShe was not sexually assaulted but since then has been unable to walk alone day or night. No one has ever been charged for the crime.\n\nNow in her 20s, she considers herself \"lucky\" her attacker suddenly stopped and ran off.\n\nJenna pike wants other women to come forward if the same thing has happened to them or they know any man who fits the description\n\nEarlier this year, police in the capital made social media appeals for information as part of a renewed investigation into the 2015 incidents.\n\nA 21-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in Craiglockhart Quadrant on 5 August that year and, just over three weeks later, a 19-year-old woman was raped in the Newmills Road area.\n\nJenna Pike was attacked in Colinton Road. All three are in the south-west of Edinburgh.\n\nAfter seeing the appeals, Ms Pike contacted police.\n\nShe said: \"I read it and just thought this area is similar, the situation with it being a lone female and then one male and I thought the age and description was so similar and I thought I might waste someone's time - but I might not.\n\n\"It turned out they hadn't made that connection and it subsequently was the same male who had committed a further two assaults.\"\n\nIn the wake of the sentencing of Sarah Everard's killer, Wayne Couzens and public anger surrounding her murder, Ms Pike is asking women to come forward if they have experienced similar attacks in a bid to trace her attacker.\n\n\"I want to encourage anybody else who has been in a similar situation to phone in, check and make sure it isn't the same person. If you didn't report it then, report it now,\" she said.\n\n\"It helps us get an understanding of what this guy's been up to. Two-and-a-bit years is a long time to not have done anything and it makes me really concerned whether he has gone on to do more. Because it is definitely an escalation from what happened to me to his last attack.\"\n\nShe is concerned that other women could also have been victims of his who have not come forward.\n\nShe said: \"I wasn't affected as badly as the other two women. I guess I will never know if that was his end goal or whether he was just seeing how far he could push a human but I was let go of, he let me go and he walked back up the road like nothing had happened.\"\n\nOfficers at the scene of the rape in Newmills Road, Balerno, in August 2015\n\nShe made this appeal: \"Maybe there's a niggle in the back of your mind, someone has said something to you at some point that didn't quite click then, but is making you think about it now. Maybe a family member you know wasn't always around in the middle of the night as he seemed to enjoy a late-night walk and just women in general if something has happened to you whether you think it's related to this or not, report it now.\n\n\"It makes me annoyed more so that he has lived his life scot-free. He is not worried. It makes me concerned that he could be in a relationship, he could have a child even. He is capable of anything.\n\nDetectives have a full DNA profile of the suspect thanks to more sensitive testing systems and the ability to test smaller amounts of material. Samples taken at the time were retested and the 2012 attack was linked to the two three years later. His profile has not been matched on any databases so far.\n\nDet Insp John Pleasance thanked Ms Pike for her bravery in waiving her right to anonymity\n\nDet Insp Jon Pleasance, the investigating officer for the renewed inquiries, said: \"I want to sincerely thank Jenna for bravely speaking out.\n\n\"Using advanced DNA technology we've been able to review the forensics from Jenna's case and determine that these attacks are all linked.\n\n\"It's incredibly concerning that the man responsible was targeting lone women as far back as 2012, especially given what we know now.\n\n\"It leads me to believe, due the proximity of these incidents, that the answer may very well lie in the local community.\n\n\"Anyone who can help is strongly asked to come forward, no matter how small the information or their concerns may seem. We have the ability to very quickly rule people out of our investigation.\"\n\nThose with information can contact Police Scotland or pass tips anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Many petrol stations in the South East that have had fuel - such as this one in Ashford, Kent - have seen long queues\n\nPetrol supplies are still not getting to London and south-east England, with more than a fifth of forecourts still dry, retailers have said.\n\nThe Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said it hoped the Army driving tankers would help increase fuel deliveries.\n\nBut it said the \"crisis is virtually at an end\" in Scotland, Wales, the North and Midlands.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson earlier did not rule out supply chain problems continuing until Christmas.\n\nBrian Madderson, chairman of the PRA, said: \"The fuel is still not going to the pumps that need it most in London and the South East.\"\n\nOn Sunday morning up to 22% of filling stations in the UK's most populous region were dry and only 60% had both grades of fuel available. The PRA said only 6% of stations were dry in the Midlands, northern England and Scotland.\n\nMr Madderson said the PRA, which represents nearly 5,500 of the UK's 8,000 filling stations, was \"disappointed that no concerted action is being taken to address the supply problems\" in the South.\n\nFilling stations need to get more information ahead of time about deliveries, he said.\n\nHowever, he said in the North there was a \"plentiful supply at filling stations\" and little queuing.\n\nMr Madderson added he hoped the army being deployed \"will help to increase fuel deliveries\".\n\nFrom Monday military personnel will start to be available for hauliers to use, with more than 65 drivers available initially.\n\nThere are plans for 200 members of the army to be deployed in total, including 100 drivers.\n\nA government spokesman said: \"Stocks in London and the South of England have been recovering at slightly slower rates than other parts of the UK, so we have begun deploying military personnel to boost supply in these areas.\"\n\n\"More than half of those who have completed training to make fuel deliveries are being deployed to terminals serving London and the South-East of England.\"\n\nSupermarket Sainsbury's said it was still seeing \"high demand\" for fuel at its petrol stations.\n\n\"We're working closely with our supplier to maintain supply and all our sites continue to receive fuel,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\nMany sectors of the UK economy, including food firms and petrol retailers, have been affected by a chronic shortage of lorry drivers, which the haulage industry has blamed on factors including Covid, Brexit, an aging workforce, and tax changes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: The \"big lever marked uncontrolled immigration\" will not be pulled to solve the driver shortage\n\nOn Sunday Boris Johnson told the BBC's Andrew Marr show that labour market problems would not be solved by pulling \"the big lever marked uncontrolled immigration\" to allow in large numbers of foreign workers.\n\nHe insisted the lack of lorry drivers was not just a problem for the UK, and claimed the US, China, and some countries in Europe were having similar issues.\n\nHowever, there have been no reports of fuel problems or interruptions to food supply linked to driver shortages in those countries.\n\nThe rush of people filling up their cars in the past week was triggered by reports that a shortage of tanker drivers was affecting deliveries.\n\nThe prime minister said the UK economy was going through a \"period of adjustment\" and the way to get more HGV drivers was for the industry to ensure they were \"decently paid\".\n\nHe added: \"We have got to make sure people come on stream as fast as we practically can.\n\n\"When people voted for change in 2016, when they voted for change again in 2019 as they did, they voted for the end of a broken model of the UK economy that relied on low wages and low skills and chronic low productivity. We are moving away from that.\"\n\nMore than a week on from the first forecourt queues and closures, what began as a problem mainly affecting Southern parts of the country has returned to being just that.\n\nFollowing limited supply issues caused by a tanker driver shortage, pleas not to panic buy were seemingly ignored. The resulting crisis has shown the impact a sudden hike in demand can have on the finely balanced supply chain.\n\nMeasures aimed at helping the distribution system cope have included temporarily relaxing competition laws, so oil firms could better share information and target fuel deliveries.\n\nThe situation appears to have improved markedly in many regions of the UK but less so in the densely-populated capital and the South East.\n\nBusinesses, the government and of course millions of motorists will hope the deployment of military drivers from Monday helps to plug remaining gaps.", "The alleged assault took place in a bar at The Midland hotel, at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.\n\nThe Conservatives say they are \"working with the police\" after an energy boss attending their party conference said she was \"violently assaulted\" by a man.\n\nClementine Cowton, director of external affairs at Octopus Energy Group, told a fringe event the incident happened in the bar of The Midland hotel in Manchester.\n\nThe party member involved has been suspended and had his pass revoked.\n\nThe Conservatives say the behaviour is \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nAccording to a report in The Times newspaper, Ms Cowton was in the hotel bar - one of the main destinations at the autumn political gathering - when a drunk man in his 30s, sat in a seat vacated by her friend.\n\nShe said he made her so uncomfortable that she asked him \"several times politely to leave\" and when he refused to do so, she took his phone and dropped it on the floor.\n\n\"He went to retrieve it and then he came back and attacked me,\" Ms Cowton told the paper.\n\nAccording to the report, Ms Cowton said the man tried to punch her but was stopped by others in the bar, with the resulting scuffle ending up with her glass being smashed.\n\n\"He was very intoxicated and I felt a bit unsafe around him\", she added.\n\nAnd in a video posted on the ConservativeHome website, Ms Cowton told the guests in the audience she was \"sorry to dump this on everyone, it's a bit of a surprise\".\n\nBut she said she wanted to take the opportunity to highlight how \"women are often unsafe in places where other people feel safe\".\n\nAnd she said it was \"really important that we start to take that much more seriously as a society and starting with the police\".\n\n\"I'm fine by the way, don't worry\" she added.\n\nA Conservative spokeswoman said the man's party membership has been suspended.\n\n\"This behaviour is completely unacceptable and the party has revoked the pass of the individual concerned and is working with the police\", she added.\n\nIn a statement, Greater Manchester Police said they responded to reports of an assault on a woman at The Midland hotel at around 00:30 BST on Monday.\n\nThey said there were no reports of any injuries and no arrests were made but a man was identified and had his conference pass removed.\n\nThe investigation into what happened is ongoing they said, adding: \"Women's safety is a top priority, and something we continue to take incredibly seriously.\"\n• None Party conferences: What to expect this year", "John Swinney has said the new vaccine passport app is now functioning well despite the nightclub industry brandishing it a \"shambles\".\n\nThe scheme to allow only fully-vaccinated people to attend some large events had suffered teething problems.\n\nBut the deputy first minister revealed that 280,000 QR codes for the scheme had been downloaded by Sunday.\n\nRepresentatives of the nightclub sector have claimed \"confusion reigns\" for club operators.\n\nMany venues did not ask for proof of vaccination over the weekend because of the bugs in the app, while others reported low numbers of people with the new vaccine passport on their phones.\n\nThe Scottish government had previously announced there would no enforcement of the new rules until 18 October, to give venues a chance to get their procedures up and running.\n\nMr Swinney told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the \"system is functioning well now and has been since during the day on Friday\".\n\nHe added: \"The early hours were slow because of the demand on the system. Up until 4pm yesterday over 280,000 QR codes had been downloaded through the app enabling people to access their Covid certification.\"\n\nMr Swinney acknowledged there were still a \"very small number of cases\" where people were unable to download a QR code as proof of vaccination.\n\n\"We'll try to resolve those issues with individuals, but ultimately the fallback may well be that individuals have to use the paper copy,\" he said.\n\nMany people reported problems registering with the scheme on Friday\n\nUnseated outdoor events with more than 4,000 attendees need to carry out a \"reasonable number\" of spot checks under the passport scheme, while nightclubs and smaller venues will be required to conduct more rigorous checking.\n\nMany people took to social media on Friday to complain of problems with the vaccine certification app which only became available to download about 12 hours before the scheme started at 05:00 that morning.\n\nThe Scottish government then increased capacity on the servers which support the app.\n\nMike Grieve, chairman of the Night Time Industries Association, and director of the Sub Club in Glasgow, described the government's suggestion the app had teething problems as the \"understatement of the century\" and said he felt the scheme was a \"complete shambles\".\n\nHe added: \"The messaging on this from the Scottish government is abysmal. Nobody knows what is going on, confusion reigns and we're stuck with trying to enforce this on the streets.\n\n\"This app was rolled out at 5pm on Thursday evening to come into force less than 12 hours later and by Friday evening almost everyone we spoke to had no idea what was required.\n\n\"Most people believed that the government's decision to push back on enforcement was a delay to the scheme coming into force, which of course it wasn't.\"\n\nMr Grieve said that the Sub Club was full to its 410 capacity on Friday night but only six people attending had the new vaccine app.\n\nFootball clubs hosting three premier league matches this weekend said no fans would be turned away for not having proof of vaccine status in the wake of the issues with the app.\n\nA number of nightclubs did the same at the weekend and did not ask people for proof of vaccination, according to the Night Time Industries Association.", "The Little Britain actor and writer has penned a raft of children's novels and short stories\n\nA David Walliams story about a Chinese boy is to be removed from one of his children's books after criticism that it contained \"harmful stereotypes\".\n\nA new edition of The World's Worst Children will be released next year without the story Brian Wong, Who Was Never, Ever Wrong.\n\nThe move comes after podcaster Georgie Ma complained the book was \"normalising jokes on minorities from a young age\".\n\nAfter meeting Ma, its publishers confirmed the story would be replaced.\n\nThe book featured short stories about 10 characters including Nigel Nit-Boy, Grubby Gertrude and Bertha the Blubberer. It sold more than 450,000 copies in the UK when it was published in 2016, with two sequels and other spin-offs released since.\n\n\"In consultation with our author and illustrator [Tony Ross] we can confirm that a new story will be written to replace 'Brian Wong' in future editions of The World's Worst Children,\" a statement from HarperCollins Children's said.\n\n\"The update will be scheduled at the next reprint as part of an ongoing commitment to regularly reviewing content.\"\n\nSpeaking to The Bookseller, Ma explained: \"'Wong' and 'wrong' are two words that are commonly used in playgrounds to pick on someone if their surname is Wong.\n\n\"Even just the way Brian has been illustrated. He wears glasses, he looks like a nerd, he's got small eyes... they're all harmful stereotypes.\"\n\nShe added: \"The overall character plays on the model minority myth where Chinese people are nerdy, swotty and good at maths, we're not confrontational and we're high achievers.\n\n\"It was just really disappointing to read about that. Personally for me, because I have a toddler, I don't want her being absorbed in these stories where Chinese culture is misrepresented.\"\n\nHaving criticised the character on Instagram earlier this year, Ma said she was now \"grateful\" to the publishers for \"listening and taking action\".\n\nTwo years ago, Walliams removed a word used to refer to people of restricted growth - the nickname given to a character called Miss Midge in the book Ratburger - after a complaint from the organisation Little People UK. It remained on his website.\n\nWalliams, who rose to fame on sketch show Little Britain before becoming a highly successful children's author, has not commented.\n\nHe and his TV writing partner Matt Lucas apologised last year for having played characters of different ethnic backgrounds in the popular BBC series.\n\nThey used blackface make-up in some sketches and the programme was removed from BBC iPlayer, Netflix and BritBox after objections resurfaced.\n\nThe pair said they were \"very sorry\" and that they \"regret that we played characters of other races\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Actor and presenter John Barrowman will no longer appear on skating series Dancing On Ice, ITV has announced.\n\nA former contestant on the show, Barrowman has been a judge since 2019.\n\nITV thanked him for \"two brilliant years\" and said he would continue to host its All Star Musicals specials.\n\nBarrowman has previously apologised for exposing himself to colleagues on the sets of other shows, and his behaviour came under renewed scrutiny earlier this year.\n\nIn May, he said he understood his \"exuberant behaviour\" may have caused \"upset\".\n\nHe told The Guardian his \"high-spirited behaviour\" was \"only ever intended in good humour to entertain colleagues on set and backstage\".\n\nHe first apologised in 2008, and earlier this year added that since that time, \"my understanding and behaviour have also changed\".\n\nIn May, a video featuring him was removed from an immersive Doctor Who theatre show, and a planned Torchwood audio story was scrapped.\n\nOn Sunday, an ITV spokesperson said: \"We thank John Barrowman for two brilliant years on the Dancing On Ice panel and are pleased to be working with him again as host of the forthcoming All Star Musicals specials.\"\n\nThe BBC has asked his representatives for a comment about his departure from Dancing on Ice.\n\nMeanwhile, the first contestants have been announced for the next series, which will be on air in the new year.\n\nThe 12 celebrities will include Coronation Street's Sally Dynevor and former Happy Mondays dancer Bez.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Tyler Higgins has been jailed after pleading guilty to two counts of rape\n\nA man who raped a woman in a city centre park has been given a 15-year extended sentence.\n\nTyler Higgins, of Brithdir Street in Cathays, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape in the city's Bute Park.\n\nCardiff Crown Court heard the attack happened during the early hours of 15 July.\n\nHiggins, 20, was jailed for 10 years and will spend five years on licence because of his risk of causing serious harm to the public.\n\nThe court heard he \"confused, disorientated and took advantage\" of his victim, who was enjoying a night out with friends.\n\nJudge David Wynn Morgan described the rape as \"cold-blooded\" and said the victim \"thought she was going to die\".\n\nIn a victim impact statement, the woman said the rape left her \"scared of doing anything\" by herself.\n\nCardiff Crown Court heard the victim was visiting the city with friends and staying in a hotel near Queen Street.\n\nAfter visiting some bars, she went to a house party in Cathays with a friend.\n\nUpon leaving, the woman stopped on Cathays Terrace and asked Higgins for directions to her hotel.\n\nCCTV showed him walking in one direction before changing direction after spotting the woman.\n\nMatthew Roberts, prosecuting, said Higgins walked with the woman at 02:44 BST and told her the hotel was 10 minutes away.\n\nCCTV showed Higgins leading his victim to the entrance of Bute Park\n\nFurther CCTV evidence revealed he took her away from the city centre and towards the entrance of Bute Park, near the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.\n\nMr Roberts said Higgins told the woman there was a short cut, at which point the victim \"felt uncomfortable\" and thought \"something bad\" was going to happen.\n\nIn the park, Higgins stepped in front her and asked her for a kiss, but she refused and said she wanted to get back to her hotel.\n\nAs the pair approached an exit on to Castle Street, Mr Roberts said this was the last opportunity for Higgins to rape the woman.\n\nHiggins put his hand around her neck and \"slammed\" her to the floor. He was too strong for her she was unable to fight him off, the court heard.\n\nHiggins told the woman there was a short cut through Bute Park before attacking her\n\nMr Roberts said Higgins' victim \"thought she was going to die\" and tried to speak \"but no words came out\".\n\n\"She again tried to push the defendant off with her hands and tried to pull his hair,\" he added\n\n\"It was clear that she could not overpower the defendant at all, so in fact she pretended that what he did was OK. It patently wasn't.\"\n\nHiggins giggled as he raped his victim, the court heard, and apologised after the attack, saying he \"sometimes gets like that\".\n\nThe victim suffered injuries to her body in the attack, which Higgins initially denied when he was arrested.\n\nHe admitted rape once he was shown DNA evidence.\n\nAt Cardiff Crown Court, Judge David Wynn Morgan described the incident as \"cold blooded\"\n\nThe woman said she used to be \"sociable, a happy and positive person,\" but now feels \"completely different\".\n\nShe said recently she was watching TV when she had a flashback.\n\n\"I immediately felt dirty and felt a lot of sadness and felt emotional,\" she said.\n\n\"This is something I cannot control. I immediately overthink and question myself about the incident and whether there's anything I could have done to stop it.\n\n\"The visions make me feel as though I don't have any freedom. Making me feel trapped in my thoughts.\"\n\nHashim Salmman, defending, said Higgins was an only child and made to leave home by his step-father at 16.\n\nHis relationship with his mother had broken down and his client was remorseful and had \"strong feelings of regret and shame\".\n\n\"He has caused untold damage and he wishes he could take back what he did,\" Mr Salmman said.\n\nJudge Wynn Morgan said Higgins treated the young woman \"as an object\".\n\n\"The victim was alone, unaware of her geography, confused and intoxicated,\" he said.\n\n\"So far as culpability is concerned there was a significant degree of planning, indeed almost cunning.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ozy's chief executive Carlos Watson was a former news anchor for CNN\n\nIn an about-turn, the scandal-hit US media firm Ozy Media has re-launched just days after it shut itself down.\n\nBoss Carlos Watson told broadcaster NBC that the firm was \"open for business\" again and this was its \"Lazarus moment\" - referring to the biblical character brought back to life by Jesus.\n\nOzy shut on Friday after reports its co-founder had deceived potential investors during a conference call.\n\nMajor advertisers cut ties and its chairman Marc Lasry stepped down.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Watson told NBC that the previous week had been \"traumatic\" and \"heartbreaking\".\n\nHowever, he said the media firm had a change of heart: \"Over the weekend we spoke to advertising partners, we talked to our readers, our viewers our investors.\n\n\"I think Ozy is part of this moment. I think what we do... has a place.\"\n\nLaunched in California in 2013, Ozy Media produces left-leaning podcasts, television series and events. The firm has won an Emmy for its work.\n\nIn late September, the New York Times reported that co-founder Samir Rao impersonated a senior leader at YouTube during a conference call with Goldman Sachs in February. At that point the investment bank was considering making a $40m investment in the media company.\n\nMr Rao reportedly claimed that Ozy's videos were highly popular on YouTube.\n\nAccording to the Times, the investors realised something was wrong and did not go through with the deal. Mr Watson later apologised and Mr Rao was allowed to stay at the firm.\n\nAmid growing scrutiny last week, Ozy began an internal investigation and Mr Rao took a leave of absence.\n\nFomer BBC News presenter Katty Kay called the allegations against the firm \"troubling\"\n\nIt prompted veteran journalist Katty Kay - who joined Ozy in June after 30 years at the BBC - to quit, followed by Mr Lasry. Ford and Ally Financial cut ties with the media firm, amongst other advertisers.\n\nMr Watson told NBC that what Mr Rao had done was \"sad\" and \"wrong\".\n\nHe accepted that it was a \"fair question\" as to whether people would be able to trust him again as chief executive. The latest scandal is just one in a long string of allegations that has emerged, including claims the firm inflated its audience figures.\n\nMr Watson said he had been given \"incredibly bad advice\" last week \"to go silent\", when he should have engaged with the press.\n\nAs a result, he said \"half truths\", inaccuracies and \"cheap shots\" were reported in the media and that Ozy was not a \"house of cards\".\n\nMr Watson added Ozy intended to \"own\" the mistakes that had come to light around its use of data and marketing.\n\nThe firm could struggle to get back on its feet. It has lost most of its staff and only two people are currently on its board - Mr Watson and Michael Moe, founder of the Silicon Valley investment company GSV Holdings, which backs Ozy.\n\nIn a statement, Ozy told the BBC it was reaching out to its team to encourage them to return. It added that its newsletters will resume this week and TV production at the end of the month.\n\nThe firm added that several advertising partners had expressed excitement about the firm re-launching and intended to meet with Ozy in the coming days to discuss \"next steps\".\n\nOzy spokesman Phil Singer told the BBC: \"The bottom line is that we hit a bump in the road, but are committed to getting past this moment and renewing our commitment to being the kind of media company that delivers amazing content about topics and people that are too often overlooked.\"", "Scientists who discovered how our bodies feel the warmth of the sun or the hug of a loved one have won the Nobel Prize.\n\nDavid Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, from the US, share the 2021 prize in Medicine or Physiology for their work on sensing touch and temperature.\n\nThey unpicked how our bodies convert physical sensations into electrical messages in the nervous system.\n\nTheir findings could lead to new ways of treating pain.\n\nHeat, cold and touch are crucial for experiencing the world around us and for our own survival.\n\nBut how our bodies actually do it had been one of the great mysteries of biology.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by The Nobel Prize This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by The Nobel Prize\n\nThomas Perlman, from the Nobel Prize Committee, said: \"It was a very important and profound discovery.\"\n\nProf David Julius's breakthrough, at the University of California, San Francisco, came from investigating the burning pain we feel from eating a hot chilli pepper.\n\nHe experimented with the source of a chilli's heat - the chemical capsaicin.\n\nHe discovered the specific type of receptor (a part of our cells that detects the world around them) that responded to capsaicin.\n\nFurther tests showed the receptor was responding to heat and kicked in at \"painful\" temperatures. This is what happens, for example, if you burn your hand on a cup of coffee.\n\nThe discovery led to a flurry of other temperature-sensors being discovered. Prof Julius and Prof Ardem Patapoutian found one that could detect cold.\n\nMeanwhile, Prof Patapoutian, working at the Scripps Research institute, was also poking cells in a dish.\n\nThose experiments led to the discovery of a different type of receptor that was activated in response to mechanical force or touch.\n\nWhen you walk along a beach and feel the sand under your feet - it is these receptors that are sending signals to the brain.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by The Nobel Prize This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by The Nobel Prize\n\nProf Patapoutian actually missed multiple attempts by the Nobel Prize committee to let him know he was a winner. His phone was set to do-not-disturb so the flurry of phone calls from Sweden (at 0200 California time) went unanswered.\n\n\"They somehow got to my 94 year old father who lives in Los Angeles and he was able to call me and wake me up and tell me the news, which was ended up being a fantastic way to find out,\" he said.\n\nThese touch and temperature sensors have since been shown to have a wide role in the body and in some diseases.\n\nThe first heat sensor (called TRPV1) is also involved in chronic pain and how our body regulates its core temperature. The touch receptor (PIEZ02) has multiple roles, from urinating to blood pressure.\n\nThe Prize Committee said their work had \"allowed us to understand how heat, cold and mechanical force can initiate the nerve impulses that allow us to perceive and adapt to the world around us.\"\n\nIt added: \"This knowledge is being used to develop treatments for a wide range of disease conditions, including chronic pain.\"\n\nThe pair will share the 10m Swedish kronor (£845,000) prize.\n• None Is the chilli pepper friend or foe?\n• None The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The furlough scheme closes on Thursday, with uncertainty ahead for people who have not yet fully returned to work.\n\nNearly one million workers were expected to be on the scheme at the end of September, according to research by the Resolution Foundation.\n\nOf those on furlough in late July, about half on the scheme were able to work some of the time, the HMRC says.\n\nSince the start of the pandemic, it has helped pay the wages of 11.6 million workers.\n\nBut many forecasters, including the Bank of England, are expecting a small rise in unemployment as it ends.\n\nThe chancellor said he was \"immensely proud\" of the near £70bn scheme, but now was the right time to close it, despite calls for further support from some badly-hit companies.\n\nThe travel sector has suffered more than most during the pandemic, with businesses being affected by changing restrictions and lower consumer confidence.\n\nMark Andrew, the director of Animal Aircare, which helps pets travel overseas via Gatwick Airport, said some of his staff may be made redundant if business does not improve.\n\nThe firm has not yet had to lay off staff, which Mr Andrew said was \"purely down to furlough\".\n\n\"Furlough ending means there's a real question mark for our business. We're still waiting for Gatwick to pick up... it seems the airline industry is not buoyant enough yet,\" he said.\n\nAlthough the end of the scheme comes amid a record number of job vacancies, Fidelity International's investment director, Maike Currie, told the BBC that \"no-one really knows what is next\".\n\n\"I think what we can be certain of is that we'll see under-employment, where employees return to work but possibly not on a full-time basis and that they might need to supplement their income.\"\n\nFurlough was introduced in March 2020 after Covid-19 forced large parts of the UK economy to close.\n\nOfficially known as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, it saw the government pay towards the wages of people who could not work, or whose employers could no longer afford to pay them, up to a monthly limit of £2,500.\n\nAt first it paid 80% of their usual wage, but in August and September it paid 60%, with employers paying 20%.\n\nThere have been big recruitment drives for hospitality staff, HGV drivers and warehouse workers as businesses get back on their feet.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Abi is finally back to work after 18 months on furlough and says it feels 'amazing'\n\nLatest official figures show the UK's economy grew by 5.5% between April and June - revised up from the initial estimate of 4.8%.\n\nThe uplift was largely driven by household spending rebounding after lockdowns, although many firms are now being held back by current labour shortages.\n\n\"Any hope that the end of the furlough scheme might be the magic wand to solve the supply chain crisis is likely to be wishful thinking,\" said Susannah Streeter, from Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\nThere is likely to be a big mismatch of skills and experience between those leaving the furlough scheme and the jobs on offer, she added.\n\nChief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke told the BBC: \"We think there are probably two million fewer people unemployed than would have been the case if this scheme hadn't been introduced.\n\n\"I think it's done an enormous amount to shield our economy and our society from the worst of Covid.\"\n\nThe scheme has also been praised by the Resolution Foundation think tank as a \"great success\".\n\nIts senior economist Dan Tomlinson said furlough had been \"as critical to fighting the Covid crisis as nationalising the banks was to fighting the global financial crisis\".\n\nBut the foundation's recent research suggested that a small rise in unemployment was a \"real risk\" for those still on the scheme as it ends, particularly older workers or those in the travel sector.\n\nWhen the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme started, it was described as a bridge over the pandemic uncertainty.\n\nIt has succeeded in keeping the official unemployment numbers at less than half pre-pandemic expectation. For that reason it has proven value for money, despite costing over £68bn.\n\nBut there is now some uncertainty over the fate of the million or so workers still having their wages subsidised.\n\nNew analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies points to regional differences, with London workers for example the most likely still to be furloughed. Older workers are also disproportionately still on the scheme.\n\nIndustries that are yet to return to normal, such as the airport sector, had called for the scheme to be kept in some form. Unions also argue that the UK should follow Germany in maintaining a form of the scheme for future crises.\n\nCertainly a precedent has been set in that the government is willing to spend billions on wage increases if large-scale increases in unemployment are avoided.\n\nAlthough a million vacancies do not map on to the same number still on furlough, it is clear that many industries are having to welcome back more furloughed workers. Partly out of fear of being caught out by worker shortages later down the line.\n\nFor many of those returning to work, conditions will not be the same as pre-pandemic.\n\nJess Pitman was furloughed from her job as marketing manager at a travel firm two weeks after the scheme was introduced.\n\nThe company she works for specialises in organising trips abroad to raise money for charities, but travellers cancelled their plans when Covid hit.\n\nThe firm's payroll has been reduced from 27 to just five and the 29-year-old will return to work part-time, topping up her income with freelance work.\n\nJess Pitman works for a travel firm, which organises fundraising trips for charity\n\n\"I feel really torn about the end of furlough, and I'm really sad for the travel industry as a whole,\" Jess said.\n\n\"I know a lot of people in the industry will be made redundant... I think we'll lose a lot of talented people, which is really disappointing.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) warned that companies in the sector still face \"extreme difficulties\" because of continued travel restrictions.\n\nAbta called for sector-specific support for smaller firms in particular, who have lost two summers of sales, as well as those which specialise in destinations still subject to red list rules.\n\n\"The government needs to look at how it can support these businesses... through a package of tailored financial support,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nElsewhere, the Federation of Small Businesses also cited concerns over a \"colder environment\" for business.\n\nEmployers and workers alike will have to cope with the end of the furlough scheme, as well as the scrapping of an incentive for hiring apprentices, rising energy bills and the planned cut to Universal Credit in October.\n\nHowever, the Treasury said generous support was being provided through its \"Plan for Jobs\", which it said was part of a £400bn spending package.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said he was \"immensely proud of the furlough scheme, and even more proud of UK workers and businesses whose resolve has seen us through an immensely difficult time\".\n\nAre you using the furlough scheme? How will you or your business be affected by the scheme ending? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nKevin de Bruyne's deflected late equaliser gave Manchester City a fully deserved point after a moment of genius by Mohamed Salah looked to have earned Liverpool victory in an Anfield thriller.\n\nReigning champions City and Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool were each hoping to take over from Chelsea at the top of the table, but this result means Thomas Tuchel's side stay clear at the Premier League summit.\n\nCity dominated the first half but wasted a host of chances and were punished when Sadio Mane was the beneficiary of more Salah brilliance to apply a clinical finish to put Liverpool ahead after 59 minutes.\n\nLiverpool's lead lasted just 10 minutes until Phil Foden, who tormented the struggling James Milner throughout, took a pass from Gabriel Jesus and fired a low, angled finish across Alisson at the Kop end.\n\nCity manager Pep Guardiola was nursing an understandable sense of injustice after Milner somehow escaped a second yellow card for blatantly upending Bernardo Silva, before Anfield exploded in joy after 76 minutes when Salah slalomed his way beyond a succession of City defenders to power home a stunning finish.\n\nCity's performance merited at least a point and secured it when De Bruyne's shot took a deflection off Joel Matip to beat Alisson with nine minutes left.\n\nThe Reds should have won it with five minutes remaining but Fabinho's goalbound shot was kept out by Rodri's sensational block.\n\nLiverpool have bullied City at Anfield in the past but the tables were turned here in the first half, the champions dominating possession and pinning the hosts back in a manner rarely seen under Klopp in recent seasons.\n\nKlopp's side needed a spark to return to at least something like their normal selves and it was talisman Salah who provided it with a virtuoso second-half performance.\n\nThe Egyptian first of all showed his class to set up Mane for a goal that was against the overall run of play but was the result of Liverpool increasing the pace at the start of the second half. Salah's run and pass was sheer perfection and his attacking partner gratefully accepted the invitation to finish in style.\n\nAnd after the excellent Foden drew City level, Salah scored a goal that will live long in the memory as he twisted and turned in between a host of City defenders before lashing an unstoppable finish past Ederson.\n\nIt was a goal worthy of winning any match, but in reality Liverpool could not complain at only getting a point as they struggled to exert their authority.\n\nSalah's masterclass, however, showed once again that he truly belongs among the game's elite.\n\nFoden's importance for City was also emphasised as he gave Milner a nightmare for the 78 minutes the Liverpool veteran was on the pitch, and scored a crucial equaliser just as The Kop sensed their side had finally established supremacy.\n\nMilner, in at right-back with Trent Alexander-Arnold injured, simply could not cope with Foden, escaping with a foul on the edge of the area that was not given then being booked for hauling the youngster down in desperate fashion.\n\nCity were clearly determined to probe the right-hand side of Liverpool's defence where Milner was not actually receiving too much assistance, and it was no surprise that Foden found himself in space to give Allison no chance with a fine finish to level.\n\nThis was a good response from City to their midweek Champions League loss to Paris St-Germain, although once against questions will be raised about the lack of a recognised striker when a host of first-half chances were not taken.\n\nCity's play was measured and, with Ruben Dias and Aymeric Laporte solid at the back, it took those two moments of rare skill by Salah to unlock them.\n\nIt would have been harsh on City had they not got at least a point and Guardiola's joy was obvious when De Bruyne got the leveller, albeit he was running hot with fury at the time after referee Paul Tierney decided against giving that second yellow card to Milner - earning one himself as his vociferous protests continued after Salah had restored Liverpool's lead.\n\nCity have performed impressively against the two teams widely regard as their closest Premier League title rivals in the last eight days, winning at Chelsea then coming away with a point at Anfield.\n\nGuardiola will regard four points as a reasonable return and will be highly satisfied that his team could have had the maximum, even pressing for a winner in the closing moments.\n\nThe most decisive contribution in this frantic finale, however, came from Rodri as he somehow blocked Fabinho in a packed goalmouth when he looked certain to score the match-winner.\n\nHe made a crucial intervention and Guardiola was all smiles again at the final whistle.\n• None Attempt blocked. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fabinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a cross.\n• None Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Kyle Walker (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.\n• None Fabinho (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 2, Manchester City 2. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 2, Manchester City 1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Curtis Jones. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dame Cressida Dick: \"My job now is to lead the Met through a difficult time\"\n\nAn independent review is set to be carried out into the Met Police's standards and culture after the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard.\n\nCommissioner Dame Cressida Dick, who has rejected calls to resign, said it would be led by a high profile person.\n\nThe force has faced questions ever since Wayne Couzens, a serving police officer, killed the 33-year-old.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said there was a \"massive job\" to do in restoring women's confidence in the police.\n\nLast week, Couzens, 48, was jailed for a full-life term for the brutal attack.\n\nHe abducted the marketing executive in March as she walked home from a friend's house under the guise of an arrest, before raping and killing her. He later burned her body.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Dame Cressida said Ms Everard's murder had made \"everyone in the Met furious and we depend on public trust\".\n\n\"In this country policing is done by consent and undoubtedly the killing of Sarah and other events has damaged public trust,\" she said, adding she was determined to rebuild it.\n\nSarah Everard's murder sparked calls for more action to tackle violence against women\n\nDame Cressida said the review would specifically look into its internal culture and its professional standards such as systems, processes, leadership and training.\n\nShe also called for a national review of police vetting standards.\n\nIt comes as Labour raised concerns about checks on parliamentary police in a letter to security officials.\n\nAn ongoing Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) review of how Couzens became a Met officer has found that vetting procedures missed that two of his previous cars had been linked to allegations of indecent exposure.\n\nCouzens was known as \"the rapist\" by former colleagues at the Civil Nuclear Constabulary because he made female colleagues feel so uncomfortable, and had been accused of indecent exposure in 2015, and in the days before the murder.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct is now investigating \"offensive and abusive\" sexist messages shared by a WhatsApp group that involved Couzens.\n\nFormer Met Police detective Paige Kimberley won an employment tribunal against the force last month, after a job offer was withdrawn when she complained about \"vulgar and sexist\" WhatsApp group messages involving police officers.\n\nMs Kimberley said the group, which did not involve Couzens, was set up to \"facilitate working practices\".\n\nOver time the comments became \"more sexualised, and more and more derogatory towards women\", she said.\n\n\"When I was approached to go back to work... I did bring up the WhatsApp group, I did say that it needed to be addressed,\" she said.\n\n\"And the next day I was told there was no position available for me.\"\n\nMs Kimberely, who reached the rank of deputy superintendent, said: \"What has really shocked me is that the extent to which the Met fought me, the way the Met have defended this.\n\n\"They clearly do think it's okay.\"\n\nThe review will look into the internal culture of the Met Police\n\nBaroness Nuala O'Loan, whose inquiry into Daniel Morgan's murder concluded that the Met was \"institutionally corrupt\", said the murder of Ms Everard raised similar issues.\n\nShe said: \"We said that in their failure to be honest, for reputational reason, the conduct of senior officers of the Metropolitan Police, and of the institution, was corrupt. It was all about protecting the Met.\n\n\"Can you trust when you don't see actions to address the problems which you've pointed out to them?\"\n\nDame Cressida said: \"I absolutely recognise the grave level of public concerns and the need to take urgent action.\n\n\"I hope the announcement today of an independent person to work with us helps demonstrate how seriously we take this and our commitment to making the changes needed.\"\n\nWhen asked if she offered to resign, Dame Cressida said: \"People will be entitled to their opinion. I've got a job to do, I'm getting on with it. My job now is to lead the Met.\"\n\nEarlier, the prime minister rejected calls for an immediate public inquiry from the chairwoman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Yvette Cooper, who said there should be one into the vetting process used by the Met Police when recruiting officers.\n\nDame Cressida Dick has rejected calls to resign after the murder of Sarah Everard\n\nMr Johnson said the investigations by the Met and police watchdog should be allowed to proceed.\n\nHe added although the government was investing in CCTV and street lighting, the culture of policing had to change and that more women should be recruited as police officers.\n\n\"I want to be clear, I believe people should be confident in the police,\" he said.\n\n\"I believe police officers, men and women up and down the country, will be absolutely sickened by what has happened, and they will be doing everything they can, and I know they do everything they can to help and reassure the public. So, it is vital that the public trust the police.\"", "Obesity has been linked to deprivation\n\nFunding for healthy-lifestyle support such as stop-smoking and obesity clinics has been cut by a quarter in six years in England, research shows.\n\nThe Health Foundation said councils had received £3.3bn to run these services this year - £1bn less than in 2015-16, once inflation was accounted for.\n\nThe cut threatened the government's levelling-up agenda to spread wealth and opportunity more fairly, it added.\n\nBut the government said it was \"absolutely committed\" to the policy.\n\nA spokesman for the government added the newly-launched Office for Health Improvement and Disparities would play a crucial role in levelling up.\n\nDetails on future funding is expected to be announced later in the autumn.\n\nThe release of the Health Foundation analysis comes ahead of Health Secretary Sajid Javid's speech to the Conservative Party Conference on Tuesday.\n\nIt found while spending on the NHS had increased, funding given to councils for public health had been cut by 24% in the past six years.\n\nAnd in Blackpool - the most deprived area of the country - that meant £43 less per person per year was being spent on key public-health services.\n\nThe Health Foundation said these services were key to ensuring people remained in good health to get the most out of life.\n\nBut it pointed out people in the poorest areas could expect to live nearly 20 fewer years in good health than their peers in wealthier areas - a gap likely to have been made worse during the Covid pandemic.\n\nJo Bibby, from the Health Foundation, said ministers had already acknowledged levelling up health was fundamental to levelling up economically.\n\n\"A healthy and productive population will be essential to the country's future prosperity,\" she said.\n\n\"But ongoing cuts to the public-health grant run counter to this agenda and will ultimately serve to further entrench health inequality.\"\n\nThe Health Foundation said £1.4bn extra would be needed by 2024-25 to rectify these cuts.\n\nIts call was supported by the Association of Directors of Public Health, which has published a letter signed by more than 50 leading health charities and groups.\n\nADPH interim president Prof Jim McManus said: \"The public-health grant has been cut, cut and cut again, undermining the leadership and services that are essential to improving health and reducing inequalities.\"", "Mr Flynn wants more to be done to reduce the back-log of drivers waiting for tests\n\nA lack of examiners is largely to blame for the UK shortage of HGV drivers, a lorry driving instructor has said.\n\nSteven Flynn, who runs Carmel Driving School in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, said he has dozens of drivers waiting to take their tests.\n\nWaiting times and delayed paper work contributed to the \"heart-breaking\" situation, he said.\n\nThe Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency said it was \"tackling this issue through increasing testing\".\n\nThe shortage of HGV drivers is due to a combination of Covid, Brexit and other factors, and has led to growing concerns about deliveries of food and fuel.\n\nFor Mr Flynn, the problem is there are not enough examiners available to book tests.\n\n\"There hasn't been an investment in examiners in the last few years and the pandemic hasn't helped either... but they could do a lot more than what they actually are doing,\" he said.\n\n\"We've got in excess of at least 30 to 35 people waiting to go for their tests. We have enough vehicles, we have enough instructors, but we simply don't have the tests.\"\n\nMr Flynn said that after spring's lockdown, some of his drivers had to wait three months to book a test.\n\nAlthough the situation has now \"massively improved\", he said the waiting times are still \"too long\", claiming more examiners would have helped.\n\n\"We have built brand-new facilities here and all we would need is an examiner to come,\" he said.\n\n\"The test centre is just around the corner - which they're proposing to close - and some of the days there aren't any examiners there, simply because of the lack of investment in examiners.\"\n\nMr Flynn said he cannot expand the business and employ more instructors until more tests become available.\n\nHe also said booking tests online was not always possible, and it was \"heart-breaking\" spending up to two hours every day on hold, trying to book by phone.\n\nWhile testing is covered by the DVSA, Mr Flynn said waiting for documentation was also a serious problem, with \"paperwork taking weeks and weeks\" to come back from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).\n\nAndrew Lloyd, national officer for the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, said the DVLA must take responsibility.\n\nHe said: \"If there is anyone waiting for their driver's licence from DVLA, just to let you know PCS asked DVLA management a number of months ago now to prioritise key workers' driver's licences and correspondence. That would include lorry drivers. DVLA have not even bothered to respond to their trade union. This crisis is on the DVLA management.\"\n\nA DVLA spokesman said there were no delays in processing HGV provisional licence applications which were currently being issued in about five days, adding: \"We are looking at ways to speed up this process even further.\"\n\nHe added: \"More complex transactions, for example if medical investigations are needed as part of a driving licence application, may face longer delays.\n\n\"We have made it a priority to process provisional and vocational HGV licences as quickly as possible.\"\n\nLlew Jones Coaches' director says more and more drivers are finding work elsewhere and not returning to the industry\n\nIn the Conwy Valley, Llew Jones Coaches has had to suspend part of one of its bus routes \"due to a lack of driving staff\".\n\nSteve Jones, managing director, said Covid had seen an increase in the number of drivers retiring from the industry and \"so very few new people have come into the industry\" due to limited training in that period.\n\nMr Jones said they were \"running about 10 drivers short of where we would want to be\" and called for a simpler process of acquiring a test and dealing with the governing agencies.\n\n\"We need to reduce the red tape and get people through quicker,\" he said.\n\n\"We need more examiners so we can get more tests through,\" says Steve Jones\n\nThe DVSA said it recognised the haulage industry fuels the economy and had \"listened to its concerns about the current lorry driver shortage\".\n\n\"We have responded by doing all we can to support the industry in tackling this issue through increasing lorry driver testing,\" it said.\n\nCurrent waiting times for vocational tests were on average 3.3 weeks, compared with a pre-Covid rate of 2.7 weeks.\n\nAnd 3,000 vocational tests were being done a week, compared with 2,000 pre-Covid, the DVSA said.", "North Korea has restored communication lines with the South, months after it cut a cross-border hotline.\n\nThe move comes days after the country's leader Kim Jong-un said he was willing to restore communication as a conditional olive branch.\n\nHowever, Pyongyang also said the restoration of their relationship was dependent on the \"attitude of South Korean authorities\".\n\nNorth Korea has also recently been ramping up its military tests.\n\nIt has fired four missiles in less than a month - a sign that it has no intention of slowing down its arms development.\n\nOn Monday morning, South Korea's unification ministry said officials from both Koreas exchanged their first phone call since August.\n\n\"With the restoration of the South-North communication line, the government evaluates that a foundation for recovering inter-Korean relations has been provided,\" the ministry said in a statement.\n\nCommunication hotlines between the two sides have been cut - and restored - several times.\n\nIn 2020, after a failed summit between the North and South, Pyongyang blew up an inter-Korean border office that had been built to improve communications.\n\nIn the same year, North Korea severed all communication lines with the South, including a hotline between both leaders and military communication channels after tensions worsened.\n\nThe hotline was briefly restored this August but cut again after South Korea participated in joint military exercises with the US.\n\nNorth and South Korea are technically still at war because no peace agreement was reached when the Korean War ended in 1953.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does North Korea keep launching missiles?\n\nThe North has repeatedly accused South Korea of double standards over military activities.\n\nSouth Korea recently tested its first submarine-launched ballistic missile, which it said was needed as deterrence against North Korea's \"provocations\".\n\nThe US has been calling for North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, and Pyongyang's relationship with President Joe Biden's administration has so far been fraught with tension.\n\nBut Pyongyang seems determined to prove it will continue to develop new weapons systems, saying they are needed for its own self-defence.", "A private plane has crashed into an empty office block in the northern Italian city of Milan, killing all eight people on board.\n\nThe plane, which was bound for the island of Sardinia, came down after taking off from Milan's Linate airport.\n\nThe pilot was Romanian billionaire Dan Petrescu, 68. He died alongside his wife and their son, Italian media say.\n\nRead more: Eight killed as plane crashes into Milan building", "Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are back up and running after an outage that lasted almost six hours, Facebook says.\n\nIt blamed an internal technical issue, which not only affected Facebook's services, but reportedly also employees' work passes and email.\n\nThe services were down from about 16:00 GMT until around 22:00 on Monday.\n\nBut the company said there was \"no evidence that user data was compromised\".\n\nSheera Frenkel, the New York Times' technology reporter, told the Today programme part of the reason it took so long to fix was because \"the people trying to figure out what this problem was couldn't even physically get into the building\" to work out what had gone wrong.\n\nIn a statement, Facebook said that the faulty configuration change affected the company's internal tools and systems which complicated attempts to resolve the problem.\n\nDowndetector, which tracks outages, said some 10.6 million problem reports around the world. However, the real number of people affected is much higher: more than 3.5 billion people use Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp.\n\nMany found themselves cut off from family and friends they interact with over the various services, while small businesses which use social media to connect with customers were faced with the prospect of an unexpected financial hit.\n\nAccording to the business website Fortune, it also cost Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg an estimated $6bn (£4.4bn) at one point as shares plummeted.\n\nMr Zuckerberg has apologised to those affected by the outage.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Mark This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Facebook cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nSome people also reported problems using Facebook's virtual reality headset platform, Oculus, and apps which require Facebook logins were affected, including Pokémon Go.\n\nAn outage of this scale for such a long time is rare. A disruption in 2019 left Facebook and its other apps mostly inaccessible across the world for more than 14 hours.\n\nSeveral other tech companies, including Reddit and Twitter, poked fun at the social media giant's predicament - prompting responses from the affected apps.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Instagram This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe disruption comes the day after an interview with a former Facebook employee who leaked documents about the company.\n\nFrances Haugen told CBS news on Sunday that the company had prioritised \"growth over safety\".\n\nOn Tuesday she will testify before a Senate subcommittee in a hearing titled \"Protecting Kids Online\", about the company's research into Instagram's effect on the mental health of young users.\n\nMany outages get resolved fairly quickly. They are often localised too, with some people unable to open a website that can be viewed in another country.\n\nThis outage, however, was global, and affected all of Facebook's many spin-offs.\n\nThe length of time it was off grid is also unusual. There were reports of \"mayhem\" in Facebook headquarters, as technicians scrambled to fix the problem.\n\nInteresting too that the outage hampered Facebook's ability to tackle the crash - bringing down internal tools needed to remedy the problem.\n\nIt should also be said that Facebook's statement is carefully written. It doesn't rule out foul play.\n\nThe week had already started off badly - after the whistleblower in the \"Facebook Files\" revelations revealed herself on Sunday.\n\nBut a bad week has become a terrible one for the social network.", "Beaches have been closed and residents have been told to avoid the shoreline\n\nAn oil slick off the coast of California has started washing ashore, killing fish, contaminating wetlands and closing beaches.\n\nAbout 3,000 barrels of oil have spread over an area covering 13 square miles (33 sq km), off the Orange County coast.\n\nHuntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said portions of the coastline were covered in oil.\n\nAn investigation into the pipeline breach that caused it is under way.\n\nThe slick, about five miles off the coasts of Huntington Beach and Newport Beach, was discovered on Saturday morning.\n\nIt is thought to be one of the largest oil spills in the state's recent history, according to the Associated Press news agency.\n\nAuthorities are now attempting to contain the oil by using protective booms - a type of floating barrier. Divers are also working at the scene to determine how the leak occurred.\n\nThe US Coast Guard has so far deployed 14 boats to conduct oil recovery operations, and three to enforce a safety zone in the area. Four aircraft have also been dispatched to conduct assessments of the spill.\n\n\"Wildlife is dying. It's very sad,\" Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley told CBS News. She added that there were reports of dead animals along the shore and that Talbert Marsh, an ecological reserve had also suffered \"significant damage\".\n\nOn Monday morning, the Coast Guard said that approximately 3,150 gallons (14,320 litres) of oil have so far been recovered from the water.\n\nSome 3,000 barrels of oil have spread over an area of the Orange County coast\n\nAmplify Energy Corp, which owns three off-shore platforms, said it stopped operations and shut its pipeline on Saturday.\n\nCEO Martyn Willsher said the pipeline had been suctioned to ensure that no more oil would spill.\n\nThe area, 40 miles (64km) south of Los Angeles, is extremely popular with surfers. Beaches have been closed and the last day of the Pacific Airshow was cancelled.\n\nResidents have been told not to approach animals affected by the spill and to instead call authorities.\n\nAdditionally, officials in Orange County issued a health advisory recommending that anyone who may have encountered contaminated materials seek medical attention.\n\nThe spill is thought to have been caused by a pipeline breach\n\nMichelle Steel, a Republican representative for part of the affected area, has asked President Joe Biden to declare a major disaster, which would allow for funds to help with clean-up operations.\n\nIn 2010, the Deep Water Horizon incident off the Gulf of Mexico saw nearly 300,000 tonnes of oil spill, resulting in the death of thousands of species ranging from plankton to dolphins.\n\nThere were also other longer-term impacts on marine life including impaired reproduction, reduced growth, lesions and disease.\n\nThe spill occurred off the coast of Huntington Beach, California", "Daniel was attacked after a night out in Manchester in 2015\n\nA victim of the UK's most prolific rapist Reynhard Sinaga has spoken of the sheer horror at discovering he had been attacked by the sexual predator.\n\nSinaga was jailed for life last year after being convicted of drugging and raping 48 men in his Manchester flat.\n\nPolice believe the post-graduate student had targeted more than 200 men.\n\nDaniel, the first victim to waive his right to anonymity, said he \"couldn't remember anything\" when he woke up in Sinaga's flat.\n\nIt was only when Greater Manchester Police detectives showed him photographs of the attack two years later that he found out he had been raped.\n\n\"It is just horrible to see yourself that vulnerable in photographs that someone else has taken,\" he said.\n\n\"You can see I am comatose... I look dead.\"\n\nSinaga is serving a minimum of 40 years in jail after being convicted of 159 sexual offences in January 2020.\n\nThe 38-year-old, originally from Indonesia, \"stalked\" his victims who had became separated from friends on nights out before leading them to his Princess Street flat in Manchester city centre.\n\nGMP have released a custody photograph taken of Sinaga, showing injuries he received after his final victim awoke during the attack\n\nSpeaking in BBC Two documentary Catching a Predator, Daniel said he decided to speak out to help other victims.\n\n\"To say as a man I have been raped is a hard thing,\" he said.\n\n\"It makes you feel so vulnerable.\"\n\nDaniel had been on a night out in Manchester in 2015 celebrating his birthday with his partner and friends when they left to get a taxi home.\n\n\"I needed to go to the toilet so I went up an alleyway. I don't remember anything after that,\" he said.\n\nThe following morning he woke up on a sofa fully dressed feeling \"groggy\" and said he \"could not remember anything\".\n\n\"Then I saw someone's feet walking round and I just froze,\" he said.\n\n\"And then they left the room and I just got up and ran out the door.\"\n\nIf you, or someone you know, have been affected by any issues raised in this story, support and information is available at BBC Action Line.\n\nDaniel said he never considered reporting it to police because he was \"doubting himself\", \"felt stupid\" and \"didn't have a clue what had happened\".\n\nIt was only when a detective working on the Sinaga investigation - which was launched in June 2017 - came to see him that the truth of those missing hours emerged.\n\n\"I could see the way she looked at me [that] she recognised me,\" he said.\n\nDaniel said she showed him photographs of the attack, adding: \"There was no denying it was me. You could see my tattoo.\"\n\n\"There is a bit of relief because you know what has happened finally and you can make sense of it but probably not the relief you want,\" he said.\n\nDet Con Dorothy Orr and Det Sgt Kimberley Hames-Evans worked on the Sinaga investigation\n\nSinaga was caught when one victim regained consciousness during the assault and fought him off before reporting it to police.\n\nWhen officers seized Sinaga's phone they found he had filmed each of his attacks - amounting to hundreds of hours of footage - and launched the largest rape inquiry in British history.\n\nDet Sgt Kimberley Hames-Evans said the footage found on the phone was \"horrendous\".\n\n\"There were videos upon videos of young men being sexually abused and raped,\" she said.\n\n\"We get lots of reports of rape but seldom do you actually see one happen with your own eyes.\"\n\nDet Sgt Hames-Evans had to travel the \"length and breadth of the country, even overseas\" telling people what Sinaga had done to them.\n\n\"They just went very quiet and you [could] see the colour drain from their face. Just an 'oh my God' look on their face,\" she said.\n\n\"And I knew giving them that information that I've just ruined this person's life and you could see it.\"\n\nDaniel said he decided to speak out to help other victims\n\nDet Con Dorothy Orr said the videos were \"shocking\" and \"horrific\", particularly because of the \"helplessness\" of the victims.\n\n\"When someone can take advantage of someone when they are physically ill and vomiting it is hideous,\" she said.\n\nIain Simkin, lead prosecutor in the case against Sinaga, described him as \"savage\" and said in one of the videos he filmed himself raping two men in his flat for hours.\n\nHe said it was \"worse than a Gothic horror story\".\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service barrister said he hoped the case had raised awareness of male rape, describing it as \"a graphic representation of the worst parts of human nature\".\n\nDaniel said he had been offered counselling \"but nothing has been as helpful as talking to my dad\".\n\n\"Men don't talk about male rape but his response was amazing,\" he said.\n\nYou can watch Catching a Predator on BBC Two at 21:00 GMT on Wednesday 6 October and afterwards on BBC iPlayer.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Dale Morgan admitted the killing took place sometime between December and February\n\nA man who murdered his mother with a hammer and continued to live in her home with the body for two months, has been jailed for life.\n\nDale Morgan, 43, carried out the \"sustained and brutal\" attack on 68-year-old Judith Rhead in December 2020.\n\nHer decomposing body was partially clothed with a plastic bag tied over her head, Swansea Crown Court heard.\n\nMorgan, of Honeyborough Green, Neyland, will serve a minimum of 21-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to murder.\n\nThe former scout leader admitted the killing happened sometime between 10 December 2020 and 20 February 2021.\n\nJudge Paul Thomas QC described it as a \"savage and sustained attack against a defenceless woman, your mother\".\n\nThe court heard Morgan pretended to his mother's friends and neighbours that she was either isolating at home because of Covid-19, was ill or was in hospital.\n\nBut police went to her home on 20 February after being contacted by her concerned friends.\n\nJudith Rhead's body was found partially clothed with a plastic bag tied over her head\n\nPaul Lewis QC, prosecuting, said the evidence suggested Morgan killed his mother on a date between 11 and 18 December.\n\n\"It is plain the defendant bludgeoned his mother repeatedly with a hammer,\" he said.\n\n\"She was slumped in a kneeling position against the bed and her right hand and forearm were on the bed and she was partially clothed, and a plastic bag had been placed over her head and had been tied in place with an electrical cable.\n\n\"There was bloodstaining on the bed and at the foot of the bed officers found a hammer.\n\n\"It was clear to the officers that the body of Mrs Rhead had been there for some time and her body had started to decompose.\"\n\nA note written by Mrs Rhead said: \"Huge lies ie car, work had been furloughed, stealing money, stealing medication, drug addiction, opiates.\"\n\nMr Lewis said: \"It is clear from the note that prior to her death she had concerns about the defendant taking money from her.\"\n\nThe court heard Mrs Rhead had been struck on the head 14 times.\n\nMr Lewis said: \"Only the defendant knows why he killed his mother, and he has never ventured an account.\n\n\"Another possible theory is that his mother confronted him because he was stealing, and in order to prevent her from taking steps, he killed her. We simply do not know.\"\n\nJudith Rhead's body was found at a property on Market Street in February\n\nMorgan was arrested later that day and has been in custody since, pleading guilty to murder at a hearing on 31 August.\n\nSentencing, Judge Thomas told only-child Morgan his mother stuck up for him when he previously stole from her.\n\n\"She tried to help you with your problems,\" he said. \"She worried about your substance misuse, and she let you live with her despite the disruption and anxiety your presence in the house no doubt caused her.\n\n\"In short, you were pretty much her life. You repaid those 43 years of devotion by bludgeoning her to death with a hammer. Not once, not twice, but no fewer than 14 times to the head, intending to kill her.\n\n\"She was, on that day, when you had that hammer in your hand, entirely at your mercy.\n\n\"Although she probably begged you for it, you showed none. It was a savage, sustained attack on a defenceless, vulnerable woman - your own mother.\n\n\"Even after you had killed her, your callous attitude continued, and you tied a plastic bag around her head and left her lifeless body slumped in the bedroom.\n\n\"You did not even afford her the dignity of a timely burial. You just left her to decompose while others fretted about her whereabouts.\"\n\nSenior investigating officer, Det Supt Jayne Butler, said: \"Judith Rhead was the victim of an horrific attack.\n\n\"The fact that it was at the hands of her own son and in her own home only adds to the cruelty and horror of what she went through.\"\n\nA family statement said: \"We cannot come to terms with what has happened to Judith and we never will.\n\n\"Judith was a well-respected woman in her community and with a wide circle of friends.\n\n\"She was such a gentle person, who did not deserve to die in such a horrific way.\n\n\"This is something that will haunt our family for the rest of our lives.\"", "Sarah-Jane has sickle-cell disease, lives with constant pain and needs a blood transfusion every six weeks\n\nThe first new sickle-cell treatment in 20 years will help keep thousands of people out of hospital over the next three years, NHS England has said.\n\nSickle-cell disease is incurable and affects 15,000 people in the UK.\n\nAnd the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said the hope of reducing health inequalities for black people, who are predominantly affected and often have poorer health outcomes due to a number of social factors, made the drug worth recommending.\n\nIt called it \"an innovative treatment\".\n\nThe drug, crizanlizumab, made by Novartis, is injected into a vein and can be taken on its own or alongside standard treatment and regular blood transfusions.\n\nAnd in a trial, patients taking the crizanlizumab had a sickle-cell crisis 1.6 times a year on average, compared with nearly three times a year normally.\n\nThese painful episodes, which can require hospital treatment and lead to other health complications, are caused by by sickle-shaped red blood cells blocking the small blood vessels .\n\nBut because the trial was small and lasted only a year, it remains unknown how long the benefits last for - and that makes it difficult to judge how cost-effective crizanlizumab is.\n\nNevertheless, NICE, which recommends treatments in England and Wales, is recommending its use for over-16s, albeit under a special arrangement rather than routinely, on the NHS.\n\nAnd additional data on the treatment will be collected through clinical trials.\n\nThe charity Sickle Cell Society said the new treatment brought \"new hope\" for people living with the world's most common genetic blood condition.\n\nNHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said: \"The moment that a new drug comes that is approved to be used, our job is to make sure that we can do a deal to ensure it's affordable and get it out as quickly as possible.\"\n\nSarah-Jane has to rely on a whole range of medication to manage her sickle-cell disease, including very strong painkillers\n\nDiagnosed at birth, Sarah-Jane Nkrumah, 27, had her first crisis aged six months and has chronic pain in her joints.\n\n\"Every day is pain,\" she says.\n\n\"I don't remember the last time I had zero pain.\"\n\nSarah-Jane prefers to take breaks from taking painkillers - but some days cannot get out of bed.\n\n\"You just have to try and manage it,\" she says.\n\n\"It's all about having a lot of mental strength and support.\"\n\nAnd every six weeks, she has a blood transfusion to boost her energy levels.\n\n\"I feel weak and exhausted leading up to them and refreshed and stronger afterwards,\" she says.\n\n\"Thanks to donors, I get a chance to live another day.\"\n\nSarah-Jane had to give up her ambition to become a nursery teacher because it put her at risk of serious infection.\n\n\"Now, I have found my true purpose and love spreading awareness of sickle-cell disease,\" she says.\n\nMeindert Boysen, deputy chief executive and director of the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation, at NICE, said: \"Treatment for sickle-cell disease has been limited for years and there has been a lack of treatments for patients whose lives are affected by the condition.\n\n\"Crizanlizumab... has shown the potential to improve hundreds of lives and we are delighted to be able to recommend it as the first new treatment for sickle cell disease in two decades.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Will Renwick finished his month long journey at Conwy Castle on Monday\n\nA runner who climbed 189 mountains in a month said he felt \"incredible\" after he raised almost £10,000 for charity.\n\nWill Renwick completed his run at Conwy Castle on Monday, after clocking up at least 24 miles a day over a month.\n\nThe challenge he set himself was to run up every mountain peak over 2,000ft (600m) in Wales.\n\nHe said the 500 mile route was fuelled by instant mash, noodles and chocolate, and despite the lows, the money raised for charity made \"every mile worth it\".\n\nWill, from Llancarfan in the Vale of Glamorgan, initially set out to raise £2,000 for charity Mind Over Mountains, but has raised almost £10,000.\n\nThe 31-year-old said being outdoors had always helped him mentally and fundraising spurred him on and \"put miles in my tank\".\n\n\"The whole thing has been a challenge right to the bitter end,\" he said, adding the weather \"was not on my side.\"\n\n\"I told everyone I'd be at the castle and I rocked up two hours late.\n\n\"I'm worn out, all my injuries have flared up but I just can't believe I have finished.\n\n\"It hasn't sunk in and it only will when I'm sunk into a nice warm bath.\"\n\nThe YouTuber and editor of Outdoors Magic has been documenting his journey on social media.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Will Renwick\n\nHis first challenge was as a long-distance walker, when he completed the 870-mile Wales Coast Path in 63 days.\n\nNow Will runs ultra-marathon distances and recently completed the 100-mile route around the Isle of Man.\n\nBut he said this challenge had been the toughest physically and mentally.\n\nRed sky over Maesglase mountain in Snowdonia - and a curious sheep\n\n\"One of the reasons I set out on this challenge was to have a huge adventure in my own country and see all the different sides of it,\" he said.\n\n\"Wales is really spectacular. I live in a wonderful country and I can't get enough of it. It's been amazing to explore.\"\n\nHe said the people he has met across Wales have helped spur him on with their acts of kindness as simple as a cup of tea.\n\nThe highlight, he said, was the moment after a long day when he had camped and \"just take in the surroundings and think, wow I am very lucky to be right here right now.\"\n\nWill Renwick takes a dip at Abergynolwyn, near Tywyn, Gwynedd\n\nHowever, he said the journey has been tough, especially after a spell of windy and wet weather.\n\n\"There have been a lot of lows but it is all worth it to stand here at the finish line to be cheered on by strangers and raised money for a charity for such amazing things.\n\n\"I can't believe how the money has just gone up and if it makes a difference to one person's life then every mile will be worth it.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "PC David Carrick is currently suspended from duty\n\nA Metropolitan Police officer accused of raping a woman he met on Tinder has been remanded in custody.\n\nPC David Carrick, 46, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, appeared before St Albans Magistrates' Court on Monday morning.\n\nThe court was told he \"emphatically denies\" attacking a woman after the pair went for drinks in St Albans.\n\nMr Carrick, who is currently suspended from duty, is due to appear at St Albans Crown Court on 1 November.\n\nHe was off-duty at the time of the alleged offence in September last year, police said.\n\nMr Carrick appeared at court via videolink from a police station in Stevenage, wearing a white collared shirt, and spoke only to confirm his identity.\n\nThe court heard he is alleged to have taken the woman back to a Premier Inn after visiting two pubs in St Albans.\n\nThe attack is alleged to have taken place the following morning.\n\nDefending Mr Carrick, Ryan Dowding said: \"He emphatically denies the allegations.\"\n\nHe was charged by Hertfordshire Constabulary on Sunday after his arrest on Saturday.\n\nScotland Yard said Mr Carrick was based within the Met's Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command.\n\nThis is the same unit where the murderer of Sarah Everard, Wayne Couzens, had worked.\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said: \"I am deeply concerned to hear the news that an officer from the Met's Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command has been arrested and now charged with this serious offence.\n\n\"I fully recognise the public will be very concerned, too.\n\n\"Criminal proceedings must now take their course so I am unable to comment any further at this stage.\"\n\nThe Met said Mr Carrick had been suspended from duty and added that a referral had been made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\nA spokesman for the IOPC confirmed a referral had been made to them over the weekend and it was being assessed.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "The chairman of supermarket chain Morrisons has insisted the supermarket will be able to deliver a \"good\" Christmas for customers despite supply chain issues.\n\nAndy Higginson said he was \"not worried\" about logistical issues with supermarkets supplying products.\n\nHe said the issues were \"well publicised\" and \"slightly overblown\".\n\nHis comments come just two days after US private equity firm CD&R won an auction to buy Morrisons.\n\nThe £7bn ($9.5bn) bid for the UK's fourth-largest supermarket chain from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) just trumped an offer from rival suitor Fortress.\n\nThe takeover will mark a return to the UK grocery sector for Terry Leahy, the former chief executive of Tesco, who is a senior adviser to CD&R.\n\nThere has been speculation that Mr Leahy will become the new chairman of Morrisons, as Mr Higginson will stand down from his post once the deal with CD&R is completed.\n\nMorrisons owns a quarter of its suppliers, including fisheries and meat production operations, and Mr Higginson said that was one of the reasons the private equity firm had found the business attractive.\n\n\"Private equity gets a bit of a bad rap sometimes,\" Mr Higginson said.\n\nHe added that private equity is \"focused on growth and trying to grow businesses - it's the way they make returns... and that's very much the case here\".\n\nThe supermarket chain has arrangements with 2,700 British farmers, who deliver livestock and produce directly to its 17 food processing facilities, which supply 493 stores.\n\n\"Supply chains in the UK are incredibly efficient and I'm sure we'll be able to deliver a great Christmas for customers as we go through,\" Mr Higginson added.\n\n\"I think it'll be a good Christmas for people, I think they'll want to treat themselves\".\n\nRewind to the start of the summer, and the supermarket chain Morrisons is a stock market plodder, a company to be invested in for its healthy dividend rather than any hope of a big rise in the share price. It's a British supermarket, and we all know that the UK grocery market is fiercely competitive with big players that are well-entrenched and little hope of rapid growth.\n\nThat was the orthodoxy, and the events of the past four months have made it look a little silly. Then, Morrisons shares hovered around 180p. On Saturday, a private-equity-led consortium won an auction to buy the company at 287p a share. Those fund managers who dismissed Morrison's prospects and chose not to own the shares have missed out on a pound-a-share payday.\n\nWhat did the City miss? According to Andy Higginson, Morrison's outgoing chairman - like the company's other non-executive directors, he will leave when the deal is completed - the Square Mile's fund managers could not see the \"inherent strength\" of the chain, which owns many of its store freeholds, has its own food production assets, and a pension scheme in surplus.\n\nMr Higginson said Morrisons was not alone in having been undervalued, describing it as a \"sector problem\". That idea that supermarkets in general are neglected by the City raises the intriguing prospect that other chains may find themselves being wooed by private investor groups.\n\nLast month, the supermarket warned that it expected the UK's lorry driver shortage to push up prices this year. It said the lack of drivers, plus higher freight charges and commodity prices, could lead to higher prices.\n\nHowever, it also said it would seek to mitigate those and other potential cost increases, such as any incurred in maintaining good product availability.\n\nMorrisons was founded in Bradford in 1899 - where it still has its headquarters. The group has almost 500 shops and more than 110,000 staff.\n\nThe business was founded by William Morrison, and his son, the late Sir Ken Morrison, ran the business for 50 years.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak at the Conservative conference in Manchester\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has said there is no \"magic wand\" to make disruption to fuel and food supplies disappear overnight.\n\nHe told the BBC supply problems were global, and ministers were doing everything they can to mitigate them.\n\n\"Pragmatic controlled immigration\" could be part of the short-term solution, he said.\n\nHe was speaking ahead of addressing the Conservative party conference amid concerns over living standards.\n\nThe Chancellor's first in-person speech to Tory members comes against a backdrop of rising food and energy prices, alongside cuts to universal credit benefits and tax rises to fund the NHS and social care.\n\nSupply chain issues are continuing to affect several sectors, with the military due to begin driving fuel to petrol stations.\n\nSpeaking on Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Sunak said \"challenges\" to supply chains are not unique to the UK but were a problem across the world as a result of lockdowns and the rapid re-opening of economies.\n\nBut he said the government was doing \"everything we can to mitigate the bits of that that we can\".\n\n\"There are things that we can do and should do and it is reasonable that people expect us to do what we can,\" he said.\n\n\"Whether it's short-term visas, speeding up testing capacity for HGV drivers, of course we should do all those things and we are doing all those things, but we can't wave a magic wand and make global supply chain challenges disappear overnight.\"\n\nBut he said the problems \"we are seeing at the moment will be transitory and will pass through the system\".\n\nPM Boris Johnson also insisted supply problems were part of an international trend, telling reporters they were due to the global economy \"coming back to life\" after Covid shutdowns.\n\n\"There's a shortage of lorry drivers actually around the world,\" he added.\n\nThe prime minister tried on Sunday to present this as short-term pain as part of what he believes will be very significant long-term gains because of Brexit.\n\nNow, the prime minister and other ministers would not say, 'oh, suck it up, enjoy the fact that you have to queue for petrol'.\n\nBut they have, in the last few days, woven this narrative: to take some of the things that we see happening, acutely, whether in agriculture, whether in fuel supply - and to turn them into this story of short-term pain for a long-term gain.\n\nThat was not Rishi Sunak's language.\n\nHe talked rather soberly about global supply shortages, things that the government can mitigate, clearly he believes the government does have a role.\n\nBut he was very different in tone, which was something on the day of a big chancellor's speech at this conference, very well worth noting.\n\nIn his speech later, Mr Sunak will say the best protection against cost of living challenges is to give people the skills and opportunities to get better paid work.\n\nThe chancellor will commit £500m to renew job support programmes and promise to \"double down\" on help for the jobs market after Covid.\n\nHe will also promise to reshape the economy around technology and scientific innovation.\n\nAhead of his speech, Mr Sunak praised the UK's economic recovery but warned the \"job is not done yet\".\n\n\"At the start of this crisis I made a promise to do whatever it takes, and I'm ready to double down on that promise now as we come out of this crisis,\" he said.\n\nHe will also promise to make the UK the \"the most exciting place on the planet\" through better infrastructure and improved skills.\n\nActivists queued earlier for a space to watch Rishi Sunak's speech, the biggest of the conference so far\n\nHis speech will come on the second day of conference, and he will say the Kickstart Scheme - which subsidises eligible jobs for young people on universal credit - will be extended by three months to March 2022.\n\nThe scheme, launched in September last year, was allocated £2bn in funding to create 250,000 jobs by the end of 2021.\n\nHowever, only 76,900 have actually started Kickstart roles, according to latest figures, with 196,300 roles in total made available for youngsters to apply for.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses had been calling for the scheme to be extended, amid reports that firms had encountered delays and found the scheme slow.\n\nMr Sunak will also announce the extension of the JETS scheme to help long-term unemployed people on universal credit until September 2022.\n\nA separate scheme paying employers £3,000 per apprentice they take on will also be prolonged by four months until the end of January.\n\nAnd the government is promising more help finding work for those coming off the furlough scheme, which closed last week, having paid the wages of 11.6 million workers during the pandemic.\n\nThe various extensions will be paid for with £500m of funding, with the Treasury saying that details will be confirmed at the Spending Review on 27 October.\n\nLabour's shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the government's plan to support jobs was \"struggling\" and had \"failed to hit its original targets\".\n\n\"An extended deadline will do nothing to compensate for the chancellor's tax rises, cost of living crisis and cuts to universal credit,\" he added.", "Dame Cressida Dick has faced calls to resign after the murder of Sarah Everard\n\nThe home secretary will be watching the Metropolitan Police chief \"very closely\" over the vetting of officers in light of Sarah Everard's murder, Solicitor General Alex Chalk has said.\n\nMs Everard was killed by Wayne Couzens - a serving police officer - in March, leading to questions for the force over its failure to stop him.\n\nA number of politicians have called for Commissioner Cressida Dick to resign.\n\nMr Chalk warned Ms Patel would be keeping a close eye on the situation.\n\nCouzens was jailed for a full-life term on Thursday after details emerged of the brutal attack.\n\nHe abducted the 33-year-old as she walked home from a friend's house under the guise of an arrest, before raping and killing her.\n\nDame Cressida said she recognised that a \"precious bond of trust\" had been damaged by Couzens, who had \"brought shame on the Met\".\n\nBut she soon faced calls to resign, with Labour MP Harriet Harman saying women's confidence in the police \"will have been shattered\" by the case.\n\nMs Patel said she would \"continue to work with\" Dame Cressida, and continue to hold her and the Met to account \"as everybody would expect me to do\".\n\nSpeaking at a Conservative Young Women's event at the party's conference, Mr Chalk told the BBC that the police commissioner needed to look at the vetting issue that allowed Couzens to \"slip through the net\".\n\nHe said a lot of people would be concerned by the case, and \"want to be absolutely satisfied that things are about to improve\".\n\nBut he also issued a warning to Ms Dick that she may not keep the confidence of the home secretary if the issue was not sorted out.\n\n\"[Priti Patel] says she has confidence in her, but I suspect the home secretary will be watching very closely to see that the vetting issue is properly investigated and scrutinised,\" he added.\n\nMeanwhile, the Speaker of the House of Commons has asked for an urgent meeting with the Met after it was confirmed Couzens was on duty five times at Parliament last year.\n\nSir Lindsay Hoyle said it was \"extremely concerning\" and also raised questions about police vetting policy.\n\nThe Met confirmed Couzens was on armed protection duties at Parliament between February and July 2020.", "The financial secrets of hundreds of world leaders, politicians and celebrities has been exposed in another huge leak of financial documents.\n\nDubbed the Pandora Papers it features almost 12 million files from companies providing offshore services in tax havens around the world.\n\nThe data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington DC, which has organised the biggest ever global investigation, spanning 117 countries and involving more than 600 journalists. In the UK the investigation has been led by BBC Panorama and the Guardian.\n\nThe files are the latest in a series of whistleblower-led investigations that have rocked the world of finance in recent years.\n\nSo let's round up the other major leaks of the past decade.\n\nIn September 2020 the FinCEN Files exposed the failure of major global banks to stop money laundering and financial crime. They also revealed how the UK is often the weak link in the financial system and how London is awash with Russian cash.\n\nThe files included more than 2,000 suspicious activity reports (SARs), filed by financial institutions to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Agency, or FinCEN, a part of the US Treasury Department. They also include 17,641 records obtained through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and other sources.\n\nThey were obtained by BuzzFeed News which shared them with the ICIJ and 400 journalists around the world, including BBC Panorama, which led the investigation in the UK.\n\nA huge batch of leaked documents mostly from offshore law firm Appleby, along with corporate registries in 19 tax jurisdictions, which revealed the financial dealings of politicians, celebrities, corporate giants and business leaders.\n\nWho leaked the data? The BBC does not know the identity of the source. The 13.4 million records were passed to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and then shared with the ICIJ. Panorama led research for the BBC as part of a global investigation involving nearly 100 other media organisations, including the Guardian, in 67 countries.\n\nA confidential settlement was later reached between the BBC, the Guardian and Appleby over the reporting of the leaked documents, which Appleby said were taken by hackers. The Guardian and BBC said the reports were in the public interest but did not give more detail about the settlement.\n\nUntil Pandora this leak was seen as the daddy of them all in data size. If you thought the Wikileaks dump of sensitive diplomatic cables in 2010 was a big deal, this carried 1,500 times more data.\n\nSüddeutsche Zeitung's \"brothers\". Despite surnames that sound exactly the same, these two leading lights of the Panama Papers investigation, Frederik Obermaier (L) and Bastian Obermayer, are not related\n\nThe Panama Papers came about after an anonymous source contacted reporters at German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung in 2015 and supplied encrypted documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. It sells anonymous offshore companies that help the owners hide their business dealings.\n\nOverwhelmed by the scale of the dump, which eventually grew to 2.6 terabytes of data, the Süddeutsche Zeitung called in the ICIJ, which led to the involvement of about 100 other partner news organisations, including the BBC's Panorama.\n\nAfter more than a year of scrutiny, the ICIJ and its partners jointly published the Panama Papers on 3 April 2016, with the database of documents going online a month later.\n\nWho was named? Where do we start? A few of the news partners focused on how associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin shuffled cash around the globe. Not that the Russians cared much. The prime ministers of Iceland and Pakistan came to far stickier ends, the former quitting and the latter being thrown out of office by the Supreme Court. Overall the financial dealings of a dozen current and former world leaders, more than 120 politicians and public officials and countless billionaires, celebrities and sports stars were exposed.\n\nWho leaked the data? John Doe. Yes, we know. It's not a real name. In US crime series it is mostly used to label anonymous victims but Mr (or Ms) Doe's manifesto, released a month after publication, reveals a self-styled revolutionary. The real identity is still unknown.\n\nFive months after the Panama Papers, the ICIJ published revelations from the Bahamas corporate registry. The 38GB cache revealed the offshore activities of \"prime ministers, ministers, princes and convicted felons\", it said. Former EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes admitted an \"oversight\" in failing to disclose her interest in an offshore company.\n\nThis ICIJ investigation, involving hundreds of journalists from 45 countries, including BBC Panorama, went public in February 2015.\n\nIt focused on HSBC Private Bank (Suisse), a subsidiary of the banking giant, and so lifted the lid on dealings in a country where banking secrecy is taken for granted.\n\nThe leaked files covered accounts up to the year 2007, linked with more than 100,000 individuals and legal entities from more than 200 countries.\n\nThe ICIJ said the subsidiary had served \"those close to discredited regimes\" and \"clients who had been unfavourably named by the United Nations\".\n\nHSBC admitted that the \"compliance culture and standards of due diligence\" at the subsidiary at the time were \"lower than they are today\".\n\nWho was named? The ICIJ said HSBC had profited from \"arms dealers, bag men for Third World dictators, traffickers in blood diamonds and other international outlaws\".\n\nIt also cited those close to the regimes of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, former Tunisian President Ben Ali and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.\n\nWho leaked the data? Actually, we know this one. The ICIJ investigation was based on data originally leaked by the French-Italian software engineer and whistleblower Hervé Falciani, though the ICIJ got it later from another source. From 2008 onwards he passed information on HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) to French authorities, who in turn passed them to other relevant governments. Mr Falciani was indicted in Switzerland. He was held in detention in Spain but was later released and now lives in France.\n\nOr LuxLeaks for short. Another extensive ICIJ investigation, which revealed its findings in November 2014.\n\nIt centred on how professional services company PricewaterhouseCoopers helped multinational companies gain hundreds of favourable tax rulings in Luxembourg between 2002 and 2010.\n\nThe ICIJ said multinationals had saved billions by channelling money through Luxembourg, sometimes at tax rates of less than 1%. One address in Luxembourg was home to more than 1,600 companies, it said.\n\nThe leak of documents was first exposed in 2012 after a joint investigation between Panorama and France2 which lifted the lid on the tax agreements of UK pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and media company Northern & Shell.\n\nWho was named? Pepsi, IKEA, AIG and Deutsche Bank were among those named.\n\nA second tranche of leaked documents said the Walt Disney Co and Skype had funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars in profits through Luxembourg subsidiaries. They and the other firms denied any wrongdoing.\n\nJean-Claude Juncker had been PM of Luxembourg when it enacted many of its tax avoidance rules. He had been appointed president of the European Commission just a few days before the leak came out. He said he had not encouraged avoidance.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jean-Claude Juncker says he is \"politically responsible for what happened\"\n\nEurosceptics went to town and pushed a censure motion against him and his commission. It was rejected. But the EU did investigate, and by 2016 had proposed a yet-to-be realised common tax scheme for the EU.\n\nWho leaked the data? Frenchman Antoine Deltour, a former PricewaterhouseCoopers employee, was the main man, saying he had acted in the public interest. Another PwC employee, Raphael Halet, helped him.\n\nThe pair, along with journalist Edouard Perrin, were all charged in Luxembourg after a PwC complaint. A first verdict was later revisited, watering down sentences, with Deltour given a six-month suspended jail term which was later quashed. Halet received a small fine and Mr Perrin was acquitted.\n\nThis was about a tenth of the size of the Panama Papers but was seen as the biggest exposé of international tax fraud ever when the ICIJ and its news partners went public in November 2012 and April 2013.\n\nSome 2.5 million files revealed the names of more than 120,000 companies and trusts in hideaways such as the British Virgin Islands and the Cook Islands.\n\nBBC Panorama exposed a flourishing tax evasion industry in the UK in an undercover investigation based on the files.\n\nWho was named? The usual suspects. A mix of politicians, government officials and their families, with the Russians notable, but also those in China, Azerbaijan, Canada, Thailand, Mongolia and Pakistan. The Philippines - in the form of the family of late strongman Ferdinand Marcos - get a dishonourable mention. To be fair, the ICIJ does point out that the leaks are not necessarily evidence of illegal actions.\n\nWho leaked the data? The ICIJ cites \"two financial service providers, a private bank in Jersey and the Bahamas corporate registry\" as the sources, but says nothing more other than it was \"data obtained\".\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC and has led to one of the biggest ever global investigations.\n\nMore than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app, or watch Panorama on the BBC iPlayer (UK viewers only)", "For the past 18 months the government has been subsidising the wages of employees hit by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe furlough scheme was the centrepiece of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's \"unprecedented\" intervention in the economy, designed to stave off a wave of job losses as the country closed down in the face of the virus.\n\nIt protected the incomes of millions of people across the UK working sectors that could no longer operate, such as live music, nightclubs, the travel industry, business events, hospitality and retail businesses.\n\nNow that scheme is ending, requiring firms to shoulder full responsibility for those employees again or let them go.\n\nDuring the lifetime of the scheme about 11.6 million jobs were supported, with a steep take-up in the first few months especially.\n\nThat doesn't mean the government was ever paying 11 million people's wages at the same time.\n\nAccording to data from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the number of people on furlough peaked at 8.9 million on 8 May last year. It then fell steadily until late 2020, when it picked up again, without ever hitting the heights of the first lockdown.\n\nSince then, numbers have continued to fall, although around 1.6 million were still relying on the scheme at the end of July, the last date for which figures are available from HMRC.\n\n\"To all those at home right now, anxious about the days ahead, I say this: you will not face this alone,\" the chancellor said, announcing the furlough scheme in March 2020.\n\nAlthough he has since become one of the country's best-known politicians, Mr Sunak was fairly new in his post at the time, and he had just kicked off his chancellorship with a Budget that included a jawdropping a £30bn package to boost the economy and get the country through the virus outbreak.\n\nBut it turned out to be nowhere near enough. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, to give furlough its official title, along with other support measures, would end up incurring a far bigger bill, requiring the government to borrow much more than it would in normal times, month after month.\n\nUnder the scheme, the government initially paid 80% of the wages of people who could not work, or whose employers could no longer afford to pay them, up to a monthly limit of £2,500.\n\nBut by the end of the scheme the government was contributing only 60%, with employers shouldering a 20% share themselves\n\nOverall it cost the government nearly £70bn, but has been praised by the Resolution Foundation think-tank as a \"great success\", protecting people's living standards and preventing what many feared would be a catastrophic rise in unemployment.\n\nWhile workers were furloughed in every age group it was younger workers who accounted for a large proportion of those on furlough.\n\nYounger people were more likely to be employed in the sectors of the economy worst hit by the coronavirus lockdown measures including hospitality and retail.\n\nSince March 2020, more women than men have been furloughed although according to the latest figures more men remained on furlough towards the end of the scheme.\n\nSome sectors of the economy made more use of the furlough scheme than others.\n\nWith pubs and restaurants particularly badly affected by coronavirus curbs, the hospitality industry saw a high number of workers furloughed.\n\nAnd non-essential shops were closed at the height of the lockdown, so retailers made big claims on the government's resources. However, some large employers in that sector, notably supermarkets - who remained open during lockdowns, have since repaid the cash.\n\nPeople working in the arts, entertainment and other leisure activities were also more likely to find themselves on furlough than those in other walks of life.\n\nThe scheme was designed to keep people connected to jobs that would return after the pandemic peak passed.\n\nHowever over the last 18 months some of those on furlough have been made redundant, especially during the period late last year when it looked as though the furlough scheme was coming to an end.\n\nIn recent months, as the economy reopened and continued to grow, the number of redundancies has fallen.\n\nThe Resolution Foundation has described the furlough scheme overall as \"a very successful and well-implemented policy intervention\".\n\nBut its recent research suggested there remained a \"real risk\" to the jobs of those still on the scheme as it ends, particularly for those in parts of the travel sector, which still hasn't returned to normal operation, and for older workers.\n\nAnd doubts have been voiced in other quarters over some aspects of the scheme.\n\nIt has drawn fire from the Commons Public Accounts Committee, which wants all firms benefiting from the scheme to be named publicly in the interests of transparency.\n\nThe committee has spoken dismissively of \"hastily drawn up economic support schemes\" that provided \"unacceptable room for fraud against taxpayers\".\n\nHMRC, which administered the furlough scheme, has suggested that up to 10% of the money delivered by the scheme to mid-August 2020 - £3.5bn - may have been paid out in fraud or error.\n\nApart from that, there is the question of whether it has delayed the process of people making the shift from jobs that are no longer viable to take up new opportunities.\n\nThe number of vacancies fell sharply during the early stages of the pandemic, but job vacancies are now considerably up on last year with staff shortages affecting several sectors.\n\nSome have blamed furlough for keeping workers out of action during the last few months, waiting to see if their old jobs will still be there for them, when some firms have been desperately trying to recruit new workers.\n\nAre you coming to the end of your furlough? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Courts will get new powers to stop disruptive activists attending protests, the home secretary has said.\n\nIn a Tory conference speech, Priti Patel said new orders would stop the \"small minority of offenders\" intent on \"causing disruption\".\n\nA Tory source said they will target people with a \"history of disruption\", or those likely to commit crime.\n\nClimate activists blocking roads have previously been warned they could face fines and up to six months in prison.\n\nProtests from Insulate Britain have continued in recent days, despite three court injunctions banning activists blocking the M25, and other major roads in London.\n\nOn Tuesday the High Court heard that more than 100 protesters associated with the group have now been served with injunctions.\n\nThe group has apologised for disruption - but added that \"the reality of our situation\" on climate change has to be faced.\n\nIn her conference speech in Manchester, Ms Patel unveiled plans to increase the maximum sentence for disruption of a motorway.\n\nShe also announced a new criminal offence for interfering with critical national infrastructures such as roads, railways and newspaper printing presses.\n\nPolice are also expected to be given wider stop and search powers allowing officers to inspect activists for \"lock on\" equipment used to prevent them from being moved.\n\nThe new measures to be announced by Ms Patel are to be included in the Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill currently going through Parliament.\n\nMs Patel said the actions of climate activists, who in recent weeks have blocked the M1, M4 and M25, \"amounted to some of the most self-defeating environmental protests this country has ever seen.\"\n\n\"Freedom to protest is a fundamental right our party will forever fight to uphold. But it must be within the law,\" she added.\n\nThe campaign by Insulate Britain has been running for over three weeks and has led to hundreds of arrests.\n\nThe group wants the government to insulate all UK homes by 2030 to help cut carbon emissions.\n\nOn Tuesday, the High Court heard that 111 activists associated with the group had been served with injunctions.\n\nA hearing on the injunctions has been adjourned to next week, after government lawyers argued all three should be dealt with together.\n\nSpeaking outside the court, an Insulate Britain spokesman said the group \"wishes to profoundly apologise for the disruption caused over the past three weeks.\"\n\nHe added: \"We cannot imagine undertaking such acts in normal circumstances. But we believe that the reality of our situation has to be faced.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Insulate Britain activists as \"irresponsible crusties\".\n\nHe told LBC: \"There are some people who call those individuals legitimate protesters.\"\n\nHe added: \"They are not. I think they are irresponsible crusties who are basically trying to stop people going about their day's work and doing considerable damage to the economy.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Motorist: \"I need to go to the hospital, please let me pass. This isn't OK... how can you be so selfish?\"\n\nOn Monday, Insulate Britain activists were confronted by angry drivers as they blocked more London roads, including the entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel, Wandsworth Bridge, Arnos Grove and the Hanger Lane gyratory.\n\nIn a video captured by LBC, a motorist told demonstrators she was desperate to see her 81-year-old mother in hospital, asking them: \"How can you be so selfish?\"\n\nIn other footage shared by Talk Radio, angry motorists at Wandsworth Bridge were filmed dragging protesters out of the road, where an ambulance appeared to be blocked.\n\nBut in an open letter to Ms Patel, Insulate Britain said: \"You can throw as many injunctions at us as you like, but we are going nowhere.\"\n\nOne activist told BBC News: \"We have tried lobbying, we have tried targeting political leaders, government departments, people have been doing this for two, three, four, five decades, without any success at all.\n\n\"We know through history that disruptive direct actions work. The government are forcing our hand because they are not taking the biggest threat to humanity seriously.\"\n\nMembers of Insulate Britain held banners outside the Royal Courts of Justice earlier\n\nMeanwhile, Dominic Raab used his first speech as the new justice secretary to promise £183m with the aim of doubling the number of offenders in England and Wales on electronic tags by 2025.\n\nHe told delegates this included an expansion in the \"game-changing\" use of alcohol-monitoring ankle tags on offenders, to see if they breach court-ordered drinking bans.\n\nMr Raab, who was also made deputy prime minister in last month's cabinet reshuffle, also pledged £90m to pay for more hours of community payback by offenders.\n\nReferencing the \"harrowing\" murder of Sarah Everard, he also vowed to make tackling violence against women and girls his \"number one priority\".\n\nHave you been affected by issues covered in this story? Share your stories and video by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents.\n\nSome 35 current and former leaders and more than 300 public officials are featured in the files from offshore companies, dubbed the Pandora Papers.\n\nThey reveal the King of Jordan secretly amassed £70m of UK and US property.\n\nThey also show how ex-UK PM Tony Blair and his wife saved £312,000 in stamp duty when they bought a London office.\n\nThe couple bought an offshore firm that owned the building.\n\nThe leak also links Russian President Vladimir Putin to secret assets in Monaco, and shows the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis - facing an election later this week - failed to declare an offshore investment company used to purchase two villas for £12m in the south of France.\n\nIt is the latest in a string of leaks over the past seven years, following the FinCen Files, the Paradise Papers, the Panama Papers and LuxLeaks.\n\nThe examination of the files is the largest organised by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), with more than 650 reporters taking part.\n\nBBC Panorama in a joint investigation with the Guardian and the other media partners have had access to nearly 12 million documents and files from 14 financial services companies in countries including the British Virgin Islands, Panama, Belize, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Switzerland.\n\nSome figures are facing allegations of corruption, money laundering and global tax avoidance.\n\nBut one of the biggest revelations is how prominent and wealthy people have been legally setting up companies to secretly buy property in the UK.\n\nThe documents reveal the owners of some of the 95,000 offshore firms behind the purchases.\n\nIt highlights the UK government's failure to introduce a register of offshore property owners despite repeated promises to do so, amid concerns some property buyers could be hiding money-laundering activities.\n\nThe Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his family, who have been accused of looting their own country, are one example.\n\nThe investigation found the Aliyevs and their close associates have secretly been involved in property deals in the UK worth more than £400m.\n\nTap to see the UK offshore property empires of foreign heads of state The King of Jordan has luxury homes in Malibu and Washington DC, plus eight properties in London and south-east England In Malibu, California, he spent on three clifftop mansions The king’s property portfolio also includes apartments in Washington DC, where his son attended university And in the UK, King Abdullah’s properties include these two near Buckingham Palace. He owns the building on the left and three flats in the building on the right Azerbaijan’s ruling Aliyev family, , have built a vast offshore network to hide their money The files expose how the Aliyev family and close associates were involved in property deals in the UK This includes a £33m property in central London bought for the president’s 11-year-old son They also sold a property for £66m in 2018, having paid £35m for it 10 years earlier\n\nThe revelations could prove embarrassing for the UK government, as the Aliyevs appear to have made a £31m profit after selling one of their London properties to the Crown Estate - the Queen's property empire that is managed by The Treasury and raises cash for the nation.\n\nMany of the transactions in the documents involve no legal wrongdoing.\n\nBut Fergus Shiel, from the ICIJ, said: \"There's never been anything on this scale and it shows the reality of what offshore companies can offer to help people hide dodgy cash or avoid tax.\"\n\nHe added: \"They are using those offshore accounts, those offshore trusts, to buy hundreds of millions of dollars of property in other countries, and to enrich their own families, at the expense of their citizens.\"\n\nThe ICIJ believes the investigation is \"opening a box on a lot of things\" - hence the name Pandora Papers.\n\nThe leaked financial documents show how the King of Jordan secretly amassed a property empire in the UK and US worth more than £70m (over $100m).\n\nThey identify a network of offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands and other tax havens used by Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein to buy 15 homes since he assumed power in 1999.\n\nThey include £50m on three adjacent ocean view properties in Malibu, California, and properties in London and Ascot in the UK.\n\nHis property interests have been built up as King Abdullah has been accused of presiding over an authoritarian regime, with protests taking place in recent years amid austerity measures and tax rises.\n\nLawyers for King Abdullah said all the properties were bought with personal wealth, which he also uses to fund projects for Jordan's citizens.\n\nThey said it was common practice for high profile individuals to purchase properties via offshore companies for privacy and security reasons.\n\nAmong the other revelations in the Pandora Papers:\n\nThere is no suggestion in the Pandora Papers that Tony and Cherie Blair were hiding their wealth.\n\nBut documents show why stamp duty was not payable when the couple bought a £6.45m property.\n\nThe former Labour prime minister and his barrister wife Cherie acquired the building in Marylebone, central London, in July 2017 by buying the offshore company that owned it.\n\nIt is legal to acquire properties in the UK in this way and stamp duty does not have to be paid - but Mr Blair has previously been critical of tax loopholes.\n\nThe townhouse in Marylebone, central London, is now home to Mrs Blair's legal consultancy, which advises governments around the world, as well as her foundation for women.\n\nMrs Blair said the sellers had insisted they buy the house through the offshore company.\n\nShe said they had brought the property back under UK rules and will be liable to pay capital gains tax if they sell it in future.\n\nThe ultimate owners of the property were a family with political connections in Bahrain - but both parties say they did not initially know who they were dealing with.\n\nThis Mayfair building was sold to a front company in 2009\n\nOther documents show how Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family have secretly acquired UK property using offshore companies.\n\nThe files show how the family - long accused of corruption in the European nation - bought 17 properties, including a £33m office block in London for the president's 11-year-old son Heydar Aliyev.\n\nThe building in Mayfair was bought by a front company owned by a family friend of President Ilham Aliyev in 2009.\n\nIt was transferred one month later to Heydar.\n\nThe research also reveals how another office block owned by the family nearby was sold to the Crown Estate for £66m in 2018.\n\nThe Crown Estate said it carried out the checks required in law at the time of purchase but is now looking into the matter.\n\nThe UK government says it is cracking down on money laundering with tougher laws and enforcement, and that it will introduce a register of offshore companies owning UK property when parliamentary time allows.\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC and has led to one of the biggest ever global investigations. More than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app, or watch Panorama on the BBC iPlayer (UK viewers only)", "The man lost his finger while trying to climb a fence near a parking area in Lower Bannister Street, Southampton\n\nPolice have traced the owner of a severed finger found outside a block of flats.\n\nThe finger was discovered near a parking area in Lower Bannister Street, Southampton, on Saturday morning.\n\nPolice had appealed for the man to come forward after he lost the finger while trying to climb a fence after getting trapped in a courtyard area.\n\nHampshire Constabulary said the man was receiving treatment at hospital in Salisbury after seeking assistance.\n\nA force spokesman said he had wandered off following the incident, after being given a towel by a resident.\n\nEarlier the force said it feared he may have lost a lot of blood.\n\nBut the spokesman said: \"We are pleased to say that the man who lost part of his finger in Southampton has now been traced.\n\n\"The 28-year-old is receiving treatment at hospital in Salisbury for his injury after seeking medical assistance himself.\"\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Canadian actor famously played Captain James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise\n\nThe actor who played Captain Kirk in the Star Trek series is set to embark on a real-life journey into space.\n\nUS tech billionaire Jeff Bezos's space travel company Blue Origin confirmed that William Shatner would be blasting off from Texas on 12 October.\n\nAged 90, the actor will become the oldest person to have flown into space.\n\n\"I've heard about space for a long time now. I'm taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle,\" Shatner said in a statement.\n\nShatner will be joining three other people aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket for the company's second human spaceflight.\n\nAmazon founder Jeff Bezos joined the first crewed flight in July, along with his brother, an 82-year-old pioneer of the space race and an 18-year-old student.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on the first human flight of New Shepard\n\nAs with the previous flight, the October voyage is expected to last about 10 minutes and will take the crew just beyond the Karman Line - the most widely recognised boundary of space which lies 100km (60 miles) above the Earth.\n\nBlue Origin said its vice president of mission and flight operations, Audrey Powers, would also be on board the flight, as well as a former Nasa engineer and the co-founder of a software company specialising in clinical research.\n\nA Canadian actor, Shatner famously played Captain James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek TV series in the 1960s, and later appeared in films of the franchise.\n\nReports in 2013 said he had turned down Sir Richard Branson's offer to fly him into space with Virgin Galactic - the billionaire's space travel company which took Sir Richard to the edge of space in July.\n\nSir Richard told The Sun newspaper at the time it was because Shatner has a fear of flying. But in 2011 the actor said he had turned down the offer because the billionaire allegedly wanted him to pay for the journey.\n\n\"He wanted me to go up and pay for it and I said: 'Hey, you pay me and I'll go up. I'll risk my life for a large sum of money.' But he didn't pick me up on my offer,\" Shatner told reporters.\n\nThe Star Trek star will not however be the first original cast member to leave the planet.\n\nLast year The Times revealed that the ashes of James Doohan, who played Montgomery \"Scotty\" Scott, were smuggled on board the International Space Station in 2008, three years after Doohan's death.\n\nNew Shepard, built by Bezos' company Blue Origin, is designed to serve the burgeoning market for space tourism.\n\nDubbed \"NewSpace\", an increasing number of entrepreneurs are joining in the race to create cheap, commercialised space travel.\n\nBezos's Blue Origin hit headlines in recent days after 21 current and former employees claimed it had ignored safety concerns to gain an advantage in the space race, and complained of a culture of sexism.\n\nBlue Origin rejected the charges and said it stands by its safety record.", "New simplified travel rules have come into force in the UK, with the traffic light system replaced by a single red list.\n\nMost fully vaccinated travellers arriving from non-red list countries will no longer have to take a test before setting off for the UK.\n\nAirlines UK said it would make travelling abroad easier and cheaper.\n\nBut those coming from red list destinations must still pay to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days.\n\nUnder the changes, which came into force at 04:00 BST, the green and amber lists have been scrapped.\n\nTesting rules are also being eased for people travelling from non-red list destinations who have been vaccinated in the UK, the EU, the US, or any of 18 other recognised countries.\n\nAnyone under 18 who is resident in those countries can also travel to the UK without testing.\n\nThese groups were already able to avoid self-isolating on their arrival back in the UK.\n\nAll travellers - except children under five years old - will still have to pay for a PCR test two days after arrival.\n\nPeople who are not fully vaccinated will need a pre-departure test and a PCR test on days two and eight after they return, and must self-isolate for 10 days at home.\n\nAnd those arriving from red list countries, including Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines and South Africa, must quarantine for 10 days in a government-approved hotel, at a cost of £2,285 for one adult. Only UK or Irish nationals, or UK residents, are allowed to enter the UK if they have been in a red country in the previous 10 days.\n\nThe red list is due to be updated later this week.\n\nThe government may also announce additions to the list of countries whose vaccination certificates are recognised by the UK.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said: \"We are accelerating towards a future where travel continues to reopen safely and remains open for good, and today's rule changes are good news for families, businesses and the travel sector.\n\n\"Our priority remains to protect public health but, with more than eight in 10 people now fully vaccinated, we are able to take these steps to lower the cost of testing and help the sector to continue in its recovery.\"\n\nThere was a surge in holiday bookings after the government announced the changes last month and the travel sector has welcomed the move.\n\nThe industry previously criticised the government for being too slow to ease and simplify rules on testing and quarantine.\n\nFrom later in October, the government has said fully vaccinated people coming to England will no longer have to take a PCR test two days after arrival and can take a cheaper lateral flow test instead.\n\nNo date has been set for this change but ministers are aiming to have it in place for the half-term school break.\n\nSo far, no other UK nation has followed suit.\n\nScotland has said it will \"align with the UK post-arrival testing regime\" but has not announced further details. The Welsh government said it had \"concerns\" about easing its testing regime.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, which represents UK carriers, said: \"Things are moving in the right direction and the removal of these restrictions will make it easier and cheaper for people to travel.\"\n\nHowever, he said the UK remained \"an outlier on arrivals testing for vaccinated passengers\".\n\nAirlines UK hopes to see more countries removed from the red list at the next update and further mutual recognition of vaccine status for those jabbed in other countries, he added.\n\nWillie Walsh, head of industry body the International Air Transport Association, welcomed the change as a \"positive step\", saying the government's testing and quarantine restrictions had been both unscientific and costly.\n\n\"People have been led to believe that the risk is people flying into the country. The risk was inside the country,\" he said.\n\nAlan French, chief executive at Thomas Cook, said more options would now be available for travellers.\n\n\"They will be more confident if they book the holiday, they can travel safely there and be able to return in a transparent way, which is something they've not been able to do,\" he said.\n\nMr French said since the government announced the changes, three weeks ago, his company had seen bookings more than double.\n\nThe UK recorded 30,439 cases on Sunday, with the total number of cases in the past seven days up one per cent on the previous week.\n\nHowever, the number of Covid deaths and hospital admissions are falling, with 43 deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported on Sunday.\n\nHow will the new system affect you? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Children aged between 12 and 15 will be offered vaccination by the end of term, Eluned Morgan says\n\nAll 12 to 15-year-olds in Wales will be offered a Covid vaccine by the end of the October half-term, the Welsh health minister has said.\n\nThe rollout is due to gather pace this week with all health boards providing jabs, mostly at mass vaccination centres and others in schools.\n\nSome of the most vulnerable children have already received the vaccine.\n\nFamilies have been encouraged to discuss the choice to help make an informed decision.\n\nLast month the UK's vaccine advisory body JCVI refused to give the green light to vaccinating healthy 12-15 year olds on health grounds alone.\n\nIt said children were at such a low risk from the virus that jabs would offer only a marginal benefit.\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers then said healthy children aged 12 to 15 should be offered one dose of a Covid vaccine as it would help reduce disruption to education.\n\nHealth Minister Eluned Morgan said studies showed children were at some risk of developing long Covid despite low hospital admission rates.\n\n\"Vaccines remain our strongest defence from the virus, helping prevent harm and stopping the spread of Covid-19,\" she said.\n\n\"Some studies show one in seven children who have been infected with the virus are thought to have also developed long Covid.\n\n\"We have provided resources and information to help this age group make an informed choice about vaccination. I encourage parents, guardians, children and young people to discuss the vaccination together,\" she said.\n\nGill Richardson, deputy chief medical officer for vaccines, said: \"We have seen the benefits that come from having as many people as possible vaccinated.\n\n\"After careful consideration of the evidence, the four UK chief medical officers recommended the vaccination of healthy 12 to 15-year-olds after consultation with experts, such as the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.\n\n\"They concluded that the health benefits, combined with the additional benefits of reducing educational disruption and effects on mental health meant that vaccination should be offered.\n\n\"Children and their families will be receiving links to information with their invitation letters so they can make an informed decision about whether or not to have the vaccine,\" she said.\n\nLast month the chief medical officers agreed a single dose would help to reduce disruption to education.\n\nThe recommendation that only one dose be given is related to the very rare risk of a condition called myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle.\n\nThe risk is tiny after one vaccine dose and slightly higher after two, with 12 to 34 cases seen for every one million second doses.\n\nTheir decision came after the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said there was not enough benefit to warrant it on health grounds alone for most children.\n\nEithne Hughes, director of the Association for School and College Leaders Cymru, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Claire Summers schools were already being targeted.\n\n\"There have been anti-vax campaigners, who are very, very well coordinated, who have made direct threats to head teachers by phone, by letter - confettis of letter with quasi-legal challenges threatening court action and huge fines, fake NHS consent letters to try and trick schools into sending those out to parents with misinformation.\"\n\nShe said it had caused a \"real upset in the system\".\n\n\"Let's be really clear about this, the virus is the enemy, not Public Health Wales, not the school, and college leaders are doing their very best to educate learners and get everything back on track again,\" she said.\n\n\"So it's deeply disappointing and if these people are listening, I would urge them to desist.\"\n\nTrefor Jones, head teacher at Ysgol Y Creuddyn in Penrhyn Bay, Conwy, said he had received letters from people opposed to children having a Covid vaccine.\n\nHe said: \"It is concerning... It does reference various legal processes they want to take, so yes, it is a challenge...\n\n\"To be targeted in this way is a little disappointing.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sir Iain Duncan Smith said he was attacked while walking to a meeting outside the Conservative Party's conference\n\nA former leader of the Conservatives has told the BBC he is fine after he was attacked during party conference.\n\nSir Iain Duncan Smith said he was walking to a meeting in Manchester city centre when a group of people called him \"Tory scum\" and tried to hit him with a traffic cone.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said officers were on the scene \"within minutes\" and five people had been arrested.\n\nSir Iain said he was \"big enough and old enough\" to just \"carry on\".\n\nThe incident took place on Portland Street around 16:00 BST, according to the force.\n\nThe MP said he had left the main conference venue to attend a fringe event when he was recognised by a group of people.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"They then decided to follow me and started shouting abuse, such as 'Tory scum' and any other reason they could think of.\n\n\"I carried on walking and when I was getting close to the place [where I had a meeting] someone came up with one of those rather heavy traffic cones and tried to smack me with it in the back of the head.\"\n\nSir Iain said he managed to get hold of the cone and, for a moment, the group moved away.\n\n\"But then they carried on with the expletives,\" he added.\n\n\"I then went into a meeting so I didn't see what happened next but I understand a police officer had been following them, and I gave a statement later.\"\n\nThe police confirmed the incident, adding: \"Following a short foot pursuit three men and two women have been arrested in connection with it, and remain in custody for questioning.\n\nAnd Sir Iain said he was \"fine\", adding: \"I am big enough and old enough to know when something like this happens, you just carry on.\"", "Thousands were evacuated from coastal areas in Oman\n\nAt least 13 people have been killed after tropical cyclone Shaheen battered parts of Oman and Iran.\n\nThere was widespread flooding along Oman's northern coast as the storm made landfall on Sunday, bringing heavy rain and winds of up to 150km/h (93 mph).\n\nOmani authorities reported the deaths of seven people in North al-Batinah province on Monday. Four others drowned or were killed in landslides on Sunday.\n\nIn Iran, state media said the bodies of two fishermen had been found.\n\nThree other fishermen remain missing off the coast of the south-eastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, near the border with Pakistan. Iran's deputy parliamentary speaker initially said that six people were killed.\n\nInfrastructure, including electrical facilities and roads, was also damaged.\n\nParts of the United Arab Emirates were placed on standby as the storm moved south-westwards over land on Monday and weakened. Residents of al-Ain were told to avoid leaving home except for emergencies.\n\nAt least 11 people were killed in Oman, as a result of flooding and landslides\n\nIt is rare for storms of this power to hit Oman's northern Arabian Sea coast.\n\nAuthorities said 369mm (14.5 inches) of rain fell on al-Khaboura, north-west of Oman's capital city, Muscat, while more than 200mm was recorded in Muscat itself.\n\nShaheen's high winds also caused waves of up to 10m (32ft) along the coast.\n\nBefore the cyclone made landfall on Sunday, the National Committee for Emergency Management (NCEM) reported that a child who had been swept away by water in Muscat province had been found dead.\n\nTwo Asian workers were also killed by a landslide in an industrial zone.\n\nOn Monday, the NCEM announced that the body of a missing person had been found in Wadi al-Silil, in South al-Batinah province, and that six others had died in North al-Batinah.\n\nStreets in Oman's capital, Muscat, and elsewhere on the coast were submerged\n\nOman's state news agency reported the armed forces were continuing to rescue people who had been trapped by floodwater.\n\nIt added that they were also restoring damaged roads to get aid into the areas that needed it.\n\nMore than 5,000 people were moved into some 80 shelters set up in affected provinces.\n\nThe National Multi Hazard Early Warning System had alerted residents that there was still a risk of thunderstorms as the bad weather moved inland. People were urged to avoid wadis - valleys and ravines found in the region - and other low-lying areas.", "Boris Johnson has led tributes to the former head of the Royal Marines, who died on Saturday at the age of 54.\n\nMajor General Matthew Holmes, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was Commandant General Royal Marines from 2019 until April this year.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation into the circumstances of his death.\n\nThe defence secretary said Maj Gen Holmes \"embodied the spirit of our armed forces\".\n\nHe had been awarded a CBE in 2019 and was a pallbearer at the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral at Windsor Castle in April.\n\nMr Johnson tweeted: \"I am very saddened to learn of the death of Major General Matt Holmes. My thoughts are with Matt's family and friends at this difficult time, as well as the Royal Marines and Royal Navy who I know will feel this loss keenly.\"\n\nGen Holmes, who lived in Hampshire, commanded 42 Commando Royal Marines from 2006 to 2008. He was appointed as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order for his leadership on operations in Afghanistan in 2007, receiving the honour from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said: \"Across defence, we mourn the tragic loss of one of our own. Major General Matt Holmes embodied the spirit of our armed forces, serving with distinction and rigour for over 30 years.\n\n\"I shall always be grateful for Matt's assistance in leading the Marines through the reforms of the Future Commando Force.\n\n\"My sincerest condolences lie with Matt's family and those closest to him.\"\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said he had a distinguished career, which also included operational tours in Northern Ireland and Kosovo.\n\nFirst Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, said he was a \"devoted former Commandant General who had served the nation, the Royal Navy and his beloved Corps with distinction\".\n\n\"Matt was also a dear friend to many, and a close friend of mine for over 20 years,\" he said, offering his \"deepest sympathy\" to his family. \"Their loss is the greatest and most painful: we will be there for them now and always.\"\n\nCommandant General Royal Marines Lieutenant General Rob Magowan said of his predecessor: \"We are one family, together, just as we learned, and as we trained, alongside each other at the Commando Training Centre. Once a marine, always a marine.\"", "Emily Ratajkowski appeared alongside Robin Thicke in the music video for Blurred Lines\n\nAmerican supermodel Emily Ratajkowski has alleged she was sexually assaulted on the set of the music video for the hit song Blurred Lines.\n\nIn her upcoming book, the 30-year-old accuses singer Robin Thicke of groping her without consent during filming of the 2013 video.\n\nThicke, 44, has not yet responded to the BBC's request for comment.\n\nThe allegations, first reported in the Sunday Times newspaper, feature in Ratajkowski's forthcoming book My Body.\n\nThe 30-year-old claims Thicke \"returned to the set a little drunk to shoot just with me\".\n\n\"Out of nowhere, I felt the coolness and foreignness of a stranger's hands cupping my bare breasts from behind. I instinctively moved away, looking back at Robin Thicke,\" she writes.\n\nThe model said she felt \"humiliation pump through [her] body\".\n\nRatajkowski appeared in the video alongside Thicke, singer Pharrell Williams and rapper TI.\n\nThe video's director, Diane Martel, told the Sunday Times that she recalled the alleged incident.\n\n\"I remember the moment that he grabbed her breasts. He was standing behind her as they were both in profile,\" she was quoted as saying.\n\nThe director said Thicke later apologised.\n\nRobin Thicke has not responded to the allegations made in the forthcoming book\n\nBlurred Lines topped charts around the world, becoming the UK's most-downloaded song of all time in 2014.\n\nBut its lyrics and music video have been criticised by some who claimed they referred to non-consensual sex. Pharrell later admitted he was \"embarrassed\" by the lyrics.\n\nThicke has defended the video, telling the BBC in 2013 his critics didn't \"get\" the song.\n\nAnd in 2015, he told the New York Times that the lyrics were not intended to have sexual connotations. \"I have never and would never write a song with any negative connotation like that,\" he said.", "Thousands of paedophiles have operated within the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of a panel investigating abuses by church members says.\n\nJean-Marc Sauvé told French media that the commission had found evidence of 2,900 to 3,200 abusers - out of a total of 115,000 priests and other clerics.\n\n\"That is a minimal estimate,\" he added.\n\nThe commission is to release a lengthy report on Tuesday. It is based on church, court and police archives, as well as interviews with victims.\n\nThe inquiry was commissioned by the French Catholic Church in 2018, following a number of scandals in other countries.\n\nMr Sauvé, a senior civil servant, told France's Le Monde newspaper that the panel had handed over evidence to prosecutors in 22 cases where criminal action could still be launched.\n\nHe added that bishops and other senior church officials had been told of other allegations against people who were still alive.\n\nCommission members included doctors, historians, sociologists and theologians. More than 6,500 victims and witnesses were contacted over two and a half years. The final report is 2,500 pages long.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brigitte, a survivor of child sex abuse by a chaplain, explains why she is ready to speak now (From 2019)\n\nChristopher Lamb, of the Roman Catholic publication The Tablet, told the BBC that abuse scandals had plunged the Church into \"its greatest crisis in... 500 years\".\n\nEarlier this year Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church's laws to explicitly criminalise sexual abuse, in its biggest overhaul of the criminal code for decades.\n\nThe new rules make sex abuse, grooming minors, possessing child pornography and covering up abuse an offence under Canon Law.", "Tony Blair's New Labour received £1m from Formula One tycoon Bernie Eccleston months before coming to power Image caption: Tony Blair's New Labour received £1m from Formula One tycoon Bernie Eccleston months before coming to power\n\nAt the start of his premiership, Tony Blair faced criticism over his interactions with Formula One tycoon Bernie Eccleston.\n\nNew Labour had received £1m from Mr Eccleston months before coming to power in 1997, with another possible chunk on the way. It was later revealed that he had met Mr Blair to lobby him to exempt F1 from a tobacco advertising ban.\n\nA \"cash for honours\" scandal hit Tony Blair's government in 2006, when it emerged that a number of large secret loans had been made to the Labour Party before the 2005 general election. Some of the lenders had subsequently been nominated for the House of Lords.\n\nTony Blair became the first prime minister to be questioned by the police during an investigation. However, the long and expensive probe led to no charges from the CPS.\n\nOffering seats in the House of Lords is still a controversial issue. In 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson nominated Peter Cruddas - who had given £50,000 to Mr Johnson's campaign to be party leader - for a seat in the House of Lords, going against official advice.\n\nA businessman who was later convicted for perjury became the Liberal Democrats' largest donor in 2005, giving £2.4m to the party. The party faced criticism for not returning the donation, despite Michael Brown not being a registered UK voter and donating through a newly-created company.\n\nIt's not always wealthy individuals. This summer the police launched an investigation into the SNP's finances after the party had raised money in a crowdfunding drive. Donors had complained about how the money went on to be used.", "Russia's Vladimir Putin (left), Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev (centre) and the King of Jordan (right) are all linked to the files\n\nSeveral world leaders have denied wrongdoing after featuring in a huge leak of financial documents from offshore companies.\n\nDubbed the Pandora Papers, the 12 million files constitute the biggest such leak in history.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin and Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein are among some 35 current and former leaders linked to the files.\n\nBoth have issued statements saying they have done nothing wrong.\n\nJordan's royal palace said it was \"not unusual nor improper\" that King Abdullah owned property abroad.\n\nLeaked documents show the leader secretly spent more than £70m ($100m) on a property empire in the UK and US since taking power in 1999.\n\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov meanwhile questioned the reliability of the \"unsubstantiated\" information, after it detailed hidden wealth linked to President Putin and members of his inner circle.\n\n\"For now it is just not clear what this information is and what it is about,\" he told reporters, adding that \"we didn't see any hidden wealth of Putin's inner circle in there\".\n\nThe data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington DC, which has been working with more than 140 media organisations on its biggest ever global investigation.\n\nBBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'One rule for the rich, another for ordinary people'\n\nOther leaders linked to the leak include:\n\nIn a tweet thread, the Czech prime minister said the allegations are an attempt to influence elections scheduled for this week and insisted he has \"never done anything wrong or illegal\".\n\nMr Kenyatta said the investigation \"will go a long way in enhancing the financial transparency and openness that we require in Kenya and around the globe\", and promised to \"respond comprehensively\" to the leak once he returned from a state visit abroad.\n\nThe Pandora Papers show no evidence that the Kenyatta family stole or hid state assets in their offshore companies.\n\nAnd a statement from Mr Piñera's office said he denied taking part in or having any information on the sale of the Dominga mining project.\n\nPresident Aliyev and his family did not respond to attempts to contact them, according to The Guardian.\n\nMeanwhile Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has vowed to investigate citizens linked to the Pandora Papers. Hundreds of Pakistanis, including members of Mr Khan's cabinet, are linked to the leak.\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC which has led one of the the biggest ever global investigations.\n\nMore than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: Follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app, or watch Panorama on the BBC iPlayer (UK viewers only)", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chancellor Rishi Sunak: \"Our recovery comes with a cost\"\n\nRishi Sunak has told Conservative party members that future tax cuts are conditional on repairing the UK's public finances after Covid.\n\nIn his first conference speech as chancellor, he said he wanted lower taxes - but funding the pandemic recovery \"comes with a cost\".\n\nVowing that \"we need to fix our public finances\", he said allowing borrowing to rise further would be \"immoral\".\n\nThe comments come three weeks before his autumn Budget on 27 October.\n\nHe also told party delegates that leaving the EU was in the UK's long-term interests, despite current disruption to fuel and food supplies.\n\nAnd he added he was \"proud\" to have backed Brexit, in spite of warnings before the 2016 referendum it could end his political career.\n\nMr Sunak's speech comes amid a difficult backdrop of rising food and energy prices, alongside supply chain disruption caused by a shortage of lorry drivers.\n\nThe government has so far rejected demands from the haulage industry for it to increase the 5,000 temporary visas it plans for foreign drivers to plug shortfalls.\n\nIn his speech, Mr Sunak insisted that despite \"challenges\", Brexit would foster a \"culture of enterprise\" and help the UK adapt to the modern world.\n\nHe also defended raising taxes to pay for the NHS and social care, insisting that it would be \"irresponsible\" to pay for investment with higher borrowing instead.\n\nHe told delegates the country should be grateful for \"sound Conservative management\" of the economy by his predecessors since 2010.\n\nAnd whilst he acknowledged tax rises were unpopular and perceived as \"un-Conservative\", he said they were a better option than more debt.\n\n\"I'll tell you what is un-Conservative: Unfunded pledges, reckless borrowing, and soaring debt,\" he added.\n\n\"Yes, I want tax cuts. But in order to do that, our public finances must be put back on a sustainable footing.\"\n\nThere was no whizz-bangery in the chancellor's speech - no cranking of the huge economic levers on tax or spending, no huge headline grabbing policy.\n\nAnd, a little like Rishi Sunak himself, it was quite short.\n\nThis felt like the first draft of Sunak-ism: where the chancellor has come from, what he's all about, where he might go in the future, to an audience where many will wonder if he might one day be prime minister.\n\nThere were repeated references to his time in California, that spot so often associated with sunshine and innovation.\n\nAfter the public spending splurges of the pandemic, he portrayed himself as a traditional Conservative: cautious in how taxpayers' money is spent, drawn to cut taxes when he can - even though he's put them up.\n\nThis hoodie-wearing chancellor - although he did wear a suit for his speech - made 16 references to the \"future,\" including the line \"the future is here.\"\n\nWhom could he have been referring to?\n\nAgainst the backdrop of the withdrawal of a £20-a-week universal credit top-up, Mr Sunak also attacked Labour - which opposes the cut - for wanting struggling families to \"lean ever more on the state\".\n\n\"Is the answer to their hopes and dreams just to increase their benefits?,\" he asked, adding: \"Be in no doubt, that is the essence of the Labour answer\".\n\n\"Not only does Labour's approach not work in practice, it is a desperately sad vision for our future.\"\n\n\"But there is an alternative. An approach focused on good work, better skills, and higher wages.\"\n\nMr Sunak also announced the government would give funding to double the number of Turing research fellows investigating the potential of artificial intelligence.\n\nHe also committed £500m to renew job support programmes set up during the Covid pandemic, after the end of the furlough scheme last month.\n\nThe Kickstart Scheme - which subsidises eligible jobs for young people on universal credit - will be extended by three months to March 2022.\n\nAnd the JETS scheme, which helps long-term unemployed people on universal credit, will be prolonged until September 2022.\n\nThe Treasury said that details will be confirmed at the Spending Review, which will take place alongside the Budget later this month.", "About 200 servicemen and women from the Army and RAF have been drafted in to deliver fuel.\n\nOne in five forecourts in London and the south-east of England is still without fuel, the body that represents independent fuel sellers has said.\n\nThe Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said there had been a \"marked improvement\" across the rest of the UK thanks to \"steady deliveries\".\n\nBut conditions in the South East are \"still challenging\", the PRA said.\n\nThe improvement in supplies has led to forecourt firm EG Group to remove its £30 cap on buying fuel at its sites.\n\nIt said purchases were returning to normal levels in the majority of places, apart from the south of England.\n\nHowever, the company, which has about 400 sites in the UK, added it expected supply issues to ease \"in the coming days\" due to the military driving tankers to restore supplies.\n\nAbout 200 servicemen and women from the Army and RAF have been drafted in to deliver fuel from depots to forecourts.\n\nThe PRA said the situation around London and the South East was \"still challenging\". In these areas, it said 62% of the sites surveyed had both grades of fuel available, 18% had only one grade and 20% were dry.\n\nIn the rest of the country, the trade body said 86% of sites had both grades of fuel \"thanks to steady deliveries and stabilising demand\", with 6% having only one grade and 8% being dry.\n\n\"We are grateful for the support lent by the government through their provision of military drivers, although further action must be taken to address the needs of disproportionately affected areas,\" said Gordon Balmer, executive director of the PRA.\n\nThe PRA represents the interests of the independent filling stations across the UK, which account for nearly 5,500 of the UK's 8,380 forecourts.\n\nThe government has been criticised for not deploying the military earlier after panic-buying led to chaos and queues on some petrol station forecourts.\n\nMore than 65 drivers will start work, with plans to increase this to 200 personnel to be deployed in total, including 100 drivers.\n\nThe drivers have undertaken refresher training with the fuel delivery firm, Hoyer in order to take on the work.\n\nHoyer said the training included company safety procedures as well as equipment familiarisation and forecourt driving manoeuvres.\n\nA government spokesperson said there were signs of improvement in average forecourt stocks across the UK, adding that demand was \"continuing to stabilise\".\n\n\"More than half of those who have completed training to make fuel deliveries are being deployed to terminals serving London and the South-East of England, demonstrating that the sector is allocating drivers to areas most affected in this first phase from Monday,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nThe crisis began more than 10 days ago when BP said it had run out of petrol in a number of its outlets. That prompted motorists to fill up more than usual, leaving deliveries unable to keep up with demand.\n\nMany sectors of the UK economy, including food firms and petrol retailers, have been affected by a chronic shortage of lorry drivers, which the haulage industry has blamed on factors including Covid, Brexit, an aging workforce, and tax changes.\n\nDavid Charman, who runs Parkfoot Garage in West Malling in Kent, told the BBC's Today programme there was a big task ahead to restore supplies.\n\n\"This is not panic-buying anymore, this is people that have waited as long as they possibly can and now they have no fuel. We're having to push cars that are in the queue to get to our site because they've run out of fuel,\" he said.\n\n\"We didn't have the normal two days of stock underground... because of Covid but we were still managing the situation perfectly well. But now, when we're all empty, it needs a huge influx of fuel deliveries to everybody, not just to me, to ensure that we can get through this.\"\n\nAre you affected by issues covered in this story? Share your stories and video by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Firefighters and police attend the scene as plane hits Milan building\n\nA private plane has crashed into an empty office block in the northern Italian city of Milan, killing all eight people on board.\n\nThe plane, which was bound for the island of Sardinia, came down after taking off from Milan's Linate airport.\n\nThe pilot was Romanian billionaire Dan Petrescu, 68. He died alongside his wife and their son, Italian media say.\n\nThe crash set the office block and several parked cars on fire. No-one on the ground was injured.\n\nAn investigation into the cause of the crash has been launched.\n\nSome witnesses say the single-engine Pilatus PC-12 was already on fire when it went down.\n\n\"I heard the sound of a plane above me as if the plane was shutting down its engine,\" local man Giuseppe told Reuters news agency.\n\n\"Then I heard a very loud explosion, the windows of our house started to shake so I opened the window and saw a huge cloud of smoke rising,\" he added.\n\nPetrescu, a property developer, was one of Romania's richest men. Besides him, his wife and their 30-year-old son, a child is also reported to be among those killed.", "Craig has starred in five Bond films\n\nDaniel Craig's final film as James Bond has notched up the highest opening weekend UK takings of any 007 movie.\n\nCraig's fifth outing as 007 made £25.9m between Friday and Sunday, according to box office trackers Comscore.\n\nIt beat Skyfall's first weekend takings of £20.2m and Spectre's £19.8m. Those films sit at numbers two and three in the all-time UK box office chart.\n\nMany in the industry are hoping No Time to Die will kickstart the box office after cinemas shut during the pandemic.\n\nIt was directed by US film-maker Cary Joji Fukunaga and also stars Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek and Lashana Lynch.\n\nMost critics praised the film, with many giving five-star reviews after its premiere at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this week. But some suggested the movie did not quite justify its 163-minute running time.\n\nUniversal said No Time to Die opened in 772 cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Thursday - 25 more than the previous record-holder, Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, in 2019.\n\nWhen Skyfall made its big screen debut nine years ago, it opened in 587 cinemas.\n\nFocus will soon switch to how No Time to Die performs on the other side of the Atlantic when the film opens there on 8 October.\n\nOther major countries yet to experience 007's latest adventures include France, Russia, China and Australia, with release global dates scheduled for later this month and November.\n\nThe box office market in the US and Canada currently appears to be in rude health, with Venom: Let There Be Carnage taking $90.1m (£66.3m) on its debut this weekend, setting a new pandemic-era record.\n\nThe supervillain sequel starring Tom Hardy also beat the original film's first weekend haul of $80.1m in 2018.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Frances Haugen: \"If Facebook change the algorithm to be safer... they'll make less money\"\n\nA former Facebook whistleblower responsible for a series of bombshell leaks has revealed her identity.\n\nFrances Haugen, 37, who worked as a product manager on the civic integrity team at Facebook, was interviewed on Sunday by CBS.\n\nShe said the documents she leaked proved that Facebook repeatedly prioritised \"growth over safety\".\n\nFacebook said the leaks were misleading and glossed over positive research conducted by the company.\n\nIn the interview, on CBS's 60 Minutes programme, Ms Haugen said she had left Facebook earlier this year after becoming exasperated with the company. Before departing, she copied a series of internal memos and documents.\n\nShe shared those documents with the Wall Street Journal, which has been releasing the material in batches over the last three weeks - sometimes referred to as the Facebook Files.\n\nRevelations included documents that showed that celebrities, politicians and high profile Facebook users were treated differently by the company. The leaks revealed that moderation policies were applied differently, or not at all, to such accounts - a system known as XCheck (cross-check).\n\nAnother leak showed that Facebook was also facing a complex lawsuit from a group of its own shareholders.\n\nThe group alleges, among other things, that Facebook's $5bn (£3.65bn) payment to the US Federal Trade Commission to resolve the Cambridge Analytica data scandal was so high because it was designed to protect Mark Zuckerberg from personal liability.\n\nBut it's allegations about Instagram that have been particularly worrying to US politicians.\n\nInternal research by Facebook (which owns Instagram) found that Instagram was impacting the mental health of teenagers but did not share its findings when they suggested that the platform was a \"toxic\" place for many youngsters.\n\nAccording to slides reported by the Wall Street Journal, 32% of teenage girls surveyed said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made them feel worse.\n\nMs Haugen will testify before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday in a hearing titled \"Protecting Kids Online\", about the company's research into Instagram's effect on the mental health of young users.\n\nLast week, a Facebook executive testified to US senators that the leaks had failed to highlight the positive impact the platform had on teens.\n\nHowever, Ms Haugen was damning in her assessment of her former employer.\n\n\"There were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook,\" she said.\n\n\"Facebook over and over again chose to optimise for its own interests, like making more money.\"\n\nFacebook strongly denied that claim, saying it had spent significant sums of money on safety.\"To say we turn a blind eye to feedback ignores these investments, including the 40,000 people working on safety and security at Facebook and our investment of $13 billion (£9.6 billion) since 2016,\" said Lena Pietsch, Facebook's director of policy communications.\n\nMs Haugen also talked about the deadly Capitol Hill riots in January - claiming that Facebook helped fuel the violence.\n\nShe said Facebook turned on safety systems to reduce misinformation during the US election - but only temporarily.\n\n\"As soon as the election was over they turned them back off, or they changed the settings to what they were before, to prioritise growth over safety, and that really feels like a betrayal of democracy.\"\n\nAppearing on CNN, Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said it was ludicrous to suggest Facebook was responsible for the riots.\n\n\"I think it gives people false comfort to assume that there must be a technological, or technical, explanation for the issues of political polarisation in the United States,\" he said.", "Abortion was legalised in Northern Ireland last year but services are still limited\n\nStormont departments have \"no duty\" to follow a government direction to set up abortion services in NI, the High Court in Belfast has heard.\n\nThe remarks were made by John Larkin QC during the start of a second legal challenge over abortion laws.\n\nIn July, political disagreement in the executive led the government to impose a deadline to establish services by next March.\n\nBut Mr Larkin said there was a \"screamingly obvious\" gap in the law.\n\nThe formal direction was issued by Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis in a bid to force Stormont to make progress.\n\nIt put in place a timetable on Stormont's Department of Health to bring proposals for commissioned services to executive ministers.\n\nIt also directed that there should be \"immediate support\" for interim early medical abortion services in Northern Ireland.\n\nBut the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (Spuc) is challenging the move, arguing that Mr Lewis has imposed a power grab on Stormont by overriding the devolution settlement.\n\nMr Larkin QC - Northern Ireland's former attorney general - is acting on behalf of Spuc.\n\nOn Monday, he argued there was a \"fundamental lacuna\" in how the regulations were drawn up by the Northern Ireland Office.\n\nHe said there had been no creation of a duty when the laws were drafted.\n\n\"Here we have a minister of the Crown issuing a direction, with no status given to the direction and no-one is obliged to respond in the terms of the direction,\" he told the court.\n\n\"In the absence of that, the rule of the requirement is precisely that, to ignore it.\"\n\nHe argued the formal direction had omitted details specifying the requirement for the Northern Ireland Executive, or Stormont departments individually, to comply.\n\n\"A minister of the Crown cannot boss people about unless the law gives them power to do it and act in accordance with his edict, and this doesn't.\n\n\"The Northern Ireland Office may wish such a provision had been made, it may be bitterly regretting it now, but in these regulations as it stands there is no obligation to comply with them.\"\n\nAbortion is a matter devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nBut in 2019 a vote by MPs at Westminster - during the suspension of devolution - brought about significant changes to Northern Ireland's abortion laws.\n\nStormont's institutions returned three months later and remained under a responsibility to establish a permanent, central abortion service.\n\nBut health trusts have been only carrying out limited services, meaning some women seeking an abortion beyond 10 weeks in their pregnancy have had to travel to Great Britain to access services.\n\nThe Department of Health has maintained that the matter is \"controversial\" and any decision on abortion services must be made by the whole executive.\n\nIn May, proposals from Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Health Minister Robin Swann on commissioning of services were blocked by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).\n\nThe party is opposed to abortion and has previously criticised Mr Lewis for taking powers to act, saying it would have \"serious consequences for devolution\".\n\nSinn Féin, the SDLP and Alliance have said they would support the commissioning of services being imposed by Westminster, if it remains stalled by the executive.\n\nIn July, Mr Lewis said the \"ongoing stalemate\" had left him with no choice but to intervene, to uphold international human rights obligations.\n\nThe secretary of state is already facing a separate judicial review taken by Northern Ireland's Human Rights Commission, which has criticised both Stormont and Westminster over the delay in implementing full abortion services.\n\nThat case was heard in May.\n\nThis latest challenge is scheduled to last for two days, but it could be several months before judgement is delivered in both cases.\n\nThe Department of Health has said in line with the secretary of state's direction, it is preparing proposals on commissioning of abortion services that will be submitted to the executive later this year or in early 2022.", "Economy Minister Gordon Lyons urged anyone who hasn't yet applied for a voucher to \"do so now\"\n\nThe first 100,000 \"Spend Local\" cards will be posted on Monday to applicants of the Northern Ireland Executive's high street voucher scheme.\n\nMore than 970,000 people have applied for a £100 voucher since applications opened.\n\nEconomy Minister Gordon Lyons said Monday marked \"the next significant step\" of the Spend Local scheme.\n\nEveryone aged 18 and over can apply for a card to use in various businesses before the end of November.\n\nMr Lyons said he was delighted the process to issue the pre-paid cards was \"well under way\" and that the first applicants would soon be able to use their cards.\n\n\"This will deliver the timely boost that they need to help them emerge from the economic shock caused by the pandemic,\" he said.\n\nThe minister said demand for the vouchers was \"unprecedented\" and he encouraged those yet to apply to \"do so now on NI Direct\".\n\nVoucher holders have until the end of November to spend them\n\nThe objective of the £145m high street scheme is to support local businesses across Northern Ireland adversely affected by the drop in footfall due to the pandemic, according to the Department for the Economy.\n\nMr Lyons encouraged those who receive a voucher to adhere to the \"spend local\" messaging.\n\n\"Please use your card to support your local shops, hospitality and other services which have been most affected by the Covid-19 restrictions,\" he said.\n\nThe cards can be used in any shop with a card machine but cannot be used online or for gambling or legal services like penalties.\n\nA phone application service will open on 11 October for anyone who does not have access to the internet.\n\nThe online and phone application processes will remain open until 25 October.\n\nIt is hoped the voucher scheme will encourage more people to go out to shops, which could help the economic recovery.", "Last updated on .From the section Formula 1\n\nLewis Hamilton is launching a scheme that aims to boost the recruitment of black teachers in science, technology and maths (STEM) subjects.\n\nThe project arises from the Hamilton Commission report addressing the lack of diversity in UK motorsport.\n\nHamilton said the scheme \"focuses on identifying the best way to attract black talent to STEM teaching roles\".\n\nThe Formula 1 world champion hopes it will \"create a framework the wider education industry can implement\".\n\nThe initial two-year programme, in partnership with education charity Teach First, is to pilot a range of new approaches to identify best practices when recruiting black STEM teachers.\n\nIt aims to support the recruitment and training of 150 black STEM teachers to work in schools serving disadvantaged communities in England.\n\nBritish seven-time world champion Hamilton said the move \"is another step towards addressing barriers preventing young black students' engagement with STEM, as identified in the Hamilton Commission report\".\n\nHe added: \"We know representation and role models are important across all aspects of society, but especially when it comes to supporting young people's development.\"\n\nThe programme is the first partnership announced by Hamilton's Mission 44 scheme, which was set up earlier this year to \"support, empower and champion young people from under-served communities\".\n\nThe Hamilton Commission, whose findings were published earlier this year, found that only 2% of teachers are from black backgrounds and that 46% of schools in England have no racially diverse teachers at all.\n\nThe data revealed that 1.1% of teachers are black African, compared with a 2.1% representation in the working-age population. The commission found that 78.5% of the working-age population are white British with 85.7% of teachers falling within that category.\n\nIt found that black STEM teachers were important to the engagement of young black students with these subjects.\n\nHamilton said he had no black teachers at all throughout his time in education and he believes that if he had had a teacher who had understood his background better, he would have achieved greater success in his studies.\n• None Trained to protect others but can these fighting witches protect themselves?", "A man attacked two people in a pub on Glasshouse Street\n\nA man has been charged with grievous bodily harm after four people were injured in a hammer attack in Soho.\n\nThe accused, Morteza Ahmadi, 38, is also charged with causing actual bodily harm, sexual assault and possessing an offensive weapon, namely a hammer.\n\nTwo women - one in her 20s and one in her 30s - were attacked with a hammer in Regent Street, central London, at about 23:00 BST on Friday, police said.\n\nMr Ahmadi, of no fixed address, is due at Westminster Magistrates' Court.\n\nThe attacker then entered a pub on Glasshouse Street, in central London, and attacked a woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s.\n\nSecurity staff restrained the man who was then arrested by police.\n\nAll four victims have since been released from hospital.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A nurse has pleaded not guilty to murdering eight babies and attempting to murder another 10.\n\nLucy Letby, 31, is accused of murdering five boys and three girls at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.\n\nShe is also accused of the attempted murder of five boys and five girls.\n\nMs Letby, of Arran Avenue in Hereford, repeated \"not guilty\" to all 18 charges as she appeared at Manchester Crown Court via video-link.\n\nShe is due to go on trial in October 2022.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lars Vilks was under police protection because of his 2007 image of the Prophet Muhammad as a dog\n\nSwedish artist Lars Vilks, who sketched the Prophet Muhammad's head on a dog's body, has died in a traffic accident.\n\nVilks was reported to be travelling in a civilian police vehicle which collided with a truck near the town of Markaryd in southern Sweden.\n\nInvestigators said the collision, which also killed two police bodyguards, showed no signs of foul play.\n\nThe 75-year-old artist had been living under police protection after receiving death threats over the cartoon.\n\nThe cartoon, published in 2007, offended many Muslims who regard visual representation of the Prophet as blasphemous. It came a year after a Danish newspaper published cartoons of the Prophet.\n\nIt is currently unclear what caused the accident\n\nAfter the accident, a large fire broke out and a number of emergency vehicles attended the scene. The driver of the truck was injured and taken to hospital, where he was questioned by investigators.\n\nA statement from police said it was still unclear how the collision occurred, but initially there was nothing to suggest that anyone else was involved.\n\n\"This is being investigated like any other road accident. Because two policemen were involved, an investigation has been assigned to a special section of the prosecutor's office,\" a police spokesperson told news agency AFP, adding that there was no suspicion of foul play.\n\nOne eyewitness told the Aftonbladet newspaper that the car Vilks was thought to be in seemed to lose control and came over to his side of the motorway at high speed. The truck in front did not have time to swerve and then they collided with a loud bang at \"incredible speed\", he told the newspaper.\n\nStefan Sinteus, chief of the South Sweden regional investigation unit, told a press conference that officers were attempting to determine why the car had swerved off the road.\n\n\"We don't know yet the reason why the bodyguard car was on the wrong side of the road,\" he said. \"But we're talking to witnesses, we have found remnants of tyres on the E4 road before the accident so we're looking into the possibility that it could have been a tyre explosion or something similar.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks says he that was probably the target of the attack in the cafe in Copenhagen\n\nVilks made headlines around the world after his 2007 cartoon caused outrage, leading then Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to meet ambassadors from 22 Muslim countries in an attempt to defuse the situation.\n\nShortly afterwards, al-Qaeda in Iraq offered a $100,000 (£73,692) reward for his murder.\n\nIn 2015, Vilks attended a debate on free speech that was targeted in a gun attack in Copenhagen. He said he was probably the target of the attack, which killed a film director.\n\nBut police said on Monday there had been no new threats made against him recently.\n\nAlthough he is most famous for his sketch of Muhammad as a dog, Vilks was an artist and activist who often worked with paint or created installations.\n\nOne of his creations was a sculpture made of driftwood in a nature reserve in southern Sweden which he erected without permission and which triggered a lengthy legal battle.", "An electrical implant that sits in the skull and is wired to the brain can detect and treat severe depression, US scientists believe after promising results with a first patient.\n\nSarah, who is 36, had the device fitted more than a year ago and says it has turned her life around.\n\nThe matchbox-sized pack in her head is always \"on\" but only delivers an impulse when it senses she may need it.\n\nThe experimental study is described in Nature Medicine journal.\n\nThe researchers, from University of California, San Francisco, stress it is too soon to say if it might help other patients, like Sarah, with hard-to-treat depression, but they are hopeful and plan more trials.\n\nSarah is the first person to have had the experimental therapy.\n\nShe'd had a succession of failed treatments, including anti-depressants and electroconvulsive therapy in recent years.\n\nThe surgery may sound daunting, but Sarah said the prospect of gaining \"any kind of relief\" was better than the darkness she had been experiencing.\n\nSarah says the device has helped her depression\n\n\"I had exhausted all possible treatment options.\n\n\"My daily life had become so restricted. I felt tortured each day. I barely moved or did anything.\"\n\nThe surgery involved drilling small holes in her skull to fit the wires that would monitor and stimulate her brain.\n\nThe box, containing the battery and the pulse generator, was tucked into the bone, beneath her scalp and hair.\n\nThe procedure took a full working day and was done under general anaesthetic, meaning Sarah was unconscious throughout.\n\nSarah says when she woke, up she felt euphoric.\n\n\"When the implant was first turned on, my life took an immediate upward turn. My life was pleasant again.\n\n\"Within a few weeks, the suicidal thoughts disappeared.\n\n\"When I was in the depths of depression all I saw is what was ugly.\"\n\nA year on, Sarah remains well, with no side-effects.\n\n\"The device has kept my depression at bay, allowing me to return to my best self and rebuild a life worth living.\"\n\nShe can't feel the device as it fires, but says: \"I could probably tell you within 15 minutes that it has gone off because of a sense of alertness and energy or the positivity I will feel.\"\n\nResearcher Dr Katherine Scangos, who is a psychiatrist at the university, said the innovation was made possible by locating the \"depression circuits\" in Sarah's brain.\n\n\"We found one location, which is an area called the ventral striatum, where stimulation consistently eliminated her feelings of depression.\n\n\"And we also found a brain activity area in the amygdala that could predict when her symptoms were most severe.\"\n\nThe scientists say a lot more research is needed to test the experimental therapy and determine if it can help more people with severe depression, and perhaps other conditions too.\n\nDr Scangos, who has enrolled two other patients in the trial and hopes to recruit nine more, said: \"We need to look at how these circuits vary across patients and repeat this work multiple times.\n\n\"And we need to see whether an individual's biomarker or brain circuit changes over time as the treatment continues.\n\n\"We didn't know if we were going to be able to treat her depression at all because it was so severe.\n\n\"So in that sense we are really excited about this. It's so needed in the field right now.\"\n\nDr Edward Chang, the neurosurgeon who fitted the device, said: \"To be clear, this is not a demonstration of efficacy of this approach.\n\n\"It's really just the first demonstration of this working in someone and we have a lot of work ahead of us as a field to validate these results to see if this actually is something that will be enduring as a treatment option.\"\n\nProf Jonathan Roiser, a neuroscience expert at University College London in the UK, said: \"Although this kind of highly invasive surgical procedure would only ever be used in the most severe patients with intractable symptoms, it is an exciting step forward due to the bespoke nature of the stimulation.\n\n\"It is likely that if trialled in other patients, different recording and stimulation sites would be required, as the precise brain circuitry underlying symptoms probably varies between individuals.\n\n\"As there was only one patient and no control condition, it remains to be seen whether these promising results hold in clinical trials.\"\n• None Coming off anti-depressants may not cause relapse\n• None Get help from a mental health charity - NHS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Thousands of runners have taken part in this year's Belfast City Marathon.\n\nMore than 5,700 entered what was the first marathon to be held in the city since 2019, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe race began at 09:00 BST on Sunday on Prince of Wales Avenue in the Stormont Estate.\n\nIrish Olympian Mick Clohisey was the first across the line in Ormeau Park, while Fionnuala Ross was first in the women's race.\n\nThe 26.2 mile-long (42.1 km) race took runners across east, north, west and south Belfast, before finishing in Ormeau Park.\n\nRoads along the route closed at 06:00 and reopened again once all runners had passed.\n\nIt was the first time the marathon had been held in October. The event normally takes place in May but was delayed due to coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Barra Best This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Barra Best\n\nA relay and wheelchair race following the same route of the marathon also took place, along with a 2.5 mile (4km) fun run and an 8 mile (12.8km) walk.\n\nIt was Northern Ireland's largest mass participation sporting event since the pandemic began.\n\n\"It wasn't quite clear whether we could go ahead or not for quite a while and to some extent we took a little bit of a risk in deciding it could go ahead,\" Belfast City Marathon chairman John Allen said.\n\n\"It has been relatively more low-key because because of that slight risk.\"\n\nMr Allen said the record number of entrants this year was due to some people's entries being deferred from 2020.\n\n\"They entered originally about a year or so ago and we had to move their entries forward,\" he said.\n\nNo top international runners took part this year, according to Mr Allen.\n\nKenya's Joel Kositany won the event for the fourth time in 2019, crossing the finish line with a time of two hours 18 minutes and 40 seconds.\n\nMeanwhile Caroline Jepchirchir, also from Kenya, set the fastest ever women's time in Belfast, with a 2:36.38 clocking, as she repeated her 2018 win.\n\nOn Sunday morning, Belfast City Marathon apologised on social media \"for the lengthy waits experienced for many\" when picking up race packs on Saturday.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Facebook cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nAnger was voiced on social media on Saturday as a number of people booked to take part said they had to queue for several hours to pick up their race packs.\n\nMarathon organisers posted online that there were large queues and asked people to be patient.\n\nRace organisers were forced to apologise in 2019 after admitting the course was 0.3 miles longer than it should have been.\n\nIn a statement at the time, then chairman David Seaton said \"protocols will be put in place to ensure this never happens again\".", "Tony and Cherie Blair did not have to pay £312,000 in stamp duty when buying a £6.45m London townhouse, leaked documents show.\n\nThe ex-Labour prime minister and his barrister wife bought the property as an office for her business in 2017 by buying the offshore firm that owned it.\n\nMrs Blair said the sellers had insisted the building was sold in this way but they had brought it under UK control.\n\nShe said they would be liable to pay capital gains tax if they sell it.\n\nWhen the property was put up for sale, the ultimate owners were a family with political connections in Bahrain - but both parties say they did not initially know who they were dealing with.\n\nMrs Blair said her husband's only involvement in the transaction was that the mortgage for the property used their joint income and capital.\n\nThe revelation is contained in the Pandora Papers, a leak detailing the work of companies offering offshore financial services in the British Virgin Islands, Singapore, Panama, Belize, Switzerland and other countries.\n\nBBC Panorama in a joint investigation with the Guardian and other media partners have had access to nearly 12 million documents and files.\n\nSince leaving Downing Street in 2007, the Blairs have built up a significant property portfolio. Altogether they are reported to have spent more than £30m on 38 residential properties before they bought the office.\n\nDocuments show how the way the property in Harcourt Street, Marylebone, was acquired in July 2017 saved the Blairs a bill for stamp duty.\n\nThe four-floor building is now home to Mrs Blair's legal advisory firm, Omnia Strategy, and her foundation for women.\n\nThe previous owner of Harcourt Street is listed in UK Land Registry records as Romanstone International Limited - a British Virgin Islands firm.\n\nRomanstone itself had been owned by another BVI company, whose shareholders were members of the Al Zayani family. Among them was a minister in Bahrain's government - Zayed Rashid Al Zayani, Bahrain's minister for industry, commerce and tourism.\n\nThe leaked documents show the Blairs bought the building by setting up a UK company to acquire Romanstone. Mr and Mrs Blair each held a 50% stake in the British company. They closed the offshore company after the purchase.\n\nBuying the property in this way meant the Blairs did not have to pay stamp duty.\n\nStamp duty is paid by the purchasers of a property or land over a certain price.\n\nThe tax is not paid when a company owning a property is acquired because the shareholder of a company is switching hands, rather than the actual ownership of the property.\n\nTony and Cherie Blair bought the four-floor building in 2017\n\nNo laws were broken in buying the Harcourt Street office but Mr Blair had previously been critical of tax loopholes, once saying \"the tax system is a haven of scams, perks, City deals and profits\".\n\nIn his first speech as Labour leader in 1994, Mr Blair said: \"Millionaires with the right accountant pay nothing while pensioners pay VAT on fuel.\n\n\"Offshore trusts get tax relief while homeowners pay VAT on insurance premiums. We will create a tax system that is fair which is related to ability to pay.\"\n\nRobert Palmer from campaign group Tax Justice UK told Panorama: \"It partly doesn't look great because most people cannot do the same thing… even if what the Blairs did was perfectly legal, perfectly legitimate in the business world, it feels instinctively really unfair because they got access to an advantage, a potential advantage that the rest of us don't have.\"\n\nMrs Blair stressed that Harcourt Ventures had been formed to bring Romanstone and its building under UK tax and regulatory rules.\n\nShe said: \"It is not unusual for a commercial office building to be held in a corporate vehicle or for vendors of such property not to want to dispose of the property separately.\"\n\nThe Blairs said \"the acquisition of a company comes with different tax consequences\" and they \"will of course be liable for capital gains tax on resale\".\n\nLawyers for the Al Zayani family say their companies have complied with all UK laws past and present.\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC and has led to one of the biggest ever global investigations. More than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app, or watch Panorama on the BBC iPlayer (UK viewers only)", "A huge leak of financial documents has put the spotlight on the hidden assets of some of the world's most powerful people.\n\nUnsurprisingly, the Pandora Papers have hit headlines worldwide. But what's the reporting like in some of the countries where leaders' financial dealings have been exposed?\n\nThe Pandora Papers revealed that King Abdullah II of Jordan secretly spent more than £70m ($100m) on a property empire in the UK and US.\n\nBut stories on the leak were notably absent in Jordan where - observers say - local media censor themselves and avoid subjects that are implicitly off limits.\n\nOn Monday morning, the state-run Petra news agency, as well as the privately-owned Al-Ghad, Al-Dustour and Jordan Times newspapers, were all leading instead on the king's comments about democratic reforms in the country.\n\nThey were also prioritising stories about King Abdullah meeting the World Bank president, and his first phone call with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad since the start of the Syrian civil war a decade ago.\n\nLawyers for King Abdullah said he used his personal wealth to buy the homes and there was nothing improper about him using offshore firms to do so.\n\nThe palace also put out a statement saying that it was \"no secret\" that the king owned a number of properties abroad.\n\n\"Any allegations that link these private properties to public funds or assistance are baseless and deliberate attempts to distort facts,\" it said.\n\nThere was also deafening silence over the leak in much of the media in Kenya, where the family of President Uhuru Kenyatta were revealed to have secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades.\n\nThe Star newspaper was leading with the story on its website, under the headline \"No evidence Kenyatta's stole state assets - Pandora Papers\". Others either did not cover it at all, or put the focus outside of Kenya.\n\nThe country's leading daily newspaper The Nation published a story written by a news agency with the headline \"Pandora Papers expose leaders' offshore millions\", using a picture of Jordan's king. The story included four lines about the Kenyattas.\n\nCitizen TV - the biggest TV station in Kenya - also published agency copy on its website, in which the revelations about Mr Kenyatta's family were at the end.\n\nThe Standard and The People Daily newspapers did not publish the findings on their websites.\n\nHowever, the leak was sparking a lot of conversation on social media in Kenya, with the hashtag #PandoraPapers and #client 13173 - the code name the Kenyattas were given by their asset managers - trending on Twitter.\n\nMr Kenyatta's family have not yet responded to requests for comment.\n\nThe leak linked Russian President Vladimir Putin to secret assets in Monaco.\n\nHowever, Russia's main Sunday evening TV news reviews made no mention of the allegations, which were published shortly before the programmes aired.\n\nThe Russian part of the investigation was published by the website Vazhnyye Istorii (Important Stories). The English-language Moscow Times news site had the Pandora Papers as its top story on Monday, with the headline: \"Leaked papers link Putin associates to offshore dealings\".\n\nRussian social media users have also been talking about the revelations.\n\nHowever a number of media outlets steered stories away from President Putin. The state-owned Gazprom-Media's NTV aired a brief report on the investigation on Monday morning, focusing on allegations against foreign officials, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.\n\nMeanwhile, state news agency Tass highlighted findings related to the US being used as a tax haven.\n\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday called the findings \"a collection of fairly groundless claims\".\n\nThe Pandora Papers revealed that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky transferred his stake in a secret offshore company just before he won the 2019 election.\n\nUkraine's Slidstvo.info website published an investigation based on the data obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and the English-language Kyiv Post had the findings as its top story with the headline: \"Pandora Papers reveal offshore holdings of Zelensky and his inner circle\".\n\nHowever, it was not a major story in most Ukrainian media.\n\nThe findings were widely discussed online, including in a number of blogs, with many arguing that the revelations would not affect Mr Zelensky's popularity.\n\nThe papers revealed that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis - who is facing an election later this week - failed to declare an offshore investment company used to purchase two villas for £12m in the south of France.\n\nThe findings were initially published by Investigace.cz, and then picked up by a number of media outlets, including the Pravo newspaper, which ran the story on its front page.\n\nMr Babis' denial of having done anything illegal was being widely reported on Monday.\n\nThe Novinky news site also quoted opposition figure Petr Fiala as calling for answers.\n\n\"Andrej Babis must prove that he used taxed money for the transaction. If not, he has no right to be in politics and take care of taxpayers' money,\" he said.\n\nBut despite the leak being widely covered, most media focus has remained on general election coverage. It is not clear whether the leak will have an impact on the outcome of the vote.\n\nThe leak found that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's inner circle, including cabinet ministers and their families, secretly own companies and trusts holding millions of dollars.\n\nAll of Pakistan's major newspapers covered the revelations.\n\nThe leak was discussed on Pakistan's Dunya TV talk show \"Think Tank\" on Sunday. The website of Dawn newspaper - the largest and oldest English-language newspaper in Pakistan - was leading on Monday with a number of stories about the Pandora Papers and the Pakistani findings.\n\nThe coverage has been met with cautious or defensive reactions from those who were named.\n\nMr Khan said his government would investigate all citizens mentioned in the report.\n\n\"We welcome the Pandora Papers exposing the ill-gotten wealth of elites, accumulated through tax evasion & corruption & laundered out to financial 'havens',\" he tweeted.\n\nThree presidents and 11 former presidents from Latin America have been mentioned in the investigation. One of them is Ecuador's Guillermo Lasso, a former banker, who replaced a Panamanian foundation that made monthly payments to his close family with a trust based in South Dakota, in the US, in 2017.\n\nReacting to the revelations, Mr Lasso said all his investments, in and out of Ecuador, were legal.\n\nThe news involving the president is the main headline on the website of newspaper Expreso, but many Ecuadorean outlets have given it little or no coverage.\n\nThe website of newspaper El Universo ran several items about the findings, including those related to the president. They also reported on the revelation that Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, a star in Latin America, has a \"property empire\" in Florida of an estimated value of up to $120m.\n\nAnother Latin American leader mentioned in the papers is Chile's President Sebastián Piñera, a billionaire businessman, who is accused of selling a copper and iron mine in an environmentally sensitive area to a childhood friend, as detailed in Spain's El País newspaper.\n\nIn 2010, nine months after Mr Piñera took office, his family sold their shares in the mine for $152m. Part of the deal took place in the British Virgin Islands.\n\nThe Chilean presidency said Mr Piñera had no role in, or information about, the sale of the mining project, and that he had not been involved in the management of any company for more than 12 years.\n\nMany Chilean outlets are covering the leaks, with the website of newspaper La Nación giving a lot of prominence to local reaction, with Senator Manuel José Ossandón, who belongs to the president's party, calling for an investigation.\n\nThe Pandora Papers showed that the law firm founded by Cyprus's President Nicos Anastasiades appears to have provided fake owners to disguise the real owner of a series of offshore companies - a former Russian politician who had been accused of embezzlement.\n\nThe findings were given prominent coverage on many Cypriot news sites, including the Greek-language Politis and Phileleftheros.\n\nOther documents showed how Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family have secretly acquired UK property using offshore companies.\n\nThe files show how the family - long accused of corruption in the European nation - bought 17 properties, including a £33m office block in London for the president's 11-year-old son, Heydar Aliyev.\n\nThe leak received little or no coverage in most of the country's media outlets. However, the daily Azerbaijani newspaper Azadliq - which is not accessible inside the country - was leading with the story on its website on Monday.\n\nThe findings related to British officials were widely reported in UK media.\n\nThe leaked documents showed how the former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie, bought a London property in an offshore deal that saved them £312,000 in stamp duty.\n\nMrs Blair said the sellers had insisted the building was sold in this way but they had brought it under UK control. She said they would be liable to pay capital gains tax if they sell it.\n\nThey also showed how prominent Conservative Party donor Mohamed Amersi worked on a series of controversial deals for a Swedish telecoms company that was later fined £700m in a US prosecution. Mr Amersi denies any wrongdoing.\n\nThe Guardian and i newspapers both led with reports about the Pandora Papers on their front pages on Monday.\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC which has led one of the the biggest ever global investigations.\n\nMore than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: Follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app, or watch Panorama on the BBC iPlayer (UK viewers only)", "Windows 11 features a simplified design and changes to the Start menu\n\nWindows 11, the latest version of Microsoft's computer operating system, launches worldwide on Tuesday as a free upgrade for Windows 10 users.\n\nWindows chief product officer Panos Panay, told the BBC the latest version was built to be \"clean and fresh and simpler\" for the user.\n\nHe promised that the new operating system would not be an \"extreme departure\" from what people know.\n\nAnd even the least tech-savvy users can upgrade easily, he added.\n\n\"I use the frame of my father - he's 89,\" Mr Panay said. \"I'm so excited for him to hit that button and upgrade, you have no idea.\n\n\"Not because he's my dad - because I just want it to be easy for him.\"\n\nHe said expert users had already tested it extensively through Window's Insider trial programme and was confident there would be no teething issues, adding the upgrade is \"ready now\".\n\nWindows 11 has some significant design changes, along with some alterations on how the system works under the hood.\n\nBy default, the Start menu is centred on screen, along with icons in the taskbar. When clicked on, the Start button opens a menu of frequently used apps.\n\nIn some ways, it mimics the appearance of a smartphone app menu or launcher. Microsoft has also dropped the \"tiles\" which were present on Windows 10's start menu.\n\nMr Panay said the team had learned from Windows 8, which got rid of the start menu entirely, upsetting many users.\n\n\"You learn from that, of course, and then you adapt,\" he said.\n\nMr Panay is Microsoft's chief product officer for Windows and Devices\n\nDeveloping Windows 11's interface involved watching how people use their computers - \"what they want to click on, where their eyes are on the machine when they come into our labs,\" he explained.\n\n\"You get this confidence of learning from history,\" he added.\n\nFor Windows 11, \"the Start button is right there. It's right in the middle of the screen. It's not gone.\"\n\nWhen Windows 10 came out, Microsoft declared it would be the \"last version\" of the system. That has obviously changed.\n\n\"We're in a time where there is a bit of a new era for the PC happening right now,\" Mr Panay said.\n\n\"I think Windows 11 kind of stamps that moment and it is a signal for that moment.\"\n\nAcross the operating system, the design favours rounded corners, and has simplified most menus and folder views. And there are new, improved options for arranging windows and \"snapping\" them into grids.\n\nWidgets, a major selling point of 2007's Windows Vista, also make a comeback - but instead of \"floating\" on the screen where the user puts them, they live in a sidebar on the left, and are also linked to Microsoft services.\n\nThe new widgets panel keeps all the data contained to a side panel rather than across the desktop\n\nSome changes go deeper than the interface and design.\n\nSystem integrations for Microsoft Teams - replacing Skype - and the Xbox app both feature heavily in Microsoft's advertising.\n\nThe Microsoft Store - the Windows version of an app store - has been completely redesigned and will allow third-party apps to sell inside it, without taking a substantial cut.\n\nAnd one new feature which raised eyebrows in the technology world was that Windows 11 would run Android smartphone apps through the Amazon app store.\n\nEarly adopters have reported that the in-built search function of the new version is significantly faster on most devices - but also that it favours Microsoft's own services, Bing and the Edge browser, when delivering web results.\n\nFor gamers, Microsoft promises that its new drive technology - Direct Storage - will lead to much better loading times in games by allowing a graphics card to access storage drives without going through the central processor.\n\nBut that feature, like some others, needs newer hardware to work.\n\nAs a result, not every computer will see all the potential advantages to upgrading - and some machines may not be able to upgrade at all.\n\nThe minimum requirements include a type of security chip - called a TPM - only installed on modern computers.\n\n\"If your device does not meet these requirements, you may not be able to install Windows 11 on your device and might want to consider purchasing a new PC,\" Microsoft says.\n\nThe company has just launched a range of its own new hardware devices to coincide with the new Windows version.\n\nBut users already running Windows 10 do not need to go to this expense if the computer is still working. Windows 10 will continue to be supported and receive security updates until October 2025.", "Adele's last high-profile appearance was as host of NBC's Saturday Night Live almost a year ago\n\nAdele has heightened speculation that she is about to release her first new music since 2015, after updating her website and social media pages.\n\nThe star's Twitter and Instagram images were changed to a blue and turquoise pattern, while her old website was scrubbed and replaced with a link urging fans to sign up for information.\n\nIt comes after the number 30 was projected onto several buildings around the world over the weekend. Fans are predicting this will be the name of her fourth album - after 19, 21 and 25.\n\nThe mysterious projections have been spotted on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Colosseum in Rome, Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, Amsterdam's Nemo Museum and New York's Empire State Building.\n\nThe logo has also reportedly appeared in Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Poland, Ireland, Italy, Canada, Malaysia, South Korea and the UK.\n\nAlthough they have not officially been confirmed as being linked to Adele, the images appear to use the font she has favoured on her previous albums.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by #ADELE30 IS COMING!!!! This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe singer hinted that her fourth album would be called 30 in a 2019 Instagram post, jokingly telling fans: \"30 will be a drum and bass record to spite you all.\"\n\nUsing the title would also connect the album to Adele's previous pattern of naming records after a pivotal year in her life.\n\nShe has previously said she would retire the system, saying that she had settled into family life.\n\nBut the singer separated from her ex-husband Simon Konecki when she was 30 (she is now 33) and has subsequently kept a low public profile.\n\nThe one exception was a stint hosting US comedy show Saturday Night Live last year.\n\nAt the time, she addressed the rumours that new music was imminent.\n\n\"I know there's been a lot of chatter about me just being the host. Like, 'Why isn't she the musical guest?' and stuff like that,\" she said.\n\n\"And there's a couple of reasons. My album's not finished, and I'm also too scared to do both… I'd rather just put on some wigs, have a glass of wine or six and just see what happens.\"\n\nFraser T Smith, who co-wrote Adele's global smash hit Set Fire To The Rain, recently told the BBC he \"didn't know\" whether the star's new album was complete.\n\n\"Adele is incredibly secretive, and I think that that's the way you want it - building that suspense,\" he said.\n\n\"A testament to her is that you just don't know the next direction she'll take. It could be R&B, it could be rock, it could the ballads.\n\n\"But whatever it's going to be, it will be of the highest standard.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by AdeleVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nAdele's last album, 25, was also announced with a mysterious marketing campaign. Viewers of The X Factor in the UK were surprised during an advertising break when a 30-second excerpt of a new song (later revealed to be Hello) was broadcast against a blank screen.\n\nThe album went on to sell more than 3.5 million copies in the UK alone, making it the country's 14th best-selling record of all time.\n\nIt also broke sales records in the US and won the star a Grammy for album of the year - which she memorably tried to give to Beyoncé.\n\n\"I can't possibly accept this award,\" she said through tears. \"My artist of my life is Beyoncé. And [her] album to me, the Lemonade album, is just so monumental.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Adele sings and jokes about weight as she hosts SNL", "A businessman whose companies have backed 34 Tory MPs made millions from an allegedly corrupt Russian pipeline deal, leaked files show.\n\nFormer oil executive Victor Fedotov owns a firm currently seeking UK government approval for a controversial energy link between the UK and France.\n\nA BBC investigation shows he secretly benefitted from the alleged $4bn fraud in Russia.\n\nHis lawyers said \"there is no evidence whatsoever\" he behaved improperly.\n\nThe revelations come from the Pandora Papers, a leak of 11.9 million offshore files obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). An investigation of the documents in the UK has been led by BBC Panorama and The Guardian .\n\nThe BBC discovered documents revealing Mr Fedotov as a secret owner of a company called VNIIST that benefitted from hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts from Transneft, the Russian state-owned oil and gas pipeline company.\n\nA 2008 audit report suggested Transneft had lost huge sums to corruption and that one of the contractors that had benefitted was VNIIST.\n\nIt was alleged VNIIST was paid for work it hadn't carried out and that Transneft had lost around $143 million in just two contracts.\n\nThe audit report was leaked to Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny who estimated $4bn had been embezzled. No charges were brought against any of those involved.\n\nWhat the audit report did not reveal was that one of Mr Fedotov's secret business partners in VNIIST was the President of Transneft, Semyon Vainshtok. The documents in the Pandora Papers show he was secretly benefitting from contracts Transneft had awarded.\n\nThey reveal a scheme to funnel profits from the Transneft deals through layers of companies in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Malta and the British Virgin Islands under the ownership of trusts of which Mr Fedotov and Mr Vainshtok were secret beneficiaries. A second Transneft executive was also profiting from the cash.\n\nThe files show millions of dollars flowing into the trusts and that by 2007 Mr Fedotov's trust held some $97m in assets.\n\nThe evidence suggests some of the money from Transneft ended up paying for Mr Fedotov's £7m house in the English countryside.\n\nAndrew Mitchell QC told Panorama the scheme appeared to be \"a pure attempt to slice money out of government and, when you factor in that the CEO of the government-owned entity organised and did the subcontracting with a couple of mates, um, that's fraud.\"\n\nMr Vainshtok's lawyers said the allegations of fraud were \"unfounded\" and made for \"political purposes\".\n\nThey said: \"The allegations were investigated at the time by the Audit Committee of Russia, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia and the General Prosecutor's office in Russia, who all found that there was no basis for making the allegations, and no grounds to take any action against our client.\"\n\nMr Fedotov's lawyers said the 2008 audit report is not an official reliable document and that he denies any allegation of wrongdoing.\n\nBut it is not just property that Mr Fedotov has funded in the UK. His money has funded the Conservative Party.\n\nLast year Mr Fedotov was revealed to be the owner of Aquind, the company behind a £1.24bn project to build an electricity cable linking the UK to France. Aquind is currently seeking UK government approval for the project and a decision will be made in weeks.\n\nHis connection to Aquind has been hidden through an exemption to UK company laws granted to people with personal security concerns.\n\nMr Fedotov is now identified on the company's public records, alongside Alexander Temerko, the Ukraine-born public face and part owner of Aquind.\n\nMr Temerko is a Conservative Party activist and personal friend of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nHe is a regular at Conservative Party fundraisers and has personally donated more than £700,000 to the party.\n\nResearch by the BBC has established that in addition to Mr Temerko's donations to the Conservative Party, Mr Fedotov's businesses have donated another £700,000 to 34 MPs and their local parties since the Aquind project began.\n\nAquind's relationship with the Conservative Party does not end there.\n\nLord Callanan, currently a business minister responsible for corporate responsibility, is a former director of the company, while former minister Lord James Wharton took up a role as a paid adviser when he lost his House of Commons seat in 2017.\n\nIn an interview for the BBC, journalist Peter Oborne says this raises questions about Aquind. He says \"You have to ask yourself why … Aquind feels it needs to go to such elaborate efforts and spend such money and so much time to get access to the Conservative Party.\"\n\nA Conservative spokesman said donations are properly and transparently declared and the party \"perform compliance checks in line with the … legislation and requirements enacted by the last Labour government\".\n\nThe spokesman said \"Fund raising is a legitimate part of the democratic process. Government policy is in no way influenced by the donations the Party receives\" and that the party is \"motivated by the priorities of the British public, acting in the national interest\"\n\nLawyers for Aquind and Mr Temerko said their donations were \"entirely lawful, properly declared and have not been made in return for any special treatment\". They said there was \"no evidence that funds were embezzled\" from Transneft.\n\nMr Fedotov \"denies any allegation of wrongdoing\" and says that he \"has never had any interest in British politics and has operated in an open and transparent manner throughout the course of his career.\"\n\nAquind announced its plan to build an electricity cable under the English Channel in 2016.\n\nThe proposed route starts at an electricity substation in Lovedean, near Portsmouth, and ends up near Le Havre in Normandy, France.\n\nIt is not the first of its kind. Another cable was laid undersea between the two countries in 1986.\n\nBut if the new one comes online, it is expected to provide two gigawatts to the UK National Grid, enough to power four million homes.\n\nLocals protesting against the project claim the construction will destroy allotments and wildlife habitats.\n\nResidents in Portsmouth protested against the construction of the Aquind Interconnector\n\nLocal MP Penny Mordaunt has joined them, delivering a petition to the government in June, calling for the proposals to be rejected by the government.\n\nShe has said it would be \"strategically wrong\" to go ahead with a project that would make the UK \"reliant on another country [France] to power us\".\n\nStephen Morgan, Labour MP for Portsmouth South, is worried about the inclusion of communications and data cables as part of the underwater connector. He has said that having these cables that are \"available for hire by third-party clients…raises similar concerns to those about the UK's 5G network and Huawei\".\n\nThe company submitted its plans in 2019 and the decision now sits with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. His predecessor Alok Sharma recused himself from the decision following revelations he had shared a table with Mr Temerko at a Conservative fundraising event.\n\nFormer energy minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan also recused herself after her local party group received several donations from Aquind and Mr Temerko.\n\nIn 2019 Conservative MP David Morris was found to have breached parliamentary rules when he spoke in favour of Aquind in the House of Commons, only weeks after having received a £10,000 donation from the company.\n\nGavin Millar QC, an elections expert, said: \"The question is: if you're a political party in government, why aren't you recognizing the risk that there's a connection between the money you're receiving and the person who's giving that money? \"\n\nHe added: \"It's in their interests not to look too hard. And it's lucrative to not look hard if you're good at raising the money.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) told the BBC Lord Callanan has recused himself from any decisions relating to Aquind.\n\nA spokesperson for the Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said: \"The Secretary of State is currently considering the Planning Inspectorate's report on the application for development consent for the proposed project.\n\n\"No decision has yet been taken. The decision will be made solely by the Secretary of State who has a quasi-judicial role in determining this planning application.\"\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC which has led the biggest ever global investigation.More than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app.\n\nWatch Pandora Papers: Political Donors Exposed on BBC One at 19.35 BST on Monday (UK viewers only) or later on iPlayer", "Bernard Tapie faced great highs and lows in his colourful career\n\nOne of France's most recognisable figures, the businessman, sports club owner and politician Bernard Tapie, has died at the age of 78.\n\nTapie, who had battled stomach cancer for the past four years, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, they said in a statement.\n\nAt one time he owned Adidas, Olympique Marseille and was a minister under President Francois Mitterrand.\n\nHe also had a string of legal problems and served time in jail.\n\nTapie's wife Dominique and his family announced his death with \"immense sadness\". They said he wished to be buried in Marseille, \"the city of his heart\".\n\nPresident Emmanuel Macron was among the many to pay tribute to him, saying his \"ambition, energy and enthusiasm... were a source of inspiration for generations of French people\".\n\nOlympique de Marseille won the French Championship five times while Tapie was president, and took home the UEFA Champions League in 1993\n\nBernard Tapie grew up in the working class suburbs of Paris.\n\nHe began his career as a singer, then a race car driver - before discovering a talent for buying up failing businesses and selling them on, the BBC's Hugh Schofield reports from Paris.\n\nHe demonstrated his wealth by buying the Olympique de Marseille football club, which won the French championship while he was their owner. However, he was accused of match-fixing and the club was stripped of its league championship title and later relegated to a lower division.\n\nHe also bought a cycling team that twice won the Tour de France, was the majority shareholder of the sportswear brand Adidas and owned a number of newspapers.\n\nIn the 1990s, he dabbled in politics, briefly became urban affairs minister and later elected as a leftist French and European parliament MP in Marseille.\n\nIn 1984, Tapie (right) sang one of his old songs on a TV show hosted by Sacha Distel (left)\n\nHe also had a lifelong interest in entertainment. In 1966, aged 23, he recorded songs under the name Bernard Tapy, but failed to make much of impact.\n\nHe returned to singing in the 1980s, after making his name as a corporate raider, and collaborated with acclaimed songwriter Didier Barbelivien.\n\nIn the 1990s, he appeared in major films including Claude Lelouch's Men, Women: A User's Manual, as well as plays. Over the past 20 years he has starred as a police inspector in a TV drama and hosted a number of chat shows.\n\nBernard and Dominique Tapie at the unveiling of a new theatre in Paris in 2007\n\nTapie's late career as a showman took off as his empire crumbled amid a string of legal problems from the late 1990s.\n\nHe served time in jail for match fixing and other charges concerning corruption, tax fraud and misuse of corporate assets.\n\nEarlier this year, he and his wife were attacked in a violent burglary at their home.\n\nBernard Tapie faced the ups and downs of his life always with panache, our correspondent notes, and he was an admired and fascinating figure until the end.", "The Conservative Party is facing fresh questions about donations made by the wife of a former Russian minister.\n\nLubov Chernukhin is one of the biggest donors to the Tories, giving more than £1.8m since 2012.\n\nLeaked documents reveal her personal wealth comes from her husband Vladimir. He has been financially linked to people who were close to the Kremlin.\n\nMrs Chernukhin's lawyers say she is a British citizen and is entitled to do as she wishes with her money.\n\nHer donations to the Conservative Party have given the 48-year-old access to figures at the top of UK government.\n\nMrs Chernukhin's winning auction bids have seen her play tennis with Boris Johnson and dine with Theresa May, when she was prime minister.\n\nBut until now, very little has been known about the Chernukhins' wealth and where it comes from.\n\nThe documents in the Pandora Papers leak of internal files and correspondence from offshore financial firms show the couple are linked to a network of 32 companies, three trusts and more than £100m in assets.\n\nThe documents indicate that Mrs Chernukhin's wealth comes from her husband, with one email describing her as being \"financially supported by her husband\", and another as \"a housewife\".\n\nOne document shows Mr Chernukhin's offshore company loaned £4m to his wife's UK company.\n\nThe latest revelations follow separate allegations about two businessmen linked to donations to the party.\n\nWorking with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the Guardian, BBC Panorama has had access to almost 12 million documents files from 14 companies in countries including the British Virgin Islands, Belize, Cyprus and Switzerland.\n\nThe Conservative Party say all donations have been properly and lawfully declared and followed all the rules.\n\nAsked about the revelations about party donors that have emerged from the Pandora Papers investigation, the prime minister said all party donations are \"'vetted in the normal way in accordance with rules set up by the Labour government\", adding: \"So we vet them the whole time\".\n\nThe main political parties including Labour and the Liberal Democrats have all faced calls to hand donations back over the years.\n\nMeanwhile, in response to the claims, Transparency International UK says that vetting process for all political donors in the UK is \"little more than a box-ticking exercise\".\n\n\"It's easy to evade the rules or not look too closely. We must do better,\" they add.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said HM Revenue & Customs will examine the leaked papers \"to see if there's anything we can learn\".\n\nTap to see the Chernukhins’ UK property owned through offshore firms Lubov Chernukhin is one of the biggest female donors in British political history, but concerns have been raised about her political contributions Lubov’s husband Vladimir is behind an offshore company that owns this home near London’s Regent's Park Their country estate in Oxfordshire, , is held via an offshore firm And through another overseas company, they used to own this building in London’s affluent Mayfair district, now\n\nThe Russian-born Chernukhins are both now British citizens.\n\nPandora Papers documents reveal how they secretly acquired properties in the UK through offshore companies.\n\nThey purchased a house overlooking Regents Park in London now worth £38m, as well as a mansion in Oxfordshire bought for £10m.\n\nMr Chernukhin, 52, a former deputy minister of finance under Vladimir Putin left Russia for London in 2004 after being sacked by the president.\n\nThe Pandora Papers investigation found evidence that suggests Mr Chernukhin abused his position as the government appointed head of a state bank to advance his private business interests.\n\nIn evidence to a court hearing in London in 2018, Mr Chernukhin testified how he had reached an arrangement with the former mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, to secure planning permission for a development he had a secret personal interest in.\n\nIn return Mr Chernukhin told the court he proposed helping the mayor in relation to two other development sites in Moscow in which his bank had an interest.\n\nHe told the court: \"As a part of negotiations or agreement with them how to proceed, we agreed... that I will help them\", \"and Mr Luzhkov will help me\".\n\nAndrew Mitchell QC, a leading corruption barrister, told Panorama: \"That's a conflict, there's no two ways about it. Here is a man who's chairman of the bank, using the bank as a mean by which he enhances his own personal wealth. And that has corruption written all over it.\"\n\nPandora Papers files also show Mr Chernukhin has carried on doing business with people close to the Kremlin.\n\nThey reveal his secret involvement in a property deal in St Petersburg in 2017, in which his partner was the wife of a then Russian government minister. He sold his stake in the property the following year for $30m, the documents show.\n\nQuestioned in 2018 about the Chernukhin's wealth, Mr Johnson - then foreign secretary - said \"all possible checks have been made and... will continue to be made\" on donations.\n\nAsked whether the donations to the Conservatives should be declared as coming from Mr Chernukhin as well, political law expert Gavin Millar QC said: \"If it's joint money, if it's family money, why isn't he willing to have his name alongside hers in the quarterly return to the Electoral Commission, publicly identified as a donor, and the source of the money?\"\n\nHe added: \"When you've got somebody who's a prominent associate of people who are connected with the Kremlin and… with Russian government, you would have thought any British political party… would start to investigate it and ask why that money is being given.\"\n\nLawyers for the Chernukhins said Panorama's interpretation of the court case involving Mr Chernukhin was a \"gross mis-characterisation\".\n\nThey said \"the suggestion that he acted improperly whilst an official of the state is wholly untrue\" and he \"has not accumulated his wealth.... in a corrupt manner\".\n\nThe lawyers said it was not accepted that any of Mrs Chernukhin's political donations have been funded by improper means or affected by the influence of anyone else.\n\nLabour and the Liberal Democrats have both said the Tories should return the money donated by Mohamed Amersi.\n\nInvestigations by the BBC and its media partners have indicated the businessman was involved in negotiations for Swedish telecoms company Telia that resulted in $220m being paid to a Gibraltar-based company controlled by the daughter of the then president of Uzbekistan. The payment was described by the US authorities as a \"$220m bribe\".\n\nMr Amersi has denied wrongdoing and his lawyers said the offshore company had been \"vetted and approved by Telia\" and that its involvement \"did not raise any red flags\" to him.\n\nRepresentatives for Mr Amersi said on Monday he had \"never knowingly facilitated corrupt transactions\" and the Pandora Papers reports sought to \"embarrass the Conservative Party\".\n\nLiberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Christine Jardine said: \"The Electoral Commission should launch an immediate investigation into these allegations.\"\n\nThe Labour Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds said the allegations were \"concerning\".\n\nReferring to comments by Mr Amersi earlier this year that high-spending donors have been able to gain meetings with the prime minister and chancellor, she added: \"The Conservatives should return the money he donated to them and come clean about who else is getting exclusive access\".\n\nElsewhere, the Russian government has dismissed allegations of financial impropriety involving President Putin contained in the documents leak.\n\nOther world leaders, including Jordan's King Abdullah, and the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babis, have also rejected allegations concerning the secret purchase of properties using offshore companies.\n\nPakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has said his government will investigate citizens linked to the leak. Hundreds of Pakistanis, including members of Mr Khan's cabinet, are said to have had secretly moved wealth through offshore companies.\n\nUpdate 3 December 2021: Following publication, Mr and Mrs Chernukhin have made legal complaints about this article. They say that the article is defamatory of them. In their complaint, they have told the BBC that no deal (corrupt or otherwise) was ultimately concluded with Mayor Luzhkov in respect of the properties in Moscow.\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC and has led to one of the biggest ever global investigations. More than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app.\n\nWatch Pandora Papers: Political Donors Exposed on BBC One at 19.35 BST on Monday (UK viewers only) or later on iPlayer", "The lifeboat at Harwich returned to base after taking part in a search\n\nTwo men travelling in a small boat in the North Sea have been rescued while a search for a third person has ended.\n\nThe Home Office said two Somali nationals were rescued and a dinghy recovered during a search off the Harwich coast in Essex on Monday.\n\nA spokesperson said the rescued men were being processed within the immigration rules.\n\nBorder Force and RNLI lifeboat crews were involved in the search co-ordinated by the Coastguard.\n\nThe Home Office said the \"extensive\" search and rescue operation for a man reported to have entered the water concluded at about 14:00 BST.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"While the investigation into this incident continues, it is a reminder of the extreme dangers of crossing the Channel in small boats and the callous disregard for life shown by the criminal gangs.\"\n\nThe government department added it remained \"determined to do everything we can to prevent people dying in the Channel\".\n\nHM Coastguard said it sent the coastguard helicopter to the incident off Harwich\n\nThe Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said a helicopter and a plane were involved in the search.\n\nIt is understood RNLI lifeboats were launched from Harwich, Frinton and Walton to help in the search on Monday and again on Tuesday morning.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFlooding triggered by a powerful storm has overwhelmed the Sicilian city of Catania, killing at least two people.\n\nFierce storms battered southern Italy for a third day on Tuesday, leaving roads completely submerged in parts of the island of Sicily.\n\nDramatic video from Catania showed water gushing through the streets as floods engulfed the city.\n\nForecasters say eastern Sicily is being hit by a rare Mediterranean hurricane, known as a Medicane.\n\nItaly's Department for Civil Protection issued its most severe weather warning for parts of Sicily and neighbouring Calabria on Tuesday.\n\nThe agency warned of potential risk to life and damage to property from heavy rain, thunderstorms and gale force winds in those areas.\n\nScientists say climate change caused by human activity is making extreme weather events more frequent and intense.\n\nThe mayor of Catania, Salvo Pogliese, said eastern parts of Sicily were experiencing exceptional weather events \"unprecedented\" in their intensity.\n\nCiting the \"seriousness of the situation\", the mayor ordered the closure of all businesses in Catania except essential services until midnight on Tuesday.\n\n\"I urge the entire population to not leave home except for emergency reasons, because roads are overrun by water,\" the mayor posted on Facebook.\n\nThe streets in the centre of Catania were flooded after heavy rain\n\nItalian media reported the death of a 53-year-old man who was found under a car after torrential rains swept through the town of Gravina, north of Catania.\n\nThe deaths come after the body of a 67-year-old man was found on Monday. Rescuers are still searching for his 54-year-old wife, who was swept away along with her husband by flood waters in the town of Scordia, also near Catania, on Sunday.\n\nThe rain has deluged historic parts of Catania, turning its Via Etnea high street into a river and its squares into lakes.\n\nForecasters say a rare Mediterranean storm is pounding eastern parts of Sicily\n\nA blackout has left homes and businesses without electricity, while schools have been closed in the city and nearby towns.\n\nLa Repubblica newspaper said flooding forced the evacuation of some buildings belonging to Catania's Garibaldi hospital.\n\n\"The emergency situation is widespread and extremely critical and it does not seem to be improving,\" a spokesman for the fire service told Reuters news agency.\n\nItalian weather website iLMeteo said the storm was expected to gradually worsen throughout the week, bringing more heavy rains and flooding on Thursday and Friday.\n\nOnly a medical emergency led me to leave home this morning, while a Medicane (a so-called Mediterranean Hurricane) hit Catania and surrounding areas.\n\nWith my toddler and my pensioner dad, I reached my GP in Gravina di Catania with my Fiat Panda never going faster than 12mph (20kph).\n\nWe had to reverse a couple of times and find alternative routes when the streets turned into rivers and lakes, with the water from blocked drains reaching my window. Some road drains are still clogged by the volcanic ash from nearby Mount Etna, which has erupted 52 times this year.\n\nI had no idea that a 53-year-old man had died minutes before in the same area, swept away from his car after a minor car accident.\n\nI returned home as soon as possible, relieved to be safe and sound but worried about my loved ones still at work in Catania city centre. I know many of them decided to stay safe indoors at their workplace, even after their working hours, waiting for the storm to pass.\n\nBusinesses and schools have been ordered to close in Catania", "Sisters Bibaa Henry (left) and Nicole Smallman were found in bushes by friends\n\nThe Met Police has apologised to the family of two murdered sisters for failings in the way it responded when they were reported missing.\n\nDanyal Hussein, 19, killed Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, at Fryent Country Park in Wembley, north-west London, on 6 June 2020.\n\nA missing persons log was incorrectly closed and inquiries were not progressed, an investigation has found.\n\nThe sisters' mother said the apology was 10 months too late.\n\nTheir bodies were found by Ms Smallman's boyfriend the day after they had been reported missing to police.\n\nAn investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) found the Met's response following calls from worried friends and family of the missing sisters was \"below the standard that it should have been\".\n\nMina Smallman, the sisters' mother, said the Met had shown \"incompetent, reprehensible and blatant disregard of agreed procedures regarding missing persons\" during its investigation.\n\nCommissioner Dame Cressida Dick said a better response would have saved their family and friends \"immeasurable pain\".\n\n\"While we know that very sadly Nicola and Bibaa had been murdered in the early hours of Saturday 6 June 2020, before they were reported missing, if we had responded better we may have saved their friends and family immeasurable pain,\" she said.\n\n\"I am very sorry that the level of service we provided fell short.\"\n\nThe pair were reported missing on Saturday, 7 June after attending a birthday celebration the previous evening but an inspector closed the logs after receiving information that was not accurately recorded.\n\nThe pair had been celebrating a birthday before they were killed\n\nThe IOPC said a search by the sisters' families and friends of their last known location led to the discovery of their bodies in Fryent Country Park, Wembley on Sunday - 36 hours after the party.\n\nSpeaking about the apology, the sister's mother said: \"We're not the only parties who suffered mental anguish at the hands of the Met's incompetent, reprehensible and blatant disregard of agreed procedures regarding missing persons.\"\n\nMs Smallman added that the on-duty call handler had made \"inappropriate and manipulating assertions, which led to cancellation of the missing persons report.\n\n\"We're also of the view that his unprofessional comments about the picnic suggests racial profiling, misogyny or classism.\"\n\nDame Cressida said she contacted the family to ask if they would allow her or another senior officer to visit to apologise in person.\n\nHowever, Ms Smallman said: \"Sorry is something you say when you comprehend the wrong you do and take full responsibility for it. Demonstrating that by taking appropriate proportionate action which to our minds is not going to happen.\n\n\"The investigation was not handled appropriately. The apology should have been done face-to-face and not nearly 10 months later.\"\n\nThis is one of the last photographs taken of the sisters, only moments before they were attacked\n\nThe IOPC investigation found an inspector closed the police logs after receiving information about the sisters' possible whereabouts from a family member.\n\nHowever, that information was \"inaccurately\" recorded by a communications supervisor, so the inquiries were not progressed properly.\n\nThe inspector told the IOPC it had been one of \"the most challenging shifts of his career\" with 16 missing persons reports and an under-capacity unit due to the pandemic.\n\nThe force said it agreed its service the weekend the sisters went missing was \"below the standard it should have been\".\n\nIt said no misconduct was found by an officer and two members of police staff but there would be action taken over their performance, which was found to be inadequate.\n\nThere was no suggestion racial bias played any part in how the missing persons reports were dealt with, it said.\n\nResponding to the IOPC report, Barry Gardiner, MP for Brent North, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"The Met really does need to have a root and branch reform in the way in which it operates, the way in which it treats people and it needs to ground itself much better in the community.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Afro comb designer would have \"loved to be taught by a black woman\"\n\nA woman launching an innovative new comb for afro hair wants to use her experience to get other young black women into engineering.\n\n\"I would have loved a young me to have been taught by a black woman,\" said Swansea-based Youmna Mouhamad.\n\nShe received an enterprise fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering to help her develop the product.\n\nFewer than 2% of engineers are women from ethnic minorities.\n\n\"I want to be part of the change, so that a young person that comes after me is in a place where they feel much more heard and much more accepted,\" said Youmna.\n\nShe was doing a PhD in physics when she first got the idea for the Nyfasi Deluxe Detangler, which provides an easier way of conditioning natural afro hair.\n\nYoumna supported her studies by working as a nanny and the little girl she looked after used to cry with pain when her hair was washed and conditioned.\n\n\"The whole house would be full of tears,\" she remembers. \"I wanted her to have a better experience.\n\n\"I shifted to engineering because I always had a desire to work on things that I can touch with my hands, and I love the process of taking an idea and actually creating something.\"\n\nEngineer and businesswoman Youmna Mouhamad wants young women from ethnic minorities to follow in her footsteps\n\nOnce Youmna had developed a prototype she looked for women with afro hair to join a focus group to test it.\n\nLenient and her nine-year-old daughter, Goodness, were among the volunteers.\n\n\"I have got three girls and I do their hair myself,\" said Lenient.\n\n\"The washing process is dreadful because they don't want to. Why? Because it's quite painful for them, especially the combing part.\"\n\n\"And this detangler, the first time I tried it, it was really easy.\"\n\nGoodness agreed, adding: \"The normal comb feels like someone is pulling your hair, when it's tangled it hurts. But with this comb, it's very soft and easy to untangle.\"\n\nFocus group volunteer Charlotte Ajomale-Evans says Youmna is already mentoring her\n\nWhile Youmna is excited about the rave reviews, she doesn't just want to launch a new business, she also wants to be a role model for other women from ethnic minorities to follow in her footsteps.\n\n\"My huge passion in personal development is actually empowering other people.\"\n\nShe says her experience as a black woman student in science and technology was difficult at times.\n\n\"When I was going through it, I thought it was me. I didn't think it was the environment.\n\n\"But when I spoke to other [black] students, it really got to me because it was like 'oh my God, you know, it's not you!'\n\n\"I never had a single black teacher, and that does a lot because of the simple fact of saying 'if she can be there, so can I'.\"\n\nThe comb aims to detangle hair without the tears\n\nYoumna is being mentored in launching her business by Prof Dylan Jones-Evans at the University of South Wales.\n\nHe hopes Youmna's success will encourage more people from ethnic minorities into entrepreneurship in Wales and the rest of the UK.\n\n\"Many of them don't have the right role models, but slowly that's changing,\" he says\n\n\"I see Youmna over the next few years - and she is already - being a role model for so many people.\"\n\nAnother volunteer in the focus group, Charlotte Ajomale-Evans, said Youmna was already mentoring her.\n\n\"I just made friends with her and she's taken me on board and taught me a lot about developing and speaking out, especially in regard to racism.\"\n\n\"And she's also taught me to look after my hair, which is quite important.\"", "The Queen has been told by her doctors to rest for two weeks and only undertake light duties until mid-November.\n\nEarlier this month, she spent a night in hospital for some medical investigations - her first overnight hospital stay in eight years.\n\nBut that followed a particularly busy few weeks of public engagements across the UK for the 95-year-old monarch.\n\nThe Queen began the month at her Balmoral Estate in Scotland, where she helped to plant a tree with the Prince of Wales.\n\nThe pair were promoting their campaign urging people across the UK to plant a tree ahead of the Platinum Jubilee next year. She and Prince Charles met primary school children during the event.\n\nPrince Charles, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland, planted a tree with his mother for the Queen's Green Canopy campaign\n\nThe monarch spoke with schoolchildren from Crathie Primary at the event\n\nThe following day, the Queen was more than 100 miles away in Edinburgh for the opening of the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament.\n\nIt was the first time she had attended the ceremony without Prince Philip, who died this year aged 99. During her speech, she spoke of her deep affection for Scotland.\n\nA few days later, the Queen held audiences with diplomats from Belize and Greece over video call.\n\nThe same day, she met members of the Canadian Army at Windsor Castle at an event to mark the 150th anniversary of the A and B batteries of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. She later had a telephone call with Boris Johnson.\n\nThe Queen presented the Captain General's Sword to representatives of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery\n\nThe Queen then travelled to London to attend the launch of the Commonwealth Games baton relay at Buckingham Palace.\n\nIt was her first major event at Buckingham Palace since the Covid pandemic began and she was joined by her youngest son, Prince Edward.\n\nThe Queen placed a message in the baton, which will travel through 72 Commonwealth nations and territories ahead of the Games in 2022\n\nA few days later she attended a church service at Westminster Abbey to mark the centenary of The Royal British Legion.\n\nAccompanied by the Princess Royal, she was seen using a walking stick as she arrived via the Poet's Yard entrance.\n\nThe Westminster Abbey service was thought to be the first time the Queen had used a stick at a major public event\n\nThe Queen welcomed pianist Dame Imogen Cooper to Buckingham Palace, presenting her with The Queen's Medal for Music for 2019.\n\nShe also held three other audiences.\n\nThe Queen's Medal for Music is awarded each year and 2019's went to English classical pianist Imogen Cooper\n\nThe following day, the Queen travelled to Cardiff to open the sixth term of the Senedd.\n\nIt was her first visit to Wales in five years, and she praised the spirit of the Welsh people during the pandemic.\n\nWhile there, she was overheard appearing to say she was irritated by people who \"talk\" but \"don't do\" anything on climate change.\n\nA 21-gun salute in Cardiff Bay marked the Queen's arrival in the city\n\nBy Saturday she was back in England - attending Champions Day at Ascot racecourse in Berkshire.\n\nThe Queen has a lifelong love of horseracing\n\nThe Queen held a virtual audience with the new governor-general of New Zealand Dame Cindy Kiro. The governor-general's role is to act as the Queen's representative in New Zealand.\n\nOn Tuesday she had two virtual audiences during the day with the Japanese ambassador and the EU ambassador.\n\nThen in the evening she was back at Windsor Castle hosting a reception for guests attending the Global Investment Summit, including billionaire business leaders like Microsoft's Bill Gates.\n\nThe Queen was joined by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge at the reception", "Forensics officers were working at the Regency Court site on Sunday\n\nDetectives investigating the deaths of two boys have released five men initially arrested on suspicion of murder.\n\nThe two teenagers were found fatally injured in Regency Court, Brentwood, at about 01:30 BST on Sunday.\n\nEssex Police said three men, aged 19, 20 and 21, are still being questioned in connection with the deaths.\n\nFour other men have been released and face no further action. A fifth man was released under investigation.\n\nAlex Burghart, the Conservative MP for Brentwood and Ongar, said the boys who died were both 16 years old.\n\nThe BBC understands they are suspected to have suffered stab wounds but this has not been confirmed by police.\n\nDet Ch Inspector Stuart Truss said: \"Our investigation is progressing well and we are building a picture of the circumstances which led up to the boys' death.\n\n\"We have seized more than 200 hours of CCTV footage and are now methodically going through it.\"\n\nHe said it was being treated as an isolated incident with no risk to the wider public but that extra police patrols were under way to reassure people in the area.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Emily Maitlis has been harassed by Edward Vines since the 1990s, a court heard\n\nA stalker who has had a \"persistent and obsessive fixation\" with Emily Maitlis for more than 25 years has written more letters to her from jail, a court has heard.\n\nJurors were told Edward Vines expressed his \"unrequited love\" for the BBC Newsnight presenter in recent letters.\n\nNottingham Crown Court heard he would \"continue to brood and to write letters in prison\", unless she spoke to him about \"her behaviour in 1990\".\n\nVines met Ms Maitlis while they were studying at Cambridge University\n\nVines is accused of six counts of attempting to breach a restraining order between May 2020 and September 2021 by writing from HMP Nottingham.\n\nThe court heard Vines attempted to breach his restraining order - to not contact Ms Maitlis, her husband, children or parents - by writing to Ms Maitlis and her mother.\n\nHowever, all six letters were intercepted by prison staff.\n\nJurors were also told Vines had \"systematically and with increasing frequency\" breached two separate restraining orders imposed on him in 2002 and 2009.\n\nProsecutor Ian Way said the case had a \"long and unhappy history\".\n\nHe said: \"His compulsive behaviour towards her resulted in a conviction against him before the West London Magistrates' Court on the 19th September 2002 for pursuing a course of conduct which amounted to harassment.\"\n\nHe said Vines pleaded guilty and was made the subject of a restraining order prohibiting him from having any contact with Ms Maitlis.\n\nAfter he sent Ms Maitlis two e-mails in 2008, a new restraining order was put in place to include Ms Maitlis, her husband, children and parents in 2009.\n\nHe now has a total of 12 breaches to his name and seven separate prosecutions, excluding the current alleged offences, the court heard.\n\nThe court heard Vines has a total of 12 breaches to his name, excluding the current alleged offences\n\nTalking about the content of a six-page hand-written letter penned by Vines in December last year, Mr Way said he wrote about how he felt Ms Maitlis owed him a response as to what had happened between them at university in 1990.\n\nMr Way added: \"He expressed his unrequited love for her and criticised her for not responding to his constant questioning.\n\n\"He accused her of lying about him in a statement which had resulted in everyone taking her side to his detriment, stating that he had been badly represented in the past and could not appeal as a result.\"\n\nAddressing the jury, he said: \"It is not reasonable to constantly attempt to communicate with someone who does not want to hear from you.\"\n\nMr Way added: \"The prosecution case is incredibly straightforward.\n\n\"It is not about whether she is being harassed. It is whether he has an excuse to breach the order and the crown say he does not.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEx-minister Owen Paterson could be suspended from the Commons for 30 days after an MPs' watchdog found he had \"repeatedly\" used his position as an MP to benefit two companies who paid him as a consultant.\n\nThe watchdog described his actions as \"an egregious case of paid advocacy\".\n\nIn reply, the Conservative MP said: \"The process I have been subjected to does not comply with natural justice.\"\n\n\"I am not guilty and a fair process would exonerate me,\" he added.\n\nMr Paterson said the process was \"a major contributory factor\" in the death of his wife, Rose, who took her own life last year.\n\nThe committee said the allegations related to events which took place before Mrs Paterson's death.\n\nThe Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone opened an investigation into the North Shropshire MP following accusations he had lobbied on behalf of two companies who employed him.\n\nHer report said he was a paid consultant to Randox and Lynn's Country Foods and had made approaches to the Food Standards Agency and Department for International Development ministers about the companies.\n\nThe commissioner also found Mr Paterson had breached the MPs' code of conduct by using his parliamentary office on 16 occasions for meetings relating to his outside business interests between October 2016 and February 2020 - and in sending two letters relating to business interests on House of Commons headed notepaper.\n\nThe report noted that there was no immediate financial benefit secured by the two companies, but that Mr Paterson's approaches could \"clearly have conferred significant benefits on Randox and Lynn's in the long term and even in the short term secured meetings that would not have been available without Mr Paterson's involvement\".\n\nThe Standards Committee recommended that Mr Paterson, who is a former Northern Ireland Secretary, be suspended from Parliament for 30 sitting days, which will now be debated.\n\nIf an MP is suspended for more than 10 sitting days by a parliamentary committee, this can automatically trigger a recall petition - something which could lead to a by-election in their seat.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, the former environment secretary said he was \"absolutely stunned\" by the report's recommendations.\n\nHe said he had wanted to alert the environment department about carcinogenic products in milk and ham, defending his actions as \"absolutely right\" and arguing that it had \"saved lives\".\n\n\"If it happened again this morning, I would do it again,\" he added.\n\nThe MP accused the commissioner and the committee of not talking to him until months into the investigation and failing to hear from his 17 witnesses.\n\nHe claims he was pronounced guilty by the commissioner \"without being spoken to\" and that \"no proper investigation was undertaken\".\n\nThe BBC has been told the committee interviewed Mr Paterson and reviewed all the witness statements he provided, while the commissioner offered Mr Paterson an interview but he didn't proceed with it.\n\nA spokesperson for Randox said it was aware of the report, adding: \"Randox does not wish, or need, to comment on this investigation. This is a matter for Mr Paterson and the relevant parliamentary authorities.\"\n\nA spokesperson for Lynn's Country Foods said the company would not be making a statement.\n\nIn Mr Paterson's response to the committee report he said: \"I lost my beloved wife of 40 years and this process was a major contributory factor.\"\n\nHe said the way the investigation was conducted \"undoubtedly played a major role\", saying: \"Rose would ask me despairingly every weekend about the progress of the inquiry, convinced that the investigation would go to any lengths to somehow find me in the wrong.\"\n\nMr Paterson told the BBC the investigation had \"destroyed the last quarter of my life\" and that his wife had been \"very rattled\" by the inquiry.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Owen Paterson says his family has been left in \"anguish and misery\" after his wife took her own life\n\nIn the report, the committee said it was \"painfully conscious that Mr Paterson lost his wife in tragic circumstances in June 2020\".\n\n\"We wish to express our deepest sympathy to him for his loss - this last year must have been very distressing for him and we have taken these circumstances fully into account in considering Mr Paterson's conduct during the period of the investigation.\"\n\nHowever, the committee said the allegations related to conduct prior to Mrs Paterson's death and that \"it is these allegations on which we are required to adjudicate, impartially, without fear or favour, and with a sole eye to the rules of the House and the requirements of natural justice\".\n\nIt added that it was \"very possible that grief and distress caused by this event has affected the way in which Mr Paterson approached the Commissioner's investigation thereafter\".\n\nThe committee also noted other mitigating factors including Mr Paterson's ill health.\n\nThe committee said Mr Paterson's \"evident passion for and expertise\" in food and farming was \"admirable\" but warned it should be \"channelled within the rules of the House\".\n\nListing \"aggravating factors\" that influenced the recommended punishment for Mr Paterson, it said: \"No previous case of paid advocacy has seen so many breaches or such a clear pattern of behaviour in failing to separate private and public interests.\"\n\nIt added that \"Mr Paterson's financial remuneration from Randox and Lynn's amounted to nearly three times his annual parliamentary salary\" and that during the investigation Mr Paterson had \"made serious, personal, and unsubstantiated allegations against the integrity of the commissioner and her team\".", "Tom Hanks typed a letter to Tom Hodges calling him his \"hero\"\n\nAn Edinburgh bookshop owner has been hailed a hero by Hollywood actor Tom Hanks for \"keeping typewriters alive\".\n\nTom Hodges typed a letter to the film star this summer and received a reply from the actor praising his work.\n\nThe 35-year-old has invited Hanks to visit his shop, Typewronger Books, while the National Museum of Scotland's typewriting exhibition is on show.\n\nMr Hodges, Scotland's only typewriter mechanic, said he was \"overjoyed\" to receive the letter.\n\nHe told BBC Scotland: \"The reason this is cool for me is not the same as it is for everyone else.\n\n\"He might be a big Hollywood actor but for me it's all about his love of typewriters.\n\n\"There are a few typewriter geeks, such as Ben Aleshire in New Orleans and Luke Winter who has the Glasgow Story Wagon, but Tom Hanks gets the crown.\"\n\nTom Hanks has collected typewriters since he was a teenager\n\nMr Hodges typed the letter to Hanks about two months ago from his grandfather's old Remington Noiseless typewriter explaining all about his life and how he came to be a typewriter mechanic and \"geek\". He also inserted an origami dragon that he had made.\n\nMr Hodges said: \"I told him how I had run away from Edinburgh to live a Bohemian life in Paris and lived as a Tumbleweed at the Shakespeare and Company bookshop.\n\n\"It is a bookshop in Paris where you can sleep and live there. You turn up and if they have a space you can stay.\n\n\"The tradition there is to be kind to strangers lest they be angels in disguise. I arrived dressed like a mad parrot in all my colours and floor-length coat.\n\n\"I think it was a very good disguise as they let me stay. It has lots of nooks and crannies you can sleep in.\n\n\"They had old decrepit typewriters and it was there I taught myself to fix them so I could encourage the other Tumbleweeds to write on them.\"\n\nThe letter from Tom Hanks includes an x'd out mistake\n\nOn headed notepaper from the set of the Baz Luhrman-directed Elvis biopic, Hanks celebrated Mr Hodges for \"battling against the giants to sell the best of books - and keep typewriters alive\" as he hinted he may pay the capital a visit in the near future.\n\nMr Hodges said he was very curious when the letter arrived at his shop.\n\n\"I had no idea it was from him,\" he said. \"I get letters from all over the world and then I saw the letterhead and thought 'interesting'.\n\n\"Then inside it said Tom Hodges you are my hero and I flipped to the bottom and there was Tom Hanks' name.\n\n\"It was a proper type-written letter with his mistakes x'd out.\n\n\"Typewriter mechanics hate Tipp-ex because it gets in the mechanics so it was great to see he had x'd out his mistakes instead.\"\n\nHanks' letter had the insignia of The King's notorious manager Colonel Tom Parker - set to be portrayed by the actor in the film due for release next year - as he wrote the letter from that set.\n\nIn a 2019 interview with the New York Times, Hanks said he had collected typewriters since he was a teenager.\n\nAt one point he had hundreds of the machines, which he described as \"brilliant combinations of art and engineering.\" He now has 120.\n\nMr Hodges said: \"I hope he gets to see the [typewriter] exhibition at one point.\n\n\"It would be lovely to meet him. He seems like a really wonderful man.\n\n\"I would want to talk to him about typewriters an awful lot.\n\n\"I'm overjoyed with his letter, it's a marvellous thing.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nUS Open champion Emma Raducanu says \"everyone should be patient\" as she attempts this week to earn a first win since her Grand Slam success.\n\nThe 18-year-old Briton stunned the sport by lifting the title in New York last month, despite never having won a WTA match in her fledgling career.\n\nIn her only game since, she lost in the second round at Indian Wells and on Tuesday plays in the Transylvania Open.\n\n\"I am going to find my tennis, I just need a little bit of time,\" she said.\n\nRaducanu, seeded third in the event, plays Slovenia's world number 124 Polona Hercog at about 17:00 BST on Tuesday.\n\nStill without a coach after parting ways with Andrew Richardson, who helped her triumph in New York, she is aiming for a first victory in a WTA event.\n\nRaducanu has lost in the opening round at previous tournaments in Nottingham, San Diego and Indian Wells.\n\n\"I don't think there is any pressure on me,\" said the world number 23. \"I feel like everyone should just be a little patient with me.\n\n\"I feel like I am the same person. I still go out there, approaching the same as before.\n\n\"I am really enjoying my tennis right now. I feel it will be in a great place. In the long term, I know it will be up and down, the past few weeks I have learned a lot about myself.\"\n\nRaducanu hopes to appoint a new coach before the 2022 season and has been training with Johanna Konta's former coach Esteban Carril this month.\n\nThe Spaniard, who helped Konta climb into the world's top 20, is not with Raducanu in Cluj-Napoca this week.\n\nInstead she says she is learning to coach herself in Romania, which is where her father Ian was born.\n\nRaducanu's grandmother lives in Bucharest and the teenager got a warm welcome in Cluj-Napoca, where she spoke in Romanian to the crowd after a practice session at the weekend.\n\n\"I am really excited for the next chapter. This end of the season and the next year I can play on the tour, like a full year, and that is the most exciting thing,\" she added.\n\n\"Patience is key. Because, as I said, there are a lot of lows, where you learn about your game. You adjust to each level gradually.\n\n\"I kind of went from zero to the top of the game. So, it's obviously going to take some time to adjust and adapt but hopefully with some good work I will be able to do that.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Greg Jenner and guests examine the man credited with Britain's first curry house\n• None Besides Gary Neville what frustrates Jamie Carragher most?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as people try desperately to flee\n\nAfghans, including former officials and activists, are calling on the UK government to announce when its new resettlement scheme will open.\n\nMany fearful for their safety under the Taliban regime say they are worried for their lives while they wait to find out if they are eligible to come to the UK.\n\nOne man currently in hiding in the country told the BBC: \"The more we wait the more in danger we are.\"\n\nMinister Victoria Atkins told MPs the scheme was not being paused.\n\nThe Home Office minister said: \"While we appreciate the need to act quickly it is also important that we do this properly and ensure any scheme meets the needs of those it is being set up to support.\"\n\nMeanwhile, shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy has written to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to raise \"serious concerns\", saying that months after the official evacuation ended thousands of people are still stranded in Afghanistan.\n\nMs Truss faces questions from MPs in Parliament on Tuesday, the first time in her new role.\n\nThe government announced a new Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) on 18 August, and committed to re-house 5,000 vulnerable Afghans in the UK in the first year, and 20,000 in the coming years. It is not yet open.\n\nThat scheme is separate to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) that launched on 1 April to resettle people who worked for the UK in Afghanistan.\n\nThe BBC has spoken to Afghans who are waiting to find out if they will be eligible for the scheme, one who talks about his family home being raided by the Taliban, and another who reports family members being threatened.\n\nAll their names have been changed to protect their anonymity.\n\nMohammed, who is in hiding in Afghanistan, is an alumnus of the Chevening scholarship scheme, the government programme that funds masters degrees at UK universities for foreign students with leadership potential.\n\nIn August, he and other Chevening alumni were told they - and current scholars - would be a priority for the first wave of evacuations and provided the UK government with their details.\n\nBut they are not sure if they will be eligible for the new ACRS scheme.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"The fact that it has taken so long is one concern, but the fact we don't even know if we will be considered for the scheme is a bigger concern for us.\"\n\nHe fears that \"the more we wait the more in danger we are, the more risk we face\" and worries that because Chevening scholars and alumni were previously prioritised for evacuation they have been identified as a group with a strong affiliation to the UK.\n\n\"It's been more than a month now that I and many other Chevening alumni like me are hiding in our houses and we are fearing persecution if we step out.\n\n\"We are trying to limit our interactions - we have had very limited interaction with our friends and relatives.\"\n\nHe added that if \"you go out and you talk to someone and they find you - it's over for you\".\n\n\"If I stay here - that's the end of life. I can't go out, I can't get a job, I can't work, study - nothing at all. That's something to think about later. Right now - it's our lives that are in danger.\"\n\nAmina is also a Chevening alumni and feels particularly at risk from the Taliban because of her work as a women's rights campaigner and because she is from the Hazara community - an ethnic group who have been persecuted.\n\n\"The thing that makes me really worried is that they know about my identity, my background in Afghanistan, and my work experience. I'm a Chevening scholar alumni, before I was a women's rights advocate.\"\n\nAmina was contacted by the Home Office in the summer - identified as an individual at risk - and provided them with all the details of her and her dependents. But she says she hasn't heard back from the UK government since mid-August.\n\nAhmad worked for the Afghan government security services and is currently hiding in Afghanistan. He shared videos with BBC News that show his family home after being raided by the Taliban.\n\nHe received an email on 20 August from the Foreign Office asking for his details but he has not heard from them since.\n\n\"On the fourth day of the Taliban in Kabul, we left our home and hid in a safe and secret place since then because my mother was also an adviser to the intelligence service department of Afghanistan.\"\n\nHe said his \"main fear\" is that the Taliban will arrest, torture or kill former government employees.\n\nA Taliban fighter stands guard at the market in Kabul\n\nAli also worked for the Afghan government and gave his details to the Home Office one and a half months before leaving Afghanistan but had no response. After Kabul fell to the Taliban he fled to a third country, gave the Home Office his details, and was told he was a priority for evacuation - but has not had contact since.\n\nHis family are still in Afghanistan and he says they have been threatened by the Taliban.\n\n\"Every single, or every two days, they are going to our offices, to our homes to find us or to find one of our family members. Every single day I worry about their lives, about their security.\n\n\"I fought many years against the Taliban - it was also about ISIS, al-Qaeda who were a big worry for Afghanistan and a big worry for the world.\n\n\"The world did not remain a good soldier and a good friend to Afghanistan. Especially to people like me who were in the frontline and who were defending the world from terrorism.\"\n\nMs Nandy said: \"Many of them [Afghans waiting to hear] are people who helped us, British nationals, or the dependents of those who helped us - who are now being targeted by the Taliban and in some cases hunted door to door,\" she said.\n\nShe said when Parliament was recalled in August the \"only concrete commitment\" the prime minister and former foreign secretary Dominic Raab made was \"to respond to every email from members of parliament raising urgent cases of people who were stranded in Afghanistan\".\n\nShe said: \"They promised to do that by the beginning of September, that promise was not met, now the Foreign Office is writing to MPs asking them not to raise cases any more and signposting them to a scheme run by the Home Office that isn't even open yet.\"\n\nShe has written to the new foreign secretary to ask her to \"get a grip on the mess that she was left when she took office\".\n\nForeign Affairs committee chair Tom Tugendhat said: \"Those who stood with us now need us to stand with them but every day of delay costs lives. We've been pressing the government for clarity urgently to protect our friends and their families.\"\n\nIn the Commons, Conservative MP Caroline Nokes said Afghans who had arrived in the UK were \"desperately\" looking for information on how the ACRS was going to work to help family members join them.\n\nAnd Green Party MP Caroline Lucas told the BBC that when she told the Foreign Office about British nationals still stranded she was met with \"deafening silence\".\n\n\"Of the seven British nationals I have been in contact with who are still in Afghanistan, none of them according to the responses I've received, were actually registered with the FCDO as being British nationals stranded in Afghanistan,\" she said.\n\n\"This is despite me sending multiple messages to the FCDO and Home Office, and most of the British nationals also making enquiries directly themselves to the FCDO contact points in the public domain.\"\n\nOne former ambassador to Afghanistan, Sir Nick Kay, said he has \"daily\" requests from Afghans in hiding \"in very perilous situations\" asking for help: \"At the moment all I can do is point them towards the Home Office website for the ACRS.\n\n\"Very high up on the screen there is the simple statement that 'this scheme is not yet operational'.\n\n\"There is no date for when they can apply. And there is no clarity for the criteria there will be for the scheme.\n\n\"So really I feel frustrated but, more than that, these Afghans feel incredibly at risk, their lives have been turned upside down, they would just like some clarity from the UK government, a clear timeframe and some action rather than just the words.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has told MPs the Budget begins the work to prepare for a new economy post Covid, as he delivers his speech in the Commons.\n\nSpending plans for transport, health and education have been unveiled in the press.\n\nMr Sunak is under pressure to help people with the cost of living.\n\nSources say he will adjust the universal credit taper rate, meaning those working will be able to take home more of the money they earn.\n\nA £20 a week top up to the benefit was cut earlier this month, but details of any changes have yet to be announced.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer will not be responding to the Budget, as the leader of the opposition is normally expected to do, as he is isolating after testing positive for Covid. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set out Labour's response instead.\n\nAccording to Downing Street, Mr Sunak told the cabinet on Wednesday morning that his Budget \"will deliver a stronger economy for the British people\" with the \"levelling-up\" agenda - spreading prosperity around the country - a \"golden thread\" running through it.\n\nThe chancellor is under pressure to reveal more about the economic outlook, with government debt soaring to record peace time levels in the wake of the pandemic.\n\nAnd he will deliver a three-year spending review alongside his Budget.\n\nThe Treasury has asked departments to find \"at least 5% of savings and efficiencies from their day-to-day budgets\" - so it is clear not every area will get the same treatment.\n\nPolicies already unveiled from the chancellor's Budget include:\n\nYou can read more on the announcements the government has already made here.\n\nOne of the pre-announced policies is the end to a pay freeze for public sector workers - such as teachers, nurses and police officers - but ministers have so far refused to say whether it will be a real-terms rise by being higher than inflation.\n\nPay for most frontline workforces is set by independent pay review bodies and No 10 has said it could not \"prejudge that process\".\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle was furious about the number of spending plans that were given to the media before Mr Sunak's big speech - they are traditionally meant to be announced in Parliament so MPs can challenge and scrutinise them. Deputy Speaker Eleanor Laing echoed the reproof just before the Chancellor got to his feet.\n\nA No 10 spokesman said they \"recognised the importance of parliamentary scrutiny\" and they \"always listen very carefully to the Speaker\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Lindsay Hoyle says it is “not acceptable\" for ministers to give briefings to the media before Parliament.\n\nWhisper it. After the economy took an absolute hammering during the pandemic, might the chancellor tomorrow actually be in a much cheerier political mood than he could have predicted?\n\nDuring his Budget warm-up in the last few days, Rishi Sunak has already totted up promises of around an extra £20bn of spending, as well as announcing how some of the cash that was already promised is going to be carved up.\n\nHold on for a second though. On the specifics, there is no guarantee that unfreezing the wages of 2.5 million workers in England will mean they get pay rises that aren't eroded by inflation.\n\nThe same goes for increases for workers on low pay, and cuts to universal credit will pinch too.\n\nHaving treated us all to cosy snaps of him and his Labrador, Nova, and him hard at work in his athleisure wear, Rishi Sunak wants to give the political impression that he's a chancellor we can all be comfortable with - careful with our money, but not afraid to spend it on things that matter, who has modern Tory instincts, but won't ditch the party's traditions.\n\nBut remember Budget warm-ups are just that. However many announcements there have already been, however carefully the photographs of the prep have been thought through and selected, what matters is what he actually says at lunchtime on Wednesday.\n\nWhat matters are the numbers - what's in black and white - in the end.\n\nRead more from Laura here.\n\nSir Keir Starmer tweeted: \"The Budget must take the pressure off working people.\n\n\"With costs growing and inflation rising, Labour would cut VAT on domestic energy bills immediately for six months.\n\n\"Unlike the Tories, we wouldn't hike taxes on working people and we'd ensure online giants pay their fair share.\"\n\nEx-Tory chancellor Philip Hammond told BBC Newscast the government should not use higher wages as \"a bung\" to secure the support of low income voters.\n\n\"The instinct to send a message to business that we need to invest more capital rather than just relying on cheap labour, I think is the right instinct, I would support that,\" he said.\n\nAdam Scorer, chief executive of fuel poverty charity National Energy Action, warned it was going to be a \"brutal and bitter winter for millions of householders\" who were unable to bear the costs of energy price rises.\n\nHe called for the chancellor to find a way to put some of the extra tax receipts raised by the price increases back in the pockets of the most vulnerable.", "Lowri Davies has taken part in protests in the Swansea area\n\nA Black Lives Matter activist said her trust was \"destroyed\" when police tried to recruit her as an informant.\n\nSwansea University law student Lowri Davies said she was called in March by a covert officer.\n\nThe anti-racism campaigner said she was confused to be asked to give details of far-right activists protesting at Black Lives Matter demonstrations.\n\nSouth Wales Police said a complaint referring to contact made by a covert officer was being considered.\n\nMs Davies received the call from the woman \"out of the blue\" on a Tuesday morning.\n\n\"She says that she is a covert police officer and she works for informants, usually with drugs and burglary and, in my case, the protests,\" she said.\n\n\"And she said that she was interested in other groups turning up and causing chaos in our protests and being not from our movement.\n\n\"But to be honest, I knew that this was a ruse, because what would I know about other groups... I've got no information on that - I'm a part of Black Lives Matters Swansea - the alt-right is not something that I'm very aware of.\"\n\nMs Davies did not think that by being an activist police would get in touch with her\n\nMs Davies said a meeting was arranged with the woman and a superior officer the following day.\n\nShe added: \"I was absolutely terrified, I can't really explain how terrified I was, I was so terrified that I just went completely numb.\"\n\nMs Davies spent 90 minutes with the officers and was asked about her family, BLM and the alt-right. She said she did not respond to follow-up phone calls.\n\nShe said the experience made her question herself, and she now had a \"vetting process\" in her head when new people came into her life.\n\nShe said she had a good working relationship with police on protests, but added: \"For them to turn around and almost 'good cop, bad cop' me really destroyed what I thought was going on.\"\n\nShe said she was surprised police would want to infiltrate her group.\n\n\"It really hits home when it's in the UK, and especially in Swansea. We're a small non-violent group... it was really, really confusing, scary and baffling,\" Ms Davies added.\n\nProtests have increased following the murder of George Floyd y a white police officer\n\nTim Brain, a former chief constable of the Gloucestershire force who now writes on police matters, said use of informants was now a \"highly regulated field\".\n\n\"They have to be recruited under a very strict regime where there is an authorising officer, a handler and a controller so there's a lot of oversight about the recruitment and the way an informant - or as they're now properly called, a covert human intelligence source - operates,\" he said.\n\n\"Think in terms of the old British crime dramas of the '70s or even the '80s and just forget all of that - the recruiting and the handling of a covert human intelligence source is now specialist work by a specialist unit within a police force.\"\n\nIn a statement, South Wales Police said it would \"neither confirm nor deny any specific details in relation to this matter\".\n\n\"A complaint has been received which refers to contact made by a covert officer. This is currently being considered by the force's professional standards department and therefore it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time,\" it said.\n\n\"The use of informants is a well-established and highly regulated tactic used by police forces across the country to protect the public. Their use is controlled within strict legal parameters by trained specialised staff and the accountability and protection of the informant and the public is paramount.\n\n\"Protest organisers have an obligation to liaise with police forces and South Wales Police has a proven track record in working with organisers to facilitate lawful protest while minimising disruption to the wider public.\"", "Sizewell C (lighter grey on the right) would be built next to Sizewell B\n\nFunding rules paving the way for a new major nuclear power station have been announced by the Business and Energy Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng.\n\nThe move is the latest stage in efforts to build the £20bn Sizewell C project in Suffolk.\n\nThe proposed plant is still subject to planning approval, but until now, the Treasury has been uncertain of how to pay for it.\n\nEven if the project is approved, it still faces strong local objections.\n\nThe government said the new financing model could help cut the cost of new nuclear power projects in Britain, saving consumers more than £30bn on each new large-scale station.\n\nThe proposals include electricity customers paying for part of nuclear schemes' costs upfront through bills.\n\nThe new model, known as RAB (Regulated Asset Base), has already been used to finance some large infrastructure projects, including the £4.2bn Thames Tideway \"super-sewer\".\n\nIt allows investors to receive returns before the projects have been completed.\n\nThe Treasury was initially reluctant to use the RAB model.\n\nNot only does it add money to consumer bills over the lifetime of the project, but it also leaves consumers vulnerable to cost overruns, which have plagued previous nuclear developments.\n\nHowever, contractor EDF Energy has been adamant that lessons learned on previous projects - and the fact that it is building an identical plant at Hinkley Point - have largely mitigated those risks, says BBC business editor Simon Jack.\n\nMr Kwarteng said the new funding model was a better way to finance such projects.\n\n\"The existing financing scheme led to too many overseas nuclear developers walking away from projects, setting Britain back years,\" he said.\n\n\"We urgently need a new approach to attract British funds and other private investors to back new large-scale nuclear power stations in the UK.\"\n\nEmployers' organisation the CBI said the new financing model was \"a crucial step in building a secure, affordable and greener energy system in the years ahead\".\n\n\"Getting new projects off the ground will be a huge boost to supply chains and can deliver jobs right across the UK,\" said Tom Thackray, director of the CBI's decarbonisation programme.\n\nThe Nuclear Industry Association said it would add a small levy to bills of no more than a few pounds during the early phase of construction and less than £1 a month over the course of a project.\n\nIt \"warmly welcomed\" the plan, adding it would also bring substantial savings in terms of CO2 emissions worth £526m a year at today's carbon prices, or £18 per year for every UK household.\n\nBut the high cost of big nuclear plants and the plummeting cost of renewables such as offshore wind make the project controversial.\n\nHowever, the enormous amount of low-carbon non-intermittent electricity that it produces is considered by the government to be an essential part of the UK's future energy mix as existing nuclear plants are phased out.\n\nThe recent intermittency of wind power has also made the case in ministers' minds for an \"always on\" part of the energy supply, our business editor adds.\n\nTogether, Hinkley and Sizewell C are expected to produce 14% of the UK's current electricity needs, but they are unlikely to be operational until the late 2030s.\n\nThe new funding plan has been greeted with dismay by campaigners against the proposed plant.\n\nAlison Downes of Stop Sizewell C described it as \"a desperate measure to attract investment\" for \"a project so toxic that no one wants to pay for it\".\n\nShe added: \"Compared to other energy solutions, Sizewell C is an expensive distraction - too damaging, too slow for our climate emergency and with serious question marks over its reactor technology.\"", "Ramadan Abedi left the UK for Libya with his wife a month before the Manchester Arena attack\n\nThe parents of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi are still living in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, where they are under surveillance by Libyan authorities, the BBC has confirmed.\n\nA Libyan security source said there is no evidence against the parents.\n\nBut the source added: \"We are watching the family, constantly. If anything happens we will know.\"\n\nRamadan Abedi and his wife Samia Tabbal are suspects in the case. They have not been charged with an offence in the UK.\n\nThe pair left the UK for Libya in April 2017, a month before the attack.\n\nRamadan was detained in Tripoli two days after the attack, but later released.\n\nA senior MI5 officer told the Manchester Arena Inquiry on Monday that he was \"likely\" to have influenced his son's extremist beliefs. In the past he has denied having links with Islamist militant groups or having any knowledge of the attack.\n\nHis fingerprints were found inside a car used by Salman Abedi and his brother Hashem to store explosives and bomb-making material.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nAs bereaved parents in Manchester keep searching for answers, and for justice, here in Tripoli the bombers' parents are keeping a low profile.\n\nBBC news has confirmed they still come and go from the family home on the outskirts of Tripoli, sometimes staying for a few days, sometimes for a week.\n\nThe two-storey house sits behind a breeze block wall down a rough side road. When we visited the house the tall metal gates were chained shut.\n\nThe only thing visible inside was an upturned wheelbarrow in the front yard. But a neighbour - who did not want to be identified - told us that Mr Abedi and his wife had been at the house just days before.\n\nThe Abedi family home is on the outskirts of Tripoli\n\nThe couple have refused to engage with the Manchester Arena inquiry, as has their oldest son Ismail. He managed to fly out of the UK on 29 August, evading a scheduled appearance. He missed a flight the day before, having been delayed by questioning from the police.\n\nSince then his whereabouts are unconfirmed, but there is speculation he may have come to Libya, where he has an extended family network.\n\nLibya's foreign minister Najla El-Mangoush - who is British born herself - told the BBC authorities in Libya and in Britain are in contact on this issue.\n\n\"I think there is collaboration between the general attorney office, and some figures in England related to this issue,\" she said.\n\n\"I am not sure if there is any positive outcome. We respect the judicial system and we don't want to interfere, but also we are willing to collaborate from a political perspective if there is anything we can do from our side.\"\n\nOfficials in Libya are keen to stress their willingness to co-operate with requests for help from Britain - if they receive any. Asked if she was aware of any requests for assistance with other possible suspects who might be in Libya, the minister replied \"not recently\".\n\nLibya extradited the bomber's brother Hashem Abedi in 2019. \"He didn't expect to be handed over to the British,\" a source in Libya told the BBC.\n\nHe is now serving 55 years for his role in the attack.", "Since 2016 more than 600 reports of officers abusing their powers for sexual purposes have led to over 200 investigations by the IOPC\n\nPolice officers and staff who abuse their position for a sexual purpose have \"no place in policing and will be found out\", a watchdog has warned.\n\nFigures from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for referrals made in England and Wales last year were nearly double the 2016 numbers.\n\nAbuse of Powers for a Sexual Purpose (APSP) referrals are the largest form of police corruption, the IOPC said.\n\nBetween 2016 and 2020, there were 643 referrals for abuse of position.\n\nThe National Police Chiefs Council defines APSP as: \"Any behaviour by a police officer or police staff member, whether on or off duty, that takes advantage of their position as a member of the police service to misuse their position, authority or powers in order to pursue a sexual or improper emotional relationship with any member of the public.\"\n\nLast year there were 131 referrals and 70 investigations. That compares to 74 referrals in 2016, which led to 10 investigations.\n\nBetween April 2018 and March 2021, 66 police officers and members of staff have faced disciplinary proceedings. Misconduct was proven in 63 cases.\n\nOf the 52 who faced the more serious charge of gross misconduct, 38 are no longer serving and barred from policing for life - six were later convicted of criminal offences.\n\nNot all APSP allegations will be covered by these figures as many incidents will be investigated by the police forces themselves.\n\nIOPC deputy director general Claire Bassett described these cases as an \"appalling abuse of the public's trust\", which has a \"devastating impact on the people involved, who are often in a vulnerable situation\".\n\nShe said: \"The police are there to help them, not exploit them.\n\n\"Recent events we have seen, including the horrific actions of Wayne Couzens, remind us that policing must act to root out this kind of behaviour once and for all.\"\n\nIn 2017 legislation was introduced setting out the criteria in which mandatory referrals to the watchdog should be made, including an explicit reference to APSP, which has led to the steep rise in the number of cases being reported, the IOPC said.\n\nAPSP is the \"single largest form of police corruption\" the watchdog explained, accounting for around a quarter of all referrals and almost 60% of investigations last year.\n\nChief Constable Lauren Poultney from the National Police Chiefs' Council said: \"There is no place in policing for those who abuse their position for a sexual purpose.\"\n\n\"Any case of such abuse is one too many, it is a serious betrayal of what policing stands for and its duty to protect the public.\"\n\nSeparate figures obtained after a Freedom of Information Request by BBC Newsnight show the number of complaints made about police officers accused of sexual misconduct across the UK.\n\nOf the 44 out of 46 UK forces who responded, 2,702 police officers have been accused of sexual misconduct in the last five years.\n\nDisciplinary action taken from these allegations ended with three per cent of cases in criminal court, eight per cent with an officer dismissed and a further eight per cent issued with a reprimand.\n\nNewsnight spoke to a victim of domestic violence who was exploited by a serving officer.\n\nJessica (not her real name) reported she had been blackmailed about sexually explicit images of her being posted on the internet.\n\nAn officer she believed to be investigating repeatedly asked her for the explicit videos and images and sent explicit images of himself in return - including while in uniform.\n\nHe had previously contacted another woman in a similar way and received training about forming inappropriate relationships.\n\nThe officer was dismissed after a police misconduct hearing and barred for five years.\n\nCaroline Nokes MP, chairwoman of the women and equalities committee, told Newsnight officers who exploit vulnerable people should be \"barred forever\".\n\n\"It shouldn't be the case that they can serve a five-year bar and come back. That simply isn't protecting the vulnerable,\" the Conservative MP added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. An exiled officer says the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman is a \"psychopath\".\n\nSaudi Arabia's crown prince suggested using a \"poison ring\" to kill the late King Abdullah, a former top Saudi intelligence official has alleged.\n\nIn an interview with CBS, Saad al-Jabri said Mohammed bin Salman told his cousin in 2014 that he wanted to do so to clear the throne for his father.\n\nThere were tensions within the ruling family at the time over the succession.\n\nThe Saudi government has called Mr Jabri a discredited former official with a long history of fabrication.\n\nIn his interview with CBS's 60 Minutes programme Mr Jabri warned that Crown Prince Mohammed - Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler and the son of King Salman - was a \"psychopath, killer, in the Middle East with infinite resources, who poses threat to his people, to the Americans and to the planet\".\n\nHe alleged that at a 2014 meeting the prince suggested to his cousin Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the then interior minister, that he could arrange the killing of King Abdullah.\n\n\"He told him: 'I want to assassinate King Abdullah. I get a poison ring from Russia. It's enough for me just to shake hand with him and he will be done,'\" Mr Jabri said.\n\n\"Whether he's just bragging... he said that and we took it seriously.\"\n\nHe said the matter was settled privately within the royal court. But he added that the meeting was secretly filmed and that he knew where two copies of the video recording were.\n\nAbdullah died at the age of 90 in 2015 and was succeeded by his half-brother Salman, Mohammed bin Salman's father, who named Mohammed bin Nayef as crown prince.\n\nIn 2017, Mohammed bin Nayef was replaced as heir to the throne by Mohammed bin Salman. He also lost his role as interior minister and was reportedly placed under house arrest before being detained last year on unspecified charges.\n\nMr Jabri fled to Canada after Mohammed bin Nayef was ousted.\n\nHe said in the interview that he was warned by a friend in a Middle Eastern intelligence service that Mohammed bin Salman was sending a hit team to kill him in October 2018, just days after Saudi agents murdered the dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey.\n\nHe alleged that a six-person team landed at an airport in Ottawa but were deported after customs found they were carrying \"suspicious equipment for DNA analysis\".\n\nLast year, Mr Jabri accused the crown prince of attempted murder in a civil suit filed in a US federal court.\n\nThe prince rejected the allegations. He has also denied any involvement in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, although US intelligence agencies assessed that he approved the operation.\n\nKing Abdullah (front left) was succeeded by his half-brother Salman (R) after he died in 2015 at the age of 90\n\nThe BBC has contacted the Saudi government for comment on the allegations.\n\nIn a statement sent to CBS, the Saudi embassy in Washington labelled Mr Jabri as \"a discredited former government official with a long history of fabricating and creating distractions to hide the financial crimes he committed, which amount to billions of dollars, to furnish a lavish life-style for himself and his family\".\n\nMr Jabri is being sued for corruption by various Saudi entities and a Canadian judge has frozen his assets saying there is \"overwhelming evidence of fraud\".\n\nHe denies stealing any government money, saying his former employers rewarded him generously.\n\nIn March 2020, Saudi authorities detained Mr Jabri's son Omar and daughter Sarah in what human rights groups said was an apparent effort to coerce him to return to Saudi Arabia.\n\nLast November, two months after their father sued the crown prince, the siblings were sentenced to nine and six-and-a-half years in prison respectively by a Saudi court after being convicted of money laundering and \"attempting to escape\" the country. They denied the charges.\n\nAn appeals court upheld their sentences in a secret hearing at which they were not present.", "The White House has outlined new rules for foreign travellers to the US, as flight restrictions lift for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020.\n\nThe plan to reopen the US border next month to foreign flights includes a requirement that almost all foreign visitors be vaccinated against Covid.\n\nThe US travel ban has grown to include dozens of countries, including the UK, much of Europe, China and India.\n\nThe travel industry has been asking for US President Joe Biden to lift the ban.\n\nOriginally imposed by Donald Trump, the ban on flights from most foreign countries was extended when Mr Biden took power in January 2021.\n\nThe rule bans most visitors from Brazil, China, South Africa, the UK, the 26 Schengen countries in Europe, Ireland, India and Iran.\n\nThe proclamation signed by Mr Biden on Monday says that airlines will be required to check travellers' vaccination status before they can board departing planes.\n\n\"It is in the interests of the United States to move away from the country-by-country restrictions previously applied during the Covid-19 pandemic and to adopt an air travel policy that relies primarily on vaccination to advance the safe resumption of international air travel to the United States,\" Mr Biden's proclamation says.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The mystery of how Long Covid damages our memory\n\nAirlines must confirm that the proof of vaccination comes from an \"official source\" and was received at least two weeks prior. Any vaccines approved by US health regulators will be accepted.\n\nUnvaccinated travellers, including Americans, will have to show a negative Covid test taken within one day of departure.\n\nChildren under the age of 18 will be exempt from the vaccination requirement but must still provide a negative test taken within three days of travel.\n\nThe new restrictions take effect on 8 November.", "The Queen was pictured during a video call from Windsor Castle on Tuesday\n\nThe Queen will not attend the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow following medical advice to rest.\n\nThe 95-year-old monarch underwent preliminary medical checks in hospital last Wednesday after cancelling a visit to Northern Ireland.\n\nShe resumed public engagements on Tuesday by meeting ambassadors via video link from Windsor Castle.\n\nBuckingham Palace said she \"regretfully\" decided not to attend a reception at the summit.\n\nBut the palace said she would deliver her address to delegates using a recorded video message instead.\n\nThe Queen was due to travel to Scotland as part of a string of COP26 engagements by senior members of the Royal Family including the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge between 1-5 November.\n\nThe other royals will still attend the summit.\n\nIt is understood that the monarch very much wants COP26 to result in meaningful action on climate change from participating nations, and hopes her absence will not be used by others as a reason not to attend.\n\nThe Queen was overheard at the opening of the Welsh Parliament earlier this month saying it was \"really irritating\" when people talk but don't act on climate issues.\n\nSir Peter Westmacott, a former UK ambassador to the US, said the cancellation was a \"blow\" to the summit, but argued the substance of the talks should not be affected.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said the Queen's attendance would have been the \"icing on the cake\" but it was still a \"very important opportunity\" for Prince Charles to speak alongside other senior royals.\n\nThe Queen smiled as she greeted the South Korean and Swiss ambassadors during video calls\n\nIn photographs released on Tuesday, the Queen was seen smiling on camera as she greeted the South Korean and Swiss ambassadors, who were speaking to her from Buckingham Palace.\n\nShe also spoke to Chancellor Rishi Sunak by phone on Tuesday evening ahead of his Budget unveiling on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nThe photographed video calls were the first occasions she had been seen since she hosted an investment summit at Windsor Castle on the evening of 19 October.\n\nThe following day, Buckingham Palace said the monarch had \"reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days\".\n\nThe Queen was pictured alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson last Tuesday evening\n\nA cancelled trip to Northern Ireland and a night in hospital last week were followed by reassurances that this would only mean a rest and recharging of the royal batteries ahead of the COP26 summit.\n\nThat trip to Glasgow has now been cancelled too. It was a big moment in the royal calendar and it's a decision that would not have been taken lightly.\n\nOnly on Tuesday morning the 95-year-old Queen was shown back at work and sending a signal that all was well.\n\nHer meetings on Tuesday were held on video - and a video message will be sent to the Glasgow summit - so perhaps this will be more of how we'll see the monarch in future.\n\nShe will be more online, while those in-line will take up more of the public responsibilities.\n\nThe Queen spent the night of 20 October in a London hospital before returning the next day to Windsor Castle, where she was said to be \"in good spirits\".\n\nShe did not attend a church service at Windsor on Sunday.\n\nIt has been a busy period of official engagements for the Queen.\n\nAn official record of her diary showed at least 16 formal events during October.\n\nShe has been seen using a walking stick at recent public events, including at a Westminster Abbey service and when she opened the sixth term of the Senedd in Wales.\n\nIn its latest statement, the palace said: \"Following advice to rest, The Queen has been undertaking light duties at Windsor Castle.\n\n\"Her Majesty has regretfully decided that she will no longer travel to Glasgow to attend the evening reception of COP26 on Monday, 1 November.\"\n\nThe statement concluded: \"Her Majesty is disappointed not to attend the reception but will deliver an address to the assembled delegates via a recorded video message.\"\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "A new temporary injunction has been granted against environmental group Insulate Britain after protesters brought parts of London to a standstill.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the injunction covered the \"entire strategic road network\".\n\n\"Tonight this has been granted on a temp basis by the High Court,\" he tweeted on Monday evening.\n\nEarlier police arrested more than 50 people, some glued to the road.\n\nIn a post on Twitter, Mr Shapps accused Insulate Britain, who blocked roads on 14 days over the five weeks to 14 October, of \"risking lives and ruining journeys\".\n\nThere are already three specific injunctions in place against the group.\n\nThe transport secretary tweeted: \"The long term solution lies in changes to the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill, giving additional powers against disruptive protests which target critical national infrastructure.\"\n\nInsulate Britain, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, wants the government to insulate all UK homes by 2030 to cut carbon emissions.\n\nMembers of the group targeted London's financial district in Canary Wharf and the City of London during Monday's rush hour, obstructing Limehouse Causeway as well as nearby Liverpool Street, Bishopsgate and Upper Thames Street.\n\nDemonstrators who glued their hands to the ground on Monday were removed from the road by officers before being arrested and led to police vehicles.\n\nProtesters blocked roads in London's financial district on Monday\n\nThe previous injunctions obtained by the government ban the group from demonstrations on the M25, around the Port of Dover and on major roads around London. These orders were granted to National Highways.\n\nIn addition, Transport for London was granted a civil banning order earlier this month to prevent activists obstructing traffic on the city's roads - an order which was extended last week.\n\nBreaches of the injunctions could lead to jail terms. However, so far, the injunctions have failed to put a stop to the protests.\n\nInsulate Britain have also targeted motorways, including the M25\n\nEarlier this month, the group, whose actions have led to angry exchanges with members of the public caught up in traffic disruption, suspended its campaigning for 11 days, from 14 October.\n\nBut protesters vowed to restart its action if Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not deliver \"a meaningful or trustworthy statement\" on improving the insulation in some British homes.\n\nIn a statement following the most recent arrests on Monday, Insulate Britain said: \"We won't stand by while the government kills our kids.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The boy used the proceeds from his website scam to invest in Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies\n\nA boy who set up a fake website as part of a \"sophisticated cyber fraud\" has had more than £2m of cryptocurrency seized by police.\n\nThe 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, used it to dupe users of a digital gift voucher site into entering their personal details.\n\nHe stole £6,500 worth of vouchers and used the proceeds to buy Bitcoins, Lincoln Crown Court heard.\n\nSam Skinner, prosecuting, said the boy had set up the fake website from his bedroom in April 2020.\n\nIt was almost identical to the official site of Love2Shop, which sells gift vouchers, the court heard.\n\nHe then paid to advertise on Google, which resulted in the bogus site appearing above the genuine site when people searched for it.\n\n\"People were duped into clicking on his website thinking they were accessing the official site,\" the prosecutor said.\n\nThe court was told the boy took the site down after a week just as Love2Shop began investigating him following a complaint from a customer.\n\nHowever, the teenager, from south Lincolnshire, used the proceeds to buy Bitcoins and other cryptocurrency, which subsequently soared in value, the court was told.\n\nFollowing his arrest in August 2020, police found 48 Bitcoins and a smaller number of other coins.\n\n\"At the time they were worth £200,000. They are now worth a little over £2 million,\" Mr Skinner said.\n\nThe subsequent police investigation also found over 12,000 credit card numbers stored on the boy's computer and details of 197 PayPal accounts, he told the court.\n\nThe teenager, who is now studying A-levels, admitted charges of money laundering between 9 and 16 April 2020 and fraud totalling £6,539 by false representation.\n\nJudge Catarina Sjolin Knight ruled that he benefited from his crimes by £2,141,720 and ordered that amount to be confiscated from his assets.\n\n\"If he was an adult he would be going inside,\" she said.\n\nShe told the defendant: \"You have a long-standing interest in computers. Unfortunately, you used your skills to commit a sophisticated fraud.\"\n\nA Bitcoin is basically a computer file which is stored in a digital wallet app on a smartphone or computer.\n\nIt could be described as an online version of cash, which you can use to buy products and services, but it is not controlled by the government or banks.\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The fund was meant to help developing countries tackle and adapt to the effects of climate change\n\nA key pledge ahead of an upcoming climate change conference has still not been met and the money is not sure to be available before 2023.\n\nThe UK government has set out a new financing plan ahead of next week's climate change conference - COP26.\n\nIt talks of how developed countries hope to deliver $100bn a year in climate finance to developing countries.\n\nThe original aim was for that target to be reached by 2020.\n\nBut the financing plan said the target looked \"unlikely\" to be met but that it was \"confident\" the target would be hit by 2023.\n\nSome environmentalists say the new plan is too little, too late.\n\nCOP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma said: \"This plan recognises progress, based on strong new climate finance commitments. There is still further to go, but this delivery plan, alongside the robust methodological report from the OECD, provides clarity, transparency and accountability.\n\n\"It is a step towards rebuilding trust and gives developing countries more assurance of predictable support.\"\n\nClimate finance plays a critical role in helping developing countries tackle climate change and adapt to its impacts.\n\nIn 2009, developed countries agreed to mobilise $100bn in climate finance per year by 2020, and in 2015 agreed to extend this goal through to 2025.\n\nHowever, the UK COP26 Presidency now says the $100bn goal is likely to fall short in 2021 and 2022 - though is confident it will be met in 2023.\n\nMohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives, said: \"To provide confidence and momentum going into COP26, the $100bn climate finance goal must be met immediately, not in 2023.\n\n\"The financing announcement is extremely disappointing in that it asks us as developing countries to wait even longer for the delivery of a promise that was first made more than a decade ago. I know the UK presidency has worked very hard for this, and I appreciate their efforts, but this is not sufficient to lay the groundwork for a successful outcome at COP26.\n\n\"Unless more progress is made in the next fortnight, we will all be in trouble. \"\n\nThe finance delivery plan was produced by Jonathan Wilkinson and Jochen Flasbarth, environment ministers from Canada and Germany, respectively, at the request of Mr Sharma.\n\nCanadian finance minister Jonathan Wilkinson was keen to stress that in his view the plan would achieve the $100bn goal per year over the 2020-2025 period.\n\nIn some areas of the world, dry conditions will become more frequent in future\n\n\"We have much greater confidence that the goal that was agreed upon will in fact, be achieved, and in fact, it will be overachieved beyond 2023 so I think that's very good news.\n\n\"And I think that, perhaps through this process, we've moved the bar in terms of how we can provide greater confidence and transparency going forward.\"\n\nOn Monday, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson also said it was \"touch and go\" whether the upcoming COP26 global climate conference will secure the agreements needed to help tackle climate change.\n\n\"It is going to be very, very tough this summit. I am very worried because it might go wrong and we might not get the agreements that we need and it is touch and go, it is very, very difficult, but I think it can be done,\" he said.\n\nIn the meantime, the climate crisis continues to deepen: the World Meteorological Organization has said the build-up of warming gases in the atmosphere rose to record levels in 2020 despite the pandemic.\n\nThe amounts - or concentrations - of CO2, methane and nitrous oxide rose by more than the annual average in the past 10 years.\n\n\"Developing countries have been rightfully disappointed that so far developed countries have not delivered on the $100bn pledge that was already given in 2009,\" said the one of the plan's authors, Jochen Flasbarth, Germany's secretary of state for the environment.\n\n\"Hence, I am glad that the process I was honoured to lead jointly with minister Jonathan Wilkinson has created momentum to help complying with the finance commitment overall in the period up to 2025. We are very aware that also after today's release of the Delivery Plan, a lot of work remains.\"\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC goes behind the scenes with Sir David Attenborough on the set of his new documentary, The Green Planet\n\n\"If we don't act now, it'll be too late.\" That's the warning from Sir David Attenborough ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.\n\nThe broadcaster says the richest nations have \"a moral responsibility\" to help the world's poorest.\n\nAnd it would be \"really catastrophic\" if we ignored their problems, he told me in a BBC News interview.\n\n\"Every day that goes by in which we don't do something about it is a day wasted,\" he said.\n\nSir David and I were speaking at Kew Gardens in London during filming for a new landmark series, The Green Planet, to be aired on BBC1 next year.\n\nOur conversation ranged from the latest climate science to the importance of COP26 to the pace of his working life.\n\nThe UN climate science panel recently concluded that it is \"unequivocal\" that human activity is driving up global temperatures.\n\nAnd Sir David said that proved that he and others had not been making \"a fuss about nothing\", and that the risks of a hotter world are real.\n\nExtreme weather such as drought will increase as the world gets warmer\n\n\"What climate scientists have been saying for 20 years, and that we have been reporting upon, you and I both, is the case - we were not causing false alarms.\n\n\"And every day that goes by in which we don't do something about it is a day wasted. And things are being made worse\".\n\nBut he said the report had not convinced everyone and that they are acting as a brake on efforts to tackle climate change.\n\n\"There are still people in North America, there are still people in Australia who say 'no, no, no, no, of course it's very unfortunate that there was that forest fire that absolutely demolished, incinerated that village, but it's a one-off'.\n\n\"Particularly if it's going to cost money in the short term, the temptation is to deny the problem and pretend it's not there.\n\n\"But every month that passes, it becomes more and more incontrovertible, the changes to the planet that we are responsible for that are having these devastating effects.\"\n\nHis call for an urgent response reflects the latest scientific assessment that to avoid the worst impacts of rising temperatures, global carbon emissions need to be halved no later than 2030.\n\nThat's why the coming years are described as \"the decisive decade\" and why the COP26 talks are so crucial for getting the world on a safer path now.\n\nAs things stand, emissions are projected to continue rising rather than starting to fall, and Sir David was sounding more exasperated than I've heard before.\n\n\"If we don't act now, it will be too late,\" he said. \"We have to do it now.\"\n\nWe turned to the question of responsibility, a highly contentious issue which will loom large at the conference. Developing countries have for years accused the richest nations, which were the first to start polluting the atmosphere, of failing to shoulder their share of the burden.\n\nThe argument is that they should be making the deepest cuts in carbon emissions and providing help to those who need it most. A long-standing promise of $100bn a year for low carbon development and to build stronger defences against more violent weather has yet to be fulfilled - reaching that total will be a key test of whether COP26 succeeds or fails.\n\nBangladesh, on the UN's list of Least Developed Countries, is battling river erosion due to climate change\n\nFor Sir David, this is one of the most worrying challenges, and he says it would be \"really catastrophic\" if threats to the poorest nations were ignored.\n\n\"Whole parts of Africa are likely to be unliveable - people will simply have to move away because of the advancing deserts and increasing heat, and where will they go? Well, a lot of them will try to get into Europe.\n\n\"Do we say, 'Oh, it's nothing to do with us' and cross our arms?\n\n\"We caused it - our kind of industrialisation is one of the major factors in producing this change in climate. So we have a moral responsibility.\n\n\"Even if we didn't cause it, we would have a moral responsibility to do something about thousands of men, women and children who've lost everything, everything. Can we just say goodbye and say this is no business of ours?\"\n\nFinally I asked about his own hectic workload at the age of 95 - from filming documentaries to addressing the G7 summit, the UN Security Council and the Duke of Cambridge's Earthshot Prize.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\n\"I don't plan very far ahead - as you say, I'm 95. How long can you go on? It isn't within our gift to say those things or to know those things.\n\n\"All I know is that if I get up tomorrow and I feel that I'm able to do a decent day's work, then I shall jolly well do it and be grateful.\n\n\"And the day is going to come when I'm going to get out of bed and say, I don't think I can do that. When that's going to be, who knows? I don't.\"\n\nHaving watched him filming for five hours straight, and remaining not only focused but also good-humoured, I suggested that he still loved what he was doing.\n\n\"At the moment, I feel it would be a waste of an opportunity just to back out and not do the things I think are very important to do in which I am well placed to do.\"\n\nAnd the next major engagement in the Attenborough diary? Nothing less than speaking, virtually or in-person, to what's set to be the largest ever gathering of global leaders on British soil: COP26, in a few days' time.", "Conservative MPs were mostly mask-free on Tuesday\n\nFace coverings have been made mandatory for everyone working in the House of Commons except MPs.\n\nIn updated guidance, the Commons authorities said all staff, visitors, contractors and press must cover their faces to combat the spread of Covid.\n\nBut it remains up to individual MPs to decide whether to follow suit - and many Conservatives have chosen not to.\n\nSajid Javid has said he will wear a mask for Wednesday's Budget when the chamber will be packed.\n\nBut the health secretary said on Monday it was a \"personal decision\" for ministers and backbenchers as to whether they did too.\n\nMPs are not employed by the Commons authorities and cannot be forced to wear masks.\n\nThey have been encouraged to do so by Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle - but unions representing Parliamentary workers have urged him to take a tougher line.\n\nMost opposition parties, including Labour, the Lib Dems and the SNP have decided to cover their faces during debates.\n\nBut Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg last week said Conservatives did not need to do so because they knew each other well, and this meant they were complying with government guidance.\n\nAnd he claimed Labour MPs only wore masks when the television cameras were around.\n\nThe latest official guidance says people in England should cover their faces around \"people you don't normally meet\".\n\nIt comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged MPs to wear masks during Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget speech, when there is likely to be standing room only in the Commons chamber.\n\nDr David Nabarro, the WHO's special envoy for Covid-19, told Sky News that \"everybody\" should be wearing masks in close confinement with other people, \"including our leaders\".\n\n\"This virus, it is absolutely unstoppable, it gets everywhere, and so we have to do everything we possibly can to stop it.\n\n\"And one of the best ways to stop it is a well-fitting surgical mask properly over your face, pushed in over your nose, covering everything, and that reduces the risk to others and the risk to you.\n\n\"If it works, why on earth don't people use it? It's not a party political issue - this virus doesn't vote.\"\n\nGarry Graham, deputy general secretary of the union Prospect, said the public looked to MPs to set an example.\n\n\"It's welcome that House authorities are finally catching on to what unions have been saying, that it's too early to relax. But we're still left in the ludicrous situation where MPs do as they please on masks while everyone else does the right thing,\" he said.\n\n\"Continuously changing an already inconsistent message is a recipe for non-compliance and increased risk to everyone.\"", "Millions of public sector workers are set to see their wages rise next year, after the government confirmed a pay freeze is being lifted.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak will use his Budget on Wednesday to say nurses, teachers and members of the armed forces are among those set to benefit.\n\nA \"temporary pause\" in salary progression was introduced last November as a response to the pandemic.\n\nLabour says tax and price rises mean families face a cost of living crisis.\n\nThe public sector pay freeze was part of the government's response to what it described as the \"economic emergency\" caused by Covid, with only the lowest-paid excluded.\n\nIn his spending review in November 2020, Mr Sunak said he could not justify an across-the-board increase when many in the private sector had seen their pay and hours cut in the crisis.\n\nThe Treasury said exactly how much of a pay rise public sector workers receive depends on the recommendations from the independent pay review bodies, who set the pay for most frontline workforces - including nurses, police officers, prison officers and teachers.\n\nBut asked if public sector pay would rise above inflation, a Downing Street spokesperson said the independent pay review body would consider what the rise should be and that No 10 couldn't \"pre-judge that process\".\n\nSeparately, campaigners for a freeze in fuel duty have been told to expect the tax to be frozen for a twelfth year in a row at Wednesday's Budget.\n\nThe BBC has also been told VAT on household energy would not be cut with the Treasury arguing it would be poorly targeted and that lower income households could be better helped through other schemes.\n\nIn an announcement on Monday, the Treasury said the chancellor would use his forthcoming Budget to say \"the solid economic recovery and encouraging signs in the labour market\" mean the \"pay pause\" can be lifted.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Sunak said: \"The economic impact and uncertainty of the virus meant we had to take the difficult decision to pause public sector pay.\n\n\"And now, with the economy firmly back on track, it's right that nurses, teachers and all the other public sector workers who played their part during the pandemic see their wages rise.\"\n\nBusiness Minister Paul Scully said it was \"important public sector workers are recognised for what they do and are rewarded fairly\".\n\nHe said it was part of a number of measures to help people on low incomes, which also included the rise in the national living wage announced on Monday.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast: \"We know there are pressures. We know this is a difficult time for the economy, for people in the country in terms of the cost of living.\"\n\nThe Treasury said the \"temporary pause\" had helped ensure the gap between public and private sector pay did not widen further during the height of the pandemic.\n\nIt said public sector average weekly earnings rose by 4.5% in 2020/21 whilst private sector wage increases were a third lower than they were pre-crisis, at 1.8%.\n\nOn Tuesday figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that workers and occupations hardest hit by the pandemic saw the biggest rebound in pay in 2021, with employees aged under 21 and those in low-paid work seeing the sharpest dip and recovery.\n\nIt comes at a time of fierce debate about the pressure families are under amid soaring energy bills and price rises for goods in shops.\n\nOpposition MPs have accused the Conservatives of presiding over a cost of living crisis with cuts to universal credit and tax rises to fund the NHS and social care.\n\nThere is disquiet among some Conservative backbenchers too about whether ministers should be doing more to help struggling households.\n\nThere may be an element of relief for some public sector workers that their pay will at at least not be frozen for another year.\n\nBut it may not be enough to lift the bitterness many feel that in the year when many of them were key workers, often risking their health on the frontlines of the pandemic, they're coping with a real terms pay cut.\n\nEven nurses, who've received more than most, have seen their spending power shrink as inflation gets above 3%. And that renewed squeeze on living standards is getting worse with record petrol prices and energy bills driving up the cost of living.\n\nWhat shouldn't be taken at face value is the notion that the government \"can't afford\" to pay more. What a government that issues its own currency decides it can or cannot \"afford\" has no objective economic basis, but is a matter of political choice.\n\nFor example, as the IFS points out, the cost of servicing debt is lower than it was pre-pandemic. In fact, it's the second lowest it's been since the 1950s.\n\nEven if official interest rates rise to 1.25%, they will still be historically low - and that is manageable as long as tax receipts are rising faster than the debt servicing cost.\n\nWith teachers' pay in real terms 8% lower than a decade ago, hospital consultants 9% lower, NHS dentists 32% down, a reality is coming home: you can't get the work done if you can't attract the staff to do it.\n\nThe cost of not allowing pay rises - in the harm it could to the government's other goals such as better public health and education - could have been higher than any pay rise.\n\nThe UK's largest union, Unison, said the pay freeze would continue \"in all but name\" unless government departments get extra money.\n\nIts general secretary Christina McAnea said while there was \"never a good time to freeze public sector pay\", to do so \"at the peak of a pandemic was the height of folly\" while \"staff were doing their all to keep under-pressure services running\".\n\nShe added: \"There can be no decent public services without the people to run them.\n\n\"Pay freezes don't help employers hold on to experienced staff, nor attract new recruits.\n\n\"But if the chancellor doesn't allocate extra money to government departments to fund the much-needed wage rises, the pay freeze will continue in all but name.\"\n\nTorsten Bell of the Resolution Foundation described the announcement as \"blindingly obvious\" adding that it was \"totally inevitable\" the pay freeze would be lifted.\n\n\"What we don't know, is what is going to happen to public sector pay - lifting the freeze is one thing, but a rise could be anything between 0 to a million per cent pay rise.\"\n\nLabour says many of those working on the frontline dealing with Covid are among those being hit by the government's choices.\n\nShadow chief secretary to the Treasury Bridget Phillipson said: \"This Conservative government's choice last year to freeze pay for so many frontline workers, who have been among the real heroes of the pandemic, was damaging and unsustainable.\n\n\"The government must work to ensure a fair settlement and reflect the vital work of all key workers including many who have been burnt out over the course of the pandemic.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has told MPs it was \"not acceptable\" to brief the media ahead of MPs about the Budget.\n\nSir Lindsay said that ministers used to \"walk\" if they briefed about a Budget.", "A mass was held for Sir David Amess on the day he was killed\n\nThe funeral of Tory MP Sir David Amess will be held at Westminster Cathedral next month, it has been confirmed.\n\nCardinal Vincent Nichols, the leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales, will preside over the service on 23 November.\n\nThe details were confirmed to MPs, peers and staff who attend Catholic services in Parliament.\n\nThe Southend West MP was stabbed to death while meeting constituents in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on 15 October.\n\nAli Harbi Ali, 25, from London, has been charged with Sir David's murder and preparing terrorist acts.\n\nSir David Amess had long campaigned for his beloved Southend to be made a city - a wish that was posthumously granted\n\nOn 18 October MPs attended a memorial service at St Margaret's Church in Westminster to offer tributes to Sir David.\n\nThe Catholic MP was married with five children.\n\nAt the time of his killing a local priest, Father Jeffrey Woolnough, was prevented from entering Belfairs Methodist Church, to administer the sacrament of the sick, as it was a crime scene.\n\nHe said he felt forced to delete his Twitter account after being accused of not doing enough to offer last rites to the dying MP.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Current plans to cut carbon emissions don't work quickly enough, says the UN\n\nNational plans to cut carbon fall far short of what's needed to avert dangerous climate change, according to the UN Environment Programme.\n\nTheir Emissions Gap report says country pledges will fail to keep the global temperature under 1.5C this century.\n\nThe Unep analysis suggests the world is on course to warm around 2.7C with hugely destructive impacts.\n\nBut there is hope that, if long term net-zero goals are met, temperatures can be significantly reined in.\n\nJust a few days before COP26 opens in Glasgow, another scientific report on climate change is \"another thundering wake-up call\", according to the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.\n\nStreet art in Glasgow where COP26 begins in a few days time\n\nThis week, we've already had a study from the WMO showing that warming gases were at a new high last year, despite the pandemic.\n\nNow in its 12th year, this Emissions Gap report looks at the nationally-determined contributions (NDCs) or carbon-cutting plans that countries have submitted to the UN ahead of COP.\n\nThese pledges run up to 2030 and have been submitted by 120 countries. Unep has also taken account of other commitments to cut warming gases not yet formally submitted in an NDC.\n\nThe report finds that when added together, the plans cut greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 by around 7.5% compared to the previous pledges made five years ago.\n\nThis is nowhere near enough to keep the 1.5C temperature threshold within sight, say the scientists who compiled the study.\n\nTo keep 1.5C alive would require 55% cuts by the same 2030 date. That means the current plans would need to have seven times the level of ambition to remain under that limit.\n\n\"To stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C, we have eight years to almost halve greenhouse gas emissions: eight years to make the plans, put in place the policies, implement them and ultimately deliver the cuts,\" said Inger Andersen, executive director of Unep.\n\nAccording to the authors, the current pledges would see the world warm by 2.7C this century, a scenario that Antonio Guterres calls a \"climate catastrophe\".\n\nHe believes the report highlights the failures of political leaders.\n\n\"The emissions gap is the result of a leadership gap,\" he said at the launch of the study.\n\n\"But leaders can still make this a turning point to a greener future instead of a tipping point to climate catastrophe.\"\n\nAs Mr Guterres suggests, there are some hopeful signs in the report.\n\nFires in California are continuing to burn, made worse by a changing climate\n\nAround 50 countries plus the EU have pledged a net zero target for the middle of this century.\n\nThese strategies cover over half of greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nThe Unep analysis finds that if these plans were implemented fully, this could shave 0.5C off the temperature rise by 2100.\n\nThis would bring the global temperature level down to 2.2C, which would see dramatic and deadly impacts from warming but would be a step in the right direction from where the world is currently headed.\n\nThe problem, though, is that many of these net zero goals are ambiguous, say the authors - particularly among the world's 20 richest nations, where a dozen long-term plans are said to be quite vague.\n\nMany delay significant cuts until after 2030, raising serious doubts about whether they can really deliver net zero just 20 years later.\n\nAnother hopeful sign relates to methane. The report also says there is great potential to make progress on these emissions, which are the second largest source of warming.\n\nUp to 20% of these emissions from fossil fuels, from waste and from agriculture could be curbed at low or no cost.\n\nBoats on a lake where the water level has fallen significantly due to drought\n\nHowever, the opportunity to develop a far greener world as the world recovers from Covid is in danger of being lost, say the authors.\n\nThey find that around 20% of recovery investments will support renewables and the green economy.\n\n\"The huge sums spent to recover economies from Covid-19 are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to boost low-carbon technologies and industries. In most cases, this opportunity is not being taken,\" said Brian O'Callaghan, project manager of the Oxford University Economic Recovery Project, and an author on the Unep report.\n\n\"This is a particular slap in the face for vulnerable nations who are suffering the worst consequences of climate change…we remain without a commitment from the highest emitters to cover the loss and damage that they have brought on the world.\"", "The finding comes from observation of an X-ray binary - a neutron star or black hole pulling in gas from a companion star\n\nAstronomers have found hints of what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy.\n\nNearly 5,000 \"exoplanets\" - worlds orbiting stars beyond our Sun - have been found so far, but all of these have been located within the Milky Way galaxy.\n\nThe possible Saturn-sized planet discovered by Nasa's Chandra X-Ray Telescope is in the Messier 51 galaxy.\n\nThis is located some 28 million light-years away from the Milky Way.\n\nThis new result is based on transits, where the passage of a planet in front of a star blocks some of the star's light and yields a characteristic dip in brightness that can be detected by telescopes.\n\nThis general technique has already been used to find thousands of exoplanets.\n\nDr Rosanne Di Stefano and colleagues searched for dips in the brightness of X-rays received from a type of object known as an X-ray bright binary.\n\nThese objects typically contain a neutron star or black hole pulling in gas from a closely orbiting companion star. The material near the neutron star or black hole becomes superheated and glows at X-ray wavelengths.\n\nBecause the region producing bright X-rays is small, a planet passing in front of it could block most or all of the rays, making the transit easier to spot.\n\nThe team members used this technique to detect the exoplanet candidate in a binary system called M51-ULS-1.\n\n\"The method we developed and employed is the only presently implementable method to discover planetary systems in other galaxies,\" Dr Di Stefano, from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, US, told BBC News.\n\n\"It is a unique method, uniquely well-suited to finding planets around X-ray binaries at any distance from which we can measure a light curve.\"\n\nThe Chandra telescope was launched in 1999 to study X-ray emission from hot regions of the Universe\n\nThis binary contains a black hole or neutron star orbiting a companion star with a mass about 20 times that of the Sun. A neutron star is the collapsed core of what had once been a massive star.\n\nThe transit lasted about three hours, during which the X-ray emission decreased to zero. Based on this and other information, the astronomers estimate that the candidate planet would be around the size of Saturn, and orbit the neutron star or black hole at about twice the distance Saturn lies from the Sun.\n\nDr Di Stefano said the techniques that have been so successful for finding exoplanets in the Milky Way break down when observing other galaxies. This is partly because the great distances involved reduce the amount of light which reaches the telescope and also mean that many objects are crowded into a small space (as viewed from Earth), making it difficult to resolve individual stars.\n\nWith X-rays, she said, \"there may be only several dozen sources spread out over the entire galaxy, so we can resolve them. In addition, a subset of these are so bright in X-rays that we can measure their light curves.\n\n\"Finally, the huge emission of X-rays comes from a small region that can be substantially or (as in our case) totally blocked by a passing planet.\"\n\nMessier 51 is also called the Whirlpool Galaxy because of its distinctive spiral shape\n\nThe researchers freely admit that more data is needed to verify their interpretation.\n\nOne challenge is that the planet candidate's large orbit means it would not cross in front of its binary partner again for about 70 years, quashing any attempts to make a follow-up observation in the near-term.\n\nOne other possible explanation that the astronomers considered is that the dimming has been caused by a cloud of gas and dust passing in front of the X-ray source.\n\nHowever, they think this is unlikely, because the characteristics of the event do not match up with the properties of a gas cloud.\n\n\"We know we are making an exciting and bold claim so we expect that other astronomers will look at it very carefully,\" said co-author Julia Berndtsson of Princeton University, New Jersey.\n\n\"We think we have a strong argument, and this process is how science works.\"\n\nDr Di Stefano said that the new generation of optical and infrared telescopes would not be able to compensate for the problems of crowding and dimness, so observations at X-ray wavelengths would likely remain the primary method for detecting planets in other galaxies.\n\nHowever, she said a method known as microlensing might also hold promise for identifying extra-galactic planets.\n\nThe study has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Astronomy.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Demonstrators take to the streets of Khartoum to protest against the arrests\n\nDefiant protesters remain on the streets of Sudan after the country's armed forces launched a military coup.\n\nChanting and waving flags, they have blocked roads in the capital Khartoum and around the country following the takeover.\n\nOn Monday coup leader Gen Abdel Fattah Burhan dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders and called a state of emergency.\n\nAccording to Reuters, Gen Burhan has said Monday's coup was justified to avoid \"civil war\" and that the detained prime minister will be returned to his home on Tuesday. Earlier, he sought to justify the takeover by blaming political infighting.\n\nThe coup has drawn global condemnation. Diplomats told AFP news agency the UN Security Council is due to meet on Tuesday to discuss the crisis.\n\nTroops are reported to have been going house to house in Khartoum arresting local protest organisers.\n\nThe city's airport is closed and international flights are suspended. The internet and most phone lines are also down.\n\nCentral Bank staff have reportedly gone on strike, and across the country doctors are said to be refusing to work in military run hospitals except in emergencies.\n\nCivilian leaders and their military counterparts have been at odds since long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in 2019.\n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the military's actions \"are a betrayal of Sudan's peaceful revolution\". The US has halted $700m (£508m) in aid.\n\nAfter a night of protests, demonstrators remained on the streets on Tuesday morning, demanding the return of civilian rule.\n\n\"Civilian rule is the people's choice,\" they chanted as they set up barricades of burning tyres. Many women are also taking part, shouting \"no to military rule\".\n\nThe protests continue despite troops opening fire on demonstrators on Monday.\n\nOne wounded protestor told reporters he was shot in the leg by the army outside the military headquarters, while another man described the military firing first stun grenades, then live ammunition.\n\n\"Two people died, I saw them with my own eyes,\" said Al-Tayeb Mohamed Ahmed. Sudan's doctors' union and the information ministry also wrote on Facebook that the fatal shootings had happened outside the military compound.\n\nPictures from a hospital in the city showed people with bloodied clothing and various injuries.\n\nThousands of people, including many women and children, protested outside the military compound in Khartoum\n\nWorld leaders have reacted with alarm to news of the military takeover.\n\nThe US has joined the UK, EU, UN and African Union, of which Sudan is a member, in demanding the release of political leaders who are now under house arrest.\n\nAmong them are Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his wife, along with members of his cabinet and other civilian leaders.\n\nBBC Arabic's Mohamed Osman reported from the capital that a special security unit of the military went to the prime minister's home early on Monday morning, and tried to persuade Mr Hamdok to agree to the coup, but he refused.\n\nThe agreement between civilian and military leaders signed in 2019 was designed to steer Sudan towards democracy but has proven fragile with a number of previous coup attempts, the last just over a month ago.\n\nGen Burhan, who was head of the power-sharing council, said Sudan was still committed to the transition to civilian rule, with elections planned for July 2023.\n\nAre you in Sudan? Tell us about your experience of recent events by emailing: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Firefighters, pictured at a Grenfell anniversary event, say building owners must plan for evacuations\n\nThere was an \"unjustified reliance\" on firefighters to evacuate Grenfell Tower on the night of the fatal fire, a union has told the inquiry into the disaster.\n\nThe Fire Brigades Union said building owners and managers should draw up evacuation plans to prevent future catastrophes.\n\nUnion lawyer Martin Seaward said there was a \"near total failure\" of fire safety measures at Grenfell Tower.\n\nThe June 2017 disaster at the west London tower block killed 72 people.\n\nThe comments came on the final day of closing statements in a section of the inquiry focusing on the fire safety measures in the building, its management, risk assessment and the communication with residents.\n\nMr Seaward criticised the approach to fire safety taken by the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO).\n\nHe told the inquiry on Tuesday the \"hazardous rainscreen cladding system\" should have been identified as a risk and removed by April 2016.\n\n\"Additionally, the near total failure of all the active and passive fire safety measures allowed the rapid deterioration of conditions inside the tower, which grossly impeded the firefighters' operations, including search and rescue,\" Mr Seaward said.\n\nThe fire in Grenfell Tower broke out in June 2017, killing 72 people\n\nMr Seaward added if the fire risk management system from the tenant management organisation had worked \"most, if not all\" of the people who died would have been saved.\n\nThe lawyer argued to the inquiry the safety plans were characterised by an \"unjustified reliance\" on the London Fire Brigade to evacuate residents, \"including those especially at risk in the event of fire in Grenfell tower\".\n\nMr Seaward said: \"Of course, the fire and rescue service will attend and do its best at any fire or other emergency, but fire safety depends on everyone doing their bit.\n\n\"That very much includes responsible persons developing and practising building-specific evacuation plans for residents, including personal emergency evacuation plans for those especially at risk, in the same way that employers do in office blocks or factories.\"\n\nAnne Studd QC, representing London Mayor Sadiq Khan, told the inquiry the tenant management organisation did \"very little\" to see if Grenfell was suitable for the stay put strategy in its fire assessments and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council (RBKC) had limited oversight of them.\n\n\"The evidence before you, Mr Chairman, has demonstrated a culture of failings in transparency and candour by the KCTMO, which, coupled with a lack of intrusion from RBKC, was a toxic combination,\" she said.\n\nJames Maxwell-Scott QC, representing the council, told the inquiry it \"apologised unreservedly\" again for council failings before the disaster.\n\nThe failings included the number of council officers devoted to monitoring the KCTMO being \"insufficient\" and its housing commissioning team not making enough use of the corporate health and safety team's expertise to \"prevent issues falling between the gaps,\" he said.\n\nThe lawyer added the KCTMO was an independent, managing agent of Grenfell Tower which was at an \"arm's length\" from the council, which was the building's landlord.\n\n\"The council fully admits that it retained some control over the tower, and therefore continued to have some responsibilities for it under the Fire Safety Order. But those responsibilities are better described as residual ones than shared primary ones,\" he told the inquiry.", "The price of a pint of beer will have to rise by as much as 30p to help pay for higher wages and energy costs, one pub company has warned.\n\nAs the government prepares to unveil its Budget, City Pub Group said price rises were \"the only way forward\".\n\nOn Monday, the government said the National Living Wage would rise to £9.50 per hour in April for those over 23 years old.\n\nClive Watson, the chain's boss, said this would cost it about £1m a year.\n\nOther pub owners echoed Mr Watson's warning, with industry bodies calling for help for the sector.\n\nEmma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association, said that while increases to the minimum wage and the minimum living rate would be \"welcomed\" by many staff in pubs, it was a further cost increase for pubs who were \"still struggling to recover and face an uncertain future\".\n\n\"It makes beer duty, business rates and VAT cuts in the Budget on Wednesday all the more important for the viability of our sector,\" she added.\n\nWetherspoons, however, has announced it will cut drink prices next month on a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.\n\nBecks bottles and whisky measures will be sold for 99p at some branches. Wetherspoons said prices will be reduced at all of its almost 900 pubs but the discounts will vary.\n\nIn October, JD Wetherspoon reported a record annual loss after Covid lockdowns saw its pubs shut for 19 weeks.\n\nThe firm was also recently affected by a shortage of some beer brands, caused by driver shortages due to a combination of Covid and Brexit.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak's latest Budget, to be delivered later, comes as the pub trade is still recovering from lockdown measures imposed during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nCity Pub Group weathered the financial storm thanks to government assistance, putting 99% of its staff on furlough during the pandemic.\n\n\"That's basically kept the industry on life support, but we're coming off life support now and we need to be able to have a road to recovery,\" Mr Watson told the BBC.\n\nLast month, the group, which owns 45 pubs, reported that sales had been above 90% of pre-pandemic levels since Covid restrictions were eased in May.\n\nBut now it faces further challenges - not just minimum wage rises, but also higher energy and food costs, as well as employers' national insurance contributions going up next April.\n\nThe price of beer \"would probably have to go up by 25 to 30p a pint\" to take account of all that, Mr Watson said.\n\n\"We want to do our bit - it's very important, but at the same time we don't want everything going up the whole time, because all that will do is stoke inflation,\" he added.\n\nUK inflation is expected to rise above 4% by the end of this year.\n\nWhile Mr Watson said increases to the minimum wage were a \"good idea\", he warned that those increases could be \"gobbled up by other inflationary pressures\".\n\nHe said a more effective measure would be for the government to cut VAT as a way of reducing the cost of living.\n\nThe hospitality industry currently benefits from a reduced VAT rate of 12.5%, but that is due to revert to 20% in April.\n\nKate Nicholls, chief executive of the trade group UK Hospitality, said the VAT tax rise would be \"unsustainable\" and mean that businesses would have \"no option\" but to pass the cost on to customers.\n\n\"We are facing into considerable headwinds with a bubble of inflationary pressures coming through the supply chain, as well as wage rate inflation,\" she added.\n\nMartin Greenhow said wage increases would cost his business thousands\n\nMartin Greenhow, managing director at Mojo, a chain of six pubs in the north of England, said supply chain costs were \"certainly putting pressure\" on the business.\n\n\"If costs go up, prices go up, it's fairly inevitable,\" he said.\n\nAll of the 89 staff the firm employs are currently on or above the National Living Wage.\n\n\"The coming increase will of course affect everyone, as those above it will also expect to see a pro-rata increment which will cost the business thousands,\" he explained.\n\nMr Greenhow said that these staffing and supply costs would \"inevitably be passed on to the consumer\".\n\n\"Furlough and grants helped us survive, but essentially our survival was achieved by huge borrowings, which represent another cost to the business and therefore another inflationary driver.\"\n\nThe Cock in Ringmer is one of Ian Ridley's pubs\n\nIan Ridley runs three pubs and the majority of his 50 staff earn the National Living Wage.\n\n\"Something's got to give, we cannot absorb these cost pressures,\" he explained.\n\nAlthough he has not worked through the cost projections for next year yet, Mr Ridley estimates the price of a pint could rise by 20p.\n\n\"When we're trying to encourage customers to come back and we're compete with supermarkets on booze, higher prices are not going to help us,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThe wage increases will mean an estimated £20,000 of extra costs, in addition to higher food, transport and brewery bills.\n\nRising energy costs are causing concern and Mr Ridley said the VAT hike in April and business tax rates were another \"huge worry\".", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nEmma Raducanu fought back at the Transylvania Open to earn her first win since becoming the US Open champion.\n\nBut the world number 23, seeded three in Romania, had the perfect response against Slovenia's Polona Hercog, 30.\n\nPlaying in her father Ian's homeland for the first time, Raducanu won 4-6 7-5 6-1 to move into the second round.\n\nDespite being a Grand Slam champion, this was her first WTA tour win - although no fans were present in Cluj-Napoca to see it because of Covid-19 restrictions.\n\nRaducanu smiled and laughed throughout her post-match interview, during which she spoke almost entirely in Romanian and was even asked about her favourite local dish.\n\n\"This means a lot to play in my dad's country,\" she said. \"It feels like a huge win.\n\n\"It is a shame there aren't fans here, but I hope they were watching and I just wanted to do them proud.\n\n\"I was on a losing streak so I am really pleased to have come through that. It's my first win, I knew that in my head, so I was battling really hard to get on the board.\"\n\nRaducanu, still looking for a new coach after parting with Andrew Richardson following her US Open triumph, asked for patience before the WTA 250 event.\n\nYet, playing a far more experienced opponent in a match lasting two hours and 29 minutes, she managed to prevail.\n\nThe teenager charged into a 3-0 lead, but Hercog, ranked 124 in the world, won both of her break points to fight back and take the last five games of the first set.\n\nRaducanu regrouped in the second and began to show some of the grit and shot selection that led her to that thrilling victory in New York.\n\nHercog staved off three break points in the fourth game of the set, before Raducanu saved one in each of her last two service games to make it 6-5.\n\nThe Briton then clinched the set after Hercog sent a forehand long on the last of three break points, before breezing through the first five games of the third set.\n\nHercog finally held serve after saving two match points and had a break point in the next game, but Raducanu recovered to win it with an ace and set up a match with Romania's world number 106 Ana Bogdan, 28.\n\n\"I am really proud of how I fought,\" Raducanu added. \"That is a big learning thing for me.\n\n\"The key was to try to stay mentally composed. I knew I wasn't playing very well so I just needed to keep going one point at a time and giving myself a chance by holding serve.\"\n\nCameron Norrie continued his winning streak by beating Marton Fucsovics 7-6 (4) 6-1 in the first round of the Vienna Open.\n\nThe British number one was playing his first match since his breakthrough victory at Indian Wells earlier this month and the 26-year-old came out on top against the Hungarian for a seventh straight success.\n\nIt was also Norrie's 11th in 12 matches and the world number 14 will play sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada in the next round.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Is Coca-Cola's pledge to tackle plastic waste on track?\n• None The comedian's bold and outrageous way to make sense of the world we live in", "Last updated on .From the section Rangers\n\nFormer Rangers, Everton and Scotland manager Walter Smith has died at the age of 73.\n\nSmith achieved legendary status at Ibrox, with 21 trophies in two spells making him the second most successful Rangers boss ever behind Bill Struth.\n\nHe won the latter seven titles of Rangers' nine-in-a-row run in the 1990s and returned to Ibrox in 2007.\n\nBetween those stints, he had four years at Everton and two with Scotland before being enticed back to the Glasgow club.\n• None 'No Rangers manager comes close to Smith'\n\nHis second spell in charge delivered three more titles and a Uefa Cup final appearance, in 2008.\n\nHis death comes in the same year Rangers clinched their first top-flight title since Smith's final season in charge in 2011.\n\nPosted with a picture of him and Smith on Instagram, Rangers manager Steven Gerrard said: \"Thank you for all your wisdom, support and friendship. You meant the world to everyone at Rangers.\"\n\nIn a club statement announcing the news, chairman Douglas Park added: \"It is almost impossible to encapsulate what Walter meant to every one of us at Rangers.\n\n\"He embodied everything that a Ranger should be. His character and leadership was second to none, and will live long in the memory of everyone he worked with during his two terms as first team manager.\n\n\"I spoke with Walter as recently as last weekend. Even when he was battling illness, he was still able to provide advice and support. For that, I am personally grateful. I know that he continued also to maintain dialogue with senior members of staff, including our manager, Steven Gerrard.\n\n\"Walter will be sorely missed by all of us at Rangers. For Rangers supporters, he was much more than just a football manager. Walter was a friend to many, a leader, an ambassador and - most of all - a legend.\"\n\nAlly McCoist, who played in Smith's 1990s Ibrox team and was later his assistant manager with Scotland and Rangers, told Talksport: \"He was my boss, my coach, my second father and then turned into one of my best friends.\n\n\"The loss is absolutely incredible. He was the best husband, father, friend, everything you want from a man. I can't tell you how devastated I am.\"\n\nFormer Everton defender Alan Stubbs also paid tribute, telling BBC Radio 5 live: \"Walter gave me the opportunity to fulfil my dream to sign for Everton and become captain.\"\n\nAs a defender, Smith played more than 200 games for Dundee United, where he began his coaching career under Jim McLean at the age of 29 when a pelvic injury forced him to retire early.\n\nHe also turned out for Dumbarton and was assistant to Sir Alex Ferguson at the 1986 World Cup, but it was as a manager where Smith made his mark.\n\nAfter moving from Tannadice to Rangers in 1986 as Graeme Souness' number two, he took sole charge in 1991 and embarked on a near-decade of dominance - including the domestic treble in 1993 - to equal Celtic's record of nine successive titles in 1997. He was awarded an OBE for services to football the same year.\n\nSmith assisted Ferguson once again in 2004, joining Manchester United's coaching staff.\n\nFollowing the end of his second stint as Rangers manager, Smith had a three-month spell as Ibrox chairman in 2013 but resigned the position after a period of bitter infighting within the boardroom.\n\nRangers confirmed in March that Smith was recovering in hospital following an operation.\n\nAnd his passing comes 10 months after McLean, whom he assisted over a long spell at Dundee United, died at 83.\n\n\"Walter leaves behind a wife, children and grandchildren, all of whom are in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time,\" added Park.\n\nRangers, who host Aberdeen on Wednesday, asked for the Smith family's privacy to be respected.\n\nAnd Everton said in a statement: \"Everton Football Club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the club's former manager, Walter Smith OBE.\n\n\"The Scot was a tremendously popular figure at Everton, players and staff unanimously warming to Smith's genial and empathetic nature.\"", "Virginia Giuffre, then Roberts, was pictured with Prince Andrew in London in 2001\n\nThe Duke of York must answer questions in a civil sex assault case in the US by mid-July next year, a US judge ruled.\n\nVirginia Giuffre, 38, has accused Prince Andrew of sexually assaulting her in New York in 2001.\n\nThe duke, the Queen's 61-year-old second son, has consistently denied the allegation.\n\nDepositions - out-of-court testimony - in the case must be submitted by 14 July, district judge Lewis Kaplan said.\n\nIn the US depositions see witnesses interviewed under oath by the other side's lawyers about their version of events.\n\nThe judge also ruled in the scheduling order, which is signed by lawyers for both parties, that a pre-trial order, which sets out the course of the case, is due by 28 July.\n\nNo additional parties will be allowed to join the case after 15 December, the order says.\n\nIn September the duke's US lawyers accepted he had been served with legal papers relating to the case, after a dispute over whether he had been formally notified of the civil claim against him.\n\nMs Giuffre, who was also an accuser of the billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, claims she was sexually assaulted by the prince at three locations, including in New York City.\n\nIn 2019 US financier Epstein was found dead in his cell in New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center.\n\nMs Giuffre, who was then known as Virginia Roberts, says she was assaulted by the prince at the London home of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and at Epstein's homes in Manhattan and Little Saint James, in the US Virgin Islands.\n\nHer case claims Prince Andrew engaged in sexual acts without Ms Giuffre's consent, including when she was 17, knowing how old she was, and \"that she was a sex-trafficking victim\".\n\nThe prince has consistently denied the claims and, in 2019, told BBC Two's Newsnight programme: \"It didn't happen.\n\n\"I can absolutely categorically tell you it never happened.\n\n\"I have no recollection of ever meeting this lady, none whatsoever.\"\n\nEarlier this month the Metropolitan Police said it would not take any further action against the duke after a review prompted by Ms Giuffre.", "Cumbria's director of public health is urging the government to bring in its Plan B measures for tackling Covid in England, including mandatory face masks in some public places.\n\nColin Cox tells BBC Radio Cumbria: \"It seems to me we've been at a level of infection for quite some time that has been much higher than we would have accepted before, and we're accepting a higher rate of infection because it is not translating into a massive rate of hospitalisations and deaths.\"\n\nHowever, he adds that there are more than 60 people currently in hospital with Covid in Cumbria, which \"still adds very substantially to the burden on the NHS\".\n\nThe NHS Confederation and the British Medical Association are among the groups to have called for some restrictions to be reintroduced in England, amid rising cases.\n\nBut the government has said the data does not suggest \"immediately moving to Plan B\".\n\nRead more: What is Plan B?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Demonstrators take to the streets of Khartoum to protest against the arrests\n\nSudan's coup leader, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said the military seized power on Monday to prevent \"civil war\".\n\nHe added that the deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was being kept at the general's house \"for his own safety\", but has now returned home.\n\nProtests are continuing for a second day in the capital, Khartoum, with roads, bridges and shops closed. Phone and internet lines are also disrupted.\n\nAt least 10 people are reported to have been killed since the unrest began.\n\n\"The dangers we witnessed last week could have led the country into civil war,\" Gen Burhan told a news conference earlier on Tuesday.\n\n\"The prime minister was at his house but we feared that he will be harmed,\" he added.\n\n\"I was with him last night... and he is going about his life... he will return to his home when the crisis is over and all threats are gone.\"\n\nThe general said he had dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders and called a state of emergency as political groups had been inciting civilians against the security forces.\n\nThe BBC's Mohamed Osman in Khartoum says the fact that Gen Burhan has prepared a long list of ministers, as well as promising to announce top judicial appointments within two days, suggests extensive planning prior to the coup.\n\nThe take over has drawn global condemnation. The US, the UK, EU, UN and African Union, of which Sudan is a member, have all demanded the immediate release of all arrested political leaders which includes members of Mr Hamdok's cabinet.\n\nUN chief Antonio Guterres said Sudan was among an \"epidemic of coups d'etats\" affecting Africa and Asia, and he urged the world's \"big powers\" to band together for \"effective deterrence\" through the UN Security Council.\n\nMeanwhile, the US has halted $700m (£508m) in aid to Sudan and the EU has threatened to do the same. Both are demanding the restoration of the civilian government without preconditions.\n\nSince Monday, troops are reported to have been going house to house in Khartoum arresting local protest organisers.\n\nOur correspondent says thousands more people have joined the protests in the capital, mainly in residential neighbourhoods near the city centre.\n\nThe city's airport is closed and all flights are cancelled until Saturday.\n\nStaff at the country's central bank have reportedly gone on strike, and doctors across Sudan are said to be refusing to work in military-run hospitals except in emergencies.\n\nProtesters have been chanting slogans against the military\n\nCivilian leaders and their military counterparts have been at odds since long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in 2019.\n\nA power-sharing agreement between civilian and military leaders was designed to steer Sudan towards democracy but has proven fragile with a number of previous coup attempts, the last just over a month ago.\n\nGen Burhan, who was head of the power-sharing council, said Sudan was committed to the transition to civilian rule, with elections planned for July 2023.\n\nAre you in Sudan? Tell us about your experience of recent events by emailing: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Premier Inn owner Whitbread has said it will pay millions in wage rises and bonuses to try to combat what it calls persistent staff shortages.\n\nThe chain said hospitality-wide labour shortages meant a \"material number of vacancies\" remained unfilled.\n\nHigher pay rates will cost Whitbread £12m-£13m, it said, while it is also paying £10m in retention bonuses.\n\nRecent official figures show vacancies at a record, with hospitality seeing some of the biggest shortages.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics said vacancies reached 1.1 million between July and September, the highest level since records began in 2001.\n\nThe Institute for Employment Studies said this month that labour shortages were affecting the whole economy.\n\nMany firms are being forced to pay signing on bonuses, or raise pay rates to tempt staff to work for them.\n\nStaff costs are among a host of price pressures facing businesses and Whitbread also pointed to rising utility costs.\n\nHowever, the company said its recovery in recent months had been better than expected, and UK demand had been \"very strong\" since 17 May when Covid restrictions were eased to allow leisure overnight stays at its hotels.\n\nIt added that it now expects revenue-per-room rates to return to pre-pandemic levels next year.\n\nAt the start of this month Whitbread announced a pay increase for its UK-based hourly-paid staff.\n\nIt needs to add 2,000 staff to its current head count of 30,000, including in housekeeping, reception and kitchens.\n\nChief executive Alison Brittain said: \"Whitbread traded significantly ahead of the market in the UK during the first half of the year.\n\n\"The operating environment during the summer and into autumn has been challenging largely as a result of our very high occupancy levels, market-wide supply chain issues and a tighter labour supply in the hospitality sector.\"\n\nIts revenue remains 39% down on the same period pre-pandemic two years ago, but it has more than doubled since last year.\n\nPre-tax losses in the first half of the year narrowed from £724.7m last year to £19.3m, but this was still well down on the profit of £219.9m made before the pandemic.", "The government has been blamed for failing to reduce demand for flying and meat-eating as part of its plans to rein in climate change.\n\nThe Climate Change Committee advisory body says ministers also have not shown how to achieve their ambition of cutting the demand for road travel.\n\nIt warns a “techno-centric” approach to cutting emissions adopted by the prime minister has a high risk of failure.\n\nBut a report from the committee praised the government's Net Zero Strategy.\n\nA government spokeswoman welcomed the CCC’s generally positive response to the Net Zero Strategy and said it would meet all its climate change goals.\n\nBoris Johnson has regularly promised that climate change can be tackled without what he calls “hairshirtery”.\n\nMany experts agree technology is needed but say behaviour must change too.\n\nThey judge that the demand for high-carbon activities must be cut for the UK to meet climate targets in the 2030s.\n\nThe report from the CCC - an independent body advising the UK and devolved governments on emissions targets - comes ahead of the COP26 climate summit which will be held in Glasgow from Sunday.\n\nIt says: \"There is less emphasis on reducing demand for high carbon activities than in the CCC's scenarios.\n\n\"The government does not include an explicit ambition on diet change, or reductions in the growth of aviation, and policies for managing travel demand have not been developed to match the funding that has been committed.\"\n\nThe committee added: \"These remain valuable options with major co-benefits and can help manage delivery risks around a techno-centric approach. They must be explored further with a view to early action.\"\n\nNick Eyre, Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at the University of Oxford, went even further.\n\nWith reference to the PM's \"hairshirtery\" jibe, he told a COP26 media briefing: \"The PM's headline about not changing the way we use energy is not just helpful - it's unrealistic.\n\n\"We won't reach climate goals unless there's a combination of technology and behaviour change.\"\n\nThe government’s over-arching Net Zero climate plans unveiled last week showed how almost every sector of the economy should virtually eliminate planet-heating carbon emissions by 2050.\n\nBut on the eve of the Budget the committee warns that the Treasury still lacks policies to cut emissions.\n\nIt has not explained, for instance, how finances can be raised for a massive investment in clean electricity, or how a great home insulation programme will be prompted and supported.\n\nThe committee said: \"Currently vague plans must be quickly pinned down for improving home energy efficiency for the 60% of UK households that are owner-occupiers but not in fuel poverty.\"\n\nMore policies are needed, too, to curb emissions from land use and farming, it says.\n\nThe criticisms are tempered by praise for the sweeping nature of the government’s Net Zero Strategy, which is thought to be the first in the world to demonstrate how emissions can be cut across the board.\n\nThe report says the strategy is achievable and affordable, and will create many jobs.\n\nCCC chairman Lord Deben said: “This is a genuine step forward. The UK was the first major industrialised nation to set Net Zero into law – now we have policy plans to get us there.\n\n“Ministers have made the big decisions – to decarbonise the power sector by 2035, to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles, to back heat pumps for homes.\n\n“They have proposed policies to do it. I applaud their ambition but now they must deliver these goals and fill in the remaining gaps in funding and implementation.”\n\nThis may prove easier said than done, because there is currently a gulf between the government’s climate promises and its achievements.\n\nThe CCC recently judged that ministers had only achieved around a fifth of the carbon cuts needed to meet previous climate targets.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nA government spokeswoman said: \"We value the Climate Change Committee's expert advice as we work to implement our comprehensive plan to finish the job and eradicate the UK's contribution to climate change by 2050.\n\n\"As the committee rightly highlights, our world-leading Net Zero Strategy builds on the UK's proven track record of having decarbonised faster than any other G7 country in recent decades.\"", "Francis Wayne Alexander would have been 21 or 22 when he was murdered\n\nA man from North Carolina who vanished in the 1970s has been identified as one of dozens of victims murdered by serial killer John Wayne Gacy.\n\nFrancis Wayne Alexander's remains were among those found in the crawl space of Gacy's Chicago-area home in 1978.\n\nCook County Sheriff Tom Dart ordered eight unidentified victims' bodies to be exhumed in 2011 in an effort to identify them through DNA testing.\n\nAlexander is the third Gacy victim to be identified in the last decade.\n\nHe would have been 21 or 22 when Gacy killed him between 1976 and 1977, Mr Dart's office said.\n\nGacy was convicted of killing 33 young men between 1972 and 1978 and burying them on his property. He was executed in 1994.\n\nHe often lured young men to his home for sex by pretending to be a police officer or promising them construction work.\n\nIn reopening the investigation, Sheriff Dart asked families of youngsters who had vanished between 1970 and Gacy's 1978 arrest to submit saliva samples to compare DNA with the eight victims who were buried without being identified.\n\nMonths later, William George Bundy, a 19-year-old construction worker, was identified as a Gacy victim.\n\nIn 2017, James Byron Haakenson - a missing teenager from Minnesota - was named as another victim.\n\nInvestigators matched DNA samples from Mr Alexander's mother and half-brother to his remains.\n\nAlexander's sister, Carolyn Sanders, thanked the sheriff's office for giving the family \"closure\".\n\n\"It is hard, even 45 years later, to know the fate of our beloved Wayne. He was killed at the hands of a vile and evil man,\" Ms Sanders said.\n\n\"We can now lay to rest what happened and move forward by honouring Wayne.\"\n\nAuthorities say they are unsure how Mr Alexander crossed paths with Gacy, one of America's most infamous serial killers.\n\nHe had moved to Chicago, where he was married for around three months before divorcing in 1975.\n\nIn January 1976, he received a traffic ticket in Chicago. After this, officers found no record of him being alive.\n\nMr Alexander \"lived in an area that was frequented by Gacy and where other identified victims had previously lived\", the sheriff's office said.\n\nPolice say their efforts to identify the other remains are ongoing.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lindsay Hoyle says it is “not acceptable\" for ministers to give briefings to the media before Parliament.\n\nThe Treasury has released a deluge of funding announcements, days before the chancellor delivers his Budget on 27 October.\n\nStatements from the government setting out spending for transport, health and education have been put out in the past few days.\n\nCommons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is furious, telling MPs on Monday it was \"not acceptable\" to brief the media ahead of MPs and on Tuesday that the government was behaving in a \"discourteous manner\".\n\nHe thundered that ministers used to \"walk\" if they briefed about a Budget.\n\nIndeed, in 1947, then-Chancellor Hugh Dalton resigned after he leaked details of his budget to a journalist.\n\nDefending pre-Budget announcements, Treasury Minister Simon Clarke said the government had not commented on the \"substantive tax measures\" that would appear in the Budget.\n\nRishi Sunak's Budget won't all be about displays of generosity. The Treasury has asked departments to identify \"at least 5% of savings and efficiencies from their day-to-day budgets\" and we may hear more about those plans on Wednesday.\n\nThe government has already committed to spending for health, schools, defence and overseas aid so other areas such as local government, justice and further education may face a squeeze on their budgets.\n\nAnd there may be more to some of the seemingly lavish spending pledges than meets the eye.\n\nBeware what you are reading! They sound good, all these announcements in the run up to Budget and Spending Review.\n\nBut they need to be taken with caution. This is the PR blitz seeking good headlines. We don't yet know the detail of exactly what the government is planning.\n\nThe raft of investments will make a difference. But there are questions.\n\nAre the transport links, treatment centres and other projects entirely new or have some parts been announced (with equal fanfare) before now?\n\nCrucially what is happening more broadly to the budgets of the departments getting cash?\n\nA shiny investment in something is great, but is that department's day-to-day spending being squeezed? And what of those areas that aren't getting the handouts?\n\nBest to wait until Wednesday to truly judge the chancellor's largesse.\n\nThe government has announced that England's city regions will receive £6.9bn to spend on train, tram, bus and cycle projects.\n\nThis includes £1.07bn for Greater Manchester, £1.05bn for the West Midlands and £830m for West Yorkshire.\n\nHowever, the figure of £6.9bn only includes £1.5bn of additional spending because the government is including the £4.2bn promised in 2019 alongside funding for buses announced by the prime minister last year.\n\nThe chancellor has refused to be drawn on the future of the eastern leg of High Speed Two, which could be delayed or cancelled to save an estimated £40bn. If built, the extension would cut journey times between London and the North East by 31 minutes. It would also shave 52 minutes off trips between London and Leeds.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will also receive extra funding through the Barnett formula - a mechanism the UK government uses to allocate additional money to the devolved nations when it spends more in England.\n\nNHS England will get £5.9bn to tackle the backlog of people waiting for tests and scans. That covers £2.3bn for diagnostic tests including clinics in shopping centres for scans; £1.5bn on beds equipment and new \"surgical hubs\"; and £2.1bn to improve IT.\n\nHealth bodies welcomed the money but warned it would not solve the problem of staff shortages. According to data published by NHS digital, in June there were 93,806 full-time vacancies across the NHS in England.\n\nMr Sunak is set to announce a rise in the National Living Wage from £8.91 per hour to £9.50, to come into effect from 1 April next year.\n\nThis is a 6.6% increase in the minimum wage for all those aged 23 and over - more than twice the current 3.1% rise in the cost of living.\n\nAssuming a 40 hour week, the new minimum wage amounts to a salary of £1,646 per month or £19,760 a year.\n\nThe increases to the wage rates follow recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission, an independent advisory board.\n\nThe Treasury has also announced it will be lifting a pay freeze imposed on millions of public sector workers last year as a result of the pandemic.\n\nIndependent pay review bodies will recommend how much extra money workers will get early next year.\n\nThe government's major tax change has already been announced, as earlier this year the prime minister told MPs he would introduce a tax in England designed to tackle the NHS backlog caused by the Covid pandemic and later to pay for social care.\n\nHowever, we know a few other changes (or rather lack of changes) that will be announced on Wednesday.\n\nCampaigners for a freeze in fuel duty have been told to expect the levy to be frozen for a twelfth year in a row.\n\nAnd separately, the BBC has been told VAT on household energy would not be cut.\n\nThe health department will get £5bn over the next three years for research and development.\n\nThis includes £95m which will go towards researching methods for treating cancer, obesity and mental health.\n\nThe money will also be spent on developing genome technology which could detect more than 200 conditions in newborn babies.\n\n£2.6bn will be spent on creating 30,000 new school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities.\n\nThe money will also go towards improving school buildings' accessibility and funding new, special provision in free schools England.\n\nThe Budget will also include £1.6bn over three years to roll out new T-levels for 16 to 19-year-olds plus £550m for adult skills in England.\n\nCurrently there are over 6,000 on T-level courses, but the government hopes to ramp up those numbers.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, warned that the extra money was a \"gamble\" as it was unclear how many would want to take the qualification.\n\nThe government will also spend a further £830m modernising colleges in England.\n\nThe Treasury is allocating £1.8bn for building around 160,000 new homes on derelict or unused land - also known as brownfield sites - in England.\n\nAn extra £9m will also go towards allowing councils to turn neglected urban spaces into \"pocket parks\" roughly the size of a tennis court.\n\nThe chancellor is also expected to confirm £65m for digitising England's planning system.\n\nGrants worth £1.4bn will be given to \"internationally mobile\" companies to invest in UK infrastructure.\n\nThis includes £345m aimed at increasing resilience for future pandemics and £800m for the production of electric vehicles in north-east England and the Midlands.\n\nAs part of the package, a talent network team will aim to attract high-skilled workers to the UK, through \"innovation hotspots\" initially based in San Francisco and Boston in the US and Bengaluru in India.\n\nThe government has announced £500m to support parents and children in England.\n\nThis includes £200m to support families with complex issues; £82m to fund centres in 75 different areas to provide advice for parents; £100m for mental health support for expectant parents; and £50m for breastfeeding support.\n\nLabour has argued that the government previously closed over 1,000 children's centres - known as Sure Start centres - and that this new announcement \"rings hollow\".\n\nMr Sunak defended past cuts, arguing that the new funding would \"create a network of family hubs which are broader than the Sure Start centres\".\n\nAre you affected by issues covered in this story? Do you have any questions for our experts? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The Covid pass scheme could be widened, as ministers consider how to combat infection rates in Wales\n\nCovid rates in Wales have hit another new record high, according to health officials.\n\nFigures published on Tuesday showed a rate of 719.9 cases for every 100,000 people over the last seven days.\n\nThe number of Covid cases in Wales remains the highest infection rate of all the UK nations.\n\nBut one of the heads of Public Health Wales said he felt the levels of infection were beginning to slow.\n\n\"We are looking at fairly high rates compared to other times in the pandemic response,\" accepted Dr Fu-Meng Khaw, who is the national director of health protection at PHW. \"But I feel that we are plateauing.\"\n\nHe said the daily number of cases in Wales stood between 2,500 and 3,000 new infections.\n\nDr Khaw said all the models looking at the latest wave of Covid suggested it would begin to fall in the near future, despite the current high levels.\n\n\"I am confident that over the coming weeks we will start seeing a drop,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\nIt follows a warning that some people are behaving as if the Covid pandemic is over - ignoring Wales' face mask laws and not social distancing.\n\nSchool-age students are showing the highest levels of Covid, says PHW\n\nThe latest number of positive cases reported by Public Health Wales (PHW) was 5,228 between Friday morning and Monday morning.\n\nA further 31 deaths with Covid-19 have also been recorded, with 6,117 people dying with the virus since the start of the pandemic in Wales, according to PHW figures.\n\nThe health body said due to a technical issue reporting figures on Tuesday, not all cases of Covid reported in Wales in the last 72 hours had been flagged as new, and it was likely there had been about 8,000 actual new cases over the period.\n\nDr Khaw said the highest levels of Covid transmission were being seen among young adults and children in Wales.\n\nHe also said the rate of hospital admissions from Covid was increasing, and was being carefully monitored to ensure it was not down to new variants of the disease.\n\nBut he stressed there was \"no evidence\" that a new \"variant of concern\" was in circulation in Wales at the moment.\n\nThe highest infection rate is in Blaenau Gwent, at just under 1,330 cases per 100,000 over the last seven days.\n\nNeighbouring counties in the Aneurin Bevan health board area also share high levels of Covid, with both Torfaen and Caerphilly nudging over the 1,000 infection rate.\n\nWrexham has Wales' lowest rate, at 368.5 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nCovid passes were introduced across Wales at the start of October for nightclubs and large events\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said it was \"right to be concerned\" about the current Covid rates.\n\n\"There is far too much coronavirus circulating in the community\", he said.\n\nThe Welsh government will announce its latest response to the pandemic on Friday, as part of a three-week review.\n\nBut ministers have said they were not considering moving into \"Covid Urgent\" - where social and business restrictions could be reintroduced.\n\nHowever, Mr Drakeford added that if numbers continued to rise \"we would all have to be asking ourselves serious questions about what we would need to do to bring numbers of that sort back under control\".\n\nHealth Minister Eluned Morgan has already indicated they will consider whether the Covid Pass scheme introduced at the start of October should be widened.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhistleblower Frances Haugen has told MPs Facebook is \"unquestionably making hate worse\", as they consider what new rules to impose on big social networks.\n\nMs Haugen was talking to the Online Safety Bill committee in London.\n\nShe said Facebook safety teams were under-resourced, and \"Facebook has been unwilling to accept even little slivers of profit being sacrificed for safety\".\n\nAnd she warned that Instagram was \"more dangerous than other forms of social media\".\n\nWhile other social networks were about performance, play, or an exchange of ideas, \"Instagram is about social comparison and about bodies... about people's lifestyles, and that's what ends up being worse for kids\", she told a joint committee of MPs and Lords.\n\nShe said Facebook's own research described one problem as \"an addict's narrative\" - where children are unhappy, can't control their use of the app, but feel like they cannot stop using it.\n\n\"I am deeply worried that it may not be possible to make Instagram safe for a 14-year-old, and I sincerely doubt that it is possible to make it safe for a 10-year-old,\" she said.\n\nThe committee is fine-tuning a proposed law that will place new duties on large social networks and subject them to checks by the media regulator Ofcom.\n\nAsked if the law was \"keeping Mark Zuckerberg awake at night\", Ms Haugen said she was \"incredibly proud of the UK for taking such a world-leading stance\".\n\n\"The UK has a tradition of leading policy in ways that are followed around the world.\n\n\"I can't imagine Mark isn't paying attention to what you're doing.\"\n\nMs Haugen also warned that Facebook was unable to police content in multiple languages around the world - something which should worry UK officials, she said.\n\n\"UK English is sufficiently different that I would be unsurprised if the safety systems that they developed primarily for American English were actually under-enforcing in the UK,\" she said.\n\nAnd she said that dangerous misinformation in other languages affects people in Britain.\n\n\"Those people are also living in the UK, and being fed misinformation that is dangerous, that radicalises people,\" she warned.\n\nMs Haugen also urged the committee to include paid-for advertising in its new rules, saying the current system was \"literally subsidising hate on these platforms\" because of their algorithmic ranking.\n\n\"It is substantially cheaper to run an angry hateful divisive ad than it is to run a compassionate, empathetic ad,\" she said.\n\nAnd she also urged MPs to require a breakdown of who is harmed by content, rather than an average figure - suggesting Facebook is \"very good at dancing with data\", but pushes people towards \"extreme content\".\n\nMs Haugen appeared at a joint committee of MPs and Lords\n\n\"The median experience on Facebook is a pretty good experience,\" she said.\n\n\"The real danger is that 20% of the population has a horrible experience or an experience that is dangerous,\" she said.\n\nShe warned that employees were unable to report internal concerns at Facebook - something she called a \"huge weak spot\".\n\n\"When I worked on counter-espionage, I saw things where I was concerned about national security, and I had no idea how to escalate those because I didn't have faith in my chain of command at that point,\" she told the committee.\n\nAnd she warned: \"We were told to accept under-resourcing.\"\n\nSimilar problems plague Facebook's Oversight Board, which can overturn the company's decisions on content, she said. She repeated her claim that Facebook has repeatedly lied to its own watchdog, and said this is a \"defining moment\" for the Oversight Board to \"step up\".\n\n\"I don't know what the purpose of the Oversight Board is,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Facebook's Monika Bickert: \"It's in our financial interest to make sure that people have a good experience on our site\"\n\nIt comes as several news outlets published fresh stories based on the thousands of leaked documents Ms Haugen took with her when she left Facebook.\n\nFacebook has characterised previous reporting as misleading, and at one point referred to the leaked documents as \"stolen\".\n\n\"Contrary to what was discussed at the hearing, we've always had the commercial incentive to remove harmful content from our sites,\" a spokesperson said, after Ms Haugen finished giving evidence.\n\n\"People don't want to see it when they use our apps, and advertisers don't want their ads next to it. That's why we've invested $13bn (£9.4bn) and hired 40,000 people to do one job: keep people safe on our apps. \"\n\nThe company said that over the last three quarters it has halved the amount of hate speech seen on Facebook, which it claims now accounts for only 0.05% of all content viewed.\n\n\"While we have rules against harmful content and publish regular transparency reports, we agree we need regulation for the whole industry so that businesses like ours aren't making these decisions on our own,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"The UK is one of the countries leading the way and we're pleased the Online Safety Bill is moving forward.\"\n\nAn avalanche of information emerged on Monday from leaked Facebook documents - and it was hard to keep up.\n\nAllegations include that the social media giant is aware of its role in inciting violence all around the world, or causing harm to its users from US and UK to India and Ethiopia.\n\nA common theme runs through each of the stories. They all suggest a tension between employees raising the alarm about their concerns and a corporate machine that does not appear to be using this to inform its policies.\n\nReporters and journalists have been highlighting many of these same concerns, especially for the past 18 months. I've investigated the human cost of online disinformation and abuse again and again and exposed the damage being done to real people offline using these sites.\n\nBut until these documents were released by Ms Haugen, it was very difficult to know how aware Facebook was of that damage.\n\nThese latest leaks reinforce the idea that it is conscious of it - although it refutes a number of the claims.\n\nAnd it means pressure is mounting on policymakers around the world to do something about it.", "Charlize Theron says countries have to start sharing vaccines if we are to reach the World Health Organization's goal of vaccinating 70% of the planet next year.\n\nThe actress, who has joined the social justice organisation Ford Foundation, wants the World Trade Organization to agree a waiver on vaccine patents - so countries can manufacture their own jabs.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Pumza Fihlani, Theron also questioned some countries' booster programmes, when only 5% of Africa's population has been vaccinated.", "UK scientists are likely to be \"frozen out\" of EU research programmes because of delays in Brexit negotiations, according to MPs.\n\nEarlier this month, the EU indicated that the UK's participation in its £100bn research programme was tied to negotiations over Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Commons European Scrutiny Select Committee says British science will not recover from \"lost opportunities\".\n\nIts chair, Sir Bill Cash, said that the delay was damaging UK businesses.\n\n\"It's been the best part of a year and British research institutions remain frozen out of key projects and funding despite agreement on participation. With each passing day, the opportunities are missed, British institutions are left high and dry while science marches on without them and the returns on our financial contribution edge lower,\" said Mr Cash.\n\n\"This needs to be addressed swiftly, so we're calling on the government to lay out the steps it is taking to ensure UK participation is formalised.\"\n\nThe EU's Horizon Europe programme brings together researchers from industry and academic research institutions. The projects range from fundamental research to tackling societal issues, such as combating climate change.\n\nThe UK's continued participation in the EU's Horizon programme was agreed in principle just before Christmas in the Brexit withdrawal agreement. But the signing off of a formal agreement on the UK's associate membership has dragged on for months.\n\nBoris Johnson wants UK scientists to have the closest possible relationship with EU researchers\n\nThere have been growing fears that scientific collaboration had become a bargaining chip tied to negotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol, which keeps Northern Ireland in the EU's single market after Brexit. Earlier this month, the EU's research commissioner, Mariya Gabriel, seemed to confirm these suspicions when she told the R&D policy news website sciencebusiness.net: \"transversal issues need to be tackled first\".\n\nThe delay is creating problems, because funding cannot be released to UK collaborators until there is a formal agreement. If it becomes apparent that agreement will take many more months, EU researchers will not include UK scientists in their projects.\n\nProf James Wilsdon, who is the director of the Research on Research Institute at the University of Sheffield, points to estimates that uncertainties arising from Brexit have already led to the UK research to missing out on £1.5bn of research funding since 2016.\n\n\"This number is rising fast, as Horizon Europe, the world's largest and most successful co-funding scheme, gets into full swing, and the UK is stuck outside.\n\n\"Unless this is resolved soon, the fear must be that the UK drops out, or is locked out, by default rather than design, as the rest of Europe marches on without us. This would be a tragedy for both sides, and would leave the UK's ambitions to be a scientific superpower in tatters.\"\n\nThe EU's Earth mapping effort, Copernicus, is similarly affected by the delay. This affects UK aerospace companies wanting to bid for contracts to manufacture equipment for Copernicus because the contracts are dished out as a proportion of the contribution from member states. Because of the impasse, British firms can't contribute and so, according to the Select Committee report, will be \"frozen out\".\n\nMPs on the Committee said that the delay raised concerns about value for money of participation in EU programmes. The UK's contribution to the Horizon Europe programme is expected to be about £2.1bn a year.\n\nThe President of the UK's Royal Society, Prof Sir Adrian Smith, called for negotiators to stop treating the issue of research funding as a bargaining chip.\n\n\"Last Christmas, all sides agreed that the UK would associate to Horizon Europe,\" he said.\n\n\"Nearly a year on, the association agreement is still not signed, having become entangled in other issues. Vital research that benefits all nations will be delayed unless all sides look at Horizon Europe on its own merits and get the deal signed.\"", "A photographer has captured a pipe pumping filtered sewage into Langstone Harbour in Hampshire.\n\nWatch how it happened - and what's being done about it.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce £70m in funding to help small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in Northern Ireland in this week's budget.\n\nHer Majesty's Treasury said the funding will build on the British Business Bank's existing programmes to help SMEs to invest and grow.\n\nIt will provide loans or invest in local companies.\n\nThe way in which businesses can access the fund will be outlined in due course.\n\nLocal companies that may avail of the funding include recent start-ups looking to borrow smaller amounts to kickstart activity or established SMEs looking for larger investments to grow their business.\n\nThe funding will be part of a government commitment to level up opportunities.\n\nIt will build on the success of existing funds in other parts of the UK, which have been shown to support the creation of high-paying high productivity jobs and the upskilling of existing workforces, the Treasury said.\n\nOn Budget day the chancellor usually holds up a traditional red box full of financial documents\n\nDescribing Northern Ireland as a \"powerhouse of ingenuity\", Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the UK government was continuing to support small businesses across the country to grow and succeed.\n\n\"We're investing millions of pounds to help thousands of businesses take their next step,\" he said.\n\n\"Since the start of the pandemic, the UK government has spent £352bn right across the UK on support.\n\n\"In Northern Ireland this included protecting more than 284,000 jobs through the furlough scheme, £118m in self-employment support, help for businesses and the procurement of vaccines.\"\n\nIn addition to the £70m for Northern Ireland, Scotland will benefit from £150m and Wales will receive £130m for a new fund delivered by the British Business Bank.", "The Queen is taking a rest on medical advice after a busy month of public engagements\n\nWhen the Queen has to rest for a few days on \"medical advice\", who gives that advice?\n\nSir Huw Thomas is the Queen's physician, as well as being a consultant at St Mary's Hospital in London and professor of gastrointestinal genetics at Imperial College London.\n\nHe is \"head of the medical household\", which is part of the royal household looking after the health of the royal family.\n\n\"You very much become part of that organisation and become the personal doctor to the principal people in it, who are patients just like other patients,\" Sir Huw said earlier this year, in an in-house interview at Imperial.\n\nBut unlike for other patients, every medical decision, such as a trip to hospital for tests, will be played out in a blaze of publicity. With Britain's longest-reigning monarch as a patient, every development in her health will be scrutinised.\n\nIt might be a high-profile responsibility but it's not a full-time position. \"My role at the medical household doesn't have fixed sessions, and it's as and when I'm needed,\" said 63-year-old Sir Huw, who was knighted this year.\n\nThe role of royal doctor was also \"completely different from what I would normally be doing\", he told Imperial College.\n\nThe Queen spent a night at King Edward VII Hospital in London this week\n\nWhen there were staff shortages during the pandemic, he helped with ward rounds at St Mary's - and he is also director of the Family Cancer Clinic at St Mark's Hospital in Harrow, north-west London.\n\nHe has a long-standing involvement in cancer research.\n\nIt's not known whether he was with the Queen for her medical checks at the King Edward VII hospital this week, but he is listed there as a consultant, with a specialism in gastroenterology.\n\nHe also works at another medical practice a few streets away from the Edward VII - a private hospital in Marylebone, used by the royals, which originally treated wounded officers from the Boer War.\n\nThere is a range of other doctors in the medical household and other medical officers who attend the Queen when she travels overseas - and other specialists could be consulted.\n\nAnother of her doctors, Peter Fisher, was killed in an accident when cycling in London three years ago.\n\nIn his comments to Imperial College, Sir Huw pointed to keeping people safe in the pandemic as a \"key priority\" for the medical household.\n\nBeing the doctor to the royals has always been a mixture of medicine and diplomacy, says Elizabeth Hurren, professor of modern history at the University of Leicester.\n\nFrom the Tudors to the 18th Century, royal doctors were \"as much psychological as diagnostic\" in their approach, offering soothing advice to people who were unlikely to take direct instructions, she says.\n\nHow would you tell a monarch, ancient or modern, to take a rest?\n\nProf Hurren, who has researched the history of medicine, says the doctor had to be one of the most trusted people in the royal circle. \"It was very intimate. They needed to entrust them with the most private parts of their lives.\"\n\nThere are continuous tensions that are still true into the present day, she says. \"How much medical information do you give the public? How do you maintain a sense of privacy?\"\n\nIn previous centuries, the monarch might have wanted to keep illnesses away from the eyes of the court, not wanting to show vulnerability. \"The court was alive with rumour and gossip,\" she says. And the doctor would be expected to keep medical problems confidential.\n\nProf Hurren says the role of the court is now played by the modern media - and the same questions of balancing privacy with public life are facing the present-day royal family and their doctors.", "Facebook has posted better-than-expected profits for the third quarter, as it continues to face bad press over leaked internal documents.\n\nThe social media giant made $9bn (£6.5bn) of profit in the three months to September, up from $7.8bn last year.\n\nHowever, it was hit by a new privacy update to Apple's iOS 14 operating system, which made it harder for brands to target ads at specific users.\n\nIt comes amid fresh claims of unethical behaviour made by a former employee.\n\nFrances Haugen has released a cache of internal documents to the public, alleging that Facebook put profit before user safety.\n\nMultiple media reports say the documents show Facebook struggled to moderate content that promoted hate speech and sex trafficking outside of the US.\n\nOn Monday, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerburg told investors on a conference call: \"What we are seeing is a coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents to paint a false picture of our company.\"\n\nIn the 12 months to 30 September, the social media giant said its monthly user-base had grown 6% to 2.91 billion.\n\nHowever, despite its strong profits, its revenue slightly undershot analyst expectations, amid \"headwinds\" caused by Apple's privacy rules.\n\nFacebook said the privacy update would also have an impact on its digital business in the final quarter of the year, but that it expected to adjust to the changes in time.\n\nThe firm said it would spend some $10bn on its metaverse division this year - known as Facebook Reality Labs - which is tasked with creating augmented and virtual reality hardware, software and content.\n\nThe world's largest social media network is under scrutiny from global lawmakers and regulators, including from the Federal Trade Commission, which has filed an antitrust lawsuit alleging anticompetitive practices.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe whistleblower documents, which were first reported by the Wall Street Journal, have only intensified that pressure.\n\nThey include internal research about Instagram's effects on teen mental health; whether Facebook's platforms stoke division; and the social media giant's handling of the 6 January Capitol riot.\n\nAt a hearing on Monday, Ms Haugen told UK MPs that Facebook is \"unquestionably making hate worse\".\n\nShe said Facebook safety teams were under-resourced, and that \"Facebook has been unwilling to accept even little slivers of profit being sacrificed for safety\".\n\nThe MPs are considering what new rules to impose on big social networks under the planned Online Safety Bill.\n\nBut on his conference call, Mr Zuckerberg hit back: \"Good faith criticism helps us get better, but my view is that we are seeing a coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents to paint a false picture of our company.\n\n\"The reality is that we have an open culture that encourages discussion and research on our work so we can make progress on many complex issues that are not specific to just us.\"\n\nDespite the allegations, shares in Facebook climbed by 1.3% in after hours trading on Monday. The firm's stock is up by about 20% so far this year.", "Youth clubs say they're still waiting to receive £500m promised by the government two years ago.\n\nMinisters have admitted to the BBC that the Youth Investment Fund hasn't launched yet.\n\nLocal authority funding for youth services in England and Wales have been cut by 70% to £978m, according to recent research.\n\nThe government says helping charities through Covid has been its priority.\n\nJames Francis is a professional boxer helping at Vibe UK in Knowsley, Liverpool City, which is one of the most deprived in the UK.\n\nIt's among the clubs the BBC has spoken to that are relying on help from the Youth Investment Fund to keep going.\n\n\"If the youth club does get shut down, looking at the people that do come here, they'll be devastated,\" James says.\n\nVibe UK, like many others, offers things like care, support, social events and help with education.\n\n\"Our funding tends to come from the local authority, who are under a lot of pressure themselves,\" says Paul Oginsky, who's CEO of the youth service.\n\n\"It also comes from the community or the police.\n\n\"We're scrambling around to find enough money to survive, and that isn't how it should be because we are an essential service.\n\n\"We are waiting for money from the youth investment fund. It's been promised, but it hasn't been delivered.\"\n\nThe Youth Investment Fund was announced in 2019 by then-Chancellor Sajid Javid.\n\nIt was pledged to help build 60 new youth centres across the country, refurbish 360 existing youth facilities, and provide more than 100 mobile facilities, as well as support the provision and co-ordination of services for young people.\n\nThere have been reports the scheme was supposed to launch in April 2020, but the government hasn't confirmed this.\n\nIn a statement the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said: \"During the pandemic our priority has been to stabilise youth charities and we have done so by distributing £15.6m through the Youth Covid Support Fund.\n\n\"This has helped to secure their future and is part of our wider support for young people that includes the £200m Youth Endowment Fund.\n\n\"Further details on the distribution of the Youth Investment Fund will be set out in due course.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Construction workers are among those witnessing the biggest pay rebound\n\nWorkers and occupations hardest hit by the pandemic saw the biggest rebound in pay in 2021, official figures show.\n\nEmployees aged under 21 and those in low-paid work saw the sharpest dip and recovery, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nA revival in pay rates for men has meant the gender pay gap has widened.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak is facing calls from unions to give public sector workers a significant rise when a freeze on pay is lifted.\n\n\"We need a proper plan from the chancellor [at the Budget] to get pay rising across the economy,\" said TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady.\n\n\"That means a pay rise for all public sector workers that at least matches the cost of living. If Rishi Sunak does not increase department budgets the pay freeze will be over in name only.\"\n\nThe ONS figures show median weekly pay for full-time employees was £611 in April 2021, representing a 4.3% increase from the same month in the previous year.\n\nHowever, the change was far more dramatic for certain sections of the workforce, owing to furlough and other effects of the Covid crisis.\n\nFor example, employees aged 16 and 17 saw pay drop by 11.4% in 2019-20, before growing by 12.5% the following year.\n\nConstruction workers saw weekly pay go up by 16.8% in 2021 compared with a fall of 10.4% a year earlier. Manufacturing employees benefited from an 8.3% increase after a 3.1% drop previously.\n\nThere were also significant regional differences, with gross weekly earnings up by 8.8% in Northern Ireland, compared with a 1.1% rise in London, in 2021.\n\nNicola White, head of earnings at the ONS, said: \"After virtually flatlining last year at the start of the pandemic, earnings are returning to something like their long-term trend over the last few years.\n\n\"Increases this year were most marked for the groups worst affected in 2020, such as younger people, men and those in lowest-paid jobs.\"\n\nThe impact of the pandemic was different for men's pay compared with women's earnings, primarily due to furlough.\n\nThe recent rebound in pay for many men resulted in a worsening of the gender pay gap between male and female earners. In April 2020, the gap was 7%, but it was 7.9% in April this year, following previous improvements.\n\n\"This isn't a reversal of the trend, it is a bump caused by the pandemic,\" said Sarah Coles, senior personal finance analyst at investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"When the 2020 study was carried out, more men were furloughed, and half were on temporarily lower pay, so the gap looked smaller than it actually was. When the 2021 study was done, the position was reversed, so it looked larger than it really was.\"\n\nMs Coles said the gender pay gap was affected significantly by how people lived their lives and brought flexibility of work into sharp focus.\n\n\"Children make an enormous difference, but the gap doesn't widen when women take time off with their first newborn, at the average age of 31. It is later, when they reach 40, that it opens up, so the relationship between pay and parenting is more complicated,\" she said.", "You can get extra news, analysis and in-depth reporting from the BBC's teams covering the climate change summit in Glasgow in November direct to your smartphone by signing up below.\n\nThis feature is only available to UK app users.\n\nYou can download the latest versions of the BBC News app here on the Android Play Store or here on the iOS App Store.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM Scott Morrison sets out \"a uniquely Australian way\" of meeting climate commitments\n\nLeading global coal and gas supplier Australia has pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.\n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison however said the plan would not include ending Australia's fossil fuel sectors.\n\nThe nation will also not set ambitious targets for 2030 - an objective of next month's COP26 global climate summit.\n\nHis plan has drawn criticism, with Murdoch University fire ecology expert Joe Fontaine saying it had \"all the strength of a wet paper bag\".\n\nAustralia has long dragged its heels on climate action. It has some of the highest emissions per head of population and is a massive exporter of fossil fuels.\n\nStrategic allies the US and UK have both pledged to cut emissions faster. The UK has pledged that all its electricity will come from renewable sources by 2035, while the US has announced plans to halve its emissions by 2030 compared to 2005 levels.\n\n\"We won't be lectured by others who do not understand Australia. The Australian Way is all about how you do it, and not if you do it. It's about getting it done,\" Mr Morrison wrote in a newspaper column on Tuesday.\n\nTo halt the worst effects of climate change, nations have pledged to limit rising temperatures to 1.5C by 2050.\n\nThis requires cutting emissions by 45% by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2050, scientists say. Over 100 nations have committed to carbon neutrality.\n\nNet zero means not adding to the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It is achieved by a combination of cutting emissions as much as possible - mainly by reducing gases like carbon dioxide (CO2), which are released in the use of fossil fuels - and so-called offsetting measures, such as planting trees and carbon-capture technology.\n\nMr Morrison announced an investment of more than A$20bn (£11bn; $15bn) in \"low-emissions technologies\" over the next 20 years - such as efforts to capture carbon in soil, lower solar energy costs, and developing greener industries.\n\nBut Australia will also use more gas, at least in the short term. Most controversially, there is no plan to limit fossil fuels.\n\n\"We want our heavy industries, like mining, to stay open, remain competitive and adapt, so they remain viable for as long as global demand allows,\" Mr Morrison wrote.\n\nAustralia's 2030 commitment will remain a 26% cut on 2005 emissions. It is currently on track for a 30-35% reduction, the government said.\n\nWhile the 2050 pledge has been widely welcomed, the government has been ferociously criticised for not offering more details.\n\nAustralia's Climate Council think tank said it was \"a joke without strong emissions cuts this decade\".\n\nMany said the government has been too slow on climate action, despite seeing first-hand impacts such as bushfires, floods and drought.\n\n\"The word plan doesn't constitute a plan no matter how many times you say it,\" said Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese.\n\nScott Morrison's announcement is worth noting not because it offers anything different to other countries, but because of how late to the party Australia is!\n\nThis announcement took months of political wrangling and was left down to the wire with days before the COP26 summit in Glasgow.\n\nThat the government had to make political concessions to its junior coalition partner - the National Party - shows you how complicated and politically divisive climate action is in Australia.\n\nThe Nationals represent electorates in regional areas where most high-emission industries like coal mining are based. After days of toing and froing, they backed the 'process'.\n\nThe prime minister assured Australians the target will not mean paying more for their energy bills. \"Technology not taxes,\" he said.\n\nHe addressed regional Australians directly and said the plan won't involve shutting down coal and gas production or exports. He talked about billions of dollars invested in low-emission technologies. The government's plan would \"strike a balance\", Mr Morrison said.\n\nBut he failed to explain how this balance will be struck. How the government will square keeping its coal industry, for example, and reaching net zero by 2050 - and what role technology will play in all of that. Especially when Canberra won't budge on its much-criticised 2030 targets.\n\nWhile this is a big moment for Australia, the details are still murky and potentially problematic on how net zero will be achieved.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "US comedian Dave Chappelle, whose latest Netflix special sparked a transgender backlash, has hit back at those he says want to \"cancel\" him.\n\nChappelle posted on Instagram that he was willing to meet members of the transgender community, amid criticism his comedy show was transphobic.\n\nHe also invited viewers to decide whether he had been \"cancelled\".\n\nIt comes after a small protest last week outside the Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles.\n\nCritics have taken offence at Chappelle's Netflix special, The Closer, in which he says \"gender is a fact\" and that LGBT people are \"too sensitive\".\n\nNetflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos apologised for how he handled internal dissent from employees, saying: \"I screwed up.\"\n\nChappelle's video, posted on his Instagram account on Monday, was filmed at his performance in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday, according to CNN. It was his first public reaction to critics since his special debuted on 5 October. He appeared at the show alongside popular podcaster Joe Rogan.\n\n\"It's been said in the press that I was invited to speak to transgender employees at Netflix and I refused,\" Chappelle, 48, told the audience.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch Andi's remarkable journey: 'I can finally be who I've always been'\n\n\"That is not true. If they had invited me I would have accepted it. Although I am confused about what we are speaking about... You said you want a safe working environment at Netflix. Well it seems like I'm the only one that can't go to the office anymore.\"\n\n\"To the transgender community, I am more than willing to give you an audience,\" he continued. \"But you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's demands.\"\n\nHe also denied that he was in conflict with the LGBT community, saying \"this has nothing to do with them. It's about corporate interests and what I can say and what I cannot say.\"\n\nChappelle also said the special had led to him being disinvited from showing his latest documentary, Untitled, at film festivals.\n\n\"Today, not a film company, not a movie studio, not a film festival... will touch this film,\" he said, calling on people to see his new film and decide \"am I cancelled or not?\"", "The government says it will force water companies to make a \"progressive reduction\" in the sewage it dumps in rivers, amid pressure from the Lords.\n\nPeers proposed a change to the Environment Bill last week in an attempt to cut the pollution, but it did not win enough support from MPs.\n\nIt led to a backlash on social media, and Lords promising to try again.\n\nBut Environment Secretary George Eustice has now promised to bolster measures by making them a legal duty.\n\nHe said the government already had plans in place to require water companies to act on sewage, but added: \"We've listened to the debate in Parliament [and] we will write what was already government policy into [law] to give people the reassurance they seek.\"\n\nThe crossbench peer who put forward the Lords amendment, the Duke of Wellington, said he met Mr Eustice earlier on Tuesday ahead of a debate in Parliament on the Environment Bill.\n\nSpeaking in the Lords, he said was \"grateful for the gesture\", but he had yet to form an opinion on the language of the government's proposal, so would be pushing ahead with his own plan to end the \"revolting practice\".\n\nThe duke's amendment passed in the Lords by 213 votes to 60, and will now be debated by MPs at a later date.\n\nHowever, due to parliamentary rules, his amendment would have to be approved by the Lords anyway to allow the government to replace it with its own plan when the bill returns to the Commons.\n\nThe environmental issue has come to a head days before the start of the COP26 climate summit, being hosted by the UK in Glasgow.\n\nThe Environment Agency allows water utilities to release sewage into rivers and streams after extreme weather events, such as prolonged heavy rain.\n\nThis protects properties from flooding and prevents sewage from backing up into streets and homes.\n\nBut according to the public body's own figures, water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England more than 400,000 times last year, with untreated effluent - including human waste, wet wipes and condoms - released into waterways for more than three million hours in 2020.\n\nThe Lords agreed an amendment to the Environment Bill that would put a legal duty on water companies and the government to demonstrate progressive reductions in discharges of untreated sewage and required them to \"take all reasonable steps\" to avoid using combined sewer overflows.\n\nBut when the proposal was voted on by MPs last week, it lost by 265 votes to 202 - even with 22 Tories rebelling against the government to vote in favour of the plan.\n\nThe government had said the amount of sewage discharged by water companies was \"not acceptable\" and that it had made it \"crystal clear\" to firms that significant reductions must be a priority.\n\nBut a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the intentions of the Lords' amendment, which it said would involve an overhaul of the UK's Victorian sewerage system - would cost upwards of £150bn.\n\n\"That would mean that individuals - every one of us as taxpayers - paying potentially thousands of pounds each as a result,\" they added.\n\nShortly before the issue was brought up again for debate in the Lords, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs proposed its own amendment for when the bill returns to the Commons.\n\nThe new legal duty would be placed directly on water companies to make a \"progressive reduction\" in the sewage it dumps into rivers.\n\nIt follows on from advice it gave the industry's financial regulator, Ofwat, earlier this year, saying water companies must take steps to significantly reduce storm overflows and that the regulator should ensure funding should be approved for them to do so.\n\nAnd the firms would need to produce \"comprehensive statutory Drainage and Sewerage Management Plans, setting out how they will manage and develop their drainage and sewerage system over a minimum 25-year planning horizon - including how storm overflows will be addressed\".\n\nA number of peers welcomed the move by the government, but some warned it still may not go far enough, with Labour's Baroness Quin saying she hoped the government would move even further now people across the country were \"waking up to the problem\".\n\nLabour's shadow environment secretary, Luke Pollard, also said the \"screeching u-turn\" on the issue due to the public backlash would \"do little to convince the public that the health of our rivers, rather than the health of Conservative polling, is at the forefront of ministers' minds\".\n\nHe added: \"The government still has no clear plan and no grip on the issue of raw sewage being pumped into our seas and rivers.\"", "Greta Thunberg will join the climate march from Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park on Friday 5 November\n\nGreta Thunberg has invited Glasgow workers who plan on striking during COP26 to join her on a protest march.\n\nThe Swedish activist confirmed she would come to the city during the UN summit to take part in a climate strike on Friday 5 November.\n\nRailway staff, council cleaners and refuse workers have said they would take industrial action during COP26.\n\nMs Thunberg wrote on Twitter: \"Climate justice also means social justice and that we leave no one behind.\"\n\nShe added: \"So we invite everyone, especially the workers striking in Glasgow, to join us. See you there.\"\n\nThe Climate Strike has been organised by Fridays for Future Scotland, which was founded by young people inspired by Ms Thunberg's activism.\n\nThe protest march will go from Kelvingrove Park in the west end of Glasgow to George Square in the city centre.\n\nScotRail strikes could begin on 1 November after the RMT Union rejected a pay offer\n\nMs Thunberg's comments came as unions representing rail and council workers confirmed their plans for strikes during the summit.\n\nCouncil cleaners, janitors, refuse and recycling workers across Scotland could take industrial action from 8 November.\n\nA joint trade union group, including Unison, Unite and the GMB, is seeking a £2,000 flat rate pay increase or 6%, whichever is greater, from Scotland's local authority umbrella body Cosla.\n\nScotRail could also be hit by strikes from 1 November after the RMT Union rejected the latest pay offer.\n\nThe union described the offer of a 2.5% increase this year, 2,2% in 2022 and a one-off £300 bonus for staff working during the summit as \"pitiful\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Greta Thunberg says she's 'completely different' in private\n\nThree other rail unions, Unite, Aslef and the TSSA have already accepted the offer.\n\nThe Scottish government has said it will focus on \"making alternative plans for rail operations during Cop26\" if a pay offer is not accepted by Wednesday.\n\nAbout 120 world leaders are expected to attend the United Nations summit from 31 October to 12 November.\n\nGreta Thunberg told the BBC this week that summits will not lead to action on climate goals unless the public demand change too.\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview ahead of COP26, she said the public needed to \"uproot the system\".", "Britain's turkey farmers will do their best to ensure Christmas \"is as normal as it can be\" but shortages are likely, an industry representative has warned.\n\nThe government has assured consumers that turkeys will be available for the festive season.\n\nMinisters are pinning their hopes on overseas workers brought in on temporary visas to \"save Christmas\".\n\nBut Graeme Dear, from the British Poultry Council, told MPs the scheme had come too late.\n\n\"We have been given access through the seasonal workers scheme for up to 5,500 [employees] but that finishes on 31 December,\" he said.\n\n\"We would have loved to have known about that in June, and therefore could have placed enough turkeys for a full Christmas.\"\n\nHe added that farmers \"will do our utmost to make sure Christmas is as normal as it can be,\" but told MPs: \"There is a likelihood there will be a shortage\".\n\nHe said his industry was facing a 16% reduction in its workforce.\n\nEarlier this month, Conservative Party chairman Oliver Dowden told Sky News: \"We will make sure that people have their turkeys for Christmas.\n\n\"I know that for the Environment Secretary George Eustice, this is absolutely top of his list.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The NFU's Tom Bradshaw says it is “completely inexcusable” and the government must act “urgently” to stop a repeat next year.\n\nOther farming industry representatives blamed shortages on Brexit and Covid, and urged the government to ease restrictions on immigration, in evidence to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.\n\nTom Bradshaw, of the National Farmers' Union, said labour shortages were \"our number one challenge\".\n\nHe cited daffodil farms, which he said were down a third on their usual staff numbers, leading to nearly a quarter of their crop going to waste.\n\nAnd he added that courgettes, apples and autumn raspberries had not been picked, in addition to \"the tragic cull in the pig sector\".\n\n\"Many businesses are mothballing their facilities... I've never seen the industry in this position and the real lack of confidence is crippling the sector,\" he added.\n\nHis comments were echoed by Derek Jarman, from the British Protected Ornamentals Association, who said the flowers and plants industry were facing a 25% reduction in labour next year.\n\n\"That will mean crops un-harvested - the market is there but not the labour to produce them,\" he said.\n\n\"We're all frightened, we're all in great fear, we don't know what to do, I've never seen it like this in my entire life, never.\"\n\nConservative MP Sheryll Murray asked the witnesses what was the dominant reason for the shortages.\n\nMr Jarman blamed Brexit for workers leaving the UK, telling the committee: \"We as a nation said 'we don't want you'.\"\n\nCharlie Dewhirst, a policy adviser for the National Pig Association said the coronavirus pandemic had been \"an accelerator of so many issues\".\n\n\"It is almost 50:50,\" said Mr Dear arguing that a lot of EU citizens left in \"the run up\" to Brexit but the pandemic \"encouraged\" others to \"go home\".\n\nAsked if labour shortages could be filled by the UK population, Mr Bradshaw noted that unemployment is \"very low\".\n\nHe said the industry had been told the end of the furlough scheme, introduced during the pandemic, would result in high unemployment and that \"we would recruit from that pool\".\n\n\"It's now not happened so where is the pool of labour,\" he asked,\n\nThe government has said firms should pay higher wages to attract staff.\n\nAsked about labour shortages in farming earlier this month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC the industry could not \"simply go back to the tired, failed, old model, reach for the lever called 'uncontrolled immigration' get people in, low wages\".\n\nIn October, the government announced a number of measures to ease pressure on the pig industry including extending its seasonal workers scheme to pork butchers.\n\nThe Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Scheme allows farmers to recruit overseas on a quota basis - but Mr Bradshaw said the numbers should be expanded and extended to other areas such as the ornamental sector.", "Ikea is buying the former flagship central London store of Topshop for £378m following the collapse of Sir Philip Green's retail empire.\n\nThe Swedish giant will turn several floors of the huge Oxford Street site into a furniture store as part of a strategy to open inner-city outlets.\n\nThe 239,000 sq ft retail and office space, on seven floors, also houses NikeTown and Vans, who stay as tenants.\n\nIkea said despite the growth of online sales, bricks and mortar remained key.\n\nPeter Jelkeby, retail manager of Ikea UK & Ireland, said societies were seeing big changes in the way people live and shop, including soaring online sales and a desire for more local physical outlets.\n\nIkea, famous for its huge out-of-town warehouses, has been trialling inner-city formats across Europe for more than two years.\n\n\"Even though online shopping continues to accelerate at a rapid pace, our physical stores - large and small - will always be an essential part of the Ikea experience,\" said Mr Jelkeby.\n\n\"Bringing Ikea to the heart of Oxford Street is a direct response to these societal shifts and an exciting step forward in our journey to becoming a more accessible.\"\n\nThe new store is planned to open in autumn 2023 and will focus on home-furnishing accessories, with the full range available to buy for home delivery.\n\nThe company opened its first inner-city outlet in Paris in 2019. It also has city centre sites in New York, Toyko, and Madrid, with outlets planned for Vienna, Barcelona, Berlin and Prague. Ikea currently has 22 UK outlets.\n\nA conditional purchase contract for the property is now signed, with the final details expected to be completed in January.\n• None Ikea in talks to buy former Topshop flagship store", "The serving PC with the West Midlands force is accused of an historical sexual offence against a child\n\nA serving West Midlands Police officer has been charged with an historical sexual offence against a child.\n\nStudent officer PC Joseph Powell is accused of assaulting a child under 13 by touching between 2009 and 2011 and faces a further charge of unauthorised access to information on a police computer.\n\nHe is due to appear at Coventry Magistrates' Court on 10 November.\n\nPC Powell has remained suspended since his arrest on 6 August 2020.\n\nThe force confirmed the sexual offence charge pertained to a period that pre-dated his employment with them.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Almost half the trailers were destroyed in the blaze in 2019\n\nThree people have been charged with arson over two fires, including one that destroyed 48 trailers at the headquarters of domestic appliance manufacturer Whirlpool.\n\nExplosions were heard across Peterborough as fire engulfed the lorry trailers on 29 August 2019.\n\nDamage was estimated at about £2m.\n\nTwo people have been charged in relation to that fire, and one of them and another man are also charged in relation to an incident the day before.\n\nBlack smoke could be seen for miles around the Shrewsbury Avenue site in the city after the fire broke out at about 19:00 BST.\n\nEight crews and 55 firefighters tackled the blaze at its height.\n\nEight crews from four counties tackled the blaze\n\nCambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said at the time the lorry trailers had been full of parts for washing machines and fridges.\n\nNo-one was injured in the blaze and none of the company's buildings were affected.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The trailers contained spare parts for washing machines and fridges\n\nCambridgeshire Police has now said three people have been charged \"in connection with a large-scale arson in Peterborough two years ago\".\n\nA 21-year-old man from the city and a 17-year-old boy have been charged with arson causing damage worth £754,871 to HGV trailers and their contents, as well as criminal damage to white goods belonging to Hotpoint.\n\nThe 17-year-old has also been charged with further offences alongside another 21-year-old man, in connection with an incident at a building site in the Hampton area of the city on 28 August 2019.\n\nBoth have been charged with arson causing damage totalling £20,000, burglary and criminal damage.\n\nAll three are expected to appear before magistrates on 12 November.\n\nPolice said four other men arrested during the investigation would face no further action.\n\nWhirlpool, which owns the brand Hotpoint, has its UK headquarters at the Peterborough site.\n\nAbout 1,000 of Whirlpool's 2,500 UK workforce are based there.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Carl Davies pleaded guilty to causing alarm or distress to Louise Minchin and her daughter\n\nA man has pleaded guilty to stalking by sending intimidating comments to former BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin and her adult daughter on Instagram.\n\nCarl Davies, 44, was due to stand trial at Caernarfon Crown Court but changed his plea to both charges to guilty.\n\nDavies, of Flint, admitted causing alarm or distress to both Louise and her daughter Mia in July 2020.\n\nHe has been ordered not to refer to the women on any social media site and will be sentenced on 15 December.\n\nHe was also ordered not to encourage any third party to refer to the women on social media, and not to contact the women directly or indirectly, or approach any BBC-owned or run premises, or any BBC film set or areas.\n\nDavies was also told he must not enter the Cheshire village where Ms Minchin lives.\n\nThe messages sent to Louise Minchin and her daughter were \"very intimidating\", the judge said\n\nDavies, of Queens Avenue, has previously been convicted and given a suspended sentence for stalking Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts.\n\nJudge Nicola Saffman said: \"This is a repeat offence and the content of messages which was sent was extremely alarming, very serious, very intimidating and clearly was intended to maximise the distress of the complainants in this case.\"\n\nThe court heard the offences took place between 14 and 17 July last year, during the operational period of his suspended sentence.\n\nThe court heard that Davies served in the armed forces in Iraq and had been living for many years with untreated post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).\n\nDuncan Bould, defending, said Davies, who attended court with his father, had continued to work in Iraq as a close protection officer after leaving the forces and had very little treatment for the condition.\n\nMr Bould said: \"He has, it seems, heavily self-medicated, using largely alcohol as medication.\n\n\"It seems it is in that context these offences were committed.\"\n\nMr Bould said Davies had initially pleaded not guilty to the two offences of stalking, causing serious alarm or distress, because he could not recognise the behaviour and now believed it must have been done when he was heavily intoxicated.\n\nJudge Nicola Saffman told the court the most likely sentence was one of immediate imprisonment.", "Tan Copsey had booked his accommodation well in advance of the summit\n\nAn Airbnb host has been banned from taking bookings during COP26 after he hiked the cost of a lodging by $2,000.\n\nTan Copsey had booked the two-bedroom flat in Glasgow's west end well in advance of the summit only to receive an email with the inflated price.\n\nThe host said he was concerned he had \"missed out on a great deal of money\" after seeing the average room price increase by \"400%\" in the area.\n\nMr Copsey said: \"I had already paid. We already had an agreement.\"\n\nAirbnb said it had \"zero tolerance\" for this kind of behaviour.\n\nOriginally reported in The Herald, Mr Copsey posted about his experience on social media, joking he was having a \"great time\" with COP26 accommodation.\n\nMr Copsey, who will be visiting his 10th UN climate summit, told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime programme he made the booking about three months ago.\n\nBut a few weeks ago he received a \"really interesting\" message from the host.\n\nMr Copsey, who works for a US non-profit organisation, said: \"The message essentially said: 'I am pretty disappointed that you booked early because I have missed out on a whole lot of money. Prices in our area have gone up 400% and so I would like to charge you more. Specifically, in your currency, $2,000 more.\"\n\nHe had originally booked a two-week stay at the property for £2,175 ($3,000).\n\nMr Copsey said: \"The thing that bothered me about it was that I had already paid. We already had an agreement.\"\n\nHe cancelled his booking and has since arranged alternative accommodation for COP26, which starts at the Scottish Event Campus on Sunday.\n\nThousands of delegates and hundreds of world leaders will descend on Glasgow for the climate summit\n\nMr Copsey said his main concern now was the situation facing delegates who did not have the same resources.\n\n\"The bigger thing that is happening is that all these people from around the world are coming to Glasgow and they are coming to do something that is really important and really good,\" he said.\n\n\"And I don't think it is right that they are priced out because they are on government salaries. They work for small non-profits in Africa or the Pacific Islands, and they are already paying a huge amount of money to get to Glasgow because of the pandemic and because of travel being disrupted.\"\n\nDespite his experience, Mr Copsey, whose area of specialism is the reduction of methane emissions, said he did not have any vindictive thoughts against the host or a negative opinion of Scottish people.\n\nAnd he said he hopes the many \"incredibly kind\" offers of accommodation he has received can now be used to help others who are less fortunate.\n\nAn Airbnb spokesperson said: \"We have zero tolerance for this behaviour and have taken action against the host and blocked them from accepting other bookings during this period.\n\n\"The guest has been refunded in full and we have offered support in helping them find alternative accommodation.\"\n\nEarlier this month BBC Scotland found evidence that a squeeze on available accommodation had sent prices soaring in Glasgow.\n\nOne room in the city initially advertised as £42 per night was later advertised at £1,400 per night during the summit.\n\nFiona Hooker, of the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland campaign, said the cost and availability of accommodation was \"a huge concern\" for activists hoping to attend.\n\nAnd restaurateur and property owner Charan Gill called the practice \"opportunistic\".\n\nHe said: \"You will not live off this money forever - fine, you might make an extra few hundred or thousand pounds here and there.\n\n\"At the end of the day you have to go back to your normal people, your normal market, your normal tenants who keep your bread buttered.\"\n\nAirbnb told the BBC they would donate all revenue from stays in Glasgow during the summit to Zero Waste Scotland.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "This vigil was staged outside the Science Museum\n\nClimate activists who slept overnight in London's Science Museum will approach the attraction's visitors to tell them about its sponsorship deals.\n\nA new gallery funded by a subsidiary of the Adani Group, a multinational business involved in coal extraction, is due to open in 2023.\n\nAbout 30 members of the UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) camped out in the lobby as a protest on behalf of \"victims\" of fossil fuel companies.\n\nNo arrests have been made.\n\nThe museum has also faced criticism for partnering with Shell to fund its Our Future Planet exhibition\n\nDemonstrator Izzy Warren, 17, said the group, which includes school pupils, university students and scientists, chose to occupy the museum because the owners had ignored their petitions, letters and boycotts.\n\n\"We would really like to greet people who come to the museum this morning so they are aware of what they are supporting, and what they are paying for.\n\n\"The Science Museum is blatantly taking money from some of the worst perpetrators of the climate crisis.\"\n\nThe demonstration comes after the Science Museum last week announced a new gallery, called Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery.\n\nThe demonstration comes after the Science Museum last week announced a new gallery, called Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery\n\nAdani Green Energy is a solar power developer based in India and is a subsidiary of the Adani Group, which through another arm of its business is also involved in extracting coal.\n\nA spokesperson for the renewables company said: \"An environment where every child can grow up breathing pollution-free air - that is the environment we dream to create and have to a certain extent managed to enrich lives with our renewable energy plants.\n\n\"Adani Green Energy is pioneering in helping transition to renewable power generation. We develop, build, own, operate and maintain utility scale grid connected solar and wind projects.\"\n\nBiologist Dr Alexander Penson, who took part in the sit-in, said it was \"appalling\" the museum was persisting in fossil fuel sponsorship and starting a new relationship with Adani.\n\nThe activists said they negotiated with museum staff to be moved from the second floor of the building to the Energy Hall near the main entrance so that they would have access to toilets for the whole night.\n\nThe museum has also faced criticism for partnering with Shell to fund its Our Future Planet exhibition, which is about carbon capture and storage and nature-based solutions to the climate crisis.\n\nThe agreement with the fossil fuel giant included a gagging clause, committing the museum not to say anything that could damage Shell's reputation.\n\nThe students have staged the protest against sponsorship by fossil fuel companies\n\nThe Science Museum has consistently defended its stance on working with fossil fuel partners.\n\nChief executive Ian Blatchford said trustees \"are not convinced by the argument from some who say we should sever all ties with organisations that are 'tainted' by association, direct or indirect, with fossil fuels.\n\n\"We believe the right approach is to engage, debate and challenge companies, governments and individuals to do more to make the global economy less carbon intensive.\n\n\"Adani Green Energy is an example of an energy sector business bringing expertise and investment to renewables at the scale needed to deliver meaningful change.\"\n\nA Met Police spokesperson said: \"Officers attended and engaged with the protesters and museum staff.\n\n\"The protesters stated their intention was to remain in the museum overnight. This was agreed to by museum staff.\n\n\"No further police action was required.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The queues snaked around the Essex terminal building on Sunday morning\n\nPassengers at Stansted Airport missed flights when a baggage system failure plunged departures into \"chaos\".\n\nTravellers hoping to depart on Sunday said they were faced with long queues around the terminal as staff raced to manually process luggage.\n\nStansted said its system, which recently underwent a £70m upgrade, was thought to have suffered a power issue.\n\nAn airport spokesman apologised for disruption and said the problem had been fixed.\n\nSeveral families who spoke to the BBC at Stansted described chaotic scenes that had put a downer on long-awaited holidays.\n\nNeil and Gemma Jackson arrived at Stansted at 04:30 BST after travelling from Kent with their children. The trip to Lanzarote is their first in two years.\n\n\"It started off ordinarily, we queued up to check in and that progressed quite quickly,\" said Mrs Jackson.\n\n\"But where it really went off the rails was we were all advised to drop our bags at a particular zone. There was absolute chaos.\n\n\"Every single passenger from every airline seemed to be in the same queue. There was no crowd control, it snaked around the entire airport, people were pushing in.\n\n\"We waited politely at security control. Then our gate closed and we were turned away.\"\n\nNeil and Gemma Jackson and their children missed their 07:05 flight to Lanzarote\n\nEllie Winstanley, 27, who was flying with Ryanair, also said she was advised to join a queue that \"circled the entire airport\".\n\n\"Then the conveyor belt stopped working,\" she said. \"We rushed through security which was fairly quick and then we sprinted and they closed the gate on time.\n\n\"I've got asthma so I was just trying to get a break. I felt for this other woman with two kids who looked teary and so incredibly stressed.\"\n\nEllie Winstanley was hoping to fly to Malaga for a 10-day break with her father and brother\n\nTrinity Hammatt, 21, from Haverhill, and Thomas Hammond, 21, from Saffron Walden, were heading to Valencia and said they arrived at the airport three hours in advance - as advised by Ryanair.\n\n\"We had to wait in that awful long queue because the belts are down,\" Ms Hammatt said. \"It's completely put a downer on the whole thing.\n\n\"Everyone we spoke to brushed us off. I understand it's busy and manic, but it's been overwhelming.\n\nThe new £70m baggage system has operated at Stansted since May\n\nThe baggage system upgrade in May involved replacing ageing conveyor belts and chutes with 2.4km (7,874ft) of track and 180 automated carts.\n\nAn airport spokesman said he believed the system had suffered a power issue.\n\n\"Contingency measures were immediately put in place with our airlines to mitigate disruption and manually process baggage while engineers worked to fix the issue.\" he said.\n\n\"The system is now operating as normal but passengers are still asked to arrive at the airport at least three hours before their flight departs in accordance with their airline's latest advice.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cardiff\n\nCardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman says there is still \"a lot of work to be done\" in the Emiliano Sala case, two years after the footballer's death.\n\nArgentine striker Sala, who was 28, died in a plane crash in January 2019 while travelling from Nantes, France, to join Cardiff in a £15m transfer.\n\nLast week, Sala's family called for an inquest date to be set.\n\n\"I think it's appalling that two years on, nobody really wants to know,\" said Dalman.\n\n\"We have approached every single body that we can. We approached Fifa, we got absolutely nowhere, we approached the FA, the Premier League, the French league, the French police, the English police and I can't seriously look you in the eye today and say we are a lot further along than we were two years ago. It is hard work.\n\n\"There is a lot of work to be done.\n\n\"I have written to all these bodies and asked for help in getting over this hurdle. We are getting nowhere and there seems to be a lack of seeing the full picture.\n\n\"The way we are set up in the game of football, no one is actually looking at the bigger picture. No one is looking at the contractual obligation of each one.\n\n\"Therefore we are hitting huge brick walls.\"\n\nSince Sala's death, French club Nantes and Cardiff have been in dispute over fee payments.\n\nFollowing last week's call from Sala's family for an inquest date to be set, Cardiff offered their \"deepest sympathy\" to the families of the 28-year-old and pilot David Ibbotson, 59, who was flying the plane when it crashed in the English Channel on 21 January, 2019.\n\nCardiff also said in a statement: \"The club endorses the call by the Sala family for the inquest to begin as soon as possible after the conclusion of David Henderson's trial.\"\n\nIn March 2020, coroners had initially said that a full inquest into the deaths of both men would not take place until at least March 2021.\n\nThat first delay was due to an ongoing Civil Aviation Authority investigation into the crash, but any inquest must now wait until the conclusion of a criminal court case stemming from the tragedy.\n\nDavid Henderson has been charged with endangering the safety of an aircraft and attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation, charges which he denies. Mr Henderson is alleged to have arranged the flight.\n\nIn January 2020, Cardiff announced they would set up a trust in Sala's name to support his family and fund footballing projects in his memory.\n\nIt was intended that the trust, launched in conjunction with the Sala family's lawyers, would see Cardiff donate money to support the family and grassroots football projects in his memory.\n\nBut the fund, which would be controlled by independent trustees, has yet to be formally launched.\n\n\"To give you a bit more encouragement we are not very far away from the trust being set up, finally, we are literally weeks away,\" said Dalman.\n\n\"Our objective is we will put in the initial seed capital and then will go out and raise money to contribute to the cause of the Sala trust.\n\n\"We know the case is continuing and the police are taking it seriously.\n\n\"There is obviously the inquest going on here. It will be interesting to see how things develop.\n\n\"So it's complicated and a lot of work.\n\n\"If at the end of the day the ruling body says we have to pay, we will accept the judgement 100%.\n\n\"But we will fight every corner until we get the true picture of what really happened.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTributes are being paid to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has died of Covid-19 complications aged 84.\n\nThe former top military officer died on Monday morning, his family said. He was fully vaccinated.\n\nPowell became the first African-American secretary of state in 2001 under Republican President George W Bush.\n\nHe also sparked controversy for helping garner support for the Iraq War.\n\n\"We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,\" the family said in a statement, thanking the staff at the Walter Reed Medical Center \"for their caring treatment\".\n\nPowell had previously been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer which may have made him more susceptible to Covid symptoms, according to US media, as well as Parkinson's disease.\n\nPresident Joe Biden, calling Powell a \"dear friend\", said he had embodied the \"highest ideals of both warrior and diplomat\".\n\nFormer President Bush was among the first to pay tribute to \"a great public servant\" as well as \"a family man and a friend\" who \"was such a favourite of presidents that he earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom - twice\".\n\nMr Bush's vice-president Dick Cheney saluted Powell as \"a man who loved his country and served her long and well\" while also being \"a trailblazer and role model for so many\".\n\nFormer President Barack Obama, a Democrat, tweeted that Powell \"understood what was best in this country, and tried to bring his own life, career, and public statements in line with that ideal\".\n\nCondoleezza Rice, Powell's successor as secretary of state and the first black woman in the role, called him \"a truly great man\" whose \"devotion to our nation was not limited to the many great things he did while in uniform or during his time spent in Washington\".\n\n\"Much of his legacy will live on in the countless number of young lives he touched.\"\n\nCurrent secretary of state Antony Blinken called Powell's life \"a victory of the American Dream\".\n\nPowell gave the Department of State \"the very best of his leadership,\" Mr Blinken said. \"He never stopped believing in America, and we believe in America in no small part because it helped produce someone like Colin Powell.\"\n\nFormer UK Prime Minister Tony Blair - who worked closely with Powell during the early years of the Iraq War - said he was someone of \"immense capability and integrity\" who was \"a great companion, with a lovely and self-deprecating sense of humour\".\n\nColin Powell was a soldier for 35 years and rose to the rank of four-star general\n\nRemembrances also poured in from prominent African-American leaders. Civil rights activist Al Sharpton called him \"a sincere and committed man\", while members of the Congressional Black Caucus praised his \"legacy of valour and integrity\".\n\nUS Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, the first black man to serve in that role, hailed Powell as \"a tremendous personal friend and mentor\" who would be \"impossible to replace\".\n\nOnce a moderate Republican, Powell became a trusted military adviser to a number of leading US politicians.\n\nBut he broke with his party to endorse Barack Obama in 2008, as well as Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. A sharp critic of Republican president Donald Trump, Powell said he could no longer call himself a Republican after the violent 6 January riot at the US Capitol.\n\nHe also saw service and was wounded in Vietnam, an experience that later helped define his own military and political strategies.\n\nHowever, he would say himself that his own legacy had been damaged by a speech to the United Nations Security Council which used faulty intelligence to back the invasion of Iraq.\n\n\"It was painful. It's painful now,\" Powell told ABC News in 2005.\n\nColin Powell was an iconic American success story. The child of immigrants, he became the first black man to rise to the highest positions in US military and diplomacy.\n\nIn the 1990s, Powell was one of the few American public figures with appeal that crossed political boundaries - reminiscent of General Dwight D Eisenhower after the Second World War.\n\nUnlike Eisenhower, Powell would not ascend to the presidency - although there were abundant calls for him to run.\n\nThose calls dwindled after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, a decision Powell later acknowledged was a \"blot\" on his legacy. He had staked his reputation on the presence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction - and his reputation suffered for it.\n\nIn his later years, Powell became a different kind of icon. His drift away from the Republican Party following Donald Trump's rise to power reflected the dwindling influence of Powell's moderate, internationalist faction within the American conservative movement.\n\nPowell's life may be somewhat overshadowed by his cause of death, as he now ranks as the most prominent American to succumb to Covid-19.", "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attend the first Earthshot Prize awards ceremony, held in London\n\nTwo best friends who grow coral and the country of Costa Rica are among the winners of the first ever Earthshot Prizes.\n\nThe annual awards were created by the Duke of Cambridge to reward people trying to save the planet.\n\nThere were five winners announced in London, each receiving £1m.\n\nPrince William was joined by stars including Emma Watson, Dame Emma Thompson and David Oyelowo for the ceremony at Alexandra Palace.\n\nEd Sheeran, Coldplay and KSI were among the acts that performed - and in keeping with the eco message, the music was powered by 60 cyclists pedalling on bikes.\n\nNo celebrities flew to London for the ceremony, no plastic was used to build the stage and guests were asked to \"consider the environment\" when choosing an outfit - with Watson wearing a dress made from 10 different dresses from Oxfam.\n\nHarry Potter actress Emma Watson has previously used her platform to call for climate change action\n\nThe Earthshot prize's name is a reference to the \"Moonshot\" ambition of 1960s America, which saw then-President John F Kennedy pledge to get a man on the Moon within a decade.\n\nEach year for the next decade, the prize is awarding £1m each to five projects that are working to find solutions to the planet's environmental problems.\n\nThe inaugural winners were selected from five different categories, and were chosen from a shortlist of 15 by judges including broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, actress Cate Blanchett and singer Shakira.\n\nThe Republic of Costa Rica won the Protect and Restore Nature award\n\nEmma Watson (left) announces the AEM Electrolyser as the winner of the Fix Our Climate award\n\nIn a recorded message played at the ceremony - which was broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer at 20:00 BST - Prince William said the next 10 years was a \"decisive decade\" for the planet.\n\n\"Time is running out,\" he said. \"A decade doesn't seem long enough, but humankind has an outstanding record of being able to solve the unsolvable.\"\n\nEarlier this week, the duke suggested that rather than the world's top minds setting their sights on space tourism, they should instead focus on saving Earth.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Prince William says the world's greatest minds are needed to \"repair this planet, not find the next\"\n\nWith stars from the worlds of football and music arriving on a green carpet, the message was that environmental challenges deserve the same kind of attention as the Oscars.\n\nAnd the winning teams were obviously thrilled to get such high-profile recognition.\n\nThe test now is whether their projects will be scaled up in a way that makes a difference worldwide.\n\nWhether it's restoring corals and forests or reducing waste and carbon emissions, the plan is for big name companies to support these mostly small-scale schemes and help them to become global.\n\nIt may well be years before we see how well that works out in practice, and inevitably some projects may prove more effective than others.\n\nIn any event, in the countdown to the vital COP26 climate summit in Glasgow next month, the winners offer something that's been in short supply recently: a sense of optimism.\n\nAmong the celebrities at Sunday night's ceremony was Love Actually actress Dame Emma, who criticised throwaway culture as she made her way to the event.\n\n\"If we had shown my parents how people live (today), how they will wander down the streets with a coffee cup, immediately throw it away, eat, throw away, everything throw away, they would've gone, 'what's going on?'\" said Dame Emma.\n\nNigerian Afro-pop singer Yemi Alade performed on stage during the ceremony", "The car ploughed through a wall and ended up in Hythe library on Sunday morning\n\nA car has crashed through a wall and into a library in Hampshire.\n\nThe car became wedged half in, half out of Hythe Library, having ploughed through the wall from a car park in New Road shortly after 11:15 BST.\n\nHampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service said crews tunnelled through the debris to get to the two people inside the car and stabilise the vehicle.\n\nBoth occupants had escaped without any serious injuries, the service said.\n\nHampshire Constabulary said the crash was not being treated as suspicious and no arrests were made.\n\nThe car had been in a car park next to the library in New Road\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ronnie Tutt, the drummer who backed Elvis Presley from 1969 until his death eight years later, has died aged 83.\n\nElvis Presley Enterprises broke the news on its website on Saturday, saying it was \"deeply saddened\".\n\n\"In addition to being a legendary drummer, he was a good friend to many of us here at Graceland,\" it wrote. \"He will be deeply missed by all of us.\"\n\nDallas-born Tutt also worked with Billy Joel, Neil Diamond and Jerry Garcia in a career that spanned six-decades.\n\nHis work can be heard on Joel's Piano Man, Elvis Costello's King of America and the Gram Parsons albums GP and Grievous Angel.\n\nHe joined the King of Rock 'n' Roll for his 1969 Taking Care of Business (TCB) tour with guitarist James Burton and other musicians to perform with Elvis at his famous Las Vegas opening.\n\nIn a 2016 interview with an Elvis fan club in Australia, Tutt admitted that he was \"never really a big fan\" of the star until he met him at an audition for that tour. \"Once you meet him and you understand the charisma that the man had, you just can't help but love what he does,\" he said.\n\n\"We immediately had a great rapport. Visually, our eyes were constantly watching each other.\"\n\nElvis Presley's hits include Suspicious Minds and Can't Help Falling in Love with You\n\nOn occasion in between songs, Presley would jokingly mimic karate moves on stage in time with Tutt's drumming.\n\nHe would also introduce Tutt to the crowd and indulge him as he entertained them with rollicking drum solos for minutes on end.\n\nThe sticksman continued working with Presley until his death in 1977, and played with TCB band members for years after.\n\nA prolific live performer, he was also called upon by Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Glen Campbell and Roy Orbison.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Elvis Presley This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Rob Brydon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTutt leaves behind his wife Donna, who told TMZ he died on Saturday of natural causes at his home in Tennessee, having had a longstanding heart condition. \"He couldn't play another drum lick,\" she told the site.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Sir David was attacked during a meeting with his constituents on Friday\n\nNorthern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers have led tributes at Stormont to the Conservative MP Sir David Amess who was killed last week.\n\nFirst Minister Paul Givan described him as a political \"giant\" at Westminster and a \"tireless\" backbencher who was a good friend of the DUP and the union.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill expressed sympathy to his family.\n\nShe said no politician \"should face any attack when carrying out work on behalf of their constituency\".\n\nMs O'Neill also highlighted the abuse she and other Northern Ireland assembly members (MLAs) have been subjected to on a daily basis.\n\nShe also revealed that she once had to \"physically remove an uninvited person from her home\".\n\nMr Givan also warned about the rise in abuse being directed at public representatives both online and also in the media.\n\nIn his tribute to Mr Amess, he singled out the MP's work in helping migrants working in his constituency.\n\nMLAs from across the chamber joined the tribute to Sir David and also called for an end to the abuse of public representatives.\n\nSir David was stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex on Friday.\n\nPoliticians in Northern Ireland have been contacted by police about their security following the attack.\n\nEarlier, a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) peer who survived two murder bids described Sir David's murder as \"an attack on democracy, not just an individual\".\n\nThe Continuity IRA left a bomb outside Lord Dodds' constituency office in 2003\n\nLord Dodds said there was determination across the political spectrum \"to carry on\".\n\nThe peer is a former deputy leader of the DUP who served as MP for North Belfast from 2001 to 2019.\n\nIn 1996, Lord Dodds, then a Belfast councillor, and his wife, DUP assembly member Diane Dodds, both escaped injury in a gun attack.\n\nThe couple were visiting their ill son in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital when the IRA shot and wounded their police bodyguard.\n\nSeven years later, dissident republicans left a bomb outside the former DUP deputy leader's constituency office.\n\nLord Dodds said that following Sir David's murder, politicians from across the United Kingdom will be thinking: \"There by the grace of God, it could've been me.\"\n\n\"Because it appears completely random,\" he said.\n\n\"Why was it Jo Cox, why was it David Amess? Many hundreds of MPs hold constituency surgeries, particularly on Fridays and at weekends.\n\n\"This is an attack on democracy, not just an individual - people trying to silence and shut down political opinion and debate, democracy in the United Kingdom.\"\n\nBut he said that \"there is a determination across the political spectrum to carry on and not let these people win\".\n\nThe former DUP MP also called for a social media crackdown on online trolls.\n\nHe said that politicians, in particular females, are \"abused on a daily basis\" on social media.\n\n\"We've seen people attacked before on social media but it has got a lot worse and social media companies have to take responsibility and stop these anonymous trolls that whip up hate and hysteria,\" Lord Dodds told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"There needs to be a greater condemnation across the board from political spectrum, especially from those who seek to eulogise terrorism at times.\n\n\"Because of social media, there is a lot more known about elected representatives, about their movements, their appointments.\n\n\"MPs want to reach out to their constituents through social media, but it does have its drawbacks.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Menopause: 'There must be a supportive voice in workplace'\n\nNorthern Ireland's employers could end up on the \"wrong side of the law\" unless they make strides to facilitate women going through the menopause.\n\nThat is according to the Equality Commission's chief commissioner.\n\nWith women making up nearly half of the working population, there is pressure for better awareness and for workplaces to support those experiencing symptoms.\n\nThe commission's Geraldine McGahey said that \"many employers are doing really well - others are not\".\n\n\"I think every employer should be walking away thinking I need to check my practices and procedures, I need to check what the needs are of my female employees, both now and in the future,\" she told BBC News NI.\n\nThe issue has reached parliament, where Westminster's women and equalities committee has begun an inquiry into the consequences of menopause in the workplace.\n\nIt is estimated 900,000 women in the UK have left jobs as a result of menopausal symptoms.\n\nGeraldine McGahey says guidance drawn up by various bodies, including the Equality Commission, provides good practice examples\n\nThe Equality Commission said positive strides are being made.\n\nEven with the pandemic, some employers have been making changes including the local health trusts.\n\nBelfast City Council is currently finalising a menopause policy developed through its women's steering group.\n\nPwC's Lynne Rainey says women over 40 are the fastest growing demographic in the workforce\n\nPricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which has offices in Belfast, has implemented a number of changes, including changing insurance arrangements so women can access cover for menopause.\n\nFacilitating working from home and training career coaches about the issue is also on offer.\n\n\"It is a business-critical issue for us. Women over 40 are the fastest growing demographic in the workforce.\n\n\"They bring a huge amount of experience and expertise and, as a business, which is clearly a space of diversity and inclusion, we need a workforce that remains inclusive and diverse and we want to retain that talent.\n\n\"We also want to attract to us as well.\"\n\nFor those going through the menopause, such as Linzi Conway, a 51-year-old self-employed management consultant, the symptoms can be \"debilitating, especially the impact of insomnia\".\n\n\"As I have no one to pass the work on to, I sometimes muddle through and that lack of support is a challenge,\" she said.\n\nLinzi, who works from home, said a result for her would be being able to explain to a client that she is unable to work on a particular day due to menopause symptoms - but \"we aren't quite there yet\", she added.\n\n\"It's absolutely not an excuse, these are real symptoms, especially the tiredness, the pains and the brain fog - they all affect our ability to do a day's work.\n\n\"I think one of the benefits of the pandemic is forcing us to remodel and look at our work place differently and allowing that flexibility of working life, and that is going to help a lot of people whether it is menopause, mental health or anything else.\"\n\nEarlier this year, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions' NI committee and the Labour Relations Agency produced new guidance to address equality issues in relation to women affected by the menopause in employment.\n\nIt provides good practice examples and suggested tools for both employers and employees.\n\nGeraldine McGahey said the tools can be as simple as good ventilation, a fan on the desk, change in uniform or just providing a culture where people feel comfortable talking about it.\n\n\"We are finding a really positive interest in the subject,\" she said.\n\n\"Our first conference had 121 delegates and that is organisations not people.\n\n\"We are running more events and have had over 500 downloads of our guidance notes.\"", "Some large UK businesses will have to start disclosing their environmental impact, under new rules set to be brought in by the Treasury.\n\nThe requirements will also apply to investment products and pension schemes.\n\nIt comes ahead of November's COP26 meeting in Glasgow, where world leaders will discuss their climate commitments.\n\nExperts say the UK, which is hosting the event, is not currently on track to meet its own emissions targets.\n\nBoris Johnson has pledged to cut emissions by 78% by 2035, compared with 1990 levels.\n\nThe Treasury said the new sustainability disclosure requirements (SDR) mean an investment product will now have to set out the environmental impact of the activities it finances.\n\nIn addition, a company's sustainability claims will have to be justified \"clearly\", and their net zero transition plans properly set out.\n\nThe aim is to combat \"greenwashing\", where firms make misleading claims about their environmental commitments.\n\nBut the government said the information will \"only be impactful\" if customers and investors actually use it.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"We want sustainability to be a key component of investment decisions, and our plans will arm investors with the right information to make more environmentally-led decisions.\"\n\nHe said the rules will \"set new global standards for sustainability that will boost the economy, protect the planet and support our net zero goals\".\n\nIt is unclear when the rules will come in, or what will happen to firms that do not comply. Details of the specific reporting requirements will only be developed after a public consultation.\n\nMr Sunak first mentioned SDRs in July and has announced these next stages for the requirements in the report: \"Greening Finance: A Roadmap to Sustainable Investing\".\n\nSam Alvis, from the Green Alliance think tank, said it was a \"positive step in greening the private sector\".\n\n\"While new green finance is vital, stopping money going into environmentally destructive investments is key. The upcoming spending review is an opportunity for the chancellor to apply the same rules for public spending,\" he added.\n\nRain Newton-Smith, chief economist at the Confederation of British Industry, said greater clarity on environmental impact \"will help investors channel finance into projects that are aligned with net zero targets and will reduce carbon emissions across our economy\".\n\nBut Heather McKay from E3G, an independent climate change think tank, told the BBC the government would need to send clear signals about \"what is green and what is not\" to ensure companies really change how they operate.\n\nShe said this would be a \"crucial step\" to tackling greenwashing.\n\nWithout the right information available, Jessica Fries, chairman of Accounting for Sustainability said that investors and pension funds have made decisions \"in the dark\".\n\n\"As a global centre of finance, it will be important that the recommendations align with emerging requirements globally,\" Ms Fries added.\n\nBarbara Davidson, of think tank Carbon Tracker, said better enforcement of current accounting requirements was also required to combat greenwashing.\n\n\"Without this, investors do not have the requisite information about the effects of climate change for their decision-making,\" she said.\n\nBoris Johnson's government is currently on track to cut only about a fifth of UK emissions by 2035, compared with 1990s levels, according to a group of experts that advises the government.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch Bill Clinton give a thumbs up after he's asked: \"How are you feeling?\"\n\nFormer US President Bill Clinton has been discharged from a Californian hospital after spending five nights under care.\n\nMr Clinton had been receiving treatment for a urinary tract infection that developed into sepsis.\n\nThe 75-year-old gave a thumbs up to waiting news crews as he walked out of hospital with his wife, former presidential candidate Hillary.\n\nMr Clinton will return home to New York to complete his recovery, doctors said.\n\nDr Alpesh Amin, who oversaw the team of medics treating Mr Clinton, said in a statement: \"His fever and white blood cell count are normalised and he will return home to New York to finish his course of antibiotics.\"\n\nThe 42nd president, who served from 1993 to 2001, shook hands with waiting medical staff as he left the facility with his wife of 46 years.\n\nAccording to US media, Mr Clinton - who was in California to attend a private event for his foundation - had felt fatigued on Tuesday and underwent tests before being admitted to the hospital.\n\nPresident Biden said on Friday night that he had spoken with Mr Clinton and told reporters that he was \"not in any serious condition\".\n\nThe infection is the latest health scare for Mr Clinton. In 2004, aged 58, he had a quadruple bypass surgery after doctors found signs of extensive heart disease and, ten years later, he had a clogged artery opened after complaining of chest pains.\n\nNot long after his second surgery, the ex-president - known for his love of fatty foods - went vegan. He told Politico in 2016, \"I might not be around if I hadn't become a vegan. It's great.\"", "At least one house was completely destroyed in the blast\n\nTwo adults and two children have been taken to hospital after an explosion at a South Ayrshire housing estate.\n\nPolice say four homes were caught up in the blast in Ayr. Witnesses said at least one terraced house was destroyed, with those on either side of the property severely damaged.\n\nThe explosion was reported in the Kincaidston area at 19:10 on Monday and was heard for miles around.\n\nInquiries are ongoing to establish the cause of the blast.\n\nScottish Gas Networks said it was ensuring the site around the \"serious explosion\" was made safe.\n\nEmergency crews were called to the scene just after 19:00 on Monday\n\nLocal councillor Chris Cullen told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the explosion in Gorse Park was caused by gas.\n\nAsked to describe the scene, Mr Cullen said: \"It is quite harrowing actually.\n\n\"Early yesterday evening there was a row of houses and now there is a hole.\"\n\nMr Cullen also told the programme that if the gas from the affected properties could not be capped, then it could be days before people were allowed to return to their homes.\n\nThe area around the explosion was covered with debris\n\nA car parked in a nearby street was among the vehicles damaged by flying debris\n\nThe area was evacuated, with two local rest centres set up to provide shelter to those that needed it.\n\nThe fire service said nine appliances and specialist resources, including an air ambulance, attended the incident.\n\nA man who lives about 100m from the explosion site told the BBC that his whole house shook with the force of the blast.\n\nKerr McCann was one of the first on the scene. He was arriving home when saw a \"massive plume of fire\" in the sky over the street.\n\nHe said: \"Immediately after I felt a big bang, I knew it was an explosion. I was in the army so I know what explosions are.\n\n\"I ran up, about a quarter of a mile away... There was fire in the back garden and pretty much in where the house was.\n\n\"The house was not where it was, it was scattered about the street.\"\n\nMr McCann said he and other people who had run to help were removed from the area for their own safety shortly after.\n\nHe added: \"The whole house has disappeared, the gable end of the other house is opened up and there's cars with windows put in from the shrapnel.\n\n\"Passing the shop on the way back I heard people saying stuff came off the shelves from the explosion.\"\n\nCaroline Finnett, who lives in Kincaidston, was playing bingo at a friend's house when she heard a \"massive bang\".\n\nShe heard sirens and saw smoke billowing, so made her way back home. Her street was littered with broken roof tiles.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"We walked up to where the house has been blown away, and it was horrendous - was like something from a movie set. It was overwhelming.\n\nMs Finnett then took hot food to the community centre where those affected are sheltering, and offered up her spare room to anyone who needed it.\n\nWe are at the entrance to the Kincaidston estate which, at the moment, is as far as we are allowed to go.\n\nLocal residents are being allowed in and out of the area.\n\nPolice say that investigations into the explosion are ongoing and there has been a sizeable presence from Scottish Gas Networks here.\n\nThere is a lot of chat on social media, which we have not been able to verify, that it was a gas explosion.\n\nThere is work going on to make sure that people can return to their homes and still have heating while the gas to the area affected by the explosion is sealed off to prevents any further danger.\n\nBut police did tell us earlier this morning that the area still isn't 100% safe.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The blast was reported in Kincaidston shortly after 19:00 on Monday\n\nHomes nearby were evacuated and the area showered with debris following the blast\n\nA Police Scotland spokeswoman said: \"Four houses have been affected by the explosion.\n\n\"Two adults and two children have been taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock.\n\n\"A number of premises have been evacuated and two local rest centres have been set up to assist.\n\n\"Local road closures are in place and we would advise people to avoid the area at the present time.\"\n\nA spokesman for Scottish Gas Networks said: \"At around 20:00 tonight we received a request to assist the emergency services following the reports of a serious explosion in Gorse Park, Ayr.\n\n\"Our engineers are currently assisting the emergency services to ensure the immediate vicinity is made safe in our role as the gas emergency service.\"\n\nCommunity appeals have been started for food and drink supplies for those staying at the rest centres.\n\nBusinesses have been offering meals and the nearby Sundrum holiday caravan park offered accommodation for anybody who needed it.\n\nGlazing firms and several joiners pledged to help residents secure their properties.\n\nOn Tuesday morning South Ayrshire Council said the response from the local community had been overwhelming.\n\nIt tweeted: \"Thank you all so much for your generosity following the incident in Kincaidston last night. We have everything we need. Please stop bringing donations now.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cardiff\n\nJust three days after he signed for Premier League club Cardiff City, Emiliano Sala was on a light aircraft which disappeared on Monday night, French authorities have confirmed.\n\nThe 28-year-old Argentine was one of two people on board the Piper Malibu, which went missing off Alderney in the Channel Islands.\n\nCardiff spent a club-record fee of around £15m on a player who they had been interested in for more than a month.\n\nWednesday, 5 December, 2018: Cardiff manager Neil Warnock first reveals his interest in signing Sala after travelling to France to watch the striker play for Nantes against Marseilles.\n\nSala, then reportedly valued at £25m, scores in a 3-2 win, taking his tally to 13 goals for the Ligue 1 side at that stage of the season.\n\nThursday, 27 December: Cardiff's pursuit of Sala looks to be over after having their bid rejected by Nantes.\n\nWarnock suggests they will not increase their offer for the 28-year-old Argentine.\n\n\"We did originally [make an offer] but that was turned down and we haven't been back since,\" Warnock says at the time.\n\nTuesday, 1 January, 2019: As the January transfer window opens, Cardiff revive their interest in Sala and resume negotiations with Nantes over a fee worth around £15m.\n\nWednesday, 16 January: With speculation intensifying about his future, Sala makes his final appearance for Nantes, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute in the 1-0 loss at Nimes.\n\nFriday, 18 January: Sala travels to Cardiff to have a medical and discuss personal terms at Cardiff City Stadium, where he is pictured with Bluebirds fans afterwards.\n\nSaturday, 19 January: Cardiff confirm their club-record signing of Sala for an undisclosed fee thought to be around £15m.\n\nThat evening, Sala says: \"It gives me great pleasure and I can't wait to start training, meet my new teammates and get down to work.\"\n\nCardiff's chief executive Ken Choo, who is present when Sala signs, says: \"I'm sure all Cardiff City fans will join me in that and we can look forward to seeing our record signing in a Bluebirds shirt.\"\n\nSunday, 20 January: Sala travels back to Nantes to say goodbye to his team-mates and collect his belongings as he prepares for his move to Cardiff.\n\nMonday, 21 January: Sala flies from Nantes to Cardiff at 19:15 but, at 20:30, the Piper Malibu light aircraft he is aboard goes missing off Alderney in the Channel Islands.\n\nThe plane had been flying at 5,000ft when it contacted Jersey air traffic control requesting descent, the plane lost contact while at 2,300ft.\n\nTuesday, 22 January: Searches for the plane are suspended at 02:00 \"due to strengthening winds, worsening sea conditions and reducing visibility\", according to police, before the search resumes at 08:00.", "MPs bowed their heads in a minute's silence to remember their former colleague, Sir David Amess, who was killed in his Essex constituency.\n\nBoris Johnson said that Sir David \"simply wanted to serve the people of Essex\".\n\nFollowing sessions of remembrance in both Houses, members attended a memorial service at nearby St Margaret's Church.", "Southeastern has handed over the running of its services to the Operator of Last Resort\n\nSoutheastern's train services have been taken over by the government.\n\nFranchise holder Govia was informed of the decision last month after failing to declare more than £25m of taxpayer funding.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the Operator of Last Resort would take over the running to protect taxpayers' interests.\n\nPassengers are unlikely to see any immediate changes as trains, timetables and fares will stay the same.\n\nThe franchise was owned by Govia - a joint venture between Go-Ahead Group and Keolis.\n\nThe government stepped in after an investigation by the Department for Transport (DfT) identified Govia had not declared millions of pounds of historic taxpayer funding.\n\nThe DfT said the money had since been reclaimed.\n\nFurther investigations are being conducted and the government is considering more action, including financial penalties.\n\nAnthony Smith, chief executive of passenger watchdog Transport Focus, said: \"Passengers will want a punctual, reliable, clean train, with enough room to sit and stand, and value for money fares.\"\n\nCat Hobbs, director of public ownership campaign group We Own It, said \"privatisation is failing our railway\" and called for the whole rail network to be brought into public hands \"where it belongs\".\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ford is to invest £230m in its Halewood plant on Merseyside to make electric car parts, helping safeguard 500 jobs.\n\nThe investment will mean the plant will run for many years longer, said Stuart Rowley, president, Ford of Europe.\n\nThere had been speculation about the future of the Halewood factory complex as Ford moves towards electrifying its vehicles.\n\nPart of the investment will come from the government's Automotive Transformation Fund.\n\n\"We're really pleased with the support from the UK government,\" Mr Rowley told the BBC.\n\n\"We're not disclosing the exact amount, but it was good support for what is a very significant investment in the UK.\"\n\nHe said the government support was \"a part of the decision\" to choose to invest in Halewood, \"but not the only element\".\n\nFord's Halewood plant will begin manufacturing electric power units - which replace the engine and transmission in petrol cars - in 2024.\n\nFord has said it is committed to the UK, but not all locations have been as fortunate.\n\nIts engine plant in Bridgend closed in September last year, with the loss of 1,700 jobs, after the company described it as \"economically unsustainable\".\n\nFord blamed \"changing customer demand and cost\" for the closure plans and denied Brexit was a factor.\n\nFord is not the first manufacturer to receive financial help for electric vehicle production through the fund, set up to encourage investment in electric vehicle manufacturing in the UK.\n\nIn July, Nissan announced a major expansion of electric vehicle production at its car plant in Sunderland, which will create 1,650 new jobs.\n\nThe Japanese carmaker will build its new-generation all-electric model at the site as part of a £1bn investment that will also support thousands of jobs in the supply chain.\n\nAnd Nissan's partner, Envision AESC, will build an electric battery plant.\n\nFord's Mr Rowley said its plans were \"a huge vote of confidence in [the] workforce\".\n\n\"Ford has been part of the industrial and social fabric of the UK for many decades,\" he said, adding that the plant would be a \"very important\" part of Ford's electrification plans in Europe.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the Ford decision was \"further proof that the UK remains one of the best locations in the world for high-quality automotive manufacturing\".\n\n\"In this highly competitive, global race to secure electric vehicle manufacturing, our priority is to ensure the UK reaps the benefits,\" he added.\n\nKevin Pearson of the Unite union said the Ford investment \"recognises the experience, commitment and competitiveness of our world class workforce and is a great source of pride for all of us working at Halewood Transmission Plant and for the wider community\".\n\nThe announcement suggested the facility would be an important part of electric vehicle manufacturing in the UK, said Prof David Bailey of Birmingham Business School.\n\nHe said that was \"especially great news\" because there had been \"a lot of speculation about the plant\", including that Ford might move parts manufacturing and car assembly abroad.\n\nHad Halewood closed, it would have had a knock-on effect on other parts of the UK car industry and the local economy, he said.\n\nProf Bailey said that the UK's exit from the EU had been a \"huge concern\" initially, before the tariff-free trade deal was agreed between the EU and the UK.\n\nHowever, Ford said that it was not currently facing the kind of supply chain difficulties affecting some other UK businesses. Additional post-Brexit paperwork at ports, which has contributed to bottlenecks for some UK-based firms, has not been much of an obstacle for Ford as it has its own landing facilities at Dagenham, the firm said.\n\nFord is concerned about any possible fallout from UK and EU negotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol, a spokesperson said.\n\nThe global car giant also recently announced a $1bn (£730m) investment in its vehicle assembly facility in Cologne, Germany, and an expansion of electric vehicle production in Turkey and Romania.", "England have been ordered to play one match behind closed doors as a punishment for the unrest at Wembley Stadium during the Euro 2020 final.\n\nUefa also imposed a ban for a second game, which is suspended for two years.\n\nThe Football Association was fined 100,000 euros (£84,560) for \"the lack of order and discipline inside and around the stadium\" for the game.\n\n\"Although we are disappointed with the verdict, we acknowledge the outcome of this Uefa decision,\" said the FA.\n\nThe ban is the first time the FA has received a punishment that has resulted in England having to play a home match behind closed doors.\n\nFans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break into Wembley for the match on 11 July, which England lost to Italy on penalties.\n\nHundreds of fans got into Wembley for the showpiece without tickets after areas around the stadium became packed hours before the evening kick-off.\n\nMany sat in the area reserved for players' relatives, while England defender Harry Maguire later said that his father Alan suffered two suspected broken ribs before the game.\n\nManchester United central defender Maguire said his father was caught up in the stampede and was \"struggling to breathe\" after being trampled on.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police had said that 51 arrests were made connected to the final, with 26 of those made at Wembley.\n\n\"We condemn the terrible behaviour of the individuals who caused the disgraceful scenes in and around Wembley Stadium at the Euro 2020 final, and we deeply regret that some of them were able to enter the stadium,\" added the FA.\n\n\"We are determined that this can never be repeated, so we have commissioned an independent review, led by Baroness Casey, to report on the circumstances involved.\n\n\"We continue to work with the relevant authorities in support of their efforts to take action against those responsible and hold them to account.\"\n\nThe ban will be in place for England's next home game in a Uefa competition, which will be in the Nations League next June.\n\nUefa said the fine related to \"the lack of order and discipline inside and around the stadium, for the invasion of the field of play, for throwing of objects and for the disturbances during the national anthems\" at the Euro 2020 final.\n\nEngland fans booed the Italian anthem before the match.\n\nKevin Miles, the Football Supporters' Association's chief executive, told BBC Radio 5 Live he was \"sickened\" by what he saw at the final.\n\n\"On arrival at the stadium a couple of hours before kick-off, it was already pretty chaotic outside,\" he said.\n\n\"I think there was a failure from early in the day from the policing outside the ground right through to the security arrangements on the perimeter of the ground, and then inside.\n\n\"We don't have a bad track record of behaviour at Wembley and in that sense it was a bit of a one-off, but it's a glaring one. It's not acceptable.\"\n\nIn July, the FA was fined more than £25,000 for crowd problems before and during the semi-final victory over Denmark, which included Kasper Schmeichel having a laser shone in his eyes as he prepared to face a penalty from Harry Kane.\n\nFollowing Euro 2020, Hungary were ordered to play their next three home games - with the third game of the ban suspended - behind closed doors after Uefa found their supporters guilty of discriminatory behaviour during the tournament.\n\nHungary were also fined 100,000 euros but their supporters were allowed in for a World Cup qualifier against England on 2 September in Budapest as it fell under Fifa jurisdiction.\n\nFollowing that game, football's world governing body told Hungary's FA to play two matches behind closed doors - one suspended for two years - and fined them £158,400 for the racism experienced by England players.\n\nThe FA was never going to escape punishment for the disorganised, shameful shambles that was the Euro 2020 final at Wembley between England and Italy.\n\nFrom hours before kick-off, Wembley was thronged by thousands of fans. As kick-off drew nearer, it became clear that the situation was out of hand outside the stadium and would also become chaotic inside.\n\nOne personal recollection is being offered a large sum of money for my media accreditation literally a few yards from the official entrance when, at any major tournament worthy of the name, it would be impossible to get anywhere near this close without a ticket inspection and security.\n\nThis was the most minor of inconveniences compared to what thousands of others suffered but it was an indicator that something had gone very badly wrong.\n\nSupporters fuelled by alcohol stormed barriers and it was clear control had broken down inside the stadium with stewards being abused and ticketless fans even invading the disabled sections to take up seats. There was an atmosphere of threat and chaos.\n\nOn what was meant to be a memorable day as England played their first major men's final for 55 years, any sense of celebration disappeared hours before kick-off and the experience was wrecked for thousands of well-behaved fans who bought their tickets in good faith.\n\nIt was a dreadful experience and it was inevitable that the FA would pay a price. This will effectively amount to one game played behind closed doors and a 100,000 euro fine. The shame will be reflected by the sight of the giant stadium deserted for that one game.\n\nThe FA has declared itself disappointed with the outcome but, while announcing its insistence that everything will be done to ensure there is no repeat, many who endured that shocking Wembley day will feel the punishment could easily have been heavier.\n\n'One of the most serious failures I can remember'\n\nFootball policing expert Owen West, a former chief superintendent at West Yorkshire Police, told BBC Sport that the events of that day were \"hugely embarrassing\".\n\n\"This was one of the most serious failures that I can remember,\" he said.\n\n\"Things like a systematic breach of turnstiles, things like people tailgating, and two or more people being able to get through a space that was designed for one.\n\n\"What we saw [among fans trying to get inside Wembley] was the sharing of real-time intelligence, pointing out on social media where there were vulnerabilities, where there was a lack of police officers, where there was weak and inexperienced stewarding, where gates weren't particularly well protected.\n\n\"And the problem for Wembley authorities and the Met Police was that that level of sophistication and organisation was not matched by those that were there to prevent it happening in the first place.\"", "Mr Kennelly was also well known for his many appearances on Irish television and radio\n\nThe Irish poet, author and broadcaster Brendan Kennelly has died aged 85.\n\nMr Kennelly published over 30 books of poetry and received numerous awards, including the Irish PEN Award in 2010 for his contribution to Irish literature.\n\nHe died on Sunday at a nursing home in Listowel, County Kerry, where he had lived for the last two years.\n\nIrish President Michael D Higgins said Mr Kennelly had \"forged a special place in the affections of the Irish people\".\n\n\"He brought so much resonance, insight, and the revelation of the joy of intimacy to the performance of his poems and to gatherings in so many parts of Ireland,\" the President said.\n\n\"He did so with a special charm, wit, energy and passion.\"\n\nPresident Higgins said Mr Kennelly left behind \"a legacy of teaching\" and \"the gratitude of so many younger poets whom he encouraged with honest and helpful critical advice\".\n\nMr Kennelly was also well known as a broadcaster and made many appearances on Irish radio and television programmes, such as The Late Late Show.\n\nHe moved back to his native Ballylongford, County Kerry, in 2016 after decades working as a professor of modern literature at Trinity College Dublin.\n\nHe had been ill for a number of years.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a tweet, Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin said the country had lost \"a great teacher, poet, raconteur; a man of great intelligence and wit\".\n\nJournalist and author Fergal Keane said he was saddened to hear of Mr Kennelly's death, describing him as a \"great poet and family friend\".\n\nIn a tweet, he said Mt Kennelly's poem 'My Dark Fathers' was \"one of the greatest Irish poems\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Fergal Keane This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "China has denied reports that it tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile earlier this year, insisting instead that it was a routine spacecraft check.\n\nThe initial report in the Financial Times newspaper prompted concern in Washington, where US intelligence was reportedly caught by surprise.\n\nHypersonic missiles can fly in the upper atmosphere at more than five times the speed of sound.\n\nConcern has been growing around China's nuclear capabilities.\n\nOn Monday, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing that a routine test had been carried out in July to verify different types of reusable spacecraft technology.\n\n\"This was not a missile, this was a spacecraft,\" he said. \"This is of great significance for reducing the cost of spacecraft use.\"\n\nMr Zhao added that many countries had carried out similar tests in the past. When asked if the Financial Times report was inaccurate, he replied \"yes\".\n\nThe report on Saturday quoted five unnamed sources who said a hypersonic missile had been launched in the summer. It flew through low-orbit space before cruising down and narrowly missing its target, the report said.\n\n\"The test showed that China had made astounding progress on hypersonic weapons and was far more advanced than US officials realised,\" the report read.\n\nOn Monday, US disarmament ambassador Robert Wood said the US was \"very concerned\", adding that Washington \"had held back from pursuing military applications for this technology\".\n\nHowever, he said both China and Russia had been \"very actively\" pursuing military uses, which meant the US \"having to respond in kind\".\n\n\"We just don't know how we can defend against that technology, neither does China, neither does Russia,\" he told reporters in Geneva.\n\nEarlier, Mike Gallagher, a Republican member of the House Armed Services Committee, had warned that if Washington stuck to its current approach it would lose a new Cold War with China within a decade.\n\nRelations between the US and China are tense, with Beijing accusing President Joe Biden's administration of being hostile.\n\nA number of Western countries have also expressed concern at China's recent displays of military might.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMichael Shoebridge, the director of defence, strategy and national security at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said if a hypersonic missile had been tested it would fit a \"pattern of escalation in nuclear and other strike weapons\".\n\n\"I don't think it's more significant than China's growing missile silos or air launch nuclear weapons or new submarine nuclear weapons,\" he said. \"But it fits a pattern of increasing capability [without] transparency.\"\n\n\"Transparency is an alien concept for Beijing's strategic thinkers,\" he added.\n\nChina displayed what appeared to be a hypersonic missile platform at a recent military display.\n\nAlong with China, the US, Russia and at least five other countries are working on hypersonic missile technology.\n\nLast month, North Korea said it had successfully tested a new hypersonic missile. And in July, Russia made a similar announcement and said its missile had been launched from a frigate in the White Sea.", "BBC presenter George Alagiah is to take a break from TV to have treatment after \"a further spread of cancer\" was discovered, his agent has said.\n\nThe 65-year-old journalist, one of the faces of the BBC News at Six, was first diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014.\n\nLast June, he said it had spread to his lungs, liver and lymph nodes.\n\nNow, he has said his doctors want to hit the new tumour \"hard and fast\". He will have chemotherapy and radiotherapy over the coming months.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, his agent said: \"George Alagiah, presenter of BBC News at Six, Britain's most watched news programme, is to take a break from studio duties to deal with a further spread of cancer.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. March 2020: George Alagiah on living with coronavirus and cancer\n\n\"He was first diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in April 2014. In a letter to colleagues in the newsroom Mr Alagiah said his medical team had decided to hit the new tumour 'hard and fast'.\n\n\"He is due to undergo a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy over the next few months.\n\n\"He added that working on the programme 'has kept me sane over the last few years' and 'I'm determined to come back'.\"\n\nA BBC spokesperson said: \"We are all wishing George well and look forward to seeing him back in the newsroom.\"\n\nMost people with these symptoms do not have bowel cancer, but the NHS advice is to see your GP if you have one or more of the symptoms and they have persisted for more than four weeks.\n\nAnd if you, or someone you know, have been affected by cancer, information and support is available on the BBC's Action Line page.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. It's seven decades since the area - with its craggy peaks and lush ravines - was made a national park.\n\n\"Eryri is my sweetheart. Her company is what I crave and what I love and I hope to enjoy that company for years to come.\"\n\nIt's hardly surprising Sam Roberts is in love with Snowdonia, or Eryri as he calls it.\n\nHe spent 37 years there as a Snowdonia National Park warden before retiring 11 years ago.\n\nLife in the park was very different in 1974. So too were the people.\n\n\"The people that used the park when I started had come from ramblers, climbers, the people who perhaps, I would say, appreciated nature more.\n\nFormer park warden Sam Roberts says visitors used to appreciate nature more than they do now\n\n\"I see now people come to 'do' Snowdon, to tick their box. And that's fine if that's what you want to do - come on over, join the queue, get on the merry-go-round.\n\n\"But if you want to experience nature and Eryri in her glory, then plan your visit, spend some time here and get to know the country and the people that make it that way.\n\n\"And that way you'll get much more than the wham, bam, thank you ma'am and go home.\"\n\nSnowdonia was Wales' first national park in 1951\n\nSnowdonia was the first area in Wales to be designated national park status in 1951. More than 20 years later, when Sam joined, it was still \"just a small part of the then-planning department of Caernarfonshire County Council. There were two of us - the head warden and myself.\"\n\n\"It was a very challenging time because national parks had been imposed on the landowners.\n\n\"Most people's idea of national parks at the time were gleaned from programmes like Yogi Bear and Boo Boo and the Americanisation of national parks, where they were nationally owned. But national parks are really just areas of outstanding beauty.\"\n\nNevertheless, he said, \"the farmers, the community that owned the parks did not like it one little bit, so it was a very delicate job that we had, persuading the landowners that their land wasn't being nationalised. It was being protected for future generations\".\n\nWith a budget of \"nil,\" Sam and his colleague set about trying to win the \"hearts and minds\" of farmers, sometimes using their mountaineering skills to rescue stranded sheep to gain trust - slowly trying to reassure landowners that national parks were about preservation.\n\nAfter lockdown ended, thousands of people flocked to beauty spots like Snowdonia\n\nIn the first few weeks of the job, he also had to reassure members of the public.\n\n\"I distinctly remember a car coming up to me when I was in Pen-y-Pass, and he just opened his window inches, and sort of looked out tentatively and asked me if it was safe to come out of the car. I said: 'Well, why shouldn't it be?'\n\n\"He said, 'well I've just seen the wild animals running down the road and they might eat me.'\n\n\"'You mean the sheep'? He said 'yes that's what they're called, are they dangerous?'\n\n\"I said 'no, not at all. This is not a safari park. The sheep are quite timid and you're quite safe to go out walking with your family. Enjoy it'.\n\nThe mountains remain the same - but some things must change for the next 70 years, says Sam Roberts\n\nDespite the many changes he has witnessed over the decades, physically the mountains remain just as he remembers them.\n\nThere are some changes he'd like reversed though, if the park is to survive another 70 years.\n\n\"When I started with the national park, almost every authority in England and Wales had an outdoor pursuits school here and the children would go there and be introduced to nature… and of course years along the line those children would become adults, enjoying the national park.\n\n\"We've lost that. I would like to see more emphasis on educating children about nature, about national parks and how to enjoy the parks, and how to make friends in the national park.\"\n\nWhile the national park was formed in 1951, it was not until 1996 that Snowdonia became a free-standing local authority and planning authority in its own right.\n\nPark chief executive Emyr Williams says queues on Snowdon aren't anything new\n\nFor Emyr Williams, chief executive of the Snowdonia National Park Authority, the organisation's creation was the single most significant event in the park's 70-year history.\n\nHe has been at the helm for eight years, which includes one of the most challenging periods of the past 70 years, the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nWithin hours of Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposing Covid restrictions in March 2020 closing pubs and hotels, Snowdonia witnessed its \"busiest visitor day in living memory\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Visitors have rocketed to about 700,000 visitors each year compared with 500,000 in 2018\n\nThroughout much of the pandemic, the region has witnessed large numbers of visitors. This summer, pictures circulated of people waiting for close to an hour at Snowdon's summit, queueing for selfies.\n\nHe said: \"It's a problem across all national parks globally. It drives people to get that perfect picture. But actually it's quite ironic, in that we've done some research work and we've found some paper articles from 1890 saying they had to queue to wait to go on the top of Snowdon.\n\n\"So, you know, it's an issue that's still with us.\"\n\nWhile the pandemic brought challenges for national park staff, the unprecedented visitor numbers helped confirm its popularity.\n\nBut the possibility of numbers continuing to rise brings its own concerns.\n\nMr Williams said: \"We are special and we would like to keep it special, but we've reached a point in some areas where we are slightly concerned about the overuse of the areas.\n\n\"How people interact has changed - social media, Instagram - drive pressure on certain areas we wouldn't have thought of.\n\n\"People's understanding and behaviour has also changed. In the 60s and 70s people knew how to conduct themselves in the countryside, but what we've seen this year is an extension maybe of the festival way of enjoying free time.\n\n\"We've seen this year at the Leeds and Reading festivals a mass of litter being left behind and I think there's a general issue about conduct and understanding across society, in urban areas and in rural areas as well, and that needs to be addressed.\"\n\nSarah Fowler, chief executive of the Peak District National Park Authority, says visitors need to respect nature and communities\n\nMr Williams said Covid had \"crystallised\" the value of national parks in the minds of the public, and Welsh government. Ten years ago, he said, there was a debate on whether national parks were needed, and now there was a possibility of a fourth Welsh national park.\n\nHis vision for the next 70 years is to have a \"vibrant, Welsh-speaking or bilingual society, healthy ecosystems and a responsible use of this special resource\".\n\nHe added: \"I think the biggest challenge for us is what we've seen from Covid - sustainable tourism. But actually, it's the same as for other areas, it's de-carbonisation, climate change, decline in nature, houses, language, culture, etc.\n\n\"So, we're not unique in facing these problems, but because of the attention we get, and the aspirations of people for national parks, then we might struggle sometimes.\"\n\nSnowdonia is not alone in the challenges it has faced recently, or those in the future.\n\nThe Peak District National Park - the oldest in the UK - also celebrated its 70th anniversary earlier this year.\n\nSarah Fowler, chief executive of the Peak District National Park Authority, said: \"It's been very similar in the Peak District as it has been in Snowdonia.\n\n\"We have seen a huge rise in numbers coming to enjoy our national parks. The vast majority of them really look after the place, they take their litter home, they leave nothing but footprints and happy memories.\n\n\"I want our national parks in the UK to be beacons for how we can be climate resilient, have fantastic nature recovery here, and be accessible for everybody, while looking after those important communities that live and work in our national parks.\"", "The distinctive curvature of Orkney's £65m Balfour hospital is most apparent from above.\n\nIts design references Skara Brae, Orkney's famously well-preserved Neolithic settlement, but it also offers protection from harsh weather on the islands.\n\nThe hospital is small compared to most in Scotland, just 49 beds, but it is the country's first built to a net-zero standard, which means the running of the building does not contribute carbon emissions.\n\nIt is the hospital's energy centre where the Balfour makes most of its environmental gains.\n\nIt is a fully electric building with air-to-water heat pumps generating all the hot water and heating. Although there are back-up oil generators in case of emergency.\n\nSolar panels that cover the roof are also used to reduce reliance on the grid.\n\nThe roof is covered in solar panels to reduce reliance on the electricity grid\n\nThe hospital's maintenance team leader, Paul Bradley says: \"We can produce the hot water needs and offset some of the electrical needs by using Orkney's natural resources, even at low temperatures we can produce heat and hot water which will help to keep all the patients comfortable during their stay here.\"\n\nReducing the need for patient travel has also been taken into account.\n\nThe maternity unit has been scaled up so fewer expectant mothers need to be flown to Aberdeen to give birth.\n\nSenior Charge Midwife, Pamela Halliday says it means they can follow a pregnancy through and provide better care.\n\nShe says: \"Women are really wanting to stay in Orkney mostly. Our transfer rate has dropped quite a bit to Aberdeen and our delivery rate has increased here in Orkney so that's really good.\"\n\nSenior Charge Midwife Pamela Halliday says fewer mothers are being transferred to the mainland\n\nNHS Orkney now runs a fleet of electric vehicles, it is developing the green space around the hospital for the benefit of staff and patients, even the food in the hospital's restaurant is all locally sourced.\n\nBut like everywhere else, there are challenges.\n\nThe production of medicines and use of some treatments have high environmental costs and the pandemic has set back efforts to cut down on clinical waste.\n\nThere is always a tension between the changes required to tackle the climate emergency and the clinical need to put patient care first.\n\nDr Kevin Fox, a consultant cardiologist, divides his time between London and Kirkwall.\n\nHe does the travelling so his patients can stay closer to home for treatment.\n\nDr Fox says awareness of climate change is much stronger than it was a few years ago\n\nDr Fox says cutting carbon emissions have risen up the agenda.\n\nHe says: \"I'm not sure it dominates my thoughts but that awareness is much stronger than it was a few years ago.\"\n\nDr Fox says measures such as \"NHS Near Me\", a video consultation system, and new medical innovations are helping to offset less environmentally-friendly practices.\n\nBut he says it will be huge task to achieve net zero in the health service.\n\n\"It is going to be an enormous challenge and at all times our first priority has to be the provision of excellence in healthcare,\" he says.\n\nNHS Scotland has already achieved a reduction in emissions of 62% over the past 30 years but it still faces a significant challenge if it is to meet the target of getting to net zero by 2045 at the latest.\n\nIts estate comprises 1,500 buildings that contribute about 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every year.\n\nAbout 50,000 tonnes of waste are produced and its 9,000 vehicles cover more than 127 million miles a year, generating more than 60,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nA Climate Emergency and Sustainability Strategy for Scotland was due to be published this spring but it has been delayed with the Scottish government saying it plans to produce a draft for consultation before the end of the year.\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said: \"We are confident that NHS Scotland will meet its target of becoming a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions service by 2045 at the latest.\n\n\"Depending on wider progress with decarbonisation of electricity and gas networks, the target may be achieved earlier.\"\n\nIt added: \"The Scottish government is committed to all public buildings using renewable heat by 2038, and we will invest at least £200m between 2021-2026 in public sector energy efficiency and decarbonisation.\n\n\"Immediate priorities for the NHS include using this funding to cut its emissions from heat and electricity, removing petrol and diesel cars from its fleet by 2025 and cutting its emissions of medical gases.\"", "Sir David Amess was one of Parliament's characters: fun, friendly, unconventional and outspoken.\n\nHis broad grin and boyish enthusiasm were fixtures in the House of Commons chamber for nearly 40 years.\n\nHe never scaled the heights of government, choosing to dedicate his career to his beloved Essex and the causes he cared about most. The 69-year-old was one of those rare MPs who earned cross-party respect for the conviction he brought to his opinions and campaigns. They ranged from passionate support of Brexit to animal rights - and anything that brought Essex up in the world.\n\nHe always took his work seriously, but himself rarely.\n\nHe was stabbed to death while in his constituency surgery in the seaside town of Leigh-on-Sea, an attack that has stunned his constituents and colleagues from across the political spectrum.\n\nSir David burst on to the political scene as the new MP for Basildon in 1983, the embodiment of what was known then as Essex Man, the archetypal aspirational voter who helped deliver a landslide victory for Margaret Thatcher that year.\n\nA prominent animal lover within Westminster, David Amess regularly entered Parliament's dog of the year show\n\nWith an East End accent and relatively humble origins, he gained a high profile on TV and radio, and triumphed against the odds in the 1992 general election when he unexpectedly held on to his seat.\n\n\"My colleagues and supporters, go out and rejoice and celebrate!\", he declared.\n\nFrom that moment on David Amess was cheered by his Conservative colleagues every time he rose to his feet in Parliament, where he would rarely pass up the chance to mention Basildon.\n\nHe held the seat until 1997 when he realised the seat would be lost to Labour after boundary changes and switched his loyalty and devotion to nearby Southend West. For years he campaigned for Southend to become a city, mentioning it virtually every week in Parliament - he retweeted a BBC Essex tweet along these lines just a day before his death.\n\nSir David - who was married with five children - was also a devout Catholic.\n\nHe was socially conservative: he supported capital punishment and opposed abortion. He was an early Eurosceptic. He was also a strong supporter of animal rights, including a fox hunting ban, and he campaigned against fuel poverty, advocated tackling obesity and raised awareness of endometriosis, a painful gynaecological condition that some women suffer.\n\nAlthough for many years he was a parliamentary aide to the former cabinet minister, Michael Portillo, he never held ministerial office; he was too unorthodox for that.\n\nSir David was a keen participant in the annual MPs' pancake race\n\nDeputy prime minister Dominic Raab paid tribute to \"a great common sense politician and a formidable campaigner with a big heart, and tremendous generosity of spirit - including towards those he disagreed with\".\n\nThe SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford said he was \"a thoroughly decent man\".\n\nHis loss will be felt keenly in his Southend West constituency. Trembling with emotion Father Jeff Woolnough, parish priest of St Peter's Catholic church in Eastwood Road North, Leigh-On-Sea, told the BBC Sir David was a \"great, great man, a good Catholic and a friend to all\".\n\nBorn in Plaistow in 1952, he went to school in London and did many things before turning to politics.\n\nHe taught at a school in London before embarking on a career as a recruitment consultant. He did attract unwelcome publicity in 1997, when he was the victim of satirist Chris Morris on his Channel 4 show Brass Eye, when he was shown with other well-known figures condemning Cake, a made-up drug. Sir David said Channel 4 should feel \"shame\" for the programme, as it came soon after the case of his then-constituent 18 year old Leah Betts, who died after she took ecstasy.\n\nHe was one of those MPs who used Parliament to sponsor bills, to sit on committees, to form alliances, so that he could shape law from the backbenches.\n\nAs an animal welfare specialist, he led campaigns to ban cages for game birds and end the transport of live animals for export - and was a patron of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation. Sir David was what they call an old school parliamentarian - the epitome of a constituency MP who died serving those he was so proud to represent.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A man has been arrested in connection with a death threat sent to MP Chris Bryant after he asked people to be kinder\n\nA man has been arrested in connection with a death threat being sent to Labour's Rhondda MP Chris Bryant.\n\nSouth Wales Police said a 76-year-old from Pontycymer, Bridgend county, was arrested on suspicion of malicious communications.\n\nOfficers were called at about 16:30 BST on 16 October after reports of malicious communications being sent.\n\nMr Bryant said he got the death threat after calling for people to be kinder following Sir David Amess's death.\n\nHe said he had faced abuse every year he had been an MP, adding: \"The year before it was anti-vaxxers, the year before we had Brexit campaigners plastering the word traitor all over my office.\"\n\nSpeaking to Claire Summers on Radio Wales Breakfast, he said MPs were usually more reluctant to go to police about abuse as the they knew how busy officers were.\n\nHe added: \"I hope everyone dials down the nastiness in politics. It's been six years of everyone calling each other traitor. That needs to end, we need to be nicer to each other.\n\n\"It's pretty sour. It's more sour now than I've known it in 20 years.\"\n\nPeople in Leigh-on Sea have been remembering Sir David\n\nMr Bryant, who is gay, added: \"I think it's women, black and ethnic minority and gay MPs who get the brunt of it, but everybody gets some of this.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Conservative Member of the Senedd (MS) for South East Wales, Natasha Asghar, revealed she had previously been held by the throat while working at her late father's constituency office.\n\nShe told Jason Mohammad on BBC Radio Wales the incident happened after her politician father - Mohammad \"Oscar\" Asghar - had left Plaid Cymru and joined the Welsh Conservatives in 2009.\n\nMs Asghar said the incident happened in about 2016 or 2017 and showed \"how long people's grievances lasted\".\n\nNatasha Asghar MS revealed she was threatened while working in her late father's constituency office\n\nShe said: \"He grabbed me by the throat and I remember him pinning me against the wall and he said 'I want to know why he left the party, why did he cross the floor?'\n\n\"There are so many angry people out there, and I think people all have an opinion about something.\n\n\"People often forget that yes, we are politicians, but we are people as well, we have families, we have friends, we have colleagues, we have staff and it affects them as well.\"\n\nJane Dodds MS, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, told the programme she was confronted by protesters when leaving the Senedd after voting on Covid pass plans.\n\nWelsh Lib Dem leader Jane Dodds says it was \"very, very frightening\" when she was confronted by protesters\n\nShe said: \"They surrounded my car, banged on my car, bent back my mirrors, laid across the car, shouted abuse at me and put their posters on the car.\n\n\"It felt very, very frightening.\"\n\nThe death of Conservative MP Sir David, who was stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex, is being treated as a terrorist incident by the Metropolitan Police.\n\nA 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea.\n\nWhitehall officials confirmed the man's name as Ali Harbi Ali, and said he was a British man of Somali heritage.\n\nDetectives are continuing to hold the 25-year-old man at a London police station and have until Friday to question him.\n\nThe BBC has been told he was referred to the counter-terrorist Prevent scheme some years ago, but was never a formal subject of interest to MI5.\n\nPolice have also been asked to review security for MPs after the killing on Friday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Parliament pays tribute to Sir David Amess, following his killing\n\nMPs have been delivering emotional tributes to Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who died last week after he was stabbed in his Essex constituency.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson hailed him as a \"seasoned campaigner of verve and grit\" and a \"steadfast servant\" of his voters.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer praised a \"dedicated constituency MP\" who \"held his beliefs passionately but gently\".\n\nFellow Essex MP Mark Francois called him \"the best bloke I ever knew\".\n\nSir David, 69, who was the MP for Southend West, had been meeting constituents when he was stabbed multiple times on Friday.\n\nA 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. Police are treating the killing as a terrorist incident.\n\nMPs observed a minute's silence earlier, and most of Monday's scheduled business was cancelled to allow them to deliver speeches in Sir David's memory.\n\nOpening the tributes, Mr Johnson said the \"tragic and senseless death\" of the father-of-five had left \"a vacuum that will not and can never be filled\".\n\nDescribing him as one of the \"most gentle individuals\" to have entered Parliament, he said his views \"often confounded expectation and defied easy stereotype\".\n\nHe praised his record as a campaigner on issues including learning disabilities, and endometriosis, an often-debilitating condition affecting women.\n\nAnd he announced that Southend would now be granted city status, in recognition of a long-running campaign Sir David had led as one of the town's MPs.\n\nSit Keir also praised Sir David's campaigning on behalf of the town, adding that \"the people of Southend have lost one of their own\".\n\nHe also said MPs had a \"duty\" to learn from the way Sir David conducted himself, describing him as a politician who \"held his beliefs passionately but gently\".\n\nMPs left an empty space in the Commons chamber in memory of Sir David\n\nTory MP Mark Francois, who grew up in Basildon while Sir David was the MP there, said he was \"hurting terribly\" after losing his \"best and oldest friend in politics\".\n\nHe said Sir David had helped him gain election to Basildon District Council, adding: \"Without him, I would never have become a member of Parliament.\"\n\nHe said Sir David would be remembered for his \"Essex cheeky-chappy smile\" and as a \"doughty champion for Basildon and then Southend\".\n\nJames Duddridge, the Tory MP for neighbouring Rochford and Southend East, told colleagues that was a \"good friend\" who inspired great loyalty.\n\nLike others during the debate, he noted the role played by Roman Catholicism in Sir David's life, describing him as a \"man of faith and convictions\".\n\nHe prompted laugher in the chamber by recalling a story from a visit Sir David made to see the Pope - when he \"got his timing wrong\" and removed a boiled sweet from his pocket whilst in the presence of the pontiff, inadvertently prompting him to bless it.\n\nA number of MPs paid tribute to Sir David's campaigning on animal welfare, an issue where he promoted several causes and efforts to pass new legislation.\n\nLabour's Kerry McCarthy read out tributes from animal rights charities, and said Sir David's support had been \"integral\" to the campaign to end fox hunting.\n\nA number of MPs used the debate to speak about the threats faced by MPs in going about their job, and abuse they face online.\n\nMr Francois called on the government to \"toughen up\" the draft Online Safety Bill - a new law MPs are expecting to debate soon aiming to tackle online abuse.", "The Valneva Covid vaccine that the UK cancelled a 100m dose order for last month, works well at priming the immune system to fight coronavirus, phase three trial results suggest.\n\nBlood results from volunteers who received the jab had high levels of neutralising antibodies against the pandemic virus.\n\nIt outperformed the AstraZeneca vaccine on this measure in head-to-head tests.\n\nValneva is seeking regulatory approval for its jab, manufactured in Scotland.\n\nIt is an inactivated whole virus vaccine, meaning it contains a dead version of coronavirus that cannot cause disease. This is the same way that flu and polio vaccines are made.\n\nFrench pharmaceutical company Valneva said the vaccine had a \"neutralising antibody seroconversion rate above 95%\" and there were no severe cases of Covid seen in the trial despite variants, such as Delta, being in circulation.\n\nLead investigator Prof Adam Finn, of the University of Bristol, said the results, shared in a press release, were both \"impressive and extremely encouraging\".\n\n\"These results suggest this vaccine candidate is on track to play an important role in overcoming the pandemic,\" he said.\n\nValneva hopes to initially get the jab approved for those aged between 18 and 55, based on the age range of people in the trial.\n\nThe company said it has begun the vaccine approval process with the UK's health regulator, and is preparing to submit a request with the European Medicines Agency.\n\nValneva said the UK government had served a notice to the firm, over allegations of a breach of the agreement. The vaccine manufacturer \"strenuously\" denied any breach.\n\nProf Penny Ward, a pharmaceutical expert at King's College London, said: \"As we know the UK government is in dispute with Valneva having cancelled the UKs order of up to 100million doses, placed by the Vaccines Taskforce in 2020, in September.\n\n\"The results today suggest that this decision might yet be regretted, but because of it Valneva might be able to provide an immediate supply of this vaccine for other countries struggling with the freezer shipping requirements of other, more expensive, vaccines. Good news for Covax and countries still awaiting supplies.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Just three days after he signed for Premier League club Cardiff City, Emiliano Sala was on a light aircraft that went missing over the English Channel on 21 January. Dorset Police on Thursday night confirmed the 28-year-old's body had been recovered from the wreckage, which was found on Sunday morning.\n\nThis is an updated version of a story first published on 22 January.\n\nAt 28, Emiliano Sala, whose death in a light aircraft crash has been announced, had just reached football maturity, and his move to Cardiff was shaping up to be a thrilling adventure.\n\nThe transfer marked belated recognition for a player who might have been imperfect technically but who was physical, courageous - and endearing.\n\nOn the pitch, he was confrontational; off it, he led a quiet life.\n\nHe loved detective novels and would never go to an away game without taking a book. He played guitar too but took that up quite late, and usually preferred to leave it at home.\n\nA common morning sight in Nantes was Sala, seated at a table outside a cafe with his labrador Naja curled up at his feet.\n\nFans of Nantes football club spent the whole of January hoping - rumour had it that Sala didn't really want to leave for Cardiff. His coach, Vahid Halilhodzic, had rekindled his career last October following a long period of struggle under former manager Miguel Cardoso and refused to discuss the possibility of his striker leaving.\n\nHalilhodzic - himself a former centre-forward at Nantes - had decided his mission was to relaunch the Argentine player, whose role model since childhood had been the legendary striker Gabriel Batistuta.\n\n\"He's a sensitive young man; he needs to feel confident, so the priority was to help him believe in himself. Only after that could we talk, striker-to-striker,\" said Halilhodzic.\n\nSala confirmed: \"The club was ready to sell me to Galatasaray, but I held on tight. I have no regrets, because Vahid and I talk a lot, and I'm steadily improving.\"\n\nBetween July and September, during the Cardoso era at Nantes, Sala scored four times; between October and December, he scored eight times.\n\n'If he were an English player, he would be Jamie Vardy'\n\nSala was first and foremost an instinctive striker.\n\nIf he were an English player, he would have been Jamie Vardy: a player who liked wide spaces and being part of a team with a strong counter-attacking style; a lively, light player but one who was also resilient and reliable - a real South American warrior.\n\nDuring his time with French club Niort he was often referred to as \"the local Carlos Tevez\".\n\nSala was also a skilled 'fox in the box', thanks particularly to his exceptional finishing ability with his head. He had perfect timing, and he was clinical on set-pieces with his great headers. There was no doubt his technique still lacked something, but the Premier League looked like his turf to conquer.\n\nHe was initially unsure about joining a club struggling in their own league, but Kita, the president of Nantes, didn't want to miss out on the 17m euros transfer fee.\n\nThe player Cardiff wanted was the Sala that Halilhodzic had so successfully polished and relaunched.\n\nIn Argentina, Sala trained in San Francisco, Cordoba, at an academy allied to Bordeaux, moving to France to join Bordeaux when he was 20.\n\nEveryone who knew him there agrees - Emiliano was a good guy and a good team-mate.\n\nFelipe Saad, who played with Sala at Caen, told L'Equipe: \"He was a lovable, generous fellow. He always believed that football was a team sport. I am so shaken.\n\n\"His move to Cardiff was going to bring him the recognition he deserved, albeit belatedly. He so deserved his talent to be recognised.\"\n\nIt is true that Sala's progress was rather slow: people still referred to him as a \"promising talent\" when he was 23 and at Bordeaux.\n\nHis team-mates even poked fun at him for his unpolished style on the field - so much so that, after a season spent in the Bordeaux reserves in 2011-12, Sala was loaned to Orleans, then a Niveau 3 team. He went on to score 19 goals in 37 matches.\n\nNext came another loan, this time to Niort, in D2. Initially, Sala's then-coach Pascal Gastieu had no real interest in him.\n\n\"I considered his technique to only be adequate, though everything else was there,\" said Gastieu. \"He was a generous guy and when he was on the field he never gave up.\n\n\"He knew he had room for improvement, especially on a technical level. He'll reach full maturity later than the average player, you'll see.\"\n\nAt the time, Sala agreed: \"My headers aren't good enough, even though I'm tall. It's something I'll have to work on.\"\n\nSala's next loan move took him to Caen. It wasn't always easy for him, a joint Italian-Argentine national, to be constantly on the move. But he eventually found his feet at Nantes, where he won an initial five-year contract.\n\nIt didn't take Sala long to establish himself and soon Wolves, then in the Championship, got in touch with Nantes about him. President Kita, who had signed Sala a year earlier for 1m euros, rejected the 4m euros offer.\n\nSala had been tempted - \"this might be the second division, but that's the English league\" - but he knew that, even at 26, he wasn't yet mature enough to go up against the solid defence of English teams.\n\n\"I haven't left my mark on Nantes yet. If I was to leave, I would want it to be after I've made it, and I'd want to leave a good memory of me.\"\n\nSala could be spotted outside a cafe in Nantes, having breakfast with Naja, as recently as a few weeks ago.\n\nAfterwards, he went to say goodbye to his Nantes team-mates. Then he boarded a plane to Cardiff.", "David Morris was convicted of killing four members of the same family in 1999\n\nA forensic review of the Clydach murders has made \"significant findings\" linking convicted killer David Morris to the crime scene, police have said.\n\nMorris, who died in August aged 59, was convicted of killing four members of the same family in the Swansea Valley village in 1999.\n\nSouth Wales Police said a link between him and a sock had been identified during an independent investigation.\n\nPolice agreed to a forensic review of evidence in January.\n\nThe force added this was the first time DNA evidence had linked Morris to the murder scene in Kelvin Road.\n\nThe BBC has learned the family of David Morris are questioning the findings and do not accept them.\n\nMorris was convicted in 2002 of killing Mandy Power, her daughters Katie and Emily and her mother Doris Dawson, who were bludgeoned to death at their home.\n\nHe was twice tried for murder and was serving a 32-year sentence when he died.\n\nMandy Power and her daughters, Emily and Katie, were murdered in their home in 1999\n\nLast October, doubts were cast about the conviction as potential new witnesses and expert views emerged.\n\nBut South Wales Police said a scientific link between Morris and a sock, which it added was widely accepted as being used by the murderer during the killings, had been identified.\n\nThe force added that while a link to Morris - or a male relative of his paternal lineage - had been found, it cannot determine how or when Morris's profile was transferred on to the sock.\n\nA campaign to release Morris gathered pace before his death\n\nScientists found it was \"more likely\" Morris contributed to the DNA profile found on two different areas of the blood-stained sock, than if he did not contribute DNA to them.\n\nPermission was granted to take a blood sample from Morris after his death on 20 August to allow forensic examinations to take place.\n\nThe technology used in the process would not have been available to the original investigating team, the force said.\n\nThe link was identified using Y-STR profiling, a technique which specifically targets male DNA, even in a sample which contains a mixture of male and female cellular material.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable David Thorne, of South Wales Police, said: \"The decision to carry out an investigative assessment did not constitute a reopening or reinvestigation of the murders, nor did it demonstrate any lack of confidence in the conviction of Morris and the subsequent case reviews.\"\n\nDavid Morris faced two trials for the murders and was found guilty at both\n\nHe added: \"This is significant as the sock was recovered from the murder scene and it was widely accepted that it was used by the killer.\n\n\"The outcome of the forensic assessment and completion of further actions have not established any information that undermines the conviction of Morris.\n\n\"In my view, as the independent senior investigating officer, the new findings from the samples taken from the sock support the existing evidence that originally convicted him.\"\n\nEmily and Katie Power died in the attack in 1999\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Thorne said it showed the force's \"commitment to providing evidence-based answers to the issues which have been raised about this case over many years\".\n\nHe added: \"This commitment has now resulted in a forensic link between the convicted killer David Morris and an item of great significance which was recovered from the murder scene\n\n\"South Wales Police commissioned the review in the hope that we could in some way provide closure for those most affected by the murders.\"", "The man arrested by police following the killing of the MP Sir David Amess has been named as Ali Harbi Ali.\n\nThe 25-year-old is being held under the Terrorism Act and officers have until Friday to question him.\n\nWhitehall officials confirmed the man's name to the BBC, and said he was a British man of Somali heritage.\n\nThe BBC understands Mr Ali was referred to the counter-terrorist Prevent scheme some years ago, but was never a formal subject of interest to MI5.\n\nIt also understands that his father, Harbi Ali Kullane, who was previously an adviser to Somalia's prime minister, has been visited by police who have taken his phone for analysis.\n\nPolice officers have spent the weekend searching three addresses in the London area.\n\nIt is thought a converted Victorian property in Lady Somerset Road in north-west London is linked to the investigation. Neighbours said officers started searching it late on Friday night.\n\nFurther searches, also believed to be part of the inquiry, have been taking place at a property in Bounds Green Road, north London, and another in Cranmer Road, Croydon.\n\nA police search at a house in north London is thought to be linked to the inquiry\n\nSir David, who had been a Conservative MP since 1983, was stabbed multiple times during a regular Friday meeting with his Southend West constituents at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.\n\nSouthend councillor John Lamb said he has since spoken to two of Sir David's assistants who were at the constituency surgery with Sir David at the time of the attack.\n\nHe described how one was in the room with Sir David taking notes. \"All of a sudden there was a scream from her, because the person deliberately whipped out a knife and started stabbing David,\" he said.\n\n\"The other lady who was getting names from people outside, she came running in and saw poor David had been stabbed.\"\n\nHe said both were quite distressed but were \"coping quite well\" under the circumstances.\n\nCatholic priest Father Jeff Woolnough said he tried to administer last rites to Sir David shortly after the stabbing but police told him he could not enter a crime scene. Instead, he prayed for his friend on the street behind a police cordon.\n\nAli Harbi Ali was initially arrested on suspicion of murder and held in Essex.\n\nHe has since been transferred to a London police station where he was further detained under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act.\n\nPolice say they are not looking for anyone else for now.\n\nIt is thought Ali Harbi Ali did not spend long in the Prevent programme - which aims to stop people becoming radicalised.\n\nTeachers, members of the public, the NHS and others can refer individuals to a local panel of police, social workers and other experts who decide whether and how to intervene in their lives.\n\nEngagement in the scheme is voluntary and it is not a criminal sanction.\n\nSir David, 69, who was married with four daughters and a son, is the second MP to be killed in recent years following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in June 2016.\n\nThe latest attack has raised concerns for the safety of MPs, many of whom hold constituency surgeries which anyone can attend.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said MPs had access to a \"panoply\" of security measures - many of which were put in place after Ms Cox's murder - but said changes could be made to constituency surgeries.\n\nAny measures needed to be proportionate, she told the BBC's Andrew Marr show. \"We're here to serve, we're here to be accessible to the British public.\"\n\nMs Patel described hearing the news that Sir David had died, saying \"our worlds were shattered\".\n\nA post-mortem examination of Sir David took place on Saturday, police said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Home Secretary Priti Patel says security measures for MPs are \"being looked at\"\n\nMeanwhile, Tory MP Andrew Rosindell said the killing of his friend and fellow Essex MP \"shouldn't change things in a way that stops us going about our democratic role\".\n\n\"There's got to be some balance to this. I don't have an answer,\" he told BBC Breakfast on Sunday. \"This is not the Britain I want, this is not the country that we're used to.\"\n\nLabour's Diane Abbott MP said she would prefer to meet constituents behind a screen to prevent possible stabbing attacks.\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he wanted to avoid a knee-jerk reaction but insisted \"the best had to come out of this hideous killing\".\n\nHe said security measures would be reviewed to improve MPs' safety and urged MPs to take up measures already available to them.\n\nPeople in Leigh-on Sea have been remembering Sir David\n\nConservative MP Mark Francois described his colleague as his \"oldest and best friend\" as he laid flowers\n\nTributes to Sir David have been pouring in from politicians and constituents, with the home secretary saying his \"infectious personality\" meant he \"touched so many lives\".\n\nOver the weekend, people have gathered for a candlelit vigil in Leigh-on-Sea to mark Sir David's life and attended a church service to share their memories of him.\n\nMany constituents have reflected on his gentle nature and willingness to listen and to help.\n\nSir David had long campaigned for Southend to be given city status. On Sunday, Sir Lindsay Hoyle said that would be \"a good thing to do\" in his memory.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the Queen has agreed Southend will be granted city status following the killing of MP Sir David Amess.\n\nSir David was stabbed to death at Belfairs Methodist Church on Friday.\n\nHe regularly championed Southend's case to be a city during his time in Parliament.\n\nMr Johnson told the House of Commons he was \"happy\" to announce Southend \"will be accorded the city status it so clearly deserves\".\n\nThe prime minister said: \"That Sir David spent almost 40 years in this House, but not one day in ministerial office, tells everything about where his priorities lay.\"\n\nPeople in Leigh-on Sea have been remembering Sir David\n\nHe added Sir David \"never once witnessed any achievement by any resident of Southend that could not somehow be cited in his bid to secure city status for that distinguished town\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer told Parliament he was \"so pleased\" by the announcement.\n\nSir Keir said the news was \"a fitting tribute to Sir David's hard work\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Parliament pays tribute to Sir David Amess, following his killing\n\nJames Duddridge, who represents Rochford and Southend East, the constituency neighbouring Sir David's Southend West seat, said the decision \"means a lot to everybody\".\n\nHe said residents did not want Southend to be remembered as the city where Sir David was killed but \" for characteristics such as its pier, airport and football\".\n\nSir David, who championed Southend's bid for city status as part of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022, was described by Home Secretary Priti Patel as \"Mr Southend\" following his death.\n\nAs well as bringing extra prestige, city status is an opportunity for areas to attract more tourism and boost the local economy.\n\nOn its website, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, which had campaigned with Sir David, previously said city status would bring not only \"prestige and standing, but an opportunity to lever further investment\".\n\nSouthend is a tourist hotspot and has a thriving creative arts scene\n\nOn the latest announcement, council leader Ian Gilbert said he felt a \"mixture of emotions\" after hearing the news.\n\nHe said it was \"clearly what Sir David would have wanted\".\n\n\"While I don't want it to have come in these circumstances, I'm still pleased and proud that it is happening,\" he added.\n\nLeader of the council's Conservative group, Tony Cox, said the decision meant Sir David's \"legacy will forever live on in Southend-on-Sea\".\n\nHe added: \"I cannot thank Her Majesty the Queen and the prime minister enough for granting that legacy, but what truly breaks my heart is that he is not around to see it.\n\n\"I am sure he will be looking down on us now saying, 'My work in Southend is now complete'.\"\n\nLabour councillor for Kursaal ward in Southend, Matt Dent, said: \"Everyone who knew Sir David knew how passionate he was about Southend getting city status.\n\n\"It was something he worked into every conversation. It's such a shame he is not here to see it.\"\n\nThe Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend Stephen Cottrell, who grew up in Southend and was a friend of Sir David's, said with Southend having been declared a city people can \"forget about a statue of Vera Lynn at Dover, we are going to put a statue of David Amess at the end of Southend pier\".\n\nChelmsford MP Vicky Ford and Southend United FC both tweeted that it was a \"fitting\" tribute to Sir David.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Southend United This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDowning Street said the award of city status to Southend was a \"very rare honour\".\n\n\"This was an exceptional circumstance,\" the prime minister's official spokesman said.\n\n\"It is a very rare honour which Sir David campaigned passionately for.\n\n\"He was a tireless champion of Southend, celebrating its achievements, the work of its residents and its thriving local businesses and diversity.\"\n\nCh Supt Simon Anslow signed the Book of Condolence along with colleagues including Chief Constable BJ Harrington and Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Roger Hirst\n\nSpeaking after signing a Book of Condolence at Southend's Civic Centre, Essex Police Ch Supt Simon Anslow said: \"Having long been a champion for Southend, it is of course truly tragic that his main goal in Parliament has been achieved in the days following his sad death, with confirmation today that Southend will be afforded city status by Her Majesty The Queen.\n\n\"Today has been a mark of respect for the man - indeed it has been a mark of respect for what will be Essex's new city.\"\n\nIn a 2019 speech to the Commons calling on Southend to be given city status, Sir David celebrated the town for everything from its hospital and airport to its investment in digital infrastructure.\n\nHe also praised Leigh-on-Sea for being voted the \"happiest place in the United Kingdom\" and said people in Southend \"walk on water\" while on its famous pier.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Staff at University of Leicester joined the strike in 2019\n\nStudents could face more strike action at universities this term after the academics' union opened a ballot over pay, pensions and conditions.\n\nUniversity and College Union (UCU) general secretary Jo Grady said the UK's flagship university sector was built on the \"exploitation of staff\".\n\nThey had experienced a decade of pension cuts, collapsing pay and insecure contracts, she said.\n\nUniversity employers said the prospect of disruption was \"disappointing\".\n\nThe ballot represents a ramping up of the long-running dispute between UCU members and university employers, with staff at 152 institutions being balloted.\n\nA total of 78 of these are being consulted during the next three weeks over pay and working conditions, with another 68 facing two ballots - over pay and conditions, plus the USS pensions scheme.\n\nThe dispute over pensions has been rumbling on for nearly a decade, and has been kicked into action again after what the UCU describes as a \"flawed valuation of the USS pension fund\" wiped \"an estimated 35% off the value of a typical pension\".\n\nThe pay dispute has led to numerous strike days over the past two years, and was only paused during the pandemic.\n\nMs Grady said: \"There is a sense that we are at a breaking point and a sense that this is a sector that needs saving. I don't think I can over-articulate that enough.\n\n\"The idea that staff would want to go out on strike again could not be further from the truth.\"\n\nShe accused institutions of spending their increased fee and research income on extravagant building projects, advertising and advice from consultants, rather than the staff who are teaching young people.\n\nAnd she added that \"exploitative contracts\" were the \"dirty secret\" of a higher education sector which requires students to pay £9,000-plus fees a year for tuition.\n\nThe union estimates that there are some 74,000 staff working on such temporary contracts.\n\nThe UCU says pay for university staff fell by 17.6% relative to inflation between 2009 and 2019.\n\nSince then employers made further below-inflation offers, despite university income from tuition fees growing by a third in the last five years, it said.\n\nThe University and Colleges Employers Association has offered guaranteed increases of at least 1.5% to the pay spine.\n\nHigher percentage rises were pledged for lower-paid staff, up to a maximum of 3.6%.\n\nChief executive Raj Jethwa said: \"We are disappointed that UCU is encouraging its members to ballot for action which is specifically designed to disrupt teaching and learning for students who have endured so many recent upheavals.\"\n\nMr Jethwa continued: \"The final offer from employers was fair and meaningful in the context of the sector's ongoing delicate financial situation.\n\n\"We very much hope the trade union members understand the considerable pressures which continue to face their HE [higher education] institutions. The financial impact of Covid-19 continues to affect these HE institutions, alongside declines in other income sources.\"\n\nHe added that most staff understood the \"financial realities facing their institutions\".", "The deputy prime minister has said the success of Sir David Amess' long-running campaign to make Southend a city of \"feels inevitable\".\n\nDominic Raab said granting the Essex town city status would be a \"fitting tribute\" after the death of the MP.\n\nSir David, Conservative MP for Southend West, regularly raised the matter in Parliament and was often seen sporting \"Make Southend a city\" merchandise.\n\nMr Raab said: \"It feels like a certain inevitability about this campaign.\"\n\nSouthend is one of several towns competing for city status as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022.\n\nSir David's family called for people to support the campaign after he fatally stabbed at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea on Friday.\n\nSpeaking to LBC radio, Mr Raab, who is also justice secretary, said: \"Let me respect the mechanism for deciding it but say that I think it will be a very fitting tribute if it should come to pass.\"\n\nIn December 2019, Sir David secured an adjournment debate in the Commons specifically on the campaign and told MPs: \"I am not messing around.\"\n\nLast week, he told BBC Essex that his plan was \"to wear them down until they say yes\".\n\n\"I've spent all my time mentioning it at every conceivable opportunity,\" he told presenter Sonia Watson.\n\n\"If they're sick to death of hearing all the reasons why Southend should become a city then they should grant it to us; it's a no-brainer, the benefits are enormous.\"\n\nAmong the many floral tributes to Sir David - a nod to his biggest passion\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has already backed awarding city status to the seaside town as a \"wonderful tribute\" to the MP's 38 years of service, which included representing Southend West since 1997.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson's official spokesman said: \"We will be looking at ways to pay tribute to Sir David and obviously this was something he was very passionate about and we recognise that.\n\n\"There is a formal process for this as it is a rare civic honour and there is a live competition to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee next year so I'm not going to get ahead of that.\"\n\nSouthend is a tourist hotspot and has a thriving creative arts scene\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "David Henderson is alleged to have arranged the flight carrying Emiliano Sala and David Ibbotson\n\nA man has pleaded guilty to a charge relating to the flight in which footballer Emiliano Sala died.\n\nDavid Henderson, 67, admitted trying to arrange a flight for a passenger without permission or authorisation.\n\nThe plane carrying 28-year-old Sala and pilot David Ibbotson crashed into the English Channel in January 2019.\n\nHenderson of Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, will go on trial after denying a separate charge of endangering the safety of an aircraft.\n\nThe charges have been brought by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and relate to endangering the aircraft and operating commercially without permission.\n\nHenderson is alleged to have arranged the flight carrying Sala and 59-year-old Mr Ibbotson.\n\nEmiliano Sala (left) was on board a plane being flown by pilot David Ibbotson\n\nThe single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft was bringing the striker, who was involved in a multimillion pound transfer deal, from Nantes in France to Cardiff where he had signed for the Bluebirds.\n\nThe body of Sala was recovered from the seabed the following month, but the body of Mr Ibbotson, from Crowle, Lincolnshire, was never recovered.\n\nThe Piper Malibu N264DB disappeared from radar near the Channel Islands on 21 January.\n\nAt a hearing in October 2020, the court heard how Mr Ibbotson's licence to fly an aircraft commercially had expired in November 2018.\n\nThe Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) reported at the start of the year that the plane had been leaking carbon monoxide during the flight and a final manoeuvre by Mr Ibbotson to pull up the plane had caused it to break up mid-air.\n\nA jury inquest into his death was postponed until after Henderson's trial and is scheduled for 14 February 2022.\n\nHenderson's trial is expected to last 10 days.", "Canon Pat Browne, Roman Catholic duty priest to the House of Commons, introduces the prayers.\n\nHe starts by saying: “Let us pray for the soul of David Amess, and for all who have died in the service of Parliament.”\n\nBishop of Durham Paul Butler says: “Let us pray for all who mourn David’s passing: for those who are in shock and deep sadness, especially his family, his friends, colleagues, and staff in his constituency, party, and across Parliament.”\n\nThe Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, who was a friend of the late MP, says: \"Let us pray for those causes closest to David’s heart: for the support of those living with disability; for the humane treatment of animals; for decency in public life and discourse.\n\n\"Let us give thanks for his care of individuals; his ability to listen, and his determination to help.\"\n\nThe Speaker’s Chaplain says: \"Let us pray for Parliament: for those who feel vulnerable in public service, and those charged with their protection; for peace in our land and an end to rancour and the threat of violence.\"\n\nCanon Browne finishes by saying: \"Let us pray for ourselves, that we may be given strength, courage, and protection in our public service.\"", "People attending nightclubs and other large venues will have to be able to show proof of two Covid jabs\n\nThe Scottish government's vaccine passport scheme has become enforceable by law from Monday morning.\n\nNightclubs and large events, like some football matches, will only be able to allow entry to people who can show they have had two doses of a Covid vaccine.\n\nThe scheme came into effect on 1 October after MSPs voted to back the proposals.\n\nBusinesses were given a 17-day \"period of grace\" to allow venues time to test out their procedures.\n\nPeople who have had two vaccines in Scotland can download or get a paper copy of a certificate with a QR code.\n\nEveryone over the age of 18 must now show - if asked - that they have had both doses of the vaccine before they are allowed entry to certain venues and events. These include:\n\nThe scheme requires venues to put in place a \"reasonable system\" to check the status of customers, with certain exemptions on medical grounds.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that the hospitality industry as a whole would not be included in the scheme, although that decision would be kept under review.\n\nSome football clubs have already been asking fans to provide a valid Covid pass before entering stadiums\n\nThe government also said there would be no need for a vaccine passport to access public services or settings where people have no choice over attendance - such as shops, public transport, education and medical services.\n\nBusinesses say they have already experienced a \"number of issues\" with the scheme - including customers being unaware they need a passport to gain entry.\n\nLeon Thompson, UK Hospitality Scotland director, said public awareness had been a \"missing piece of the jigsaw\".\n\nHe told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"Customers need to be ready, they need to play their part and they need to understand what they have. They will need to come with the right frame of mind and be ready to be patient if they encounter queues.\"\n\nMr Thomson added that the pandemic and Brexit had resulted in \"chronic\" shortages of door staff, which meant that checking people's vaccination status would remain a \"key challenge\" for businesses.\n\nResponding to the public awareness issue, Health Secretary Humza Yousaf told the programme hundreds of thousands of people were using the scheme.\n\nHe said: \"Over 700,000 have downloaded the app and well over 750,000 have a paper copy - of course some people who have a paper copy will also have the app so that's not necessarily unique users.\n\n\"It says to me there are a number of people who have awareness. Where we can up the communication around this we have intentions to do so - we already have over the last two weeks.\"\n\nHospitality sector said customers have been turning up to venues unaware they need Covid passports\n\nIn addition to the passport, a number of countries including Wales also require people to provide a negative test result before they can enter venues.\n\nAsked whether the Scottish government would consider this measure, Mr Yousaf said they \"wouldn't completely discount it\", but were initially put off by people being able to give fake test results.\n\nHe said: \"The reason we haven't started in that place is because there can be some flaws with unsupervised [lateral flow tests] - people can falsify an unsupervised LFD.\n\n\"Therefore we think that the most robust system to have in place to launch with is a scheme that involves showing you are fully vaccinated. That will be part of the considerations we make in the three-weekly review cycle.\"\n\nPublic health expert Jillian Evans, of NHS Grampian, said Scotland was likely to have to live with the measure until the vaccination uptake was much higher, especially in younger people.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"I think although it was announced as being the secondary purpose behind the vaccine passport, getting people vaccinated, I wonder if it was the primary reason.\n\n\"Scotland's vaccination uptake has been increasing since August, it's really caught up with other UK countries, in fact Scotland and Wales have the highest rates of double dose vaccination uptake in the UK.\"\n\nMs Evans added that Scotland could not live with its current Covid rates and that she was \"really worried\" about how the NHS would cope over the winter period\n\nShe said: \"We know also, in my own area in particular, the number of people admitted to hospital with symptoms is still increasing. That's counter to fallen case rates which suggests that we're not detecting as many people out there - we may be underestimating the number of people with the virus.\"\n\nProblems were reported with the NHS Scotland Covid Status app after it was made available to download on Apple and Android devices on 30 September.\n\nThe Scottish government has insisted technical issues linking the app to the NHS system have since been ironed out.\n\nThe app allows people to register, using their passport or driving licence to verify their identity, and then creates a QR code for each vaccination.\n\nIt is similar to schemes used in other countries across Europe.\n\nScottish Labour's health spokesperson Jackie Baillie described the government's launch of the app as a \"shambles\".\n\nShe said: \"If we want to control the virus we must look at proper resourcing of our test and protect system which has collapsed in recent weeks.\n\n\"If we want to drive up vaccination we should be going door-to-door to convince those we know are hesitant and making it easier to just walk in for an appointment.\n\n\"Instead, the government is doubling down on this mess.\"\n\nElsewhere in the UK, Wales plans to introduce its own Covid passport rules later this month but England has scrapped similar plans.\n\nNorthern Ireland has yet to announce a formal vaccination passport scheme.", "People in Leigh-on Sea have been remembering Sir David\n\nThe family of MP Sir David Amess have said their hearts are shattered as they called on people to \"set aside hatred and work towards togetherness\".\n\nThe Conservative MP was stabbed multiple times during a meeting with his constituents in Essex on Friday.\n\nA 25-year-old British man is being held under the Terrorism Act.\n\nIn a statement, his family said they were trying to understand \"why this awful thing has occurred... nobody should die in that way. Nobody\".\n\nSir David, 69, was married with four daughters and a son.\n\nThe family said the \"wonderful\" tributes paid to him by friends, constituents and the public had given them strength.\n\n\"We have realised from tributes paid that there was far, far more to David than even we, those closest to him, knew,\" they added.\n\n\"We are enormously proud of him. Our hearts are shattered.\"\n\nOn Monday afternoon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will lead MPs in paying tribute to their late colleague in the House of Commons.\n\nPoliticians will have at least two hours from 15:30 BST to share their memories of Sir David, after prayers and a minute's silence. The tributes will be followed by a service at St Margaret's Church, next to Parliament.\n\nA Conservative MP since 1983 - first in Basildon and, from 1997, in Southend West - he was a champion for the town he represented, particularly in his long-running campaign to make Southend a city.\n\nHis family have asked people to support campaigns that he was involved in, including fundraising for a memorial to Dame Vera Lynn, who he thought \"epitomised the strength of the nation\" - and to help Southend gain city status.\n\nThey described Sir David as strong and courageous, a patriot and a man of peace.\n\n\"We ask people to set aside their differences and show kindness and love to all. Please let some good come from this tragedy.\n\n\"We are absolutely broken, but we will survive and carry on for the sake of a wonderful and inspiring man.\"\n\nRaised as a Roman Catholic, Sir David was known politically as a social conservative and a prominent campaigner against abortion.\n\nHe was also a committed campaigner on animal welfare issues, and supported a ban on fox hunting.\n\nDavid and his wife Julia, pictured in 1990, with three of their five children\n\nTributes to Sir David have been pouring in from politicians and constituents, with Home Secretary Priti Patel saying his \"infectious personality\" meant he \"touched so many lives\".\n\nOver the weekend, people gathered for candlelit vigils in Leigh-on-Sea to mark Sir David's life and attended a church service to share their memories of him.\n\nMany constituents have reflected on his gentle nature and willingness to listen and to help.\n\nA police search at a house in north London is thought to be linked to the inquiry\n\nDetectives are continuing to hold the 25-year-old man at a London police station and have until Friday to question him.\n\nWhitehall officials confirmed the man's name as Ali Harbi Ali, and said he was a British man of Somali heritage.\n\nThe BBC understands he was referred to the counter-terrorist Prevent scheme some years ago, but was never a formal subject of interest to MI5.\n\nIt also understands that his father, Harbi Ali Kullane, who was previously an adviser to Somalia's prime minister, has been visited by police who have taken his phone for analysis.\n\nPolice officers have spent the weekend searching three addresses in London.\n\nIt is thought a converted Victorian property in Lady Somerset Road in north-west London is linked to the investigation. Neighbours said officers started searching it late on Friday night.\n\nFurther searches, also believed to be part of the inquiry, have been taking place at a property in Bounds Green Road, north London, and another in Cranmer Road, Croydon, south London.", "Emiliano Sala (left) was on board a plane being flown by pilot David Ibbotson (right)\n\nThe family of missing footballer Emiliano Sala are \"struggling with very, very few answers about an unexplained loss\", a spokesman said.\n\nCardiff City's signing was on a flight with pilot David Ibbotson, which disappeared over the English Channel.\n\nAn official search was called off on Thursday with Guernsey's harbourmaster saying the chance of them being alive was \"extremely remote\".\n\nHowever, £280,000 has been raised for a private search to continue.\n\nAfter Argentine Sala's disappearance last Monday, his sister Romina travelled to Cardiff, before she arrived on Guernsey on Sunday with their mother, Mercedes.\n\n\"This is a family that has come from Argentina with this huge shock out of nowhere and is struggling with very, very few answers about an unexplained loss,\" family spokesman David Mearns said.\n\nSala's mother, Mercedes, has arrived at Guernsey airport after flying from Bristol\n\nHe added the family \"still have some hope\", saying: \"They're looking at this as a missing person, a missing plane and until they are satisfied that's the mode that we are in.\"\n\nMr Mearns is leading the private search, which he said would entail \"more investigative technical searches underwater\" at some point.\n\nHe said the family had travelled to Guernsey to be near where the plane was last located and to find out about the investigation and what happens next.\n\nThey thanked donors for their \"exceptional generosity\" after £280,000 was raised to pay for a private search.\n\nRomina Sala says her family believes both Emiliano and the pilot are alive\n\nTwo boats hired using the money resumed looking on Saturday.\n\nMr Mearns said Guernsey authorities were answering all the family's questions about their investigations.\n\n\"But as you know locally the search was terminated on Thursday and that was what triggered this private search,\" he said.\n\n\"Today, even as an expert my frame of thinking is alongside with the family's.\n\n\"That's what I'm trying to do. But we're trying to give them the best advice that we possibly can. You have to appreciate they don't know the environment, they don't know the geography.\"\n\nTributes have been left outside the Cardiff City Stadium\n\nSala signed for Cardiff City for £15m and he was travelling to the Welsh capital from Nantes, where he had previous played.\n\nHigh-profile donors to the GoFundMe page include France and PSG forward Kylian Mbappe, former West Ham midfielder Dimitri Payet and Leicester City winger Demarai Gray.\n\nMore than 4,000 people have donated to the page.\n\nThe initial target of 150,000 euros (£130,000) was met within 24 hours and two private search vessels began to scour the sea again on Saturday.\n\nIn a message from the family published on the fundraising website, they said the tragedy goes \"far beyond football\" and the money would be used \"exclusively for research\".\n\nA decision was made by authorities to stop looking for the Piper Malibu plane carrying the Argentine and Mr Ibbotson, from Crowle, Lincolnshire, on Thursday after three days of searching land and sea around the islands of Guernsey and Alderney.\n\nThree planes and five helicopters racked up 80 hours combined flying time looking for the aircraft, alongside two lifeboats and passing ships.\n\nThe fund was set up on Friday by Paris-based sports agency Sport Cover, which lists Sala as one of its clients.\n\nGuernsey harbourmaster David Barker said on Thursday the chances of survival were \"extremely remote\".\n\nEmiliano Sala was on board a plane bound for Cardiff from Nantes when it disappeared", "Goto Energy has become the latest UK energy firm to cease trading amid a sharp rise in wholesale gas prices.\n\nThe firm supplied gas and electricity to around 22,000 domestic customers who will now be moved to a new supplier.\n\nIt joins a number of small firms that have gone bust following a global spike in gas prices.\n\nEnergy regulator Ofgem will now find a new supplier for households, who are asked to do nothing until the transfer takes place in the coming weeks.\n\nGoto Energy's collapse takes the number of customers affected by the current wave of UK energy company failures to more than two million.\n\nOfgem said that the unprecedented increase in global gas prices - which have risen 250% since the start of the year - was putting financial pressure on suppliers.\n\n\"Ofgem's number one priority is to protect customers,\" said Neil Lawrence, director of retail at Ofgem.\n\n\"I want to reassure affected customers that they do not need to worry: under our safety net we'll make sure your energy supplies continue.\"\n\nMr Lawrence added that if customers have credit, the funds are protected, so customers will not lose the money that is owed to them.\n\n\"Goto Energy is now the 16th provider to exit the market since the beginning of 2021,\" said Justina Miltienyte, energy policy expert at Uswitch.com.\n\nShe said it was important that Goto Energy customers did not do anything until they were moved to a new supplier, as trying to switch providers could create administrative delays in getting their credit balance returned.\n\n\"They should make a note of their meter readings now, and again when contacted by their new supplier, to ensure their bills are accurate.\"\n\nLast week, Pure Planet, which was backed by oil giant BP, and Colorado Energy joined the growing list of small energy firms that have gone bust recently.\n\nPure Planet said it had been caught between rising costs and the UK's energy price cap, which limits what companies can charge consumers.\n\nThis had left its business \"unsustainable\", it said.\n\nNine suppliers collapsed in September, but business and energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng ruled out supporting struggling energy firms, although he warned more companies could collapse.\n\nThe regulator's price cap, which covers 15 million households across England, Wales and Scotland, protects customers on default tariffs by limiting charges including how much customers pay per unit of energy.\n\nBut providers say they cannot pass on rising wholesale gas prices to customers because of the cap.\n\nSuppliers that have recently gone bust include Avro Energy, People's Energy and Green Supplier Limited.\n\nRising prices have had reverberations throughout the supply chain.\n\nLast week, gas shipping firm CNG wrote to its energy supplier customers saying that it would no longer supply the wholesale market.", "Mark Zuckerberg has been a leading voice on the metaverse\n\nFacebook is planning to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to develop a so-called metaverse.\n\nA metaverse is an online world where people can game, work and communicate in a virtual environment, often using VR headsets.\n\nFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been a leading voice on the concept.\n\nThe announcement comes as Facebook deals with the fallout of a damaging scandal and faces increased calls for regulation to curb its influence.\n\n\"The metaverse has the potential to help unlock access to new creative, social, and economic opportunities. And Europeans will be shaping it right from the start,\" Facebook said in a blog post.\n\nThe new jobs being created over the next five years will include \"highly specialised engineers\".\n\nInvesting in the EU offered many advantages, including access to a large consumer market, first-class universities and high-quality talent, Facebook said.\n\nFacebook has made building the metaverse one of its big priorities.\n\nDespite its history of buying up rivals, Facebook claims the metaverse \"won't be built overnight by a single company\" and has promised to collaborate.\n\nIt recently invested $50m (£36.3m) in funding non-profit groups to help \"build the metaverse responsibly\".\n\nBut it thinks the true metaverse idea will take another 10 to 15 years.\n\nSome critics say this latest announcement is designed to re-establish the company's reputation and divert attention, after a series of damaging scandals in recent months.\n\nThis included revelations from whistleblower Frances Haugen, who worked as a product manager on the civic integrity team at Facebook.\n\nInternal research by Facebook found that Instagram, which it owns, was affecting the mental health of teenagers. But Facebook did not share its findings when they suggested that the platform was a \"toxic\" place for many youngsters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Frances Haugen: \"If Facebook change the algorithm to be safer... they'll make less money\"\n• None Apparently, it's the next big thing. What is the metaverse?", "Sir David Amess was attacked during a meeting with his constituents\n\nMPs in Northern Ireland have been contacted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland's chief constable following the killing of Sir David Amess.\n\nThe Conservative MP died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex.\n\nHis death has raised fresh concerns over the safety of politicians.\n\nJustice Minister Naomi Long said Simon Byrne had contacted MPs to discuss their security.\n\nMeanwhile police confirmed they were contacted after a group of anti-vaccine protestors turned up at Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon's constituency office, as first reported by the Sunday Independent.\n\nThe SDLP deputy leader told BBC News NI her staff were \"harassed and intimidated\".\n\nActing ACC Melanie Jones said the contacting of MPs by officers was part of Operation Bridger, which was set up after the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in 2016.\n\nIt was designed to give MPs access to extra security for their homes and offices, but there is now likely to be a push to ensure all forces are fully on board with it.\n\n\"We are in the process of contacting our local assembly members and will continue to support them by providing crime prevention and personal security advice on an ongoing basis,\" she said.\n\n\"We encourage all our elected representatives to immediately report any security concerns to police in order to keep themselves, their staff and members of the public attending surgeries safe.\"\n\nMrs Long said she understood councillors would also be contacted.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Northern Ireland's Sunday Politics programme, the Alliance Party leader said there was a \"tension\" as politicians sought to strike a balance between security and accessibility to their constituents.\n\n\"As elected representatives we want to be approachable and I think it is very difficult to balance that against trying to protect yourself, your staff and other people,\" she said.\n\nNaomi Long said it was \"abhorrent\" that politicians were being intimidated\n\nEast Belfast MP Gavin Robinson told Sunday Politics he and other colleagues had been contacted on Saturday about their security by a number of senior police officers.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician said there was an \"incredible tension\" for politicians who needed to maintain relationships with their constituents by being in public while maintaining their security.\n\n\"As an MP you can't confine yourself,\" he said.\n\n\"There is nothing that can reach full security and to try to get to that point erects a huge barrier between you and your constituents.\"\n\nHe is being held under the Terrorism Act and officers have until Friday to question him.", "Paula and Dave Knight said they thought it was a joke when they received the fine\n\nA couple were sent a fine for driving in a bus lane when a camera mistook a word on a woman's clothing for their number plate.\n\nDave and Paula Knight, from Surrey, received the fine for driving in a bus lane in Bath despite not being in the city at the time.\n\nA camera had registered the word 'knitter' on a pedestrian's clothing as Mr Knight's number plate KN19 TER.\n\n\"We thought one of our friends was stitching us up,\" said Mrs Knight.\n\nBath and North East Somerset Council (BANES) confirmed the fine had been cancelled.\n\nMrs Knight bought her husband the personalised number plate, which is meant to read as his nickname 'Knighter', for his birthday\n\nMr Knight said they planned to frame the notice and put it on the mantelpiece.\n\n\"I was looking for my vehicle in it [the picture] and thinking to myself have I been to Bath?\n\n\"The poor lady walking down the bus lane has got a top on very similar to my number plate but her handbag is blocking one of the letters out so it assumed it was my number plate,\" he said.\n\nMrs Knight said she thought it was a joke but when none of their friends came forward, they contacted the council.\n\n\"When we looked at the photo it was of a lady with 'knitter' on her sweatshirt and KN19 TER is my husband's number plate.\n\n\"I think it's bizarre and very funny, this poor lady has been changed over into a vehicle rather than a person overnight, \" she said.\n\nMrs Knight said when she contacted the council, they initially told her the fine would need to be paid but when the staff member looked at the image she \"burst out laughing\".\n\nThe automated bus lane camera in Bath mistakenly registered the word knitter on the woman's sweatshirt as Mr Knight's number plate\n\n\"I'm a bit worried about going to Bath again now. I don't know if we'll take the van, we might take the train,\" she added.\n\nBANES cabinet member for transport Manda Rigby said she was pleased that Mr and Mrs Knight had seen the funny side and that it had given the team \"a few giggles\".\n\n\"The camera picked up the logo and thought it was a number plate. It doesn't happen often and when we went back to look the fine was cancelled immediately.\n\n\"It did give us a smile particularly because Mr and Mrs Knight took it so well,\" she said.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A third party has been appointed by the council to clear the worst of the rubbish\n\nA last-ditch deal could bring an end to Brighton's bin strike, a union has said.\n\nGMB and council officials spent most of Sunday thrashing out a new agreement amid the increasingly bitter row over bin lorry drivers' pay.\n\nIf members approve the deal, 30 days of industrial action due to launch on Thursday would be cancelled.\n\nAs both sides met, private firms were called in to tackle piles of street rubbish dumped in the past fortnight.\n\nGary Palmer, GMB organiser, said the agreement between Brighton & Hove City Council and the union could take effect from Tuesday if it is signed off.\n\n\"If the agreement is passed by both parties, GMB will immediately suspend 30 days of strike action due to start on October 21.\"\n\nMountains of waste have accumulated around the city for almost two weeks amid attempts to end the dispute.\n\nBrighton & Hove City Council said it had only called in third parties as blocked pavements and vermin became a \"growing and serious\" health issue.\n\nIt said fires had been started in some communal bins over recent days, and pedestrians were increasingly at risk as more waste was dumped on pavements.\n\nThe council said the rubbish was now a serious health and safety issue\n\nThe Green-led authority met union officials as both sides attempted to agree a formal resolution in the row over changes to driver rounds and pay.\n\nA spokesperson said the council respected the decision by some of its Cityclean staff to strike, and it was \"keen to address the issues raised\" in order to \"get the city clean as soon as possible\".\n\nThe council said it was putting forward a \"significant and generous pay offer, benefiting some of the lowest paid staff across the whole council, as well as the Cityclean service\".\n\nGMB organiser Mr Palmer had previously said Sunday's talks could usher in the start of city-wide rubbish clearance.\n\nA planned break in the strike is due to take place between Monday and Wednesday, allowing some rubbish to be collected.\n\nRubbish continues to pile up around Brighton as the strike enters its 13th day\n\nMeanwhile, GMB General Secretary Gary Smith has called for a Brighton City Councillor to be sacked for comparing striking workers to terrorists.\n\nIn a meeting last week, Conservative councillor Joe Miller said: \"I hate to refer to Maggie Thatcher, but this is a similar situation - you can't negotiate with terrorists.\"\n\nMr Smith has written to the joint chairmen of the Conservative Party - Ben Elliot and Oliver Dowden MP - calling for Councillor Miller to be removed from the party.\n\nMr Miller previously said he would not be \"bullied\" by the GMB.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir David Amess' widow Julia was accompanied by the church's Rev Clifford Newman\n\nThe family of Sir David Amess have visited the church where he was killed to see some of the many tributes left in his memory.\n\nSir David's widow, Julia, was comforted by family members as she spent about 10 minutes reading messages at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.\n\nBoris Johnson led MPs in making tributes in the House of Commons.\n\nHe vowed Sir David's death would not \"detract from his accomplishments as a politician or as a human being\".\n\nThe Queen has agreed to award Southend city status, after a long-standing campaign by Sir David, the prime minister confirmed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Parliament pays tribute to Sir David Amess, following his killing\n\nA minute's silence was held earlier and a service took place at St Margaret's Church, next to Parliament, where the Archbishop of Canterbury gave an address.\n\nSir David, 69, the Conservative MP for Southend West, had been meeting constituents when he was stabbed multiple times on Friday. A 25-year-old British man, Ali Harbi Ali, is being held under the Terrorism Act.\n\nThe father-of-five's death has sparked an outpouring of grief, not only within his local community in Essex where he had been an MP for nearly 40 years, but from across the country.\n\nThe church where he was killed is surrounded by large piles of flowers, heart-shaped balloons and framed pictures, and people continued to lay tributes on Monday.\n\nDuring their visit, the family held each other as they read some of the messages. They later bowed their heads and formed a semi-circle around the church's minister, the Reverend Clifford Newman, who spoke to them privately.\n\nThe family described Sir David as strong and courageous, a patriot and a man of peace\n\n\"We realised from tributes paid that there was far, far more to David than even we, those closest to him, knew,\" the family have said\n\nA mural of Sir David has been painted at a skate park in Leigh-on-Sea\n\nMr Johnson said Sir David was a \"seasoned campaigner of verve and grit\" who \"never once witnessed any achievement by any resident of Southend that could not somehow be cited in his bid to secure city status for that distinguished town\".\n\nMPs spoke of their grief at losing a much-loved colleague and friend in Sir David.\n\nConservative former prime minister Theresa May said he gave an \"extraordinary\" service to his constituents.\n\n\"I suggest to anybody who wants to be a first-class constituency MP that you look at the example of David Amess,\" she said.\n\nConservative former minister Mark Francois described Sir David as his \"best and oldest friend in politics\".\n\nMr Francois added: \"Everything I ever learned about being a constituency MP I learnt from David Amess.\"\n\nLabour MP Kim Leadbeater, the sister of Jo Cox - the MP murdered by a right-wing extremist five years ago - said her thoughts were with Sir David's family.\n\n\"I do have a unique perspective on what those closest to David are going through and I want to send them my love, support and solidarity, from myself, my parents, our family, and the people of Batley and Spen,\" she said.\n\nBoris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer were among MPs and peers at a church service to honour Sir David\n\nThe service at St Margaret's Church, beside Westminster Abbey, included a reading by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle\n\nAt the weekend, Sir David's family released a statement saying the wonderful tributes to him had given them strength, but they were still trying to understand \"why this awful thing has occurred... nobody should die in that way\".\n\n\"We are absolutely broken, but we will survive and carry on for the sake of a wonderful and inspiring man,\" they said.\n\nAli Harbi Ali is being detained at a London police station\n\nDetectives are continuing to hold Ali Harbi Ali, a British national of Somali heritage, at a London police station and have until Friday to question him.\n\nThe BBC has been told he was referred to the counter-terrorist Prevent scheme some years ago, but was never a formal subject of interest to MI5.\n\nIt is also understood that his father, Harbi Ali Kullane, who was previously an adviser to Somalia's prime minister, has been visited by police who have taken his phone for analysis.\n\nPolice officers spent the weekend searching three addresses in London.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brendan Cox says public reaction to Sir David Amess' death will comfort family\n\nAhead of the formal tributes in Parliament, MPs discussed their own personal safety concerns.\n\nMany MPs have spoken of a toxic and increasingly polarised political culture where online trolling has become widespread, including personal insults and direct threats of violence.\n\nLabour's Tulip Sadiq told the BBC that all MPs, especially women, are subject to attack and that her mother feared for her doing the job.\n\nSir David's neighbouring MP in Southend, Conservative James Duddridge, said \"no-one that loves me, none of my friends, would want me to be a Member of Parliament\" but they support him because it is \"honourable\" and \"worthwhile\".\n\nDeputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said he had received \"three threats to life and limb\" over the past two years - but he does not want to \"allow those who attack our democracy\" to win.\n\nAnd Labour's Chris Bryant said a man had been arrested over a death threat he received at the weekend.\n\nAsked whether MPs' surgeries with constituents should take place online, Downing Street said the murder could not \"get in the way of democracy\".\n\n\"MPs may rightly be concerned about security, they've been contacted by police to discuss their activities and events so their arrangements can be reviewed,\" the No 10 spokesman said.", "Justin McLaughlin was rushed to hospital but was later pronounced dead\n\nA 16-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of Justin McLaughlin in Glasgow.\n\nThe 14-year-old was wounded in an incident at High Street train station at about 15:45 BST on Saturday.\n\nHe was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.\n\nPolice confirmed the 16-year-old was due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday and that inquiries remained ongoing.\n\nA dedicated police website has been set up to collect information about the incident.\n\nJames McParland, the headmaster at St Ambrose High School in Coatbridge where Justin was a pupil, said the community was \"shocked and saddened\" by the death.\n\n\"Justin was a valued member of our community and his loss will be felt by staff and pupils alike,\" he said.\n\n\"Our prayers and thoughts are with his family and friends, and additional pastoral support will be available to young people within the school on their return on Monday morning.\"\n\nIn an online tribute, the teenager's aunt, Maggie McLaughlin, said his family were \"absolutely heartbroken\".\n\nShe said he was the \"biggest gentle giant\" with \"a smile that would take up the full world\".\n\nCoatbridge and Chryston MSP Fulton MacGregor said: \"I am deeply shocked and saddened, as we all are, by the death of Justin McLaughlin and my thoughts are with Justin's family, friends and the school community of St Ambrose High School at this tragic time.\n\n\"The community are grieving such a devastating loss of a young life with so much future ahead of him.\"\n\nNiven Rennie, director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, said the murder was \"devastating\" for all involved.\n\nThe unit approaches violence as a disease to be prevented, and has worked closely with partners in the NHS, education and social work.\n\nMr Rennie told BBC Scotland such incidents not only affect the victim's family but also the families of the individuals involved and those who witnessed the incident.\n\nHe said: \"It is a tragic event and it is that ripple effect. That's why in Scotland we try and reduce that as much as we can.\n\n\"Our ultimate aim is to make Scotland the safest country in the world and there is still a lot of work ahead of us in that respect.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Mike Berry casts doubt on the conviction of David Morris for Clydach murders\n\nFresh doubts have been cast on the conviction of the man jailed for the horrific Clydach murders in 1999.\n\nDavid Morris was found guilty of murdering an entire family of four including two young girls.\n\nBut potential new witnesses, along with the views of experts, have given campaigners calling for his release fresh hope.\n\nSouth Wales Police say Morris was convicted twice at two trials after an \"extensive investigation\".\n\nRelatives of the victims say they have no doubt Morris was responsible, and say the suffering caused by the deaths still affects them.\n\nThere may be disagreement over the details, but nobody disputes that an almost unspeakable crime was committed at 9 Kelvin Road in Clydach on the night of Saturday 26 into the morning of Sunday 27 June 1999.\n\nBeginning at about midnight on the Saturday, extreme violence was unleashed on Mandy Power, her 80-year-old mother Doris and Mandy's children Katie, aged 10, and Emily, aged eight.\n\nAll four were beaten to death with a metal pole and fires were started in different parts of the house.\n\nGrandmother Doris was found murdered in her bed\n\nNeighbours called the fire service and the scene was initially dealt with as a fatal blaze before the full horror of the murders emerged.\n\nIt wasn't until August 2006 that David Morris, also known as Dai Morris, was jailed for the final, decisive time for the crimes and sentenced to life, a term that was later reduced to 32 years.\n\nIn the years between the killings and his jailing, other suspects - including serving South Wales Police officers - had been investigated and Morris was convicted and jailed only to have that sentence quashed and a fresh trial ordered. He was then found guilty by a second jury.\n\nHe has always maintained his innocence and a campaign to free him is gathering pace.\n\nNow, BBC Wales Investigates has spoken to people who were not called to give evidence at either of his trials, along with experts who were either involved in the original investigation or have studied the case extensively.\n\nWhat they said raises questions about the strength of his conviction.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe campaign to quash Morris's conviction has grown in size and volume over the years but while his family remain convinced he was not capable of the crime, his own actions at the time undermined his claims of innocence.\n\nThe investigation into the murders was given fresh impetus in 2001 when an off-duty police officer overheard a conversation about Morris having had sex with Mandy.\n\nHis name had been mentioned in the weeks immediately after the killings and he had given a statement to police but had been put on the back burner. Now he was front and centre.\n\nMorris initially withheld the fact he had been in a sexual relationship with Mandy. He also told a lie that would come back to haunt him.\n\nMorris's family have always maintained he is innocent\n\nIn police interview he was asked if a gold chain found at 9 Kelvin Road was his. He swore it wasn't. \"On the lives of my children,\" were his exact words.\n\nBut the chain was his, and when he finally admitted that it helped seal his fate.\n\nMorris says he hid his fling with Mandy from police because his then girlfriend Mandy Jewell was her best friend and it would have ended their relationship.\n\nMorris said he was afraid his then girlfriend Mandy Jewell would be furious about him having sex with Mandy Power\n\nThere were also issues with his alibi. Morris had been drinking at the New Inn on the edge of Clydach and said he had wandered the streets for hours, first towards his home then towards Swansea, before eventually getting home about 03:00 when he claimed his girlfriend Mandy Jewell let him in.\n\nMandy initially told police Morris had arrived home between 22:30 and 23:00 and she didn't let him in, but in court said she didn't know what time he came back, but that she did let him in.\n\nThe juries were also told Morris had previous convictions for violence, and at both trials - the first in 2002 and the second in 2006 - he was found guilty of all four murders.\n\nBut Morris wasn't the first suspect. The police had originally looked at two of their own.\n\nStephen Lewis, his wife Alison and his twin brother Stuart were arrested in July 2000, the married couple on suspicion of murder and Stuart on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.\n\nStephen's wife Alison Lewis, a former officer with South Wales Police, had been in a lesbian affair with Mandy, and suspicion had fallen on Stuart because of events on the night.\n\nAlison Lewis and her husband Stephen were initially suspects\n\nHe was then an Acting Inspector and was not only on duty the night of the murders but was the most senior officer to arrive at the scene.\n\nStuart stayed at 9 Kelvin Road for less than 10 minutes, failed to preserve the scene and his log book for that night went missing. He also didn't fill in his pocket book until the Monday.\n\nBut despite the initial suspicion over the trio, it was decided there was insufficient evidence linking them to the crime and they were not charged, eventually being ruled out as suspects in January 2001.\n\nThere is no DNA evidence or fingerprints linking Morris to 9 Kelvin Road, and no witnesses could place him there on the night of the murders.\n\nBut speaking for the first time, a potential witness has told the BBC they saw a man or men close to the house that night.\n\nStuart Lewis was one of the first police officers to arrive at the murder scene\n\nTaxi driver Mike claims he was driving down Vardre Road, a short walk from Kelvin Road, between 02:00 and 02:30 when he noticed two men walking along the pavement.\n\n\"What struck me was they were very, very similar,\" he said. \"Both had dark hair, cropped.\"\n\nWhen he heard about the murders the next day, he says he called the police to tell them.\n\n\"They took my details and said that person dealing with it, or that team, would be in touch,\" the driver said. But nobody called him back.\n\nTwo weeks later the driver says he called police again to say not only had he seen the men but he could now identify them - as Stephen and Stuart Lewis.\n\n\"When their pictures appeared in the press I realised that it was them that I'd seen that morning,\" said the man, who maintains he is \"100% convinced\" it was the Lewis brothers he saw.\n\nThe taxi driver was never called to give evidence at either trial.\n\nStephen Lewis and his wife Alison were arrested but never charged in connection with the murders\n\nOn the night of the murders, Nicola Williams was driving on Gellionnen Road in the early hours of Sunday 27 June 1999, and also thinks she saw Stephen Lewis near Kelvin Road around 02:30.\n\nNot only did Ms Williams pick Stephen out of a video identity parade, she also provided police with an e-fit. But it was never released to the public and in court the prosecution dismissed her account.\n\nHer evidence also doesn't appear to have affected the jury's decision about David Morris' guilt.\n\nThe most damaging fire in the house was started in the kitchen\n\nMs Williams says the man she saw was wearing a bomber jacket and carrying a rolled-up bundle under his arm - the same description another new potential witness has given the BBC.\n\nJohn Allen never came forward at the time of the murders, however he now claims that he saw a man in his headlights in a bomber jacket carrying a bundle as he drove down Gellionnen Road into Clydach between 04:00 and 04:30.\n\nHe says he is sharing his story now to \"get justice for the community and everybody that was involved\" and has \"no vendetta\" against the police despite his own criminal past.\n\nMorris's defence team say this sighting needs further investigation.\n\nIn a statement, Stephen Lewis told the BBC he had no part in the murders and that his alibi - that he was at home with his wife Alison - suggests that witnesses who suggested he was in Clydach the night of the killings were mistaken.\n\nAlison has always maintained that she was at home with Stephen and he was beside her in bed all night.\n\nStuart Lewis, questioned on previous occasions, said he did not see Stephen or Alison that night.\n\nMorris may have given a muddled account of his movements the night of the murders, but more than one expert thinks the official timeline undermines his conviction.\n\nMorris admits he drank eight pints at the New Inn, which witnesses say he left about 23:30. The prosecution said he also took amphetamines - something he denied.\n\nFrom the pub it's a walk of around 15 minutes to 9 Kelvin Road, and Mandy Power and her daughters are believed to have arrived home about 23:48 after they had been babysitting.\n\nUniversity lecturer and journalist Brian Thornton, one of the founders of the Crime and Justice Research Centre at the University of Winchester, has studied the Clydach murders for a decade.\n\nHe says those timings, and understanding who was killed first, are critical.\n\nThe campaign for David Morris's conviction to be overturned has gathered pace\n\n\"There are two areas that make us very confident that Doris died first,\" he said.\n\n\"First of all is the murder weapon.\"\n\nThe pole used to murder the family had traces of blood from Mandy and the two girls. However there was no blood from Doris suggesting she was killed first then later use of the bar removed traces of her.\n\n\"The second is the sequence. We know that Doris was upstairs in bed and then what the forensic scientists have worked out is that somebody has come in and for whatever reason has killed Doris in her bed.\n\n\"But in the process, the killer has smashed a light bulb which has caused at least the top floor of the house to go dark because it's been fused.\"\n\nThe metal pole used to kill the four victims\n\nBlood found on the murder weapon led one expert to conclude it was Doris who was killed first\n\nMr Thornton says the evidence indicates the killer went into the children's bedroom, removed a TV from a chair and took that chair downstairs to use it to reach the fuse box in the bathroom, fixed the lights and then waited for Mandy and the two girls to come home.\n\nThe sequence of events combined with the timeline of Morris's known movements have led Mr Thornton to conclude it's \"nearly impossible\" for him to have carried out the murders.\n\n\"He left the pub at half past 11, Mandy and the girls came back just before 12,\" he said.\n\n\"It means that he [Morris] will have had to walk to Kelvin Road, kill Doris, change the fuses - he'll have had to have done all those things.\n\n\"There simply isn't enough time to do that.\"\n\nForensic scientist Clair Galbraith was one of the first people to arrive at 9 Kelvin Road the night of the killings, and it was she who found the murder weapon.\n\nShe was one of only a handful of experts to express an opinion on who was killed first - she believes it was Doris.\n\nThe timeline of the killings is another angle Morris's defence team want to explore, as it was not something used in his defence at either trial.\n\nProfessor Mike Berry is a consultant forensic psychologist who has helped police forces in high profile killings - including the murder of Geraldine Palk in Cardiff.\n\nHe has studied the Clydach files and has raised a number of questions about the killer's behaviour and says he finds it hard to believe Morris was behind what happened afterwards.\n\nWhen all four residents of the house were dead, the killer did not flee but stayed to perform bizarre acts including taking Mandy's body to the bathroom and apparently washing it.\n\nSmall fires were started in various parts of the house, the main one in the kitchen.\n\nAlthough Emily and Katie Power were murdered, one expert says their mother was the main target\n\n\"The attack on Mandy shows that she was a target,\" said Prof Berry. \"The girls I think, to use that awful expression, were collateral.\n\n\"I think the motive for murder here is anger. The killer clearly is angry with Mandy by the amount of violence used on her.\"\n\nIf Morris had drunk a considerable amount of alcohol and taken drugs, Professor Berry doubts he would have behaved as the killer did after the murders.\n\nProf Berry concluded there were a number of people who might have carried out the murders - and he couldn't rule out David Morris as a strong contender.\n\nThe investigation into the Clydach murders was vast. Some 4,500 statements were taken and there were 4,000 exhibits.\n\nBut not all of that evidence was made available to the defence due to court orders made under Public Interest Immunity or PII.\n\nIt's a method by which the prosecution can justify the non-disclosure of material which assists the defence, and is therefore supposed to be used sparingly.\n\nBarrister and civil liberties expert Simon McKay is concerned about the use of PII in the Clydach trials.\n\nHe said there appears to be a \"significant volume of material\" which was withheld using PII and he cannot see an \"obvious reason\" to justify it.\n\n\"When one looks at the entire context of the case… then it's understandable that one walks away with serious concerns that justice has been done,\" said Mr McKay.\n\nMorris's defence team are planning to take the potential new evidence to the Criminal Cases Review Commission - the first step in getting any conviction quashed.\n\nSouth Wales Police says it acknowledges the \"significant impact\" the case continues to have on the victims' families and the wider community. It says it carried out an extensive investigation into the murders and points out Morris was convicted twice by a jury.\n\nA statement released this week on behalf of Mandy's family said the continued campaign for Morris's release was \"very upsetting\".\n\n\"Every day we live with the heartbreak of the loss of our family,\" it said.\n\n\"Katie and Emily were only 10 and eight when they were murdered they were never given the chance to grow up and have their own families, unlike Morris who has the privilege of seeing his children and grandchildren.\n\n\"We have always said we will fight for our family, but we never expected to be fighting 21 years on.\"\n\nSpeaking for the first time since the murders, Michael Power, Mandy's former husband and Katie and Emily's father, said time had not healed his pain.\n\n\"I miss my girls every day and not a day goes by that I don't think about them,\" he said.\n\n\"Both trials ended with the same verdict which we believe as a family was the right decision.\"\n\nBBC Wales Investigates The Clydach Murders: Beyond Reasonable Doubt on Thursday, 22 October at 21:00 GMT on BBC One Wales and afterwards on iPlayer\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "France's ambassador to Belarus has left the country after the Belarus government ordered him out, AFP news agency reports.\n\nAn embassy spokesperson confirmed to AFP that ambassador Nicolas de Lacoste left the country on Sunday. He had been told to leave by Monday.\n\nMr de Lacoste, who is 57, was posted to Minsk late last year.\n\nLocal media have suggested that he had failed to present his credentials to President Alexander Lukashenko.\n\nFrance, like other EU countries, has not recognised Mr Lukashenko's claim to a sixth presidential term after last August's elections amid widespread claims of voting fraud.\n\nMr de Lacoste instead met the Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei last December.\n\nIn a statement to AFP, a French embassy spokesperson said: \"The Belarusian foreign ministry demanded that the ambassador leave before October 18.\n\n\"He said goodbye to the staff of the embassy and recorded a video message to the Belarusian people, which will appear tomorrow morning on the embassy's website,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lukashenko: \"You can choke on your sanctions... you are American lapdogs\"\n\nThe EU has repeatedly said that it does not consider the August elections to have been \"free and fair\" and has imposed sanctions on Mr Lukashenko's regime.\n\nThe president launched a post-vote crackdown on dissent in Belarus after the country erupted in historic protests against his rule.\n\nHowever, despite Western sanctions, Mr Lukashenko has so far dismissed all attempts to oust him and enjoys the backing of his ally in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin.\n\nThe 67-year-old leader, who has ruled Belarus since 1994, has responded by accusing European governments of having instigated the protests and has cut ties with a number of Western nations in recent months.\n\nIn March, his regime expelled the entire staff of Latvia's embassy, including its ambassador, after Latvian authorities used a Belarusian opposition flag at an ice hockey championship.\n\nIn August, Minsk revoked the appointment of the US ambassador - career diplomat Julie Fisher - who was to be the first US envoy to the ex-Soviet country since 2008.", "Cameron Norrie became the first Briton to win the Indian Wells title when he fought back from a set and a break down to beat Nikoloz Basilashvili.\n\nNorrie, 26, won 3-6 6-4 6-1 against the Georgian to seal one of the biggest titles in tennis.\n\n\"I'm so happy, I can't even describe it,\" he said on court.\n\nHis exploits in California have propelled Norrie to British number one and he is in the running to reach the elite season-ending ATP Finals.\n\nNorrie will rise to a career-high 16th in the world, having started the year ranked 74th, after a stunning season where he has reached six finals and won 47 matches.\n\nNorrie had led in the first set with an early break but was pegged back as the big-hitting Basilashvili took charge. But the Briton, whose resilience and fitness have been the hallmark of his successful year, broke to love to level and force a deciding set.\n\nThe left-hander broke early in the third and saved three break points on his serve to take a 3-0 lead as unforced errors began to mount for the Georgian world number 36, who eventually sent a forehand long on championship point to hand Norrie the biggest title of his career.\n\n\"I can't really believe it. If you'd have told me I'd have won before the tournament started I wouldn't have believed you, so it's amazing,\" said Norrie, who is the first British player to reach the final at one of the elite Masters 1,000 events since Andy Murray won in Paris in 2016.\n• None Who 'threw away' Norrie's shoes before final?\n\nNorrie's win comes just a month after compatriot Emma Raducanu's stunning US Open victory as British tennis enjoys something of a resurgence.\n\nWhile Raducanu's rise to British number one was sudden and dramatic, Norrie's path to the top has been more understated and built on consistency.\n\nOnly world number one Novak Djokovic has been in as many finals this year as Norrie, whose versatility has taken him to finals on hard, clay and grass courts.\n\nHis maiden ATP singles trophy came in July when he won the Los Cabos Open in Mexico and he has now backed that up with one of the most prestigious tour titles outside the four Grand Slams.\n\nHe has also achieved something that no other Briton has, with Murray, Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski all having reached the Indian Wells final but finishing as runners-up in California.\n\nHe is 10th in the race to qualify for next month's eight-man ATP Finals in Turin and with eighth-placed Rafael Nadal missing the rest of the season, Norrie is within touching distance of overtaking ninth-placed Hubert Hurkacz and booking a spot.\n\nHe is scheduled to compete in events in Vienna and Paris next as he seeks to gather enough points to complete what would have been considered an unlikely feat at the start of the season.\n\nThe very best of Norrie's game was on display at 5-4 in the second set when the Briton produced a delightful drop-shot and lob combination, as well as an inside out forehand volley, to set up a break to love and a total swing in momentum.\n\nAfter breaking early in the third he then had to fend off three break points to go 3-0 up and he then never looked back as Basilashvili came back from a bathroom break to put in a poor service game that left Norrie serving for the match.\n\nThe Briton needed only one of his two championship points to secure the win as the errors kept coming off Basilashvili's racquet.\n\n\"For a stage he went through and hit so many winners. It was tough for me to get some confidence. The rallies were really short and he was just blasting winners,\" said Norrie,\n\n\"When I made a couple of big shots in the 5-4 game in the second set it gave me a lot of confidence, and I was able to find my feet again, start moving again, and make the rallies physical like I've been doing all tournament and it worked in my favour.\"\n\nNorrie, whose only struggle of the day was when he was trying to lift the heavy glass trophy, dedicated his victory to his parents.\n\nBorn in South Africa, Norrie has a Scottish dad and Welsh mum, and was brought up in New Zealand before playing college tennis in the United States.\n\nWhile many of his peers took the more conventional route from junior tennis to the professional Futures circuit, Norrie chose to combine his sport with studying for a sociology degree, in order to have a more \"normal life\".\n\nBasilashvili is known for his ferocious power, and Norrie was in danger of being overwhelmed when he dropped serve early in the second set.\n\nBut the 26-year-old knuckled down, broke to win the set with some attacking brilliance and then drove the Georgian to distraction with some breathtaking defence in the decider.\n\nAll the more impressive when you learn the shoes he had left on top of his locker disappeared overnight, leaving him to break in a new pair in the biggest match of his life.\n\nThe greatest triumph of Norrie's career leaves him within 160 points of the man currently in the final qualifying spot for the ATP Finals.\n\nIt is a lot to ask him to continue in the same vein after switching continents, and with no time for rest, but he is entered in tournaments in Vienna, Paris and Stockholm before the season is out.\n• None Listen to a revealing conversation with one of cricket's defining voices\n• None The best of the Bond villains:", "More MPs have opened up about their own personal safety following the death of their colleague, Sir David Amess, who was stabbed multiple times during a meeting with his constituents in Essex on Friday.\n\nMany have spoken of a toxic and increasingly polarised political culture where online trolling has become widespread, ranging from personal insults at one end of the spectrum to direct threats of violence and even death at the other.\n\nLabour MP, Tulip Siddiq, told BBC Breakfast all MPs, especially women, are subject to attack and that her mother feared for her doing the job.\n\nSeveral too have spoken of concerns about the safety of their staff and their families amid calls for security measures to be stepped up, particularly while MPs are in their constituencies meeting voters.\n\nLabour MP Tulip Siddiq has told the BBC her mother feared for her safety.\n\nMs Siddiq said the threats and abuse she gets \"range from very trivial things\" such as commenting on her appearance, her height and her name to \"more sinister\" threats such as advocating violence against her or her family.\n\nShe said being an MP had had a \"constant effect\" on her family for years, especially her parents.\n\nShe recalled the murder of the former Labour MP, Jo Cox, in 2016 and said her own mother called her immediately on hearing an MP had been attacked \"because her first thought was it must have been me\".\n\nShe added: \"It is just this constant effect on her of hearing there has been abuse directed at us, that we're getting death threats, that all of us MPs are constantly racially abused, whether you're from a Jewish faith or have a Muslim last name.\n\n\"Whatever it is, people will pick on you.\n\n\"These keyboard warriors, at some point you do think I just need to ignore them and get on with my job.\n\n\"You do start to develop very thick skin but maybe that's the wrong way to go about it.\"\n\nJames Duddridge attending the vigil for Sir David Amess - their constituencies neighbour each other.\n\nSir David's neighbouring MP in Southend, Conservative James Duddridge, told Radio 4's Today programme about the fears his family and friends live with.\n\n\"No-one that loves me, none of my friends would want me to be a Member of Parliament.\n\n\"The only reason they support it is because they know that that's what I believe is an honourable thing to do, a worthwhile thing to do, something I'd always wanted to do, something that I have enjoyed. \"\n\nLabour MP, Chris Bryant said he received a death threat this weekend after calling for people to be kinder following Sir David's death.\n\nHe said Parliament has been \"turned into a bit of a fortress\" in recent years, but he believed MPs are most vulnerable in their constituencies when they hold surgeries and meeting voters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour MP Chris Bryant says he has been subject to numerous threats in recent years\n\nHe said one of the best things about the British political system is that MPs are \"very accessible\" but \"over the last few years, there has been a terrible ratcheting up of nastiness\".\n\nMr Bryant said he questions \"all the time\" why he does the job but his concerns are \"not just about me\".\n\n\"It's about my staff and it's about my family as well.\"\n\nHe said he went in to politics because he cares about poverty, climate change, human rights and the growing use of food banks.\n\n\"I'm passionate about wanting to change the world and no-one is going to stop me,\" he added.\n\nJustice Secretary Dominic Raab said: \"Although it is shocking and it is heart-wrenching, this is not entirely out of the blue\" because \"everyone has had this experience of intensifying abuse and that tipping in to threats\".\n\nHe said he has had \"three threats to life or limb that have required an intervention in the last two years\".\n\nMr Raab said that while every step must be taken to make sure MPs, especially female politicians, can do their jobs, \"we don't want the terrorists to win, we do not want this wedge placed between us and our communities\".\n\nAnd he said he will continue to have face-to-face surgeries rather than moving all his meetings online.\n\nDowning Street has said that it will be \"down to individual MPs and the police\" whether MPs should continue to meet constituents face to face.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said MPs may \"rightly\" be concerned about their security following the killing of Sir David.\n\nThe spokesman said MPs \"have been contacted by the police to discuss their activities and events so their arrangements can be reviewed.\"\n\nLabour's Jess Phillips said while security advice is welcome, she individually has to \"make the decision about how close I am to my constituents\".\n\n\"Often the best security advice in the world is quite hard to follow when you're in your home town, not just because I want to be a good representative but because I live there\", she said.\n\nShe added that MPs need to \"demystify what politics is\" because \"people don't consider people like me to be frontline workers but that's exactly what we are\".\n\nShadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds told BBC Breakfast he too had received death threats due to his job.\n\n\"I've had incidents since I've become a Member of Parliament, whether it's intimidation while out on the streets, death threats, terrible letters, awful emails.\n\n\"I am in no sense alone in that.\n\n\"I don't know a Member of Parliament who has not suffered in that way.\n\n\"It's clear that something now has to change.\"\n\nDame Eleanor Laing says MPs are \"vilified\" in the media\n\nDeputy Speaker Dame Eleanor Laing told Radio 4's Today it was a \"pity\" the media does not say nice things about MPs when they are still doing their jobs.\n\nShe said: \"It can be deeply upsetting when you know that MPs and ministers are working hard to solve some problem or other and when the matter is discussed in the media, MPs are vilified, ministers are spoken to very harshly and it does help to create a culture of aggression.\n\n\"Why can't we just try to have a culture of kindness?\" she added.", "Olivia has been the most popular baby name for girls since 2015, pictured, actress Olivia Wilde\n\nBabies born to women under 35 were more likely to be given short, modern names last year compared to older mothers.\n\nOfficial birth data in England and Wales for 2020 showed Olivia and Oliver were still the most popular baby names overall - for the fifth year running.\n\nNew entries into the top 10 included Ivy, Rosie and Archie. Oliver was particularly popular in the North East.\n\nThe largest movers into the top 100 boys' names were Milo (80th) and Otis (96th) and the girls' was Maeve (94th).\n\nData from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed 4,225 baby boys were named Oliver in 2020, down from 4,932 the previous year, while a total of 3,640 newborn girls were named Olivia, down from 4,082.\n\nOlivia and Oliver have been the most popular names in England and Wales since 2015.\n\nThe name of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's son, Archie, moved up the boys' list from 19th to ninth, with 2,944 babies named Archie in 2020, up from 2,544 in 2019. It is the first time Archie has made the top 10.\n\nIt is also the first time Charlie has not been in the top 10 since 2005, slipping to 12th place with a total of 2,810 babies named Charlie in 2020, down from 3,355 in 2019.\n\nSince 2010, Ivy has risen 221 places to become the sixth most popular name for girls in England and Wales in 2020.\n\nArthur and Noah have seen an increase in popularity over the last two decades, both rising more than 200 places in the ranks to the boys' top five in 2019 and 2017 respectively.\n\nIn 2020, the largest movers into the top 100 boys' names were Milo (80th) and Otis (96th), both rising 28 places since 2019.\n\nMaeve has risen 124 places since 2019 and was the largest new entry into the top 100 girls' names (94th).\n\nMuhammad was top in four regions of England and Arthur in three regions.\n\nIn Wales, Noah was the top boys' name but only the fourth most popular name in England and Wales combined.\n\nThe name Archie moved up the boys' list from 19th to ninth\n\nSiân Bradford, from the ONS, said popular culture and celebrities continued to provide inspiration for many parents.\n\n\"Maeve and Otis, characters from the popular programme Sex Education, have seen a surge in popularity in 2020,\" she said.\n\n\"While the name Margot has been rapidly climbing since actress Margot Robbie appeared in the popular film The Wolf of Wall Street.\"\n\nShe added: \" We continue to see the age of mothers having an impact on the choice of baby name.\"\n\nExplaining why it uses mothers' data to glean the most popular baby names, an ONS spokeswoman said: \"To get a complete statistical picture for our baby names analysis, we rely on a mother's data, because information relating to mothers should appear on every birth registration.\"\n\nIn 2019, pop star Dua Lipa and Star Wars' Kylo Ren were among the influences on parents for the choice of baby names.\n• None Dua Lipa sets New Rules on most popular baby names\n• None Baby names in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dennis Hutchings, 80, denied attempting to murder and cause grievous bodily harm to John Pat Cunningham\n\nAn ex-soldier has died while on trial over a fatal shooting during Northern Ireland's Troubles.\n\nDennis Hutchings, 80, denied attempting to murder and cause grievous bodily harm to John Pat Cunningham.\n\nMr Cunningham, 27, was shot in the back as he ran from an Army patrol near Benburb, County Tyrone, in 1974.\n\nMr Hutchings' trial was adjourned for three weeks due to illness and the court heard on Monday that he had tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe non-jury trial had been sitting at Belfast Crown Court for three days a week to allow Mr Hutchings, who had been suffering from kidney disease, to receive dialysis treatment.\n\nMr Hutchings, from Cawsand in Cornwall, was an ex-member of the Life Guards regiment.\n\nHe also suffered from heart failure and fluid on the lung. He died in the Mater Hospital in Belfast on Monday afternoon.\n\nHis death was confirmed by an Army veterans' group on behalf of his family.\n\nDennis Hutchings' supporters had made an issue of his age and ill-health during a long campaign against his prosecution.\n\nLegal attempts to have his case thrown out failed before it reached trial stage.\n\nHis death will very likely reopen arguments around legacy prosecutions.\n\nThe government is proposing to end all future investigations and court cases related to Troubles incidents prior to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.\n\nPart of its reasoning is to protect veterans.\n\nThis development leaves just one other veteran facing trial, David Holden, who is accused of the manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie in 1988.\n\nAll other recent cases involving former soldiers have collapsed.\n\nUnionist politicians have criticised the decision to prosecute Mr Hutchings.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said there were \"serious questions around those who made the decision that Dennis should stand trial once more\".\n\n\"Whilst understanding the desire of the Cunningham family for justice, we have consistently challenged those in legal authority who insisted that Dennis stand trial again.\n\n\"He was an 80-year-old veteran, in ill-health on dialysis and there was a lack of compelling new evidence.\n\n\"This is a sad indictment on those who want to rewrite history, but also demands serious questions of the Public Prosecution Service about how this trial was deemed to be in the public interest.\"\n\nJohn Pat Cunningham was 27 at the time of his death but had a mental age of between six and 10\n\nUlster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the decision by the Public Prosecution Service to proceed with a trial given Mr Hutchings' ill-health demanded an independent review.\n\n\"The questions must be asked, did this trial hasten Mr Hutchings' death and did it meet the evidential and public interest tests?\" he said.\n\n\"Regrettably that will be too late for the Hutchings family and will be of little comfort to them at this time.\"\n\nTraditional Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister said the \"needless dragging of an 80-year-old soldier through the courts has had a very sad end\".\n\n\"The strain on this man was cruel, with him requiring regular dialysis, while being brought to Belfast to face a trial of dubious provenance,\" he said.\n\nThe Sinn Féin MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone Michelle Gildernew said she was aware of a grieving family following the death of Mr Hutchings, but the Cunningham family also continued to grieve.\n\n\"Let's remember that grief knows no bounds,\" she tweeted.\n\nMr Hutchings had previously lost a Supreme Court challenge to have a trial before a jury.\n\nIn July, the UK government confirmed plans to bring forward legislation to ban all prosecutions related to the Troubles.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the legacy proposals would allow Northern Ireland to \"draw a line under the Troubles\".\n\nThe plans, which are opposed by NI political parties and victims organisations, include an end to all legacy inquests and civil actions related to the conflict.", "Online retail giant Amazon is to offer one-off payments of up to £3,000 in order to attract staff in UK regions where there is high demand for labour.\n\nThe online retailer is hiring for 20,000 positions across its UK network during the festive season.\n\nFears over worker shortages have already prompted other firms to warn of problems in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nAmazon began offering a £1,000 signing-on bonus to recruit permanent staff in some regions in August.\n\nAs first reported in the Guardian, the company's latest recruitment drive has included a £3,000 bonus for full-time workers at sites such as its Exeter warehouse, while in Peterborough, new temporary and permanent workers are offered a sign-up bonus of £1,500.\n\nPay for the temporary roles starts at a minimum of £10 per hour, rising to £11.10 in some parts of the UK.\n\nOver the past few months, the shortage of workers in a range of sectors has led to delivery delays and waste.\n\nAccording to the latest official figures, the number of job vacancies hit 1.1 million between July and September - the highest level since records began in 2001.\n\nThe largest increase in vacancies was in the retail sector and for motor mechanics, the Office for National Statistics said.\n\nFashion chain Next and supermarket Iceland are among firms warning of potential pre-Christmas disruption because of staff shortages.\n\nSome overseas workers have left the UK during the pandemic and also following Brexit. The furlough scheme, which ends this month, has also kept some workers out of the jobs market.\n\nAndrew Goodacre, chief executive of the British Independent Retailers Association, said he was \"concerned by the level of wage inflation and bonus payments being instigated by large companies such as Amazon\".\n\nMr Goodacre explained that finding seasonal workers was \"proving difficult\" at the \"most important time of the year\" for many small businesses.\n\n\"This kind of action from Amazon will make it harder still for smaller companies who simply cannot afford such wages.\"\n\nMick Rix, national officer for the trade union GMB, said: \"Amazon has been a pandemic profiteer - raking in astronomical sums during the Covid crisis.\n\n\"It is only right that they listen to the union representatives of their workforce and ensure that Amazon workers share in the vast profits that the company are making.\"\n\nIn September, the firm announced it had paid £492m in direct taxation last year as its sales rose 50% to £20.63bn amid a Covid-driven surge in demand.\n\nIn the past Amazon has faced accusations of poor working conditions both in the UK and the US, where it is the country's second largest employer.\n\nSpeaking of the new bonuses, one warehouse worker who has worked at an Amazon site for several years told BBC News: \"It wouldn't be the first time the incentives have been offered.\n\n\"It leaves workers who have been there for years feeling rather undervalued and underappreciated, as they are training people who are making more money than them, which definitely ticks off the longer term employees.\"\n\nIn March, the Unite union launched a whistleblowing hotline for Amazon workers in the UK. It also called for Amazon to allow British workers to unionise and to have a greater share of the firm's profits.", "Last updated on .From the section Newcastle\n\nA doctor has described the moment he went to the aid of an elderly Newcastle fan who collapsed near him during Sunday's Premier League match against Tottenham at St James' Park.\n\nThe match was halted in the first half as supporters administered CPR to a man who had suffered cardiac arrest, and a defibrillator was also used.\n\nThe man was later said to be \"stable and responsive\" in hospital.\n\n\"It all happened so quickly,\" Dr Tom Prichard told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"I was sat in the Gallowgate End and I could see that there was something going on. Fans were calling over stewards and first-aiders and there was a lady doing CPR on someone.\n\n\"As an A&E doctor I went to offer a hand to see how I could help.\"\n• None Listen: The Sports Desk podcast - What can sport learn from Christian Eriksen's cardiac arrest?\n\nDr Prichard works at the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton.\n\nHe added: \"St John's were fairly quick and took over the CPR. Another friend of mine came over to help too.\n\n\"We gave the guy a shock through the defibrillator and he was very fortunate because very quickly an intensive care doctor arrived, the cardiologist arrived, and we were able to bring him back again.\"\n\nFans in the East Stand had alerted players and officials to the incident in the 40th minute.\n\nTottenham player Sergio Reguilon spoke to referee Andre Marriner, before team-mate Eric Dier raced to the touchline to urge medical staff to attend with a defibrillator.\n\nBoth teams left the pitch as Marriner suspended the game.\n\n\"I went into overdrive and focused purely on the matter in hand,\" said Dr Prichard, who also works for rugby league side Newcastle Thunder and part-time for Middlesbrough Academy.\n\n\"When I got back to my seat I had no idea that the game had even been stopped and we were still in the first half.\"\n\nPrichard was given a standing ovation when he returned to his seat.\n\n\"It wasn't just me. I had another doctor friend helping me out. St John's were brilliant, the Newcastle club doctor was there helping, so it really wasn't just me,\" he said.\n\n\"But what I will say is when I was walking back to my seat and 10,000 fans were chanting 'hero' at me, that was one of the best moments of my life.\"\n\nDr Prichard stressed the importance of early intervention and how such a quick response may have saved the fan's life.\n\n\"I want to stress the importance of early CPR, early chest compressions and early defibrillation,\" he said.\n\n\"That is what saved this man's life, so if anyone in the public were to see this happen to someone, chest compression and CPR is what needs to happen immediately.\"", "Klarna has over 15 million customers in the UK and was recently valued at $46.5bn\n\nBuy now, pay later firm Klarna is planning changes ahead of an expected Treasury crackdown on the UK market.\n\nThey include a \"pay now\" option, to let people pay for items in full, immediately.\n\nThe boom in the use of buy now, pay later has fuelled fears that it encourages people into debt.\n\nKlarna's boss, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, told the BBC that retailers using its service see the average value of an order increase by 40%.\n\nThe company said it wanted to \"drive up standards\" in the sector by improving the way it operates and communicates as well as introducing the choice of paying for items in full, immediately.\n\nKlarna said the \"pay now\" option and other changes it was making would give customers more clarity and control.\n\nIt also said it would perform more thorough checks on how much users could afford to borrow, and use clearer language during the checkout process to ensure customers understood they were taking on debt.\n\nThe \"pay now\" option for customers is already available in several of the 20 other countries where Klarna operates.\n\nLike other buy now, pay later services, Klarna offers shoppers the opportunity of delaying or spreading the cost of a purchase without being charged fees or interest.\n\nInstead Klarna charges retailers a small percentage of the transaction cost in exchange for providing the payment service.\n\nThe opportunity to pay in instalments appeals in particular to younger and low-income shoppers.\n\nIt allows customers to order several sizes of a clothing item, for example, in the expectation that those which do not fit will have been returned and refunded before they are charged the full amount.\n\nBut such schemes have been widely criticised for encouraging shoppers to buy more than they can afford, with charities warning it can be a \"slippery slope into debt\".\n\nCritics say customers are bombarded with messages urging them to use buy now, pay later credit without a clear enough explanation of what it involves.\n\nIn particular, buy now, pay later firms have been accused of failing to explain that customers could be referred to debt collectors and that their credit scores could be affected if they miss payments.\n\nConsumer group Which? recently found that although Klarna and other firms shared their guidelines with retailers about how their service should be presented, some retailers did not adhere to those guidelines.\n\nKlarna is the largest buy now, pay later platform but many other firms offer a similar service, including Clearpay, LayBuy and Paypal.\n\nBuy now, pay later services were used by five million people in the UK for total sales of £2.7bn in 2020. However, one in 10 people using them already had debt arrears elsewhere, a review by the Financial Conduct Authority found.\n\nThe review, led by Chris Woolard, found that three quarters of buy now, pay later users were under the age of 36 and the vast majority of transactions related to clothing purchases.\n\nThe Citizens Advice charity said it had found shoppers did not view buy now, pay later services as \"proper borrowing\" and many did not understand fully what they were signing up for.\n\nThe charity warned that four-in-10 of those who had used this type of credit in the previous 12 months were struggling to repay.\n\nKlarna's boss said he believed there was a place for this kind of affordable credit offering.\n\n\"We firmly believe that most of the time, people should pay with the money they have, but there are certain times where credit makes sense,\" Mr Siemiatkowski said.\n\n\"In those cases, our [buy now, pay later] products offer a sustainable and no-cost healthy form of credit - and a much needed alternative to high-cost credit cards.\"\n\nKlarna said it had worked with consumer group Fairer Finance to ensure its terms and conditions were \"clear, simple and easy to understand\", and that the language during the checkout process made it \"absolutely clear\" there would be \"consequences for missed payments\".\n\nIt had also improved its complaints procedure for dissatisfied customers, it said.\n\nIn February, the government announced that buy now, pay later products would be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).\n\nThe Treasury's consultation on the sector is expected before the financial watchdog sets out its rules on regulation later.\n\nThe government said that giving the FCA oversight of firms like Klarna, Clearpay or Laybuy would mean that customers would be able to complain to the Financial Ombudsman if they were not happy with the service.", "The community has been left stunned by the events of the past few hours\n\nResidents choked back tears as they spilled on to the streets of Leigh-on Sea after the killing of their MP Sir David Amess.\n\nHe was \"so kind to everyone\" said Rofique Ali, a local Conservative Party member, who described the MP as his best friend in the world.\n\n\"I have known him for many years, and he was so kind to everyone,\" he said.\n\nChoking back tears, Rofique Ali said Sir David was kind to everyone\n\nSir David, who was meeting people at his constituency surgery, had been an MP in Essex for almost 40 years, and theirs since 1997.\n\nThe 69-year-old was stabbed multiple times in Belfairs Methodist Church.\n\nA man was arrested on suspicion of murder and a knife recovered from the scene.\n\nNews filtered through the neighbourhood that Sir David had been killed in their church and on their street. Reporters and people laying flowers have gathered on this normally quiet residential street of semi-detached houses, flats and tall trees.\n\nA police cordon surrounds the church, police cars line the road. The mood is quiet and sombre.\n\nEverybody is shocked that something so unexpected and devastating can happen here - and in a church.\n\nBut above all, they talk of an MP always willing to listen to them, to help them and to be part of their community.\n\nThat community has been left stunned by the events of the past few hours and people have come forward to pay tribute to his work as a local MP, at pains to emphasise that he was a kind man.\n\nMelanie Harris placed flowers at the scene and a card thanking Sir David for his help as her MP\n\nResident Melanie Harris left flowers at the scene. She said they were \"a small gesture to show we care\".\n\nShe also left a card that read: \"What has the world come to? What a senseless waste of a charming, witty and kind and gentle soul who deserved a lot more than to be snatched from life.\n\n\"You were always a pleasure to speak to. Thank you for restoring my faith in politicians.\"\n\nMohamad Imani said Sir David had been a great friend and ally to people in Iran\n\nMohamad Imani, who is a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, a coalition of Iranian dissident groups which is calling for regime change in the country, said he was \"shocked\" by Sir David's death.\n\nMr Imani said the MP had been a \"great friend\" of the NCRI and a \"hero for human rights\".\n\nHe said he had met him several times in Parliament and travelled with him to conferences in Paris, France and Tirana, Albania.\n\n\"I have a lot of memories with him, always laughing and joking,\" he said. \"He was a very kind man and a great human.\"\n\nStephen Aylen, who was a local councillor for 25 years, said: \"He was very involved, a proper MP.\n\n\"For this to happen, what can I say?\"\n\nAlysha Codabaccus, 24, said: \"This kind of thing just doesn't happen around here. This is a nice quiet area, it happened in a church, there's a school just up the road.\n\n\"It's something completely out of the blue, it's just really shocked us all and this should not have happened.\"\n\nKevin Buck said the world had lost a decent person\n\nKevin Buck, a Conservative Southend councillor, who worked with Sir David for 10 years, said he was \"shocked and numb\".\n\n\"I just can't believe he was with us here this morning, and not here now.\n\n\"He was a remarkable MP because he was a remarkable man - kind, compassionate and caring.\"\n\n\"We are so utterly appalled,\" said parish priest Kevin Hale\n\nParish Priest Kevin Hale said the community was \"absolutely shocked and appalled\" and it was \"hard to believe\".\n\n\"Sir David was a neighbour of ours, a good friend of the parish, a frequent visitor, a familiar face in the area and a great supporter of everything in the community,\" he said.\n\n\"We're all so utterly appalled. Our hearts and our prayers go out profoundly to his wife and children.\"\n\nRay Howard, a Conservative councillor in Canvey Island for 51 years, and who canvassed for Mr Amess, spoke of his deep upset.\n\n\"He didn't want to become a minister, he didn't want to go higher, he just wanted to be good constituency man, and what a good man and parliamentarian he has been.\"\n\nReporters and people laying flowers have gathered in the normally quiet street\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Making Southend a city would be the \"perfect tribute\" to Sir David Amess, colleagues said.\n\nSir David, who represented the Southend West constituency, was stabbed as he held a regular Friday meeting with constituents in Leigh-on-Sea.\n\nHe had championed Southend's bid for city status as part of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel described him as Mr Southend and said his passion for the town warmed hearts.\n\n\"When David's name is mentioned going forward he will bring great cheer and smiles,\" she told The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday.\n\n\"He was Mr Southend, he was Mr Essex, he would always put Southend front and centre of his work and that was David through and through.\"\n\nAmong the many floral tributes to Sir David - a nod to his biggest passion\n\nIn December 2019, Sir David secured an adjournment debate in the Commons specifically on the campaign and he told MPs: \"I am not messing around.\n\n\"We have got it from the prime minister that Southend is going to become a city - and it will become a city.\"\n\nAfter the most recent Cabinet reshuffle in September, Sir David joked to the House that he was left disappointed not to be made \"minister with responsibility for granting city status to Southend\".\n\n\"I think it would be a very fitting tribute to Sir David, particularly as it was something he had campaigned for, for a long time,\" Conservative councillor for Southend Borough Council James Courtenay said.\n\n\"I suspect local politicians from across the political divide will actively support it.\n\n\"I wouldn't be surprised if a number of his Westminster colleagues were to do so as well, given that every time - well it felt like it anyway - he stood up in Parliament, he would ask if Southend could be made a city.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat Carole Mulroney, council member for tourism and culture, told the BBC: \"Sir David was a figurehead, he was incredibly passionate about it.\n\n\"Southend welcomes millions of people every year, it has a really successful arts festival and a huge wealth of talent. You name it - there's a club for it.\"\n\nShe said Sir David's killing was \"a true tragedy\", describing him as a \"jolly chap, very witty, above all a constituency MP who reached out to an enormous amount of people.\"\n\nSir David said at the time of the bid launch: \"Southend is unique and city status would provide long overdue recognition of what we have to offer.\n\n\"The longest pleasure pier in the world, a huge wealth of local talent in the arts and culture industries and a centre of educational excellence, are just a few of the things that make Southend special.\"\n\nSouthend is a tourist hotspot and has a thriving creative arts scene\n\nSouthend Borough Council is currently led by a coalition of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Independent councillors - while the Conservatives have the most councillors.\n\nIt became a unitary authority in 1998 and has a population of more than 183,000.\n\nChelmsford became Essex's first city in 2012 as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.\n\nJust an hour up the A12, Colchester - once the capital of Roman Britain - has just submitted its bid to become a city at the fourth attempt, as has Milton Keynes.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Colin Powell came from a humble background to become the first African-American US secretary of state.\n\nA highly decorated army officer, he saw service in Vietnam, an experience that later helped define his own military and political strategies.\n\nHe became a trusted military adviser to a number of leading US politicians. And, despite his own misgivings, he helped swing international opinion behind the 2003 invasion of Iraq.\n\nColin Luther Powell was born in Harlem, New York City, on 5 April 1937, the son of Jamaican immigrants.\n\nHis parents originally pronounced his name with a short \"o\" in the traditional English way, but he changed the pronunciation in honour of a US Army Air Corps pilot, Colin Kelly, who was killed shortly after Pearl Harbor.\n\nHe was, by his own admission, an average scholar who left high school with no positive career plans.\n\nWhile studying geology at the City College of New York, he joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), a programme designed to identify future military leaders.\n\nColin Powell was injured while serving with US forces in Vietnam\n\nPowell later described it as one of the happiest experiences of his life. \"I not only liked it,\" he said later, \"but I was pretty good at it.\"\n\nAfter graduation in 1958, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army. He underwent basic training in Georgia, where his colour saw him refused service in bars and restaurants.\n\nIn 1962, he was one of thousands of advisers sent to South Vietnam by President Kennedy to bolster the local army against the threat from the communist North.\n\nDuring his tour Powell was injured by stepping on a punji stick, a sharpened wooden stake hidden in the ground and used as a booby trap.\n\nIn 1968, he returned to Vietnam, receiving a decoration for bravery after surviving a helicopter crash in which he rescued three other soldiers from the burning wreckage.\n\nPowell was a serving officer for 35 years and rose to the rank of four-star General\n\nHe was assigned to investigate a letter from a serving soldier that reinforced allegations of a massacre at My Lai in March 1968, in which US soldiers killed hundreds of civilians, including children.\n\nPowell's conclusion, that \"in direct refutation of this portrayal, relations between American soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent\", flew in the face of growing evidence of brutal treatment of civilians by US forces.\n\nHe was later accused of \"whitewashing\" the news of the massacre, details of which did not finally become public until 1970.\n\nAfter returning from Vietnam, Powell obtained an MBA at the George Washington University in Washington DC before securing a prestigious White House Fellowship under President Richard Nixon.\n\nPowell was now seen as a rising star. There was a period as a lieutenant-colonel in South Korea before a move to the Pentagon as a staff officer.\n\nSecretary of Defense Dick Cheney (left) administers the oath of office to General Colin Powell as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989. General Powell's wife, Alma, holds the bible\n\nAfter a spell at an army college, he was promoted to brigadier-general and commanded the 101st Airborne Division before taking up an advisory role in government.\n\nHe worked for a time in the Carter administration and then became senior military aide to Caspar Weinberger, the Secretary of State for Defence appointed by the incoming president, Ronald Reagan.\n\nIn 1987, Powell became national security adviser. It was the time of US involvement in so-called \"dirty wars\" in Central America, including backing for the contras, the right-wing paramilitaries in Nicaragua.\n\nWhen George HW Bush entered office in 1989, Powell was appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest military position in the US Department of Defense.\n\nAt 52, he was the youngest officer ever to hold the post, and the first from an African-American background.\n\nColin Powell conducts a Pentagon briefing during the build up to the first Gulf War in 1991\n\nHe faced an immediate crisis when the US invaded Panama in December 1989, toppling the dictator, General Noriega, a move strongly condemned by the United Nations.\n\nThe 1990 Gulf War saw the implementation of a strategy which was dubbed The Powell Doctrine. Essentially, Powell believed that it wasn't until all diplomatic, political or economic means had failed that the US should resort to military force.\n\nHowever, once military action was launched, then the maximum force necessary should be deployed to subdue the enemy quickly while minimising US casualties. There also had to be considerable public support.\n\nColin Powell talks on a field phone during a visit to US forces in Saudi Arabia\n\nMuch of this thinking was rooted in a determination that the US would no longer find itself bogged down in a long, fruitless conflict as it had in Vietnam.\n\nPowell initially opposed the use of force in the Gulf, against the wishes of the then Defence Secretary, Dick Cheney. However, operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield were a success and brought Powell's name to an international audience.\n\nPowell remained Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the early months of the new Clinton presidency but he found it difficult to work alongside a more liberal administration.\n\nHe clashed with the new president over the issue of allowing gay people to join the military, and had a public disagreement with Madeleine Albright, then US ambassador to the UN, over military intervention in Bosnia.\n\nGeneral Colin Powell and Vice President Dick Cheney with President George W Bush in November 2000\n\nPowell firmly believed that only a threat to US interests justified a military response. \"American GIs are not toy soldiers to be moved around on some global game board,\" he said.\n\nHe left the army in 1993 and devoted time to writing his autobiography - it topped the New York Times best-seller list - and engaging in charity work.\n\nFreed from his obligations as a serving officer, he began to involve himself in politics. With admirers in both main parties, he was touted as a vice-presidential nominee for both Democrats and Republicans. He declared himself a Republican in 1995.\n\nThere was talk of him standing against Bill Clinton in the 1996 presidential election, but Powell decided he lacked the passion for a political career.\n\nIn 2000, George W Bush appointed Powell as secretary of state, the post responsible for US relationships with foreign countries.\n\nOperation Desert Storm commanders, including General Colin Powell, salutes the remains of President George H.W. Bush in 2018\n\nAfter the 9/11 attacks, Powell found himself up against hawks such as the Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, who favoured US intervention, even without the support of other nations, in what became dubbed the \"war on terror\".\n\nPowell, sticking to his own doctrine, opposed US involvement in Iraq but, in an about-face, agreed to support Bush. His reputation as a man of integrity certainly helped persuade the United Nations of the case for war when he appeared before the Security Council in 2003.\n\nJust 18 months later, with Saddam Hussein toppled, Powell admitted that intelligence suggesting the Iraqi dictator had possessed \"weapons of mass destruction\", was almost certainly wrong. Shortly after he announced his resignation as secretary of state.\n\nHe remained outspoken on political issues, criticising the Bush administration on many fronts, including the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. In 2008 Powell endorsed Barack Obama for the US presidency.\n\nIt said much for Colin Powell's diplomatic skills that he found allies on both sides of the political divide. A genial man, he was revered at the state department where he had a reputation for courtesy and an easy-going manner that belied the high office he held.\n\nHis great strength was a belief that coalition was preferable to confrontation. His rejection of the Rumsfeld strategy of unilateral intervention allowed the US to build a worldwide alliance in the war against terrorism.\n\n\"War should be the politics of last resort,\" he once said. \"And, when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson has appointed former Tesco chief executive Sir David Lewis to advise it on how to fix the supply chain crisis that has led to petrol and other shortages.\n\nIt comes as the Office for National Statistics found one in six UK adults said they had been unable to buy essential foods in the last fortnight.\n\nThe recent fuel crisis was caused in part by a shortage of lorry drivers.\n\nBrexit and the pandemic have both contributed to labour shortages.\n\nThe ONS found that 17% of adults said they had not been able to buy essential food items because they were not available, and almost a quarter (23%) said the same for non-essential food items.\n\nThe government said businesses had faced a range of challenges over recent months as they recovered from the coronavirus pandemic which has affected supply chains across Europe and around the world.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"There are currently global supply issues which we are working with industry to mitigate, and Dave brings a wealth of experience which will help us continue to protect our businesses and supply chains.\"\n\nA statement said this would include \"both identifying the causes of current blockages and pre-empting potential future ones, and advising on resolutions either through direct government action or through industry with government support\".\n\nShoppers have been unable to buy some of their usual items\n\nSir Dave left the supermarket giant in September last year after helping mend its fortunes following a major accounting scandal.\n\nHe has been appointed until the end of the year and will start work in his new role on Monday.\n\nMany businesses in the UK have been reporting supply chain issues.\n\nA shortage of HGV drivers and specialised workers has led to gaps on supermarket shelves and problems with fuel supplies failing to reach petrol forecourts.\n\nThe body representing the road haulage industry has estimated there is currently a shortfall of about 100,000 drivers, although it said there was already a significant shortage of drivers before the pandemic and Brexit. Changes to the way drivers are taxed has also put some off.\n\nOn Thursday, a trade body representing thousands of fuel retailers called for an independent inquiry into the continuing supply problems for petrol and diesel, which have led to panic-buying and lengthy queues.\n\nAlongside the driver shortage issues, some manufacturers have also said a global shortage of computer chips and rising shipping costs for products from China is adding to the bottleneck and extra costs.\n\nHundreds of container ships are still queuing for access to overloaded ports, mostly in the US and China. Port closures caused by Covid-19 outbreaks have further exacerbated the problem.\n\nMeanwhile, shortages of workers in food processing, hospitality and the care sector have been reported after some overseas workers returned home due to Brexit and the pandemic and chose not to return to the UK.\n\nRetailers have also said they face a struggle to ensure supplies are in place for the crucial Christmas trading period.\n\nEarlier this week, Tesco's current chief executive Ken Murphy said there would \"be bumps in the road in the run-up to Christmas\".\n\n\"We're seeing our share of challenges,\" he said.\n\nNestle, the producer of Quality Street and Lion bars. has also said it is experiencing some supply chain problems ahead of the Christmas period.\n\nNestle chief executive Mark Schneider said: \"Like other businesses, we are seeing some labour shortages and some transportation issues but it's our UK team's top priority to work constructively with retailers to supply them\".\n\nWhen asked whether he could guarantee Quality Street would be in the shops this Christmas he replied: \"We are working hard.\"\n\nFarmers are warning of a Christmas turkey shortage because visa changes to allow labour recruitment from abroad have come too late.\n\nSome 600 pigs have already been shot and a mass cull is \"the next stage\", according to the National Pig Association (NPA), which said the sector was also experiencing staff shortages due to Brexit and Covid. The NPA said mature pigs have continued to \"back up\" on farms.\n\nThe Toy Retailers Association has said shoppers may struggle to find what they want, while John Lewis says it is chartering a fleet of extra ships to make sure it has Christmas stock on time.", "Rhona Malone was a police officer for seven years before qualifying as a firearms officer\n\nScotland's chief constable has said he will order an independent review into a tribunal which found evidence of a \"sexist culture\" in its armed policing.\n\nFormer firearms officer Rhona Malone raised the tribunal against Police Scotland alleging sex discrimination and victimisation.\n\nHer victimisation claims succeeded but the discrimination claim was dismissed.\n\nChief Constable Iain Livingstone said an independent force would review the judgement over \"legitimate concern\".\n\nThe tribunal's findings followed the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer, and a report by Dame Elish Angionlini QC highlighting concerns about discrimination experienced by female police officers.\n\nIn an update to staff, the chief constable said: \"The appalling murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer has brought an intense, critical spotlight on to policing in the UK and on to misogyny and violence against women and girls.\n\n\"The issues raised at a recent employment tribunal in relation to a former colleague have added to this scrutiny in Scotland.\n\n\"Misogyny, sexism and discrimination of any kind are deplorable. They should have no place in society and no place in policing. It is vital that, individually and as an organisation, we challenge our own and each other's behaviours in relation to misogynistic attitudes and actions.\"\n\nThe chief constable added: \"We have a duty and an opportunity to lead a change which improves the experiences of all women, including our own officers and staff. This starts with enabling and supporting those who speak up, who have a right to be heard without fear of detriment or victimisation.\"\n\nThe tribunal, which concluded earlier this week, found that Ms Malone was an \"entirely credible and reliable witness\", but the evidence of her former superior, Insp Keith Warhurst, was \"contradictory, confusing and ultimately incredible\".\n\nInsp Warhurst sent an email in January 2018 saying two female firearms officers should not be deployed together when there were sufficient male staff on duty.\n\nPolice Scotland apologised unreservedly to Ms Malone and said it would address the issues raised in the judgement \"as a matter of urgency\".\n\nMs Malone told BBC Scotland she was \"extremely emotional and phenomenally grateful\".\n\nHer solicitor, Margaret Gibbon, described the employment tribunal's judgement as \"damning\".\n\nIn order to support colleagues who speak out about misogyny, Chief Constable Livingstone said the force would put in place recommendations from Dame Elish Angiolini's independent review of complaints about the police.\n\nHe also insisted the force's hiring and promotion protocols were based on values which \"stand against any discriminatory or misogynistic mindsets or behaviour\".\n\nHe added: \"As police officers and staff, we stand in a unique position of trust and authority. The onus is on us to demonstrate leadership in building and maintaining the confidence of women, girls and all our fellow citizens.\"", "Stirling in Scotland is among the eight longlisted locations (Stirling Castle pictured)\n\nBradford, Stirling, County Durham and Wrexham are among the places in the running for the title of the UK's City of Culture 2025.\n\nThe longlist, unveiled by new Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, also includes Cornwall, Southampton, Derby and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon.\n\nThe winning city, which will succeed Coventry, will be announced in spring next year.\n\nFor the first time, each listee will receive £40,000 worth of investment.\n\nThey will all work with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to finalise their bids before the shortlist is announced early next year.\n\n\"Winning the UK City of Culture competition has a hugely positive impact on an area, driving investment, creating jobs, and highlighting that culture is for everyone, regardless of their background,\" said Ms Dorries in a statement on Friday.\n\n\"This year's focus is on levelling up access to culture across the country and making sure there is a legacy that continues for generations to come.\"\n\nShe added: \"I look forward to seeing what this brilliant longlist has in store as they continue in the competition.\"\n\nMore places than ever before put in bids to become the next UK City of Culture. An initial list of 20 places was whittled down to eight potential winners by an independent advisory panel.\n\nAll bidders were asked to explain how they would use culture to grow and strengthen their local area, and how they would use it to recover from the impact of Covid.\n\nAs well as Coventry, other previous winners have included Hull and Londonderry.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The government has failed to find solutions to halt soaring energy prices, UK Steel boss Gareth Stace has said.\n\nHe was speaking after leaders of energy-intensive industries met with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.\n\n\"We can't wait until Christmas and beyond. Or even a few weeks. We need action now, it needs to be swift, decisive action,\" Mr Stace said.\n\nThe government said it was exploring ways to manage high energy costs.\n\nGas prices have risen 250% since January, pushing up costs dramatically.\n\nMr Stace told the BBC that Mr Kwarteng had listened but had provided \"no immediate solutions or guarantees\".\n\nThe UK Steel director general said he was \"baffled\" because governments in the rest of Europe had stepped in to support industry, although they faced lower energy costs than in the UK.\n\nRepresentatives from energy-intensive sectors including paper, glass, cement, lime, ceramics, chemicals and steel were at Friday's talks with the business secretary.\n\nThe Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG) said it hoped the government would find ways to support those sectors.\n\nMr Kwarteng told the business representatives he would continue to work with them to tackle the problem.\n\nHis department said the government would assess the options put forward by the industry, with his spokesperson saying: \"We recognise the recent increase in global gas prices will be a cause of concern for businesses in the UK.\n\n\"We are in regular contact with Ofgem and business groups to explore ways to manage the impact of rising global prices.\"\n\nMr Kwarteng also stressed government confidence in the security of gas supplies this winter.\n\nAfter the meeting, EIUG chair Richard Leese said the government had made \"positive first steps to develop practical solutions\".\n\n\"EIUG will work with government to avoid threats both to the production of essential domestic and industrial products, as well an enormous range of supply chains critical to our economy,\" he said.\n\nAndrew Large, director-general at the Confederation of Paper Industries, said there were \"serious\" risks factories could stop operating as a result of the gas prices being too high.\n\nThere have already been stoppages at fertiliser and steel plants due to high energy costs.\n\nHowever, he said the business secretary appeared to share industry's desire to avoid any potential supply chain disruption.\n\nOn Thursday Mr Kwarteng said the government's strategy to shift to \"clean\" power sources by 2035, including wind, solar and nuclear, would reduce reliance on fossil fuels.\n\n\"The volatility of the gas price has shown we do need to plan strategically and net zero helps us do that,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking before the meeting, Mr Stace had said if the government failed to act it could \"strangle steel production\" in the UK.\n\nA crisis in steel production as a result of high energy prices would affect the wider economy, he added, saying the government should consider taking additional action in the short term.\n\n\"We're pausing production already in terms of some steel producers in the UK.... and it's going to happen more often unless something is done, or the energy market corrects itself and I don't think that will happen any time soon.\"\n\nHe said the government should address the disparity in energy costs for UK steel makers who he said were paying 50-80% more for electricity than German producers.\n\nOther countries, such as Italy and Portugal, had \"committed billions of euros\" to address the rising cost of gas, he added.\n\n\"If the government does nothing then tomorrow, there'll be a steel crisis, and given in terms of what impact that could have on jobs, then that wouldn't be good, not only for the steel sector, for those regions where steel is, but for the UK economy as a whole,\" he said.\n\nThe price of wholesale gas has soared since the start of the year. And the UK has lower levels of gas stored than other European countries, which could help cushion price volatility.\n\nDomestic customers' bills are partly protected from these sharp rises by a price cap, managed by the regulator Ofgem, which limits how far and how fast bills can rise.\n\nNevertheless, UK households have felt the impact after the price cap was raised at the start of October.\n\nCustomers will see further \"significant rises\" in the spring, regulator Ofgem has warned.\n\nThe cap is revised twice a year and is next due to be changed in April.\n\nIt applies to households in England, Scotland and Wales this month.\n\nHouseholds in Northern Ireland have also seen a recent sharp rise in their bills, but they are not protected by the energy price cap for Great Britain.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA luxury student accommodation complex in Glasgow has been branded a \"filthy and unfinished building site\".\n\nThe Cathedral Street property, named Bridle Works, is billed as having a \"range of top-class amenities\" including a gym and rooftop terrace.\n\nBut students have complained to provider Novel Student as they felt they were \"misled\" over conditions.\n\nThe firm said the pandemic had affected construction and it was \"disappointed\" to hear the students' experiences.\n\nStudents have shared photos of the building interior with BBC Scotland, showing unfinished work\n\nOne image shows toilet doors that had still to be hung\n\nIn a letter seen by the BBC, 38 international students detail a list of complaints including:\n\nOne post-graduate student - who asked to remain anonymous - told BBC Scotland she arrived in the country from abroad last month.\n\nThe 22-year-old said she found the accommodation via the University of Strathclyde website. BBC Scotland found links to the property from the university's student association site.\n\nShe paid more than £10,000 up front for a year's stay at Bridle Works.\n\nFour days after she made the payment, however, the company informed her that her room was still under construction - a fortnight before she was due to move in mid-September.\n\nShe said: \"I was told by a couple of other international students it would be difficult to secure a place in the city this year due to an ongoing housing shortage and the UN conference. However, I managed to be linked to Bridle Works.\n\n\"There was never any mention online, on the phone calls or in any correspondence with Novel Student that it was still under construction until after I paid my rent.\n\n\"I felt it was incredibly misleading as my parents and I were under the impression it was finished.\"\n\nThe website for the complex describes \"excellent facilities\"\n\nHow the luxury student accommodation in Glasgow city centre is advertised\n\nNovel Student offered to reimburse rent costs for days missed at the property and accommodate students in hotels in Glasgow.\n\nHowever, the student said she was told she could live on a lower floor until her room was ready.\n\nShe added: \"I arrived in Scotland and then moved into what was evidently a construction site.\n\n\"My room just gets coated with dirt. I can only open my window at night, and have to vacuum three times a day to manage the dust from internal construction. Not how I want to spend my time.\n\n\"What was advertised was a space that has amenities, where you can peacefully study in your room. But what we got was a place full of hazards and noise. It was the opposite of peaceful.\n\n\"I have counted 40 fire alarms since I moved in last month, sometimes in the middle of the night. And those are just the ones I am home for.\"\n\nThe firm said the pandemic had slowed construction\n\nAn artist's impression shows a planned rooftop terrace for the property\n\nThe 20-floor development advertises 422 rooms starting at £238 per week.\n\nOn its website, Novel Student said: \"You won't have to splash on extra gym memberships, or laundry fees, making it much more affordable for student life.\n\n\"All bills are also included in your rent, so you can set your budget for the month without having to worry about any unpleasant surprises.\"\n\nBBC Scotland understands issues have been shared in a WhatsApp group comprising 81 students.\n\nIn written statements also included in the letter of complaint, one student said: \"When I moved in [my room] was extremely dirty with dirty water hand marks on my banisters and door frames.\n\n\"When I wiped down the inside of my cupboards, the cloth I used turned black. I have only gotten hot water after a week of staying here and when I first moved in, my radiator fell off the wall.\n\n\"Not to mention, my sprinkler cover fell off my ceiling the other day with no warning. My friend's room has literal holes in the flooring.\"\n\nAnother student wrote that none of the amenities advertised by Novel Student had been provided apart from the gym, where they said \"half the machines\" were not working.\n\nThey also said one out of four lifts in the building can be used by tenants as the rest are being used by construction crew.\n\nThe complaint detailed holes in the floors and ceilings\n\nNovel Student - which runs other sites in Edinburgh, Belfast and Sheffield - said it is \"committed to delivering exceptional student experiences\".\n\nIn a statement, it said: \"We are naturally disappointed to hear of any resident experiences that fall short of that.\n\n\"The Covid-19 pandemic has undoubtedly presented significant challenges to our operations given the three-month construction shutdown - a universal obstacle experienced by companies working in different capacities across the real estate industry.\n\n\"It is our goal to always ensure the on-time delivery of products to residents, and given the significant challenges we have faced, we have had to accelerate this process to the best of our ability.\"\n\nIt added: \"We greatly appreciate the patience of our residents as we navigate these challenges and sympathize with the disruptions they have endured over the last several weeks.\n\n\"Out of respect for the privacy of the entire community, residents and staff alike, we cannot comment publicly on more specific matters concerning our residents.\"\n\nThe University of Strathclyde said it had no agreement with Novel and had not referred any students there.\n\n\"Our website links to a housing guide created by Strath Union which lists all of the major private student accommodation providers in Glasgow but does not make any recommendations or endorse any provider, as stated on the guide,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We are concerned to hear about these issues. The Strath Union Advice Hub and the University are working together to support students who are experiencing a range of issues. We would advise any student who is having difficulties with private accommodation to contact university support services for advice and support.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nA judge has recommended that the civil rape case made against Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo in the United States is thrown out of court.\n\nIt is claimed the 36-year-old assaulted a woman at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009.\n\nProsecutors opted not to bring a criminal case against Ronaldo in 2019, saying the claims could \"not be proven beyond reasonable doubt\".\n\nA civil case followed with the woman claiming damages. Ronaldo has always denied any wrong-doing.\n\nMagistrate judge Daniel Albregts, who has reviewed the case before a separate judge makes a final decision, says evidence based on leaked communications between Ronaldo and his legal team from the Football Leaks data drop should not have been used in the case.\n\n\"Dismissing [the] case for the inappropriate conduct of her attorney is a harsh result,\" Albregts wrote.\n\nBut \"if the court does not grant case-terminating sanctions, [her lawyer's] actions could have far-reaching, dangerous consequences on the legitimacy of the judicial process\".\n\n\"We are pleased with the court's detailed review of this matter and its willingness to justly apply the law to the facts and recommend dismissal of the civil case against Mr Ronaldo,\" he said.\n\nLawyers for the woman involved, who have said she was not \"legally competent\" when she reached a non-disclosure settlement with Ronaldo over the claims in 2010, did not respond to a request for comment.", "Munch's The Scream and five other famous works of art have been recreated as micro art\n\nA micro artist's tiny versions of six famous works of art have sold for more than £90,000.\n\nDavid A Lindon has recreated Munch's The Scream, Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, Monet's Water Lily, Banksy's Girl With Balloon, and van Gogh's The Starry Night and Sunflowers.\n\nHis versions are small enough to fit into the eye of a needle.\n\nThe Bournemouth sculptor, who began his hobby in 2018, called it a \"life-changing amount\".\n\nThey have all been sold to private collectors for £15,000 each, prior to his first exhibition.\n\nVan Gogh's Sunflowers is among the micro art being exhibited, seen here up close\n\nand with a matchstick for scale\n\nMr Lindon only recently turned professional having previously worked in engineering.\n\nHe was first inspired by watching a TV programme about micro artist Willard Wigan, whose work he found \"astonishing\".\n\nShortly after he \"woke up in the middle of the night\" newly determined to join the profession himself.\n\nIn response, Mr Wigan has called Mr Lindon's work \"very good\".\n\nHe added: \"The best micro artists in the world are from the UK. You have me, Graham Short, and David A Lindon.\"\n\nMr Lindon worked hard to perfect his new skill, and his interpretations of famous musicians, including Freddie Mercury and Amy Winehouse, soon began attracting attention.\n\nDavid A Lindon also recreated a second van Gogh masterpiece, The Starry Night\n\nHe told the BBC he recently diversified into recreating famous masterpieces to further challenge himself.\n\n\"It seemed a natural progression to explore paintings and to discover just how small I can go,\" he said.\n\n\"Whilst creating a micro painting uses the same process as doing a full size art piece, there is a greater focus on transposing the aesthetic qualities of the original whilst representing them on a much smaller scale.\"\n\nMr Lindon works in an \"almost emotionless trance\" during the night to avoid distractions and unwanted noise, and spends more than a month on each 0.5mm-wide [0.02in] plastic piece.\n\nTwo years ago the former engineer \"woke up in the middle of the night\" determined to become a micro artist\n\nBut he professes to not enjoy agonising over the intricate artworks, which he describes as a \"physical challenge and a mental battle\".\n\n\"I have to slow my heartbeat down essentially,\" he explained, adding: \"I control my nerves, I steady myself. I get lost in my own world, I really do.\"\n\nHe added: \"The only thing I enjoy is when it's done. That relief, and then to see the expressions of joy and surprise on people's faces, is fantastic.\"\n\nThe six masterpieces and a further six pieces of art can been seen at A New Beginning, an exhibition at the Lighthouse Media Centre in Wolverhampton, until 29 October.\n\nThe sculptures can be lost when static electricity pulls them away, or from sneezes, coughs, or small drafts of wind\n\n\"I’ve been on my knees in the middle of the night with a torch trying to find Amy Winehouse and it’s almost impossible,\" Mr Lindon says\n\nHe says the \"only thing I enjoy is when it's done... to see the expressions of joy and surprise on people's faces\"\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n• None BBC Arts - The 'micro artist' who carves on pin heads and razor blades", "Newcastle United: Saudi-backed takeover is 'heartbreaking,' says fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi Last updated on .From the section Newcastle\n\nNewcastle fans gathered outside St James' Park on Thursday to celebrate the takeover The fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi has said the Saudi Arabian-backed takeover of Newcastle United is \"heartbreaking\" for her. Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. Western intelligence agencies believe the crown prince ordered the murder - which he denies. \"I am very disappointed,\" said Hatice Cengiz, who was set to marry Khashoggi. \"What I've been doing since his murder is seeking justice for Jamal every day, every chance that I found or every place I can go and ask more. \"Then suddenly, I saw the news and people were talking about the takeover and I said 'please, do not do that, please be respectful to yourself'.\" Everything you need to know - all in one place Scroll through our Newcastle page for all the latest content on the takeover The Premier League approved the £305m takeover of Newcastle after receiving \"legally binding assurances\" that the Saudi state would not control the club. The Public Investment Fund (PIF), of which Mohammed bin Salman is the chair, will provide 80% of funds for the deal and is seen as separate to the state. The Saudi Arabian state has been accused of human rights abuses, but with the majority owner PIF deemed a separate entity, that, and any piracy issues, were no longer an impediment to the takeover, in the Premier League's view. Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley speaks to BBC Sports Editor Dan Roan on day Saudi takeover was completed 'Newcastle fans just care about the club's financial future' PIF have assets of £250bn, making Newcastle one of the richest clubs in the world, but Cengiz said she wanted to remind supporters that there are more important things than the club's financial health. \"It seems like they [Newcastle fans] don't care about what happened to Jamal, they just care about the financial future,\" added Cengiz, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast. \"I want to remind them that there is something more important than money, that there is something more important than the financial situation of this club. \"There are really more expensive values that we have and we need in our life always. \"You should send the message to them that they cannot buy any English team because of this crime - it is the clear message that every English person should send them.\" She added: \"We have to remind them of what they did to Jamal, because no-one was held accountable, so in other ways we should punish them. \"At least respect the soul of Jamal, because he paid the really high price for the freedom of speech.\"\n• None What's next for Newcastle after £305m takeover? Newcastle United: Amanda Staveley arrives at St James' Park for the first time as co-owner Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, said he was \"very concerned\" about the Saudi-led consortium's takeover of Newcastle and stressed the need for an independent regulator to improve the governance of football. \"Tracey Crouch, a Tory MP, has done a review into the governance of football - we are feeding into that, but I am worried about governance,\" he told BBC Breakfast. \"I think we need an independent regulator - we have seen this with so many clubs now over the last year or two - we need an independent regulator and we need a different test for directors of clubs.\" He added: \"I think it should be put through an independent regular because there are serious concerns about the human rights record. \"I am very concerned about this takeover. \"It's not for me as the leader of the opposition to say who should own which football club, it's for an independent regulator - that is the scheme we are putting forward, we are feeding into Tracey Crouch's response, she's respected across the House and the sooner we get that review the better.\"\n• None Our coverage of Newcastle United is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Newcastle - go straight to all the best content", "Pig farmers are facing a \"human disaster\" due to a shortage of abattoir workers, the National Farmer's Union has said.\n\nFarmers are already having to destroy healthy pigs due to a backlog on farms, the union said.\n\nTime is running out for the UK pig sector, the National Pig Association (NPA) warned.\n\nBut a government minister said businesses should pay higher wages and invest in skills.\n\nThe industry blames the shortage of people to slaughter pigs in abattoirs on factors including Covid and Brexit.\n\nThe chronic labour shortage has led to an estimated backlog of 85,000 pigs on farms, with an extra 15,000 being added per week, according to NPA figures.\n\nThe industry association warned on Thursday that \"empty retail shelves and product shortages are becoming increasingly commonplace and Christmas specialities, such as pigs in blankets are already under threat\".\n\n\"The knock-on effect of the staff shortages is having a devastating effect on the country's pig farmers,\" the NPA said.\n\n\"We are already seeing producers up and down the country getting out of pigs or cutting down on numbers because they cannot sustain these losses any longer,\" NPA chief executive Zoe Davies said.\n\n\"Without immediate government intervention, more producers will be pushed over the edge.\"\n\n\"Sadly we are expecting a serious contraction of the UK pig industry,\" she added, saying mainly smaller independent farmers were affected.\n\nAround 600 pigs have already been killed to deal with overcrowding, and a mass cull is the next stage, the industry association has said.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Question Time, National Farmers Union president Minette Batters said the UK is the \"first country in the world facing a cull of healthy livestock\".\n\nShe said pigs were having to be destroyed using either a bolt gun or lethal injection, and added: \"As far as I'm concerned this is the start and it has to be resolved.\n\n\"This is livelihoods and this is people's businesses.\n\n\"This has been a human disaster for those pig farmers who are absolutely distraught.\"\n\nShe said that the government must address labour shortages unless we \"don't want a pig industry in this country\" which she argued would mean \"we will import pig meat that is produced to lower standards.\"\n\nMs Batters said Environment Secretary George Eustice and Cabinet Office minister Stephen Barclay were doing \"everything\" they can, but said she had not been able to see Home Secretary Priti Patel to discuss more migrant visas to address shortages.\n\nBut Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said the government was working with the industry to find sustainable solutions and that issuing temporary visas was \"not enough\".\n\nHe also said shortages were happening elsewhere in the world.\n\nMr Zahawi added that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was \"right\" to challenge businesses to pay higher wages and invest in skills.\n\nBut a top vet said on Wednesday that Mr Johnson was not taking the prospect of a national pig cull seriously.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: How Chang'e-5 grabbed rock samples from the lunar surface\n\nThe rock samples brought back from the Moon in December by China's Chang'e-5 mission were really young.\n\nIt's all relative, of course, but the analysis shows the basalt material - the solidified remnants of a lava flow - to be just two billion years old.\n\nCompare this with the samples returned by the Apollo astronaut missions. They were all over three billion years of age.\n\nThe findings are reported in the journal Science.\n\nChina's robotic Chang'e-5 mission was sent to a site on the lunar nearside called Oceanus Procellarum.\n\nIt was carefully chosen to add to the sum of knowledge gained from previous sample returns - the last of which was conducted by a Soviet probe in 1976.\n\nThe laboratory analysis of the basaltic rock gives an age of 1,963 (plus or minus 57) million years\n\nXiaochao Che and colleagues at the Sensitive High Resolution Ion MicroProbe (SHRIMP) Center in Beijing led the Chang'e-5 dating analysis, but worked with a broad international consortium.\n\nThe age data they've produced is fascinating because it proves volcanism continued on the Moon long after one might have expected such a small body to have cooled down and given up the activity.\n\nTheorists will now be thinking through new ideas for what kind of heat source might have sustained the late-stage behaviour.\n\nIt doesn't appear to have been driven by concentrated radioactive decay because the Chang'e-5 samples don't contain a lot of the kind of chemical elements associated with this effect.\n\n\"One of the other options we discuss in the paper is maybe the Moon was able to stay active longer because of its orbital interactions with Earth,\" speculated Dr Katherine Joy, a co-author from the University of Manchester, UK.\n\n\"Maybe the Moon wobbled back and forth on its orbit, resulting in what we call tidal heating. So, a bit like the Moon generates ocean tides on Earth, maybe the gravitational effect of the Earth could stretch and flex the Moon to generate frictional melting,\" she told BBC News.\n\nNothing like Chang'e-5 had been tried since the Soviet Luna-24 mission in 1976\n\nOne really important outcome from the study is the way it helps calibrate the crater-counting technique that is used for dating planetary surfaces.\n\nScientists assume that the more craters they see on a surface, the older that terrain must be; and also, obviously, in the reverse: the presence of very few craters is suggestive of a surface that has only recently been laid or remodelled.\n\nBut this technique has to be anchored in some absolute dates that are derived from measured samples, and for the Moon the chronology was not well constrained between one and three billion years ago.\n\nThe Chang'e-5 material now provides a precise waypoint in the middle of this time period.\n\nProf Brad Jolliff, from Washington University in St Louis, US, is another co-author in the consortium. He's now hoping China will send its next sample return mission to a region on the Moon's farside called South Pole Aitken Basin.\n\nThis vast depression, some 2,500km wide and up to 8km deep, was created by a spectacular impactor very early in lunar history.\n\n\"If Chang'e-6 goes to South Pole Aitken it will give us the age of the oldest big impact basin on the Moon, and that provides a very different part of the calibration, in the range of four to four-and-a-half billion years ago. We don't know what the flux of big impactors was back then, and a sample from the South Pole Aitken Basin region has the potential to answer the question.\"\n\nChang'e-5 marked the start of an astonishing few months for China's national space programme.\n\nWithin six months of the lunar probe returning home with its rock samples on 16 December, another spacecraft had successfully entered orbit around Mars to place a rover on its surface; and Chinese astronauts had begun the occupation of a new space station at Earth.", "The number of countries on the UK Covid travel red list will be cut from 54 to seven, the government says.\n\nSouth Africa, Brazil and Mexico come off the red list, which requires travellers to quarantine in an approved hotel at their cost for 10 full days.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the changes begin on Monday and \"mark the next step\" in opening travel.\n\nThis latest move will be seen as a boost to the airline industry and families separated during the pandemic.\n\nPanama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Haiti and the Dominican Republic remain on the red list.\n\nPandemic travel rules in the UK have recently been simplified, with the amber list cut, and advice against holidays changed for 32 countries.\n\nBut consumer group Which? warned the changes only reflect requirements for arriving back in the UK.\n\n\"Travellers should be aware that they may still face restrictions on entry to many destinations, especially those under 18 who are not yet vaccinated,\" it said.\n\nArrivals from 37 more destinations will have their vaccination status certificates recognised, meaning they can avoid more expensive post-arrival testing requirements.\n\nVaccinated travellers from Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, South Africa and Turkey will be treated the same as returning fully-vaccinated UK residents so long as they have not visited a red-list country in the 10 days before arriving in England.\n\nAll arrivals will still complete a passenger locator form.\n\nThe Scottish government said the changes were \"agreed on a four-nation basis\".\n\nThe Welsh government said that they increased opportunities for new infections and variants, but it was adopting them because it was not practical to have its own border policy.\n\nFor British expats Matt and Hannah Pirnie, who have lived in South Africa for a decade, the country's removal from the red list will mean it is easier to see family again.\n\n\"It's been a long pandemic for us. Not seeing family, not being allowed to go back, but more importantly grandparents not being able to come here and see their grandkids. It's been a long two years,\" Matt says.\n\n\"First of all when all the aeroplanes stopped initially - that was quite anxiety provoking - and then to be put on the red list for so long has just been quite hard to wrap your head around why,\" Hannah adds.\n\n\"Taking three children into a prison-like mentality was just a no-go, plus the cost. It's been quite hard really.\"\n\nAnnouncing the latest changes, Mr Shapps said the government was \"making it easier for families and loved ones to reunite\".\n\nHe said that with fewer restrictions \"and more people travelling, we can all continue to move safely forward together along our pathway to recovery\".\n\nIn addition to the shorter red list, the government said passengers would soon be able to use a photograph of a lateral flow test as a minimum requirement to verify a negative result.\n\nThis change - affecting tests taken by eligible fully-vaccinated people from non-red list countries two days after arrival in England - would come into effect in \"late October\", the Department for Transport (DfT) said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA UK government source said the government still aimed to replace the so-called day two \"PCR test on arrival\" with a cheaper lateral flow test by the half-term break, for many schools in England after 22 October.\n\nBut they said the government was still working on a date for when the new testing rule would be introduced.\n\nUnder current rules, travellers must use more expensive PCR tests for their post-arrival day two screening. People who are not fully vaccinated must provide a further PCR test on day eight.\n\nThe DfT said NHS lateral flow devices cannot be used for the purpose of international travel. \"Both pre-departure tests and on arrival tests must be bought from private providers,\" it said.\n\nAirlines and the travel industry praised a \"much-improved system\" but called on ministers to implement changes to testing as soon as possible and consider scrapping tests for passengers arriving from low-risk countries.\n\nA spokesperson for London's Heathrow Airport said the announced changes would \"kick start a global Britain\".\n\n\"However, the missing piece to this is clarity on when cheaper lateral flow tests will be accepted, which is now critical in order to save the half-term getaway for many,\" they said.\n\nA further 40,701 new coronavirus cases were reported in the UK on Thursday, alongside another 122 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nThe following destinations will be removed from the red list from 04:00 BST on Monday:", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nWales' enterprising display was not enough for victory against the Czech Republic as the two sides produced a thrilling 2-2 World Cup qualifying draw in Prague.\n\nCaptain Aaron Ramsey's composed finish in an otherwise frenetic first half gave Wales a lead which lasted less than two minutes as Jakub Pesek scored on the rebound.\n\nThe Czech Republic were gifted a bizarre second goal early in the second half as Wales goalkeeper Danny Ward failed to control a Ramsey backpass and allowed it to roll into the net.\n\nWales responded in style as Daniel James equalised with an assured finish which sparked a period of intense Welsh pressure.\n\nRobert Page's side created many chances, but their inability to find a winner their dominance deserved means they remain third in Group E, trailing the Czech Republic on goal difference, albeit with a game in hand.\n\nWith Belgium's eight-point lead at the top making automatic qualification effectively impossible, Wales' battle with the Czech Republic for second spot - and passage to the play-offs - looks set to go down to the wire.\n\nWales are already all but guaranteed a play-off place thanks to their success in the Nations League, but finishing second in this World Cup qualifying group could secure a more favourable draw in that knockout stage.\n\nThat was why Page had described this as \"a must-win game to guarantee finishing second\" beforehand and, while this result may not further their cause, Wales face Estonia in Tallinn on Monday knowing they still have three matches left to overhaul the Czech Republic.\n• None As it happened and reaction: Wales draw in Prague\n\nVictory in Prague was of equal, if not greater, importance to the home side, who had played a game more than Wales and approached this fixture with an attacking intent which bordered on reckless.\n\nIt made the Czechs dangerous - with Adam Hlozek forcing Ward into an early save - but it also made them vulnerable.\n\nWhenever the Czech Republic pushed forward, they left huge amounts of space behind which Wales exploited.\n\nJames' pace made him the obvious target for Welsh counters and he was found brilliantly by a Ramsey pass in the 17th minute but, with just one Czech defender tracking back between the Leeds winger and Kieffer Moore, James dithered before overhitting his pass to Moore, whose shot was smothered by goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik.\n\nIt was a glorious opportunity and a warning which the Czech Republic did not heed.\n\nFrom a Czech corner, Ethan Ampadu drove out of the Welsh defence and passed to Neco Williams wide on the right. The Liverpool full-back's cross grazed James' head and fell to Ramsey, in space at the far post, who calmly waited for Vaclik to commit and lifted a delicate finish over the keeper.\n\nRamsey's composure was at odds with the chaos of the first half and, true to the game's frenzied pace, the Czech Republic were level under two minutes later.\n\nWales' defending was rash as all three centre-backs rushed towards Filip Novak, whose shot was saved by Ward, but the ball went into the path of Pesek to equalise.\n\nWales might have felt aggrieved not to be leading at the break but, four minutes into the second half, they found themselves behind in unusual circumstances.\n\nRamsey regained possession deep in his own half and passed back to Ward and, while it was a firmly-hit pass, it was straight at the goalkeeper, who inexplicably failed to control the ball and instead allowed it to only brush his boot on its way into the net.\n\nIt was a deeply unfortunate moment for Ward, who has performed superbly for Wales, but it did not affect him or his team-mates as the game wore on.\n\nWales were soon back on top and cutting the Czech defence open at will, with substitute Harry Wilson particularly impressive.\n\nWilson threaded an excellent through ball to James, who took a touch and fired firmly into the bottom corner to bring Wales level, and then played in Ramsey, who had a shot well saved by Vaclik.\n\nMoore was the next to threaten, heading wide from a Connor Roberts cross, before Roberts' backheel from Moore's pass went close.\n\nChances were piling up and the Czech Republic looked increasingly stressed in defence. Although Wales could not turn their dominance into victory, this performance - arguably their best of this campaign - will give Page and his players reason to believe they might yet be the first Wales side since 1958 to qualify for a World Cup.\n• None Offside, Wales. Tyler Roberts tries a through ball, but Connor Roberts is caught offside.\n• None Michal Sadílek (Czech Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Sorba Thomas (Wales) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Wilson. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Caught between life and death in the swinging sixties\n• None The remarkable aftermath of the verdict on Nazi War Criminals", "Britons will no longer be advised to avoid holidays in 51 destinations, including the Bahamas, Jamaica and Cameroon, the Foreign Office has said.\n\nThe change will make it easier for people visiting these locations to get travel insurance.\n\nIt follows the easing of similar travel advice for 32 locations on Wednesday.\n\nThe advice is separate to the red list of countries which require travellers to quarantine in an approved hotel at their cost for 10 full days.\n\nForeign Secretary Liz Truss said the latest change would allow people to \"exercise personal responsibility\".\n\nFrom Friday, the Foreign Office will lift its advice against all but essential travel for the Bahamas, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Martinique, Palau, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Western Sahara.\n\nAdvice for a further 42 locations will be lifted on Monday (scroll down for the full list).\n\nTravellers should still check the Foreign Office travel advice website for entry requirements to their destination, such as proof of vaccination and testing and quarantine rules.\n\nThe changes comes after the traffic light travel system was replaced by a single red list on Monday.\n\nPeople should not visit red list countries \"except in the most extreme of circumstances\", the government says.\n\nFrom 04:00 BST on Monday, only seven destinations will be on the list: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.\n\nThe red list - set by the Department for Transport - deals with rules around inbound travel, whereas the Foreign Office travel advice is based on the situation in the destination country.\n\nThe latest change is part of a new policy to stop advising Britons to avoid travel on Covid-19 grounds to countries which are not on the red list - apart from in \"exceptional circumstances\" such as if the local healthcare system is overwhelmed.\n\nIt will continue to advise against all but essential travel for all red list countries where the risk to British nationals is deemed to be \"unacceptably high\".\n\nWhen the Foreign Office advises against travel to a country, all but a handful of travel insurance policies are invalid.\n\nMeanwhile, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he hoped to change the Covid tests needed for people coming to the UK in time for families returning from half-term holidays, which start for many schools on 22 October.\n\nHowever, Mr Shapps did not give an exact date for when expensive PCR tests will be swapped for cheaper lateral flow tests.\n\nCurrently, fully vaccinated adults entering the UK must take a PCR test within two days of arriving.\n\nLatest official figures show a further 127 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the UK total to 137,541. Another 36,060 positive tests were recorded.\n\nFrom today, the advice against \"all but essential travel\" will be lifted for: the Bahamas, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Martinique, Palau, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Western Sahara.\n\nFrom Monday, the same advice will be lifted for: Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guyana, Indonesia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Paraguay, Philippines, Reunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.", "The gap between private-school fees and state-school per-pupil spending in England has more than doubled over the past decade, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says.\n\nAverage fees, of £13,600, were more than 90% higher than the £7,100 spent on state-school pupils in 2020-21, compared with a gap of 39% in 2009-10.\n\nFor sixth-formers, fees are about three times higher than per-student funding.\n\nThe government says schools are having the biggest funding uplift in a decade.\n\nWhile private-school fees have grown by more than 20% above inflation since 2009-10, state-school per-pupil spending has fallen by 9% in real terms.\n\nAnd the gap in resource levels is probably even larger, the IFS researchers say, as the figures do not include other forms of income for private schools, such as account investment and endowments or gifts.\n\n\"Longstanding concerns about inequalities between private- and state-school pupils, which have come into sharp focus during the pandemic, will not begin to be easily addressed while the sectors enjoy such different levels of resourcing,\" Luke Sibieta said.\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary, Kate Green, said: \"School budgets have been hammered over the last decade, which is holding children back.\n\n\"As state-school class sizes have soared and enriching activities - art, sport, music, drama - have been cut back, the gap with private schools has grown ever wider.\"\n\nAssociation of School and College Leaders general secretary Geoff Barton said: \"It is pretty outrageous that the government has cut funding in real terms to schools and colleges over the past decade, while independent school fees have increased over the same period.\n\n\"The funding gap between the two sectors has always been there of course but the fact it has widened to such a huge extent does stick in the throat.\n\n\"Surely the government should want the same opportunities for all children and young people.\n\n\"It may be naive to think that state education funding could match the independent sector but it surely shouldn't actually go into reverse.\"\n\nA Department for Education spokesman said: \"This government is providing the biggest uplift to school funding in a decade - £14bn in total over the three years to 2022-23.\n\n\"This includes a £7.1bn increase in funding for schools by 2022-23, compared to 2019-20 funding levels.\n\n\"Next year, funding through the schools national funding formula (NFF) is increasing by 2.8% per pupil compared to 2021-22.\n\n\"The NFF continues to distribute this fairly, based on the needs of schools and their pupil cohorts.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nAndy Murray says he is \"back in the good books\" at home after his \"stolen\" tennis shoes and wedding ring were found in Indian Wells.\n\nThe British three-time Grand Slam champion had left his shoes with his wedding ring attached under the car his team are using in California in order to dry out after practice.\n\nAfter discovering they were missing the next day, Murray put out an appeal for their return on Instagram, saying he was \"in the bad books at home\".\n\nBut Murray didn't stay there too long, posting another video later on Thursday to celebrate being reunited with his missing items - even if the trainers were no fresher.\n\n\"Huge thanks for all the messages and to everyone for sharing the story,\" said the 34-year-old.\n\n\"I had to make a few calls and chat to the security at the hotel but would you believe it?\n\n\"They still absolutely stink but the shoes are back, the wedding ring is back and I'm back in the good books - let's go!\"\n\nMurray, who is preparing to play at Indian Wells for the first time since 2017, earlier admitted the fact that he ties his wedding ring to his laces while training and playing had completely slipped his mind as he went to buy replacement shoes.\n\n\"My physio said to me 'where's your wedding ring?' I was like 'oh no',\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile, Murray says he does not feel bad about accepting wildcards as he returns to Indian Wells for the first time since he was world number one.\n\nHe will headline Friday's night session in the Californian desert alongside new US Open champion Emma Raducanu.\n\n\"I'm grateful that they have given me the opportunity to play here,\" he said.\n\n\"But do I feel bad about it? No, I don't feel bad about it.\"\n\nHe is currently outside the world top 100 and has therefore frequently needed wildcards to access tournaments this season.\n\n\"I'd rather get in by right, obviously,\" Murray added.\n\n\"But then I could also argue that the three years I was out injured, I would have rightfully been entered in all of these tournaments.\n\n\"I think after what I have gone through the last three or four years, and what I had achieved in the game beforehand, I don't feel like I need to justify the reasons for why I should get wildcards.\"\n\nMurray, who is yet to beat a top-20 player this season, has lost recently to Stefanos Tsitsipas, Casper Ruud and Wimbledon semi-finalist Hubert Hurkacz.\n\n\"I have also had a number of opportunities in those matches and not quite taken them,\" said Murray, whose fitness has improved markedly since Wimbledon.\n\n\"They are going to snuff out some opportunities that you create, but also there's been some stuff in those matches that I certainly feel I could have done better.\n\n\"I really don't feel like I've been outclassed, or that I have had no chances against them, so there are some positives to take from those losses.\"\n• None Raducanu says it has been a 'very cool three weeks'\n• None 'Why do people have to do that?!': Ricky Gervais reveals all of his everyday frustrations\n• None Is it time for football to phase out heading?", "The service is due to be held in St Patrick's Church of Ireland cathedral in Armagh on 21 October\n\nTwo Irish government ministers are to attend a centenary church service in Armagh later this month organised by Irish church leaders.\n\nThe service is timed to coincide with the centenary of the formation of Northern Ireland in 1921.\n\nIrish president Michael D Higgins has previously turned down an invitation, saying the event had become politicised.\n\nThe SDLP has said it will be attending, while Sinn Féin confirmed it would not.\n\nForeign Minister Simon Coveney and government chief whip Jack Chambers will be present at the event.\n\nIn a statement on Thursday evening, the Irish government said in considering the invitation \"its role in this matter is clearly distinct from that of the president\".\n\nIt said it reiterated its \"full support and understanding\" of President Higgins' decision not to attend, which it said was \"properly made\" and based on concerns he had consistently expressed.\n\nBut it added: \"Cognisant of that important distinction, and in recognition also of the spirit and intentions of the church leaders in organising the event, the government has decided that it will be represented at the event.\"\n\nMr Coveney is a member of the Fine Gael party while Mr Chambers is a member of Fianna Fáil.\n\nThe service will be held at St Patrick's Church of Ireland cathedral on 21 October.\n\nIt is being described as a service of reflection and hope, to mark the centenary of the partition of Ireland and the formation of Northern Ireland.\n\nLast month, Catholic and Protestant church leaders said they had been saddened by \"the polarised political commentary\" around the service they organised.\n\nSenator Gerard Craughwell, a signatory to a letter from six independent Irish senators who wrote to President Higgins asking him to reconsider his decision not to go to the service, said he did not agree with the decision to send two government ministers.\n\n\"The president of the country made his decision, I didn't agree with it at the time and I would still hold the same position,\" he told Good Morning Ulster on Friday.\n\n\"You're now having one of the most senior ministers of the cabinet countermanding the decision, for want of a better description, of the supreme leader, the president.\n\n\"So it's a really strange one, it's been really messed up from beginning to end as far as I can see.\n\n\"When the president made his decision that should have been it, if we wanted to have a representative at this event we should have found someone lower down the food chain in the Irish political system.\"\n\nA decision has yet to be taken by the SDLP as to who will attend the service.\n\nIts leader Colum Eastwood said: \"Given the choice between remaining in the trenches of the last 100 years or reaching out to build a new future, I know which side I want to be on.\"\n\nPresident Michael D Higgins declined an invitation to the event\n\nThe British and Irish heads of state, the Queen and President Higgins, were both invited.\n\nThe president's decision provoked criticism in Northern Ireland, with Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson saying it was a \"disappointing and retrograde step\".\n\nIn September, President Higgins defended his decision to decline his invitation.\n\nOn Thursday, Church of Ireland primate Archbishop John McDowell said the church leaders \"absolutely respect\" the decision of anyone who declines an invitation.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mark Simpson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSpeaking on RTÉ radio, he insisted the organisers had chosen their words carefully in describing the service as \"marking\" the centenary.\n\n\"Not commemorate, not celebrate but to mark - which is a neutral phase - which allows for a very wide interpretation,\" he said.\n\n\"And it will include, and always has been planned to include, those who will want to say very clearly that partition, and the legacy of partition, have been a bitter experience for them.\"\n\nBBC News NI has seen a copy of the letter sent by the church leaders on 4 October to people invited to service.\n\nIt says: \"The service will provide the opportunity for honest reflection on the past 100 years, including an acknowledgement of different perceptions, with the recognition of failures and hurts.\n\n\"It will, however, also have a clear affirmation of our shared commitment to building a future marked by peace, reconciliation and a commitment to the common good.\"\n\nThose invited to the service have been asked to reply by 13 October.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.\n\nPeople in Wales can look forward to a more normal Christmas than last year - as long as nothing unexpected happens - Mark Drakeford has said. Setting out his autumn and winter plan, the first minister said he expected businesses to be able to stay open. But if unexpected pressures emerge, such as a new variant which risks overwhelming the NHS, restrictions could be reintroduced.\n\nPeople who took part in trials of Covid vaccines which haven't been approved yet will be offered two doses of another vaccine from next week, health officials say. It means more than 15,000 volunteers who received Novavax or other jabs will finally be able to travel abroad with fewer restrictions. Darren Green, 51, who received Novavax in a trial, said he \"felt a bit emotional\" when he heard the news and he would no longer have to cancel a trip abroad with friends.\n\nDarren Green and his wife, Linda, were volunteers in the Novavax trial and said they were \"delighted\"\n\nThere's more good news for travellers, after the Foreign Office lifted its advice to avoid holidays in 51 destinations, including the Bahamas, Jamaica and Cameroon. The change will make it easier for visitors to get travel insurance - but people should still check for other entry requirements such as proof of vaccination or testing and quarantine rules. Meanwhile, the transport secretary has said he hopes to relax rules on testing in time for families returning from half-term holidays at the end of October. There are plans to allow fully vaccinated people coming to England to take a cheaper lateral flow test, rather than a PCR test, two days after their arrival. But Grant Shapps did not give an exact date for when the requirements would change. Catch up on the latest changes to the UK's travel rules here.\n\nThe US added a disappointing 194,000 jobs in September, as the Delta variant of coronavirus continued to drag on the economy, official figures show. The unemployment rate fell from 5.2% in August to 4.8% - but with 7.7 million out of work, unemployment remained considerably higher than before the pandemic. The data was collected in mid-September, when the spread of Delta across the US was near its peak, and experts say Americans have been eating out and travelling less, as well as delaying their return to the office because of this.\n\nA professor who recovered from Covid is to sing a new piece of choral music based on the diaries of nurses who treated him when he was in intensive care. Prof Peter Johnstone, 72, spent nearly three months at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, last year. Later this month he'll be one of the singers at the London premiere of the work, which features lyrics based on diaries written at the end of each shift to help fill the gaps in his memory when he regained consciousness.\n\nProf Peter Johnstone said the NHS nurses' diaries were the \"most heart-warming documents I've ever read\"\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nTo see how the vaccine rollout is going in the UK, check out our visual guide here.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "There have been big changes to the Covid-19 restrictions in Northern Ireland over recent months\n\nThe past few months have seen many Covid restrictions eased in Northern Ireland, after a long period of lockdown.\n\nBut Stormont ministers, who decide what to relax and when, have kept some measures in place.\n\nBBC News NI explains what rules remain and how Northern Ireland compares to other parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nAs one of the first measures introduced when the pandemic took hold last March, businesses and people have had to rapidly adjust to keeping their distance.\n\nNow, the legal requirement for social distancing outdoors no longer exists in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt has been removed for shops, cinemas, theatres and many other indoor settings while social distancing will no longer be required in bars, restaurants and cafes from 31 October.\n\nSome hospitality businesses say the social distancing requirement is affecting their trade\n\nThe executive has asked some sectors to put in place mitigations including proof of double vaccination or a negative lateral flow test.\n\nBut this will be advice and not legally enforceable.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, physical distancing rules remain in place across many sectors but that is due to end by 22 October, under the government's plan to lift almost all remaining restrictions.\n\nAlthough face coverings are no longer mandatory in many places in England, those rules do not apply in Northern Ireland.\n\nInstead, people must still wear them on public transport, in shops and a number of other settings - unless they are exempt.\n\nScotland and Wales have also maintained the rules on face coverings.\n\nHealth officials are thought to be in favour of keeping the restrictions on face coverings in place\n\nSince July, people going to places of worship in Northern Ireland no longer have to wear a face covering during the service, but it's still the law to wear them when entering and exiting the building.\n\nHealth officials in Northern Ireland are thought to be in favour of keeping the restrictions on face coverings in place.\n\nAny decision on their continued use will have to be agreed by the five parties in the Stormont executive, who may take different views.\n\nNorthern Ireland still has the lowest rate of first dose vaccination in the UK - a factor the executive will have to take into consideration when deciding whether to ease any further restrictions.\n\nOn Monday 16 August, the rules on self-isolation in Northern Ireland changed.\n\nClose contacts of those who test positive for Covid no longer have to automatically self-isolate - as long as two weeks have passed since they received their second dose of the vaccine.\n\nThey are still advised to take an additional PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) Covid test on day two and eight of the process.\n\nIf the result is positive, they need to self-isolate just like anyone else.\n\nRules on self-isolation for close contacts will change on Monday\n\nHospitality had faced some of the toughest restrictions during the pandemic but in recent months those rules have been cut back.\n\nFor instance, there are no longer limits on the amount of people allowed to sit at a table and table service is no longer mandatory.\n\nNightclubs will be allowed to reopen from 31 October, a move that has already happened in Great Britain.\n\nWedding and civil partnership receptions no longer have to operate with limited numbers and dancing and live music is allowed.\n\nConcerts can take place indoors and, from 14 October, people attending performances at indoor venues will no longer have stay seated.\n\nRules on the number of people allowed to meet at home still remain in place in Northern Ireland, unlike in England, Scotland or Wales, although they have been eased significantly.\n\nFrom 14 October, the limit will move from 15 people from four households to 30 from an unlimited number of households.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, people who are fully vaccinated can meet together indoors with no limit on numbers.\n\nPupils in Northern Ireland returned to the classroom in August.\n\nSchools in Northern Ireland were issued with new guidance from the Public Health Agency (PHA), based on Department of Health (DoH) policy guidance.\n\nThe new guidance advised that pupils and staff who are identified as close contacts of a positive case, but have no symptoms themselves, do not have to self-isolate if they have recently tested positive for the virus.\n\nOther close contacts, who have not received a positive test within the previous 90 days, do have to self-isolate, but they can reduce their 10-day period of self-isolation if they have a negative PCR test result.\n\nHowever, there have been concerns over the number of children missing class, with more than half of pupils at one school being sent home as close contacts.\n\nPreviously, ministers had agreed that the system of \"bubbles\", where children only mix within a fixed year or class group will be removed.\n\nFace coverings in classrooms will be back for the new school year for some pupils\n\nHowever they decided to retain face coverings for post-primary students in classrooms for the first six weeks of term, subject to a review.\n\nIn Scotland, pupils and teachers in secondary schools will continue to wear face coverings and the 1m social distancing rule will remain for at least the first six weeks of term.\n\nPeople in England are no longer being asked to work from home, but in Northern Ireland advice remains to work from home where possible.\n\nSimilar advice remains in place in Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nStormont ministers discussed the issue in August but it is understood health officials advised keeping the guidance in place.\n\nIn recent months, Stormont ministers have continued to urge employers to be flexible, and adhere to public health advice as much as possible.\n\nAfter ministers agreed to remove social distancing in indoor venues such as theatres and shops, ministers asked some sectors to put in place mitigations including proof of double vaccination or a negative lateral flow test.\n\nBut this will be advice and not legally enforceable.\n\nHowever, it is understood that Department of Health Department of Health will now progress work to develop a digital vaccine passport scheme, but ministers will have to decide whether to deploy it.\n\nIt is thought the scheme could be ready by November.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she did not to have to enact a mandatory scheme, and hoped businesses would voluntarily comply with executive advice.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, proof of vaccination is now required in order to enter pubs and restaurants.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, a number of music and sporting events have already said people must prove they have had both vaccines, or provide evidence of a negative Covid-19 test up to 48 hours before the event, in order to gain entry.\n\nWhen it comes to travelling abroad, at present people in Northern Ireland can also apply for vaccine certification from the Department of Health.", "Recently sacked Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has urged the prime minister not to water down planning reforms to enable more house building.\n\nSources have told the BBC the changes - which would help meet a pledge to build 300,000 new homes - are being paused amid a backlash among Conservative MPs.\n\nMr Jenrick's successor Michael Gove is said to want to address the concerns.\n\nBut Mr Jenrick told the BBC's Newscast a government with a big majority must tackle difficult issues.\n\nThe Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said it remained \"committed\" to meeting its housing targets.\n\nIn his Conservative Party conference speech on Wednesday, Boris Johnson promised to end declining property ownership among young people by constructing more houses in England.\n\nThe government has pledged to build 300,000 new homes a year. To achieve that, a blueprint published last summer said the current regime - where local planning officials assess applications case-by-case - should replaced with new rules based on zones.\n\nCouncils would have to classify all land in their area as \"protected\", for \"renewal\", or for \"growth\", which ministers argued would speed up developments.\n\nIn addition, each council would have to plan for a share of homes from the government's annual house building target for England.\n\nSeveral Conservative MPs, concerned about the size and nature of potential developments in their constituencies, have spoken out against the plans, which are also opposed by Labour.\n\nIn June, the Conservatives lost the previously safe seat of Chesham and Amersham to the Liberal Democrats in a by-election, in part due to concerns over more house building in the area.\n\nIn September, government sources told the BBC they were pausing the reforms, following the cabinet reshuffle in which Mr Jenrick was sacked.\n\nBut Mr Jenrick told Newscast ministers should not \"bottle\" making the changes.\n\n\"Housing is one of those areas where you can make a huge difference, helping people onto the housing ladder, reducing the cost of living, increasing productivity, helping small businesses,\" Mr Jenrick said.\n\n\"It cuts across all of the government's priorities, so I strongly, strongly urge the prime minister to stick with it.\"\n\nMr Jenrick also said a government with an 80-strong majority in the House of Commons was in an \"incredibly fortunate\" position and should be trying to tackle difficult questions.\n\nA Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities spokesperson said: \"We remain committed to continuing our progress towards our target of 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s.\n\n\"We are currently reviewing departmental programmes and we will come forward with our proposals for reform of the planning system in due course.\"", "A man has pleaded not guilty to murdering police community support officer Julia James.\n\nMs James, 53, was found with fatal head injuries next to Akholt Wood, near Dover, on 27 April, leading to a large police investigation.\n\nCallum Wheeler, 21, from Aylesham, appeared at Maidstone Crown Court accused of her murder.\n\nThe court heard his trial, which was previously set for 29 November, has been delayed.\n\nWheeler was remanded in custody and a new trial date will be set as soon as possible.\n\nPolice officers from all over the country were drafted in to comb nearby fields and woodland following Ms James' death.\n\nThe support officer, who had worked for Kent Police since 2008, was found with her Jack Russell dog Toby by her side.\n\nHer family praised her as \"fiercely loyal\" and someone who \"loved with her whole heart\".\n\nIn a tribute released by police, they said: \"Her loss will be felt by us every moment of every day. She will be so sorely missed.\n\n\"As a family we are trying to understand how we will navigate our lives without her, it seems an impossible task.\"\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rashford told BBC Breakfast the situation many now found themselves in \"reminds me of... when I was younger\"\n\nManchester United star Marcus Rashford said receiving an honorary doctorate for his work to tackle child poverty was \"bittersweet\" as it came as the £20 top-up to universal credit ended.\n\nAccepting the award from the University of Manchester, he said removing the temporary increase \"could see child poverty rise to one-in-three children\".\n\nMr Rashford called for an end to what he said was a \"child hunger pandemic\".\n\nNo 10 said the top-up was designed to help in the pandemic's toughest times.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer praised Mr Rashford's \"very, very powerful\" comments and said the government was now \"effectively turning on the poorest\".\n\nHe promised a Labour government would retain the £20 uplift pending an overhaul of the benefits system, including the abolition of universal credit.\n\n\"It would stay, we wouldn't make the cut, we would then replace it with something better,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer: \"This is going to drive families and children into poverty\"\n\nMr Rashford, 23, became the university's youngest recipient of an honorary award at a special ceremony at his club's Old Trafford stadium on Thursday.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, he said the situation many now found themselves in \"reminds me of... when I was younger\".\n\nThe England forward added: \"You've got to decide between - are you going to eat or are you going to be warm in the house?\n\n\"These are decisions that you don't want people to go through, never mind children.\n\n\"And there's other stuff, the price of fuel and electricity and there's actually a shortage of food at the moment... as some of the food banks I work with are experiencing.\n\n\"So there's other things that people are worrying about and, if we can take one less stress off them, it's important.\"\n\nMr Rashford said receiving the honorary doctorate was \"bittersweet\" since it came as \"millions of families across the UK lost a lifeline and a means of staying afloat\".\n\nThe £20-a-week increase to universal credit, which was brought in to support those on low incomes during the pandemic, was withdrawn on Tuesday.\n\nMr Rashford urged MPs to meet those who had been receiving the increased benefit.\n\n\"It's time that representatives got out into communities like mine,\" he said. \"It's time they saw first-hand the true measure of struggle.\n\n\"Covid-19 can no longer be used as an excuse.\"\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps told BBC Breakfast: \"If you want to carry on with that uplift you need to find £6bn from somewhere.\n\n\"Inevitably that means taxing people on their PAYE, maybe putting the cost of fuel up even more, even though it's at record levels or something else.\n\n\"Nothing is free when you're making these decisions.\"\n\nManchester United's chief operating officer Collette Roche said the club was \"so proud\" of Rashford\n\nIn June 2020, Mr Rashford called on the government to reverse a decision not to provide free school meal vouchers, saying that \"the system isn't built for families like mine to succeed\".\n\nHe was later made an MBE for services to vulnerable children.\n\nIn September, it was announced pupils starting media studies GCSEs would study the impact of his campaigning.\n\nAuthor and broadcaster Lemn Sissay, the university's chancellor, said Mr Rashford being honoured was a \"highlight\" of his tenure.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nManchester United's former manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who was previously honoured by the university, joined Mr Rashford's family and friends at the ceremony.\n\nThe striker said \"to be in the presence of a great such as Sir Alex\", and the people who had \"played a huge role in my journey\" was \"special\".\n\nManchester United's chief operating officer Collette Roche said the club was \"so proud\".\n\n\"He is a young man who embodies everything which this club stands for,\" she said.\n\n\"He is humble, he is passionate and he is driven to succeed in everything he does.\"\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said the universal credit top-up was always a \"temporary measure, designed to help claimants through the toughest stages of the pandemic\".\n\n\"But we are now seeing our economy starting to bounce back so our focus is rightly on helping people back into high-quality, well-paid jobs,\" they said.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Stephen Port presented a very different version of himself online (left)\n\nSerial killer Stephen Port was identified by police as a \"significant witness\" with a rape allegation against him hours after his first victim was found dead, an inquest has heard.\n\nAnthony Walgate was discovered slumped outside Port's flat in Barking, east London, following an anonymous early-hours 999 call in June 2014.\n\nPort was identified as the caller that morning and Met Police officers then spoke to him as a witness.\n\nHe later killed three more young men.\n\nThe first senior officer to attend the scene said he was unaware of a serious sexual offence allegation against Port dating back to 2012, which had been noted by the borough commander that day.\n\nThe jury heard that it would have been usual for the senior officer to be told about the allegation that Port had raped a male on New Year's Eve in 2012 at his flat.\n\nA crime report also shown to the court revealed that the complainant had gone further and described several different occasions of non-consensual sex after he had been plied with drugs and alcohol.\n\nMr Walgate was found dead by medics outside Stephen Port's flat in Cooke Street\n\nThe men Port killed died after he administered fatal doses of the drug GHB.\n\nPort was later convicted of lying to police about the circumstances of Mr Walgate's death. He was jailed, but before he went to prison he managed to kill Gabriel Kovari and Daniel Whitworth, and once released he killed Jack Taylor.\n\nFollowing a trial at the Old Bailey in 2016, Port was found guilty of all four murders and sentenced to a whole-life term.\n\nThe inquest at Barking Town Hall is examining whether police mistakes cost the lives of some of the victims by failing to stop Port sooner.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Old Street roundabout was blocked by protesters\n\nPolice have arrested 35 Insulate Britain protesters who blocked a major road in central London and a junction on the M25 during rush hour.\n\nThe Old Street roundabout and junction 25 of the motorway, at Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire, have reopened after long tailbacks.\n\nThe Met Police said 16 arrests had been made on the M25 for obstructing the highway, with another 19 at Old Street.\n\nHe told LBC: \"It's dangerous, it's really outrageous, and actually, ironically, it probably adds to pollution as cars idle, waiting... for them to be unglued from the road.\"\n\nActivists again glued themselves to roads...\n\nMr Shapps added that he had applied for more than 100 court injunctions covering the national highway network around London and the South East, which could lead to jail terms.\n\nThe action marks the 12th day in the past four weeks that Insulate Britain has carried out road protests.\n\nThe activists want the government to commit to providing insulation for 29 million homes.\n\nOn Tuesday, drivers clashed with protesters at the entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel where 38 people were arrested.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Motorist: \"I need to go to the hospital, please let me pass. How can you be so selfish?\"\n\nInsulate Britain admitted that its latest action on the M25 was \"in breach\" of an injunction obtained by the government last month.\n\nHowever Tracey Mallagan, a spokeswoman for the group, said: \"If governments don't act soon to reduce emissions, we face a terrifying situation.\n\n\"We won't be worrying about shortages of pasta or loo rolls because law and order breaks down pretty quickly when there is not enough food to go round.\"\n\nThe government has said it is investing £1.3bn to support people to install energy efficiency measures.", "Nationwide protests against the Texas ban took place last week\n\nSome Texas abortion clinics have reopened amid fears that a legal ruling which halted the state's near-total abortion ban may be short-lived.\n\nOther clinics have reported that concerns over lawsuits have prevented them from reopening.\n\nOn Wednesday, a US judge temporarily blocked the new law, which effectively bans women from having an abortion.\n\nTexas officials appealed against the ruling, setting the stage for further court battles in the coming months.\n\nAbortion care provider Whole Woman's Health, which runs four clinics across Texas, said it had already resumed offering abortion care on Thursday.\n\nSpeaking to reporters, Amy Hagstrom Miller, the firm's founder, said there had been an immediate spike in inquiries from patients seeking abortions in the wake of the judge's decision.\n\n\"Phone call volume has increased. There's actually hope from patients and staff,\" she said. \"There's a little desperation in that hope. Folks know this opportunity could be short-lived.\"\n\nDistrict Judge Robert Pittman's 113-page ruling earlier this week granted a request from the Biden administration to prevent enforcement of the law while its legality was being challenged.\n\nThis is the first legal setback for Texas since the law - which was drafted and approved by Republican politicians - was implemented.\n\nThe law effectively bans abortions from as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, at a time when most women will not be aware they are pregnant.\n\nDespite the injunction, some clinics remain hesitant to resume procedures as there is uncertainty over whether they could be sued retroactively if the law is re-instated.\n\nThe controversial law can be enforced by any individual from Texas or elsewhere, giving people the right to sue doctors who perform an abortion past the six-week point. Women who get the procedure, however, cannot be sued.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The impact of the strictest anti-abortion law in the US\n\nThe law includes a provision that stipulates clinics and doctors may still be liable for abortions carried out while an emergency injunction is in place, legal experts say.\n\nIt remains unclear whether such a provision can be enforced, with Judge Pittman saying in his ruling that it is \"of questionable legality\".\n\nMs Miller said that both patients and staff at Whole Woman's Health were worried about the possibility of retroactive lawsuits.\n\nOther abortion clinics said they were taking a cautious approach to resuming abortion care services.\n\nSources within Planned Parenthood's affiliate South Texas - which operates seven clinics in San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley - said that it remained unclear when they would resume providing abortion care.\n\nAmong the factors preventing an immediate restart of services, sources said, are concerns about retroactive lawsuits along with the possibility of trauma for patients who may get an appointment while the emergency injunction is in place but are forced to cancel later.\n\nAn abortion doctor working at an independent facility in Texas - who asked to remain anonymous - told the BBC he and other reproductive specialists were \"not optimistic\" about the possibility of the appeal from Texas officials.\n\n\"We're going right back to where the law was on 1 September. This will be the most conservative appeals court in the US,\" he said, referring to the conservative-leaning Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, where Texas intends to appeal the ruling.\n\n\"They're going to overrule the federal judge, and it's going to go back to where it was, and we're going to be in the same boat.\"\n\nSupporters of the law have harshly criticised the judge's decision.\n\nThe anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life, for example, accused judges of \"catering to the abortion industry\" and called for a \"fair hearing\" at the next stage.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 1 and 8 October.\n\nSend your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs that can be found here.\n\nPlease also ensure you follow current coronavirus guidelines and take your pictures safely and responsibly.\n\nConditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions.\n\nSolo rower: Frank Urban took this image of a \"stunning sunrise\" on the Forth and Clyde Canal.\n\nBench boost: A \"dally among the dahlias\" at the walled garden in Belleisle Park, Ayr, sent in by Eilean Low.\n\nBlown away: Diana Carswell took a stroll along a breezy Southern Upland Way between Killantringan Lighthouse and Portpatrick.\n\nSeeing double: \"I checked and yes, there is an area called Glenelg on the red planet,\" says Judith McIntyre.\n\nGone fishing: David Rae caught the end of the season on a \"perfect afternoon\" on Loch Macaterick in the Galloway Forest.\n\nMull it over: Nick Crowther snapped the view from his ferry window on his way to the island.\n\nChilly dippers: Colin Tennant caught these \"enthusiastic swimmers\" in Rigg Bay for an event being held as part of Wigtown Book Festival.\n\nGreat Scott: Sir Walter's \"wee but and ben\" - Abbotsford House - from Jim McLean.\n\nStorm warning: Carolyn Eva saw this ominous sky while looking down the Cromarty Firth.\n\nHigh flyer: Sunset at Cramond beach, Edinburgh, as Emma Campbell captured \"father and daughter in the autumn sun\".\n\nExpressive eyes: Storm, a 10-metre tall puppet made of recycled materials, at Irvine beach from Shirley Weir.\n\nBending branches: \"Looking down over the Forth Valley from Balerno,\" says James Simpson.\n\nBright lights: Lyndsey Hart sent in this image of the River Clyde at night.\n\nLet us prey: \"Had to stop to catch my breath and whilst doing so became aware of this kestrel hovering overhead,\" says Mike Tolmie, at Dechmont Hill in Livingston. \"Luckily there was a break in the clouds and the light caught his plumage wonderfully\".\n\nTo the fore: A rainbow lands on the famous links at St Andrews during the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Links, from Ross Anderson.\n\nCountryside colours: Jason Turner spotted this section of the Colinton Tunnel mural depicting local wildlife.\n\nMellow yellow: \"I loved this bright scene taken at Craigtoun Country Park in St Andrews,\" says Emma Legge.\n\nSeals of approval: This group were spotted \"soaking up the sun\" in Gruniard Bay by Jane Sayliss.\n\nNifty shades of grey: An atmospheric black and white image of Loch Ness from Andrew Millar.\n\nMillport bound: The ferry leaving Largs for Cumbrae at sunset taken by Daniel Anderson.\n\nSalmon special: Tom Kelly says it was \"incredible\" to watch them leaping on the River Almond in Perthshire.\n\nOn the wing: \"A small Tortoiseshell butterfly feeding on the last of this year's sunflowers,\" says Mo Griffiths.\n\nNature's umbrella: \"An ant's perspective of a mushroom,\" says Allan Brooks.\n\nStunning scene: \"We were on our first family holiday since lockdown this week and imagine my delight to have snapped this picture of Bow Fiddle Rock whilst we were touring round Aberdeenshire,\" says Joanna Skwarski.\n\nEasy tiger: Taken at the Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig near Aviemore, by Jim Casey.\n\nFish course: This hungry heron was pictured by Dave Stewart at Water of Leith, Edinburgh.\n\nAn uplifting photo: Gordon Bain captured this Coastguard and RNLI exercise shot at Kessock.\n\nTowering beauty: \"Dun Na Cuaiche tower at Inveraray through the arch on the Oban road\", says Eileen Lea.\n\nBlue sky thinking: \"I took this photo while running in the Pentland Hills\", says Lachlan Gillies. \"I didn’t look at the photo until I got home but when I tapped on one of the filters this amazing picture emerged which seemed to drape the sky over the electrical cables between the pylons\".\n\nCapital sun: \"The setting sun over Edinburgh caught my eye from the Longniddry shoreline with Arthur's Seat, the Calton Hill and the castle being prominent on the skyline\", says Curtis Welsh.\n\nCastles in the sky: \"A crystal clear autumn sky brilliantly shows off Edinburgh Castle in silhouette form\", says Johnston Craig.\n\nRays expectations: \"Sunset on the Holy Loch, Sandbank\", says Neil Lea, rounds off the day - and this week's gallery - in spectacular fashion.\n\nPlease ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child featured (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice).\n\nIn contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way, including in any media worldwide.\n\nHowever, you will still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News.\n\nAt no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe the law.\n\nYou can find more information here.\n\nAll photos are subject to copyright.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pictures show the scene at the mosque after the suicide bomb attack\n\nA suicide bomb attack on a mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz has killed at least 50 people, officials say, in the deadliest assault since US forces left.\n\nBodies were seen scattered inside the Said Abad mosque, used by the minority Shia Muslim community.\n\nMore than 100 people were injured in the blast in the northern city.\n\nThe Islamic State group said it was behind the attack. Sunni Muslim extremists have targeted Shias who they see as heretics.\n\nIS-K, the Afghan regional affiliate of the IS group that is violently opposed to the governing Taliban, has carried out several bombings recently, largely in the east of the country.\n\nMore than 300 people are believed to have been attending Friday prayers when the attack happened\n\nAn IS suicide bomber reportedly detonated an explosive vest as worshippers gathered inside the mosque for Friday prayers.\n\nZalmai Alokzai, a local businessman who rushed to a hospital to check whether doctors needed blood donations, described seeing chaotic scenes after the attack.\n\n\"Ambulances were going back to the incident scene to carry the dead,\" he told AFP news agency.\n\nLocal security officials were quoted by Tolo News as saying that more than 300 people were attending the prayers when the attack happened.\n\nThere are fears that the death toll will rise further.\n\nThe United Nations said Friday's bombing was a \"third deadly attack this week apparently targeting a religious institution\" and was part of a \"disturbing pattern of violence\".\n\nThe UN referred to Sunday's bombing near a mosque in the capital Kabul that left several people dead, and an assault on a madrassa (educational institution) in the eastern city of Khost on Wednesday.\n\nMeanwhile the US said diplomats would on Saturday hold the first in-person talks with Taliban leaders since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.\n\nDuring the two days of meetings the US would press the Taliban to respect women's rights, form an inclusive government and allow humanitarian agencies to operate, a state department spokesperson said.\n\nIS-K, the group that targeted Kabul airport in a devastating bombing in August, has repeatedly targeted Afghanistan's Shia minority in the past. Suicide bombers have struck mosques, sports clubs and schools. In recent weeks, IS has also stepped up a campaign of attacks against the Taliban.\n\nIS targeted a funeral prayer service attended by a number of senior Taliban leaders in Kabul on Sunday, and there have been a spate of smaller attacks in the eastern provinces of Nangarhar and Kunar, where IS previously had its stronghold.\n\nFriday's attack, if it has been carried out by IS as they claim, would mark a grim expansion of their activities into the north of the country. The Taliban say they have arrested dozens of members of IS and are believed to have killed others suspected of links to the group, but publicly they have also played down the threat IS poses.\n\nMany Afghans hoped that the Taliban's takeover would at least herald a more peaceful, if authoritarian, era. But IS represents a significant threat to the Taliban's promise of improved security.\n\nThe Taliban took control of Afghanistan after foreign forces withdrew from the country at the end of August following a deal agreed with the US.\n\nIt came two decades after US forces had removed the militants from power in 2001.", "Former US President Donald Trump \"grossly exaggerated\" the profitability of his Washington DC hotel, a probe by a congressional committee has found.\n\nIt also said he appeared to hide \"potential conflicts of interest\".\n\nThe Trump International Hotel lost over $70m (£51.3m) during his term, though Mr Trump had previously claimed it earned at least $150m during that time.\n\nThe Trump Organization has denied wrongdoing and called the report \"misleading\".\n\nIn a statement, the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform said that documents provided by the General Services Administration (GSA) - which oversees federal spending - showed that Mr Trump had \"grossly exaggerated the financial health\" of the hotel.\n\nLosses forced Mr Trump's holding company to inject at least $24m to help the struggling hotel, located just a few blocks from the White House, the committee said.\n\nThe report also found Mr Trump seemed to have \"concealed potential conflicts of interest\" related to his ownership of the hotel and his roles as its lender and the guarantor of third-party loans.\n\nNewly obtained documents show that the hotel received $3.7m in payments from foreign governments - enough to cover 7,400 nights at the hotel on an average daily rate, according to the committee.\n\nThe lawmakers said that the amount raised concerns about potential violations of constitutional regulations aimed at preventing foreign influence on federal officials.\n\nThe oversight report found that during the four years of his administration, Mr Trump also received \"significant financial benefit\" from Deutsche Bank.\n\nThe Democrat-led committee said this allowed Mr Trump to delay making payments on a $170m loan for six years, and that he did not publicly disclose this benefit from a foreign bank while president.\n\nLawmakers have asked for additional documents from the GSA on the hotel, including on foreign payments and loans.\n\nIn a statement sent to the media, the Trump Organization called the report \"intentionally misleading, irresponsible and unequivocally false\" and described it as \"political harassment\".\n\nThe hotel was opened to the public in September 2016, several weeks after Mr Trump accepted the Republican Party's nomination for president.\n\nIn 2017, Mr Trump resigned from his companies, and placed them in a trust to be run by his sons.\n\nBut the Office of Government Ethics said at the time that Mr Trump's plan didn't \"meet the standards\" of former presidents. In 2019, an internal GSA watchdog said the agency had chosen to \"ignore\" the Constitution when allowing the Trump Hotel to keep its lease after Mr Trump's election.\n\nThe Trump Organization has been looking for buyers for the 263-room hotel since 2019, but has so far been unable to sell the property.", "The powder should be mixed with water to make a drink\n\nDoctors are being warned about a dangerous pre-workout trend called dry scooping that some gym-goers are doing.\n\nIt involves eating powder supplements neat, rather than diluting them in water, as recommended by manufacturers, to make a drink.\n\nResearchers, who are giving a talk at a US medical conference, are worried young teens may try it, spurred on by a flurry of internet videos of the fad.\n\nThey scanned TikTok, counting the millions of likes.\n\nPre-workout powders typically contain lots of amino acids, vitamins and other ingredients, such as caffeine.\n\nThe idea is to give the body a boost before a workout to help stamina, although the science around it is patchy.\n\nBut there are known risks from taking on too many energy-boosting stimulants.\n\nA big dose of caffeine, for example, can cause heart-related side effects, including palpitations and extra or missed beats.\n\nA scoop of powder might pack as much caffeine as five cups of coffee, say the researchers from the Cohen Children's Medical Center in New York.\n\nThis jolt can cause \"an increase in blood pressure and heart rate, potentially leading to disturbances in heart rhythm\".\n\nAnd accidentally inhaling the powder into the lungs could cause choking or an infection or pneumonia, say the researchers.\n\nIn the UK, the products are regulated as foods rather than medicines, but must be deemed safe for consumption to be able to be sold in shops to people 18 and over.\n\nSome powders sold online may not be from reputable suppliers or contain the ingredients listed on the pack.\n\nSeveral have since been banned for containing substances such as a synthetic amphetamine called DMAA and a stimulant called synephrine.\n\nRecent newspaper articles have also highlighted the dangers after a 20-year-old social media influencer from the US, called Briatney Portillo, posted about purportedly having a heart attack that she links to dry scooping.\n\nThe study researchers analysed 100 videos posted on the TikTok social network channel, using the hashtag \"preworkout\" for their search.\n\nOnly eight of them showed the powder being used in the correct way.\n\nMore than 30 featured dry scooping, with individuals putting a scoop of undiluted powder into their mouth followed by a few sips of water or liquid.\n\nThese amassed more than eight million likes.\n\nThe researchers warn in their presentation for the American Academy of Pediatrics meeting: \"Physicians should be aware of the pervasiveness of pre-workout, dangerous methods of consumption, and the potential for accidental over-consumption, inhalation, and injury.\"\n\nNutrition scientist Bridget Benelam, from the British Nutrition Foundation, said: \"Pre-workout powders typically contain caffeine along with other ingredients such as creatine, amino acids and vitamins.\n\n\"There doesn't appear to be much research on the benefits of these products, although there is some evidence that caffeine may improve sports performance in some cases. These studies are typically done in athletes, and so it's not clear how relevant this is for the wider population.\n\n\"The levels of caffeine in these products vary from the equivalent of about one to over three cups of filter coffee, if made up according to the manufacturer's instructions.\n\n\"So, there is a risk of over-consuming caffeine, especially if using more than once a day, or just consuming the powder, where you may consume more than the recommended amount.\"\n\nKeeping hydrated by having enough water or fluid as you exercise is also important.", "It was Julie Nicholson's eyes that first started turning yellow\n\nOne weekend last year, Julie Nicholson started turning \"golden yellow\" but she was unaware that she had a dangerous medical condition.\n\nThe 52-year-old, from Armadale in West Lothian, says her husband noticed it first and they put it down to her being dehydrated from working 15-hour days so she started to drink lots of water.\n\n\"I didn't feel ill, but the next day in the shower I could see my skin was yellow and my kids were saying my skin looked a funny colour,\" she says.\n\nThe following day she called her doctor and they arranged for her to have blood tests.\n\nShe says: \"As soon as I saw the doctor, she noticed straight away I was yellow.\n\n\"By now I had turned Marge Simpson yellow, I could have played her in a stage show, I was that yellow. It was so scary.\"\n\nJulie Nicholson said she turned the colour of cartoon character Marge Simpson (L)\n\nStill unaware of how serious her condition was, Julie went home where she continued working as a data privacy officer for drinks giant Diageo.\n\n\"I was in a Zoom meeting the following day when my phone wouldn't stop ringing, so eventually I thought I had better answer it,\" she says.\n\n\"It was my doctor and she was saying I had to report immediately to the medical centre.\"\n\nJulie was then sent to hospital as staff said she was turning more yellow by the minute.\n\nShe had an ultrasound and a CT scan, which found a blockage in her bile duct.\n\n\"They said you have a tumour, it's probably cancer and where it is we have to operate,\" Julie says.\n\nJulie says: \"They told me it was a dangerous whipple operation and of the death rate on the operating table.\n\n\"My dad was with me, as I hadn't wanted to bother my husband at work, and he went pure white.\"\n\nHalf of her pancreas, the gall bladder and bile duct and some of her small intestine were removed.\n\nShe lost two-and-a-half stones in weight and was in hospital, including intensive care, for a month.\n\nHer daughter had given birth to her first grandchild, Havanah May, so she wanted to convalesce at home.\n\nJulie Nicholson was delighted to meet her new grandchild, Havanah May, when she was well enough to leave hospital\n\nJulie says her husband saved her life by noticing she was turning yellow.\n\nKeith, a forklift driver, said: \"When I noticed Julie's eyes were going awful yellow I immediately put it down to the hours she works and told her she must be dehydrated.\n\n\"She's working when I go to work and is still working when I return from my shift.\n\n\"But the next day she was even yellower, despite drinking water, and her skin was a golden colour. We didn't know what it was, it was weird what was happening to her.\n\n\"You hear of things like this happening to other people but you never think it's going to happen in your own household.\"\n\nJulie started turning yellow in March 2020. She had an operation and then several rounds of chemotherapy and could not walk without a Zimmer frame. Her husband had to wash her and took three months off work to care for her.\n\nSince then, Julie has undergone intervention for serious wounds after her operation.\n\nShe only started recovering back to full strength in the summer 2021.\n\nJulie walked the John Muir Way to raise money for AMMF - a charity that does research into cholangiocarcinoma - the official title for bile duct cancer\n\nIn August, she completed a 134-mile (216km) walk of the whole John Muir Way from Helensburgh on the west coast of Scotland to Dunbar on the east coast.\n\nBut although she had reached full strength, she still had a lot of anxiety about what had happened.\n\n\"That's when I visited Maggie's Centre and they have been helping me so much. I can speak to them about everything and they don't take notes,\" Julie says.\n\nShe will continue to be regularly monitored at the hospital.\n\nLesley Howells, lead psychologist for Maggie's centre, said: \"Regardless of prognosis, life post-treatment can be hugely challenging.\n\n\"Friends and family might be clapping their hands and saying 'great, normal service resumed', but for the person who has been through the treatment they might feel as if their life has been turned upside down and shaken around.\"\n\nJulie's husband Keith says: \"It was very lucky Julie changed colour or we would never have known something was wrong as she didn't feel any different. It let us know something wasn't right here.\"", "Comedian Rosie Jones has said getting online abuse after appearing on BBC One's Question Time has made her \"more determined\" to speak up for minorities.\n\nJones, who has cerebral palsy, appeared on the programme's panel on Thursday.\n\nShe tweeted: \"The sad thing is that I'm not surprised at the ableist abuse I've received. It's indicative of the country we live in right now.\n\n\"I will keep on speaking up, in my wonderful voice, for what I believe in.\"\n\nThe comedian and actress, who is known for TV shows like 8 Out of 10 Cats and The Last Leg, said the negative reaction had only served to strengthen her resolve.\n\n\"A lot of my job is going on stage and telling silly jokes about my boobies,\" she said on ITV's Loose Women on Friday.\n\n\"So actually to be given a platform where I can speak more seriously about what it's like to be disabled and gay and a woman in this country right now, it feels like such a powerful opportunity.\n\n\"Unfortunately after my appearance last night I got a lot of abuse online about how I look and about how I sound and about my disability, and actually that makes me more determined to speak out for minorities because this country needs to be a better and more accepting place to live in.\"\n\nThe response to Rosie Jones's Question Time appearance underlines an uncomfortable truth - society is used to disability being discussed, but not so much disabled people making their own voices heard.\n\nCultural representation of disability, led by the media, has traditionally been confined to one-note issues of need, such as social care, or Paralympic-esque inspiration narratives. Jones's vocal opinions on a variety of social and political issues challenged this.\n\nThe abuse she received reflects the need for change as disability continues to be the most underrepresented area of diversity across the media. Like her, I have cerebral palsy.\n\nBut Jones's steadfast defiance also proves the power of representation. It's why the BBC has rightly committed to improving representation of disabled talent on and off-screen, in line with disability storylines in Sex Education and Breaking Bad.\n\nSocial media hate doesn't take away words or experiences. Jones's words on Question Time proved that. It does however empower the need for change.\n\nJones was on the political debate programme with Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi, shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy, National Farmers' Union president Minette Batters, and LBC broadcaster Nick Ferrari.\n\nShe received support from the likes of TV presenter and author Richard Osman, fellow comedians Shaparak Khorsandi and Kerry Godliman, and the disability charity Scope.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Richard Osman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nightclubs have been closed in Northern Ireland since March 2021\n\nThe legal requirement for social distancing in bars and restaurants is to be removed.\n\nNightclubs are also to be allowed to reopen, meaning legal restrictions on dancing in venues will be scrapped.\n\nRestrictions will be lifted from 31 October.\n\nA number of mitigations have been agreed and it is thought businesses will be asked to check for vaccine certificates, but this will not be a legal requirement.\n\nMinisters have also agreed to retain the mandatory wearing of face coverings in certain settings.\n\nIt is understood ministers were advised that moving legal regulations on face coverings into guidance would lead to a 30% decline in their use.\n\nThe industry had argued that social distancing requirements were damaging trade.\n\nThe new rules mean people will be able to move around pubs and restaurants and to eat and drink while standing up.\n\nChanges were also announced to the UK travel red list, which has been cut from 54 countries to seven.\n\nMichelle O'Neill and Paul Givan announced the rule changes at Stormont\n\nFirst Minister Paul Givan welcomed the easing of restrictions, particularly for the the hospitality sector, which he said had been hit hard during the pandemic.\n\n\"I'm pleased that at the end of this month they will be able to operate in a much more sustainable and viable way,\" he said.\n\nMr Givan said the sector benefitted from \"a high level of adherence\" to coronavirus restrictions, adding that he believed this would continue.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she was pleased progress had been made at Thursday's executive meeting, but that people should remain cautious.\n\n\"We're in for an uncertain period ahead and we have to work our way through that as best we can,\" she said.\n\nMs O'Neill said continuing increasing vaccination rates would also be a \"crucially important\" part of the executive's winter planning.\n\nUnder existing rules, social distancing of at least 1m (3ft) remains a legal requirement in pubs, bars and restaurants in Northern Ireland.\n\nFrom Thursday 14 October the restrictions on the number of people allowed to meet inside a home is to be increased from 15 from four households to 30 from an unlimited number of households.\n\nFrom that date, people attending performances at indoor venues will not have to be seated during the performance.\n\nThe executive is now moving to unlock the final stage of pandemic recovery.\n\nNightclubs will finally get to reopen on Halloween and social distancing - something we've lived with as the norm for the past 18 months - will be scrapped.\n\nIt's perhaps no surprise given how that's already the case in Great Britain and the rules south of the Irish border will end this month too.\n\nBut not everything is changing - face coverings will remain - a sign that for some, caution is still needed with Covid.\n\nThe executive has also warned that if things begin to go in the wrong direction again, vaccine passports could then be deployed.\n\nThe Department of Health will now progress work on the system after agreement with Executive Office officials - but the onus on hospitality businesses will be to prove that a mandatory scheme isn't needed.\n\nJohn Leighton, owner of Bennigan's Bar, Londonderry, said easing restrictions for hospitality was fantastic news, which the sector \"had been waiting on for some time\".\n\nHe said it had been a challenging and stressful time for the sector and that the timing to ease restrictions on 31 October was particularly good for Derry's annual Halloween festival.\n\n\"It means we can get back to enjoying ourselves and not having so many things to think about,\" he said.\n\n\"We can get back to a bit more normality.\"\n\nJanice Gault from the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation said the restrictions which are being removed had presented \"significant challenges\" for businesses which were trying to become fully operational again.\n\nShe said: \"The industry has traded well to date and our primary focus remains the health and well-being of our staff and customers.\n\n\"Winter trade, in a viable manner within a sustainable framework and without further lockdown, is our aim.\"\n\nIn September, the executive agreed to end social distancing restrictions for shops, theatres and a number of other indoor settings.\n\nThey asked some sectors to put in place mitigations including proof of double vaccination or a negative lateral flow test.\n\nBut this is advice and is not legally enforceable.\n\nRobin Swann is frustrated over plans to introduce a vaccine passport\n\nLast week, Health Minister Robin Swann warned that a delay by the executive in agreeing a vaccine passport policy had limited options for easing more restrictions.\n\nThe Department of Health will now progress work to develop the digital scheme, but ministers will have to decide whether to deploy it.\n\nMs O'Neill said she did not want things to reach that point and hoped businesses would voluntarily comply with executive advice and demonstrate they could work safely.\n\nMinisters also discussed a bid from Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey for £55m in funding to mitigate the end of a £20 weekly uplift for people claiming universal credit.\n\nStormont received an extra £180m from the Treasury in September and that money has yet to be distributed.\n\nThe expectation was that most if not all of that money would go on health spending.\n\nMr Givan and Ms O'Neill made clear that Stormont would face major difficulties - both financially and logistically - of stepping in to top up payments\n\nMr Givan said the Executive had to be \"honest\" with the public about the financial position.\n\n\"Now is not the time to be removing this uplift,\" he said.\n\n\"That is happening though this week and the ability, even if the executive had the funding, to do this [top up the payments] isn't there because we don't have the systems, this is administered directly through the Department for Work and Pensions in London.\n\n\"So we don't have the system. And the ability to finance it - we have to be honest with the public.\"", "Maria Ressa did not always plan to become a journalist\n\nShe is the award-winning journalist who has been at the centre of high-profile legal battles in the Philippines and is now the recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize.\n\nTo many, Maria Ressa has become a symbol of the fight for press freedom in a country where journalists are under threat.\n\nBut Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his supporters have accused her of peddling fake news through her website Rappler.\n\nThis is what you need to know about the news boss who enraged the president.\n\nMs Ressa was born in the Philippines, but moved to the US as a child after martial law was declared by Ferdinand Marcos in the early 1970s.\n\n\"I landed in New Jersey, where I could barely speak English, and I had to figure out what a short brown kid was going to do in this big white world,\" she told the BBC's Lyse Doucet.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Maria Ressa: \"The battle for this generation will be the battle for truth\" (2019)\n\nShe focused on education and after studying at the prestigious Princeton University, Ms Ressa returned to the Philippines to \"find roots\".\n\n\"I always felt that I wasn't as American as Americans and then I realised when I got back to the Philippines that I was not Filipino.\"\n\nMs Ressa's return to the Philippines coincided with the 1986 People Power Revolution - when Filipinos took to the streets to overthrow Marcos.\n\nMs Ressa grew up in the US\n\nHer move into journalism was initially a way of learning about the country she had grown distant from, but it soon became something more.\n\n\"I realised 'oh my God, somebody will pay me to write a story',\" she said.\n\nHer new career would also lead to her first meeting with Mr Duterte in the 1980s, when he was mayor of Davao city.\n\nShe went on to work in a number of senior media positions - including bureau chief for US network CNN in the Philippines and Indonesia, and head of the news division of Philippine TV channel ABS-CBN.\n\nIn 2012, Ms Ressa co-founded the online news site Rappler, merging \"rap\" meaning to talk and \"ripples\", to make waves.\n\nShe had ambitions of making Rappler the biggest news site in the Philippines, so \"hired the smartest 20-somethings we could find\" and \"embraced social media\".\n\nRappler now has more than 4.5m followers on Facebook and has become known for its intelligent analysis and hard-hitting investigations.\n\nThe site gained a lot of attention in 2015, when Mr Duterte - then Davao mayor - told Ms Ressa he had killed three people.\n\nObservers say Ms Ressa has been central to Rappler's success.\n\n\"First, she has not backed down; she has continued to fight for what she believes in. She also has credibility. She has been in the industry for decades... and has done her job well.\n\n\"Then, she has access to international media and international connections,\" Joi Barrios-LeBlanc, a lecturer with the University of California at Berkeley's Southeast Asian Studies Department, said.\n\nThe BBC's Howard Johnson in Manila describes her as an engaging speaker, with a sharp analytical mind.\n\nShe is skilled at explaining complex social developments to her audience, particularly on the issue of social media and its influence, he adds.\n\nRappler is one of the few Philippine media organisations to be openly critical of Mr Duterte and his policies.\n\nIt has published extensively on the populist president's war on drugs, which has claimed thousands of lives.\n\nMs Ressa has personally reported on the spread of government propaganda on social media, while other Rappler stories have taken a critical look at issues of misogyny, human rights violations and corruption.\n\nIt has not gone unnoticed by Mr Duterte. Speaking to a Rappler reporter in 2018, the president said: \"If you are trying to throw garbage at us, then the least that we can do is explain - how about you? Are you also clean?\"\n\nThat same year, the president announced that he had banned Rappler's reporters from covering his official activities, and the government even revoked the site's operating licence.\n\nMs Ressa was named a Time magazine Person of the Year in 2018\n\nIn 2020, she was found guilty of \"cyber-libel\" in a case seen as a test of the country's media freedom. Rappler and Ms Ressa have also been targeted in other court cases, ranging from tax evasion to foreign ownership violations.\n\nMs Ressa has described all the cases against her as \"political tools\" - an assertion supported by activists and press freedom groups around the world. The government maintains their legitimacy.\n\nMs Barrios-LeBlanc said Ms Ressa had come to represent the plight of journalists in the Philippines, and said \"because she gained the attention of the international press, that is very significant\".\n\nMs Ressa was named a Time Person of the Year in 2018 for steering Rappler \"through a superstorm of the two most formidable forces in the information universe: social media and a populist President with authoritarian inclinations\".\n\nUpon receiving the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, she was commended for using freedom of expression to \"expose abuse of power, use of violence and growing authoritarianism in her native country\".\n\nRachael Jolley, editor of the Index on Censorship magazine, recalled meeting Ms Ressa at a journalism festival before her name was widely known. Even then, she says she quickly came to view her as an \"extraordinarily strong individual to be able to stand up to the government pressure\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLocal journalist Ellen Tordesillas told the BBC Ms Ressa is \"admired as one of those who stood up to Duterte\".\n\nBut these views are not shared by everyone and Ms Ressa has said she is well used to receiving hate mail.\n\nOur correspondent says Ms Ressa's reputation is tied to Mr Duterte's popularity, with his supporters directing much of the narrative about her on social media.\n\n\"With support for Duterte still at a significant high, and his mocking of her in the past, Ressa has been put in a sort of 'elite' category,\" an academic focused on South-East Asian studies, who asked not to be named, told the BBC last year.\n\n\"Her work is brilliant and much needed in keeping Duterte in check, but the populist - and outside of Manila - perception of her in the Philippines is she is 'out of touch'.\"", "The PHA has told schools the email contains \"a number of important inaccuracies\" about the vaccine.\n\nThe Public Health Agency (PHA) has warned post primary schools in Northern Ireland about hoax Covid vaccine consent letters.\n\nSome schools have received emails claiming to come from the NHS, which contain a \"consent checklist\" for vaccination.\n\nThe email asks them to share the checklist with parents and pupils.\n\nBut the PHA said \"the false email and 'consent form' content contains a number of important inaccuracies\".\n\nIt should \"not be forwarded to parents,\" the PHA said.\n\nBBC News NI has been contacted by some principals in Northern Ireland whose schools have received the hoax consent forms.\n\nThey are presented as a form with information to be sent to parents ahead of pupils being given Covid vaccinations.\n\nBelow an \"NHS Vaccines\" logo, the consent form includes claims such as the vaccine being a risk for \"strokes, blindness, deafness, clotting, miscarriages, anaphylaxis and cardiovascular disorders\".\n\nAbout 100,000 12 to 15 year olds in Northern Ireland will be offered a jab by the start of December\n\nAs a result, the PHA has written to schools in Northern Ireland warning them that the material is false.\n\n\"Materials include a branded 'consent form' has the look and feel of authoritative NHS communications using a made up NHS vaccines logo,\" the PHA letter said.\n\nThe agency said that some schools elsewhere in the UK had mistakenly circulated the hoax checklist to parents.\n\n\"Please only forward to parents materials that have come from the PHA or your own Trust school nursing teams,\" the PHA told principals.\n\nThe agency has published guidance on the imminent rollout of the vaccine to 12 to 15 year olds in Northern Ireland.\n\nAbout 100,000 children and young people in Northern Ireland will be offered a jab by the start of December.\n\nThe PHA said that information packs for children and parents would \"be delivered to schools in the second to third week of October to make sure that individuals, or those giving consent on their behalf, have enough information to enable them to make a decision before they give consent\".\n\n\"In Northern Ireland, Covid-19 vaccine for school children is being offered at school by the usual Trust school health nursing arrangements,\" the PHA letter to principals said.\n\n\"Schools will be receiving an information pack with more details from the PHA via the Education Authority school systems very shortly.\"", "The seal was pictured beside Belfast Lough with a Red Bull can stuck on its jaw\n\nA search is ongoing for a seal that was spotted in Belfast Lough with a drinks tin can stuck in its lower jaw.\n\nThe seal was spotted on Wednesday by Belfast Harbour Police and Lagan Search and Rescue and \"seemed to be in distress\".\n\nA fresh search got under way at low tide on Friday.\n\nAttempts were made by harbour police to help the animal earlier this week, but it swam away into Belfast Lough and has not been seen since.\n\nSteven Yamin-Ali from Lagan Search and Rescue said the seal is at risk of drowning.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Evening Extra programme, Mr Yamin-Ali said he is hopeful the seal would be spotted.\n\n\"We're probably more concerned about members of the public going to help to seal and then getting into distress,\" he added.\n\nStaff from Exploris Aquarium in Portaferry, County Down, have also been assisting with the search.\n\nAnyone who sees the animal is asked to contact an animal welfare organisations such as the USPCA.\n\nHarbour Police urged visitors to coastal areas to \"take rubbish home with them and dispose of it responsibly to avoid this type of incident occurring,\"", "Shoppers have shared their thoughts on the introduction of Covid passes for nightclubs and large events in Wales.\n\nFrom 11 October, people will be expected to show evidence of being fully vaccinated or having a recent negative Covid test\n\nCardiff lawyer Solemne Bauvois, 32, from France, said: “If it’s mandatory anyway, people will have to do it.”\n\nPhysiotherapy student Tom Hawkins, 19, from near Narberth, said: “For me, it would make more sense if people just had to show a negative test.”\n\nAnd Katie Owen, 24, from Pontyclun, said her grandmother “wouldn’t know how to do all that”.", "Last updated on .From the section Newcastle\n\nA Saudi Arabian-backed £305m takeover of Newcastle United has been completed.\n\nThe Premier League has approved the takeover after receiving \"legally binding assurances\" that the Saudi state would not control the club.\n\nInstead the Public Investment Fund (PIF), which will provide 80% of funds for the deal, is seen as separate to the state.\n\nThis is despite the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, being listed as chair of PIF.\n\nThe sale went through after the deal passed the Premier League owners' and directors' test.\n\nThe takeover brings to an end Mike Ashley's 14-year spell as Newcastle United owner.\n\nFans gathered outside Newcastle's St James' Park stadium on Thursday to celebrate the takeover being approved.\n\nPIF have assets of £250bn, making Newcastle one of the richest clubs in the world.\n\nFinancier Amanda Staveley, who fronted the consortium, said the new owners are making a \"long-term investment\" to ensure Newcastle are \"regularly competing for major trophies\".\n\nNewcastle's last major domestic trophy was the 1955 FA Cup.\n• None What's next for Newcastle after £305m takeover?\n\nA Premier League statement said: \"The Premier League, Newcastle United Football Club and St James Holdings Limited have today settled the dispute over the takeover of the club by the consortium of PIF, PCP Capital Partners and RB Sports & Media.\n\n\"The legal disputes concerned which entities would own and/or have the ability to control the club following the takeover. All parties have agreed the settlement is necessary to end the long uncertainty for fans over the club's ownership.\n\n\"The Premier League has now received legally binding assurances that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will not control Newcastle United Football Club.\n\n\"All parties are pleased to have concluded this process which gives certainty and clarity to Newcastle United Football Club and their fans.\"\n\nEverything you need to know - all in one place Scroll through our Newcastle page for all the latest content on the takeover\n\nA deal was initially agreed in April 2020, but the buyers walked away four months later when the Premier League offered arbitration to settle a disagreement on who would control the club.\n\nIt is believed that a resolution came after Saudi Arabia settled an alleged piracy dispute with Qatar-based broadcaster beIN Sports, which own rights to show Premier League matches in the Middle East.\n\nBut sources have told BBC Sport that an agreement between the Premier League and the consortium was reached prior to news emerging on Wednesday that the piracy dispute had been resolved.\n\nThe Saudi Arabian state has been accused of human rights abuses, but with the majority owner PIF deemed a separate entity, that, and any piracy issues, were no longer an impediment to the takeover, in the Premier League's view.\n\nWestern intelligence agencies believe the crown prince ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 - which he denies.\n\nPCP Capital chief executive Amanda Staveley will take a seat on Newcastle's board, while Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of PIF, will act as the club's non-executive chairman.\n\nStaveley told BBC sports editor Dan Roan that PCP Capital took concerns over Saudi Arabia's human rights record \"very seriously\" but reiterated that their partner \"is not that Saudi state, it's PIF\".\n\nWhen asked if this was a case of 'sportswashing' by Saudi Arabia, she said: \"No, not at all, this is very much about the PIF's investment into a fantastic football team and we look forward to growing the club.\"\n\nSaudi Arabia has been accused of human rights abuses and women's rights campaigners have been imprisoned, despite some reform under Mohammed bin Salman, such as an end to the ban on women driving.\n\nHomosexuality is outlawed in the country and the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association says the death penalty is the legally prescribed punishment for same-sex sexual acts in Saudi Arabia.\n\nAmnesty International UK said the takeover is \"an extremely bitter blow for human rights defenders\".\n\n\"We can understand that this will be seen as a great day by many Newcastle United fans,\" said chief executive Sacha Deshmukh.\n\n\"But it's also a very worrying day for anyone who cares about the ownership of English football clubs and whether these great clubs are being used to sportswash human rights abuse.\"\n\nDeshmukh reiterated Amnesty International's call for the Premier League to \"change their owners' and directors' test to address human rights issues\".\n\nKhashoggi's fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, previously urged the Premier League not to allow the move to go through, citing the involvement of the crown prince.\n\nSports Direct chief executive Ashley bought Newcastle for £134m in May 2007.\n\nHe first put the club up for sale in September 2008 amid a series of protests from fans following the resignation of popular manager Kevin Keegan.\n\nNewcastle were relegated from the Premier League that season and again in 2015-16, although returned to the top flight at the first opportunity both times by winning the Championship.\n\nThe Magpies' highest Premier League finish during Ashley's ownership was fifth in 2011-12 under Alan Pardew.\n\nAshley put Newcastle up for sale again in October 2017.\n\nThe club are 19th and winless after seven games this season, with boss Steve Bruce under pressure - a Newcastle United Supporters' Trust (NUST) survey said this week 94% of fans want Bruce to leave.\n\nThe same survey said 93.8% of its members are in favour of the takeover and NUST said in a statement that the sale brought \"the first real hope\" of success to the club \"for many years\".\n\nNUST added it looked forward to working with the owners to \"rejuvenate one of the greatest football clubs in England\".\n• None Our coverage of Newcastle United is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Newcastle - go straight to all the best content", "The band performed on stage at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on 7 October\n\nPop band Genesis have postponed the final four UK dates of its reunion tour \"due to positive Covid-19 tests within the band\".\n\nThe group said they would reschedule the gigs due to take place in Glasgow on Friday, and at the O2 in London on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.\n\nThey did not say who had tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe Last Domino? tour started in September after being postponed by almost a year because of the pandemic.\n\nFrontman Phil Collins, 70, has been performing seated and has not been able to play the drums because of ongoing health issues, including back problems following surgery.\n\nHe told the BBC last month that he can now \"barely hold a [drum] stick\", and has been replaced behind the drum kit by his 20-year-old son Nicholas.\n\nThe pair have been joined on the road for the tour - the band's first since 2007 - by keyboardist Tony Banks and guitarist Mike Rutherford, both aged 71 and both founding members of the group.\n\nFrontman Phil Collins has been performing seated while his son Nicholas plays the drums\n\nGenesis had six number one albums in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s, with hits including Land of Confusion, Invisible Touch and I Can't Dance.\n\n\"This is a hugely frustrating development for the band who are devastated with this unlucky turn of events,\" a statement from the band said.\n\n\"They hate having to take these steps but the safety of the audience and touring crew has to take priority. They look forward to seeing you upon their return.\"\n\nThe band, who have sold more than 21 million albums in the US, are due to start the North American leg of the tour in Chicago on 15 November.", "The public are being reminded to come forward for their flu jab to maximise their protection ahead of winter.\n\nHealth officials are worried because this will be the first winter Covid and flu circulate fully at the same time.\n\nResearch shows those infected with both viruses are more than twice as likely to die as someone with Covid alone.\n\nMore than 40 million people across the UK - 35 million in England - are being offered a jab this year in the biggest flu vaccination campaign so far.\n\nAnd this includes, for the first time, all secondary-school children up to the age of 16.\n\nAlongside the extended flu campaign, the over-50s and younger adults with health conditions are also being offered a Covid booster jab this autumn and winter.\n\nDr Jenny Harries, head of the newly formed UK Health Security Agency, warned the level of immunity to flu was likely to be lower this winter because very little of the virus had been circulating last year, because of social distancing and lockdown.\n\n\"It is really important people get vaccinated,\" she said.\n\n\"This is the first winter where we will have seasonal flu and Covid co-circulating.\"\n\nProf Wendy Barclay, professor of virology at Imperial College London, told the BBC's Today Programme that it had been trickier to gauge which flu strains to cover with this year's vaccine because cases had been so low last year.\n\n\"The vaccine this year is updated to match what we predict will be the circulating strains,\" she said.\n\nEngland's deputy chief medical officer Prof Jonathan Van-Tam said \"we need to take this seriously and defend ourselves\" by taking the vaccines when offered.\n\n\"Both these viruses are serious: they can both spread easily, cause hospitalisation and they can both be fatal,\" he said.\n\nFlu kills about 11,000 people on average every winter in England and during the last bad flu winter of 2017-18 the toll was more than double that - with more than 300 deaths a day during the peak.\n\nFlu and the other winter viruses also lead to more than 1,000 hospital admissions a day in winter months - more, currently, than is being seen for Covid.\n\nAnd this winter, respiratory illness could hit very high levels, causing severe strain on the NHS and up to 60,000 deaths, according to a report from the Academy of Medical Sciences.\n\nRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the leading cause of hospital admission in the under-fives, is already circulating at much higher levels than normal.\n\nThe winter warning comes as the government launches an advertising campaign, featuring TV medics Dr Amir Khan, Dr Dawn Harper and Dr Karan Ranj, to encourage those eligible to come forward for both the flu and Covid boosters.\n\nThe following groups are among those eligible for winter vaccines:\n\nGP surgeries will contact patients eligible for the free NHS flu vaccine or eligible patients can book an appointment at a pharmacy.\n\nPeople who qualify for the coronavirus booster are being told to wait until they are contacted.\n\nAnyone who is not eligible for a free flu jab can pay for it privately at many pharmacies, at a cost of about £15.\n\nWhat questions do you have about the flu vaccine?", "Engineering and construction are among the sectors with the highest rate of vacancies\n\nJob vacancies are nearing an all-time high and Scotland has seen a surge in employment, despite warnings that the number of candidates has \"plummeted\".\n\nThe Royal Bank of Scotland's report on jobs recorded the third-sharpest growth of new appointments on record.\n\nBut the survey of businesses in September found the second-fastest decline of applicants for permanent jobs since records began in 2008.\n\nFirms cited Brexit and pandemic uncertainty as the key factors.\n\nCandidates for temporary jobs decreased for the seventh consecutive month, although the decline slowed from the substantial drop in August, according to the bank's report.\n\nStarting salaries for people in new jobs and the hourly rate for temporary workers both rose once again, although so did the rate of inflation.\n\nThe industries with the highest rate of vacancies were the IT and computing sectors, followed by engineering and construction, and then the accountancy and financial sectors.\n\nMeanwhile, the hotel and catering industries had the fastest rise in demand for temporary staff, followed by IT and computing.\n\nCompanies blamed Brexit and Covid for the decline in applicants for permanent jobs\n\nScottish government External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson told BBC Good Morning Scotland that Brexit was to blame for much of the challenges in the labour market.\n\nHe said: \"It's part of the more general population challenge that we have in Scotland, it's that Brexit has turned off the tap, seen a significant number of people return to the European continent, and there are simply not enough people living here to fill important roles in our economy.\n\n\"The UK government is pretending that this is not a serious problem and is certainly denying that Brexit has a significant role in it.\"\n\nMr Robertson met immigration minister Kevin Foster this week, but said he refused to agree to any of the \"top level\" requests from the Scottish government, including a 24-month worker visa programme.\n\nBoris Johnson has previously said he is \"not worried\" about the current jobs gap and rising prices in the UK, saying supply chains will sort themselves out \"rapidly\".\n\nThe prime minister has said the economy was facing the \"stresses and strains\" of a post-Covid recovery.\n\nFood businesses have faced challenges trying to recruit workers\n\nThe Royal Bank of Scotland said labour shortages were likely to become more pronounced over the coming months, possibly posing \"significant challenges\" for companies hoping to fill roles and expand their operations.\n\nThe bank's chief economist Sebastian Burnside, said: \"Scotland saw a further rapid uplift in hiring activity during September, with the rates of increase in both permanent placements and temp billings easing only slightly from the all-time records seen in August.\n\n\"This rounded off a third quarter of unprecedented hiring activity as the Scottish labour market continues to rebound.\n\n\"Meanwhile, vacancies for both short-term and permanent staff rose at near-record rates during September, but recruiters widely reported skills shortages as the supply of candidates continued to plummet.\"", "The UK government is refusing to reveal what it told the Premier League about the Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle United because it could \"harm\" relations with Saudi Arabia.\n\nThe government says it did not get involved in the deal, which has been criticised by human rights activists.\n\nBut the Foreign Office is known to have held meetings with the Premier League to discuss it.\n\nThe BBC asked for details of these meetings under Freedom of Information.\n\nThe Foreign Office responded with a redacted copy of the agenda for one meeting, which took place on 14 May 2020, and a redacted copy of the minutes of another meeting on 10 June 2020.\n\nHowever, it declined to provide further details requested by the BBC, including a list of attendees and the full minutes.\n\nLabour MP for Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Central, Chi Onwurah, who has been critical of the way the Premier League handles takeovers, said: \"The lack of transparency and accountability by the Premier League and government is a sign of broken football governance.\n\n\"This is the first time we've heard it's an issue of diplomacy. There will be many fans who have concerns about Saudi Arabia's human rights record - if the government raised concerns, we deserve to know about it.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Newcastle United: Amanda Staveley arrives at St James' Park for the first time as co-owner\n\nIn its letter to the BBC in March this year, the Foreign Office said: \"We acknowledge that releasing information on this issue would increase public knowledge about our relations with Saudi Arabia.\"\n\nBut officials added: \"The disclosure of information detailing our relationship with the Saudi government could potentially damage the bilateral relationship between the UK and Saudi Arabia.\n\n\"This would reduce the UK government's ability to protect and promote UK interests through its relations with Saudi Arabia which would not be in the public interest.\"\n\nThe government confirmed that the meeting on 14 May was attended by representatives from the Foreign Office, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the Department for International Trade and the Premier League.\n\nThe 10 June meeting was between the Foreign Office and the Premier League.\n\nThe redacted minutes of that meeting say there was uncertainty about the \"exact timeline for a PL [Premier League] decision\" but it was \"becoming closer\".\n\nIt added that the Premier League was \"committed\" to keeping the government \"informed both at a working-level [redacted]\".\n\nOn Thursday, the Premier League approved the takeover of Newcastle United after receiving \"legally binding\" assurances that Saudi Arabia would not control the club.\n\nEighty per cent of the funding for the deal will come from the Public Investment Fund (PIF) which is seen as separate from the state, despite the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman acting as chair for the body.\n\nMany Newcastle fans celebrated the deal which could see increased investment in the club, following Mike Ashley's 14-year reign as owner.\n\nAmnesty International UK described the takeover as \"an extremely bitter blow for human rights defenders\".\n\nHatice Cengiz, the fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi, has described the Newcastle United takeover as \"heartbreaking\"\n\nThe Saudi Arabian authorities have jailed women's rights activists and Western intelligence agencies believe the country's crown prince ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi - something he denies.\n\nHomosexuality is outlawed in the country and campaigners say same-sex acts are punishable by death.\n\nSaudi Arabia is an important trade partner for the UK, who after the US is the second largest exporter of arms to Saudi Arabia.\n\nThis relationship has been an important one for the UK's defence industry, dating back to 1985 when then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher signed the Al-Yamamah arms deal with the country.\n\nFinancier Amanda Staveley who will take a seat on the board of Newcastle said the new owners would make a \"long-term investment\" in the club\n\nThe UK government has made a concerted effort not to get involved with the takeover of Newcastle United, a senior source has told the BBC.\n\nOfficials from both the Department for Media, Culture and Sport and the Foreign Office have been in regular contact with the Premier League for updates.\n\nAn insider said the involvement of the Saudis made it \"quite a difficult one\" but the government wanted to \"let the deal play out.\"\n\nSports minister Nigel Huddleston has said that he is \"keeping an eye on\" the takeover but that acquisitions of any team is \"an issue for football\".\n\nHe said he expected a fit and proper test to be applied but added: \"At the end of the day we've got to trust football to do its job and look after itself\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer told the BBC he was \"very concerned\" by the takeover of the football club, adding that all such deals should go to an independent regulator.\n\nHe added that it was not for him as a politician to say who should own football clubs.\n\nFormer sports minister Tracey Crouch - who is currently undertaking a review into English football - has said she is in favour of an independent regulator to address corporate governance.", "Pope Francis will not travel to Scotland for the UN's climate conference, the Vatican has confirmed.\n\nThe 84-year-old has previously said he hoped to attend COP26 in Glasgow next month but it would depend on \"how I feel at the time\".\n\nHe has recently undergone colon surgery in Rome.\n\nOn Friday, the Vatican said its delegation would be led instead by Cardinal Parolin, its secretary of state.\n\nThe Bishops' Conference of Scotland said they would continue to keep Pope Francis in their prayers.\n\nThe climate summit is due to be held at the Scottish Exhibition Campus in Glasgow from 31 October until 12 November.\n\nPope Francis was expected to be among about 120 world leaders due to attend the event to lay out plans to cut emissions causing climate change.\n\nOrganisers have confirmed that the summit will be attended by the Queen, and US President Joe Biden has said he is \"anxious\" to be there.\n\nThe last papal visit to Scotland was in 2010 when Pope Benedict celebrated Mass in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park\n\nPope Francis' attendance at COP26 was never confirmed by the Vatican but in an interview with the Vatican News published in September, he said his speech was already being written.\n\nHe told the interviewer: \"In principle, the program is that I go. It all depends on how I feel at the time. But in fact, my speech is already being prepared, and the plan is to be there.\"\n\nIn July, he underwent successful surgery to treat a colon problem.\n\nEarlier this summer, the Bishops' Conference of Scotland said it had written to the Pope to \"assure him of a warm welcome\" if he attended COP26.\n\nOn Friday, a spokesman said: \"While Scotland's Catholic bishops had welcomed the prospect of Pope Francis attending the COP26 conference in Glasgow, in the event that he is unable to attend they would accept that decision with some sadness.\n\n\"The bishops welcome the announcement that Cardinal Parolin will lead the Holy See delegation as an indication of the importance the Church attaches to COP26 and will continue to keep Pope Francis in their prayers.\"\n\nIn the run-up to the climate summit, Pope Francis has said it is time to \"change course\" on the environment.\n\nHe has also signed the Vatican up to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "Facebook has apologised after again reporting problems with its services, days after a major outage hit WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook for hours.\n\nThe company said that a \"configuration change\" had impacted users globally.\n\nIt added that the incident was not related to the outage that saw its products taken offline for over six hours earlier this week.\n\nIts Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Workplace products had been affected, it said.\n\n\"We're so sorry if you weren't able to access our products during the last couple of hours,\" the company said it a statement on Friday evening. \"We know how much you depend on us to communicate with one another. We fixed the issue - thanks again for your patience this week.\"\n\nEarlier, web monitoring group Downdetector said that for a relatively short period of time on Friday there was an avalanche of messages from users reporting problems with Instagram.\n\nSome of them immediately took to Twitter and other social media platforms to complain about the second Instagram disruption and share memes on the issue.\n\nOn Monday, Facebook - which owns WhatsApp and Instagram - blamed an internal technical issue for the major outage which not only affected the firm's services, but also employees' work passes and email.\n\nThe services were down from about 16:00 GMT until around 22:00 on Monday.", "The University of Sussex's vice chancellor has defended a professor after protesters tried to have her sacked for her views on gender identity.\n\nStaff \"have an untrammelled right to say and believe what they think,\" Adam Tickell told BBC News.\n\nAn anonymous campaign included posters accusing Professor Kathleen Stock of transphobia, a claim she rejects.\n\nProf Stock tweeted that students shouldn't \"just expect to hear their own thoughts reflected back at them\".\n\nPosters put up near the University of Sussex campus and an accompanying social media campaign claimed the philosophy professor \"makes trans students unsafe\".\n\nPhotos also show a masked protester standing on the university's sign with a banner that reads \"Stock out\".\n\nProfessor Stock, who recently published a book questioning the idea that gender identity is more \"socially significant\" than biological sex, completely rejects the claim that she or her work is transphobic.\n\nThe Vice Chancellor backed university staff's right to say what they think\n\nAn Instagram account apparently linked to the campaign posted a \"mission statement\" calling for Professor Stock to be fired, alongside photos of the protest.\n\nThe statement claimed to be from \"an anonymous, unaffiliated group of queer, trans and non-binary students who will not allow our community to be slandered and harmed by someone who's [sic] salary comes from our pockets\".\n\nThe university is investigating the incidents, and will take disciplinary action if necessary, Vice Chancellor Prof Adam Tickell told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday.\n\n\"It's absolutely clear that all of our staff have an untrammelled right to say and believe what they think, so we take it very seriously if people try to prevent that right from being exercised,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm really concerned that we have masked protesters putting up posters calling for the sacking of somebody for exercising her right to articulate her views.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kathleen Stock This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nProf Stock thanked the vice chancellor and her supporters on Twitter and said students should not just expect to hear their own thoughts reflected back at them.\n\nShe called on her colleagues to speak up, adding: \"What kind of future does a University have where intimidation determines what is said or taught?\"\n\nA University of Sussex spokesperson said: \"We were extremely concerned to see the harassment towards our staff member and took immediate action in response to this, which we continue to do.\n\n\"We are deeply committed to being a safe and inclusive university, which values and advances equality and diversity, seeks to resolve conflicts, advances good relations and upholds lawful free speech.\"\n\nUniversities have long had to deal with highly contentious debates on campus, but few have matched the ferocity around gender identity issues.\n\nPrivately, many vice chancellors say this is the most difficult issue on campus they have had to manage.\n\nOne of the core principles they use to navigate it is protecting freedom of speech for staff, students and visiting speakers. This is already a legal duty contained in the Education Act 1986.\n\nBut now a new draft law is making its way through parliament which will require universities in England to more actively promote freedom of speech.\n\nThis will be overseen by the regulator, the Office for Students. Individuals who feel an institution has failed to protect their ability to speak freely will be able to take legal action.\n\nSo in future, disputes could in theory escalate to fines for universities, and court cases.", "The jury was told Arthur Labinjo-Hughes's father threatened to take the boy's 'jaw straight off'\n\nA man charged with murdering his six-year-old son sent a message to his co-accused threatening to take the boy's \"jaw straight off\", jurors heard.\n\nThomas Hughes and girlfriend Emma Tustin are standing trial for the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes who died in Solihull in June 2020.\n\nA jury was played dozens of mobile phone audio recordings of Arthur crying, and shown pictures of bruising.\n\nThe couple are also accused of multiple counts of child cruelty.\n\nProsecutors allege Arthur was killed by his father Mr Hughes, 29, of Stroud Road, and Ms Tustin, 32, of Cranmore Road, after being poisoned with salt and exposed to months of abuse.\n\nOn the second day of a trial at Coventry Crown Court, Jonas Hankin QC read excerpts to jurors from WhatsApp messages between the pair, as well as audio clips Ms Tustin had recorded.\n\nIn one exchange, the court heard, Mr Hughes reacted to an audio clip by writing: \"I will deal with him when I'm home and it won't be pretty.\"\n\nJurors were told that a suggestion was then made on WhatsApp to put Arthur \"out with the rubbish\" - before Ms Tustin described the boy as being \"on one\".\n\nMr Hughes, the court heard, then replied: \"Won't be when I take his [expletive] jaw straight off his shoulders.\"\n\nAnother message, sent by Ms Tustin on 23 May 2020, read: \"I don't think I can do this any more. He shuts up as soon as you come through the door. He is malicious, cruel and just generally awful.\"\n\nIt is alleged Ms Tustin carried out a fatal assault while in sole care of Arthur at her home and immediately took a photo afterwards on her mobile phone as he lay dying in the hallway.\n\nProsecutors said despite having her phone, she took 12 minutes to call 999, telling medics Arthur \"fell and banged his head and while on the floor banged his head another five times\".\n\nHis head injuries were said to be not survivable, the court heard, and Arthur died shortly before 01:00 BST on 17 June last year.\n\nThey both deny allegations of child cruelty by administering salt to Arthur between 1 and 17 June last year.\n\nBoth also deny two counts of child cruelty by assault on multiple occasions and also by withholding food and/or drink.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland men's Ashes series in Australia this winter will go ahead \"subject to several critical conditions\", says the England and Wales Cricket Board.\n\nEngland had concerns over their families being allowed to travel, quarantine and 'bubble' arrangements amid the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe five-Test series is due to begin on 8 December and end on 18 January.\n\nThe ECB said that \"over recent weeks we have made excellent progress in moving forward\" on the men's Ashes tour.\n\nA statement read: \"To facilitate further progress and allow a squad to be selected, the ECB board has met today and given its approval for the tour to go ahead. This decision is subject to several critical conditions being met before we travel.\n\n\"We look forward to the ongoing assistance from Cricket Australia in resolving these matters in the coming days.\"\n\nEngland will name an Ashes squad in the coming days.\n• None Stokes likely to miss Ashes after second finger operation\n\nAustralia has some of the strictest Covid-19 protocols in the world, a situation complicated by the fact the five Tests are due to be played in five states, each of which have their own regulations.\n\nCricket Australia sent plans for the Ashes tour to the ECB in late September, with England's players presented with the arrangements on Sunday and the ECB holding a board meeting on Friday.\n\nAustralia hold the Ashes after retaining them thanks to a 2-2 draw in England in 2019.\n\nThe can has been kicked down the road, but at least it appears to be in the right direction.\n\nThe board is not prepared to clarify exactly what these critical conditions are, and will now go about the process of selecting what will be a large squad. But it's not at all clear how that can happen before the players are satisfied that these critical conditions will be met by the Australian authorities.\n\nInevitably one assumes that much of this focuses on the quarantine arrangements of the players and also their families and that, eventually, an agreement will be reached. But the clock is ticking.\n\nHow it all unfolded\n• July: England players hold talks over plans for families to travel to Australia.\n• 22 Aug: England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler says he is \"open to saying no\" to taking part in the Ashes tour.\n• 28 Aug: The Times reports that up to 10 England players could pull out of the tour because of quarantine conditions.\n• 19 Sept: England pace bowler Stuart Broad says he is \"happy to get on a plane to Australia\".\n• 23 Sept: Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison says there will be \"no special deals\" for England players' families.\n• 28 Sept: England captain Joe Root says he is \"desperate\" to play in Ashes but does not confirm he will travel.\n• 8 Oct: Australia captain Tim Paine says he expects a \"really strong\" England to tour.\n• None Caught between life and death in the swinging sixties\n• None The remarkable aftermath of the verdict on Nazi War Criminals", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen both welcomed the deal\n\nMost of the world's nations have signed up to a historic deal to ensure big companies pay a fairer share of tax.\n\nA hundred and thirty six countries agreed to enforce a corporate tax rate of at least 15% and a fairer system of taxing profits where they are earned.\n\nIt follows concern that multinational companies are re-routing their profits through low tax jurisdictions.\n\nCountries including Ireland had opposed the deal but have now agreed to the policy.\n\nUK Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the deal would \"upgrade the global tax system for the modern age\".\n\n\"We now have a clear path to a fairer tax system, where large global players pay their fair share wherever they do business,\" he said.\n\nThe Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organisation, has led talks on a minimum rate for a decade.\n\nIt said the deal could bring in an extra $150bn (£108bn) of tax a year, bolstering economies as they recover from Covid.\n\nYet it also said it did not seek to \"eliminate\" tax competition between countries, only to limit it.\n\nThe floor under corporate tax will come in from 2023. Countries will also have more scope to tax multinational companies operating within their borders, even if they don't have a physical presence there.\n\nMany big global companies, such as Google, have bases in Ireland which has a corporate tax rate of just 12.5%\n\nThe move - which is expected to hit digital giants like Amazon and Facebook - will affect firms with global sales above 20 billion euros (£17bn) and profit margins above 10%.\n\nA quarter of any profits they make above the 10% threshold will be reallocated to the countries where they were earned and taxed there.\n\n\"[This] is a far-reaching agreement which ensures our international tax system is fit for purpose in a digitalised and globalised world economy,\" said OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann.\n\n\"We must now work swiftly and diligently to ensure the effective implementation of this major reform.\"\n\nThis deal marks a sweeping change in approach when it comes to taxing big global companies.\n\nIn the past, countries would frequently compete with one another to offer an attractive deal to multinationals. It made sense when those companies might come in, set up a factory and create jobs. They were, you could say, giving something back.\n\nBut the new digital era giants have become adept at simply moving profits around, from the regions where they do business to those where they will pay the lowest taxes. Good news for tax havens, bad news for everyone else.\n\nThe new system is meant to minimise opportunities for profit shifting, and ensure that the largest businesses pay at least some of their taxes where they do business, rather than where they choose to have their headquarters.\n\nSome 136 countries have signed up - an achievement in itself. But inevitably there will be losers as well as winners.\n\nIreland, Hungary and Estonia - all of which have corporate tax rates below 15% - at first resisted the plan but are now on board.\n\nIreland currently has a rate of 12.5%, which has helped it attract large amounts of foreign investment and become a base for big US firms such as Apple. But after securing a compromise on the wording of the agreement, Finance Minister Pascal Donohoe said he was \"absolutely certain\" Ireland's interests were served by being part of the deal.\n\nHowever, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have not yet signed up to the plan.\n\nThe pact resolves a spat between the US and countries such as the UK and France, which had threatened a digital tax on big mainly American tech firms.\n\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said: \"As of this morning, virtually the entire global economy has decided to end the race to the bottom on corporate taxation.\n\n\"Rather than competing on our ability to offer low corporate rates, America will now compete on the skills of our workers and our capacity to innovate, which is a race we can win.\"\n\nFacebook welcomed the deal, saying it has long called for reform of global tax rules.\n\n\"We recognise this could mean paying more tax, and in different places,\" said Nick Clegg, its vice president for global affairs. \"The tax system needs to command public confidence, while giving certainty and stability to businesses. We are pleased to see an emerging international consensus.\"\n\nBut Argentine economy minister Martin Guzman said the proposals would do little to help developing countries. Despite agreeing to the pact, he had argued for a tax rate of at least 21%.\n\nOxfam also said the 15% rate was too low and would \"let big offenders... off the hook\". The corporate tax rate in industrialised countries averages at 23.5%, well above the agreed 15% floor.\n\nOxfam's tax policy lead Susana Ruiz said: \"The world is experiencing the largest increase in poverty in decades and a massive explosion in inequality but this deal will do little or nothing to halt either. Instead, it is already being seen by some wealthy nations as an excuse to cut domestic corporate tax rates, risking a new race to the bottom.\"", "Michelle and Steven Potter said they were benefiting from lower bills\n\nUsing new methods to heat just six homes can have the same impact as taking 60,000 cars off the road, a housing association has said.\n\nCoastal Housing, which manages 5,000 homes in south Wales, said this demonstrated the current scale of carbon emissions from heating homes.\n\nBut chief executive Debbie Green said it also showed change was possible.\n\nThe heating of buildings is currently responsible for up to 10% of all Welsh emissions.\n\nBut Ms Green said that over a period of 60 years there would be a reduction of 180,000kg (28,345 stone) of carbon emissions if six of their new homes were compared with traditional homes.\n\nSteven Potter, who lives in one of the homes with his wife Michelle and their son, said: \"It's totally different from where we lived before. You haven't got gas central heating here, you've got solar panels.\"\n\nHe said it had helped the family's finances \"100%\" as their monthly bills were now about £43 a month - less than half of what energy regulator Ofgem calculates as the average dual fuel bill (£95).\n\nMrs Potter said: \"We couldn't be happier.\"\n\nShe said their son suffered with asthma, which had been \"really bad\" in their previous home because it was damp.\n\n\"Since we've lived here I'm hardly giving him any asthma pumps which is really beneficial for his health. It's really good,\" she said.\n\nThe Welsh government has set a target for 20,000 low-carbon houses to be built for social rent before the next Senedd elections. It has said it wants the public sector to be carbon neutral by 2030.\n\nPolicy makers are encouraging the installation of better insulation so less energy is lost into the atmosphere.\n\nThey are also looking at new ways to build homes so the materials used and the way homes are built has less of an impact on the environment.\n\nMost homes in Wales are older, traditionally built and dependent on fossil fuels like oil and gas for heating.\n\nIfan Glyn, Wales director at the Federation Of Master Builders, said: \"The task of improving the energy efficiency of 1.4 million Welsh homes could provide local builders with a once-in-a-generation opportunity as they are ideally placed to carry out the work.\n\n\"To be in a position to make the most of this opportunity, builders will need to see a clear and enticing pipeline of work.\n\n\"They will also need information and guidance on the skills required and be able to acquire these skills cost-effectively and within their own communities.\"\n\nHe added that retrofit works needed to become mainstream among consumers by providing homeowners with better guidance and financial incentives.\n\nCoastal Housing Association's homes in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, were built using Welsh larch wood, used recycled paper as insulation, and were fitted with solar panels to produce electricity to run the house.\n\n\"These six homes save, over 60 years, 180,000 kilograms of carbon - which is the equivalent of planting two million trees or taking 60,000 cars off the road,\" said Ms Green.\n\n\"It's not just about housing people. There will be new jobs required for the people fitting these products… This is going to create jobs that lots of people will be able to do or their children will be able to train in and do when they leave school.\"\n\nNigel Jarvis's company has been using sheep wool in insulation\n\nTy-Mawr Lime, near Brecon in Powys, has been developing a range of natural products to insulate or improve older houses.\n\nEstablished more than 25 years ago by Joyce and Nigel Gervis, the company now employs 26 people.\n\nThey are the only company in the UK using Welsh wool to make insulation. The wool is washed and made into insulation that reduces noise, keeps in heat and allows a building to \"breathe\".\n\n\"I'm a sheep farmer's daughter so wanted to do something with wool insulation and started to discover then, 30 years ago, that in New Zealand they were actually making insulation from sheep's wool and we thought, 'that's fantastic',\" said Joyce Gervis.\n\nBy using Welsh wool they believed they could increase farmers' incomes and be more environmentally friendly.\n\n\"A lot of what we are looking at now are earth mortars, stuff that's coming out of the ground, what can we use that's actually there,\" added Nigel Gervis.", "Wendy Knell (l) and Caroline Pierce both lived in Tunbridge Wells in 1987\n\nA man admits killing two women in 1987, a court has heard.\n\nDavid Fuller, 67, of Heathfield, East Sussex, attacked Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, at their Tunbridge Wells bedsits.\n\nDuncan Atkinson QC, prosecuting, told Maidstone Crown Court that David Fuller accepted he killed the two women \"subject to the issue of diminished responsibility\". He denies murder.\n\nHis trial is due to start on 1 November.\n\nMs Pierce worked in a restaurant and Ms Knell worked in a shop.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Amazon rainforest is home to one in 10 known species on Earth\n\nFacebook says it will begin clamping down on the illegal sale of protected areas of the Amazon rainforest on its site.\n\nThe social media giant changed its policy following a BBC investigation into the practice.\n\nThe new measures will apply only to conservation areas and not to publicly owned forest.\n\nAnd the move will be limited to the Amazon, not other rainforests and wildlife habitats across the world.\n\nAccording to a recent study from the think tank Ipam (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambental da Amazonia), a third of all deforestation happens in publicly-owned forests in the Amazon.\n\nFacebook said it would not reveal how it planned to find the illegal ads but said it would \"seek to identify and block new listings\" in protected areas of the Amazon rainforest.\n\nIn February, the BBC Our World documentary Selling the Amazon revealed that plots of rainforest as large as 1,000 football pitches were being listed on Facebook's classified ads service.\n\nAlvim Souza Alves was trying to sell land for about £16,400\n\nMany of the plots were inside protected areas, including national forests and land reserved for indigenous peoples.\n\nIn order to prove the ads were real, the BBC arranged meetings between four sellers and an undercover operative posing as a lawyer claiming to represent wealthy investors.\n\nOne land-grabber, Alvim Souza Alves, was trying to sell a plot inside the Uru Eu Wau Wau indigenous reserve for about £16,400 in local currency.\n\nIn response to the BBC's investigation, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ordered an inquiry into the sale of protected areas of the Amazon via Facebook.\n\nDespite calls from indigenous leaders to do more, at the time Facebook said it was \"ready to work with local authorities\", but would not take independent action to halt the trade.\n\nNow the company says it has consulted the UN Environment Programme (Unep) and other organisations to take its \"first steps\" in trying to address the issue.\n\n\"We will now review listings on Facebook Marketplace against an international organisation's authoritative database of protected areas to identify listings that may violate this new policy,\" the Californian tech firm clarified.\n\nMuch of the land being sold is in indigenous reserves\n\nThe announcement comes at a time when the social media giant is under increasing pressure from US lawmakers, following a series of bombshell leaks by whistle-blower and former Facebook employee, Frances Haugen.\n\nFacebook also faced criticism this week when a failure brought down the entire platform for five hours worldwide. Instagram and Whatsapp, both owned by Facebook, were also offline during the period.\n\nTo try to catch criminal sellers, Facebook is using a database managed by the Unep World Conservation Monitoring Centre.\n\nUnep says it is the most \"comprehensive\" database of its kind and is updated monthly using reports from \"a range of government and other institutions\".\n\nBut Brazilian lawyer and scientist Brenda Brito questions the effectiveness of Facebook's proposals, saying: \"If they don't make it mandatory for sellers to provide the location of the area on sale, any attempt at blocking them will be flawed.\n\n\"They may have the best database in the world, but if they don't have some geo-location reference, it won't work,\" she added.\n\nIn its investigation, the BBC found some ads featured satellite images and GPS co-ordinates but not all shared that level of information.\n\nFacebook told the BBC it did not intend to require sellers to post the precise location of advertised land.\n\n\"We know there are no 'silver bullets' in this topic and we will continue to work to prevent people from circumventing our inspection,\" a company spokesperson said.\n\nThe Amazon rainforest occupies 7.5 million sq km and spans more than seven countries, including Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.\n\nThe tech firm would not confirm whether it was also working with each region's respective government to strengthen enforcement.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nAbout 60% of the Amazon rainforest is in Brazil where deforestation rates are at a 12-year high.\n\nThe Brazilian government's public forest database, which would be a key tool for any attempt to control the majority of illegal sales online, isn't being used.\n\n\"This data has been available since 2016. It is information they could use to improve this effort,\" says Brenda Brito.\n\nHowever, environmental activists in Brazil are calling the Facebook announcement a small victory against a backdrop of massive deforestation in the Amazon and several congressional attempts to weaken protection laws.\n\nIvaneide Bandeira, whose NGO Kandide was among those calling for Facebook to do more when the BBC's investigation came out in February, says she is pleased.\n\n\"I think this announcement is a good thing. Although it's coming late, because they should never have allowed those ads.\n\n\"But the fact that they are now taking this position is good because it will help to protect the territory, as it will help not to publicise the sale of land inside a protected area or an indigenous land.\"\n\nRead more about the BBC's investigation here.\n\nWatch Our World: Selling the Amazon on BBC iPlayer.", "It is alleged that two packets of Jaffa Cakes were taken from Halifax police station's charity tuck shop\n\nA police officer is to face a misconduct hearing after being accused of taking Jaffa Cakes from a charity tuck shop without paying in full.\n\nPC Chris Dwyer is alleged to have taken the items from the canteen at Halifax police station in January.\n\nThe officer is accused of breaching West Yorkshire Police's professional standards in regard to integrity, honesty and discreditable conduct.\n\nThe hearing is due to take place between 11 and 14 October.\n\nWest Yorkshire Police said another officer had emptied the police station's charity tuck shop cash tin at about 22:00 GMT on 21 January, leaving six 10p pieces and two 20p pieces in the tin as a float.\n\nLater that evening, PC Dwyer is said to have visited the canteen and taken two packets of Jaffa cakes, priced at 50p each.\n\nThe cash tin was later checked and it contained the same amount of money as earlier plus an extra two 5p coins.\n\nPC Dwyer is accused of failing to make appropriate payment for the items and also providing dishonest accounts when questioned about the matter.\n\nPunishments for misconduct include verbal or written warnings, suspension, demotion or transfer and dismissal.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sarah Everard was killed by serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens after he falsely arrested her\n\nBaroness Louise Casey of Blackstock will lead an independent review into the Metropolitan Police's culture and standards following Sarah Everard's murder, the force has announced.\n\nIt will examine the force's vetting, recruitment and training procedures.\n\nMet Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said the move aimed to \"make sure that the public have more confidence in us\".\n\nThe review is expected to take six months.\n\nDame Cressida said: \"[Baroness Casey] is extremely experienced and highly respected and I know will ask the difficult questions needed for this thorough review.\n\n\"This will build a stronger Met, ensure lasting improvement in our service to London and public confidence in us.\"\n\nMet Police officer Wayne Couzens murdered Sarah Everard after falsely arresting her for a breach of Covid-19 guidelines as she walked home from a friend's house in south London on 3 March.\n\nHe has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term.\n\nOf her appointment, Baroness Casey said any acts undermining trust placed in police by the public \"must be examined and fundamentally changed\".\n\nShe said: \"This will no doubt be a difficult task but we owe it to the victims and families this has affected and the countless decent police officers this has brought into disrepute.\"\n\nBaroness Casey was formerly the government's chief adviser on homelessness and is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords.\n\nBaroness Casey has taken on roles for five prime ministers over the past 23 years\n\nDame Cressida also announced the Met would be launching a second investigation, examining its practices over the past 10 years.\n\nIt would look at cases in which somebody made an allegation of sexual misconduct or domestic abuse, against a police officer or member of staff, who was still employed by the force.\n\nShe said: \"We'll be going back to look at some of those investigations just to make sure that the processes that should have taken place have, and that we are taking the right management action after the case is closed, for example in vetting.\"\n\nThe Mayor of London Sadiq Khan welcomed Baroness Casey's appointment and said public trust in the police \"requires urgent rebuilding\".\n\n\"Baroness Casey's review must look into the wider culture of the Met Police, including issues of misogyny, sexism, racism and homophobia as well as thoroughly examining recruitment, vetting, training, leadership and standards of behaviour among officers and staff,\" he tweeted.\n\nBaroness Casey has worked on issues relating to social welfare for five prime ministers over the past 23 years.\n\nShe was made head of the Rough Sleepers' Unit in 1999 and went on to hold leadership positions including director of the national Anti-Social Behaviour Unit, the Respect Task Force and the Troubled Families programme.\n\nShe was also the UK's first victims' commissioner - undertaking an inspection into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham in 2015 - and carried out a review of community cohesion and extremism for then prime minister David Cameron, which was published in 2017.\n\nShe left the civil service in 2017 to establish the Institute for Global Homelessness before returning to public service to support the government's Covid-19 rough sleeping response.", "Fellow politicians have paid tribute to Tory MP James Brokenshire, who has died aged 53, having been diagnosed with lung cancer more than three years ago.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson described the father of three, a former Northern Ireland secretary, as the \"nicest, kindest\" colleague.\n\nMr Brokenshire, a lifelong non-smoker, stood down as a Home Office minister earlier this year.\n\nHe died in hospital on Thursday night, having been admitted after his condition deteriorated.\n\nAn MP since 2005, Mr Brokenshire served in government under three prime ministers - David Cameron, Theresa May and Mr Johnson.\n\nHouse of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has ordered that flags in Parliament's New Palace Yard be flown at half-mast to mark \"a profound loss to us all\".\n\nMrs May tweeted: \"Truly saddened by the death of James Brokenshire. He was an outstanding public servant, a talented minister and a loyal friend.\"\n\nAnd Mr Johnson tweeted that it was \"desperately sad\", adding: \"James was the nicest, kindest and most unassuming of politicians but also extraordinarily effective.\"\n\nMr Brokenshire, who was MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup in Kent, resigned as Northern Ireland secretary in January 2018 following his lung cancer diagnosis, but made a comeback to the cabinet a few months later as housing secretary.\n\nHe lost that job in July 2019, after Mr Johnson took over from Mrs May in 10 Downing Street.\n\nMr Brokenshire re-entered government as a Home Office minister in February last year, but stood down in July this year, due to poor health.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Former adviser Peter Cardwell: \"James was the best of politics and he was the best of humanity.\"\n\nFollowing his death, Mr Brokenshire's family expressed \"deep sadness\", adding: \"James was not only a brilliant government minister... but a dedicated constituency MP.\n\n\"But most importantly, he was a loving father to his three children, a devoted husband to Cathy and a faithful friend to so many.\"\n\nThe family also thanked NHS staff, including those at Guy's & St Thomas' hospital in London, for treating Mr Brokenshire \"with such warmth, diligence and professionalism over the past three-and-a-half years\".\n\nThey also shared a memorial page on his Twitter feed, which encouraged people to share memories and photos of Mr Brokenshire and to donate to the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation in lieu of flowers.\n\n\"In the last few years of his life James's passion was to help others with lung cancer, preventing others going through what he did,\" the memorial page said, describing him as an \"indefatigable campaigner for better lung cancer screening\".\n\nAfter his lung cancer diagnosis, Mr Brokenshire, a former lawyer, worked to promote greater awareness of the disease, urging people who showed symptoms to get tested.\n\nFellow Conservative MP Karen Bradley told the BBC News Channel the news of her \"understated\" friend's death was \"heartbreaking\", adding: \"I can't believe I'm not going to be able to sit down with James again and have a laugh about life, and chat about the issues that we both cared about.\n\n\"My thoughts are with Cathy and the family, who are just the most wonderful family. I'm devastated.\"\n\nJames Brokenshire (right) served under Theresa May, as well as David Cameron and Boris Johnson\n\nSir Keir Starmer tweeted: \"James Brokenshire was a thoroughly decent man, dedicated and effective in all briefs he held.\n\n\"He fought his illness with dignity and bravery. I'm incredibly sad to learn of his death and send my condolences to his wife and children.\"\n\nThe UK's most senior civil servant, Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, said: \"I had the personal privilege of working with him closely over a number of years and admired greatly his unwavering commitment to public service and compassion.\"\n\nThe Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, tweeted: \"So sorry to hear of the death of James Brokenshire, whose courage and faith were an inspiration to so many, myself included.\"\n\nBefore becoming the Old Bexley & Sidcup MP in 2010, Mr Brokenshire represented the seat of Hornchurch and Rainham, north-east London, for five years.\n\nHis death will prompt a Parliamentary by-election in Old Bexley and Sidcup, where he had a majority of 18,952 at the last general election.", "Adele told Vogue her new album is about the year \"my entire life fell apart\"\n\nAdele says her new album was recorded to help her eight-year-old son understand why she and his father got divorced.\n\n\"I wanted to explain to him through this record, when he's in his twenties or thirties, who I am and why I voluntarily chose to dismantle his entire life in the pursuit of my own happiness,\" the star told Vogue.\n\n\"It made him really unhappy sometimes. And that's a real wound for me that I don't know if I'll ever be able to heal,\" she added.\n\nAdele is on the cover of both the British and American editions of Vogue\n\nThe 33-year-old pop superstar has given separate interviews to Vogue's British and American editions - her first for five years - as she prepares to release her highly anticipated fourth album.\n\nIt will be titled 30 - which is the age at which she married her long-term partner Simon Konecki, and then left him.\n\n\"My entire life fell apart and I had no warning of it,\" said the singer, acknowledging that she had \"bit off a grenade\" and threw it into her marriage.\n\nOn Tuesday, she released a short snippet of her forthcoming single, titled Easy On Me, which will be released in full on Friday, 15 October.\n\nExplaining the lyrics, in which she sings \"Go easy on me...\", Adele said: \"It's not like anyone's having a go at me, but it's like, I left the marriage. Be kind to me as well.\n\n\"It was the first song I wrote for the album and then I didn't write anything else for six months after because I was like, 'OK, well, I've said it all.\"\n\nAs she worked on the rest of the album, the music became a method of explaining things to their son Angelo when he's older, she said.\n\nOne song, described by Vogue as \"an absolute belter of a relationship takedown\", is \"obviously about stuff that happened,\" Adele said, \"but I wanted to put it on the album to show Angelo what I expect him to treat his partner like, whether it be a woman or a man or whatever.\n\n\"After going through a divorce, my requirements are sky-high. There's a very big pair of shoes to fill.\"\n\nDespite previous reports that the often-secretive singer had married Konecki in 2016, she told the magazine they did not tie the knot until 2018.\n\n\"The timeline the press have of my relationship, my marriage, is actually completely wrong,\" she said. \"We got married when I was 30… and then I left.\"\n\nShe didn't reveal how long it was until they separated, but said: \"It wasn't very long.\" She filed for divorce in 2019.\n\nAdele and Simon Konecki were together for several years before they married in 2018\n\n\"It just wasn't right for me any more,\" she explained. \"I didn't want to end up like a lot of other people I knew. I wasn't miserable miserable, but I would have been miserable had I not put myself first. But, yeah, nothing bad happened or anything like that.\"\n\nKonecki now lives across the road from his ex-wife, and the pair share custody of Angelo.\n\nThe singer told the US magazine: \"If I can reach the reason why I left, which was the pursuit of my own happiness, even though it made Angelo really unhappy - if I can find that happiness and he sees me in that happiness, then maybe I'll be able to forgive myself for it.\"\n\nIn the interviews, the pop superstar also addressed her weight loss, after Instagram photos of her slim figure became a talking point.\n\n\"My body's been objectified my entire career. It's not just now,\" she said. \"I understand why it's a shock. I understand why some women especially were hurt. Visually I represented a lot of women. But I'm still the same person.\"\n\nShe added: \"The most brutal conversations were being had by other women about my body. I was very... disappointed with that. That hurt my feelings.\"\n\nThe star also addressed the occasion where she was accused of cultural appropriation, by sharing a photo of her wearing a traditional African hairstyle to mark what would have been the Notting Hill Carnival in 2020.\n\n\"I could see comments being like, 'The nerve to not take it down,' which I totally get,\" she said. \"But if I take it down, it's me acting like it never happened. And it did. I totally get why people felt like it was appropriating.\n\nShe said her thought process at the time had been: \"If you don't go dressed to celebrate the Jamaican culture - and in so many ways we're so entwined in that part of London - then it's a little bit like, 'What you coming for, then?'\"\n\nBut with hindsight she admitted: \"I didn't read the... room.\"", "Christmas 2021 will be more like we're used to - Drakeford\n\nChristmas 2021 will be more like \"the ones that we're used to\" if nothing unexpected happens, the Welsh First Minister says. \"The most likely scenario in our control plan says that we ought to be able to get through the autumn and the winter with restrictions at the sort of level, we have at the moment,\" Mark Drakeford says. \"That would be very different to last Christmas, far more like the sort of Christmases we were used to. \"All that does depend on us all doing the things that keep us safe, coming forward for vaccination and the simple things that we've learned to do together. \"Then, if nothing unexpected arises, and we've got to plan for the unexpected as well, then we can look forward to a Christmas much more like the ones that we are used to.\"", "Households will again see \"significant rises\" in energy prices next spring, regulator Ofgem has warned.\n\nIts chief executive, Jonathan Brearley, said the price cap, which limits how much energy providers can charge per unit, would go up again because of the \"unprecedented\" rise in gas prices.\n\nThe cap is revised twice a year and is next due to be changed in April.\n\nNatural gas prices are at record highs as economies around the world begin to recover from the Covid crisis.\n\nAs a result, firms that supply gas to householders are running into trouble because they have agreed to sell energy at less than the price it now costs them to buy it.\n\nLast month, nine of those companies went out of business, forcing 1.7 million customers to move to new suppliers.\n\nOfgem's Mr Brearley told the BBC that the price cap was there to stop firms making unfair profits, but \"legitimate costs have to be passed through\".\n\nHe said it was too early to say how much the rise in April would be or whether Ofgem would have to review the price cap more frequently in future.\n\nHowever, he added that the regulator might have to look at the formula according to which the cap was set.\n\nHis warning comes as domestic customers are still reeling from the latest price cap increase, which took effect for households in England, Scotland and Wales this month.\n\nHouseholds in Northern Ireland have also seen a recent sharp rise in their bills, but they are not protected by the energy price cap for Great Britain.\n\nThe energy crisis falls into three broad stages for UK consumers and businesses.\n\nFirstly, the here and now. Domestic customers have seen a rise in direct debit demands and bills from suppliers. They are, however, protected from the extreme cost of gas on the wholesale markets by the price cap. Businesses are not. Many are seeing instant and large increases in their energy bills.\n\nSecondly, as Ofgem confirms, significantly higher energy prices in the spring are inevitable, potentially adding hundreds of pounds to an annual household bill. That is something which customers can do nothing to stop.\n\nThirdly, a review by the regulator will consider the extent to which the price cap protects customers versus the extra burden it places on all bill payers picking up the cost if the cap causes suppliers to fold.\n\nAt any point in this process, the government can step in. Thus far, it has shown little appetite to do so.\n\nWhen the price cap was increased on 1 October, about 15 million households faced a 12% rise in energy bills.\n\nThat was the biggest jump, to the highest amount, seen since the backstop was introduced in January 2019.\n\nThose on standard tariffs, with typical household levels of energy use, saw an increase of £139 - from £1,138 to £1,277 a year.\n\nPrepayment meter customers with average energy use saw a £153 increase.\n\nThe next revision to the energy price cap will be decided by Ofgem in February, but will come into force in April.\n\nEven if wholesale gas prices were to drop significantly from now, the extra costs that suppliers have had to shoulder in the last couple of months means a steep rise in household bills in April is inevitable.\n\nAnalysts Cornwall Insight said that the cap could go up by £400, meaning that a household with typical energy use would pay about £1,660 a year.\n\nOn Thursday, National Energy Action, a charity, said that between 1.2 million to 1.5 million additional households could be hit by fuel poverty next year.\n\nMeanwhile, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is to hold talks later on Friday with representatives of industries which have the heaviest energy consumption, such as steel, cement and chemicals.\n\nWhile the price cap helps households, there is no such safeguard for businesses, which have to absorb the full impact of rising global energy prices.\n\nThey have called for government help to control costs and keep plants open.\n\nThe UK has lower levels of gas stored than many other European countries, making it more exposed to global price volatility.\n\nMr Kwarteng said on Twitter protecting consumers from rising global gas prices was \"his top priority\".\n\nHis meeting with the Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG) will include representative bodies UK Steel, the Chemical Industries Association, the Confederation of Paper Industries, the Mineral Products Association, the British Glass Manufacturers Federation, the British Ceramic Confederation, BOC, Air Products and the Major Energy Users Council.\n\nAhead of the meeting, the director of UK Steel, Gareth Stace, told the BBC that the government needed to step in to help industries cope with the rising cost of energy.\n\n\"If the government does nothing, then tomorrow there'll be a steel crisis, and in terms of what impact that could have on jobs, then that wouldn't be good, not only for the steel sector, for those regions where steel, is but for the UK economy as a whole,\" he added.\n\nLast month, high gas prices forced two fertiliser factories to close, cutting supplies of carbon dioxide which is widely used in food production.", "Brains ran into financial difficulty during the pandemic\n\nBrains has put 99 of its pubs across Wales up for sale, with offers over £87.3 million sought for the portfolio.\n\nThe Cardiff-based brewery signed a deal with chain Marston's last year for it to manage its estate on a 25-year lease.\n\nAt the time, it said restrictions during the pandemic put the business under \"significant financial pressure\" and the move would save 1,300 jobs.\n\nReal estate advisors said it expected \"significant levels of demand\".\n\nThe 138-year-old Cardiff-based brewery said the firebreak lockdown last year had cost it £1.6m.\n\nAs a result, Marston's took over the running of 156 of its pubs.\n\nIt initially made plans to sell 40 of these, but has now put a further 99 on the market - with 93 of these freehold and six leasehold properties.\n\nThey include The City Arms in the heart of Cardiff, The Harbour Inn, Solva, Pembrokeshire and Llanelli's Half Moon.\n\nThe old Brains brewery once dominated the Cardiff skyline - the site is now being cleared for the Central Quay development of offices, homes and a hotel\n\n\"This is a rare opportunity to acquire a large, high-quality package of public houses located in strong trading positions across Wales,\" said Avison Young's Peter Constantine, who is marketing them.\n\n\"They benefit from a secure income stream let to an excellent covenant. We anticipate significant levels of demand as packages of this quality rarely come to the market.\"\n\nBrains has been brewed in Wales since 1882, when it was made in the old brewery on Cardiff's St Mary Street, before moving to the former Hancock's site near Cardiff Central Station in 1999.\n\nIn March 2019, it moved to its new central brewery in East Moors, Cardiff.\n\nHowever, former chief executive Alistair Darby said earlier this year the coronavirus pandemic had been \"absolutely brutal\" and this could close.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Covid took my healthy body and gave me one that just didn't work\"\n\nA woman battling long Covid for 18 months has said she feels angry and frustrated at the lack of help in Northern Ireland.\n\nZoe McNulty, 27, from Londonderry feels people have been left relying on internet support groups for help.\n\nThere are still no dedicated health services for those living with long Covid symptoms in Northern Ireland.\n\nBut the health department has pledged to start services by the end of October.\n\nLong Covid clinics were opened across England in November 2020.\n\nMs McNulty told BBC Northern Ireland's Spotlight programme: \"You see people over in England going to long Covid clinics and they're doing really well.\n\n\"No offence to the [Northern Ireland] government but they've been happy to leave me sitting here.\n\n\"If I had a long Covid clinic months ago, could I have been better by now? I am essentially just left in the dark, like, figure it out on your own.\"\n\nRebecca Logan, a former fitness instructor and nurse, is an advocate for long Covid sufferers in Northern Ireland.\n\nShe said the situation was \"desperate and inexcusable\".\n\n\"Since this time last year, I have been trying to get answers about when we will get health service help,\" she said.\n\nSymptoms of long Covid can include extreme fatigue, breathlessness and brain fog\n\nMs Logan said the situation was \"absolutely appalling\".\n\n\"Large numbers of working-age people have been left with no support or guidance from the NHS, while they become more and more debilitated.\"\n\nThe programme also features Newtownards pastor Mark McClurg who faced a life-threatening battle with Covid in March 2020 and still has long Covid.\n\nHe said: \"My faith is what I am. It's what's carried me through from ICU to this moment in time.\n\n\"And the amount of people who have continually prayed for me, that's just so humbling.\"\n\nThe Department of Health (DoH) said it intends to have new services for the treatment and assessment of long Covid available in all health trust areas by the end of October.\n\nHowever, the department admitted to Spotlight that it also has not yet collected the data required to assess what services are actually needed.\n\nMs McNulty belives she caught Covid-19 while working in a pharmacy in March 2020\n\nAn estimated 20,000 people in Northern Ireland have some form of long Covid.\n\nMs McNulty suspects she caught Covid-19 while working in a pharmacy in March 2020.\n\nShe is no longer able to work or study, and had to end her three-year relationship with her Italian boyfriend.\n\n\"There is a fear that this could be forever. That this could be my life,\" she said.\n\nMs Logan now uses a wheelchair and walking stick because she can't walk far without being breathless.\n\n\"I hosted a meeting of people with long Covid the other night, and there were people so desperate and even crying,\" she said.\n\n\"People in their 40s, young children, all ages. People grieving the life they had before long Covid hit them, it's heart-breaking.\"\n\nOne-in-10 people in the UK with Covid-19 are self-reporting long Covid symptoms, according to an ONS survey\n\nIn the UK, long Covid is broadly defined as a condition that develops during or after the initial Covid-19 infection; continues for more than 12 weeks; and its symptoms cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis.\n\nMore than 200 symptoms have been linked to the illness, but some of the main symptoms are: extreme fatigue, breathlessness, brain fog (neurological and memory loss), heart problems and severe headaches.\n\nMore than one-in-10 people in the UK who have had Covid-19 are self-reporting with long Covid symptoms, according to a recent survey by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).\n\nIt is estimated that about £2.5m a year will be needed for long Covid support in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Department of Health said there are difficulties collecting data on long Covid because of a changing picture in which some people recover but others become ill.\n\nInformation is now being gathered but it will be a number of months before there is enough to analyse, the department said.", "The alleged assault took place in a bar at The Midland hotel, at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.\n\nThe Conservatives say they are \"working with the police\" after an energy boss attending their party conference said she was \"violently assaulted\" by a man.\n\nClementine Cowton, director of external affairs at Octopus Energy Group, told a fringe event the incident happened in the bar of The Midland hotel in Manchester.\n\nThe party member involved has been suspended and had his pass revoked.\n\nThe Conservatives say the behaviour is \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nAccording to a report in The Times newspaper, Ms Cowton was in the hotel bar - one of the main destinations at the autumn political gathering - when a drunk man in his 30s, sat in a seat vacated by her friend.\n\nShe said he made her so uncomfortable that she asked him \"several times politely to leave\" and when he refused to do so, she took his phone and dropped it on the floor.\n\n\"He went to retrieve it and then he came back and attacked me,\" Ms Cowton told the paper.\n\nAccording to the report, Ms Cowton said the man tried to punch her but was stopped by others in the bar, with the resulting scuffle ending up with her glass being smashed.\n\n\"He was very intoxicated and I felt a bit unsafe around him\", she added.\n\nAnd in a video posted on the ConservativeHome website, Ms Cowton told the guests in the audience she was \"sorry to dump this on everyone, it's a bit of a surprise\".\n\nBut she said she wanted to take the opportunity to highlight how \"women are often unsafe in places where other people feel safe\".\n\nAnd she said it was \"really important that we start to take that much more seriously as a society and starting with the police\".\n\n\"I'm fine by the way, don't worry\" she added.\n\nA Conservative spokeswoman said the man's party membership has been suspended.\n\n\"This behaviour is completely unacceptable and the party has revoked the pass of the individual concerned and is working with the police\", she added.\n\nIn a statement, Greater Manchester Police said they responded to reports of an assault on a woman at The Midland hotel at around 00:30 BST on Monday.\n\nThey said there were no reports of any injuries and no arrests were made but a man was identified and had his conference pass removed.\n\nThe investigation into what happened is ongoing they said, adding: \"Women's safety is a top priority, and something we continue to take incredibly seriously.\"\n• None Party conferences: What to expect this year", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The flight was broadcast live on Russian TV\n\nRussia has taken the lead in a space race with a difference, sending a team to the International Space Station to shoot a feature film ahead of an American crew.\n\nYulia Peresild, 37, is set to star in the film, directed by Klim Shipenko.\n\nTheir Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft took off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, and three hours later docked with the International Space Station.\n\nUS actor Tom Cruise and Nasa have also been planning to make a film there.\n\nThere was more than a touch of show business glamour when the Soyuz crew launched on Tuesday, as the TV cameras focused on Peresild and her 12-year-old daughter Anna, who was watching from a safe distance.\n\nIt was from the Kazakh steppes where camels and susliks (ground squirrels) roam, rather than in the studios of Hollywood, that real actors went into space, said Russia's Komsomolskaya Pravda website. Shipenko's actress wife Sofia Karpunina noted that the director had had to shed 15kg (33lbs) beforehand.\n\nThere was more than a whiff of show business as the crew headed to the launch site\n\nThe launch, led by cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, went according to plan at 11:55 Moscow time (08:55 GMT). \"The crew is feeling well,\" said the commander shortly after take-off.\n\nThe Soyuz docked with the ISS a little over three hours afterwards. However, it was a little later than planned as the Soyuz's automatic Kurs docking system failed and the commander had to switch to manual control.\n\nShkaplerov would normally have had the help of a flight engineer but his two colleagues would have been unable to help him, despite their fast-track flight training.\n\nAutomatic docking of the Soyuz was unsuccessful\n\nEventually the hatch connecting the Soyuz to the ISS opened and the crew joined the seven others waiting in the Russian section of the ISS.\n\n\"The hatch is open! Everything as planned,\" tweeted Roscosmos space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin.\n\nThe hatch was eventually opened and Peresild and her fellow crew members entered the ISS\n\nAlthough Shkaplerov will stay on board, director and actress have just 12 days to film their scenes in space, with Peresild playing a cardiac surgeon sent into orbit to save a cosmonaut. Two of the Russian cosmonauts already on board, Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov, will also take part in the film, reports say.\n\nFilming will take part in the Russian section of the ISS and the mission has proved contentious in Russia's space industry.\n\nThe feature film is the brainchild of the Roscosmos chief, who at one point fired the space agency's head of crewed missions in a row over the project.\n\nSergei Krikalev, a veteran of space missions, got his job back days later amid widespread anger at his sacking.\n\nAnother cosmonaut, Mikhail Kornienko, told BBC Russian he was one of many who were opposed to it. \"The ISS is no place for performers, all sorts of clowns or tourists. It's a huge space lab and you shouldn't get in the way of professional work.\"\n\nThe film is being funded by Russia's Channel One TV, and a Roscosmos subsidiary said it would not require money from the federal budget.\n\nRussia's space agency has had a troubled few years, with corruption overshadowing the construction of a cosmodrome in the Far East.\n\nIts long-delayed Nauka laboratory finally arrived at the space station during the summer, 14 years after it was due to for launch.\n\nRussia has warned it could pull out of the ISS within four years, because of its ageing hardware on board.", "Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are back up and running after an outage that lasted almost six hours, Facebook says.\n\nIt blamed an internal technical issue, which not only affected Facebook's services, but reportedly also employees' work passes and email.\n\nThe services were down from about 16:00 GMT until around 22:00 on Monday.\n\nBut the company said there was \"no evidence that user data was compromised\".\n\nSheera Frenkel, the New York Times' technology reporter, told the Today programme part of the reason it took so long to fix was because \"the people trying to figure out what this problem was couldn't even physically get into the building\" to work out what had gone wrong.\n\nIn a statement, Facebook said that the faulty configuration change affected the company's internal tools and systems which complicated attempts to resolve the problem.\n\nDowndetector, which tracks outages, said some 10.6 million problem reports around the world. However, the real number of people affected is much higher: more than 3.5 billion people use Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp.\n\nMany found themselves cut off from family and friends they interact with over the various services, while small businesses which use social media to connect with customers were faced with the prospect of an unexpected financial hit.\n\nAccording to the business website Fortune, it also cost Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg an estimated $6bn (£4.4bn) at one point as shares plummeted.\n\nMr Zuckerberg has apologised to those affected by the outage.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Mark This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Facebook cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nSome people also reported problems using Facebook's virtual reality headset platform, Oculus, and apps which require Facebook logins were affected, including Pokémon Go.\n\nAn outage of this scale for such a long time is rare. A disruption in 2019 left Facebook and its other apps mostly inaccessible across the world for more than 14 hours.\n\nSeveral other tech companies, including Reddit and Twitter, poked fun at the social media giant's predicament - prompting responses from the affected apps.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Instagram This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe disruption comes the day after an interview with a former Facebook employee who leaked documents about the company.\n\nFrances Haugen told CBS news on Sunday that the company had prioritised \"growth over safety\".\n\nOn Tuesday she will testify before a Senate subcommittee in a hearing titled \"Protecting Kids Online\", about the company's research into Instagram's effect on the mental health of young users.\n\nMany outages get resolved fairly quickly. They are often localised too, with some people unable to open a website that can be viewed in another country.\n\nThis outage, however, was global, and affected all of Facebook's many spin-offs.\n\nThe length of time it was off grid is also unusual. There were reports of \"mayhem\" in Facebook headquarters, as technicians scrambled to fix the problem.\n\nInteresting too that the outage hampered Facebook's ability to tackle the crash - bringing down internal tools needed to remedy the problem.\n\nIt should also be said that Facebook's statement is carefully written. It doesn't rule out foul play.\n\nThe week had already started off badly - after the whistleblower in the \"Facebook Files\" revelations revealed herself on Sunday.\n\nBut a bad week has become a terrible one for the social network.", "Amazon is expanding its presence on the High Street by opening its first non-food store in the UK.\n\nThe shop, in the Bluewater shopping mall near Dartford, will sell around 2,000 of its most popular and best-rated products.\n\nIt's called Amazon 4-star, because every item has been given more than four stars by customers.\n\nHowever, one retail expert said the shop could be \"muddled and uninspiring\".\n\nThis will be the first Amazon 4-star store outside the US, where there are already more than 30 outlets.\n\nThe range of products, which takes in books, consumer electronics, toys, games and homeware, reflects what Amazon customers are buying online.\n\nThere's a \"Most Wished For\" section, for instance, showing the most popular products from customers' wish lists.\n\nDigital price tags are used to ensure the prices are the same in-store and online. Shoppers don't need to have an Amazon account to use it.\n\nAnd customers will also be able to collect items ordered online as well as return items without the need for packaging and labels.\n\nAndy Jones, director of Amazon 4-star UK, declined to say how many more stores he plans to open in the UK.\n\nThis global giant is often accused of killing the High Street by undercutting traditional retailers and paying less tax.\n\nNow it's moving onto their physical patch as well.\n\nHowever, retail expert Natalie Berg said the Amazon move \"is purely about experimentation\".\n\nThe giant's aim, she said, is to encourage more online shopping.\n\n\"This is not about shifting more product; it's about baiting shoppers into Amazon's ecosystem,\" Ms Berg said.\n\n\"It's about getting shoppers to engage with Amazon's devices, reminding Prime customers of the value in their memberships, and offering additional choice when it comes to collection and returns of online orders.\"\n\nAmazon has already opened six grocery convenience stores in the UK with checkout-free technology.\n\nBut Ms Berg said the jury is still out as to whether the world's most disruptive retailer can do one of the most fundamental retail tasks - run stores.\n\n\"The 4-star concept has the potential to be a bit muddled and uninspiring,\" she said.\n\n\"The store features a smorgasbord of products, the result of Amazon's very scientific, data-led approach to physical retail.\n\n\"But when you strip out the high-tech touches, I struggle to see how it differentiates from any other retailer,\" says Ms Berg.\n\nLandlords, though, may welcome the move as they try to find new players to take on empty shops, driven largely by our shopping habits moving online.", "Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced an inquiry into \"systematic failures\" that allowed Sarah Everard's murderer, Wayne Couzens, to serve as a Met police officer.\n\nThe move came during a Conservative party conference dominated by questions around women's safety and tackling misogyny in the wake of the deaths of both Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa.", "Fuel supplies to petrol stations in London and the south-east of England are improving but still remain behind the rest of the country, retailers say.\n\nThe Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said 64% of forecourts in those areas had both types of fuel compared to 86% of sites nationally.\n\nSupplies have increased in recent days after the military was deployed amid a shortage of fuel tanker drivers.\n\nThe government is offering 300 short-term visas to overseas lorry drivers.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said 127 foreign drivers had applied for visas aimed at tackling shortages, however, the Department for Business said only 27 drivers had been identified. It has not confirmed what Mr Johnson's number was referring to.\n\nThe Times reported that just 27 people from the European Union had applied to be tanker drivers.\n\nThe PRA, which represents independent forecourts across the UK, said \"steady deliveries and stabilising demand\" had led to improvements in stocks across the country.\n\nGordon Balmer, PRA executive director, said 15% of sites in London and the south-east of England still had no fuel, down from 20% on Monday.\n\n\"Whilst there has been a significant reduction in dry sites, these areas are still lagging behind in having both grades of fuel available compared to the rest of the UK,\" he said.\n\nNationally, the percentage of dry sites increased from 8% to 11% on Tuesday, the PRA said.\n\n\"Members are reporting they are now receiving deliveries from military drivers using commercial tankers, however further action must be taken to address the needs of disproportionately affected areas.\"\n\nBesides fuel drivers, the government is offering a further 4,700 temporary visas in total for foreign food lorry drivers, which will last from late October to the end of February, in an attempt to avoid other supply chain issues. It is not yet known how many people have applied to this scheme.\n\nMr Johnson said the slow rate of visa applications was a \"fascinating illustration of the problem\", which he added was a \"global\" issue, thought he admitted there was a \"particular problem in the UK\".\n\nHe said working in road haulage \"should be a great job\", but added that there had been an underinvestment in facilities and pay conditions.\n\nHe dismissed the suggestion that the problem was anything to do with Brexit. He noted the \"supply chain problem is linked to recovery\" and said other parts of the world were also affected.\n\n\"Imagine the UK has been in deep freeze and the pipes are unfreezing right now - stresses and strain of the economy waking up,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\nThe Road Haulage Association (RHA) said the small number of visa applications was the \"proof in the pudding\" that short-term visas were \"not going to be attractive\".\n\nA spokesman for the trade body said that for visas to be an attractive proposition to overseas lorry drivers, they needed to last 12 months.\n\n\"The reality is that we have to assume these drivers from abroad are already in employment elsewhere. If visas are only three months... it's unlikely there is going to be much take up,\" he added.\n\nLivia Spera, general secretary of the European Transport Workers' Federation, said she was \"not surprised\" drivers were not \"rushing to sign up for visas\".\n\n\"We already predicted and warned that short-term measures such as visas wouldn't work,\" she added.\n\nMs Spera said there was \"no quick fix\" to the problem. She said increasing driver wages and improving working conditions was the \"only answer to the crisis\".\n\nIn response to the prime minister's comments on roadside facilities, the RHA's Rod McKenzie said it was a \"false premise\" that a trade body could deal with the issue alone.\n\n\"The majority of hauliers are small companies, less than 10 lorries,\" he said. \"It requires government commitment to facilitate the development of commercial sites.\n\n\"Government departments however have consistently ignored industry calls to press for cleaner and safer facilities on our roads.\"\n\nTrade bodies have estimated the UK currently has a shortage of about 90,000 HGV drivers, which has been caused by several factors, including the coronavirus pandemic, Brexit and an ageing workforce.\n\nThe shortages have started to affect supply chains in recent months, with some supermarkets struggling to stock certain products and petrol stations being unable to stock enough fuel to meet demand.\n\nThe government has said temporary visas are not a long-term solution and has urged firms to invest in a UK workforce.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK economy could not \"go back to the failed model where you mainline low-wage, low-skilled labour\".\n\n\"It's time for investing in people and skills.\"", "About 200 servicemen and women from the Army and RAF have been drafted in to deliver fuel.\n\nOne in five forecourts in London and the south-east of England is still without fuel, the body that represents independent fuel sellers has said.\n\nThe Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said there had been a \"marked improvement\" across the rest of the UK thanks to \"steady deliveries\".\n\nBut conditions in the South East are \"still challenging\", the PRA said.\n\nThe improvement in supplies has led to forecourt firm EG Group to remove its £30 cap on buying fuel at its sites.\n\nIt said purchases were returning to normal levels in the majority of places, apart from the south of England.\n\nHowever, the company, which has about 400 sites in the UK, added it expected supply issues to ease \"in the coming days\" due to the military driving tankers to restore supplies.\n\nAbout 200 servicemen and women from the Army and RAF have been drafted in to deliver fuel from depots to forecourts.\n\nThe PRA said the situation around London and the South East was \"still challenging\". In these areas, it said 62% of the sites surveyed had both grades of fuel available, 18% had only one grade and 20% were dry.\n\nIn the rest of the country, the trade body said 86% of sites had both grades of fuel \"thanks to steady deliveries and stabilising demand\", with 6% having only one grade and 8% being dry.\n\n\"We are grateful for the support lent by the government through their provision of military drivers, although further action must be taken to address the needs of disproportionately affected areas,\" said Gordon Balmer, executive director of the PRA.\n\nThe PRA represents the interests of the independent filling stations across the UK, which account for nearly 5,500 of the UK's 8,380 forecourts.\n\nThe government has been criticised for not deploying the military earlier after panic-buying led to chaos and queues on some petrol station forecourts.\n\nMore than 65 drivers will start work, with plans to increase this to 200 personnel to be deployed in total, including 100 drivers.\n\nThe drivers have undertaken refresher training with the fuel delivery firm, Hoyer in order to take on the work.\n\nHoyer said the training included company safety procedures as well as equipment familiarisation and forecourt driving manoeuvres.\n\nA government spokesperson said there were signs of improvement in average forecourt stocks across the UK, adding that demand was \"continuing to stabilise\".\n\n\"More than half of those who have completed training to make fuel deliveries are being deployed to terminals serving London and the South-East of England, demonstrating that the sector is allocating drivers to areas most affected in this first phase from Monday,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nThe crisis began more than 10 days ago when BP said it had run out of petrol in a number of its outlets. That prompted motorists to fill up more than usual, leaving deliveries unable to keep up with demand.\n\nMany sectors of the UK economy, including food firms and petrol retailers, have been affected by a chronic shortage of lorry drivers, which the haulage industry has blamed on factors including Covid, Brexit, an aging workforce, and tax changes.\n\nDavid Charman, who runs Parkfoot Garage in West Malling in Kent, told the BBC's Today programme there was a big task ahead to restore supplies.\n\n\"This is not panic-buying anymore, this is people that have waited as long as they possibly can and now they have no fuel. We're having to push cars that are in the queue to get to our site because they've run out of fuel,\" he said.\n\n\"We didn't have the normal two days of stock underground... because of Covid but we were still managing the situation perfectly well. But now, when we're all empty, it needs a huge influx of fuel deliveries to everybody, not just to me, to ensure that we can get through this.\"\n\nAre you affected by issues covered in this story? Share your stories and video by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "UK officials have travelled to Afghanistan to meet senior Taliban members, the Foreign Office has said.\n\nThe UK government said they discussed how the UK could help address the humanitarian crisis, prevent terrorism and the need for a safe passage for those who wish to leave the country.\n\nThey also raised the rights of women and girls and treatment of minorities.\n\nUK troops left Afghanistan at the end of August, bringing an end to a 20-year military involvement in the country.\n\nTheir departure came as Taliban troops rapidly advanced through the country overthrowing the Afghan government.\n\nBritish embassy staff in Kabul were forced to evacuate the country to escape Taliban forces and are temporarily based in Qatar.\n\nWednesday's meeting marks the first time British officials have gone back to Kabul to meet the new Taliban leadership.\n\nAs part of efforts to open up channels of communications with the Taliban, Sir Simon Gass, the prime minister's high representative for Afghan transition and Martin Longden chargé d'affaires of the UK mission to Afghanistan in Doha travelled to the country.\n\nThey met senior Taliban leaders including Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and the Deputy Prime Ministers Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund and Mawlawi Abdul-Salam Hanafi.\n\nThousands of Afghans fled the country following the resurgence of the Taliban in the country\n\nThe Foreign Office said: \"Sir Simon and Dr Longden discussed how the UK could help Afghanistan to address the humanitarian crisis, the importance of preventing the country from becoming an incubator for terrorism, and the need for continued safe passage for those who want to leave the country.\n\n\"The government continues to do all it can to ensure safe passage for those who wish to leave, and is committed to supporting the people of Afghanistan.\"\n\nAbdul Qahar Balkhi, a spokesman for the Taliban, said the meeting focused on \"detailed discussions about reviving diplomatic relations between both countries\".\n\nHe said the two countries should \"begin a new chapter of constructive relations\" adding: \"We expect others to also not work towards weakening our government.\"\n\nThe BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Landale said the meeting did not mean the UK was officially recognising the Taliban as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan, only that it wanted to establish communications.\n\nHe added that aid was one of the levers the west has and would be a key part of the negotiations, with non-governmental organisations fearing the collapse of the Afghanistan economy could lead to a humanitarian crisis.\n\nFollowing the meeting Mr Longden tweeted: \"It's early days and, unsurprisingly, there are points of difference between us.\n\n\"But such difficult challenges lie ahead for Afghanistan (and beyond), it's right to test if we can engage pragmatically and find common ground - in the interests of both the UK and Afghan peoples.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has previously said it would \"be a mistake for any country to recognise any new regime in Kabul prematurely or bilaterally\".\n\nInstead, he added, \"those countries that care about Afghanistan's future should work towards common conditions about the conduct of the new regime before deciding, together, whether to recognise it and on what terms\".\n\nMeanwhile, Qatar's ruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has warned that \"boycotting\" the Taliban would \"only lead to polarisation and reactions, whereas dialogue could be fruitful\".", "Economy Minister Gordon Lyons urged anyone who hasn't yet applied for a voucher to \"do so now\"\n\nThe first 100,000 \"Spend Local\" cards will be posted on Monday to applicants of the Northern Ireland Executive's high street voucher scheme.\n\nMore than 970,000 people have applied for a £100 voucher since applications opened.\n\nEconomy Minister Gordon Lyons said Monday marked \"the next significant step\" of the Spend Local scheme.\n\nEveryone aged 18 and over can apply for a card to use in various businesses before the end of November.\n\nMr Lyons said he was delighted the process to issue the pre-paid cards was \"well under way\" and that the first applicants would soon be able to use their cards.\n\n\"This will deliver the timely boost that they need to help them emerge from the economic shock caused by the pandemic,\" he said.\n\nThe minister said demand for the vouchers was \"unprecedented\" and he encouraged those yet to apply to \"do so now on NI Direct\".\n\nVoucher holders have until the end of November to spend them\n\nThe objective of the £145m high street scheme is to support local businesses across Northern Ireland adversely affected by the drop in footfall due to the pandemic, according to the Department for the Economy.\n\nMr Lyons encouraged those who receive a voucher to adhere to the \"spend local\" messaging.\n\n\"Please use your card to support your local shops, hospitality and other services which have been most affected by the Covid-19 restrictions,\" he said.\n\nThe cards can be used in any shop with a card machine but cannot be used online or for gambling or legal services like penalties.\n\nA phone application service will open on 11 October for anyone who does not have access to the internet.\n\nThe online and phone application processes will remain open until 25 October.\n\nIt is hoped the voucher scheme will encourage more people to go out to shops, which could help the economic recovery.", "The Scottish government has announced a £300m funding package to help the health services get through the \"extremely challenging\" winter ahead.\n\nThe plan includes the hiring of extra support workers, cash for care at home services and a pay rise for care staff.\n\nHealth Secretary Humza Yousaf said it was \"vital\" to maximise the capacity of the NHS as winter approaches.\n\nBut opposition parties claimed the plans were a \"sticking plaster\" for a health service facing crisis.\n\nAnd the GMB union said the pay rise for social care staff did not go far enough, calling for a \"substantial\" increase in the basic rate of pay to £15 per hour.\n\nScotland's health services are already under severe pressure in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, with demand \"extremely high\" and the NHS on an emergency footing.\n\nMr Yousaf warned MSPs that the NHS was \"under more pressure than it has been at any point in the pandemic\", adding that \"quite frankly it is likely to get worse\" in the coming months.\n\nThe minister announced a multi-year funding package worth more than £300m for hospital and community care services, which includes the recruitment of 1,000 additional support staff in the NHS.\n\nIt also includes £40m for \"step down\" care, which enables hospital patients to temporarily move into care homes or get extra help at home, and £60m to maximise the capacity of care at home services.\n\nSocial care workers will be given a pay rise to a minimum of £10.02 per hour, while £4m will be invested in \"staff wellbeing\" - with a focus on the physical and emotional needs of workers.\n\nHumza Yousaf told MSPs that the pressure on health services was only likely to increase during winter\n\nMr Yousaf said the measures would help reduce delays in patient discharge from hospitals and reduce pressure on unpaid carers.\n\nHe said: \"This significant new investment will help get people the care they need as quickly as possible this winter. Bolstering the caring workforce by increasing their numbers, providing them with additional support, and increasing the wages of social care staff.\n\n\"Our NHS, social care staff and social work staff have been remarkable throughout the pandemic and today's additional investment will help support them to deliver care to people across Scotland this winter.\"\n\nThe GMB union said the promised pay rise \"isn't nearly enough\" to tackle an \"understaffing crisis in social care\".\n\nCalling for a £15 per hour minimum, GMB Scotland Secretary Louise Gilmour said: \"To transform social care for the people who need it and the people who deliver it, particularly as we roll-out a national care service, then we must go further.\"\n\nAt Holyrood, opposition parties welcomed the extra funding but also said ministers must go further.\n\nScottish Conservative public health spokeswoman Sue Webber said there was a \"growing crisis\" in the NHS even before the winter, with long waiting times at A&E departments and queues at vaccination clinics.\n\n\"While I really welcome the £300m outlined today in investment in our NHS and comments around investing in our workforce, we continue to need to see urgent action now.\"\n\nMeanwhile Labour's deputy leader Jackie Baillie said the plan \"feels like a sticking plaster for a much more profound problem\".\n\nShe said supermarket checkout workers were paid more than social care staff, adding: \"You will not retain or recruit staff if you continue to pay the low wages.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nEmma Raducanu says it has been \"pretty cool\" to receive the congratulations of other players at Indian Wells, but now is the time to get back to business.\n\nThe US Open champion, 18, has a bye to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in California as the 17th seed.\n\nShe will face world number 100 Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus on Friday in her first match since winning in New York.\n\n\"It's really nice,\" the Briton said of the congratulations of her peers.\n\n\"All the players are very friendly. I'm still very new on the tour - so it's pretty cool.\n\n\"But I haven't really spent too much time hanging around. I've just been training and getting about my business, and then leaving.\"\n\nSince becoming the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam singles title, Raducanu has attended the Met Gala and the London premiere of the new James Bond film.\n\nShe added: \"It's been a very cool three weeks. I got to experience some great things that I probably never would have got to do before.\"\n\nRaducanu is currently without a permanent coach having decided against extending her short, but incredibly successful, partnership with Andrew Richardson.\n\nShe is being assisted in Indian Wells by Jeremy Bates, who works with the British number six Katie Boulter as part of his duties as a Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) national coach.\n\n\"Jeremy is part of women's tennis at the LTA, so while he's here, he's helping me out,\" Raducanu said.\n\n\"But going forwards, I'm just going to wait and try and find the right person. I'm not going to rush into anything. I want to make sure I make the right decision.\n\n\"I'm just looking for the general things in a coach, really. Someone you get along with well, and someone who can push you.\"\n\nSasnovich, 27, booked her meeting with Raducanu thanks to a 6-0 6-4 win over Colombia's Maria Camila Osorio in round one.\n• None Trained to protect others but can these fighting witches protect themselves?", "A huge leak of financial documents has put the spotlight on the hidden assets of some of the world's most powerful people.\n\nUnsurprisingly, the Pandora Papers have hit headlines worldwide. But what's the reporting like in some of the countries where leaders' financial dealings have been exposed?\n\nThe Pandora Papers revealed that King Abdullah II of Jordan secretly spent more than £70m ($100m) on a property empire in the UK and US.\n\nBut stories on the leak were notably absent in Jordan where - observers say - local media censor themselves and avoid subjects that are implicitly off limits.\n\nOn Monday morning, the state-run Petra news agency, as well as the privately-owned Al-Ghad, Al-Dustour and Jordan Times newspapers, were all leading instead on the king's comments about democratic reforms in the country.\n\nThey were also prioritising stories about King Abdullah meeting the World Bank president, and his first phone call with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad since the start of the Syrian civil war a decade ago.\n\nLawyers for King Abdullah said he used his personal wealth to buy the homes and there was nothing improper about him using offshore firms to do so.\n\nThe palace also put out a statement saying that it was \"no secret\" that the king owned a number of properties abroad.\n\n\"Any allegations that link these private properties to public funds or assistance are baseless and deliberate attempts to distort facts,\" it said.\n\nThere was also deafening silence over the leak in much of the media in Kenya, where the family of President Uhuru Kenyatta were revealed to have secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades.\n\nThe Star newspaper was leading with the story on its website, under the headline \"No evidence Kenyatta's stole state assets - Pandora Papers\". Others either did not cover it at all, or put the focus outside of Kenya.\n\nThe country's leading daily newspaper The Nation published a story written by a news agency with the headline \"Pandora Papers expose leaders' offshore millions\", using a picture of Jordan's king. The story included four lines about the Kenyattas.\n\nCitizen TV - the biggest TV station in Kenya - also published agency copy on its website, in which the revelations about Mr Kenyatta's family were at the end.\n\nThe Standard and The People Daily newspapers did not publish the findings on their websites.\n\nHowever, the leak was sparking a lot of conversation on social media in Kenya, with the hashtag #PandoraPapers and #client 13173 - the code name the Kenyattas were given by their asset managers - trending on Twitter.\n\nMr Kenyatta's family have not yet responded to requests for comment.\n\nThe leak linked Russian President Vladimir Putin to secret assets in Monaco.\n\nHowever, Russia's main Sunday evening TV news reviews made no mention of the allegations, which were published shortly before the programmes aired.\n\nThe Russian part of the investigation was published by the website Vazhnyye Istorii (Important Stories). The English-language Moscow Times news site had the Pandora Papers as its top story on Monday, with the headline: \"Leaked papers link Putin associates to offshore dealings\".\n\nRussian social media users have also been talking about the revelations.\n\nHowever a number of media outlets steered stories away from President Putin. The state-owned Gazprom-Media's NTV aired a brief report on the investigation on Monday morning, focusing on allegations against foreign officials, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.\n\nMeanwhile, state news agency Tass highlighted findings related to the US being used as a tax haven.\n\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday called the findings \"a collection of fairly groundless claims\".\n\nThe Pandora Papers revealed that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky transferred his stake in a secret offshore company just before he won the 2019 election.\n\nUkraine's Slidstvo.info website published an investigation based on the data obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and the English-language Kyiv Post had the findings as its top story with the headline: \"Pandora Papers reveal offshore holdings of Zelensky and his inner circle\".\n\nHowever, it was not a major story in most Ukrainian media.\n\nThe findings were widely discussed online, including in a number of blogs, with many arguing that the revelations would not affect Mr Zelensky's popularity.\n\nThe papers revealed that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis - who is facing an election later this week - failed to declare an offshore investment company used to purchase two villas for £12m in the south of France.\n\nThe findings were initially published by Investigace.cz, and then picked up by a number of media outlets, including the Pravo newspaper, which ran the story on its front page.\n\nMr Babis' denial of having done anything illegal was being widely reported on Monday.\n\nThe Novinky news site also quoted opposition figure Petr Fiala as calling for answers.\n\n\"Andrej Babis must prove that he used taxed money for the transaction. If not, he has no right to be in politics and take care of taxpayers' money,\" he said.\n\nBut despite the leak being widely covered, most media focus has remained on general election coverage. It is not clear whether the leak will have an impact on the outcome of the vote.\n\nThe leak found that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's inner circle, including cabinet ministers and their families, secretly own companies and trusts holding millions of dollars.\n\nAll of Pakistan's major newspapers covered the revelations.\n\nThe leak was discussed on Pakistan's Dunya TV talk show \"Think Tank\" on Sunday. The website of Dawn newspaper - the largest and oldest English-language newspaper in Pakistan - was leading on Monday with a number of stories about the Pandora Papers and the Pakistani findings.\n\nThe coverage has been met with cautious or defensive reactions from those who were named.\n\nMr Khan said his government would investigate all citizens mentioned in the report.\n\n\"We welcome the Pandora Papers exposing the ill-gotten wealth of elites, accumulated through tax evasion & corruption & laundered out to financial 'havens',\" he tweeted.\n\nThree presidents and 11 former presidents from Latin America have been mentioned in the investigation. One of them is Ecuador's Guillermo Lasso, a former banker, who replaced a Panamanian foundation that made monthly payments to his close family with a trust based in South Dakota, in the US, in 2017.\n\nReacting to the revelations, Mr Lasso said all his investments, in and out of Ecuador, were legal.\n\nThe news involving the president is the main headline on the website of newspaper Expreso, but many Ecuadorean outlets have given it little or no coverage.\n\nThe website of newspaper El Universo ran several items about the findings, including those related to the president. They also reported on the revelation that Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, a star in Latin America, has a \"property empire\" in Florida of an estimated value of up to $120m.\n\nAnother Latin American leader mentioned in the papers is Chile's President Sebastián Piñera, a billionaire businessman, who is accused of selling a copper and iron mine in an environmentally sensitive area to a childhood friend, as detailed in Spain's El País newspaper.\n\nIn 2010, nine months after Mr Piñera took office, his family sold their shares in the mine for $152m. Part of the deal took place in the British Virgin Islands.\n\nThe Chilean presidency said Mr Piñera had no role in, or information about, the sale of the mining project, and that he had not been involved in the management of any company for more than 12 years.\n\nMany Chilean outlets are covering the leaks, with the website of newspaper La Nación giving a lot of prominence to local reaction, with Senator Manuel José Ossandón, who belongs to the president's party, calling for an investigation.\n\nThe Pandora Papers showed that the law firm founded by Cyprus's President Nicos Anastasiades appears to have provided fake owners to disguise the real owner of a series of offshore companies - a former Russian politician who had been accused of embezzlement.\n\nThe findings were given prominent coverage on many Cypriot news sites, including the Greek-language Politis and Phileleftheros.\n\nOther documents showed how Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family have secretly acquired UK property using offshore companies.\n\nThe files show how the family - long accused of corruption in the European nation - bought 17 properties, including a £33m office block in London for the president's 11-year-old son, Heydar Aliyev.\n\nThe leak received little or no coverage in most of the country's media outlets. However, the daily Azerbaijani newspaper Azadliq - which is not accessible inside the country - was leading with the story on its website on Monday.\n\nThe findings related to British officials were widely reported in UK media.\n\nThe leaked documents showed how the former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie, bought a London property in an offshore deal that saved them £312,000 in stamp duty.\n\nMrs Blair said the sellers had insisted the building was sold in this way but they had brought it under UK control. She said they would be liable to pay capital gains tax if they sell it.\n\nThey also showed how prominent Conservative Party donor Mohamed Amersi worked on a series of controversial deals for a Swedish telecoms company that was later fined £700m in a US prosecution. Mr Amersi denies any wrongdoing.\n\nThe Guardian and i newspapers both led with reports about the Pandora Papers on their front pages on Monday.\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC which has led one of the the biggest ever global investigations.\n\nMore than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: Follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app, or watch Panorama on the BBC iPlayer (UK viewers only)", "We've been hearing from Frances Haugen all morning.\n\nHere's what you need to know about the former Facebook employee taking centre stage today.\n\nWho is she?\n\nThe 37-year-old unveiled herself on Sunday as the person behind a series of surprise leaks of internal Facebook documents.\n\nHaugen told CBS News she had left Facebook earlier this year after becoming exasperated with the company.\n\nShe was a product manager on the civic integrity team until it was disbanded a month after the 2020 presidential election.\n\n\"Like, they basically said, ‘Oh good, we made it through the election...We can get rid of Civic Integrity now.’ Fast forward a couple months, we got the insurrection.\"\n\nFacebook's Integrity chief has since contested this, saying it wasn't disbanded but \"integrated into a larger Central Integrity team\".\n\nWhat did she do?\n\nBefore she left the company, Haugen copied a series of internal memos and documents.\n\nShe has shared them with the Wall Street Journal, which has been releasing the material in batches over the last three weeks - sometimes referred to as the Facebook Files.\n\nHaugen says these documents prove the tech giant repeatedly prioritised \"growth over safety\".\n\nThis content is currently not available", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prime Minister Boris Johnson: \"There is abundant statute that is not being properly enforced\"\n\nBoris Johnson does not support calls to make misogyny a hate crime saying there is \"abundant\" existing legislation to tackle violence against women.\n\nThe PM told the BBC that \"widening the scope\" of what you ask the police to do would just increase the problem.\n\nPolicing of crime against women has come under scrutiny since the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer.\n\nThe PM said recruiting and promoting more female officers would also help to change the culture within forces.\n\nWayne Couzens was given a whole life jail term last week after admitting the kidnap, rape and murder of 33-year-old Ms Everard while he was a Met Police officer.\n\nDuring his sentencing hearing it emerged that he had used his warrant card to fake an arrest of Ms Everard.\n\nThe case has sparked a debate about women's safety as well as trust in the police and criminal justice system.\n\nAn inquiry is to take place into Couzens' previous behaviour and conduct, and will widen out into workplace behaviour, professional standards and vetting practices within the police as a whole.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel told the Conservative Party conference the public \"have a right to know\" why he remained in the Metropolitan Police despite concerns about his behaviour.\n\nAlso speaking at the conference, the new justice secretary, Dominic Raab, said he had been \"shocked and horrified\" by the recent cases of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, a teacher killed in south-east London last month on her way to meet a friend.\n\nHe said making communities safer and allowing women to feel safe walking home at night was his \"number one priority\".\n\nThe government would \"transform\" the way the justice system treats violence against women, he said, including from the time it takes to examine phone evidence to the \"potential ordeal\" vulnerable victims can face at trial.\n\nCampaigners say misogyny - prejudice against women - is one of the \"root causes\" of violence against women and are calling for it to be made a hate crime in England and Wales.\n\nThis would give judges the ability to increase the punishment if the offence falls into a hate crime category.\n\nCurrently, the law only recognises hate crimes based on race, religion, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity.\n\nDuring an interview with the prime minister, BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker pointed out that 11 out of 43 police forces in England and Wales record misogyny as a hate crime.\n\nAsked twice whether he thought it should be made a hate crime, Mr Johnson said: \"I think that what we should do is prosecute people for crimes that we have on the statute book.\n\n\"I think, to be perfectly frank, if you simply widen the scope of what you ask the police to do you'll just increase the problem.\n\n\"What you need to do is get the police to focus on the very real crimes, the very real feeling of injustice and betrayal that many people feel.\"\n\nThe prime minister said \"there must be radical change\" in policing when it comes to tackling crimes such as rape, adding: \"There is abundant statute that is not being properly enforced, and that's what we need to focus on.\"\n\nJustice minister Victoria Atkins said it was important to understand why police were not prosecuting these crimes and she had asked police to record instances where the victim felt they were a victim of crime because of their gender.\n\nShe told the BBC's World At One it was time to move away from this feeling in society that women have to put up with unpleasant, violent banter and being \"touched up\" on the Tube or bus.\n\nA working group on whether misogyny should be a distinct crime in Scotland will report back in February.\n\nNottinghamshire Police was the first police force to introduce a \"misogyny hate crime\" policy in 2016 and university researchers have pointed to \"shifting attitudes\" as a result.\n\nLabour MP Stella Creasy, who has long campaigned on the issue, said she was confident there was cross-party support to pass legislation soon that would make all police forces have to record when a crime was motivated by misogyny.\n\n\"The fact the prime minister dismisses it and doesn't have an alternative plan speaks volumes about whether you can trust Boris Johnson to take this seriously,\" she told the BBC.\n\nInitial findings of a review by the Law Commission - an independent body that advises government - said sex or gender-based hostility should become a hate crime, but its official recommendations have not been published yet.\n\nMet Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, who has rejected calls to resign after Ms Everard's death, said a separate a independent review would be carried out into the force's standards and culture.\n\nAn extra 650 police officers are to be added to London's streets over the next six months to try to reduce violent crime in the city.", "In a US Senate hearing on Facebook's algorithm targeting young users, former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen testified on the company's knowledge and analyses on its younger users.\n\n\"The buck stops with Mark [Zuckerberg],\" she said. \"We need to protect kids.\"", "The app was launched just 12 hours before the vaccine passport scheme came into effect\n\nScotland's first minister has apologised for the botched introduction of the country's vaccine passport app.\n\nThe app - which allows people to show they have been double vaccinated - was launched just hours before the scheme came into effect.\n\nBut many people were unable to access their records through the app, leading to several venues not asking for proof of vaccination over the weekend.\n\nNicola Sturgeon acknowledged that this had caused \"extreme frustration\".\n\nSpeaking in the Scottish Parliament, she added: \"I apologise for that\".\n\nThe first minister insisted that the app itself - which was developed by a Danish firm that was paid about £600,000 by the Scottish government - was not the problem.\n\nShe explained: \"Essentially the high level of demand after the launch of the app - combined with an error in one part of the NHS system - meant that information wasn't being sent quickly enough from the NHS system to the app.\n\n\"This also, for a period, caused problems for those requesting paper copies of vaccination certificates, or seeking to download a PDF.\"\n\nThe app went live shortly after 17:00 last Thursday, with the vaccine passport scheme being introduced at 05:00 the next morning.\n\nHowever, the government had already announced two days earlier that the scheme would not actually be enforced until 18 October - which opposition parties and industry groups said at the time suggested it was not yet ready.\n\nAberdeen did not check the vaccine status of fans at their match with Celtic on Sunday\n\nQuestions have also been asked about why the Scottish government evidently failed to anticipate and prepare for large numbers of people downloading and attempting to use the app, and why it decided to create its own app rather than sharing the one that is in use in England and Wales.\n\nMs Sturgeon said improvements to remedy the problem were made to the NHS system on Friday evening, with the \"initial backlog\" of people waiting to access their vaccine status being cleared by lunchtime on Saturday.\n\nShe said the government would continue to monitor the performance of the app, and to \"engage with businesses and sectors subject to the requirement for Covid certification\".\n\nAberdeen FC announced ahead of their match with Celtic on Sunday that they would not be checking the vaccination status of fans.\n\nBut Ms Sturgeon said both Hearts and Rangers had managed to check about 20% of their crowds despite saying they would not turn anyone away who was unable to provide evidence of their vaccination status.\n\nThe launch of the app has been described as a shambles by opposition parties and many affected businesses\n\nThe first minister also said she continued to believe that vaccine passports are a \"proportionate way of encouraging people to get vaccinated, and also of helping large events and night-time hospitality to keep operating during a potentially difficult winter.\"\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said the scheme had been \"an utter shambles from day one\" and a \"complete embarrassment\".\n\nHe added: \"The app was delayed and only came into force less than 12 hours before the scheme began. It was instantly a disaster - people couldn't find the app, they couldn't get the app to open, there were issues with facial recognition.\n\n\"People are still putting in all of their details correctly and cannot get their vaccine passport up on the app - there continue to be issues days on.\n\n\"It seems the government did not foresee high demand for an app that they want everyone who goes to gigs, football or nightclubs to download.\"\n\nAnas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, said the rollout of the app had been a \"predictable disaster\", and accused Ms Sturgeon of \"making this up as you go along\".\n\nHe said: \"This is the consequence of an arrogant government forcing through its ill-thought-through plans despite concerns from the public, public health experts and businesses.\"\n\nIt comes as Scotland recorded a further 21 Covid-related deaths and 2,056 new cases of the virus.\n\nA total of 998 people are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19, of whom 65 are in intensive care.\n\nThe number of new daily cases has reduced by more than 20% over the past week, and is now 60% lower than at the peak of the latest wave a month ago.\n\nThe most significant declines have been among the 15 to 24 age group, with the number of children under the age of 14 also falling dramatically in recent weeks.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the number of people in hospital wards or ICU units with Covid has also been falling over the past fortnight, but warned that the pressure on the health service was still intense.\n\nShe added: \"As we head further into autumn and then winter, we know that people meeting indoors more often or travelling by public transport rather than walking, for example, will create the conditions for the virus to circulate.\n\n\"There is a risk that this will lead to a further rise in cases - and that would, of course, put further pressure on the NHS.\n\n\"So for all the improvement we have seen - and collectively helped achieve - at least until we are well through the winter, we must remember that the overall position remains fragile and potentially very challenging.\"", "The vigil has been held amid continuing public outrage about male violence towards women\n\nHundreds of people have held a vigil in Eastbourne, the town where the man suspected of murdering school teacher Sabina Nessa was arrested.\n\nAbout 200 people gathered to pay tribute to Ms Nessa and to call for an end to male violence against women.\n\nMs Nessa was found a few minutes' walk from her home in Cator Park, Kidbrooke, on 18 September.\n\nKoci Selamaj, 36, of Terminus Road in Eastbourne, has been charged with the 28-year-old's murder.\n\nThe vigil at Eastbourne Pier was held amid continuing outrage and debate over women's safety and policing.\n\nAt about 19.00 BST, those who had gathered paused in thoughtful reflection as a Muslim prayer was read out.\n\nMany of those attending held pictures of Ms Nessa, while others carried signs protesting against male violence or remembering Sarah Everard.\n\nThose gathered at the vigil held up candles and posters in a \"peaceful protest\"\n\nAddressing the crowd on the seafront, co-organiser Natasha Peacock said: \"Sabina Nessa should still be alive. She was loved and she will be deeply missed.\"\n\nShe said the vigil had be organised \"to mourn Sabina and the other 109 women killed this year due to male violence\", and described it as \"a peaceful protest to say that we need to make the safety of women and girls a priority\".\n\nAnother attendee, Nicolette Florides, said: \"A lot of the girls around me are too scared to walk home. We want the community to make girls and women feel safe.\"\n\nAbout 200 people gathered at the pier in Eastbourne to pay their respects\n\nMarie Goodchild added: \"The police force needs more resources and there needs to be more victim support.\n\n\"There should be a safe space for victims to come forward, not feel humiliated or that you are going to get scrutinised if you do come forward.\"\n\nKoci Selamaj was arrested in Eastbourne in the early hours of 26 September.\n\nHe has indicated he will deny the charge of murder and has been remanded in custody ahead of a plea hearing on 16 December.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The research will track 8,000 children born this year over their first five years\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge has visited researchers looking at whether children born during the pandemic will have been affected in the long-term by the pressures on their families.\n\nThe University College London study will consider issues such as job worries, parents feeling isolated and a widening gap between rich and poor.\n\nThe duchess has highlighted the importance of children's early years.\n\n\"Our early childhoods shape our adult lives,\" she said.\n\n\"Knowing more about what impacts this critical time is fundamental to understanding what we as a society can do to improve our future health and happiness,\" she said, visiting the university's Centre for Longitudinal Studies.\n\nThe Children of the 2020s study will track the progress of 8,000 babies born in England this year - following their development and well-being in their first five years.\n\nThe idea is to see how the earliest experiences might reverberate through later life - not just from the pandemic, although this will have been such an early shaping influence.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge heard from lead researcher Pasco Fearon\n\n\"It's a really important part of the story for us to understand how it's impacted this generation of children,\" said lead Prof Pasco Fearon.\n\nChildren growing up in the wake of the pandemic could be living in families where parents have been under pressure in the lockdowns.\n\n\"Relationships could have been put under strain,\" he said.\n\nParents might have faced financial worries about \"insecure patterns of work\" and during lockdown been lonely and isolated from wider families.\n\nThere might be other issues, such as too much screen time for children, too, the expert in children's social and emotional development suggested.\n\nMothers faced particular stresses in the pandemic, UCL researchers have previously found, taking on a disproportionate amount of extra family responsibilities, including teaching older children sent home from school.\n\nThere has been a pattern in education studies of a polarising impact of the pandemic - of the most advantaged children getting further ahead and the most disadvantaged falling behind.\n\n\"Inequalities are always there but we expect to see the gaps getting wider,\" Prof Fearon said.\n\nAnd the study will see how and when this happens in early development, such as in language, social skills and readiness to start school, and look for opportunities to intervene.\n\n\"We want to show the crucial role of parents - and to get a national conversation going,\" Prof Fearon said.\n\n\"What are the big forces that are influencing how children get on in life in the early years and beyond?\" he said.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge, who launched her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood earlier this year, is highlighting the particular value of long-term tracking studies.\n\nIn the late-1950s long-term studies with questionnaires about pregnant women's smoking habits helped to reveal a better understanding of the link to children's birth weight.", "Ozy's chief executive Carlos Watson was a former news anchor for CNN\n\nIn an about-turn, the scandal-hit US media firm Ozy Media has re-launched just days after it shut itself down.\n\nBoss Carlos Watson told broadcaster NBC that the firm was \"open for business\" again and this was its \"Lazarus moment\" - referring to the biblical character brought back to life by Jesus.\n\nOzy shut on Friday after reports its co-founder had deceived potential investors during a conference call.\n\nMajor advertisers cut ties and its chairman Marc Lasry stepped down.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Watson told NBC that the previous week had been \"traumatic\" and \"heartbreaking\".\n\nHowever, he said the media firm had a change of heart: \"Over the weekend we spoke to advertising partners, we talked to our readers, our viewers our investors.\n\n\"I think Ozy is part of this moment. I think what we do... has a place.\"\n\nLaunched in California in 2013, Ozy Media produces left-leaning podcasts, television series and events. The firm has won an Emmy for its work.\n\nIn late September, the New York Times reported that co-founder Samir Rao impersonated a senior leader at YouTube during a conference call with Goldman Sachs in February. At that point the investment bank was considering making a $40m investment in the media company.\n\nMr Rao reportedly claimed that Ozy's videos were highly popular on YouTube.\n\nAccording to the Times, the investors realised something was wrong and did not go through with the deal. Mr Watson later apologised and Mr Rao was allowed to stay at the firm.\n\nAmid growing scrutiny last week, Ozy began an internal investigation and Mr Rao took a leave of absence.\n\nFomer BBC News presenter Katty Kay called the allegations against the firm \"troubling\"\n\nIt prompted veteran journalist Katty Kay - who joined Ozy in June after 30 years at the BBC - to quit, followed by Mr Lasry. Ford and Ally Financial cut ties with the media firm, amongst other advertisers.\n\nMr Watson told NBC that what Mr Rao had done was \"sad\" and \"wrong\".\n\nHe accepted that it was a \"fair question\" as to whether people would be able to trust him again as chief executive. The latest scandal is just one in a long string of allegations that has emerged, including claims the firm inflated its audience figures.\n\nMr Watson said he had been given \"incredibly bad advice\" last week \"to go silent\", when he should have engaged with the press.\n\nAs a result, he said \"half truths\", inaccuracies and \"cheap shots\" were reported in the media and that Ozy was not a \"house of cards\".\n\nMr Watson added Ozy intended to \"own\" the mistakes that had come to light around its use of data and marketing.\n\nThe firm could struggle to get back on its feet. It has lost most of its staff and only two people are currently on its board - Mr Watson and Michael Moe, founder of the Silicon Valley investment company GSV Holdings, which backs Ozy.\n\nIn a statement, Ozy told the BBC it was reaching out to its team to encourage them to return. It added that its newsletters will resume this week and TV production at the end of the month.\n\nThe firm added that several advertising partners had expressed excitement about the firm re-launching and intended to meet with Ozy in the coming days to discuss \"next steps\".\n\nOzy spokesman Phil Singer told the BBC: \"The bottom line is that we hit a bump in the road, but are committed to getting past this moment and renewing our commitment to being the kind of media company that delivers amazing content about topics and people that are too often overlooked.\"", "Obesity has been linked to deprivation\n\nFunding for healthy-lifestyle support such as stop-smoking and obesity clinics has been cut by a quarter in six years in England, research shows.\n\nThe Health Foundation said councils had received £3.3bn to run these services this year - £1bn less than in 2015-16, once inflation was accounted for.\n\nThe cut threatened the government's levelling-up agenda to spread wealth and opportunity more fairly, it added.\n\nBut the government said it was \"absolutely committed\" to the policy.\n\nA spokesman for the government added the newly-launched Office for Health Improvement and Disparities would play a crucial role in levelling up.\n\nDetails on future funding is expected to be announced later in the autumn.\n\nThe release of the Health Foundation analysis comes ahead of Health Secretary Sajid Javid's speech to the Conservative Party Conference on Tuesday.\n\nIt found while spending on the NHS had increased, funding given to councils for public health had been cut by 24% in the past six years.\n\nAnd in Blackpool - the most deprived area of the country - that meant £43 less per person per year was being spent on key public-health services.\n\nThe Health Foundation said these services were key to ensuring people remained in good health to get the most out of life.\n\nBut it pointed out people in the poorest areas could expect to live nearly 20 fewer years in good health than their peers in wealthier areas - a gap likely to have been made worse during the Covid pandemic.\n\nJo Bibby, from the Health Foundation, said ministers had already acknowledged levelling up health was fundamental to levelling up economically.\n\n\"A healthy and productive population will be essential to the country's future prosperity,\" she said.\n\n\"But ongoing cuts to the public-health grant run counter to this agenda and will ultimately serve to further entrench health inequality.\"\n\nThe Health Foundation said £1.4bn extra would be needed by 2024-25 to rectify these cuts.\n\nIts call was supported by the Association of Directors of Public Health, which has published a letter signed by more than 50 leading health charities and groups.\n\nADPH interim president Prof Jim McManus said: \"The public-health grant has been cut, cut and cut again, undermining the leadership and services that are essential to improving health and reducing inequalities.\"", "Most of those who died in the complex of camps at Auschwitz died at the Birkenau extermination camp\n\nStaff at the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz have condemned anti-Semitic graffiti discovered there and they have appealed for information.\n\nNine barracks were spray-painted with anti-Semitic phrases and slogans denying the Holocaust, according to the Auschwitz memorial and museum.\n\nThe graffiti was found at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site, the largest of the 40 camps that made up the Nazi complex.\n\nPolice have been informed of the incident and are investigating.\n\nStaff have called on anyone who may have been in the vicinity of the death camp on Tuesday morning and witnessed the incident to contact them, especially anyone with photos taken around the Gate of Death, at the entrance to Birkenau, and the wooden barracks.\n\nThe memorial centre said the vandalism was \"an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the great tragedies in human history and an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims of the German Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau camp\".\n\n\"As soon as the police have compiled all the necessary documentation, the conservators of the Auschwitz memorial will begin removing traces of vandalism from historical buildings,\" it added.\n\nThe statement noted that while the security system at the 170-hectare site was \"constantly being expanded\", it was funded from the museum's budget, which had been hit during the coronavirus pandemic. Fully enclosing the site would not be possible for some time, it added.\n\nThe Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial preserves the Nazi extermination camp set up on occupied Polish soil by Germany during World War Two.\n\nAt least 1.1 million people were murdered at Auschwitz in the four and a half years after it opened in 1940. Almost one million of them were Jews. The majority of the victims were sent to the gas chambers at Birkenau.\n\nIsrael's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial condemned what it said was an \"attack not only on the memory of the victims, but also on the survivors and any person with a conscience\".\n\nWhile vandalism at Auschwitz is rare, in 2010 a Swedish man was jailed for more than two years for plotting the theft of the infamous \"Arbeit macht frei\" sign that hangs over the entrance.\n\nEarlier this year the wall of a Jewish cemetery near the camp was defaced with swastikas and other Nazi symbols.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA former Facebook employee has told US politicians that the company's sites and apps harm children's mental health and stoke division in society.\n\nFrances Haugen, a 37-year-old former product manager turned whistleblower, heavily criticised the company at a hearing in the Senate.\n\nFacebook has faced growing scrutiny and increasing calls for its regulation.\n\nFounder Mark Zuckerberg hit back, saying the latest accusations were at odds with the company's goals.\n\nIn a letter to staff, he said many of the claims were \"illogical\" and pointed to Facebook's efforts to fight harmful content.\n\n\"We care deeply about issues like safety, well-being and mental health,\" he said in the letter, made public on his Facebook page. \"It's difficult to see coverage that misrepresents our work and our motives.\"\n\nFacebook is the world's most popular social media site. The company says it has 2.7 billion monthly active users. Hundreds of millions of people also use the company's other products, including WhatsApp and Instagram.\n\nBut it has been criticised on several fronts - from failing to protect users' privacy to not doing enough to halt the spread of disinformation.\n\nMs Haugen told CBS News on Sunday that she had shared a number of internal Facebook documents with the Wall Street Journal in recent weeks.\n\nUsing the documents, the WSJ reported that research carried out by Instagram showed the app could harm girls' mental health.\n\nThis was a theme Ms Haugen continued during her testimony on Tuesday. \"The company's leadership knows how to make Facebook and Instagram safer, but won't make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people,\" she said.\n\nShe criticised Mark Zuckerberg for having wide-ranging control, saying that there is \"no one currently holding Mark accountable but himself.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Facebook's Monika Bickert says commissioning research into issues shows the company is prioritising safety above profit\n\nAnd she praised the massive outage of Facebook services on Monday, which affected users around the world.\n\n\"Yesterday we saw Facebook taken off the internet,\" she said. \"I don't know why it went down, but I know that for more than five hours, Facebook wasn't used to deepen divides, destabilise democracies and make young girls and women feel bad about their bodies.\"\n\nThe answer, she told senators, was congressional oversight. \"We must act now,\" she said.\n\nMr Zuckerberg, in his letter, said the research into Instagram had been mischaracterised and that many young people had positive experiences of using the platform. But he said \"it's very important to me that everything we build is safe and good for kids\".\n\nOn Monday's outage, he said the deeper concern was not \"how many people switch to competitive services or how much money we lose, but what it means for the people who rely on our services to communicate with loved ones, run their businesses, or support their communities\".\n\nFrances Haugen said the company repeatedly prioritised profits over its users safety\n\nBoth Republican and Democratic senators on Tuesday were united in the need for change at the company - a rare topic of agreement between the two political parties.\n\n\"The damage to self-interest and self-worth inflicted by Facebook today will haunt a generation,\" Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said.\n\n\"Big Tech now faces the Big Tobacco jaw-dropping moment of truth,\" he added, a reference to how tobacco firms hid the harmful effects of their products.\n\nFellow Republican Dan Sullivan said the world would look back and ask \"What the hell were we thinking?\" in light of the revelations about Facebook's impact on children.\n\nIn a statement issued after the hearing, Facebook said it did not agree with Ms Haugen's \"characterisation of the many issues she testified about\". But it did agree that \"it's time to begin to create standard rules for the internet.\"\n\n\"It's been 25 years since the rules for the internet have been updated, and instead of expecting the industry to make societal decisions that belong to legislators, it is time for Congress to act,\" the statement read.\n\nMark Zuckerberg's blog is lengthy and thoughtful. He doesn't name Frances Haugen - but he has clearly been rattled.\n\nHis main argument is that the research she leaked has been misrepresented by both her and the media. He argues that the negative internal research has been cherry-picked and positive conclusions brushed over.\n\nInterestingly, he thinks this episode could have a chilling effect on internal research in companies - worried that bad conclusions might one day be leaked.\n\nBut there is of course a simple come back to this. Release the data.\n\nFacebook and other social media companies don't have to do internal research; they could let their data be analysed independently.\n\nTo be fair to Facebook, the company does give researchers some access. However, only Facebook has the full spectrum of user metrics needed to fully analyse its effect on society.\n\nHis arguments too are at times overly simplified. Why would we want to make people angry, he asks.\n\nI'm sure he doesn't. But it's been proven over and over again that social media that provokes any emotion, whether it be laughter, love or anger gets more engagement.\n\nZuckerberg believes passionately that Facebook is a force for good. It's becoming harder and harder to find people on Capitol Hill who think that.", "Sarah-Jane has sickle-cell disease, lives with constant pain and needs a blood transfusion every six weeks\n\nThe first new sickle-cell treatment in 20 years will help keep thousands of people out of hospital over the next three years, NHS England has said.\n\nSickle-cell disease is incurable and affects 15,000 people in the UK.\n\nAnd the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said the hope of reducing health inequalities for black people, who are predominantly affected and often have poorer health outcomes due to a number of social factors, made the drug worth recommending.\n\nIt called it \"an innovative treatment\".\n\nThe drug, crizanlizumab, made by Novartis, is injected into a vein and can be taken on its own or alongside standard treatment and regular blood transfusions.\n\nAnd in a trial, patients taking the crizanlizumab had a sickle-cell crisis 1.6 times a year on average, compared with nearly three times a year normally.\n\nThese painful episodes, which can require hospital treatment and lead to other health complications, are caused by by sickle-shaped red blood cells blocking the small blood vessels .\n\nBut because the trial was small and lasted only a year, it remains unknown how long the benefits last for - and that makes it difficult to judge how cost-effective crizanlizumab is.\n\nNevertheless, NICE, which recommends treatments in England and Wales, is recommending its use for over-16s, albeit under a special arrangement rather than routinely, on the NHS.\n\nAnd additional data on the treatment will be collected through clinical trials.\n\nThe charity Sickle Cell Society said the new treatment brought \"new hope\" for people living with the world's most common genetic blood condition.\n\nNHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said: \"The moment that a new drug comes that is approved to be used, our job is to make sure that we can do a deal to ensure it's affordable and get it out as quickly as possible.\"\n\nSarah-Jane has to rely on a whole range of medication to manage her sickle-cell disease, including very strong painkillers\n\nDiagnosed at birth, Sarah-Jane Nkrumah, 27, had her first crisis aged six months and has chronic pain in her joints.\n\n\"Every day is pain,\" she says.\n\n\"I don't remember the last time I had zero pain.\"\n\nSarah-Jane prefers to take breaks from taking painkillers - but some days cannot get out of bed.\n\n\"You just have to try and manage it,\" she says.\n\n\"It's all about having a lot of mental strength and support.\"\n\nAnd every six weeks, she has a blood transfusion to boost her energy levels.\n\n\"I feel weak and exhausted leading up to them and refreshed and stronger afterwards,\" she says.\n\n\"Thanks to donors, I get a chance to live another day.\"\n\nSarah-Jane had to give up her ambition to become a nursery teacher because it put her at risk of serious infection.\n\n\"Now, I have found my true purpose and love spreading awareness of sickle-cell disease,\" she says.\n\nMeindert Boysen, deputy chief executive and director of the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation, at NICE, said: \"Treatment for sickle-cell disease has been limited for years and there has been a lack of treatments for patients whose lives are affected by the condition.\n\n\"Crizanlizumab... has shown the potential to improve hundreds of lives and we are delighted to be able to recommend it as the first new treatment for sickle cell disease in two decades.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The body of Sarah Everard was found hidden in woodland\n\nMet Police officer Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to a whole-life term for the murder of Sarah Everard, in a case that sparked national outrage and calls for more action to tackle violence against women.\n\nCouzens admitted the kidnap, rape and murder of the 33-year-old marketing executive when he appeared in court several months ago.\n\nBut it was only during his sentencing that the full details of his crimes emerged.\n\nMs Everard was walking home from a friend's house in Clapham, south London, at about 21:30 BST on 3 March when she was abducted.\n\nCouzens' choice of victim was random, but the attack was planned.\n\nIn his sentencing remarks, Lord Justice Fulford said there had been \"significant planning and premeditation\" by Couzens.\n\nThe police officer had \"long planned to carry out a violent sexual assault on a yet-to-be-selected victim\" who he intended to coerce into his custody, noted the judge.\n\nCouzens spent at least a month travelling to London from Deal, Kent, where he lived, to research how best to carry out his crimes.\n\nSeveral days before the attack, he booked a hire car, which he would use for the abduction, as well as a roll of self-adhesive film advertised as a carpet protector on Amazon.\n\nAfter finishing a 12-hour shift at the US embassy that morning, Couzens, a parliamentary and diplomatic protection officer, went out \"hunting\" for a lone, young woman to kidnap and rape, the prosecution said.\n\nCCTV footage played in court showed Couzens and Ms Everard beside a vehicle on Poynders Road in Clapham\n\nThe court heard how Couzens used the knowledge he had gained from working on Covid patrols in January and his Metropolitan Police-issue warrant card to trick his victim under the guise of a fake arrest for breaching coronavirus guidelines.\n\nThe 48-year-old, who had been a police officer since 2002, handcuffed her before bundling her into the car and driving away.\n\nThe abduction was witnessed by a couple travelling past in a car - but they believed they had seen an undercover police officer carrying out a legitimate arrest, so did not intervene.\n\nThe whole kidnapping took less than five minutes.\n\nCouzens then drove to Dover in Kent, where he transferred Ms Everard to his own car, before travelling to a remote rural area nearby.\n\nIt was there that he raped and murdered his victim - strangling her with his police belt.\n\nBy 02:31 Couzens had left the scene and was spotted at a service station buying drinks.\n\nHe visited the site where Ms Everard's body was dumped twice, leaving just before dawn.\n\nThe next day, as the search for her escalated, Couzens bought petrol, which he used to burn her body inside a fridge.\n\nHe also purchased two green rubble bags, which he used to dump the remains in a pond near an area of woodland he owned in Hoads Wood, Ashford.\n\nA week after she disappeared, Ms Everard's body was found in a woodland stream, just metres from land owned by Couzens.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A CCTV timeline shows key evidence used to arrest and prosecute Wayne Couzens\n\nMeanwhile, Couzens returned to normal life, carrying out mundane activities like calling a vet about his dog.\n\nDays later, he even took his wife and two children on a family trip to the woods where he had burnt his victim's body.\n\nHowever, on the 8 March, the day he was due to return to work, he reported in sick.\n\nThe following day he was arrested at his home in Deal.\n\nIn a brief police interview, he told a false story about being threatened by an Eastern European gang, claiming they had demanded he deliver \"another girl\" after he had underpaid a prostitute a few weeks before. He then claimed he kidnapped Ms Everard, drove out of London and handed her over to three men in a van in a layby in Kent, while she was alive and uninjured.\n\nBut after Ms Everard's body was discovered in a pond just 130 metres from land owned by Couzens, he was charged.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In video from a police interview at his home on 9 March, Couzens denies knowing Sarah Everard\n\nCouzens has since been sacked by the Met, but the force is still facing questions over whether chances were missed to prevent his predatory behaviour.\n\nAfter Ms Everard's murder, the police watchdog announced it was probing alleged failures by the Met to investigate two indecent exposure incidents linked to Couzens in February.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct is also investigating alleged failures by Kent Police to investigate a flashing incident linked to Couzens in 2015.\n\nCouzens transferred to the Met in 2018, from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, where he had worked since 2011.\n\nTwo years later he began working for the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command as an authorised firearms officer at diplomatic premises around central London.\n\nIn July, appearing by video link from Belmarsh high security jail, Couzens pleaded guilty to murder at the Old Bailey.\n\nOn Wednesday he appeared in court again - this time in person - for a two-day sentencing hearing.\n\nThere, he faced Ms Everard's mother, father and sister, who described to the court the torment of losing their loved one in such horrendous circumstances.\n\nHer father, Jeremy, demanded that Couzens looked at him as he told the murderer he could never forgive him for taking away his daughter.\n\nHer mother, Susan, said she was \"tormented\" at the thought of what her \"precious little girl\" had endured.\n\n\"I go through the sequence of events. I wonder when she realised she was in mortal danger,\" she told the court.\n\n\"Burning her body was the final insult. It meant we could never again see her sweet face and never say goodbye.\n\n\"Our lives will never be the same. We should be a family of five, but now we are four. Her death leaves a yawning chasm in our lives that cannot be filled.\"", "The Canadian actor famously played Captain James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise\n\nThe actor who played Captain Kirk in the Star Trek series is set to embark on a real-life journey into space.\n\nUS tech billionaire Jeff Bezos's space travel company Blue Origin confirmed that William Shatner would be blasting off from Texas on 12 October.\n\nAged 90, the actor will become the oldest person to have flown into space.\n\n\"I've heard about space for a long time now. I'm taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle,\" Shatner said in a statement.\n\nShatner will be joining three other people aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket for the company's second human spaceflight.\n\nAmazon founder Jeff Bezos joined the first crewed flight in July, along with his brother, an 82-year-old pioneer of the space race and an 18-year-old student.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on the first human flight of New Shepard\n\nAs with the previous flight, the October voyage is expected to last about 10 minutes and will take the crew just beyond the Karman Line - the most widely recognised boundary of space which lies 100km (60 miles) above the Earth.\n\nBlue Origin said its vice president of mission and flight operations, Audrey Powers, would also be on board the flight, as well as a former Nasa engineer and the co-founder of a software company specialising in clinical research.\n\nA Canadian actor, Shatner famously played Captain James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek TV series in the 1960s, and later appeared in films of the franchise.\n\nReports in 2013 said he had turned down Sir Richard Branson's offer to fly him into space with Virgin Galactic - the billionaire's space travel company which took Sir Richard to the edge of space in July.\n\nSir Richard told The Sun newspaper at the time it was because Shatner has a fear of flying. But in 2011 the actor said he had turned down the offer because the billionaire allegedly wanted him to pay for the journey.\n\n\"He wanted me to go up and pay for it and I said: 'Hey, you pay me and I'll go up. I'll risk my life for a large sum of money.' But he didn't pick me up on my offer,\" Shatner told reporters.\n\nThe Star Trek star will not however be the first original cast member to leave the planet.\n\nLast year The Times revealed that the ashes of James Doohan, who played Montgomery \"Scotty\" Scott, were smuggled on board the International Space Station in 2008, three years after Doohan's death.\n\nNew Shepard, built by Bezos' company Blue Origin, is designed to serve the burgeoning market for space tourism.\n\nDubbed \"NewSpace\", an increasing number of entrepreneurs are joining in the race to create cheap, commercialised space travel.\n\nBezos's Blue Origin hit headlines in recent days after 21 current and former employees claimed it had ignored safety concerns to gain an advantage in the space race, and complained of a culture of sexism.\n\nBlue Origin rejected the charges and said it stands by its safety record.", "Flooding hit parts of London after heavy rain overnight, causing disruption on the roads and railways.\n\nShops and offices in Knightsbridge were hit by a deluge, leaving some unable to get to work as motorists tried to navigate waterlogged roads.\n\nTorrential downpours caused by a cold front sweeping eastwards have affected other parts of the UK, with part of the M23 in Sussex closed.\n\nTube lines and the London Overground have reopened after earlier closures.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSt James's Park in central London saw 35mm of rain between midnight and 06:00 BST, the Met Office said.\n\nThe wet weather also caused a road closure on the M23 in Sussex between junctions 10a and 11, while the M25 was affected as parts of the east of England were also deluged.\n\nCars were left stranded on the A3 in south-west London\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJacques Azagury, who said he used to make dresses for Princess Diana, is one of many business owners in Knightsbridge, west London, affected.\n\nHe described the floods as a \"disaster\" for his shop where \"pretty much all the garments downstairs have been ruined\".\n\n... and has seen expensive fabrics damaged\n\nHe said: \"Obviously, I'm a bit anxious but with all these natural disasters you just get on with it and do as best you can to clean up.\n\n\"I don't know how long it's going to take or when we're going to be able to reopen again. It depends how much help we get.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by LittleLondonWhispers 💙 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nClimate experts say the number of extreme rain events is increasing.\n\nThe Met Office says the amount of rain from extremely wet days has increased by 17%.\n\nIt also said \"a shift to more intense individual storms and fewer weak storms is likely as temperatures increase.\"\n\nI remember reporting on severe flash flooding in Brixton more than 15 years ago and I was told then it was a one in a 1,000 year event.\n\nNow in London these very localised, severe, rainfalls seem to happen every few weeks or months.\n\nCities like London are now having to prepare for flash flooding events in the future. Transport systems in particular are vulnerable.\n\nBetter drainage, materials that can absorb rain and better flood protections are all being planned. But it all comes at a cost.\n\nCommuters faced disruption as flooding at Gloucester Road and Aldgate led to parts of the District, Circle and Metropolitan lines to close.\n\nLondon Overground also partially suspended services due to flooding at Imperial Wharf.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Greg McKenzie This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLondon has already been hit by severe downpours during the summer. In July, one month's worth of rain fell in one day. Two weeks later, there were further flash floods.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Anouk Charbonnier This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA spokesperson for the Mayor of London said: \"Flash flooding in some areas of London last night is causing concern and anxiety for many Londoners and it shows once again that the dangers of climate change have moved closer to home.\"\n\nHave you been affected by the adverse weather? Share your stories and video by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Adele is seen looking in the rear view mirror of a car in the video\n\nAdele has released a snippet of her first new music for six years, and revealed that the full song will be out next week.\n\nThe pop star posted a 21-second black-and-white clip on Twitter, showing her putting a cassette bearing the song's title, Easy On Me, into a car stereo.\n\nThat's followed by 13 seconds of the song's instrumental piano introduction.\n\nHer tweet said Easy On Me will be released on Friday, 15 October, with her fourth album expected to follow.\n\nIt comes after posters and projections appeared around the world bearing the number 30, which is expected to be the title of the highly anticipated album.\n\nThe clip was watched five million times in the first hour on Twitter and Instagram, a figure that had doubled by the end of the day.\n\nAccording to La Presse, the clip was shot in the Canadian Eastern Townships in September.\n\nIt was directed by Quebec filmmaker Xavier Dolan, who previously provided the visuals for her hit Hello. The 2015 video now has more than 3 billion views.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adele This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSo what does this clip tell us about Adele's new music? For a start, the album's not a drum 'n' bass record, as she (jokingly) suggested in 2019. At least the opening 13 seconds don't suggest it.\n\nThe first single is clearly the kind of emotive piano ballad that she does so well, with a melody that instantly sounds like classic Adele. The video cuts out before her vocals kick in.\n\nAs for the visuals, she's in a car pulling a trailer with furniture stacked on the back, driving down a deserted American road. Leaving something, or someone, behind.\n\nThe album title 30 would connect the album to Adele's previous pattern of naming records after her age during a pivotal year in her life, following 19, 21 and 25.\n\nThe singer separated from her now ex-husband Simon Konecki when she was 30 (she is now 33) and has subsequently kept a low public profile.\n\nSheet music is seen flying out of the car window and into the road\n\nAs in the sepia video for Hello, the first single from her last album, there's a distinctly nostalgic vibe. In that, she had a flip phone. In this, she goes even further back in time to put a tape of her new song into the car stereo.\n\nShe then glances at us in the rear view mirror before driving off, her arm making a wave motion out of the window, signalling a sense of freedom.\n\nPages of sheet music fly out of the car window in the breeze and are strewn behind her along the road - possibly works by Bach and Chopin with one that could be another new Adele song, musician James B Partridge told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\nAnd what of the song title itself? Easy On Me is missing the more overt plea to \"take it\" easy on her, but nonetheless there is an implied reference to another person who has taken it easy on her, or she wants to, or she wishes had.\n\nIt would seem to fit with the template of her best songs, which couple the melancholic hues of loss, disappointment and passing time with an inner defiance that sees her moving forward despite the heartbreak.", "Ellen Craft used her light skin to pose as a white man, with husband William as her servant, during their daring escape\n\nA black married couple who escaped slavery in the US and fled to England to campaign for abolition have been honoured with a blue plaque.\n\nEllen and William Craft travelled 1,000 miles from Georgia to freedom in the north, with Ellen disguised as a white man and William as her servant.\n\nWhen new laws meant they could be recaptured by their enslavers, they escaped to the UK.\n\nAfter their arrival they lectured on abolition, reform and social justice.\n\nOne of the most brutal aspects of the US system of slavery was used by the Crafts to aid their daring escape in 1848.\n\nLike many enslaved people, Ellen was conceived when her mother was raped by the white man who owned her.\n\nEllen was very light-skinned, which allowed her to pass as white during the escape, posing as a disabled Southern gentleman planter who was travelling north for medical treatment.\n\nThe couple reached Philadelphia, where they were greeted by abolitionists who carried them on to Massachusetts.\n\nBut in 1850, Congress introduced a law that mean their former enslavers could send agents to abduct them and return them to the south.\n\nThe husband and wife fled across the Atlantic in December that year, settling first in Ockham, Surrey, before making their home at 26 Cambridge Grove, a mid-Victorian House in Hammersmith, west London.\n\nIt is this house which now bears the blue plaque from English Heritage marking their achievements: \"Refugees from slavery and campaigners for its abolition lived here\".\n\nAt this London home, the Crafts helped to organise the London Emancipation Committee as well as travelling Britain giving lectures about abolition, radical reform and social justice.\n\nEllen was also involved in the campaign to gain voting rights for women and supported organisations which helped other enslaved people who had won their freedom.\n\nIn 1860, they published an account of their escape entitled Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, which helped to make them among the most famous refugees from slavery.\n\nAfter the US Civil War ended in 1865 with the defeat of the southern slave states and the legal emancipation of all enslaved people, Ellen and William Craft returned to Boston with three of their children.\n\nDr Hannah-Rose Murray, a historian at the University of Edinburgh who researches African-American abolitionists in Britain, said the couple were \"heroic freedom fighters\".\n\n\"If caught, they would have been incarcerated, tortured and almost certainly sold away from each other,\" said Dr Murray, who proposed the plaque.\n\n\"Their story inspired audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and when the Crafts reached Britain, they were relentless in their campaigns against slavery, racism, white supremacy, and the Confederate cause during the US Civil War.\"\n\nThe Victorian house where the Crafts lived as they campaigned to abolish slavery in the US", "Last updated on .From the section Formula 1\n\nLewis Hamilton is launching a scheme that aims to boost the recruitment of black teachers in science, technology and maths (STEM) subjects.\n\nThe project arises from the Hamilton Commission report addressing the lack of diversity in UK motorsport.\n\nHamilton said the scheme \"focuses on identifying the best way to attract black talent to STEM teaching roles\".\n\nThe Formula 1 world champion hopes it will \"create a framework the wider education industry can implement\".\n\nThe initial two-year programme, in partnership with education charity Teach First, is to pilot a range of new approaches to identify best practices when recruiting black STEM teachers.\n\nIt aims to support the recruitment and training of 150 black STEM teachers to work in schools serving disadvantaged communities in England.\n\nBritish seven-time world champion Hamilton said the move \"is another step towards addressing barriers preventing young black students' engagement with STEM, as identified in the Hamilton Commission report\".\n\nHe added: \"We know representation and role models are important across all aspects of society, but especially when it comes to supporting young people's development.\"\n\nThe programme is the first partnership announced by Hamilton's Mission 44 scheme, which was set up earlier this year to \"support, empower and champion young people from under-served communities\".\n\nThe Hamilton Commission, whose findings were published earlier this year, found that only 2% of teachers are from black backgrounds and that 46% of schools in England have no racially diverse teachers at all.\n\nThe data revealed that 1.1% of teachers are black African, compared with a 2.1% representation in the working-age population. The commission found that 78.5% of the working-age population are white British with 85.7% of teachers falling within that category.\n\nIt found that black STEM teachers were important to the engagement of young black students with these subjects.\n\nHamilton said he had no black teachers at all throughout his time in education and he believes that if he had had a teacher who had understood his background better, he would have achieved greater success in his studies.\n• None Trained to protect others but can these fighting witches protect themselves?", "Three days of revelations later: Thanks for joining us\n\nWe're going to wrap up our live coverage of the Pandora Papers here. Over the last three days we've unpicked one of the biggest financial leaks in history and have seen 35 current and former world leaders - and hundreds more public officials - named in the files. There's undoubtedly been a lot to take in. If you've still got questions:\n• Watch the BBC Panorama's exposé on world leaders here, and on political donors here (UK only)\n• Listen to this special edition of Newscast where the BBC's Andy Verity explains everything you need to know\n• Keep up to date with all the latest Pandora Papers news here.", "Police officers have \"routinely\" taken people to hospital in the back of police vehicles because an ambulance was unavailable, it has been claimed.\n\nThe Scottish Police Federation (SPF) said officers were having to help relieve strain on under-pressure ambulance crews.\n\nIt has provided records to Scottish social affairs magazine, 1919, on about 30 incidents in the past three months.\n\nThe Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) has denied the claims.\n\nLast month, the military was called in to help drive ambulances in a bid to ease the \"unprecedented\" pressure on the NHS.\n\nSAS chief executive Pauline Howie said at the time the impact of Covid had placed the service at its \"highest level of escalation\".\n\nThe Scottish Police Federation said police reports show that officers stepped in to help when:\n\nAnother report records that a single paramedic dealing with an injured man asked police to drive his vehicles so he could continue treating the patient en route to hospital.\n\nAnd in another incident a family concerned about a relative contacted their GP and ambulance service, but were told to call the police instead. Officers took him to hospital.\n\nGordon Forsyth, of the SPF, said: \"Cops out there are taking people to hospital in the back of police cars simply because the ambulance is going to be hours, or there isn't anybody suitable to leave the person with and stand down.\n\n\"I've got a list of 30-odd examples, various things where the cops have been sent to calls because an ambulance hasn't been available, or having to wait for a significant period of time for an ambulance to get there.\"\n\nThe military was asked to help the Scottish Ambulance Service last month\n\nIn a statement to 1919, the ambulance service said police officers were only requested to attend cardiac arrest calls as a first response in the north of Scotland and they were immediately backed up by an ambulance resource.\n\nSAS said: \"In no other situation would police officers attend ambulance 999 calls or be asked to transport patients to hospital\".\n\nIn a statement to BBC Scotland, Police Scotland referred to comments made by Chief Constable Iain Livingstone to a meeting of the Scottish Police Authority Board last week.\n\nMr Livingstone said policing was \"so often the service of first and last resort\" and officers would \"never step away from those who are in crisis\".\n\nHe said: \"I recognise the pressures which exist across many other services, agencies and sectors. We know that when the health service, local authorities and other key partners come under significant strain, demand is diverted to policing.\n\n\"Additionally, delays in service provision by other agencies also mean officers and staff can spend longer dealing with an incident than would otherwise be the case.\n\n\"Covid is still with us and the global pandemic continues to put the National Health Service under critical pressure.\"", "More than half of new pet owners are aged 16 to 34\n\nInsurers are increasingly covering claims for treatment of distressed dogs as their owners return to work, analysis shows.\n\nMarket analysts Defaqto said 44% of dog insurance policies now included full cover for behaviour compared to 30% in February last year.\n\nThis means insurers would cover the cost of behavioural therapy recommended by a vet to treat an animal's emotional distress, perhaps owing to separation.\n\nOf an estimated 12 million dogs in the UK, about 3.2 million were acquired as puppies during the Covid crisis.\n\nMany were bought by young people to help with companionship and exercise while working from home during lockdowns.\n\nDog welfare charity, Dogs Trust, has warned that an increasing number of owners are trying to hand over dogs for adoption since coronavirus restrictions were lifted.\n\nThe RSPCA has also said that dogs could face separation anxiety that made them distressed.\n\nIndicators include destructive behaviour, unwanted toileting or reports of howling and barking. In some cases anxious dogs may tremble, whine or pace around, as well as excessive salivation, self-mutilation, repetitive behaviour and vomiting.\n\nSome pets might require professional help that can cost thousands of pounds.\n\nBrian Brown, consumer finance expert at Defaqto, said insurers had increased their cover.\n\n\"However, there is no excuse for not training and socialising a dog properly and insurers will not pay claims where this is the case,\" he said.\n\n\"If your dog is showing signs of distress, seek advice straight away. Many insurers offer free vet helplines where you can get advice over the phone, even if you don't have to make a claim. If you find you don't have insurance cover, speak to the animal charities to get advice.\"", "The inquests into the deaths of four men killed by Stephen Port are to examine if their lives may have been saved if police had acted differently.\n\nBetween June 2014 and September 2015, Port murdered Anthony Walgate, 23, Gabriel Kovari, 22, Daniel Whitworth, 21, and Jack Taylor, 25.\n\nThey were all given fatal overdoses of the drug GHB.\n\nJurors heard the inquests will consider whether opportunities were missed to uncover what happened earlier.\n\nPort, from Barking in east London, was sentenced to a full life term in November 2016\n\nIn 2016, Port was found guilty of their murders and attacking several others. He was given a whole life prison term.\n\nIn her opening statement to the jury, Judge Sarah Munro QC - who is sitting as the coroner - said Port's trial did not answer the question of whether the deaths \"might have been prevented had the police investigated any of the deaths differently\".\n\nShe added Port would \"not play any part in these inquests but you will hear a great deal about him and his lifestyle\".\n\nJurors heard police did not realise the men had been murdered by Port until after the final death.\n\nJudge Sarah Munro QC said the inquests would look into whether the deaths could have been prevented\n\nPort met his victims online, including through the dating app Grindr, before luring them to his home where they were drugged and raped.\n\nThe inquests are taking place at Barking Town Hall, just yards from the east London flat where Port's victims were given fatal overdoses.\n\nMs Munro said the function of the inquests was not to attribute criminal or civil liability.\n\nShe told the jury: \"If there appear to have been shortcomings in the way in which the police investigated these deaths, we must consider those shortcomings dispassionately and resist the temptation to look for scapegoats.\"\n\nShe stressed the ultimate responsibility for the four men's murders lies with Port.\n\nPort presented a very different version of himself online (left)\n\nProviding an overview of the four deaths, Ms Munro said Mr Walgate was found outside Port's flat in Cooke Street, Barking, on 19 June 2014. Port had called an ambulance, however he did not provide his real name.\n\nIt was decided the local police team rather than the Met's specialist homicide command should lead the investigation into the fashion student's death.\n\nInvestigators quickly established it was Port who had called an ambulance for Mr Walgate, but when questioned he lied to police and gave no indication he knew him.\n\nIt was a week later before they realised that Port, using the name Joe Dean, had in fact arranged to meet Mr Walgate, who was working as an escort at the time.\n\nA special post-mortem examination could not establish the cause of death and it was another two months before it emerged he had died from an overdose of GHB.\n\nPort was arrested and convicted of perverting the course of justice.\n\nMr Kovari and Mr Whitworth's bodies were found in the graveyard of St Margaret's Church\n\nIn the months before he was imprisoned, he killed Mr Kovari and Mr Whitworth three weeks within each other in August and September 2014.\n\nThe two young men's bodies were found in St Margaret's churchyard, some 300m (1,000ft) from Port's flat.\n\nAt the time, Mr Kovari's death was treated as \"unexplained\" but not suspicious, the court was told.\n\nToxicology tests found he had GHB in his system and he died from a \"mixed drug overdose\".\n\nWhen Mr Whitworth was found, a fake suicide note - written by Port - was in his hand. The note appeared to claim Mr Whitworth had accidentally killed Mr Kovari and was taking his own life in response.\n\nMs Munro said the note was a lie, written by Port in an attempt to \"cover up\" the death - but that only became clear \"much later\".\n\nThe first three deaths were not treated as homicides until weeks after the final one.\n\nThe court heard inquests into the deaths of Mr Kovari and Mr Whitworth were held in 2015, however they were later set aside at the High Court in the wake of the murder trial.\n\nDuring the first inquests, a friend of Mr Kovari, John Pape, had asked if it had ever been considered there could be a link with the earlier death of Mr Walgate. In response, a police officer said it had been considered but no link established.\n\nOpen conclusions were given, with the original coroner saying she had concerns about \"third party involvement\" in Mr Whitworth's case, so she could not be sure he took his own life, the court heard.\n\nMr Taylor was found in Barking Abbey ruins on 14 September, 2015, just over the wall from where Mr Kovari and Mr Whitworth were discovered.\n\nToxicology tests found he had traces of alcohol and GHB in his blood.\n\nThe police established that on 13 September Mr Taylor had taken a taxi to Barking station, where CCTV footage showed him meeting an unidentified man.\n\nOn 15 October, Port was arrested on suspicion of murder after a police officer, who was working on the investigation into Mr Walgate's death, identified Port as the man seen walking with Mr Taylor as he happened to see the CCTV images.\n\nThe hearing is expected to last 10 weeks.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Children aged between 12 and 15 will be offered vaccination by the end of term, Eluned Morgan says\n\nIt is likely to be November before most schools in Northern Ireland begin to vaccinate 12 to 15-year-old pupils.\n\nLetters and consent forms for the Covid-19 vaccine are expected to be sent to parents of eligible children in mid-to-late October, according to the Public Health Agency (PHA).\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers have recommended healthy 12 to 15-year-olds be offered one vaccine dose.\n\nVaccinations for pupils in Scotland and England are already taking place.\n\nHowever, the approach being taken by each nation differs.\n\nIn Wales, the government has set a target, saying by the end of the school half term all pupils in that age bracket will have been offered a single dose.\n\nMore than 140,000 children in Wales will qualify for the jab.\n\nIt is thought a majority will receive their jab in school.\n\nChildren will be encouraged to discuss the decision to receive a jab with their parents\n\nIn Northern Ireland, communication with families has yet to start.\n\nParents will get a letter, consent form and Covid-19 vaccine information material prior to vaccine teams visiting schools, a PHA spokesperson told BBC News NI.\n\nOn consent, the PHA advice is that while the letter is addressed to the child, it encourages them to discuss the decision about the vaccine with their parents.\n\nIn secondary schools \"some young people may be mature enough to provide their own consent\", said the PHA.\n\n\"This sometimes occurs if a parent has not returned a consent form but the child still wishes to have the vaccine on the day of the session,\" the agency added.\n\n\"Every effort will be made to contact the parent to seek their verbal consent.\"\n\nThe PHA is urging parents and guardians to look out for the consent form coming home in schoolbags.\n\nThe agency urged parents to read the information leaflets and talk to children about the vaccine and make an informed decision.\n\nThe vaccination programme for 12 to 15-year-olds who are immunosuppressed in Northern Ireland is already taking place.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the schools immunisation programme also covers the childhood flu programme, which this year will see a further roll out of the free flu vaccine to include school children up to year 12.\n\nEngland's vaccination programme is also based in schools.", "Lilly Hanrahan was 21 months old when she was murdered by Sean Sadler\n\nAuthorities' failure to share details about a man before he murdered a girl in his partner's care \"contributed\" to her death.\n\nThe Probation Service admitted error following a serious case review over toddler Lilly Hanrahan, killed in Birmingham in 2017.\n\nThe probe highlighted a catalogue of missed chances to check on killer Sean Sadler's presence in her life.\n\nSadler, 32, was jailed in March for at least 20 years.\n\nBabysitting Lilly in the Northfield area of the city, he threw and violently shook her, causing a brain injury that led to her death.\n\nHe had also attacked the 21-month-old about a week before the fatal assault.\n\nBut despite authorities being aware of Lilly since her mother became unable to care for her, chances to monitor the adults in her life were missed, the review found.\n\nInformation about Sadler going unshared by the Probation Service was said by the investigation to be a key \"omission\".\n\nA Probation Service spokesperson has apologised for \"failure\" which she said \"contributed\" to Lilly's death.\n\nThe report, published on Tuesday, said Lilly had been hospitalised as a baby and, due to her mother's substance misuse, was placed in the care of her maternal grandmother.\n\nBut in 2016 the woman informed authorities she felt unable to manage the toddler.\n\nA special guardianship order (SGO) was made in September of that year, with another woman, unnamed in the report, appointed.\n\nHer first biological child was fathered by Sadler. During her assessment prior to appointment as guardian, she said there had been no contact with him since becoming pregnant.\n\nBy 2017, they were in a new relationship, with Sadler murdering Lilly in November of that year.\n\nSean Sadler told authorities he was in a relationship with Lilly's guardian two months before he murdered the toddler, but no action was taken\n\nThe SGO assessment, the review concluded, could have \"made inquiries of previous partners\" and \"also have explored [the guardian's] family dynamics more closely\", although the report added that had those components been completed, it was unlikely the SGO would not have been made.\n\nHad a supervision order been in place, it concluded, there would have been a requirement for the guardian to inform the local authority about her new partner.\n\nSadler, the report added, had a history of mental health problems. Following a conviction for battery and criminal damage, he began to be supervised by the Probation Service, and in September 2017, two months before Lilly died, he disclosed he was in a new relationship with a woman whom he used to see when he was younger.\n\nBut, the report said, information about the risks posed by him was not shared by the Probation Service with the guardian or children's social services, as required by procedure.\n\n\"Had [the Probation Service] done so, Children's Social Care would have been alerted and safeguarding processes put in place,\" the review said.\n\nIt added: \"Indeed, this omission may well have had very serious consequences for Lilly, and may be the single omission that could have made a difference.\"\n\nAdditionally, notes from 25 January 2017 in the children's social work team suggested that visits were taking place to see Lilly and the guardian, but no records of those visits exist, and the case was closed on 22 March 2017.\n\nFrom October to 14 November 2017, Lilly's guardian and her nursery reported seeing bruises on her, but no safeguarding concerns were identified.\n\nTwo days later, Lilly was found collapsed, and died on 22 November.\n\nOf Lilly's guardian, the review said: \"She told us that she blames herself completely for the death of Lilly: that she should have been more suspicious of her then partner, should not have taken his word, should not have allowed him to babysit for Lilly, should have seen the pattern in the bruises.\n\n\"She also blames the police for not informing her about her then partner's convictions.\n\n\"In fact, probation had a duty to inform her. She said, that had she known, she would have immediately taken steps to distance herself from him.\"\n\nSarah Chand, head of West Midlands Probation Service, said:\"My heartfelt sympathies remain with Lilly's family and I would like to apologise to them for the failure by probation which contributed to her death.\n\n\"Since this horrific crime, we have recruited more staff, work more closely with social services and continue to conduct visits to offenders' homes to better protect children and partners from domestic violence.\"\n\nAndy Couldrick, chief executive of Birmingham Children's Trust, which manages children's care in the city, said the trust \"acknowledged\" the shortcomings in the report and offered its \"deepest\" condolences.\n\n\"In this case, services were involved for six months following the [SGO], and there were no issues or concerns being raised that suggested our involvement needed to continue,\" he said.\n\n\"When Mr Sadler became reattached to the family, children's services' involvement had ended.\n\n\"If children's services had been alerted by Probation, or by the services that were made aware of unexplained bruising to the child, then of course children's services would have become involved once more with the family.\"\n\nHe added the \"robustness and rigour\" of services, including support following the issuing of an SGO, had been improved.\n\nPenny Thompson CBE, independent chair of Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership, said Lilly's death was \"profoundly sad\".\n\nShe added: \"I offer condolences to her family and loved ones. I know they continue to feel her loss intensely.\"\n\nFollowing the review, she said she wanted to highlight the importance of adult-oriented services sharing information with those supporting children, and the importance of professionals having \"open and curious minds\".\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There is an air of crisis in British policing this weekend as it faces a great moment of reckoning.\n\nNever have leaders felt that public trust is so low they have had to advise women to consider fleeing if they are uncomfortable when confronted by one of their own officers.\n\nBut that is the aftershock of the appalling crimes of Wayne Couzens, who raped and murdered Sarah Everard while working for the Metropolitan Police, after kidnapping her in a fake arrest.\n\nHe was sentenced this week to a whole-life term in prison.\n\nWell first there is no sign that ministers are going to make Dame Cressida Dick, the commissioner of the Met and the UK's top officer, take the blame.\n\nDespite repeated attempts to force Home Secretary Priti Patel's hand, she has very publicly backed Dame Cressida by renewing her contract last month.\n\nBut questions now confront policing - and the difficulty its chiefs and ministers are having in answering them is why the crisis feels too deep.\n\nWas Couzens' ability to pull on the uniform a failure of the system?\n\nAnd how should police leaders and the government respond?\n\nClearly, society is not filled with homicidal sex offenders. But the fact is they do exist and it's unarguable that they use deception to get themselves into positions of trust.\n\nIn that context, Couzens' ability to hide undetected within policing is similar to the dreadful story of the Soham murders almost 20 years ago - in which a suspected sex offender was able to work as a school caretaker.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick says the force has been \"shamed\" and \"rocked\" by the case\n\nCouzens, we now know, has been the subject of three allegations of indecent exposure - including reports he drove into McDonald's naked from the waist down.\n\nThe first allegation of what has long been downplayed as \"flashing\" occurred in 2015 when he was in the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, guarding the Dungeness power station on the English Channel.\n\nThe police watchdog is still investigating what Kent Police knew about Couzens before he was able to transfer to the neighbouring Metropolitan force in London.\n\nScotland Yard says its vetting systems did not fail - but admits the system did not pick up this incident.\n\nAn investigation continues into how far an officer had got in establishing that Couzens was the suspect.\n\nThis question of how officers are vetted is now a very live issue - not just because of \"missed opportunities\" from previous allegations - but also whether the system is set up to screen out candidates who may have a propensity to violence.\n\nBut the focal point is quickly moving beyond whether vetting systems are technically good enough to root out dodgy candidates - to whether there is a permissive sexist culture that allows them to remain in the police.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"You have little power to say no\" - Women react to the Met's safety advice following the Everard case\n\nWhen I was a trainee reporter in Humberside more than 20 years ago and our newsroom got a tip of some kind of violence in the town, I'd call the police control room.\n\n\"Nah, just a domestic,\" the bored duty sergeant would reply.\n\nAnd that response, say critics, is the first part of the problem. For too long police forces have downplayed or ignored the everyday violence and misogyny that men inflict on women.\n\nJust last month, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary said there was an epidemic of violence against women and girls that deserved the same resources and focus as terrorism.\n\nSo why is it not a bigger priority?\n\nSue Fish, the former chief constable of Nottinghamshire, says there is a significant minority in uniform who are \"actively deviant\" - misogynistic officers who are abusing power - some of whom are in turn involved in domestic and sexual abuse.\n\nIn 2016, she ordered her force to start recording misogyny as a hate crime - and the Law Commission, which advises ministers on major legal reforms will soon publish its own proposals on the issue.\n\nBut Ms Fish's point is reinforced by the fact that the police watchdog is not just investigating what was known about Couzens - but also five other officers who were in a Whatsapp group that shared allegedly misogynistic and discriminatory messages.\n\nSue Fish says she has seen nothing from either the prime minister or Dame Cressida Dick that shows they understand how pervasive this culture is.\n\nWayne Couzens (right) is believed to have shown Sarah Everard his police warrant card\n\nThe Victims Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC - a former police and crime commissioner and career criminal justice expert - also says sexism is rife in policing.\n\n\"There is no doubt whatsoever that, particularly for female victims, faith in the police has collapsed,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.\n\n\"We did a survey a year ago which showed that only 5% of rape complainants thought they could get justice by going to the police. This is the worst it has been - but it is not a new thing.\n\n\"Probably innate sexism runs through the police more deeply than it runs through society.\n\n\"There is no critical mass of female officers to change the culture. The culture remains male-dominated.\n\n\"I have heard people say that 'you can be gay, you can be black, you can be a woman. As long as you behave like a straight white male'.\"\n\nThe BBC understands recruitment data shows the number of women applying this year to join the police has been rising - and so chiefs know that their response to Sarah Everard's murder will be critical to maintaining that progress.\n\nMaggie Blyth, Hampshire's deputy chief constable, is about to become the first senior officer to co-ordinate a national strategy on violence against women and girls.\n\nShe's told the BBC that there is work to be done to regain the trust that has been lost - but this is also an opportunity that has to be seized.\n\nBack in the summer, Dame Cressida Dick wanted to emphasise that Wayne Couzens was a shocking but exceptional case.\n\nBut as he begins a whole life sentence, the dreadful crime has become British policing's third major crisis of trust in just over three decades.\n\nThe first was the 1989 Hillsborough disaster - in which innocent football fans were blamed for their own deaths amid a police cover-up of mistakes.\n\nThe second was the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence, leading to the devastating public inquiry conclusion that the Met Police was institutionally racist.\n\nHistory shows that the response to both of these awful events was, for too long, driven by denial, dither and delay.\n\nBut ultimately there had to be recognition of the injustice.\n\nAnd that's why the response to Sarah Everard's death will tell us so much about the future direction of British police.", "New car registrations fell to their lowest levels in September for more than two decades, according to figures from the industry's trade body.\n\nThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said new registrations dropped 35% compared with the same month a year earlier.\n\nFalling car production has been blamed on an ongoing global shortage of computer chips.\n\nHowever, sales of electric cars are rising rapidly, the SMMT said.\n\nWhile the car market as a whole has suffered through the pandemic, more than 32,000 electric cars were registered last month, almost as many as registered in the whole of 2019.\n\nSeptember is usually a bumper month for car sales as the half-yearly change in number plates often attracts buyers.\n\nHowever, just 214,000 cars were sold in September - the lowest total for the month since the current registration system for Great Britain was introduced 23 years ago.\n\nLast year, new car registrations fell to their lowest level in nearly three decades due to falling production.\n\nAbout 1.63 million new cars were registered in 2020, compared with 2.3 million in 2019. The 29% decline was the biggest one-year fall since World War Two, when factories were turned over to military production.\n\nSMMT chief executive Mike Hawes said the latest figures showed a \"desperately disappointing September and further evidence of the ongoing impact of the Covid pandemic on the sector\".\n\n\"Despite strong demand for new vehicles over the summer, three successive months have been hit by stalled supply due to reduced semiconductor availability, especially from Asia.\"\n\nWhen lockdowns forced production lines to halt, microchip manufacturers diverted the chips that would normally go into new cars to the consumer electronics market, and supply is yet to fully recover.\n\n\"The rocketing uptake of plug-in vehicles, especially battery electric cars, demonstrates the increasing demand for these new technologies.\n\n\"However, to meet our collective decarbonisation ambitions, we need to ensure all drivers can make the switch - not just those with private driveways - requiring a massive investment in public recharging infrastructure. Chargepoint roll-out must keep pace with the acceleration in plug-in vehicle registrations.\"\n\nSecond-hand car sales in the UK have more than doubled in recent months due to a shortage of new models.\n\nYear-on-year, the used car market grew 108.6% in the second quarter, with more than 2.2 million vehicles changing hands, according to the trade body.\n\nIncreased demand led to a rise in sales of older used cars, with only 12.7% of all vehicles sold being made within the last three years, the lowest on record.\n\nNew car sales are falling - while demand for used cars is rising. It's a question of availability.\n\nThe chip shortage has forced car makers around the world to curb production, and focus their efforts on particular models - those which are most profitable to make and sell.\n\nThe result is that waiting times for new cars have been getting longer. Scarcity is also pushing up prices, with discounts being slashed. That may well be deterring buyers.\n\nThe slump in sales is bad news for the industry overall - but higher prices could be good for the carmakers long term.\n\nCustomers, though, could have to get used to paying more.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFacebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for the \"disruption\" caused after its social media services went down for almost six hours - impacting more than 3.5bn users worldwide.\n\nThe billionaire said sorry after an internal technical issue took Facebook, Messenger, Whatsapp and Instagram offline at about 16:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nThe scramble to bring it back online eventually succeeded at around 22:00.\n\nBut it is likely to increase scrutiny of the social media giant's reach.\n\nFor hours, potentially billions of people found themselves without the social media tools they relied upon to keep in touch with friends and family. Others reportedly found they could not access services which required a Facebook login.\n\nMeanwhile, businesses around the world, which use social media to connect with customers, were faced with the prospect of an unexpected financial hit.\n\nMr Zuckerberg himself was thought to have lost an estimated $6bn (£4.4bn) from his personal fortune at one point as Facebook shares plummeted, according to the business website Fortune's tracking software.\n\nDowndetector, which tracks outages, said some 10.6 million problems were reported around the world - the largest number it had ever recorded.\n\nIn a blog post published on Tuesday, Facebook explained that during a routine maintenance job, its engineers had issued a command that unintentionally took down all the connections in its network, \"effectively disconnecting Facebook data centres globally\".\n\nSantosh Janardhan, the company's infrastructure vice-president, added that Facebook's program audit tool had a bug and failed to stop the command that caused the outage.\n\nThe outage also caused employees to lose access to internal tools, including those used by Facebook employees to correct such issues, the company said. Those tools included Facebook's internal email and even employee work passes.\n\nSome reports suggest that Facebook headquarters was in \"meltdown\".\n\nEven \"the people trying to figure out what this problem was\" couldn't access the building, New York Times technology reporter Sheera Frenkel told the BBC.\n\nFacebook has said it is working to understand what happened so it can \"make our infrastructure more resilient\". Tech experts have described the issue as being akin to the social media giant falling off the internet's map, so it could not be found.\n\nThe company said there was \"no evidence that user data was compromised\".\n\nThe outage comes at a particularly difficult time for the company, which is finding itself increasingly under pressure over its reach and impact on society.\n\nOn Sunday, former Facebook employee Frances Haugen told CBS news the company had prioritised \"growth over safety\".\n\nShe told a US Senate committee that she believed the company's sites and apps \"harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Frances Haugen: \"If Facebook change the algorithm to be safer... they'll make less money\"", "An inquiry will be launched into \"systematic failures\" that allowed Wayne Couzens to continue to be a police officer, Priti Patel announced.\n\nThe home secretary said the public \"have a right to know\" why he remained in the Metropolitan Police despite concerns about his behaviour.\n\nCouzens kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard while he was a serving officer, using his police warrant card.\n\nHe has since been linked to allegations of indecent exposure.\n\nThe Met has faced mounting questions over its policies and procedures in the wake of Ms Everard's murder.\n\nIt was revealed Couzens - who worked as an armed officer in the Met's parliamentary and diplomatic protection team - was linked to several alleged incidents of indecent exposure, including in the days before Ms Everard's abduction in March.\n\nSpeaking at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Ms Patel said: \"We need answers as to why this was allowed to happen.\n\n\"I can confirm today there will be an inquiry, to give the independent oversight needed, to ensure something like this can never happen again.\"\n\nThe Home Office said the inquiry would be in two parts, with the first examining Couzens' behaviour and establishing a definitive account of his conduct in the lead up to his conviction for Ms Everard's murder.\n\nIt said the second part would address specific issues, such as vetting procedures, standards, discipline and workplace behaviour.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Priti Patel: \"It is abhorrent that a serving police officer was able to abuse his position of power\"\n\nThe exact nature of the inquiry is still unclear.\n\nThe Home Office said it would initially be non-statutory but could be converted to a statutory one if required.\n\nIf statutory, the inquiry would have the legal power to call witnesses and limit the government's control over how it operated.\n\nThe person who would lead the inquiry and its terms of reference would be confirmed \"in due course\".\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse pointed out the first option - a non-statutory inquiry - was much quicker to put in place but stressed it would not begin until the separate Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) inquiry was complete.\n\nOn BBC Radio 4's PM, he acknowledged his surprise on finding out that examining social media postings had only became a part of the police vetting procedure a year ago.\n\nThe modern world was moving fast, he said. The vetting \"net\" has to be as tight as possible, with a regard for recruits' right to privacy while ensuring they were \"the right people with the right values\", he added.\n\nJamie Klingler, co-founder of the campaign group Reclaim These Streets, set up after Sarah Everard's murder, insisted the inquiry needed to be statutory and judge-led - and needed to include women.\n\n\"It seems really specific about Wayne Couzens and not about the system that allowed a Wayne Couzens to happen,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"It's not admitting that there is systemic misogyny within the force that allowed this to happen, and by not doing so it's pushing it under the carpet rather than exposing [it] at all levels.\"\n\nCouzens, 48, killed Ms Everard, 33, after stopping her on a street in Clapham, south London. He was sentenced to a whole-life prison term last week.\n\nSpeaking earlier, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he did not support calls to make misogyny a hate crime, saying there was \"abundant\" existing legislation to tackle violence against women.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast that \"widening the scope\" of what you ask the police to do would just increase the problem - but recruiting and promoting more female officers would help change the culture within forces.\n\nThere is an air of crisis in British policing as it faces a significant moment of reckoning.\n\nNever have leaders felt that public trust is so low they have had to advise women to consider fleeing if they are uncomfortable when confronted by one of their own officers.\n\nThis is the aftershock of the appalling crimes of Wayne Couzens, who kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard while working for the Metropolitan Police.\n\nDespite repeated attempts to force Home Secretary Priti Patel's hand, she has very publicly backed Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick by renewing her contract last month.\n\nBut questions now confront policing - and the difficulty its chiefs and ministers are having in answering them is why the crisis feels too deep.\n\nWas Couzens' ability to pull on the uniform a failure of the system?\n\nAnd how should police leaders and the government respond?\n\nRead more from Dominic here.\n\nMet Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, who has rejected calls to resign, confirmed on Monday there would be a separate independent review into the force's standards and culture.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Dame Cressida said Ms Everard's murder had made \"everyone in the Met furious and we depend on public trust\".\n\n\"In this country policing is done by consent and undoubtedly the killing of Sarah and other events has damaged public trust,\" she said, adding she was determined to rebuild it.\n\nLabour's Yvette Cooper, chairwoman of the Commons Home Affairs Committee, said it was important the inquiry looked at how allegations of violence against women and girls were handled by police officers, as well as Couzens' conduct and the culture within the police.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said the inquiry \"must leave no stone unturned\" and should address reports of \"widespread cultural issues\".\n\nSpeaking earlier at the Conservative Party conference, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said making communities safer and allowing women to walk home feeling safe at night was his \"number one priority\".\n\nThe Met Police said 650 more police officers would patrol hotspot areas in London over the next six months, with 150 of these working in local wards as \"Bobbies on the beat\".\n\nHave you been affected by issues covered in this story? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Boris Johnson is to promise that his government will show more \"guts\" than any before as it works to deal with issues facing society and the economy.\n\nIn his Conservative Party conference speech, the prime minister will pledge to move the entire UK towards high-wage, high-skill employment.\n\nAnd he will accuse previous Labour and Tory governments of \"delay and dither\".\n\nHis speech, expected at 11.30 BST, will be his first to the Conservative audience since before the pandemic.\n\nThis week's conference in Manchester has taken place amid concerns over rising inflation, supply chain problems, and petrol and worker shortages.\n\nBut on Tuesday, the prime minister told the BBC he was \"not worried\" about current problems, arguing that the economy was under short-term stress as it recovered from the worst of Covid.\n\nHe will use his speech to proclaim an optimistic, combative message to Conservatives, and the wider electorate.\n\n\"After decades of drift and dither this reforming government, this can-do government that got Brexit done, is getting the vaccine rollout done and is going to get social care done,\" he will say.\n\n\"We are dealing with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society, the problems that no government has had the guts to tackle before.\"\n\nMr Johnson's conference speech last year was viewed only online because of Covid restrictions.\n\nBut he will deliver his address this year in front of a packed conference hall, with some delegates queuing from the early morning to secure their place.\n\nConference attendees have been arriving early to bag a seat for the speech\n\nThis year's comes on the same day that the government officially ends the £20-a-week universal credit top-up brought in to help low-income households during the pandemic.\n\nAnd it follows the announcement last month of an extra tax to fund social care and the NHS in England, which has prompted anger among some Conservative MPs.\n\nThere are some underlying tensions between what's going on in this conference and what's happening in parts of the country.\n\nBoris Johnson is trying to sell a new economic vision - his post-Brexit realignment.\n\nGone, the PM says, is mass immigration, to be replaced with higher wages and better conditions to encourage people into key sectors.\n\nWhat's happening just now, says Mr Johnson, is stresses and strains after the pandemic.\n\nBut for many people life feels a bit uncertain. Costs are rising. Inflation is a worry. Universal credit is being reduced for millions.\n\nThere are fears in the Conservative Party too about the cost of living over winter.\n\nSo while Mr Johnson sells his economic plan for the future, many will want assurances about the next few weeks and months.\n\nWhen he addresses the Manchester conference, the prime minister will restate his commitment to \"level up\" all areas of the UK - a pledge credited with helping his party take many previously Labour-held seats in northern England and the Midlands at the 2019 general election.\n\nHe will say the country is moving \"towards a high-wage, high-skill, high-productivity economy\", in which \"everyone can take pride in their work and the quality of their work\".\n\nMr Johnson will say \"talent, genius, flair, imagination, enthusiasm\" are \"evenly distributed around this country\", adding: \"There is no reason why the inhabitants of one part of the country should be geographically fated to be poorer than others, or why people should feel they have to move away from their loved ones, or communities to reach their potential.\"\n\nThis, he will argue, will take \"pressure off parts of the overheating South East, while simultaneously offering hope and opportunity to those areas that have felt left behind\".\n\nThe prime minister is not expected to make an announcement on raising the level of the national living wage.\n\nThe Low Pay Commission is expected to make a recommendation on a national living wage later this month, ahead of the Budget, but earlier this year, the commission predicted it would recommend a rate of £9.42 an hour from April 2022.\n\nSome Conservative supporters have raised concerns that the party might be regarded as neglecting its traditional heartlands in favour of its newly conquered former Labour seats.\n\nThe loss of the previously true-blue constituency of Chesham and Amersham, Buckinghamshire, to the Liberal Democrats in a by-election in June added to those worries.\n\nBut Mr Johnson will argue that altering society in the wake of Brexit will benefit the whole UK.\n\n\"We are not going back to the same old broken model with low wages, low growth, low skills and low productivity, all of it enabled and assisted by uncontrolled immigration,\" he will say.\n\nInstead of using migrant labour to keep wages down, he will say, the system must work to \"allow people of talent to come to this country, but not to use immigration as an excuse for failure to invest in people, in skills and in the equipment or machinery they need to do their jobs\".\n\nOn Sunday the government announced that 300 temporary visas would be issued to overseas lorry drivers to ease fuel shortages.\n\nSome 4,700 visas intended for foreign food haulage drivers are being extended, as well as 5,500 for foreign poultry workers.", "Courts will get new powers to stop disruptive activists attending protests, the home secretary has said.\n\nIn a Tory conference speech, Priti Patel said new orders would stop the \"small minority of offenders\" intent on \"causing disruption\".\n\nA Tory source said they will target people with a \"history of disruption\", or those likely to commit crime.\n\nClimate activists blocking roads have previously been warned they could face fines and up to six months in prison.\n\nProtests from Insulate Britain have continued in recent days, despite three court injunctions banning activists blocking the M25, and other major roads in London.\n\nOn Tuesday the High Court heard that more than 100 protesters associated with the group have now been served with injunctions.\n\nThe group has apologised for disruption - but added that \"the reality of our situation\" on climate change has to be faced.\n\nIn her conference speech in Manchester, Ms Patel unveiled plans to increase the maximum sentence for disruption of a motorway.\n\nShe also announced a new criminal offence for interfering with critical national infrastructures such as roads, railways and newspaper printing presses.\n\nPolice are also expected to be given wider stop and search powers allowing officers to inspect activists for \"lock on\" equipment used to prevent them from being moved.\n\nThe new measures to be announced by Ms Patel are to be included in the Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill currently going through Parliament.\n\nMs Patel said the actions of climate activists, who in recent weeks have blocked the M1, M4 and M25, \"amounted to some of the most self-defeating environmental protests this country has ever seen.\"\n\n\"Freedom to protest is a fundamental right our party will forever fight to uphold. But it must be within the law,\" she added.\n\nThe campaign by Insulate Britain has been running for over three weeks and has led to hundreds of arrests.\n\nThe group wants the government to insulate all UK homes by 2030 to help cut carbon emissions.\n\nOn Tuesday, the High Court heard that 111 activists associated with the group had been served with injunctions.\n\nA hearing on the injunctions has been adjourned to next week, after government lawyers argued all three should be dealt with together.\n\nSpeaking outside the court, an Insulate Britain spokesman said the group \"wishes to profoundly apologise for the disruption caused over the past three weeks.\"\n\nHe added: \"We cannot imagine undertaking such acts in normal circumstances. But we believe that the reality of our situation has to be faced.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Insulate Britain activists as \"irresponsible crusties\".\n\nHe told LBC: \"There are some people who call those individuals legitimate protesters.\"\n\nHe added: \"They are not. I think they are irresponsible crusties who are basically trying to stop people going about their day's work and doing considerable damage to the economy.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Motorist: \"I need to go to the hospital, please let me pass. This isn't OK... how can you be so selfish?\"\n\nOn Monday, Insulate Britain activists were confronted by angry drivers as they blocked more London roads, including the entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel, Wandsworth Bridge, Arnos Grove and the Hanger Lane gyratory.\n\nIn a video captured by LBC, a motorist told demonstrators she was desperate to see her 81-year-old mother in hospital, asking them: \"How can you be so selfish?\"\n\nIn other footage shared by Talk Radio, angry motorists at Wandsworth Bridge were filmed dragging protesters out of the road, where an ambulance appeared to be blocked.\n\nBut in an open letter to Ms Patel, Insulate Britain said: \"You can throw as many injunctions at us as you like, but we are going nowhere.\"\n\nOne activist told BBC News: \"We have tried lobbying, we have tried targeting political leaders, government departments, people have been doing this for two, three, four, five decades, without any success at all.\n\n\"We know through history that disruptive direct actions work. The government are forcing our hand because they are not taking the biggest threat to humanity seriously.\"\n\nMembers of Insulate Britain held banners outside the Royal Courts of Justice earlier\n\nMeanwhile, Dominic Raab used his first speech as the new justice secretary to promise £183m with the aim of doubling the number of offenders in England and Wales on electronic tags by 2025.\n\nHe told delegates this included an expansion in the \"game-changing\" use of alcohol-monitoring ankle tags on offenders, to see if they breach court-ordered drinking bans.\n\nMr Raab, who was also made deputy prime minister in last month's cabinet reshuffle, also pledged £90m to pay for more hours of community payback by offenders.\n\nReferencing the \"harrowing\" murder of Sarah Everard, he also vowed to make tackling violence against women and girls his \"number one priority\".\n\nHave you been affected by issues covered in this story? Share your stories and video by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Matthew Boorman, a father of three, died after being stabbed\n\nThe man who died during a series of stabbings in Gloucestershire has been named as 43-year-old Matthew Boorman.\n\nHis family said in a statement that Mr Boorman was \"a loving husband and a father to three gorgeous young children who all love him and miss him tremendously\".\n\nPolice responded to multiple reports of people being stabbed in Walton Cardiff near Tewkesbury, on Tuesday evening.\n\nA man in his 50s was arrested and remains in custody.\n\nPolice said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the attacks, which happened at about 17:20 BST in the Snowdonia Road and Arlington Road area\n\nDue to previous contact with the arrested man, Gloucestershire Police is referring itself to the Independent Office of Police Conduct.\n\nThe force thanked those who were first on the scene, including two off-duty police officers who \"bravely intervened to tackle and restrain\" the man.\n\nSeveral members of the public also tried to intervene, Gloucestershire Police said.\n\nOne man has died and another two people were attacked\n\nA resident who lives near-by, but did not want to be named, said: \"Everyone is in shock as things like this never happen here.\"\n\nA witness, who also did not want to be named, said they saw an off-duty police officer trying to calm down a man who was \"brandishing a knife\".\n\nThey added: \"I was in a bit of shock as that is not something we deal with around here. Everyone is shook up. Here in our community, this is not something we are used to.\"\n\nA number of police cordons are in place at the housing development\n\nMr Boorman suffered serious injuries and died at the scene, despite receiving treatment. A second man suffered serious stab wounds and remains in a critical but stable condition at Southmead Hospital in Bristol.\n\nA woman was also wounded in the leg and was taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital for treatment.\n\nCh Insp Roddy Gosden said: \"This was a horrific incident in a quiet residential area.\n\n\"We understand those who saw what happened will be traumatised and many in the local community will be upset and worried.\n\n\"Today and over the next few days local policing team officers will be patrolling the area to listen to peoples' concerns and refer people to available support.\n\n\"The man who was arrested in connection with the incident remains in police custody at this time.\"\n\nCh Insp Roddy Gosden said police would be visiting local residents in the coming days to reassure them\n\nA number of police cordons are in place around the new housing development where the stabbing took place. Officers also remain at the scene.\n\nDet Insp Ben Lavender said the investigation was in its early stages and appealed for anyone with information or mobile phone footage of the attack to contact police.\n\nLocal MP Laurence Robertson tweeted that he wanted to express a \"huge thank you\" to the emergency services and residents who helped the victims.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A fresh pay offer is expected to be made to ScotRail workers in a bid to end six months of industrial action, the Scottish government has said.\n\nThe rail operator has cancelled numerous services following a pay dispute with train conductors.\n\nScotRrail engineers have now also voted to take part in a series of strikes during Glasgow's COP26 event.\n\nHowever, the government said it was hopeful \"an appropriate and fair pay increase\" could be agreed.\n\nRail services across Scotland have been disrupted for months by industrial action, with disagreements over pay and planned cuts in the wake of reduced passenger numbers as a result of the pandemic.\n\nTransport Minister Graeme Dey told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that the unions and management were being \"actively encouraged\" to seek a resolution.\n\nHe said: \"We need to step back from some of the rhetoric that has been dominating the agenda of late and focus on trying to get a suitable outcome to this.\n\n\"But we are in a challenging position, financially. To put this in perspective, prior to the pandemic we were spending circa £1.1bn a year on Scotland's railways. We are currently spending north of £1.5bn. That isn't sustainable, so we have got significant challenges.\"\n\nHe said the government was encouraging the company and staff to consider where efficiency savings could be made, in part, to fund a pay increase.\n\nHe added: \"I understand that later today the unions and ScotRail are meeting and a fresh offer is likely to be tabled. It's one I hope that the unions will view in the spirit that it is going to be made and consider settling these disputes.\"\n\nThe Unite union has said engineers will stage a series of strikes in the coming weeks due to the \"reckless\" actions of management at Abellio, the Dutch-based company which runs the ScotRail franchise.\n\nThe protest is also in response to \"the failure by Abellio ScotRail to make a meaningful pay offer\", despite repeated industrial action since 24 September, the union said.\n\nThe planned 24-hour strikes will take place between 18-19 October, 1-2 November, 10-11 November and 12-13 November.\n\nA number of rail depots, workplaces and stations will be affected by the strike action, including Glasgow Queen Street, Glasgow Central, Edinburgh Waverley and Perth.\n\nSeveral of the dates clash with the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow which will see world leaders in the city from 31 October to 12 November.\n\nUnite's engineering members at ScotRail voted by 78% in support of strike action in a 68.4% ballot turnout.\n\nPat McIlvogue, Unite's industrial officer, said: \"Unite has been left with no choice but to resolutely respond to the reckless behaviour displayed by Abellio ScotRail management.\"\n\nHe said that while discussions had been taking place, there had been no pay offer or movement by the company to date.\n\n\"The talks have been spun out and cynically used as a delaying tactic to avoid the national embarrassment of having strike action during the COP26 climate change conference which is being held in Glasgow.\n\n\"Well, these tactics have spectacularly backfired because our engineering members will now hold several 24-hour stoppages in the coming weeks.\"\n\nMr McIlvogue insisted that union members had made exhaustive attempts to engage Abellio ScotRail and called on the Scottish government to intervene to bring the dispute to an end.\n\nAbellio posted a pre-tax loss of £64.5m in the 12 months to 31 March 2020.\n\nIn December 2019, the company was stripped of the contract to run ScotRail services by the Scottish government amid criticism of performance levels.\n\nThe Scottish government announced in April that the franchise would be taken over by a public sector body from the end of March next year.\n\nA ScotRail spokesman said it would \"continue to engage with the rail trade unions to find an agreement on pay and conditions\" but that the financial situation it faced was \"stark\".\n\nThe spokesman added: \"To build a more sustainable and greener railway for the future and reduce the burden on the taxpayer, we need to change.\n\n\"All of us in the railway - management, staff, trade unions, suppliers and government - need to work together to modernise the railway so that it is fit for the future.\"", "Windows 11 features a simplified design and changes to the Start menu\n\nWindows 11, the latest version of Microsoft's computer operating system, launches worldwide on Tuesday as a free upgrade for Windows 10 users.\n\nWindows chief product officer Panos Panay, told the BBC the latest version was built to be \"clean and fresh and simpler\" for the user.\n\nHe promised that the new operating system would not be an \"extreme departure\" from what people know.\n\nAnd even the least tech-savvy users can upgrade easily, he added.\n\n\"I use the frame of my father - he's 89,\" Mr Panay said. \"I'm so excited for him to hit that button and upgrade, you have no idea.\n\n\"Not because he's my dad - because I just want it to be easy for him.\"\n\nHe said expert users had already tested it extensively through Window's Insider trial programme and was confident there would be no teething issues, adding the upgrade is \"ready now\".\n\nWindows 11 has some significant design changes, along with some alterations on how the system works under the hood.\n\nBy default, the Start menu is centred on screen, along with icons in the taskbar. When clicked on, the Start button opens a menu of frequently used apps.\n\nIn some ways, it mimics the appearance of a smartphone app menu or launcher. Microsoft has also dropped the \"tiles\" which were present on Windows 10's start menu.\n\nMr Panay said the team had learned from Windows 8, which got rid of the start menu entirely, upsetting many users.\n\n\"You learn from that, of course, and then you adapt,\" he said.\n\nMr Panay is Microsoft's chief product officer for Windows and Devices\n\nDeveloping Windows 11's interface involved watching how people use their computers - \"what they want to click on, where their eyes are on the machine when they come into our labs,\" he explained.\n\n\"You get this confidence of learning from history,\" he added.\n\nFor Windows 11, \"the Start button is right there. It's right in the middle of the screen. It's not gone.\"\n\nWhen Windows 10 came out, Microsoft declared it would be the \"last version\" of the system. That has obviously changed.\n\n\"We're in a time where there is a bit of a new era for the PC happening right now,\" Mr Panay said.\n\n\"I think Windows 11 kind of stamps that moment and it is a signal for that moment.\"\n\nAcross the operating system, the design favours rounded corners, and has simplified most menus and folder views. And there are new, improved options for arranging windows and \"snapping\" them into grids.\n\nWidgets, a major selling point of 2007's Windows Vista, also make a comeback - but instead of \"floating\" on the screen where the user puts them, they live in a sidebar on the left, and are also linked to Microsoft services.\n\nThe new widgets panel keeps all the data contained to a side panel rather than across the desktop\n\nSome changes go deeper than the interface and design.\n\nSystem integrations for Microsoft Teams - replacing Skype - and the Xbox app both feature heavily in Microsoft's advertising.\n\nThe Microsoft Store - the Windows version of an app store - has been completely redesigned and will allow third-party apps to sell inside it, without taking a substantial cut.\n\nAnd one new feature which raised eyebrows in the technology world was that Windows 11 would run Android smartphone apps through the Amazon app store.\n\nEarly adopters have reported that the in-built search function of the new version is significantly faster on most devices - but also that it favours Microsoft's own services, Bing and the Edge browser, when delivering web results.\n\nFor gamers, Microsoft promises that its new drive technology - Direct Storage - will lead to much better loading times in games by allowing a graphics card to access storage drives without going through the central processor.\n\nBut that feature, like some others, needs newer hardware to work.\n\nAs a result, not every computer will see all the potential advantages to upgrading - and some machines may not be able to upgrade at all.\n\nThe minimum requirements include a type of security chip - called a TPM - only installed on modern computers.\n\n\"If your device does not meet these requirements, you may not be able to install Windows 11 on your device and might want to consider purchasing a new PC,\" Microsoft says.\n\nThe company has just launched a range of its own new hardware devices to coincide with the new Windows version.\n\nBut users already running Windows 10 do not need to go to this expense if the computer is still working. Windows 10 will continue to be supported and receive security updates until October 2025.", "The union that represents some of Hollywood's most important workers has voted to approve a strike in a move that could shut down nearly all US film and television production.\n\nMembers of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE), which covers camera crews, prop masters, hairdressers and other craft workers say they are being worked to death with gruelling hours and no guaranteed rest or meal breaks.\n\nMembers are demanding better work conditions, as well as fairer pay from streaming services to cover their share of labour.\n\nOver 50,000 workers voted overwhelmingly - 98% in favour to 2% against - to approve a work stoppage. Should they carry out the stoppage, the strike would be the biggest labour walkout in Hollywood since World War Two.\n\nNegotiations between the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers broke down last month after the IATSE walked away from a deal.\n\nThe deal would have improved wages and rest periods, the Alliance said, and included a nearly $400m (£293m) pension and health plan.\n\nHowever, with the vote, the union has \"spoken loud and clear\" said its president Matthew Loeb.\n\n\"This vote is about the quality of life as well as the health and safety of those who work in the film and television industry,\" his statement Monday said. \"For those at the bottom of the pay scale, they deserve nothing less than a living wage.\"\n\nAfter months of pandemic lockdowns in 2020, Hollywood's film and TV sets have been booming in recent months - and crew members say the hours and demands placed on them have become worse than ever.\n\nLike many around the world, Hollywood's crew members are re-evaluating how and when they want to work.\n\nOn the streets of Los Angeles and on social media, Hollywood crew members have been sharing harrowing stories of 15-plus hour days, with claims of working more than 70 and 80 hour weeks.\n\nSome spoke of having \"work done\" - surgeries to rebuild backs and knees - failed marriages and missed weddings and funerals.\n\n\"Fraturdays\" are said to be a common occurrence in the entertainment industry - workers start on Monday mornings at 06:00, and on Fridays, start late in the afternoon or evening and work until Saturday morning. It leaves little time to do anything but sleep all weekend.\n\n\"My hours are insane,\" sound mixer Thomas Pieczkolon said during a rally on Sunset Boulevard as he decorated cars with chalk \"Vote Yes\" signs. He works on a $300m show for a streaming service and has to work nine hours most days before they even break for lunch, he said.\n\nMr Pieczkolon recently worked a nearly 18-hour day on a Monday and his friend Jade Thompson, a costume dresser on the show, fell asleep at the wheel driving home.\n\n\"I nodded off and then came to and drifted off to the side and had a panic attack,\" she said. \"It wasn't even the end of the week! It was a Monday.\"\n\nWorkers have claimed that is a common problem - the adrenaline of a long day leaves them and the tiredness kicks in on the drive home.\n\n\"Sometimes you don't even realise until you're already in your car on that long ride home by yourself,\" Ms Thompson said, adding that her colleagues have WhatsApp group chats to make sure everyone gets home safe.\n\nThe authorisation vote does not necessarily mean that a strike will take place. Most workers who spoke to the BBC said they hoped it would instead be the leverage their union needed to negotiate better deals.\n\nThe last time Hollywood shut down for a labour dispute was the writers' strike in 2007 and 2008 amid the rise of reality TV and the soaring popularity of reality television stars like Donald Trump.\n\nToday, producers are under pressure to make a deal with workers. More than 100 members of Congress have urged them to implement more humane conditions.\n\nThe authorisation for a strike could also set up a showdown with streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon, which union members said were taking advantage of their work.\n\n\"Streaming companies are getting a discount on our labour,\" said set decorator Lisa Clark. \"We deserve a fair share of that profit - we deserve to be paid at least what we used to be paid when we used to do network television.\"\n\nStreaming services have transformed the industry with ambitious sets and epic shows and storytelling. Workers love that streaming shows look incredible like feature films, Ms Clark said - but she gets 10 weeks to prepare hundreds of sets which would have taken six months for a feature film.\n\n\"It's not a reasonable request,\" she said.", "In future platforms such as TikTok will have Ofcom keeping a close eye over how they enforce policies\n\nOfcom has laid out the measures it will require video-sharing platforms to take to better protect users.\n\nThe VSPs, including TikTok, Snapchat, Vimeo and Twitch, must take \"appropriate measures\" to protect users from content related to terrorism, child sexual abuse and racism.\n\nA third of users have seen hateful content on such sites, Ofcom says.\n\nThe regulator will fine VSPs that breach the guidelines or - in serious cases - suspend the service entirely.\n\nOfcom promised a report next year into whether those in scope - and there are 18 in total - were taking the appropriate steps.\n\nSpecific legal criteria determine whether a service meets the definition of a VSP and whether it falls within UK jurisdiction.\n\nYouTube is expected to fall under the Irish regulatory regime but it will come in scope of the Online Safety Bill, which has a much broader remit to tackle online harms on the big technology platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook and Google, once that becomes law.\n\nOfcom said one of its main priorities in the coming year would be to work with VSPs to reduce the risk of child sexual abuse material being uploaded.\n\nAccording to the Internet Watch Foundation, there has been a 77% increase in the amount of self-generated abuse content in 2020.\n\nAnd it acknowledges the massive amount of content will make it impossible to prevent every instance of harm.\n\nBut it promised a \"rigorous but fair\" approach to its new duties.\n\nChief executive Dame Melanie Dawes said: \"Online videos play a huge role in our lives now, particularly for children.\n\n\"But many people see hateful, violent or inappropriate material while using them.\n\n\"The platforms where these videos are shared now have a legal duty to take steps to protect their users.\"", "\"People need to get off their Pelotons and back to their desks,\" Conservative Party Chairman Oliver Dowden has said.\n\nThe ex-culture secretary said civil servants working from home should \"lead by example\" by returning to the office.\n\nA union representing civil servants said his comments were an \"insult\" to thousands of dedicated government workers.\n\nBoris Johnson is expected to repeat the \"get back to work\" message in his Tory conference speech on Wednesday.\n\nIt comes after top civil servant Sarah Healey said she preferred working from home because she could spend more time on her Peloton exercise bicycle.\n\nAccording to the Daily Mail, Ms Healey, who is the permanent secretary at Mr Dowden's former department, told a conference last month: \"I have a Peloton and I can just get on my bike whenever I have a teeny bit of time.\n\n\"That has been a huge benefit to my well-being, the lack of travelling time eating into my day.\"\n\nMr Dowden, who was moved from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in last month's cabinet reshuffle, said: \"I like my permanent secretary at DCMS enormously, Sarah Healey, but I am disagreeing with her on this one.\n\n\"I think people need to get off their Pelotons and get back to their desks.\"\n\nSpeaking at Daily Telegraph fringe event at the Conservative Party conference, Mr Dowden said: \"People really want the government to lead by example - they want civil servants to get back to work as well. We've got to start leading by example on that.\"\n\nHe said there were currently \"more desks occupied\" at Conservative Party headquarters than in his former department.\n\nThe government has clashed with trade unions for changing its advice to civil servants working from home and suggesting staff were being \"lazy\".\n\nThe First Division Association, which represents senior civil servants, accused Mr Dowden of \"hypocrisy\" and pandering to the party faithful, with his latest comments.\n\n\"As the civil service, the broader public sector and thousands of companies in the private sector already know, what you deliver is far more important than where it's delivered from,\" FDA general secretary Dave Penman said.\n\n\"The pandemic has driven a quiet revolution in working practices that has seen innovation and reform from both the public and private sectors.\n\n\"Yet despite the incredible feats performed, ministers continue to want to stand in the way of progress and reform for the sake of a quick headline.\"\n\nThe \"vast majority of staff want hybrid working\", said the FDA leader, and it was key to the government's plan to move civil service jobs out of London.\n\n\"The hypocrisy of ministers - who are happy to bank the savings in office space delivered by hybrid working but decry the practice for the party faithful - is frankly insulting to the dedication, professionalism and commitment of hundreds of thousands of public servants,\" he added.\n\nIn a statement, the Cabinet Office said civil servants have been working hard to deliver the government's priorities \"from home and the workplace\" since the pandemic began.\n\n\"Like other employers, the civil service continues to follow the latest government guidance and is gradually increasing the numbers of staff in the workplace,\" it added.\n\nSales of Peloton exercise bikes - which cost £1,750 plus monthly subscriptions to online classes - surged during lockdown, although they have slowed down in recent months.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nArsenal lost for the first time since February as Barcelona's Asisat Oshoala haunted her old club in their Women's Champions League Group C opener.\n\nMariona Caldentey scored the rebound from an Oshoala shot for the first.\n\nNigerian Oshoala ran down the right wing and squared it for Alexia Putellas to slot home and added a third herself from a sublime Mariona through ball.\n\nFrida Maanum bundled in a consolation for the visitors before Lieke Martens chipped in the fourth for the holders.\n\nPutellas should have made it 5-1 deep into stoppage time but her penalty was saved by Manuela Zinsberger.\n\nOshoala, 26, played for Arsenal from March 2016 to February 2017, helping them to win the FA Cup, and did not celebrate her goal at the Johan Cruyff Stadium.\n\nIt took Arsenal 55 minutes to have a shot, with Vivianne Miedema's weak effort rolling straight to goalkeeper Sandra Panos.\n\nThe Gunners did create more chances as the game wore on with Nikita Parris having a shot cleared off the line shortly before Maanum struck.\n\nJonas Eidevall's Gunners were one of the form teams in Europe coming into the game, with eight wins from eight games in all competitions this season, scoring at least three in each match.\n\nThey were unbeaten in 20 games in all competitions, going back to February.\n\nUnfortunately for them, Barcelona had also won all their matches this season - five in the league - and this was the first time they hit fewer than five goals in a game.\n\nEuropean champions Barca showed why they will be tough to stop this season and should definitely have extended that scoring run, ending with 35 shots, 14 on target.\n\nNext in the Champions League, the Gunners host German side Hoffenheim on Thursday, 14 October, with Barcelona going to Denmark to face Koge.\n\nHoffenheim beat Koge 5-0 in Tuesday's other Group C game.\n• None Penalty saved! Alexia Putellas (Barcelona Femenino) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Penalty conceded by Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal Women) after a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Attempt missed. Bruna Vilamala (Barcelona Femenino) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lieke Martens with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Irene Paredes (Barcelona Femenino) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Caroline Hansen with a cross.\n• None Goal! Barcelona Femenino 4, Arsenal Women 1. Lieke Martens (Barcelona Femenino) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patri Guijarro with a through ball. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Trained to protect others but can these fighting witches protect themselves?", "The financial secrets of hundreds of world leaders, politicians and celebrities has been exposed in another huge leak of financial documents.\n\nDubbed the Pandora Papers it features almost 12 million files from companies providing offshore services in tax havens around the world.\n\nThe data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington DC, which has organised the biggest ever global investigation, spanning 117 countries and involving more than 600 journalists. In the UK the investigation has been led by BBC Panorama and the Guardian.\n\nThe files are the latest in a series of whistleblower-led investigations that have rocked the world of finance in recent years.\n\nSo let's round up the other major leaks of the past decade.\n\nIn September 2020 the FinCEN Files exposed the failure of major global banks to stop money laundering and financial crime. They also revealed how the UK is often the weak link in the financial system and how London is awash with Russian cash.\n\nThe files included more than 2,000 suspicious activity reports (SARs), filed by financial institutions to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Agency, or FinCEN, a part of the US Treasury Department. They also include 17,641 records obtained through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and other sources.\n\nThey were obtained by BuzzFeed News which shared them with the ICIJ and 400 journalists around the world, including BBC Panorama, which led the investigation in the UK.\n\nA huge batch of leaked documents mostly from offshore law firm Appleby, along with corporate registries in 19 tax jurisdictions, which revealed the financial dealings of politicians, celebrities, corporate giants and business leaders.\n\nWho leaked the data? The BBC does not know the identity of the source. The 13.4 million records were passed to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and then shared with the ICIJ. Panorama led research for the BBC as part of a global investigation involving nearly 100 other media organisations, including the Guardian, in 67 countries.\n\nA confidential settlement was later reached between the BBC, the Guardian and Appleby over the reporting of the leaked documents, which Appleby said were taken by hackers. The Guardian and BBC said the reports were in the public interest but did not give more detail about the settlement.\n\nUntil Pandora this leak was seen as the daddy of them all in data size. If you thought the Wikileaks dump of sensitive diplomatic cables in 2010 was a big deal, this carried 1,500 times more data.\n\nSüddeutsche Zeitung's \"brothers\". Despite surnames that sound exactly the same, these two leading lights of the Panama Papers investigation, Frederik Obermaier (L) and Bastian Obermayer, are not related\n\nThe Panama Papers came about after an anonymous source contacted reporters at German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung in 2015 and supplied encrypted documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. It sells anonymous offshore companies that help the owners hide their business dealings.\n\nOverwhelmed by the scale of the dump, which eventually grew to 2.6 terabytes of data, the Süddeutsche Zeitung called in the ICIJ, which led to the involvement of about 100 other partner news organisations, including the BBC's Panorama.\n\nAfter more than a year of scrutiny, the ICIJ and its partners jointly published the Panama Papers on 3 April 2016, with the database of documents going online a month later.\n\nWho was named? Where do we start? A few of the news partners focused on how associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin shuffled cash around the globe. Not that the Russians cared much. The prime ministers of Iceland and Pakistan came to far stickier ends, the former quitting and the latter being thrown out of office by the Supreme Court. Overall the financial dealings of a dozen current and former world leaders, more than 120 politicians and public officials and countless billionaires, celebrities and sports stars were exposed.\n\nWho leaked the data? John Doe. Yes, we know. It's not a real name. In US crime series it is mostly used to label anonymous victims but Mr (or Ms) Doe's manifesto, released a month after publication, reveals a self-styled revolutionary. The real identity is still unknown.\n\nFive months after the Panama Papers, the ICIJ published revelations from the Bahamas corporate registry. The 38GB cache revealed the offshore activities of \"prime ministers, ministers, princes and convicted felons\", it said. Former EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes admitted an \"oversight\" in failing to disclose her interest in an offshore company.\n\nThis ICIJ investigation, involving hundreds of journalists from 45 countries, including BBC Panorama, went public in February 2015.\n\nIt focused on HSBC Private Bank (Suisse), a subsidiary of the banking giant, and so lifted the lid on dealings in a country where banking secrecy is taken for granted.\n\nThe leaked files covered accounts up to the year 2007, linked with more than 100,000 individuals and legal entities from more than 200 countries.\n\nThe ICIJ said the subsidiary had served \"those close to discredited regimes\" and \"clients who had been unfavourably named by the United Nations\".\n\nHSBC admitted that the \"compliance culture and standards of due diligence\" at the subsidiary at the time were \"lower than they are today\".\n\nWho was named? The ICIJ said HSBC had profited from \"arms dealers, bag men for Third World dictators, traffickers in blood diamonds and other international outlaws\".\n\nIt also cited those close to the regimes of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, former Tunisian President Ben Ali and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.\n\nWho leaked the data? Actually, we know this one. The ICIJ investigation was based on data originally leaked by the French-Italian software engineer and whistleblower Hervé Falciani, though the ICIJ got it later from another source. From 2008 onwards he passed information on HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) to French authorities, who in turn passed them to other relevant governments. Mr Falciani was indicted in Switzerland. He was held in detention in Spain but was later released and now lives in France.\n\nOr LuxLeaks for short. Another extensive ICIJ investigation, which revealed its findings in November 2014.\n\nIt centred on how professional services company PricewaterhouseCoopers helped multinational companies gain hundreds of favourable tax rulings in Luxembourg between 2002 and 2010.\n\nThe ICIJ said multinationals had saved billions by channelling money through Luxembourg, sometimes at tax rates of less than 1%. One address in Luxembourg was home to more than 1,600 companies, it said.\n\nThe leak of documents was first exposed in 2012 after a joint investigation between Panorama and France2 which lifted the lid on the tax agreements of UK pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and media company Northern & Shell.\n\nWho was named? Pepsi, IKEA, AIG and Deutsche Bank were among those named.\n\nA second tranche of leaked documents said the Walt Disney Co and Skype had funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars in profits through Luxembourg subsidiaries. They and the other firms denied any wrongdoing.\n\nJean-Claude Juncker had been PM of Luxembourg when it enacted many of its tax avoidance rules. He had been appointed president of the European Commission just a few days before the leak came out. He said he had not encouraged avoidance.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jean-Claude Juncker says he is \"politically responsible for what happened\"\n\nEurosceptics went to town and pushed a censure motion against him and his commission. It was rejected. But the EU did investigate, and by 2016 had proposed a yet-to-be realised common tax scheme for the EU.\n\nWho leaked the data? Frenchman Antoine Deltour, a former PricewaterhouseCoopers employee, was the main man, saying he had acted in the public interest. Another PwC employee, Raphael Halet, helped him.\n\nThe pair, along with journalist Edouard Perrin, were all charged in Luxembourg after a PwC complaint. A first verdict was later revisited, watering down sentences, with Deltour given a six-month suspended jail term which was later quashed. Halet received a small fine and Mr Perrin was acquitted.\n\nThis was about a tenth of the size of the Panama Papers but was seen as the biggest exposé of international tax fraud ever when the ICIJ and its news partners went public in November 2012 and April 2013.\n\nSome 2.5 million files revealed the names of more than 120,000 companies and trusts in hideaways such as the British Virgin Islands and the Cook Islands.\n\nBBC Panorama exposed a flourishing tax evasion industry in the UK in an undercover investigation based on the files.\n\nWho was named? The usual suspects. A mix of politicians, government officials and their families, with the Russians notable, but also those in China, Azerbaijan, Canada, Thailand, Mongolia and Pakistan. The Philippines - in the form of the family of late strongman Ferdinand Marcos - get a dishonourable mention. To be fair, the ICIJ does point out that the leaks are not necessarily evidence of illegal actions.\n\nWho leaked the data? The ICIJ cites \"two financial service providers, a private bank in Jersey and the Bahamas corporate registry\" as the sources, but says nothing more other than it was \"data obtained\".\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC and has led to one of the biggest ever global investigations.\n\nMore than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app, or watch Panorama on the BBC iPlayer (UK viewers only)", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson tells Laura Kuenssberg he is \"not worried\" about a jobs gap and rising prices in the UK.\n\nBoris Johnson is famous for looking publicly on the bright side.\n\nMaking people laugh, making people feel good, is part of what successful politicians do.\n\nHis optimism is what defines his public persona. It's also what fuels accusations that he isn't serious about the country's problems and would rather crack a joke than crack a problem.\n\nDon't doubt though for a moment that Boris Johnson is deadly serious about power and holding on to it.\n\nThere is concern in some corners of government, including among some cabinet ministers, that Number 10 is brushing away concerns about the economy too easily.\n\nIn our interview with the prime minister this morning he said he's \"not worried\" about the squeeze on supply chains, labour shortages or inflation.\n\nSpeaking earlier he said there was no crisis. And he's trying to use this moment to argue that what we are seeing are merely the birth pangs of a new economic model.\n\nBusiness will sort things out quickly, he believes, it's down to the market to fix it, rather than government to \"patch and mend\".\n\nBut talk to some of his colleagues, some of whom made their own warnings about specific economic pinch points before the summer, and you don't quite hear the same.\n\nWhen the prime minister displays a disregard for Westminster's conventions or politesse it's one thing. But running the risk of looking like you don't understand everyday concerns is another.\n\nThe polls right now suggest that the government is not being punished for queues at the pump or empty shelves. Johnson loyalists credit his political appeal that seems to defy natural gravity. But if prices continue to creep up and disruption continues, those feelings could turn.\n\nYou can't just tell people to cheer up if their gas bill is going up, their weekly shop costs more and they are losing £20 a week from universal credit.\n\nAfter what they consider a successful first big foreign trip, and dominance in the polls, Downing Street is in a bullish mood.\n\nBut confidence can tip into complacency - a sentiment that few voters would reward.", "Sir Iain Duncan Smith said he was attacked while walking to a meeting outside the Conservative Party's conference\n\nA former leader of the Conservatives has told the BBC he is fine after he was attacked during party conference.\n\nSir Iain Duncan Smith said he was walking to a meeting in Manchester city centre when a group of people called him \"Tory scum\" and tried to hit him with a traffic cone.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said officers were on the scene \"within minutes\" and five people had been arrested.\n\nSir Iain said he was \"big enough and old enough\" to just \"carry on\".\n\nThe incident took place on Portland Street around 16:00 BST, according to the force.\n\nThe MP said he had left the main conference venue to attend a fringe event when he was recognised by a group of people.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"They then decided to follow me and started shouting abuse, such as 'Tory scum' and any other reason they could think of.\n\n\"I carried on walking and when I was getting close to the place [where I had a meeting] someone came up with one of those rather heavy traffic cones and tried to smack me with it in the back of the head.\"\n\nSir Iain said he managed to get hold of the cone and, for a moment, the group moved away.\n\n\"But then they carried on with the expletives,\" he added.\n\n\"I then went into a meeting so I didn't see what happened next but I understand a police officer had been following them, and I gave a statement later.\"\n\nThe police confirmed the incident, adding: \"Following a short foot pursuit three men and two women have been arrested in connection with it, and remain in custody for questioning.\n\nAnd Sir Iain said he was \"fine\", adding: \"I am big enough and old enough to know when something like this happens, you just carry on.\"", "Fresh tensions surfaced last week over the number of fishing licences issued to French fishermen\n\nFrance has intensified pressure on the UK over post-Brexit fishing rights, warning bilateral co-operation could be at risk.\n\nThe government in Paris is angry that the UK granted 12 licences out of 47 bids for smaller vessels to fish in its territorial waters.\n\nFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex has accused the UK of not respecting its Brexit deal commitments on fishing.\n\n\"Britain does not respect its own signature,\" he told French MPs.\n\n\"Month after month, the UK presents new conditions and delays giving definitive licences... this cannot be tolerated.\"\n\nThe prime minister warned that all bilateral agreements with the UK could be at risk if the European Commission did not take a tougher stance on the UK government. No details were given, but the two countries have a raft of agreements covering defence, security and border controls as well as energy and trade.\n\nThe UK's Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said the government's approach has been reasonable and fully in line with its commitments.\n\nSpeaking at the Conservative party conference, the UK's Brexit minister rejected French claims that the UK was in breach of the Brexit trade deal.\n\nLord Frost insisted that 98% of EU applications to fish in British waters had been granted, adding that the UK had been \"extremely generous\".\n\nThe Commission said it was in constant contact with UK authorities to ensure all licence applications were dealt with as soon as possible. \"The UK has published its methodology and we are now discussing the differences with the British and Jersey authorities regarding the rights of the boats involved.\"\n\nBBC Brussels correspondent Jessica Parker says there is little sense that the Commission is poised to act, with post-Brexit relations in a delicate state as the EU prepares solutions for fixing the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nFresh tensions surfaced last week between Britain and France over post-Brexit fishing rights.\n\nFrance was infuriated last week by the relatively small number of licences granted to smaller vessels, when Sea Minister Annick Girardin spoke of French fishing being \"taken hostage\" for political ends.\n\nThe UK said it would consider further evidence to support remaining bids for fishing rights.\n\nFrance on Tuesday repeated its threat to cut the UK off from energy supplies.\n\nA UK government document in July said that 47% of the country's electricity imports were from France.\n\nFrench Europe Minister Clément Beaune told Europe 1 radio: \"The UK depends on our energy exports, they think they can live alone while also beating up on Europe and, given that it doesn't work, they engage in aggressive one-upmanship.\"\n\nThe Channel island of Jersey became a flashpoint for tensions last May, when French fishermen staged a protest outside the port of St Helier and two Royal Navy ships were sent to patrol the area.\n\nAt the time Ms Girardin threatened to cut off Jersey's electricity supply - 95% of which is delivered by three underwater cables from France.\n\nFrench fishermen complained about being prevented from operating in British waters because of difficulties in obtaining licences.\n\nUnder an agreement with the EU, French boat operators must show a history of fishing in the area to receive a licence for Jersey's waters. But it has been claimed additional requirements were added without notice.", "Russia's Vladimir Putin (left), Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev (centre) and the King of Jordan (right) are all linked to the files\n\nSeveral world leaders have denied wrongdoing after featuring in a huge leak of financial documents from offshore companies.\n\nDubbed the Pandora Papers, the 12 million files constitute the biggest such leak in history.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin and Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein are among some 35 current and former leaders linked to the files.\n\nBoth have issued statements saying they have done nothing wrong.\n\nJordan's royal palace said it was \"not unusual nor improper\" that King Abdullah owned property abroad.\n\nLeaked documents show the leader secretly spent more than £70m ($100m) on a property empire in the UK and US since taking power in 1999.\n\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov meanwhile questioned the reliability of the \"unsubstantiated\" information, after it detailed hidden wealth linked to President Putin and members of his inner circle.\n\n\"For now it is just not clear what this information is and what it is about,\" he told reporters, adding that \"we didn't see any hidden wealth of Putin's inner circle in there\".\n\nThe data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington DC, which has been working with more than 140 media organisations on its biggest ever global investigation.\n\nBBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'One rule for the rich, another for ordinary people'\n\nOther leaders linked to the leak include:\n\nIn a tweet thread, the Czech prime minister said the allegations are an attempt to influence elections scheduled for this week and insisted he has \"never done anything wrong or illegal\".\n\nMr Kenyatta said the investigation \"will go a long way in enhancing the financial transparency and openness that we require in Kenya and around the globe\", and promised to \"respond comprehensively\" to the leak once he returned from a state visit abroad.\n\nThe Pandora Papers show no evidence that the Kenyatta family stole or hid state assets in their offshore companies.\n\nAnd a statement from Mr Piñera's office said he denied taking part in or having any information on the sale of the Dominga mining project.\n\nPresident Aliyev and his family did not respond to attempts to contact them, according to The Guardian.\n\nMeanwhile Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has vowed to investigate citizens linked to the Pandora Papers. Hundreds of Pakistanis, including members of Mr Khan's cabinet, are linked to the leak.\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC which has led one of the the biggest ever global investigations.\n\nMore than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: Follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app, or watch Panorama on the BBC iPlayer (UK viewers only)", "Thousands of Haitian migrants have returned to the island after being deported by the US. Many of the migrants had been living in South America and have not set foot in Haiti for years.\n\nThe BBC’s Will Grant spoke to migrants about the \"inhumane\" treatment they say they received at the US border - and about how they'll try to rebuild their lives now.", "Abortion was legalised in Northern Ireland last year but services are still limited\n\nStormont departments have \"no duty\" to follow a government direction to set up abortion services in NI, the High Court in Belfast has heard.\n\nThe remarks were made by John Larkin QC during the start of a second legal challenge over abortion laws.\n\nIn July, political disagreement in the executive led the government to impose a deadline to establish services by next March.\n\nBut Mr Larkin said there was a \"screamingly obvious\" gap in the law.\n\nThe formal direction was issued by Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis in a bid to force Stormont to make progress.\n\nIt put in place a timetable on Stormont's Department of Health to bring proposals for commissioned services to executive ministers.\n\nIt also directed that there should be \"immediate support\" for interim early medical abortion services in Northern Ireland.\n\nBut the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (Spuc) is challenging the move, arguing that Mr Lewis has imposed a power grab on Stormont by overriding the devolution settlement.\n\nMr Larkin QC - Northern Ireland's former attorney general - is acting on behalf of Spuc.\n\nOn Monday, he argued there was a \"fundamental lacuna\" in how the regulations were drawn up by the Northern Ireland Office.\n\nHe said there had been no creation of a duty when the laws were drafted.\n\n\"Here we have a minister of the Crown issuing a direction, with no status given to the direction and no-one is obliged to respond in the terms of the direction,\" he told the court.\n\n\"In the absence of that, the rule of the requirement is precisely that, to ignore it.\"\n\nHe argued the formal direction had omitted details specifying the requirement for the Northern Ireland Executive, or Stormont departments individually, to comply.\n\n\"A minister of the Crown cannot boss people about unless the law gives them power to do it and act in accordance with his edict, and this doesn't.\n\n\"The Northern Ireland Office may wish such a provision had been made, it may be bitterly regretting it now, but in these regulations as it stands there is no obligation to comply with them.\"\n\nAbortion is a matter devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nBut in 2019 a vote by MPs at Westminster - during the suspension of devolution - brought about significant changes to Northern Ireland's abortion laws.\n\nStormont's institutions returned three months later and remained under a responsibility to establish a permanent, central abortion service.\n\nBut health trusts have been only carrying out limited services, meaning some women seeking an abortion beyond 10 weeks in their pregnancy have had to travel to Great Britain to access services.\n\nThe Department of Health has maintained that the matter is \"controversial\" and any decision on abortion services must be made by the whole executive.\n\nIn May, proposals from Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Health Minister Robin Swann on commissioning of services were blocked by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).\n\nThe party is opposed to abortion and has previously criticised Mr Lewis for taking powers to act, saying it would have \"serious consequences for devolution\".\n\nSinn Féin, the SDLP and Alliance have said they would support the commissioning of services being imposed by Westminster, if it remains stalled by the executive.\n\nIn July, Mr Lewis said the \"ongoing stalemate\" had left him with no choice but to intervene, to uphold international human rights obligations.\n\nThe secretary of state is already facing a separate judicial review taken by Northern Ireland's Human Rights Commission, which has criticised both Stormont and Westminster over the delay in implementing full abortion services.\n\nThat case was heard in May.\n\nThis latest challenge is scheduled to last for two days, but it could be several months before judgement is delivered in both cases.\n\nThe Department of Health has said in line with the secretary of state's direction, it is preparing proposals on commissioning of abortion services that will be submitted to the executive later this year or in early 2022.", "Inquests into the deaths of the victims of serial killer Stephen Port will be a key step in their families' \"quest for accountability\", their lawyer has said.\n\nBetween June 2014 and September 2015, Port murdered Anthony Walgate, 23, Gabriel Kovari, 22, Daniel Whitworth, 21, and Jack Taylor, 25.\n\nIn 2016, he was jailed for life after he was convicted of giving lethal doses of date rape drug GHB.\n\nThe Met Police has apologised for how it initially responded to the deaths.\n\nThe inquests will open later at Barking Town Hall, just yards from where the victims were given fatal overdoses.\n\nPort met his victims online, including through the dating app Grindr, before luring them to his flat where they were drugged and raped.\n\nThe first victim, Anthony Walgate, was found outside Port's flat and the other three either in or next to a nearby churchyard.\n\nPort, from Barking in east London, was sentenced to a full life term in November 2016\n\nThe families' lawyer Neil Hudgell said: \"Their families have felt every single day of their absence. They have waited with great patience and conducted themselves with real dignity.\n\n\"Yet, they've always wondered about whether there would have been a different outcome if the police had investigated Port properly and taken their concerns seriously, and if their boys hadn't been gay.\n\n\"For them, the inquests mark a key step in their quest for accountability.\"\n\nFollowing the court case, the Met Police offered an apology to the victims' families and highlighted changes the force had made, which included a written protocol for minimum standards of investigation for unexplained deaths.\n\nIt said the force had also given extra training to officers on how drugs could be used as a weapon by offenders to facilitate rape and sexual assault, as well as on issues that impact on the confidence of LGBT+ communities.\n\nCommander Jon Savell said: \"Our thoughts are firstly with the family and friends of those murdered by Stephen Port. We know this will be a painful and difficult time for them, hearing details once more of what happened to their loved ones.\"\n\nHe said the Met was offering \"every assistance\" to the coroner and welcomed a \"full examination of all the facts surrounding the tragic deaths\".\n\nHe said: \"At the time of Port's conviction, we apologised to the victims' families and Daniel Whitworth's partner for how we initially responded to the deaths, and I would like to apologise again.\"\n\nMr Savell added: \"It is extremely important to us that members of the LGBT+ communities trust the police and feel confident they are being provided with the best possible service.\"", "Ms Malone was a police officer for seven years before qualifying as a firearms officer\n\nThe culture in an armed policing unit within Police Scotland was \"horrific\" and an \"absolute boys' club\", an employment tribunal has found.\n\nIt accepted evidence of a \"sexist culture\" in the armed response vehicles unit (ARV) in the east of Scotland.\n\nFormer firearms officer Rhona Malone raised the tribunal against the force alleging sex discrimination and victimisation.\n\nHer victimisation claims succeeded but the discrimination claim was dismissed.\n\nIt also found that Ms Malone was an \"entirely credible and reliable witness\", but the evidence of her former superior, Insp Keith Warhurst, was \"contradictory, confusing and ultimately incredible\".\n\nInsp Warhurst sent an email in January 2018 saying two female firearms officers should not be deployed together when there were sufficient male staff on duty.\n\nPolice Scotland apologised unreservedly to Ms Malone and said it would address the issues raised in the judgement \"as a matter of urgency\".\n\nMs Malone told BBC Scotland she was \"extremely emotional and phenomenally grateful\".\n\nHer solicitor, Margaret Gibbon, described the employment tribunal's judgement as \"damning\".\n\n\"The employment tribunal's findings lay bare the misogynistic attitudes and culture within armed policing and the hostile treatment police officers face when they try to call it out,\" she added.\n\n\"Of equal concern is the employment tribunal's findings that it did not consider credible much of the evidence it heard from Police Scotland's witnesses, including testimony from high-ranking police officers and senior members of staff.\n\n\"The serious issues this judgement brings to light need to be urgently addressed by Police Scotland\".\n\nMs Malone had worked as a police officer for seven years before becoming an authorised firearms officer (AFO) in Police Scotland's ARV team in 2016.\n\nShe was based in Edinburgh, Fettes Team 1, in October 2016, where she was one of two women in a team of 12 AFOs. Of 60 AFOs in Edinburgh's ARV division, four were women.\n\nIn its judgement, the tribunal accepted evidence that there was an \"absolute boys' club culture\" within the ARV which was \"horrific\". It also found:\n\nThe tribunal also accepted that Insp Warhurst sent an email saying two female officers should not be deployed together.\n\nIn the email he referred to \"the obvious differences in physical capacity\" and said it made \"more sense from a search, balance of testosterone perspective\".\n\nBut the tribunal found that the instruction was not implemented, as staff were told it did not represent the views of senior management. As a result of this, it dismissed the direct discrimination claim.\n\nIf the email had been acted upon, the tribunal said it would have been viewed as \"inherently discriminatory\".\n\nHowever the tribunal did accept Ms Malone's claims of victimisation.\n\nThese related to incidents including a threat of withdrawing her firearms authority, a suggestion that she could be transferred to Stirling, handling of grievances and a failure to investigate complaints.\n\nIn one of the tribunal hearings, Richard Creanor, a former firearms officer, said there was \"absolutely a boys' club culture\" that existed in parts of Police Scotland's armed response unit and also claimed Insp Warhurst had sent a message with a picture of topless women to a WhatsApp group of police officers.\n\nHe told the hearing: \"You have to understand the culture in firearms, they operate within their own rules.\"\n\nLawyer Stewart Healey, acting for Police Scotland, suggested to Mr Creanor during the evidence session that he \"had it in for Mr Warhurst\" and was making up the claims.\n\nBut the tribunal ruling accepted Mr Creanor's evidence and described him as a \"credible and reliable\" witness.\n\nThe tribunal judgement was also critical of two senior officers.\n\nIt found the evidence of Ch Supt Andrew McDowell's \"implausible\" in that the reason he gave for not investigating Ms Malone's complaint was because he \"receives thousands of emails\".\n\nThis was described as \"wholly unsatisfactory\" in the judgement given Ch Supt McDowell's seniority.\n\nIn addition, the judgement said the actions of Police Scotland official Alasdair Muir were \"neither honest nor reasonable\".\n\nIn a statement published in response to the judgement Assistant Chief Constable Mark Williams, of Police Scotland, said the culture in armed policing in 2017 and 2018 was unacceptable.\n\n\"Since then we have worked hard to improve standards but we know there is much still to do,\" he said.\n\n\"As an organisation, our response when a dedicated female officer raised legitimate concerns was no where near good enough. I apologise unreservedly to Ms Malone for those failings and for the significant impact they had on her,\" he added.\n\n\"This judgement highlights serious issues and we will set out action to address them as a matter of urgency.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: How to identify the UK's oldest meat-eating dinosaur\n\nMore than half a century after first being unearthed from a Welsh quarry, four small fossil fragments have finally been assigned to a new species of dinosaur.\n\nResearchers from London's Natural History Museum say Pendraig milnerae is the oldest meat-eating dinosaur ever discovered in the UK.\n\nIt existed over 200 million years ago, their analysis suggests.\n\nThe name Pendraig means \"chief dragon\" in Middle Welsh.\n\nThe animal was very likely the apex, or top, predator in its environment. That said, it wasn't exactly a giant. Think of something chicken-sized with a very long tail.\n\n\"It was a typical theropod; so, a meat-eating dinosaur that walked around on two legs, like T. rex or Velociraptor that you'll know from the movies, but much earlier in time,\" explained the NHM's Dr Stephan Spiekman.\n\nArtwork: Pendraig probably had sharp teeth and predated on other small reptiles\n\nThis is one of those classic fossil stories.\n\nPendraig is described by just four, albeit beautifully preserved, bone pieces. A vertebra, elements of the pelvis and a femur. These items were originally pulled from a limestone quarry near Cowbridge in South Wales in the 1950s.\n\nTheir interesting features were occasionally discussed within the NHM, but then the fossil material somehow got lost in the vast collections of the museum, mistakenly stored with crocodilian remains.\n\nOnly recently were the bones recovered from the \"wrong drawer\" and recognised for their true significance.\n\nPendraig is really ancient. It's late Triassic in age. It could be as much as 214 million years old, putting it close to the base of dinosaur emergence.\n\nIndeed, Pendraig would have been a fossil when the previously mentioned T. rex and Velociraptor were still strutting their stuff in the Cretaceous, just before the asteroid struck to wipe them both from the face of the Earth 66 million years ago.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stephan Spiekman and Susie Maidment: \"This is a very special dinosaur\"\n\n\"We've only got these four fragments, but the preservation is fantastic. The fossil is completely three dimensional; it's undistorted,\" Dr Spiekman told BBC News.\n\n\"What's so interesting and important here is that we're getting to see the very early stages of the evolution of the dinosaurs. These animals eventually came to dominate the Earth, but in the late Triassic they were only one of several groups of reptiles that were living on land.\"\n\nThe geological study of the British Isles tells us that during this time, what is now the Bristol Channel region of the UK was a series of islands made from much older limestone that had been folded and pushed upwards.\n\nPendraig would have lived somewhere across the archipelago.\n\nHow this particular specimen died, we can only speculate. But its bones were embedded in a gryke, or fissure, in the limestone. Perhaps the dino fell in; maybe it was already dead and got washed in during a flood. No-one can say for sure.\n\nThere's a bit of a puzzle related to the size of the animal, which is on the small side of what might be expected. Dr Spiekman wondered if Pendraig might be an example of dwarfism, a phenomenon you sometimes see in species that are confined to islands and their limited resources. But the analysis in this case came to no firm conclusions.\n\nAngela Milner was perhaps best known for the Surrey dinosaur Baryonyx\n\nThe second part of Pendraig's name - its species name - recognises an influential figure in British dinosaur science: Angela Milner, who died in August.\n\nThe former deputy keeper of palaeontology at the Natural History Museum was associated with another major theropod discovery in the 1980s - an animal called Baryonyx - and was key in helping to bring Pendraig milnerae to light again.\n\n\"It wasn't lost for very long in the collections, but it was Angela we have to thank for tracking it down. She'd remembered seeing it and went off to look through the museum's drawers. And after three or four hours she returned to say, I found it!\" recalled co-author Dr Susie Maidment.\n\n\"Angela had a really influential career in UK palaeontology and was a huge loss to us here at the museum. We were some way through describing the fossil when she died, but we wanted to honour her by naming the fossil after her.\"\n\nPendraig milnerae is reported in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Authors on the paper are affiliated to the NHM; the University of Birmingham; Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Argentine Museum; and National Museums Scotland.", "Francois Devaux, head of a victims' association, welcomed the release of the damning report\n\nSome 216,000 children - mostly boys - have been sexually abused by clergy in the French Catholic Church since 1950, a damning new inquiry has found.\n\nThe head of the inquiry said there were at least 2,900-3,200 abusers, and accused the Church of showing a \"cruel indifference towards the victims\".\n\nPope Francis \"felt pain\" on hearing about the inquiry's finding, a Vatican statement said.\n\nOne of those abused said it was time the Church reassessed its actions.\n\nFrançois Devaux, who is also the founder of the victims' association La Parole Libérée (Freed speech), said there had been a \"betrayal of trust, betrayal of morale, betrayal of children\".\n\nThe inquiry found the number of children abused in France could rise to 330,000, when taking into account abuses committed by lay members of the Church, such as teachers at Catholic schools.\n\nFor Mr Devaux it marked a turning point in France's history: \"You have finally given institutional recognition to victims of all the Church's responsibility - something that bishops and the Pope have not yet been prepared to do.\"\n\nAccording to the Vatican statement, the Pope learnt about the report after he met visiting French bishops in the last few days.\n\n\"His first thoughts are for the victims, with a deep sadness for their wounds and gratitude for their courage in coming forward,\" it read.\n\n\"His thoughts also turn to the Church in France, and that, in recognising these terrible events and united by the suffering of the Lord for his most vulnerable children, it can take the path of redemption.\"\n\nPope Francis said he felt \"deep sadness\" for the victims after hearing about the inquiry, a statement said\n\nThe report's release follows a number of abuse claims and prosecutions against Catholic Church officials worldwide.\n\nThe independent inquiry was commissioned by the French Catholic Church in 2018. It spent more than two-and-a-half years combing through court, police and Church records and speaking to victims and witnesses.\n\nMost cases assessed by the inquiry are thought to be too old to prosecute under French law.\n\nThe report, which is nearly 2,500 pages long, said the \"vast majority\" of victims were boys, many of them aged between 10 and 13.\n\nIt said the Church had not only failed to prevent abuse but had also failed to report it, at times knowingly putting children in contact with predators.\n\n\"There was a whole bunch of negligence, of deficiency, of silence, an institutional cover-up,\" the head of the inquiry, Jean-Marc Sauvé, told reporters on Tuesday.\n\nHe said that until the early 2000s, the Church had shown \"deep, total and even cruel indifference\" towards victims.\n\nIn March, a service took place at the Cathedral of Lucon in France after the unveiling of a plaque in tribute to child victims of sexual abuse by priests\n\n\"The victims are not believed, are not listened to. When they are listened to, they are considered to have perhaps contributed to what they had happen to them,\" he explained.\n\nHe added that sexual abuse within the Catholic Church continued to be a problem.\n\nWhile the commission found evidence of as many as 3,200 abusers - out of a total of 115,000 priests and other clerics - it said this was probably an underestimation.\n\n\"The Catholic Church is, after the circle of family and friends, the environment that has the highest prevalence of sexual violence,\" the report said.\n\nOlivier Savignac, head of victims association Parler et Revivre (Speak out and Live again), was abused at the age of 13 by the director of a Catholic holiday camp in the south of France.\n\nHe told the Associated Press news agency that before the abuse, he had thought of the priest as \"someone who was good, a caring person who would not harm me\".\n\n\"We keep this, it's like a growing cyst, it's like gangrene inside the victim's body and the victim's psyche,\" he said.\n\nThe inquiry found that about 60% of the men and women who were abused had gone on to \"encounter major problems in their emotional or sexual lives\".\n\nThis was over 70 years and more than half the cases were before 1970. But still - for many French this will be the moment they wake up to the sheer scale of the phenomenon of Church sexual abuse. What was once anecdotal and prurient is suddenly a defining feature of society.\n\nThe burden of the report is that ad-hoc expressions of repentance and a bit of tinkering with ecclesiastical structures are no longer good enough.\n\nThere has to be recognition that sexual abuse of youngsters by priests was systematic. It was the Church - not rogue individuals - that was responsible.\n\nMany in the Church will be horrified by what they discover. Many will welcome the moment as a catharsis. As Sister Veronique Margron, president of the Conference of Religious Orders, put it: \"If the Church must tremble, well let it tremble.\"\n\nOnly a handful of the cases covered by the inquiry had prompted any disciplinary action, let alone criminal prosecutions.\n\nBut while most cases are now too old to prosecute via the courts, the inquiry called on the Church to take responsibility for what happened, including by providing compensation to the victims.\n\nIt noted that while financial compensation would not address the trauma that victims had endured, it was \"nonetheless indispensable as it completes the recognition process\".\n\nIt also made a series of recommendations about how to prevent abuse, including training priests and other clerics, and fostering policies to recognise victims.\n\n\"We expect clear and concrete responses by the Church,\" a group of six victims' associations said.\n\nThe president of the Bishops' Conference of France, who co-requested the report, said the numbers of victims and their experiences were \"beyond what we could imagine\".\n\n\"I express my shame, my fear, my determination to act with them [the victims] so that the refusal to see, the refusal to hear, the desire to hide or mask the facts, the reluctance to denounce them publicly, disappears,\" Archbishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort said.\n\nThe French Church has previously announced a plan for \"financial contributions\" to victims, beginning next year.\n\nEarlier this year, Pope Francis changed the Roman Catholic Church's laws to explicitly criminalise sexual abuse, in the biggest overhaul of the criminal code for nearly 40 years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brigitte, a survivor of child sex abuse by a chaplain, explains why she is ready to speak now (From 2019)", "The Conservative Party is facing fresh questions about donations made by the wife of a former Russian minister.\n\nLubov Chernukhin is one of the biggest donors to the Tories, giving more than £1.8m since 2012.\n\nLeaked documents reveal her personal wealth comes from her husband Vladimir. He has been financially linked to people who were close to the Kremlin.\n\nMrs Chernukhin's lawyers say she is a British citizen and is entitled to do as she wishes with her money.\n\nHer donations to the Conservative Party have given the 48-year-old access to figures at the top of UK government.\n\nMrs Chernukhin's winning auction bids have seen her play tennis with Boris Johnson and dine with Theresa May, when she was prime minister.\n\nBut until now, very little has been known about the Chernukhins' wealth and where it comes from.\n\nThe documents in the Pandora Papers leak of internal files and correspondence from offshore financial firms show the couple are linked to a network of 32 companies, three trusts and more than £100m in assets.\n\nThe documents indicate that Mrs Chernukhin's wealth comes from her husband, with one email describing her as being \"financially supported by her husband\", and another as \"a housewife\".\n\nOne document shows Mr Chernukhin's offshore company loaned £4m to his wife's UK company.\n\nThe latest revelations follow separate allegations about two businessmen linked to donations to the party.\n\nWorking with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the Guardian, BBC Panorama has had access to almost 12 million documents files from 14 companies in countries including the British Virgin Islands, Belize, Cyprus and Switzerland.\n\nThe Conservative Party say all donations have been properly and lawfully declared and followed all the rules.\n\nAsked about the revelations about party donors that have emerged from the Pandora Papers investigation, the prime minister said all party donations are \"'vetted in the normal way in accordance with rules set up by the Labour government\", adding: \"So we vet them the whole time\".\n\nThe main political parties including Labour and the Liberal Democrats have all faced calls to hand donations back over the years.\n\nMeanwhile, in response to the claims, Transparency International UK says that vetting process for all political donors in the UK is \"little more than a box-ticking exercise\".\n\n\"It's easy to evade the rules or not look too closely. We must do better,\" they add.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said HM Revenue & Customs will examine the leaked papers \"to see if there's anything we can learn\".\n\nTap to see the Chernukhins’ UK property owned through offshore firms Lubov Chernukhin is one of the biggest female donors in British political history, but concerns have been raised about her political contributions Lubov’s husband Vladimir is behind an offshore company that owns this home near London’s Regent's Park Their country estate in Oxfordshire, , is held via an offshore firm And through another overseas company, they used to own this building in London’s affluent Mayfair district, now\n\nThe Russian-born Chernukhins are both now British citizens.\n\nPandora Papers documents reveal how they secretly acquired properties in the UK through offshore companies.\n\nThey purchased a house overlooking Regents Park in London now worth £38m, as well as a mansion in Oxfordshire bought for £10m.\n\nMr Chernukhin, 52, a former deputy minister of finance under Vladimir Putin left Russia for London in 2004 after being sacked by the president.\n\nThe Pandora Papers investigation found evidence that suggests Mr Chernukhin abused his position as the government appointed head of a state bank to advance his private business interests.\n\nIn evidence to a court hearing in London in 2018, Mr Chernukhin testified how he had reached an arrangement with the former mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, to secure planning permission for a development he had a secret personal interest in.\n\nIn return Mr Chernukhin told the court he proposed helping the mayor in relation to two other development sites in Moscow in which his bank had an interest.\n\nHe told the court: \"As a part of negotiations or agreement with them how to proceed, we agreed... that I will help them\", \"and Mr Luzhkov will help me\".\n\nAndrew Mitchell QC, a leading corruption barrister, told Panorama: \"That's a conflict, there's no two ways about it. Here is a man who's chairman of the bank, using the bank as a mean by which he enhances his own personal wealth. And that has corruption written all over it.\"\n\nPandora Papers files also show Mr Chernukhin has carried on doing business with people close to the Kremlin.\n\nThey reveal his secret involvement in a property deal in St Petersburg in 2017, in which his partner was the wife of a then Russian government minister. He sold his stake in the property the following year for $30m, the documents show.\n\nQuestioned in 2018 about the Chernukhin's wealth, Mr Johnson - then foreign secretary - said \"all possible checks have been made and... will continue to be made\" on donations.\n\nAsked whether the donations to the Conservatives should be declared as coming from Mr Chernukhin as well, political law expert Gavin Millar QC said: \"If it's joint money, if it's family money, why isn't he willing to have his name alongside hers in the quarterly return to the Electoral Commission, publicly identified as a donor, and the source of the money?\"\n\nHe added: \"When you've got somebody who's a prominent associate of people who are connected with the Kremlin and… with Russian government, you would have thought any British political party… would start to investigate it and ask why that money is being given.\"\n\nLawyers for the Chernukhins said Panorama's interpretation of the court case involving Mr Chernukhin was a \"gross mis-characterisation\".\n\nThey said \"the suggestion that he acted improperly whilst an official of the state is wholly untrue\" and he \"has not accumulated his wealth.... in a corrupt manner\".\n\nThe lawyers said it was not accepted that any of Mrs Chernukhin's political donations have been funded by improper means or affected by the influence of anyone else.\n\nLabour and the Liberal Democrats have both said the Tories should return the money donated by Mohamed Amersi.\n\nInvestigations by the BBC and its media partners have indicated the businessman was involved in negotiations for Swedish telecoms company Telia that resulted in $220m being paid to a Gibraltar-based company controlled by the daughter of the then president of Uzbekistan. The payment was described by the US authorities as a \"$220m bribe\".\n\nMr Amersi has denied wrongdoing and his lawyers said the offshore company had been \"vetted and approved by Telia\" and that its involvement \"did not raise any red flags\" to him.\n\nRepresentatives for Mr Amersi said on Monday he had \"never knowingly facilitated corrupt transactions\" and the Pandora Papers reports sought to \"embarrass the Conservative Party\".\n\nLiberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Christine Jardine said: \"The Electoral Commission should launch an immediate investigation into these allegations.\"\n\nThe Labour Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds said the allegations were \"concerning\".\n\nReferring to comments by Mr Amersi earlier this year that high-spending donors have been able to gain meetings with the prime minister and chancellor, she added: \"The Conservatives should return the money he donated to them and come clean about who else is getting exclusive access\".\n\nElsewhere, the Russian government has dismissed allegations of financial impropriety involving President Putin contained in the documents leak.\n\nOther world leaders, including Jordan's King Abdullah, and the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babis, have also rejected allegations concerning the secret purchase of properties using offshore companies.\n\nPakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has said his government will investigate citizens linked to the leak. Hundreds of Pakistanis, including members of Mr Khan's cabinet, are said to have had secretly moved wealth through offshore companies.\n\nUpdate 3 December 2021: Following publication, Mr and Mrs Chernukhin have made legal complaints about this article. They say that the article is defamatory of them. In their complaint, they have told the BBC that no deal (corrupt or otherwise) was ultimately concluded with Mayor Luzhkov in respect of the properties in Moscow.\n\nThe Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC and has led to one of the biggest ever global investigations. More than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.\n\nPandora Papers coverage: follow reaction on Twitter using #PandoraPapers, in the BBC News app.\n\nWatch Pandora Papers: Political Donors Exposed on BBC One at 19.35 BST on Monday (UK viewers only) or later on iPlayer", "Hackers responsible for a cyber attack on Scotland's environmental watchdog tried to sabotage efforts to fix the problem, a new report has revealed.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) had more than 4,000 digital files stolen in the incident.\n\nA review said the Christmas Eve attack displayed \"significant stealth and malicious sophistication\".\n\nBut it has also been revealed Sepa's cyber incident response plan was inaccessible during the incident.\n\nThis was because the report - along with the watchdog's disaster recovery plan - was stored on the servers affected by the attack and there was no offline version or hard copy available, according to independent consultants Azets.\n\nAzets also found staff initially responded to the attack at about 00:01 on 24 December but attempts to escalate the problem to other Sepa officials were not successful until about 08:00.\n\nThe hackers made attempts to \"compromise Sepa systems as the team endeavoured to recover and restore back-ups\", a separate review found.\n\nBut a Police Scotland review said Sepa \"was not and is not a poorly protected organisation\".\n\nSepa rejected a ransom demand for the attack, which was claimed by the Conti ransomware group, and the stolen files were then released on the internet.\n\nThe public body said it had been \"the victim of a hideous, internationally orchestrated crime\" and added that a series of reviews it commissioned \"make it clear we were well protected but that no cyber security regime can be 100% secure\".\n\nOne of the reviews, by the Scottish Business Resilience Centre, said there were three copies of Sepa's data stored at two separate locations, with one copy stored offline.\n\nThe report states the \"design of the network meant that both sites were affected\" but sections of this part of the document are redacted so it is not clear how this happened.\n\nSepa has restored the majority of its key services, such as flooding forecasting, since the cyber attack and is now building new IT systems to run them.\n\nThe organisation's chief executive Terry A'Hearn said: \"The majority of organisations hit by cyberattacks around the world do not publicise much about the attack and that is their right.\n\n\"We know we have taken an unusual approach, but we are convinced it is the right thing for us to do.\n\n\"We are publishing as much as we can of the reviews so that as many organisations as possible can use our experience to better protect themselves from this growing scourge of cybercrime.\"\n\nSepa chief executive Terry A'Hearn said a \"number of learnings have been identified that will help Sepa further improve its cyber security\"\n\nDet Insp Michael McCullagh, a cyber crime specialist, said: \"Police Scotland has been consistently clear that Sepa was not and is not a poorly protected organisation.\n\n\"The organisation had a strong culture of resilience, governance, incident and emergency management and worked effectively with Police Scotland and others.\n\n\"Recent attacks against Sepa, the Irish Health Service and wider public, private and third sector organisations are a reminder of the growing threat of international cyber-crime and that no system can be 100% secure.\"", "Tributes were left outside the stadium in the immediate aftermath of the crash\n\nPlayers and fans have marked the third anniversary of a helicopter crash at Leicester City's stadium ahead of the club's game against Brighton.\n\nThe crash, which killed the club's chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, happened at the King Power Stadium after a match on 27 October, 2018.\n\nTwo of his employees and two pilots on board also died.\n\nA crowd display and minute's silence took place before kick-off for the first home match to fall on the date.\n\nMr Vichai, Kaveporn Punpare, Nusara Suknamai, Eric Swaffer and Izabela Lechowicz all died when the chairman's helicopter crashed and exploded moments after taking off at the stadium.\n\nIt happened just over an hour after Leicester had drawn 1-1 against West Ham and was witnessed by many players, club executives and members of the press still at the ground.\n\nEmma Ruckley and her father Peter were at the King Power Stadium watching the game on the night of the crash\n\nEmma Ruckley, 42, who watched the match at the stadium with her father Peter on the night of the crash, said it was \"scary\".\n\n\"It was all a blur, we didn't know what people were saying,\" she added.\n\nDean Smith recently became a steward at the King Power Stadium\n\nDean Smith, 52, is a lifelong fan who recently became a steward at the ground.\n\n\"I don't think you ever get to grips with the magnitude of what happened and the loss that we suffered,\" he said.\n\nElaine Trinder, 65, said she was \"hoping against hope\" that the crash was not true when she heard about it.\n\n\"Unfortunately, it was... it was awful. Dreadful,\" she said.\n\nDave Ryan, 69, added: \"I'm feeling quite emotional. Khun Vichai was Leicester City. He did so much for the club and the city as a whole.\"\n\nFlowers left outside the stadium in the days after the crash were composted and used in the memorial garden\n\nThe Foxes are playing Brighton in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.\n\nThe club invited fans to take their seats early to take part in a crowd display and a minute's silence before kick-off.\n\nPrivate services will take place at the Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Memorial Garden although it is open for fans to pay their respects between 11:00 and 16:10 BST and again after 17:00.\n\nLeicester City lifted the Premier League trophy after a 3-1 win against Everton in 2016\n\nLeicester City said in a statement: \"Khun Vichai's amazing legacy at Leicester City was defined by his belief in achieving the seemingly impossible - realised in the most incredible fashion when his team reached the top of the English football pyramid to lift a legendary Premier League title in 2016.\n\n\"That legacy continues to grow to this day, under chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha with the football club now the current FA Cup holders, playing in European competition, competing in the FA Women's Super League and developing talent through one of the world's best training facilities in Seagrave - a key part of the Srivaddhanaprabha family's vision for the club.\"\n\nIt said plans for the next phase of its former chairman's vision included the expansion and development of the King Power Stadium site, which was recently revealed.\n\nMr Vichai also supported many community projects, which the club said it had continued through a foundation set up in his honour.\n\nMr Vichai (second left) regularly travelled to and from the ground in either of his two helicopters\n\nAn interim Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report into the crash found cockpit pedals had disconnected from the tail rotor which had caused the helicopter to spin out of control.\n\nThe final report into the crash has yet to be released but Crispin Orr, chief inspector of air accidents, said it would be published \"as soon as we're able\".\n\nHe added: \"It is now three years since the tragic helicopter accident in Leicester and our thoughts are of the five people who sadly lost their lives that evening, their families and all of those affected by their loss.\n\n\"The AAIB has conducted an extremely thorough and detailed investigation that has proven to be technically very complex and which is still ongoing.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "Mark Drakeford says the current system keeps producing majority Tory governments on a minority of votes cast\n\nMark Drakeford has urged Labour to change the way MPs are elected at Westminster.\n\nWales' first minister said he is \"baffled\" by people who support first-past-the-post elections.\n\nLabour should go into the next general election promising to reform the electoral system as part of a project to \"save the United Kingdom\", he said.\n\nIt comes after proposals for electoral reform were defeated at Labour's conference in Liverpool last month.\n\nIn first-past-the-post elections, the winner is the candidate which wins the most votes in a constituency.\n\nIt is used for Westminster elections, and to elect part of the Welsh and Scottish parliaments.\n\nIn a lecture, Welsh Labour leader Mr Drakeford called for the \"repair of our democracy itself\".\n\nHe pointed to the 2019 general election result in Scotland, where Labour won 19% of the vote, but only one seat.\n\n\"I have every sort of democratic quarrel with such a system, but for today I feel certain that its continuation will only feed further the fissures which threaten to prise the United Kingdom apart,\" he said.\n\nCalls to expand make the Welsh Parliament have also been endorsed by the first minister\n\nHe added: \"How anyone clings to the notion that a system which delivers, so consistently, majority Conservative governments on a minority of the votes cast is best for working people simply baffles me.\"\n\nA decision by the Unite Union - one of the Labour party's major backers - to back a new voting system makes the chances of reform \"significantly improved\", he says.\n\nMr Drakeford's Welsh government has supported calls to increase the size of the Senedd from 60 to 80 or 90 members.\n\nA special Senedd committee is also looking at proposals to elect Members of the Senedd via the single transferable vote system.", "Strike action which threatened to cripple rail services in Scotland during COP26 has been called off after the RMT accepted a pay deal.\n\nThe union said the offer would provide them with a one year 2.5% pay rise, improved conditions and a £300 COP payment for all ScotRail staff.\n\nIt also means an end to Sunday strikes which have been ongoing since March.\n\nScotRail welcomed the agreement, which comes just four days before the start of the UN climate summit.\n\nThe Scottish government said it was \"proud\" to have brokered and funded the deal.\n\nThe announcement was made on Wednesday evening following talks between the trade union and transport bosses.\n\nRMT Scotland organiser Michael Hogg told the BBC: \"For the first time in eight and a half months, normality returns to Scotland's trains.\"\n\nSpeaking on the Good Morning Scotland programme, he said the new deal meant efficiency savings, which had been a sticking point, were off the agenda at least for a year.\n\n\"The [original] two-year deal included efficiency savings that were unacceptable to the RMT, so we are happy and delighted that we have been able to secure a one-year deal that allows us to actually focus on negotiations next year,\" he said.\n\nScotRail is currently run by Abellio but it is being stripped of its contract amid concerns over its performance. The rail firm will be taken over by a company owned and controlled by the Scottish government in March.\n\nMr Hogg said the union would be able to return to the negotiating table with a new employer.\n\n\"Abellio ScotRail are not going to be there next year,\" he said. \"It is going to be the operator of last resort and I hope the main focus has to be getting our industrial relations back on track in order to have a dialogue next year.\n\n\"We are hoping there is going to be a different approach. For the last 18 months negotiations have been protracted and industrial relations have been virtually been destroyed as a result of tactics taken by Abellio ScotRail and Transport Scotland.\"\n\nIan McConnell, ScotRail chief operating officer, said: \"We have reached a pay agreement with the RMT trade union that resolves strike action.\n\n\"We look forward to Scotland's railway playing its part in delivering a successful COP26 next week.\"\n\nThe union had been given until 17:00 on Wednesday to accept the same deal which had been agreed by three other unions.\n\nIt then announced ScotRail had accepted a counter offer after the 17:00 deadline.\n\nThe union confirmed that planned industrial action, scheduled to start on Monday, would be \"withdrawn immediately\" as members welcomed a recent agreement on a pay rise.\n\nIn a letter sent to union members following talks on Wednesday evening, RMT general secretary Michael Lynch said: \"By accepting the offer all industrial action is now cancelled and I instruct you all to work normally on the days you had previously been instructed to take action on.\"\n\nMr Lynch said the union's offer was accepted \"unanimously\" by delegates.\n\nUp to 30,000 delegates are set to descend on Glasgow for COP26\n\nTransport minister Graeme Dey said he was pleased the union reached out to restart discussions based on the offer that had been made to them on Sunday.\n\nHe added: \"Now an agreement has been confirmed the strike action will thankfully come to an end.\n\n\"As well as getting the pay rise they deserve, railway workers can now go back to delivering rail services for people right across Scotland and as well as for those attending COP26.\"\n\nUp to 30,000 delegates are set to descend on Glasgow for COP26, which runs from Sunday to 14 November.\n\nAnother dispute could see thousands of council workers across Scotland including refuse, recycling, maintenance and school catering and janitorial staff taking strike action during the second week of the climate talks.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "Camilla says victims of sexual violence can face a misplaced sense of stigma\n\nThe Duchess of Cornwall has called for more urgent action to tackle sexual violence against women.\n\nShe spoke of her shock at Sarah Everard's murder and warned \"on average, one woman is killed by a man every three days\" in the UK.\n\nIn a speech in London, Camilla said men also needed to be \"on board\" with tackling a culture of sexual violence.\n\nAnd she questioned whether people had become \"indoctrinated into believing that violence against women is normal\".\n\nThe duchess spoke of the \"unimaginable torment\" facing female victims of violent sexual attacks and how their families, such as those of Sarah Everard, \"continue to suffer in the wake of their deaths\".\n\nSarah Everard was murdered earlier this year by Wayne Couzens, then a police officer, who had abducted her as she walked home in south London.\n\nAnd the duchess warned of a pervasive, underlying culture of sexual harassment.\n\n\"On the same day that Wayne Couzens was arrested, a survey was published stating that 86% of young women in the UK have been sexually harassed in a public space,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duchess of Cornwall speaking in London: \"How many more women must be harassed, raped or murdered?\"\n\nCamilla was speaking at the launch of a project called Shameless, supported by the Women of the World Foundation and Birkbeck, University of London, and aimed at changing attitudes to sexual violence.\n\nThe duchess said a high proportion of women who had been harassed did not report what had happened - and pointed to an unfair sense of \"shame\" among victims.\n\n\"Often, this sense of shame causes the victim to blame herself, mistakenly take responsibility for the crime, and want to hide away from others - and yet she has done nothing wrong,\" she said.\n\n\"Let us resolve to support survivors to be 'shameless' and not to take on misplaced feelings of stigma,\" the duchess told an audience including Carrie Johnson, wife of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nMrs Johnson, then Carrie Symonds, had given evidence against \"black-cab rapist\" John Worboys, jailed in 2009.\n\nThe duchess warned of a \"culture of silence\" around sexual violence and said it was important men were engaged in efforts to change attitudes.\n\n\"It takes an entire community, male and female, to dismantle the lies, words and actions that foster a culture in which sexual assault is seen as normal,\" she said.", "His Royal Highness Prince Aghatise Erediauwa (centre) during a ceremony at Jesus College in Cambridge\n\nThe master of a Cambridge University college has described the return of a looted bronze cockerel to representatives of Nigeria as a \"momentous occasion\".\n\nThe statue, known as the \"Okukur\", was taken by British colonial forces in 1897 and given to Jesus College in 1905 by the father of a student.\n\nA decision for it to be returned was made in 2019 after students campaigned.\n\nA ceremony has been held at the college to sign the handover documents.\n\n\"It's massively significant,\" said Sonita Alleyne, master of Jesus College. \"It's a momentous occasion.\"\n\nSonita Alleyne, master of Jesus College (left) said it was the \"right thing to do\" to return the artefact\n\nShe said returning the artefact was the \"right thing to do\" to and said the bronze piece was of \"cultural and spiritual significance to the people of Nigeria\".\n\n\"It's part of their ancestral heritage,\" Ms Alleyne added.\n\nThe college's Legacy of Slavery Working Party concluded in 2019 that the cockerel \"belongs with the current Oba at the Court of Benin\".\n\nThe Oba of Benin is head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Empire, centred on Benin City in modern-day Nigeria.\n\nThe Benin bronze cockerel was given to Jesus College in 1905\n\nMs Alleyne said the Nigerian delegation would decide how and when to move the Okukur.\n\nThe statue was removed from display at the college in 2016 and will be given to Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments.\n\nOba of Benin, Omo N'Oba N'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, said it was hoped others would \"expedite the return of our artworks, which in many cases are of religious importance to us\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "BBC Radio 2's Zoe Ball still has the UK's most popular breakfast show\n\nMany breakfast radio shows now have smaller audiences than before the pandemic, according to new figures.\n\nZoe Ball, Greg James, Roman Kemp, Chris Evans and the Today programme are among the shows to have fewer listeners than the last time ratings were measured.\n\nThe drop can be partly explained by lower commuter numbers as many people continue to work from home.\n\nBut industry body Rajar urged caution when making comparisons because it is also measuring audiences in new ways.\n\nThe latest radio listening figures are the first to be published since May 2020, and now incorporate smartphone data in the methodology.\n\nThe ratings cover July to September this year, with some data based on a smaller sample of listeners from the previous three months also included.\n\nSome DJs, such as Radio X's Chris Moyles, appear to have bucked the downward trend for breakfast shows; while radio listening in general has increased slightly and many stations improved their overall reach.\n\nBBC Radio 5 Live, for example, recorded a significant boost, probably helped by coverage of summer sport events such as the Euros and the Olympics.\n\nThe station attracted 5.9 million weekly listeners between July and September, up from 5.2 million before the pandemic. Its sister station 5 Live Sports Extra was also up, to 1.6 million.\n\nThe increase in radio listening as a whole, juxtaposed with the decrease for breakfast show audiences, suggests the figures reflect how listening habits and lifestyles have been changed by the pandemic.\n\nWhile fewer people might listen to a breakfast show, some radio stations noted their daytime figures were up, likely a result of people listening more while working at home during the day.\n\nRadio X presenter Chris Moyles is one of the few breakfast DJs to have performed better under the new measures\n\nDiversity stars Perri Kiely (left) and Jordan Banjo took over Kiss breakfast last year\n\nRajar said 89% of the UK population listen to radio at least once a week, with the average listener clocking up just over 20 hours of listening over seven days.\n\nA great deal of radio listening is now on digital platforms such as DAB, smartphone and tablet apps or websites. Around 74% of people surveyed said they listen digitally every week.\n\nSmart speakers now account for a large proportion of listening - around 48% of people who own speakers said they used it to listen to radio weekly.\n\nOf those users, 20% said they listen to radio via a smart speaker on a daily basis.\n\nRajar figures were suspended during the pandemic, as the industry body was not able to conduct its usual face-to-face research.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Emergency services were called to the scene just after 15:00\n\nA woman and three children have been taken to hospital after they were hit by a car in South Lanarkshire.\n\nThe Scottish Ambulance Service said 10 crews were dispatched to the scene in Carluke, shortly after 15:00.\n\nIt is understood those injured are a mother in her 20s and three children, the eldest of whom is seven.\n\nAll four have been taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow but no details about their conditions have been released.\n\nPolice said emergency services remained at the scene and local diversions were in place. The A73 is currently closed between Glamis Avenue and Clyde Street.\n\nInsp William Broatch, from Motherwell Road Policing Unit, said: \"Around 15:10, police were called to James Street in Carluke, at the junction with Kirkton Street, following a report of a road crash involving a car and four pedestrians - a woman and three children.\n\n\"The pedestrians are all being conveyed to hospital for treatment.\n\n\"Emergency services remain at the scene and local diversions are in place. Anyone with information on the incident can call police on 101, quoting incident 2110 of 27 October.\"\n\nLocal MSP Mairi McAllan, who represents the Clydesdale constituency, said she was \"deeply worried\" about the reports coming out of Carluke.\n\nShe said: \"My team have been in touch with local police offering whatever help we can give.\n\n\"I want to thank the emergency services who're on the scene, and in the meantime I'm just praying like everyone else for good news that no one's seriously hurt.\"", "A serving Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court charged with rape.\n\nPC Adam Zaman, 28, of Kingston Road, Romford, is accused of raping a woman at the Andaz Hotel in Liverpool Street, central London, on Sunday.\n\nProsecutor Jonathan Bryan told Westminster Magistrates' Court the defendant was not on duty at the time of the alleged offence.\n\nMr Zaman, who denies the allegation, has been suspended from his post.\n\nThe court heard he had served with the Metropolitan Police since 2016.\n\nDistrict Judge Snow told Mr Zaman he would be remanded in custody until his next appearance at Central Criminal Court on 24 November.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has told MPs the Budget begins the work to prepare for a new economy post Covid, as he delivers his speech in the Commons.\n\nSpending plans for transport, health and education have been unveiled in the press.\n\nMr Sunak is under pressure to help people with the cost of living.\n\nSources say he will adjust the universal credit taper rate, meaning those working will be able to take home more of the money they earn.\n\nA £20 a week top up to the benefit was cut earlier this month, but details of any changes have yet to be announced.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer will not be responding to the Budget, as the leader of the opposition is normally expected to do, as he is isolating after testing positive for Covid. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set out Labour's response instead.\n\nAccording to Downing Street, Mr Sunak told the cabinet on Wednesday morning that his Budget \"will deliver a stronger economy for the British people\" with the \"levelling-up\" agenda - spreading prosperity around the country - a \"golden thread\" running through it.\n\nThe chancellor is under pressure to reveal more about the economic outlook, with government debt soaring to record peace time levels in the wake of the pandemic.\n\nAnd he will deliver a three-year spending review alongside his Budget.\n\nThe Treasury has asked departments to find \"at least 5% of savings and efficiencies from their day-to-day budgets\" - so it is clear not every area will get the same treatment.\n\nPolicies already unveiled from the chancellor's Budget include:\n\nYou can read more on the announcements the government has already made here.\n\nOne of the pre-announced policies is the end to a pay freeze for public sector workers - such as teachers, nurses and police officers - but ministers have so far refused to say whether it will be a real-terms rise by being higher than inflation.\n\nPay for most frontline workforces is set by independent pay review bodies and No 10 has said it could not \"prejudge that process\".\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle was furious about the number of spending plans that were given to the media before Mr Sunak's big speech - they are traditionally meant to be announced in Parliament so MPs can challenge and scrutinise them. Deputy Speaker Eleanor Laing echoed the reproof just before the Chancellor got to his feet.\n\nA No 10 spokesman said they \"recognised the importance of parliamentary scrutiny\" and they \"always listen very carefully to the Speaker\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Lindsay Hoyle says it is “not acceptable\" for ministers to give briefings to the media before Parliament.\n\nWhisper it. After the economy took an absolute hammering during the pandemic, might the chancellor tomorrow actually be in a much cheerier political mood than he could have predicted?\n\nDuring his Budget warm-up in the last few days, Rishi Sunak has already totted up promises of around an extra £20bn of spending, as well as announcing how some of the cash that was already promised is going to be carved up.\n\nHold on for a second though. On the specifics, there is no guarantee that unfreezing the wages of 2.5 million workers in England will mean they get pay rises that aren't eroded by inflation.\n\nThe same goes for increases for workers on low pay, and cuts to universal credit will pinch too.\n\nHaving treated us all to cosy snaps of him and his Labrador, Nova, and him hard at work in his athleisure wear, Rishi Sunak wants to give the political impression that he's a chancellor we can all be comfortable with - careful with our money, but not afraid to spend it on things that matter, who has modern Tory instincts, but won't ditch the party's traditions.\n\nBut remember Budget warm-ups are just that. However many announcements there have already been, however carefully the photographs of the prep have been thought through and selected, what matters is what he actually says at lunchtime on Wednesday.\n\nWhat matters are the numbers - what's in black and white - in the end.\n\nRead more from Laura here.\n\nSir Keir Starmer tweeted: \"The Budget must take the pressure off working people.\n\n\"With costs growing and inflation rising, Labour would cut VAT on domestic energy bills immediately for six months.\n\n\"Unlike the Tories, we wouldn't hike taxes on working people and we'd ensure online giants pay their fair share.\"\n\nEx-Tory chancellor Philip Hammond told BBC Newscast the government should not use higher wages as \"a bung\" to secure the support of low income voters.\n\n\"The instinct to send a message to business that we need to invest more capital rather than just relying on cheap labour, I think is the right instinct, I would support that,\" he said.\n\nAdam Scorer, chief executive of fuel poverty charity National Energy Action, warned it was going to be a \"brutal and bitter winter for millions of householders\" who were unable to bear the costs of energy price rises.\n\nHe called for the chancellor to find a way to put some of the extra tax receipts raised by the price increases back in the pockets of the most vulnerable.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Insulate Britain: Protesters blocking A40 have ink squirted on them\n\nInsulate Britain protesters have been squirted in the face with ink as they blocked major roads connecting to the M25, despite a new court injunction.\n\nNearly 50 demonstrators from the environmental group have been arrested at three sites, including on the A40 in west London during rush hour.\n\nProtesters also blocked the A206 at Crossways Boulevard in Dartford.\n\nA man sprayed protesters on the A40 with what appeared to be blue ink, as motorists became frustrated.\n\nThe protests come in response to government-owned National Highways securing a court injunction banning activities that obstruct traffic on its 4,300-mile network of motorways and major A-roads in England.\n\nThere are four court injunctions in place against the group, which the Department for Transport said covered the \"entire strategic road network\".\n\nPolice arrested protesters at the DoubleTree Hilton at Dartford Crossing\n\nInsulate Britain said in a statement: \"We are not concerned with endless injunctions. We are not concerned with our fears.\n\n\"We are concerned with fulfilling our duties and responsibilities at this 'period of consequence'.\n\n\"Starting from 07.00 BST on the morning of Wednesday 27 October, the M25 will become a place of non-violent civil resistance to stop our government committing crimes against humanity.\"\n\nThe Met Police arrested 17 activists on the A40 in Acton, six of whom had locked themselves to the ground but \"specialist units are on scene to unglue them\", the force said.\n\nThirty-two people have been arrested by Kent Police after traffic was obstructed at two locations in Dartford.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Greg McKenzie This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe group - an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion - wants the government to insulate all UK homes by 2030 to cut carbon emissions.\n\nSuzie, 47, a protester from Cambridge, who works in childcare, said: \"If going to prison and losing my home is what it takes to get the government to do the right thing and cut our carbon emissions, then it's a price worth paying.\n\n\"I can't be a bystander while this government betrays the public, our children and future generations by failing to defend our country from the climate crisis.\"\n\nShe said she had been arrested 11 times since 13 September.\n\nIn a statement Insulate Britain said it is \"not concerned with endless injunctions\"\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps has previously accused Insulate Britain of \"risking lives and ruining journeys\".\n\nHe has said the \"long term solution lies in changes to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill\" to give \"additional powers against disruptive protests\".\n\nJeremy Kite, leader of Dartford Borough Council, also called for greater powers for police to prevent protests happening.\n\nMr Kite said: \"The law needs to be beefed up so when they're talking about action in a couple of days' time, or predicting it tomorrow, the police ought to be able to pay them a visit at six o'clock in the morning and make sure they don't go out.\n\n\"These are people who are just spoiled and entitled and they're narcissistic in their aims, regardless of what they want to achieve, and what they want to do.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"There are other, better ways to do it in a free society and you cannot deprive one person of freedom, simply to establish yours.\"\n\nHe added: \"Quite frankly, some of these people, rather than gluing themselves to a road, it's time they glued themselves to a job or glued themselves to something productive.\"\n\nThose who break the injunctions could be found in contempt of court and face maximum penalty of two years in prison or an unlimited fine.\n\nBut prosecutions for this offence usually take several months.\n\nMembers of the group were also arrested on Monday after targeting London's financial district in Canary Wharf and the City of London during rush hour, obstructing Limehouse Causeway as well as nearby Liverpool Street, Bishopsgate and Upper Thames Street.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Conor Murphy is calling on Stormont to prioritise spending on the health service\n\nNI's finance minister has played down expectations of significant extra money as a result of the UK spending review.\n\nThe chancellor's announcement on Wednesday will set the executive's spending limits for three years.\n\nConor Murphy said a multiyear budget \"provides an opportunity to better plan and prioritise finances.\"\n\nHe said there was \"little indication\" that the government would \"provide the investment needed to rebuild public services and spur economic recovery\".\n\nThe amount of money available to Stormont and the other devolved administrations is set by the Barnett formula.\n\nIt is a population-based share of additional funding announced for England.\n\nBudget day is Wednesday when Rishi Sunak will announce how much money he will take in taxes and what he will spend it on\n\nOn Sunday Chancellor Rishi Sunak said \"strong investment in public services\" would be at the heart of his plans for rebuilding the economy.\n\nHe said: \"One of the elements of building a stronger economy is having strong public services, and you will see that next week - whether it's the NHS, which we've already taken steps to support significantly to recover from coronavirus, children, schools, skills, all of these things, policing and crime.\"\n\nAsked if he would raise public sector wages in line with inflation, the chancellor said: \"That will be one of the things we talk about.\n\n\"Over the past year, we took a decision to have a more targeted approach to public sector pay,\" he continued, but added: \"Going forward we'll have to set a new pay policy and that'll be a topic for next week's spending review.\"\n\nConor Murphy says a small rise in domestic rates will make little difference to Stormont's finances\n\nWriting in the Irish News, Conor Murphy expressed scepticism about what the chancellor would deliver and again called on the executive to prioritise health spending on Stormont's budget.\n\nHe said: \"While the indications are that the spending review outcome will not be good for the executive, a collective approach can produce a budget that finally brings down waiting lists on a sustainable basis.\"\n\nMr Murphy also said that increasing domestic rates, a locally controlled property tax, would not give Stormont much extra spending power.\n\n\"I would caution that a 1% increase in domestic rates generates less than £3m,\" he said.\n\n\"To put that into context, a 22% increase in domestic rates would be needed to pay for a 1% increase in the health budget.\"", "The Queen was pictured during a video call from Windsor Castle on Tuesday\n\nThe Queen will not attend the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow following medical advice to rest.\n\nThe 95-year-old monarch underwent preliminary medical checks in hospital last Wednesday after cancelling a visit to Northern Ireland.\n\nShe resumed public engagements on Tuesday by meeting ambassadors via video link from Windsor Castle.\n\nBuckingham Palace said she \"regretfully\" decided not to attend a reception at the summit.\n\nBut the palace said she would deliver her address to delegates using a recorded video message instead.\n\nThe Queen was due to travel to Scotland as part of a string of COP26 engagements by senior members of the Royal Family including the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge between 1-5 November.\n\nThe other royals will still attend the summit.\n\nIt is understood that the monarch very much wants COP26 to result in meaningful action on climate change from participating nations, and hopes her absence will not be used by others as a reason not to attend.\n\nThe Queen was overheard at the opening of the Welsh Parliament earlier this month saying it was \"really irritating\" when people talk but don't act on climate issues.\n\nSir Peter Westmacott, a former UK ambassador to the US, said the cancellation was a \"blow\" to the summit, but argued the substance of the talks should not be affected.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said the Queen's attendance would have been the \"icing on the cake\" but it was still a \"very important opportunity\" for Prince Charles to speak alongside other senior royals.\n\nThe Queen smiled as she greeted the South Korean and Swiss ambassadors during video calls\n\nIn photographs released on Tuesday, the Queen was seen smiling on camera as she greeted the South Korean and Swiss ambassadors, who were speaking to her from Buckingham Palace.\n\nShe also spoke to Chancellor Rishi Sunak by phone on Tuesday evening ahead of his Budget unveiling on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nThe photographed video calls were the first occasions she had been seen since she hosted an investment summit at Windsor Castle on the evening of 19 October.\n\nThe following day, Buckingham Palace said the monarch had \"reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days\".\n\nThe Queen was pictured alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson last Tuesday evening\n\nA cancelled trip to Northern Ireland and a night in hospital last week were followed by reassurances that this would only mean a rest and recharging of the royal batteries ahead of the COP26 summit.\n\nThat trip to Glasgow has now been cancelled too. It was a big moment in the royal calendar and it's a decision that would not have been taken lightly.\n\nOnly on Tuesday morning the 95-year-old Queen was shown back at work and sending a signal that all was well.\n\nHer meetings on Tuesday were held on video - and a video message will be sent to the Glasgow summit - so perhaps this will be more of how we'll see the monarch in future.\n\nShe will be more online, while those in-line will take up more of the public responsibilities.\n\nThe Queen spent the night of 20 October in a London hospital before returning the next day to Windsor Castle, where she was said to be \"in good spirits\".\n\nShe did not attend a church service at Windsor on Sunday.\n\nIt has been a busy period of official engagements for the Queen.\n\nAn official record of her diary showed at least 16 formal events during October.\n\nShe has been seen using a walking stick at recent public events, including at a Westminster Abbey service and when she opened the sixth term of the Senedd in Wales.\n\nIn its latest statement, the palace said: \"Following advice to rest, The Queen has been undertaking light duties at Windsor Castle.\n\n\"Her Majesty has regretfully decided that she will no longer travel to Glasgow to attend the evening reception of COP26 on Monday, 1 November.\"\n\nThe statement concluded: \"Her Majesty is disappointed not to attend the reception but will deliver an address to the assembled delegates via a recorded video message.\"\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "The boy used the proceeds from his website scam to invest in Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies\n\nA boy who set up a fake website as part of a \"sophisticated cyber fraud\" has had more than £2m of cryptocurrency seized by police.\n\nThe 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, used it to dupe users of a digital gift voucher site into entering their personal details.\n\nHe stole £6,500 worth of vouchers and used the proceeds to buy Bitcoins, Lincoln Crown Court heard.\n\nSam Skinner, prosecuting, said the boy had set up the fake website from his bedroom in April 2020.\n\nIt was almost identical to the official site of Love2Shop, which sells gift vouchers, the court heard.\n\nHe then paid to advertise on Google, which resulted in the bogus site appearing above the genuine site when people searched for it.\n\n\"People were duped into clicking on his website thinking they were accessing the official site,\" the prosecutor said.\n\nThe court was told the boy took the site down after a week just as Love2Shop began investigating him following a complaint from a customer.\n\nHowever, the teenager, from south Lincolnshire, used the proceeds to buy Bitcoins and other cryptocurrency, which subsequently soared in value, the court was told.\n\nFollowing his arrest in August 2020, police found 48 Bitcoins and a smaller number of other coins.\n\n\"At the time they were worth £200,000. They are now worth a little over £2 million,\" Mr Skinner said.\n\nThe subsequent police investigation also found over 12,000 credit card numbers stored on the boy's computer and details of 197 PayPal accounts, he told the court.\n\nThe teenager, who is now studying A-levels, admitted charges of money laundering between 9 and 16 April 2020 and fraud totalling £6,539 by false representation.\n\nJudge Catarina Sjolin Knight ruled that he benefited from his crimes by £2,141,720 and ordered that amount to be confiscated from his assets.\n\n\"If he was an adult he would be going inside,\" she said.\n\nShe told the defendant: \"You have a long-standing interest in computers. Unfortunately, you used your skills to commit a sophisticated fraud.\"\n\nA Bitcoin is basically a computer file which is stored in a digital wallet app on a smartphone or computer.\n\nIt could be described as an online version of cash, which you can use to buy products and services, but it is not controlled by the government or banks.\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby League\n\nTen former rugby league players, including ex-Great Britain scrum-half Bobbie Goulding, are claiming the sport has left them with brain damage.\n\nLawyers say the players are all suffering from \"neurological complications\".\n\nAnd they are now planning a legal claim against the Rugby Football League for negligence.\n\nIt follows similar action by rugby union players including England's World Cup winner Steve Thompson.\n\nGoulding, who has recently been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, said there was not enough protection for players who had suffered head injuries.\n\nThe 49-year-old, who won the Super League and Challenge Cup double in 1996 as St Helens captain, said he had played again within days of being knocked unconscious at least three times in his career.\n\nFormer Wales international Michael Edwards, 48, and Scotland internationals Jason Roach, 50, and Ryan MacDonald, 43, are also part of a test group of 10 players, all under the age of 60, bringing the legal action. All three have also been diagnosed with early-onset dementia.\n\nTheir lawyer, Richard Boardman, said he was representing a total of 50 former professional rugby league players in their 20s to 50s, all of whom are showing symptoms associated with neurological complications.\n\nHe is also representing 175 former rugby union players, including Thompson, in a separate lawsuit.\n\nBoardman said the legal claim was not just about financial compensation, but making the game safer and getting tested and diagnosed to undertake urgent clinical support.\n\nHe said there were potentially hundreds of former rugby league players who, as they reached their 40s and 50s, were developing various neurological issues, such as early-onset dementia, CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and motor neurone disease.\n\n\"The vast majority of the former players we represent love the game and don't want to see it harmed in any way,\" Boardman said.\n\n\"They just want to make it safer so current and future generations don't end up like them. We're asking the RFL to make a number of immediate, relatively low-cost changes to save the sport, such as limiting contact in training and extending the return to play following a concussion.\"\n\nGiven the significant risk of serious or permanent brain damage caused by concussions, the former players allege the RFL owed them - as individual professional players - a duty to take reasonable care for their safety.\n\nBoardman added the group also felt the RFL should have established and implemented rules on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of actual or suspected concussive injuries.\n\nIn a statement the RFL said: \"The Rugby Football League has recently been contacted by solicitors representing a number of former players.\n\n\"The RFL takes player safety and welfare extremely seriously and has been saddened to hear about some of the former players' difficulties.\n\n\"Rugby league is a contact sport and, while there is an element of risk to playing any sport, player welfare is always of paramount importance.\n\n\"As a result of scientific knowledge, the sport of rugby league continues to improve and develop its approach to concussion, head injury assessment, education, management and prevention across the whole game. We will continue to use medical evidence and research to reinforce and enhance our approach.\"\n\n'I didn't have one doctor check on me after knockout'\n\nGoulding played for sides including Wigan, Leeds, Widnes and St Helens as well as earning 17 caps for Great Britain. He played for England five times, including the World Cup final in 1995, and the following year was named in the Super League team of the season.\n\nSince retiring, first in 2005 and then nine years later after a brief comeback with Barrow Raiders, he has spoken about his battles with alcohol and drug addiction.\n\nTalking about his dementia diagnosis, Goulding said: \"For something like this to come out of the blue, and hit me like a bus, is hard to take.\n\n\"I didn't think about dementia at all, I just thought it was the way life was.\n\n\"I played within days of serious knockouts on at least three occasions. I remember playing on a Sunday for Leigh at Huddersfield towards the end of my career [in 2002].\n\n\"I was in Huddersfield Royal Infirmary on the Sunday night after being seriously knocked out and played the following Saturday against Batley. I didn't have one doctor check on me during that week.\"\n\nWhat is CTE & how can it be diagnosed?\n\nMany of the former rugby league players who form part of the legal case have been diagnosed with early-onset dementia and probable CTE.\n\nCTE is the disease discovered by Dr Bennet Omalu in American football player Mike Webster, and the subject of the film Concussion starring Will Smith. In 2011, a group of former American footballers started a class action against the NFL and won a settlement worth about $1bn (£700m).\n\nCTE can develop when the brain is subjected to numerous small blows or rapid movements - sometimes known as sub-concussions - and is associated with symptoms such as memory loss, depression and progressive dementia.\n\nThe disease can only be diagnosed in a brain after death.\n\nIt has been found in the brains of dozens of former NFL players, as well as a handful of deceased footballers, including former West Bromwich Albion and England striker Jeff Astle. A re-examination of his brain in 2014 found he had died from CTE.\n\nThe issue of concussion in sport has been debated extensively over the past few years and the links between heading a football and degenerative brain disease have even forced rule changes at youth level.\n\nIn England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, children aged 11 and under are no longer allowed to head a ball in training, while there are also limits to heading frequency at higher age group levels.\n\nAt senior level, former professionals have called for more research and better player welfare after the death of England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles a year ago, and news that his 1966 team-mate and Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton is also suffering from the disease.\n\nMore information about dementia and details of organisations that can help can be found here.", "Politics Live presenter Jo Coburn has a quick guide to some of the key announcements from the chancellor in his Budget.\n\nPMQs and Sunak to unveil spending plans in Budget for 'new age'", "Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said the weapon used was functional\n\nCriminal charges may still be filed over last week's fatal shooting on a film set in New Mexico, US police say.\n\nActor Alec Baldwin accidentally shot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded a director on the set of the Western film Rust.\n\nInvestigators said a \"lead projectile\" had been removed from the director's shoulder, and that it appeared to be a live round.\n\nThey said there was \"some complacency\" around safety on the set.\n\n\"All options are on the table,\" District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said of any potential charges. \"No one has been ruled out at this point.\"\n\nPresenting the department's initial findings, Sante Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said: \"We suspect there were other live rounds found on set.\"\n\n\"We're going to determine how those got there, why they were there, because they shouldn't have been there,\" he added.\n\nHe said police had recovered 600 pieces of evidence so far - including three firearms and 500 rounds of ammunition.\n\nSheriff Mendoza also said the projectile removed from Joel Souza's shoulder had been handed over as evidence.\n\n\"I think the facts are clear - a weapon was handed to Mr Baldwin. The weapon [was] functional and fired a live round killing Ms Hutchins and injuring Mr Souza,\" he said about the killing.\n\nThe sheriff told reporters there had been up to 100 people on the set of the film when the shooting happened on Thursday.\n\nHe also confirmed that two other people had handled the gun, an antique Colt .45 revolver, before it was given to Mr Baldwin - the film's armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and assistant director Dave Halls.\n\nSanta Fe County Sheriff's office say Actor Alec Baldwin is cooperating with the investigation\n\nMr Halls told investigators he had failed to check all the rounds in the gun before handing it over, according to a court document made public on Wednesday.\n\nHe reportedly called out \"cold gun\" as he gave it to Mr Baldwin, meaning he believed it to be safe.\n\nMs Gutierrez-Reed, meanwhile, told investigators that guns had been safely secured shortly before the shooting but ammunition had not been. She said guns were usually kept in a safe that only a few people had access to.\n\n\"We're going to try to determine exactly how [this] happened and if they should have known that there was a live round in that firearm,\" Sheriff Mendoza said.\n\nMr Baldwin and the film's producers have hired a private law firm to conduct an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting, according to the Reuters news agency.\n\nSeveral legal experts, however, have said it is unlikely that criminal charges will be filed against Mr Baldwin.\n\nThe actor, known for his work on shows like 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live, is named as both an actor and producer on Rust. He is co-operating with investigators and has expressed his shock over what he described as a \"tragic accident\".\n\nThe incident has sparked debate about safety regulations on Hollywood sets and the use of prop guns on productions.\n\n\"Obviously I think the industry has had a record recently of being safe,\" Sheriff Mendoza told reporters. \"[But] I think there are some safety issues that need to be addressed by the industry and possibly by the state of New Mexico.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. First responders and others react to Rust set death", "Ballas has been Strictly's head judge since 2017\n\nStrictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has thanked the BBC One show's viewers for helping her discover \"concerning\" symptoms in her body.\n\nThe TV star said several viewers had got in touch to say they thought they had spotted a lump under her arm.\n\nShe said she sought medical advice and has discovered her hormone levels are \"not right\" and she needs some scans.\n\n\"All in all a little concerning for my doctor,\" she said, adding that she had made a hospital appointment.\n\nMotsi Mabuse (second from left) was among those to send words of support\n\nShe wrote on Instagram that her doctor was \"making an appointment to check certain odd things happening in my body\".\n\nShe added: \"I'll keep you all updated each and every one of you. Remember health is wealth so I'll be on top of these issues for the time being.\"\n\nThe former ballroom champion expressed gratitude \"to each and every one of you who started me on this road\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by shirleyballas This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn an accompanying video message, the 61-year-old said tests had shown her testosterone levels to be \"ultra-high\", her oestrogen levels \"extremely low\", and that she needs scans on her adrenal glands and ovaries.\n\nThe Strictly regular has spoken openly in the past about her family's history with breast cancer and had surgery to have breast implants removed in 2019.\n\nFellow judge Motsi Mabuse was among those to send messages of support, telling Ballas to \"take care of yourself\".\n\nCo-host Tess Daly said she was \"sending love\", sentiments echoed by several other Strictly dancers and celebrity contestants.\n\nBallas and Mabuse will be seen again on Saturday's Halloween special alongside co-panellists Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke.\n\nThis is not the first time eagle-eyed viewers have made observations about on-screen stars that have led to medical treatment.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None The TV stars 'saved' by their viewers", "A man who hated Muslims and idolised right-wing mass murderers has been convicted of terrorism charges after a two-week trial.\n\nSam Imrie, 24, was arrested in July 2019 after he posted messages on social media saying he was planning to set fire to the Fife Islamic Centre.\n\nImrie was convicted on two charges of breaching the terrorism act.\n\nHe was also convicted of wilful fire raising, possessing child and \"extreme\" pornography and drink-driving.\n\nImrie, who was remanded in custody, was told that judge Lord Mulholland needed a background report before he could be sentenced.\n\nBut the judge also warned Imrie: \"You will not be surprised to know that you will be receiving a sentence of some length.\"\n\nDuring the trial, the High Court in Edinburgh was told that Imrie, from Glenrothes, left school at 14 and had developed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after being assaulted.\n\nHe became \"steeped\" in right-wing ideology and started to \"hate\" Muslims after looking at extremist content on websites such as 8Chan and messaging app Telegram.\n\nImrie posted online: \"All my heroes are mass murderers.\"\n\nHe was said to have \"glorified\" the activities of Anders Breivik - the terrorist who slaughtered 77 people in Norway in 2011.\n\nHe also studied the exploits of the far right activist who slaughtered Muslims praying at their mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March 2019.\n\nThe 24-year-old was said to have wanted Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon \"to die\" because of her attitudes to immigration.\n\nHis arrest came after the Metropolitan Police in London infiltrated the \"FashWave Artists\" group on Telegram, on which Imrie posted messages, images, videos and gifs.\n\nThe 24-year-old threatened to target the Fife Islamic Centre in Glenrothes\n\nThey contacted Police Scotland and Imrie was taken into custody in early July 2019.\n\nOfficers carried out a forensic search of his property, where they recovered weapons including an axe, a hammer, a rife scope and two knives.\n\nImrie had posted a comment about how he was thinking about carrying out an attack and was considering streaming it.\n\nIn one posting he wrote: \"No guns. All I can do is burn them down.\"\n\nDefence solicitor advocate Jim Keegan QC said Imrie visited the Islamic Centre in Glenrothes on 4 July 2019 in broad daylight but did not do anything.\n\nInstead, his client went to the dilapidated Strathmore Lodge, in Thornton, Fife, and set fire to a doorway. He filmed it and claimed to the group it was a mosque or Islamic centre.\n\nMr Keegan added: \"The effect on his audience was that they ridiculed him.\n\nImrie said his comments were a joke and he was not serious about setting a mosque on fire.\n\nThe jury were shown pictures of the damage caused by the fire\n\nOn Wednesday, Imrie was convicted of a terrorism charge of making statements on Telegram and Facebook which encouraged acts of terrorism.\n\nA second charge stated Imrie made a \"record of information\" which would be useful to somebody who was committing acts of terrorism.\n\nHe was acquitted of a terrorism charge which stated that he engaged in conduct in \"preparation\" of terrorism acts.\n\nAfter his arrest, his mum Joyce told police: \"I would describe him as a loner who rarely leaves his room. He has no friends that I know of and he has no visitors to the house. He has never had a girlfriend that I know of.\"\n\nPolice also confiscated a USB stick from Imrie. The images contained \"extreme\" pornographic images of dead women being subjected to sexual acts.\n\nImrie is expected to be sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on 24 November.", "Conservative MPs were mostly mask-free on Tuesday\n\nFace coverings have been made mandatory for everyone working in the House of Commons except MPs.\n\nIn updated guidance, the Commons authorities said all staff, visitors, contractors and press must cover their faces to combat the spread of Covid.\n\nBut it remains up to individual MPs to decide whether to follow suit - and many Conservatives have chosen not to.\n\nSajid Javid has said he will wear a mask for Wednesday's Budget when the chamber will be packed.\n\nBut the health secretary said on Monday it was a \"personal decision\" for ministers and backbenchers as to whether they did too.\n\nMPs are not employed by the Commons authorities and cannot be forced to wear masks.\n\nThey have been encouraged to do so by Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle - but unions representing Parliamentary workers have urged him to take a tougher line.\n\nMost opposition parties, including Labour, the Lib Dems and the SNP have decided to cover their faces during debates.\n\nBut Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg last week said Conservatives did not need to do so because they knew each other well, and this meant they were complying with government guidance.\n\nAnd he claimed Labour MPs only wore masks when the television cameras were around.\n\nThe latest official guidance says people in England should cover their faces around \"people you don't normally meet\".\n\nIt comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged MPs to wear masks during Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget speech, when there is likely to be standing room only in the Commons chamber.\n\nDr David Nabarro, the WHO's special envoy for Covid-19, told Sky News that \"everybody\" should be wearing masks in close confinement with other people, \"including our leaders\".\n\n\"This virus, it is absolutely unstoppable, it gets everywhere, and so we have to do everything we possibly can to stop it.\n\n\"And one of the best ways to stop it is a well-fitting surgical mask properly over your face, pushed in over your nose, covering everything, and that reduces the risk to others and the risk to you.\n\n\"If it works, why on earth don't people use it? It's not a party political issue - this virus doesn't vote.\"\n\nGarry Graham, deputy general secretary of the union Prospect, said the public looked to MPs to set an example.\n\n\"It's welcome that House authorities are finally catching on to what unions have been saying, that it's too early to relax. But we're still left in the ludicrous situation where MPs do as they please on masks while everyone else does the right thing,\" he said.\n\n\"Continuously changing an already inconsistent message is a recipe for non-compliance and increased risk to everyone.\"", "One opinion poll suggests most Poles think the government should either concede or compromise\n\nThe EU's top court has told Poland to pay a daily fine of €1m (£850,000) in a row over judicial reforms.\n\nEarlier this year, Poland was ordered to suspend a controversial disciplinary chamber, but has not yet done so.\n\nIt is the latest development in a bitter feud with the EU over changes that are seen as weakening the independence of Polish courts.\n\nThe hefty penalty was immediately denounced as \"blackmail\" by Polish government spokesman Piotr Muller.\n\nSome fear the escalating situation could put Poland's membership in the EU at risk.\n\nEarlier this month, Poland's constitutional court ruled that Polish law supersedes EU law when there is a conflict between the two - angering European leaders by, in effect, rejecting the primacy of EU law.\n\nEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said it was a \"direct challenge to the unity of the European legal order\".\n\nThe disciplinary chamber of Poland's Supreme Court was set up in 2018 to penalise top judges where necessary - the government said it was needed to fight corruption. But critics argue it is being used to punish independent judges because it has the power to sanction the content of their rulings.\n\nIn July, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ordered it to be shut down as it was neither sufficiently independent nor impartial. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Brussels was making demands with a \"gun to our head\" and insisted that EU institutions have no right to tell Poland how to organise its judiciary. He did agree to dismantle the chamber, however, but never gave a date.\n\nBBC Warsaw correspondent Adam Easton says the Supreme Court has stopped scheduling new cases for the chamber, but it has continued hearing cases that are already scheduled.\n\nOne significant factor in the row is that the European Commission is yet to approve €57bn (£48bn; $66bn) of Covid-19 recovery funds earmarked for Poland, and may not do so until this dispute is settled.\n\nAn opinion poll on Tuesday suggested that 40.8% of Poles believed their government should concede defeat and end the row, while another 32.5% said it should compromise.\n\nThe ECJ's ruling on Wednesday stated that the fine of €1m a day would have to be paid until Poland either suspended the chamber or until the final ruling on its future.\n\nThe vice-president said the fine was being imposed to deter Poland from further delaying the shut down of the chamber and said it was necessary to \"avoid serious and irreparable harm to the legal order of the European Union\".\n\nPoland's Deputy Justice Minister Sebastian Kaleta said the ruling \"completely disregards and ignores the Polish constitution and the rulings of the Polish constitutional tribunal\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says she is \"deeply concerned\" about Poland's court ruling\n\nPoland's leader told the European Parliament this month it was \"unacceptable to talk about financial penalties\" and he accused the EU of overstepping its powers.\n\nHis conservative-nationalist government has already been ordered by the ECJ to pay €500,000 a day for failing to shut down temporarily the enormous Turow coal mine and power plant close to the German and Czech borders. Poland has refused to pay that fine because it argues the plant heats and provides water to local homes.", "Lawyers for the US have told the High Court the judge who blocked Julian Assange's extradition was misled by his psychiatrist.\n\nThe United States government is starting a legal appeal to try to get the Wikileaks founder extradited.\n\nIn January, a court ruled Mr Assange could not be extradited to the US due to concerns over his mental health.\n\nMr Assange is wanted over the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011.\n\nThe documents revealed how the US military had killed hundreds of civilians in unreported incidents during the war in Afghanistan, while leaked Iraq war files showed the 66,000 civilians had been killed and prisoners tortured by Iraqi forces.\n\nThe US says the leaks broke the law and endangered lives, but Mr Assange says the case is politically motivated.\n\nHis lawyer told the court that the risk of suicide would be \"imminent the moment extradition becomes likely\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: From 'teenage hacker' to fighting US extradition - the Julian Assange story\n\nIn January, the district judge overseeing the US's extradition appeal, Vanessa Baraitser, said Mr Assange's publication of classified military and government documents arguably amounted to a crime. But he could not be transferred to the US because he was unwell and could take his own life.\n\nOn Wednesday, James Lewis QC, representing the US, told the Lord Chief Justice and Lord Justice Holroyde that conclusion was wrong.\n\nHe said Mr Assange's psychiatrist had misled the earlier judge and the US had not been given an opportunity to answer her concerns.\n\nMr Assange, 50, is wanted in the US on allegations of a conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following Wikileaks' publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.\n\nThe publications include the release in April 2010 of footage showing US soldiers shooting and killing civilians from a helicopter in Iraq.\n\nJulian Assange's father made his way past a crowd of his son's supporters on his way into court\n\nMr Assange has been in Belmarsh Prison since 2019, when he was carried out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London by police and arrested for breaching his bail conditions.\n\nHe had been in the embassy since 2012, avoiding extradition to Sweden, where he faced sex offence allegations. He has always denied those and they were eventually dropped.\n\nOn Wednesday morning, Mr Assange's legal team initially told judges he would not attend because he was not well. He later attended via a video link from prison.\n\nUS lawyers said it had now given four binding assurances as to how Mr Assange would be treated:\n\nMr Lewis said the assurances were binding on the United States.\n\nHe said the previous judge's approach \"carries with it the risk of rewarding fugitives for their flight, and of creating an anomaly between the approach of the courts in domestic criminal proceedings, and in extradition\".\n\nMr Lewis said that Mr Assange's psychiatrist, Prof Michael Kopelman, had misled the court about Mr Assange's psychiatric state by concealing his relationship with his partner, Stella Moris, and that they had two children together.\n\nThe lawyer for the US argued this meant the judge could not consider the true risks of Mr Assange taking his own life, because the need to protect children can be a factor that discourages people from suicide.\n\nHe also said that during cross-examination, Prof Kopelman would not accept that Mr Assange could be safe in the US - even if he received a short sentence and reasonable time with other inmates.\n\nMr Assange appeared by video link from Belmarsh Prison, where he has been held since 2019\n\nMr Lewis called psychiatrist Prof Seena Fazel from the University of Oxford, who said he did not share the defence's view that Mr Assange would certainly take his own life in the US.\n\nMr Assange's lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald QC, said the risk of suicide is \"not something in the future - it is something imminent the moment that extradition becomes likely\".\n\nHe said Parliament had given district judges the power to protect \"mentally disordered\" people from extradition to countries where the UK has no control over their treatment.\n\nHe said that in January, the judge took the evidence fully into account and relied on the fact Mr Assange would be isolated and deprived of the protections he had in Belmarsh.\n\nThe US assurances were \"caveated, vague or simply ineffective\", he said, calling the suggestion that he could be detained in Australia \"meaningless\", as the country has not said it would accept him.\n\nSupporters, family members and friends of Mr Assange outside court expressed their \"outrage\" after he did not attend his hearing in person.\n\nThey said they were concerned he was thin, he was not there to instruct his lawyers or clarify what was going on in court.\n\nThe High Court hearing is expected to end on Thursday with a decision at a later date.", "People in Australia will no longer need an exemption to travel overseas\n\nAustralia has confirmed it will lift a ban next week that has prevented its own citizens travelling overseas without permission.\n\nAustralians have spent 19 months under some of the world's strictest border rules, in an effort to keep out Covid.\n\nFrom 1 November people will no longer need an exemption to leave the country - provided they are fully vaccinated.\n\nOnly Australians are eligible but some rules for foreigners will be relaxed soon, the government said.\n\n\"Before the end of the year, we anticipate welcoming fully vaccinated skilled workers and international students,\" Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said in a statement.\n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison had foreshadowed the reopening of Australia's border, saying it was \"time to give Australians their lives back\".\n\nThe changes have been met with delight by Australians and others globally. Many have spent long periods separated from loved ones.\n\n\"But I'll believe the borders have reopened when I see it and hear the stories of stranded Aussies being able to get home uninhibited,\" Amy Hayes, who lives in England, told the BBC earlier this month.\n\nA surge in vaccinations has allowed some Australian states to end their strategy of eliminating all cases.\n\nMr Morrison has said Australia is \"very close\" to agreeing to a travel bubble with Singapore. On Tuesday the Asian city-state said it would allow fully vaccinated Australians, permanent residents and their families to enter without quarantine from 8 November.\n\nBut states such as Queensland and Western Australia have threatened to keep their borders closed until vaccine rates are even higher.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This family made it back to Australia but was initially banned from seeing their dying parent in Queensland\n\nAt present, people can leave Australia - which has recorded more than 160,000 Covid infections and 1,653 deaths - only for exceptional reasons such as essential work or visiting a dying relative.\n\nEntry is permitted for citizens and others with exemptions, but there are tight caps on arrival numbers. This has left tens of thousands stranded overseas.\n\nAustralians under 12 will be exempt from the new vaccination requirement for travel.\n\nAll other unvaccinated travellers still need exemptions and must quarantine for 14 days in hotels on return.", "Rishi Sunak portrays himself as a light touch Tory - who doesn't like heavy taxes, who doesn't like big government.\n\nBut he's not using the fading of the pandemic emergency to call time on hefty spending.\n\nNor is the chancellor seizing a moment to argue for a leaner state.\n\nInstead, his plans increase spending everywhere, in a Budget that on first examination has something for everyone.\n\nMr Sunak even chose to emphasise how he's restoring spending in some areas to levels not seen since Labour was in charge; less keen to remind you that they were cut back by successive administrations made up of his Tory colleagues.\n\nDespite dangling the promise of tax cuts by 2024, the Budget seems to confirm the political conclusions of Mr Sunak and Boris Johnson - vows to shrink the state are not going to win them the next election.\n\nBut with the threat of inflation, higher taxes and puny, if better growth, the seeming largesse may not be toasted by the public in the months to come, even if they could so with cheaper cider or prosecco.", "The row began after the UK and Jersey rejected dozens of licences for French boats to fish in their waters\n\nThe UK has said threats to block British boats from French ports in a dispute over fishing rights are a breach of international law and trade agreements.\n\nFrance said if there is no agreement by 2 November it will also tighten checks on UK boats and trucks, and could target Channel Island energy supplies.\n\nBrexit Minister Lord Frost said the stance was \"disappointing\".\n\nHe said the UK was seeking \"urgent clarification\" of France's plans.\n\nFrance was angered by a decision from the UK and Jersey last month to deny fishing licences to dozens of French boats, and argued that it breached the Brexit deal.\n\nOn Wednesday it issued its ultimatum, saying it would begin to impose \"targeted measures\" from Tuesday of next week, including:\n\nFrance said it was also preparing further sanctions, which could include cutting electricity supplies to Jersey, as it previously threatened in May.\n\n\"The French state will continue to support its fisheries industry,\" the government said, adding that it expects answers from the UK \"in the next few days\".\n\nOn Wednesday French maritime minister Annick Girardin tweeted that two English ships had been fined during checks off Le Havre.\n\nShe said the first did not comply \"spontaneously\" while the second, which did not have a licence to fish in French waters, was diverted to the quayside and \"handed over to the judicial authority\".\n\nSpeaking before the news of the two vessels being stopped, Brexit minister Lord Frost said: \"It is very disappointing that France has felt it necessary to make threats late this evening against the UK fishing industry and seemingly traders more broadly.\n\n\"As we have had no formal communication from the French government on this matter we will be seeking urgent clarification of their plans. We will consider what further action is necessary in that light.\"\n\nDowning Street said the \"disappointing and disproportionate\" threat of sanctions was \"not what we would expect from a close ally and partner\".\n\n\"The measures being threatened do not appear to be compatible with the Trade and Co-operation Agreement and wider international law, and, if carried through, will be met with an appropriate and calibrated response,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\nShe said that the UK will raise concerns with both the EU and French government, arguing that it had granted 98% of licence applications from European boats.\n\nThe UK maintains the rejected applications which sparked the row did not have enough supporting evidence to show they had a history of fishing in Britain's or Jersey's waters.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has set out changes to universal credit he says will give low income families an extra £1,000 a year.\n\nIn an upbeat Budget speech, he said the UK economy had not been hit as hard by the Covid pandemic as expected.\n\nHe promised more money for schools, business rate cuts and took 3p off the price of a pint of beer.\n\nLabour said his universal credit measure would not make up for axing the £20-a-week top-up to the benefit.\n\nThe chancellor painted a positive picture of the health of the UK economy as it emerges from the pandemic, in his autumn statement to a packed House of Commons.\n\n\"Employment is up. Investment is growing. Public services are improving. The public finances are stabilising. And wages are rising,\" he told MPs.\n\n\"Today's Budget delivers a stronger economy for the British people: stronger growth, with the UK recovering faster than our major competitors.\"\n\nHe said unemployment had not hit the levels feared at the height of the pandemic - but inflation was set to rise further, from 3.1% to 4% over the next year.\n\nMuch of his Budget had been pre-announced, including an end to the public sector pay freeze and an increase to the National Living Wage from £8.91 per hour to £9.50.\n\nBut Paul Johnson, of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, told BBC News the \"almost non-existent\" increase in living standards predicted over the next five years was a \"big blow\" to families.\n\nHousehold disposable income is set to rise by 0.8% per year, according to Office for Budget Responsibility figures.\n\nEconomic growth is forecast to rise to 6.3% next year - higher than previously predicted - but it will then slow to 1.3% by 2023.\n\nThe teetotal chancellor also announced plans to \"radically simplify\" alcohol tax, so that it was based purely on the strength of the drink.\n\nTaxes on sparkling wine, draught beer and cider are to be cut, but will rise for stronger drinks such as red wine and \"white ciders\", from 2023.\n\nHe also announced that the planned increase in duty on spirits, wine, cider and beer due to take effect from midnight on Wednesday has been cancelled.\n\nAnd he scrapped next year's planned increase in business rates in England and promised more frequent revaluations, and tax breaks for firms that make improvements to their properties, from 2023.\n\nIn further moves to boost the leisure industry as it emerges from the pandemic, he announced a 50% business rate discount for pubs, cinemas, restaurants, gyms and other venues.\n\nRishi Sunak portrays himself as a light touch Tory - who doesn't like heavy taxes, who doesn't like big government.\n\nBut he's not using the fading of the pandemic emergency to call time on hefty spending.\n\nNor is the chancellor seizing a moment to argue for a leaner state.\n\nInstead, his plans increase spending everywhere, in a Budget that on first examination has something for everyone.\n\nMr Sunak even chose to emphasise how he's restoring spending in some areas to levels not seen since Labour was in charge; less keen to remind you that they were cut back by successive administrations made up of his Tory colleagues.\n\nDespite dangling the promise of tax cuts by 2024, the Budget seems to confirm the political conclusions of Mr Sunak and Boris Johnson - vows to shrink the state are not going to win them the next election.\n\nBut with the threat of inflation, higher taxes and puny, if better growth, the seeming largesse may not be toasted by the public in the months to come, even if they could so with cheaper cider or prosecco.\n\nThe chancellor waited until the end of his 70 minute speech to announce changes to universal credit, which come after a widely condemned £20-a-week cut to the benefit earlier this month.\n\nThe universal credit \"taper\" will be cut, so that instead of losing 63p of benefit for every £1 earned above the work allowance, the amount will be reduced to 55p.\n\nThe amount people can earn before starting to lose the benefit will also increase by £500 a year. The new rate will be introduced by 1 December, he told MPs.\n\n\"This is a tax cut next year worth over £2bn,\" said the chancellor.\n\n\"Nearly two million families will keep, on average, an extra £1,000 a year.\"\n\nShadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said Labour welcomed the move but it would not make up for the £6bn cut from universal credit earlier this month, which affected five million families.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rachel Reeves says some families and businesses will not recognise the UK described by the chancellor in his Budget\n\n\"Even after this reduction, working people on universal credit still face a higher marginal tax rate than the prime minister. And those unable to work - through no fault of their own - still face losing over £1,000 a year,\" she said.\n\nThe opposition leader normally responds to the chancellor's Budget speech, but Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid.\n\nMs Reeves, who was drafted in to replace him at the last minute, said Mr Sunak had \"no coherent plan\" to deal with cost of living crisis facing many families, with rising energy bills, food prices and tax increases.\n\nShe told MPs Mr Sunak was a chancellor that \"gives with one hand but takes so much more with the other\".\n\nThe SNP's leader at Westminster, Iain Blackford, branded the chancellor's planned cut to domestic air passenger duty a \"disgrace\", asking what kind of message it sent to the world on the eve of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats said cutting bank taxes would cost the Treasury more than £3.8bn over the next four years, compared with £1.8bn extra to help school pupils catch up.\n\n\"He is offering a measly pound a day of extra catch up funding for each child, six times less than the tax cut being offered to the Conservatives' banker buddies,\" said leader Sir Ed Davey.", "The body was found in the Whitesides Hill area of Portadown\n\nA murder investigation has been launched following the discovery of a man's body in Portadown, County Armagh.\n\nThe man, named locally as Stephen Barriskill, was found at a house in the Whitesides Hill area of Portadown just after 12:00 BST on Wednesday.\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.\n\nPolice said the investigation was at an early stage, and have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.\n\nIt is understood the victim had lived in the area for some time and was well known.\n\nLocal residents are \"bewildered\" by the murder, according to councillor Lavelle McIlwrath from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).\n\n\"They can't believe that something like this has happened in this locality. It's a quiet, rural farming community,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a lovely area and they're shocked at the news today.\"\n\nThe house was sealed off as forensics officers carried out an examination\n\nUpper Bann Assembly member Dolores Kelly, from the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), expressed her sympathy.\n\n\"My thoughts go out to the family and friends of the man who was found dead today and to the community in Whitesides Hill who will be shocked that this has happened within their community,\" she said.", "Firefighters, pictured at a Grenfell anniversary event, say building owners must plan for evacuations\n\nThere was an \"unjustified reliance\" on firefighters to evacuate Grenfell Tower on the night of the fatal fire, a union has told the inquiry into the disaster.\n\nThe Fire Brigades Union said building owners and managers should draw up evacuation plans to prevent future catastrophes.\n\nUnion lawyer Martin Seaward said there was a \"near total failure\" of fire safety measures at Grenfell Tower.\n\nThe June 2017 disaster at the west London tower block killed 72 people.\n\nThe comments came on the final day of closing statements in a section of the inquiry focusing on the fire safety measures in the building, its management, risk assessment and the communication with residents.\n\nMr Seaward criticised the approach to fire safety taken by the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO).\n\nHe told the inquiry on Tuesday the \"hazardous rainscreen cladding system\" should have been identified as a risk and removed by April 2016.\n\n\"Additionally, the near total failure of all the active and passive fire safety measures allowed the rapid deterioration of conditions inside the tower, which grossly impeded the firefighters' operations, including search and rescue,\" Mr Seaward said.\n\nThe fire in Grenfell Tower broke out in June 2017, killing 72 people\n\nMr Seaward added if the fire risk management system from the tenant management organisation had worked \"most, if not all\" of the people who died would have been saved.\n\nThe lawyer argued to the inquiry the safety plans were characterised by an \"unjustified reliance\" on the London Fire Brigade to evacuate residents, \"including those especially at risk in the event of fire in Grenfell tower\".\n\nMr Seaward said: \"Of course, the fire and rescue service will attend and do its best at any fire or other emergency, but fire safety depends on everyone doing their bit.\n\n\"That very much includes responsible persons developing and practising building-specific evacuation plans for residents, including personal emergency evacuation plans for those especially at risk, in the same way that employers do in office blocks or factories.\"\n\nAnne Studd QC, representing London Mayor Sadiq Khan, told the inquiry the tenant management organisation did \"very little\" to see if Grenfell was suitable for the stay put strategy in its fire assessments and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council (RBKC) had limited oversight of them.\n\n\"The evidence before you, Mr Chairman, has demonstrated a culture of failings in transparency and candour by the KCTMO, which, coupled with a lack of intrusion from RBKC, was a toxic combination,\" she said.\n\nJames Maxwell-Scott QC, representing the council, told the inquiry it \"apologised unreservedly\" again for council failings before the disaster.\n\nThe failings included the number of council officers devoted to monitoring the KCTMO being \"insufficient\" and its housing commissioning team not making enough use of the corporate health and safety team's expertise to \"prevent issues falling between the gaps,\" he said.\n\nThe lawyer added the KCTMO was an independent, managing agent of Grenfell Tower which was at an \"arm's length\" from the council, which was the building's landlord.\n\n\"The council fully admits that it retained some control over the tower, and therefore continued to have some responsibilities for it under the Fire Safety Order. But those responsibilities are better described as residual ones than shared primary ones,\" he told the inquiry.", "The price of a pint of beer will have to rise by as much as 30p to help pay for higher wages and energy costs, one pub company has warned.\n\nAs the government prepares to unveil its Budget, City Pub Group said price rises were \"the only way forward\".\n\nOn Monday, the government said the National Living Wage would rise to £9.50 per hour in April for those over 23 years old.\n\nClive Watson, the chain's boss, said this would cost it about £1m a year.\n\nOther pub owners echoed Mr Watson's warning, with industry bodies calling for help for the sector.\n\nEmma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association, said that while increases to the minimum wage and the minimum living rate would be \"welcomed\" by many staff in pubs, it was a further cost increase for pubs who were \"still struggling to recover and face an uncertain future\".\n\n\"It makes beer duty, business rates and VAT cuts in the Budget on Wednesday all the more important for the viability of our sector,\" she added.\n\nWetherspoons, however, has announced it will cut drink prices next month on a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.\n\nBecks bottles and whisky measures will be sold for 99p at some branches. Wetherspoons said prices will be reduced at all of its almost 900 pubs but the discounts will vary.\n\nIn October, JD Wetherspoon reported a record annual loss after Covid lockdowns saw its pubs shut for 19 weeks.\n\nThe firm was also recently affected by a shortage of some beer brands, caused by driver shortages due to a combination of Covid and Brexit.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak's latest Budget, to be delivered later, comes as the pub trade is still recovering from lockdown measures imposed during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nCity Pub Group weathered the financial storm thanks to government assistance, putting 99% of its staff on furlough during the pandemic.\n\n\"That's basically kept the industry on life support, but we're coming off life support now and we need to be able to have a road to recovery,\" Mr Watson told the BBC.\n\nLast month, the group, which owns 45 pubs, reported that sales had been above 90% of pre-pandemic levels since Covid restrictions were eased in May.\n\nBut now it faces further challenges - not just minimum wage rises, but also higher energy and food costs, as well as employers' national insurance contributions going up next April.\n\nThe price of beer \"would probably have to go up by 25 to 30p a pint\" to take account of all that, Mr Watson said.\n\n\"We want to do our bit - it's very important, but at the same time we don't want everything going up the whole time, because all that will do is stoke inflation,\" he added.\n\nUK inflation is expected to rise above 4% by the end of this year.\n\nWhile Mr Watson said increases to the minimum wage were a \"good idea\", he warned that those increases could be \"gobbled up by other inflationary pressures\".\n\nHe said a more effective measure would be for the government to cut VAT as a way of reducing the cost of living.\n\nThe hospitality industry currently benefits from a reduced VAT rate of 12.5%, but that is due to revert to 20% in April.\n\nKate Nicholls, chief executive of the trade group UK Hospitality, said the VAT tax rise would be \"unsustainable\" and mean that businesses would have \"no option\" but to pass the cost on to customers.\n\n\"We are facing into considerable headwinds with a bubble of inflationary pressures coming through the supply chain, as well as wage rate inflation,\" she added.\n\nMartin Greenhow said wage increases would cost his business thousands\n\nMartin Greenhow, managing director at Mojo, a chain of six pubs in the north of England, said supply chain costs were \"certainly putting pressure\" on the business.\n\n\"If costs go up, prices go up, it's fairly inevitable,\" he said.\n\nAll of the 89 staff the firm employs are currently on or above the National Living Wage.\n\n\"The coming increase will of course affect everyone, as those above it will also expect to see a pro-rata increment which will cost the business thousands,\" he explained.\n\nMr Greenhow said that these staffing and supply costs would \"inevitably be passed on to the consumer\".\n\n\"Furlough and grants helped us survive, but essentially our survival was achieved by huge borrowings, which represent another cost to the business and therefore another inflationary driver.\"\n\nThe Cock in Ringmer is one of Ian Ridley's pubs\n\nIan Ridley runs three pubs and the majority of his 50 staff earn the National Living Wage.\n\n\"Something's got to give, we cannot absorb these cost pressures,\" he explained.\n\nAlthough he has not worked through the cost projections for next year yet, Mr Ridley estimates the price of a pint could rise by 20p.\n\n\"When we're trying to encourage customers to come back and we're compete with supermarkets on booze, higher prices are not going to help us,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThe wage increases will mean an estimated £20,000 of extra costs, in addition to higher food, transport and brewery bills.\n\nRising energy costs are causing concern and Mr Ridley said the VAT hike in April and business tax rates were another \"huge worry\".", "The river was level with the pedestrian bridge in Cockermouth\n\nRain has continued to fall overnight in Cumbria after about 40 properties were flooded and road and rail travel were hit on Thursday.\n\nThe Met Office has issued a yellow warning, meaning some disruption is possible, and the Environment Agency has nine flood warnings in place.\n\nOn Thursday Honister Pass saw over 30cm (12in) of rain in a 24-hour period.\n\nMotorists are warned that some roads are only passable with extreme care, and asked only to travel if necessary.\n\nTrain operators are asking people to avoid travelling on the West Coast Main Line and Cumbria Coastal routes, and there is no service between Barrow and Carlisle until the line has been inspected.\n\nOn Thursday a number of roads, including the A591 between Rydal and Grasmere and the A592 Patterdale Road, were flooded.\n\nKarl Melville, the senior manager at the county council's highways team, said work had been going on all night to try to re-open as many roads as possible.\n\nHe said: \"We have made some good progress [and] a lot of the roads that were closed are now passable with care.\n\n\"But obviously this does not take away the very clear advice of if you don't need to travel then don't travel.\"\n\nThe A592 was blocked by a number of vehicles at Windermere School on Thursday\n\nThe Environment Agency said 1,200 properties had been protected from flooding by its officers shutting flood gates and removing debris and blockages from grilles and watercourses.\n\n\"Surface water and river flooding could still bring disruption to further communities,\" he warned.\n\nMountain rescue volunteers brought two holidaymakers and their dog to safety\n\nTwo holiday makers and their dog had to be rescued from their accommodation at Southwaite Mill by the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team.\n\nWith water chest high in places, volunteers brought them to safety in a raft.\n\nCockermouth and District Chamber of Trade chairman Andrew Marshall said huge insurance policy excesses introduced after the floods of 2009 and 2015 meant 90% of businesses would have to pay for any repairs themselves.\n\n\"Ever since then it's been nigh on impossible to get insurance,\" he said.\n\n\"If we get flooded this time we've got to pay for the rebuild and everything, which goes into hundreds of thousands.\"\n\nInsurers have imposed excesses of up to £50,000 for business flooding claims in the area, Mr Marshall said.\n\nAfter previous floods caused widespread damage to properties the government introduced a scheme to help residents get insurance \"but it wasn't extended to business\", he said.\n\nConiston Boating Centre is normally not in the lake\n\nGillian Jackson owns holiday lets in Cockermouth, some of which have flooded.\n\n\"We've been through this before so it's just get up, get on with it,\" she said.\n\n\"Yes, it's upsetting but we've kind of got a bit hardened to it, got used to it, and we've just got to crack on and sort it out.\"\n\nOn Thursday afternoon, staff at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant were advised to speak to their bosses about returning home if possible, after checking road conditions.\n\nIn a message to employees, the company warned detours would be needed around road closures on the A595 at Duddon Bridge, Santon Bridge and Holmrook and that Millom was reported to be unreachable by road.\n\n\"Shift co-ordinators will maintain minimum safety manning levels in plants but others should head home once clarified with their line managers,\" it said.\n\nThe pitch at Keswick Rugby Club was swamped\n\nThere was also flood damage to the clubhouse\n\nNine flood warnings (where flooding is expected) and 15 flood alerts (where it is possible) were in place on Friday morning.\n\nIn the 24 hours to 03:00 on Thursday Honister Pass saw 307.4mm (1ft) of rain, according to the Environment Agency.\n\nThe River Rothay was among those that burst their banks.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTranspennine Express has advised people not to travel on the West Coast Main Line unless essential and has lifted ticket restrictions until the weekend.\n\nPhil James from Network Rail told BBC Radio Cumbria on Thursday that the heavy rain was \"widespread\" so it was \"likely to affect many rail routes over the next few days\" and urged people to check National Rail Enquiries for travel details.\n\nHope Park in Keswick was hit, leaving the statue of Max the Miracle Dog stranded\n\nRichard Warren from the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association warned people not to go fell walking during the current conditions.\n\nHe said: \"It's half-term, Scafell Pike is a bit of a honey pot, there were a lot of walkers out on the road looking very, very wet, the car park had quite a few cars in, so people may have gone up Scafell Pike when the rivers were low.\n\n\"But when they come down they will find they won't be able to cross the rivers, so the message really is stay off the mountains.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStewart Mounsey, the Environment Agency's flood risk manager for Cumbria said: \"We expect river levels to be peaking this afternoon, the quicker responding ones, and then obviously the River Eden is even bigger so we'll see that responding Friday into Saturday.\"\n\nEnvironment Agency teams were monitoring the effect of the rain on rivers, focusing on western and southern parts of the county, \"making sure flood defences work\", he said.\n\nCars got stuck in floodwater near Keswick\n\nAlan Goodman, from the Met Office, said the rain was \"on the wane slowly as today unfolds\".\n\n\"There's still more steady rain to come but hopefully it will gradually fragment so the problems we have had on the roads should start to ease.\n\n\"But yes, there's been an awful lot of rain.\"\n\nFields across the Newlands Valley have flooded\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nEmma Raducanu fought back at the Transylvania Open to earn her first win since becoming the US Open champion.\n\nBut the world number 23, seeded three in Romania, had the perfect response against Slovenia's Polona Hercog, 30.\n\nPlaying in her father Ian's homeland for the first time, Raducanu won 4-6 7-5 6-1 to move into the second round.\n\nDespite being a Grand Slam champion, this was her first WTA tour win - although no fans were present in Cluj-Napoca to see it because of Covid-19 restrictions.\n\nRaducanu smiled and laughed throughout her post-match interview, during which she spoke almost entirely in Romanian and was even asked about her favourite local dish.\n\n\"This means a lot to play in my dad's country,\" she said. \"It feels like a huge win.\n\n\"It is a shame there aren't fans here, but I hope they were watching and I just wanted to do them proud.\n\n\"I was on a losing streak so I am really pleased to have come through that. It's my first win, I knew that in my head, so I was battling really hard to get on the board.\"\n\nRaducanu, still looking for a new coach after parting with Andrew Richardson following her US Open triumph, asked for patience before the WTA 250 event.\n\nYet, playing a far more experienced opponent in a match lasting two hours and 29 minutes, she managed to prevail.\n\nThe teenager charged into a 3-0 lead, but Hercog, ranked 124 in the world, won both of her break points to fight back and take the last five games of the first set.\n\nRaducanu regrouped in the second and began to show some of the grit and shot selection that led her to that thrilling victory in New York.\n\nHercog staved off three break points in the fourth game of the set, before Raducanu saved one in each of her last two service games to make it 6-5.\n\nThe Briton then clinched the set after Hercog sent a forehand long on the last of three break points, before breezing through the first five games of the third set.\n\nHercog finally held serve after saving two match points and had a break point in the next game, but Raducanu recovered to win it with an ace and set up a match with Romania's world number 106 Ana Bogdan, 28.\n\n\"I am really proud of how I fought,\" Raducanu added. \"That is a big learning thing for me.\n\n\"The key was to try to stay mentally composed. I knew I wasn't playing very well so I just needed to keep going one point at a time and giving myself a chance by holding serve.\"\n\nCameron Norrie continued his winning streak by beating Marton Fucsovics 7-6 (4) 6-1 in the first round of the Vienna Open.\n\nThe British number one was playing his first match since his breakthrough victory at Indian Wells earlier this month and the 26-year-old came out on top against the Hungarian for a seventh straight success.\n\nIt was also Norrie's 11th in 12 matches and the world number 14 will play sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada in the next round.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Is Coca-Cola's pledge to tackle plastic waste on track?\n• None The comedian's bold and outrageous way to make sense of the world we live in", "The cost of living could rise at its fastest rate for 30 years, the government's forecaster has warned.\n\nIts latest forecast says inflation, which measures the change in the cost of living over time, is set to jump from 3.1% to an average of 4% in 2022.\n\nHowever, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) says figures released since its report was compiled suggest inflation could hit almost 5%.\n\nThe chancellor acknowledged that household budgets are strained.\n\nRishi Sunak described the overall economic picture as \"strong\" in the short term, with the OBR now expecting the economy to return to its pre-pandemic level six months earlier than it had forecast previously.\n\nHowever, he acknowledged the inflation rate was \"likely to rise further\" from its 3.1% rate in September.\n\nHe said it was due to increased demand for energy and supply chain issues as economies and factories reopening following coronavirus lockdowns.\n\n\"The pressures caused by supply chains and energy prices will take months to ease,\" Mr Sunak said.\n\n\"It would be irresponsible for anyone to pretend that we can solve this overnight.\"\n\nThe UK's exit from the European Union (EU) has exacerbated supply chain problems such at hold-ups at ports or with deliveries, the OBR said in its latest report.\n\nThe OBR also said the fact that the energy price cap has risen was a big factor behind the rising cost of living. The cap sets the maximum price suppliers in England, Wales and Scotland can charge domestic customers on a standard - or default - tariff.\n\nThe independent forecaster suggested that had its figures been more up-to-date, its inflation forecasts would have painted a more bleak picture for consumers and businesses.\n\nIt previously said it had ended any updates to its forecast on 24 September, earlier than usual, and \"in response to a request from the chancellor\".\n\nRichard Hughes, chairman of the OBR, told BBC News that if inflation started feeding into wages, rather than just products in the shops, the problem could persist for longer.\n\nBut the OBR lifted its prediction for economic growth in 2021 to 6.5%, up from its previous forecast of 4%. It has also reduced its estimate of the long-term \"scarring\" effect of Covid-19 on the economy from 3% to 2%.\n\nThe effectiveness of Covid vaccines and the adaptability of consumers and businesses had sped up the recovery, the OBR said.\n\nBut it forecast that economic growth would be lower next year than it previously thought, partly down to a better performance in 2021.\n\nIn 2022, gross domestic product (GDP), which measures all the activity of companies, governments and people in an economy, will increase by 6%, the OBR said, rather than the 7.3% it predicted in March.\n\nGrowth is forecast to be 2.1% in 2023, 1.3% in 2024 and 1.6% in 2025.\n\nWhile the economy is in a stronger state than had been expected, whether in terms of growth, employment or the public finances - the official analysis makes clear the obstacle inflation poses to standards of living in the coming months.\n\nThe OBR reckons inflation will hit 4.4.%; it warns it may go as high as 5%. And, it makes clear that leaving the EU has heightened the UK's experience of the bottlenecks that are bumping up business costs, that in turn will lead to higher prices.\n\nThat higher cost of living, together with looming tax rises will dampen the effect of wage rises over the next couple of years.\n\nStrip out inflation and the OBR reckons that household income after tax will only recover to pre-pandemic levels in mid-2023. And those lost years of prosperity increases could weigh on growth - and sentiment in the run up to the next election.\n\nHigher inflation is also likely to put pressure on how much the chancellor is able to spend in the future.\n\nBut Mr Sunak has been offered some room for manoeuvre, as the improving economic picture and higher tax incomes means the government will not have to borrow as much.\n\nBorrowing hit a record £319.9bn during the 2020 financial year as the government poured money into pandemic support schemes such as furlough.\n\nIt is now forecast to fall every year between 2021 and 2026.\n\nJane Mackay, head of tax at audit, tax, advisory and risk firm Crowe, said there was still a \"huge\" Covid bill to deal with, though.\n\n\"The Budget statement hasn't really given us clarity on who will pay that bill.\n\n\"The tax increases that were announced before the Budget, including corporation tax rising to 25%, and the NHS and social care levy additional NICs of 1.25%, might suggest the strategy will spread the burden as widely as possible, rather than to make the structural changes to our tax system that may be what is really needed.\"\n\nA risk of rising inflation as well is that it will increase the amount of interest the government needs to pay back on what it has borrowed for pandemic spending.\n\nBank of England governor Andrew Bailey warned in September that it \"will have to act\" over rising inflation.\n\nThe Bank has already said UK inflation is set to exceed 4%, before falling back as the economy recovers from Covid.\n\nThe UK's central bank can raise interest rates in an attempt to tackle inflation if prices are rising quickly. In theory, when borrowing costs rise - which would make loans such as mortgages more expensive - people spend less and prices are driven down.\n\nMr Sunak said on Wednesday that he had written to the Bank to \"reaffirm their remit to achieve low and stable inflation\".\n\nInvestors are expecting interest rates to be raised later this year or early in 2022, in an effort to bring inflation back down to the Bank's 2% target.\n\nHowever, he gave no suggestion of when the Bank might increase rates from the current record low of 0.1%.\n\nThe governor said that rising energy bills could push inflation higher for longer than previously thought.", "Sahl would often carry a newspaper on stage\n\nLegendary US comedian and political satirist Mort Sahl - who skewered US presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to Donald Trump - has died.\n\nHe passed away on Tuesday in Mill Valley, California, at the age of 94 of old age, a friend told AP News.\n\nSahl's biting political commentary won him legions of fans starting in the 1950s and has been credited as the inspiration for modern stand-up comedy.\n\nHis Cold War material is credited for setting the bar for political comedy.\n\nA host of comedians and comedy show producers have paid tribute, including Albert Brooks, Laraine Newman and Richard Lewis.\n\nThis is Spinal Tap star and Simpsons stalwart Harry Shearer said Sahl had \"invented modern American political satire\".\n\nBorn in Montreal, Sahl moved with his family to Los Angeles as a child and got his start as a comedian at San Francisco's beatnik hungry i club.\n\nHe quickly went on to perform at comedy clubs around the US. He hosted the first-ever Grammy Awards in 1959 and co-hosted the Academy Awards that same year.\n\nHe was featured on the cover of Time Magazine in 1960, starred in several films and was a frequent guest host on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show on NBC.\n\nKnown for his trademark sweater and loafers - at a time when performers often wore tuxedos - Sahl would come on to stage carrying a newspaper with notes for his act written on it.\n\nHe favoured story-telling rather than lounge-style stand-up punchlines.\n\nA comedic blunderbuss, Sahl prided himself on poking fun at all sides, often asking at shows: \"Is there anyone here I haven't offended?\"\n\n\"A conservative is someone who believes in reform,\" he once said. \"But not now.\"\n\nHe also joked: \"Liberals are people who do the right things for the wrong reasons so they can feel good for 10 minutes.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Harry Shearer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSahl ridiculed President John F Kennedy before going on to write jokes for his campaign. After Kennedy was elected, he turned to mocking him again.\n\nFollowing the Democrat's assassination, Sahl's career took a downturn as he dedicated large portions of his shows to ridiculing the official account of Kennedy's death.\n\nBut after the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s, which led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, his career picked up again. Sahl's opposition to the Vietnam War also brought him some new followers in the late 60s and early 70s.\n\nHe continued to perform stand up into his 80s, even after suffering a stroke. At age 80 he began teaching a course in critical thinking at Claremont McKenna College in California.\n\nAll four of his marriages ended in divorce, and his only son died in 1996. He has no immediate surviving family members.", "Government borrowing fell in September compared with a year earlier as the economy continued to recover from coronavirus lockdowns.\n\nBorrowing - the difference between spending and tax income - stood at £21.8bn, which was £7bn less than in September 2020.\n\nBut the figure was still the second-highest for September since monthly records began in 1993.\n\nThe government spent billions of pounds on emergency measures to protect wages, such as the furlough scheme, which wrapped up last month.\n\nAs a result, government debt has been pushed up to more than £2.2 trillion at the end of September this year - about 95.5% of the UK's gross domestic product (GDP), and the highest level recorded since the early 1960s.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that the government has borrowed a total of £108.1bn so far in the current financial year (April to September), although this is £101.2bn less than in the same period last year.\n\nAs well as higher spending on Covid measures, the government has collected less in tax receipts during the pandemic, having given some badly-affected firms tax holidays from VAT, for example.\n\nAs a result of a lower income from taxes and higher spending, the ONS now estimates that in the 2020-21 financial year the government borrowed £319.9bn. That amounted to 14.9% of GDP, the highest rate seen since the end of World War Two.\n\nSome government sources of income have started to recover more recently. In September, the amount it collected through Value Added Tax (VAT) rose by 4.5% in comparison with the same month a year earlier.\n\nFuel duty payments were also up by 6%, although alcohol and tobacco tax takes fell by 12.7% and 7% respectively.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak is due to deliver a new Budget and growth forecasts on 27 October, as well as new multi-year spending limits for individual government departments.\n\nThe monthly borrowing figure for September was lower than economists had expected. However, Paul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said that while the picture had improved for the government ahead of next week's Budget, he did not expect a \"major fiscal giveaway\".\n\n\"Borrowing has fallen much more quickly than almost everyone expected,\" he said.\n\n\"That said, the rumours are that the chancellor will still keep a very tight grip on the public finances in next Wednesday's Budget to try and bring down borrowing even quicker and build a fiscal war chest to deploy ahead of the 2024 election.\"\n\nIn response to the latest official figures, the chancellor said that although debt levels have risen, \"our recovery is well underway - with more employees on payrolls than ever before and the fastest forecast growth in the G7 this year\".\n\n\"At the Budget and Spending Review next week, I will set out how we will continue to support public services, businesses and jobs while keeping our public finances fit for the future.\"\n\nAndrew Bailey has warned the Bank of England \"will have to act\" over rising inflation\n\nProf David Miles, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee and professor of financial economics at Imperial College, warned that there could be \"a long struggle ahead\" for the chancellor.\n\nHe told the BBC's Today programme: \"The debt came down very rapidly after the end of the Napoleonic wars, the First World War, the Second World War.\n\n\"All those people who had been in the army and the other armed forces came back into employment, tax revenue went up, the government was spending less on armaments - that's not going to happen now, so I think it is considerably more difficult to bring down the stock of debt to GDP than it was in the aftermath of those earlier wars.\"\n\nIn recent years, the government has been able to borrow easily at very low interest rates, which makes its debt more affordable.\n\nBut rising inflation means that the Bank of England may increase interest rates soon, in an attempt to ensure the cost of living does not increase too quickly.\n\nThe Bank's governor, Andrew Bailey, warned on Sunday that it \"will have to act\" over rising inflation soon.\n\nAlthough he did not give any indication as to when it might increase rates from the current record low of 0.1%, investors are expecting rates to be raised later this year or early in 2022.\n\nWhat's striking in the public sector finance figures is not how big the borrowing or debt is in the financial year to date. That's the same story we've known for months: the second-highest borrowing in peacetime, second only to last year's even more extraordinary amounts.\n\nWhat's newer, and more eyebrow-raising, is what the figures show about how rapidly borrowing can fall, before any spending cuts or tax rises have taken effect, simply because the economy is growing.\n\nWith expected growth this year of 7% or more, tax money is flowing into the Exchequer far faster than was anticipated at the last Budget. And much of the emergency spending required in the more severe lockdown last year no longer has to be spent because the economy has, mostly, reopened. Public sector borrowing (the amount government has to borrow to plug the gap between its income and its spending) has nearly halved, dropping by more than £100bn.\n\nNot only that: all the borrowing accumulated over the years, also known as net debt, is also falling, down two percentage points, from 97.6% of gross domestic product in August to 95.5% in September.\n\nBoth borrowing and debt are falling, not because of any economic hairshirt the chancellor is requiring us all to wear, but because a successful vaccination programme has helped the economy to recover.", "Funding per pupil in England's schools is to be restored to 2010 levels over the next three years, the Chancellor has announced.\n\nThis means an extra £4.7bn for schools in England by 2024-2025 and a cash increase for every child of £1,500, Rishi Sunak said.\n\nBut it will not cover the 9% fall in funding since 2009 - the biggest cut in 40 years.\n\nThe Chancellor also pledged an extra £2bn for education recovery from Covid.\n\nThis brings spending on Covid catch-up since 2019 to nearly £5bn, Mr Sunak said in his Budget statement.\n\nThe recovery fund falls far short of what education unions and the former catch-up tsar, Sir Kevan Collins, said was required - around £15bn.\n\nAnd the cash injection in basic school funding is unlikely to meet the hopes of teachers and head teachers in the biggest unions.\n\nThe spending will also have to cover any rise in teachers' pay, which has been signalled with the announcement that the public sector pay freeze would be lifted.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: \"Even in the best-case analysis this still represents no growth in school funding for 15 years, and this commitment does not address the stark reality in 16-19 education where the learner rate is far too low.\n\n\"What we do know is that school and college budgets are very thinly stretched and the financial situation continues to be extremely difficult.\n\n\"The additional funding for education recovery following the Covid pandemic is nowhere near what is needed.\n\n\"Alongside other education organisations and school trusts, we submitted in August a proposal for an additional £5.8 billion of spending over the next three years focused in particular on supporting disadvantaged young people.\"\n\nNational Education Union joint general secretary, Kevin Courtney said:\"Taking so long to restore the cuts made from 2010 onwards should not be a matter of pride for any Government, but one of embarrassment.\"\n\nA recent snapshot survey of 1,500 heads for the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) found almost a third were already making budget cuts last year with 35% expecting to make cuts this academic year.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of the NAHT, said: \"Children and young people have been hugely affected by the pandemic. The government has made bold claims about 'levelling up' and 'no child left behind'. The investment announced today doesn't meet those goals or the futures needs of the country.\n\n\"The increase in per pupil spending announced by the government takes us back to 2010 levels. This is no proud boast, as it represents a failure to invest in children's futures for over a decade.\n\n\"Schools will do their best with what they are given, as they always do. It is important that schools are able to spend recovery money flexibly on the programmes they know work best for the children in most need in their schools.\"\n\nThere was a surprise additional £2 billion for education recovery in England in today's Budget, taking the total so far to around £5 billion. This will be welcomed but it falls far short of the more substantial £10 to £15 billion called for by education charities, unions and the government's former advisor Sir Kevan Collins.\n\nThey have pointed to a disadvantage gap which has widened during the pandemic. Schools facing rising costs from heating bills, national insurance and teachers pay will be disappointed that overall spending per pupil is not being given a greater uplift. Instead the Chancellor confirmed that by 2024-25 per pupil spending in England's schools will be restored, in real terms, to the same level as 2010.\n\nThere was also confirmation of funding to increase the number of places for children with special educational needs and disabilities.\n\nThe Chancellor also announced an additional £170m by 2024-25 for the funding paid to nurseries and early years providers for state-backed nursery places.\n\nNeil Leitch, of the Early Years Alliance, welcomed the extra money but said: \"As always, however, the devil is in the detail and we await further confirmation on how exactly this funding will translate into rate increases for the sector over the coming years.\n\n\"While the annual level of investment our sector is set to receive over the next three years will result in a higher increase in early entitlement funding rates than we have seen over recent years, there is still an incredibly long way to go to make up the £2.60 per hour funding shortfall that the government's own cost calculations revealed.\n\n\"What's more, we know that for many nurseries, pre-schools and childminders, even remaining afloat until next April is set to be a real struggle. As such, we would urge the government to look at what short-term, emergency support can be given to those providers already on the brink of closure.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lindsay Hoyle says it is “not acceptable\" for ministers to give briefings to the media before Parliament.\n\nThe Treasury has released a deluge of funding announcements, days before the chancellor delivers his Budget on 27 October.\n\nStatements from the government setting out spending for transport, health and education have been put out in the past few days.\n\nCommons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is furious, telling MPs on Monday it was \"not acceptable\" to brief the media ahead of MPs and on Tuesday that the government was behaving in a \"discourteous manner\".\n\nHe thundered that ministers used to \"walk\" if they briefed about a Budget.\n\nIndeed, in 1947, then-Chancellor Hugh Dalton resigned after he leaked details of his budget to a journalist.\n\nDefending pre-Budget announcements, Treasury Minister Simon Clarke said the government had not commented on the \"substantive tax measures\" that would appear in the Budget.\n\nRishi Sunak's Budget won't all be about displays of generosity. The Treasury has asked departments to identify \"at least 5% of savings and efficiencies from their day-to-day budgets\" and we may hear more about those plans on Wednesday.\n\nThe government has already committed to spending for health, schools, defence and overseas aid so other areas such as local government, justice and further education may face a squeeze on their budgets.\n\nAnd there may be more to some of the seemingly lavish spending pledges than meets the eye.\n\nBeware what you are reading! They sound good, all these announcements in the run up to Budget and Spending Review.\n\nBut they need to be taken with caution. This is the PR blitz seeking good headlines. We don't yet know the detail of exactly what the government is planning.\n\nThe raft of investments will make a difference. But there are questions.\n\nAre the transport links, treatment centres and other projects entirely new or have some parts been announced (with equal fanfare) before now?\n\nCrucially what is happening more broadly to the budgets of the departments getting cash?\n\nA shiny investment in something is great, but is that department's day-to-day spending being squeezed? And what of those areas that aren't getting the handouts?\n\nBest to wait until Wednesday to truly judge the chancellor's largesse.\n\nThe government has announced that England's city regions will receive £6.9bn to spend on train, tram, bus and cycle projects.\n\nThis includes £1.07bn for Greater Manchester, £1.05bn for the West Midlands and £830m for West Yorkshire.\n\nHowever, the figure of £6.9bn only includes £1.5bn of additional spending because the government is including the £4.2bn promised in 2019 alongside funding for buses announced by the prime minister last year.\n\nThe chancellor has refused to be drawn on the future of the eastern leg of High Speed Two, which could be delayed or cancelled to save an estimated £40bn. If built, the extension would cut journey times between London and the North East by 31 minutes. It would also shave 52 minutes off trips between London and Leeds.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will also receive extra funding through the Barnett formula - a mechanism the UK government uses to allocate additional money to the devolved nations when it spends more in England.\n\nNHS England will get £5.9bn to tackle the backlog of people waiting for tests and scans. That covers £2.3bn for diagnostic tests including clinics in shopping centres for scans; £1.5bn on beds equipment and new \"surgical hubs\"; and £2.1bn to improve IT.\n\nHealth bodies welcomed the money but warned it would not solve the problem of staff shortages. According to data published by NHS digital, in June there were 93,806 full-time vacancies across the NHS in England.\n\nMr Sunak is set to announce a rise in the National Living Wage from £8.91 per hour to £9.50, to come into effect from 1 April next year.\n\nThis is a 6.6% increase in the minimum wage for all those aged 23 and over - more than twice the current 3.1% rise in the cost of living.\n\nAssuming a 40 hour week, the new minimum wage amounts to a salary of £1,646 per month or £19,760 a year.\n\nThe increases to the wage rates follow recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission, an independent advisory board.\n\nThe Treasury has also announced it will be lifting a pay freeze imposed on millions of public sector workers last year as a result of the pandemic.\n\nIndependent pay review bodies will recommend how much extra money workers will get early next year.\n\nThe government's major tax change has already been announced, as earlier this year the prime minister told MPs he would introduce a tax in England designed to tackle the NHS backlog caused by the Covid pandemic and later to pay for social care.\n\nHowever, we know a few other changes (or rather lack of changes) that will be announced on Wednesday.\n\nCampaigners for a freeze in fuel duty have been told to expect the levy to be frozen for a twelfth year in a row.\n\nAnd separately, the BBC has been told VAT on household energy would not be cut.\n\nThe health department will get £5bn over the next three years for research and development.\n\nThis includes £95m which will go towards researching methods for treating cancer, obesity and mental health.\n\nThe money will also be spent on developing genome technology which could detect more than 200 conditions in newborn babies.\n\n£2.6bn will be spent on creating 30,000 new school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities.\n\nThe money will also go towards improving school buildings' accessibility and funding new, special provision in free schools England.\n\nThe Budget will also include £1.6bn over three years to roll out new T-levels for 16 to 19-year-olds plus £550m for adult skills in England.\n\nCurrently there are over 6,000 on T-level courses, but the government hopes to ramp up those numbers.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, warned that the extra money was a \"gamble\" as it was unclear how many would want to take the qualification.\n\nThe government will also spend a further £830m modernising colleges in England.\n\nThe Treasury is allocating £1.8bn for building around 160,000 new homes on derelict or unused land - also known as brownfield sites - in England.\n\nAn extra £9m will also go towards allowing councils to turn neglected urban spaces into \"pocket parks\" roughly the size of a tennis court.\n\nThe chancellor is also expected to confirm £65m for digitising England's planning system.\n\nGrants worth £1.4bn will be given to \"internationally mobile\" companies to invest in UK infrastructure.\n\nThis includes £345m aimed at increasing resilience for future pandemics and £800m for the production of electric vehicles in north-east England and the Midlands.\n\nAs part of the package, a talent network team will aim to attract high-skilled workers to the UK, through \"innovation hotspots\" initially based in San Francisco and Boston in the US and Bengaluru in India.\n\nThe government has announced £500m to support parents and children in England.\n\nThis includes £200m to support families with complex issues; £82m to fund centres in 75 different areas to provide advice for parents; £100m for mental health support for expectant parents; and £50m for breastfeeding support.\n\nLabour has argued that the government previously closed over 1,000 children's centres - known as Sure Start centres - and that this new announcement \"rings hollow\".\n\nMr Sunak defended past cuts, arguing that the new funding would \"create a network of family hubs which are broader than the Sure Start centres\".\n\nAre you affected by issues covered in this story? Do you have any questions for our experts? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nRonald Koeman has been sacked as head coach of Barcelona after 14 months in charge at the Nou Camp.\n\nBarca have picked up just 15 points from 10 games in La Liga and have already lost twice in the group stage of this season's Champions League.\n\nThey are ninth in the table, six points adrift of the joint leaders after losing at Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday.\n\nThe loss was Barca's third in their past four games and it followed defeat by Real Madrid in Sunday's Clasico.\n\nIn a statement, the Spanish club said: \"The president of the club, Joan Laporta, informed him [Koeman] of the decision after the defeat against Rayo Vallecano.\n\n\"Ronald Koeman will say goodbye to the squad on Thursday.\"\n\nThe former Netherlands, Everton and Southampton boss, 58, could only guide the five-time European champions to third place in the league last season.\n\nThe Dutchman has not been helped by the club's significant financial problems, which resulted in Lionel Messi's exit and subsequent move to Paris St-Germain in August.\n\nBarcelona were unable to spend any money on new signings in the summer, with Memphis Depay, Sergio Aguero and Eric Garcia arriving as free transfers and striker Luuk de Jong joining on loan from Sevilla.\n\nSpeaking after Wednesday's defeat, Koeman said: \"It [Barcelona's league position] says we're not well.\n\n\"The team has lost balance in the squad, lost very effective players, which shows. In recent years other clubs have strengthened every season and we haven't, which also shows.\"\n\nClub legend Xavi, the former Barca midfielder who is now manager of Qatari side Al Sadd, is one of the favourites to replace Koeman.\n\nIt is the first time since September 1987 that Barca have lost three away games in a row without scoring - a run that saw English manager Terry Venables sacked.\n\nKoeman won the Copa del Rey at the end of his first season but Barca finished behind Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in La Liga with their lowest points tally since 2008.\n\nThe former Netherlands centre-back played for the Spanish club between 1989 and 1995, helping them to four league titles and scoring the winning goal in the 1992 European Cup final.\n\nHe was brought back to the club in August 2020 as head coach by former president Josep Maria Bartomeu.\n\nNew chief Laporta, however, frequently made it clear the Dutchman was not his appointment.\n\nThe duo had an uneasy relationship, and Koeman released a statement in September asking to be given time to rebuild after losing Messi and fellow forward Antoine Griezmann in the summer.\n\nFollowing the defeat by Madrid on Sunday, Koeman's car was surrounded by some Barcelona supporters, whom he later dismissed as \"uneducated people\".\n\nSpeaking before the trip to Rayo Vallecano, he said: \"It is a social problem. Uneducated people that don't understand rules and values.\"\n\nOne of Koeman's first tasks as coach was to make a 40-second phone call to Luis Suarez during which he told the Uruguay striker his services were no longer required and that he was free to leave the club.\n\nThe decision had been made by the board and it's now known the dire financial position forced them to get rid of a forward who scored 21 goals from 29 starts in the previous campaign.\n\nIt began a weakening of the Barca squad from one that could compete with Europe's elite to one that is struggling to get into the Champions League places.\n\nMessi then handed in a transfer request but ended up staying for 2020-21 but Suarez joined Atletico Madrid for a nominal fee and fired them to the league title.\n\nBehind the scenes the club's costs had spiralled to an unsustainable level, creating the biggest wage bill in world football and leaving Barcelona on the verge of bankruptcy and a stadium that requires renovation.\n\nWith Messi out of contract, the Argentina superstar agreed a new deal in July of this year until 2026 that included halving his wages, but La Liga stipulated Barca must reduce their wage bill further before he and any new players could be registered.\n\nThey weren't able to do that, so in August the club announced that Messi would be leaving \"because of financial and structural obstacles\".\n\nHe joined Paris St-Germain, then Koeman lost more talent when France forward Griezmann followed Suarez to Atletico Madrid - rejoining the club he had left in a £107m deal two years before on a loan in a snapshot of where it has gone wrong for Barcelona.\n\nThey managed to sign former Manchester United forward Depay and Aguero on free transfers but the former Manchester City striker has only just made his Barca debut after getting injured in pre-season.\n\nThe transformation from a forward line of Messi, Suarez and Griezmann to Depay, De Jong and an ageing Aguero sums up the task Koeman faced and which will now greet his successor.\n• None Is Coca-Cola's pledge to tackle plastic waste on track?\n• None The comedian's bold and outrageous way to make sense of the world we live in", "Huma Abedin has not named the senator, or his party\n\nA former close aide to Hillary Clinton has written in a new memoir how a US senator attempted to kiss her without her consent.\n\nHuma Abedin said the unnamed politician pounced on her on a couch in the mid-2000s after inviting her into his home, according to the Guardian.\n\nShe says she rebuffed him as he made the advance and escaped.\n\nThe claim is detailed in her new book, Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds, which is being published next week.\n\nMrs Clinton, who was the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and secretary of state under President Obama, relied on Ms Abedin as one of her most trusted aides. Mrs Clinton once described her as her \"second daughter\".\n\nMs Abedin does not reveal the senator's identity or even his party in describing the incident, which happened while she was working for Mrs Clinton when she was a US senator for New York between 2001-09.\n\nIn an interview with CBS, Ms Abedin, now 45, said the senator \"kissed me in a very... shocking way\".\n\nShe was asked by the interviewer whether she felt she had been the victim of a sexual assault.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Norah O'Donnell 🇺🇸 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I'm suggesting that I was in an uncomfortable situation with a senator and I didn't know how to deal with it and I buried the whole experience,\" Ms Abedin said\n\n\"In my own personal opinion, no, did I feel like he was assaulting me in that moment? It didn't feel that way.\n\n\"It felt like I needed to extricate myself from the situation. And he also spent a lot of time apologising and making sure I was OK and we were actually able to rebalance out relationship.\"\n\nMs Abedin started working for Mrs Clinton as an intern\n\nMs Abedin wrote in her book that after a Washington dinner she walked out with the politician and when they stopped in front of his home he invited her inside for coffee. She accepted.\n\nAccording to the Guardian, which has seen an advance copy of the memoir, Ms Abedin writes: \"Then, in an instant, it all changed. He plopped down to my right, put his left arm around my shoulder, and kissed me, pushing his tongue into my mouth, pressing me back on the sofa.\n\n\"I was so utterly shocked, I pushed him away. All I wanted was for the last 10 seconds to be erased.\"\n\nMs Abedin divorced her husband, former Democratic New York congressman Anthony Weiner, over his sex scandals\n\nShe adds: \"Then I said something only the twentysomething version of me would have come up with - 'I am so sorry' - and walked out, trying to appear as nonchalant as possible.\"\n\nShe also details in the book her anger at her ex-husband, former Democratic New York congressman Anthony Weiner, whose career was destroyed by sex scandals.", "Microboone's 12m-long detector is contained inside a large cryogenic tank, filled with 150 tonnes of liquid argon at -186C\n\nA new chapter in physics has opened, according to scientists who have been searching for a vital building block of the Universe.\n\nA major experiment has been used to search for an elusive sub-atomic particle: a key component of the matter that makes up our everyday lives.\n\nThe search failed to find the particle, known as the sterile neutrino.\n\nThis will now direct physicists towards even more interesting theories to help explain how the Universe came to be.\n\nProf Mark Thomson, the executive chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), which funds the UK's contribution to the Microboone experiment, described the result as ''pretty exciting''.\n\nThat is because a sizeable proportion of physicists have been developing their theories on the basis that the existence of the sterile neutrino was a possibility.\n\n''This has been out there for a long time now and generated a lot of interest,'' Prof Thomson told BBC News.\n\n''The result is really interesting because it has an influence on emerging theories in particle physics and cosmology.''\n\nThe Microboone experiment is based at the US Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois - just outside Chicago. But physicists from many countries are involved with the project.\n\nMicroboone's electronics racks are located just above the detector, on a platform that blocks significant amounts of cosmic radiation that could affect the accuracy of the results\n\nNeutrinos are ghostly sub-atomic particles that permeate the Universe, but barely interact with the everyday world around us. Each second, billions of them pass right through the Earth - and everyone living on it.\n\nNeutrinos come in three known types, or flavours - the electron, muon and tau. In 1998, Japanese researchers discovered that neutrinos changed from one flavour to another as they travelled.\n\nThis flavour-flipping cannot fully be explained by the current \"big theory\" of sub-atomic physics - called the Standard Model. Some physicists believe that finding out why the neutrino has such a tiny mass - which is what allows them to change flavour - will give them a deeper understanding of how the Universe works and specifically how it came into being.\n\nCurrent theories suggest that, shortly after the Big Bang, there were equal amounts of matter and its shadowy mirror-image anti-matter. However, when matter collides with anti-matter, they violently annihilate each other, releasing energy. If there were equal amounts in the early Universe, they should have cancelled each other out.\n\nInstead, most of the Universe today is made of matter, with much smaller amounts of anti-matter.\n\nSome scientists believe that, contained within the neutrino's flavour-changing, is the cosmic sleight-of-hand that enabled some matter to survive after the Big Bang and create the planets, stars and galaxies that make up the Universe.\n\nIn the 1990s, an experiment called the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector experiment at the US Department for Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico saw the production of more electron neutrinos than could be explained by the three-neutrino flavour-flipping theory. That result was confirmed by a separate experiment tin 2002.\n\nPhysicists proposed the existence of a fourth flavour called the sterile neutrino. They believed this form of the particle could explain the over-production of electron neutrinos and, crucially, give an insight into why the particles change flavour.\n\nThey were named sterile neutrinos because they are predicted not to interact with matter at all, whereas other neutrinos can - though very rarely. Detecting a sterile neutrino would have been a bigger discovery in sub-atomic physics than the Higgs boson because, unlike other forms of neutrino and the Higgs particle, it is not part of the current Standard Model of physics.\n\nA team involving nearly 200 scientists from five countries developed and built the Micro Booster Neutrino Experiment, or Microboone, in order to find it. Microboone consists of 150 tonnes of hardware in a space that's the size of a lorry.\n\nIts detectors are highly sensitive: its observations of the sub-atomic world have been likened to looking in ultra-high definition.\n\nThe team has now announced that four separate analyses of data gathered by the experiment show \"no hint\" of the sterile neutrino.\n\nBut this result is not so much the end of the story, but the beginning of a new chapter.\n\nDr Sam Zeller from Fermilab says that the non-detection does not have to contradict previous findings.\n\n\"The earlier data doesn't lie,\" she said.\n\n\"There's something really interesting happening that we still need to explain. Data is steering us away from the likely explanations and pointing toward something more complex and interesting, which is really exciting.\"\n\nProf Justin Evans, from the University of Manchester, believes that the puzzle posed by the latest findings marks a turning point in neutrino research.\n\n\"Every time we look at neutrinos, we seem to find something new or unexpected,\" he said.\n\n\"Microboone's results are taking us in a new direction, and our neutrino programme is going to get to the bottom of some of these mysteries.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Charlize Theron says countries have to start sharing vaccines if we are to reach the World Health Organization's goal of vaccinating 70% of the planet next year.\n\nThe actress, who has joined the social justice organisation Ford Foundation, wants the World Trade Organization to agree a waiver on vaccine patents - so countries can manufacture their own jabs.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Pumza Fihlani, Theron also questioned some countries' booster programmes, when only 5% of Africa's population has been vaccinated.", "Shops, restaurants and bars and gyms in England which have been badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic have been given a financial boost in the Budget.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak announced a temporary 50% cut in their business rates, up to a maximum of £110,000.\n\nIn addition, he has scrapped 2022's planned annual increase in rates for all firms for the second year in a row.\n\nThe hospitality industry welcomed the move, although it added \"the devil will be in the detail\".\n\nBusiness rates are charged on commercial premises based on the value of the property and the level is set by central government, rather than councils. They are devolved across the UK's nations.\n\nThe Treasury only decides business rates in England, but the UK government also allocates funding to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland through a formula.\n\nThis could allow the devolved nations to mirror the changes in England or, alternatively, keep their current business rates and spend the money elsewhere.\n\nBricks and mortar firms have long complained that they are at an unfair disadvantage compared with online retailers, which do not have to pay business rates. They want to see an online sales tax being applied.\n\nIn his Budget speech, Mr Sunak said that in the 2022-23 tax year, pubs, music venues, cinemas, restaurants, hotels, theatres and gyms would be able to claim a discount on their bills of 50%, up to a maximum of £110,000. He said that was a tax cut worth almost £1.7bn.\n\nIn conjunction with the existing Small Business Rates Relief, the chancellor said the move meant more than 90% of all retail, hospitality and leisure businesses would see a discount of at least 50%.\n\nBusiness rates in the retail and leisure sectors have already been reduced during the present financial year following the rates holiday during the pandemic.\n\nThe Treasury has been carrying out a wider review of business rates.\n\nIn his Budget speech, Mr Sunak confirmed they would be retained and reformed. \"We on this side of the House are clear that reckless, unfunded promises to abolish a tax which raises £25bn every year are completely irresponsible.\"\n\nHowever, he said the system would be made \"fairer and timelier with more frequent revaluations every three years\". beginning in 2023.\n\nIn addition, from 2023, all firms, not just in retail and hospitality, would be able to make improvements to their property without having to pay extra business rates for 12 months.\n\nThe reforms also include a new relief for firms that invest in green technologies, such as solar panels and heat pumps.\n\nUK Hospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls: \"We have been lobbying hard for significant reform of the outdated business rates system and therefore very much welcome the chancellor's move today to extend the 50% business rates relief for the hospitality and leisure sector for the next financial year.\n\n\"The devil will be in the detail, though, so we look forward to learning to what extent it will benefit businesses.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kate Nicholls This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Nicholls also said announcements simplifying, and in some cases cutting, alcohol duties were \"great news\" for pubs, bars and restaurants and \"will benefit all\".\n\nHowever, she added: \"Positive as these announcements are, hospitality remains incredibly fragile, facing myriad critical issues. Rising utility bills, wage bills and food and drink prices have resulted in 13% inflationary costs that businesses are having to absorb at the same time as they navigate severe supply chain issues and chronic staff shortages.\n\n\"Given this toxic cocktail, it is imperative the government go further to support businesses in our sector.\"\n\nShe said the best way to do that would be to keep the current lower rate of 12.5% VAT on hospitality.\n\n\"The chancellor has been bold and radical with alcohol duty - we urge him to adopt the same approach when implementing root and branch reform of business rates, to ensure industries share the burden equally.\"\n\nElsewhere, the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), Shevaun Haviland, said the chancellor had listened to the BCC's \"long-standing calls for changes to the business rates system and this will be good news for many firms\".\n\n\"It will provide much-needed relief for businesses across the country, giving many firms renewed confidence to invest and grow.\"\n\nCBI director general Tony Danker said the chancellor had made \"real strides in making the system more palatable for businesses in the shorter term. More frequent valuations, wider reliefs and improving the incentives for firms to decarbonise their premises is what firms have been calling for\".\n\nHowever, he added that the \"hard truth\" was that \"the government missed the opportunity to truly reform a business rates system that diminishes Britain's high streets and factories\".\n\nJulian Bird, chief executive of Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, welcomed the move, saying it would \"provide venue operators with the cushion of a lower cost base as they reopen and develop an audience post-pandemic.\n\n\"The 100% improvement relief for business rates, providing 12 months relief from higher bills for occupiers where eligible improvements to an existing property increase the rateable value, from 2023 will encourage innovation and enhancement of our theatre buildings,\" he added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK's new polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, has completed basic sea trials and is ready to undertake its first expedition.\n\nThe vessel came up the Thames on Wednesday through the Woolwich Barrier and is now tied up in Greenwich.\n\nIt is spending a few days at the home of the Prime Meridian to enable the public to see it, but also to mark the start of the COP26 climate conference.\n\nWorld governments meet in the Scottish city of Glasgow from Sunday.\n\nThe Attenborough, named after the TV naturalist and BBC presenter Sir David, is the ship the public wanted to call \"Boaty McBoatface\" in an online poll but were overruled by ministers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir David: \"The findings made on this ship will be of the greatest value and importance\"\n\nInternational senior scientific advisers are using the Attenborough as a platform to issue a statement about the urgent need to address the climate crisis.\n\nThey want to see a concerted drive to develop - and use - the technologies that will keep global temperature rise to1.5C and underpin the net zero economies of tomorrow.\n\nThese technologies include better ways of creating, storing and using low-emissions energy - including improving semiconductors, batteries and low-emitting fuel production - as well as work on heating and cooling, and carbon capture and storage.\n\n\"I think the first thing to say is sticking to 1.5 is both important and achievable,\" Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK government's chief scientific adviser, told BBC News.\n\n\"But it's only achievable if we get urgent action. If you work back, for example, from 2050, and ask what you need to do, you can't rely on something coming along late in the day and saving us. It's about utilising the technologies we have now, getting them in place as soon as we can at scale. And that in itself requires R&D (research and development), and making sure that we use both technology, and, of course, natural actions, and the behavioural changes that we all need to take.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Patrick Vallance: \"If we stick to 1.5C, we will limit the consequences\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe 129m-long Attenborough has spent the past year in shake-down trials around the British coast.\n\nIts first ocean voyage will go to Antarctica for the new austral summer research season.\n\nThe vessel must deliver supplies to the UK's main scientific base, at Rothera, on the continent's peninsula, as well as to other minor stations dotted around the Southern Ocean.\n\nIt is expected to head south on or around 18 November.\n\nThe ship isn't named \"Boaty McBoatface\", but some of its robotic subs do carry the moniker\n\nSir David has his photo taken with the ship's crew. They head south around 18 November\n\nEngineers will want to check its performance in sea-ice, something they haven't had the chance to do.\n\nThe Attenborough is what's termed a Polar Class 4 icebreaker, which means it should have the strength to crash through metre-thick floes at a steady pace and without damage to its hull.\n\nThe £200m ship is state of the art. It has a helipad (helicopters are essential for exploration and safety), cranes and onboard labs, and it has an enhanced ability to deploy subs and other ocean-survey and sampling equipment.\n\nA \"moon pool\" allows instruments to be lowered through the hull into the ocean water below\n\nThe Attenborough was the product of lessons learned after decades of operations in the frozen south and north, said Dr Rob Larter.\n\n\"The way science has progressed means you now have to be able to handle much bigger gear. So, that's why this ship has these very big cranes and gantries,\" the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) marine geophysicist told BBC News.\n\n\"You also need to be very flexible, because there's so many different sorts of science that people want to do now. We have laboratories that come in containers, like for example a radioisotope lab, an ultra-clean chemistry lab and an experimental aquarium. These can all be added to the ship.\"\n\nThe Attenborough will be at the forefront of understanding how Earth's atmosphere and oceans are warming, and the impacts the temperature rise will have, in particular, on the ice-covered waters and lands of the Arctic and Antarctic.\n\nSir David was present on Thursday to inspect his namesake.\n\nHis hope, he said, was that world leaders meeting at COP26 would listen to the science and take action to curb global warming.\n\n\"I am indeed a very proud man to be standing in this remarkable vessel, to be associated in any way with best, the British Antarctic Survey,\" he told his audience.\n\n\"May I wish this ship and all who sail in her, and all the scientists who research on board, bon voyage on her forthcoming voyage to the Antarctic. I know that the findings made on this ship in the next few years will be of the greatest value and importance to the welfare of the world. Let us listen to the science.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir David has recorded the safety announcements to be played over loudspeaker\n\nBAS scientists have already established, for example, how the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, actually helps to shield us from the worst effects of global heating.\n\nOceanographer Dr Emma Boland explained: \"The Southern Ocean takes up about 40% of the carbon dioxide that the oceans as a whole take up, even though it only accounts for 20% of the total ocean surface area. So, it's doing double the work.\n\n\"And if that CO2 didn't get taken up by the ocean, it'd be in the atmosphere, and global warming at the surface as we experience it, as human beings, would be that much worse.\"\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nScientists have even calculated a value for this \"service\" provided by the Southern Ocean: £60bn per year (€72bn/yr). In other words, if the Southern Ocean didn't exist, this is how much it would cost to remove the CO2 from the atmosphere in a different way.\n\nThe new Royal Research Ship is tied up to a pontoon in the Thames a short distance from the famous 19th-Century tea clipper, the Cutty Sark.\n\nThe public won't be able to board the Attenborough, but they will be able to visit an associated exhibition hosted by the Royal Museums Greenwich called \"Ice Worlds\". This will showcase live virtual tours of the polar ship on a big screen, alongside a range of interactive stands.", "A Met Police officer who killed Sarah Everard after kidnapping her under the guise of an arrest has applied to appeal against his prison term.\n\nWayne Couzens abducted the 33-year-old as she walked home from a friend's house in south London on 3 March.\n\nDuring sentencing, the judge had said the abuse of power was so exceptional that it warranted a whole-life order.\n\nIt was the first time the sentence had been imposed for a single murder of an adult not committed in a terror attack.\n\nA Court of Appeal official said on Wednesday: \"An application (for permission to mount an appeal against sentence) has been lodged.\"\n\nWhen sentencing Couzens last month, Lord Justice Fulford described the circumstances of the kidnap, rape and murder as \"grotesque\", telling him he had \"betrayed\" his family.\n\nSarah Everard had been walking to her home in Brixton when she disappeared\n\nHe said the seriousness of the case was so \"exceptionally high\" it warranted a whole-life order.\n\nReacting to the sentencing, Ms Everard's family said they were pleased with the full-life term, adding that although \"nothing can make things better, nothing can bring Sarah back... knowing he will be imprisoned forever brings some relief.\"\n\nEarlier this month, Reading terrorist Khairi Saadallah lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his whole-life sentence for the murders of three men, following a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have launched the centenary Royal British Legion poppy appeal.\n\nPrince Charles and Camilla met 10 volunteers for the charity - each born in one of the decades of its campaign - at Clarence House on Tuesday.\n\nIt marked the start of the annual drive to raise funds for the Legion.\n\nThe pandemic meant the collectors did not go out to sell red paper poppies in 2020, but the tradition is resuming ahead of Armistice Day on 11 November.\n\nThe Royal British Legion supports serving and former personnel and their families. More than 40,000 volunteers across the country will be collecting donations for this year's appeal.\n\nWearing a red poppy signifies respect and support for the armed forces community and their sacrifice in all conflicts.\n\nThe flower was a common sight on the Western Front, where British soldiers fought during World War One, and became a symbol of remembrance for those killed.\n\nThe Prince of Wales said: \"The significance of the poppy is as relevant today as it ever was while our Armed Forces continue to be engaged in operations overseas and often in the most demanding of circumstances.\n\n\"The simple act of wearing a poppy is only made possible because of volunteer Poppy Appeal collectors who share a common goal - to recognise the unique contribution of the Armed Forces community.\"\n\nThe Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall spoke to Maisie Mead, 10, and Jill Gladwell, 95, the youngest and oldest of the volunteers\n\nThe Prince of Wales and Camilla spoke to Jill Gladwell, 95, who is marking 80 years of collecting for the appeal, at the launch.\n\nMrs Gladwell began volunteering as a schoolgirl during the Second World War after being inspired by her mother who collected in the 1920s. Five generations of her family are now involved.\n\n\"I'm so happy to be back out collecting to support the armed forces community and their families this year,\" she said.", "The impact of Brexit on the UK economy will be worse in the long run compared to the coronavirus pandemic, the chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility has said.\n\nRichard Hughes said leaving the EU would reduce the UK's potential GDP by about 4% in the long term.\n\nHe said forecasts showed the pandemic would reduce GDP \"by a further 2%\".\n\n\"In the long term it is the case that Brexit has a bigger impact than the pandemic\", he told the BBC.\n\nHis comments come after the OBR said the cost of living could rise at its fastest rate for 30 years, with suggestions inflation could hit almost 5%.\n\nSpeaking after Wednesday's Budget, Mr Hughes said recent data showed the impact of Brexit was \"broadly consistent\" with the OBR's assumption that the leaving the EU would \"reduce our long run GDP by around 4%\".\n\n\"We think that the effect of the pandemic will reduce that (GDP) output by a further 2%,\" he added.\n\nThe Treasury has been contacted for comment.\n\nGDP or Gross Domestic Product is one of the most important ways of showing how well, or badly, an economy is doing. It is a measure - or an attempt to measure - all the activity of companies, governments and individuals in an economy.\n\nIn a growing economy, quarterly GDP will be slightly higher than the quarter before, a sign that people are doing more work and getting (on average) a little bit richer. If GDP is falling, then the economy is shrinking.\n\nThe UK voted to leave the EU in 2016 and officially left the trading bloc on 31 January 2020, however, both sides agreed to keep many things the same until 31 December 2020, before a new trade deal was announced and implemented on 1 January this year.\n\nBoth the pandemic and Brexit have played a part in current supply chain issues across the UK, and have further exposed the scarcity of lorry drivers, which has resulted in recent shortages of products for businesses and some empty shelves for customers.\n\nHowever, in the OBR's latest report, the independent body said \"supply bottlenecks had been exacerbated by changes in the migration and trading regimes following Brexit\".\n\nSupply chain issues has led to the government granting short-term visas to EU workers across certain sectors, including the haulage industry.\n\nThe British Poultry Council has said turkey farmers will do their best to ensure Christmas \"is as normal as it can be\", but warned shortages are likely, due to a shortage of seasonal overseas workers.\n\nThe government has assured consumers that turkeys will be available for the festive season and has also deployed temporary visas in a bid to bolster worker numbers.", "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has had to miss the Budget and Prime Minister's Questions after testing positive for coronavirus.\n\nAs leader of the opposition, he had been due respond to the chancellor's statement on government spending plans.\n\nInstead the shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves took his place at the despatch box in the House of Commons.\n\nMr Miliband has previously represented Labour at PMQs having led the party between 2010 and 2015.\n\nRising to put questions to Boris Johnson, he said it was \"just like old times\" adding that he wanted to reassure both sides of the House it was for \"one time only\".\n\nIn a clip released by Labour, Sir Keir said he was feeling fine but was \"gutted\" not to be able to in the Commons.\n\nHe praised his two stand-ins for their \"brilliant\" performances.\n\nThis is the fifth time Sir Keir has had to self-isolate since the start of the pandemic, most recently in July when one of his children tested positive.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland continued their perfect start at the Men's T20 World Cup with an eight-wicket thrashing of Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi.\n\nAfter bowling West Indies out for 55 in their opening win, England restricted Bangladesh to 124-9 in another fine performance in the field.\n\nMoeen Ali took two wickets in two balls in the third over, Tymal Mills claimed 3-27 and Liam Livingstone 2-15, while there was also a fine diving catch from Adil Rashid and a run-out.\n\nJason Roy then crashed 61 from 38 balls and Dawid Malan made a measured 28 not out as England raced to their target with 35 balls to spare.\n\nEoin Morgan's side sit top of Group 1 after two games in the Super 12s.\n\nTheir next match is against Australia in Dubai on Saturday at 15:00 BST.\n\nThis may not have been as destructive or eye-catching as England's six-wicket win over West Indies but it was almost as impressive.\n\nBangladesh, who came through the first round of the tournament to reach the Super 12, have the players, particularly their spinners, to pose problems to bigger sides. England swatted them aside with ease.\n\nAgain it was a victory built on strong bowling performance, a good sign for England's hopes given it is supposedly their weaker suit.\n\nOff-spinner Moeen, handed the new ball again, responded by removing openers Liton Das and Mohammad Naim with consecutive balls, Das top-edging to deep square leg and Naim tamely finding mid-on.\n\nChris Woakes, who took an immaculate 1-12 from four overs, collected the key wicket of Shakib Al Hasan, Rashid diving to take the ball dropping over his shoulder at short fine leg.\n\nBangladesh were 26-3 in the sixth over and from there England continued to take regular wickets, the tactical moves made by captain Eoin Morgan working perfectly.\n\nPart-time spinner Liam Livingstone trapped Mushfiqur Rahim, who made 29, lbw on review in his first over and also had captain Mahmudullah taken at backward point for a stodgy 19 from 24 balls.\n\nTymal Mills took three lower-order wickets with his mix of pace and slower balls, including two off the final two deliveries of the innings.\n\nBangladesh's total was never likely to be enough, a view only strengthened when Roy cracked the first ball of the chase for four.\n\nEven with the loss of Jos Buttler, caught at long-off for a run-a-ball 18, Roy powered England to 63-1 at the end of the seventh over and the Bangladesh fielders' body language was already that of a beaten side.\n\nRoy, winning his 50th cap, hit powerful shots down the ground and inventive scoops in reaching a 33-ball fifty, before he found third man with a ramp off Shoriful Islam with 13 runs needed.\n\nPushed down the order and not needed against West Indies, Malan came out in his usual position of number three.\n\nHis place is the most debated in the England side and, while there was almost no pressure on him, his fluent innings was at least useful time in the middle.\n\nHarder tests will come for England, but Morgan could not have asked for much more after two near flawless performances in two games.\n\n'A very special match for us' - reaction\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan: \"Our bowlers have started the tournament really well. It's a huge compliment to how far our white-ball cricket has come along.\n\n\"It's nice for Jason and Dawid to get some time at the wicket. Jason is so imposing and when you play like that on slow wickets, it makes it difficult to set fields.\"\n\nPlayer of the match Jason Roy: \"That was a very special match for us. We had to back up our last performance against West Indies and we had to come out firing. A lot of credit goes to our bowlers.\"\n\nBangladesh captain Mahmudullah: \"We are very disappointed with the way we batted especially. It was a very good wicket to bat on but we didn't make any partnership in the middle.\"\n• None Is Coca-Cola's pledge to tackle plastic waste on track?\n• None The comedian's bold and outrageous way to make sense of the world we live in", "Jugoslav Jovanovic was arrested in Santa Marinella, Italy, in October 2020\n\nAn Italian man has pleaded guilty to all charges relating to a £26m series of burglaries that targeted the luxury homes of celebrities in west London.\n\nJugoslav Jovanovic previously admitted to conspiring to burgle the homes of Frank Lampard, F1 heiress Tamara Ecclestone and the family of the late Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, in 2019.\n\nJovanovic was due to go on trial at Isleworth Crown Court over conspiracy to launder stolen goods out of the UK.\n\nHe has now changed his plea to guilty.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service said the £25m burglary alone on Ms Ecclestone's Kensington mansion was believed to be the biggest of its kind in English legal history.\n\nAndrew Hadik said the international gang of jewellery thieves took \"irreplaceable items of sentimental value that have never been seen again\".\n\nHe added: \"Jovanovic used his spoils to go shopping at Harrods and had even opened a store loyalty card.\"\n\nFrank and Christine Lampard had their west London home burgled on 1 December 2019\n\nIt was previously heard in court that on 30 November 2019, Jovanovic, along with an accomplice named Daniel Vukovic, travelled to London Stansted from Stockholm and then set up a hotel base in Orpington.\n\nThe next day the pair burgled the west London home of Lampard and his wife Christine while the couple were out. the court was told.\n\nProsecutors said an intruder alarm was triggered but more than £50,000 worth of items were stolen.\n\nAlessandro Maltese, Jugoslav Jovanovic and Alessandro Donati were all arrested in Italy and extradited to the UK\n\nThen on 10 December, a Knightsbridge property belonging to the late billionaire Leicester City owner Mr Srivaddhanaprabha was burgled, the court heard.\n\nMr Srivaddhanaprabha died in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium in October 2018 and his family said the home had been left untouched since his death.\n\nThe court heard Jovanovic, Mr Vukovic, and two other Italians - Alessandro Donati and Alessandro Maltese - ransacked the home taking seven Patek Philippe watches, a Tag Heuer smart watch and around €400,000 in cash.\n\nThe following day, the group dined at an expensive sushi restaurant near Harrods and had a £760 champagne and sashimi lunch, the court heard.\n\nVichai Srivaddhanaprabha bought Leicester City in 2010 and died in a helicopter crash in 2018\n\nFinally, on 13 December, Mr Vukovic, Maltese and Donati carried out one of the biggest burglaries in English legal history, the prosecution said.\n\nArmed with screw drivers, they targeted the palatial home that F1 heiress Ms Ecclestone shares with her husband Jay Rutland - opposite Kensington Palace, the court was told.\n\nKensington Palace Gardens is one of the most expensive streets in the world, has an armed guard presence and is home to the Russian, French and Israeli embassies.\n\nJovanovic remained the 'watch' at the bottom of the road, outside the nearby Stick & Bowl Chinese restaurant.\n\nHe left the UK onboard an AirItalia flight from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport on 18 December, the court heard.\n\nThe 24-year-old, who was living in Milan, was extradited from Italy to the UK in April to face legal proceedings.\n\nJay Rutland, Tamara Ecclestone and their daughter had left for Lapland on the morning of the burglary\n\nItalian nationals Donati, 44, and Maltese, 45, both previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle.\n\nAll three will be sentenced on 15 November and have been remanded into custody.\n\nMr Vukovic 40, has never been located and is believed to be in the Serbian capital Belgrade.\n\nDet Con Andrew Payne said specialist police looked through 2,000 hours of video footage.\n\nHe added: \"We also recognise that for those targeted, this is not simply about having their possessions stolen.\n\n\"Being a victim of burglary, whoever you are, is traumatic and upsetting and everyone should have the right to feel safe in their own homes.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police said Angela Rayner had received a number of abusive calls earlier this month\n\nA man has been arrested after deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner received threatening and abusive phone calls.\n\nThe 52-year-old was held by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) on suspicion of malicious communications at an address in Halifax on Wednesday morning.\n\nA spokesperson for the MP said she and her staff had received a number of threatening, malicious and abusive communications in recent weeks.\n\nMs Rayner thanked the police \"for their work during these investigations\".\n\nThe arrest was directly related to a number of abusive phone calls she received on 15 October, police said, with the individual being bailed pending further inquiries.\n\nDet Sgt Christopher Dean, of Greater Manchester Police, said: \"Abusive, threatening or bullying behaviour towards anyone is completely unacceptable, and we will always do what we can to ensure those responsible are identified and held accountable for their behaviour.\n\n\"Although we have arrested one man our investigation remains very much ongoing and we will continue to pursue all available lines of enquiry to identify all those responsible.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Ashton-under-Lyne MP added: \"Abuse and threats of this nature don't just have an impact on Angela but also on her family, her children and her staff who are on the receiving end of these communications.\n\n\"We are working with the police to ensure that the perpetrators of these crimes are brought to justice.\"\n\nMs Rayner was currently on bereavement leave after losing a close loved one and hoped to return to work \"as soon as possible\", her spokesperson added.\n\nThe arrest comes amid increased concern over the safety of MPs and the level of abuse they receive following the killing of Sir David Amess.\n\nThe veteran Conservative MP for Southend West was fatally stabbed in a suspected terror attack during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce £70m in funding to help small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in Northern Ireland in this week's budget.\n\nHer Majesty's Treasury said the funding will build on the British Business Bank's existing programmes to help SMEs to invest and grow.\n\nIt will provide loans or invest in local companies.\n\nThe way in which businesses can access the fund will be outlined in due course.\n\nLocal companies that may avail of the funding include recent start-ups looking to borrow smaller amounts to kickstart activity or established SMEs looking for larger investments to grow their business.\n\nThe funding will be part of a government commitment to level up opportunities.\n\nIt will build on the success of existing funds in other parts of the UK, which have been shown to support the creation of high-paying high productivity jobs and the upskilling of existing workforces, the Treasury said.\n\nOn Budget day the chancellor usually holds up a traditional red box full of financial documents\n\nDescribing Northern Ireland as a \"powerhouse of ingenuity\", Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the UK government was continuing to support small businesses across the country to grow and succeed.\n\n\"We're investing millions of pounds to help thousands of businesses take their next step,\" he said.\n\n\"Since the start of the pandemic, the UK government has spent £352bn right across the UK on support.\n\n\"In Northern Ireland this included protecting more than 284,000 jobs through the furlough scheme, £118m in self-employment support, help for businesses and the procurement of vaccines.\"\n\nIn addition to the £70m for Northern Ireland, Scotland will benefit from £150m and Wales will receive £130m for a new fund delivered by the British Business Bank.", "The UK is recovering faster than its major competitors from Covid, the chancellor has told MPs.\n\nOpening his 2021 Budget, Rishi Sunak spoke about the direction of employment, investment, public service, wages and debt levels.\n\nThe chancellor added there were “challenging months ahead”, but said his Budget set out a plan, preparing for a \"new economy, post-Covid\".\n\nPMQs and Sunak to unveil spending plans in Budget for 'new age'", "The two teenagers were found fatally injured in Brentwood, Essex, in the early hours of Sunday\n\nA man charged with murder after the death of two teenage boys has appeared at court.\n\nThe two teenagers were found fatally injured in Regency Court, Brentwood, Essex, at about 01:30 BST on Sunday.\n\nFrankie Watson, 19, of Baker Street, Orsett, was charged with two counts of murder, attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon.\n\nSouthend magistrates remanded him in custody to appear at Basildon Crown Court on Thursday.\n\nEssex Police said two men, aged 20 and 21, had been released on bail and a 40-year-old man had been released under investigation.\n\nSouthend Magistrates' Court ordered that the two victims could not be named, and neither could a third person involved who is the subject of the attempted murder charge.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson has pledged to make the UK a science superpower\n\nThe chancellor will increase science spending to £20bn a year by 2024 - £2bn less than he pledged in 2020.\n\nThe boost was announced in the Budget by Rishi Sunak on Wednesday.\n\nThere is some disappointment among many scientific leaders - but the commitment to sustained additional investment has been welcomed by some.\n\nThe President of the UK's Royal Society, Prof Sir Adrian Smith, told BBC news that the settlement sent out a positive signal.\n\n\"It is not absolutely ideal. But we are grown-ups. There are real pressures on the economy, but the government is saying that it really does recognise that R&D [research and development] is absolutely vital,\" he said.\n\nAlthough the chancellor's increase is less many had hoped for, it is more than some had feared. Last week, those negotiating with the Treasury told BBC News they were getting clear signals that the commitment to increase spending to £22bn a year would be kicked into the long grass.\n\nScientific and business leaders lobbied hard, arguing that a long deferral of scientific investment would mean that other countries, which are investing more in research, would overtake the UK.\n\nThose sources say that the Mr Sunak seems to have listened to those arguments. The chancellor said that the commitment of £22bn would be pushed back by two years to 2026. But that will be after the next General Election, when someone else might have Mr Sunak's job - and take a different view.\n\nBut the Chancellor has promised to deliver what has been described as a sizeable increase of around £5bn before the end of this Parliament. That's a 33% increase on top of the current research budget of £15bn a year. What is notable is that the bulk of the increase will come in 2023, so a large amount of the additional funding for science is not that far away.\n\nSome £2bn of that increase is for membership of the EU's collaborative research programme, Horizon Europe. BBC News reported earlier this week that the UK's access to the programme was being used as a bargaining chip in wider negotiations with the EU over the status of Northern Ireland.\n\nNow that the money has been allocated to the science budget, research leaders have a clear choice between spending it on membership fees or on doing more science. The Treasury itself is understood to feel that spending money on Horizon Europe is an inefficient use of funds but will leave the decision to the scientific community.\n\nSir Jeremy Farrar, who is director of the Wellcome Trust, believes that, given the financial pressures the chancellor faces, this is not a bad settlement.\n\n\"We welcome the government's ongoing commitment to making the UK a science superpower. But it will need to continue to increase investment in science to catch up with other leading science nations. The UK's investment in R&D as a proportion of GDP lags behind the OECD average, and it will take time to change that,\" he said.\n\nScientific and business leaders say that the most important aspect of the science settlement is that they now have a firm timetable and an upward trajectory for science spending. According to the president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Prof Sir Jim McDonald, that sends out a clear message to the private sector thinking of investing in research and to overseas scientists and businesses thinking of coming to Britain.\n\n\"The comprehensive package of investment for R&D announced today gives much needed confidence to businesses that the UK is a great place to invest. The measures outlined by the chancellor today will stimulate innovation for a better, faster and more resilient recovery.\"", "The warning is in place from 06:00 BST on Thursday until 15:00 on Friday\n\nA weather warning for heavy rain covering most of Wales has come into force.\n\nThe Met Office said up to 60mm (2.3in) was widely forecast, with up to 100mm (4in) over parts of north-west Wales from 06:00 BST on Thursday.\n\nThe warning, which is in place until 15:00 on Friday, covers every council area in Wales except for Flintshire.\n\nThree flood alerts are in force in Conwy and Gwynedd.\n\nThey cover areas around the River Conwy from Dolwyddelan to Conwy, rivers in north-west Wales from Abergwyngregyn to Aberdaron, and also around the River Glaslyn and River Dwyryd, from Dyffryn Ardudwy to Nant Gwynant.\n\nThe A499 road between between Pwllheli and Llanbedrog has been closed due to flooding.\n\nThe Met Office said \"flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely\", along with disruption to travel.\n\nIt said there could be persistent rainfall starting in north-west Wales, with isolated \"heavier bursts\" across south Wales leading to 60mm of rain in under nine hours.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section League Cup\n\nHolders Manchester City were knocked out of the Carabao Cup after West Ham United won 5-3 on penalties in front of an ecstatic sell-out crowd at London Stadium.\n\nThe fourth-round tie had ended goalless after 90 minutes before Said Benrahma scored the decisive spot-kick.\n\nPhil Foden fired his penalty wide to give the Hammers the advantage in the shootout.\n\nIt is the first time since 2016 City, who have won the competition for the past four seasons, have been eliminated.\n\nPep Guardiola made nine changes to his side but City finished the 90 minutes with substitutes Foden, Gabriel Jesus and Jack Grealish on the pitch as they searched for a winner in normal time.\n\nDespite peppering West Ham's goal with 25 attempts, they could not find a breakthrough as the hosts claimed a famous win to advance to Saturday's quarter-final draw.\n\n\"It's been an incredible run,\" said Guardiola after his hopes of winning the competition for a fifth straight season ended.\n\n\"On penalties they were better, congratulations to West Ham and we'll be back next year.\n\n\"Unfortunately Phil missed it, but it's experience and when you get this kind of experience, next time he will be better.\"\n\nNathan Ake should have headed City ahead in the first half before Ilkay Gundogan missed another chance from an angle.\n\nHammers keeper Alphonse Areola made a fine save to keep out John Stones' close-range header while West Ham's best chance in normal time fell to Tomas Soucek.\n\nSuch has been City's dominance in the competition that this was the first time they have been knocked out of it since losing to Manchester United at Old Trafford five years ago.\n\nWest Ham scored all five of their penalties and have now knocked out both Manchester clubs on their way to the last-eight after winning at Old Trafford in the third round.\n\nTheir season continues to gather momentum under David Moyes.\n\nSitting fourth in the Premier League, they have won all three Europa League group games and now find themselves in the last eight of the Carabao Cup.\n\nGuardiola added: \"They are doing well in the Premier League, the Europa League and now they are in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup. A fantastic team, a fantastic manager.\"\n\nMoyes made eight changes against City but his side dug deep to frustrate the visitors and have now kept four successive clean sheets.\n\nThey created several chances of their own in normal time before penalties from club captain Mark Noble, Jarrod Bowen, Craig Dawson, Aaron Cresswell and substitute Benrahma left Hammers fans celebrating a memorable victory.\n\n\"The players deserve all the credit, while the manager drives this club on a daily basis. He's done a wonderful job at this club,\" he added.\n• None Goal! West Ham United 0(5), Manchester City 0(3). Saïd Benrahma (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Goal! West Ham United 0(4), Manchester City 0(3). Jack Grealish (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Goal! West Ham United 0(4), Manchester City 0(2). Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Goal! West Ham United 0(3), Manchester City 0(2). Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! West Ham United 0(3), Manchester City 0(1). Craig Dawson (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Goal! West Ham United 0(2), Manchester City 0(1). João Cancelo (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! West Ham United 0(2), Manchester City 0. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot is close, but misses to the right. Phil Foden should be disappointed.\n• None Goal! West Ham United 0(1), Manchester City 0. Mark Noble (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fernandinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.\n• None Attempt missed. Tomas Soucek (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pablo Fornals. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The government says it will force water companies to make a \"progressive reduction\" in the sewage it dumps in rivers, amid pressure from the Lords.\n\nPeers proposed a change to the Environment Bill last week in an attempt to cut the pollution, but it did not win enough support from MPs.\n\nIt led to a backlash on social media, and Lords promising to try again.\n\nBut Environment Secretary George Eustice has now promised to bolster measures by making them a legal duty.\n\nHe said the government already had plans in place to require water companies to act on sewage, but added: \"We've listened to the debate in Parliament [and] we will write what was already government policy into [law] to give people the reassurance they seek.\"\n\nThe crossbench peer who put forward the Lords amendment, the Duke of Wellington, said he met Mr Eustice earlier on Tuesday ahead of a debate in Parliament on the Environment Bill.\n\nSpeaking in the Lords, he said was \"grateful for the gesture\", but he had yet to form an opinion on the language of the government's proposal, so would be pushing ahead with his own plan to end the \"revolting practice\".\n\nThe duke's amendment passed in the Lords by 213 votes to 60, and will now be debated by MPs at a later date.\n\nHowever, due to parliamentary rules, his amendment would have to be approved by the Lords anyway to allow the government to replace it with its own plan when the bill returns to the Commons.\n\nThe environmental issue has come to a head days before the start of the COP26 climate summit, being hosted by the UK in Glasgow.\n\nThe Environment Agency allows water utilities to release sewage into rivers and streams after extreme weather events, such as prolonged heavy rain.\n\nThis protects properties from flooding and prevents sewage from backing up into streets and homes.\n\nBut according to the public body's own figures, water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England more than 400,000 times last year, with untreated effluent - including human waste, wet wipes and condoms - released into waterways for more than three million hours in 2020.\n\nThe Lords agreed an amendment to the Environment Bill that would put a legal duty on water companies and the government to demonstrate progressive reductions in discharges of untreated sewage and required them to \"take all reasonable steps\" to avoid using combined sewer overflows.\n\nBut when the proposal was voted on by MPs last week, it lost by 265 votes to 202 - even with 22 Tories rebelling against the government to vote in favour of the plan.\n\nThe government had said the amount of sewage discharged by water companies was \"not acceptable\" and that it had made it \"crystal clear\" to firms that significant reductions must be a priority.\n\nBut a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the intentions of the Lords' amendment, which it said would involve an overhaul of the UK's Victorian sewerage system - would cost upwards of £150bn.\n\n\"That would mean that individuals - every one of us as taxpayers - paying potentially thousands of pounds each as a result,\" they added.\n\nShortly before the issue was brought up again for debate in the Lords, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs proposed its own amendment for when the bill returns to the Commons.\n\nThe new legal duty would be placed directly on water companies to make a \"progressive reduction\" in the sewage it dumps into rivers.\n\nIt follows on from advice it gave the industry's financial regulator, Ofwat, earlier this year, saying water companies must take steps to significantly reduce storm overflows and that the regulator should ensure funding should be approved for them to do so.\n\nAnd the firms would need to produce \"comprehensive statutory Drainage and Sewerage Management Plans, setting out how they will manage and develop their drainage and sewerage system over a minimum 25-year planning horizon - including how storm overflows will be addressed\".\n\nA number of peers welcomed the move by the government, but some warned it still may not go far enough, with Labour's Baroness Quin saying she hoped the government would move even further now people across the country were \"waking up to the problem\".\n\nLabour's shadow environment secretary, Luke Pollard, also said the \"screeching u-turn\" on the issue due to the public backlash would \"do little to convince the public that the health of our rivers, rather than the health of Conservative polling, is at the forefront of ministers' minds\".\n\nHe added: \"The government still has no clear plan and no grip on the issue of raw sewage being pumped into our seas and rivers.\"", "Rishi Sunak said his budget plans delivered for the whole of the UK\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged a \"new economy\" while increasing UK government spending by £150bn. But what does his Autumn Budget mean for Scotland?\n\nWhile many of the decisions about tax and spending in Scotland are made in Edinburgh, the UK Budget still has a big impact - well beyond the simple question of how much cash goes into Holyrood's coffers.\n\nMr Sunak has opted to turn on the spending taps across every government department, and this means Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes will have more cash to allocate when she sets out her own draft budget in December.\n\nThis is because many of the eye-catching announcements in the UK budget relate to matters which are devolved to Holyrood - for example the £24bn earmarked for housing or the £21bn for roads.\n\nNorth of the border, Scottish ministers are in charge of housing and transport. So when the Chancellor pledges fresh funding to these areas, an extra chunk of cash is added to the Scottish budget to balance things up and ensure Scottish taxpayers don't end up subsidising giveaways in England.\n\nThe windfall is calculated based on population levels using the Barnett Formula, and Scottish ministers can spend the cash on whatever they want - this is rather the point of devolution.\n\nMr Sunak said his spending spree would send an average of £4.6bn per year extra to Holyrood, resulting in \"the largest block grants for the devolved administrations\" since they were established.\n\nHowever, Ms Forbes contends this is still not enough to deal with the \"significant challenges\" facing Scotland in the wake of the pandemic.\n\nShe also says it is important to \"get behind the rhetoric and understand what the figures mean\" before she announces her own spending plans on 9 December.\n\nKate Forbes will set out the Scottish government's budget plans in December\n\nNot all spending in devolved areas triggers Barnett consequentials. As of this year, some cash is actually going around Holyrood and directly to local projects.\n\nThe UK government has established a £4.8bn \"levelling up\" fund, which allows local authorities to bid for cash for things like building roads and bridges, refurbishing museums and installing electric vehicle charging points. Mr Sunak told MPs that this year, £170m had been awarded to Scottish projects.\n\nThese include the redevelopment of Inverness Castle, the renovation of the Westfield Roundabout in Falkirk, and a new marketplace in Aberdeen city centre - each of which is getting £20m of funding.\n\nA redevelopment of the Artizan shopping centre in Dumbarton is getting another £20m, while £38m will be spent improving travel links between Paisley and a local manufacturing innovation hub.\n\nUp to £3m is also being committed to the Burrell Collection in Glasgow in a bid to bring world-class art exhibitions to the city, while another £1m is being spent on local projects via the Community Ownership Fund.\n\nInverness Castle is in line for a refit as part of the levelling up fund\n\nThis is partly to do with the government's \"levelling up\" agenda, an attempt to rebalance an economy previously seen as being skewed towards London and the south-east of England - while helpfully winning over former Labour voters in \"red wall\" constituencies in the north of England.\n\nBut it also plays into a longer-term Downing Street strategy to have a more visible presence in Scotland. UK ministers hope that by directly funding projects north of the border, they can write themselves into some local success stories and perhaps dampen enthusiasm for independence.\n\nScottish ministers meanwhile do not like the idea of being cut out of the loop, saying this \"undermines devolution\". They instinctively contest the idea that officials in London are better placed to assess the merit of funding bids than those in Edinburgh.\n\nThe political difficulty though is that these are positive projects backed by local councils - some of them SNP-run - and so extra cash for them cannot be opposed outright. Instead, the complaint tends to be more procedural, about the decision-making process and the complexity of the funding landscape.\n\nThis may also become a more common occurrence going forward, with the UK Shared Prosperity Fund set to replace EU structural funds in 2022 - again sparking complaints that Holyrood is being bypassed.\n\nA range of different taxes are devolved to Holyrood - but others are not, and the interplay between the two means changes announced at Westminster can still have far-reaching implications in Scotland.\n\nFor example, income tax rates and bands are devolved, with Scotland operating its own five-band system which the government in Edinburgh argues is fairer. However, the tax-free allowance is still reserved, which as the starting point where taxes kick in clearly has a knock-on effect on the entire system.\n\nSo what is actually changing, and what is not?\n\nThe national living wage is set UK-wide, so the increase there - to £9.50 an hour for over-23s - will apply north of the border.\n\nAnd while an increasing range of welfare powers are being taken over by Social Security Scotland, Universal Credit is also reserved to Westminster - so the changes to the \"taper rate\", allowing working claimants to keep more of the money they earn as their wages increase, will also apply in Scotland.\n\nMoving away from personal taxes, business rates are fully devolved to Holyrood as non-domestic rates - and the Scottish government has already committed to rates relief for the hospitality and retail sectors.\n\nThe Scottish government dropped its own plans for an air passenger duty cut in 2019\n\nThe cut to air passenger duty on domestic flights will apply in Scotland - Aberdeen and Inverness were specifically cited by the Chancellor as beneficiaries, although Inverness is actually exempt from the levy.\n\nWhile there have long been plans to replace air passenger duty with a devolved Air Departure Tax, the move has been tied up in technical wrangles for years - chiefly because of that exemption for Highlands and Islands airports.\n\nIncidentally, Scottish ministers wanted to do away with the levy entirely - but ditched this plan in 2019 citing environmental concerns. This has freed them up to raise an eyebrow at Mr Sunak's plan coming on the eve of the COP26 climate conference.\n\nThe overhaul of alcohol duties will have effect in Scotland too. While there is a system of minimum unit pricing in Scotland, this is not actually a tax, with retailers pocketing the proceeds of increased prices.\n\nThe freeze on current alcohol duty is also good news for the Scottish whisky industry, which had been lobbying against a planned increase.\n\nRishi Sunak seems determined that this is seen as a red, white and blue budget - a budget for the whole of the UK.\n\nAs he chose to put it: \"We are, and always will be, one family - one United Kingdom\".\n\nThat is obviously in dispute in Scotland where the SNP and others aspire to independence - so what did the Chancellor do to try and strengthen the Union?\n\nAs well as extra cash for the Scottish government, there is the so-called \"levelling up\" money which involves the UK government spending more directly in Scotland.\n\nThere's likely to be more of this after COP26 when UK ministers publish their Union connectivity review identifying cross-border transport investments.\n\nThe budget also included a cut to air passenger duty for internal UK flights which Mr Sunak said was designed to \"bring people together across the UK\".\n\nThere was even a UK-wide scheme to boost numeracy skills, although education is a Holyrood responsibility.\n\nWhat nationalists might see as Treasury overreach was also a signal to unionists that this Chancellor is committed to their cause.\n\nA tiny pub in the most inaccessible village in Scotland; a roundabout in Falkirk: a shopping centre in Dunbartonshire; the stable block in Glasgow's Pollok Park - the UK budget is going very local.\n\nOver 22 years of devolution, it had become increasingly a spending budget for England, with devolved bells and whistles, and taxes that mainly covered the whole of the UK.\n\nBut that's changing. This budget marks a big shift towards the UK government planting its union flags on Scottish government turf.\n\nThe Levelling Up Fund offers £170m to Scottish projects, this year, and £400m over three years - money that would previously have gone through the block grant at Holyrood, for ministers there to allocate.\n\nCommunity Ownership and Regeneration Funds also pick pet projects that show the difference some Whitehall money can make, backing some really small projects from Whithorn to Kinloch Rannoch.\n\nAn extension of that will come with the Shared Prosperity Fund, which will ramp up as European Union structural funds are wound down. That, too, will bypass Holyrood, because Westminster wants its own direct links to projects on the ground.", "Thank you for joining us. Our live coverage of this event has now ended.\n\nStay tuned to the BBC as we bring you the latest updates on the investigation into Halyna Hutchins' death.\n\nToday's live coverage was brought to you by Jessica Murphy, Marianna Brady, Sam Cabral, Kelly-Leigh Cooper and Michelle Mullen.", "Taxes on sparkling wine, draught beer and cider are to be cut, but will rise for stronger drinks such as red wine following a shake-up of alcohol duty.\n\nThe new system, due to start in 2023, will mean higher duty for stronger alcohol, the chancellor said.\n\nThe duty premium on sparkling wines will end and the duty on draught beer and cider served in pubs will be cut.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak called it the \"most radical simplification of alcohol duties for over 140 years\".\n\nHe also announced that the planned increase in duty on spirits, wine, cider and beer due to take effect from midnight on Wednesday has been cancelled.\n\n\"To radically simplify the system, we are slashing the number of main duty rates from 15 to just six,\" the chancellor said.\n\n\"Our new system will be designed around a common-sense principle: the stronger the drink, the higher the rate. This means that some drinks, like stronger red wines, fortified wines, or high-strength 'white ciders' will see a small increase in their rates because they are currently undertaxed given their strength.\"\n\nMr Sunak said many lower alcohol drinks were \"currently overtaxed\", adding: \"Rose, fruit ciders, liqueurs, lower strength beers and wines - today's changes mean they will pay less.\"\n\nIn relation to sparkling wines, Mr Sunak said: \"I'm going to end the irrational duty premium of 28% that they currently pay. Sparkling wines - wherever they are produced - will now pay the same duty as still wines of equivalent strength.\"\n\nThe cut to sparkling wine duty was welcomed by Kate Goodman, owner of Cheshire drinks importer Reserve Wines, but she was disappointed that the change was not immediate.\n\n\"Christmas is our busiest period. It would have great to introduce this before that time. We need help to get back on our feet after a pretty crippling 18 months,\" she said.\n\nReducing duty on lower alcohol drinks will encourage people to buy English wines, said Jonathan Piggins, chief executive of English wine merchant Corkk.\n\n\"The UK's vineyards are being taken increasingly seriously by the major overseas players and reducing the tax on lower alcohol drinks, will give the country an even more prominent position on the global wine map.\"\n\nThe changes were less welcomed by Liam Manton, co-founder of Didsbury Gin.\n\n\"Additional tax on high ABV drinks will present a real challenge to businesses like ours,\" he said, adding that on average 70% of the price of a bottle of gin is already tax.\n\nDraught beers and ciders will attract a new lower rate of duty\n\nIn a move to help struggling pubs, Mr Sunak announced a new lower rate of duty for draught drinks, which he said would cut the cost of a pint by about three pence.\n\nHe said the \"draught relief will cut duty by 5%\" and \"will apply to drinks served from draught containers over 40 litres\".\n\nThe chancellor said this would particularly benefit community pubs \"who do 75% of their trade on draught\".\n\nHe also announced proposals for a new \"small producer relief\" to include small cidermakers and other producers making alcoholic drinks of less than 8.5% alcohol by volume (ABV).\n\nJez Lamb, founder of Wirral-based craft beer marketplace, Beers @ No.42, said the draught relief favoured the big players in the market, not the smaller, independent breweries who need support most.\n\n\"It's brilliant to see alcohol duty cut on draught beer but that's only for \"containers\" more than 40L. That is great for the big breweries but so many smaller craft brewers only supply in 30L containers,\" he said.\n\nCreating a draught rate and simplifying the duty system is positive news, said Nick Mackenzie, chief executive of Greene King, which has 2,700 pubs.\n\n\"It is a much needed vote of confidence in the great British pub as we face into an uncertain winter, labour disruption and rising costs.\"\n\nWilliam Robinson, managing director of Stockport brewery Robinsons, said the lower draught beer duty rate and the cancellation of the planned inflation-linked increase in beer duty showed that the chancellor \"recognises the contribution pubs make to the communities they support and serve.\"", "Thanks for joining us for all the news, views and analysis of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget.\n\nYour writers today were Jennifer Scott, Sinead Wilson, Richard Morris, Dearbail Jordon and Victoria Lindrea.\n\nYour editors were Hamish Mackay, Claire Heald, Kevin Ponniah and Emma Harrison.\n\nYou can find more of our in-depth coverage on the BBC News website, but here is a little round-up before we close the page for the night.", "The site of COP26 by the Clyde in Glasgow\n\nPopular support for governments to take tough action on climate change is growing around the world, according to a BBC World Service opinion poll.\n\nThe survey of over 30,000 people finds that 56% want their countries to play a leadership role at the critical COP26 meeting next week.\n\nThe desire to see ambitious goals set in Glasgow has grown substantially since 2015.\n\nConcern about climate change is also at its highest point since 1998.\n\nPresidents and prime ministers from around 120 countries will gather in Glasgow next week for the COP26 conference, dubbed the last, best chance of averting dangerous climate change.\n\nRecent research shows that the plans so far on the table will not prevent global temperatures going far above 1.5C this century - a level that scientists say is the gateway to extreme impacts.\n\nThe UK, which is presiding over the talks, will hope that in negotiations with leaders they will be able to find a pathway that reduces emissions fast enough to stay below 1.5C.\n\nThis new poll suggests that people in rich and poor nations alike are supportive of the idea of greater ambition from their leaders.\n\nAcross the 31 countries polled, an average of 56% of people want their governments to set stronger targets that would address climate change as quickly as possible.\n\nAnother 36% want their government to take a more moderate approach and support gradual action.\n\nJust 8% want their governments to oppose a deal.\n\nIn the 18 countries where a similar survey was carried out ahead of COP21 in Paris in 2015, the expectation for governments to play a leading role has grown substantially.\n\nIn 2015, 43% of those polled wanted strong action, but that has risen to 58% now.\n\nClimate walkers from the Netherlands about to set off for Glasgow\n\n\"In advance of the COP21 meeting in Paris in 2015, global public opinion exhibited relatively strong expectations for governments to deliver an ambitious climate change agreement, which in the end is what transpired,\" said Chris Coulter, the chief executive of Globescan, which carried out the poll.\n\n\"Now, in advance of the COP26 meeting in Glasgow next week, we are seeing significantly higher levels of expectations - an increase of 25% worldwide - for governments to conclude an ambitious deal. This is an extraordinary shift in a relatively short period of time and the implications being that governments that don't deliver on these expectations could face political consequences.\"\n\nThere are some interesting changes in some of the biggest emitting countries, particularly China, where the percentage of respondents wanting to see their country play a leadership role has increased from 18% in 2015 to 46% now.\n\nIndia also sees a rise from 38% then to 56% now, with the US also showing an uptick from 45% of respondents then to 56% now.\n\nOnly in Russia did the pollsters find a decline in support for stronger government leadership at COP26, with only 38% backing this approach, down from almost 50% in 2015.\n\nOn the question of addressing climate change, respondents were fairly evenly divided, with 61% overall saying that governments had the responsibility while 57% said that companies were in the frame.\n\nOn the issue of individuals, only 36% said that the answers should come from them.\n\nYoung people are set to bring their message to political leaders during COP26\n\nThis question turned up an interesting age difference with four in 10 respondents under 30 years of age saying that individuals held a great deal of responsibility, while only three in 10 of those over 30 saw it the same way.\n\nOverall concern about climate change is at its highest level since Globescan first started tracking this concern - in 17 countries -back in 1998. Some 63% of people now see it as a \"very serious\" issue.\n\nThere have also been large increases in the numbers of people saying that weather patterns have become highly unusual and alarming, particularly in France and the UK, where the numbers have doubled since 2015.\n\nMore details on the poll can be found here.", "The money for this Government spending has to be found somewhere\n\nRishi Sunak might liken himself to a reluctant taxman, but his strategic decision has been to spend at the same time as keeping borrowing down, so taxation has taken the hit.\n\nThere are four big figures that tell the broad story here.\n\nThe really good news is that unemployment is now forecast to peak at 5.2%.\n\nHowever, a significant spike in inflation to higher than 4%, set to last a year or so, partly reflects rising energy and fuel prices.\n\nMeanwhile, taxation as a proportion of the economy at 36.2% is at its highest level since the 1950s Labour Atlee government.\n\nAnd spending as a proportion of the economy, at nearly 42%, is at its highest sustained level since the 1970s.\n\nAll that leaves the British state under a Conservative government permanently bigger as a legacy of the pandemic.\n\nBut borrowing at the end of the new forecast is even lower than forecast before the pandemic.\n\nAnd so the big story is that the corporation tax rises from the March Budget, required to shore up public finances after bad forecasts, have been kept as they were, even as those bad forecasts have been reversed.\n\nThere might have been some room to delay those tax rises or extend the corporation super deduction.\n\nBut that extra taxation has been kept to be deployed mainly in terms of extra spending.\n\nThat spending has been sprinkled towards some help with cost of living, and some surgery on the economy to improve skills and long term productivity.\n\nUnprotected areas of the public finances forecast for a continuing squeeze have all been topped up. All will now enjoy rising spending.\n\nRishi Sunak has a better economic backdrop than he expected - but will keep business tax rises despite this\n\nTo be clear, the slowing in the rise in unemployment would have been scarcely believable 18 months ago and is the best measure of the pandemic economic rescue plan's success.\n\nBut before the Budget, I raised the question as to whether, after furlough, the public were becoming used to the idea that the government should solve problems such as rising living costs.\n\nDespite the chancellor's protestations of his love for low, tax free-market conservatism, his actions show an attachment to higher tax and spending.\n\nWith new restraints on the ability to borrow, delivering on lowering this tax burden will require the economy to grow far more robustly than the disappointing rates forecast after 2023 of as low as 1.3%.\n\nSmall wonder that the chancellor was proclaiming a \"new era of optimism\" for the economy.\n\nTo deliver on his promises to reverse tax rises, that isn't just a hope, it's a necessity.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"It's my freedom day and I’ve never been so happy\" – Josh Cavallo speaks to the BBC\n\nAdelaide United player Josh Cavallo has come out as gay, becoming the only current top-flight male professional footballer in the world to do so.\n\nThe 21-year-old wrote on social media that he was \"ready to speak about something personal that I'm finally comfortable to talk about in my life\".\n\n\"I'm a footballer and I'm gay,\" the midfielder said in an accompanying video.\n\n\"All I want to do is play football and be treated equally.\"\n\nJosh said he was tired of trying to perform at his best \"and to live this double life, it's exhausting\".\n\n\"It's been a journey to get to this point in my life, but I couldn't be happier with my decision to come out.\"\n\n\"I have been fighting with my sexuality for six years now, and I'm glad I can put that to rest.\"\n\nJosh says it got to the point his mental health was affected and he was \"going into dark places\".\n\n\"At the end of the day I just wanted to be happy. This is bigger than football, it's my life. I'd go home and I wasn't happy,\" he told the BBC's Newshour programme.\n\n\"It just slowly eats away at you and it's not something I wish upon anyone.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adelaide United This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe thought \"people would think of me differently when they found out\".\n\n\"They would start saying bad things about me or making fun out of me. That's not the case. If anything you would earn more respect from people.\"\n\nAnalysis by Jack Murley, presenter of the BBC's LGBT Sport Podcast\n\nThose six words may not sound like much, but Josh Cavallo's decision to open up about his sexuality is hugely significant.\n\nHe's chosen to speak while still an active player - something that marks him out from the likes of Thomas Hitzlsperger, who only came out publicly after retiring.\n\nIn many ways, gay and bisexual men are more represented in football than you think.\n\nThere are out players at the non-league level of the English football pyramid, as well as gay referees like Ryan Atkin and James Adcock.\n\nBut to have a top-level professional like Josh Cavallo feel comfortable enough to come out while still playing is a huge step - and, as evidenced by the reaction on social media, a welcome one as well.\n\nAs Josh himself says, too many men have felt as if the only way to be successful in football is by hiding their sexuality - with many choosing to step away from the game altogether rather than being their authentic self.\n\nHis decision to speak out (with the full support of his team-mates) shows that, in 2021, it just doesn't have to be that way anymore.\n\nFew elite male football players have come out as gay during their careers.\n\nAndy Brennan became the first former Australian League player to come out in 2019 when the ex-Newcastle Jet was still playing in a lower tier.\n\nFormer Aston Villa midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger revealed he was gay after retiring from the sport.\n\nIn 1990, Justin Fashanu came out as gay. He took his own life in 1998 after allegations of sexual assault were made against him by a 17-year-old in the US.\n\nThomas Beattie, a former youth player for English club Hull City came out in 2020, and said he was proud of Josh, adding \"visibility and representation matters\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Josh Cavallo This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJosh's statement has sparked an outpouring of support for him, which he's called \"immense\".\n\nAustralia's professional players union said it was a \"wonderful moment\" for him, the sport and \"the LGBTI+ community\".\n\n\"Coming out as a gay footballer in the public eye takes incredible courage,\" says Liz Ward, director of programmes at Stonewall.\n\n\"His brave decision will undoubtedly mean a lot to lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer sportspeople around the world, who are too-often held back from playing and watching the sports they love.\"\n\nJosh says before coming out, he had to \"mask my feelings in order to fit the mould of a professional footballer.\"\n\n\"That's a lot of wasted young players missing out - players that could be very talented, but who don't fit the norm.\"\n\n\"As a gay footballer, I know there are other players living in silence. I want to help change this, to show that everyone is welcome in the game of football and deserves the right to be their authentic self,\" he added.\n\nNewsbeat has contacted Josh's management but they've not yet responded.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Moldova's Foreign Minister, Nicu Popescu, is trying to look on the bright side\n\nHis country is immersed in a gas crisis. But Nicu Popescu is trying to remain positive.\n\n\"On Monday our country made history,\" Moldova's foreign minister tells me. \"For the first time Moldova bought gas from a source that was not Russia's Gazprom.\"\n\nThe gas shipment from Poland's PGNiG was one million cubic metres.\n\nMoldova will need much larger volumes if Gazprom does what it has threatened to do: turn off the gas taps.\n\nUp until now, 100% of Moldova's gas has come from Russia. But the contract to supply it expired at the end of September. Gazprom raised the price and Moldova balked at paying it. In the absence of a new deal, the Russian energy giant reduced supplies, prompting Moldova to declare a 30-day state of emergency. Gazprom accused Moldova of \"provoking a crisis\" and demanded repayment of a $709m (£514m) debt, which Moldova disputes.\n\nNegotiations continue. Moldovan officials say they would like to sign a new contract with Gazprom, but only if the terms are favourable.\n\nIf there is no deal with Russia, could Moldova, one of Europe's poorest countries, buy enough gas elsewhere?\n\nMoldova's gas contract with Gazprom expired at the end of last month\n\n\"It's the worst time to have a gas crisis at home,\" Mr Popescu admits. \"The prices are higher than ever. We see this market crunch on a global scale. But we've had support. In recent years Romania built a new gas pipeline into Moldova which gives us a safety valve. We've also had some advice from the European Union on how to diversify a country's gas supply within a few days.\"\n\nLike many enterprises in Moldova, the sugar factory in Drochia has been affected by the gas shortage.\n\n\"We're able to use just a quarter of the gas we need,\" manager Rostislav Magdei explains. \"We're topping that up with alternative sources of energy. We hope our government will compensate any losses arising from the high price of fuel.\"\n\nThis sugar factory is among many businesses hit by the gas shortage\n\nOnce in Moscow's orbit, Moldova has been tilting from Russia towards the West more recently.\n\nThe country's leadership is now pro-European and supports closer ties with the EU. Many here suspect that the gas crisis is the Kremlin's way of expressing its disapproval.\n\n\"This year we had parliamentary elections and the pro-Russia party lost,\" says Sergiu Tofilat, former energy adviser to the president of Moldova. \"We have a pro-Western party in power here. So, Russia changed its approach on the gas supply. The Kremlin wants to punish the Moldovan people for voting against a pro-Russia party. It's pure politics.\"\n\n\"Vladimir Putin is trying to keep former Soviet countries within the area of influence of the Kremlin. We do not want to stay on our knees in front of Moscow. We must say no to Russian blackmail and we have the opportunity now to get rid of Russian influence in Moldova.\"\n\nSergiu Tofilat, former presidential adviser, says the Kremlin is trying to punish his country\n\nThe Kremlin denies using energy as a weapon. President Putin recently dismissed the suggestion as \"utter nonsense, drivel and politically-motivated tittle-tattle.\"\n\nWHAT NEXT? Gas crisis leaves Europe searching for solutions\n\nFor Moldova, though, reducing Russia's influence won't be easy. In energy terms, Moldova is closely tied to Moscow. Not only has the country been 100% dependent on Russian gas. But its own gas company, Moldovagaz, is majority-owned by Gazprom. And more than 80% of Moldova's electricity comes from a Russian-owned power plant in Trans-Dniester - a separatist region of Moldova, backed economically, politically and militarily by Moscow.\n\nIf you think of gas negotiations as a game of poker, then Russia has a very strong hand.\n\nBut Trans-Dniester could prove to be a weak point for Moscow.\n\n\"Gazprom needs a gas contract with Moldova so that it can supply the breakaway region, too, with gas,\" says Sergiu Tofilat. \"Gazprom is a public company, with shares listed on the stock exchange. It cannot allow itself to sign a contract with the Trans-Dniester supplier that is not officially recognised.\"\n\nIn the town of Balti, Moldovan motorists are feeling the effects of less gas. I see long lines at the propane station.\n\nQueuing up here are dozens of cars and disgruntled drivers.\n\nDrivers in Balti are fed up with having to queue for fuel\n\n\"We're in this situation, because we're looking towards Europe\", a taxi driver called Valera tells me. \"If we were with Russia everything would be different.\"\n\n\"The problem is,\" says another driver Yura, \"that our leaders now want to be friends with Europe and America. For cheap gas they should go to Moscow, get an agreement. We need to bow down to Russia\".\n\nFor a government that has set a pro-European course there is a danger: that a prolonged gas shortage and higher energy bills could make Moldovans question the direction in which their country is moving.", "Last updated on .From the section Wrexham\n\nWrexham's Hollywood co-owner Ryan Reynolds described football as a \"soul-deadening\", \"evil\" and \"gorgeous\" game after watching his club in action for the first time at Maidenhead.\n\nReynolds and fellow actor Rob McElhenney completed their takeover of the club in February.\n\nThe pair made their much-awaited first appearance at a Wrexham game at Maidenhead United's York Road.\n\nThey watched on as 10-man Wrexham lost 3-2 after fighting back from 2-0.\n\nThe actors were accompanied by a crew filming an access-all-areas documentary, Welcome to Wrexham.\n\nDespite the result Deadpool star Reynolds seemed to enjoy his first taste of British football as he shared pictures from the National league game on his Instagram .\n\nHe wrote: \"Football is a staggering, heartbreaking, gorgeous, tommy-gun of soul-deadening, evil and beauty and I'm never sleeping again ever, ever.\"\n\nUp until now Reynolds and McElhenney, both based in the US, had been restricted to watching Wrexham matches on streams due to filming commitments and the pandemic.\n\nBut the actors attended a first game that had plenty of drama, with Wrexham falling behind to two goals after 22 minutes before having a player sent off.\n\nWrexham fought back to level at 2-2 before Maidenhead's Josh Kelly scored a goal that ensured there would be no fairytale ending on this occasion, with the home side winning 3-2.\n\nWrexham manager Phil Parkinson had been told beforehand that the club's co-owners would be present but neither he nor the players met with the pair ahead of the game.\n\n\"They flew in and they were trying to keep a low profile but I imagine it's fairly difficult to be low profile and they let us get on with it,\" Parkinson said.\n\n\"We look forward to meeting them later in the week.\n\n\"I'm really disappointed for them that we haven't been able to come away with at least a draw. But that's football. It can be a brutal industry.\"\n\nWrexham fan Andy Gilpin said he was \"gobsmacked\" to see the Hollywood owners in the stands and that their appearance had given the fans \"a boost\".\n\n\"There's media hype and then there's showing up at Maidenhead away which isn't the sort of Hollywood entrance really, it's a very low-key ground, and to see two Hollywood stars there in the middle of the home stand, we were just gobsmacked, you know,\" he said.\n\n\"It's quite a statement to come here to Maidenhead away and fair play to them for doing that.\"\n\nFree Guy star Reynolds and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator McElhenney revealed their interest in buying the north Wales club, the third oldest professional club in the world, in September 2020.\n\nWrexham Supporters' Trust members voted overwhelmingly to back the takeover two months later after the pair made an online presentation to fans.\n\nThe club had been under fan ownership since 2011 following a difficult decade which saw them enter administration and lose their place in the Football League in 2008.\n\nWrexham manager Phil Parkinson has said Reynolds and McElhenney recognise the \"huge potential\" of the club.\n\nReynolds and McElhenney invested an immediate £2m in Wrexham after completing their takeover, with their ambition reflected by a number of notable signings - plus the appointment of Parkinson - over the last few months.\n\nReynolds stated in November 2020 that the aim was to turn Wrexham into a \"global force\".\n\nHowever, Wrexham have had a mixed start to the 2021-22 season and are 11th in the National League following the defeat at Maidenhead.\n\nWrexham face Torquay United at the Racecourse Stadium on Saturday, 30 October.", "This vigil was staged outside the Science Museum\n\nClimate activists who slept overnight in London's Science Museum will approach the attraction's visitors to tell them about its sponsorship deals.\n\nA new gallery funded by a subsidiary of the Adani Group, a multinational business involved in coal extraction, is due to open in 2023.\n\nAbout 30 members of the UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) camped out in the lobby as a protest on behalf of \"victims\" of fossil fuel companies.\n\nNo arrests have been made.\n\nThe museum has also faced criticism for partnering with Shell to fund its Our Future Planet exhibition\n\nDemonstrator Izzy Warren, 17, said the group, which includes school pupils, university students and scientists, chose to occupy the museum because the owners had ignored their petitions, letters and boycotts.\n\n\"We would really like to greet people who come to the museum this morning so they are aware of what they are supporting, and what they are paying for.\n\n\"The Science Museum is blatantly taking money from some of the worst perpetrators of the climate crisis.\"\n\nThe demonstration comes after the Science Museum last week announced a new gallery, called Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery.\n\nThe demonstration comes after the Science Museum last week announced a new gallery, called Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery\n\nAdani Green Energy is a solar power developer based in India and is a subsidiary of the Adani Group, which through another arm of its business is also involved in extracting coal.\n\nA spokesperson for the renewables company said: \"An environment where every child can grow up breathing pollution-free air - that is the environment we dream to create and have to a certain extent managed to enrich lives with our renewable energy plants.\n\n\"Adani Green Energy is pioneering in helping transition to renewable power generation. We develop, build, own, operate and maintain utility scale grid connected solar and wind projects.\"\n\nBiologist Dr Alexander Penson, who took part in the sit-in, said it was \"appalling\" the museum was persisting in fossil fuel sponsorship and starting a new relationship with Adani.\n\nThe activists said they negotiated with museum staff to be moved from the second floor of the building to the Energy Hall near the main entrance so that they would have access to toilets for the whole night.\n\nThe museum has also faced criticism for partnering with Shell to fund its Our Future Planet exhibition, which is about carbon capture and storage and nature-based solutions to the climate crisis.\n\nThe agreement with the fossil fuel giant included a gagging clause, committing the museum not to say anything that could damage Shell's reputation.\n\nThe students have staged the protest against sponsorship by fossil fuel companies\n\nThe Science Museum has consistently defended its stance on working with fossil fuel partners.\n\nChief executive Ian Blatchford said trustees \"are not convinced by the argument from some who say we should sever all ties with organisations that are 'tainted' by association, direct or indirect, with fossil fuels.\n\n\"We believe the right approach is to engage, debate and challenge companies, governments and individuals to do more to make the global economy less carbon intensive.\n\n\"Adani Green Energy is an example of an energy sector business bringing expertise and investment to renewables at the scale needed to deliver meaningful change.\"\n\nA Met Police spokesperson said: \"Officers attended and engaged with the protesters and museum staff.\n\n\"The protesters stated their intention was to remain in the museum overnight. This was agreed to by museum staff.\n\n\"No further police action was required.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "At least 750 allegations of sexual misconduct were made against serving police officers across Britain over five years, new figures show.\n\nData was obtained from 31 police forces in England, Wales and Scotland under the Freedom of Information Act.\n\nForces were asked how many complaints of sexual assault were made against police officers between 2016 and 2020.\n\nThe End Violence Against Women Coalition said few officers faced \"any meaningful consequences\".\n\nA Home Office spokeswoman said: \"The police must raise the bar and, at a time where they are in the spotlight, they must ensure their actions are beyond reproach.\n\n\"This includes being transparent when officers have fallen below the standards the public expect of them, and being clear on the forces' response.\"\n\nData, obtained by PA Media's Radar service, shows that most complaints, where gender was recorded, were against male officers.\n\nAllegations could be historical, and the responses did not indicate whether any of the officers were on duty at the time. At least 34 cases resulted in a dismissal.\n\nThere are 43 police forces in England and Wales, plus Police Scotland, and others including the British Transport Police.\n\nThe End Violence Against Women Coalition, which includes groups such as Rape Crisis, Refuge and Women's Aid, said \"widespread institutional failings\" needed to be addressed.\n\nDeputy director Denzi Ugur said: \"We need to see a radical overhaul of how the police respond to violence against women - especially within their own ranks.\n\n\"This means greater accountability and urgent, co-ordinated and strategic action to address violence against women.\"\n\nThe figures come after Home Secretary Priti Patel announced an inquiry will be launched into \"systemic failures\" that allowed Wayne Couzens to continue to be a police officer.\n\nCouzens, an officer with the Metropolitan Police, was given a whole-life sentence last month for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard.\n\nMeanwhile, Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock will lead an independent review into the Met's culture and standards, examining the force's vetting, recruitment and training procedures.\n\nBetween 2016 and 2020, the Met - the UK's largest police force - recorded 530 allegations of sexual offences against serving officers and staff members, according to different FoI data, with 47 claims resulting in a dismissal.\n\nSurrey Police recorded 36 allegations of sexual misconduct against its officers over the same period.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct, which oversees the police complaints system, said it was down to forces to \"stamp out\" any abuse of police powers.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Each case reported represents a serious betrayal of the trust and confidence that individuals should have in the police. It is behaviour which can never be justified or condoned.\"", "Frantisek \"Frankie\" Morris had taken drugs including ketamine, the inquest heard\n\nA teenage graffiti artist from Anglesey who went missing after an illegal rave hanged himself from a tree, an inquest has heard.\n\nFrantisek \"Frankie\" Morris, 18, disappeared at the start of May, prompting a search involving police, mountain rescue crews and hundreds of others.\n\nIt was a month before he was found.\n\nAt an inquest in Caernarfon, the coroner recorded a conclusion of suicide.\n\nCoroner Katie Sutherland said he had told others he had suicidal feelings in the weeks before he vanished.\n\nThe hearing was told that Mr Morris had been at the rave in an old quarry in Waunfawr, near Caernarfon, on the night of Saturday 1 May.\n\nHe had taken drugs including ketamine. A pathologist told the inquest that it was known to increase feelings of low mood as its effects wear off.\n\nPolice said that Mr Morris left the rave on foot in the morning of 2 May, and travelled to Llanberis, picking up a bike along the way.\n\nBut the bike had a puncture and he was later seen walking with it between Llanberis and the village of Pentir, where he was last seen on CCTV about 13:00 BST.\n\nDetectives became concerned when the bike was later found abandoned by a river. He was found hanged in woodland nearby on 3 June.\n\nFrankie Morris's mother Alice Morris described her son as a \"sociable, sincere and honest young man\"\n\nDetective Chief Inspector Lee Boycott of North Wales Police said here was also a discussion at the rave about an issue from Mr Morris's past.\n\nHe said: \"There was an allegation of rape involving him in the latter part of 2020. It was reported to police, but there wasn't an official complaint.\n\n\"There was a request made that Frankie wasn't spoken to by officers, and I understood that Frankie and the woman had later met and shaken hands.\n\n\"But friends knew about this incident and they spoke to Frankie about it repeatedly, including at the rave the night before he disappeared.\"\n\nA statement read at the inquest from his mother Alice Morris described him as a \"sociable, sincere and honest young man who enjoyed outdoor pursuits and was a talented artist and musician\"\n\nThe coroner said she was satisfied no-one else was involved in the death.\n\nShe said he had mentioned suicidal thoughts to his brother a few weeks before going missing.\n\nRecording a conclusion of suicide, she said some of the discussions at the rave may have been on his mind the following day.", "Only visits in \"extenuating circumstances\" are allowed, says the health board\n\nVisiting has been banned at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, after a rise in Covid cases.\n\nOnly end-of-life and critical care visits will be allowed after a decision by Hywel Dda health board on Monday.\n\nAny visitors must carry out a lateral flow device test at home before travelling to the hospital.\n\nThe health board said its decision was \"due to increased cases of Covid-19 in hospital and the community\".\n\nIt said: \"The situation is being monitored at regular intervals and a further update will be made when visitor restrictions are lifted\".\n\nThere were 653 new coronavirus cases recorded in the Hywel Dda area, according to the latest Public Health Wales figures on Monday, with 225 of these in Pembrokeshire.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ian Blackford calls on UK government to \"nurse\" businesses through the energy crisis\n\nIan Blackford, the SNP's Westminster leader, has called on the UK government to \"nurse\" businesses through the energy crisis.\n\nHe described the situation facing the UK as a \"perfect storm\".\n\nWholesale gas prices have risen 250% since January and there are warnings some industrial sectors may have to shut down operations.\n\nUK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has defended the government's handling of the crisis.\n\nSpeaking to Sky News' Trevor Phillips on Sunday, he would not rule out a price cap for businesses and said his department was talking to industry to see what solutions would work.\n\nBut he denied reports he asked for \"billions\" from the Treasury to subsidise energy intensive industries.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show, Mr Blackford warned that energy prices could go up further.\n\nOfgem has already warned that householders face \"significant rises\" in energy prices next spring when the price cap, which limits how much energy providers can charge per unit, is due to be changed.\n\nTwelve domestic energy supply firms have failed in the last 13 months as they paid more for their gas then they were able to charge. Their customers have been moved to alternative providers.\n\n\"Now we know this is not going to go away quickly and actually if you end up in a situation that more energy providers have to hedge by buying additional supplies, all we are actually doing is forcing energy prices up even more and more,\" Mr Blackford said.\n\n\"There's a real issue about some larger providers being in quite a delicate situation and the impact that it's going to have. Government can't walk away from its responsibilities.\"\n\nHe said that if factories closed, it would have wider repercussions on the supply chain and unemployment levels.\n\nThe Energy Intensive Users Group - which represents firms which use a lot of energy - has said measures were needed \"right now\" to stop shut downs having a wider impact.\n\nAnd businesses in the ceramics industry have said they may be forced to scale back or stop production due to the rise in gas prices.\n\n\"Government has to recognise we have a responsibility to nurse businesses through this to provide short term support,\" Mr Blackford said.\n\n\"If we end up in a situation where steel production stops in the west coast of Scotland, that helps nobody.\n\n\"We have got to make sure that companies have got the assistance they need in the short term while we get through this. If not we are going to pay the price because we're going to end up with high unemployment, we are going to end up with supply constraints.\"\n\nEarlier, Mr Kwarteng, asked on the BBC's The Andrew Marr Show if he was going to give extra help to energy-intensive industries, like steel, said: \"We're looking to find a solution.\"\n\nTold that that sounds like a yes, the minister replied: \"No, that doesn't sound like yes at all. We already have existing support and we're looking to see if that's sufficient to get us through this situation.\"\n\nHe added: \"I've been very clear we're not going to bail out failing energy suppliers.\"\n\nOn being informed of the Business Secretary's position, Mr Blackford said: \"This is like Thatcher all over again, isn't it?\"\n\nAsked whether the Scottish government would support those affected by rising energy crisis, he said: \"The Scottish government is already doing what it can and in particular we are making sure that we are trying to react against fuel poverty, we are trying to make sure vulnerable families, children with disabilities and so on are being supported.\n\n\"We can't fix every problem that emerges from Westminster.\"\n\nHe added: \"I want to do as much as we can but our budget is constrained and let's remember that we don't have the borrowing powers that Westminster has. We would fix this - give us the powers to do it and we would make sure we would give businesses the necessary support.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Charles: My Aston Martin runs on wine and cheese\n\nThe Prince of Wales has told the BBC he understands why campaigners from organisations like Extinction Rebellion take to the streets to demand action on climate change.\n\nIn the interview at his home in Balmoral, Prince Charles said action such as blocking roads \"isn't helpful\".\n\nBut he said he totally understood the \"frustration\" climate campaigners felt.\n\nAnd he warned of a \"catastrophic\" impact if more ambitious action isn't taken on climate change.\n\nSpeaking in the gardens of his house on the Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire, the prince said it had taken too long for the world to wake up to the risks of climate change.\n\nAnd he worried that world leaders would \"just talk\" when they meet in Glasgow in November for a crucial UN climate conference.\n\n\"The problem is to get action on the ground,\" he said.\n\nAsked if he sympathised with Greta Thunberg, the climate campaigner who has also criticised leaders for failing to act, he said: \"Of course I do, yes.\n\n\"All these young people feel nothing is ever happening so of course they're going to get frustrated. I totally understand because nobody would listen and they see their future being totally destroyed.\"\n\nThe prince also said he understood why groups such as Extinction Rebellion were taking their protests to the streets.\n\n\"But it isn't helpful, I don't think, to do it in a way that alienates people.\n\n\"So I totally understand the frustration, the difficulty is how do you direct that frustration in a way that is more constructive rather than destructive.\"\n\nWhen asked if the UK government was doing enough to combat climate change, the prince replied: \"I couldn't possibly comment.\"\n\nThe interview took place in Prince George's Wood, an arboretum the Prince of Wales has created in the gardens of Birkhall on the Balmoral estate.\n\nHe planted the first tree when Prince George, his oldest grandchild, was born and he said the project had become \"an old man's obsession\".\n\nPrince Charles was frank about the shortcomings of businesses to take action on climate.\n\nHe has long argued engaging business leaders in tackling climate change would be crucial in limiting global temperature rises.\n\nThis has been a key strand of his campaigning over the years, most recently through his Sustainable Markets Initiative.\n\nThe prince said that, while governments can bring billions of dollars to the effort, the private sector has the potential to mobilise trillions of dollars.\n\nBut he told the BBC he feared many business executives still didn't give environmental issues the priority they deserved.\n\nMany of the young people they employ really mind about environment issues but, he said, \"they haven't quite got to the top to make a fundamental difference\".\n\nHe said the Glasgow climate conference was \"a last chance saloon\" and said it would be \"a disaster\" if the world did not come together to tackle climate change.\n\n\"I mean it'll be catastrophic. It is already beginning to be catastrophic because nothing in nature can survive the stress that is created by these extremes of weather,\" he said.\n\nChallenged about his own efforts to reduce his carbon footprint, Prince Charles said he had switched the heating of Birkhall to biomass boilers, using wood chips from trees felled in the estate's forest.\n\nHe has installed solar panels at Clarence House, his London residence, and on the farm buildings of his Gloucestershire home, Highgrove.\n\nHe said he had installed heat pumps at some of his properties and a hydroelectric turbine in the river that runs beside Birkhall.\n\nHe was also challenged on his long-standing love of cars, and asked if he was \"a bit of a Jeremy Clarkson, a bit of a petrol-head?\"\n\n\"Well, yes\", the prince acknowledged: \"But that was before we knew what the problems were.\"\n\nHe said he had converted his favourite vehicle, an Aston Martin he has owned for 51 years, to run on what he described as \"surplus English white wine and whey from the cheese process\".\n\nHis Aston Martin has been modified to run on a fuel called E85 - made up of 85% bioethanol and 15% unleaded petrol.\n\nBioethanol can be derived from different sources - including in the case of the prince's car - surplus wine and alcohol extracted from fermented whey.\n\nThe blue DB6 Mk2 Volante was given to the Prince of Wales for his 21st birthday\n\nHe said most of the vehicles used on his estates were now electric but \"it can't all be done with electric vehicles\", and that hydrogen technology would need to be part of the mix as transportation was decarbonised.\n\nTop of the list of the concerns he had about electric vehicles was price, \"they are not cheap\", he said. He was also worried about how the materials for batteries would be sourced and how they would be recycled.\n\n\"At the moment there is a huge amount of waste which is really worrying,\" he said.\n\nThe prince acknowledged how difficult it was for most people to reduce their carbon footprint.\n\nHe said he had changed his diet to reduce his impact on the environment and urged others to do the same.\n\nHe now doesn't eat meat and fish on two days each week and doesn't eat any dairy products on another day.\n\n\"If more people did that it would reduce a lot of the pressure on the environment,\" he said.\n\nTrees were a great way to capture carbon and improve the urban environment, he said, suggesting avenues of trees might be planted to commemorate those who had died in the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe prince recognised that low carbon travel remains a big challenge. He said he hoped flying would become easier and more sustainable when new bio-fuels, using carbon captured from the air with sustainably sourced hydrogen, become available.\n\nBut he believed systemic change was necessary to bring about the transformation of transportation and other industries that would be required to drive down emissions.\n\n\"No one person can solve the problem,\" he said. \"It's a pinprick.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Greta Thunberg mocked the ''empty words and promises'' of world leaders as \"blah, blah, blah\"\n\nThe prince said the key would be making the environmentally friendly options cheaper for everyone.\n\n\"We still have fossil fuel subsidies, why?\" he asked.\n\nHe described as \"crazy\" the fact there were still subsidies for what he called \"insane agro-industrial approaches to farming which are a disaster in many ways, cause huge damage and contribute enormously to emissions\".\n\nHe said there were similar \"perverse\" subsidies for the fishing industry which he said caused \"mammoth damage\" through trawling.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nDo you have any questions about the forthcoming COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.\n• None What is Extinction Rebellion and what does it want?", "Sarah Everard, originally from York, was killed by serving police officer Wayne Couzens after he falsely arrested her\n\nA former cabinet minister has said a police, fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) \"should go\" over comments he made following the Sarah Everard case.\n\nNorth Yorkshire PFCC Philip Allott was criticised after saying Ms Everard never should have \"submitted\" to arrest by killer Wayne Couzens.\n\nHe later apologised for the comments, but said he would remain in post.\n\nJulian Smith, Conservative MP for Skipton and Ripon, has said Mr Allott had lost the trust of women.\n\n\"Recent comments of the NY Police & Crime Commissioner were completely unacceptable,\" the MP and former Northern Ireland Secretary tweeted.\n\n\"Prior to Thursday's Police & Crime Panel meeting to discuss the PCC's future I believe the PCC has lost trust of women and victims groups & should go,\" he said.\n\nJulian Smith is a North Yorkshire MP and former Northern Ireland Secretary\n\nDuring the sentencing of Wayne Couzens at the Old Bailey on 30 September, it emerged he tricked Ms Everard by falsely arresting her for a breach of Covid-19 guidelines.\n\nThe following day, Mr Allott told BBC Radio York he believed \"women, first of all, need to be streetwise about when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested\".\n\nHe added that Ms Everard \"should never have been arrested and submitted to that\".\n\nOver 10,000 people have since signed an online petition calling for Mr Allott to step down as PFCC over what he said.\n\nMr Smith's tweet was supported by North Yorkshire's former PFCC Julia Mulligan, who tweeted: \"Thank you Julian for speaking out.\"\n\nMr Allott has been the elected North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for five months\n\nMr Allot, who was elected in May, said in an interview with BBC Look North he was \"horrified\" by how his comments had been seen.\n\n\"They are not the kind of language that I would normally use and I am so deeply sorry.\"\n\nHis comments will be discussed at a meeting of the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel on 14 October.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A deal to avert another carbon dioxide crisis in the food and drink industry has been extended until early 2022.\n\nUS firm CF Industries, a key CO2 producer in the UK, has agreed to continue supplies of the gas.\n\nIt said that should give the government and firms time to find other sources of CO2, used in fizzy drinks and for keeping food fresh, as well as to stun pigs and chickens before slaughter.\n\nFirms will now have to pay more for their CO2, but it is unclear how much.\n\nLast month, the government stepped in to subsidise one of the firm's plants after its shutdown due to high gas prices threatened food supplies.\n\nCF Industries suspended production at two sites - Cheshire and Billingham - which make 60% of the UK's commercial carbon dioxide.\n\nIt reopened its Billingham plant in north-east England after the government agreed to meet the costs of running it for three weeks.\n\nBillingham produces up to 750 tonnes of CO2 per day as a by-product of producing ammonia for fertiliser. CF Industries' plant at Ince in Cheshire remains closed with no date given for a reopening.\n\nThe government said: \"CO2 suppliers have agreed to pay CF Fertilisers a price for the CO2 it produces that will enable it to continue operating while global gas prices remain high, drawing on support from industry and delivering value for money for the taxpayer.\"\n\nThe agreement meant industry could have confidence it would receive future CO2 supplies, without further taxpayer support, said the government.\n\nThe British Meat Processors Association said the agreement provided \"some reassurance that supplies will be maintained\".\n\n\"However, industry has been given no detail on what the price will be or how it will be calculated going forward,\" a spokesperson added.\n\n\"We understand that Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng took the decision to temporarily exempt parts of the CO2 industry from competition law to facilitate this agreement. What we need now is some detail and transparency around how the new pricing structure will work.\"\n\nIan Wright, chief executive of the Food and Drink Federation, said the agreement was \"welcome news\".\n\nBut he added: \"The increased cost of buying CO2 is yet another burden on the food and drink industry, which is already facing enormous stresses.\n\n\"This will, of course, add more pressure on prices for shoppers and diners.\"\n\nIt looks like there will be enough CO2 to keep Christmas beers bubbly - but after that, there are no guarantees.\n\nThere's an ominous line in the CF Industries press release. They expect CO2 users to develop \"robust alternative sources\" between now and January.\n\nThat won't be easily done. Lots of industrial processes produce CO2, but few produce a stream so pure and reliable that you'd want to dissolve it in your lemonade.\n\nDistributor Nippon Gases has warned that supply is tight across Europe, so imports will be hard to come by.\n\nThe government says that the firms which need the CO2 from Billingham will be paying more for it - and whatever long-term solution does emerge, it's likely to be more expensive too.\n\nBut the UK only needs about 600,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. At about £200 a tonne before the current crisis, that's about £120m, relatively small beer for industries that count their turnover in the billions.\n\nCompared to the other pressures those industries face - staff shortages, and higher costs for energy and shipping - more expensive CO2 is an extra cost they don't need, but it won't be their biggest headache.\n\nWhen CF shut its facilities after making fertiliser became uneconomic because of the rising price of wholesale gas, it cut off a vital source of CO2 for other sectors.\n\nSupermarkets began reporting limited stocks of some food items, while the pig industry warned that if slaughterhouses could not process animals, then farmers would have to cull their stocks.\n\nThe US firm said it now expected the UK government and industrial gas customers to \"develop robust alternative sources of CO2 as part of a long-term solution for meeting demand in the country\".\n\nLast month, it emerged the British food industry would be forced to pay five times more for carbon dioxide as part of a government deal with CF Industries to restart production in the UK.\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice said carbon dioxide prices would rise from £200 per tonne to £1,000.\n\nHouseholds, too, are being hit by higher energy bills, with those on standard tariffs, with typical household levels of energy use, seeing bills go up by £139 to £1,277 a year on average.\n\nSeveral energy suppliers, unable to pass on wholesale prices to consumers on fixed deal, have gone out of business. Their customers have been switched to other suppliers, but will be put on variable contracts that will be higher than previous deals.\n\nMeanwhile, the business department has sent the Treasury a formal request for support for energy-intensive industries hit by high gas prices, the BBC understands.\n\nIt came after talks between ministers and industry leaders earlier on Monday.\n\nA source said: \"Everyone in government understands the importance of this situation.\n\n\"We need to solve this quickly.\"\n\nDetails of the proposal from Mr Kwarteng have not been disclosed but are thought to focus on a temporary solution to high energy prices.\n\nOn Sunday, Mr Kwarteng told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme the situation was \"critical\" and said he was \"looking to find a solution\".\n\nMr Kwarteng said there were Treasury talks about support measures to ease the impact on firms. However, a Treasury source later said the business secretary had been \"mistaken\".\n\nSectors such as ceramics, paper and steel manufacturing have called for a price cap, though talks with government on Friday failed to reach a solution.", "The drawing was found in bubble wrap and leaning against a wall in an attic\n\nA drawing by a great Italian artist of the 18th Century is to go under the hammer after it was found in a loft.\n\nThe work by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was uncovered at Weston Hall, near Towcester, Northamptonshire, ahead of the manor house being put up for sale.\n\nHenrietta Sitwell, whose family owned Weston for 300 years, said it was one of many \"exciting discoveries\".\n\nAuctioneers Dreweatts said it was \"probably the most important find\" at the house and could fetch £250,000.\n\nThe auction of the hall's contents, called Weston Hall and the Sitwells: A Family Legacy, takes place on 16 and 17 November at Donnington Priory in Berkshire.\n\nMs Sitwell said her great-uncle, the writer Osbert Sitwell, bought the drawing in 1936, and no-one had known where it was until last year.\n\n\"As I peeled back the wrapping, I instantly recognised it as something special,\" she added.\n\n\"It was thrilling to think that such a captivating and important work of art by such a revered Old Master was just lying there gathering dust over the years.\"\n\nTiepolo (1696-1770) was described by the National Gallery as \"the greatest Italian Rococo painter\" whose main subjects were Christian and mythical figures.\n\nThe work features Punchinello, the hook-nosed, humpbacked clowns who were some of the stock characters taken from the Commedia dell' Arte - an early form of professional theatre.\n\nIt has been given a \"conservative estimate\" of £150,000-£250,000, Dreweatts said.\n\nThe sale also features clothing and jewellery that belonged to poet and writer Edith Sitwell.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nIreland's Amy Hunter celebrated her 16th birthday by becoming the youngest player to hit an international century in Monday's one-day game in Zimbabwe.\n\nThe Belfast schoolgirl notched 121 not out as Ireland made 312-3 which earned them a series-clinching 85-run win.\n\nIndia's Mithali Raj held the previous record when hitting an unbeaten 114 against Ireland at the age of 16 years and 205 days in June 1999.\n\nShahid Afridi is the youngest man to hit an international century.\n\nAfridi was 16 years and 217 days old when he hit 102 in a one-day game against Sri Lanka in 1996.\n\nGaby Lewis scored 78 runs, and Laura Delany hit 68, in Ireland's innings as the visitors produced a huge total which secured them a 3-1 series victory in Harare after they had lost the opening game.\n\nHunter said she felt \"a bit surreal\" after notching the record-breaking century.\n\n\"When I got to my hundred, I had no ideal what to do,\" said the thrilled teenager, who hit eight fours in her 127-ball innings.\n\n\"I didn't know whether to take the helmet off or keep it on. It was unbelievable.\"\n\nAfter winning the toss, Zimbabwe's decision to field backfired badly as Hunter and Lewis produced a 140 partnership after Leah Paul departed when the Irish had reached 40-0.\n\nHunter and captain Delany then put on 143 for the third wicket to set up Ireland's big score.\n\nIn their reply, Josephine Nkomo hit 66 for the hosts but they were never in touch with the run chase as captain Delany and Sophie MacMahon both took two wickets.", "Ten people in London and Kent have been arrested on suspicion of supplying fraudulent passports to more than 100 high-level organised criminals.\n\nEarly-morning raids in South London, Kent, Essex and Merseyside followed an international police investigation.\n\nThe gang is accused of supplying passports to clients including jailed drug dealer Jamie Acourt, a suspect in the murder of Stephen Lawrence.\n\nThose arrested are suspected of using paid \"lookalikes\" to obtain passports.\n\nThe National Crime Agency (NCA) said the gang used the \"lookalikes\" to apply for legitimate replacement passports, but using a criminal's photo, rather than their own.\n\nJacque Beer, the NCA's regional head of investigations, said: \"This is one of the most significant NCA investigations of recent times.\n\n\"We believe that this group's activities has enabled some of the most serious organised criminality in the UK and around the world.\"\n\nShe said if the suspects were convicted, it would have \"dismantled a criminal service that allowed drug and firearm traffickers, suspected murderers, and fugitives to evade detection and operate internationally under false identities.\"\n\nMs Beer said the hope is the case will lead to the \"strengthening of safeguards against criminal exploitation of the UK passport issuing system\".\n\nOfficers smashed down the doors of a flat in south London at 05:00 BST on Monday and arrested a 66-year-old man.\n\nHe is suspected of being a broker between criminals looking for fraudulent passports, and those willing to supply them.\n\nSix men and three women believed to be members of the crime group were also arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice and making false instruments.\n\nThese raids took place in Sutton, Sydenham, Rotherhithe, Hackney, Battersea and Hayes in Kent. The suspects are aged between 34 and 71.\n\nThe investigation began several years ago when HM Passport Office discovered criminals were using a \"loophole\" to obtain legitimate passports with fraudulent details.\n\nAccording to the NCA, the gang are believed to have sourced passports for specific criminal clients who wanted to hide their identity.\n\nThey would find someone who looked like the client and pay them to apply for a replacement passport. Someone else would be paid to countersign the application.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The NCA's Chris Farrimond spoke to BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds about the operation\n\nBut when the passport form was sent in, the client's photo would be used instead of the image of the \"lookalike\" original passport holder.\n\nThe NCA alleges the gang found people prepared to, in effect, sell their personal details for passport applications in return for payments of £2,000.\n\nBecause the passports were not simply forged and therefore appeared legitimate, they were extremely valuable within the criminal underworld.\n\nFourteen men suspected of receiving the passports or helping to countersign documents were arrested in Kent, Essex and Merseyside. They are aged between 38 and 73.\n\nThe NCA and HM Passport Office have been tracking individuals using the fraudulent passports for years.\n\nAs a result, the BBC has been told that more than 100 people said to be senior figures in organised crime have been arrested.\n\nThose arrested are suspected of using paid \"lookalikes\" who would help criminals obtain genuine passports\n\nChris Farrimond, deputy director of operations at the NCA, explained: \"These were serious criminals, who, for one reason or another, could not make use of their normal passport.\n\n\"Either they were on the run, or they were so involved in criminal business that they wanted to keep their activities under the radar.\"\n\nThey are believed to include Jamie Acourt, extradited from Spain and jailed for drug offences.\n\nThe NCA suspect he was a client of the gang, and says he would not have been tracked down had it not been for the fact he was travelling on a passport supplied fraudulently.\n\nIn 2018, the agency told the BBC that Acourt had been tracked using \"intelligence methods\".\n\nThe NCA believes passports were also supplied to Richard Burdett, jailed with his brother Daniel for importing 16 guns into the UK.\n\nBurdett was arrested in July 2019 after being stopped by police in Amsterdam. To confirm his identity he produced a genuine British passport, bearing his photo but fraudulently obtained.\n\nHe had used it to travel to Ireland to evade police in the UK, his trial was told.\n\nPassports were also supplied to organised crime organisations in Scotland and Ireland.\n\nSecurity Minister Damian Hinds said: \"This is a fantastic result and will do significant damage to the serious organised crime groups who want to inflict misery on our shores and around the world.\"\n\n\"The close working between the NCA and Her Majesty's Passport Office has been at the heart of this hugely successful operation.\"\n\n\"The government is working to make the UK border one of the most effective and secure in the world, which will also support our ambition of dismantling ruthless organised crime groups.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Anti-vaxxers told me I was wrong to get jab'\n\nProtests against Covid vaccines are \"crazy nonsense\", the South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner has said.\n\nAlun Michael said he was \"very angry\" after protesters in Cardiff intimidated a 15-year-old girl at a mass vaccination centre on Saturday.\n\nMr Michael said police had to protect the right to protest, but also questioned why some were \"completely ignoring the evidence on vaccination\".\n\nHe said one arrest had been made at the protest.\n\nGrace Barker-Earle, who has used a wheelchair since contracting Covid, was confronted after receiving a Covid jab at the centre.\n\nHer mother, Angela, said protesters accused her of using Grace as a \"lab rat\".\n\nOther parents said they felt \"shaken up\" by protesters.\n\nOne woman, who did not want to be named, said her car was blocked by a group of protesters while driving her 12-year-old son to the centre for his jab.\n\nShe said: \"They were shouting at you, it was incredibly intimidating, my son was really scared… we were both in tears by the end of it.\n\nShe said the group were shouting \"horrible stuff\", as if she were \"doing something horrendous\".\"By the time we got in the centre we were shaky, we considered not going in… we were so freaked out by it we wanted to come home.\n\n\"The staff in the centre were really nice to us, I told them we were shaken up and they did tell us that one of the male nurses had been called a child murderer on his way to work.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAnother parent, whose twin sons got the jab at the centre on Saturday, said he had a woman shout abuse \"inches\" from his face.\n\nThe man, who also did not want to be named, said protesters held up anti-vaccine banners to the windows of the vaccination centre, before shouting abuse at his family when they left.\n\nHe said: \"We went to go and they started chanting.\n\n\"I said 'you've absolutely got the right to your opinion but we've got the right to ours as well'. Then they just started shouting abuse... really vindictive stuff.\n\n\"All they wanted to do was shout abuse and not listen.\"\n\nGrace was intimidated by protesters after getting a Covid jab\n\nRuth Clogg from Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan, said the experience of taking her 15-year-old daughter for her vaccine was \"very intimidating\".\n\n\"They shouted 'shame on you as a mother' which wasn't pleasant, we all have choices and my choice was to let my daughter have the jab,\" she said.\n\n\"Why do they feel they have to shout it out and say things to me as a mother? I'm just protecting my daughter.\"\n\nIn Wales, the vaccine has been offered to 12 to 15-year-olds since 4 October. Public Health Wales figures show 34,325 people in that age group, or 23.4%, have been given a vaccine dose.\n\nAlun Michael told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast he would support police action which protected people from intimidation while doing what is right for public health.\n\n\"I'm very angry about the attitude of these particular protesters, because what they're protesting about is crazy nonsense,\" he said.\n\n\"It could put some people off being vaccinated and clearly it's unacceptable in the sort of example that's mentioned.\n\n\"It's a difficult balance because it's a matter for the whole of society.\n\n\"Why is it that we have this group of individuals who are completely ignoring the evidence about vaccination? But the responsibility of the police is to keep that balance right.\"\n\nMr Michael said he walked past the vaccination centre on Saturday and saw police were making sure the protest stayed within the law, but protesters were using slogans which were \"intended to intimidate\" both parents taking their children for jabs and the media.\n\nAngela Baker-Earle was in hospital with Covid and pneumonia last year, while Grace was \"very poorly\"\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford also condemned the actions at the protest, as did Economy Minister and MS for Cardiff South and Penarth, Vaughan Gething, who said it was \"disgraceful\" and \"did not look defensible\".\n\nMr Gething said: \"A lot of people protesting say they are protesting to try to protect freedom. Well that doesn't look to me like people who are committed to respecting each other's freedom.\"\n\nDr Bnar Talabani, a doctor from Cardiff who has been tackling vaccine misinformation on TikTok, drove past the protest on Saturday.\n\nShe said: \"I heard from the staff earlier that day that it wasn't just this poor girl they were intimidating they were actually intimidating older people that were trying to walk in to have their vaccine as well.\n\n\"They were saying things like 'it's an experimental vaccine, you're a guinea pig, stop letting them use you as a lab rat' - all the conspiracy theories that I've seen on social media over the past 18 months.\n\n\"Conspiracy theories that have been debunked so many times but there is a very small minority of people that are still spreading this misinformation and it's doing a lot of damage.\"\n\nFrancis Goncalves lost his brother, mother and father to Covid earlier this year\n\nFrancis Goncalves, from Cardiff, lost three unvaccinated family members to Covid within a week of each other earlier this year, said the protests were \"disgusting\" and \"despicable\".\n\nHe said those who are sceptical of the vaccine to speak to their doctors for advice.\n\nHave you been affected by the issues in this story?\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Police bodycam footage showed officers dragging the man from his car\n\nUS police are investigating video showing a black man being dragged from his car by officers as he repeatedly screams \"I'm paraplegic\".\n\nBodycam footage shows officers stopping Clifford Owensby in Dayton, Ohio, last month and asking him to step out of his car so they can search it for drugs.\n\nMr Owensby, 39, refuses, saying he does not have use of his legs.\n\nThe officers insist he must get out and then pull him from the vehicle by his hair and arms as he calls for help.\n\nThe Dayton Police Department says it is now investigating the incident that took place on 30 September.\n\nAuthorities say the officers stopped Mr Owensby because he was driving away from a house suspected of hosting involvement in drugs. Police say they found a bag of cash containing $22,450 (£16,500) in the car.\n\nMr Owensby has not been charged over any drug-related offences.\n\nDuring the incident, Mr Owensby repeatedly refuses requests to leave the car, although officers do say they will help him out.\n\nMr Owensby asks an officer to call in a \"white shirt\", meaning a superior.\n\n\"Here's the thing, I'm going to pull you out and then I'll call a white shirt,\" an officer replies.\n\nAs his frustration increases, he says: \"You can co-operate and get out of the car or I'll drag you out of the car. Do you see your two options here?\"\n\nDayton's mayor Nan Whaley described the footage as \"very concerning\".\n\nCivil rights groups say they are also looking into the incident.\n\n\"To pull this man out of the car, by his hair - a paraplegic - is totally unacceptable, inhumane and sets a bad light on our great city of Dayton, Ohio,\" Derrick Foward, of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told the Washington Post.\n\nA paraplegic person is unable to voluntarily move lower parts of the body.\n\nSome have defended the officers' actions.\n\nJerome Dix, president of Dayton Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 44, said they had \"followed the law, their training and departmental policies\".\n\n\"Sometimes the arrest of noncompliant individuals is not pretty, but is a necessary part of law enforcement to maintain public safety,\" Mr Dix told the Dayton Daily News.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK is facing an uncertain winter with the spread of coronavirus and the flu, the head of the Health Security Agency Jenny Harries has said.\n\nPeople are at \"more significant risk of death and of serious illness if they are co-infected\" with both viruses, she told the BBC.\n\nShe said: \"It's a more uncertain year but I certainly would be encouraging everybody to go and get their vaccine.\"\n\nMore than 40 million people in the UK are being offered a flu jab this year.\n\nFor the first time this includes all secondary school children up to the age of 16.\n\nThe over-50s and younger adults with health conditions are also being offered a Covid booster jab this autumn and winter.\n\nDr Harries, former deputy chief medical officer for England, told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: \"This is probably the first season where we will have significant amounts of Covid circulating as well as flu.\n\n\"People's behaviours have changed, we are mixing more, winter weather is coming along, everybody is going into enclosed spaces.\"\n\nShe said because of social distancing and other measures during the pandemic the public has not had the flu exposure they usually would, \"so people are susceptible\".\n\nFlu kills about 11,000 people on average every winter in England and during the last bad flu winter of 2017-18 the toll was more than double that - with more than 300 deaths a day during the peak.\n\nResearch shows those infected with both viruses are more than twice as likely to die as someone with Covid alone.\n\nA report from the Academy of Medical Sciences suggests that respiratory illness could hit very high levels this winter, causing severe strain on the NHS and between 15,000 and 60,000 deaths.\n\nThe latest government figures released on Sunday show the UK recorded new 34,574 Covid cases.\n\nThere were also 38 deaths recorded within 28 days of a positive test, taking the total number of people to die in the past week to 785.\n\nDr Harries said the current number of deaths from Covid was not seen as \"acceptable\" officials were still \"taking it extremely seriously\".\n\nShe told the Andrew Marr show: \"We are starting to move to a situation where, perhaps Covid is not the most significant element and many of those individuals affected will of course have other comorbidities which will make them vulnerable to serious illness for other reasons as well.\"\n\nShe said the \"extremely good vaccine uptake\" was preventing \"very significant amounts of hospitalisation and death\".\n\nBut Dr Harries said it was now \"one of the most difficult times to predict what will come\" with coronavirus.\n\n\"We have different levels of vaccination, we have a little bit of immunity waning in older individuals, which is why we're now starting to put in a Covid booster vaccine,\" she said.\n\n\"We have slightly different effectiveness in different vaccinations that have been provided.\"\n\nShe added that it appeared the global dominance of the Delta variant had seen other coronavirus variants \"become extinct\".\n\nBut the public needed to \"stay alert\" as it was \"still very early days of a new virus\".\n\nThe following groups are among those eligible for winter vaccines:", "Sir Richard Sutton's wealth was valued at £301m in the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List\n\nA man has admitted killing one of the UK's richest men, Sir Richard Sutton.\n\nThomas Schreiber denied murdering Sir Richard, 83, who was stabbed to death at his home near Gillingham, Dorset, in April, but admitted his manslaughter.\n\nHe also entered a not guilty plea at Winchester Crown Court to the attempted murder of his mother Anne Schreiber, who was Sir Richard's partner.\n\nA murder trial is due to begin on 29 November.\n\nSchreiber, of Gillingham, Dorset, also pleaded guilty to driving a Range Rover dangerously on the A303, A4 and M3.\n\nThe judge, Mr Justice Garnham, remanded him in custody.\n\nPolice were called to an address in Higher Langham, near Gillingham, Dorset, at 19:30 BST on 7 April. They found Sir Richard, who owned a string of top hotels in London, and Ms Schreiber with serious injuries.\n\nSir Richard was pronounced dead at the scene almost two hours later.\n\nAn initial post-mortem examination indicated that the cause of death was stab wounds to his chest, police said previously.\n\nMs Schreiber was airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol.\n\nSir Richard was listed at number 435 in the Sunday Times Rich List last year, with an estimated family fortune of £301 million - a rise of £83 million on the previous year.\n\nThe guide said Sir Richard's company owned London hotels the Sheraton Grand Park Lane and the Athenaeum, plus three smaller venues.\n\nHe had an extensive property and farming portfolio, including the 6,500-acre Benham Estate in west Berkshire and the Stainton Estate in Lincolnshire.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A County Down construction firm has closed resulting in about 100 job losses.\n\nJMC Mechanical and Construction is based in Waringstown, but has premises in Bleary and Lisburn as well.\n\nIts work includes providing maintenance services to the Housing Executive and other social housing providers.\n\nThe Portadown Times reported workers were told on Monday afternoon by the firm's owner James McCully and an accountant.\n\nThe family business was established in 2000.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News NI, Sinn Féin assembly member John O'Dowd said employees were \"called in and told they had no work\".\n\n\"They were told they weren't going to be paid for last week's work and there was also a question mark over redundancy,\" he added.\n\n\"My main concern is for the workers and their families.\n\n\"I already have a question in to the economy minister asking how his department are going to support and protect these workers and have already made contact with the liquidators.\"\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party MP for Upper Bann Carla Lockhart said it was devastating news for employees and their families.\n\nShe said JMC was a longstanding and respected company that had \"obviously suffered greatly as a result of the pandemic\".\n\nSDLP assembly member Dolores Kelly said the news came as a \"huge shock\".\n\n\"I am heartened to hear that a number of employees have already secured jobs and hope the rest will soon, especially at a time when skilled tradespeople are in such high demand,\" she added.\n\nIn a statement, a spokesperson for the Housing Executive said: \"We are sorry to hear that one of our contractors, JMC Ltd, has announced that it is entering liquidation.\n\n\"The company was the repairs contractor for our tenants in the Lisburn and Castlereagh area and was also the contractor for a number of improvement schemes across Lisburn and Castlereagh and the Belfast area.\n\n\"Our priority at this stage is to ensure minimal disruption to services for tenants and those planned maintenance improvement works which are on site.\"", "We've got more on that joint letter from the sectaries of state for health and education encouraging parents of secondary school pupils to get them vaccinated.\n\nTheir plea comes as the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that around one in 15 children in school years 7 to 11 in England are estimated to have had Covid in the week to 2 October.\n\nThe latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) suggests that just 9% of this cohort in England had been vaccinated by 3 October.\n\nIn their letter, Zahawi and Javid ask for parents' \"support\" to encourage their children to test themselves for Covid-19 twice a week and to \"come forward\" for the jab to ensure face-to-face lessons can continue.\n\nSchool unions have backed the intervention, but Geoff Barton, of the Association of School and College Leaders, says there is frustration around delays to the rollout of jabs.\n\n\"The urgency of this programme is self-evident from the fact that the latest government statistics show that more than 200,000 pupils were out of school at the latest count because of coronavirus-related reasons,\" he says. \"Many schools are also experiencing teacher shortages because staff are contracting the virus.\"\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, says: \"Unfortunately, one of the reasons for the slow deployment is that children are missing their chance for vaccination because they have caught Covid-19.\n\n\"If they are off sick they miss vaccination slots at school - and they cannot be jabbed while they are ill anyway - there is a 28-day waiting period before a child who has had Covid can then have the vaccine.\"\n\nWhiteman is calling for other measures to be pursued - such as improved ventilation - to reduce illness and disruption and \"to speed up the vaccination rollout\".", "Stephen Port was sentenced to a full-life term in November 2016\n\nA detective investigating the circumstances of serial killer Stephen Port's first homicide felt that the case was likely to be one of murder and told senior officers of his concerns.\n\nAnthony Walgate, 23, was found dead outside Port's flat block in June 2014.\n\nDet Ch Insp Tony Kirk tried to establish a murder inquiry, an email shown to an inquest jury revealed.\n\nPort would go on to murder three more men using the date rape drug GHB before homicide detectives took on the case.\n\nThe inquest jury at Barking Town Hall also heard evidence from Det Ch Insp Christopher Jones, the senior murder detective involved in the case in the week after the death.\n\nDet Ch Insp Jones told the hearing it was \"not possible\" that detectives would have taken the case less seriously because Mr Walgate was \"young, gay and working as an escort\".\n\nThe jury, which is examining the Metropolitan Police's handling of the investigation, heard Det Ch Insp Kirk's email was sent a week after Mr Walgate's body was found outside Port's flat in Cooke Street in Barking, east London.\n\nIt set out that it was known to the force that Port, now 46, had lied to officers about not knowing Mr Walgate, who he had in fact arranged to meet two days before the killing.\n\nA post-mortem examination found that the 23-year-old died as a result of ingesting high levels of the date rape drug GHB.\n\nThe jury heard how Det Ch Insp Kirk pointed out in his email that Port had previously had an allegation made against him that he had drugged and raped another man, and had no means of paying the £800 Mr Walgate charged for his work as an escort - which was how the two men came to meet each other.\n\nIn the message, to Supt John Sweeney of Homicide Command, Det Ch Insp Kirk said: \"I feel we as an organisation have a duty to his (Mr Walgate's) friends and family to get to the bottom of his death in what are increasingly suspicious circumstances.\n\n\"This investigation concerns the death of a young and what appears to be a fit and healthy male and, on the balance of probabilities, at the hands of another.\n\n\"I appreciate that a murder charge might not be the final outcome, but the investigation is becoming increasingly complex.\"\n\nSupt Sweeney decided to leave the investigation with the less experienced detectives in the Barking borough command, the inquest heard.\n\nJurors were also told that detectives did not then carry out a vital download of Port's laptop requested by the homicide team.\n\nThe laptop, which had been seized by police, contained evidence of him using search terms to do with drugging and raping boys, the inquest heard.\n\nThe paramedic who found Mr Walgate's body previously told the jury he had regarded it as an \"unexplained suspicious death\".\n\nMr Kovari's and Mr Whitworth's bodies were found in the graveyard of St Margaret's Church\n\nSpeaking on Monday, Det Ch Insp Jones explained that in his opinion at the time, the death was unexplained - but he said he had not been told the post-mortem examination had found bruises suggesting Mr Walgate had been moved while he was still alive.\n\nNor had he been told that dead man's underpants were inside out and back to front, the jury heard.\n\nPort's next two victims, Gabriel Kovari, 22, and Daniel Whitworth, 21, were found dead by the same dog-walker three weeks apart beneath a large maple tree in a corner of the same cemetery, at St Margaret's Church.\n\nMr Kovari's body was found on 28 August 2014 and Mr Whitworth's was discovered on 20 September, in almost exactly the same spot.\n\nThe final victim, aspiring police officer Jack Taylor, 25, was found near the cemetery on 14 September 2015.\n\nIn 2016, Port was found guilty at the Old Bailey of the four murders and sentenced to a whole-life order.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The BBC's Moscow correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, was recently expelled from Russia, a country she first began visiting in her teens as a student and has reported on since the start of Vladimir Putin's presidency.\n\nNow she's been barred for life, declared a 'security threat'.\n\nThe move comes during an unprecedented assault on rights and freedoms in Russia, where critics of the Kremlin are increasingly being labelled as hostile 'agents' of the West.", "The energy price cap protecting households from sharp rises in gas prices is \"not fit for purpose\", suppliers have said.\n\nNatural gas prices are at record highs, which has led to some domestic energy firms failing as they are paying more for gas than they are able to charge.\n\nSuppliers have warned that consumers could face a \"huge cost\" from these firms going out of business.\n\nThere are also calls for an energy price cap to help small businesses.\n\nGas prices are at record highs as economies around the world begin to recover from the Covid pandemic.\n\nDomestic customers are partly protected from sharp rises by a price cap - which sets the maximum price suppliers in England, Wales and Scotland can charge customers on a standard tariff - although energy regulator Ofgem has warned that households will see further \"significant rises\" in the spring, when the cap is reviewed.\n\nLast month, nine energy companies went out of business, forcing 1.7 million customers to move to new suppliers and on to higher rates.\n\nPaul Richards, chief executive of Together Energy, which he said is currently making losses, told the BBC that while he supported a price cap to protect customers, the current mechanism \"is not fit for industry, nor is it fit for customers\".\n\n\"Crazy, just crazy\" is how the nursery and soft play owner Gordon Foster describes the sharp rise in energy prices, shaking his head in dismay.\n\nBusinesses typically fix their energy bills a few years in advance, known as \"hedging\".\n\nMr Foster is one of the unlucky ones whose energy contract is up for renewal, and at the moment he's looking at paying eight times his current rate, taking up a contract that would tie him in for years.\n\nThe alternative is paying sky high prices now without a contract, and keeping his fingers crossed that prices will stabilise.\n\nFor him, as for others, this sudden jump in costs makes parts of the business unviable, and certainly means he has to put his prices up for his customers.\n\nWhile households might have an energy cap in place to protect them from such eye-watering spikes in global markets, we are all exposed to the impact of such costs for businesses. Ultimately they feed through to everyone.\n\nHe said while the cap protected customers in the short term, he thought there was somewhere between £1bn and £3bn in costs which would be spread back across business and households as a result of failed suppliers.\n\nDerek Lickorish, chairman of Utilita Energy, which has more than 800,000 customers, said there was no doubt there would be a cost paid by consumers for failed firms.\n\n\"The government has to look at the means by which they can support not only energy suppliers, but also big industry,\" he said.\n\nMr Lickorish said he would like to see the price cap reviewed four times a year, rather than the current two, and for a longer period of gas prices to be considered in setting it.\n\nStephen Murray, head of energy, commercial and partners at Moneysupermarket.com, said that while the usual advice for consumers was to shop around, for now it was to stay put, with those on a fixed deal likely to be better off.\n\nThe price cap provided \"some level of protection\", he said, but \"that comes at a cost and we've seen that through failed suppliers\".\n\nBusiness group the British Chambers of Commerce has called for a similar cap to be introduced for the energy bills of small and medium sized businesses - those with 250 employers or fewer.\n\nThese firms mostly buy their energy several years in advance, so those whose contracts are due for renewal now are facing a \"difficult time\", it said.\n\nThe group's co-executive director Claire Walker said the increasing pressure on these sized businesses was \"becoming dire\" and said that a price cap would give them the confidence to maintain normal business activities.\n\nDave Dalton, chief executive of British Glass, said he thought a cap would help but was probably \"too little, too late\" and that an \"immediate intervention\" was needed.\n\nThe government said it was in regular contact with business groups to explore ways to manage the impact of global prices.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng met leaders from heavy industry on Friday amid warnings that some sectors could have to shut down, but they failed to find any solutions.\n\nLabour has accused the government of being in denial about gas prices, with wholesale prices rising 250% since January.\n\nA number of Conservative MPs have called for the government to take action, and the Energy Intensive Users Group - which represents firms that use a lot of energy - said measures were needed \"right now\".\n\nThe group's chair Dr Richard Leese said that energy-heavy industries were \"intrinsically linked\" and if some sectors were forced to shut down, it would have a knock-on impact.\n\n\"We've seen the curtailment in production in the steel and fertiliser sector - that's had a knock-on impact into the supply chains in the industrial supply chains and domestic supply chains,\" he said.\n\nUK Steel boss Gareth Stace said he was \"baffled\" that the UK government had failed to find solutions because governments in the rest of Europe had stepped in to support industry - although they faced lower energy costs than in the UK.", "Sir Paul McCartney rejected the received wisdom that he broke up the Beatles by suing them in court\n\nFor almost 50 years, Sir Paul McCartney has shouldered the blame for breaking up the Beatles.\n\nThe supposed evidence was a press release for his 1970 solo album, McCartney, where he revealed he was on a \"break\" from rock's biggest band.\n\nInterviewing himself, Sir Paul said he could not \"foresee a time when Lennon-McCartney becomes an active songwriting partnership again\".\n\nBut in a new BBC interview, he has said the split was prompted by John Lennon.\n\n\"I didn't instigate the split. That was our Johnny,\" he told interviewer John Wilson. \"I am not the person who instigated the split.\n\n\"Oh no, no, no. John walked into a room one day and said I am leaving the Beatles. And he said, 'It's quite thrilling, it's rather like a divorce.' And then we were left to pick up the pieces.\"\n\nWilson asked whether the band would have continued if Lennon hadn't walked away.\n\n\"It could have,\" Sir Paul replied.\n\n\"The point of it really was that John was making a new life with Yoko and he wanted... to lie in bed for a week in Amsterdam for peace. You couldn't argue with that. It was the most difficult period of my life.\"\n\n\"This was my band, this was my job, this was my life,\" he added. \"I wanted it to continue. I thought we were doing some pretty good stuff - Abbey Road, Let It Be, not bad - and I thought we could continue.\"\n\nThe Beatles continue to be one of the most influential acts in rock history\n\nSir Paul said confusion over The Beatles' break-up festered because the band's new manager Allen Klein - who he refused to align with - said he needed time to tie up loose ends with their business.\n\n\"So for a few months we had to pretend,\" he told Wilson. \"It was weird because we all knew it was the end of the Beatles but we couldn't just walk away.\"\n\nSir Paul ended up suing the rest of the band in the high court, seeking the dissolution of their contractual relationship in order to keep their music out of Klein's hands.\n\n\"I had to fight and the only way I could fight was in suing the other Beatles, because they were going with Klein,\" he told Wilson.\n\n\"And they thanked me for it years later. But I didn't instigate the split.\"\n\nHe has previously said that archival projects like The Beatles Anthology and Peter Jackson's forthcoming documentary, Get Back, would never have been possible without his legal action.\n\nSir Paul's full interview will be heard on the new BBC Radio 4 series This Cultural Life, which will be broadcast on 23 October.\n\nThe following Monday, recordings of the musician reading from his new book, The Lyrics, will also be available on BBC Sounds.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The last four remaining cooling towers at the former Eggborough Power Station in North Yorkshire have been demolished.\n\nThey were brought down just after 09:00 BST on Sunday.\n\nFour of the eight concrete structures, which stood 300ft (90m) high, were demolished in August as part of plans to redevelop the site after the plant closed in 2018.\n\nThe towers have been a landmark for more than 50 years in an area where all four Yorkshire counties - North, South, East and West - meet.", "Pope Francis officially launched the process at a Mass in the Vatican\n\nPope Francis has launched what some describe as the most ambitious attempt at Catholic reform for 60 years.\n\nA two-year process to consult every Catholic parish around the world on the future direction of the Church began at the Vatican this weekend.\n\nSome Catholics hope it will lead to change on issues such as women's ordination, married priests and same-sex relationships.\n\nOthers fear it will undermine the principles of the Church.\n\nThey say a focus on reform could also distract from issues facing the Church, such as corruption and dwindling attendance levels.\n\nPope Francis urged Catholics not to \"remain barricaded in our certainties\" but to \"listen to one another\" as he launched the process at Mass in St Peter's Basilica.\n\n\"Are we prepared for the adventure of this journey? Or are we fearful of the unknown, preferring to take refuge in the usual excuses: 'It's useless' or 'We've always done it this way'?\" he asked.\n\nThe consultation process, called \"For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission\", will work in three stages:\n\nThe Pope is expected then to write an apostolic exhortation, giving his views and decisions on the issues discussed.\n\nDiscussing his hopes for the Synod, Pope Francis warned against the process becoming an intellectual exercise that failed to address the real-world issues faced by Catholics and the \"temptation to complacency\" when it comes to considering change.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?\"\n\nThe initiative has been praised by the progressive US-based National Catholic Reporter newspaper, which said that while the process might not be perfect \"the Church is more likely to address the needs of the people of God with it than without it\".\n\nHowever, theologian George Weigel wrote, in the conservative US Catholic journal First Things, it was unclear how \"two years of self-referential Catholic chatter\" would address other problems the Church such as those who are \"drifting away from the faith in droves\".\n\nMuch of the reporting of this two-year consultation has focused on some of the issues that often appear to dominate reporting on the Catholic Church: the role of women for example, and whether they will ever be ordained as priests (the Pope says \"no\").\n\nWhile those topics are often of concern to some Catholics, other areas which traditionally dominate Catholic social teaching, such as alleviating poverty, and increasingly, climate change, will likely play a greater part, as will how the Church is run. In reality, any issue can be raised.\n\nDon't expect any sudden changes to Church rules though. It's true that some Catholics do want to see a different kind of institution, but for Pope Francis, allowing ordinary worshippers to have their concerns (eventually) raised at the Vatican - even if their bishops disagree with them - is a huge step change for this 2000 year-old religion.", "Benjamin Mendy is accused of four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault\n\nManchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been refused bail for a third time ahead of a trial facing multiple charges of rape and sexual assault.\n\nThe 27-year-old is accused of attacking three women at his home in Cheshire between October 2020 and August 2021.\n\nMr Mendy, who was not at Chester Crown Court for the hearing, is being held on remand at HMP Altcourse, Liverpool.\n\nHe is yet to enter pleas to the charges of four counts of rape and one of sexual assault.\n\nThe defendant was charged on 26 August with three counts of rape relating to an alleged incident in October 2020 and with the sexual assault of a woman in early January this year. He is also charged with raping a woman in August.\n\nThe France international has been in custody for about seven weeks and a trial date has been set for 24 January.\n\nHe joined Premier League champions Manchester City in 2017 from Monaco for a reported £52m but was suspended by the club after being charged by police, pending an investigation.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Periods, low confidence and being watched by other people are factors preventing about a third of girls in England enjoying sport, a report says.\n\nData from the Youth Sport Trust shows over the last three years, periods have become the biggest concern for girls when doing PE in school.\n\nA total of 37% said periods stopped them from getting active in school last year, up from 27% in 2018-19.\n\nThe charity is campaigning to give girls a greater say in PE in schools.\n\nThe charity's Girls Active programme empowers girls in schools to help each other and support teachers to remove barriers.\n\n\"We want to understand further from girls what would help make a positive difference to them during their periods, so they feel that physical activity is a space that supports and helps them\", says Wendy Taylor, who runs the programme.\n\nThe charity asked 27,867 school-aged girls in England about their biggest concerns about participating in PE and sport.\n\nIsabella, Abi, Julia and Skye, help girls embrace sport at their school in Kent\n\nAt Herne Bay High School in Kent, 28 pupils from different year groups have created a magazine called Sweat Bands and Fake Tans to deal with the taboos and concerns some girls have.\n\nSkye, aged 16, says they are advising younger pupils with issues such as periods and low body confidence by making videos with suggestions on the best gym clothes and sports bras.\n\nShe says she's always struggled with body confidence, but that experience has helped her to have a positive influence on other girls.\n\n\"I think it's not feeling comfortable in your own body and feeling you're not good enough compared with everyone else, which I feel the media has not really helped,\" she said.\n\nSkye has struggled with body confidence, but she's now helping other girls\n\nSkye says she is lucky as her teachers have helped her embrace her periods but admits: \"Obviously, just getting changed is an issue. Sometimes you just feel so awful and you just don't want to do it, even if it's something you really look forward to like netball or basketball.\n\n\"But I feel you just have to push through, because you will feel better in the end.\"\n\nShe knows many girls feel very uncomfortable with certain types of skimpy PE clothes.\n\n\"You just feel a bit too exposed. I feel like sometimes you just want to put on some baggy joggers or some leggings just so you feel more comfortable.\"\n\nAbi loves doing sport now, but she used to feel she wasn't good enough.\n\nShe says, at the age of 14: \"You just feel like because everyone is watching you, that everything you do is going to be noticed, whereas that's not actually how it is.\"\n\nAbi loves sport but used to think she wasn't good enough\n\nIn contrast to girls, she says: \"I think boys often come across as a bit more confident, whereas with girls, if you feel under-confident, then you're automatically going to hold back.\"\n\nLike Skye, Abi believes the media has affected how girls think.\n\nShe says: \"When you see people on Love Island and models, you think, maybe I should have to be like that. It puts such a negative on you to think, do I really have to look like that or can I just be me?\"\n\nIsabella says she also used to struggle with her confidence, but believes sport has helped her to overcome it, and is passionate about helping other girls through sport.\n\nIsabella feels sport has made her more confident\n\nShe says: \"I want to do my part and prove that being active can be fun and help overcome barriers. Over the years it has taught me various lessons that I will pass on to others we meet over the next couple of years at school.\"", "Professor Card said people initially didn't trust the results of his unconventional methods\n\nDavid Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens have been awarded this year's Nobel prize for economics for work that \"challenged conventional wisdom\".\n\nThe trio shared the prize for pioneering work in the use of \"natural experiments\".\n\nNatural experiments use real-life situations to work out the impact of government decisions.\n\nProf Card is best known for his study of the impact of minimum wage increases on employment in US states.\n\nHis findings prompted researchers to review their opinion that such increases always lead to falls in employment.\n\nEconomists cannot run lab experiments to test their theories, so have to rely on theoretical models and the examination of complex, real life situations.\n\nThe winners' work had \"substantially improved our ability to answer key causal questions, which has been of great benefit to society,\" said Peter Fredriksson, chair of the Economic Sciences Prize Committee.\n\nCanadian-born Prof Card, who works at University of California, Berkeley, receives half of the 10 million Swedish crowns (£839,000) prize, while Israeli-American Joshua Angrist from MIT and Guido Imbens, a Dutch academic at Stanford University, share the other half.\n\nTheir work solved methodological problems to show that precise conclusions about cause and effect can be drawn from natural experiments.\n\nSpeaking to reporters, Prof Imbens said he was \"absolutely thrilled to hear the news, in particular... hearing that I got to share this with Joshua Angrist and David Card who are both very good friends of mine\".\n\nHe added that Prof Angrist had been the best man at his wedding. \"I'm just thrilled to share the prize with both him and David.\"\n\nProf Card initially thought the news of the award was \"a joke\" played on him by an old high school friend, he told the BBC.\n\nHis work on the minimum wage was conducted at Princeton in the 1980s in collaboration with Alan Krueger, who went on to become assistant secretary of the Treasury under President Obama.\n\nThey surveyed restaurants in New Jersey before and after the introduction of a minimum wage in the state, an approach that was quite unusual at the time, Prof Card said.\n\nBut he said their findings, that the minimum wage had not led to significant job losses, was not immediately accepted.\n\n\"People thought we were either cooking the books or had lost our minds or did something untoward or foolish,\" he said.\n\nHowever the methodology, of collecting and analysing real world data, opened people's eyes to a new way of analysing the economy, he said.\n\nHis subsequent work has included the impact of immigration on domestic employment in the US and how company wage policies determine gender and ethnic pay gaps.\n\nUC Berkeley said Prof Card had \"challenged orthodoxy and dramatically shifted understanding of inequality and the social and economic forces that impact low-wage workers\".\n\nTaken together, the work by the three economists \"revolutionised empirical work\" in economics, the Nobel award committee said.\n\nAlthough not one of the original Nobel Prizes, the economics award is administered by the Nobel Foundation and is the last to be announced each year.\n\nThe other Nobel prizes were established by Alfred Nobel's will in 1895.\n\nThe economics prize, officially known as the Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was created in 1968.\n\nLast year, the prize was won by Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson of Stanford University for their work on making auctions run more efficiently.\n\nThey used game theory, which uses mathematics to study decision-making conflict, and strategy in social situation, to explore the behaviour of bidders, which in turn helped in developing formats for the sale of aircraft landing slots, radio spectrums, and emissions trading.\n\nIn 2019, it was awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, for their work on the causes and remedies of poverty.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We wait to see what actions are taken to ensure this never happens again,\" say John Atkinson's family\n\nThe family of a man killed in the Manchester Arena attack say he was \"badly let down\" by some members of the emergency services.\n\nJohn Atkinson, 28, was one of 22 people who died in the bombing on 22 May 2017.\n\nA public inquiry has previously heard he might have survived had he been given treatment more quickly.\n\nMr Atkinson's family said mistakes had been made and \"precious time was allowed to ebb away while John needed urgent hospital treatment\".\n\n\"This should never have been allowed to happen. John had so much to give,\" they added.\n\nThe inquiry heard healthcare worker Mr Atkinson lost a significant amount of blood as he laid in agony on the foyer floor for 47 minutes before being carried downstairs.\n\nAbout 20 minutes later, he went into cardiac arrest and was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary but he was pronounced dead a short time later.\n\nLast week, consultant paramedic Dan Smith, the operational commander for North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), told the inquiry he was \"truly sorry\" if any decision he made impacted on his survivability.\n\nIn a statement read outside the court on Monday, Mr Atkinson's family said they could not accept this apology.\n\n\"Actions speak louder than words, and we wait to see what actions are taken to ensure this never happens again,\" they added in a statement read on their behalf by their lawyer Richard Scorer, from Slater and Gordon.\n\nThe family said Mr Atkinson \"was kind, intelligent and would light up any room he walked into\".\n\n\"He was the best uncle to his nephews, most caring of sons and brothers, he worked with young adults with autism and he looked forward to being a foster father,\" they added.\n\nThe inquiry earlier heard how Mr Atkinson had pleaded with NWAS senior paramedic Phillip Keogh not to let him die.\n\nMr Keogh treated him about an hour after the explosion but it was another 30 minutes before he was moved to an ambulance.\n\nThe inquiry was told Phillip Keogh lost most of his equipment just before he treated John Atkinson\n\nHe agreed Mr Atkinson had been left waiting too long to be taken to hospital, reducing his chances of survival.\n\nThe delay was \"inadequate\", he told the inquiry.\n\nMr Atkinson, from Bury, died shortly after arriving at the Manchester Royal Infirmary one hour and 35 minutes after the bomb was detonated in the arena foyer.\n\nHe was brought down from the foyer on a metal barrier and put on the floor of Manchester Victoria railway station concourse, the inquiry heard.\n\nMr Keogh said it was \"obvious he had lost a lot of blood\" and he had several makeshift tourniquets on his legs.\n\nHe said he was worried about Mr Atkinson developing hypothermia as he had been left in the doorway and was not covered in blankets.\n\nThe inquiry heard Mr Atkinson had pleaded with the paramedic \"don't let me die\".\n\nMr Keogh said he had tried to comfort him by telling him he would not let him die, but said he \"already had grave concerns for [his] outcome\".\n\n\"I thought then that his chances of survival were absolutely slim but I wasn't going to tell him the truth because that's just not what you do,\" he said.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed in the May 2017 bombing\n\nThe inquiry was told Mr Keogh lost most of his equipment just before he treated Mr Atkinson.\n\nMr Keogh accepted that Mr Atkinson should have been given a blood clotting agent earlier, which was in his lost equipment bag, however he told the court he did not believe it would have saved his life.\n\nMr Atkinson went into cardiac arrest as he was being placed on an ambulance stretcher, the inquiry heard.\n\nMr Keogh described the difficulty of carrying out chest compressions as he was wheeled to an ambulance.\n\nThe paramedic, who had previously served in Afghanistan as a reservist army paramedic, told the court that he went directly to Manchester Arena despite being told he should go to a rendezvous point because there may have been an active shooter.\n\nHe said: \"I was aware that people were injured at the arena and if I wasn't going to go, then who was going to go?\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People will have to get used to higher food prices, the boss of Kraft Heinz has told the BBC.\n\nMiguel Patricio said the international food giant, which makes tomato sauce and baked beans, was putting up prices in several countries.\n\nUnlike in previous years, he said, inflation was \"across the board\".\n\nThe cost of ingredients such as cereals and oils has pushed global food prices to a 10-year high, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.\n\nKraft Heinz has increased prices on more than half its products in the US, its home market, and Mr Patricio admitted that is happening elsewhere too.\n\n\"We are raising prices, where necessary, around the world,\" he said.\n\nDuring the pandemic, many countries saw production of raw materials, ranging from crops to vegetable oils, fall. Measures to control the virus, as well as illness, limited output and delivery.\n\nAs economies have restarted, the supply of these products hasn't been able to keep up with returning demand, leading to higher prices. Higher wages and energy prices have also added to the burden for manufacturers.\n\nMr Patricio said this broad range of factors was contributing to the rising cost of food.\n\n\"Specifically in the UK, with the lack of truck drivers. In [the] US logistic costs also increased substantially, and there's a shortage of labour in certain areas of the economy.\"\n\nKraft Heinz chief executive, Miguel Patricio, says consumers need to get used to higher food prices\n\nMr Patricio said that consumers would need to get used to higher food prices, given that the world's population was rising whilst the amount of land on which to grow food was not.\n\nIn the longer term \"there's a lot to come in technology to improve the effectiveness of farmers\" that will help, he said.\n\nNot all cost increases should be passed on to consumers, Mr Patricio said. Firms would have to absorb some of the rise in costs.\n\n\"I think it's up to us, and to the industry, and to the other companies, to try to minimise these price increases,\" he said.\n\nBut big food producers like Kraft Heinz, Nestle and PepsiCo \"will most likely have to pass that cost on to consumers\" according to Kona Haque, head of research at the agricultural commodities firm ED&F Man.\n\n\"Whether it's corn, sugar, coffee, soybeans, palm oil, you name it, all of these basic food commodities have been rising,\" she said.\n\n\"Poor harvests in Brazil, which is one of the world's biggest agricultural exporters, drought in Russia, reduced planting in the US and stockpiling in China have combined with more expensive fertiliser, energy and shipping costs to push prices up.\"\n\nBut she said food producers would all be affected and would therefore all be raising prices in similar ways: \"because it's so widespread that everyone will do it, meaning they probably won't lose customers\".\n\nThis week PespsiCo warned it was also facing rising costs on everything from transport to raw ingredients, and said that further prices rises were likely at the start of next year.\n\nHowever, as well as pushing up costs, the pandemic did help boost sales for some Kraft Heinz brands, Mr Patricio said, because staying in meant \"people are cooking far more than they were before\".\n\nCustomers in the UK bought more Heinz Baked Beans, while customers in the US bought more Kraft Mac & Cheese. Overall sales rose 1.6% to $13bn in the first half of this year, representing a slight slowdown. The results were described by Erin Lash, at the investment firm Morningstar, as \"still quite impressive relative to the comparable pre-pandemic period in 2019\".\n\nThe company is also undergoing an extensive restructuring under Mr Patricio, involving selling some old, and buying some new brands, which Ms Lash said was \"narrowing its focus and increasing its spending on innovation and marketing\" which would support future sales.\n\nMr Patricio said the firm was also spending significant sums on developing new packaging to meet its aims on reducing plastic waste.\n\nMost of the 650 million bottles of ketchup the firm sells every year are plastic, for example. But Mr Patricio said the firm was \"encouraging\" customers to buy glass bottles even though they are less convenient \"because you have to tap on the bottom\".\n\nHe added: \"We are working hard, not only on the plastic bottles, but everywhere in our footprint that has plastic.\"\n\nThe pandemic led to a shortage of ketchup sachets as demand for takeaways soared\n\nCampaigners against plastic waste would like to see a reduction in the use of single serving sachets.\n\nHowever following a shortage of sachets during the pandemic, as consumers bought more takeaways from restaurants, Kraft Heinz has invested in expanding production of them by 30%.\n\n\"Thanks God we did that, because now we don't have that [shortage] problem anymore\", said Mr Patricio. But he said the company was working on a solution \"to cutting the amount of plastic they use\".\n\nYou can watch Miguel Patricio's full interview on \"Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst\" on BBC World News on Sunday 10 October at 05:30 and 16:30 GMT, Monday 07:30 GMT and 16:30 GMT and Thursday at 07:30 GMT.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 2017: The BBC's Pallab Ghosh reports on an invention that means the ketchup \"just glides out\"", "Liberty Steel has secured a £50m cash injection which it says will safeguard 660 jobs at its plant in Rotherham.\n\nThe deal is part of a wider restructure of GFG Alliance, Liberty's owner, which was forced to seek funding when its key lender, Greensill Capital, collapsed.\n\nGFG Alliance said the cash would allow the Rotherham plant to reopen this month after being closed since spring.\n\nCommunity, the steelworkers' union, said it was \"overdue\" but was \"an important step in the right direction\".\n\nJeffrey Kabel, GFG's chief transformation officer, said: \"The injection of £50m of shareholder funds into Liberty Steel UK is an important step in our restructuring and transformation.\n\n\"It will help to create sustainable value, ensure that Liberty has the ability to raise and deploy capital quickly in the UK and enable our businesses to demonstrate their potential and agree long-term debt restructuring.\"\n\nAt the beginning of the year, Liberty Steel employed 3,000 steelworkers in the UK.\n\nBut its future was thrown into doubt when Greensill collapsed in early March. GFG has been struggling to raise new financing since then, while the majority of its workers have been on furlough.\n\nIn April, GFG approached the government for help, but the request was rejected by Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.\n\nGFG, one of the UK's largest industrial groups, is owned by businessman Sanjeev Gupta.\n\nA further 2,000 people work at other GFG steel sites in the UK.\n\nGFG said the cash injection would allow Liberty Steel (LSUK) to restart its electric arc furnace at Rotherham.\n\n\"Production ramp-up will commence in October 2021 with a plan to reach 50,000 tonnes per month as soon as possible,\" it added.\n\n\"The restart of operations will enable colleagues to return to work, setting the platform for LSUK's longer-term refinancing and delivery of its plan to expand Rotherham's capacity, creating a two million tonnes per annum green steel plant.\"\n\nNews of the move was welcomed by industry body UK Steel.\n\nA spokesperson said it was \"really good news for not only the company, but those many thousands of workers and their families, the communities where those jobs a located and of course the whole of the UK steel sector\".\n\n\"Our friends at Liberty Steel can now fire up those furnaces, make the steel that this economy needs and most importantly give some certainty to the well-paid and highly-skilled workforce.\"\n\nBut the spokesperson added: \"The last thing the sector needs now is for government to merely sit on its hands and risk an energy crisis becoming a steel industry crisis.\"\n\nUK Steel called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to intervene on the industry's behalf \"before it is too late\".\n\nRoy Rickhuss, general secretary of Community, said the deal \"demonstrates that GFG can raise funds for the UK\".\n\n\"Huge challenges remain,\" Mr Rickhuss said. \"But the workforce is ready to get back to making the best steels money can buy and the £50m injection will enable us to restart steelmaking.\"\n\nMeanwhile, plans are proceeding to sell off GFG's Speciality Steel business, which employs about 750 staff at plants in South Yorkshire.\n\nGFG said the cash lifeline would help Speciality Steel to \"establish a stable operating environment and create an attractive asset\".\n\nFurther afield, GFG said it had also agreed a debt restructuring for Liberty's Australian division with Credit Suisse Asset Management.\n\nGreensill's heavy exposure to Mr Gupta's business had prompted Credit Suisse to freeze withdrawals from up to £10bn worth of funds held as security.", "The survey found the latest rise in new business was led by the services sector\n\nLooser Covid restrictions helped boost Scottish private sector output to near record levels last month, according to a report.\n\nA regular RBS survey of purchasing managers found a steep rise in new business, with firms hiring more staff for the third month in a row.\n\n\"Improved client confidence\" was among other reasons cited for the upturn.\n\nThe rate of output growth was slower than May's, but was still the second quickest since September 2013.\n\nThe survey follows a separate RBS report on jobs, which found hiring activity at Scottish businesses continued to surge last month, amid easing Covid-19 restrictions and rising economic activity.\n\nThe bank's latest PMI index - which measures combined manufacturing and service sector output - posted 58.4 in June, falling from May's survey record of 61.5.\n\nThe survey indicated that the latest increase in new business was broad-based and led by services, with goods producers seeing growth slow on the month.\n\nMeanwhile, input prices faced by private sector firms continued to soar during June, with the rate of inflation the fastest since February 2011.\n\nPanellists attributed greater costs to material shortages, price hikes at suppliers, Brexit and higher fuel and utilities prices.\n\nIn response, Scottish private sector firms increased their average charges for the eighth month running.\n\nAccording to the survey, companies remained optimistic about activity over the coming year.\n\nThat confidence was linked to looser lockdown restrictions and the subsequent reopening of some sectors, as well as \"surging inflows\" of new work and hopes of a strong economic recovery.\n\nRBS Scotland board chairman Malcolm Buchanan said the June data showed \"some signs of optimism\" for the Scottish firms.\n\n\"The rates of increase in both business activity and new work slowed only slightly from May's respective series records and remained marked,\" he said.\n\n\"Inflationary pressures are a key concern, however, as material shortages and greater fuel and utilities fees continued to put severe upward pressure on input costs and, subsequently, selling prices.\"\n\nIn a separate development, Scotland's public spending watchdog has warned of \"acute and unpredictable\" financial pressures that will require co-operation between Scottish and UK governments.\n\nScotland's auditor general Stephen Boyle said in a blog on Friday that the response to Covid had made finances more complex than ever, and managing volatility would be difficult.\n\nHe warned that the £4.6bn committed to Covid spending for this year was not guaranteed by the UK government and could be increased or reduced.\n\nMr Boyle said there was a need for effective communication and co-operation between Downing Street and Holyrood.\n\nHe added that acute and unpredictable financial pressures did not only come from the public health crisis, but from backlogs in the NHS and courts.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has not committed to any additional government help for businesses struggling amid record gas prices.\n\nSome industries have warned firms could be forced to shut down operations.\n\nMr Kwarteng said he was working closely with the chancellor over possible support for energy intensive sectors - but a Treasury source denied this.\n\nThe business secretary said domestic customers would not see a change to the energy price cap this winter.\n\nAsked on BBC One's Andrew Marr programme whether there would be additional government help for energy-intensive companies, Mr Kwarteng described the situation as \"critical\" and said he was \"looking to find a solution\".\n\nWhen Andrew Marr suggested this sounded like a \"yes\" the business secretary said: \"No, it doesn't sound like yes at all.\n\n\"We already have existing support and we're looking to see whether that's sufficient to get us through this situation.\"\n\nSpeaking to Times Radio Mr Kwarteng, who met leaders from heavy industry on Friday, said he was not going to commit to \"any firm figure or subsidy\" for companies.\n\nAsked about whether the government would ensure factories would not have to close if they could not pay for gas he said it was a commercial decision and \"up to them\".\n\nHe added: \"We are not in the business of bail-outs. What we are in the business of is ensuring security of supply and that is what I am focused on.\"\n\nCEO of British Glass Dave Dalton, who was at Friday's meeting with Mr Kwarteng, said some of the confederation's \"significant\" members were \"teetering on the edge\".\n\n\"I think some companies are staring down the ability to survive, absolutely - ultimately that obviously cascades on to jobs and impacts on the consumer,\" he told the BBC.\n\nGareth Stace, director general of UK Steel, said he was frustrated by the lack of action to support businesses.\n\nHe told the BBC that without help in the next week or so, there would be \"significant and permanent damage to the UK steel sector\".\n\nUnite leader Sharon Graham said the country was \"contemplating factory shutdowns across viable manufacturing and businesses\" and that workers were \"worried sick\".\n\nBusinesses have been shouting louder and louder for support through this period of soaring energy prices.\n\nThis morning, the business secretary told the BBC he was listening to their concerns - but would not commit to any extra support.\n\nThose industries that use a lot of energy for manufacturing say that the time for working out a way forward has long gone.\n\nThe director general of UK Steel, Gareth Stace, expressed his frustration, saying pauses in steel production will only increase.\n\nThe government says the current situation emphasises the need for a revolution in how we generate energy, moving towards home-grown renewables.\n\nBut that's little comfort for those businesses dependent on energy from fossil fuels now, competing with intense demand in a global market.\n\nOn the Andrew Marr show, Mr Kwarteng denied asking for \"billions\" from the Treasury to subsidise energy-intensive businesses and said supply itself was \"not an issue\".\n\nA Treasury source said the business secretary had been \"mistaken\" to say that he had been working on possible support measures with the Chancellor Rishi Sunak.\n\nBridget Phillipson, Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said the government \"needs to get a grip\" and called for \"urgent answers on who exactly is running the show\".\n\n\"The two key government departments responsible for the current cost of living crisis have spent this morning infighting about whether they were in talks with each other. What a farce,\" she said.\n\nShe also accused the government of having \"put its out of office on\", referring to reports that the prime minister is on holiday in Spain.\n\nA number of Conservative MPs have called for the government to take action to support heavy industry.\n\nThe SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford called on the UK government to \"nurse\" businesses through the crisis, describing it as a \"perfect storm\".\n\nThe domestic consumer energy price cap, which is reviewed every six months, sets the maximum level a supplier can charge a consumer on a standard tariff in England, Wales and Scotland.\n\nMr Kwarteng told Marr that protecting consumers was his \"first and foremost objective\" and as such the price cap would stay at its current level until its next update which is due to in April.\n\nSome suppliers say the cap is just delaying an inevitable increase in consumer prices and should be reviewed more regularly.\n\nEnergy regulator Ofgem has warned households will see further \"significant rises\" in the spring, when the cap is reviewed.\n\nAsked by Marr if he was sure the lights would stay on this winter, Mr Kwarteng said \"yes, I am\".\n\nDue to high gas prices household energy suppliers have been forced to sell gas for less than they can buy it due to the price cap, leading some to fail.\n\nLast month, nine domestic energy supply companies went out of business, forcing 1.7 million customers to move to new suppliers and on to higher rates.\n\nPaul Richards, chief executive of Together Energy, which he said is currently making losses, said while he supported a price cap to protect customers, the current mechanism \"is not fit for industry, nor is it fit for customers\".\n\nHe said it protected customers in the short term but somewhere between £1bn and £3bn in costs would be spread back across business and households as a result of suppliers going bust.\n\nThe founder of OVO Energy Stephen Fitzpatrick told Marr that it has been \"too easy\" for companies to enter the energy market and that there will be more companies in difficulty.\n\nHe said the market was a complicated one, and he thought some people had not understood the risks.", "The UK's failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the country's worst public health failures, a report by MPs says.\n\nThe government approach - backed by its scientists - was to try to manage the situation and in effect achieve herd immunity by infection, it said.\n\nThis led to a delay in introducing the first lockdown, costing thousands of lives, the MPs found.\n\nBut their report highlighted successes too, including the vaccination rollout.\n\nIt described the approach to vaccination - from the research and development through to the rollout of the jabs - as \"one of the most effective initiatives in UK history\".\n\nBut campaigners criticised the report for failing to focus on those who had died, saying references to practical issues, including problems with laptops, was \"laughable\".\n\nThe 150-page document, Coronavirus: Lessons learned to date, is from the Health and Social Care Committee and the Science and Technology Committee, and MPs from all parties.\n\nIt predominantly focused on the response to the pandemic in England. The committees did not look at steps taken individually by Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.\n\nThe MPs called the pandemic, which has claimed more than 150,000 lives in the UK and nearly five million worldwide so far, the \"biggest peacetime challenge\" for a century.\n\nSome early failings, the report suggested, resulted from apparent \"group-think\" among scientists and ministers.\n\nIt meant the UK was not as open to different approaches on earlier lockdowns, border controls and test and trace as it should have been.\n\nA woman whose twin sisters died within three days of one another after testing positive for Covid says the report from MPs uses the success of the vaccine programme to deflect from earlier failures.\n\nZoe Davis' sisters Katy and Emma, who were both nurses, died in April 2020.\n\nShe says: \"Nobody is saying that the vaccine programme hasn't been phenomenal but the frustrating thing is that's a deflection of what is actually being brought to attention and the overall message is that Covid failures have cost lives.\"\n\nLindsay Jackson, from Derbyshire, whose mother died with Covid, said the report confirmed her fears she had about care home visits in March 2020.\n\n\"I knew in my own mind the lockdown was too slow, I knew the social care sector wasn't being looked after, I knew people shouldn't have been released from hospital without tests, and this just confirms that.\"\n\nShe is calling for the government to move to a public inquiry now to see if anyone is culpable.\n\nConservative MPs Jeremy Hunt and Greg Clark, who chair the committees, said the nature of the pandemic meant it was \"impossible to get everything right\".\n\n\"The UK has combined some big achievements with some big mistakes. It is vital to learn from both,\" they said.\n\nCabinet Office minister Stephen Barclay said scientific advice had been followed and the government had made \"difficult judgements\" to protect the NHS.\n\nHe said the government took responsibility for everything that happened - saying the government would not shy away from any lessons to be learned at the full statutory public inquiry, expected next year.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the report was a \"damning indictment\" and showed the errors and failures of running down the NHS before the pandemic.\n\nHe called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to apologise to the bereaved and hold the public inquiry as soon as possible.\n\nWhen Covid hit, the government's approach was to manage its spread through the population rather than try to stop it - or herd immunity by infection as the report called it.\n\nThe MPs said this was based on dealing with a flu pandemic, and was done on the advice of its scientific advisers on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage).\n\nBut the idea was not challenged enough by ministers in any part of the UK. Although other parts of Europe were guilty of this too, the MPs added.\n\nToo little was done in the early weeks to stop Covid spreading, the MPs said, despite evidence from China and then Italy that it was a virus that was highly infectious, caused severe illness and had no cure.\n\n\"The veil of ignorance through which the UK viewed the initial weeks of the pandemic was partly self-inflicted,\" the report said.\n\nAsked whether herd immunity had been a policy in the early days, Mr Hunt said he did not think there was any desire for the whole population to be infected.\n\nHowever, he said there was a \"fatalism that it was likely that in the end, that will be the only way that we will stop the progress of the virus\".\n\nDecisions on lockdowns and social distancing during those early weeks - and the advice that led to them - were described as \"one of the most important public health failures the UK has ever experienced\".\n\nThe advice from scientists changed on 16 March 2020 - with a lockdown announced a week later.\n\n\"This slow and gradualist approach was not inadvertent, nor did it reflect bureaucratic delay or disagreement between ministers and their advisers,\" the report said, describing it as a \"deliberate policy\".\n\n\"It is now clear that this was the wrong policy, and that it led to a higher initial death toll than would have resulted from a more emphatic early policy. In a pandemic spreading rapidly and exponentially, every week counted.\"\n\nA Liverpool FC and Atletico Madrid football match on 11 March - as a pandemic was declared by the WHO - and the Cheltenham Festival of Racing between 10 and 13 March, may have spread the virus.\n\nMr Barclay said hindsight was \"an issue\". Had the government known how much the country would be willing to endure, lockdown may have come sooner, the minister added.\n\nThe MPs also highlighted how ministers in England rejected scientific advice to have a two-week \"circuit-breaker\" in the autumn.\n\nThey said it was impossible to know whether that would have prevented the second lockdown in November, although they pointed out it had not in Wales.\n\nThe UK was one of the first countries in the world to develop a test for Covid in January 2020, but failed to translate that into an effective test-and-trace system during the first year of the pandemic, the report said.\n\nTesting in the community stopped in March 2020 and for weeks during the first peak only those admitted to hospital were tested.\n\nIt was not until May that the NHS Test and Trace system was launched in England, but the report described its start as \"slow, uncertain and often chaotic\".\n\nIt said the system was too centralised, only later making use of the expertise in local public health teams run by councils.\n\nBut it praised the target set by then Health Secretary Matt Hancock to get to 100,000 tests a day by the end of April, saying it played an important part in galvanising the system.\n\nThe greatest praise though was reserved for the vaccination programme and the way the government supported the development of a number of vaccines, including the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.\n\nIt said the whole programme was one of the most effective initiatives in history, and will ultimately help to save millions of lives here and across the world.\n\nA key step, taken early on following a suggestion from chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance, was to set up a task force that combined the talents of scientists, the NHS and the private sector, led by the \"bold leadership\" of venture capitalist Kate Bingham.\n\nThe development of treatments, such as dexamethasone, for Covid through the UK Recovery Trial was another area where the UK's response was genuinely world-leading, the report said.\n\nAnd the NHS and government were also credited with the way hospital intensive care capacity was increased to ensure the majority who needed hospital treatment received it.\n\nThe report's recommendations include comprehensive government plans for future emergencies, a bigger role for the armed forces in emergency response plans, and considering a government and NHS volunteer reserve database.\n\nThe MPs said the pandemic had also exacerbated existing social, economic and health inequalities which would need addressing.\n\nThe report highlighted \"unacceptably high\" death rates in ethnic minority groups and among people with learning disabilities and autism.\n\nFor ethnic minorities, there were a variety of factors, including possible biological reasons and increased exposure because of housing and working conditions.\n\nFor people with learning disabilities, not enough thought was given to how restrictions would have a detrimental impact on them - particularly in terms of accessing health care more generally. Do not resuscitate orders were also used inappropriately.\n\nThere was a lack of priority attached to care homes too at the start of the pandemic.\n\nThe rapid discharge of people from hospital into care homes without adequate testing or isolation was a prime example of this.\n\nThis, combined with untested staff bringing infection into homes from the community, led to many thousands of deaths which could have been avoided.\n\nScience minister George Freeman said it was too early for any proper discussion about blame or fault.\n\nAsked about the higher UK death toll, he said: \"A lot of that is actually to do with the very, very heavy obesity-related cardiometabolic chronic disease cohort that we've been carrying for years - that's a failure of public health in this country over decades.\"\n\nLobby Akinnola, of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaign group, said Mr Freeman's comments were \"grossly offensive\", adding that \"the statutory inquiry cannot come soon enough\".", "Starting salaries continued to rise sharply at Scottish firms last month as the supply of job candidates in some sectors fell away, a survey has found.\n\nThe latest RBS Report on Jobs said recruiters noted candidate shortages for both permanent and temporary posts.\n\nThe lack of supply was attributed by some respondents to \"a reluctance among candidates to switch roles due to Covid-19 related uncertainty\".\n\nBrexit and off-payroll working tax rules were also cited for the shortage.\n\nFor permanent positions, the rate of decline in supply was the fastest since March 2019, while firms signalled the steepest downturn in temp staff supply in the survey's history.\n\nThe shortage came as hiring activity at Scottish businesses surged again last month, in line with easing Covid-19 restrictions and rising economic activity.\n\nAn upturn in permanent placements was slower than in May but was still rapid overall, while temp billings growth also remained historically elevated.\n\nPanellists in the survey suggested the shortage of candidates for permanent roles had \"placed upwards pressure\" on pay, with the rate of increase among the steepest on record.\n\nRecruiters across Scotland also recorded a further increase in average hourly wages for short-term staff during June.\n\nTemp wages have now risen in all but one of the past nine months.\n\nDemand for permanent staff across Scotland rose sharply again during June, with the fastest rise since data collection began in January 2003.\n\nAcross the monitored sectors, IT and computing registered the quickest increase in vacancies, followed by engineering and construction.\n\nRecruiters across Scotland also registered a further rise in the number of temporary vacancies during June. Blue collar posts saw the strongest rise in the number of temp vacancies, followed by IT and computing.\n\nRBS chief economist Sebastian Burnside said the June data pointed to a \"sustained rebound\" of the Scottish jobs market.\n\nEarlier this week, a Scottish Chambers of Commerce survey suggested Scottish businesses were seeing \"shoots of recovery\" for the first time in over a year as Covid-19 restrictions began to lift.\n\nIts latest quarterly economic indicator indicated more positive growth across all sectors, with firms reporting substantial rises in confidence and domestic sales.\n\nHowever, while companies were optimistic about sales revenue in the third quarter of this year, they are more cautious around investment and staff levels.\n\nThey also expressed greater concern over inflation, as more consumers spend savings accumulated over the last 16 months.\n\nSCC president Tim Allan said: \"The success of the vaccine rollout has enabled the easing of restrictions and the gradual reopening of the economy, unleashing pent-up demand in the economy.\n\n\"This has allowed some sectors to rebound more quickly than others.\n\n\"However, the route to economic recovery will be a marathon, not a sprint.\"", "The UK's Brexit minister has threatened to suspend parts of the deal with the EU if the bloc does not agree changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nLord Frost said the protocol - put in place to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland - was \"not working and needs to change\".\n\nHe said he worried the UK's proposals would not be agreed by the EU.\n\nLord Frost said triggering Article 16, which would suspend part of the deal, may end up as \"the only way\" forward.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Protocol was agreed by both sides as a way to protect the Good Friday Agreement by keeping Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods.\n\nBut Unionists have said the protocol damages trade with other parts of the UK by creating a border in the Irish Sea.\n\nArticle 16 can be triggered by either the UK or EU to suspend elements of the Brexit deal on the condition that the protocol is causing \"serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties that are liable to persist, or to diversion of trade\".\n\nBut critics say it would only be a temporary fix and not solve the long-term issues which the protocol has raised.\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said the government believed \"the conditions have been met\" to trigger Article 16.\n\nBut while he said the government was willing to trigger it, they preferred the option of negotiating a \"sustainable\" agreement with the EU.\n\n\"The EU has got to come to the table in good faith,\" he added. \"They have got to work with us to get a solution that delivers.\"\n\nAn EU spokeswoman said they would not comment on Lord Frost's remarks, \"however lyrical or aggressive they may be\".\n\nBut they said the bloc was \"working intensively to find practical solutions to some of the difficulties that people in Northern Ireland are experiencing\".\n\nSpeaking at the Conservative Party conference, Lord Frost said the government \"knew [it was] taking a risk\" when it agreed to the protocol in the autumn of 2019, claiming his team were \"worried right from the start that the protocol would not take the strain if not handled sensitively\".\n\nBut he said the arrangements were \"going to come apart even more quickly than we feared\", and support for the protocol had collapsed across Northern Ireland.\n\n\"We can still solve these problems,\" said Lord Frost, pointing to proposals he sent to the EU in July.\n\n\"We still await a formal response from the EU... but from what I hear, I worry that we will not get a response that enables the significant change we need,\" he added.\n\n\"So I urge the EU to be ambitious. There is no use tinkering around the edges. We need significant change.\"\n\nLater, the minister told a fringe event at the conference that he expected to get a response to the UK's proposals within the next two weeks, adding: \"We need a short, intensive and good faith talks process to happen quite soon. We need to show we've tried everything.\"\n\nAnd at another event, he referred to the negotiations, which, he indicated, could last \"three weeks or so\".\n\nThe EU has sent its own proposals to the UK on changes the protocol, but Lord Frost did not mention them in his speech.\n\nInstead he said if the two sides did not come up with a solution, \"using the Article 16 safeguard mechanism to address the impact the protocol is having in Northern Ireland...may in the end be the only way to protect our country, our people, our trade and our territorial integrity, the peace process and the benefits to this great UK\".\n\nThe threat to trigger Article 16 is not new. Lord Frost has made it a number of times.\n\nIt would not spell the end of the Northern Ireland Protocol. Article 16 only suspends limited aspects of the agreement, even though the UK government is looking for a much wider-ranging renegotiation of the deal it signed up to less than two years ago.\n\nAs it stands, the future of Northern Ireland looks set to bedevil relations between the UK and the EU for some time.\n\nAnd Lord Frost's negotiating style is certainly brusque.\n\nA few years ago, in another job, he was singing the praises of the single market.\n\nNow, in this speech, the EU is \"heavy-handed\" and British membership was a \"long bad dream\".\n\nIt's a challenging basis from which to launch the close partnership with its neighbours that the government says it wants.\n\nThe leader of the DUP, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, told an event at the Conservative conference he was \"confident\" the government was moving in the right direction and that action would be taken on the protocol.\n\nBut the MP said he had made it clear \"the clock was ticking\" and the government must \"arrest the harm\" the protocol is doing to Northern Ireland and the economy.\n\nLabour's shadow Northern Ireland secretary, Louise Haigh, said: \"Lord Frost negotiated every single word of the deal he now discredits at every opportunity, and as this speech proves, their approach is inflaming tensions while solving nothing.\"", "Rosen spent two months in a medically induced coma after catching Covid-19\n\nMichael Rosen has won the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education Poetry Award (CLiPPA) for his collection of poems about migration.\n\nOn The Move saw Rosen reflect on his own past as part of a Polish-Jewish family growing up in London.\n\nThe collection was published in 2020 and was illustrated by Quentin Blake.\n\nThe chair of the judges, Allie Esiri, described the collection as \"a timely - and timeless - reminder of our kinship with our fellow humans\".\n\nThe 75-year-old was announced as the winner at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on Monday.\n\nThe victory comes after a punishing 18 months for Rosen, who became ill with Covid-19 in March 2020 and spent two months in a medically induced coma.\n\nHe was just beginning his recovery when On the Move was published last October. He described his experiences of being seriously ill in a book earlier this year, and will soon publish a picture book about learning to walk again.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'It was so serious that I don't know about it': Michael Rosen was put in a coma to fight Covid-19\n\nOn The Move includes poems about Rosen's \"missing\" relatives, who lost their lives in the Holocaust, and connects his experiences with migration around the world to argue that the human race is always on the move.\n\nEsiri said: \"The very best poems are rockets which can propel us to worlds - real and imagined - that are different from our own, and maps which can guide us to better understand the emotional, social or political terrain around us.\n\n\"The shortlist for this year's CLiPPA was extremely strong, showcasing outstanding poetry, but the judges were unanimous in choosing On the Move as the winner for the way in which it situates us, with striking immediacy, within Michael Rosen's own personal recollections of migration, and invites us to consider the plight of others forced to be on the move today.\"\n\nRosen has won the CLiPPA once before, in 2016 for his collection A Great Big Cuddle, when the award was shared with Sarah Crossan for One.\n\nThis year, he beat collections from poets Nikita Gill, Matt Goodfellow, Manjeet Mann and Jane Newberry to the crown.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Midnight rush for shops and pubs as Sydney reopens\n\nAustralia's largest city, Sydney, has emerged from Covid lockdown after almost four months, with locals celebrating a range of new freedoms.\n\nPeople queued for pubs and shops that opened at midnight on Monday. Many others have been enjoying anticipated reunions with relatives and friends.\n\nHousehold visits and travel had been banned beyond a 5km (3.1 mile) zone.\n\nSydney exited lockdown after New South Wales state reached a 70% double-dose vaccination target for over-16s.\n\nMost restrictions have now been eased for fully vaccinated people.\n\nPeople can now share meals together at reopened cafes and restaurants, and visit gyms, libraries and pools. There were long queues for barbers and nail salons on Monday.\n\nThe Lord Gladstone Hotel, an inner city pub, was doing a roaring lunch trade after months of limited trading and takeaway-only options.\n\n\"We're stoked to be back, we're having the best Monday in months, even before Covid,\" Pat Blake, the pub's licensee, told the BBC.\n\n\"People are just ready to come back and sit down for a schooie [beer], see their friends, be somewhere there's always music playing,\" he said.\n\n\"The kitchen is pumping. I had forgotten about the pub smells. As soon as the fryers turned on it was really nostalgic.\"\n\nAustralia's most populous state has reached a 70% vaccination target for over-16s\n\nQueues formed for many reopened businesses on Monday\n\nMore restrictions will ease when 80% of over-16s are fully vaccinated. Currently, over 90% have received a first dose.\n\n\"It's been a difficult 100 days,\" state Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Monday.\n\n\"But the efforts that people have made right across the state, to go out and get vaccinated, has enabled this great day.\"\n\nMr Perrottet warned that NSW was bracing for a surge in Covid cases, but said the healthcare system had been preparing for weeks.\n\n\"We'll see hospitalisations increase… but we need to learn to live alongside the virus,\" he said.\n\nThe state has not yet imposed a system to check vaccination status, leaving it up to individual businesses.\n\nSydney's lockdown began in late June after a Delta variant outbreak took hold, leading to more than 50,000 infections and 439 deaths.\n\nIt spread to Melbourne and Canberra, prompting them to go into lockdown, as well as to New Zealand.\n\nCanberra is due to exit lockdown on Friday, while Melbourne is predicted to reopen in late October.\n\nThe NSW government is ramping up support for businesses to recover quickly\n\nAustralia had previously adhered to a Covid elimination strategy, and this remains the objective in some states.\n\nBut the rapid spread of the Delta variant forced a greater focus on vaccination efforts so Australia could switch to \"living with the virus\".\n\nQueensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory have remained virus-free after shutting their borders to infected states.\n\nAuthorities have flagged that Australians living abroad could travel back into Sydney next month, as the nation's borders reopen.", "Police said the collision, involving a bronze Toyota Hilux, took place in Lenham Road, Headcorn\n\nFour people have been killed and a teenage boy seriously injured in a crash on a country lane.\n\nKent Police said a bronze Toyota Hilux crashed in Lenham Road, Headcorn, at about 00:55 BST on Sunday.\n\nFour people, aged 18, 19, 25 and 44, who were inside the vehicle, were declared dead at the scene.\n\nA 15-year-old boy, who was a passenger in the car, was taken to a London hospital with life-threatening injuries, the force added.\n\nAnyone who witnessed the crash, or has CCTV, mobile phone or dashcam footage, is asked to contact Kent Police.\n\nA 15-year-old boy was taken to hospital after the crash\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Marcus Rashford: Manchester United and England striker says support after racist abuse was a 'special moment' Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nThere's never a time that racism is acceptable - Rashford speaks to BBC Breakfast's Sally Nugent Marcus Rashford has said the support he received after being targeted with racist abuse following the Euro 2020 final was a \"special moment\" for him. The Manchester United striker was targeted on social media after missing his spot-kick in England's penalty shootout defeat by Italy. His vandalised mural in Manchester was then adorned with messages of support. Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Rashford said: \"That was nice, it's something you won't ever forget.\" In his first interview on the subject since the Euros, the 23-year-old added: \"It's hard to describe the feeling it gives you, but one thing I've always said is that I want to see people act as one in communities and environments and that was one big highlight for me. \"It was a time everyone came together and whatever they thought was the right thing to do, they just did it and it was a special moment.\" Rashford started the Euro 2020 final at Wembley on the bench but was brought on by England boss Gareth Southgate near the end of extra time to take a penalty. The game finished 1-1, but Italy won 3-2 on spot-kicks with Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka unable to convert from 12 yards for the Three Lions. 'Different backgrounds, different environments, different religions' Thousands of supportive messages were left on the Rashford mural in Withington after it had been defaced shortly following England's loss to Italy All three players suffered racist abuse, but Rashford spoke of being uplifted by the outpouring of support he and his team-mates received. He added: \"This might sound crazy, but being in the moment and not winning the tournament that you've been there for two months trying to win, and just missing by one goal, you're fully focused on that. So, in the aftermath, you're not quite tuned into it because you're still thinking about the game. \"For me, that was certainly the case. It took a week, two weeks to clear my head and only then did I start taking note of the different types of people who've stepped up and started defending us and spreading the word that racism is not OK. \"I didn't actually see it properly for a couple of weeks but when I did see it, it was definitely a great feeling for me. \"Obviously I was having surgery at the time as well, so it was nice to see people not only come together, but the rest of us stood together for the same things. \"People of different backgrounds, people from different environments, different religions all saying the same thing and it was nice to see that.\" 'I'm in a much better place physically and mentally' Rashford has resumed full training with United after recovering from shoulder surgery Rashford, who last week received an honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester for his work to tackle child poverty, has not played since the loss to Italy because of a shoulder injury. The problem had been troubling the forward for months and, in July, he spoke of needing to \"listen to his body\" after a long season that saw him play 57 times for United. But Rashford says he is feeling \"much better\" after returning to full training at the start of the month. \"My recovery is - I wouldn't say coming to an end because obviously I have to keep looking after it - but I'm in a much better place physically and mentally. \"Last year was a very long season for me, I got this injury at the end of September and gradually it got that little bit worse, but now I'm fully free of that, I feel much better physically and mentally.\" Rashford says it is a \"great feeling\" having Ronaldo back at Old Trafford Rashford will return to a United team whose attack was bolstered in the summer by the big-money signing of Sancho and the return of Cristiano Ronaldo to Old Trafford from Juventus. Ronaldo left United to join Real Madrid in 2009, when Rashford was making his way through the club's academy, and the England forward hopes the 36-year-old's goalscoring prowess can help the Red Devils end their quest for a first trophy under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. \"That's a great feeling for me, as a player, but also as a fan of the club as well,\" said Rashford when asked what it was like having Ronaldo back at the club. \"It's always nice when a club legend finds a way back to the club. To be playing with him back at Old Trafford is a terrific feeling and hopefully gives us a push to start winning more trophies.\"\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "The vehicle crashed near the Flying Fox roundabout on the A5 in Bedfordshire\n\nFour people have died following a crash near a roundabout in Bedfordshire, police have confirmed.\n\nPolice said emergency crews were called to a single-vehicle crash near the Flying Fox roundabout on the A5 at about 03:40 BST on Sunday.\n\nThere were reports of a car alight in a field near Heath and Reach.\n\nOfficers said they were working in a \"dignified and meticulous manner in order to establish what happened in this tragic, awful incident\".\n\nBedfordshire Police said a man who had been travelling in the car was pronounced dead at the scene and confirmed three other people travelling in the car had also died.\n\nBedfordshire Police said officers were involved in a \"complex investigation\" into the crash\n\nThe force said work at the scene was \"highly complex\" and was likely to continue into Tuesday.\n\nActing Sgt David Burstow, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire serious collision investigation unit, said: \"Specially trained officers are speaking to their families and are offering them support, while forensic identification is still to take place.\n\n\"While we believe no other vehicles were involved, our investigations are ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the incident.\"\n\nSgt Burstow asked people to avoid speculation on social media, but asked for witnesses or those with information about what happened to come forward.\n\n\"We would be particularly interested to hear from anyone with dashcam or CCTV footage which could help with our inquiries,\" he added.\n\nThe crash happened near to the Flying Fox roundabout on the A5\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson said he believes the Northern Ireland Protocol could \"in principle work\" if it was \"fixed\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has said he believes the Northern Ireland Protocol could \"in principle work\" if it was \"fixed\".\n\nBut he also did not rule out triggering Article 16 if the EU failed to come up with plans to deal with current issues.\n\nMr Johnson's comments came in an interview with BBC News NI.\n\nHe also talked about the government's controversial legacy proposals, which seek to end all Troubles-related prosecutions before 1998.\n\nMr Johnson insisted he did not want to \"deny\" anyone justice but felt it was time for Northern Ireland to \"move on\".\n\nThe prime minister said he wanted the EU to come to the table with serious proposals to fix the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\n\"The fundamental problem for us is that it is very difficult to operate in an environment where the EU system can decide when and how many checks can be carried out across the Irish Sea,\" he said.\n\n\"Goods are being pointlessly interrupted, and it is crazy to have cancer drugs which you can't move from one part of the UK to another.\"\n\nPost-Brexit goods checks are being carried out at Northern Ireland's ports as a result of the protocol\n\nThe Northern Ireland Protocol is a post-Brexit trade arrangement, which was agreed by the UK and the EU in order to avoid the reintroduction of a hard border on the island of Ireland.\n\nUnder the terms of the protocol, Northern Ireland must still apply EU single market rules at its ports, in order to avoid the need for checks along the Irish land border as goods enter the EU.\n\nIn practice, this means some products moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland have been subject to new checks, which has angered many unionists who feel this is damaging trade, supply lines and Northern Ireland's position within the UK.\n\nHowever, the prime minister said it was possible for the protocol to function.\n\n\"The protocol could in principle work,\" he said.\n\n\"It has got enough leeway in the language for it to be applied in a common sense way without creating too many checks down the Irish Sea.\"\n\nBut he warned it will come down to \"fixing it or ditching it\".\n\nAsked if he planned to trigger Article 16 during next week's Conservative Party conference he said \"that depends on the response from the EU\".\n\nThe prime minister was also questioned as to why he signed up to a deal which created a border down the Irish Sea.\n\nHe denied that he was naïve but said he had an \"optimistic view of human nature and thought they (EU) would want to respect the Belfast Good Friday Agreement\".\n\nHe added the protocol was framed to operate \"free trade east to west just as much as north to south and that was very, very clear but unfortunately that is not the way it is being operated\".\n\nMr Johnson also defended the government's legacy proposals, which if adopted would see an end to all Troubles-related prosecution prior to 1998.\n\n\"We are trying to find a way forward and draw a line under one of the most wretched and miserable periods in our recent history,\" he said.\n\n\"We need to find a way of allowing people to reach an understanding of what happened and allowing families to reach closure while at the same time drawing a line.\"\n\nHe added \"We don't want to deny anybody justice but what we do want is to heal, bring people together in a process of understanding of what happened but also to say to the people that it time for Northern Ireland to move on\"", "Packham said \"two masked men\" drove a vehicle to his gates and set it on fire in the early hours of Friday\n\nWildlife expert Chris Packham has vowed that intimidation will not stop him from campaigning after a suspected arson attack at his home.\n\nThe broadcaster said two masked men set a vehicle on fire at the gate of his New Forest home at about 00:30 BST on Friday, causing extensive damage.\n\nHe said the attack was the \"cost\" of online abuse he receives, but added it would not sway him from his causes.\n\nHampshire Police said it was investigating the fire.\n\nIn a video on Twitter, Packham questioned if the men were members of one of a number of conservation organisations and rural groups \"or some of my internet trolls, who fill my timeline with hate?\"\n\nHe said he received many defamatory and libellous comments online, but those who posted them were getting away with it because the law, \"as it stands, means that I am unable to take any action against this form of harassment\".\n\nHe said it was a frustrating situation, which came at a cost.\n\n\"Perhaps the cost is having my gate burned down, causing thousands of pounds' worth of damage,\" he added.\n\nThe fire came a day before Packham delivered a 100,000 signature petition to Buckingham Palace\n\nHe said he had previously had dead animals left at his home, including foxes and badgers, but actions against him had now escalated \"to damaging that property\".\n\nHowever, he said he would not bow to the pressure to support activities he did not agree with, such as \"illegal shooting\" and trail hunting.\n\n\"If you think that by burning down those gates that I'm suddenly going to become a supporter... then you're wrong,\" he said.\n\n\"I will just carry on, because I have no choice. I cannot and will not let your intimidation sway me from my cause.\"\n\nIn 2019, the BBC Springwatch presenter spoke about a \"very calculated\" death threat he received after campaigning for measures to protect birds from being shot.\n\nThe fire at his property came a day before he delivered a 100,000 signature petition to Buckingham Palace, which called on the Royal Family to conserve nature on their estates and reintroduce animals like beavers and wild boar.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Net zero means a country takes as much of these planet-warming gases - such as carbon dioxide - out of the atmosphere as it puts in.\n\nIn March, the government released a new net zero strategy, after a court ruled its previous plan did not contain enough detail about how its climate targets would be met.\n\nBut the government's independent advisers, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), have called the UK's efforts \"worryingly slow\".\n\nThe cost of delivering net zero - and who pays for it - has sparked a political debate. The CCC estimates it will require an extra £50bn of investment per year, by 2030.\n\nWhat progress is being made?\n\nThe UK has been successful in cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation so far. These have fallen by around three-quarters since 1990.\n\nThis is due to a declining use of fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas - for electricity.\n\nMeanwhile the proportion of electricity generated by renewables - like wind and solar - has grown to around 40% in the last few years, up from just over 10% a decade ago.\n\nThe government has pledged that all of the UK's electricity will come from low carbon sources (renewables and nuclear) by 2035.\n\nHowever, reports by the CCC, the National Audit Office and a cross-party group of MPs have warned that the UK risks missing its target, without clearer planning and much faster action.\n\nDespite the push for more renewable energy, the government is granting 100 oil and gas production licences for the North Sea.\n\nIt says it wants to reduce the UK's reliance on imported energy - such as gas - from \"hostile states\" and says some fossil fuels will still be needed when net zero is reached.\n\nBut the CCC says investing in renewables would be a better way to reduce reliance on imports and bring bills down for consumers.\n\nIt says the expansion of fossil fuel production \"is not in line with net zero\".\n\nThe UK still relies heavily on fossil fuels for its total energy needs. Total energy use includes electricity, but also things like petrol cars and gas heating.\n\nBuildings account for about 17% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, mainly due to burning fossil fuels for heating.\n\nThe government has committed to installing 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028 to replace gas boilers.\n\nHeat pumps use electricity rather than gas, and are around three times more efficient than a boiler. The government is offering grants of £5,000 to help homeowners in England and Wales install a heat pump.\n\nIn 2022, around 70,000 heat pumps were installed in the UK, leaving the government's 600,000 target \"significantly off track\", according to the CCC.\n\nThe UK has some of the least energy-efficient homes in Europe. Insulation is one of the most effective ways to reduce emissions from housing.\n\nThe government has introduced the Great British Insulation Scheme to help insulate around 300,000 of the poorest-performing homes but the CCC says it needs to go further.\n\nTransport (not including aviation and shipping) accounted for just under a quarter of UK emissions in 2022, making it the largest emitting sector.\n\nThe government says no new fully petrol and diesel cars will be sold from 2030.\n\nBy 2028, it wants 52% of car sales to be electric. In 2022, nearly 17% of car sales were electric. This is ahead of schedule, according to the CCC.\n\nThe government wants 300,000 publicly-accessible charging points for electric cars by 2030.\n\nThe number of public charging points increased to around 37,000 in 2022 - up by nearly a third from 2021. But the rate of deployment will have to rise further, the CCC says.\n\nThe government has allocated nearly £300m for up to 1,400 zero-emission buses through regional schemes, but the CCC says it needs to confirm when it will end the sale of diesel buses.\n\nThe government aims to remove all diesel-only trains by 2040, but the CCC says it needs a clearer plan to achieve this.\n\nOverall, the CCC says there has been \"little progress\" switching to lower carbon modes of travel, such as public transport and active travel, to reduce car demand.\n\nFlying makes up about 7% of overall UK emissions, and shipping about 3%.\n\nThe UK has a strategy for delivering net zero aviation by 2050.\n\nIt has been criticised for relying too much on technologies such as sustainable fuels and zero emissions aircraft that do not yet exist.\n\nAs a result, the CCC says that the government should be looking at how to manage demand rather than allowing it to grow - for example addressing private jet use and providing lower cost rail travel.\n\nIt says there should be no net airport expansion across the UK.\n\nProgress has also been slow to establish a strategy to decarbonise shipping, the CCC says.\n\nAgriculture and land use produce 11% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nThe government released its food strategy in June 2022, but the CCC criticised it for failing to deliver action to drive down emissions from agriculture at the required scale or pace.\n\nIt has also been criticised for not doing more to encourage a switch to a more sustainable diet - eating plant-based foods, for example.\n\nMeat consumption in the UK has been falling though - down 17% in the last decade.\n\nIn February 2023, the government released details of its long-awaited environmental land management schemes for England, replacing the EU common agricultural policy.\n\nThe schemes mean farmers can apply for public money to support activities that benefit the environment.\n\nTrees and peatlands play important roles in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.\n\nUK forest cover is 13%, among the lowest in Europe.\n\nThe government has a target to plant 30,000 hectares of trees a year by 2025.\n\nHowever, annual UK tree planting has not risen above 15,000 hectares since 2001.\n\nThe UK forestry body has warned that there is \"zero chance\" of the UK meeting its target.\n\nIt is estimated that only around 20% of UK peatlands are in a near-natural state, including only 1.3% in England.\n\nThese damaged peatlands are responsible for around 5% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, whereas healthy peatlands would take up carbon dioxide.\n\nThe government aims to restore around 29,000 hectares of peatland a year across England, Scotland and Wales by 2025. But current levels are less than half this, leaving peatland restoration \"significantly off track\", the CCC says.\n\nHydrogen is a low-carbon fuel that could be used for transport, heating, power generation or energy storage.\n\nThe government says it considers hydrogen to be a critical part of future energy security and decarbonisation. It wants to have a 10GW hydrogen production capacity by 2030.\n\nThe industry is in its infancy, and the government admits it will need \"rapid and significant scale-up\" in the coming years.\n\nThe government has promised a decision on the role of hydrogen in heating by 2026, but the CCC says this delay is holding back potential investment.\n\nIn March 2023 the government announced the first winning projects from the £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund.\n\nThe ability to capture carbon before it is released - or take it out of the atmosphere and store it - will be important if the UK is to reach net zero.\n\nThe government is aiming to capture and store between 20 and 30 million tonnes of CO2 a year by 2030.\n\nThe Chancellor recently announced £20bn in investment in carbon capture over the next 20 years, and several projects have been announced.\n\nBut the technology is still emerging and is expensive, and can only capture a portion of emissions.\n\nIndustrial emissions represent about 14% of the UK total.\n\nThe government aims to cut emissions from manufacturing by about two-thirds by 2035.\n\nIt has a scheme to cap the amount of emissions allowed by individual sectors each year, reducing that amount over time.\n\nBut the scheme risks companies shifting production to other countries and therefore not actually reducing their emissions. Small facilities, representing around 40% of industrial emissions, are not included in the scheme.\n\nThe government is also under pressure to respond to the green investment packages announced by the US and EU over the past year.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Shoppers have shared their views on vaccine passes in Wales\n\nBusinesses and music lovers have said they feel \"torn\" after the introduction of Covid passes for nightclubs and large events in Wales.\n\nA knife-edge vote in the Senedd on Tuesday, with 28 politicians voting for and 27 against, will see the new rules brought in on 11 October.\n\nCritics said the pass would divide society and make it harder for businesses to recover lockdown losses.\n\nBut others said the pass helped make people feel safer.\n\nLucy Rees and Holly Hermann, both 19, from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, said they had already downloaded their Covid passes to be allowed into a concert on Tuesday night.\n\n\"I think it's kind of good to be honest,\" said Ms Rees.\n\n\"We went to go to a concert last night, we had to have the Covid pass to get in, so it was better because you feel safer.\n\n\"I was really confused to begin with... but then it was easy.\"\n\nKatie Owen, 24, from Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, said: \"I feel people should have the decision whether they want the vaccine or not. I've personally been double-vaxxed. I work in the music industry so I feel it's the right thing to do to make people feel safe.\n\n\"But I'm a bit torn, I feel some people are a bit scared and don't know enough about the vaccines.\"\n\nBut she said she would \"definitely\" be getting a pass.\n\n\"If you want to go to a club with your friends and they've got their vaccine passes and you haven't then you're going to be a bit stuck.\"\n\nLucy Rees and Holly Hermann have already downloaded their Covid passes\n\nJonathon Dawes, 18, from Rhyl, Denbighshire, who is studying politics and economics at Kings College, London, said the introduction of the pass risked eroding people's freedoms.\n\n\"I've had my double jab, but when it comes to Covid passes I oppose vaccine passports and the reason I do so is not only do I think they're a massive impracticality for businesses up and down the country, but I think pursuing such an avenue is a very dangerous one because we're approaching a situation now where civil liberties are under threat.\"\n\nSylvia Majer, 21, from Cardiff, said: \"I think they are a good idea - they don't exclude anyone, or you can just do a test.\n\nSylvia Majer says passes are a good idea to stop people who test positive from mixing\n\nShe said the need for a pass meant it put \"more pressure on people testing positive not to mix and we want to keep the rates down\".\n\n\"There are issues with only using lateral flow tests because it is hard to police them, it's relying on the word of the person doing them if it is negative,\" she said.\n\nBusiness owner Skye Noman says her staff will all need passes so they can go to festivals and other events for work\n\nBut some business owners said the introduction of the passes was unfair and would have repercussions for those trying to recover after the Covid lockdowns.\n\nSkye Noman, 21, from Cardiff, who set up her Oh My Shakes business during the first national lockdown in 2020, said she thought the Covid pass would be divisive.\n\n\"It's different for everybody isn't it, some people will want the vaccine and then get their passport, other people won't for personal reasons,\" she said.\n\n\"And then to only allow those in who have got the passport seems a bit, I wouldn't say discriminatory, but it's making two different sides.\n\n\"We will be attending festivals and events, so it will definitely affect us because I'm sure my staff will be attending these events and will all need the passports as well.\"\n\nWith Tuesday's vote causing controversy after one Conservative Member of the Senedd said he was unable to vote remotely, there have been calls for another vote.\n\nMichael Kill, chief executive of the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), said his industry was \"devastated\" by the decision, particularly as it was so close.\n\nHe said business owners felt \"somewhat outraged\" at the circumstances.\n\nHe called the decision \"unfair and undemocratic\" and said the NTIA had requested another vote.\n\n\"This is a fundamental vote and will impact so many businesses and so many livelihoods it cannot be taken lightly,\" he said.\n\nMichael Kill says the industry does not take safety lightly\n\n\"We're still a very fragile industry and for this to be put in place at a time of such fragility, given the fact we've got some issues around staff shortages, and trade at the moment is starting to top up the losses, the huge losses and the debt that have been built up over this period.\n\n\"You can understand why some of the operators amongst us are very concerned at this coming in.\n\n\"No one wants to compromise public health, but we also want to be treated fairly,\" he said.", "Cyber-attacks which see hackers get inside computer networks and lock the owners out until they pay a ransom present \"the most immediate danger\" to UK businesses in cyber-space, the head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned.\n\nLindy Cameron said her agency, an arm of GCHQ, and the National Crime Agency had assessed that cyber-criminals based in Russia, and its neighbours, were responsible for the most of the \"devastating\" ransomware attacks against the UK.\n\nShe said these types of attack posed a threat to everyone from major companies to local councils and schools.\n\nSpeaking at the Chatham House Cyber 2021 conference, Ms Cameron warned that not enough organisations were prepared for the threat or tested their cyber-defences.\n\nLindy Cameron has been chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, the agency tasked with defending the UK in cyberspace, for just over a year\n\nIncreasingly in recent cases, criminal gangs have also threatened to release some of the data they have access to publicly.\n\nHackney Borough Council was hit by one attack which led to significant disruption to services and IT systems going down for months.\n\nIreland's Health Service Executive also suffered a significant attack this year, leading to months of disrupted appointments and services.\n\nRansomware has risen up the agenda in recent months, particularly the United States where an attack on the company Colonial Pipeline led to fuel shortages on the east coast.\n\nPresident Biden warned President Vladimir Putin about activity that came from gangs within Russia.\n\nA ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline in the US led to fuel shortages on the east coast of the country\n\nThere had been some signs that Russian-linked activity dipped over the summer but cyber-security experts believe much of that may be to do with the hackers taking their summer holiday rather than any fundamental shift away from what has been a highly-lucrative business model.\n\nMs Cameron said that ransomware would continue to be attractive while organisations remained vulnerable and were willing to pay. She said the government had been clear that paying ransoms simply emboldened criminal groups.\n\nAs well as improving its defences, she also said the UK would aim to deliver a \"sustained, proactive\" campaign to disrupt those harming the UK, including ransomware gangs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThis would include a range of techniques including the newly established National Cyber Force which can carry out offensive hacking operations.\n\nIn a wide-ranging speech, Ms Cameron, who has served just over a year as head of the NCSC, said the pandemic continued to cast a shadow over cyber-security and was likely to do so for years to come.\n\n\"Malicious actors continue to try and access Covid related information, whether that is data on new variants or vaccine procurement plans,\" she said.\n\n\"Some groups may also seek to use this information to undermine public trust in government responses to the pandemic. And criminals are now regularly using Covid-themed attacks as a way of scamming the public.\"\n\nShe also made reference to the recent revelations about the Pegasus spyware sold by the company NSO Group, saying that the NCSC has raised a \"red flag\" about the growing commercial market for sophisticated products which can be used to hack into people's phones and carry out surveillance.\n\nLast week a UK court ruling found that NSO spyware had been used to hack into the phones of the ex-wife of Dubai's ruler.\n\n\"We need to avoid a marketplace for vulnerabilities and exploits developing that makes us all less safe,\" she said.\n\nShe warned of the dangers of \"authoritarian states like China\" having the ability to influence the standards of new technology in a way that undermines the UK's security. She said the UK needed to be \"clear eyed\" and protect itself \"against Chinese practices that have an adverse effect on our own prosperity and security\".", "Virginia Giuffre, then Victoria Roberts, was pictured with Prince Andrew in London in 2001\n\nThe Metropolitan Police will not take any further action against the Duke of York following a review prompted by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre.\n\nMs Giuffre is suing Prince Andrew in the US for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager.\n\nA source close to the duke told PA Media it had \"come as no surprise\" the Met had decided to drop its probe.\n\nThey added: \"Despite pressure from the media and claims of new evidence, the Met have concluded that the claims are not sufficient to warrant any further investigation.\n\n\"The duke has always vigorously maintained his innocence and continues to do so.\"\n\nIn August, the Met said it would review its decision not to investigate allegations connected to Epstein.\n\nMs Giuffre, 38, claims she was sexually assaulted by the prince at three locations - London, New York and on Epstein's private island in the Caribbean.\n\nHer case claims Prince Andrew engaged in sexual acts without Ms Giuffre's consent, including when she was 17.\n\nThe Met also confirmed it had completed its review into allegations reported in June by broadcaster Channel 4 News that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend, trafficked, groomed and abused women and girls in the UK.\n\nThe force said it had \"reviewed information passed to us by a media organisation in June\" and decided that \"no further action will be taken\".\n\nIn August 2019, US financier Epstein was found dead in his cell in New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center.\n\nPrince Andrew - seen walking with Jeffrey Epstein in Central Park in New York in 2010 - has faced scrutiny over his ties to the convicted sex offender\n\nThe Met previously ruled out opening an investigation into Epstein, but in August Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said the force would review the decision.\n\nOn Sunday, the Met said: \"As a matter of procedure, MPS officers reviewed a document released in August 2021 as part of a US civil action. This review has concluded and we are taking no further action.\"\n\nThe Met added that it will continue to liaise with other law enforcement agencies who are leading the investigation into matters associated with Epstein.", "Foreign tourism, once an engine of the Thai economy, has collapsed\n\nThailand plans to end Covid quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers from at least 10 low-risk nations from 1 November, officials say.\n\nPM Prayuth Chan-ocha admitted that \"this decision comes with some risk\" - but it is seen as a key step to revive the country's collapsed tourism sector.\n\nThe 10 nations seen as low risk include the UK, China, Germany and the US.\n\nThe country has been recording more than 10,000 positive infections daily since July.\n\nIt has fully vaccinated around 33% of its almost 70 million people. Half the population has received one dose.\n\nMr Prayuth said Thailand would also allow entertainment venues to reopen on 1 December and permit alcohol sales.\n\nHe added that the authorities were planning to open Thailand for more countries on that date.\n\nMr Prayuth's comments came in a televised address on Monday.\n\nReferring to visitors from 10 low-risk nations, he stressed that \"when they arrive, they should present a [negative] Covid test... and test once again upon arrival\".\n\nIf the second test is also negative, any visitor from those countries \"can travel freely like Thais\", the prime minister said.\n\nBut he warned that the government would act decisively if there were to be a spike in infections or an emergence of a highly contagious variant of Covid-19.\n\nIt is estimated that Thailand - popular for its sandy beaches and non-stop nightlife - lost about $50bn (£37bn) in tourism revenue in 2020.\n\nThe economy suffered its deepest contraction in more than two decades as a result of the pandemic.\n\nThailand was the first country outside China to record a Covid-19 case in January last year.\n\nIt took the drastic step of sealing its borders in April, effectively killing off a tourist industry accounting for perhaps 20% of GDP, but managed to cut new daily infections to just single figures, one of the best records anywhere.\n\nThis year though, with the arrival of the Delta variant, infections have soared, from a total of less than 7,000 at the end of 2020, to 1.7 million today. The argument for keeping out foreign visitors to contain Covid became much less persuasive, especially with tourist-related businesses pleading for restrictions to be eased.\n\nThe success in containing Covid last year had another unforeseen consequence; it led the Thai government to believe it need not rush to order vaccines. The result has been a tardy and at times confused vaccine programme, and a public outcry.\n\nThe need for some economic good news is in large part what has driven it to start reopening, well before reaching its own declared target of getting 70% of the population vaccinated.\n\nIt is proceeding cautiously though, with only 10 countries on the list until the end of the year. Like other countries in the region Thailand's health system has limited ICU capacity; in August ICU units in Bangkok were quickly overwhelmed by the number of serious Covid cases.\n\nIn any case, even with an end to the two week quarantine requirement, a recovery to the 40 million tourists who came in 2019 is unlikely next year, or even the year after.\n\nJust over 70,000 visitors came into the country in the first eight months of this year, compared with 40 million in the whole of 2019.\n\nThailand has reported more than 1.7 million confirmed Covid cases since the pandemic began, with nearly 18,000 deaths, according to America's Johns Hopkins University.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The US had offered a $5m reward for information leading to Sami Jasim al-Jaburi's capture\n\nIraq says it has captured the jihadist group Islamic State's financial chief in an operation outside its borders.\n\nSami Jasim al-Jaburi was arrested in a \"complex external operation\" by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi tweeted, without specifying a location.\n\nHe added that Mr Jasim, also known as Hajji Hamid, was a deputy leader of IS under the late Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.\n\nThe US had offered a $5m (£3.7m) reward for information leading to his capture.\n\nIts Rewards for Justice website alleged that he was \"instrumental in managing finances for [IS] terrorist operations\" and had supervised the group's \"revenue-generating operations from illicit sales of oil, gas, antiquities, and minerals\" after it seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria in 2014.\n\nIraqi officials are hailing the capture of Sami Jasim as a significant blow to IS.\n\nThey say, cryptically, that he was captured in a foreign intelligence operation without immediately revealing where.\n\nThe high-level IS operative is believed to have been not only in charge of the group's finances but also of its cross-border operations in Syria and Iraq where it continues to attack police and military bases.\n\nHis value to the Iraqi security forces will be not so much his loss to IS - where he will be swiftly replaced - but in what information he yields to his captors about imminent attacks.\n\nSince the military defeat of IS and its self-declared caliphate it has reverted to being an insurgency, conducting hit-and-run attacks. It's estimated to have around 10,000 fighters at large in the Middle East.\n\nFurther afield it remains a dangerous security threat in countries as far apart as Afghanistan and Mozambique.\n\nIraq's Security Media Cell said the detainee was close to the new leader of IS, Amir Mohammed Said Abdul Rahman al-Mawla, who replaced Baghdadi after he killed himself during a US special forces raid on his hideout in Syria in 2019.\n\nAlthough Mr Kadhimi did not reveal where Mr Jasim had been captured, a senior Iraqi military source told AFP news agency it had happened in Turkey. There was no immediate response from Turkish authorities to the report.\n\nEarlier this year, the Iraqi government announced it had killed another alleged deputy IS leader, Jabir Salman Saleh al-Isawi, as well as the leader of IS in southern Iraq, Jabbar Ali Fayadh.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIS once controlled 88,000 sq km (34,000 sq miles) of territory stretching from eastern Iraq to western Syria and imposed its brutal rule on almost eight million people.\n\nDespite the group's defeat on the battlefield in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria two years later, it is estimated that thousands of militants remain active in both countries.", "Ireland's foreign minister has accused the UK of repeatedly dismissing EU proposals on the Northern Ireland Protocol before they are published.\n\nThis is happening again this week but it is now \"more serious\", Simon Coveney has warned.\n\nThe protocol is the special Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, which the UK and EU agreed in 2019.\n\nUnionists argue it creates a trade border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nThey say it undermines Northern Ireland's constitutional position as part of the UK.\n\nThe EU will bring forward proposals on Wednesday for reforming the protocol.\n\nThe proposals will focus on easing practical problems with the movement of goods from Britain to Northern Ireland, rather than changing oversight arrangements.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who has threatened to pull his party out of Stormont over the protocol, said on Monday that this week was important.\n\n\"Let's see what people have to put on the table,\" he said.\n\n\"Let's see that intensive negotiation take place and then we'll make our judgements on the outcome against the tests that we have set and determine what action we should take.\"\n\nMr Coveney told RTÉ's Morning Ireland programme that the UK's dismissals were now \"more serious\", given the comprehensive compromise proposals the EU is bringing forward.\n\n\"Each time the EU comes forward with new ideas, new proposals to try to solve problems, they are dismissed before they are released and that is happening again this week,\" Mr Coveney said.\n\nMaros Šefčovič told an event in Dublin that he hoped talks would begin before the end of October\n\nHe said dismissals were being seen across the EU as \"the same pattern, over and over again\" by the UK.\n\nAt the weekend, Mr Coveney warned UK demands on the Northern Ireland Protocol could cause \"a breakdown in relations\" with the EU.\n\nHe made the comments after the UK reiterated that it wants the European Court of Justice (ECJ) removed from oversight of the deal.\n\nMr Coveney said this was the creation of a new \"red line\" which the EU cannot move on.\n\nThe European Commission said the ECJ's role in the protocol was ground that has been covered \"a million times\".\n\nIts chief spokesperson, Eric Mamer, told a briefing on Monday that the EU's position on this issue remained \"extremely clear\".\n\nHe said it was looking for solutions to the practical issues that affect the daily lives of people.\n\nMr Mamer said the commission wanted to be constructive and open, \"but in the framework of the agreement as it has been signed\".\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK's Brexit Minister Lord Frost will give a speech in which he is expected to tell diplomats that removing the ECJ's role in dispute settlement is necessary to sustain the protocol.\n\nLord Frost is due to give his speech on Tuesday\n\nHe is due to say: \"Without new arrangements in this area the protocol will never have the support it needs to survive.\n\n\"The role of the ECJ in Northern Ireland and the consequent inability of the UK government to implement the very sensitive arrangements in the protocol in a reasonable way has created a deep imbalance in the way the protocol operates.\"\n\nThere are two schools of thought about how this latest negotiation is shaping up.\n\nThe first is that Lord Frost's hard line on the ECJ is standard pre-negotiation tactics, aimed at grinding out another concession or two.\n\nAfter all the Brexit process has always delivered a deal, even at times when it seemed improbable.\n\nThere is another view, hinted at by Simon Coveney, that maybe the UK doesn't want a deal unless it's total victory.\n\nUnder that scenario the UK would go through the motions before triggering Article 16.\n\nIt would use this to gut the protocol while calculating that the EU's ability to retaliate is limited or or at least would take a long time to amount to anything.\n\nWe should find out which view is right by the end of this year.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said on Monday that his party had concerns around the jurisdiction of the ECJ.\n\n\"We do not believe they are fully independent when it comes to arbitrating on issues related to trade between the United Kingdom and the European Union,\" he told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"We recognise why the government has that concern, but the government in the end, they are the negotiating party and they have to press these issues.\"\n\nHowever, the chief executive of Manufacturing NI, Stephen Kelly, said business needed clarity and certainty, not \"spats and ultimatums\".\n\nResponding to the UK's call to have the ECJ removed from oversight of the deal, Mr Kelly said that many businesses across Northern Ireland relied upon single market access enforced by the court to ensure their goods travelled freely and legally right across the EU.\n\nFormer Ulster Unionist Party leader and UUP MLA Steve Aiken said there were concerns particularly around governance of the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nHe said the implications of issues concerning the ECJ, which he said differentiates VAT and state aid rules and regulations, had not yet been seen.\n\n\"Those are real concerns for us,\" he told Radio Ulster's The Nolan Show.\n\nSinn Féin assembly member Declan Kearney said \"we are seeing the goal posts shift once more\" in relation to the UK's negotiation strategy.\n\n\"This may well be a negotiation tactic.\n\n\"We are now approaching the point where hopefully all of these issues can be successfully covered off and that we can in fact see the difficulties with the protocol finally eliminated, and that David Frost is simply trying to up the ante and bring some more heat into the talks process that will follow publication of the European Union proposals.\"\n\nSDLP assembly member Matthew O'Toole said from initial reports it appeared that the EU proposals would go \"further than most people in the UK government and even some in unionism and indeed in business were asking for earlier this year\".\n\n\"That is encouraging, there then needs to be a period of engagement between the UK and the EU to make those work,\" he told Radio Ulster's the Nolan Show.\n\n\"It is deeply disappointing, however, that the UK government has chosen to pick a fight already over proposals that have not yet been published and proposals that by all accounts are going to be substantial.\"\n\nTraditional Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister said the \"big issue\" was \"the destruction\" of Northern Ireland's links \"with GB and our supply chain\".\n\n\"The people in the Irish Republic wouldn't accept it if two thirds of their economy laws were made in London,\" he said.\n\n\"Northern Ireland shouldn't have to accept the fact that two thirds of the laws governing their economy are made in Brussels. That's the constitutional issue.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nWales scraped past Estonia with an unconvincing win in Tallinn to keep hopes of finishing second in their World Cup qualifying group in their own hands.\n\nKieffer Moore poked in from a yard out to give his attack-minded but defensively shaky side a half-time lead.\n\nThey became increasingly disjointed in the second half and were fortunate to preserve their lead as Estonia's Erik Sorga and Mattias Kait missed good chances.\n\nThe hosts, ranked 111th in the world, pressed gamely for the goal which would have earned them a second draw in a month against Wales, but Robert Page's men clung on for a crucial victory.\n\nThe Czech Republic's 2-0 win in Belarus keeps them second in Group E, ahead of Wales on goal difference but having played a game more.\n\nWith Belgium almost certain to secure the only automatic qualification spot as group winners, Wales are looking at the play-offs as their most realistic route to a first World Cup finals since 1958.\n\nThey are already effectively guaranteed a play-off place thanks to their success in the Nations League, but finishing second in this qualifying group could secure a more favourable draw in that knockout stage.\n\nWales finish their regular qualifying campaign with home matches against Belarus and Belgium next month, while the Czechs host Estonia in their final fixture.\n\nWales attack but shaky at the back\n\nIf Wales and the Czech Republic finish on the same points, second place will be decided by goal difference.\n\nWith that in mind, Wales manager Page said his side would go all-out attack in Estonia to avoid a repeat of the frustrating goalless draw in last month's reverse fixture in Cardiff.\n\nPage supported his claim by selecting an attacking line-up in Tallinn, recalling playmaker Harry Wilson and handing a first start to Huddersfield winger Sorba Thomas, who was playing non-league football only nine months ago.\n\nEstonia appeared to have similar intentions as Taijo Teniste registered the game's first shot on target after just 40 seconds - one of a handful of chances the home side were afforded by an occasionally erratic Welsh display in the first half.\n\nDespite their defensive jitters, the visitors were still the dominant force with Wilson firing a free-kick narrowly over and Connor Roberts seeing a fine curling effort well saved by Karl Hein.\n\nFrom the resulting 12th-minute corner, Joe Rodon and Aaron Ramsey's headers prompted a scramble which led to the ball falling to Moore, who prodded it over the line from a yard out.\n\nMoore then had a backheel effort saved by Hein as Wales continued to pour forward but, like they did in the Czech Republic on Friday, Page's side also played themselves into trouble.\n\nThe pass of the half was unintentional as Wilson, inside his own penalty area, played the ball straight to Sergei Zenjov, who beat Danny Ward with his finish but the covering Rodon was on hand to clear off the line.\n\nThe sloppier Wales' performance became, the less this game was about improving goal difference and more about simply preserving victory.\n\nEstonia continued to threaten in the second half, with an unmarked Sorga heading narrowly over from Markus Poom's free-kick before Kait could only shoot straight at Ward from a promising position.\n\nWhile still porous in defence, Wales also faded as an attacking force.\n\nThey might have had a penalty when Marten Kuusk's flailing arm gave Moore a bloody nose inside the Estonia box but, although referee Sandro Scharer booked Kuusk, he did not award Wales a spot-kick after judging Moore committed the first foul.\n\nEstonia were growing in confidence and substitute Vlasiy Sinyavskiy almost levelled in the 77th minute with an arcing shot which was palmed away by Ward.\n\nA rare Welsh counter-attack then saw substitute Mark Harris have a shot saved by Hein but Page's men spent the closing stages on the back foot.\n\nThey managed to repel Estonia's late attacks and, despite the frustration of another mediocre display against Estonia, this was still a valuable win to set Wales up for their two final group matches in Cardiff next month.\n• None Attempt missed. Brennan Johnson (Wales) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Daniel James.\n• None Vlasiy Sinyavskiy (Estonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt saved. Mark Harris (Wales) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt saved. Vlasiy Sinyavskiy (Estonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Markus Poom.\n• None Daniel James (Wales) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Kwasi Kwarteng has said that the energy price cap will stay, despite calls from suppliers for the cap to be scrapped amid soaring gas prices.\n\nSpeaking to Andrew Marr, the business secretary said that energy supply was a global issue but consumers would continue to be protected with the cap.", "Asos has announced its chief executive is leaving with immediate effect as the online fashion giant warned that rising costs are set to hit its profits.\n\nNick Beighton is stepping down after six years in the role and the day-to-day running of the firm will be taken over by Asos' finance chief.\n\nAsos also cautioned that next year's profits could fall by as much as 40%.\n\nThe company had benefited from lower rates of people returning clothing during Covid-19 lockdowns.\n\nAsos said this had resulted in £67.3m of cost savings, but it said that the levels of returns were now normalising.\n\nProfits are also likely to be affected by increased freight costs, Brexit duty, outbound delivery costs and higher wages.\n\nWhile adjusted pre-tax profit rose 36% to £193.6m for the 12 months to 31 August, Asos now expects this figure to fall to between £110m and £140m next year.\n\nAsos's share price tumbled by 15% in early trading before regaining a little ground. Its share price is down 42% since the beginning of 2021.\n\nThe warning of lower future profits overshadowed its results for the year to 31 August, which showed sales rose 22% to £3.9bn.\n\nAsos said it had attracted another 1.4 million customers over the past year as people turned to online shopping amid lockdowns.\n\nThroughout the period leisurewear became more popular, and this added to profits as it is less likely to be returned than more formal clothes.\n\nAsos said returns were already normalising, adding that the new customers it attracted in the last year were more likely to send clothes back.\n\n\"Asos has enjoyed a huge boost to trading over lockdowns, albeit for less-lucrative casual wear as its core demographic was stuck at home,\" said Sophie Lund-Yates, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"A reluctance to leave the house meant return rates were lower, resulting in XL margins. However, the tailwinds are easing and the Asos bubble has burst.\"\n\nAsos also set out changes at the top of the business to \"deliver next phase of global growth\".\n\nIt said Mr Beighton \"and the board have agreed that now is the right time for him to step down\" as chief executive. A search for his replacement is under way but in the meantime chief financial officer Mat Dunn will oversee the day-to-day running of the business.\n\nChief executive Nick Beighton is leaving Asos with immediate effect\n\nThe company's chairman, Adam Crozier - who will also be leaving Asos shortly to become chairman of BT - said the firm had a new five-year strategy and Mr Beighton had not wanted to stay for at least half of that so it was better to make the change now.\n\n\"Asos's management and board have spent considerable time over recent months developing and validating a clear strategic plan to accelerate international growth, building on Asos's undoubted strength in the UK,\" he said.\n\n\"Key to that is ensuring that we have the right leadership in place for the next phase, and the changes we are announcing today are designed to ensure we deliver against our clear strategic intent.\"\n\nAsos has been one of the big winners in this pandemic as people turned to online shopping during lockdowns. But it's facing the same supply chain problems as everyone else in retail including a host of increasing costs - from pay for warehouse workers to the shipping of containers of clothes from the far east, which is likely to put a huge dent in its profits for next year.\n\nGetting the right products at the right time is also challenging. And shoppers are now settling back into to old habits when it comes to returns.\n\nYounger online shoppers often order multiple products and send back those they don't want. But last year it saw fewer returns as its customers switched to less fitted items like leggings and hoodies.\n\nBut those charges are now starting to normalise along with overall sales. Asos has outlined ambitious plans for expansion over the next three years but that will be without its chief executive Nick Beighton who's leaving with immediate effect - a surprise announcement after 12 years with the business.\n\nRichard Lim, chief executive of Retail Economics said Mr Beighton's departure had come as \"huge surprise\" and Asos was \"losing someone that has been instrumental to its success over the last decade\".\n\n\"The share price has been under recent pressure reflecting the challenges of delivering stellar levels of growth in a more hostile environment and tough comparisons from last year.\n\n\"Supply chain disruptions, fierce competitor dynamics and an intense focus on sustainability have created a more challenging outlook for the business over the coming years and seemingly resulted in a big boardroom shakeup.\"\n\nMr Beighton, who has been with Asos for 12 years in total, said in a statement he had enjoyed \"every moment\" of his time at the firm.\n\nHe said when he joined Asos had fewer than 200 people and sales of £220m, turnover was now almost £4bn selling to 26 million customers in 200 countries.", "The Scottish government will take over ScotRail from Abellio in March of next year\n\nScotland's rail network will be hit by strikes during the UN climate summit in Glasgow, a union has confirmed.\n\nThe RMT said members who work for ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper will stage industrial action during COP26 in an ongoing row over pay.\n\nScotRail staff will strike from 00:01 on Monday 1 November until 23:59 on Friday 12th November.\n\nThe summit, which is expected to draw thousands of people to Glasgow, runs from 31 October until 12 November.\n\nSleeper staff will strike on Sunday 31 October from 11:59 until 11:58 hours on Tuesday 2 November and again for 48 hours on Thursday 11 November from 11:59.\n\nGMB cleansing workers in Glasgow and Unite's Stagecoach staff have also voted to strike during COP26.\n\nA spokesman for ScotRail said the \"highly damaging\" strike action was \"extremely disappointing\" as it faced a serious financial crisis in the wake of the pandemic.\n\nTransport Minister Graeme Dey told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the RMT was in receipt of a \"very fair\" pay proposal.\n\nBut he added many of its members will have voted for strike action \"unaware of the offer that is now on the table\".\n\nMr Dey also described the two-year deal, which he said has been backed by the three other unions involved, was \"the best offer that can be made in the circumstances\".\n\nIt is the latest stage in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions and proposed cuts to services at the rail operator, which wants to reduce the number of services across Scotland by 300 a day from next May.\n\nReacting to Mr Dey's comments, Michael Hogg from the RMT union said they would not ballot ScotRail workers on the new deal because \"it is not worthy of consideration\".\n\nHe said the new pay offer was 4.7% over two years, but there have to be efficiency savings. That would mean workers having to give up some current terms and conditions in order to get a pay rise, a caveat Mr Hogg branded \"unacceptable\".\n\nThere will be no trains running anywhere in Scotland during COP26 if the strikes go ahead, he confirmed.\n\nThe climate summit will be held at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow\n\nScotRail is currently run by Dutch firm Abellio - but will be taken over by a company owned and controlled by the Scottish government in March next year.\n\nThe move was announced by the government earlier this year after Abellio was stripped of its contract three years early amid concern over its performance.\n\nScotRail has been in talks for several weeks with trade unions about pay and conditions. A formal written offer was made to four rail trade unions - Aslef, RMT, TSSA, and Unite the union.\n\nThe company said it had only survived the pandemic due to emergency taxpayer support of more than £400m in \"the most serious financial crisis in our history\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"It's extremely disappointing that the RMT have opted to continue with this highly damaging strike action, particularly when a pay offer, negotiated over several weeks, has been made to the trade unions.\n\n\"We're seeing customers gradually return to Scotland's Railway, but the scale of the financial situation ScotRail is facing is stark.\n\n\"To build a more sustainable and greener railway for the future and reduce the burden on the taxpayer, we need to change. All of us in the railway - management, staff, trade unions, suppliers, and government - need to work together to modernise the railway so that it is fit for the future.\"\n\nTransport Scotland said it welcomed constructive talks between all parties and that a \"significant offer\" has been made by employers since the RMT ballot opened.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"We understand that the RMT will now ballot its membership again on the substance of this offer. We hope that RMT members and the other unions will agree and accept this offer, putting to an end existing and proposed industrial disputes and action.\n\n\"Rail workers have played their part in keeping the country moving through the pandemic and we are sure that they will see the importance of the moment and the role they can play in showing the best Scotland's Railway has to offer as we welcome world leaders from across the globe to COP26.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Chris Mitchell of the GMB denied cleansing workers in Glasgow were using the global climate conference as a bargaining chip.\n\nMr Mitchell claimed his members have been \"put in a corner\" by Cosla despite their heroic efforts during the pandemic.\n\nAnd he told Good Morning Scotland the current pay offer of £850 a year would only amount to an extra £6.50 a week, after tax and National Insurance.\n\nMr Mitchell said he acknowledged the importance of COP26 but added: \"Cosla need to realise there is an emergency on their own door step.\"\n• None Why are ScotRail workers striking during COP26?", "Conservative MP Sir David Amess has been stabbed as he met constituents at a regular surgery.\n\nEssex Police said they were called to reports of a stabbing in Leigh-on-Sea at 12:05 BST and arrested a man.\n\nPolice recovered a knife and said they were not looking for anyone else in connection to the incident.\n\nFormer party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said he was \"praying for a full recovery\".\n\nHe said on Twitter: \"My thoughts are with David Amess MP and his family at this awful time.\n\n\"Praying for a full recovery following this appalling, shocking news. This angry, violent behaviour cannot be tolerated in politics or any other walk of life.\"\n\nThe 69-year-old, who is MP for Southend West, was stabbed as he met constituents at Belfairs Methodist Church.\n\nAn air ambulance was sent to the scene.\n\nArmed police were seen outside the church where Sir David met consituents\n\nSouthend councillor John Lamb, who was at the scene after the stabbing, said Sir David was a family man, with four daughters and a son.\n\n\"He's always trying to help people, and especially refugees he's tried to help. He's a very amicable person and he does stick by his guns, he says what he believes and he sticks by it,\" Mr Lamb said.\n\nHe told the BBC the MP had not been taken to hospital but was operated on by medics at the scene.\n\nMr Lamb said he was still waiting to hear the extent of Sir David's injuries, but understood the MP was in a \"very serious\" condition.\n\nThe Jo Cox Foundation, the charity set up in memory of the MP who was murdered in 2016, said it was \"horrified\" by the stabbing.\n\n\"We are thinking of him, his family and loved ones at this distressing time,\" the foundation said.\n\nLabour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer said he was thinking of Sir David, his family and his staff after the \"horrific and deeply shocking news\".\n\nWere you in the area? Have you been affected by what's happened? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None Patel pays tribute to MP as 'man of the people'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Laura Foster explains how lateral flow tests work and how to do one\n\nLateral flow tests (LFTs) are very good at detecting people most likely to spread Covid-19 and positive results should be trusted, say University College London researchers.\n\nWhen LFTs were introduced, they were criticised for being less accurate than PCR tests, which are analysed in a lab.\n\nBut the study found rapid tests were \"a very useful public health tool\" for stopping the spread of the virus.\n\nOne third of people with Covid can spread it while showing no symptoms.\n\nBased on the UCL research, Prof Irene Petersen, lead study author, said people who get a positive LFT result \"should trust them and stay at home\".\n\nBut government guidance says people must get a follow-up PCR test after a positive LFT to confirm they have Covid - and they can end their self-isolation when they get a negative result in a PCR test.\n\nThere have been recent reports of this happening in south-west England, leaving people unsure whether to isolate or not.\n\nThe UK's Health Security Agency said it was looking into the cause, but there was no evidence of any technical issues with test kits.\n\nProf Petersen said: \"When [Covid is] more common, there is no need to confirm it with a PCR - it's more likely it is a positive,\" she said.\n\nWhen the researchers used a new formula for calculating the rapid test's accuracy, they found LFTs were more than 80% effective at detecting any level of Covid-19 infection and likely to be more than 90% effective at detecting who is most infectious when they use the test.\n\nThis is much higher than previously thought, they say.\n\nProf Michael Mina, from Harvard School of Public Health, also part of the research team, said the LFTs could \"catch nearly everyone who is currently a serious risk to public health\" when viral loads are at their peak.\n\n\"It is most likely that if someone's LFT is negative but their PCR is positive, then this is because they are not at peak transmissible stage,\" he said.\n\nThe rapid tests are widely used in schools, workplaces and for allowing entry to large events to test those with no symptoms.\n\nSince they were introduced in secondary schools in England in March, NHS Test and Trace figures show 103,409 LFT tests have come back positive, 79,000 were matched with a confirmatory PCR and 69,500 of those were confirmed positive (and 7,647 came back negative).\n\nThere was much criticism of the rapid tests when they were first trialled in Liverpool last year because they were directly compared to PCR tests, which were often described as the gold standard.\n\n\"This is like comparing apples and oranges,\" Prof Petersen said.\n\nLateral flow tests and PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests do different things:\n\nThe UCL peer-reviewed study concludes that criticism of LFTs for low sensitivity \"have reached the wrong conclusions\", \"confused policy-making\" and \"damaged public trust in LFTs\".\n\nHealth professionals and the public should be aware of what the tests do, said the researchers, writing in Clinical Epidemiology.\n\nAnd they acknowledge that errors in the way people take the tests or in the way they are processed in the lab could affect results - and these factors were not taken into account in their study.\n\nThe current government guidance says that if you receive a negative follow-up PCR test result, and this PCR test was taken within two days of the positive LFT, you will be told by NHS Test and Trace that you can stop self-isolating.\n\nHowever, it states that you must continue to self-isolate if the PCR result is positive, you choose not to take a follow-up PCR or the test was taken more than two days after the positive LFT.\n\nDr Sophia Makki, incident director for Covid-19 at the UK Health Security Agency, said: \"Around one in three people who have Covid-19 never show any symptoms.\n\n\"Using LFDs (lateral flow devices) help to find asymptomatic cases who have a high viral load and are most likely to pass on the virus to others.\"\n• None Stay at home- guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection - GOV.UK The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People who got a negative result from a Covid testing site in Berkshire earlier this month are being told to book another test, amid fears they were mistakenly given the all-clear.\n\nSome PCR tests carried out at Newbury Showground resulted in false negatives, West Berkshire Council said.\n\nThe BBC has been told the problems relate to one specific lab, rather than the site, and have now been fixed.\n\nBut some other people in south-west England are thought to be affected too.\n\nHealth officials are set to give out more details later on Friday.\n\nIn a statement issued on Thursday evening, the council said it had recently received reports from local residents who were concerned about the accuracy of tests taken at Newbury Showground.\n\nThe coronavirus testing site - an events venue in a village in the outskirts of Newbury - is operated by the government.\n\nMost PCR tests are taken at sites such as this and the samples are sent off to a lab for analysis, with the results then communicated to the tested person, usually by text or email, within 72 hours.\n\nWest Berkshire Council said: \"Over the past month, some PCR tests completed at the Newbury Showground testing site have had results sent out that may have incorrectly shown as negative for Covid-19.\n\n\"If you took a PCR test between 3 and 12 October which was negative, we strongly recommend a retest for you and for any close contacts.\"\n\nThe council also said it had been told by the government that \"a number of sites nationally may have been affected by this issue, including the one at Newbury Showground\".\n\nIt comes after widespread reports in south-west England of people testing positive with lateral flow tests, but then later testing negative when they got a PCR test.\n\nGPs said they were seeing a stream of patients who had received positive lateral flow tests, who then went on to receive negative PCR results.\n\nThe UK's Health Security Agency - which used to be Public Health England - said it had been made aware of \"some areas across the country\" encountering this issue - and that it was investigating.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Laura Foster explains how lateral flow tests work and how to do one\n\nPCR tests are generally typically considered to be the most accurate type of test - although new research this week showed lateral flow tests are more reliable than first thought.\n\nGovernment guidance says people must get a follow-up PCR test after a positive LFT to confirm they have Covid - and they can end their self-isolation when they get a negative result in a PCR test.\n\nPublic health officials are set to give more details later of how many people may have got false results and how they will be contacted.", "Sir Henry Morton Stanley - but should his statue be removed in Denbigh?\n\nThe future of a statue in the home town of the controversial Victorian adventurer HM Stanley is being put to a public vote.\n\nResidents in the north Wales town of Denbigh are being asked whether they want it removed.\n\nStanley became famous after finding missionary Dr David Livingstone in Tanzania in 1871.\n\nBut his reputation has been tarnished by claims of violence on explorations, and his role in the Congo.\n\nHe acted as an agent for King Leopold II of Belgium, and was seen as one of the architects who opened up the African region to the West, only for it to be brutally exploited after he had left.\n\nThe rule of Leopold II is said to have led to the deaths of as many as 10 million Africans, though historians dispute the true number.\n\nA bronze of Stanley was approved back in 2010 by Denbighshire council, but even then proved divisive.\n\nAmid widespread protests from the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd in the USA, petitions were drawn up calling for the removal of a statue of Stanley in Denbigh and an obelisk honouring him in nearby St Asaph.\n\nIt was supported by the Bishop of St Asaph, Gregory Cameron, who said Stanley had \"little respect for the natives of Africa\".\n\nAs a result, Denbigh Town Council agreed to hold a public consultation on the statue, which had been delayed until the October vote due to the pandemic.\n\nGwyneth Kensler, a local county councillor, has long supported keeping the bronze on display outside the town's library.\n\n\"The people against Stanley are making all sorts of accusations. They are saying he was racist, he wasn't - he was cruel, he wasn't,\" said Ms Kensler.\n\n\"You have to put him in his context - the Victorian period. With Leopold - he knew nothing about the atrocities, and condemned them when he did.\"\n\nShe said the statue should remain where it is, to mark \"Africa's greatest explorer\".\n\nStanley the explorer: This image was taken posing with his African servant in the 1870s\n\nStanley was born John Rowlands in Denbigh, but abandoned by his mother, and grew up in the workhouse at St Asaph.\n\nHe emigrated to America when he was 18, fighting in its civil war, before embarking on a career as a journalist and explorer.\n\nIt was in that role he famously searched for Livingstone, where he claimed he uttered the words \"Dr Livingstone I presume\" on finally finding him.\n\nBut not everyone shared the view that Stanley should be celebrated without question.\n\nDenbigh resident Emyr Thomas thinks the statue should be moved from its current location\n\nDenbigh resident Emyr Thomas said the bronze should be moved.\n\n\"It should be put somewhere, where you can read about it. We need to be able to show the next generation - and our generation - in an appropriate place.\n\n\"Then people can make their own minds up about it,\" he said.\n\nDr Marian Gwyn, head of heritage for Race Council Cymru, said the controversy surrounding Stanley was part of his story - and should be discussed.\n\n\"I'm not trying to defend Stanley, I'm just trying to be honest,\" she said. \"It was a very violent time throughout - not only was that the environment in Africa, it was violent in Europe as well.\"\n\nShe said many Congolese people still saw Stanley \"as a bit of a hero\" who \"broke the monolithic control of the African chiefs\".\n\nDr Gwyn added: \"It's a very different story to the one we normally hear. But I think we do need to know a lot more about what Stanley was doing over there.\"\n\nThe vote in Denbigh takes place in its town hall on Friday and Saturday.\n\nThe result, and what it means for the future of the statue, will be discussed when the town's council meets at the end of the month.", "A committee investigating the 6 January Capitol riot has said it will pursue criminal charges against former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon next week.\n\nMr Bannon had been summoned to testify before the congressional panel investigating the riot on Thursday.\n\nHe did not appear, prompting the head of the committee to schedule a Tuesday vote to hold him in criminal contempt.\n\nIf convicted, Mr Bannon faces a fine and up to one year in prison. Democrats say he is trying to delay the probe.\n\nMr Bannon - a former right-wing media executive who became Mr Trump's chief strategist - was fired from the White House in 2017 and was not in government at the time of the January riot.\n\nBut he has been asked to testify regarding his communication with Mr Trump a week before the incident - as well as his involvement in discussing plans to overturn the election results that saw Joe Biden win the White House.\n\nMr Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, DC on 6 January in a failed bid to overturn the certification of Mr Biden's victory. Hundreds of Mr Trump's supporters have since been arrested for their actions that day.\n\nSubpoena documents quoted Mr Bannon as saying \"all hell is going to break loose tomorrow\" on the eve of the riot, which left five dead.\n\nMr Bannon has repeatedly said he has no plans to appear before the committee.\n\nHe has argued that executive privilege, which shields some presidential communications, protects his discussions with Mr Trump. Mr Bannon's lawyers say he will continue to resist until a court has ruled on the matter.\n\nDemocrats argue that Mr Bannon is employing a delaying tactic in an attempt to push back proceedings until after the midterm elections in November 2022, which may change the balance of power in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Democratic-led investigative committee will decide whether to refer the contempt charge for a full House vote.\n\nHouse lawmakers would then have to rule on whether Mr Bannon is in contempt. If the Democratic-majority House votes yes, the case will be referred to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.\n\nWhile this latest development is not surprising, with Democrats controlling both Congress and the presidency, this may be a rare instance where a congressional contempt charge has some teeth.\n\nIt also comes as the Democratic base demand accountability for the Trump administration's actions, calling on their members in Congress to flex their oversight muscles.\n\nIn August, the House investigating committee asked for records relating to the day's events, including communications from Mr Trump, members of his family, his top aides, his lawyers and other former members of his administration.\n\nThe committee has also ordered the testimony of Mr Trump's ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows; Dan Scavino, Mr Trump's social media manager; and Kash Patel, a former Pentagon chief of staff.\n\nMr Meadows and Mr Patel were co-operating with the inquiry, committee leaders Democrat Bennie Thompson and Republican Liz Cheney said last week.\n\nUS media report Mr Trump has asked all four former officials to refuse to comply with the inquiry.\n\nOn Friday Mr Trump - who has never conceded losing the election to Mr Biden - accused Democrats in Congress of using the committee to \"persecute their political opponents\".", "Helen Diggle, who lives in Tellisford in Somerset, says she had five positive lateral flow tests and three negative PCRs before finally testing positive for Covid on a PCR test.\n\nOn one of her visits to a testing centre she said a member of staff told her she had seen lots of very similar cases recently, particularly involving local schools.\n\nHelen tells BBC News: “It is really worrying that some people in the system, people on the ground, have been aware that something is going on.”\n\nWhen Helen and her 10-year-old daughter kept testing negative on PCRs despite high temperatures and positive lateral flow tests she knew something was not right.\n\n“I was very conscious that by having all these tests I could have been wasting NHS resources to satisfy my own conviction that I had Covid,\" she adds. “I felt like I was being unnecessarily neurotic.”\n\nBut when her son tested positive on private PCR testing equipment owned by his school, it was “blindingly obvious we all had Covid\", she says.\n\nHelen feels the situation is particularly unfair to school children.\n\n“If children test negative on PCR then schools have to take children back,\" she says.\n\n“So you probably have many more cases in school than they are expected to deal with.”\n\n“I feel we have been short changed – particularly the children – because testing is not working as it should be,\" she adds.\n\n\"My concern is it is leading not just the spread of the virus but is eroding trust in the testing system.”", "Stephen Port presented a very different version of himself online (left)\n\nThe detective who looked into the death of a serial killer's first victim made \"terrible mistakes\", an inquest heard.\n\nStephen Port killed Anthony Walgate in 2014 by giving him an overdose of the \"date-rape\" drug GHB. He later killed three more young men the same way.\n\nDet Sgt Martin O'Donnell did not know of a previous allegation of drug rape against Port in similar circumstances.\n\nThe Met Police officer told the hearing he did not search the national police database for information on Port.\n\nThere was also a delay in inspecting Port's computer, which would have shown detectives a frequent search history about raping and drugging young men.\n\nGiving evidence at Barking Town Hall in east London, where inquests are being held into the deaths of Port's four victims, Det Sgt O'Donnell said: \"It's just a huge failure not to have obtained that information.\"\n\nMr Walgate was found dead by medics outside Stephen Port's flat in Cooke Street, Barking\n\nPort had initially been arrested on suspicion of raping a man in December 2012, but the case was dropped when the complainant said he did not support a prosecution.\n\nBut Mr O'Donnell did not update the Crime Reporting Information System (CRIS), which logs progress in an investigation for colleagues to see.\n\nHe told the hearing: \"It feels like a fairly significant mistake of mine not to include it in that document.\n\n\"It's a terrible mistake that I did not put it in there.\"\n\nThe inquest previously heard Port repeatedly changed his account over Mr Walgate's death - initially telling emergency services he chanced upon the aspiring fashion designer slumped by the communal entrance to his flat on 19 June 2014, to later admitting he agreed to meet the young escort for sex.\n\nAndrew O'Connor QC, counsel to the inquest, said: \"Stephen Port lied to police about his dealings with Anthony, there were suspicions his death was caused by drugs, and you have a detailed account that he (Port) forced drugs on him (the rape complainant) on more than one occasion.\"\n\nMr O'Donnell replied: \"Yes, you're absolutely right, that should have gone on that report.\"\n\nThe inquest hearings are looking at whether the victims' lives could have been saved had police acted differently.\n\nMr Walgate, 23, Gabriel Kovari, 22, Daniel Whitworth, 21, and Jack Taylor, 25, were all found dead near Port's flat in Barking.\n\nPort, now 46, was found guilty at the Old Bailey in 2016 of the four murders and sentenced to a whole-life order.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Shares in Virgin Galactic dived as much as 20% on Friday after the space tourism company said it was postponing its first commercial flight.\n\nThe trip was scheduled for the third quarter of 2022, but will be delayed until the fourth as the firm conducts repairs and upgrades.\n\nIt also said it will not conduct a second planned test flight this year.\n\nVirgin is in a race with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Elon Musk's Space X to start flying tourists into space.\n\nIn a statement the firm said a planned upgrade programme, aimed at enhancing the durability of its ships, would begin a month later than planned.\n\nIt comes after routine tests revealed \"a possible reduction in the strength margins of certain materials\" used on its VMS Eve and VSS Unity craft.\n\nVirgin said this required further inspection but played down safety concerns.\n\n\"While this new lab test data has had no impact on the vehicles, our test flight protocols have clearly defined strength margins, and further analysis will assess whether any additional work is required to keep them at or above established levels,\" said company boss Michael Colglazier.\n\nThe company, founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, said its next test flight - Unity 23 - would now happen next summer. Commercial flights will start after that.\n\nLast month, the US Federal Aviation Administration lifted a no-fly order on Virgin Galactic after a flight in July deviated from assigned airspace on its descent.\n\nThe regulator had accused the company of not providing the necessary information about the flight in which Mr Branson participated.\n\nOn Wednesday, Hollywood actor William Shatner became the oldest person to go to space as he blasted off aboard the Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule developed by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.\n\nMeanwhile, four amateur astronauts blasted off from Florida on their private mission on one of Space X's Dragon spacecraft in September.", "Will current Manouchehri pupils be able to become doctors and engineers like their predecessors?\n\nWaving their hands excitedly in the air, a class of six- and seven-year-old girls eagerly try to get their teacher's attention, each one desperate to be chosen to answer a question about Persian grammar.\n\nThe Manouchehri primary school in Kabul was among the first to re-open for girls following the US invasion in 2001 and the defeat of the Taliban. Back then, there was just a single room, with pupils sat on a mud floor.\n\nUnder Taliban rule, beginning in Kabul in 1996, girls weren't allowed to get an education, and female teachers were ordered to stay at home.\n\nAisha Misbah was one of them. Now she's headteacher and proudly shows off newly built classrooms.\n\nMany of those she taught have gone on to become doctors, engineers or even teachers at the school, she says.\n\n\"This is our biggest achievement. Our students are so bright. They're so creative and make such beautiful things that even we get shocked. I hope the Taliban will allow it all to continue.\"\n\nSince taking over Afghanistan for a second time, the Taliban have permitted girls to go to school.\n\nFor now, however, only primary school pupils of both genders are attending classes, whilst teachers await the publication of new rules governing secondary schools.\n\nIn some more rural areas, there have long been reports of Taliban commanders only permitting girls to go to school until they reach the age of puberty.\n\nThe most recent figures from the World Bank show that about 40% of Afghan girls attend primary school, far more than during the Taliban's previous stint in power but far fewer than in other countries in the region.\n\nIt's a similar picture in healthcare, where infant and maternal mortality rates have improved but remain shockingly high.\n\nThe Taliban insist women will be allowed to work, but some remain sceptical, especially after Taliban officials recently said most women, other than those working in healthcare or education, should stay at home until security improves.\n\nThe same excuse was given throughout the 1990s to completely prevent women working.\n\nAbout half of all Manouchehri students have to study in large tents erected in the playground\n\nBut the pupils at Manouchehri face other challenges, too.\n\nIn the playground, three large tents have been erected, with desks and blackboards. The school is so overcrowded that about half of the pupils have to study outside.\n\nPleas to the previous government fell on deaf ears, and when non-government organisations offered to help, they were told to give the money to the education ministry first.\n\nRampant corruption has plagued Afghanistan over the past two decades, and it meant that the billions of dollars of international support didn't always make it to those in need.\n\nThe education system has helped mould, however, a generation of young Afghan women and men who are vocal in standing up for their views, including challenging the Taliban.\n\n\"We are not afraid of death,\" said female protesters in Kabul earlier this week\n\n\"We are not those men and women of 20 years ago,\" one female protester at a demonstration in Kabul tells me, \"who were whipped into submission.\"\n\nAnother, her voice pulsing with emotion says: \"We are not afraid of death. We are the young generation who will bring forth the buds of peace.\"\n\nThe new government announced by the Taliban consists entirely of members of the group, all of whom are men.\n\nMany had served in senior positions during the Taliban's reign during the 1990s, a period marked by a brutal interpretation of sharia law.\n\nFor many others in more rural areas, where attitudes are more socially conservative, the greater social freedoms some have grown up with in bigger cities since 2001 feel irrelevant when compared with the suffering of living along the frontline.\n\nBeauticians salons all over Kabul have been painted over amid fears of the Taliban reprisals\n\nFew Afghans have been unaffected by the war, irrespective of their background, but in villages caught along bloody frontlines, many have welcomed the arrival of the Taliban - for at least bringing an end to the violence.\n\nIf the price of peace is greater cultural authoritarianism, some are more willing to pay it than others.\n\nAt a snooker club in Kabul, less than a week after the city was taken over by the Taliban, I meet a group of young men from the city's middle class.\n\nA mix of students and business owners, speaking on condition of anonymity, they're scathing about the Taliban.\n\nOne says they look like \"zombies\", worrying they will soon start dictating whether or not men can shave their beards or how they can style their hair, whilst others question how they can trust a group responsible for so many suicide bombings and attacks.\n\nBut they're also all damning about Afghanistan's political class.\n\nAshraf Ghani, the former president who fled abroad, \"should be arrested\", they proclaim.\n\n\"He sold out the future of all young people,\" says one of the group, accusing him of having escaped with millions of dollars - the allegation Mr Ghani denies.\n\nThey're equally dismissive of those politicians who have stayed in the country but who over the years have often taken part in deeply disruptive political spats.\n\n\"They weren't trying to solve the problems of ordinary people, but just trying to fill their own pockets and share the wealth with their own relatives.\"\n\nThe last two presidential elections in Afghanistan ended in standoffs, with widespread allegations of voter fraud.\n\nNevertheless, however flawed the previous democratic system was, the young men at the snooker club deeply rue its passing.\n\n\"We've worked hard and are educated. We could've lifted the country up but now we can't do anything to serve it.\"\n\nOf all the \"gains\" made over the past two decades, the creation of an independent local media is one the principal success stories.\n\nNews organisations were amongst the freest in the region, despite being violently targeted by militants.\n\nJournalists did at times face threats from the government.\n\nFor example, former Vice-President Amrullah Saleh, now a leading figure in the National Resistance Front, once ordered the arrest of those responsible for \"fake news\" about civilian deaths as a result of a 2020 government air strike in Takhar province, in which it's believed 12 children were killed.\n\nHowever, recent days have raised fears the Taliban will not tolerate coverage they perceive as negative.\n\nWhilst the group initially claimed they would allow a free press as long as journalists don't breach \"Islamic values\" or the \"national interest\", reporters covering recent, peaceful protests against the group have at times been detained and badly beaten.\n\nEarlier this week, 22 year-old Taqi Daryabi and a colleague were taken away by the Taliban from a demonstration they had been covering to a police station.\n\n\"There were around seven to 10 men in one room, they all started kicking me, and beating me with sticks and rubber pipes,\" Taqi told the BBC, his back and face still covered in bruises.\n\n\"One Talib told me, 'be grateful I didn't cut your head off,'\" Taqi says. \"Now that the Taliban are here, no-one can feel safe. In the past we have seen them kill, kidnap and beat journalists… they should allow us to work freely.\"\n\nTaliban fighters are now the new masters at Kabul's Bush Bazaar\n\nThe legacy of American and international intervention in Afghanistan will be deeply contested.\n\nSigns of the US influence are already fading first.\n\nAt \"Bush Bazaar\", named after the former American president and famous for selling military gear smuggled out of international bases, most of the flak jackets or rifle scopes on sale are now Chinese replicas.\n\nWhereas army soldiers or private security guards hired by politically powerful Afghans were once the main customers, now Taliban fighters stroll past the shops.\n\nOne, Fatih, from the eastern province of Khost, is looking for a new set of boots. He's disappointed, he hoped to buy some that had been made in America, but \"everything is Chinese\".", "The day started out much like every other Friday morning for Sir David Amess. One of Essex's most longstanding MPs, he held meetings with his Southend constituents every second week, in recent years varying the location to meet more of the local residents that relied upon his help.\n\nThis week he was at the Belfairs Methodist Church in his home town of Leigh-on-Sea. He tweeted on Tuesday about the upcoming event inviting constituents to join him.\n\nSir David was known for being passionate about his job - and constituents and colleagues spoke of his boundless enthusiasm for his role. These constituency surgeries were at the heart of his political life.\n\nJust 15 minutes before the attack, the 69-year-old father of five was spotted standing on the church steps, chatting and laughing with locals.\n\nAt around 12.05pm, accompanied by two female members of his staff and nearing the end of the drop-in event, Sir David entered the church to meet some more constituents, where he may have noticed the inscription: \"All are welcome here: where old friends meet and strangers feel at home.\"\n\nLocal councillor John Lamb said that it was at this point that the attacker emerged from a small group of waiting constituents and attacked Mr Amess, stabbing him several times.\n\n\"I'm told that when he went in for his surgery there were people waiting to see him, and one of them literally got a knife out and just began stabbing him,\" Mr Lamb said.\n\nLee Jordison, who works at the nearby Hicks Butchers, told the PA news agency: \"We could see a police cordon set up... (someone outside) told me a woman had come out screaming on the phone, saying 'someone's been stabbed, please get here soon', he's not breathing'.\"\n\nPolice arrived on the scene shortly after the stabbing, and arrested a 25-year-old man and recovered the knife used in the attack. At 1.50pm, Essex police confirmed that the man had been arrested in connection with the stabbing.\n\nOne witness, electrician Anthony Fitch, told Sky News that he had witnessed the man being led from the church and being put in the back of a police car.\n\n\"We arrived to do some work on the adjacent building... and at the point when I was crossing the road I saw an upset lady on the phone saying 'you need to arrive quickly, he's still in the building,'\" he said.\n\n\"There were loads of armed police, overhead there was an air ambulance as well as a police helicopter. Obviously wondered what the hell was going on, you don't often see armed police around the local area.\n\n\"I saw the suspect get put into a police van, get taken away and then they cordoned the whole road and pushed us all down the road.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch how emergency services responded in the initial aftermath of the attack on Sir David Amess\n\nAt 2.13pm, an air ambulance arrived at the nearby Belfairs sports ground to move Sir David to a hospital.\n\nHowever, members of his team began to fear the worst, as paramedics remained at the scene rather than moving towards the helicopter. For almost two-and-a-half hours they battled to save his life.\n\nBut just before 3pm, Essex police confirmed that Mr Amess had died at the scene.\n\nAs news of his death filtered through, tributes began to pour in from friends, constituents and fellow MPs.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said that Amess was \"one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".\n\nLocal councillor Dan Nelson told the BBC that Sir David had died \"doing what he loved best, and that was to help residents of Southend West\".\n\nRofique Ali, a local Conservative Party member, described the MP as his best friend in the world.\n\n\"I have known him for many years, and he was so kind to everyone,\" he said. \"I can't forget David.\"\n\nAnd resident Melanie Harris left a card at the scene that read: \"What has the world come to? What a senseless waste of a charming, witty and kind and gentle soul who deserved a lot more than to be snatched from life.\"\n\n\"You were always a pleasure to speak to. Thank you for restoring my faith in politicians.\"\n\nA member of the public leaves flowers at the scene\n\nBy mid-afternoon a full \"Gold\" command meeting was activated by police chiefs back in London - meaning some of the most senior and experienced leaders of major incidents were sitting around the table to work out how to respond.\n\nJoining the discussions were representatives from the security service, more commonly known as MI5, whose investigators sit side-by-side with detectives on many investigations.\n\nAnd watching on from government was Home Secretary Priti Patel - a close personal friend of Mr Amess. She said later on Twitter that she was devastated to learn of his death.\n\nThe conference was an inevitable decision: the killing of an MP is not an everyday occurrence - and the last time it happened, when Jo Cox was murdered in 2016 - it was an act of terrorism by a far-right extremist.\n\nAs daylight faded, members of the press gathered to hear police announce that an investigation was under way. Senior officers appealed to the public for information.\n\n\"This is a shocking and utterly despicable attack against somebody who was an outstanding MP and has worked tirelessly for their community for many, many years,\" said police commissioner Roger Hirst.\n\nHe added that members of Metropolitan Police's specialist Counter Terrorism Command would now try to make sense of an utterly senseless killing.\n\nBy early evening, investigators - still seeking a motive - had at least established the suspect's identity. A government source told the BBC the man arrested was a British national who, according to initial inquiries, was of Somali heritage.\n\nMeanwhile, at St Peter's Roman Catholic Church, locals gathered together to remember the man who, for many, was the only MP they had ever known.\n\nA mass is held at Saint Peter's Catholic Church, following the stabbing of UK Conservative MP Sir David Amess\n\nFather Jeffrey Woolnough told the service: \"Have you ever known Sir David Amess without that happy smile on his face? Because the greeting he would always give you was always that happy smile.\"\n\nAnd he paid tribute to Sir David as a man who carried with him \"that great east-London spirit of having no fear, and being able to talk to people and the level they're at\".\n\nShortly after midnight, police formally declared the attack a terrorist incident, explaining that their early investigations had revealed a \"potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism\".\n\nOfficers continued to search two London addresses in connection with the attack, while the suspect remained in custody at an Essex police station.", "Boris Johnson has paid tribute to Conservative MP Sir David Amess who has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex.\n\nThe PM said he was one of the \"kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".\n\nSir David, 69, had been an MP since 1983 and was married with five children.\n\nPolice said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The moment Durst is sentenced to life in prison\n\nUS real estate heir Robert Durst, subject of HBO crime documentary series The Jinx, has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend.\n\nDurst was found guilty of killing Susan Berman in 2000 to stop her talking to police about his wife's disappearance.\n\nThen aged 55, she was found shot in the head in her Beverly Hills home. Police believe he killed two others as well.\n\nIn a victim impact statement in court, Berman's son told Durst \"you murdered the person I was\" when he killed her.\n\nProsecutors called Durst, 78 - who appeared in the Los Angeles court for his sentencing - a \"narcissistic psychopath\". Durst has denied killing his friend.\n\nHis sentence for first-degree murder excludes any possibility of parole, meaning he will now very likely die in prison.\n\nThe crime carries special circumstances, the jury decided, including murder while lying in wait, and murder of a witness.\n\nDurst's lawyers told the judge on Thursday that he intends to appeal his conviction. Durst himself spoke to the judge only once to say \"yes\" when asked if he was waiving his right to appear at a future hearing.\n\nSusan Berman was a crime writer and daughter of a Las Vegas mobster, and had acted as a spokeswoman for Durst when he became a suspect in his wife's disappearance.\n\nBerman's cousin, Denny Marcus, told the judge on Thursday: \"I was robbed… of an absolutely extraordinary, unforgettable brilliant person whose life was savagely taken from her.\"\n\nSareb Kaufman, who considers Berman his mother as she had been dating his father, said: \"I have not had one day off in 21 years from the absolute destruction, grief and pain this has caused me.\"\n\n\"I have lost everything many times over because of him... I have lost and sacrificed more than anyone could possibly know,\" he continued.\n\n\"My mother's murder and the events of the last 40 years will never leave me. Are you satisfied, Bob?\"\n\nDurst's wife Kathleen McCormack, a medical student, went missing in 1982 and is presumed dead.\n\n\"The only hope of redemption you have is to help find Kathy,\" Mr Kaufman added, calling on Durst to reveal the location of McCormack's body.\n\nNew York prosecutors are considering pressing new charges against him in her case, according to US media.\n\nProsecutors have argued that Durst actually murdered three people - the third being an elderly neighbour, Morris Black, who discovered Durst's identity in 2001 while he was hiding out in Texas and pretending to be a mute woman.\n\nDurst was acquitted of murdering Mr Black, successfully arguing he had killed him on the grounds of self-defence before cutting up the body.\n\nDurst is an estranged member of one of New York's wealthiest and most powerful real estate dynasties. His brother Douglas Durst, who testified at the trial, told the court: \"He'd like to murder me.\"\n\nAt the end of The Jinx series, Durst is heard muttering to himself: \"What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.\"\n\nHours before the last episode aired in March 2015, authorities arrested Durst in New Orleans for Ms Berman's murder. Jurors were played the clip during the trial.", "Emergency services were called to Hoe Street in Walthamstow at 13:45 BST\n\nFive people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a barber's shop in north-east London.\n\nEmergency services were called to Hoe Street in Walthamstow at 13:45 BST over reports of \"a collision involving a vehicle and multiple pedestrians\".\n\nLondon Ambulance Service (LAS) said it had \"treated five people at the scene and took all of them to hospital, three as a priority\".\n\nNone of the injuries are thought to be life-threatening, the Met Police said.\n\nThe 65-year-old driver of the car was among those taken to hospital\n\nA number of ambulances and paramedic crews were deployed to the area, including the air ambulance.\n\nAmong those treated was the 65-year-old driver of the vehicle, according to police.\n\nA number of roads in the area were closed as a result of the crash.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A judge has ruled that security cameras and a Ring doorbell installed in a house in Oxfordshire \"unjustifiably invaded\" the privacy of a neighbour.\n\nDr Mary Fairhurst claimed that the devices installed on the house of neighbour Jon Woodard broke data laws and contributed to harassment.\n\nThe judge upheld both these claims.\n\nMr Woodard now faces a substantial fine. He claimed he installed the devices in good faith as a deterrent against burglars.\n\nThe origin of the row stems from an invitation from Mr Woodard to his neighbour Dr Fairhurst to have a tour of his home renovations, during which she claimed he showed off his new security system.\n\nThe judgment reads that Dr Fairhurst was \"alarmed and appalled\" to notice that he had a camera mounted on his shed and that footage from it was sent to his smartphone.\n\nA series of disputes about the cameras followed, which resulted in Dr Fairhurst moving out of her home.\n\nIn the judgement it was found that the Ring doorbell captured images of the claimant's house and garden, while the shed camera covered almost the whole of her garden and her parking space.\n\nJudge Melissa Clarke found that audio data collected by cameras on a shed, in a driveway and on the Ring doorbell was processed unlawfully. She noted that at the time it was not possible to turn off the audio recording facility - that happened in an update in 2020.\n\nShe said that she found the audio data that could capture conversations \"even more problematic and detrimental than video data\".\n\n\"Personal data may be captured from people who are not even aware that the device is there, or that it records and processes audio and personal data,\" she said in her judgement.\n\nThat, she said, was in breach of UK data laws - both the UK Data Protection Act and UK GDPR.\n\nAmazon, which made both the doorbell and the cameras, said that customers must \"respect their neighbours' privacy, and comply with any applicable laws when using their Ring device.\"\n\n\"We've put features in place across all our devices to ensure privacy, security and user control remain front and centre - including customisable privacy zones to block out 'off-limit' areas, motion zones to control the areas customers want their Ring device to detect motion, and Audio Toggle to turn audio on and off.\"\n\nBut the judge added: \"Even if an activation zone is disabled so that the camera does not activate to film by movement in that area, activation by movement in one of the other non-disabled activation zones will cause the camera to film across the whole field of view.\"\n\nThe Information Commissioner's Office told the BBC: \"Lots of people use domestic CCTV and video doorbells. If you own one, you should respect people's privacy rights and take steps to minimise intrusion to neighbours and passers-by.\"\n\nBut it added: \"In the vast number of cases, there are no issues.\"\n\nHannah Hart, a digital privacy expert at ProPrivacy, said: \"Whilst this case doesn't set a legal precedent, it does continue an ongoing conversation about our changing attitude towards domestic surveillance - and how normalised it has become in our communities.\n\n\"The fact remains that anyone with a Ring doorbell can turn their area of the neighbourhood into a surveillance space due to its video recording functionality and audio processors which are able to pick up sound 40 feet away.\n\n\"This means a small number of residents can effectively transform public spaces into surveillance hotbeds, and even share their recordings with police.\"", "The new air travel rules will come into effect in November\n\nThe US is easing its coronavirus travel restrictions, reopening to passengers from the UK, EU and other nations.\n\nFrom November, foreign travellers will be allowed to fly into the US if they are fully vaccinated, and undergo testing and contact tracing.\n\nThe US has had tough restrictions on travel in place since early last year.\n\nThe move answers a major demand from European allies, and means that families and friends separated by the restrictions can be reunited.\n\n\"It's a happy day - Big Apple, here I come!\" French entrepreneur Stephane Le Breton told the Associated Press news agency, as he looked forward to a trip to New York City that had been put on hold because of the restrictions.\n\nWhite House Covid-19 co-ordinator Jeff Zients announced the new rules on Monday, saying: \"This is based on individuals rather than a country-based approach, so it's a stronger system.\"\n\n\"Most importantly, foreign nationals flying to the US will be required to be fully vaccinated,\" he said.\n\nUS restrictions were initially imposed on travellers from China in early 2020, and then extended to other countries.\n\nThe current rules bar entry to most non-US citizens who have been in the UK and a number of other European countries, China, India, South Africa, Iran and Brazil within the last 14 days.\n\nUnder the new rules, foreign travellers will need to demonstrate proof of vaccination before flying, obtain a negative Covid-19 test result within three days of travelling, and provide their contact information. They will not be required to quarantine.\n\nOfficials said there would be some exceptions to the new policy, including for children who are not eligible to be vaccinated.\n\nIt was not immediately clear if the new rules applied only to US-approved vaccines, with Mr Zients saying this would be determined by the US Centers for Disease Control.\n\nA White House source told the BBC that the question of whether people who have had the AstraZeneca vaccine or 12- to 18-year-olds who have only had one jab would be allowed in under the new rules was a level of \"granular detail\" that was still being worked out, though this would affect millions.\n\nAmericans who are not fully vaccinated will still be able to enter, but they will need to be tested before their return to the US, and after they arrive home.\n\nMr Zients said the policy would come into effect in early November, but did not give an exact date.\n\nThe new rules do not apply to land borders, meaning that restrictions continue to apply to cross-border travel with Canada and Mexico.\n\nThe easing of travel rules came as a surprise to many, after the US government last week said it was not the right time to lift the restrictions.\n\nOne British official told the BBC on Monday that the decision had come completely out of the blue.\n\nFollowing the announcement, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was \"delighted\".\n\n\"It's a fantastic boost for business and trade, and great that family and friends on both sides of the pond can be reunited once again,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nGerman Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz also welcomed the change, saying it was \"great news for German and European investments, our exports and transatlantic relations\".\n\nFor months a joint working party has been looking at ways to relax the travel ban. The work, I'm told, has been detailed and assiduous.\n\nBut last Friday in Washington next to no one (not even in the Biden administration) was expecting today's announcement. So what's changed?\n\nThe Biden administration is aware of the growing disquiet among European allies about a range of issues - Afghanistan notably, but in recent days French fury over the Aukus submarine deal. And remember France is America's oldest ally.\n\nThis week Joe Biden will be meeting not only Boris Johnson, but a whole pile of EU leaders during the UN General Assembly in New York. And all had it on their dance cards to raise the travel ban.\n\nAccording to one diplomatic source, the US over the weekend just weighed the countervailing forces: annoy some Americans with a policy that could be characterised as being weak on Covid; or continue to alienate your European allies who are growing increasingly irritable.\n\nWith the data no longer supporting the ban, this weekend came a decision. Out of the blue in one way, but quite logical in another.\n\nAirline shares rose in response to the new travel rules, with British Airways owner IAG up as much as 10%.\n\nDoug Parker, chairman and CEO of American Airlines, said he welcomed the \"science-based approach\" to lifting travel restrictions.\n\n\"With the shared goals of health and safety always at the forefront, we're looking forward to welcoming more customers back to easy, seamless international trips for business, for leisure, and to reconnect with family and friends,\" he said.\n\nTravellers also celebrated the changes.\n\nPhil White, a British entrepreneur who lives in the US, said the decision would allow him to see his 23-year-old daughter who lives in London for the first time since the pandemic started.\n\n\"We haven't been able to see our daughter over this time. And that has been very, very, very difficult for us,\" he told AFP news agency.\n\nHe said he immediately booked a flight for her daughter after the news about the change was confirmed. \"[A]s a family we're going to be together for Thanksgiving, which is amazing,\" he added.\n\nThe US has recorded more than 42 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, and over 670,000 deaths.\n\nIn an interview with BBC World News on Monday, White House coronavirus adviser Dr Anthony Fauci urged more Americans to get vaccinated.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The US daily death toll from Covid-19 has risen above 2,000 for the first time since February", "PC Dwyer was found to have breached multiple standards of professional behaviour\n\nA police constable who took two packets of Jaffa Cakes from a charity stall without paying full price has been sacked from West Yorkshire Police.\n\nPC Chris Dwyer paid just 10p for two packets of the snacks from Halifax police station's canteen instead of the correct amount of £1.\n\nThe 51-year-old also tried to \"change and embellish\" his story when quizzed about it, a misconduct hearing found.\n\nHe was found guilty of gross misconduct and given an instant dismissal.\n\nThe misconduct trial had heard the confectionery stall at Halifax police station - set up in aid of a charity trip to Uganda - sold crisps, chocolate and fizzy drinks priced at 50p each.\n\nPC Dwyer went to the tuck shop on 21 January and after putting some money in the cash tin, removed two packets of Jaffa Cakes, the panel heard.\n\nAfterwards, a colleague raised concerns about a potential underpayment by the officer and, when checked, the cash float was found to be only up by 10p.\n\nWhen questioned about the matter, PC Dwyer gave dishonest accounts and his evidence was \"evasive and an attempt to reduce his culpability\", the panel found.\n\nThe officer, who joined West Yorkshire Police in 2017, had denied breaching police standards.\n\nHe initially claimed he had put in five 20p pieces into the cash tin, but later said he could not remember the \"exact denomination\".\n\nPanel chairman Akbar Khan said PC Dwyer's actions were an \"abuse of trust\" and had brought \"discredit on the police and the service\".\n\nHe added: \"The officer is solely to blame for his own conduct, which was dishonest and of a criminal nature.\n\n\"The nature of his dishonesty related to underpaying for items which proceeds were to support a charity to which he was fully aware.\"\n\nPC Dwyer was found to have breached West Yorkshire Police's professional standards in regard to integrity, honesty and discreditable conduct.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.", "Scott Morrison had said he may skip the world's biggest climate conference since 2015\n\nAustralia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he will now attend the COP26 UN climate conference after weeks of initial hesitation.\n\nGlobal leaders will meet in Glasgow next month to negotiate a new deal to stall rising global temperatures.\n\nMr Morrison drew criticism when he indicated last month that he might skip the meeting.\n\nAustralia, a large producer of coal and gas, is under pressure to commit to stronger climate action.\n\nIts climate policies and emissions reductions are ranked among the worst in the OECD.\n\n\"I confirmed my attendance at the Glasgow summit, which I'm looking forward to attending. It is an important event,\" Mr Morrison told reporters on Friday.\n\nClimate activists had slated Mr Morrison for not committing to attend, and it was being seen as a diplomatic snub to the UK, a close ally of Australia.\n\nIn an interview to the BBC, Prince Charles earlier expressed surprise at Mr Morrison's comments, urging leaders to act urgently to combat climate change.\n\nCOP26 will be held between 31 October and 12 November in Scotland's largest city.\n\nIt will be the biggest climate change conference since landmark talks in Paris in 2015.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nMr Morrison had cited the challenges of Covid as a reason he might not attend, saying he had already served a great deal of quarantine.\n\nBut Australia is beginning to make plans to end quarantine requirements.\n\nMany countries have set ambitious targets to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, but Australia has refused to do so.\n\nIn poker they call it a \"tell\": a tiny change in a player's behaviour that signals something crucial about the cards they holding.\n\nNow, the Glasgow climate conference isn't a poker game. Most world leaders do actually understand the huge risks climate change presents and would prefer to minimise its impact.\n\nBut they also know doing so could impose real costs on their economies. They would like to see the maximum global action on the issue with the minimum cost to their people.\n\nAnd for many of them they believe the best way to achieve that is to keep the cards in their hand hidden: to make sure there are no \"tells\".\n\nDeciding whether or not your leader is going to attend is part of that, it is a way of putting other nations under pressure.\n\nIt makes it very difficult for the organisers and - to be honest - isn't helpful for negotiations. But it is a fact of global diplomacy. Let's just hope that they decide to play a more open game when the conference begins.\n\nAustralia has committed to a 26% cut on its 2005 emissions by 2030 - a target frequently criticised as too weak.\n\nExperts say it needs to commit to a 47% cut by 2030 if it is to meet the UN goal of keeping temperature rise below or within 1.5C.\n\nAustralia is one of the largest emitters on a per capita basis because its energy grid is still largely reliant on coal power.\n\nThe conservative government has faced months of pressure, both at home and overseas, to improve its climate policies. It is expected to reveal higher emission targets next week.\n\n\"The government will be finalising its position to take to the summit. We're working through those issues,\" Morrison said on Friday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Charles was among those who urged Scott Morrison to attend COP26\n\nMany rural parts of Australia are dependent on coal, gas and farming.\n\nCoal is Australia's second-most lucrative export and it expects demand to continue for at least the next decade.\n\n\"The plan that I am taking forward together with my colleagues is about ensuring that our regions are strong, that our regions jobs are not only protected but have opportunities for the future,\" Mr Morrison said.", "The killing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess is being treated as a terrorist incident by police.\n\nSir David was stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex on Friday.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said there was a potential link to Islamist extremism. A 25-year-old British man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel paid tribute to Sir David as a \"man of the people\" who was \"killed doing a job he loved\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer laid flowers at the scene together on Saturday morning.\n\nMs Patel and Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle also paid their respects outside Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.\n\nSpeaking a short time later, Ms Patel said: \"We are all struggling to come to terms with the fact that David Amess has been so cruelly taken away from all of us.\"\n\nShe said the Southend West MP \"was absolutely there for everyone, he was a much loved parliamentarian, to me he was a dear and loyal friend, but also he was a devoted husband and father\".\n\nMs Patel, who has asked police forces to immediately review security arrangements for MPs, maintained a balance could be found to allow face-to-face meetings with constituents to continue.\n\n\"We will carry on, we live in an open society, a democracy,\" she said. \"We cannot be cowed by any individual or any motivation... to stop us from functioning\".\n\nSir David, 69, had been an MP since 1983 and was married with four daughters and a son. He is the second serving MP to be killed in recent years, following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in July 2016.\n\nLabour's Sir Keir Starmer and PM Boris Johnson laid floral tributes on Saturday at the scene of the attack\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel and Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle also paid their respects\n\nThe Met said officers are carrying out searches at two addresses in the London area and are not seeking anyone else over the death.\n\nThe force believes the man, who is in custody in Essex, acted alone but inquiries into the circumstances of the incident are continuing.\n\nGovernment sources have told the BBC he is a British national who, from initial inquiries, appears to be of Somali heritage.\n\nBBC security correspondent Frank Gardner reports Whitehall officials are saying the arrested man was not on a database of terror suspects.\n\nScotland Yard's decision that the killing of Sir David Amess was an act of terrorism confirms that, on the basis of what they know so far, the killer was motivated to use violence to further their cause.\n\nThere's no public suggestion from investigations at the moment that there is a specific additional threat to MPs - but detectives and colleagues in MI5 will be delving deeply into the life of the suspect to understand how he reached this mindset and whether this was an attack by a \"lone actor\" or someone who is part of a network.\n\nSecondly, it confirms the initial conclusion that there would need to be more resources thrown at the investigation.\n\nBehind the scenes a wider range of detectives and support staff will now have been brought into action. If officers have recovered the suspect's mobile phone, they will now be forensically examining its contents to uncover potential evidence of mindset and planning.\n\nA phone - and any bank cards - will also help detectives track the suspect's movements in the days and weeks before the incident. That in turn leads them to CCTV so they can build a three-dimensional view of his life.\n\nSir David was holding a constituency surgery - where voters can meet their MP and discuss concerns - at the church on Friday when he was attacked at 12:05 BST.\n\nThe Met later said the fatal stabbing was being declared a terrorist incident, with the investigation being led by Counter Terrorism Policing.\n\nPolice added: \"The early investigation has revealed a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism.\"\n\nOfficers are appealing for anyone with any information or with footage from CCTV, dash cams or video doorbell, to contact them.\n\nSouthend borough councillor John Lamb, who went to the scene after hearing the MP had been stabbed, said: \"The paramedics had been working on Sir David for over two and a half hours and they hadn't got him on the way to hospital.\n\n\"We knew it had to be extremely serious and that the worst scenario could occur - we were hoping it wouldn't but it did.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch the Home Secretary Priti Patel pay tribute to her \"friend\" and \"neighbour\" MP Sir David Amess\n\nThe mood in Leigh-on-Sea, which Sir David represented for decades, is one of bewilderment.\n\nAs police and global media descend upon the usually quiet Essex town, people have gathered to pay tributes outside the Belfairs Methodist Church where the long-standing MP was attacked.\n\nResident Audrey Martin remembers him as \"an absolute gentleman\" who took time out to speak to her when she first moved to the area from Scotland.\n\n\"He just had this aura about him,\" she says.\n\nAnd constituent Lorraine Migliorini highlights Sir David's work for children and young people with special educational needs.\n\n\"He was genuinely interested and listened to them which was fantastic,\" she says. \"He got things done.\"\n\nJulie Everitt, who has co-ordinated a vigil for him, says she would \"always remember him for his genuine smile\" and his passion for animal rights.\n\n\"He would go on campaigns, he was against the badger cull, he was against trophy hunting and fox hunting,\" she says.\n\n\"He was a good gentleman, he had a good heart.\"\n\nRead more from Orla and Richard at the scene here.\n\nPaying tribute to Sir David on Friday, the prime minister described him as \"one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".\n\nHouse of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle told BBC Two's Newsnight police were contacting all MPs to check on their security and reassure them.\n\nHe went ahead with his own constituency surgery on Friday evening, saying it was essential MPs retained their relationship with their constituents.\n\nBut Conservative MP Tobias Elwood - who came to the aid of a stabbed police officer during a terror attack in Westminster in 2017 - told the BBC he would recommend MPs temporarily stop having face-to-face meetings with constituents.\n\n\"You can move to Zoom... you can actually achieve an awful lot over the telephone,\" he said on Radio 4's World Tonight.\n\nAnd Kim Leadbeater, the sister of Mrs Cox and MP for Batley and Spen, said her partner had asked her to stand down from her role following Sir David's death.\n\nA Conservative backbencher for nearly 40 years, Sir David entered Parliament in 1983 as the MP for Basildon.\n\nHe held the seat in 1992, but switched to nearby Southend West at the 1997 election.\n\nRaised as a Roman Catholic, he was known politically as a social conservative and as a prominent campaigner against abortion and on animal welfare issues.\n\nHe was also known for his championing of Southend, including a long-running campaign to win city status for the town.\n\nTributes have been paid to Sir David from across politics and within his local community.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said he had an \"outstanding record of passing laws to help the most vulnerable\", adding \"we've lost today a fine public servant and a much loved-friend and colleague\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch how emergency services responded in the initial aftermath of the attack on Sir David Amess\n\nFather Jeff Woolnough, parish priest at nearby St Peter's Catholic Church, led a mass on Friday evening in memory of Sir David, who he called \"Mr Southend\".\n\nHe described him as a \"great, great guy\" and said faith communities had \"lost their greatest supporter\".\n\nSouthend councillor John Lamb said Sir David was \"a very good, hard working constituency MP who worked for everyone\".\n\nAnd Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"dark and shocking day\", adding that the country had \"been here before\" with the death of Jo Cox.\n\nConstituent Ruth Verrinder (right) and former councillor and mayor Judith McMahon (left) were at St Michael and All Angels Church to light a candle\n\nWere you in the area? Did you witness the attack? If you feel able to do so please get in touch. Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The extent of the influence of LGBTQ charity Stonewall in public bodies across the UK has been revealed in a BBC investigation.\n\nGovernments, Ofcom and the BBC have had their impartiality questioned after involvement in the lobby group's diversity schemes.\n\nA number of high profile organisations have left Stonewall's schemes in recent months amid growing controversy about the influence of the group on public policy.\n\nStonewall says it works for LGBTQ equality and that it is \"deeply disappointing\" that this can still be thought of as controversial.\n\nStonewall operates two schemes which have come under scrutiny in recent months. The \"Diversity Champions\" programme is a service Stonewall provides to employers for a fee, to advise them on diversity and inclusion. The Workplace Equality Index is a public ranking of organisations, which is scored by Stonewall, and does not require a fee to enter.\n\nThe Nolan Investigates podcast sought information on the schemes under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws. The information contained within the documents revealed what the lobby group was asking organisations to do to improve their ranking on the Workplace Equality Index.\n\nSome organisations, including the BBC, refused to release the information on the grounds that it could \"have a detrimental impact on the commercial revenue of Stonewall\".\n\nStonewall declined to take part in the series.\n\nThe documents reveal that the media regulator Ofcom submitted rulings it had made against broadcasters to Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index, which awards points to organisations based on how well they are performing on LGBTQ equality.\n\nOfcom had initially defended the relationship with Stonewall, saying it only related to internal staffing issues, before leaving the Diversity Champions Scheme in August.\n\nHowever, Ofcom continues to submit information to the Workplace Equality Index. Stonewall scores companies and public bodies based on how well they believe they are performing on LGBTQ equality.\n\nFor three consecutive years, the lobby group asked Ofcom to show evidence of work they had done to \"promote LGBT equality in the wider community\". Ofcom cited examples of action they had taken in response to complaints about TV programmes including Harry Hill's TV Burp and local radio stations.\n\nIn 2019, Ofcom told Stonewall \"we have ruled on two instances where transphobic comments made in programmes breached the code\". One such case referred to a radio presenter who said he would be uncomfortable with his six-year-old daughter changing in an environment where the changing rooms were not segregated based on sex, and described a \"transfeminine person\" as \"him, her, him, it\" - for which he had apologised on air.\n\nThe regulator also cited a 2016 judgement on a re-run of Harry Hill's TV Burp on the UKTV television channel Dave, in which the programme parodied a Channel 4 documentary called The Pregnant Man. Ofcom had found the programme was in breach of its broadcasting code.\n\nAn extract from Ofcom's submission to Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index\n\nOfcom did not release the feedback it received from Stonewall.\n\nOfcom told the Nolan Investigates podcast that there was no conflict of interest in its relationship with Stonewall, despite \"stepping back\" from Stonewall's Diversity Champions Scheme after considering whether there was a conflict of interest.\n\nOfcom said: \"Broadcast standards decisions are made by the Broadcast Standards team within Ofcom, wholly independently from any third parties. Our participation in the Stonewall Equality Index has no bearing whatsoever on any of our broadcasting standards decisions.\"\n\nOfcom will continue to submit to Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index scheme, saying it \"is an effective way for employers to measure their progress on LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace\".\n\nThe BBC did not release the information requested by Nolan Investigates around its submission to Stonewall's schemes.\n\nHowever, the programme has raised questions about how close the BBC's Diversity and Inclusion department was to Stonewall. Diversity and Inclusion deals with internal staffing issues at the BBC.\n\nConcerns have been raised for some time from senior BBC editorial figures about the risks of the relationship with Stonewall.\n\nStonewall played a central role in an internal BBC \"LGBT Culture and Progression report\" by \"identifying strengths and weaknesses\" for the BBC with regards to LGBT diversity and practices. \"Weaknesses\" included the absence of an Allies programme. Allies programmes are set up with training from Stonewall when the organisations are Diversity Champions.\n\nIn January 2020 the BBC told staff they would \"be working closely with Stonewall over the coming months in preparation for next year's [Stonewall] index\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nancy Kelley: \"I’m comfortable with our direction as an organisation\"\n\nThe podcast reveals that a senior figure in the Diversity and Inclusion department described Stonewall as \"the experts in workplace equality for LGBTQ+ people\" in internal correspondence, in response to questions about the BBC's Allies scheme.\n\nConcerns have been expressed about Stonewall being regarded as \"the\" experts, given the diversity of opinion among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people over Stonewall's policies.\n\nThe department runs an \"Allies training\" course, which was set up in conjunction with Stonewall, to provide guidance to staff. In an Allies training meeting, BBC trainers used language and material around sex and gender which is contested. The \"genderbred person\" - a graphic used by groups like Stonewall to explain sex and gender issues - was presented to staff, with no alternate views presented.\n\nThe Nolan Investigates podcast understands that the Diversity and Inclusion department had a role in the drafting of the latest BBC News style guide around issues of sexuality and gender. The style guide sets a standard for the language used by BBC News, often in contested areas.\n\nThe document defines homosexuality as \"people of either sex who are attracted to people of their own gender\". This is similar to the definition used by Stonewall, and different from the standard dictionary definition, in that it defines attraction as based on gender rather than sex.\n\nThese definitions are at the centre of a fierce debate over sex and gender issues. The document was ultimately signed off by BBC News.\n\nSam Smith, an investigative journalist who left the BBC recently after working there for 25 years, told the podcast she thinks that some people within the BBC are frightened to speak out to say what they really think about Stonewall.\n\nShe also believes the relationship has had an effect on the corporation's output.\n\n\"How can it not have a chilling effect when it is writ large across the BBC that we are a [Stonewall] champion. I can't think of anything else that the BBC has done that's in the same ball park.\"\n\nThe charity has campaigned for trans equality since 2015\n\nShe says: \"The trouble is the impartiality element of this, for people who do not agree with Stonewall's campaigning position on the gender identity issue, it is not nice for an organisation to align itself with Stonewall and Stonewall's mission\".\n\nShe said she had queried the BBC's use of \"political\" and \"campaigning\" language but was told \"the BBC had checked this with Stonewall and Stonewall were fine they were fine with it and therefore the BBC was fine with it\".\n\nThe BBC did not take part in the podcast. In a statement, they said that the BBC \"acts independently in all our aspects of our operations, from HR policy to editorial guidelines and content\".\n\n\"We are not a member of Stonewall, we do not take legal advice from Stonewall and we do not subscribe to Stonewall's campaigning. The charity simply provides advice that we are able to consider.\n\n\"As a broadcaster, we have our own values and editorial standards - these are clearly set out and published in our editorial guidelines. We are also governed by the Royal Charter and the Ofcom broadcasting code.\"\n\nIn a statement, Stonewall told the Nolan Investigates podcast: \"It is completely normal and appropriate for charities to engage with public sector organisations to advocate for their beneficiaries to improve public policy. It is also completely normal and appropriate for charities to support public sector organisations through service provision.\n\n\"We are proud of work to support public sector organisations to create an inclusive workplace for their LGBTQ+ employees. Our guidance to employers supports them to understand the needs of their LGBTQ+ employees and create an inclusive workplace culture through their policies and wider activity.\"\n\nThe Nolan Investigates podcast also examines changes in the language used by governments across the UK after Stonewall requested changes, and looks at the advice provided by Stonewall to public bodies.\n\nCorrection 18th October 2021: An earlier version of this article included a picture caption which said that Stonewall had been campaigning for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights since 1989, which we have amended to make clear that Stonewall has campaigned for trans equality since 2015.\n\nThe Nolan Investigates podcast is available on BBC Sounds", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPeople will die unless there is an urgent shake-up of NHS care, a former emergency medicine director has warned.\n\nDr Iain Robertson-Steel said ambulance delays and the lack of resources were the worst he had ever seen.\n\nThe former Withybush Hospital director, who lives in Solva, Pembrokeshire, has taken two elderly people to hospital himself as there were no ambulances.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service apologised, saying there had been \"well-documented pressures on our service\" recently.\n\nDr Robertson-Steel said there was an urgent need to address the crisis: \"In rural areas with long journey times, you have to have an effective ambulance service, so it's important that the numbers shouldn't be reduced.\n\n\"If we fail to deliver prompt care for coronary disease, strokes and sepsis, lives will be lost unless we reorganise.\n\n\"It's a stark warning but it's a message that many of my clinical colleagues and I have been putting out for some years - there's no doubt that delayed care costs lives.\"\n\nLena Dixon says volunteers should not have to pick up the slack in key services\n\nIn one case, a 94-year-old had fallen in his home, knocking himself unconscious on a radiator.\n\nHe spent more than eight hours lying on the floor due to ambulance delays and was initially helped by Lena Dixon, a volunteer for a social care charity called Solve Care.\n\n\"We are a charity, we rely on volunteers. We should not have to deal with things that should be done by statutory services,\" she said.\n\n\"People in this village should be able to feel that, when they need support, they should get it and not have to lie on a floor for eight hours.\"\n\nMs Dixon said the man, who was very distressed and in a lot of pain, was eventually treated in hospital but remained confused.\n\n\"I feel that if it happens to me, I just want to drop dead - I don't want to lie on a floor and wait for something that might not turn up,\" she added.\n\nDes Page was told he would have to wait three hours when he rang 999 after suffering chest pains\n\nDr Robertson-Steel and his wife Lesley, herself a retired nurse, also helped 81-year-old Des Page who was suffering severe chest pains, but was told it would be at least a three-hour wait for an ambulance.\n\nMr Page said he did not know what would have happened without their help and thinks people in rural areas are being forgotten.\n\n\"We're half an hour away from the hospital and you've got to depend on an ambulance - it's frightening. I thought waiting that long a time was ridiculous really.\n\n\"I think there should be more ambulances provided and that the government should put more money into the NHS.\"\n\nLast week, a report from Health Inspectorate Wales found that long delays for ambulances outside hospitals were having a detrimental impact on the NHS's ability to care for patients.\n\nThis week, the Army is being drafted in to help, but Dr Robertson-Steel, who was also director of the West Midlands ambulance service, said that was a temporary measure and the problem was not being taken seriously enough.\n\n\"We don't need more meetings, more pilot projects, more reports, we actually need an action plan to deliver recovery for the NHS and social care,\" he said.\n\nA recent proposal to cut the number of ambulances in Pembrokeshire from seven to five has drawn widespread criticism.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service said a review of resources in Hywel Dda health board, which covers south-west Wales, had been paused in order to ensure the right number of staff and vehicles could meet demand.\n\nDr Brendan Lloyd, executive medical director at the Welsh Ambulance Service, said: \"We apologise to all of those patients who have had a poor experience of our ambulance service, including the two patients that Dr Robertson-Steel came to the aid of.\n\n\"Hospital handover delays coupled with staff absence and high levels of demand for our services have significantly hampered our ability to get to patients quickly.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Easy On Me is the first new music released by Adele in six years\n\nAfter a slow-burning PR campaign, Adele's first new music in six years has arrived.\n\nEasy On Me, a spare and emotional piano ballad, was released at midnight UK time, offering fans the first glimpse of her \"divorce album\", entitled 30.\n\nThat will be her follow-up to massively successful albums 19, 21 and 25.\n\nEasy On Me sees Adele explaining her decision to walk away from her marriage in 2019, while asking her son and ex-husband for understanding.\n\n\"I changed who I was to put you both first,\" she sings, \"but now I give up\".\n\nThat moment, so naked and unvarnished, sends shivers down your spine.\n\nAdele's voice is full of regret, but also resolve.\n\nIn the accompanying music video, director Xavier Dolan chooses this moment to transition from black and white to full colour - making clear that this is the sound of a woman who has dismantled her entire world, realising that she needn't feel guilty for putting herself first.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by AdeleVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nAdele addresses the chorus, \"go easy on me\", to herself as much as her family - and she accepts it's too soon for them to see her point of view.\n\n\"I had good intentions / And the highest hopes / But I know, right now / It probably doesn't even show.\"\n\nThe song was apparently the first track written for Adele's forthcoming album, and dates back to the year of her separation. The immediacy of those emotions is apparent in her vocal, simultaneously strong and vulnerable.\n\nBut there's also a generosity to the song. Adele is reaching out to the people she's hurt, but Easy On Me is also a big woolly blanket wrapped around the loneliness and pain of anyone who's been through a core-shaking break-up.\n\nIt's already proved to be a hit. Just under 300,000 people tuned in to watch the video premiere on YouTube. Within 12 hours it had been streamed 12 million times.\n\nThe single comes just five weeks before her new album - which was first teased in a global marketing campaign that saw the number 30 projected on to buildings and billboards in Brazil, Mexico, Dubai, Italy, Germany, Ireland, the US and the UK.\n\nFans correctly guessed the release date of 19 November when Taylor Swift moved her forthcoming album forward by a week, apparently to avoid a clash with Adele.\n\nEasy On Me was co-written with Adele's frequent collaborator Greg Kurstin\n\nLike her previous three albums the title is a reference to a specific age in Adele's life.\n\nThirty is the age at which she married her long-term partner, Simon Konecki, and then left him.\n\nThe star has said the album was recorded to help her eight-year-old son understand their divorce the following year.\n\n\"I wanted to explain to him through this record, when he's in his 20s or 30s, who I am and why I voluntarily chose to dismantle his entire life in the pursuit of my own happiness,\" she told Vogue magazine.\n\n\"It made him really unhappy sometimes. And that's a real wound for me that I don't know if I'll ever be able to heal,\" she added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adele This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 2's Zoe Ball, the singer said the album \"was bloody hard work to make\".\n\n\"I was singing things I didn't even realise I was feeling or thinking,\" she said, adding that it was important for her to share those emotions with the world.\n\n\"I feel like I can't unlock a door for my own mental health and take the key with me. I've got to leave it in the door for everyone else - and I'm in a strong place now where I feel like I can put that vulnerability out.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by BBC Radio 2 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a separate interview with BBC Radio 1's Greg James, she admitted that her friends hadn't been too impressed by Easy On Me when she played them the demo.\n\n\"I sent a snippet of it, as I was writing it, to three of my closest friends,\" she said.\n\n\"One didn't like it, one was like, 'keep trying', and the other was like, 'I'm busy working'. So that was the perfect response.\"\n\nOnce it was finished, however, \"they loved it\".\n\n\"And I don't do any music in my time off. It's not a muscle that I exercise - writing or singing,\" she added.\n\n\"So most of the time, even just for my best friends and my manager, their first reaction, no matter what the song is, is, 'it's just nice to hear you sing'.\"\n\nWhile Easy On Me is very much a traditional Adele ballad, there have been hints that the rest of the album will showcase a more experimental side to Adele's music.\n\nAccording to Vogue, one track features her vocals \"sampled and resampled over a hypnotic beat\", that is reminiscent of electro-pop act Goldfrapp.\n\nShe has also worked with London-based producer Inflo - responsible for the retro R&B sounds of Michael Kiwanuka and Little Simz - as well as the Oscar-winning composer of the Black Panther score, Ludwig Göransson.\n\nRadio 2 DJ Jo Whiley, who has been played a handful of the songs, said there are \"all kinds\" of sounds and genres on the album.\n\n\"There's one that I listened to and it just made me feel incredibly sad,\" she added. \"She really does pour her heart out and her voice, I think, has never sounded better.\n\n\"I was really surprised by the heights that she reaches - and the power and the resonance within her voice is amazing.\"\n\nThe music world meanwhile has been reacting to Adele's long-awaited return, with Canadian star Drake alerting his Instagram followers to the fact that \"one of my best friends in the world just dropped a single\".\n\nSolo star and former Fifth Harmony member Normani declared: \"Adele oh Adele I love uuuuuuuu.\"\n\nElsewhere, Clueless film star Alicia Silverstone posted a humorous video on TikTok of her preparing to drown her sorrows while listening the London singer's latest heartfelt offering.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Alicia Silverstone This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHowever it sounds, 30 is certain to be a shot in the arm for the UK music industry.\n\nOnly one British album released since the start of 2020, Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia, has sold the 300,000 copies required to be awarded a platinum disc.\n\nIt took her 10 months to achieve that feat. By contrast, Adele's last album, 25, went platinum in its first 24 hours.\n\nIt went on to become the UK's 14th best-selling album of all time, with sales in excess of 3.6 million.\n\nSony, her new record label, will be hoping to match those sorts of sales heights - although the CD market has declined precipitously since 2015; and Adele's streaming numbers don't yet match those of her peers.\n\nShe currently has 22 million monthly listeners on Spotify, compared to Ed Sheeran's 75 million and Taylor Swift's 46.5 million.\n\nNew music will undoubtedly boost those figures, however, even if Adele faces stiff competition from Sheeran, Swift, Abba and Coldplay, who will all release new material in the coming weeks.\n\nMartin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts Company, described the pile-up as an \"embarrassment of riches\" that is almost unprecedented for the music retail sector - but he predicted Adele would emerge on top.\n\n\"It would be a brave man who predicted anything other than 30 being the biggest album of this Christmas,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"And, with certifications now also reflecting streams, as well as traditional physical and download sales, it is in with a strong chance of going platinum in its first week.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The Queen appeared to suggest she was irritated by leaders' slow response to the climate crisis.\n\nThe Queen has appeared to suggest she is irritated by people who \"talk\" but \"don't do\", ahead of next month's climate change summit.\n\nHer reported remarks were overheard during the opening of the Welsh parliament on Thursday.\n\nThe monarch, who is due to attend the UN's COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, said she did not know who was coming to the event.\n\nPrince Charles and Prince William have also spoken of their climate concerns.\n\nGlobal leaders are meeting in Glasgow between 31 October and 12 November to negotiate a new deal to stall rising global temperatures.\n\nUS President Joe Biden and members of the G7 nations will be attending COP26. On Friday, after weeks of hesitation, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison also confirmed he will be at the summit.\n\nBut there are reports China's President Xi Jinping would not be attending, although the country will be represented by its government officials in Glasgow.\n\nDowning Street said it was up to individual countries to confirm attendances at COP26.\n\nVideo clips featuring the Queen's conversation during the opening of the Senedd were picked up by the event's live stream camera, according to the Daily Mail.\n\nThe clips - parts of which are inaudible - show the Queen chatting with the Duchess of Cornwall and Elin Jones, the Senedd's presiding officer.\n\nThe Queen appears to say: \"I've been hearing all about COP... I still don't know who's coming.\"\n\nIn a separate clip, she remarks \"we only know about people who are not coming\", before adding: \"It's really irritating when they talk, but they don't do.\"\n\nMs Jones appears to reference the Duke of Cambridge in her reply to the Queen's remarks, saying she had been watching him \"on television this morning saying there's no point going into space, we need to save the Earth\".\n\nThis wasn't a formal intervention from the Queen, but a few private words that were overheard.\n\nThat her comments about climate change are making headlines shows how unusual it is to hear the Queen's private thoughts on public matters - because her role requires her to stay outside of political debate.\n\nThis rare insight suggests the 95-year-old Queen remains very engaged with the current issues around the COP26 summit - in a week when Prince Charles and Prince William were also talking about protecting the environment.\n\nBut it also shows the occupational hazard of being followed everywhere by cameras and microphones.\n\nAnd in her comments about having \"no idea\" who was coming to COP26, there was also a glimpse of a slightly exasperated host, not sure who was going to turn up for an event.\n\nPrince William spoke to the BBC's Newscast on Thursday, and suggested entrepreneurs should focus on saving Earth rather than engaging in space tourism.\n\nHe also warned the COP26 summit against \"clever speak, clever words but not enough action\", saying it was \"critical\" for the world leaders to \"communicate very clearly and very honestly what the problems are and what the solutions are going to be\".\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's climate editor Justin Rowlatt, the Prince of Wales said he was worried that world leaders would \"just talk\" when they meet, saying: \"The problem is to get action on the ground\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Erica says she is using her story as “power to fight back against the law\"\n\nVictims of alleged domestic abuse are seeing their cases dropped at a rapidly increasing rate, according to data obtained by the BBC.\n\nThe time limit to charge common assault - including instances of domestic violence - is six months.\n\nNearly 13,000 cases were dropped in England and Wales over five years after the authorities hit that limit.\n\nCampaigners say women are being denied justice and the police and prosecutors should be given more time.\n\nThe new figures relate to common assault cases - which includes things like a push, threatening words or being spat at - and which are normally dealt with at magistrates court.\n\nBut three-quarters of all domestic abuse cases - including sexual assaults - are closed early without the suspect being charged, according to a report by HM inspector of constabulary.\n\nAnd just 1.6% of rape allegations in England and Wales result in someone being charged, something the government has said it is \"deeply ashamed\" about.\n\nVictims of domestic common assault are sometimes reluctant to come forward and the cases can be complex - which is why campaigners say the police should be given more time to investigate them.\n\nA government spokesman said all allegations should be investigated and pursued where possible, and money had been invested to support victims of such crimes during the pandemic.\n\nBut Labour MP Yvette Cooper, who chairs the Commons Home Affairs Committee, said it was another example of the criminal justice system failing to understand violence against women and girls.\n\n\"This is a shocking fact that thousands of cases a year - and getting worse - are just being timed out,\" she told BBC News.\n\n\"There are so many reasons why victims and survivors of domestic abuse might not be able to report an assault straight away. But then to be told that the perpetrator is just going to be let off because they've run out of time is completely wrong. That is why the law needs to change.\"\n\nThe six-month time limit is meant to keep the criminal justice system moving - but campaigners are calling for it to be extended to two years in instances of domestic violence.\n\nErica Osakwe, who founded Victims Too, was encouraged to report her abuse to police on leaving her relationship, but was later told no charges could be brought because the police had failed to properly file the initial report and the time limit had expired.\n\nShe said: \"There was a pit in my stomach that didn't leave me for weeks or months. I felt like they took me for a joke. I wasn't taken seriously. It didn't seem like they've valued my story.\n\n\"To me, six months isn't enough time to even fathom that sort of experience and allow someone to get the support they need before coming forward.\n\n\"This six months not only applies to victims of abuse but also applies to the police as well to get it done. The police might not be able to gather the evidence they need in the six months to even get that prosecution charge.\"\n\nMs Osakwe and campaign group Refuge are backing moves by Ms Cooper to amend the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill currently making its way through Parliament.\n\nFigures obtained by the BBC using Freedom of Information from 30 of the 43 police forces in England and Wales, reveals a huge increase in allegations of common assault involving domestic abuse - but a fall in the number of charges being brought.\n\nFrom 2016-17 to 2020-21 there were at least 12,982 cases of common assault that were flagged as involving domestic abuse in which no-one was charged due to the time limit.\n\nThere has been a 159% increase in the number of times common assaults flagged as involving domestic abuse have not been charged because of this time limit.\n\nThe data was not broken down by gender, and covers both men and women.\n\nBetween 2016-17 and 2020-21 the total number of common assaults flagged as instances of domestic abuse increased by 71% from 99,134 to 170,013.\n\nIn the same time period, the number of these common assaults that resulted in charges being brought fell by 23%.\n\nA government spokesman said: \"All allegations should be investigated and pursued rigorously through the courts where possible, and there is no time limit on reporting crimes such as bodily harm or those that add up to coercive behaviour.\n\n\"We have invested millions into vital services to support victims throughout the pandemic, and continue to urge anyone at risk of harm to come forward and get the help they need.\n\n\"Perpetrators of domestic abuse do untold damage and we sympathise with any victim whose life has been affected by such acts.\"\n\nLouisa Ralfe, the lead for domestic abuse at the National Police Chiefs' Council, said: \"We know there are many reasons why victims may not immediately report offences, particularly in cases of domestic abuse where victims can face coercion and other barriers to coming forward.\n\n\"We are supporting the Home Office in their analysis of this issue and we will continue to work with them and the Crown Prosecution Service to understand the scale and ensure that every victim is able to achieve the justice they deserve.\"", "The US has said that it will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries on 8 November.\n\nUnder new rules announced by the White House, vaccinated people who have had a negative test in the 72 hours before travelling will be allowed to enter.\n\nThe move marks the end of the tough restrictions that have been imposed on travellers since early last year.\n\n\"This policy is guided by public health, stringent and consistent,\" a White House spokesman said.\n\nThe new rules will apply to Schengen countries - a group of 26 European nations - as well as the UK, Brazil, China, India, Iran, Ireland, and South Africa.\n\nThe current rules bar entry to most non-US citizens who have been in the UK, China, India, South Africa, Iran, Brazil or a number of European countries within the last 14 days.\n\nHowever, the policy has caused controversy, as passengers from 150 other countries, many of whom have struggled with high rates of Covid infection, have continued to enter the US freely.\n\nOfficials announced that people who have been jabbed with one of the vaccines that are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or have been granted an Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization (WHO) will qualify under the system.\n\nThe Emergency Use aspect will allow travellers who have received the AstraZeneca jab, widely used in the UK, as well as China's Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines, to enter the country.\n\nIt was also confirmed that travellers will not be required to go into quarantine upon entering the country.\n\nThe announcement was swiftly celebrated by would-be travellers across the globe.\n\nAmong them was Kent resident Dan Johnson, who told the BBC he had been unable to visit his father in the US before he died of cancer in March.\n\n\"I never got to say goodbye and hadn't seen him since 2019 due to the travel restrictions,\" he said. \"It's been the hardest thing in the world. Lifting the ban feels much too late, but does mean that I can finally visit my step-mum and help her sort dad's belongings.\"\n\nAnother UK resident, Kate Urquhart, said she would be travel to Los Angeles to see the final concert of American rock band The Monkees' farewell tour in November.\n\n\"I was almost resigned to not going,\" she said. \"Today's announcement is great news.\"\n\nFriday's announcement sheds light on the changes first announced back in September. Biden administration officials had initially said the new policy would go into place in \"early November,\" leaving many foreign nationals unsure when to make or adjust their travel plans.\n\nVirgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss welcomed the move and said it reflected the success of the global vaccine rollout.\n\n\"The UK will now be able to strengthen ties with our most important economic partner, the US, boosting trade and tourism as well as reuniting friends, families and business colleagues,\" she said.\n\nThe US has lagged behind many other countries in removing its travel restrictions, prompting friction with a number of its allies.\n\nOn Tuesday, US officials announced that restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico for fully vaccinated foreign nationals would also end.\n\nHowever, unvaccinated travellers will continue to be barred from entering at land borders.", "Sir David Amess was one of Parliament's characters: fun, friendly, unconventional and outspoken.\n\nHis broad grin and boyish enthusiasm were fixtures in the House of Commons chamber for nearly 40 years.\n\nHe never scaled the heights of government, choosing to dedicate his career to his beloved Essex and the causes he cared about most. The 69-year-old was one of those rare MPs who earned cross-party respect for the conviction he brought to his opinions and campaigns. They ranged from passionate support of Brexit to animal rights - and anything that brought Essex up in the world.\n\nHe always took his work seriously, but himself rarely.\n\nHe was stabbed to death while in his constituency surgery in the seaside town of Leigh-on-Sea, an attack that has stunned his constituents and colleagues from across the political spectrum.\n\nSir David burst on to the political scene as the new MP for Basildon in 1983, the embodiment of what was known then as Essex Man, the archetypal aspirational voter who helped deliver a landslide victory for Margaret Thatcher that year.\n\nA prominent animal lover within Westminster, David Amess regularly entered Parliament's dog of the year show\n\nWith an East End accent and relatively humble origins, he gained a high profile on TV and radio, and triumphed against the odds in the 1992 general election when he unexpectedly held on to his seat.\n\n\"My colleagues and supporters, go out and rejoice and celebrate!\", he declared.\n\nFrom that moment on David Amess was cheered by his Conservative colleagues every time he rose to his feet in Parliament, where he would rarely pass up the chance to mention Basildon.\n\nHe held the seat until 1997 when he realised the seat would be lost to Labour after boundary changes and switched his loyalty and devotion to nearby Southend West. For years he campaigned for Southend to become a city, mentioning it virtually every week in Parliament - he retweeted a BBC Essex tweet along these lines just a day before his death.\n\nSir David - who was married with five children - was also a devout Catholic.\n\nHe was socially conservative: he supported capital punishment and opposed abortion. He was an early Eurosceptic. He was also a strong supporter of animal rights, including a fox hunting ban, and he campaigned against fuel poverty, advocated tackling obesity and raised awareness of endometriosis, a painful gynaecological condition that some women suffer.\n\nAlthough for many years he was a parliamentary aide to the former cabinet minister, Michael Portillo, he never held ministerial office; he was too unorthodox for that.\n\nSir David was a keen participant in the annual MPs' pancake race\n\nDeputy prime minister Dominic Raab paid tribute to \"a great common sense politician and a formidable campaigner with a big heart, and tremendous generosity of spirit - including towards those he disagreed with\".\n\nThe SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford said he was \"a thoroughly decent man\".\n\nHis loss will be felt keenly in his Southend West constituency. Trembling with emotion Father Jeff Woolnough, parish priest of St Peter's Catholic church in Eastwood Road North, Leigh-On-Sea, told the BBC Sir David was a \"great, great man, a good Catholic and a friend to all\".\n\nBorn in Plaistow in 1952, he went to school in London and did many things before turning to politics.\n\nHe taught at a school in London before embarking on a career as a recruitment consultant. He did attract unwelcome publicity in 1997, when he was the victim of satirist Chris Morris on his Channel 4 show Brass Eye, when he was shown with other well-known figures condemning Cake, a made-up drug. Sir David said Channel 4 should feel \"shame\" for the programme, as it came soon after the case of his then-constituent 18 year old Leah Betts, who died after she took ecstasy.\n\nHe was one of those MPs who used Parliament to sponsor bills, to sit on committees, to form alliances, so that he could shape law from the backbenches.\n\nAs an animal welfare specialist, he led campaigns to ban cages for game birds and end the transport of live animals for export - and was a patron of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation. Sir David was what they call an old school parliamentarian - the epitome of a constituency MP who died serving those he was so proud to represent.", "Flowers have been laid at the scene where MP David Amess was stabbed\n\n\"It could happen to any one of us.\"\n\nThose were Sir David Amess's own words, describing the danger that MPs can face, and the awareness they all carry, that their work can - in rare and terrible circumstances - put them in harm's way.\n\nIn his published diaries of a long life as an MP, Sir David wrote of the creeping risks: checking the locks, taking care not to meet people alone, alert to what could go wrong.\n\nThe contract between us and our politicians is not written down anywhere. Yet part of it is understood by everyone.\n\nWe expect the MPs we elect to see us in person, not to hide behind Parliament's ornate gates and wood-panelled walls.\n\nThat demand is met gladly by the vast majority of MPs.\n\nBut, increasingly, the job has been accompanied by abuse, intimidation - and risk for MPs and their staff.\n\nOne member of the cabinet told me today: \"Everyone has had a threat... everyone has had frightening moments.\"\n\nDealing with harassment, coping with security concerns and reporting those concerns to the police, is sadly routine in politics in the 21st Century.\n\nIt is inevitable in the coming days that there will be calls for a kinder atmosphere at Westminster, and cooler heads in real life, and online.\n\nIt is not, however, inevitable that anything at all will change.\n\nWith an agonising echo of the murder of Jo Cox, another life has been lost today. Another family has lost a parent and partner.\n\nAnother MP killed doing the most important part of the their job - spending time with those he represented, and listening to those he served.", "Australia's international borders have been effectively shut since March 2020\n\nVaccinated Australian citizens and the parents of residents will be able to visit Sydney from 1 November without the need to quarantine.\n\nThe move announced by the New South Wales (NSW) state government at first indicated that all tourists and foreign travellers could freely enter.\n\nBut Prime Minister Scott Morrison later quashed that idea.\n\nAustralia's borders have effectively been closed since March 2020, making it difficult even for citizens to enter.\n\n\"We are not opening up to everyone coming back to Australia at the moment,\" Mr Morrison said.\n\nHe said priority would be given to Australians and family members, after which the nation would then consider migrants, those with work and study visas and the \"challenge\" of tourists.\n\n\"This is about Australian residents and citizens first,\" Mr Morrison said on Friday.\n\nThe rights have also been extended to include the parents of Australians, even if they are foreign nationals, allowing Australians to be reunited with their family members who are overseas.\n\nThe hotel quarantine requirement is able to be removed in NSW thanks to the state's high vaccination rate - nearly 80% fully dosed for the eligible over-12 population, the prime minister said.\n\nSince the start of the pandemic, Australia has had some of the world's strictest border rules.\n\nThere have been tight caps on how many people are allowed into the country and entry has almost exclusively been to citizens and permanent residents. Upon arrival, they have had to do mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine at their own cost.\n\nAustralia's strict border controls have also prevented people inside the country from leaving. That will also end in November, with people able to travel when their state's vaccination rate hits 80%.\n\nTourism has been badly affected by Australia's border closures\n\nThere was confusion earlier on Friday, when NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet declared that Sydney would be \"reopening to the world\" and all vaccinated international travellers, regardless of their visa or citizenship situation.\n\nBut this was not granted by the federal government - which is in charge of visas and entries into Australia.\n\n\"It is for the federal government to decide when the border opens and shuts at an international level,\" the prime minister said.\n\nNSW authorities were yet to clarify the policy mix-up on Friday.\n\nSydney only emerged from a 107-day lockdown on Monday but is charging ahead with reopening to the rest of the world. NSW authorities say their state - which is the most populous in Australia - is leading the way for the nation.\n\nBut travel remains heavily restricted across the country - as state borders remain closed under competing virus containment policies.\n\nIt is now probable that NSW residents could travel overseas before being allowed to visit another Australian state.\n\nMr Perrottet acknowledged the discrepancy on Friday, saying: \"I think people in New South Wales will be flying to Bali before Broome [in Western Australia].\"\n\nQueensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory have all banned travellers from infected states like NSW and Victoria in a bid to keep their case numbers at zero.\n\nThose states have not specified when they might reopen.\n\nAustralia has recorded more than 138,000 infections and just over 1,500 deaths from Covid-19.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Heartless\" Queensland bars US couple from seeing dying father", "Nine Moscow restaurants have received prestigious Michelin stars for their food\n\nIt's been described as one of the Russian capital's best-kept secrets: Moscow's restaurants are excellent.\n\nMichelin has published a Moscow Guide, heaping praise on Russian chefs and serving up its prestigious awards. Seven restaurants received one star. Two were awarded two stars.\n\n\"Inspectors have been particularly seduced by the high-quality local produce,\" said Gwendal Poullennec, Michelin Guide International Director.\n\n\"I'm super happy,\" chef Ivan Berezutsky told the BBC. \"It's the favourite moment of my professional life. It's a fantastic moment for Moscow and for Russia.\"\n\nIvan and his brother Sergey are the twin chefs of Twins Garden. Their restaurant received two stars, plus an extra Green star award for sustainable practices.\n\nHow times have changed. When I lived in Moscow in the 1980s, eating out was a chore and a challenge. Restaurants had a reputation for surly service, poor choice and less than appetizing fare. I'll never forget the \"Closed for Lunch\" sign often hung on restaurant doors.\n\nToday the choice of cuisine is mindboggling. Moscow has everything from gastropubs to kosher cafes. Ethiopian, Brazilian, Vietnamese - you name it, you can find it here. Soviet service (thank goodness) is a thing of the past. And food quality is generally very good.\n\nMoscow authorities hope the new Michelin Guide will project a more positive image of the Russian capital\n\nMichelin believes that Moscow could become a new culinary destination for tourists and travellers. And if it does? Some think that foreigners flocking here for the food might somehow ease political tensions between Russia and the West.\n\n\"We are so separate right now, unfortunately,\" says chef Vladimir Mukhin of the White Rabbit restaurant, which received a Michelin star. \"It's like if you have a problem with your wife, but you have breakfast with her at the same table, then you have a future. The table can unite everyone.\"\n\nThe authorities here are hoping that the Michelin Moscow Guide 2022 will project a more positive image of the Russian capital.\n\n\"I am proud that Moscow's restaurants have become a calling card for our wonderful city,\" said Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin at a ceremony near the Kremlin.\n\nBut while the belief is that a gastronomic calling card can bring in more tourists, there's just one problem.\n\nAlthough Russia has taken a great leap forward in terms of cafes and restaurants, the picture is less positive in other areas: like the state of democracy and the high level of anti-western rhetoric here.\n\nIt's things like that which may reduce the appetite of foreign tourists to visit Russia.", "Pregnant women should get a Covid jab after a rise in those without vaccines needing hospital care, Wales' chief medical officer has said.\n\nDr Frank Atherton said there had been an increase in the number of pregnant women with serious illness from Covid.\n\nCovid vaccines are recommended for pregnant women by the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG) and Royal College of Midwives (RCM).\n\nDr Atherton said the jab was \"safe and effective\" in all stages of pregnancy.\n\nHe said catching Covid during pregnancy carried a \"significant risk\" of hospital admission and pregnant women could be at \"increased risk of severe illness\" compared with the rest of the population, particularly in the third trimester.\n\nHe added: \"The Covid-19 vaccine can protect mums and babies from avoidable harm.\n\n\"We now have a lot of worldwide experience to know that the vaccine is safe and effective at all stages of pregnancy - women shouldn't wait, take it as soon as possible whether planning pregnancy or already pregnant.\"\n\nHe said the vaccine was based on science that has been used safely on pregnant women for many years, including jabs already administered during pregnancy, such as whooping cough and the flu jab.\n\n\"The Covid-19 vaccine can be given at any time of a pregnancy,\" he said.\n\n\"I would encourage people to contact their health board if they have not accepted their offer. The latest evidence and medical professionals agree that the vaccine provides the greatest protection from Covid-19.\"\n\nDr Atherton (left) has urged pregnant women to get vaccinated\n\nThe latest Covid figures showed there were 520 people in hospital with Covid in Wales, with an average of 42 admissions each day.\n\nDr Viki Male, a lecturer in reproductive immunology at Imperial College London, told Gareth Lewis on BBC Radio Wales earlier this week vaccines were safe and effective for those already pregnant and people trying to conceive.\n\nShe said: \"We know that Covid is dangerous during pregnancy, particularly in the second half of pregnancy. If you catch Covid it's more likely that your baby will be born pre-term. It's also more likely that your baby will be stillborn.\n\n\"So if you're thinking of becoming pregnant, you might want to get the vaccine so you're protected in advance.\"\n\nShe added there was no evidence Covid vaccines had stopped people from conceiving, including in IVF settings, and that those already pregnant should get vaccinated.\n\n\"If you're already pregnant we have absolutely loads of data about how safe the vaccines are in pregnancy,\" she said.\n\n\"There's no increased risk of miscarriage, pre-term birth, stillbirth, the baby being smaller than we expect, or any congenital abnormalities.\n\n\"We recommend Covid vaccination during pregnancy, we do not recommend getting Covid during pregnancy.\"", "Tonia Antoniazzi says the Welsh government has shown \"a contempt not only for the law, but also to anyone who wishes to speak up for women\"\n\nThe Welsh government has been accused of being \"dictated to\" by an LGBT charity.\n\nLabour MP Tonia Antoniazzi said the government promoted an \"ideological culture\" by adopting Stonewall's interpretation of the Equality Act.\n\nHer comments were in response to a BBC investigation which revealed the Welsh government had adopted Stonewall's interpretation of equality law.\n\nThe Welsh government said its policy was in the \"spirit of the law\".\n\nIt added that its inclusive workplace and policies did not disadvantage, undermine or exclude any colleagues.\n\nProtections for people based on factors including age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and gender reassignment are enshrined in the Equality Act 2010.\n\nHowever, in a document sent to Stonewall and seen by the BBC, the term \"gender reassignment\" has been replaced with the term \"gender identity\" in the Welsh government's Equality and Diversity Policy.\n\nIt is a characteristic not provided for in law, but something Stonewall has been campaigning for.\n\nIt could mean people with various gender identities, such as non-binary, would be protected in law.\n\nLabour's Tonia Antoniazzi accuses the Welsh government of \"blatantly\" misrepresenting the Equality Act\n\nCritics of Stonewall's interpretation of the law argue that the term gender identity is too broad and it could undermine sex-based rights protected under the legislation.\n\nMs Antoniazzi said: \"It is astonishing that the Welsh government can so blatantly misrepresent the Equality Act 2010 as dictated to by Stonewall.\n\n\"They are promoting an ideological culture and rewriting the Equality Act at the same time. To misrepresent the law in this way shows a contempt not only for the law, but also to anyone who wishes to speak up for women or who has concerns around safeguarding.\n\n\"I'd also like to know what other organisations the Welsh government draws on to test their policies and practices, and what their relationship is with Stonewall and the Senedd.\n\n\"This situation is risible, and as a Welsh Labour MP I am deeply disappointed that no minister has been available to respond to the BBC to defend their stance.\"\n\nMs Antoniazzi also said there was a \"lack of transparency and independence around policy making\".\n\n\"I would urge [the Welsh government] to provide a safe space for all staff to express their concerns without fear nor favour,\" she added.\n\nThe Welsh government works with LGBT charity Stonewall when updating its policies and it has been involved with two Stonewall schemes to promote diversity, including the Workplace Equality Index, which is a public ranking of organisations scored by Stonewall.\n\nDocuments, obtained under Freedom of Information laws by the BBC's Nolan Investigates podcast, revealed what the lobby group was asking organisations to do to improve their ranking on the Workplace Equality Index.\n\nRobin Allen QC, who specialises in employment and equality law, said there was \"nothing to stop the Welsh government having a more inclusive set of definitions of characteristics that they consider to be important in the way that they develop policies, what they can't do is exclude characteristics from the approach that they take\".\n\nHe said he believed the Welsh government had been \"persuaded by Stonewall to use the phrase gender identity to try and take, as Stonewall would say, a more modern approach that people's identity, in the general field of gender and sex, is much more fluid than simply being male or female\".\n\nHowever, he said gender identity \"is not a protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010\".\n\nThe Welsh government declined to be interviewed in the podcast, but a spokesman said: \"We acknowledge that the terms gender identity and gender expression are not protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010, but we use these terms to cover the Equality Act protected characteristic of 'gender reassignment'.\n\n\"We feel that these terms do not misrepresent the Equality Act in terms of the spirit of the law.\n\n\"The Equality Act's definition of gender reassignment covers trans status, gender identity and protects non-binary and gender fluid people too, as was recently ruled.\"\n\nHowever, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the regulatory body responsible for enforcing the Equality Act 2010, said the term gender identity does not help explain who is covered by the law in terms of the Equality Act, as is suggested by Stonewall and the Welsh government.\n\nIt added that the Equality Act 2010 \"provides protection against discrimination and harassment related to the protected characteristic of gender reassignment\".\n\n\"To be protected from gender reassignment discrimination, you do not need to have undergone any specific treatment or surgery,\" EHRC said.\n\n\"You can be at any stage in the transition process - from proposing to reassign your sex, to undergoing a process to reassign your sex, or having completed it.\"\n\nThe Welsh government also said it was \"proud to be an inclusive employer where all colleagues are supported to be themselves and reach their full potential\".\n\n\"Our inclusive workplace and policies do not disadvantage, undermine or exclude any colleagues,\" the spokesman added.\n\n\"As an inclusive employer, we take part in a variety of workplace benchmarking activities to ensure we learn from best practice in other organisations. Stonewall are one of a number of organisations we draw on to test our policies and practices.\"\n\nStonewall said: \"All our guidance on the Equality Act, including using the term gender identity, is based on the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Equality Act Code of Practice, which was recently reaffirmed in the High Court.\"\n\nThe organisation did not provide more details to the BBC when asked about the specifics of the High Court case, or about the EHRC's statement to the podcast.\n\nThe Nolan Investigates podcast is available on BBC Sounds.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The number of pregnant women needing intensive care has gone up despite overall ICU numbers going down\n\nMore than 20% of women admitted to intensive care for Covid-19 since May 2021 were pregnant or had recently given birth, a study has found.\n\nA Scottish Intensive Care Audit Group report said 42 had been admitted since 18 May 2021, compared with 25 in the first two waves of the pandemic.\n\nThe number has gone up despite overall intensive care numbers reducing.\n\nThe Scottish government said vaccines were the best way to protect against the risks of Covid in pregnancy.\n\nThe Scottish Intensive Care Audit Group (SICAG) report found that no deaths of pregnant women following ICU treatment had been reported up to 19 September 2021.\n\nThe report counts pregnant women admitted to ICUs and women who were admitted within six weeks of giving birth. Admission to high dependency units, used for managing high risk pregnancies, were not included in the figures.\n\nIn the first two waves of the pandemic in Scotland, between 1 March 2020 and 17 May 2021, 1,850 Covid patients were admitted to ICU, according to SICAG.\n\nOf this number, 630 were women and about 4% of them were pregnant or had recently given birth.\n\nSince 18 May 2021, 189 women have required intensive care treatment for Covid-19 and 22.2% of them have been pregnant.\n\nDr Sarah Stock, a consultant in maternal and foetal medicine, said it was still uncertain what had caused the rise.\n\n\"It could be because a much lower proportion of pregnant women are vaccinated, or it could be because pregnant women are particularly susceptible to severe disease from the Delta variant that has predominated during the third wave - but we don't know for sure yet,\" she said.\n\nBut Dr Stock, who is co-leading a study into Covid-19 in pregnancy at the University of Edinburgh, told BBC Scotland there was \"really strong evidence\" that pregnant women were more likely than other women to be admitted to hospital and intensive care.\n\n\"We also know that although we've had no deaths in Scotland yet, data from around the world and in particular the United States has shown higher mortality rates with Covid-19 in pregnancy than in non-pregnant women,\" she said.\n\nThe consultant said there was also evidence Covid-19 led to higher premature birth rates and probably caused more stillbirths as well.\n\n\"Being pregnant affects your response to infections. We know that pregnant women are more susceptible to viruses - and this is probably what we're seeing with Covid-19.\"\n\nThe SICAG study's authors said they had found \"very few\" critical care admissions among pregnant women during the first and second waves of the pandemic.\n\nThe report continued: \"Wave three has seen increased numbers of pregnant women being admitted to hospital with moderate to severe Covid-19 symptoms requiring critical care.\n\n\"The majority of patients were pregnant on admission to critical care and 30% were admitted after delivery.\"\n\nMost of the women lived in the most deprived areas of Scotland, the report added.\n\nThe report also found that none of the women who required treatment in intensive care were fully vaccinated at the time of admission.\n\nA separate report by Public Health Scotland (PHS), published on 6 October, found vaccine take-up among pregnant women in Scotland was low across all age groups.\n\nPHS estimates that of the 77,679 women who were pregnant between December 2020 and August 2021, about 18% received at least a first dose.\n\nThe over-40s have achieved the best level of vaccine coverage so far at 26.5%. The figure drops to 7% in the under-19s.\n\nAlthough younger age groups were vaccinated later in the roll-out programme, general coverage in all age groups apart from 12-17 year olds in August was above 70%.\n\nDr Pat O'Brien, vice president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said a number of factors could be influencing the increase in ICU admission figures.\n\nFor example, he said an increase in birth rates this year could lead to higher numbers in ICU, as a proportion of all pregnant women will always become severely ill from Covid-19.\n\nBut he told BBC Scotland the \"key message\" was for pregnant women to make sure they were vaccinated.\n\n\"There is still a significant number of pregnant women being admitted to ICU with Covid. That's obviously bad for the woman, but it's also bad for the baby,\" he said.\n\n\"All of this is preventable by a vaccine that is perfectly safe to take in pregnancy.\"\n\nVaccination take-up among women is low across all age groups when compared with the rest of the population\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said: \"It is clear from the report that unvaccinated people are considerably more likely to require ICU treatment, so it remains vital that everyone who is eligible takes up the offer of vaccination, as this will protect the NHS and save lives.\n\n\"This includes pregnant women, as vaccination is the best way of protecting against the risks of Covid in pregnancy.\"", "The Wolverhampton Science Park houses the offices and laboratories of Immensa Health Clinic\n\nThe head of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has ordered an investigation into why it took a month to identify a laboratory giving incorrect Covid test results.\n\nDr Jenny Harries said it was \"not clear yet\" what went wrong at the private lab in Wolverhampton.\n\nAbout 43,000 people in England and Wales may have been wrongly told their Covid-19 test was negative.\n\nTesting at the lab has been suspended and those affected are being contacted.\n\nQuestions are also being raised around how the lab won a multi-million pound government contract.\n\nConcerns were flagged when people had positive lateral flow tests (LFTs) but negative follow-up PCR results from the lab between 8 September and 12 October. Most of those affected live in south-west England.\n\nThe error could mean thousands of people infected with Covid were wrongly told to stop isolating, and may have infected others.\n\nDr Harries, chief executive of the UKHSA and head of NHS Test and Trace, said local public health teams had been querying tests over the last few weeks, but it was only in the last few days that the problem was pinpointed.\n\n\"It is the location of the laboratory, combined with the geography and the time period, that has allowed us to understand this now,\" she said.\n\n\"I want to make sure if there are any further problems with other laboratories we can absolutely spot them as quickly as possible.\"\n\nDr Harries said she would conduct \"a serious incident investigation\" to make sure it doesn't happen again.\n\nAll samples from the lab, where Immensa Health Clinic Ltd runs the testing operations, are now being sent to other labs.\n\nUKHSA said all other labs were working normally and there were no technical issues with the test kits themselves.\n\nGovernment records show that Immensa, which was founded in May 2020 just months after the start of the pandemic, has been awarded contracts for Covid testing by the Department of Health valued at £181m.\n\nIt is connected to another company, Dante Labs, which provides genetic sequencing and other laboratory services from offices in Wolverhampton and Cambridge.\n\nIt also sells private PCR Covid tests to travellers, and is one of 20 companies being investigated by the UK competition watchdog over concerns it may have unfairly treated customers.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said people \"should not be concerned\" by the lab's suspension.\n\n\"We're looking into what went wrong with that particular testing centre, but it doesn't affect the overall numbers,\" he said.\n\nOnly a few thousand out of the 43,000 affected by the wrong result could potentially still be infected now and they will be contacted first, by text and email, to recommend they have another test.\n\nProf Alan McNally, from the University of Birmingham, told the BBC he was \"astonished\" by the revelation and could not work out how so many tests could be incorrect.\n\n\"It comes down to quality control and quality assurance, oversight and management,\" he said.\n\n\"I cannot fathom the failings that would lead to this level of false negative results.\"\n\nThe UKHSA said about 400,000 samples had been processed by the privately-run lab and it estimated 43,000 people may have been given incorrect negative test results, with 4,000 of those from Wales. Some may also be in the south-east of England and scattered across the country.\n\nGraham Loader and his wife went about their normal business after negative PCR results\n\nGraham Loader, from Newbury, says his family have had three positive LFTs, all followed by negative PCR tests taken at the testing site at Newbury Showground in West Berkshire.\n\nHe said each time the family got a positive LFT but negative PCR test, they assumed the LFTs must have been at fault.\n\n\"I think we just blamed the LFTs because they were a bit basic,\" he said.\n\n\"I thought they must be detecting something from a cold and be an error.\"\n\nHis wife, a school teacher, had felt a bit unwell but didn't have the classic symptoms of coronavirus.\n\nShe had a negative PCR test but took some time off as a precaution, despite being advised she did not need to.\n\nMr Loader, who coaches a boy's football team, thought he had come down with a cold.\n\nHe added: \"I completely trusted the PCR, so I feel bad for all the people I've been in contact with.\"\n\nDr Will Welfare, public health incident director at UKHSA - which replaced Public Health England, said: \"As a result of our investigation, we are working with NHS Test and Trace and the company to determine the laboratory technical issues which have led to inaccurate PCR results being issued to people.\n\n\"We have immediately suspended testing at this laboratory while we continue the investigation.\"\n\nHe said the public should remain confident in using both kinds of test, and continue to get a follow-up PCR test after a positive LFT.\n\nThe company said it was \"fully collaborating\" with health officials on the matter and added it had already analysed more than 2.5 million samples for NHS Test and Trace.\n\nMany coronavirus testing sites in England and Wales are likely to be affected by the lab errors, including one at Newbury Showground used by the Loader family.\n\nOn Thursday evening West Berkshire council told people who had received a negative result at the site between 3 and 12 October, to book another test.\n\nFor several weeks, there have been widespread reports in the south-west of England of people testing positive with LFTs, but then later testing negative after a PCR test.\n\nScientists had called for the issue to be looked into quickly, with one study suggesting positive LFT results were very accurate and should be trusted.\n\nHave you been contacted by NHS Test and Trace and been asked to take another Covid test? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "New rules allowing travellers returning to England to take lateral flow tests instead of more expensive PCR tests will come into force on 24 October.\n\nThe government says the changes will take effect in time for families returning from half term breaks.\n\nFully vaccinated passengers will be told to upload photos of their Covid-19 tests for verification.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said it would make travel easier and simpler.\n\nThe travel industry had said it was vital to make the changes to the Covid travel tests in time for the half term holiday.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, said: \"This is great news and we're pleased to get it over the line in time for the crucial half term period, which will be a massive relief to families desperate to get away this autumn.\"\n\nAlong with last week's reduction of the travel red list and the recognition of vaccinations administered in more foreign countries, the change is \"a major step forward that will support the desperately needed recovery of our sector,\" he said.\n\nThe changes come as the UK continues to record the highest level of Covid-19 infections and deaths in western Europe, with another 45,066 cases recorded on Thursday - the largest number since late July.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Laura Foster explains how lateral flow tests work and how to do one\n\nA further 157 deaths were also recorded.\n\nPolicy on travel is devolved, but Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have previously aligned with policy in England, citing the practicalities of the shared border.\n\nBut Wales criticised replacing PCR tests, which are often described as the gold standard for Covid testing, with lateral flow tests, saying that along with other relaxed measures it would \"considerably increase\" the risk of new variants coming into the country.\n\nUnder the existing system, PCR tests taken on day two after returning to England can cost about £75 per person.\n\nWhen the changes come into effect, anyone who receives a positive result from their lateral flow test will be required to self-isolate and to take a free PCR test to confirm it.\n\nTravellers due to arrive in England from 24 October onwards will be able to order their lateral flow tests from 22 October, when a list of approved providers will be published on the gov.uk website.\n\nNHS Test and Trace tests - which can be ordered for free - cannot be used for international travel, the government said.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"We want to make going abroad easier and cheaper, whether you're travelling for work or visiting friends and family.\"\n\nHe said the change was made possible by the high levels of vaccination, which means \"we can safely open up travel as we learn to live with the virus\".\n\nMr Shapps said: \"Taking away expensive mandatory PCR testing will boost the travel industry and is a major step forward in normalising international travel and encouraging people to book holidays with confidence.\"\n\nDoes this change come in time for your holiday? Did you decide not to travel this year due to the cost of testing? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A pay offer to avoid Scotland's rail network being crippled by strikes during COP26 is \"is not worthy of consideration\", a union has said.\n\nThe RMT said members who work for ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper will stage industrial action during the UN climate summit in Glasgow.\n\nThe dispute is linked to an ongoing row over pay which has affected Sunday services in recent months.\n\nScotRail said its latest two-year offer of 4.7% was \"very reasonable\".\n\nBut Michael Hogg, from the RMT union, said it would not ballot ScotRail workers on a deal he described as \"rotten\" and \"lousy\" as it also involved efficiency savings.\n\nThat would mean workers having to give up some current terms and conditions in order to get a pay rise, a caveat Mr Hogg branded \"unacceptable\".\n\nMr Hogg told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme there will be no trains running anywhere in Scotland during COP26 if the strikes go ahead.\n\nHe added: \"Our representatives do not feel that this offer is worthy of consideration. It's a kick in the teeth to key, essential workers.\"\n\nOn Thursday, it was announced staff will strike from 00:01 on Monday 1 November until 23:59 on Friday 12 November.\n\nThe global COP26 summit, which is expected to draw thousands of people to Glasgow, runs from 31 October until 12 November.\n\nSleeper staff will strike on Sunday 31 October from 11:59 until 11:58 hours on Tuesday 2 November and again for 48 hours on Thursday 11 November from 11:59.\n\nGMB cleansing workers in Glasgow and Unite's Stagecoach staff have also voted to strike during COP26.\n\nScotRail operations manager David Simpson told Good Morning Scotland \"a very positive offer\" was made to the union last weekend and he had expected it to be put to the RMT's members.\n\nBut instead it called a strike, a move he said was \"very frustrating and very disappointing\".\n\nMr Simpson denied ScotRail had been \"stonewalling\" the union and said the pandemic had prompted more discussion over the last 18 months than ever before.\n\nHe added: \"Many workers would say 4.7% over two years is anything but a derisory offer and it compares well with other industries.\"\n\nAll scheduled trains will be cancelled if the strikes go ahead\n\nKathryn Darbandi, managing director for Serco Caledonian Sleeper, said any action during the climate summit would be incredibly damaging.\n\nShe said: \"We have repeatedly tabled realistic and reasonable offers which we believe should have ended the dispute.\n\n\"Industrial action during COP26 - when the eyes of the world will be on Scotland - risks both the reputation of rail as an environmentally-friendly and sustainable mode of transport, but also the great progress the entire team at Caledonian Sleeper have made in building back the confidence of our guests.\n\n\"The RMT's action does not reflect the reality of the financial situation facing all parties in Scotland's railway today, as we seek to rebuild the industry for the future. We need to work together, and we continue to be open to realistic discussions.\"\n\nThe climate summit will be held at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow\n\nTransport Minister Graeme Dey said that the RMT was in receipt of a \"very fair\" pay proposal.\n\nAnd he told Good Morning Scotland many of its members will have voted for strike action \"unaware of the offer that is now on the table\".\n\nMr Dey also described the two-year deal, which he said has been backed by the three other unions involved, was \"the best offer that can be made in the circumstances\".\n\nBut Scottish Conservative transport spokesman Graham Simpson accused the Scottish government of distancing themselves from the dispute.\n\nHe said: \"Glasgow is about to take centre stage in a matter of weeks, and the SNP are still claiming they have no idea why rail strikes are continuing.\n\n\"SNP ministers must work with all parties to find a solution before these persisting strikes cast a shadow over the COP26 conference.\"\n\nIt is the latest stage in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions and proposed cuts to services at the rail operator, which wants to reduce the number of services across Scotland by 300 a day from next May.\n\nScotRail is currently run by Dutch firm Abellio - but will be taken over by a company owned and controlled by the Scottish government in March next year.\n\nThe move was announced by the government earlier this year after Abellio was stripped of its contract three years early amid concern over its performance.\n\nTransport Scotland said it welcomed constructive talks between all parties and that a \"significant offer\" has been made by employers since the RMT ballot opened.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"We understand that the RMT will now ballot its membership again on the substance of this offer. We hope that RMT members and the other unions will agree and accept this offer, putting to an end existing and proposed industrial disputes and action.\n\n\"Rail workers have played their part in keeping the country moving through the pandemic and we are sure that they will see the importance of the moment and the role they can play in showing the best Scotland's Railway has to offer as we welcome world leaders from across the globe to COP26.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Chris Mitchell of the GMB denied cleansing workers in Glasgow were using the global climate conference as a bargaining chip.\n\nMr Mitchell claimed his members had been \"put in a corner\" by Cosla despite their \"heroic efforts\" during the pandemic.\n\nAnd he told Good Morning Scotland the current pay offer of £850 a year would only amount to an extra £6.50 a week, after tax and National Insurance was taken off.\n\nMr Mitchell said he acknowledged the importance of COP26, but added: \"Cosla need to realise there is an emergency on their own door step.\"\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.", "Hundreds of Afghan children – some as young as seven or eight years old – are risking their lives to smuggle sweets and cigarettes into neighbouring countries.\n\nThey're hiding under lorries to cross national borders in the hope they'll be able to get money for their families in exchange for these and other small, saleable items.\n\nIt's as international aid organisations warn of a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan, where the conflict has uprooted many children from their homes and they've been forced into labour.\n\nThe BBC’s Shumaila Jaffery travelled to the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan and spoke to some of the children involved.", "Oliver Barker brought down the hammer on the record sale\n\nA Banksy artwork which shredded itself at a previous auction has sold for a record £16m.\n\nLove is in the Bin was what remained of the artist's live destruction of his piece Girl with Balloon, which sold for £1m in 2018.\n\nIt went under the hammer at Sotheby's in London on Thursday, selling for £16m - vastly over its £4-6m guide price.\n\nThe sale, which saw nine bidders battle for around 10 minutes, beats the previous record of £16.8m set for Banksy in March.\n\nAfter closing bidding, auctioneer Oliver Barker joked he was relieved that the artwork was \"still there\".\n\nBefore opening the bidding, Mr Barker said that the painting became an \"unexpected piece of performance art\" when it shredded in the same auction room after being sold to a \"private European investor\" three years ago.\n\nOpening bids at £2.5m, its price tag hit £10m within minutes as numerous offers were placed.\n\nBidding then gradually climbed to a record £15m as the race progressively narrowed down between fewer bidders.\n\nThere were a few tentative moments after bidder Nick Buckley Wood, representing a private investor, waited to see if anyone would outdo his client's £16m offer.\n\nA shake of the head from his rival finally indicated they were out of the running.\n\nMr Barker said: \"At £16m ladies and gentlemen we are selling the Banksy at Sotheby's.\n\n\"You were here for this fantastic moment.\"\n\nHe then drew laughter from the audience after saying: \"I can't tell you how terrified I am to bring down this hammer.\"\n\nIn keeping with his irreverent guerrilla style, Love is in the Bin saw Banksy poke fun at the art world.\n\nSotheby's contemporary art chairman Alex Branczik said the stunt \"did not so much destroy an artwork by shredding it, but instead created one\".\n\n\"Today, this piece is considered heir to a venerated legacy of anti-establishment art,\" he added, labelling it as \"the ultimate Banksy artwork and a true icon of recent art history\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The anonymous artist uploaded a video of the destruction onto Instagram but soon deleted the post\n\nBack in 2018, moments after the hammer fell at the auction, alarms sounded and the canvas dropped through a hidden shredder built into the bottom.\n\nThe unnamed European woman who bought the piece said: \"At first I was shocked, but I realised I would end up with my own piece of art history.\"\n\nFormer BBC arts editor Will Gompertz wrote at the time that he believed Love is in the Bin would go on to be seen as \"one of the most significant artworks of the early 21st Century\".\n\n\"It is not a great painting that can be compared to a late Rembrandt, or a sculpture to sit alongside Michelangelo's David, but in terms of conceptual art emanating from [Marcel] Duchamp's Dadaist sensibility, it is exceptional,\" he added.\n\n\"It was brilliant in both conception and execution.\"\n\n\"What is Love is in the Bin?\" he asked. \"Is it a painting? Or, is it now a piece of conceptual art? Or should it be classified as a sculpture? Or is it rubbish?\n\n\"Who decides? Who knows? Duchamp would say it is up to you to decide.\"\n\nThe piece had been on permanent loan to the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart museum in Germany since March 2019.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "MP David Davis was filmed addressing a meeting at the Conservative Party conference\n\nYouTube has reversed its decision to remove a video of David Davis arguing against Covid passports, following criticism from the ex-minister.\n\nAccording to Big Brother Watch, the platform said Mr Davis's speech at the Conservative Party conference violated its policy on \"medical information\".\n\nMr Davis said his remarks were \"wholly accurate\" and YouTube's actions were \"an outrageous attack on free speech\".\n\nYouTube said the video was \"immediately reinstated following a review\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the company said: \"We quickly remove flagged content that violates our community guidelines, including Covid-19 content that explicitly contradicts expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization.\n\n\"With millions of hours of videos uploaded on our site each day, sometimes we make the wrong call.\"\n\nIn his speech last week, at a conference fringe meeting in Manchester, Mr Davis said he was \"a strong believer in vaccination\" and that he himself had received both doses.\n\nHowever, the veteran civil liberties campaigner strongly attacked proposals to introduce vaccine certificates arguing that it \"smacked of illiberal government\".\n\nHe also argued that vaccine passports gave people a \"false sense of security\" pointing out that vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant could still spread the virus to others.\n\nCampaign group Big Brother Watch uploaded the clip of Mr Davis talking but later received a notification email from YouTube explaining that the video had been removed from the side.\n\nIn an email to the organisation, YouTube said it \"doesn't allow claims about Covid-19 vaccinations that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization (WHO)\".\n\nMr Davis said: \"Throughout the pandemic, we have seen blatant attempts by Big Tech to silence opposition voices challenging the conventional wisdom.\n\n\"This episode serves as a further example of the worrying trend of strangling free speech.\n\n\"If YouTube is happy to attempt to silence elected members of Parliament, then they are also happy to censor anyone uploading content to their services.\"\n\nHe urged the government to stop \"the erosion of free speech\" by reviewing proposals in its Online Safety Bill.\n\nMark Johnson, legal and policy officer at Big Brother Watch said that while YouTube had now reinstated the video, \"it is clear that free speech online is in peril.\"\n• None The YouTubers who exposed an anti-vax plot", "The community has been left stunned by the events of the past few hours\n\nResidents choked back tears as they spilled on to the streets of Leigh-on Sea after the killing of their MP Sir David Amess.\n\nHe was \"so kind to everyone\" said Rofique Ali, a local Conservative Party member, who described the MP as his best friend in the world.\n\n\"I have known him for many years, and he was so kind to everyone,\" he said.\n\nChoking back tears, Rofique Ali said Sir David was kind to everyone\n\nSir David, who was meeting people at his constituency surgery, had been an MP in Essex for almost 40 years, and theirs since 1997.\n\nThe 69-year-old was stabbed multiple times in Belfairs Methodist Church.\n\nA man was arrested on suspicion of murder and a knife recovered from the scene.\n\nNews filtered through the neighbourhood that Sir David had been killed in their church and on their street. Reporters and people laying flowers have gathered on this normally quiet residential street of semi-detached houses, flats and tall trees.\n\nA police cordon surrounds the church, police cars line the road. The mood is quiet and sombre.\n\nEverybody is shocked that something so unexpected and devastating can happen here - and in a church.\n\nBut above all, they talk of an MP always willing to listen to them, to help them and to be part of their community.\n\nThat community has been left stunned by the events of the past few hours and people have come forward to pay tribute to his work as a local MP, at pains to emphasise that he was a kind man.\n\nMelanie Harris placed flowers at the scene and a card thanking Sir David for his help as her MP\n\nResident Melanie Harris left flowers at the scene. She said they were \"a small gesture to show we care\".\n\nShe also left a card that read: \"What has the world come to? What a senseless waste of a charming, witty and kind and gentle soul who deserved a lot more than to be snatched from life.\n\n\"You were always a pleasure to speak to. Thank you for restoring my faith in politicians.\"\n\nMohamad Imani said Sir David had been a great friend and ally to people in Iran\n\nMohamad Imani, who is a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, a coalition of Iranian dissident groups which is calling for regime change in the country, said he was \"shocked\" by Sir David's death.\n\nMr Imani said the MP had been a \"great friend\" of the NCRI and a \"hero for human rights\".\n\nHe said he had met him several times in Parliament and travelled with him to conferences in Paris, France and Tirana, Albania.\n\n\"I have a lot of memories with him, always laughing and joking,\" he said. \"He was a very kind man and a great human.\"\n\nStephen Aylen, who was a local councillor for 25 years, said: \"He was very involved, a proper MP.\n\n\"For this to happen, what can I say?\"\n\nAlysha Codabaccus, 24, said: \"This kind of thing just doesn't happen around here. This is a nice quiet area, it happened in a church, there's a school just up the road.\n\n\"It's something completely out of the blue, it's just really shocked us all and this should not have happened.\"\n\nKevin Buck said the world had lost a decent person\n\nKevin Buck, a Conservative Southend councillor, who worked with Sir David for 10 years, said he was \"shocked and numb\".\n\n\"I just can't believe he was with us here this morning, and not here now.\n\n\"He was a remarkable MP because he was a remarkable man - kind, compassionate and caring.\"\n\n\"We are so utterly appalled,\" said parish priest Kevin Hale\n\nParish Priest Kevin Hale said the community was \"absolutely shocked and appalled\" and it was \"hard to believe\".\n\n\"Sir David was a neighbour of ours, a good friend of the parish, a frequent visitor, a familiar face in the area and a great supporter of everything in the community,\" he said.\n\n\"We're all so utterly appalled. Our hearts and our prayers go out profoundly to his wife and children.\"\n\nRay Howard, a Conservative councillor in Canvey Island for 51 years, and who canvassed for Mr Amess, spoke of his deep upset.\n\n\"He didn't want to become a minister, he didn't want to go higher, he just wanted to be good constituency man, and what a good man and parliamentarian he has been.\"\n\nReporters and people laying flowers have gathered in the normally quiet street\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "The lighthouse family: \"We decided to take an end of season trip to the Bass Rock as our four-year-old had suddenly become interested in coastal birds\", says Andy Gillies. \"It was a great trip - the light and the gannets were spectacular.\"", "About 43,000 people in England and Wales may have been wrongly told their Covid-19 test was negative because of errors at a private laboratory.\n\nTesting at the Wolverhampton lab has been suspended following an investigation by NHS Test and Trace.\n\nThe head of the UK Health Security Agency has ordered an investigation into why it took a month to identify the failures.\n\nThose still infectious are being asked to take another Covid test.\n\nConcerns were raised when people had positive lateral flow tests, but negative follow-up PCR results from the lab between 8 September and 12 October - most affected live in the South West of England.\n\nThe error could mean thousands of people infected with Covid were wrongly told to stop isolating, and may have infected others.\n\nProf Alan McNally, from the University of Birmingham, told the BBC he was \"astonished\" by the revelation and could not work out how so many tests could be incorrect.\n\nJenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and head of NHS Test and Trace, said it was \"not clear\" what went wrong.\n\n\"We are doing a detailed investigation with them, working on the actual processes within the laboratory - but the important thing of course is that we have suspended all of their services.\" she said.\n\nThose who are still infectious - estimated to be a few thousand people tested in the past week or so - will be contacted first, by text and email, to recommend they have another test, Dr Harries said.\n\nLateral flow tests (LFTs) are rapid tests widely used by schools and workplaces to find people with no symptoms who are infected and can spread the virus.\n\nPCR tests, which are sent off to a lab to be analysed, detect the virus several weeks after infection and trigger contact tracing. After a positive LFT, official guidance is to take a PCR to confirm Covid-19.\n\nSome false negatives are expected, because no test is 100% perfect, but reports of this happening appeared to be unusually high in certain areas over the past few weeks.\n\nThe UKHSA said around 400,000 samples had been processed by the privately-run lab and it estimated 43,000 people may have been given incorrect negative test results, with 4,000 of those from Wales. Some may also be in the South East and scattered across the country.\n\nGraham Loader and his wife went about their normal business after negative PCR results\n\nGraham Loader, from Newbury, says his family have had three positive lateral flow tests, all followed by negative PCR tests taken at the testing site at Newbury Showground in West Berkshire.\n\nHe said each time the family got a positive lateral flow test but negative PCR test, they assumed the LFTs must have been at fault.\n\n\"I think we just blamed the LFTs because they were a bit basic,\" he said.\n\n\"I thought they must be detecting something from a cold and be an error.\"\n\nHis wife, a school teacher, had felt a bit unwell but didn't have the classic symptoms of coronavirus. She had a negative PCR test but took some time off as a precaution, despite being advised she did not need to.\n\nMr Loader, who coaches a boy's football team, thought he'd come down with a cold.\n\nHe added: \"I completely trusted the PCR, so I feel bad for all the people I've been in contact with.\"\n\nAll samples from the lab, where Immensa Health Clinic Ltd runs the testing operations, are now being sent to other labs.\n\nGovernment records show that Immensa, which was founded in May 2020 just months after the start of the pandemic, has been awarded contracts for Covid testing by the Department of Health valued at £181 million.\n\nThe Wolverhampton Science Park which houses the offices and laboratories of Immensa Health Clinic\n\nUKHSA said all other labs are working normally and there are no technical issues with the test kits themselves.\n\nDr Will Welfare, public health incident director at UKHSA - which replaced Public Health England - said: \"As a result of our investigation, we are working with NHS Test and Trace and the company to determine the laboratory technical issues which have led to inaccurate PCR results being issued to people.\n\n\"We have immediately suspended testing at this laboratory while we continue the investigation.\"\n\nHe said the public should remain confident in using both kinds of test, and continue to get a follow-up PCR test after a positive LFT.\n\nThe company said it was \"fully collaborating\" with health officials on the matter and added it had already analysed more than 2.5 million samples for NHS Test and Trace.\n\nWe have been hearing about this for the past couple of weeks - anecdotally - from GPs.\n\nThey reported patients getting in touch, saying they were unwell, had all the symptoms, had tested positive on a lateral flow, and then had gone to get the confirmatory PCR and it was negative.\n\nGPs were rather suspicious of this - it seemed to be largely around the South West of England.\n\nThe problem is with the laboratory in question, not the testing sites.\n\nBut 8 September - the date from which the UK Health Security Agency says results have been affected - goes back a little way.\n\nSo the question is, who knew what and when?\n\nIf you got infected in September and got a false result on your PCR, the infection will have almost certainly worn off by now.\n\nBut some, who maybe tested in the last week or so, whose results went to that lab, will need to be contacted.\n\nIt does raise question marks over how some of these labs are run.\n\nMany coronavirus testing sites in England and Wales are likely to be affected by the lab errors, including one at Newbury Showground in West Berkshire.\n\nOn Thursday evening the local council told people who had got a negative result at the site between 3 and 12 October, to book another test.\n\nWest Berkshire Council said it had been told by the government that a number of other sites nationally may have been affected.\n\nFor several weeks, there have been widespread reports in the South West of England of people testing positive with lateral flow tests, but then later testing negative after a PCR test.\n\nScientists had called for the issue to be looked into quickly, with one study suggesting positive lateral flow test results were very accurate and should be trusted.", "Sir Gerry Robinson was knighted in 2003 for services to the arts and business\n\nBusinessman and broadcaster Sir Gerry Robinson has died at the age of 72.\n\nSir Gerry, a former chairman and chief executive of Granada TV, died at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland on Thursday.\n\nHe was knighted in 2003 for services to the arts and business.\n\nAs a broadcaster, he presented a number of series for the BBC including I'll Show Them Who's Boss in 2004 and Can Gerry Robinson Fix The NHS? in 2007.\n\nIn 2011, he presented the BBC television show Can't Take It with You, which helped people to write their wills.\n\nOne of 10 siblings, Sir Gerry was born in October 1948.\n\nHe grew up in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, before moving to England as a teenager.\n\nSir Gerry Robinson was chairman of Granada TV from 1996 until 2001\n\nDuring a career which began in 1965, when he joined Matchbox Toys as an accounting clerk, Sir Gerry went on to serve as chairman of drinks giant Allied Domecq, BSkyB and ITN as well as the Arts Council England.\n\nHe joined Granada in 1991 as chief executive and was chairman from 1996 until 2001.\n\nIn 2010, he accused politicians in Northern Ireland of lacking the will to make tough decisions to improve the health service.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSir Gerry and his wife Lady Heather Robinson have lived on Oakfield Park Estate in Raphoe, County Donegal, since 1998, where they opened a botanical garden and a narrow gauge railway.", "Tributes have been pouring in to Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who has died after being stabbed in his constituency in Essex.\n\nBoris Johnson - who laid flowers at the scene on Saturday - said he was one of the \"one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".\n\nLabour's Sir Keir Starmer, who went to Essex with the PM, hailed Sir David's \"profound sense of public duty\".\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he was a \"bright light of Parliament\".\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said they were \"shocked and saddened\" by the death of Sir David, who \"dedicated 40 years of his life to serving his community\".\n\nSir David was stabbed whilst holding a constituency surgery, where voters can meet their local MP and discuss concerns.\n\nA 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. Police are treating the killing as a terrorist incident.\n\nA Conservative backbencher for nearly 40 years, Sir David entered Parliament as the MP for Basildon following the 1983 general election.\n\nHe switched seats in 1997, when he was elected MP for nearby Southend West - the Essex constituency he represented until his death.\n\nEssex Chief Constable BJ Harrington, Sir Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson outside the church in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex on Saturday\n\nHis constituents have spoken of their shock at his killing, with residents choking back tears as they spilled on to the streets after his death.\n\nFather Jeff Woolnough - a parish priest in Sir David's constituency said the MP had \"that great ability to communicate at all different levels\".\n\n\"Through that wonderful smile he could placate and just settle an awkward discussion very quickly - it is a great gift.\"\n\nConservative councillor Kevin Buck said the MP had \"died doing what he loved - meeting the people and helping the people\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC Essex, Judith Canham, the former deputy chair of the Southend West Conservative Association, said Sir David had a \"photographic memory\".\n\n\"Sometimes I'd be out canvassing with him and he'd see someone he hadn't seen for a long time and he'd say 'how was your hip operation?'.\"\n\nDavid Stanley - founder of the children's disability charity the Music Man project which Sir David supported - said his friend \"loved grand ideas and coming up with amazing statements\".\n\n\"We were going to conquer Broadway, we were going to break a world record - which we later did at the Palladium,\" he said referring to the time the charity performed the largest ever triangle ensemble.\n\nSurfers' Against Sewage leave a message thanking the MP for his support\n\nVirginia Lewis-Jones, the daughter of Dame Vera Lynn, says Sir David was a passionate supporter of a proposed memorial to the late singer.\n\nShe said he would \"grab it like a terrier\" when he committed himself to campaigning on any issue.\n\nFellow Tory MP Andrew Rosindell said Sir David was his \"oldest friend\" in Parliament, and he felt \"sick inside at what has happened\".\n\n\"We've all lost a very special person in our lives,\" he added.\n\nLabour MP Harriet Harman entered the House of Commons in 1982, one year before Sir David and remembers it as a \"polarised\" time.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Today programme, she said had been \"determined not to have friendly relations with any Conservative MPs, but it was impossible to sustain that with David Amess because he was so friendly and so determined to work with MPs on other causes\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch to hear tributes to Sir David Amess MP from the political world\n\nMr Johnson said Sir David was \"a fine public servant and a much loved friend and colleague\" who \"believed passionately in this country\".\n\nThe PM also praised his \"outstanding record\" of campaigning in Parliament, where he was known for his activism on animal welfare.\n\nMr Johnson's predecessor Theresa May said his death was \"heartbreaking\" and a \"tragic day for our democracy\".\n\nShe added that Sir David was a \"decent man and respected parliamentarian, killed in his own community while carrying out his public duties\".\n\nFormer prime minister David Cameron called Sir David a \"thoroughly decent man\" and \"the most committed MP you could ever hope to meet\".\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay said Sir David had built a \"built a reputation for kindness and generosity\" during his decades-long career as an MP.\n\nSir Lindsay confirmed that MPs would be given time to pay tribute to Sir David in the Commons, when they return from recess on Monday.\n\nHis predecessor as speaker, John Bercow, said Sir David was a \"wonderful loving human being\" and \"quintessentially a constituency parliamentarian\".\n\n\"He could talk to and hear from and engage with anybody, from a monarch to the local milk person,\" he added.\n\nSir David is the second MP to be killed in the past five years, following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in 2016.\n\nShe was killed outside a library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, where she was due to hold a constituency surgery.\n\nJo Cox's sister Kim Leadbeater, who is now the Labour MP for the Batley seat she represented, said she was \"totally shocked to think that something so horrific could happen again to another MP and family\".\n\nSNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said Sir David was a \"thoroughly decent man, who was well-liked across parties and the House of Commons.\"", "The North-South Ministerial Council (NSMC) was cancelled earlier after Edwin Poots failed to turn up\n\nA Belfast businessman is to seek a court order aimed at forcing the Democratic Unionist Party to end its boycott of of most cross-border ministerial meetings.\n\nOn Monday, the High Court ruled the DUP's boycott was \"unlawful\".\n\nBut on Friday two ministerial meetings were cancelled after the DUP's Edwin Poots failed to show.\n\nBusinessman Sean Napier said he was seeking the court order as a \"guardian of the Good Friday Agreement\".\n\nMr Napier, who mounted the High Court challenge earlier this week, said the agreement was not an \"a la carte\" treaty.\n\n\"It has been there for us, it has kept peace here and it's imperative it is properly implemented in all its parts,\" he said.\n\nMr Napier said the Good Friday Agreement was not an \"a la carte\" treaty\n\nMr Napier added: \"It is very important in what it has done for the greater good of the people here. I think it is my duty to be its guardian.\"\n\nDUP First Minister Paul Givan said no meetings were planned for Friday as he had not agreed the agendas.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon and the Republic of Ireland's environment minister logged on, but her DUP ministerial colleague Edwin Poots did not.\n\nHe was also a no show in a meeting with Junior Minister Declan Kearney and Irish Minister Darragh O'Brien.\n\nMr Napier's solicitor Paul Farrell said the DUP must explain their position the ministerial meetings.\n\n\"I don't understand that a meeting that takes place today with accompanying ministers is not a meeting,\" he said.\n\n\"I think whatever we receive next week by way of response from DUP ministers will have to explain that. I cannot understand when a meeting is not a meeting.\"\n\nThe DUP boycott of most North-South Ministerial Council (NSMC) meetings was announced by party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson last month.\n\nThe NSMC is the main body for cross-border co-operation between the governments of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nIt is attended by ministers from both sides of the border who oversee joint working in areas such as trade, food safety and agriculture.\n\nThe DUP is refusing to attend in protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThe protocol is part of the Brexit deal agreed in 2019 and was introduced to help prevent checks along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nBut unionists say it creates a barrier to trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and undermines the latter's position in the UK.\n\nMs Mallon says the boycott must end\n\nThe NI minister Ms Mallon said the boycott must end.\n\nShe had been due to discuss cross-border aquaculture with her counterparts.\n\n\"It is astounding following this week's High Court ruling that Jeffrey Donaldson is overseeing a deliberate and unlawful boycott of the north-south institutions,\" she said.\n\n\"It shows only disdain for the rule of law but utter contempt for the people we represent.\"\n\nThe DUP said this was in line with its position.\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson, DUP leader, says the party's position \"remains as it has been\"\n\nWhen asked on Thursday whether the DUP would continue its boycott, Sir Jeffrey told BBC Radio Foyle \"our position remains as it has been\".\n\nSinn Féin junior minister Declan Kearney said that \"this inaction by Minister Edwin Poots and the executive office is a serious failure to comply with the law and the ministerial code which require ministers to participate in meetings of the NSMC\".\n\nHe added: \"These institutions are about joining up services across the island and delivering on important issues which impact on people's lives such as health, education and millions of pounds in funding.\n\n\"It's time the DUP put ordinary people's interests first by ending this illegal boycott of vital government business and get back to work on behalf of everyone in our society.\"", "The government is to allow 800 foreign abattoir workers into the UK on temporary visas, after warnings from farmers of mass culls.\n\nIt previously said businesses should pay higher wages and invest in skills.\n\nThe shortage of butchers has already seen farmers destroy 6,600 healthy pigs due to a backlog on farms, the National Pig Association (NPA) said.\n\nThe government also announced plans to allow thousands more HGV deliveries to address a chronic driver shortage.\n\nThe meat industry blames the butcher shortage on factors including Covid and Brexit.\n\nThousands of healthy pigs have been culled since last week, when the tally was about 600.\n\nLast week, the National Farmer's Union (NFU) warned that pig farmers were \"facing a human disaster\" due to the shortage of butchers.\n\nIt said that \"empty retail shelves and product shortages are becoming increasingly commonplace and Christmas specialities such as pigs in blankets are already under threat\".\n\nThe government is temporarily extending its seasonal workers scheme to pork butchers, it said.\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice said the new measures were only temporary, not a long term solution\n\nUp to 800 pork butchers will be eligible to apply until the end of the year for six-month visas.\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice said: \"A unique range of pressures on the pig sector over recent months, such as the impacts of the pandemic and its effect on export markets, have led to the temporary package of measures we are announcing.\n\n\"This is the result of close working with industry to understand how we can support them through this challenging time.\"\n\nThe government added that the temporary visas \"are not a long term solution and businesses must make long term investments in the UK domestic workforce to build a high-wage, high-skill economy, instead of relying on overseas labour\".\n\nAlongside the temporary visas, the government announced a package of measures for the industry, including:\n\nIt said there had been \"a suspension of approval to export to China for some UK pork establishments\" and that it was working with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board to identify other export markets.\n\nThe extension of visa requirements for butchers follows the announcement of temporary visas for lorry drivers and poultry workers, as the government seeks to limit disruption in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nBut the first foreign HGV drivers brought in on the new visa scheme may not arrive for another month, sources told BBC transport correspondent Carrie Davies.\n\nThe visa scheme for HGV drivers to deliver food, opened for applications on Monday.\n\nThe Home Office has not confirmed the number of visas that have been applied for so far, but several agencies that are recruiting the drivers told the BBC that they were yet to apply for them.\n\nMore heavy good vehicle drivers are being trained after the government simplified the qualification process in September\n\nA chronic shortage of lorry drivers, which the haulage industry has said is due to factors that include Covid and Brexit, has affected businesses including petrol stations and supermarkets.\n\nThe government announced on Thursday that it planned to temporarily allow lorries from the EU to make more deliveries, as part of efforts to address the shortage.\n\nAt the moment, EU lorries can only make two \"cabotage\" trips per week.\n\nCabotage refers to loading or unloading goods in one country when a vehicle is registered in another country.\n\nThe government wants to relax this rule to temporarily allow EU lorries to make unlimited pick-ups and drop-offs within a two week period.", "Apple has taken down one of the world's most popular Quran apps in China, following a request from officials.\n\nQuran Majeed is available across the world on the App Store - and has nearly 150,000 reviews. It is used by millions of Muslims.\n\nThe BBC understands that the app was removed for hosting illegal religious texts.\n\nThe Chinese government has not responded to the BBC's request for comment.\n\nThe deletion of the app was first noticed by Apple Censorship - a website that monitors apps on Apple's App Store globally.\n\nIn a statement from the app's maker, PDMS, the company said: \"According to Apple, our app Quran Majeed has been removed from the China App store because it includes content that requires additional documentation from Chinese authorities\".\n\n\"We are trying to get in touch with the Cyberspace Administration of China and relevant Chinese authorities to get this issue resolved\".\n\nThe company said it had close to one million users in China.\n\nThe Chinese Communist Party officially recognises Islam as a religion in the country.\n\nHowever, China has been accused of human rights violations, and even genocide, against the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang.\n\nEarlier this year the BBC reported that Uyghur imams had been targeted in China's Xinjiang crackdown.\n\nApple declined to comment, but directed the BBC to its Human Rights Policy, which states: \"We're required to comply with local laws, and at times there are complex issues about which we may disagree with governments.\"\n\nHowever, it is not clear what rules the app has broken in China. Quran Majeed says it is \"trusted by over 35 million Muslims globally\".\n\nLast month, both Apple and Google removed a tactical voting app devised by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.\n\nRussian authorities had threatened to fine the two companies if they refused to drop the app, which told users who could unseat ruling party candidates.\n\nChina is one of Apple's biggest markets, and the company's supply chain is heavily reliant on Chinese manufacturing.\n\nApple chief executive Tim Cook has been accused of hypocrisy from politicians in the US for speaking out about American politics, but staying quiet about China.\n\nMr Cook criticised Donald Trump's ban of seven Muslim-majority countries in 2017.\n\nHowever, he is also accused of complying with the Chinese government over censorship - and not publicly criticising it for its treatment of Muslim minorities.\n\nThe New York Times reported earlier this year that Apple takes down apps in China if deemed off limits by the Chinese government. Topics that apps cannot discuss include Tiananmen Square, the Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong, the Dalai Lama, and independence for Tibet and Taiwan.\n\nBenjamin Ismail, project director at Apple Censorship, said: \"Currently Apple is being turned into the censorship bureau of Beijing.\n\n\"They need to do the right thing, and then face whatever the reaction is of the Chinese government.\"\n\nAnother popular religious app, Olive Tree's Bible app, was also taken down this week in China. The company told the BBC they had removed the app themselves.\n\n\"Olive Tree Bible Software was informed during the App Store review process that we are required to provide a permit demonstrating our authorization to distribute an app with book or magazine content in mainland China,\" said a spokesperson.\n\n\"Since we did not have the permit and needed to get our app update approved and out to customers, we removed our Bible app from China's App Store.\"\n\nOn Friday, The Mac Observer reported that Audible, the Amazon owned audiobook and podcast service, removed its app from the Apple store in mainland China last month \"due to permit requirements.\"\n\nOn Thursday, Microsoft said it was shutting down its social network, LinkedIn, in China, saying having to comply with the Chinese state had become increasingly challenging.\n\nThe decision was made after the career-networking site faced questions for blocking the profiles of some journalists.", "A litre of petrol sold at UK forecourts has reached its highest level since September 2012, at 140.22p on average, according to RAC data.\n\nDrivers are paying on average 22% more to fill up their petrol tanks than this time last year, the RAC said.\n\nDiesel prices are also surging and are now just 4p off their April 2012 highs.\n\nThe bad news for drivers follows the temporary closures of many UK forecourts after they ran out of fuel.\n\nBut it's global oil prices, rather than supply chain disruption, that the RAC thinks is the main driver of higher prices at the pump. A barrel of crude oil has doubled in the past year.\n\nRAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said the government should consider cutting the level of VAT on motor fuel \"to help hard-pressed drivers\".\n\nAverage petrol prices are just 2p off their record high from April 2012 of 142p per litre, says the RAC.\n\nHowever, AA spokesperson Luke Bosdet said it will likely be diesel, currently at 143.42p a litre, that breaks its record price first.\n\n\"Unless we see a slight reversal in wholesale prices, we can expect in the next couple of weeks a rise of 3-5p per litre and that would put diesel above its 2012 high,\" he said.\n\nMr Bosdet said the global surge in gas prices was also driving up the cost of diesel because heating oil \"comes from the same part of the barrel\" and - since it was an alternative for gas - had seen increased demand.", "Lewis Bloor appeared on The Only Way Is Essex for three years from 2013\n\nA £3m diamond fraud trial involving The Only Way is Essex star Lewis Bloor has collapsed after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) admitted it failed to disclose some evidence.\n\nAbout 200 people were conned into buying coloured diamonds at a 600% mark-up, prosecutors claimed.\n\nMr Bloor, 31, was accused of playing a \"key role\" in one company involved.\n\nBut he and five others were acquitted after the CPS did not disclose evidence which could have helped the defendants.\n\nAfter four weeks of the trial at Southwark Crown Court, Judge Adam Hiddleston directed the jury to find the defendants not guilty.\n\nProsecutors had said the alleged victims were cold-called and told lies about the value of the diamonds, which were bought from a wholesaler and sold on.\n\nThe trial heard Mr Bloor left the company after he joined the ITV reality show in 2013 and his TV career took off.\n\nHe denied conspiracy to defraud between May 2013 and July 2014.\n\nThe five others also cleared of conspiracy to defraud were:\n\nThe CPS abandoned the prosecution after admitting that material that could have helped Mr Bloor and his co-defendants had not been properly disclosed to defence lawyers.\n\nProsecutor David Durose QC said the material was \"wrongly described\" and that \"the inconsistencies were profound\".\n\n\"We have come to the conclusion that we cannot confirm to the court that the prosecution has discharged its disclosure duties in this case,\" he said.\n\nNarita Bahra QC, representing Mr Potter, called for the CPS to conduct an inquiry into the case after what she described as \"a litany of disclosure failings\".\n\nShe said the Metropolitan Police instructed expert witnesses employed by a company which had a contract with the force to auction jewellery and watches seized in raids and prosecutions.\n\n\"Those experts had already given evidence in another trial, in the middle of their contract with the Metropolitan Police where their relationship with the police was not disclosed,\" she said.\n\nA CPS spokesman said: \"As an organisation we remain committed to working with investigators, defence teams and courts to ensure we get disclosure right.\"\n\nMr Bloor also appeared in Celebrity Big Brother in 2016\n\nAfter being cleared, Mr Bloor said: \"The hardest thing about this case has been the onslaught of death threats, calls for me to commit suicide and abuse to my family.\n\n\"What we now want to happen is that the trolls online take a look at themselves and stop abusing strangers for a quick kick and light laughter with friends.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ikea, the Swedish furniture giant, says it expects the disruption to global supply chains to continue for at least another year.\n\nChief executive Jesper Brodin said while there had been some improvement, there was still congestion at ports which has led to supply problems.\n\n\"We need to live with disturbances for the year to come,\" he said.\n\nThe owner of Poundland has also predicted that pressure from supply chain problems will last into 2022.\n\nAndy Bond, chief executive of PepCo, which owns Poundland, said that its shipping costs had soared. \"There are some times where we have had to pay 10 times our normal rates,\" he said.\n\n\"That's not to say every day but that has been the impact.\"\n\nMr Bond said the retailer had good levels of stock for Christmas and did not expect to increase prices to cope with rising shipping costs. But he said: \"I think that we see the next 12 months remaining challenging.\"\n\nMr Brodin, chief executive of Ingka, which operates the majority of Ikea's stores, told the BBC that the UK and other countries were suffering with \"congestion in ports and disturbances in supply chains\".\n\n\"There is no easy fix to any of this even if people are working hard across not only Ikea but also across the world,\" he said.\n\nLast month, Ikea said it was struggling to supply 10% of its stock, or around 1,000 product lines including mattresses, to its 22 stores in the UK and Ireland amid the continuing shortage of HGV drivers.\n\nMeanwhile, earlier this week, it emerged that the key British commercial port of Felixstowe was suffering from logjams of shipping containers because of the busy Christmas period and a deficit of lorry drivers to shift them.\n\nIkea has been forced to purchase additional shipping containers and charter vessels to address product shortages.\n\nA spokeswoman for Ikea told the BBC last month: \"We have also sent goods by train from China to Europe and we have invested in temporary intermediate warehouses in China, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, and Thailand to support production.\"\n\nMr Brodin said: \"One thing we have learned is it is difficult to predict. You need to be on it every day and find the best solutions.\n\n\"At the same time from a realistic point, we need to live with disturbances for the year to come but things will gradually get better, I'm sure.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, shipping giant Maersk told the BBC it was re-routing some of its biggest ships away from the Port of Felixstowe, due to a logjam of shipping containers.\n\nLars Mikael Jensen, head of global ocean network at Maersk, told BBC Radio 5 Live's Drive programme that some of its largest 20,000-container ships were waiting outside Felixstowe, the UK's biggest container port, for between four to seven days.\n\n\"We've taken those measures because we saw, because of the big ships, there is a limit to how many berths they can call in Felixstowe, and because its slower, it took longer to handle every ship,\" he said.\n\n\"Instead of wasting time waiting, we progressed to the next stop, and arranged that the boxes are relayed from that port rather than wait for a week and then discharge.\"\n\nBut on Thursday afternoon, the BBC understands that Maersk apologised to the government for the comments, which led to widespread concern about Felixstowe's capacity to receive and process goods.\n\nThe BBC has seen details of a conversation between the government and the shipping company.\n\nIt's understood that Maersk told the government that Lars Mikael Jensen, head of Maersk's east-west network, had said in a press briefing that Felixstowe was experiencing congestion.\n\nMr Jenson had mentioned that one ship was diverted to Rotterdam where the cargo was offloaded to a smaller ship.\n\nMaersk said that there is not a specific plan to divert ships from Felixstowe now or in the near future and that traffic is managed dynamically. The company also said they are making decisions for other European ports.\n\nMaersk is also understood to have said that they are bringing in 25% more boxes to the UK between July to September, than the same period last year.\n\nIkea revealed that, over the year to 31 August, sales rose by 6.3% to €37.4bn (£31.6bn).\n\nMr Brodin said that when the Covid pandemic first hit last year, the group was forced to speed up a plan to invest in a strategy to meet customer needs and take on \"the new competition\", in particular ramping up its online operation.\n\nHe said that what the company had planned as a two-year transformation was rolled out in two months.\n\nMr Brodin said dealing with the pandemic \"is definitely a challenging time in so many ways\".\n\nHe said the increase in annual sales was the one he was \"most proud of\" during his 25 years with the company.\n\n\"We have experienced the demand on life at home like never before in every market, since, of course, people have been in the same situation - confined to the four walls of their home.\"", "Clueless actress Stacey Dash has said she \"lost everything\" after becoming addicted to painkiller tablets.\n\nThe 54-year-old, best known for playing Dionne Davenport in the 1995 high school comedy movie, told US TV she was taking up to 20 Vicodin pills a day at one stage.\n\nSpeaking on The Dr Oz Show, she said: \"I was taking 18-20 pills a day.\"\n\n\"That's expensive,\" noted the host, before a tearful Dash replied: \"Yeah, I lost everything.\"\n\nDash, whose parents also suffered with drug addictions, went on to say she had recently celebrated five years of being sober.\n\n\"The greatest blessing is that not only have I been able to be honest with myself and become a better person,\" she said.\n\n\"I've been able to understand my parents and that they did love me, and that they were doing the best they could and they were just sick. They were addicted.\"\n\nVicodin is a popular brand of prescription drug - a hybrid of the pain medications hydrocodone and paracetamol - used to treat moderate to severe pain.\n\nIn July, four US drugs giants agreed to pay $26bn (£19bn) to settle claims they helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis. Last month in the UK, new research suggested that the use of opioids for pain relief soared during the pandemic as some patients waited longer for surgery.\n\nStacey Dash starred with Alicia Silverstone in the cult classic Clueless\n\nClueless, which starred Alicia Silverstone, alongside Dash, Brittany Murphy and Paul Rudd, was loosely based on Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma, and set in present-day Beverly Hills. Silverstone plays its central character, a schoolgirl called Cher, who sees herself as a matchmaker who goes on to give her new friend a makeover.\n\nIn 2016, Dash, who moved from acting into political commentary, defended herself after calling to scrap Black History Month, while discussing the lack of diversity at that year's Oscar nominations on US network Fox.\n\nShe was criticised on social media for her comments at the time, and responded by saying: \"I don't need a special month or special channel. What's sad is that these insidious things only keep us segregated and invoke false narratives.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Police in Kenya have arrested the husband of record-breaking long-distance runner Agnes Tirop who was stabbed to death at her home.\n\nIbrahim Rotich, who was detained in the coastal city of Mombasa, will face charges once investigations are completed, an official said.\n\nMs Tirop, 25, was found dead on Wednesday in the western town of Iten, a training centre for top athletes.\n\nLast month, she broke the women-only 10km road race world record.\n\nMr Rotich, whose first name is not Emmanuel as earlier reported, was described by the police as the prime suspect in her killing. He was caught on Thursday as he was trying to go \"to a neighbouring country to evade justice\", the police said.\n\nEarlier in the day, he \"rammed his getaway vehicle into a lorry... as he desperately escaped our dragnet\", a statement on Twitter added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by DCI KENYA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Rotich is now being questioned.\n\nOn Thursday, Athletics Kenya - the sport's governing body in the country - suspended all athletics competitions for two weeks as a mark of respect for Ms Tirop.\n\n\"We just lost a great talent. She was such a strong woman and committed to what she was doing,\" Julius Yego, Kenya's former athletics captain, told the BBC World Service's Newsday programme.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDuring her career, Ms Tirop had success as both a junior - winning 5,000m bronze at world championships in 2012 and 2014 - and as a senior, winning the World Cross Country championships in 2015.\n\nIn August, she finished fourth in the 5,000m final at the Tokyo Olympics and in 2017 and 2019 she won the 10,000m bronze at the World Athletics Championships.\n\nIn September, she broke the women-only 10km road-race record by 28 seconds in Germany, setting a new time of 30 minutes and one second.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nBritain's Cameron Norrie hailed the \"biggest win of my career\" after he beat Argentina's Diego Schwartzman in straight sets to reach the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Masters.\n\nWorld number 26 Norrie will replace Dan Evans as British number one after his 6-0 6-2 win in California.\n\nThe 26-year-old left-hander had never previously reached the last eight of a Masters 1,000 tournament.\n\nNorrie will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the last four.\n\nThe world number 28 beat Poland's Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-4 7-6 (6-2) to reach his first Masters 1,000 semi-final in two years.\n\nNorrie dismantled the world number 15 in 73 minutes for his 45th win on the ATP Tour this season.\n\nSpeaking after the win, Norrie said: \"It was such a big moment for me playing my first Masters 1,000 quarter-final, especially against Diego.\n\n\"I thought I was in for an absolute battle. It's probably the biggest win of my career. I'm really happy with the way I handled everything.\n\nVictory over Schwartzman, who Norrie also beat in the first round of the 2020 US Open, should give the Briton enough ranking points to break into the world's top 20 for the first time in his career.\n\n\"With Diego you have to be careful. He snuck through a couple of matches already this tournament. I had to keep my foot down and was able to get that second break and relax and play some great tennis,\" added Norrie.\n\nSpeaking on Amazon Prime, former British number one Greg Rusedski said: \"It's been an incredible performance from Norrie. The best tennis I've ever seen him play to dismantle Schwartzman. He's now got a great chance to reach his first final. In my opinion it was probably his best performance on a tennis court.\"\n\nElsewhere in the men's quarter-finals, Greek second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas will face unseeded Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili on Friday, while Germany's world number four Alexander Zverev takes on American Taylor Fritz.\n\nIn the women's draw, Ons Jabeur reached the semi-finals with a 7-5 6-3 win over Estonia's Anett Kontaveit.\n\nVictory ensures Tunisian Jabeur will enter the world top 10 on Monday - making her the first Arab player, male or female, to do so.\n\nShe will play Paula Badosa in the final four, after the Spaniard defeated 10th seed Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4 7-5.\n\nSchwartzman was unrecognisable from the player good enough to qualify for last year's ATP Finals in London, but Norrie showed no signs of tension in a first Masters quarter-final.\n\nHe broke the Argentine's serve six times out of seven. I lost count of the number of times Schwartzman dejectedly put his hands on his hips as another point went against him.\n\nNorrie now has 45 wins this year, which is one more than Novak Djokovic, although he has played significantly more tournaments.\n\nHe may have done enough to make his top 20 debut next week, and will definitely replace Dan Evans as the new British number one on Monday.\n\nNorrie says that means little to him, and it is perhaps a position which could change hands with more regularity in the months ahead.\n• None Watch all the highlights including NFL's return to London\n• None Was this the crowning moment in Britpop history?", "The rules on the number of deliveries overseas lorry drivers can make in the UK are set to be relaxed in a bid to tackle supply chain problems in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nUnder the new plans, drivers will be able to make unlimited deliveries or collections within a 14 day period.\n\nCurrently EU drivers can only make two pick-ups or drop-offs each week.\n\nIt is hoped the changes will happen by December - but UK drivers fear they might lose work to cheaper EU rivals.\n\nThe UK's lorry driver shortage - due to a combination of Covid, Brexit and other factors - has affected petrol stations, supermarkets and left containers piled up at Felixstowe Port unable to be moved.\n\nRetailers have also warned there could be shortages of items such as toys at Christmas, with shoppers urged to buy gifts early.\n\nLast month, the government announced it would grant up to 5,000 temporary visas for HGV drivers from abroad - but so far only a fraction have been issued.\n\nAnd the first foreign drivers brought in on the visa scheme may not even arrive for another month, sources have told BBC transport correspondent Carrie Davies.\n\nBut now ministers are going further, and plan to make temporary changes to cabotage rules, which govern how many jobs a haulier can make in a foreign country.\n\nIt means foreign HGV drivers that come into the country laden with goods can pick up and drop off items an unlimited number of times for two weeks before they return home.\n\nThe changes still need to be approved after a one-week consultation - but if passed they will come into force \"towards the end of this year for up to six months\", according to the government.\n\nIt would mean thousands more HGV deliveries each month, the government said, so more goods - especially food and items that come via ports - can get delivered on schedule.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps told BBC Breakfast: \"Having some additional capacity right now... it is a good idea. This is a quick way of doing it. It doesn't require visas, it's just a common sense measure.\n\n\"It is one of very many things. I don't think it is going to undercut or suppress the market.\"\n\nMr Shapps said problems with supply chains were a global issue.\n\nHe added: \"It is very tight but our supply chain is pretty robust. They have worked through coronavirus and they will work through this as well.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut the haulage industry said the measures would undercut British operators.\n\nRod McKenzie, from the Road Haulage Association, told BBC's Today programme: \"Well, I spoke to some of our members last night, and they were appalled. 'Ridiculous', 'pathetic', 'gobsmacked' were some of their more broadcastable comments.\n\n\"The government has been talking about a high-wage, high-skill economy, and not pulling the lever marked 'uncontrolled immigration', and to them this is exactly what it looks like.\n\n\"Allowing overseas haulage companies and drivers to come over for up to six months on a fortnightly basis to do unlimited work at low rates, undercutting UK hauliers who… are facing an acute driver shortage, rising costs, staff wages.\n\n\"So this is about taking work from British operators and drivers and giving it to Europeans who don't pay tax here and pay peanuts to their drivers.\n\n\"We don't want cabotage [the transportation of goods in one country by operators from another] to sabotage our industry.\"\n\nThe Unite union has raised the prospect of possible industrial action in protest at what it sees as poor pay and conditions in the industry.\n\n\"The treatment of drivers across the board has been nothing short of a disgrace,\" said Unite general secretary Sharon Graham.\n\n\"As the prime minister said recently, the answer to the driver shortage is better wages and improved conditions. This is what we demand.\n\n\"Now is the time for action not words. It's time for employers to pay workers a proper rate for the job.\n\n\"Unite will be consulting its members before deciding on next steps, including exploring the options for industrial action.\"\n\nMr Shapps said the long-term answer to the supply chain issues \"must be developing a high-skill, high-wage economy here in the UK\".\n\nBut talking about the latest measures, he said: \"The temporary changes we're consulting on to cabotage rules will also make sure foreign hauliers in the UK can use their time effectively and get more goods moving in the supply chain at a time of high demand.\"\n\nAccording to France's finance minister, the UK is faring worse in the supply chain crisis because it left the single market after Brexit.\n\n\"We are facing the same situation,\" said Bruno Le Maire at the G7 meeting in Washington. \"But the fact that we are a member of a very important single market helps us facing these bottlenecks.\"\n\nOn Thursday, the government said it was also giving hundreds of foreign abattoir workers temporary visas, to help fix the shortage of workers in slaughterhouses.\n\nThe shortage of staff in abattoirs means pigs are not being killed fast enough, and there is not enough space on farms so farmers are having to kill them themselves.\n\nFarmers have already destroyed 6,600 healthy pigs due to a backlog on farms, the National Pig Association said.", "The British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF) has issued a statement condemning the \"vicious attack, which was an assault not only on Sir David, but also on democracy in the UK\".\n\nSir David was a champion of human rights and democracy in Iran for more than three decades. He consistently spoke in support of the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations and the Iranian Resistance movement, NCRI, the BCFIF said.\n\n\"One of the proudest things I have ever done in my political career is to support the National Council of Resistance of Iran which calls for the Iranian regime to be replaced with a safer and more democratic government,\" Sir David said on 6 September.\n\nIn an email to the BBC, supporter Jahed Madumi wrote: \"With great sorrow I heard about Sir David Amess' loss.\n\n\"As an Iranian I have to say that he was a great friend of our nation, and he always defended the freedom for the people of Iran.\"\n\nMr Amess is seen above with the British delegation during the Conference In Support Of Freedom and Democracy In Iran in Paris in 2018.", "A Florida father has been arrested and charged over the fatal shooting of his girlfriend by the couple's two-year-old child in August.\n\nThe toddler found Veondre Avery's loaded gun inside a children's backpack while mother Shamaya Lynn was on a work video call, police said.\n\nMr Avery, 22, stands accused of manslaughter and failure to securely store a firearm.\n\nCourt records show he does not yet have an attorney and has not entered a plea.\n\nManslaughter is a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Mr Avery could also see 15 years of probation and a $10,000 (£7,308) fine.\n\nThe gun was kept unsecured inside a children's backpack that was left on the floor of the couple's bedroom, according to Altamonte Springs police.\n\nThey said the toddler took the weapon, moved behind the mother and fired a single shot.\n\nOne of Lynn's co-workers on the Zoom video call first phoned in the 11 August incident to emergency responders. She reported hearing a loud noise and seeing Lynn fall backward.\n\n\"One of the girls passed out...She has the camera on. Her baby is crying in the back,\" the co-worker said in a call released by police to local media.\n\nWhen Mr Avery returned home, he found his girlfriend bleeding on the floor. He called the police and asked paramedics to \"please hurry\", according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.\n\nDuring the call, he said he had just returned home and didn't know what happened. He could be heard performing CPR as he waited for help to arrive.\n\nFirst responders attempted to aid the 21-year-old, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\n\"Your decisions have consequences,\" Altamonte Springs police officer Roberto Ruiz said in a news conference on Tuesday.\n\n\"You have a responsibility as a gun owner to take care of those firearms.\"\n\nNeither of the couple's two children, who were both at home during the incident, were injured. Both are now in the care of other family members.\n\nMr Avery is due back in court on 23 November.", "The Police, Fire and Crime panel had urged him to consider his position\n\nA police boss whose comments on the Sarah Everard case sparked outrage has resigned hours after a no-confidence vote.\n\nNorth Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Philip Allott had faced sustained criticism for urging women to be \"streetwise\" in a radio interview.\n\nThe backlash culminated in the unanimous vote passed by the county's Police, Fire and Crime panel.\n\nIn response Mr Allott said he would \"do the decent thing\" and leave his post.\n\nThe Conservative commissioner had faced multiple calls to stand down since 1 October, when he told BBC Radio York that women should educate themselves about powers of arrest, saying they should know \"when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested\".\n\nHe made the comments after it emerged serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens had used his warrant card to falsely arrest Ms Everard for breaching coronavirus guidelines.\n\nMembers of North Yorkshire's Police, Fire and Crime panel had echoed calls for Mr Allott to quit and urged him to \"go now\" at a meeting prior to Thursday's no-confidence vote.\n\nIn an open letter issued hours later, Mr Allott said he had spent the past two weeks trying \"to rebuild trust and confidence in my work as commissioner\".\n\nAnnouncing his resignation, he wrote: \"Following this morning's meeting of the Police and Crime Panel it seems clear to me that the task will be exceptionally difficult, if it is possible at all.\n\n\"It would take a long time and a lot of resources of my office and the many groups who do excellent work supporting victims.\"\n\nCarl Les, the Conservative leader of North Yorkshire County Council and chair of the panel, said Mr Allott had done the right thing.\n\n\"Clearly the remarks he made had a catastrophic effect on trust and confidence in his role and him personally,\" he said.\n\nSarah Everard, originally from York, was killed by serving police officer Wayne Couzens after he falsely arrested her\n\nMr Allott, in his resignation letter, said he apologised \"unreservedly\" for his remarks, which did not reflect his views.\n\n\"I misspoke and I am devastated at the effect that this has had on victims of crime and the groups that support them,\" he said.\n\n\"I have tried to say this again and again but I recognise that what I have said has not always been heard as I intended.\"\n\nThe letter will be submitted to officials, kicking off the process of installing a temporary replacement for Mr Allott.\n\nAfter his resignation letter was made public, Mr Allott tweeted that he had \"become the story\" and was a \"distraction\" to protecting victims of violence.\n\nHe added: \"Doing what's right is hard!\"\n\nHis resignation has highlighted the difficulties of removing a commissioner from office.\n\nMr Les said he thought it was \"perverse\" that the commissioner could remove a chief police officer, but could not himself be removed.\n\n\"I think in the same way that MPs are subject to a recall mechanism I think commissioners should be subject to something similar.\"\n\nLabour's Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said it was \"absolutely right\" that Mr Allott had resigned.\n\nMr Thomas-Symonds added: \"His awful comments show that misogyny needs tackling and the community response to them shows it will no longer be tolerated.\"\n\nHe said there was a lack of leadership from the Conservative Party which should have pushed him to resign earlier.\n\nThe Women's Equality Party said Mr Allott's resignation showed the \"power of protest\", but added he should have resigned earlier after making the remarks.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Women's Equality Party This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nYork Central Labour MP Rachael Maskell said the government had been too slow to respond to the furore that had engulfed Mr Allott following his remarks. She tweeted: \"Women must be listened to.\"\n\nMeanwhile, West Yorkshire's Labour mayor Tracy Brabin said her thoughts were with Ms Everard's family, who live in York and were Mr Allott's constituents. She tweeted: \"Finally. The right decision.\"\n\nThe North Yorkshire branch of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), which had earlier said members were \"outraged\" by Mr Allott's comments, also welcomed his resignation.\n\nIn a tweet, the FBU said: \"Hopefully his resignation will offer some comfort for Sarah Everard's Family and friends and all those affected by his disgraceful comments.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "David Wightman (left) and Colin Marshall are both experienced walkers\n\nA lost walker survived two nights in the Cairngorms while a helicopter and mountain rescue teams searched for him.\n\nDavid Wightman spent an exhausting weekend alone and exposed to the elements after becoming separated from his walking companion, Colin Marshall.\n\nWhen Mr Marshall managed to raise the alarm, a major search and rescue operation was launched.\n\nMr Wightman, 62, was eventually found by students who shared their food with him before he was airlifted to safety.\n\n\"I just have a huge debt to all of these people. It's been quite a humbling experience,\" he told BBC Scotland's The Nine.\n\nThe pair were walking in the Ben Macdui area, heading to Corrour bothy, when they lost one another in poor weather on Friday.\n\n\"I lost visibility,\" Mr Wightman, from near Southend-on-Sea in Essex, said. \"My mistake at that point was not shouting or whistling, in the certainty in my mind that I knew which way he'd gone.\n\n\"It's the most stupid mistake to make of course. From that point onwards we were both on our own.\"\n\nDavid Wightman spent two nights exposed to the elements in the Cairngorms\n\nHe eventually decided to find somewhere to keep warm and sheltered from the wind.\n\n\"I had some very good luck that the average temperature for October for the Cairngorms was up\", he said. \"I had waterproof clothing on and my bag was serving as a reasonable windbreak on a slab of granite that I found.\n\n\"I was able to get through 12 hours of darkness and stay reasonably warm. There were some quite severe shivering fits in the middle of the night. I kept my head torch on in case there was anything coming out to look, but [there was] no sign of any search that night.\n\n\"Not knowing what the situation was with my friend I could only keep my fingers crossed he actually got to shelter. I now know that he did do that.\"\n\nWhen Mr Marshall raised the alarm, Braemar, Cairngorm and Aberdeen mountain rescue teams were called out, alongside police and search and rescue dogs.\n\nThe pair were walking the Ben Macdui area when they got into difficulty\n\nMr Wightman described the following day - Saturday - as a \"total disaster\".\n\nHe recalled: \"When I powered on my phone it told me I only had 15% left. The phone died, and the charger didn't work because moisture had got in it.\"\n\nHe made it to the valley floor of the River Dee, but faced another night in the open.\n\nAt one point, he spotted the helicopter and its searchlights. He waved his poles and got his bright orange cover out, but he was not spotted.\n\n\"I know now, and... this would have saved me an awful lot of heartache and grief, that if you have a torch, even in the daylight, shine it,\" he said.\n\n\"Having waved goodbye to the helicopter, that for me was the lowest point of the whole experience, I then saw in the distance some granite boulders. I tucked myself in as best as possible for another 12 hours.\"\n\nThe following morning he made it to a meeting point of two valleys - he was exhausted and his morale was low.\n\nBut then he heard voices from the opposite side of the river, shouting: \"Are you David Wightman?\"\n\nThere were four students from Aberdeen University who had heard that search teams were looking for him.\n\n\"From that point the relief was just enormous - I knew this was going to be OK\", he said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThey escorted him to shelter, made cups of tea, and lit a fire.\n\n\"They shared their food, peanut butter out the jar - stick your hand in, don't worry - beef jerky, apples, have whatever you like,\" Mr Wightman said.\n\n\"It's the kindness of strangers - just restored my faith in human nature.\"\n\nThey used a piece of silver foil to attract the attention of the helicopter searching overhead.\n\nHe was flown off the hill, and reunited with Mr Marshall, and then his family.\n\nAsked if he would one day return to the Cairngorms, Mr Wightman said: \"I love the environment so I could be tempted for sure.\n\n\"There are things I would do differently given what has happened. It's a wonderful part of the world.\"", "Masten Wanjala confessed to drugging and killing more than 10 children\n\nA mob in western Kenya has killed a self-confessed serial killer who escaped from custody two days ago, police say.\n\nMasten Wanjala, 20, was traced by villagers to a house in Bungoma town and beaten to death, they say.\n\nAuthorities had launched a massive manhunt for the fugitive who admitted to killing more than 10 young boys during a five-year period.\n\nHe also confessed to drugging them and in some cases drinking their blood.\n\nHe reportedly returned to the home of his parents - who have disowned him - and was subsequently strangled by neighbours who found out he was there, an eyewitness told Kenya's Standard newspaper.\n\nHe tried to stave off suspicious locals by moving to a nearby house, Bungoma's police commander told the paper.\n\nIt is thought his family identified the body, although a police spokesperson said they are still doing \"basic verification\" to make sure the deceased is indeed Wanjala, according to Reuters news agency.\n\n\"We are not sure how he managed to travel all the way from Nairobi to his rural home,\" Musyoki Mutungi said. \"It is the curious villagers who first identified him and went ahead to kill him even before the police could be informed.\"\n\nThe mother of one of the victims told the BBC she wanted to know why he did what he did.\n\n\"I would have loved to see him in court, so that I get to know why he did this - why he brutally killed our children and left us with pain,\" Grace Adhiambo said.\n\nThe badly decomposed body of her teenage son Brian Omondi was one of four recovered by police on the outskirts of the capital Nairobi in July.\n\nA post-mortem carried out by the government pathologist showed they had been strangled and hit on the head with a blunt object.\n\nWanjala killed his first victim when he was just 16 years old, a similar age to some of his victims.\n\nHe posed as a football coach to lure his victims to secluded areas, after which he attacked them.\n\nIn some cases he took them as hostages for ransom.\n\nThe killings took place in Nairobi, and areas of eastern and western Kenya.\n\nThree police officers who were on duty when he escaped on Wednesday have been charged with aiding the escape of a suspect and negligence.\n\nPolice say they noticed he had disappeared during the morning roll call. There was no sign of a break-in at the prison cell.\n\nIn a series of tweets, the Kenyan Directorate of Criminal Investigations expressed regret that Wanjala did not face justice.\n\nIt said \"the law of the jungle as applied by irate villagers prevailed\".\n\nThere are growing calls for the resignation of Kenya's police chief over the escape, which shocked the nation and and led many on social media to ridicule the police.\n\nWanjala's killing by mob justice two days later however is a tragic reminder of the deep anger, hate and frustrations that many Kenyans feel for the National Police Service.\n\nKenyans saw this as an open-and-shut case, which the police bungled.\n\nAfter more than three months of investigations, Kenyans are asking why was Wanjala never taken to court to face murder charges?\n\nIt raises questions about Kenya's judicial process - whose wheels often grind slow, and in this case, were completely broken, destroying the hopes for justice for families of the victims.\n\nAFRICA LIVE: Updates on this and other stories", "Emergency services were called to Kirkby Avenue at about 13:30 BST\n\nA man in his 50s has died after a house collapsed in an explosion, police have said.\n\nEmergency services were called to Kirkby Avenue in Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley, at about 13:30 BST.\n\nGas company Cadent confirmed it was at the scene to support emergency services but said it was \"too early to say what caused this\".\n\nNearby residents have been evacuated and a cordon has been put in place.\n\nOne neighbour told BBC Radio Lancashire: \"My wife thought a washing machine had blown up until we went outside and the whole of the front of the house had blown out completely.\"\n\nLancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) said search and rescue dogs had been assisting in the search for casualties.\n\nIt said seven fire engines were at the scene and advised residents to close windows and doors if affected by any smoke.\n\nA spokesman said the urban search and rescue team were assisting at the scene.\n\nNearby homes were evacuated after the blast\n\nA spokesman for Cadent said: \"We are at the scene of this incident to support the emergency services and ensure everything related to gas is safe.\n\n\"We'll thoroughly check the local gas network and we will support the authorities as they look into all possible causes.\"\n\nPolice said an investigation into the exact cause of the blast was ongoing.\n\nNearby roads have been closed and people have been advised to avoid the area.\n\nA spokeswoman for North West Ambulance Service said: \"Our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) is currently on the scene, along with a MERIT (Medical Emergency Response Incident Team) doctor, an ambulance and an operational commander.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Thirty-thousand carbon dioxide monitors are being rolled out in Wales this week\n\nPlans to use ozone machines to disinfect classrooms have been abandoned, the Welsh government has confirmed.\n\nThe machines are potentially \"highly harmful\" to children, a review found.\n\nMinisters were previously accused of making a \"spectacular U-turn\" after plans for the machines were paused for a safety review.\n\nOpposition parties Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Conservatives said they welcomed the move.\n\nWelsh ministers had previously announced they would spend £3.31m on 1,800 new ozone machines developed by Swansea University.\n\nOn Thursday, the Welsh government said this cash would instead be used in schools and colleges to improve ventilation.\n\nAt the time Swansea University had defended the safety of the machines.\n\nThe university said \"extensive testing had taken place over eight months\" within its classrooms \"as well as in three very different school scenarios\".\n\nHowever, the Welsh government said a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) review concluded that ozone machines are not suitable for use in education settings.\n\nThe review warned that the gas ozone, which can be used as a disinfectant \"is a highly harmful indoor pollutant which is associated with harm to human health at low concentrations and damages diverse and integral components of indoor environments\".\n\nIt found that children and those with underlying respiratory conditions were \"particularly sensitive to ozone exposure\" and that the gas \"reacts with a range of compounds present indoors to generate persistent harmful secondary aerosols\".\n\nThe study also concluded that the evidence for effective ozone disinfection \"is limited in scope and quality\".\n\nIt said the deployment of an ozone machines would have required \"substantial resources to ensure their safety\".\n\nA Gwynedd-based GP, Dr Eilir Hughes, said when the initial announcement about the machines was made, he researched the technology, saying: \"I quickly realised it was a very bad idea. I couldn't even think of a single good reason for doing it.\"\n\nSpeaking to Oliver Hides on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Dr Hughes said he believed it was \"bad potentially for human health\" and also the environment if it leaked.\n\nDr Hughes also questioned if it would have been the most effective way of stopping the most dominant strains of Covid spreading.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives' education spokeswoman Laura Anne Jones said the Labour policy was \"sadly not thought through\" and that \"educating our young people and keeping them safe has to be the priority\".\n\nSian Gwenllian, Plaid Cymru's education spokeswoman, welcomed the move to \"pull the plug on the controversial and ill-fated ozone machine scheme\", adding the earmarked funding should go towards improving schools' air circulation.\n\nMore emphasis is being placed on ventilation as the pandemic has continued\n\nHowever, the roll out of carbon dioxide monitors in classrooms, colleges and lecture halls in Wales is to be completed by mid-November, Wales' education minister has said.\n\nThe monitors will notify teachers and lecturers when CO2 levels rise, so they can identify where ventilation needs to be improved.\n\nWales' Education and Welsh Language Minister Jeremy Miles said the investment for ventilation improvements and carbon dioxide monitor roll out will \"help keep transmission rates low\".\n\nLaura Doel, director of teaching union NAHT Cymru, said the body is \"pleased that additional funding will be made available to schools\", however Wales' existing measures \"do not go far enough to support schools\".\n\n\"It is crucial that schools do not end up having to foot the bill to fix ventilation problems,\" she added.\n\nDavid Evans, the National Education Union Cymru's secretary, welcomed the ventilation investment, saying it was \"critical to ensuring that education can remain open over the winter for as much of the time as possible\".", "Military personnel will join two health boards in Scotland on 19 October\n\nThe military will be drafted in to hospitals in Lanarkshire and the Borders to relieve pressure ahead of the winter.\n\nA total of 86 personnel will be deployed - 63 to NHS Lanarkshire and 23 to NHS Borders - ranging from nurses, medics, general troops and drivers.\n\nSupport personnel will be from the navy but the medically qualified staff will be from the Army.\n\nAll will be working in areas like accident and emergency.\n\nIt follows a request for assistance from the Scottish government.\n\nThe British Medical Association (Scotland) has called on politicians to \"be honest\" about what the NHS can deliver now and over winter.\n\nHealth Secretary Humza Yousaf said the health service was experiencing \"significant pressure\" because of Covid admissions and a backlog in care built up over the course of the pandemic.\n\n\"In the NHS Borders and NHS Lanarkshire areas, staff shortages because of Covid-19 are affecting bed capacity,\" he added.\n\n\"With increasing levels of social mixing and close social contact it is expected that this winter Covid-19 will circulate alongside respiratory viruses, such as flu, adding to the winter pressures usually faced by the NHS.\n\n\"This military support will allow both boards to support existing staff to reduce waiting times, enhance care and provide a better experience for our patients.\"\n\nNHS Lanarkshire will receive three nurses, 45 medics, 12 general troops and three drivers, while 14 medics, two nurses, one driver and four additional personnel will be sent to NHS Borders.\n\nA further two military medics will oversee the operation from the army's headquarters in Scotland.\n\nPersonnel are due to start work on 19 October and continue until 10 November, though the Scottish government said this would be kept under \"constant review\".\n\nThe MoD has assisted health services across the country, including with vaccination\n\nJudith Park, NHS Lanarkshire's director of acute services, said all three hospitals in the health board - Monklands, Hairmyres and Wishaw - would be supported.\n\nShe said: \"Staff shortages because of Covid-19 are affecting bed capacity and the approval of temporary military assistance on our hospital sites is very welcome over the next few weeks as we begin to see winter illnesses circulate alongside Covid adding to the pressures we face.\"\n\nThe request for support comes after soldiers were brought in to support the Scottish Ambulance Service in September.\n\nAt the time Nicola Sturgeon said health services were dealing with the most challenging combination of circumstances in their history due to the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe military also provided advice on the construction of the NHS Louisa Jordan field hospital in Glasgow and set up and ran testing programmes as well as vaccination centres across Scotland.\n\nArmy personnel were brought in to assist the Scottish Ambulance Service in September\n\nHealth services in all UK nations have received support from the armed forces in recent months.\n\nScottish Secretary Alistair Jack said he was glad they were able to step in again.\n\nHe added: \"Nearly 90 army medical personnel and support staff will be working at the front line of Scotland's NHS. We are grateful for all their efforts to keep us safe.\"\n\nHowever senior doctors have said while military help is welcomed, it will be a short term measure and will \"barely scratch the surface\" of providing the staff that is needed.\n\nDr Lewis Morrison, chair of BMA Scotland, said: \"It demonstrates that things are on a knife edge in the areas where this is happening - but there are many other places where staff are spread incredibly thinly and close to if not at the same level of pressure.\n\n\"We need politicians on all sides to be honest with the public about what the NHS can deliver right now and over this expected long winter.\n\n\"Each passing week and story of a service in crisis underlines the urgent need for a clear workforce plan to address those huge short, medium and long term staffing issues and a plan that focuses firstly and squarely on caring for and retaining the staff we have because recruiting extra people takes time.\"\n\nMembers of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guard set up a vaccination centre at the Donald Dewar Sports Centre in Drumchapel earlier this year\n\nThe Scottish Conservative's health spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane called the Mr Yousaf's winter plan \"belated\" and said the effects were being \"keenly felt\" by staff.\n\nHe said: \"We aren't even into the peak winter period, yet my colleagues on the frontline are already well beyond breaking point.\n\n\"He must now urgently guarantee the support from our military will be maximised at every turn for these health boards. Otherwise a truly terrible winter in our NHS is set to occur on his watch.\"\n\nBoth the Borders and Lanarkshire health boards have already halted all non-urgent procedures.\n\nLast month the medical director of NHS Borders urged the public to \"be kind\" to staff facing \"unprecedented challenges\".\n\nDr Lynn McCallum said they were busier than in the \"busiest winter\".", "Sir Elton John has now had eight number one singles\n\nSir Elton John has topped the UK singles chart for the first time in 16 years with a little help from Dua Lipa.\n\nTheir collaboration Cold Heart (Pnau Remix), which reworks his hits including Sacrifice, Rocket Man and Kiss the Bride, made it to number one after three weeks at number two.\n\nHe last topped the singles chart in 2005, when he appeared on US rapper 2Pac's posthumous single Ghetto Gospel.\n\nDua Lipa released a number one album last year during lockdown\n\nSir Elton's first ever number one came courtesy of a collaboration with another female singer, Kiki Dee, with 1976's Don't Go Breaking My Heart.\n\nDua Lipa's collaboration with the singer-songwriter, who recently underwent hip surgery, sees her collect her third number one, following her breakthrough anthem New Rules and One Kiss with Calvin Harris.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by EltonJohnVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nTheir musical hook-up - a disco-tinged re-working of some of his best-known songs, as remixed by Australian dance trio Pnau - put an end to Ed Sheeran's four-week stay at the chart summit.\n\nLast month, Sir Elton postponed his upcoming 2021 UK and European tour until 2023, due to a hip injury from this summer when he \"fell awkwardly\".\n\nElsewhere in the albums chart on Friday, Sam Fender secured his own second number one with Seventeen Going Under, totalling 44,000 equivalent chart sales.\n\nSam Fender celebrates his latest number one with fellow Geordies Ant and Dec\n\nIt caps a big few weeks for the Newcastle United fan, who appeared on the BBC Breakfast sofa admittedly hungover after having celebrated the football club's takeover at St James's Park the night before.\n\nSpeaking on the show in a club tracksuit, he said his saxophone player started playing outside the ground and \"5,000 Geordies started singing along\".\n\nHis new album is ahead of Drake's Certified Lover Boy in second place, and Olivia Rodrigo's Sour in third.\n\nFender and Sir Elton have built up a friendship in recent years, and speaking on his Apple Music 1 radio show, the veteran star said he thinks of the younger musician as a son.\n\n\"Well, for everyone who's listening at home or wherever you are, Sam and I have become great friends,\" he said. \"And he's like a member of our family.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video 2 by SamFenderVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\n\"Our boys, Elijah and Zachary, love him so much, and [Sir Elton's husband, filmmaker] David [Furnish]. He's like our eldest son in a way. And it's just great when we see each other.\"\n\nHe added: \"We play each other music and we cheer each other up when we're down in the dumps and it's a lovely thing. A friendship that's blossomed so beautifully.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The US has closed its land borders with Canada and Mexico since March 2020\n\nThe US has said it will reopen its land borders with Mexico and Canada to fully vaccinated travellers from November.\n\nIt means those sealed out of the US because of the pandemic can enter - for any reason - using land and ferry crossing points.\n\nUnvaccinated travellers will still be banned from entering the US from Mexico and Canada by land.\n\nAir travel is currently allowed with a negative Covid test, but will require proof of vaccinations as of 8 November.\n\nThe US has curbed travel from Mexico and Canada since March 2020.\n\n\"We are pleased to be taking steps to resume regular travel in a safe and sustainable manner,\" Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement.\n\nCurrently, most non-US citizens who have been to the UK, China, India, South Africa, Iran, Brazil and a number of European countries within the past 14 days are not allowed into the US.\n\nBut those rules will also be lifted in November, the Biden administration announced last month.\n\nEssential travellers, including students, truck drivers, US citizens and healthcare workers were never banned from crossing land borders. However from January 2022, they will also need to show proof of vaccination to get into the US from Mexico or Canada.\n\n\"This approach will provide ample time for essential travellers... to get vaccinated,\" the Department of Homeland Security said.\n\nAn exact date in November has not yet been announced, but will be \"very soon\", an official told Reuters news agency.\n\nCanada opened its border to fully vaccinated travellers from the US on 9 August. Mexico's border has remained open throughout the whole pandemic.\n\nA controversial law which allows the US to swiftly expel undocumented migrants to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in holding facilities will stay in place, US media reports. The border legislation, known as Title 42, has cut off access to asylum for hundreds of thousands of migrants trying to enter from Mexico.\n\nSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said President Biden was \"doing the right thing\"\n\nNews of the reopening has drawn praise from US lawmakers with constituencies along the Canadian border.\n\nAmong them was Chuck Schumer, the Democrats' Senate Majority Leader.\n\n\"Kudos to President Biden for doing the right thing and increasing cross border travel between Canada and the US,\" he said.\n\n\"This reopening will be welcome news to countless businesses, medical providers, families, and loved ones that depend on travel across the northern border,\" added New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.\n\nThe announcement of new rules in September was a surprise to many - coming days after the US government said it was not the right time to lift restrictions.\n\nThe US has recorded some 44.5 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, and more than 716,000 deaths.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why are US officials getting vaccinated in public?\n\n22 October 2021: This article was amended to add the updated information that proof of vaccination will be required for air travel from 8 November", "Foreign tourists will be allowed into the country for the first time in 19 months\n\nIndia is set to reopen its borders to overseas travellers as it relaxes Covid-related restrictions amid a drop in daily infections.\n\nStarting Friday, the country will grant tourist visas to travellers arriving on chartered flights.\n\nThe facility will be extended to those arriving on commercial flights from 15 November.\n\nForeign tourists who land in India on Friday will be the first to come into the country in 19 months.\n\nNo tourist visas have been issued since March 2020 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government shut the country's borders to rein in the coronavirus pandemic. In the past few months though, some visas for diplomats and foreign business officials have been reinstated.\n\nThe decision to allow foreign tourists, announced earlier this month, comes at a time when India's daily Covid cases have been falling.\n\nThe country has been recording about 20,000 daily positive infections - down from a peak of 400,000 daily cases during a devastating second wave that swept India in April and May. More than 70% of the population has received one dose of the vaccine.\n\nHowever, experts and government officials continue to warn against complacency, saying that popular tourist destinations could act as Covid \"super spreaders\" of a third wave of infection which, they say, is inevitable.\n\nThe easing of restrictions on foreign travel also coincides with the onset of India's peak travel season, sparking hopes of revival of the beleaguered tourism industry.\n\nWith its rich geography and history, India offers a large number of tourist attractions such as the Taj Mahal monument, temples and forts, the snowy mountain peaks of the Himalayas and the white sandy beaches in the west and south.\n\nThe Taj Mahal is one of the leading tourist attractions of India and is visited by thousands of people every day\n\nAccording to government data, India attracted just 2.74 million foreign tourists last year - down from 10.93 million in 2019 - as the pandemic upended lives and businesses.\n\nTourism contributes almost 7% to India's GDP and is also responsible for millions of jobs in the hospitality sector. With the economy struggling like never before, India cannot afford to lose out on the precious foreign exchange that tourism brings.\n\nUnder the new guidelines, all tourist visas issued before 15 October will be invalid. This means that travellers coming to India will have to get fresh visas.\n\n\"All due protocols and norms relating to Covid-19 as notified by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare from time to time, shall be adhered to by the foreign tourists, carriers bringing them into India and all other stakeholders at landing stations,\" the government said in an official release.\n\nHowever, the authorities are yet to spell out the testing, vaccination, and quarantine rules for travellers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. First responders and others react to Rust set death\n\nFilm director Joel Souza says he is \"gutted by the loss of my friend and colleague\" Halyna Hutchins, in his first statement since a gun accident on the set of a movie in New Mexico.\n\nMs Hutchins was killed and Mr Souza wounded when a prop gun with a live round was fired by actor Alec Baldwin.\n\nMr Souza thanked well-wishers for their \"outpouring of affection\".\n\nCourt records say Mr Baldwin was handed the gun by an assistant director who told the actor that it was safe.\n\nMs Hutchins, a 42-year-old cinematographer, was fatally shot in the chest in Thursday's incident on the set of the film Rust in Santa Fe. Mr Souza, 48, who had been standing behind Ms Hutchins, was treated in hospital for a wound to the shoulder and later discharged.\n\nPolice are still investigating the incident and no charges have been brought.\n\nJoel Souza thanked \"hundreds of strangers who have reached out\"\n\nIn his statement, Mr Souza said: \"I am gutted by the loss of my friend and colleague, Halyna. She was kind, vibrant, incredibly talented, fought for every inch and always pushed me to be better.\n\n\"My thoughts are with her family at this most difficult time. I am humbled and grateful by the outpouring of affection we have received from our filmmaking community, the people of Santa Fe, and the hundreds of strangers who have reached out… It will surely aid in my recovery.\"\n\nCourt submissions show the assistant director, Dave Halls, did not know the prop contained live ammunition and indicated it was unloaded by shouting \"cold gun!\"\n\nOn Friday, Mr Baldwin - who was the star and producer of the film - said he was \"fully co-operating\" with the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office.\n\n\"My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nAlec Baldwin said he was fully co-operating with the police\n\nMs Hutchins, 42, was from Ukraine and grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle. She studied journalism in Kyiv and film in Los Angeles. She was the director of photography for the 2020 action film Archenemy.\n\nAccording to the Los Angeles Times, about half a dozen members of the camera crew on Rust had walked out hours before the tragedy after protesting over working conditions on the set at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe.\n\nThere had been at least three earlier prop gun misfires on the set, sources told the Times.\n\nMs Hutchins had studied journalism in Kyiv and film in Los Angeles\n\nThe union members had also complained that they were promised hotel rooms in Santa Fe, but once filming of the Western began they were required to drive 50 miles (80km) from Albuquerque every morning.\n\nThe BBC has obtained a document showing which crew members were listed as scheduled to be on set that day.\n\nIt names a head armourer, the crew member responsible for checking firearms. Hannah Gutierrez Reed is in her twenties and had recently worked in this role for the first time, on the movie The Old Way.\n\nIn a podcast in September she said she almost turned down that job \"'cause I wasn't sure if I was ready... but doing it, like, it went really smoothly\".\n\nThe prop gun that Baldwin fired contained a \"live single round\", according to an email sent by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees to its membership, reports Variety.\n\nIn Rust, Baldwin was starring as an outlaw whose grandson is sentenced to hang for an accidental killing.\n\nThe actor is best known for his role as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and for his portrayal of Donald Trump on the sketch show Saturday Night Live.\n\nSuch incidents on film sets are extremely rare.\n\nReal firearms are often used in filming, and are loaded with blanks - cartridges that create a flash and a bang without discharging a projectile.\n\nIn 1993, Brandon Lee - the 28-year-old son of the late martial arts star Bruce Lee - died on set after being accidentally shot with a prop gun while filming a death scene for the film The Crow.\n\nThe fatal shooting happened on the set of the Western film Rust in New Mexico", "Sarah Everard was a talented and much-loved young woman, the judge said at Couzens' sentencing\n\nFive police officers are facing misconduct proceedings over messages sent about Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens.\n\nThe police watchdog said it had carried out two investigations into messages sent on WhatsApp and Signal.\n\nThe officers are from four forces: the Metropolitan Police as well as Sussex, Dorset, and Avon and Somerset.\n\nIf proven, the claims could further undermine people's confidence in policing, the watchdog warned.\n\nCouzens, a former Met Police officer, was given a whole life sentence for Ms Everard's murder last month. He abducted her as she walked home from a friend's house in March.\n\nThe murder sparked a discussion over trust in the police, with the Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick saying she was determined to rebuild public confidence.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct - which handles complaints about forces in England and Wales - said it had run two separate investigations into social media messages, and found that a total of five police officers had cases to answer.\n\nIn the first investigation, it looked at claims that a probationary Met officer had shared an \"inappropriate graphic depicting violence against women\" with colleagues on WhatsApp.\n\nThe IOPC said the graphic was intended to refer to Ms Everard's kidnap and murder. Although the officer was off duty at the time, they later worked at a police cordon as part of the search.\n\nThe image was \"highly offensive\" and the officer will now face a misconduct meeting, the IOPC said.\n\nAnother probationary officer, also from the Met, will also face a misconduct meeting for allegedly sharing the graphic and not challenging it.\n\nA misconduct meeting is for cases which could result in a final written warning. It is different to a misconduct hearing, which is for more serious cases of gross misconduct which could result in the officer being dismissed from the force.\n\nThe IOPC also carried out a second investigation, looking at claims that seven officers from different forces shared information about Couzens' prosecution in a chat on the encrypted messaging app Signal.\n\nOne officer from Dorset Police was accused of sharing details of an interview given by Couzens under caution, which was not yet allowed to be reported. That officer will face a gross misconduct hearing.\n\nTwo other officers - from Sussex Police, and Avon and Somerset Constabulary - were also in the Signal conversation and were accused of making unprofessional remarks about Couzens and endorsing comments made by others.\n\nThe Sussex officer had a meeting this week and misconduct was not proven - although the officer was told to undergo \"the reflective practice review process\", the IOPC said.\n\nThe officer from Avon and Somerset Constabulary will face a misconduct meeting in due course.\n\n\"In April this year we warned about the unacceptable use of social media by officers based on a number of cases involving the posting of offensive and inappropriate material,\" said Sal Naseem from the IOPC.\n\n\"We wrote to the National Police Chiefs Council, asking them to remind forces and officers of their obligations under the police Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Behaviour.\n\n\"The allegations involved in these two investigations, if proven, have the capacity to further undermine public confidence in policing. They also once more illustrate the potential consequences for officers and come at a time when policing standards and culture have never been more firmly in the spotlight.\"\n\nThe IOPC said it was continuing to investigate the conduct of five other officers relating to messages sent in a WhatsApp chat group in 2019. The messages were recovered from an old mobile phone discovered during the police investigation into Ms Everard's murder, the IOPC said.\n\nThe IOPC is also still looking into how Kent Police in 2015, and the Met this year, handled allegations of indecent exposure which have been linked to Couzens.", "Lord Field was too unwell to attend the debate in the House of Lords\n\nEx-Labour MP Frank Field has announced his support for assisted dying and revealed that he is dying himself.\n\nLady Meacher read out a statement from Lord Field in the House of Lords, where peers are debating a new bill to legalise terminally ill adults seeking assistance to end their lives.\n\nIt said that he had recently spent time in a hospice and that he was not well enough to attend debates.\n\nLord Field urged other members to back the bill in his absence.\n\nThe 79-year-old spent 40 years as the MP for Birkenhead, and briefly served as minister for welfare reform in Tony Blair's first term in government.\n\nHe built a reputation as one of the most effective backbenchers in the House of Commons, with campaigns against poverty and for curbs on EU immigration.\n\nHe quit Labour's group in Parliament in 2018, saying Jeremy Corbyn's leadership had become \"a force for anti-Semitism in British politics\".\n\nHe was made a non-affiliated, crossbench peer by the Conservative government in 2020, after campaigning in favour of Brexit.\n\nA number of MPs have sent their best wishes to Lord Field, with Health Secretary Sajid Javid calling him \"an amazing, compassionate man\".\n\nHis sentiments were echoed by Tory peer and minister Zac Goldsmith, who described Lord Field as \"a man of immense courage and integrity\", as well as \"an extraordinarily effective and independent-minded parliamentarian\".\n\nLady Meacher told peers: \"Our colleague, Lord Field, who is dying, asked me to read out a short statement.\"\n\nIn the statement, he said he \"had just spent a period in a hospice and I am not well enough to participate in today's debate. Had I been, I would have spoken strongly in favour\".\n\nIt also explained his change of heart on the issue, saying: \"I changed my mind on assisted dying when an MP friend was dying of cancer and wanted to die early before the full horror effects set in, but was denied this opportunity.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The words of the peer, and former Labour MP, are said in the Lords by Lady Meacher.\n\nLord Field said one particular argument against the bill was \"unfounded\", adding: \"It is thought by some the culture would change and people would be pressured into ending their lives.\n\n\"[But] the number of assisted deaths in Australia and the US remains very low - under 1% - and a former supreme court judge in Victoria, Australia, [talking] about pressure from relatives has said it just hasn't been an issue.\"\n\nHe concluded: \"I hope the house will today vote for the assisted dying bill.\"\n\nThe new bill has been proposed by Lady Meacher - a crossbench peer - and would give patients of sound mind, with six months or less left to live, the right to die by taking life-ending medication.\n\nThe person wanting to end their life would have to sign a declaration that was approved by two doctors and signed off by the High Court.\n\nThe bill passed its first stage - known as its second reading - unopposed and will undergo further scrutiny in the House of Lords at a later date.\n\nBut even if it was passed in the Lords, it would not become law unless it was backed by MPs in the Commons, and the government.\n\nLady Meacher and Lord Field are among the peers in favour of the changes, but others have spoken out against the bill, including the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who told BBC Breakfast vulnerable people could face \"intangible\" pressure to end their lives.\n\nSpeaking in Friday's debate, another crossbench peer Lord Curry, also opposed the bill, describing how it would have been a \"tragedy\" if his daughter - who had a learning disability and died aged 42 - had had her life cut short.\n\n\"She breathed her last while we held her hands, a very emotional and precious moment for us,\" he said.\n\n\"If someone at that time had offered an assisted dying, assisted suicide option, I firmly believe that in that heightened emotional state we were in, not thinking rationally, we may have been tempted to agree to her premature death. Had we done that, it'd have troubled us for the rest of our lives.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. First responders and others react to Rust set death\n\nThe gun that actor Alec Baldwin fired on set, killing a woman, was handed to him by a director who told him it was safe, court records show.\n\nAssistant director Dave Halls did not know the prop contained live ammunition and indicated it was unloaded by shouting \"cold gun!\", the records say.\n\nCinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot in the chest in Thursday's incident on the set of the film Rust.\n\nDirector Joel Souza, who was standing behind her, was wounded.\n\nThe 48-year-old received emergency treatment for a shoulder injury and was later released from hospital.\n\nFurther details of the police investigation were released on Friday when a search warrant was filed at a court in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\n\nIt noted that Baldwin's blood-stained outfit was taken as evidence along with the gun. Ammunition and other prop weapons were also taken from the set by police.\n\nAlec Baldwin said he was fully co-operating with the police\n\nThe 63-year-old actor was questioned by law enforcement, but no-one has been charged over the incident.\n\nEarlier on Friday, Baldwin - who was the star and producer of the film - said he was \"fully co-operating\" with the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office.\n\n\"My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\n\"There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours.\"\n\nMs Hutchins, 42, was from Ukraine and grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle. She studied journalism in Kyiv, and film in Los Angeles, and was named a \"rising star\" by the American Cinematographer magazine in 2019.\n\nShe was the director of photography for the 2020 action film Archenemy, directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer.\n\nAccording to the Los Angeles Times, about half a dozen members of the camera crew on Rust walked out hours before the tragedy after protesting over working conditions on the set at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe.\n\nThe union members had reportedly complained that they were promised hotel rooms in Santa Fe, but once filming of the Western began they were required to drive 50 miles (80km) from Albuquerque every morning.\n\nMeanwhile, the BBC has obtained a document showing which crew members were listed as scheduled to be on set that day.\n\nIt names a head armourer, the crew member responsible for checking firearms. Hannah Gutierrez Reed is in her twenties and, according to the LA Times, had recently worked in this role for the first time.\n\nThe fatal shooting happened on the set of the Western film Rust in New Mexico\n\nThe prop gun that Baldwin fired contained a \"live single round\", according to an email sent by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees to its membership, reports Variety.\n\nIn Rust, Baldwin was starring as an outlaw whose grandson is sentenced to hang for an accidental killing.\n\nThe actor is best known for his role as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and for his portrayal of Donald Trump on the sketch show Saturday Night Live.\n\nSuch incidents on film sets are extremely rare.\n\nReal firearms are often used in filming, and are loaded with blanks - cartridges that create a flash and a bang without discharging a projectile.\n\nIn 1993, Brandon Lee - the 28-year-old son of the late martial arts star Bruce Lee - died on set after being accidentally shot with a prop gun while filming a death scene for the film The Crow.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The director who worked with Halyna Hutchins on the 2020 action film Archenemy says her death is \"unfathomable\"", "Twenty-two people died in the bombing on 22 May 2017\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence in connection with the Manchester Arena attack.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of a concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nA 24-year-old man, from Manchester, is being held on suspicion of engaging in the preparation of acts of terrorism or assisting others in acts of preparation.\n\nHe was arrested at Manchester Airport after arriving back in the UK.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said the man, from Fallowfield, remained in custody for questioning.\n\nDet Ch Supt Simon Barraclough said the force remained \"committed to establishing the truth surrounding the circumstances of the terror attack\".\n\n\"Over four years have passed since the atrocity took place but we are unwavering in our dedication to follow each line of inquiry available so that we can provide all those affected by the events at the arena with the answers they rightly deserve,\" he added.\n\nHundreds of people were also injured when Abedi, who died in the bombing, detonated his device in the arena foyer at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nHis younger brother Hashem Abedi was jailed for at least 55 years in August last year after being found guilty of murdering the 22 victims.\n\nHe was also convicted of attempted murder - encompassing the injured people - and conspiring to cause explosions.\n\nThe brothers spent months ordering, stockpiling and transporting the deadly materials required for the attack.\n\nA public inquiry into the attack started in September last year to explore the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the bombing.\n\nThis includes whether the attack could have been prevented, what happened on 22 May 2017, the security arrangements around the arena, the emergency response to the bombing and the radicalisation of Salman Abedi.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An A-level history textbook has been withdrawn after a youth worker said she was \"horrified\" to discover an image asking whether the treatment of Native Americans had been exaggerated.\n\nThe AQA-approved book asked students to balance \"criticisms of treatment of Native Americans\" with \"defence\" of their treatment in the late 1800s.\n\nThe period saw some massacres of Native American tribes by the US government.\n\nThe publisher Hodder has withdrawn the book.\n\nIn one section the textbook - called The Making of a Superpower: USA 1865-1975 - asked students \"to what extent do you believe the treatment of Native Americans has been exaggerated?\"\n\nHannah Wilkinson, who offers history mentoring sessions at Durham Sixth Form Centre, said the exercise was \"quite problematic\".\n\n\"It was deeply shocking to see how ingrained racial injustice is,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"The period we're looking at is a period of American policy where Native Americans were treated terribly,\" she said.\n\n\"The way the textbook framed it suggests that maybe the treatment of Native Americans has been exaggerated.\"\n\nFrom the early the 17th Century through to the late 19th Century a series of wars took place between European colonists and Native American tribes. They became known as the American-Indian Wars.\n\nIn this time the Native American population fell heavily, partly due to new diseases brought by the Europeans and partly due to wars and massacres. Several historians have accused the colonialists of a \"genocide\" against Native American tribes.\n\nWhether or not the US government's actions amounted to a genocide, it imposed policies that targeted Native American land, freedom, and wellbeing.\n\nMs Wilkinson teaches history for students who need extra support as part of her work with St Nicholas Church, Durham.\n\n\"My concern is that it presents really oppressive policies in an objective way. That didn't seem appropriate to the historical context,\" she said.\n\n\"I am definitely worried this is a wider pattern. We like to think that compared to America that we don't really have an issue of racial injustice.\"\n\nShe added: \"This period goes from slavery, to Jim Crow, to civil rights. If this is how they're presenting the history of Native Americans with such bias my concern is whether that is a repeated pattern in the framing of US history and whether that is coming up throughout the course.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Hannah Wilkinson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAQA has previously had to apologise for textbooks which contained racial stereotypes.\n\nAn AQA spokesperson said the exercise \"doesn't match our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and should never have made it through our process for approving textbooks\".\n\n\"We know our approval process wasn't always good enough in the past - but we've improved it since then and we do things differently now, including working with external diversity experts and providing better training for our reviewers and staff.\n\n\"We contacted the publisher as soon as we heard about this content, and we're pleased they've worked very quickly to put this right.\"\n\nAQA said publisher Hodder Education would remove book from sale \"and review its content\".\n\n\"We're also working together with publishers to ensure that new and updated editions of AQA-approved textbooks meet our commitment to EDI (equity, diversity and inclusion),\" the exam board said in its response to Ms Wilkinson's original tweet.\n\n\"We agree that this content is inappropriate and are going to remove this book from sale,\" HodderSchools tweeted. \"We will conduct a thorough review of the content with subject experts.\"", "Ministers are to fund a network of \"family hubs\" in England as part of a £500m package to support parents and children.\n\nThe centres in 75 different areas will provide a \"one stop shop\" for support and advice, the government said.\n\nThe funding, to be announced by the chancellor in Wednesday's Budget, will also go towards breastfeeding advice and mental health services.\n\nLabour called the plans a \"smokescreen\" for failing to deliver for families.\n\nKate Green MP, Labour's shadow education secretary, said family hubs were \"a sticking plaster for a fractured childcare and children services landscape\".\n\n\"This supposed commitment rings hollow after 11 years of Conservative cuts have forced the closure of over a thousand children's centres, cutting off the early learning that sets children up for life,\" she said.\n\nThe funding includes £200m to support 300,000 families who face complex issues that could lead to family breakdown.\n\nSome £82m will be given to 75 local authorities to fund the new family hubs, while another £100m will go towards mental health support for expectant parents.\n\nAnd £50m will be spent on breastfeeding support - including antenatal classes and one-to-one support - to build upon best practice from areas such as Tower Hamlets in London, which has the highest breastfeeding rates at six to eight weeks in England.\n\nParenting programmes will receive £50m and £10m will go to signposting the Start4Life initiative, which offers help and advice from the NHS during pregnancy, birth and parenthood.\n\nAhead of the announcement, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said he \"passionately\" believed in giving children the \"best possible start in life\".\n\nHe said: \"We know that the first thousand and one days of a child's life are some of the most important in their development, which is why I'm thrilled that this investment will guarantee that thousands of families across England are given support to lead healthy and happy lives.\"\n\nThe government said the funding package addresses a report from March on improving the health and development of babies in England, which recommended more joined-up, welcoming support for families.\n\nNeil Leitch, of the Early Years Alliance, said the new money was \"welcome news for struggling families\" but criticised the government for failing to address existing problems within the early years sector, specifically among nurseries, childminders and pre-schools, where almost 3,000 providers have closed down since January.\n\nHe called for an independent review of the entire sector. \"It's no good having a bit-piece approach to this, it needs a complete revamp,\" Mr Leitch told BBC Breakfast. \"If we fail to get it right effectively, it will cost us billions.\"\n\nHis concerns were echoed by Alison Morton, executive director of the Institute of Health Visiting.She said: \"We've had a really challenging time during the pandemic. Families have really faced the brunt of it - and whilst the government have poured a lot of money into other sectors, zero pounds, literally, has been spent on babies, young children and families.\"\"The government needs to go an awful lot further if they want to build back better for our babies and children,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will get an equivalent funding boost. The devolved governments will then decide how they want to spend the money.\n\nA separate £153m investment announced as part of the £1.4bn education recovery package in Summer 2021 will enable nursery staff will to access more high-quality training.\n• None Plans for 'family hubs' to help new parents", "Dubai officially opened the world's largest and tallest ferris wheel on Thursday, as part of an initiative to bolster the city's status as a major tourism hub. It's known as the \"Dubai Eye\" and stands at 250m.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak will lay out the government's latest tax and spending plans on Wednesday 27 October.\n\nIt's the government's second Budget of the year, after one in March, and will coincide with the conclusions of the 2021 Spending Review, which will give details of how government will fund public services for the next three years.\n\nResponding to the most recent public sector finance data this week, the chancellor said: \"At the Budget and Spending Review next week, I will set out how we will continue to support public services, businesses and jobs while keeping our public finances fit for the future.\"\n\nWhat are his options? Here we look at six things to watch out for in the Budget that could affect your personal finances.\n\nEnergy bills are set to rise this winter\n\nThe chancellor is reportedly considering a cut to the 5% rate of value added tax on household energy bills.\n\nThe move would be popular and timely against the background of soaring energy bills this winter and is something the government is now able to do because of Brexit.\n\nBut the move could attract criticism as it would - in effect - mean subsidising fossil fuels ahead of the climate summit.\n\nAlso, a VAT cut on domestic energy bills would cost about £1.5bn a year, which may just be too much for the chancellor.\n\nExtra tax on sparkling wine could be cut\n\nThere are rumours the chancellor is planning to simplify the way that alcohol is taxed in the UK.\n\nThe 2019 Conservative election manifesto promised to review it, so now could be the time.\n\nOne suggestion is to reduce the premium on sparkling wine to the same level as still wine, which could knock 83p off a bottle of Champagne or Prosecco.\n\n\"The government should stop trying to favour certain parts of the industry, instead focusing on removing distortions and creating a simpler system of alcohol taxes targeted at socially costly drinking,\" said Kate Smith, associate director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.\n\nThe drinks levies have been in place since the 1600s and raise £12bn a year for the government.\n\nIf you sell a second home, you'll pay capital gains tax\n\nThere are rumours that the current Capital Gains Tax rates may be tinkered with.\n\nThe tax is paid when people sell assets such as shares or a second home.\n\nIt's been suggested that rates could be aligned more closely with income tax rates, which could mean scrapping the current tax rates of 10% and 20% (or 18% and 28% for property) and instead making everyone pay income tax rates on their gains.\n\nA report by the Office of Tax Simplification, published in November 2020, recommended that CGT rates should be increased to bring them into line with income tax.\n\nBut it would be unlikely to raise significant extra amounts of tax, as it is typically paid by only about 275,000 taxpayers and raises less than £10bn a year.\n\nStudents could be asked to repay their loans sooner\n\nThere are reports that graduates may be asked to start paying back student loans earlier.\n\nThe chancellor could do that by lowering the threshold at which people start repaying their student loans, a move that could save the Treasury about £2bn a year.\n\nCurrently, English and Welsh students who enrolled at university after 2012 pay 9% of everything they earn above £27,295 per year. They repay the same 9% until the loan is fully repaid or until 30 years after graduating.\n\nIf the threshold were reduced to £25,000, it would cost anyone earning more than the current limit an extra £206 a year, while if it were slashed to £20,000, it would cost an extra £656 a year.\n\nMinisters are rumoured to have proposed cutting the threshold to as low as £23,000 and giving graduates 40 years as opposed to 30 to repay their debt.\n\nA worker washing dishes could see their minimum wage rise\n\nIn his March Budget, Mr Sunak announced that the National Living Wage (what the governments call the minimum wage) would increase for workers over the age of 23.\n\nSince then, the government has come under pressure to help employees further - especially as younger workers have been some of the worst hit by the economic downturn.\n\nOne solution the chancellor has been reportedly looking at is to increase the National Living Wage by 5.7% to £9.42 per hour from its current rate of £8.91.\n\nThat would bring it close to the Living Wage Foundation's current recommendation of £9.50 an hour.\n\nThe government could raise cash by cutting tax relief on pension savings for those on high salaries.\n\nBut pension experts warn such a move would not be as simple as it sounds, Steven Cameron, pensions director at Aegon, said: \"A move to a flat rate of pensions tax relief, rather than the current system where relief is based on the rate of income tax paid, would be far from simple to implement.\"\n\nHe said it would be particularly difficult for defined-benefit schemes and could mean medium to high earners, including doctors in public sector schemes, facing big tax bills.\n\n\"Removing higher-rate relief would be a direct attack on middle Britain, leading to people who do the right thing and save for their future being hit with extra tax costs,\" said Tom Selby, head of retirement policy at AJ Bell.\n• None Why is UK inflation so high?", "“Who are we to tell him what a boy should look like?” parent Stanley Burkhead asked at a board meeting in August\n\nSeven students are suing a Texas school district over its dress-code policy banning boys from having long hair.\n\nSchool officials suspended a 9-year-old boy for a month, barred him from recess and normal lunch breaks as punishment for long hair, the lawsuit claims.\n\nHe and the other students, aged 7 to 17, say the policy violates the constitution and Title IX - a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination.\n\nThe school district said on Thursday it was reviewing the lawsuit.\n\nMagnolia Independent School District \"respects varying viewpoints, and we respect the rights of citizens to advocate for change,\" spokeswoman Denise Meyers said in an email to US media.\n\nThe district, which serves roughly 13,000 students about 40 miles (64km) northwest of Houston, did not return a request for comment from the BBC.\n\nAccording to its dress code policy, boys cannot wear their hair over their eyes, past the bottom of their ears, or past the bottom of a dress shirt collar. Facing backlash this summer, Magnolia defended the policy, saying it \"reflects the values of our community at large\".\n\nThe suit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (ACLU) on Thursday on behalf of the students, argues the school district \"imposed immense and irreparable harm... solely because of these students' gender\".\n\nIt details a number of punishments given to the students - six boys and one non-binary child - for wearing long hair.\n\nOne, a nine-year-old identified as AC, is Latino, and wears his hair long like his father and uncle as a part of his family's heritage, the suit says. Another, an 11-year-old identified as TM, is non-binary and has worn long hair as a \"critical component\" of their gender expression.\n\nBoth have been subjected to punishments including suspension, denial of extracurricular activities and separation from their peers.\n\n\"This rule is a complete and utter dinosaur,\" said parent Stanley Burkhead, whose son has long hair, at a school board meeting in August.\n\n\"Who are we to tell him who he can't be? Who are we to tell him what a boy should look like?\" he said. A survey by the ACLU of Texas last year found that nearly 500 public school districts in the state have some type of a hair-length policy only for boys.", "Police in the US state of New Mexico are investigating after a woman died and a man was injured after the actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a film set.\n\nHalyna Hutchins, who was working on the movie Rust as director of photography, was airlifted to hospital but was pronounced dead by medical staff.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Baldwin said the incident involved the misfiring of a prop gun with blanks.\n\nAdam Egypt Mortimer is a film director who worked with Ms Hutchins on the 2020 action film Archenemy.\n\nDescribing the weapon safety procedures films tend to use, he told the BBC what happened is \"unfathomable\".", "Home Secretary Priti Patel has backed calls to change the law to give victims of domestic abuse more time to report a crime, the BBC has been told.\n\nThere is currently a six-month time limit for a charge to be brought against someone for common assault.\n\nBut Ms Patel has agreed to extend the timeframe to up to two years.\n\nIt comes after the BBC revealed 13,000 cases in England and Wales had been dropped in five years because the six month limit had been breached.\n\nThe change is expected to come as part of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament.\n\nCampaigners have said the move would be very welcome, but they are waiting to see an official announcement.\n\nCommon assault cases include things like a push, threatening words or being spat at and are normally dealt with at magistrates court.\n\nThe clock starts from the date of the incident, and within the next six months, a victim needs to have come forward and the police have to have carried out their work to secure a charge against the alleged perpetrator, or the case will be dropped.\n\nVictims of domestic common assault are sometimes reluctant to report incidents and the cases can be complex - which is why campaigners say the police should be given more time before having to bring charges.\n\nThe argument for the time limit was to keep the criminal justice system moving, especially when there is now such a backlog of cases to be heard following Covid.\n\nBut Labour MP Yvette Cooper, who chairs the Commons Home Affairs Committee, said the number of incidents being \"timed out\" because of the six month factor was \"shocking\".\n\nThe BBC has been told this time limit will now be extended to two years, and there will be a renewed push to ensure police and prosecutors are alive to incidents of coercive control, which are often linked with incidents of domestic abuse.\n\nMs Cooper said the change would be \"excellent news\", adding: \"Making this simple and practical change would give domestic abuse victims more time to report assault and means stronger action to tackle violence against women and girls - something that is badly needed right now.\"\n\nThree-quarters of all domestic abuse cases - including sexual assaults - are closed early without the suspect being charged, according to a report by HM inspector of constabulary.\n\nAnd just 1.6% of rape allegations in England and Wales result in someone being charged - something the government has said it is \"deeply ashamed\" about.\n\nFigures obtained by the BBC using Freedom of Information from 30 of the 43 police forces in England and Wales, revealed a huge increase in allegations of common assault involving domestic abuse - but a fall in the number of charges being brought.\n\nFrom 2016-17 to 2020-21 there were at least 12,982 cases of common assault that were flagged as involving domestic abuse in which no-one was charged due to the time limit.\n\nIn the same time period, the total number of common assaults flagged as instances of domestic abuse increased by 71% from 99,134 to 170,013.\n\nBut the number of these common assaults that resulted in charges being brought fell by 23%.\n\nA government spokesman said all allegations should be investigated and pursued where possible, and money had been invested into supporting victims of such crimes during the pandemic.", "Whitney Dowler: \"I told myself to just keep ignoring him and he'll soon go away. But he didn't\"\n\nA former student has said she suffers panic attacks if people walk too close after being assaulted by a university lecturer as she walked home at night.\n\nWhitney Dowler, 22, tried to run away from Kary Thanapalan, 49, as he pursued her in Treforest, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, in November 2020.\n\nMs Dowler waived her right to anonymity to speak out after attacks on women, including the murder of Sarah Everard.\n\nShe said: \"Men like Kary are why women are so afraid to walk home alone.\"\n\nThanapalan, of Egypt Street, Treforest, was jailed at Cardiff Crown Court in May after admitting sexual assault.\n\nHe fled when Ms Dowler's friend arrived after the trainee library assistant sent a text message asking for help.\n\nThanapalan lost his job as a senior lecturer of aeronautical and mechanical engineering at the University of South Wales following the assault.\n\nHe did not teach Ms Dowler, from Bargoed in Caerphilly county, who was in her final year studying IT at the university when she was assaulted.\n\nShe said she had been walking home alone after meeting a friend for a night out when Thanapalan approached her.\n\n\"Avoiding eye contact, I hurried past him but he shouted 'baby' and began following me,\" she said.\n\n\"Panicking, I told myself to just keep ignoring him and he'll soon go away. But he didn't.\n\n\"I started to run and the man caught up with me and grabbed my arm.\"\n\nShe said she was assaulted and \"shoved him off\" before running away, only to be pursued again.\n\n\"He kept saying I was breaking his heart and that I was going to come home with him.\n\n\"I was sobbing and telling him 'no' over and over.\"\n\nWhitney Dowler: \"If someone walks near me on the street now, I have a panic attack\"\n\nShe said: \"At one point we reached a busy street and a car pulled up next to me.\n\n\"It was a male driver who asked if I was okay. Crying, I told him that I was being followed.\n\n\"The driver offered me a lift home but I realised he was also a stranger.\n\n\"I didn't know if he was a threat as well. I couldn't trust anyone - so I said 'no'.\"\n\nYou may also be interested in these stories:\n\nAs she approached Treforest railway station, she sent a text message to a friend who lived nearby and he arrived shortly afterwards.\n\n\"As I got to the station car park, the man grabbed me again and groped my breast,\" said Ms Dowler.\n\n\"Suddenly, I spotted my friend in the distance and I screamed for help.\n\n\"He ran towards us, screaming at the man to get off me.\n\n\"Thankfully, he let go of me and fled. I thought I was going to be raped or killed.\"\n\nShe reported what happened to police and Thanapalan was arrested after CCTV footage was seized and a Facebook profile of the defendant matched the description given.\n\nA DNA swab was taken and found to match that on his victim's cheek.\n\n\"If someone walks near me on the street now, I have a panic attack,\" said Ms Dowler.\n\n\"I don't know if I'll ever feel safe again.\"\n\nDuring sentencing, defence barrister Anthony O'Connell said his client was remorseful and had lost his previous good character.\n\nHe said he had suffered a self-inflicted \"spectacular fall from grace\", including losing his job.", "Advising people to work from home is likely to have the most impact on stopping Covid spreading this winter, scientists advising the government say.\n\nStricter virus restrictions should now be prepared for \"rapid deployment\", the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) said.\n\nIt said \"presenteeism\" - or pressure to be in work - could become an increasing cause of infections in workplaces.\n\nAsked about working from home, the PM said all measures were under review.\n\nBoris Johnson added: \"We do whatever we have to do to protect the public but the numbers that we're seeing at the moment are fully in line with what we expected in the autumn and winter plan.\"\n\nMinisters in England are resisting calls to switch to their winter Plan B that would see measures like compulsory face coverings in certain places.\n\nCovid hospital admissions and deaths across the UK are rising slowly, and the UK has recorded over 40,000 new daily Covid cases for the past ten days.\n\nOn Friday, a further 49,298 coronavirus cases were reported in the UK, alongside 180 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nAny advice to work from home would only apply to those who are able to do their job away from the workplace.\n\nIn April 2020, at the height of the first pandemic lockdown, less than half of people in employment, some 46.6%, did some work at home, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nIn minutes of a meeting of scientific advisers on 14 October, published on Friday, they warn that acting earlier rather than later could reduce the need for stricter measures over a longer timeframe \"to avoid an unacceptable level of hospitalisations\".\n\nThey added that any measures introduced must be clearly communicated.\n\nThe advisers, led by Sir Patrick Vallance, say models forecasting the coming winter suggest Covid hospital admissions are \"increasingly unlikely\" to rise above the levels of January 2021 peak.\n\nBut they say they are unsure of the impact of \"waning immunity and people's behaviour\".\n\nThere has been a noticeable dip in people saying they are wearing face coverings and latest figures from the ONS suggest more than half of British working adults are now travelling to work.\n\nSage says making face coverings compulsory in some places is likely to help reduce the spread of Covid as well as other winter viruses, such as flu.\n\nIt also notes the risks of high levels of the virus circulating in the UK, compared with other countries.\n\n\"Cases and admissions are currently at much higher levels than in European comparators, which have retained additional measures and have greater vaccine coverage, especially in children,\" the scientists say.\n\n\"Reducing prevalence from a high level requires greater intervention than reducing from a lower level.\"\n\nAnother worry is the emergence of a new variant that becomes \"dominant globally\", which they call \"a very real possibility\".\n\nThe great Plan B debate for England has moved up another gear.\n\nDemands for more widespread mask wearing, more working from home and vaccine passports have been growing - with the NHS Confederation and the British Medical Association throwing their weight behind measures which the government has branded its Plan B.\n\nMembers of the expert committee Sage, according to minutes of recent meetings, seem to favour acting sooner rather than later - \"earlier intervention may reduce the need for more stringent, disruptive and longer-lasting measures\".\n\nThey pointedly note that cases are much lower in European countries which have tougher rules on masks and vaccine passports.\n\nBoris Johnson said all measures were being kept under review but the focus was still on getting more people vaccinated.\n\nThe government then is resisting pressure for Plan B in England.\n\nBut the notably more cautious tone from Health Secretary Sajid Javid recently suggests that the views of official experts and advisers are having an impact.\n\nThe advisers warn that the prospect of people being infected with Covid, flu and other respiratory viruses this winter could be \"a significant challenge\".\n\nThey say people who show symptoms of an infection should stay at home to stop it spreading to others.\n\nThis message needs to come from government, employers, universities and schools to be most effective, they say.\n\nOne in 55 people in England was infected with coronavirus in the week ending 16 October, according to latest estimates from the ONS - more than at any time since the end of January.\n\nInfections continue to fall in Scotland, and remain flat in Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe percentage of people testing positive remained highest for those in school years seven to 11, the ONS estimates showed, ahead of half term for many pupils in England.\n\nIn the week ending 16 October, 7.8% of people in that age group were infected - compared to less than 2% of people in all older age groups.\n\nOfficial government data, which tracks people testing positive, shows that nearly 1,000 people a day are being admitted to UK hospitals with Covid and more than 8,000 in total are in hospital with the illness.\n\nThese figures are way below where they were in January because of protection from the vaccines, but doctors and health leaders have voiced concerns over the lack of curbs to control any further rises.\n\nWhen Mr Johnson was asked on Friday whether a full lockdown, with \"stay at home\" advice and shops closing, was out of the question this winter, he replied: \"I've got to tell you at the moment that we see absolutely nothing to indicate that that's on the cards at all.\"", "The US Supreme Court will allow Texas to maintain a near-total ban on abortions, but will take up the case next month in a rare sped-up process.\n\nThe law, known as SB8, gives any person the right to sue doctors who perform an abortion past six-weeks - before most women know they are pregnant.\n\nThe Supreme Court said it will focus on how the law was crafted and whether it can be legally challenged.\n\nIt is considered extraordinarily rare for the top US court to expedite cases.\n\nLower courts have yet to issue final rulings on the so-called Texas Heartbeat Act.\n\nThe controversial law - which makes an exception for a documented medical emergency but not for cases of rape or incest - bans abortion after what some refer to as a foetal heartbeat.\n\nThe American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says that at six weeks a foetus has not yet developed a heartbeat, but rather an \"electrically induced flickering\" of tissue that will become the heart.\n\nThe Texas law is enforced by giving any individual - from Texas or elsewhere - the right to sue doctors who perform an abortion past the six-week point. However, it does not allow the women who get the procedure to be sued.\n\nThe Biden administration has previously said it would ask the court to block the law. Since 1973's landmark Roe v Wade Supreme Court case, US women have had a right to abortions until a foetus is able to survive outside the womb - usually between 22 and 24 weeks into pregnancy.\n\nThe US is one of seven out of 198 countries to allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, according to the Washington Post.\n\nLawyers for the state of Texas asked the justices on the court to consider overruling the landmark Roe decision, as well as a separate case that affirmed the constitutional right to an abortion. The court did not accept that request.\n\nOral arguments in the case have been set for 1 November. The Supreme Court said that it would wait for those arguments to take place before taking any action.\n\nIn a written dissent, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that the expedited timeframe would offer \"cold comfort\" for women in Texas who are hoping for abortion treatment.\n\nShe was the only one of the Supreme Court's nine judges to advocate blocking the law in the short-term.\n\n\"Women seeking abortion care in Texas are entitled to relief from this court now,\" she wrote. \"Because of the court's failure to act today, that relief, if it comes, will be too late for many.\"\n\nThe law came into effect in Texas on 1 September.\n\nAbortion providers and opponents of the law had called for it to be lifted until the Supreme Court took up the case.\n\nWhole Woman's Health, which operates four clinics in Texas, tweeted that \"the legal limbo is excruciating for both patients and our clinic staff\".\n\nExperts believe that the oral arguments may provide a glimpse into how the Supreme Court will approach other abortion cases.\n\nIn December, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a separate case regarding a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The abortion battle explained in three minutes", "A new mutated form of coronavirus that some are calling \"Delta Plus\" may spread more easily than regular Delta, UK experts now say.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has moved it up into the \"variant under investigation\" category, to reflect this possible risk.\n\nThere is no evidence yet that it causes worse illness.\n\nAnd scientists are confident that existing vaccines should still work well to protect people.\n\nAlthough regular Delta still accounts for most Covid infections in the UK, cases of \"Delta Plus\" or AY.4.2 have been increasing.\n\nLatest official data suggests 6% of Covid cases are of this type.\n\nExperts say it is unlikely to take off in a big way or escape current vaccines. But officials say there is some early evidence that it may have an increased growth rate in the UK compared to Delta.\n\n\"This sub-lineage has become increasingly common in the UK in recent months, and there is some early evidence that it may have an increased growth rate in the UK compared to Delta,\" the UKHSA said.\n\nUnlike Delta, however, it is not yet considered a \"variant of concern\" - the highest category assigned to variants according to their level of risk.\n\nThere are thousands of different types - or variants - of Covid circulating across the world. Viruses mutate all the time, so it is not surprising to see new versions emerge.\n\nAY.4.2 is an offshoot of Delta that includes some new mutations affecting the spike protein, which the virus uses to penetrate our cells.\n\nThe mutations - Y145H and A222V - have been found in various other coronavirus lineages since the beginning of the pandemic.\n\nA few cases have also been identified in the US. There had been some in Denmark, but new infections with AY.4.2 have since gone down there.\n\nThe UK is already offering booster doses of Covid vaccine to higher risk people ahead of winter, to make sure they have the fullest protection against coronavirus.\n\nThere is no suggestion that a new update of the vaccine will be needed to protect against any of the existing variants of the pandemic virus.\n\nDr Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of the UKHSA, said: \"The public health advice is the same for all current variants. Get vaccinated and, for those eligible, come forward for your third or booster dose as appropriate as soon as you are called.\n\n\"Continue to exercise caution. Wear a mask in crowded spaces and, when meeting people indoors, open windows and doors to ventilate the room. If you have symptoms take a PCR test and isolate at home until you receive a negative result.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Greta Thunberg says she's 'completely different' in private\n\nClimate activist Greta Thunberg has told the BBC that summits will not lead to action on climate goals unless the public demand change too.\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview ahead of the COP26 climate summit, she said the public needed to \"uproot the system\".\n\n\"The change is going to come when people are demanding change. So we can't expect everything to happen at these conferences,\" she said.\n\nShe also accused politicians of coming up with excuses.\n\nThe COP26 climate summit is taking place in Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, from 31 October to 12 November.\n\nIt is the biggest climate change conference since landmark talks in Paris in 2015. Some 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, which cause global warming.\n\nMs Thunberg, who recently launched a global series of concerts highlighting climate change called Climate Live, confirmed she would be attending COP26. She said her message to world leaders was to \"be honest\".\n\n\"Be honest about where you are, how you have been failing, how you're still failing us... instead of trying to find solutions, real solutions that will actually lead somewhere, that would lead to a substantial change, fundamental change,\" she told the BBC's Rebecca Morelle.\n\n\"In my view, success would be that people finally start to realise the urgency of the situation and realise that we are facing an existential crisis, and that we are going to need big changes, that we're going to need to uproot the system, because that's where the change is going to come.\"\n\nMs Thunberg did not believe that UK plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions to reach a target of net zero by 2050 were sufficient, or that the UK was a climate leader.\n\n\"Unfortunately there are no climate leaders today, especially not in the so-called global north. But that doesn't mean that they can't suddenly decide that now we're going to take the process seriously,\" she said.\n\nSpeaking about the targets for reaching net zero - which means not adding to the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere - she said that it was a \"good start\", but cautioned that it \"doesn't really mean very much in practice\" if people continued to look for loopholes.\n\nKevin Mtai will be one of many activists attending COP26\n\nCOP26 will be attended by climate activists from across the world.\n\nKevin Mtai, a climate justice campaigner from Kenya, told the BBC that inclusivity at the summit was important.\n\n\"I hope this climate conference is going to be an inclusive conference, to include all voices in the talks. They need to use indigenous people in the talks, marginalised people in the talks, people from the most affected areas,\" he said.\n\n\"It's very important for people from the global south to speak for themselves, not other parts of the globe to speak on their behalf. Because we are the ones who have been affected by climate change, so it's very important we can hear from our own people, with our own ideas, our own voice.\"\n\nFrom her home in Sweden, Ms Thunberg also spoke about her own role as a campaigner.\n\n\"I don't see myself as a climate celebrity, I see myself as a climate activist... I should be grateful because there are many, many people who don't have a platform and who are not being listened to, their voices are being oppressed and silenced.\n\n\"I'm a completely different person when I'm in private. I don't think people would recognise me in private. I'm not very serious in private. I appear very angry in the media, but I am silly in private.\"\n\nWhen asked about why she sang a Rick Astley hit at the launch of Climate Live, she said that it was a climate movement in-joke. She has previously taken part in the internet phenomenon \"rick-rolling\" by tweeting out what she said was a link to a new speech, but actually linked to the music video for the song.\n\n\"Why not? I mean we have internal jokes within the climate movement, where we always rickroll each other.\"", "England's city regions are set to receive billions of pounds to improve public transport in next week's Budget.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak will commit £6.9bn towards train, tram, bus and cycle projects when he sets out his spending plans on Wednesday.\n\nGreater Manchester, the West Midlands and West Yorkshire are among the regions that will benefit.\n\nThe funding was welcomed by Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham as \"an important first step\".\n\nEarlier this month, he launched a bid for £1bn to create a London-style transport network for the region.\n\nMr Sunak said: \"There is no reason why somebody working in the North and Midlands should have to wait several times longer for their bus or train to arrive in the morning compared to a commuter in the capital.\n\n\"This transport revolution will help redress that imbalance as we modernise our local transport networks so they are fit for our great cities and those people who live and work in them.\"\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will also receive extra funding through the Barnett formula - a mechanism the UK government uses to allocate additional money to the devolved nations when it spends more in England.\n\nThe £5.7bn is a five-year settlement, and has been increased from the initial £4.2bn proposed, the Treasury said.\n\nThe £1.2bn of funding to make bus services cheaper and more frequent is part of £3bn that Prime Minister Boris Johnson committed to spending on a \"bus revolution\" in March.\n\nLabour's Andy Burnham said the cash was \"an important first step towards a London-style public transport system for Greater Manchester\".\n\nBut he added: \"As welcome as it is, infrastructure investment alone will not make levelling up feel real to the people of Greater Manchester.\n\n\"That will only happen when the frequency and coverage of bus services are increased and fares are lowered to London levels,\" Mr Burnham added.\n\nAndy Street, Conservative mayor of the West Midlands, said he was \"absolutely delighted\" to get the funding, which he said was the largest single transport sum the area had ever received.\n\n\"From more metro lines and train stations, to new bus routes and electric vehicle charging points, this cash will help us to continue to build a clean, green transport network that connects communities and tackles the climate emergency.\"\n\nSilviya Barrett, head of policy and research at the Campaign for Better Transport, welcomed the increased funding for trams, trains and \"active travel\" but wanted the government to end the process of regions competing for bus funding.\n\n\"We are concerned that the competitive funding process for buses could mean that investment does not reach everywhere that needs it.\n\n\"Many areas have bus fares that are too high and gaping holes in services, so they need funding to put their bus service improvement plans in place,\" Ms Barrett said.\n\nThe Confederation of Passenger Transport, which represents the bus and coach industry, said the fact the full £3bn the government had committed to spending on buses had not yet been reached meant the government's \"rhetoric is unfortunately not being matched by reality\".\n\nMore money will go to the West Midlands Metro\n\nIt comes as a new survey shows reliance on cars has reached a 15-year high despite fewer people commuting during the pandemic.\n\nMore than four in five (82%) of 2,652 UK motorists surveyed by the RAC motoring organisation said they would struggle without a car. That is up from 79% in 2020 and 74% the previous year.\n\nMore than half said that there were no feasible public transport services in their area.\n\nAnd people living in cities who have to drive are spending more time at the wheel, according to research from the Centre for Cities, which found motorists in Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester spend more than 50 hours a year stuck in traffic.\n\nDrivers in rural areas were also more likely to be car-dependent (87%) than their urban counterparts (77%).", "Of all those detained, the biggest category were adults travelling without children\n\nThe US says more than 1.7 million migrants were detained along its border with Mexico in the past 12 months - the highest number ever recorded.\n\nMore than one million of them were expelled to Mexico or their native countries, according to data from US Customs and Border Protection.\n\nAgents apprehended people from more than 160 countries.\n\nPresident Joe Biden's popularity in opinion polls has been sinking, partly as a result of his immigration policy.\n\nJust 35% of Americans said they approved of his handling of the issue, in an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey earlier this month.\n\nMr Biden promised a more humane immigration policy than his predecessor Donald Trump, but the US-Mexico border has been engulfed in crisis for much of the Democrat's nine-month-old presidency.\n\nThe detention numbers for the 2021 fiscal year, which ended in September, are the highest since 2000. That year, more than 1.6 million migrants were held at the US-Mexico border. But the number has not reached 1.7 million since US authorities first began tracking such entries in the 1960s.\n\n\"The large number of expulsions during the pandemic has contributed to a larger-than-usual number of migrants making multiple border crossing attempts,\" the US Customs and Border Protection said.\n\nThose trying to enter the US illegally were mainly from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.\n\nOf all those detained, the biggest category were adults travelling without children - more than 1.1 million (or 64%).\n\nAt the same time, the US authorities said they encountered more than 145,000 unaccompanied children - a record number.\n\nAlmost 11,000 of those children remained in government custody on Friday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA BBC investigation of the Fort Bliss detention centre in Texas earlier this year found reports of sexual abuse, Covid and lice outbreaks, hungry children being served undercooked meat and sandstorms engulfing the desert tent camps where the young people were being held.\n\nRepublicans have blamed Mr Biden's promise to create a pathway to citizenship for immigrants for fuelling the surge.\n\nMr Biden - who is making one of his regular trips to his home in Delaware this weekend - has been facing questions this week about why he has not visited the border.\n\nThe White House press secretary told reporters on Friday that Mr Biden drove by the border in 2008 when he was campaigning to be Barack Obama's vice-president.", "Businesswoman Doreen Lofthouse was known as the \"mother of Fleetwood\"\n\nA coastal town has received a £41m donation from a woman who was involved in the success of Fisherman's Friend cough sweets.\n\nBusinesswoman Doreen Lofthouse, who died in March aged 91, has left her fortune to a charity that aims to develop her Fleetwood hometown.\n\nSince the 1990s, Mrs Lofthouse and her family have given millions of pounds to community projects in Lancashire.\n\nFleetwood Town Council described the donation as \"unbelievable\".\n\nA total of £41.4m was bequeathed to the Lofthouse Foundation, which was set up by Mrs Lofthouse and her family in 1994 to revitalise the town.\n\nThe famous remedy was originally made by Fleetwood pharmacist James Lofthouse in 1865 after three croaky fishermen tried but failed to tell him about their catch of the day.\n\nSince then, the family business has grown to produce about 5 billion lozenges a year, the firm says.\n\nThe current typical look of the sweets is based on the buttons of a dress worn by Mrs Lofthouse, who married one of James Lofthouse's descendants.\n\nKnown as \"the mother of Fleetwood\", she helped spread the word of the menthol and eucalyptus lozenges around the world in the 1960s.\n\nShe was also remembered by her many contributions over the years, including helping to fund floodlights at the local football club, a lifeboat for the RNLI and public artworks such as the \"welcome home\" statue for the families of fishermen.\n\nShe was later awarded an MBE and an OBE for her charity work.\n\nThe Lofthouse family started selling the fiery lozenges to local shops more than 150 years ago\n\nFleetwood Town Council's vice chairman Mary Stirzaker told BBC North West Tonight that Mrs Lofthouse was \"an incredible woman\" and that it was \"overwhelmed by the generosity\".\n\n\"It is an unbelievable amount of money,\" she said.\n\n\"We are hoping the foundation works alongside us to identify projects that will benefit the town for years to come.\n\n\"We have got to keep Fleetwood on the map. I hope that this brings more visitors to our town.\"\n\nSince Mrs Lofthouse's death, people have called for a permanent memorial to be built in her honour.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Salvini said he was defending the government's policy to protect Italy\n\nItalian ex-interior minister Matteo Salvini has gone on trial in Sicily, accused of preventing a migrant boat from docking in August 2019.\n\nThe right-wing politician denies kidnap and dereliction of duty charges.\n\nProsecution witnesses include Hollywood actor Richard Gere, who was on board.\n\nMr Salvini closed ports to rescue boats, leaving dozens of migrants saved from the Mediterranean stranded aboard a Spanish rescue vessel for three weeks in deteriorating conditions.\n\nHe faces a maximum of 15 years in jail if convicted.\n\nOn the opening day of the trial, the judge allowed all witnesses submitted by both sides to testify. They also include former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and members of his cabinet.\n\n\"I wonder if it's serious that Richard Gere of Hollywood is going to testify about my behaviour at a trial,\" he told journalists outside the court.\n\nMr Gere had boarded the Spanish ship the Open Arms before it docked after 19 days at sea on the island of Lampedusa with nearly 150 migrants on board.\n\nMr Salvini said he was defending his government's \"closed ports\" policy aimed at stopping migrants from making the dangerous Mediterranean crossing.\n\nThe migrant ship was not allowed to dock in Lampedusa\n\nBut his blockade of the ship caused an outcry and a serious split in the coalition government at the time. His League party was in a coalition with the anti-establishment Five Star.\n\nIn July last year, the Senate voted to strip him of his parliamentary immunity.\n\nMr Conte had called Mr Salvini \"obsessed\" with keeping migrants out of Italian ports.\n\nIn 2019 the Open Arms charity filed a legal complaint against Mr Salvini's block on their ship, which ended on 20 August.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Salvini defended his actions in the Senate last year\n\nBy that time, many of the migrants had already been allowed off the ship.\n\nThe charity's founder Oscar Camps told reporters outside the trial on Saturday that saving lives should not be politicised.\n\n\"Rescuing people in the sea is no crime, it's an obligation not only for the captain but also for all states,\" he said.\n\nThe court adjourned after several hours. A further hearing has been scheduled for 17 December.", "Disruption is expected in Glasgow over the weekend as the first major road closures for COP26 take effect.\n\nRoutes including the Clyde Arc and part of the Clydeside Expressway closed on Saturday night while Finnieston Street will only allow local access on Sunday.\n\nRail strikes also look set to go ahead for the duration of the summit, following a breakdown in union talks.\n\nThe climate conference is expected to draw 25,000 delegates and runs from 31 October to 12 November.\n\nSecurity is expected to be tight, particularly around the attendance of some 120 world leaders, and police have announced how they plan to approach disruptive climate activists.\n\nRoad closures will last until Monday 15 November.\n\nSome days are expected to be busier than others, with the biggest disruption expected on Saturday 6 November which has been designated as the Global Day For Climate Justice.\n\nAbout 100,000 protesters are expected in Glasgow, with a march which begins at Kelvingrove Park at noon before making its way to Glasgow Green for about 15:00.\n\nPeople across the city can expect to be affected by delays, diversions or road congestion, from pedestrians and cyclists to drivers and those using public transport.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Roads in Glasgow close ahead of the COP26 climate change summit\n\nThe RMT confirmed that strikes during COP26 would go ahead, with ScotRail workers planning action from 1-12 November amid an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions.\n\nThe union's general secretary Mick Lynch said the decision to press on with industrial action was made on Friday after the train company \"failed to get serious\" in talks with the union.\n\nHe said ScotRail had missed \"a golden opportunity\" for progress by offering \"nothing of any consequence\".\n\nMr Lynch continued that there was still time to avoid \"the chaos of a transport shutdown during COP26 if the key players get back with some serious proposals\".\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson welcomed that three out of four railway trade unions had now accepted, or recommended acceptance of, the pay offer.\n\nThat offer amounts to a 2.5% pay increase backdated to 1 April 2021, and a 2.2% increase effective from 1 April 2022, with a one-off £300 payment for staff working during COP26.\n\nBut the government said it was \"disappointed\" the offer was rejected by the RMT.\n\nA spokesperson said after this, ScotRail sought to focus the issue of rest day working, which the RMT said needed to be addressed.\n\nHowever, an offer on rest day working was \"rejected out of hand\" and the union returned to the issue of pay, according to the government.\n\nIt said: \"We don't think anyone, including the membership of the RMT, wants to disrupt COP26 or the chance to showcase Scotland's green, clean railway to a global audience. We hope that encompasses the RMT leadership too, although their approach to seeking resolution does appear to call this into question.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Ian McConnell, of ScotRail, said he was \"incredibly frustrated\" that the union had \"point blank rejected\" the latest proposal.\n\nHe accused the leadership of having \"moved the goalposts without consulting their members\".\n\nMr McConnell said time was running out to reach agreement, adding: \"It seems RMT bosses are intent on sabotaging Scotland's railway's role during COP26.\"\n\nContingency plans were being developed to provide a core service for the duration of the summit, he said.\n\nAppearing on BBC Radio Scotland, Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken urged people to plan ahead of travelling and check the Get Ready Glasgow website for more information.\n\nMs Aitken also said cleansing teams were out clearing up fly-tipping \"hotspots\" after the issue of mounting rubbish in the city was raised on Question Time.\n\nAbout 1,500 Glasgow City Council staff including those in refuse collection and cleansing plan to strike for a week during the climate summit due to an ongoing pay dispute.\n\nUnion members rejected an £850-a-year increase for staff earning up to £25,000 a year, and are instead calling for a £2,000 pay rise for staff.\n\nConcerns have also been raised about the impact the summit could have on Scotland's Covid cases.\n\nProf Devi Sridhar, of Edinburgh University, tweeted that a mass event such as COP26 \"will cause an increase in cases\" and could \"trigger a need for further restrictions\".\n\nJillian Evans, head of health intelligence for NHS Grampian, said the risk of infection during mass events was high even if safety precautions were in place.\n\nShe warned many of those attending would not be fully vaccinated.\n\nMs Evans added: \"We've got a really fragile situation, the number of cases in Scotland have been plateauing - plateaued at higher levels than ever before.\"\n\n\"You're looking at numbers we probably haven't seen before, whether that leads to restrictions will depend on the scale of this. I would say the stakes are really high,\" she said.\n\nThe Scottish government has said appropriate mitigation measures will be in place for the summit and Covid-19 continues to be closely monitored.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland bowled West Indies out for 55 as they made a stunning start to their Men's T20 World Cup campaign with a six-wicket win in Dubai.\n\nIn a near-perfect bowling performance, England humiliated the defending champions by dismissing them in 14.2 overs.\n\nAdil Rashid took a barely believable 4-2 while Moeen Ali and Tymal Mills were brilliant, both claiming 2-17.\n\nChris Gayle was the only West Indies batter to reach double figures in a feeble batting display - the second-lowest total against England in T20s.\n\nAlthough England lost four wickets as they attempted to wrap up victory and increase their net run-rate in Group 1 of the Super 12s, it was still a statement opening win from the world's top-ranked side and one of the tournament favourites.\n\nOpener Jos Buttler ended 24 not out as the chase was completed with a massive 11.4 overs to spare.\n\n\"It is as good as it gets,\" said England captain Eoin Morgan.\n\nEngland - bidding to become the first team to hold the 50-over and 20-over World Cups - face Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and Australia in Dubai next Saturday.\n\nEarlier on Saturday, Australia held their nerve to chase 119 and beat South Africa by five wickets in Abu Dhabi.\n• None It was the first time England have won a T20 with more than 10 overs to spare and the first time West Indies have lost with more than 10 overs to spare.\n• None West Indies' 55 was the third-lowest total at a T20 World Cup and their second-lowest score in T20s.\n• None England's win was the fourth largest at the T20 World Cup in terms of balls remaining.\n\nThis match was a repeat of the 2016 World T20 final, won by West Indies after Carlos Brathwaite hit four consecutive sixes in the final over.\n\nDespite England's batting wobble, the rematch was not as dramatic, but it was no less staggering.\n\nWest Indies are fancied to do well in this tournament, not least because of their vaunted batting line-up. But instead of racking up runs, their batters slumped back to the dressing room in a sorry procession.\n\nEngland were majestic with the ball and in the field as every move made by Morgan came off.\n\nAfter winning the toss he handed the new ball to off-spinner Moeen, who dismissed Lendl Simmons and Shimron Hetmyer within three accurate overs.\n\nMills marked his turnaround from injury nightmare to international recall by having Gayle caught in his first over at a World Cup.\n\nAdil Rashid, usually England's big T20 threat, was not needed until the 11th over, but when he was introduced he bowled Andre Russell with his first ball. The leg-spinner went on to blow away the tail.\n\nEngland were excellent but West Indies' performance with the bat raised questions about their method in T20 cricket.\n\nEngland bowled 43 dot balls in the first 10 overs, their most in that period since 2012.\n\nWest Indies' approach seemed to be to block or try to hit a six - or, on this occasion, block or bust - as batters fell repeatedly to attacking strokes.\n\nThey salvaged some pride with the ball, Akeal Hosein taking a fine diving catch to have Liam Livingstone caught and bowled, and all is not lost for them, with the top-two teams in the two six-team groups progressing to the semi-finals.\n\nTwo of the three lowest scores in T20 World Cup history have now been scored in the last two days - Sri Lanka bowled the Netherlands out for 44 on Friday - while Australia and South Africa played out a low-scoring thriller earlier on Saturday.\n\nThe early signs are that this may not be a high-scoring World Cup.\n\n'We need to take it on the chest as big men' - what they said\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan: \"To start a world tournament or campaign like that, full credit has to go to our bowling unit.\n\n\"He (Moeen) summed up conditions beautifully, hit his lengths well and took chances when his match-ups were right.\n\n\"I am delighted for big T (Mills). He has had an incredibly unfortunate journey throughout his career. He is as good as I have seen him.\"\n\nWest Indies captain Kieron Pollard: \"Being bowled out for 55 is unacceptable. It was plain to see. I don't think we were good enough on all counts.\n\n\"We need to take it on the chest as big men. Sometimes you just have to bin it and move on. It's very important we forget a game like this.\"\n\nEngland spinner Adil Rashid: \"As a bowling group we bowled exceptionally well. Everything fell into plan. Moeen started off brilliantly, along with Woakesy, and then Tymal, CJ and myself we backed up really well.\n\n\"Moeen showed us his talent again, bowling the first over tight and that set our tone off for the rest of the innings.\"\n• None 'That day was going to be a bad day': Exclusive footage and interviews from January's storming of the US capitol\n• None Caught between life and death in the swinging sixties", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Erdogan orders 10 ambassadors to be declared 'persona non grata'\n\nTurkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered 10 ambassadors, including those from the US, Germany and France, be declared persona non grata.\n\nIt follows a statement from the envoys calling for the urgent release of activist Osman Kavala.\n\nHe has been in jail for more than four years over protests and a coup attempt, although he has not been convicted.\n\nPersona non grata can remove diplomatic status and often results in expulsion or withdrawal of recognition of envoys.\n\nThis week's statement on Mr Kavala jointly came from the embassies of the US, Canada, France, Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden. Seven are fellow Nato allies of Turkey.\n\nThe Council of Europe, Europe's main human rights watchdog, has given Turkey a final warning to heed a European Court of Human Rights ruling to free Mr Kavala pending trial.\n\nAddressing a crowd in Eskisehir on Saturday, Mr Erdogan said the ambassadors \"cannot dare to come to the Turkish foreign ministry and give orders\".\n\nHe said: \"I gave the necessary order to our foreign minister and said what must be done. These 10 ambassadors must be declared persona non grata at once. You will sort it out immediately.\"\n\nHowever, what will happen now remains unclear.\n\nOsman Kavala has spent more than four years in jail, without conviction\n\nMr Erdogan said the envoys should either understand Turkey or leave, Turkish media reported.\n\nThere has been little response from the ambassadors so far, although the German foreign ministry said the nations involved were in \"intensive consultation\".\n\nNo official notification has been received from Turkish authorities.\n\nThe Norwegian foreign ministry told Reuters its envoy had \"not done anything that warrants an expulsion\".\n\nTurkey's foreign ministry had summoned the ambassadors on Tuesday to protest at their \"irresponsible\" statement on the Kavala case.\n\nThe embassies' statement had criticised the \"continuing delays\" in Osman Kavala's trial, which \"cast a shadow over respect for democracy, the rule of law and transparency in the Turkish judiciary system\".\n\nIt urges a speedy resolution and calls for \"Turkey to secure his urgent release\".\n\nMr Kavala was last year acquitted of charges over nationwide protests in 2013, but almost immediately rearrested.\n\nThe acquittal was overturned and new charges were added relating to the military coup attempt against the Erdogan government in 2016.\n\nMr Kavala denies any wrongdoing and critics of the Erdogan government say his case is an example of a widespread crackdown on dissent.\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Erdogan defended Turkey's judicial system, saying: \"I told our foreign minister: We can't have the luxury of hosting this lot in our country. Is it for you to give Turkey such a lesson? Who do you think you are?\"\n\nThe Kavala case has been a source of tension between the Turkish government and its Western allies. Turkey has been accused of applying criminal law against its critics and breaching the rule of law. The Kavala case is one example.\n\nAs a businessman, Mr Kavala had been campaigning for freedom of speech and democracy. President Erdogan says he supported the Gezi protests in Turkey in 2013. He believes those protests were aimed at toppling himself and his government. That is why he believes all the calls for Mr Kavala's release are directly targeting himself. Hence his harsh response.\n\nTurkish officials told me that they did not know when the trial should start. But if it does, we can expect a response from the countries now speaking out, and that will have consequences for the Turkish economy, which is already struggling, since some of those countries are Turkey's biggest trade partners.\n\nThis is a very bold move, probably a show of strength, especially for domestic politics a year and a half before elections. Some analysts believe it is rhetoric for domestic consumption. But others argue Mr Erdogan may be serious in pursuing this order. It remains to be seen.", "Hutchins was a \"wonderful mother, first and foremost\", a former colleague told the BBC\n\nHalyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who died when actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a film set, has been remembered as \"an incredible artist\".\n\nHutchins had been working as director of photography on the set of Rust.\n\nAmerican Cinematographer magazine had named her one of its rising stars in 2019, and she previously worked on 2020 independent superhero film Archenemy.\n\nArchenemy director Adam Egypt Mortimer told BBC News the fact she had died on a set was \"really unbelievable\".\n\nHe said: \"Halyna was an incredible artist who was just starting a career I think people were really starting to notice.\n\n\"The fact that she would be killed on a set in an accident like this is unfathomable. It just seems inconceivable.\"\n\nHutchins' most recent post on Instagram, from Tuesday, showed her riding horses on set.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by halynahutchins This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Twitter, Alec Baldwin said \"there are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours.\"\n\n\"My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFellow cinematographer Catherine Goldschmidt described Hutchins as \"lovely, warm, funny, charming, outgoing\", and praised her for being \"so talented\".\n\n\"What's so tragic is she's made beautiful films already but when you think about what was ahead of her, that is also so sad,\" she told BBC News.\n\n\"She was also a mum, which I think is very difficult,\" Goldschmidt added. \"When I first met her I remember being really impressed, shocked even that this beautiful, creative, outgoing, enthusiastic talented cinematographer also is raising the child.\n\n\"I think for women in this industry it is very difficult. So I was very impressed that she was able to do that.\"\n\nHutchins was described by a friend as a \"rockstar cinematographer\"\n\nAlex Fedosov, who like Hutchins is a Ukrainian film-maker working Hollywood, said she was \"rising fast in her career\" and was \"an artist and a visionary\".\n\n\"She was so talented, a photography director with her own vision, her own strong ideas,\" he told BBC News Ukrainian.\n\n\"When we worked together on set, I was assistant director, I would rush her and say, 'Hurry up, we need to film this'. She would smile calmly but carry on in her own rhythm because she knew what she wanted to achieve.\"\n\nInnovative Artists, the agency that represented her, described her as \"a ray of light\" in a statement.\n\n\"Her talent was immense, only surpassed by the love she had for her family,\" the agency wrote. \"All those in her orbit knew what was coming; a star director of photography, who would be a force to be reckoned with.\"\n\nFedosov added Hutchins was a \"wonderful mother, first and foremost\".\n\nHe also questioned how her death could have happened, saying: \"Standards of safety in the US are very high. There is always an expert on set. There are always checks ahead of filming. Blanks are used sometimes to achieve a better effect on camera but it is always done with high degree of safety.\"\n\nDirector Adam Egypt Mortimer told the BBC that safety on movie sets is paramount. \"The fact that a gun went off and killed Halyna is both shocking from an industry point of view and just absolutely tragic from the point of view of knowing this amazing artist who suddenly not with us.\"\n\nJames Gunn, director of The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy, said: \"My greatest fear is that someone will be fatally hurt on one of my sets. I pray this will never happen. My heart goes out to all of those affected by the tragedy today on Rust, especially Halyna Hutchins and her family.\"\n\nDirector and cinematographer Elle Schneider wrote a thread on Twitter about the death of her \"friend and rockstar cinematographer\".\n\n\"I don't have words to describe this tragedy. I want answers. I want her family to somehow find peace among this horrific, horrific loss,\" she said.\n\n\"Women cinematographers have historically been kept from genre film, and it seems especially cruel that one of the rising stars who was able to break through had her life cut short on the kind of project we've been fighting for.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by AFI Conservatory This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHutchins was born in Ukraine in 1979 and grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle.\n\nHer website said she spent her upbringing \"surrounded by reindeer and nuclear submarines\".\n\nShe entered the film industry after gaining a degree in international journalism from Kyiv State University. After working on documentaries in the UK, she moved to Los Angeles, where she graduated from the American Film Institute conservatory in 2015.\n\nShe began working her way up in Hollywood, with credits on films including Blindfire, which she described as a \"racially charged cop drama\" written and directed by Mike Nell.\n\nShe also worked on horror feature Darlin', directed by Pollyanna McIntosh, which debuted at the SXSW film festival 2019.\n\nAmerican Cinematographer, a monthly magazine published by the American Society of Cinematographers, interviewed Hutchins in 2019.\n\nShe explained to them why she moved from journalism to cinematography, saying: \"My transition from journalism began when I was working on British film productions in eastern Europe, travelling with crews to remote locations and seeing how the cinematographer worked.\n\n\"I was fascinated with storytelling based on real characters.\"\n\nHer early life as a self-described \"army brat\" meant she was \"already a movie fan because 'there wasn't that much to do outside'\", the magazine added.\n\nIt said she gained \"hands-on shooting experience from documenting her forays into such extreme sports as parachuting and cave exploration\".\n\nAfter her death, the magazine paid tribute to the film-maker, saying: \"We're deeply saddened by the news from Santa Fe regarding the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Safety on the set should always be of paramount concern to everyone, especially when working with firearms.\"", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 15 and 22 October.\n\nSend your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs that can be found here.\n\nPlease also ensure you follow current coronavirus guidelines and take your pictures safely and responsibly.\n\nConditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions.\n\nIt dawned on me: Gary Ward left at 03:30 to hike up Stob Dubh and Stob Coire in Glencoe to see the sunrise.\n\nMonster view: Gordon Page said he took this picture of 'beautiful Loch Ness from Fort Augustus'.\n\nWatered down: Niall Fraser The beautifully picturesque Invermoriston Falls on a moody autumn morning.\n\nMushrooming out of control: Audrey Macdonald spotted this stunning array of fungi on an early morning autumnal walk in Nairn.\n\nThe calm before the storm: Heidi Muir took this photo of Ardvasar Marina on Skye looking over to the mainland.\n\nFish supper: Derek Brown took this photograph of a grey heron feeding\n\nEdin-brrrr Castle: Rachel MacSween took this picture of Edinburgh Castle on a cold but clear and beautiful day.\n\nPigment of your imagination: Marianne Mann said the colours were very impressive at Tobermory on the Isle of Mull.\n\nGrave danger: Alistair Stevenson took this picture of a plant taking over a gravediggers hut at St Mungo in Lockerbie.\n\nIn plane sight: Rob Young took this photograph of a low flying USAF MC130 just skimming the trees in the Great Glen near Laggan dam.\n\nOutstanding in your field: Alan Bond took this drone picture of a combine harvester, harvesting the wheat from just behind his house in Stuartfield.\n\nBeak-a-boo: Freck Fraser took a picture of the often shy and reclusive Eurasian Jay, taken in his garden at Belladrum.\n\nEwe funny sheep: Jillian Neil took a picture of her friendly neighbours during a stay in Lindores\n\nSoaperstar: Gayle McIntyre took this picture of a student being hosed down after the Raisin Monday foam fight at the University of St Andrews – the first to be held in two years.\n\nThe fountain of youth: Ryan Laverty's daughter Aria, taking full advantage of the water fountains just recently opened next to the V&A Dundee, as part of the Waterfront renovation project.\n\nOrange you glad it's autumn? Victor Tregubov saw the beautiful colours of the changing leaves near Pitlochry.\n\nLiving on the edge: Pamela MacQueen took this picture on a \"journey to the edge of the world\" to the archipelago of St Kilda.\n\nLamborghini: Lyndsay Saunders took this snap of a Hebridean 'taxi' on the Isle of Harris whilst travelling in her campervan\n\nLittle shredder: Kirsty Brien took this picture of her seven-year-old son, Seth, on Harris where she has moved with her family.\n\nCatch of the day: Chris Boyle took this picture of a salmon leaping at Buchanty Spout, Perthshire.\n\nI have so mushroom in my heart for you: Howard Dodds took this photo of a fly agaric at Carron Valley Reservoir.\n\nGo with the flow: Glenys Norquay said her visit to the Birks of Aberfeldy in Perthshire was full of autumn colour.\n\nFeet first: Lindsey Harper said her son Rory was having so much fun on the zip wire at Crieff Hydro.\n\nSwan Lake: Patrick Hutton said this young swan was dipping its feet in the Musselburgh Lagoon.\n\nThe ghostess with the mostest: Mark Reynolds took this spooky snap of the ruined Jedburgh Abbey and its ghastly face in the windows.\n\nTime to reflect: Seria Hogg took this photo at the start of the Caledonian Canal in Fort William during a cycling trip around Scotland.\n\nHailey Beaupre said this photo of the Quiraing on the Isle of Skye is the best she has ever taken.\n\nDuck giving itself a quack: Shona Finlayson thought it looked like this duck was clapping at at Biggar boating pond.\n\nSquirrel Nutkin: John Kerr took this picture of squirrels looking for nuts at Argaty near Doune on a beautiful calm day.\n\nUnbeleafable: Elaine Malone took this picture of one of the \"new helpers\" at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital community garden.\n\nPeak preview: Richard Cooper waited for 20 minutes for the cloud to clear to reveal a light dusting of snow on the pinnacles of An Teallach.\n\nFairy umbrellas: Liz Hamilton took this picture of these porcelain mushrooms growing on a beech tree at Haddo Country Park, Aberdeenshire.\n\nRed flag: Marianne McKiggan took this picture on Portobello Beach in Edinburgh showing Kinetika Beach of Dreams, an installation of 500 pennant flags.\n\nView from above: Danny McCafferty took this picture of Hope street in Glasgow from his office window.\n\nGood mood: Curtis Welsh took this picture of Armanda, the Highland Cow, quietly chewing her cud and admiring the peaceful and empty golden sands at Hushinish on the Island of Harris.\n\nGo ahead: Margaret Winton said she was \"intrigued\" by the Floating Heads installation at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum in Glasgow.\n\nI'm hearing what you sea: Charlie Scott took this picture of the \"impressive\" waves at Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire.\n\nLeap of faith: Scott Renton took this picture of his daughter, Elspeth, during a trip to Nairn in the October holidays.\n\nPlease ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child featured (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice).\n\nIn contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way, including in any media worldwide.\n\nHowever, you will still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News.\n\nAt no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe the law.\n\nYou can find more information here.\n\nAll photos are subject to copyright.", "The law aims to reduce after-school tutoring in favour of \"enriching extra-curricular activities\"\n\nChina has passed an education law aimed at reducing the pressures of excessive homework and intensive after-school tutoring, state media say.\n\nParents are being asked to ensure their children have reasonable time for rest and exercise, and do not spend too much time online.\n\nIn August China banned written exams for six and seven year olds.\n\nOfficials warned at the time that students' physical and mental health was being harmed.\n\nIn the last year the state has also introduced a number of measures aimed at moderating children's \"addiction\" to the internet and popular culture.\n\nThe latest measure was passed on Saturday by the National People's Congress Standing Committee, the country's permanent legislative body.\n\nFull details of the law have not yet been published, but media reports suggest it encourages parents to nurture their children's morals, intellectual development and social habits.\n\nLocal government will be responsible for implementation, such as providing funding for \"enriching extra-curricular activities\".\n\nThe law received a mixed reaction on social media site Weibo, with some users praising the drive for good parenting while others questioned whether local authorities or the parents themselves would be up to the task.\n\n\"I work 996 [from 9am to 9pm, six days a week], and when I come home at night I still need to carry out family education?\" one user asked, quoted by the South China Morning Post newspaper.\n\n\"You can't exploit the workers and still ask them to have children.\"\n\nIn July, Beijing stripped online tutoring firms operating in the country of the ability to make a profit from teaching core subjects.\n\nThe new guidelines also restricted foreign investment in the industry and disrupted the private tutoring sector which was worth around $120bn (£87bn) before the overhaul.\n\nAt the time, the move was seen as authorities trying to ease the financial pressures of raising children, after China posted a record low birth rate.\n\nEducation inequality is also a problem - more affluent parents are willing to spend thousands to get their children into top schools.", "Two men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to administer poison with intent to injure, annoy or aggrieve\n\nPolice say two men have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into spiking incidents in Nottingham.\n\nNottinghamshire Police has received 15 reports of spiking where the victims believe they were injected with a needle on a night out.\n\nThe force said there had also been 32 reports of people being spiked by having their drink contaminated since 4 September.\n\nThe men, aged 18 and 19, have been released under investigation.\n\nThey were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to administer poison with intent to injure, annoy or aggrieve following information received by police on Wednesday.\n\nA 20-year-old man, arrested earlier this week as part of the investigation, has been released on bail.\n\nEarlier, Lincolnshire Police said it had arrested a 35-year-old man in the early hours of Friday in connection with an attempted drink-spiking at a Lincoln nightclub.\n\nThe suspected offence \"doesn't involve a needle\", the force said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teenager Sarah Buckle woke up in hospital after a suspected spiking incident\n\nThroughout the week, people in Nottingham and other parts of the country have been sharing their experiences of suspected spiking incidents - with some reporting waking hours later to discover evidence of having been injected.\n\nNottinghamshire Police said its investigation had seen officers working \"positively\" with venues and reviewing CCTV footage over the past few days.\n\nSupt Kathryn Craner urged anyone who believed they had been a victim of spiking to come forward.\n\nA boycott of nightclubs is being planned for Wednesday to put pressure on venue owners to tackle the problem.\n\nZara Owen believes she was injected with a needle during a night out in Nottingham\n\nSeveral bars in Nottingham have pledged to give female staff the night off to support the boycott and at least six said they planned to close at 22:00 BST.\n\nEzra Watson, manager of Six Barrel Drafthouse in Hockley, said: \"We've swapped shifts so all our female members of staff can stay in and show their support.\n\n\"It's just solidarity. You can't and shouldn't ignore it.\"\n\nHannah Foxton, a 20-year-old supervisor at The Angel Microbrewery in Hockley - which is also taking part - said: \"We have a lot of young female staff who work here and it's hit home for us quite deeply.\n\n\"I've gone through being spiked before. It is absolutely terrifying - I can't wrap my head round it.\n\n\"It feels like a no-brainer to add our support and our voice to something really important.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The pandemic has led to an \"unprecedented\" rise in the number of \"fake stray dogs\"\n\nPeople have tried to sell their lockdown dogs on Gumtree before disguising them as strays so rescue centres take them in, a charity warned.\n\nMore than 3.2 millions pets were bought by UK household during lockdown, figures from March showed.\n\nHope Rescue, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, said the number of dogs being dropped off at its rescue centre in Pontyclun was the highest in its 15-year history.\n\nThe charity expects the trend to continue for the next two years.\n\nCharity staff said some dog owners had called a dog warden and pretended their own pet is a stray, or taken the dogs directly to a rescue centre claiming they had found it abandoned.\n\nOne-year-old Maggie, an old English sheepdog crossed with a golden retriever, was taken in as a stray, but the next day staff saw a recent advert on Gumtree asking for £500 for her.\n\nSara Rosser, head of welfare at Hope Rescue Centre, said: \"We have to take stray dogs and so fake strays are jumping the queue ahead of dogs that really are abandoned.\n\n\"It is definitely unprecedented numbers at the moment.\"\n\nOne-year-old Maggie was left at a rescue centre as a stray but then staff saw an ad on Gumtree from her owners\n\nThis online advert for Maggie was found after she was brought into Hope Rescue centre as a stray\n\nShe said in the past week alone, five had come into the centre that they knew were fake strays, but the number \"could be much higher\".\n\nThe centre now has 150 strays - more than it has ever had before.\n\nShe said: \"The rescues are full and then the vets are ringing us saying 'is there any chance you can take them because we're concerned that dog is going to be put to sleep'.\"\n\nCharlie is a six-year-old terrier who came into Hope Rescue as a stray\n\nThe centre said these were \"desperate times\" and others like them were at \"crisis point\".\n\nCentres are at capacity, Ms Rosser said, because of the increase in people who got dogs during lockdown and later realise they cannot look after them as life returns to normal.\n\nShe added: \"At the moment what we're hearing from all the rescue centres that we work with is that they are also full and that they are under massive pressure.\"\n\nSara Rosser says many owners are realising they do not have the time to look after a dog out of lockdown\n\nDogs arriving at rescue centres post-pandemic are said to have a higher incidence of health or behavioural problems, or both, making them more difficult to rehome.\n\nOften these dogs have no background information on these issues, which lengthens the adoption process.\n\nHope Rescue said it had received more than 7,000 applications to adopt dogs in 2021, and has had to suspend applications because of the volume.\n\nOften, dogs cannot be transferred to other rescue centres because they have also reached capacity.\n\nMeg Williams, enterprise development manager at Hope Rescue, said: \"We think this is going to be lasting for two to three years, maybe even longer.\n\n\"The problems are going to continue, not everyone is choosing the right dog for their household.\"", "The protocol is the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland which keeps it in the EU's single market for goods\n\nThe first round of new talks on the Northern Ireland Protocol was \"constructive\", UK officials have said.\n\nHowever big gaps remain, particularly on the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).\n\nEU and UK officials held technical talks in Brussels last week, and an EU team will arrive in London on Tuesday to continue negotiations.\n\nThe lead negotiators, Lord Frost and Maroš Šefčovič, are expected to meet at the end of next week.\n\nA European Commission spokesperson declined to comment on the talks.\n\nThe protocol is the Brexit deal which prevents a hard Irish border by keeping Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods.\n\nThat also creates a new trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, something the EU accepts is causing difficulties for many businesses.\n\nUnionist politicians say the arrangement undermines Northern Ireland's place in the UK.\n\nUnionists say the protocol damages trade and threatens Northern Ireland's place in the UK\n\nThe EU has suggested a package of reforms which would reduce the practical impacts of the protocol.\n\nThe UK wants more fundamental change, including the removal of the ECJ from its oversight role in the deal.\n\nA UK government source said: \"The talks this week were constructive and we've heard some things from the EU that we can work with.\n\n\"There's been plenty of speculation about governance this week but our position remains unchanged: the role of the ECJ in resolving disputes between the UK and EU must end.\n\n\"We need to see real progress soon rather than get stuck in a process of endless negotiation.\n\n\"Whether we're able to establish that momentum soon will help us determine if we can bridge the gap or if we need to use Article 16.\"\n\nLord Frost is expected to meet his EU counterpart Maroš Šefčovič next week\n\nArticle 16 is the part of the deal which allows parts of the protocol to be temporarily suspended if they are causing serious difficulties or leading to diversion of trade.\n\nIf one side uses Article 16 the other can take \"proportionate rebalancing measures\".\n\nIreland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has suggested the talks have a rough deadline of late December.\n\nHe told the Press Association news agency that there is a finite \"window\" within which the EU is willing to find solutions.\n\n\"I think that window is on offer now to the British government if they want to use it to find a way of implementing the protocol in a way that responds to the vast majority of the issues and problems that have been raised,\" he said.\n\n\"I can't tell you when the EU will decide that that approach is getting us nowhere if there's no agreement.\n\n\"But certainly I think there's a window between now and late December, when the EU, I think, will be open to continuing dialogue and trying to find a way of making this work.\"", "Alec Baldwin said he was fully co-operating with the police\n\nActor Alec Baldwin has expressed his shock and sadness after fatally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with a prop gun on a New Mexico film set.\n\nHe tweeted that he was in touch with her husband and had offered support.\n\n\"My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna,\" he wrote.\n\nMs Hutchins, 42, was shot on the set of the western Rust while working as director of photography.\n\n\"There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours,\" he tweeted.\n\n\"I'm fully co-operating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred.\"\n\nMs Hutchins was flown to hospital by helicopter after the shooting on Thursday afternoon but died of her injuries.\n\nDirector Joel Souza, 48, was injured and taken from the scene at Bonanza Creek Ranch by ambulance.\n\nAn actress in the film, Frances Fisher, tweeted on Friday that Mr Souza had told her that he had been released from the hospital, which was also reported by US media. The hospital declined to comment on Mr Souza's condition, citing privacy laws.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Baldwin, best known for his role as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and for his portrayal of Donald Trump on sketch show Saturday Night Live, said the incident involved the misfiring of a prop gun with blanks.\n\nPolice are trying to establish what type of projectile left the prop gun and how. Local media reported that Mr Baldwin was seen outside the Santa Fe County sheriff's office in tears.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The director who worked with Halyna Hutchins on the 2020 action film Archenemy says her death is \"unfathomable\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the local district attorney's office told BBC News that the investigation is still its \"preliminary\" stage.\n\n\"At this time, we do not know if charges will be filed,\" said First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies.\n\nThe actor is a co-producer of Rust and plays its namesake, an outlaw whose 13-year-old grandson is convicted of manslaughter.\n\nThe eldest of four brothers, all actors, Mr Baldwin has starred in numerous TV and film roles since the 1980s.\n\nMs Hutchins was from Ukraine and grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle, according to her personal website. She studied journalism in Kyiv, and film in Los Angeles, and was named a \"rising star\" by the American Cinematographer magazine in 2019.\n\nShe was the director of photography for the 2020 action film Archenemy, directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer.\n\n\"I'm so sad about losing Halyna. And so infuriated that this could happen on a set,\" Mr Mortimer said in a tweet.\n\nIn a statement, the International Cinematographer's Guild said Ms Hutchins' death was \"devastating news\" and \"a terrible loss\".\n\n\"The details are unclear at this moment, but we are working to learn more, and we support a full investigation into this tragic event,\" said guild president John Lindley and executive director Rebecca Rhine.\n\nMs Hutchins' talent agency, Innovative Artists, wrote in an Instagram post on Friday that she was \"a ray of light\".\n\n\"Her talent was immense, only surpassed by the love she had for her family.\"\n\nThe agency's statement added it hopes that the fatal incident \"will reveal new lessons for how to better ensure safety for every crew member on set.\"\n\nPolice said sheriff's deputies were dispatched to Bonanza Creek Ranch, a popular filming location, at around 13:50 local time (19:50 GMT) on Thursday after receiving an emergency call.\n\nSuch incidents on film sets are extremely rare, but not unheard of.\n\nReal firearms are often used in filming, and are loaded with blanks - cartridges that create a flash and a bang without discharging a projectile.\n\nIn 1993, Brandon Lee - the 28-year-old son of the late martial-arts star Bruce Lee - died on set after being accidentally shot with a prop gun while filming a death scene for the film The Crow. The gun mistakenly had a dummy round loaded in it.\n\nResponding to Thursday's news, Brandon Lee's sister Shannon tweeted: \"Our hearts go out to the family of Halyna Hutchins and to Joel Souza and all involved in the incident on 'Rust'. No-one should ever be killed by a gun on a film set. Period.\"", "Healthcare Science is one of the T-levels already on offer\n\nThe government will reconfirm its commitment to a \"skills revolution\" with a spending package to be unveiled by the chancellor on Wednesday.\n\nRishi Sunak will announce £1.6bn to roll out new T-levels for 16 to 19-year-olds, and £550m for adult skills in England in his autumn statement.\n\nAnd there will be £830m confirmed to continue a five-year-scheme to revamp and modernise colleges.\n\nCollege principals said the funding was welcome but would not go far enough.\n\nSixth form colleges and 16-19 education finances have been struggling for many years.\n\nA report by the IPPR think-tank last year suggested colleges in England would have needed an extra £2.7bn a year since 2010 just to catch up with investment levels then.\n\nThe £1.6bn cash investment for colleges over three years to 2024-25 will be used, in the main, to provide additional classroom hours for up to 100,000 young people taking T-levels. Presently there are about 6,000 students on T-level courses.\n\nThese are the government's new vocational qualifications, equivalent to three A-levels, that have been developed with businesses to meet the needs of industry.\n\nCurrently, there are 10 T-levels available currently However, in time the government wants the list to be expanded to include training for many more professions.\n\nThe funding will also cover inflationary pressures and accommodate the higher number of teenagers in the population.\n\nAn extra £550m is being invested in adult skills through the Skills Fund by 2024-25. This fund offers short courses and so-called \"skills boot camps\" for adults who have no qualifications beyond GCSE level.\n\nAnd there is a further £170m for apprenticeships and training.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"Our future economic success depends not just on the education we give to our children but the lifelong learning we offer to adults.\"\n\nHe said his £3bn investment would create a \"skills revolution\", which would build on the government's job creation plans and spread opportunity across the UK by transforming post-16 education.\n\nMr Sunak told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show \"more sector-orientated training schemes have been shown to be really powerful\" and \"the best way to get to a high wage economy is to improve people's skills\".\n\nAt the heart of the government's plan for 16 to 19-year-olds in England is a qualification that few have yet heard of, the Technical or T-Level.\n\nOne T-level is designed to be equivalent to three A-levels, or up to 3 BTecs.\n\nT-Levels are meant to be substantial and quite demanding courses, which include at least 45 days of work placement.\n\nAt the moment, only around 6,000 students across England are enrolled to study the first T-levels, which they will complete next summer.\n\nThe government hopes to scale up the numbers rapidly as more T-levels are introduced, partly through a controversial decision to remove funding from popular BTecs in similar subjects.\n\nAssociation of Colleges chief executive David Hughes said: \"We always expected the increased funding wouldn't go far enough, but in the circumstances we view this as a good start in a tough spending round.\n\n\"That the chancellor is leading with this announcement in advance of the Comprehensive Spending Review shows just how far we've come in making the government recognise the importance of investing in people to close the skills gap.\"\n\nHe added: \"I am hopeful that the lack of mention of education recovery is because of a significant announcement on Wednesday at the dispatch box.\"\n\nHe said his organisation had calculated that it was going to take at least £300m per year to support education recovery for 16 to 19-year-olds.\n\nBill Watkins, chief executive of the Sixth Form Colleges Association, said: \"Today's announcement focuses on the small minority of 16 to 18-year-olds that pursue a technical course.\n\n\"That's welcome, but all students deserve to have their education properly funded and we hope that Wednesday's spending review will also focus on the vast majority of young people that study A-level or BTec qualifications.\"\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, welcomed the investment in the further education sector, which he said had traditionally been \"starved of funding\".\n\nHowever, he told BBC Breakfast the move was a \"gamble\" when it was still unclear how many teenagers would want to do T-levels.", "New rules allowing travellers returning to England to take lateral flow tests instead of more expensive PCR tests have come into force.\n\nFully-vaccinated people arriving from a non-red list country can now use a lateral flow test on, or before, day two of their return.\n\nThe government said the move was a \"huge boost\" for the travel industry.\n\nWales will make the same change a week later. Scotland and Northern Ireland have indicated they may follow suit.\n\nBefore then, anyone travelling on to the other UK nations in the 10 days after arrival in England must follow the rules for testing and quarantine in those places.\n\nThe latest change to the travel rules in England comes in time for many families going on half-term holidays.\n\nThe lateral flow tests for returning travellers must be bought from private providers - NHS kits cannot be used - with prices listed on the government website starting at £19.\n\nPassengers need to book tests before travelling to the UK. They must send a picture of their lateral flow test to verify the result, and failure to do so could result in a fine of £1,000.\n\nThe change also applies to under-18s who live in the UK, whether or not they are vaccinated.\n\nTravellers will still need to complete a passenger locator form before they return.\n\nThe Department of Health said that anyone who tested positive would have to take a PCR test, which they could get free through the NHS.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"I'm delighted that from today eligible travellers to England, who have had the life-saving Covid-19 vaccine, can benefit from a cheaper lateral flow test, providing faster results.\n\n\"This huge boost to the travel industry and the public will make it easier and cheaper for people to book holidays and travel abroad.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Laura Foster explains how lateral flow tests work and how to do one\n\nDr Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, said it was \"critical\" that people with positive lateral flow tests \"get this checked\" with an NHS PCR test.\n\n\"This way we can continue to monitor new variants and stay on top of the virus,\" she added.\n\nSince 4 October, fully-vaccinated passengers travelling to the UK from any non-red list country no longer have to take a Covid test before setting off.\n\nPeople who are not fully vaccinated - and are 18 or over - still have to self-isolate at home for 10 days after arrival in the UK.\n\nMeanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeated his call for people to get their booster jabs as the UK reported more than 40,000 daily Covid cases for the 11th day in a row.\n\nOn Saturday there were 44,985 cases recorded and a further 135 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.\n\nMr Johnson, who has so far resisted calls by some health experts to reintroduce Covid restrictions despite rising infection levels, said: \"Vaccines are our way through this winter.\n\n\"We've made phenomenal progress but our job isn't finished yet, and we know that vaccine protection can drop after six months.\n\n\"This is a call to everyone, whether you're eligible for a booster, haven't got round to your second dose yet, or your child is eligible for a dose - vaccines are safe, they save lives, and they are our way out of this pandemic.\"\n\nPeople eligible for boosters include anyone aged 50 and over, those living and working in care homes for the elderly, and frontline health and social care workers.\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS England's national medical director, warned the country faced the prospect of a \"tough winter\".\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, he said vaccines remained \"the strongest weapon in the armoury\" and urged people to get their booster jabs to \"protect the freedom and Christmas that we have all earned\".\n\nOn Saturday, a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), which advises the government, said he was \"fearful\" there could be another lockdown Christmas if measures were not brought in soon.\n\nProf Peter Openshaw told BBC Breakfast: \"We all really, really want a wonderful family Christmas where we can all get back together.\n\n\"If that's what we want, we need to get these measures in place now in order to get transmission rates right down so that we can actually get together and see one another over Christmas.\"", "The pandemic has led to an \"unprecedented\" rise in the number of \"fake stray\" dogs, where new lockdown pet owners pretend their dogs have been abandoned so they can get rid of them.\n\nRescue workers fear dogs that have genuinely been abandoned are having to be put down because spaces are being taken up by these dogs.\n\nSome owners who pretend their dogs are stray have been found trying to sell them on websites like Gumtree before taking them to a rescue centre.\n\nCentres are at capacity because people who bought dogs in lockdown are now getting rid of them.", "The health minister has warned that a relaxation of restrictions in hospitality settings could be reversed if they cause a surge in Covid cases.\n\nRobin Swann said he hoped such a move would not be needed and urged people to get vaccinated.\n\nThe executive has agreed masks will not be mandatory for dancing in nightclubs when they reopen next Sunday.\n\nThe British Medical Association (BMA) has opposed further easing of restrictions.\n\nJustice Minister Naomi Long has also raised concerns saying she feared relaxing rules on face coverings in nightclubs may cause a \"significant\" rise in the transmission of Covid-19.\n\nMrs Long also said she was concerned about a \"lack of clarity\" in health advice.\n\nSpeaking at a Covid-19 vaccine booster and flu jab clinic at the Kingspan Stadium on Saturday, Mr Swann said the executive's decision on further easing was \"proportionate\" and there was guidance in place for venues.\n\nHe added: \"I've always been clear I will not be deterred from recommending adding restrictions if necessary.\n\n\"I hope its not necessary and that's why I would encourage people to come forward get their Covid vaccine, their booster and their flu vaccine as well.\"\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said he hoped the easing of hospitality rules would not be needed\n\nMr Swann also confirmed that first dose vaccinations of 12 to 15 year olds will begin next week.\n\nHe said some health trusts will run clinics next week, during the school holidays, allowing parents to take their children along.\n\nThe major roll out in schools will then start after the holidays.\n\nOn Saturday, the Department of Health reported 10 deaths with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland since the start of the pandemic is 2,656.\n\nAnother 1,323 cases of coronavirus were reported in Northern Ireland on Saturday, down from 1,355 on Friday.\n\nMr Swann said there will be a \"significant escalation of the booster programme\" over the coming weeks.\n\nHe said the jabs will help to support the health service \"through an extremely difficult winter period\".\n\n\"The significant benefits of vaccination are clear - it protects you and those close to you,\" he said.\n\n\"Even though we have now introduced the booster dose for those vaccinated at the start of the programme, it isn't too late for those who remain unvaccinated to get their jabs.\n\n\"When the history of the Covid pandemic is told, all those who worked to protect us through vaccination will rightly be described as heroes.\n\n\"The Covid vaccination programme has already involved a colossal joint effort right across the health and social care system.\"", "Mr Quiñónez won bronze in the 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships\n\nOne of Ecuador's best-known athletes, Alex Quiñónez, has been shot dead.\n\nHe was shot along with another person outside a shopping centre in the city of Guayaquil on Friday night. A motive is not yet clear.\n\nTributes have been pouring in for Mr Quiñónez, 32, who was described by Ecuador's athletics federation as the country's greatest sprinter.\n\nPresident Guillermo Lasso promised that those behind the killing will be found and punished.\n\nIt comes after a 60-day nationwide state of emergency came into force in Ecuador on Monday in response to a wave of violent crime.\n\nOfficial figures suggest the number of murders in the first eight months of this year are double those in the same period last year.\n\n\"With great sadness, we confirm the murder of our sportsman Alex Quiñónez,\" the Sports Ministry announced on Twitter.\n\n\"We have lost a great sportsman, someone who allowed us to dream, who moved us....he was the greatest sprinter this country produced.\"\n\nMr Quiñónez won bronze in the 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha. He was suspended prior to the Tokyo Olympics due to \"breach of his whereabouts obligations\".\n\n\"May he rest in peace. Those who take the lives of Ecuadoreans will not remain unpunished,\" he said.\n\nThis is the second killing of an international athlete this month.\n\nAgnes Tirop, a Kenyan runner who recently broke the women-only 10km road race world record, was stabbed to death in her home. Her husband has been arrested on suspicion of murder.", "Leading athletes have joined hundreds of mourners at the funeral of Kenyan runner Agnes Tirop, who was stabbed to death in her home.\n\nHer husband, Ibrahim Rotich, appeared in court this week as a suspect in her killing.\n\nMs Tirop was being buried at her parents' home in Nandi County, Kenya, on what would have been her 26th birthday.\n\nSpeakers at the funeral called for an end to domestic violence.\n\n\"I don't have much to say for today, I have mourned, I have cried, all my tears are gone,\" she said. \"I give my daughter her final send-off and I ask God to give her her place.\"\n\nMany mourners wore the signature red shirts of Athletics Kenya\n\nSpeakers at the funeral demanded swift justice for Ms Tirop\n\nMs Tirop was a promising long-distance runner who broke the women-only 10km world record last month, finished fourth in the 2020 Olympic 5,000m and who had won World Athletics Championships bronze medals.\n\nA foundation against domestic violence will be established in her honour. Athletics Kenya announced on Saturday that the Kenyan leg of the World Cross Country Tour will be named after Tirop.\n\nA sombre mood engulfed the burial which was attended by over 4,000 mourners, with athletes, residents and government officials prominent among them.\n\nThe athletics fraternity included Tirop's former team-mates Faith Kipyegon and Hellen Obiri, while Ugandans Joshua Cheptegei, Peruth Chemutai and Jacob Kiplimo were also in attendance.\n\nIn tributes, Ms Tirop was described as a kind and ever-smiling lady.\n\nHer murder has sparked a conversation in Kenya around domestic violence, even though her husband - the prime suspect - has yet to be charged by police.\n\nCalls to end domestic abuse as well as an appeal to hasten justice for the late athlete dominated speeches at the burial ceremony.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Sandtoft falls under the authority of North Lincolnshire District Council and is one of 17 communities on the Isle of Axholme\n\nResidents in a North Lincolnshire village have been left feeling a little disorientated after a road sign was erected welcoming people to Yorkshire.\n\nThe mysterious sign, which can be seen by motorists entering Sandtoft, appeared earlier this week.\n\nOne resident said it was about 150m (492ft) from the original Welcome to North Lincolnshire sign - on the same side of the road.\n\nSome have suggested it is the work of contractors unfamiliar with the area.\n\nThe local authority, North Lincolnshire Council, said it was unaware of the sign, while the neighbouring authority, Doncaster Council, has yet to respond to a request for comment.\n\nPosting in a local Facebook group, one resident said it appeared the sign had been put up on the wrong side of the road and facing the wrong way.\n\nHowever, some, including Steve Dale, who is originally from Yorkshire, welcomed the move.\n\n\"Glad about it. I get some right stick about moving to Lincolnshire and I argue that its still Yorkshire as my address... has a Donny [Doncaster] postcode,\" he wrote.\n\n\"I'm hoping they move the county lines a couple of miles to make it official.\"\n\nOthers were quite happy to remain in Lincolnshire, blaming the Yorkshire council for the error.\n\nOne just said whoever was responsible, it was \"a waste of money\".\n\nSandtoft is on the the Isle of Axholme, an area of North Lincolnshire comprising a number of communities, including Sandtoft, Haxey, and Epworth, on the border with South Yorkshire.\n\nActress Sheridan Smith is originally from the neighbouring town of Epworth\n\nThe name Isle is given to the low-lying area as each town or village was once built on dry, raised ground in the surrounding marshland, before it was drained.\n\nSandtoft boasts what is claimed to be the world's largest collection of trolleybuses, while Haxey is well known for its annual medieval mass scrum game, which dates back to the 14th Century and involves patrons pushing a leather tube to one of a number of North Lincolnshire pubs.\n\nActress Sheridan Smith, originally from Epworth, started her career performing gigs in the local area.\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Just a week after being admitted to hospital with an infection, 92-year-old Esme Hanson was well enough to go home.\n\nBut it would be four months before she could return to her family because of a lack of available care.\n\nOne care provider told BBC Wales staff shortages were so bad, it handed care packages back to the local council.\n\nThe Welsh government admitted the situation was \"fragile\", and it had committed £48m of extra funding to ease the social care crisis in Wales.\n\nWhen Mrs Hanson became unwell in May, she was admitted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea. Her care arrangements, put in place due to her dementia, were cancelled.\n\nHowever, it was not until September that a new package was finally re-instated, by which time her mental health had deteriorated, according her son Andrew.\n\nHe said his family were \"lucky\" to finally get her home.\n\n\"If you've got somebody over 70 that needs care, you don't know when they're going to come out of hospital,\" he added.\n\nEsme Hanson spent four months in hospital waiting for home care to be arranged\n\nIt was only after the Older People's Commissioner for Wales advised the family to organise their own care, and ask the council to fund it, that Mrs Hanson's care arrangements were put in place and she was discharged.\n\nHe said his mother now received \"wonderful\" care at home three times a day.\n\nSwansea council said it was extremely sorry for the delay and that every effort was made to find a package of care with a provider during the \"unprecedented\" times of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBut Mrs Hanson's experience is not unique. There were more than 1,000 patients in Welsh hospitals unable to return home due to a lack of care, according to Welsh government figures last month.\n\nCare company director Keri Llewellyn said staffing levels were at their lowest for almost 20 years\n\nCare Forum Wales has warned the care sector is facing its biggest staffing crisis \"in living memory\".\n\nOne home care company, All Care, said staffing levels were at their lowest since 2002 and recruitment has been \"virtually zero\" for months.\n\nDirector Keri Llewellyn said \"a downward spiral\" of staffing shortages meant companies were handing back care packages to councils.\n\nShe added care staff were exhausted from working through the pandemic, while low wages made recruitment and staff retention difficult.\n\n\"I do need something for my staff now. Some hope, maybe a retention bonus,\" said Ms Llewellyn.\n\nThe strain of working through the pandemic has told on carers such as Nicola Peta Hales and Jane Davies\n\nCare manager Jane Davies has been helping with daily rounds due to staff shortages.\n\n\"You are very tired and you need to spend time with your own family, but you can't see those people go without care,\" she said.\n\nNicola Peta Hales, 54, said the stress of being a domiciliary care worker almost became too much.\n\n\"I did feel like quitting and I was very close to it not so long ago, but I decided to stay because I love the job.\"\n\nThe Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS) Cymru has called on the UK and Welsh governments to provide more help.\n\nLast month, the UK government announced a national insurance tax rise, some of which will be used to help fund the care system. On Wednesday, the chancellor is due to outline spending plans for the next three years.\n\nThe Welsh government admitted the situation was \"fragile\".\n\nDeputy Minister of Health and Social Care Julie Morgan said implementing a living wage of £9.50 per hour for carers was a priority, along with improving working conditions.\n\n\"We have to get the system to a place where there are not long waits,\" she added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM Boris Johnson: \"We can trust the police... but there is a problem\"\n\nBoris Johnson has urged the public to \"trust in the police\" but also acknowledged problems in how violence against women and girls is tackled.\n\nThe PM promised to fix a \"snarled-up system\" which had produced too few successful rape prosecutions.\n\nAnd he said the authorities should \"come down hard\" on officers found guilty of misconduct.\n\nIt follows the jailing of Wayne Couzens for Sarah Everard's kidnapping and murder.\n\nCouzens was a police officer at the time of her murder, and the Metropolitan Police is facing questions over its failure to stop him.\n\nThe force has also been attacked over its safety advice to women after it emerged that Couzens used his position as an officer to falsely arrest and kidnap Ms Everard.\n\nAmong the suggestions, it said women should flag down a bus if they have concerns when stopped by an officer. A Labour MP branded the advice \"derisory\".\n\nCouzens - who has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term - is believed to have been in a WhatsApp group with five police officers who are now being investigated for gross misconduct.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the five, and one former officer, for distributing \"grossly offensive\", obscene or menacing material. Couzens is understood not to be one of those under investigation, but was involved in sharing messages.\n\nThe prime minister said the IOPC should \"come down hard\" on them.\n\nAsked if he had confidence in the police, Mr Johnson said: \"I do think that we can trust the police and I think that the police do a wonderful, wonderful job.\"\n\nBut he said the government needed to get to the bottom of \"what on earth\" happened in the Couzens case to ensure nothing like it happened again.\n\nHe added that \"hundreds of thousands\" of officers would be \"absolutely heart sick\" at the events surrounding Ms Everard's death.\n\nHowever, he also accepted there were problems including \"the way we handle rape, domestic violence and sexual violence\" complaints.\n\nHe said the length of time between reporting an incident to the court case was \"far too long\".\n\n\"It is a nightmare for the women concerned, we've got to fix it.\"\n\nThe prime minister also argued that recruiting more female officers would make \"a lasting difference to the police culture,\" adding that 37% of recruits last year were woman.\n\nEarlier this year, Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was \"deeply ashamed\" of low rape conviction rates.\n\nSarah Everard was was walking to her home in south London when she was kidnapped by a police officer\n\nBefore being arrested for the murder of Sarah Everard, Couzens had been linked to two previous allegations of indecent exposure.\n\nMet Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave admitted a vetting check on Couzens was not done correctly when he joined the Met, meaning a link to one of these allegations was missed.\n\nMr Ephgrave said that even if it had come up in the vetting process, it would not have changed the outcome as Couzens was not named as a suspect.\n\nIn a bid to ease concerns about women's safety, the Metropolitan Police has said it will treat indecent exposure allegations more seriously and announced an extra 650 new officers to patrol busy areas in London.\n\nScotland Yard has also issued advice to people who are detained by lone plain-clothes officers.\n\nThis includes asking \"searching questions\" about why they are being stopped and where the officer has come from.\n\nPeople should ask to speak to an operator on a police radio to verify the answers, the force said.\n\nIf someone feels they are in \"real and imminent danger\" they are advised to \"seek assistance\" by shouting to passers-by, waving down a bus or calling 999.\n\nLabour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy said on Twitter: \"This completely derisory advice shows they're still not taking it seriously.\"\n\nRefuge chief executive Ruth Davison said the Met had time and again \"responded to incidents of gender-based violence by telling women to change their behaviour\".\n\nShe added: \"Police forces across the country must be prepared for a fundamental shift and overhaul in their attitudes towards women and root out the misogyny that is at the heart of these failings.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"You have little power to say no\" - Women react to the Met's safety advice following the Everard case\n\nFollowing Couzens' guilty verdict, the head of the Met Dame Cressida Dick said \"a precious bond of trust has been damaged\" and she would ensure \"any lessons\" were learned.\n\nThe Met has said it would publish a new strategy for tackling violence against women and girls soon.\n\nBut Labour MP and chair of the Home Affairs Committee Yvette Cooper said \"sorry is not enough\" and called for an independent inquiry to examine police culture and procedures.\n\nAnd Conservative Sir Bob Neill and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have suggested misogyny should be made a hate crime.", "Rhian Horsey, from Groesfaen, Pontyclun, has been found guilty of seven counts of fraud\n\nA carer has been found guilty of defrauding a 100-year-old woman of hundreds of thousands of pounds.\n\nRhian Horsey, 55, of Pontyclun, was employed to look after Iris Sansom between 2003 and 2017.\n\nHer daughter, Kathryn Taylor, alerted police in 2017 after bank statements showed substantial cash withdrawals had been made from her mother's savings.\n\nNumerous cheques had also been written out to Horsey.\n\nHorsey was \"completely transparent\" about what the cash was for, the court heard.\n\nShe transferred large sums from Mrs Sansom's savings account to a bank account and withdrew it over the counter and from cash machines.\n\nJodie-Jane Hitchcock, defending, said the withdrawals were \"legitimate\" and made with Mrs Sansom's knowledge.\n\nHorsey said the withdrawals were used to pay her wages, care bills, shopping, house repairs and gardening.\n\nMs Hitchock told the court details of an equity release plan from had been sent to Mrs Sansom's solicitor.\n\n\"It's not a secret squirrel exercise between Mrs Horsey and Mrs Sansom,\" she said.\n\nMrs Sansom said in pre-recorded video evidence that she was \"not very good with money matters\".\n\nThe court heard she was of a generation who wanted to have her cash at home.\n\n\"That's what Iris wanted to do,\" Horsey told the court. \"It wasn't for me to question and, in fact, if I had, she wouldn't have listened.\"\n\nThe court was told Horsey \"was living a lifestyle beyond her means\".\n\nShe had mortgage arrears, spent £41,000 on cruises and £15,000 renting coastal cottages and woodland retreats.\n\nMoney was also spent on hotels, theatres, jewellery and eating out.\n\nShe denied that was out of the ordinary and said it was \"something we have always done\" but the prosecution claimed Horsey exploited Mrs Sansom's vulnerability.\n\n\"The nature of the relationship was one of trust,\" said prosecuting counsel James Wilson. \"Iris Sansom trusted Rhian Horsey completely.\"\n\nAnother witness descried their relationship as being \"more like mother and daughter\".\n\nBetween 2010 and 2013, £130,000 was withdrawn from Mrs Sansom's savings.\n\nThe equity release scheme paid out instalments of £67,807, £29,965, £49,965 and £49,965.\n\nEach time the plan paid out, withdrawals of £500 were made \"on almost a daily basis\".\n\nBy 2017, nearly all the funds had been depleted, the court heard.\n\nBetween 2011 and 2017, cash withdrawals from Mrs Sansom's bank account totalled £226,300.\n\nSeventy-four cheques amounting to £55,769 were made out to Horsey and paid into her account, with £84,000 in unidentified cash paid into Horsey's bank account during the same period.\n\nShe claimed she was paid in cash for her childminding work, but it was suggested that income was much lower than the deposits.\n\nThe prosecution said: \"The level of monies taken from Iris Sansom's account went beyond legitimate living expenses for Iris Sansom or legitimate payments to Rhian Horsey.\n\n\"Rhian Horsey stole from Iris Sansom and she exploited her for her own benefit.\"\n\nThe jury found Horsey guilty of all seven charges of fraud and she will be sentenced on Monday.", "A missing man in Turkey accidentally joined his own search party for hours before realising he was the person they were looking for, local media reports.\n\nBeyhan Mutlu had been drinking with friends on Tuesday when he wandered into a forest in Bursa province.\n\nWhen he failed to return, his wife and friends alerted local authorities and a search party was sent out.\n\nMr Mutlu, 50, then stumbled across the search party and decided to join them, NTV reported.\n\nBut when members of the search party began calling out his name, he replied: \"I am here.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Vaziyet This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe was taken aside by one of the rescuer workers to give a statement.\n\n\"Don't punish me too harshly, officer. My father will kill me,\" he reportedly told them.\n\nPolice then drove Mr Mutlu home. It is not clear if he was given a fine.", "Australians will be eligible to travel when their state's vaccination rate hit 80%\n\nAustralia will reopen its international border from November, giving long-awaited freedoms to vaccinated citizens and their relatives.\n\nSince March 2020, Australia has had some of the world's strictest border rules - even banning its own people from leaving the country.\n\nThe policy has been praised for helping to suppress Covid, but it has also controversially separated families.\n\n\"It's time to give Australians their lives back,\" PM Scott Morrison said.\n\nPeople would be eligible to travel when their state's vaccination rate hit 80%, Mr Morrison told a press briefing on Friday.\n\nTravel would not immediately be open to foreigners, but the government said it was working \"towards welcoming tourists back to our shores\".\n\nAmy Hayes, who lives in the English town of Reading, Berkshire, and has not been back to Queensland in nearly three years, said it was \"encouraging to see things moving in the right direction\".\n\n\"But I'll believe the borders have reopened when I see it and hear the stories of stranded Aussies being able to get home uninhibited,\" she told BBC News.\n\nHenry Aldridge is excited to fly back to the UK for Christmas to see his parents and five siblings in London. His partner Shana, a nurse from Ireland who lives with him in Sydney, nearly broke down when they heard the news.\n\n\"We're pretty excited,\" he told the BBC. \"The first year and a half [of the pandemic] we looked on at the UK and thought, we're pretty happy here. But the last few months haven't been ideal.\"\n\nHe said as the lockdowns were extended and the country recorded more and more cases, the travel ban started to feel \"a bit absurd\".\n\n\"It seemed silly - you still have to quarantine to come home to a country that's in lockdown,\" he said.\n\nBut David Mullahey in Western Australia - which has restricted entry to Australians in other parts of the country - told the BBC he was against changing the travel rules.\n\n\"Covid has hardly touched us here and we've had limited deaths. Why should we risk being put in the same scenario as Victoria and New South Wales?\" he said.\n\n\"I don't see how we can consider lifting international border controls when the government can't control Covid in those states.\"\n\nAt present, people can leave Australia - which has recorded more than 107,000 cases of Covid-19 and just over 1,300 deaths - only for exceptional reasons such as essential work or visiting a dying relative.\n\nEntry is permitted for citizens and others with exemptions, but there are tight caps on arrival numbers. This has left tens of thousands stranded overseas.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This family made it back to Australia but was initially banned from seeing their dying parent in Queensland\n\nMr Morrison said Australia's mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine - which costs each traveller A$3,000 (£1,600; $2,100) - would be replaced by seven days of home quarantine for vaccinated Australians or permanent residents.\n\nUnvaccinated travellers must still quarantine for 14 days in hotels.\n\nAustralian carrier Qantas responded by announcing it would restart its international flying a month earlier. It had already put flights to major overseas destinations on sale from 18 December.\n\nSydney, Melbourne and Canberra are currently in lockdown due to outbreaks of the virus.\n\nThat has helped prompt a surge in the vaccine uptake in recent months.\n\nNew South Wales - which includes Sydney - is on track to be first state to cross the 80% threshold, in a few weeks. Victoria - containing Melbourne - is not far behind.\n\nBut states such as Queensland and Western Australia have threatened to keep their borders closed until vaccine rates are even higher.\n\nThese states have managed to maintain Covid rates at or near zero, after shutting their borders to states with infections.\n\nThis is a hugely anticipated announcement for thousands of Australians both here and overseas. No doubt it's an emotional moment for many, after nearly two years of isolation.\n\nAustralia's strict border policy has been credited for its success especially early in the pandemic, but the Delta variant has changed everything.\n\nWestern Australia and Queensland are still going for an elimination policy, meaning they have been quickest to close their borders to other parts of Australia.\n\nIt's a very different picture in NSW, the most populous state, where the policy has changed from elimination to vaccination.\n\nAll of that is going to make the practicalities of reopening international borders quite tricky.\n\nAirlines have already said they're not ready for the ramping up of services this reopening will require. And with so many details still vague in terms of restrictions and proof of vaccination, this could be a potential headache for border authorities too.\n\nNSW or Victoria may allow their fully vaccinated residents to travel abroad and come back to home quarantine but Western Australia, for example, will most likely be reticent to do that and take on increased risk.\n\nSo you could have a scenario where it could be easier for people in some states to travel to London for a vacation than it is to go to Perth!\n\nKey vaccination thresholds are also part of Australia's broader plan to emerge from lockdowns and \"live with the virus\".\n\nSydney - site of Australia's largest airport - is due to come out of a 13-week lockdown on 11 October.\n\nTim Soutphommasane, an academic and former Australian race discrimination commissioner, told AFP news agency Australia had become a \"fortress nation with the drawbridge pulled up to the rest of the world\".\n\n\"What we're seeing now with this announcement of borders being reopened is akin to Australia re-entering the world, and it's long overdue,\" he added.\n\nDo you want to travel to and from Australia? Have you been trying to do so for some time? Get in touch using the form below.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alongside Adrian Ramsay, fellow new Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer says \"it's time for the Greens to shine\"\n\nThe Green Party's new leaders have vowed to make it a powerful electoral force across England and Wales.\n\nCarla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay have been elected to replace Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry.\n\nMs Denyer said voters were increasingly seeing Greens \"can get elected\".\n\nShe said the party agreed with many of the aims of Insulate Britain - the group staging protests on motorways - but did not \"necessarily agree\" with their tactics.\n\nThe new leadership team has pledged to build on recent electoral successes and take more seats at every level, including more MPs.\n\nThe party currently has just one MP, Caroline Lucas, but gained 99 seats in May's local elections and became the joint largest on Bristol City Council.\n\nMs Denyer, who is a councillor in Bristol, said: \"We increasingly are in power. The Greens are part of the administration on 14 councils in England and Wales now and in government in Scotland.\n\n\"That's a steep curve, that's improving all the time.\"\n\nShe said the party was the \"electoral wing\" of the Green movement, and while there was a place for \"direct action in the wider political movement\", Insulate Britain is \"not necessarily always doing it in the most constructive way\".\n\nMr Ramsay said strong voices are needed to make the case for a Green agenda, not just on the environment but a whole range of issues.\n\n\"Our country is in crisis - pumps running out of petrol, empty shelves in supermarkets and millions heading into winter fearing rising fuel bills\" he added and Green polices would \"help prevent the next crisis\".\n\nThe Greens launched their 2019 manifesto in Bristol\n\nCarla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay put an emphasis in their campaign, and victory speeches, on becoming a serious electoral force.\n\nMs Denyer has often been touted within party circles as the \"obvious next MP\" and came second in the race for the Bristol West seat in 2019.\n\nMr Ramsay was part of the campaign team that got their only MP, Caroline Lucas, elected and has been credited with co-writing the election strategy that saw them deliver more Green councillors on more councils than ever at the English local elections in 2021.\n\nThey beat a number of other candidates including deputy leader Amelia Womack and Tamsin Omond, a founding member of Extinction Rebellion.\n\nThe new leadership were keen to stress that groups like Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion were different from the Green Party, and they don't always support their tactics, but credited the organisations for putting climate at the \"top of the agenda\".\n\nFor this pair though, winning influence through positions of power is a key aim.\n\nThey hope to use current issues like rising energy bills and empty petrol pumps to demonstrate their view that the UK is too reliant on fossil fuels.\n\nMr Ramsay said the Greens would create \"sustainable, secure jobs with decent rates of pay\" with policies to install insulation and renewable energy systems in homes, improve public transport system and prioritise sustainable food supplies.\n\nSpeaking after the result was announced, Ms Denyer said both she and Mr Ramsay would \"focus on getting more Greens elected\" at every level, including more Green MPs.\n\nShe said: \"It is time for the Greens to shine.\n\n\"We intend to lead this party to the electoral success we know is within our grasp\", adding: \"A better future is possible.\"\n\nMr Ramsay and Ms Denyer took 44% of the first preference votes in the leadership contest.\n\nAnd in the second round of voting, the new leaders secured 62% of preferences, with 6,274 votes.\n\nAmelia Womack and Tamsin Omond came second with 30% of first preference votes. Ms Womack will continue to be the party's deputy leader.\n\nThe election was triggered after Jonathan Bartley announced he would be standing down as party co-leader and Sian Berry decided not to seek re-election.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak is being accused of attempting to mount a \"stealth raid\" on Britain's foreign aid spending.\n\nDevelopment charities say the Treasury is hoping to use \"accounting tricks\" in this month's Spending Review to squeeze the aid budget by billions of pounds.\n\nThey fear new items will be designated as \"overseas development assistance\" in a way that would cut the amount spent directly on humanitarian aid.\n\nThe Treasury said it would continue to protect the world's poorest people.\n\nBut it would not speculate on future spending commitments ahead of a fiscal event.\n\nAny rebadging of overseas assistance would be seen by some as an attempt by Mr Sunak to seize further control of the aid budget while new Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is finding her feet.\n\nBut Foreign Office sources said Ms Truss - as a former chief secretary - was familiar with how the Treasury worked and it would be wrong to suggest she was unaware of what was going on.\n\nThe government is already cutting aid spending by reducing the target of what must be allocated to overseas assistance from 0.7% of national income to 0.5%.\n\nThat means a reduction this year of about £4bn, leaving the total amount being spent on aid at roughly £10bn.\n\nThere are strict international rules about what counts as aid and charities fear the Treasury is looking at options that would effectively break the spirit of these rules.\n\nThey say officials want the cancellation of a multi-million-pound debt owed by Sudan to the UK to count as official aid, even though the money was effectively written off years ago.\n\nThey say the Treasury wants some foreign currency handouts from the International Monetary Fund - known as Special Drawing Rights - to count as aid. These complex financial mechanisms are designed to help developing countries cope with Covid. But even though the money comes from the IMF and not UK coffers, officials want 30% to count towards the 0.5% target.\n\nThe Treasury is also understood to want to designate the cost of giving Covid vaccines to developing countries as official aid. This could amount to as much as £1bn.\n\nSome analysts say the Treasury is additionally considering switching large chunks of aid spending from so-called \"resource\" budgets to \"capital\" budgets, an accounting change that would make it harder for the Foreign Office to spend aid on what it wants.\n\nRanil Dissanayake, policy fellow at the Centre for Global Development think tank, said all these changes - if made together - could potentially reduce the FCDO's discretionary aid budget from £8bn to as little as £2bn.\n\n\"That would amount to a complete gutting of the UK's status as a major bilateral development presence, essentially depriving [the Foreign Secretary] of one of its most potent weapons almost immediately after she assumes the brief,\" he said. \"The UK's status as a serious bilateral donor would be under existential threat.\"\n\nHe added: \"Unless Liz Truss manages to stop the chancellor from bullying her department out of its spending power, the UK will become a near non-entity as a bilateral development actor as early as next year.\"\n\nOne source in the aid sector said: \"Rishi is trying to cut Liz Truss off at the knees before she's got her legs under the table.\"\n\nRomilly Greenhill, UK Director of ONE, the global campaign against poverty, said: \"It's incredibly worrying that UK aid looks set to be cut again, through accounting trickery by the Treasury.\n\n\"The chancellor looks set to count the sharing of surplus vaccine doses, a new injection of cost-free foreign exchange reserves and the cancellation of debts that haven't been repaid for decades as part of the aid budget. If these areas are included under the new 0.5% pledge, it will further squeeze funding to tackle poverty, conflict and climate, hurting people both in the UK and around the world.\n\nShe added: \"What's worse is that it's happening by stealth. The Treasury is combing the aid rules for loopholes and ambiguities to save money on technicalities. It will mean death by a thousand cuts for UK aid.\"\n\nAbigael Baldoumas, policy and advocacy manager at the international development network BOND, said: \"We are deeply concerned about a further assault on the aid budget. There is a real risk that the Treasury will use accounting tricks to reduce the amount of aid the Foreign Office can spend in ways that make a real difference to the lives of people living in poor and middle-income countries.\"\n\nShe added: \"Special drawing rights were issued to put more money in the hands of low and middle-income countries to tackle the devastating impact of the pandemic, not so that the Treasury could use them to replace of overseas development assistance.\n\nMeanwhile, Sarah Champion, International Development committee chair, said: \"The chancellor may think he's clever by playing these financial sleight of hand games, but it's not just the poorest in the world that suffer, it's the UK's international reputation.\"\n\nA Treasury spokeswoman said: \"We will continue to protect the world's poorest. The UK is one of the highest donors in the G7 and this year we will spend at least £10bn on overseas aid. We do not speculate on future tax and spending commitments ahead of fiscal events.\"\n\nThe Treasury said the UK would continue to \"score\" overseas development assistance \"fully guided by and in accordance with\" the rules laid down by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.\n\nIt also emphasised the UK's aid spending was \"considerably more\" than the 29 countries on the OECD's development assistance committee.", "Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has said he \"regrets any inconvenience caused\" by problems with Scotland's Covid vaccine passport app.\n\nMany people have said they were unable to get their vaccination status through the app when the scheme came into effect on Friday.\n\nMr Yousaf said he hoped the issues would be fixed \"in a matter of hours, but it may be a matter of days\".\n\nAberdeen FC has announced it will postpone introducing the new scheme.\n\nThe club had been due to spot check fans before its game against Celtic on Sunday, but said \"unanswered questions on implementation\" of vaccine passports had forced the postponement.\n\nSpot checks will be carried out as a trial run at Hearts' stadium on Saturday but no fans will be refused entry for the match with Motherwell. Rangers has also said the match with Hibs on Sunday at Ibrox will be used as a \"test event\" and no supporters will be refused entry due to vaccine status.\n\nThe new rules came into effect at 05:00 on Friday - but the government announced earlier this week that they would not actually be enforced until 18 October.\n\nThe NHS Scotland Covid Status app only became available to download on Apple and Android devices at about 17:30 on Thursday.\n\nOpposition parties have described the rollout as a \"shambles\", and questioned why the government had launched the app when it did not work.\n\nThe Scottish government said that by the end of Thursday more than 70,000 people had downloaded the app, which is used to show proof that people have had two doses of vaccine in order to enter nightclubs and many other large events.\n\nIt said it had since increased the capacity of the NHS systems that sit behind the app.\n\nMr Yousaf told BBC Scotland: \"I know it is frustrating because a lot of people have downloaded the app.\n\n\"I regret any inconvenience caused to anybody, be it an individual or business, but that shouldn't stop you from going about your activities over the course of the next few days.\n\n\"Largely, the issues are down to volume of traffic but what I would say if you're having persistent problems do feel free to call the Covid helpline.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Humza Yousaf said \"there's no reason you should be turned away from an event this weekend\" if you don't have the app working as legal enforcement for the scheme has not started\n\nHe added: \"We always stress test these things before they go live and we have done so but actually, once it goes live, in the real world there can be these glitches and my hope is those glitches should be resolved - we hope in a matter of hours, but it may be a matter of days.\"\n\nThe vaccine certification scheme will require venues to put in place a \"reasonable system\" to check the status of customers over the age of 18, with certain exemptions on medical grounds.\n\nVenues affected include nightclubs, unseated indoor events with more than 500 people, unseated outdoor events with more than 4,000 people, and any event with more than 10,000 people in attendance.\n\nMany people experienced problems with the app when they tried to use their NHS CHI number to register.\n\nThis step comes after users are asked to take a picture of their passport or driving licence.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said there should be an \"indefinite delay\" to the rollout of the new scheme to avoid a \"weekend of chaos\" at venues across the country.\n\nHe added: \"Thousands of people will be at the football and going out to hospitality premises this weekend.\n\n\"This plan should really be scrapped altogether but, if the SNP insist on charging ahead, they must indefinitely delay the vaccine passport scheme until the most basic issues are ironed out.\"\n\nScottish Labour health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said the launch of the app had been a \"complete shambles\", adding: \"It is typical of the SNP to rush this out when it clearly doesn't work.\"\n\nMany people reported problems registering with the scheme on Friday\n\nPeople have been sharing their experiences of trying to download the new vaccine passport app.\n\nDean of the Faculty of Advocates, Roddy Dunlop QC, described the app as the \"worst I have ever tried to use\".\n\nHe wrote on Twitter: \"I am not prone to hyperbole. I promise.\n\n\"And I instantly recognise that I was originally instructed to challenge the introduction of Covid passports and so am not neutral.\n\n\"But try the app. This is, literally, the worst app I have ever tried to use.\"\n\nAnother app user shared screenshots of his experience on Twitter during which he was told \"no match found\" followed by: \"Something went wrong. We're working on it.\"\n\nOthers reported issues getting past the initial log in page, while a BBC Good Morning Scotland listener told the programme that he had tried twice to download the app without success.\n\nHe added: \"It just isn't suitable for purpose at the moment, they should have known it was going to happen in the first place.\"\n\nMike Rhodes, of the IT firm ConsultMyApp, said he thought the servers being used for the app were being overloaded because of demand, but said this should have been anticipated.\n\nHe said: \"It is highly likely that those developers that built the app shell also built the interface to the back-end servers that ended up failing.\n\n\"Secondly, this wasn't an unforeseen event - the developers absolutely knew this would be downloaded incredibly quickly and was likely to get hundreds of thousands of people attempting to register at the same time.\"\n\nMr Rhodes questioned why there was \"so little time\" between the app being launched and it being needed for entry into events.\n\nPaul Banham, of Glasgow's Buff Club, told BBC Scotland's Lunchtime Live: \"We'll be having a look at them over the next few weeks but we won't be refusing entry if someone doesn't have it - there's too many glitches at the moment.\n\n\"We've had a lot of students contact us and a lot of them are saying they have been vaccinated in other areas of the UK and that is not showing on their Covid status so there's a few gaps at the moment and hopefully they will be ironed out.\"", "Maureen McKenna has been Glasgow's director of education for 14 years\n\nWhen Maureen McKenna was six weeks into her job as Glasgow's director of education, staff at one of her schools were threatening to go out on strike.\n\nA pupil at Drumchapel High had brought a weapon in to class and she was refusing a request for him to be permanently excluded.\n\nShe recalls how she took a phone call from a union rep describing the alarm among staff.\n\nMs McKenna says she \"took a deep breath\" and told him the staff must do what they had to do.\n\nBut her role, she told him, was to get everyone together to look at the reasons why that child brought a weapon into school and then look at support for the family and the young person.\n\nShe says: \"I hung up the phone and I thought 'Oh god'.\"\n\nBut in the end, the staff didn't strike, instead teachers joined a meeting with social workers and others.\n\nIt was the first of several occasions during her 14 years in the job where Ms McKenna felt she had to push back against the status quo. Now, as she faces retirement at the end of the year, she stands by her decision on that first case.\n\n\"That young man went on and had a successful career at that school,\" she says.\n\n\"His additional support needs meant he didn't understand fully what he was doing. Would he have understood exclusion? Would sending him to a different school have changed his life? No, it would have probably made it worse.\"\n\nThere has been an 88% reduction in school exclusions in the past 10 years\n\nWhen the former maths teacher first took the top job in the city's education team in 2007, exclusions were at an all-time high and she knew she wanted to change that.\n\n\"They were just a habit,\" she says. \"Schools were excluding people again and again. I just didn't think they were reflecting enough about the context of the young person, where they had come from.\n\n\"In one of our secondary schools there were 770 exclusion incidents in one year, there are only 190 pupil days.\n\n\"It was like a revolving door - pupils are in school, an incident happens, straight out the door again.\n\n\"How were we ever going to improve outcomes and change lives? That is what education is most powerful at doing, changing people's lives, but they have to be in school.'\n\nMs McKenna's approach fitted with the work and ethos of Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), which was started just before she took up her post. It aims to treat crime as a public health issue and look at root causes of the problem.\n\nThere has been an 88% reduction in school exclusions in the past 10 years, at the same time there has been a 50% reduction in youth crime.\n\nSeveral English councils and Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, have sent representatives to learn from Ms McKenna how the approach to exclusions could be having a positive impact on reducing violence.\n\n\"We need to be supporting our young people to make better decisions, because that's really what it's all about,\" she says.\n\n\"If you are in school and you see a bit of misbehaviour, you have to make those decisions yourself about whether you get involved or not.\n\n\"If you are doing that successfully in school then you are going to be able to do that successfully in the community.\"\n\nShe adds: \"English local authorities approached us and along with the violence reduction units down south, they are building on the success of the VRU and the schools' work up here, to take what they can for the English context.\"\n\nCutting back drastically on exclusions hasn't always gone down well with teachers and families, who feel it could mean more disruption in class.\n\nMs McKenna says there has never been a policy of zero exclusions.\n\n\"There are always times when for the safety of that child, or for the safety of other children, there needs to be an exclusion,\" she says.\n\n\"Without a shadow of a doubt. It's about understanding that when a child acts out, maybe they are communicating with you, rather than deliberately being bad.\n\n\"I'm not saying children don't behave badly, or that everyone in the city is perfect, absolutely not, it's a hard shift in Glasgow and it always will be a hard shift but if we can help our children to manage themselves better, we are creating the next generation of families.\"", "Sarah Everard was a talented and much-loved young woman, Lord Justice Fulford said\n\nA Met Police officer who murdered Sarah Everard after kidnapping her under the guise of an arrest has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term.\n\nWayne Couzens abducted the 33-year-old as she walked home from a friend's house in south London on 3 March.\n\nDuring the sentencing of Couzens, the judge said the case was \"devastating, tragic and wholly brutal\".\n\nMs Everard's family said they were relieved by the fact that Couzens would die in jail.\n\nAddressing reporters outside the Old Bailey following his sentencing, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said she recognised that a \"precious bond of trust\" had been damaged by Couzens, who had \"brought shame on the Met\".\n\nDescribing him as a \"coward\", she said his crimes were \"a gross betrayal of everything policing stands for\", adding: \"I am so sorry.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick says the force has been \"shamed\" and \"rocked\" by the case\n\nAn ongoing Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) review of how Couzens became a Met officer has found that vetting procedures missed that two of his previous cars had been linked to allegations of indecent exposure.\n\nSpeaking to the London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee earlier on Thursday, two senior Met officers said they were not aware of rumours that Couzens was nicknamed \"the rapist\" by colleagues.\n\nHowever, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Tom Winsor said the nickname was known by some officers.\n\nSir Tom, who in his role has responsibility for the inspection of police forces, told BBC Radio 4's the World at One: \"Yes, I did know that. And he also had allegedly a reputation in terms of drug abuse, extreme pornography and other offences of this kind.\"\n\nWhat Couzens' colleagues knew or suspected about him remains the subject of the IOPC investigation.\n\nWhen sentencing Couzens earlier on Thursday, Lord Justice Fulford described the circumstances of the kidnap, rape and murder as \"grotesque\", telling him he had \"betrayed\" his family. He said Ms Everard was \"an intelligent, resourceful, talented and much-loved young woman, still in the early years of her life\".\n\nThe judge told 48-year-old Couzens: \"Notwithstanding your guilty pleas, therefore, I have seen no evidence of genuine contrition on your part, as opposed to evident self-pity and attempts by you to avoid or minimise the proper consequences of what you have done.\"\n\nHe said the seriousness of the case was so \"exceptionally high\" that it warranted a whole-life order.\n\n\"The misuse of a police officer's role such as occurred in this case in order to kidnap, rape and murder a lone victim is of equal seriousness as a murder for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause,\" he told the Old Bailey. \"All of these situations attack different aspects of the fundamental underpinnings of our democratic way of life.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A CCTV timeline shows key evidence used to arrest and prosecute Wayne Couzens\n\nReacting to the sentencing, Ms Everard's family said they were pleased with the full-life term, adding that although \"nothing can make things better, nothing can bring Sarah back... knowing he will be imprisoned forever brings some relief.\n\n\"Sarah lost her life needlessly and cruelly and all the years of life she had yet to enjoy were stolen from her. Wayne Couzens held a position of trust as a police officer and we are outraged and sickened that he abused this trust in order to lure Sarah to her death. The world is a safer place with him imprisoned.\n\n\"It is almost seven months since Sarah died and the pain of losing her is overwhelming. We miss her all the time. We hold her safe in our hearts.\"\n\nLucy Manning, BBC special correspondent, from the Old Bailey:\n\nAs Wayne Couzens was told he would spend the rest of his life in prison, he kept his head down as he has throughout his time in the dock. He was shaking as he was sentenced.\n\nThe Everard family looked on. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick was in court to hear the sentence. Her officer a convicted murderer and rapist.\n\nMr Justice Fulford told Couzens his offences were \"warped, selfish and brutal\". The judge said Sarah \"was simply walking home\".\n\nAfter Couzens was sentenced, police officers who investigated the murder hugged the Everard family. But as her parents and sister said yesterday, all they want is Sarah back and no punishment will ever compare to the pain and torture Couzens had inflicted on them.\n\nLord Justice Fulford paid tribute to the dignity of Ms Everard's family, whose statements in court on Wednesday \"revealed the human impact\" of Couzens' offending, which he said \"was both sexual and homicidal\".\n\nThe judge added that Couzens had eroded public confidence in the police in England and Wales.\n\nIn a letter she wrote before Dame Cressida spoke to reporters, senior Labour MP Harriet Harman called on the Met Police commissioner to resign. Ms Harman said women's confidence in the police \"will have been shattered\" and it would be impossible for Dame Cressida to oversee the changes needed to rebuild trust.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said there were \"serious questions\" for the Metropolitan Police regarding the Couzens case, adding that the force \"will be held to account\".\n\nShe described the crimes as \"sickening\" and said it was right that this \"monster\" had been given a whole-life sentence.\n\nWhen Parliament abolished the death penalty more than 50 years ago, it promised the British people that the worst of the very worst offenders would be locked up in jail for the rest of their lives.\n\nSince then a series of complex rules for judges has evolved in order for a \"whole-life order\" (WLO) to be imposed.\n\nThe law says a WLO should \"normally\" only be considered if an offender has murdered more than once, killed a police or prison officer, abducted and sadistically killed a child, or where the motive was ideological.\n\nWhile MPs did not envisage such a serious crime as this when they wrote the law, they said judges could impose a WLO in other unthinkable cases where the seriousness of the crime was exceptionally high.\n\nLord Justice Fulford concluded the misuse of a constable's role to deceive, kidnap, rape and murder Sarah Everard was as bad as terrorism. It was not only a crime of appalling and prolonged suffering for the victim, but it undermined trust in the police - part of the bedrock of a safe society.\n\nAnd that is why the law allowed the judge to order Couzens will never be released.\n\nThe Old Bailey sentencing hearing had been told how Couzens used his Metropolitan Police-issue warrant card and handcuffs to abduct Ms Everard as she walked from Clapham to her Brixton home on the night of 3 March.\n\nThe firearms-trained parliamentary and diplomatic protection officer, who had clocked off from a 12-hour shift at the US Embassy that morning, drove to a secluded rural area near Dover where he raped Ms Everard.\n\nShe had been strangled with Couzens' police-issue belt by 02:30 GMT the following morning.\n\nCouzens, who was married with two children, then burned the marketing executive's body in a refrigerator in an area of woodland he owned in Hoads Wood, near Ashford, before dumping the remains in a nearby pond.\n\nOn 9 March, he was arrested at his home in Deal, Kent, after police connected him to the hire car he used to abduct Ms Everard. Her remains were found by police dogs the next day.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said he was \"sickened\" by the details that had emerged during sentencing.\n\n\"Our police are there to protect us - and I know that officers will share in our shock and devastation at the total betrayal of this duty. People must be able to walk on our streets without fear of harm and with full confidence that the police are there to keep them safe.\"\n\nJohn Apter, national chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said Couzens was \"an absolute disgrace to the police service\" and he was \"ashamed he was ever a police officer\".\n\n\"I am proud to carry a warrant card, but this vile individual's abuse of that authority has cast a shadow on all those who work within policing. He has brought disgrace to our uniform.\n\n\"The way he took advantage of Sarah's trust makes me feel sick to the stomach.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lashana Lynch, Daniel Craig and Lea Seydoux attended the film's world premiere on Tuesday\n\nDaniel Craig's final James Bond film No Time To Die took between £4.5m-£5m on its first day in UK and Irish cinemas, producers have estimated.\n\nThe film was delayed several times by Covid and the industry is watching closely to see whether it can lift box office takings to pre-pandemic levels.\n\nThursday's takings are 13% higher than 2015's Spectre but 26% below 2012's Skyfall, Universal Pictures said.\n\nIt was also the UK's \"widest theatrical release of all time\", they added.\n\nUniversal said No Time to Die opened in 772 cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Thursday - 25 more than the previous record-holder, Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, in 2019.\n\nFilm technology firm Gower Street Analytics predicted it will account for 92% of the total UK and Ireland box office takings in its opening week.\n\nMore than 30,000 people attended midnight screenings in the UK and Ireland, where the film sold 1.6 million advance tickets for the opening four days, the studio said. This exceeded Spectre's total advance bookings by more than 12% and was in line with Skyfall at the same time.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Daniel Craig on James Bond: ''I'm incredibly proud...but it's time to move on''\n\nScreen International's box office editor Charles Gant said the film's performance had been \"hard to predict\". But the early figures suggest it will be \"a must-see film that connects with all demographics\", which cinemas have lacked since they reopened, he told BBC News.\n\nGant described that as \"a massive relief for cinemas\", adding that it \"gets customers back into venues\", where they will see trailers and posters for winter releases like Dune, Eternals, West Side Story and Venom: Let There Be Carnage.\n\nNo Time To Die \"doesn't need to match Spectre and Skyfall\", which both made more than £95m in total at UK and Irish box offices, he said.\n\n\"It just has to land in the Casino Royale (£56m)/Quantum Of Solace (£51m) lifetime ballpark - and there is now every sign that it will. If it does that, it points the way ahead for the cinema sector, and shows that, post-Covid, we can still have blockbuster hits.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Members of the Royal Family joined stars of the new Bond film at its world premiere in London\n\nCraig's fifth and final Bond movie was directed by US film-maker Cary Joji Fukunaga and also stars Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek and Lashana Lynch. It is projected to make $90m (£66.7m) worldwide during its opening weekend.\n\nMost critics praised the film, with many giving five-star reviews after its premiere at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this week. But some suggested the movie did not quite justify its 163-minute running time.\n\nAccording to a survey carried out by cinema chain Vue, No Time To Die is the new film release cinemagoers are most excited to see this year. Film fan Steve Williams, who saw the film in London, told the Press Association afterwards it was \"well worth the wait\".\n\nHe added it was \"definitely a good last film for Daniel Craig\", while another cinema-goer, Harry Wheeler, added: \"It was the best Bond film for a while. I haven't been to the cinema in more than a year and it was good to go back.\"\n\nThe film opened in South Korea on Wednesday and a day later in the UK, Ireland, Brazil, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. But US audiences must wait until 8 October.", "One in every 20 children of secondary school age in England is infected with coronavirus, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics.\n\nThis is the highest reported rate for this age group - or any other - since the pandemic began.\n\nChildren's risk from the virus is very low, and serious illness is rare.\n\nA single vaccine dose is now being offered to all 12 to 17-year-olds in schools across the UK.\n\nThat followed a decision by the UK's four chief medical officers that a Covid vaccine for this age group would help keep children in school and benefit the poorest families.\n\nPreviously, only teenagers with health conditions which put them at increased risk of being seriously ill with Covid were offered two doses, as well as children living in the same house as people who are very vulnerable to the virus.\n\nThe ONS data covers the week up to 25 September, and estimates a steep rise in infections in children aged 11-15 over the last few weeks, with nearly 5% now testing positive - up from 2.8% the week before.\n\nInfections in younger primary-age children have been increasing, but much less sharply, with 2.6% testing positive.\n\nInfections in young adults have now decreased to around 1% affected, and in older adult groups infection levels remain even lower.\n\nProf Kevin McConway, emeritus professor of applied statistics, at The Open University, said the infection rates in 11 to 15-year-olds were \"extraordinarily high\", adding that the fall in infections in young adults, who have now been vaccinated in large numbers, was \"pleasing\".\n\nAround 1.2% of the UK population - or one in 80 people - is likely to be infected, the ONS says, which is little changed from the previous week.\n\nThe percentage of people testing positive went up in England and Wales, decreased in Scotland and stayed roughly the same in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe ONS estimates are based on tests carried out on a random sample of the population, whether they had symptoms or not.\n\nGovernment data on cases of coronavirus in England - which are more recent and cover those coming forward for tests and getting a positive result - shows a similar spike in 10 to 14-year-olds.\n\nMeera Chand, from Public Health England, said: \"Case rates remain high across the country, especially among young people.\n\n\"Wear a face covering in enclosed spaces, avoid mixing with others if you feel unwell and get a PCR test straight away if you have any Covid-19 symptoms.\"\n\nShe added that the best way to protect against Covid was to get the vaccine.\n\nOther viruses are also circulating and affecting children. In the summer, there was a jump in RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) in the under-4s and, in recent weeks, cases of the common cold have risen sharply in the under-14s, PHE data shows.\n\nNow that more than 80% of over-16s in the UK are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and booster doses are being offered to the most vulnerable, deaths and serious illness are expected to stay at low levels.\n\nBut there are concerns about what this winter will bring, with flu and other viruses making a comeback.\n\nAnd there has been criticism that the rollout of one vaccine dose to 12 to 15-year-olds took too long to happen, after the UK's vaccine committee asked for additional advice on the wider benefits of vaccination.\n\nThis delay meant children had returned to school for the autumn term before any decision was made.\n\nSix per cent of 12 to 16-year-olds have now had one vaccine dose in England while, in Scotland, the figure is 14%.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Petrol prices have hit an eight-year high, the RAC has said, due to a rise in the cost of wholesale fuel.\n\nThe pump price spike also comes amid the current fuel supply problems and reports of profiteering at some petrol stations.\n\nThis is adding up to a \"pretty bleak picture for drivers\", the RAC said.\n\nThe government has put the army on standby to help ease fuel supply problems caused by a shortage of lorry drivers to make deliveries.\n\nThe RAC said that the average price of a litre of petrol across the UK increased from 135.87p on Friday to 136.59p on Sunday, the highest level since September 2013.\n\nThe motoring organisation warned that prices could rise further as retailers pass on the cost of rising wholesale prices.\n\nThe wholesale price of petrol rose from 123.25p on Monday last week to 125.22p just four days later.\n\nOil prices slumped at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but demand has been rising in recent months as economies around the world have started to reopen.\n\nGlobal oil supplies have also taken a hit from hurricanes Ida and Nicholas passing through the Gulf of Mexico and damaging US oil infrastructure.\n\nThe price of Brent crude oil rose above $80 a barrel on Tuesday for the first time since October 2018.\n\nRAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: \"When it comes to pump prices, it's a pretty bleak picture for drivers.\n\n\"With the cost of oil rising and now near a three-year high, wholesale prices are being forced up which means retailers are paying more than they were just a few days ago for the same amount of fuel.\n\n\"This has led to the price of a litre of unleaded already going up by a penny since Friday.\n\n\"We might yet see higher forecourt prices in the coming days, irrespective of the current supply problems.\n\n\"We are also aware of a small number of retailers taking advantage of the current delivery situation by hiking prices, so we'd remind drivers to always compare the price they're being asked to pay with the current UK averages which are 136.69p for petrol and 138.58p for diesel.\"\n\nThere is a national shortage of lorry drivers, which haulage firms have blamed on factors including Covid and Brexit.\n\nThe lack of drivers has been affecting businesses from food firms to petrol stations.\n\nDemand for fuel has been such that between 50% and 90% of pumps were dry in some areas of Britain, according the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA).\n\nThe industry group represents independent fuel retailers who account for 65% of all the 8,380 UK forecourts.\n\nThere have been claims on social media that some petrol stations are taking advantage of the surge in demand to inflate prices.\n\nTwitter user Trevor Lakin said that Shell was \"marking prices up and profiteering\" after charging 148.9p a litre at a petrol station.\n\nA Shell spokeswoman said that about half of Shell's UK network is owned by independent dealers who set their own prices.\n\n\"We are only able to control prices at the sites we own,\" she said, adding that \"Shell is prevented by law from telling dealer groups what to charge their customers for fuel.\"\n\nHoward Cox, founder of campaign group FairFuelUK, said price rises of between 5p and 10p per litre have become \"the norm in the last few days\".\n\nHave you noticed any price rises when refuelling recently? Get in touch to share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A teenager has been left in agony by a condition that means her jaw can dislocate at any time.\n\nHalle, from Tongwynlais, Cardiff, lost three-and-a-half stone because the pain was so bad she stopped eating.\n\nThe 14-year-old is now being fed through a tube because of the condition.\n\nHalle has been told Great Ormond Street Hospital would be the best place for her to be treated, but the children's hospital has said Cardiff and Vale health board will not refer her.\n\nCardiff and Vale University Health Board said it was \"committed to providing any treatment for Halle\".", "Ex-Met Ch Supt Supt Parm Sandhu, pictured in 2016, described the police service as \"very sexist and misogynistic\"\n\nFemale police officers fear reporting male colleagues as they worry they will be abandoned if they need help on duty, says a former senior officer.\n\nEx-Met Ch Supt Parm Sandhu said female officers fear being \"kicked in\" while dealing with street violence.\n\nAnd a police watchdog inspector has admitted she would be concerned to approach a lone male officer at night.\n\nThey were speaking after Wayne Couzens was jailed for kidnapping, raping and killing Sarah Everard while an officer.\n\nThe 48-year-old abducted Ms Everard, 33, under the guise of an arrest as she walked home from a friend's home in south London on 3 March.\n\nSpeaking to Radio 4's The World at One, Ms Sandhu called the police service \"very sexist and misogynistic\".\n\nShe told how she had been \"vilified\" after reporting an incident involving a male colleague.\n\nIn an environment dominated by male officers, any objections were often cast aside and the behaviour dismissed as \"banter\", the former senior officer said.\n\nMs Sandhu, who served in the Met for 30 years, said: \"A lot of women will not report their colleagues.\n\n\"What happens is that male police officers will then close ranks and the fear that most women police officers have got is that when you are calling for help, you press that emergency button or your radio, they're not going to turn up and you're going to get kicked in in the street.\n\n\"So you have got to be very careful which battles you can fight and which ones you can actually win.\"\n\nShe added that women officers who are married to male police officers \"won't report domestic violence either because of the same sort of issues\".\n\nMs Sandhu also called for change at the top - saying police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick \"cannot move with the times\".\n\nThe body of Sarah Everard was found hidden in woodland\n\nMeanwhile, Zoe Billingham, a senior inspector with Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, told the BBC's Woman's Hour programme: \"We cannot dismiss Wayne Couzens as a one-off or an aberration.\"\n\nAsked if she would feel safe going to a male police at night with a problem, Ms Billingham replied: \"At this moment in time, like any other woman, I have concerns and reservations.\"\n\nAlso speaking on Radio 4, Labour MP Harriet Harman, chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, called for \"a cultural change in the police service\".\n\nMs Harman said she had written to Home Secretary Priti Patel setting out 10 points that she believed need to be acted on immediately to regain women's trust in the police.\n\nAfter Ms Everard's murder, the police watchdog announced it was probing alleged failures by the Met to investigate two indecent exposure incidents linked to Couzens in February.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is also investigating alleged failures by Kent Police to investigate a flashing incident linked to Couzens in 2015.\n\nMs Billingham told the BBC it was a \"watershed moment for policing\".\n\n\"What Wayne Couzens did to Sarah Everard has struck a hammer-blow to the heart of policing legitimacy in England and Wales, and it needs to be treated as such,\" she said.\n\nMs Billingham, who is responsible for inspecting 15 police forces including Kent - where Couzens previously worked - called for more vetting, screening and scrutinising of would-be police officers.\n\nShe referred to a 2019 report, led by her, which looked at police who abused their position for sexual purposes and said the report highlighted how - at the time - proper vetting did not take place when officers transferred between forces.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A CCTV timeline shows key evidence used to arrest and prosecute Wayne Couzens\n\nThe outgoing inspector said she was not confident that the systems currently in place at police forces are enough to prevent another atrocity.\n\n\"There is an epidemic of violence against women and girls, and within policing male violence against women and girls is not prioritised enough, it's not taken seriously enough,\" she said.\n\nAlso speaking on Thursday, Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Tom Winsor said he had heard Couzens was known as \"the rapist\" by other officers at times during his career.\n\n\"Yes, I do know that,\" he said. \"And (he) also had allegedly a reputation in terms of drug abuse, extreme pornography and other offences of this kind.\"\n\nHe said there appeared to be a \"culture of colleague protection\" within the police service and warned that police officers were failing to raise concerns about colleagues who exhibit \"damaging or worrying\" characteristics.\n\nFollowing his sentencing, Dame Cressida called Couzens' actions \"a gross betrayal of everything policing stands for\".\n\n\"This man has brought shame on the Met. Speaking frankly, as an organisation we have been rocked.\"", "There are \"too few successful prosecutions and two few convictions\" in cases of rape and domestic violence, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe prime minister said police officers did a \"wonderful, wonderful job\" but there was a \"problem\". He said the time lag between complaint and legal action was \"far too long\".\n\nHe said it was a \"nightmare for the women concerned\".\n\nThe PM was asked about trust in police after the murder of Sarah Everard and conviction of Wayne Couzens.", "Princess Beatrice and Mr Mapelli Mozzi both shared an image of Sienna Elizabeth's footprints\n\nPrincess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have named their daughter Sienna Elizabeth.\n\nThe Queen's 12th great-grandchild, Princess Beatrice's first child, was born on 18 September.\n\nPrincess Beatrice tweeted the name of the newest addition to the Royal Family on Friday, along with an image of her footprints.\n\nOn Instagram, Mr Mapelli Mozzi said \"these are the days I never want to forget\".\n\nPrincess Beatrice wrote: \"We are delighted to share that we have named our daughter Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi.\n\n\"We are all doing well and Wolfie [Mr Mapelli Mozzi's son from another relationship] is the best big brother to Sienna.\"\n\nMr Mapelli Mozzi said: \"Our life together has just begun, and I can't wait to see all the amazing things that await us.\n\n\"Feeling so much love and gratitude for my amazing wife, baby Sienna and Wolfie. These are the days I never want to forget. This week, a friend said to me the sweetest saying… that with every child you grow a whole new heart.\"\n\nSienna Elizabeth is 11th in line to the throne.\n\nThe couple were married last year\n\nPrincess Beatrice is the eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York.\n\nShe married property tycoon Mr Mapelli Mozzi in a private ceremony in July 2020.\n\nBeatrice is stepmother to Mr Mapelli Mozzi's son Christopher Woolf, known as Wolfie, from his previous relationship with Dara Huang.", "\"In two days I would get through a litre of vodka and four bottles of wine. Easily.\n\n\"I knew it was wrong. I knew it was too much.\"\n\nBefore the pandemic Kathleen Edge from Newport, south Wales, had what she described as a healthy relationship with alcohol.\n\nLike many people she started to drink a bit more when the stress, strain and boredom of lockdown started to take hold. And that relationship turned sour.\n\n\"It got to the middle of December and my friend came over to bring a delivery up, and it had got to the point where I could not walk any more… if I wanted to get between the bed and the sofa it was virtually crawling,\" she says.\n\n\"And I knew something was wrong. I said to him 'please just take the booze away - it is killing me'.\n\n\"I probably owe him my life. He told me I looked dreadful and that he would not leave until I had got help. Until I had got an ambulance.\"\n\nKathleen was taken by ambulance to the Grange University Hospital where she met a liver specialist\n\nIt was at this point the seriousness of the situation really started to hit.\n\n\"They had to carry me out. It was very humiliating,\" Kathleen says.\n\n\"And I'm thinking 'you've got yourself into this position, there is Covid going on and you're calling an ambulance and this is really selfish'. But I needed an ambulance.\"\n\nKathleen went to the new Grange University Hospital near Cwmbran where she says she was lucky to see the liver specialist the next day.\n\n\"He said to me 'I think you have something to tell me. You need to say it out loud'.\n\n\"And I looked at him and said 'I'm an alcoholic'. That was the first time I had said it out loud and it was very freeing.\"\n\nThere are fears there could be more people out there like Kathleen who have not yet come forward to get help.\n\nFigures from the Kaleidoscope Project, which works on drug and alcohol abuse, suggest an eight percentage point drop year-on-year in the number of people who have problems with alcohol being referred by doctors or other health professionals.\n\nIn the year to April 2021, 293 people were referred compared with 467 the year before. Self-referrals are down by more than four percentage points.\n\nSupport services are now waiting to see what happens - hoping for the best and prepared for the worst.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nikki, a recovering alcoholic, describes how she stopped drinking during the pandemic.\n\nRondine Molinaro from the Gwent Drug and Alcohol Service draws parallels between the pandemic and another cataclysmic event, which surprisingly, perhaps does give some hope.\n\n\"If you look at the example of American soldiers returning from the Vietnam War in the 1970s, all the drugs services in the US were set up for and prepared for these large cohorts of servicemen who had become addicted to opiates and heroin in Vietnam, continuing their dependency on their return,\" she said.\n\n\"But that did not happen. I think 20% of the American troops were addicted to heroin in Vietnam, but as soon as they came back and their environment changed and those stresses had disappeared only 1% of those soldiers continued with a heroin dependency.\n\n\"Hopefully that's the same pattern that we will see, but we are prepared and we are waiting to see what happens over the next 12 months.\"\n\nSupport workers have noticed people from different backgrounds needing help for addiction\n\nThe service has also noticed a subtle change in the type of person seeking support during the Covid crisis.\n\nRondine explained: \"We are definitely seeing more professional people coming in - they have jobs and they have incomes.\n\n\"Our alcohol liaison officer interviewed two gentlemen, who because of the pandemic had been put on furlough. They had income coming in, but no productive activity and no work to go to.\n\n\"They started to drink and became dependent on alcohol but did not know they were dependent on alcohol and actually ended up in A&E.\"\n\nThe Welsh government says it invests £55m every year on substance misuse.\n\nIn 2020-21 a further £4.8m was also made available to support the response to Covid.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Musician Nick Davis was in alcohol recovery when lockdown started and has had to find new ways to stay sober\n\nKathleen is now living with the long-term effects that alcohol has had on her body.\n\nThe damage to her liver caused severe swelling to her legs and she now has to walk with a stick.\n\nBut she says she is determined to seize her second chance.\n\n\"Alcohol is a great deceiver,\" she said.\n\n\"It is your best friend, it makes you feel fantastic, it makes you feel good, but it is almost as if alcoholism is grooming you and it can blow up in your face.\n\n\"It is all in my hands now. I make the decisions. I have been incredibly lucky. I want to get to the point where we do not talk about it any more. I don't drink and that's that.\"\n\nThe BBC Action Line has details of organisations that may be able to offer support for addiction\n\nListen live to Gareth Lewis on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Sounds from 17:00 BST to 18:30", "Restaurant owner Salima Vellani, said many businesses in the sector were already \"hanging by a thread\"\n\nRestaurants and pubs are warning that prices will go up due to a rise in VAT rates, which takes effect from Friday.\n\nOwners said the increase from 5% to 12.5% was badly timed, with one restaurant chain owner saying businesses were already \"hanging by a thread\".\n\nTrade bodies have called for a halt to any further rises in VAT, to help the industry recover from the pandemic.\n\nThe government said hospitality had received \"extensive support\".\n\nVAT - the tax paid when buying goods or services - has been levied at a reduced rate in pubs, restaurants and other hospitality businesses since July 2020 to help them stay afloat during the pandemic.\n\nThe sales tax won't return to its pre-pandemic rate of 20% until April 2022.\n\nHowever, Salima Vellani, founder of restaurant chain Absurd Bird, told the BBC she was \"extremely concerned\" about the increase to 12.5%, which she said was a blow to the hospitality industry.\n\n\"It's just one thing after the other that we are being hit by,\" said the chief executive, who runs five chicken restaurants across the country.\n\n\"We are all hanging on by a thread. We are going to have to put prices up.\"\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said the 5% rate was designed to \"get the sectors moving and to protect jobs\".\n\nThe hospitality and tourism sectors have been hit hard by the pandemic, with many venues closed altogether during lockdowns, and then catering to limited numbers due to social distancing measures. Now staff shortages are preventing some making the most of the recovery.\n\nDavid Moore, the founder of Michelin-star restaurant Pied à Terre, said he had already told one customer who had a £95 voucher for a 10-course menu, that their meal would now cost £105.\n\nHe said the government \"could not have picked a worse time\" to implement the VAT increase, with his business having to cope with rising import, energy and staffing costs.\n\n\"It just does not feel like life is back to anywhere near like normal,\" he added.\n\n\"We just have so many price rises across the board. The utilities are horrendous. The VAT [rise] is not something I can absorb. Every single supplier has increased prices.\n\n\"It's not just vegetables, or just meat, everything is more expensive than it was two years ago.\"\n\nHis restaurant was also currently \"massively understaffed\" he said, sometimes meaning table numbers had to be reduced at peak times.\n\nFor Sue Whiston, finance and operations director at Kuula Poke, a Hawaiian restaurant in Birmingham, the VAT increase was \"premature\". She believes the 5% rate should have been extended for another six months.\n\nShe said shipping costs to source Kuula Poke's produce, from countries such as Japan, China and Thailand, had \"shot through the roof\".\n\nSue Whiston says her costs are \"through the roof\"\n\n\"Mango is something that we buy in hundreds of kilograms at a time, (it) has suddenly overnight increased by 20%,\" she said. \"We have had problems with food availability.\n\n\"Only this week along our main Japanese wholesaler has turned around and said to us they can't make any deliveries to us this week because of the shortage of diesel fuel.\n\n\"So right now we are in this perfect storm of inflationary pressure and VAT is about to go up.\n\nShe expects prices for diners to rise across the sector.\n\nRob Pitcher, the chief executive of Revolution, predicts there will be further price increases next spring when the VAT rate increases to 20%.\n\nThe boss of the bar chain, which has 66 venues and employs about 3,000 staff, said businesses could not afford to take on the extra cost, and so it would be passed on to the customer.\n\n\"The consumer is going to end up paying twice,\" he said.\n\nTrade bodies, including UK Hospitality, the British Beer and Pub Association, and Tourism Alliance have called on the government to make the 12.5% VAT rate permanent, rather than increasing the rate again in the spring, to safeguard the future of businesses and protect jobs.\n\nIn a joint statement, they said returning VAT back to 20% would have \"serious consequences\", with six in 10 businesses noting in a survey that it would \"likely lead to cutbacks and job losses\".\n\nKate Nicholls, chief executive of UK Hospitality, said keeping the VAT rate at 12.5% would be the \"most effective\" move by the government to \"secure a more rapid recovery and rebuild resilience faster\".\n\nBut a Treasury spokesman said the government had \"always been clear\" that lower VAT rates were a \"temporary measure to support businesses as they recover from the pandemic\".\n\n\"The hospitality sector has benefited from extensive support throughout the pandemic through our £400bn Plan for Jobs, with the furlough scheme, grants, tax cuts and deferrals,\" he added.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday evening. We'll have another update for you tomorrow morning.\n\nIt's now been several weeks since children in England returned to school after the summer holidays - and the latest data suggests this has been accompanied by a steep rise in Covid infections among those aged 11 to 15. One in every 20 children of secondary school age in England is infected with the virus, according to estimates from the Office for National Statistics, which cover the week to 25 September. This is the highest reported rate for this age group - or any other - since the pandemic began. A single vaccine dose is now being offered to all 12 to 17-year-olds across the UK to help keep children in school - although they are at very low risk of serious illness from the virus.\n\nThere have been promising results from a trial of a pill to treat severe Covid, with interim data suggesting the experimental drug - molnupiravir - cuts the risk of hospital admission by about half. US drug-maker Merck said its results were so positive that outside monitors had asked to stop the trial early and it would apply for emergency use authorisation for the drug in the US in the next two weeks. If authorised by regulators, molnupiravir would be the first oral antiviral medication for Covid-19.\n\nMolnupiravir is the first oral antiviral treatment for Covid to report clinical trial results\n\nJD Wetherspoon has reported a record annual loss after lockdowns saw its pubs shut for 19 weeks. The chain posted a £154.7m loss in the year to 25 July, after a £34.1 million loss the previous year. Wetherspoon's founder and chairman Tim Martin criticised the \"use of lockdowns and draconian restrictions\". But the company suggested there were signs of recovery since restrictions eased, although it is struggling to recruit staff in some areas.\n\nMore than 50 nations have missed the World Health Organization's target for 10% of their populations to be fully vaccinated against Covid by the end of September. Many are low-income countries, grappling with vaccine supply and health infrastructure issues. Most are in Africa, where the WHO says only 4.4% of people are fully vaccinated. That compares to nearly 66% in the UK, 62% in the EU and 55% in the US. Our Reality Team looks at the challenges of rolling out the vaccine worldwide here.\n\nA temporary reduction in VAT for hospitality businesses worst hit by the pandemic came to an end today. VAT - the tax paid when buying goods or services - was reduced from 20% to 5% in July 2020 but will now rise to 12.5%, before returning to pre-pandemic levels in April. Rebecca Willers, who runs Shepreth Wildlife Park in Cambridgeshire, says the VAT cut was a \"huge lifeline\" which enabled the venue to cut admission fees to encourage more visitors when it reopened in April. However, she says it will now \"have to bear the brunt\" of the increase, as she doesn't want to put off customers by upping prices over winter. You can read more from businesses affected by the change here.\n\nRebecca Willers says her wildlife park will have to \"bear the brunt\" of increased VAT\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWith Scotland's vaccine passport app launched on Thursday, you can find out how Covid certification works across the UK here.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Sarah Everard's killer, a serving police officer, pretended to arrest her in order to abduct her\n\nA police boss who said women \"need to be streetwise\" about powers of arrest in the wake of the Sarah Everard case is being urged to resign.\n\nNorth Yorkshire commissioner Philip Allott sparked fury when he said Ms Everard \"never should have submitted\" to the arrest by her killer.\n\nA Met Police officer falsely arrested the 33-year-old in order to abduct, rape and murder her.\n\nLabour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for Mr Allott to quit.\n\nHe said: \"He should go. I can't think of a more inappropriate thing for a police and crime commissioner to say at any time, but at this time in particular. He should consider his position.\"\n\nMr Allott has apologised for his remarks and said he wanted to retract his comments.\n\nDuring the sentencing of Wayne Couzens at the Old Bailey, it emerged he tricked Ms Everard by falsely arresting her for a breach of coronavirus guidelines.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio York earlier, Conservative Mr Allott said women should be aware this was not an indictable offence - one considered serious enough to warrant a prison sentence or crown court hearing.\n\n\"So women, first of all, need to be streetwise about when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested. She should never have been arrested and submitted to that,\" he said.\n\n\"Perhaps women need to consider in terms of the legal process, to just learn a bit about that legal process\".\n\nThe comments provoked an angry reaction on social media, prompting Mr Allott to reconsider.\n\nIn an apologetic tweet, he said he realised his remarks were \"insensitive and [I] wish to retract them in full\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Allott, who was elected in May, spoke to BBC Radio York\n\nMP for York Central Rachael Maskell added that Mr Allott's position was \"untenable\".\n\n\"Women are not feeling safe on our streets and it is for the police, including the police and crime commissioners to make sure we feel safer,\" she said.\n\nAmong those angered by Mr Allott's comments was campaigner Lucy Arnold, who organised a vigil outside York Minster following the death of Ms Everard, who was originally from York.\n\n\"I think frankly that was a horrifically offensive thing to say,\" she said.\n\n\"Does anyone really feel like they can stand up to a police officer? I am very confident I know my rights, I know the law, but no I wouldn't feel confident at all.\"\n\nLabour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is among those calling for Mr Allott's resignation\n\nThe Everyday Sexism account accused Mr Allott of \"openly blaming Sarah Everard for what happened to her\", and Scotland's First Minister said the comments were \"appalling\".\n\nNicola Sturgeon tweeted it was not \"up to women to fix this\".\n\n\"The problem is male violence, not women's 'failure' to find ever more inventive ways to protect ourselves against it. For change to happen, this needs to be accepted by everyone,\" she said.\n\nLegal commentator David Allen Green added: \"There is not a competent lawyer in the country that would have advised Sarah Everard to resist arrest by a police officer with a warrant card.\"\n\nIn his interview, Mr Allott was also critical of the Met Police's alleged failure to investigate two indecent exposure incidents linked to Couzens in February, describing it as a red flag for any force.\n\n\"A murderer typically commits seven crimes before going on to murder, that man we know committed at least two crimes,\" he said.\n\n\"The police knew, so what should have happened is that it should have been picked up straight away.\"\n\nThe police watchdog has launched an investigation into its handling of the exposure reports, and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has faced calls to resign.\n\nScotland Yard has advised people detained by a lone plain-clothes officer to ask \"searching questions\" and to speak to an operator on a police radio to determine if the officer is genuine.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The body of Sarah Everard was found hidden in woodland\n\nMet Police officer Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to a whole-life term for the murder of Sarah Everard, in a case that sparked national outrage and calls for more action to tackle violence against women.\n\nCouzens admitted the kidnap, rape and murder of the 33-year-old marketing executive when he appeared in court several months ago.\n\nBut it was only during his sentencing that the full details of his crimes emerged.\n\nMs Everard was walking home from a friend's house in Clapham, south London, at about 21:30 BST on 3 March when she was abducted.\n\nCouzens' choice of victim was random, but the attack was planned.\n\nIn his sentencing remarks, Lord Justice Fulford said there had been \"significant planning and premeditation\" by Couzens.\n\nThe police officer had \"long planned to carry out a violent sexual assault on a yet-to-be-selected victim\" who he intended to coerce into his custody, noted the judge.\n\nCouzens spent at least a month travelling to London from Deal, Kent, where he lived, to research how best to carry out his crimes.\n\nSeveral days before the attack, he booked a hire car, which he would use for the abduction, as well as a roll of self-adhesive film advertised as a carpet protector on Amazon.\n\nAfter finishing a 12-hour shift at the US embassy that morning, Couzens, a parliamentary and diplomatic protection officer, went out \"hunting\" for a lone, young woman to kidnap and rape, the prosecution said.\n\nCCTV footage played in court showed Couzens and Ms Everard beside a vehicle on Poynders Road in Clapham\n\nThe court heard how Couzens used the knowledge he had gained from working on Covid patrols in January and his Metropolitan Police-issue warrant card to trick his victim under the guise of a fake arrest for breaching coronavirus guidelines.\n\nThe 48-year-old, who had been a police officer since 2002, handcuffed her before bundling her into the car and driving away.\n\nThe abduction was witnessed by a couple travelling past in a car - but they believed they had seen an undercover police officer carrying out a legitimate arrest, so did not intervene.\n\nThe whole kidnapping took less than five minutes.\n\nCouzens then drove to Dover in Kent, where he transferred Ms Everard to his own car, before travelling to a remote rural area nearby.\n\nIt was there that he raped and murdered his victim - strangling her with his police belt.\n\nBy 02:31 Couzens had left the scene and was spotted at a service station buying drinks.\n\nHe visited the site where Ms Everard's body was dumped twice, leaving just before dawn.\n\nThe next day, as the search for her escalated, Couzens bought petrol, which he used to burn her body inside a fridge.\n\nHe also purchased two green rubble bags, which he used to dump the remains in a pond near an area of woodland he owned in Hoads Wood, Ashford.\n\nA week after she disappeared, Ms Everard's body was found in a woodland stream, just metres from land owned by Couzens.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A CCTV timeline shows key evidence used to arrest and prosecute Wayne Couzens\n\nMeanwhile, Couzens returned to normal life, carrying out mundane activities like calling a vet about his dog.\n\nDays later, he even took his wife and two children on a family trip to the woods where he had burnt his victim's body.\n\nHowever, on the 8 March, the day he was due to return to work, he reported in sick.\n\nThe following day he was arrested at his home in Deal.\n\nIn a brief police interview, he told a false story about being threatened by an Eastern European gang, claiming they had demanded he deliver \"another girl\" after he had underpaid a prostitute a few weeks before. He then claimed he kidnapped Ms Everard, drove out of London and handed her over to three men in a van in a layby in Kent, while she was alive and uninjured.\n\nBut after Ms Everard's body was discovered in a pond just 130 metres from land owned by Couzens, he was charged.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In video from a police interview at his home on 9 March, Couzens denies knowing Sarah Everard\n\nCouzens has since been sacked by the Met, but the force is still facing questions over whether chances were missed to prevent his predatory behaviour.\n\nAfter Ms Everard's murder, the police watchdog announced it was probing alleged failures by the Met to investigate two indecent exposure incidents linked to Couzens in February.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct is also investigating alleged failures by Kent Police to investigate a flashing incident linked to Couzens in 2015.\n\nCouzens transferred to the Met in 2018, from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, where he had worked since 2011.\n\nTwo years later he began working for the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command as an authorised firearms officer at diplomatic premises around central London.\n\nIn July, appearing by video link from Belmarsh high security jail, Couzens pleaded guilty to murder at the Old Bailey.\n\nOn Wednesday he appeared in court again - this time in person - for a two-day sentencing hearing.\n\nThere, he faced Ms Everard's mother, father and sister, who described to the court the torment of losing their loved one in such horrendous circumstances.\n\nHer father, Jeremy, demanded that Couzens looked at him as he told the murderer he could never forgive him for taking away his daughter.\n\nHer mother, Susan, said she was \"tormented\" at the thought of what her \"precious little girl\" had endured.\n\n\"I go through the sequence of events. I wonder when she realised she was in mortal danger,\" she told the court.\n\n\"Burning her body was the final insult. It meant we could never again see her sweet face and never say goodbye.\n\n\"Our lives will never be the same. We should be a family of five, but now we are four. Her death leaves a yawning chasm in our lives that cannot be filled.\"", "Police missed that Wayne Couzens' car linked him to an allegation of indecent exposure, a Met review into how he became an officer in London has found.\n\nInformation that may have identified him as a potential sex offender was received by the force 72 hours before he killed Sarah Everard.\n\nThe two unrelated reports, and how officers dealt with them, are being investigated by the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\nCouzens will spend his life in prison.\n\nThe IOPC is looking into the Met's handling of three potential incidents.\n\nThe most recent one concerns whether officers \"responded appropriately\" when they were called to a fast-food restaurant in south London on 28 February, three days before the marketing executive was kidnapped.\n\nIn a statement issued on Thursday night, the Met described the incident as being subject to \"a live criminal inquiry\".\n\n\"That crime was allocated for investigation but by the time of Sarah's abduction it was not concluded,\" the force said.\n\nIt added it would \"re-evaluate our approach to indecent exposure\".\n\nSeparately in 2015, Kent Police received a report of an alleged indecent exposure.\n\nCouzens was not named as the suspect, but the vehicle involved was identified. That information would have been enough to establish that Couzens was the owner.\n\nSpeaking to reporters at Scotland Yard, Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave said Kent Police had investigated the report and took no further action.\n\nHe explained: \"One of a number of checks that forms part of the vetting process may not have been undertaken correctly when he joined the Met.\n\n\"This check related to a vehicle that was registered to Couzens that was linked to an allegation of indecent exposure that was reported to Kent Police in 2015.\"\n\nThe assistant commissioner said the review into the vetting of Couzens concluded that even if that information had been known, it would not have changed the outcome.\n\nHowever, the reasons for this remain unclear.\n\nDame Cressida Dick said the case had \"brought shame on the Met\"\n\nThe statement the Met issued on Thursday night added: \"We want the public to have confidence in our vetting and are taking extra measures to ensure our processes are the best they can be and address any potential weaknesses.\n\n\"Vetting is a snapshot in time and, unfortunately, can never 100% guarantee an individual's integrity.\"\n\nMeanwhile, two senior Met officers told London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee they were not aware of rumours that Couzens was nicknamed \"the rapist\" by colleagues.\n\nHowever, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Tom Winsor said the nickname was known by some officers.\n\nSir Tom, who in his role has responsibility for the inspection of police forces, told the BBC Couzens \"also had allegedly a reputation in terms of drug abuse, extreme pornography and other offences of this kind\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The rollout of third doses of Covid vaccines for vulnerable people with weak immune systems has gone \"badly wrong\", say charities.\n\nVaccine experts recommended on 1 September that immunosuppressed patients should be given the extra dose to give them fuller protection.\n\nBut Kidney Care UK and Blood Cancer UK say many are still waiting.\n\nNHS England says eligible patients should be offered the third doses by the end of next week.\n\nStudies have shown that people who are immunosuppressed - around 500,000 people in the UK - are unlikely to mount a strong defence against Covid-19, even after two doses of vaccine.\n\nThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advised that individuals such as those undergoing chemotherapy, HIV patients or people who have received an organ transplant, should get a third dose as soon as possible.\n\nOn 2 September, NHS England sent out guidance to doctors saying this third dose should be given at least eight weeks after the second jab, and at a time when the patient is not receiving treatment that may make the vaccine less likely to work.\n\nGPs and hospital consultants were asked to identify eligible patients and begin contacting them by 13 September.\n\nBut people have taken to social media to express their frustration at not being able to access a jab, despite the rollout of the separate booster programme for the over-50s and at-risk groups.\n\nSteve Harrison, from Lincolnshire, had a kidney transplant in December 2020 and is eligible for a third dose. He feels the most vulnerable have been forgotten.\n\nHe said: \"Arranging the third vaccine has been a nightmare. Neither my consultant nor my GP knew about it.\n\n\"I have spent days speaking to doctors, consultants, the CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group) and I am still no closer to having my vaccine booked.\n\n\"Shielding ending, restrictions lifting, the world getting back to normal and moving forwards, yet I feel like I am moving backwards.\"\n\nThe charities Kidney Care UK and Blood Cancer UK have both expressed concern at the high number of calls and emails they have received about the issue over the last few weeks.\n\nKidney Care UK has passed on the names of more than 80 GP practices to NHS England which it says were not currently assisting people with a third dose.\n\nFiona Loud, its policy director, said: \"This lack of clarity is causing a huge amount of stress, anxiety and frustration amongst thousands of kidney patients.\n\n\"This group are returning to work and public places with no specific national advice or support.\n\n\"They feel completely let down and many have told us this is the most worried and anxious they have felt throughout the entire pandemic.\"\n\nNHS England issued new guidance to hospital trusts on 30 September, with instructions that action be taken immediately to contact all those eligible for their third dose by 11 October.\n\nThese will be recorded as a \"booster\" shot until the national system can be updated to recognise third \"primary\" doses. This will ensure immunosuppressed patients can then be contacted again in six months for their booster fourth dose.\n\nAn NHS spokesperson said: \"While a decision on when to get a third jab remains a decision between a patient and their clinician who know about their ongoing care and treatment, all hospitals have been asked to identify and offer a jab to those who are eligible, by the end of next week.\n\n\"Where vaccines cannot be administered at the same site, patients and their GP will be written to shortly so they can arrange their jab at their local practice or vaccine centre.\"\n• None Covid-19- How effective is a third vaccine dose- - BBC Future", "Drivers encountered lengthy queues at many forecourts on Saturday\n\nBoris Johnson should recall Parliament to pass new laws to sort out fuel and food shortages, says Labour's leader.\n\nSir Keir Starmer says \"emergency action\" is needed to speed up visas for 5,000 extra HGV drivers.\n\nThe prime minister - who will be in Manchester next week at the Tory conference - said the UK supply chain was \"very resilient\".\n\nAnd he accused the haulage industry of being too reliant on low-paid migrant workers.\n\nThere have been long queues at petrol stations this week after a shortage of drivers disrupted fuel deliveries.\n\nMinisters have announced a temporary visa scheme for three months until Christmas Eve to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.\n\nAsked in a BBC interview about the shortages, the prime minister said: \"This Christmas will be considerably more festive than last year.\"\n\nHe said the UK had \"very resilient supply chains\" and that he would not allow the UK to repeat the \"failures\" of the past, by allowing mass immigration to create a \"low-wage, low-skill economy\" for British workers.\n\nHe accused campaign groups representing the food sector of wanting go back to a system of \"unskilled, mass immigration\" that people \"had voted against\".\n\n\"The solution is to make sure these jobs are properly paid, that we attract people into them and that we invest in automation, facilities and plant because this country has lagged behind competitors for over a decade.\"\n\nDowning Street has been approached for a comment on calls for Parliament to be brought back from party conference recess to tackle the crisis.\n\nSir Keir told BBC News MPs should sit for \"one day, maybe next week\" to approve temporary visas for foreign lorry drivers.\n\nThe Labour leader said the prime minister was \"burying his head in the sand\"\n\nSpeaking outside a petrol station in north London, he said \"at this garage there's no fuel and it's typical of garages across the country.\"\n\n\"The government has said we need visas. There's no sign of any visas.\"\n\nHe accused Mr Johnson of \"burying his head in the sand\" over the crisis, adding that Labour would vote for whatever legislation is needed.\n\nThe Lib Dems are also urging a recall, with the party's business spokesperson Sarah Olney saying the country can not \"wait any longer for Boris Johnson to realise there is a problem to solve\".\n\n\"Care workers can't get to their patients, schools buses are being cancelled, and millions of drivers are left stranded in endless queues.\n\n\"Enough is enough. If the government can't do their job, then MPs should be able to do it for them.\"\n\nThe SNP did not rule out backing a recall. The party's Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, said: \"At the very least we there should be cross-party discussions this weekend.\n\n\"We're certainly in the teeth of a crisis and we would welcome an early opportunity to debate it.\"", "Major problems have been reported with Scotland's Covid vaccine passport app, just hours after its launch.\n\nPeople now need proof they have had two doses of vaccine in order to enter nightclubs and many other large events.\n\nThe NHS Scotland Covid Status app only became available to download on Apple and Android devices at about 17:30 on Thursday.\n\nBut many people have said they were unable to access their vaccination status through the app.\n\nThe Scottish government said more than 70,000 people had downloaded the app on on Thursday, with a spokesman adding: \"This huge demand did mean that some people experienced delays and we are sorry that happened.\n\n\"We have now increased the capacity of the NHS systems that sit behind the app - where most of the issues causing delays have occurred - in order to deal with demand and, as a result, we are seeing increasing numbers of people now able to access their records.\"\n\nAnecdotal evidence on social media suggested that problems may have arisen when people tried to use their NHS CHI number to register.\n\nThis step comes after users are asked to take a picture of their passport or driving licence.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said there should be an \"indefinite delay\" to the rollout of the new scheme to avoid a \"weekend of chaos\" at venues across the country.\n\nHe added: \"Thousands of people will be at the football and going out to hospitality premises this weekend.\n\n\"This plan should really be scrapped altogether but, if the SNP insist on charging ahead, they must indefinitely delay the vaccine passport scheme until the most basic issues are ironed out.\"\n\nMany people reported problems registering with the scheme on Friday\n\nPeople have been sharing their experiences of trying to download the new vaccine passport app.\n\nDean of the Faculty of Advocates, Roddy Dunlop QC, described the app as the \"worst I have ever tried to use\".\n\nHe wrote on Twitter: \"I am not prone to hyperbole. I promise.\n\n\"And I instantly recognise that I was originally instructed to challenge the introduction of Covid passports and so am not neutral.\n\n\"But try the app. This is, literally, the worst app I have ever tried to use.\"\n\nAnother app user shared screenshots of his experience on Twitter during which he was told \"no match found\" followed by: \"Something went wrong. We're working on it.\"\n\nOthers reported issues getting past the initial log in page, while a BBC Good Morning Scotland listener told the programme that he had tried twice to download the app without success.\n\nHe said: \"I tried for a couple of hours last night but not joy and this morning I tried again and although I could get past the biometric part it would take me to end of the process and was still not working.\n\n\"It just isn't suitable for purpose at the moment, they should have known it was going to happen in the first place.\"\n\nUniversity of Edinburgh scientist Dr Christine Tait-Burkard said she was unable to get the app working, being told a match could not be found for her on the NHS database.\n\nHowever, the academic told the programme that once up and running, the app will help \"persuade some of the hesitant people [to get vaccinated] if the vaccine passport has consequences.\"\n\nMike Rhodes, of the IT firm ConsultMyApp, said he thought the servers being used for the app were being overloaded because of demand but this should have been anticipated.\n\nHe said: \"It is highly likely that those developers that built the app shell also built the interface to the back-end servers that ended up failing.\n\n\"Secondly, this wasn't an unforeseen event - the developers absolutely knew this would be downloaded incredibly quickly and was likely to get hundreds of thousands of people attempting to register at the same time.\"\n\nMr Rhodes questioned why there was \"so little time\" between the app being launched and it being needed for entry into events.\n\nThe new rules came into effect at 05:00 on Friday - but the government announced earlier this week that they will not actually be enforced until 18 October.\n\nPaul Banham, of Glasgow's Buff Club, told BBC Scotland's Lunchtime Live: \"We'll be having a look at them over the next few weeks but we won't be refusing entry if someone doesn't have it - there's too many glitches at the moment.\n\n\"We've had a lot of students contact us and a lot of them are saying they have been vaccinated in other areas of the UK and that is not showing on their Covid status so there's a few gaps at the moment and hopefully they will be ironed out.\"\n\nThe Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), which represents nightclub, lost a legal bid to delay the rollout on Thursday.\n\nIt had argued that the new system was \"discriminatory\" and \"disproportionate\".\n\nBut judge Lord Burns ruled that the vaccine passports were \"an attempt to address the legitimate issues identified in a balanced way\", and was within the margin of what the government could decide was a reasonable response to the pandemic.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the court judgement was \"clear and emphatic\".\n\nShe said: \"This is a targeted and proportionate way to try and reduce the harm the virus will do over the winter months, to keep our economy open and fully functioning.\n\n\"We will continue to engage with businesses not just in the run-up to the enforcement of this on 18 October, we will do that afterwards as well so we are listening and understanding and working collectively to keep the country as safe as possible.\"\n\nThe vaccine certification scheme will require venues such as nightclubs to put in place a \"reasonable system\" to check the status of customers over the age of 18\n\nThe vaccine certification scheme will require venues to put in place a \"reasonable system\" to check the status of customers over the age of 18, with certain exemptions on medical grounds.\n\nVenues affected include nightclubs, unseated indoor events with more than 500 people, unseated outdoor events with more than 4,000 people, and any event with more than 10,000 people in attendance.\n\nElsewhere in the UK, Wales plans to introduce its own Covid passport rules later this month but England has scrapped similar plans.\n\nNorthern Ireland has yet to announce a formal vaccination passport scheme.\n\nThe Scottish launch comes as latest figures show that a total of 4,189,701 people have received the coronavirus vaccine in Scotland, of which 3,837,689 people have received two doses.", "Patsy Stevenson, who was arrested at the vigil for Sarah Everard in March, says the Metropolitan Police's suggestions of knocking on a door or waving a bus down are \"almost laughable if it wasn't so disgusting\".\n\nShe tells the PA news agency: \"I feel like they are just clutching at straws, because the advice isn't relevant. It's like a distraction because, number one, in that situation, you can't just stop and hail down a bus or a taxi or something.\n\n\"Can you imagine the distrust that people have right now where they have to protect themselves from the police in that manner? That is shocking.\"\n\nShe says if someone had done something illegal it is the police giving them permission to run off, adding: \"It doesn't make any sense. They could have been enacting change for ages now, but they haven't, and they're still not doing it, they're just putting out a statement to quieten people down.\"\n\nThe force has advised anyone who is concerned a police officer is not acting legitimately during an interaction to ask where the officer's colleagues are; where they have come from; why they are there; and exactly why they are stopping or talking to them.\n\nAnyone could verify the police officer by asking to hear their radio operator or asking to speak to the radio operator themselves, the force says, also suggesting that people who are concerned can shout out to a passer-by, run into a house, knock on a door, wave a bus down, or call 999.\n\nStevenson is currently involved in legal action against the Metropolitan Police over its actions at the 13 March vigil.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick says the force has been \"shamed\" and \"rocked\" by the case\n\nTrust in the Metropolitan Police has been \"shaken\" by the murder of Sarah Everard by a then-serving officer, the force's commissioner has admitted.\n\nDame Cressida Dick said she recognised \"a precious bond of trust has been damaged\" and she would ensure \"any lessons\" were learned from the case.\n\nShe was delivering a statement after facing calls to resign.\n\nThe Met faces questions over whether chances were missed to prevent Wayne Couzens from murdering Ms Everard.\n\nLabour MP Harriet Harman called for Dame Cressida to stand down, saying women's trust in the force \"will have been shattered\", while former Met chief superintendent Parm Sandhu also called for the commissioner to resign.\n\nBut Home Secretary Priti Patel said while the Met had \"serious questions\" to answer, she would \"continue to work with\" the Met chief.\n\nCouzens, 48, kidnapped, raped and murdered Ms Everard, 33, in March. He has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term.\n\nSpeaking outside the Old Bailey, where Couzens was sentenced, Dame Cressida said she was \"absolutely sickened\" by the case - adding that it had \"brought shame on the Met\" and \"rocked\" the organisation.\n\nCouzens' actions were a \"gross betrayal of everything policing stands for\", she said, and had \"eroded the confidence that the public are entitled to have in the police\".\n\nShe said: \"I absolutely know that there are those who feel that their trust in us is shaken. I recognise that for some people a precious bond of trust has been damaged.\"\n\nDame Cressida said she realised what had happened to Sarah Everard and other women in London and elsewhere recently had \"raised important questions about women's safety\".\n\nShe committed to \"keep working with others to improve women's safety and reduce the fear of violence\".\n\n\"There are no words that can fully express the fury and overwhelming sadness that we all feel about what happened to Sarah. I am so sorry.\"\n\nThe Met has announced that it will no longer deploy plain-clothes officers on their own, and will instead send them in pairs.\n\nDeputy Commissioner Sir Stephen House said there would be \"occasions\" where that was not possible - such as when a pair of officers were split up - and noted that off-duty officers not in uniform \"put themselves on duty\" when they come across an incident.\n\nIn other moves to allay concerns, the Met said it would deploy 650 new officers into busy public places, including those where women and girls often lack confidence that they are safe\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Priti Patel said she would continue to hold the police to account, but refused to say if Cressida Dick should resign\n\nCouzens, who had been a police officer since 2002, transferred to the Met in 2018 from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, where he had worked since 2011.\n\nHe was sacked by the Met in July after pleading guilty, but the force is still facing questions over whether chances were missed to prevent his predatory behaviour.\n\nAfter Ms Everard's murder, the police watchdog announced it was probing alleged failures by the Met to investigate two indecent exposure incidents linked to Couzens in February.\n\nIn a statement, the Met said it received an allegation of indecent exposure some 72 hours before Sarah was abducted. That crime was allocated for investigation but by the time of Sarah's abduction it was not concluded, the force said.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct is also investigating alleged failures by Kent Police to investigate a flashing incident linked to Couzens in 2015.\n\nA Scotland Yard review into how Couzens became a police officer in London found that it missed that his car had been linked to an allegation of indecent exposure.\n\nThe Met said it had asked the policing watchdog to pay \"particular attention to our vetting practices\" in its inspection of the force.\n\nBut the force added that \"vetting is a snapshot in time and unfortunately, can never 100% guarantee an individual's integrity\".\n\nA \"complete overhaul\" of vetting procedures was needed, Ms Sandhu, a former Met chief superintendent, told BBC Radio 4's World, adding that she did not have trust in the Met commissioner to make the necessary changes.\n\nMeanwhile, Ms Harman, who is chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, said it was \"not possible\" for Dame Cressida to \"rebuild the shattered confidence of women in the police service\".\n\nThis month, it was announced that Dame Cressida - the first woman to lead London's police force - will serve an extra two years in her role and remain in post until 2024.\n\nDays before the announcement, a number of high-profile figures wrote an open letter accusing her of \"presiding over a culture of incompetence and cover-up\".\n\nMs Patel said there were \"serious questions\" that needed to be answered by the Metropolitan Police - but backed Dame Cressida.\n\nSpeaking at the Home Office, the home secretary said: \"From the very day that Sarah went missing, I have been, clearly, in contact with the Metropolitan Police and putting forward some questions around the conduct of the potential suspect at the time and all the requirements and checks that should have been put in place.\"\n\nWhen asked if Dame Cressida should resign, she said: \"I will continue to work with the Metropolitan Police and the commissioner to hold them to account as everybody would expect me to do.\"", "People stopped by a lone plain-clothes officer should challenge their legitimacy, the Met Police has said.\n\nThe force is seeking to reassure women after the murder of Sarah Everard by serving police officer, Wayne Couzens.\n\nThe Met has advised people detained by a lone plain-clothes officer to ask questions like \"Where are your colleagues?\" and \"Where have you come from?\"\n\nBut some women say this shifts the onus back on to them.", "Dr Dre (L) will be joined by fellow West-Coast rapper Snoop Dogg in California\n\nDr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Eminem are among the stars who will perform the coveted half-time show at next year's Super Bowl, the NFL has confirmed.\n\nThey will be joined by Mary J Blige and Kendrick Lamar in Los Angeles, in a performance likely to draw tens of millions of viewers.\n\nThe stars, who have 43 Grammys between them, will perform together for the first time in February.\n\n\"This will introduce the next saga of my career,\" Dr Dre wrote on Instagram.\n\n\"The opportunity to perform at the Super Bowl LVI half-time show, and to do it in my own back yard, will be one of the biggest thrills of my career,\" the LA-based rapper and producer said in a statement.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by NFL This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe performance will mark a reunion for the hip-hop legend with Eminem and Snoop Dogg, whose dazzling careers he launched. The trio performed together on Dr Dre's multi-platinum-selling album 2001.\n\nThe artists will follow in the footsteps of The Weeknd, who performed the show this year, and Shakira and Jennifer Lopez, whose 2020 performance was watched by 104 million people.\n\nThe Super Bowl half-time show is one of the most prestigious gigs in music, with previous headliners including Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Lady Gaga and Beyonce.\n\nIt is organised by the NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation, a production firm owned by rapper Jay-Z.\n\nJay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, said the performance would be \"history in the making\".\n\nNext year's event will take place at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Sunday, 13 February.", "I'm A Celebrity is heading back to Wales - and a new book reveals some of the secrets behind the castle show\n\nPreparations have begun in for the 2021 series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here.\n\nThe ITV show will be filmed at Abergele's Gwrych Castle for a second year, with Covid preventing a return to the Australian jungle.\n\nThe Conwy county castle has now closed to the public to allow TV producers to begin preparing for the series.\n\nA new book gives an idea of the work involved in converting the derelict Grade I listed castle for the show.\n\nIt reveals the show's production team is made up of 500 people, many of whom worked in a huge tent erected in the castle grounds.\n\nOn one windy day, the crew had to briefly abandon their offices when some guy ropes came loose.\n\nIt also reports the celebrities' sleeping and living area had to be roofed over because of the Welsh weather, but this meant building a special chimney and extractor to remove fumes from the camp fire.\n\nThe filming schedule meant the celebrities' trials, in which they complete tasks involving insects or unpleasant foods, were actually filmed well after midnight.\n\nA special kitchen was set up to prepare dishes like fermented duck eggs and blended vomit fruit - well away from the main staff canteen.\n\nThe castle, near Abergele, was built in the early 19th Century\n\nThe souvenir guidebook was co-written by Mark Baker, chairman of the Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust, which owns the castle.\n\n\"It was an enormous task to turn a derelict and sometimes dangerous ruin into a TV set,\" he said.\n\n\"It was just extraordinary how they repurposed lots of the interior spaces in the historic building - it wasn't just all fake sets, they used the actual castle, and it's quite exciting to show people how that happened.\"\n\nHe said ITV had been \"incredibly sensitive to the history and fabric of the place\" and to Welsh culture.\n\n\"Where the celebrities' bathroom was, was also a place where staff would have washed back in history.\n\n\"It was lovely to work with them, and exciting to work with them again this autumn.\"\n\nThe sight of a crane over the top of the castle in the past few weeks has led to speculation that new areas of the castle may feature in the 2021 series.\n\nKiosk Cledwyn proved a big hit for the show in 2020 - but will he be back in the castle this year?\n\nSources close to the programme said the most prominent Welsh character - Kiosk Cledwyn - would be making a return to the screen to give the celebrities luxury rewards if they succeed in challenges.\n\nPreparations have also begun in the town of Abergele itself, where the Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust has opened a souvenir shop to sell merchandise while the castle is closed to visitors for the filming.\n\nThe throne on which Giovanna Fletcher was crowned queen of the castle at the end of the 2020 series is also in display in the shop.\n\nBusinesses in Abergele were hoping that the programme would help boost trade and create a buzz in the area.\n\nThe Veg Shop owner Tracey Brennan hopes the show will bring a boost to trade - and lift spirits after Covid\n\nTracey Brennan, who owns The Veg Shop in the town centre, said she could not wait.\n\n\"It's been such a terrible trading year, and when last year's show went out, we were all in lockdown,\" she said.\n\n\"From a business point of view, after being locked down for lots of last winter, we can now look forward to a period with more visitors and more footfall, and try to recoup losses from earlier in the year.\n\n\"We've already seen lots of tourists who have been talking about coming back in winter and asking us where is the best place to view the castle.\n\n\"It will be something between autumn and Christmas to lift people's spirits.\n\n\"We can't wait to see the celebs, and are even hoping we'll get to see a bit more of them in the town this year.\"\n\nGiovanna Fletcher's throne where she was crowned winner last year is on display in the special I'm A Celebrity shop\n\nConwy council has put plans in place to improve safety on the roads in the area, where a woman was killed during last year's show after being hit by a car while trying to take a photo of the castle.\n\nIt also hopes the show's producers will look at featuring other locations around north Wales.\n\nLouise Emery, cabinet member for the economy, said: \"We're delighted the show is being filmed in Abergele again, and we're looking forward to seeing some familiar locations on national TV.\n\n\"Covid restrictions will be less this year, so we're quietly hoping that the production team will be able to do more filming in the surrounding area.\n\n\"The mountains, coast and landscapes of Conwy county lend themselves to all sorts of creative challenges for the celebrities - who knows what we'll see.\n\n\"This year's show has already brought economic benefits to the area. It's been really good to see local businesses supplying catering and other services to the production crew as they start to get the castle ready.\n\n\"We're hoping those economic benefits can continue long after the show comes off air and the celebrities have headed home.\"", "What difference will the clinics make?\n\nCarrying out diagnostic tests in community settings is nothing new. A number of hospitals already operate similar clinics - in fact some of the sites included in this announcement are running now. The investment is much needed. Access to tests and scans is a real bottleneck in the system at the moment, slowing down the ability of the NHS to work its way through the backlog in routine care and, sometimes, delaying the diagnosis of cancer. The aim is to get these tests done within six weeks of referral, unless it is an urgent cancer case. But currently nearly a quarter of patients wait longer than that. Before the pandemic fewer than 5% did. The NHS carries out more than 15 million diagnostic tests a year. The government says these clinics will be able to do 2.8 million. But as there is a shortage of specialists to carry out these tests, it remains to be seen by how much these clinics will expand capacity rather than just lead to services being transferred from hospital into the community.", "Shakira (pictured in 2020) was in Barcelona, Spain, when the animals attacked\n\nPop superstar Shakira says she was the victim of a random attack by a pair of wild boars while walking in a park in Barcelona with her eight-year-old son.\n\nThe Colombian singer said the animals attacked her, before seizing her bag and retreating with it into the woods.\n\nShe shared her bizarre tale in a series of Instagram stories on Wednesday.\n\nHolding the now recovered but torn bag towards the camera, she said: \"Look at how two wild boar which attacked me in the park have left my bag.\"\n\n\"They were taking my bag to the woods with my mobile phone in it,\" the singer continued. \"They've destroyed everything.\"\n\nShe then turned to her son, whose father is the Barcelona footballer Gerard Piqué, and said: \"Milan tell the truth. Say how your mummy stood up to the wild boar.\"\n\nShakira is the latest victim of the increasingly aggressive hogs which have invaded the Catalan capital in recent years.\n\nIn 2016, Spanish police received 1,187 phone calls about wild hogs attacking dogs, plundering cat-feeders, holding up traffic and running into cars in the city.\n\nIn 2013, one city police officer attempted to take charge of the problem himself and shot at a boar with his service revolver, but missed and hit his partner instead.\n\nBoars, which can carry a wide variety of diseases, are listed among the world's most invasive species and can survive in almost any environment. But increasingly the animals are drawn to cities, where they live off rubbish discarded by humans.\n\nTheir numbers have exploded across Europe, with the latest estimates now surpassing around 10 million across the continent.\n\nAs they have become more aggressive and more of a nuisance, many cities have employed a variety of strategies to cull their numbers. In Berlin, urban hunters have killed thousands of the animals but the problem persists.\n\nLast year police officers in Rome sparked outrage after they shot a family of wild boar that had wandered into a children's playground with tranquiliser darts and gave them lethal injections.\n\nYou may also be interested in:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The murder of Sarah Everard sparked a national outcry, spurring women to share their experiences of feeling unsafe on the streets. Many included a sense of the teller lining themselves up shoulder-to-shoulder with her: \"She was the same age as me\", \"I used to live near her\", \"I've walked the same route\".\n\nMs Everard didn't set herself up to be such an everywoman, a symbol of longstanding - and ongoing - violence against women. She had no choice in her name becoming a battle cry for change.\n\nThe private, excoriating grief of friends and family seems to have been subsumed by the wider - albeit important and valid - reactions of protest and polemic, marches and mass mourning.\n\nSarah Everard was a daughter, sister, friend and colleague. According to those in the know, she was dreadful at karaoke but \"brilliant\" at everything else.\n\nThere were just 38 minutes between the time this \"clever, articulate and caring\" woman left a friend's house and the last time she was seen.\n\nThe final image of her, captured by a bus camera, also showed a white Vauxhall Astra with its hazard lights on and both front doors open.\n\nThe car had been hired specifically for kidnapping a woman. It was returned to the rental company the following morning, having served its purpose.\n\nHer body was found a week later in a woodland stream in Ashford, Kent, where her killer owned a patch of land.\n\nA complete stranger, a police officer, had kidnapped, raped and murdered her.\n\nHe knew what he was doing, this man who killed her for his own gratuitous wants.\n\nOutwardly, he had what appeared to be a perfectly ordinary life. A responsible job. Wife and children. A house in Deal in Kent he shared with them.\n\nBut the 48-year-old officer's façade hid the actions of a sexual predator who had been planning the crime - although not yet selecting his victim - in chilling detail. On 28 February, three days before he killed Ms Everard, he had been accused of indecent exposure in a branch of McDonald's. It wasn't the first time.\n\nThe very same day, he bought a roll of self-adhesive plastic described as \"carpet protector\" and booked the hire car he would use to abduct the marketing executive. He arranged for time off work.\n\nAfter he killed Ms Everard, he bought builders' bags, a tarpaulin and a cargo net, wiped his phone and concocted an implausible and time-wasting web of lies about his involvement in her disappearance.\n\nThat they won't have to sit through the grisly evidence and twisted lies of a trial must be scant relief to her loved ones.\n\nMs Everard should have had a brilliant future, a lot to look forward to. She had bounced back after a relationship breakup and was seeing someone new. She had just started a new job.\n\nShe, her boyfriend Josh Lowth and four others were planning a trip to Ibiza at the end of summer.\n\nOne of Ms Everard's friends said: \"What I loved about her was that she had depth. She wasn't a vapid, nice person. She had opinions, sarcasm and wanted things to be better.\n\n\"We could trust her to fight the good fight.\"\n\nMs Everard grew up in York, with an older brother and sister. Her father was a professor and her mother a charity worker.\n\nDescribed by her family as \"bright and beautiful\", \"kind and thoughtful\", \"caring and dependable\", she \"always put others first and had the most amazing sense of humour. She was strong and principled and a shining example to us all\".\n\nRose Woollard has been a close friend of Ms Everard since university, and was one of the first to become alarmed. She contacted the BBC in an attempt to raise awareness before Ms Everard's disappearance had become an official police investigation.\n\nMs Woollard said: \"Sarah has always been an exceptional friend, dropping everything to be there to support her friends, whenever they need her.\n\n\"It was only recently that she was telling me the good news about her new role, which she was excited to start.\"\n\n\"She was sunshine and light, and made you feel warm and good and safe,\" said another friend. \"I feel angry about it as well, but my main anger is that it happened to her.\"\n\nA former colleague said: \"Sometimes you meet a person with a beautiful soul and it shines through.\n\n\"There is nothing anyone can say that will make things better for her family and loved ones. They must be in hell. I can only say that Sarah was a very special person and will be missed by so many.\"\n\nThe uproar over Ms Everard's death, and what she has come to represent, led one friend to say: \"I would like to just say who she was to me, as a person.\n\n\"Finding the right words is so hard.\n\n\"I can't sum her up in a few well-chosen words, nor express what she meant to me by sharing memories. I can only skim the surface now in the wake of the horror and the anger, and work through the rest alone in the weeks and months to follow.\n\n\"Sarah was open. Honest. Unflinching in her ability to listen and empathise. There are some people you know for a relatively short time, but whom you instantly strike up a close bond with due to your similarities - Sarah was one of these people. We shared a lot, and I was never in any doubt of her discretion or sincerity in her support and kindness. We laughed, we cried. We talked about the future.\n\nA simple post on Facebook on 14 June said: \"Happy Birthday Sarah Everard. I miss you today, and every single day\".\n\nWhen she was taken, Ms Everard was less than a mile from her flat in Brixton. The killer had been cruising around for more than four hours before he saw her for the first time. Years of predatory behaviour, days of planning, hours of scouting, and mere minutes to trap his prey.\n\nThis was a decision he made. It was not a frenzied attack in which a person loses self-control. It was cool-headed and clinical.\n\nInvestigators are looking into the hypothesis he used his police ID card as a means to stop Ms Everard, under the guise of questioning her about Covid restrictions.\n\nAt any point he could have driven away.", "Natasha Ednan-Laperouse died of anaphylaxis in 2016 after eating sesame in a baguette\n\nThe parents of a teenager who died after an allergic reaction to a Pret a Manger baguette have welcomed the introduction of a new food safety law.\n\nThe rules - known as \"Natasha's Law\" - require full ingredient and allergen labelling on all food made on premises and pre-packed for direct sale.\n\nThe change follows the death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse from anaphylaxis after she ate sesame in a baguette.\n\nHer parents said she would be \"very proud\" of the new regulations.\n\nNatasha's mother, Tanya Ednan-Laperouse, told BBC Breakfast that she and husband Nadhim had been waiting for this day for years. \"Today we really feel like we've achieved it and it feels really special,\" she said.\n\nMr Ednan-Laperouse said they had set up a parliamentary petition online calling for an allergy tsar as a \"matter of life and death\".\n\n\"This is not what a great British nation should accept, that young people can die in this day and age because of the food they eat, when all it takes is more joined-up thinking to better protect them,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nThe couple set up the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation and campaigned for the change in law after a food labelling loophole left Natasha unaware that the baguette she ate contained sesame seeds.\n\nThe coroner at the 2018 inquest into her death concluded that Pret a Manger's allergy labelling was inadequate.\n\nNatasha, from Fulham, west London, ate an artichoke, olive and tapenade baguette bought from a Pret shop at about 07:00 BST in Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport on 17 July 2016, West London Coroner's Court heard.\n\nShe began to feel ill during a British Airways flight, and suffered a cardiac arrest. Despite her father administering two EpiPen injections, she died later the same day.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Natasha's parents Tanya and Nadim Ednan-Laperouse: \"We've been waiting for this day for three years\"\n\nThe inquest heard the baguette contained sesame - which Natasha was allergic to - baked into the dough, but the ingredient was not listed on the packaging.\n\nPret did not label \"artisan\" baguettes as containing sesame seeds despite six allergic reaction cases in the year before Natasha died, the inquest heard.\n\nThe regulations Natasha's law, all food retailers will be required to display full ingredient and allergen labelling on every food item made on the premises and pre-packed for direct sale - including sandwiches, cakes and salads.\n\nPreviously, non pre-packaged fresh food made on the premises did not need to be individually labelled with allergen or ingredient information.\n\nOver the last 18 months cafes and restaurants have had to deal with a raft of new legislation because of the pandemic, faced huge losses during periods of closure, and had to make significant changes to the way they operate to cope with changing customer habits.\n\nBut food labelling is a hugely important issue for a growing number of consumers who suffer from allergies. They've been asking for clearer labelling for years, and understandably they don't want to wait any longer.\n\nThe regulator is trying to be flexible with an industry already under strain, so we're unlikely to see fines straight away.\n\nBut the Food Standards Agency will expect cafes and restaurants to at least be attempting to sort out their labelling and comply with the law before the end of the year.\n\nMr Ednan-Laperouse said Natasha's Law would be vital in helping to protect the two to three million people in the UK living with food allergies from life-threatening allergic reactions.\n\nHe said: \"It is about saving lives and marks a major milestone in our campaign to support people in this country with food allergies.\n\n\"This change in the law brings greater transparency about the foods people are buying and eating; it will give people with food allergies confidence when they are buying pre-packaged food for direct sale such as sandwiches and salads. Everyone should be able to consume food safely.\"\n\nMrs Ednan-Laperouse said: \"Natasha was always extremely careful to check the food labels and until that terrible day in 2016 hadn't had a severe allergic reaction for over nine years.\n\n\"Nothing can bring Natasha back, and we have to live with that reality every day, but we know in our hearts that Natasha would be very proud that a new law in her name will help to protect others.\"Food Standards Agency chief executive Emily Miles said: \"If these changes drive down the number of hospital admissions caused by food allergies, which have seen a threefold increase over the last 20 years, and prevent further tragic deaths such as Natasha's, that can only be a positive thing.\"\n\nA Pret a Manger spokesman said it has fully rolled out ingredient labelling, and this process began in 2019.", "Greg Gilbert was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2016\n\nGreg Gilbert - the lead singer of indie band Delays - has died from cancer aged 44.\n\nHis wife Stacey Heale made an announcement on social media, saying he had \"gently slipped away into the stars\".\n\nFans and fellow musicians rallied to help Mr Gilbert when he was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2016.\n\nIn August it was announced he had been taken off treatment and was receiving pain relief at a hospice.\n\nGreg's brother Aaron, who plays keyboards in the band, said in a statement on social media \"he was my brother and best friend\".\n\nGreg Gilbert and his wife Stacey Heale - pictured in an old family photo - have two daughters, Dali and Bay\n\nHe added: \"Greg died surrounded in the endless love that us and all of you have given him on this journey, and we will never be able to fully express how much it meant to him and all of us to have you by our side lifting us up like a winged army.\n\n\"Your messages, your encouragement and your compassion have been our oxygen for the last five years.\n\n\"Thank you for sharing our grief, and for making it easier to carry at times while you were firefighting battles of your own, and thank you for making Greg such a special person in your lives. I'm so glad we all existed at the same time.\"\n\nAfter the NHS had said it could only offer further chemotherapy, a crowdfunding appeal launched by his wife called Give4Greg raised more than £215k for alternative treatment, doubling its initial target in 48 hours.\n\nFormed in Southampton in 2001 and originally called Corky, Delays have released four albums to date including their well-received debut Faded Seaside Glamour.\n\nThe band originally consisted of Gilbert, drummer Rowly, bassist Colin Fox and guitarist Dan Hall, who left before Gilbert's brother Aaron was invited to join.\n\nThroughout his illness, Gilbert documented his illness and treatment on social media through poetry and art.\n\nThe miniature, photorealistic biro sketches he created following his diagnosis were displayed at Southampton City Art Gallery in 2019, to complement its show Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing.\n\nMs Heale said: \"Greg was an extraordinary human - not of this world, I'm sure of that.\n\n\"His wonder at the world and creativity is something I've never seen in anyone else.\"\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Wayne Couzens (right) is believed to have shown Sarah Everard his police warrant card\n\nWayne Couzens is believed to have been in a WhatsApp group with five police officers who are being investigated for gross misconduct.\n\nCouzens raped and murdered Sarah Everard while working for the Met, after kidnapping her in a fake arrest.\n\nThe London force faces questions over whether it missed chances to stop him, and has issued safety advice to women.\n\nFive serving officers and one former officer are under investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for allegedly distributing messages between March and October 2019 which were discovered during Ms Everard's murder investigation.\n\nThree of them, including the ex-officer, are subject to criminal investigation for offences under Section 127 of the Communications Act, which refers to material that is \"grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character\".\n\nCouzens is understood not to be one of those under investigation, but was involved in sharing messages.\n\nSources have told the BBC that investigating Couzens would not further the interests of justice in these circumstances.\n\nThree of the serving officers and the ex-officer are from the Metropolitan Police, one is from Norfolk Constabulary, and one serves with the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.\n\nCouzens, 48, targeted Ms Everard, 33, on a street in south London in March, showing a warrant card and using handcuffs. He has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term.\n\nHe had been linked to two previous allegations of indecent exposure.\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse said \"officers up and down the land recognise the devastating consequences of this event\".\n\n\"There is a job to be done to rebuild trust by the police, particularly, I have to say, in London,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Policing minister Kit Malthouse says if in doubt \"ask the police officer to identify themselves\"\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick faces calls to resign over the force's handling of the case, as Home Secretary Priti Patel said it raised \"serious questions\".\n\nSpeaking outside the Old Bailey after Couzens was sentenced, Dame Cressida said \"a precious bond of trust has been damaged\" and she would ensure \"any lessons\" were learned.\n\nAs part of renewed efforts to ease fears in the capital, the Met will step-up \"reassurance patrols\" and treat indecent exposure allegations more seriously.\n\nAn extra 650 new officers will patrol busy public areas in London.\n\nThe body of Sarah Everard was found hidden in woodland\n\nScotland Yard admitted the case was part of a \"much bigger and troubling picture\".\n\nThe force advised people detained by a lone plain-clothes officer to ask \"searching questions\" such as why they are being stopped, where the officer's colleagues are and where the officer has come from.\n\nThe force said that, to verify the answers, people should ask to speak to an operator on a police radio to determine if the officer is genuine and acting legitimately.\n\nIt added that it understood people may be \"more distrusting\" as a result of the case.\n\nIn the event someone believes they are in \"real and imminent danger\" the Met advised they \"must seek assistance - shouting out to a passer-by, running into a house, knocking on a door, waving a bus down or if you are in the position to do so calling 999\".\n\nThe Met explained officers are expected to intervene when required, even when off duty, and that they routinely carry warrant cards and sometimes equipment when travelling.\n\nSpeaking to the London Assembly, Met Deputy Commissioner Sir Stephen House, said plain-clothes officers will not be deployed on their own and will be in pairs.\n\nBut he warned there would be occasions when that is not possible given off-duty officers not in uniform \"put themselves on duty\" when they come across an incident.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick says the force has been \"shamed\" and \"rocked\" by the case\n\nCouzens, who had been a police officer since 2002, transferred to the Met in 2018 from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, where he had worked since 2011. He passed vetting checks.\n\nMet Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave admitted a vetting check on Couzens was not done correctly when he joined the Met.\n\nIt meant a link to an incident of indecent exposure in Kent in 2015, involving a vehicle linked to Couzens, was missed.\n\nThough Mr Ephgrave said that even if it had come up in the vetting process, it would not have changed the outcome as Couzens was not named as a suspect.\n\nAround 72 hours before Ms Everard's abduction, Met Police officers received a separate allegation of indecent exposure which also identified the vehicle involved, registered to Couzens.\n\nHe was sacked by the Met in July after pleading guilty to Ms Everard's murder.\n\nMeasures including a pilot scheme where plain-clothes officers patrol pubs and clubs were launched in England and Wales in the immediate aftermath of Ms Everard's murder.\n\nThe Met said it would publish a new strategy for tackling violence against women and girls soon.\n\nHave you been personally affected by the issues raised in this story? Get in touch using the form below.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Climbing with the old man: \"We had never climbed any mountain before and wanted to try the Old Man of Storr, so me and my son climbed up in pitch dark at 4am to be amazed by the sun rising over the mist and only one other person\", says Neil Dethridge. \"Truly a magical and amazing place\".", "Wayne Couzens (right) is believed to have shown Sarah Everard his police warrant card\n\nPeople stopped by a lone plain-clothes officer should challenge their legitimacy, the Met Police says.\n\nAs it seeks to reassure women after the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer, the Met said it was \"entirely reasonable\" to demand an officer's identity and intentions.\n\nWayne Couzens showed a warrant card and used handcuffs as he kidnapped Ms Everard before her rape and murder.\n\nThe Met faces questions over whether chances were missed to stop him.\n\nCouzens, 48, targeted Ms Everard, 33, on a street in south London in March. He has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term.\n\nHe had been linked to two previous allegations of indecent exposure.\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse said \"officers up and down the land recognise the devastating consequences of this event\".\n\n\"There is a job to be done to rebuild trust by the police, particularly, I have to say, in London,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nHe said it was \"reasonable\" for a woman with doubts about a police officer's conduct to make \"lines of enquiry\", but that \"won't be appropriate in every circumstance\" because officers \"seeking to keep us all safe every day need to be able to go about their business\".\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick faces calls to resign over the force's handling of the case, as Home Secretary Priti Patel said it raised \"serious questions\".\n\nSpeaking outside the Old Bailey after Couzens was sentenced, Dame Cressida said \"a precious bond of trust has been damaged\" and she would ensure \"any lessons\" were learned.\n\nAs part of renewed efforts to ease fears in the capital, the Met will step-up \"reassurance patrols\" and treat indecent exposure allegations more seriously.\n\nAn extra 650 new officers will patrol busy public areas in London.\n\nScotland Yard admitted the case was part of a \"much bigger and troubling picture\".\n\nThe force advised people detained by a lone plain-clothes officer to ask \"where are your colleagues\" and \"where have you come from?\"\n\nIt suggested other \"very searching questions\", including \"why are you here\" and \"exactly why are you stopping or talking to me?\"\n\nThe force said that, to verify the answers, people should ask to speak to an operator on a police radio to determine if the officer is genuine and acting legitimately.\n\nIt added: \"All officers will, of course, know about this case and will be expecting in an interaction like that - rare as it may be - that members of the public may be understandably concerned and more distrusting than they previously would have been, and should and will expect to be asked more questions.\"\n\nIn the event someone believes they are in \"real and imminent danger\" the Met advised they \"must seek assistance - shouting out to a passer-by, running into a house, knocking on a door, waving a bus down or if you are in the position to do so calling 999\".\n\nIt said it was unusual for lone plain-clothes officers to engage with people.\n\nThe Met explained that officers are expected to intervene when required, even when off duty, and that they routinely carry warrant cards, and sometimes equipment when travelling.\n\nSpeaking to the London Assembly, Sir Stephen House, the Met's deputy commissioner, said plain-clothes officers would not be deployed on their own and would be in pairs.\n\nBut he warned there would be occasions where that is not possible given that off-duty officers not in uniform \"put themselves on duty\" when they come across an incident.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick says the force has been \"shamed\" and \"rocked\" by the case\n\nCouzens, who had been a police officer since 2002, transferred to the Met in 2018 from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, where he had worked since 2011. He passed vetting checks.\n\nAssistant Met Commissioner Nick Ephgrave admitted a vetting check on Couzens was not done correctly when he joined the Met.\n\nIt meant a link to an incident of indecent exposure in Kent in 2015, involving a vehicle linked to Couzens, was missed.\n\nThough AC Ephgrave said that even if it had come up in the vetting process, it would not have changed the outcome as Couzens was not named as a suspect.\n\nAround 72 hours before Ms Everard's abduction, Met Police officers received a separate allegation of indecent exposure which also identified the vehicle involved, registered to Couzens.\n\nHe was sacked by the Met in July after pleading guilty to Ms Everard's murder.\n\nJess Phillips, Labour's shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding, said there were gaps in the Met's explanation of how Couzens passed its vetting checks and that trust in police was \"very badly damaged\".\n\n\"We'll be pushing ministers and the home secretary to have a look at what is going on in the vetting processes,\" she said.\n\nAnother Labour MP, Harriet Harman, called for Dame Cressida to stand down, saying women's trust in the force \"will have been shattered\", while former Met chief superintendent Parm Sandhu also called for the commissioner to resign.\n\nCabinet minister George Eustice said the government had been working hard in recent weeks to devise a strategy to reduce violence against women and girls.\n\n\"We are looking at making our streets safer, designing out some of the risks, getting more CCTV, supporting more helplines,\" he told BBC One's Question Time.\n\n\"We've had a domestic abuse bill which has given new powers to the police to intervene earlier in a pro-active way and to protect witnesses from being intimidated by their abusers in court.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that people \"must be able to walk on our streets without fear of harm and with full confidence that the police are there to keep them safe\".\n\n\"No woman should have to fear harassment or violence. We will do everything possible to prevent these abhorrent crimes and keep our communities safe,\" he added.\n\nMeasures including a pilot scheme where plain-clothes officers patrol pubs and clubs were launched in England and Wales in the immediate aftermath of Ms Everard's murder.\n\nThe Met said it would publish a new strategy for tackling violence against women and girls soon.\n\nHave you been personally affected by the issues raised in this story? Get in touch using the form below.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "US media firm Ozy Media has announced that it is to close down amid a growing row over its business practices.\n\n\"It is.. with the heaviest of hearts that we must announce today that we are closing Ozy's doors\", the company said in a statement.\n\nIt follows reports that Ozy's chief operating officer deceived potential investors during a conference call and is now being investigated by the FBI.\n\nSome major advertisers subsequently cut ties with the firm.\n\nOzy's chairman Marc Lasry and ex-BBC journalist Katty Kay have also quit.\n\nIn another twist, Sharon Osborne, the wife of rock star Ozzy Osbourne, alleged the firm's chief executive, Carlos Watson, falsely claimed the couple had invested in the business.\n\nMr Watson made the claims in a TV interview with broadcaster CNBC in 2019 after settling a trademark dispute with the couple.\n\nMs Osbourne told CNBC on Thursday: \"This guy is the biggest shyster I have ever seen in my life.\"\n\nNeither Mr Watson nor Ozy Media has commented publicly on the claims.\n\nThese accusations are outrageous, almost unbelievable - part of a toxic culture of corporate behaviour that exists in parts of Silicon Valley.\n\nIt is common here to say your company is bigger, more innovative, more successful, more connected, than it really is. It's seen as \"hustle\", or \"hype\".\n\nHowever, \"fake it till you make it\" - as it's sometimes referred to - has led to some of the biggest scandals in Silicon Valley history.\n\nTheranos' CEO and founder is currently on trial in San Jose - accused of a spectacular fraud involving blood testing.\n\nSelling a dream that will one day be realised is what most companies do. It's why we have computers and smartphones. But there are countless examples of companies going too far.\n\nSome of the things Ozy Media has been accused of are actually pretty common in Silicon Valley,\n\nOverstating how popular your content is a classic of the genre - something numerous companies have been accused of.\n\nBut there are other accusations here that are simply astonishing - that if true may well lead to legal action.\n\nIt's the kind of story that will deeply worry investors, who are in a constant battle to separate the frauds from the visionaries.\n\nOzy Media, which was launched in California in 2013, produces left-leaning podcasts, television series and events, and has won an Emmy for its work.\n\nLast weekend, the New York Times reported that its co-founder and chief operating officer, Samir Rao, impersonated a senior leader at YouTube during a conference call with Goldman Sachs in February. At that point the investment bank was considering making a $40m investment in the media company.\n\nMr Rao reportedly claimed that Ozy's videos were highly popular on YouTube.\n\nKatty Kay called the allegations against the firm \"troubling\"\n\nAccording to the Times, the investors realised something was wrong and did not go through with the deal. Mr Watson has since apologised and said Mr Rao was suffering a \"mental health crisis\" at the time.\n\nYet amid growing scrutiny, Ozy this week said it had begun an internal investigation and Mr Rao had taken a leave of absence.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Lasry, who owns the NBA basketball team the Milwaukee Bucks, stepped down after only three weeks as chairman.\n\nIn a statement he said: \"I believe that going forward Ozy requires experience in areas like crisis management and investigations, where I do not have particular expertise.\"\n\nHe added that he remains an investor in Ozy Media.\n\nThe same day, major advertisers were reported to be pulling their ad campaigns with Ozy.\n\nTarget, Goldman Sachs and AirBnB did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But Ford said \"We are pausing our advertising while Ozy Media addresses their current business challenges\" and US banking services firm Ally Financial said its relationship with Ozy was on hold \"in light of recent developments\".\n\nOn Wednesday, Ms Kay announced she had \"no choice\" but to cut ties, calling the New York Times' allegations \"deeply troubling\". The veteran broadcaster joined Ozy in June after more than three decades at the BBC.\n\nOn Friday, the Times published fresh claims about Ozy made by a former producer, Brad Bessey.\n\nMr Bessey, who was hired this summer to produce a talk show hosted by Carlos Watson, was reportedly told from the start it would appear in a prime time slot on the US cable network A&E.\n\nYet, he later found out A&E had rejected the show before it began taping, the Times said. Mr Bessey reportedly quit the firm, accusing Mr Watson and Mr Rao of playing \"a dangerous game with the truth\".\n\nIn the end \"The Carlos Watson Show\" show appeared on Ozy's own website and YouTube.\n\nThe BBC has contacted Ozy Media for comment.", "Panic buying at petrol stations has led to some key workers struggling to get the fuel they need to travel to their work.\n\nThe surge in demand for fuel came after fears lorry driver shortages would hit supplies of petrol and diesel.\n\nDoctors and unions representing teachers and carers have called for key workers to get priority at the pumps.\n\nOne hospice in Oldham tweeted that it was in \"urgent need\" of petrol for its cars.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dr Kershaw's Hospice This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRosemary Botting, who runs Karosel Care and Domestic Services in West Sussex, told the BBC that if two of her carers were still unable to find a station with fuel ahead of their next shift, they would be unable to tend to \"vulnerable\" service users.\n\nMs Botting said if the current crisis wasn't resolved by next week, then she envisaged her care company would be in breach of safeguarding guidelines to its 12 customers.\n\n\"We will be putting our service users at risk,\" she said. \"We would not be able to send a carer out to somebody.\"\n\nMs Botting said her staff helped people living in rural areas throughout west Sussex, which meant driving - and a tank full of fuel - was essential.\n\nOne of her carers was half an hour late to her first call in because of traffic caused by queues at petrol stations, she said, which meant her first patient, who cannot get out of bed unaided, remained there until she arrived.\n\n\"I have got to inform all the other service users that their carer is running half an hour late. We pride ourselves on being on time,\" she said.\n\n\"We got through Covid. Not a single user in our care contracted Covid. The reason I do this job is because I care. It's just a bit of a nightmare at the moment.\"\n\nColin McDonald, an orthopaedic registrar at a district general hospital in the East Midlands, told the BBC that if fuel supply issues continued, and he couldn't to travel to work, there could be delays to patient surgeries at the start of his shifts, which could then delay his fracture clinics in the afternoon.\n\n\"This could lead to cancellations,\" he said. \"If patients live far away from the clinic they may not be able to get in, staff may not be able to get in.\"\n\nMr McDonald said he had been worried about not being able to get fuel on Sunday, but managed to buy some petrol which had been kept aside for key workers at a petrol station on Monday.\n\n\"Seeing people fill up multiple jerry cans of fuel - I just don't understand what their mentality is,\" he said.\n\n\"I find it very difficult to comprehend. It appears very selfish... they are just looking after themselves and not really considering the needs of others and key workers.\"\n\nAndrew Wagstaff, a civil servant from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, left his home at 04:45 BST to hunt for fuel to make his 57-mile trip to work.\n\nAfter finding all petrol stations closed in his area, he finally got fuel at Watford Gap service station.\n\nHowever, he said prices had been hiked to 157.9p per litre for diesel, which described as \"ridiculous\".\n\n\"It cost me £65 to fill up three quarters of a tank,\" he said. \"I do an essential job. It's frustrating that people - who are not essential workers - are just panicking for no reason.\"\n\nAndrew Wagstaff said people were panicking for no reason\n\nMost bus and coach services have not been affected by the fuel supply issues, according to the Confederation of Passenger Transport.\n\nMeanwhile, the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA), which represents 5,500 out of the UK's 8,000 filling stations,said there were \"early signs\" the crisis was \"ending, with more of our members reporting that they are now taking further deliveries of fuel\".\n\n\"Fuel stocks remain normal at refineries and terminals, although deliveries have been reduced due to the shortage of HGV drivers,\" said PRA executive director Gordon Balmer.\n\n\"We have conducted a survey of our members this morning and only 37% of forecourts have reported being out of fuel today. With regular restocks taking place, this percentage is likely to improve further over the next 24 hours\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Craig Hope says wildfires are burning later into the year, getting larger and causing more damage\n\nFirefighter Craig Hope deals with \"hundreds and hundreds\" of wildfires across the south Wales valleys every year.\n\nBut he has noticed recently they are changing - burning later into the year, getting larger and causing more damage.\n\nHis colleagues are also having to deal with \"unbelievable\" flood events and landslides.\n\nAll signs of climate change, he says - and \"it's like watching a Hollywood film\".\n\nAblaze: Homes had to be evacuated when Swansea's Kilvey Hill caught fire two years ago\n\nWith a month to go until world leaders gather in Glasgow for the crucial COP26 summit on global warming, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has urged action, warning that its members are on the front line.\n\nAs a wildfire specialist, Mr Hope travelled to Greece in August with three other colleagues from South Wales Fire and Rescue to assist with devastating blazes there.\n\nHe predicts parts of Wales could soon suffer similar scenes unless action is taken to adapt to the challenges of warmer weather.\n\nMediterranean countries now experiencing severe issues \"were having fires like we have 30 years ago\", he explained.\n\n\"We're in a position where we need to act - the next 30 years will be the deciding factor.\"\n\nEvacuated: Wildfire scenes in Greece over the summer made global headlines\n\nCraig Hope was one the Welsh firefighters sent out to help tackle the Greek blazes\n\nBut it is a complex problem.\n\nIt involves working with farmers and landowners, as well as forestry firms, conservationists and government, to manage landscapes so they are less prone to blazes that burn out of control.\n\nA project in Rhondda Cynon Taf called Healthy Hillsides was a good example of what needs to be happening further afield, he said.\n\n\"The problem we have in Wales is that we have a lot of poor weather.\"\n\nHe said it meant fires might not be at the forefront of people's minds.\n\nBut when it is wet in Wales, vegetation grows and it gets bigger and bigger.\n\n\"And then we get bursts of very hot, dry, windy weather,\" said the firefighter.\n\nHe said his own fire service had now \"totally evolved\" the way it responds, with a wildfire toolkit and different uniforms better suited to the conditions.\n\nThe fire services are increasingly dealing with severe flooding events too, say unions\n\nBut is he worried for the future?\n\nHe said at the moment it was very rare for UK wildfires to affect properties or harm people.\n\nBut he said that could change.\n\n\"I was in Portugal recently... they lost 77 people in a wildfire and only last month a firefighter died in Spain. So this is very real,\" he said.\n\n\"As our fires become bigger and the climate changes, we need to start preparing to make ourselves safe.\"\n\nWildfire-prone Kilvey Hill, above the St Thomas area of Swansea is one cause of concern.\n\nSix homes were evacuated in 2019 after a major blaze, with resident Jan Murphy describing the evening as \"really quite horrendous\".\n\n\"All you could see was the smoke and glow of red. We were in the street until 3am and we had five fire engines here until the following day,\" said the 72-year-old.\n\nThe fire reached the edge of her garden, and she has since cut down a row of trees on her property as a precaution.\n\nSix properties were evacuated as flames on Kilvey Hill threatened houses\n\nNeighbour Stephen Passmore said he tried not to think about the implications of climate change but \"obviously\" there would be more fires.\n\nHe said he felt for the \"struggling\" firefighters.\n\n\"The whole hill was burning - where do you start?\" he said.\n\nFirefighters are under pressure on all sides from climate change and are increasingly called out to rescue people from severe flooding too.\n\nMr Hope described the deluge of February 2020 - when a series of storms pummelled Wales - as \"incredible\".\n\n\"When you see shipping containers being washed down rivers and then you link that with the footage we saw in Germany and elsewhere across Europe just this summer - it's unbelievable,\" he said.\n\nAnd the damage is all linked, he pointed out - with wildfires burning away vegetation that could help prevent flooding and landslides.\n\nMore focus on adapting to the effects of climate change, while securing tougher action to cut greenhouse gas emissions, are key aims of November's COP26 summit.\n\nIn a plea to those attending, Cerith Griffiths, who heads up the FBU in Wales, said it was \"high time the politicians took it seriously\".\n\n\"If we don't deal with this climate emergency and do so quickly then it's going to deal with us,\" he said.\n\n\"Firefighters are on the front line - we're dealing with bigger fires and more floods that cover a wider area - it's happening in front of our eyes right now.\"\n\nFire services were adapting, he said, but could be doing more \"if the resources are there\".\n\nCould this be what happens in Wales? Firefighter Craig Hope says scenes such as this in Greece this summer are possible in the coming decades\n\nWelsh Climate Change Minister Julie James said the government had been running \"a massive programme all year learning from the effects of the various storms we had last winter\".\n\n\"It's awful to be flooded out and I've met with many people who are traumatised by what happened,\" she said.\n\n\"So we have worked really hard on mapping out where our flood protections are, what needs to be done to shore them up and prepare for this winter.\"\n\nOn wildfires, she said the government was working with further education colleges, young people, the farming community and others to raise awareness of the behaviour that could lead to blazes.\n\n\"We can't mitigate against all extreme weather events but we can try and put the best defence in place that we can to make sure we're as resilient as possible,\" she said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Listen to the words from the victim statement of Sarah Everard's mother, Susan, as voiced by an actor\n\nThe family of Sarah Everard confronted her murderer in court and laid bare their loss and anguish. These are their victim impact statements in full.\n\nThe following accounts contain details which readers may find distressing.\n\nSarah is gone and I am broken-hearted. She was my precious little girl, our youngest child. The feeling of loss is so great it is visceral. And with the sorrow come waves of panic at not being able to see her again. I can never talk to her, never hold her again, and never more be a part of her life. We have kept her dressing gown - it still smells of her and I hug that instead of her.\n\nSarah died in horrendous circumstances. I am tormented at the thought of what she endured. I play it out in my mind. I go through the terrible sequence of events. I wonder when she realised she was in mortal danger; I wonder what her murderer said to her. When he strangled her, for how long was she conscious, knowing she would die? It is torture to think of it.\n\nSarah was handcuffed, unable to defend herself, and there was no one to rescue her. She spent her last hours on this earth with the very worst of humanity. She lost her life because Wayne Couzens wanted to satisfy his perverted desires. It is a ridiculous reason, it is nonsensical. How could he value a human life so cheaply? I cannot comprehend it. I am incandescent with rage at the thought of it.\n\nHe treated my daughter as if she was nothing and disposed of her as if she was rubbish.\n\nIf Sarah had died because of an illness, she would have been cared for. We could have looked after her and been with her. If she had died because of an accident, people would have tried to help - there would have been kindness. But there is no comfort to be had, there is no consoling thought in the way Sarah died. In her last hours she was faced with brutality and terror, alone with someone intent on doing her harm. The thought of it is unbearable. I am haunted by the horror of it.\n\nWhen Sarah went missing we suffered days of agony, not knowing where she was or what had happened to her. Then, when Sarah's burnt remains were found, we spent two terrible days waiting for tests to show how she had died, fearing she had been set alight before she was dead - the thought was appalling.\n\nBurning her body was the final insult, it meant we could never again see her sweet face and never say goodbye.\n\nOur lives will never be the same. We should be a family of five, but now we are four. Her death leaves a yawning chasm in our lives that cannot be filled.\n\nI yearn for her. I remember all the lovely things about her. She was caring, she was funny. She was clever, but she was good at practical things too. She was a beautiful dancer. She was a wonderful daughter. She was always there to listen, to advise, or simply to share with the minutiae of the day. And she was also a strongly principled young woman who knew right from wrong and who lived by those values. She was a good person. She had purpose to her life.\n\nMy outlook on life has changed since Sarah died. I am more cautious, I worry more about our other children. I crave the familiarity and security of home - the wider world has lost its appeal. It is too painful to contemplate a future without Sarah, so I just live in the here and now. I think of Sarah all the time, but the mornings and evenings are particularly painful. In the morning I wake up to the awful reality that Sarah is gone. In the evenings, at the time she was abducted, I let out a silent scream: Don't get in the car, Sarah. Don't believe him. Run!\n\nI am repulsed by the thought of Wayne Couzens and what he did to Sarah. I am outraged that he masqueraded as a policeman in order to get what he wanted.\n\nSarah wanted to get married and have children - now all that has gone. He took her life and stole her future and we will never have the joy of sharing that future with her. Each day dawns and I think Sarah should be here, leading her life and embracing new experiences. She had so many years ahead of her.\n\nI don't know how anyone could be so cruel as to take my daughter's life. What I do know is that Sarah will never be forgotten and is remembered with boundless love.\n\nI cling on to memories of Sarah, I hold them tight to keep them safe. The other night, I dreamt that Sarah appeared at home. In my dream I held her and could feel her physically. Jeremy was there, we were comforting her, saying: 'It's all right Sarah, it's all right'. I would give anything to hold her once more. I hope I dream that dream again.\n\nThere's a photograph of my beautiful daughter on the screen. She had a beautiful mind too. Mr Couzens, please, will you look at me? The impact of what you have done will never end. The horrendous murder of my daughter, Sarah, is in my mind all the time and will be for the rest of my life.\n\nA father wants to look after his children and fix everything, and you have deliberately and with premeditation stopped my ability to do that.\n\nSarah was handcuffed and unable to defend herself. This preys on my mind all the time.\n\nI can never forgive you for what you have done, for taking Sarah away from us.\n\nYou burnt our daughter's body — you further tortured us — so that we could not see her again. We did not know whether you had burnt her alive or dead. You stopped us seeing Sarah for one last time and stopped me from giving my daughter one last kiss goodbye.\n\nJeremy Everard (left), Sarah's father, said no punishment could compare to the family's pain and torture\n\nHer body fell apart when she was moved. Her brain and neck bones were removed for months by the pathologist and her body was difficult to preserve so we had to use the services of a specialist embalmer to enable a dignified burial.\n\nAll my family want is Sarah back with us. No punishment that you receive will ever compare to the pain and torture that you have inflicted on us.\n\nYou murdered our daughter and forever broke the hearts of her mother, father, brother, sister, family and her friends.\n\nSarah had so much to look forward to and because of you this is now gone forever. She was saving to buy a house and looking forward to marriage and children. We were looking forward to having grandchildren. We loved being a part of Sarah's world and expected her to have a full and happy life.\n\nThe closest we can get to her now is to visit her grave every day\n\nYou treated Sarah as if she was nothing. Placed more emphasis on satisfying your sick disgusting perversions than on a life. Her life.\n\nYou disposed of my sister's body like it was rubbish. Fly-tipped her like she meant nothing. She meant everything. We couldn't even see her, she was so badly burnt. Her brain was removed from her skull to check for trauma and cause of death - I still don't know if they put her brain back in her head or whether it is lying next to her body in her coffin.\n\nShards of her kneecap were returned to us to be placed with her body - shards that you knocked when moving her burnt body from the fridge you had used to hide her and conceal the fire.\n\nWe are still missing her hyoid bone from her throat, which is being checked to see the force you used to strangle her, to determine how long she may have survived. We know it was broken. Her burnt body still had her necklace and one earring in her ear. The other had fallen from her ear because it had burnt off.\n\nYou hear from the police that it takes around two minutes to strangle someone, and around eight to ten seconds for them to lose consciousness.\n\nAt first there is a sense of relief at hearing that your sister might only have been aware of what was happening for eight to 10 seconds. But have you put your hands around your neck and tried pushing hard? Eight to 10 seconds now seems a long time.\n\nYou used your warrant card to trick my sister into your car. She sat in a car, handcuffed, for hours. What could she have thought she had done wrong? What lies did you tell her? When did she realise that she wasn't going to survive the night?\n\nI'm constantly replaying in my head - did you rape her, then kill her? Did you kill her while raping her? You get small nuggets of information and the thought process starts again. Your semen and blood were found in your car. So this suggests you raped her in the car. You find out you may have used a belt to strangle her. New horrendous images forming.\n\nYou stopped to get a Lucozade and water at a petrol station. Was she still alive at this point? Bound in your car? I am horrified by your ability to flit between what you did and normal, everyday actions. Your casual demeanour on CCTV was very upsetting and shocking to see.\n\nFamily members repeatedly asked killer Wayne Couzens to look at them as he hung his head in the dock\n\nWe had to go to the flat and pack up Sarah's whole life - washing left hanging up, half-sewn outfits, deliveries waiting to be returned, packages waiting at the door ready to be opened.\n\nAll signs of a life waiting to be lived, chores to be done, ready for her to return and continue when she got home. But she never got home because a predator - you - was on the loose. Prowling the streets for hours looking for his prey.\n\nYou can't comprehend what you are being told when it happened because it is so horrific. Some sort of sick waking nightmare. You can't imagine anyone could do such a thing.\n\nYou are waiting to hear anything from the police. Every bit you get is different. You hear her body has been found. Then you find out she has been burnt. So badly burnt you can't see her. Can't see her again to say goodbye.\n\nThe first thought you have in your head after despair and shock is - was she dead before you burnt her? Imagine that even having to be a thought. You find out no soot was found in her lungs, which suggests she was burnt after you murdered her. Imagine being relieved to hear your sister was dead before she was burnt.\n\nI replay it continuously round in my head. What you may have said to her, what she may have said back, when she realised she was in grave danger and was not going to survive.\n\nHoping my sister was unconscious and drugged, but we know that was not the case - no drugs found in her body, no trauma to the head. Burst blood vessels in her brain from your strangulation, which meant she was conscious when you were doing these unfathomable things to her.\n\nMy only hope is that she was in a state of shock and that she wasn't aware of the disgusting things being done to her by a monster. When you forced yourself upon and raped her. When you put your hands around her neck and strangled her.\n\nIt disgusts me that you were the last person to touch her perfect body, and violate her in the way you did. The last person to see her alive and speak to her.\n\nHow scared she must have been. The last moments of her life not with loved ones, but frightened and fighting for her life. I hate to think of her being so scared and alone and that in her last moments she had no one with her. No kindness. I hate that I wasn't there to save her. To stop you. I find it hard to believe she is not just living her own life and sick at the thought that her last moments on this earth alive were so horrific.\n\nHow dare you take her from me? Take away her hopes and dreams. Her life. Children that will never be born. Generations that will never exist. Her future no longer exists. The future I was supposed to live with my sister no longer exists. You have ruined so many lives.\n\nSarah is the very best person, with so many people who love and cherish her. I want to speak to her and hug her and hear her laugh and go out for dinners and drinks and dancing.\n\nAll those conversations we can never have. There were so many things I wanted to share with her - trips abroad, being each other's bridesmaids, meeting her babies and being an auntie, growing old together and seeing who got the most wrinkles. We weren't even halfway through our journey and you took it all away.\n\nI feel like I live in a make-believe world, as if nothing is real. I have to pretend because the thought of not having Sarah forever is too hard to bear. A lifetime now seems a very long time.\n\nI should never have to write a eulogy for or bury my little sister. There is no punishment that you could receive that will ever compare to the pain you have caused us. We can never get Sarah back. The last moments of Sarah's life play on my mind constantly. I am so disgusted and appalled. It terrifies me that you have such disregard for a person's life. You have taken from me the most precious person. And I can never get her back.", "Kate Wilson said senior officers were aware of the relationship\n\nAn activist who was deceived into a relationship with an undercover police officer has won a tribunal case for breaches of her human rights.\n\nKate Wilson met Mark Kennedy while he was posing as an environmental campaigner in Nottingham in 2003.\n\nIt later emerged Mr Kennedy had sexual relationships with as many as 10 other women during his deployment.\n\nThe tribunal said the case revealed \"disturbing and lamentable failings at the most fundamental levels\".\n\nEarlier this year the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) at the Royal Courts of Justice heard Mr Kennedy had been sent to infiltrate the Sumac Centre in Nottingham in 2003.\n\nShortly after arriving Mr Kennedy, calling himself Mark Stone, started a relationship with Ms Wilson which lasted for two years before an amicable split when she moved to Spain.\n\nIn 2010, she learned his real name and that he was actually a married police officer.\n\nMs Wilson's legal action against the Met and the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) cited breaches of her right to freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment, her right to privacy and right to freedom of expression.\n\nThe Met and NPCC accepted Mr Kennedy's actions amounted to a breach of those rights but had denied other officers, apart from Mr Kennedy and his cover officer, knew or suspected that Ms Wilson was in a sexual relationship with the officer.\n\nHowever, Ms Wilson argued there was \"widespread indifference, or express or tacit encouragement\" for undercover officers to begin intimate relationships while they were deployed.\n\nIn a ruling, the IPT found the Met's claims that undercover officers (UCOs) knew sexual relationships were banned were \"materially undermined by the sheer frequency with which [Kennedy] (and other UCOs) did conduct sexual relationships without either questions being asked or action being taken by senior officers\".\n\n\"We are driven to the conclusion that either senior officers were quite extraordinarily naive, totally unquestioning or chose to turn a blind eye to conduct which was, certainly in the case of [Kennedy], useful to the operation,\" the tribunal added.\n\nThe IPT also found the Met and NPCC's failure to guard against the risk of UCOs entering into sexual relationships with women amounted to unlawful discrimination against women.\n\nThe tribunal concluded: \"This is not just a case about a renegade police officer who took advantage of his undercover deployment to indulge his sexual proclivities, serious though this aspect of the case unquestionably is.\n\n\"Our findings that the authorisations under [the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000] were fatally flawed and the undercover operation could not be justified as 'necessary in a democratic society' ... reveal disturbing and lamentable failings at the most fundamental levels.\"\n\nIn a statement, Ms Wilson said: \"The events in my case happened years ago, however the failure of the police to protect women from sexual predators within their own ranks, and police attempts to criminalise protesters, are both still very live issues today.\n\n\"We need to tackle the misogyny and institutional sexism of the police, and there needs to be a fundamental rethink of the powers they are given for the policing of demonstrations and the surveillance of those who take part.\"\n\nA statement from the Met and NPCC said: \"We accept and recognise the gravity of all of the breaches of Ms Wilson's human rights as found by the tribunal, and the Met and NPCC unreservedly apologise to Ms Wilson for the damage caused, and the hurt she has suffered from the deployment of these undercover officers.\"\n\nIt said the force reiterate previous apologies made to Ms Wilson in 2015 and 2017, adding: \"As those apologies made clear, the Met and NPCC acknowledge that the sexual relationship was wrong, it was an abuse of police power and violated Ms Wilson's human rights.\n\n\"It caused Ms Wilson significant trauma, and demonstrated failures in the way Kennedy was supervised and managed.\"\n\nThe statement added the Met accepted the panel's findings and \"are carefully considering the detail of the judgment to see whether any further learning can be taken to add to the changes already implemented since 2010, to the training, supervision and legal oversight of UCOs\".\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Estefan has spoken about the abuse for the first time\n\nSinger Gloria Estefan has revealed she was sexually abused by a family member when she was nine years old.\n\nThe Cuban-American pop star, 64, said she was molested while at music school by someone her mother trusted.\n\n\"Ninety-three per cent of abused children know and trust their abusers. And I know this because I was one of them,\" she said.\n\nShe spoke about the abuse for the first time in a Facebook Watch show alongside her grown-up daughter and niece.\n\nTV personality Clare Crawley also appeared on the episode of Red Table Talk: The Estefans, and spoke about how she was abused by a priest.\n\nMs Crawley said she had been abused by a \"counsellor\" while at Catholic school, and had been \"the victim of a predator\".\n\n\"I wanted to deal with this subject matter because it is so important to try to prevent. I also did not want to sit here quietly while you share and are brave,\" Ms Estefan told her.\n\nMs Estefan, who sang such hits as Conga and Rhythm is Gonna Get You, said on the programme a distant relative had exploited her mother's trust to molest her.\n\n\"You've waited for this moment a long time,\" Ms Estefan's niece, Lili, 54, told her. \"I have,\" the singer replied.\n\n\"He was family, but not close family. He was in a position of power because my mother had put me in his music school and he immediately started telling her how talented I was and how I needed special attention, and she felt lucky that he was focusing this kind of attention on me,\" she said.\n\nMs Estefan, who was born in Cuba but moved to Miami with her family when she was a toddler, said the abuse started \"little by little and then it goes fast\".\n\nThe three-time Grammy Award-winner said she was aware that she was in a \"dangerous\" situation, but could not ward the man off.\n\n\"I told him, 'This cannot happen, you cannot do this.' He goes: 'Your father's in Vietnam, your mother's alone and I will kill her if you tell her,'\" Estefan said.\n\n\"I knew the man was insane and that's why I thought he might actually hurt my mother.\"\n\nThe anxiety made her lose chunks of hair, she said, and eventually she told her mother about what was happening.\n\nAlthough her mother informed the police, they advised her not to press charges because she would \"go through worse trauma having to get on a stand and testify\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Halle has been told Great Ormond Street Hospital would be best placed to treat her\n\nA family say they have \"lost faith in the NHS\" as their 14-year-old daughter waits for life-changing treatment for her jaw.\n\nHalle, 14, is being fed through a tube and in constant pain as her jaw repeatedly dislocates.\n\nThe teenager, from near Cardiff, said she felt she was \"just living\" since the feeding tube was fitted in August.\n\nCardiff and Vale University Health Board said it was committed to providing treatment for Halle.\n\nHalle's mother Clare said she had been to A&E at least 15 times in the last six months.\n\n\"Halle's jaw can dislocate at any time - she could wake up with a dislocation or it could be when she's eating,\" said her mother.\n\n\"We would get to the hospital and then she'd have to have gas and air. I'd have to say to her: 'Five more breaths Halle and then they need to put it back in.'\n\n\"You could see the anxiety in her face, she was absolutely petrified.\"\n\nHalle, 14, is now being fed through a tube while she waits for surgery to fix her jaw\n\nThe teenager began having problems with her jaw in 2018 but the condition became significantly worse in March this year.\n\nHalle has not been formally diagnosed with a condition but doctors have said they think it might be hypermobility of the jaw.\n\nJoint hypermobility syndrome is when people, usually children and young people, have very flexible joints and causes them pain, according to the NHS.\n\nBy the end of July, Halle had to be admitted to hospital as she was not eating or drinking properly because she was worried her jaw might dislocate.\n\nHalle's mother Clare said she was determined to get her daughter the treatment she needs\n\n\"At the time, she was so weak and frail. The child is 14 years of age, she doesn't need her personal care met by me, but I had to shower her in the hospital because she was so frail,\" said Halle's mother.\n\n\"I just kept on saying to Halle: 'I promise you, I will get this sorted'. And that's why I am so determined to get her the treatment she needs.\"\n\nIn July, doctors at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, fitted bands to her back teeth to hold her jaw together, but those teeth are now coming loose.\n\nShe has also been seen by doctors in Birmingham and at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.\n\nShe has had some botox treatment in Birmingham, the only treatment available there because she is under 16, but that has not helped.\n\nHalle, who has just started her GCSES, has still been going to school when she can, but said it was hard.\n\n\"I don't want people to look at me like this sad frail person\" she said.\n\n\"I want to be known as strong and fun, but when I get home I am not that person.\n\n\"I go to school - I have migraines all day. I have chronic pain all day.\"\n\nThe family have been told that Great Ormond Street in London would be the best place for Halle, but say the local health board will not give them a new NHS referral because doctors said she could be treated in Birmingham.\n\n\"Seeing Halle and the change in her is horrific enough in itself,\" said her mother.\n\n\"Let alone the stress added to that about the battle I am having with the NHS. I just feel that we have lost all faith in the NHS.\"\n\nThe family are now trying to raise funds to have Halle treated privately\n\nThe family said they were now at the point of giving up, and faced a bill of £10,000 for private treatment.\n\nThey are trying to raise money for that treatment through a GoFundMe appeal online.\n\nAn official for Cardiff and Vale health board said: \"The health board is committed to providing any treatment for Halle locally where possible and in other specialist centres as needed.\n\n\"To that effect we have been liaising with colleagues in Birmingham and Great Ormond Street Hospital.\n\n\"It is appreciated how difficult and distressing this situation is for Halle and her parents and we will continue to work with them to support any care which is deemed clinically necessary.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jess Phillips: Cressida Dick and Priti Patel's \"sorrow\" will not stop the death of another woman by a man today\n\nLabour's Jess Phillips says the onus can't be on women to change their behaviour, after the murder of Sarah Everard by an off-duty police officer.\n\nShe said she would have got into Wayne Couzens' car - \"almost anybody would\" - and more action was needed to restore trust in the police.\n\nThe Met Police has advised anyone stopped by a lone plain clothes officer to check their credentials.\n\nThe force says people detained in this way should ask \"where are your colleagues\" and \"where have you come from?\"\n\nIt suggested other \"very searching questions\", including \"why are you here\" and \"exactly why are you stopping or talking to me?\"\n\nThe Met also advised that if someone believes they are in \"real and imminent danger\" they \"must seek assistance - shouting out to a passer-by, running into a house, knocking on a door, waving a bus down or if you are in the position to do so calling 999\".\n\nAnd the force said that, to verify the answers, people should ask to speak to an operator on a police radio.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Policing minister Kit Malthouse says if in doubt \"ask the police officer to identify themselves\"\n\nJess Phillips, Labour's shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding, said she could \"sympathise with the Met - what else could they say?\".\n\nBut she described their advice as \"tone deaf\".\n\n\"I could scream about the amount of things women are told to do,\" she told the BBC, adding that Ms Everard was \"keeping herself completely safe, doing exactly what any woman would do\".\n\nMs Phillips - who ran domestic abuse refuges before becoming an MP - said she knows her rights \"better than most people\" but even she \"would have got in the car and almost anybody would have got in the car\".\n\n\"The onus is on the Metropolitan Police to do better,\" she added.\n\nDebbie Summers from Sisters Uncut - a group which campaigns for women's safety - described the police advice as \"nonsense\".\n\n\"Asking for his police ID would have made no difference in this case as Wayne Couzens was a serving officer - that would have been no defence to her at all,\" she said.\n\nSarah Everard was kidnapped, raped and murdered by police officer Wayne Couzens\n\nMs Phillips said the only way confidence will be restored is \"if we see the government and police forces starting to actually take violence against women and girls, and the complaints that women make day in, day out, seriously\".\n\n\"This is a conversation where women have been saying for some time, even before the death of Sarah Everard, that they don't feel that they are trusted by the police when they speak up or that violence and crime against them is prioritised.\"\n\nAsked if Met Police Commissioner should resign, she said \"getting rid of Cressida Dick is not going to help the fundamental and systemic problem\".\n\n\"I want to hear more from Cressida Dick than 'we will work together, we will learn lessons' - honestly a five-year-old could come up with it.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the police needed to provide clear communication, adding; \"That is not about telling women to change their behaviour, but how the police are going to change what they're doing to reassure women.\"\n\nHe also backed calls for an independent inquiry, saying the sooner it happened the better.\n\nPolicing minister, Kit Malthouse, has acknowledged police forces will have to work \"much harder\" to win back public trust.\n\nHe told Radio 4's Today that Wayne Couzens' crimes have dealt a \"devastating blow\" to public confidence in the police and it would take months and years to rebuild it.\n\nWayne Couzens (right) is believed to have shown Sarah Everard his police warrant card\n\n\"It's hard to underestimate the impact of this tragic, awful case,\" he said.\n\nMr Malthouse said \"sadly\" the Met had had to issue advice to women approached by police - and that it was \"perfectly reasonable\" they make enquiries and seek verification.\n\nAnd he insisted there was a \"suite of things\" being done by ministers to tackle the issue of violence against women.\n\nConservative MP and chair of the Justice Committee Sir Bob Neill suggested making misogyny a hate crime could be one solution.\n\nWhere a crime is proven to be due to the victim's race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity, it is considered a hate crime - and can therefore attract a greater punishment.\n\nCampaigners in England and Wales have argued that sex and gender should be added to this list of characteristics that make an offence a hate crime.\n\nSir Bob's call was echoed by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who said misogyny should be made a hate crime.\n\nLiberal Democrat peer Lord Paddick - who served as deputy assistant commissioner in the Met Police - told the BBC there was \"widespread sexism\" within the force.\n\nOfficers are \"concerned that things may be going backwards rather than forwards\", he said.", "Johnny Anderson's double-bellied mortar tanker was followed to a building site by people looking for petrol\n\nA tanker driver has told how he was tailed by about 20 drivers who were dismayed to discover he was not transporting petrol.\n\nJohnny Anderson, who drives for Weaver Haulage, was transporting dry mortar mix from Bilston, Wolverhampton, to a building site in Northamptonshire.\n\nWhen he reached his destination, he saw a line of traffic backed up behind him.\n\n\"The man at the front... actually said 'You could have stopped and told us you weren't a petrol tanker,\" he said.\n\nThe incident came as lengthy queues formed at forecourts amid petrol and diesel supply problems.\n\nMr Anderson, from Harworth, Nottinghamshire, said he was delivering to the David Wilson Homes development at Overstone on Thursday.\n\nHe was on the A43 when he first realised he was being followed.\n\n\"I didn't notice initially but then on the dual carriageway, I noticed nobody was overtaking me and saw a string of about 20 cars behind me,\" he said.\n\n\"When I eventually turned left into a road that would take me to the site entrance, all these cars turned left with me.\"\n\nJohnny Anderson said he went \"full McEnroe\" on one of the drivers who tailed him\n\nThree-quarters of a mile later, when he stopped at the site entrance, he heard car horns honking, he said.\n\nThinking something had fallen off his vehicle, he got out and saw the queue of vehicles.\n\n\"The man at the front wound down his window and asked me which petrol station I was going to,\" he said.\n\n\"When I said I wasn't, he asked me 'Why not?' and when I said I wasn't carrying petrol, he actually said 'You could have stopped and told us you weren't a petrol tanker'.\n\n\"I couldn't believe it... I just went full McEnroe and said 'You cannot be serious!'\n\n\"Then the bloke behind asked me where the nearest petrol station was. It just beggars belief.\"\n\nMr Anderson, who has been driving double-bellied tankers for about six years, said while it was \"quite funny\", there was also a serious side.\n\n\"My cargo isn't dangerous but, if they are following a petrol tanker, their training is to call the police if they think they're being followed,\" he said.\n\n\"People need to stop and think... driving a tanker, no matter what the product, is quite a pressurised job, so following them puts extra pressure on drivers already under pressure without having to worry about absolute morons.\"\n\nMr Anderson, who works for Ashbourne-based Weaver Haulage, has driven \"belly tankers\" for about six years\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "A squeeze on household finances will become more acute as a new, higher energy price cap takes effect.\n\nThose on standard tariffs, with typical household levels of energy use, will see bills go up by £139 to £1,277 a year, but the more energy a household uses, the higher their bill will be.\n\nPrepayment meter customers with average energy use will see a £153 increase.\n\nThe cap has come under the spotlight owing to the crisis among suppliers, which has seen nine firms fold.\n\nThe cap limits how much providers can raise prices. Even so, the current increase is the biggest jump, to the highest amount, seen since the backstop was introduced in January 2019.\n\nIt represents a 12% rise in energy prices at a time of the year when, charities point out, people are about to use more heating and lighting during colder, darker days. It also coincides with other price rises hitting family budgets and the withdrawal of Covid support schemes, although the government has promised to continue financial help for the poorest households.\n\nAbout 15 million households in England, Wales and Scotland are affected by the changes.\n\nThe cap does not apply in Northern Ireland where prices are overseen by a regulator.\n\nThe regulator Ofgem sets a price cap for domestic energy twice a year. The latest level kicked in on 1 October.\n\nIt is a cap on the price of energy and charges that suppliers can levy. A household's total bill is still determined by how much gas and electricity is used.\n\nHouseholds on fixed tariffs will be unaffected, but those coming to the end of a contract are automatically moved to a default tariff set at the new level. In the past customers have been able to shop around for cheaper deals, but currently, they won't find anything cheaper, due to the high price of gas.\n\nAdam Scorer, from fuel poverty charity National Energy Action, said: \"The massive devastating increases in energy prices will drive over 500,000 more households into fuel poverty, leaving them unable to heat or power their homes.\"\n\nDebbie Wright is about to move into her first flat, but said rising energy bills, as well as lower benefits payments, were detracting from the excitement of her potential independence.\n\n\"It's scary - you can't afford to live day by day,\" she said.\n\n\"Where is the extra money coming from?\"\n\nShe was taking part in a life skills class run by charity Christians Against Poverty. All of those in the class used prepayment meters and were in receipt of food parcels.\n\n\"We are seeing all sorts of people in debt,\" said life skills manager Shirley Bowen.\n\nShirley Bowen says people will be making tough choices this winter\n\n\"There have always been people that struggle to manage their finances and I don't think that will ever change. As soon as there is any expense that they don't expect, it knocks them off and they have to cry out for help.\n\n\"It is just going to spiral. It is obvious that there will be people who do not put the heating on this winter. Whether or not they will be able to cook for their kids, it will just be sandwiches and cereal, we will have to just wait and see.\"\n\nUsually, the introduction of more expensive energy bills is accompanied with advice to consumers on standard tariffs to switch to a cheaper deal.\n\nThe current crisis in the sector means that, this time, there is no availability of better offers. A tariff set at the price cap limit is the most competitive available.\n\nInstead, residents are being encouraged to save money by looking at the energy efficiency of their homes. The Energy Saving Trust said that the price rise could be more than outstripped by changes to our homes and habits.\n\nMr Scorer, from National Energy Action, said: \"We can't lose sight of the long-term solution to reduce the energy waste in our homes. We have some of the least efficient housing in Europe.\n\n\"This has left the UK more exposed to the current soaring gas price than many other countries and we are wasting billions of pounds each year as heat escapes through leaky roofs, floors and ceilings.\"\n\nThe new cap was decided in August and is designed to reflect the unavoidable costs faced by energy suppliers.\n\nThis came slightly ahead of a massive jump in wholesale gas prices which has led to the collapse of nine suppliers in recent weeks. They have been unable to keep to the price promises they made to their customers, and were uninsured against the increasing costs.\n\nAvro Energy, for example, confirmed on Friday that it had fallen into administration. Its customers will be transferred to Octopus Energy, while its 103 staff will be kept on for at least the short-term to help with the change.\n\nThe tariffs that will be charged for the 1.7 million customers moving to new suppliers after their previous provider collapsed are being set at the same level as the new price cap.\n\nSenior executives of bigger suppliers have argued that the price cap is making the situation worse. They say they are shouldering billions of pounds in additional costs by providing customers with energy that costs more to buy than they are allowed to sell it for under the retail price cap.\n\nEmma Pinchbeck, chief executive of Energy UK, the trade association for the energy industry, told the BBC's Today programme: \"It costs around £600 to take on a new customer at the moment because of the astonishing price of gas in the market and that's the main issue.\"\n\nShe added that more energy suppliers were expected to fail given the current \"volatile\" gas market.\n\nFirms have criticised Ofgem, claiming that it should have known many smaller suppliers would not be resilient in the face of gas price rises.\n\nJonathan Brearley, chief executive of Ofgem, rejected the criticism, saying that nobody could have predicted the huge rise in the cost of wholesale gas.\n\nHe accepted that the cost of protecting customers from failing energy providers could lead to higher bills in the future.\n\nOfgem will decide the level of the next price cap - which analysts predict to be considerably higher - in February, before it takes effect at the start of April.\n\nA spokeswoman for the regulator said: \"We are doing all we can to make sure consumers, especially people in vulnerable circumstances, do not pay more than is absolutely necessary this winter.\n\n\"Higher energy costs are never welcome news to anyone and the timing and size of this increase will be particularly difficult for many families still struggling with the impact of the pandemic. Anyone struggling to pay their energy bills should get in touch with their supplier to access the help that is available.\"\n\nHave you been told that your energy bills will increase? How will this affect you? Send us your questions using the form below.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Armed forces personnel will begin delivering petrol to garages across the UK from Monday, the government says.\n\nAlmost 200 servicemen and women, 100 of them drivers, will provide \"temporary\" support to ease pressure on stations.\n\nMinisters have also announced that up to 300 overseas fuel tanker drivers will be able to work in the UK immediately until the end of March.\n\nThere have been long queues at petrol stations this week after a shortage of drivers disrupted fuel deliveries.\n\nMinisters - who have maintained there is enough fuel if people buy at their normal rates - say the situation at petrol station forecourts is improving, with more fuel now being delivered than sold.\n\nBut they acknowledge some parts of the country are worse affected than others.\n\nBrian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association, which represents nearly 5,500 of the UK's 8,300 petrol stations said Scotland, the north of England and parts of the Midlands had seen a \"distinct improvement\" with fewer dry sites.\n\nBut he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it remained a \"big problem\" in London and south-east England, where \"if anything it had got worse.\"\n\nHe said the military drivers will be a \"large help\" but a \"prioritisation of deliveries to filling stations, particularly the independent ones, which are the neighbourhood sites\" was needed \"immediately\".\n\nMr Madderson warned drivers would see a rise in fuel prices next week, but because of \"global factors\" not because of profiteering.\n\nOn Friday, the RAC motoring group also said the disruption in deliveries was continuing to ease, though many areas were still experiencing supply issues.\n\nSmaller fuel stations were facing major supply problems as drivers filled up for the weekend, it said.\n\nMilitary personnel are currently training at haulier sites and will be on the road delivering fuel supplies across the country to \"help fuel stocks further improve\" from Monday, the government said.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said personnel would be seen working alongside drivers this weekend following training this week.\n\nIn addition to the 300 fuel tanker drivers being allowed to work temporarily in the UK, temporary visas are also being offered to 4,700 food haulage drivers who are able to arrive from late October and leave by 28 February 2022.\n\nVisas are being offered to a further 5,500 poultry workers who can come from late October and stay until 31 December.\n\nPreviously, the government said these temporary visas would last until Christmas Eve.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said there were \"continued signs that the situation at the pumps is slowly improving\".\n\n\"UK forecourt stock levels are trending up, deliveries of fuel to forecourts are above normal levels, and fuel demand is stabilising,\" he said.\n\n\"It's important to stress there is no national shortage of fuel in the UK, and people should continue to buy fuel as normal.\"\n\nMore than a week after queues started appearing on petrol station forecourts, just under 200 military personnel will take to the roads.\n\nMinisters say it takes time to train up servicemen and women to drive large tankers carrying highly flammable substances into built-up areas.\n\nWhile they will help with getting supplies to garages, there's been a concern inside government that falling back on the armed forces could be counter-productive.\n\nWhat message does it send to worried motorists to see soldiers driving petrol tankers? Could it lead to more panic buying?\n\nMinisters are confident the situation will continue to stabilise, but they've been under pressure to take more urgent action.\n\nIt's notable that alongside the decision to deploy the military, up to 300 tanker drivers will be allowed into the UK from overseas immediately - several weeks before the wider visa scheme comes into effect.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer called on the PM to recall Parliament from party conference recess, saying \"emergency action\" was needed to speed up the visas.\n\nBut Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused the haulage industry of being too reliant on low-paid migrant workers.\n\nHe added that he would not allow the UK to repeat the \"failures\" of the past, by allowing mass immigration to create a \"low-wage, low-skill economy\" for British workers.\n\nThe haulage industry says the driver shortage already existed, but has been made worse by factors including the pandemic, Brexit, an ageing workforce, low wages and poor working conditions.\n\nA survey from earlier this year suggests a number of reasons for the driver shortage\n\nIn addition to offering temporary visas, the government last week set out a number of other measures aimed at limiting disruption in the run-up to Christmas and beyond.\n\nThese include increasing HGV (heavy goods vehicle) testing capacity, sending nearly one million letters to drivers who hold an HGV licence, encouraging them back into the industry, and offering training courses for HGV drivers.\n\nMeanwhile, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned there is global disruption to supply chains in other industries, which could continue until Christmas.\n\n\"These shortages are very real,\" Mr Sunak told the Daily Mail. \"We're seeing real disruptions in supply chains in different sectors, not just here but around the world. We are determined to do what we can to try to mitigate as much of this as we can.\"\n\nAnd the Financial Times reports that turkeys will be imported to the UK from France and Poland in the run-up to Christmas after farmers reared about one million fewer birds.\n\nBritish Poultry Council chief executive Richard Griffiths told the paper that Brexit had cut off the industry's supply of cheap labour.", "The musician used boilers to smuggle drugs\n\nBritish rapper Nines has been jailed for importing 28kg of cannabis into the UK from Spain and Poland.\n\nThe chart-topping musician, real name Courtney Freckleton, 31, and Jason Thompson, 35, were both given 28-month sentences.\n\nThe pair had previously pleaded guilty to drugs and money laundering charges.\n\nSentencing them both at Harrow Crown Court, Judge Rosa Dean said: \"What a waste of all of that talent, to be sat in Wormwood Scrubs.\"\n\nLast year, Nines topped the UK album chart with his record Crabs In A Bucket and was named best hip hop act the Mobo Awards.\n\nThe court heard the pair had been involved in one successful bid to import the class B drug, while another attempt had also been made.\n\nProsecutor Genevieve Reed said the money laundering charge related to a £98,000 debt, the value of the drugs, and the use of Bitcoin to buy the cannabis.\n\nSome of the cannabis was imported inside boilers brought into the UK from Poland, the court heard.\n\nNines, of Barbican, central London, and Thompson, of Barnet, north London, were arrested in June after police raids across London and Borehamwood in Hertfordshire.\n\nThe operation is understood to have stemmed from the infiltration of encrypted messaging service Encrochat.\n\nThe network, which was used by thousands of criminals worldwide, was infiltrated by authorities last year after being hacked by French investigators.\n\nFather-of-two Nines, who was known as \"Big Boss\" by his fellow conspirators, had previously been imprisoned for 18 months for possession of cannabis with intent to supply.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sabina Nessa's body was found near her home in Kidbrooke\n\nA man has appeared in court charged with the \"predatory\" murder of a primary school teacher.\n\nKoci Selamaj allegedly used a 2ft (0.6m) long weapon to repeatedly strike Sabina Nessa, 28, who was attacked on 17 September, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nThe court was told he then carried her away unconscious. Her body was found covered in leaves in Cator Park, Kidbrooke, the next day.\n\nMr Selamaj, 36, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, was remanded in custody.\n\nKoci Selamaj first appeared at Willesden Magistrates' Court on Tuesday\n\nA post-mortem examination has yet to confirm the exact cause of her death but the attack was said to have involved \"extreme violence\".\n\nMs Nessa had been making her way to meet a friend at The Depot bar in Kidbrooke Village but never arrived.\n\nDressed in a prison-issue green and yellow top, garage worker Mr Selamaj, who is originally from Albania, appeared by video link from Wormwood Scrubs assisted by an interpreter.\n\nProsecutor Alison Morgan QC told the court it was a \"premeditated and predatory\" stranger attack and there was no suggestion the defendant knew Ms Nessa.\n\nOfficers have been searching an area of woodland near to Tunbridge Wells in Kent\n\nDuring the hearing, the defendant, who has already indicated he will deny murder, spoke to confirm his name and date of birth.\n\nA vigil for Ms Nessa was held in nearby Pegler Square, last Friday, and there is a book of condolence at the One Space community centre, close to where her body was found.\n\nThe Met Police confirmed that officers have been searching an area of woodland near to Tunbridge Wells in Kent as part of their investigation.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "E4 has apologised after it repeated Wednesday's episode of Married at First Sight on Thursday instead of showing the series finale.\n\nThe channel blamed it on \"ongoing tech issues\" after technical problems at a broadcast centre resulted in several channels going off air on Saturday.\n\nChannel 4 said its services were also having sound and subtitle problems.\n\nE4 said the last episode of Married at First Sight would be broadcast on Friday at 21:00 BST.\n\nThe reality show \"scientifically\" matches couples moments before they marry. Over the following weeks of the show they decide whether to continue their relationships.\n\nIn a statement on Twitter on Thursday, E4 said: \"We're aware it's yesterday's episode of #MAFSUK playing out this evening and apologise. It's all down to our ongoing tech issues which we're working hard on.\"\n\nChannel 4, Channel 5, the BBC, Paramount Network and 4 Music were among those who were affected by the technical issues last weekend.\n\nRed Bee Media, which handles playout services and broadcasting technology for a number of channels, blamed an \"activation of the fire suppression systems\" at its broadcast centre in west London.\n\nThe Times later suggested the issue arose when smoke was detected and the fire suppression system sucked all the oxygen out of the room. That caused a \"sonic wave\" that shut down the transmission servers, the newspaper reported.\n\nChannel 4 said: \"We continue to experience disruption to our services due to technical issues. We're working hard to resume our normal services and appreciate your continued understanding.\"\n• None Married At First Sight bride axed for 'aggression'", "Activists have taken to the streets this year to protest about the treatment of the women\n\nA Spanish judge has shocked women's rights groups by dismissing a case that involved women being secretly filmed urinating in public and the videos then being posted on porn websites.\n\nRecordings of some 80 women and girls were made as they urinated in a side street because of a lack of facilities.\n\nThey were caught by hidden cameras at the A Maruxaina local festival in the north-western town of Cervo.\n\nIn many cases the footage showed close-ups of the women's genitals and faces.\n\nIt was uploaded to porn sites, some requiring payment to view.\n\nOn discovering this, many of those affected took legal action in 2020, calling for the recordings, whose author remains unknown, to be investigated on the grounds that their right to privacy had been violated.\n\nA local judge, Pablo Muñoz Vázquez, shelved the case, triggering an appeal led by the Women for Equality Burela (Bumei) association.\n\nThe same judge has now confirmed his initial decision not to proceed, on the grounds that because the videos were recorded in a public place they cannot be deemed criminal.\n\nAccording to court documents, the judge also decided that there was \"no intention to violate the physical or moral resistance\" of the women affected.\n\n\"I was just panicking,\" said Jenniffer, who was one of the women filmed during the local festival in 2019.\n\nShe remembered when a friend told her that footage of her had been uploaded to a porn site. \"And then when I saw the video I was crying, I was really embarrassed, I didn't know really what to do.\"\n\nLike many of those affected, Jenniffer sought therapy afterwards. But the latest judicial ruling has added to the pain.\n\n\"It makes me feel so frustrated,\" she said. \"They are basically saying it is OK if someone records you on the street and then they post it on a porn site and they make money from it.\"\n\nTaking pictures of a woman without her consent and distributing them is sexual violence\n\nAna García, of the Bumei association, warns that a precedent could be set by this case, giving those who make such recordings impunity.\n\n\"Just because you're in a public space, that doesn't mean that filming intimate images and then distributing them is not a crime, because this is about fundamental rights,\" she said.\n\nThe decision not to continue with the case has provoked protests and an online campaign under the hashtag #XustizaMaruxaina (Justice Maruxaina).\n\nThe case has prompted an online campaign and has been taken up by the equality minister\n\nThe case has also entered the political arena, with Equality Minister Irene Montero speaking out.\n\nGender rights have been the subject of fierce debate between left and right in Spain in recent years and this is not the first time a judicial decision has drawn a backlash from women's groups.\n\nIn 2018, a court in Pamplona sparked mass protests by deeming an assault on a young woman by five men, nicknamed La Manada (the Wolfpack), sexual abuse rather than rape.\n\nThe Supreme Court eventually overturned the verdict, finding the men guilty of rape and increasing their jail sentences from nine years to 15 years.\n\nThe women affected by the A Maruxaina case are now appealing again, this time before the provincial court in Lugo, in the hope that the case will, finally, be investigated.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Activists say rage over the \"wolfpack\" case ignited a feminist revolution (Video from 2019)", "Molnupiravir is the first oral antiviral treatment for Covid to report clinical trial results.\n\nAn experimental drug for severe Covid cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by about half, interim clinical trial results suggest.\n\nThe tablet - molnupiravir - was given twice a day to patients recently diagnosed with the disease.\n\nUS drug-maker Merck said its results were so positive that outside monitors had asked to stop the trial early.\n\nIt said it would apply for emergency use authorisation for the drug in the US in the next two weeks.\n\nDr Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to US President Joe Biden, said the results were \"very good news\", but urged caution until the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had reviewed the data.\n\nIf authorised by regulators, molnupiravir would be the first oral antiviral medication for Covid-19.\n\nThe pill, which was originally developed to treat influenza, is designed to introduce errors into the genetic code of the virus, preventing it from spreading in the body.\n\nAn analysis of 775 patients in the study found:\n\nThe data was published in a press release and has not yet been peer-reviewed.\n\nUnlike most Covid vaccines, which target the spike protein on the outside of the virus, the treatment works by targeting an enzyme the virus uses to make copies of itself.\n\nMerck, known by the name MSD in the UK, said that should make it equally effective against new variants of the virus as it evolves in the future.\n\nDaria Hazuda, Merck's vice-president of infectious disease discovery, told the BBC: \"An antiviral treatment for people who are not vaccinated, or who are less responsive to immunity from vaccines, is a very important tool in helping to end this pandemic.\"\n\nTrial results suggest molnupiravir needs to be taken early after symptoms develop to have an effect. An earlier study in patients who had already been hospitalised with severe Covid was halted after disappointing results.\n\nMerck is the first company to report trial results of a pill to treat Covid, but other companies are working on similar treatments. Its US rival Pfizer has recently started late-stage trials of two different antiviral tablets, while Swiss company Roche is working on a similar medication.\n\nMerck has said it expects to produce 10 million courses of molnupiravir by the end of 2021. The US government has already agreed to buy $1.2bn (£885m) worth of the drug if it receives approval from the regulatory body, the FDA.\n\nThe company said it is in ongoing discussion with other countries, including the UK, and has also agreed licensing deals with a number of generic manufacturers to supply the treatment to low and middle-income countries.\n\nProf Penny Ward, from King's College London, who was not involved in the trial, said: \"It is greatly hoped that the antiviral task force has, like the vaccines taskforce, pre-ordered courses of this medication.\n\n\"[This is] so that the UK can, at last, properly manage this condition by treating vaccine breakthrough disease, and relieve pressure on the NHS during the forthcoming winter.\"\n\nProf Peter Horby, an expert in infectious diseases at University of Oxford, said: \"A safe, affordable, and effective oral antiviral would be a huge advance in the fight against Covid.\n\n\"Molnupiravir has looked promising in the lab, but the real test was whether it shows benefit in patients. Many drugs fail at this point, so these interim results are very encouraging.\"", "Whorlton Hall, which has since closed, was privately-run but funded by the NHS\n\nNine people have been charged with the abuse of patients with learning difficulties at a specialist hospital in County Durham.\n\nIn 2019 undercover filming by BBC Panorama at Whorlton Hall appeared to show vulnerable adults being mocked, intimidated and restrained.\n\nThe six men and three women are charged with ill treatment or wilful neglect of an individual by a care worker.\n\nThey will appear before Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court on 9 November.\n\nThe accused, who are all former workers, are:\n\nThe facility, near Barnard Castle, which has since closed, was privately-run but funded by the NHS.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Then assistant commissioner Cressida Dick at the memorial service for the murdered police officer Yvonne Fletcher\n\nThe career of Cressida Dick has seen her weather a number of storms that would have sunk many others. Allegations relating to an unholy trinity of dishonesty, prejudice and incompetence dogged the Met for almost all of her tenure.\n\nPerhaps the most high profile of the potentially career-ending scandals was the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Met Police officer. A serving Met Police officer with a record of indecent exposure and a nickname of \"the rapist\".\n\nDame Cressida said she was \"so sorry\" and remained.\n\nAfter the heavy-handed way the force handled subsequent protests and vigils - in which clashes broke out between women and police officers trying to control the gathering, Dame Cressida said confidence in policing was damaged because of remarks made on social media rather than the actions of any Met officers.\n\nMisogyny, discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment throughout the ranks of the Met were uncovered in a damning report from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\nDame Cressida Dick made a statement to the public after the sentencing of the Met officer who murdered Sarah Everard\n\nA report into the 1987 murder of Daniel Morgan - the killer remains unidentified - accused the force of institutional corruption. It found that the then-Assistant Commissioner Dame Cressida had initially refused to grant access to a police internal data system.\n\nThe shambolic Operation Midland which gave credibility to allegations of child sexual abuse by the paedophile and fantasist Carl Beech did not stop her rising through the ranks, even amid the persistent rumble of accusations against the Met of institutional racism and corruption.\n\nShe had been responsible for supervising the senior investigating officer who said allegations made by Beech were \"credible and true\". Despite hearing the officer say this, and knowing it \"was a mistake\", Dame Cressida admitted she had done nothing to correct it. The force had to pay compensation to a number of people whose reputations had been unfairly tarnished by Beech's lies.\n\nLast September it was announced by the prime minister and home secretary that Dame Cressida's contract - due to end in April - would be extended for another two years.\n\nIt spurred victims of police injustice to write an open letter accusing Dame Cressida of \"presiding over a culture of incompetence and cover-up\". Baroness Lawrence, whose son Stephen was murdered in a racist attack, and Lady Brittan, whose home was raided when her husband Lord Brittan was falsely accused of child abuse were two of the signatories.\n\nObviously, Dame Cressida is not personally responsible for the wrongs committed by her officers. But she was the head of the organisation that - however unwittingly - facilitated the crimes of Wayne Couzens.\n\nShe was head of the organisation which treated sexualised, violent and discriminatory behaviour as \"banter\".\n\nCressida Dick speaks after the verdict in the Lee Rigby murder trial\n\nFurther accusations of racism came from the mother of two women murdered in a park in Wembley. Mina Smallman believes police treated the disappearance and deaths of Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry less urgently than if they had been white.\n\nShe said of the investigation: \"I knew instantly why they didn't care. They didn't care because they looked at my daughter's address and they thought they knew who she was. A black woman who lives on a council estate.\"\n\nThe disappearance of Richard Okorogheye, a teenager who was found dead two weeks after his mother reported him missing, is also subject to a review by the police watchdog, which will consider whether ethnicity played a role in the way his case was handled.\n\nAnd athlete Bianca Williams and her partner believe they were racially profiled when their car was stopped by Met officers in Maida Vale, in July 2020. The couple were handcuffed and separated from their baby son. Ms Williams said she thought her family had been targeted because \"we are black and we drive a Mercedes\".\n\nThe Met later apologised for any distress caused.\n\nThe 60-year-old has never before shown any inclination to stand down. Where did her nerves of steel come from?\n\nThe first female commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and the UK's most senior police officer, she was made a dame in Theresa May's resignation honours.\n\nDame Cressida and her deputy attend the funeral of PC Keith Palmer, killed in the March 22 Westminster terror attack\n\nShe was first thrust into the public glare when, in 2005, she headed the operation that led to the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. She co-ordinated the surveillance officers, specialist firearms teams and other police as they attempted to catch the men behind the 21 July bombings.\n\nA subsequent trial found the Met Police guilty of endangering the public, but exonerated then-Commander Dick. She later described the killing as \"an awful time\".\n\n\"I think about it quite often. I wish, wish, wish it hadn't happened, of course, but if anything it has made me a better leader, a better police officer and it has made me more resilient.\"\n\nAt the trial she had told prosecution counsel that she \"does not get anxious - I don't have anxiety\".\n\nShe was quickly promoted through both the Thames Valley force and the Met, and in 2001 she took on command roles in the police response to the 9/11 attacks and the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.\n\nShe was promoted to deputy assistant commissioner in 2006, and in 2009 she became the first woman to become an assistant commissioner.\n\nThe first openly gay person to hold the post, Dame Cressida told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 2019 her sexuality was one of the least interesting things about her, adding: \"I happen to love Helen. She's my partner. And on we go.\"\n\nNewly appointed to the top job and smiling outside Lewisham police station in 2017\n\nIt also emerged on the programme that she cannot smell cannabis - a fact her colleagues apparently found \"hilarious\" - and, perhaps appropriately for someone who has so consistently kept her hands clean despite the whiff of scandal in the air, her luxury item would be an endless supply of floral scented soaps.\n\nOriginally from Oxford and the daughter of two academics, Dame Cressida read forestry and agriculture at the university's Balliol College before joining the Met in 1983.\n\nOn her mother's side of the family, she is related to Sophia Jex-Blake, who led the fight for women's education in Britain, and is directly descended from Sophia's brother Thomas Jex-Blake, a 19th Century headmaster of Rugby School.\n\nShe took a brief career break to study criminology at Cambridge and had a short spell working in finance - but for most of her life she has been a police officer.\n\nDame Cressida left the police in 2015 to work at the Foreign Office, in an unspecified job shrouded in secrecy, but returned two years later when she assumed the mantle of Met commissioner.\n\nShe has been a police officer for most of her working life\n\nAt the time, she said it had been \"at least 25 years since I thought regularly about the fact that I was a woman, doing this job\" but added that some men were \"threatened, baffled and confused\" by it.\n\n\"I long for the day when we can all be ourselves, whoever we are, and express ourselves in whatever way we like, and we don't have these kinds of funny constraints in our heads that make us feel: 'Ooh, there's a different power relationship because that's a man and that's a woman.' And we still get that. It's not helpful.\"\n\nAnnouncing her departure, Dame Cressida said: \"It is clear that the mayor no longer has sufficient confidence in my leadership to continue. He has left me no choice but to step aside as commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service.\"\n\nShe had just hours earlier insisted that she had \"no intention of going\".\n\nHer track record shows a pattern of saying sorry and a refusal to relinquish her post.\n\nThis time, no apologies. This time, she goes.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The RAC motoring group has said the fuel shortage problem continues to ease, although many areas of the UK are still suffering supply issues.\n\nSmaller fuel stations were still facing major supply issues as drivers fill up for the weekend, the RAC said.\n\nEarlier, BP said problems at its stations caused by a shortage of HGV drivers was starting to improve.\n\nIt comes as one of the big fuel delivery firms, Hoyer Petrolog, confirmed it was training army drivers.\n\nThe RAC said that on Thursday its patrol vehicles dealt with nearly five times the number of out-of-fuel breakdowns than was typical. However, that was down on the 13-times it dealt with on Monday.\n\nMr Williams said: While the fuel delivery situation continues to improve in many areas, that's sadly not the case right across the country.\n\n\"Those drivers that rely on independent forecourts, especially where there aren't any supermarkets selling fuel, may still be struggling to fill up.\"\n\nBP was the first company to warn it had to close some petrol stations due to a shortage of drivers, which has worsened due to Covid and Brexit. But the company said on Friday the situation was \"stabilising\".\n\nA big fuel delivery supplier to BP forecourts and other outlets, Hoyer, confirmed to the BBC it was training army drivers over the last two days.\n\nHoyer, which delivers to about 25% of the UK's petrol stations, was not able to confirm how many army personnel were being trained nor when they would start work. However, the army drivers will use a mix of Hoyer and military vehicles to make deliveries, the company said.\n\nThe UK has been grappling with a fuel crisis that has caused huge queues outside some petrol stations, and forced customers to drive round multiple sites in search of supplies.\n\nBP said the situation had started to improve over the last few days, adding it was \"working flat out\" to keep sites across the country supplied.\n\nWhile the government and retailers say there is enough fuel at UK refineries, a shortage of drivers has slowed the transport of fuel to petrol stations.\n\nThe haulage industry says an existing shortage of lorry drivers has been made worse by a number of factors, including the pandemic, Brexit, an ageing workforce, low wages and poor working conditions.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Today programme, policing minister Kit Malthouse said: \"My latest briefing is that the situation is stabilising, that we are seeing more forecourts with a greater supply of fuel and hopefully that, as demand and supply come better into balance over the next few days, week or so, that we will see a return to normality.\"\n\nHe added that if the situation started to deteriorate again, Prime Minister Boris Johnson would review matters.\n\nHowever, Labour leader Kier Starmer said it was time for \"emergency action\" as the \"chaos\" looked set to continue.\n\nHe said: \"We're going to see this driver shortage problem coming back again in different sectors.\n\n\"By the government's own admission, their scheme won't be up and running for weeks with the first HGV drivers not on the roads until November. This simply isn't good enough.\"\n\nHe called for the use of the military to get petrol to areas of the country in most need, and for fuel stations with supplies to extend opening hours for NHS shift staff and other key workers.\n\n\"Normally a tanker would last three to four days, but now it's selling out in 12 hours,\" says Danyal Shoaib, who runs a petrol station near Leatherhead, in Surrey. In the last week he says they've run dry three times.\n\n\"I think social media has played a massive part. As soon as anyone sees a tanker, they stick it online and the queues develop all the way down the road,\" he says.\n\nMr Shoaib says he's been surprised by the abuse he and his colleagues have faced from \"a significant minority\" of customers.\n\n\"A man tried to bypass the queue and when I politely asked him to join the end, he tried to drive his car into me to get me to move,\" he says. After he asked the man to calm down, he was then subjected to abusive language including \"quite obscene racial slurs\", he adds.\n\nDespite this, Mr Shoaib says they've had \"loads of lovely messages\" thanking them, and seen huge relief on people's faces when they can fill up.\n\nAt his petrol station, he says demand remains high: \"What we're saying to people is, if you can, please be reasonable. If you can make do with half a tank or three quarters of a tank, please do that.\"\n\nThe BBC understands that demand at supermarkets Asda and Morrisons is also easing, continuing a trend seen throughout the week.\n\nA Morrisons spokesperson said: \"It is a rapidly moving situation and we are working hard with our suppliers to ensure we can continue to keep our pumps open and serve our customers.\"\n\nSainsbury's, which has more than 300 sites in total, said that it was still experiencing high demand for fuel.\n\n\"We're working closely with our supplier to maintain supply and all our sites continue to receive fuel,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nTesco added: \"We have good availability of fuel, and we're working really hard to ensure regular deliveries to our petrol filling stations across the UK every day.\"\n\nThe firm operates 500 petrol stations, with another 200 managed by Esso with a Tesco Express store on-site.\n\nAn Esso spokesman told the BBC that a number of its Tesco Alliance sites were affected.\n\n\"The picture is constantly changing, but the situation at the 200 Esso Tesco Alliance sites is stabilising and continues to improve in terms of fuel availability,\" they said.\n\nLike a car running low on petrol, the situation at the pumps seems to have slowed and possibly stalled.\n\nFuel demand is still far from normal and the picture is very patchy.\n\nWhile there are hopeful noises from some areas of the industry that fuel is getting through, those who are selling it are still seeing queues, particularly in London and the south east.\n\nThe situation is not as bad as last weekend, but it still isn't over. The messaging could be tricky for the government. Tell everyone the crisis is solved before it dies down, and ministers risk losing the public's trust.\n\nThe question now is what will reassure the public to go back to normal buying?\n\nThe Petrol Retailers Association (PRA), represents nearly 5,500 of the UK's 8,300 petrol stations\n\nIt said on Friday there had been little change for its members who are independent fuel retailers.\n\nIts survey of 1,100 sites across the UK found that 26% had neither petrol nor diesel in stock, down slightly from 27% on Thursday.\n\nGordon Balmer, its executive director, said: \"Whilst the situation is similar to recent days, there are signs it is improving, but far too slowly.\n\n\"Independents, which total 65% of the entire network, are not receiving enough deliveries of fuel compared with other sectors.\"\n\nMr Balmer said he believed queues were likely until independent retailers started getting more frequent deliveries.\n\nIn an attempt to limit disruption, the government has confirmed that 5,000 fuel tanker and food lorry drivers can receive temporary UK visas, with the scheme ending on Christmas Eve.\n\nA temporary relaxation on drivers' hours has also been extended until 31 October. This allows the daily driving limit to be increased from nine hours to 10 hours up to four times in a week.\n\nA government spokesperson said it had taken \"immediate action\" to increase the supply of HGV drivers and relieve the pressure on petrol stations.\n\n\"We recognise the challenges facing industry and streamlined the testing process in July to boost the number of drivers,\" they said, adding that it was important people continued to buy fuel as normal.", "Jeremy Stansfield co-hosted the BBC's Bang Goes The Theory from 2009-14\n\nA TV presenter who was hurt while playing the role of a human crash test dummy has been awarded £1.6m in damages after a High Court battle with the BBC.\n\nJeremy Stansfield, 50, said he suffered spine and brain injuries while filming a 2013 episode of science show Bang Goes The Theory, resulting in more than £3m of lost future earnings.\n\nMrs Justice Yip ruled the effect of the injuries was \"to derail the claimant's successful career in television\".\n\nThe injuries happened when Mr Stansfield, who was 42 at the time, filmed a Bang Goes The Theory feature about the relative safety of forward and rear-facing child car seats.\n\nThe episode saw him \"strapped into a rig like a go-cart which was propelled along a track into a post\".\n\nIn the segment, Mr Stansfield explained he had calculated the experiment to give a similar crash profile to hitting a lamppost in a real car in an urban environment. The crashes were performed forwards and backwards twice each.\n\nMr Stansfield said he had been left with a \"constellation of symptoms\", leading to a significant decline in his health.\n\nMrs Justice Yip ruled that the \"combined effect\" of Mr Stansfield's physical injuries and his psychological reaction to the crash test had caused him \"significant impairment\" and restricted \"his enjoyment of life\".\n\nBefore the crash tests, Mr Stansfield had been an \"exceptionally fit\" man, the judge said.\n\nA BBC physical assessment for a 2012 project involving a human powered aircraft, which he had designed himself as a former engineer, suggested he was performing at the level of a competitive athlete.\n\nJeremy \"Jem\" Stansfield with Bang Goes The Theory co-hosts Liz Bonnin and Maggie Philbin in 2013\n\nMrs Justice Yip said: \"I must say that I find it astonishing that anyone thought that this exercise was a sensible idea.\n\n\"On his own account to camera, the claimant was simulating a road traffic collision of the sort that commonly causes injury.\n\n\"It might be thought that someone of his intelligence and scientific background might have appreciated the risk.\"\n\nThe judgement was not assessing liability, but the extent of Mr Stansfield's injuries and the damages owed.\n\nThe judgement said the BBC argued that \"little more than a moderate whiplash injury with depressive symptoms\" could properly be attributed to the crash tests, so only modest damages should be awarded.\n\nShe said there was also evidence the BBC actively sought advice and had been warned of the danger yet still allowed the experiment to proceed.\n\nThe BBC has agreed to share responsibility and loss of earnings, the ruling said. Mr Stansfield had originally claimed almost £4m in damages.\n\nA BBC spokesman said: \"We take the health and wellbeing of everyone who works for the BBC extremely seriously.\n\n\"We keep safety measures on set under constant review and we made adjustments following the incident in 2013.\n\n\"We acknowledge the court's judgment in this complex case and wish Mr Stansfield the best for the future.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "JD Wetherspoon has reported a record annual loss after Covid lockdowns saw its pubs shut for 19 weeks.\n\nIt posted a £154.7m loss as sales fell sharply in the year to 25 July, after a £34.1m loss a year earlier.\n\nWetherspoon's chairman Tim Martin criticised the \"use of lockdowns and draconian restrictions\".\n\nAlthough the firm suggested that there were signs of recovery since restrictions eased, it is struggling to recruit staff in some areas.\n\nThe pub chain said that like-for-like sales, which strip out the effect of new pub openings, were just 8.7% lower in the last nine weeks than in the same period before the pandemic.\n\nSales at its airport sites though, have struggled, it said.\n\nOverall, revenues generated through pints, meals and soft drinks fell by 38.8% from a year earlier to £772.6m.\n\nBut in an update to investors, Mr Martin said that he felt hopeful for the future.\n\n\"Pubs have been at the forefront of business closures during the pandemic, at great cost to the industry - but at even greater cost to the Treasury.\n\n\"In spite of these obstacles, Wetherspoon is cautiously optimistic about the outcome for the financial year, on the basis that there is no further resort to lockdowns\".\n\nAs Covid-related restrictions have eased, the firm has been looking to fill vacancies for pub staff and managers and make the most of the economic recovery.\n\nIt said overall it had received a \"reasonable\" number of applications for jobs.\n\nBut in some areas of the country, \"especially 'staycation' areas in the West Country and elsewhere\", it has been harder to draw people in, the company said.\n\nIts total number of employees, who are mostly staff paid per hour, increased from an average of 29,025 for the financial year to 42,003 in the week to 20 September 2021.\n\nThe wider hospitality industry has been struggling with recruitment in recent months.\n\nAccording to figures from the Office for National Statistics, the number of vacancies in the three months to August rose above one million for the first time since records began in 2001.\n\nMany of those vacancies were for jobs in pubs, restaurants and cafes trying to keep up with demand as customers return.\n\nExperts have said that staff may feel cautious about returning to work after the pandemic, as well as facing child-care issues.\n\nRecent labour shortages have also been exacerbated by some workers returning to the European Union after the UK's exit from the trade bloc.\n\nThe firm was also recently affected by a shortage of some beer brands caused by driver shortages due to a combination of Covid and Brexit.\n\nAt the time, Mr Martin, a prominent Brexit supporter, was criticised on social media, although the firm said it was \"heart-breaking to be letting any customer down\" after such a difficult time for the hospitality sector.\n\nOn Friday, it called on government to make a VAT cut that was introduced for pubs and restaurants during the Covid crisis permanent. It had lowered the prices of some items on its food menu and soft drinks as a result.\n\nA rise in VAT rates from 5% to 12.5% takes effect on Friday and has been criticised as \"badly timed\" for business.\n\n\"If the chancellor decides to make these VAT reductions permanent, the company intends to retain lower prices indefinitely,\" Wetherspoon said.\n\nJulie Palmer, a partner at Begbies Traynor, said: \"JD Wetherspoon finally began recovering from the turmoil the pandemic and Covid restrictions had put it through, to be greeted with a supply chain hangover and staff shortages.\"\n\nShe pointed out that affordability had always been the brand's selling point, but that the chain might have to rethink that strategy as supply chain issues and rising costs hit.\n\n\"The board may need a strong drink to warm them up for another tough year ahead.\"", "In March, Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former president of France to receive a custodial sentence\n\nFormer French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to a year in prison for illegally funding his unsuccessful 2012 re-election campaign.\n\nThe 66-year-old was found guilty in a Paris court of spending tens of millions of euros more on his campaign than was permitted under the law.\n\nHe will not be jailed, however, and can serve his sentence at home with an electronic bracelet, the court ruled.\n\nMr Sarkozy, who denies any wrongdoing, described the ruling as an \"injustice\".\n\nHe said he would go \"right to the end\" to seek \"truth and justice\". His lawyer added that he would appeal the verdict.\n\nThis is Mr Sarkozy's second one-year prison term. In March, he became the first former president of France to receive a custodial sentence - for corruption and influence peddling - but remains free pending an appeal of that sentence.\n\nIn the latest trial, Mr Sarkozy was accused with 13 other defendants over their role in the so-called \"Bygmalion\" scandal.\n\nProsecutors said the former president's UMP party splurged nearly double the €22.5m (£19.4m) cap on lavish campaign rallies and events, then tried to hide the costs by hiring a PR firm called Bygmalion to invoice the party, not the campaign.\n\nOn Thursday, the court in Paris ruled that though the former president may not have known the full details of the fraud, he must have seen that limits were breached and did nothing about it.\n\nIt is the latest legal challenge for Mr Sarkozy, who served a five-year term as president from 2007.\n\nIn 2012, he lost his re-election bid to socialist François Hollande. Since then he has been targeted by several criminal investigations.\n\nEarlier this year he was given a suspended prison sentence for trying to bribe a judge in 2014.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In an interview in March, Nicolas Sarkozy says his three-year sentence for corruption is an “injustice”", "A Yorkshire farmer has killed hundreds of piglets because labour shortages in local abattoirs mean adult pigs are not being killed fast enough.\n\nThe resulting backlog means there is less space left on farms for younger pigs, which are cheaper and easier to kill.\n\nThe farmer had been \"destroyed by it\", according to a friend.\n\n\"He had to kill perfectly healthy, viable piglets,\" she told BBC News.\n\nAccording to the National Pig Association (NPA), this may well not be the only case of farmers killing healthy livestock as mature pigs have continued to \"back up\" on farms.\n\nThe labour shortages are being blamed on Brexit and the Covid pandemic.\n\nBefore that, about 80% of staff in two major processing centres in Hull came from Eastern Europe, according to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).\n\nNick Allen, from the BMPA, said the workforce in large abattoirs would normally be 10-15% above average ahead of Christmas, but instead it is 15% down. Because centres are unable to process pigs at the usual rate, live animals are mounting up on farms and some farmers were \"quietly starting to cull\", he said.\n\nOnce a pig gets too big, its butchered processed carcass will no longer fit into supermarket packets so retailers do not want to buy it from farmers.\n\n\"The main barrier is labour, with the change in the immigration policy. We are struggling to get butchers in particular, and it limits how fast you can run the plant,\" Mr Allen added.\n\n\"We were offering higher wages, but with the job market at the moment, it's not worked. We do need access to some non-UK labour.\"\n\nSimilar labour shortages among lorry drivers and poultry workers led the government to introduce temporary visas to try to limit disruption in the run-up to Christmas, but this concession was not extended to the pig-meat industry.\n\nThe Yorkshire farmer's friend, who did not want to be identified, told the BBC: \"It's desperate. I've been producing for 26 years, and never faced the prospect of having to butcher pigs on my own farm before\".\n\nThese pigs are five months old; they should have been sent to an abattoir but there is no capacity to process the animals.\n\nMeryl Ward who runs a family farm in Lincolnshire has 1,600 pigs that should already have gone to slaughter.\n\nShe has been farming for 35 years and says the current crisis is the worst she has encountered.\n\nA humane cull, which is being discussed, would see prime healthy pigs being \"rendered\" for cheap products like lard or pet food, and farmers are unlikely to be compensated for their losses.\n\nParallels are being drawn to the 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis, where pyres of cows burned across the countryside.\n\nShe added: \"Producers are in despair... we can't just waste this food. It's criminal.\"\n\nShe said temporary work visas were needed, like those recently issued for HGV drivers and poultry workers.\n\n\"It's such a massive national problem, it needs action and leadership from government.\n\n\"If they really care about farm animal welfare, if they really believe in UK animal production and the standards that we have are worth saving, we need some action,\" she urged.\n\nA Defra spokesperson said the government was \"keeping the market under close review\" and continuing to \"work closely with the sector to explore options to address the pressures\" that the industry was currently facing.\n\nThe National Pig Association is urging retailers to back British producers, rather than to buy imported produce.\n\nSupermarket chain Lidl described the backlogs as \"alleged\", adding it was \"committed to\" sourcing 100% of its fresh pork from British farmers.\n\nSainsbury's said all its fresh pork was British but that it \"may source bacon and continental meats from the EU to meet demand.\"\n\nTesco said it was \"working closely\" with suppliers to make sure supply chains were protected to \"provide availability\" for its shoppers.\n\nAldi said its \"core range\" of meat was \"100% British and Red Tractor assured.\"", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen both welcomed the deal\n\nMost of the world's nations have signed up to a historic deal to ensure big companies pay a fairer share of tax.\n\nA hundred and thirty six countries agreed to enforce a corporate tax rate of at least 15% and a fairer system of taxing profits where they are earned.\n\nIt follows concern that multinational companies are re-routing their profits through low tax jurisdictions.\n\nCountries including Ireland had opposed the deal but have now agreed to the policy.\n\nUK Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the deal would \"upgrade the global tax system for the modern age\".\n\n\"We now have a clear path to a fairer tax system, where large global players pay their fair share wherever they do business,\" he said.\n\nThe Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organisation, has led talks on a minimum rate for a decade.\n\nIt said the deal could bring in an extra $150bn (£108bn) of tax a year, bolstering economies as they recover from Covid.\n\nYet it also said it did not seek to \"eliminate\" tax competition between countries, only to limit it.\n\nThe floor under corporate tax will come in from 2023. Countries will also have more scope to tax multinational companies operating within their borders, even if they don't have a physical presence there.\n\nMany big global companies, such as Google, have bases in Ireland which has a corporate tax rate of just 12.5%\n\nThe move - which is expected to hit digital giants like Amazon and Facebook - will affect firms with global sales above 20 billion euros (£17bn) and profit margins above 10%.\n\nA quarter of any profits they make above the 10% threshold will be reallocated to the countries where they were earned and taxed there.\n\n\"[This] is a far-reaching agreement which ensures our international tax system is fit for purpose in a digitalised and globalised world economy,\" said OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann.\n\n\"We must now work swiftly and diligently to ensure the effective implementation of this major reform.\"\n\nThis deal marks a sweeping change in approach when it comes to taxing big global companies.\n\nIn the past, countries would frequently compete with one another to offer an attractive deal to multinationals. It made sense when those companies might come in, set up a factory and create jobs. They were, you could say, giving something back.\n\nBut the new digital era giants have become adept at simply moving profits around, from the regions where they do business to those where they will pay the lowest taxes. Good news for tax havens, bad news for everyone else.\n\nThe new system is meant to minimise opportunities for profit shifting, and ensure that the largest businesses pay at least some of their taxes where they do business, rather than where they choose to have their headquarters.\n\nSome 136 countries have signed up - an achievement in itself. But inevitably there will be losers as well as winners.\n\nIreland, Hungary and Estonia - all of which have corporate tax rates below 15% - at first resisted the plan but are now on board.\n\nIreland currently has a rate of 12.5%, which has helped it attract large amounts of foreign investment and become a base for big US firms such as Apple. But after securing a compromise on the wording of the agreement, Finance Minister Pascal Donohoe said he was \"absolutely certain\" Ireland's interests were served by being part of the deal.\n\nHowever, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have not yet signed up to the plan.\n\nThe pact resolves a spat between the US and countries such as the UK and France, which had threatened a digital tax on big mainly American tech firms.\n\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said: \"As of this morning, virtually the entire global economy has decided to end the race to the bottom on corporate taxation.\n\n\"Rather than competing on our ability to offer low corporate rates, America will now compete on the skills of our workers and our capacity to innovate, which is a race we can win.\"\n\nFacebook welcomed the deal, saying it has long called for reform of global tax rules.\n\n\"We recognise this could mean paying more tax, and in different places,\" said Nick Clegg, its vice president for global affairs. \"The tax system needs to command public confidence, while giving certainty and stability to businesses. We are pleased to see an emerging international consensus.\"\n\nBut Argentine economy minister Martin Guzman said the proposals would do little to help developing countries. Despite agreeing to the pact, he had argued for a tax rate of at least 21%.\n\nOxfam also said the 15% rate was too low and would \"let big offenders... off the hook\". The corporate tax rate in industrialised countries averages at 23.5%, well above the agreed 15% floor.\n\nOxfam's tax policy lead Susana Ruiz said: \"The world is experiencing the largest increase in poverty in decades and a massive explosion in inequality but this deal will do little or nothing to halt either. Instead, it is already being seen by some wealthy nations as an excuse to cut domestic corporate tax rates, risking a new race to the bottom.\"", "Flowers and tributes to the child have been left at the roadside in Llanelli\n\nA 23-year-old woman has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a child was killed in a crash.\n\nThe car crash happened at Heol Goffa crossroads in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, at about 21:00 BST on Friday.\n\nLucy Dyer, of Heulwen Terrace, Llanelli, was also charged with drink driving and has been remanded in custody.\n\nFlowers, toys and tributes have been left at the scene of the crash.\n\nThe crash involved a blue BMW 3 Series and a blue Vauxhall Vectra. The woman and the child were in different cars.\n\nDyfed-Powys Police said specially trained officers were supporting the child's family.\n\nOfficers are supporting the child's family, police say\n\nThe crash happened at the Heol Goffa crossroads in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire", "Plans for a phone service aimed at protecting lone women walking home have been set out by BT in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard.\n\n\"Walk Me Home\" would allow users to opt in to a GPS tracking system and an alert would be triggered if they did not reach their destination on time.\n\nIt would be activated by calling a phone number, possibly 888.\n\nBut campaigners criticised the plan as a \"sticking plaster solution\" and said the real problem was male violence.\n\nUsers of the service - which could be accessed by any network - would be able to enter their home address and other regular destinations into the mobile phone app.\n\nBefore walking the user would start the app, or call or text 888. This would give the expected journey time and begin the GPS tracking.\n\nA message would be sent to the user at the time they were predicted to arrive at their destination. A failure to respond would issue calls to emergency contacts and then the police.\n\nWriting in the Daily Mail, BT chief executive Philip Jansen said the cases of Sarah Everard, who was kidnapped as she was walking home, and Sabina Nessa, who was killed as she walked to meet a friend, filled him with \"outrage and disgust\" and prompted his company to take action.\n\n\"Male violence is causing so many people, especially women, to live in fear,\" he wrote, saying that he was in a position to do something practical.\n\nHe said BT was building the \"next-generation 999 network\".\n\n\"We are proposing to build into it a new emergency service that would complement 999.\n\n\"This new service is provisionally called 888 or 'walk me home', but it could also be used on taxi rides, public transport or any journey.\"\n\nHe said the existence of the 888 service \"should also act as a deterrent to criminals, knowing that the alarm will automatically be raised if their victim doesn't reach their destination on time, that friends and family will start ringing around and alert the police\".\n\nThe service needed to be tested and required funding, Mr Jansen added.\n\nHe also acknowledged there would likely be concerns around privacy and misuse of the app, including wasting police time.\n\nHe said he had set out the plans for the app, which could be used by anyone who felt vulnerable, in a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel.\n\nSarah Everard was murdered by serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens after he falsely arrested her\n\nThe Daily Mail quoted Ms Patel as saying: \"This new phone line is exactly the kind of innovative scheme which would be good to get going as soon as we can. I'm now looking at it with my team and liaising with BT.\"\n\nA Home Office spokesman said it would respond to Mr Jansen's letter \"in due course\".\n\n\"As set out in our strategy earlier this year, we need a whole-of-society approach to tackling violence against women and girls and welcome joint working between the private sector and government.\"\n\nBut Charlotte Proudman, a lawyer who specialises in violence against women, told BBC News the scheme was \"nothing more than attempting to paper over the cracks\".\n\n\"We need to tackle the real harm here that is male violence against women and girls,\" she added, saying the onus for change should not be placed on women.\n\nCaroline Nokes, chairwoman of the Commons Women and Equalities Committee, described the idea as a \"sticking plaster\" that achieves \"very little\".\n\nThe Conservative MP told BBC Radio 4's PM programme she welcomed any action that made women \"feel safer\" - \"but the underlying problem is not how women feel\".\n\n\"It's the culture of male violence against women - and of course this app is going to do nothing to tackle that,\" she said.\n\n\"And I think the government needs to come forward with a whole suite of measures that are going to address the root of the problem and not just find a sticking plaster that might make everybody feel a bit better, but actually achieve very little.\"\n\nThe End Violence Against Women coalition said support for the scheme \"shows we're moving further away from actually tackling the problem of male violence against women and girls\".\n\nLabour's deputy leader Angela Rayner wrote on Twitter: \"Here's a radical idea for you Priti - instead of tracking women's movements as we go about our lives, how about the government actually tackles male violence instead?\n\n\"Only 1% of reported rapes result in a charge. That's the problem, not us walking home.\"\n\nAnd the Women's Equality Party said of the app proposal: \"This is just another thing for women to do to try to keep themselves safe; another indication that the government think it's women's responsibility to avoid violence.\"\n\nThere are other smartphone safety apps already available to download that offer similar functions - including the Hollie Guard.\n\nThis app was created by the Hollie Gazzard Trust, which was set up in memory of 20-year-old Hollie who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2014.\n\nHer father Nick Gazzard, the charity's founder and CEO, said their app has been available for the last six years.\n\nIt uses GPS tracking to pinpoint its user's location and can alert emergency contacts and record evidence if they are attacked.\n\nMr Gazzard told the BBC their free app was \"tried and tested and proven and has all the functionality which the 888 app suggests they're going to include\".\n\nTheir app has been downloaded more than 300,000 times \"and that's increasing by the day\".\n\n\"Really we've had a massive response to the sentencing of Sarah Everard ['s killer] and our objective is to keep all people safe, particularly women and girls,\" he said.\n\nThe charity also has Hollie Guard Extra, which is a paid-for service that will alert a 24-7 monitoring centre with staff who can contact the emergency services if needed.\n\nSabina Nessa's body was found near her home in Kidbrooke\n\nMet Police officer Wayne Couzens murdered Sarah Everard after falsely arresting her for a breach of Covid-19 guidelines as she walked home from a friend's house in south London on 3 March.\n\nHe has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term.\n\nAnd last month more than 500 people joined a vigil held in memory of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa, who was killed a few minutes' walk from her London home. A 36-year-old man has been charged with her murder.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland men's Ashes series in Australia this winter will go ahead \"subject to several critical conditions\", says the England and Wales Cricket Board.\n\nEngland had concerns over their families being allowed to travel, quarantine and 'bubble' arrangements amid the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe five-Test series is due to begin on 8 December and end on 18 January.\n\nThe ECB said that \"over recent weeks we have made excellent progress in moving forward\" on the men's Ashes tour.\n\nA statement read: \"To facilitate further progress and allow a squad to be selected, the ECB board has met today and given its approval for the tour to go ahead. This decision is subject to several critical conditions being met before we travel.\n\n\"We look forward to the ongoing assistance from Cricket Australia in resolving these matters in the coming days.\"\n\nEngland will name an Ashes squad in the coming days.\n• None Stokes likely to miss Ashes after second finger operation\n\nAustralia has some of the strictest Covid-19 protocols in the world, a situation complicated by the fact the five Tests are due to be played in five states, each of which have their own regulations.\n\nCricket Australia sent plans for the Ashes tour to the ECB in late September, with England's players presented with the arrangements on Sunday and the ECB holding a board meeting on Friday.\n\nAustralia hold the Ashes after retaining them thanks to a 2-2 draw in England in 2019.\n\nThe can has been kicked down the road, but at least it appears to be in the right direction.\n\nThe board is not prepared to clarify exactly what these critical conditions are, and will now go about the process of selecting what will be a large squad. But it's not at all clear how that can happen before the players are satisfied that these critical conditions will be met by the Australian authorities.\n\nInevitably one assumes that much of this focuses on the quarantine arrangements of the players and also their families and that, eventually, an agreement will be reached. But the clock is ticking.\n\nHow it all unfolded\n• July: England players hold talks over plans for families to travel to Australia.\n• 22 Aug: England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler says he is \"open to saying no\" to taking part in the Ashes tour.\n• 28 Aug: The Times reports that up to 10 England players could pull out of the tour because of quarantine conditions.\n• 19 Sept: England pace bowler Stuart Broad says he is \"happy to get on a plane to Australia\".\n• 23 Sept: Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison says there will be \"no special deals\" for England players' families.\n• 28 Sept: England captain Joe Root says he is \"desperate\" to play in Ashes but does not confirm he will travel.\n• 8 Oct: Australia captain Tim Paine says he expects a \"really strong\" England to tour.\n• None Caught between life and death in the swinging sixties\n• None The remarkable aftermath of the verdict on Nazi War Criminals", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nBritain's Emma Raducanu lost her first match as a Grand Slam champion, beaten in straight sets by Belarus' Aliaksandra Sasnovich at Indian Wells.\n\nWorld number 22 Raducanu was seeking an 11th successive victory, having won the US Open last month as a qualifier.\n\nBut Sasnovich, ranked 100th in the world, beat the 18-year-old 6-2 6-4 in round two of the BNP Paribas Open.\n\nRaducanu, who received a first-round bye, is next scheduled to play at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow in 10 days' time.\n• None Murray beats Mannarino to reach second round at Indian Wells\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nThe Briton was competing without a permanent coach having ended her partnership with Andrew Richardson, whom she has known since the age of 10, after her US Open success.\n\nSpeaking after the match, she told BBC Sport: \"We had some great memories together - at the US Open and also previous to that - but I'm looking forward to the next chapter and I think that what I am doing right now is definitely the best for me and my tennis.\"\n\nRaducanu made an excellent start against Sasnovich - holding to love in the opening game in front of a supportive crowd of about 4,000 for the night session.\n\nBut a loose service game followed, and with her 27-year-old opponent playing some excellent defensive tennis, the US Open champion was forced into too many errors.\n\nRaducanu seemed anxious to close out rallies quickly on the slow court, and Sasnovich broke again to love and took the opening set.\n\nIt was the first set Raducanu had lost since a three-set defeat by Clara Tauson in the final of the Challenger event in Chicago on 22 August.\n\nSasnovich broke first in the second set too, as she showed off the attacking side of her game.\n\nBut two double faults followed in the next game and with Raducanu beginning to find some composure, the teenager was able to open a 4-2 lead.\n\nThe improvement was short-lived, however, and Sasnovich won the final four games of the match to complete a straight-set victory.\n\nThe Belarusian will play two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep, after the Romanian overcame Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine 7-6 6-1, in the third round on Sunday.\n\nRaducanu said: \"I think Aliaksandra played a great match. She was better than me today so she deserves to win.\n\n\"I'm kind of glad that what happened today happened so I can learn and take it as a lesson.\n\n\"There's going to be disappointment after any loss. I didn't go in there putting any pressure on myself because in my mind I'm so inexperienced that I'm just taking it all in.\"\n\nStephens knocked out, Fernandez and Swiatek through\n\nSloane Stephens, who beat Britain's Heather Watson in the first round, lost in straight sets to American compatriot Jessica Pegula in their second-round match.\n\nStephens, appearing at the tournament for the 10th time, suffered a 6-2 6-3 defeat to the 19th seed.\n\nCanada's Leylah Fernandez, who lost to Raducanu in the US Open final, defeated Alize Cornet of France 6-2 6-3 to advance to the third round.\n\nFernandez will play ninth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova following the Russian's emphatic 6-3 6-1 win over USA player Madison Keys.\n\nPolish second seed Iga Swiatek is into the last 32 after a comfortable 6-1 6-3 win against Croatia's Petra Martic.\n\nMeanwhile, Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, seeded seventh, breezed through with a 6-2 6-2 win over Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands.\n• None Caught between life and death in the swinging '60s\n• None The remarkable aftermath of the verdict on Nazi war criminals", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nTop-flight clubs have complained to the Premier League after it cleared the £305m takeover of Newcastle by a Saudi Arabian-backed group.\n\nThere is understood to be frustration from clubs about how the deal passed the owners' and directors' test.\n\nConcerns also arose as to why they were not kept informed after the surprise news emerged on Wednesday.\n\nAdditionally, there are worries as to how Saudi Arabian owners will reflect on the league itself.\n\nThere are many human rights issues linked to the kingdom.\n\nClubs are demanding a meeting with the Premier League, which has previously said the takeover process would remain confidential.\n\nThere is irritation with the Premier League board from all 19 other clubs, who are united in a view they should have been kept updated on an issue of such significance.\n\nThe clubs also feel they should have been told what had changed to allow the deal to proceed before it was completed.\n\nWhen approving the takeover on Thursday, the Premier League said it has received legal assurances from the new owners that the Saudi state would not control Newcastle United and there would be punishments if it was proven otherwise.\n\nThe takeover was 80% financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, whose chair is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.\n\nWestern intelligence agencies say he ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an allegation Bin Salman denies.\n\nFollowing Thursday's takeover, Amanda Staveley, Newcastle's director, told BBC sports editor Dan Roan that PCP Capital took concerns over Saudi Arabia's human rights record \"very seriously\" but reiterated that their partner \"is not that Saudi state, it's PIF\".\n\nWhen asked if this was a case of 'sportswashing' by Saudi Arabia, she said: \"No, not at all, this is very much about the PIF's investment into a fantastic football team and we look forward to growing the club.\"\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "The education secretary has vowed to tackle persistent pupil absences \"head on\", describing it as a \"key priority\".\n\nIn a speech to head teachers on Saturday, Nadhim Zahawi said disadvantaged children lose out most from not being in school.\n\nAhead of the spending review later this month, he pledged to invest \"record sums\" in children's education.\n\nIt comes after the number of pupils in England absent for Covid-related reasons rose two-thirds in a fortnight.\n\nThe latest government figures showed 204,000 children - 2.5% of state school pupils in England - were out of school for this reason in the fortnight to 30 September.\n\nThere are also concerns children may be missing lessons because of mental health issues.\n\nSpeaking at the conference of the NAHT school leaders' union in London, Mr Zahawi said: \"Another key priority for me will be getting to the root of what is causing children to be persistently absent and then tackling it head on.\n\n\"Because the children who lose out the most from not being in school are likely to be the ones who can cope least - the vulnerable, the disadvantaged. You can't help them if they aren't there.\n\n\"For all these reasons, we will continue to invest record sums in our children's education.\"\n\nHe added that he would not give a \"running commentary\" on the spending review, but said he would \"not stop\" making the case for investing in children and young people.\n\nHe also called for better understanding of and support for mental health issues.\n\n\"I want us to put wellbeing at the centre of everything we do in schools alongside a drive for rigorous standards and high performance. But, of course, we can't do this if children are not at school,\" he added.\n\nIn response to the education secretary's comments, Paul Whiteman, NAHT's general secretary, said Mr Zahawi needed to match the \"passion and ambition\" of school leaders.\n\n\"The real test though, is what he is prepared to do immediately, to prise more investment from the Treasury in the comprehensive spending review, and then how he chooses to develop policy in the coming weeks and months,\" he said.\n\nAddressing the conference on Friday, Mr Whiteman said the government's goals for helping children catch-up after the pandemic needed to be more ambitious.\n\n\"Recovery implies a return to what we had before, which is simply not good enough,\" he added.\n\nIn June, the government's schools catch-up tsar Sir Kevan Collins resigned, saying the £1.4bn in funding pledged to help pupils make up for lost learning fell \"far short of what is needed\".", "The abortion law in Texas has sparked protests across the country, including in Washington DC\n\nA US appeals court has temporarily reinstated Texas's near total ban on abortions.\n\nThe Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that an injunction imposed against the law be lifted.\n\nOn Wednesday, a lower court had temporarily blocked the bill for the \"offensive deprivation\" of the constitutional right to an abortion.\n\nThe restrictive law bans all abortions at about six weeks of pregnancy.\n\nIt gives any individual the right to sue anyone involved with providing or facilitating an abortion after cardiac activity is detected, and makes no exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.\n\nOn Wednesday District Judge Robert Pitman granted a request by the Biden administration to prevent enforcement of the law while its legality was being challenged. He held that women had been \"unlawfully prevented from exercising control over their lives in ways that are protected by the Constitution\".\n\nHowever, Texas officials immediately appealed against the ruling, which the New Orleans-based, conservative-leaning Fifth Circuit court has agreed to set aside. It ordered the justice department to respond to its ruling by Tuesday.\n\nIn a statement following the latest ruling, Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, called on the Supreme Court to \"step in and stop this madness\".\n\n\"Patients are being thrown back into a state of chaos and fear, and this cruel law is falling hardest on those who already face discriminatory obstacles in health care, especially Black, Indigenous, and other people of colour, undocumented immigrants, young people, those struggling to make ends meet, and those in rural areas,\" she said.\n\n\"The courts have an obligation to block laws that violate fundamental rights.\"\n\nThe Texan attorney general said the court's decision was \"great news\", adding he would \"continue to fight to keep Texas free from federal overreach\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The impact of the strictest anti-abortion law in the US\n\nThe dispute over the law could ultimately end up before the US Supreme Court, which in September declined to hear an emergency case filed in a last-minute bid to prevent the ban passing into law.\n\nSeveral clinics in Texas had resumed providing abortions to patients who were beyond the six-week limit following Wednesday's order.\n\nThey may now face some legal risk, as the law includes a provision that says clinics and doctors may still be liable for abortions carried out while an emergency injunction is in place, legal experts say.\n\nHowever, it is unclear whether such a provision can be enforced, with Judge Pittman saying in his ruling that it is \"of questionable legality\".\n\nSome women have reportedly been travelling to other states where the procedure is legal.", "Police are investigating after a doorman was seriously injured in a crash\n\nA man has been arrested after a doorman was left seriously injured following two crashes in north Wales.\n\nThe doorman was hit by the the driver of a Mercedes A-Class in Abbot Street, Wrexham, at about 04:00 BST.\n\nNorth Wales Police believe the doorman had tried to \"engage\" with the driver, who was thought to have been drinking, when he drove off \"at speed\".\n\nThe man was arrested after he was involved in a second crash on a nearby roundabout minutes later.\n\nHe became trapped in the car and was helped out by firefighters after crashing with a taxi on the roundabout, which linked Ruabon Road and Victoria Road.\n\nThe condition of the taxi driver is not known.\n\nThe police force said the driver of the Mercedes provided a positive breath sample and was taken into custody.\n\nA number of roads were closed as police investigated\n\nRuabon Road, Fairy Road, Pen Y Bryn and Abbot Street were closed while investigations took place, but have since reopened.", "The country is now dependent on personal generators after the grid shut down\n\nLebanon has been left without electricity, plunging the country into darkness amid a severe economic crisis.\n\nA government official told Reuters news agency the country's two largest power stations, Deir Ammar and Zahrani, had shut down because of a fuel shortage.\n\nThe power grid \"completely stopped working at noon today\" and was unlikely to restart for several days, they said.\n\nFor the past 18 months Lebanon has endured an economic crisis and extreme fuel shortages.\n\nThat crisis has left half its population in poverty, crippled its currency and sparked major demonstrations against politicians.\n\nA lack of foreign currency meanwhile has made it hard to pay overseas energy suppliers.\n\nMany Lebanese people already depend on private diesel-powered generators for power. These however have become increasingly expensive to run amid the lack of fuel, and cannot cover for the lack of a nationwide power grid.\n\nPeople were often receiving just two hours of electricity a day in the country before this latest shutdown.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Anna Foster This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a statement, Lebanon's state electricity company also confirmed the shutdown of the two power plants, which together provide some 40% of the country's electricity.\n\nTheir closure led to the \"complete outage\" of the power network, the statement reportedly said, \"with no possibility of resuming operations in the meantime\".\n\nAl Jazeera reports protests in the northern town of Halba, outside the offices of the state power company, as well as residents blocking roads with burning tyres in the city of Tripoli.\n\nThe country is also grappling with the aftermath of the Beirut blast in August 2020, which killed 219 people and injured 7,000 others.\n\nAfter the explosion its government resigned, leaving political paralysis. Najib Mikati became prime minister in September, more than a year after the previous administration quit.\n\nLast month the militant group Hezbollah brought Iranian fuel into the country to ease shortages. Its opponents say the group is using the fuel delivery to expand its influence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The government has failed to find solutions to halt soaring energy prices, UK Steel boss Gareth Stace has said.\n\nHe was speaking after leaders of energy-intensive industries met with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.\n\n\"We can't wait until Christmas and beyond. Or even a few weeks. We need action now, it needs to be swift, decisive action,\" Mr Stace said.\n\nThe government said it was exploring ways to manage high energy costs.\n\nGas prices have risen 250% since January, pushing up costs dramatically.\n\nMr Stace told the BBC that Mr Kwarteng had listened but had provided \"no immediate solutions or guarantees\".\n\nThe UK Steel director general said he was \"baffled\" because governments in the rest of Europe had stepped in to support industry, although they faced lower energy costs than in the UK.\n\nRepresentatives from energy-intensive sectors including paper, glass, cement, lime, ceramics, chemicals and steel were at Friday's talks with the business secretary.\n\nThe Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG) said it hoped the government would find ways to support those sectors.\n\nMr Kwarteng told the business representatives he would continue to work with them to tackle the problem.\n\nHis department said the government would assess the options put forward by the industry, with his spokesperson saying: \"We recognise the recent increase in global gas prices will be a cause of concern for businesses in the UK.\n\n\"We are in regular contact with Ofgem and business groups to explore ways to manage the impact of rising global prices.\"\n\nMr Kwarteng also stressed government confidence in the security of gas supplies this winter.\n\nAfter the meeting, EIUG chair Richard Leese said the government had made \"positive first steps to develop practical solutions\".\n\n\"EIUG will work with government to avoid threats both to the production of essential domestic and industrial products, as well an enormous range of supply chains critical to our economy,\" he said.\n\nAndrew Large, director-general at the Confederation of Paper Industries, said there were \"serious\" risks factories could stop operating as a result of the gas prices being too high.\n\nThere have already been stoppages at fertiliser and steel plants due to high energy costs.\n\nHowever, he said the business secretary appeared to share industry's desire to avoid any potential supply chain disruption.\n\nOn Thursday Mr Kwarteng said the government's strategy to shift to \"clean\" power sources by 2035, including wind, solar and nuclear, would reduce reliance on fossil fuels.\n\n\"The volatility of the gas price has shown we do need to plan strategically and net zero helps us do that,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking before the meeting, Mr Stace had said if the government failed to act it could \"strangle steel production\" in the UK.\n\nA crisis in steel production as a result of high energy prices would affect the wider economy, he added, saying the government should consider taking additional action in the short term.\n\n\"We're pausing production already in terms of some steel producers in the UK.... and it's going to happen more often unless something is done, or the energy market corrects itself and I don't think that will happen any time soon.\"\n\nHe said the government should address the disparity in energy costs for UK steel makers who he said were paying 50-80% more for electricity than German producers.\n\nOther countries, such as Italy and Portugal, had \"committed billions of euros\" to address the rising cost of gas, he added.\n\n\"If the government does nothing then tomorrow, there'll be a steel crisis, and given in terms of what impact that could have on jobs, then that wouldn't be good, not only for the steel sector, for those regions where steel is, but for the UK economy as a whole,\" he said.\n\nThe price of wholesale gas has soared since the start of the year. And the UK has lower levels of gas stored than other European countries, which could help cushion price volatility.\n\nDomestic customers' bills are partly protected from these sharp rises by a price cap, managed by the regulator Ofgem, which limits how far and how fast bills can rise.\n\nNevertheless, UK households have felt the impact after the price cap was raised at the start of October.\n\nCustomers will see further \"significant rises\" in the spring, regulator Ofgem has warned.\n\nThe cap is revised twice a year and is next due to be changed in April.\n\nIt applies to households in England, Scotland and Wales this month.\n\nHouseholds in Northern Ireland have also seen a recent sharp rise in their bills, but they are not protected by the energy price cap for Great Britain.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA luxury student accommodation complex in Glasgow has been branded a \"filthy and unfinished building site\".\n\nThe Cathedral Street property, named Bridle Works, is billed as having a \"range of top-class amenities\" including a gym and rooftop terrace.\n\nBut students have complained to provider Novel Student as they felt they were \"misled\" over conditions.\n\nThe firm said the pandemic had affected construction and it was \"disappointed\" to hear the students' experiences.\n\nStudents have shared photos of the building interior with BBC Scotland, showing unfinished work\n\nOne image shows toilet doors that had still to be hung\n\nIn a letter seen by the BBC, 38 international students detail a list of complaints including:\n\nOne post-graduate student - who asked to remain anonymous - told BBC Scotland she arrived in the country from abroad last month.\n\nThe 22-year-old said she found the accommodation via the University of Strathclyde website. BBC Scotland found links to the property from the university's student association site.\n\nShe paid more than £10,000 up front for a year's stay at Bridle Works.\n\nFour days after she made the payment, however, the company informed her that her room was still under construction - a fortnight before she was due to move in mid-September.\n\nShe said: \"I was told by a couple of other international students it would be difficult to secure a place in the city this year due to an ongoing housing shortage and the UN conference. However, I managed to be linked to Bridle Works.\n\n\"There was never any mention online, on the phone calls or in any correspondence with Novel Student that it was still under construction until after I paid my rent.\n\n\"I felt it was incredibly misleading as my parents and I were under the impression it was finished.\"\n\nThe website for the complex describes \"excellent facilities\"\n\nHow the luxury student accommodation in Glasgow city centre is advertised\n\nNovel Student offered to reimburse rent costs for days missed at the property and accommodate students in hotels in Glasgow.\n\nHowever, the student said she was told she could live on a lower floor until her room was ready.\n\nShe added: \"I arrived in Scotland and then moved into what was evidently a construction site.\n\n\"My room just gets coated with dirt. I can only open my window at night, and have to vacuum three times a day to manage the dust from internal construction. Not how I want to spend my time.\n\n\"What was advertised was a space that has amenities, where you can peacefully study in your room. But what we got was a place full of hazards and noise. It was the opposite of peaceful.\n\n\"I have counted 40 fire alarms since I moved in last month, sometimes in the middle of the night. And those are just the ones I am home for.\"\n\nThe firm said the pandemic had slowed construction\n\nAn artist's impression shows a planned rooftop terrace for the property\n\nThe 20-floor development advertises 422 rooms starting at £238 per week.\n\nOn its website, Novel Student said: \"You won't have to splash on extra gym memberships, or laundry fees, making it much more affordable for student life.\n\n\"All bills are also included in your rent, so you can set your budget for the month without having to worry about any unpleasant surprises.\"\n\nBBC Scotland understands issues have been shared in a WhatsApp group comprising 81 students.\n\nIn written statements also included in the letter of complaint, one student said: \"When I moved in [my room] was extremely dirty with dirty water hand marks on my banisters and door frames.\n\n\"When I wiped down the inside of my cupboards, the cloth I used turned black. I have only gotten hot water after a week of staying here and when I first moved in, my radiator fell off the wall.\n\n\"Not to mention, my sprinkler cover fell off my ceiling the other day with no warning. My friend's room has literal holes in the flooring.\"\n\nAnother student wrote that none of the amenities advertised by Novel Student had been provided apart from the gym, where they said \"half the machines\" were not working.\n\nThey also said one out of four lifts in the building can be used by tenants as the rest are being used by construction crew.\n\nThe complaint detailed holes in the floors and ceilings\n\nNovel Student - which runs other sites in Edinburgh, Belfast and Sheffield - said it is \"committed to delivering exceptional student experiences\".\n\nIn a statement, it said: \"We are naturally disappointed to hear of any resident experiences that fall short of that.\n\n\"The Covid-19 pandemic has undoubtedly presented significant challenges to our operations given the three-month construction shutdown - a universal obstacle experienced by companies working in different capacities across the real estate industry.\n\n\"It is our goal to always ensure the on-time delivery of products to residents, and given the significant challenges we have faced, we have had to accelerate this process to the best of our ability.\"\n\nIt added: \"We greatly appreciate the patience of our residents as we navigate these challenges and sympathize with the disruptions they have endured over the last several weeks.\n\n\"Out of respect for the privacy of the entire community, residents and staff alike, we cannot comment publicly on more specific matters concerning our residents.\"\n\nThe University of Strathclyde said it had no agreement with Novel and had not referred any students there.\n\n\"Our website links to a housing guide created by Strath Union which lists all of the major private student accommodation providers in Glasgow but does not make any recommendations or endorse any provider, as stated on the guide,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We are concerned to hear about these issues. The Strath Union Advice Hub and the University are working together to support students who are experiencing a range of issues. We would advise any student who is having difficulties with private accommodation to contact university support services for advice and support.\"", "Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre is one of the world's most prestigious theatres.\n\nA Russian actor has been crushed to death during a set change at Moscow's world famous Bolshoi Theatre as it performed the opera Sadko.\n\nIt is believed Yevgeny Kulesh went in the wrong direction during the descent of a ramp and was trapped under it.\n\nFootage appeared to show panicked performers pleading with staff to lift the prop. Onlookers attempted to revive Mr Kulesh, but were unsuccessful.\n\nInvestigators say they are probing the circumstances surrounding the death.\n\nIn a statement issued on Saturday evening, the Bolshoi said: \"The performance was immediately stopped, the audience was asked to leave the hall.\"\n\nShocked spectators said on social media that they had initially believed that the accident was a staged trick.\n\nHowever, the reality of the incident quickly became apparent when performers reacted in horror and some on stage shouted \"call an ambulance, there is blood\".\n\nLocal media said Mr Kulesh had been a performer at the theatre since 2002.\n\nIt is not the first tragic incident to hit the world-renowned theatre.\n\nIn July 2013, a senior violinist died after falling into the orchestra pit. Viktor Sedov was a veteran of the opera house's orchestra, having played there for four decades,\n\nAnd in 2011 a Moscow court jailed Ballet soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko for six years after he was found to have organised an acid attack on the company's artistic director, Sergei Filin, outside his Moscow flat, badly damaging his eyesight.", "China's President Xi Jinping has said that \"reunification\" with Taiwan \"must be fulfilled\", as heightened tensions over the island continue.\n\nMr Xi said unification should be achieved peacefully, but warned that the Chinese people had a \"glorious tradition\" of opposing separatism.\n\nIn response, Taiwan said its future lay in the hands of its people.\n\nTaiwan considers itself a sovereign state, while China views it as a breakaway province.\n\nBeijing has not ruled out the possible use of force to achieve unification.\n\nMr Xi's intervention comes after China sent a record number of military jets into Taiwan's air defence zone in recent days. Some analysts say the flights could be seen as a warning to Taiwan's president ahead of the island's national day on Sunday.\n\nTaiwan's defence minister has said that tensions with China are at their worst in 40 years.\n\nBut Mr Xi's remarks on Saturday were more conciliatory than his last major intervention on Taiwan in July, where he pledged to \"smash\" any attempts at formal Taiwanese independence.\n\nSpeaking at an event marking the 110th anniversary of the revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty in 1911, he said unification in a \"peaceful manner\" was \"most in line with the overall interest of the Chinese nation, including Taiwan compatriots\".\n\nBut he added: \"No one should underestimate the Chinese people's staunch determination, firm will, and strong ability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.\"\n\n\"The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland must be fulfilled, and will definitely be fulfilled,\" he said.\n\nMr Xi has said he wants to see unification occur under a \"one country, two systems\" principle, similar to that employed in Hong Kong, which is part of China but has a degree of autonomy.\n\nBut Taiwan's presidential office said that public opinion was very clear in rejecting one country, two systems. In a separate statement, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council called on China to abandon its \"provocative steps of intrusion, harassment and destruction\".\n\nShortly before Mr Xi spoke in Beijing, Taiwan's Premier Su Tseng-chang accused China of \"flexing its muscles\" and stoking tensions.\n\nDespite the recent heightened tensions, relations between China and Taiwan have not deteriorated to levels last seen in 1996 when China tried to disrupt presidential elections with missile tests and the US dispatched aircraft carriers to the region to dissuade them.\n\nAnd while a number of Western countries have expressed concern at China's displays of military might, US President Joe Biden said Mr Xi had agreed to abide by the \"Taiwan agreement\".\n\nMr Biden appeared to be referring to Washington's longstanding \"One China\" policy under which it recognises China rather than Taiwan.\n\nHowever, this agreement also allows Washington to maintain a \"robust unofficial\" relationship with Taiwan. The US sells arms to Taiwan as part of Washington's Taiwan Relations Act, which states that the US must help Taiwan defend itself.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC this week, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the US will \"stand up and speak out\" over any actions that may \"undermine peace and stability\" across the Taiwan Strait.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jake Sullivan tells the BBC that the US will \"stand up for our friends\"", "Wildlife expert Chris Packham is calling on the Royal Family to conserve nature on their estates and reintroduce animals like beavers and wild boar.\n\nMore than 100 children joined Mr Packham in delivering a petition signed by 100,000 people to Buckingham Palace.\n\nMr Packham told the BBC he wanted the royals to take \"more dramatic action\", including rewilding.\n\nThe Royal Estates said they were always looking for ways to continue improving conservation and biodiversity.\n\nThe children, their parents and other campaigners carried the Wild Card campaign petition calling on the Royal Family to rewild their estates to the palace on Saturday.\n\nThey said the Royal Family should lead by example before they appear as ambassadors at the COP26 climate summit in November.\n\nFormer Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall author Michael Morpurgo, actors Sir Mark Rylance and Josh O'Connor and Packham's wildlife TV colleague Kate Humble are among those to sign the petition.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chris Packham said the Royal Family had a chance to send a powerful message on climate change\n\nMr Packham told BBC Breakfast: \"The aim of the petition was to get our Royal Family to think about taking some more dramatic action when it comes to conservation of both the environment and of wildlife at a crucial time given we are in an environment and biodiversity crisis.\n\n\"The Royal Family are landowners of some magnitude, they own 800,000 acres of the UK, 1.4% of our land surface.\"\n\nSpeaking later at the \"polite protest\" outside the Palace in central London, the BBC Springwatch presenter explained rewilding means allowing natural habitats to go back to their natural state.\n\nHe said that some of the Royal Family's estate - including the Balmoral estate in Scotland - is currently used for deer stalking and grouse shooting with very few trees.\n\nIf it were rewilded, he said it \"really would be a temperate rainforest, filled with a much richer diversity of life\".\n\nReflecting on his own role in conservation, he said he felt his \"conscience is not clear\".\n\n\"On my watch as an environmentalist and conservationist I have failed these young people, I have failed to act quickly and broadly enough to prevent the crisis that we find ourselves in,\" he added.\n\nMr Packham said rewilding would help the rural economy, and, if the Royal Family supported his call, it would send an important message to the world.\n\nCampaigners said while the average tree coverage is 37% in the European Union, the Duchy of Cornwall estate owned by the Prince of Wales has only 6% tree coverage.\n\nThey have said ecologists believe beavers, wolves, bison, wild boar, pine martens and white storks could be introduced if the estates are rewilded, with a call to rewild as much as 50% of the UK over time.\n\nRoyal-owned land in the UK includes the Crown Estate and the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall.\n\nA Royal Estates spokesperson said the Royal Family have a proud history, over 50 years, of getting involved in conservation and are always looking for new ways to further that work.\n• None What was agreed at COP26?", "The energy price cap protecting households from sharp rises in gas prices is \"not fit for purpose\", suppliers have said.\n\nNatural gas prices are at record highs, which has led to some domestic energy firms failing as they are paying more for gas than they are able to charge.\n\nSuppliers have warned that consumers could face a \"huge cost\" from these firms going out of business.\n\nThere are also calls for an energy price cap to help small businesses.\n\nGas prices are at record highs as economies around the world begin to recover from the Covid pandemic.\n\nDomestic customers are partly protected from sharp rises by a price cap - which sets the maximum price suppliers in England, Wales and Scotland can charge customers on a standard tariff - although energy regulator Ofgem has warned that households will see further \"significant rises\" in the spring, when the cap is reviewed.\n\nLast month, nine energy companies went out of business, forcing 1.7 million customers to move to new suppliers and on to higher rates.\n\nPaul Richards, chief executive of Together Energy, which he said is currently making losses, told the BBC that while he supported a price cap to protect customers, the current mechanism \"is not fit for industry, nor is it fit for customers\".\n\n\"Crazy, just crazy\" is how the nursery and soft play owner Gordon Foster describes the sharp rise in energy prices, shaking his head in dismay.\n\nBusinesses typically fix their energy bills a few years in advance, known as \"hedging\".\n\nMr Foster is one of the unlucky ones whose energy contract is up for renewal, and at the moment he's looking at paying eight times his current rate, taking up a contract that would tie him in for years.\n\nThe alternative is paying sky high prices now without a contract, and keeping his fingers crossed that prices will stabilise.\n\nFor him, as for others, this sudden jump in costs makes parts of the business unviable, and certainly means he has to put his prices up for his customers.\n\nWhile households might have an energy cap in place to protect them from such eye-watering spikes in global markets, we are all exposed to the impact of such costs for businesses. Ultimately they feed through to everyone.\n\nHe said while the cap protected customers in the short term, he thought there was somewhere between £1bn and £3bn in costs which would be spread back across business and households as a result of failed suppliers.\n\nDerek Lickorish, chairman of Utilita Energy, which has more than 800,000 customers, said there was no doubt there would be a cost paid by consumers for failed firms.\n\n\"The government has to look at the means by which they can support not only energy suppliers, but also big industry,\" he said.\n\nMr Lickorish said he would like to see the price cap reviewed four times a year, rather than the current two, and for a longer period of gas prices to be considered in setting it.\n\nStephen Murray, head of energy, commercial and partners at Moneysupermarket.com, said that while the usual advice for consumers was to shop around, for now it was to stay put, with those on a fixed deal likely to be better off.\n\nThe price cap provided \"some level of protection\", he said, but \"that comes at a cost and we've seen that through failed suppliers\".\n\nBusiness group the British Chambers of Commerce has called for a similar cap to be introduced for the energy bills of small and medium sized businesses - those with 250 employers or fewer.\n\nThese firms mostly buy their energy several years in advance, so those whose contracts are due for renewal now are facing a \"difficult time\", it said.\n\nThe group's co-executive director Claire Walker said the increasing pressure on these sized businesses was \"becoming dire\" and said that a price cap would give them the confidence to maintain normal business activities.\n\nDave Dalton, chief executive of British Glass, said he thought a cap would help but was probably \"too little, too late\" and that an \"immediate intervention\" was needed.\n\nThe government said it was in regular contact with business groups to explore ways to manage the impact of global prices.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng met leaders from heavy industry on Friday amid warnings that some sectors could have to shut down, but they failed to find any solutions.\n\nLabour has accused the government of being in denial about gas prices, with wholesale prices rising 250% since January.\n\nA number of Conservative MPs have called for the government to take action, and the Energy Intensive Users Group - which represents firms that use a lot of energy - said measures were needed \"right now\".\n\nThe group's chair Dr Richard Leese said that energy-heavy industries were \"intrinsically linked\" and if some sectors were forced to shut down, it would have a knock-on impact.\n\n\"We've seen the curtailment in production in the steel and fertiliser sector - that's had a knock-on impact into the supply chains in the industrial supply chains and domestic supply chains,\" he said.\n\nUK Steel boss Gareth Stace said he was \"baffled\" that the UK government had failed to find solutions because governments in the rest of Europe had stepped in to support industry - although they faced lower energy costs than in the UK.", "Miriam Groot is a food blogger known as The Veggie Reporter\n\nA vegan food blogger from the Netherlands has won the World Porridge Making Championships.\n\nMiriam Groot, 25, who runs a blog call The Veggie Reporter, beat competitors from around the world.\n\nShe used pinhead oatmeal, mushrooms and vegan cheese to create Oatmeal Arancini - deep fried balls of risotto, rolled in breadcrumbs and deep fried in oil.\n\nThe annual competition, traditionally held in Carrbridge in the Highlands, has been run online since last year.\n\nCompetitors were asked to submit a video of themselves making their favourite oaty dish.\n\nThey were judged on appearance, execution, originality, flair and virtual taste - reflecting which dishes the judging panel most wanted to try.\n\nCoinneach MacLeod - better known as the Hebridean Baker - and Aaron Leung, a video producer from New Jersery, were joint runners up.\n\nMr MacLeod's Baked Oat Alaska was made with honey, oat and raspberry sponge, topped with pinhead oatmeal brittle ice cream and chocolate ice cream, all encased in a baked meringue.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Leung's savoury Japanese fusion Golden Omuoats dish included a spicy pork and oatmeal mince, served under an omelette and topped with a curry sauce which included chocolate.\n\nCoinneach MacLeod, from the Isle of Lewis, made Baked Oat Alaska\n\nCharlie Miller, from Carrbridge Community Council which organises the competition, said: \"While we were disappointed that we couldn't have the competition in person again this year, the response was amazing, with the highest level of international interest we've ever had.\n\n\"The judging was very close, with only six points separating the top 10. Congratulations to our top 10, and especially to Miriam, Aaron and Coinneach for your excellent entries. We hope to see you all in Carrbridge this time next year.\"\n\nThe top 10 included two Americans, one Canadian, two Australians, one each from Germany and the Netherlands, two from England and one from Scotland.\n\nOther dishes included a cranachan ice cream sundae, banana oat pancakes, an oatmeal banana split, and a dessert porridge inspired by the Sacher Torte chocolate cake.", "Lord Frost will use a speech next week to reiterate that the UK wants the European Court of Justice (ECJ) removed from oversight of the NI Protocol.\n\nThe EU will bring forward proposals on Wednesday for reforming the protocol.\n\nThey will focus on easing practical problems, rather than changing oversight arrangements.\n\nBut the Brexit minister will say: 'Without new arrangements in this area the protocol will never have the support it needs to survive\".\n\nThe protocol is a special Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, agreed by the UK and EU in 2019.\n\nIt avoids a hard border on the island of Ireland by keeping Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods.\n\nThat creates a new trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.\n\nThis has caused practical difficulties for some businesses while unionists say it undermines Northern Ireland's constitutional position as part of the UK.\n\nThe UK government also wants to reverse its previous agreement on the oversight role of the ECJ, which is the EU's highest court.\n\nIn a paper published in July, the government said it had only agreed to the ECJ's role because of the \"very specific circumstances\" of the protocol negotiation.\n\nIt now wants a new governance arrangement in which disputes should be \"managed collectively and ultimately through international arbitration.\"\n\nThe ECJ is the supreme interpreter of the rules of the single market.\n\nAs the protocol works by keeping Northern Ireland in the single market for goods, the EU says removing the ECJ would simply unravel the protocol.\n\nSpeaking last week, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said: \"I find it hard to see how Northern Ireland would stay or would keep the access to the single market without oversight of the European Court of Justice.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson said he believes the Northern Ireland Protocol could \"in principle work\" if it was \"fixed\".\n\nLord Frost is expected to address that issue when he makes a speech to diplomats in Portugal on Tuesday.\n\nHe will say: \"The commission have been too quick to dismiss governance as a side issue. The reality is the opposite.\n\n\"The role of the ECJ in Northern Ireland and the consequent inability of the UK government to implement the very sensitive arrangements in the protocol in a reasonable way has created a deep imbalance in the way the protocol operates.\"\n\nWhen the EU publishes its proposals next week that is expected to lead to a new round of negotiations.\n\nBoth sides have suggested there will be short, intense talks process beginning in late October or early November.\n• None PM says NI Protocol could work if it was 'fixed'", "On 6 January Trump supporters tried to overturn the certification of Joe Biden's election win\n\nUS President Joe Biden has rejected a bid by Donald Trump to withhold documents from a congressional investigation into the Capitol riot.\n\nMr Trump had asked that the records the committee requested remain hidden under executive privilege, which shields some presidential communications.\n\nMeanwhile his former aide Steve Bannon vowed to resist a subpoena to appear before the inquiry.\n\nThe panel has threatened jail for any ex-officials who refuse to co-operate.\n\nMr Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington on 6 January in a failed bid to overturn the certification of Mr Biden's election victory in November.\n\nHundreds of Mr Trump's supporters have since been arrested for their actions that day. Prosecutions continue.\n\nIn August the congressional investigating committee asked for records relating to the day's events, including communications from Mr Trump, members of his family, his top aides, his lawyers and other former members of his administration.\n\nBut Mr Trump argued he could claim executive privilege to prevent the documents from being handed over to the inquiry.\n\nLegal scholars are divided on whether executive privilege can be asserted by former presidents. The issue is likely to set off a series of legal challenges to be determined by the courts.\n\nOn Friday the White House wrote to the National Archives saying that Mr Biden had \"determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the United States\".\n\nSteve Bannon has vowed to resist the inquiry's subpoena\n\nMr Bannon's refusal to testify led members of the 6 January committee to threaten criminal contempt of Congress charges against him.\n\nDemocrats argue that Mr Bannon is employing a delaying tactic in an attempt to push back proceedings until after the midterm elections in November 2022, which may change the composition of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress.\n\n\"The whole game is to drag this out as long as possible, to see whether they can mobilise enough voter suppression to get Congress to change hands,\" Rep Jamie Raskin told US media, adding: \"We're not going to let people play games and sweep evidence under the rug.\"\n\nThe committee has also ordered the testimony of Mr Trump's ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows; Dan Scavino, Mr Trump's social media manager; and Kash Patel, a former Pentagon chief of staff.\n\nMr Meadows and Mr Patel were co-operating with the inquiry, committee leaders Democrat Bennie Thompson and Republican Liz Cheney said in a statement.\n\nUS media report Mr Trump has asked all four former officials to refuse to comply with the inquiry.\n\nOn Friday Mr Trump - who has never conceded losing the election to Mr Biden - accused Democrats in Congress of using the committee to \"persecute their political opponents\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Singapore is a major hub for international business and travel\n\nSingapore has announced it is easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions and will allow quarantine-free travel from a number of nations, including the UK.\n\nPrime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said it was time to press on with the \"strategy of living with Covid-19\".\n\nHe said so-called vaccinated travel lanes with Germany and Brunei had been successful, and would be extended to nine other countries.\n\nSingapore had very tight restrictions in place to tackle the pandemic.\n\nCovid-19-related deaths are very low, but the lockdown has had an impact on the South-East Asian island's status as a business and aviation hub.\n\nPrime Minister Lee told Singaporeans in a televised address that the Delta variant had shown the coronavirus was not going to go away.\n\nBut with vaccinations, social distancing measures and careful monitoring, it is possible to live with the \"new normal\".\n\n\"It will take us at least three months, and perhaps as long as six months, to get there,\" he said, acknowledging a likely surge in cases as restrictions ease that would have to be monitored closely.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Singapore rolled out its Covid tracing tokens last June\n\nPrime Minister Lee said the vaccinated travel lanes with Germany and Brunei begun last month had shown that vaccinated people could travel safely and quarantine-free without contributing to a rise in cases.\n\nHe said an expansion of the arrangement with countries with stable numbers of coronavirus cases would \"keep us connected to global supply chains and help to preserve Singapore's hub status\".\n\nFrom 13 October, the government announced, it would allow vaccinated travellers from Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, the US and the UK, and, from November, South Korea.\n\nThe government also announced that it would allow groups of two vaccinated people to dine in restaurants and shop in malls. In-class teaching for children under the age of 12 will be allowed to resume although \"centres are encouraged to continue conducting lessons online\".", "Wendy Knell (l) and Caroline Pierce both lived in Tunbridge Wells in 1987\n\nA man admits killing two women in 1987, a court has heard.\n\nDavid Fuller, 67, of Heathfield, East Sussex, attacked Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, at their Tunbridge Wells bedsits.\n\nDuncan Atkinson QC, prosecuting, told Maidstone Crown Court that David Fuller accepted he killed the two women \"subject to the issue of diminished responsibility\". He denies murder.\n\nHis trial is due to start on 1 November.\n\nMs Pierce worked in a restaurant and Ms Knell worked in a shop.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Amazon rainforest is home to one in 10 known species on Earth\n\nFacebook says it will begin clamping down on the illegal sale of protected areas of the Amazon rainforest on its site.\n\nThe social media giant changed its policy following a BBC investigation into the practice.\n\nThe new measures will apply only to conservation areas and not to publicly owned forest.\n\nAnd the move will be limited to the Amazon, not other rainforests and wildlife habitats across the world.\n\nAccording to a recent study from the think tank Ipam (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambental da Amazonia), a third of all deforestation happens in publicly-owned forests in the Amazon.\n\nFacebook said it would not reveal how it planned to find the illegal ads but said it would \"seek to identify and block new listings\" in protected areas of the Amazon rainforest.\n\nIn February, the BBC Our World documentary Selling the Amazon revealed that plots of rainforest as large as 1,000 football pitches were being listed on Facebook's classified ads service.\n\nAlvim Souza Alves was trying to sell land for about £16,400\n\nMany of the plots were inside protected areas, including national forests and land reserved for indigenous peoples.\n\nIn order to prove the ads were real, the BBC arranged meetings between four sellers and an undercover operative posing as a lawyer claiming to represent wealthy investors.\n\nOne land-grabber, Alvim Souza Alves, was trying to sell a plot inside the Uru Eu Wau Wau indigenous reserve for about £16,400 in local currency.\n\nIn response to the BBC's investigation, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ordered an inquiry into the sale of protected areas of the Amazon via Facebook.\n\nDespite calls from indigenous leaders to do more, at the time Facebook said it was \"ready to work with local authorities\", but would not take independent action to halt the trade.\n\nNow the company says it has consulted the UN Environment Programme (Unep) and other organisations to take its \"first steps\" in trying to address the issue.\n\n\"We will now review listings on Facebook Marketplace against an international organisation's authoritative database of protected areas to identify listings that may violate this new policy,\" the Californian tech firm clarified.\n\nMuch of the land being sold is in indigenous reserves\n\nThe announcement comes at a time when the social media giant is under increasing pressure from US lawmakers, following a series of bombshell leaks by whistle-blower and former Facebook employee, Frances Haugen.\n\nFacebook also faced criticism this week when a failure brought down the entire platform for five hours worldwide. Instagram and Whatsapp, both owned by Facebook, were also offline during the period.\n\nTo try to catch criminal sellers, Facebook is using a database managed by the Unep World Conservation Monitoring Centre.\n\nUnep says it is the most \"comprehensive\" database of its kind and is updated monthly using reports from \"a range of government and other institutions\".\n\nBut Brazilian lawyer and scientist Brenda Brito questions the effectiveness of Facebook's proposals, saying: \"If they don't make it mandatory for sellers to provide the location of the area on sale, any attempt at blocking them will be flawed.\n\n\"They may have the best database in the world, but if they don't have some geo-location reference, it won't work,\" she added.\n\nIn its investigation, the BBC found some ads featured satellite images and GPS co-ordinates but not all shared that level of information.\n\nFacebook told the BBC it did not intend to require sellers to post the precise location of advertised land.\n\n\"We know there are no 'silver bullets' in this topic and we will continue to work to prevent people from circumventing our inspection,\" a company spokesperson said.\n\nThe Amazon rainforest occupies 7.5 million sq km and spans more than seven countries, including Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.\n\nThe tech firm would not confirm whether it was also working with each region's respective government to strengthen enforcement.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nAbout 60% of the Amazon rainforest is in Brazil where deforestation rates are at a 12-year high.\n\nThe Brazilian government's public forest database, which would be a key tool for any attempt to control the majority of illegal sales online, isn't being used.\n\n\"This data has been available since 2016. It is information they could use to improve this effort,\" says Brenda Brito.\n\nHowever, environmental activists in Brazil are calling the Facebook announcement a small victory against a backdrop of massive deforestation in the Amazon and several congressional attempts to weaken protection laws.\n\nIvaneide Bandeira, whose NGO Kandide was among those calling for Facebook to do more when the BBC's investigation came out in February, says she is pleased.\n\n\"I think this announcement is a good thing. Although it's coming late, because they should never have allowed those ads.\n\n\"But the fact that they are now taking this position is good because it will help to protect the territory, as it will help not to publicise the sale of land inside a protected area or an indigenous land.\"\n\nRead more about the BBC's investigation here.\n\nWatch Our World: Selling the Amazon on BBC iPlayer.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Anti-vaxxers told me I was wrong to get jab'\n\nA 15-year-old girl and her mum say they were intimidated by anti-vax protesters outside a Covid vaccination centre.\n\nGrace Baker-Earle, who uses a wheelchair after contracting Covid, was confronted after receiving the jab at Cardiff's Bayside mass vaccination centre.\n\nHer mum Angela said protesters accused her of using Grace \"as a lab rat\".\n\nSouth Wales Police said officers attended a protest in the area at 10:50 BST and remained in attendance.\n\nThe force said no arrests had been made.\n\nThe vaccine has been offered to 12 to 15-year-olds in Wales since 4 October.\n\nGrace now needs a wheelchair to go more than 50 yards after she had Covid last year\n\nMs Baker-Earle said the confrontation was \"just horrible\" and \"incredibly intimidating\", and happened while getting her daughter's wheelchair into her car - something she needs since developing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).\n\nThe 44-year-old said a protester claimed it was \"ridiculous\" to get the jab.\n\n\"I said my daughter is using a wheelchair because of Covid,\" Ms Baker-Earle said.\n\n\"[A protestor] said: 'She'll have immunity, you shouldn't be getting the vaccine since you have natural immunity. You shouldn't be using her as a lab rat'.\n\n\"It has been lifechanging for Grace, we are hoping she will get better,\" her mother says\n\nMs Baker-Earle, from Cowbridge, in the Vale Glamorgan, said the 15 protesters walked in front of her car and she had to tell one man to \"step back\".\n\n\"He was within two feet of me, looked at me as if I was stupid. I told them: 'You have literally surrounded my car'.\"\n\nShe said a vaccination centre steward then came out and checked she and her daughter were safe.\n\nGrace said the confrontation \"hit a spot\" because of how much Covid has affected herself and family.\n\n\"I think I was sad more than anything because it's something I still live with, it takes up every second of my day,\" she said.\n\n\"I was excited to have it done - to have people tell you as you come out that what you're doing is wrong and to have people invading your personal space, it wasn't nice.\"\n\nAngela Baker-Earle was in hospital with Covid and pneumonia last year, while Grace was \"very poorly\"\n\nMs Baker-Earle said she was in hospital with Covid and pneumonia last November, around the same time Grace also had the virus.\n\n\"Grace was very unwell for a couple of weeks, she lost half a stone and was really poorly - she weighed 6.5 stone (41kg) to begin with.\n\n\"A cardiologist has said although Grace had a virus earlier in March, having Covid pushed it over into having ME.\"\n\nME is a chronic neurological condition which means day-to-day tasks can be \"exhausting\" for Grace, she added.\n\n\"People were so dismissive of such a serious thing we are dealing with, which makes my blood boil,\" she added.\n\n\"There are 12-year-olds going down there to be faced with that - a whole line of people, it is disgusting.\"\n\nGrace had vomiting and diarrhoea for 10 days and lost half a stone after catching Covid-19\n\n\"Now she has to use a wheelchair to go more than 50 yards, and has an extremely elevated heart rate,\" she said.\n\n\"It has been lifechanging for Grace, we are hoping she will get better. This is all off the back of Covid in November.\"\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers (CMOs) have said healthy children aged 12 to 15 should be offered one dose of a Covid vaccine.\n\nThe advice, they say, reflects evidence on the mental health and long-term prospects for young people, the effect on education and the marginal benefit to health.\n\nThe Welsh government has emphasised that the vaccine is a choice for each individual to make.\n\nIt said all children aged 12 to 15 in Wales will be offered a Covid vaccine by the end of October.\n\nWales' Health Minister Eluned Morgan said studies showed children were at some risk of developing long Covid despite low hospital admission rates.", "Mr Airey said he was happy the actor had allowed them to share details of his donation\n\nFilm star Daniel Craig has donated £10,000 to three fathers who have set out on a 300-mile walk to raise funds for a suicide prevention charity after their daughters took their own lives.\n\nAndy Airey, Mike Palmer and Tim Owen's \"Three Dads Walking\" trek will see them walk between their homes in Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Norfolk.\n\nThey are raising money for the Papyrus charity.\n\nThey said the donation from the James Bond actor was \"amazing\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Three dads united by daughters' suicides take on challenge\n\nMr Airey said he was happy that the actor had let them share the news of his generosity.\n\n\"Allowing us to shout about it is fantastic news, especially as he's just about the most famous film actor in the world at the moment, isn't he?\" he said.\n\nThe trio, who set out earlier, will be walking about 20 miles a day between Mr Airey's home, near Cumbria, Mr Palmer's house in Sale, Greater Manchester, and Mr Owen's property in Shouldham, Norfolk.\n\nThey expect to complete the challenge on 23 October.\n\nMr Airey, whose 29-year-old daughter Sophie took her own life in 2018, said they had \"three different stories to tell, but each has the same tragic ending; the devastating loss of a daughter to suicide\".\n\n\"Daniel Craig has clearly been moved by the indescribable pain we and our families are suffering and wants to help us to bring something positive out of the utter devastation,\" he added.\n\nMr Palmer, whose daughter Beth died in 2020, said being part of the challenge was \"not a club I want to belong to, but [it gives us] an opportunity to fight back and maybe make a difference.\n\n\"We hope that by linking our three homes and telling our three daughters' very different stories, we will put a spotlight on young mental health.\"\n\nAs well as fundraising, the trio want to raise awareness of the help and support available\n\nMr Owen added that \"strongly\" believed that \"in a moment of darkness\", his 19-year-old daughter Emily \"made a wrong decision\" last year.\n\n\"Had she just taken time to think or to speak to someone, her decision and my family's lives would be on another path,\" he said.\n\n\"Instead, she decided she could no longer go on, leaving behind a devastating ripple effect on her family and friends.\"\n\nIf you're affected by the issues in this piece, you can find support from BBC Action Line.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n• None The three dads united by their daughters' suicides. Video, 00:04:00The three dads united by their daughters' suicides\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sebastian Kurz said he would fight the charges against him\n\nAustria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has stepped down, after pressure triggered by a corruption scandal.\n\nHe has proposed Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg as his replacement.\n\nMr Kurz and nine others were placed under investigation after raids at a number of locations linked to his conservative People's Party (ÖVP).\n\nHe denies claims he used government money to ensure positive coverage in a tabloid newspaper.\n\nThe allegations this week took his coalition government to the brink of collapse after its junior partner, the Greens, said Mr Kurz was no longer fit to be chancellor.\n\nThe Greens began talks with opposition parties, who were threatening to bring a vote of no confidence against the chancellor next week.\n\nGreens leader and Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler welcomed Mr Kurz's resignation and indicated he would be willing to work with Mr Schallenberg, saying they had a \"very constructive\" relationship.\n\n\"What's required now is stability. To resolve the impasse I want to step aside to prevent chaos,\" Mr Kurz said as he announced his resignation.\n\nHe said he would remain leader of his party, and continue to sit in parliament.\n\n\"First and foremost, however, I will of course use the opportunity to disprove the allegations against me,\" he added.\n\nAlthough he is no longer chancellor, Mr Kurz will still be a major figure in Austrian politics.\n\nAs leader of his party, he will be present at cabinet meetings. The head of the opposition Social Democrats says he will be pulling the strings as a shadow chancellor.\n\nOther observers point to his close relationship with Alexander Schallenberg, a career diplomat who worked with Mr Kurz when he first entered government as foreign minister.\n\nSome members of Mr Kurz's party are hoping his resignation will be temporary and he will be able to stage a comeback.\n\nOther Austrians say the two corruption investigations, and the collapse of his last coalition government with the far-right Freedom Party in 2019, mean it is time for Mr Kurz to leave politics altogether.\n\nMr Kurz became leader of the ÖVP in May 2017 and led his party to victory in elections later that year - becoming, at the age of 31, one the world's youngest ever democratically elected heads of government.\n\nThe corruption allegations relate to the period between 2016 and 2018, when finance ministry funds were suspected to have been used to manipulate opinion polls in favour of the ÖVP that were then published in a newspaper.\n\nWhile no newspaper was named by prosecutors, the tabloid daily Österreich put out a statement on Wednesday denying media reports it had taken taxpayers' money for advertising in exchange for publishing the favourable polls.\n\nMr Kurz, nine other individuals and three organisations have been placed under investigation \"on suspicion of breach of trust ... corruption ... and bribery ... partly with different levels of involvement\", the Prosecutors' Office for Economic Affairs and Corruption said on Wednesday.\n\nEarlier in the day, prosecutors carried out raids at the chancellery, the finance ministry and homes and offices of senior aides to the chancellor.\n\nMr Kurz has called the allegations against him \"baseless\".\n\nHe also denies wrongdoing in a separate investigation he was placed under in May over allegations he had made false statements to a parliamentary commission.", "Researchers say the UK has little room for nature due to development and agriculture\n\nThe UK is one of the world's most nature-depleted countries - in the bottom 10% globally and last among the G7 group of nations, new data shows.\n\nIt has an average of about half its biodiversity left, far below the global average of 75%, a study has found.\n\nA figure of 90% is considered the \"safe limit\" to prevent the world from tipping into an \"ecological meltdown\", according to researchers.\n\nThe assessment was released ahead of a key UN biodiversity conference.\n\nBiodiversity is the variety of all living things on Earth and how they fit together in the web of life, bringing oxygen, water, food and countless other benefits.\n\nProf Andy Purvis, research leader at the Natural History Museum in London, said biodiversity is more than something beautiful to look at.\n\n\"It's also what provides us with so many of our basic needs,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"It's the foundation of our society. We've seen recently how disruptive it can be when supply chains break down - nature is at the base of our supply chains.\"\n\nThe new tool uses the Biodiversity Intactness Index to estimate the percentage of natural biodiversity that remains across the world and in individual countries.\n\nThe UK's low position in the league table is linked to the industrial revolution, which transformed the landscape, the researchers said.\n\nThe UK has seen relatively stable biodiversity levels over recent years, albeit at a \"really low level,\" team researcher Dr Adriana De Palma explained in a news briefing.\n\nThe assessment was released on the eve of the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP 15, hosted by China, a mega-diverse country with nearly 10% of plant species and 14% of animals on Earth.\n\nWorld leaders are attending week-long virtual talks seen as pivotal in raising ambition for slowing the loss of nature ahead of face-to-face talks in Kunming, China, in April next year and the climate conference in Glasgow at the end of the month.\n\nAndrew Deutz, global policy lead of international conservation charity, the Nature Conservancy, said the gathering momentum behind nature had not come a moment too soon.\n\n\"As with the accelerating climate emergency, what happens over the next year will - to a large extent - set humanity's course for the rest of the decade; and what happens this decade is likely to define our prospects for the rest of this century,\" he said.\n\nAt the summit in Kunming - taking place in a two-part format due to pandemic disruption - world leaders will negotiate a framework for protecting nature and species for the next decade.\n\nThe draft agreement aims to conserve at least 30% of the world's lands and oceans, and increase funding for the conservation of nature.\n\nBut elements of the draft lack ambition, according to a report by MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee.\n\nThe global biodiversity framework replaces the plan for the last decade, which missed all 20 targets.\n\n\"To play our part, we need the UK to step up and turn our global promises into action at home, to show that we are not going to let another lost decade for nature slip past,\" said Beccy Speight, chief executive of the RSPB.\n\nBiodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history. Since 1970, there has been on average almost a 70% decline in the populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.\n\nIt is thought that one million animal and plant species - almost a quarter of the global total - are threatened with extinction.", "Children aged between 12 and 15 will be offered vaccination by the end of term, Eluned Morgan says\n\nAll 12 to 15-year-olds in Wales will be offered a Covid vaccine by the end of the October half-term, the Welsh health minister has said.\n\nThe rollout is due to gather pace this week with all health boards providing jabs, mostly at mass vaccination centres and others in schools.\n\nSome of the most vulnerable children have already received the vaccine.\n\nFamilies have been encouraged to discuss the choice to help make an informed decision.\n\nLast month the UK's vaccine advisory body JCVI refused to give the green light to vaccinating healthy 12-15 year olds on health grounds alone.\n\nIt said children were at such a low risk from the virus that jabs would offer only a marginal benefit.\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers then said healthy children aged 12 to 15 should be offered one dose of a Covid vaccine as it would help reduce disruption to education.\n\nHealth Minister Eluned Morgan said studies showed children were at some risk of developing long Covid despite low hospital admission rates.\n\n\"Vaccines remain our strongest defence from the virus, helping prevent harm and stopping the spread of Covid-19,\" she said.\n\n\"Some studies show one in seven children who have been infected with the virus are thought to have also developed long Covid.\n\n\"We have provided resources and information to help this age group make an informed choice about vaccination. I encourage parents, guardians, children and young people to discuss the vaccination together,\" she said.\n\nGill Richardson, deputy chief medical officer for vaccines, said: \"We have seen the benefits that come from having as many people as possible vaccinated.\n\n\"After careful consideration of the evidence, the four UK chief medical officers recommended the vaccination of healthy 12 to 15-year-olds after consultation with experts, such as the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.\n\n\"They concluded that the health benefits, combined with the additional benefits of reducing educational disruption and effects on mental health meant that vaccination should be offered.\n\n\"Children and their families will be receiving links to information with their invitation letters so they can make an informed decision about whether or not to have the vaccine,\" she said.\n\nLast month the chief medical officers agreed a single dose would help to reduce disruption to education.\n\nThe recommendation that only one dose be given is related to the very rare risk of a condition called myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle.\n\nThe risk is tiny after one vaccine dose and slightly higher after two, with 12 to 34 cases seen for every one million second doses.\n\nTheir decision came after the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said there was not enough benefit to warrant it on health grounds alone for most children.\n\nEithne Hughes, director of the Association for School and College Leaders Cymru, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Claire Summers schools were already being targeted.\n\n\"There have been anti-vax campaigners, who are very, very well coordinated, who have made direct threats to head teachers by phone, by letter - confettis of letter with quasi-legal challenges threatening court action and huge fines, fake NHS consent letters to try and trick schools into sending those out to parents with misinformation.\"\n\nShe said it had caused a \"real upset in the system\".\n\n\"Let's be really clear about this, the virus is the enemy, not Public Health Wales, not the school, and college leaders are doing their very best to educate learners and get everything back on track again,\" she said.\n\n\"So it's deeply disappointing and if these people are listening, I would urge them to desist.\"\n\nTrefor Jones, head teacher at Ysgol Y Creuddyn in Penrhyn Bay, Conwy, said he had received letters from people opposed to children having a Covid vaccine.\n\nHe said: \"It is concerning... It does reference various legal processes they want to take, so yes, it is a challenge...\n\n\"To be targeted in this way is a little disappointing.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Former US President Donald Trump \"grossly exaggerated\" the profitability of his Washington DC hotel, a probe by a congressional committee has found.\n\nIt also said he appeared to hide \"potential conflicts of interest\".\n\nThe Trump International Hotel lost over $70m (£51.3m) during his term, though Mr Trump had previously claimed it earned at least $150m during that time.\n\nThe Trump Organization has denied wrongdoing and called the report \"misleading\".\n\nIn a statement, the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform said that documents provided by the General Services Administration (GSA) - which oversees federal spending - showed that Mr Trump had \"grossly exaggerated the financial health\" of the hotel.\n\nLosses forced Mr Trump's holding company to inject at least $24m to help the struggling hotel, located just a few blocks from the White House, the committee said.\n\nThe report also found Mr Trump seemed to have \"concealed potential conflicts of interest\" related to his ownership of the hotel and his roles as its lender and the guarantor of third-party loans.\n\nNewly obtained documents show that the hotel received $3.7m in payments from foreign governments - enough to cover 7,400 nights at the hotel on an average daily rate, according to the committee.\n\nThe lawmakers said that the amount raised concerns about potential violations of constitutional regulations aimed at preventing foreign influence on federal officials.\n\nThe oversight report found that during the four years of his administration, Mr Trump also received \"significant financial benefit\" from Deutsche Bank.\n\nThe Democrat-led committee said this allowed Mr Trump to delay making payments on a $170m loan for six years, and that he did not publicly disclose this benefit from a foreign bank while president.\n\nLawmakers have asked for additional documents from the GSA on the hotel, including on foreign payments and loans.\n\nIn a statement sent to the media, the Trump Organization called the report \"intentionally misleading, irresponsible and unequivocally false\" and described it as \"political harassment\".\n\nThe hotel was opened to the public in September 2016, several weeks after Mr Trump accepted the Republican Party's nomination for president.\n\nIn 2017, Mr Trump resigned from his companies, and placed them in a trust to be run by his sons.\n\nBut the Office of Government Ethics said at the time that Mr Trump's plan didn't \"meet the standards\" of former presidents. In 2019, an internal GSA watchdog said the agency had chosen to \"ignore\" the Constitution when allowing the Trump Hotel to keep its lease after Mr Trump's election.\n\nThe Trump Organization has been looking for buyers for the 263-room hotel since 2019, but has so far been unable to sell the property.", "The Tylorstown landslide has left a scar on the hillside\n\nSatellite technology usually used to find water on other planets could help make Wales' coal tips safe.\n\nThe Welsh government-commissioned project comes after landslides at a tip in Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf, during Storm Dennis in February 2020.\n\nAnalysis after the slide showed stability problems would be widespread, and affect other tips in south Wales.\n\nThe data will be key to prioritising work on the tips, according to joint project manager Richard Pidcock.\n\nDue to climate change, Mr Pidcock said it was even more important to monitor the risks.\n\nIn 2020, Rhondda MP Chris Bryant warned it could cost £500m to ensure the safety of more than 2,000 coal tips across Wales.\n\nThe Coal Authority has appointed ground investigation specialists Central Alliance, who will use satellite imagery to analyse soil moisture at coal tips and surrounding areas across 10 local authority areas in south Wales.\n\nIt will assess a large number of high-risk tips, irrespective of ownership.\n\nTechnology used to find water on Mars is being used to assess soil moisture at coal tips\n\nIt is an adaptation of technology used to search for water and life on other planets such as Venus and Mars, and allows users to remotely measure soil moisture levels below ground level and assess risks.\n\nThe first stage starts in October to create a baseline during drier months, and will be followed with a second phase to capture seasonal change in winter early next year.\n\nThe assessment will confirm the effectiveness of existing drainage systems and identify any hidden moisture which could represent a future risk, the project leaders have said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In February, 60,000 tonnes of debris slid down the hillside at Tylorstown\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"Alongside engineering works, technology has an important role to play in ensuring the safety of disused coal tips.\n\n\"It's important that all possible means of monitoring tips over the long term are considered, and funding different technology trials helps to ensure we have appropriate approaches in place.\"\n\nRichard Pidcock says the data will be key to prioritising work on the tips\n\nMr Pidcock, joint managing director at Central Alliance, said it was \"fantastic\" to see the Welsh government and Coal Authority use cutting-edge technology, which was originally developed by the company Asterra, to \"provide reassurance that existing drainage systems are effective and to identify hidden wet areas\".\n\nHe added: \"As we have seen from recent extreme weather events from around the world, it is vitally important to monitor the impact of climate change, and the GroundSat satellite mapping project will form an important dataset for that assessment.\"\n\nPhil Thomas lives near a coal tip in Ynyshir, and said the work needed to be done as soon as possible.\n\n\"I am really pleased to see the Welsh government and local authorities are working together to find out whether these tips are wet or need any kind of work, but it does surprise me it has taken 19 months to get to this point,\" he said.\n\nMr Thomas welcomed the use of new technology, but said this should not replace the use of older technology such as boreholes.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aimee says she has not had a face-to-face appointment in 18 months, despite being sectioned in 2019\n\n\"I couldn't even take my children to school without a voice in my head.\"\n\nAimee, 29, from Bridgend, tried to take her own life after her mother's suicide in 2019, feeling it was a \"trigger\" for her mental health issues.\n\nShe said because of the pandemic she has not had a face-to-face appointment in 18 months, despite being sectioned in 2019.\n\nThe Welsh government said improving mental health is a priority, with an extra £42m spent this year.\n\nThe mother-of-two was diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder and emotionally unstable personality disorder and said she been unable to access specialised help during the pandemic.\n\nShe said: \"My mother, Louise, had suffered all of her life with mental health problems.\n\n\"I was experiencing the normal stages of grief, and we as a family were all in a great deal of shock - we were not expecting it.\n\n\"I had spoken to mum the night before and I thought she seemed OK and quite feisty which is what she was like.\n\n\"After the funeral I just couldn't eat, or sleep and it all took its toll on my body.\"\n\nThe treatment Aimee wants has a long waiting list and she said it could cost her thousands privately\n\nAimee said even walking her children to school or making a cup of tea became difficult.\n\n\"I'd already previously suffered with my mental health. I started getting intrusive thoughts so I would have random things pop into my head.\n\n\"It was a constant battle against myself and it was exhausting. I had to try and act normal for my children, who had no idea what was going on but also fight against something which is still ongoing and how am I meant to fix it, without help?\"\n\nShe said she felt services had been lacking during the pandemic and \"mental health has become a new virus in itself\".\n\n\"I have not had a single face-to-face appointment since moving back to Wales, so I haven't had any mental healthcare for 18 months.\n\n\"I've had no psychologist or psychiatrist appointments, all my treatment has been solely over the phone with a GP and the advice is just to double my medication.\"\n\nAimee wants to undergo eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy (EMDR), for which she said the waiting list was \"years long\".\n\nShe said privately the sessions she looked at cost £500 each, with patients usually needing at least five, according to Aimee.\n\n\"I haven't got that kind of money and I can't access it,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm dosed up to the eyeballs on medication. And if I don't take it I get extremely poorly. I'm looking for different ways of managing my mental health but how can I get better if I can't get help?\"\n\nThe Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board said it could not comment on individual cases.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We encourage anyone who wishes to discuss a concern or complaint with us directly, and we will do our best to put it right.\n\n\"We continue to provide a comprehensive range of services for people with mental health issues, and we encourage anyone who may be needing support to get in touch with our teams.\"\n\nA recent report from the Samaritans found people who needed support during the pandemic had experienced reduced access to already-strained mental health services.\n\nExecutive director in Wales Sarah Stone said: \"What we need is for people to have the services that suit them. So face to face is really important to people and tailored services.\n\n\"The pandemic has highlighted and increased inequalities in a range of ways so the work we have done has showed issues about mental health and well-being, fear of unemployment, financial struggles and also people struggling to find the basics of feeding themselves and their families.\"\n\nSunday marks World Mental Health Day 2021, with its main theme being mental health in an unequal world.\n\nA survey carried out by mental health charity Mind Cymru found people living in a household receiving benefits had seen their mental health hit hardest during the pandemic.\n\nNearly six in 10 of the 650 people surveyed who lived in a household receiving benefits said they had poor or very poor mental health.\n\nThat compares with 34% of those not receiving benefits.\n\nHead of policy Simon Jones said there was an urgent need to tackle inequalities brought into focus by the pandemic.\n\nHe said: \"We know that mental health services were under huge pressure even before the pandemic.\n\n\"The impact will have a lasting effect on the mental health of many people in Wales, and there is increasing evidence to suggest that it has had, and continues to have, a disproportionate impact on certain groups of people - specifically people in poverty, and those from non-white communities.\"\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"Improving mental health and well-being is a priority for us and we are investing an additional £42m this year.\n\n\"Many people in crisis need a range of social and welfare support, as opposed to specialist mental healthcare and we continue to work on strengthening the multi-agency response.\n\n\"Our Discretionary Assistance Fund has been available to provide hardship payments and working in partnership with Citizens Advice to address underlying financial needs, including specialist debt advice.\n\n\"We have also expanded support for low-level mental health issues, like easy-to-access online cognitive behavioural therapy, which includes support for money worries.\"\n\nThe BBC Action Line has details of organisations that may be able to offer help for mental health problems\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sarah Everard was killed by serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens after he falsely arrested her\n\nBaroness Louise Casey of Blackstock will lead an independent review into the Metropolitan Police's culture and standards following Sarah Everard's murder, the force has announced.\n\nIt will examine the force's vetting, recruitment and training procedures.\n\nMet Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said the move aimed to \"make sure that the public have more confidence in us\".\n\nThe review is expected to take six months.\n\nDame Cressida said: \"[Baroness Casey] is extremely experienced and highly respected and I know will ask the difficult questions needed for this thorough review.\n\n\"This will build a stronger Met, ensure lasting improvement in our service to London and public confidence in us.\"\n\nMet Police officer Wayne Couzens murdered Sarah Everard after falsely arresting her for a breach of Covid-19 guidelines as she walked home from a friend's house in south London on 3 March.\n\nHe has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term.\n\nOf her appointment, Baroness Casey said any acts undermining trust placed in police by the public \"must be examined and fundamentally changed\".\n\nShe said: \"This will no doubt be a difficult task but we owe it to the victims and families this has affected and the countless decent police officers this has brought into disrepute.\"\n\nBaroness Casey was formerly the government's chief adviser on homelessness and is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords.\n\nBaroness Casey has taken on roles for five prime ministers over the past 23 years\n\nDame Cressida also announced the Met would be launching a second investigation, examining its practices over the past 10 years.\n\nIt would look at cases in which somebody made an allegation of sexual misconduct or domestic abuse, against a police officer or member of staff, who was still employed by the force.\n\nShe said: \"We'll be going back to look at some of those investigations just to make sure that the processes that should have taken place have, and that we are taking the right management action after the case is closed, for example in vetting.\"\n\nThe Mayor of London Sadiq Khan welcomed Baroness Casey's appointment and said public trust in the police \"requires urgent rebuilding\".\n\n\"Baroness Casey's review must look into the wider culture of the Met Police, including issues of misogyny, sexism, racism and homophobia as well as thoroughly examining recruitment, vetting, training, leadership and standards of behaviour among officers and staff,\" he tweeted.\n\nBaroness Casey has worked on issues relating to social welfare for five prime ministers over the past 23 years.\n\nShe was made head of the Rough Sleepers' Unit in 1999 and went on to hold leadership positions including director of the national Anti-Social Behaviour Unit, the Respect Task Force and the Troubled Families programme.\n\nShe was also the UK's first victims' commissioner - undertaking an inspection into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham in 2015 - and carried out a review of community cohesion and extremism for then prime minister David Cameron, which was published in 2017.\n\nShe left the civil service in 2017 to establish the Institute for Global Homelessness before returning to public service to support the government's Covid-19 rough sleeping response.", "Expectant mothers are being sent to Cwmbran's Grange Hospital instead\n\nA health board has halted some maternity services because of the number of staff off sick.\n\nAneurin Bevan health board has stopped midwifery-led, and home-birthing services at four hospitals.\n\nThe Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan, Ebbw Vale and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr, Ystrad Mynach, are all affected.\n\nThe temporary measures have been put in place for 11 days.\n\nExpectant mothers are being sent to Cwmbran's Grange Hospital instead.\n\n\"We are currently experiencing a high number of births and short term staff absence due to sickness and self-isolation in our midwifery services,\" the board said in a statement on Friday.\n\nThe board apologised to the eleven expectant mothers affected. The women were all booked in to give birth at one of the four units.\n\nIt said the plan would not impact on any others.\n\nThe measures came into force at 14:00 BST on Thursday 7 October and will continue until 08:00 BST on 18 October.", "Fellow politicians have paid tribute to Tory MP James Brokenshire, who has died aged 53, having been diagnosed with lung cancer more than three years ago.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson described the father of three, a former Northern Ireland secretary, as the \"nicest, kindest\" colleague.\n\nMr Brokenshire, a lifelong non-smoker, stood down as a Home Office minister earlier this year.\n\nHe died in hospital on Thursday night, having been admitted after his condition deteriorated.\n\nAn MP since 2005, Mr Brokenshire served in government under three prime ministers - David Cameron, Theresa May and Mr Johnson.\n\nHouse of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has ordered that flags in Parliament's New Palace Yard be flown at half-mast to mark \"a profound loss to us all\".\n\nMrs May tweeted: \"Truly saddened by the death of James Brokenshire. He was an outstanding public servant, a talented minister and a loyal friend.\"\n\nAnd Mr Johnson tweeted that it was \"desperately sad\", adding: \"James was the nicest, kindest and most unassuming of politicians but also extraordinarily effective.\"\n\nMr Brokenshire, who was MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup in Kent, resigned as Northern Ireland secretary in January 2018 following his lung cancer diagnosis, but made a comeback to the cabinet a few months later as housing secretary.\n\nHe lost that job in July 2019, after Mr Johnson took over from Mrs May in 10 Downing Street.\n\nMr Brokenshire re-entered government as a Home Office minister in February last year, but stood down in July this year, due to poor health.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Former adviser Peter Cardwell: \"James was the best of politics and he was the best of humanity.\"\n\nFollowing his death, Mr Brokenshire's family expressed \"deep sadness\", adding: \"James was not only a brilliant government minister... but a dedicated constituency MP.\n\n\"But most importantly, he was a loving father to his three children, a devoted husband to Cathy and a faithful friend to so many.\"\n\nThe family also thanked NHS staff, including those at Guy's & St Thomas' hospital in London, for treating Mr Brokenshire \"with such warmth, diligence and professionalism over the past three-and-a-half years\".\n\nThey also shared a memorial page on his Twitter feed, which encouraged people to share memories and photos of Mr Brokenshire and to donate to the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation in lieu of flowers.\n\n\"In the last few years of his life James's passion was to help others with lung cancer, preventing others going through what he did,\" the memorial page said, describing him as an \"indefatigable campaigner for better lung cancer screening\".\n\nAfter his lung cancer diagnosis, Mr Brokenshire, a former lawyer, worked to promote greater awareness of the disease, urging people who showed symptoms to get tested.\n\nFellow Conservative MP Karen Bradley told the BBC News Channel the news of her \"understated\" friend's death was \"heartbreaking\", adding: \"I can't believe I'm not going to be able to sit down with James again and have a laugh about life, and chat about the issues that we both cared about.\n\n\"My thoughts are with Cathy and the family, who are just the most wonderful family. I'm devastated.\"\n\nJames Brokenshire (right) served under Theresa May, as well as David Cameron and Boris Johnson\n\nSir Keir Starmer tweeted: \"James Brokenshire was a thoroughly decent man, dedicated and effective in all briefs he held.\n\n\"He fought his illness with dignity and bravery. I'm incredibly sad to learn of his death and send my condolences to his wife and children.\"\n\nThe UK's most senior civil servant, Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, said: \"I had the personal privilege of working with him closely over a number of years and admired greatly his unwavering commitment to public service and compassion.\"\n\nThe Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, tweeted: \"So sorry to hear of the death of James Brokenshire, whose courage and faith were an inspiration to so many, myself included.\"\n\nBefore becoming the Old Bexley & Sidcup MP in 2010, Mr Brokenshire represented the seat of Hornchurch and Rainham, north-east London, for five years.\n\nHis death will prompt a Parliamentary by-election in Old Bexley and Sidcup, where he had a majority of 18,952 at the last general election.", "Last updated on .From the section Scotland\n\nScott McTominay sparked bedlam at Hampden as his stoppage-time winner against Israel kept Scotland on course for the World Cup qualifying play-offs.\n\nThe Manchester United midfielder bundled in his first Scotland goal after Eran Zahavi's brilliant free-kick and a Munas Dabbur finish twice had the visitors ahead in a thrilling contest.\n\nJohn McGinn briefly levelled with a superb strike before Lyndon Dykes - having had a weak penalty saved - volleyed an equaliser belatedly awarded after a VAR check after the break.\n\nScotland's concerted pressure looked set to fall short until McTominay pounced to leave his side two wins from a play-off spot, with trips to the Faroes Islands and Moldova up next.\n\nVictory moves Steve Clarke's men four points clear of Israel with three games to play in the battle to finish runners-up to Denmark.\n• None Podcast: 'I don't care if it went off McTominay's Adam's apple'\n\nThe unbridled elation at full-time was befitting of Scotland's first full house at Hampden since England's visit in June 2017. It was also in marked contrast to the despondency felt by those fans after a dreadful and error-strewn first 45 minutes.\n\nThe pre-match air of optimism and expectation was quickly doused when Zahavi bent a terrific free-kick into the top corner after just five minutes for his 26th goal in his last 28 caps.\n\nThe PSV Eindhoven attacker's finishing prowess should have been no surprise to Scotland in their seventh meeting with Israel in three years. Yet the free-kick was a needless concession from Jack Hendry, and the mistakes kept piling up before the break.\n\nThe damage could have been doubled when McTominay - back from injury to replace the suspended Grant Hanley in the back three - was caught out by a long ball and only Manor Solomon's poor touch when clean through let Scotland off the hook.\n\nThe goal stunned Scotland, who had threatened through Che Adams in the opening minute before completely losing momentum. Simple passes were going astray and the hosts struggled to put coherent attacks together.\n\nScotland needed something special - and McGinn provided it, giving former Hibernian goalkeeper Ofir Marciano no chance with a sublime curled finish from 20 yards after a flowing move driven by Andy Robertson.\n\nHowever, within two minutes, Scotland were trailing again. Another needless free-kick proved their undoing, this time McTominay the culprit, with Dabbur stabbing home after Craig Gordon had kept out Dor Peretz's effort.\n\nDykes should have ensured the sides went in level at the break, after Bibras Natkho slid in on Billy Gilmour as the midfielder latched on to Marciano's punched clearance just inside the box.\n\nBut the QPR striker - Scotland's match-winner in their previous two games - sent his penalty straight down the middle, where Marciano stayed put and saved with his foot.\n\nScotland - knowing how costly a draw would be to their qualification hopes - were much improved after the break and got a quick reward as Dykes made amends when he volleyed in Robertson's cross.\n\nEven that was fraught with worry for the Tartan Army, though, as referee Szymon Marciniak initially disallowed the goal for a high challenge on Ofri Arad, who had attempted to head clear, before reversing the decision after consulting the pitchside monitor.\n\nScotland were indebted to Gordon for preventing them falling behind again, the goalkeeper denying Zahavi, but Clarke's side had the momentum and Tierney planted a cross on to Dykes' head eight yards out, with Marciano shovelling clear.\n\nThe Israel keeper was then fortunate to be given a free-kick for a challenge by Dykes after his spill from a cross was knocked into the net by Tierney.\n\nScotland kept piling on the pressure but agony beckoned when McGinn was foiled in the closing stages by Marciano, before McTominay chose an opportune moment to open his international account.\n\nJack Hendry glanced on a corner in the Israel box and McTominay did the enough from a yard or two out to edge his side closer to the play-offs as Hampden erupted in delight.\n\nWhat did we learn?\n\nScotland's ability to put their supporters through the mill knows no bounds, yet the scenes at the end made all the suffering worthwhile.\n\nIt was a comeback of sheer tenacity from Clarke's side, whose first-half display was as bad as they've played under him.\n\nTo turn it around took plenty of guts and sheer doggedness. With Robertson rampaging forward and Billy Gilmour much more prominent in midfield, the hosts turned the screw on an Israel side who had been given far too much freedom.\n\nDefensive issues remain - is McTominay best suited at centre-back? - but those are for another day.\n\nWhat they said\n\nScotland head coach Steve Clarke: \"I told them at half-time - if you do want to lose the game, you're doing it in the perfect fashion.\n\n\"The talk at half-time was really just - we have to play it our way. We have to play with more tempo, a little bit more ambition, control the game better and we did that from the start of the second half more or less to the 96th minute. We got our reward.\"\n\nScotland midfielder John McGinn: \"The fans played a huge part. They could have easily went to the pub last five but they decided to stick with us. It was probably as good an atmosphere as I've heard here for years.\n\n\"I didn't think it would take me 39 caps to play in front of a full house at Hampden but certainly a night I will never forget and it was made extra special with a goal and three points.\"\n• None McTominay's 94th-minute goal was Scotland's first stoppage-time winner since Stephen McManus netted against Liechtenstein in September 2010.\n• None Dykes is only the second Scotland player to score in three consecutive World Cup qualifiers after Mo Johnston, who netted in five between September 1988 and April 1989.\n• None Scotland have won three consecutive home World Cup qualifiers for the first time since winning all five leading up to the 1998 finals.\n• None McGinn (10) has scored more home goals in qualifying matches (World Cup/Euros) than any other Scotland player.\n• None No player has scored more goals in the European World Cup 2022 qualification process than Israel's Eran Zahavi (seven). He has also scored in three of his four previous appearances against Scotland at Hampden.\n\nScotland will go for the two wins they need against the Faroe Islands in Torshavn on Tuesday (19:45 BST) and Moldova away next month. Should they slip up, another chance comes when they end the campaign at home to Denmark.\n• None Goal! Scotland 3, Israel 2. Scott McTominay (Scotland) with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jack Hendry following a corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Jack Hendry (Scotland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt missed. John McGinn (Scotland) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. John McGinn (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Christie.\n• None Attempt blocked. Lyndon Dykes (Scotland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by John McGinn.\n• None Nathan Patterson (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. John McGinn (Scotland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.\n• None Billy Gilmour (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The child, who was hit on Ffordd Llanerch, in Pen-y-Cae, was taken to Wrexham Maelor Hospital\n\nA two-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after being hit by a police car in a 20mph zone.\n\nResidents living in Ffordd Llanerch, in Pen-y-Cae, Wrexham, said he was walking with a woman and another child when he was struck on Friday afternoon.\n\n\"The mother was hysterical,\" said Vanessa Jones. \"As I got there the little boy was trying to stand up.\"\n\nThe air ambulance landed at the scene, but the child was taken by road to Wrexham Maelor Hospital.\n\nPeople living in the street described how they heard screams and a loud bang when the crash happened outside their homes at about 15:30 BST.\n\n\"I was upstairs doing some bits and bobs in the bedroom and I could hear some screams,\" said Ms Jones, 30.\n\nShe sat with the child as neighbour Hiram Evans, 55, took a pillow, blanket and teddy bear for the child as they waited with the officers for an ambulance.\n\nHiram Evans said the youngster's mother was \"shocked and crying\"\n\nHe said boy's mother was \"very shocked and crying\".\n\n\"He was conscious all the time,\" Mr Evans said.\n\n\"The ambulance was on the scene straight away.\"\n\nSome residents said they were unable to get into their homes for a time as a cordon and several police cars remained at the scene.\n\nNorth Wales Police asked people to stay away from the area while officers investigated.\n\nThe force has appealed for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to get in touch.", "Olivier Rousteing's Instagram photo showed injuries he suffered last year, he said\n\nCelebrated French fashion designer Olivier Rousteing has revealed he was injured following an accident at his home last year, sharing a picture of himself in heavy bandages.\n\nRousteing, the creative director of fashion house Balmain, shared the news in an Instagram post on Saturday.\n\n\"Exactly a year ago, the fireplace inside my house exploded,\" he wrote.\n\nHe woke the next day at the Hôpital Saint Louis in Paris, and has since been recovering from his injuries.\n\nRousteing said his insecurities and fashion's \"obsession with perfection\" had stopped him from revealing all before now.\n\n\"To be honest I am not really sure why I was so ashamed,\" he wrote. As he recovered he had hidden his injuries with long sleeves and jewellery during interviews.\n\n\"Now, a year later - healed, happy and healthy,\" he wrote. He thanked the medical staff who had treated him despite \"dealing with an incredible number of Covid cases at that same time\", and spoke about how lucky he now felt.\n\n\"There is always the sun after the storm.\"\n\nThe designer, pictured here at Paris Fashion Week earlier this month, says he is \"healed, happy and healthy\"\n\nFellow fashion designers, models and other celebrities were among those to offer their support in response to Rousteing's post.\n\nThe designer Donatella Versace wrote she was \"so glad\" he was safe. \"Let love rule,\" said musician Lenny Kravitz.\n\nKim Kardashian West wrote \"I love you\", while her mother Kris Jenner said she was \"beyond proud\" of Rousteing, adding that his \"message of hope and strength and focus and love will always inspire everyone who you come in contact with\".\n\nRousteing took up his post as Balmain's creative director in 2011 at the age of just 25. According to a profile in Out Magazine the brand grew between 15% and 20% between 2012 and 2015.\n\nHe has opened boutiques in London and New York, the company's first outside Paris.\n\nA 2019 Netflix documentary, Wonder Boy, looked at his career and followed him as he searched for his biological mother.", "The band performed on stage at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on 7 October\n\nPop band Genesis have postponed the final four UK dates of its reunion tour \"due to positive Covid-19 tests within the band\".\n\nThe group said they would reschedule the gigs due to take place in Glasgow on Friday, and at the O2 in London on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.\n\nThey did not say who had tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe Last Domino? tour started in September after being postponed by almost a year because of the pandemic.\n\nFrontman Phil Collins, 70, has been performing seated and has not been able to play the drums because of ongoing health issues, including back problems following surgery.\n\nHe told the BBC last month that he can now \"barely hold a [drum] stick\", and has been replaced behind the drum kit by his 20-year-old son Nicholas.\n\nThe pair have been joined on the road for the tour - the band's first since 2007 - by keyboardist Tony Banks and guitarist Mike Rutherford, both aged 71 and both founding members of the group.\n\nFrontman Phil Collins has been performing seated while his son Nicholas plays the drums\n\nGenesis had six number one albums in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s, with hits including Land of Confusion, Invisible Touch and I Can't Dance.\n\n\"This is a hugely frustrating development for the band who are devastated with this unlucky turn of events,\" a statement from the band said.\n\n\"They hate having to take these steps but the safety of the audience and touring crew has to take priority. They look forward to seeing you upon their return.\"\n\nThe band, who have sold more than 21 million albums in the US, are due to start the North American leg of the tour in Chicago on 15 November.", "Lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which has been erupting since 19 September, has destroyed more homes and buildings.\n\nEarlier this week, two new vents that opened up in the volcano caused further eruptions. One local volcano expert has said the newly opened fissures have partially collapsed, causing the lava to flow in multiple directions.\n\nAuthorities have closed the local airport for the second time since the volcano started to erupt.", "Funerals were held on Saturday for victims of a suicide attack\n\nUS officials have met Afghanistan's ruling Taliban for their first face-to-face talks since Washington pulled its troops from the country in August.\n\nThe talks in Qatar are focusing on issues including containing extremist groups, the evacuation of US citizens and humanitarian aid, officials say.\n\nThe US insists the meeting does not amount to recognition of the Taliban.\n\nIt comes a day after Afghanistan suffered its deadliest attack since US forces withdrew.\n\nThe suicide bombing at a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 100 others.\n\nThe Said Abad mosque was used by the minority Shia Muslim community in the Sunni Muslim-majority country. The Islamic State group said it was behind the attack.\n\nSpeaking after the talks with the US opened in Qatar, Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said the two sides had agreed to uphold the terms of the Doha agreement signed in 2020.\n\nThe deal includes broad obligations on the Taliban to take steps to prevent groups such as al-Qaeda from threatening the security of the US and its allies.\n\nMr Muttaqi said US officials had also told the Taliban they would help in delivering Covid vaccines and humanitarian aid.\n\nThe US has not yet commented on the details of Saturday's talks, but a state department spokesperson previously said officials would use the meeting to press the Taliban to respect women's rights, form an inclusive government and allow humanitarian agencies to operate.\n\nThe meeting is set to continue on Sunday.\n\nMr Muttaqi told reporters that the Islamist group wanted to improve relations with the international community but also warned that nobody should interfere with any country's internal policies.\n\nAmerican officials have said the talks are a continuation of engagement with the Taliban on matters of national interest, not about giving legitimacy to the group's government.\n\nAs the talks were taking place in the Qatari capital Doha, in Afghanistan funeral ceremonies were being held for the victims of Friday's attack.\n\n\"[We] bury the bodies next to each other because we have no choice, and we have to prepare mass graves,\" one mourner said.\n\nThe United Nations said Friday's bombing was a \"third deadly attack this week apparently targeting a religious institution\" and was part of a \"disturbing pattern of violence\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pictures show the scene at the mosque after the suicide bomb attack", "Mrs Luttrell was only able to see her husband via a video-link while he was being treated\n\nA cancer patient whose wife was told he might not wake from a coma he was put in while being treated for Covid-19 has been called \"a cat with nine lives\" by doctors after making a speedy recovery.\n\nPaul Luttrell, who has myeloma cancer, went to Bristol's Southmead Hospital on 27 July and was placed in a coma.\n\nHis wife Dalma said she was \"very much prepared for the worst\", but the 52-year-old woke after 11 days and left hospital a month after arriving.\n\nShe said it was \"unbelievable\".\n\nMr Luttrell, from Frome, was sent to the hospital after nurses noticed he was \"very unwell\" and had to put him on oxygen whilst on a routine dialysis visit.\n\n\"They put me into an induced coma for 11 days and it took me a week to fully wake up,\" he said.\n\n\"When I did, I asked doctors to call Dalma.\n\n\"They couldn't believe it.\"\n\nMr Luttrell said he hoped his story will show that the dangers of Covid-19 still exist\n\nMrs Luttrell said following conversations with her husband's doctors, she had \"very much prepared for the worst\".\n\nShe also said the medical team had warned her that as he was in a coma, he would probably need a long recovery time if he survived.\n\nHowever, within two weeks ,she said she \"had a call from him\", adding: \"It was unbelievable.\"\n\nMr Luttrell, who had been double vaccinated, said though he had had lucid dreams whilst in the coma of \"terrible things\", after he woke, he could walk \"my stairs at home to go to dialysis\" within a week.\n\n\"My haematologist and doctors said I was a cat with nine lives,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he said he felt lucky to be alive and was worried that about \"people still not taking [coronavirus] seriously\".\n\n\"Get vaccinated,\" he said, adding: \"Covid is very real.\"\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk", "Up to 50,000 people descended on Glasgow Green for TRNSMT last month\n\nMore than 500 cases of Covid-19 have been linked to the TRNSMT music festival, new data shows.\n\nAbout 50,000 people descended on Glasgow Green for the three-day event last month.\n\nThey had to bring proof of a negative lateral flow test to gain entry.\n\nPublic Health Scotland said 551 who tested positive for the virus reported having been at the festival around the time of their illness when speaking to contact tracers.\n\nSome 1,645 people were also found to have been close contacts of those who tested positive.\n\nPublic health expert Prof Linda Bauld said it was likely that some of these people were infected at TRNSMT but it was not a \"super-spreader\" event.\n\nThe figures were published in response to a freedom of information request from the Press Association news agency.\n\nTRNSMT was one of the first mass events held in Scotland since the start of the pandemic.\n\nAccording to Public Health Scotland, the figures do not mean Covid-19 was contracted at the event, only that those who spoke to Test and Protect recorded having been at TRNSMT around the time of their illness.\n\nFollowing the event which started on 10 September, national clinical director Professor Jason Leitch said the festival was not responsible for a spike in cases.\n\nProf Bauld, professor public health at the University of Edinburgh, said it was not possible to say definitely how people caught the virus at the festival.\n\n\"I think it's certainly possible that some of those cases were infected at TRNSMT but we can't prove it,\" she added.\n\nProf Bauld said there were always risks when mass events are held during periods of relatively high levels of infection in the community.\n\nAt the time of TRNSMT about one in 60 people in Scotland had Covid.\n\nBe she added: \"TRNSMT was not a super-spreader event.\n\n\"It's really important to recognise that in the weeks following the festival, we actually saw a decline in cases in Scotland and we certainly didn't see a surge related to that festival.\n\n\"But clearly it's not without risk and that may be reflected in these numbers.\"\n\nIn the week immediately following the festival, 30,928 cases of Covid-19 were recorded as part of the Scottish government's daily tally, meaning the number of confirmed cases linked to TRNSMT was 1.7% of the total.\n\nWeekly Covid cases in Scotland hit a peak of just under 44,900 in the week ending 6 September - just before TRNSMT. They have since fallen to just under 17,600 in the week to 3 October.\n\nThere were 2,627 cases recorded by the Scottish government on Friday and 16 deaths following a positive test.\n• None 'No evidence' of spike in Covid cases after TRNSMT", "Several people at the embassy have reported symptoms\n\nPolice in Berlin say they are investigating after staff at the US embassy reported experiencing symptoms of the so-called Havana syndrome.\n\nThe probe into an \"alleged sonic weapon attack on employees of the US Embassy\" began in August, police said.\n\nMore than 200 US officials have reported suffering from the illness since 2016.\n\nOn Friday President Biden vowed to find out \"the cause and who is responsible\" for the syndrome.\n\nThose affected say they experienced a sudden onset of pressure sensations inside their heads, and of hearing strange buzzing sounds coming from a particular direction. Others have complained of dizziness, nausea and fatigue, among other symptoms.\n\nSeveral people at the US embassy in Berlin had reported symptoms of Havana syndrome, Der Spiegel reported.\n\nAn embassy spokesperson declined to comment on the police inquiries, but told Reuters that a US investigation was ongoing into cases worldwide.\n\nMr Biden's statement came as he signed a bill pledging better healthcare and increased financial support for victims.\n\nBut he characterised the condition as \"anomalous health incidents\" rather than saying it was the result of attacks.\n\nHe said civil servants, intelligence officers, diplomats, and military personnel all over the world had been affected.\n\nThe mysterious illness first emerged at the US and Canadian embassies in Havana in 2016. Since then there have been a number of similar reports.\n\nLast month the CIA's station chief in Vienna was removed for failing to respond appropriately to an outbreak of the mysterious syndrome at the embassy, where there have been more recorded cases than any other city apart from Havana.\n\nDays earlier a CIA officer who was travelling to India with the agency's director reported symptoms consistent with Havana syndrome.\n\nAnd in August, Vice President Kamala Harris' flight from Singapore to the Vietnamese capital Hanoi was briefly delayed after an American official reported symptoms.\n\nHowever, the cause of the illness remains unclear. Last year, a US National Academy of Sciences panel found that the most plausible explanation was \"directed, pulsed radio frequency energy\"..\n\nAnd in 2018 a scientific study of diplomats affected in Cuba found that they had experienced a form of brain injury. The cause was not conclusively determined, but researchers said it was most likely the result of directed microwave radiation.\n\nIn July, CIA director William Burns said there was \"a very strong possibility\" that the symptoms were being caused deliberately and that Russia could be responsible. However, Moscow has strongly denied responsibility.", "Facebook has apologised after again reporting problems with its services, days after a major outage hit WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook for hours.\n\nThe company said that a \"configuration change\" had impacted users globally.\n\nIt added that the incident was not related to the outage that saw its products taken offline for over six hours earlier this week.\n\nIts Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Workplace products had been affected, it said.\n\n\"We're so sorry if you weren't able to access our products during the last couple of hours,\" the company said it a statement on Friday evening. \"We know how much you depend on us to communicate with one another. We fixed the issue - thanks again for your patience this week.\"\n\nEarlier, web monitoring group Downdetector said that for a relatively short period of time on Friday there was an avalanche of messages from users reporting problems with Instagram.\n\nSome of them immediately took to Twitter and other social media platforms to complain about the second Instagram disruption and share memes on the issue.\n\nOn Monday, Facebook - which owns WhatsApp and Instagram - blamed an internal technical issue for the major outage which not only affected the firm's services, but also employees' work passes and email.\n\nThe services were down from about 16:00 GMT until around 22:00 on Monday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pictures show the scene at the mosque after the suicide bomb attack\n\nA suicide bomb attack on a mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz has killed at least 50 people, officials say, in the deadliest assault since US forces left.\n\nBodies were seen scattered inside the Said Abad mosque, used by the minority Shia Muslim community.\n\nMore than 100 people were injured in the blast in the northern city.\n\nThe Islamic State group said it was behind the attack. Sunni Muslim extremists have targeted Shias who they see as heretics.\n\nIS-K, the Afghan regional affiliate of the IS group that is violently opposed to the governing Taliban, has carried out several bombings recently, largely in the east of the country.\n\nMore than 300 people are believed to have been attending Friday prayers when the attack happened\n\nAn IS suicide bomber reportedly detonated an explosive vest as worshippers gathered inside the mosque for Friday prayers.\n\nZalmai Alokzai, a local businessman who rushed to a hospital to check whether doctors needed blood donations, described seeing chaotic scenes after the attack.\n\n\"Ambulances were going back to the incident scene to carry the dead,\" he told AFP news agency.\n\nLocal security officials were quoted by Tolo News as saying that more than 300 people were attending the prayers when the attack happened.\n\nThere are fears that the death toll will rise further.\n\nThe United Nations said Friday's bombing was a \"third deadly attack this week apparently targeting a religious institution\" and was part of a \"disturbing pattern of violence\".\n\nThe UN referred to Sunday's bombing near a mosque in the capital Kabul that left several people dead, and an assault on a madrassa (educational institution) in the eastern city of Khost on Wednesday.\n\nMeanwhile the US said diplomats would on Saturday hold the first in-person talks with Taliban leaders since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.\n\nDuring the two days of meetings the US would press the Taliban to respect women's rights, form an inclusive government and allow humanitarian agencies to operate, a state department spokesperson said.\n\nIS-K, the group that targeted Kabul airport in a devastating bombing in August, has repeatedly targeted Afghanistan's Shia minority in the past. Suicide bombers have struck mosques, sports clubs and schools. In recent weeks, IS has also stepped up a campaign of attacks against the Taliban.\n\nIS targeted a funeral prayer service attended by a number of senior Taliban leaders in Kabul on Sunday, and there have been a spate of smaller attacks in the eastern provinces of Nangarhar and Kunar, where IS previously had its stronghold.\n\nFriday's attack, if it has been carried out by IS as they claim, would mark a grim expansion of their activities into the north of the country. The Taliban say they have arrested dozens of members of IS and are believed to have killed others suspected of links to the group, but publicly they have also played down the threat IS poses.\n\nMany Afghans hoped that the Taliban's takeover would at least herald a more peaceful, if authoritarian, era. But IS represents a significant threat to the Taliban's promise of improved security.\n\nThe Taliban took control of Afghanistan after foreign forces withdrew from the country at the end of August following a deal agreed with the US.\n\nIt came two decades after US forces had removed the militants from power in 2001.", "High energy costs are forcing manufacturers to warn of higher prices for their goods as they pass on increases to consumers.\n\nIceland boss Richard Walker said higher energy bills and other costs meant price rises were now \"inevitable\".\n\nThe warning came as analysts predicted that household energy bills could rise by hundreds of pounds next year.\n\nThey said the energy price cap, which protects domestic consumers, could soar by £400 in the spring.\n\nCornwall Insight forecasts that the energy price cap will rise to about £1,660 by next summer.\n\nThat is about 30% higher than the record £1,277 level for the cap set for winter 2021-22, which began at the start of October.\n\n\"With wholesale gas and electricity prices continuing to reach new records, successive supplier exits during September 2021 and a new level for the default tariff cap, the Great British energy market remains on edge for fresh volatility and further consolidation,\" said Craig Lowrey, senior consultant at Cornwall Insight.\n\nEnergy regulator Ofgem said the price cap \"will ensure that consumers don't pay more than is absolutely necessary this winter\".\n\nBut if gas prices stay high, the price cap will rise, Ofgem said.\n\nThe regulator said its \"number one priority is to protect customers\", but acknowledged \"this is a worrying time for many people\".\n\nBut while the price cap helps households, there is no such safeguard for businesses, which have to absorb the full impact of rising global energy prices.\n\nMr Walker warned that Iceland's energy bill would go up by £20m next year. Alongside higher salaries to address lorry driver shortages and other new costs, he said grocery prices would have to increase.\n\n\"It's inevitable that we will see price rises,\" he told the BBC. \"The UK supermarket industry is one of the most competitive in the world.\n\n\"Our margins are very very tight and we're not an endless sponge that can just absorb all of these different cost increases.\"\n\nAndrew Large, director general of the Confederation of Paper Industries, said: \"This is a highly inflationary situation for the British economy and members will clearly be in a position where they do try to pass those costs on to consumers where they can.\"\n\nOne paper manufacturer, the Northwood Group, said the industry had been \"left to fend for itself\" in the face of \"horrendous\" knock-on effects from the gas price rise.\n\n\"The spike [in gas prices] that we have seen since January is equivalent to a 550% price increase, which of course destroys any industrial planning,\" said chairman Paul Fecher.\n\nLaura Cohen, chief executive of the British Ceramic Confederation, said many of her member firms could even be forced to stop production \"due to uneconomic higher energy costs\".\n\nThis could cause \"severe damage\" to production facilities such as brick kilns, which could not easily be turned off at short notice, she said.\n\nMeanwhile, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said that by decarbonising the UK's power supply, the country will protect customers from volatile fossil fuel prices.\n\n\"The UK so far, as many of you know, has made great progress in diversifying our energy mix. But we are still very dependent, perhaps too dependent, on fossil fuels and their volatile prices,\" he told a conference organised by trade body Energy UK.\n\nHe said that the government's recent pledge to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2035 - 15 years ahead of the previous target - would help.\n\n\"Our homes and businesses will be powered by affordable, clean and secure electricity generated here in the UK, for people in the UK,\" Mr Kwarteng said.\n\nThe Energy Shop - a price comparison site - warned people to prepare themselves for even greater increases in household bills.\n\nIt said that the next increase in the price cap, due to come in from 1 April 2022, could be £500 or even higher.\n\nFounder Joe Malinowski warned: \"If things don't settle down soon, increases of £600, £700 or even £800 cannot be ruled out.\"\n\nNine energy suppliers have already collapsed in recent weeks and more could be facing the same fate.\n\nThey were unable to keep their price promises as the wholesale price of gas soared.\n\nTheir customers have already seen annual bill increases of hundreds of pounds when they moved to a new provider and away from whichever low-rate fixed deal their supplier had offered.\n\nSome of the heat was drawn from the crisis on Wednesday when Russia said it would increase gas supplies to Europe.\n\nUK wholesale gas prices hit a record high during the day before falling after the Russian intervention.\n\nBut price volatility could continue as investors remain nervous about low stockpiles of gas across Europe.\n\nIf you feel powerless against international business and politics when watching your domestic energy bill go up, you are in good company.\n\nNormally, customers are urged to get active, search and switch to save money - but not now.\n\nUntil recently, the energy price cap was a backstop, protecting the vulnerable. Now it is the most competitive tariff available.\n\nThe cap is shielding households from the wild fluctuation in prices seen on the wholesale markets, but that is only a crumb of comfort when bills and prices across the board are still expected to see a sharp increase.\n\nSo for now, experts simply advise customers to find ways to save energy, brace themselves and budget for bigger bills. Wrap up for a financial chill that could last longer than the winter.\n\nThe energy price cap sets the maximum price suppliers in England, Wales and Scotland can charge customers on a standard - or default - tariff.\n\nThat includes the fixed daily amount customers pay, plus the price per unit they pay for electricity and gas.\n\nThe cap was increased on 1 October, with about 15 million households facing a 12% rise in energy bills, the biggest jump, to the highest amount, seen since the backstop was introduced in January 2019.\n\nThose on standard tariffs, with typical household levels of energy use, saw an increase of £139 - from £1,138 to £1,277 a year.\n\nPrepayment meter customers with average energy use saw a £153 increase.\n\nThat's a far cry from a year previously when on 1 October 2020, the energy price cap was cut by £84, to £1,042.\n\nWill you be affected by rising energy prices? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "North Korea has confirmed it successfully tested a new submarine-launched ballistic missile on Tuesday.\n\nState news outlet KCNA said the missile had \"advanced control guidance technologies\", which could make it harder to track.\n\nNorth Korea has carried out a flurry of weapons tests in recent weeks, launching what it said were hypersonic and long-range weapons.\n\nThe UN prohibits it from testing ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons.\n\nBallistic missiles are considered more threatening than cruise missiles because they can carry more powerful payloads, have a longer range and can fly faster.\n\nNorth Korean state media on Wednesday said its latest missile had new \"controlling and homing\" technology which allowed it to move laterally. It was also capable of \"gliding and jumping movement\". It released pictures of the missile as well.\n\nIt said it was fired from the same submarine that launched an older missile in a 2016 test.\n\nThis missile was one of many new weapons put on display at a defence exhibition in Pyongyang last week.\n\nReports did not mention leader Kim Jong-un, suggesting he did not attend the test.\n\nOn Tuesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said one missile had been launched from the port of Sinpo, in the east of North Korea where Pyongyang usually bases its submarines.\n\nIt landed in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, and travelled about 450km (280 miles) at a maximum height of 60km.\n\nIn October 2019, North Korea tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile, firing a Pukguksong-3 from an underwater platform.\n\nAt the time, KCNA said it had been fired at a high angle to minimise the \"external threat\".\n\nHowever, if the missile had been launched on a standard trajectory, instead of a vertical one, it could have travelled about 1,900km. That would have put all of South Korea and Japan within range.\n\nBeing launched from a submarine can also make missiles harder to detect and would allow North Korea to deploy its weapons far beyond the Korean Peninsula.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does North Korea keep launching missiles?\n\nThe latest launch comes as South Korea develops its own weapons, in what observers say has turned into an arms race on the Korean peninsula.\n\nSeoul is holding what is said to be South Korea's largest ever defence exhibition this week. It will reportedly unveil a new fighter jet as well as guided weapons like missiles. It is also due to launch its own space rocket soon.\n\nNorth and South Korea technically remain at war as the Korean War, which split the peninsula into two countries and which saw the US backing the South, ended in 1953 with an armistice.\n\nKim Jong-un said last week that he did not wish for war to break out again. He said his country needed to continue developing weapons for self-defence against enemies, namely the US which he accused of hostility.\n\nMeanwhile, South Korean, Japanese and US intelligence chiefs are meeting in Seoul to discuss North Korea.\n\nThe US envoy to North Korea, Sung Kim, is expected to discuss how to restart dialogue with Pyongyang, including on whether there should be a formal declaration of the end of the Korean War.\n\nThis week he reiterated the stance of US President Joe Biden's administration that it is open to meeting with North Korea without pre-conditions.\n\nPrevious talks between the US and North Korea broke down due to fundamental disagreements on denuclearisation.\n\nThe US wants North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons before sanctions can be eased, but North Korea has so far refused.", "All remaining investigations into allegations of abuse by British soldiers in Iraq have now finished without any prosecutions being brought.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said the Service Police Legacy Investigations - which was looking at the claims - had now \"officially closed its doors\".\n\nThe SPLI's job was to investigate Iraqi civilians' claims of serious criminal behaviour by UK armed forces.\n\nSince it began, it has assessed 1,291 allegations, Mr Wallace said.\n\nThe SPLI was made up of Royal Navy Police and Royal Air Force Police.\n\nIt took charge of investigations in February 2017, after the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) - which had been looking at them - was shut down.\n\nThe investigations related to the alleged behaviour of UK armed forces in Iraq during the war from 2003 to 2009.\n\nIn a written statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr Wallace said that although 178 allegations had been formally pursued through 55 separate investigations, no soldiers had been prosecuted as a result of the SPLI's work.\n\nAccording to the SPLI, in 2019 five people were referred to the military prosecutor, the Service Prosecuting Authority, but no charges were brought.\n\n\"The vast majority of the more than 140,000 members of our armed forces who served in Iraq did so honourably,\" said Mr Wallace in his statement. \"Many sadly suffered injuries or death, with devastating consequences for them and their families.\"\n\nHe said while some allegations against British troops were credible, others were not.\n\nThe credibility of allegations had been a \"significant challenge throughout the investigations\", he said.\n\n\"However not all allegations and claims were spurious, otherwise investigations would not have proceeded beyond initial examination and no claims for compensation would have been paid.\"\n\nThe Ministry of Defence's investigations into allegations of war crimes will have satisfied few.\n\nThe initial investigations, under IHAT, were criticised by MPs in 2017 who said it empowered law firms to bring cases on an \"industrial scale\". One of those lawyers, Phil Shiner, was later found guilty of misconduct.\n\nVeterans and those still serving were swept up in long, costly and often clumsy investigations, even when some had already been cleared of wrongdoing.\n\nNor did IHAT satisfy those who believed that there were genuine cases to answer.\n\nThe MoD wanted to show it was properly investigating allegations of war crimes. But it did not want those investigations to be conducted by anyone else.\n\nMost importantly, the MoD did not want this to end up in the International Criminal Court in the Hague.\n\nIn 2020 the ICC decided not to pursue a formal investigation into alleged war crimes by British troops in Iraq. But prosecutor Fatou Bensouda still said there was clear evidence that UK forces were responsible for numerous war crimes including illegal killings, torture and rape in Iraq.\n\nMr Wallace added: \"It is sadly clear, from all the investigations the UK conducted, that some shocking and shameful incidents did happen in Iraq. We recognise that there were four convictions of UK military personnel for offences in Iraq including offences of assault and inhuman treatment.\n\n\"The government's position is clear - we deplore and condemn all such incidents.\"\n\nIn 2005, three British soldiers who abused Iraqi civilians were jailed and dismissed from the Army in disgrace.\n\nTwo years later, a soldier was jailed for a year in connection with the death of Iraqi civilian Baha Mousa in September 2003.\n\nIn total, the Ministry of Defence has paid out more than £20 million in compensation settlements for abuse claims from Iraqi nationals.\n• None All but one Iraq war case against UK soldiers dropped", "The FBI has given no details about the searches\n\nFBI agents are sweeping properties in the US linked to Russian billionaire oligarch Oleg Deripaska.\n\nMr Deripaska, who has close ties to Russia's President Vladimir Putin, was placed under US sanctions in 2018.\n\nThe oligarch's spokesman told Reuters news agency the FBI is searching two homes owned by relatives of Mr Deripaska under court warrants related to those sanctions.\n\nOthers stood guard outside behind yellow crime scene tape.\n\nThe representative said another property in New York was also being searched.\n\nSo far it is unclear exactly why the searches are taking place. A spokesperson for the FBI told NBC News the agency was conducting \"law enforcement activity\" at the Washington DC property, without giving any further details.\n\nMr Deripaska, 53, made his fortune in the 1990s as a metals broker. In 1997 he founded the industrial group Basic Element, one of Russia's largest, which he still owns.\n\nThe US Treasury placed Mr Deripaska under sanctions in 2018 along with six other Russian oligarchs, as well as a number of companies they own and senior Russian government officials.\n\nSteve Mnuchin, then Treasury secretary, said the move was a response to Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, which Moscow denies.\n\n\"The Russian government engages in a range of malign activity around the globe,\" a statement released at the time said. \"Russian oligarchs and elites who profit from this corrupt system will no longer be insulated from the consequences of their government's destabilizing activities.\"\n\nA year later US President Donald Trump lifted sanctions on three firms linked to Mr Deripaska after he ceded control, a move criticised by Democrat politicians. Sanctions remained on the magnate himself, however.\n\nMr Deripaska also has links with Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Trump, who was convicted of fraud before his pardon by Mr Trump in December 2020.\n\nIn 2016 the Guardian newspaper reported that Mr Manafort had worked with Mr Deripaska on investment deals in Ukraine.", "A man who is believed to have had the heaviest kidneys on record has spoken of his determination to get his life back following surgery to remove them.\n\nThe inherited condition causes fluid-filled cysts to grow in the kidneys and can lead to kidney failure. It affects around one in 1,000 people and there is no cure.\n\nThe BBC met Warren a few weeks before his major operation at Churchill Hospital in Oxford, and caught up with him three months later.", "Google has unveiled its latest smartphone, containing the tech giant's first self-designed computer chip.\n\nThe Pixel 6 contains Google's \"Tensor\" processor, which it says enables new phone features powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning.\n\nIt is also the first phone in the series with a \"Pro\" model, designed to compete at the high end of the market.\n\n\"The whole goal when we started was to reach this point,\" said Rick Osterloh, Google's head of devices.\n\n\"Really, this is our original vision that we're finally able to get to after building a lot of capabilities both in technology and in product development capabilities,\" he told the BBC.\n\nGoogle owns and operates the Android platform, used by almost every mobile phone maker apart from Apple. But the top end of the Android market has been dominated by other smartphone brands such as Samsung, whose phones can cost more than £1,000.\n\nGoogle's Pixel line has often been priced in the middle of the market.\n\nBut the new Pixel 6 will retail for £599/$599, while the Pro model will cost £849/$899. bringing it closer to the price of competing top-end devices.\n\nThat is the same launch price for the base model as the Pixel 5, which had, Google said at the time, been designed for \"an economic downturn\".\n\n\"Obviously, there's a lot of technology and these are expensive, for sure, but we're trying to offer users good value despite the fact that these are flagships,\" Mr Osterloh said.\n\nBoth the Pixel 6 and Pro are standard form-factor smartphones with a striking large horizontal bar across the upper back of the phone.\n\nThat bar contains all the camera lenses and sensors, instead of putting them off to one side in a camera \"bump\" popular on many modern models.\n\nBoth versions have a 50-megapixel (MP) main camera and a 12MP ultrawide. The Pro model has an additional 48MP camera, giving it a 4x optical zoom.\n\nThe Pro model also has more memory, a higher-resolution screen, and a faster screen refresh rate of up to 120hz - or 120 screen refreshes a second, which can make animations and fast movements appear smoother.\n\nModern smartphones rely heavily on \"computational photography\" to take good, clear photos. It is what gives each phone maker their own distinctive \"look\" to photos.\n\n\"For a long time, Pixel has been known for awesome photography, which is truly a function of our ability to do AI-driven, machine-learning-driven improvements to the camera experience,\" Mr Osterloh said.\n\n\"With this new platform, with Tensor, we've literally designed the platform to to be able to support he most cutting-edge work we have in all aspects of AI.\"\n\nOne of those is what Google calls a \"magic eraser\" - a system where the Photos app will detect distractions in the photo such as someone walking in the background, and try to remove them. The company says it can also be used for things such as power poles or wires, and users can manually select things to remove as well as the automatic system.\n\nAnother new feature is \"face deblur\".\n\nWhen taking a photo with the rear-facing camera, it will use all available cameras and take multiple versions. So if a person is constantly moving - such as Google's example of a young child - the camera will attempt to fix a blurry face by combining all the data, and attempt to figure out what the non-blurred version should look like.\n\nThe new processing power in its latest chip means that technology can now be applied to videos as they are recorded, giving them the same type of style as Pixel's still cameras.\n\nAsked if the new features would make their way to other Android phones, Mr Osterloh said: \"Many of them will only be Pixel\".\n\nHe said while it is possible some might eventually be available on other devices, \"a lot of it really requires this custom architecture and therefore it's likely to be on products that run Tensor for the foreseeable future only\".\n\nGoogle had first teased the existence of the Pixel 6 and Pixel Pro in August - along with its Tensor processor.\n\nUntil now, it has used chips designed by chip firm Qualcomm. But it says the Tensor chip is up to 80% faster than the Pixel 5 from 2020, as well as being power-efficient.\n\nOne significant advantage to its new chip, Google says, is that it can do more on the phone itself, without being connected to the internet - particularly through Google's popular virtual assistant.\n\nFor example, it says that voice transcription - which now uses the Google Assistant - will be faster and more accurate. Users can say \"Hey Google, type\" instead of tapping a button, and can also use voice commands to send messages. The voice system can be used at the same time as the text keyboard.\n\nGoogle's recorder app also leverages the snappier processor to live-transcribe audio recordings as they're made, even when the phone is not connected to the internet.\n\nIt also means that Google's live translation features are snappier than before, as more of the processing is done on the machine itself.\n\nBut it does not mean that Google Assistant will work perfectly offline for privacy campaigners.\n\n\"To be really useful, you need to assume that it's going to use the cloud,\" Mr Osterloh said.\n\n\"The speech recognition part of that workflow will happen on the device... [and] all the dictation\".\n\nBut most people ask for weather, or sports scores or other kinds of information that has to be retrieved from the internet.\n\n\"We're moving more and more workloads from the cloud to the device, we're trying to do that... to make sure the user has the best possible performance. But certainly this indicates a direction for privacy as well.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Children's Commissioner Koulla Yiasouma described the waiting times as \"terrifying\"\n\nTwenty-four children in Northern Ireland with confirmed or suspected cancers had to wait over a year for a first appointment, a review has found.\n\nThe figure, for April, is in a review of waiting lists by the NI Commissioner for Children and Young People.\n\nMore than 17,000 children were waiting more than a year to see a hospital consultant for the first time.\n\nThe health minster later said that by September there were no \"red flag\" paediatric patients waiting that long.\n\nThe review examined official waiting list data for children's health services not published as part of the Department of Health's statistical bulletins.\n\nThe commissioner said the waiting times were \"terrifying\".\n\nKoulla Yiasouma said that waiting for any health service treatment can and does have a \"profound impact on a child's health outcomes, emotional and mental well-being\".\n\nShe said it was \"shocking not only for the child but their families too\".\n\n\"Each and every single one of them is a child and each and every single one of them is a child whose life has almost been put on hold, and a family whose life has been put on hold, because they are not getting the most fundamental right of healthcare that they deserve,\" she said.\n\nDr Ray Nethercott, of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said he was shocked by the cancer figures.\n\n\"It is outrageous and there are probably many other words that spring to the minds of parents who are worried and concerned and colleagues who are facing into this,\" he said.\n\n\"Some of the answer will be about embracing and delivering that reform, delivering innovation, delivering different ways of managing children as close to home as possible.\n\n\"To be able to do that, it's not all about the workforce, but it's actually about giving some due care and attention to child health services as a distinct entity.\n\n\"I can't say that there's any way to do it immediately - I've got lots of ideas as do many of my colleagues.\n\n\"But really children and children's voices and people that work with children have a very small voice in our health system.\"\n\nThe review, called More Than Just a Number, examined the number of children and young people on waiting lists, and the length of time they wait to access first or review appointments with consultants for treatment in hospitals and also for services based in the community.\n\nIt found that in April 2021, one in five children and young people in Northern Ireland were waiting for a first or review appointment with a consultant.\n\nIt also found 17,194 children and young people were waiting more than one year and 510 more than four years.\n\nThe conditions affected included scoliosis, speech and language therapy and autism.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMandy O'Connor has two daughters waiting for reviews.\n\nHer eldest daughter had an operation in Turkey for scoliosis in 2018 that cost them £35,000 for the operation alone, otherwise she would have been waiting 18 months for surgery in Northern Ireland.\n\nShe has not been seen in Northern Ireland since that operation and the family is travelling to Turkey on Wednesday for a follow-up appointment.\n\nHer second daughter doesn't know if she has scoliosis which means time is of the essence to find out so they can tackle it early.\n\n\"From when Tasha [her eldest daughter] was diagnosed she was in extreme pain for the 16 weeks while we were fundraising,\" Mrs O'Connor said.\n\n\"To think what she would have been like for 18 months on that waiting list and even for the referral it was 16 weeks.\n\n\"It was marked urgent at the time - Tasha wasn't seen for a referral. The referral went in on July 2018, she wasn't seen until November 2018.\"\n\nShe said her second daughter had to wait 12 months for a first referral.\n\n\"That was in August 2019. She wasn't seen until August 2020 and as yet she hasn't been seen since.\"\n\nThe review found 17,194 children and young people were waiting over one year to see a hospital consultant for the first time\n\nAs well as looking at hospital waits, it also raises other issues including the \"complete absence\" of regional monitoring or reporting of waiting times for child health services in the community.\n\nThe absence of such critical information according to the commissioner makes it impossible to get a clear understanding of the number of children who are waiting for these services.\n\nIt found that at least 26,818 children in Northern Ireland were waiting for a community-based health service but it is thought the figure is much higher.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said he was grateful to the commissioner for the \"detailed review\".\n\n\"My department and the wider HSC (Health and Social Care) system will carefully consider the report and recommendations from the commissioner as part of our ongoing work to transform and rebuild services,\" he said.\n\n\"Waiting times were clearly unacceptable prior to Covid-19 and have been exacerbated by the devastating impact of the pandemic across all aspects of service provision including, unfortunately, across children's services.\n\n\"Addressing these waiting lists is a top priority for me... it will require systemic change and long-term investment.\"\n\nMs Yiasouma said she welcomed the health minister's commitment to improve waiting lists and to address the \"underlying issues which drive them\".\n\n\"Waiting times are one of the clearest indicators of a system under immense strain and unable to meet the needs of its population,\" she added.\n\n\"We must strive to get to a point where all children and young people can get access to the right care, at the right time and the right place and no child ls left waiting months or years in a queue to access services.\"\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the waiting times figures for children with cancer were \"utterly appalling\".\n\n\"I think we should see somebody very senior in the Department of Health appointed as a deputy chief medical officer to oversee children's health in Northern Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"I think we need to invest more in children's health.\n\n\"I think children should have a degree of priority when it comes to such services.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTributes are being paid to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has died of Covid-19 complications aged 84.\n\nThe former top military officer died on Monday morning, his family said. He was fully vaccinated.\n\nPowell became the first African-American secretary of state in 2001 under Republican President George W Bush.\n\nHe also sparked controversy for helping garner support for the Iraq War.\n\n\"We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,\" the family said in a statement, thanking the staff at the Walter Reed Medical Center \"for their caring treatment\".\n\nPowell had previously been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer which may have made him more susceptible to Covid symptoms, according to US media, as well as Parkinson's disease.\n\nPresident Joe Biden, calling Powell a \"dear friend\", said he had embodied the \"highest ideals of both warrior and diplomat\".\n\nFormer President Bush was among the first to pay tribute to \"a great public servant\" as well as \"a family man and a friend\" who \"was such a favourite of presidents that he earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom - twice\".\n\nMr Bush's vice-president Dick Cheney saluted Powell as \"a man who loved his country and served her long and well\" while also being \"a trailblazer and role model for so many\".\n\nFormer President Barack Obama, a Democrat, tweeted that Powell \"understood what was best in this country, and tried to bring his own life, career, and public statements in line with that ideal\".\n\nCondoleezza Rice, Powell's successor as secretary of state and the first black woman in the role, called him \"a truly great man\" whose \"devotion to our nation was not limited to the many great things he did while in uniform or during his time spent in Washington\".\n\n\"Much of his legacy will live on in the countless number of young lives he touched.\"\n\nCurrent secretary of state Antony Blinken called Powell's life \"a victory of the American Dream\".\n\nPowell gave the Department of State \"the very best of his leadership,\" Mr Blinken said. \"He never stopped believing in America, and we believe in America in no small part because it helped produce someone like Colin Powell.\"\n\nFormer UK Prime Minister Tony Blair - who worked closely with Powell during the early years of the Iraq War - said he was someone of \"immense capability and integrity\" who was \"a great companion, with a lovely and self-deprecating sense of humour\".\n\nColin Powell was a soldier for 35 years and rose to the rank of four-star general\n\nRemembrances also poured in from prominent African-American leaders. Civil rights activist Al Sharpton called him \"a sincere and committed man\", while members of the Congressional Black Caucus praised his \"legacy of valour and integrity\".\n\nUS Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, the first black man to serve in that role, hailed Powell as \"a tremendous personal friend and mentor\" who would be \"impossible to replace\".\n\nOnce a moderate Republican, Powell became a trusted military adviser to a number of leading US politicians.\n\nBut he broke with his party to endorse Barack Obama in 2008, as well as Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. A sharp critic of Republican president Donald Trump, Powell said he could no longer call himself a Republican after the violent 6 January riot at the US Capitol.\n\nHe also saw service and was wounded in Vietnam, an experience that later helped define his own military and political strategies.\n\nHowever, he would say himself that his own legacy had been damaged by a speech to the United Nations Security Council which used faulty intelligence to back the invasion of Iraq.\n\n\"It was painful. It's painful now,\" Powell told ABC News in 2005.\n\nColin Powell was an iconic American success story. The child of immigrants, he became the first black man to rise to the highest positions in US military and diplomacy.\n\nIn the 1990s, Powell was one of the few American public figures with appeal that crossed political boundaries - reminiscent of General Dwight D Eisenhower after the Second World War.\n\nUnlike Eisenhower, Powell would not ascend to the presidency - although there were abundant calls for him to run.\n\nThose calls dwindled after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, a decision Powell later acknowledged was a \"blot\" on his legacy. He had staked his reputation on the presence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction - and his reputation suffered for it.\n\nIn his later years, Powell became a different kind of icon. His drift away from the Republican Party following Donald Trump's rise to power reflected the dwindling influence of Powell's moderate, internationalist faction within the American conservative movement.\n\nPowell's life may be somewhat overshadowed by his cause of death, as he now ranks as the most prominent American to succumb to Covid-19.", "Sir David was attacked during a meeting with his constituents on Friday\n\nNorthern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers have led tributes at Stormont to the Conservative MP Sir David Amess who was killed last week.\n\nFirst Minister Paul Givan described him as a political \"giant\" at Westminster and a \"tireless\" backbencher who was a good friend of the DUP and the union.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill expressed sympathy to his family.\n\nShe said no politician \"should face any attack when carrying out work on behalf of their constituency\".\n\nMs O'Neill also highlighted the abuse she and other Northern Ireland assembly members (MLAs) have been subjected to on a daily basis.\n\nShe also revealed that she once had to \"physically remove an uninvited person from her home\".\n\nMr Givan also warned about the rise in abuse being directed at public representatives both online and also in the media.\n\nIn his tribute to Mr Amess, he singled out the MP's work in helping migrants working in his constituency.\n\nMLAs from across the chamber joined the tribute to Sir David and also called for an end to the abuse of public representatives.\n\nSir David was stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex on Friday.\n\nPoliticians in Northern Ireland have been contacted by police about their security following the attack.\n\nEarlier, a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) peer who survived two murder bids described Sir David's murder as \"an attack on democracy, not just an individual\".\n\nThe Continuity IRA left a bomb outside Lord Dodds' constituency office in 2003\n\nLord Dodds said there was determination across the political spectrum \"to carry on\".\n\nThe peer is a former deputy leader of the DUP who served as MP for North Belfast from 2001 to 2019.\n\nIn 1996, Lord Dodds, then a Belfast councillor, and his wife, DUP assembly member Diane Dodds, both escaped injury in a gun attack.\n\nThe couple were visiting their ill son in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital when the IRA shot and wounded their police bodyguard.\n\nSeven years later, dissident republicans left a bomb outside the former DUP deputy leader's constituency office.\n\nLord Dodds said that following Sir David's murder, politicians from across the United Kingdom will be thinking: \"There by the grace of God, it could've been me.\"\n\n\"Because it appears completely random,\" he said.\n\n\"Why was it Jo Cox, why was it David Amess? Many hundreds of MPs hold constituency surgeries, particularly on Fridays and at weekends.\n\n\"This is an attack on democracy, not just an individual - people trying to silence and shut down political opinion and debate, democracy in the United Kingdom.\"\n\nBut he said that \"there is a determination across the political spectrum to carry on and not let these people win\".\n\nThe former DUP MP also called for a social media crackdown on online trolls.\n\nHe said that politicians, in particular females, are \"abused on a daily basis\" on social media.\n\n\"We've seen people attacked before on social media but it has got a lot worse and social media companies have to take responsibility and stop these anonymous trolls that whip up hate and hysteria,\" Lord Dodds told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"There needs to be a greater condemnation across the board from political spectrum, especially from those who seek to eulogise terrorism at times.\n\n\"Because of social media, there is a lot more known about elected representatives, about their movements, their appointments.\n\n\"MPs want to reach out to their constituents through social media, but it does have its drawbacks.\"", "Ismail Abedi has so far refused to answer questions in case he incriminates himself\n\nThe elder brother of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber has left the UK ahead of an appearance at a public inquiry he had been ordered to attend.\n\nIsmail Abedi, 28, has always refused to answer questions from the inquiry in case he incriminates himself.\n\nIts chairman, Sir John Saunders, had rejected Ismail Abedi's position and demanded he appear as a witness.\n\nThe BBC found him in Manchester, where he still lived, last year and asked him why he was refusing to participate.\n\nAbedi left the UK some weeks ago on a flight to the Middle East, the BBC understands.\n\nHe asked for immunity from prosecution before he would agree to give evidence, but Sir John refused his request.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nHis younger brother Hashem Abedi was jailed last year after being convicted of murdering all those who died.\n\nPaul Greaney QC, counsel to the inquiry, said Ismail Abedi was \"not currently in the country and there is no indication as to when he will return\".\n\nMr Greaney suggested Sir John may want to use his powers to compel attendance and urged Ismail Abedi to comply.\n\n\"As he surely must understand, the public may infer he has something to hide and so, sir, may you\", Mr Greaney said.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed in the May 2017 bombing\n\nIsmail Abedi was arrested the morning after the bombing and interviewed extensively by counter-terrorism police for nearly a fortnight but was later released without charge.\n\nHe denied any involvement in or knowledge of the bombing and stated he had played no part in the radicalisation of his younger brother.\n\nWhile he initially answered police questions, he subsequently gave \"no comment\" answers during the majority of his 25 interviews.\n\nThe inquiry was also told he was stopped by police after arriving at Heathrow Airport in 2015 and his mobile phone had contained recruitment videos and literature produced by the Islamic State group.\n\nThe hearing heard authorities viewed his Facebook account, which included a picture of him holding a machine gun with the Islamic State group logo imprinted on the image.\n\nSalman Abedi in the foyer of the Manchester Arena just seconds before he blew himself up\n\nEvidence presented during Hashem Abedi's trial also related to his brother Ismail.\n\nHis name was used to buy car insurance for Salman and Hashem Abedi, neither of whom had a driving licence, for a car they bought to transport materials around Manchester during the preparations before the attack.\n\nA bank card in the name of the brothers' mother Samia - which received more than £1,000 in benefits each month despite her being in Libya - was used by Salman and Hashem Abedi to buy relevant items during their attack preparations.\n\nThe card was found in Ismail's possessions when he was arrested following the bombing.\n\nThe inquiry previously heard the police investigation remains open and there would be further attempts to speak to him.\n\nThe Abedi brothers' father Ramadan and mother, both suspects over the attack, are in Libya. Neither has engaged with the inquiry.\n\nMeanwhile, the inquiry has also heard Ahmed Taghdi, another witness due to give evidence this week, was stopped from leaving the UK on Monday.\n\nCurrently in custody, he is expected to appear before the inquiry as a witness on Thursday.\n\nThe hearing was told he was able to provide evidence of a return ticket to the UK on 20 October. His original destination was not disclosed.\n\nLast week, the inquiry chairman went to the High Court in order to compel the 29-year-old to attend.\n\nMr Taghdi, a childhood friend of Salman Abedi, was arrested during the police investigation into the atrocity.\n\nThe inquiry has previously heard how he accompanied Salman Abedi on a visit to jailed terrorist Abdalraouf Abdallah, who experts believe \"groomed\" the bomber and helped buy a car that was used to store explosives.\n\nMr Taghdi, who was a prosecution witness in the trial of Hashem Abedi, has denied any involvement in or knowledge of the attack when questioned by police and was later released without charge.\n\nHe is now due to give evidence on Thursday, while Abdallah, currently in custody, is due to give evidence on Wednesday, both in person.\n\nAbdallah was jailed for terror offences in May 2016\n\nThe inquiry has been told that both are key witnesses as the hearings turn to why and how Salman and Hashem Abedi became radicalised.\n\nMr Greaney said: \"This is without question one of the most difficult and troubling questions for the inquiry to grapple with.\n\n\"It is very difficult to comprehend why a person with any shred of decency could ever think of detonating a suicide bomb in the midst of a crowd, killing or maiming many innocent victims.\"\n\nOn Tuesday the inquiry heard evidence from radicalisation expert Dr Matthew Wilkinson, who detailed his general overview report of Islamist extremism.\n\nHe will return to give evidence later this year on matters relating to Salman Abedi.\n\nThe inquiry will also hear evidence about Salman Abedi's family, his friends and associates, his internet and social media use, his educational background and the mosques which he and other family members attended.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Menopause: 'There must be a supportive voice in workplace'\n\nNorthern Ireland's employers could end up on the \"wrong side of the law\" unless they make strides to facilitate women going through the menopause.\n\nThat is according to the Equality Commission's chief commissioner.\n\nWith women making up nearly half of the working population, there is pressure for better awareness and for workplaces to support those experiencing symptoms.\n\nThe commission's Geraldine McGahey said that \"many employers are doing really well - others are not\".\n\n\"I think every employer should be walking away thinking I need to check my practices and procedures, I need to check what the needs are of my female employees, both now and in the future,\" she told BBC News NI.\n\nThe issue has reached parliament, where Westminster's women and equalities committee has begun an inquiry into the consequences of menopause in the workplace.\n\nIt is estimated 900,000 women in the UK have left jobs as a result of menopausal symptoms.\n\nGeraldine McGahey says guidance drawn up by various bodies, including the Equality Commission, provides good practice examples\n\nThe Equality Commission said positive strides are being made.\n\nEven with the pandemic, some employers have been making changes including the local health trusts.\n\nBelfast City Council is currently finalising a menopause policy developed through its women's steering group.\n\nPwC's Lynne Rainey says women over 40 are the fastest growing demographic in the workforce\n\nPricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which has offices in Belfast, has implemented a number of changes, including changing insurance arrangements so women can access cover for menopause.\n\nFacilitating working from home and training career coaches about the issue is also on offer.\n\n\"It is a business-critical issue for us. Women over 40 are the fastest growing demographic in the workforce.\n\n\"They bring a huge amount of experience and expertise and, as a business, which is clearly a space of diversity and inclusion, we need a workforce that remains inclusive and diverse and we want to retain that talent.\n\n\"We also want to attract to us as well.\"\n\nFor those going through the menopause, such as Linzi Conway, a 51-year-old self-employed management consultant, the symptoms can be \"debilitating, especially the impact of insomnia\".\n\n\"As I have no one to pass the work on to, I sometimes muddle through and that lack of support is a challenge,\" she said.\n\nLinzi, who works from home, said a result for her would be being able to explain to a client that she is unable to work on a particular day due to menopause symptoms - but \"we aren't quite there yet\", she added.\n\n\"It's absolutely not an excuse, these are real symptoms, especially the tiredness, the pains and the brain fog - they all affect our ability to do a day's work.\n\n\"I think one of the benefits of the pandemic is forcing us to remodel and look at our work place differently and allowing that flexibility of working life, and that is going to help a lot of people whether it is menopause, mental health or anything else.\"\n\nEarlier this year, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions' NI committee and the Labour Relations Agency produced new guidance to address equality issues in relation to women affected by the menopause in employment.\n\nIt provides good practice examples and suggested tools for both employers and employees.\n\nGeraldine McGahey said the tools can be as simple as good ventilation, a fan on the desk, change in uniform or just providing a culture where people feel comfortable talking about it.\n\n\"We are finding a really positive interest in the subject,\" she said.\n\n\"Our first conference had 121 delegates and that is organisations not people.\n\n\"We are running more events and have had over 500 downloads of our guidance notes.\"", "At least one house was completely destroyed in the blast\n\nTwo adults and two children have been taken to hospital after an explosion at a South Ayrshire housing estate.\n\nPolice say four homes were caught up in the blast in Ayr. Witnesses said at least one terraced house was destroyed, with those on either side of the property severely damaged.\n\nThe explosion was reported in the Kincaidston area at 19:10 on Monday and was heard for miles around.\n\nInquiries are ongoing to establish the cause of the blast.\n\nScottish Gas Networks said it was ensuring the site around the \"serious explosion\" was made safe.\n\nEmergency crews were called to the scene just after 19:00 on Monday\n\nLocal councillor Chris Cullen told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the explosion in Gorse Park was caused by gas.\n\nAsked to describe the scene, Mr Cullen said: \"It is quite harrowing actually.\n\n\"Early yesterday evening there was a row of houses and now there is a hole.\"\n\nMr Cullen also told the programme that if the gas from the affected properties could not be capped, then it could be days before people were allowed to return to their homes.\n\nThe area around the explosion was covered with debris\n\nA car parked in a nearby street was among the vehicles damaged by flying debris\n\nThe area was evacuated, with two local rest centres set up to provide shelter to those that needed it.\n\nThe fire service said nine appliances and specialist resources, including an air ambulance, attended the incident.\n\nA man who lives about 100m from the explosion site told the BBC that his whole house shook with the force of the blast.\n\nKerr McCann was one of the first on the scene. He was arriving home when saw a \"massive plume of fire\" in the sky over the street.\n\nHe said: \"Immediately after I felt a big bang, I knew it was an explosion. I was in the army so I know what explosions are.\n\n\"I ran up, about a quarter of a mile away... There was fire in the back garden and pretty much in where the house was.\n\n\"The house was not where it was, it was scattered about the street.\"\n\nMr McCann said he and other people who had run to help were removed from the area for their own safety shortly after.\n\nHe added: \"The whole house has disappeared, the gable end of the other house is opened up and there's cars with windows put in from the shrapnel.\n\n\"Passing the shop on the way back I heard people saying stuff came off the shelves from the explosion.\"\n\nCaroline Finnett, who lives in Kincaidston, was playing bingo at a friend's house when she heard a \"massive bang\".\n\nShe heard sirens and saw smoke billowing, so made her way back home. Her street was littered with broken roof tiles.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"We walked up to where the house has been blown away, and it was horrendous - was like something from a movie set. It was overwhelming.\n\nMs Finnett then took hot food to the community centre where those affected are sheltering, and offered up her spare room to anyone who needed it.\n\nWe are at the entrance to the Kincaidston estate which, at the moment, is as far as we are allowed to go.\n\nLocal residents are being allowed in and out of the area.\n\nPolice say that investigations into the explosion are ongoing and there has been a sizeable presence from Scottish Gas Networks here.\n\nThere is a lot of chat on social media, which we have not been able to verify, that it was a gas explosion.\n\nThere is work going on to make sure that people can return to their homes and still have heating while the gas to the area affected by the explosion is sealed off to prevents any further danger.\n\nBut police did tell us earlier this morning that the area still isn't 100% safe.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The blast was reported in Kincaidston shortly after 19:00 on Monday\n\nHomes nearby were evacuated and the area showered with debris following the blast\n\nA Police Scotland spokeswoman said: \"Four houses have been affected by the explosion.\n\n\"Two adults and two children have been taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock.\n\n\"A number of premises have been evacuated and two local rest centres have been set up to assist.\n\n\"Local road closures are in place and we would advise people to avoid the area at the present time.\"\n\nA spokesman for Scottish Gas Networks said: \"At around 20:00 tonight we received a request to assist the emergency services following the reports of a serious explosion in Gorse Park, Ayr.\n\n\"Our engineers are currently assisting the emergency services to ensure the immediate vicinity is made safe in our role as the gas emergency service.\"\n\nCommunity appeals have been started for food and drink supplies for those staying at the rest centres.\n\nBusinesses have been offering meals and the nearby Sundrum holiday caravan park offered accommodation for anybody who needed it.\n\nGlazing firms and several joiners pledged to help residents secure their properties.\n\nOn Tuesday morning South Ayrshire Council said the response from the local community had been overwhelming.\n\nIt tweeted: \"Thank you all so much for your generosity following the incident in Kincaidston last night. We have everything we need. Please stop bringing donations now.\"", "Octavian, who has worked with artists including Skepta and Mura Masa, won BBC Music's Sound of 2019\n\nRapper Octavian, who won the BBC's Sound of 2019 award, has announced he's quitting music.\n\nIn 2020 an album release was scrapped, and he was dropped by his record label, after allegations of physical and mental abuse by his ex-girlfriend.\n\nHe strongly denied the allegations at the time and said he was dealing with the matter \"legally and properly\".\n\nThis week he wrote on Instagram that he is \"not in a good place\" and that \"all this negativity is draining.\"\n\n\"Thank you for your patience. Forever grateful. Going away for now. Will see you soon,\" he wrote.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe rapper and his label parted ways in November 2020.\n\nPosting on Twitter and Instagram, the musician's ex-partner claimed he \"frequently kicked and punched\" her during their three-year relationship.\n\nA spokesperson for Black Butter Records told Newsbeat at the time: \"We at Black Butter have taken the decision not to continue working with Octavian and we will not be releasing his album.\n\n\"We do not condone domestic abuse of any kind and we have suggested Octavian seeks professional help at this time.\"\n\nHis ex-partner posted a thread on Twitter, including a video and photos, saying she was subject to physical, verbal and psychological abuse during their relationship. She alleges violence including being kicked in the stomach.\n\nOctavian acknowledged at the time on his own Instagram that she was his ex-girlfriend and said he broke up with her. In a separate, longer video reposted by another account he said he had never been abusive.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "MPs bowed their heads in a minute's silence to remember their former colleague, Sir David Amess, who was killed in his Essex constituency.\n\nBoris Johnson said that Sir David \"simply wanted to serve the people of Essex\".\n\nFollowing sessions of remembrance in both Houses, members attended a memorial service at nearby St Margaret's Church.", "Channel 4 subtitles, signing and audio description are not likely to return on TV until mid-November, almost two months after a catastrophic fault.\n\nThe outage, which has already lasted more than three weeks, has angered deaf, hard of hearing and visually impaired viewers.\n\nMore than 500 people have complained to broadcasting regulator Ofcom.\n\nThe fault happened on 25 September when a fire suppressant system destroyed hard disks at a broadcast centre.\n\nAn emergency back-up subtitling system also failed. The channel is building a new system from scratch, and said it will fix the problem more quickly than its current prediction of mid-November if it can.\n\nThe incident at the broadcast centre owned by Red Bee Media also affected other broadcasters like the BBC and Channel 5, although their services have now been restored.\n\n\"Channel 4 would like to apologise to viewers for not currently being able to provide access services,\" a statement said. \"We realise how frustrating this is for our viewers.\"\n\nThe broadcaster will begin to offer subtitles for its biggest shows like The Great British Bake Off and Gogglebox on its online catch-up service All4 from this week.\n\nHowever, the channel cannot provide audio description or sign language services at all. \"These services were irretrievably lost during the incident and we won't be able to restore them until we move to the new system we are building,\" it said in an update published on Tuesday.\n\nIt added: \"We cannot rush this and run the risk of something going wrong. Something like this needs to be installed slowly to ensure our channels don't come off air and to prevent something like this happening again.\n\n\"That means that full access services might not be available until the middle of November. Clearly, if we can do anything to speed up this process, we will.\"\n\nMark Atkinson, chief executive at hearing loss charity RNID, said: \"For more than three weeks, the 12 million people in the UK who are deaf or have hearing loss have felt excluded and increasingly angry, because the system to provide subtitles and signed content is broken.\n\n\"It's impossible to imagine a failure that affected the hearing community being allowed to go on for so long.\n\n\"The BBC and Channel 5 are now offering a near-normal service, but it is unacceptable that the system could have failed so spectacularly, and that Channel 4 have still not fixed the problem. Further, there was a failure across the board to communicate to deaf people regularly and - most importantly - accessibly.\n\n\"We're pleased that Channel 4 have started providing updates in British Sign Language to the deaf community. They must ensure deaf people and people with hearing loss are kept informed about what steps they are taking until the problem is fixed.\"\n\nAn Ofcom spokesperson said: \"We remain extremely concerned by the impact on people who rely on these services. Channel 4 did not have strong backup measures in place, and it should not have taken several weeks to provide a clear, public plan and timeline for fixing the problems.\n\n\"We now expect Channel 4 to meet the timings it has set for restoring these vital services.\"\n\nThe Last Leg host Adam Hills addressed the ongoing problems on 8 October\n\nA spokesman for Red Bee Media said: \"Things are improving every day and we are able to deliver more and more accessible programmes, but we are unfortunately still experiencing issues with receiving the media for which our access teams create pre-recorded subtitles, audio descriptions and signing.\n\n\"As soon as there are any more updates, we will share these.\"\n\nThe original fault temporarily took Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C off air completely, and led to transmission problems in the subsequent days, such as E4 being forced to delay the Married At First Sight series finale.\n\nOn 8 October, presenter Adam Hills addressed the problems on Channel 4's The Last Leg, holding up a hand-written sign reading \"Sorry there's still no subtitles\", followed by another saying \"Sort it out\".\n\nThe Times reported that the fire suppression system at Red Bee's headquarters sucked all the oxygen out of a room, causing a \"sonic wave\" that shut down the transmission servers.\n\nA spokesperson for the London Fire Brigade said: \"Firefighters were called to reports a gas suppression system had activated at a building on Wood Lane in White City on Saturday 25th September.\n\n\"The suppression system had activated in a server room and on site engineers worked to ventilate the room. Firefighters carried out a search of the building and a sweep of the room but found no fire apparent.\"", "Apple has unveiled its M1Pro and M1Max chips used to power new MacBook Pro laptop computers.\n\nApple says the M1 Max chip, with 57 billion transistors is the most powerful it has ever built.\n\nThe new chips were announced almost a year after the firm revealed its first Mac computers powered by silicon of its own design.\n\nIt comes after reports that Apple cut its iPhone 13 production targets amid the global computer chip shortage.\n\nIndustry analyst Mikako Kitagawa of Gartner said \"the performance boost is pretty impressive\".\n\nApple claims the new chips will achieve comparable performance to the latest 8-core PC laptop chip running at top speed while using 70% of the power.\n\nGoing flat-out the chip, the company claimed, would be up to 1.7 times faster than the 8-core PC chip.\n\nSuch claims have not yet been independently verified.\n\nApple's chips are sometimes referred to as being 'Arm-based' because it licenses the instruction sets from the British-based company of that name.\n\nThese instruction sets determine how processors handle commands. However, the core processor circuits are of Apple's own design.\n\nFor years Apple has used chips designed by Intel. The move to designing its own silicon has been positive for the firm, says Ben Wood, chief analyst of CCS Insight.\n\n\"The advent of Apple Silicon has been a shot in the arm for the MacBook line-up,\" he said.\n\nThe two chips power the new 14in and 16in MacBook Pro laptops and a new operating system, macOS Monterey.\n\nIn the \"Unleashed\" launch presentation Apple stressed the MacBook's power and long battery life.\n\nThere has been a sense, one analyst said, that workers in creative industries are starting to drift away from the Macbook Pro.\n\nBut they would find the new machines appealing, according to Ms Kitagawa. \"Apple is really defending the creative professional market which is their core market,\" she said.\n\nThe MacBooks were unveiled at a time when the company has warned of the impact of the global chip shortage.\n\nPreviously Apple boss Tim Cook said that the issue could affect products using M1 chips. Recent reports suggest that the shortage might hit iPhone 13 production.\n\nApple designed-silicon will not, Ben Wood says, insulate the company from the shortage.\n\n\"The fact that Apple has designed its own chips does not necessarily mean it is immune from the wider chipset shortages,\" he said.\n\n\"There is little doubt it will be in a strong position to secure supply, but ultimately the overall shortage of semiconductors comes down to manufacturing capacity.\"\n\nMs Kitagawa also noted that as dedicated graphics chips (GPUs) are in short supply, the new MacBook Pros may be \"more immune to the shortage as the machine does not have discrete graphics: one less component that they need to worry about.\"\n\nIn particular the abandonment of Magsafe - a magnetically secured power-supply that releases with a firm pull.\n\nBen Wood said, \"many users will be ecstatic that the MagSafe power connector has returned. When you've invested a small fortune in a MacBook, the last thing you want is for a careless trip over a power cable to see it crashing off the desk onto the floor.\"", "Shareholders in the supermarket chain Morrisons have approved a multi-billion pound takeover offer from a US private equity group.\n\nClayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) can now continue to take over the UK's fourth-largest supermarket group.\n\nMorrisons said 99.2% of shareholders voted in favour of the £7bn ($9.7bn) deal.\n\nThe takeover had been the subject of fierce competition from two US-based investment groups.\n\nThe CD&R private equity group won the auction early in October with an offer of 287p per Morrisons ordinary share, against a rival bid from Fortress, for 286p per share.\n\nCD&R's auction offer was slightly higher than the 285p-a-share offer that was recommended by Morrisons' board in August.\n\nIn July, Morrisons turned down an offer worth £5.5bn from CD&R, saying it significantly undervalued the business.\n\nThe takeover marks a return to the UK grocery sector for Sir Terry Leahy, the former chief executive of Tesco, who is a senior adviser to CD&R.\n\nMorrisons chair Andrew Higginson said: \"We thank shareholders for the strong support received at today's meetings.\n\n\"We remain confident that CD&R will be a responsible, thoughtful and careful owner of Morrisons and we will now move forward with the remaining steps in the acquisition process.\"\n\nThere has been speculation that Sir Terry could be appointed as chair of Morrisons.\n\nOn Tuesday, Sir Terry said: \"We are very pleased to have received the approval of shareholders and are excited at the opportunity that lies ahead.\n\n\"The particular heritage, culture and operating model of Morrisons are key features of the company and we will be very mindful of these during our tenure as owners.\n\n\"We very much look forward to working with the Morrisons team, not just to preserve the company's many strengths - but to build on these, with innovation, capital and new technology - helping the business realise its full potential and delivering for all of its stakeholders.\"\n\nThe deal is expected to complete on 27 October.\n\nMorrisons has been involved in a legal dispute over equal pay since 2019.\n\nLast month Leeds Employment Tribunal found that Morrisons' shop floor workers, who are mostly female, could compare their pay with the supermarket's mostly male warehouse workers.\n\nShop floor staff are hoping to claim up to £100m in missed pay.\n\nLaw firms Leigh Day and Roscoe Reid have been representing about 2,300 Morrisons workers.\n\nEmma Satyamurti, a Leigh Day partner, said the takeover deal shows that employees are the \"backbone of the company and so it makes sense that the supermarket should invest in them\".\n\n\"We hope the new owners feel the same and bring an end to the equal pay dispute by paying shop floor workers what they are worth.\"\n\nMorrisons was founded in Bradford in 1899 - where it still has its headquarters. The group has almost 500 shops and more than 110,000 staff.\n\nThe son of founder William Morrison's, the late Sir Ken Morrison, ran the business for 50 years.\n\nPreviously, CD&R said it recognised Morrisons' \"history and culture, and considers that this strong heritage is core to Morrisons and its approach to grocery retailing\".\n\nThe private equity firm said it would help Morrisons to build on its strengths, including its close relationships with suppliers and its property portfolio.\n\nMorrisons chairman Andrew Higginson and chief operating officer Trevor Strain both previously worked with Sir Terry at Tesco.", "Tesco has opened its first checkout-free store in central London where people can shop without having to scan a product.\n\nThe UK's biggest retailer said its branch in High Holborn has been converted to allow customers to shop and pay without using a checkout.\n\nThe new format, known as GetGo, follows similar stores opened by Amazon.\n\nCustomers with the Tesco.com app will be able to pick up the groceries they need and walk straight out again.\n\nTesco said \"a combination of cameras and weight sensors\" would establish what customers had picked up and charge them for products directly through the app when they left the shop.\n\nThe technology is provided by Israeli tech start-up Trigo, which has similar partnerships with supermarkets in Germany and the Netherlands.\n\nPreviously, some of Tesco's staff have been able to use the system in the store at its headquarters in Welwyn Garden City, but this is the first time it has been available to regular customers.\n\nKevin Tindall, managing director of Tesco Convenience, said: \"Our latest innovation offers a seamless checkout for customers on the go, helping them to save a bit more time.\n\n\"This is currently just a one-store trial, but we're looking forward to seeing how our customers respond.\"\n\nHowever, Tesco is not the only supermarket experimenting with till-free tech in the UK.\n\nRichard Lim, chief executive of retail analyst group Retail Economics, said Tesco's move was \"reflective of the way the wider industry is heading\".\n\nAmazon Fresh now has six \"just walk out\" stores in London, having initially rolled out the technology in 2018 in the US city of Seattle, for example.\n\n\"One critical element of this for Tesco is also about gaining data and trying to elevate their proposition as much as they can for their customers,\" Mr Lim added.\n\nThe firm's Clubcard programme already has 6.6 million users on its app, so the retailer is \"well ahead of the curve\" when it comes to using information on what a customer buys, or how they shop, to personalise their experience, Mr Lim says.\n\nThe supermarket has also benefited from a swing to online shopping during the pandemic.\n\nAccording to its most recent set of results, Tesco's group revenues jumped by 5.9% to £30.4bn for the six months to August compared with the same period last year.", "England have been ordered to play one match behind closed doors as a punishment for the unrest at Wembley Stadium during the Euro 2020 final.\n\nUefa also imposed a ban for a second game, which is suspended for two years.\n\nThe Football Association was fined 100,000 euros (£84,560) for \"the lack of order and discipline inside and around the stadium\" for the game.\n\n\"Although we are disappointed with the verdict, we acknowledge the outcome of this Uefa decision,\" said the FA.\n\nThe ban is the first time the FA has received a punishment that has resulted in England having to play a home match behind closed doors.\n\nFans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break into Wembley for the match on 11 July, which England lost to Italy on penalties.\n\nHundreds of fans got into Wembley for the showpiece without tickets after areas around the stadium became packed hours before the evening kick-off.\n\nMany sat in the area reserved for players' relatives, while England defender Harry Maguire later said that his father Alan suffered two suspected broken ribs before the game.\n\nManchester United central defender Maguire said his father was caught up in the stampede and was \"struggling to breathe\" after being trampled on.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police had said that 51 arrests were made connected to the final, with 26 of those made at Wembley.\n\n\"We condemn the terrible behaviour of the individuals who caused the disgraceful scenes in and around Wembley Stadium at the Euro 2020 final, and we deeply regret that some of them were able to enter the stadium,\" added the FA.\n\n\"We are determined that this can never be repeated, so we have commissioned an independent review, led by Baroness Casey, to report on the circumstances involved.\n\n\"We continue to work with the relevant authorities in support of their efforts to take action against those responsible and hold them to account.\"\n\nThe ban will be in place for England's next home game in a Uefa competition, which will be in the Nations League next June.\n\nUefa said the fine related to \"the lack of order and discipline inside and around the stadium, for the invasion of the field of play, for throwing of objects and for the disturbances during the national anthems\" at the Euro 2020 final.\n\nEngland fans booed the Italian anthem before the match.\n\nKevin Miles, the Football Supporters' Association's chief executive, told BBC Radio 5 Live he was \"sickened\" by what he saw at the final.\n\n\"On arrival at the stadium a couple of hours before kick-off, it was already pretty chaotic outside,\" he said.\n\n\"I think there was a failure from early in the day from the policing outside the ground right through to the security arrangements on the perimeter of the ground, and then inside.\n\n\"We don't have a bad track record of behaviour at Wembley and in that sense it was a bit of a one-off, but it's a glaring one. It's not acceptable.\"\n\nIn July, the FA was fined more than £25,000 for crowd problems before and during the semi-final victory over Denmark, which included Kasper Schmeichel having a laser shone in his eyes as he prepared to face a penalty from Harry Kane.\n\nFollowing Euro 2020, Hungary were ordered to play their next three home games - with the third game of the ban suspended - behind closed doors after Uefa found their supporters guilty of discriminatory behaviour during the tournament.\n\nHungary were also fined 100,000 euros but their supporters were allowed in for a World Cup qualifier against England on 2 September in Budapest as it fell under Fifa jurisdiction.\n\nFollowing that game, football's world governing body told Hungary's FA to play two matches behind closed doors - one suspended for two years - and fined them £158,400 for the racism experienced by England players.\n\nThe FA was never going to escape punishment for the disorganised, shameful shambles that was the Euro 2020 final at Wembley between England and Italy.\n\nFrom hours before kick-off, Wembley was thronged by thousands of fans. As kick-off drew nearer, it became clear that the situation was out of hand outside the stadium and would also become chaotic inside.\n\nOne personal recollection is being offered a large sum of money for my media accreditation literally a few yards from the official entrance when, at any major tournament worthy of the name, it would be impossible to get anywhere near this close without a ticket inspection and security.\n\nThis was the most minor of inconveniences compared to what thousands of others suffered but it was an indicator that something had gone very badly wrong.\n\nSupporters fuelled by alcohol stormed barriers and it was clear control had broken down inside the stadium with stewards being abused and ticketless fans even invading the disabled sections to take up seats. There was an atmosphere of threat and chaos.\n\nOn what was meant to be a memorable day as England played their first major men's final for 55 years, any sense of celebration disappeared hours before kick-off and the experience was wrecked for thousands of well-behaved fans who bought their tickets in good faith.\n\nIt was a dreadful experience and it was inevitable that the FA would pay a price. This will effectively amount to one game played behind closed doors and a 100,000 euro fine. The shame will be reflected by the sight of the giant stadium deserted for that one game.\n\nThe FA has declared itself disappointed with the outcome but, while announcing its insistence that everything will be done to ensure there is no repeat, many who endured that shocking Wembley day will feel the punishment could easily have been heavier.\n\n'One of the most serious failures I can remember'\n\nFootball policing expert Owen West, a former chief superintendent at West Yorkshire Police, told BBC Sport that the events of that day were \"hugely embarrassing\".\n\n\"This was one of the most serious failures that I can remember,\" he said.\n\n\"Things like a systematic breach of turnstiles, things like people tailgating, and two or more people being able to get through a space that was designed for one.\n\n\"What we saw [among fans trying to get inside Wembley] was the sharing of real-time intelligence, pointing out on social media where there were vulnerabilities, where there was a lack of police officers, where there was weak and inexperienced stewarding, where gates weren't particularly well protected.\n\n\"And the problem for Wembley authorities and the Met Police was that that level of sophistication and organisation was not matched by those that were there to prevent it happening in the first place.\"", "Services in and out of London Charing Cross station are facing disruption \"all day\", Southeastern says\n\nRail passengers have been warned of severe disruption across parts of London and the south east of England.\n\nUrgent repairs to a track in south-east London have led to delays and cancellations to Southeastern trains in and out of Charing Cross.\n\nSome services have been diverted to London Victoria.\n\nTrains to and from Euston are also facing disruption after a woman was hit by a train in north-west London. She has been taken to hospital.\n\nSoutheastern said the number of trains running to and from Charing Cross would be \"severely restricted\" all day. Full details are available on the company's website.\n\nServices were suspended at Euston while emergency services treated the woman, who was injured at Headstone Lane station, Harrow. The incident is not being treated as suspicious, police said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Avanti West Coast This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAvanti West Coast said lines had reopened but services may be cancelled or delayed throughout the afternoon.\n\nNetwork Rail tweeted that a set of points had cracked in the New Cross area.\n\n\"We have engineers on site and they will be able to fix most of the problem this afternoon, but will need to go back in overnight to complete the job, when trains aren't running and we cause the least disruption,\" the company said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Network Rail Kent and Sussex This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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End of twitter post 2 by Network Rail Kent and Sussex\n\nThameslink said it expected its services between Rainham and Luton to be busier than usual due to the Southeastern disruption.\n• None Rail operator taken over by government\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Food and drink firms are seeing \"terrifying\" price rises, a sector trade body has said, warning of a knock-on effect for consumers.\n\nFood and Drink Federation boss Ian Wright told MPs inflation is between 14% and 18% for hospitality firms.\n\nThe price rises for food firms' ingredients will lead to consumer price rises, he said, and described the situation as concerning.\n\nThe UK's rate of inflation was 3.2% in August and is expected to rise further.\n\nBank of England governor Andrew Bailey recently warned it \"will have to act\", suggesting that UK interest rates may soon rise from the historic low of 0.1%.\n\nMr Wright told MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy select committee: \"Inflation is a bigger scourge than anything else because it discriminates against the poor.\"\n\nThe Office for National Statistics will publish the latest inflation figures for September on Wednesday. It is expected to rise further above the Bank of England's target of 2% for longer than previously thought.\n\nMake UK, the manufacturers' organisation, said that inflation was becoming \"baked in\" among its members.\n\nStephen Phipson, chief executive at Make UK, told MPs that while there was a welcome rise in demand, many manufacturers are looking at 30% to 40% average increases in material costs.\n\n\"When people are able to get hold of materials they are passing those costs on which does imply to us that inflation is more or less baked in at this stage now,\" he said.\n\n\"This is not a transitory inflationary demand we are seeing really serious issues now in terms of price increases.\"\n\nDes Gunewardena, chief executive of high-end restaurant group D&D London, says his business has seen half of its costs rise, including surging energy prices.\n\nHe says staff shortages are his \"number one issue\" and has increased salaries by 10%.\n\nThe business has 1,700 employees across the UK and is currently 150 staff short, which he said could lead to a \"nightmare situation\" in the busier December period.\n\nTable covers have been reduced from 400 on a Friday night at his Quaglino's restaurant to between 300 and 350 due to staff shortages.\n\nHowever, he said the restaurants have seen increased customer spending, so he is stocking up on specific champagne brands ahead of time, to pre-empt possible supply problems.\n\n\"I think we'll have a very strong Christmas so there's no need to panic yet, but I expect further inflation in January when there won't be the same spending to offset the extra costs\".\n\nAmid concerns about deliveries of food, fuel and other items in the run-up to Christmas, the government is taking steps to address the shortage of HGV drivers.\n\nThe shortage has been blamed on several factors, including Covid, Brexit and tax changes.\n\nThe government introduced temporary visas for 5,000 lorry drivers to work in the UK, although only just over 20 of the 300 applications have been approved so far, according to Conservative Party chairman Oliver Dowden.\n\nDuncan Buchanan, policy director at the Road Haulage Association (RHA), told the select committee that the government's visa scheme to ease driver shortages had been \"designed to fail\".\n\n\"Reports haven't really eased at all things are not visibly getting better at this stage,\" he said.\n\nRegarding the government's measures to try to ease the crisis, Mr Buchanan said \"visually on the ground that is not having an effect\".\n\nA survey by the RHA of its members estimated there was now a shortage of more than 100,000 qualified drivers in the UK.\n\n\"The consumer is really going to visualise this in terms of reduced choice. We have supply chain disruption but that doesn't mean we are going to run out of food,\" Mr Buchanan added.", "Sir David Amess was one of Parliament's characters: fun, friendly, unconventional and outspoken.\n\nHis broad grin and boyish enthusiasm were fixtures in the House of Commons chamber for nearly 40 years.\n\nHe never scaled the heights of government, choosing to dedicate his career to his beloved Essex and the causes he cared about most. The 69-year-old was one of those rare MPs who earned cross-party respect for the conviction he brought to his opinions and campaigns. They ranged from passionate support of Brexit to animal rights - and anything that brought Essex up in the world.\n\nHe always took his work seriously, but himself rarely.\n\nHe was stabbed to death while in his constituency surgery in the seaside town of Leigh-on-Sea, an attack that has stunned his constituents and colleagues from across the political spectrum.\n\nSir David burst on to the political scene as the new MP for Basildon in 1983, the embodiment of what was known then as Essex Man, the archetypal aspirational voter who helped deliver a landslide victory for Margaret Thatcher that year.\n\nA prominent animal lover within Westminster, David Amess regularly entered Parliament's dog of the year show\n\nWith an East End accent and relatively humble origins, he gained a high profile on TV and radio, and triumphed against the odds in the 1992 general election when he unexpectedly held on to his seat.\n\n\"My colleagues and supporters, go out and rejoice and celebrate!\", he declared.\n\nFrom that moment on David Amess was cheered by his Conservative colleagues every time he rose to his feet in Parliament, where he would rarely pass up the chance to mention Basildon.\n\nHe held the seat until 1997 when he realised the seat would be lost to Labour after boundary changes and switched his loyalty and devotion to nearby Southend West. For years he campaigned for Southend to become a city, mentioning it virtually every week in Parliament - he retweeted a BBC Essex tweet along these lines just a day before his death.\n\nSir David - who was married with five children - was also a devout Catholic.\n\nHe was socially conservative: he supported capital punishment and opposed abortion. He was an early Eurosceptic. He was also a strong supporter of animal rights, including a fox hunting ban, and he campaigned against fuel poverty, advocated tackling obesity and raised awareness of endometriosis, a painful gynaecological condition that some women suffer.\n\nAlthough for many years he was a parliamentary aide to the former cabinet minister, Michael Portillo, he never held ministerial office; he was too unorthodox for that.\n\nSir David was a keen participant in the annual MPs' pancake race\n\nDeputy prime minister Dominic Raab paid tribute to \"a great common sense politician and a formidable campaigner with a big heart, and tremendous generosity of spirit - including towards those he disagreed with\".\n\nThe SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford said he was \"a thoroughly decent man\".\n\nHis loss will be felt keenly in his Southend West constituency. Trembling with emotion Father Jeff Woolnough, parish priest of St Peter's Catholic church in Eastwood Road North, Leigh-On-Sea, told the BBC Sir David was a \"great, great man, a good Catholic and a friend to all\".\n\nBorn in Plaistow in 1952, he went to school in London and did many things before turning to politics.\n\nHe taught at a school in London before embarking on a career as a recruitment consultant. He did attract unwelcome publicity in 1997, when he was the victim of satirist Chris Morris on his Channel 4 show Brass Eye, when he was shown with other well-known figures condemning Cake, a made-up drug. Sir David said Channel 4 should feel \"shame\" for the programme, as it came soon after the case of his then-constituent 18 year old Leah Betts, who died after she took ecstasy.\n\nHe was one of those MPs who used Parliament to sponsor bills, to sit on committees, to form alliances, so that he could shape law from the backbenches.\n\nAs an animal welfare specialist, he led campaigns to ban cages for game birds and end the transport of live animals for export - and was a patron of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation. Sir David was what they call an old school parliamentarian - the epitome of a constituency MP who died serving those he was so proud to represent.", "There had been speculation that the rules could be eased after the October break\n\nSecondary school pupils must continue to wear facemasks in the classroom after the Scottish government decided against lifting the measure.\n\nThe government said keeping the current rules in place would allow more time for 12-15 year olds to be vaccinated.\n\nIt said it hoped to be able to lift the restrictions at the \"earliest possible time\" - but gave no indication of a timescale.\n\nThe existing rules on face coverings for school staff will also remain.\n\nIt means that secondary school pupils and staff must cover their faces at all times when they are at school.\n\nBut primary school staff will only need to wear a face mask when they are moving around the school or in communal areas such as canteens and staff rooms - and there is no requirement for primary school pupils to wear face coverings.\n\nThere had been speculation that the rules for secondary pupils could be relaxed after draft guidance - which has not been published - recommended lifting the requirement for face coverings to be worn in the classroom.\n\nHowever, Scotland's chief medical officer later advised that while there were \"encouraging signs\", a more cautious approach was needed.\n\nThe announcement was welcomed by the EIS teaching union, which said it help to ensure schools were able to remain open while also allowing more time for \"ventilation challenges\" to be met in schools ahead of winter.\n\nBut Scottish Conservative education spokesman Oliver Mundell said the announcement would be a \"massive disappointment\"for pupil and parents, adding: \"Scotland's schools should have been a priority for the SNP but with facemasks in classrooms remaining, young people have once again been sent to the back of the queue.\n\n\"Pupils, parents and teachers need to see a plan from the SNP for a return to normal learning as soon as possible.\"\n\nEducation Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said the recent decline in Covid cases in Scotland was starting to level off, and it was therefore important to continue to take a cautious approach.\n\nShe added: \"Progress with vaccinating 12-15 year olds has been remarkable and is already over 40%.\n\n\"However, this was only rolled out a few weeks ago and allowing further time will mean that the encouraging figure rises even higher.\n\n\"We will continue to monitor case rates on a weekly basis, with a view to lifting restrictions at the earliest possible time.\"\n\nShe acknowledged that the announcement would be disappointing for some pupils and their parents, but said safety had to be the \"overriding priority\".\n\nThe rules on wearing face coverings in English schools were lifted on 17 May.\n\nThis is not news we were expecting to hear. It had been understood that relaxations would be made to schools guidance following the October holidays. Instead, we are staying still.\n\nThe government says cases aren't falling in the way it had hoped, but that has been the situation for some weeks now. It says it wants more teenagers to be vaccinated.\n\nWill we see further relaxation of these school rules as we head towards the Christmas holidays? Will we stay as we are, or even tighten up on classroom restrictions, as we brace for what could be a difficult winter? It looks like the next month could be crucial.", "David Morris was convicted of killing four members of the same family in 1999\n\nA forensic review of the Clydach murders has made \"significant findings\" linking convicted killer David Morris to the crime scene, police have said.\n\nMorris, who died in August aged 59, was convicted of killing four members of the same family in the Swansea Valley village in 1999.\n\nSouth Wales Police said a link between him and a sock had been identified during an independent investigation.\n\nPolice agreed to a forensic review of evidence in January.\n\nThe force added this was the first time DNA evidence had linked Morris to the murder scene in Kelvin Road.\n\nThe BBC has learned the family of David Morris are questioning the findings and do not accept them.\n\nMorris was convicted in 2002 of killing Mandy Power, her daughters Katie and Emily and her mother Doris Dawson, who were bludgeoned to death at their home.\n\nHe was twice tried for murder and was serving a 32-year sentence when he died.\n\nMandy Power and her daughters, Emily and Katie, were murdered in their home in 1999\n\nLast October, doubts were cast about the conviction as potential new witnesses and expert views emerged.\n\nBut South Wales Police said a scientific link between Morris and a sock, which it added was widely accepted as being used by the murderer during the killings, had been identified.\n\nThe force added that while a link to Morris - or a male relative of his paternal lineage - had been found, it cannot determine how or when Morris's profile was transferred on to the sock.\n\nA campaign to release Morris gathered pace before his death\n\nScientists found it was \"more likely\" Morris contributed to the DNA profile found on two different areas of the blood-stained sock, than if he did not contribute DNA to them.\n\nPermission was granted to take a blood sample from Morris after his death on 20 August to allow forensic examinations to take place.\n\nThe technology used in the process would not have been available to the original investigating team, the force said.\n\nThe link was identified using Y-STR profiling, a technique which specifically targets male DNA, even in a sample which contains a mixture of male and female cellular material.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable David Thorne, of South Wales Police, said: \"The decision to carry out an investigative assessment did not constitute a reopening or reinvestigation of the murders, nor did it demonstrate any lack of confidence in the conviction of Morris and the subsequent case reviews.\"\n\nDavid Morris faced two trials for the murders and was found guilty at both\n\nHe added: \"This is significant as the sock was recovered from the murder scene and it was widely accepted that it was used by the killer.\n\n\"The outcome of the forensic assessment and completion of further actions have not established any information that undermines the conviction of Morris.\n\n\"In my view, as the independent senior investigating officer, the new findings from the samples taken from the sock support the existing evidence that originally convicted him.\"\n\nEmily and Katie Power died in the attack in 1999\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Thorne said it showed the force's \"commitment to providing evidence-based answers to the issues which have been raised about this case over many years\".\n\nHe added: \"This commitment has now resulted in a forensic link between the convicted killer David Morris and an item of great significance which was recovered from the murder scene\n\n\"South Wales Police commissioned the review in the hope that we could in some way provide closure for those most affected by the murders.\"", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the Queen has agreed Southend will be granted city status following the killing of MP Sir David Amess.\n\nSir David was stabbed to death at Belfairs Methodist Church on Friday.\n\nHe regularly championed Southend's case to be a city during his time in Parliament.\n\nMr Johnson told the House of Commons he was \"happy\" to announce Southend \"will be accorded the city status it so clearly deserves\".\n\nThe prime minister said: \"That Sir David spent almost 40 years in this House, but not one day in ministerial office, tells everything about where his priorities lay.\"\n\nPeople in Leigh-on Sea have been remembering Sir David\n\nHe added Sir David \"never once witnessed any achievement by any resident of Southend that could not somehow be cited in his bid to secure city status for that distinguished town\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer told Parliament he was \"so pleased\" by the announcement.\n\nSir Keir said the news was \"a fitting tribute to Sir David's hard work\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Parliament pays tribute to Sir David Amess, following his killing\n\nJames Duddridge, who represents Rochford and Southend East, the constituency neighbouring Sir David's Southend West seat, said the decision \"means a lot to everybody\".\n\nHe said residents did not want Southend to be remembered as the city where Sir David was killed but \" for characteristics such as its pier, airport and football\".\n\nSir David, who championed Southend's bid for city status as part of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022, was described by Home Secretary Priti Patel as \"Mr Southend\" following his death.\n\nAs well as bringing extra prestige, city status is an opportunity for areas to attract more tourism and boost the local economy.\n\nOn its website, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, which had campaigned with Sir David, previously said city status would bring not only \"prestige and standing, but an opportunity to lever further investment\".\n\nSouthend is a tourist hotspot and has a thriving creative arts scene\n\nOn the latest announcement, council leader Ian Gilbert said he felt a \"mixture of emotions\" after hearing the news.\n\nHe said it was \"clearly what Sir David would have wanted\".\n\n\"While I don't want it to have come in these circumstances, I'm still pleased and proud that it is happening,\" he added.\n\nLeader of the council's Conservative group, Tony Cox, said the decision meant Sir David's \"legacy will forever live on in Southend-on-Sea\".\n\nHe added: \"I cannot thank Her Majesty the Queen and the prime minister enough for granting that legacy, but what truly breaks my heart is that he is not around to see it.\n\n\"I am sure he will be looking down on us now saying, 'My work in Southend is now complete'.\"\n\nLabour councillor for Kursaal ward in Southend, Matt Dent, said: \"Everyone who knew Sir David knew how passionate he was about Southend getting city status.\n\n\"It was something he worked into every conversation. It's such a shame he is not here to see it.\"\n\nThe Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend Stephen Cottrell, who grew up in Southend and was a friend of Sir David's, said with Southend having been declared a city people can \"forget about a statue of Vera Lynn at Dover, we are going to put a statue of David Amess at the end of Southend pier\".\n\nChelmsford MP Vicky Ford and Southend United FC both tweeted that it was a \"fitting\" tribute to Sir David.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Southend United This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDowning Street said the award of city status to Southend was a \"very rare honour\".\n\n\"This was an exceptional circumstance,\" the prime minister's official spokesman said.\n\n\"It is a very rare honour which Sir David campaigned passionately for.\n\n\"He was a tireless champion of Southend, celebrating its achievements, the work of its residents and its thriving local businesses and diversity.\"\n\nCh Supt Simon Anslow signed the Book of Condolence along with colleagues including Chief Constable BJ Harrington and Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Roger Hirst\n\nSpeaking after signing a Book of Condolence at Southend's Civic Centre, Essex Police Ch Supt Simon Anslow said: \"Having long been a champion for Southend, it is of course truly tragic that his main goal in Parliament has been achieved in the days following his sad death, with confirmation today that Southend will be afforded city status by Her Majesty The Queen.\n\n\"Today has been a mark of respect for the man - indeed it has been a mark of respect for what will be Essex's new city.\"\n\nIn a 2019 speech to the Commons calling on Southend to be given city status, Sir David celebrated the town for everything from its hospital and airport to its investment in digital infrastructure.\n\nHe also praised Leigh-on-Sea for being voted the \"happiest place in the United Kingdom\" and said people in Southend \"walk on water\" while on its famous pier.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The officer was arrested on 15 December 2020\n\nA detective at Greater Manchester Police has been charged with child sexual abuse offences.\n\nLee Cunliffe, 40, a detective constable based in Salford, was charged with 11 offences earlier.\n\nThey include two counts of attempting to arrange the commission of a child sexual abuse offence.\n\nMr Cunliffe, who was arrested in December 2020 and has been suspended from duty since then, is due to appear before magistrates on 26 October.\n\nThe officer has been bailed ahead of the hearing.\n\nHe will also face one count of possessing and three counts of making an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child.\n\nHe has also been charged with two counts of misconduct in public office and two counts of perverting the course of justice.\n\nThe offences are alleged to have taken place between January and September 2020.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant was switched off in 2015 and is being decommissioned\n\nThere is a \"better than reasonable chance\" that Wylfa on Anglesey will get a new nuclear power plant, the Welsh Secretary has said.\n\nSimon Hart said it would be a \"game-changer\" for the north Wales economy, and if it came to fruition, the project would involve thousands of jobs.\n\nThe UK government has announced a £120m fund, available for firms looking to build small modular reactors.\n\nOfficials have held early talks over a potential new plant on the island.\n\nThe discussions with American engineering firm Bechtel about building a Westinghouse reactor have been described as being at an exploratory stage.\n\n\"The ball is now in Westinghouse's court\" said Mr Hart.\n\n\"They say they are looking for a £20m to £25m contribution and they now need to put forward a compelling bid. We want to help them as best we can.\"\n\nWylfa is currently the site of a power station which is in the process of being decommissioned after the last part of the plant was switched off in 2015.\n\nEarlier in 2021, Hitachi and Horizon's plans for a new power station on the island were formally dropped.\n\nReports suggested the company was offered a \"strike price\" - a price on energy that ministers would guarantee to the builders of the project - of around £75 per megawatt hour.\n\nThe nuclear plant was intended to have a generating capacity of 2,900 megawatts (MW) and have a 60-year operational life.\n\nThat plan was worth between £16bn and 20bn and promised 9,000 jobs in construction alone.\n\nWylfa is mentioned twice as a site for a new nuclear power plant in the UK government's net-zero strategy, which was published on Tuesday.\n\n\"I do not think we would be mentioning Wylfa twice by name if there were not a better than reasonable chance that this is something we would be able to see through to fruition,\" said Mr Hart.\n\n\"And if we are able to, it will be transformative for everyone who lives on the island and across north Wales.\"\n\nIt is thought any project would take 15 years from getting the go-ahead to completion.", "Officials are keeping a close watch on a new descendant of the Delta variant of Covid that is causing a growing number of infections.\n\nDelta is the UK's dominant variant, but latest official data suggests 6% of Covid cases that have been genetically sequenced are of a new type.\n\nAY.4.2, which some are calling \"Delta Plus\", contains mutations that might give the virus survival advantages.\n\nTests are under way to understand how much of a threat it may pose.\n\nExperts say it is unlikely to take off in a big way or escape current vaccines.\n\nIt is not yet considered a variant of concern, or a variant under investigation - the categories assigned to variants and the level of risk associated with them.\n\nThere are thousands of different types - or variants - of Covid circulating across the world. Viruses mutate all the time, so it is not surprising to see new versions emerge.\n\nOriginal Delta was classified as a variant of concern in the UK in May 2021 after overtaking the Alpha variant to become the dominant type of Covid in circulation.\n\nThis offshoot or sublineage of Delta has been increasing slowly since then. It includes some new mutations affecting the spike protein, which the virus uses to penetrate our cells.\n\nSo far, there is no indication that it is considerably more transmissible as a result of these changes, but it is something experts are studying.\n\nThe mutations - Y145H and A222V - have been found in various other coronavirus lineages since the beginning of the pandemic.\n\nScientists are constantly checking for new genetic changes that Covid is undergoing.\n\nSome emerging variants are worrying, but many are inconsequential. The difficult job is spotting, tracking and managing the ones that could matter.\n\nThe UK is a front-runner in carrying out these vital lab analyses, having completed more than a million tests so far.\n\nThe first step is to pick up new mutants worth watching, such as this new offshoot - AY.4.2.\n\nNext, if there is a strong suggestion that the genetic changes might make the virus more contagious, it is classified as a variant under investigation and more checks are done.\n\nIf it becomes clearer that it could be more transmissible and escape some of the built up immunity from past infections or vaccines, or potentially cause more serious disease, it is moved into the variant of concern category. That's the one Delta belongs to.\n\nAt this stage, experts don't think AY.4.2 is likely to take hold - so in time it could well burn out and drop off the watch list.\n\nProf Francois Balloux, director of University College London's Genetics Institute, said: \"It is potentially a marginally more infectious strain.\n\n\"It's nothing compared with what we saw with Alpha and Delta, which were something like 50 to 60 percent more transmissible. So we are talking about something quite subtle here and that is currently under investigation.\n\n\"It is likely to be up to 10 percent more transmissible.\n\n\"It's good that we are aware. It's excellent that we have the facilities and infrastructure in place to see anything that might be a bit suspicious.\n\n\"At this stage I would say wait and see, don't panic. It might be slightly, subtly more transmissible but it is not something absolutely disastrous like we saw previously.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why do new variants of Covid-19 keep appearing? BBC's health reporter Laura Foster explains\n\nThe Prime Minister's official spokesman said: \"It's something we're keeping a very close eye on.\n\n\"As you would expect we're monitoring it closely and won't hesitate to take action if necessary.\"\n\nA few cases have also been identified in US. There had been some in Denmark but new infections with AY.4.2 have since gone down.\n\nThe UK is already offering booster doses of Covid vaccine to higher risk people ahead of winter to make sure they have the fullest protection against coronavirus.\n\nThere is no suggestion that a new update of the vaccine will be needed to protect against any of the existing variants of the pandemic virus.\n• None BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron: How worried should we be?", "Foreign investment deals in low-carbon sectors in the UK to be announced on Tuesday will create about 30,000 jobs, the government has said.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce 18 new deals worth £9.7bn as he opens a global investment summit.\n\nThey include investments in sectors such as wind and hydrogen energy, sustainable homes and carbon capture.\n\nThe prime minister said investors had recognised \"the massive potential in the UK for growth and innovation\".\n\nInvestments from companies such as Spanish energy firm Iberdrola, logistics firm Prologis and grocery service Getir would power the UK's economic recovery and help to achieve the government's levelling up agenda, he added.\n\nMr Johnson will open the Global Investment Summit in London on Tuesday, bringing together more than 200 business executives.\n\nThe government has assembled a formidable guest list of the great and good of global business for an investment summit it hopes will alert other international investors to opportunities in the UK.\n\nThe bosses of the world's biggest investment firm, Blackrock, the biggest bank in the US, JP Morgan, as well as the top brass from energy giants such as EDF will gather at the Science Museum in London.\n\nAnnouncements of nearly £10bn in investment in the UK have been timed to coincide with the event.\n\nBy far the biggest single investment is from Spanish firm Iberdrola, which owns Scottish Power. Its announcement of a further £6bn in offshore wind investment - on top of £10bn over the last five years - will cement the UK's position as a world leader in offshore wind, just two weeks before the major climate summit in Glasgow.\n\nThe recent spike in gas prices has brutally exposed UK and EU reliance on fossil fuels, which may also encourage French firm EDF that their plans for a new nuclear plant at Sizewell in Suffolk will get government blessing. The chairman of EDF is due to have a breakfast meeting with the Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng.\n\nThe government will hope this summit will help reverse a declining trend in foreign investment in new projects since 2015.\n\nLater, Mr Johnson will take part in a panel discussion with Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates on the role of private companies in tackling climate change.\n\nIberdrola, which owns Scottish Power, will confirm that it will invest a further £6bn in off-shore wind farms off the coast of Suffolk.\n\nThe wind turbines in its East Anglia \"hub\" are set to create about 7,000 jobs - although they have yet to secure planning permission.\n\nPrologis will commit to invest £1.5bn in the UK over the next three years to develop net zero carbon warehouses across London, the South East and the Midlands, supporting about 14,000 new jobs.\n\n\"We believe private sector innovation has, and will continue to play, a major role in overcoming the environmental challenges the world faces today,\" said Prologis chief executive Hamid Moghadam.\n\nMeanwhile, Getir plans to put more money into expanding its activities across the UK. The firm uses a fleet of electric vehicles and is aiming to create about 7,000 permanent jobs in 2022.\n\nUltimate Battery Company will also invest £28m in setting up a UK plant for eco-friendly batteries.\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK government is expected to announce its overall strategy for radically reducing the greenhouse gas emissions generated in across all sectors including industry, agriculture, transport and homes.\n\nThe government has pledged to reduce emissions sharply by 2035 and to reach net zero by 2050 - meaning the country will absorb as much carbon dioxide (through actions such as tree planting) as it emits.\n\nThe announcements come just two weeks before the start of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow - one of the largest world meetings to date on how to tackle global warming.", "Zac Harvey, left, died in a caravan fire which also left his brother Harley, right, seriously injured\n\nA caravan fire which killed a three-year-old boy and seriously injured his four-year-old brother was probably caused by an electric fan heater, an inquest has heard.\n\nZac Michael Harvey died of smoke inhalation in the blaze in Ffair Rhos, Ceredigion, on 19 January, 2020.\n\nThe toddler was sleeping in a caravan with his father Shaun Harvey and brother Harley, who both escaped.\n\nCoroner Peter Brunton said Zac died as a result of misadventure.\n\nGiving evidence, fire service investigator Christopher Howells said the fire was likely to have been started by an electric fan heater.\n\nAberystwyth Coroner's Court heard Shaun Harvey told Dyfed-Powys Police he had used a heater but believed he had switched it off before going to sleep.\n\nA coroner ruled his death was the result of misadventure\n\nIt was powered from a nearby house using an extension lead, Mr Brunton was told.\n\nLater, Shaun Harvey woke to an inferno which had consumed the caravan and could not get both his sons out in time.\n\nZac's mum Erin said previously that Harley's positivity helped the family through their ordeal\n\nZac's brother Harley, then four, was not expected to survive his injuries, but made a full recovery.\n\nMr Brunton gave his condolences to Zac's mother, who was at the inquest, and said he hoped his conclusion would bring some comfort to them.", "Goto Energy has become the latest UK energy firm to cease trading amid a sharp rise in wholesale gas prices.\n\nThe firm supplied gas and electricity to around 22,000 domestic customers who will now be moved to a new supplier.\n\nIt joins a number of small firms that have gone bust following a global spike in gas prices.\n\nEnergy regulator Ofgem will now find a new supplier for households, who are asked to do nothing until the transfer takes place in the coming weeks.\n\nGoto Energy's collapse takes the number of customers affected by the current wave of UK energy company failures to more than two million.\n\nOfgem said that the unprecedented increase in global gas prices - which have risen 250% since the start of the year - was putting financial pressure on suppliers.\n\n\"Ofgem's number one priority is to protect customers,\" said Neil Lawrence, director of retail at Ofgem.\n\n\"I want to reassure affected customers that they do not need to worry: under our safety net we'll make sure your energy supplies continue.\"\n\nMr Lawrence added that if customers have credit, the funds are protected, so customers will not lose the money that is owed to them.\n\n\"Goto Energy is now the 16th provider to exit the market since the beginning of 2021,\" said Justina Miltienyte, energy policy expert at Uswitch.com.\n\nShe said it was important that Goto Energy customers did not do anything until they were moved to a new supplier, as trying to switch providers could create administrative delays in getting their credit balance returned.\n\n\"They should make a note of their meter readings now, and again when contacted by their new supplier, to ensure their bills are accurate.\"\n\nLast week, Pure Planet, which was backed by oil giant BP, and Colorado Energy joined the growing list of small energy firms that have gone bust recently.\n\nPure Planet said it had been caught between rising costs and the UK's energy price cap, which limits what companies can charge consumers.\n\nThis had left its business \"unsustainable\", it said.\n\nNine suppliers collapsed in September, but business and energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng ruled out supporting struggling energy firms, although he warned more companies could collapse.\n\nThe regulator's price cap, which covers 15 million households across England, Wales and Scotland, protects customers on default tariffs by limiting charges including how much customers pay per unit of energy.\n\nBut providers say they cannot pass on rising wholesale gas prices to customers because of the cap.\n\nSuppliers that have recently gone bust include Avro Energy, People's Energy and Green Supplier Limited.\n\nRising prices have had reverberations throughout the supply chain.\n\nLast week, gas shipping firm CNG wrote to its energy supplier customers saying that it would no longer supply the wholesale market.", "Zara Owen said she had drunk less than usual on the night it happened\n\nA student who believes she was injected with a needle during a night out says the experience has left her \"genuinely really scared\".\n\nZara Owen, 19, said she blacked out shortly after arriving at a nightclub in Nottingham on 10 October.\n\nThe next thing she remembers is waking up in her bed with pain in her leg before discovering a pin prick.\n\nNottinghamshire Police confirmed it was looking into multiple reports of people being \"spiked physically\".\n\nMs Owen, who is studying French and Spanish at the University of Nottingham, said she recalls going into Pryzm nightclub with her friends and ordering a drink at the bar.\n\nShe has no further recollection of the evening but was told by her housemate she was found on her own in a takeaway.\n\nThe student, who said she had drunk less than usual and had never blacked out before, said she was shocked to subsequently discover the pin prick mark in her leg.\n\n\"I'm genuinely really scared. It's one of those things that you hear about but never think will happen to you,\" she said.\n\n\"It makes you question yourself. Why me and how?\"\n\nShe called for security to be bolstered at nightclubs with extra bag and pocket searches.\n\nMs Owen later discovered a pin prick mark on her leg\n\nMeanwhile Ellie Simpson said her sister, who does not want to be named, also believes she was injected with a mystery liquid during a night out in Nottingham.\n\nShe said the 19-year-old - who is a student from Derby - felt a \"pinch on the back of her arm\" as she left Stealth nightclub on 12 October.\n\nShe then blacked out and was taken to hospital.\n\nMs Simpson, 21, said: \"I don't think it's quite yet sunk in what's happened to her.\n\n\"It's really frightening because I don't know how you're meant to prevent it.\n\n\"Obviously you can put your hand over your drink but how do you stop somebody stabbing you with a needle?\"\n\nMs Simpson said her sister was still \"in shock\" and has not been out clubbing since.\n\n\"Normally she's the type of person that would stick up for herself, so I think if it could happen to her it could happen to somebody who is more vulnerable,\" she said.\n\nA Stealth spokeswoman said the venue was working with police\n\nNottinghamshire Police said it had been made aware of similar incidents in the city over recent weeks.\n\nSupt Kathryn Craner said: \"We are currently investigating reports of individuals suspecting that their drinks have been spiked.\n\n\"Linked to this a small number of victims have said that they may have felt a scratching sensation as if someone may have spiked them physically.\"\n\n\"We do not believe that these are targeted incidents.\n\n\"They are distinctly different from anything we have seen previously as victims have disclosed a physical scratch type sensation before feeling very unwell.\n\n\"This is subtly different from feelings of intoxication through alcohol according to some victims.\"\n\nThe force said a 20-year-old man had been arrested \"on suspicion of possession of class A and class B and cause [to] administer poison or noxious thing with intent to injure, aggrieve and annoy\" following an incident in Lower Parliament Street on 16 October.\n\nThe man has now been released on bail.\n\nStealth nightclub confirmed it had received two reports within the past two weeks from customers who thought they may have been spiked by a needle.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Both were seen by our on-site medic, and we are currently liaising with police to aid in their investigations.\"\n\nThe nightclub said reports of spiking were taken very seriously and staff would continue to carry out thorough searches and capture CCTV footage to aid police investigations.\n\nA spokesman for Rekom UK, which owns Pryzm, said: \"While these incidents are incredibly rare, we take all reports of this nature very seriously and will do all we can to make sure that they don't happen in our clubs.\n\n\"We urge anyone who sees suspicious behaviour, or suspects they have been a victim of spiking, to seek assistance immediately from a member of staff.\n\n\"We would also encourage them to contact police, so that any allegation can be properly investigated.\"\n\nMeanwhile concerned female students in the city have set up a group and are planning a nightclub boycott next week to put pressure on venues to do more to prevent spiking.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"We want to raise awareness and implement some changes.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "John Kerry is the US Climate Envoy\n\nAmerica's climate envoy John Kerry says the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow is the \"last best hope for the world to get its act together\".\n\nMr Kerry told the BBC that key countries were pursuing policies that border on being \"very dangerous\".\n\nHe said that if greenhouse gas emissions were not reduced enough over the next nine years there was no chance of meeting long-term targets.\n\nThe aim is to hold the rise in the earth's temperature to 1.5C.\n\nScientists have said that would require global carbon emissions to fall by 45% from 2010 levels by the end of this decade.\n\nBut apart from a brief period during Covid-19 lockdowns, emissions are still rising.\n\nChina, the world's biggest emitter, will be key to any hopes of a strong outcome at COP26, when it is held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November.\n\nLeaders and delegates from around the world will attend the summit, including Mr Kerry and US President Joe Biden.\n\nMr Kerry has previously said the US will push for rapid action after four years of \"reckless behaviour\" under previous President Donald Trump.\n\nHe said the US would now move forward with \"humility and ambition\" in the global negotiations.\n\nA former presidential candidate, Mr Kerry has long been a powerful voice in climate politics. As President Obama's Secretary of State he played a key role in securing the Paris agreement in 2015.\n\nThe US Special Envoy on Climate Change told BBC Radio 4 documentary Glasgow: Our last best hope? that there were a lot of big promises without the necessary action.\n\n\"The truth is emissions are going up around the world, not down in enough countries, and key countries are pursuing policies that border on being very dangerous for everybody.\"\n\nMr Kerry has previously called on China to increase the speed and depth of its efforts to cut carbon.\n\nChina has promised to peak emissions by 2030 - but the US diplomat said that was not good enough.\n\n\"If you don't reduce enough between 2020 and 2030 the scientists tell us we can't get where we need to go. We will not be able to hold the earth's temperature rise to 1.5 degrees and we won't be able to achieve net zero by 2050.\"\n\nMr Kerry said he wanted Glasgow to raise the ambition of the 20 major economies in the world.\n\nHe said he would be looking for definite road-maps to net zero and money to help less developed countries also reach their goals without suffering economic hardship.\n\nMr Kerry called this the \"greatest test of global citizenship\" he could think of.\n\n\"Glasgow is coming at a point where these scientists have told us we have about nine years remaining within which to make the most critical decisions. Those decisions have got to really start in earnest and in a significant sum in Glasgow.\"\n\n\"We have to get on the road here and we've been talking about it for 30 years.\n\n\"So this is really what Glasgow is about, the last best hope to do what the scientists tell us we must which is to avoid the worst consequences of climate by making decisions now and implementing them now.\"\n\nCOP26 President Alok Sharma has also said world leaders must act now to limit global warming.\n\nMr Sharma told the BBC's No Hot Air podcast the aim was to get countries to \"stick with the goals\" agreed at the Paris summit in 2015.\n\nHe said: \"World leaders came together and said that they would act to limit global temperature rises to well below 2C, aiming for 1.5C and that's what we want to try and achieve.\n\n\"I think Glasgow has to be the moment that the world acts. We've got some commitments but we need to go further.\"\n\nMr Sharma added: \"We need to make sure that we can say with credibility that we've kept 1.5C in reach.\n\n\"Now is the time for all of us to act, but particularly for the biggest emitters - the G20 nations and the developed countries who promised finance to support developing countries - they also need to step up.\"", "Lord Janner, who died in 2015, denied all charges against him\n\nPolice investigations into allegations of child abuse against a former MP were marred by \"a series of failings\", a report has found.\n\nThe Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) said Leicestershire Police officers \"shut down\" investigations into Lord Janner \"without pursuing all inquiries\".\n\nIt also criticised Leicestershire County Council's \"sorry record of failures\" over abuse.\n\nThe former MP died in December 2015.\n\nProfessor Alexis Jay, chairman of the inquiry, said police and prosecutors \"appeared reluctant to fully investigate\" claims against Lord Janner despite \"numerous serious allegations\".\n\n\"On multiple occasions police put too little emphasis on looking for supporting evidence and shut down investigations without pursuing all outstanding inquiries,\" she said.\n\n\"This inquiry has brought up themes we are now extremely familiar with, such as deference to powerful individuals, the barriers to reporting faced by children and the need for institutions to have clear policies and procedures setting out how to respond to allegations of child sexual abuse.\"\n\nLord Janner's family has always maintained his innocence.\n\nHis son Daniel said the inquiry \"fails to challenge our late father's innocence\" and \"offers no proof whatsoever of guilt\".\n\nProfessor Alexis Jay is leading the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse\n\nThe inquiry heard accounts from 33 complainants, with allegations of abuse stretching across three decades.\n\nIn 1999, Leicestershire Police's Operation Magnolia looked into allegations made against the politician, but the inquiry found it \"seemingly involved a deliberate decision by [the force] to withhold key statements\" from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which it described as \"serious and inexcusable\".\n\nOperation Dauntless was set up in May 2006 following further claims from another alleged victim, with the report criticising police and CPS decisions not to carry on the investigation as \"unsound and strategically flawed\".\n\nIn 2012 a further police probe, named Operation Enamel, was set up to look at evidence that may not have been considered in earlier investigations.\n\nAfter further evidence and more complainants came forward, Lord Janner was charged with 22 offences, including indecent assault and buggery, which dated from the 1960s to the 1980s.\n\nAt the time of his death, Lord Janner was due to face a trial over claims made by nine complainants, with the prosecution seeking to add further charges.\n\nGreville Janner, pictured here in 1987, was a Leicester MP for Labour for 27 years\n\nIn October 2020, the inquiry heard evidence from Lord Janner's alleged victims.\n\nNone of the complainants were called to give evidence in person, due to it focusing solely on the state responses to their allegations, rather than the authenticity of the claims.\n\nChristopher Jacobs, who represented some of the complainants, described the case of Tracey Taylor - who has waived her right to anonymity - who was put into care as a 14-year-old in the 1970s.\n\n\"She said she was raped by a man who said his name was Greville Janner, he said he was an MP and that he could make her the next prime minister's wife,\" Mr Jacobs told the inquiry.\n\n\"She has told the police about the abuse, but she has never been believed due to her mental health problems. On some occasions, police mocked her statements, calling her Crazy Tracey.\"\n\nTim Betteridge, another complainant to waive his anonymity, said he was sexually abused by Lord Janner on two occasions, including once in an allotment and once in a mobile unit.\n\nThe inquiry heard Mr Betteridge raised the alarm but was told by care home staff \"nobody would believe him because he was just a brat in care\".\n\nThis report did not find evidence of a conspiracy to protect a local MP, but its officials believe what they discovered was actually more serious.\n\nAdults who had grown up in children's homes weren't taken seriously when they came forward to make allegations, because of their backgrounds.\n\nThe claims of one accuser were rejected because he may have had a history of mental illness. However, later police inquiries looked at his medical records and concluded that wasn't the case.\n\nThis investigation isn't the only one where the inquiry has seen evidence that alleged crimes against children have been dismissed prematurely.\n\nIts final report will have to come up with recommendations to prevent it happening again.\n\nThe inquiry also heard \"a number\" of staff at Leicestershire County Council had concerns over Lord Janner's association with a child in care.\n\nThe report stated \"undue deference\" was shown to the politician, who had \"unrestricted access\" to the child, with \"little if any thought given to any child protection issues\".\n\nNo inquiries were made into staff concerns, and the council has accepted it \"failed to take adequate steps in response\" to them.\n\nFormer PM Tony Blair had nominated Lord Janner for a peerage\n\nThe inquiry also examined the Labour Party's response to the allegations, saying it was not enough for it to leave it to the police and CPS due to Lord Janner's \"privileged and powerful position\".\n\nDavid Evans, the current general secretary, told the inquiry new systems were now in place should any allegations be made against a sitting MP.\n\nThe inquiry also said Lord Janner should have been subject to scrutiny when he was nominated for a peerage by then-prime minister Tony Blair, weeks after sweeping to power in 1997.\n\nMr Blair previously told the inquiry he was aware of the allegations but they were not a \"bar\" as Lord Janner had denied them, and there had not been any charges.\n\nLeicestershire Police said the force would study the report \"scrupulously and examine it for any actions or improvements\".\n\nChief Constable Simon Cole said: \"I would like to reiterate the wholehearted apology I gave in February 2020 to any complainant whose allegations during earlier police investigations into Lord Janner were not responded to as they should have been.\n\n\"It is fair and correct to say that the allegations could and should have been investigated more thoroughly, and Lord Janner could and should have faced prosecution earlier than 2015.\"\n\nLeicestershire County Council leader Nick Rushton said the authority accepted the report's findings.\n\n\"The council at the time simply did not do enough to keep the children in its care safe and for that, I am sorry,\" Mr Rushton said.\n\nA spokesperson for the CPS added: \"The CPS has acknowledged past failings in the way allegations made against Lord Janner were handled. It remains a matter of sincere regret that opportunities were missed to put these allegations before a jury.\"\n\nRichard Scorer, a lawyer at Slater and Gordon - which represented 14 complainants at the inquiry - said: \"Had investigations been conducted properly, it is clear that Lord Janner could have been prosecuted in his lifetime.\n\n\"Sadly the clock cannot be rolled back and the criminal trial of Lord Janner which could and should have taken place will never be possible.\"\n\nIf you or someone you know has been affected by this story please visit the BBC Action Line.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir David Amess' widow Julia was accompanied by the church's Rev Clifford Newman\n\nThe family of Sir David Amess have visited the church where he was killed to see some of the many tributes left in his memory.\n\nSir David's widow, Julia, was comforted by family members as she spent about 10 minutes reading messages at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.\n\nBoris Johnson led MPs in making tributes in the House of Commons.\n\nHe vowed Sir David's death would not \"detract from his accomplishments as a politician or as a human being\".\n\nThe Queen has agreed to award Southend city status, after a long-standing campaign by Sir David, the prime minister confirmed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Parliament pays tribute to Sir David Amess, following his killing\n\nA minute's silence was held earlier and a service took place at St Margaret's Church, next to Parliament, where the Archbishop of Canterbury gave an address.\n\nSir David, 69, the Conservative MP for Southend West, had been meeting constituents when he was stabbed multiple times on Friday. A 25-year-old British man, Ali Harbi Ali, is being held under the Terrorism Act.\n\nThe father-of-five's death has sparked an outpouring of grief, not only within his local community in Essex where he had been an MP for nearly 40 years, but from across the country.\n\nThe church where he was killed is surrounded by large piles of flowers, heart-shaped balloons and framed pictures, and people continued to lay tributes on Monday.\n\nDuring their visit, the family held each other as they read some of the messages. They later bowed their heads and formed a semi-circle around the church's minister, the Reverend Clifford Newman, who spoke to them privately.\n\nThe family described Sir David as strong and courageous, a patriot and a man of peace\n\n\"We realised from tributes paid that there was far, far more to David than even we, those closest to him, knew,\" the family have said\n\nA mural of Sir David has been painted at a skate park in Leigh-on-Sea\n\nMr Johnson said Sir David was a \"seasoned campaigner of verve and grit\" who \"never once witnessed any achievement by any resident of Southend that could not somehow be cited in his bid to secure city status for that distinguished town\".\n\nMPs spoke of their grief at losing a much-loved colleague and friend in Sir David.\n\nConservative former prime minister Theresa May said he gave an \"extraordinary\" service to his constituents.\n\n\"I suggest to anybody who wants to be a first-class constituency MP that you look at the example of David Amess,\" she said.\n\nConservative former minister Mark Francois described Sir David as his \"best and oldest friend in politics\".\n\nMr Francois added: \"Everything I ever learned about being a constituency MP I learnt from David Amess.\"\n\nLabour MP Kim Leadbeater, the sister of Jo Cox - the MP murdered by a right-wing extremist five years ago - said her thoughts were with Sir David's family.\n\n\"I do have a unique perspective on what those closest to David are going through and I want to send them my love, support and solidarity, from myself, my parents, our family, and the people of Batley and Spen,\" she said.\n\nBoris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer were among MPs and peers at a church service to honour Sir David\n\nThe service at St Margaret's Church, beside Westminster Abbey, included a reading by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle\n\nAt the weekend, Sir David's family released a statement saying the wonderful tributes to him had given them strength, but they were still trying to understand \"why this awful thing has occurred... nobody should die in that way\".\n\n\"We are absolutely broken, but we will survive and carry on for the sake of a wonderful and inspiring man,\" they said.\n\nAli Harbi Ali is being detained at a London police station\n\nDetectives are continuing to hold Ali Harbi Ali, a British national of Somali heritage, at a London police station and have until Friday to question him.\n\nThe BBC has been told he was referred to the counter-terrorist Prevent scheme some years ago, but was never a formal subject of interest to MI5.\n\nIt is also understood that his father, Harbi Ali Kullane, who was previously an adviser to Somalia's prime minister, has been visited by police who have taken his phone for analysis.\n\nPolice officers spent the weekend searching three addresses in London.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brendan Cox says public reaction to Sir David Amess' death will comfort family\n\nAhead of the formal tributes in Parliament, MPs discussed their own personal safety concerns.\n\nMany MPs have spoken of a toxic and increasingly polarised political culture where online trolling has become widespread, including personal insults and direct threats of violence.\n\nLabour's Tulip Sadiq told the BBC that all MPs, especially women, are subject to attack and that her mother feared for her doing the job.\n\nSir David's neighbouring MP in Southend, Conservative James Duddridge, said \"no-one that loves me, none of my friends, would want me to be a Member of Parliament\" but they support him because it is \"honourable\" and \"worthwhile\".\n\nDeputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said he had received \"three threats to life and limb\" over the past two years - but he does not want to \"allow those who attack our democracy\" to win.\n\nAnd Labour's Chris Bryant said a man had been arrested over a death threat he received at the weekend.\n\nAsked whether MPs' surgeries with constituents should take place online, Downing Street said the murder could not \"get in the way of democracy\".\n\n\"MPs may rightly be concerned about security, they've been contacted by police to discuss their activities and events so their arrangements can be reviewed,\" the No 10 spokesman said.", "Downing Street says it is \"keeping a very close eye\" on rising Covid cases - but the cabinet has not yet discussed rolling out its Plan B to control coronavirus in England this winter.\n\nDaily cases have been above 40,000 for seven days in a row, with 43,738 new Covid cases reported on Tuesday.\n\nAnother 223 deaths have been recorded, the highest since March, although daily figures are often bigger on Tuesdays.\n\nPM Boris Johnson has told the cabinet the UK faces \"a difficult winter\".\n\nUnder the government's winter plan, if the measures currently in place are not enough to prevent \"unsustainable pressure\" on the NHS, then steps like making face coverings mandatory in some settings and introducing vaccine passports could be considered as part of Plan B.\n\nThe prime minister told ministers the government had \"a plan in place to steer the country through this period\" and that people should \"continue to follow the guidance and get their jabs when called upon\".\n\nDowning Street said Mr Johnson had stressed that the government's autumn and winter plan \"continues to keep the virus under control\".\n\nNo 10 said the government was \"not complacent\" about rising cases but that, due to the vaccination programme, \"the levels we are seeing in both patients admitted to hospital and deaths are far lower than we saw in previous peaks\".\n\nThe seven-day average of new Covid cases in the UK has risen from around 34,000 a day at the beginning of October to 44,145 cases per day.\n\nAnd the number of people in hospital across the UK who have Covid has risen by 10% in a week, from 7,039 on 11 October to 7,749 on Monday.\n\nThe number of deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test reported on Tuesday was the highest since 9 March, although due to reporting lags over the weekend daily figures are often higher on a Tuesday.\n\n\"Clearly we're keeping a very close eye on rising case rates,\" the prime minister's spokesman said.\n\nHe said there were \"no plans\" to use the Plan B contingency measures but stressed that the most important message for the public was \"the vital importance of the booster programme and indeed for those children who are eligible to come forward and get our jab\".\n\nChildren aged 12 to 15 in England will be able to book their jabs at vaccination centres, as well as through school, after concerns about rollout delays.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid told MPs younger teenagers would be able to book their jabs outside of school to \"make the most of half-term\".\n\nEarlier Prof Neil Ferguson, who is a member of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said it was \"critical\" to accelerate the booster jab programme, as well as for younger teenagers to receive a vaccine.\n\nHe said there was no reason to \"panic right now\" but \"people need to be aware that we have currently higher levels of infection in the community than we've almost ever had during the pandemic\".\n\nOn Tuesday Northern Ireland announced its own autumn and winter plan, which will see face coverings remain a legal requirement in crowded indoor spaces.\n\nThe Welsh government has previously set out its plans for winter, with First Minister Mark Drakeford saying Christmas this year was likely to be more normal.\n\nScotland has set out a winter vaccination strategy and already has measures in place such as the requirement of proof of vaccination status at nightclubs and face masks in schools.\n\nMeanwhile, officials say they are monitoring a new descendant of the Delta variant of Covid, which is causing a growing number of infections.\n\nDowning Street said that there was \"no evidence to suggest it is more easily spread\".", "North Korea has fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile into waters off the coast of Japan, South Korea's military has said.\n\nPyongyang unveiled the missile in January, describing it as \"the world's most powerful weapon\".\n\nIt comes weeks after South Korea unveiled a similar weapon of its own.\n\nNorth Korea has carried out a flurry of missile tests in recent weeks, including of what it said were hypersonic and long-range weapons.\n\nSome of these tests violate strict international sanctions.\n\nThe country is specifically prohibited by the United Nations from testing ballistic missiles as well as nuclear weapons.\n\nThe UN considers ballistic missiles to be more threatening than cruise missiles because they can carry more powerful payloads, have a longer range and can fly faster.\n\nOn Tuesday South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said one missile had been launched from the port of Sinpo, in the east of North Korea where Pyongyang usually bases its submarines. It landed in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan.\n\nThey said it was suspected to have been a submarine-launched ballistic missile.\n\nSouth Korean media reported that this particular missile was believed to have travelled about 450km (280 miles) at a maximum height of 60km.\n\nJapan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said two ballistic missiles had been fired, calling the launches \"very regrettable\".\n\nIn October 2019, North Korea tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile, firing a Pukguksong-3 from an underwater platform.\n\nAt the time, state news agency KCNA said it had been fired at a high angle to minimise the \"external threat\".\n\nHowever, if the missile had been launched on a standard trajectory, instead of a vertical one, it could have travelled around 1,900km. That would have put all of South Korea and Japan within range.\n\nBeing launched from a submarine can also make missiles harder to detect and allow them to get closer to other targets.\n\nThe latest launch comes as South Korea develops its own weapons, in what observers say has turned into an arms race on the Korean peninsula.\n\nSeoul is holding what is said to be South Korea's largest ever defence exhibition this week. It will reportedly unveil a new fighter jet as well as guided weapons like missiles. It is also due to launch its own space rocket soon.\n\nNorth and South Korea technically remain at war as the Korean War, which split the peninsula into two countries and which saw the US backing the South, ended in 1953 with an armistice.\n\nNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un said last week that he did not wish for war to break out again. He said his country needed to continue developing weapons for self-defence against enemies, namely the US which he accused of hostility.\n\nNorth Korea has been pushing for years to develop and test nuclear-armed missiles from submarines.\n\nBut can they actually fire them from a submarine? We will have to wait for images of the launch, which will give analysts a better idea of just how far Pyongyang has come.\n\nAnd let's be clear about the threat - the country's submarines are reportedly noisy and easy to track. The regime is thought to have only one submarine capable of launching missiles while a second one is being built at Sinpo.\n\nThere is, of course, also a bit of showmanship going on here.\n\nJust last month, South Korea launched its own submarine-launched ballistic missile and the North was not impressed.\n\nSo, amidst this regional arms race, is there still hope for talks?\n\nSeoul still thinks so. But Kim Jong-un is sending mixed messages. One minute he is launching missiles and the next he is sending missives through state media about potential peace talks.\n\nAs ever, Pyongyang is proving difficult to read.\n\nMeanwhile, South Korean, Japanese and US intelligence chiefs are meeting in Seoul to discuss North Korea.\n\nThe US envoy to North Korea, Sung Kim, is currently on his way to the city to discuss how to restart dialogue with Pyongyang, including on whether there should be a formal declaration of the end of the Korean War.\n\nIn the last 24 hours, he has reiterated the stance of US President Joe Biden's administration that it is open to meeting with North Korea without pre-conditions.\n\nPrevious talks between the US and North Korea broke down due to fundamental disagreements on denuclearisation.\n\nThe US wants North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons before sanctions can be eased, but North Korea has so far refused.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does North Korea keep launching missiles?", "Leslie Bricusse, the prolific British songwriter behind many of cinema's biggest hits such as Candyman and Goldfinger, has died at the age of 90.\n\nHis friend Dame Joan Collins described him as \"one of the giant songwriters of our time\".\n\nPetula Clark, who sang You and I from 1968's Goodbye Mr Chips, told BBC Radio 4 he was \"extraordinary\".\n\nBricusse's career spanned 60 years with other credits including Talk to the Animals from Doctor Dolittle.\n\nHe also wrote Candyman and Pure Imagination from the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.\n\nStage impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber released a statement, calling Bricusse \"the most underestimated British songwriter of all time\".\n\nJohn Berlinsgame from Variety told the Today programme that Bricusse was \"not only an artist but a lyrical genius\".\n\nIn his six decade career, he was constantly writing and had a catalogue of more than 1,000 songs to his name.\n\nHe wrote the lyrics to Shirley Bassey's classic Goldfinger, one of the most memorable Bond theme tunes, with long-time collaborator Antony Newley.\n\nBricusse also wrote the lyrics to You Only Live Twice, sung by Nancy Sinatra.\n\nOther collaborations with Newley, Dame Joan's former husband, included Feeling Good, made famous by Nina Simone.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by joancollinsdbe This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBricusse's agent confirmed the songwriter's death \"with a breaking heart\", saying he died in his sleep on Tuesday morning. He had been married to actress Yvonne Romain for more than 60 years.\n\nDame Joan said: \"One of the giant songwriters of our time, writer of Candyman, Goldfinger amongst so many other hits, and my great friend Leslie Bricusse has sadly died today.\n\n\"He and his beautiful Evie have been in my life for over 50 years. I will miss him terribly, as will his many friends.\"\n\nFilm expert Berlinsgame told the Today programme: \"He would be clever, very witty but also heartfelt and emotional.\"\n\nVocalist and actress Clark also told Today: \"He was a dear friend who I've known for many years. He wrote all the time, never stopped. I will miss him… he was extraordinary, I'm just beside myself.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Elaine Paige This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStage star Elaine Paige said on Twitter: \"Shocked & saddened by the news that the brilliant & wonderful Leslie Bricusse has died.\n\n\"One of our great songwriters. My first ever professional role was in Roar of the Greasepaint musical [for which Bricusse wrote Feeling Good]. We've been friends for many years.\"\n\nBorn in Pinner, north west London, Bricusse and Newley's fruitful partnership saw them write 1961 musical Stop the World I Want to Get Off and the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, based on Roald Dahl's popular children's book.\n\nDavid Walliams paid tribute to Bricusse's songwriting saying on Twitter: \"The great Gene Wilder sings Leslie Bricusse's magical Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. It is so beautiful it makes me weep.\"\n\nBricusse also wrote many other musicals including Scrooge and Hook, the latter with Hollywood composer John Williams.\n\nSometimes working under the pseudonym Beverley Thorn, he co-wrote skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan's 1960 hit My Old Man's a Dustman (Ballad of a Refuse Disposal Officer).\n\nCher, Henri Mancini, Leslie Bricusse and Placido Domingo after the Oscar success of Victor/Victoria\n\nBut it was Bricusse's contribution to musicals that defined his career. This included two Oscars for his work. Talk to the Animals won best original song in 1968, while Victor/Victoria - which he wrote with Henry Mancini - won best original song score or adaptation in 1983.\n\nHe won a Grammy in 1963, which he shared with Newley, for the song What Kind of Fool Am I? from Stop the World I Want to Get Off.\n\nAsked in 2015 how he felt about winning his Academy Awards, he said: \"The Oscars are brilliant. If the whole world was run by the Oscar committee it would be a much better place.\n\n\"I have nothing but admiration for them. I'm playing par - I'm 10 nominations and two wins. So if you reckon you win one in five, I'm on par,\" he said.\n\nAlso in 2015, he staged Pure Imagination - The Songs of Leslie Bricusse, a musical revue reflecting on his vast back catalogue.\n\nGene Wilder sang Bricusse's Pure Imagination in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory\n\nThe composer and lyricist was said to be adamant that his musical theatre scores should be sung traditionally, rather than jazzed up to suit a particular producer's whims.\n\nPresenter and former musical theatre star Philip Schofield said: \"I'm so sad to hear of the death of my friend, the brilliant Leslie Bricusse whose songs I loved singing in Dr Dolittle. My love to his family.\"\n\nBricusse described himself in his book Pure Imagination: A Sorta-biography as \"one of the luckiest people I know, second only perhaps to Ringo Starr\".\n\n\"It's not really an autobiography. It's about incidents rather than my entire life, and it's about other people as much as me. I just put down the things I remembered!\"\n\nBricusse stated at the outset of one of his early chapters that he would be dropping names \"like fragrant rose petals\".\n\nThe book was interspersed with anecdotes and quotes from some of his famous friends, including Dame Julie Andrews, Sir Elton John and Sir Michael Caine.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Justin McLaughlin was rushed to hospital but was later pronounced dead\n\nA 16-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of Justin McLaughlin in Glasgow.\n\nThe 14-year-old was wounded in an incident at High Street train station at about 15:45 BST on Saturday.\n\nHe was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.\n\nPolice confirmed the 16-year-old was due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday and that inquiries remained ongoing.\n\nA dedicated police website has been set up to collect information about the incident.\n\nJames McParland, the headmaster at St Ambrose High School in Coatbridge where Justin was a pupil, said the community was \"shocked and saddened\" by the death.\n\n\"Justin was a valued member of our community and his loss will be felt by staff and pupils alike,\" he said.\n\n\"Our prayers and thoughts are with his family and friends, and additional pastoral support will be available to young people within the school on their return on Monday morning.\"\n\nIn an online tribute, the teenager's aunt, Maggie McLaughlin, said his family were \"absolutely heartbroken\".\n\nShe said he was the \"biggest gentle giant\" with \"a smile that would take up the full world\".\n\nCoatbridge and Chryston MSP Fulton MacGregor said: \"I am deeply shocked and saddened, as we all are, by the death of Justin McLaughlin and my thoughts are with Justin's family, friends and the school community of St Ambrose High School at this tragic time.\n\n\"The community are grieving such a devastating loss of a young life with so much future ahead of him.\"\n\nNiven Rennie, director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, said the murder was \"devastating\" for all involved.\n\nThe unit approaches violence as a disease to be prevented, and has worked closely with partners in the NHS, education and social work.\n\nMr Rennie told BBC Scotland such incidents not only affect the victim's family but also the families of the individuals involved and those who witnessed the incident.\n\nHe said: \"It is a tragic event and it is that ripple effect. That's why in Scotland we try and reduce that as much as we can.\n\n\"Our ultimate aim is to make Scotland the safest country in the world and there is still a lot of work ahead of us in that respect.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nSixty eight percent of all Premier League players have now had both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, the league has announced.\n\nThe Premier League also confirmed that 81% of players have had at least one jab.\n\nThe numbers mark a large increase in uptake of the vaccine.\n\n\"This latest data shows the tide is very clearly turning,\" Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, England's deputy chief medical officer, told BBC Sport.\n\n\"It shows that people are listening to sensible messages from well-informed health professionals. That is where you get the good advice from, you don't get it from the internet, or Instagram or Facebook.\n\n\"It is brilliant and is a real positive change.\"\n• None Newcastle goalkeeper Darlow urges players to get vaccinated for Covid-19\n• None The Sports Desk podcast: Should sport get tough on vaccine hesitancy?\n\nAt the end of September there were only seven clubs in the Premier League where more than 50% of players were fully vaccinated.\n\n\"Vaccination rates are collected by the Premier League on a weekly basis and the league continues to work with clubs to encourage vaccination among players and club staff,\" the league said.\n\nIn an interview with BBC sports editor Dan Roan, Prof Van-Tam believes more players will get vaccinations if not being jabbed compromises their ability to travel outside of the UK to play.\n\n\"I think the figures will rise more as it becomes obvious it is going to be difficult to travel internationally without having been vaccinated,\" said Prof Van-Tam.\n\n\"Football players will undoubtedly want to travel abroad - for leisure time as well as their tournaments and competitions.\"\n\nIn the English Football League, the BBC understands that, as of September, 49% of players were fully vaccinated - up from 18% the previous month.\n\nVaccination rates in English football are lower than a number of other sports and leagues, with Professor Van-Tam saying he was frustrated by there not being a higher take-up rate.\n\n\"All over the world we have seen, not just in the UK, vaccine acceptance rates for Covid are a bit lower in the younger adult age groups,\" he said.\n\n\"It is disappointing. Especially when you are someone like me who has given the last 18 months of your life in the quest to get vaccines as quickly as possible for the UK.\n\n\"For somebody like me who has burnt a lot of energy and cost my family lots of attention to get there, of course it is disappointing.\n\n\"But the latest data we have seen from the Premier League is very encouraging.\"\n\n'What athletes say and do really matters' - Van-Tam urges young adults to get vaccinated\n\nEarlier this month Republic of Ireland international Callum Robinson revealed he had chosen not to be vaccinated against Covid-19, despite twice contracting the virus.\n\nRobinson was speaking days after Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp expressed exasperation with Premier League players who have not had the vaccine.\n\nKlopp said that \"99%\" of his players have been vaccinated and that he had not had to convince them to do so, adding that he was jabbed to protect not just himself but \"all the people around me\".\n\n\"My message to footballers who are yet to be vaccinated is really the same to any young adult who has yet to be vaccinated: it is the best thing you can do for yourself, your friends and your family,\" said Prof Van-Tam.\n\n\"This is a really infectious virus, we are quite clear about that. The chances of you dodging it, swerving it or out-running it for the next few months, or few years, is nigh on impossible.\n\n\"So from that perspective it is really important to get the vaccine.\n\n\"It is going to massively reduce the chances of you getting infected and even if you are infected after it, it is going to massively reduce the chances of anything bad happening to you.\"\n\nProf Van-Tam said he understands the concerns of athletes about possible side-effects, stressing there are \"risks and benefits to every single medicine\".\n\n\"We are very clear there is a documented risk of myocarditis - inflammation of the heart - associated with the vaccine which is being offered to the under 40s. But it is extremely rare,\" he said.\n\n\"You must say 'what are the risks of myocarditis if I get Covid?' There is a new medical paper out in the United States which says the rates of myocarditis are six times higher after Covid than they are after vaccination.\n\n\"By all means choose the lowest risk pathway. But the lowest risk pathway is not to take chances with Covid.\"\n\nNobody should feel under pressure to disclose their vaccine status or speak openly about personal health records if they don't want to, said Prof Van-Tam.\n\nBut he added more athletes being open and transparent about taking the vaccine is \"better and more helpful to others\".\n\n\"I'm mad about football, most of this country is mad about football or another sport and sporting icons mean a huge amount to us,\" said Prof Van-Tam, a season-ticket holder at National League North club Boston United.\n\n\"Whether they like it or not footballers and sports people are role models, particular for young adults and children. What they say and do really matters.\"\n\nPremier League managers have previously called on their players to get immunised, including Klopp, Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta, Nuno Espirito Santo, Steve Bruce and Graham Potter.\n\n\"At their age they are more open to some of these conspiracy theories,\" England manager Gareth Southgate said of younger people in the UK.\n\n\"They are reading social media more, they are perhaps more vulnerable to those sort of views.\n\n\"From what I can see there is a bit of confusion around.\"\n\nProf Van-Tam agrees with Southgate's view, saying he is worried about the influence of social media and influence of untrusted sources on the decision-making process of young people about the vaccines.\n\n\"If your boiler goes you don't call a doctor, you call a central heating engineer,\" said Prof Van-Tam.\n\n\"If you want to know something about vaccines, and you want trusted, reliable information about what you should do and what the best course of action is, turn to somebody who has spent years and years of training for that role.\n\n\"Turn to health professionals, a doctor, a nurse or a pharmacist. Go to the right sources. Don't trust Instagram.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt was the look on the face of the sonographer that told one mother something was wrong with her baby.\n\nSharon Gorvett was 20 weeks pregnant with her third child in 2004 when a doctor told her that her unborn daughter was \"incompatible with life\".\n\nShe was automatically booked for a termination, but surprised her doctors when she said she did not want one.\n\nShe is now taking part in an exhibition to help awareness for baby loss, and give other parents \"a little hope\".\n\nDoctors thought Ms Gorvett's daughter Sophie had Edwards Syndrome, a rare but serious condition where most babies die before or shortly after being born, due to organ defects.\n\nChildren with the condition often die before or shortly after birth, with 5-10% living beyond their first year.\n\nMs Gorvett said she had not been asked, and had not agreed to a termination, but was automatically given a slot for one.\n\n\"They explained what was involved and I said: 'No, it's not something I want to do',\" she said.\n\nAt one point she said the consultant asked her: \"Are you telling me that this pregnancy is very precious to you?\"\n\n\"Of course it's very precious, she's still my child, my baby, and I want to spend as much time with her as possible,\" she said.\n\nShe was told her daughter would either pass away in the womb, while she was being born or shortly after birth.\n\nShe was told most parents in her situation did not want interventions to help the baby if anything went wrong.\n\n\"Well, I'm not most parents,\" she said.\n\nSophie was born early and was a \"little fighter\" says her mother\n\nSophie was born early at 5lb 12oz born and \"was a little fighter\" and \"so pretty\", said her mother.\n\n\"I didn't even have a bed for her to sleep in because I didn't think I'd be leaving the hospital with a live baby.\n\n\"We had to stop on the way home and buy a Moses basket for Sophie.\"\n\nSharon Gorvett said Sophie completed the family and now \"it'll never be complete\".\n\nThe family spent 13 weeks with Sophie, and said even though her life was short, it was filled with love, and with the small beautiful things we often take for granted in our day-to-day lives.\n\nShe said: \"We took her to see the cows and we picked a bluebell for her. She felt the sun on her face and we showed her the moon.\n\n\"We took her out, like you would any other baby, visited family and friends, took lots of photos and just made every day special.\"\n\nSophie died at 13 weeks while out on a walk with her family\n\nWhen Sophie's heart started to fail, the family went away to a cottage where she died.\n\n\"We were out walking by the side of the Brecon canal. She took about three breaths and she was gone. She didn't struggle, it was very peaceful. We've since planted a pink Hawthorn tree there and put a plaque where she passed away.\"\n\n\"Our family was complete when she was there, and now she's not there, it'll never be complete, but she's still very much with us, I've told my grandchildren all about their aunty Sophie, and we still mark her birthday every year.\n\n\"She was my daughter from the moment I found out I was pregnant, and she will always be my daughter.\"\n\nMs Gorvett is one of a number of women taking part in a new digital exhibition which aims to offer more support to grieving parents.\n\nPartly funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, 'You're Not Alone' calls for more open discussion around life limiting genetic birth disorders.\n\nThe project has been created by the Mold based charity, Same but Different but in conjunction with Soft UK, who provide information and support to families affected.\n\nPhotographer and Founder of the Same but Different charity, Ceridwen Hughes, said the project aims to raise awareness about the importance of talking about grief through baby loss, whilst celebrating the lives of the babies, no matter how short their lives.\n\nShe said baby loss often feels like a \"whispered secret.\"\n\nShe added: \"No-one knows what to say to a grieving parent and often people are too afraid to even say the child's name for fear of causing more upset and yet the parents I have spoken to yearn to remember and celebrate the lives of their child, no matter how short their life.\"\n\nFor Ms Gorvett, taking part in the project was a way to honour Sophie's memory, 17 years after she was born, and also to remind medical professionals that all parents really want is \"a little hope\", and the recognition that their children are individuals who should be assessed on their own merit.\n\nIf you've been affected by the issues discussed, help and support is available via BBC Action Line.", "We'll only use winter plan B if NHS pressure gets too much - No 10\n\nThe number of daily coronavirus cases in the UK reached nearly 50,000 yesterday, which would have been the first time that's happened since mid-July. No 10 says it is keeping a \"very close eye\" on the situation - and urged people to get their booster jabs. \"We have seen case rates rising, we've started to see some indications that hospitalisations and death rates are increasing also,\" the PM's spokesman says. \"The most important message for the public to understand is the vital importance of the booster programme and indeed for those children who are eligible to come forward and get our jab. \"We're seeing some groups come forward slightly more slowly than they did perhaps when they were getting their first or second vaccination and it's important that the public understand that getting your booster jab is just as important as getting your first and second dose.\" And asked about whether ministers had discussed rolling out the government's \"plan B\" of extra rules for winter - which you can find more about here - he says: \"It remains the case we would only look to use that if the pressure on the NHS was looking to become unsustainable.\"", "The new logo was unveiled by the BBC on Tuesday\n\nThe famous BBC logo has had a makeover after audiences told the corporation its services looked \"old-fashioned\" and \"out of date\".\n\nThe three blocks incorporating the letters BBC will be slightly wider apart and will feature the corporation's own Reith font.\n\nNamed after the BBC's founder, it will replace the current Gill Sans one.\n\nNews and Weather will also have new symbols made up of three blocks placed at different angles for each service.\n\nBBC Sounds, iPlayer, BBC Sport and BBC Bitesize will have similar icons in various different colours.\n\nAnd services like the iPlayer will become easier to use and navigate, the BBC said.\n\n\"As we update our digital services, it makes sense to modernise how we present them too,\" said the BBC's chief customer officer Kerris Bright. \"Updated, recognisable colours, logos and graphics will identify each service and help improve navigation between them.\"\n\nHere's a look at some of the new logos:\n\nOn TV, viewers will see BBC One, Two and Four using updated designs in the segments between programmes from Wednesday (20 October).\n\nOther changes will be brought in gradually over the coming months.\n\nThe BBC said it wanted to modernise \"all aspects of our services so the experience feels coherent wherever you access our content\" adding that it wanted to \"join the dots\" between the different BBC services \"through simplified layouts and graphics\".\n\nThe new BBC logo had a soft launch late last year when it began to appear on BBC Select, the corporation's streaming service for the US and Canada.\n\nSome critics felt the new version wasn't significantly different to the old one and questioned the cost involved.\n\nBut the BBC told The Sun earlier this year: \"We are using our own font - which we own the intellectual rights to - when we update content or BBC products.\n\n\"It would be wrong to suggest the costs of the design of the blocks was significant.\"\n\nIt's understood the precise design costs will not be published as they are commercially confidential.\n\nMany users on Twitter had fun making light of the new logos, with some pointing out an apparent similarity between the new logos and the fictional one in BBC comedy W1A, which lampoons the inner workings of the corporation.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Scott Bryan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHugh Bonneville, who plays the BBC's Head of Values Ian Fletcher on the show, joked online that the fictional Fun Media PR company would have a job on their hands proving in court that the logo had been copied despite their similar-looking pitch in one of the episodes.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Hugh Bonneville This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFellow actor Jason Watkins, who portrays Director of Strategic Governance Simon Harwood replied, also in character, saying the company had noted how the BBC Sounds logo \"is of course an utterly 'opposite colour-way'\".\n\nThe BBC blocks logo was first introduced in 1958 and has gone through various updates over the years, the most recent in 1997.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says she is \"deeply concerned\" about Poland's court ruling\n\nPolish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has accused the EU of blackmail in a heated debate with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen over the rule of law.\n\nThe clash in the European Parliament follows a top Polish court ruling that rejected key parts of EU law.\n\nMrs von der Leyen said she would act to prevent Poland undermining EU values.\n\nIn response, Mr Morawiecki rejected \"the language of threats\" and accused the EU of overstepping its powers.\n\nPoles overwhelmingly support being part of the EU, opinion polls suggest, but Poland's right-wing nationalist government has increasingly been at odds with the union on issues ranging from LGBT rights to judicial independence.\n\nThe latest row has come to a head over an unprecedented and controversial ruling by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal that in effect rejects the core principle that EU law has primacy over national legislation.\n\nThe case, brought by the Polish prime minister, was the first time that an EU member state's leader had questioned EU treaties in a national constitutional court.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mrs von der Leyen told the European Parliament that the European Commission - the EU's executive - was \"carefully assessing this judgement\".\n\nShe said the situation had to be resolved, but she was adamant: \"This ruling calls into question the foundations of the European Union. It is a direct challenge to the unity of the European legal order.\"\n\nVowing to take action, Mrs von der Leyen set out three ways the European Commission could respond to the Polish court judgement.\n\nThe options, she said, were legally challenging the court ruling, withholding EU funds and suspending some of Poland's rights as a member state.\n\nThe European Commission is yet to approve €57bn (£48bn; $66bn) of Covid-19 recovery funds earmarked for Poland, and may not do so until the dispute is settled.\n\nPoland's Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki (R), said his country had been attacked in an \"unjust\" way\n\nIn a speech that ran over his allotted time, Mr Morawiecki said Poland was \"being attacked\" by EU leaders and it was \"unacceptable to talk about financial penalties\".\n\n\"Blackmail must not be a method of policy,\" said Mr Morawiecki of Poland's ruling conservative-nationalist Law and Justice party.\n\nSeeing this fiery debate in Strasbourg, you might wonder whether this so-called Polexit is a real prospect - given that it appears there are two very different legal, political and cultural perspectives set on a collision course.\n\nBut the resounding answer amongst those I've spoken to is no.\n\nOn the EU side, one diplomat recently told me they believed the EU couldn't survive another exit.\n\nSo there are huge political calculations to weigh up here, as well as legal ones.\n\nPresident von der Leyen is under mounting pressure to take action. It's a major test of her presidency.\n\nYou could see on Tuesday she wished to impress upon MEPs she was ready, if needed, to take a tough line. Yet last Friday, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to urge compromise over confrontation.\n\nThere is an argument to say that, if the EU opted for strong action, it could just serve to escalate the crisis and push Poland further away.\n\nBut, if it decides on a more conciliatory course, does the bloc look weak and undermine its entire legal basis?\n\nMr Morawiecki said the Polish court ruling on 7 October had been misunderstood and only questioned one area of EU treaties.\n\nHe said EU treaties must not threaten a member state's constitution, which outline laws and principles that specify how a country should be governed.\n\nThe Polish court ruling and the European Commission's response to it has divided opinion among the political leaders of EU member states.\n\nLuxembourg's Foreign Minister, Jean Asselborn, said the clash threatened the existence of the EU, while Germany's Minister for European affairs, Michael Roth, said the union must not compromise on its founding values.\n\nBut Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said linking issues about the rule of law to funding risked inflicting \"unimaginable harm to European Union unity\".\n\nMr Nauseda offered to mediate EU talks after a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda.\n\nThe tribunal ruling has raised concerns that Poland - like the UK - could exit the EU in a so-called Polexit. But Mr Morawiecki has repeatedly insisted the country has no plans to leave the union.\n\n\"We should not be spreading lies about Polish Polexit,\" he told the European Parliament.\n\nUnlike the UK before its Brexit referendum in 2016, support for membership of the EU remains high in Poland. Mass protests have been held by Poles who back remaining a member.\n\nEarlier this month, more than 100,000 people gathered in the capital, Warsaw, to show their support for Poland's EU membership.\n\nAt one rally, Donald Tusk, former president of the European Council and now leader of the opposition party Civic Platform, called on people to \"defend a European Poland\".", "A government plan that could see MPs face by-elections if they are suspended for sexual harassment or bullying is being debated in the Commons.\n\nIt follows a controversy over Rob Roberts, a Welsh MP who was suspended from Parliament for six weeks in May for sexual misconduct.\n\nA loophole meant he did not face a petition that could trigger a by-election.\n\nLabour says the measures should also apply retrospectively.\n\nIt would mean the rule change would apply to Mr Roberts, a former Tory MP who now sits as an independent after losing the Conservative whip.\n\nHowever, the government is expected to oppose Labour's amendment, meaning it is likely to fail.\n\nIn May, Delyn MP Mr Roberts was suspended for six weeks after Parliament's Independent Expert Panel found he had sexually harassed a member of his staff.\n\nHe apologised and said he would \"continue to serve\" his constituency, and has since spoken in debates in the House of Commons.\n\nHowever, his suspension did not lead to a recall petition - a process where voters can potentially trigger a special election to try and remove them.\n\nThis was because it was handed down by the independent panel, a body set up last year to examine sexual harassment and bullying cases.\n\nUnder the Commons rules, recall petitions are only automatically triggered if an MP is suspended for at least 10 days by a different body, the Commons Standards Committee.\n\nThe committee used to examine sexual harassment and bullying cases, before they were transferred to the independent panel.\n\nRob Roberts was elected as Conservative MP for Delyn in North Wales at the 2019 election\n\nUnder the government's plan, the standards committee would have to mirror any sanction recommended by the independent panel, if it would have triggered a recall petition under the old system.\n\nThe suspensions would run at the same time, but would allow MPs to face a recall petition.\n\nMPs will vote on the plans because Labour have tabled an amendment to them.\n\nLabour argue that the rule changes should apply retrospectively to MPs suspended by the Independent Expert Panel before they were agreed - including Mr Roberts.\n\nThe chairman of the independent panel has come out against this idea, arguing it would undermine the panel's independence.\n\nShadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire said: \"Labour have put forward a solution to close the loophole allowing the person who has recently been found to have sexually harassed to escape a sanction he would otherwise have faced\".\n\n\"The MP has not done the decent thing, so we have to do this and it is perfectly workable.\n\n\"If the government choose to vote it down, they will continue to cover a member who has recently been sanctioned for sexual harassment of staff. His constituents should be able to decide if he is the right person to represent them.\"\n• None MP Rob Roberts told staffer to be 'less alluring'", "Alta Fixsler suffered a brain injury at birth and could not breathe, drink or eat without medical help\n\nA seriously ill two-year-old girl whose parents wanted her to be at home at the end of her life has died in a hospice.\n\nAlta Fixsler, from Salford, suffered a brain injury at birth and died, surrounded by her family, on Monday.\n\nEarlier this month, her parents lost their legal battle against Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust for life support to be withdrawn at home rather than in hospital or a hospice.\n\nHer father told the BBC that Alta \"was our whole world\".\n\nA High Court judge had ruled her treatment should be withdrawn in a children's hospice.\n\nHer father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: \"She passed away in a hospice on Monday. I don't know even how to explain how I am feeling.\n\n\"She fought for her life for three hours after the life support was turned off.\"\n\nFollowing her brain injury at birth, Alta was left unable to breathe, drink or eat without medical help.\n\nHer father said the protracted court battle had been \"very painful\".\n\n\"The trust would not let us take her home,\" he added.\n\nJudges at the High Court ruled Alta's treatment should be withdrawn\n\nThe girl's parents, who are Hasidic Jews, previously lost their fight against the removal of life support. They had argued it was against their faith.\n\nHer father previously told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that taking her home was \"something that we wanted from day one when the doctors said she is not going to live more than a few hours\".\n\nThroughout the legal battle medics insisted Alta had no chance of recovery.\n\nHigh Court judge Mr Justice MacDonald also said her parents' idea of taking her abroad to Israel for alternative treatment would expose her to \"further pain\".\n\nHe said ceasing life-sustaining treatment was in the toddler's \"best interests\" and moving her would cause her discomfort \"for no medical benefit\".\n\nA spokesman for Alta's family said: \"Despite our best efforts and deep discussions to continue Alta's critical care and give her the best possible quality of life, we are distraught at the decision taken by the court to end her life.\n\n\"We strongly believe that making life-changing decisions on behalf of children ought to be a parental right and it is important that we open up the debate around this.\n\n\"We call on the government to look at the current legislation and change it.\"\n\nA spokesman for law firm TKD Solicitors, which represented Alta's parents, said she had been remembered at a funeral service in Israel.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More MPs have opened up about their own personal safety following the death of their colleague, Sir David Amess, who was stabbed multiple times during a meeting with his constituents in Essex on Friday.\n\nMany have spoken of a toxic and increasingly polarised political culture where online trolling has become widespread, ranging from personal insults at one end of the spectrum to direct threats of violence and even death at the other.\n\nLabour MP, Tulip Siddiq, told BBC Breakfast all MPs, especially women, are subject to attack and that her mother feared for her doing the job.\n\nSeveral too have spoken of concerns about the safety of their staff and their families amid calls for security measures to be stepped up, particularly while MPs are in their constituencies meeting voters.\n\nLabour MP Tulip Siddiq has told the BBC her mother feared for her safety.\n\nMs Siddiq said the threats and abuse she gets \"range from very trivial things\" such as commenting on her appearance, her height and her name to \"more sinister\" threats such as advocating violence against her or her family.\n\nShe said being an MP had had a \"constant effect\" on her family for years, especially her parents.\n\nShe recalled the murder of the former Labour MP, Jo Cox, in 2016 and said her own mother called her immediately on hearing an MP had been attacked \"because her first thought was it must have been me\".\n\nShe added: \"It is just this constant effect on her of hearing there has been abuse directed at us, that we're getting death threats, that all of us MPs are constantly racially abused, whether you're from a Jewish faith or have a Muslim last name.\n\n\"Whatever it is, people will pick on you.\n\n\"These keyboard warriors, at some point you do think I just need to ignore them and get on with my job.\n\n\"You do start to develop very thick skin but maybe that's the wrong way to go about it.\"\n\nJames Duddridge attending the vigil for Sir David Amess - their constituencies neighbour each other.\n\nSir David's neighbouring MP in Southend, Conservative James Duddridge, told Radio 4's Today programme about the fears his family and friends live with.\n\n\"No-one that loves me, none of my friends would want me to be a Member of Parliament.\n\n\"The only reason they support it is because they know that that's what I believe is an honourable thing to do, a worthwhile thing to do, something I'd always wanted to do, something that I have enjoyed. \"\n\nLabour MP, Chris Bryant said he received a death threat this weekend after calling for people to be kinder following Sir David's death.\n\nHe said Parliament has been \"turned into a bit of a fortress\" in recent years, but he believed MPs are most vulnerable in their constituencies when they hold surgeries and meeting voters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour MP Chris Bryant says he has been subject to numerous threats in recent years\n\nHe said one of the best things about the British political system is that MPs are \"very accessible\" but \"over the last few years, there has been a terrible ratcheting up of nastiness\".\n\nMr Bryant said he questions \"all the time\" why he does the job but his concerns are \"not just about me\".\n\n\"It's about my staff and it's about my family as well.\"\n\nHe said he went in to politics because he cares about poverty, climate change, human rights and the growing use of food banks.\n\n\"I'm passionate about wanting to change the world and no-one is going to stop me,\" he added.\n\nJustice Secretary Dominic Raab said: \"Although it is shocking and it is heart-wrenching, this is not entirely out of the blue\" because \"everyone has had this experience of intensifying abuse and that tipping in to threats\".\n\nHe said he has had \"three threats to life or limb that have required an intervention in the last two years\".\n\nMr Raab said that while every step must be taken to make sure MPs, especially female politicians, can do their jobs, \"we don't want the terrorists to win, we do not want this wedge placed between us and our communities\".\n\nAnd he said he will continue to have face-to-face surgeries rather than moving all his meetings online.\n\nDowning Street has said that it will be \"down to individual MPs and the police\" whether MPs should continue to meet constituents face to face.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said MPs may \"rightly\" be concerned about their security following the killing of Sir David.\n\nThe spokesman said MPs \"have been contacted by the police to discuss their activities and events so their arrangements can be reviewed.\"\n\nLabour's Jess Phillips said while security advice is welcome, she individually has to \"make the decision about how close I am to my constituents\".\n\n\"Often the best security advice in the world is quite hard to follow when you're in your home town, not just because I want to be a good representative but because I live there\", she said.\n\nShe added that MPs need to \"demystify what politics is\" because \"people don't consider people like me to be frontline workers but that's exactly what we are\".\n\nShadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds told BBC Breakfast he too had received death threats due to his job.\n\n\"I've had incidents since I've become a Member of Parliament, whether it's intimidation while out on the streets, death threats, terrible letters, awful emails.\n\n\"I am in no sense alone in that.\n\n\"I don't know a Member of Parliament who has not suffered in that way.\n\n\"It's clear that something now has to change.\"\n\nDame Eleanor Laing says MPs are \"vilified\" in the media\n\nDeputy Speaker Dame Eleanor Laing told Radio 4's Today it was a \"pity\" the media does not say nice things about MPs when they are still doing their jobs.\n\nShe said: \"It can be deeply upsetting when you know that MPs and ministers are working hard to solve some problem or other and when the matter is discussed in the media, MPs are vilified, ministers are spoken to very harshly and it does help to create a culture of aggression.\n\n\"Why can't we just try to have a culture of kindness?\" she added.", "Dennis Hutchings, 80, denied attempting to murder and cause grievous bodily harm to John Pat Cunningham\n\nAn ex-soldier has died while on trial over a fatal shooting during Northern Ireland's Troubles.\n\nDennis Hutchings, 80, denied attempting to murder and cause grievous bodily harm to John Pat Cunningham.\n\nMr Cunningham, 27, was shot in the back as he ran from an Army patrol near Benburb, County Tyrone, in 1974.\n\nMr Hutchings' trial was adjourned for three weeks due to illness and the court heard on Monday that he had tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe non-jury trial had been sitting at Belfast Crown Court for three days a week to allow Mr Hutchings, who had been suffering from kidney disease, to receive dialysis treatment.\n\nMr Hutchings, from Cawsand in Cornwall, was an ex-member of the Life Guards regiment.\n\nHe also suffered from heart failure and fluid on the lung. He died in the Mater Hospital in Belfast on Monday afternoon.\n\nHis death was confirmed by an Army veterans' group on behalf of his family.\n\nDennis Hutchings' supporters had made an issue of his age and ill-health during a long campaign against his prosecution.\n\nLegal attempts to have his case thrown out failed before it reached trial stage.\n\nHis death will very likely reopen arguments around legacy prosecutions.\n\nThe government is proposing to end all future investigations and court cases related to Troubles incidents prior to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.\n\nPart of its reasoning is to protect veterans.\n\nThis development leaves just one other veteran facing trial, David Holden, who is accused of the manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie in 1988.\n\nAll other recent cases involving former soldiers have collapsed.\n\nUnionist politicians have criticised the decision to prosecute Mr Hutchings.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said there were \"serious questions around those who made the decision that Dennis should stand trial once more\".\n\n\"Whilst understanding the desire of the Cunningham family for justice, we have consistently challenged those in legal authority who insisted that Dennis stand trial again.\n\n\"He was an 80-year-old veteran, in ill-health on dialysis and there was a lack of compelling new evidence.\n\n\"This is a sad indictment on those who want to rewrite history, but also demands serious questions of the Public Prosecution Service about how this trial was deemed to be in the public interest.\"\n\nJohn Pat Cunningham was 27 at the time of his death but had a mental age of between six and 10\n\nUlster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the decision by the Public Prosecution Service to proceed with a trial given Mr Hutchings' ill-health demanded an independent review.\n\n\"The questions must be asked, did this trial hasten Mr Hutchings' death and did it meet the evidential and public interest tests?\" he said.\n\n\"Regrettably that will be too late for the Hutchings family and will be of little comfort to them at this time.\"\n\nTraditional Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister said the \"needless dragging of an 80-year-old soldier through the courts has had a very sad end\".\n\n\"The strain on this man was cruel, with him requiring regular dialysis, while being brought to Belfast to face a trial of dubious provenance,\" he said.\n\nThe Sinn Féin MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone Michelle Gildernew said she was aware of a grieving family following the death of Mr Hutchings, but the Cunningham family also continued to grieve.\n\n\"Let's remember that grief knows no bounds,\" she tweeted.\n\nMr Hutchings had previously lost a Supreme Court challenge to have a trial before a jury.\n\nIn July, the UK government confirmed plans to bring forward legislation to ban all prosecutions related to the Troubles.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the legacy proposals would allow Northern Ireland to \"draw a line under the Troubles\".\n\nThe plans, which are opposed by NI political parties and victims organisations, include an end to all legacy inquests and civil actions related to the conflict.", "Olivia has been the most popular baby name for girls since 2015, pictured, actress Olivia Wilde\n\nBabies born to women under 35 were more likely to be given short, modern names last year compared to older mothers.\n\nOfficial birth data in England and Wales for 2020 showed Olivia and Oliver were still the most popular baby names overall - for the fifth year running.\n\nNew entries into the top 10 included Ivy, Rosie and Archie. Oliver was particularly popular in the North East.\n\nThe largest movers into the top 100 boys' names were Milo (80th) and Otis (96th) and the girls' was Maeve (94th).\n\nData from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed 4,225 baby boys were named Oliver in 2020, down from 4,932 the previous year, while a total of 3,640 newborn girls were named Olivia, down from 4,082.\n\nOlivia and Oliver have been the most popular names in England and Wales since 2015.\n\nThe name of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's son, Archie, moved up the boys' list from 19th to ninth, with 2,944 babies named Archie in 2020, up from 2,544 in 2019. It is the first time Archie has made the top 10.\n\nIt is also the first time Charlie has not been in the top 10 since 2005, slipping to 12th place with a total of 2,810 babies named Charlie in 2020, down from 3,355 in 2019.\n\nSince 2010, Ivy has risen 221 places to become the sixth most popular name for girls in England and Wales in 2020.\n\nArthur and Noah have seen an increase in popularity over the last two decades, both rising more than 200 places in the ranks to the boys' top five in 2019 and 2017 respectively.\n\nIn 2020, the largest movers into the top 100 boys' names were Milo (80th) and Otis (96th), both rising 28 places since 2019.\n\nMaeve has risen 124 places since 2019 and was the largest new entry into the top 100 girls' names (94th).\n\nMuhammad was top in four regions of England and Arthur in three regions.\n\nIn Wales, Noah was the top boys' name but only the fourth most popular name in England and Wales combined.\n\nThe name Archie moved up the boys' list from 19th to ninth\n\nSiân Bradford, from the ONS, said popular culture and celebrities continued to provide inspiration for many parents.\n\n\"Maeve and Otis, characters from the popular programme Sex Education, have seen a surge in popularity in 2020,\" she said.\n\n\"While the name Margot has been rapidly climbing since actress Margot Robbie appeared in the popular film The Wolf of Wall Street.\"\n\nShe added: \" We continue to see the age of mothers having an impact on the choice of baby name.\"\n\nExplaining why it uses mothers' data to glean the most popular baby names, an ONS spokeswoman said: \"To get a complete statistical picture for our baby names analysis, we rely on a mother's data, because information relating to mothers should appear on every birth registration.\"\n\nIn 2019, pop star Dua Lipa and Star Wars' Kylo Ren were among the influences on parents for the choice of baby names.\n• None Dua Lipa sets New Rules on most popular baby names\n• None Baby names in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "David Henderson denies the charge of endangering the safety of an aircraft\n\nA man acted \"recklessly and dangerously\" when he organised a flight carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, a court has heard.\n\nDavid Henderson, 67, of Main Street, Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, enlisted a pilot who was neither qualified nor competent, said prosecutor Martin Goudie.\n\nSala and pilot David Ibbotson died in the crash in January 2019.\n\nMr Henderson denies endangering the safety of an aircraft.\n\nThe defendant had previously admitted a charge of attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation.\n\nEmiliano Sala had just signed with Cardiff City\n\nMr Henderson was scheduled to pilot the flights which took Sala, 28, from Cardiff to Nantes and back again, but could not, as he was on holiday in Paris with his wife, Cardiff Crown Court heard.\n\nInstead, he asked Mr Ibbotson, who he knew, to pilot the flights, despite him not having a commercial licence, Mr Goudie said.\n\nThe court was told that Mr Ibbotson was not competent to fly in the poor weather Mr Henderson knew had been forecast.\n\nHe added Mr Henderson \"ignored certain requirements\" and that the organised flights were \"not operated and organised out of a love for Emiliano Sala or Cardiff City Football Club\", but for his business interests.\n\nThe second flight in the single-engine Piper Malibu came down in the English Channel on 21 January.\n\nSala's body was recovered, but Mr Ibbotson, 59, from Crowley, Lincolnshire, has never been found\n\nIn the summer of 2018, more than six months before the crash, Mr Henderson was told by the aircraft's owners that Mr Ibbotson \"should not pilot the Piper-Malibu again\" after he committed two airspace infringements while flying it.\n\nMr Goudie told the jury the defendant \"was aware that there were issues with Mr Ibbotson's flying from the start\", even before the letters from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).\n\nFollowing the letters, Mr Ibbotson wrote to Mr Henderson suggesting he thought Mr Henderson would not be using him again.\n\nFay Keely, who represented the trust which owned the aircraft, was \"not aware Mr Ibbotson was the pilot\" on either of the flights between Nantes and Cardiff, the court heard.\n\nResponding to Mr Ibbotson, Mr Henderson replied: \"I am just responding to emails from Fay who has forwarded me two letters from CAA.\n\n\"I have always said the flying we do is challenging and everyone has to be on the ball. It is a steep learning curve for someone new to the operation.\n\n\"The prerequisite is a willingness to listen and learn. We both have an opportunity to make money out of the business model but not if we upset clients or draw the attention of the CAA... As self-employed sole traders we both have debtors and creditors and surely you understand that to remain legal we can't take money in advance.\"\n\nThe Piper Malibu N264DB disappeared from radar near the Channel Islands on 21 January.\n\nBut Mr Henderson, who managed the day-to-day operations of the aircraft, had contacted Mr Ibbotson again about flying the aircraft by 5 August.\n\nMr Goudie said: \"Right from the get-go, Mr Henderson was aware he was dealing with someone who had a private licence, not a commercial one.\"\n\nCommunications between Mr Henderson and Mr Ibbotson from August and October 2018, showed Mr Henderson talking about flying at night and flying outside his qualifications.\n\nThe court heard Mr Henderson tried to rearrange the time of the return flight to Cardiff, but this was to avoid incurring costs at Cardiff Airport and not because of Mr Ibbotson's lack of qualifications to fly at night.\n\nMr Goudie told the court the pilot did have an American qualification, which he received in 2014, but he was not allowed to be paid as a private pilot.\n\nHe added Mr Ibbotson never held a commercial pilot's licence in the UK and his rating to fly the type of aircraft expired on 20 November 2018.\n\nOn the night the plane went missing, Mr Goudie said Mr Henderson sent a text message to an aircraft engineer saying \"don't say a word\", and asked others to keep quiet because \"questions may be asked about his flying\".\n\nAnother text to a different recipient said: \"Ibbo has crashed the Malibu and killed himself and VIP pax! Bloody disaster. There will be an enquiry [sic].\"\n\nMr Goudie said: \"It's clear on the evidence that [Mr Henderson] knew Mr Ibbotson well, frequently discussed his qualifications with him and knew he was deficient.\"\n\nHe said Mr Henderson responded to written questions from the CAA in June 2020, and said he \"didn't know the precise status of Mr Ibbotson's licences and ratings\". Mr Goudie said this was a \"lie\".\n\nHe added Mr Henderson denied being the operator of the aircraft at the time, something he now accepts.", "Police had to escort cabinet minister Michael Gove away from a crowd of anti-lockdown protesters who attempted to surround him in central London.\n\nFootage shared on social media show a crowd with video cameras approaching the communities secretary, chanting and shouting, while others questioned him about what they falsely called \"illegal lockdowns\".\n\nIt comes days after the home secretary promised to review MPs' security in the wake of the fatal stabbing of Sir David Amess.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said no arrests have been made, but that it will review officers' body-worn cameras.\n\nA spokesperson for the prime minister said it is \"unacceptable for those who disagree to target individuals\".", "The government has laid out its plans to reduce emissions sharply by 2035 and take the UK towards being a zero carbon economy by 2050. These including more electric cars, planting trees and moving away from gas-powered central heating.\n\nBut what potential hazards are there ahead for ministers?\n\nSome in the prime minister's own party doubt the economic arguments in favour of moving towards what they consider an over-reliance on renewable energy sources.\n\nConservative MP John Redwood asked in the House of Commons what would happen when the sun stopped shining and the wind stopped blowing. Another, Steve Baker, said a lot of \"assumptions\" were involved and asked that ministers carry out a \"comprehensive audit\" of their plans.\n\nTory MP: What happens when the wind doesn't blow?\n\nOthers are concerned about the cost to the general public, particularly those on lower incomes, and the impact that, in turn, may have on their chances at the next election.\n\nCraig Mackinlay said it could become \"electorally difficult\" once people realised the plans \"cost them money\" or mean \"a lifestyle that's not as convenient\".\n\nGiven that the Conservatives have an 80-seat majority, this is unlikely to stop any plans becoming law, but if some of Mr Johnson's backbenchers are not persuaded, there could be some political turbulence.\n\nShadow business secretary Ed Miliband was scathing in his response to the government's announcement, saying there was nothing like \"the commitment we believe is required\", in terms of investment, to cut greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nLabour's commitment to borrow and invest £28bn per year in tackling climate change is a markedly different approach to the Conservatives. The Treasury has said borrowing heavily to cut greenhouse gases goes against the \"polluter pays\" principle and passes the costs on to future taxpayers.\n\nIt's not certain how this will play out in Parliament or whether this could become an important dividing line between the parties - and how it would play with voters.\n\nThe Treasury accepts there will be an overall cost to achieving net zero emissions in the short term, but sources stress the cost of inaction would also be significant.\n\nNo overall figure is given but officials admit new taxes will be needed to recoup the revenue lost from the move away from petrol and diesel fuelled cars, for example.\n\nThe government raised £37bn from fuel duty and vehicle excise duty in the 2019-20 financial year, or about 1.7% of GDP.\n\nA carbon tax could plug some of this, but the takings would dwindle as emissions fall, leaving a big shortfall.\n\nHow will voters feel if their bills go up to cover the costs?\n\nIn an assessment to go with the government's carbon-cutting plans, the Treasury said that \"as with all economic transitions, ultimately the costs and benefits of the transition will pass through to households through the labour market, prices and asset values\".\n\nThere is evidence of public support for stronger measures to tackle climate change, but if households end up having to spend a lot more money to go greener, there could be increased unease among voters that the government will not want ahead of a likely general election in the next couple of years.\n\nIn particular, it is feared this could go down badly in some of the former industrial areas of the the Midlands and northern England where the Conservatives made large gains from Labour in 2019.\n\n\"Any policies we bring in will be designed to be fair across the board,\" the PM's spokesman said.\n\nOne thing most governments agree on is that any effort to reduce emissions must be international if it is to succeed in limiting temperature rises.\n\nWith the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow fast approaching, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hope his plan prompts other countries to make similar commitments and boost the chances of the UK brokering a renewed global effort to cut greenhouse gases.\n\nIf the world's biggest CO2 producers - including the US, China and India - reach an agreement it could ease domestic political pressures and allow him to claim more of an environmental \"legacy\".\n\nUS President Jo Biden and Indian PM Narendra Modi are attending COP26, but China's Xi Jinping is not thought likely to do the same.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage showing a man believed to be Ali Harbi Ali, accused of the fatal stabbing of Sir David Amess\n\nCCTV footage, obtained by the BBC, has emerged showing the man believed to be the suspect in the killing of MP Sir David Amess.\n\nPolice investigating the attack have been gathering CCTV from shops and businesses near where it is believed the alleged killer lived.\n\nSouthend West MP Sir David, 69, was fatally stabbed in Essex on Friday.\n\nAli Harbi Ali, 25, is being held under the Terrorism Act and officers have until Friday to question him.\n\nWhitehall officials have confirmed the man's name to the BBC.\n\nThe CCTV footage shows a man, believed to be the suspect in the case, walking down Gordon House Road, in the direction of Gospel Oak Overground Station\n\nThe manager of a convenience store, on Highgate Road, said on Saturday police had asked to view his CCTV footage from the previous morning and he then gave them a copy.\n\nOther shops along Highgate Road also confirmed police had visited and gathered CCTV footage from the day of Sir David's death.\n\nSir David, who had been an MP since 1983, was meeting constituents at a church in Leigh-on-Sea when he was stabbed multiple times at around 12:05 BST on Friday.\n\nOfficers investigating the case have searched two addresses in the London area.\n\nA 25-year-old man was arrested at the scene of the killing. Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack.\n\nFloral tributes to Sir David were being moved on Tuesday from outside Belfairs Methodist Church, where he was attacked, to his constituency office.\n\nA sign from Southend Borough Council outside the church asks those paying tribute to the MP to leave flowers at Iveagh Hall. A book of condolence is open both there and at the Civic Centre in Southend.\n\nOn Monday, Sir David's family, including his wife Julia, visited the church to read some of the messages left in his memory.\n\nLater MPs paid tribute to their colleague and Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the Queen had given her approval for Southend to be granted city status - something for which Sir David had long campaigned.", "\"None of us are immune\" to addiction, the Duchess of Cambridge warned as she highlighted the \"devastating impact\" of the pandemic on addiction rates.\n\nShe said that by understanding what lies beneath addiction \"we can help remove the taboo and shame that sadly surrounds it\".\n\nCatherine delivered the keynote speech at the launch of the Taking Action on Addiction campaign.\n\nShe also spoke to TV star Ant McPartlin about his struggles with addiction.\n\nThe duchess is patron of addiction charity the Forward Trust, which is behind the Taking Action on Addiction campaign.\n\nShe told the event: \"Addiction is not a choice. No-one chooses to become an addict. But it can happen to any one of us. None of us are immune.\n\n\"Yet it's all too rarely discussed as a serious mental health condition. And seldom do we take the time to uncover and fully understand its fundamental root causes.\"\n\nShe added that by understanding what lies beneath addiction \"we can help remove the taboo and shame\" which surrounds it.\n\nMcPartlin, who compered the event alongside his TV partner Declan Donnelly, struggled with a two-year addiction to super-strength painkillers following a knee operation in 2015.\n\nHe entered rehab after crashing his car while more than twice the alcohol limit in 2018.\n\nHe told the duchess that \"by the time I asked for help, it was bad\" but that \"as soon as you opened up to people [...] the problems start to disappear\".\n\n\"It gets better and help is there,\" he added.\n\nThe duchess also spoke about how the Covid-19 crisis had affected addiction rates, saying some 1.5 million more people were facing problems with alcohol, with almost one million young people experiencing an increase in addictive behaviour.\n\nShe said: \"Around two million individuals who were identified as being in recovery may have experienced a relapse over the past 18 months.\"\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge gave the keynote speech at the launch of the Taking Action On Addiction campaign\n\nShe said that \"we can all play our part\" in helping people with addiction \"by understanding, by listening, by connecting\".\n\nCatherine met beneficiaries of the Forward Trust, as well as former addicts, to hear about their experiences.\n\nShe later joined her husband at a private reception at Kensington Palace to mark the unveiling of the statue of Diana, Princess of Wales.\n\nThe reception had been postponed from July, when the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex officially presented the memorial of their mother.\n\nThe guest list is thought to have included Diana's close friends, former staff and relatives.", "Dennis Hutchings, 80, denied attempting to murder and cause grievous bodily harm to John Pat Cunningham\n\nThe decision to prosecute a former soldier over a fatal shooting during Northern Ireland's Troubles was in the public interest, prosecutors have said.\n\nDennis Hutchings, 80, from Cawsand in Cornwall, died in Belfast on Monday.\n\nHe had denied attempting to murder and cause grievous bodily harm to John Pat Cunningham.\n\nThe Cunningham family said they \"wish to acknowledge that this is a difficult time for his family and they should be given time to grieve\".\n\nMr Cunningham, 27, was shot in the back as he ran from an Army patrol near Benburb, County Tyrone, in 1974.\n\n\"When the time is judged appropriate, the family will respond in more detail to the issues surrounding the prosecution of Dennis Hutchings,\" they said in a statement.\n\n\"We respectfully remind the public of the facts that were pronounced at the trial, which were uncontested.\"\n\nSpeaking before the trial got under way, Mr Hutchings told the BBC he felt ex-soldiers were being used as \"cannon fodder\" by politicians.\n\nMr Hutchings was interviewed earlier in October, shortly before his death, by the BBC's Ireland correspondent Emma Vardy.\n\nHe said that former soldiers were being unfairly reinvestigated for their actions because records were kept by the military on soldiers' activities.\n\n\"Everything a soldier does from the minute a round is fired, it's logged, on the radio, it's logged in the control room.\n\n\"Talking abut the other side, the terrorist sides, there are no records.\"\n\nHe added: \"It was a bloody war between two sides, and we were stuck in the middle, it was my job when I was here to try and keep the peace, try and protect people.\"\n\nMr Hutchings' solicitor, Philip Barden, who had worked with him for 10 years, has called on the government to \"halt the historic prosecution of veterans\".\n\n\"I was with him on Monday shortly before he passed away,\" he added.\n\n\"I hope that the government will now enact a statute of limitation that will end the shameful pursuit of Army veterans in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"This should be known as Dennis' Law as it is the cause that he fought and died for.\"\n\nThe Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions in Northern Ireland, Michael Agnew, said the file submitted to the PPS by police \"included certain evidence not previously available\".\n\nYou can read his full statement here.\n\nThe non-jury trial had been sitting at Belfast Crown Court for three days a week to allow Mr Hutchings, who had been suffering from kidney disease, to receive dialysis treatment.\n\nIt was adjourned on Monday after the court heard he had tested positive for Covid-19. He died in the Mater Hospital in Belfast later that afternoon.\n\nJohn Pat Cunningham was 27 at the time of his death but had a mental age of between six and 10\n\nUnionist politicians have criticised the decision to prosecute Mr Hutchings.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said there were \"serious questions around those who made the decision that Dennis should stand trial once more\".\n\n\"Whilst understanding the desire of the Cunningham family for justice, we have consistently challenged those in legal authority who insisted that Dennis stand trial again.\n\n\"He was an 80-year-old veteran, in ill-health on dialysis and there was a lack of compelling new evidence.\"\n\nUlster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the decision by the Public Prosecution Service to proceed with a trial given Mr Hutchings' ill-health demanded an independent review.\n\n\"The questions must be asked, did this trial hasten Mr Hutchings' death and did it meet the evidential and public interest tests?\" he said.\n\nThe deputy director of public prosecutions said the PPS commenced proceedings against Mr Hutchings in 2015 after \"a careful consideration of a wide range of issues, including the strength of evidence against him and the relevant public interest considerations\".\n\n\"The PPS decision to prosecute Mr Hutchings for attempted murder was taken after an impartial and independent application of the Test for Prosecution,\" Michael Agnew added.\n\n\"Whilst a review of a previous 'no prosecution' decision does not require the existence of new evidence, the police investigation in this case resulted in a file being submitted to the PPS which included certain evidence not previously available.\n\n\"In the course of the proceedings there were rulings by High Court judges that the evidence was sufficient to put Mr Hutchings on trial and also that the proceedings were not an abuse of process. \"\n\nDennis Hutchings' supporters had made an issue of his age and ill-health during a long campaign against his prosecution.\n\nLegal attempts to have his case thrown out failed before it reached trial stage.\n\nHis death will very likely reopen arguments around legacy prosecutions.\n\nThe government is proposing to end all future investigations and court cases related to Troubles incidents prior to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.\n\nPart of its reasoning is to protect veterans.\n\nThis development leaves just one other veteran facing trial, David Holden, who is accused of the manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie in 1988.\n\nAll other recent cases involving former soldiers have collapsed.\n\nMr Agnew said the PPS recognised concerns \"in some quarters\" in relation to the decision to prosecute.\n\n\"However, where a charge is as serious as attempted murder, it will generally be in the public interest to prosecute.\"\n\nNorthern Ireland Veterans Commissioner Danny Kinahan said he was \"incredibly sad to learn of the passing\" of Mr Hutchings.\n\n\"It has to be recognised that we need a fair, balanced and proportionate system that has been promised,\" he said.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson's official spokesman said \"sincere condolences go to the family, friends and loved ones of Dennis Hutchings\".\n\n\"The Ministry of Defence supported Mr Hutchings throughout his trial with legal representation and pastoral care, and that will continue to be offered to his family,\" he said.\n\n\"This tragic case highlights that the criminal justice approach broadly is no longer working and that is why we are committed to introducing new legislation to bring greater certainty for all communities, including the veterans and families of victims.\"\n\nSinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill said while she was conscious of Mr Hutchings' grieving family, she was also thinking of the family of John Pat Cunningham, who had been campaigning for 47 years.\n\n\"They shouldn't have had to wait this long,\" she said.\n\n\"My message today would be very straightforward to the British government - get on with implementing the Stormont House Agreement, find a way to allow families to have closure, to deal with the past in an adequate way.\n\n\"We agreed that many, many years ago in the Stormont House Agreement and the proposals they have put on the table at this moment in time are not acceptable to anyone.\"\n\nJohnny Mercer, Plymouth MP and former veterans minister, who travelled to Northern Ireland with Dennis Hutchings, said he was devastated by his death.\n\n\"He was polite, kind, generous and strong. He was determined to prove his innocence,\" Mr Mercer said.\n\n\"I have huge admiration and respect for his resilience, and that of his family and his partner, Kim.\n\n\"In a nation that is quick to forget the price of the freedoms we enjoy, it was a privilege to be close to him, and I remain fiercely proud of him.\"\n\nMeanwhile, relatives of Troubles victims were in London on Tuesday lobbying politicians in their campaign against the government's legacy proposals\n\nIn July, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis announced plans for a statute of limitations which would end all prosecutions related to the Troubles up to April 1998 and would apply to military veterans as well as ex-paramilitaries.\n\nThe proposals, which the prime minister said would allow Northern Ireland to \"draw a line under the Troubles\", would also end all legacy inquests and civil actions related to the conflict.\n\nAt Westminster on Tuesday afternoon, a cross-party group of MPs signed an open letter \"totally rejecting\" the UK government's proposals on how to deal with legacy issues.\n\nIt was signed by, among others, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Louise Haigh, SDLP leader and Foyle MP Colum Eastwood and MP Joanna Cherry from the Scottish National Party.\n\nSpeaking outside Parliament, campaigner Raymond McCord, whose son Raymond Jr was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries in 1997, called on the prime minister \"to take these proposals away\" and said they have to be scrapped\".\n\nHe said they had received \"total support from every political party at Westminster except the Tories\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Covid took my healthy body and gave me one that just didn't work\"\n\nA woman battling long Covid for 18 months has said she feels angry and frustrated at the lack of help in Northern Ireland.\n\nZoe McNulty, 27, from Londonderry feels people have been left relying on internet support groups for help.\n\nThere are still no dedicated health services for those living with long Covid symptoms in Northern Ireland.\n\nBut the health department has pledged to start services by the end of October.\n\nLong Covid clinics were opened across England in November 2020.\n\nMs McNulty told BBC Northern Ireland's Spotlight programme: \"You see people over in England going to long Covid clinics and they're doing really well.\n\n\"No offence to the [Northern Ireland] government but they've been happy to leave me sitting here.\n\n\"If I had a long Covid clinic months ago, could I have been better by now? I am essentially just left in the dark, like, figure it out on your own.\"\n\nRebecca Logan, a former fitness instructor and nurse, is an advocate for long Covid sufferers in Northern Ireland.\n\nShe said the situation was \"desperate and inexcusable\".\n\n\"Since this time last year, I have been trying to get answers about when we will get health service help,\" she said.\n\nSymptoms of long Covid can include extreme fatigue, breathlessness and brain fog\n\nMs Logan said the situation was \"absolutely appalling\".\n\n\"Large numbers of working-age people have been left with no support or guidance from the NHS, while they become more and more debilitated.\"\n\nThe programme also features Newtownards pastor Mark McClurg who faced a life-threatening battle with Covid in March 2020 and still has long Covid.\n\nHe said: \"My faith is what I am. It's what's carried me through from ICU to this moment in time.\n\n\"And the amount of people who have continually prayed for me, that's just so humbling.\"\n\nThe Department of Health (DoH) said it intends to have new services for the treatment and assessment of long Covid available in all health trust areas by the end of October.\n\nHowever, the department admitted to Spotlight that it also has not yet collected the data required to assess what services are actually needed.\n\nMs McNulty belives she caught Covid-19 while working in a pharmacy in March 2020\n\nAn estimated 20,000 people in Northern Ireland have some form of long Covid.\n\nMs McNulty suspects she caught Covid-19 while working in a pharmacy in March 2020.\n\nShe is no longer able to work or study, and had to end her three-year relationship with her Italian boyfriend.\n\n\"There is a fear that this could be forever. That this could be my life,\" she said.\n\nMs Logan now uses a wheelchair and walking stick because she can't walk far without being breathless.\n\n\"I hosted a meeting of people with long Covid the other night, and there were people so desperate and even crying,\" she said.\n\n\"People in their 40s, young children, all ages. People grieving the life they had before long Covid hit them, it's heart-breaking.\"\n\nOne-in-10 people in the UK with Covid-19 are self-reporting long Covid symptoms, according to an ONS survey\n\nIn the UK, long Covid is broadly defined as a condition that develops during or after the initial Covid-19 infection; continues for more than 12 weeks; and its symptoms cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis.\n\nMore than 200 symptoms have been linked to the illness, but some of the main symptoms are: extreme fatigue, breathlessness, brain fog (neurological and memory loss), heart problems and severe headaches.\n\nMore than one-in-10 people in the UK who have had Covid-19 are self-reporting with long Covid symptoms, according to a recent survey by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).\n\nIt is estimated that about £2.5m a year will be needed for long Covid support in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Department of Health said there are difficulties collecting data on long Covid because of a changing picture in which some people recover but others become ill.\n\nInformation is now being gathered but it will be a number of months before there is enough to analyse, the department said.", "Minogue said she \"couldn't believe\" the public reaction to the news\n\nSinger Kylie Minogue has confirmed she is moving back to Australia after 30 years of living in the UK.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 2's Zoe Ball she \"couldn't believe\" the public reaction to the news.\n\nBut Minogue said she will \"always\" want to regularly visit the UK after she moves back to the country of her birth.\n\nShe said: \"I've had friends call me, my friend at my local restaurant was like: 'Kylie, what do you mean? You can't go'.\"\n\n\"I said: 'I'm not really going. I've lived here for 30 years, I'm always going to be back.\"'\n\nThe 53-year-old said she does not think \"too much will change\" after her move as she will come back often.\n\n\"I can't not be here, are you kidding?\" she said. \"I have spent a lot of time with my family this year in Australia and it felt really good and I have been talking about that for a while. Don't worry, I will not be a stranger.\"\n\nMinogue's new single is a collaboration with Years & Years singer Olly Alexander\n\nMinogue also discussed the possibility of going on tour again. \"I'm dreaming of doing dates,\" she told the Radio 2 breakfast show host.\n\n\"We are inching closer to being able to do something like that. Patience. I can't wait.\"\n\nMinogue added: \"Keep your disco outfit not too far away. Not at the back of the cupboard.\"\n\nThe singer's new single A Second To Midnight, is a collaboration with Years & Years star Olly Alexander, who recently starred in Channel 4 drama It's a Sin.\n\n\"We shot the video a couple of weeks ago, which was super fun and I just can't wait for people to hear this,\" she said. \"[Alexander is] so sweet and gorgeous\".\n\nMinogue, who shot to fame after appearing in soap opera Neighbours, has had a hugely successful pop career with hits including Love At First Sight, Can't Get You Out of My Head, Slow, I Should Be So Lucky and Spinning Around.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "London Heathrow Airport was among the airports affected\n\nPassengers at some UK airports faced delays after self-service passport gates were hit by faults for the second time in weeks.\n\nTravellers arriving at Heathrow on Wednesday morning described the queues as a \"total disgrace\".\n\nGatwick and Edinburgh airports were also affected by the fault.\n\nThe Home Office said the problems with the e-gates, which are operated by UK Border Force, were caused by a technical issue and have been resolved.\n\nThe self-service gates allow travellers with biometric passports to pass through border control without a manual inspection.\n\nE-gates also stopped working for several hours on 24 September following a systems failure, which meant passengers had to wait to have their travel documents inspected by staff.\n\nPassengers arriving at Heathrow spoke of the \"shambles\" that greeted them.\n\nChristian Jones, 41, returning from a trip to Finland, told the PA news agency: \"The queues were snaking out of the arrivals hall all the way down the corridor and into the connecting flights corridor... I queued for one hour but others, I believe, queued for about four hours.\"\n\nA Heathrow spokeswoman said a \"systems failure\" had impacted the e-gates\n\nVibhaker, 73, who did not wish to give her surname, was waiting at arrivals in the airport for her niece, who was travelling to the UK to start a masters course in sports medicine.\n\n\"The whole area was [a] total shambles, heavily crowded with no possibility of social distancing. She got out after three hours... [a] total disgrace.\"\n\nGeorge Zarkadakis, an artificial intelligence engineer from London, wrote on Twitter: \"System for scanning passports is down (again). Expected time of waiting for arriving passengers: 2-4 hours.\n\n\"I think I'll stay home next time... and stick to Zoom calls.\"\n\nChristian Jones, who took this photo, said the queues were snaking out of the arrivals hall\n\nA Heathrow spokeswoman said a \"systems failure\" had impacted the e-gates.\n\n\"This issue, which impacted a number of ports of entry, has since been resolved and the e-gates at Heathrow are back up and running again.\n\n\"Our teams remain on hand and are working with Border Force to monitor the situation, and to get passengers on their way as quickly as possible.\"\n\nA Home Office spokeswoman said: \"This morning a technical issue affected e-gates at a number of ports. The issue was quickly identified and has now been resolved.\n\n\"We have been working hard to minimise disruption and continue to monitor the situation closely.\n\n\"We apologise to all passengers for the inconvenience caused.\"", "Council tax in England could rise by as much as £220 per year within three years, researchers have said.\n\nThis is to keep local services running and help pay for social care reforms, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think tank said.\n\nIt comes amid warnings that councils continue to face severe funding pressures due to the pandemic and must find new sources of income.\n\nThe government said it had given them £12bn since the start of the crisis.\n\nUnder current government spending plans, council tax bills will need to rise by at least 3.6% a year just to keep services running at pre-pandemic levels, the IFS said.\n\nThat would mean bills would have to rise by £160 by 2024-25, it said.\n\nBut extra cost pressures that eat into central government grants could easily push up council tax by 5% a year, or £220 by 2024-25, it said.\n\nIn addition, the government's plans for social care, which include capping costs, won't be completely paid for by a planned rise in National Insurance contributions, the IFS said.\n\nThe plans are likely to cost £5bn per year eventually, it said, nearly three times the funding currently allocated.\n\nThe government has made much of the idea that after decades of governments neglecting the increasingly pressing issue of underfunded social care, this was a nettle it was determined to grasp.\n\nWhat's concerning in the IFS report is who might get stung.\n\nA large part of the goal of the social care reforms was to address unfairness in the means-testing system.\n\nBut the IFS report highlights the risk that, without further funding, it could create new unfairness elsewhere.\n\nTo extend publicly-funded care to those who've spent £86,000 of their own money on fees will cost extra, and local authorities may only be able to recoup that by tightening eligibility criteria - so many poorer people lose access.\n\nSecond, the way the funds are allocated to local authorities dates back to 2013.\n\nBecause some areas like Blackpool have seen their populations fall, but others, like Tower Hamlets have seen them jump since then, the risk is that the money won't go where it needs to.\n\nIFS research economist Kate Ogden said: \"The government has stepped up with billions in additional funding for councils to support them through the last 18 months.\n\n\"It is likely to have to find billions more for councils over the next couple of years if they are to avoid cutting back on services, even if they increase council tax by 4% a year or more.\"\n\nShe said that the coming financial year is \"likely to be especially tough\", with ongoing Covid-19-related pressures and squeezes on budgets\n\nShe added that the local government funding system was \"hopelessly out of date\", being based on 2013 population levels, leading to \"unfairness\" in the distribution of resources between councils.\n\nCouncil tax goes towards funding local services such as policing, the fire service and street cleaning. The funding is topped up with grants from central government and business taxes.\n\nHowever, these central government grants were slashed between 2009-10 and 2019-20, especially in areas such as public transport, housing and planning.\n\nThe Local Government Association said councils \"continue to face severe funding and demand pressures that will stretch the local services our communities rely on to the limit\".\n\n\"The significant financial pressures facing local services cannot be met by council tax income alone,\" said LGA chairman James Jamieson. \"Councils are particularly alarmed that the government's solution for tackling social care's core existing pressures appears to be solely through the use of council tax, and the social care precept.\"\n\nMr Jamieson called for local services to be \"the top priority\" in the upcoming Spending Review.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"The government has allocated more than £12bn directly to councils since the start of the pandemic - with more than £6bn available to spend as they see fit - recognising that councils are best placed to deal with local issues.\n\n\"We have also taken historic action to fix the social care crisis - the Health and Social Care Levy will raise £12bn a year to fund the NHS and social care.\n\n\"The Spending Review will continue to focus on supporting jobs and delivering the public's key priorities.\"", "R. Kelly was found guilty of sex trafficking last month\n\nYouTube has removed two of R. Kelly's channels following his sex trafficking conviction last month.\n\nThe singer used his status to sexually abuse women and children over 20 years, a jury found.\n\nYouTube's taken down RKellyTV and RKellyVevo, saying the decision is \"in accordance with our creator responsibility guidelines\".\n\nThe singer won't be able to create any new channels, but his music will still be available on YouTube Music.\n\nHis tracks will stay on the audio-streaming service, and music videos of his that are posted by other YouTube users will stay up.\n\nThe platform has taken down channels after convictions before, such as in the case of USA gymnastics coach Larry Nassar, who was jailed for molesting hundreds of young gymnasts.\n\nR. Kelly's due to be sentenced in May next year and could spend the rest of his life in prison.\n\nThe MuteRKelly campaign, which wants the singer's music to stop being broadcast or streamed, has called on other major platforms to follow YouTube's move.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by MuteRKelly-Official This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNewsbeat has contacted Apple, Spotify and Amazon to see if they're making changes or not.\n\nR. Kelly's trial heard from 11 accusers - nine women and two men - who described the sexual humiliation and violence they went through.\n\nAfter two days of discussion, the jury found the singer guilty on all nine charges he was facing.\n\nHe's one of the most famous people to face sex charges since the #MeToo movement, which was sparked by sexual assault claims against the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Amazon is expanding its presence on the High Street by opening its first non-food store in the UK.\n\nThe shop, in the Bluewater shopping mall near Dartford, will sell around 2,000 of its most popular and best-rated products.\n\nIt's called Amazon 4-star, because every item has been given more than four stars by customers.\n\nHowever, one retail expert said the shop could be \"muddled and uninspiring\".\n\nThis will be the first Amazon 4-star store outside the US, where there are already more than 30 outlets.\n\nThe range of products, which takes in books, consumer electronics, toys, games and homeware, reflects what Amazon customers are buying online.\n\nThere's a \"Most Wished For\" section, for instance, showing the most popular products from customers' wish lists.\n\nDigital price tags are used to ensure the prices are the same in-store and online. Shoppers don't need to have an Amazon account to use it.\n\nAnd customers will also be able to collect items ordered online as well as return items without the need for packaging and labels.\n\nAndy Jones, director of Amazon 4-star UK, declined to say how many more stores he plans to open in the UK.\n\nThis global giant is often accused of killing the High Street by undercutting traditional retailers and paying less tax.\n\nNow it's moving onto their physical patch as well.\n\nHowever, retail expert Natalie Berg said the Amazon move \"is purely about experimentation\".\n\nThe giant's aim, she said, is to encourage more online shopping.\n\n\"This is not about shifting more product; it's about baiting shoppers into Amazon's ecosystem,\" Ms Berg said.\n\n\"It's about getting shoppers to engage with Amazon's devices, reminding Prime customers of the value in their memberships, and offering additional choice when it comes to collection and returns of online orders.\"\n\nAmazon has already opened six grocery convenience stores in the UK with checkout-free technology.\n\nBut Ms Berg said the jury is still out as to whether the world's most disruptive retailer can do one of the most fundamental retail tasks - run stores.\n\n\"The 4-star concept has the potential to be a bit muddled and uninspiring,\" she said.\n\n\"The store features a smorgasbord of products, the result of Amazon's very scientific, data-led approach to physical retail.\n\n\"But when you strip out the high-tech touches, I struggle to see how it differentiates from any other retailer,\" says Ms Berg.\n\nLandlords, though, may welcome the move as they try to find new players to take on empty shops, driven largely by our shopping habits moving online.", "Farmers have warned that a mass cull may be necessary if the labour shortage is not addressed soon\n\nThe prime minister is not taking the prospect of a national pig cull seriously, according to a top vet.\n\nSome 600 pigs have already been shot and a mass cull is \"the next stage\", the National Pig Association said.\n\nBoris Johnson asked a journalist if he had ever eaten a bacon sandwich, saying: \"Those pigs when you ate them, were not alive\".\n\nVet Duncan Berkshire, who is involved in planning any cull, said the remarks were \"enormously disappointing\".\n\nMr Berkshire is liaising with the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) over the logistics of tackling farms' overcrowding concerns as adult pigs are not being slaughtered fast enough.\n\nAbattoir labour shortages are being blamed on Brexit and the Covid pandemic.\n\nMr Berkshire said: \"Unfortunately those discussions are around the horrific case where we are looking at not only when, but also how, we will have to enact a cull of healthy animals which would then just go for incineration,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nHe said the numbers of pigs that had already been culled \"are unfortunately starting to rack up\".\n\n\"We are already at a few hundred at the moment. But if we don't get movement soon on the backlog of pigs that is present on farms at the moment, we are going to have to enact some of these more drastic actions.\"\n\nPig farmers protested outside the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Monday\n\nWhen asked about the prime minister's remarks, Mr Berkshire told Today: \"He is unable to see the difference between what we have as a UK supply chain...[and] the absolute abhorrent food wastage that will be the case if we end up having to shoot healthy pigs\".\n\nHe said the animals \"in every other way would be fit for everyone to eat but we are just going to end up having to put them in a skip and send them for incineration\".\n\n\"It's distressing enough just having to start planning for that absolute wastage,\" he said.\n\nPig farmer Kate Morgan said Mr Johnson's comments were an \"absolute insult\" and a \"kick in the teeth\".\n\nShe said unless the government solves the shortage of butchers in processing plants by issuing short-term visas for foreign workers, she may have to cull pigs on her East Yorkshire farm \"by the end of October\".\n\nZoe Davies, chief executive of the National Pig Association said there was difference between animals being killed for food and culled.\n\nResponding to the PM's comments, she said: \"These animals were going to feed the nation. It should not be allowed to happen.\"\n\nShe called on the government to increase the number of worker visas for abattoirs, and to lower the English language requirement.\n\n\"At the moment it's the same level as doctors or vets\", she said.\n\nShe warned that while there has not been a mass cull of pigs yet, such a measure is \"the next stage in the process\".\n\nOne Yorkshire farmer had to kill hundreds of \"perfectly healthy, viable piglets\" as he no longer had space for them, a friend told the BBC.", "A Missouri man has been executed for murder despite pleas for clemency by advocates who said he had an intellectual disability.\n\nErnest Johnson received a lethal injection on Tuesday after the US Supreme Court refused to consider a stay of execution earlier in the day.\n\nThe 61-year-old's pleas for leniency had received support from Pope Francis and two members of Congress.\n\nAttorneys for Johnson argued he was ineligible for the death penalty because multiple IQ tests had shown he had the mental capacity of a child and read at a primary school level.\n\nJohnson, a black man, had been born with foetal alcohol syndrome after his mother drank heavily during her pregnancy.\n\nHe had also been missing a fifth of his brain tissue since 2008 after undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumour.\n\nAttorneys pointed to a 2002 Supreme Court ruling that asserts that using the death penalty against Americans with intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution, which prohibits \"cruel and unusual punishments\".\n\nHowever, the US state's top court denied Johnson a stay of execution last year and refused to take up his case again. The state's Republican governor had also refused to block the sentence from being carried out.\n\nElected officials, racial justice activists and faith leaders joined the efforts to spare Johnson's life.\n\nA representative of Pope Francis - who in 2018 changed the teachings of the Catholic faith to officially oppose the death penalty in all circumstances - wrote last week to Missouri's governor that the pope \"wishes to place before you the simple fact of Mr Johnson's humanity and the sacredness of all human life\".\n\nBut on Monday, Governor Mike Parson announced the state would \"deliver justice and carry out the lawful sentence Mr Johnson received in accordance with the Missouri Supreme Court's order\".\n\nWriting in support of the execution, Attorney General Eric Schmitt said that the facts of Johnson's actions \"plainly reflect the offender's ability to plan, strategise, calculate, and scheme effectively\".\n\nJohnson had asked to be executed by firing squad but his request was denied by the Missouri Supreme Court, and he was instead executed by lethal injection.\n\nIn a handwritten statement before his death, Johnson apologised for his crimes and thanked his family, friends and lawyer for their support.\n\nHe is the first inmate to be put to death in the state since May 2020 and the seventh to be executed in the US this year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.", "A sandstorm that lasted 20 minutes has caused significant damage to houses in the town of Catanduva in São Paulo, Brazil.\n\nSandstorms also blanketed other cities and towns in the state causing the sky to turn different shades of orange and brown. The skylines across the state changed colour as strong winds combined with a drought that has hit the country.\n\nNot all droughts are due to climate change, but excess heat in the atmosphere is drawing more moisture out of the earth and making droughts worse.\n\nThe world has already warmed by about 1.2C since since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nEmma Raducanu says it has been \"pretty cool\" to receive the congratulations of other players at Indian Wells, but now is the time to get back to business.\n\nThe US Open champion, 18, has a bye to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in California as the 17th seed.\n\nShe will face world number 100 Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus on Friday in her first match since winning in New York.\n\n\"It's really nice,\" the Briton said of the congratulations of her peers.\n\n\"All the players are very friendly. I'm still very new on the tour - so it's pretty cool.\n\n\"But I haven't really spent too much time hanging around. I've just been training and getting about my business, and then leaving.\"\n\nSince becoming the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam singles title, Raducanu has attended the Met Gala and the London premiere of the new James Bond film.\n\nShe added: \"It's been a very cool three weeks. I got to experience some great things that I probably never would have got to do before.\"\n\nRaducanu is currently without a permanent coach having decided against extending her short, but incredibly successful, partnership with Andrew Richardson.\n\nShe is being assisted in Indian Wells by Jeremy Bates, who works with the British number six Katie Boulter as part of his duties as a Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) national coach.\n\n\"Jeremy is part of women's tennis at the LTA, so while he's here, he's helping me out,\" Raducanu said.\n\n\"But going forwards, I'm just going to wait and try and find the right person. I'm not going to rush into anything. I want to make sure I make the right decision.\n\n\"I'm just looking for the general things in a coach, really. Someone you get along with well, and someone who can push you.\"\n\nSasnovich, 27, booked her meeting with Raducanu thanks to a 6-0 6-4 win over Colombia's Maria Camila Osorio in round one.\n• None Trained to protect others but can these fighting witches protect themselves?", "Next chief executive Lord Wolfson has said labour shortages could be solved by companies hiring overseas workers and paying a \"visa tax\".\n\nStaff were not available in the places needed and seasonal workers were difficult to recruit, he told the BBC's Today programme.\n\nNext has warned warehouse and logistics staffing is under pressure.\n\nThe comments are the latest in exchanges between the pro-Brexit Tory peer and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nMr Johnson said Lord Wolfson \"doesn't want any kind of control or restraint on the number of people that he can access from abroad to run his business\".\n\nBut in response, Lord Wolfson said this was \"absolutely not\" the case.\n\nLord Wolfson suggested businesses could get visas for skills they \"desperately need\" and recommended that they should have to pay UK workers the same amount as overseas workers. To make this competitive, he argued businesses should have to pay a \"visa tax on top - lets say 7% of wages\".\n\n\"We need to design a system that delivers the skills but at the same time makes sure UK workers are not deprived of opportunities that they might want,\" he said.\n\nHe added that this solution would \"ensure people are not being brought into the UK to undercut UK workers because they will always be more expensive and it provides the skills Britain desperately needs to keep its industry moving\".\n\nHe suggested that only UK businesses should be able to apply for these visas, rather than workers, and that it should not cost the employers more than recruiting in the UK.\n\nThe retail chain currently pays store sales consultants and stock assistants between £6.55 to £9.21 an hour and warehouse operatives between £9.30 and £11.26 an hour.\n\nAt Next, Lord Wolfson said that warehouse wages had gone up by around 60% in the last 10 years and 70% for Christmas wages, and added that \"wages have already gone up significantly\".\n\nBut, he said the firm was still finding that there were not enough workers in particular areas who wanted to move for short periods of time.\n\nLast week, Next warned of price rises and staff shortages before Christmas unless immigration rules were eased.\n\nIt also said higher shipping costs, particularly for larger furniture items, were pushing up its prices.\n\nThe company's warning over potential staffing issues during the festive period was made in its half-year results, which showed profit before tax was up by 5.9% compared to 2019 levels.\n\nThe firm said rising shipping costs had driven up prices by about 2%, with its larger home products \"bearing the brunt of the increase\".\n\nIt added that in the first half of next year, it expected prices to increase by an average 2.5%, with homeware prices up 6%.", "A California man is suing a psychic who he says falsely claimed she could remove a curse put on his marriage by a witch hired by his ex-girlfriend.\n\nMauro Restrepo said Sophia Adams promised she could save his marriage if he paid $5,100 (£3,742) to exorcise the spell, according to a fraud suit filed with the Torrance Superior Court.\n\nMs Adams allegedly told Mr Restrepo he and his family would be \"unhappy and in danger\" if the curse was not lifted.\n\nHe is now seeking $25,000 in damages.\n\nIncluded among several other allegations made by Mr Restrepo are charges of negligence, civil conspiracy and both intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.\n\nMr Restrepo said that he contacted Ms Adams after searching for psychics on Google.\n\nMs Adams' website bills her as a \"psychic love specialist\" and \"Ph.D Life Coach,\" which the suit claims \"made plaintiff more confident that he was speaking with a professional that could help him\".\n\nDuring the session, Ms Adams read his tarot cards and told him he had \"mala suerte\", or \"bad luck\", placed on him \"by a witch hired by his ex-girlfriend\" and unless the curse was removed it would ruin Mr Restrepo, his children and his marriage, the court papers say.\n\nDespite making an initial deposit of $1,000, Mr Restrepo says that Ms Adams' \"did not in any way help\" his marriage and he had been suffering from sleepless nights, anxiety and anguish.\n\nThe lawsuit also names as defendants Ms Adams' husband, daughter and landlords.", "Every party conference ends with the headline event - the leader's speech.\n\nAnd it is safe to say Boris Johnson knew how to please his audience.\n\nThe flowery language, the historical references, the bashing of the opposition - they were all there in spades.\n\nAnd the membership laughed and applauded along, with particular cheers for ending cancel culture, encouraging capitalism and the success of British sports stars.\n\nThe speech itself was not policy heavy - we counted one new announcement in 45 minutes - and there was no whooping at the mentions of tax or climate targets.\n\nIt was also bordering on breathless, as the PM kept up the pace of his performance.\n\nBut what seemed to matter to the gathered party faithful was the humour, the bravado and the positivity of their leader, which they believe makes him popular with the wider public.\n\nThis is only the reaction to the speech in the Conservative conference bubble of course, and we can't say how it will have played out in living rooms across the country.\n\nBut from a party perspective, the PM seems to have the crowd onside, and if there are any doubts about his leadership, you wouldn't hear them here.\n\nThe audience lapped up the PM's jokes and optimistic outlook Image caption: The audience lapped up the PM's jokes and optimistic outlook", "New Education Minister Jeremy Miles helped deliver healthy eating lessons this week - and has pledged to deliver an affective exam grading system\n\nStudents and parents should have confidence in how grades in Wales will be awarded this year, the new education minister has said.\n\nGCSE and A-Levels will be decided by schools and colleges after exams were cancelled in a bid to avoid a repeat of last summer's exam \"fiasco\".\n\nBut one headteacher has said the workload for staff was \"extraordinary\".\n\nEducation minister Jeremy Miles said the \"right balance\" had been struck in \"extremely challenging\" circumstances.\n\nThe system for deciding grades descended into chaos in he middle of the coronavirus pandemic last summer after thousands of results were downgraded by examining officials.\n\nIt led to the previous education minister issuing an apology and abandoning the results, instead relying on teachers' original estimated exam grades.\n\nThis summer's results are being determined by teachers after exams were cancelled - but many schools have scheduled assessments to collect evidence for grades.\n\nThe head at one south Wales secondary said staff and students were under \"immense pressure\".\n\n\"There's around 30,000 grades that we as a school need to award to students,\" said Hugo Hutchison, head of the 1,700-pupil Monmouth Comprehensive School.\n\nMr Miles says he has confidence in this year's approach to grading\n\n\"For each of those 30,000 grades we need to write an individual subject record. It is an enormous amount of work.\n\n\"And for each of those grades, there are also a number of assessments, a number of papers that counts towards it.\"\n\nMr Hutchison said it felt the assessment model this year was like \"building an aeroplane, whilst we are already flying it\".\n\nIt said this was all at an \"incredibly difficult time\" for pupils who have lived through the Covid pandemic.\n\nRebecca Williams from the Welsh teaching union UCAC said her members were \"under strain\".\n\n\"The want learners to get their results and for those to be fair,\" she said.\n\n\"But doing that is putting immense strain on individuals and on the system as a whole.\"\n\nThe head of the Welsh exams body WJEC said he accepted reaction to how the grading system was working had been \"fairly mixed\".\n\n\"But I think the system coming together is trying to provide the best option it can under very difficult circumstances,\" said Ian Morgan\n\nWJEC exam board chief Ian Morgan accepts there are \"difficulties and pressures\" under this year's system\n\nMr Morgan said schools and colleges had been given \"flexibility\" to use a range of evidence to back-up grades, including tests and access to past exam papers.\n\n\"I think from the learners point of view, learners just want fairness,\" he added.\n\n\"From a parent's point of view, parents want to know that learners are being treat fairly and appropriately.\n\nMr Morgan said he recognised there were \"difficulties and pressures\" for schools implementing the grading system.\n\n\"I understand it's challenging and I'm not walking away from the challenge that it has created,\" he said. \"The schools and colleges know their learners best.\"\n\nWales' new education minister said he thought the grading system was \"deliverable\".\n\n\"I've seen an extraordinary effort put in to design a system with school leaders which is credible and equitable,\" said Mr Miles.\n\n\"So, that balance of trusting teachers to make the judgments they can make about the attainment of their pupils on the one hand, but also having a mechanism to ensure consistency across the system - I think that balance has been struck.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Patsy Stevenson was issued a £200 fixed penalty notice following her arrest\n\nA woman who was pictured being arrested at the Sarah Everard vigil has said \"about 50\" police officers have since contacted her via a dating app, leaving her \"terrified\".\n\nPatsy Stevenson, 28, said the officers approached her on Tinder after she was handcuffed at the vigil on 13 March.\n\nShe said they knew she was \"fearful of police\" and had done it \"for a reason\".\n\nThe Met said its officers \"must abide by our high standards of professional behaviour, both on and off duty\".\n\nHundreds attended the vigil on Clapham Common in south London following the death of Ms Everard, who was murdered by Met Police officer Wayne Couzens after he abducted her while she was walking home.\n\nThe event had been cancelled after the Met said it would be illegal under lockdown restrictions.\n\nMs Stevenson said the event was \"a turning point\", where \"everyone realised we actually we all go through the same things\", but the \"sombre atmosphere... turned very scary very quickly\" after police started trying to disperse the crowd.\n\nShe was handcuffed and held down by two officers, and was also issued with a £200 fine.\n\nShe has since launched legal action against the Met Police over the arrest.\n\nShe said that since the arrest, \"about 50\" police officers and security guards had approached her via the dating app.\n\n\"They were all in uniform on their profiles or it said 'I'm a police officer',\" she said.\n\n\"I do not understand why someone would do that.\n\n\"It is almost like an intimidation thing, saying 'look we can see you', and that, to me, is terrifying.\n\n\"They know what I went through and they know that I'm fearful of police and they've done that for a reason.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Patsy Stevenson explains why she felt the vigil was important.\n\nMs Stevenson said she had also become the focus of internet conspiracies since her arrest and \"can't count the amount of death threats I've had\".\n\nShe said people had claimed she was a \"crisis actor\" paid to attend the vigil and get arrested to legitimise attacks on the police.\n\nShe added that many of the threats had been about kidnapping her.\n\n\"Now there's always that fear when I'm out and I see someone staring at me,\" she said.\n\n\"I just want to be able to live the way you live without fear.\n\n\"But then again, I'm a woman.\"\n\nSarah Everard was abducted and killed by serving police officer Wayne Couzens\n\nMs Stevenson said she was not \"anti-police\" and had reported the threats, which are being investigated, though had not reported the dating app contacts.\n\nShe said the police needed to start \"taking accountability\" for officers' actions and the Met's advice that women should flag down a bus if they have concerns when stopped by an officer was \"part of the problem\".\n\n\"Stop telling women how to change their behaviour just to stay alive,\" she said.\n\n\"If they started looking into it properly and... listening to people's concerns and then enacting change, we would be able to trust them more.\"\n\nThe Met said Ms Stevenson should \"please contact us and provide us with more information so we can work to establish if any MPS officer is involved [and] whether any misconduct may have occurred.\n\nMet Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, who has rejected calls to resign, confirmed on Monday there would be an independent review into the force's standards and culture and Home Secretary Priti Patel also said an inquiry into the \"systematic failures\" that allowed Wayne Couzens to continue to be a police officer would be launched.\n\nThe death threats and abuse Patsy Stevenson says she's received come at a time when scrutiny on the treatment of women is higher than ever - not just by the police, but by society in general.\n\nThe photos of her being arrested at the vigil caused shock across the country and while a police watchdog found officers acted appropriately in what the Met called an \"extraordinarily challenging circumstance\", Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary did say public confidence in the force had suffered as a result.\n\nThe inquiry into how killer Wayne Couzens was able to be a serving police officer and a review into culture within the force may go some way to reassuring people that all in authority believe such appalling crimes must never be allowed to happen again, but it goes far beyond that.\n\nWomen like Patsy say they need to see action, not only hear words.\n\nPatsy's death threats prove it's not just the streets that need to be safer, but the social media platforms many people use every day and that is an even wider issue that goes far beyond policing.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Game-streaming platform Twitch has been the victim of a leak, reportedly divulging confidential company information and streamers' earnings.\n\nMore than 100GB of data was posted online on Wednesday.\n\nThe documents appear to show Twitch's top streamers each made millions of dollars from the Amazon-owned company in the past two years.\n\nTwitch confirmed the breach and said it was \"working with urgency\" to understand the extent of it.\n\nIn a statement posted on Twitter, the company said it would \"update the community as soon as additional information is available\".\n\nFortnite streamer BBG Calc told BBC News: \"The earnings list got my figure 100% correct.\"\n\nAnother streamer confirmed to the BBC that their earnings were \"accurate\" while a third person closely linked to a high profile player said the details were \"about right\".\n\nThose behind the leak also claimed to have the source code for the video platform itself.\n\nThe documents, shared in online forums, appear to show payments made from August or September 2019 to October 2021.\n\nSome versions shared online point to well known streamers, including Dungeons & Dragons channel CriticalRole, Canadian xQC and American Summit1g, as being among the top earners.\n\nTwitch famously fiercely guards operational details such as how much its streamers are paid, so this looks extremely embarrassing for the company.\n\nAnd it comes at a time when competitors such as YouTube Gaming are offering huge salaries to snap up gaming talent, so the fallout could be significant.\n\nAside from the salary details, the documents seems to contain the site's source code and even technical details for yet to be released products and platforms.\n\nAnd evidence is building at least some of the data looks real.\n\nSecurity experts tell me the files contains things such as internal server details that can be accessed by Twitch employees only.\n\nAnd if it is all confirmed, it will be the biggest leak I have ever seen - an entire company's most valuable data cleaned out in one fell swoop.\n\nBut the list of payments, apparently from Twitch itself, is unlikely to include sponsorship deals and other off-platform activities - or account for tax paid on income.\n\nAnd many, if not all, of these top streamers are effectively large-scale media operations, with their own employees and business expenses - so the numbers do not represent \"take-home pay\" for those listed, even if genuine.\n\nThe documents also reportedly contain a trove of internal Twitch data.\n\nMetadata being posted to internet forums appears to show folders of data named after important software areas, including:\n\nThe documents also allegedly contain source code for Twitch's website and related services, labelled \"part one\" - suggesting there may be more unreleased material.\n\nIn the earliest known online post linking to the data, the anonymous poster labelled the Twitch community \"a disgusting toxic cesspool\" and claimed the leak was being posted \"to foster more disruption and competition\" in video streaming.\n\nIn recent months, Twitch has been battling a number of issues on its platform, such as \"hate raids\" - organised harassment of streamers from minority backgrounds.\n\nAnd in early September, a boycott titled \"a day off Twitch\" saw creators effectively strike in protest at the lack of action on hate raids.\n\nThe UK's Information Commissioner's Office said it had not been notified of any data breach by Twitch or Amazon.", "\"We just want to get the fire going and get the tent out,\" said Iain Rich\n\nRecord house prices and a lack of foreign travel may have helped an unexpected boom in one niche market.\n\nDemand for plots of woodland is reportedly soaring, with many buying land that cannot be developed.\n\n\"It's just so tranquil,\" said Iain Rich, 57, from his newly-purchased woodland in rural west Wales.\n\n\"I had my birthday party here recently, which was lovely, just a barbecue and a bottle of bubbly which we chilled down in the stream.\"\n\nHe and wife Helen enjoy nursing a campfire, surrounded by moss-covered oak trees dating back hundreds of years.\n\nThe only noise we can hear comes from a lone buzzard circling overhead.\n\nIt was disconcerting at first, when the last bar of phone signal vanished at least half a mile ago, but then it was peaceful.\n\nAs idyllic as their spot is, perched at the top of an ancient tree-covered valley, this was never their plan.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Two families explain why they decided to spend their savings on a woodland in Wales\n\nLike so many other first-time wood owners across the UK, it was the pandemic that changed their path.\n\n\"I think, in all honesty, because we've both retired, our grand plan was to travel,\" admits Helen, 57.\n\n\"We had pretty grand plans, but that came to a sudden and grinding halt with Covid.\"\n\nIt was Iain who then suggested the couple look at woodlands during the first lockdown, after becoming curious about for sale signs he'd spotted while out cycling.\n\nSince then they haven't looked back, buying two neighbouring plots in just a few months.\n\nIt means many of their evenings and weekends are now spent battling brambles, but there are perks too.\n\n\"People who buy woodlands do it because they love it,\" said Iain.\n\n\"We get itchy feet when we haven't been. We just want to get the fire going and get the tent out.\"\n\nHe said they have invested about £80,000, but \"it's been worth it for us\".\n\n\"Probably, as an investment, for the first time in our lives, it's actually working. We have children who also love the area.\"\n\nHelen added: \"We'll pass it on to the next generation and then, hopefully, they'll pass it on to next generation after that.\"\n\nExpert Chris Colley said managed woodland has more biodiversity than untended sites\n\nUntil the pair bought their woodland, it had been left relatively untouched and unexplored for decades.\n\nThere are many vast clumps of land in private ownership, with no commercial or economic use.\n\nCompanies, such as the one Iain and Helen bought from, said it was gradually acquiring huge forgotten plots and selling them off in manageable chunks to wilderness enthusiasts.\n\nEven now, more than six months after buying their site, Iain and Helen own swathes of mysterious woodland they have yet to explore.\n\nThey hope hidden in the acres of brambles could be forgotten freshwater springs or clues to the woodland's use in centuries gone by.\n\n\"There is a lot of woodland across the whole of the UK, but particularly in Wales, that is undermanaged,\" explained specialist Chris Colley from Woodlands.co.uk\n\n\"Ancient woodland and more recently-planted woodland needs management. It needs tender care to maximise its environmental benefit and its value for wildlife.\n\n\"A managed wood will have more biodiversity than something that's been left alone untended.\"\n\nThe business Chris works for, and others, have said that woodland sales have skyrocketed since the pandemic, with almost all stock selling out.\n\n\"Up to the start of the pandemic it was a steady business, the average wood that would go on the market would probably take two or three months to find a buyer,\" said Chris.\n\n\"Since the pandemic, that has gone down to maybe two weeks, and we're quite often putting woods on the market now and they're selling within two or three days.\n\n\"It's a huge increase in demand for somewhere to get away from the world, to get away from the pandemic and to reconnect with nature.\"\n\nKatie de Silva with her children Mia and Kai\n\nFor Katie de Silva, buying her small plot of woodland, nestled among towering poker-straight conifers in Pembrokeshire, was also an opportunity to reconnect her young family.\n\n\"My husband has always been a chef, and a very good one, so he's always had to work away and the kids hardly ever saw him,\" she said.\n\n\"When lockdown happened, it was amazing. We actually got to have six months together. I think it really opened up opportunities for us to become a real family again.\"\n\nThey had spent the first lockdown living in a flat above a shop with no outside space, so they looked into buying a patch of woodland for children Mia, nine, and Kai, six, to have \"adventures\".\n\n\"I thought it was a bit bonkers at first,\" said Katie.\n\n\"Also, we were planning to buy a house and I'd always looked for somewhere that had loads of outdoor space, but with lockdown, house prices soared.\n\n\"This has meant by having a piece of woodland, we don't actually need much of a garden.\"\n\nSome woodlands can cost hundreds of thousands, but most are smaller sites costing between £20,000 and £50,000.\n\nIn an effort to keep costs down, Katie's family bought their site with friends before dividing it up.\n\nThe fact they made a decision to purchase during the first lockdown in March 2020, meant they were able to rely heavily on the woods when tight restrictions returned again last winter.\n\n\"It was really tough that second lockdown,\" reflected Katie.\n\n\"This gave us a reason to get out, and to push through it, and to do something really great.\n\n\"Even in the middle of winter, when it was freezing cold, we could get the children out and they'd spend about eight hours down here digging and rolling and doing what kids do.\n\n\"You can go to the woods for free, of course, you don't need to buy one.\n\n\"We wanted to camp out and we love building things, and it's the pride in doing it, it's really important to us.\"\n\nLike retirees Iain and Helen, Katie and her husband bought their wood with one eye on the future.\n\n\"It's meant to be a piece of land that stays with us,\" said Katie.\n\n\"The children can enjoy growing up here. We're all nature lovers.\n\n\"This is a culmination of everything we always wanted to have. It really means something.\"", "This picture taken in 2014 shows asylum seekers at Australia's Manus Island detention centre\n\nAustralia is to stop sending asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea (PNG), marking an end to its controversial detention regime in the nation.\n\nPNG is one of two Pacific countries paid by Canberra to detain asylum seekers and refugees who attempt to reach Australia by boat.\n\nAustralia said its arrangement with PNG would conclude by the end of the year.\n\nBut it will continue its divisive \"offshore processing\" policy on the remote island nation of Nauru.\n\n\"Australia's strong border protection policies… have not changed,\" Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said on Wednesday.\n\n\"Anyone who attempts to enter Australia illegally by boat will be returned, or sent to Nauru,\" she added, without clarifying it is not illegal to seek asylum.\n\nThe 120 asylum seekers and refugees remaining in PNG will have the option to resettle there or to be moved to detention in Nauru.\n\nDuring Australia's eight-year presence in PNG, there have been major incidents of violence, including hunger strikes, riots and the murder of an Iranian asylum seeker by guards.\n\nReza Barati was murdered during a riot at the Manus Island detention centre in 2014\n\nIn total, 13 people detained by Australia in PNG and Nauru have died from violence, medical inattention and suicide.\n\nFormer detainee and refugee Thanus Selvarasa said the closure was \"a good decision, but eight years is too long and PNG is not safe for refugees to resettle\".\n\n\"We came to Australia seeking asylum, we were moved to offshore processing. They change policy each time, they are playing politics with our lives,\" he said in a statement.\n\nOther activists called for Australia to provide safe resettlement for the remaining men.\n\nAustralia has sent more than 1,900 men to detention centres on the island while their applications for refugee status were being processed.\n\nMany have languished there for years because Australia hardened its immigration law in 2013 to deny resettlement visas to asylum seekers who arrive by boat.\n\nAustralia argues its policies are justified because they prevent deaths at sea.\n\nBut offshore and indefinite detention has been widely criticised as harmful, inhumane and in breach of international law.\n\nRights groups and the UN have frequently criticised Australia's centres in PNG and Nauru for substandard conditions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn 2017, Australia paid a A$70m (£37m; $50m) settlement to over 1,900 detainees who had sued for harm suffered in detention.\n\nIt was also forced to shut its Manus Island detention centre, after PNG's Supreme Court decision ruled it was illegal.\n\nExperts say the closure of the PNG facilities had been expected as Canberra had not sent new asylum seekers there in recent years.", "A Conservative politician who missed a crucial vote on compulsory Covid passes in nightclubs and big events in Wales was at the Tory conference in Manchester at the time.\n\nGareth Davies says he was \"angry\" that he was unable to access the Welsh Parliament's remote voting system.\n\nBut the Senedd's Presiding Officer Elin Jones said he had been given \"every opportunity to be present\".\n\nHis absence meant Welsh ministers won by one vote.\n\nElin Jones had said on Tuesday that she had provided her personal phone number to allow Mr Davies to vote.\n\nThe Night Time Industries Association called for the decision to be taken again, but that was not echoed by any of the Senedd's party groups.\n\nUnder the new law evidence of full vaccination or a negative Covid test within 48 hours will be required when visiting nightclubs or large events.\n\nHealth Minister Eluned Morgan has said the vote will not be re-run.\n\nThe Conservative Party conference has been taking place in Manchester\n\nThe Senedd, because of the Covid pandemic, is sitting in a hybrid session where MSs can attend in person or take part via Zoom.\n\nIt had not been clear, initially, where Mr Davies had been at the time of the decision.\n\nThen, around Wednesday lunchtime, the Vale of Clwyd politician said he was \"working and representing the group at the Conservative Party conference and I would have been able to vote remotely if I'd have been able to access the remote voting tools\".\n\n\"I am deeply upset, frustrated and angry at last night's events and my inability to cast a vote against vaccine passports,\" he said.\n\nHe said concerns have been raised with the Senedd's ICT department.\n\nHowever BBC Wales was told attempts had been made by the Senedd to contact Mr Davies but \"no one could get hold of him\" - a Tory source said that was because he was speaking to the chief whip Darren Millar and staff.\n\nOne MS said that just before the vote Elin Jones read out a phone number to the Tory chief whip for Gareth Davies to call her on.\n\nDarren Millar had told Ms Jones there were difficulties with getting one of his members onto Zoom.\n\n\"Elin waited for a phone call. The phone didn't ring,\" the MS said.\n\nThey added that Ms Jones then offered Mr Davies another 30 seconds to get in touch before eventually deciding to proceed.\n\nAt the time of the vote on Tuesday evening Ms Jones said: \"We are holding the vote please, and we have made every opportunity possible for that... member to get in, including sharing my personal phone.\"\n\nShe later added: \"It is a member's responsibility to give themselves sufficient time to secure their Zoom connection in time for voting, just as it is for any member travelling to the Senedd to vote.\"\n\nOn Wednesday she declined to give Mr Davies a chance to make a personal statement to the Senedd, saying as he had shared it with the media it was already in the public domain.\n\nMr Davies later put the statement on Facebook, saying he was not able to call the presiding officer: \"I was already on a call at that time frantically speaking with Welsh Conservative staff members in an attempt to solve the ICT problems.\"\n\nWith the whole opposition against the plans, and Labour controlling only half of the Senedd's 60 seats, if Mr Davies voted there would have been a tie.\n\nThe new law would have failed to pass as a result.\n\nMandatory Covid passes are being introduced this coming Monday in Wales\n\nAsked about holding a re-run of the vote, Eluned Morgan told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Claire Summers that that is \"not how democratic processes work\".\n\n\"You don't keep on having a vote until you get the answer that you want,\" she said.\n\n\"Actually this is a system that's been in place for about four months already. People have been using it throughout the summer.\n\n\"What we know is that the people of Wales want to be protected.\"\n\n\"We had a huge mandate as a result of the election because of our cautious approach.\"\n\nConservative Monmouth MS Peter Fox told the programme that a re-run \"would be a difficult thing to do\".\n\n\"Democracy has a set of processes, and you have to follow them and, you know, sometimes you don't like the outcome of the decision or the circumstances in which you've created a decision.\n\n\"But democracy is what it is and if you start eroding that where are you ending up?\"\n\nFollowing the vote the Welsh Conservatives called for the ending of the hybrid arrangements.\n\nBut there was frustration in the party outside of the Senedd group of Tories.\n\nTory councillor David Fouweather, of Newport, tweeted that the Conservative group should have got their whip \"sorted\", adding: \"Letting Wales down. Abolish the assembly.\"\n\nParliaments, and governments, are generally reluctant to re-run votes because doing so can open a huge can of worms.\n\nDo so on this occasion and it's not hard to imagine politicians routinely queueing up for a re-vote on this or that issue, conjuring up ingenious, or not so ingenious, arguments as to why.\n\nThe Senedd authorities insist there was no failure on their part to allow every Senedd member a fair chance to vote on Covid passes, and therefore there is no case for a re-match.\n\nThis was down to a particular Conservative member, Gareth Davies, not doing what he needed to do to vote, they say.\n\nMr Davies, of course, disputes this.\n\nMistakes when voting do happen from time to time, by the way, but tend to go unnoticed by the world at large because there are usually no significant consequences.\n\nHowever, fifteen years ago the Labour Welsh health minister of the day, Brian Gibbons, caused great amusement by pressing the wrong button and, with help from a party colleague who failed to vote with Labour, accidentally backed an an inquiry into the state of the Welsh Ambulance Service.\n\nThat vote stood and all the indications are that this one will too.", "Promoting opportunity across the UK is \"our mission as Conservatives\", Boris Johnson has told his party conference.\n\nThe 45-minute conference address was his first directly to Tory members since the Covid pandemic.\n\nMr Johnson called his government a reforming, can-do government, which after \"decades of drift and dither\" would reform social care and opportunities across the UK.\n\nAnd he insisted reducing \"aching gaps\" between regions would \"take the pressure off\" south-eastern England, as well as boosting places that felt left behind.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA former Facebook employee has told US politicians that the company's sites and apps harm children's mental health and stoke division in society.\n\nFrances Haugen, a 37-year-old former product manager turned whistleblower, heavily criticised the company at a hearing in the Senate.\n\nFacebook has faced growing scrutiny and increasing calls for its regulation.\n\nFounder Mark Zuckerberg hit back, saying the latest accusations were at odds with the company's goals.\n\nIn a letter to staff, he said many of the claims were \"illogical\" and pointed to Facebook's efforts to fight harmful content.\n\n\"We care deeply about issues like safety, well-being and mental health,\" he said in the letter, made public on his Facebook page. \"It's difficult to see coverage that misrepresents our work and our motives.\"\n\nFacebook is the world's most popular social media site. The company says it has 2.7 billion monthly active users. Hundreds of millions of people also use the company's other products, including WhatsApp and Instagram.\n\nBut it has been criticised on several fronts - from failing to protect users' privacy to not doing enough to halt the spread of disinformation.\n\nMs Haugen told CBS News on Sunday that she had shared a number of internal Facebook documents with the Wall Street Journal in recent weeks.\n\nUsing the documents, the WSJ reported that research carried out by Instagram showed the app could harm girls' mental health.\n\nThis was a theme Ms Haugen continued during her testimony on Tuesday. \"The company's leadership knows how to make Facebook and Instagram safer, but won't make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people,\" she said.\n\nShe criticised Mark Zuckerberg for having wide-ranging control, saying that there is \"no one currently holding Mark accountable but himself.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Facebook's Monika Bickert says commissioning research into issues shows the company is prioritising safety above profit\n\nAnd she praised the massive outage of Facebook services on Monday, which affected users around the world.\n\n\"Yesterday we saw Facebook taken off the internet,\" she said. \"I don't know why it went down, but I know that for more than five hours, Facebook wasn't used to deepen divides, destabilise democracies and make young girls and women feel bad about their bodies.\"\n\nThe answer, she told senators, was congressional oversight. \"We must act now,\" she said.\n\nMr Zuckerberg, in his letter, said the research into Instagram had been mischaracterised and that many young people had positive experiences of using the platform. But he said \"it's very important to me that everything we build is safe and good for kids\".\n\nOn Monday's outage, he said the deeper concern was not \"how many people switch to competitive services or how much money we lose, but what it means for the people who rely on our services to communicate with loved ones, run their businesses, or support their communities\".\n\nFrances Haugen said the company repeatedly prioritised profits over its users safety\n\nBoth Republican and Democratic senators on Tuesday were united in the need for change at the company - a rare topic of agreement between the two political parties.\n\n\"The damage to self-interest and self-worth inflicted by Facebook today will haunt a generation,\" Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said.\n\n\"Big Tech now faces the Big Tobacco jaw-dropping moment of truth,\" he added, a reference to how tobacco firms hid the harmful effects of their products.\n\nFellow Republican Dan Sullivan said the world would look back and ask \"What the hell were we thinking?\" in light of the revelations about Facebook's impact on children.\n\nIn a statement issued after the hearing, Facebook said it did not agree with Ms Haugen's \"characterisation of the many issues she testified about\". But it did agree that \"it's time to begin to create standard rules for the internet.\"\n\n\"It's been 25 years since the rules for the internet have been updated, and instead of expecting the industry to make societal decisions that belong to legislators, it is time for Congress to act,\" the statement read.\n\nMark Zuckerberg's blog is lengthy and thoughtful. He doesn't name Frances Haugen - but he has clearly been rattled.\n\nHis main argument is that the research she leaked has been misrepresented by both her and the media. He argues that the negative internal research has been cherry-picked and positive conclusions brushed over.\n\nInterestingly, he thinks this episode could have a chilling effect on internal research in companies - worried that bad conclusions might one day be leaked.\n\nBut there is of course a simple come back to this. Release the data.\n\nFacebook and other social media companies don't have to do internal research; they could let their data be analysed independently.\n\nTo be fair to Facebook, the company does give researchers some access. However, only Facebook has the full spectrum of user metrics needed to fully analyse its effect on society.\n\nHis arguments too are at times overly simplified. Why would we want to make people angry, he asks.\n\nI'm sure he doesn't. But it's been proven over and over again that social media that provokes any emotion, whether it be laughter, love or anger gets more engagement.\n\nZuckerberg believes passionately that Facebook is a force for good. It's becoming harder and harder to find people on Capitol Hill who think that.", "Most of those who died in the complex of camps at Auschwitz died at the Birkenau extermination camp\n\nStaff at the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz have condemned anti-Semitic graffiti discovered there and they have appealed for information.\n\nNine barracks were spray-painted with anti-Semitic phrases and slogans denying the Holocaust, according to the Auschwitz memorial and museum.\n\nThe graffiti was found at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site, the largest of the 40 camps that made up the Nazi complex.\n\nPolice have been informed of the incident and are investigating.\n\nStaff have called on anyone who may have been in the vicinity of the death camp on Tuesday morning and witnessed the incident to contact them, especially anyone with photos taken around the Gate of Death, at the entrance to Birkenau, and the wooden barracks.\n\nThe memorial centre said the vandalism was \"an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the great tragedies in human history and an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims of the German Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau camp\".\n\n\"As soon as the police have compiled all the necessary documentation, the conservators of the Auschwitz memorial will begin removing traces of vandalism from historical buildings,\" it added.\n\nThe statement noted that while the security system at the 170-hectare site was \"constantly being expanded\", it was funded from the museum's budget, which had been hit during the coronavirus pandemic. Fully enclosing the site would not be possible for some time, it added.\n\nThe Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial preserves the Nazi extermination camp set up on occupied Polish soil by Germany during World War Two.\n\nAt least 1.1 million people were murdered at Auschwitz in the four and a half years after it opened in 1940. Almost one million of them were Jews. The majority of the victims were sent to the gas chambers at Birkenau.\n\nIsrael's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial condemned what it said was an \"attack not only on the memory of the victims, but also on the survivors and any person with a conscience\".\n\nWhile vandalism at Auschwitz is rare, in 2010 a Swedish man was jailed for more than two years for plotting the theft of the infamous \"Arbeit macht frei\" sign that hangs over the entrance.\n\nEarlier this year the wall of a Jewish cemetery near the camp was defaced with swastikas and other Nazi symbols.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJustice Secretary Dominic Raab has been accused of failing to understand the meaning of the word misogyny in an interview about violence against women.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, he said \"insults and misogyny is absolutely wrong whether it's a man against a woman or a woman against a man\".\n\nMisogyny refers to a hatred or prejudice towards women.\n\nOpposition parties seized on his apparent confusion after he was corrected by the interviewer.\n\nLabour's shadow justice secretary David Lammy said: \"No wonder the Conservatives are hopeless at tackling violence against women and girls.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat equalities spokesperson Wera Hobhouse said: \"It's little wonder the Conservatives are failing to tackle misogyny when their justice secretary doesn't even seem to know what it is.\n\n\"These comments are an insult to the millions of women and girls impacted by misogyny and show just how out of touch the Conservatives are on this issue.\n\n\"Women and girls deserve better than these callous remarks.\"\n\nDuring the interview, Mr Raab reiterated the government's opposition to making misogyny a hate crime, arguing it would lead to \"criminalising insults\".\n\nCalls for misogyny to be made a hate crime have increased, following the conviction of Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard, and such a move is backed by Labour and the Lib Dems.\n\nAsked on BBC Breakfast if the government would make misogyny a hate crime, Mr Raab - who was made justice secretary in September - said it was a \"legitimate\" debate to have but argued that it wouldn't \"solve the problem we've got\".\n\nWhen a crime is carried out against someone - such as assault, harassment or criminal damage - if it is proven that it was because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity, it is considered a hate crime.\n\nThere is no specific hate crime offence in England and Wales, but when a crime falls into one of the above categories, judges have enhanced sentencing powers and can increase the punishment as a result.\n\nCampaigners say sex and gender should be added to this list, arguing misogyny is one of the \"root causes\" of violence against women.\n\nMr Raab added that \"insults, and misogyny is or course absolutely wrong, whether it's a man against a woman or a woman against a man\".\n\nBBC Breakfast Presenter Sally Nugent told Mr Raab that the dictionary definition of misogyny is in fact hatred towards women.\n\nAsked to clarify his comments later in the interview, Mr Raab said: \"What I meant was, if we are talking about things below the level of public order offences of harassment, intimidation, which are rightly criminalised - if we are talking about, effectively, insults with a sexist basis, I don't think that criminalising those sorts of things will deal with the problem that we have got at the heart of the Sarah Everard case.\n\n\"Just criminalising insulting language even if it is misogynistic doesn't deal with the intimidation, the violence and the much higher level of offence and damage and harm that we really ought to be laser-like focused in on,\" he added.\n\nOne of those supporting making misogyny a hate crime is Sue Fish the ex-chief constable of Nottinghamshire.\n\nShe told the BBC it would be \"one vital step\" towards ensuring women are not subject to violence.", "Five people were shot and killed in the Keyham area of Plymouth\n\nA member of police staff has been issued with a gross misconduct notice over their handling of Plymouth gunman Jake Davison's application for a shotgun certificate.\n\nDavison shot and killed five people in Keyham, Plymouth, on 12 August.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the certificate was returned to Davison weeks before the killings.\n\nThe misconduct notice relates to the handling of two assaults in 2020 admitted by Davison.\n\nMaxine Davison, 51, Stephen Washington, 59, Kate Shepherd, 66, Lee Martyn, 43 and three-year-old Sophie Martyn, were all killed by Davison before he turned the gun on himself.\n\nThe IOPC is investigating how the apprentice crane operator was originally granted a shotgun certificate in 2017 by Devon and Cornwall Police.\n\nThe watchdog is also examining how Davison was handed back the weapon and certificate weeks before the shooting - having been seized after admitting the two assaults on youths in a park in September 2020.\n\nDavison was placed on a voluntary intervention programme following the assaults - an alternative to being charged or cautioned.\n\nHis shotgun and licence were not seized for another three months until concerns were raised directly with the police by a member of staff working on the intervention programme.\n\nIn July, Davison was given back his shotgun, which he used for clay pigeon shooting, and his certificate.\n\nLee Martyn and his daughter Sophie were both killed in the attack\n\nThe IOPC said it was investigating whether the police officer \"shared information appropriately with the force Firearms and Explosives Licensing Department\" regarding the violent offences, and whether they \"took appropriate steps to seize the shotgun certificate, shotgun, and ammunition\".\n\nThe watchdog said \"the serving of such notices advises individuals that their conduct is subject to investigation, but does not mean that disciplinary proceedings will necessarily follow\".\n\nIt added that it hoped to complete its investigation into Devon and Cornwall Police's decision-making in relation to Davison's possession of a shotgun and shotgun certificate, by the end of the year.\n\nDavid Ford, IOPC regional director, said his organisation was reviewing \"a substantial amount of information gathered from Devon and Cornwall Police and elsewhere\".\n\nHe said: \"Based on the evidence gathered so far, we have now served disciplinary notices on two individuals within the force to advise them their conduct is subject to investigation.\"\n\nMaxine Davison, the gunman's mother, was named by police as his first victim\n\nDevon and Cornwall Police Assistant Chief Constable Jim Nye said the force was \"fully cooperating\" with the investigation.\n\nHe said: \"We acknowledge that the IOPC has served a police officer with a misconduct notice and a staff member with a gross misconduct notice, in relation to their involvement with Jake Davison.\n\n\"The force is supporting our staff through this process.\"\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson delivered conference his speech under the slogan \"build back better\"\n\n\"It's all about him\" is how one cabinet minister described Boris Johnson's week in Manchester at the Conservative conference.\n\nThe platform was his. The Tory party truly is his.\n\nHis closing speech was almost as much about entertaining the home crowd as outlining new policy.\n\nBut little matter, perhaps. In that room - at that moment - the prime minister was in total command of his party, and politically dominant in the country, unafraid to weave together clashing political traditions.\n\nA Conservative leader raising tax to pay for the health service, and cheered for promising to send protesters \"snugly\" to jail.\n\nThe size of his political personality and ambition leaves little oxygen for anyone else here, let alone air for the opposition to breathe.\n\nBut that alone can't be a match for the scale of the country's problems. Charisma is not a substitute for solutions for concerns firms and families hold right now.\n\nAnd away from this conference that persona can grate as well as delight. The prime minister says he seeks to unite, but is a divisive figure.\n\nOne of Mr Johnson's colleagues suggested that he's a politician on a bungee cord - he leaps to plummet, then soars to great heights, then drops again.\n\nThere are plenty of acute problems this autumn and, of course, unforeseen events that could drag him down.\n\nBut many Tories believe they leave Manchester tonight on their way to a fifth term in office - a modern record that the prime minister would love to set.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do pupils and teachers make of the plans to return to more emphasis on exams?\n\nPupils could face lower grades in 2022 as Qualifications Wales aligns its approach with England.\n\nAcross the border the UK government wants to wind unusually inflated grade levels back to pre-Covid levels over two years.\n\nThe Welsh regulator has confirmed next year it wants to see a \"midway point\" between the results of 2019 and 2021.\n\nThe plan is that by 2023 results will be back in line with those of pre-pandemic years.\n\nQualifications Wales chief executive, Philip Blaker, said GCSE, AS and A level students had faced \"unprecedented disruption\" over the past 18 months.\n\n\"We want to make sure that their assessments next summer are as fair as possible,\" he said.\n\n\"Next year we will see a return to normal assessments which provide a fair and consistent approach for learners.\n\n\"We have considered the fairest way to award grades, taking views from stakeholders across Wales and working with other qualifications regulators across the UK.\n\n\"Our approach will align with that taken in England. This means that results in 2022 will reflect broadly a midway point between 2021 and 2019 and provides a level playing field for Welsh learners, particularly those applying for admission to universities across the UK.\"\n\nHe said: \"If circumstances change, and the exam series is cancelled we are putting contingency plans in place that will allow schools and colleges to award grades in an approach based upon that used in summer 2021.\n\n\"We will work with WJEC to inform schools and colleges of these plans so everyone is clear what needs to be done.\n\n\"We know that learners may be anxious and have concerns about the return to exams, which is why we are planning a range of communications to support them.\"\n\nFfion has welcomed the return to \"normal grades\"\n\nA-Level students at Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy in Llanrwst, Conwy county, welcomed the move.\n\nFfion, 16, said: \"It's better we are going back to more normal grades as opposed to keeping going with the ridiculous grade inflation we have now.\"\n\nEben, also 16, said the experience \"will help us going forward\", adding: \"At the moment we only have one small experience of exams, of revising and preparing.\"\n\nThis year A level and GCSE grades rose, after being based on estimates by teachers.\n\nQualifications Wales said it had announced there would be exams in March, though there were calls for clarity over next year's exams in Wales from teachers and unions in July.\n\nIt said 2022 would act as a \"transition year\" to reflect the disruption to learners' education caused by the pandemic.\n\nClassroom assessments have been used in place of formal exams over the pandemic\n\nBut exams could yet be cancelled because of the pandemic.\n\nQualifications Wales said: \"If exams are cancelled, schools and colleges will be asked to award centre-determined grades to learners.\n\n\"The centre-determined grade approach would be similar to that used in 2021, but with some improvements to take account of the learning from this year.\"", "Children aged between 12 and 15 will be offered vaccination by the end of term, Eluned Morgan says\n\nIt is likely to be November before most schools in Northern Ireland begin to vaccinate 12 to 15-year-old pupils.\n\nLetters and consent forms for the Covid-19 vaccine are expected to be sent to parents of eligible children in mid-to-late October, according to the Public Health Agency (PHA).\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers have recommended healthy 12 to 15-year-olds be offered one vaccine dose.\n\nVaccinations for pupils in Scotland and England are already taking place.\n\nHowever, the approach being taken by each nation differs.\n\nIn Wales, the government has set a target, saying by the end of the school half term all pupils in that age bracket will have been offered a single dose.\n\nMore than 140,000 children in Wales will qualify for the jab.\n\nIt is thought a majority will receive their jab in school.\n\nChildren will be encouraged to discuss the decision to receive a jab with their parents\n\nIn Northern Ireland, communication with families has yet to start.\n\nParents will get a letter, consent form and Covid-19 vaccine information material prior to vaccine teams visiting schools, a PHA spokesperson told BBC News NI.\n\nOn consent, the PHA advice is that while the letter is addressed to the child, it encourages them to discuss the decision about the vaccine with their parents.\n\nIn secondary schools \"some young people may be mature enough to provide their own consent\", said the PHA.\n\n\"This sometimes occurs if a parent has not returned a consent form but the child still wishes to have the vaccine on the day of the session,\" the agency added.\n\n\"Every effort will be made to contact the parent to seek their verbal consent.\"\n\nThe PHA is urging parents and guardians to look out for the consent form coming home in schoolbags.\n\nThe agency urged parents to read the information leaflets and talk to children about the vaccine and make an informed decision.\n\nThe vaccination programme for 12 to 15-year-olds who are immunosuppressed in Northern Ireland is already taking place.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the schools immunisation programme also covers the childhood flu programme, which this year will see a further roll out of the free flu vaccine to include school children up to year 12.\n\nEngland's vaccination programme is also based in schools.", "High energy costs are forcing manufacturers to warn of higher prices for their goods as they pass on increases to consumers.\n\nIceland boss Richard Walker said higher energy bills and other costs meant price rises were now \"inevitable\".\n\nThe warning came as analysts predicted that household energy bills could rise by hundreds of pounds next year.\n\nThey said the energy price cap, which protects domestic consumers, could soar by £400 in the spring.\n\nCornwall Insight forecasts that the energy price cap will rise to about £1,660 by next summer.\n\nThat is about 30% higher than the record £1,277 level for the cap set for winter 2021-22, which began at the start of October.\n\n\"With wholesale gas and electricity prices continuing to reach new records, successive supplier exits during September 2021 and a new level for the default tariff cap, the Great British energy market remains on edge for fresh volatility and further consolidation,\" said Craig Lowrey, senior consultant at Cornwall Insight.\n\nEnergy regulator Ofgem said the price cap \"will ensure that consumers don't pay more than is absolutely necessary this winter\".\n\nBut if gas prices stay high, the price cap will rise, Ofgem said.\n\nThe regulator said its \"number one priority is to protect customers\", but acknowledged \"this is a worrying time for many people\".\n\nBut while the price cap helps households, there is no such safeguard for businesses, which have to absorb the full impact of rising global energy prices.\n\nMr Walker warned that Iceland's energy bill would go up by £20m next year. Alongside higher salaries to address lorry driver shortages and other new costs, he said grocery prices would have to increase.\n\n\"It's inevitable that we will see price rises,\" he told the BBC. \"The UK supermarket industry is one of the most competitive in the world.\n\n\"Our margins are very very tight and we're not an endless sponge that can just absorb all of these different cost increases.\"\n\nAndrew Large, director general of the Confederation of Paper Industries, said: \"This is a highly inflationary situation for the British economy and members will clearly be in a position where they do try to pass those costs on to consumers where they can.\"\n\nOne paper manufacturer, the Northwood Group, said the industry had been \"left to fend for itself\" in the face of \"horrendous\" knock-on effects from the gas price rise.\n\n\"The spike [in gas prices] that we have seen since January is equivalent to a 550% price increase, which of course destroys any industrial planning,\" said chairman Paul Fecher.\n\nLaura Cohen, chief executive of the British Ceramic Confederation, said many of her member firms could even be forced to stop production \"due to uneconomic higher energy costs\".\n\nThis could cause \"severe damage\" to production facilities such as brick kilns, which could not easily be turned off at short notice, she said.\n\nMeanwhile, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said that by decarbonising the UK's power supply, the country will protect customers from volatile fossil fuel prices.\n\n\"The UK so far, as many of you know, has made great progress in diversifying our energy mix. But we are still very dependent, perhaps too dependent, on fossil fuels and their volatile prices,\" he told a conference organised by trade body Energy UK.\n\nHe said that the government's recent pledge to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2035 - 15 years ahead of the previous target - would help.\n\n\"Our homes and businesses will be powered by affordable, clean and secure electricity generated here in the UK, for people in the UK,\" Mr Kwarteng said.\n\nThe Energy Shop - a price comparison site - warned people to prepare themselves for even greater increases in household bills.\n\nIt said that the next increase in the price cap, due to come in from 1 April 2022, could be £500 or even higher.\n\nFounder Joe Malinowski warned: \"If things don't settle down soon, increases of £600, £700 or even £800 cannot be ruled out.\"\n\nNine energy suppliers have already collapsed in recent weeks and more could be facing the same fate.\n\nThey were unable to keep their price promises as the wholesale price of gas soared.\n\nTheir customers have already seen annual bill increases of hundreds of pounds when they moved to a new provider and away from whichever low-rate fixed deal their supplier had offered.\n\nSome of the heat was drawn from the crisis on Wednesday when Russia said it would increase gas supplies to Europe.\n\nUK wholesale gas prices hit a record high during the day before falling after the Russian intervention.\n\nBut price volatility could continue as investors remain nervous about low stockpiles of gas across Europe.\n\nIf you feel powerless against international business and politics when watching your domestic energy bill go up, you are in good company.\n\nNormally, customers are urged to get active, search and switch to save money - but not now.\n\nUntil recently, the energy price cap was a backstop, protecting the vulnerable. Now it is the most competitive tariff available.\n\nThe cap is shielding households from the wild fluctuation in prices seen on the wholesale markets, but that is only a crumb of comfort when bills and prices across the board are still expected to see a sharp increase.\n\nSo for now, experts simply advise customers to find ways to save energy, brace themselves and budget for bigger bills. Wrap up for a financial chill that could last longer than the winter.\n\nThe energy price cap sets the maximum price suppliers in England, Wales and Scotland can charge customers on a standard - or default - tariff.\n\nThat includes the fixed daily amount customers pay, plus the price per unit they pay for electricity and gas.\n\nThe cap was increased on 1 October, with about 15 million households facing a 12% rise in energy bills, the biggest jump, to the highest amount, seen since the backstop was introduced in January 2019.\n\nThose on standard tariffs, with typical household levels of energy use, saw an increase of £139 - from £1,138 to £1,277 a year.\n\nPrepayment meter customers with average energy use saw a £153 increase.\n\nThat's a far cry from a year previously when on 1 October 2020, the energy price cap was cut by £84, to £1,042.\n\nWill you be affected by rising energy prices? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Labour has accused Boris Johnson of announcing a \"less generous recycling\" of a scheme aimed at luring more maths and science teachers to deprived areas.\n\nIn his Conservative Party conference speech, the PM said the \"best\" staff would get £3,000 tax-free salary boost from the \"levelling up premium\".\n\nBut Labour said this effectively meant a return to recently scrapped early-career payments for teachers.\n\nThese were worth up to £7,500 in areas of England with high educational needs.\n\nIn his conference speech in Manchester, Mr Johnson promised the government would work to bring better jobs and pay to all areas.\n\nBut he argued that, for this to happen, educational opportunities had to be spread more evenly.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"There is absolutely no reason why the kids of this country should lag behind and why so many should be unable to read or write or do basic mathematics at 11.\"\n\nHe added that \"to level up you need to give people the options, the skills that are right for them, and to make the most of those skills and knowledge you need urgently to plug all the other gaps in the infrastructure that are still holding people and communities back\".\n\n\"We are announcing a levelling up premium of up to £3,000 to send the best maths and science teachers to the places that need them most,\" Mr Johnson also said.\n\nUnder the new scheme, teachers in the first five years of their careers will be able to get the payments if their specialist subject is maths, physics, chemistry or computing.\n\nDowning Street said this would cost £60m over three years, with the money coming from new funding, and would support staff recruitment and retention.\n\nEarly-career payments, which initially applied only to maths teachers, were introduced in England in 2018-19.\n\nGiven to those in their third and fifth years in the job, they amounted to £5,000, or £7,500 in areas with high educational needs.\n\nIn 2020-21, the scheme expanded to include - with lower payments - maths, physics, chemistry and foreign languages teachers starting postgraduate teacher training.\n\nBut the scheme was scrapped for those starting training in the 2021-22 academic year.\n\nFor Labour, shadow education secretary Kate Green said: \"The Conservatives have no idea how to improve education and outcomes for young people. The premium announced today is a less generous recycling of an old policy that Boris Johnson's government scrapped just a year ago.\n\n\"Under the Conservatives, teacher vacancies have more than doubled, school funding will be lower in real terms next year than it was in 2010 and the promised £30,000 teacher starting salary has still not been delivered.\"\n\nNatalie Perera, chief executive of the Education Policy Institute, called Mr Johnson's announcement that the government was reinstating targeted payments to get teachers into challenging areas a \"welcome move - albeit one that has come late in the day\".\n\nSam Freedman, a former adviser at the Department for Education, told BBC Radio 4's the World at One: \"It is a policy that existed, was introduced in 2018, lasted a couple of years and then was scrapped.\n\n\"So this is actually a kind of U-turn and they are bringing it back in a slightly tweaked form, which is certainly welcome because we have a serious recruitment problem and retention problem with teachers that this may do a small amount to help with, but it is not a new policy.\"", "An inquiry will be launched into \"systematic failures\" that allowed Wayne Couzens to continue to be a police officer, Priti Patel announced.\n\nThe home secretary said the public \"have a right to know\" why he remained in the Metropolitan Police despite concerns about his behaviour.\n\nCouzens kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard while he was a serving officer, using his police warrant card.\n\nHe has since been linked to allegations of indecent exposure.\n\nThe Met has faced mounting questions over its policies and procedures in the wake of Ms Everard's murder.\n\nIt was revealed Couzens - who worked as an armed officer in the Met's parliamentary and diplomatic protection team - was linked to several alleged incidents of indecent exposure, including in the days before Ms Everard's abduction in March.\n\nSpeaking at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Ms Patel said: \"We need answers as to why this was allowed to happen.\n\n\"I can confirm today there will be an inquiry, to give the independent oversight needed, to ensure something like this can never happen again.\"\n\nThe Home Office said the inquiry would be in two parts, with the first examining Couzens' behaviour and establishing a definitive account of his conduct in the lead up to his conviction for Ms Everard's murder.\n\nIt said the second part would address specific issues, such as vetting procedures, standards, discipline and workplace behaviour.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Priti Patel: \"It is abhorrent that a serving police officer was able to abuse his position of power\"\n\nThe exact nature of the inquiry is still unclear.\n\nThe Home Office said it would initially be non-statutory but could be converted to a statutory one if required.\n\nIf statutory, the inquiry would have the legal power to call witnesses and limit the government's control over how it operated.\n\nThe person who would lead the inquiry and its terms of reference would be confirmed \"in due course\".\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse pointed out the first option - a non-statutory inquiry - was much quicker to put in place but stressed it would not begin until the separate Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) inquiry was complete.\n\nOn BBC Radio 4's PM, he acknowledged his surprise on finding out that examining social media postings had only became a part of the police vetting procedure a year ago.\n\nThe modern world was moving fast, he said. The vetting \"net\" has to be as tight as possible, with a regard for recruits' right to privacy while ensuring they were \"the right people with the right values\", he added.\n\nJamie Klingler, co-founder of the campaign group Reclaim These Streets, set up after Sarah Everard's murder, insisted the inquiry needed to be statutory and judge-led - and needed to include women.\n\n\"It seems really specific about Wayne Couzens and not about the system that allowed a Wayne Couzens to happen,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"It's not admitting that there is systemic misogyny within the force that allowed this to happen, and by not doing so it's pushing it under the carpet rather than exposing [it] at all levels.\"\n\nCouzens, 48, killed Ms Everard, 33, after stopping her on a street in Clapham, south London. He was sentenced to a whole-life prison term last week.\n\nSpeaking earlier, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he did not support calls to make misogyny a hate crime, saying there was \"abundant\" existing legislation to tackle violence against women.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast that \"widening the scope\" of what you ask the police to do would just increase the problem - but recruiting and promoting more female officers would help change the culture within forces.\n\nThere is an air of crisis in British policing as it faces a significant moment of reckoning.\n\nNever have leaders felt that public trust is so low they have had to advise women to consider fleeing if they are uncomfortable when confronted by one of their own officers.\n\nThis is the aftershock of the appalling crimes of Wayne Couzens, who kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard while working for the Metropolitan Police.\n\nDespite repeated attempts to force Home Secretary Priti Patel's hand, she has very publicly backed Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick by renewing her contract last month.\n\nBut questions now confront policing - and the difficulty its chiefs and ministers are having in answering them is why the crisis feels too deep.\n\nWas Couzens' ability to pull on the uniform a failure of the system?\n\nAnd how should police leaders and the government respond?\n\nRead more from Dominic here.\n\nMet Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, who has rejected calls to resign, confirmed on Monday there would be a separate independent review into the force's standards and culture.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Dame Cressida said Ms Everard's murder had made \"everyone in the Met furious and we depend on public trust\".\n\n\"In this country policing is done by consent and undoubtedly the killing of Sarah and other events has damaged public trust,\" she said, adding she was determined to rebuild it.\n\nLabour's Yvette Cooper, chairwoman of the Commons Home Affairs Committee, said it was important the inquiry looked at how allegations of violence against women and girls were handled by police officers, as well as Couzens' conduct and the culture within the police.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said the inquiry \"must leave no stone unturned\" and should address reports of \"widespread cultural issues\".\n\nSpeaking earlier at the Conservative Party conference, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said making communities safer and allowing women to walk home feeling safe at night was his \"number one priority\".\n\nThe Met Police said 650 more police officers would patrol hotspot areas in London over the next six months, with 150 of these working in local wards as \"Bobbies on the beat\".\n\nHave you been affected by issues covered in this story? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Boris Johnson is to promise that his government will show more \"guts\" than any before as it works to deal with issues facing society and the economy.\n\nIn his Conservative Party conference speech, the prime minister will pledge to move the entire UK towards high-wage, high-skill employment.\n\nAnd he will accuse previous Labour and Tory governments of \"delay and dither\".\n\nHis speech, expected at 11.30 BST, will be his first to the Conservative audience since before the pandemic.\n\nThis week's conference in Manchester has taken place amid concerns over rising inflation, supply chain problems, and petrol and worker shortages.\n\nBut on Tuesday, the prime minister told the BBC he was \"not worried\" about current problems, arguing that the economy was under short-term stress as it recovered from the worst of Covid.\n\nHe will use his speech to proclaim an optimistic, combative message to Conservatives, and the wider electorate.\n\n\"After decades of drift and dither this reforming government, this can-do government that got Brexit done, is getting the vaccine rollout done and is going to get social care done,\" he will say.\n\n\"We are dealing with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society, the problems that no government has had the guts to tackle before.\"\n\nMr Johnson's conference speech last year was viewed only online because of Covid restrictions.\n\nBut he will deliver his address this year in front of a packed conference hall, with some delegates queuing from the early morning to secure their place.\n\nConference attendees have been arriving early to bag a seat for the speech\n\nThis year's comes on the same day that the government officially ends the £20-a-week universal credit top-up brought in to help low-income households during the pandemic.\n\nAnd it follows the announcement last month of an extra tax to fund social care and the NHS in England, which has prompted anger among some Conservative MPs.\n\nThere are some underlying tensions between what's going on in this conference and what's happening in parts of the country.\n\nBoris Johnson is trying to sell a new economic vision - his post-Brexit realignment.\n\nGone, the PM says, is mass immigration, to be replaced with higher wages and better conditions to encourage people into key sectors.\n\nWhat's happening just now, says Mr Johnson, is stresses and strains after the pandemic.\n\nBut for many people life feels a bit uncertain. Costs are rising. Inflation is a worry. Universal credit is being reduced for millions.\n\nThere are fears in the Conservative Party too about the cost of living over winter.\n\nSo while Mr Johnson sells his economic plan for the future, many will want assurances about the next few weeks and months.\n\nWhen he addresses the Manchester conference, the prime minister will restate his commitment to \"level up\" all areas of the UK - a pledge credited with helping his party take many previously Labour-held seats in northern England and the Midlands at the 2019 general election.\n\nHe will say the country is moving \"towards a high-wage, high-skill, high-productivity economy\", in which \"everyone can take pride in their work and the quality of their work\".\n\nMr Johnson will say \"talent, genius, flair, imagination, enthusiasm\" are \"evenly distributed around this country\", adding: \"There is no reason why the inhabitants of one part of the country should be geographically fated to be poorer than others, or why people should feel they have to move away from their loved ones, or communities to reach their potential.\"\n\nThis, he will argue, will take \"pressure off parts of the overheating South East, while simultaneously offering hope and opportunity to those areas that have felt left behind\".\n\nThe prime minister is not expected to make an announcement on raising the level of the national living wage.\n\nThe Low Pay Commission is expected to make a recommendation on a national living wage later this month, ahead of the Budget, but earlier this year, the commission predicted it would recommend a rate of £9.42 an hour from April 2022.\n\nSome Conservative supporters have raised concerns that the party might be regarded as neglecting its traditional heartlands in favour of its newly conquered former Labour seats.\n\nThe loss of the previously true-blue constituency of Chesham and Amersham, Buckinghamshire, to the Liberal Democrats in a by-election in June added to those worries.\n\nBut Mr Johnson will argue that altering society in the wake of Brexit will benefit the whole UK.\n\n\"We are not going back to the same old broken model with low wages, low growth, low skills and low productivity, all of it enabled and assisted by uncontrolled immigration,\" he will say.\n\nInstead of using migrant labour to keep wages down, he will say, the system must work to \"allow people of talent to come to this country, but not to use immigration as an excuse for failure to invest in people, in skills and in the equipment or machinery they need to do their jobs\".\n\nOn Sunday the government announced that 300 temporary visas would be issued to overseas lorry drivers to ease fuel shortages.\n\nSome 4,700 visas intended for foreign food haulage drivers are being extended, as well as 5,500 for foreign poultry workers.", "Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford were targeted for abuse\n\nA father-of-three who posted an \"abhorrent\" video abusing three England players after the Euro 2020 final has been handed a suspended sentence.\n\nBradford Pretty used racist terms to refer to Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka in the Facebook clip.\n\nPretty's solicitor said it was a \"moment of drunken madness\".\n\nThe 50-year-old plasterer was sentenced to 50 days in prison, suspended for 12 months, at Folkestone Magistrates' Court.\n\nPretty was also ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service.\n\nPlaying the video for the court, prosecutor Julie Farbrace said: \"It shows him talking about the game... in particular talking about the England players who had missed a penalty at the final.\n\n\"In relation to the matter there were people who commented on the video, people who were upset about the word he put in there.\"\n\nIn the video, an intoxicated Pretty can be heard saying: \"Where do I start? Where do I start?\n\n\"So gutted like all of us.\n\n\"Proper deflated, big proud of the boys, big proud, but anyone and everyone that knows me well will understand what I am talking about.\"\n\nBukayo Saka was also subjected to abuse\n\nPretty, from Folkestone, goes on to refer to Rashford, Sancho and Saka missing penalties and uses two racist terms to refer to them.\n\nWhen challenged about his language in the comments, Pretty apologised but spoke out against \"political correctness\" saying: \"I am standing up and saying what I said for the weak ones...England 'til I die.\"\n\nHis defence solicitor Richard Graham acknowledged the video was \"abhorrent\".\n\nHe said Pretty had drank \"15 or 16\" cans of lager on the day of the final and was \"clearly heavily intoxicated\" in the video.\n\nPretty admitted sending a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.\n\nEngland lost 3-2 on penalties to Italy after a 1-1 draw at Wembley in the final on July 11 this year. Rashford, Sancho and Saka all missed from the spot for England in the deciding shoot-out.\n\nElizabeth Jenkins, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: \"Hate crimes such as these have a massive impact on players and their mental health.\n\n\"The CPS takes this kind of offending very seriously and this case shows that where offensive content is reported to the police, we can successfully bring offenders to justice.\"\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.", "The maker of Quality Street and Lion bars has said it is experiencing some supply chain problems ahead of the Christmas period.\n\nBut Mark Schneider, the chief executive of Nestle, told the BBC that it was working hard to make sure products made it on to shelves this winter.\n\nA number of sectors have had problems with their supply chains due to a chronic shortage of HGV drivers.\n\nFactors including global bottlenecks with shipping have also played a part.\n\n\"Like other businesses, we are seeing some labour shortages and some transportation issues but it's our UK team's top priority to work constructively with retailers to supply them,\" he said.\n\nWhen asked whether he could guarantee Quality Street would be in the shops this Christmas he replied: \"We are working hard.\"\n\nNestle, which also makes Aero and KitKat, is the world's largest producer of dairy products - and works with hundreds of thousands of farmers around the world with millions of cows.\n\nAhead of a major climate summit in Glasgow next month, chief executive Mark Schneider was in the UK to launch a range of non-dairy, plant-based alternatives to its milk and chocolate in an attempt to further reduce the company's greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nAgriculture accounts for 20% of the world's greenhouse emissions and methane from belching cows is a major contributor.\n\nAlong with new non-dairy products, Nestle is also working with new types of feed for cattle that produce less methane per litre of milk produced.\n\nMark Schneider said Nestle was working hard to overcome supply chain issues ahead of Christmas\n\nMr Schneider also admitted it was responding to the commercial reality of a market that has seen consumers - particularly those who are younger and more affluent - move away from dairy products to oat and soya-based alternatives.\n\n\"We think less meat and dairy is good for the planet, but it's also good for diet and health, and it is also a big commercial opportunity,\" Mr Schneider said.\n\nHe said that these alternative products would cost more than their dairy equivalents at first but that the cost would come down over time.\n\n\"The first unit is always going to be a little more expensive, this is a hump you have to get over, and then at some point economies of scale kick in making them more affordable as we have seen in electric cars.\n\n\"Some consumers are willing to pay a premium now for products that pave the way for that,\" he said.", "UK wholesale gas prices hit a record high before falling after Russia said it was boosting supplies to Europe.\n\nRussia President Vladimir Putin appeared to calm the market after gas prices had risen by 37% in 24 hours to trade at 400p per therm on Wednesday.\n\nUK gas was 60p per therm at the start of the year, but high global demand and reduced supply has driven prices up.\n\nThe high cost of wholesale gas has seen several UK energy firms collapse and halted production across industries.\n\nFollowing Mr Putin's comments on supplies, gas prices dropped to about 257p a therm later on Wednesday.\n\nSusannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the changing gas prices underlined the \"volatility in the market and the nervousness amongst investors about low stockpiles of gas across Europe\".\n\n\"When Putin's promises help calm the storm of rising prices which was pummelling financial markets, it's clear investors are desperate for any gust of good news blowing in,\" she said.\n\nThe surge in prices led to Energy Intensive Users Group, which represents steel, chemical and fertiliser firms, calling on the government to help keep businesses and industries running.\n\nIndustry leaders said surging costs had already resulted in steel production halting \"at times of peak demand\".\n\nLast month, US-owned CF Industries shut two UK sites that produce 60% of the country's commercial carbon dioxide supplies because of the rise in gas prices, before the government stepped in to meet its operating costs for its Teesside plant for three weeks.\n\nThe shut down led to a shortage of carbon dioxide - a by-product of the fertiliser factories - which sparked warnings from food producers and supermarkets of shortages in the supply of fresh produce. The gas is to stun animals for slaughter and in packaging to prolong shelf life.\n\n\"We have already seen the impact of the truly astronomical increases in energy costs on production in the fertiliser and steel sectors,\" said Richard Leese, chairman of the Energy Intensive Users Group.\n\n\"Nobody wants to see a repeat in other industries this winter, given that UK EIIs [energy intensive industries] produce so many essential domestic and industrial products and are intrinsically linked with many supply chains.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said: \"We are determined to secure a competitive future for our energy intensive industries and in recent years have provided them with extensive support, including more than £2bn to help with the costs of energy and to protect jobs.\n\n\"Our exposure to volatile global gas prices underscores the importance of our plan to build a strong, home-grown renewable energy sector to further reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.\"\n\nBesides industry struggles, a total of nine energy suppliers have collapsed in recent weeks, which has affected nearly 1.73 million customers in September alone.\n\nThe companies that have gone bust have been mostly smaller firms, which have been unable to deliver price promises to customers because of the surge in gas prices.\n\nFirms going bust has also had a knock on effect to auto-switching services, with Look After My Bills, famous for its popularity on BBC Two's Dragon's Den, \"pausing\" its operations, and fellow auto-switching company Flipper closing down completely.\n\nFlipper said in a statement that it had withdrawn from the market and was closing because it could \"no longer sustain the great savings\" its customers had \"come to expect\".\n\nMeanwhile, Look After My Bills said it was \"temporarily pausing\" its switching service, but would be \"back as soon as we can\" access energy deals \"right\" for customers.\n\nAffected customers have been told they will be switched to a new tariff by energy regulator Ofgem and be contacted by their new supplier.\n\nIt has advised people to take a meter reading and to wait until a new supplier has been appointed before looking to switch to another energy firm.\n\nJonathan Brearley, the boss of Ofgem, has warned that the cost of protecting customers from failing energy providers could lead to higher bills.\n\nA higher energy price cap came into force on Friday, with those on standard tariffs, with typical household levels of energy use, seeing bills go up by £139 to £1,277 a year.\n\nCustomers are protected from sudden hikes in gas prices through the energy price cap, which sets maximum prices and charges for those on a standard or default tariff.\n\nHowever, the next revision of the cap, which will affect bills from the start of April, is likely to rise significantly to reflect the greater costs faced by suppliers.\n\nAnalysts at energy consultancy Cornwall Insight have predicted the next cap will mean the typical household will have an annual bill of £1,600 and the impact of the crisis could be felt into 2023.\n\n\"The explosion of choice and innovation seen in the sector in the last decade by challenger suppliers has been fundamentally altered in a matter of months, and while all eyes will inevitably be on this winter, the need for an enduring solution to ensure that the gains experienced by almost three decades of competition are not lost,\" said its senior consultant, Craig Lowrey.", "John Atkinson was not assessed by paramedics for 47 minutes, the inquiry heard\n\nThe family of a care worker killed in the Manchester Arena attack have praised \"heroic\" efforts by a member of the public to try and save him.\n\nJohn Atkinson, 28, was one of 22 people who died when a bomb was detonated in the arena foyer on 22 May 2017.\n\nMembers of the public and police helped him but he was not assessed by paramedics for nearly 50 minutes.\n\nThe public inquiry has previously heard he may have survived had he been given medical treatment more quickly.\n\nIt has been looking at the individual circumstances of the deaths of each victim, who were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a device at an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nMr Atkinson, from Radcliffe in Bury, was 20ft (6m) away from Abedi when the bomb went off and was separated from the friend he had attended the concert with.\n\nThe inquiry heard CCTV footage showed that within five seconds of the blast Mr Atkinson crawled on his hands and knees across the floor of the foyer.\n\nA member of the public, Ronald Blake, phoned 999 within 52 seconds of the blast and used a belt as a tourniquet to try and stem the bleeding from Mr Atkinson's leg.\n\nMr Blake, who was injured himself and had no first aid training, stayed with Mr Atkinson for nearly an hour holding the tourniquet the entire time, the inquiry heard.\n\nJohn Cooper QC, representing Mr Atkinson's family, told Mr Blake: \"I profoundly thank you on their behalf for the hard work, dedication and heroics you performed on that night trying to save John.\"\n\nRonald Blake used a belt as a tourniquet and held it on John Atkinson's leg for nearly an hour\n\nMr Blake said Mr Atkinson was conscious and talking while they were together and he was \"shocked\" to discover the next day, when he was being treated in hospital for his own injuries, that he had died.\n\nGiving evidence, he told the inquiry: \"I have never had any first aid training and my natural instinct at the arena was to try and stop the blood and keep him conscious.\n\n\"When I left him with the paramedics I thought he was going to survive.\"\n\nMr Blake replied \"yes\" when Mr Cooper asked him: \"During the time you were dealing with John it was obvious, wasn't it, that he was very, very severely injured?\"\n\nThe inquiry heard it was more than 45 minutes before anyone came to help lift Mr Atkinson out of the foyer and down the stairs to the casualty clearing station at the adjoining Victoria railway station.\n\nBritish Transport Police constable Jessica Bullough, who assisted Mr Atkinson, said: \"We realised that no-one was coming to help us and so it was better to get people downstairs.\"\n\nA decision was made to grab a display board to carry Mr Atkinson out of the foyer, the inquiry heard.\n\nHowever, a metal barrier then needed to be fetched as the board was too \"flimsy\" and would not fit in a nearby lift.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed in the May 2017 bombing\n\nThe inquiry heard PC Leon McLaughlin asked North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) incident commander Dan Smith for a stretcher to carry Mr Atkinson down the stairs.\n\nPC McLaughlin said he felt he was \"ignored\" and told by Mr Smith to \"blanket him up\" and \"leave him there for now\".\n\nThe officer said he felt \"frustrated\" but said it was \"clear that they were not going to move from where they were….and provide me with any meaningful help\".\n\nThe inquiry heard only three NWAS paramedics entered the foyer on the night, two of them just a few minutes before Mr Atkinson was evacuated.\n\nOn the available footage Mr Atkinson was not triaged, assessed or assisted by NWAS personnel for the 47 minutes he was in the room, the hearing was told.\n\nThe hearing has been told the issue of whether Mr Atkinson could have survived is key, and that over the next few days the court will hear from experts who believe better medical treatment could have made a difference.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Matthew Boorman, a father of three, died after being stabbed\n\nThe man who died during a series of stabbings in Gloucestershire has been named as 43-year-old Matthew Boorman.\n\nHis family said in a statement that Mr Boorman was \"a loving husband and a father to three gorgeous young children who all love him and miss him tremendously\".\n\nPolice responded to multiple reports of people being stabbed in Walton Cardiff near Tewkesbury, on Tuesday evening.\n\nA man in his 50s was arrested and remains in custody.\n\nPolice said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the attacks, which happened at about 17:20 BST in the Snowdonia Road and Arlington Road area\n\nDue to previous contact with the arrested man, Gloucestershire Police is referring itself to the Independent Office of Police Conduct.\n\nThe force thanked those who were first on the scene, including two off-duty police officers who \"bravely intervened to tackle and restrain\" the man.\n\nSeveral members of the public also tried to intervene, Gloucestershire Police said.\n\nOne man has died and another two people were attacked\n\nA resident who lives near-by, but did not want to be named, said: \"Everyone is in shock as things like this never happen here.\"\n\nA witness, who also did not want to be named, said they saw an off-duty police officer trying to calm down a man who was \"brandishing a knife\".\n\nThey added: \"I was in a bit of shock as that is not something we deal with around here. Everyone is shook up. Here in our community, this is not something we are used to.\"\n\nA number of police cordons are in place at the housing development\n\nMr Boorman suffered serious injuries and died at the scene, despite receiving treatment. A second man suffered serious stab wounds and remains in a critical but stable condition at Southmead Hospital in Bristol.\n\nA woman was also wounded in the leg and was taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital for treatment.\n\nCh Insp Roddy Gosden said: \"This was a horrific incident in a quiet residential area.\n\n\"We understand those who saw what happened will be traumatised and many in the local community will be upset and worried.\n\n\"Today and over the next few days local policing team officers will be patrolling the area to listen to peoples' concerns and refer people to available support.\n\n\"The man who was arrested in connection with the incident remains in police custody at this time.\"\n\nCh Insp Roddy Gosden said police would be visiting local residents in the coming days to reassure them\n\nA number of police cordons are in place around the new housing development where the stabbing took place. Officers also remain at the scene.\n\nDet Insp Ben Lavender said the investigation was in its early stages and appealed for anyone with information or mobile phone footage of the attack to contact police.\n\nLocal MP Laurence Robertson tweeted that he wanted to express a \"huge thank you\" to the emergency services and residents who helped the victims.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDrones are being used to deliver post to a remote Orkney island.\n\nA large, twin-engine drone is carrying mail between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay.\n\nUp to 100kg (220lbs) of post can be carried on the journey of about 35 miles (56km). Travelling at more than 90mph, the trip takes under 20 minutes.\n\nThe two-week trial is being carried out by Royal Mail to help better connect remote island communities and reduce carbon emissions.\n\nOnce the mail arrives at North Ronaldsay - a community of about 70 people - it is delivered in the usual way by a local postal worker.\n\nUncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can fly in poor weather conditions, including fog, and unlike boat services they are not affected by tides.\n\nIf the trial - with Windracers Ltd - is successful, the technology will be considered by Royal Mail to support deliveries to remote areas across the UK.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Breakfast This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe trial is part of the Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (Sate) project based at Kirkwall Airport.\n\nNick Landon, chief commercial officer at Royal Mail, said it was designed to help deliver the best possible service for customers wherever they live in the UK, while protecting the environment.\n\nPost is flown from Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay\n\nNorth Ronaldsay postwoman Sarah Moore said: \"It's really exciting to be involved in this trial. North Ronaldsay is a very remote area of the UK and I'm proud to be involved.\"\n\nThe trial began on Monday and runs until 15 October.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Universal credit: What £20 means to me\n\nA Conservative peer who helped design the universal credit system has renewed her call for a vote on the end of the £20-a-week top-up to the benefit.\n\nBaroness Philippa Stroud said it was a \"really bleak day\" for many families as the extra money is withdrawn from Wednesday.\n\nBut the new justice secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC the top-up was always meant to be temporary.\n\nExtending the booster payment would cost around £6bn a year.\n\nThe government has said that spending has to be brought under control after unprecedented emergency interventions during the pandemic.\n\nMr Raab defended the withdrawal of the booster payment, insisting the government wanted to \"avoid the benefits and welfare trap\" and universal credit was designed to encourage people back into work.\n\nHe pointed out the £400bn ministers put into helping the economy, workers and the most vulnerable was \"clearly unsustainable\" in the long-term.\n\nBut the government has continued to help jobless people find work, he added, citing the £4.3bn stimulus package unveiled by the chancellor last year.\n\nMr Raab told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"What we've done - national living wage, personal allowance, the ending of the over-reliance on cheap labour from abroad which depresses wages - is so critical to our vision for the economy.\"\n\nUniversal credit is a benefit for working-age people and was brought in to merge six benefits - such as income support and child tax credit - into one payment.\n\nIt can be claimed whether a person is in or out of work and is drawn by more than 5.8 million people in England, Scotland and Wales - with almost 40% of them classed as being in employment.\n\nThe benefit is made up of a standard allowance - which differs according to age and personal circumstances - plus any additional amounts that apply, such as having children, a disability or health condition that stops someone from working.\n\nA £20-a-week increase to universal credit was brought in as a temporary measure to help those on low incomes hit financially by coronavirus lockdowns.\n\nThe extra universal credit payment works out as about £87 a month, or £1,040 a year.\n\nThe scheme is officially due to end on Wednesday, but the exact date the money will stop being paid will vary depending on the day a person usually receives their universal credit.\n\nBaroness Stroud, who is chief executive officer of the Legatum Institute think tank, told the same programme that their calculations showed the withdrawal of the top-up would push 840,000 people into poverty - including 290,000 children.\n\n\"There are people who are out of work who will move back into work, but there are also 450,000 who will move into poverty today as a result of this who have disabilities or who have children who are disabled,\" she said.\n\nBaroness Stroud reiterated her call for a cross-party House of Lords vote on the decision to remove the £20-a-week top-up \"that would say to the House of Commons, think again on this issue\".\n\nShe previously told the BBC she would table an amendment to the Social Security Bill when it reached the House of Lords, but this has not yet happened.\n\nNicola Flower says the £20 booster payment helped pay for heating during her cancer treatment\n\nFor Nicola Flower, from Cornwall, the uplift in universal credit has helped her stay warm by paying for heating bills during her cancer treatment.\n\nShe told the BBC she has had to shield for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic and is still waiting for an operation.\n\n\"I had no choice but to go on it [universal credit],\" she said. \"It was a godsend because I wouldn't have managed otherwise. I have never been on benefits before in my life. I have always done three jobs.\"\n\nNicola, who worked as a seamstress, in a supermarket and as a cleaner, said the she knew the £20 uplift was \"an extra\", but added with fuel prices and gas prices rising, she could do with the money.\n\nCampaigners, charities, and MPs have called for the top-up to be made permanent to help those who are still struggling.\n\nThe Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) has urged the government to continue the uplift, saying food banks are struggling to support \"ever-increasing\" numbers of people.\n\nThe network - which represents 500 UK food banks and providers - says it is \"running out of options\" as volunteer numbers and public donations have dropped, food supply shortages have caused problems, and staff are already stretched to meet current demand.\n\nEarlier this week the homelessness charity Crisis warned that about 100,000 renters could face eviction when the £20 booster payment ends.\n\nThe Labour party accused ministers of being \"complacent about the cost of living crisis\" amid concerns over rising energy prices and the end to the top-up in universal credit.\n\nIts shadow business secretary Ed Miliband warned the end to the booster payment risked \"plunging\" people into fuel poverty.\n\nPaddy Lillis, general secretary of the shopworkers union Usdaw, said: \"It is shameful the government is removing this crucial lifeline for low-paid workers and their families; particularly as they face rising utility bills and national insurance increases, along with fuel and food shortages that are impacting the cost of living.\"\n\nHe urged the prime minister to \"do the right thing\" by cancelling the withdrawal of the universal credit top-up and \"committing to reforming a social security system that doesn't provide the support working families need\".\n\nBut the government has insisted the uplift to universal credit was always meant to be temporary and designed to help people through the toughest stages of the pandemic.\n\nIt added that higher wages, rather than taxpayer-funded benefit rises, would be the best way to tackle poverty as the country emerged from Covid restrictions.", "Brighton and Hove Albion FC said it was helping police with the investigation\n\nA Premier League footballer who was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman has been bailed.\n\nThe Brighton and Hove Albion player, in his 20s, was held at a nightclub in Brighton early on Wednesday.\n\nOn Thursday morning he was released on conditional bail until 3 November while inquiries continue.\n\nA man in his 40s was also questioned and bailed to the same date, Sussex Police said. The woman is receiving specialist support from officers.\n\nBrighton and Hove Albion FC said it was helping police with the investigation.\n\n\"The matter is subject to a legal process and the club is therefore unable to make further comment at this time,\" it added.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Offering essay-writing services to students for a fee will become a criminal offence under plans to tackle cheating by \"essay mills\".\n\nThe government says the move will protect students from the \"deceptive marketing techniques of contract cheating services\".\n\nProviding pre-written or custom-made essays for students to present as their own is already illegal in some places.\n\nThere are more than 1,000 essay mills in operation, according to the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, the watchdog for standards in UK universities.\n\nThe agency's Gareth Crossman said the decision \"sends a clear signal\" but the higher education sector must work together to put these \"unscrupulous outfits\" out of business.\n\nA 2018 survey suggested that 15.7% of recent graduates admitted to cheating, but Universities UK said that the use of essay mills by students was rare.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"Universities have become increasingly experienced at dealing with such issues and are engaging with students from day one to underline the implications of cheating and how it can be avoided.\"\n\nShe added that universities welcomed the decision to make essay mills illegal, and said all universities had codes of conduct with severe penalties for submitting work that is not a student's own.\n\nStudents said there should be more academic and pastoral support, so that they are \"never in the position of feeling that they have to turn to essay mills in the first place\".\n\nThe National Union of Students said: \"These private companies prey on students' vulnerabilities and insecurities to make money through exploitation, and never more so than during the pandemic.\"\n\nThe ban on essay mills is one of a number of measures being introduced to the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill.\n\nIt will also include changes to careers advice in schools intended to give equality to technical education, ensuring that pupils have opportunities to learn about apprenticeships, T-levels and traineeships.", "In future platforms such as TikTok will have Ofcom keeping a close eye over how they enforce policies\n\nOfcom has laid out the measures it will require video-sharing platforms to take to better protect users.\n\nThe VSPs, including TikTok, Snapchat, Vimeo and Twitch, must take \"appropriate measures\" to protect users from content related to terrorism, child sexual abuse and racism.\n\nA third of users have seen hateful content on such sites, Ofcom says.\n\nThe regulator will fine VSPs that breach the guidelines or - in serious cases - suspend the service entirely.\n\nOfcom promised a report next year into whether those in scope - and there are 18 in total - were taking the appropriate steps.\n\nSpecific legal criteria determine whether a service meets the definition of a VSP and whether it falls within UK jurisdiction.\n\nYouTube is expected to fall under the Irish regulatory regime but it will come in scope of the Online Safety Bill, which has a much broader remit to tackle online harms on the big technology platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook and Google, once that becomes law.\n\nOfcom said one of its main priorities in the coming year would be to work with VSPs to reduce the risk of child sexual abuse material being uploaded.\n\nAccording to the Internet Watch Foundation, there has been a 77% increase in the amount of self-generated abuse content in 2020.\n\nAnd it acknowledges the massive amount of content will make it impossible to prevent every instance of harm.\n\nBut it promised a \"rigorous but fair\" approach to its new duties.\n\nChief executive Dame Melanie Dawes said: \"Online videos play a huge role in our lives now, particularly for children.\n\n\"But many people see hateful, violent or inappropriate material while using them.\n\n\"The platforms where these videos are shared now have a legal duty to take steps to protect their users.\"", "A stink bug that can spoil crops and infest homes has been trapped in Surrey as part of a monitoring study.\n\nThe brown marmorated stink bug is native to Asia, but has spread to parts of Europe and the US, where it can destroy fruit crops.\n\nA lone stink bug was caught at RHS Garden Wisley this summer within weeks of the setting up of a pheromone trap.\n\nThe adult may be a stowaway brought in on imported goods or part of an undiscovered local population.\n\nDr Glen Powell, head of plant health at RHS Garden Wisley, said the stink bug may become commonplace in gardens and in homes within a decade.\n\n\"This isn't a sudden invasion but potentially a gradual population build-up and spread, exacerbated by our warming world,\" he said.\n\nIt's not yet clear if stink bugs are living undetected in parts of England or are rare visitors that hitch-hike in on imported goods or passenger luggage and survive for only a short time. So far, no eggs or immature bugs have been found that would suggest the bug is breeding and has set up home.\n\nThe bug has been caught only twice before in pheromone traps set up to lure it in by means of a natural chemical - in all cases as lone instances. The previous finds were at Rainham Marshes in Essex and in the wildlife garden of London's Natural History Museum.\n\nAccording to the department for the environment, Defra, the bug has been intercepted in the UK on several occasions - in passenger luggage flown in from the US, clothing and wood imports from the US, and stone imported from China.\n\nThe trap at Wisley is part of a national monitoring project led by a plant science research company, NIAB EMR, in Kent, and funded by Defra.\n\nDr Michelle Fountain, head of pest and pathogen ecology at NIAB EMR, said: \"[The] brown marmorated stink bug represents a significant threat to food production systems in the UK so it is crucial that we continue to monitor any establishment and spread of the pest.\"\n\nA single male stink bug was trapped at Wisley in Surrey this summer\n\nThere are more than 40 species of stink bugs, also known as shield bugs, already present in the UK. Most pose no threat to plant health and are not considered pests.\n\nBrown marmorated stink bugs, which have a distinctive rectangular-shaped head, get their name from the odour they emit when threatened.\n\nIn the US, they can invade houses, clustering in their hundreds, and can be devastating for farmers, destroying fruit such as nectarines and peaches and feeding on a wide range of ornamental trees, vegetables and other plants.\n\nInvasive species cost the UK economy over £1.8bn a year and can threaten the survival of other plants and animals. A Defra spokesperson said: \"The brown marmorated stink bug is not a significant threat to our crops - but as with all pests and diseases we will continue to monitor any threats closely.\"\n\nAnyone finding what they believe to be a brown marmorated stink bug is asked to take a picture and report the sighting at BMSB@niab.com or via email to Entomology@rhs.org.uk.\n\nThe insect can be confused with other species - more information can be found here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson tells Laura Kuenssberg he is \"not worried\" about a jobs gap and rising prices in the UK.\n\nBoris Johnson is famous for looking publicly on the bright side.\n\nMaking people laugh, making people feel good, is part of what successful politicians do.\n\nHis optimism is what defines his public persona. It's also what fuels accusations that he isn't serious about the country's problems and would rather crack a joke than crack a problem.\n\nDon't doubt though for a moment that Boris Johnson is deadly serious about power and holding on to it.\n\nThere is concern in some corners of government, including among some cabinet ministers, that Number 10 is brushing away concerns about the economy too easily.\n\nIn our interview with the prime minister this morning he said he's \"not worried\" about the squeeze on supply chains, labour shortages or inflation.\n\nSpeaking earlier he said there was no crisis. And he's trying to use this moment to argue that what we are seeing are merely the birth pangs of a new economic model.\n\nBusiness will sort things out quickly, he believes, it's down to the market to fix it, rather than government to \"patch and mend\".\n\nBut talk to some of his colleagues, some of whom made their own warnings about specific economic pinch points before the summer, and you don't quite hear the same.\n\nWhen the prime minister displays a disregard for Westminster's conventions or politesse it's one thing. But running the risk of looking like you don't understand everyday concerns is another.\n\nThe polls right now suggest that the government is not being punished for queues at the pump or empty shelves. Johnson loyalists credit his political appeal that seems to defy natural gravity. But if prices continue to creep up and disruption continues, those feelings could turn.\n\nYou can't just tell people to cheer up if their gas bill is going up, their weekly shop costs more and they are losing £20 a week from universal credit.\n\nAfter what they consider a successful first big foreign trip, and dominance in the polls, Downing Street is in a bullish mood.\n\nBut confidence can tip into complacency - a sentiment that few voters would reward.", "Fresh tensions surfaced last week over the number of fishing licences issued to French fishermen\n\nFrance has intensified pressure on the UK over post-Brexit fishing rights, warning bilateral co-operation could be at risk.\n\nThe government in Paris is angry that the UK granted 12 licences out of 47 bids for smaller vessels to fish in its territorial waters.\n\nFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex has accused the UK of not respecting its Brexit deal commitments on fishing.\n\n\"Britain does not respect its own signature,\" he told French MPs.\n\n\"Month after month, the UK presents new conditions and delays giving definitive licences... this cannot be tolerated.\"\n\nThe prime minister warned that all bilateral agreements with the UK could be at risk if the European Commission did not take a tougher stance on the UK government. No details were given, but the two countries have a raft of agreements covering defence, security and border controls as well as energy and trade.\n\nThe UK's Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said the government's approach has been reasonable and fully in line with its commitments.\n\nSpeaking at the Conservative party conference, the UK's Brexit minister rejected French claims that the UK was in breach of the Brexit trade deal.\n\nLord Frost insisted that 98% of EU applications to fish in British waters had been granted, adding that the UK had been \"extremely generous\".\n\nThe Commission said it was in constant contact with UK authorities to ensure all licence applications were dealt with as soon as possible. \"The UK has published its methodology and we are now discussing the differences with the British and Jersey authorities regarding the rights of the boats involved.\"\n\nBBC Brussels correspondent Jessica Parker says there is little sense that the Commission is poised to act, with post-Brexit relations in a delicate state as the EU prepares solutions for fixing the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nFresh tensions surfaced last week between Britain and France over post-Brexit fishing rights.\n\nFrance was infuriated last week by the relatively small number of licences granted to smaller vessels, when Sea Minister Annick Girardin spoke of French fishing being \"taken hostage\" for political ends.\n\nThe UK said it would consider further evidence to support remaining bids for fishing rights.\n\nFrance on Tuesday repeated its threat to cut the UK off from energy supplies.\n\nA UK government document in July said that 47% of the country's electricity imports were from France.\n\nFrench Europe Minister Clément Beaune told Europe 1 radio: \"The UK depends on our energy exports, they think they can live alone while also beating up on Europe and, given that it doesn't work, they engage in aggressive one-upmanship.\"\n\nThe Channel island of Jersey became a flashpoint for tensions last May, when French fishermen staged a protest outside the port of St Helier and two Royal Navy ships were sent to patrol the area.\n\nAt the time Ms Girardin threatened to cut off Jersey's electricity supply - 95% of which is delivered by three underwater cables from France.\n\nFrench fishermen complained about being prevented from operating in British waters because of difficulties in obtaining licences.\n\nUnder an agreement with the EU, French boat operators must show a history of fishing in the area to receive a licence for Jersey's waters. But it has been claimed additional requirements were added without notice.", "Tina Turner has been inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice\n\nTina Turner sold the rights to her music catalogue, including hits like The Best and Nutbush City Limits, to music publishing company BMG.\n\nThe deal also sees BMG acquire the rights to Turner's name, image, and likeness for future sponsorship and merchandising deals.\n\nThe company did not disclose how much it paid, but industry sources said the figure would be north of $50m (£37m).\n\nTurner said she was confident her music was \"in reliable hands\".\n\nThe 81-year-old is one of the most recognisable and vibrant stars in pop music history.\n\nBorn Anna Mae Bullock in Tennessee, she joined Ike Turner's band as a backing singer when she was 18. Within two years, she was the star of the show, and the duo scored a string of hits with future R&B standards like A Fool In Love, River Deep, Mountain High and Nutbush City Limits.\n\nIke and Tina Turner were one of the biggest soul and R&B acts of the 1960s\n\nIke and Tina married in 1962, but their relationship was turbulent and violent and she filed for divorce in the 70s.\n\nTurner's solo career quickly eclipsed that of her partnership with Ike, with five platinum albums including 1984's Private Dancer, which went three times platinum in the UK.\n\nHer biggest hits include that record's title track, What's Love Got To Do With It, The Best, Steamy Windows and the Bond theme Goldeneye.\n\nShe has received 12 Grammy Awards and will enter the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as a solo artist in October - her second induction after entering the pantheon with Ike Turner in 1991.\n\nThe deal with BMG sees her handing over her share of the recording and publishing rights for those hits and dozens more, spanning the six decades of her career. Warner Music will remain the record company distributing the star's music.\n\n\"Tina Turner's musical journey has inspired hundreds of millions of people around the world and continues to reach new audiences,\" said BMG boss Hartwig Masuch.\n\n\"We are honoured to take on the job of managing Tina Turner's musical and commercial interests. It is a responsibility we take seriously and will pursue diligently. She is truly and simply, the best.\"\n\nHe said the company intended to introduce Turner's work to new audiences, particularly on streaming and music-focused social media platforms like TikTok.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Tina Turner Official This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. End of youtube video by Tina Turner Official\n\n\"Like any artist, the protection of my life's work, my musical inheritance, is something personal,\" said Turner in a statement.\n\n\"I am confident that with BMG and Warner Music, my work is in professional and reliable hands.\"\n\nThe star has largely been in retirement since 2009, but interest in her work has surged thanks to the 2021 HBO documentary Tina, and a West End musical based on her life, Tina.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tina Turner: \"I am really proud of what my future as a star became\"\n\nShe is the latest artist to cash in on the value of their back catalogue, following in the footsteps of Blondie, Shakira and Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks.\n\nUniversal Music Group paid somewhere near $400m (£295m) to acquire Bob Dylan's entire songbook last year, while Neil Young made about $150m (£110m) by selling a 50% share of his music to London-based investment company Hipgnosis.\n\nThe deals give superstar artists and writers a guaranteed windfall, while the new owners collect royalties every time the songs are streamed, sold or placed in movies.\n\nThe pandemic seems to have accelerated the trend, with rock legend David Crosby saying he was forced to sell his songs to Irving Azoff's Iconic Artists Group in March because of his \"inability to play live\".\n\n\"I can't work ... and streaming stole my record money,\" he explained in a tweet while the deal was being negotiated.\n\n\"I have a family and a mortgage and I have to take care of them so it's my only option... I'm sure the others feel the same.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I'd love to say I could forgive, but I can't\" - former firearms officer on armed policing unit culture\n\nAn ex-firearms officer says she has been through \"absolute hell\" after an employment tribunal found evidence of a sexist \"boys' club\" culture in a Police Scotland armed response unit.\n\nRhona Malone's case was brought after a senior officer said two female armed officers should not be deployed together.\n\nHer victimisation claims succeeded but a sex discrimination claim was dismissed.\n\nIt said its response at the time was \"nowhere near good enough\" and will address the issues raised by the ruling as a \"matter of urgency\".\n\nMs Malone told BBC Scotland \"I've finally got justice, the acknowledgement I've been looking for.\"\n\nShe continued: \"I didn't want to leave my job, there was no reason for this, it was completely unnecessary.\n\n\"I didn't need to go to court for any of this, but they made it so difficult. They put me and my family through absolute hell and torture, for years I was in limbo.\n\n\"As a police officer I stood up for people's rights, I expected the same in return.\"\n\nMs Malone was a police officer for seven years before qualifying as a firearms officer\n\nBefore the tribunal action commenced Ms Malone says Police Scotland offered her a pay-out on the condition she signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) - a legal document to stop her speaking about what happened and from assisting any colleagues in a similar situation.\n\nMs Malone refused as she says this \"went against everything I believed in\".\n\nShe added: \"Because they [Police Scotland] have hidden behind NDAs, not dealing with the problem or dealing with the culture, this happened to me and it took my career away from me.\n\n\"It took my mental health away from me, I loved my job.\"\n\nIn its judgement, the employment tribunal accepted evidence that there was an \"absolute boys' club culture\" within the armed response unit in Edinburgh where Ms Malone worked.\n\nIt also found Sgt Rachel Coates, a former colleague of Ms Malone, was told by a senior firearms instructor that women should not become authorised firearms officer \"because they menstruated and that affected their temperament\".\n\nWhen Sgt Coates asked if female authorised firearms officer could wear trousers and a top, rather than a one-piece, so it would be easier to go to the toilet, the firearms instructor swore at her.\n\nThe outcome of Rhona Malone's case is a serious and embarrassing blow for the reputation of Scotland's national force, at a time when sexism within UK policing is under fierce scrutiny.\n\nThe employment tribunal has said she was a respected and committed officer with an exemplary record before she joined the firearms unit in Edinburgh in October 2016. Less than four years later she had retired from the force on the grounds of ill-health.\n\nAfter hearing from serving and former officers, the tribunal has accepted that the culture within the armed response unit was an \"absolute boys club.\" That description came from a man - a former police sergeant.\n\nIt's accepted that a chief firearms instructor said female officers shouldn't be equipped with guns because menstruation would affect their temperament.\n\nThe tribunal decided that the evidence of the inspector whose email began all of this was not credible, and that Rhona Malone was victimised through a bungled grievance handling process, much of which involved a newly appointed female area commander.\n\nPolice Scotland has more than 22,000 police officers and support staff who on a daily basis perform a vital role, protecting the public and bringing criminals to justice.\n\nThe number of individuals involved in this one case was very small and major organisations lose employment tribunals from time to time, but Police Scotland is not just any old organisation and a firearms unit is not just any old department.\n\nIn its response to the tribunal's findings, the force has made no attempt to dispute any of this or play it down. Instead it said it's worked hard to improve standards and knows \"there is still much to do.\"\n\nLast year former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini QC raised concerns about discrimination within Police Scotland. At the time, the Chief Constable Iain Livingstone said he was committed to improving public confidence in the force.\n\nThat task won't be any easier after this case.\n\nRhona Malone said the tribunal case \"wasn't about embarrassing Police Scotland\" but rather achieving \"accountability and acknowledgement\"\n\nThe tribunal also found that Ms Malone was an \"entirely credible and reliable witness\", but the evidence of her former superior, Insp Keith Warhurst, was \"contradictory, confusing and ultimately incredible\".\n\nInsp Warhurst sent an email in January 2018 saying two female firearms officers should not be deployed together when there were sufficient male staff on duty.\n\nIn the email he said it made \"more sense from a search, balance of testosterone perspective\".\n\nBut the tribunal found that the instruction was not implemented, as staff were told it did not represent the views of senior management. As a result of this, it dismissed the direct discrimination claim.\n\nMs Malone said she felt \"every department shut the door on me\" when she tried to deal with the issue when she was still employed by the force.\n\nShe added: \"My reputation was really affected, I was being targeted because I was standing up for myself and they couldn't deal with that - all they wanted to do was protect their self interest.\"\n\nMs Malone claimed there was a culture of \"self preservation\" among senior officers in the force rather than getting to the root cause of any issues.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Mark Williams said: \"It is clear the culture in armed policing in 2017 and 2018 was unacceptable. Since then, we have worked hard to improve standards but we know there is much still to do.\n\n\"Sexism, misogyny and discrimination of any kind is deplorable. It has no place in society and no place in policing. Everyone in policing has a responsibility to lead change so we better reflect, represent and serve our communities and improve the experience of officers and staff.\n\n\"As an organisation, our response when a dedicated female officer raised legitimate concerns was nowhere near good enough. I apologise unreservedly to Ms Malone for those failings and for the significant impact they had on her.\"\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Williams said the force would address the issues raised by the ruling as a \"matter of urgency.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The executive is meeting on Thursday to look at the remaining Covid-19 rules\n\nFirst Minister Paul Givan has said he hopes Northern Ireland's government will not have to deploy contingency coronavirus plans to help manage health pressures this winter.\n\nThe executive will meet on Thursday to look at the remaining Covid-19 rules.\n\nThose include social distancing in hospitality venues and mandatory wearing of face coverings.\n\nMr Givan said he hoped there would be the \"headspace\" to approve more relaxations.\n\nThe executive previously agreed that decisions taken at its meeting on 7 October will take effect on 14 October.\n\nThe first minister said officials were continuing to monitor rates of transmission, and that there had been a \"marked decrease\" in the number of hospital admissions.\n\n\"In that context I would hope we can take further steps forward,\" he said.\n\n\"We'll then look to contingency plans should it become necessary - but I hope it isn't.\n\n\"I believe people in our society have the power to take sensible decisions, take their own personal responsibility seriously - all of that will help us avoid having to ever deploy a contingency plan over that winter period.\n\n\"But it is prudent that the executive makes plans for that and has tools at its disposal, should it be required.\"\n\nThe issue of so-called vaccine passports is also likely to be raised again at Thursday's meeting.\n\nLast week, Health Minister Robin Swann warned that a delay by the executive in agreeing a vaccine passport policy had limited options for easing more restrictions.", "Sarah Everard was murdered by a serving police officer in South London\n\nA Labour peer is to demand a fuller inquiry into the Metropolitan Police and the circumstances surrounding the murder of Sarah Everard.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel announced a non-statutory inquiry on Tuesday into \"systematic failures\" that allowed her killer to remain a police officer.\n\nPolicing Minister Kit Malthouse said a non-statutory inquiry would be faster.\n\nBut Shami Chakrabati said non-statutory inquiries lacked both independence and powers to make witnesses appear.\n\nThe former shadow attorney general has now tabled an amendment to the government's policing bill - due back in the Lords in two weeks - demanding a statutory inquiry, led by a judge, to begin within a month of the law passing.\n\nAnd she has put another proposal forward to ensure police officers are not allowed to ask a woman to get into a car unless they are accompanied by another officer.\n\nA Home Office spokeswoman said it stood by the department's earlier commitment, that to \"provide assurance as swiftly as possible\" the inquiry will be on a non-statutory footing, which can be converted to a statutory inquiry if required.\n\nShe added: \"The chair and terms of reference for the inquiry will be confirmed in due course.\"\n\nThe killing of Ms Everard sent shockwaves throughout the UK and raised questions about the safety of women on the streets.\n\nWhen details of her murder emerged last week - that serving police officer Wayne Couzens used his warrant card to fake an arrest to kidnap her, before raping and killing her - the police faced growing calls for answers over its policies and procedures.\n\nThe Met confirmed it would carry out an independent review into its standards and culture, and the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is also carrying out a review.\n\nBut Ms Patel said a Home Office inquiry would \"give the independent oversight needed to ensure something like this can never happen again\".\n\nThe department said the inquiry would initially be non-statutory but could be converted to a statutory one if required, with Mr Malthouse telling BBC Radio 4's PM the first option was much quicker to put in place.\n\nBut Baroness Chakrabati pointed to the review into the murder of Daniel Morgan, where a non-statutory panel set up by then-Home Secretary Theresa May took eight years to report back.\n\nWhen its report was finally released, the panel said its work was \"made more difficult\" by not having the power to \"compel witnesses to testify, nor could we compel the Metropolitan Police to disclose documents in a timely manner\".\n\nIn her amendment, the Labour peer wants an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 - making it statutory - to start within one month of the policing bill being approved to \"identify the lessons to be learned for the professional culture, funding, vetting and organisation of policing, the prevention of violence against women and the investigation and prosecution of misogynistic crimes\".\n\nThe amendment also says the chair should be a senior woman judge or retired judge, alongside a panel of other members with relevant experience.\n\nBaroness Chakrabati will make her proposals in the Lords on 20 October\n\nBaroness Chakrabati told the BBC: \"Neither the Met commissioner's internal review [into the circumstances surrounding Ms Everard's death] nor the home secretary's non-statutory inquiry will have either the robust independence or powers to compel cooperation that are so urgently required.\n\n\"The Daniel Morgan review panel described the obstruction they faced in June.\n\n\"Anything short of a full-blown judge-led 2005 Act inquiry will short-change women who have been let down by the police and criminal justice system for at least a decade.\"\n\nThe Home Office said: \"The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts B Bill is currently going through Parliament and we will consider amendments as they are raised.\"", "Ms Malone was a police officer for seven years before qualifying as a firearms officer\n\nThe culture in an armed policing unit within Police Scotland was \"horrific\" and an \"absolute boys' club\", an employment tribunal has found.\n\nIt accepted evidence of a \"sexist culture\" in the armed response vehicles unit (ARV) in the east of Scotland.\n\nFormer firearms officer Rhona Malone raised the tribunal against the force alleging sex discrimination and victimisation.\n\nHer victimisation claims succeeded but the discrimination claim was dismissed.\n\nIt also found that Ms Malone was an \"entirely credible and reliable witness\", but the evidence of her former superior, Insp Keith Warhurst, was \"contradictory, confusing and ultimately incredible\".\n\nInsp Warhurst sent an email in January 2018 saying two female firearms officers should not be deployed together when there were sufficient male staff on duty.\n\nPolice Scotland apologised unreservedly to Ms Malone and said it would address the issues raised in the judgement \"as a matter of urgency\".\n\nMs Malone told BBC Scotland she was \"extremely emotional and phenomenally grateful\".\n\nHer solicitor, Margaret Gibbon, described the employment tribunal's judgement as \"damning\".\n\n\"The employment tribunal's findings lay bare the misogynistic attitudes and culture within armed policing and the hostile treatment police officers face when they try to call it out,\" she added.\n\n\"Of equal concern is the employment tribunal's findings that it did not consider credible much of the evidence it heard from Police Scotland's witnesses, including testimony from high-ranking police officers and senior members of staff.\n\n\"The serious issues this judgement brings to light need to be urgently addressed by Police Scotland\".\n\nMs Malone had worked as a police officer for seven years before becoming an authorised firearms officer (AFO) in Police Scotland's ARV team in 2016.\n\nShe was based in Edinburgh, Fettes Team 1, in October 2016, where she was one of two women in a team of 12 AFOs. Of 60 AFOs in Edinburgh's ARV division, four were women.\n\nIn its judgement, the tribunal accepted evidence that there was an \"absolute boys' club culture\" within the ARV which was \"horrific\". It also found:\n\nThe tribunal also accepted that Insp Warhurst sent an email saying two female officers should not be deployed together.\n\nIn the email he referred to \"the obvious differences in physical capacity\" and said it made \"more sense from a search, balance of testosterone perspective\".\n\nBut the tribunal found that the instruction was not implemented, as staff were told it did not represent the views of senior management. As a result of this, it dismissed the direct discrimination claim.\n\nIf the email had been acted upon, the tribunal said it would have been viewed as \"inherently discriminatory\".\n\nHowever the tribunal did accept Ms Malone's claims of victimisation.\n\nThese related to incidents including a threat of withdrawing her firearms authority, a suggestion that she could be transferred to Stirling, handling of grievances and a failure to investigate complaints.\n\nIn one of the tribunal hearings, Richard Creanor, a former firearms officer, said there was \"absolutely a boys' club culture\" that existed in parts of Police Scotland's armed response unit and also claimed Insp Warhurst had sent a message with a picture of topless women to a WhatsApp group of police officers.\n\nHe told the hearing: \"You have to understand the culture in firearms, they operate within their own rules.\"\n\nLawyer Stewart Healey, acting for Police Scotland, suggested to Mr Creanor during the evidence session that he \"had it in for Mr Warhurst\" and was making up the claims.\n\nBut the tribunal ruling accepted Mr Creanor's evidence and described him as a \"credible and reliable\" witness.\n\nThe tribunal judgement was also critical of two senior officers.\n\nIt found the evidence of Ch Supt Andrew McDowell's \"implausible\" in that the reason he gave for not investigating Ms Malone's complaint was because he \"receives thousands of emails\".\n\nThis was described as \"wholly unsatisfactory\" in the judgement given Ch Supt McDowell's seniority.\n\nIn addition, the judgement said the actions of Police Scotland official Alasdair Muir were \"neither honest nor reasonable\".\n\nIn a statement published in response to the judgement Assistant Chief Constable Mark Williams, of Police Scotland, said the culture in armed policing in 2017 and 2018 was unacceptable.\n\n\"Since then we have worked hard to improve standards but we know there is much still to do,\" he said.\n\n\"As an organisation, our response when a dedicated female officer raised legitimate concerns was no where near good enough. I apologise unreservedly to Ms Malone for those failings and for the significant impact they had on her,\" he added.\n\n\"This judgement highlights serious issues and we will set out action to address them as a matter of urgency.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: How to identify the UK's oldest meat-eating dinosaur\n\nMore than half a century after first being unearthed from a Welsh quarry, four small fossil fragments have finally been assigned to a new species of dinosaur.\n\nResearchers from London's Natural History Museum say Pendraig milnerae is the oldest meat-eating dinosaur ever discovered in the UK.\n\nIt existed over 200 million years ago, their analysis suggests.\n\nThe name Pendraig means \"chief dragon\" in Middle Welsh.\n\nThe animal was very likely the apex, or top, predator in its environment. That said, it wasn't exactly a giant. Think of something chicken-sized with a very long tail.\n\n\"It was a typical theropod; so, a meat-eating dinosaur that walked around on two legs, like T. rex or Velociraptor that you'll know from the movies, but much earlier in time,\" explained the NHM's Dr Stephan Spiekman.\n\nArtwork: Pendraig probably had sharp teeth and predated on other small reptiles\n\nThis is one of those classic fossil stories.\n\nPendraig is described by just four, albeit beautifully preserved, bone pieces. A vertebra, elements of the pelvis and a femur. These items were originally pulled from a limestone quarry near Cowbridge in South Wales in the 1950s.\n\nTheir interesting features were occasionally discussed within the NHM, but then the fossil material somehow got lost in the vast collections of the museum, mistakenly stored with crocodilian remains.\n\nOnly recently were the bones recovered from the \"wrong drawer\" and recognised for their true significance.\n\nPendraig is really ancient. It's late Triassic in age. It could be as much as 214 million years old, putting it close to the base of dinosaur emergence.\n\nIndeed, Pendraig would have been a fossil when the previously mentioned T. rex and Velociraptor were still strutting their stuff in the Cretaceous, just before the asteroid struck to wipe them both from the face of the Earth 66 million years ago.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stephan Spiekman and Susie Maidment: \"This is a very special dinosaur\"\n\n\"We've only got these four fragments, but the preservation is fantastic. The fossil is completely three dimensional; it's undistorted,\" Dr Spiekman told BBC News.\n\n\"What's so interesting and important here is that we're getting to see the very early stages of the evolution of the dinosaurs. These animals eventually came to dominate the Earth, but in the late Triassic they were only one of several groups of reptiles that were living on land.\"\n\nThe geological study of the British Isles tells us that during this time, what is now the Bristol Channel region of the UK was a series of islands made from much older limestone that had been folded and pushed upwards.\n\nPendraig would have lived somewhere across the archipelago.\n\nHow this particular specimen died, we can only speculate. But its bones were embedded in a gryke, or fissure, in the limestone. Perhaps the dino fell in; maybe it was already dead and got washed in during a flood. No-one can say for sure.\n\nThere's a bit of a puzzle related to the size of the animal, which is on the small side of what might be expected. Dr Spiekman wondered if Pendraig might be an example of dwarfism, a phenomenon you sometimes see in species that are confined to islands and their limited resources. But the analysis in this case came to no firm conclusions.\n\nAngela Milner was perhaps best known for the Surrey dinosaur Baryonyx\n\nThe second part of Pendraig's name - its species name - recognises an influential figure in British dinosaur science: Angela Milner, who died in August.\n\nThe former deputy keeper of palaeontology at the Natural History Museum was associated with another major theropod discovery in the 1980s - an animal called Baryonyx - and was key in helping to bring Pendraig milnerae to light again.\n\n\"It wasn't lost for very long in the collections, but it was Angela we have to thank for tracking it down. She'd remembered seeing it and went off to look through the museum's drawers. And after three or four hours she returned to say, I found it!\" recalled co-author Dr Susie Maidment.\n\n\"Angela had a really influential career in UK palaeontology and was a huge loss to us here at the museum. We were some way through describing the fossil when she died, but we wanted to honour her by naming the fossil after her.\"\n\nPendraig milnerae is reported in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Authors on the paper are affiliated to the NHM; the University of Birmingham; Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Argentine Museum; and National Museums Scotland.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says he wants a \"high-wage, high-skill, high-productivity, and low tax economy\"\n\nBoris Johnson has promised to \"get on with the job\" of uniting and levelling up the UK, in a speech to the Conservative Party conference.\n\nIn an upbeat address peppered with jokes, but light on new policy, the prime minister claimed a high-wage, high-skilled economy was being created in the wake of Brexit and the pandemic.\n\nHe also defended tax rises to pay for the NHS and vowed to fix social care.\n\nThe 45-minute speech was his first to a conference since the pandemic began.\n\nIn it, the prime minister said the overwhelming Conservative general election victory in 2019 placed an onus on his government to deliver change demanded by voters.\n\nThe main theme of his speech was \"levelling up\", with the PM saying that reducing gaps between regions would ease pressure on south-eastern England, while boosting places that felt left behind.\n\nHe also repeated pledges set out at during his party's conference this week in Manchester to crack down on crime, improve transport links and broadband, and reform the housing market.\n\nAnd he sought to reassure Tories anxious about plans to increase National Insurance to pay for the NHS and social care by claiming it was what predecessor Margaret Thatcher would have done, if the economy had been hit by a \"meteorite\" like the pandemic.\n\n\"She would have wagged her finger and said that more borrowing now is just higher interest rates and even higher taxes later,\" he said.\n\nThe prime minister wants a new economic model with better pay and conditions. He wants to persuade voters his is the party to distribute wealth and opportunity more evenly across the UK. He wants people to feel good about the future.\n\nLevelling up has been the slogan repeated by ministers at this conference. We only got a sliver of meat on the bones today. This was a speech thin on policy, big on jokes and rhetorical flourishes.\n\nConservatives love Mr Johnson because he makes them feel good - it's a strategy that is key to understanding his success as a politician.\n\nBut will it be enough? There are some difficult months ahead for many people.\n\nRising prices, supply chain issues, the end of the universal credit top-up and furlough.\n\nMany Conservatives acknowledge the cost of living squeeze - and are worried about the impact.\n\nCritics will accuse the prime minister of ignoring those big issues in favour of what they see as vague promises for the future.\n\nBut the hope in Manchester was that Boris Johnson's unflinchingly upbeat vision of a post-Brexit, post-pandemic Britain is as popular with voters as it is with Tory activists.\n\nThe Conservative conference has taken place amid concerns over rising inflation, supply chain problems, and petrol and worker shortages.\n\nBut Mr Johnson insisted that the present problems were the result of an economic rebound in the wake of Covid shutdowns.\n\nHe added that controls on immigration represented the \"change that people voted for\" in the 2016 Brexit referendum, while also promising to end declining home ownership among young people by building more housing.\n\nHe announced a £3,000-a-year bonus for teachers, as an incentive for struggling areas of England to recruit maths and science specialists. The policy replaces a similar nationwide scheme that has recently been phased out.\n\nDowning Street said the new \"levelling up premium\" would cost £60m, but no details have yet been given over which areas will qualify.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"There is no reason why the inhabitants of one part of the country should be geographically fated to be poorer than others,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"You will find talent, genius, flair, imagination, enthusiasm - all of them evenly distributed around this country. But opportunity is not.\"\n\nMr Johnson referred to Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove, who was recently photographed dancing in an Aberdeen nightclub, as \"Jon Bon Govi\" - an allusion to the rock star Jon Bon Jovi.\n\nHe also mocked Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, whom he has frequently dubbed \"Captain Hindsight\".\n\n\"If Columbus had listened to Captain Hindsight, he'd be famous for discovering Tenerife,\" he joked.\n\nBut Sir Keir accused Mr Johnson of \"playing this game where he's pretending that he's just sort of just landed from the Moon and he's looking around and saying, 'Things look pretty awful around here, we need a bit of levelling up, things are so awful'\".\n\nHe told ITV's Peston programme: \"He and the Tories have been in government for 11 years, so we're in this state because of the way that they have governed the country.\"\n\nThe CBI business lobby group said Mr Johnson said set out a \"compelling vision\" but had so far \"only stated his ambition\" on raising wages.\n\nShevaun Haviland, who heads the British Chambers of Commerce, said firms supported the aim of a higher-wage, higher-skill economy but warned: \"This will not happen overnight.\"\n• None Five things we learned at Tory conference\n• None Have these pledges been met?", "Tesco has seen sales and profits grow faster than expected as Britain's biggest supermarket group shrugged off the pandemic impact.\n\nIn the six months to August, Tesco said it \"outperformed\" the grocery sector, but also flagged that the sales surge could now start to \"fall away\".\n\nBut it would still mean stronger profits growth this year than was first thought, a Tesco statement said.\n\nIt came as rival Morrisons said it was recruiting 3,000 staff for Christmas.\n\nThe jobs are in distribution centres and manufacturing sites across the UK, ranging from warehouse and production staff to pickers and packers, as well as other skilled roles such as fork-lift truck drivers.\n\nLike Morrisons, Tesco is adjusting to labour shortages and supply chain problems in the run-up to the key festive period.\n\nHowever, chief executive Ken Murphy said the company was \"in good shape for Christmas\", adding he believed the company's resilience was due to its \"long-standing partnerships with suppliers\".\n\n\"With various different challenges currently affecting the industry, the resilience of our supply chain and the depth of our supplier partnerships has once again been shown to be a key asset,\" he said.\n\nBut he told a conference call with journalists that there would still \"be bumps in the road in the run-up to Christmas. We're seeing our share of challenges\".\n\nAnalyst Sophie Lund-Yates, from investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown, said \"Tesco's enormous scale means it is weathering the supply chain crisis better than others. It is times like these when being the biggest fish in the pond really counts.\n\n\"The size of Tesco's distribution network also can't be overstated, which again gives the group the flexibility to deliver the goods at scale.\"\n\nTesco's group revenues jumped by 5.9% to £30.4bn for the six months compared with the same period last year. Operating profits increased by 28% to £1.3bn for the period.\n\nSales in the first six months of Tesco's financial year rose 2.6% to £27.3bn, while UK like-for-like sales rose 1.2%, having risen 0.5% in the first quarter.\n\nAnalysts said Tesco was benefiting from its huge online business, from a pricing strategy that matched the prices of German-owned discounter Aldi on around 650 products and the success of its Clubcard Prices loyalty scheme, which offered lower prices to members.\n\nBut the company has again signalled concerns about possible food price inflation, following Tesco chairman John Allan's warning last month in an ITV interview that costs could rise by 5% this winter.\n\nBritain's biggest retailer is on a bit of a roll. Trading has been better than expected and with impressive results. Even Tesco Bank has bounced back to profitability.\n\nThe retailer says it has managed to keep hold of most of the new customers it gained during the pandemic after doubling its online slots.\n\nThe focus now is delivering Christmas amid a whole host of supply chain challenges. Boss Ken Murphy says Tesco is in good shape for the all-important festive trading and that the business has many unique advantages. For instance, it makes extensive use of rail to deliver supplies.\n\nTesco sends 65,000 containers across the UK by rail every year and it wants to increase that to 90,000 in the next few months to help mitigate the shortage of drivers.\n\nTesco's huge scale may also help it weather the storm, but Mr Murphy also expects \"bumps in the road\" ahead.\n\nJulie Palmer, partner at Begbies Traynor, said likely price rises, along with the HGV driver shortage, pointed to the future looking \"more uncertain\" for Tesco.\n\n\"The supermarket has already warned the UK government that the shortage of lorry drivers could cause severe disruption to deliveries, causing panic buying in the run-up to Christmas,\" she said.\n\n\"While this may push up sales temporarily, it also means chaos when stock runs out and rising costs for the supermarket, which it may struggle to pass on to its customers in a competitive market.\n\n\"Add supply chain disruption, an energy crisis, wage inflation and a lack of workers to the basket, Tesco has considerable headwinds in the final quarter of the year.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Morrisons said it was anticipating that Christmas trading would be busier than usual as \"customers try to make up for last year's restricted celebrations\".\n\nThe company said its new jobs, with pay starting at £10 an hour, included both permanent and temporary roles.\n\nMorrisons underlined in its statement that it \"welcomed\" 16-24-year-olds, saying that full training would be given, so \"no prior experience is required\".", "Virginia Giuffre, then Roberts, was pictured with Prince Andrew in London in 2001\n\nPrince Andrew has been granted access to a sealed document his lawyers believe could help end the sexual abuse case being brought by Virginia Giuffre.\n\nA US judge gave permission for the agreement between Ms Giuffre and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to be shared with the prince's lawyers.\n\nMs Giuffre's lawyers had made the offer to release the document but believe it will be \"irrelevant\" to the civil case.\n\nThe Duke of York, 61, has consistently denied Ms Giuffre's allegations.\n\nMs Giuffre, 38, claims she was sexually assaulted by the prince at three locations including New York City.\n\nAndrew B Brettler, who represents Prince Andrew, had argued at a previous hearing that Ms Giuffre had entered into a \"settlement agreement\" with Epstein that would end her current legal action,\n\nDuring the first pre-trial hearing of the case last month, Prince Andrew's lawyer said the agreement \"releases the duke and others from any and all potential liability\".\n\nThe prince's lawyers have said in court that Ms Giuffre agreed in 2009 not to sue anyone else connected to Epstein when she settled her damages claim against the billionaire sex offender, who died in prison in 2019.\n\nThe precise wording of that deal is currently confidential - sealed by a court.\n\nIn a court document filed on Wednesday, US Judge Loretta Preska agreed to a request from Ms Giuffre's lawyer, David Boies, to provide the duke's legal team with the document.\n\nMr Boies previously said about the document: \"Although we believe that the release is irrelevant to the case against Prince Andrew, now that service has been accepted and the case is proceeding to a determination on the merits, we believe that counsel for Prince Andrew have a right to review the release and to make whatever arguments they believe appropriate based on it.\"\n\nThen known as Virginia Roberts, Ms Giuffre claims she was assaulted by the prince at the London home of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and at Epstein's homes in Manhattan and Little Saint James, in the US Virgin Islands.\n\nHer case claims Prince Andrew engaged in sexual acts without Ms Giuffre's consent, including when she was 17, knowing how old she was, and \"that she was a sex-trafficking victim\".\n\nThe prince has consistently denied the claims and, in 2019, told BBC Two's Newsnight programme: \"It didn't happen.\"\n• None Prince accepts being served with US lawsuit papers", "Aubrey Padi was ordered to serve a minimum of 23 years\n\nAn estranged husband who hid in his wife's home then stabbed her to death in the night has been jailed.\n\nTamara Padi was \"brutally\" stabbed multiple times in her home in Stalybridge, Tameside, in July in an \"incomprehensible\" attack.\n\nAubrey Padi, of Carrfield in Hyde, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to murdering his 43-year-old wife.\n\nThe 46-year-old was jailed for life at Manchester Crown Court and ordered to serve a minimum of 23 years.\n\nGreater Manchester Police (GMP) said the couple split in February.\n\nOn 7 July, Padi let himself into his wife's home in the early hours and lay in wait for her arrival.\n\nShe arrived home shortly after 01:30 BST with a friend who was staying over.\n\nThe friend, who was sleeping downstairs in the living room, was woken at about 03:30 by screaming from upstairs, police said.\n\nTamara Padi was described as a \"happy and outgoing soul\" who was \"loved by everyone\"\n\nMs Padi's friend saw her estranged husband attempt to flee out of the front door but then he turned around, went back upstairs and stabbed Ms Padi multiple times.\n\nHe then told the friend to call 999 and left the property. Ms Padi was taken to hospital but died shortly after arriving.\n\nMs Padi was described as \"happy and outgoing soul\" who was \"loved by everyone\", in a family tribute after her death.\n\nA friend also paid tribute, saying Ms Padi was \"full of love and made sure everyone around her felt that love\".\n\nDet Insp Lee Shaw said: \"This was a brutal attack on someone that this man had vowed to love and care for.\n\n\"The actions of Aubrey Padi are incomprehensible, and it is only right that he remains behind bars for at least the 23 years the judge has imposed on him.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. First responders and others react to Rust set death\n\nFilm director Joel Souza says he is \"gutted by the loss of my friend and colleague\" Halyna Hutchins, in his first statement since a gun accident on the set of a movie in New Mexico.\n\nMs Hutchins was killed and Mr Souza wounded when a prop gun with a live round was fired by actor Alec Baldwin.\n\nMr Souza thanked well-wishers for their \"outpouring of affection\".\n\nCourt records say Mr Baldwin was handed the gun by an assistant director who told the actor that it was safe.\n\nMs Hutchins, a 42-year-old cinematographer, was fatally shot in the chest in Thursday's incident on the set of the film Rust in Santa Fe. Mr Souza, 48, who had been standing behind Ms Hutchins, was treated in hospital for a wound to the shoulder and later discharged.\n\nPolice are still investigating the incident and no charges have been brought.\n\nJoel Souza thanked \"hundreds of strangers who have reached out\"\n\nIn his statement, Mr Souza said: \"I am gutted by the loss of my friend and colleague, Halyna. She was kind, vibrant, incredibly talented, fought for every inch and always pushed me to be better.\n\n\"My thoughts are with her family at this most difficult time. I am humbled and grateful by the outpouring of affection we have received from our filmmaking community, the people of Santa Fe, and the hundreds of strangers who have reached out… It will surely aid in my recovery.\"\n\nCourt submissions show the assistant director, Dave Halls, did not know the prop contained live ammunition and indicated it was unloaded by shouting \"cold gun!\"\n\nOn Friday, Mr Baldwin - who was the star and producer of the film - said he was \"fully co-operating\" with the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office.\n\n\"My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nAlec Baldwin said he was fully co-operating with the police\n\nMs Hutchins, 42, was from Ukraine and grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle. She studied journalism in Kyiv and film in Los Angeles. She was the director of photography for the 2020 action film Archenemy.\n\nAccording to the Los Angeles Times, about half a dozen members of the camera crew on Rust had walked out hours before the tragedy after protesting over working conditions on the set at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe.\n\nThere had been at least three earlier prop gun misfires on the set, sources told the Times.\n\nMs Hutchins had studied journalism in Kyiv and film in Los Angeles\n\nThe union members had also complained that they were promised hotel rooms in Santa Fe, but once filming of the Western began they were required to drive 50 miles (80km) from Albuquerque every morning.\n\nThe BBC has obtained a document showing which crew members were listed as scheduled to be on set that day.\n\nIt names a head armourer, the crew member responsible for checking firearms. Hannah Gutierrez Reed is in her twenties and had recently worked in this role for the first time, on the movie The Old Way.\n\nIn a podcast in September she said she almost turned down that job \"'cause I wasn't sure if I was ready... but doing it, like, it went really smoothly\".\n\nThe prop gun that Baldwin fired contained a \"live single round\", according to an email sent by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees to its membership, reports Variety.\n\nIn Rust, Baldwin was starring as an outlaw whose grandson is sentenced to hang for an accidental killing.\n\nThe actor is best known for his role as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and for his portrayal of Donald Trump on the sketch show Saturday Night Live.\n\nSuch incidents on film sets are extremely rare.\n\nReal firearms are often used in filming, and are loaded with blanks - cartridges that create a flash and a bang without discharging a projectile.\n\nIn 1993, Brandon Lee - the 28-year-old son of the late martial arts star Bruce Lee - died on set after being accidentally shot with a prop gun while filming a death scene for the film The Crow.\n\nThe fatal shooting happened on the set of the Western film Rust in New Mexico", "Tesco's website and app are now up and running again, following a service outage that began on Saturday.\n\nThe retail giant's services had crashed after what Tesco said were attempts \"to interfere with our systems\".\n\nThe possible hack at Britain's biggest supermarket began with shoppers unable to order goods and track deliveries.\n\nTesco initially said there was \"an issue\", but in a Sunday update said there had been deliberate disruption.\n\nThe supermarket later confirmed on Twitter that its groceries website and app were back up and running, but it was temporarily using a \"virtual waiting room\" to manage the high volume of traffic.\n\nTesco said the attempts to compromise its systems were made overnight from Friday to Saturday, but was not more specific.\n\nAccording to Downdetector, which monitors website outages, shoppers began reporting issues early on Saturday morning.\n\nThe scale of the problem, and whether the issue was nationwide or only in certain areas, remained unclear on Sunday night.\n\nShoppers complained over the weekend about a lack of information, with many wanting to know how to cancel orders and whether they can get money back.\n\nEarlier on Sunday, a Tesco spokesperson said: \"There is no reason to believe that this issue impacts customer data and we continue to take ongoing action to make sure all data stays safe.\n\n\"Since yesterday, we've been experiencing disruption to our online grocery website and app.\n\n\"An attempt was made to interfere with our systems which has caused problems with the search function on the site. We're working hard to fully restore all services and apologise for the inconvenience.\"\n\nMeanwhile, shoppers were trying to change or cancel deliveries, or switch to other supermarkets.\n\nTesco customer Chris Hodgson, who lives in Stoke-on-Trent, told the BBC the app had not been working properly for \"a couple of days\".\n\nHe picked up his click-and-collect order on Sunday, but had only managed to do half his weekly shopping before the website went down. \"The collection member of staff hadn't been informed of any issues,\" Mr Hodgson said. \"After I showed him the website, he said it was an unusually quiet day.\n\n\"I asked if I could reject the whole order and was informed I could only reject substituted items. I'll have to go out again this afternoon. If you're on a budget it's annoying, it's an inconvenience.\n\n\"Nothing from Tesco, no way of contacting them. Really poor by Tesco,\" he said.\n\nTesco has opened a check-out free store where customers use the app to choose groceries and leave with them\n\nAnother customer, Rebecca, from North Wales, got a delivery of 120 Pepsi drinks on Sunday instead of her order.\n\n\"We were meant to get a week's shop this morning,\" she told the BBC. \"The website was down all yesterday so we couldn't amend or cancel. All we received was 120 cans of Pepsi Max.\"\n\nRebecca, who asked for her surname not to be used, added: \"I'd been going in to the order over and over yesterday, right up until the 11.45 deadline. I didn't try calling, there must be thousands in the same boat.\n\n\"Fortunately someone suggested that Asda had delivery slots for today so I managed to place an order last night (just before their deadline) for enough food for the next few days.\"\n\nTesco initially said on Saturday it was \"working hard to get things back up and running\", and apologised for the inconvenience.\n\nThe firm's online sales have soared recently, especially during lockdown, with the supermarket ramping up capacity.\n\nIts latest financial results say the scale and reach of its online operations are \"unmatched in the UK\", with total sales topping £6bn. Tesco said it had 6.6 million app users.\n\nTesco has faced previous hacks. In 2014 about 2,000 customer accounts were deactivated amid fears login details were compromised, and there was also a cyber attack on the supermarket's bank arm.\n\nBut the problem is becoming more common globally. Earlier this year, international meat manufacturer JBS had to shut down about 25% of its operation. And large swathes of US fuel supply were closed after a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline.\n\nFew sectors have escaped the attention of cyber-criminals, with airlines, banks, universities, local authorities, utilities and tech giants such as Microsoft all having faced attacks on their computer systems.\n• None Why does the internet keep breaking?", "An A-level history textbook has been withdrawn after a youth worker said she was \"horrified\" to discover an image asking whether the treatment of Native Americans had been exaggerated.\n\nThe AQA-approved book asked students to balance \"criticisms of treatment of Native Americans\" with \"defence\" of their treatment in the late 1800s.\n\nThe period saw some massacres of Native American tribes by the US government.\n\nThe publisher Hodder has withdrawn the book.\n\nIn one section the textbook - called The Making of a Superpower: USA 1865-1975 - asked students \"to what extent do you believe the treatment of Native Americans has been exaggerated?\"\n\nHannah Wilkinson, who offers history mentoring sessions at Durham Sixth Form Centre, said the exercise was \"quite problematic\".\n\n\"It was deeply shocking to see how ingrained racial injustice is,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"The period we're looking at is a period of American policy where Native Americans were treated terribly,\" she said.\n\n\"The way the textbook framed it suggests that maybe the treatment of Native Americans has been exaggerated.\"\n\nFrom the early the 17th Century through to the late 19th Century a series of wars took place between European colonists and Native American tribes. They became known as the American-Indian Wars.\n\nIn this time the Native American population fell heavily, partly due to new diseases brought by the Europeans and partly due to wars and massacres. Several historians have accused the colonialists of a \"genocide\" against Native American tribes.\n\nWhether or not the US government's actions amounted to a genocide, it imposed policies that targeted Native American land, freedom, and wellbeing.\n\nMs Wilkinson teaches history for students who need extra support as part of her work with St Nicholas Church, Durham.\n\n\"My concern is that it presents really oppressive policies in an objective way. That didn't seem appropriate to the historical context,\" she said.\n\n\"I am definitely worried this is a wider pattern. We like to think that compared to America that we don't really have an issue of racial injustice.\"\n\nShe added: \"This period goes from slavery, to Jim Crow, to civil rights. If this is how they're presenting the history of Native Americans with such bias my concern is whether that is a repeated pattern in the framing of US history and whether that is coming up throughout the course.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Hannah Wilkinson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAQA has previously had to apologise for textbooks which contained racial stereotypes.\n\nAn AQA spokesperson said the exercise \"doesn't match our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and should never have made it through our process for approving textbooks\".\n\n\"We know our approval process wasn't always good enough in the past - but we've improved it since then and we do things differently now, including working with external diversity experts and providing better training for our reviewers and staff.\n\n\"We contacted the publisher as soon as we heard about this content, and we're pleased they've worked very quickly to put this right.\"\n\nAQA said publisher Hodder Education would remove book from sale \"and review its content\".\n\n\"We're also working together with publishers to ensure that new and updated editions of AQA-approved textbooks meet our commitment to EDI (equity, diversity and inclusion),\" the exam board said in its response to Ms Wilkinson's original tweet.\n\n\"We agree that this content is inappropriate and are going to remove this book from sale,\" HodderSchools tweeted. \"We will conduct a thorough review of the content with subject experts.\"", "Dubai officially opened the world's largest and tallest ferris wheel on Thursday, as part of an initiative to bolster the city's status as a major tourism hub. It's known as the \"Dubai Eye\" and stands at 250m.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eluned Morgan says she has never understood politicians who refuse to apologise where it's due\n\nWales' Health Minister Eluned Morgan has apologised for the mistakes made by the Welsh government in its initial handling of the pandemic.\n\nShe was responding to a report by MPs which said the UK's early response to the pandemic is one of the worst ever public health failures.\n\n\"I'm prepared to apologise to all of those who have suffered,\" she said.\n\nThe report said the slow move to lockdown led to a higher initial death toll than if ministers acted sooner.\n\nIt said the slow move into restrictions - backed by UK government scientists and adopted by the UK's central and devolved governments - was \"wrong\" and \"deliberate\".\n\nThe study, written by two House of Commons committees, claimed scientific advisers and government suffered \"a degree of group think\".\n\nWales and the rest of the UK went into lockdown on 23 March - while the policy was controlled by ministers in Cardiff, early on they acted alongside the Westminster government.\n\nThere were 2,289 deaths in Wales due to Covid, and 2,512 deaths involving Covid, in the first wave of the pandemic up to the end of July 2020.\n\nWales went into lockdown on 23 March 2020\n\nOpposition parties reiterated calls for a Wales-only public inquiry, with Plaid Cymru saying the Welsh government \"must take responsibility for its actions\".\n\nIn the Senedd, First Minister Mark Drakeford declined to say whether he agreed the early response was one of the worst ever public health failures in the UK, and said he had not read the report.\n\n\"I've been asked the question many times, 'Were there things that you would have done differently had you known then what you know now?' \" he said.\n\n\"We didn't know those things then, we were following the advice that we had at the time.\"\n\nHe said as \"our knowledge grew\" ministers have \"not hesitated to take our own decisions where we thought that was in the best interests of Wales\".\n\nThere have been a total of 8,262 deaths where Covid was mentioned on the death certificate up to 24 September this year.\n\nSpeaking at a press briefing, Ms Morgan said: \"Of course I'm prepared to apologise to all of those who have suffered during the pandemic.\n\n\"This was a new disease that we'd never seen before. None of us knew how it was going to impact, none of us knew how it was going to spread, none of us had any idea that it could be spread even without showing any symptoms.\"\n\nShe added: \"Of course we made mistakes at the beginning of that process, because of the lack of information and data and knowledge that we have now learned.\n\n\"I think we have a duty and responsibility to say sorry to people where we've made mistakes.\"\n\nBut the minister argued it would have been \"extremely difficult\" to have locked down Wales before England, because of the border and \"because furlough was not available\".\n\nShe said since then, the Welsh government has taken a \"far more cautious approach compared to that of the rest of the United Kingdom\".\n\nBut Ms Morgan denied that the Welsh government had suffered from group think - when a group of individuals reaches a consensus without critical reasoning.\n\nA decision to scrap community testing for coronavirus early in the pandemic was described by the report as a \"serious mistake\".\n\nWales, in common with the rest of the UK, took the same approach. Ms Morgan partly blamed this on a limitation on the number of tests available at the time.\n\nCatherine Griffiths's father Harry died with Covid in his Aberystwyth care home\n\nFigures showed that there were 157% more care home deaths from all causes than there would be normally in April 2020, with 1,171 in total.\n\nThe daughter of a man who died from Covid last year said it was \"good to have an apology\" but said it was \"slightly qualified\".\n\nCatherine Griffiths, whose father Harry Griffiths died with Covid in his Aberystwyth care home, told BBC Wales: \"They didn't know what was happening in the first wave but they knew what was happening in the second wave, my father died in the second wave.\n\n\"They should have protected people they should have acted and learned from countries in the Far East. While we were going into the second wave they were asking people to do quick tests before they enter care facilities, and we weren't doing that.\"\n\nMs Griffiths is part of the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru group, which is calling for a dedicated public inquiry for Wales into decisions made about the pandemic.\n\nThere are calls for a Wales-only public inquiry into the Covid response\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price said the report showed the \"fatalistic approach at the heart of this Westminster government\" but also called for a Welsh public inquiry.\n\nPlaid health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said: \"The Welsh government must take responsibility for its actions - good and bad, and there should be no avoidance of detailed scrutiny.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative health spokesman Russell George said: \"The pandemic was an unprecedented crisis and as these reports show decision-makers in government followed the science and evidence provided by experts.\"\n\nHe added the report shows \"why we need a Wales-specific Covid inquiry\".\n\nHowever Mark Drakeford argued in the Senedd that the report strengthens the argument for the Welsh \"experience to be properly investigated within the wider UK context\".\n\nThe first minister has backed a UK government inquiry, but has not ruled out a Wales-only effort if he is not satisfied with what is set up by the UK government.\n\nMr Drakeford told the Senedd he was yet to receive a reply to a letter to Communities Secretary Michael Gove on the 10 September setting out a \"series of tests\" the Welsh government would apply \"to give us confidence\".\n\nThe first minister said he was hoping to have a meeting with the prime minister in the coming days, and added he expects devolved governments to be \"properly involved\" in the appointment of the UK government's inquiry chair.\n\nDuring the press conference it was announced that the Welsh government had set a target of offering all 12 to 15-year-olds a Covid vaccine by the end of October.\n\nThe government also said all residents of care homes will have been offered a booster by the same date.\n\nDr Gill Richardson, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Vaccines, said she expected the majority of people over 50 or who have an underlying health condition to have been offered their booster by the end of the year.\n\nA Welsh government statement said the committees' report \"does not scrutinise decisions made by any of the devolved governments in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"Some actions and decisions in the pandemic response were taken at a UK level on a four-nations basis - we have always been open to working together where there are shared decisions and shared responses.\n\n\"We have followed the advice of our medical and scientific advisers and have taken a more cautious approach. Independent reports, by Audit Wales, have shown our approach to testing, for example, was less costly and more efficient than that taken by the UK government.\"", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak will lay out the government's latest tax and spending plans on Wednesday 27 October.\n\nIt's the government's second Budget of the year, after one in March, and will coincide with the conclusions of the 2021 Spending Review, which will give details of how government will fund public services for the next three years.\n\nResponding to the most recent public sector finance data this week, the chancellor said: \"At the Budget and Spending Review next week, I will set out how we will continue to support public services, businesses and jobs while keeping our public finances fit for the future.\"\n\nWhat are his options? Here we look at six things to watch out for in the Budget that could affect your personal finances.\n\nEnergy bills are set to rise this winter\n\nThe chancellor is reportedly considering a cut to the 5% rate of value added tax on household energy bills.\n\nThe move would be popular and timely against the background of soaring energy bills this winter and is something the government is now able to do because of Brexit.\n\nBut the move could attract criticism as it would - in effect - mean subsidising fossil fuels ahead of the climate summit.\n\nAlso, a VAT cut on domestic energy bills would cost about £1.5bn a year, which may just be too much for the chancellor.\n\nExtra tax on sparkling wine could be cut\n\nThere are rumours the chancellor is planning to simplify the way that alcohol is taxed in the UK.\n\nThe 2019 Conservative election manifesto promised to review it, so now could be the time.\n\nOne suggestion is to reduce the premium on sparkling wine to the same level as still wine, which could knock 83p off a bottle of Champagne or Prosecco.\n\n\"The government should stop trying to favour certain parts of the industry, instead focusing on removing distortions and creating a simpler system of alcohol taxes targeted at socially costly drinking,\" said Kate Smith, associate director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.\n\nThe drinks levies have been in place since the 1600s and raise £12bn a year for the government.\n\nIf you sell a second home, you'll pay capital gains tax\n\nThere are rumours that the current Capital Gains Tax rates may be tinkered with.\n\nThe tax is paid when people sell assets such as shares or a second home.\n\nIt's been suggested that rates could be aligned more closely with income tax rates, which could mean scrapping the current tax rates of 10% and 20% (or 18% and 28% for property) and instead making everyone pay income tax rates on their gains.\n\nA report by the Office of Tax Simplification, published in November 2020, recommended that CGT rates should be increased to bring them into line with income tax.\n\nBut it would be unlikely to raise significant extra amounts of tax, as it is typically paid by only about 275,000 taxpayers and raises less than £10bn a year.\n\nStudents could be asked to repay their loans sooner\n\nThere are reports that graduates may be asked to start paying back student loans earlier.\n\nThe chancellor could do that by lowering the threshold at which people start repaying their student loans, a move that could save the Treasury about £2bn a year.\n\nCurrently, English and Welsh students who enrolled at university after 2012 pay 9% of everything they earn above £27,295 per year. They repay the same 9% until the loan is fully repaid or until 30 years after graduating.\n\nIf the threshold were reduced to £25,000, it would cost anyone earning more than the current limit an extra £206 a year, while if it were slashed to £20,000, it would cost an extra £656 a year.\n\nMinisters are rumoured to have proposed cutting the threshold to as low as £23,000 and giving graduates 40 years as opposed to 30 to repay their debt.\n\nA worker washing dishes could see their minimum wage rise\n\nIn his March Budget, Mr Sunak announced that the National Living Wage (what the governments call the minimum wage) would increase for workers over the age of 23.\n\nSince then, the government has come under pressure to help employees further - especially as younger workers have been some of the worst hit by the economic downturn.\n\nOne solution the chancellor has been reportedly looking at is to increase the National Living Wage by 5.7% to £9.42 per hour from its current rate of £8.91.\n\nThat would bring it close to the Living Wage Foundation's current recommendation of £9.50 an hour.\n\nThe government could raise cash by cutting tax relief on pension savings for those on high salaries.\n\nBut pension experts warn such a move would not be as simple as it sounds, Steven Cameron, pensions director at Aegon, said: \"A move to a flat rate of pensions tax relief, rather than the current system where relief is based on the rate of income tax paid, would be far from simple to implement.\"\n\nHe said it would be particularly difficult for defined-benefit schemes and could mean medium to high earners, including doctors in public sector schemes, facing big tax bills.\n\n\"Removing higher-rate relief would be a direct attack on middle Britain, leading to people who do the right thing and save for their future being hit with extra tax costs,\" said Tom Selby, head of retirement policy at AJ Bell.\n• None Why is UK inflation so high?", "Whitney Dowler: \"I told myself to just keep ignoring him and he'll soon go away. But he didn't\"\n\nA former student has said she suffers panic attacks if people walk too close after being assaulted by a university lecturer as she walked home at night.\n\nWhitney Dowler, 22, tried to run away from Kary Thanapalan, 49, as he pursued her in Treforest, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, in November 2020.\n\nMs Dowler waived her right to anonymity to speak out after attacks on women, including the murder of Sarah Everard.\n\nShe said: \"Men like Kary are why women are so afraid to walk home alone.\"\n\nThanapalan, of Egypt Street, Treforest, was jailed at Cardiff Crown Court in May after admitting sexual assault.\n\nHe fled when Ms Dowler's friend arrived after the trainee library assistant sent a text message asking for help.\n\nThanapalan lost his job as a senior lecturer of aeronautical and mechanical engineering at the University of South Wales following the assault.\n\nHe did not teach Ms Dowler, from Bargoed in Caerphilly county, who was in her final year studying IT at the university when she was assaulted.\n\nShe said she had been walking home alone after meeting a friend for a night out when Thanapalan approached her.\n\n\"Avoiding eye contact, I hurried past him but he shouted 'baby' and began following me,\" she said.\n\n\"Panicking, I told myself to just keep ignoring him and he'll soon go away. But he didn't.\n\n\"I started to run and the man caught up with me and grabbed my arm.\"\n\nShe said she was assaulted and \"shoved him off\" before running away, only to be pursued again.\n\n\"He kept saying I was breaking his heart and that I was going to come home with him.\n\n\"I was sobbing and telling him 'no' over and over.\"\n\nWhitney Dowler: \"If someone walks near me on the street now, I have a panic attack\"\n\nShe said: \"At one point we reached a busy street and a car pulled up next to me.\n\n\"It was a male driver who asked if I was okay. Crying, I told him that I was being followed.\n\n\"The driver offered me a lift home but I realised he was also a stranger.\n\n\"I didn't know if he was a threat as well. I couldn't trust anyone - so I said 'no'.\"\n\nYou may also be interested in these stories:\n\nAs she approached Treforest railway station, she sent a text message to a friend who lived nearby and he arrived shortly afterwards.\n\n\"As I got to the station car park, the man grabbed me again and groped my breast,\" said Ms Dowler.\n\n\"Suddenly, I spotted my friend in the distance and I screamed for help.\n\n\"He ran towards us, screaming at the man to get off me.\n\n\"Thankfully, he let go of me and fled. I thought I was going to be raped or killed.\"\n\nShe reported what happened to police and Thanapalan was arrested after CCTV footage was seized and a Facebook profile of the defendant matched the description given.\n\nA DNA swab was taken and found to match that on his victim's cheek.\n\n\"If someone walks near me on the street now, I have a panic attack,\" said Ms Dowler.\n\n\"I don't know if I'll ever feel safe again.\"\n\nDuring sentencing, defence barrister Anthony O'Connell said his client was remorseful and had lost his previous good character.\n\nHe said he had suffered a self-inflicted \"spectacular fall from grace\", including losing his job.", "Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will give evidence to MPs on Monday as part of government plans for social media regulation.\n\nMs Haugen, an American data scientist, worked at Facebook for two years and leaked documents that she said proved Facebook repeatedly prioritised growth over users' safety.\n\nShe met the campaigner Ian Russell, whose 14-year-old daughter died by suicide after viewing disturbing content on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.", "The rules on how much people pay for social care vary around the UK\n\nWales needs a national debate on how to fund the future of social care, according to the head of the country's biggest charity for older people.\n\nVictoria Lloyd, chief executive of Age Cymru, said urgent reform of the social care system was essential to prevent people going without support.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said there would be announcements on social care in the coming months.\n\nAlthough devolved, he said he intended to work on a four-nation approach.\n\n\"If this is a can the UK government continue to kick even further down the road, then the point will come when we will have to make our own decisions,\" he said.\n\nWelsh Labour promised in its manifesto for last week's Senedd election it would \"consult on a potential Wales-only solution\" if the UK government did not bring forward proposals within the current parliament.\n\nTuesday's Queen's Speech made only passing reference to reforming social care, but the Secretary of State for Wales, Simon Hart, since said plans would be forthcoming \"within months\".\n\nMs Lloyd said the commitment was welcome but action to properly fund the system - and a discussion on how to do so - was needed now.\n\nVictoria Lloyd says a debate is needed in Wales\n\n\"We know we've got an ageing population, we know there are people that need care out there that currently aren't receiving it,\" she said.\n\n\"We need more funding in the system.\n\n\"There are many ways of doing that and I think what we need is a big debate in Wales about how we best do that fairly, transparently and to meet the needs of all of us.\n\n\"We think it's really important that the Welsh government acts as soon as they are able.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"It's worse now than in the first wave\"\n\nThe Welsh government has made a number of reforms to social care in recent years, but has said a more wholesale solution to funding was a priority.\n\nSpeaking before the election, Mr Drakeford said his government had its own plan \"ready to go\" on social care, but said the integration of the benefits system was problematic.\n\nHe told Politics Wales he would not give \"just an arbitrary month\" in terms of how long he was prepared to wait for the UK government to act.\n\nEconomist Siôn Jones says all options are difficult from a political perspective\n\nThe Welsh government has also previously pledged to ensure care workers receive at least the real living wage, £9.50 per hour, by the end of this Senedd term in 2026.\n\nIn the 2019-20 financial year, local authorities in Wales spent more than £653m on care for people over the age of 65.\n\nIn the same year, the overall council spending on social services exceeded £2bn for the first time.\n\nA study carried out in 2017 estimated the amount paid out privately for care in Wales at more than £400m.\n\nSiôn Jones, an economist who has researched social care funding options for the Welsh government, said wholesale reform was feasible, but costly.\n\n\"In the absence of any more money coming via the Barnett Formula to Wales [the mechanism by which UK government spending is allocated to the devolved nations], their main options are to switch expenditure from other parts of the Welsh budget, which is certainly possible, but difficult.\n\n\"It might be quite likely that if there was a shift in spending from somewhere else, it may well need to come from the health service,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Labour leader says it is 657 days since the PM announced he had a \"clear plan we have prepared\" to \"fix\" social care\n\n\"We know there's always pressure for more expenditure in the health sector and there's currently pressure to pay health workers more, as well as care workers.\n\n\"Another option could be to raise general tax revenue through an increase in the Welsh income tax, which is possible, but obviously has political difficulties.\n\n\"The third option is to introduce some kind of specific tax or levy, that would raise funds specifically for care services.\n\n\"They're all feasible in principle, and they're all difficult from a political perspective\".\n\nPolitics Wales is on BBC One Wales on Sundays at 10:00 BST and on the BBC iPlayer\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has asked patients not to attend its A&E departments unless their condition is life-threatening\n\nGlasgow's health board has urged patients only to attend A&E if an issue is \"life-threatening\".\n\nThe plea comes after it emerged that a third of those who went to the board's flagship hospital in one week were there for minor injuries.\n\nHealth boards across the country have struggled to deal with normal service on top of the pandemic.\n\nThe military are providing support to NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Borders. NHS Grampian have also requested help.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said 32% of attendances at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital's A&E department were deemed not to be life threatening, with staff treating injuries including bruising, cut fingers and lower back pain.\n\nOn Saturday, Scott Davidson, the deputy medical director at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, said: \"We would urge everyone that, unless their condition is life-threatening, they should not attend an emergency department.\n\n\"If you are in any doubt about who you should contact, please call NHS24 on 111 to access the appropriate care. If necessary you will be given an onward referral to our flow navigation centre team, who will call you back and undertake a virtual consultation.\n\n\"This can be undertaken in your own home and may mean the condition can be treated without you leaving home. Should you need to attend an emergency department, the team will instruct you to do so.\"\n\nHe said that some of the \"minor ailments\" A&E departments were seeing patients for included cuts and scrapes, dental pain, urinary tract infections, and sore throats.\n\nNHS Lanarkshire said its three hospitals - Monklands (pictured), Wishaw and Hairmyres - were at capacity.\n\nOn Friday, NHS Lanarkshire said it had moved to the \"highest level of risk\" as its three hospitals were at \"maximum capacity\".\n\nIt said due to \"critical occupancy levels\" and \"the overall pressure on the whole health system in Lanarkshire\", it had moved up to the highest risk category, which is colour-coded as black.\n\nLaura Ace, NHS Lanarkshire's strategic commander and deputy chief executive, said: \"The sustained pressure continues across our three acute hospitals and is showing no signs of easing. We are facing relentless pressures, bed shortages and staff shortages due to sickness, stress and self-isolation.\n\n\"We took the decision at the end of August to temporarily postpone the majority of non-urgent planned care procedures and, unfortunately, the current pressures mean we are having to further stand down elective (planned) procedures including some cancer procedures, which we will reschedule as soon as possible.\"\n\nShe added that the current situation was \"unprecedented\".\n\nEarlier this week, NHS Grampian became the latest Scottish health board to ask for military help amid the pandemic.\n\nNHS Lanarkshire and NHS Borders are already receiving assistance from the armed forces.", "A man's love affair with a wooden rollercoaster has resumed and he has finally enjoyed his 6,000th ride after it was delayed by the pandemic.\n\nRyan Hackett, 61, from Milford Haven, has been riding the Megafobia at Oakwood Theme Park in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, for more than 25 years.\n\nHe's done as many as 21 rides in one day in the past and was on the verge of hitting the milestone before lockdown.\n\nRyan said Covid had \"a lot to answer for\" and he'd \"missed the park dreadfully\", but he was delighted to be back on the rollercoaster.\n\n\"It's escape from reality, it's two minutes of forgetting all your worries. You come here, ride this baby and enjoy.\"", "Two police forces in Wales have been contacted about alleged spiking cases involving needles\n\nReports of people being spiked by injection are being investigated by police in Wales.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it had been contacted about a \"small number\" of alleged spiking cases involving needles.\n\nDyfed-Powys Police is also making inquiries after a \"suspected needle assault\" was reported to them.\n\nThe forces said they had contacted pubs and clubs to alert them about the reports.\n\nIt comes as the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) said there had been hundreds of reports of drink spiking and spiking by needle across Britain in the past couple of months.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it had, in the past, trained staff at city centre licensed premises to help them keep people safe from spiking.\n\n\"We regularly see examples of where this training has paid off,\" the force said.\n\n\"In addition, we are working with licensed premises to alert them to spiking methods that have been reported in other areas of the UK, and asking them to be extra vigilant at this time.\"\n\nDyfed-Powys Police's Insp Matthew Howells said it was investigating an assault reported in Aberystwyth on Wednesday evening.\n\n\"On this occasion it is believed that no liquid has been injected into the victim,\" Insp Howells said.\n\nHe said the force was aware of posts about spiking by needle that had appeared on social media.\n\nIt was also working with the local authority, and pubs and clubs, to let them know about concerns.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has asked police for an update after a number of cases of women reporting being spiked by needles\n\nInsp Howells said: \"We are also working with the university to identify other persons referred to in social media posts so that our investigations can use every opportunity to gather evidence to identify suspects.\"\n\nThe NPCC said there had been about 140 confirmed reports in September and October of drink spiking, and 24 reports of injections.\n\nIt said the \"concerning number\" included both men and women, with the majority of cases involving young women.\n\nAlleged attacks were known to have taken place in England, Scotland and Wales.\n\nThe organisation's drugs lead, Deputy Chief Constable Jason Harwin, said alleged offences had taken place at licensed premises and private parties.\n\n\"We are working at pace with forces, law enforcement agencies such as the NCA (National Crime Agency) and other partners including the Home Office and universities to understand the scale of offending, establish any links between the allegations and ultimately bring any identified offenders to justice,\" he said.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has asked police forces for an update following a number of cases of women reporting being spiked by needles in nightclubs.\n\nIn Nottingham two men have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into spiking incidents.\n\nA boycott of clubs in some cities, including Cardiff, will take place on 29 October.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool humiliated Manchester United and their under-pressure manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as they handed out a thrashing in front of a stunned Old Trafford. On a day of acute embarrassment for United and Solskjaer, 10 years and one day since they lost 6-1 at home to Manchester City, Liverpool emphasised the vast gulf between the sides in brutal fashion. Mohamed Salah was predictably their main tormentor as the Egypt forward claimed a hat-trick, the first of which meant he had scored for the 10th successive game. Solskjaer cut a dejected figure as he and his players faced the full fury of their own fans, especially at half time, after an insipid and disorganised performance. The worrying signs were there for United after five minutes as Liverpool sliced them open when Salah set Naby Keita through to score at the Stretford End. Diogo Jota then slid in at the back post unmarked to add a second from Trent Alexander-Arnold's delivery eight minutes later. Liverpool were tearing United apart and the irresistible Salah got his first when he thumped the ball into the roof of the net from Keita's cross then beat David de Gea with a low effort to give Jurgen Klopp's side a four-goal half-time lead. Many Manchester United fans left at the break and Solskjaer's response was to send Paul Pogba on for Mason Greenwood, but on a day when nothing went right for United even that mainly cosmetic move backfired horribly. Salah raced on to Jordan Henderson's superb pass to complete his treble five minutes after the break then Pogba was sent off for a reckless lunge at Keita that saw Liverpool's midfielder taken off on a stretcher. The rest was a formality as Liverpool cruised to victory in front of thousands of empty red seats deserted by the home supporters.\n• None Solskjaer 'won't give up' after thrashing by Liverpool\n• None 'Liverpool are light years ahead of embarrassing Man Utd - and Solskjaer has to take blame'\n• None How social media reacted to Old Trafford rout Liverpool back to their ruthless best Mohamed Salah is now the top-scoring African in Premier League history with 107 goals Liverpool were always going to come back stronger from the suffering of last season, when injuries and the worst run of home form in the club's history saw them drawn into a dogfight for a place in the Champions League. They rallied superbly to finish third and carried that good form into this new campaign, with an ominous composure about Klopp's side from the first day. With Virgil van Dijk back in defence and Salah playing at a level that suggests he is the world's best player, they are a ruthless machine and how United felt that power. Bruno Fernandes actually missed a very good chance to put United ahead before Keita opened the scoring but once Liverpool got ahead, Solskjaer's side had no answer. With Salah as the main weapon, they cut through United at will, reducing both their players and the crowd to nervous agitation every time they went forward. Salah is in the form of his life and this United defence was an open invitation to him and Liverpool's range of attacking options. In the last eight days alone, Liverpool have scored 13 goals in three games on their travels, taking in the 5-0 win at Watford and the 3-2 victory against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. This was Liverpool looking as formidable, confident and dangerous as they did when they won the title in 2019-20. It is shaping up to be a three-horse race along with Chelsea and Manchester City for the title and this was the performance of true thoroughbreds. The only downside to their day was the injury to Keita, injured in a two-footed challenge by Pogba in what is a cruel blow to the midfielder given he has been showing the best form of his stop-start Liverpool career. What now for Solskjaer? Manchester United have lost by a margin of five or more goals at Old Trafford without scoring themselves for the first time since a 5-0 defeat at home to Manchester City in 1955 under Matt Busby Solskjaer was in defiant mood after United came from two goals down to beat Atalanta in the Champions League but there is a frailty and confusion about this team that means they will constantly fall short - and this inevitably puts further pressure on the manager. There are defeats that carry greater significance than others and the sight of United chasing shadows five goals down while Solskjaer stood helplessly on the touchline being taunted for long periods by joyous Liverpool fans made this one of those days. Any defeat to Liverpool is painful for United fans. When the defeat is as comprehensive as this one and in front of their own supporters, it is a day that will cut deeply to every part of Old Trafford. It was a defensive shambles, with poor communication and lack of understanding about what the team is trying to do cruelly exposed by Liverpool. As a result, this game was effectively over within 13 minutes. Solskjaer has praised the backing of United's fans and the Stretford End largely stuck with him and the team but there is no disguising the fact there were loud jeers at half time and by the time the final whistle sounded, huge sections of the stadium were deserted. There was also a lack of discipline in the United performance, Cristiano Ronaldo perhaps fortunate to escape a red card for kicking out at Curtis Jones while he was on the floor then Pogba - presumably sent on to restore some slight semblance of order - getting one for his challenge on Keita. United have been steadfast in their backing for Solskjaer but the shock waves of this result will have questions being asked more strongly than ever about his position by everyone from the club's hierarchy to their fans.\n• None Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Scott McTominay with a headed pass.\n• None Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diogo Dalot with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Fred tries a through ball, but Edinson Cavani is caught offside.\n• None Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.\n• None Attempt blocked. Edinson Cavani (Manchester United) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Scott McTominay with a headed pass.\n• None Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "Medical equipment was visible in the road outside Regency Court\n\nEight men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two teenage boys died.\n\nEssex Police said officers found three people injured after it had received a number of calls to Regency Court, Brentwood, at about 01:30 BST.\n\nTwo of those have since died, the force said, while the third was treated for non-life threatening injuries.\n\nBrentwood and Ongar's Conservative MP, Alex Burghart, called it a \"very dark day for our town\".\n\nPolice said they were \"working to establish how the boys died\" and post-mortem examinations would take place.\n\nThe BBC understands the boys are suspected to have suffered stab wounds.\n\nPolice were called to an area of Brentwood, Essex, in the early hours of Sunday\n\nDet Ch Insp Andy Clarkson, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: \"We understand there will naturally be shock and concern within the community after such a tragic loss of life.\n\n\"But, at this stage, we do not believe there is any wider threat to the public.\"\n\nForensics officers have been working in a tent beside Regency Court\n\nA neighbour said he had tried to warn police about anti-social behaviour in the area in recent weeks.\n\nMark MacIntosh told the PA news agency he had only just arrived home before he heard shouting and screaming coming from a nearby residence.\n\n\"I realise that what I heard was somebody yelling out in pain who may have lost his life shortly thereafter,\" he said.\n\nHe claimed the area had been dealing with problems which stemmed from a multi-storey car park that overlooks the scene.\n\n\"There's constant anti-social behaviour, drinking, drugs, shouting, fighting,\" he said.\n\n\"I've heard people saying 'I'm going to kill him' up there. I've come down and broken up a knife fight down at the bottom here before.\"\n\nMr MacIntosh said he had warned police \"three weeks ago\" that something bad would happen if they did not arrange \"constant patrols\" of the area.\n\nPolice said two of the three injured boys died\n\nCh Insp Mark Barber, of Essex Police, had earlier said there would be a \"highly-visible police presence\" in Brentwood following the deaths.\n\n\"I am acutely aware that this incident will shock many within the community,\" he said. \"My officers will be there throughout the day - they will be there to reassure you and keep you safe.\n\n\"If you have any concerns or information on the incident then, please, do not hesitate to come forward and speak to them.\"\n\nPolice urged witnesses from Regency Court and central Brentwood to speak to them\n\nMr Burghart said: \"This a very dark day for our town. My deepest condolences to the families of the boys who have so dreadfully lost their lives.\n\n\"I must urge anyone with any information to immediately share it with the police so that justice can be done as swiftly as possible.\"\n\nFlowers have been left at nearby Coptfold Road\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Richard Ratcliffe says his family have been \"caught in a dispute between two states\"\n\nThe husband of the detained British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is beginning a hunger strike in Whitehall, demanding the government does more to secure her release.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in Iran for five years on spying charges, recently lost her appeal against a second prison sentence.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe said his wife was \"increasingly distraught\".\n\nThe Foreign Office says it will \"continue to press Iran\" on the issue.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a 43-year-old mother-of-one from London, has been detained in Iran since 2016 and has not seen her daughter for two years.\n\nShe has been serving the second of two prison sentences, this one on parole for a conviction of propaganda against the Iranian regime. She is staying with her mother in Iran - but is not allowed to leave the country.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has always denied any wrongdoing.\n\nBut now she faces a return to prison, after losing an appeal against the most recent sentence. Mr Ratcliffe said it was only a matter of time before she would be summoned back to jail.\n\nThe hunger strike began on Sunday near to the Foreign Office and Downing Street in London. It is the second time Mr Ratcliffe has used the tactic, after a 15-day hunger strike outside the Iranian embassy in London in 2019.\n\n\"Two years ago I went on hunger strike in front of the Iranian embassy, on the eve of Boris Johnson taking over as prime minister,\" said Mr Ratcliffe in a statement online.\n\n\"We are now giving the UK government the same treatment. In truth, I never expected to have to do a hunger strike twice. It is not a normal act. It seems extraordinary the need to adopt the same tactics to persuade government here, to cut through the accountability gap.\"\n\nHe said that although Iran remained the main country responsible, \"the UK is also letting us down\".\n\n\"It is increasingly clear that Nazanin's case could have been solved many months ago - but for other diplomatic agendas. The PM needs to take responsibility for that.\"\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after she was released from house arrest in Tehran in March 2021\n\nHe added: \"It can be difficult to capture the feeling of a life wasting away, watching prison creep closer while we sit in the PM's in-tray.\"\n\nMr Ratcliffe said he was making four demands from Mr Johnson, including recognising Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe as a hostage, and for the UK to push for an end to hostage-taking when negotiating the Iran nuclear deal.\n\nHe also called for the government to pay the £400m debt that the UK owes Iran, dating back from a deal between the two sides over tanks in the 1970s.\n\nMr Ratcliffe believes his wife has been imprisoned as leverage for the debt.\n\nHe spoke to the new Foreign Secretary Liz Truss earlier this month, but said he was told the government's response was to do nothing yet until Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was returned to prison.\n\n\"For us, reimprisonment is too late, it would mean not seeing Nazanin until 2023,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Ratcliffe: Nazanin speaks to her daughter most days, while under house arrest in Iran\n\nThe MP Tulip Siddiq - who represents the constituency where the Zaghari-Ratcliffes live - called on the government to listen to Mr Ratcliffe.\n\n\"It breaks my heart that my constituent Richard Ratcliffe has once again been forced to go on hunger strike to protest against the government's failure to free Nazanin,\" she said.\n\n\"It should never have come to this. It's time for the government to listen to the demands of Nazanin's family, including paying the debt we owe to Iran, and finally bring her home.\"\n\nAnd the boss of charity Amnesty International called the situation \"incredibly upsetting\".\n\n\"Like Richard, we've grown tired of hearing ministers saying they're 'doing all they can' for Nazanin and other arbitrarily-detained Britons in Iran - it doesn't look like that to us, and it certainly hasn't produced results,\" said Sacha Deshmukh.\n\nHe demanded the government sets out a strategy for getting Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe home, and added: \"We call on Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and other ministers to take the time to come out of their offices to visit Richard at his tent. Ministers need to hear first-hand how desperate this situation is.\"\n\nOn Sunday, a Foreign Office spokesperson said: \"Iran's decision to proceed with these baseless charges against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is an appalling continuation of the cruel ordeal she is going through.\n\n\"Instead of threatening to return Nazanin to prison, Iran must release her permanently so she can return home.\n\n\"We are doing all we can to help Nazanin get home to her young daughter and family and we will continue to press Iran on this point.\"", "Vanessa Bryant, the widow of Kobe Bryant, said she learned about the death of her husband by seeing \"RIP Kobe\" notifications on her phone.\n\nBasketball star Bryant died with his daughter, 13-year-old Gianna, and seven others in the January 2020 crash.\n\nMs Bryant is suing the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for negligence and invasion of privacy.\n\nShe alleges that officers shared graphic photos of the crash scene, including Kobe and Gianna's bodies.\n\nDuring a deposition, a county attorney asked Ms Bryant when she was first made aware of the crash.\n\nMs Bryant said that she was informed by a family assistant that her husband and daughter had been in a helicopter accident, but that five people had survived. She thought that they were likely among the survivors.\n\nBut then messages started popping up on her phone.\n\n\"I was holding onto my phone, because obviously I was trying to call my husband back, and all these notifications started popping up on my phone, saying 'RIP Kobe. RIP Kobe. RIP Kobe',\" Ms Bryant said, according to a transcript of the deposition.\n\n\"My life will never be the same without my husband and daughter,\" she added.\n\nKobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others died when a helicopter crashed in California last year\n\nIn March, Ms Bryant published the names of Los Angeles County police officers who she said shared graphic photos of the scene of the crash.\n\nShe alleges that one of the officers shared with a bartender photos of Kobe Bryant's body and the others distributed \"gratuitous photos of the dead children, parents, and coaches\".\n\nThe Los Angeles Times newspaper reported in February last year that an internal police investigation found officers shared photos of victims' remains.\n\n\"I don't think it's fair that I'm here today having to fight for accountability,\" Ms Bryant said.\n\n\"Because no one should ever have to endure this type of pain and fear of their family members. The pictures getting released, this is not okay.\"\n\nMs Bryant said that she had asked Sheriff Alex Villanueva to make sure nobody took photos at the scene.\n\nThe sheriff's department has declined to comment on the pending lawsuit.\n\nMs Bryant said that she has kept the clothes her husband and daughter were wearing when they died.\n\n\"And if their clothes represent the condition of their bodies, I cannot imagine how someone could be so callous and have no regard for them or our friends, and just share the images as if they were animals on a street,\" she said.\n\nYou may also be interested in...\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. African basketball stars discuss Kobe Bryant's legacy one year since his death in a helicopter crash.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Greta Thunberg says she's 'completely different' in private\n\nClimate activist Greta Thunberg has told the BBC that summits will not lead to action on climate goals unless the public demand change too.\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview ahead of the COP26 climate summit, she said the public needed to \"uproot the system\".\n\n\"The change is going to come when people are demanding change. So we can't expect everything to happen at these conferences,\" she said.\n\nShe also accused politicians of coming up with excuses.\n\nThe COP26 climate summit is taking place in Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, from 31 October to 12 November.\n\nIt is the biggest climate change conference since landmark talks in Paris in 2015. Some 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, which cause global warming.\n\nMs Thunberg, who recently launched a global series of concerts highlighting climate change called Climate Live, confirmed she would be attending COP26. She said her message to world leaders was to \"be honest\".\n\n\"Be honest about where you are, how you have been failing, how you're still failing us... instead of trying to find solutions, real solutions that will actually lead somewhere, that would lead to a substantial change, fundamental change,\" she told the BBC's Rebecca Morelle.\n\n\"In my view, success would be that people finally start to realise the urgency of the situation and realise that we are facing an existential crisis, and that we are going to need big changes, that we're going to need to uproot the system, because that's where the change is going to come.\"\n\nMs Thunberg did not believe that UK plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions to reach a target of net zero by 2050 were sufficient, or that the UK was a climate leader.\n\n\"Unfortunately there are no climate leaders today, especially not in the so-called global north. But that doesn't mean that they can't suddenly decide that now we're going to take the process seriously,\" she said.\n\nSpeaking about the targets for reaching net zero - which means not adding to the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere - she said that it was a \"good start\", but cautioned that it \"doesn't really mean very much in practice\" if people continued to look for loopholes.\n\nKevin Mtai will be one of many activists attending COP26\n\nCOP26 will be attended by climate activists from across the world.\n\nKevin Mtai, a climate justice campaigner from Kenya, told the BBC that inclusivity at the summit was important.\n\n\"I hope this climate conference is going to be an inclusive conference, to include all voices in the talks. They need to use indigenous people in the talks, marginalised people in the talks, people from the most affected areas,\" he said.\n\n\"It's very important for people from the global south to speak for themselves, not other parts of the globe to speak on their behalf. Because we are the ones who have been affected by climate change, so it's very important we can hear from our own people, with our own ideas, our own voice.\"\n\nFrom her home in Sweden, Ms Thunberg also spoke about her own role as a campaigner.\n\n\"I don't see myself as a climate celebrity, I see myself as a climate activist... I should be grateful because there are many, many people who don't have a platform and who are not being listened to, their voices are being oppressed and silenced.\n\n\"I'm a completely different person when I'm in private. I don't think people would recognise me in private. I'm not very serious in private. I appear very angry in the media, but I am silly in private.\"\n\nWhen asked about why she sang a Rick Astley hit at the launch of Climate Live, she said that it was a climate movement in-joke. She has previously taken part in the internet phenomenon \"rick-rolling\" by tweeting out what she said was a link to a new speech, but actually linked to the music video for the song.\n\n\"Why not? I mean we have internal jokes within the climate movement, where we always rickroll each other.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Javid says £5.9bn for the NHS is \"new money\" to tackle waiting lists\n\nThe NHS in England is to receive an extra £5.9bn in this week's Budget, the government has announced.\n\nThe money will be used to help clear the record backlog of people waiting for tests and scans, which has been worsened by the pandemic, and also to buy equipment and improve IT.\n\nHealth bodies welcomed the latest pledge but said it would not solve the problem of staff shortages.\n\nSajid Javid, the health secretary, said the funding was \"new money\" and that Mr Sunak would set out exactly where it was coming from during Wednesday's Budget and Spending Review.\n\nMore than five million people are waiting for NHS hospital treatment in England, with hundreds of thousands waiting more than a year.\n\nThe £5.9bn is on top of the £12bn a year that was announced in September..\n\nThat money will be raised through tax increases - the rise in National Insurance and, from 2022, the Health and Social Care Levy - and will be spent on resources such as staffing.\n\nThe £5.9bn will be used to pay for physical infrastructure and equipment - not day-to-day spending.\n\nSome of the £5.9bn - £2.3bn - will be used to fund more diagnostic tests, like CT, MRI and ultrasound scans, the government said.\n\nMore clinics in shopping centres for scans and tests - which the government had already announced - will be opened.\n\nThese will help clear the backlog of tests by the end of this Parliament, the government said.\n\nAlso included in the £5.9bn total is:\n\nA proportionate amount will also go to the health services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nAccess to tests and scans is a real bottleneck in the system at the moment, slowing down the ability of the NHS to work its way through the backlog in routine care and, sometimes, delaying the diagnosis of cancer.\n\nIt has been known for years the NHS does not have enough equipment to carry out tests and scans. And the machines it has are ageing.\n\nThe problems mean as demand has increased, performance has deteriorated.\n\nThe aim is to get these tests done within six weeks of referral, unless it is an urgent cancer case.\n\nBut currently around a quarter of patients wait longer than that. Before the pandemic fewer than 5% did.\n\nThe funding will help, in time, improve the situation.\n\nBut the big issue that it does not tackle is staffing - there is a shortage of specialists to carry out these tests.\n\nAround one in 10 posts are currently vacant.\n\nThere are various reasons for this, including more part-time working, the numbers retiring and problems recruiting internationally because of the pandemic.\n\nBuying new machines is much easier than training, recruiting and retaining staff. Until that is resolved, many are sceptical about what this announcement will actually achieve.\n\nWaiting lists have grown as routine operations were cancelled throughout the pandemic and people who put off seeking help for symptoms come forward.\n\nSome of those in the healthcare sector warned it was not enough to keep up with costs and demand.\n\nChristopher Rigby, an NHS radiographer from Yorkshire, said: \"We haven't got the workforce to staff the hospitals we have now let alone all these new centres.\"\n\nNHS Providers - which speaks for hospital and other NHS trusts - warned the health service needed more staff to deliver services.\n\nA body representing healthcare leaders, the NHS Confederation, said the funding \"falls short of what is needed to get services completely back on track\".\n\nThe NHS is sending out a further two million invites for Covid booster jabs this week.\n\nThe health secretary said \"we should actively be looking at\" making jabs mandatory for NHS staff, as they are for care workers.\n\nMr Javid told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he would wear a face covering during Wednesday's Budget announcement in the Commons.\n\nBut he said now was not time to activate England's \"Plan B\", that would make face masks mandatory in many places.\n\nAre you an NHS professional or patient affected by the NHS backlog? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Fighting erupted in the stands at about 16:30 BST\n\nFour police officers were hurt when trouble flared during Coventry City's Championship clash with Derby County.\n\nOne was taken to hospital with a dislocated shoulder and three others suffered minor injuries at the Coventry Building Society Arena on Saturday.\n\nFighting erupted between rival fans in the stands at about 16:30 BST and a 23-year-old man was arrested.\n\nAs fans left a further disorder took place outside. Another man has been charged with affray, police said.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable of West Midlands Police Jayne Meir said: \"While the vast majority of football fans attend matches to enjoy the game, it is wholly unacceptable that officers get injured during violence like that seen yesterday.\n\n\"A full investigation is under way in partnership with the club and those found to have taken part in the disorder face prosecution and a lifetime ban from matches.\"\n\nThe match ended 1-1 as the Rams ended their host's 100% winning start to the Championship season.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UN conference will bring 25,000 delegates to Glasgow\n\nScotland's health secretary says there is \"absolutely a risk\" of Covid cases rising after the COP26 summit in Glasgow.\n\nHumza Yousaf said he expects to see a spike in cases after 25,000 delegates descend on the city in a week's time.\n\nMr Yousaf said the Scottish government was not currently considering imposing more restrictions.\n\nHe also stressed that there were many mitigations in place to prevent Covid being transmitted at the conference.\n\nSpeaking on BBC One's The Sunday Show Mr Yousaf said that the Scottish government was doing everything it could to limit transmission of the virus during the 12 days of the summit.\n\nHe said: \"We have been working with the UK government and the United Nations (UN) to make COP as safe as we possibly can.\n\n\"Mitigations like daily testing in the blue zone, very strict isolation protocols in place, face coverings being worn in the blue zone and so on. We will do everything we possibly can to make the event because we recognise the climate emergency itself is the biggest public health emergency and crisis that we face globally.\"\n\nHe said: \"There is no public health expert in the world who would say there is no risk in the midst of a global pandemic to have tens of thousand of people descending onto largely one city so there is absolutely a risk of Covid cases rising thereafter but we will do everything we can to mitigate that.\n\n\"Of course we would expect there to be positive cases linked to COP but we are also very, very assured by the protocols we have got in place to be able to isolate those cases as best as we possibly can.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Humza Yousaf said he would expect a rise in coronavirus cases following an event as large as COP26\n\nThe UK government has insisted every measure is being taken to mitigate risk.\n\nCOP President Alok Sharma told BBC Scotland's No Hot Air podcast: \"People want to know we are taking every measure to ensure that COP26 is safe for the participants and also, really importantly, for the people of Glasgow. That is why we have a detailed regime in terms of safety.\n\n\"People will be tested every day before they come into the venue. If they are found to be positive they will have to self-isolate.\n\n\"They will be wearing masks moving around the venue, we will have rigorous cleaning regimes in place and social distancing.\n\n\"We also made an offer to any accredited delegate who wasn't able to get vaccinated in their home nation to say we would support them in that vaccination process.\"\n\nCases in Scotland were on the rise throughout the summer as coronavirus restrictions were relaxed, but began to fall in September as the vaccination programme reached its end with young people included, but the drop has levelled off, with cases in October rarely falling below 2,000 per day.\n\nExperts, including government adviser Prof Devi Sridhar, have raised concerns over a potential increase in cases associated with so many people being in a relatively small area.\n\nResponding to a tweet from a member of the public last week, Prof Sridhar said: \"I could be wrong (and hope I am) but yes. A mass event with major movement of people in and out with an infectious virus will cause an increase in cases.\n\n\"While in the case of Covid will put stress on limited health services. Which triggers need for further restrictions.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Prof. Devi Sridhar This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe health secretary said that the Scottish government was not actively considering bringing back restrictions.\n\nBut he did not rule out any measures later in the year. He said restrictions would continue to be reviewed every three weeks but said it would be \"foolish\" to pretend he knew what was going to happen in two or three months' time.\n\nMr Yousaf admitted he was concerned about the months ahead.\n\n\"We can't get away from the fact that this will be the most challenging winter in the NHS's 73-year existence and this is the case across the entire UK,\" he said.\n\nScottish Labour's deputy leader Jackie Baillie called for more action ahead of the summit and before winter pressures increase.\n\nShe said: \"The health secretary simply had no answers to the potential impact of COP26 on our NHS.\n\n\"We are looking down the barrel at a winter of extreme pressure on our NHS and potentially surging levels of Covid.\n\n\"We need action from the health secretary to avoid this, not warm words.\"\n\nScottish Conservative MSP Dr Sandesh Gulhane said that Mr Yousaf was \"unable to provide any confidence that our NHS is prepared\" as delegates started to arrive for COP26.\n\nHe said: \"This event is unlike anything that Scotland has previously hosted, and under the backdrop of Covid there needs to be reassurance that every mitigation is being taken, so health services are not overwhelmed by a surge in cases.\n\n\"The minster needs to focus on stepping up testing and the booster programme to protect capacity within our NHS and those most vulnerable.\n\n\"Humza Yousaf needs to take action if the SNP are serious about managing the potential impact COP26 could have on our NHS.\"\n\nMr Yousaf also strongly denied claims that Scotland's Covid-19 booster vaccine programme was lagging behind.\n\nHe said the rollout started as soon as the Joint Committee on Vaccine and Immunisation (JCVI) had authorised the move.\n\n\"I completely reject the suggestion the booster programme is failing. We are on track to meet the targets I laid out to parliament previously.\n\n\"Groups 1-4, the JCVI priority groups, we are confident of getting vaccinated by mid November. Then groups 5-9 in the months thereafter and absolutely by early next year. Those aged 60-69 can expect letters to be received very soon.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rachel Reeves wants to see the government's Plan B implemented now, alongside Plan A\n\nLabour is calling on the government to bring in its Plan B measures to tackle Covid in England, including advice to work from home and compulsory masks.\n\nShadow chancellor Rachel Reeves also told the BBC the vaccine programme was \"stalling\" and needed to work better.\n\nBut Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the data did not currently suggest \"immediately moving to Plan B\".\n\nThe measures, which aim to protect the NHS from \"unsustainable pressure\", also includes mandatory Covid passports.\n\nPlan A, which is currently in place, involves offering booster jabs to the most vulnerable, a single dose to healthy 12 to 15-year-olds and encouraging unvaccinated people to get jabbed.\n\nThe NHS Confederation and the British Medical Association are among the groups who have called for some restrictions to be reintroduced in England, amid rising cases.\n\nMeanwhile in Wales, ministers are to consider whether to extend the use of Covid passes for a wider range of venues.\n\nMs Reeves told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: \"I think the first thing is the government have got to do more to make Plan A work.\n\n\"If the scientists are saying work from home and masks, we should do that. So get A working better because the vaccination programme has been stalling, and introduce those parts of Plan B.\n\n\"But there are also things not in A or B that need to be done, like paying statutory sick pay from day one and also better ventilation in public spaces.\"\n\nAsked whether Plan B should be introduced now, she said: \"Yes, but let's not let the government off the hook with Plan A either.\"\n\nA Conservative Party spokesman said it was the third time Labour had changed its position on Plan B in four days.\n\nAppearing on the same programme, Mr Sunak was also asked whether it was time to bring in the government's back-up plan.\n\n\"We're monitoring everything, but at the moment the data does not suggest that we should be immediately moving to Plan B, but of course we will keep an eye on that and the plans are ready,\" he said.\n\nThe chancellor also said reintroducing the furlough scheme was \"not on the cards because we don't envisage having to impose significant economic restrictions in the way that we had to over the last year\".\n\nHe added that the vaccine rollout was the \"first line of defence\" and the booster campaign was the best way to protect people through the winter.\n\nMore than 325,000 booster jabs were given in England on Saturday - the biggest daily figure for boosters yet, NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard tweeted.\n\nProf Adam Finn, a member of the government's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said the vaccination programme by itself was not enough \"to bring things under control\".\n\n\"We do need to have people using lateral flow tests, avoiding contact with large numbers of people in enclosed spaces, using masks, all of those things now need to happen if we're going to stop this rise and get things under control soon enough to stop a real meltdown in the middle of the winter,\" he told Sky News' Trevor Phillips On Sunday.\n\nAsked if the government should move to Plan B now, he said: \"Well, some kind of Plan B.\"\n\nThe Liberal Democrats said it looked \"increasingly likely\" Covid restrictions would have to be reintroduced because of the \"government's bungling and inaction\".\n\nDr Katherine Henderson, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, told the programme emergency departments were \"already struggling to cope\", with large queues of ambulances waiting outside hospitals.\n\nOne in 55 people in England had Covid last week, according to the latest ONS figures, the highest rate since the end of January.\n\nDemands for compulsory mask wearing, vaccine passports and more working from home have been growing - backed by many doctors and people representing NHS trusts.\n\nLabour's position has not been altogether clear on this.\n\nWhen asked by Andrew Marr whether Plan B should be introduced \"now\", shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves agreed. But she also suggested the priority should be accelerating the rollout of booster vaccines to the over-50s and first jabs to teenagers.\n\nOn the same programme, Chancellor Rishi Sunak repeatedly ruled out reimposing stricter measures \"immediately\" - perhaps suggesting a slight change of tone from senior ministers.\n\nThe key measure to watch for is pressure on hospitals.\n\nAs things stand, there are currently 6,405 people being treated for Covid on wards in England. The number has been rising but is still no higher than it was in mid-September - and well below the 34,000 seen in January.\n\nIn minutes of a meeting of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) on 14 October, which were published on Friday, the scientists said restrictions should be prepared for \"rapid deployment\" and that acting earlier could reduce the need for stricter measures over a longer time period.\n\nThey said that out of the government's back-up measures, advising people to work from home was likely to have the most impact on the spread of Covid.\n\nStricter rules are already in place in other parts of the UK, with masks compulsory in some settings in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nOn Sunday, the UK reported 39,962 new cases - the first time in 12 days that cases have dropped below 40,000.\n\nThere were also another 72 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test.", "Disruption is expected in Glasgow over the weekend as the first major road closures for COP26 take effect.\n\nRoutes including the Clyde Arc and part of the Clydeside Expressway closed on Saturday night while Finnieston Street will only allow local access on Sunday.\n\nRail strikes also look set to go ahead for the duration of the summit, following a breakdown in union talks.\n\nThe climate conference is expected to draw 25,000 delegates and runs from 31 October to 12 November.\n\nSecurity is expected to be tight, particularly around the attendance of some 120 world leaders, and police have announced how they plan to approach disruptive climate activists.\n\nRoad closures will last until Monday 15 November.\n\nSome days are expected to be busier than others, with the biggest disruption expected on Saturday 6 November which has been designated as the Global Day For Climate Justice.\n\nAbout 100,000 protesters are expected in Glasgow, with a march which begins at Kelvingrove Park at noon before making its way to Glasgow Green for about 15:00.\n\nPeople across the city can expect to be affected by delays, diversions or road congestion, from pedestrians and cyclists to drivers and those using public transport.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Roads in Glasgow close ahead of the COP26 climate change summit\n\nThe RMT confirmed that strikes during COP26 would go ahead, with ScotRail workers planning action from 1-12 November amid an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions.\n\nThe union's general secretary Mick Lynch said the decision to press on with industrial action was made on Friday after the train company \"failed to get serious\" in talks with the union.\n\nHe said ScotRail had missed \"a golden opportunity\" for progress by offering \"nothing of any consequence\".\n\nMr Lynch continued that there was still time to avoid \"the chaos of a transport shutdown during COP26 if the key players get back with some serious proposals\".\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson welcomed that three out of four railway trade unions had now accepted, or recommended acceptance of, the pay offer.\n\nThat offer amounts to a 2.5% pay increase backdated to 1 April 2021, and a 2.2% increase effective from 1 April 2022, with a one-off £300 payment for staff working during COP26.\n\nBut the government said it was \"disappointed\" the offer was rejected by the RMT.\n\nA spokesperson said after this, ScotRail sought to focus the issue of rest day working, which the RMT said needed to be addressed.\n\nHowever, an offer on rest day working was \"rejected out of hand\" and the union returned to the issue of pay, according to the government.\n\nIt said: \"We don't think anyone, including the membership of the RMT, wants to disrupt COP26 or the chance to showcase Scotland's green, clean railway to a global audience. We hope that encompasses the RMT leadership too, although their approach to seeking resolution does appear to call this into question.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Ian McConnell, of ScotRail, said he was \"incredibly frustrated\" that the union had \"point blank rejected\" the latest proposal.\n\nHe accused the leadership of having \"moved the goalposts without consulting their members\".\n\nMr McConnell said time was running out to reach agreement, adding: \"It seems RMT bosses are intent on sabotaging Scotland's railway's role during COP26.\"\n\nContingency plans were being developed to provide a core service for the duration of the summit, he said.\n\nAppearing on BBC Radio Scotland, Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken urged people to plan ahead of travelling and check the Get Ready Glasgow website for more information.\n\nMs Aitken also said cleansing teams were out clearing up fly-tipping \"hotspots\" after the issue of mounting rubbish in the city was raised on Question Time.\n\nAbout 1,500 Glasgow City Council staff including those in refuse collection and cleansing plan to strike for a week during the climate summit due to an ongoing pay dispute.\n\nUnion members rejected an £850-a-year increase for staff earning up to £25,000 a year, and are instead calling for a £2,000 pay rise for staff.\n\nConcerns have also been raised about the impact the summit could have on Scotland's Covid cases.\n\nProf Devi Sridhar, of Edinburgh University, tweeted that a mass event such as COP26 \"will cause an increase in cases\" and could \"trigger a need for further restrictions\".\n\nJillian Evans, head of health intelligence for NHS Grampian, said the risk of infection during mass events was high even if safety precautions were in place.\n\nShe warned many of those attending would not be fully vaccinated.\n\nMs Evans added: \"We've got a really fragile situation, the number of cases in Scotland have been plateauing - plateaued at higher levels than ever before.\"\n\n\"You're looking at numbers we probably haven't seen before, whether that leads to restrictions will depend on the scale of this. I would say the stakes are really high,\" she said.\n\nThe Scottish government has said appropriate mitigation measures will be in place for the summit and Covid-19 continues to be closely monitored.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Erdogan orders 10 ambassadors to be declared 'persona non grata'\n\nTurkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered 10 ambassadors, including those from the US, Germany and France, be declared persona non grata.\n\nIt follows a statement from the envoys calling for the urgent release of activist Osman Kavala.\n\nHe has been in jail for more than four years over protests and a coup attempt, although he has not been convicted.\n\nPersona non grata can remove diplomatic status and often results in expulsion or withdrawal of recognition of envoys.\n\nThis week's statement on Mr Kavala jointly came from the embassies of the US, Canada, France, Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden. Seven are fellow Nato allies of Turkey.\n\nThe Council of Europe, Europe's main human rights watchdog, has given Turkey a final warning to heed a European Court of Human Rights ruling to free Mr Kavala pending trial.\n\nAddressing a crowd in Eskisehir on Saturday, Mr Erdogan said the ambassadors \"cannot dare to come to the Turkish foreign ministry and give orders\".\n\nHe said: \"I gave the necessary order to our foreign minister and said what must be done. These 10 ambassadors must be declared persona non grata at once. You will sort it out immediately.\"\n\nHowever, what will happen now remains unclear.\n\nOsman Kavala has spent more than four years in jail, without conviction\n\nMr Erdogan said the envoys should either understand Turkey or leave, Turkish media reported.\n\nThere has been little response from the ambassadors so far, although the German foreign ministry said the nations involved were in \"intensive consultation\".\n\nNo official notification has been received from Turkish authorities.\n\nThe Norwegian foreign ministry told Reuters its envoy had \"not done anything that warrants an expulsion\".\n\nTurkey's foreign ministry had summoned the ambassadors on Tuesday to protest at their \"irresponsible\" statement on the Kavala case.\n\nThe embassies' statement had criticised the \"continuing delays\" in Osman Kavala's trial, which \"cast a shadow over respect for democracy, the rule of law and transparency in the Turkish judiciary system\".\n\nIt urges a speedy resolution and calls for \"Turkey to secure his urgent release\".\n\nMr Kavala was last year acquitted of charges over nationwide protests in 2013, but almost immediately rearrested.\n\nThe acquittal was overturned and new charges were added relating to the military coup attempt against the Erdogan government in 2016.\n\nMr Kavala denies any wrongdoing and critics of the Erdogan government say his case is an example of a widespread crackdown on dissent.\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Erdogan defended Turkey's judicial system, saying: \"I told our foreign minister: We can't have the luxury of hosting this lot in our country. Is it for you to give Turkey such a lesson? Who do you think you are?\"\n\nThe Kavala case has been a source of tension between the Turkish government and its Western allies. Turkey has been accused of applying criminal law against its critics and breaching the rule of law. The Kavala case is one example.\n\nAs a businessman, Mr Kavala had been campaigning for freedom of speech and democracy. President Erdogan says he supported the Gezi protests in Turkey in 2013. He believes those protests were aimed at toppling himself and his government. That is why he believes all the calls for Mr Kavala's release are directly targeting himself. Hence his harsh response.\n\nTurkish officials told me that they did not know when the trial should start. But if it does, we can expect a response from the countries now speaking out, and that will have consequences for the Turkish economy, which is already struggling, since some of those countries are Turkey's biggest trade partners.\n\nThis is a very bold move, probably a show of strength, especially for domestic politics a year and a half before elections. Some analysts believe it is rhetoric for domestic consumption. But others argue Mr Erdogan may be serious in pursuing this order. It remains to be seen.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland bowled West Indies out for 55 as they made a stunning start to their Men's T20 World Cup campaign with a six-wicket win in Dubai.\n\nIn a near-perfect bowling performance, England humiliated the defending champions by dismissing them in 14.2 overs.\n\nAdil Rashid took a barely believable 4-2 while Moeen Ali and Tymal Mills were brilliant, both claiming 2-17.\n\nChris Gayle was the only West Indies batter to reach double figures in a feeble batting display - the second-lowest total against England in T20s.\n\nAlthough England lost four wickets as they attempted to wrap up victory and increase their net run-rate in Group 1 of the Super 12s, it was still a statement opening win from the world's top-ranked side and one of the tournament favourites.\n\nOpener Jos Buttler ended 24 not out as the chase was completed with a massive 11.4 overs to spare.\n\n\"It is as good as it gets,\" said England captain Eoin Morgan.\n\nEngland - bidding to become the first team to hold the 50-over and 20-over World Cups - face Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and Australia in Dubai next Saturday.\n\nEarlier on Saturday, Australia held their nerve to chase 119 and beat South Africa by five wickets in Abu Dhabi.\n• None It was the first time England have won a T20 with more than 10 overs to spare and the first time West Indies have lost with more than 10 overs to spare.\n• None West Indies' 55 was the third-lowest total at a T20 World Cup and their second-lowest score in T20s.\n• None England's win was the fourth largest at the T20 World Cup in terms of balls remaining.\n\nThis match was a repeat of the 2016 World T20 final, won by West Indies after Carlos Brathwaite hit four consecutive sixes in the final over.\n\nDespite England's batting wobble, the rematch was not as dramatic, but it was no less staggering.\n\nWest Indies are fancied to do well in this tournament, not least because of their vaunted batting line-up. But instead of racking up runs, their batters slumped back to the dressing room in a sorry procession.\n\nEngland were majestic with the ball and in the field as every move made by Morgan came off.\n\nAfter winning the toss he handed the new ball to off-spinner Moeen, who dismissed Lendl Simmons and Shimron Hetmyer within three accurate overs.\n\nMills marked his turnaround from injury nightmare to international recall by having Gayle caught in his first over at a World Cup.\n\nAdil Rashid, usually England's big T20 threat, was not needed until the 11th over, but when he was introduced he bowled Andre Russell with his first ball. The leg-spinner went on to blow away the tail.\n\nEngland were excellent but West Indies' performance with the bat raised questions about their method in T20 cricket.\n\nEngland bowled 43 dot balls in the first 10 overs, their most in that period since 2012.\n\nWest Indies' approach seemed to be to block or try to hit a six - or, on this occasion, block or bust - as batters fell repeatedly to attacking strokes.\n\nThey salvaged some pride with the ball, Akeal Hosein taking a fine diving catch to have Liam Livingstone caught and bowled, and all is not lost for them, with the top-two teams in the two six-team groups progressing to the semi-finals.\n\nTwo of the three lowest scores in T20 World Cup history have now been scored in the last two days - Sri Lanka bowled the Netherlands out for 44 on Friday - while Australia and South Africa played out a low-scoring thriller earlier on Saturday.\n\nThe early signs are that this may not be a high-scoring World Cup.\n\n'We need to take it on the chest as big men' - what they said\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan: \"To start a world tournament or campaign like that, full credit has to go to our bowling unit.\n\n\"He (Moeen) summed up conditions beautifully, hit his lengths well and took chances when his match-ups were right.\n\n\"I am delighted for big T (Mills). He has had an incredibly unfortunate journey throughout his career. He is as good as I have seen him.\"\n\nWest Indies captain Kieron Pollard: \"Being bowled out for 55 is unacceptable. It was plain to see. I don't think we were good enough on all counts.\n\n\"We need to take it on the chest as big men. Sometimes you just have to bin it and move on. It's very important we forget a game like this.\"\n\nEngland spinner Adil Rashid: \"As a bowling group we bowled exceptionally well. Everything fell into plan. Moeen started off brilliantly, along with Woakesy, and then Tymal, CJ and myself we backed up really well.\n\n\"Moeen showed us his talent again, bowling the first over tight and that set our tone off for the rest of the innings.\"\n• None 'That day was going to be a bad day': Exclusive footage and interviews from January's storming of the US capitol\n• None Caught between life and death in the swinging sixties", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rishi Sunak tells Andrew Marr the Budget will see investment in public services\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has said \"strong investment in public services\" will be at the heart of his plans for rebuilding the economy when he sets out his Budget next week.\n\nSpeaking on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, he said he would drive growth by spending on infrastructure, innovation and skills.\n\nBut he said he did not have a \"magic wand\" to make rising costs disappear.\n\nLabour wants VAT on energy bills to be cut to zero to help families.\n\nShadow chancellor Rachel Reeves, who was speaking on the same show, said many households were facing a \"tough winter\", and were worried about putting food on the table and heating their homes because prices were going up \"on everything\".\n\nMr Sunak will set out his Budget on Wednesday, amid concern among some in his own party too that rising energy prices, inflation and tax hikes are causing a cost of living crisis in the UK.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, the chancellor said his previous budgets had been about taking action to protect incomes and jobs, but it was now time to look to the future and reshape the economy.\n\nHe said: \"One of the elements of building a stronger economy is having strong public services, and you will see that next week - whether it's the NHS, which we've already taken steps to support significantly to recover from coronavirus - children, schools, skills, all of these things, policing and crime.\n\n\"You will see investment across the board in public services because that's what we were elected to deliver and that's what we are getting on and doing.\"\n\nAsked if he would raise public sector wages in line with inflation, the chancellor said \"that will be one of the things we talk about\".\n\n\"Over the past year, we took a decision to have a more targeted approach to public sector pay,\" he continued, but \"going forward we'll have to set a new pay policy and that'll be a topic for next week's spending review\".\n\nHe said there was \"no magic wand\" to make the factors contributing to high inflation disappear - such as pressure on global supply chains as economies have reopened after Covid, and soaring energy prices.\n\nAnd while his \"instincts\" were to cut tax, Mr Sunak said he was having to grapple with \"an economic shock - the biggest in three hundred years.\"\n\nBut shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said immediate help was essential and ministers needed to match their rhetoric with action.\n\n\"People are facing a tough winter now with prices of everything going up, not least gas and electricity bills,\" she said.\n\n\"When we pay our gas and electricity bills, 5% of that money goes automatically to the taxman.\n\n\"There's something very simple the government could do. It would be immediate and it would be felt automatically on people's bills next month - and that is to cut that rate of VAT from 5% to 0%.\"\n\nShe said she had been looking at VAT receipts and they had come in more than £2bn higher than forecast because of rising prices, giving the chancellor some wriggle room to act.\n\n\"Let's use that money to ease that pressure on people who are worried about the winter months, worried about putting food on the table and heating their homes\" she added.\n\nAnd she said Labour would not have made the \"appalling\" cuts to universal credit payments which came into force earlier this month.", "The social care sector is reaching a \"critical point\" and staff are dreading winter, one care manager says\n\nCare homes in Wales could fill 20,000 vacancies \"by the end of the week\" if they could find the staff, according to a leading industry figure.\n\nMario Kreft, chairman of Care Forum Wales, said the sector was facing its worst crisis \"in living memory\".\n\nHe said the care sector had been left in a \"fragile state\" by the pandemic, and called for staff to be paid more.\n\nThe Welsh government said it had provided £48m to help local authorities ease pressures in social care.\n\nA care worker in north Wales said she was dreading the winter as the sector reached a \"critical point\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Mr Kreft said that \"if we could find 20,000 people quickly, they would all be in jobs by the end of the week\".\n\nSocial care workers need to be paid more to address a staffing crisis, says Mario Kreft, chairman of Care Forum Wales\n\nHe said he respected the fact Wales' health minister Eluned Morgan had apologised for mistakes made in the early stages of the pandemic, but added lessons needed to be learned to strengthen the social care sector.\n\n\"I can tell you this is the worst crisis for social care we have ever seen in living memory - it's because the sector was so fragile, so we've got to find a mechanism to ensure that people are properly rewarded.\n\n\"Social care is a vital part of the foundation economy. It's worth over £50bn in the UK each year so we shouldn't be looking at cost, we should be looking at value.\"\n\nMr Kreft said social care needed to be made equal to other health care work.\n\nEmma Murray is the manager of At Home - Vale Senior Care, a domiciliary care service in Denbigh, Denbighshire.\n\nShe manages a team of 10 carers and said the social care sector had reached a \"critical point\".\n\nCare manager Emma Murray says the sector is desperate for staff\n\n\"You don't want to deliver care that's unsafe. We're desperate at the moment,\" she said.\n\n\"We need to try and attract people into the job, give better incentives, proper contracts, bonuses and flexible working.\n\n\"I'm not looking forward to the winter after the last 18 months. We're going to be working very long hours keeping everyone warm, safe and well.\"\n\nAnne Gulliver is a nurse at Dolywern, a home for 30 adults with physical disabilities in Wrexham.\n\nShe said she had picked up more shifts recently due to Covid and the shortfall in staff, which was becoming \"more prevalent, post-Covid\".\n\nMs Gulliver said \"greater funding is needed\" to attract more workers because \"the pay is not enough\".\n\n\"The impact on the residents is that they get basic care but they lose out on things like quality time that we'd spend with them.\"\n\nAnne Gulliver says people are leaving care because they are \"burnt-out\"\n\nThe Welsh government said: \"Ministers are committed to delivering the real living wage for social care workers early in this Senedd term.\n\n\"There are long-standing challenges in recruitment and retention in social care, which have been made worse by the pandemic.\n\n\"Our recent national recruitment campaign resulted in an increase in job applications and we will be repeating this activity.\"", "New simplified travel rules have come into force in the UK, with the traffic light system replaced by a single red list.\n\nMost fully vaccinated travellers arriving from non-red list countries will no longer have to take a test before setting off for the UK.\n\nAirlines UK said it would make travelling abroad easier and cheaper.\n\nBut those coming from red list destinations must still pay to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days.\n\nUnder the changes, which came into force at 04:00 BST, the green and amber lists have been scrapped.\n\nTesting rules are also being eased for people travelling from non-red list destinations who have been vaccinated in the UK, the EU, the US, or any of 18 other recognised countries.\n\nAnyone under 18 who is resident in those countries can also travel to the UK without testing.\n\nThese groups were already able to avoid self-isolating on their arrival back in the UK.\n\nAll travellers - except children under five years old - will still have to pay for a PCR test two days after arrival.\n\nPeople who are not fully vaccinated will need a pre-departure test and a PCR test on days two and eight after they return, and must self-isolate for 10 days at home.\n\nAnd those arriving from red list countries, including Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines and South Africa, must quarantine for 10 days in a government-approved hotel, at a cost of £2,285 for one adult. Only UK or Irish nationals, or UK residents, are allowed to enter the UK if they have been in a red country in the previous 10 days.\n\nThe red list is due to be updated later this week.\n\nThe government may also announce additions to the list of countries whose vaccination certificates are recognised by the UK.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said: \"We are accelerating towards a future where travel continues to reopen safely and remains open for good, and today's rule changes are good news for families, businesses and the travel sector.\n\n\"Our priority remains to protect public health but, with more than eight in 10 people now fully vaccinated, we are able to take these steps to lower the cost of testing and help the sector to continue in its recovery.\"\n\nThere was a surge in holiday bookings after the government announced the changes last month and the travel sector has welcomed the move.\n\nThe industry previously criticised the government for being too slow to ease and simplify rules on testing and quarantine.\n\nFrom later in October, the government has said fully vaccinated people coming to England will no longer have to take a PCR test two days after arrival and can take a cheaper lateral flow test instead.\n\nNo date has been set for this change but ministers are aiming to have it in place for the half-term school break.\n\nSo far, no other UK nation has followed suit.\n\nScotland has said it will \"align with the UK post-arrival testing regime\" but has not announced further details. The Welsh government said it had \"concerns\" about easing its testing regime.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, which represents UK carriers, said: \"Things are moving in the right direction and the removal of these restrictions will make it easier and cheaper for people to travel.\"\n\nHowever, he said the UK remained \"an outlier on arrivals testing for vaccinated passengers\".\n\nAirlines UK hopes to see more countries removed from the red list at the next update and further mutual recognition of vaccine status for those jabbed in other countries, he added.\n\nWillie Walsh, head of industry body the International Air Transport Association, welcomed the change as a \"positive step\", saying the government's testing and quarantine restrictions had been both unscientific and costly.\n\n\"People have been led to believe that the risk is people flying into the country. The risk was inside the country,\" he said.\n\nAlan French, chief executive at Thomas Cook, said more options would now be available for travellers.\n\n\"They will be more confident if they book the holiday, they can travel safely there and be able to return in a transparent way, which is something they've not been able to do,\" he said.\n\nMr French said since the government announced the changes, three weeks ago, his company had seen bookings more than double.\n\nThe UK recorded 30,439 cases on Sunday, with the total number of cases in the past seven days up one per cent on the previous week.\n\nHowever, the number of Covid deaths and hospital admissions are falling, with 43 deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported on Sunday.\n\nHow will the new system affect you? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Andrew Marr is joined by chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak MP and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves MP. News Review with Saffron Cordery, NHS Providers, and Lucy Fisher, deputy political editor of The Telegraph.", "Hutchins was a \"wonderful mother, first and foremost\", a former colleague told the BBC\n\nHalyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who died when actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a film set, has been remembered as \"an incredible artist\".\n\nHutchins had been working as director of photography on the set of Rust.\n\nAmerican Cinematographer magazine had named her one of its rising stars in 2019, and she previously worked on 2020 independent superhero film Archenemy.\n\nArchenemy director Adam Egypt Mortimer told BBC News the fact she had died on a set was \"really unbelievable\".\n\nHe said: \"Halyna was an incredible artist who was just starting a career I think people were really starting to notice.\n\n\"The fact that she would be killed on a set in an accident like this is unfathomable. It just seems inconceivable.\"\n\nHutchins' most recent post on Instagram, from Tuesday, showed her riding horses on set.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by halynahutchins This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Twitter, Alec Baldwin said \"there are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours.\"\n\n\"My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFellow cinematographer Catherine Goldschmidt described Hutchins as \"lovely, warm, funny, charming, outgoing\", and praised her for being \"so talented\".\n\n\"What's so tragic is she's made beautiful films already but when you think about what was ahead of her, that is also so sad,\" she told BBC News.\n\n\"She was also a mum, which I think is very difficult,\" Goldschmidt added. \"When I first met her I remember being really impressed, shocked even that this beautiful, creative, outgoing, enthusiastic talented cinematographer also is raising the child.\n\n\"I think for women in this industry it is very difficult. So I was very impressed that she was able to do that.\"\n\nHutchins was described by a friend as a \"rockstar cinematographer\"\n\nAlex Fedosov, who like Hutchins is a Ukrainian film-maker working Hollywood, said she was \"rising fast in her career\" and was \"an artist and a visionary\".\n\n\"She was so talented, a photography director with her own vision, her own strong ideas,\" he told BBC News Ukrainian.\n\n\"When we worked together on set, I was assistant director, I would rush her and say, 'Hurry up, we need to film this'. She would smile calmly but carry on in her own rhythm because she knew what she wanted to achieve.\"\n\nInnovative Artists, the agency that represented her, described her as \"a ray of light\" in a statement.\n\n\"Her talent was immense, only surpassed by the love she had for her family,\" the agency wrote. \"All those in her orbit knew what was coming; a star director of photography, who would be a force to be reckoned with.\"\n\nFedosov added Hutchins was a \"wonderful mother, first and foremost\".\n\nHe also questioned how her death could have happened, saying: \"Standards of safety in the US are very high. There is always an expert on set. There are always checks ahead of filming. Blanks are used sometimes to achieve a better effect on camera but it is always done with high degree of safety.\"\n\nDirector Adam Egypt Mortimer told the BBC that safety on movie sets is paramount. \"The fact that a gun went off and killed Halyna is both shocking from an industry point of view and just absolutely tragic from the point of view of knowing this amazing artist who suddenly not with us.\"\n\nJames Gunn, director of The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy, said: \"My greatest fear is that someone will be fatally hurt on one of my sets. I pray this will never happen. My heart goes out to all of those affected by the tragedy today on Rust, especially Halyna Hutchins and her family.\"\n\nDirector and cinematographer Elle Schneider wrote a thread on Twitter about the death of her \"friend and rockstar cinematographer\".\n\n\"I don't have words to describe this tragedy. I want answers. I want her family to somehow find peace among this horrific, horrific loss,\" she said.\n\n\"Women cinematographers have historically been kept from genre film, and it seems especially cruel that one of the rising stars who was able to break through had her life cut short on the kind of project we've been fighting for.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by AFI Conservatory This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHutchins was born in Ukraine in 1979 and grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle.\n\nHer website said she spent her upbringing \"surrounded by reindeer and nuclear submarines\".\n\nShe entered the film industry after gaining a degree in international journalism from Kyiv State University. After working on documentaries in the UK, she moved to Los Angeles, where she graduated from the American Film Institute conservatory in 2015.\n\nShe began working her way up in Hollywood, with credits on films including Blindfire, which she described as a \"racially charged cop drama\" written and directed by Mike Nell.\n\nShe also worked on horror feature Darlin', directed by Pollyanna McIntosh, which debuted at the SXSW film festival 2019.\n\nAmerican Cinematographer, a monthly magazine published by the American Society of Cinematographers, interviewed Hutchins in 2019.\n\nShe explained to them why she moved from journalism to cinematography, saying: \"My transition from journalism began when I was working on British film productions in eastern Europe, travelling with crews to remote locations and seeing how the cinematographer worked.\n\n\"I was fascinated with storytelling based on real characters.\"\n\nHer early life as a self-described \"army brat\" meant she was \"already a movie fan because 'there wasn't that much to do outside'\", the magazine added.\n\nIt said she gained \"hands-on shooting experience from documenting her forays into such extreme sports as parachuting and cave exploration\".\n\nAfter her death, the magazine paid tribute to the film-maker, saying: \"We're deeply saddened by the news from Santa Fe regarding the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Safety on the set should always be of paramount concern to everyone, especially when working with firearms.\"", "Ed Sheeran attended the Earthshot Prize Awards in London last week\n\nEd Sheeran says he is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe chart-topping musician said in a post on his Instagram page that he would continue to give planned interviews and performances from home.\n\nSheeran, who lives near Framlingham in Suffolk, said: \"Apologies to anyone I've let down, be safe everyone x.\"\n\nLast week he performed in London as part of the inaugural Earthshot Prize awards, hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nIn his post, Sheeran said: \"Hey guys, quick note to tell you that I've sadly tested positive for Covid, so I'm now self-isolating and following government guidelines.\n\n\"It means that I'm now unable to plough ahead with any in-person commitments for, so I'll be doing as many of my planned interviews/performances I can from my house.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHis new album, titled =, is due to be released on Friday.\n\nAs part of the promotion, Sheeran was due to join Apple Music's Zane Lowe next week to play songs from his album and take questions from fans.\n\nSheeran's latest singles Shivers and Bad Habits have both topped the UK chart\n\nLast week it was announced Sheeran would read a CBeebies Bedtime story, telling a story about a boy who has a stutter.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "People have paid tribute to the cinematographer who died on Thursday\n\nA vigil has taken place in New Mexico to mourn cinematographer Halyna Hutchins after she was fatally shot on a US film set.\n\nIndustry professionals were among those who attended the event in Albuquerque, lighting candles for the 42-year-old.\n\nHutchins was shot by a prop gun by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of western film Rust on Thursday. Baldwin had been told the gun was safe.\n\nThe incident has raised concern about safety on film sets.\n\n\"She was so dynamic and when something like this happens, it's devastating to all of us,\" Sandi Kay, an Albuquerque film worker, told Reuters news agency at the vigil on Saturday.\n\nPeople at the vigil said they were 'devastated' by the cinematographer's death\n\nLane Luper, a colleague of Hutchins, said he was lucky to work with the cinematographer.\n\n\"To work with somebody that is that collaborative and never thought of herself as better than anyone on that set, I would have been lucky to have ever done another move with another person like that or her, and now I don't get to and it sucks,\" Lane added.\n\nOthers at the vigil included actors Jon Hamm and John Slattery, who are currently filming nearby.\n\nSome people were seen holding signs that called for increased safety measures on film sets.\n\n\"I think that it's definitely a stark reminder for gun safety on set, and I am with the idea of banning real guns from set if that is possible,\" film worker Cheryl Lowe told Reuters.\n\nThe incident has raised concern about safety on film sets\n\nAccording to court records, assistant director Dave Halls did not know the prop gun contained live ammunition and indicated it was unloaded by shouting \"cold gun!\".\n\nDirector Joel Souza, who was standing behind Hutchins, was wounded in the incident.\n\nAccording to the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, there were at least two accidental gun discharges on the set days before the incident.\n\nCrew members said that the discharges were inside a cabin that was being used as a set location. These crew members were part of a group that quit hours before the incident took place over complaints about working conditions and unpaid work.\n\nThe film's producers said in a statement on Friday that they had not been told about the safety issues but said it will be \"conducting an internal view of our procedures while production is shut down\".\n\nSuch incidents on film sets are extremely rare.\n\nReal firearms are often used in filming, and are loaded with blanks - cartridges that create a flash and a bang without discharging a projectile.\n\nIn 1993, Brandon Lee - the 28-year-old son of the late martial arts star Bruce Lee - died on set after being accidentally shot with a prop gun while filming a death scene for the film The Crow.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The director who worked with Ms Hutchins on the 2020 action film Archenemy says her death is \"unfathomable\"", "Insulate Britain protesters blocked the M25 in Essex in September\n\nProtesters who block major roads during the UN climate conference in Glasgow will be moved and may face arrest, police have said.\n\nPolice Scotland said this would apply even if the COP26 protests are peaceful as they could be unlawful and unsafe.\n\nDep Ch Con Will Kerr told BBC Scotland officers have a \"whole range of tactics\" to use in such circumstances.\n\nAlthough disruption is expected, DCC Kerr insisted emergency services would still respond to those who need them.\n\n\"Some protesters will inevitably try and block some roads. If it's not a main arterial route, we'll take a sensible proportionate approach to it,\" he said.\n\n\"If it's a main route, if it involves movement plans for the world leaders, if it involves major disruption to the life of the city, then we will move in and if the protesters won't move, we will remove them.\"\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Will Kerr said police will move protesters who block major routes\n\nAsked how quickly the police would move people, he said: \"It depends on how many people, what the environment is, but it also depends on how quickly we need to move for the safety of the protesters themselves.\n\n\"Running on to major roads to try and block it is a very unsafe thing to do. If we need to step in quickly, we will step in quickly.\"\n\nThe force said that because the UN actively encourages protest, certain groups have been accredited and assigned a time and venue to gather.\n\nPolice Scotland has met with a number of groups to discuss how the event will be policed, including Extinction Rebellion.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Bernie Higgins said there was \"no one size fits all to protest\".\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Bernie Higgins (left) and Deputy Chief Constable Will Kerr (right) briefed the media on policing plans for COP26\n\n\"Some groups will do a lie in,\" he said. \"If people want to go to George Square and lie down, crack on, because you're really not going to have much impact on the conference.\n\n\"If however you decide to try and shut the Kingston Bridge then that's really, really dangerous for yourself, it's really, really dangerous to other road users and potentially it would prevent ambulances responding to calls so we would move very swiftly to clear that area and it would result in arrests.\"\n\nHe added that police could put diversions in place if protesters block minor routes.\n\nA number of roads will already be closed during the climate summit\n\nAbout 10,000 officers will be deployed each day to the conference in Glasgow next month, where around 120 world leaders and heads of state are expected to attend.\n\nEvery force in the UK will assist Police Scotland with operations, including British Transport Police, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and Ministry of Defence police.\n\nSpecialist resources such as firearms officers, dog handlers, mounted branch, search teams and the marine unit will be used.\n\nSignificant events during the conference, running from 31 October to 12 November, include the two-day world leaders summit on 1-2 November and the youth event on 5 November.\n\nPolice Scotland also expect 100,000 people to attend a climate rally on 6 November in the city centre.\n\nThe style of policing throughout the event will be \"friendly, fair and accommodating\", according to the force.\n\nIn addition to road closures, DCC Kerr said there was potential for \"further disruption\" if pressure on agencies and services becomes \"more acute\".\n\nHowever he stressed: \"I can reassure the public that if they need an emergency response from us they will get it.\"\n\nDCC Kerr added: \"There's no straightforward, simple or single answer to the complex problem of tens of thousands of people and well over 100 world leaders moving about a city over a compressed period of time.\n\n\"Our principal and simple objective is relatively straight forward, to run a safe and secure environment in which the conference can take place. We are very confident the conference will take place in that secure environment.\"\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n• None What was agreed at COP26?", "The protocol is the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland which keeps it in the EU's single market for goods\n\nThe first round of new talks on the Northern Ireland Protocol was \"constructive\", UK officials have said.\n\nHowever big gaps remain, particularly on the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).\n\nEU and UK officials held technical talks in Brussels last week, and an EU team will arrive in London on Tuesday to continue negotiations.\n\nThe lead negotiators, Lord Frost and Maroš Šefčovič, are expected to meet at the end of next week.\n\nA European Commission spokesperson declined to comment on the talks.\n\nThe protocol is the Brexit deal which prevents a hard Irish border by keeping Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods.\n\nThat also creates a new trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, something the EU accepts is causing difficulties for many businesses.\n\nUnionist politicians say the arrangement undermines Northern Ireland's place in the UK.\n\nUnionists say the protocol damages trade and threatens Northern Ireland's place in the UK\n\nThe EU has suggested a package of reforms which would reduce the practical impacts of the protocol.\n\nThe UK wants more fundamental change, including the removal of the ECJ from its oversight role in the deal.\n\nA UK government source said: \"The talks this week were constructive and we've heard some things from the EU that we can work with.\n\n\"There's been plenty of speculation about governance this week but our position remains unchanged: the role of the ECJ in resolving disputes between the UK and EU must end.\n\n\"We need to see real progress soon rather than get stuck in a process of endless negotiation.\n\n\"Whether we're able to establish that momentum soon will help us determine if we can bridge the gap or if we need to use Article 16.\"\n\nLord Frost is expected to meet his EU counterpart Maroš Šefčovič next week\n\nArticle 16 is the part of the deal which allows parts of the protocol to be temporarily suspended if they are causing serious difficulties or leading to diversion of trade.\n\nIf one side uses Article 16 the other can take \"proportionate rebalancing measures\".\n\nIreland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has suggested the talks have a rough deadline of late December.\n\nHe told the Press Association news agency that there is a finite \"window\" within which the EU is willing to find solutions.\n\n\"I think that window is on offer now to the British government if they want to use it to find a way of implementing the protocol in a way that responds to the vast majority of the issues and problems that have been raised,\" he said.\n\n\"I can't tell you when the EU will decide that that approach is getting us nowhere if there's no agreement.\n\n\"But certainly I think there's a window between now and late December, when the EU, I think, will be open to continuing dialogue and trying to find a way of making this work.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The pandemic has led to an \"unprecedented\" rise in the number of \"fake stray dogs\"\n\nPeople have tried to sell their lockdown dogs on Gumtree before disguising them as strays so rescue centres take them in, a charity warned.\n\nMore than 3.2 millions pets were bought by UK household during lockdown, figures from March showed.\n\nHope Rescue, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, said the number of dogs being dropped off at its rescue centre in Pontyclun was the highest in its 15-year history.\n\nThe charity expects the trend to continue for the next two years.\n\nCharity staff said some dog owners had called a dog warden and pretended their own pet is a stray, or taken the dogs directly to a rescue centre claiming they had found it abandoned.\n\nOne-year-old Maggie, an old English sheepdog crossed with a golden retriever, was taken in as a stray, but the next day staff saw a recent advert on Gumtree asking for £500 for her.\n\nSara Rosser, head of welfare at Hope Rescue Centre, said: \"We have to take stray dogs and so fake strays are jumping the queue ahead of dogs that really are abandoned.\n\n\"It is definitely unprecedented numbers at the moment.\"\n\nOne-year-old Maggie was left at a rescue centre as a stray but then staff saw an ad on Gumtree from her owners\n\nThis online advert for Maggie was found after she was brought into Hope Rescue centre as a stray\n\nShe said in the past week alone, five had come into the centre that they knew were fake strays, but the number \"could be much higher\".\n\nThe centre now has 150 strays - more than it has ever had before.\n\nShe said: \"The rescues are full and then the vets are ringing us saying 'is there any chance you can take them because we're concerned that dog is going to be put to sleep'.\"\n\nCharlie is a six-year-old terrier who came into Hope Rescue as a stray\n\nThe centre said these were \"desperate times\" and others like them were at \"crisis point\".\n\nCentres are at capacity, Ms Rosser said, because of the increase in people who got dogs during lockdown and later realise they cannot look after them as life returns to normal.\n\nShe added: \"At the moment what we're hearing from all the rescue centres that we work with is that they are also full and that they are under massive pressure.\"\n\nSara Rosser says many owners are realising they do not have the time to look after a dog out of lockdown\n\nDogs arriving at rescue centres post-pandemic are said to have a higher incidence of health or behavioural problems, or both, making them more difficult to rehome.\n\nOften these dogs have no background information on these issues, which lengthens the adoption process.\n\nHope Rescue said it had received more than 7,000 applications to adopt dogs in 2021, and has had to suspend applications because of the volume.\n\nOften, dogs cannot be transferred to other rescue centres because they have also reached capacity.\n\nMeg Williams, enterprise development manager at Hope Rescue, said: \"We think this is going to be lasting for two to three years, maybe even longer.\n\n\"The problems are going to continue, not everyone is choosing the right dog for their household.\"", "Healthcare Science is one of the T-levels already on offer\n\nThe government will reconfirm its commitment to a \"skills revolution\" with a spending package to be unveiled by the chancellor on Wednesday.\n\nRishi Sunak will announce £1.6bn to roll out new T-levels for 16 to 19-year-olds, and £550m for adult skills in England in his autumn statement.\n\nAnd there will be £830m confirmed to continue a five-year-scheme to revamp and modernise colleges.\n\nCollege principals said the funding was welcome but would not go far enough.\n\nSixth form colleges and 16-19 education finances have been struggling for many years.\n\nA report by the IPPR think-tank last year suggested colleges in England would have needed an extra £2.7bn a year since 2010 just to catch up with investment levels then.\n\nThe £1.6bn cash investment for colleges over three years to 2024-25 will be used, in the main, to provide additional classroom hours for up to 100,000 young people taking T-levels. Presently there are about 6,000 students on T-level courses.\n\nThese are the government's new vocational qualifications, equivalent to three A-levels, that have been developed with businesses to meet the needs of industry.\n\nCurrently, there are 10 T-levels available currently However, in time the government wants the list to be expanded to include training for many more professions.\n\nThe funding will also cover inflationary pressures and accommodate the higher number of teenagers in the population.\n\nAn extra £550m is being invested in adult skills through the Skills Fund by 2024-25. This fund offers short courses and so-called \"skills boot camps\" for adults who have no qualifications beyond GCSE level.\n\nAnd there is a further £170m for apprenticeships and training.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"Our future economic success depends not just on the education we give to our children but the lifelong learning we offer to adults.\"\n\nHe said his £3bn investment would create a \"skills revolution\", which would build on the government's job creation plans and spread opportunity across the UK by transforming post-16 education.\n\nMr Sunak told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show \"more sector-orientated training schemes have been shown to be really powerful\" and \"the best way to get to a high wage economy is to improve people's skills\".\n\nAt the heart of the government's plan for 16 to 19-year-olds in England is a qualification that few have yet heard of, the Technical or T-Level.\n\nOne T-level is designed to be equivalent to three A-levels, or up to 3 BTecs.\n\nT-Levels are meant to be substantial and quite demanding courses, which include at least 45 days of work placement.\n\nAt the moment, only around 6,000 students across England are enrolled to study the first T-levels, which they will complete next summer.\n\nThe government hopes to scale up the numbers rapidly as more T-levels are introduced, partly through a controversial decision to remove funding from popular BTecs in similar subjects.\n\nAssociation of Colleges chief executive David Hughes said: \"We always expected the increased funding wouldn't go far enough, but in the circumstances we view this as a good start in a tough spending round.\n\n\"That the chancellor is leading with this announcement in advance of the Comprehensive Spending Review shows just how far we've come in making the government recognise the importance of investing in people to close the skills gap.\"\n\nHe added: \"I am hopeful that the lack of mention of education recovery is because of a significant announcement on Wednesday at the dispatch box.\"\n\nHe said his organisation had calculated that it was going to take at least £300m per year to support education recovery for 16 to 19-year-olds.\n\nBill Watkins, chief executive of the Sixth Form Colleges Association, said: \"Today's announcement focuses on the small minority of 16 to 18-year-olds that pursue a technical course.\n\n\"That's welcome, but all students deserve to have their education properly funded and we hope that Wednesday's spending review will also focus on the vast majority of young people that study A-level or BTec qualifications.\"\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, welcomed the investment in the further education sector, which he said had traditionally been \"starved of funding\".\n\nHowever, he told BBC Breakfast the move was a \"gamble\" when it was still unclear how many teenagers would want to do T-levels.", "New rules allowing travellers returning to England to take lateral flow tests instead of more expensive PCR tests have come into force.\n\nFully-vaccinated people arriving from a non-red list country can now use a lateral flow test on, or before, day two of their return.\n\nThe government said the move was a \"huge boost\" for the travel industry.\n\nWales will make the same change a week later. Scotland and Northern Ireland have indicated they may follow suit.\n\nBefore then, anyone travelling on to the other UK nations in the 10 days after arrival in England must follow the rules for testing and quarantine in those places.\n\nThe latest change to the travel rules in England comes in time for many families going on half-term holidays.\n\nThe lateral flow tests for returning travellers must be bought from private providers - NHS kits cannot be used - with prices listed on the government website starting at £19.\n\nPassengers need to book tests before travelling to the UK. They must send a picture of their lateral flow test to verify the result, and failure to do so could result in a fine of £1,000.\n\nThe change also applies to under-18s who live in the UK, whether or not they are vaccinated.\n\nTravellers will still need to complete a passenger locator form before they return.\n\nThe Department of Health said that anyone who tested positive would have to take a PCR test, which they could get free through the NHS.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"I'm delighted that from today eligible travellers to England, who have had the life-saving Covid-19 vaccine, can benefit from a cheaper lateral flow test, providing faster results.\n\n\"This huge boost to the travel industry and the public will make it easier and cheaper for people to book holidays and travel abroad.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Laura Foster explains how lateral flow tests work and how to do one\n\nDr Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, said it was \"critical\" that people with positive lateral flow tests \"get this checked\" with an NHS PCR test.\n\n\"This way we can continue to monitor new variants and stay on top of the virus,\" she added.\n\nSince 4 October, fully-vaccinated passengers travelling to the UK from any non-red list country no longer have to take a Covid test before setting off.\n\nPeople who are not fully vaccinated - and are 18 or over - still have to self-isolate at home for 10 days after arrival in the UK.\n\nMeanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeated his call for people to get their booster jabs as the UK reported more than 40,000 daily Covid cases for the 11th day in a row.\n\nOn Saturday there were 44,985 cases recorded and a further 135 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.\n\nMr Johnson, who has so far resisted calls by some health experts to reintroduce Covid restrictions despite rising infection levels, said: \"Vaccines are our way through this winter.\n\n\"We've made phenomenal progress but our job isn't finished yet, and we know that vaccine protection can drop after six months.\n\n\"This is a call to everyone, whether you're eligible for a booster, haven't got round to your second dose yet, or your child is eligible for a dose - vaccines are safe, they save lives, and they are our way out of this pandemic.\"\n\nPeople eligible for boosters include anyone aged 50 and over, those living and working in care homes for the elderly, and frontline health and social care workers.\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS England's national medical director, warned the country faced the prospect of a \"tough winter\".\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, he said vaccines remained \"the strongest weapon in the armoury\" and urged people to get their booster jabs to \"protect the freedom and Christmas that we have all earned\".\n\nOn Saturday, a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), which advises the government, said he was \"fearful\" there could be another lockdown Christmas if measures were not brought in soon.\n\nProf Peter Openshaw told BBC Breakfast: \"We all really, really want a wonderful family Christmas where we can all get back together.\n\n\"If that's what we want, we need to get these measures in place now in order to get transmission rates right down so that we can actually get together and see one another over Christmas.\"", "Friends stars including Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Matt LeBlanc have paid tribute to James Michael Tyler, who starred as Gunther in the sitcom, after he died at the age of 59.\n\nTyler was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 2018.\n\nAniston said the show \"would not have been the same\" without Tyler's performance as the Central Perk waiter.\n\n\"Thank you for the laughter you brought to the show and to all of our lives. You will be so missed,\" she said.\n\nTyler's much-loved character worked in the show's coffee house and had a crush on Aniston's character Rachel, who also worked there as a waitress in the show's early seasons.\n\nShe shared an Instagram post which included a photo of Tyler from the set and a clip of the pair in the final episode as Gunther declared his love for the departing Rachel, who turned him down gently.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by jenniferaniston This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCo-star Cox, who played Monica, added her own tribute. \"The size of gratitude you brought into the room and showed every day on set is the size of the gratitude I hold for having known you,\" she wrote.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 2 by courteneycoxofficial This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe on the show, offered: \"James Michael Tyler, we will miss you.\" Referencing a line from the show's there tune, she added: \"Thank you for being there for us all.\"\n\nLeBlanc, meanwhile, shared a photo of his character Joey chatting to Gunther in Central Perk.\n\n\"We had a lot of laughs buddy,\" LeBlanc posted. \"You will be missed. RIP my friend.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 3 by mleblanc This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDavid Schwimmer, aka Ross, thanked Tyler \"for playing such a wonderful, unforgettable role\" and \"for being such a big hearted gentleman and all around mensch off screen\".\n\n\"You will be missed, buddy,\" he went on.\n\nTyler appeared in almost 150 episodes of the comedy, which ran from 1994 to 2004. Gunther was and remains a hugely popular character among fans.\n\nTyler's manager said the actor \"passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday morning\".\n\nA statement added: \"The world knew him as Gunther (the seventh Friend)... but Michael's loved ones knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate, and loving husband. If you met him once you made a friend for life.\n\n\"Wanting to help as many people as possible, he bravely shared his story and became a campaigner for those with a prostate to get a... blood test as early as 40-years-old.\"\n\nDavid Crane, who co-created Friends, told the BBC that Tyler started as an extra on the show and was given the role because he could work the coffee machine.\n\n\"As time went on, I think we realised he's funny - a really good actor,\" Crane said.\n\n\"We just kept giving him more and more, and when we realised there was a storyline about his secret love for Rachel, it was just the gift that kept on giving.\"\n\nOn Tyler's comedic timing, Crane added: \"His delivery was impeccable, he was so good that we found ourselves going to him for the punchline for a whole scene or for a whole episode.\n\n\"With just the littlest opportunity he created this indelible character.\"\n\nTyler revisited the Central Perk in 2015 as part of a Warner Bros studio tour\n\nIn May, Tyler made a brief appearance on the Friends reunion special via Zoom.\n\n\"It was the most memorable 10 years of my life, honestly,\" the actor said at the time.\n\n\"I could not have imagined just a better experience. All these guys were fantastic and just a joy to work with. It felt very, very special.\"\n\nWarner Bros Television, one of the co-producers of the sitcom, said Tyler was \"a beloved actor and integral part of our Friends family\".\n\nHe continued to perform in recent years while undergoing treatment for cancer.\n\nHe also starred in two short films - The Gesture and the Word, and Processing - winning best actor awards at film festivals.\n\nIn 2021, his spoken word performance of Stephen Kalinich's poem If You Knew was adapted into a short video to raise awareness for the Prostate Cancer Foundation.\n\nTyler is survived by his wife Jennifer Carno, whom his manager described as \"the love of his life\".", "BBC Radio 1 presenter Adele Roberts has announced she is to undergo surgery for bowel cancer.\n\nRoberts, 42, who hosts Weekend Breakfast, said she was diagnosed at the start of the month and would have surgery to remove a tumour on Monday.\n\n\"So far the outlook is positive and I feel so lucky I can be treated. It's just the start of my journey but I'm going to give it everything,\" she said.\n\nThe former Big Brother star missed both her radio shows this weekend.\n\nThe radio DJ, from Southport, Merseyside, revealed her diagnosis in an Instagram post, saying she had sought medical advice after struggling with her digestion \"for a while\".\n\nShe wrote: \"It's all happened so quickly and I'm so sorry to post something like this on here but I hope it helps anyone who might be worrying, or suffering in silence.\n\n\"As I've learned over the last few weeks, there's no 'normal' with cancer. Sadly it can affect anyone, at any age, anytime. It doesn't discriminate. Early detection can save your life.\"\n\nShe added: \"I'm going to have surgery [on Monday] to remove the tumour and then see if I need anymore treatment or if the cancer has spread.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by adeleroberts This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn her post, she finished by saying: \"The hardest thing wasn't even finding out I had cancer, it was telling my family. It broke my heart.\n\n\"If you know any of them please look after them for me until I can see them again. Especially my Katie (her girlfriend). I worry about her being on her own while I'm away.\"\n\nHer girlfriend, Kate Holderness, also wrote an emotional post on Sunday evening, calling Roberts \"my hero, my world, my love\".\n\nShe explained that she couldn't go with Roberts to the hospital or be there when she wakes up after her operation. \"It's the most horrible feeling desperately wanting her to get in that hospital ASAP but desperately not wanting to be without her.\"\n\nShe said it had been hard to get her head around how \"unfair\" the diagnosis was as Roberts did \"all the things they say help you prevent cancer\" and didn't do the things that were supposed to put you at higher risk.\n\n\"But I now understand it can happen to anyone. Cancer's never fair is it?\"\n\nA Radio 1 statement said: \"Our love and support is with Adele, Kate and their families at this very difficult time.\n\n\"Everyone at Radio 1, along with millions of listeners, wishes her a speedy recovery and we look forward to welcoming Adele back on air soon.\"\n\nSinger Jessie Ware and actress Suranne Jones were among those to send their support to Roberts on Instagram, along with some of her BBC colleagues.\n\nRadio presenter Scott Mills wrote: \"We all love you Adele. It's amazing you posted this. You're awesome and you've got this.\"\n\nRadio 2 broadcaster Sara Cox said Roberts was \"brilliant and brave to share this to help people\", adding that she was sending her \"a thousand gentle hugs\".\n\nAdele Roberts, who was part of the BBC's presenting team for the London Marathon in 2019, has competed twice in the event\n\nRoberts rose to fame after appearing on the third series of Channel 4's Big Brother series in 2002. Contestants that year included ITV's This Morning presenter Alison Hammond, and Jade Goody, who died in 2009 after being diagnosed with cervical cancer.\n\nShe joined the BBC in 2012 as part of the Radio 1Xtra team, before moving to Radio 1 in 2015 to host the Early Breakfast Show. She took over the Weekend Breakfast programme earlier this year.\n\nShe also appeared on ITV's I'm a Celebrity in 2019, and was the first person in that series to be eliminated from the jungle.\n\nMost people with these symptoms do not have bowel cancer, but the NHS advice is to see your GP if you have one or more of the symptoms and they have persisted for more than four weeks.\n\nAnd if you, or someone you know, have been affected by cancer, information and support is available on the BBC's Action Line page.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"We want the NHS backlogs to be cleared as fast as possible\"\n\nBoris Johnson chose to visit a hospital he knows only too well to highlight the new funding package for the NHS in England.\n\nHe spent anxious days in intensive care at St Thomas' Hospital in central London in April 2020, seriously ill with Covid.\n\nThe pandemic continues to cast a long shadow over the NHS and that's because of uncertainty over how case numbers and hospital admissions will develop next year.\n\nHospitals have to maintain infection control measures and contingency plans to deal with any further surge in patient numbers.\n\nAnd that has a bearing on how much non-urgent work they can do.\n\nSo that makes it hard to tell how much money will be needed to make inroads on the backlog of operations cancelled at the height of the pandemic.\n\nBreaking down the figures shows that NHS England is getting an extra £6.6bn in the next financial year for day-to-day services, which falls to £3.6bn the following year and then is set at £5.6bn in the next 12 months. This is on top of the five-year settlement announced in 2018 which increased NHS funding by £20.5bn a year in real terms.\n\nThe new funding is intended to cover not only costs of reducing waiting lists but also additional spending linked to Covid.\n\nThere seems to be an underlying assumption that the overall burden on the NHS will be lighter after next year with less virus-related pressure.\n\nMr Johnson was visiting a training centre at St Thomas' and there were no patients being cared for so masks were not required when we sat down for an interview.\n\nHe talked of the nine million extra treatments which, in his view, the NHS could do as a result of the higher funding.\n\nBut there was no attempt to sugar the pill as he added that scale of the challenge could not be underestimated.\n\nI pressed him on whether the number waiting more than a year for a routine operation, at more than 300,000, would come down significantly following the new investment.\n\nHe would not be drawn on a target either on that measure or the waiting list number.\n\nHe acknowledged that \"things may well get more difficult before they get better\".\n\nJudging by the prime minister's responses there is no clear view in Downing Street what will happen to waiting lists.\n\nHe was anxious not to give a hostage to fortune by making predictions on numbers of the direction of travel.\n\nWhitehall officials will have drawn up a range of scenarios with widely varying outcomes.\n\nThe documents accompanying the health and care announcement refer to a 30% increase in hospital activity from pre-pandemic levels, but note that this is an aim rather than a pledge.\n\nMr Johnson seems to be putting his faith in social care investment taking the pressure off hospitals by getting older and frail patients discharged more swiftly.\n\nBut a rapid improvement in outcomes seems highly unlikely with the new social care funding taking time to kick in.\n\nRepresentatives of health service organisations are clear that what has now been promised to the NHS frontline is not sufficient to meet the demands on the service.\n\nThey had called for £10bn more in the next financial year for day-to-day running costs in England.\n\nMatthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: \"The NHS is grateful for this extra investment and it will help reduce the backlog - the problem is that its only enough to address that backlog and if the costs of Covid continue it won't be enough.\"\n\nWorkforce is another longer term issue which isn't fully addressed in the new policy statement.\n\nMany staff are exhausted and, while willing to work extra hours to get through more operations and procedures, may struggle to keep up the increased workload for a sustained period.\n\nVacancies and rota gaps can't be resolved overnight as training new staff takes several years.\n\nAs the Institute for Fiscal Studies has noted the NHS has historically needed more money than original plans and allocations with patient demand growing more rapidly than expected.\n\nIt is unlikely this time that there will be a departure from precedent.", "A member of staff at University Hospital Monklands attends to a Covid patient on the ICU ward earlier this year\n\nNHS Lanarkshire has moved to the \"highest risk level\" as its three hospitals are at maximum capacity.\n\nThe military is already providing additional support at University hospitals Hairmyres, Monklands and Wishaw.\n\nBut the health board described occupancy levels as \"critical\" and said the \"sustained pressure\" shows no signs of easing.\n\nIt also confirmed some elective cancer procedures have been cancelled.\n\nEarlier this week, NHS Grampian became the latest Scottish health board to ask for military help amid the pandemic after NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Borders.\n\nNHS Lanarkshire deputy chief executive Laura Ace said: \"We are facing relentless pressures, bed shortages and staff shortages due to sickness, stress and self-isolation and University hospitals Hairmyres, Monklands and Wishaw are all at maximum capacity\n\n\"The safety of our patients and staff is our top priority and we are working through short and medium term actions to increase staffing and also improve the flow of patients out of hospital.\n\n\"The military are providing additional support within our hospitals.\"\n\nThe health board temporarily postponed the majority of non-urgent planned care procedures at the end of August.\n\nBut it has now confirmed the current pressures mean it is having to further stand down elective planned procedures, including some cancer services.\n\nIt added these will be rescheduled \"as soon as possible\".\n\nMs Ace added: \"The current situation is unprecedented and marks a different level of risk for NHS Lanarkshire as a whole and moves our current status to the highest level of risk.\"\n\nEarlier this week the board warned patients on social media to expect long waits at A&E as its hospitals were being overwhelmed by the numbers attending and requiring admission.\n\nMs Ace said: \"To help free up hospital beds, we have also asked for any assistance from family members to allow us to discharge people home or to interim care placements as soon as possible.\n\n\"We know the impact of the current pressures are being felt right across the health and social care system, including GP practices which remain extremely busy.\n\n\"We recognise that our staff are doing everything they can and showing the highest levels of professionalism, commitment and resilience.\"\n\nShe added that it is hoped the move to the highest risk level will help reduce the pressures on our staff and services.", "Mr Quiñónez won bronze in the 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships\n\nOne of Ecuador's best-known athletes, Alex Quiñónez, has been shot dead.\n\nHe was shot along with another person outside a shopping centre in the city of Guayaquil on Friday night. A motive is not yet clear.\n\nTributes have been pouring in for Mr Quiñónez, 32, who was described by Ecuador's athletics federation as the country's greatest sprinter.\n\nPresident Guillermo Lasso promised that those behind the killing will be found and punished.\n\nIt comes after a 60-day nationwide state of emergency came into force in Ecuador on Monday in response to a wave of violent crime.\n\nOfficial figures suggest the number of murders in the first eight months of this year are double those in the same period last year.\n\n\"With great sadness, we confirm the murder of our sportsman Alex Quiñónez,\" the Sports Ministry announced on Twitter.\n\n\"We have lost a great sportsman, someone who allowed us to dream, who moved us....he was the greatest sprinter this country produced.\"\n\nMr Quiñónez won bronze in the 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha. He was suspended prior to the Tokyo Olympics due to \"breach of his whereabouts obligations\".\n\n\"May he rest in peace. Those who take the lives of Ecuadoreans will not remain unpunished,\" he said.\n\nThis is the second killing of an international athlete this month.\n\nAgnes Tirop, a Kenyan runner who recently broke the women-only 10km road race world record, was stabbed to death in her home. Her husband has been arrested on suspicion of murder.", "Almost £2bn will be invested by the government into building new homes on derelict or unused land in England, the chancellor is expected to announce in Wednesday's Budget.\n\nThe government said 160,000 greener homes could be built on brownfield land the size of 2,000 football pitches.\n\nIt also pledged to invest £9m towards 100 urban \"pocket parks\" across the UK.\n\nHowever, concerns have been raised that not enough affordable homes are being built.\n\nNigel Wilson, chief executive of Legal and General, told the BBC's Today programme the £1.8bn investment was the \"right direction of travel\", but was \"not enough scale right now\".\n\nHe warned people living in smaller cities and towns were being \"left behind\" due to not enough homes being constructed.\n\n\"You shouldn't have to be rich to be green,\" he said. \"It's very difficult for poorer people to get on the green (housing) ladder.\n\n\"There's a lot of active listening going on (by the government), but we don't just want CGI housing - we want real housing built across the UK.\"\n\nThe government said the funding was part of its efforts to meet the UK's net zero target by 2050.\n\nIt hopes the plans will help regenerate parts of England and support 50,000 new jobs.\n\nThe proposals also include creating so-called \"pocket parks\" - measuring the size of a tennis court - to create more green spaces.\n\nMore than 2.5 million people across the UK currently live further than a 10 minute walk from their closest green space.\n\nTim Farron, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for housing, said people buying new homes would be \"forced to fork out thousands to upgrade their homes in the future to cut their bills and reduce emissions\".\n\n\"In his Budget, the chancellor should bring forward new standards for greener homes to ensure all new homes are cheap to heat and produce minimal emissions,\" he said.\n\nZoe Nicholson, Green Party leader of Lewes District Council, said building on brownfield sites made sense, but added the government's investment was an \"absurdly small amount of money\".\n\n\"It would be more effective if they handed this £2bn of funding to local authorities, which would allow them to build net zero council homes,\" she said,.\n\n\"This announcement seems to be little more than a gimmick intended to distract us from the fact that their agenda is to simply 'build, build, build' on our countryside to the benefit of greedy developers.\"\n\nThe Labour Party has not responded to requests for comment.\n\nAs well as funding for new housing developments, the chancellor is expected to confirm £65m to develop new software to help with the digitisation of the town planning system.\n\nThe first phase will see the system rolled out to up to 175 local authorities in England.", "Just a week after being admitted to hospital with an infection, 92-year-old Esme Hanson was well enough to go home.\n\nBut it would be four months before she could return to her family because of a lack of available care.\n\nOne care provider told BBC Wales staff shortages were so bad, it handed care packages back to the local council.\n\nThe Welsh government admitted the situation was \"fragile\", and it had committed £48m of extra funding to ease the social care crisis in Wales.\n\nWhen Mrs Hanson became unwell in May, she was admitted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea. Her care arrangements, put in place due to her dementia, were cancelled.\n\nHowever, it was not until September that a new package was finally re-instated, by which time her mental health had deteriorated, according her son Andrew.\n\nHe said his family were \"lucky\" to finally get her home.\n\n\"If you've got somebody over 70 that needs care, you don't know when they're going to come out of hospital,\" he added.\n\nEsme Hanson spent four months in hospital waiting for home care to be arranged\n\nIt was only after the Older People's Commissioner for Wales advised the family to organise their own care, and ask the council to fund it, that Mrs Hanson's care arrangements were put in place and she was discharged.\n\nHe said his mother now received \"wonderful\" care at home three times a day.\n\nSwansea council said it was extremely sorry for the delay and that every effort was made to find a package of care with a provider during the \"unprecedented\" times of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBut Mrs Hanson's experience is not unique. There were more than 1,000 patients in Welsh hospitals unable to return home due to a lack of care, according to Welsh government figures last month.\n\nCare company director Keri Llewellyn said staffing levels were at their lowest for almost 20 years\n\nCare Forum Wales has warned the care sector is facing its biggest staffing crisis \"in living memory\".\n\nOne home care company, All Care, said staffing levels were at their lowest since 2002 and recruitment has been \"virtually zero\" for months.\n\nDirector Keri Llewellyn said \"a downward spiral\" of staffing shortages meant companies were handing back care packages to councils.\n\nShe added care staff were exhausted from working through the pandemic, while low wages made recruitment and staff retention difficult.\n\n\"I do need something for my staff now. Some hope, maybe a retention bonus,\" said Ms Llewellyn.\n\nThe strain of working through the pandemic has told on carers such as Nicola Peta Hales and Jane Davies\n\nCare manager Jane Davies has been helping with daily rounds due to staff shortages.\n\n\"You are very tired and you need to spend time with your own family, but you can't see those people go without care,\" she said.\n\nNicola Peta Hales, 54, said the stress of being a domiciliary care worker almost became too much.\n\n\"I did feel like quitting and I was very close to it not so long ago, but I decided to stay because I love the job.\"\n\nThe Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS) Cymru has called on the UK and Welsh governments to provide more help.\n\nLast month, the UK government announced a national insurance tax rise, some of which will be used to help fund the care system. On Wednesday, the chancellor is due to outline spending plans for the next three years.\n\nThe Welsh government admitted the situation was \"fragile\".\n\nDeputy Minister of Health and Social Care Julie Morgan said implementing a living wage of £9.50 per hour for carers was a priority, along with improving working conditions.\n\n\"We have to get the system to a place where there are not long waits,\" she added.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nPolice are investigating a graphic banner displayed by Crystal Palace fans that targeted the Saudi Arabian-led takeover of Newcastle United.\n\nThe banner took aim at the Premier League's ownership test, following Newcastle's recent £305m sale.\n\nIt featured illustrations of a man dressed in traditional Arabic clothing alongside what appeared to be Premier League chief executive Richard Masters.\n\nThe banner had a checklist with alleged offences by the Saudi Arabia regime.\n• None Six reasons why Newcastle takeover is controversial\n\nListed on a picture of a clipboard under the headline 'Premier League Owners Test' were 'Terrorism, beheading, civil rights abuses, murder, censorship and persecution'.\n\nThe man in Arab-style clothing was also holding a sword with blood on it.\n\nPalace fan group Holmesdale Fanatics has taken credit for the banner - displayed during the 1-1 draw between the clubs on Saturday - on Twitter, and issued a statement.\n\n\"The Saudi led takeover of Newcastle has rightly received widespread condemnation and anger,\" it said.\n\n\"To give the thumbs up to this deal at a time when the Premier League is promoting the women's game and inclusive initiatives such as rainbow armbands, shows the total hypocrisy at play and demonstrates the league's soulless agenda where profits trump all.\"\n\nThe takeover was 80% financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), whose chair is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.\n\nWhen approving the takeover, the Premier League said it had received legal assurances from the new owners that the Saudi state would not control Newcastle United and there would be penalties if it was proved otherwise.\n\nThe fans group's statement said this decision \"made a mockery\" of the 'Owners and Directors' test.\n\nCroydon Metropolitan Police have released a statement on Twitter, which says: \"On Saturday 23 October police received a report of an offensive banner displayed by Crystal Palace fans.\n\n\"Officers are assessing the information and carrying out enquiries. Any allegations of racist abuse will be taken very seriously.\"\n\nProud and Palace, the club's official lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender supporters group, also protested on Saturday, posting a video on their Twitter account.\n\nIt is understood Crystal Palace themselves did not have any prior knowledge of the banner being brought into the ground.\n\nThey have been asked by police for information surrounding the circumstances and are co-operating with the investigation.\n\nNewcastle, Crystal Palace and the Premier League have all been approached for comment by BBC Sport. The Premier League declined to comment.\n\nEarlier on Saturday, Newcastle reversed their guidance on fans celebrating the takeover by wearing \"traditional Arabic clothing or Middle East-inspired head coverings\" at matches - saying supporters should now \"feel free\" to do so.\n• None 'That day was going to be a bad day': Exclusive footage and interviews from January's storming of the US capitol\n• None Caught between life and death in the swinging sixties", "Matt Hancock resigned from government in July but remains an MP\n\nFormer Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been given a role with the United Nations as a special representative.\n\nWriting on Twitter, the ex-minister said the job would focus on helping Africa's economy recover from Covid.\n\nIt comes four months after Mr Hancock resigned from his cabinet post for breaking social distancing guidelines by kissing a colleague.\n\nThe Under Secretary General of the UN, Vera Songwe, praised his \"success\" in tackling the UK's pandemic response.\n\nIn a letter posted online by Mr Hancock, Ms Songwe said the \"acceleration of vaccines that has led the UK move faster towards economic recovery is one testament to the strengths that you will bring to this role, together with your fiscal and monetary experience\".\n\nThe announcement also comes on the day a report from MPs was published, claiming the government and its scientists' failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the country's worst public health failures.\n\nMr Hancock's official title will be \"UN special representative on financial innovation and climate change for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa\".\n\nHis new role will be unpaid and he will continue as a Conservative MP.\n\nMr Hancock said he was \"honoured\" to be appointed and would help \"promote sustainable development\", alongside working on the economic recovery.\n\nMs Songwe said the UN had been working with people across the world on Africa's climate actions and resilient recovery - and that she wanted to appoint Mr Hancock \"given your global leadership, advocacy reach and in depth understanding of government processes through your various ministerial cabinet roles\".\n\nShe added: \"The role will support Africa's cause at the global level and ensure the continent builds forward better, leveraging financial innovations and working with major stakeholders like the G20, UK government and COP26.\"\n\nIn his acceptance letter, which he also posted on Twitter, Mr Hancock wrote: \"As we recover from the pandemic so we must take this moment to ensure Africa can prosper.\"\n\nThe chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, said it was a \"fascinating and important appointment\".\n\nHe added: \"Boosting the economies of Africa is one of the most essential tasks of this generation.\"\n\nMr Hancock announced his resignation in June after the Sun newspaper published pictures and a video of him and Gina Coladangelo - who were both married at the time with three children - kissing.\n\nThe newspaper said the images had been taken inside the Department of Health and Social Care on 6 May.\n\nMatt Hancock resigned as health secretary after pictures were published of him kissing Gina Coladangelo - pictured here with him on 1 May\n\nFollowing the revelations, a number of Conservative MPs, as well as Labour and the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group, had called for Mr Hancock to go.\n\nMs Coladangelo also left her role as a non-executive director at the DHSC.\n\nMr Hancock ended his 15-year marriage to his wife, Martha, and the relationship with Ms Coladangelo is understood to be a serious one.", "Bishop Christian Stäblein broke off his holiday to visit the grave and issue a statement, the Church said\n\nGermany's Protestant Church and other authorities have condemned the reuse of the vacant burial plot of a Jewish music professor for a neo-Nazi.\n\nThe remains of Prof Max Friedlaender were moved to another site in 1980, but a tombstone still commemorates him at the cemetery outside Berlin.\n\nA Holocaust denier was buried there on Friday after the grave's reuse was approved.\n\nThe burial plot is in one of Germany's largest Protestant cemeteries, in Stahnsdorf near Potsdam.\n\nProf Friedlaender, who died in 1934, was from a Jewish family but was a member of the Protestant Church. He was a bass singer and musicologist who specialised in the songs of Franz Schubert.\n\nGerman media report that Henry Hafenmayer, the man now buried in the plot in Stahnsdorf, was a Holocaust denier and blogger linked to several neo-Nazi groups.\n\nNeo-Nazi supporters laid wreaths on the grave, with nationalist messages and ribbons adorned with the Nazi-era iron cross symbol. They placed a portrait of Hafenmayer in front of Prof Friedlaender's shrouded tombstone.\n\nThe memorial was covered by the cemetery officials as is usual practice when a grave site is reused, the Church said.\n\nAmong the mourners was Horst Mahler, a neo-Nazi who has spent years in jail for racist incitement, German media report.\n\nIn an apologetic statement, Bishop Stäblein said the burial was \"a terrible mistake and shocking occurrence, in view of our history\". The bishop, who leads the Church in that part of Germany, said \"we must immediately see whether and what we can undo\".\n\nPictures of the funeral were posted on Flickr by RechercheNetzwerk.Berlin, an organisation campaigning against anti-Semitism.\n\nThe organisation says Hafenmayer published anti-Semitic propaganda on his blog, called \"End of the Lie\", and glorified Nazism.\n\nThe Church said that Hafenmayer's representative had originally requested a more central burial plot, which had been refused by the cemetery authorities as there were many Jewish graves in that area.\n\nThe selection of Prof Friedlaender's former plot appears not to have been turned down because the cemetery records recorded him as Protestant.\n\nPolice and officers from the department of state protection were present at the funeral, the Church said, and the cemetery authorities were aware of the dead man's neo-Nazi links.\n\nThe president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany said that he was shocked at what had happened.\n\nJosef Schuster said it was unbearable that right-wing extremists should \"haunt\" the grave of Prof Friedlaender, and in doing so they had desecrated his memory.\n\nThe Protestant Church itself had approved Hafenmayer's being given a plot (though not this specific one) despite his neo-Nazi connections, on the principle that everyone had the right to a final resting place, it said, but there were no Protestant ministers at the ceremony.\n\nJewish graves and Holocaust memorials have been vandalised previously by neo-Nazis in Germany and elsewhere in Europe.\n\nThe Berlin official in charge of combating anti-Semitism, Samuel Salzborn, has launched a legal action against the mourners for allegedly disturbing the peace of the dead and for racial incitement.", "A single person will need post-tax annual income of £10,900 for a minimum standard of living in retirement, academics have estimated.\n\nThat spending budget increases to £16,700 for a couple, the calculations for The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) suggest.\n\nFor the first time in the assessment, Netflix subscriptions and items such as haircuts are included.\n\nThe PLSA said lockdowns gave workers a foretaste of retirement needs.\n\n\"The pandemic has emphasised the importance of economic security as well as social and cultural participation in retirement,\" said Nigel Peaple, director of policy and advocacy at the PLSA.\n\n\"We hope the updated standards will encourage people to think about whether they are saving enough for the retirement lifestyle they want and, in particular, whether they are making the most of the employer contributions on offer in their workplace pension.\"\n\nThe calculations for retirement living standards are pitched at three different levels - minimum, moderate and comfortable - and are developed and maintained independently by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University.\n\nThe assessment is intended as a guide for those planning their retirement savings. Housing costs are not included on the assumption that most pensioners have paid off mortgages, although the PLSA said that decision would be kept under review.\n\nThe minimum retirement living standard covers a typical retiree's basic needs plus enough for some social activities, such as a week of holiday in the UK, eating out once a month, but not including running a car.\n\nThe estimate of an annual budget for the minimum standard has risen since 2019 by £700 for a single person, and by £1,000 for a couple.\n\nThe total requirement would generally be made up of a full state pension of £9,339 per year, as well as some workplace pension savings.\n\nThe moderate retirement living standard includes a two-week holiday in Europe and more frequent eating out.\n\nThis was assessed to require a budget of £20,800 for a single person, £600 higher than two years ago, and £30,600 for a couple, up £1,500.\n\nThe PLSA said around half of single employees were on track to expect a lifestyle between minimum and moderate. The position would be better for couples who were able to share costs.\n\nThe annual budget needed for a comfortable retirement living standard has increased since 2019 by £600 to £33,600 for one person and £2,200 to £49,700 for a couple.\n\nThis covered items such as regular beauty treatments, theatre trips, and annual maintenance and servicing of a burglar alarm.\n\nAbout one in six single employees is projected to have an income between moderate and comfortable.\n\nTom Selby, head of retirement policy at investment firm AJ Bell, said: \"The pandemic has exposed gaping holes in the finances of millions of people, with many having little or nothing saved for an emergency.\n\n\"What's more, contribution levels into pension schemes remain low, particularly among self-employed workers. As the UK economy slowly recovers from lockdown, it is vital financial resilience becomes a key focus for policymakers, both in the short and long-term.\"", "The Queen has attended a service marking the centenary of the Royal British Legion, of which she is patron.\n\nShe was accompanied by the Princess Royal for the Westminster Abbey event, led by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend David Hoyle.\n\nThe Queen, 95, was seen using a walking stick as she arrived via the Poet's Yard entrance.\n\nThe Royal British Legion is the largest armed forces charity in the UK and organises the annual poppy appeal.\n\nShe was accompanied by the Princess Royal for the service\n\nIn his address, the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend David Hoyle, celebrated the Royal British Legion's ability to stand \"between us and the men and women who have been set apart by serving in the forces\".\n\nHe said: \"The legion remembers truths that some would urge us to forget. The legion speaks into our silence. The legion stitches back together our shattered experience and makes us whole.\"\n\nThe dean went on: \"War poets have observed again and again that we cheer and clap when armies march out. Later, when the wounded are being ferried back, the cheering tends to stop. We want to move on. We always want to move on.\n\n\"I do wonder if we will really learn the lessons from this pandemic, or whether we will give in to all the voices that want to turn the page. But the legion always remembers and tells truths we must not forget.\"\n\nThe dean said the legion \"tells truths we must not forget\"\n\nDuring the service, retired Lt Gen James Bashall, the Royal British Legion's national president, took part in a rededication reaffirming the charity's commitment to its work, and Princess Anne gave a Bible reading.\n\nOther readings were given by Gen Sir Nick Carter, Chief of the Defence Staff, and Victoria Cross hero Colour Sgt Johnson Beharry.\n\nThe Queen received flowers after the service\n\nThe Queen had been pictured using a stick in 2003 after surgery on her right knee, but the Westminster Abbey service is thought to be the first time she has used one at a major public event.\n\nThe use of the aid, and arriving by the Poet's Yard entrance which was a shorter walk to her seat than the traditional Great West Door, are both understood to have been arranged for the Queen's comfort. Buckingham Palace did not comment.", "The Labour leader was warned to move to the left while visiting a HGV driver training centre and taking a lesson.\n\nBut after reversing the vehicle, and striking a bollard on the course in Oldham, he was warned he would have failed a test.\n\nThe UK government has introduced temporary visas for 5,000 fuel tanker and food lorry drivers from abroad, after a Road Haulage Association (RHA) survey found there were was a shortage of more than 100,000 qualified drivers.", "Foreign tourism, once an engine of the Thai economy, has collapsed\n\nThailand plans to end Covid quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers from at least 10 low-risk nations from 1 November, officials say.\n\nPM Prayuth Chan-ocha admitted that \"this decision comes with some risk\" - but it is seen as a key step to revive the country's collapsed tourism sector.\n\nThe 10 nations seen as low risk include the UK, China, Germany and the US.\n\nThe country has been recording more than 10,000 positive infections daily since July.\n\nIt has fully vaccinated around 33% of its almost 70 million people. Half the population has received one dose.\n\nMr Prayuth said Thailand would also allow entertainment venues to reopen on 1 December and permit alcohol sales.\n\nHe added that the authorities were planning to open Thailand for more countries on that date.\n\nMr Prayuth's comments came in a televised address on Monday.\n\nReferring to visitors from 10 low-risk nations, he stressed that \"when they arrive, they should present a [negative] Covid test... and test once again upon arrival\".\n\nIf the second test is also negative, any visitor from those countries \"can travel freely like Thais\", the prime minister said.\n\nBut he warned that the government would act decisively if there were to be a spike in infections or an emergence of a highly contagious variant of Covid-19.\n\nIt is estimated that Thailand - popular for its sandy beaches and non-stop nightlife - lost about $50bn (£37bn) in tourism revenue in 2020.\n\nThe economy suffered its deepest contraction in more than two decades as a result of the pandemic.\n\nThailand was the first country outside China to record a Covid-19 case in January last year.\n\nIt took the drastic step of sealing its borders in April, effectively killing off a tourist industry accounting for perhaps 20% of GDP, but managed to cut new daily infections to just single figures, one of the best records anywhere.\n\nThis year though, with the arrival of the Delta variant, infections have soared, from a total of less than 7,000 at the end of 2020, to 1.7 million today. The argument for keeping out foreign visitors to contain Covid became much less persuasive, especially with tourist-related businesses pleading for restrictions to be eased.\n\nThe success in containing Covid last year had another unforeseen consequence; it led the Thai government to believe it need not rush to order vaccines. The result has been a tardy and at times confused vaccine programme, and a public outcry.\n\nThe need for some economic good news is in large part what has driven it to start reopening, well before reaching its own declared target of getting 70% of the population vaccinated.\n\nIt is proceeding cautiously though, with only 10 countries on the list until the end of the year. Like other countries in the region Thailand's health system has limited ICU capacity; in August ICU units in Bangkok were quickly overwhelmed by the number of serious Covid cases.\n\nIn any case, even with an end to the two week quarantine requirement, a recovery to the 40 million tourists who came in 2019 is unlikely next year, or even the year after.\n\nJust over 70,000 visitors came into the country in the first eight months of this year, compared with 40 million in the whole of 2019.\n\nThailand has reported more than 1.7 million confirmed Covid cases since the pandemic began, with nearly 18,000 deaths, according to America's Johns Hopkins University.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The UK's largest commercial port says the supply chain crisis has caused a logjam of shipping containers.\n\nThe Port of Felixstowe, which handles 36% of the UK's freight container traffic, blamed the busy pre-Christmas period and haulage shortages.\n\nHowever, it said the situation has been improving over the last few days.\n\nShipping giant Maersk told the BBC it is re-routing some of its biggest ships away from the port.\n\nThe Financial Times first reported on Tuesday that Maersk was re-routing ships away from Felixstowe to other European ports, where smaller vessels will be used for UK deliveries.\n\nLars Mikael Jensen, head of global ocean network at Maersk, told BBC Radio 5 Live's Drive programme that some of its largest 20,000-container ships were waiting outside Felixstowe for between four to seven days.\n\n\"We've taken those measures because we saw, because of the big ships, there is a limit to how many berths they can call in Felixstowe, and because its slower, it took longer to handle every ship,\" he said.\n\n\"Instead of wasting time waiting, we progressed to the next stop, and arranged that the boxes are relayed from that port rather than wait for a week and then discharge.\"\n\nProblems at Felixstowe come as retailers and other groups warn of mounting concern about stocks in the run-up to Christmas trading.\n\nThe port has blamed several factors for the build-up of shipping containers, including the busy pre-Christmas peak, haulage shortages, poor vessel scheduling, and the impact of the pandemic.\n\nOn top of this, there are a high number of empty containers currently sitting at the port. Felixstowe said it is asking shipping lines to remove them as quickly as possible.\n\n\"The vast majority of import containers are cleared for collection within minutes of arriving and there are over 1,000 unused haulier bookings most days,\" the port stressed.\n\n\"However, the situation is improving and there is more spare space for import containers this week, than at any time since the beginning of July, when supply chain impacts first started to bite.\"\n\nIndustry bodies estimate there is a shortage of about 100,000 drivers with several sectors from retailers to domestic refuse collection affected. The government recently drafted in military personnel to help deliver fuel and to issue emergency temporary visa to foreign drivers.\n\nThe shortage has been caused by several factors, including European drivers who went home during the pandemic, Brexit, tax changes and a backlog of HGV driver tests.\n\nTim Morris, head of the Major Ports Group, which represents port operators, said the industry had been had been hit by a whole host of issues, including Brexit border changes, global demand for goods travelling by sea, and the pandemic.\n\n\"It has not been easy and there have been times of real stress on the ports system,\" he said. \"Ports have taken significant action to respond to the challenges and build resilience.\"\n\nThe problem is not just confined to the UK. Ports across the world have also suffered significant delays. Retailers have highlighted particular issues in China and east Asia, where pandemic restrictions and poor weather conditions have affected shipping.\n\nSarah Treseder, chief executive of the trade group UK Chamber of Shipping, said there are reports of dozens of ships forced to wait outside ports in America and Asia.\n\n\"We anticipate the disruption will continue while the underlying market volatility stabilises,\" she said.", "The US had offered a $5m reward for information leading to Sami Jasim al-Jaburi's capture\n\nIraq says it has captured the jihadist group Islamic State's financial chief in an operation outside its borders.\n\nSami Jasim al-Jaburi was arrested in a \"complex external operation\" by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi tweeted, without specifying a location.\n\nHe added that Mr Jasim, also known as Hajji Hamid, was a deputy leader of IS under the late Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.\n\nThe US had offered a $5m (£3.7m) reward for information leading to his capture.\n\nIts Rewards for Justice website alleged that he was \"instrumental in managing finances for [IS] terrorist operations\" and had supervised the group's \"revenue-generating operations from illicit sales of oil, gas, antiquities, and minerals\" after it seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria in 2014.\n\nIraqi officials are hailing the capture of Sami Jasim as a significant blow to IS.\n\nThey say, cryptically, that he was captured in a foreign intelligence operation without immediately revealing where.\n\nThe high-level IS operative is believed to have been not only in charge of the group's finances but also of its cross-border operations in Syria and Iraq where it continues to attack police and military bases.\n\nHis value to the Iraqi security forces will be not so much his loss to IS - where he will be swiftly replaced - but in what information he yields to his captors about imminent attacks.\n\nSince the military defeat of IS and its self-declared caliphate it has reverted to being an insurgency, conducting hit-and-run attacks. It's estimated to have around 10,000 fighters at large in the Middle East.\n\nFurther afield it remains a dangerous security threat in countries as far apart as Afghanistan and Mozambique.\n\nIraq's Security Media Cell said the detainee was close to the new leader of IS, Amir Mohammed Said Abdul Rahman al-Mawla, who replaced Baghdadi after he killed himself during a US special forces raid on his hideout in Syria in 2019.\n\nAlthough Mr Kadhimi did not reveal where Mr Jasim had been captured, a senior Iraqi military source told AFP news agency it had happened in Turkey. There was no immediate response from Turkish authorities to the report.\n\nEarlier this year, the Iraqi government announced it had killed another alleged deputy IS leader, Jabir Salman Saleh al-Isawi, as well as the leader of IS in southern Iraq, Jabbar Ali Fayadh.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIS once controlled 88,000 sq km (34,000 sq miles) of territory stretching from eastern Iraq to western Syria and imposed its brutal rule on almost eight million people.\n\nDespite the group's defeat on the battlefield in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria two years later, it is estimated that thousands of militants remain active in both countries.", "Hundreds of people could die in floods in the UK, the Environment Agency has warned in a hard-hitting report that says the country is not ready for the impact of climate change.\n\nEarlier this year in Germany, dozens of people died in floods.\n\n\"That will happen in this country sooner or later\" unless the UK becomes more resilient to increasingly violent weather, the agency concludes.\n\nEmma Howard Boyd, chair of the agency, said: \"It is adapt or die.\"\n\nThe apocalyptic tone is deliberately intended to startle governments, companies and communities into preparing for global warming effects such as higher sea levels and more extremes of rainfall and drought.\n\nThe new report, seen by the BBC ahead of its publication on Wednesday, assesses the country's readiness to cope with the many different risks of climate change.\n\nIn its response, environment department Defra said it was taking key measures to protect the UK from the effects of global warming.\n\nWe are currently heading for an increase in the global average temperature of just under 3C by the end of the century.\n\nBut the agency projects that even a smaller rise of 2C would have severe consequences:\n\nAccording to Ms Howard Boyd: \"We can successfully tackle the climate emergency if we do the right things, but we are running out of time to implement effective adaptation measures.\n\n\"Some 200 people died in this summer's flooding in Germany. That will happen in this country sooner or later, however high we build our flood defences - unless we also make the places where we live, work and travel resilient to the effects of the more violent weather the climate emergency is bringing.\"\n\nThe agency calls for new thinking on flood protection, closer partnerships between government and businesses, and projects to restore natural systems that absorb carbon and hold back rainwater.\n\nMs Howard Boyd added: \"With the right approach we can be safer and more prosperous. So let's prepare, act and survive.\"\n\nThe loss of life in Germany last July is a reminder of the last time flooding led to a massive death toll in the UK.\n\nBack in 1953, a storm surge killed 307 people in England and 19 in Scotland.\n\nThat tragedy forced a radical rethink about flood protection and a massive investment in coastal defences that eventually led to the Thames Barrier in London.\n\nNow, as officials across the UK weigh up future phases of flood defence, the report identifies what it calls five \"reality checks\" about climate change:\n\nThe agency calls for new thinking on flood protection, saying that \"business as usual\" approaches are no longer adequate.\n\nIn practical terms, that means better co-ordination between companies, national agencies and local authorities, with businesses and homeowners encouraged to take basic steps to flood-proof their own properties.\n\nIt wants more investment in natural ways of reducing flood risk, such as restoring upland areas that can retain rainwater upstream and improving management of the soil so there's less run-off.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nThe agency also suggests trialling new arrangements and technologies for warning local communities about flood risks, and having closer coordination with other emergency services.\n\nThe agency acknowledges that billions of pounds have been spent on flood defences - and that more is earmarked.\n\nAnd it recognises that the UK, as host of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow next month, is highlighting the importance of helping communities and nature adapt to climate change.\n\nIn response, Defra highlighted several key measures designed to adapt to a changing climate: £5.2bn to protect 336,000 properties from flooding and coastal erosion better; a national framework to manage water supplies; and a £640m Nature for Climate Fund to tackle climate change and adaptation together.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"We are taking robust action to improve resilience to climate change across the whole country and economy, and adaptation to climate change is integrated in policies throughout government.\n\n\"We're also using our COP26 presidency to drive climate adaptation around the world, protecting communities and natural habitats.\"\n\nDo you have any questions about the forthcoming COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "There is no room for big spending announcements for hard-pressed public services in this month's Budget, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says.\n\nThe influential think tank has published new analysis, suggesting borrowing will be lower than forecast.\n\nBut the IFS says if the chancellor hopes to balance the government's finances, he will still have to keep a tight rein on spending.\n\nThat's despite his planning the biggest tax rises for more than 25 years.\n\nMr Sunak is due to deliver the next Budget on 27 October.\n\n\"Rishi Sunak, a Conservative chancellor, is presiding over an increase in the tax burden to record levels in the UK and an increase in the size of the state (public spending as a fraction of national income) to levels not seen since the days of [Margaret] Thatcher,\" said IFS director Paul Johnson.\n\n\"Yet the combined effects of ever-growing spending on the NHS, and an economy smaller than projected pre-pandemic, mean that he is still likely to be short of money to spend on many other public services,\" he said.\n\nMr Johnson said that meant \"little or no scope\" to increase spending on things such as local government, the justice system and further education, which have seen sharp cuts over the last decade.\n\nSpending on services other than health, such as defence, schools and aid, might also have to increase by less than Mr Sunak was planning pre-pandemic, the IFS said.\n\nMr Johnson said the chancellor would be \"hoping against hope\" that the economy performed better than expected over the next few years, pushing up tax revenues that would \"help to dig him out of what still looks like a fair-sized hole\".\n\nThe IFS produces analysis of the country's finances in its Green Budget every year. Like a government green paper, the aim is to inform and provoke discussion around budgetary decisions.\n\nThe report highlights the UK's strong economic recovery this year, in the wake of the vaccine roll-out, meaning that borrowing this year could be more than £50bn lower than was forecast in March. But it says less rapid growth after this year's bounce back would mean the public finances improve more slowly in the years to come.\n\nAnyone making forecasts like these a year ago would have been laughed at and called a crazy optimist.\n\nThe amount the government is expected to borrow this financial year is £50bn less than was predicted even just back in March.\n\nThat suggests those arguing against cutting public spending too soon, for the sake of reducing that borrowing, were right.\n\nIn a pandemic, they argued, to prioritise sorting out the public finances before securing the economic recovery was putting the cart before the horse.\n\nIn the meantime, the vaccine-led recovery has brought tax money rolling into the Treasury much faster than was expected.\n\nWith 7% economic growth predicted this year and borrowing dropping rapidly, we can now see how quickly, when the economic horse is accelerating, the public finance cart comes trundling behind.\n\nChristian Schulz, director of European Economics at investment bank Citi, which collaborated on the Green Budget, said the global economic outlook had improved.\n\nHowever, the UK economy was still likely to be 4% short of its pre-pandemic trajectory at the end of 2021, he said.\n\n\"The medium-term recovery also remains far from secure,\" said Mr Schulz. \"Instead, an uneven rebound to date points to a more profound Brexit- and Covid-related reconfiguration in the years ahead.\n\nThe IFS suggested that in order to cope with long-term pressures on spending, the chancellor might find he needs to raise taxes further, on top of the 1.25% health and social care levy announced last month.\n\nFor the levy to meet future spending demand in those areas, the IFS estimates it could need to more than double to 3.15% by the end of this decade.", "Eva Maria Nichifor's parents described her as their \"miracle\"\n\nParents have paid tribute to their \"perfect baby girl, a gift from God\", after she was killed in a car crash.\n\nSix-month-old Eva Maria Nichifor died after the two-car collision in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, on Friday.\n\nIn a statement, her parents Florin and Carmen said they were \"distraught by our loss\", with her mother previously speaking of her \"indescribable pain\".\n\nLucy Dyer, 23, from Llanelli, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and drink driving.\n\nFlowers and tributes to Eva Maria Nichifor have been left at the roadside in Llanelli\n\nThe crash happened at the Heol Goffa crossroads, in Llanelli, at about 21:00 BST on Friday.\n\nEva's parents, who originate from Romania but now live in Llanelli, said in a statement issued in both English and Romanian: \"She was our miracle, our perfect baby girl, a gift from God. She will always be in our hearts.\n\n\"We would like to thank everyone for their support at this horrific time. It has meant so much to the whole family.\n\n\"We would now like time to grieve and would ask to be given privacy in which to do so.\"\n\nAt Llanelli magistrates' court on 11 October, Ms Dyer, of Heulwen Terrace, Llanelli, was remanded in custody to appear at Swansea Crown Court on 12 November.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has not committed to any additional government help for businesses struggling amid record gas prices.\n\nSome industries have warned firms could be forced to shut down operations.\n\nMr Kwarteng said he was working closely with the chancellor over possible support for energy intensive sectors - but a Treasury source denied this.\n\nThe business secretary said domestic customers would not see a change to the energy price cap this winter.\n\nAsked on BBC One's Andrew Marr programme whether there would be additional government help for energy-intensive companies, Mr Kwarteng described the situation as \"critical\" and said he was \"looking to find a solution\".\n\nWhen Andrew Marr suggested this sounded like a \"yes\" the business secretary said: \"No, it doesn't sound like yes at all.\n\n\"We already have existing support and we're looking to see whether that's sufficient to get us through this situation.\"\n\nSpeaking to Times Radio Mr Kwarteng, who met leaders from heavy industry on Friday, said he was not going to commit to \"any firm figure or subsidy\" for companies.\n\nAsked about whether the government would ensure factories would not have to close if they could not pay for gas he said it was a commercial decision and \"up to them\".\n\nHe added: \"We are not in the business of bail-outs. What we are in the business of is ensuring security of supply and that is what I am focused on.\"\n\nCEO of British Glass Dave Dalton, who was at Friday's meeting with Mr Kwarteng, said some of the confederation's \"significant\" members were \"teetering on the edge\".\n\n\"I think some companies are staring down the ability to survive, absolutely - ultimately that obviously cascades on to jobs and impacts on the consumer,\" he told the BBC.\n\nGareth Stace, director general of UK Steel, said he was frustrated by the lack of action to support businesses.\n\nHe told the BBC that without help in the next week or so, there would be \"significant and permanent damage to the UK steel sector\".\n\nUnite leader Sharon Graham said the country was \"contemplating factory shutdowns across viable manufacturing and businesses\" and that workers were \"worried sick\".\n\nBusinesses have been shouting louder and louder for support through this period of soaring energy prices.\n\nThis morning, the business secretary told the BBC he was listening to their concerns - but would not commit to any extra support.\n\nThose industries that use a lot of energy for manufacturing say that the time for working out a way forward has long gone.\n\nThe director general of UK Steel, Gareth Stace, expressed his frustration, saying pauses in steel production will only increase.\n\nThe government says the current situation emphasises the need for a revolution in how we generate energy, moving towards home-grown renewables.\n\nBut that's little comfort for those businesses dependent on energy from fossil fuels now, competing with intense demand in a global market.\n\nOn the Andrew Marr show, Mr Kwarteng denied asking for \"billions\" from the Treasury to subsidise energy-intensive businesses and said supply itself was \"not an issue\".\n\nA Treasury source said the business secretary had been \"mistaken\" to say that he had been working on possible support measures with the Chancellor Rishi Sunak.\n\nBridget Phillipson, Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said the government \"needs to get a grip\" and called for \"urgent answers on who exactly is running the show\".\n\n\"The two key government departments responsible for the current cost of living crisis have spent this morning infighting about whether they were in talks with each other. What a farce,\" she said.\n\nShe also accused the government of having \"put its out of office on\", referring to reports that the prime minister is on holiday in Spain.\n\nA number of Conservative MPs have called for the government to take action to support heavy industry.\n\nThe SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford called on the UK government to \"nurse\" businesses through the crisis, describing it as a \"perfect storm\".\n\nThe domestic consumer energy price cap, which is reviewed every six months, sets the maximum level a supplier can charge a consumer on a standard tariff in England, Wales and Scotland.\n\nMr Kwarteng told Marr that protecting consumers was his \"first and foremost objective\" and as such the price cap would stay at its current level until its next update which is due to in April.\n\nSome suppliers say the cap is just delaying an inevitable increase in consumer prices and should be reviewed more regularly.\n\nEnergy regulator Ofgem has warned households will see further \"significant rises\" in the spring, when the cap is reviewed.\n\nAsked by Marr if he was sure the lights would stay on this winter, Mr Kwarteng said \"yes, I am\".\n\nDue to high gas prices household energy suppliers have been forced to sell gas for less than they can buy it due to the price cap, leading some to fail.\n\nLast month, nine domestic energy supply companies went out of business, forcing 1.7 million customers to move to new suppliers and on to higher rates.\n\nPaul Richards, chief executive of Together Energy, which he said is currently making losses, said while he supported a price cap to protect customers, the current mechanism \"is not fit for industry, nor is it fit for customers\".\n\nHe said it protected customers in the short term but somewhere between £1bn and £3bn in costs would be spread back across business and households as a result of suppliers going bust.\n\nThe founder of OVO Energy Stephen Fitzpatrick told Marr that it has been \"too easy\" for companies to enter the energy market and that there will be more companies in difficulty.\n\nHe said the market was a complicated one, and he thought some people had not understood the risks.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eluned Morgan says she has never understood politicians who refuse to apologise where it's due\n\nWales' Health Minister Eluned Morgan has apologised for the mistakes made by the Welsh government in its initial handling of the pandemic.\n\nShe was responding to a report by MPs which said the UK's early response to the pandemic is one of the worst ever public health failures.\n\n\"I'm prepared to apologise to all of those who have suffered,\" she said.\n\nThe report said the slow move to lockdown led to a higher initial death toll than if ministers acted sooner.\n\nIt said the slow move into restrictions - backed by UK government scientists and adopted by the UK's central and devolved governments - was \"wrong\" and \"deliberate\".\n\nThe study, written by two House of Commons committees, claimed scientific advisers and government suffered \"a degree of group think\".\n\nWales and the rest of the UK went into lockdown on 23 March - while the policy was controlled by ministers in Cardiff, early on they acted alongside the Westminster government.\n\nThere were 2,289 deaths in Wales due to Covid, and 2,512 deaths involving Covid, in the first wave of the pandemic up to the end of July 2020.\n\nWales went into lockdown on 23 March 2020\n\nOpposition parties reiterated calls for a Wales-only public inquiry, with Plaid Cymru saying the Welsh government \"must take responsibility for its actions\".\n\nIn the Senedd, First Minister Mark Drakeford declined to say whether he agreed the early response was one of the worst ever public health failures in the UK, and said he had not read the report.\n\n\"I've been asked the question many times, 'Were there things that you would have done differently had you known then what you know now?' \" he said.\n\n\"We didn't know those things then, we were following the advice that we had at the time.\"\n\nHe said as \"our knowledge grew\" ministers have \"not hesitated to take our own decisions where we thought that was in the best interests of Wales\".\n\nThere have been a total of 8,262 deaths where Covid was mentioned on the death certificate up to 24 September this year.\n\nSpeaking at a press briefing, Ms Morgan said: \"Of course I'm prepared to apologise to all of those who have suffered during the pandemic.\n\n\"This was a new disease that we'd never seen before. None of us knew how it was going to impact, none of us knew how it was going to spread, none of us had any idea that it could be spread even without showing any symptoms.\"\n\nShe added: \"Of course we made mistakes at the beginning of that process, because of the lack of information and data and knowledge that we have now learned.\n\n\"I think we have a duty and responsibility to say sorry to people where we've made mistakes.\"\n\nBut the minister argued it would have been \"extremely difficult\" to have locked down Wales before England, because of the border and \"because furlough was not available\".\n\nShe said since then, the Welsh government has taken a \"far more cautious approach compared to that of the rest of the United Kingdom\".\n\nBut Ms Morgan denied that the Welsh government had suffered from group think - when a group of individuals reaches a consensus without critical reasoning.\n\nA decision to scrap community testing for coronavirus early in the pandemic was described by the report as a \"serious mistake\".\n\nWales, in common with the rest of the UK, took the same approach. Ms Morgan partly blamed this on a limitation on the number of tests available at the time.\n\nCatherine Griffiths's father Harry died with Covid in his Aberystwyth care home\n\nFigures showed that there were 157% more care home deaths from all causes than there would be normally in April 2020, with 1,171 in total.\n\nThe daughter of a man who died from Covid last year said it was \"good to have an apology\" but said it was \"slightly qualified\".\n\nCatherine Griffiths, whose father Harry Griffiths died with Covid in his Aberystwyth care home, told BBC Wales: \"They didn't know what was happening in the first wave but they knew what was happening in the second wave, my father died in the second wave.\n\n\"They should have protected people they should have acted and learned from countries in the Far East. While we were going into the second wave they were asking people to do quick tests before they enter care facilities, and we weren't doing that.\"\n\nMs Griffiths is part of the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru group, which is calling for a dedicated public inquiry for Wales into decisions made about the pandemic.\n\nThere are calls for a Wales-only public inquiry into the Covid response\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price said the report showed the \"fatalistic approach at the heart of this Westminster government\" but also called for a Welsh public inquiry.\n\nPlaid health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said: \"The Welsh government must take responsibility for its actions - good and bad, and there should be no avoidance of detailed scrutiny.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative health spokesman Russell George said: \"The pandemic was an unprecedented crisis and as these reports show decision-makers in government followed the science and evidence provided by experts.\"\n\nHe added the report shows \"why we need a Wales-specific Covid inquiry\".\n\nHowever Mark Drakeford argued in the Senedd that the report strengthens the argument for the Welsh \"experience to be properly investigated within the wider UK context\".\n\nThe first minister has backed a UK government inquiry, but has not ruled out a Wales-only effort if he is not satisfied with what is set up by the UK government.\n\nMr Drakeford told the Senedd he was yet to receive a reply to a letter to Communities Secretary Michael Gove on the 10 September setting out a \"series of tests\" the Welsh government would apply \"to give us confidence\".\n\nThe first minister said he was hoping to have a meeting with the prime minister in the coming days, and added he expects devolved governments to be \"properly involved\" in the appointment of the UK government's inquiry chair.\n\nDuring the press conference it was announced that the Welsh government had set a target of offering all 12 to 15-year-olds a Covid vaccine by the end of October.\n\nThe government also said all residents of care homes will have been offered a booster by the same date.\n\nDr Gill Richardson, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Vaccines, said she expected the majority of people over 50 or who have an underlying health condition to have been offered their booster by the end of the year.\n\nA Welsh government statement said the committees' report \"does not scrutinise decisions made by any of the devolved governments in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"Some actions and decisions in the pandemic response were taken at a UK level on a four-nations basis - we have always been open to working together where there are shared decisions and shared responses.\n\n\"We have followed the advice of our medical and scientific advisers and have taken a more cautious approach. Independent reports, by Audit Wales, have shown our approach to testing, for example, was less costly and more efficient than that taken by the UK government.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footballers 'have right to see where data goes'\n\nHundreds of footballers have threatened legal action against the data collection industry, which could change how information is handled.\n\nLed by former Cardiff City, Leyton Orient and Yeovil Town manager Russell Slade, 850 players want compensation for the trading of their performance data over the past six years.\n\nThey also want an annual fee from the companies for any future use.\n\n\"Letters before action\" have been sent to 17 big firms, alleging data misuse.\n\nData ranges from average goals-per-game for an outfield player to height - however, Mr Slade has previously expressed concern this is sometimes wrong.\n\nIf the group pursues legal action and is successful, it could lead to a radical change of a multi-billion pound industry behind professional sport that trades on players' information.\n\nSlade's legal team said the fact players receive no payment for the unlicensed use of their data contravenes General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules that were strengthened in 2018.\n\nUnder Article 4 of the GDPR, \"personal data\" refers to a range or identifiable information, such as physical attributes, location data or physiological information.\n\nBBC News understands that an initial 17 major betting, entertainment and data collection firms have been targeted, but Slade's Global Sports Data and Technology Group has highlighted more than 150 targets it believes have misused data.\n\nFormer Cardiff City manager Russell Slade is leading the group\n\nWhile receiving a fee for the use of their data might not have much impact on the high earners of the Premier League, Slade feels strongly that those lower down the pyramid, in both the men's and women's game, would see tangible benefits.\n\n\"It's incredible where it's used,\" Slade said. \"On one player, and I'm not talking about a Premier League player or even a Championship player, there was some 7,000 pieces of information on one individual player at a lower league football club.\n\n\"There are companies that are taking that data and processing that data without the individual consent of that player.\n\n\"A big part of our journey has been looking at that ecosystem and plotting out where that data starts, who's processing it, where it finishes and that's a real global thing.\n\n\"It's making football - and all sports - aware of the implications and what needs to change.\"\n\nThe use of data in sport is nothing new. Its collection, distribution and use has become a staple part of the modern sporting environment, be it by clubs to manage player performance, or by third party companies to base things like odds on.\n\nIf the move is successful, the implications could have far-reaching effects beyond football.\n\nBBC News understand discussions are already underway within other professional sports to bring potential legal action regarding the trading of data.\n\nFormer Wales international Dave Edwards, one the players behind the move, said it was a chance for players to take more control of the way information about them is used.\n\nHaving seen how data has become a staple part of the modern game, he believes players rights to how information about them is used should be at the forefront of any future use.\n\n\"The more I've looked into it and you see how our data is used, the amount of channels its passed through, all the different organisations which use it, I feel as a player we should have a say on who is allowed to use it,\" he said.\n\nThe footballers say they want compensation and an annual fee for the use of their data\n\n\"Anyone else in the world would have that say. Just because we're footballers and we're in the public domain that gets overlooked.\n\n\"If you were in another job, if you were a teacher or a lawyer and this sort of details was being passed around your field of work it wouldn't sit right with that person.\n\n\"I don't think we, as individuals really differ from that.\"\n\nThe lawyer behind Global Sports Data and Technology's action, Chris Farnell, believes it could be start of a sport-wide reshaping of how data is traded.\n\n\"This will be significant change if the precedent is set throughout football and how data is used throughout sport in general,\" he said.\n\n\"It will change significantly how that data is being used and how it's going to be rewarded.\"", "James Gray (left) with Nadhim Zahawi at the parliamentary reception\n\nTory MP James Gray has been asked to step back from activities with a charity, after reports he mixed up two ethnic minority ministers at an event, saying \"they all look the same to me\".\n\nThe MailOnline has reported he confused then-vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi with Health Secretary Sajid Javid.\n\nFollowing the event, St John Ambulance said it did not \"tolerate racism\".\n\nMr Gray acknowledged that he mixed up the two men but denies saying \"they all look the same to me\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, the North Wiltshire MP said: \"I think I said 'I mixed you up', something like that\", adding that it was a \"very silly non-story\".\n\nHe said he hadn't been contacted by the charity about stepping back from his role and had even received an invitation on Tuesday to one of their events.\n\nHe also denies reports Mr Zahawi - who was born in Iraq - spoke to him about the incident at the event, adding that the men are close friends.\n\nThe BBC has been told the charity spoke to Mr Gray over a week ago about stepping back from his involvement with the charity and that the invitation to the MP from St John Ambulance was inadvertently sent out and would be retracted.\n\nAsked for a response, the Conservative Party said: \"These comments were misjudged. We do not tolerate racism or discrimination of any kind.\"\n\nMr Gray has been accused of making the remarks in September at a reception in Parliament held to celebrate the work of St John Ambulance's volunteers and staff during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAs a Commander in the Order of St John, the parent charity of St John Ambulance, Mr Gray was hosting the event.\n\nAccording to the reports, he was introducing Mr Zahawi to the stage but instead referred to him as Sajid Javid, who was also at the event.\n\nAfter his mistake, the MP is said to have told the audience: \"They all look the same to me.\"\n\nMr Gray has previously apologised for his comments about Labour chair Anneliese Dodds\n\nFollowing the event, the charity said it had asked Mr Gray to step back from activities with the organisation.\n\nA spokesman said: \"St John does not tolerate racism in any way, shape or form.\n\n\"We spoke with James Gray following the event about our values as an open, inclusive and progressive charity.\"\n\nLast month, Mr Gray apologised for joking that \"a bomb\" should be delivered to the office of Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds.\n\nSpeaking to the Mail on Sunday, he said: \"It was a foolish remark,\" he told the Mail on Sunday, adding: \"I meant no offence and hope none was taken.\"\n\nEarlier this year Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner also confused Mr Javid - who has Pakistani heritage - with another politician - referring to him as \"Sadiq Javid\" apparently partly confusing him with Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan.", "Stephen Port was sentenced to a full-life term in November 2016\n\nA detective investigating the circumstances of serial killer Stephen Port's first homicide felt that the case was likely to be one of murder and told senior officers of his concerns.\n\nAnthony Walgate, 23, was found dead outside Port's flat block in June 2014.\n\nDet Ch Insp Tony Kirk tried to establish a murder inquiry, an email shown to an inquest jury revealed.\n\nPort would go on to murder three more men using the date rape drug GHB before homicide detectives took on the case.\n\nThe inquest jury at Barking Town Hall also heard evidence from Det Ch Insp Christopher Jones, the senior murder detective involved in the case in the week after the death.\n\nDet Ch Insp Jones told the hearing it was \"not possible\" that detectives would have taken the case less seriously because Mr Walgate was \"young, gay and working as an escort\".\n\nThe jury, which is examining the Metropolitan Police's handling of the investigation, heard Det Ch Insp Kirk's email was sent a week after Mr Walgate's body was found outside Port's flat in Cooke Street in Barking, east London.\n\nIt set out that it was known to the force that Port, now 46, had lied to officers about not knowing Mr Walgate, who he had in fact arranged to meet two days before the killing.\n\nA post-mortem examination found that the 23-year-old died as a result of ingesting high levels of the date rape drug GHB.\n\nThe jury heard how Det Ch Insp Kirk pointed out in his email that Port had previously had an allegation made against him that he had drugged and raped another man, and had no means of paying the £800 Mr Walgate charged for his work as an escort - which was how the two men came to meet each other.\n\nIn the message, to Supt John Sweeney of Homicide Command, Det Ch Insp Kirk said: \"I feel we as an organisation have a duty to his (Mr Walgate's) friends and family to get to the bottom of his death in what are increasingly suspicious circumstances.\n\n\"This investigation concerns the death of a young and what appears to be a fit and healthy male and, on the balance of probabilities, at the hands of another.\n\n\"I appreciate that a murder charge might not be the final outcome, but the investigation is becoming increasingly complex.\"\n\nSupt Sweeney decided to leave the investigation with the less experienced detectives in the Barking borough command, the inquest heard.\n\nJurors were also told that detectives did not then carry out a vital download of Port's laptop requested by the homicide team.\n\nThe laptop, which had been seized by police, contained evidence of him using search terms to do with drugging and raping boys, the inquest heard.\n\nThe paramedic who found Mr Walgate's body previously told the jury he had regarded it as an \"unexplained suspicious death\".\n\nMr Kovari's and Mr Whitworth's bodies were found in the graveyard of St Margaret's Church\n\nSpeaking on Monday, Det Ch Insp Jones explained that in his opinion at the time, the death was unexplained - but he said he had not been told the post-mortem examination had found bruises suggesting Mr Walgate had been moved while he was still alive.\n\nNor had he been told that dead man's underpants were inside out and back to front, the jury heard.\n\nPort's next two victims, Gabriel Kovari, 22, and Daniel Whitworth, 21, were found dead by the same dog-walker three weeks apart beneath a large maple tree in a corner of the same cemetery, at St Margaret's Church.\n\nMr Kovari's body was found on 28 August 2014 and Mr Whitworth's was discovered on 20 September, in almost exactly the same spot.\n\nThe final victim, aspiring police officer Jack Taylor, 25, was found near the cemetery on 14 September 2015.\n\nIn 2016, Port was found guilty at the Old Bailey of the four murders and sentenced to a whole-life order.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "With growing concerns about a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the authorities in Turkey have stepped up security on their border and warned they won't accept an influx of Afghan migrants and refugees.\n\nTurkey already has the world's largest refugee population of around 4 million people - 3.6 million of whom are Syrians - but there is growing anti-migrant sentiment.\n\nMany Afghans cross Iran to get to Turkey, hoping to travel onwards to Europe.\n\nOfficials in eastern Turkey say so far this year about 90,000 people have been prevented from illegally crossing the border, most of them Afghans.\n\nBBC international correspondent Orla Guerin reports from the Turkish border province of Van.", "Jonathon Ramsbottom admitted causing Mr White's death by careless driving while under the influence of drugs\n\nA delivery driver who knocked down and killed a cyclist while high on drugs has been jailed for seven years.\n\nJonathon Ramsbottom, from Rochdale, collided head-on with Stephen White in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, in May 2020.\n\nMr White, 54, who was training for an Ironman triathlon, died as a result of a \"catastrophic\" brain injury.\n\nRamsbottom, 37, who was on bail for drugs offences at the time of the crash, pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving.\n\nStephen White, from Bolton, suffered a brain injury and died after the crash in May 2020\n\nBradford Crown Court heard Mr White, from Bolton, had been on a training ride when Ramsbottom crashed into him in his van on Church Road.\n\nA blood test later revealed the Yodel delivery driver had traces of cocaine in his system measuring four times the legal limit.\n\nThe court heard Ramsbottom had also not worked the previous day because he did not feel fit enough after taking taking cocaine and cannabis.\n\nPassing sentence Judge Richard Mansell QC said: \"Any careful, sensible and sober driver would have seen him and avoided him.\n\n\"You were driving too fast, one arm out of the window, with a passenger in the vehicle and with excess cocaine and some cannabis in your system.\n\n\"These two drugs, often used in combination by so many young men who work in manual or trade jobs, are fast becoming a scourge of our society.\n\n\"Cyclists take their life in their hands when they go out on just about any road in our country now.\"\n\nHe said the case was seriously aggravated by the fact Ramsbottom was on bail for conspiring to supply cocaine at the time.\n\nThe court heard he was jailed in December 2020 for four-and-a-half-years for that offence.\n\nIn a victim impact statement Mr White's wife described him as \"a loving and loyal family man\" and said: \"I still cannot really believe that Steve didn't come home that day.\"\n\nJudge Mansell said Ramsbottom's seven year sentence would be served consecutively to the sentence for supplying cocaine.\n\nHe also banned him from driving for 11 years.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance says his job is \"not to sugarcoat\" reality when speaking to the PM about Covid.\n\nHe said he had to give Boris Johnson and MPs the evidence - not worrying whether they would like it.\n\nIn a BBC Radio 4 interview, he also said \"you've got to go sooner than you want\" when it comes to taking action.\n\nHe was speaking before a report said the UK's early Covid response was one of the worst public health failures.\n\nThe MPs' report said the government's approach was to try to manage the situation and in effect achieve herd immunity by infection - but this led to a delay in introducing the first lockdown, costing thousands of lives.\n\nSir Patrick told The Life Scientific: \"My mantra for a long time during this (pandemic) has been... you've got to go sooner than you want to in terms of taking interventions.\n\n\"You've got to go harder than you want to, and you've got to go more geographically broad than you want to.\n\n\"And that is the Sage advice. And that's what I've been saying. And I will say it going forward, and the prime minister knows that's what I think. And he knows that's what I would do in that situation.\"\n\nAt the beginning of the pandemic, he had told the BBC in March 2020 that the aim was to \"reduce the peak\" of infections and that the population would build up a \"degree of herd immunity\".\n\nBut in the new interview, he stressed that as more evidence came in, the scientific judgements changed.\n\n\"For a politician, that feels like a U-turn, or for the media that often feels like a U-turn,\" he said. \"It's not a U-turn - this is new evidence that gives you a new position: this is the way we progress, the way we learn.\"\n\nSir Patrick told interviewer Prof Jim Al-Khalili his job was \"to give the scientific evidence as best you can, unvarnished - not worrying about whether the person hearing it is going to like it or dislike it\".\n\nHe said: \"I view my job as giving scientific advice, like it or not, to the prime minister and cabinet to enable them to make decisions.\n\n\"My job is not to sugarcoat it. My job is not to tell them things they want to hear... it's to make sure that they understand what the science at that moment is saying, what the uncertainties are, and to try to make that as clear as possible.\"\n\nHe said he and fellow scientists were labelled as \"gloom-mongers\" by some parts of the media, and added: \"Maybe we were, but we were trying to just tell people as we saw it, and as the experts were helping us understand it, what the situation was, and therefore what the options might be.\"\n\nSir Patrick, who often spoke alongside the prime minister at Downing Street press conferences at the height of the pandemic, described it as \"an incredibly fraught period\".\n\nHe said there was \"massive uncertainty, lots of unknowns, and huge decisions that ministers and the prime minister had to make, and a lot of it very informed by science\".\n\n\"Did I spend my entire days feeling calm? No, I didn't. And, you know, there were times when, of course, it was incredibly busy as well,\" he said.\n\nSir Patrick also said there were times he doubted his abilities, saying: \"All of us felt times when there was enormous pressure, and you just felt, am I doing a good job? Am I the right person in the job at the moment? Am I able to get the evidence through clearly enough or not?\"\n\nHe said it was \"not enough as a science adviser to say, I went in there and told them\", but rather he wanted to make sure \"this has been properly understood\".\n\nBut he said the most difficult part of the job had been press intrusion into his personal life.\n\n\"Those are the times when you thought actually you know, is this really something I can do?\" he said.\n\n\"When you've got my family being affected by press, being intrusive into things that weren't actually germane to the job I was doing, that was probably the most difficult time actually.\"\n\nAs for the current coronavirus situation, Sir Patrick said he had personally reduced his contacts and wore a mask in crowded places.\n\nThere will be a \"balancing act\" over the next few months, and winter \"will be a big pressure for sure\", said Sir Patrick, adding: \"We're not out of the woods yet.\"", "Sarah Everard, originally from York, was killed by serving police officer Wayne Couzens after he falsely arrested her\n\nA former cabinet minister has said a police, fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) \"should go\" over comments he made following the Sarah Everard case.\n\nNorth Yorkshire PFCC Philip Allott was criticised after saying Ms Everard never should have \"submitted\" to arrest by killer Wayne Couzens.\n\nHe later apologised for the comments, but said he would remain in post.\n\nJulian Smith, Conservative MP for Skipton and Ripon, has said Mr Allott had lost the trust of women.\n\n\"Recent comments of the NY Police & Crime Commissioner were completely unacceptable,\" the MP and former Northern Ireland Secretary tweeted.\n\n\"Prior to Thursday's Police & Crime Panel meeting to discuss the PCC's future I believe the PCC has lost trust of women and victims groups & should go,\" he said.\n\nJulian Smith is a North Yorkshire MP and former Northern Ireland Secretary\n\nDuring the sentencing of Wayne Couzens at the Old Bailey on 30 September, it emerged he tricked Ms Everard by falsely arresting her for a breach of Covid-19 guidelines.\n\nThe following day, Mr Allott told BBC Radio York he believed \"women, first of all, need to be streetwise about when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested\".\n\nHe added that Ms Everard \"should never have been arrested and submitted to that\".\n\nOver 10,000 people have since signed an online petition calling for Mr Allott to step down as PFCC over what he said.\n\nMr Smith's tweet was supported by North Yorkshire's former PFCC Julia Mulligan, who tweeted: \"Thank you Julian for speaking out.\"\n\nMr Allott has been the elected North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for five months\n\nMr Allot, who was elected in May, said in an interview with BBC Look North he was \"horrified\" by how his comments had been seen.\n\n\"They are not the kind of language that I would normally use and I am so deeply sorry.\"\n\nHis comments will be discussed at a meeting of the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel on 14 October.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A deal to avert another carbon dioxide crisis in the food and drink industry has been extended until early 2022.\n\nUS firm CF Industries, a key CO2 producer in the UK, has agreed to continue supplies of the gas.\n\nIt said that should give the government and firms time to find other sources of CO2, used in fizzy drinks and for keeping food fresh, as well as to stun pigs and chickens before slaughter.\n\nFirms will now have to pay more for their CO2, but it is unclear how much.\n\nLast month, the government stepped in to subsidise one of the firm's plants after its shutdown due to high gas prices threatened food supplies.\n\nCF Industries suspended production at two sites - Cheshire and Billingham - which make 60% of the UK's commercial carbon dioxide.\n\nIt reopened its Billingham plant in north-east England after the government agreed to meet the costs of running it for three weeks.\n\nBillingham produces up to 750 tonnes of CO2 per day as a by-product of producing ammonia for fertiliser. CF Industries' plant at Ince in Cheshire remains closed with no date given for a reopening.\n\nThe government said: \"CO2 suppliers have agreed to pay CF Fertilisers a price for the CO2 it produces that will enable it to continue operating while global gas prices remain high, drawing on support from industry and delivering value for money for the taxpayer.\"\n\nThe agreement meant industry could have confidence it would receive future CO2 supplies, without further taxpayer support, said the government.\n\nThe British Meat Processors Association said the agreement provided \"some reassurance that supplies will be maintained\".\n\n\"However, industry has been given no detail on what the price will be or how it will be calculated going forward,\" a spokesperson added.\n\n\"We understand that Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng took the decision to temporarily exempt parts of the CO2 industry from competition law to facilitate this agreement. What we need now is some detail and transparency around how the new pricing structure will work.\"\n\nIan Wright, chief executive of the Food and Drink Federation, said the agreement was \"welcome news\".\n\nBut he added: \"The increased cost of buying CO2 is yet another burden on the food and drink industry, which is already facing enormous stresses.\n\n\"This will, of course, add more pressure on prices for shoppers and diners.\"\n\nIt looks like there will be enough CO2 to keep Christmas beers bubbly - but after that, there are no guarantees.\n\nThere's an ominous line in the CF Industries press release. They expect CO2 users to develop \"robust alternative sources\" between now and January.\n\nThat won't be easily done. Lots of industrial processes produce CO2, but few produce a stream so pure and reliable that you'd want to dissolve it in your lemonade.\n\nDistributor Nippon Gases has warned that supply is tight across Europe, so imports will be hard to come by.\n\nThe government says that the firms which need the CO2 from Billingham will be paying more for it - and whatever long-term solution does emerge, it's likely to be more expensive too.\n\nBut the UK only needs about 600,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. At about £200 a tonne before the current crisis, that's about £120m, relatively small beer for industries that count their turnover in the billions.\n\nCompared to the other pressures those industries face - staff shortages, and higher costs for energy and shipping - more expensive CO2 is an extra cost they don't need, but it won't be their biggest headache.\n\nWhen CF shut its facilities after making fertiliser became uneconomic because of the rising price of wholesale gas, it cut off a vital source of CO2 for other sectors.\n\nSupermarkets began reporting limited stocks of some food items, while the pig industry warned that if slaughterhouses could not process animals, then farmers would have to cull their stocks.\n\nThe US firm said it now expected the UK government and industrial gas customers to \"develop robust alternative sources of CO2 as part of a long-term solution for meeting demand in the country\".\n\nLast month, it emerged the British food industry would be forced to pay five times more for carbon dioxide as part of a government deal with CF Industries to restart production in the UK.\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice said carbon dioxide prices would rise from £200 per tonne to £1,000.\n\nHouseholds, too, are being hit by higher energy bills, with those on standard tariffs, with typical household levels of energy use, seeing bills go up by £139 to £1,277 a year on average.\n\nSeveral energy suppliers, unable to pass on wholesale prices to consumers on fixed deal, have gone out of business. Their customers have been switched to other suppliers, but will be put on variable contracts that will be higher than previous deals.\n\nMeanwhile, the business department has sent the Treasury a formal request for support for energy-intensive industries hit by high gas prices, the BBC understands.\n\nIt came after talks between ministers and industry leaders earlier on Monday.\n\nA source said: \"Everyone in government understands the importance of this situation.\n\n\"We need to solve this quickly.\"\n\nDetails of the proposal from Mr Kwarteng have not been disclosed but are thought to focus on a temporary solution to high energy prices.\n\nOn Sunday, Mr Kwarteng told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme the situation was \"critical\" and said he was \"looking to find a solution\".\n\nMr Kwarteng said there were Treasury talks about support measures to ease the impact on firms. However, a Treasury source later said the business secretary had been \"mistaken\".\n\nSectors such as ceramics, paper and steel manufacturing have called for a price cap, though talks with government on Friday failed to reach a solution.", "The property on Princess Drive suffered \"considerable damage\" the fire service said\n\nA woman narrowly escaped injury after a car smashed into her bungalow while she was inside.\n\nThe front of the house in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, was destroyed when it was struck by the vehicle at 20:05 BST on Monday.\n\nThe driver, a 67-year-old man, was taken to hospital and later arrested on suspicion of drink driving, West Mercia Police said.\n\nBut the woman, believed to have been in the room hit by the car, was unharmed.\n\nWest Midlands Ambulance Service said the woman was assessed at the scene and discharged with self care advice.\n\nThe driver suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, it added.\n\nThe driver was taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for treatment after the collision\n\nPosting on Facebook, Bridgnorth Fire also praised the woman who called 999 after witnessing the impact.\n\n\"[The caller was] giving full and correct details to our fire control while dealing with first aid and making contact with the occupier all on her own,\" it said.\n\n\"Communication and keeping calm in a stressful situation are skills rarely used by members of the public but can make a massive difference.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The drawing was found in bubble wrap and leaning against a wall in an attic\n\nA drawing by a great Italian artist of the 18th Century is to go under the hammer after it was found in a loft.\n\nThe work by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was uncovered at Weston Hall, near Towcester, Northamptonshire, ahead of the manor house being put up for sale.\n\nHenrietta Sitwell, whose family owned Weston for 300 years, said it was one of many \"exciting discoveries\".\n\nAuctioneers Dreweatts said it was \"probably the most important find\" at the house and could fetch £250,000.\n\nThe auction of the hall's contents, called Weston Hall and the Sitwells: A Family Legacy, takes place on 16 and 17 November at Donnington Priory in Berkshire.\n\nMs Sitwell said her great-uncle, the writer Osbert Sitwell, bought the drawing in 1936, and no-one had known where it was until last year.\n\n\"As I peeled back the wrapping, I instantly recognised it as something special,\" she added.\n\n\"It was thrilling to think that such a captivating and important work of art by such a revered Old Master was just lying there gathering dust over the years.\"\n\nTiepolo (1696-1770) was described by the National Gallery as \"the greatest Italian Rococo painter\" whose main subjects were Christian and mythical figures.\n\nThe work features Punchinello, the hook-nosed, humpbacked clowns who were some of the stock characters taken from the Commedia dell' Arte - an early form of professional theatre.\n\nIt has been given a \"conservative estimate\" of £150,000-£250,000, Dreweatts said.\n\nThe sale also features clothing and jewellery that belonged to poet and writer Edith Sitwell.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Euromillions winners can expect to meet Andy Carter, or one of his colleagues, after confirming their success\n\nA record Euromillions jackpot will roll over after no ticket holder won in Tuesday's draw.\n\nBut the £184m prize will not be added to for the next draw on Friday as it has reached its maximum level.\n\nThe previous largest UK prize was in 2019 when an anonymous ticket-holder won the £170m Euromillions jackpot.\n\nCamelot's Andy Carter said \"any money that would have gone into the jackpot will now boost prizes in the next winning prize tier\".\n\nTuesday's winning numbers were 06, 13, 22, 45, 49 with Lucky Stars 10, 11. The Millionaire Maker Selection was ZKZF66866.\n\nThe National Lottery said a \"huge influx of players\" before the 19:30 BST cut-off time caused its website and app to run slower than normal - although some customers said they were unable to access the website at all.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the draw, Mr Carter said he had seen a wide range of reactions from winners over the years.\n\n\"I've seen people be sick with excitement, I've seen people resign their job on the spot, I've seen people jumping up and down.\n\n\"I've known husbands who haven't told wives and wives who haven't told husbands, I've been to homes where there's literally a party going on already,\" said Mr Carter, whose job it is to advise winners.\n\nThe jackpot for Euromillions - which is played in nine European countries - is currently capped at €220m, meaning that once it reaches that point it cannot roll over again and add extra prize money.\n\nThat cap was reached on Friday and the jackpot will stay at the same level for five draws unless it is won.\n\nBut on the fifth occasion the jackpot amount must be won - even if that means sharing it among all those ticket-holders who are just one number short.\n• None £170mBritain's richest ever lottery winner stayed anonymous after their win in October 2019.\n• None £161mColin and Chris Weir (pictured) from North Ayrshire, Scotland in 2011.\n• None £148mAdrian and Gillian Bayford, from Suffolk, in 2012.\n\nThe Euromillions jackpot cap rises by €10m whenever it is won somewhere in one of the nine countries. The cap was most recently raised in February this year. It can keep rising until a maximum of €250m.\n\nMr Carter or one of his colleagues would be among the first people to speak to any winner, to provide them with advice and put them in touch with previous winners.\n\n\"If you've won a large amount of money, the best thing you can do is go and have a cup of tea with another winner, because they're the people that will truly understand,\" Mr Carter said.\n\nWith £184m under their belt, a UK winner could buy a house in each of the top 10 priciest streets in the UK, including in Kensington Palace Gardens in London, where the average house price is nearly £30m.", "As we've been hearing, Science Minister George Freeman has suggested that a major cause of the UK's Covid death toll was the country's high rate of obesity- related disease. But that's far from the only explanation.\n\nBBC health correspondent Nick Triggle, data journalist Christine Jeavans and head of statistics Robert Cuffe examined the reasons back in January when the death toll was at about 100,000 - now it is over 137,000.\n\nThey found that obesity was a factor, with some studies suggesting it doubled the risk of death for an individual.\n\nThe UK also has high levels of diabetes, kidney disease and respiratory problems, all of which increase the risk of Covid. These health issues are compounded by inequality in the UK, with the pandemic exacerbating the gap in health and life expectancy between the wealthy and the poor.\n\nSome other factors may have been outside the UK's control.\n\nThe UK - and London in particular - is a global hub. By the end of March 2020 the virus had been introduced from 1,300 separate locations.\n\nCountries such as Australia and New Zealand never had to deal with this on such a scale.\n\nThe UK is also among the 10 most densely populated big nations - those with more than 20 million people - which meant the virus could spread quickly.\n\nThey also examined policy mistakes, including the delay in the first lockdown, although they say the data available to scientists and politicians making the decision at the time was poor.\n\nThe fact that the UK only launched its Test and Trace system in May highlighted another failing - we were not prepared, especially compared to Asian countries which already had testing and contact tracing systems in place for a pandemic.\n\nAnd in considering the delays over introducing later lockdowns, they quote one expert saying \"the failure to learn from wave one stands out\" as a reason for the UK's poor response to the pandemic.", "The couple bought them at a country house sale for about £300 and thought they were 19th Century models\n\nA pair of stone sphinx statues that a couple bought for £300 and put in their garden for 15 years have sold at auction for £195,000.\n\nThe items were listed as being a \"pair of 19th Century carved stone garden models\".\n\nAuctioneer James Mander said the price was reached because the buyers, who have remained anonymous, \"seemed to think they are actually Egyptian\".\n\nHe added the sellers were \"really pleased\" with the result.\n\nMr Mander, whose firm is based near Sudbury in Suffolk, said the couple had decided to sell the \"heavily weathered\" statues of the mythic Greek/Egyptian creature as they were moving house.\n\n\"All the time they sat there and they [the sellers] had no idea what they had in their garden,\" said Mr Mander.\n\nHe said the \"unassuming\" metre-long (3ft) statues were \"just amongst\" other items in the couple's garden that were sold in the online auction on Saturday.\n\nThe 20m high Great Sphinx at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt is believed to have been created during the reign of Khafra, who ruled 2558BC to 2532BC\n\nThe mythic creature has the body of a lion, wings of a bird of prey and usually has a human head\n\nHe said it was \"quite surprising really\" when they fetched £195,000 after 15 minutes of bidding.\n\n\"We had no expectations at all then the bidding started at £200 and it crept up and up,\" he added.\n\n\"It got to £100,000 and seemed like it was going to stop and then carried on.\"\n\nMr Mander said the statues were badly weathered and were \"unassuming\"\n\nOf the sellers, Mr Mander added: \"It's a lovely story and as an auctioneer it's a dream.\n\n\"They're a lovely couple, they've just moved house, so it's really nice and from my perspective the perfect scenario.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ten people in London and Kent have been arrested on suspicion of supplying fraudulent passports to more than 100 high-level organised criminals.\n\nEarly-morning raids in South London, Kent, Essex and Merseyside followed an international police investigation.\n\nThe gang is accused of supplying passports to clients including jailed drug dealer Jamie Acourt, a suspect in the murder of Stephen Lawrence.\n\nThose arrested are suspected of using paid \"lookalikes\" to obtain passports.\n\nThe National Crime Agency (NCA) said the gang used the \"lookalikes\" to apply for legitimate replacement passports, but using a criminal's photo, rather than their own.\n\nJacque Beer, the NCA's regional head of investigations, said: \"This is one of the most significant NCA investigations of recent times.\n\n\"We believe that this group's activities has enabled some of the most serious organised criminality in the UK and around the world.\"\n\nShe said if the suspects were convicted, it would have \"dismantled a criminal service that allowed drug and firearm traffickers, suspected murderers, and fugitives to evade detection and operate internationally under false identities.\"\n\nMs Beer said the hope is the case will lead to the \"strengthening of safeguards against criminal exploitation of the UK passport issuing system\".\n\nOfficers smashed down the doors of a flat in south London at 05:00 BST on Monday and arrested a 66-year-old man.\n\nHe is suspected of being a broker between criminals looking for fraudulent passports, and those willing to supply them.\n\nSix men and three women believed to be members of the crime group were also arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice and making false instruments.\n\nThese raids took place in Sutton, Sydenham, Rotherhithe, Hackney, Battersea and Hayes in Kent. The suspects are aged between 34 and 71.\n\nThe investigation began several years ago when HM Passport Office discovered criminals were using a \"loophole\" to obtain legitimate passports with fraudulent details.\n\nAccording to the NCA, the gang are believed to have sourced passports for specific criminal clients who wanted to hide their identity.\n\nThey would find someone who looked like the client and pay them to apply for a replacement passport. Someone else would be paid to countersign the application.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The NCA's Chris Farrimond spoke to BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds about the operation\n\nBut when the passport form was sent in, the client's photo would be used instead of the image of the \"lookalike\" original passport holder.\n\nThe NCA alleges the gang found people prepared to, in effect, sell their personal details for passport applications in return for payments of £2,000.\n\nBecause the passports were not simply forged and therefore appeared legitimate, they were extremely valuable within the criminal underworld.\n\nFourteen men suspected of receiving the passports or helping to countersign documents were arrested in Kent, Essex and Merseyside. They are aged between 38 and 73.\n\nThe NCA and HM Passport Office have been tracking individuals using the fraudulent passports for years.\n\nAs a result, the BBC has been told that more than 100 people said to be senior figures in organised crime have been arrested.\n\nThose arrested are suspected of using paid \"lookalikes\" who would help criminals obtain genuine passports\n\nChris Farrimond, deputy director of operations at the NCA, explained: \"These were serious criminals, who, for one reason or another, could not make use of their normal passport.\n\n\"Either they were on the run, or they were so involved in criminal business that they wanted to keep their activities under the radar.\"\n\nThey are believed to include Jamie Acourt, extradited from Spain and jailed for drug offences.\n\nThe NCA suspect he was a client of the gang, and says he would not have been tracked down had it not been for the fact he was travelling on a passport supplied fraudulently.\n\nIn 2018, the agency told the BBC that Acourt had been tracked using \"intelligence methods\".\n\nThe NCA believes passports were also supplied to Richard Burdett, jailed with his brother Daniel for importing 16 guns into the UK.\n\nBurdett was arrested in July 2019 after being stopped by police in Amsterdam. To confirm his identity he produced a genuine British passport, bearing his photo but fraudulently obtained.\n\nHe had used it to travel to Ireland to evade police in the UK, his trial was told.\n\nPassports were also supplied to organised crime organisations in Scotland and Ireland.\n\nSecurity Minister Damian Hinds said: \"This is a fantastic result and will do significant damage to the serious organised crime groups who want to inflict misery on our shores and around the world.\"\n\n\"The close working between the NCA and Her Majesty's Passport Office has been at the heart of this hugely successful operation.\"\n\n\"The government is working to make the UK border one of the most effective and secure in the world, which will also support our ambition of dismantling ruthless organised crime groups.\"", "The vehicle crashed near the Flying Fox roundabout on the A5 in Bedfordshire\n\nFour people have died following a crash near a roundabout in Bedfordshire, police have confirmed.\n\nPolice said emergency crews were called to a single-vehicle crash near the Flying Fox roundabout on the A5 at about 03:40 BST on Sunday.\n\nThere were reports of a car alight in a field near Heath and Reach.\n\nOfficers said they were working in a \"dignified and meticulous manner in order to establish what happened in this tragic, awful incident\".\n\nBedfordshire Police said a man who had been travelling in the car was pronounced dead at the scene and confirmed three other people travelling in the car had also died.\n\nBedfordshire Police said officers were involved in a \"complex investigation\" into the crash\n\nThe force said work at the scene was \"highly complex\" and was likely to continue into Tuesday.\n\nActing Sgt David Burstow, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire serious collision investigation unit, said: \"Specially trained officers are speaking to their families and are offering them support, while forensic identification is still to take place.\n\n\"While we believe no other vehicles were involved, our investigations are ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the incident.\"\n\nSgt Burstow asked people to avoid speculation on social media, but asked for witnesses or those with information about what happened to come forward.\n\n\"We would be particularly interested to hear from anyone with dashcam or CCTV footage which could help with our inquiries,\" he added.\n\nThe crash happened near to the Flying Fox roundabout on the A5\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A teacher from a secondary school in Wrexham has been arrested on suspicion of grooming.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said officers attended an incident in Radcliffe, Bolton, at about 18:00 BST on Sunday and a man had been arrested.\n\nThe force added the 46-year-old man had been bailed pending further inquiries, which were ongoing.\n\nWrexham council said it would not be appropriate to comment, as it related to an ongoing process.\n\nThe council said: \"All matters will be dealt with through the appropriate policies, procedures and safeguarding arrangements in partnership with the relevant agencies.\"", "In an upcoming comic book issue, Superman will become romantically involved with his friend, a pink-haired reporter named Jay Nakamura\n\nDC Comics has announced that its latest Superman, Jon Kent, will be bisexual.\n\nIn its next comic book issue, due for release in November, Jon will be pictured in a same-sex relationship with his friend Jay Nakamura.\n\nThe storyline is part of 'Superman: Son of Kal-El', a series following Jon as he takes on the mantle of Superman from his father, Clark Kent.\n\nDC Comics made the announcement on National Coming Out Day, an annual LGBT awareness day started in the US.\n\nSince the series was released in July, Jon has already fought wildfires caused by climate change, scuppered a high school shooting, and protested against the deportation of refugees.\n\nIn an earlier issue, Jon struck up a friendship with Jay - a bespectacled, pink-haired reporter.\n\nDC Comics said the pair will become romantically involved in the upcoming fifth issue, after Jon \"mentally and physically burns out from trying to save everyone that he can\".\n\nSeries writer Tom Taylor told the BBC that DC Comics was already mulling the idea of a same-sex relationship before he pitched it\n\nDetails of the plot has yet to be revealed, but images shared by DC Comics show Jon and Jay sharing a kiss.\n\nSeries writer Tom Taylor told the BBC that, when he was first offered the job, he pondered \"what Superman should be today.\"\n\n\"It struck me that it would be a real missed opportunity if we replaced Clark Kent with another straight white saviour,\" said Mr Taylor.\n\nTo his surprise, before he could pitch the idea of Jon being bisexual, he was told that DC Comics was already mulling the idea.\n\n\"There's been a real shift over the last few years - ten years ago, five years ago this would have been more difficult, but I think things have shifted in a really welcome way,\" said Mr Taylor.\n\nHe said that, despite backlash from \"trolls\" on social media, reaction to the storyline has been overwhelmingly positive.\n\n\"We have people saying they read this news today and burst into tears - people saying they never thought in their life that they would be able to see themselves in Superman... literally the most powerful superhero in comics,\" recalled Mr Taylor.\n\n\"You'll always have people who'll use the old line of 'don't put politics into comics' - forgetting that every single [comic book] story ever has been political in some way,\" he said. \"People who don't realise that the [Marvel comic series] X-Men were an analogy for the civil rights movement.\"\n\n\"We try to bring those people with us, but we are writing for the people who will hopefully see this Superman... and say 'This Superman is like me. This Superman is fighting for things that concern me',\" he added.\n\nYou might be interested in watching:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Being bisexual 'didn't even cross my mind as an option'", "A light show replaced the traditional fireworks to see in 2021\n\nLondon's famous riverside New Year's Eve fireworks display has been cancelled for a second year because of \"uncertainties caused by Covid\".\n\nEngland was under strict lockdown last year, but despite all restrictions having been lifted, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has again called the event off.\n\nNormally about 100,000 people pack the streets around Victoria Embankment.\n\nThere will still be a celebration in Trafalgar Square, with details to be announced \"in due course\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. London's new year celebrations featured a message of hope from David Attenborough\n\nThe beginning of 2021 was rung in by millions of viewers watching a light show on television.\n\nExplaining why this year's event was also being cancelled, a spokesperson for the mayor said: \"Due to the uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, our world-famous New Year's Eve display will not be held on the banks of the Thames this year.\n\nLondon's light show which started 2021 was watched by millions of viewers on TV\n\n\"Last year's successful show took place in a slightly different way due to the pandemic, and this year a number of exciting new options are being considered as part of our New Year's Eve celebrations in London.\"\n\nCity Hall added that \"as always, London will be welcoming the New Year in a spectacular way\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "North Korea says it needs to continue developing weapons for its protection\n\nNorth Korea's leader has vowed to build an \"invincible military\" in the face of what it says are hostile policies from the United States, state media report.\n\nKim Jong-un added that weapons development was for self-defence, and not to start a war.\n\nMr Kim made the comments at a rare defence exhibition while flanked by a variety of large missiles.\n\nNorth Korea has recently tested what it claims to be new hypersonic and anti-aircraft missiles.\n\nThe South meanwhile has recently tested its own submarine-launched weapon.\n\nIn his speech at the Self-Defence 2021 exhibition held in the North's capital, Pyongyang, Mr Kim addressed the military build-up in the South and said that North Korea did not want to fight its neighbour.\n\n\"We are not discussing war with anyone, but rather to prevent war itself and to literally increase war deterrence for the protection of national sovereignty,\" he said.\n\nMr Kim, surrounded by an array of military hardware including tanks, accused the US of stoking tensions between North and South Korea.\n\nHe said there was \"no behavioural basis\" to make North Korea believe that the US was not hostile.\n\nThe US under President Joe Biden has repeatedly said it is willing to talk to North Korea, but has demanded Pyongyang give up nuclear weapons before sanctions can be eased. North Korea has so far refused.\n\nKim Jong-un didn't just talk about his new military might - he showed it to us.\n\nThis was the equivalent of a military parade. We have not seen this kind of defence exhibition since Mr Kim took power.\n\nSurrounded by intercontinental ballistic missiles and portraits of him dressed in military uniform, he told those gathered that he felt \"bottomless pride\" as he touched the missiles.\n\nAnd he made it clear that he's not done building his arsenal, which he says he needs as a deterrent.\n\nHe vowed to continue work on his wish list of weapons, while noting that South Korea was doing the same by building up its defence force in recent years.\n\nThis is Mr Kim's way of telling those criticising his arms programme that they are hypocrites. He wants Pyongyang to have the right to build up its military - just like Seoul.\n\nYet, just days earlier he urged his officials to focus on improving the lives of North Korean people as they face a \"grim\" economic situation.\n\nWith limited funds and under strict economic sanctions, can he really build an \"invincible\" force and help his people?\n\nAnd if it comes to a choice - what will it be?\n\nNorth Korea is banned from testing ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons by the UN. It has repeatedly flouted these bans and has been heavily sanctioned as a result.\n\nLast month, the UN atomic agency said North Korea appeared to have restarted a reactor which could produce plutonium for nuclear weapons, calling it a \"deeply troubling\" development.\n\nNorth Korea has always maintained that it needs to continue developing weapons for defence.\n\nBut observers say it is also being used as a way to rally the impoverished country. North Korea is thought to be in dire economic straits after authorities shut borders to stop the spread of Covid-19.\n\nCrucial supplies like food and fuel have been cut off from China, North Korea's main political and economic ally.\n\nMr Kim, unusually, wore sandals with socks paired with a formal dark suit at the exhibition, prompting some renewed speculation outside North Korea that this could be related to his health.\n\nKim Jong-un's choice of footwear was remarked upon\n\nMr Kim is thought to have had medical problems linked to his weight, including gout which can result in foot swellings. He had been seen limping in public in the past.\n\nReuters quoted Colin Zwirko, an analyst with Seoul-based NK News, as saying: \"He lost a significant amount of weight in a short period in May, and in September he was seen standing on padded mats during long speeches, which is not typical.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does North Korea keep launching missiles?", "Lord Frost warned the UK could still trigger Article 16 if the EU did not agree on changes to the existing protocol\n\nBrexit Minister Lord Frost has proposed plans for an entirely new protocol to replace the existing Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nIn a speech to diplomats in Portugal on Tuesday, he described his new legal text as \"a better way forward\".\n\nThe protocol is the special Brexit deal agreed for Northern Ireland to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland.\n\nUnionists argue it undermines Northern Ireland's constitutional position in the UK and creates a trade barrier.\n\nIn a plea to the European Union to allow for \"significant change\" to post-Brexit rules governing trade with Northern Ireland, Lord Frost said his proposed text would support the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nHe said it was forward-looking, improved on the current \"excessively rigid\" protocol, and would allow the EU and UK to \"get back to normal\" by removing \"the poison\" from their relationship.\n\nWith the EU expected to put forward proposals on Wednesday, Lord Frost again warned Brussels London could unilaterally waive some of the terms of its agreement if the bloc failed to budge.\n\n\"We have a short, but real, opportunity to put in place a new arrangement, to defuse the political crisis that is brewing, both in Northern Ireland and between us,\" Lord Frost said.\n\nHowever, Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Louise Haigh said the move to replace the protocol was \"stoking tension while solving nothing\".\n\nIn a tweet, the Labour MP said Lord Frost's speech \"sets the stage for another destabilising stand-off, with the agreement businesses and communities need further away than ever\".\n\n\"Stability, jobs and livelihoods depend on real progress in Northern Ireland in the coming weeks,\" she said.\n\n\"It would be a serious abdication of responsibility to block a pragmatic way forward and provoke more poisonous instability.\"\n\nLord Frost urged the EU to look carefully at the UK's new legal text, and said the existing protocol could not survive, as it did not have support right across Northern Ireland.\n\nHe also warned the UK could still trigger Article 16 - which allows either side to effectively override large parts of the agreement - if the EU and UK could not agree on changes to the existing protocol.\n\n\"We would not go down this route gratuitously or with any particular pleasure but it is our fundamental responsibility to safeguard peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland and that is why we cannot rest until this situation is addressed,\" said Lord Frost.\n\nThere are two schools of thought about how this latest negotiation is shaping up.\n\nThe first is that Lord Frost's hard line on the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is standard pre-negotiation tactics, aimed at grinding out another concession or two.\n\nAfter all the Brexit process has always delivered a deal, even at times when it seemed improbable.\n\nThe UK government wants to remove the ECJ from its oversight role as part of the Northern Ireland Protocol, saying as long as it continues the protocol will never survive.\n\nThe EU, on the other hand, has said it would be very hard for the protocol to continue without the court's oversight.\n\nIrish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has warned that the UK's demands on the protocol could cause \"a breakdown in relations\" with the EU.\n\nHe has hinted that maybe the UK doesn't want a deal unless it's total victory.\n\nUnder that scenario, the UK would go through the motions before triggering Article 16.\n\nIt would use this to gut the protocol while calculating that the EU's ability to retaliate is limited or or at least would take a long time to amount to anything.\n\nWe should find out which view is right by the end of this year.\n\nThe Brexit minister said the protocol represented \"a moment of EU overreach when the UK's negotiating hand was tied\" and that it could not \"reasonably last in its current form\".\n\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed up to the protocol as part of his Brexit agreement in 2020, but has since argued it was agreed in haste and was no longer working for the people of Northern Ireland.\n\nThe EU has repeatedly said it would not renegotiate the protocol, criticising the UK for reneging on an agreement that both sides signed in good faith.\n\nThe UK government also wants to reverse its previous agreement on the oversight role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which is the EU's highest court.\n\nLord Frost said his new text proposed reliance on \"international arbitration instead of a system of EU law ultimately policed in the court of one of the parties\".\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson has threatened to pull his party out of Stormont\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - Northern Ireland's largest unionist party - said if the current protocol was not replaced with a long-term solution Northern Ireland would be exposed to \"further harm and instability\".\n\nThe DUP leader has previously warned his party may quit Stormont if its demands over the protocol are not met.\n\nBut Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the protocol was an international treaty that \"recognises the special status of this island.\"\n\nIts implementation, the Sinn Féin vice-president added, was \"not negotiable\".\n\n\"The conduct of the British government throughout these negotiations has been duplicitous and disgraceful and is an effort to break yet another international agreement\".\n\nShe said: \"The attempts by the Tories and the DUP to undermine the protections and opportunities of the Protocol and impose a hard border must be opposed\".\n\nUlster Unionist assembly member Steve Aiken said it was \"self-evident\" the existing protocol was not working.\n\nHe said the party would consider the UK government's legal text and the EU proposals due on Wednesday.\n\nThese will focus on easing practical problems, rather than changing oversight arrangements.\n\nBut Alliance deputy leader Stephen Farry MP said Lord Frost had \"chosen to enter into another layer of delusion\".\n\nMr Farry said short of the UK \"rejoining the Customs Union and Single Market, there is no alternative than for the UK to work with the EU in a spirit of partnership to achieve as many mitigations and flexibilities as possible.\"\n\nSDLP MLA Matthew O'Toole said Lord Frost's remarks represented a \"deliberate distortion of facts and contempt for people here\".\n\nHe said Lord Frost had negotiated the protocol, agreed to its terms and \"backed Boris Johnson's campaign to sell it during the last general election\".\n\nTraditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister said: \"If, as Lord Frost says, it is the UK that governs Northern Ireland, then, there must be an end to the European Union's writ in this part of the United Kingdom.\n\n\"Put simply, it requires an end to the Protocol in all its parts.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIrish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said he hoped the UK government was \"serious about moving on in partnership\".\n\nHe said Wednesday's EU proposals \"will deliver practical solutions to make the Protocol work better\".\n\nOn Monday, Mr Coveney accused the UK of repeatedly dismissing EU proposals for the protocol ahead of their publication.", "Sally Rooney said she supported \"the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom, justice and equality\"\n\nIrish author Sally Rooney is at the centre of a controversy after refusing to allow her new book to be translated into Hebrew by an Israeli company.\n\nThe acclaimed writer said it was in support of calls to boycott Israel over its policies towards the Palestinians.\n\nShe said it would \"be an honour\" to have Beautiful World, Where Are You translated into Hebrew by a company which shared her political position.\n\nA senior Israeli minister said such boycotts were a form of anti-Semitism.\n\nRooney issued a statement clarifying her action after being accused of refusing to allow her novel to be translated into Hebrew at all.\n\nThe allegations came after it emerged that she had turned down a bid by Israeli publisher Modan for the rights to translate the book.\n\nShe said that while she was \"very proud\" that her two previous novels - Conversations With Friends (2017) and Normal People (2018) - had been translated into Hebrew, \"for the moment, I have chosen not to sell these translation rights to an Israeli-based publishing house\".\n\nBeautiful World, Where Are You was released last month to much acclaim\n\nCiting a recent report by Human Rights Watch which accused Israel of practising apartheid, Ms Rooney said her decision was in support of the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which calls for a complete boycott of Israel.\n\nShe could not, she said, \"accept a new contract with an Israeli company that does not publicly distance itself from apartheid and support the UN-stipulated rights of the Palestinian people.\n\n\"The Hebrew-language translation rights to my new novel are still available, and if I can find a way to sell these rights that is compliant with the BDS movement's institutional boycott guidelines, I will be very pleased and proud to do so.\"\n\nApartheid was a policy of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the white minority government against the black majority in South Africa from 1948 until 1991.\n\nIsrael has long claimed BDS opposes the country's very existence and is motivated by anti-Semitism. It vehemently rejects any comparison with apartheid and called the HRW report \"preposterous and false\".\n\nRooney's stance was met with an outpouring of anger and praise on social media.\n\nThe Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel said Palestinians \"warmly welcomed\" her decision, while others said she had been misrepresented.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by PACBI This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Mehdi Hasan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRooney's clarification though did not assuage critics, who said it made no difference to her intentions.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Anshel Pfeffer אנשיל פפר This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTweeting in Hebrew, Israel's Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai said: \"The cultural boycott of Israel, anti-Semitism in a new guise, is a certificate of poor conduct for her and others who behave like her.\"\n\nThe Israel-Palestinian conflict has long been a battleground for those in the arts world, as well as celebrities and academics. Earlier this year, Rooney signed an open letter in support of Palestinian artists and writers accusing Israel of crimes against the Palestinian people.\n\nRooney has received several book prizes in the UK, including The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award in 2017 and a Costa Book Award in 2018.\n\nBeautiful World, Where Are You was published last month to warm reviews.", "A shortage of skilled workers has created a \"crazy period\" for the Welsh jobs market, a leading recruitment firm has said.\n\nCardiff-based Yolk Recruitment said candidates were in a \"position of control and power\".\n\nThe firm said clients' job vacancies had increased by 35% compared to pre-pandemic levels.\n\nOfficial figures show numbers in work in Wales rose by 25,000 in the three months to August.\n\nThere were also 44,000 more people in employment compared to the same quarter last year, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures showed.\n\nDespite this, unemployment in the three months to August increased by 0.2% to 4% overall - below the UK average of 4.5%.\n\nResearchers suggest that the shortage of skilled workers will remain a challenge for the next five years.\n\nSteven Lloyd, 47, from Gilfach, near Bridgend recently retrained as an HGV driver.\n\n\"The passion was always HGV and lorries, but unfortunately - with the cost - I was never able to afford the outlay for the training,\" said Steven.\n\nHe previously drove buses, but after being made redundant during the pandemic, retrained for his dream job.\n\nAfter losing his job during the pandemic, Steven Lloyd is retraining for his dream job\n\nThe cost, which can run into thousands of pounds, has been covered by Remploy, which Steven was referred to by his Job Centre in Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\n\"It has made my dream come true really, it is just wonderful,\" he said.\n\n\"With lorries, you are delivering goods, you're in the cab on your own - with the radio on, you can sing along. But it is also just being part of a team, especially with the shortage [of drivers]. You are contributing something really valuable at the moment.\"\n\nChief operating officer of John Raymond Transport, Geraint Davies, said the Bridgend-based company had turned to organisations such as Remploy after struggling to recruit drivers through the usual channels.\n\nThe company has had to increase wages to attract workers and while it has 140 drivers, could easily employ another 15 or 20 if they were available, he said.\n\nPavan Arora of Yolk Recruitment says 35% more jobs are 'available and open'\n\n\"It is a crazy period that we have seen, especially since the start of the summer,\" said Pavan Arora, chief commercial officer for Yolk Recruitment in Cardiff.\n\nHis own team of recruiters has expanded to deal with the boom in vacancies.\n\nThe recruitment office has a gong which staff will strike when job deals are completed. It is being struck a lot these days.\n\n\"Right now, as a business, we have seen an increase of around 35% in demand compared to pre-pandemic levels. So that's 35% more jobs available and open,\" he said.\n\nThere have been well-publicised shortages among lorry drivers, but sectors including technology companies and financial services firms are also having difficulty finding staff.\n\nHospitality continues to struggle too, with wages increasing and some pubs and restaurants closing temporarily because of a lack of staff.\n\nMr Arora recalled thousands of applicants were chasing a few jobs as the pandemic took hold last year, but the reopening of society has flipped the jobs market. It means some job candidates have a choice of roles, and can demand increased salaries or more flexible working patterns.\n\n\"It is your pickings, it is your time, the position of control and power is in your court slightly,\" Mr Arora said.\n\n\"What you have to be aware of is that there are a lot of counter offers. So there are a lot of employers that are trying to retain staff as they look to leave a business.\n\n\"That is a challenge for new employers, but also candidates have to be aware that maybe they can get more from their current employer before going to the employment market, because everyone is feeling the pinch of how crazy the current jobs market is.\"\n\nRhys Griffiths from the Open University said skills shortages predated Covid\n\nThe shortage of skilled labour, even for entry level roles, is preoccupying businesses. Research by the Open University found the majority of Welsh companies it surveyed had suffered as a result of the shortage of workers.\n\n\"Employers are facing skills shortages, they are finding it challenging to recruit people into their businesses,\" said Rhys Griffiths, the business relationship manager for the Open University.\n\n\"Covid is having an impact on some of the decisions and challenges that they are facing,\" he added.\n\n\"But we have been tracking the skills shortage. What is apparent is that the skills shortages have been there for a number of years and will continue.\"\n\nUniversities and colleges are working with businesses to offer apprenticeships or tailored training, but the Open University's research found that firms expect staffing issues to continue for the next five years.\n\nHospitality businesses are already attempting to work with training providers to address the shortage.\n\nHospitality businesses are already attempting to work with training providers to address the shortage.\n\nThe north Wales restaurant group Dylan's is launching an academy, and will work with schools and colleges to recruit and train staff by providing a qualification and a guaranteed job.\n\nThe restaurant's head of marketing, David Retallick, said it was the company's response to the crisis in recruitment across the hospitality sector.\n\n\"It is an opportunity for us to offer working experience alongside the apprenticeship programmes that already exist.\n\n\"This is our own Dylan's spin on how we bring up and develop young people in the industry - allowing people to break in slowly, rather than giving them a shock-horror treatment where they go to their first job and they suddenly realise that they are really in the deep end.\"\n\nMr Retallick said the trainees would have working patterns that aimed to shed the image of antisocial hours and low pay that had traditionally been attached to hospitality jobs.\n\nHe said: \"We are limiting hours, we are not putting people on weekend work or on double shifts, and we are paying above the minimum wage for 16 to 21 year olds. We are just making sure it as well-facilitated by the business as possible.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nEngland's path to the 2022 World Cup hit an unexpected stumbling block when they were held to a draw by Hungary in a qualifier Gareth Southgate called a \"big disappointment\".\n\nThe game was marred by crowd violence between Hungary fans and stewards and police.\n\nSouthgate's side are still in pole position to reach Qatar but this was a disjointed display despite England taking on the Hungarians with an attacking line-up.\n\nThe early stages at Wembley were overshadowed by ugly scenes involving Hungary fans, who jeered England's players while holding up a banner protesting against taking the knee before clashing with police and stewards.\n\nIn a subdued atmosphere and after a semblance of order had been restored, Hungary took the lead in the 24th minute when Luke Shaw was penalised for a high challenge on Loic Nego and Roland Sallai sent Jordan Pickford the wrong way from the spot.\n\nEngland were level before half-time, John Stones turning in at the far post after Tyrone Mings and Declan Rice touched on Phil Foden's free-kick.\n\nHungary then survived in relative comfort, Harry Kane's struggles for form summed up when England's captain was substituted even though they were searching desperately for a winner.\n• None Follow reaction to the game here\n\n\"I don't think we played at the level we have done and Hungary defended very well. We didn't do enough to win the game,\" Southgate told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"I don't know if subconsciously we thought this was going to be an easier game because we beat them comfortably [4-0] in September but they've been very good defensively right through the summer.\n\n\"In the first few minutes we were taking heavy touches and colliding into tackles. We didn't show the composure and quality that we have done generally.\"\n\nKane's search for form goes on\n\nThe notion of Kane being taken off as they pressed for a winning goal might have been unthinkable at one point but he could have no complaints here when he was replaced by Tammy Abraham with 14 minutes left.\n\nIt came just after he had snatched at a chance in a manner which reflected a striker searching in vain for form and confidence.\n\nThis was the first time he failed to score in a qualifier for England since September 2017, a run of 15 goalscoring games in a row.\n\nKane's performance was very average throughout, a shadow of the player who has been a spearhead for England for so long.\n\nHe had set up a chance for Raheem Sterling just before he was taken off. Sterling, one of a record five Manchester City players in England's starting line-up, could not cash in and was also taken off at the same time as Kane. He is another who is currently nowhere near his best.\n\nKane will surely bounce back but it was a display that once again poses the questions about how much he has been affected by a summer of speculation when he wanted to leave Tottenham for Manchester City but eventually had to stay in north London.\n\nHe does not look himself and the sooner the old spark returns the better for England and Spurs.\n\nSouthgate gave the public what they wanted by fielding an England team with just one holding midfielder in Declan Rice and letting the talented triumvirate of Foden, Mason Mount and Jack Grealish loose on Hungary.\n\nFoden and Grealish had their moments although Mount was quiet as England lacked the attacking thrust to apply serious pressure and break down a well-organised Hungary defence.\n\nIt was a surprise when Grealish was replaced by Bukayo Saka just after the hour. It certainly came as a surprise to many in the Wembley crowd who loudly registered their disapproval, although Saka was given a rapturous welcome.\n\nWith Kalvin Phillips injured and Jordan Henderson on the bench, England's attack-minded selection left them more open to a counter-attack. Hungary did threaten on occasions but they were not good enough to accept the invitation. Better teams might so Southgate has certainly been given food for thought and will learn lessons from this.\n\nEngland are still on course to go to Qatar but this was a disappointing performance in what was a largely dull encounter, with most of the attention sadly focusing on the clashes between Hungarian fans and police and stewards moments after the kick-off.\n\nThis was a highly unsatisfactory night all round, although Hungary celebrated their hard-earned point after the final whistle.\n\nEngland are three points above second-placed Poland with two qualifiers to go next month.\n\n\"We're in a very strong position in the group but tonight is a big disappointment,\" said Southgate. \"We have to make sure we get it right next month.\"\n\nEngland need four points from a home game with Albania and trip to San Marino.\n• None Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (England) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.\n• None Attempt missed. Phil Foden (England) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.\n• None Substitution, England. Ollie Watkins replaces Tammy Abraham because of an injury.\n• None Offside, England. Luke Shaw tries a through ball, but Tammy Abraham is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Luke Shaw (England) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.\n• None Attempt missed. Filip Holender (Hungary) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Zsolt Nagy. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The blaze was brought under control at about 20:50 BST on Tuesday, according to London Fire Brigade\n\nA child was taken to hospital following a blaze at a tower block in south London on Tuesday night.\n\nA woman was also injured and 50 people were evacuated after a flat on the 20th floor of the building in Westbridge Road, Battersea, caught light.\n\nOne person who lives on the 20th floor said she first heard \"an explosion\" and then saw flames \"gushing out\".\n\nLondon Fire Brigade (LFB) said the fire was thought to have been accidental and caused by a candle.\n\nFire crews had been called to the scene shortly after 20:00 BST, with about 70 firefighters battling the blaze at its height.\n\nAt its height, about 70 firefighters were involved in tackling the blaze\n\nA resident who lives on the 20th floor said she called 999 after hearing \"an explosion from next door\".\n\n\"The smoke took on quick, then it just started engulfing the whole landing,\" she said.\n\n\"The flames were just gushing out of the flat.\"\n\nAnother neighbour on the same floor said she and her children fled down 20 flights of stairs.\n\n\"I instantly just got wet towels and put it over their faces,\" she said. \"They came out with no shoes on, nothing.\n\n\"A man helped me carry my son down the stairs and my other son was helping my daughter.\"\n\nLFB said the flat had been destroyed by the fire\n\nShe said her family was not offered any first aid from the ambulance and Wandsworth Council did not tell them about any overnight accommodation being available.\n\n\"The man from the council was just oblivious,\" she added. \"They said they didn't know there was a fire.\"\n\nClaire Walsh, who lives on the third floor, said \"everyone was screaming\" and \"banging down neighbours' doors\" as they tried to evacuate.\n\n\"There's no sprinklers, there's no fire alarm system, there's no nothing, so we literally relied on each other to get out of the building,\" she said.\n\nFifty people were evacuated from the building\n\nIshika Deb, who lives nearby and witnessed the blaze, said it had \"started with a loud bang\" and \"the glass exploded\".\n\n\"I was outside with my neighbour and glass started pouring out from the flats,\" she said.\n\nAnother witness said residents who had left the building were taken to nearby pubs while fire crews dealt with the blaze.\n\n\"A lot of people are crying. There are children in their pyjamas and people carrying their cats,\" he said.\n\nFire crews tackled the blaze on the 20th floor\n\nLFB said the blaze had completely destroyed the flat on the 20th floor of the building.\n\nStation commander Pete Johnson explained that there had been \"lots of visible flame\" when firefighters first arrived at the scene.\n\n\"Crews were faced with a lot of smoke issuing from the top of a block of flats,\" he added.\n\nThe fire was under control by 20:55, LFB said.\n\nSpeaking about the council's actions following the blaze, a Wandsworth Council spokesman said: \"We arranged for a nearby community centre to be opened as an emergency shelter but fortunately the fire was dealt with quickly and efficiently so this was not needed.\n\n\"We spoke to the small number of residents affected by smoke and water damage and offered them overnight emergency accommodation but they chose to stay with friends and relatives.\n\n\"If anyone requires further housing assistance tonight we will of course arrange that.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Magic FM DJ Emma Wilson believes Wayne Couzens exposed himself to her 13 years ago\n\nRadio presenter Emma Wilson has said Sarah Everard's murderer Wayne Couzens flashed her and that Met Police officers laughed when she reported it.\n\nThe Magic FM DJ - who is also known as Emma B - said he exposed himself to her when she walked past an alleyway in Greenwich, south-east London, in 2008.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour she recognised him when she saw his photo in news reports.\n\nThe Met Police is investigating the presenter's complaint.\n\nMs Wilson told the programme she was \"so very sure\" it was Couzens - who at the time was a volunteer officer with Kent Police - and that it \"adds to the clamour of chances there were to stop this man\".\n\nCouzens - who went on to become a Met Police officer - was given a whole-life term last month for the kidnap, rape and murder of Ms Everard.\n\nThe police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), is looking into the Met's handling of three other alleged indecent exposure incidents involving Couzens, including two said to have taken place in south London three days before he murdered Ms Everard.\n\nThe other allegation centres around a report of how Kent Police investigated a claim in 2015. Details of a car linked to Couzens had been passed on to police but he was not identified.\n\nA Met Police review found that an allegation Couzens exposed himself outside a fast-food restaurant in the days before he murdered Ms Everard had been allocated for investigation, but by the time of the marketing executive's abduction it was not concluded.\n\nThe IOPC said two Met officers had been served with misconduct notices for possible breaches of professional standards in relation to the incident.\n\nSarah Everard was murdered after being tricked into Couzens' car as she walked from Clapham to Brixton\n\nMs Wilson said she knows it was Couzens who exposed himself to her as he had a \"face that doesn't go anywhere, it stays with you\".\n\nShe explained how she ran into a nearby shop to alert police who then visited her to take a statement.\n\n\"They were asking me what I could see... he was playing with himself and there were specifics about his state of arousal that they thought were quite amusing. It was really humiliating,\" Ms Wilson said.\n\n\"I remember clearly saying to them, 'I really hope this is all he needs to do' and I said that at the time because I was so struck by how feeble their response was.\"\n\nThe presenter said the incident was \"aggressive, it was purposeful, it was calculated\" and that \"it wasn't this comic character that we have of this local peeping Tom or the local flasher in the flasher mac\".\n\n\"There's a really big part of me that hopes it wasn't him because if it was, this is horrific that it could have gone on for so very, very long.\"\n\nThe Met Police said at the time, that a search of the area was conducted but the suspect could not be found. CCTV inquiries were unsuccessful and the matter was passed on to the local safer neighbourhoods team for intelligence.\n\nThe force added that to the best of its knowledge, it was \"not aware\" of any reports before his March arrest where he had been named as a suspect.\n\nIt said if it received any allegations it would investigate.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Met Police Deputy Commissioner Bas Javid acknowledged there was a \"crisis\" of confidence in policing in the wake of Ms Everard's murder.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said: \"We want women and girls particularly to feel safe in communities.\n\n\"There's a lot of work to be done to rebuild that trust and give people the confidence to come forward.\"\n\nHe said as well as the independent review into the force's standards and culture, the Met Police was taking other steps to be \"proactive\".\n\nThose measures include undertaking an examination of all ongoing sexual and domestic abuse allegations against officers and staff, and significantly boosting the number of officers who investigate police misconduct.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nWales scraped past Estonia with an unconvincing win in Tallinn to keep hopes of finishing second in their World Cup qualifying group in their own hands.\n\nKieffer Moore poked in from a yard out to give his attack-minded but defensively shaky side a half-time lead.\n\nThey became increasingly disjointed in the second half and were fortunate to preserve their lead as Estonia's Erik Sorga and Mattias Kait missed good chances.\n\nThe hosts, ranked 111th in the world, pressed gamely for the goal which would have earned them a second draw in a month against Wales, but Robert Page's men clung on for a crucial victory.\n\nThe Czech Republic's 2-0 win in Belarus keeps them second in Group E, ahead of Wales on goal difference but having played a game more.\n\nWith Belgium almost certain to secure the only automatic qualification spot as group winners, Wales are looking at the play-offs as their most realistic route to a first World Cup finals since 1958.\n\nThey are already effectively guaranteed a play-off place thanks to their success in the Nations League, but finishing second in this qualifying group could secure a more favourable draw in that knockout stage.\n\nWales finish their regular qualifying campaign with home matches against Belarus and Belgium next month, while the Czechs host Estonia in their final fixture.\n\nWales attack but shaky at the back\n\nIf Wales and the Czech Republic finish on the same points, second place will be decided by goal difference.\n\nWith that in mind, Wales manager Page said his side would go all-out attack in Estonia to avoid a repeat of the frustrating goalless draw in last month's reverse fixture in Cardiff.\n\nPage supported his claim by selecting an attacking line-up in Tallinn, recalling playmaker Harry Wilson and handing a first start to Huddersfield winger Sorba Thomas, who was playing non-league football only nine months ago.\n\nEstonia appeared to have similar intentions as Taijo Teniste registered the game's first shot on target after just 40 seconds - one of a handful of chances the home side were afforded by an occasionally erratic Welsh display in the first half.\n\nDespite their defensive jitters, the visitors were still the dominant force with Wilson firing a free-kick narrowly over and Connor Roberts seeing a fine curling effort well saved by Karl Hein.\n\nFrom the resulting 12th-minute corner, Joe Rodon and Aaron Ramsey's headers prompted a scramble which led to the ball falling to Moore, who prodded it over the line from a yard out.\n\nMoore then had a backheel effort saved by Hein as Wales continued to pour forward but, like they did in the Czech Republic on Friday, Page's side also played themselves into trouble.\n\nThe pass of the half was unintentional as Wilson, inside his own penalty area, played the ball straight to Sergei Zenjov, who beat Danny Ward with his finish but the covering Rodon was on hand to clear off the line.\n\nThe sloppier Wales' performance became, the less this game was about improving goal difference and more about simply preserving victory.\n\nEstonia continued to threaten in the second half, with an unmarked Sorga heading narrowly over from Markus Poom's free-kick before Kait could only shoot straight at Ward from a promising position.\n\nWhile still porous in defence, Wales also faded as an attacking force.\n\nThey might have had a penalty when Marten Kuusk's flailing arm gave Moore a bloody nose inside the Estonia box but, although referee Sandro Scharer booked Kuusk, he did not award Wales a spot-kick after judging Moore committed the first foul.\n\nEstonia were growing in confidence and substitute Vlasiy Sinyavskiy almost levelled in the 77th minute with an arcing shot which was palmed away by Ward.\n\nA rare Welsh counter-attack then saw substitute Mark Harris have a shot saved by Hein but Page's men spent the closing stages on the back foot.\n\nThey managed to repel Estonia's late attacks and, despite the frustration of another mediocre display against Estonia, this was still a valuable win to set Wales up for their two final group matches in Cardiff next month.\n• None Attempt missed. Brennan Johnson (Wales) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Daniel James.\n• None Vlasiy Sinyavskiy (Estonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt saved. Mark Harris (Wales) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt saved. Vlasiy Sinyavskiy (Estonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Markus Poom.\n• None Daniel James (Wales) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Police bodycam footage showed officers dragging the man from his car\n\nUS police are investigating video showing a black man being dragged from his car by officers as he repeatedly screams \"I'm paraplegic\".\n\nBodycam footage shows officers stopping Clifford Owensby in Dayton, Ohio, last month and asking him to step out of his car so they can search it for drugs.\n\nMr Owensby, 39, refuses, saying he does not have use of his legs.\n\nThe officers insist he must get out and then pull him from the vehicle by his hair and arms as he calls for help.\n\nThe Dayton Police Department says it is now investigating the incident that took place on 30 September.\n\nAuthorities say the officers stopped Mr Owensby because he was driving away from a house suspected of hosting involvement in drugs. Police say they found a bag of cash containing $22,450 (£16,500) in the car.\n\nMr Owensby has not been charged over any drug-related offences.\n\nDuring the incident, Mr Owensby repeatedly refuses requests to leave the car, although officers do say they will help him out.\n\nMr Owensby asks an officer to call in a \"white shirt\", meaning a superior.\n\n\"Here's the thing, I'm going to pull you out and then I'll call a white shirt,\" an officer replies.\n\nAs his frustration increases, he says: \"You can co-operate and get out of the car or I'll drag you out of the car. Do you see your two options here?\"\n\nDayton's mayor Nan Whaley described the footage as \"very concerning\".\n\nCivil rights groups say they are also looking into the incident.\n\n\"To pull this man out of the car, by his hair - a paraplegic - is totally unacceptable, inhumane and sets a bad light on our great city of Dayton, Ohio,\" Derrick Foward, of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told the Washington Post.\n\nA paraplegic person is unable to voluntarily move lower parts of the body.\n\nSome have defended the officers' actions.\n\nJerome Dix, president of Dayton Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 44, said they had \"followed the law, their training and departmental policies\".\n\n\"Sometimes the arrest of noncompliant individuals is not pretty, but is a necessary part of law enforcement to maintain public safety,\" Mr Dix told the Dayton Daily News.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We wait to see what actions are taken to ensure this never happens again,\" say John Atkinson's family\n\nThe family of a man killed in the Manchester Arena attack say he was \"badly let down\" by some members of the emergency services.\n\nJohn Atkinson, 28, was one of 22 people who died in the bombing on 22 May 2017.\n\nA public inquiry has previously heard he might have survived had he been given treatment more quickly.\n\nMr Atkinson's family said mistakes had been made and \"precious time was allowed to ebb away while John needed urgent hospital treatment\".\n\n\"This should never have been allowed to happen. John had so much to give,\" they added.\n\nThe inquiry heard healthcare worker Mr Atkinson lost a significant amount of blood as he laid in agony on the foyer floor for 47 minutes before being carried downstairs.\n\nAbout 20 minutes later, he went into cardiac arrest and was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary but he was pronounced dead a short time later.\n\nLast week, consultant paramedic Dan Smith, the operational commander for North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), told the inquiry he was \"truly sorry\" if any decision he made impacted on his survivability.\n\nIn a statement read outside the court on Monday, Mr Atkinson's family said they could not accept this apology.\n\n\"Actions speak louder than words, and we wait to see what actions are taken to ensure this never happens again,\" they added in a statement read on their behalf by their lawyer Richard Scorer, from Slater and Gordon.\n\nThe family said Mr Atkinson \"was kind, intelligent and would light up any room he walked into\".\n\n\"He was the best uncle to his nephews, most caring of sons and brothers, he worked with young adults with autism and he looked forward to being a foster father,\" they added.\n\nThe inquiry earlier heard how Mr Atkinson had pleaded with NWAS senior paramedic Phillip Keogh not to let him die.\n\nMr Keogh treated him about an hour after the explosion but it was another 30 minutes before he was moved to an ambulance.\n\nThe inquiry was told Phillip Keogh lost most of his equipment just before he treated John Atkinson\n\nHe agreed Mr Atkinson had been left waiting too long to be taken to hospital, reducing his chances of survival.\n\nThe delay was \"inadequate\", he told the inquiry.\n\nMr Atkinson, from Bury, died shortly after arriving at the Manchester Royal Infirmary one hour and 35 minutes after the bomb was detonated in the arena foyer.\n\nHe was brought down from the foyer on a metal barrier and put on the floor of Manchester Victoria railway station concourse, the inquiry heard.\n\nMr Keogh said it was \"obvious he had lost a lot of blood\" and he had several makeshift tourniquets on his legs.\n\nHe said he was worried about Mr Atkinson developing hypothermia as he had been left in the doorway and was not covered in blankets.\n\nThe inquiry heard Mr Atkinson had pleaded with the paramedic \"don't let me die\".\n\nMr Keogh said he had tried to comfort him by telling him he would not let him die, but said he \"already had grave concerns for [his] outcome\".\n\n\"I thought then that his chances of survival were absolutely slim but I wasn't going to tell him the truth because that's just not what you do,\" he said.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed in the May 2017 bombing\n\nThe inquiry was told Mr Keogh lost most of his equipment just before he treated Mr Atkinson.\n\nMr Keogh accepted that Mr Atkinson should have been given a blood clotting agent earlier, which was in his lost equipment bag, however he told the court he did not believe it would have saved his life.\n\nMr Atkinson went into cardiac arrest as he was being placed on an ambulance stretcher, the inquiry heard.\n\nMr Keogh described the difficulty of carrying out chest compressions as he was wheeled to an ambulance.\n\nThe paramedic, who had previously served in Afghanistan as a reservist army paramedic, told the court that he went directly to Manchester Arena despite being told he should go to a rendezvous point because there may have been an active shooter.\n\nHe said: \"I was aware that people were injured at the arena and if I wasn't going to go, then who was going to go?\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Matthew Corrie said he was struggling to recruit staff\n\nA Christmas tree seller is asking his customers to make deliveries for him because he cannot find staff to fill vacancies.\n\nMatthew Corrie, of Fife Christmas Trees in Dunfermline, said he came up with the idea because more and more people were opting for a delivery service.\n\nBefore the pandemic, most customers collected their tree in person.\n\nHe is offering customers a discount if they collect their own tree and deliver one to someone else near their home.\n\nBusinesses in a range of sectors have been reporting difficulties in attracting workers.\n\nA shortage of HGV drivers and specialised workers has led to gaps on supermarket shelves and problems with fuel supplies across the UK in recent weeks.\n\nMatthew Corrie (left) with his children on the Harburn Estate, where he buys his Christmas trees from Charlie Spurway (R)\n\nThere have also been shortages of workers in sectors such as hospitality and the care sector, and some retailers have warned that they may struggle to ensure supplies are in place for the Christmas trading period.\n\nMr Corrie, who has some delivery drivers, said he had tried advertising everywhere for extra staff to deliver his trees this year, but without success.\n\nHe said he had been deluged with delivery orders last year, and this year was already looking like it would be even busier.\n\n\"As with other businesses, I'm very short staffed and cannot get vacancies filled so I had to sit down and think of a way around it,\" he said.\n\n\"There is no way I can't deliver them and leave people without a tree at Christmas. There was no option but to think outside of the box.\"\n\nThere are more than one million Christmas trees, which take 10 years to grow, on 1,000 acres of the Harburn Estate\n\nHe said he came up with the plan while looking at the list of addresses on the orders he has already received.\n\nHe is offering customers a £10 discount if they will deliver a tree to someone else living nearby.\n\nMr Corrie said: \"I've put this idea to friends and some laughed but others said they think people will help, especially when they know how desperate I am.\n\n\"Customers know of the global staff shortage so I'm sure most will be willing to help.\n\n\"Quite often people have room on their roof racks for more than one tree.\"\n\nHis business sells about 1,500 trees each year, supplied by Charlie Spurway at the Harburn Estate in West Lothian.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Customers who have recently bought Tesco Max All-In-One Chesty Cough & Cold Lemon Sachets are being asked to check the dosing information on the packaging because some batches have been incorrectly labelled.\n\nThe medicine should not be given to those under the age of 16, but some of the sachets being recalled say children aged 12 and over can take them.\n\nTesco has taken the product off shelves for now.\n\n\"We would like to reassure patients and parents that if you or someone under the age of 16 have used recently these sachets and have suffered no ill effects there is no cause for concern. If anyone has any questions please speak to your healthcare professional and report any adverse reactions via the Yellow Card scheme.\"\n\nThe Yellow Card Scheme is a website for reporting suspected adverse drug reactions.\n\nThe packs involved each contain 10 sachets that have the drug paracetamol in them. Other ingredients include an expectorant (intended to help clear phlegm) called Guaifenesin and decongestant called Phenylephrine.\n\nParacetamol is an everyday medicine that children can take, but, like other medicines it can be dangerous if your child takes too much.\n\nThe affected sachets, which contain 1000mg of paracetamol, incorrectly state that children aged 12 years and over can take 4 sachets (diluted in water) over a 24-hour period, which would deliver the equivalent of 4000mg of paracetamol in total.\n\nThe recommended dose by age, however, is:\n\nIt means someone who is 12-15 might potentially take 1000mg more than they should.\n\nChair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Thorrun Govind said parents should not panic if this has happened, but should follow the advice to monitor their child for any potential side effects.\n\n\"Nausea and vomiting or drowsiness are some of the things to look out for,\" she said.\n\nThe NHS says if your child has an extra dose of paracetamol by mistake, wait at least 24 hours before giving them any more.\n\nIf they have taken two extra doses or more, they may need treatment.\n\nThe recall does not affect any other products that share the same product licence number (PL 12063/0104) but are distributed by other retail stores.", "Nicki Minaj has defended Jesy Nelson against claims of \"blackfishing\" in her latest music video, Boyz.\n\nBlackfishing is a word used to accuse someone of pretending to be black or mixed-race.\n\nNicki, who features on the song, said on Instagram: \"Y'all gotta stop.\"\n\nShe added on Twitter: \"If you know someone has been suicidal from bullying in the past, why try to get a bunch of people to bully them again about something else?\"\n\nThe pair went on Instagram live to promote the single.\n\nJesy said she was \"in a group with two women of colour for nine years\" and the subject was never brought up until they recorded her last video with the group, Sweet Melody.\n\nAs Jesy began to explain about being messaged by one of her ex-bandmates, Nicki interjected saying people should \"focus on your own energy.\"\n\nBoyz, which samples Diddy's song Bad Boy for Life, is Jesy Nelson's first solo release since leaving Little Mix last year.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Jesy Nelson This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nIn the video, Jesy is heavily tanned and her hair is styled with wigs and braids. She wears basketball shorts and gold teeth, and sings about wanting a boy who's \"so hood, so good, so damn taboo\".\n\nSome people say it is wrong for white people to profit from imitating stereotypically black characteristics - when black people themselves have been held back for having the very same characteristics.\n\nBut Nicki Minaj said: \"There's a lot of women out here in the United States that tan, get bigger lips.\n\n\"I wear straight blonde hair when I want to.\"\n\nNicki went on to say Jesy's bandmates were only \"calling [her] out\" to help their \"personal vendetta\" against her.\n\nShe said: \"Don't wait a decade after you've made millions with the person.\"\n\nJesy laughed as Nicki Minaj referred to her ex-bandmates as \"clowns\". So far, there's been no response from Leigh-Anne or the rest of the band.\n\nJesy later said: \"My intention is never to offend people of colour with this video and my song.\n\n\"When I was in the video with [Nicki], I didn't even have any fake tan on. I'd been in Antigua prior to that for three weeks.\n\n\"I'm just really lucky that as a white girl, when I'm in the sun I tan so dark.\n\n\"My hair's naturally curly, I've always had curly hair. I wanted to get a wig that emulated the same texture as my hair, I genuinely didn't think I was doing anything wrong.\"\n\nIn a recent interview with Vulture, Jesy said: \"I'm very aware that I'm a white British woman; I've never said that I wasn't.\"\n\nNewsbeat has asked Jesy Nelson's label Polydor to comment about the video but so far, there's been no response.\n\nSome fans have been asking how this video was approved, and why the artists decided to discuss it on Instagram live.\n\nGeorge Griffiths is a freelance pop music critic, and he was tuned in last night. He told Newsbeat he found it \"really chaotic\".\n\n\"I know everything is managed by PR and management to a certain degree but that did not look managed at all.\n\n\"This was to celebrate her debut single with Nicki Minaj, Boyz, and there wasn't a lot of celebration involved.\n\n\"It took a turn for the worst and didn't really recover. It was awkward to watch it I can't imagine how awkward it would have been to participate in it.\"\n\nBut George says that it doesn't need to taint the past success of Little Mix.\n\n\"When you see members of a pop group argue, fans kind of rewrite history. But all those great moments happened and just because this has happened now it doesn't invalidate all the strength and the happiness The Little Mix put forward before the split.\"\n\nJesy Nelson is not the first person to be accused of blackfishing. Newsbeat spoke to someone criticised for the same thing in 2018.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aga is one of a number of white women accused of pretending to be black.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Large stores in California will be required to have a separate gender-neutral section, complete with a mixed variety of items\n\nCalifornia has become the first US state to require large retailers to display toys and childcare items in gender-neutral ways.\n\nThe new law, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday, does not ban boys and girls sections in shops.\n\nBut large stores must have also have a separate, gender-neutral section.\n\nThese must display \"a reasonable selection\" of toys and childcare items, regardless of whether they've been marketed towards a particular sex.\n\nCompanies will face a $250 (£184) fine for their first violation, and $500 (£368) penalties for others.\n\nThe new law was passed by California's state legislature last month, and will come into effect in 2024 now it has been signed by Governor Newsom.\n\nIt will apply to retailers with 500 or more employees across their California stores.\n\nClothing will be unaffected, but the law will affect toys and any \"childcare items\" intended to aid sleep, relaxation, feeding, teething or sucking.\n\nIn its wording, it said the changes would help consumers spot \"unjustified differences in similar products\" and tackle gender bias in children's products.\n\nEvan Low, one of the law's co-authors, called the segregation of toys 'the antithesis of modern thinking'\n\nDemocrat Assemblyman Evan Low, one of the law's co-authors, has previously said the bill was inspired by his staff member's eight-year-old daughter, who asked her mother why she had to go to the boys section to find a certain toy.\n\n\"The segregation of toys by a social construct of what is appropriate for which gender is the antithesis of modern thinking,\" said Mr Low in a statement.\n\nHe said that categorising toys by gender had \"led to the proliferation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics-geared toys\" in boys sections, while those for girls were directed towards pursuits like \"caring for a baby, fashion, and domestic life.\"\n\nThe Consumer Federation of California, a consumer advocacy group, has been among those in favour of the law.\n\nIn a statement to The Sacramento Bee newspaper, it said separating products by gender \"helps to disguise the unfortunate fact that female products are often priced higher than male products.\"\n\nSome US retailers have already taken steps away from gender stereotypes in their businesses. In 2015, Target announced that it would stop using some gender-based signs in its stores.\n\nBut in the last two years, similar bills to enforce gender-neutral commercial spaces have been shot down in California's legislature.\n\nDetractors have argued that it infringes on free speech, and business owners' ability to adapt to the free market.\n\nOne of the most most vocal critics has been the California Family Council, a conservative advocacy group. It has accused gender-fluid clothing entrepreneur Rob Smith of lobbying for the bill for his own commercial gain.\n\nYou may be interested in watching:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Open Barbers: The barber shop where hair has no gender", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nHungary fans fought with police in the opening minutes of Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against England at Wembley.\n\nSome of their supporters, totalling almost 1,000, booed as England players took the knee before kick-off.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said \"minor disorder\" broke out as they arrested a fan for \"a racially aggravated public order offence\" in relation to comments directed towards a steward.\n\nIn a statement, Fifa said it \"strongly condemns\" the incidents.\n\nCrowd trouble also marred Poland's World Cup qualifying victory over Albania, with the game suspended for more than 20 minutes after home fans threw objects at the visiting players.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Fifa is currently analysing reports of last night's Fifa World Cup qualifier matches in order to determine the most appropriate action.\n\n\"Fifa strongly condemns the incidents at England v Hungary and Albania v Poland and would like to state that its position remains firm and resolute in rejecting any form of violence as well as any form of discrimination or abuse.\n\n\"Fifa has a very clear zero-tolerance stance against such abhorrent behaviour in football.\"\n\nOn the trouble at Wembley, a Metropolitan Police statement said: \"Officers entered the stand to arrest a spectator for a racially aggravated public order offence in relation to comments directed towards a steward.\n\n\"As officers made the arrest, minor disorder broke out.\"\n\nThe game ended 1-1 with John Stones levelling for England after Roland Sallai's penalty for Hungary.\n\nThe Football Association said it would investigate, while there have been calls from anti-discrimination body Fare Network's executive director Piara Powar to ban Hungary.\n\nEngland boss Gareth Southgate said he was unaware of the severity of the incidents at the time.\n\n\"I'm only hearing this as I'm doing the interviews,\" he told BBC Radio 5 Live after the game. \"I was aware of a disturbance. It sounds like it was not acceptable but I haven't seen the detail.\"\n\nHungary fans - many in the black T-shirts of the country's ultras - clashed with stewards soon after the game started and police arrived, hitting supporters with batons.\n\nMany then climbed over a barrier in response and hit security personnel - with police driven back into the concourse.\n\nThere was trouble too when the sides met in Budapest with Hungary ordered to play two matches behind closed doors by Fifa following the racism English players experienced.\n\nJohn Murray, commentating for BBC Radio 5 Live, said: \"There are about 1,000 Hungary fans in that section. There was black netting over the seats either side to keep it isolated from England supporters.\n\n\"We were told before that they were all Hungary fans based in the UK who have taken the tickets. As soon as the match began there were really disturbing scenes.\n\n\"There were people in hi-vis jackets and fighting going on in the stands. There were punches being thrown. It was quite aggressive.\n\n\"A lot of the supporters involved were wearing black. There was trouble for most of the first half an hour or so and then things seemed to settle down.\"\n\nA smoke bomb was also released after Sallai's penalty gave Hungary a 24th-minute lead.\n\nFifa needs to look at Hungary as a problem - Powar\n\nFewer than 1,000 tickets were sold to Hungary fans for this game, the reverse fixture of last month's meeting at Puskas Arena.\n\nRacist abuse was aimed at England players in that qualifier while Southgate's side were also pelted with objects in the second half and a flare was thrown on the pitch by Hungarian fans. Fifa opened disciplinary proceedings after England's 4-0 win.\n\nDespite Uefa ordering Hungary to play three home games behind closed doors after their supporters' discriminatory behaviour at Euro 2020, fans were allowed in for the World Cup tie as it came under Fifa's jurisdiction.\n\nFootball's world governing body then ordered Hungary to play two matches behind closed doors - one suspended for two years - and fined the Hungarian Football Federation £158,400.\n\nPowar believes Hungary probably have \"the most problematic fanbase in Europe now in terms of national teams\" and that they cannot go \"unwatched regardless of where they are playing\".\n\nHe added: \"What Fifa needs to do is to recognise Hungary and Hungarian football as having a particular issue.\n\n\"We've seen these types of incidents involving racism, homophobia and the anti-taking of the knee stance from the beginning of the summer.\n\n\"Fifa neesds to look at Hungary as a problem, as a footballing entity that perhaps should serve a ban for a period of time and then demonstrate the measures they're taking to rectify some of the problems that we see.\"\n\nThere was also trouble at Wembley when England lost to Italy in the Euro 2020 final on 11 July.\n\nEngland fans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break through gates before the match.\n\nAfterwards, riot police could be seen breaking through crowds outside the stadium as people departed.\n\nBeer bottles were thrown amid chants against Italy and the Met Police said there had been 45 arrests at the final, with 19 officers injured \"while they confronted volatile crowds\".\n\nUefa opened disciplinary proceedings against the FA over the events.\n• None Listen to the mystery surrounding a toxic new political conspiracy\n• None Which player's homecoming was the greatest in Premier League history?", "A County Down construction firm has closed resulting in about 100 job losses.\n\nJMC Mechanical and Construction is based in Waringstown, but has premises in Bleary and Lisburn as well.\n\nIts work includes providing maintenance services to the Housing Executive and other social housing providers.\n\nThe Portadown Times reported workers were told on Monday afternoon by the firm's owner James McCully and an accountant.\n\nThe family business was established in 2000.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News NI, Sinn Féin assembly member John O'Dowd said employees were \"called in and told they had no work\".\n\n\"They were told they weren't going to be paid for last week's work and there was also a question mark over redundancy,\" he added.\n\n\"My main concern is for the workers and their families.\n\n\"I already have a question in to the economy minister asking how his department are going to support and protect these workers and have already made contact with the liquidators.\"\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party MP for Upper Bann Carla Lockhart said it was devastating news for employees and their families.\n\nShe said JMC was a longstanding and respected company that had \"obviously suffered greatly as a result of the pandemic\".\n\nSDLP assembly member Dolores Kelly said the news came as a \"huge shock\".\n\n\"I am heartened to hear that a number of employees have already secured jobs and hope the rest will soon, especially at a time when skilled tradespeople are in such high demand,\" she added.\n\nIn a statement, a spokesperson for the Housing Executive said: \"We are sorry to hear that one of our contractors, JMC Ltd, has announced that it is entering liquidation.\n\n\"The company was the repairs contractor for our tenants in the Lisburn and Castlereagh area and was also the contractor for a number of improvement schemes across Lisburn and Castlereagh and the Belfast area.\n\n\"Our priority at this stage is to ensure minimal disruption to services for tenants and those planned maintenance improvement works which are on site.\"", "The government is looking at how to tackle \"embodied carbon\" as part of an upcoming building strategy.\n\nDevelopers may have won praise in the past for demolishing draughty buildings for energy-efficient replacements.\n\nBut engineers now say existing buildings should be kept standing due to the amount of carbon emitted when original building materials were made - known as embodied carbon.\n\nA government spokeswoman said they were working on this issue.\n\nAnd Business minister Lord Callanan told a recent conference that it was \"one of the areas we want to look at\".\n\nBut despite the peer saying the government was in \"the final stages\" of creating its new heat and building strategy, neither gave more detail about what measures may appear.\n\nMaking steel, concrete and bricks for buildings creates a lot of carbon, with concrete alone causing 8% of global emissions.\n\nAs a result, climate experts are urging ministers to make it hard for developers to demolish buildings without first exploring ways to refurbish and extend them.\n\nThe chairman of the government’s advisory climate change committee, Lord Deben, said the government had been slow to accept this reversal of established thinking and ministers had not had \"the will and the clout to develop these policies\".\n\n“We need to think differently,\" he said. \"It’s not acceptable to pull buildings down like this. We have to learn to make do and mend.\"\n\nLord Deben said there needed to be a planning law to stop giving permission for demolitions, adding: \"We are simply not going to win the battle against climate change unless we fight on every front.\"\n\nLord Callanan told a recent conference run by Property Week: “We’re in the final stages of building our Heat and Building Strategy at the moment. This is one of the areas we want to look at.\"\n\nExperts said one simple step would be to make firms planning large scale developments to calculate the total impact on the climate before starting work - something that is already mandatory in several countries.\n\nBut it is not yet clear how far ministers will go, partly because the issue is relatively new to Whitehall.\n\nThe problem is huge but barely discussed, with the built environment creating 27% of the UK’s emissions.\n\nBusiness minister Lord Callanan said the government was looking into embodied carbon as part of its upcoming building strategy\n\nThe engineering giant Arup calculated around 50% of the whole-life emissions of a building could come from the carbon emitted during construction and demolition.\n\nAnd this proportion will only grow as buildings are increasingly cooled and heated using low-carbon electricity – shifting more of the carbon burden on to the construction process.\n\nThe government itself has been embroiled in a row about the embodied emissions that will be created in the construction of a new “Justice Quarter”, combining courts and a police headquarters in London’s Fleet Street.\n\nThe Architects’ Journal, which has been campaigning on the issue, urged ministers to insist that the existing buildings are refurbished, rather than demolished.\n\nThe journal has calculated that the difference between expanding the old buildings and replacing them amounts to 19,180 tonnes of CO2 – that’s the equivalent of 4,171 passenger cars driven for a year.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice - which oversees the Courts and Tribunals Service - told the journal it was a matter for the City of London, as it was developing the site.\n\nA government spokeswoman told BBC News that embodied carbon was \"an issue and one that we have been working on addressing for some time”.\n\nShe said the government was already supporting a number of construction projects that aimed to reduce carbon emissions, improving supply chains, and software for simultaneous cost and carbon modelling.\n\nBut she declined to comment further in advance of the coming heat and buildings strategy.\n\nThe chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, Julie Hirigoyen, said it was \"very good news that ministers are at last looking at this\".\n\nShe told BBC News: “We really must come to grips with the issue of embodied carbon in buildings – we’ll never hit our climate targets unless we do.\"", "Esyllt Calley claims moving vascular services away from Ysbyty Gwynedd has been detrimental to her husband Pete's treatment\n\nA distraught wife says her husband faces losing both his legs due to flawed restructuring by a health board.\n\nVascular services were centralised by Betsi Cadwaladr health board at Glan Clwyd hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, in April 2019.\n\nBut it was controversial, and resulted in several high profile resignations.\n\nThe health board says it remains \"committed to providing a stable, high quality vascular service for north Wales\".\n\nIt says it has \"invested £2.3m in a state-of-the art hybrid vascular theatre\" at Glan Clwyd hospital.\n\nEarlier this year, Arfon MS Sian Gwenllian called for the overhaul of vascular services to be undone.\n\nThe vascular system is made up of arteries and veins, and is the body's way of circulating blood between the heart and different organs.\n\nEsyllt Calley from Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, is adamant that removing specialist services from her local hospital in Bangor has been detrimental to patients like her husband.\n\nSince 2019, people from around north Wales have had to travel to access a centralised vascular service in Bodelwyddan.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pete Calley: 'He was such a jolly person... but that's gone'\n\nPete Calley, 51, is currently a patient at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, awaiting an operation to amputate his second leg because of complications originating from diabetes he has lived with for 22 years.\n\nSix years ago he had toes amputated at Glan Clwyd hospital, but Mrs Calley claims the surgery was not conducted properly which she said led to a further operation and months of rehabilitation.\n\nHe returned to Glan Clwyd 18 months ago needing to have his leg amputated. Mrs Calley said they had to operate three times within a week.\n\nMrs Calley said her husband now has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after undergoing several operations at the Glan Clwyd site, where vascular services are now centralised. He is refusing to return there for treatment.\n\n\"He's been affected so badly. Just saying the name 'Glan Clwyd' is enough to send him into a panic attack. I feel I've lost the man I married. I love my husband, but he's changed.\"\n\nShe said Betsi Cadwaladr health board had now agreed to fund his treatment at a Liverpool hospital.\n\nPete Calley is due to become a father for the fifth time next year, his second child with Esyllt Calley\n\nBreaking down in tears, Mrs Calley was adamant the restructuring of the vascular services in north Wales had affected her husband's health.\n\n\"I know Pete would still have his leg if it wasn't for Glan Clwyd. And he certainly wouldn't be a double amputee,\" she said.\n\n\"Within two years of having the vascular unit at Glan Clwyd, he's facing becoming a double amputee. In six years as a patient at Ysbyty Gwynedd, he lost no more than two toes.\n\n\"I just don't understand why they moved a unit that was so good.\"\n\nProfessor Dean Williams, who resigned from his position as head of the vascular unit in Ysbyty Gwynedd in 2019, said he had helped develop a world-class limb salvage unit at the hospital.\n\nHe said he had received assurances from senior staff at Betsi Cadwaladr health board that this service would remain at the Bangor site, despite centralisation at Glan Clwyd.\n\nProfessor Dean Williams said the 'world class' limb salvage unit he helped build at Ysbyty Gwynedd has been 'dismantled'\n\n\"When the centralisation went ahead, all major vascular surgery and emergency admissions were removed from Bangor,\" said Prof Williams.\n\n\"To have agreements thrown away, see a world-class service dismantled and then see the predicted consequences of that decision unfold in front of us was difficult and is still difficult to witness.\"\n\nBethan Russell-Williams, who was an independent board member at Betsi Cadwaladr, also resigned over the plans to reform vascular services, and said she had no regrets.\n\n\"Patient outcomes are much worse now than they were when services were available at Ysbyty Gwynedd,\" she said.\n\n\"More patients are having major lower limb amputations, and more patients are dying following major lower limb amputations.\"\n\nResponding to the allegations, Dr Nick Lyons, executive medical director of Betsi Cadwaladr, said: \"Even in this large health board area, we do not have the volume of complex vascular cases for teams to keep their skills and expertise up at each of the three acute hospitals.\"\n\nDr Lyons said a review conducted last year by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) found \"that the service has a robust surgical on-call arrangement and appropriate pathways for emergency and complex vascular intervention\".\n\n\"The RCS noted the commitment from all involved to improve the service and that 'an excellent foundation' is in place to continue the development and improvement of the vascular service in north Wales,\" he added.\n\nThe Welsh government said: \"We cannot comment on individual cases and this is a matter for the health board. We are in regular dialogue with the health board and will continue to monitor progress within the vascular service.\"", "French media said the incident took place shortly before 06:00 local time. File image\n\nThree migrants have been killed and one seriously injured after a train struck them in south-western France.\n\nA local mayor and police said the migrants were lying on the tracks when they were hit in a coastal town near Biarritz on Tuesday morning.\n\nA police investigation is under way but the circumstances of the incident remain unclear.\n\nThe mayor of Ciboure said the area was well-known as a transit route for migrants.\n\nMayor Eneko Aldana-Douat told BFM TV the migrants \"were sleeping or lying\" on the tracks.\n\nPolice are trying to identify the migrants. Citing a police source, the Parisian newspaper said all of them were Algerian nationals.\n\nThe one who survived suffered a broken leg and has been taken to hospital, local prosecutors told the AFP news agency.\n\nFrench media said the incident took place shortly before 06:00 local time (04:00 GMT) about 500m (1,640ft) from the train station in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a seaside town in France's Basque country near the Spanish border.\n\nThe train had left Hendaye and was heading for Bordeaux.\n\nTrain services were interrupted but gradually resumed after a few hours.", "The UK's failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the country's worst public health failures, a report by MPs says.\n\nThe government approach - backed by its scientists - was to try to manage the situation and in effect achieve herd immunity by infection, it said.\n\nThis led to a delay in introducing the first lockdown, costing thousands of lives, the MPs found.\n\nBut their report highlighted successes too, including the vaccination rollout.\n\nIt described the approach to vaccination - from the research and development through to the rollout of the jabs - as \"one of the most effective initiatives in UK history\".\n\nBut campaigners criticised the report for failing to focus on those who had died, saying references to practical issues, including problems with laptops, was \"laughable\".\n\nThe 150-page document, Coronavirus: Lessons learned to date, is from the Health and Social Care Committee and the Science and Technology Committee, and MPs from all parties.\n\nIt predominantly focused on the response to the pandemic in England. The committees did not look at steps taken individually by Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.\n\nThe MPs called the pandemic, which has claimed more than 150,000 lives in the UK and nearly five million worldwide so far, the \"biggest peacetime challenge\" for a century.\n\nSome early failings, the report suggested, resulted from apparent \"group-think\" among scientists and ministers.\n\nIt meant the UK was not as open to different approaches on earlier lockdowns, border controls and test and trace as it should have been.\n\nA woman whose twin sisters died within three days of one another after testing positive for Covid says the report from MPs uses the success of the vaccine programme to deflect from earlier failures.\n\nZoe Davis' sisters Katy and Emma, who were both nurses, died in April 2020.\n\nShe says: \"Nobody is saying that the vaccine programme hasn't been phenomenal but the frustrating thing is that's a deflection of what is actually being brought to attention and the overall message is that Covid failures have cost lives.\"\n\nLindsay Jackson, from Derbyshire, whose mother died with Covid, said the report confirmed her fears she had about care home visits in March 2020.\n\n\"I knew in my own mind the lockdown was too slow, I knew the social care sector wasn't being looked after, I knew people shouldn't have been released from hospital without tests, and this just confirms that.\"\n\nShe is calling for the government to move to a public inquiry now to see if anyone is culpable.\n\nConservative MPs Jeremy Hunt and Greg Clark, who chair the committees, said the nature of the pandemic meant it was \"impossible to get everything right\".\n\n\"The UK has combined some big achievements with some big mistakes. It is vital to learn from both,\" they said.\n\nCabinet Office minister Stephen Barclay said scientific advice had been followed and the government had made \"difficult judgements\" to protect the NHS.\n\nHe said the government took responsibility for everything that happened - saying the government would not shy away from any lessons to be learned at the full statutory public inquiry, expected next year.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the report was a \"damning indictment\" and showed the errors and failures of running down the NHS before the pandemic.\n\nHe called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to apologise to the bereaved and hold the public inquiry as soon as possible.\n\nWhen Covid hit, the government's approach was to manage its spread through the population rather than try to stop it - or herd immunity by infection as the report called it.\n\nThe MPs said this was based on dealing with a flu pandemic, and was done on the advice of its scientific advisers on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage).\n\nBut the idea was not challenged enough by ministers in any part of the UK. Although other parts of Europe were guilty of this too, the MPs added.\n\nToo little was done in the early weeks to stop Covid spreading, the MPs said, despite evidence from China and then Italy that it was a virus that was highly infectious, caused severe illness and had no cure.\n\n\"The veil of ignorance through which the UK viewed the initial weeks of the pandemic was partly self-inflicted,\" the report said.\n\nAsked whether herd immunity had been a policy in the early days, Mr Hunt said he did not think there was any desire for the whole population to be infected.\n\nHowever, he said there was a \"fatalism that it was likely that in the end, that will be the only way that we will stop the progress of the virus\".\n\nDecisions on lockdowns and social distancing during those early weeks - and the advice that led to them - were described as \"one of the most important public health failures the UK has ever experienced\".\n\nThe advice from scientists changed on 16 March 2020 - with a lockdown announced a week later.\n\n\"This slow and gradualist approach was not inadvertent, nor did it reflect bureaucratic delay or disagreement between ministers and their advisers,\" the report said, describing it as a \"deliberate policy\".\n\n\"It is now clear that this was the wrong policy, and that it led to a higher initial death toll than would have resulted from a more emphatic early policy. In a pandemic spreading rapidly and exponentially, every week counted.\"\n\nA Liverpool FC and Atletico Madrid football match on 11 March - as a pandemic was declared by the WHO - and the Cheltenham Festival of Racing between 10 and 13 March, may have spread the virus.\n\nMr Barclay said hindsight was \"an issue\". Had the government known how much the country would be willing to endure, lockdown may have come sooner, the minister added.\n\nThe MPs also highlighted how ministers in England rejected scientific advice to have a two-week \"circuit-breaker\" in the autumn.\n\nThey said it was impossible to know whether that would have prevented the second lockdown in November, although they pointed out it had not in Wales.\n\nThe UK was one of the first countries in the world to develop a test for Covid in January 2020, but failed to translate that into an effective test-and-trace system during the first year of the pandemic, the report said.\n\nTesting in the community stopped in March 2020 and for weeks during the first peak only those admitted to hospital were tested.\n\nIt was not until May that the NHS Test and Trace system was launched in England, but the report described its start as \"slow, uncertain and often chaotic\".\n\nIt said the system was too centralised, only later making use of the expertise in local public health teams run by councils.\n\nBut it praised the target set by then Health Secretary Matt Hancock to get to 100,000 tests a day by the end of April, saying it played an important part in galvanising the system.\n\nThe greatest praise though was reserved for the vaccination programme and the way the government supported the development of a number of vaccines, including the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.\n\nIt said the whole programme was one of the most effective initiatives in history, and will ultimately help to save millions of lives here and across the world.\n\nA key step, taken early on following a suggestion from chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance, was to set up a task force that combined the talents of scientists, the NHS and the private sector, led by the \"bold leadership\" of venture capitalist Kate Bingham.\n\nThe development of treatments, such as dexamethasone, for Covid through the UK Recovery Trial was another area where the UK's response was genuinely world-leading, the report said.\n\nAnd the NHS and government were also credited with the way hospital intensive care capacity was increased to ensure the majority who needed hospital treatment received it.\n\nThe report's recommendations include comprehensive government plans for future emergencies, a bigger role for the armed forces in emergency response plans, and considering a government and NHS volunteer reserve database.\n\nThe MPs said the pandemic had also exacerbated existing social, economic and health inequalities which would need addressing.\n\nThe report highlighted \"unacceptably high\" death rates in ethnic minority groups and among people with learning disabilities and autism.\n\nFor ethnic minorities, there were a variety of factors, including possible biological reasons and increased exposure because of housing and working conditions.\n\nFor people with learning disabilities, not enough thought was given to how restrictions would have a detrimental impact on them - particularly in terms of accessing health care more generally. Do not resuscitate orders were also used inappropriately.\n\nThere was a lack of priority attached to care homes too at the start of the pandemic.\n\nThe rapid discharge of people from hospital into care homes without adequate testing or isolation was a prime example of this.\n\nThis, combined with untested staff bringing infection into homes from the community, led to many thousands of deaths which could have been avoided.\n\nScience minister George Freeman said it was too early for any proper discussion about blame or fault.\n\nAsked about the higher UK death toll, he said: \"A lot of that is actually to do with the very, very heavy obesity-related cardiometabolic chronic disease cohort that we've been carrying for years - that's a failure of public health in this country over decades.\"\n\nLobby Akinnola, of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaign group, said Mr Freeman's comments were \"grossly offensive\", adding that \"the statutory inquiry cannot come soon enough\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. People at Bulldogs Boxing and Community Centre talk about those swerving the jab\n\n\"Because I'm younger I'll be able to fight it off, but I feel for the elderly.\"\n\nMackenzie Itzstein got the Covid vaccine to protect his grandparents - at 22, he believed he was low risk.\n\nBut even teenagers are being hospitalised with \"serious Covid\", Swansea Bay's public health director has said.\n\nKeith Reid called on more sports clubs and celebrities to back a campaign to encourage people to get the vaccine.\n\nMackenzie was living with his grandparents when they all contracted Covid.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Wales alongside other young people at the Bulldogs Boxing and Community Centre in Port Talbot, he said: \"I was in the family home with my Nana and Grampa and they had it too.\n\n\"I was more concerned for them rather than me,\" he said, believing younger people were relatively safe from the virus.\n\nMackenzie Itzstein said he was more concerned for his grandparents' health than his own\n\nThis is a common myth public health boss Mr Reid is keen to dispel. He said his own health board has recently seen cases of young people being admitted to hospital.\n\n\"Young people do get serious Covid,\" he said.\n\n\"We've seen 45 young people in hospital in the last three months - by young people, I mean below the age of 15, treated for Covid.\n\n\"And we've also seen a lot of cases where young people have taken Covid home and shared it with other household members, some of whom have been quite vulnerable.\"\n\nSeren Jenkins, 22, rejected any notion that young people might feel \"invincible\" - that Covid wouldn't affect them so severely.\n\n\"I'm sure there are loads of younger people that are like that, but I know loads of older people who've been exactly the same - everyone's probably done so many things wrong, I don't think it's fair to put it on one age group.\"\n\nWhen lockdown was announced she said she was \"pretty careful\".\n\n\"I didn't see my family for about 14 weeks.\"\n\nSeren Jenkins said she also knows older people who think they won't be badly affected by Covid\n\nShe has had Covid, has been vaccinated and says she routinely wears masks in shops and on public transport. But lockdown has had an unexpected effect.\n\n\"I think it's had a really positive influence on me - I tend to not really say no to anything any more.\"\n\nNeath Port Talbot recently had the highest rate of Covid cases across the UK, as well as the highest case rate among the under-25s in Wales.\n\nVaccine take-up rates amongst the under-30s are also the lowest - albeit they were last to be offered the jab.\n\nBut not all sports clubs have backed a campaign to encourage people to get the Covid vaccine, according to Mr Reid.\n\nOf the region's two top sports clubs, he said, only the Ospreys had backed the drive.\n\n\"One avidly supported our vaccine campaign, another one haven't,\" he said.\n\nBut Swansea City FC said it was committed to helping the local vaccination programme and the stadium had been provided free of charge as a Covid testing facility.\n\nThe club said its players and staff were spoken to regularly by its medical team about safety and vaccinations, adding that \"we respect them with the decisions that they undertake for both themselves and their families.\"\n\nMr Reid said seeing role models having the jab gave fans \"a lot of assurance that vaccines are safe and effective\".\n\n\"We've seen the contrast between two really high level sporting teams within Swansea Bay region - one who avidly supported our vaccine campaign and have been very prominent in the community and another one who haven't,\" he said.\n\n\"And that's due to attitudes amongst players themselves.\"\n\nIt is understood fewer than half the players at most Premier League and English Football League clubs have been vaccinated.\n\n\"Undoubtedly people from other walks of life, and especially from sporting walks of life, can have great influence on the health behaviour of our communities and it's to their credit when they stand up and do that,\" said Mr Reid.\n\nNudges like these can be all the more important when considering the health of a local authority area like Neath Port Talbot.\n\n\"We saw the arrival of a new highly transmissible and infectious version of coronavirus at the same time that people were starting to move around more freely and mix more freely and I think that's what's driven up the rates,\" said Mr Reid.\n\n\"With schools going back when Delta (variant) was already pretty prevalent in the region - that's just added an extra element to the mix and we've seen rates in school kids in particular drive those headline figures.\"\n\nShane Miller, 18, who works part time at Bulldogs Boxing Club in Port Talbot, said it was an easy decision to be vaccinated, as he works with people with disabilities at the club and needed to be cautious.\n\n\"I know a lot of people were very relaxed about Covid,\" he said. \"I know two people who don't want the vaccine - they don't like needles or they just don't believe in Covid.\n\n\"I try and explain it's safer to have it, just in case, but it's the type of people who just don't listen.\"\n\nHe added transport can be an issue for those travelling to vaccination centres. \"They could do them in local chemists - if it was more local than that I think more people would have a better chance of getting there.\"\n\nIt is a point acknowledged by Keith Reid.\n\n\"It's much more difficult if you're working or you've got childcare responsibilities to get along to a vaccination centre,\" he said.\n\n\"We've seen a slower rise in coverage in those age groups, partly maybe because of the difficulty of getting along to vaccination - and higher scepticism I think, about what's the benefit of getting vaccinated.\"\n\nProfessional boxer Connor McIntosh saw his first child born during lockdown\n\nProfessional boxer Connor McIntosh, 26, said he and his girlfriend were expecting their first child during lockdown - Bronagh May is now a year old.\n\n\"I didn't even leave the house - we weren't going to take any risks,\" said the construction health and safety consultant.\n\n\"I've had my first jab and I'll have my second in the next couple of weeks - I'll have to have it done before my first professional fight anyway, for safety measures.\"\n\nBut did he have any reservations?\n\n\"Not really - it's a tough one, it's come out really quick - a lot of people don't know exactly what's in them - you get a lot of people on Facebook thinking they're proper scientists and they know exactly what's in them - but if it's going to make things go back to normal quicker, then I think yeah, everyone should have them.\n\n\"I think if everyone plays ball and just helps each other out, hopefully we can all get through it and things will go back to normal sooner rather than later.\"\n\nRhodri Williams said he was anxious about going to watch his first football match after lockdown ended\n\nRhodri Williams' parents both work in the NHS - one for the ambulance service, one as a nurse.\n\n\"The only time I would go out of the house was to go for a run with my brother, once a day,\" said the 22-year-old, who has had both his jabs.\n\n\"The people that are coming out and saying that the vaccine could kill them, or the government are putting stuff in it - they're the people that would go to Mexico and have their jabs no problem, but they're not getting anything out of this so they don't see the point in getting it.\n\n\"Some people don't want it because they don't know what's in it - but they don't know what's in their cigarettes or their vapes either.\n\n\"I've got a season ticket down the Swans - the first game back against Sheffield United was a bit of a shock, because I hadn't been around that many people since Covid.\n\n\"It wasn't that I was scared, it was more that I had a bit of anxiety about going with all these people, but when you're in the game it's brilliant how they do it - where I was sitting there was plenty of spacing and I didn't feel at all at risk there.\"\n\nSo does he agree that sports stars and celebrities have a role here?\n\n\"I've seen a lot of people, especially on TikTok and Instagram - celebrities filming their experiences of going to get a vaccine and putting it in a positive light - and maybe that's going to inspire a couple of the younger people to go and get their vaccine.\"\n\nSwansea City says it \"placed great importance on its role during the pandemic\"\n\nIn a statement, Swansea City said it \"is committed to assisting with the regional vaccination programme in the Swansea Bay area.\n\n\"The club places great emphasis on its role within the community and we are already engaging with the local health board about ways in which we can help in the future.\n\n\"Our players and staff receive regular dialogue from the club's medical team regarding public safety and vaccinations, and we respect them with the decisions that they undertake for both themselves and their families.\n\n\"Swansea City placed great importance on its role during the pandemic, such as opening its doors to the NHS for healthcare training purposes and providing our North Car Park as a Covid testing facility. Both of these ran for over a year without any charge being made by the club, while other venues rented out their facilities at a cost.\n\n\"The club would also like to place on record its sincere thanks to all those who have, and continue to, play an active and important role in the vaccination programme.\"", "Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has had a job offer from the United Nations withdrawn.\n\nMr Hancock announced this week that he had been given a role helping Africa's economy recover from Covid.\n\nThe UN said he would bring valuable experience - but Mr Hancock now says a rule has come to light that prevents him from taking the job while an MP.\n\nLeading figures across Africa and UK opposition parties had criticised the UN's choice of the MP for the role.\n\nOn Tuesday, the former health secretary tweeted a copy of the letter from UN Under-Secretary General Vera Songwe offering him the unpaid role.\n\nHe was congratulated by former cabinet colleagues, including Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Housing Secretary Michael Gove and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries.\n\nBut the West Suffolk MP faced a backlash from critics on social media, who pointed to the fact that a highly critical report from MPs on the UK government's handling of the pandemic had been released on the same day.\n\nMr Hancock's new role came four months after he resigned from his cabinet post for breaking social distancing guidelines by kissing a colleague.\n\nHe had been planning to continue as a Conservative MP while working as the UN special representative on financial innovation and climate change for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.\n\nThe UN has now told him the appointment \"is not being taken forward\".\n\nMr Hancock said he had been \"honoured to be approached by the UN\" but it later wrote to him to explain that UN rule \"has subsequently come to light\".\n\nHe added: \"Since I am committed to continuing to serve as MP for West Suffolk, this means I cannot take up the position.\n\n\"I look forward to supporting the UN ECA in their mission in whatever way I can in my parliamentary role.\"\n\nThis is undoubtedly an embarrassment for the former health secretary who was looking to resuscitate his political career.\n\nThe first step in doing so appeared to come with the announcement about the unpaid role.\n\nIt was not a UK government one - but there was glowing support from many senior former cabinet colleagues.\n\nMatt Hancock says a technical rule has now come to light which prevents him from taking the job as he is a sitting MP.\n\nBut the appointment attracted anger too, coming on the day a group of MPs had been highly critical of the government's handling of the pandemic. And some in the international community questioned the MP's expertise, past mistakes, and his suitability for such a challenging role.\n\nIt appears that added to pressure on the UN to withdraw the invitation - and three days later a spokesman confirmed it was not being taken forward.\n\nUN sources say the appointment should never have been made in the first place.\n\nGordon Brown was a sitting MP when he took a similar role. He was appointed in 2012, two years before he announced his intention to stand down as an MP.\n\nIn her letter to Mr Hancock offering him the job, Ms Songwe said his \"success\" in handling the UK's pandemic response was a testament to the strengths he would bring to the role.\n\nIn his reply, the MP said: \"As we recover from the pandemic so we must take this moment to ensure Africa can prosper.\"\n\nThe withdrawal of the offer was welcomed by campaign group Global Justice Now.\n\nThe group's director Nick Dearden said: \"If Matt Hancock wants to help African countries recover from the pandemic, he should lobby the prime minister to back a patent waiver on Covid-19 vaccines.\n\n\"If he'd done that when he was in government, tens of millions more people could already have been vaccinated.\n\n\"The last thing the African continent needs is a failed British politician. This isn't the 19th Century.\"", "Former US President Barack Obama has confirmed he will attend the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.\n\nHe will join current president Joe Biden and more than 120 heads of state at the conference, which gets under way on 31 October.\n\nMr Obama is expected to meet young climate change activists and highlight their work around the world.\n\nCOP26 will be the biggest climate change conference since landmark talks in Paris in 2015.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Obama said he would use his trip to Scotland to \"lay out the important progress made in the five years since the Paris Agreement took effect\".\n\nHe will also \"urge more robust action going forward by all of us - governments, the private sector, philanthropy and civil society\".\n\nConfirmation of Mr Obama's visit will be seen as a huge boost for the UN summit, which be held at the Scottish Exhibition Campus from 31 October until 12 November.\n\nThe summit will take place at the SEC campus in Glasgow\n\nBoris Johnson and other leaders of the G7 nations are set to lay out plans to cut emissions causing climate change.\n\nOn Friday, after weeks of hesitation, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison also confirmed he will be at the summit.\n\nBut there have been reports China's President Xi Jinping would not be attending, although the country will be represented by its government officials.\n\nPope Francis announced earlier this month that he will not travel to Scotland for the conference after earlier saying he would like to do so.\n\nAbout 25,000 delegates are expected to attend the Glasgow summit.\n\nTens of thousands of campaigners and businesses will also be there to hold events and stage protests.\n\nThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.\n\nDo you have any questions about the forthcoming COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "The aftermath of the drone strike in the Afghan capital, Kabul\n\nThe US government has offered financial compensation to the relatives of 10 people mistakenly killed by the American military in a drone strike on the Afghan capital, Kabul, in August.\n\nAn aid worker and nine members of his family, including seven children, died in the strike.\n\nThe Pentagon said it was also working to help surviving members of the family relocate to the US.\n\nThe strike took place days before the US military withdrew from Afghanistan.\n\nIt came amid a frenzied evacuation effort following the Taliban's sudden return to power and only days after a devastating attack close to Kabul's airport by IS-K, a local branch of the Islamic State (IS) group.\n\nUS intelligence had tracked the aid worker's car for eight hours on 29 August, believing it was linked to IS-K militants, US Central Command's Gen Kenneth McKenzie said last month.\n\nThe investigation found the man's car had been seen at a compound associated with IS-K, and its movements aligned with other intelligence about the terror group's plans for an attack on Kabul airport.\n\nAt one point, a surveillance drone saw men loading what appeared to be explosives into the boot of the car, but these turned out to be containers of water.\n\nGen McKenzie described the strike as a \"tragic mistake\" and added that the Taliban had not been involved in the intelligence that led to the strike.\n\nThe strike happened as the aid worker - named as Zamairi Ahmadi - pulled into the driveway of his home, 3km (1.8 miles) from the airport.\n\nThe explosion set off a secondary blast, which US officials initially said was proof that the car was indeed carrying explosives. However, an investigation found it was most likely caused by a propane tank in the driveway.\n\nOne of those killed, Ahmad Naser, had been a translator with US forces. Other victims had previously worked for international organisations and held visas allowing them entry to the US.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emal Ahmadi: \"Ten people died here... including my daughter, she was two years old\"\n\nThe compensation offer was made on Thursday in a meeting between Colin Kahl, the under-secretary of defence for policy, and Steven Kwon, the founder and president of an aid group active in Afghanistan called Nutrition and Education International, the Pentagon said in a statement.\n\nMr Kahl noted Mr Ahmadi and others who were killed \"were innocent victims who bore no blame and were not affiliated with ISIS-K or threats to US forces\", said a statement attributed to Defence Department spokesman John Kirby.\n\nHe reiterated Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin's commitment to the families, including \"condolence payments\".\n\nMr Austin has apologised for the attack, but Mr Ahmadi's 22-year-old nephew Farshad Haidari said that was not enough.\n\n\"They must come here and apologise to us face-to-face,\" he told the AFP news agency in Kabul.\n\nWhen the US started to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban managed to seize control of the country within about two weeks in a rapid offensive. Kabul fell on 15 August.\n\nIt sparked a mass evacuation effort from the US and its allies, as thousands of people tried to flee. Many were foreign nationals or Afghans who had worked for foreign governments.\n\nThe security situation was further heightened after the IS-K attack on the airport. A suicide bomber killed up to 170 civilians and 13 US troops outside the airport on 26 August.\n\nMany of those killed had been hoping to board evacuation flights leaving the city.\n\nThe last US soldier left Afghanistan on 31 August - the deadline President Joe Biden had set for the US withdrawal.\n\nMore than 124,000 foreigners and Afghans were flown out of the country beforehand. But some people were unable to get out in time, and evacuation efforts are ongoing.", "Conservative MP Sir David Amess has been stabbed as he met constituents at a regular surgery.\n\nEssex Police said they were called to reports of a stabbing in Leigh-on-Sea at 12:05 BST and arrested a man.\n\nPolice recovered a knife and said they were not looking for anyone else in connection to the incident.\n\nFormer party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said he was \"praying for a full recovery\".\n\nHe said on Twitter: \"My thoughts are with David Amess MP and his family at this awful time.\n\n\"Praying for a full recovery following this appalling, shocking news. This angry, violent behaviour cannot be tolerated in politics or any other walk of life.\"\n\nThe 69-year-old, who is MP for Southend West, was stabbed as he met constituents at Belfairs Methodist Church.\n\nAn air ambulance was sent to the scene.\n\nArmed police were seen outside the church where Sir David met consituents\n\nSouthend councillor John Lamb, who was at the scene after the stabbing, said Sir David was a family man, with four daughters and a son.\n\n\"He's always trying to help people, and especially refugees he's tried to help. He's a very amicable person and he does stick by his guns, he says what he believes and he sticks by it,\" Mr Lamb said.\n\nHe told the BBC the MP had not been taken to hospital but was operated on by medics at the scene.\n\nMr Lamb said he was still waiting to hear the extent of Sir David's injuries, but understood the MP was in a \"very serious\" condition.\n\nThe Jo Cox Foundation, the charity set up in memory of the MP who was murdered in 2016, said it was \"horrified\" by the stabbing.\n\n\"We are thinking of him, his family and loved ones at this distressing time,\" the foundation said.\n\nLabour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer said he was thinking of Sir David, his family and his staff after the \"horrific and deeply shocking news\".\n\nWere you in the area? Have you been affected by what's happened? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None Patel pays tribute to MP as 'man of the people'", "Boris Johnson has led tributes from the political world to Sir David Amess MP, who was stabbed to death at his constituency surgery in Essex.\n\nThe prime minister said he was \"one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".\n\nWatch to hear from other politicians, including Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, close friend Ann Widdecombe, and Kim Leadbeater - the sister of Jo Cox, the MP who was murdered in 2016.", "Alan Hawkshaw - pictured backstage at Top of the Pops while in The Shadows - composed the music for 35 films and \"countless\" television shows\n\nThe musician who wrote the theme tunes for Grange Hill, Countdown, and Channel 4 News has died aged 84.\n\nAlan Hawkshaw was also a member of The Shadows, toured with the Rolling Stones, and was sampled by Jay-Z.\n\nHe was admitted to hospital this week with pneumonia and died in the early hours of Saturday, his agent said.\n\nHis wife Christiane said: \"It was heartbreaking to say goodbye to Alan, my husband of 53 years and the love of my life.\"\n\nShe added: \"We spent the last few hours gazing at each other with love, holding hands, no need for words.\n\n\"I told him he and I were forever, and even though he has been unable to speak for the past two months, he managed a few 'forevers' and I knew he was at peace.\"\n\nHawkshaw wrote the music for more than 35 films and \"countless\" television programmes, his website said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the 1960s Hawkshaw was in rock'n'roll group Emile Ford & The Checkmates, which toured with the Rolling Stones.\n\nHe joined The Shadows in the 1970s and worked as Olivia Newton-John's musical director, arranger and pianist.\n\nHe was awarded best arrangement by The American Academy of Arts and Sciences for Newton-John's \"I Honestly Love You\".\n\nHawkshaw was instrumental in a host of hits and worked with artists including Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones, Lulu and David Bowie.\n\nA statement from talent agency DNA Music Limited called Hawkshaw \"one of the most sampled musicians in the world\".\n\n\"Hip hop producers in particular have plundered Alan's catalogue of works including the biggest of them all, Jay-Z with Pray which featured on the American Gangster album,\" it said.\n\n\"Alan would often joke, 'I'm one of the oldest rap artists in the world.'\n\n\"He also famously said of Streisand, 'Barbara held this song of mine eight years until I sent her a note via one of her lawyers saying please record it before one of us dies.'\"\n\nShe went on to record his song Why Let It Go.\n\nIn 2004, in association with the Performing Rights Society, he set up The Alan Hawkshaw Foundation.\n\nThe scholarship programme funded over 70 scholarships at the Leeds College of Music, now the Leeds Conservatoire, and the National Film & Television School.\n\nHawkshaw, who was from Leeds, also underwrote the Radlett Junior Tennis Tournament, in the Hertfordshire town where he lived and, according to his website, donated 10% of his income to less well-off people.", "The army has barracks at locations including Tidworth, Bulford and Larkhill\n\nA soldier has died in a training exercise on Salisbury Plain.\n\nThe 23-year-old was part of a crew operating an armoured vehicle in a training area near Enford, Wiltshire, on Friday.\n\nA source said the vehicle overturned and hit a tree, trapping several survivors and the dead man inside.\n\nThe presence of live ammunition meant firefighters could not use cutting equipment, so Army engineers rescued those inside, the source added.\n\nIt took several hours for the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers to free the soldiers.\n\nAn Army spokesman said: \"It is with sadness that we can confirm the death of a soldier on Salisbury Plain Training Area.\"\n\nWiltshire Police said it was investigating alongside the Health and Safety Executive and the Army.\n\nOffering condolences to the man's family, Devizes MP Danny Kruger said: \"While thankfully rare, it is vital that all serious accidents that take place during military training exercises are comprehensively investigated.\n\n\"We owe so much to the young men and women who risk their lives for our safety and we must do everything we can to keep them safe as well.\"\n\nSoldiers have been testing out new kit as part of their training exercises on Salisbury Plain\n\nA spokesperson for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue said crews were called to the scene at 11:57, along with a heavy rescue unit. The patient was taken to Salisbury Hospital, the ambulance service added.\n\nMost recently, Salisbury has been the base for the Army Warfighting Experiment with troops testing out new kit as the Army adapts to digital warfare which is increasingly becoming more prominent across the world.\n\nThis week, private companies have also been pitching their latest gear, with soldiers testing out equipment and giving them feedback.\n\nThe British Army currently has about 76,500 soldiers, with about 15,000 based around the West Country.\n\nSalisbury Plain is the UK's largest training area for the British Army\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "In northern Mauritania, people are seeing first-hand the impact of climate change.\n\nRising temperatures and desertification are wiping out communities and as the Life at 50C series has discovered, many are being forced to leave their ancestral homes in search of a better life.", "Before and after: The artwork was intended to make Cardiff more \"vibrant and welcoming\"\n\nArtwork commissioned for Cardiff city centre has been washed away by cleaners following a \"miscommunication error\".\n\nThe murals were commissioned by For Cardiff, a body aimed at making the city \"vibrant and welcoming\".\n\nThey were painted to celebrate diversity by three young female artists, including Beth Blandford, who said she was \"absolutely gutted\".\n\nFor Cardiff apologised and said it was \"due to a devastating error involving our cleansing contractor\".\n\nThe murals were painted by local artists Amber Forde, Temeka Davies, and Beth Blandford as part of the Pwsh Cardiff art project\n\nThe artwork was cleaned off on Thursday morning\n\nBeth, 25, from Cardiff, said: \"I'm absolutely gutted, I can't believe it, it took me about five days and most of those days were 12-16 hour days,\" she said.\n\n\"We really planned this project out, we were so excited, it's a real shame.\n\n\"I feel like public art in Cardiff is something that is lacking anyway, especially from female artists and showing female and diverse communities.\n\n\"These are voices that need to be heard, and it was just washed off due to a mistake, it feels a bit overwhelming really.\"\n\nBeth Blandford said while the misunderstanding was \"gutting\" she places no blame on the cleaning crews\n\nAmber Forde, 20, from Cardiff, said she wanted her culture to be at the centre of the pieces she created.\n\n\"I had three murals, each one tied back to my culture, I'm half Bajan half Welsh, so I tied that into my colour scheme.\n\n\"I was really devastated, throughout the project I would finish work and go straight to work on the project. I was pretty distraught for me and the girls.\"\n\nAmber said it was vital to have public art celebrating diversity in Wales.\n\n\"I think it's really important because it gives the visibility and shows how diverse how Cardiff is. Especially as a lot of the artists involved were working class or from minority groups.\"\n\nAmber Forde wanted her culture to be at the centre of her artworks\n\nRachel Kinchin, creative producer for Pwsh, the collective that created the artwork, said: \"For Cardiff funded this, and are very supportive and are as gutted as we are, but something fundamentally horrific has happened in some sort of communication\".\n\nIn a statement, For Cardiff said that \"due to a devastating error involving our cleansing contractor\", the \"beautiful artworks\" had been removed.\n\n\"We offer our sincere and heartfelt apology to the talented artists, Beth Blandford, Amber Forde and Temeka Davies who took the opportunity to brighten up Cardiff.\n\n\"We're working with the creative director of the project as to how we can best rectify this situation as quickly as possible,\" it added.", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after she was released from house arrest in Tehran in March 2021\n\nThe British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has lost an appeal against a second jail sentence in Iran.\n\nHer family said on Saturday that there had been no court hearing, but her lawyer was informed of the outcome.\n\nFirst jailed for five years in 2016 after being accused of plotting against the regime, she was sentenced to another year's confinement in April on charges of \"spreading propaganda\".\n\nShe spent the final year of her term on parole at her parents' home in Tehran.\n\nBut concerns have been raised that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe may now be sent back to prison.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, said that his wife was \"waiting for the call to summon her back\" and said that she was \"traumatised at the thought of having to go back to jail\".\n\nShe had called her daughter several times over the course of the day to tell her she loves her, such is her fear that her return to confinement may be imminent, he said.\n\nMr Ratcliffe has not seen his wife in person since her imprisonment in 2016. Their daughter, Gabriella, who was with her mother in Tehran when she was arrested, has been with him in the UK since 2019.\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss denounced the Iranian decision as \"an appalling continuation of the cruel ordeal\" Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is going through.\n\n\"We are doing all we can to help Nazanin get home to her young daughter and family and I will continue to press Iran on this point,\" Ms Truss said.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was a project manager for the charity Thomson Reuters Foundation when she was was arrested in April 2016 after having taken her daughter to Iran to celebrate the Iranian new year and to visit her parents.\n\nIranian authorities alleged that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was plotting to topple the government in Tehran and Iran's Revolutionary Guards accused her of leading a \"foreign-linked hostile network\" when she visited.\n\nShe completed a five-year sentence in March this year, only to be slapped with a fresh one-year jail term for \"propaganda against the system\".\n\nShe is one of a number of Western passport holders being held by Iran in what human rights groups condemn as a policy of hostage-taking aimed at winning concessions from foreign powers.\n\nHer husband has alleged that she is being held hostage over a long-standing debt of £400m ($550m) that Britain owes Iran for a tank deal that was never fulfilled.\n\nOver the five and a half years since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's arrest, it has become increasingly clear that she's a chess piece in a geopolitical game, and that political calculations lie behind Iran's legal moves against her.\n\nThe UK government repeatedly says it's doing all it can to get her home. But Iran has made it abundantly clear that her freedom - and that of other dual nationals - will come at a price.\n\nIn particular, it wants the UK to repay the debt owed since before Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was born, when Iran bought tanks that were not delivered after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe sees the failure of her appeal - without even a court hearing - as merely a \"judicial figleaf\" for continuing to hold her hostage. And he fears that unless the debt is paid she is \"never coming home\".", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nRoberto Firmino scored a hat-trick as rampant Liverpool condemned Claudio Ranieri to a miserable start to life as Watford manager in a one-sided game at Vicarage Road.\n\nThe home side had no answer to Liverpool's fluid attacking play.\n\nSadio Mane became the third African player to score 100 Premier League goals before Roberto Firmino struck either side of the break and Mohamed Salah finished a brilliant individual goal with a smart shot beyond Ben Foster.\n\nSalah's goal takes him level with former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba as the highest-scoring African player in Premier League history with 104 goals.\n\nFirmino completed the scoring in the final minute for his first hat-trick since December 2018.\n• None Salah is best player in world - Klopp\n• None Has Ranieri walked into a nightmare at Watford?\n\nThe result means Liverpool have scored three goals or more in all six away games in all competitions so far this season, something no other English top-flight side has ever managed. It also extended their unbeaten start to the season and keeps them second in the Premier League table.\n\nIt could easily have been more but a combination of bad luck and - from Salah - a terrible mis-control cost them further opportunities.\n\nWatford did not manage a corner until the 78th minute. That it was greeted with huge cheers and a standing ovation just about summed up Ranieri's day.\n• None Best action and reaction from Watford v Liverpool, plus the rest of Saturday's Premier League games\n• None Go to the Watford page\n• None Go to the Liverpool page\n\nWatford is Ranieri's 22nd different job in his long and varied coaching career. Rarely can he have endured a start as sobering as this.\n\nIt was Watford's heaviest Premier League defeat since their eight-goal hammering by Manchester City in September 2019 and their biggest at home since the same opponents scored six here two years before that. There was certainly nothing to trigger a celebration before his 70th birthday on Thursday.\n\nThe dimensions of Vicarage Road mean the edge of the managers' technical areas are about as close as it is possible to get to the side of the pitch.\n\nIt meant that Ranieri was almost on top of the action as the size of his task was laid bare.\n\nA long pre-match chat with Liverpool counterpart Jurgen Klopp was about as good as it got for the Italian.\n\nThe hosts simply did not get near enough to their talented opponents. Salah was given far too much space by Danny Rose even before he created the opener. Firmino was allowed to drop into the space between Watford's defence and midfield without anyone tracking his movements and Liverpool stroked the ball about at will further back, with no press to hurry them up.\n\nWith a paltry 17% possession, no shots, no corners and, obviously, no goals, the first half was a non-event for Ranieri and his new team. And if he hoped the introduction of Tom Cleverley into midfield for the second period would improve matters, he was sadly mistaken as Liverpool scored twice within 10 minutes of the restart.\n\nWatford did rally towards the end, with Ismaila Sarr striking a post, although by then any chance of turning the game into a contest was long gone.\n\nIf there was a consolation for Ranieri, it is that there should be no dissenters if he wants to make significant changes during his first full week working with his new team.\n\nHowever, with a fixture list that includes Everton, Arsenal, Chelsea and both Manchester clubs among Watford's next seven opponents, Ranieri needs a plan if his club's famously trigger-happy owners are not to be considering whether to axe yet another manager.\n\nThis was Liverpool's biggest win since the 7-0 hammering of Crystal Palace last December, which was also the last time Firmino, Salah and Mane all scored in a top-flight game.\n\nIn joining Egypt's Salah and Ivorian Didier Drogba as African goalscoring centurions, Senegalese Mane is part of a pretty exclusive Premier League club.\n\nSalah's curling pass with the outside of his left foot could not have been any more inviting and Mane showed superb composure to meet the ball with perfect timing and give Foster no chance.\n\nFirmino's three were welcome - but they were also all pretty straightforward. The first two were tap-ins thanks to James Milner's low cross into the six-yard area and the ball running loose from a desperate Ben Foster save after Craig Cathcart had turned the ball towards his own goal.\n\nThere was a bit more to the Brazilian's third as he ran forward with intelligence, something no defender countered, after Neco Williams had crossed.\n\nBut there was no doubting Salah's was the goal of the game.\n\nSurrounded by three players on the edge of the Watford box, through a combination of speed, dexterity and brilliant close control, Salah got rid of them all before finding the target with his usual unerring accuracy.\n\nIt means he has now scored in eight successive matches in all competitions and in nine out of 10 in total, underlining why Liverpool are so keen for him to sign an extension to his current contract, which has less than two years to run.\n\nWatford are next in action against Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday, 23 October (15:00 BST). Liverpool are at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday (20:00). Their next Premier League game is at Manchester United on Sunday, 24 October (16:30).\n• None Goal! Watford 0, Liverpool 5. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neco Williams.\n• None Offside, Watford. João Pedro tries a through ball, but Ismaila Sarr is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Ismaila Sarr (Watford) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremy Ngakia with a cross.\n• None Offside, Watford. João Pedro tries a through ball, but Juraj Kucka is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moussa Sissoko.\n• None Offside, Watford. Ismaila Sarr tries a through ball, but João Pedro is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Ismaila Sarr (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Pedro.\n• None Offside, Watford. Jeremy Ngakia tries a through ball, but João Pedro is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by James Milner with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. Ismaila Sarr (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The Queen appeared to suggest she was irritated by leaders' slow response to the climate crisis.\n\nThe Queen has appeared to suggest she is irritated by people who \"talk\" but \"don't do\", ahead of next month's climate change summit.\n\nHer reported remarks were overheard during the opening of the Welsh parliament on Thursday.\n\nThe monarch, who is due to attend the UN's COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, said she did not know who was coming to the event.\n\nPrince Charles and Prince William have also spoken of their climate concerns.\n\nGlobal leaders are meeting in Glasgow between 31 October and 12 November to negotiate a new deal to stall rising global temperatures.\n\nUS President Joe Biden and members of the G7 nations will be attending COP26. On Friday, after weeks of hesitation, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison also confirmed he will be at the summit.\n\nBut there are reports China's President Xi Jinping would not be attending, although the country will be represented by its government officials in Glasgow.\n\nDowning Street said it was up to individual countries to confirm attendances at COP26.\n\nVideo clips featuring the Queen's conversation during the opening of the Senedd were picked up by the event's live stream camera, according to the Daily Mail.\n\nThe clips - parts of which are inaudible - show the Queen chatting with the Duchess of Cornwall and Elin Jones, the Senedd's presiding officer.\n\nThe Queen appears to say: \"I've been hearing all about COP... I still don't know who's coming.\"\n\nIn a separate clip, she remarks \"we only know about people who are not coming\", before adding: \"It's really irritating when they talk, but they don't do.\"\n\nMs Jones appears to reference the Duke of Cambridge in her reply to the Queen's remarks, saying she had been watching him \"on television this morning saying there's no point going into space, we need to save the Earth\".\n\nThis wasn't a formal intervention from the Queen, but a few private words that were overheard.\n\nThat her comments about climate change are making headlines shows how unusual it is to hear the Queen's private thoughts on public matters - because her role requires her to stay outside of political debate.\n\nThis rare insight suggests the 95-year-old Queen remains very engaged with the current issues around the COP26 summit - in a week when Prince Charles and Prince William were also talking about protecting the environment.\n\nBut it also shows the occupational hazard of being followed everywhere by cameras and microphones.\n\nAnd in her comments about having \"no idea\" who was coming to COP26, there was also a glimpse of a slightly exasperated host, not sure who was going to turn up for an event.\n\nPrince William spoke to the BBC's Newscast on Thursday, and suggested entrepreneurs should focus on saving Earth rather than engaging in space tourism.\n\nHe also warned the COP26 summit against \"clever speak, clever words but not enough action\", saying it was \"critical\" for the world leaders to \"communicate very clearly and very honestly what the problems are and what the solutions are going to be\".\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's climate editor Justin Rowlatt, the Prince of Wales said he was worried that world leaders would \"just talk\" when they meet, saying: \"The problem is to get action on the ground\".", "The courthouse in Khartoum was crowded for the start of the trial\n\nSudan's ousted long-serving leader Omar al-Bashir has gone on trial in the capital, Khartoum, in connection with the military coup that brought him to power more than three decades ago.\n\nThe 76-year-old, who has already been convicted for corruption, could face the death penalty if found guilty over his role in the 1989 coup.\n\nMore than 20 former officials are on trial alongside him.\n\nBashir was forced from power in 2019 following popular protests.\n\nThe civilian uprising started in late 2018 as anti-austerity demonstrations but quickly morphed into a call to end President Bashir's rule.\n\nOn 11 April 2019, the military announced that he had been ousted and arrested.\n\nA joint transitional government made up of the top army officials and civilians was later formed in August.\n\nOmar al-Bashir took power in a 1989 coup and was toppled by the military in 2019\n\nBashir is also wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes and genocide in the western Darfur region.\n\nThe authorities in Sudan said in February they were are ready to hand the former leader over to the ICC.\n\nThe defendants including former vice presidents Ali Osman Taha and Bakri Hassan Saleh were in a caged off area in the courtroom, the AFP news agency reports.\n\n\"This court will listen to each of them and we will give each of the 28 accused the opportunity to defend themselves,\" it quotes court president Issam al-Din Mohammad Ibrahim, as saying.\n\nOne of the country's former Vice-Presidents, Ali Osman Taha, was pictured in the court room alongside other defendants\n\nIt adds that one of Bashir's 150 defence lawyers, Hashem al-Gali, said in court that their client and other defendants were facing \"a political trial\" being held \"in a hostile environment\".\n\nThe court adjourned the trial until 11 August before any statements or evidence could be given, the Reuters news agency reports.\n\nThe decision was reached to allow more lawyers and family members of defendants to attend, it adds.\n\nBashir seized power in a military coup on 30 June against the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadek al-Mahdi.\n\nAlong with other officials who served in his government Bashir is accused of having plotted the coup in which the army arrested Sudan's political leaders, suspended parliament, closed the airport and announced the overthrow on the radio.", "Medical science has transformed the pandemic, and the experimental technologies that helped develop vaccines in record time have strapped rocket boosters to scientific ambitions. Could we be entering a golden age of new vaccines?\n\nIf you head to the cutting edge of vaccinology you will find Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert, from the Jenner Institute and the architect of the Oxford vaccine.\n\nUsing a revolutionary technology, the team at Oxford had a vaccine ready to start clinical trials in just 65 days. In partnership with pharma giant AstraZeneca, more than 1.5 billion doses have been distributed around the world.\n\nYou might assume that once you had reached the top of your professional tree you would be free to think profound thoughts that push the boundaries of human knowledge. Yet nearly every time I interview Prof Gilbert, I get the sense that a huge chunk of her time is taken up buying fridges and freezers. After all, if you can't keep viral samples and prototype vaccines cold then you can't do vaccine research.\n\n\"I'm still being asked for more,\" Prof Gilbert tells me.\n\nBut the kitchen, where such appliances are most commonly found, is not a bad place to build an understanding of the leap in vaccine science achieved by Prof Gilbert and her contemporaries.\n\nThe new generation of vaccines are quick to make and highly flexible. \"It's like decorating a cake,\" says Prof Gilbert.\n\nThe old-school method of developing vaccines means you must go back to the raw materials and start from scratch for every vaccine you make. It is like starting with a bench of flour, sugar, eggs and butter. The next step is to take the offending virus, or other disease-causing microbes, and either kill it or weaken it to make a vaccine.\n\nTake the two seasonal flu vaccines that are given each year. The adult jab is made by growing influenza viruses inside eggs. The viruses are then purified and killed to make the vaccine. The nasal spray for children has live viruses, but these are made weak and unstable so they can grow in the cooler temperatures of the nose, but not in the warmth of the lungs.\n\nBut it takes a lot of work to start from scratch for every new disease and there is plenty that can go wrong. You can end up with the vaccine-equivalent of a soggy bottom.\n\nThe development of Oxford's coronavirus vaccine used a completely different approach known as \"plug-and-play\".\n\nWith this type of vaccine most of the work has already been done - the cake has been pre-baked, it just needs to be \"decorated\" in order to match its target.\n\n\"We've got the cake and we can put a cherry on top, or we can put some pistachios on top if we want a different vaccine, we just add the last bit and then we're ready to go,\" Prof Gilbert tells Inside Health.\n\nThe Oxford vaccine's \"cake\" - or platform, to employ the scientific term - is a virus that causes the common cold in chimpanzees. It has been genetically modified to make it safe so that it cannot cause an infection in people. The \"decoration\" is whichever genetic blueprint is needed to train the immune system to attack. Such a blueprint is added to the cake and job done.\n\nIt was this work, applied to the Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus, that led to Prof Gilbert's many accolades which range from a damehood to a Barbie doll made in her image. \"Barbie's comfortably ensconced in my office, but yeah I am thinking of sending Barbie as a stand-in.\n\n\"It would be useful to have a double who could go and do interviews for me,\" she says.\n\nIt would be useful to have a double...I am thinking of sending Barbie as a stand-in\n\nTwo of the other big Covid vaccines - one made by Pfizer-BioNTech and the other by Moderna - use another style of highly adaptable plug-and-play vaccine technology. And all these technologies should make it quicker and easier to develop the vaccines of the future.\n\n\"There's a lot of vaccine development that we need to do now that we can do it,\" says Prof Gilbert.\n\nTop of her list of targets are the official \"priority pathogens\". While Covid was a surprise, these are the deadly known threats that are bubbling away. They have the potential to cause large outbreaks and could be the pandemics of the future. Vaccines against them would save lives.\n\nSome of this work is already under way. Oxford has started clinical trials of a plague vaccine using its plug-and-play technology. Plague infamously caused the Black Death pandemic killing hundreds of millions of people. Separately Moderna is already looking at using its own mRNA technology to make a Nipah vaccine. The virus kills up to three-quarters of infected people.\n\nYet, the big barrier for tackling these diseases will be the same as it has always been - money. They affect some of the poorest parts of the world and there is concern that, even in the wake of pandemic, research won't be funded.\n\nAnd, while vaccine technology has leapt forward - the old enemies are still the same and some have tricksy quirks that mean they pose monumental challenges.\n\nAll vaccines need a target - called an antigen - that they train the immune system to attack.\n\nFor all the problems Covid has caused, the virus was a pretty simple beast and the target antigen was blatantly obvious. The outer surface of the virus is covered in spike proteins. So all researchers had to do was plug in the genetic blueprints for the spike protein, train the body to recognise it and be pretty confident that the vaccine was going to work.\n\nHowever, the target antigen is not obvious in other more complex microbes such as the three big killers - malaria, HIV and tuberculosis. HIV is a constantly moving target. It is a shape-shifter that rapidly mutates in order to alter its appearance and outwit our immune system. It is hard to know how to pin it down.\n\nWe already have vaccines against malaria and tuberculosis, but they are far from perfect.\n\nThe world rightly celebrated the rollout of the first malaria vaccine in Africa, this month, but it is only about 30% effective at preventing severe disease. That's because the malaria parasite has a complex life-cycle, during which it morphs into a variety of forms, across two species. A tuberculosis bacterium is also far more complex than a coronavirus.\n\nThere's a long list of antigens to choose from in TB and malaria, and the right one has remained frustratingly elusive.\n\n\"There's such a huge range of choices, and it's not obvious what we should be using,\" Prof Gilbert tells me. \"It's taking a long time to find the right antigen, so that's much more difficult. They are much more difficult than with these outbreak pathogens, which are fairly simple viruses.\"\n\nHowever, BioNTech is using its tech to try to develop an HIV vaccine.\n\nSo, if plug-and-play was the revolution that was proven during the pandemic, what's next on the horizon?\n\n\"I think the next big leap in vaccines, rather than totally new technologies, is making the technologies we've got more stable, that will be great,\" says Prof Gilbert.\n\nVaccines are a bit like Goldilocks - they need to be kept at just the right temperature from the moment they're made to the moment they're given. It means there's a global network of freezers, fridges, cold boxes and so on, known as the cold chain. But it is hard to get vaccines to some of the remotest and poorest parts of the world, particularly where there is no electricity.\n\nShe also says it would be \"really good\" if we could get vaccines that don't require needles.\n\nIt might be better to stop giving some vaccines as injections. You may get a better immune response to some lung infections (such as Covid) by giving them as a spray. \"Because that's where the virus itself would normally go, it's different if you've got a blood-borne infection like Dengue fever.\"\n\n\"But this is something that we can't do very quickly, there is quite a lot of vaccine testing to be done\".\n\nInside Health is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 21:00 BST on Tuesdays and 15:30 BST on Wednesdays, and is available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.", "The US has said that it will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries on 8 November.\n\nUnder new rules announced by the White House, vaccinated people who have had a negative test in the 72 hours before travelling will be allowed to enter.\n\nThe move marks the end of the tough restrictions that have been imposed on travellers since early last year.\n\n\"This policy is guided by public health, stringent and consistent,\" a White House spokesman said.\n\nThe new rules will apply to Schengen countries - a group of 26 European nations - as well as the UK, Brazil, China, India, Iran, Ireland, and South Africa.\n\nThe current rules bar entry to most non-US citizens who have been in the UK, China, India, South Africa, Iran, Brazil or a number of European countries within the last 14 days.\n\nHowever, the policy has caused controversy, as passengers from 150 other countries, many of whom have struggled with high rates of Covid infection, have continued to enter the US freely.\n\nOfficials announced that people who have been jabbed with one of the vaccines that are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or have been granted an Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization (WHO) will qualify under the system.\n\nThe Emergency Use aspect will allow travellers who have received the AstraZeneca jab, widely used in the UK, as well as China's Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines, to enter the country.\n\nIt was also confirmed that travellers will not be required to go into quarantine upon entering the country.\n\nThe announcement was swiftly celebrated by would-be travellers across the globe.\n\nAmong them was Kent resident Dan Johnson, who told the BBC he had been unable to visit his father in the US before he died of cancer in March.\n\n\"I never got to say goodbye and hadn't seen him since 2019 due to the travel restrictions,\" he said. \"It's been the hardest thing in the world. Lifting the ban feels much too late, but does mean that I can finally visit my step-mum and help her sort dad's belongings.\"\n\nAnother UK resident, Kate Urquhart, said she would be travel to Los Angeles to see the final concert of American rock band The Monkees' farewell tour in November.\n\n\"I was almost resigned to not going,\" she said. \"Today's announcement is great news.\"\n\nFriday's announcement sheds light on the changes first announced back in September. Biden administration officials had initially said the new policy would go into place in \"early November,\" leaving many foreign nationals unsure when to make or adjust their travel plans.\n\nVirgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss welcomed the move and said it reflected the success of the global vaccine rollout.\n\n\"The UK will now be able to strengthen ties with our most important economic partner, the US, boosting trade and tourism as well as reuniting friends, families and business colleagues,\" she said.\n\nThe US has lagged behind many other countries in removing its travel restrictions, prompting friction with a number of its allies.\n\nOn Tuesday, US officials announced that restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico for fully vaccinated foreign nationals would also end.\n\nHowever, unvaccinated travellers will continue to be barred from entering at land borders.", "Sir David Amess was one of Parliament's characters: fun, friendly, unconventional and outspoken.\n\nHis broad grin and boyish enthusiasm were fixtures in the House of Commons chamber for nearly 40 years.\n\nHe never scaled the heights of government, choosing to dedicate his career to his beloved Essex and the causes he cared about most. The 69-year-old was one of those rare MPs who earned cross-party respect for the conviction he brought to his opinions and campaigns. They ranged from passionate support of Brexit to animal rights - and anything that brought Essex up in the world.\n\nHe always took his work seriously, but himself rarely.\n\nHe was stabbed to death while in his constituency surgery in the seaside town of Leigh-on-Sea, an attack that has stunned his constituents and colleagues from across the political spectrum.\n\nSir David burst on to the political scene as the new MP for Basildon in 1983, the embodiment of what was known then as Essex Man, the archetypal aspirational voter who helped deliver a landslide victory for Margaret Thatcher that year.\n\nA prominent animal lover within Westminster, David Amess regularly entered Parliament's dog of the year show\n\nWith an East End accent and relatively humble origins, he gained a high profile on TV and radio, and triumphed against the odds in the 1992 general election when he unexpectedly held on to his seat.\n\n\"My colleagues and supporters, go out and rejoice and celebrate!\", he declared.\n\nFrom that moment on David Amess was cheered by his Conservative colleagues every time he rose to his feet in Parliament, where he would rarely pass up the chance to mention Basildon.\n\nHe held the seat until 1997 when he realised the seat would be lost to Labour after boundary changes and switched his loyalty and devotion to nearby Southend West. For years he campaigned for Southend to become a city, mentioning it virtually every week in Parliament - he retweeted a BBC Essex tweet along these lines just a day before his death.\n\nSir David - who was married with five children - was also a devout Catholic.\n\nHe was socially conservative: he supported capital punishment and opposed abortion. He was an early Eurosceptic. He was also a strong supporter of animal rights, including a fox hunting ban, and he campaigned against fuel poverty, advocated tackling obesity and raised awareness of endometriosis, a painful gynaecological condition that some women suffer.\n\nAlthough for many years he was a parliamentary aide to the former cabinet minister, Michael Portillo, he never held ministerial office; he was too unorthodox for that.\n\nSir David was a keen participant in the annual MPs' pancake race\n\nDeputy prime minister Dominic Raab paid tribute to \"a great common sense politician and a formidable campaigner with a big heart, and tremendous generosity of spirit - including towards those he disagreed with\".\n\nThe SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford said he was \"a thoroughly decent man\".\n\nHis loss will be felt keenly in his Southend West constituency. Trembling with emotion Father Jeff Woolnough, parish priest of St Peter's Catholic church in Eastwood Road North, Leigh-On-Sea, told the BBC Sir David was a \"great, great man, a good Catholic and a friend to all\".\n\nBorn in Plaistow in 1952, he went to school in London and did many things before turning to politics.\n\nHe taught at a school in London before embarking on a career as a recruitment consultant. He did attract unwelcome publicity in 1997, when he was the victim of satirist Chris Morris on his Channel 4 show Brass Eye, when he was shown with other well-known figures condemning Cake, a made-up drug. Sir David said Channel 4 should feel \"shame\" for the programme, as it came soon after the case of his then-constituent 18 year old Leah Betts, who died after she took ecstasy.\n\nHe was one of those MPs who used Parliament to sponsor bills, to sit on committees, to form alliances, so that he could shape law from the backbenches.\n\nAs an animal welfare specialist, he led campaigns to ban cages for game birds and end the transport of live animals for export - and was a patron of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation. Sir David was what they call an old school parliamentarian - the epitome of a constituency MP who died serving those he was so proud to represent.", "Flowers have been laid at the scene where MP David Amess was stabbed\n\n\"It could happen to any one of us.\"\n\nThose were Sir David Amess's own words, describing the danger that MPs can face, and the awareness they all carry, that their work can - in rare and terrible circumstances - put them in harm's way.\n\nIn his published diaries of a long life as an MP, Sir David wrote of the creeping risks: checking the locks, taking care not to meet people alone, alert to what could go wrong.\n\nThe contract between us and our politicians is not written down anywhere. Yet part of it is understood by everyone.\n\nWe expect the MPs we elect to see us in person, not to hide behind Parliament's ornate gates and wood-panelled walls.\n\nThat demand is met gladly by the vast majority of MPs.\n\nBut, increasingly, the job has been accompanied by abuse, intimidation - and risk for MPs and their staff.\n\nOne member of the cabinet told me today: \"Everyone has had a threat... everyone has had frightening moments.\"\n\nDealing with harassment, coping with security concerns and reporting those concerns to the police, is sadly routine in politics in the 21st Century.\n\nIt is inevitable in the coming days that there will be calls for a kinder atmosphere at Westminster, and cooler heads in real life, and online.\n\nIt is not, however, inevitable that anything at all will change.\n\nWith an agonising echo of the murder of Jo Cox, another life has been lost today. Another family has lost a parent and partner.\n\nAnother MP killed doing the most important part of the their job - spending time with those he represented, and listening to those he served.", "Tributes have been pouring in to Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who has died after being stabbed in his constituency in Essex.\n\nBoris Johnson - who laid flowers at the scene on Saturday - said he was one of the \"one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".\n\nLabour's Sir Keir Starmer, who went to Essex with the PM, hailed Sir David's \"profound sense of public duty\".\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he was a \"bright light of Parliament\".\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said they were \"shocked and saddened\" by the death of Sir David, who \"dedicated 40 years of his life to serving his community\".\n\nSir David was stabbed whilst holding a constituency surgery, where voters can meet their local MP and discuss concerns.\n\nA 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. Police are treating the killing as a terrorist incident.\n\nA Conservative backbencher for nearly 40 years, Sir David entered Parliament as the MP for Basildon following the 1983 general election.\n\nHe switched seats in 1997, when he was elected MP for nearby Southend West - the Essex constituency he represented until his death.\n\nEssex Chief Constable BJ Harrington, Sir Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson outside the church in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex on Saturday\n\nHis constituents have spoken of their shock at his killing, with residents choking back tears as they spilled on to the streets after his death.\n\nFather Jeff Woolnough - a parish priest in Sir David's constituency said the MP had \"that great ability to communicate at all different levels\".\n\n\"Through that wonderful smile he could placate and just settle an awkward discussion very quickly - it is a great gift.\"\n\nConservative councillor Kevin Buck said the MP had \"died doing what he loved - meeting the people and helping the people\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC Essex, Judith Canham, the former deputy chair of the Southend West Conservative Association, said Sir David had a \"photographic memory\".\n\n\"Sometimes I'd be out canvassing with him and he'd see someone he hadn't seen for a long time and he'd say 'how was your hip operation?'.\"\n\nDavid Stanley - founder of the children's disability charity the Music Man project which Sir David supported - said his friend \"loved grand ideas and coming up with amazing statements\".\n\n\"We were going to conquer Broadway, we were going to break a world record - which we later did at the Palladium,\" he said referring to the time the charity performed the largest ever triangle ensemble.\n\nSurfers' Against Sewage leave a message thanking the MP for his support\n\nVirginia Lewis-Jones, the daughter of Dame Vera Lynn, says Sir David was a passionate supporter of a proposed memorial to the late singer.\n\nShe said he would \"grab it like a terrier\" when he committed himself to campaigning on any issue.\n\nFellow Tory MP Andrew Rosindell said Sir David was his \"oldest friend\" in Parliament, and he felt \"sick inside at what has happened\".\n\n\"We've all lost a very special person in our lives,\" he added.\n\nLabour MP Harriet Harman entered the House of Commons in 1982, one year before Sir David and remembers it as a \"polarised\" time.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Today programme, she said had been \"determined not to have friendly relations with any Conservative MPs, but it was impossible to sustain that with David Amess because he was so friendly and so determined to work with MPs on other causes\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch to hear tributes to Sir David Amess MP from the political world\n\nMr Johnson said Sir David was \"a fine public servant and a much loved friend and colleague\" who \"believed passionately in this country\".\n\nThe PM also praised his \"outstanding record\" of campaigning in Parliament, where he was known for his activism on animal welfare.\n\nMr Johnson's predecessor Theresa May said his death was \"heartbreaking\" and a \"tragic day for our democracy\".\n\nShe added that Sir David was a \"decent man and respected parliamentarian, killed in his own community while carrying out his public duties\".\n\nFormer prime minister David Cameron called Sir David a \"thoroughly decent man\" and \"the most committed MP you could ever hope to meet\".\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay said Sir David had built a \"built a reputation for kindness and generosity\" during his decades-long career as an MP.\n\nSir Lindsay confirmed that MPs would be given time to pay tribute to Sir David in the Commons, when they return from recess on Monday.\n\nHis predecessor as speaker, John Bercow, said Sir David was a \"wonderful loving human being\" and \"quintessentially a constituency parliamentarian\".\n\n\"He could talk to and hear from and engage with anybody, from a monarch to the local milk person,\" he added.\n\nSir David is the second MP to be killed in the past five years, following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in 2016.\n\nShe was killed outside a library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, where she was due to hold a constituency surgery.\n\nJo Cox's sister Kim Leadbeater, who is now the Labour MP for the Batley seat she represented, said she was \"totally shocked to think that something so horrific could happen again to another MP and family\".\n\nSNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said Sir David was a \"thoroughly decent man, who was well-liked across parties and the House of Commons.\"", "Tim Perry and Aaron Parsons are among the first batch of tenants who have moved into 12 new houses\n\nA formerly homeless couple have a chance to buy a house for £1 under a scheme to help key workers and others on to the property ladder.\n\nTim Perry and Aaron Parsons are among the first tenants who have moved into 12 new houses at a development in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton.\n\nThey become eligible for the £1 purchase on the 25th anniversary of moving in.\n\nMr Perry, a machine press operator, said he felt \"ecstatic\", adding: \"[I'm] still pinching myself over it. It feels so weird and [I'm] so blissfully happy.\"\n\nHelp to Own was set up by the city council, West Midlands Combined Authority, and fund management business Frontier Development Capital Ltd, for \"working families struggling to save enough deposit to fulfil their dream of home ownership\".\n\nThe council said the scheme provided long-term rent security and enabled tenants to build up a \"loyalty premium\" as they made their monthly payments.\n\nThis can be taken as cash if they leave the scheme within 20 years, or they can buy the home for just £1 a quarter of a century after joining.\n\nThe 100 properties, being built on Lakefield Road at The Marches development, are a mix of two, three and four-bedroom houses.\n\nSo far, 86 of the houses have been offered to successful applicants\n\nMr Perry said the lack of a deposit had appealed, adding \"it's pretty much you can move in after just paying application fees and solicitors' fees\".\n\nHe said previously he had been \"sofa surfing on friends' couches and stuff\".\n\nNHS staff and other key workers are also among the first 32 tenants to receive the keys to their new homes under the initiative.\n\nSo far, 86 of the houses have been offered to successful applicants, and more than 41% of the homes will go to a key worker, according to those behind the scheme.\n\nTim Perry said he was \"still pinching\" himself\n\nHelp to Own is not a social housing scheme, but is available to anyone struggling to get on the property ladder, subject to credit checks.\n\nThe council has put £5.7m into the project, while the combined authority has contributed £4.7m.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk", "The man arrested by police following the killing of the MP Sir David Amess has been named as Ali Harbi Ali.\n\nThe 25-year-old is being held under the Terrorism Act and officers have until Friday to question him.\n\nWhitehall officials confirmed the man's name to the BBC, and said he was a British man of Somali heritage.\n\nThe BBC understands Mr Ali was referred to the counter-terrorist Prevent scheme some years ago, but was never a formal subject of interest to MI5.\n\nIt also understands that his father, Harbi Ali Kullane, who was previously an adviser to Somalia's prime minister, has been visited by police who have taken his phone for analysis.\n\nPolice officers have spent the weekend searching three addresses in the London area.\n\nIt is thought a converted Victorian property in Lady Somerset Road in north-west London is linked to the investigation. Neighbours said officers started searching it late on Friday night.\n\nFurther searches, also believed to be part of the inquiry, have been taking place at a property in Bounds Green Road, north London, and another in Cranmer Road, Croydon.\n\nA police search at a house in north London is thought to be linked to the inquiry\n\nSir David, who had been a Conservative MP since 1983, was stabbed multiple times during a regular Friday meeting with his Southend West constituents at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.\n\nSouthend councillor John Lamb said he has since spoken to two of Sir David's assistants who were at the constituency surgery with Sir David at the time of the attack.\n\nHe described how one was in the room with Sir David taking notes. \"All of a sudden there was a scream from her, because the person deliberately whipped out a knife and started stabbing David,\" he said.\n\n\"The other lady who was getting names from people outside, she came running in and saw poor David had been stabbed.\"\n\nHe said both were quite distressed but were \"coping quite well\" under the circumstances.\n\nCatholic priest Father Jeff Woolnough said he tried to administer last rites to Sir David shortly after the stabbing but police told him he could not enter a crime scene. Instead, he prayed for his friend on the street behind a police cordon.\n\nAli Harbi Ali was initially arrested on suspicion of murder and held in Essex.\n\nHe has since been transferred to a London police station where he was further detained under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act.\n\nPolice say they are not looking for anyone else for now.\n\nIt is thought Ali Harbi Ali did not spend long in the Prevent programme - which aims to stop people becoming radicalised.\n\nTeachers, members of the public, the NHS and others can refer individuals to a local panel of police, social workers and other experts who decide whether and how to intervene in their lives.\n\nEngagement in the scheme is voluntary and it is not a criminal sanction.\n\nSir David, 69, who was married with four daughters and a son, is the second MP to be killed in recent years following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in June 2016.\n\nThe latest attack has raised concerns for the safety of MPs, many of whom hold constituency surgeries which anyone can attend.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said MPs had access to a \"panoply\" of security measures - many of which were put in place after Ms Cox's murder - but said changes could be made to constituency surgeries.\n\nAny measures needed to be proportionate, she told the BBC's Andrew Marr show. \"We're here to serve, we're here to be accessible to the British public.\"\n\nMs Patel described hearing the news that Sir David had died, saying \"our worlds were shattered\".\n\nA post-mortem examination of Sir David took place on Saturday, police said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Home Secretary Priti Patel says security measures for MPs are \"being looked at\"\n\nMeanwhile, Tory MP Andrew Rosindell said the killing of his friend and fellow Essex MP \"shouldn't change things in a way that stops us going about our democratic role\".\n\n\"There's got to be some balance to this. I don't have an answer,\" he told BBC Breakfast on Sunday. \"This is not the Britain I want, this is not the country that we're used to.\"\n\nLabour's Diane Abbott MP said she would prefer to meet constituents behind a screen to prevent possible stabbing attacks.\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he wanted to avoid a knee-jerk reaction but insisted \"the best had to come out of this hideous killing\".\n\nHe said security measures would be reviewed to improve MPs' safety and urged MPs to take up measures already available to them.\n\nPeople in Leigh-on Sea have been remembering Sir David\n\nConservative MP Mark Francois described his colleague as his \"oldest and best friend\" as he laid flowers\n\nTributes to Sir David have been pouring in from politicians and constituents, with the home secretary saying his \"infectious personality\" meant he \"touched so many lives\".\n\nOver the weekend, people have gathered for a candlelit vigil in Leigh-on-Sea to mark Sir David's life and attended a church service to share their memories of him.\n\nMany constituents have reflected on his gentle nature and willingness to listen and to help.\n\nSir David had long campaigned for Southend to be given city status. On Sunday, Sir Lindsay Hoyle said that would be \"a good thing to do\" in his memory.", "Conservative MP Sir David Amess was speaking to voters at a church in the town of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, when he was stabbed to death on Friday. Here's how the emergency services responded in the initial aftermath of the attack.", "A patient is taken to a specialist hospital for Covid treatment in Moscow\n\nRussia on Saturday recorded 1,000 Covid-related deaths in a single day for the first time since the pandemic began.\n\nThe figure had been rising all week, with the Kremlin blaming the Russian people for not taking up vaccination.\n\nOnly about a third of the population has had a jab, amid wide distrust of the vaccines.\n\nRussia's figure of 222,000 Covid deaths is the highest in Europe, with another 33,000 infections reported on Saturday.\n\nThe government has avoided bringing in strict restrictions because it says it needs to keep the economy working.\n\nThe Kremlin has instead focused on public apathy on vaccination.\n\nThis week, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: \"In a situation where infections are growing, it is necessary to continue to explain to people that they must get vaccinated.\n\n\"It is really irresponsible not to get vaccinated. It kills,\" he said.\n\nThe government insists the health system has not been overwhelmed and can cope with the rising number of patients.\n\nHowever, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko urged doctors who had left practices because of Covid fears to get vaccinated and come back to work.\n\nThe number of active cases of infected people in Russia is around 750,000 - also the highest it has been since records started in February 2020.\n\nOverall infections since the outbreak began are now closing in on 8 million.\n\nPlease upgrade your browser to see the full interactive\n\nThe figures for the percentage of Russians who have had single and full vaccination are surprisingly close together - both just short of a third of the population.\n\nThis suggests a large number of people do not want to be vaccinated at all. Recent opinion polls suggested that figure could be more than 50%.\n\nRussia has not been slow in developing vaccines. Its Sputnik V was rolled out quickly last year and it has approved three others.\n\nBut it appears to have failed to convince many at home they are either necessary or reliable.\n\nIt has had more success selling Sputnik V around the world. But although the vaccine was made available for other countries quickly, it also ran into delivery issues, with some nations unable to get their doses on time.\n\nAbout 70 nations have authorised the use of Sputnik V but, like Russia's other vaccines, it has yet to be approved by the World Health Organization.\n\nThis, along with the lack of international vaccines inside Russia, has led some Russians to take advantage of vaccination tour packages.\n\nSerbia - which Russians can enter without a visa - is one nation where visitors can get a jab of a vaccine such as Pfizer, and open up the possibility of travelling around the world.", "Nazanin, pictured here with husband Richard, was detained at an Iranian airport in April 2016\n\nIt's more than 1,800 days since Richard Ratcliffe waved goodbye to his wife Nazanin at the departure gate at London's Gatwick Airport, worrying only about how their young daughter would cope with the long flight to Tehran.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had taken Gabriella to spend time with her Iranian grandparents three times before.\n\nAnd Richard had no reason in the world to think he wouldn't be back at the airport a fortnight later to pick them up.\n\n\"It was a slightly rushed goodbye,\" he recalls. \"Gabriella, at the time, was one and three quarters and a bit of handful. So I was just really wishing her good luck with the flight.\"\n\nThat was the last time he saw his wife in person.\n\nNazanin was arrested by members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard at Tehran Airport as she prepared to fly home.\n\nSince then, she's endured eight months of solitary confinement, blindfolded interrogations, hunger strikes to press for medical treatment, false promises of release, and almost five years of separation from her family.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prior to the end of Nazanin's jail sentence, her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, spoke to the BBC's Caroline Hawley\n\n\"At the beginning, I just thought that this was so profoundly unfair that if we just shouted it from the rooftops, the right people would intervene and it would get sorted,\" Mr Ratcliffe told me. \"Never in my imagination did I think this would take five years or more.\"\n\nHe adds: \"Now the end of her actual sentence - which was once the worst-case scenario - looks like a good outcome, at this point.\"\n\nAt a secret trial in 2016, Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe was sentenced to five years in jail for \"membership of organisations working against the Iranian state\" - a reference, her husband says, to her work for the charities BBC Media Action and the Thomson Reuters Foundation. And no, she wasn't training journalists at the time of her arrest.\n\nSunday 7 March is the official date of her release - her lawyer has seen it marked in the computer of the Iranian judiciary. She's been counting down the weeks on a calendar at her parents' home, where she is now under house arrest with an ankle tag.\n\nBut her husband - who has fought an extraordinary, high-profile campaign for her release - doubts that she will be allowed to fly home.\n\nHe describes his wife as a hostage - used as a bargaining chip over a long-standing debt that Britain owes Iran for a tank deal that was never fulfilled.\n\nNazanin misses her daughter Gabriella, six, \"all the time\", her husband has previously said\n\n\"The Revolutionary Guard have been completely consistent over the past five years - that they arrested Nazanin as leverage for the tank debt,\" says Mr Ratcliffe.\n\n\"They've held her all the time that it's not being paid. And I think that if the tank debt is not paid, not only will Nazanin and other dual nationals continue to be held but more collateral will be taken.\"\n\nHer case may also be caught up in negotiations over Iran's nuclear deal, the JCPOA, which the UK is working with European allies to revive.\n\n\"There's the potential for this to drag on and on,\" says Mr Ratcliffe. \"It's perfectly possible that Nazanin gets a new court case thrown at her.\n\n\"The family have never seen a copy of the charges on which she was sentenced. There is no written documentation on anything. So they preserve the space to make it up as they go along at every stage.\"\n\nHe worries about the impact that any prolongation of the family's separation will have on both his wife and Gabriella, now six, who has also been counting down the days until her mother's release - on a calendar she made herself.\n\nShe returned to the UK to live with her father and start school in October 2019, hoping that her mother would soon follow behind.\n\n\"Gabriella has been promised so many times that 'Mummy is coming home soon,'\" says her father.\n\nNazanin was temporarily reunited with her daughter while on a three-day release from prison in 2018\n\nThe darkest period for Nazanin herself came in 2016, when she was held alone in a dark room, incommunicado. Her interrogators told her, wrongly, that Richard was having affairs and that they had photographic evidence.\n\n\"I don't think I can possibly understand what she's gone through,\" Mr Ratcliffe says.\n\n\"It's a very practised technique of really breaking someone. That fear and abuse led her to feel suicidal. She said to me: 'It would be better if I just died and you could get on with your lives.'\"\n\nIn her first letter from jail to her husband, Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe wrote in despair: \"Every day and every second I would submerge more and more in an ocean of doubt, fear, threat, loneliness... my wails would go unheard in that tiny, dingy, cold, grey cell.\"\n\nBeing parted from her daughter for so long has been a source of agony and guilt.\n\nShe apologised to her daughter from jail, saying: \"Forgive me for all the nights I was not by your side to hold your warm, little hand till you fall asleep.\n\n\"Forgive me for all those moments you missed the bosom of your mother, for all those teething fever nights that I was not there for you; forgive me.\"\n\nGabriella returned to the UK to start school in 2019\n\nSeparated by thousands of miles, the family now speaks twice a day over Skype.\n\nMs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is now 42, watches Gabriella draw and they play games together.\n\nGabriella looks forward to swimming with her mother, and going to a toy shop - one day.\n\nThe couple hope to have another child, but fear that time may now be against them.\n\nLate last month, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, phoned Ms Zahari-Ratcliffe in Tehran, reassuring her that the government is doing all it can to bring her home, but managing expectations of an imminent release.\n\nThe Foreign Office says that she and other dual British-Iranian nationals are \"arbitrarily detained\" by the Iranian government. It adds: \"We do not accept Iran detaining dual nationals as diplomatic leverage.\"\n\nBut Mr Ratcliffe has been critical of the UK government's approach.\n\n\"Not to do anything that's going to rock the boat means there's no cost whatsoever to the hostage takers to continue the practice and to continue to wait,\" he says.\n\n\"And so both sides can wait each other out because they're not the ones bearing the cost of the waiting - whereas the victim and the family certainly are.\"\n\nAs for what might happen on Sunday and over the next few months, Richard says, stoically: \"Fate will deal us the hand it deals us. But one day the sun will come.\"", "Emergency services were called to Kirkby Avenue at about 13:30 BST\n\nA man in his 50s has died after a house collapsed in an explosion, police have said.\n\nEmergency services were called to Kirkby Avenue in Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley, at about 13:30 BST.\n\nGas company Cadent confirmed it was at the scene to support emergency services but said it was \"too early to say what caused this\".\n\nNearby residents have been evacuated and a cordon has been put in place.\n\nOne neighbour told BBC Radio Lancashire: \"My wife thought a washing machine had blown up until we went outside and the whole of the front of the house had blown out completely.\"\n\nLancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) said search and rescue dogs had been assisting in the search for casualties.\n\nIt said seven fire engines were at the scene and advised residents to close windows and doors if affected by any smoke.\n\nA spokesman said the urban search and rescue team were assisting at the scene.\n\nNearby homes were evacuated after the blast\n\nA spokesman for Cadent said: \"We are at the scene of this incident to support the emergency services and ensure everything related to gas is safe.\n\n\"We'll thoroughly check the local gas network and we will support the authorities as they look into all possible causes.\"\n\nPolice said an investigation into the exact cause of the blast was ongoing.\n\nNearby roads have been closed and people have been advised to avoid the area.\n\nA spokeswoman for North West Ambulance Service said: \"Our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) is currently on the scene, along with a MERIT (Medical Emergency Response Incident Team) doctor, an ambulance and an operational commander.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The vigil on Saturday night was held near where Sir David Amess was killed\n\nDetectives are continuing to question a 25-year-old British man who was detained at the scene of Friday's fatal stabbing of MP Sir David Amess.\n\nOfficers spent Saturday searching three addresses in the London area and are not seeking anyone else.\n\nPolice are treating the attack in Essex as a terrorist incident, which may be linked to Islamist extremism.\n\nThe BBC understands the man was referred to the counter-terrorist Prevent scheme a few years ago.\n\nPrevent is the UK's terrorism-prevention programme, which aims to stop people being radicalised.\n\nTeachers, members of the public, the NHS and others can refer individuals to a local panel of police, social workers and other experts who decide whether and how to intervene in their lives.\n\nEngagement in the scheme is voluntary and it is not a criminal sanction. It is unclear whether any further action was taken in the case of the suspect.\n\nThe suspect, who has not been named, was arrested on suspicion of murder on Friday. He was further detained under the Terrorism Act, and is now being held in a London police station.\n\nOn Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said detectives \"were granted a warrant of further detention at Westminster Magistrates' Court, allowing them to keep the man in custody until Friday 22 October, when the warrant expires\".\n\nGovernment sources told the BBC that from initial inquiries, the UK national appeared to be of Somali heritage.\n\nBBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said Whitehall officials were saying the arrested man was not on a database of terror suspects.\n\nThe UK's threat level has not changed since Friday and remains at \"substantial\", meaning a terror attack is likely.\n\nSir David, a Conservative MP since 1983, was holding one of his regular Friday meetings with his constituents at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea when he was stabbed multiple times.\n\nThe 69-year-old was married with four daughters and a son. A candlelit vigil is being held in Leigh-on Sea to mark Sir David's life.\n\nSir David is the second MP to be killed in recent years, following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in July 2016.\n\nThis latest attack has raised concerns for the safety of MPs, many of whom hold constituency surgeries which anyone can attend.\n\nThe home secretary described Sir David as a \"man of the people\"\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said security measures were being put in place to protect MPs - but insisted they would carry on serving the country unimpeded.\n\n\"We will carry on, we live in an open society, a democracy,\" she said during a visit to the scene of the attack with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.\n\n\"We cannot be cowed by any individual or any motivation... to stop us from functioning, to serve our elected democracy.\"\n\nMs Patel maintained a balance could be found to allow face-to-face meetings with constituents to continue.\n\nHowever, Conservative MP Tobias Elwood - who came to the aid of a stabbed police officer during the 2017 terror attack in Westminster - suggested MPs speak to constituents on the phone or over Zoom for the time being.\n\nLabour MP Diane Abbott said she would prefer to meet constituents behind a screen to prevent possible stab attacks.\n\nAnd Kim Leadbeater, the sister of Mrs Cox, said her partner had asked her to stand down as MP for Batley and Spen after Sir David's death.\n\nScotland Yard's decision that the killing of Sir David Amess was an act of terrorism confirms that, on the basis of what they know so far, the killer was motivated to use violence to further their cause.\n\nThere's no public suggestion from investigations at the moment that there is a specific additional threat to MPs. But detectives and colleagues in MI5 will be delving deeply into the life of the suspect to understand how he reached this mindset - and whether this was an attack by a \"lone actor\" or someone who is part of a network.\n\nSecondly, it confirms the initial conclusion that there would need to be more resources thrown at the investigation.\n\nBehind the scenes, a wider range of detectives and support staff will now have been brought into action. If officers have recovered the suspect's mobile phone, they will now be forensically examining its contents to uncover potential evidence of mindset and planning.\n\nA phone - and any bank cards - will also help detectives track the suspect's movements in the days and weeks before the incident.\n\nThat in turn leads them to CCTV, so they can build a three-dimensional view of his life.\n\nTributes to Sir David have been pouring in from politicians as well as his local constituents.\n\nThe prime minister described him as \"one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\", with an \"outstanding record of passing laws to help the most vulnerable\".\n\nMs Patel called Sir David a \"man of the people\" who was killed doing \"a job he loved\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"dark and shocking day\", adding that the country had \"been here before\" with the death of Jo Cox.\n\nFather Jeff Woolnough, a parish priest who led a mass on Friday evening in Sir David's memory, described him as a \"great, great guy\" and said faith communities had \"lost their greatest supporter\".\n\nMembers of Southend-On-Sea's Muslim community said, in a joint statement, his death was an \"indefensible atrocity\" and that Sir David would be remembered for his warmth, selflessness and kindness.\n\nThe mood in Leigh-on-Sea, which Sir David represented for decades, is one of bewilderment.\n\nAs police and global media descend upon the usually quiet Essex town, people have gathered to pay tributes outside the Belfairs Methodist Church where the long-standing MP was attacked.\n\nResident Audrey Martin remembers him as \"an absolute gentleman\" who took time out to speak to her when she first moved to the area from Scotland.\n\n\"He just had this aura about him,\" she says.\n\nAnd constituent Lorraine Migliorini highlights Sir David's work for children and young people with special educational needs.\n\n\"He was genuinely interested and listened to them which was fantastic,\" she says. \"He got things done.\"\n\nJulie Everitt, who has co-ordinated a vigil for him, says she would \"always remember him for his genuine smile\" and his passion for animal rights.\n\n\"He would go on campaigns, he was against the badger cull, he was against trophy hunting and fox hunting,\" she says.\n\n\"He was a good gentleman, he had a good heart.\"\n\nRead more from Orla and Richard at the scene here.\n\nWere you in the area? Did you witness the attack? If you feel able to do so please get in touch. Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A spacecraft has launched from Cape Canaveral on a mission to uncover \"the fossils\" of the Solar System.\n\nThe Lucy probe will head out to the orbit of Jupiter to study two groups of asteroids that run in swarms ahead of, and behind, the gas giant.\n\nUS space agency (Nasa) scientists say the objects are leftovers from the formation of the planets.\n\nAs such, these trojans, as they're known, hold important clues about the early evolution of the Solar System.\n\nLift-off, aboard an Atlas-V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, went ahead on schedule at 05:34 EDT (09:34 GMT; 10:34 BST).\n\nNasa has initially committed $981m (£720m), over 12 years, for the mission. In this time, the Lucy probe will visit seven trojans.\n\nThe Lucy fossil skeleton changed our understanding of human origins and evolution\n\nThere is a famous human fossil from Africa that was nicknamed Lucy, which taught us much about where our species came from. And this new Nasa mission takes direct inspiration - and the name - from that origins story, except the fossils this spacecraft seeks are hundreds of millions of km from Earth, circling the Sun in formation with Jupiter.\n\n\"The trojan asteroids lead or follow Jupiter in its orbit by about 60 degrees,\" explained Hal Levison, Lucy's principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in Boulder, Colorado.\n\n\"They're held there by the gravitational effect of Jupiter and the Sun. And if you put an object there early in the Solar System's history, it's been stable forever. So, these things really are the fossils of what planets formed from,\" he told reporters.\n\nArtwork: Lucy is just one in a series of Nasa missions to the Solar System's asteroids\n\nLucy will use its instrumentation to study the city-sized (and bigger) objects, detailing their shape, structure, surface features, composition and temperature.\n\nIf the trojans are made from the same sorts of materials as Jupiter's moons, it would suggest they formed at the same distance from the Sun as the gas giant. But this isn't the expectation.\n\n\"If, for example, they're made of the sorts of things we see much further out in what we call the the Kuiper Belt, then that tells us they might have formed out there and then at some point got pulled inward,\" said SwRI mission scientist Dr Carly Howett.\n\n\"This mission is a test of our models. We have this theory that there was a big re-juggle of objects early in Solar System history, when some things gravitationally got thrown out and some got thrown in. The evidence points to this billiard ball theory, but we'll be able a check on that,\" she told BBC News.\n\nThe mission plan is the result of some extraordinary navigational calculations.\n\nSolar System dynamicists worked out that if the probe periodically returns to make a flyby of Earth, it can use a sling-shot effect to visit both trojan swarms.\n\nSaturday's launch would see Lucy make its encounter with the leading group of trojans in 2027/28, followed by a tour of the trailing cluster in 2033. The total travel distance is over 6 billion km (4 billion miles).\n\n\"What's amazing about this trajectory is that we can continue to do loops through the swarms, as long as the spacecraft is healthy. And so after the final encounter with Patroclus and Menoetius, we plan to propose to Nasa to do an extended mission to explore more trojans,\" said Coralie Adam from KinetX Aerospace, which is providing navigation support to the project.\n\nAlthough focused on the trojans, Lucy will also visit a different type of asteroid on the way out to Jupiter's orbit - an object called Donaldjohanson (sic), named after the palaeoanthropologist who discovered the Ethiopian human fossil skeleton in 1974.\n\nThe 1.5-tonne Lucy spacecraft has initial funding for 12 years\n\nThe spacecraft shares a lot of engineering heritage with Nasa's New Horizon's mission, which made the first - and to date only - flyby of Pluto in 2015.\n\nLucy carries updated versions of some of New Horizons' main instruments.\n\nA big difference is the power source. Whereas the Pluto probe drew its energy from a nuclear battery, Lucy is flying with two, fan-like solar panels.\n\nThese \"wings\" are huge, over 7m in diameter. They have to be that big to generate sufficient electricity to drive the spacecraft's systems at the more dimly lit distance of Jupiter's orbit.\n\n\"When we're near Earth, those wings have about 18,000 watts of power. That would be equivalent to powering up my house and a couple of my neighbours',\" explained Katie Oakman, from spacecraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin.\n\n\"However, when we fly Lucy out to the trojan asteroids, we only have about 500 watts of power. That would only light a few light bulbs, and it wouldn't be enough to power up my microwave in the morning to warm my coffee.\"\n\nFortunately, Lucy's instruments only need 82 watts to do their job.\n\nLucy represents another stage in what is turning out to be a golden age for asteroid study by Nasa.\n\nThe agency's Osiris-Rex mission is just now heading home after picking up samples from the surface of an object known as Bennu.\n\nNext year, Nasa will launch the Psyche spacecraft to a metal asteroid, also called Psyche.\n\n\"It's really the time for asteroids, and I'm expecting a leap in understanding,\" said Dr Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator for science.\n\n\"To understand any population, we need multiple measurements of different types of asteroids. That's exactly what we're doing.\n\n\"You didn't mention it but I will. Asteroids can threaten the Earth and in November we will launch a collision experiment called Dart. It will be followed up by Europe's Hera mission and will help find out if you can impart momentum to a threatening object,\" he told BBC News.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer have visited Leigh-on-Sea to pay tribute to Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who was stabbed to death on Friday.", "Shares in Virgin Galactic dived as much as 20% on Friday after the space tourism company said it was postponing its first commercial flight.\n\nThe trip was scheduled for the third quarter of 2022, but will be delayed until the fourth as the firm conducts repairs and upgrades.\n\nIt also said it will not conduct a second planned test flight this year.\n\nVirgin is in a race with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Elon Musk's Space X to start flying tourists into space.\n\nIn a statement the firm said a planned upgrade programme, aimed at enhancing the durability of its ships, would begin a month later than planned.\n\nIt comes after routine tests revealed \"a possible reduction in the strength margins of certain materials\" used on its VMS Eve and VSS Unity craft.\n\nVirgin said this required further inspection but played down safety concerns.\n\n\"While this new lab test data has had no impact on the vehicles, our test flight protocols have clearly defined strength margins, and further analysis will assess whether any additional work is required to keep them at or above established levels,\" said company boss Michael Colglazier.\n\nThe company, founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, said its next test flight - Unity 23 - would now happen next summer. Commercial flights will start after that.\n\nLast month, the US Federal Aviation Administration lifted a no-fly order on Virgin Galactic after a flight in July deviated from assigned airspace on its descent.\n\nThe regulator had accused the company of not providing the necessary information about the flight in which Mr Branson participated.\n\nOn Wednesday, Hollywood actor William Shatner became the oldest person to go to space as he blasted off aboard the Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule developed by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.\n\nMeanwhile, four amateur astronauts blasted off from Florida on their private mission on one of Space X's Dragon spacecraft in September.", "The move is the latest stage of a national battle over reproductive rights\n\nUS President Joe Biden's administration has said it will ask the Supreme Court to block a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion.\n\nIt comes after a federal appeals court reinstated the law.\n\nThe Supreme Court cited procedural issues when deciding against intervening to block it last month.\n\nThe law bans abortions after what anti-abortion campaigners call a foetal heartbeat is detected, a notion disputed by medical authorities.\n\nThe law - which makes an exception for a documented medical emergency but not for cases of rape or incest - gives any individual the right to sue doctors who perform an abortion past the six-week point.\n\nCritics have said this provision - which provides monetary awards for those whose lawsuits are successful - lets people act as anti-abortion bounty hunters.\n\nPresident Biden has vowed to fight the Texas ban, citing Americans' constitutional rights.\n\nSince the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v Wade, US women have had the right to an abortion until a foetus is viable - that is, able to survive outside the womb. This is usually between 22 and 24 weeks into a pregnancy.\n\nIn response to a Justice Department lawsuit over the Texas law, US District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin, Texas, last week issued a preliminary injunction halting its enforcement, calling it \"flagrantly unconstitutional\" and a violation of Roe v. Wade.\n\nThe judge said he would \"not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right\".\n\nBut the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals effectively reinstated the ban in Texas on most abortions once a heartbeat is detected in the womb.\n\nOn Thursday, the court confirmed the law would remain in place during ongoing proceedings.\n\nThe Justice Department is expected to formally file its appeal in the coming days.\n\nThe decision of the Supreme Court - which has a 6-3 conservative majority - will be watched closely throughout the US.\n\nIts initial refusal to intervene was seen as confirmation of its conservative leanings after appointments by former President Donald Trump.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The impact of the strictest anti-abortion law in the US", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Thousands join a protest to back the military and oppose the government\n\nOpponents of Sudan's transition to democracy took to the streets of Khartoum on Saturday to call on the army to take control of the country.\n\nSeveral thousand demonstrators gathered outside the presidential palace as the country's political crisis deepens.\n\nMilitary and civilian groups have been sharing power since the toppling of President Omar al-Bashir in 2019.\n\nHowever, tensions have grown since a coup attempt attributed to followers of Mr Bashir was foiled in September.\n\nSince then, military leaders have been demanding reforms to the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition, a civilian alliance which led the anti-Bashir protests and formed a key part of the transitional government. The armed forces have also called for the replacement of the cabinet.\n\nHowever, civilian leaders say that the demands are part of a power grab from the armed forces.\n\nSupport for the transitional government has slumped in recent months amid economic woe\n\nOn Saturday, pro-military demonstrators chanted \"down with the hunger government\" and called for General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the armed forces and Sudan's joint military-civilian Sovereign Council, to instigate a coup and seize control of the country.\n\n\"We need a military government, the current government has failed to bring us justice and equality,\" one protester told AFP.\n\nUnlike previous demonstrations in the country, protesters were allowed to reach the gates of the presidential palace and there was little police presence.\n\nPro-government protesters have also called a rally on Thursday in response to Saturday's demonstrations.\n\nOn Friday, Sudan's civilian Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdok, unveiled a plan to tackle what he called the country's \"worst and most dangerous\" political crisis in its two-year transition.\n\n\"I am not neutral or a mediator in this conflict. My clear and firm position is complete alignment to the civilian democratic transition,\" he said.\n\nMr Hamdok was sworn in as Prime Minister in August 2019, after mass protests saw the military step in and end the 30-year-rule of Omar al-Bashir in April.\n\nBut support for the transitional government has slumped in recent months as economic reforms spearheaded by Mr Hamdok have seen fuel subsidies slashed and inflation soar.", "A litre of petrol sold at UK forecourts has reached its highest level since September 2012, at 140.22p on average, according to RAC data.\n\nDrivers are paying on average 22% more to fill up their petrol tanks than this time last year, the RAC said.\n\nDiesel prices are also surging and are now just 4p off their April 2012 highs.\n\nThe bad news for drivers follows the temporary closures of many UK forecourts after they ran out of fuel.\n\nBut it's global oil prices, rather than supply chain disruption, that the RAC thinks is the main driver of higher prices at the pump. A barrel of crude oil has doubled in the past year.\n\nRAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said the government should consider cutting the level of VAT on motor fuel \"to help hard-pressed drivers\".\n\nAverage petrol prices are just 2p off their record high from April 2012 of 142p per litre, says the RAC.\n\nHowever, AA spokesperson Luke Bosdet said it will likely be diesel, currently at 143.42p a litre, that breaks its record price first.\n\n\"Unless we see a slight reversal in wholesale prices, we can expect in the next couple of weeks a rise of 3-5p per litre and that would put diesel above its 2012 high,\" he said.\n\nMr Bosdet said the global surge in gas prices was also driving up the cost of diesel because heating oil \"comes from the same part of the barrel\" and - since it was an alternative for gas - had seen increased demand.", "Clueless actress Stacey Dash has said she \"lost everything\" after becoming addicted to painkiller tablets.\n\nThe 54-year-old, best known for playing Dionne Davenport in the 1995 high school comedy movie, told US TV she was taking up to 20 Vicodin pills a day at one stage.\n\nSpeaking on The Dr Oz Show, she said: \"I was taking 18-20 pills a day.\"\n\n\"That's expensive,\" noted the host, before a tearful Dash replied: \"Yeah, I lost everything.\"\n\nDash, whose parents also suffered with drug addictions, went on to say she had recently celebrated five years of being sober.\n\n\"The greatest blessing is that not only have I been able to be honest with myself and become a better person,\" she said.\n\n\"I've been able to understand my parents and that they did love me, and that they were doing the best they could and they were just sick. They were addicted.\"\n\nVicodin is a popular brand of prescription drug - a hybrid of the pain medications hydrocodone and paracetamol - used to treat moderate to severe pain.\n\nIn July, four US drugs giants agreed to pay $26bn (£19bn) to settle claims they helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis. Last month in the UK, new research suggested that the use of opioids for pain relief soared during the pandemic as some patients waited longer for surgery.\n\nStacey Dash starred with Alicia Silverstone in the cult classic Clueless\n\nClueless, which starred Alicia Silverstone, alongside Dash, Brittany Murphy and Paul Rudd, was loosely based on Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma, and set in present-day Beverly Hills. Silverstone plays its central character, a schoolgirl called Cher, who sees herself as a matchmaker who goes on to give her new friend a makeover.\n\nIn 2016, Dash, who moved from acting into political commentary, defended herself after calling to scrap Black History Month, while discussing the lack of diversity at that year's Oscar nominations on US network Fox.\n\nShe was criticised on social media for her comments at the time, and responded by saying: \"I don't need a special month or special channel. What's sad is that these insidious things only keep us segregated and invoke false narratives.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Lewis Bloor appeared on The Only Way Is Essex for three years from 2013\n\nA £3m diamond fraud trial involving The Only Way is Essex star Lewis Bloor has collapsed after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) admitted it failed to disclose some evidence.\n\nAbout 200 people were conned into buying coloured diamonds at a 600% mark-up, prosecutors claimed.\n\nMr Bloor, 31, was accused of playing a \"key role\" in one company involved.\n\nBut he and five others were acquitted after the CPS did not disclose evidence which could have helped the defendants.\n\nAfter four weeks of the trial at Southwark Crown Court, Judge Adam Hiddleston directed the jury to find the defendants not guilty.\n\nProsecutors had said the alleged victims were cold-called and told lies about the value of the diamonds, which were bought from a wholesaler and sold on.\n\nThe trial heard Mr Bloor left the company after he joined the ITV reality show in 2013 and his TV career took off.\n\nHe denied conspiracy to defraud between May 2013 and July 2014.\n\nThe five others also cleared of conspiracy to defraud were:\n\nThe CPS abandoned the prosecution after admitting that material that could have helped Mr Bloor and his co-defendants had not been properly disclosed to defence lawyers.\n\nProsecutor David Durose QC said the material was \"wrongly described\" and that \"the inconsistencies were profound\".\n\n\"We have come to the conclusion that we cannot confirm to the court that the prosecution has discharged its disclosure duties in this case,\" he said.\n\nNarita Bahra QC, representing Mr Potter, called for the CPS to conduct an inquiry into the case after what she described as \"a litany of disclosure failings\".\n\nShe said the Metropolitan Police instructed expert witnesses employed by a company which had a contract with the force to auction jewellery and watches seized in raids and prosecutions.\n\n\"Those experts had already given evidence in another trial, in the middle of their contract with the Metropolitan Police where their relationship with the police was not disclosed,\" she said.\n\nA CPS spokesman said: \"As an organisation we remain committed to working with investigators, defence teams and courts to ensure we get disclosure right.\"\n\nMr Bloor also appeared in Celebrity Big Brother in 2016\n\nAfter being cleared, Mr Bloor said: \"The hardest thing about this case has been the onslaught of death threats, calls for me to commit suicide and abuse to my family.\n\n\"What we now want to happen is that the trolls online take a look at themselves and stop abusing strangers for a quick kick and light laughter with friends.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Apple has taken down one of the world's most popular Quran apps in China, following a request from officials.\n\nQuran Majeed is available across the world on the App Store - and has nearly 150,000 reviews. It is used by millions of Muslims.\n\nThe BBC understands that the app was removed for hosting illegal religious texts.\n\nThe Chinese government has not responded to the BBC's request for comment.\n\nThe deletion of the app was first noticed by Apple Censorship - a website that monitors apps on Apple's App Store globally.\n\nIn a statement from the app's maker, PDMS, the company said: \"According to Apple, our app Quran Majeed has been removed from the China App store because it includes content that requires additional documentation from Chinese authorities\".\n\n\"We are trying to get in touch with the Cyberspace Administration of China and relevant Chinese authorities to get this issue resolved\".\n\nThe company said it had close to one million users in China.\n\nThe Chinese Communist Party officially recognises Islam as a religion in the country.\n\nHowever, China has been accused of human rights violations, and even genocide, against the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang.\n\nEarlier this year the BBC reported that Uyghur imams had been targeted in China's Xinjiang crackdown.\n\nApple declined to comment, but directed the BBC to its Human Rights Policy, which states: \"We're required to comply with local laws, and at times there are complex issues about which we may disagree with governments.\"\n\nHowever, it is not clear what rules the app has broken in China. Quran Majeed says it is \"trusted by over 35 million Muslims globally\".\n\nLast month, both Apple and Google removed a tactical voting app devised by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.\n\nRussian authorities had threatened to fine the two companies if they refused to drop the app, which told users who could unseat ruling party candidates.\n\nChina is one of Apple's biggest markets, and the company's supply chain is heavily reliant on Chinese manufacturing.\n\nApple chief executive Tim Cook has been accused of hypocrisy from politicians in the US for speaking out about American politics, but staying quiet about China.\n\nMr Cook criticised Donald Trump's ban of seven Muslim-majority countries in 2017.\n\nHowever, he is also accused of complying with the Chinese government over censorship - and not publicly criticising it for its treatment of Muslim minorities.\n\nThe New York Times reported earlier this year that Apple takes down apps in China if deemed off limits by the Chinese government. Topics that apps cannot discuss include Tiananmen Square, the Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong, the Dalai Lama, and independence for Tibet and Taiwan.\n\nBenjamin Ismail, project director at Apple Censorship, said: \"Currently Apple is being turned into the censorship bureau of Beijing.\n\n\"They need to do the right thing, and then face whatever the reaction is of the Chinese government.\"\n\nAnother popular religious app, Olive Tree's Bible app, was also taken down this week in China. The company told the BBC they had removed the app themselves.\n\n\"Olive Tree Bible Software was informed during the App Store review process that we are required to provide a permit demonstrating our authorization to distribute an app with book or magazine content in mainland China,\" said a spokesperson.\n\n\"Since we did not have the permit and needed to get our app update approved and out to customers, we removed our Bible app from China's App Store.\"\n\nOn Friday, The Mac Observer reported that Audible, the Amazon owned audiobook and podcast service, removed its app from the Apple store in mainland China last month \"due to permit requirements.\"\n\nOn Thursday, Microsoft said it was shutting down its social network, LinkedIn, in China, saying having to comply with the Chinese state had become increasingly challenging.\n\nThe decision was made after the career-networking site faced questions for blocking the profiles of some journalists.", "The Wolverhampton Science Park houses the offices and laboratories of Immensa Health Clinic\n\nThe head of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has ordered an investigation into why it took a month to identify a laboratory giving incorrect Covid test results.\n\nDr Jenny Harries said it was \"not clear yet\" what went wrong at the private lab in Wolverhampton.\n\nAbout 43,000 people in England and Wales may have been wrongly told their Covid-19 test was negative.\n\nTesting at the lab has been suspended and those affected are being contacted.\n\nQuestions are also being raised around how the lab won a multi-million pound government contract.\n\nConcerns were flagged when people had positive lateral flow tests (LFTs) but negative follow-up PCR results from the lab between 8 September and 12 October. Most of those affected live in south-west England.\n\nThe error could mean thousands of people infected with Covid were wrongly told to stop isolating, and may have infected others.\n\nDr Harries, chief executive of the UKHSA and head of NHS Test and Trace, said local public health teams had been querying tests over the last few weeks, but it was only in the last few days that the problem was pinpointed.\n\n\"It is the location of the laboratory, combined with the geography and the time period, that has allowed us to understand this now,\" she said.\n\n\"I want to make sure if there are any further problems with other laboratories we can absolutely spot them as quickly as possible.\"\n\nDr Harries said she would conduct \"a serious incident investigation\" to make sure it doesn't happen again.\n\nAll samples from the lab, where Immensa Health Clinic Ltd runs the testing operations, are now being sent to other labs.\n\nUKHSA said all other labs were working normally and there were no technical issues with the test kits themselves.\n\nGovernment records show that Immensa, which was founded in May 2020 just months after the start of the pandemic, has been awarded contracts for Covid testing by the Department of Health valued at £181m.\n\nIt is connected to another company, Dante Labs, which provides genetic sequencing and other laboratory services from offices in Wolverhampton and Cambridge.\n\nIt also sells private PCR Covid tests to travellers, and is one of 20 companies being investigated by the UK competition watchdog over concerns it may have unfairly treated customers.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said people \"should not be concerned\" by the lab's suspension.\n\n\"We're looking into what went wrong with that particular testing centre, but it doesn't affect the overall numbers,\" he said.\n\nOnly a few thousand out of the 43,000 affected by the wrong result could potentially still be infected now and they will be contacted first, by text and email, to recommend they have another test.\n\nProf Alan McNally, from the University of Birmingham, told the BBC he was \"astonished\" by the revelation and could not work out how so many tests could be incorrect.\n\n\"It comes down to quality control and quality assurance, oversight and management,\" he said.\n\n\"I cannot fathom the failings that would lead to this level of false negative results.\"\n\nThe UKHSA said about 400,000 samples had been processed by the privately-run lab and it estimated 43,000 people may have been given incorrect negative test results, with 4,000 of those from Wales. Some may also be in the south-east of England and scattered across the country.\n\nGraham Loader and his wife went about their normal business after negative PCR results\n\nGraham Loader, from Newbury, says his family have had three positive LFTs, all followed by negative PCR tests taken at the testing site at Newbury Showground in West Berkshire.\n\nHe said each time the family got a positive LFT but negative PCR test, they assumed the LFTs must have been at fault.\n\n\"I think we just blamed the LFTs because they were a bit basic,\" he said.\n\n\"I thought they must be detecting something from a cold and be an error.\"\n\nHis wife, a school teacher, had felt a bit unwell but didn't have the classic symptoms of coronavirus.\n\nShe had a negative PCR test but took some time off as a precaution, despite being advised she did not need to.\n\nMr Loader, who coaches a boy's football team, thought he had come down with a cold.\n\nHe added: \"I completely trusted the PCR, so I feel bad for all the people I've been in contact with.\"\n\nDr Will Welfare, public health incident director at UKHSA - which replaced Public Health England, said: \"As a result of our investigation, we are working with NHS Test and Trace and the company to determine the laboratory technical issues which have led to inaccurate PCR results being issued to people.\n\n\"We have immediately suspended testing at this laboratory while we continue the investigation.\"\n\nHe said the public should remain confident in using both kinds of test, and continue to get a follow-up PCR test after a positive LFT.\n\nThe company said it was \"fully collaborating\" with health officials on the matter and added it had already analysed more than 2.5 million samples for NHS Test and Trace.\n\nMany coronavirus testing sites in England and Wales are likely to be affected by the lab errors, including one at Newbury Showground used by the Loader family.\n\nOn Thursday evening West Berkshire council told people who had received a negative result at the site between 3 and 12 October, to book another test.\n\nFor several weeks, there have been widespread reports in the south-west of England of people testing positive with LFTs, but then later testing negative after a PCR test.\n\nScientists had called for the issue to be looked into quickly, with one study suggesting positive LFT results were very accurate and should be trusted.\n\nHave you been contacted by NHS Test and Trace and been asked to take another Covid test? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A number of floral tributes have been left near the scene where Sir David Amess was stabbed\n\nThe killing of Sir David Amess has shocked the country. But news of the MP's death has perhaps been felt most keenly in his Essex constituency, where he was known to and beloved by many. A day after he was attacked while serving the public, as he had done for almost 40 years, the local community tries to make sense of what happened.\n\nThe mood in Leigh-on-Sea is one of bewilderment. Sir David Amess had represented the area for decades and his constituents speak warmly of a man who dedicated his life to serving them.\n\nAs detectives attempt to piece together possible motives for his fatal stabbing, a thick gathering of police and global media has descended upon the usually quiet Essex town.\n\nPeople have gathered to pay tributes outside the Belfairs Methodist Church, on Eastwood Road North, where Sir David was attacked.\n\nSir David died at the scene after being stabbed multiple times\n\nResident Audrey Martin remembered her MP as \"an absolute gentleman\" who \"dedicated his whole life to his constituents here\".\n\n\"For many, many years he's just been a pillar of society, helping out all different people,\" she said.\n\nShe told the BBC how Sir David had \"taken time out\" to speak to her when she first moved to the area from Scotland.\n\n\"I just wanted to talk and just tell him how I was feeling at that moment in time, moving to Leigh-on-Sea, leaving my friends behind in Scotland and not having friends here.\n\n\"He just had this aura about him.\"\n\nAbigail Mkhize held back tears as she recalled how Sir David had helped her with her Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).\n\n\"Six years ago I was having chemotherapy and because I was working as an agency nurse, I had problems with getting the help with ESA, so I went and saw him,\" she said.\n\n\"He said, 'This is not right, you've been here for so long and you don't deserve this - I will sort it out' and he did.\"\n\nMs Mkhize has lived in Southend for 20 years and said she \"always felt comfortable\" knowing Sir David was around to help.\n\n\"He was the father of all nations, that's how we can describe him,\" she said. \"Whether you were black, white, irrespective of where you come from he gave that love, affection, kindness, caring.\"\n\nAbigail Mkhize, pictured on the left, with her sister Ntombi, said Sir David was \"an amazing man\"\n\nA steady trickle of locals have been slowly edging to the cordon tape to lay flowers and stand for a moment, remembering their MP.\n\nClusters of bouquets have been laid near the scene of the attack, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer among those to have paid their respects.\n\nResidents said they were touched that Mr Johnson had paid a visit so soon and felt he seemed clearly affected by what had happened.\n\nThose who knew Sir David have remembered him as \"universally liked\" regardless of their politics.\n\n\"What he was was a thoroughly decent man: he believed in right and wrong. He was always a positive person, always had a smile on his face,\" said Councillor Tony Cox, of Southend Borough Council.\n\nLocal people have \"lost a great man, they've lost a great MP, they've lost a respected parliamentarian and they've lost a good constituency advocate,\" he said.\n\nBoris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer laid tributes at the scene where Sir David was stabbed\n\nConstituent Lorraine Migliorini highlighted Sir David's work for children and young people with special educational needs.\n\n\"He was genuinely interested and listened to them which was fantastic,\" she said.\n\n\"He got things done and I think all of the special needs groups around here are very very grateful for what he's done.\"\n\nJulie Everitt, a constituent, said she would \"always remember him for his genuine smile\" and his passion for animal rights.\n\n\"He would go on campaigns, he was against the badger cull, he was against trophy hunting and fox hunting,\" she said.\n\nMs Everitt has co-ordinated a vigil for people to \"pay our respects to Sir David and our heartfelt sympathies to his loved ones\".\n\n\"I wrote to him on several occasions and he would always reply.\n\n\"He was a good gentleman, he had a good heart,\" she said.\n\nSome said they were especially shocked to hear police were investigating a possible terrorism link to Sir David's killing.\n\n\"For it to be classed as a terrorist attack is scary, very scary,\" said Tara Wilkinson.\n\nShe said Leigh-on-Sea was a close-knit community and one where you would \"never\" expect a terrorist attack to occur.\n\n\"It's just such a small community, to hear this here is just awful.\"\n\nTara Wilkinson said her community was \"devastated\" by the death of MP Sir David\n\nA 25-year-old man arrested on suspicion of Sir David's murder remains in custody.\n\nA vigil to mark Sir David's life will take place in Leigh on Sea at 19:00 BST.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "The day started out much like every other Friday morning for Sir David Amess. One of Essex's most longstanding MPs, he held meetings with his Southend constituents every second week, in recent years varying the location to meet more of the local residents that relied upon his help.\n\nThis week he was at the Belfairs Methodist Church in his home town of Leigh-on-Sea. He tweeted on Tuesday about the upcoming event inviting constituents to join him.\n\nSir David was known for being passionate about his job - and constituents and colleagues spoke of his boundless enthusiasm for his role. These constituency surgeries were at the heart of his political life.\n\nJust 15 minutes before the attack, the 69-year-old father of five was spotted standing on the church steps, chatting and laughing with locals.\n\nAt around 12.05pm, accompanied by two female members of his staff and nearing the end of the drop-in event, Sir David entered the church to meet some more constituents, where he may have noticed the inscription: \"All are welcome here: where old friends meet and strangers feel at home.\"\n\nLocal councillor John Lamb said that it was at this point that the attacker emerged from a small group of waiting constituents and attacked Mr Amess, stabbing him several times.\n\n\"I'm told that when he went in for his surgery there were people waiting to see him, and one of them literally got a knife out and just began stabbing him,\" Mr Lamb said.\n\nLee Jordison, who works at the nearby Hicks Butchers, told the PA news agency: \"We could see a police cordon set up... (someone outside) told me a woman had come out screaming on the phone, saying 'someone's been stabbed, please get here soon', he's not breathing'.\"\n\nPolice arrived on the scene shortly after the stabbing, and arrested a 25-year-old man and recovered the knife used in the attack. At 1.50pm, Essex police confirmed that the man had been arrested in connection with the stabbing.\n\nOne witness, electrician Anthony Fitch, told Sky News that he had witnessed the man being led from the church and being put in the back of a police car.\n\n\"We arrived to do some work on the adjacent building... and at the point when I was crossing the road I saw an upset lady on the phone saying 'you need to arrive quickly, he's still in the building,'\" he said.\n\n\"There were loads of armed police, overhead there was an air ambulance as well as a police helicopter. Obviously wondered what the hell was going on, you don't often see armed police around the local area.\n\n\"I saw the suspect get put into a police van, get taken away and then they cordoned the whole road and pushed us all down the road.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch how emergency services responded in the initial aftermath of the attack on Sir David Amess\n\nAt 2.13pm, an air ambulance arrived at the nearby Belfairs sports ground to move Sir David to a hospital.\n\nHowever, members of his team began to fear the worst, as paramedics remained at the scene rather than moving towards the helicopter. For almost two-and-a-half hours they battled to save his life.\n\nBut just before 3pm, Essex police confirmed that Mr Amess had died at the scene.\n\nAs news of his death filtered through, tributes began to pour in from friends, constituents and fellow MPs.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said that Amess was \"one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".\n\nLocal councillor Dan Nelson told the BBC that Sir David had died \"doing what he loved best, and that was to help residents of Southend West\".\n\nRofique Ali, a local Conservative Party member, described the MP as his best friend in the world.\n\n\"I have known him for many years, and he was so kind to everyone,\" he said. \"I can't forget David.\"\n\nAnd resident Melanie Harris left a card at the scene that read: \"What has the world come to? What a senseless waste of a charming, witty and kind and gentle soul who deserved a lot more than to be snatched from life.\"\n\n\"You were always a pleasure to speak to. Thank you for restoring my faith in politicians.\"\n\nA member of the public leaves flowers at the scene\n\nBy mid-afternoon a full \"Gold\" command meeting was activated by police chiefs back in London - meaning some of the most senior and experienced leaders of major incidents were sitting around the table to work out how to respond.\n\nJoining the discussions were representatives from the security service, more commonly known as MI5, whose investigators sit side-by-side with detectives on many investigations.\n\nAnd watching on from government was Home Secretary Priti Patel - a close personal friend of Mr Amess. She said later on Twitter that she was devastated to learn of his death.\n\nThe conference was an inevitable decision: the killing of an MP is not an everyday occurrence - and the last time it happened, when Jo Cox was murdered in 2016 - it was an act of terrorism by a far-right extremist.\n\nAs daylight faded, members of the press gathered to hear police announce that an investigation was under way. Senior officers appealed to the public for information.\n\n\"This is a shocking and utterly despicable attack against somebody who was an outstanding MP and has worked tirelessly for their community for many, many years,\" said police commissioner Roger Hirst.\n\nHe added that members of Metropolitan Police's specialist Counter Terrorism Command would now try to make sense of an utterly senseless killing.\n\nBy early evening, investigators - still seeking a motive - had at least established the suspect's identity. A government source told the BBC the man arrested was a British national who, according to initial inquiries, was of Somali heritage.\n\nMeanwhile, at St Peter's Roman Catholic Church, locals gathered together to remember the man who, for many, was the only MP they had ever known.\n\nA mass is held at Saint Peter's Catholic Church, following the stabbing of UK Conservative MP Sir David Amess\n\nFather Jeffrey Woolnough told the service: \"Have you ever known Sir David Amess without that happy smile on his face? Because the greeting he would always give you was always that happy smile.\"\n\nAnd he paid tribute to Sir David as a man who carried with him \"that great east-London spirit of having no fear, and being able to talk to people and the level they're at\".\n\nShortly after midnight, police formally declared the attack a terrorist incident, explaining that their early investigations had revealed a \"potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism\".\n\nOfficers continued to search two London addresses in connection with the attack, while the suspect remained in custody at an Essex police station.", "Hazrat Wali died in hospital following the attack on Craneford Way\n\nA boy of 16 has been charged with the murder of an 18-year-old stabbed to death on a playing field in south-west London.\n\nPolice found Hazrat Wali fatally injured in Craneford Way, Twickenham, at 16:45 BST on Tuesday.\n\nThe Richmond upon Thames College student was taken to hospital but died an hour later.\n\nThe suspect, from Hammersmith and Fulham, is due to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court later.\n\nMr Wali was found with stab injuries at the park on Tuesday afternoon\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "French President Emmanuel Macron has called a bloody crackdown on Algerian protesters by police in Paris 60 years ago an \"unforgivable crime\".\n\nOn 17 October 1961, French police turned on Algerian demonstrators. Some were shot, others were drowned.\n\nThe precise number of victims is not known, but some say several hundred could have lost their lives.\n\nMr Macron is the first French president to attend a memorial for those killed that day.\n\nHe joined a commemoration beside the bridge over the River Seine which was the starting point in 1961 for a march against a night curfew imposed only on Algerians.\n\nMr Macron told relatives of victims on the 60th anniversary of the bloodshed that \"crimes\" were committed under the command of the notorious Paris police chief Maurice Papon. Papon was revealed in the 1980s to have collaborated with occupying Nazi forces in World War Two in transferring Jews to Nazi death camps.\n\nThe 1961 march was repressed \"brutally, violently and in blood\", Mr Macron's office said in a statement. Some 12,000 Algerians were arrested, many were wounded and dozens killed, it added.\n\nBut activists hoping for an even stronger recognition of responsibility were left disappointed.\n\nMr Macron stopped short of an apology and did not give a public speech, with the Élysée Palace issuing only the written statement.\n\nThe president's statement \"is progress but not complete. We hoped for more\", Mimouna Hadjam of the Africa93 anti-racism association told the AFP news agency.\n\n\"Papon did not act alone. People were tortured, massacred in the heart of Paris and those high up knew,\" Hadjam added, calling for recognition of a \"state crime\".\n\nSome say several hundred could have lost their lives in the massacre\n\nHistorian Emmanuel Blanchard said that Mr Macron's comments represented \"progress\" and had gone \"much further\" than his predecessors.\n\nThe massacre, which happened during the war against French rule in Algeria, was denied or concealed by French governments for decades.\n\nThe first commemorations of the event were organised in 2001 by the mayor of Paris.\n\nIn 2012, then-President François Hollande said the Republic recognised that Algerians had been killed that day in a \"bloody repression\", and he paid tribute to the victims.", "Boris Johnson has paid tribute to Conservative MP Sir David Amess who has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex.\n\nThe PM said he was one of the \"kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".\n\nSir David, 69, had been an MP since 1983 and was married with five children.\n\nPolice said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea.", "Katrina Rainey died after she was found in a burning car in Knockloughrim in County Londonderry\n\nA man has appeared in court charged with murdering his wife, who was found in a burning car in County Londonderry.\n\nThomas Rainey appeared before Dungannon Magistrates' Court via video link from Musgrave Street police station in Belfast, charged with the murder of Katrina Rainey.\n\nMr Rainey, 59, spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth.\n\nMrs Rainey, who was in her 50s, died in hospital on Tuesday evening after she was found in the car earlier that day.\n\nEmergency services had been called to the scene in the Quarry Road area of Knockloughrim, near Maghera, at about 05:40.\n\nAt the court hearing on Saturday morning, no application for bail was made.\n\nMr Rainey was remanded into custody and will appear again in court in four weeks' time.\n\nMrs Rainey's funeral service is due to take place later.", "Sir Elton John has now had eight number one singles\n\nSir Elton John has topped the UK singles chart for the first time in 16 years with a little help from Dua Lipa.\n\nTheir collaboration Cold Heart (Pnau Remix), which reworks his hits including Sacrifice, Rocket Man and Kiss the Bride, made it to number one after three weeks at number two.\n\nHe last topped the singles chart in 2005, when he appeared on US rapper 2Pac's posthumous single Ghetto Gospel.\n\nDua Lipa released a number one album last year during lockdown\n\nSir Elton's first ever number one came courtesy of a collaboration with another female singer, Kiki Dee, with 1976's Don't Go Breaking My Heart.\n\nDua Lipa's collaboration with the singer-songwriter, who recently underwent hip surgery, sees her collect her third number one, following her breakthrough anthem New Rules and One Kiss with Calvin Harris.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by EltonJohnVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nTheir musical hook-up - a disco-tinged re-working of some of his best-known songs, as remixed by Australian dance trio Pnau - put an end to Ed Sheeran's four-week stay at the chart summit.\n\nLast month, Sir Elton postponed his upcoming 2021 UK and European tour until 2023, due to a hip injury from this summer when he \"fell awkwardly\".\n\nElsewhere in the albums chart on Friday, Sam Fender secured his own second number one with Seventeen Going Under, totalling 44,000 equivalent chart sales.\n\nSam Fender celebrates his latest number one with fellow Geordies Ant and Dec\n\nIt caps a big few weeks for the Newcastle United fan, who appeared on the BBC Breakfast sofa admittedly hungover after having celebrated the football club's takeover at St James's Park the night before.\n\nSpeaking on the show in a club tracksuit, he said his saxophone player started playing outside the ground and \"5,000 Geordies started singing along\".\n\nHis new album is ahead of Drake's Certified Lover Boy in second place, and Olivia Rodrigo's Sour in third.\n\nFender and Sir Elton have built up a friendship in recent years, and speaking on his Apple Music 1 radio show, the veteran star said he thinks of the younger musician as a son.\n\n\"Well, for everyone who's listening at home or wherever you are, Sam and I have become great friends,\" he said. \"And he's like a member of our family.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video 2 by SamFenderVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\n\"Our boys, Elijah and Zachary, love him so much, and [Sir Elton's husband, filmmaker] David [Furnish]. He's like our eldest son in a way. And it's just great when we see each other.\"\n\nHe added: \"We play each other music and we cheer each other up when we're down in the dumps and it's a lovely thing. A friendship that's blossomed so beautifully.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Part of the seizure made by Australian police.\n\nAustralian police have announced the seizure of the largest heroin shipment ever recorded in the country, worth around A$140 million (£76m; $104m).\n\nAuthorities said the shipment, which weighed 450kg, included 1,290 packages of heroin with unique red branding.\n\nThe seizure was made at the Port of Melbourne - Australia's largest port - on September 29.\n\nOffices said they arrested a Malaysian man after the huge haul was discovered in a container of ceramic tiles.\n\nHe was later charged with the import and attempted possession of a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug. He could face a sentence of up to life in prison.\n\nTesting of the substance in the packages showed it was heroin.\n\nThe shipment originated in Malaysia and was bound for a business located in Melbourne. Several locations were later raided in the Victorian state capital.\n\nSpeaking following the announcement, Acting Assistant Commissioner Krissy Barrett of the Australian Federal Police said the discovery had been made thanks to close co-operation between international police forces.\n\n\"We have a strong relationship with the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) and in particular the RMP Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department,\" she said. \"We continue to work together in identifying and disrupting transnational organised crime syndicates that seek to harm both our nations and generate millions of dollars of profits from criminal activity.\"\n\nCommissioner Barrett added that police estimated that they had saved one life for every two kilograms of the drug removed from circulation in Australia's communities.\n\n\"It is important to note that in addition to the arrests made, the primary outcome of this operation is the preservation of an estimated 225 lives\" she said.\n\nIn 2019, authorities made an even bigger bust, when they discovered an enormous haul of methamphetamine worth around A$1.2bn (£660m, $840m) hidden inside stereo speakers at a Melbourne port. Around 37kg of heroin was also found in that raid.", "A bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people in Norway this week is likely to have been due to the killer's mental illness, police say.\n\nEspen Andersen Brathen has admitted going on a killing spree in the small town of Kongsberg on Wednesday.\n\nIt was the worst attack in Norway since far-right extremist Anders Breivik massacred 77 people a decade ago.\n\nThe suspect, a Danish Muslim convert, is now in custody in a medical facility pending a psychiatric evaluation.\n\n\"The strongest hypothesis after the first days of the investigation is that illness is in the background,\" said police inspector Per Thomas Omholt.\n\nHowever, police are investigating a range of motives including \"anger, revenge, impulse, jihad, illness and provocation\", Mr Omholt said.\n\nHe added that Brathen had admitted to the killings but did not admit guilt.\n\nA full psychiatric evaluation is necessary to determine whether Brathen can be held legally responsible for his actions. This could take several months.\n\n\"This indicates that things are not exactly as they should be,\" said his lawyer, Fredrik Neumann, referring to his client's mental health.\n\n\"A complete judicial assessment will clarify that,\" he told Norwegian daily VG.\n\nThe head of Norway's PST intelligence service, Hans Sverre Sjovold, said Brathen had been in and out of Norway's healthcare system \"for some time\".\n\nBrathan was known to PST, which is in charge of Norway's anti-terrorism efforts, but it is as yet unclear why.\n\n\"There were fears linked to radicalisation previously,\" police official Ole Bredrup Saeverud told reporters.\n\nFive people were killed and three others injured, including an off-duty police officer, in Kongsberg, which is about 80km (49 miles) south-west of the capital, Oslo.\n\nPolice first received a report of a man shooting at people with a bow and arrows at 18:12 local time (16:12 GMT) on Wednesday. Shortly afterwards, officers arrived on the scene.\n\nThe officers were then shot at with arrows before the attacker escaped. Attacks were subsequently reported in different locations.\n\nPolice have said the victims were most likely killed after officers first confronted the attacker.\n\nThe suspect was arrested at 18:45 - 35 minutes after the attack began. Warning shots were fired during the arrest, police said.\n\nNorwegian media questioned why it took police more than half an hour to arrest the suspect after the first reports of an attack. Mr Saeverud said it had been a \"confusing\" situation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "A girl was stopped by a man in the Three Bridges area of Crawley at 08:00 BST on Wednesday\n\nA chef has been charged after a teenage girl was approached by a stranger in a hi-viz jacket who stopped and searched her before cycling off.\n\nIt happened in Three Bridges, Crawley, West Sussex, on Wednesday, when the 14-year-old was on her way to school.\n\nHe was remanded in custody and was due to appear at Brighton Magistrates' Court.\n\nMr Young has been charged with kidnap with intent to commit a relevant sexual offence, kidnap, impersonating a police officer and two breaches of a sexual harm prevention order.\n\nSussex Police said the girl was unharmed and receiving support.\n\nSupt Marc Clothier said: \"We have not received any similar reports at this time and there is no current risk to anyone in the community in relation to this case.\"\n\nSussex Police said more uniformed patrols would be in the area and issued advice to anyone worried about lone police officers.\n\nSupt Clothier said: \"We understand some people may want additional reassurance when interacting with a lone police officer and when you are alone.\n\n\"If this is the case, genuine officers can use their police radio on loudspeaker to talk to the operator in the police control room.\"\n\nHe added: \"The operator can confirm the identity of the officer, that they are on duty and carrying out legitimate policing business. You can also ask a passer-by to observe.\"\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The US has closed its land borders with Canada and Mexico since March 2020\n\nThe US has said it will reopen its land borders with Mexico and Canada to fully vaccinated travellers from November.\n\nIt means those sealed out of the US because of the pandemic can enter - for any reason - using land and ferry crossing points.\n\nUnvaccinated travellers will still be banned from entering the US from Mexico and Canada by land.\n\nAir travel is currently allowed with a negative Covid test, but will require proof of vaccinations as of 8 November.\n\nThe US has curbed travel from Mexico and Canada since March 2020.\n\n\"We are pleased to be taking steps to resume regular travel in a safe and sustainable manner,\" Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement.\n\nCurrently, most non-US citizens who have been to the UK, China, India, South Africa, Iran, Brazil and a number of European countries within the past 14 days are not allowed into the US.\n\nBut those rules will also be lifted in November, the Biden administration announced last month.\n\nEssential travellers, including students, truck drivers, US citizens and healthcare workers were never banned from crossing land borders. However from January 2022, they will also need to show proof of vaccination to get into the US from Mexico or Canada.\n\n\"This approach will provide ample time for essential travellers... to get vaccinated,\" the Department of Homeland Security said.\n\nAn exact date in November has not yet been announced, but will be \"very soon\", an official told Reuters news agency.\n\nCanada opened its border to fully vaccinated travellers from the US on 9 August. Mexico's border has remained open throughout the whole pandemic.\n\nA controversial law which allows the US to swiftly expel undocumented migrants to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in holding facilities will stay in place, US media reports. The border legislation, known as Title 42, has cut off access to asylum for hundreds of thousands of migrants trying to enter from Mexico.\n\nSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said President Biden was \"doing the right thing\"\n\nNews of the reopening has drawn praise from US lawmakers with constituencies along the Canadian border.\n\nAmong them was Chuck Schumer, the Democrats' Senate Majority Leader.\n\n\"Kudos to President Biden for doing the right thing and increasing cross border travel between Canada and the US,\" he said.\n\n\"This reopening will be welcome news to countless businesses, medical providers, families, and loved ones that depend on travel across the northern border,\" added New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.\n\nThe announcement of new rules in September was a surprise to many - coming days after the US government said it was not the right time to lift restrictions.\n\nThe US has recorded some 44.5 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, and more than 716,000 deaths.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why are US officials getting vaccinated in public?\n\n22 October 2021: This article was amended to add the updated information that proof of vaccination will be required for air travel from 8 November", "The British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF) has issued a statement condemning the \"vicious attack, which was an assault not only on Sir David, but also on democracy in the UK\".\n\nSir David was a champion of human rights and democracy in Iran for more than three decades. He consistently spoke in support of the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations and the Iranian Resistance movement, NCRI, the BCFIF said.\n\n\"One of the proudest things I have ever done in my political career is to support the National Council of Resistance of Iran which calls for the Iranian regime to be replaced with a safer and more democratic government,\" Sir David said on 6 September.\n\nIn an email to the BBC, supporter Jahed Madumi wrote: \"With great sorrow I heard about Sir David Amess' loss.\n\n\"As an Iranian I have to say that he was a great friend of our nation, and he always defended the freedom for the people of Iran.\"\n\nMr Amess is seen above with the British delegation during the Conference In Support Of Freedom and Democracy In Iran in Paris in 2018.", "Anti-abortion activist Eva Alper approaches women outside health clinic that provides abortions in Texas\n\nA new law restricting access to abortions is being celebrated by supporters in Texas, but for the doctors and pro-choice activists who could be prosecuted under it, this was a dark day.\n\nOn Tuesday afternoon, Eva Alpar was approaching women outside a clinic that provides a range of health services, including abortions.\n\nAs a volunteer with the San Antonio Coalition for Life, she tracks the number of cars that come by each hour and hands out goodie bags with snacks and body wash to women going inside to seek services.\n\nInside the bags are brochures that list alternatives to an abortion.\n\nThe previous 72 hours had been busy at this south Texas clinic. Across the state, abortion providers said more patients were looking to terminate their pregnancies ahead of the new law which effectively bans abortions after six weeks.\n\nFor Ms Alpar, this law - which came into effect on Wednesday after the US Supreme Court did not intervene - is a huge win.\n\n\"A good day [on the job] means I'm able to get at least one referral,\" Ms Alpar said, standing in 90F (32C) heat right next to speeding cars that often honk at her.\n\n\"That means we get them to leave Planned Parenthood and go over to a woman's [health centre] instead,\" to discuss alternatives to an abortion. (Planned Parenthood is one of the largest abortion services providers in the country.)\n\nOn Wednesday, members of the anti-abortion coalition showed up again at the clinic, only to find it closed for medical procedures.\n\nThe website for the location reads: \"Due to Texas' new law SB 8, we are unable to provide abortion at this time. We are challenging this law and hope to resume abortion care in the future.\"\n\n\"Today is a wonderful day for Texas,\" said Catherine Nix, the executive director of the Coalition for Life, after briefly speaking to a woman who accepted a bag from her.\n\n\"We are here everyday trying to help women choose life, and today the law is now behind us to help us do that.\"\n\nThis law, one of the nation's most restrictive, is not directly meant to penalise women seeking abortions. While it bans abortions after the detection of a foetal heartbeat, the law's broad language suggests lawsuits may be brought by private citizens against those who aid, abet or perform abortions.\n\nThat includes someone who helps a patient cover the medical cost of terminating a pregnancy or provides them transportation to get the procedure - if it's done after six-weeks gestation.\n\nThe law could impact someone like Bridget, who has previously volunteered with the Clinic Access Support Network to drive patients to their abortion appointments.\n\n\"This bill is targeting people who already do not have the resources necessary to get themselves to an appointment,\" she said. That includes people, often women of colour, from low-income homes who don't count on a support system from their families or partners.\n\n\"The whole purpose of the bill is to bankrupt organisations like ours and shut down clinics.\"\n\nAccording to the Texas Policy Evaluation Project at the University of Texas, this law will prevent eight in 10 people from obtaining abortion care. Many women do not know they are pregnant before the six-week point cited in the law.\n\nDr Ghazaleh Moayedi, who carries out abortions in her OB/GYN practice in north Texas, said she feels targeted. In the 15 years that she has worked in abortion care, she has seen greater restrictions in the state, but never anything as aggressive as this law.\n\n\"Providing abortion care, and accessing abortion care is actually the very heart of being Texan,\" Moayedi told the BBC.\n\n\"Texans don't believe that the government should interfere in our personal lives. We believe that the community takes care of each other. It doesn't make sense that our legislators here in the state continue to go after folks for their personal lives, because that's really not what we're about here.\"\n\nShe said that the bill will immediately stop access to care for 90% of the people that see her for abortions and that those patients will likely be forced to consider going out of state or to continue unwanted pregnancies.\n\nShe is worried about the people who will be forced into continuing an unwanted pregnancy - and she also worries for herself.\n\n\"I'm afraid for my personal future and the future of my career as a result of this.\"", "Arfon Jones posted the tweet shortly after the death of Sir David Amess was confirmed\n\nA former police and crime commissioner has faced a backlash for a tweet posted after the killing of Sir David Amess.\n\nIn the now deleted tweet Arfon Jones, PCC for north Wales between 2016-2021, said \"this is what happens\" when you have a government that \"sows hate\".\n\nBrecon and Radnorshire Conservative MP Fay Jones replied that Mr Jones was \"not fit for public office\".\n\nThe former Plaid Cymru member has since apologised for the tweet, adding that it was \"untimely and offensive\".\n\nMr Jones has since deleted and apologised for the tweet\n\nMP Sir David Amess died after being stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex on Friday.\n\nPolice said the killing was being treated as a terrorist incident.\n\nFay Jones said Mr Jones's comments were \"completely out of line\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Jones has been asked to comment.", "The community has been left stunned by the events of the past few hours\n\nResidents choked back tears as they spilled on to the streets of Leigh-on Sea after the killing of their MP Sir David Amess.\n\nHe was \"so kind to everyone\" said Rofique Ali, a local Conservative Party member, who described the MP as his best friend in the world.\n\n\"I have known him for many years, and he was so kind to everyone,\" he said.\n\nChoking back tears, Rofique Ali said Sir David was kind to everyone\n\nSir David, who was meeting people at his constituency surgery, had been an MP in Essex for almost 40 years, and theirs since 1997.\n\nThe 69-year-old was stabbed multiple times in Belfairs Methodist Church.\n\nA man was arrested on suspicion of murder and a knife recovered from the scene.\n\nNews filtered through the neighbourhood that Sir David had been killed in their church and on their street. Reporters and people laying flowers have gathered on this normally quiet residential street of semi-detached houses, flats and tall trees.\n\nA police cordon surrounds the church, police cars line the road. The mood is quiet and sombre.\n\nEverybody is shocked that something so unexpected and devastating can happen here - and in a church.\n\nBut above all, they talk of an MP always willing to listen to them, to help them and to be part of their community.\n\nThat community has been left stunned by the events of the past few hours and people have come forward to pay tribute to his work as a local MP, at pains to emphasise that he was a kind man.\n\nMelanie Harris placed flowers at the scene and a card thanking Sir David for his help as her MP\n\nResident Melanie Harris left flowers at the scene. She said they were \"a small gesture to show we care\".\n\nShe also left a card that read: \"What has the world come to? What a senseless waste of a charming, witty and kind and gentle soul who deserved a lot more than to be snatched from life.\n\n\"You were always a pleasure to speak to. Thank you for restoring my faith in politicians.\"\n\nMohamad Imani said Sir David had been a great friend and ally to people in Iran\n\nMohamad Imani, who is a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, a coalition of Iranian dissident groups which is calling for regime change in the country, said he was \"shocked\" by Sir David's death.\n\nMr Imani said the MP had been a \"great friend\" of the NCRI and a \"hero for human rights\".\n\nHe said he had met him several times in Parliament and travelled with him to conferences in Paris, France and Tirana, Albania.\n\n\"I have a lot of memories with him, always laughing and joking,\" he said. \"He was a very kind man and a great human.\"\n\nStephen Aylen, who was a local councillor for 25 years, said: \"He was very involved, a proper MP.\n\n\"For this to happen, what can I say?\"\n\nAlysha Codabaccus, 24, said: \"This kind of thing just doesn't happen around here. This is a nice quiet area, it happened in a church, there's a school just up the road.\n\n\"It's something completely out of the blue, it's just really shocked us all and this should not have happened.\"\n\nKevin Buck said the world had lost a decent person\n\nKevin Buck, a Conservative Southend councillor, who worked with Sir David for 10 years, said he was \"shocked and numb\".\n\n\"I just can't believe he was with us here this morning, and not here now.\n\n\"He was a remarkable MP because he was a remarkable man - kind, compassionate and caring.\"\n\n\"We are so utterly appalled,\" said parish priest Kevin Hale\n\nParish Priest Kevin Hale said the community was \"absolutely shocked and appalled\" and it was \"hard to believe\".\n\n\"Sir David was a neighbour of ours, a good friend of the parish, a frequent visitor, a familiar face in the area and a great supporter of everything in the community,\" he said.\n\n\"We're all so utterly appalled. Our hearts and our prayers go out profoundly to his wife and children.\"\n\nRay Howard, a Conservative councillor in Canvey Island for 51 years, and who canvassed for Mr Amess, spoke of his deep upset.\n\n\"He didn't want to become a minister, he didn't want to go higher, he just wanted to be good constituency man, and what a good man and parliamentarian he has been.\"\n\nReporters and people laying flowers have gathered in the normally quiet street\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "The killing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess is being treated as a terrorist incident by police.\n\nSir David was stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex on Friday.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said there was a potential link to Islamist extremism. A 25-year-old British man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel paid tribute to Sir David as a \"man of the people\" who was \"killed doing a job he loved\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer laid flowers at the scene together on Saturday morning.\n\nMs Patel and Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle also paid their respects outside Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.\n\nSpeaking a short time later, Ms Patel said: \"We are all struggling to come to terms with the fact that David Amess has been so cruelly taken away from all of us.\"\n\nShe said the Southend West MP \"was absolutely there for everyone, he was a much loved parliamentarian, to me he was a dear and loyal friend, but also he was a devoted husband and father\".\n\nMs Patel, who has asked police forces to immediately review security arrangements for MPs, maintained a balance could be found to allow face-to-face meetings with constituents to continue.\n\n\"We will carry on, we live in an open society, a democracy,\" she said. \"We cannot be cowed by any individual or any motivation... to stop us from functioning\".\n\nSir David, 69, had been an MP since 1983 and was married with four daughters and a son. He is the second serving MP to be killed in recent years, following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in July 2016.\n\nLabour's Sir Keir Starmer and PM Boris Johnson laid floral tributes on Saturday at the scene of the attack\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel and Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle also paid their respects\n\nThe Met said officers are carrying out searches at two addresses in the London area and are not seeking anyone else over the death.\n\nThe force believes the man, who is in custody in Essex, acted alone but inquiries into the circumstances of the incident are continuing.\n\nGovernment sources have told the BBC he is a British national who, from initial inquiries, appears to be of Somali heritage.\n\nBBC security correspondent Frank Gardner reports Whitehall officials are saying the arrested man was not on a database of terror suspects.\n\nScotland Yard's decision that the killing of Sir David Amess was an act of terrorism confirms that, on the basis of what they know so far, the killer was motivated to use violence to further their cause.\n\nThere's no public suggestion from investigations at the moment that there is a specific additional threat to MPs - but detectives and colleagues in MI5 will be delving deeply into the life of the suspect to understand how he reached this mindset and whether this was an attack by a \"lone actor\" or someone who is part of a network.\n\nSecondly, it confirms the initial conclusion that there would need to be more resources thrown at the investigation.\n\nBehind the scenes a wider range of detectives and support staff will now have been brought into action. If officers have recovered the suspect's mobile phone, they will now be forensically examining its contents to uncover potential evidence of mindset and planning.\n\nA phone - and any bank cards - will also help detectives track the suspect's movements in the days and weeks before the incident. That in turn leads them to CCTV so they can build a three-dimensional view of his life.\n\nSir David was holding a constituency surgery - where voters can meet their MP and discuss concerns - at the church on Friday when he was attacked at 12:05 BST.\n\nThe Met later said the fatal stabbing was being declared a terrorist incident, with the investigation being led by Counter Terrorism Policing.\n\nPolice added: \"The early investigation has revealed a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism.\"\n\nOfficers are appealing for anyone with any information or with footage from CCTV, dash cams or video doorbell, to contact them.\n\nSouthend borough councillor John Lamb, who went to the scene after hearing the MP had been stabbed, said: \"The paramedics had been working on Sir David for over two and a half hours and they hadn't got him on the way to hospital.\n\n\"We knew it had to be extremely serious and that the worst scenario could occur - we were hoping it wouldn't but it did.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch the Home Secretary Priti Patel pay tribute to her \"friend\" and \"neighbour\" MP Sir David Amess\n\nThe mood in Leigh-on-Sea, which Sir David represented for decades, is one of bewilderment.\n\nAs police and global media descend upon the usually quiet Essex town, people have gathered to pay tributes outside the Belfairs Methodist Church where the long-standing MP was attacked.\n\nResident Audrey Martin remembers him as \"an absolute gentleman\" who took time out to speak to her when she first moved to the area from Scotland.\n\n\"He just had this aura about him,\" she says.\n\nAnd constituent Lorraine Migliorini highlights Sir David's work for children and young people with special educational needs.\n\n\"He was genuinely interested and listened to them which was fantastic,\" she says. \"He got things done.\"\n\nJulie Everitt, who has co-ordinated a vigil for him, says she would \"always remember him for his genuine smile\" and his passion for animal rights.\n\n\"He would go on campaigns, he was against the badger cull, he was against trophy hunting and fox hunting,\" she says.\n\n\"He was a good gentleman, he had a good heart.\"\n\nRead more from Orla and Richard at the scene here.\n\nPaying tribute to Sir David on Friday, the prime minister described him as \"one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics\".\n\nHouse of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle told BBC Two's Newsnight police were contacting all MPs to check on their security and reassure them.\n\nHe went ahead with his own constituency surgery on Friday evening, saying it was essential MPs retained their relationship with their constituents.\n\nBut Conservative MP Tobias Elwood - who came to the aid of a stabbed police officer during a terror attack in Westminster in 2017 - told the BBC he would recommend MPs temporarily stop having face-to-face meetings with constituents.\n\n\"You can move to Zoom... you can actually achieve an awful lot over the telephone,\" he said on Radio 4's World Tonight.\n\nAnd Kim Leadbeater, the sister of Mrs Cox and MP for Batley and Spen, said her partner had asked her to stand down from her role following Sir David's death.\n\nA Conservative backbencher for nearly 40 years, Sir David entered Parliament in 1983 as the MP for Basildon.\n\nHe held the seat in 1992, but switched to nearby Southend West at the 1997 election.\n\nRaised as a Roman Catholic, he was known politically as a social conservative and as a prominent campaigner against abortion and on animal welfare issues.\n\nHe was also known for his championing of Southend, including a long-running campaign to win city status for the town.\n\nTributes have been paid to Sir David from across politics and within his local community.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said he had an \"outstanding record of passing laws to help the most vulnerable\", adding \"we've lost today a fine public servant and a much loved-friend and colleague\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch how emergency services responded in the initial aftermath of the attack on Sir David Amess\n\nFather Jeff Woolnough, parish priest at nearby St Peter's Catholic Church, led a mass on Friday evening in memory of Sir David, who he called \"Mr Southend\".\n\nHe described him as a \"great, great guy\" and said faith communities had \"lost their greatest supporter\".\n\nSouthend councillor John Lamb said Sir David was \"a very good, hard working constituency MP who worked for everyone\".\n\nAnd Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"dark and shocking day\", adding that the country had \"been here before\" with the death of Jo Cox.\n\nConstituent Ruth Verrinder (right) and former councillor and mayor Judith McMahon (left) were at St Michael and All Angels Church to light a candle\n\nWere you in the area? Did you witness the attack? If you feel able to do so please get in touch. Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The forces' sweetheart died at the age of 103 last year\n\nThe daughter of Dame Vera Lynn has said she will include a tribute to MP Sir David Amess in a memorial to her.\n\nVirginia Lewis-Jones said the Southend West MP was \"the driving force\" in the campaign to have a statue erected in honour of the forces' sweetheart.\n\nMs Lewis-Jones was a friend of Sir David, who was killed in a suspected terror attack in Leigh-on-Sea.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, she said: \"David should also be remembered... it's half his memorial.\"\n\nDame Vera Lynn, whose songs helped raise morale in World War Two, died at the age of 103 in June 2020.\n\nHer family, friends and supporters would like to see a permanent memorial placed on the White Cliffs of Dover, which were immortalised in one of her most famous songs.\n\nSir David launched the memorial appeal in Dover in June and was in regular contact with Ms Lewis-Jones about the fundraising.\n\nMs Lewis-Jones said he \"was really the instigator of the whole thing, he was the driving force, our leading light.\"\n\nSir David helped to launch the memorial campaign earlier this year\n\nMs Lewis-Jones said: \"We just can't take it in, the shock was unbelievable.... he was just such a kind, wonderful man.\"\n\nShe added: \"I think in some way, David should also be remembered in the memorial for what he has done to this point and hopefully in spirit will continue to do.\n\n\"We've got to continue, not only for my mother but also for David for what he began and for what we will continue to do because it's half his memorial as well.\"\n\nMs Lewis-Jones said Sir David should never be forgotten\n\nThe statue, which will be designed and created by sculptor Paul Day, is expected to cost around £1.5m.\n\nThe appeal has raised just under £49,000 but more donations have flooded in since the death of Sir David on Friday, with one person writing \"In memory of Sir David RIP\" alongside their donation.", "It is thought New Zealand will be able to sell more lamb to the UK under the deal\n\nThe UK has agreed a free trade deal with New Zealand which it says will benefit consumers and businesses.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the deal will cut costs for exporters and open up New Zealand's job market to UK professionals.\n\nThe government hopes it is a step towards joining a trade club with the likes of Canada and Japan.\n\nThe New Zealand deal itself is unlikely to boost UK growth, according to the government's own estimates.\n\nOverall, only a tiny proportion of UK trade is done with New Zealand, less than 0.2%.\n\nLabour and the National Farmers Union (NFU) said the deal could hurt UK farmers and lower food standards.\n\nBut International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said it \"affords opportunities in both directions for great sharing of produce\" and British farmers should not be worried.\n\nMr Johnson and New Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, agreed the pact in a video call on Wednesday after 16 months of negotiations.\n\nTariffs will be removed on UK goods including clothing, ships and bulldozers, and on New Zealand goods including wine, honey and kiwi fruits.\n\nProfessionals such as lawyers and architects will be able to work in New Zealand more easily, the government said.\n\nHowever, the deal is not likely to increase UK economic growth - or GDP - according to the UK government's own assessments. New Zealand will fare slightly better as it may be able to sell more lamb to the UK.\n\nBut, like the trade deal recently struck with Australia, the UK hopes this is a step towards joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) - a trade bloc that includes Australasia, Canada, Mexico and Japan among others.\n\nThe UK already has deals with many of the members, rolled over from when it was in the EU. But CPTPP membership would give it more access in terms of services and digital trade.\n\nIn a video of the deal being struck, Mr Johnson said: \"We've scrummed down, we've packed tight, and together we've got the ball over the line and we have a deal. And I think it's a great deal.\"\n\nMs Ardern said: \"I loved your use of rugby metaphors, but if we were going to continue that on, then naturally it would conclude with the All Blacks winning.\n\n\"And I know that New Zealand feels that way with this free trade agreement, but actually, it's good for both of us, as it happens.\"\n\nThe NFU said the deal, like the one with Australia, could have a \"huge downside\", especially for UK dairy and meat farmers.\n\nIts president, Minette Batters, said the Australia and New Zealand deals mean \"we will be opening our doors to significant extra volumes of imported food - whether or not produced to our own high standards - while securing almost nothing in return for UK farmers\".\n\n\"The fact is that UK farm businesses face significantly higher costs of production than farmers in New Zealand and Australia, and it's worth remembering that margins are already tight here due to ongoing labour shortages and rising costs on farm,\" she said.\n\n\"The government is now asking British farmers to go toe-to-toe with some of the most export-orientated farmers in the world, without the serious, long-term and properly funded investment in UK agriculture that can enable us to do so.\n\nEmily Thornberry, shadow trade secretary, said the government's own figures showed the deal would \"cut employment in our farming communities, produce zero additional growth, and generate just £112m in additional exports for UK firms compared to pre-pandemic levels\".\n\nShe added that the only winners were \"the mega-corporations who run New Zealand's meat and dairy farms\".\n\n\"As our economy recovers from the pandemic, we need trade deals that will boost jobs and growth, open up big new markets for UK exporters, and support our objectives to buy, make and sell more in Britain. This trade deal with New Zealand fails on every count,\" she said.\n\nThe international trade secretary said British farmers should not be concerned about increased lamb imports because the lambing seasons were different in the UK and New Zealand.\n\nAnne-Marie Trevelyan said: \"I'm very comfortable it's a complimentary - because of the seasons… consumers will have more choice.\"\n\nShe said trade with New Zealand was currently worth £2.3bn a year but had the potential to increase by up to 30% by 2030.\n\nA bottle of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc could cost 20p less as a result of this trade deal and other products like Manuka honey and kiwi fruits could also cost less.\n\nIn terms of overall trade, even by the UK government's own analysis a tariff free trade deal will make no difference at all to the country's GDP - the total value of the goods and services the UK produces.\n\nOverall the trade between the two countries is less than 0.2% of the UK total and in fact in 2018 New Zealand ranked as only our 53rd biggest trading partner.\n\nSo why does this deal matter?\n\nThe UK signed its first big post-Brexit deal with Japan last year and in June it also signed a draft agreement for a trade deal with Australia.\n\nBoth countries, as well as New Zealand, are members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership or CPTPP.\n\nThe combined GDP for the 11 nations that form the CPTPP in 2020 was £8.4trn - one of the key reasons given by the UK government when it formally applied earlier this year.\n\nThis deal is the first agreed during the tenure of Britain's new Secretary of State for International Trade, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, who took over from Liz Truss last month.\n\nShe believes that by getting this deal done the UK's application to the CPTPP will be looked upon more favourably.\n\nThat being said, the trade deal the UK really wants is with the US.\n\nBut with the recent change in administration in the White House that seems further away.", "The FBI has given no details about the searches\n\nFBI agents are sweeping properties in the US linked to Russian billionaire oligarch Oleg Deripaska.\n\nMr Deripaska, who has close ties to Russia's President Vladimir Putin, was placed under US sanctions in 2018.\n\nThe oligarch's spokesman told Reuters news agency the FBI is searching two homes owned by relatives of Mr Deripaska under court warrants related to those sanctions.\n\nOthers stood guard outside behind yellow crime scene tape.\n\nThe representative said another property in New York was also being searched.\n\nSo far it is unclear exactly why the searches are taking place. A spokesperson for the FBI told NBC News the agency was conducting \"law enforcement activity\" at the Washington DC property, without giving any further details.\n\nMr Deripaska, 53, made his fortune in the 1990s as a metals broker. In 1997 he founded the industrial group Basic Element, one of Russia's largest, which he still owns.\n\nThe US Treasury placed Mr Deripaska under sanctions in 2018 along with six other Russian oligarchs, as well as a number of companies they own and senior Russian government officials.\n\nSteve Mnuchin, then Treasury secretary, said the move was a response to Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, which Moscow denies.\n\n\"The Russian government engages in a range of malign activity around the globe,\" a statement released at the time said. \"Russian oligarchs and elites who profit from this corrupt system will no longer be insulated from the consequences of their government's destabilizing activities.\"\n\nA year later US President Donald Trump lifted sanctions on three firms linked to Mr Deripaska after he ceded control, a move criticised by Democrat politicians. Sanctions remained on the magnate himself, however.\n\nMr Deripaska also has links with Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Trump, who was convicted of fraud before his pardon by Mr Trump in December 2020.\n\nIn 2016 the Guardian newspaper reported that Mr Manafort had worked with Mr Deripaska on investment deals in Ukraine.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Children's Commissioner Koulla Yiasouma described the waiting times as \"terrifying\"\n\nTwenty-four children in Northern Ireland with confirmed or suspected cancers had to wait over a year for a first appointment, a review has found.\n\nThe figure, for April, is in a review of waiting lists by the NI Commissioner for Children and Young People.\n\nMore than 17,000 children were waiting more than a year to see a hospital consultant for the first time.\n\nThe health minster later said that by September there were no \"red flag\" paediatric patients waiting that long.\n\nThe review examined official waiting list data for children's health services not published as part of the Department of Health's statistical bulletins.\n\nThe commissioner said the waiting times were \"terrifying\".\n\nKoulla Yiasouma said that waiting for any health service treatment can and does have a \"profound impact on a child's health outcomes, emotional and mental well-being\".\n\nShe said it was \"shocking not only for the child but their families too\".\n\n\"Each and every single one of them is a child and each and every single one of them is a child whose life has almost been put on hold, and a family whose life has been put on hold, because they are not getting the most fundamental right of healthcare that they deserve,\" she said.\n\nDr Ray Nethercott, of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said he was shocked by the cancer figures.\n\n\"It is outrageous and there are probably many other words that spring to the minds of parents who are worried and concerned and colleagues who are facing into this,\" he said.\n\n\"Some of the answer will be about embracing and delivering that reform, delivering innovation, delivering different ways of managing children as close to home as possible.\n\n\"To be able to do that, it's not all about the workforce, but it's actually about giving some due care and attention to child health services as a distinct entity.\n\n\"I can't say that there's any way to do it immediately - I've got lots of ideas as do many of my colleagues.\n\n\"But really children and children's voices and people that work with children have a very small voice in our health system.\"\n\nThe review, called More Than Just a Number, examined the number of children and young people on waiting lists, and the length of time they wait to access first or review appointments with consultants for treatment in hospitals and also for services based in the community.\n\nIt found that in April 2021, one in five children and young people in Northern Ireland were waiting for a first or review appointment with a consultant.\n\nIt also found 17,194 children and young people were waiting more than one year and 510 more than four years.\n\nThe conditions affected included scoliosis, speech and language therapy and autism.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMandy O'Connor has two daughters waiting for reviews.\n\nHer eldest daughter had an operation in Turkey for scoliosis in 2018 that cost them £35,000 for the operation alone, otherwise she would have been waiting 18 months for surgery in Northern Ireland.\n\nShe has not been seen in Northern Ireland since that operation and the family is travelling to Turkey on Wednesday for a follow-up appointment.\n\nHer second daughter doesn't know if she has scoliosis which means time is of the essence to find out so they can tackle it early.\n\n\"From when Tasha [her eldest daughter] was diagnosed she was in extreme pain for the 16 weeks while we were fundraising,\" Mrs O'Connor said.\n\n\"To think what she would have been like for 18 months on that waiting list and even for the referral it was 16 weeks.\n\n\"It was marked urgent at the time - Tasha wasn't seen for a referral. The referral went in on July 2018, she wasn't seen until November 2018.\"\n\nShe said her second daughter had to wait 12 months for a first referral.\n\n\"That was in August 2019. She wasn't seen until August 2020 and as yet she hasn't been seen since.\"\n\nThe review found 17,194 children and young people were waiting over one year to see a hospital consultant for the first time\n\nAs well as looking at hospital waits, it also raises other issues including the \"complete absence\" of regional monitoring or reporting of waiting times for child health services in the community.\n\nThe absence of such critical information according to the commissioner makes it impossible to get a clear understanding of the number of children who are waiting for these services.\n\nIt found that at least 26,818 children in Northern Ireland were waiting for a community-based health service but it is thought the figure is much higher.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said he was grateful to the commissioner for the \"detailed review\".\n\n\"My department and the wider HSC (Health and Social Care) system will carefully consider the report and recommendations from the commissioner as part of our ongoing work to transform and rebuild services,\" he said.\n\n\"Waiting times were clearly unacceptable prior to Covid-19 and have been exacerbated by the devastating impact of the pandemic across all aspects of service provision including, unfortunately, across children's services.\n\n\"Addressing these waiting lists is a top priority for me... it will require systemic change and long-term investment.\"\n\nMs Yiasouma said she welcomed the health minister's commitment to improve waiting lists and to address the \"underlying issues which drive them\".\n\n\"Waiting times are one of the clearest indicators of a system under immense strain and unable to meet the needs of its population,\" she added.\n\n\"We must strive to get to a point where all children and young people can get access to the right care, at the right time and the right place and no child ls left waiting months or years in a queue to access services.\"\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the waiting times figures for children with cancer were \"utterly appalling\".\n\n\"I think we should see somebody very senior in the Department of Health appointed as a deputy chief medical officer to oversee children's health in Northern Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"I think we need to invest more in children's health.\n\n\"I think children should have a degree of priority when it comes to such services.\"", "Sarah Buckle said she was left feeling \"vulnerable\" and \"violated\"\n\nA petition calling for compulsory searches at nightclubs has been signed by more than 100,000 people after a number of reported spikings by needle.\n\nOne student, who believes she was injected in a Nottingham club, said she felt \"vulnerable\" and \"violated\".\n\nNottinghamshire Police confirmed it was looking into reports of people being \"spiked physically\".\n\nAbout 130,000 people have signed a petition asking the government to make searching guests a legal requirement.\n\nThe area with the highest number of signatures is Nottingham, particularly the parts of the city popular with students.\n\nHannah Thomson said the response to her petition, and the fact it will now be debated in Parliament, was \"amazing\"\n\nHannah Thomson, 24, from Glasgow, said she set up the petition after seeing a report on social media about a woman being injected with a needle in Edinburgh and then seeing stories elsewhere.\n\n\"The response has been so much bigger than I thought,\" she said. \"And we've done it, just through the power of young girls.\"\n\nShe said she thought searches could be done with metal detectors or pat-downs, rather than full airport-style security.\n\n\"I would much rather have a pat down than a needle in the back,\" she added.\n\nOne woman who believes she was spiked with a needle is Sarah Buckle.\n\nShe was on a night out in Nottingham on 28 September when she suddenly became ill.\n\nThe University of Nottingham student said: \"One moment I was talking fine, and then I couldn't get my words out.\n\n\"They took me to sit down but then I couldn't get up again.\"\n\nShe said she remembered very little up until the next morning, when she found herself in a hospital bed.\n\nThe 19-year-old noticed a small pin prick on her hand, which later developed bruises and began to throb.\n\nMiss Buckle said she was left shaking for two days\n\n\"I feel violated,\" she said. \"I've had too much to drink before and this was completely different.\n\n\"To be in hospital for 10 hours, and to have no recollection of anything for that long, is absolutely crazy.\n\n\"I'm confused by why this is going on, it's terrifying. You can cover your drinks but how are you going to stop someone stabbing you?\"\n\nAnother 19-year-old student, Zara Owen, told the BBC she blacked out shortly after arriving at a club in Nottingham and later discovered a pin prick in her leg.\n\nShe believes she was spiked through an injection.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Student who reported needle attack in Nottingham nightclub speaks to BBC\n\nGroups from more than 30 universities around the UK have joined an online campaign calling for the boycott of nightclubs.\n\nCampaigners say they are seeking \"tangible\" changes to make night-time venues safer, such as covers or stoppers for drinks and better training for staff.\n\nLarissa Kennedy, president of the National Union of Students (NUS), said: \"It's absolutely disgusting that in the past few days a number of students have reported instances of women being spiked on nights out.\n\n\"My rage, love and solidarity goes out to all those who have been impacted.\"\n\nA University of Nottingham spokesperson added: \"We are working closely with Nottinghamshire Police and the city's nightlife venues to monitor, review and learn from incidents and experiences in the city centre.\n\n\"We have contacted them about the specific concerns raised and will continue to liaise with them.\"\n\nNottingham MP Nadia Whittome said the conversation should not become about what women can and can't do\n\nNadia Whittome, Labour MP for Nottingham East, said she had been contacted by a number of constituents who were \"terrified of going out\", including one woman who suspects she was injected.\n\nShe called for quicker gathering of evidence after a suspected spiking, as well as long and short-term measures to prevent it happening.\n\n\"It's very difficult to know what the solutions are,\" she said. \"We have an idea of what the solutions aren't.\n\n\"After Sarah Everard in particular, trust in police is at an all-time low, it's been shattered. Police officers in clubs is not going to reassure women.\"\n\nYvette Cooper, chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, asked a police chief on Wednesday about the scale of the problem.\n\nSarah Crew, the temporary Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police - who also has a role on the National Police Chief's Council - said she only became aware of spiking by injection \"this morning\".\n\n\"I can see there are a number of police forces investigating them,\" she said. \"I think it's a fair assumption there may be a sexual motive in those, but there isn't an indication.\"\n\nMs Cooper said she had spoken to someone who was in A&E last night, believing she had been spiked with a needle.\n\nShe added Home Secretary Priti Patel had asked for a report.\n\nSupt Kathryn Craner, from Nottinghamshire Police, said the force was investigating an increase in reports of drinks being spiked in the city.\n\nShe added: \"We've also received a small number that have been associated with pain or a mark on part of their body or a scratching sensation, as though they have been physically spiked.\n\n\"We are taking these reports really seriously and have dedicated resources to it to understand what is happening.\"\n\nThe force said a 20-year-old man had been arrested \"on suspicion of possession of class A and class B and cause [to] administer poison or noxious thing with intent to injure, aggrieve and annoy\" following an incident in Lower Parliament Street on 16 October.\n\nThe man has now been released on bail.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nHave you been affected by the issues in this story? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sir David Amess was not reached by a priest who went to the scene of the attack\n\nA so-called \"Amess amendment\" is being proposed to ensure access for Catholic priests to administer the last rites, including at crime scenes.\n\nIt follows concerns a priest was unable to reach Sir David Amess, a Catholic, at the scene where he was attacked.\n\nLabour MP Mike Kane is seeking to add this to legislation currently going through Parliament.\n\nIt would give a presumption that priests could pray with a Catholic \"in the final moments of life\".\n\nThe intention is to add the \"Amess amendment\" to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.\n\nIt's understood that there are peers ready to put forward the amendment in the committee stage in the House of Lords and cross-party discussions are under way.\n\nIn the Catholic church the sacrament of \"anointing the sick\" is given to those who are ill or dying.\n\nA local priest who went to the scene of the attack on Sir David in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex did not reach him.\n\n\"I think it's vital that people of faith can receive the ministry and sacraments they need in the final moments of life and at the point of death,\" said Mr Kane, who spoke of Sir David's Catholic faith in a tribute in Parliament this week.\n\n\"There should be a presumption by the authorities whether it be a care home or a crime scene that pastors can tend to the spiritual needs of the individual concerned.\"\n\nThe proposal from Mr Kane would assert the right of priests to be allowed to reach those who were seriously ill or to say prayers for those who had just died.\n\nSir David was remembered at a church service in Leigh-on-Sea\n\nHe says this would have to respect safety and medical considerations, and would be decided in conjunction with authorities at the scene.\n\nBut the idea of allowing a priest to enter such a crime scene should be a \"non-starter\", according to Paul Millen, a former head of scientific support at Surrey Police and author of books about managing crime scenes.\n\nHe says that he is a Catholic himself, and recognises the importance of anointing the sick, but says this would be an unacceptable risk to forensic evidence in what should be a very controlled environment.\n\nMr Millen says it could disturb evidence at a crime scene, which could be DNA, fibres or footmarks, and it could \"compromise proof of guilt or innocence\".\n\nMike Kane paid tribute to Sir David Amess in the Commons this week\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Politics Live, Conservative MP Matt Warman said there needed to be clearer guidelines about such decisions.\n\n\"But the counterpoint I would make is that no one would want to see a situation where for whatever reason a trial were declared void because a crime scene had been contaminated,\" said Mr Warman.\n\n\"I think it's an immensely difficult decision. We all want to see justice done and there has to be a balance together.\"\n\nBut Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh said the importance to some people of such religious moments had to be recognised and questioned whether a trial was likely to be \"jeopardised by a priest going in to give the last rites\".\n\nA spokesman for the Catholic Bishops' Conference welcomed the principle of ensuring that priests could administer the sacrament of the sick - but recognised that this could be complicated during an emergency.", "Dame Cressida Dick says \"public concern is high\" following the murder of Sarah Everard\n\nPlain-clothes officers in London will video call a uniformed colleague to confirm their identity when stopping a lone woman, it has been announced.\n\nDame Cressida Dick said the new system would be introduced after Sarah Everard was murdered by a serving officer who faked an arrest in order to kidnap her.\n\nShe told City Hall \"the onus is on the officer\" to make lone women feel safe.\n\nThe video call will be \"instigated by the officer and not by the woman having to ask for this,\" Dame Cressida said.\n\nIt comes after the Met was heavily criticised for suggesting that women should try to flag down a passing bus.\n\nDame Cressida said it was not the force's intention to create headlines that alarmed people.\n\nShe told London Assembly members that the new scheme would be called Safe Connection.\n\nThe Commissioner explained it would allow a woman who was stopped by an officer to immediately have verification they are genuine.\n\nWayne Couzens (right) is believed to have shown Sarah Everard his police warrant card before abducting her\n\nDame Cressida said: \"Because my plain-clothes officers will call into a control room, they will then have a video call with a sergeant in uniform who will say 'yes that's so-and-so, he's PC XYZ' and so on\".\n\nShe added: \"The onus is on the officer to deal professionally with the person that they are speaking to.\n\n\"In the very unusual circumstance in which a plain-clothes officer is talking to a lone female, which is likely to be extremely unusual in London, we would expect them to go to every effort first of all to recognise that the woman may feel uncomfortable, to explain themselves well, to identify themselves well.\n\n\"It would normally be the case that they [officers] would be in a pair anyway.\"\n\nFears were raised after Ms Everard was raped and murdered by Wayne Couzens in March.\n\nThe body of Sarah Everard was found hidden in woodland\n\nAs a serving officer he used his warrant card and handcuffs to kidnap the 33-year-old as she walked home from a friend's house in south London.\n\nCouzens was given a whole-life sentence last month.\n• None The crises and controversies of Cressida Dick\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The attack happened just outside Mile End Tube station in the early hours of Wednesday morning\n\nA man is being treated in hospital with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed on a night bus in east London.\n\nThe 34-year-old victim was found just before 01:00 BST on Wednesday, suffering stab wounds on board a Route N25 bus outside Mile End Tube station.\n\nThe Met Police said he remains in a critical condition.\n\nTwo other men, aged 34 and 22, were treated for slash injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening.\n\nAll three men were taken to hospital, London Ambulance Service said.\n\nA 34-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, the Met said.\n\nMile End Tube station was closed for several hours - as was the westbound carriageway of Mile End Road where the bus stopped.\n\nBoth have now re-opened and the bus has been removed from the scene.\n\nPeople waking up here in Mile End to this news tell me they're shocked and saddened.\n\nOne witness who was heading to work claims he saw the driver of the bus climb out of the window to escape - although we've not been able to verify this.\n\nPolice were on the scene within a matter of minutes after the driver activated the panic button.\n\nFollowing the attack police forensics worked through the night and the road has now been cleared.\n\nThe N25 bus, which was heading to Oxford Street, has been taken away from the scene under police escort.\n\nForensic officers examine the bus after it moved away from the scene\n\nThe night bus features decoration in memory of the 7/7 attacks and reads \"Spirit of London, remembering 7/7\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA blaze at an Antrim industrial estate was started deliberately, the fire service believes.\n\nFirefighters were called to Rathenraw industrial estate at 20:35 BST on Tuesday and had to work \"in challenging conditions\".\n\nIt is believed a lorry caught fire, spreading to a truck containing plastic and 30 other trailers, 18 of which were destroyed.\n\nThirty-eight firefighters and six appliances were at the scene\n\nThirty-eight firefighters and six appliances were at the scene at the height of the blaze.\n\nWater jets and foam were used to help bring it under control.\n\nPlumes of black smoke could be seen across the town\n\nThe blaze was burning for several hours\n\nNorthern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said the fire was believed to have been caused by \"deliberate ignition\" and the incident was dealt with by 01:33 BST on Wednesday.\n\nPolice said they were investigating.\n\nStiles Way, which runs beside the industrial estate, was closed in both directions.\n\nPolice asked residents living nearby to stay indoors and keep their windows closed due to large amounts of smoke in the area.\n\nResidents were urged to keep windows closed\n\nPolice said a significant amount of damage was caused by the fire.\n\nDet Sgt Lyttle said that inquiries were ongoing and appealed for anyone with information to contact police.", "The UK's biggest study into severe sickness during pregnancy is published today, based on the data of thousands of women who shared their experiences with the BBC.\n\nThe condition, hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), leads to prolonged and severe nausea and vomiting. Some women can be left vomiting up to 100 times a day. The impact, says the study, leads many to consider terminating their pregnancy, alongside 'suicidal thoughts'.\n\nThe report is released by King's College London, and the research was conducted by BBC News and Pregnancy Sickness Support.\n\nWatch the BBC's Daniela Relph interview with Laura Anderson, who kept a video diary of her experience of hyperemesis gravidarum two years ago.\n\nFor information and support for issues covered in this video, visit bbc.co.uk/actionline", "Facebook has been fined £50.5m ($70m) by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which accuses it of deliberately breaking rules.\n\nThe case related to Facebook's 2020 acquisition of Gif-sharing service Giphy, which is under investigation.\n\nThe CMA said Facebook had not provided information, ignored many warnings, and committed a \"major breach\". The firm denies deliberately breaking rules.\n\nThere are also reports that its parent company might change its name.\n\nTech news site The Verge revealed the news about the firm - which owns the Facebook service itself, as well as WhatsApp, Instagram, Oculus VR, and other brands.\n\nThe £50m fine the CMA handed Facebook is more than 150 times higher than the previous record handed down for similar offences, at £325,000.\n\nSpeaking about its decision to fine the social media giant, the CMA said in a statement: \"This is the first time a company has been found by the CMA to have breached an [order] by consciously refusing to report all the required information.\"\n\nGiphy is widely used by Facebook's competitors to power animated Gif images used in social media apps, on mobile keyboards, and elsewhere online. That led to potential competition concerns.\n\nThe CMA issued something called an \"initial enforcement order\", which limits how companies that are merging, but under investigation, operate. It is designed to keep the entities semi-separate and in competition with each other until the investigation is over.\n\nFacebook is obliged to provide updates and information to make clear how it is complying with the order.\n\n\"Given the multiple warnings it gave Facebook, the CMA considers that Facebook's failure to comply was deliberate,\" the CMA said.\n\nThat \"fundamentally undermined its ability to prevent, monitor and put right any issues\".\n\nThe fine for that offence is £50m. Separately, the CMA announced a £500,000 fine for Facebook changing its chief compliance officer - twice - \"without seeking consent first\".\n\nFacebook refutes the allegation that it deliberately broke rules, saying it had complied with the main obligations, and the row is instead about the details of how it did so.\n\n\"We strongly disagree with the CMA's unfair decision to punish Facebook for a best effort compliance approach, which the CMA itself ultimately approved. We will review the CMA's decision and consider our options,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe Verge's report saying that Facebook plans to rebrand next week suggested that the new name will reflect Facebook's ambition to build the metaverse - the next version of the internet - rather than its traditional social media site roots.\n\nEarlier this week, the company announced it plans to hire 10,000 employees in the European Union to do just that.\n\nThe company's annual Connect conference, scheduled for 28 October, may provide the backdrop for such an announcement.\n\nIt also comes after weeks of news stories about Facebook's alleged shortcomings, fuelled by internal leaks by whistleblower Frances Haugen, who gave evidence to the US Congress.\n\nAsked about the potential name change, a Facebook spokesperson said: \"We don't comment on rumour or speculation.\"\n\nA Facebook name change would actually make a lot of sense.\n\nWhen Facebook started out, there was no real distinction between Facebook the platform and Facebook the company.\n\nBut as Facebook has snapped up companies like Instagram and WhatsApp, the name has become confusing.\n\nAnd with the number of people who actually use Facebook declining in many countries in the West, it's likely the name will become increasingly divorced from the growth areas of the company.\n\nThat said, it's hard to fathom why Facebook would think now is a good time to change its name.\n\nFacebook is currently in a whirlwind of negative press attention over leaks from whistleblower Frances Haugen.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRather than simply apologise, as Facebook often does, it has adopted a different media strategy.\n\nThe social network has come out guns blazing, rejecting Ms Haugen's testimony, and claiming both her and the media have misrepresented the documents she leaked.\n\nChanging the company's name, at this point, would seem like it is doing so because the brand is toxic.\n\nPerhaps Facebook has decided to change tack, or this was something planned for a while, or they feel they've been left with little option?\n\nWhatever the truth, by not denying this story, Facebook has fuelled speculation that the company is in crisis mode.", "A protester has been arrested for a public order offence after a mock gallows was erected outside Parliament.\n\nThe action was part of a small anti-vaccine protest held in Parliament Square on Wednesday.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said a man had been taken into custody. The gallows and noose have now been taken down.\n\nConservative MP Michael Fabricant called the incident \"crass and unthinking\" following the death of Sir David Amess.\n\nLabour's Hilary Benn also called the protest \"scandalous\", adding: \"We should be able to carry out our job without being threatened by people out in Parliament Square.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. MPs from across the House are angry about the erection of a gallows by protesters at Westminster days after an MP was killed.\n\nPolice were seen dismantling the gallows shortly after 16:00 BST and a man was seen being put into a police van and taken away from the scene.\n\nMr Fabricant told the Commons that Piers Corbyn - an anti-lockdown protester and the brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - was part of the group protesting.", "Nearly 1,500 people have been arrested in England and Wales in a week-long operation against so-called county lines drug dealing networks.\n\nPolice say they have started focusing on senior figures controlling phone numbers used to sell drugs.\n\nOfficers are also using modern slavery and human trafficking laws to prosecute gangs exploiting vulnerable children.\n\nSome 139 county lines were closed, and almost £2m of Class A drugs, including cocaine and heroin, seized.\n\nCounty line gangs are urban drug dealers who sell to customers in more rural areas via dedicated phone lines.\n\nThey have become central to the trade in illegal substances across Britain and the way they operate is often accompanied by serious violence.\n\nGangs in cities operate phone lines advertised in other towns and rural areas to supply drugs, while remaining at arm's length to reduce the risk of arrest.\n\nBut police changed tactics two years ago and now have a strategy of identifying the \"line holder\" by analysing phone records, meaning gang leaders can often be arrested in possession of the phone, proving their involvement.\n\nAs a result the number of arrests has been growing during regular week-long operations in which different police forces co-ordinate their efforts.\n\nA total of 85% of defendants are now pleading guilty and the conviction rate is 99%, said Graham McNulty, deputy assistant commissioner of the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC).\n\n\"We are making significant inroads into dismantling violent county lines.\n\n\"The figures speak for themselves. We're stopping abhorrent criminals abusing young people and lining their own pockets in the process,\" he said.\n\nAn assessment of county lines drug dealing produced by the NPCC suggests the number of active lines has fallen from around 2,000 in 2018 to 600.\n\nIn the latest police push, between 11 October and 17 October:\n\nPolice also visited 894 addresses used by drug gangs for their operations against the will of the resident, a practice known as \"cuckooing\".\n\nMost of the gangs operate from Merseyside, the West Midlands and London.\n\nCounty lines gangs groom children and vulnerable adults to get them moving drugs around the country, often using threatening and coercive behaviour.\n\nNearly £2m worth of class A drugs were seized during operations between 11 and 17 October\n\nPolice are pioneering the use of \"victimless prosecutions\" which aims to reduce the need for victims to give evidence in court.\n\nHowever, the Children's Society, a charity that works with young people facing abuse, neglect and exploitation, wants the government to boost the law on the criminal exploitation of children by adding a definition of the offence to the new Policing Bill.\n\nIryna Pona, Policy Manager at The Children's Society, said: \"This should also provide clarity for professionals in identifying young victims and would be strengthened further by a national strategy, supported by funding, to ensure more children get earlier help, ending the current postcode lottery in support.\"\n\n\"There needs to be a relentless focus among professionals upon identifying and supporting children at risk of exploitation as early as possible.\"\n\nThe Children's Society runs a campaign, Look Closer, designed to help people spot signs that children and vulnerable adults are involved with county lines.\n\nJames Simmonds-Read, from The Children's Society's prevention programme which has worked alongside police said: \"It's vital that professionals spot instances where children have been exploited by criminals, so we are pleased that many vulnerable people - including young people - have been identified as being in need of support.\"\n\n\"The public can also play a crucial role in spotting signs of exploitation and reporting them to the police and Look Closer highlights how everyone from commuters to transport and shop staff can help children to escape horrific exploitation.\"\n\n\"Young people may not ask for help themselves because they have been manipulated into thinking they are making a choice or because they have been subjected to terrifying threats.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hunting for children caught up in county lines drug gangs\n\nThe British Transport Police try to stop drugs being transported on trains.\n\nMeanwhile, the National Crime Agency is focusing on stopping drugs getting into the country in the first place.\n\nRecently the NCA has charged six men with importing 2.3 tonnes of cocaine worth £190m.\n\nOther seizures include 5.2 tonnes of cocaine being transported by sea, and the discovery of heroin and cocaine inside a British lorry.\n\nNCA Director of Investigations Nikki Holland said: \"It is a high priority for the NCA to build on the successes we have had in source countries and along the drugs supply routes, so that organised crime groups land fewer drugs in our towns and cities and prevent them being pushed further afield through county lines groups.\"", "The Queen was pictured on Tuesday evening, hosting a Global Investment Summit at Windsor Castle\n\nThe Queen has cancelled a trip to Northern Ireland and has \"reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days\", Buckingham Palace says.\n\nThe 95-year-old monarch will remain at Windsor Castle but is still expected to attend the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow later this month.\n\nThe Queen is in \"good spirits\" but \"disappointed\" that the visit cannot go ahead, the palace said.\n\nShe was due to begin the two-day trip on Wednesday.\n\nThe nation's longest-reigning monarch has attended a series of events in recent days, hosting a Global Investment Summit at Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening.\n\nEarlier in the day, she held two audiences via video link, greeting the Japanese ambassador Hajime Hayashi and the EU ambassador Joao de Almeida.\n\nOn Monday, she held a virtual audience with the new governor-general of New Zealand, and at the weekend, she attended the races at Ascot.\n\nIt was revealed on Tuesday that the Queen had declined the Oldie of the Year award, from the magazine of the same name, saying: \"You are only as old as you feel\".\n\nA Buckingham Palace spokesman said: \"The Queen has reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days.\n\n\"Her Majesty is in good spirits and is disappointed that she will no longer be able to visit Northern Ireland, where she had been due to undertake a series of engagements today and tomorrow.\n\n\"The Queen sends her warmest good wishes to the people of Northern Ireland and looks forward to visiting in the future.\"\n\nThe Queen's decision is understood to be unrelated to coronavirus.\n\nBuckingham Palace is keen not to cause any alarm and has stressed that the Queen has \"reluctantly accepted\" the advice of doctors to rest for the next few days.\n\nShe has had a busy schedule of engagements over the past couple of weeks that would test the resilience of many people far younger than her.\n\nI saw her last Tuesday at an event at Westminster Abbey.\n\nIt was the first time she had used a walking stick in public.\n\nShe also took a shorter route into the Abbey.\n\nWe were told this was \"for her own comfort.\"\n\nBut she still looked incredibly well and engaged for a 95-year-old.\n\nIt is clear though that getting older takes its toll on us all and the Queen's diary will be carefully managed going forward.\n\nThe Queen had been due to arrive in Hillsborough in County Down on Wednesday afternoon and attend a church service marking the centenary of the formation of Northern Ireland in Armagh tomorrow.\n\nAn advance team was already in Northern Ireland making preparations for the two-day visit.\n\nMeanwhile, the Prince of Wales was also at Windsor Castle on Wednesday for an investiture ceremony where the chef and TV presenter Mary Berry was made Dame Commander.\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, said on Twitter: \"We thank Her Majesty for her good wishes to the people of Northern Ireland and trust that she will keep well and benefit from a period of rest.\n\n\"It is always a joy to have Her Majesty in Royal Hillsborough and we look forward to a further visit in the near future.\"\n\nWishing her well, Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie said the Queen had been \"a source of great comfort during Northern Ireland's darkest days and provided lasting leadership as we moved into a new era for all our people\".\n\nPrince Charles held the investiture ceremony for Dame Mary Berry on Wednesday\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said he wished the Queen \"all the very best as she takes a few days' rest\".\n\nChurch leaders in Northern Ireland said in a joint statement that they were sorry she would not attend the Service of Reconciliation and Hope in Armagh, and acknowledged \"the significance of her commitment to the work of peace and reconciliation, which has meant a great deal to people throughout this island\".\n\nThe Queen first travelled to Northern Ireland in 1945, just after the end of World War Two, when she was a princess. If it had gone ahead, this week's trip would have been her 26th visit.\n\nRoyal visits to Northern Ireland during its centenary year have included the first in line to the throne, Prince Charles who went to Belfast in May, and Prince William who visited Londonderry in September.", "MPs have voted against bringing in a tougher air quality target, after it was introduced to the Environment Bill by the House of Lords.\n\nPeers had amended the legislation to set a limit on particle pollution which would be at least as strict as World Health Organisation guidance, by 2030.\n\nBut the Commons rejected this, in line with the government's wishes.\n\nThe bill, first published in 2019, is currently going back and forth between the two Houses of Parliament.\n\nThe process - known as \"ping-pong\" - will continue until both can agree on the final measures to be included, after which it can finally enter law.\n\nThe Commons votes come just a few days ahead of the COP26 global climate summit beginning in Glasgow on 31 October, with ministers keen to get the bill through Parliament before then.\n\nMPs also rejected an amendment added by the Lords which would place a duty on water companies to reduce raw sewage discharges into rivers.\n\nThe government says the bill will improve air and water quality, tackle plastic pollution, restore wildlife, and protect the climate. Some of its measures apply only in England, or in England and Wales, but there are a number of UK-wide provisions.\n\nThe bill would also set up a watchdog - the Office for Environmental Protection - to monitor progress on improving the environment.\n\nThe Commons voted to remove a Lords amendment designed to guarantee that body's independence, but MPs did agree to a proposal to allow charges to be levied on all single-use items, rather than just those made of plastic.\n\nBeccy Speight, chief executive of the RSPB, accused the government of \"falling short of its pledge to leave the natural environment in a better state than it inherited it\".\n\nAnd campaign group Surfers Against Sewage said it was \"astonishing that, in this critical decade for the environment, the government is opting out of amendments designed to better protect the planet and all its precious inhabitants\".\n\nBut a Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs spokesperson said the \"landmark\" bill would \"transform how we protect our natural environment, make better use of our resources and clean up our air and water.\"\n\n\"It is vital that the bill now completes its passage into law as soon as possible, so we can meet our commitment of leaving the environment in a better state for future generations,\" they added.", "Some Covid restrictions must immediately be reintroduced if England is to avoid \"stumbling into a winter crisis\", health leaders have warned.\n\nThe NHS Confederation said a back-up strategy, or Plan B, which includes mandatory face coverings in crowded and enclosed spaces, should be implemented.\n\nUK cases have been rising sharply but deaths are well below the winter peak.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said it was not time for Plan B yet and urged greater uptake of booster jabs.\n\nHe said he did not want further lockdowns or to jeopardise the \"hard-won gains\" of reopening the economy.\n\n\"I don't want to inject any hint of complacency but I think so far our approach is working\" he said, pointing to lower rates of hospital admissions and deaths than in earlier waves of infection.\n\nDaily Covid cases have been above 40,000 for eight days in a row, with 49,139 new infections reported on Wednesday, and, as of Tuesday, there were 7,891 patients in hospital.\n\nAnother 179 people were reported to have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid.\n\nDowning Street said on Wednesday that there were no plans to activate Plan B for winter, saying that they would continue to monitor the data but that vaccination had broken the link between cases, hospital admissions and deaths.\n\n\"Our focus remains on ensuring we get boosters out to those who are eligible,\" a No 10 spokesman said.\n\nUnder the government's Plan A for dealing with Covid in England this winter, which is currently in place, booster jabs are being offered to about 30 million people, a single dose of a vaccine is available for healthy 12 to 15-year-olds and people are advised to wear face coverings in crowded places.\n\nIf these measures are not enough to prevent \"unsustainable pressure\" on the NHS, then steps like making face coverings mandatory in some settings, asking people to work from home and introducing vaccine passports could be considered as part of Plan B.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kwasi Kwarteng: 'I don't want to reverse to a situation where we have lockdowns'\n\nMatthew Taylor, head of the NHS Confederation, which represents health service organisations, urged the government to roll out Plan B to avoid hospitals becoming overwhelmed.\n\n\"The health service is right at the edge,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nThe pressures would only grow worse and the nation had to make a decision to take pre-emptive action, he said, adding: \"Or do we stumble into a crisis once again, despite the evidence?\"\n\nIt is not surprising that NHS leaders are warning about a very challenging time ahead with the risk of a \"winter crisis\".\n\nSome may feel it is a familiar refrain and that the health service often raises concerns ahead of winter.\n\nBut the significance of this intervention by the NHS Confederation is that it came just hours after Downing Street had ruled out Plan B at this stage and said it had not been discussed by the cabinet.\n\nThe confederation is, in effect, taking issue with ministers by suggesting the key government test for implementing Plan B in England - the likelihood of the NHS coming under unsustainable pressure - has already been met.\n\nConcerns about the pace of the rollout of the vaccine booster programme and a steady increase in Covid cases and hospital numbers have left some amber lights flashing.\n\nMinisters will argue more time is needed to assess data before taking big decisions on restrictions affecting everyday lives.\n\nBut they have acknowledged they will now be keeping \"a very close eye\" on case numbers.\n\nThe NHS Confederation has also called for a package of further measures to support frontline services - what it terms as a \"Plan B plus\". This could include encouraging people to get vaccinated, turn up to appointments on time and even volunteer to support the NHS.\n\nAs the UK's early vaccine rollout means some people may be at risk of waning immunity, there has been criticism over the pace of the booster jab programme.\n\nAbout 4.8 million people had their second dose more than six months ago, but have not yet received the top-up - a gap that is growing each week.\n\nBut NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard told MPs on Tuesday that \"there is no delay\" in sending out invitations for booster jabs. Instead she put it down to people being slow to coming forward for their third dose.\n\nProf Adam Finn from the University of Bristol, one of the members of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), urged the government to encourage greater voluntary measures now that we had a higher level of infections than at any point in the pandemic.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast: \"Relying on the vaccine programme to take care of the problem is not going to be a solution, I'm afraid.\"\n\nProf Andrew Pollard, chair of the JCVI, said Covid hospital admissions tended now to be elderly people with other health conditions, who don't have severe symptoms and are staying for a shorter period of time before being discharged.\n\n\"The biggest pressure is still the unvaccinated, from an intensive care perspective,\" he told the Today programme. \"The boosters don't have an impact on that, that's where we really need to have people who are unvaccinated to be vaccinated.\"\n\nOn Tuesday Northern Ireland announced its own autumn and winter plan, which will see face coverings remain a legal requirement in crowded indoor spaces.\n\nThe Welsh government has previously set out its plans for winter, with First Minister Mark Drakeford saying Christmas this year was likely to be more normal.\n\nScotland has set out a winter vaccination strategy and already has measures in place such as the requirement of proof of vaccination status at nightclubs and face masks in schools.\n\nMeanwhile, officials say they are monitoring a new descendant of the Delta variant of Covid, which is causing a growing number of infections.\n\nDowning Street said there was \"no evidence to suggest it is more easily spread\".", "Investigators leading a search for the missing fiancé of a murdered US blogger have found apparent \"human remains\" in a Florida park, the FBI has said.\n\nAgents said items belonging to Brian Laundrie, who is a person of interest in Gabby Petito's death, were also found during the search.\n\nMr Laundrie has been missing for over a month after returning to Florida from a joint trip without his partner.\n\nHer body was later found in Wyoming, where the couple had been travelling.\n\nIn a news conference on Wednesday, FBI special agent Michael McPherson confirmed that investigators had found \"what appears to be human remains\" on a search in the Carlton Reserve area.\n\nHe said the remains were discovered along with personal items including a backpack and notebook belonging to Mr Laundrie.\n\n\"These items were found in an area that up until recently had been underwater,\" he added.\n\nOfficials say the remains have not yet been identified and a search of the area is ongoing.\n\nThe case of Ms Petito, 22, and Mr Laundrie, 23, has sparked widespread media attention.\n\nThe couple had spent their summer on a road trip through national parks, documenting their nomadic \"van life\" trip on social media.\n\nMs Petito's parents reported her missing on 11 September after they were unable to contact her since the end of August.\n\nIt eventually emerged that Mr Laundrie had returned to Florida without Ms Petito on 1 September. Her family repeatedly appealed for her fiancé and his family to cooperate with investigators, but he then went missing himself.\n\nHis parents told police they last saw him on 13 September - when he went hiking alone and never returned.\n\nMs Petito's body was eventually discovered in Wyoming on 19 September. A coroner ruled last week that she had been strangled to death and left for weeks before her body was found.\n\nMr Laundrie has not been charged with crimes relating to Ms Petito's killing, however, the FBI has issued a federal arrest warrant and charged him with fraudulently using her debit card after her death.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA lawyer for Mr Laundrie's parents confirmed they were in the area where the items were discovered on Wednesday.\n\n\"Chris and Roberta Laundrie were at the reserve earlier today when human remains and some of Brian's possessions were located in an area where they had initially advised law enforcement that Brian may be,\" Steve Bertolino said.\n\nHe added the couple would \"wait for forensic identification of the remains\" before commenting further.\n\nMr Bertolino earlier told reporters that \"some articles\" had been discovered on a trail frequented by Mr Laundrie within a park where a car driven by him was earlier discovered.\n\nThe FBI's Tampa field office tweeted after the discovery that the nature reserve was closed to the public.\n\nFBI special agent Michael McPherson said that officers would likely be processing the scene for several days.\n\n\"I know you have a lot of questions, but we don't have all the answers yet,\" he told the media.\n\nThe plight of Gabby Petito has captured global attention and triggered a debate over the amount of attention accorded to missing white women compared with other missing persons.", "Morocco has banned flights to and from the UK due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nSeveral UK airlines and holiday companies have been told by the Moroccan government that flights will be suspended from 23:59 BST on Wednesday until further notice.\n\nFlights between Morocco and Germany and the Netherlands have also been suspended.\n\nThe BBC has contacted the Moroccan embassy and tourism office, as well as the UK Foreign Office for comment.\n\nLatest figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said that Morocco's weekly rate of reported coronavirus cases on 14 October stood at 10.4 per 100,000 people, compared with 445.5 per 100,000 people in the UK.\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK reported 43,738 new Covid-19 infections, with new cases above 40,000 for seven days in a row. The number of patients in hospital rose by 10% in a week to 7,749 on Monday.\n\nAnother 223 deaths were recorded, the largest number since March, although daily figures are often higher on Tuesdays.\n\nThe UK government updated its advice on travel to Morocco to state that the Moroccan government has suspended direct flights between the UK and Morocco for an unspecified period of time.\n\nUK passengers are not banned from travelling from the country, but must travel via a third country to do so.\n\nThe advice states that UK travellers will need to provide proof that they have been fully vaccinated for at least two weeks or a negative PCR test taken no more than 48 hours before boarding.\n\nThey will also be asked to present a Public Health Passenger form to the Moroccan authorities on arrival.\n\nEasyJet has said that it was told this morning. It has cancelled its outbound flights from the UK, Germany and Netherlands to Morocco until 30 November.\n\nThe airline had two flights operating from Manchester and Gatwick to Marrakech, which it will operate as \"ferry flights\" for return customers due to travel back to the UK today.\n\nIt said that, ahead of receiving further guidance from the Moroccan government, it intends to fly inbound flights in the coming days as repatriation flight options.\n\n\"We are contacting all customers whose flights are cancelled with their options, which include a free of charge transfer, receiving a voucher or a refund,\" an EasyJet statement said.\n\nBritish Airways has cancelled a flight from Heathrow to the same destination, meanwhile holiday operator Tui confirmed it had also been contacted by the Moroccan government.\n\nTui said: \"We are contacting customers in departure date order to discuss their options, which include amending to another destination or a full refund. We would like to thank our customers for their patience and understanding during this time.\"\n\nThe tour operator said it currently has about 2,000 UK travellers in Morocco, but hasnot yet confirmed whether it will need to bring these passengers back early.\n\nThe flight ban will affect families in England and Wales who booked half-term holidays in Morocco for next week.\n\nMorocco's National Office of Airports said the policy will remain in place \"until further notice\".\n\nThe UK's Foreign Office has updated its advice on travel to Morocco to include the latest development.\n\nIt says that passengers returning to the UK from Morocco should contact their airline or tour operator to arrange an alternative route via a third country, such as Spain or France, where flights are operating as normal.\n\nAlison Sedgewick says the changes to restrictions have put her off travelling until next spring at least\n\nAlison Sedgewick is currently on holiday in Agadir, off the south-western coast of Morocco, with her husband and son.\n\nOn Thursday, they were due to return from their first holiday in the two and a half years since her son was born.\n\n\"You couldn't write it… the one week we've chosen to go away and they've closed the borders while we're here,\" she said.\n\nHowever, Ms Sedgewick added she felt hopeful that because she booked a package holiday with Tui, things would get sorted out swiftly. She said she received a \"holding message\" from the tour operator, telling her she will hear more information within 24 hours.\n\n\"I'm hoping it'll be a bit sooner than that because the bus to the airport is supposed to be picking us at half six tomorrow evening,\" she added.\n\nWhile she joked that her main concern is ensuring she doesn't run out of nappies for her son, Ms Sedgewick said she did feel put off the idea of travelling during the upcoming winter months.\n\n\"We debated doing a city break in November or December but I don't feel confident travelling abroad over winter because things like this might become more common,\" she said.\n\nPeter Mercer said the ban will have a \"major impact\"\n\nMeanwhile, Peter Mercer, the owner of the Dar Zaman boutique hotel in Marrakech, said that several guests were \"rushing around\" and attempting to return to the UK on Wednesday before the ban came into place.\n\n\"It's going to have a major impact, not just from the UK but also the flights from Germany and the Netherlands,\" he said.\n\n\"It's not very encouraging because we're suddenly back to where we were in March 2020. In terms of our business model, it is worrying. People perhaps will lose faith in travel because restrictions can be imposed with little notice.\"\n\nWhile Mr Mercer said that he agrees with the Moroccan government's actions to reduce the spread of coronavirus, he hopes any restrictions on travel will be short-term.\n• None How are travel rules being relaxed?", "Steve Bannon has not publicly commented on Tuesday's vote in the House Select Committee\n\nUS lawmakers investigating the 6 January Capitol riot have supported holding a top aide of ex-President Donald Trump in contempt of Congress.\n\nSteve Bannon, a right-wing media executive who became Mr Trump's chief strategist, was summoned to testify before the panel, but refused to do so.\n\nLawyers for Mr Bannon argued that communications involving the former president are protected.\n\nIf convicted, he could face a fine and up to one year in prison.\n\n\"It appears that Mr Bannon had substantial advanced knowledge of the plans for January 6, and likely had an important role in formulating those plans,\" congresswoman Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican and vice-chair of the committee probing the riot said in her opening statement.\n\nSubpoena documents quote Mr Bannon as saying on his radio show the day before the riot \"all hell is going to break loose tomorrow\".\n\nBut Mr Trump has urged his former aides to reject any requests to testify, claiming they have the right to withhold information because of executive privilege - a legal principle that protects many White House communications.\n\nThe former president filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block the House inquiry from obtaining records from the US National Archives.\n\nMr Bannon - who was fired from the White House in 2017 but remained loyal to Donald Trump - has not publicly commented on Tuesday's vote. Through his lawyer, he has said that he will not cooperate until Mr Trump's executive privilege claim is resolved by a court.\n\nPresident Joe Biden's administration says Mr Trump has no legitimate privilege claim.\n\nThe boundaries of the claim will be tested on Thursday, when the House of Representatives votes on whether to uphold the contempt charge against Mr Bannon.\n\nIf upheld, the case will be referred to the justice department, which has the final say on bringing charges.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When a mob stormed the US capitol\n\nThe riot on 6 January saw a mob of Mr Trump's supporters storm the Capitol building to disrupt the official certification of Joe Biden's election victory.\n\nMore than 670 people have since been charged with taking part.\n\nDemocrats argue that Mr Bannon is stalling to push back proceedings until after the midterm elections in November 2022, which may alter the balance of power in the House, which is the lower chamber of Congress.\n\nContempt of Congress cases are notoriously difficult to litigate - the last time such a prosecution took place was in 1983 against a Reagan administration official.\n\nBefore leaving office in January, Mr Trump pardoned Mr Bannon of charges that he had defrauded donors who gave money to fund construction of a southern border wall.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNorthern Ireland households could see gas bills increase by another 50% in December, the Utility Regulator has warned.\n\nJohn French said \"unprecedented\" increases in international wholesale prices were to blame.\n\nThe most recent price increases only began to take effect at the start of this month.\n\nMr French said consumers could also expect regulated electricity prices to increase by up to 20% in January.\n\nNormally regulated gas prices are set twice a year in April and October.\n\nHowever, if wholesale prices move by more than 5%, the gas companies can ask for an ad-hoc review.\n\nThe October price rise was based on a wholesale price of about £1.15 per unit.\n\nThe current unit price is about £2.30.\n\nMr French said he had warned consumers in August of record increases in global wholesale energy prices.\n\n\"Unfortunately, there has been a rapid and sustained acceleration of wholesale gas prices since then,\" he said.\n\n\"When we agreed to firmus energy and SSE Airtricity Gas Supply's new regulated tariff at the end of August, the wholesale cost of natural gas was £1.15 per therm - a then record high.\n\n\"However, with continuing supply constraints, mainly from reduced gas supplies from Russia, wholesale prices peaked at a new record high of nearly £4.10 per therm in early October.\n\n\"In the last week, the wholesale price has reduced slightly to around £2.40 per therm, but this is still a 109% increase from the end of August.\"\n\nWholesale energy costs make up about half of gas and electricity bills.\n\nSSE Airtricity increased its gas prices for households and small businesses by 21.8% at the start of October.\n\nIt has 178,000 customers in Northern Ireland.\n\nFirmus energy increased prices in its Ten Towns Network area by 35% and by 33% in greater Belfast.\n\nPower NI, which has a regulated price, increased its main tariff by 6.9% in July..\n\nMost unregulated electricity supplies have increased their prices since then, in some cases more than once.\n\nMeanwhile, the Northern Ireland Consumer Council has warned that home heating oil prices are also increasing.\n\nIt tracks prices on a weekly basis and says they are now at a three-year high.\n\nPat Austin from National Energy Action, the UK-wide fuel poverty charity, said the figures were \"eye watering\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Evening Extra programme, Ms Austin said urgent government intervention was needed and called for a taskforce to address the problem.\n\n\"This is only going to be further bad news for households in Northern Ireland, set to deepen the levels of fuel poverty and broaden that figure as well,\" she said.\n\n\"We've no fuel poverty strategy in Northern Ireland which is disgraceful - that's the responsibility for the Department for Communities.\"\n\nShe said between 40% and 50% of households could be experiencing fuel poverty.\n\n\"The cold kills, it's not just about sticking another jumper on,\" she added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sajid Javid said people should take up their offer of a jab, or risk restrictions being reimposed\n\nIf not enough people get vaccinated, it is more likely restrictions will be reintroduced in England, the health secretary has said.\n\nSajid Javid said the government would not be bringing in its Plan B measures, which include mandatory face coverings and working from home, \"at this point\".\n\nHe added that he did not believe the current pressures on the NHS were unsustainable.\n\nBut he warned cases could rise to 100,000 a day.\n\nDaily Covid cases have been above 40,000 for eight days in a row, with 49,139 new infections reported on Wednesday.\n\nNHS leaders have said some restrictions must immediately be reintroduced if England is to avoid \"stumbling into a winter crisis\".\n\nUnder the government's plan for tackling Covid in England over the winter, restrictions will only be reintroduced if the NHS comes under \"unsustainable pressure\".\n\nMr Javid told a Downing Street news conference: \"If not enough people get their booster jabs, if not enough of those people that were eligible for the original offer... if they don't come forward, if people don't wear masks when they really should in a really crowded place with lots of people that they don't normally hang out with, if they're not washing their hands and stuff, it's going to hit us all.\n\n\"And it would of course make it more likely we're going to have more restrictions.\"\n\nHowever, No 10 earlier said there were no plans for another lockdown in England.\n\nAsked about the pressures on the NHS, Mr Javid said: \"Don't get me wrong, there are huge pressures, especially in A&E, in primary care. At this point we don't believe they're unsustainable.\"\n\n\"If we feel at any point it's becoming unsustainable… we won't hesitate to act,\" he added.\n\nProf Stephen Powis, national medical director of NHS England, said he expected the number of Covid patients in hospitals to continue to rise due to the high number of infections in the community.\n\n\"It undoubtedly feels exceptionally busy in the NHS and our NHS organisations are telling us that all the time,\" he said.\n\nProf Powis said there was \"no one number\" that the government would consider to trigger new restrictions - but it would look at factors including infection rates, vaccine effectiveness, hospital admissions, as well as flu and other viruses.\n\nAs of Tuesday, there were 7,891 patients in hospital. Another 179 people were reported to have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus on Wednesday.\n\nIt is important to remember that the situation is very different to 12 months ago.\n\nThe vaccination programme has transformed the situation, and has completely changed the calculation for ministers about the risks of coronavirus cases spreading, versus the many downsides of restrictions.\n\nBut there are nerves in Westminster about what might happen next. The health secretary warned the pandemic is not over, and the government's efforts to control it can't be either.\n\nAnd once again, at those famous three lecterns in Downing Street, ministers are asking all of us to think again about how we act.\n\nThe ultimate fear from the government's critics is that, in an echo of last autumn, their actions to control the disease could come too late.\n\nMr Javid also announced that people eligible for a Covid booster jab can book online if they have not received an invite from the NHS.\n\nBooster doses can be offered to people who are at least six months on from receiving their second dose.\n\nThe health secretary said boosters could be booked online if people had not been invited within a week of reaching the six month milestone.\n\nSeparately, around 14% of people in the UK aged 12 and over remain unvaccinated.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth accused Mr Javid of complacency, telling the BBC: \"The simple truth is that the so-called wall of defence we've built up with vaccination is now crumbling.\"\n\nHe said it was disappointing the health secretary did not give details on \"how he is going to grip this and drive up the vaccinations we need\".\n\nMeanwhile, the government has agreed deals for two new Covid treatments.\n\nThe Antivirals Taskforce has secured 480,000 courses of molnupiravir, which trials found cuts the risk of hospital admission or death by about half, as well as 250,000 courses of PF-07321332/ritonavir, which is currently undergoing clinical trials.\n\nIf approved by the UK's medicines regulator, the Department of Health said thousands of patients would be able to access the treatments this winter.", "Covid has severely affected healthcare staff and may have killed between 80,000 and 180,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.\n\nHealthcare workers must be prioritised for vaccines, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, and he criticised unfairness in the distribution of jabs.\n\nThe deaths occurred between January 2020 and May of this year.\n\nEarlier, another senior WHO official warned a lack of jabs could see the pandemic continue well into next year.\n\nThere are an estimated 135 million healthcare workers globally.\n\n\"Data from 119 countries suggest that on average, two in five healthcare workers globally are fully vaccinated,\" Dr Tedros said.\n\n\"But of course, that average masks huge differences across regions and economic groupings.\"\n\nFewer than one in 10 healthcare workers were fully vaccinated in Africa, he said, compared with eight in 10 in high-income countries.\n\nA failure to provide poorer countries with enough vaccines was highlighted earlier by Dr Bruce Aylward, a senior leader at the WHO, who said it meant the Covid crisis could \"easily drag on deep into 2022\".\n\nLess than 5% of Africa's population have been vaccinated, compared with 40% on most other continents.\n\nThe vast majority of Covid vaccines overall have been used in high-income or upper middle-income countries. Africa accounts for just 2.6% of doses administered globally.\n\nThe original idea behind Covax, the UN-backed global programme to distribute vaccines fairly, was that all countries would be able to acquire vaccines from its pool, including wealthy ones, writes BBC Global Affairs correspondent Naomi Grimley.\n\nBut most G7 countries decided to hold back once they started making their own one-to-one deals with pharmaceutical companies.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ros Atkins looks at the ethics of Western countries rolling out Covid booster jabs while millions globally remain unvaccinated\n\nDr Aylward appealed to wealthy countries to give up their places in the queue for vaccines so that pharmaceutical companies can prioritise the lowest-income countries instead.\n\nHe said wealthy countries needed to \"stocktake\" where they were with their donation commitments made at summits such as the G7 meeting in St Ives this summer.\n\n\"I can tell you we're not on track,\" he said. \"We really need to speed it up or you know what? This pandemic is going to go on for a year longer than it needs to.\"\n\nThe People's Vaccine - an alliance of charities - has released new figures suggesting just one in seven of the doses promised by pharmaceutical companies and wealthy countries are actually reaching their destinations in poorer countries.\n\nThe alliance, which includes Oxfam and UNAids, also criticised Canada and the UK for procuring vaccines for their own populations via Covax.\n\nOfficial figures show that earlier this year the UK received 539,370 Pfizer doses from Covax while Canada took just under a million AstraZeneca doses.\n\nOxfam's Global Health Adviser, Rohit Malpani, acknowledged that Canada and the UK were technically entitled to get vaccines via this route having paid into the Covax mechanism, but he said it was still \"morally indefensible\" given that they had both obtained millions of doses through their own bilateral agreements.\n\nThe UK government pointed out it was one of the countries which had \"kick-started\" Covax last year with a donation of £548m.\n\nThe UK has also delivered more than 10 million vaccines to countries in need, and has pledged a total of 100 million.\n\nThe Canadian government was keen to stress that it had now stopped using Covax vaccines.\n\nThe country's International Development Minister, Karina Gould, said: \"As soon as it became clear that the supply we had secured through our bilateral deals would be sufficient for the Canadian population, we pivoted the doses which we had procured from Covax back to Covax, so they could be redistributed to developing countries.\"\n\nCovax originally aimed to deliver two billion doses of vaccines by the end of this year, but so far it has shipped 371m doses.", "The New England shilling was struck in 1652 and is said to be one of the earliest US coins\n\nA rare example of one of the US's first coins has been found hidden in a collection kept inside a sweet tin.\n\nThe mid-17th Century New England shilling was found by Wentworth Beaumont at his family's home of Bywell Hall in Northumberland.\n\nThe coin was struck in 1652 for use as currency by early settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.\n\nIt is hoped the coin could sell for £200,000 when it goes for auction in London next month.\n\nMr Beaumont, an art adviser, said the old confectionery tin which contained the coin and a number of others had been found in the hall's study,\n\nHe said: \"I'd never seen it before and when I opened it I thought it was just a rather bizarre collection of random old coinage.\n\n\"However, as I don't know anything about coins, I felt it was worth checking out.\"\n\nThe jumble of coins was kept in an old Barker and Dobson confectionery tin\n\nCoin specialist James Morton, who inspected the discovery for auctioneers Morton and Eden, said: \"I could hardly believe my eyes when I realised that it was an excellent example of a New England shilling.\"\n\nHe said the coin is the \"star of the collection\", which also includes a Massachusetts \"Pine Tree\" shilling, two examples of \"Continental Currency\" pewter dollars dated 1776, a \"Libertas Americana\" bronze medal and several British hammered gold coins.\n\nMr Beaumont is descended from William Wentworth, who visited New England in 1636, and several members of the family went on to hold prominent positions in colonial America.\n\nHe said: \"I can only assume that the shilling was brought back from America years ago by one of my forebears.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Health Secretary Sajid Javid has agreed that MPs should set an example by wearing face coverings in the Commons.\n\nAsked at a Downing Street news conference about many Conservatives not doing so, he said politicians should \"set an example\".\n\nMPs have not been compelled to use face coverings since Parliament reduced limits on the number of them attending debates over the summer.\n\nBut unions representing Commons workers have called for the rules to change.\n\nMore Labour and SNP MPs than those on the Conservative benches have been seen wearing masks since full sittings returned.\n\nAt at the press conference, Mr Javid was asked whether there was a \"difference between what you're telling people to do and the behaviour of some senior public figures\" and reminded that \"nobody\" on the government front bench had been wearing a mask at Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nMPs in the House of Commons on Wednesday, hours before Mr Javid's news conference\n\n\"I think that's a very fair point,\" he replied.\n\n\"As I say, we've all got our role to play in this and we the people standing on this stage play our public roles as a secretary of state, as someone in the NHS, as the head of UKHSA (UK Health Security Agency).\n\n\"We also have a role to play to set an example as private individuals as well, I think that's a very fair point and I'm sure a lot of people will have heard you.\"\n\nLinda Bauld, a professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh, told the PA news agency the lack of mask-wearing among Conservative MPs was \"striking and very unfortunate\".\n\n\"Leaders need to lead by example and with these [coronavirus case] numbers and the concerns we have, absolutely, I think politicians from all parties should be wearing a face covering when they're in the chamber, when they can't distance etc,\" Prof Bauld said.", "The bus was hit as it passed under Jisr al-Rais bridge\n\nA bomb attack on a military bus in central Damascus has killed 14 people, Syrian state media say.\n\nTwo explosive devices attached to the vehicle blew up as it passed under Jisr al-Rais bridge during the morning rush hour, Sana news agency reported.\n\nAlthough Syria has been embroiled in civil war for a decade, such attacks in the capital are increasingly rare.\n\nSoon afterwards, army shellfire also reportedly killed at least 10 people in the opposition-held north-west.\n\nThe region is the last stronghold of the rebel and jihadist groups that have been trying to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad since 2011.\n\nThe war has left at least 350,000 people dead, and caused half the population to flee their homes, including almost six million refugees abroad.\n\nWednesday's bombing in Damascus was reportedly the deadliest in the city since March 2017, when 31 people were killed in a suicide attack at the main court complex that was claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).\n\n\"I was sleeping when I heard a strong explosion. I woke up and saw a bus on fire, which came to a halt after hitting the sidewalk,\" Abu Ahmed, a fruit vendor at a market near the bridge, told AFP news agency. \"I later heard the sound of a second explosion, but this one was not as strong as the first one.\"\n\nVideo from the scene showed the charred remains of the bus, with smoke billowing from its broken windows as firefighters put out the flames.\n\nSana said military engineers defused a third explosive device that had fallen from the vehicle.\n\nInterior Minister Mohammed al-Rahman told state TV that security forces would \"pursue the terrorists who committed this heinous crime wherever they are\".\n\nNo group has yet said it was behind the bombing, but suspicion will fall on IS, which has attacked military vehicles in the east of the country this year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Two children, a decade of war in Syria: Rahaf and Mustafa symbolise the suffering inflicted by Syria's war\n\nFour children and a female teacher were among the 10 people killed in the town of Ariha, in the north-western province of Idlib, according to the Syria Civil Defence, whose rescue workers are widely known as the White Helmets.\n\nAnother 20 people were wounded, some of them critically, when shells struck main roads and a busy market while children were heading to school at the start of the day, the organisation said, blaming pro-government forces.\n\n\"When we arrived at the school and the students were there, the shelling and air strikes started,\" a local teacher told Save the Children. \"The students were horrified, they started screaming, we didn't know what to do. We were worried the students would get injured as the buildings are not protected.\"\n\nShells struck residential areas and a busy market in Ariha as children were going to school\n\nThe UN children's agency said Wednesday's violence was \"yet another reminder that the war in Syria has not come to an end\".\n\n\"Civilians, among them many children, keep bearing the brunt of a brutal decade-long conflict,\" it added.\n\nNorth-western Syria has seen sporadic violence since a ceasefire brokered in March 2020 by Turkey and Russia ended a government offensive.\n\nTurkey, which backs the opposition, and Russia, a key ally of Mr Assad, have deployed troops to the region in an attempt to prevent a major escalation.", "Shareholders in the supermarket chain Morrisons have approved a multi-billion pound takeover offer from a US private equity group.\n\nClayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) can now continue to take over the UK's fourth-largest supermarket group.\n\nMorrisons said 99.2% of shareholders voted in favour of the £7bn ($9.7bn) deal.\n\nThe takeover had been the subject of fierce competition from two US-based investment groups.\n\nThe CD&R private equity group won the auction early in October with an offer of 287p per Morrisons ordinary share, against a rival bid from Fortress, for 286p per share.\n\nCD&R's auction offer was slightly higher than the 285p-a-share offer that was recommended by Morrisons' board in August.\n\nIn July, Morrisons turned down an offer worth £5.5bn from CD&R, saying it significantly undervalued the business.\n\nThe takeover marks a return to the UK grocery sector for Sir Terry Leahy, the former chief executive of Tesco, who is a senior adviser to CD&R.\n\nMorrisons chair Andrew Higginson said: \"We thank shareholders for the strong support received at today's meetings.\n\n\"We remain confident that CD&R will be a responsible, thoughtful and careful owner of Morrisons and we will now move forward with the remaining steps in the acquisition process.\"\n\nThere has been speculation that Sir Terry could be appointed as chair of Morrisons.\n\nOn Tuesday, Sir Terry said: \"We are very pleased to have received the approval of shareholders and are excited at the opportunity that lies ahead.\n\n\"The particular heritage, culture and operating model of Morrisons are key features of the company and we will be very mindful of these during our tenure as owners.\n\n\"We very much look forward to working with the Morrisons team, not just to preserve the company's many strengths - but to build on these, with innovation, capital and new technology - helping the business realise its full potential and delivering for all of its stakeholders.\"\n\nThe deal is expected to complete on 27 October.\n\nMorrisons has been involved in a legal dispute over equal pay since 2019.\n\nLast month Leeds Employment Tribunal found that Morrisons' shop floor workers, who are mostly female, could compare their pay with the supermarket's mostly male warehouse workers.\n\nShop floor staff are hoping to claim up to £100m in missed pay.\n\nLaw firms Leigh Day and Roscoe Reid have been representing about 2,300 Morrisons workers.\n\nEmma Satyamurti, a Leigh Day partner, said the takeover deal shows that employees are the \"backbone of the company and so it makes sense that the supermarket should invest in them\".\n\n\"We hope the new owners feel the same and bring an end to the equal pay dispute by paying shop floor workers what they are worth.\"\n\nMorrisons was founded in Bradford in 1899 - where it still has its headquarters. The group has almost 500 shops and more than 110,000 staff.\n\nThe son of founder William Morrison's, the late Sir Ken Morrison, ran the business for 50 years.\n\nPreviously, CD&R said it recognised Morrisons' \"history and culture, and considers that this strong heritage is core to Morrisons and its approach to grocery retailing\".\n\nThe private equity firm said it would help Morrisons to build on its strengths, including its close relationships with suppliers and its property portfolio.\n\nMorrisons chairman Andrew Higginson and chief operating officer Trevor Strain both previously worked with Sir Terry at Tesco.", "Emiliano Sala had just signed with Cardiff City\n\nThe pilot of a plane that crashed into the English Channel, killing footballer Emiliano Sala, was ordered not to fly the aircraft, a court has heard.\n\nFay Keely said she asked that David Ibbotson not fly her plane after being told of previous infringements.\n\nDavid Henderson, 67, was the plane's operator and was responsible for choosing appropriate pilots.\n\nMr Henderson is on trial at Cardiff Crown Court accused of endangering the safety of an aircraft.\n\nSala, 28, was involved in a multimillion-pound transfer from French club Nantes to Cardiff City FC, when the plane crashed into the sea in January 2019, killing the striker and pilot Mr Ibbotson, 59.\n\nMr Henderson denies the charge of endangering the safety of an aircraft.\n\nHe has previously admitted a charge of attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation.\n\nDavid Henderson was the aircraft's operator since its purchase in 2015\n\nMs Keely said she had bought the Piper Malibu aircraft in 2015 through her family's trust, Cool Flourish Ltd, of which she is secretary and director.\n\nShe said that she had told Mr Henderson in 2018 that Mr Ibbotson should not fly the aircraft again after she was notified by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of two infringements that had happened while he was in the air.\n\nShe later found out that Henderson had hired Mr Ibbotson again, this time to pilot a flight carrying her sister a month later, in August 2018.\n\nSala's body was recovered, but Mr Ibbotson, 59, from Crowley, Lincolnshire, has never been found\n\nShe said: \"Later on in the year, in August, he tried to contact me while I was on holiday. He was due to fly my sister on a trip and was going to be piloting himself.\n\n\"I found out after the event that he was unavailable and had asked David Ibbotson to fly instead of him.\"\n\n\"He allowed that to happen without my permission,\" she added.\n\nAsked by defence counsel Stephen Spence QC if she had warned Henderson not to hire Mr Ibbotson again, she said: \"No. As far as I was concerned I had made my feelings clear that he shouldn't be flying the aircraft.\"\n\nThe Piper Malibu aircraft was bought under advice from Mr Henderson, Ms Keely told the court\n\nIn an text message exchange from August 2018, that was read to the jury, Mr Henderson had a conversation with someone who had flown with Mr Ibbotson.\n\nIt said: \"The Ibbotson experience was interesting! He was all over the place. Had to help him out coming into White Waltham [airfield].\"\n\nMr Henderson replied: \"His handling OK? Takes a lot to try and knock these new guys into shape.\"\n\n\"He's just not very quick and not thinking ahead,\" was the reply.\n\nIn another text message, found on Mr Henderson's phone from July 2018, Mr Ibbotson explained he had \"messed up a couple of times\" during a flight.\n\nJurors also heard that, hours after the night-time crash, Mr Henderson had messaged aircraft engineer David Smith telling him to \"keep very quiet\", adding \"need to be very careful. Opens up a whole can of worms\".\n\nThe Piper Malibu N264DB disappeared from radar near the Channel Islands on 21 January\n\nThe court has already heard that Mr Ibbotson did not hold a commercial pilot's licence, was not allowed to fly at night, and that his rating to fly the Piper Malibu had expired.\n\nDespite this, when Mr Henderson was unavailable to fly the plane carrying Sala between Nantes and Cardiff in January because he was away with his wife in Paris, he hired Mr Ibbotson again.\n\nMr Smith, an employee of aircraft maintenance company Eastern Air Executive, said he had become aware of some issues with the aircraft on January 21 before it was due to fly back from France to the UK and insisted it was checked by a French engineer.\n\nThe trial is expected to last until the end of next week.", "Mr Slater - now a cricket commentator - was arrested at his home in Sydney\n\nFormer Australian cricketer Michael Slater has been arrested over an alleged domestic violence incident.\n\nThe 51-year-old - now a cricket commentator - was arrested at his Sydney home on Wednesday and taken to a police station, local media reported.\n\nNew South Wales Police confirmed an alleged incident happened last week. They have not disclosed further details.\n\nNo charges have been laid and Mr Slater has not commented publicly.\n\nThe former batsman was part of the Australian cricket team from 1993 to 2001, playing 74 Tests.\n\nHe has since held prominent positions on TV but was let go last week by Australia's Channel Seven, which cited financial pressures.\n\nMr Slater made headlines in May when he accused Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison of having \"blood on his hands\" over his response to the pandemic.\n\nIt followed the government issuing a two-week ban on Australian citizens returning from India during the height of that nation's coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe father-of-three had been in India at the time, commentating for local networks on the Indian Premier League season.", "Vaccine pioneer Prof Sir Andrew Pollard: \"Our very lives depend on our investment in science.\"\n\nOne of the scientists behind the Oxford Covid vaccine has said that our lives depend on future investment in science.\n\nProf Sir Andrew Pollard told BBC News that other nations will overtake the UK unless the Chancellor sticks to his commitment to double science spending.\n\nScientific leaders have been making representations to the Treasury ahead of next week's Autumn Budget.\n\nThere is concern that a pledge to increase funding to £22bn by 2024 will not be met.\n\nProf Pollard told BBC News: \"Our very lives depend on our investment in science because so much of what we aspire to in our society requires a strong scientific base. We absolutely have to invest in science otherwise we will fall behind other countries over the months and years ahead.\"\n\nThose lobbying the Treasury to stick to its commitment have highlighted the key role UK science played in developing vaccines, drugs and providing invaluable scientific advice to the public and ministers throughout the pandemic.\n\nAnd the chair of the Commons Science and Technology Committee, Greg Clark, said a failure to keep to the pledge could threaten the UK's economic growth: \"As we prepare to compete as a country in the future, it is unquestionable that one of our strongest assets is our science and technology base.\n\n\"The world is becoming scientifically more intensive. For us to go backwards would be to opt out of future prosperity.\"\n\nTwo British Nobel prize winners gave evidence to Mr Clark's committee this morning. One, Prof Sir Paul Nurse, said: \"We have to have a country that thrives on brains and skills and that is driven by science and research.\"\n\nThe other, Prof Sir Peter Ratcliffe, told MPs that the UK government failing to invest in science would be like New Zealand not investing in rugby.\n\n\"We are good at it. Why wouldn't you invest behind strength,\" he said.\n\n\"You might get away with slightly smaller investment than other countries for a while, but that's not going to last.\"\n\nIn November 2019, Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to double the amount the government spends on scientific research. That pledge was reinforced by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak in March 2020, when he committed the government to the £22bn increase.\n\nThe spending hike was to keep up with the UK's economic competitors, which have been investing heavily in research. British science is seen as among the best in the world, but successive governments have been spending a smaller proportion of GDP on research and development (R&D) compared with other advanced economies.\n\nThe UK's increase in R&D spending as a proportion of GDP between 1999 and 2019 has been 0.1%, considerably less than many of its economic competitors.\n\nThe ambitious spending boost announced by the Chancellor last year was to help the government meet another of its objectives: for private and public spending on research in the UK to reach 2.4% of GDP by 2027. But even that target is a relatively modest aim as it would still leave the UK behind Germany, Japan, Korea and the US.\n\nAn analysis by the Campaign for Science and Engineering (Case) indicates that if the government puts off increasing annual research spending to £22bn by 2024 by three years it will lose £11bn of investment from the private sector and so fail to reach its target of 2.4% of GDP.\n\nProf Sarah Main, who is the campaign's executive director, said that without the investment that has been promised, the UK could lose jobs and economic growth in the process: \"While the UK target is ambitious, it is the least ambitious target of all the G7 countries,\" she told BBC News.\n\n\"Across the world, other countries are pushing fast and hard on their science and innovation capability. The risk is that ideas, talented people and opportunities for investment ad partnerships will move overseas.\"\n\nThose close to negotiations with the Treasury told BBC News they received \"strong signals\" last week that, while the government would maintain its target of increasing annual science spending to £22bn, it would not commit to do so by 2024.\n\nThere was also concern that the chancellor would give the appearance of an increase by adding existing spending to the science budget - but the reality could be flat cash for several more years.\n\nWith a week to go before the chancellor's Autumn budget, all the submissions have been made. The Treasury has produced its calculations and come up with its plan.\n\nThe proposed budgets for each part of government are now in a political phase and simply put, it is now up to Boris Johnson whether to exert pressure on the Treasury to deliver on the promise he made to transform the UK economy into a \"science superpower\".\n• None Campaign for Science and Engineering The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lord Janner, who died in 2015, denied all charges against him\n\nPolice investigations into allegations of child abuse against a former MP were marred by \"a series of failings\", a report has found.\n\nThe Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) said Leicestershire Police officers \"shut down\" investigations into Lord Janner \"without pursuing all inquiries\".\n\nIt also criticised Leicestershire County Council's \"sorry record of failures\" over abuse.\n\nThe former MP died in December 2015.\n\nProfessor Alexis Jay, chairman of the inquiry, said police and prosecutors \"appeared reluctant to fully investigate\" claims against Lord Janner despite \"numerous serious allegations\".\n\n\"On multiple occasions police put too little emphasis on looking for supporting evidence and shut down investigations without pursuing all outstanding inquiries,\" she said.\n\n\"This inquiry has brought up themes we are now extremely familiar with, such as deference to powerful individuals, the barriers to reporting faced by children and the need for institutions to have clear policies and procedures setting out how to respond to allegations of child sexual abuse.\"\n\nLord Janner's family has always maintained his innocence.\n\nHis son Daniel said the inquiry \"fails to challenge our late father's innocence\" and \"offers no proof whatsoever of guilt\".\n\nProfessor Alexis Jay is leading the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse\n\nThe inquiry heard accounts from 33 complainants, with allegations of abuse stretching across three decades.\n\nIn 1999, Leicestershire Police's Operation Magnolia looked into allegations made against the politician, but the inquiry found it \"seemingly involved a deliberate decision by [the force] to withhold key statements\" from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which it described as \"serious and inexcusable\".\n\nOperation Dauntless was set up in May 2006 following further claims from another alleged victim, with the report criticising police and CPS decisions not to carry on the investigation as \"unsound and strategically flawed\".\n\nIn 2012 a further police probe, named Operation Enamel, was set up to look at evidence that may not have been considered in earlier investigations.\n\nAfter further evidence and more complainants came forward, Lord Janner was charged with 22 offences, including indecent assault and buggery, which dated from the 1960s to the 1980s.\n\nAt the time of his death, Lord Janner was due to face a trial over claims made by nine complainants, with the prosecution seeking to add further charges.\n\nGreville Janner, pictured here in 1987, was a Leicester MP for Labour for 27 years\n\nIn October 2020, the inquiry heard evidence from Lord Janner's alleged victims.\n\nNone of the complainants were called to give evidence in person, due to it focusing solely on the state responses to their allegations, rather than the authenticity of the claims.\n\nChristopher Jacobs, who represented some of the complainants, described the case of Tracey Taylor - who has waived her right to anonymity - who was put into care as a 14-year-old in the 1970s.\n\n\"She said she was raped by a man who said his name was Greville Janner, he said he was an MP and that he could make her the next prime minister's wife,\" Mr Jacobs told the inquiry.\n\n\"She has told the police about the abuse, but she has never been believed due to her mental health problems. On some occasions, police mocked her statements, calling her Crazy Tracey.\"\n\nTim Betteridge, another complainant to waive his anonymity, said he was sexually abused by Lord Janner on two occasions, including once in an allotment and once in a mobile unit.\n\nThe inquiry heard Mr Betteridge raised the alarm but was told by care home staff \"nobody would believe him because he was just a brat in care\".\n\nThis report did not find evidence of a conspiracy to protect a local MP, but its officials believe what they discovered was actually more serious.\n\nAdults who had grown up in children's homes weren't taken seriously when they came forward to make allegations, because of their backgrounds.\n\nThe claims of one accuser were rejected because he may have had a history of mental illness. However, later police inquiries looked at his medical records and concluded that wasn't the case.\n\nThis investigation isn't the only one where the inquiry has seen evidence that alleged crimes against children have been dismissed prematurely.\n\nIts final report will have to come up with recommendations to prevent it happening again.\n\nThe inquiry also heard \"a number\" of staff at Leicestershire County Council had concerns over Lord Janner's association with a child in care.\n\nThe report stated \"undue deference\" was shown to the politician, who had \"unrestricted access\" to the child, with \"little if any thought given to any child protection issues\".\n\nNo inquiries were made into staff concerns, and the council has accepted it \"failed to take adequate steps in response\" to them.\n\nFormer PM Tony Blair had nominated Lord Janner for a peerage\n\nThe inquiry also examined the Labour Party's response to the allegations, saying it was not enough for it to leave it to the police and CPS due to Lord Janner's \"privileged and powerful position\".\n\nDavid Evans, the current general secretary, told the inquiry new systems were now in place should any allegations be made against a sitting MP.\n\nThe inquiry also said Lord Janner should have been subject to scrutiny when he was nominated for a peerage by then-prime minister Tony Blair, weeks after sweeping to power in 1997.\n\nMr Blair previously told the inquiry he was aware of the allegations but they were not a \"bar\" as Lord Janner had denied them, and there had not been any charges.\n\nLeicestershire Police said the force would study the report \"scrupulously and examine it for any actions or improvements\".\n\nChief Constable Simon Cole said: \"I would like to reiterate the wholehearted apology I gave in February 2020 to any complainant whose allegations during earlier police investigations into Lord Janner were not responded to as they should have been.\n\n\"It is fair and correct to say that the allegations could and should have been investigated more thoroughly, and Lord Janner could and should have faced prosecution earlier than 2015.\"\n\nLeicestershire County Council leader Nick Rushton said the authority accepted the report's findings.\n\n\"The council at the time simply did not do enough to keep the children in its care safe and for that, I am sorry,\" Mr Rushton said.\n\nA spokesperson for the CPS added: \"The CPS has acknowledged past failings in the way allegations made against Lord Janner were handled. It remains a matter of sincere regret that opportunities were missed to put these allegations before a jury.\"\n\nRichard Scorer, a lawyer at Slater and Gordon - which represented 14 complainants at the inquiry - said: \"Had investigations been conducted properly, it is clear that Lord Janner could have been prosecuted in his lifetime.\n\n\"Sadly the clock cannot be rolled back and the criminal trial of Lord Janner which could and should have taken place will never be possible.\"\n\nIf you or someone you know has been affected by this story please visit the BBC Action Line.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A Brewdog promotion which said customers could win \"solid gold\" beer cans was misleading, the advertising watchdog has found.\n\nThe Scottish brewer offered shoppers the chance to find a gold can hidden in cases sold from its online store.\n\nBut some winners complained to the Advertising Standards Authority after they discovered the cans were not solid gold, but were gold-plated instead.\n\nThe ASA upheld the complaints and said three adverts were misleading.\n\nIn response to the ASA's ruling, James Watt, co-founder and chief executive at Brewdog, said: \"We hold our hands up, we got the first gold can campaign wrong.\"\n\nThe ruling comes amid heavy criticism of Brewdog in recent months, with a letter from ex-workers stating former staff had \"suffered mental illness\" as a result of working for the craft beer brewer.\n\nIt made a number of allegations, including that Brewdog fostered a culture where staff were afraid to speak out about concerns.\n\nThe ASA said it received 25 complaints in relation to three social media adverts stating its can prize was made from \"solid gold\".\n\nIn its ruling, the watchdog said it \"understood the prize consisted of 24 carat gold-plated replica cans\", but added \"because the ads stated that the prize included a solid gold can when that was not the case, we concluded the ads were misleading\".\n\nThe ASA said it had told Brewdog not to state or imply that consumers would receive a solid gold can when it was not the case.\n\nOne of the competition winners, Mark Craig, still contests the value of the gold-plated can that he won and believes it is \"not worth anything\".\n\nMr Craig, from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, told the BBC: \"They are meant to be there for the little guy and this is two fingers to their customers who are the ones who were taken by this.\"\n\nHe criticised the company's apology, which he said appeared to be encouraging people to buy more beer in a \"new competition run correctly this time\".\n\nBrewdog said its social media posts which contained the words \"solid gold\" did so in error and repeated that mistakes were a result of miscommunication between its marketing and social media teams.\n\nAs well as complaints over the prize's authenticity, some winners questioned how much the can was worth. Brewdog claimed it was valued at £15,000.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Watt said he would reflect on how to become a better leader\n\nMr Watt said the company stood by its valuation which it previously said was based on several factors, including the manufacturing price, metal and quality of the product.\n\nThe ASA said Brewdog told investigators that a single 330ml can, made with the equivalent 330ml of pure gold, would have a gold value of about $500,000 (£363,000).\n\nThe ASA said it considered a general audience \"was unlikely to be aware of the price of gold, how that would translate into the price of a gold can, and whether that was inconsistent with the valuation as stated in the ad\".\n\nThe brewer has been heavily criticised in recent months with allegations being made about its culture, which has led to an independent review of the organisation.\n\nSo far, more than 100 interviews with former staff have \"either taken place or are scheduled for the coming weeks\" as part of the review, according the firm's website.\n\nMr Watt has previously apologised to former staff and said their complaints would help make him a better chief executive.\n\nHowever, in a recent interview with the Daily Telegraph, he said the brewer \"should have been clearer about the high-performance culture\" and suggested there was a \"mismatch of expectations\" among certain employees.\n\nThe BBC previously reported that a note from Mr Watt to staff said it was \"fair to say that this type of fast-paced and intense environment is definitely not for everyone, but many of our fantastic long-term team members have thrived in our culture\".\n\nAs well as the ruling on Brewdog, the ASA also upheld a complaint against an advert by plant-drink maker Alpro on the side of a bus.\n\nThe complainant believed commercial almond farming caused environmental damage and challenged whether the product was \"good for the planet\" as stated.\n\nThe ASA said there was \"no qualification\" to the claim and \"little context provided\" in the ad to interpret it.\n\nIt added that Alpro revealed the almonds used in its almond drink were cultivated in a sustainable way and not sourced from regions with environmentally damaging processes.", "A Nottingham student who believes she was injected with a needle during a night out told BBC Breakfast she suffered \"terrifying\" memory loss and was \"limping\" the next day.\n\nZara Owen, 19, told the BBC's Charlie Stayt she reported the incident to the police, but hasn't received any treatment or testing.\n\nSuperintendent Kathryn Craner from Nottinghamshire Police told BBC Breakfast that they were looking into multiple reports of people being \"spiked physically\". One man has been arrested \"on suspicion of possession of class A and class B and cause [to] administer poison or noxious thing with intent to injure, aggrieve and annoy\".\n\nShe added people should always report suspicious activity, and said the police would always take action in relation to those.", "Prosecutors say the accused wanted to fight in Yemen, which has been gripped by civil war for years\n\nTwo former German soldiers have been arrested on suspicion of trying to form a terrorist mercenary force to fight in Yemen's civil war, prosecutors say.\n\nArend-Adolf G and Achim A face terrorism charges after police raids in southern Germany on Wednesday.\n\nThey allegedly planned to recruit up to 150 men for a private army made up of former police officers and soldiers.\n\nThey wanted to offer their services to Saudi Arabia's government for illegal missions in Yemen, prosecutors said.\n\nYemen has been racked by a civil war between the Saudi Arabia-backed internationally recognised government and the armed Houthi movement since 2014.\n\nSaudi Arabia entered the civil war in 2015 shortly after the capture of the capital, Sanaa, by the Houthis, who are supported by Iran.\n\nThe accused former soldiers wanted Saudi Arabia to finance their private operations in Yemen, prosecutors in Germany said. The men tried to approach Saudi Arabian government agencies but they received no response and their efforts were unsuccessful.\n\nIn a statement, federal prosecutors outlined extensive and serious allegations against the two \"ringleaders\", who had \"military knowledge and skills\".\n\nThe prosecutors allege that Arend-Adolf G and Achim A decided to set up a mercenary force under their exclusive command at the start of 2021. They planned to pay each member of their unit a wage of about €40,000 (£33,700; $46,400) a month for their services, prosecutors said.\n\nArend-Adolf G had allegedly already tried to recruit at least seven people.\n\nGermany's Spiegel magazine, which first reported the arrests, said the mercenary force was supposed to attack and capture areas held by the Houthi rebels in Yemen.\n\nArend-Adolf G and Achim A \"expected civilians to be killed and injured in connection with fighting\" in Yemen, prosecutors said.\n\nProsecutors also suspect the accused men wanted to advertise their military service for deployments in other conflicts.\n\nCiting sources, Spiegel said a tip from Germany's Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) put the investigators on the trail of the men.\n\nOne of the accused was arrested in Munich and the other in Germany's south-western Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district. Their apartments in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg were searched.\n\nThe former soldiers are expected to appear in court on Wednesday for a hearing about pre-trial detention.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. (November 2020) Three Yemeni teens share how their lives have changed", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage showing a man believed to be Ali Harbi Ali, accused of the fatal stabbing of Sir David Amess\n\nCCTV footage, obtained by the BBC, has emerged showing the man believed to be the suspect in the killing of MP Sir David Amess.\n\nPolice investigating the attack have been gathering CCTV from shops and businesses near where it is believed the alleged killer lived.\n\nSouthend West MP Sir David, 69, was fatally stabbed in Essex on Friday.\n\nAli Harbi Ali, 25, is being held under the Terrorism Act and officers have until Friday to question him.\n\nWhitehall officials have confirmed the man's name to the BBC.\n\nThe CCTV footage shows a man, believed to be the suspect in the case, walking down Gordon House Road, in the direction of Gospel Oak Overground Station\n\nThe manager of a convenience store, on Highgate Road, said on Saturday police had asked to view his CCTV footage from the previous morning and he then gave them a copy.\n\nOther shops along Highgate Road also confirmed police had visited and gathered CCTV footage from the day of Sir David's death.\n\nSir David, who had been an MP since 1983, was meeting constituents at a church in Leigh-on-Sea when he was stabbed multiple times at around 12:05 BST on Friday.\n\nOfficers investigating the case have searched two addresses in the London area.\n\nA 25-year-old man was arrested at the scene of the killing. Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack.\n\nFloral tributes to Sir David were being moved on Tuesday from outside Belfairs Methodist Church, where he was attacked, to his constituency office.\n\nA sign from Southend Borough Council outside the church asks those paying tribute to the MP to leave flowers at Iveagh Hall. A book of condolence is open both there and at the Civic Centre in Southend.\n\nOn Monday, Sir David's family, including his wife Julia, visited the church to read some of the messages left in his memory.\n\nLater MPs paid tribute to their colleague and Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the Queen had given her approval for Southend to be granted city status - something for which Sir David had long campaigned.", "Manager Steve Bruce has left Newcastle United by mutual consent just 13 days after the Saudi Arabia-backed £305m takeover of the club was completed.\n\nThe 60-year-old took charge of his 1,000th match as a manager in Sunday's 3-2 defeat by Tottenham - his only game as Magpies boss under the new owners.\n\nBruce said there had been \"highs and lows\" and that he hoped the new owners could \"take the club forward\".\n\nGraeme Jones will take interim charge of the Premier League side.\n\nNewcastle said the appointment of a new manager \"will be announced in due course\".\n\nBruce is understood to have received in the region of £8m after his contract was paid up in full.\n• None Who will be the next Newcastle boss? Assess the candidates and vote\n• None All the reaction to Bruce leaving Newcastle\n• None Newcastle ask fans not to wear 'culturally inappropriate' clothing\n\nThe Tyneside club have made a winless start to the Premier League season and sit second from bottom after three draws from their opening eight games.\n\nBruce was appointed Magpies manager in July 2019 and achieved finishes of 13th and 12th in his two full seasons in charge.\n\n\"I am grateful to everyone connected with Newcastle United for the opportunity to manage this unique football club,\" said Bruce.\n• None Everything you need to know about Newcastle United, all in one place\n• None What Newcastle need to do to stay in Premier League - Danny Murphy analysis\n\n\"I would like to thank my coaching team, the players and the support staff in particular for all their hard work.\n\n\"There have been highs and lows, but they have given everything even in difficult moments and should be proud of their efforts.\n\n\"This is a club with incredible support and I hope the new owners can take it forward to where we all want it to be. I wish everyone the very best of luck for the rest of this season and beyond.\"\n\nBruce had a 27.4% win percentage from 84 league games at Newcastle, which was the ninth best compared to previous Magpies managers who had been in charge of at least 20 Premier League matches.\n\nA Newcastle statement said the club \"would like to place on record its gratitude to Steve for his contribution and wishes him well for the future\".\n\nThe club's next game will be at Crystal Palace at 15:00 BST on Saturday, 23 October.\n\n'It's taken its toll on my whole family'\n\nIn an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Bruce said: \"I think this might be my last job.\n\n\"It's not just about me; it's taken its toll on my whole family because they are all Geordies and I can't ignore that.\n\n\"They have been worried about me… especially my wife Jan.\n\n\"I'm 60 years old and I don't know if I want to put her through it again. We've got a good life so, yeah, this will probably be me done as a manager - until I get a phone call from a chairman somewhere asking if I can give them a hand. Never say never, I've learnt that.\"\n\nHe added: \"I wanted so badly to make it work.\n\n\"I was so proud to be manager of Newcastle United, even in the dark times, I was determined to keep going and to keep this club in the Premier League.\"\n\nNewcastle forward Allan Saint-Maximin, who joined the Magpies in August 2019, is one of the side's key players and he said it had been an \"honour and a privilege\" to have Bruce as his coach.\n\n\"You are, without a doubt, one of the most gentle people that I have ever met in the world of football,\" wrote Saint-Maximin on social media.\n\n\"You have been a man of your word, a caring man and a fair man who never hesitated to protect us. I will never forget how you treated me, for that I will be forever grateful.\"\n\nBut, having managed the club himself on an interim basis at the end of the 2008-09 season, Shearer added he felt some sympathy for those working under previous owner Mike Ashley.\n\n\"I think it was right for both parties,\" the former England striker told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"As tough as it will be, Steve's big enough and strong enough to know you have to take criticism when you don't win games. And he hasn't won any games this season.\n\n\"It was an almost impossible club to manage in the circumstances. Every manager who's been in over the last 14 years has found it very, very difficult.\"\n\nBruce's appointment under former Newcastle owner Ashley was met with criticism from fans and he has failed to win them over during his time on Tyneside.\n\nDuring his final game against Spurs, some Magpies fans sang, 'We want Brucey out' as they made the new owners aware about their feelings about his position.\n\n\"Fantastic news, I think every single Newcastle United fan is over the moon with this,\" supporter Alex Hurst from The True Faith podcast told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"It's been a long time coming, arguably it should have happened at least a week earlier but I think we're not going to worry too much about that now.\n\n\"It's a new era for the football club and it was essential that Steve Bruce was moved on.\"\n\nHe added: \"No wins this season and, quite simply, if you look at Steve Bruce's record this season but also over the last 38 games as a whole, I think they've won seven of those 38 games, very few football managers in any division in any country would be able to survive that sort of record.\n\n\"To put it simply, I think he was yesterday's man. He might have been a good manager 20 years ago but he's not any more.\"\n\nFormer Newcastle defender Steven Taylor spent 13 years at the club between 2003 and 2016 and he had sympathy for Bruce as well as other managers who had been at the club during Ashley's reign.\n\n\"The upstairs hierarchy were the ones that were controlling everything that was going on,\" he told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"There are previous managers that I've played under who didn't want to play certain players, they got told to play these players and that's how it was at the football club at the time. It has been difficult.\"\n\nBruce disappointment may come with a sense of relief - analysis\n\nIt was always Steve Bruce's dream job to take charge of Newcastle United but he has received a lot of criticism from the supporters, a lot of abuse which I know he feels has gone too far at times.\n\nI think he is a realist. He would have said the takeover from a footballing sense is the best thing for Newcastle United Football Club in terms of the investment it will undoubtedly bring.\n\nI think he is also a realist in that he knew that it would probably mean that they'd want to bring in their own manager and I think in that sense what will be, will be.\n\nYes he'll be disappointed, any manager would be to lose his job, but I think when he reflects there might be an element of relief as well because of the criticism and abuse that he has received, that he's no longer in the firing line.\n\nIt became quite clear at the weekend that the supporters were not going to tolerate such a position for much longer, it's very very hard for any manager to survive in those sort of circumstances.", "Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, were found by a search party of loved ones, two days after a gathering to celebrate the older sister's birthday\n\nA self-styled \"black magician\" has been removed from Facebook and Instagram after a BBC investigation exposed his influence on the killer of two sisters.\n\nDanyal Hussein, 19, killed Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman in a park in Wembley, north London, in June 2020.\n\nThe BBC has previously shown how Hussein was active on an occult forum until hours before his arrest.\n\nThe trial heard of a \"demonic\" pact where Hussein committed to sacrificing women in return for money and power.\n\nSentencing is due to take place on 28 October.\n\nThe online forum, of which Hussein was a member, is run by an American occultist called EA Koetting, who provides instructions for such pacts and has encouraged murder.\n\nKoetting is from Utah and his real name is Matthew Lawrence. He has convictions for drugs and weapon possession offences.\n\nHe uses mainstream social media to advertise and recruit.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC uncovers evidence about the Satanic forums that inspired killer Danyal Hussein\n\nThe \"pact\", in which Hussein committed to killing women, was addressed to the \"mighty king Lucifuge Rofocale\", believed by the killer to be a powerful demon.\n\nKoetting promotes the idea that people can enter into pacts with the demon, telling followers that action will be required from them.\n\nThe BBC showed parallels between Koetting's public instructions about such pacts and what Hussein did, including what the killer requested and how the document was signed.\n\nHussein remained on the forum for two years, and sought advice from others on demonic pacts.\n\nThe BBC found that he was last active on the forum shortly before detectives raided his family home.\n\nSome of Koetting's written works openly discuss and encourage murder.\n\nOne of his texts, which he recently promoted on YouTube, advises people to study terrorist methods, quotes the moors murderer Ian Brady, and states: \"Always remember the first rule of murder: never kill a person that you have a reason to kill.\"\n\nThe text was written for an American Satanist group, Tempel ov Blood, whose violent material has appeared as an influence on seven young men recently convicted of neo-Nazi terror offences in a series of trials in the UK.\n\nPart of a larger British organisation, Order of Nine Angles, its extremist material advocates child murder and sexual violence, with members appearing at the sites of dreadful crimes to celebrate what happened.\n\nAn image of Matthew Lawrence who uses the name EA Koetting, taken in a US prison\n\nKoetting accepts being in the organisation.\n\nOne book states he \"joined with an American cell of the notorious British Order of Nine Angles\" and \"shoved himself beyond morality and humanity\".\n\nKoetting's pages on Facebook and Instagram, which had thousands of followers, had been left online, but the social media giant said they had now been removed for violating its \"dangerous individuals and organisations policies\".\n\nA spokesperson for YouTube said: \"Hate has no place on YouTube and we are deeply saddened by this terrible incident.\n\n\"We have strict policies to ensure that our platform is not used to incite violence and we are in the process of carefully reviewing the content against these stringent rules.\"\n\nKoetting has never responded directly to the BBC's questions, but following publication of our investigation he posted online saying: \"I'm bringing the battle to their doorsteps and I fly faster than the wind.\"", "The business secretary has denied that individuals will bear the cost of changing to greener ways of living.\n\nKwasi Kwarteng said it was \"not true\" to say that the move to more environmentally friendly transport and energy production would \"cost us\".\n\nThe government plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to reach a target of net zero by 2050.\n\nThe Treasury has hinted tax rises may be necessary as revenues from fossil fuel-related activity dry up.\n\nAchieving net zero means the UK will no longer be adding to the total amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Without action on climate change, the world faces a hotter planet, rising sea levels and extreme weather.\n\nThe Treasury said hitting the target would put pressure on public spending, but added \"the biggest impact\" came from \"the erosion of tax revenues from fossil fuel-related activity\".\n\nLast year, £37bn was raised through fuel duty and vehicle excise duty, but is believed the transition to electric vehicles could create a temporary tax vacuum by the 2040s, meaning new revenue-raising measures would be needed.\n\nA net-zero report by the Treasury said future governments \"may need to consider changes to existing taxes and new sources of revenue\" rather than relying on higher borrowing.\n\nIt also warned policies to support the adoption of electric vehicles \"may disproportionately benefit\" richer people, with those on lower incomes potentially bearing the brunt of increased costs.\n\n\"As higher income households drive more and are likely to adopt EVs [electric vehicles] earlier, the costs and benefits of EV adoption are likely to fall on higher income households first,\" the Treasury report said.\n\n\"Conversely, any changes to the cost of running an internal combustion engine vehicle will fall disproportionately on lower-income households, so there could be a trade-off in some instances.\"\n\nAsked on the BBC's Today programme if there was a danger that poorer people could lead to \"subsiding the green guilt of the rich\", Mr Kwarteng replied: \"No, I don't accept that at all.\"\n\nHe added that the transition to electric vehicles was \"successful and we should be doing it more rapidly\", but admitted there was still \"range anxiety\" over how far such vehicles could travel.\n\nMr Kwarteng said up to £90bn by 2030 of private investment would help the country to source more energy from renewables, with \"evidence\" for such forecasts based on previous investments of £100bn being ploughed into offshore wind farms since 2012.\n\n\"It's not a heroic assumption to say that by 2030, we would have attracted an additional £90bn,\" he said.\n\nAs well as plans to encourage more people to drive electric cars, the government is also going to offer subsidies of £5,000 from next April for people to switch from gas boilers to low-carbon heat pumps.\n\nHeat pumps extract warmth from the air, the ground or water - a bit like a fridge operating in reverse - and are powered by electricity. An air-source heat pump costs between £6,000 and £18,000, depending on the type installed and the size of a property.\n\nAlthough up to 25 million UK homes have gas boilers, the government's grants will fund just 90,000 pumps over three years. Critics have said the plans do not go far enough.\n\nMr Kwarteng added the cost of heat pumps could \"come down\" as more companies began manufacturing them, which would see more people \"adopt them\".\n\n\"People will have seen that in their own lives. A few years ago with things like iPhones, at the beginning they were very, very expensive. Of course, the unit cost, as the private sector invests in producing these things, comes down,\" he said.\n\nThe recently released iPhone 13 handset is currently priced at £779 on Apple's website.\n\nMr Kwarteng admitted it was a \"lot of money\" to install a heat pump, adding: \"No-one is saying we are imposing heat pumps on anybody.\n\n\"What we are trying to do is encourage behaviour.\"\n\nThe government's net-zero plans come as global leaders prepare to meet in Glasgow to negotiate how to curb climate change.", "Food and drink firms are seeing \"terrifying\" price rises, a sector trade body has said, warning of a knock-on effect for consumers.\n\nFood and Drink Federation boss Ian Wright told MPs inflation is between 14% and 18% for hospitality firms.\n\nThe price rises for food firms' ingredients will lead to consumer price rises, he said, and described the situation as concerning.\n\nThe UK's rate of inflation was 3.2% in August and is expected to rise further.\n\nBank of England governor Andrew Bailey recently warned it \"will have to act\", suggesting that UK interest rates may soon rise from the historic low of 0.1%.\n\nMr Wright told MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy select committee: \"Inflation is a bigger scourge than anything else because it discriminates against the poor.\"\n\nThe Office for National Statistics will publish the latest inflation figures for September on Wednesday. It is expected to rise further above the Bank of England's target of 2% for longer than previously thought.\n\nMake UK, the manufacturers' organisation, said that inflation was becoming \"baked in\" among its members.\n\nStephen Phipson, chief executive at Make UK, told MPs that while there was a welcome rise in demand, many manufacturers are looking at 30% to 40% average increases in material costs.\n\n\"When people are able to get hold of materials they are passing those costs on which does imply to us that inflation is more or less baked in at this stage now,\" he said.\n\n\"This is not a transitory inflationary demand we are seeing really serious issues now in terms of price increases.\"\n\nDes Gunewardena, chief executive of high-end restaurant group D&D London, says his business has seen half of its costs rise, including surging energy prices.\n\nHe says staff shortages are his \"number one issue\" and has increased salaries by 10%.\n\nThe business has 1,700 employees across the UK and is currently 150 staff short, which he said could lead to a \"nightmare situation\" in the busier December period.\n\nTable covers have been reduced from 400 on a Friday night at his Quaglino's restaurant to between 300 and 350 due to staff shortages.\n\nHowever, he said the restaurants have seen increased customer spending, so he is stocking up on specific champagne brands ahead of time, to pre-empt possible supply problems.\n\n\"I think we'll have a very strong Christmas so there's no need to panic yet, but I expect further inflation in January when there won't be the same spending to offset the extra costs\".\n\nAmid concerns about deliveries of food, fuel and other items in the run-up to Christmas, the government is taking steps to address the shortage of HGV drivers.\n\nThe shortage has been blamed on several factors, including Covid, Brexit and tax changes.\n\nThe government introduced temporary visas for 5,000 lorry drivers to work in the UK, although only just over 20 of the 300 applications have been approved so far, according to Conservative Party chairman Oliver Dowden.\n\nDuncan Buchanan, policy director at the Road Haulage Association (RHA), told the select committee that the government's visa scheme to ease driver shortages had been \"designed to fail\".\n\n\"Reports haven't really eased at all things are not visibly getting better at this stage,\" he said.\n\nRegarding the government's measures to try to ease the crisis, Mr Buchanan said \"visually on the ground that is not having an effect\".\n\nA survey by the RHA of its members estimated there was now a shortage of more than 100,000 qualified drivers in the UK.\n\n\"The consumer is really going to visualise this in terms of reduced choice. We have supply chain disruption but that doesn't mean we are going to run out of food,\" Mr Buchanan added.", "Managers of community care services supporting more than 15,000 people in England, say acute staff shortages are forcing them to turn down new clients.\n\nThe National Care Forum of mainly not-for-profit organisations, says care providers are having to make tough decisions about who they can help.\n\nLast week health bosses said the care shortage meant more patients judged fit to go home were stuck in hospital.\n\nThe government is promising extra money to train and recruit new care workers.\n\nCare providers are facing acute problems in recruiting and retaining frontline staff for a variety of reasons including burnout from the pandemic and higher pay rates being available elsewhere as the economy picks up.\n\nManagers told researchers many existing staff were struggling with an increased workload and wanted to quit.\n\nResearchers for National Care Forum (NCF), together with the Outstanding Managers Network, questioned 340 managers and said their answers highlighted the \"stark reality\" in the care sector.\n\nBetween them, those questioned employ more than 21,000 staff who care for more than 15,000 people at home or in care homes.\n\nThe findings suggest that they have nearly a fifth of positions vacant, with backroom staff having to fill in as frontline carers.\n\nMore than two thirds said they were having to stop or limit services.\n\nThese pressures are resulting in having to say no to new clients, including those being discharged from hospital, researchers say.\n\nIn other instances, managers say they have had to hand home-care contracts back to councils.\n\nThe researchers estimate that, between them, they have turned down nearly 5,000 requests for help in the past six weeks.\n\nHospitals are already warning of the knock on effect this is having on them, and managers fear that with existing workers exhausted, this may be just the beginning of the staffing crisis.\n\nOne manager told the researchers it was \"heartbreaking, turning down 10 plus packages of care that are needed a day\".\n\nAnother, in the same position, said: \"Sadly, have not got enough staff to look after them safely\".\n\nAnother was worried about financial viability, having increased wages to compete for staff, without any increase in funding.\n\nA fourth was \"seriously considering having to close\".\n\nNCF chief executive, Vic Rayner, said the findings were \"uncomfortable reading and offer evidence of the stark reality\".\n\n\"Providers are having to make very difficult decisions about who they can support, sometimes resulting in people with high or complex needs not getting access to the care and support they desperately need,\" Mr Rayner added.\n\nSeparate research, last week, suggested that more care jobs are unfilled than before the pandemic.\n\nNHS Providers, which represents health service trusts, has called the situation \"dire\" and particularly worrying with winter about to put extra pressure on services.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care official said the government was providing at least £500m to support the care workforce as part of the £5.4bn to reform social care.\n\n\"We are also working to ensure we have the right number of staff with the skills to deliver high quality care to meet increasing demands,\" said the statement.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Floods are causing havoc in India and Nepal\n\nMore than 180 people have died after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods in Nepal and two Indian states - Uttarakhand and Kerala.\n\nHomes were submerged or crushed by rocks swept into them by landslides.\n\nAt least 88 people died in Nepal and 55 in Uttarakhand, including five from a single family, with dozens more missing in both nations.\n\nRains further south in India's Kerala state also triggered deadly floods, leaving another 42 dead there.\n\nIn Nepal the victims included a family of six, among them three children, whose house was buried in a sudden deluge of soil and debris.\n\nThe worst-affected areas are Panchthar district in east Nepal, and Ilam and Doti in west Nepal.\n\nRescuers were struggling to reach 60 people stranded for two days in the village of Seti in west Nepal, Reuters reported.\n\nNepal's government is giving $1,700 (£1,220) to the families of each victim of the floods.\n\nIn the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand schools have been closed and religious and tourist activities suspended.\n\nThe Ganges burst its bank in Rishikesh and the popular Nainital region was severely affected.\n\nUttarakhand, which normally sees up to 30.5mm (1.2in) of rain for the whole of October, recorded 328mm in a 24-hour period this week.\n\nBut the Indian Meteorological Department says the rainfall is now easing.\n\nUttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced a compensation of 400,000 rupees (£3,800; $5,300) for the families of those who have died and a further 190,000 rupees for those whose homes were destroyed.\n\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences on Twitter: \"I am anguished by the loss of lives due to heavy rainfall in parts of Uttarakhand. May the injured recover soon.\"\n\nOverflowing rivers have swept away bridges as here in Chalthi, Uttarakhand\n\nWhile attributing the heavy rains to the climate crisis, experts have also cited hydro-power projects in the higher reaches of the Himalayas, and excessive and often unchecked construction on steep slopes which cause damage to the region's fragile ecology.\n\nExperts also say higher temperatures have meant lesser snow in the Himalayas - and this, coupled with heavy rains, is pushing large volumes of water downstream, triggering flash floods.\n\nThe southern coastal state of Kerala has also seen heavy rain since Friday.\n\nThousands of people have been moved to safety, with more than 1,600 homes destroyed or damaged.", "Molnupiravir is one of the antiviral drugs Image caption: Molnupiravir is one of the antiviral drugs\n\nThe UK government has announced deals for Covid-19 antivirals which it says could be groundbreaking this winter.\n\nAntivirals are treatments used to either treat those who are infected with a virus or protect high-risk people who may have been exposed to the virus.\n\nThe two new treatments are molnupiravir from Merck (MSD) and PF-07321332/ritonavir from Pfizer.\n\nThe two new antivirals are expected to be given to those most at risk from the virus, helping reduce the severity of symptoms and ease pressure on the NHS over winter, the government says.\n\nBoth first need to be evaluated by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).\n\nA recent interim clinical trial results suggested that molnupiravir cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by about half.\n\nChair of the Antivirals Taskforce Eddie Gray said: \"This is a very important development in our mission to find antivirals for those exposed to Covid-19, supporting the renowned vaccination programme and the NHS over the coming months.\"", "People are taking out more money when they visit ATMs, with the average amount climbing more than £10 to just under £80 in the last two years.\n\nBut they're using cash machines 40% less than before and withdrawing £44 a month less.\n\nWithdrawals are now nearly £100m less a day than in 2019, said cash machine network Link.\n\n\"Covid has turbocharged the switch to digital,\" said Nick Quin, head of financial inclusion at the network.\n\nBefore the pandemic, each adult in the UK visited a cash machine on average three times a month, taking out on average £66.99. That amount has climbed to £78.54.\n\nHowever, 18 months after the coronavirus crisis started, visits are now less than twice a month.\n\nThat means the total average amount each month withdrawn per person has fallen £44, from £200.97 to £157.08.\n\nThe total value of Link ATM withdrawals is currently running at around £1.6bn a week, compared with around £2.2bn in 2019.\n\nMeanwhile the amount people can spend on a contactless card rocketed to £100 earlier this month, after climbing to £45 in April 2020.\n\n\"Crucially, even though we're withdrawing almost £100m less per day, millions still rely on cash, especially in the most deprived areas of the country,\" said Mr Quin.\n\n\"It is important we continue to protect access to cash across the country.\"\n\nThe latest Financial Lives survey from the Financial Conduct Authority showed that more than five million people rely on cash every day.\n\nLink's new figures suggest that some wealthier parts of Edinburgh and London have shown a fall in cash machine use by as much as 60%.\n\nBut there remains a greater reliance on cash in areas such as Liverpool, Bradford and Birmingham where the fall in ATM usage is considerably smaller.\n\nLink said it heard from more 400 communities this year wanting better cash access.\n\nIt has installed more than 70 machines across the country in response to those requests and a further 30 in areas identified as lacking cash access.\n\nIt said it is encouraging people to speak up if they find it difficult to access cash free of charge.\n\n\"It is important we continue to protect access to cash across the country,\" said Mr Quin.\n\nLink said the number of ATMs has not dropped as quickly as cash usage.\n\nSince the beginning of the pandemic, the number of free-to-use ATMs has dropped 9% from 45,000 to 41,000.\n\nIn July the Financial Conduct Authority warned that people living in rural areas are having to travel further to find somewhere to withdraw and deposit cash free of charge.\n\nThe City watchdog said almost every urban resident has access to a bank, building society, post office or ATM within two kilometres of their home, but only three-quarters of the UK rural population has similar access.\n\nIt is considering stronger requirements of the sector to ensure the millions of people who rely on notes and coins have access to it.\n\nMeanwhile the charity Age UK said that people required the same guarantee of access to cash as they did for running water, electricity and the post.\n\nAbout 2.4 million people aged 65-and-over rely on cash in their daily lives, it said.\n\nThe charity warned that many would face being excluded from society if they could not get hold of notes and coins.\n\nConstituency areas with the smallest percentage declines in the volume of cash withdrawals:\n\n* based on figures from Link comparing August 2019 with August 2021\n\nConstituency areas with the biggest percentage declines in the volume of cash withdrawals:\n\n* based on figures from Link comparing August 2019 with August 2021", "One home was completely destroyed in the blast in Ayr\n\nDozens of people will spend a third night away from home after an explosion at a property in Ayr.\n\nFour houses in Gorse Park, Kincaidston, are likely to be demolished while 35 others are damaged or strewn with debris.\n\nA family of four remains in hospital after the blast on Monday, the cause of which is still being investigated.\n\nPolice Scotland said it was too early to determine whether it had been caused by gas.\n\nEngineers from Scottish Gas Networks (SGN) remained at the scene on Wednesday.\n\nA 43-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy are being treated for serious injuries at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.\n\nA 47-year-old man is in the city's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital while an 11-year-old boy is in the adjoining Royal Hospital for Children.\n\nOn Wednesday afternoon, South Ayrshire Council confirmed residents of 46 properties could safely return to their homes.\n\nWork is ongoing to re-establish gas supply in the wider area\n\nOf the properties that will be left standing, four have been \"significantly\" damaged and will need extensive repairs before householders can return, the council said.\n\nOthers were damaged by debris and some are not safe to access due to broken windows or debris strewn across gardens or inside properties.\n\nThe council said teams were working to remove debris, but that some people could return to their homes while their next-door neighbours could not.\n\nWork is ongoing to re-establish gas supply to the wider area.\n\nEmergency services will decide whether people can return to their homes\n\nCouncil leader Peter Henderson said: \"I know that council teams, the emergency services and partners have been working tirelessly to help as many people as possible to return to their homes.\n\n\"This is no easy task and I am relieved that their painstaking work has allowed some families to get back home today. Of course, it's still very early days and the devastation caused by this tragic event will take considerable time to rectify.\n\n\"We are committed to working alongside our communities and partners to support them through the aftermath of this terrible event.\"\n\nEarlier, the deputy leader of South Ayrshire Council, Brian McGinley, told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that some residents were back in their homes, some were staying with family and friends and others were in hotels.\n\n\"We need to realise that this has been a very major incident, it's a very demanding and technical situation,\" he said.\n\n\"Clearly we're working as fast and as hard as we can to make sure everybody is safe, that everyone's needs are met. But it's going to take a long time for this community to recover.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Aileen Clarke This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr McGinley added: \"Volunteers are providing rest and food for local people and emergency services - they have clothes, drinks and foodstuffs available. Some people have been a bit traumatised by it so they can come down, have a cup of tea and chat to people about it.\"\n\nThe council also said it had been overwhelmed by donations from the public and offers of help from local businesses.\n\nA hub for residents affected by the incident and emergency service workers has been set up at Kincaidston Community Pavilion.\n\nOne community worker told the BBC that about 120 residents were initially unable to return to their homes following the explosion.\n\n\"[They] had to register to say what location they were in approximate to the explosion and then they could get let back in their houses,\" he said. \"We had kids in getting their evening meals.\n\n\"As far as I'm led to believe one of the local hotels has put some of the residents up, that was [Tuesday] afternoon - I don't know what the situation is now.\"\n\nHe said the centre had received donations from local businesses, including takeaways, supermarkets, bakers and butchers to support displaced people.\n\n\"It's been quite hectic but the emergency services are very appreciative of what we've done for them - the community has rallied round.\"\n\nA total of 35 homes were damaged or strewn with debris\n\nScottish Fire and Rescue Service area commander Ian McMeekin described the aftermath of the explosion as \"extremely challenging\".\n\nAt its height, nine appliances responded to the explosion, which happened shortly after 19:00 on Monday, as well as urban search and rescue teams.\n\nMr McMeekin said: \"There is significant damage to the properties and the surrounding area.\"\n\nHe also thanked the local community for their \"support and understanding\".\n\nResidents needing support following the blast have been urged to contact 0300 123 0900.\n\nThe gas distribution company SGN said it would continue to work with \"expert parties\" in the coming days to establish the cause of the explosion.\n\nA temporary, above-ground gas pipeline has been installed for homes in Kincaidston.\n\nThe company said: \"We'd like to reiterate our reassurance to the local community that the gas network across the area remains safe and secure to use.\n\n\"Our engineers have carried out full safety checks in the area to ensure the safety of all the homes close to the damaged properties.\n\n\"We're aware some residents may have turned off their gas supply at the meter as a result of the incident.\n\n\"If this applies to you, then our engineers are available to visit your property and safely turn your gas supply back on.\"", "Downing Street says it is \"keeping a very close eye\" on rising Covid cases - but the cabinet has not yet discussed rolling out its Plan B to control coronavirus in England this winter.\n\nDaily cases have been above 40,000 for seven days in a row, with 43,738 new Covid cases reported on Tuesday.\n\nAnother 223 deaths have been recorded, the highest since March, although daily figures are often bigger on Tuesdays.\n\nPM Boris Johnson has told the cabinet the UK faces \"a difficult winter\".\n\nUnder the government's winter plan, if the measures currently in place are not enough to prevent \"unsustainable pressure\" on the NHS, then steps like making face coverings mandatory in some settings and introducing vaccine passports could be considered as part of Plan B.\n\nThe prime minister told ministers the government had \"a plan in place to steer the country through this period\" and that people should \"continue to follow the guidance and get their jabs when called upon\".\n\nDowning Street said Mr Johnson had stressed that the government's autumn and winter plan \"continues to keep the virus under control\".\n\nNo 10 said the government was \"not complacent\" about rising cases but that, due to the vaccination programme, \"the levels we are seeing in both patients admitted to hospital and deaths are far lower than we saw in previous peaks\".\n\nThe seven-day average of new Covid cases in the UK has risen from around 34,000 a day at the beginning of October to 44,145 cases per day.\n\nAnd the number of people in hospital across the UK who have Covid has risen by 10% in a week, from 7,039 on 11 October to 7,749 on Monday.\n\nThe number of deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test reported on Tuesday was the highest since 9 March, although due to reporting lags over the weekend daily figures are often higher on a Tuesday.\n\n\"Clearly we're keeping a very close eye on rising case rates,\" the prime minister's spokesman said.\n\nHe said there were \"no plans\" to use the Plan B contingency measures but stressed that the most important message for the public was \"the vital importance of the booster programme and indeed for those children who are eligible to come forward and get our jab\".\n\nChildren aged 12 to 15 in England will be able to book their jabs at vaccination centres, as well as through school, after concerns about rollout delays.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid told MPs younger teenagers would be able to book their jabs outside of school to \"make the most of half-term\".\n\nEarlier Prof Neil Ferguson, who is a member of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said it was \"critical\" to accelerate the booster jab programme, as well as for younger teenagers to receive a vaccine.\n\nHe said there was no reason to \"panic right now\" but \"people need to be aware that we have currently higher levels of infection in the community than we've almost ever had during the pandemic\".\n\nOn Tuesday Northern Ireland announced its own autumn and winter plan, which will see face coverings remain a legal requirement in crowded indoor spaces.\n\nThe Welsh government has previously set out its plans for winter, with First Minister Mark Drakeford saying Christmas this year was likely to be more normal.\n\nScotland has set out a winter vaccination strategy and already has measures in place such as the requirement of proof of vaccination status at nightclubs and face masks in schools.\n\nMeanwhile, officials say they are monitoring a new descendant of the Delta variant of Covid, which is causing a growing number of infections.\n\nDowning Street said that there was \"no evidence to suggest it is more easily spread\".", "Leslie Bricusse, the prolific British songwriter behind many of cinema's biggest hits such as Candyman and Goldfinger, has died at the age of 90.\n\nHis friend Dame Joan Collins described him as \"one of the giant songwriters of our time\".\n\nPetula Clark, who sang You and I from 1968's Goodbye Mr Chips, told BBC Radio 4 he was \"extraordinary\".\n\nBricusse's career spanned 60 years with other credits including Talk to the Animals from Doctor Dolittle.\n\nHe also wrote Candyman and Pure Imagination from the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.\n\nStage impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber released a statement, calling Bricusse \"the most underestimated British songwriter of all time\".\n\nJohn Berlinsgame from Variety told the Today programme that Bricusse was \"not only an artist but a lyrical genius\".\n\nIn his six decade career, he was constantly writing and had a catalogue of more than 1,000 songs to his name.\n\nHe wrote the lyrics to Shirley Bassey's classic Goldfinger, one of the most memorable Bond theme tunes, with long-time collaborator Antony Newley.\n\nBricusse also wrote the lyrics to You Only Live Twice, sung by Nancy Sinatra.\n\nOther collaborations with Newley, Dame Joan's former husband, included Feeling Good, made famous by Nina Simone.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by joancollinsdbe This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBricusse's agent confirmed the songwriter's death \"with a breaking heart\", saying he died in his sleep on Tuesday morning. He had been married to actress Yvonne Romain for more than 60 years.\n\nDame Joan said: \"One of the giant songwriters of our time, writer of Candyman, Goldfinger amongst so many other hits, and my great friend Leslie Bricusse has sadly died today.\n\n\"He and his beautiful Evie have been in my life for over 50 years. I will miss him terribly, as will his many friends.\"\n\nFilm expert Berlinsgame told the Today programme: \"He would be clever, very witty but also heartfelt and emotional.\"\n\nVocalist and actress Clark also told Today: \"He was a dear friend who I've known for many years. He wrote all the time, never stopped. I will miss him… he was extraordinary, I'm just beside myself.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Elaine Paige This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStage star Elaine Paige said on Twitter: \"Shocked & saddened by the news that the brilliant & wonderful Leslie Bricusse has died.\n\n\"One of our great songwriters. My first ever professional role was in Roar of the Greasepaint musical [for which Bricusse wrote Feeling Good]. We've been friends for many years.\"\n\nBorn in Pinner, north west London, Bricusse and Newley's fruitful partnership saw them write 1961 musical Stop the World I Want to Get Off and the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, based on Roald Dahl's popular children's book.\n\nDavid Walliams paid tribute to Bricusse's songwriting saying on Twitter: \"The great Gene Wilder sings Leslie Bricusse's magical Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. It is so beautiful it makes me weep.\"\n\nBricusse also wrote many other musicals including Scrooge and Hook, the latter with Hollywood composer John Williams.\n\nSometimes working under the pseudonym Beverley Thorn, he co-wrote skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan's 1960 hit My Old Man's a Dustman (Ballad of a Refuse Disposal Officer).\n\nCher, Henri Mancini, Leslie Bricusse and Placido Domingo after the Oscar success of Victor/Victoria\n\nBut it was Bricusse's contribution to musicals that defined his career. This included two Oscars for his work. Talk to the Animals won best original song in 1968, while Victor/Victoria - which he wrote with Henry Mancini - won best original song score or adaptation in 1983.\n\nHe won a Grammy in 1963, which he shared with Newley, for the song What Kind of Fool Am I? from Stop the World I Want to Get Off.\n\nAsked in 2015 how he felt about winning his Academy Awards, he said: \"The Oscars are brilliant. If the whole world was run by the Oscar committee it would be a much better place.\n\n\"I have nothing but admiration for them. I'm playing par - I'm 10 nominations and two wins. So if you reckon you win one in five, I'm on par,\" he said.\n\nAlso in 2015, he staged Pure Imagination - The Songs of Leslie Bricusse, a musical revue reflecting on his vast back catalogue.\n\nGene Wilder sang Bricusse's Pure Imagination in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory\n\nThe composer and lyricist was said to be adamant that his musical theatre scores should be sung traditionally, rather than jazzed up to suit a particular producer's whims.\n\nPresenter and former musical theatre star Philip Schofield said: \"I'm so sad to hear of the death of my friend, the brilliant Leslie Bricusse whose songs I loved singing in Dr Dolittle. My love to his family.\"\n\nBricusse described himself in his book Pure Imagination: A Sorta-biography as \"one of the luckiest people I know, second only perhaps to Ringo Starr\".\n\n\"It's not really an autobiography. It's about incidents rather than my entire life, and it's about other people as much as me. I just put down the things I remembered!\"\n\nBricusse stated at the outset of one of his early chapters that he would be dropping names \"like fragrant rose petals\".\n\nThe book was interspersed with anecdotes and quotes from some of his famous friends, including Dame Julie Andrews, Sir Elton John and Sir Michael Caine.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The PM speaks of “criminal sanctions with tough sentences” for those who add “foul content” to the internet.\n\nSir Keir Starmer is demanding urgent government action to \"clean out the cesspit\" of online extremism.\n\nThe Labour leader offered to work with Prime Minister Boris Johnson to fast track new online safety laws.\n\nMr Johnson promised to get the first stage of the long-awaited Online Safety Bill through the Commons by Christmas.\n\nHe said it would include criminal sanctions for those allowing \"foul content\" - but did not confirm whether that would include company directors.\n\nLabour is calling for the directors of internet firms to be held liable for the content of messages posted on their sites.\n\nSpeaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir said it was now three years since the government had promised a crackdown on online extremism and hate speech but the proposals had yet to begin their passage into law.\n\n\"Meanwhile, the damage caused by harmful content online is worse than ever,\" he told MPs.\n\nHe criticised \"dangerous algorithms\" on Facebook and Instagram - and said he had been shown examples of \"violent Islamism and far-right propaganda\" on TikTok, a social media site popular with teenagers.\n\nBut he added: \"Telegram has been described as the app of choice for extremists.\"\n\nTelegram, which has half-a-billion users, is a messaging app, which also has \"channels\" allowing individuals to broadcast to an unlimited audience.\n\nTelegram has risen to global prominence as an app of choice to co-ordinate global protest movements; but has also been accused of not doing enough to purge extremist channels run by those involved with the so-called Islamic State group and the Capitol Hill riots.\n\nCampaign group Hope Not Hate and the Board of Deputies of British Jews had both said the free-to-use encrypted messaging service had \"facilitated and nurtured a sub-culture that cheerleads terrorists\", Sir Keir said.\n\nThe messages shown to Sir Keir by Hope Not Hate, posted by anonymous Telegram users, include threats to \"kill all women\", \"kill politicians\" as well as homophobic, Islamophobic and racist abuse.\n\nSir Keir said \"tough sanctions\" were needed - but the government's proposed legislation did not include criminal sanctions against the directors of online platforms.\n\nMr Johnson said the government would look at ways to \"toughen up\" the law and promised to \"come down hard on those who irresponsibly allow dangerous and extremist content to permeate the internet\".\n\nHe added: \"What we hope for also, is that no matter how tough the proposals we produce, that the opposition will support it.\"\n\nRegulator Ofcom would have the power to levy fines of up to £18m or 10% of global profits, whichever is higher, on social media platforms which fail to comply with the new online safety laws.\n\nThe regulator would also be given the power to block services from the UK if they are deemed to present a risk of significant harm to UK citizens.\n\nThe bill also includes an option to introduce a new criminal offence for senior managers if further action is needed to ensure compliance - something Labour has been calling for.\n\nAsked if Mr Johnson was now backing criminal sanctions, a Downing Street spokesperson said the government was \"alive\" to the issue, adding: \"We will continue to listen and work with the companies involved.\"\n\nConservative MP and chairman of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport committee Julian Knight said a quicker timetable for the bill risked undermining scrutiny of it.\n\n\"We find ourselves in an unworkable situation where, at the whim of the prime minister at the despatch box, the process of scrutiny of this important piece of legislation to tackle online harms will be undermined. We need urgent clarity on this matter,\" said Mr Knight.\n\nLabour Leader Sir Keir Starmer claimed that the messaging app Telegram is \"the app of choice\" for extremists. But is he right?\n\nExtremist content has been largely forced off mainstream social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and terror groups have moved elsewhere in attempts to spread their ideologies.\n\nTelegram has half a billion users, the vast majority using the service in the way it was designed - to exchange messages, images and video with friends, family, and people with shared interests.\n\nIn countries like Iran, it's one of the few platforms where people can speak freely about social issues and politics without fear of persecution.\n\nHowever, there are significant numbers who use Telegram to share extremist content and illegal pornography.\n\nAttracted by the platform's secret chats with end-to-end encryption and its seemingly relaxed content moderation policies, Telegram became a haven for jihadist groups, earning it the name \"Terrorgram\". Working with international law enforcement agencies, Telegram has been successful in eliminating most jihadist content.\n\nBut other extreme content, including what might be defined as \"terrorist\" is still present. It's easy to find racism, sexist and homophobic abuse, anti-Semitism, neo-Nazism, violent imagery, and encouragement of criminal activity on Telegram from users in the UK and around the world.\n\nTelegram told the BBC that it was \"surprised\" by Sir Keir's statement, saying that \"calls for violence are expressly forbidden on Telegram\".\n\n\"Our moderators routinely remove content that violates this rule using a combination of proactive monitoring of public spaces and user reports,\" the Telegram statement concluded.", "Yat-Sen Chang was jailed for nine years\n\nA former English National Ballet principal dancer who used his \"fame and prestige\" to sexually assault his students has been jailed.\n\nYat-Sen Chang, 50, attacked girls and women at the English National Ballet and Young Dancers Academy in London between December 2009 and March 2016.\n\nChang was previously convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault and one count of assault by penetration.\n\nHe was jailed for nine years at a hearing at Isleworth Crown Court.\n\nChang had joined the English National Ballet in 1993 and was a principal dancer at the company until 2011, performing in productions including The Nutcracker, Coppelia and Sleeping Beauty.\n\nThe Cuban-born star was accused of attacking four females, aged between 16 and 19 at the time, by inappropriately touching them during massages at the schools.\n\nIn victim impact statements read in court one woman revealed she had been left feeling \"vulnerable and numb\" by what happened to her, while another said Chang had ruined \"most of my late teenage years\".\n\n\"I still feel haunted, violated, shamed and humiliated,\" she added.\n\nChang has danced with companies in Cuba and France as well as with the English National Ballet\n\nThe trial heard the \"internationally renowned\" ballet dancer was \"famous and revered\" among his students, but he had \"used his position\" to target his victims.\n\n\"For his part, he trusted that his fame and his position would protect him from complaint, or from consequences of his actions,\" prosecutor Joel Smith said.\n\nDuring sentencing, Judge Edward Connell told Chang he had first used his \"fame and prestige in the ballet world to abuse young women\", and then became \"emboldened when the young women did not report your conduct\".\n\n\"Your offending has had a profound impact on all your victims and you have demonstrated no remorse for your appalling behaviour,\" he said.\n\nChang had denied the charges, describing himself as \"a hero in the ballet world\" and saying he had \"no idea\" why the allegations were being made against him.\n\nHis barrister, Kathryn Hirst, said \"he maintains that he is not guilty in these matters\" but \"accepts the jurors' verdicts\".\n\nThe dancer, who had been living in the German port city of Kiel during the trial, was found not guilty of one count of assault by penetration.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "North Korea has confirmed it successfully tested a new submarine-launched ballistic missile on Tuesday.\n\nState news outlet KCNA said the missile had \"advanced control guidance technologies\", which could make it harder to track.\n\nNorth Korea has carried out a flurry of weapons tests in recent weeks, launching what it said were hypersonic and long-range weapons.\n\nThe UN prohibits it from testing ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons.\n\nBallistic missiles are considered more threatening than cruise missiles because they can carry more powerful payloads, have a longer range and can fly faster.\n\nNorth Korean state media on Wednesday said its latest missile had new \"controlling and homing\" technology which allowed it to move laterally. It was also capable of \"gliding and jumping movement\". It released pictures of the missile as well.\n\nIt said it was fired from the same submarine that launched an older missile in a 2016 test.\n\nThis missile was one of many new weapons put on display at a defence exhibition in Pyongyang last week.\n\nReports did not mention leader Kim Jong-un, suggesting he did not attend the test.\n\nOn Tuesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said one missile had been launched from the port of Sinpo, in the east of North Korea where Pyongyang usually bases its submarines.\n\nIt landed in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, and travelled about 450km (280 miles) at a maximum height of 60km.\n\nIn October 2019, North Korea tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile, firing a Pukguksong-3 from an underwater platform.\n\nAt the time, KCNA said it had been fired at a high angle to minimise the \"external threat\".\n\nHowever, if the missile had been launched on a standard trajectory, instead of a vertical one, it could have travelled about 1,900km. That would have put all of South Korea and Japan within range.\n\nBeing launched from a submarine can also make missiles harder to detect and would allow North Korea to deploy its weapons far beyond the Korean Peninsula.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does North Korea keep launching missiles?\n\nThe latest launch comes as South Korea develops its own weapons, in what observers say has turned into an arms race on the Korean peninsula.\n\nSeoul is holding what is said to be South Korea's largest ever defence exhibition this week. It will reportedly unveil a new fighter jet as well as guided weapons like missiles. It is also due to launch its own space rocket soon.\n\nNorth and South Korea technically remain at war as the Korean War, which split the peninsula into two countries and which saw the US backing the South, ended in 1953 with an armistice.\n\nKim Jong-un said last week that he did not wish for war to break out again. He said his country needed to continue developing weapons for self-defence against enemies, namely the US which he accused of hostility.\n\nMeanwhile, South Korean, Japanese and US intelligence chiefs are meeting in Seoul to discuss North Korea.\n\nThe US envoy to North Korea, Sung Kim, is expected to discuss how to restart dialogue with Pyongyang, including on whether there should be a formal declaration of the end of the Korean War.\n\nThis week he reiterated the stance of US President Joe Biden's administration that it is open to meeting with North Korea without pre-conditions.\n\nPrevious talks between the US and North Korea broke down due to fundamental disagreements on denuclearisation.\n\nThe US wants North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons before sanctions can be eased, but North Korea has so far refused.", "A UK stuntman involved in a serious accident while rehearsing for America's Got Talent: Extreme last week has thanked supporters from hospital.\n\nJonathan Goodwin posted a picture of himself jokingly saying \"na-na-na-na-na to death\" on Instagram on Wednesday.\n\nIt was reported that the 41-year-old got sandwiched between two vehicles suspended in the air before falling to the ground.\n\nHe said he would take a break after the accident left him on \"the brink\".\n\nAccording to TMZ, the stunt involved the Welshman having to free himself from a straitjacket while dangling by his feet between two swinging cars. However, instead of safely dropping between them on to an air mattress below, Goodwin was caught between them and fell to the ground.\n\nA spokesperson for the show confirmed to Variety at the time that he was responsive and had been taken to the hospital.\n\n\"A couple of days ago my life took a complete left turn,\" Goodwin, aka The Dare Devil explained to his Instagram followers in his update.\n\n\"And the outpouring of love from all the corners of the world; from people I didn't even think would know or remember me… has just been astonishing.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by jonathangoodwinofficial This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I have been to the very brink and dodged the worst that a human being can, without fear… because I was protected by love,\" he continued.\n\nAdding: \"To death I say na-na-na-na-na boo boo… and to the rest of you… watch this space. There is a long road to recovery and that won't look like what it did… I may leave the daft [stuff] alone for a while, but I have a lot left to do in this world.\"\n\nHis fiancée, the actor Amanda Abbington tweeted: \"I love you so very, very much. It's actually ridiculous how much I love you, my beautiful loon.\"\n\nBBC News has contacted the show's producers for comment. The show was suspended after the incident.\n\nThe America's Got Talent spin-off features judges Simon Cowell, Terry Crews, former WWE wrestler Nikki Bella and motorsports champion Travis Pastrana.\n\nThe series is due to air in the US on NBC later this year or early next year.\n\nJonathan Goodwin has performed in London's West End as one of The Illusionists\n\nGoodwin, from Pembrokeshire, has appeared on shows including the Discovery Channel's One Way Out and How Not to Become Shark Bait, as well as Channel 4's Balls of Steel, the Jonathan Ross Show and Britain's Got Talent.\n\nIn 2012, he was given his own stunt series, titled The Incredible Mr Goodwin, on UKTV's Watch.\n\nHis on-air stunts have involved him allowing himself to be attacked by a shark, free climbing skyscrapers, and lying on a single nail as a breezeblock is broken on his chest with a sledgehammer. He has also performed \"extreme planking\" (when you hold a plank position for hours at a time) and been \"buried alive\" for entertainment purposes.\n\nLast year, Goodwin, who has performed in London's West End as one of The Illusionists, was also a semi-finalist on America's Got Talent.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "All remaining investigations into allegations of abuse by British soldiers in Iraq have now finished without any prosecutions being brought.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said the Service Police Legacy Investigations - which was looking at the claims - had now \"officially closed its doors\".\n\nThe SPLI's job was to investigate Iraqi civilians' claims of serious criminal behaviour by UK armed forces.\n\nSince it began, it has assessed 1,291 allegations, Mr Wallace said.\n\nThe SPLI was made up of Royal Navy Police and Royal Air Force Police.\n\nIt took charge of investigations in February 2017, after the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) - which had been looking at them - was shut down.\n\nThe investigations related to the alleged behaviour of UK armed forces in Iraq during the war from 2003 to 2009.\n\nIn a written statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr Wallace said that although 178 allegations had been formally pursued through 55 separate investigations, no soldiers had been prosecuted as a result of the SPLI's work.\n\nAccording to the SPLI, in 2019 five people were referred to the military prosecutor, the Service Prosecuting Authority, but no charges were brought.\n\n\"The vast majority of the more than 140,000 members of our armed forces who served in Iraq did so honourably,\" said Mr Wallace in his statement. \"Many sadly suffered injuries or death, with devastating consequences for them and their families.\"\n\nHe said while some allegations against British troops were credible, others were not.\n\nThe credibility of allegations had been a \"significant challenge throughout the investigations\", he said.\n\n\"However not all allegations and claims were spurious, otherwise investigations would not have proceeded beyond initial examination and no claims for compensation would have been paid.\"\n\nThe Ministry of Defence's investigations into allegations of war crimes will have satisfied few.\n\nThe initial investigations, under IHAT, were criticised by MPs in 2017 who said it empowered law firms to bring cases on an \"industrial scale\". One of those lawyers, Phil Shiner, was later found guilty of misconduct.\n\nVeterans and those still serving were swept up in long, costly and often clumsy investigations, even when some had already been cleared of wrongdoing.\n\nNor did IHAT satisfy those who believed that there were genuine cases to answer.\n\nThe MoD wanted to show it was properly investigating allegations of war crimes. But it did not want those investigations to be conducted by anyone else.\n\nMost importantly, the MoD did not want this to end up in the International Criminal Court in the Hague.\n\nIn 2020 the ICC decided not to pursue a formal investigation into alleged war crimes by British troops in Iraq. But prosecutor Fatou Bensouda still said there was clear evidence that UK forces were responsible for numerous war crimes including illegal killings, torture and rape in Iraq.\n\nMr Wallace added: \"It is sadly clear, from all the investigations the UK conducted, that some shocking and shameful incidents did happen in Iraq. We recognise that there were four convictions of UK military personnel for offences in Iraq including offences of assault and inhuman treatment.\n\n\"The government's position is clear - we deplore and condemn all such incidents.\"\n\nIn 2005, three British soldiers who abused Iraqi civilians were jailed and dismissed from the Army in disgrace.\n\nTwo years later, a soldier was jailed for a year in connection with the death of Iraqi civilian Baha Mousa in September 2003.\n\nIn total, the Ministry of Defence has paid out more than £20 million in compensation settlements for abuse claims from Iraqi nationals.\n• None All but one Iraq war case against UK soldiers dropped", "A Florida man has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people in a 2018 mass shooting at a high school campus in Parkland, Florida.\n\nNikolas Cruz, 23, also pleaded guilty to 17 counts of attempted murder for those he injured in the attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.\n\nHe faces the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison.\n\nOne of the deadliest school shootings in US history, the incident became a rallying cry for gun control activists.\n\nMr Cruz was 19-years-old when he shot dead 14 students and three employees with an AR-15 rifle at his former school. Another 17 people were wounded.\n\nThe case will now head to a penalty trial in which jurors must determine whether Mr Cruz is spared the death penalty to face life without parole.\n\nJudge Elizabeth Scherer has said she hopes that the case - for which thousands of jurors will have to be screened - can begin in January.\n\nIn court on Wednesday, Judge Scherer asked Mr Cruz how he pleaded to each murder.\n\nFollowing the plea, Mr Cruz tearfully addressed the judge and the victims' families.\n\n\"I am very sorry for what I did and have to live with it every day,\" he said. \"If I were to get a second chance, I would do everything in my power to help others.\"\n\nMr Cruz added that he has \"nightmares\" about his crime and \"can't live with\" himself. He also said that he believes that the US would \"do better if everyone would stop smoking marijuana\".\n\nLawyers representing Mr Cruz had repeatedly said that he would plead guilty if the death penalty was not considered. Last week, his attorney, David Wheeler, told the judge that Mr Cruz's lawyers were asking the court to impose 17 consecutive life sentences for the massacre.\n\nThe offer had been rejected by prosecutors, who in earlier court documents said they would seek his execution and prove that the crime \"was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel\".\n\nFollowing the hearing, Tony Montalto - whose 14-year-old daughter Gina was killed in the shooting - told the Associated Press that Mr Cruz's guilty pleas \"are the first step in the judicial process\".\n\n\"But there is no change for my family,\" he added. \"Our bright, beautiful and beloved daughter Gina is gone while her killer still enjoys the blessing of life in prison.\"\n\nMarch for Our Lives, a gun law reform organisation started by Parkland survivors in the wake of the shooting, said in a statement that it has \"no comment\" on Mr Cruz and \"a guilty plea will not erase the past, and it will not bring us peace\".\n\n\"What is clear is that gun violence is a systemic crisis and a uniquely American epidemic,\" the statement said.\n\nThe organisation added that it is \"appalled and disgusted that policymakers continue to waffle and play games\" rather than implement reforms. \"We are not at peace, we are as angry and determined as ever.\"\n\nLast week, Mr Cruz pleaded guilty to a separate charge of attempted aggravated battery and three other felony charges stemming from an attack on a jail guard nine months after the shooting.\n\nOn Wednesday, Judge Scherer sentenced Mr Cruz to 26 years in prison for the jailhouse assault.\n\nIn a hearing on Friday, he acknowledged that his conviction in the jailhouse assault could become an \"aggravating factor\" in determining whether he will be executed.\n\nAhead of Mr Cruz's guilty plea, Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was killed in the shooting, told CBS News that he hoped that Mr Cruz would pay for his crimes \"with his life\".\n\n\"My daughter should be living the best years of her life. My son heard his sister get shot and his life is forever impacted. My wife and I had two children that killer took this from us.\"\n\nNikolas Cruz was 19-years-old when he attacked the school\n\nMr Cruz had been expelled from the school in 2017. Students and staff later described him as an \"outcast\" and troublemaker.\n\nHe had previously been investigated by local police and the Department of Children and Family Services after posting evidence of self-harm on the Snapchat app.\n\nThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) later admitted it did not properly follow up on a tip-off about Mr Cruz the month before the shooting.\n\nMany of the shooting's survivors went on to become prominent advocates for gun legislation reform and have demanded that action be taken to prevent similar incidents.\n\nIn an event marking the third anniversary of the shooting in February, US President Joe Biden called for Congress to pass gun law reforms, including a ban on assault weapons and an end to legal immunity for gun manufacturers.\n\n\"We owe it to all those we've lost and to all those left behind to grieve to make a change,\" Mr Biden said. \"The time to act is now.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Our kids died in the Parkland school shooting, but we disagree on guns\"", "We’re going to bring our coverage of this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions to a close.\n\nAs we mentioned earlier, the Health Secretary Sajid Javid will hold a press conference in Downing Street at 17:00 BST on the Covid booster vaccination programme and the procurement of antiviral drugs.\n\nYou will find our live coverage and analysis here as it happens.\n\nWith you on board for PMQs were Jennifer Scott, Kate Whannel and Paul Seddon.\n\nThanks for following along with us today.", "Google has unveiled its latest smartphone, containing the tech giant's first self-designed computer chip.\n\nThe Pixel 6 contains Google's \"Tensor\" processor, which it says enables new phone features powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning.\n\nIt is also the first phone in the series with a \"Pro\" model, designed to compete at the high end of the market.\n\n\"The whole goal when we started was to reach this point,\" said Rick Osterloh, Google's head of devices.\n\n\"Really, this is our original vision that we're finally able to get to after building a lot of capabilities both in technology and in product development capabilities,\" he told the BBC.\n\nGoogle owns and operates the Android platform, used by almost every mobile phone maker apart from Apple. But the top end of the Android market has been dominated by other smartphone brands such as Samsung, whose phones can cost more than £1,000.\n\nGoogle's Pixel line has often been priced in the middle of the market.\n\nBut the new Pixel 6 will retail for £599/$599, while the Pro model will cost £849/$899. bringing it closer to the price of competing top-end devices.\n\nThat is the same launch price for the base model as the Pixel 5, which had, Google said at the time, been designed for \"an economic downturn\".\n\n\"Obviously, there's a lot of technology and these are expensive, for sure, but we're trying to offer users good value despite the fact that these are flagships,\" Mr Osterloh said.\n\nBoth the Pixel 6 and Pro are standard form-factor smartphones with a striking large horizontal bar across the upper back of the phone.\n\nThat bar contains all the camera lenses and sensors, instead of putting them off to one side in a camera \"bump\" popular on many modern models.\n\nBoth versions have a 50-megapixel (MP) main camera and a 12MP ultrawide. The Pro model has an additional 48MP camera, giving it a 4x optical zoom.\n\nThe Pro model also has more memory, a higher-resolution screen, and a faster screen refresh rate of up to 120hz - or 120 screen refreshes a second, which can make animations and fast movements appear smoother.\n\nModern smartphones rely heavily on \"computational photography\" to take good, clear photos. It is what gives each phone maker their own distinctive \"look\" to photos.\n\n\"For a long time, Pixel has been known for awesome photography, which is truly a function of our ability to do AI-driven, machine-learning-driven improvements to the camera experience,\" Mr Osterloh said.\n\n\"With this new platform, with Tensor, we've literally designed the platform to to be able to support he most cutting-edge work we have in all aspects of AI.\"\n\nOne of those is what Google calls a \"magic eraser\" - a system where the Photos app will detect distractions in the photo such as someone walking in the background, and try to remove them. The company says it can also be used for things such as power poles or wires, and users can manually select things to remove as well as the automatic system.\n\nAnother new feature is \"face deblur\".\n\nWhen taking a photo with the rear-facing camera, it will use all available cameras and take multiple versions. So if a person is constantly moving - such as Google's example of a young child - the camera will attempt to fix a blurry face by combining all the data, and attempt to figure out what the non-blurred version should look like.\n\nThe new processing power in its latest chip means that technology can now be applied to videos as they are recorded, giving them the same type of style as Pixel's still cameras.\n\nAsked if the new features would make their way to other Android phones, Mr Osterloh said: \"Many of them will only be Pixel\".\n\nHe said while it is possible some might eventually be available on other devices, \"a lot of it really requires this custom architecture and therefore it's likely to be on products that run Tensor for the foreseeable future only\".\n\nGoogle had first teased the existence of the Pixel 6 and Pixel Pro in August - along with its Tensor processor.\n\nUntil now, it has used chips designed by chip firm Qualcomm. But it says the Tensor chip is up to 80% faster than the Pixel 5 from 2020, as well as being power-efficient.\n\nOne significant advantage to its new chip, Google says, is that it can do more on the phone itself, without being connected to the internet - particularly through Google's popular virtual assistant.\n\nFor example, it says that voice transcription - which now uses the Google Assistant - will be faster and more accurate. Users can say \"Hey Google, type\" instead of tapping a button, and can also use voice commands to send messages. The voice system can be used at the same time as the text keyboard.\n\nGoogle's recorder app also leverages the snappier processor to live-transcribe audio recordings as they're made, even when the phone is not connected to the internet.\n\nIt also means that Google's live translation features are snappier than before, as more of the processing is done on the machine itself.\n\nBut it does not mean that Google Assistant will work perfectly offline for privacy campaigners.\n\n\"To be really useful, you need to assume that it's going to use the cloud,\" Mr Osterloh said.\n\n\"The speech recognition part of that workflow will happen on the device... [and] all the dictation\".\n\nBut most people ask for weather, or sports scores or other kinds of information that has to be retrieved from the internet.\n\n\"We're moving more and more workloads from the cloud to the device, we're trying to do that... to make sure the user has the best possible performance. But certainly this indicates a direction for privacy as well.\"", "Ismail Abedi has so far refused to answer questions in case he incriminates himself\n\nThe elder brother of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber has left the UK ahead of an appearance at a public inquiry he had been ordered to attend.\n\nIsmail Abedi, 28, has always refused to answer questions from the inquiry in case he incriminates himself.\n\nIts chairman, Sir John Saunders, had rejected Ismail Abedi's position and demanded he appear as a witness.\n\nThe BBC found him in Manchester, where he still lived, last year and asked him why he was refusing to participate.\n\nAbedi left the UK some weeks ago on a flight to the Middle East, the BBC understands.\n\nHe asked for immunity from prosecution before he would agree to give evidence, but Sir John refused his request.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nHis younger brother Hashem Abedi was jailed last year after being convicted of murdering all those who died.\n\nPaul Greaney QC, counsel to the inquiry, said Ismail Abedi was \"not currently in the country and there is no indication as to when he will return\".\n\nMr Greaney suggested Sir John may want to use his powers to compel attendance and urged Ismail Abedi to comply.\n\n\"As he surely must understand, the public may infer he has something to hide and so, sir, may you\", Mr Greaney said.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed in the May 2017 bombing\n\nIsmail Abedi was arrested the morning after the bombing and interviewed extensively by counter-terrorism police for nearly a fortnight but was later released without charge.\n\nHe denied any involvement in or knowledge of the bombing and stated he had played no part in the radicalisation of his younger brother.\n\nWhile he initially answered police questions, he subsequently gave \"no comment\" answers during the majority of his 25 interviews.\n\nThe inquiry was also told he was stopped by police after arriving at Heathrow Airport in 2015 and his mobile phone had contained recruitment videos and literature produced by the Islamic State group.\n\nThe hearing heard authorities viewed his Facebook account, which included a picture of him holding a machine gun with the Islamic State group logo imprinted on the image.\n\nSalman Abedi in the foyer of the Manchester Arena just seconds before he blew himself up\n\nEvidence presented during Hashem Abedi's trial also related to his brother Ismail.\n\nHis name was used to buy car insurance for Salman and Hashem Abedi, neither of whom had a driving licence, for a car they bought to transport materials around Manchester during the preparations before the attack.\n\nA bank card in the name of the brothers' mother Samia - which received more than £1,000 in benefits each month despite her being in Libya - was used by Salman and Hashem Abedi to buy relevant items during their attack preparations.\n\nThe card was found in Ismail's possessions when he was arrested following the bombing.\n\nThe inquiry previously heard the police investigation remains open and there would be further attempts to speak to him.\n\nThe Abedi brothers' father Ramadan and mother, both suspects over the attack, are in Libya. Neither has engaged with the inquiry.\n\nMeanwhile, the inquiry has also heard Ahmed Taghdi, another witness due to give evidence this week, was stopped from leaving the UK on Monday.\n\nCurrently in custody, he is expected to appear before the inquiry as a witness on Thursday.\n\nThe hearing was told he was able to provide evidence of a return ticket to the UK on 20 October. His original destination was not disclosed.\n\nLast week, the inquiry chairman went to the High Court in order to compel the 29-year-old to attend.\n\nMr Taghdi, a childhood friend of Salman Abedi, was arrested during the police investigation into the atrocity.\n\nThe inquiry has previously heard how he accompanied Salman Abedi on a visit to jailed terrorist Abdalraouf Abdallah, who experts believe \"groomed\" the bomber and helped buy a car that was used to store explosives.\n\nMr Taghdi, who was a prosecution witness in the trial of Hashem Abedi, has denied any involvement in or knowledge of the attack when questioned by police and was later released without charge.\n\nHe is now due to give evidence on Thursday, while Abdallah, currently in custody, is due to give evidence on Wednesday, both in person.\n\nAbdallah was jailed for terror offences in May 2016\n\nThe inquiry has been told that both are key witnesses as the hearings turn to why and how Salman and Hashem Abedi became radicalised.\n\nMr Greaney said: \"This is without question one of the most difficult and troubling questions for the inquiry to grapple with.\n\n\"It is very difficult to comprehend why a person with any shred of decency could ever think of detonating a suicide bomb in the midst of a crowd, killing or maiming many innocent victims.\"\n\nOn Tuesday the inquiry heard evidence from radicalisation expert Dr Matthew Wilkinson, who detailed his general overview report of Islamist extremism.\n\nHe will return to give evidence later this year on matters relating to Salman Abedi.\n\nThe inquiry will also hear evidence about Salman Abedi's family, his friends and associates, his internet and social media use, his educational background and the mosques which he and other family members attended.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A government research paper recommending people \"shift dietary habits\" towards plant-based foods has been hastily deleted.\n\nThe paper focuses on changing public behaviour to hit climate targets and also suggests promoting domestic tourism and portraying business travel as an \"immoral indulgence\".\n\nIt was deleted soon after publication by the Department for Business.\n\nBeis said the paper was academic research and not official policy.\n\n\"We have no plans whatsoever to dictate consumer behaviour in this way. For that reason, our Net Zero Strategy published yesterday contained no such plans,\" it said.\n\nThe Behavioural Insights Unit, also known as the Nudge Unit, wrote the document.\n\nThe unit is most known for its role in the design of the sugar levy and early comments on the pandemic \"herd immunity\" strategy.\n\nThe document was swiftly deleted and has been replaced with a note saying it was published in error, but BBC News obtained a copy.\n\nIt was also later put online by Alex Chapman, a researcher at the New Economics Foundation.\n\nThe Behavioural Insights Unit made a recommendation, following the example of the sugar levy, with a tax on producers or retailers of \"high-carbon foods\" to incentivise plant-based and local food diets.\n\nIt suggests \"building support for a bold policy\", such as a tax on producers of sheep and cattle meat.\n\nHowever, it states that an \"unsophisticated meat tax would be highly regressive\".\n\nThe research paper also says the government can begin to get people used to the idea of plant-based food through its spending at hospitals, schools, prisons, courts and military facilities.\n\nIt also states a \"timely moment to intervene\" in changing diets could be to target people attending university or first-time renters.\n\nThe document recognises that \"asking people to directly eat less meat and dairy is a major political challenge\", although a positive portrayal and \"smaller asks\" may be possible - for example, people learning one new recipe.\n\nWhen talking about flights, the paper suggests \"much stronger carbon taxes\".\n\nOne possibility discussed in the paper is trying to \"shift social norms\" to make in-person business meetings needing international flights a sign of \"immoral indulgence or embarrassment\" rather than a sign of \"importance\".\n\nMeanwhile, it says domestic tourism should be promoted to lessen consumer demand for international flights.", "Afghan refugees have been living in hotels for two months\n\nDozens of Afghan families staying in hotels as part of a scheme to resettle them are declaring themselves homeless.\n\nMore than 200 families have asked councils in London for emergency accommodation.\n\nThey are concerned that the Home Office scheme they are currently part of could see them moved to anywhere in the UK and away from family and friends.\n\nLondon Councils, which represents the city's 32 boroughs, says people should stay with the government scheme.\n\nThe organisation found 89% of the 204 families who have registered as homeless were unsure whether they are on the resettlement scheme.\n\nIt said if they leave the scheme and sign on with the councils, they would lose all support provided by the Home Office and could still be placed in temporary accommodation outside of their chosen area.\n\nDarren Rodwell of London Councils is urging all families in hotels to wait for clarification.\n\n\"The last thing we want is vulnerable people placed in more vulnerable communities,\" he said.\n\nBut some refugees believe they may not qualify for the scheme because a family member holds a British passport.\n\nThey think leaving the scheme is a safer option because they can sign on to council lists sooner, and even if they are moved temporarily away by councils, they could ultimately be moved back to the capital once a permanent place is found.\n\nThe city is already facing a housing crisis with about 165,000 people living in temporary accommodation organised by their borough.\n\nThe Home Office Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme's policy states families can be placed anywhere in the UK. If families leave their hotels, they will lose Home Office support.\n\nRefugees have also said they are frustrated with the slow pace of the scheme and a lack of communication.\n\nSaid Shinwari, who is a British citizen after previously working in the UK for more than 20 years, returned with his wife and eight children when the Taliban took control of their town.\n\nHe has been staying in hotels for nearly two months and is grateful for the help he has received. However, he is considering registering as homeless in the hope of accessing emergency accommodation.\n\nAs he worked in London for 20 years and has family in the capital, he wants to be housed there.\n\n\"I am concerned about my family and children because they are just inside the room. They need to go to school,\" he said.\n\nMr Shinwari says he has had very little communication from the government despite numerous attempts to contact officials.\n\nHarrow Council has received 10 applications and has moved five families into emergency accommodation.\n\nCouncillor Peymana Assad, also an Afghan refugee, said the applications were putting pressure on the council, which has very little housing stock available.\n\nMs Assad said she believes the problem is only going to get worse.\n\n\"We have such a large Afghan community already. We understand that we're going to have more cases come to us with more families leaving hotels,\" she said.\n\n\"We need the Home Office to communicate with Afghan refugees to give them clarity as to how the process is actually going to work. The council needs this too.\"\n\nThe Home Office said the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) was responsible for British nationals.\n\nIn a statement the DLUHC said: \"Through the effort and support of local councils, thousands of people were swiftly evacuated by our Armed Forces and have now been warmly welcomed to the UK and are being provided with permanent homes as quickly as possible.\"\n\n\"Those resettling here have access to essential provision, healthcare, education, and Universal Credit, while we arrange further wrap around support to enable these families to build a successful life in the UK.\"", "President Putin had previously said Covid-19 could play a part in his decision\n\nRussia's President Vladimir Putin will not attend the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.\n\nNo reason was given for the decision not to attend, but a Kremlin spokesperson said climate change was an \"important\" priority for Russia.\n\nCOP26 takes place in Scotland's largest city from 31 October to 12 November.\n\nRussia's decision is seen as a blow to efforts to get leaders to negotiate a new deal to stall rising global temperatures.\n\n\"Unfortunately, Putin will not fly to Glasgow,\" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that climate change was \"one of our foreign policy's most important priorities\".\n\nWhen asked about Mr Putin's decision, a spokesman for Boris Johnson said the UK prime minister had previously strongly encouraged leaders to attend \"given this is a very critical moment in terms of tackling climate change\".\n\nMore than 120 leaders had confirmed their attendance, the spokesman said.\n\nMr Putin has not commented on the announcement of his non-attendance. He had previously said he would take part, but it appears now that will be virtually.\n\nSpeaking at an international energy forum in Moscow on 13 October, Mr Putin said the coronavirus pandemic would be a factor in his decision to travel.\n\nRussia has seen record levels of Covid-related deaths. On Wednesday, Mr Putin ordered a nationwide week-long paid holiday from 30 October to 7 November to try to reverse both the rising number of infections and vaccination hesitancy.\n\nChinese President Xi Jinping is also unlikely to attend COP26, though Chinese officials have reportedly not entirely ruled out a change of plans.\n\nEarlier in October, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison attracted widespread criticism for suggesting he might skip the summit, but he later announced that he would indeed attend.\n\nCOP26 is the biggest climate change conference since landmark talks in Paris in 2015. Some 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, which cause global warming, by 2030.\n\nReducing global warming is essential to avoid the the worst consequences of climate change.\n\nMany observers will be watching how Russia and other major fossil fuel producers will be willing to reduce their reliance on them.\n\nA new UN report says oil and gas extraction are both set to rise sharply over the next decade.\n\nPresident Putin's decision to absent himself from COP26 adds to the list of key leaders who are either not coming or not yet confirmed.\n\nIt will be harder now for the UK to make the case that world leaders are fully engaged on the question when the head of the world's fifth biggest carbon polluter fails to show up.\n\nWhile Russia's carbon cutting plans have been described as \"critically insufficient\" by the Climate Action Tracker there have been signs in recent days that the country was starting to take emission cuts more seriously.\n\nPresident Putin recently outlined a net-zero target for 2060 saying that \"the role of oil and coal will decrease.\"\n\nThe Russians say they will still send a strong delegation and that climate change remains a priority for the country. But it will undoubtedly be a disappointment for the UK which had hoped that Putin would be open to making progress on a number of issues, including deforestation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Large mounds called thermokarsts in Siberia are a result of permafrost thawing", "The terror threat level currently facing MPs has been raised from \"moderate\" to \"substantial\" following a review, the government has announced.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel told the Commons that police and intelligence services would \"properly\" reflect the change in their security arrangements.\n\nBut she added there was no information on \"any credible or specific threat\".\n\nThe announcement comes after Conservative MP Sir David Amess was killed in his constituency on Friday.\n\nHis stabbing, while meeting constituents at a church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, came five years after the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.\n\nA 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack on Sir David and police are treating the killing as a terrorist incident.\n\nFollowing a security review by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, Ms Patel told the Commons: \"While we do not see any information or intelligence which points to any credible or specific or imminent threat, I must update the House that the threat level facing Members of Parliament is now deemed to be substantial.\"\n\nShe added: \"I can assure the House that our world-class intelligence and security agencies and counter-terror police will now ensure that this change is properly reflected in the operational posture.\"\n\nThe terror threat for the UK as a whole is currently also deemed to be \"substantial\", meaning an attack is \"likely\". At the \"moderate\" level, this is judged to be \"possible but not likely\".\n\nThe terror threat level is best understood as a shorthand that serves two purposes.\n\nFirst, it gives the public an insight into what security chiefs think. So while not as remotely revealing as local crime statistics - it gives us a bit of a clue as to the national picture and, in theory, helps keep the public aware.\n\nSecondly, it should help keep the UK's security and emergency agencies on their toes by making sure they have got the right plans and resources in place to minimise the likelihood or impact of an attack.\n\nFor 11 years, the level has been broken down publicly into three parts: The threat from international terrorism, the threat from Northern Ireland paramilitaries inside Northern Ireland - and the threat from those paramilitary groups to the rest of the UK.\n\nMy understanding is that until Wednesday there was not a formal assessment of the threat to Parliamentarians which had been kept secret.\n\nThe Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre - the body that analyses and assesses all available intelligence to come up with the rating would regularly discuss the safety of MPs in a similar way to how it would debate the threats to other potential targets in society.\n\nThat broad-brush assessment has now been formalised into an official rating of its own.\n\nAddressing the Commons, Ms Patel also called social media a \"cruel space\", saying: \"It has become far too permissive for too much cruelty and harm and it's not just levelled and leveraged towards elected Members of Parliament.\n\n\"We see children, different people of different races, religious groups being targeted and affected by some of the most awful, barbaric statements. That is what has to stop and change.\"\n\nFor Labour, shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called on the the government to outline what would be done to protect the staff of MPs.\n\nHe added: \"In order to stand firm in the face of these threats, we must do everything possible to guard against these violent positions, not least as we hear, as the home secretary has set out, that the threat level to MPs has been raised to substantial, and we accept the assessment made by the joint terrorism assessment centre that the threat has increased.\"", "Police had to escort cabinet minister Michael Gove away from a crowd of anti-lockdown protesters who attempted to surround him in central London.\n\nFootage shared on social media show a crowd with video cameras approaching the communities secretary, chanting and shouting, while others questioned him about what they falsely called \"illegal lockdowns\".\n\nIt comes days after the home secretary promised to review MPs' security in the wake of the fatal stabbing of Sir David Amess.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said no arrests have been made, but that it will review officers' body-worn cameras.\n\nA spokesperson for the prime minister said it is \"unacceptable for those who disagree to target individuals\".", "The government has laid out its plans to reduce emissions sharply by 2035 and take the UK towards being a zero carbon economy by 2050. These including more electric cars, planting trees and moving away from gas-powered central heating.\n\nBut what potential hazards are there ahead for ministers?\n\nSome in the prime minister's own party doubt the economic arguments in favour of moving towards what they consider an over-reliance on renewable energy sources.\n\nConservative MP John Redwood asked in the House of Commons what would happen when the sun stopped shining and the wind stopped blowing. Another, Steve Baker, said a lot of \"assumptions\" were involved and asked that ministers carry out a \"comprehensive audit\" of their plans.\n\nTory MP: What happens when the wind doesn't blow?\n\nOthers are concerned about the cost to the general public, particularly those on lower incomes, and the impact that, in turn, may have on their chances at the next election.\n\nCraig Mackinlay said it could become \"electorally difficult\" once people realised the plans \"cost them money\" or mean \"a lifestyle that's not as convenient\".\n\nGiven that the Conservatives have an 80-seat majority, this is unlikely to stop any plans becoming law, but if some of Mr Johnson's backbenchers are not persuaded, there could be some political turbulence.\n\nShadow business secretary Ed Miliband was scathing in his response to the government's announcement, saying there was nothing like \"the commitment we believe is required\", in terms of investment, to cut greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nLabour's commitment to borrow and invest £28bn per year in tackling climate change is a markedly different approach to the Conservatives. The Treasury has said borrowing heavily to cut greenhouse gases goes against the \"polluter pays\" principle and passes the costs on to future taxpayers.\n\nIt's not certain how this will play out in Parliament or whether this could become an important dividing line between the parties - and how it would play with voters.\n\nThe Treasury accepts there will be an overall cost to achieving net zero emissions in the short term, but sources stress the cost of inaction would also be significant.\n\nNo overall figure is given but officials admit new taxes will be needed to recoup the revenue lost from the move away from petrol and diesel fuelled cars, for example.\n\nThe government raised £37bn from fuel duty and vehicle excise duty in the 2019-20 financial year, or about 1.7% of GDP.\n\nA carbon tax could plug some of this, but the takings would dwindle as emissions fall, leaving a big shortfall.\n\nHow will voters feel if their bills go up to cover the costs?\n\nIn an assessment to go with the government's carbon-cutting plans, the Treasury said that \"as with all economic transitions, ultimately the costs and benefits of the transition will pass through to households through the labour market, prices and asset values\".\n\nThere is evidence of public support for stronger measures to tackle climate change, but if households end up having to spend a lot more money to go greener, there could be increased unease among voters that the government will not want ahead of a likely general election in the next couple of years.\n\nIn particular, it is feared this could go down badly in some of the former industrial areas of the the Midlands and northern England where the Conservatives made large gains from Labour in 2019.\n\n\"Any policies we bring in will be designed to be fair across the board,\" the PM's spokesman said.\n\nOne thing most governments agree on is that any effort to reduce emissions must be international if it is to succeed in limiting temperature rises.\n\nWith the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow fast approaching, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hope his plan prompts other countries to make similar commitments and boost the chances of the UK brokering a renewed global effort to cut greenhouse gases.\n\nIf the world's biggest CO2 producers - including the US, China and India - reach an agreement it could ease domestic political pressures and allow him to claim more of an environmental \"legacy\".\n\nUS President Jo Biden and Indian PM Narendra Modi are attending COP26, but China's Xi Jinping is not thought likely to do the same.", "\"None of us are immune\" to addiction, the Duchess of Cambridge warned as she highlighted the \"devastating impact\" of the pandemic on addiction rates.\n\nShe said that by understanding what lies beneath addiction \"we can help remove the taboo and shame that sadly surrounds it\".\n\nCatherine delivered the keynote speech at the launch of the Taking Action on Addiction campaign.\n\nShe also spoke to TV star Ant McPartlin about his struggles with addiction.\n\nThe duchess is patron of addiction charity the Forward Trust, which is behind the Taking Action on Addiction campaign.\n\nShe told the event: \"Addiction is not a choice. No-one chooses to become an addict. But it can happen to any one of us. None of us are immune.\n\n\"Yet it's all too rarely discussed as a serious mental health condition. And seldom do we take the time to uncover and fully understand its fundamental root causes.\"\n\nShe added that by understanding what lies beneath addiction \"we can help remove the taboo and shame\" which surrounds it.\n\nMcPartlin, who compered the event alongside his TV partner Declan Donnelly, struggled with a two-year addiction to super-strength painkillers following a knee operation in 2015.\n\nHe entered rehab after crashing his car while more than twice the alcohol limit in 2018.\n\nHe told the duchess that \"by the time I asked for help, it was bad\" but that \"as soon as you opened up to people [...] the problems start to disappear\".\n\n\"It gets better and help is there,\" he added.\n\nThe duchess also spoke about how the Covid-19 crisis had affected addiction rates, saying some 1.5 million more people were facing problems with alcohol, with almost one million young people experiencing an increase in addictive behaviour.\n\nShe said: \"Around two million individuals who were identified as being in recovery may have experienced a relapse over the past 18 months.\"\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge gave the keynote speech at the launch of the Taking Action On Addiction campaign\n\nShe said that \"we can all play our part\" in helping people with addiction \"by understanding, by listening, by connecting\".\n\nCatherine met beneficiaries of the Forward Trust, as well as former addicts, to hear about their experiences.\n\nShe later joined her husband at a private reception at Kensington Palace to mark the unveiling of the statue of Diana, Princess of Wales.\n\nThe reception had been postponed from July, when the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex officially presented the memorial of their mother.\n\nThe guest list is thought to have included Diana's close friends, former staff and relatives.", "Dua Lipa threw her support behind the idea\n\nThe team behind Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey will choose the UK's entrant for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest.\n\nTap management, which also looks after Ellie Goulding and Hailee Steinfeld, will take over the selection after the UK came last in this year's contest.\n\nJames Newman failed to score a single point with his song, Embers, extending an embarrassing run of failures at the contest.\n\nNo UK entrant has made the top 10 since Jade Ewen in 2009.\n\nTap's involvement means that record label BMG will no longer be involved in selecting the UK's entry.\n\nTap Management began in 2009 after Ben Mawson, then a practising lawyer, met Lana Del Rey and helped her escape unfavourable deals she'd signed early in her career.\n\nRealising her potential, he teamed up with Ed Millett, an experienced music manager, and together they helped establish the New York musician as one of the defining voices of her generation.\n\nTheir company has since expanded to London, Berlin, Sydney and Los Angeles, while also establishing its own record label.\n\nReacting to the news Mawson said: \"We're really excited to be teaming up with the BBC for this event and will use Eurovision to authentically reflect and celebrate the rich, diverse and world-class musical talent the UK is globally renowned for.\"\n\nIn an interview with BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat, Mawson said the process of choosing the artist and song was \"not simple\".\n\n\"I think our conclusion was [Eurovision] is not as political as people think,\" he said. \"And I think we should focus on getting some really special music and a really special artist that represents Britain in the best possible way.\n\n\"We don't want to see Eurovision as a boom or bust night for the artist. We want to see this as a platform for development for a career. We don't know yet if they'll be a new artist but if they are we want to make sure this is going to be a really positive experience.\"\n\nSpeaking to The Sun, Dua Lipa said: \"I'm a proud Brit whilst also being a proud Kosovan. I'm happy to lend my manager to the cause. I'll be cheering them on!\"\n\nRock band Måneskin were the victors at this year's Eurovision\n\nDespite the lack of success in recent years the appetite for Eurovision is clearly still strong for viewers in Britain.\n\nThis year's Eurovision Song Contest was won by Italian rock band Måneskin, whose song Zitti E Buoni became a top 20 UK hit. Their victory was watched by an average audience of 7.8 million on BBC One, making it the most watched final since 2014.\n\nSpeaking of the hook-up with Tap, BBC entertainment boss Kate Phillips said that the corporation has \"grand ambitions\" for the 2022 contest, and was \"really excited to announce this collaboration that will enable us to tap into some great music talent.\"\n\nThe competition will take place at Turin's PalaOlimpico Arena on May 10, 12 and 14, with the final landing on the latter date.\n\nThe European Broadcasting Union announced on Wednesday that all 39 countries that took part last time out are set to return next year, plus two additional ones - Montenegro and Armenia.\n\nItaly has previously hosted the contest in Naples and Rome.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Boris Johnson went for a run in Manchester on Sunday morning\n\nBoris Johnson has pledged the Conservatives will \"change and improve\" the economy after the pandemic, as the party opens its annual conference in Manchester later.\n\nThe PM said the country cannot \"go back to how things were\" before Covid.\n\nHe has accused the haulage industry of being too reliant on low-paid immigration, amid shortages at petrol stations.\n\nThe military is due to begin delivering petrol across the UK from Monday.\n\nTwo hundred military servicemen and women, 100 of them drivers, will provide \"temporary\" support to ease pressure on forecourts.\n\nThe government has also announced 5,000 temporary visas for foreign lorry drivers to plug a shortage of lorry drivers worsened by Covid, Brexit and other factors.\n\nAlthough the industry and opposition parties have dismissed these figures as inadequate, Mr Johnson has said importing drivers is not a long-term solution.\n\nSpeaking on Saturday, he said: \"What we don't want to do is go back to a situation in which we basically allowed the road haulage industry to be sustained with a lot of low-wage immigration.\"\n\nHe added that a \"mass immigration approach\" had made the sector less attractive by reducing wages and \"the quality of the job\".\n\n\"People don't want that. They want us to be a well-paid, well-skilled, highly productive economy and that's where we're going.\"\n\nHowever, he did not rule out issuing more temporary visas, saying the situation would remain \"under review\".\n\nThe conference comes amid a backdrop of the Army preparing to drive petrol tankers\n\nAhead of the Conservative conference beginning on Sunday, the prime minister vowed to take \"big, bold decisions\" to rebuild after the pandemic.\n\n\"We didn't go through Covid to go back to how things were before - to the status quo ante. Build Back Better means we want things to change and improve as we recover.\"\n\nThe post-pandemic recovery is set to be a key theme of the four-day event in Manchester, along with the government's effort to \"level up\" regional inequalities.\n\nAround 10,000 delegates are expected in Manchester for the party's first in-person conference since Covid, and the first since its 2019 election victory.\n\nAs the conference begins, the party has promised £22m extra funding for councils to renovate tennis courts, and £30m for schools in England to repair sports facilities.\n\nThe party argues this will help equalise access to sport in poorer regions, with unplayable courts more likely to be found in deprived areas.\n\nThe prime minister has both a substantial Commons majority and leads a party that most recent opinion polls suggest is more popular than Labour.\n\nBut as the conference here begins the pressures on the government stack up: queues at some petrol stations, fears of further shortages on shop shelves, even staffing issues in abattoirs.\n\nPrices are rising just as both the furlough scheme and the uplift to universal credit end and an increase to National Insurance looms.\n\nBoris Johnson insists he is taking what he calls the \"big, bold decisions\" on the priorities people care about, such as social care and supporting jobs.\n\nExpect plenty of talk here in the next few days about the government's desire to \"level up\", as ministers call it.\n\nIt is a promise that collides for many with the reality that it's bills that are going up.\n\nThe government has made \"levelling up\" a priority ahead of the next election but is facing criticism from some of its own MPs that the concept remains vague.\n\nOn Sunday, 10 Tory MPs elected in 2019 became the latest set of backbenchers to make demands on the issue, calling for more power to be handed to local councils, and for tax breaks for community businesses and social enterprises.\n\nThere is also concern in the party over the effect of rising inflation and surging energy costs, combining with the withdrawal of a universal credit top-up of £20 a week, which was introduced during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nSome of the party's MPs, including former leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, have joined opposition MPs in warning about a squeeze on living standard for the poorest households.\n\nLabour, which has warned of a \"winter of discontent\", has urged the PM to recall Parliament to discuss the fuel crisis.\n\nThe party's leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on the government to issue \"enough visas\" to deal with the lorry driver shortage and give \"key workers\" priority access to fuel.\n• None Party conferences: What to expect this year", "Armed forces personnel will begin delivering petrol to garages across the UK from Monday, the government says.\n\nAlmost 200 servicemen and women, 100 of them drivers, will provide \"temporary\" support to ease pressure on stations.\n\nMinisters have also announced that up to 300 overseas fuel tanker drivers will be able to work in the UK immediately until the end of March.\n\nThere have been long queues at petrol stations this week after a shortage of drivers disrupted fuel deliveries.\n\nMinisters - who have maintained there is enough fuel if people buy at their normal rates - say the situation at petrol station forecourts is improving, with more fuel now being delivered than sold.\n\nBut they acknowledge some parts of the country are worse affected than others.\n\nBrian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association, which represents nearly 5,500 of the UK's 8,300 petrol stations said Scotland, the north of England and parts of the Midlands had seen a \"distinct improvement\" with fewer dry sites.\n\nBut he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it remained a \"big problem\" in London and south-east England, where \"if anything it had got worse.\"\n\nHe said the military drivers will be a \"large help\" but a \"prioritisation of deliveries to filling stations, particularly the independent ones, which are the neighbourhood sites\" was needed \"immediately\".\n\nMr Madderson warned drivers would see a rise in fuel prices next week, but because of \"global factors\" not because of profiteering.\n\nOn Friday, the RAC motoring group also said the disruption in deliveries was continuing to ease, though many areas were still experiencing supply issues.\n\nSmaller fuel stations were facing major supply problems as drivers filled up for the weekend, it said.\n\nMilitary personnel are currently training at haulier sites and will be on the road delivering fuel supplies across the country to \"help fuel stocks further improve\" from Monday, the government said.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said personnel would be seen working alongside drivers this weekend following training this week.\n\nIn addition to the 300 fuel tanker drivers being allowed to work temporarily in the UK, temporary visas are also being offered to 4,700 food haulage drivers who are able to arrive from late October and leave by 28 February 2022.\n\nVisas are being offered to a further 5,500 poultry workers who can come from late October and stay until 31 December.\n\nPreviously, the government said these temporary visas would last until Christmas Eve.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said there were \"continued signs that the situation at the pumps is slowly improving\".\n\n\"UK forecourt stock levels are trending up, deliveries of fuel to forecourts are above normal levels, and fuel demand is stabilising,\" he said.\n\n\"It's important to stress there is no national shortage of fuel in the UK, and people should continue to buy fuel as normal.\"\n\nMore than a week after queues started appearing on petrol station forecourts, just under 200 military personnel will take to the roads.\n\nMinisters say it takes time to train up servicemen and women to drive large tankers carrying highly flammable substances into built-up areas.\n\nWhile they will help with getting supplies to garages, there's been a concern inside government that falling back on the armed forces could be counter-productive.\n\nWhat message does it send to worried motorists to see soldiers driving petrol tankers? Could it lead to more panic buying?\n\nMinisters are confident the situation will continue to stabilise, but they've been under pressure to take more urgent action.\n\nIt's notable that alongside the decision to deploy the military, up to 300 tanker drivers will be allowed into the UK from overseas immediately - several weeks before the wider visa scheme comes into effect.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer called on the PM to recall Parliament from party conference recess, saying \"emergency action\" was needed to speed up the visas.\n\nBut Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused the haulage industry of being too reliant on low-paid migrant workers.\n\nHe added that he would not allow the UK to repeat the \"failures\" of the past, by allowing mass immigration to create a \"low-wage, low-skill economy\" for British workers.\n\nThe haulage industry says the driver shortage already existed, but has been made worse by factors including the pandemic, Brexit, an ageing workforce, low wages and poor working conditions.\n\nA survey from earlier this year suggests a number of reasons for the driver shortage\n\nIn addition to offering temporary visas, the government last week set out a number of other measures aimed at limiting disruption in the run-up to Christmas and beyond.\n\nThese include increasing HGV (heavy goods vehicle) testing capacity, sending nearly one million letters to drivers who hold an HGV licence, encouraging them back into the industry, and offering training courses for HGV drivers.\n\nMeanwhile, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned there is global disruption to supply chains in other industries, which could continue until Christmas.\n\n\"These shortages are very real,\" Mr Sunak told the Daily Mail. \"We're seeing real disruptions in supply chains in different sectors, not just here but around the world. We are determined to do what we can to try to mitigate as much of this as we can.\"\n\nAnd the Financial Times reports that turkeys will be imported to the UK from France and Poland in the run-up to Christmas after farmers reared about one million fewer birds.\n\nBritish Poultry Council chief executive Richard Griffiths told the paper that Brexit had cut off the industry's supply of cheap labour.", "A Lithuanian man has had more than a kilogram of nails, screws, nuts and knives removed from his stomach by doctors, local media report.\n\nHe had been swallowing metal objects for a month after quitting alcohol, doctors said.\n\nSome of the objects retrieved during a surgery in Klaipeda University Hospital were 10cm (4in) long, according to Lithuania's LRT public broadcaster.\n\nIn its article (in Lithuanian), LRT published a KUH photo showing a surgical tray full of metal objects after the emergency three-hour operation.\n\nThe man was brought by ambulance with severe abdominal pain to the hospital on the Baltic Sea coast.\n\nHe is now reported to be in a stable condition, and is being monitored at KUH.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM Boris Johnson: \"We can trust the police... but there is a problem\"\n\nBoris Johnson has urged the public to \"trust in the police\" but also acknowledged problems in how violence against women and girls is tackled.\n\nThe PM promised to fix a \"snarled-up system\" which had produced too few successful rape prosecutions.\n\nAnd he said the authorities should \"come down hard\" on officers found guilty of misconduct.\n\nIt follows the jailing of Wayne Couzens for Sarah Everard's kidnapping and murder.\n\nCouzens was a police officer at the time of her murder, and the Metropolitan Police is facing questions over its failure to stop him.\n\nThe force has also been attacked over its safety advice to women after it emerged that Couzens used his position as an officer to falsely arrest and kidnap Ms Everard.\n\nAmong the suggestions, it said women should flag down a bus if they have concerns when stopped by an officer. A Labour MP branded the advice \"derisory\".\n\nCouzens - who has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term - is believed to have been in a WhatsApp group with five police officers who are now being investigated for gross misconduct.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the five, and one former officer, for distributing \"grossly offensive\", obscene or menacing material. Couzens is understood not to be one of those under investigation, but was involved in sharing messages.\n\nThe prime minister said the IOPC should \"come down hard\" on them.\n\nAsked if he had confidence in the police, Mr Johnson said: \"I do think that we can trust the police and I think that the police do a wonderful, wonderful job.\"\n\nBut he said the government needed to get to the bottom of \"what on earth\" happened in the Couzens case to ensure nothing like it happened again.\n\nHe added that \"hundreds of thousands\" of officers would be \"absolutely heart sick\" at the events surrounding Ms Everard's death.\n\nHowever, he also accepted there were problems including \"the way we handle rape, domestic violence and sexual violence\" complaints.\n\nHe said the length of time between reporting an incident to the court case was \"far too long\".\n\n\"It is a nightmare for the women concerned, we've got to fix it.\"\n\nThe prime minister also argued that recruiting more female officers would make \"a lasting difference to the police culture,\" adding that 37% of recruits last year were woman.\n\nEarlier this year, Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was \"deeply ashamed\" of low rape conviction rates.\n\nSarah Everard was was walking to her home in south London when she was kidnapped by a police officer\n\nBefore being arrested for the murder of Sarah Everard, Couzens had been linked to two previous allegations of indecent exposure.\n\nMet Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave admitted a vetting check on Couzens was not done correctly when he joined the Met, meaning a link to one of these allegations was missed.\n\nMr Ephgrave said that even if it had come up in the vetting process, it would not have changed the outcome as Couzens was not named as a suspect.\n\nIn a bid to ease concerns about women's safety, the Metropolitan Police has said it will treat indecent exposure allegations more seriously and announced an extra 650 new officers to patrol busy areas in London.\n\nScotland Yard has also issued advice to people who are detained by lone plain-clothes officers.\n\nThis includes asking \"searching questions\" about why they are being stopped and where the officer has come from.\n\nPeople should ask to speak to an operator on a police radio to verify the answers, the force said.\n\nIf someone feels they are in \"real and imminent danger\" they are advised to \"seek assistance\" by shouting to passers-by, waving down a bus or calling 999.\n\nLabour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy said on Twitter: \"This completely derisory advice shows they're still not taking it seriously.\"\n\nRefuge chief executive Ruth Davison said the Met had time and again \"responded to incidents of gender-based violence by telling women to change their behaviour\".\n\nShe added: \"Police forces across the country must be prepared for a fundamental shift and overhaul in their attitudes towards women and root out the misogyny that is at the heart of these failings.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"You have little power to say no\" - Women react to the Met's safety advice following the Everard case\n\nFollowing Couzens' guilty verdict, the head of the Met Dame Cressida Dick said \"a precious bond of trust has been damaged\" and she would ensure \"any lessons\" were learned.\n\nThe Met has said it would publish a new strategy for tackling violence against women and girls soon.\n\nBut Labour MP and chair of the Home Affairs Committee Yvette Cooper said \"sorry is not enough\" and called for an independent inquiry to examine police culture and procedures.\n\nAnd Conservative Sir Bob Neill and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have suggested misogyny should be made a hate crime.", "The National Monuments Record of Wales said the hillfort was \"a masterpiece of Iron Age architecture and engineering\"\n\nUp to 60 local volunteers have been helping archaeologists excavate an iron age fort site dating back to 400 BC.\n\nFor three weeks Dyfed Archaeological Trust has been working on Pen Dinas hillfort in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion after receiving funding from Cadw.\n\nArchaeologists have made a number of finds including an amber bead and stone wheel thought to be a spindle whorl for weaving.\n\nIt is only the second time in its history the site has been excavated.\n\nLeading the excavation in the village of Penparcau, Fran Murphy said: \"I think they'd been lost - they were found on a hut platform where someone lived and they'd probably fallen through beneath the floor if you like.\n\n\"The amber is quite a rare find and the person whoever lost these objects would have been quite annoyed.\"\n\nThe amber bead is \"quite a rare find\", says Fran Murphy who led the excavation\n\nShe said it was difficult to give a date for the objects but it may be possible in time: \"I hope that by the end of this project we will be able to get radiocarbon dating, which should give us a much more precise date, but over 2,000 years old.\"\n\nPen Dinas is the largest iron age hillfort in Ceredigion.\n\nAt 60ft (18m) the most obvious monument on Pen Dinas is the Wellington Monument, a column built in the 1850s as a memorial to the Duke of Wellington.\n\nArchaeologists found a stone wheel thought to be a spindle whorl for weaving\n\nIn its heyday, more than 2,000 years ago, the huge fort covered an area of 3.5 hectares, the equivalent of about three and a half rugby pitches.\n\nDyfed Archaeological Trust has been working on Pen Dinas hillfort in the village of Penparcau, Aberystwyth, for three weeks\n\nMs Murphy said: \"It's such an enormous monument - and the work that went into creating it was all done by humans with hand tools, no JCB's or mechanical diggers here.\n\n\"It's an asset for the whole of Aberystwyth.\"\n\nShe said she would like more people to be able to enjoy it: \"I think if we could improve the access, if we can improve the signage to make people aware how accessible it can be, and to bring people up here to look around them and see how it's a part of the history that makes Aberystwyth and the surrounding area what it is.\"\n\nThe National Monuments Record of Wales says the Pen Dinas hillfort \"started life as a simple defended site on the north summit [of Pen Dinas hill]\".\n\nMargaret Burns' grandfather Jack was involved with the original excavation of the site in the 1930s\n\nIt said the site was developed over time and, at its height, was \"a masterpiece of Iron Age architecture and engineering\".\n\nMargaret Burns' grandfather Jack was involved with the original excavation of the site in the 1930s.\n\nHe was one of many local labourers who went to help the five-year excavation led by Darryl Forde, chair of geography and anthropology at Aberystwyth University.\n\nMs Burns, who lives at the bottom of Pen Dinas hill, said: \"I'm presuming that Prof Forde advertised for local men to come and help with the excavation as labourers, basically to help them with the dig.\n\nMargaret Burns' grandfather Jack was one of several local labourers involved with the original excavation of the site in the 1930s\n\n\"They were always, I presume, short of money in those days because it was 1934, and I suppose anything would be a benefit.\"\n\nShe added: \"I'm down at the bottom of Pen Dinas and my grandfather was up there 87 years ago, so it's quite an emotional thing for me, really.\"\n\nMike Ginsberg, 80, if one of up to 60 local people who helped with the dig\n\nJust as Prof Forde enlisted the help of local volunteers during the 1930s dig, the Dyfed Archaeological Trust also called on residents to help in 2021.\n\nDuring the three-week dig about 60 local people helped the archaeologists, most of the volunteers coming from the village of Penparcau.\n\nMike Ginsberg, 80, was there almost every day because of his keen interest in archaeology.\n\nHe said while searching for the remains of the fort structure, his imagination would run wild: \"If 'dinas' as in Pen Dinas, means a city - and I assume 500 people [living there] then was a city - if it was built by 500 to 600 people, where did they live? How did they live? Where did they get their food from? The mind just goes on and on and on.\"\n\nMs Murphy said there were plans for the Pen Dinas site to be explored further next year: \"There's definitely hopes for future digs and Cadw are extremely supportive and we are looking for match funding from other partners to increase the amount of work that we can carry out.\n\n\"Locally, there has been a drive to raise the profile of Pen Dinas as an asset to the whole of Aberystwyth, to raise its profile and to make sure that it's appreciated and maintained for future generations.\"", "Thousands of videos, graphics and other images have been collected together to form a growing propaganda archive\n\nA Canadian citizen who allegedly narrated violent propaganda videos for the Islamic State group (IS) has been charged in the US.\n\nSaudi-born Mohammed Khalifa is accused of being \"the voice behind the violence\" by providing English narration on some 15 videos.\n\nMany of them encouraged supporters to join IS, while some showed the \"brutal execution\" of prisoners and hostages.\n\nIf convicted, the 38-year-old could face life in prison.\n\nMr Khalifa will appear before a US court next week on charges of providing \"material support to a terrorist organisation, resulting in death\". He denies the charges.\n\nProsecutors say he was also an IS fighter, and during one conflict shortly before being captured, threw a grenade at opposing forces.\n\n\"Through his alleged leading role in translating, narrating, and advancing IS's online propaganda, Khalifa promoted the terrorist group... and expanded the reach of videos that glorified the horrific murders and indiscriminate cruelty of IS,\" Raj Parekh, acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a statement.\n\nAmong the videos are two IS productions which the US justice department has described as \"the most influential and exceedingly violent\" videos that promoted violence against foreign citizens, showed various IS attacks, and the deaths of unarmed prisoners.\n\nAnother video includes a voice recording of Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people in the Pulse Nightclub attack in Florida in 2016, swearing allegiance to IS.\n\nMr Khalifa left Canada in 2013 to join IS in Syria where he became a key member of the group's propaganda team, the US justice department said.\n\nHe allegedly served in a number of prominent roles before becoming its lead translator due to his English and Arabic language skills.\n\nBy translating the videos into English, he played an integral role in the recruitment and radicalisation of Westerners which caused the deaths of numerous people at the hands of IS, prosecutors say.\n\nMohammed Khalifa was captured in January 2019 during a firefight between IS and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) - a US-backed Kurdish-led militia which spearheaded the fight against IS in northwest Syria.\n\nHe was later handed over to the FBI.\n\nIn a newspaper interview after his capture, he said he had been a low-level fighter and \"just the voice\" of IS. He insisted that he had played no role in filming or carrying out the gruesome scenes he narrated.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOnline videos showing beheadings and other atrocities were a key feature of IS's worldwide recruitment drive as the group extended its reach in Syria and Iraq.\n\nBut the propaganda effort dwindled as the militants began to lose territory from 2017.", "There is an air of crisis in British policing this weekend as it faces a great moment of reckoning.\n\nNever have leaders felt that public trust is so low they have had to advise women to consider fleeing if they are uncomfortable when confronted by one of their own officers.\n\nBut that is the aftershock of the appalling crimes of Wayne Couzens, who raped and murdered Sarah Everard while working for the Metropolitan Police, after kidnapping her in a fake arrest.\n\nHe was sentenced this week to a whole-life term in prison.\n\nWell first there is no sign that ministers are going to make Dame Cressida Dick, the commissioner of the Met and the UK's top officer, take the blame.\n\nDespite repeated attempts to force Home Secretary Priti Patel's hand, she has very publicly backed Dame Cressida by renewing her contract last month.\n\nBut questions now confront policing - and the difficulty its chiefs and ministers are having in answering them is why the crisis feels too deep.\n\nWas Couzens' ability to pull on the uniform a failure of the system?\n\nAnd how should police leaders and the government respond?\n\nClearly, society is not filled with homicidal sex offenders. But the fact is they do exist and it's unarguable that they use deception to get themselves into positions of trust.\n\nIn that context, Couzens' ability to hide undetected within policing is similar to the dreadful story of the Soham murders almost 20 years ago - in which a suspected sex offender was able to work as a school caretaker.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick says the force has been \"shamed\" and \"rocked\" by the case\n\nCouzens, we now know, has been the subject of three allegations of indecent exposure - including reports he drove into McDonald's naked from the waist down.\n\nThe first allegation of what has long been downplayed as \"flashing\" occurred in 2015 when he was in the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, guarding the Dungeness power station on the English Channel.\n\nThe police watchdog is still investigating what Kent Police knew about Couzens before he was able to transfer to the neighbouring Metropolitan force in London.\n\nScotland Yard says its vetting systems did not fail - but admits the system did not pick up this incident.\n\nAn investigation continues into how far an officer had got in establishing that Couzens was the suspect.\n\nThis question of how officers are vetted is now a very live issue - not just because of \"missed opportunities\" from previous allegations - but also whether the system is set up to screen out candidates who may have a propensity to violence.\n\nBut the focal point is quickly moving beyond whether vetting systems are technically good enough to root out dodgy candidates - to whether there is a permissive sexist culture that allows them to remain in the police.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"You have little power to say no\" - Women react to the Met's safety advice following the Everard case\n\nWhen I was a trainee reporter in Humberside more than 20 years ago and our newsroom got a tip of some kind of violence in the town, I'd call the police control room.\n\n\"Nah, just a domestic,\" the bored duty sergeant would reply.\n\nAnd that response, say critics, is the first part of the problem. For too long police forces have downplayed or ignored the everyday violence and misogyny that men inflict on women.\n\nJust last month, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary said there was an epidemic of violence against women and girls that deserved the same resources and focus as terrorism.\n\nSo why is it not a bigger priority?\n\nSue Fish, the former chief constable of Nottinghamshire, says there is a significant minority in uniform who are \"actively deviant\" - misogynistic officers who are abusing power - some of whom are in turn involved in domestic and sexual abuse.\n\nIn 2016, she ordered her force to start recording misogyny as a hate crime - and the Law Commission, which advises ministers on major legal reforms will soon publish its own proposals on the issue.\n\nBut Ms Fish's point is reinforced by the fact that the police watchdog is not just investigating what was known about Couzens - but also five other officers who were in a Whatsapp group that shared allegedly misogynistic and discriminatory messages.\n\nSue Fish says she has seen nothing from either the prime minister or Dame Cressida Dick that shows they understand how pervasive this culture is.\n\nWayne Couzens (right) is believed to have shown Sarah Everard his police warrant card\n\nThe Victims Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC - a former police and crime commissioner and career criminal justice expert - also says sexism is rife in policing.\n\n\"There is no doubt whatsoever that, particularly for female victims, faith in the police has collapsed,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.\n\n\"We did a survey a year ago which showed that only 5% of rape complainants thought they could get justice by going to the police. This is the worst it has been - but it is not a new thing.\n\n\"Probably innate sexism runs through the police more deeply than it runs through society.\n\n\"There is no critical mass of female officers to change the culture. The culture remains male-dominated.\n\n\"I have heard people say that 'you can be gay, you can be black, you can be a woman. As long as you behave like a straight white male'.\"\n\nThe BBC understands recruitment data shows the number of women applying this year to join the police has been rising - and so chiefs know that their response to Sarah Everard's murder will be critical to maintaining that progress.\n\nMaggie Blyth, Hampshire's deputy chief constable, is about to become the first senior officer to co-ordinate a national strategy on violence against women and girls.\n\nShe's told the BBC that there is work to be done to regain the trust that has been lost - but this is also an opportunity that has to be seized.\n\nBack in the summer, Dame Cressida Dick wanted to emphasise that Wayne Couzens was a shocking but exceptional case.\n\nBut as he begins a whole life sentence, the dreadful crime has become British policing's third major crisis of trust in just over three decades.\n\nThe first was the 1989 Hillsborough disaster - in which innocent football fans were blamed for their own deaths amid a police cover-up of mistakes.\n\nThe second was the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence, leading to the devastating public inquiry conclusion that the Met Police was institutionally racist.\n\nHistory shows that the response to both of these awful events was, for too long, driven by denial, dither and delay.\n\nBut ultimately there had to be recognition of the injustice.\n\nAnd that's why the response to Sarah Everard's death will tell us so much about the future direction of British police.", "Mick Cullen took time out in a pub during torrential rain\n\nFundraiser Speedo Mick, who walks in just a pair of swimming trunks, was asked to leave a pub for being under-dressed during a charity trek.\n\nHe stopped at The Halfway House pub at Rame, Cornwall, in heavy rain on the trek across the UK and Ireland.\n\nAs he talks to Facebook viewers, a voice is heard saying: \"I can't have you standing there dressed like this.\"\n\nThe pub's landlord said he had \"never heard of him\", but on learning who he was, went after him with some food.\n\nSpeedo Mick, whose real name is Mick Cullen, walked from John O'Groats to Land's End in 2019 and 2020.\n\nHe took shelter in the pub between Falmouth and Helston on his latest charity trek.\n\nDuring a Facebook Live broadcast, viewers heard a staff member tell him he could not stay in the pub in his limited attire and his response: \"That's fine. No worries.\"\n\nMick Cullen is known for sporting Everton-emblazoned swimming trunks\n\nLandlord Darren Briggs said: \"We completely apologise. We did not know who he was.\n\n\"Because we have been so busy we have never heard of him.\"\n\nHe said they quickly realised who he was and went after him.\n\n\"We took him some food and he was very amicable,\" he said.\n\n\"If we had known he could have had anything he wanted on the house.\"\n\nMr Cullen posted on Facebook: \"I'm alright you beautiful people, all's good no hard feelings here at all.\n\n\"It's not the first time I've been chucked out of an 'ale house it happened on the last walk too.\n\n\"I know, me, the fashionista in my designer Everton Football Club Speedo's!\"\n\nAnd he posted later: \"It's been a difficult time for lots of businesses especially pubs, restaurants etc, they've had a terrible time of it, thankfully many have pulled through.\n\n\"Please for me, show them the love and support they need it.\"\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.", "The musician used boilers to smuggle drugs\n\nBritish rapper Nines has been jailed for importing 28kg of cannabis into the UK from Spain and Poland.\n\nThe chart-topping musician, real name Courtney Freckleton, 31, and Jason Thompson, 35, were both given 28-month sentences.\n\nThe pair had previously pleaded guilty to drugs and money laundering charges.\n\nSentencing them both at Harrow Crown Court, Judge Rosa Dean said: \"What a waste of all of that talent, to be sat in Wormwood Scrubs.\"\n\nLast year, Nines topped the UK album chart with his record Crabs In A Bucket and was named best hip hop act the Mobo Awards.\n\nThe court heard the pair had been involved in one successful bid to import the class B drug, while another attempt had also been made.\n\nProsecutor Genevieve Reed said the money laundering charge related to a £98,000 debt, the value of the drugs, and the use of Bitcoin to buy the cannabis.\n\nSome of the cannabis was imported inside boilers brought into the UK from Poland, the court heard.\n\nNines, of Barbican, central London, and Thompson, of Barnet, north London, were arrested in June after police raids across London and Borehamwood in Hertfordshire.\n\nThe operation is understood to have stemmed from the infiltration of encrypted messaging service Encrochat.\n\nThe network, which was used by thousands of criminals worldwide, was infiltrated by authorities last year after being hacked by French investigators.\n\nFather-of-two Nines, who was known as \"Big Boss\" by his fellow conspirators, had previously been imprisoned for 18 months for possession of cannabis with intent to supply.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak is being accused of attempting to mount a \"stealth raid\" on Britain's foreign aid spending.\n\nDevelopment charities say the Treasury is hoping to use \"accounting tricks\" in this month's Spending Review to squeeze the aid budget by billions of pounds.\n\nThey fear new items will be designated as \"overseas development assistance\" in a way that would cut the amount spent directly on humanitarian aid.\n\nThe Treasury said it would continue to protect the world's poorest people.\n\nBut it would not speculate on future spending commitments ahead of a fiscal event.\n\nAny rebadging of overseas assistance would be seen by some as an attempt by Mr Sunak to seize further control of the aid budget while new Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is finding her feet.\n\nBut Foreign Office sources said Ms Truss - as a former chief secretary - was familiar with how the Treasury worked and it would be wrong to suggest she was unaware of what was going on.\n\nThe government is already cutting aid spending by reducing the target of what must be allocated to overseas assistance from 0.7% of national income to 0.5%.\n\nThat means a reduction this year of about £4bn, leaving the total amount being spent on aid at roughly £10bn.\n\nThere are strict international rules about what counts as aid and charities fear the Treasury is looking at options that would effectively break the spirit of these rules.\n\nThey say officials want the cancellation of a multi-million-pound debt owed by Sudan to the UK to count as official aid, even though the money was effectively written off years ago.\n\nThey say the Treasury wants some foreign currency handouts from the International Monetary Fund - known as Special Drawing Rights - to count as aid. These complex financial mechanisms are designed to help developing countries cope with Covid. But even though the money comes from the IMF and not UK coffers, officials want 30% to count towards the 0.5% target.\n\nThe Treasury is also understood to want to designate the cost of giving Covid vaccines to developing countries as official aid. This could amount to as much as £1bn.\n\nSome analysts say the Treasury is additionally considering switching large chunks of aid spending from so-called \"resource\" budgets to \"capital\" budgets, an accounting change that would make it harder for the Foreign Office to spend aid on what it wants.\n\nRanil Dissanayake, policy fellow at the Centre for Global Development think tank, said all these changes - if made together - could potentially reduce the FCDO's discretionary aid budget from £8bn to as little as £2bn.\n\n\"That would amount to a complete gutting of the UK's status as a major bilateral development presence, essentially depriving [the Foreign Secretary] of one of its most potent weapons almost immediately after she assumes the brief,\" he said. \"The UK's status as a serious bilateral donor would be under existential threat.\"\n\nHe added: \"Unless Liz Truss manages to stop the chancellor from bullying her department out of its spending power, the UK will become a near non-entity as a bilateral development actor as early as next year.\"\n\nOne source in the aid sector said: \"Rishi is trying to cut Liz Truss off at the knees before she's got her legs under the table.\"\n\nRomilly Greenhill, UK Director of ONE, the global campaign against poverty, said: \"It's incredibly worrying that UK aid looks set to be cut again, through accounting trickery by the Treasury.\n\n\"The chancellor looks set to count the sharing of surplus vaccine doses, a new injection of cost-free foreign exchange reserves and the cancellation of debts that haven't been repaid for decades as part of the aid budget. If these areas are included under the new 0.5% pledge, it will further squeeze funding to tackle poverty, conflict and climate, hurting people both in the UK and around the world.\n\nShe added: \"What's worse is that it's happening by stealth. The Treasury is combing the aid rules for loopholes and ambiguities to save money on technicalities. It will mean death by a thousand cuts for UK aid.\"\n\nAbigael Baldoumas, policy and advocacy manager at the international development network BOND, said: \"We are deeply concerned about a further assault on the aid budget. There is a real risk that the Treasury will use accounting tricks to reduce the amount of aid the Foreign Office can spend in ways that make a real difference to the lives of people living in poor and middle-income countries.\"\n\nShe added: \"Special drawing rights were issued to put more money in the hands of low and middle-income countries to tackle the devastating impact of the pandemic, not so that the Treasury could use them to replace of overseas development assistance.\n\nMeanwhile, Sarah Champion, International Development committee chair, said: \"The chancellor may think he's clever by playing these financial sleight of hand games, but it's not just the poorest in the world that suffer, it's the UK's international reputation.\"\n\nA Treasury spokeswoman said: \"We will continue to protect the world's poorest. The UK is one of the highest donors in the G7 and this year we will spend at least £10bn on overseas aid. We do not speculate on future tax and spending commitments ahead of fiscal events.\"\n\nThe Treasury said the UK would continue to \"score\" overseas development assistance \"fully guided by and in accordance with\" the rules laid down by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.\n\nIt also emphasised the UK's aid spending was \"considerably more\" than the 29 countries on the OECD's development assistance committee.", "Sunday's episode will feature special guests, favourite hymns, musical collaborations and a message from the Queen\n\nThe Queen has congratulated \"all those involved\" in BBC One's Songs of Praise as the show celebrates 60 years on air.\n\nNearly 3,000 episodes of the world's longest-running religious TV programme have aired since its first transmission, from Cardiff, in 1961.\n\nIn a message to be broadcast on Sunday's show in Westminster Abbey, the Queen applauded the series for showing Christianity as \"a living faith\".\n\nHosted by Aled Jones, the show will feature ex-presenters and star guests.\n\nIn a pre-recorded message, the Queen said: \"For 60 years Songs Of Praise has drawn together congregations and BBC viewers throughout the United Kingdom in collective worship.\n\n\"During that time, the programme has shown Christianity as a living faith, not only through hymns and worship songs, but also by featuring the many people who have put their faith at the centre of their lives.\n\n\"I congratulate Songs Of Praise and all those involved in the programme on its 60th anniversary.\"\n\nCommitted Christian and former star of The Goon Show, Sir Harry Secombe was a regular presenter in the 90s\n\nThe show, which continues to reach more than one million viewers each week, was the brainchild of TV producer Donald Baverstock, who - in 1961 - happened to see a test transmission of an outside broadcast of hymn-singing in Welsh from a Welsh chapel.\n\nHe later described the emotional draw of \"ordinary people, in their best hats, singing with their souls\".\n\nMr Baverstock suggested to Stuart Hood, then director of BBC TV programmes, that something similar might suit the designated \"closed period\", between 18.15-19.25 on a Sunday evening, which was - at the time - given over, by law, to religious programmes.\n\nThe first programme came from Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cardiff, from which a format developed of visiting cathedrals and parish churches all over Britain, with the focus on congregational hymn-singing.\n\nIt was an overnight success, reaching as many as 12 million viewers on some Sundays.\n\nThe original broadcasts went out live on Sundays from churches, many of which were chosen because they were near sports grounds, where the outside broadcast vehicles were in use on the previous Saturday afternoons.\n\nBy the time broadcasting restrictions were relaxed in 1972, the show had become a stalwart of the Sunday schedule.\n\nSir Cliff Richard performed at the show's 40th anniversary gala concert in London's Royal Albert Hall\n\nGloria Gaynor also performed at the gala concert in 2001\n\nSinger Charlotte Church presented the Christmas story from Jerusalem in 2000.\n\nOver the years, there have been 270 presenters on the programme, including Sir Cliff Richard, Charlotte Church and audience favourite singer Sir Harry Secombe - who crossed over to the show with the demise of ITV's hymn-themed show Highway in 1993.\n\nActress Dame Thora Hird went on to host spin-off show Praise Be! for 17 years.\n\nPam Rhodes, the programme's longest-serving presenter, has presented 386 episodes, having first appeared on the show in 1987.\n\nCurrent host, Aled Jones, has been with the show for 21 years, having made his Songs of Praise debut as a child in 1988.\n\nThe format of the show has changed over the years, reflecting the changing face of Christianity in the UK.\n\nInterviews were introduced in 1977, to complement the hymn-singing and viewers heard stories of faith from members of the local community.\n\nSongs of Praise hosts the Gospel Choir of the Year competition annually\n\nAs the years went by, there were increasingly ambitious outside broadcasts too.\n\nIn December 1982, Songs of Praise visited the Falklands to meet some of the islanders and armed forces stationed there. More recently, in 2015, an episode was filmed at the so-called \"Jungle\" migrant camp in Calais.\n\nTo mark the millennium, more than 65,000 singers performed live in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.\n\nThe show was relaunched in 2014 in a magazine format, and now features a range of churches, locations, congregations, and choirs - including gospel and Pentecostal churches - but remains firmly \"a Christian music show\".\n\n\"For 60 years, Songs of Praise has held a very special place on BBC One. Never has this been more important than the past year - when as churches had to close their doors, Songs Of Praise continued to bring together people of faith across the UK every Sunday,\" said Patrick Holland, director factual, arts and classical music.\n\nHe added: \"It is a great honour to pay tribute to the world's longest-running religious television programme - long may it continue.\"\n\nSongs of Praise: The 60th anniversary airs on Sunday at 2.45pm on BBC One", "The people of La Palma have been describing their struggles following a volcanic eruption which caused devastation on the Spanish island.\n\nMolten rock has flowed down into the ocean, destroying hundreds of properties and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes.\n\nResidents share what it has been like, living with the aftermath.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the visit from the Queen is \"tinged with regret\" at the absence of Prince Philip, offering the parliament's condolences and sorrow.\n\nQuote Message: This is the first time you have opened our parliament without the Duke of Edinburgh by your side. On behalf of everyone in our chamber, and across Scotland, I convey again our deep sympathy and shared sorrow at your loss.\" from Nicola Sturgeon Scotland's First Minister This is the first time you have opened our parliament without the Duke of Edinburgh by your side. On behalf of everyone in our chamber, and across Scotland, I convey again our deep sympathy and shared sorrow at your loss.\"\n\nThe first minister says the Queen has been a \"steadfast friend\" of the parliament since it began and thanks her for her \"kind and thoughtful address\", describing it as the highlight of the day.", "A US private equity group is poised to take control of the UK's fourth-largest supermarket group.\n\nClayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has won an auction for the British supermarket Morrisons with a £7bn ($9.5bn) bid.\n\nIt marks a return to the UK grocery sector for Terry Leahy, the former chief executive of Tesco, who is a senior adviser to CD&R.\n\nThe takeover saga has dragged on since June amid fierce competition from two US-based investment groups.\n\nCD&R's victory was announced by the stock market's Takeover Panel on Saturday. The private equity group offered 287p per Morrisons ordinary share, against a rival bid from Fortress, for 286p per share.\n\nCD&R's auction offer is slightly higher than the 285p-a-share offer that was recommended by Morrisons' board in August. In July, Morrisons turned down an offer worth £5.5bn from CD&R, saying it significantly undervalued the business.\n\nThe board, which will meet on Saturday, is now expected to recommend shareholders accept the new offer at a meeting set for 19 October.\n\nIf the bid is approved by shareholders, CD&R will take over Morrisons by November.\n\nMorrisons was founded in Bradford in 1899 - where it still has its headquarters. The group has almost 500 shops and more than 110,000 staff.\n\nThe founder, William Morrison's son, the late Sir Ken Morrison, ran the business for 50 years.\n\nPreviously, CD&R said it recognised Morrisons' \"history and culture, and considers that this strong heritage is core to Morrisons and its approach to grocery retailing\".\n\nThe private equity firm said it would help Morrisons to build on its strengths, including its close relationships with suppliers and its property portfolio.\n\nMorrisons chairman Andrew Higginson and chief operating officer Trevor Strain both previously worked with Sir Terry at Tesco.\n\nMr Higginson said the offer represented \"excellent value for shareholders while at the same time protecting the fundamental character of Morrisons\".\n\nHe said the private equity firm had \"a strong record of developing and growing the businesses in which they invest, and they share our vision and ambition for Morrisons\".\n\nSir Terry thanked the board for their recommendation and said CD&R looked forward to shareholders' approval of the deal, adding: \"We continue to believe that Morrisons is an excellent business, with a strong management team, a clear strategy, and good prospects.\"\n\nMorrisons is among a slew of UK companies that have been targeted by overseas investors - and looks set to become the second UK supermarket chain in a year to be acquired by private equity, after Asda was bought out in February.\n\nWith the UK hit hard by the pandemic and the value of the pound still below its pre-Brexit value, UK businesses may appear cheap to non-UK investors, argues the BBC's business editor Simon Jack.\n\nHe added that while some say these bids highlight the value of - and confidence in - UK plc, others are concerned that private buyouts increase debt levels, reduce transparency and mean that key decisions about the future of UK companies like Morrisons could be taken in New York rather than Bradford.\n\nSir Terry also advised CD&R on its acquisition of discount retailer B&M, which netted the private equity firm an estimated profit of £1bn when it sold it on.", "Sarah Everard was murdered after being abducted by a serving Met police officer\n\nA new verification check for lone police officers in Scotland has been introduced in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard.\n\nPolice Scotland said it wanted to reassure the public after she was abducted and killed by Metropolitan police officer Wayne Couzens.\n\nCouzens, 48, used his warrant card to abduct Ms Everard from a south London street before raping and murdering her.\n\nMembers of the public in Scotland can now request a control room check.\n\nPolice Scotland said there was \"understandable public concern\" about the \"horrendous murder of Sarah Everard\".\n\nThe force said its officers normally worked in pairs, but in future on the rare occasions a lone officer approached a member of the public they would \"proactively\" offer an identity check.\n\nUnder the new process, the officer's personal radio will be put on loudspeaker so that another officer or a member of control room staff can confirm they are who they say they are, that they are on duty and the reason the officer is speaking to them.\n\nThe control room will then create an incident number which can be displayed on the officer's mobile phone or radio to confirm the broadcast message details.\n\nIf a lone officer has become involved in an incident they will call 999 and allow the member of the public to speak directly to control room staff.\n\nWayne Couzens (right) is believed to have shown Sarah Everard his police warrant card\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Will Kerr said: \"The appalling circumstances of Sarah Everard's murder have deeply affected people and many are now understandably concerned about verifying an officer's identity.\n\n\"Police officers will, of course, continue to approach any member of the public who appears distressed or vulnerable, to offer support and assistance.\n\n\"However, although it is rare for a lone police officer to have to speak to a member of the public in Scotland, we absolutely recognise our responsibility to introduce an additional means of verification to provide further reassurance to anyone, in particular women who may feel vulnerable, and who might be concerned if they find themselves in this situation.\n\n\"The onus is on us, as a police service, to proactively offer this additional verification process to any member of the public who appears distressed, vulnerable or frightened.\"\n\nCouzens has been sentenced to a whole life sentence after targeting Ms Everard, 33, on a street in south London in March.\n\nHe used his police warrant card to trick her into being handcuffed, then drove her to Kent where he raped and murdered her. He later burnt her remains in what was a premeditated attack on a random victim.\n\nThe full details of his crimes only emerged during his sentencing last week, prompting national outrage and calls for more action to tackle violence against women.", "US media firm Ozy Media has announced that it is to close down amid a growing row over its business practices.\n\n\"It is.. with the heaviest of hearts that we must announce today that we are closing Ozy's doors\", the company said in a statement.\n\nIt follows reports that Ozy's chief operating officer deceived potential investors during a conference call and is now being investigated by the FBI.\n\nSome major advertisers subsequently cut ties with the firm.\n\nOzy's chairman Marc Lasry and ex-BBC journalist Katty Kay have also quit.\n\nIn another twist, Sharon Osborne, the wife of rock star Ozzy Osbourne, alleged the firm's chief executive, Carlos Watson, falsely claimed the couple had invested in the business.\n\nMr Watson made the claims in a TV interview with broadcaster CNBC in 2019 after settling a trademark dispute with the couple.\n\nMs Osbourne told CNBC on Thursday: \"This guy is the biggest shyster I have ever seen in my life.\"\n\nNeither Mr Watson nor Ozy Media has commented publicly on the claims.\n\nThese accusations are outrageous, almost unbelievable - part of a toxic culture of corporate behaviour that exists in parts of Silicon Valley.\n\nIt is common here to say your company is bigger, more innovative, more successful, more connected, than it really is. It's seen as \"hustle\", or \"hype\".\n\nHowever, \"fake it till you make it\" - as it's sometimes referred to - has led to some of the biggest scandals in Silicon Valley history.\n\nTheranos' CEO and founder is currently on trial in San Jose - accused of a spectacular fraud involving blood testing.\n\nSelling a dream that will one day be realised is what most companies do. It's why we have computers and smartphones. But there are countless examples of companies going too far.\n\nSome of the things Ozy Media has been accused of are actually pretty common in Silicon Valley,\n\nOverstating how popular your content is a classic of the genre - something numerous companies have been accused of.\n\nBut there are other accusations here that are simply astonishing - that if true may well lead to legal action.\n\nIt's the kind of story that will deeply worry investors, who are in a constant battle to separate the frauds from the visionaries.\n\nOzy Media, which was launched in California in 2013, produces left-leaning podcasts, television series and events, and has won an Emmy for its work.\n\nLast weekend, the New York Times reported that its co-founder and chief operating officer, Samir Rao, impersonated a senior leader at YouTube during a conference call with Goldman Sachs in February. At that point the investment bank was considering making a $40m investment in the media company.\n\nMr Rao reportedly claimed that Ozy's videos were highly popular on YouTube.\n\nKatty Kay called the allegations against the firm \"troubling\"\n\nAccording to the Times, the investors realised something was wrong and did not go through with the deal. Mr Watson has since apologised and said Mr Rao was suffering a \"mental health crisis\" at the time.\n\nYet amid growing scrutiny, Ozy this week said it had begun an internal investigation and Mr Rao had taken a leave of absence.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Lasry, who owns the NBA basketball team the Milwaukee Bucks, stepped down after only three weeks as chairman.\n\nIn a statement he said: \"I believe that going forward Ozy requires experience in areas like crisis management and investigations, where I do not have particular expertise.\"\n\nHe added that he remains an investor in Ozy Media.\n\nThe same day, major advertisers were reported to be pulling their ad campaigns with Ozy.\n\nTarget, Goldman Sachs and AirBnB did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But Ford said \"We are pausing our advertising while Ozy Media addresses their current business challenges\" and US banking services firm Ally Financial said its relationship with Ozy was on hold \"in light of recent developments\".\n\nOn Wednesday, Ms Kay announced she had \"no choice\" but to cut ties, calling the New York Times' allegations \"deeply troubling\". The veteran broadcaster joined Ozy in June after more than three decades at the BBC.\n\nOn Friday, the Times published fresh claims about Ozy made by a former producer, Brad Bessey.\n\nMr Bessey, who was hired this summer to produce a talk show hosted by Carlos Watson, was reportedly told from the start it would appear in a prime time slot on the US cable network A&E.\n\nYet, he later found out A&E had rejected the show before it began taping, the Times said. Mr Bessey reportedly quit the firm, accusing Mr Watson and Mr Rao of playing \"a dangerous game with the truth\".\n\nIn the end \"The Carlos Watson Show\" show appeared on Ozy's own website and YouTube.\n\nThe BBC has contacted Ozy Media for comment.", "Last updated on .From the section Cycling\n\nBritain's Lizzie Deignan took a sensational breakaway win in the first edition of the women's Paris-Roubaix.\n\nThe Trek-Segafredo rider pulled away from the peloton with more than 80km to go, before rain affected the course.\n\nThe legendary race on the brutal 'pave' cobblestones returned this weekend after the coronavirus pandemic caused it to be postponed in 2020.\n\n\"I feel so incredibly proud - women's cycling is at a turning point and today is a part of history,\" Deignan said.\n\n\"I'm also proud to be part of a team making history, and even fans watching at home are making history to show there's an appetite for women's cycling - and that these athletes can do one of the hardest races in the world.\"\n\nDeignan, who becomes the first Briton ever to win Paris-Roubaix, powered clear just over halfway through the 116km race before the riders reached the unforgiving cobbled sections that permeate the race known as the 'hell of the north'.\n\nThe 32-year-old took cobbled corners carefully to stay on the bike and protect a lead of two minutes 30 seconds.\n\nShe then also revealed after the race that she was not the rider her team had initially selected for the victory.\n\n\"[Winning] was really not the plan,\" she said. \"I just needed to be at the front on the first section of cobbles to protect the leaders - today I was third rider.\n\n\"I looked behind after the first cobbles and there was no-one behind me, so I thought they have to chase me so, I just kept going.\"\n\nJumbo-Visma's Marianne Vos of the Netherlands broke away from a group of 19 riders chasing Deignan and halved her lead by 10km to go.\n\nHowever, Deignan brilliantly held on to the bike as her rear wheel slewed left and then right across the mud on the treacherous Caphin-en-Pevele sector.\n\nDeignan, who has won the road world championships, Tour of Flanders and the one-day women's Tour de France, beat the sport's greatest riders to lift the famous cobblestone trophy.\n\nShe crossed the line in the soaking wet Roubaix outdoor velodrome ahead of Vos in second and team-mate Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy third, to claim prize money of £1,300.\n\nDeignan will contest the Women's Tour of Britain from Monday, while the men contest a 259km edition of Paris-Roubaix on Sunday for a first place prize of £26,000.\n\nThe first men's race was in 1896.\n\nMeanwhile, Britain's Adam Yates of Ineos Grenadiers finished fourth in the Giro dell'Emilia one-day race in Italy.\n\nThe 29-year-old, who came fourth in this year's Vuelta a Espana, was 10 seconds behind winner Primoz Roglic of Jumbo-Visma.\n• None What's the worst that could happen? Possibly everything! The Goes Wrong Show is streaming now\n• None Ricky Gervais reveals behind-the-scenes facts and secrets of the comedy classic", "Care home workers who are not prepared to get the Covid vaccine should get another job, Sajid Javid has said.\n\nThe health secretary said he was not prepared to \"pause\" the requirement for care staff in England to be fully vaccinated by 11 November.\n\nHis remarks come after warnings that some homes will be unable to cope if workers are forced to leave.\n\nThe National Care Association has urged the government to delay the jab deadline to give staff more time.\n\nIt says it will have a knock-on effect on the NHS if care homes have to cut resident numbers.\n\nFrom 11 November, it will be mandatory for anyone who works in a Care Quality Commission-registered care home in England to be fully vaccinated, unless they have a medical exemption.\n\nMr Javid told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"If you work in a care home you are working with some of the most vulnerable people in our country and if you cannot be bothered to go and get vaccinated, then get out and go and get another job.\n\n\"If you want to look after them (care home residents), if you want to cook for them, if you want to feed them, if you want to put them to bed, then you should get vaccinated.\n\n\"If you are not going to get vaccinated then why are you working in care?\"\n\nThe government has said compulsory vaccinations in care homes will save lives and claim it is \"a sensible and reasonable step\" to protect care home workers and the people around them.\n\nNadra Ahmed, National Care Association chairman, said care homes have already overcome significant resistance among staff to the vaccines.\n\nIn November last year she said just 40% of staff had said they would get it - but 86% of staff are now fully vaccinated.\n\nShe told Today: \"We are not anti-vaccine. What we are saying is we needed a bit more time to get people where they needed to be.\"\n\nWithout an extension to the deadline, the consequences for care homes and for the wider health sector will be severe, she said,\n\n\"The situation is chronic now with staffing and that deadline will just add to it,\" she said.\n\n\"We will have providers who are no longer able to staff their services safely and that can only mean they will have to be handing back contracts.\n\n\"They will have to be looking at whether they can minimise the number of beds that they use to keep themselves open, which will have a direct effect on the NHS's ability to discharge people out of hospital and into care settings.\"", "Panic buying at petrol stations has led to some key workers struggling to get the fuel they need to travel to their work.\n\nThe surge in demand for fuel came after fears lorry driver shortages would hit supplies of petrol and diesel.\n\nDoctors and unions representing teachers and carers have called for key workers to get priority at the pumps.\n\nOne hospice in Oldham tweeted that it was in \"urgent need\" of petrol for its cars.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRosemary Botting, who runs Karosel Care and Domestic Services in West Sussex, told the BBC that if two of her carers were still unable to find a station with fuel ahead of their next shift, they would be unable to tend to \"vulnerable\" service users.\n\nMs Botting said if the current crisis wasn't resolved by next week, then she envisaged her care company would be in breach of safeguarding guidelines to its 12 customers.\n\n\"We will be putting our service users at risk,\" she said. \"We would not be able to send a carer out to somebody.\"\n\nMs Botting said her staff helped people living in rural areas throughout west Sussex, which meant driving - and a tank full of fuel - was essential.\n\nOne of her carers was half an hour late to her first call in because of traffic caused by queues at petrol stations, she said, which meant her first patient, who cannot get out of bed unaided, remained there until she arrived.\n\n\"I have got to inform all the other service users that their carer is running half an hour late. We pride ourselves on being on time,\" she said.\n\n\"We got through Covid. Not a single user in our care contracted Covid. The reason I do this job is because I care. It's just a bit of a nightmare at the moment.\"\n\nColin McDonald, an orthopaedic registrar at a district general hospital in the East Midlands, told the BBC that if fuel supply issues continued, and he couldn't to travel to work, there could be delays to patient surgeries at the start of his shifts, which could then delay his fracture clinics in the afternoon.\n\n\"This could lead to cancellations,\" he said. \"If patients live far away from the clinic they may not be able to get in, staff may not be able to get in.\"\n\nMr McDonald said he had been worried about not being able to get fuel on Sunday, but managed to buy some petrol which had been kept aside for key workers at a petrol station on Monday.\n\n\"Seeing people fill up multiple jerry cans of fuel - I just don't understand what their mentality is,\" he said.\n\n\"I find it very difficult to comprehend. It appears very selfish... they are just looking after themselves and not really considering the needs of others and key workers.\"\n\nAndrew Wagstaff, a civil servant from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, left his home at 04:45 BST to hunt for fuel to make his 57-mile trip to work.\n\nAfter finding all petrol stations closed in his area, he finally got fuel at Watford Gap service station.\n\nHowever, he said prices had been hiked to 157.9p per litre for diesel, which described as \"ridiculous\".\n\n\"It cost me £65 to fill up three quarters of a tank,\" he said. \"I do an essential job. It's frustrating that people - who are not essential workers - are just panicking for no reason.\"\n\nAndrew Wagstaff said people were panicking for no reason\n\nMost bus and coach services have not been affected by the fuel supply issues, according to the Confederation of Passenger Transport.\n\nMeanwhile, the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA), which represents 5,500 out of the UK's 8,000 filling stations,said there were \"early signs\" the crisis was \"ending, with more of our members reporting that they are now taking further deliveries of fuel\".\n\n\"Fuel stocks remain normal at refineries and terminals, although deliveries have been reduced due to the shortage of HGV drivers,\" said PRA executive director Gordon Balmer.\n\n\"We have conducted a survey of our members this morning and only 37% of forecourts have reported being out of fuel today. With regular restocks taking place, this percentage is likely to improve further over the next 24 hours\".", "Roma Taylor says the Windrush is a very painful and emotional subject\n\nThe stories of the Windrush generation need to be preserved so they can \"be told for generations to come\", a member for the community in Wales has said.\n\nVernesta Cyril was born in1943 in St Lucia and spent more than 30 years working in hospitals in Wales.\n\nShe was speaking ahead of an exhibition that tells the stories of more than 40 members of the community in Wales.\n\nWindrush Cymru: Our Voices, Our Stories, Our History opens at St Fagans National Museum of History on Saturday.\n\nIt will then go on a tour to other national museums across Wales from November until March.\n\nVernesta Cyril spent more than 30 years working in hospitals in Wales\n\nThe Empire Windrush arrived in Essex in 1948 carrying more than 1,000 passengers from the Caribbean after Britain asked for post-war workers.\n\nOver the next 40 years, thousands followed in their footsteps, with many making Wales their new home.\n\nWindrush Cymru - Our Voices, Our Stories, Our History will be on display at St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff from Saturday.\n\nMs Cyril, who was awarded Midwife of the Year in 2006 and an OBE for her contributions to the NHS, said: \"At last society has recognised the Windrush generation, so our stories can be told for generations to come\".\n\nRoma Taylor, founder and chair of the Windrush Cymru Elders, said: \"The Windrush is a very painful and emotional subject but all of our stories have to go out.\n\n\"It's important to us, our children and our grandchildren and for schools.\"\n\nMs Taylor arrived in the UK in 1959 and said Cardiff's Tiger Bay was \"the best place to live\".\n\n\"Everybody was for everybody, everyone looked after everyone and you had no problems,\" she said.\n\nVernesta Cyril is pleased society has \"at last\" recognised the Windrush generation\n\nThe history of the Windrush generation in Wales was recently the focus of an oral history project delivered by Race Council Cymru and funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund - this exhibition features the stories of more than 40, told in their own words.\n\nThe stories tell how the Windrush generation and their descendants made their mark in Wales through the jobs they worked, careers they built, the children they raised, and the contributions they made to our communities and culture.\n\nThe exhibition is delivered by Race Council Cymru in partnership with National Museum Wales, Wales Millennium Centre, People's Collection Wales, Windrush Cymru Elders and Black History Wales 365.\n\nVernesta Cyril was awarded Midwife of the Year in 2006 and an OBE for her contributions to the NHS\n\nIt is supported by Arts Council of Wales, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Gower College Swansea.\n\nNational Museum Wales' head of public history and archaeology Sioned Hughes said: \"The oral histories recorded by the Windrush Cymru project will be archived at St Fagans as a permanent record of the lived experiences of the Windrush generation in Wales.\n\n\"We are immensely grateful to the Windrush elders for sharing their lived experiences with us for future generations.\"\n\nProfessor Uzo Iwobi, OBE, founder of Race Council Cymru said: \"I am proud to have supported the elders for many years, hearing their appeals for their stories to be captured for prosperity and continue their legacy for their children and grandchildren.\n\n\"I'm delighted that this project and exhibition have come to fruition - it's incredibly important to see these stories being passed down to the next generation.\"", "Alex Jones runs the Infowars website, which touts a range of conspiracy theories\n\nUS radio host and prominent conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has lost another legal case after falsely calling a mass school shooting a \"hoax\".\n\nTwenty children and six adults were shot dead at Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut in 2012.\n\nBut Mr Jones claimed the event had been made up by supporters of gun controls and the mainstream media.\n\nHe will now have to pay legal costs to the parents of two six-year-old boys killed in the attack.\n\nMr Jones has long claimed on his radio show and right-wing Infowars website that the attack at Sandy Hook was \"completely fake\" and a \"giant hoax\".\n\nHe has faced a slew of legal cases from several parents of the victims. In response, he has acknowledged the shooting took place but denied wronging the families.\n\nIn Thursday's ruling, a Texas judge said Mr Jones had repeatedly failed to hand over legal documents and evidence to the court to support his claims about the attack. As a result, a default judgement was issued.\n\nJudge Maya Guerra Gamble wrote that Mr Jones and other defendants had shown \"flagrant bad faith and callous disregard\" by not turning over the files.\n\nThe ruling means he and Infowars must pay an undecided amount to the parents of Noah Pozner and Jesse Lewis, two six-year-old boys who died. The amount will be determined in another trial.\n\nMr Jones and an Infowars lawyer called the decision \"stunning\".\n\n\"We are distressed by what we regard as a blatant abuse of discretion by the trial court,\" they said in a statement.\n\nMr Jones's lawyers argue his comments were protected by free speech rights.\n\nBut he has lost several defamation lawsuits brought against him for his claims on the attack. Last year, Mr Jones was ordered to pay more than $100,000 (£76,000) to the father of another six-year-old child who was killed at Sandy Hook.\n\nAlex Jones has been banned by Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for hate speech and abusive behaviour.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lenny Pozner lost his son Noah in the Sandy Hook shootings, and then had to fight trolls who said it never happened\n\nThe attack at Sandy Hook remains one of the worst school shootings in American history.\n\nOn 14 December 2012, 20 children - aged between five and 10 - and six staff members were killed at the school in Newtown, Connecticut when a gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle before killing himself.\n\nParents of Sandy Hook victims who have spoken publicly about their experiences have been harassed by trolls, both online and in person who make false allegations about the shooting.", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nBBC coverage: Watch live on BBC Two from 08:00 and BBC One from 10:00 with uninterrupted coverage and extra streams on the Red Button and online; live text from 08:00.\n\nThe London Marathon returns to the city's streets for the first full-scale staging of the race in more than two years on Sunday.\n\nMore than 40,000 runners will join some of the world's best on the usual course that starts in Blackheath and finishes 26.2 miles later in the shadow of Buckingham Palace on The Mall.\n\nThey will be joined by a similar number completing the distance 'virtually' via a tracking app on a course of their choosing.\n\nLast year, the race was shifted from it's usual April date as the coronavirus pandemic forced the suspension of sporting events worldwide.\n\nLast October, a small, elite field competed over 19 laps of a closed course around St James's Park, with the mass element of the event taking place remotely.\n\nLondon's race director Hugh Brasher said this year's event - 40 years on from the inaugural race in 1981 - \"could easily be the most memorable ever\".\n\n\"It will be a moment of joy, of true emotion,\" he added. \"It is more than just a marathon. It is about bringing people together and that is what we have missed so much in the last 18 months.\"\n\nThis is all you need to know about Sunday's race.\n• None 'This could be the most memorable London Marathon ever'\n• None Forty London Marathons and counting - the story of an 'EverPresent'\n• None BBC Sport coverage details- and how to contact us with your stories\n\nKenyan world record holder Brigid Kosgei is aiming for a third successive victory in the race after emphatic wins in 2019 and 2020. Germany's Katrin Dorre was the last athlete to complete such a treble in the women's race with wins between 1992 and 1994.\n\nShe will face stiff competition with Israel's Lonah Salpeter, the seventh-fastest woman over the distance, and Kenya's reigning New York City Marathon champion Joyciline Jepkosgei hunting a first London win.\n\nKosgei insists she is up for the challenge just eight weeks after winning Olympic silver in hot, humid conditions in Sapporo, Japan.\n\n\"After one week, I was well recovered,\" she told BBC Sport.\n\n\"The big reason is I like too much London. I love London. I like the course. The way they welcome us. Even the race organisers. I like the place and how they cheer us on the way.\"\n\nCharlotte Purdue and Natasha Cockram, the first Briton in the 2019 and 2020 races respectively, are aiming to qualify for next year's World Championships in Oregon.\n\nPurdue, the fourth-fastest British woman over the distance, was bitterly disappointed to miss out on selection for the Tokyo Olympics, feeling she was wrongly overlooked on medical grounds.\n\n\"I was really annoyed and angry but as soon as I had London as a focus I just channelled all my energy into London,\" she told BBC Sport.\n\n\"Now I'm all in on this race on Sunday.\"\n\nIn last year's men's race, Ethiopia's Shura Kitata explained how he had hit the breakfast buffet hard to power himself to a surprise victory over Kenyan great Eliud Kipchoge.\n\nHere's hoping the elite athletes' hotel has stocked up on pastries because Kitata is back to defend his crown.\n\n\"Last year's win had very great meaning because Eliud is such a famous, strong runner,\" said Kitata.\n\n\"It has brought me strength in my psychological and physical preparation, and also a lot of attention from the public as well.\"\n\nKipchoge, who had won four of the previous five London Marathons before 2020, is absent this time, with Britain's Mo Farah also missing after failing to qualify for Tokyo 2020 on the track and suffering a stress fracture in this foot.\n\nHowever, Ethiopia's Birhanu Legese, the third-fastest man of all time over the distance, is in the field along with compatriot and world silver medallist Mosinet Geremew.\n• None 'I'm running with the man who saved my life'\n\nGreat Britain's eight-time men's wheelchair winner David Weir competes in his 22nd London Marathon but is up against Switzerland's in-form Marcel Hug, who won four golds, including the marathon title, at Tokyo 2020.\n\nAmerican Daniel Romanchuk, a hugely impressive winner in 2019, is also in the field along with Canada's defending champion Brent Lakatos.\n\nWith more than 240,000 positive Covid tests across the United Kingdom in the seven days before race week, there are still precautions in place for the race.\n\nAll runners must provide a negative lateral flow test before they are allowed to line up in London and are being encouraged to bring only one other person to spectate and support them in person.\n\nStewards will ask people to move along the course if large crowds gather at any point.\n\nThe race will start with smaller waves of runners released over 90 minutes, and the usual baggage system, which takes warm-up kit from the start to the finish, has been streamlined to reduce the chance of transmission.\n\nOrganisers insist fuel supply problems should not be an issue, encouraging runners to use public transport for their journeys to the start and back home.\n\n\"Those services have been the best way for people to get to the event in its history and will remain that way,\" said Brasher.\n\nElectric lead vehicles at the front of the race, compostable drinks cups, goodie bags at the finish line made out of sugar cane instead of plastic.\n\nThe London Marathon has introduced a host of measures to mitigate the waste and carbon produced by the race.\n\nThe race has become a draw for runners all over the world with 84,125 overseas applications to run in the 2020 race.\n\nOrganisers have introduced a carbon levy to help offset those international runners' journeys to the start line. They have also helped fund tree-planting projects in east London and Kenya which absorb carbon dioxide.\n\nThere have also been changes to improve the experience of runners at the back of the field after some of 2019's slowest runners reported being insulted by officials and finding the clean-up operation taking place ahead of them.\n\nThere will be 50-strong team of 'tailwalkers' who will walk the course at eight-hour pace accompanied by a DJ providing motivational music. There will also be additional officials on hand about every 400m from 16 miles onwards to support any runners struggling to complete the course.\n• None What's the worst that could happen? Possible everything! The Goes Wrong Show is streaming now\n• None Ricky Gervais reveals behind-the-scenes facts and secrets on the comedy classic", "Steve Turner was elected as Cleveland's police and crime commissioner in May\n\nCleveland's police and crime commissioner has been referred to the police watchdog over a caution for theft he received in the 1990s.\n\nSteve Turner has admitted receiving the police caution while working as a manager at a supermarket.\n\nMiddlesbrough Labour MP Andy McDonald used parliamentary privilege to claim he had been sacked by a former employer for \"systematic theft\".\n\nMr Turner said he had \"voluntarily\" resigned and was not sacked.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had received two referrals concerning Mr Turner's conduct from the Cleveland Police and Crime Panel, which scrutinises the PCC's work and decisions.\n\nThe IOPC said \"any indication a criminal offence may have been committed\" by a PCC must be referred and it would then \"determine whether the matter should be criminally investigated\".\n\nTwo referrals were \"being assessed to determine what further action may be required from us\", a spokesman said.\n\nIn an open letter on his social media Mr Turner said he made a \"stupid error\" and it had been a \"minor incident\".\n\nHe also insisted he had \"diligently followed all the rules\" governing the appointment of police and crime commissioners.\n\nMr McDonald said he was unfit to hold office and should step down with immediate effect, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nA spokeswoman for Mr Turner's office said: \"We extend our full co-operation to the panel and the IOPC and we will assist them with any inquiries they need to make.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some filling stations, including this one in Streatham, south London, reported having no fuel on Saturday\n\nPetrol supplies remain critical in London and south-east England with many forecourts still dry, retailers said.\n\nBut the Petrol Retailers Association said there was a \"distinct improvement\" nationwide due to the \"restraint\" of drivers.\n\nThe association's survey of 1,000 petrol stations found 68% have both grades of fuel available, while 16% have no fuel at all.\n\nThe military is due to begin delivering petrol across the UK from Monday.\n\nSpeaking to broadcasters on a visit to a hospital in Leeds, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"You need to take all possible precautions but the supplies are getting in, they are getting to the forecourts, but people just need to be going about their business in the normal way.\"\n\nHe said he understood how \"infuriating\" it has been for people, but added the situation was stabilising and the problems had been driven by demand rather than supply issues.\n\nA shortage of drivers and high demand plunged the UK into a fuel crisis that caused lengthy queues outside some petrol stations and led to the closure of many forecourts.\n\nBrian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association, said: \"While more fuel is being delivered to forecourts than is being sold overall, the situation remains critical in London and the South East where many filling stations remain dry.\"\n\nThere were fewer dry sites in Scotland, the north of England and parts of the Midlands, he said.\n\nMr Madderson, who represents 5,500 independent retailers among the 8,300 petrol stations in the UK, said the extension of the HGV visa cut-off to March next year was welcome, and military drivers would begin having an impact from the beginning of next week.\n\nAlmost 200 servicemen and women, 100 of them drivers, will provide \"temporary\" support to ease pressure on stations.\n\nLarge queues and closed forecourts have been reported across London on Saturday.\n\nBBC Newsnight's policy editor Lewis Goodall tweeted that queues for petrol in one south London area were \"even longer\" on Saturday and were causing \"considerable congestion\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Lewis Goodall This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEarlier, Mr Madderson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the military drivers would be a \"large help\" but independent, neighbourhood filling stations in London and south-east England needed to be made a priority for deliveries \"immediately\".\n\nHe also warned drivers would see a rise in fuel prices next week - but because of \"global factors\" not because of profiteering.\n\nAsked if the visas for foreign HGV drivers to work in the UK could be extended again, the prime minister said \"we will keep everything under review\".\n\nBut Mr Johnson said: \"What we don't want to do is go back to a situation where we basically allowed the road haulage industry to be sustained with a lot of low-wage immigration that mean wages didn't go up and facilities, standards, the quality of the job didn't go up.\"\n\nHe said poor pay and conditions meant that people did not want to drive lorries for a living, but the government wanted to see more investment in facilities for drivers.\n\nLarge queues and closed forecourts were reported across London on Saturday\n\nMilitary personnel are currently training at haulier sites and will be on the road delivering fuel supplies across the country to \"help fuel stocks further improve\" from Monday, the government said.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said personnel would be seen working alongside drivers this weekend following training this week.\n\nMinisters have also announced that up to 300 overseas fuel tanker drivers will be able to work in the UK immediately until the end of March.\n\nIn addition to this, temporary visas are also being offered to 4,700 food haulage drivers who are able to arrive from late October and leave by 28 February 2022.\n\nVisas are being offered to a further 5,500 poultry workers who can come from late October and stay until 31 December.\n\nPreviously, the government said these temporary visas would last until Christmas Eve.\n\nA survey from earlier this year suggests a number of reasons for the driver shortage\n\nIn addition to offering temporary visas, the government last week set out a number of other measures aimed at limiting disruption in the run-up to Christmas and beyond.\n\nThese include increasing HGV (heavy goods vehicle) testing capacity, sending nearly one million letters to drivers who hold an HGV licence, encouraging them back into the industry, and offering training courses for HGV drivers.\n\nMeanwhile, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned there is global disruption to supply chains in other industries, which could continue until Christmas.\n\n\"These shortages are very real,\" Mr Sunak told the Daily Mail.\n\n\"We're seeing real disruptions in supply chains in different sectors, not just here but around the world. We are determined to do what we can to try to mitigate as much of this as we can.\"\n\nAnd the Financial Times reports that turkeys will be imported to the UK from France and Poland in the run-up to Christmas after farmers reared about one million fewer birds.\n\nBritish Poultry Council chief executive Richard Griffiths told the paper that Brexit had cut off the industry's supply of cheap labour.", "Priti Patel on harassment: \"I want women to have the confidence to call it out\"\n\nPolice must take harassment and flashing more seriously, Priti Patel said, as forces face questions over how violence against women is dealt with in the wake of Sarah Everard's murder.\n\nThe home secretary said police had to \"raise the bar\" and treat everybody \"with respect, dignity and seriously\".\n\nThere are calls for an inquiry into police misogyny after a Met officer was jailed for murdering Ms Everard.\n\nWayne Couzens falsely arrested the 33-year-old in order to abduct, rape and murder her, and the Metropolitan Police is facing questions over its failure to stop him.\n\nMs Patel told the Daily Telegraph: \"I would say to all women: give voice to these issues, please... There is something so corrosive in society if people think that it's OK to harass women verbally, physically, and in an abusive way on the street and all that kind of stuff.\n\n\"I want women to have the confidence to call it out. I don't see all of this as low level.\"\n\nThe Metropolitan Police has issued guidance about what women should do if challenged by a lone plain-clothes officer.\n\nSuggestions include asking \"very searching questions\" and requesting to speak to an operator on a police radio.\n\nWaving down a bus, running into a house or calling 999 is advised in the event someone believes they are in \"real and imminent danger\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM Boris Johnson: \"We can trust the police... but there is a problem\"\n\nSue Fish, former chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police, called the guidelines \"completely absurd\" and \"impractical\", adding that the Met Police \"have absolutely no insight whatsoever\".\n\nMs Fish was chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police in 2016 when it became the first force to record misogyny as a hate crime in an attempt to tackle sexist abuse.\n\nShe criticised what she sees as a lack of action from Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, who is facing calls to resign over the force's handling of the case.\n\nMaking misogyny a hate crime made a \"significant difference\" in Nottinghamshire, Ms Fish told BBC2's Newsnight, adding that Dame Cressida should have taken similar steps in the Met.\n\n\"This isn't about an individual officer. This is about a prevailing culture within policing and it has to be broken. It has to have been broken many years ago,\" Ms Fish said, adding that a public inquiry was needed around policing and misogyny.\n\nCouzens - who has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term - is believed to have been in a WhatsApp group with five police officers who are now being investigated for gross misconduct.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating the five, and one former officer, for distributing \"grossly offensive\", obscene or menacing material. Couzens is understood not to be one of those under investigation, but was involved in sharing messages.\n\nAlice Vinten, who served in the Met for more than 10 years as a constable before leaving the force in 2015, said \"it was very much a lads' culture\" when she worked there.\n\nHowever, she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme women were worried to report concerns about their colleagues because this was still \"stigmatised\".\n\nSarah Everard's killer, a serving police officer, pretended to arrest her in order to abduct her\n\nLord Blair, who served as Met commissioner between 2005 and 2008, said policing was now 40% women so it \"simply cannot be the case that the lads' culture of the 1970s is surviving everywhere\".\n\nMr Johnson acknowledged to the BBC that there is a \"problem\" in how police tackle male violence against women, but has insisted forces can be trusted.\n\nHe told the Times that too many women were \"finding their lives lost to this system\" while waiting and hoping for their cases to be taken seriously.\n\nThe PM added: \"There's another problem, which is partly caused by the failure of the criminal justice system to dispose of these [cases]. Are the police taking this issue seriously enough? It's infuriating. I think the public feel that they aren't and they're not wrong.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"You have little power to say no\" - Women react to the Met's safety advice following the Everard case\n\nMeanwhile, there are calls for North Yorkshire commissioner Philip Allott to resign after he said women need to be \"streetwise\" about powers of arrest, adding that Ms Everard \"never should have submitted\" to the arrest by her killer.\n\nLabour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer condemned the comments, saying: \"I can't think of a more inappropriate thing for a police and crime commissioner to say at any time, but at this time in particular.\"", "Anna Taylor's challenge took her to Wales\n\nA woman from Cumbria has completed a rock-climbing challenge covering 83 routes across the UK.\n\nAnna Taylor, from Windermere, climbed a total of 10,000m (33,000ft) and cycled 2,400km (1,491 miles) over 62 days.\n\nThe 23-year-old, who started climbing at the age of 10, covered all 83 routes listed in renowned climbing guide Classic Rock, most of them solo.\n\nShe said the experience had been memorable and she was \"both delighted and relieved\" to finish.\n\n\"Soloing a wet route covered in vegetation is not much fun, while my legs were definitely not ready for cycling hundreds of miles while carrying all of my climbing gear,\" she said.\n\n\"Add in a bout of sickness and some lively weather and the round was far from straightforward, but the compensations more than made up for all of that.\"\n\nThe weather was not always kind, Ms Taylor said\n\nClassic Rock, first published in 1978, is well known in climbing circles and features what the writer and journalist Ken Wilson believed to be the UK's best rock climbs, graded up to \"very severe\".\n\nSome climbers have a long-term plan to tick off the book's routes and Ms Taylor is believed to be the first to complete them all while cycling between each one.\n\nCarrying all of her kit, she travelled from Cornwall to Wales, the Peak District, the Lake District and the Scottish Highlands, finishing on the notoriously challenging Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye.\n\nShe said she had \"gained an even greater appreciation of the amazing landscapes on these shores, and of the amazing routes that Ken Wilson collected\".\n\nMs Taylor has climbed a number of routes considered to be very difficult and, in 2020, became the first woman to climb the 2,000ft (610m) sheer rock face of Mount Roraima, in Guyana, South America.\n\nSome of the book's climbs are categorised as very severe\n\nMany of the routes were undertaken solo\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.", "One referee association said it was withdrawing young officials from games this weekend\n\nYoung referees have been withdrawn from some children's rugby league games this weekend because of growing levels of verbal abuse from adults.\n\nHuddersfield Rugby League Referees Society said it no longer felt that \"league discipline will safeguard\" its under-18 officials.\n\nJunior ref Dylan, 14, said he was sworn at by a parent during a children's game last month, leaving him \"upset\".\n\nYorkshire Junior and Youth League said it was working \"to improve discipline\".\n\nHowever, referee societies in West Yorkshire say officials, many who are children themselves, are giving up the sport because of abuse.\n\nHuddersfield Rugby League Referees Society said it had tried working with the league to keep rugby enjoyable for everyone but \"no progress has been made\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Huddersfield Rugby League Referees Society This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, Jayden Covell-Wood, from Dewsbury and Batley Referee Society, said: \"We don't feel safe sending our younger referees to a game when it's happening more regularly.\n\n\"It's getting too much. We're losing referees because of it. Some last two or three games before they're abused and it's just not good enough.\"\n\nJayden Covell-Wood, right, looks after junior referees as well as officiating games himself\n\nMr Covell-Wood, who is a rugby league referee himself, said the abuse had come from parents and coaches during under-10 games.\n\n\"I'm absolutely appalled at times. I just don't know what goes through an adult's head to even speak to a child that way,\" he said.\n\nJunior referee Dylan took part in an officials' course earlier this year, but despite only being involved in a handful of games he has already been subjected to abuse.\n\n\"The coaches and parents like to moan at every single call you give,\" he said. \"Sometimes I'll get abuse and I'll just want to end the game right there and go home.\"\n\nHis father Kevin said he noticed the abuse was getting worse, with his son being shouted and sworn at by a parent during a recent game.\n\nHe said: \"There's a lot of under-18 refs who are only lasting a few matches.\n\nDylan, right, started refereeing earlier this year after taking part in a course\n\n\"If they're facing this sort of abuse in the first few games, it's not good for the sport. Without the referees you don't have a game.\"\n\nHe said some parents felt because the young referees were paid they were open to be shouted at.\n\n\"You think 'why am I bothering to give my time up?' What makes a grown man or woman think they can verbally abuse a minor?\"\n\nYorkshire Junior and Youth League said it was working with the Rugby Football League and clubs to improve discipline across the country.\n\nIt acknowledged behaviour on the touchline \"is not where it needs to be\" and there was \"more work to be done\".\n\n\"In 2021 we have introduced a number of additional measures, including suspension of fixtures and more education for coaches,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nHarsher sentences for clubs who abuse referees, including being kicked out of competitions, were options open to the league, it added.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sarah Everard's killer, a serving police officer, pretended to arrest her in order to abduct her\n\nA police boss who said women \"need to be streetwise\" about powers of arrest in the wake of the Sarah Everard case is being urged to resign.\n\nNorth Yorkshire commissioner Philip Allott sparked fury when he said Ms Everard \"never should have submitted\" to the arrest by her killer.\n\nA Met Police officer falsely arrested the 33-year-old in order to abduct, rape and murder her.\n\nLabour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for Mr Allott to quit.\n\nHe said: \"He should go. I can't think of a more inappropriate thing for a police and crime commissioner to say at any time, but at this time in particular. He should consider his position.\"\n\nMr Allott has apologised for his remarks and said he wanted to retract his comments.\n\nDuring the sentencing of Wayne Couzens at the Old Bailey, it emerged he tricked Ms Everard by falsely arresting her for a breach of coronavirus guidelines.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio York earlier, Conservative Mr Allott said women should be aware this was not an indictable offence - one considered serious enough to warrant a prison sentence or crown court hearing.\n\n\"So women, first of all, need to be streetwise about when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested. She should never have been arrested and submitted to that,\" he said.\n\n\"Perhaps women need to consider in terms of the legal process, to just learn a bit about that legal process\".\n\nThe comments provoked an angry reaction on social media, prompting Mr Allott to reconsider.\n\nIn an apologetic tweet, he said he realised his remarks were \"insensitive and [I] wish to retract them in full\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Allott, who was elected in May, spoke to BBC Radio York\n\nMP for York Central Rachael Maskell added that Mr Allott's position was \"untenable\".\n\n\"Women are not feeling safe on our streets and it is for the police, including the police and crime commissioners to make sure we feel safer,\" she said.\n\nAmong those angered by Mr Allott's comments was campaigner Lucy Arnold, who organised a vigil outside York Minster following the death of Ms Everard, who was originally from York.\n\n\"I think frankly that was a horrifically offensive thing to say,\" she said.\n\n\"Does anyone really feel like they can stand up to a police officer? I am very confident I know my rights, I know the law, but no I wouldn't feel confident at all.\"\n\nLabour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is among those calling for Mr Allott's resignation\n\nThe Everyday Sexism account accused Mr Allott of \"openly blaming Sarah Everard for what happened to her\", and Scotland's First Minister said the comments were \"appalling\".\n\nNicola Sturgeon tweeted it was not \"up to women to fix this\".\n\n\"The problem is male violence, not women's 'failure' to find ever more inventive ways to protect ourselves against it. For change to happen, this needs to be accepted by everyone,\" she said.\n\nLegal commentator David Allen Green added: \"There is not a competent lawyer in the country that would have advised Sarah Everard to resist arrest by a police officer with a warrant card.\"\n\nIn his interview, Mr Allott was also critical of the Met Police's alleged failure to investigate two indecent exposure incidents linked to Couzens in February, describing it as a red flag for any force.\n\n\"A murderer typically commits seven crimes before going on to murder, that man we know committed at least two crimes,\" he said.\n\n\"The police knew, so what should have happened is that it should have been picked up straight away.\"\n\nThe police watchdog has launched an investigation into its handling of the exposure reports, and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has faced calls to resign.\n\nScotland Yard has advised people detained by a lone plain-clothes officer to ask \"searching questions\" and to speak to an operator on a police radio to determine if the officer is genuine.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Maureen McKenna has been Glasgow's director of education for 14 years\n\nWhen Maureen McKenna was six weeks into her job as Glasgow's director of education, staff at one of her schools were threatening to go out on strike.\n\nA pupil at Drumchapel High had brought a weapon in to class and she was refusing a request for him to be permanently excluded.\n\nShe recalls how she took a phone call from a union rep describing the alarm among staff.\n\nMs McKenna says she \"took a deep breath\" and told him the staff must do what they had to do.\n\nBut her role, she told him, was to get everyone together to look at the reasons why that child brought a weapon into school and then look at support for the family and the young person.\n\nShe says: \"I hung up the phone and I thought 'Oh god'.\"\n\nBut in the end, the staff didn't strike, instead teachers joined a meeting with social workers and others.\n\nIt was the first of several occasions during her 14 years in the job where Ms McKenna felt she had to push back against the status quo. Now, as she faces retirement at the end of the year, she stands by her decision on that first case.\n\n\"That young man went on and had a successful career at that school,\" she says.\n\n\"His additional support needs meant he didn't understand fully what he was doing. Would he have understood exclusion? Would sending him to a different school have changed his life? No, it would have probably made it worse.\"\n\nThere has been an 88% reduction in school exclusions in the past 10 years\n\nWhen the former maths teacher first took the top job in the city's education team in 2007, exclusions were at an all-time high and she knew she wanted to change that.\n\n\"They were just a habit,\" she says. \"Schools were excluding people again and again. I just didn't think they were reflecting enough about the context of the young person, where they had come from.\n\n\"In one of our secondary schools there were 770 exclusion incidents in one year, there are only 190 pupil days.\n\n\"It was like a revolving door - pupils are in school, an incident happens, straight out the door again.\n\n\"How were we ever going to improve outcomes and change lives? That is what education is most powerful at doing, changing people's lives, but they have to be in school.'\n\nMs McKenna's approach fitted with the work and ethos of Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), which was started just before she took up her post. It aims to treat crime as a public health issue and look at root causes of the problem.\n\nThere has been an 88% reduction in school exclusions in the past 10 years, at the same time there has been a 50% reduction in youth crime.\n\nSeveral English councils and Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, have sent representatives to learn from Ms McKenna how the approach to exclusions could be having a positive impact on reducing violence.\n\n\"We need to be supporting our young people to make better decisions, because that's really what it's all about,\" she says.\n\n\"If you are in school and you see a bit of misbehaviour, you have to make those decisions yourself about whether you get involved or not.\n\n\"If you are doing that successfully in school then you are going to be able to do that successfully in the community.\"\n\nShe adds: \"English local authorities approached us and along with the violence reduction units down south, they are building on the success of the VRU and the schools' work up here, to take what they can for the English context.\"\n\nCutting back drastically on exclusions hasn't always gone down well with teachers and families, who feel it could mean more disruption in class.\n\nMs McKenna says there has never been a policy of zero exclusions.\n\n\"There are always times when for the safety of that child, or for the safety of other children, there needs to be an exclusion,\" she says.\n\n\"Without a shadow of a doubt. It's about understanding that when a child acts out, maybe they are communicating with you, rather than deliberately being bad.\n\n\"I'm not saying children don't behave badly, or that everyone in the city is perfect, absolutely not, it's a hard shift in Glasgow and it always will be a hard shift but if we can help our children to manage themselves better, we are creating the next generation of families.\"", "Jorja died on the day she was due to have her first Covid-19 vaccination, her mother said\n\nA 15-year-old girl has died from Covid-19 on the day she was due to be vaccinated.\n\nJorja Halliday, from Portsmouth, died at the Queen Alexandra Hospital on Tuesday, four days after she received a positive PCR test result.\n\nHer mother, Tracey Halliday, 40, said the GCSE student was a \"loving girl, talented kickboxer and aspiring musician\".\n\nJorja had cancelled her vaccine appointment because she was isolating.\n\nTracey Halliday said her daughter was \"very active\" and loved spending time with her friends and family\n\nMs Halliday said her daughter's death was \"heart-wrenching\" but she praised hospital staff who did \"everything they could to save her\".\n\nShe explained that Jorja developed flu-like symptoms the weekend before she died.\n\nShe took a PCR test which was positive so she began to isolate at home on Saturday 25 September.\n\nJorja's symptoms continued to worsen and by Monday she couldn't eat because her throat hurt, at which point she was given antibiotics.\n\nMs Halliday said her daughter's condition worsened and when she was seen by a doctor they admitted her to hospital because her heart rate was \"double what it should have been\".\n\nPaying tribute to her daughter, Ms Halliday said she was a \"loving girl\" and \"beautiful young lady\"\n\nShe said: \"They realised how serious it was and I was still allowed to touch her, hold her hand, hug her and everything else. They did allow me that.\n\n\"I'm at the point where I can't comprehend that it's happened. I was with her the whole time.\"\n\nHospital staff tried to put Jorja on a ventilator so her body could recover, but Ms Halliday said her heart rate didn't stabilise and \"couldn't take the strain\".\n\nMs Halliday confirmed her daughter had no underlying health conditions.\n\nPreliminary results after she was admitted to hospital indicated Jorja had Covid myocarditis, heart inflammation caused by the virus.\n\nJorja was the eldest of five siblings and \"loved spending time with her brothers and sisters\"\n\nJorja, the eldest of five siblings, was described by her mother as a \"loving girl\" who had lots of friends.\n\nMs Halliday added: \"Growing up she turned into a beautiful young lady, always wanting to help others, always there for everybody.\n\n\"It's heart-wrenching because your kids are always meant to outlive you, and that's the one thing I can't get over.\"\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.", "Most children are expected to receive their jab in school\n\nYoung people aged 12 to 15 in Northern Ireland will be offered Covid vaccines, while all over-50s and healthcare staff will be offered booster jabs.\n\nThe changes to the vaccine programme were announced by Stormont's Department of Health, with the first boosters to be given within 10 to 15 days.\n\nPeople aged 16 to 49 with underlying health issues can also have boosters.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said it would protect young people and prolong protection for those most at risk.\n\nAn estimated 900,000 people will be eligible to receive a booster jab in Northern Ireland.\n\nCare home residents will be first on the list when the booster roll-out begins in late September, according to the head of Northern Ireland's Covid-19 vaccination programme, Patricia Donnelly.\n\nMs Donnelly also said 12 to 15-year-olds were likely to be offered their vaccines in October.\n\nThere are about 98,000 young people aged from 12 to 15 in Northern Ireland and the decision to vaccine that cohort comes after the UK's four chief medical officers recommended the step.\n\nThese young people will be offered a single dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine with parental consent sought prior to vaccination.\n\nMost school-aged children aged 12 to 15 are expected to primarily receive their Covid-19 vaccination in school.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Patricia Donnelly believes 12 to 15-year-olds will be offered jabs next month\n\nA schools-based vaccination programme is the model used for vaccinations including for human papillomavirus (HPV) and the annual flu programme.\n\nThey will be supported by GPs where necessary.\n\nConsent forms for vaccination will begin to be distributed via schools shortly, the department said.\n\nThere will be alternative provision for those who are home-schooled or in secure services.\n\nYoung people aged 12 to 15 who are part of an at-risk group will receive two doses, eight weeks apart, in line with advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).\n\n\"This move will help protect young people from catching Covid-19 and is expected to prevent disruption in schools by reducing transmission,\" the health minister said.\n\nVaccinations for children aged between 12 and 15 in the Republic of Ireland began in August.\n\nThe Covid-19 booster vaccine announcement followed advice from the JCVI.\n\nThey advised booster jabs should be offered to people who are more at-risk from serious disease and were vaccinated as priority groups during the first phase of the vaccination programme early this year.\n\nCare home residents will be the first to be offered booster vaccines\n\nThe Department of Health said this meant the booster jabs will be offered to:\n\nMr Swann said care home residents and front-line health and social care workers would be first on the list.\n\n\"By early October we expect to see GPs starting to invite their oldest patients in to receive their booster dose as they pass the six-month mark from receiving their second dose,\" he said.\n\nRegardless of which vaccine brand these patients received in the earlier stages of the programme, the JCVI has advised a \"preference\" for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the booster programme.\n\n\"This follows data from the Cov-Boost trial that indicates the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is well tolerated as a third dose and provides a strong booster response,\" the department said.\n\nIt added that a half dose of the Moderna vaccine may be offered as an alternative, and in cases where patients have certain allergies, an AstraZeneca vaccine may be considered for booster protection.\n\nAs many younger adults have only recently received their second vaccine jab, the benefits of boosters for under-50s who are at less risk from Covid-19 are to be considered at a later date.", "Environmental activists have blocked three entrances to Farnborough Airport\n\nEnvironmental activists from Extinction Rebellion have blocked entrances to a private airport in Hampshire.\n\nCampaign group members are outside three entrances to Farnborough Airport protesting against carbon dioxide levels produced by private flights.\n\nSome of the protesters have locked themselves to a stretch limousine, fuel barrels and a steel tripod.\n\nAn airport spokeswoman said authorities were monitoring the situation and the airport was still fully operational.\n\nAn Extinction Rebellion spokesman said: \"As world leaders gather for the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this month, protesters are calling on the world's super-rich elite of celebrities, oligarchs and business leaders to ditch private flights.\"\n\nProtesters have accused the airport of \"greenwashing\" after it announced a switch to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) which is created using non-recyclable household waste.\n\nGreenwashing is a term used for companies allegedly using misleading information to make products or services sound more environmentally friendly.\n\nTodd Smith, 32, activist and a former airline pilot from Reading, Berkshire, criticised Farnborough Airport's move to offer sustainable aviation fuel as an alternative.\n\nHe said: \"The term 'sustainable aviation fuel' was coined by the aviation and fossil fuel industry to deceive the public and greenwash the utterly destructive nature of biofuels.\n\n\"Biofuels result in land grabs, deforestation, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, rising food prices and land-use emissions which can be worse than the fossil fuel they are replacing.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA government spokesperson previously told the BBC: \"We share the passion of many to end our contribution to climate change and protect the planet for this generation and those to come.\"\n\nA Hampshire Constabulary spokesman confirmed officers were at the scene of the protest and no arrests had been made.\n\nThey added: \"Everyone has the right to free speech and protest.\"\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The rollout of third doses of Covid vaccines for vulnerable people with weak immune systems has gone \"badly wrong\", say charities.\n\nVaccine experts recommended on 1 September that immunosuppressed patients should be given the extra dose to give them fuller protection.\n\nBut Kidney Care UK and Blood Cancer UK say many are still waiting.\n\nNHS England says eligible patients should be offered the third doses by the end of next week.\n\nStudies have shown that people who are immunosuppressed - around 500,000 people in the UK - are unlikely to mount a strong defence against Covid-19, even after two doses of vaccine.\n\nThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advised that individuals such as those undergoing chemotherapy, HIV patients or people who have received an organ transplant, should get a third dose as soon as possible.\n\nOn 2 September, NHS England sent out guidance to doctors saying this third dose should be given at least eight weeks after the second jab, and at a time when the patient is not receiving treatment that may make the vaccine less likely to work.\n\nGPs and hospital consultants were asked to identify eligible patients and begin contacting them by 13 September.\n\nBut people have taken to social media to express their frustration at not being able to access a jab, despite the rollout of the separate booster programme for the over-50s and at-risk groups.\n\nSteve Harrison, from Lincolnshire, had a kidney transplant in December 2020 and is eligible for a third dose. He feels the most vulnerable have been forgotten.\n\nHe said: \"Arranging the third vaccine has been a nightmare. Neither my consultant nor my GP knew about it.\n\n\"I have spent days speaking to doctors, consultants, the CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group) and I am still no closer to having my vaccine booked.\n\n\"Shielding ending, restrictions lifting, the world getting back to normal and moving forwards, yet I feel like I am moving backwards.\"\n\nThe charities Kidney Care UK and Blood Cancer UK have both expressed concern at the high number of calls and emails they have received about the issue over the last few weeks.\n\nKidney Care UK has passed on the names of more than 80 GP practices to NHS England which it says were not currently assisting people with a third dose.\n\nFiona Loud, its policy director, said: \"This lack of clarity is causing a huge amount of stress, anxiety and frustration amongst thousands of kidney patients.\n\n\"This group are returning to work and public places with no specific national advice or support.\n\n\"They feel completely let down and many have told us this is the most worried and anxious they have felt throughout the entire pandemic.\"\n\nNHS England issued new guidance to hospital trusts on 30 September, with instructions that action be taken immediately to contact all those eligible for their third dose by 11 October.\n\nThese will be recorded as a \"booster\" shot until the national system can be updated to recognise third \"primary\" doses. This will ensure immunosuppressed patients can then be contacted again in six months for their booster fourth dose.\n\nAn NHS spokesperson said: \"While a decision on when to get a third jab remains a decision between a patient and their clinician who know about their ongoing care and treatment, all hospitals have been asked to identify and offer a jab to those who are eligible, by the end of next week.\n\n\"Where vaccines cannot be administered at the same site, patients and their GP will be written to shortly so they can arrange their jab at their local practice or vaccine centre.\"\n• None Covid-19- How effective is a third vaccine dose- - BBC Future", "The home secretary will promise tougher powers to tackle demonstrators blocking motorways, after a string of protests by climate activists.\n\nAt the Tory party conference this week, Priti Patel will announce plans for longer sentences and new powers for police to seize protesters' equipment.\n\nClimate group Insulate Britain has blocked the M1, M4 and M25 in protests over the last three weeks.\n\nTheir campaign has already led to hundreds of arrests.\n\nOn Sunday, the government took out a fresh injunction aimed at preventing activists obstructing traffic on motorways and main roads around London.\n\nIt is the third such court order taken out by the National Highways agency in an attempt to stop demonstrations on major roads in south-east England.\n\nAnyone breaking the injunction faces imprisonment or an unlimited fine. However, previous injunctions have failed to stop the protests.\n\nMs Patel said the government would not \"tolerate guerrilla tactics that obstruct people going about their day-to-day business\".\n\nBoris Johnson told the Mail on Sunday that although the right to protest was \"sacrosanct\", there is \"no right to inflict chaos and misery on people trying to go about their lives\".\n\n\"This government will always stand on the side of the law-abiding majority, and ensure the toughest penalties possible for criminals who deliberately bring major roads to a standstill.\n\n\"We will give the police the powers they need to stop their reckless and selfish behaviour.\"\n\nInsulate Britain's protests have included occupying roundabouts on the M25\n\nHome Office sources said the government would seek to introduce the new powers by amending the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.\n\nThe wide-ranging legislation, which already includes new police powers over protests, is making its way through Parliament.\n\nMinisters want to make obstructing a highway punishable by an unlimited fine, six months imprisonment, or both. It currently carries a maximum fine of £1,000.\n\nThey also want to hand the police new powers to stop and search protesters suspected of carrying so-called \"lock-on\" equipment - such as glue or bike locks - used to secure themselves to protest sites.\n\nThis would add to existing police powers to stop and search individuals for offensive weapons and items intended for committing theft, burglary or damage to property.\n\nInsulate Britain's campaign, which has been going for more than three weeks, has seen more than 300 arrests.\n\nThe group, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, has previously vowed to continue campaigning despite arrests and injunctions.\n\nIn an open latter to Ms Patel last week it said: \"You can throw as many injunctions at us as you like, but we are going nowhere.\"\n\nThe campaigners want the government to insulate all homes across the UK by 2030 to help cut carbon emissions.\n\nThe government said it was investing £1.3bn to support people to install energy efficiency measures.", "Petrol prices have hit an eight-year high, the RAC has said, due to a rise in the cost of wholesale fuel.\n\nThe pump price spike also comes amid the current fuel supply problems and reports of profiteering at some petrol stations.\n\nThis is adding up to a \"pretty bleak picture for drivers\", the RAC said.\n\nThe government has put the army on standby to help ease fuel supply problems caused by a shortage of lorry drivers to make deliveries.\n\nThe RAC said that the average price of a litre of petrol across the UK increased from 135.87p on Friday to 136.59p on Sunday, the highest level since September 2013.\n\nThe motoring organisation warned that prices could rise further as retailers pass on the cost of rising wholesale prices.\n\nThe wholesale price of petrol rose from 123.25p on Monday last week to 125.22p just four days later.\n\nOil prices slumped at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but demand has been rising in recent months as economies around the world have started to reopen.\n\nGlobal oil supplies have also taken a hit from hurricanes Ida and Nicholas passing through the Gulf of Mexico and damaging US oil infrastructure.\n\nThe price of Brent crude oil rose above $80 a barrel on Tuesday for the first time since October 2018.\n\nRAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: \"When it comes to pump prices, it's a pretty bleak picture for drivers.\n\n\"With the cost of oil rising and now near a three-year high, wholesale prices are being forced up which means retailers are paying more than they were just a few days ago for the same amount of fuel.\n\n\"This has led to the price of a litre of unleaded already going up by a penny since Friday.\n\n\"We might yet see higher forecourt prices in the coming days, irrespective of the current supply problems.\n\n\"We are also aware of a small number of retailers taking advantage of the current delivery situation by hiking prices, so we'd remind drivers to always compare the price they're being asked to pay with the current UK averages which are 136.69p for petrol and 138.58p for diesel.\"\n\nThere is a national shortage of lorry drivers, which haulage firms have blamed on factors including Covid and Brexit.\n\nThe lack of drivers has been affecting businesses from food firms to petrol stations.\n\nDemand for fuel has been such that between 50% and 90% of pumps were dry in some areas of Britain, according the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA).\n\nThe industry group represents independent fuel retailers who account for 65% of all the 8,380 UK forecourts.\n\nThere have been claims on social media that some petrol stations are taking advantage of the surge in demand to inflate prices.\n\nTwitter user Trevor Lakin said that Shell was \"marking prices up and profiteering\" after charging 148.9p a litre at a petrol station.\n\nA Shell spokeswoman said that about half of Shell's UK network is owned by independent dealers who set their own prices.\n\n\"We are only able to control prices at the sites we own,\" she said, adding that \"Shell is prevented by law from telling dealer groups what to charge their customers for fuel.\"\n\nHoward Cox, founder of campaign group FairFuelUK, said price rises of between 5p and 10p per litre have become \"the norm in the last few days\".\n\nHave you noticed any price rises when refuelling recently? Get in touch to share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Drivers encountered lengthy queues at many forecourts on Saturday\n\nBoris Johnson should recall Parliament to pass new laws to sort out fuel and food shortages, says Labour's leader.\n\nSir Keir Starmer says \"emergency action\" is needed to speed up visas for 5,000 extra HGV drivers.\n\nThe prime minister - who will be in Manchester next week at the Tory conference - said the UK supply chain was \"very resilient\".\n\nAnd he accused the haulage industry of being too reliant on low-paid migrant workers.\n\nThere have been long queues at petrol stations this week after a shortage of drivers disrupted fuel deliveries.\n\nMinisters have announced a temporary visa scheme for three months until Christmas Eve to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.\n\nAsked in a BBC interview about the shortages, the prime minister said: \"This Christmas will be considerably more festive than last year.\"\n\nHe said the UK had \"very resilient supply chains\" and that he would not allow the UK to repeat the \"failures\" of the past, by allowing mass immigration to create a \"low-wage, low-skill economy\" for British workers.\n\nHe accused campaign groups representing the food sector of wanting go back to a system of \"unskilled, mass immigration\" that people \"had voted against\".\n\n\"The solution is to make sure these jobs are properly paid, that we attract people into them and that we invest in automation, facilities and plant because this country has lagged behind competitors for over a decade.\"\n\nDowning Street has been approached for a comment on calls for Parliament to be brought back from party conference recess to tackle the crisis.\n\nSir Keir told BBC News MPs should sit for \"one day, maybe next week\" to approve temporary visas for foreign lorry drivers.\n\nThe Labour leader said the prime minister was \"burying his head in the sand\"\n\nSpeaking outside a petrol station in north London, he said \"at this garage there's no fuel and it's typical of garages across the country.\"\n\n\"The government has said we need visas. There's no sign of any visas.\"\n\nHe accused Mr Johnson of \"burying his head in the sand\" over the crisis, adding that Labour would vote for whatever legislation is needed.\n\nThe Lib Dems are also urging a recall, with the party's business spokesperson Sarah Olney saying the country can not \"wait any longer for Boris Johnson to realise there is a problem to solve\".\n\n\"Care workers can't get to their patients, schools buses are being cancelled, and millions of drivers are left stranded in endless queues.\n\n\"Enough is enough. If the government can't do their job, then MPs should be able to do it for them.\"\n\nThe SNP did not rule out backing a recall. The party's Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, said: \"At the very least we there should be cross-party discussions this weekend.\n\n\"We're certainly in the teeth of a crisis and we would welcome an early opportunity to debate it.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Halle has been told Great Ormond Street Hospital would be best placed to treat her\n\nA family say they have \"lost faith in the NHS\" as their 14-year-old daughter waits for life-changing treatment for her jaw.\n\nHalle, 14, is being fed through a tube and in constant pain as her jaw repeatedly dislocates.\n\nThe teenager, from near Cardiff, said she felt she was \"just living\" since the feeding tube was fitted in August.\n\nCardiff and Vale University Health Board said it was committed to providing treatment for Halle.\n\nHalle's mother Clare said she had been to A&E at least 15 times in the last six months.\n\n\"Halle's jaw can dislocate at any time - she could wake up with a dislocation or it could be when she's eating,\" said her mother.\n\n\"We would get to the hospital and then she'd have to have gas and air. I'd have to say to her: 'Five more breaths Halle and then they need to put it back in.'\n\n\"You could see the anxiety in her face, she was absolutely petrified.\"\n\nHalle, 14, is now being fed through a tube while she waits for surgery to fix her jaw\n\nThe teenager began having problems with her jaw in 2018 but the condition became significantly worse in March this year.\n\nHalle has not been formally diagnosed with a condition but doctors have said they think it might be hypermobility of the jaw.\n\nJoint hypermobility syndrome is when people, usually children and young people, have very flexible joints and causes them pain, according to the NHS.\n\nBy the end of July, Halle had to be admitted to hospital as she was not eating or drinking properly because she was worried her jaw might dislocate.\n\nHalle's mother Clare said she was determined to get her daughter the treatment she needs\n\n\"At the time, she was so weak and frail. The child is 14 years of age, she doesn't need her personal care met by me, but I had to shower her in the hospital because she was so frail,\" said Halle's mother.\n\n\"I just kept on saying to Halle: 'I promise you, I will get this sorted'. And that's why I am so determined to get her the treatment she needs.\"\n\nIn July, doctors at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, fitted bands to her back teeth to hold her jaw together, but those teeth are now coming loose.\n\nShe has also been seen by doctors in Birmingham and at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.\n\nShe has had some botox treatment in Birmingham, the only treatment available there because she is under 16, but that has not helped.\n\nHalle, who has just started her GCSES, has still been going to school when she can, but said it was hard.\n\n\"I don't want people to look at me like this sad frail person\" she said.\n\n\"I want to be known as strong and fun, but when I get home I am not that person.\n\n\"I go to school - I have migraines all day. I have chronic pain all day.\"\n\nThe family have been told that Great Ormond Street in London would be the best place for Halle, but say the local health board will not give them a new NHS referral because doctors said she could be treated in Birmingham.\n\n\"Seeing Halle and the change in her is horrific enough in itself,\" said her mother.\n\n\"Let alone the stress added to that about the battle I am having with the NHS. I just feel that we have lost all faith in the NHS.\"\n\nThe family are now trying to raise funds to have Halle treated privately\n\nThe family said they were now at the point of giving up, and faced a bill of £10,000 for private treatment.\n\nThey are trying to raise money for that treatment through a GoFundMe appeal online.\n\nAn official for Cardiff and Vale health board said: \"The health board is committed to providing any treatment for Halle locally where possible and in other specialist centres as needed.\n\n\"To that effect we have been liaising with colleagues in Birmingham and Great Ormond Street Hospital.\n\n\"It is appreciated how difficult and distressing this situation is for Halle and her parents and we will continue to work with them to support any care which is deemed clinically necessary.\"", "The protests come a year ahead of the country's elections\n\nThousands of people have taken to the streets in towns and cities across Brazil to protest against the country's president Jair Bolsonaro.\n\nThe protests were organised by opposition parties and trade unions and fall exactly one year ahead of the country's elections.\n\nMr Bolsonaro is currently falling behind in opinion polls.\n\nMany Brazilians are upset at the president's handling of the pandemic - more than 600,000 people have died.\n\nDemonstrations took place in more than 160 towns and cities on Saturday.\n\n\"This president who is there represents everything that is backward in the world - there is hunger, poverty, corruption and we are here to defend democracy,\" protester Valdo Oliveira told AFP news agency.\n\nProtests were held in over 160 cities and towns\n\nThere have been more than 100 requests filed with the Chamber of Deputies to impeach Mr Bolsonaro. However, its leader has refused to follow up on them.\n\nSaturday's protests come after a number of rallies in support of Mr Bolsonaro last month. They were seen as an attempt to demonstrate that he can still draw huge crowds of supporters after recent polls had him trailing his left-wing rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by nine percentage points.\n\nThe elections are not due to be held until next October but Mr Bolsonaro's approval ratings have dropped to an all-time low.\n\nA poll by the Atlas Institute suggested that 61% of Brazilians described his government's performance as bad or very bad, up from 23% when he first took office in January 2019.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Demonstrators march to US Supreme Court building in support of abortion rights\n\nTens of thousands of people have marched at rallies across all 50 US states in support of abortion rights.\n\nThey have been galvanised in opposition to a new Texas law that severely limits access to abortions in the state.\n\nPro-choice supporters across the country fear that constitutional rights may be rolled back.\n\nIn the coming months, the Supreme Court is set to hear a case that could overturn Roe v Wade - the 1973 decision that legalised abortion nationwide.\n\nIn Washington DC, demonstrators marched to the Supreme Court building, holding signs such as \"Make abortion legal\".\n\nProtests were held from here in Los Angeles, on the west coast, to Washington DC, on the east coast\n\nThe start of the rally was disrupted by some two dozen counter-demonstrators.\n\n\"The blood of innocent babies is on your hands!\" shouted one man, but he was drowned out by the singing and clapping of the crowd, the Washington Post newspaper reported.\n\nOne woman who attended a march said she was there to support a woman's right to choose.\n\n\"While I've never been faced with that choice fortunately, there are many women who have and our government and men have no say in the outcome when it comes to our bodies,\" Robin Horn told Reuters news agency.\n\nThe rallies were organised by those behind the annual Women's March\n\nThe rallies were organised by those behind the annual Women's March - the first of which drew millions of people to protest a day after the inauguration of former President Donald Trump in 2017.\n\n\"This is kind of a break-glass moment for folks all across the country,\" said Rachel O'Leary Carmona, the executive director of Women's March.\n\n\"Many of us grew up with the idea that abortion would be legal and accessible for all of us,\" she added. \"Seeing that at very real risk has been a moment of awakening.\"\n\nMany women turned out at the protest in Texas, weeks after abortion was all but declared unlawful\n\nIn New York state, Governor Kathy Hochul spoke at two rallies.\n\n\"I'm sick and tired of having to fight over abortion rights,\" she said. \"It's settled law in the nation and you are not taking that right away from us, not now not ever\".\n\nAnother of the rallies was in Austin, Texas, where the state's legislature on 1 September enacted a law banning terminations after the detection of what anti-abortion campaigners call a foetal heartbeat - a point when many women do not know they are pregnant.\n\nThe so-called Heartbeat Act also gives any individual the right to sue doctors who perform an abortion past the six-week point. Supporters say its aim is to protect the unborn.\n\nPoliticians in several other Republican-dominated states are considering similar restrictions.\n\nRights groups asked the Supreme Court to block the Texas law, but the justices ruled 5-4 against granting this.\n\nOn 1 December the court is set to hear a challenge to Mississippi's 15-week ban on abortion.\n\nThe verdict could upend the court's 1973 landmark Roe v Wade ruling, which protects a woman's right to an abortion until viability - the point at which a foetus is able to live outside the womb, generally at the start of the third trimester, 28 weeks into a pregnancy.", "Temporary visas are to be issued to 300 overseas fuel drivers \"immediately\", the government has announced.\n\nUnder the bespoke scheme, those foreign drivers will be able to work in the UK from now until the end of March.\n\nAdditionally, some 4,700 visas intended for foreign food haulage drivers will be extended by two months, lasting from late October to the end of February.\n\nBut the government said temporary visas were not a long-term solution and urged firms to invest in a UK workforce.\n\nMinisters have also extended the length of temporary visas being issued to 5,500 foreign poultry workers, amid fears of a shortage of Christmas turkeys on supermarket shelves.\n\nPreviously, the government said these temporary visas would last until Christmas Eve, but the visas have been extended by a week, and will now be valid until 31 December.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to recall Parliament from party conference recess, saying \"emergency action\" was needed.\n\nBut Mr Johnson said the UK supply chain remained \"very resilient\".\n\nThe temporary visa scheme for 5,000 foreign lorry drivers was originally announced a week ago when the ongoing driver shortage first began disrupting fuel deliveries to petrol stations around the UK.\n\nOn Friday, the Petrol Retailers Association said fuel supply remained a \"big problem\" in south-east England - and \"if anything it had got worse\".\n\nFrom Monday, 200 military servicemen and women, 100 of them drivers, will provide \"temporary\" support to ease pressure on forecourts, where queues are becoming commonplace and customers frustrated.\n\nSome of those 200 will be seen on the roads this weekend. Having completed specialised training over the past three days, many will be accompanying regular tanker drivers on their deliveries.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said there was \"enough fuel in the country, there always has been\" but it had been a challenge to provide the number of drivers required.\n\nTrade association Logistics UK estimates that the UK is in need of about 90,000 HGV drivers - with existing shortages made worse by a number of factors, including the pandemic, Brexit, an ageing workforce, and low wages and poor working conditions.\n\nThe foreign drivers eligible for visas will not be limited to the EU, but the expectation is most of the drivers will be from Europe.\n\nLorry drivers have said some of the conditions they face in the job were putting off younger recruits - the average age of a HGV driver in the UK is 55.\n\nBut the PM has accused the haulage industry - as well as campaign groups representing the food sector - of being too reliant on low-paid migrant workers.\n\nIn addition to offering temporary visas, the government last week announced a number of other measures aimed at limiting disruption in the run-up to Christmas and beyond.\n\nThese include increasing HGV (heavy goods vehicle) testing capacity, sending nearly one million letters to drivers who hold an HGV licence to encourage them back into the industry, and offering training courses for HGV drivers.\n\nA survey from earlier this year suggests a number of reasons for the driver shortage", "Young protesters in Milan argue that ministers aren't doing enough\n\nRich countries' plans to curb carbon are \"smoke and mirrors\" and must be urgently improved, say poorer nations.\n\nMinisters meeting here in Milan at the final UN session before the Glasgow COP26 climate conference heard that some progress was being made.\n\nBut officials from developing countries demanded tougher targets for cutting carbon emissions and more cash to combat climate change.\n\nOne minister condemned \"selfishness or lack of good faith\" in the rich world.\n\nUS special envoy John Kerry said all major economies \"must stretch\" to do the maximum they can.\n\nAround 50 ministers from a range of countries met here to try to overcome some significant hurdles before world leaders gather in Glasgow in November.\n\nBut for extremely vulnerable countries to a changing climate the priority is more ambitious carbon reductions from the rich, to preserve the 1.5C temperature target set by the 2015 Paris agreement.\n\nScientists have warned that allowing the world temperatures to rise more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels is highly dangerous.\n\nAn assessment of the promises made so far to cut carbon suggests that the world is on track for around 2.7C.\n\nMinisters from developing countries say this is just not acceptable - they are already experiencing significant impacts on their economies with warming currently just over 1C.\n\nUS special envoy John Kerry called on all richer countries to step up\n\n\"We're already on hellish ground at 1.1C,\" said Simon Steill, Grenada's environment minister who argues that the plans in place just weren't good enough to prevent disaster for his island state.\n\n\"We're talking about lives, we're talking about livelihoods, they cannot apply smoke and mirrors to that.\"\n\n\"Every action that is taken, every decision that is taken, has to be aligned with 1.5C, we have no choice.\"\n\nSome delegates felt that richer countries aren't sufficiently engaged on the issue of 1.5C, because they are wealthy enough to adapt to the changes.\n\n\"They don't care about 1.5C because if there's sea level rise, they have the means to build sea walls, and they are just remaining there in their high walls of comfort,\" said Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, from the Democratic Republic of Congo.\n\n\"Some countries are willing to do things but they don't have the means, some have the means but are not willing to do things. Now how do we find the right choreography?\"\n\nOn this question of choreography, ministers were in agreement that the G20 group of countries should be leading the dance.\n\nAlok Sharma is the UK minister in charge of COP26\n\nMr Kerry called on India and China, who are part of the G20, to put new carbon plans on the table before leaders gather in Glasgow.\n\n\"All G20 countries, all large economies, all need to try to stretch to do more,\" he told the gathering.\n\n\"I'm not singling out one nation over another. But I am encouraging all of us to try to do the maximum we can.\"\n\nThe mood on the street in Milan could not have contrasted more sharply with the formal, political roundtable discussions inside the PreCOP26 conference.\n\nOn Friday, students and activists marched to the doors of the conference venue - banners waving and arms linked in a human wall to protect Greta Thunberg, who led the procession. There were cheers of: \"We are unstoppable, another world is possible\". And just one day after sharing the stage with world leaders, and after meeting the Italian prime minister, 18-year-old Greta told a cheering crowd: \"We are sick of their blah blah blah and sick of their lies.\"\n\nMeanwhile, behind the concrete walls of the conference hall on Saturday, ministers were cautiously optimistic that their discussions had laid crucial foundations for the UN climate meeting in November. As he brought the meeting to a close, Alok Sharma, president for the much-anticipated COP26 in Glasgow, assured me that there was now a tangible \"sense of urgency\".\n\n\"It's this set of world leaders that are deciding the future,\" he said. \"We're going to respond to what we've heard here from young people.\"\n\nOne of the biggest remaining hurdles to progress remains the question of finance. The richer world promised to pay developing nations $100bn a year from 2020.\n\nThat figure hasn't yet been met and while ministers here were confident it would be achieved in Glasgow, the failure to land the money is eroding trust.\n\n\"Everything we need to do, we know what that is, and now it's just a question of who's going to be paying for it, who is going to be willing to share their technology,\" said Tosi Mpanu Mpanu.\n\n\"And that's where the problem is. So there seems to be at times selfishness or lack of good faith.\"\n\nDespite these reservations, the UK minister tasked with delivering success in Glasgow was in positive mood after the meeting in Milan.\n\n\"I think we go forward to Glasgow with a spirit of co-operation,\" said Alok Sharma.\n\n\"I do not want to underestimate the amount of work that is required but I think there is a renewed urgency in our discussions.\"\n\nHowever there are significant hurdles to clear before leaders arrive in Glasgow and technical questions about carbon markets and transparency are still unresolved.\n\n\"We need to change. And we need to change radically, we need to change fast,\" said EU vice-president Frans Timmermans. \"And that's going to be bloody hard.\"", "Two of Scotland's health boards have reinstated drop-in vaccination clinics, a day after saying they were being phased out.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lanarkshire were criticised on Friday after saying they planned to focus on scheduled appointments.\n\nBoth have now said drop-in vaccinations are available again, with Glasgow's health board citing public demand.\n\nOpposition politicians said the lack of drop in clinics was \"unbelievable\".\n\nOn Friday - the day the Scottish government's vaccine passport scheme was launched partly to encourage vaccine take-up - there was no vaccination \"on-demand\" available in the whole of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) which covers 1.2 million people.\n\nNHS Lanarkshire, which covers 655,000 people, also announced there would be no drop-in vaccination from 1 October because its focus was now on booster jabs and flu vaccinations.\n\nHowever, on Saturday NHSGGC announced: \"In response to demand from the public, we are now running drop-in vaccination clinics for first and second doses this weekend.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde\n\nNHS Lanarkshire said seven centres would be offering drop-in vaccination, though it warned people that they were expected to be busy.\n\nScottish Labour's deputy leader Jackie Baillie had earlier called the halting of drop-in clinics \"extraordinary and dangerous\".\n\n\"It is down to this SNP government to stop going at a snail's pace and take action to ensure that health boards continue to provide vaccination clinics, particularly as the NHS is already in crisis before we even get to the pressure created by winter,\" she said.\n\nScottish Conservative health spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane MSP said: \"This is unbelievable. This flies in the face of the SNP saying their vaccine passport scheme would encourage uptake among younger groups.\"\n\nThe Scottish government said the vaccination programme was a \"remarkable achievement\" with 92% of people aged 18 and over having now had their first dose, and 86% of adults fully vaccinated.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Having made such progress it now makes sense to look at how we reach those who may have been hesitant and those in the younger age groups that have now become eligible.\"\n\nDrop-in clinics were also being delivered in and around universities and college campuses, the spokesperson added.", "A crocodile leapt out of the water at a wildlife park in Darwin and sank its teeth into a low flying drone.\n\nThe Australian Broadcasting Corporation caught the moment the reptile snapped.", "BBC News NI understands that both patients and staff at the Ulster Hospital have been affected by the outbreaks\n\nTwo wards have been closed at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald, on the outskirts of east Belfast, due to outbreaks of Covid 19.\n\nOne of the wards provides care specifically for elderly patients.\n\nBBC News NI understands that both patients and staff are affected.\n\nIn a statement, a spokesperson for the South Eastern Health Trust confirmed that both wards were closed during the past two weeks.\n\nOver the past month, 96 patients tested positive for the virus on admission to the hospital and 16 others tested positive during their stay.\n\nAccording to the trust, it is their policy to admit Covid-positive patients to side rooms or bays, which are designated for patients with the virus.\n\nHowever, the trust also confirmed that at times non-Covid patients are admitted to these wards due to their clinical condition, such as when requiring respiratory treatment", "People stopped by a lone plain-clothes officer should challenge their legitimacy, the Met Police has said.\n\nThe force is seeking to reassure women after the murder of Sarah Everard by serving police officer, Wayne Couzens.\n\nThe Met has advised people detained by a lone plain-clothes officer to ask questions like \"Where are your colleagues?\" and \"Where have you come from?\"\n\nBut some women say this shifts the onus back on to them.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Queen spoke about her affection for Scotland and the challenges of Covid\n\nThe Queen has spoken of her \"deep and abiding affection\" for Scotland as she officially opened the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood.\n\nHer Majesty was joined at the ceremony by Prince Charles and Camilla, The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay.\n\nIt was the first time she had attended the ceremony without Prince Philip, who died this year aged 99.\n\nAs at the last opening in 2016, The Queen was greeted by Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon.\n\nAfterwards she met people nominated as \"local heroes\" for their work in the community during the Covid pandemic.\n\nAt the start of the ceremony, Her Majesty addressed MSPs gathered in the debating chamber.\n\nShe congratulated the parliament for being able to mark the new session safely in a \"very trying period\", and noted that it had been at the heart of Scotland's response to the pandemic.\n\n\"As we all step out from adverse and uncertain times, occasions such as this today provide an opportunity for hope and optimism,\" Her Majesty said.\n\n\"Marking this new session does indeed bring a sense of beginning and renewal.\"\n\nShe urged MSPs to work together despite their differences of opinion.\n\nCelebrating people who have made an \"extraordinary contribution\" during the pandemic, The Queen noted the \"countless examples of resilience and goodwill\" that have made a difference to others.\n\nShe told the chamber: \"I have spoken before of my deep and abiding affection for this wonderful country and of the many happy memories Prince Philip and I always held of our time here.\n\n\"It is often said that it is the people that make a place and there are few places where this is truer than it is in Scotland, as we have seen in recent times.\"\n\nThe monarch, who has been on her annual break at Balmoral Castle, will return to Scotland next month for COP26, when the \"eyes of the world\" will be on Glasgow.\n\nThe Scottish Parliament has a key role to \"help create a better, healthier future for us all and engage with the people they represent, especially our young people\", The Queen added.\n\nThe Queen was greeted at the Scottish Parliament by Edinburgh Lord Provost Frank Ross\n\nMs Sturgeon and the Scottish Parliament's presiding officer Alison Johnstone both reflected on the new diverse nature of the new parliament.\n\n\"I'm heartened that this parliament is the most diverse that we have ever returned,\" Ms Johnstone said in her opening remarks, noting the first women of colour elected to the chamber.\n\n\"I wish it hadn't taken so long,\" she added.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the chamber better reflected Scotland as a nation \"proud to call itself simply home for everyone who chooses to live here\".\n\nShe said all parties had more to do but there were more women, people of colour and people with disabilities in the Parliament than ever before.\n\nResponding to the Queen's speech, the First Minister offered the parliament's \"deep sympathy and shared sorrow at your loss\" and thanked her for being a \"steadfast friend of our parliament since its establishment in 1999\".\n\nMs Sturgeon continued: \"As we battle through the storm of a global pandemic, hope and the hankering for change is perhaps felt more strongly by more people than at any time in our recent history.\n\n\"That gives this Parliament a momentous responsibility and a historic opportunity.\n\n\"Covid has been the biggest crisis to confront the world since the Second World War - it has caused pain and heartbreak, it has exposed and exacerbated the inequalities within our society.\n\n\"But it has also revealed humankind's boundless capacity for inventiveness, solidarity and love.\n\n\"And for those of us in public service, it has reminded us that with collective political will, changes that we might previously have thought impossible or just too difficult can indeed be achieved.\n\n\"In the months ahead, we must take the same urgency and resolve with which we have confronted this pandemic and apply it to the hard work of recovery and renewal, to the task of building a fairer and greener future for this and the generations who come after us.\"\n\nDue to ongoing Covid restrictions, only invited guests were able to attend.\n\nThey watched a recorded programme of music and entertainment which organisers said reflected \"the rich diversity of Scotland's communities\".\n\nThe newly-appointed Makar, or national poet, Kathleen Jamie recited a poem specially written for the event.\n\nThe Royal Conservatoire Brass performed Fanfare for the Opening of Parliament 2021 from Glasgow Cathedral.\n\nMichael Biggins, BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2021, also performed Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns from the BBC Pacific Quay building in Glasgow.\n\nScottish Parliament clerk Rea Cris carried the mace ahead of The Queen as she entered the debating chamber.\n\nMs Cris said: \"It is an honour for me to take on this role within the parliament.\n\n\"The mace is part of the parliament's history and tradition, but the principles engraved on the mace continue to inspire our work today. Compassion is one that inspires me the most.\"", "Johnny Anderson's double-bellied mortar tanker was followed to a building site by people looking for petrol\n\nA tanker driver has told how he was tailed by about 20 drivers who were dismayed to discover he was not transporting petrol.\n\nJohnny Anderson, who drives for Weaver Haulage, was transporting dry mortar mix from Bilston, Wolverhampton, to a building site in Northamptonshire.\n\nWhen he reached his destination, he saw a line of traffic backed up behind him.\n\n\"The man at the front... actually said 'You could have stopped and told us you weren't a petrol tanker,\" he said.\n\nThe incident came as lengthy queues formed at forecourts amid petrol and diesel supply problems.\n\nMr Anderson, from Harworth, Nottinghamshire, said he was delivering to the David Wilson Homes development at Overstone on Thursday.\n\nHe was on the A43 when he first realised he was being followed.\n\n\"I didn't notice initially but then on the dual carriageway, I noticed nobody was overtaking me and saw a string of about 20 cars behind me,\" he said.\n\n\"When I eventually turned left into a road that would take me to the site entrance, all these cars turned left with me.\"\n\nJohnny Anderson said he went \"full McEnroe\" on one of the drivers who tailed him\n\nThree-quarters of a mile later, when he stopped at the site entrance, he heard car horns honking, he said.\n\nThinking something had fallen off his vehicle, he got out and saw the queue of vehicles.\n\n\"The man at the front wound down his window and asked me which petrol station I was going to,\" he said.\n\n\"When I said I wasn't, he asked me 'Why not?' and when I said I wasn't carrying petrol, he actually said 'You could have stopped and told us you weren't a petrol tanker'.\n\n\"I couldn't believe it... I just went full McEnroe and said 'You cannot be serious!'\n\n\"Then the bloke behind asked me where the nearest petrol station was. It just beggars belief.\"\n\nMr Anderson, who has been driving double-bellied tankers for about six years, said while it was \"quite funny\", there was also a serious side.\n\n\"My cargo isn't dangerous but, if they are following a petrol tanker, their training is to call the police if they think they're being followed,\" he said.\n\n\"People need to stop and think... driving a tanker, no matter what the product, is quite a pressurised job, so following them puts extra pressure on drivers already under pressure without having to worry about absolute morons.\"\n\nMr Anderson, who works for Ashbourne-based Weaver Haulage, has driven \"belly tankers\" for about six years\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Kathleen Jamie has been appointed for a three-year term\n\nPoet and essayist Kathleen Jamie has been appointed as Scotland's next Makar.\n\nThe 59-year-old is the fourth person to take on the role of national poet, following on from Jackie Kay.\n\nThe Scots Makar position was established in 2004 by the Scottish Parliament with Edwin Morgan the first poet to receive the honour.\n\nMs Jamie was brought up in Midlothian and began writing poetry as a teenager, publishing her first booklet aged 20.\n\nShe was appointed for a three-year term rather than five years like the last two appointments.\n\nThe expert panel who selected the poet said they had reduced the term because of the time demands of the role and to help encourage \"greater diversity, variety and interest\" in the post in the future.\n\nNicola Sturgeon formally welcomed Ms Jamie to the role at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh.\n\nThe first minister said she was \"delighted\" to confirm the writer as Scotland's national poet.\n\n\"Poetry is integral to Scotland's culture and history. The Makar has a central role in celebrating that legacy, and preserving its future by encouraging the next generation of young writers to leave their mark,\" she said.\n\n\"Kathleen is a highly accomplished poet who is known for her works in English and Scots, and the meaningful connections her writing draws between our lives and the landscape around us.\n\n\"I have no doubt she will continue to build on the exceptional work of her predecessors to promote Scottish poetry both here and abroad.\"\n\nMs Jamie has published three books of essays around nature, travel and culture called Findings, Sightlines and Surfacing.\n\nHer poems have appeared on the Underground systems of London, New York and Shanghai, and another was carved on a huge wooden beam on the national monument at Bannockburn.\n\nMs Jamie said: \"I am honoured and delighted to be appointed as Scotland's new Makar.\n\n\"The post confirms a weel-kent truth: that poetry abides at the heart of Scottish culture, in all our languages, old and new. It's mysterious, undefinable and bold. It runs deep and sparkles at once.\"\n\n\"Liz Lochhead, Jackie Kay and the late Edwin Morgan have held this post before me, a trio of major poets. If I can achieve half of their outreach, humour and wisdom, not to mention their wonderful verse, I'll be doing well.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People who are immunocompromised have begun receiving third doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nIt marks the start of the \"booster\" programme, with older people to be offered third vaccination doses from next week.\n\nThese will be offered to everyone over 80, and people over 65 in residential settings.\n\nThe Health Service Executive (HSE) said there was a \"very good supply\" of vaccines in Ireland.\n\nProfessor Martin Cormican, who is HSE lead for infection control, said the additional dose for the immunocompromised will include anyone over the age of 12, but in the first instance it will be offered to those aged 16 and over.\n\n\"There will be a little delay for those between the ages 12 and 15,\" he told Irish broadcaster RTÉ.\n\nProf Cormican said this was because this group of people were vaccinated later and there is a need to wait two months.\n\n\"That is where you get the most benefit if you allow the interval of two months to go by,\" he added.\n\nProf Cormican the HSE would contact anyone eligible for a booster dose.\n\nIt is expected to take five to six weeks to administer third doses to all those who need one.", "BBC News NI outlines the latest data on coronavirus and Covid-19 vaccinations across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nOne more coronavirus-related death has been reported in Northern Ireland on Saturday.\n\nDeaths are measured by recording those who died within 28 days of receiving a positive result in a test for coronavirus.\n\nThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland since the start of the pandemic is 2,565.\n\nAnother 992 cases of coronavirus were reported on Saturday, down from 1,039 on Friday.\n\nThat includes cases confirmed from samples taken in recent days, not necessarily just in the latest 24-hour reporting period.\n\nA total of 240,331 cases of the virus have been confirmed in Northern Ireland since the pandemic began.\n\nThe Department of Health's Covid-19 dashboard is not updated at the weekend.\n\nThe most recent figures from Friday showed there were 342 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals in Northern Ireland.\n\nThere was 33 Covid-19 patients being treated in hospital intensive care units on Friday, up from 29 on Thursday.\n\nA total of 2,528,747 vaccines have been administered in Northern Ireland.\n\nAnother 1,586 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the Republic of Ireland on Saturday, up from 1,059 on Friday.\n\nThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland since the start of the pandemic is 5,249.\n\nThat figure, which is subject to revision, is updated weekly and includes \"probable and possible\" Covid-19-linked deaths.\n\nThere are 298 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals, down from 308 on Friday.\n\nThere are 56 patients with Covid-19 in intensive care units, down from 59 on Friday.\n\nA total of 7,218,801 Covid-19 vaccines had been administered in the Republic of Ireland as of Thursday.\n\nOf those, 3,536,134 were first doses and 3,446,993 were second doses. Some 235,674 were single doses.", "Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool manager says vaccine is 'not a limit on freedom' Last updated on .From the section Liverpool\n\nJurgen Klopp says 99% of Liverpool players are vaccinated Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he does not understand why some people refuse the coronavirus vaccine. There have been concerns about the rate of vaccination in the Premier League with fewer than half of players jabbed at most clubs. Klopp says \"99%\" of his players have been vaccinated. Meanwhile Health Secretary Sajid Javid said it is \"disappointing\" at least five members of the England squad are reportedly refusing to be vaccinated. His comments came after The Sun reported five players have not had the jab despite organisers of next year's Qatar World Cup planning to ban all unvaccinated players. \"I would just appeal to these people, whether they are footballers, whoever it is... that the vaccines are working. Help protect yourself and protect those around you,\" Javid told Times Radio. \"They've made a conscious choice. It is disappointing, of course it is. \"They are role models in society. People, especially young people, I think will look up to them and they should recognise that and the difference that can make in terms of encouraging others.\" Klopp said he has not had to convince any players to be vaccinated. The German says he was jabbed to protect not just himself but \"all the people around me\". \"I don't understand why that is a limitation of freedom,\" he said. \"Because if it is, then not being allowed to drink and drive is a limitation of freedom as well - but we accept that. \"I got the vaccination because I was concerned about myself but even more so for everyone else around me. \"If I get it and suffer - my fault. If I get it and spread it around to everyone else - my fault and not their fault.\" This week it was revealed the Premier League is considering whether to \"reward\" clubs whose coronavirus vaccination rates are high. In an email to top-flight clubs last week, the Premier League said: \"Only seven clubs' squads are more than 50% fully vaccinated, so we have a way to go.\" On Friday, it was announced that Premier League players will be allowed to travel to red-list nations to represent their countries in this month's World Cup qualifiers - but only if they are fully vaccinated. \"I think we can say we have 99% vaccinated,\" added Klopp. \"I didn't have to convince the players, it was more a natural decision from the team. \"I can't remember really talking to a player and convincing him why he should because I'm not a doctor. \"What I would give, like in a lot of other situations, would be my advice - but it was not necessary.\" As of 2 October, almost 49 million people in the UK had received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, while almost 45 million had received a second - an uptake of 89.9% and 82.5% of over-16s respectively. However, some people choose not to be vaccinated citing a number of factors, including their lack of confidence in the vaccine, concerns about side-effects, or a fear of needles. Others - a minority - opt out of vaccination because of their consumption of misinformation and conspiracy theories online, particularly on social media.\n• None Our coverage of Liverpool is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Liverpool - go straight to all the best content", "People who are immunosuppressed in Northern Ireland will be notified shortly about receiving a third dose of the vaccine.\n\nThe Department of Health told BBC News NI those classed as immunosuppressed have now been identified.\n\n\"They will be receiving a letter shortly advising them to book online to receive the third dose,\" it said.\n\n\"Those identified by GPs will be given a letter advising them to receive a third dose at a community pharmacy.\"\n\nVaccine experts recommended on 1 September that those affected should be given the extra dose to give them fuller protection.\n\nStudies have shown that people who are immunosuppressed, around 500,000 people in the UK, are unlikely to mount a strong defence against the virus, even after two doses of the vaccine.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, a small number of people have recently received their third dose but the department said it expected the bulk of vaccinations to happen over the next few weeks.\n\nThe announcement comes as one more death with coronavirus and another 992 positive cases were reported in Northern Ireland on Saturday.", "Many bus companies cannot run services due to a lack of tourists\n\nAn industry body representing Northern Ireland's private bus and coach sector has said it is at its most vulnerable.\n\nBus and Coach NI said operators are at risk of collapse.\n\nCompanies have not been able to run services due to a lack of tourists. Some businesses have received grants from Stormont.\n\nKaren Magill, chief executive of Bus and Coach NI, told BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Business programme the future for some operators is uncertain.\n\n\"Our industry has been decimated by Covid-19 and at this point in time while other sectors of the economy are recovering, unfortunately we are not.\n\n\"We still have 75% of our fleet idle and we wont see any return to business until March or April next year,\" she said.\n\n\"Despite not being back to full capacity, with little or no income, and restricted demand, we have increased additional costs incurring every day.\n\n\"We have significant Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loans and those increasing Covid debts and restricted demand mean companies are seriously vulnerable.\n\n\"If you have a loan of £1.5m, your monthly repayment now is £16,000, and this is based on actual figures from some companies,\" she said.\n\nAsked if she expects all operators to survive the next few months, Ms Magill said: \"At this point in time, no I don't.\"\n\nCoach operators rely heavily on international visitors who book excursions to well-known tourist areas.\n\nThe pandemic has seen a drastic reduction in the amount of visitors arriving on our shores.\n\nFor Sean Logan, who owns Logan Executive Travel in Dunloy, County Antrim that means his fleet is parked up.\n\n\"We would normally have 50 touring vehicles and at this time of year we would expect our yard to be empty. At the minute we are lucky to get two vehicles on tour a week.\n\n\"There is some school work but it's not what we need, with the value of the fleet we have and the debt we have incurred to survive so far.\n\n\"My house overlooks my yard and the first thing I see when I pull the curtains back in the morning is a coach park. That's basically what we are.\n\n\"They cost me money while they are sitting parked, earning nothing,\" he told Inside Business.\n\nMore than 90 companies have been provided with grants totalling £5.7m\n\nMr Logan had to lay off some office staff as there was not enough work.\n\n\"The staff we have taken back off furlough are on reduced time, working two or three-day weeks.\n\n\"I cannot guarantee categorically that we will survive [the winter]. We have survived this far and we will do everything we can. It has taken over 40 years of my life and we will do the best we can. It's an impossible situation,\" he said.\n\nMs Magill said additional financial support would help the industry.\n\n\"We have had two previous schemes through the Department for Infrastructure… at this stage 50% of businesses out there were not eligible for support. There was a formula which should have made life simple but didn't.\n\n\"We had one operator who received £3,200. Out of that, which is what they were eligible for, they had to pay £1,500 out to their accountant as we had to have all figures backed by an accountancy firm.\n\n\"Other operators have benefited from the scheme,\" she said.\n\nThe Department for Infrastructure said more than 90 companies have been provided with grants totalling £5.7m through two schemes.\n\n\"Minister Mallon is committed to doing all she can where she has the powers within her department and working with executive colleagues to support the industry through recovery.\"", "The man attacked a woman and a man in a pub on Glasshouse Street\n\nA hammer attack in London's Soho district has hospitalised four people.\n\nA 38-year-old man attacked two women - one aged in her 20s and one in her 30s - with a hammer on Regent Street at about 22.45 BST on Friday, police said.\n\nThe man then entered a pub on Glasshouse Street and attacked a woman, aged in her 40s, and a man in his 50s.\n\nSecurity staff restrained the man who was then arrested by police for Grievous Bodily Harm. All four victims were taken to hospital.\n\nNone of the victims are believed to be in a life-threatening condition.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "President Duterte had previously said he would stand as vice-president in next year's election\n\nPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he is retiring from politics and will not stand in elections next year.\n\nThe 76-year-old leader said last month that he would run for the vice-presidency in 2022. The country's constitution only permits presidents to serve a single six-year term.\n\nBut he now says he will withdraw, as \"the overwhelming sentiment of the Filipinos is that I am not qualified\".\n\nThe move comes amid speculation that his daughter could run for president.\n\nMr Duterte, a controversial \"strongman\" figure, came to power in 2016 promising to reduce crime and fix the country's drug crisis.\n\nBut critics say that during his five years in power, Mr Duterte has encouraged police to carry out thousands of extrajudicial killings of suspects in what he has called his \"war on drugs\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. There's alarm over a spate of drug-related killings in a suburb of Manila taking place during Covid-19\n\nMr Duterte's daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio, who is currently mayor of the southern city of Davao, has given mixed messages about running for high office.\n\nLast month Ms Duterte-Carpio said that she would not join the race because she and her father had agreed that only one of them would stand in the election next May.\n\nHowever, she has led every opinion poll conducted this year.\n\nMr Duterte announced his surprise retirement at the venue in Manila where he was expected to register his candidacy.\n\nHe said that standing for the vice-presidency \"would be a violation of the constitution to circumvent the law, the spirit of the constitution\".\n\nHis spokesman Harry Roque, however, did not entirely rule out a political role for Mr Duterte in the future.\n\nMr Roque told the BBC that the announcement \"means that he is not interested in the vice-presidency anymore - as to whether or not he will completely retire from politics, I would have to clarify this point with him\".\n\nPresident Duterte's announcement should be taken with a pinch of salt.\n\nHe has form in saying similar things, only to make U-turns weeks later. In September 2015, in the build-up to the presidential elections, the then-mayor of Davao said he planned to \"retire from public life for good\".\n\nBut in a last-minute move in November that year, Mr Duterte was chosen as the PDP-Laban party's candidate. He went on to win the presidency in May 2016.\n\nCommentators say Saturday's announcement is in keeping with the \"2015 playbook\", with some speculating Mr Duterte could be a \"super sub\" for his ally Senator Christopher \"Bong\" Go, who has filed his candidacy for vice-president.\n\nThe drama plays well with voters, many of whom spend evenings glued to their TVs watching the twists and turns of the saga.\n\nMr Duterte is a shrewd operator who will know the announcement will place his family's name at the heart of his country's \"tsismis\", the Filipino word for gossip.\n\nWhen Mr Duterte first announced his intention to run, there was widespread speculation that he would seek a politically weak running mate in order to rule from the number-two role.\n\nHe had also publicly mused that, as vice-president, he would be immune from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for presiding over the brutal \"war on drugs\" that has killed thousands in the country.\n\nHowever, it 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